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VOL. LXV.
WELDON, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1930
NUMBER 5
WRITER REVIEWS
NEWS OF CAPITAL
Hot Weather Furnishes Little
Incentive To Action; Gov
ernor Paroles Prisoners
TELLS OF STATE’S GAIN
By M. L. SHIPMAN
RALEIGH, July 16.—There has
been little incentive to action here
during the week in any line of en
pvor with days of uncomfortable
- hiat'steadily growing in number and
intensity. The dry, hot wave cov
ered practically the entire weekly
period, the government thermome
ter registering from ninety-three to
ninety-five. But the capital city has
not been alone in her hot weather
troubles, according to reports, the
wave of heat having enveloped the
Carolinas and other states of the
South where the mecury soared
even higher than reported regis
trations in North Carolina. The
first signs of abating appeared on
Friday with mercury registering 90.2
and all Raleighites heaved a sigh
of relief.
With the thermometer still climb
ing Thursday Governor Gardner
joined Adjutant General Metts on
a trip to Fort Bragg where the two
kPffcials reviewed the seven or eight
□hundred young North Carolinians
Fin attendance upon the annual Citi
f zens Military Training Camp. His
Excellency being the guest of honor
at the official visitors’ day. Around
700 citizen soldiers passed in re
view before the State officials and
listened attentively to gracious
words of encouragement from the
Governor after they had passed in
review. 106 medals were awarded
for excellence in athletic and mili
tary events by the local Civitan
Club.
A message prepared by Governor
Gardner tracing the industrial de
velopment o£ North Carolina and the
Jpfcogress made in education, public
* health measures, improvement in
-Jfai’ernmental functions, and the
social advancement of the State
was broadcast from rauio station
WWL at New Orleans on Wednes
day evening, the delivery being made
by Walter Parker .economist for
the firm of Fenner & Beane, of
that city. This broadcast was one
of a series in which various states
of the South are represented through
the courtesy of Loyala University.
For what he considered "good
and sufficient reasons" Governor
Gardner opened prison doors dur
ing the week to a goodly number
of white and colored prisoners
serving terms for various offenses
from larceny to house breaking.
Otto Wood, the notorious", did not
wait for permission to go. He sim
ply walked atvay on Thursday be
tween noon and the hour of check
ing in at six o’clock in the after
noon. This is Otto’s fourth escape
end violates a promise he made to
Governor Gardner when the latter
ordered his removal from death
row fifteen months ago on account
of physical infirmities. At that
time the prisoner promised the
Governor he would make no at
tempt to escape during the present
administration. He is not likely to
htve another chance.
The sudden death during the week
of Walter D. LaRoque, of Kinston,
chairman of the State Prison Board
of Directors, brought sorrow to a
wide circle of friends and a distinct
loss to the commonwealth. To suc
ceed him as chairman temporarily
Governor Gardner named J. Wilbur
Bunn, Raleigh lawyer ahd member
Vi of the Board since February, 1929.
and this appointment is expected to
be made permanent a little later
on. B. S. Copeland, farmer and
business man of Kinston, succeeds
Mr. LaRoque as a member of the
Pilson directors. The population of
the institution shows an increase of
sixty-two during the first six
months of this year as compared
with the corresponding months last
year, according to compilation by
J. K. Powell, head bookkeeper,
which shows that 685 men and
we men were received at the prison
from January 1st to June 30, 1930,
most of them being sent up for lar
ceny.
Reports on the progress statistical
experts are making in the compila
tion of data for the report the
j? State Tax Commission is required
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Law Violators Face
Mayor Daniel On A
Variety of Charges
Mayor Daniel was kept busy for
some time this week when he tried
a number of cases of those who
misbehaved and were caught by the
officers of the law. Charlie Medlin,
young white man of Weldon, who
was already on a suspended sen
tence, was found guilty of being
drunk and disorderly, so the mayor
sent him to the county home for 30
days to get himself together. He
was tried Tuesday morning.
Hilliard Yelton, local negro, was
let down with the cost by Mayor
Daniel on Monday night when he
was found guilty of being disorderly.
Quincy Oxindine, also negro man
of Weldon, was fined $2.50 and costs
for being drunk on Saturday night,
and Mabel Brown, negro woman,
was charged with the costs for curs
ing out her neighgbors.
Entertainers Furnish
Fun Here Tuesday
Singing, dancing and playing, Ir
vin and Earle Rouse, two of the
nine famous Rouse brothers of
Kinston, won their way into the
hearts of some 75 or more men,
women and children that gathered
around them in front of the Harri
son Drug Co. here or. Tuesday night
about 8 o’clock.
The boys, on their way from
Greenville to Richmond, where they
are scheduled to broadcast, stopped
over in Weldon long enough to give
a shot entertainment, and were met
with hearty applause and a good
collection.
Earle, a boy of some 15 years or
more, delighted with several yodel
ing numbers, and his younger
brother, Irvin, age 10, sang a num
ber of familiar tunes and gave those
fond of the fiddle something to long
remember. Earle knew his guitar
and how to wiggle his feet.
The boys were good on either in
strument and their visit to Weldon
will be long remembered by those
who were fortunate enough to be
present. They were accompanied by
A. S. Poole, formerly with John
Robinson Circus. Besides playing
in several sections of North Caro
lina these youthful musicians have
delighted audiences in a number of
other States, and have been heard
over the radio a number of times,
it was said. It is expected that many
who heard them Tuesday night will
tune in on Richmond when they
broadcast there this week.
Several Books Are
Added At Library
The following- list of books were
bought by the Weldon library during
May and June:
“The Whistler Book,” Sadakichi
Hartmann; “The Women In Shake
spear’s Plays,” Agnes Mure Mc
Kenzie; “The Parisians,” Bulwer
Lytton; “The Prospector,” Ralph
Connor; “Vision House,” William
son; “Ommirandy,” Armstead Gor
don; "Maji,” Armstead Gordon;
"Wonderways and Wonderways of
Flowers,” Grace Taber; “Escaping
The Mohawks," Robbins; “Queer
Little People.” Harriot Beecher
Stow; Sergeant Giggles,” George
Mitchell; “The Wonderful Gift,”
Clara McKinney Edwards; “Squif
fer,” Hal Garrott; "The Jade Neck
lace,” Pemberton Guither; “Out of
the Storm," Marcia Macdonald;
“The February Boys,” Mrs. M*les
worth; “Baby Hippo’s Jungle Jour
ney,” Farnsworth; “Flutes of Child
hood,” Thomas Emmett Moore;
"The Tired Trolley Car,” Beth A.
Retner; “In Sunshine Land,” Edith
M. Thomas; “At Mr. Crumps,”
Nicholas Palmesston.
Juvenile
“Apple Pie Hill,” Forbes; “Tied
In The Ninth,” Allen; “The Boy
and the Parrott”; “At the Sign of
the Wild Horse,” Hasbrouck; “At
’Midnight,” Hanck; “The Strange
Disappearance of Anna Shaw,”
Seaman; “The Little Grey House,"
Taggart.
Adult
“The Rise of American Civiliza
tion,” Beard; “The Painted Mine,”
Robert W. Chambers; “Cemarron,”
Edna Ferber; “Golden Dawn,” Peter
B. Kyne; Trackless Death,” Arm
strong Livingston; “Exile,” Deeping;
"The Glorious Adventure,” Halibur
ton; “Christ of Every Road,” Stan
ly Jones.
Fine prospects for a good corn
crop are reported from all parts of
Northeastern Carolina by county
farm agents. In some counties the
acreage has been increased by 40
percent this season.
LUCKY BREAKS
-By C R. Mill'
HE GAVE THEM THE ASR BUT KEPT THE fOOD
Louis Pasteup
discovered that food
SPOILAGE WAS CAUSED
OV ACTION OF LIVING
FORMS,OP GERMS, AMD
THAT AIR TIGHT CANNING
WOULD PRESERVE
FOODS INDEFINITELY-"
; ALSO FOUHPFP
\ OF PASTEU-Q
I INSTITUTE: FOR
\ treatment of
HYDROPHOBIA
New Bowling Alley
Opened At Weldon
The Weldon Recreation Parlor
was opened here today (Thursday)
by J. A. Dickens, who for some time
has operated a pool room here, Mr,
Dickens has installed three regula
tion tin pin and duck pin alleys in
the building in which he formerly
ran his pool room, that having been
moved next door. Tire alleys are
regulation size and are suitable to
duck pin bowling, or for the regu
lar- tin pin bowling, and it is gen
erally thought that competition will
be keen between teams to be form
ed fom several organizations and
business houses of Weldon. It is
understood that prizes will be
awarded to those winning in these
contests.
This is the third bowling alley
opened in Weldon in the past two
months; The Weldon Bowling Alley
being the first to open, the last week
the negroes opened to give pleasure
and exercise to their race, and this
week Mr. Dickens opens with the
ten pin and duck pen alley.
Tells Method Of
Fighting Weevils
The following letter was written
by one who is much interested in
the Boll Weevil in North Carolina
ana particularly in this section
where he is known by many:
July 10, 1930.
Editor, Roanoke News,
Weldon, N. C.
Dear Sir:—
I saw from the paper that the
Boll Weevil is predominant in your
section, I saw a gentleman from the
Cotton Belt in Georgia today and
he tells me that they are not rely
ing so much on the poison, but are
following this plan—
Attach a pine bush, with as many
tags as posible to each end of the
singletree on the plow, run down
each side of the row one or twice,
knocking off the weevil, then run
down the middle twice, covering up
the weevil.
You must regulate the length of
the pine bush to suit the width of
the rows, being careful not to have
the bush too strong.
This plan sounds sensible and you
might publish it for the benefit of
the farmers. It can do no harm.
The man who told me this is a
Urge cotton planter and seems to
know what he is talking about.
Yours,
ROBERT RANSOM.
Three thousand North Carolina
farmers and farm women are ex
pected to attend the annual Con
vention at State College, July 28
to August 1.
Richmond commission merchants
report the best finished hogs com
ing from North Carolina this sea
son were shipped by farmers of
Johnston and Edgecombe counties.
Number Teachers
Decrease In State
RALEIGH. July 16.—The number
of teachers employed last year was
831 less than there were in 1928-29.
according to the current number of
State School Pacts, official publi
cation of the Department of Public
Instruction.
During 1929-30, that paper points
out, there were 23,550 teachers, prin
cipals and supervisors employed in
all the public schools, whereas in
1928-29 there were 24,381. The 1929
30 total is 382 less than the number
of teachers employed in 1927-28.
According to the departmental
publication the rural schools sus
tained a greater decrease than did
the charter schools. "In 1929-30",
the paper states, "there was a de
crease of 879 rural white teachers,
196 rural colored teachers, and 33
colored teachers in chartered
schools. At the same time there was
an increase of 277 white teachers
in chartered schools, tl us making
a net decrease of 831 in the total
number of all teachers. However, as
School Facts points out, 261 of the
277 increase in white teachers were
the direct result of the Leaksville
school becoming chartered together
with the enlarging of the Asheville
school district.
Along with the decrease in number
of teachers School Pacts calls at
tention to an increase in total en
rollment and an improvement in
school attendace. "In 1927-28", it
says, "there were 848,778 children
enrolled in the public schools, in
1928;29 855,882. and in 1929-30 it
is estimated that approximately
870.000 children were enrolled in
the public schools. In 1927-28 an
average of 75 of every 100 children
enrolled attended daily. It is esti
mated on the basis of preliminary
reports that during 1929-30 the per
centage of pupils in attendance was
considerably larger.
"A fewer number of teachers and
a greater number of pupils makes
a larger average number of pupils
to the teacher. In other words, the
teaching load was considerably in
creased for 1929-30,” says School
Facts.
Policeman Settles
Dispute Over Rooster
NEW BRITAIN. Conn., July 16.—
Policeman William Grabeck used his
wits when he was called into a
neighborhood squabble over the
ownership of a rooster which twc
residents, living opposite each other
here, claimed.
Grabeck took the rooster in his
hands, strode to the middle of the
street, and placed it in a neutral
position as a crowd looked on. Hie
rooster strutted a moment, crowded
and walked directly to a hen yard.
“That’s where he belongs,” said
the policeman, and the crowd ap
plauded as he walked away.
GASOLINE TAX IS
MOST POPULAR
Hates Range From Two Cents
To Six Cents In Various
States of the U nion
TAX ELEVEN YEARS OLD
NEW YORK. July 16.—Despite
the fact that 31 states have raised
the gasoline tax to four cents, the
motorist continues to pay and like
it.
This is the conclusion, at least,
of F. G. Crawford, professor of
political science at Syracuse Uni
versity, who has just completed a
survey of “The Administration of
the Gasoline Tax in the United
States,” which is published in
pamphlet form by the Municipal
Administration Service, an organi
zation fostered by the National Mu
nicipal League and the Governmen
tal Research Association.
r,vfry suue m lih: union now nas
a gasoline tax of some kind, the
survey revealed, although the tax
itself is only eleven years old, hav
ing been adopted for the first time
in history by the Slate of Oregon
in 1919,
New York, the last State to fall
into line, passed a gasoline tax
measure in 1929 and Illinois repass
ed its law, eliminating the provis
ions which caused the first act to
be declared unconstitutional.
During 1929, Dr. Crawford points
out. 21 states increased the amount
of the tax. Nebraska raised from two
to four cents, Delaware, North Da
kota, Iowa, Minnesota and Wash
ington from two to three cents,
Oregon, Colorado, Pennsylvania,
Indiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Vermont,
Wyoming and Ohio from three to
four cents, Montana and Tennes
see from three to five cents, North
Carolina from four to five cents,
Georgia from four to six cents, and
Florida and South Carolina from
five to six .cents. Only eight states
remained on January 1, 1930, with
a two-cent tax, three states had a
tax of six cents, while eight im
posed five cents, and twenty col
lected four cents. Thirty-one states,
or well over a majority, had a tax
of four cents or above.
"Consumers of gasoline have not
as yet objected to the gasoline tax,"
the writer finds. "Automobile owners
have regarded the gasoline tax as
of advantage, in that the proceeds
were used for highway purposes and
that better highways decreased the
repair bills, and in addition made
riding more pleasant and more com
fortable."
Just how far up may the gas tax
he pushed? It depends, the writer
says, upon a variety of factors in
cluding the general business con
dition of the country and the price
of gasoline.
"Low priced gasoline with a rela
tively high tax has caused no pub
lic discussion. But let the price of
gasoline double and then add a five
cent tax and the present quiet ac
ceptance of the gasoline tax might
be changed to an excited public
opinion in opposition,” Mr, Craw
ford warns.
The cost of collection is lower
than for any other tax that will
raise substantial revenue, Mr. Craw
ford finds, listing this among the
many advantages of the tax.
"The gasoline tax is here to stay
and it has already become a fixture
in our revenue system,” the author
concludes. "Four hundred and
thirty-one million is a large item in
the total of the states which in 1921
amounted to $1,390,000,000, and
which by 1929 was about $1,600,000,
000. This means that the gasoline
tax furnished 25 per cent of the total
tax receipts of the states. In the
aggregate it bulked larger than the
proceeds of the general property
tax which has always been regarded
as the greatest source of revenue for
the states.
"No discussion of the gasoline tax
Is complete without sounding the
warning that the friends of this
highly successful tax may prove its
undoing. The oil companies have
never been active in opposition tc
the tax but if it should have an in
fluence on sales, the companies
might feel the urge to oppose its
continuance. It has become such ar
important part of our fiscal system
and has Sfo many advantages that
nothing should be done to imperi
its existence.”
There are now 324 pure bred Jer
seys in Caldwell county according
to a recent count made by P. M
Hendricks, county agent. The firs
such animal was imported into tin
county in 1913 by E. G. Settlemyr
of Granite Falls.
Jurors Drawn
For August Term
Of Superior Court
Jurors have been drawn for Aug
ust term of Halifax county Superior
Court, beginning August 11, as fol
lows:
First week, beginning August 11.—
Paul Hale, -J. L. Lane, W W. W
W. T. Shaw, L. T. Hamill. I. F. Har
rison. J. H. Best, J. C. Manning. E.
L. Deberry, J. H. Cuthrell, H M.
Neville, John Barnes, E. S. Ward,
A. W. Oakes Jr„ Ralph Bradley, W.
T. Pridgen. J. T. Garner, J. R. Rives,
Howard Pruden, J. W. Smoot. Rich
ard E. Brickell, N. S. Barnes, H. T.
Smith, E. If. Smith, P. W. Ray, J.
A. Warren, Charlie Ellington, R. E.
Merritt, Hugh Bloomer. Otto Meyer,
W. J. Collins, J. A. Lipscomb. J. H.
Saunders, B. C. Cook, S. B. Jones.
A. C. Nichols, J. W. Ross, D. W.
Wheeler, E. B. Collier, W. E. Andle
ton, V. I. Hockaday, M. E. Cousins
Jr.. B. S. Webb, J. W. Britton. Henry
Lee. E. E. Lehman, P. F. Harris, N.
W. Browning. W. C. Dickens.
Second week, beginning August
18.—M. H. Mitchell. W. J. Ausborn,
Edwin Partin, C. L. Kelly, T. S.
Pettitt. W. C. Goodrich, T. D. Law
rence, R. H. Goodman, L. T. King.
D. E. White. M. N. Newsome, J. B.
Zollieoffer, Ellis Farber, Claude N.
Powell. J. R. King, W. A. House, T.
M. Bullock. A. J. Sasser, W. B. Bak
er, C. M. Dickens, N. W. Cousins, W.
G. Mess, D. F. Seifert, W. C. Wood.
B. G. Rodwell. R. H. Neville, W. H.
Wilcox. J. E. Paks, E. B. Pair, W. O.
Iddings.
Duke Hospital To
Open On Monday
DURHAM, July 16.—The Duke
Hospital and Out-patient Clinic will
open for patients on July 21, 1930.
The hospital with its four hun
dred beds will have every modern
convenience for diagnosis, proper
care, welfare and comfort of the
patients, both private and charity
white and colored, whether they
come from Durham or from a dis
tance. The primary function of the
hospital will be to provide the best
oi medical and nursing care. The
arrangement and equipment of the
out-patient clinic will furnish com
plete diagnostic facilities.
In order to cooperate with the
medical profession and to insure
die best interests of the patients, it
is highly desirable for those who
contemplate coming to the hospital
or the out-patient clinic, to con
sult and bring a letter from theii
own physician. After discharge from
the hospital, patients will be asked
to return to the physician who re
ferred them and a summary of the
case will be sent promptly to him.
The general policy of admitting
patients to the wards and out-clinic
will be to consider their financial
and social status carefully; income
and size of family, special responsi
bilities and the probable cost ol
treatment all being weighed in de
termining admission. A married
couple, for instance, with an in
come of less than $25 per week
would be considered admissible tc
the wards or out-patient clinic foi
ordinary conditions; the income
limit, of course, varying according
to the other factors which affect
the patient's financial status. Those
who are able to pay the ordinarj
fee; of consultants and specialists
will not be admitted to the out
patient clinic, but may make ar
rangements through their own phy
sicians for private appointments.
Says Must Have A
License To Fish
Some people are under the im
pression that women can fish with
out a license, but this is wrong.
The Angler's Act passed by th(
1929 Legislature says that All Per
sens over 16 y°ars of age must hav<
a State License to fish in thi
waters of North Carolina witl
hook and line or rod and reel, ex
ccpt in their resident counties,
hope this is entirely plain and yo
will govern yourself accordingly.
J. H. RAMSAY.
Game warden for Northamptoi
County.
Farmers of Davidson county re
port a good quality of grain but n
■ large yields this season. The aver
: age for barley is reported at 3
■ bushels an acre; wheat, 22 bushel
and rye 22 bushels.
DOUBTS TARIFF
AID TO FARMERS
Slate College Economist Ana
lyzes Different Rates In
Hawley-Smoot Act
TWO VIEWS ARE HELD
Associate Agricultural Economist,
N. C. State College.
RALEIGH. July 16.—A question
now being widely debated is, can
the new tariff rates improve agri
cultural c onditions? President
Hoover takes the position that the
new tariff, the Hawley-Smoot act,
will benefit agriculture, that the en
actment of the new tariff is the ful
fillment of his campaign assurance
to farmers. In his statement of ap
proval of the act, made just prior
to his formal approval, he said:
"The increases in tariff are largely
directed to the interest of the farm
er. Of the increases, it is stated by
the Tariff Commission that 93.73
per cent are upon products of agri
cultural origin measured in value,
as distinguished from 7J.25 per cent
upon commodities of strictly non
agricultural origin."
Others who are more critical view
the tariff as the worst piece of such
legislation yet conceived. These op
ponents of the measure claim that
the new rates will not improve the
condition of agricultural producers,
that the bill contains many jokers
which tend to fool the farmer into
believing that he is getting some
thing, when in reality he is being
placed in an even poorer condition
than before. They say "Yes, the
new tariff appears to help the
fa? mer for there are many increases
in rates on agricultural commodi
ties. However ,these increases will
not help the farmer for the farmer
is suffering from domestic surplus
and not from foreign competition.
Moreover, the tariff increases on
manufactured products will benefit
manufacturers at the expense of
consumers who are in many cases
farmers.”
inis inner view setui& iu me luc
sound one. Farmers in general are
not suffering from foreign conpeti
tion. That is not the cause of the
present distress 01 wheat, livestock,
and cotton farmers. Their problem
is to find a market in a foreign
country not to protect a home mar
ket. The tariff on wheat is 42 cents
per bushel. Does this tariff cause
wheat prices in the United States
to be higher than they wJould be
without the tariff? It does not, ex
cept for a limited amount of high
protein wheat which would not pay
a premium if there were free impor
tation of the high protein wheat
from Canada. Wheat prices in this
country are fixed by the price paid
for the export surplus. They are
not influenced by the tariff rates ex
cept in the case of a limited quan
tity of high protein wheat.
Cotton is a similar case, and until
the present legislation was passed,
cotton was on the free list. This
year a tariff rate of seven cents a
pound is placed upon cotton with
staple length 1 1-8 inches and over.
Will this tariff rate help the cotton
farmer? It is the theory of the new
rate on this cotton of longer staple
length that it will force the growth
and consumption of longer staple
cotton grown in the United States.
It is expected that it will improve
the price paid ior such cotton in the
United States. The chances for this
occurring are not in reality large.
There is an export surplus of Amer
ican cotton of this staple length. The
1 American cotton may displace Egyp
tian cotton but it will not greatly
change the price o' the American
cotton. American mills will have to
use the home grown product. That
will be the net effect. Practically
none of the long staple cotton pro
“ duced in the United States is pro
1 duced in North Carolina anyway.
1 Our production of cotton of this
' length was but 0.2 per cent of the
1929 North Carolina crop. The tariff
1 rates have also been raised on pork
products. Wallace Parmer states:
“Of course the raise doesn’t mean
l anything, since W'e export a surplus
of pork products.”
Sugar Tariff Bad
Much has been heard of the in
3 crease in the rates on sugar another
- agricultural product. The rate on
3 sugar from Cuba who supplies
t about half of our demand was in
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