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VOL. LXV.
WELDON, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1930
NUMBER 9
STATE WELCOMES
COOLING WINDS
Governor Gardner Talks The
“Made-In-Carolina” Move
ment; Inspects Train
CHARGES TO BE PROBED
By M. L. SHIPMAN.
RALEIGH, Augl2.—With the mer
: cury playing around 95 Raleigh has
been sweltering most of the week,
but rains and cooling winds on
Thursday evening and again twen
ty-fours later brought seasonal tem
peratures, notwithstanding a high
£ humidity frequently experienced in
the capital city. Light rains did
much to clear up the atmosphere
and bring relief from a long seige
of the hottest weather experienced
here for years and years. Reports
from other sections of the State
bring news of similar import indi
cating that the excessive heat has
not been confined to any particu
lar locality. The absence of rain
for weeks in many sections has
proven disastrous to growing crops
and a shortage of water in a num
ber of the smaller towns in the
northwest section of the State. Elec
tric fans in the various State de
partments have enabled North Caro
lina’s “hired help’ ’to “carry on”
and the usual routine has been
maintained, even with the vaca
tions period in “full force and ef
fect.”
Governor Gardner has not been
Idle. He is still talking the "Made
in-Carolina” movement to be in
augurated during the week of Sep
tember X and considers it a comple
ment to the “Live-at-Home" pro
gram for the improvement of agri
cultural conditions. During the week
the Governor inspected the Atlantic
Coast Line’s special live stock train
starting from Selma to make a tour
of around forty points in Easton
North Carolina; notified the State
Educational Commission that it
must complete its work in ample
time for members of the next Gen
eral Assembly to study its findings
and recommendations on an pnases
of the State’s public school sys
tem parole ten prisoners and de
clined twenty others and on Fri
day, Journeyed with Mrs. Gardner
to Charlottesville, Virginia, where
he addressed the Institute of Pub
lic Affairs Saturday morning on the
subject of "Reorganization of State
Government” attended a reception
at Monticello in honor of Rear Ad
miral Byrd and spent the week end
with former Governor Harry F.
Byrd. The Governor does not anti
cipate an extended vacation, it is
said, and may Just "hang around”
here in North Carolina during the
entire summer “klnd-er” recuperat
ing for the fall campaign and get
ting ready for a “touchdown” when
the General Assembly meets next
winter.
A bit of rather surprising news
comes from Washington, D. C„ to
the effect that investigating agents
of the Senate’s Campaign Funds
Committee are to be sent into North
Carolina to probe charges of ex
cessive campaign expenditures and
election frauds in connection with
the- recent primary between Sena
tor F. M. Simmons and Josiah W.
Bailey for the Democratic Senator
ial nomination. It is charged that
large sums of money were used by
the Bailey supporters, and that the
Simmons people were not permitted
to vote. Also, that frauds were com
mitted by invoking the old absen
tee voters' law and disregarding the
Austrailian system of voting. Fur
thermore, says the story, in a sin
gle county 1,700 absentee votes were
sent in of which 1,500 were counted
for Bailey under the old law. It
is asserted that absentee votes of
dead people and people who had
left the State permanently were
cast and the committee will make
an effort to ascertain just what the
facts are in this respect. Senator
Simmons disclaims any part in the
movement and says he has accept
ed the results in good fai:h. His
friends and supporters here appar
ently feel the same way and the|
Washington story is not taken se
riously.
Chairman Odus M. Mull, of the
Democratic State Executive Com
mittee. plans to formally open the
campaign in the interest of his par
ty candidates around the first of
September. He will at that time be
succeeded as executive counsellor by
A. H. Graham, of Hillsboro, Speak
er of the House of Representatives,
who will be associated with Govern
or Gardner during the months of
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Mrs. Stedman To
Head Demonstration
Club Federation
H. G. Ashcraft of Charlotte R. F.
D.. was elected president of the
State Farmers Convention and Mrs.
N. B. Stedman of Halifax was elect
ed president of the State Federation
of Home Demonstration clubs at
the final business session of the
28th annual convention at Raleigh,
July 29 to August 1.
Warren Watson of Lake Landing
was elected first vice-president of
the convention; F. W. Blcknell of
Lvnville Falls, second vice-presi
dent; I. O. Schaub of State Col
lege, secretary and treasurer, and
C. A. Sheffield, assistant secretary
and treasurer.
Aiding Mrs. Stedman will be
Mrs. J. I. Wagoner of Gibsonville,
as first vice-president of the Feder
ation of Home Demonstration Clubs
Mrs. D. H. Bennett of Forsythe
county, second vice-president; Mrs.
J. S. Royall of Salemburg, record
ing secretary; Mrs. O. H. Jackson
of Pitt County, corresponding sec
retary and Mrs. D. A. McCormick
of McDonalds, treasurer.
The resolutions passed by the
convention commended Governor
Gardner for his interest in agri
culture and endorsed his economy
policy; state support of public
schools was advocated; operation of
all highways by the state commis
sion endorsed; taxes on land was
asked to be reduced and all per
sonal property listed at its true
value; the work for the County
Government Advisory Commission
was approved; the use of convicts
in building roads was urged; the
formation of marketing association
con'mended; county agent and home
work endorsed; the administration
of the present state banking laws
was caustically criticized, and high
way beautification urged. In all 19
resolutions were adopted.
Approximately 2,000 persons at
tended the convention this year.
Among these were 1,060 women.
The convention was said to be one
of the most successful in the his
tory of the institution.
Should Keep Animals
From Dusty Places
Best conditions for fleas to breed
in the soil or dust which contains
some vegetable or animal matter
yet is protected from the sun, rain
and wind and gets a certain amount
of moisture.
"We have had more than the
usual number of complaints about
heavy infestation of fleas in dwell
ing this past few weeks,” says C. H.
Brannon, extension entomologist at
State College. "Animals and poul
try should be prevented from going
under the porch and the vegetable
and organic matter usually found
in such places should be carefully
Cleaned out. When this is done the
area should be sprayed with creo
sote oil and the ground where the
immature fleas are developing
should be thoroughly covered with
salt and wet down.”
Mr. Brannon says most infesta
tion in dwelling houses are caused
by pet animals allowed in the cel
lar or basement or permitted to
lounge and sleep under the porch.
The fleas breed rapidly in the dust
and. will quickly infest a house
when the pets are permitted to
come in after having used the in
fested area.
Such infestations may be con
trolled by keeping out the animals
and applying gasoline to the floors.
The rugs should be removed and
the floors thoroughly scrubbed first,
says Mr. Brannon. Applying derris
powder to pet animals and washing
tnem in a weak solution of sapon
field creosote or kerosene emulsion
will destroy the fleas upon them.
The skin of cats is tender and the
dips or washed used must be milder
than for dogs, he says.
Says Crops Grown
Cheaply This Year
ATLANTA, Aug. 13.—Farmers in
the sections of Georgia, Florida,
North and South Carolina, com
prising the Third Federal Land
Bank district are making crops more
cheaply than in any year since 1914.
R. J. Taylor, secretary of the bank,
tola representatives of the district
meeting here.
A decided turn for the better is
seen for farming business as a re
sult of this cheapness of produc
tion.
“This fact, together with the
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LUCKY BREAKS
_-By C R. Miller
THEY COULD NT /
STUMP RUTH /
school tfiris and chaperone
xiknt to Washington for the Christ*
ara 4 w went w warning ton for the uni
holidavs. One of the tfirls
YUS. ^^^-'dared another, Ruth Chaiterton,
/Yutk to apply for a job in a theatre -
Chatter ton She took the cfare and get her
v first Stage job, >„,»
Many Counties Are
Represented at 4-H
Club Short Course
But few North Carolina counties
were not represented at the gather
ing of 740 club members attending
the annual 4-H club short course
held, at State College last week.
The young folks put in a week
on intensive study in the home and
farm projects which they are con
ducting in their club work at home,
though in general the short course
this year, gave more time to cultural
subjects than in the past. The girls
did not study cooking, canning,
sewing and the like but gave most
of their attention to music appre
ciation, art appreciation, the hold
ing and serving parties and other
social events, and the grooming of
the person to present the most at
tractive appearance.
An unexpected pleasure during
the week was the address of Gov
ernor O. Max Gardner on Wednes
day afternoon. Governor Gardner
spoke on better rural homes in the
State. The club members also heard
reports from their national blub
camp, gave a series of one-act
plays, spent much time in recrea
tion and sight-seeing and crowned
fhe king and queen of health among
the 20,000 club members of the
State.
Miss Mary Emma Powell of
Sampson county, president of the
club organization, presided at the
two general assemblies held each
morning and afternoon during the
four days. It was here that the real
Inspiration and work of the short
course was done. The club mem
bers also published a daily news
paper during the week. This was
edited and prepared by a group of
five girls and five boys selected by
the club leaders.
The course was in charge of L. R.
Harrill and Miss Elizabeth Corne
lius, Club leaders at State College.
The delegates were said to be the
best behaved and the most respon
sive group that has ever attended
one of these meetings.
MRS. TRAVIS ENTERTAINS
Mrs. R. S. Travis entertained the
afternoon bridge club on Wednesday
at her home on Washington ave.
After several progressions Mrs. C.
F. Gore was found to hold high
score for the club members and Mrs.
George Green held high score for
the guests.
The hostess, assisted by Mrs. Z.
B. Zollicoffer, served a delicious ice
course.
Those playing were: Mrs. C. R.
Turner, Mrs. G. C. Green, Mrs. C.
F Gore, Mrs. C. S. Vinson, Mrs.
J T. Maddry, Mrs. Bill Edwards,
Mrs. D. W. Siefert Mi3 C. R. Emry,
Mrs. H. B. Harrell, Miss Margaret
Pierce, Mrs. Harry Smith, Mrs. W.
S. Scott. Mrs. Pat Ransome, Mrs.
R. T. Daniel, Mrs. R. A. Musggrove,
Mrs. Fred Bounds, Mrs. A1 Travis,
Mrs. A. J. Marian, Mrs. Norman
Smith, Miss Mary Pierce, and Mrs.
Troy Myatt.
Weldon Schools
To Open Sept. 11;
A List of Teachers
The Weldon public schools will
open for the Pall term on Thursday
morning, September 11, at 8:45,
Superintendent A. W. Oakes an
nounced yesterday.
Parents are urgeu to have all
children who intend to enroll for
the Fall term at school promptly on
opening day, in order that work may
get under way with as little cjelay
as possible. The school building and
plant is being put into shape so that
everything will be in readyness for
the opening of school. Mr. Oakes
stated that practically all of the
text books which were used last
year would be needed this term and
that If children would bring their
old books with them on opening
day, the school would assist them
in making exchanges.
Regarding vaccination required by
law of all children who enter
school, the superintendent said:
"All parents who will have chil
dren to enter school for the first
time this Fall should have them
vaccinated for Smallpox at once if
this has not already been looked
after. We had a pre-school clinic
here last Spring at which time we
urged all parents to take advantage
of this opportunity to have the
1930-31 beginners examined and
vaccinated for Smallpox, but only
about 20 of our people took advan
tage of the opportunity. We know
there are always upward of forty
children to enter the first grade of
the white school for the first time
each year. The others should attend
to this not later than the middle of
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WELDON ELECTRIC CO.
OPENS PLACE OF BUSINESS
The Weldon Electric company
opened its new place of business in
the Clark building in front of the
Weldon Furniture company on
Monday, August 11th .with a full
line of Frigidaire refrigerators and
General Motors Radios and acces
sories on display. The company is
exclusive distributing agency for
these products in Halifax and
Northampton counties.
H. M. Harris is manager of the
firm and Mrs. J. A. Johnson has
charge of the display rooms.
| In the write-up of the opening
of the Weldon Electric Company in
last week's Roanoke News it was
steted that this concern would
handle the General Electric Radios.
C E. Carter, who for the past two
years has been selling General Elec
tric refrigerators here, says that
this is an error, that both the re
frigerator and the radio will be
handled by the Electrical Supply
Company of Weldon .which he, with
T. M. Allsbrook of Weldon, and
Ferrell E. Joyner of Littleton re
cently formed.
Tire Electrical Supply Company
will be located in a newly remodel
led building on second street, op
posite Grant's Cafe,
i
LIVESTOCK TRAIN
TO BE HERE 19TH
Coast Line Seeks To Encour
age Livestock Develop
ment In Halifax County
SPECIALIST WITH TRAIN
The Live Stock Development Spe
cial train, operated by the Atlan
tic Coast Line Railroad, in cooper
ation with the North Carolina State
College of Agriculture and Engi
neering. and the North Carolina De
partment of Agriculture, will visit
Weldon, on August 19 from 2 p. m.
to 6 p. m. Farmers and others in
terested in any phase of live stock
raising will be given an opportunity
to see types of dairy cattle, hogs,
sheep and poultry recommended for
this section, and the equipment
necessary for their care, and to se
cure information from the Special
ists who accompany the train about
breeding, feeding, and marketing
problems.
The live stock development spe
cial is being operated by the Atlan
tic Coast Line and the cooperating
agencies in an effort to ring aout
the establishment of more live stock
on the farms of Eastern Nortn
Carolina. All agricultural authori
ties are agreed that not only are
more live stock badly needed to fur
nish additional cash farm income
and maintain soil fertility, but that
conditions in this section are pecu
liarly favorable for livestock produc
tion. When bred and fed as recom
mended by the State College Spe
cialists live stock has been found de
cidely profitable in Eastern Caro
lina.
Everything on the Live Stock De
velopment Special is free, and a
visit to the train involves no obli
gations. Women are especially in
vited.
Motion Pictures
Play Part In Byrd’s
Polar Expedition
NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—The mo
tion pictures played an important
part in the eighteen-month expedi
t:on to the bottom of the world. Ad
miral Richard E. Byrd revealed in
an interview.
Its contributions was twofold:
that of entertainment and that of
recording 154,000 feet or more than
thirty miles of film for scientific
purposes.
"Every Sunday night in the mess
hall we gathered for our movie
show,” said Admiral Byrd. "It was
the furthest to south moving pic
ture palace in history.
"The boys seemed to like the ad
venture pictures such as 'Wings'
the best. They also were fond of
comedies.
"We had a .lot of fun at the
movies that one couldn’t have back
home.
"There was popcorn and orange
ade from canned orange juice.
When the film broke due to its
freezing, the men would stamp their
feet and shout very goodnaturedlv.
It also helped to keep warm.
“They also had a little game of
naming the characters in one pic
ture after members of the expedi
tion.
One of the men had a weakness
in the movies. Everytime he saw a
dog on the screen, he would bark.
“That was the only sound pic
ture we had.
"In fact, when I saw my first
talkie afterwards in New Zealand
I was much astonished at the pro
gress of movie making.
The library of films which sup
plied the Byrd expedition was gath
ered together by the National
Board of Review of Motion Pic
tures, of which Admiral Byrd is a
member.
Concerning the moving pictures
taken by the expedition, Admiral
Byrd said that they would prove
of extreme value to scientists, par
tieularily in giving geological ex
perts an opportunity to study the
ice barrier in Little America. The
Admiral regretted that sound ap
paratus was not available for his
movie equipment when he had left
for the Antartic two years ago.
Sound equipment would have giv
en an idea of the wind, whales'
blowing, eskimo dogs howling like j
wolves, and the ice cracking like
cannons going off, said the Ad
miral.
Ants may be driven from a dwell
ing by applying sodium flouride
around all places where the insects
are observed coming into the kit
chen or pantry.
e
iHome Life Is To
Blame For Much
Crime, Judge Says
HALIFAX, Aug, 11.—Improper
heme training, lack of education,
popular indifference to law obser
vance. judicial lenience, and in
creasing temptations in the way of
young boys were blamed for the
alarming shift of crime from the
adult to the youthful element of so
ciety by Judge N. A Sinclair in his
charge to the grand jury, opening
the August term of Halifax superior
court here today.
"Boys today grow up among blind
tigers, poison liquor and slot ma
chines,” said the judge. "With such
temptations in the way, the glamor
of bravado that seems to surround
the young criminal in the eyes of
society, and the lenience of juries
in dealing with youthful offenders,
it is little wonder that the majority
of offenses which years ago were
dared only by mature and hardened
criminals are committed now by
boys as young as 15 years,” he con
tinued.
Laws should be enforced whether
they are liked or not, the judge de
clared, and only through a whole
some respect for the law as a
sacred principle of democracy can
we hope to reduce the mounting
toll of crime. Such respect can best
be inculcated in youth by proper
education, and to this end, he as
serted, the grand jury should seek
to have every violation of the com
pulsory schcol law reported and
dealt with. Slot machines an-, other
forms of gambling came in for their
share of denunciation in the charge,
the jury being told that it could, by
vigilant investigation, remove this
evil from the county.
Vagrancy, another incentive to
law breaking, was called to the at
tention of the jury with recommen
dations that all such cases be look
ed into thoroughly.
"The maudlin sentimentality
which inclines juries and judges to
deal lightly with adolescent crimi
nals furnishes an irresistible invita
tion to the youthful offender to go
out and repeat the offense, simply
to see if he can get away with it,”
he continued. "All men are equal
before the law. and all violators
thereof should be dealt with alike,
regardless of age. Tire boy who
commits a crime deserves to take
his medicine just as an older man
would be required to do." Judge
Sinclair concluded vigorously.
Aviators Near New
Record Yesterday
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 13—The world's
sustained flight record will belong
again to Dale Jackson and Forest
O’Brine when they eat breakfast
Wednesday morning, if their sturdy
ship. Greater St. Louis, is still aloft
at 9.43 a. m.
The 23-day pursuit of the record
of 553 hours, 42 minutes, set by the
Illinois coal miners, John and Ken
neth Hunter, in Chicago, only five
weeks ago. will be equalled at 8:43
a. m„ and one hour later a new
record would be recognized. The
Hunter beys broke the St. Louis'
boys' former mark of 420 hours
made in July, 1929.
"We will make it a 1,000-hour
mark this time,” Jackson messaged
down. “Then let the boys shoot at
that one.’’
Late today the fliers glided down
to within 500 feet of the ground,
slewed down the speed of their en
gine and took on their usual supply
of 70 gallons of gasoline and five
gallons of oil.
A steaming supper of fried chick
en, hot coffee and the trimmings
were lowered last to them.
Then the motor speeded up and
the plane roared away into the
twilight, as it started grinding away
on the 548th hour of continuous
flight at 4:11 p. m.
Will Tour Europe
Jackson and O Brine will tour
Europe this Fall, if they come down
in time, William Pickens, who said
he was their manager, announced
from the field.
The monotonous staccoto of their
motor roared on through the night
as crowds of sightseers paced about
the rope enclosures of the field.
Sound movies, the radio and the
press were represented by scores of
men and machines.
Soda pop and hot dog stands
sprung up as if by magic, as the
zero hour of the adventure neared.
Fireworks also were brought out for
a gala exhibition Wednesday night
in anticipation of St. Louis' great
victory over Chicago.
The pilots told the refueling crew,
over a small radio set, they didn’t
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SUPERIOR COURT
OPENS MONDAY
No Case of Outstanding In
terest AmonK More Than
200 Set For Trail
SINCLAIR IS PRESIDING
HALIFAX, August 12—With no
cases of outstanding interest, but
with more than 200 set for trial,
one of the largest dockets in the
history of Halifax, the August term
of criminal court convened here
Monday morning with Judge N. A.
Sinclair presiding and Solicitor R.
Hunt Parker prosecuting.
Following Judge Sinclair's charge,
the grand jury, under the leadership
of Harry Smith of Weldon, foreman,
has done excellent work in passing
upon the bills presented and has
not detained the working of the
court which had made good progress
in the over-crowded docket late
Tuesday afternoon.
Tom Perry plead guilty to a
charge of carrying a concealed
weapon, to-wit, a pistol, and received
a fine of $50 and costs. Judge Sin
clair gave Colonel Smith Jr„ Wel
don negro, three months on the
roads in which to learn batter than
to go in a store and shop lift. Smith
entered the Rose store at Weldon
and laid in a supply of handker
chiefs and a couple of bottles of
perfume without going through the
formality of seeing the cashier.
Eugene Miller, white man of Rose
mary received a four months road
sentence when he plead guilty to
driving a car while intoxicated.
Miller was a member of the con
struction crew which is building the
bridge across the Roanoke.
Henry Gilliland, white man of
Roanoko Rapids, came into court
charged with abandonment and
failing to support his wife and
children. R. O. Bray, father of Gil
liland's wife, took the stand and
told hew he and Mrs. Bray had to
support, not only his children, but
his wife. Much feeling was shown
by Mr. Bray over the excuses and
denials made by Gilliland, who told
the jury that he had done every
thing in his power to get on with
his wife s people and to provide for
his children, but the evidence was
too strong against him and a jury
said guilty. Judge Sinclair placed a
12 months suspended road sentence
upon him. and required that he give
bond to the tune of $200, show good
behavior and give $7.50 per week to
the support of his wife and children.
Jim McCoy, negro, told the judge
that he didn’t go to cut his wife but
went to strike her with his finger
to show her who was boss. The
knife slipped, however, and made a
12 inch gash across her breast. She
had no hard feeling toward her
husband and came in court very
good naturedly and stated that Jim
had always been good to her. The
judge thought a little time might
improve him as a husband and gave
him 12 months.
Al. Williams, negro, plead guilty
to unlawful possession of liquor and
will work the roads for 6 months.
Will Lewis, youthful negro from
near Littleton, was caught while at
tempting to break in the store of J.
B. Kirkland and received 12 months
for the escapade.
Ncah Carver, white man of Rose
mary, paid a fine of $25 and costs
for being caught taking a drink of
liquor. The possession of liquor took
3 months freedom from Frank Law
rence, unless he can raise $50 and
the costs of court. He must then
report for two years to show good
behavior.
Paul Massey, white man of Roa
noke Rapids, came into court with
a bad reputation and facing two
previous charges of dealing in liquor,
for which he has pulled two terms
on the road. He plead guilty to the
possession of the stuff and stated
it belonged to Raymond Acres and
Hinton Faison for whom he was
working, both of whom have the rep
utation of being bootleggers and
who are in jail awaiting to be tried
on a like charge. Sentence has not
been passed upon him and will likely
await the outcome of the trial of
Acree and Faison.
W. T. Chittenden, white man of
Roanoke Rapids, was given a good
reputation when he came into court
upon a charge of having whiskey in
his possession. He was taking a little
drink when one of the minions of
the law came along. The drink cost
him $25 and the costs of court.
Melvin Rogers was given 30 days
for having liquor in his possession.
He plead guilty to the charge.
C. R. Long and A. R. Tant, white
men of Roanoke Rapids, got a six
months vacation on the roads in
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