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THE I tm ABLISIIED IN 1866 A NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE Terms of Subscription—$2.00 Per Annum VOL. LXV. WELDON, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1930 NUMBER 11 WRITER REVIEWS NEWS OF WEEK Visitors From United States Senate Redeem >A Dull Week In Politics iUARREL IN JOHNSTON this By M. L. SHIPMAN RALEIGH, Oct. 13—Visitors from he United States Senate this week edeemed a dull week in politics nd since it was the first ever paid State by a representative from .he “greatest deliberative body in | the world,” the capital properly ap f predated the coming of the illus ; trious men who are to inquire into ! the North Carolina way of holding elections. The call of the senators coming with the annual State game, had all sorts of news competition, but the press placed its emphasis all on the investigation. The promoters of the regular campaign were of course in terested in the effect which this in quiry will have on the election in November. But there were no signs that the senate committee itself had any partisan concern in North Caro lina politics. There were rumors of big money spent on both sides, though participants in the actual fight disclaimed any sight of the stuff which ordinarily makes cam paigns go. Advocates of the secret ballot were interested in what the committee will find as to alleged frauds committed. The 1929 bill under which the June primary was held, never guaranteed absolute protection from trickery, but the friends of this measure were so well pleased with it that they feel cer tain of its permanency among the enactments of the general assem bly. The right to use markers conceded in this measure opened the way for occasional interference, it was said; but believers in secre cy in elections feel sure that the frauds alleged must he few in fact. The Nye committee’s coming had been so well announced that when it reached Raleigh its presence caused only a passing interest about the hotels. The rough handling of this organization by Mrs. McCor mick in Illinois, where the daughter of Marcus Aurelius Hanna candidly went after a senatorial nomination and got it in the good old-fashioned Hannah way, tended to take off some of the glamour of the com mittee’s coming, albeit, not every body who had baen summoned be fore it felt perfectly at home. Some of the anti-Simmons partisans hoped to use the occasion for speech-making against the Senator and frankly said so. But the com mittee was indisposed to chase rab bits. It was seeking testimony on the methods and money employed in the recent referendum. Johnston countys scnooi row in the supreme court and argu ments this we.ek will undertake to convince the court that Judge W. A. Devin was wrong in ruling that the county commissioners may deter mine how many teachers can be ■employed and how few. The controversy in Johnston is an ancient quarrel between the Demo cratic board of education and the Republican commissioners. The com missioners undertook to cut the budget for the schools down enough to save $51,000. The board of edu cation could not see the slash. There were 433 teachers in the county. The cut reduced the teaching force to 349. Then the State board of equalization cited the commissioners to Raleigh to show the board which had sent them $111,000 from the equalizing fund, some reason why $51,000 of this fund should not be returned to the State. As that loss to the school fund would seriously aifect the county rate of taxation the commissioners naturally are not very enthusiastic over losing any such slices as that. But the two county boards cannot agree on how the controversy should continue. The Republican com missioners naturally do not wish to lose $51,000; the Democrats do not care to court the disfavor of the county in standing for the increase in county expenditures. The Repub lican board wishes the Democratic board to bring some action against the commissioners which will show that the county fathers were re ducing expenditures until stopped by the Democrats. The Democrats naturally wish such odium as at taches to conducting the county’s financial policy to Pall on the Re publicans. Judge Devin’s ruling is different from that followed by the "attorney ^ general who has been councellor tc (Continued on page « Seaboard Men Are Bound To Halifax Superior Court J. L. Harris and F. C. Parker, white men of Seaboard, who were arrested in Weldon on Sunday night after the car they were driv ing had hit and injured J. H. Nich olson, white man of Roanoke Ra pids, while reparing a tire on the side of the highway in South Wel don, were bound over to the next term of Superior court under bond, when tried before Mayor Charlie Daniel and Magistrate W. A. Car ter here on Thursday. Due to the iliness of the defendant’s attorney, the hearing was postponed from Monday to Thursday. Since part of the damage caused bj Harris and Parker occurred in town it was necessary that the men face both Mayor Daniel and a jus tice of the peace. Harris’ bond was placed at $150 while Parker’s was set at $250. The men were said to have been under the influence of whiskey when caught and a pint of the fluid was located in the car following their arrest. Nut Meats Are In Demand By Grocers Both the hulled nuts and the black walnut kernels or meats are in demand by grocers, confectionery shops, or candy plants and the sale of the walnuts may be made a regu lar farm income. “There are many farms in North Carolina having black walnut trees producing nuts of exceptional value each year,” declares R. W. Graeber, extension forester at State College. “Last year was a poor walnut year in most sections of the State and it is possible that the drought has interferred with the crop this seas on; however, the crop prospect is worth immediate investigation. Good black walnuts are always in demand and there are local markets available in nearly every town in the State.” In preparing the nuts for market, they should be gathered as soon as they fall, the hulls removed and the nuts spread out to dry, says Mr. Graeber. This keeps the kernels bright-colored and sweet. An old corn sheller may be used to remove the hulls rapidly and easily, if done while the hulls are still green. Scrubbing in an old churn or simi lar receptacle will polish the shells and make the nuts more attractive to the eye. To cure, spread the nuts on a screen wire or board surface not more than three nuts deep. A moldy nut soon becomes rancid and of poor quality. Mr. Graeber says that many farmers of his acquaintance have developed a good trade direct with the consumer through the curb markets. Others sell by parcel post and still others sell directly to the candy stores, ice cream plants and other local markets. If any farmer should have difficulty in finding a local market, Mr. Graeber offers to send him information about outside markets. Negro Charged With Possessing Whiskey John Westley Wilder, negro help er at the Halifax county fair grounds, was bound over to su perior court when tried before Magistrate W. A. Carter on Mon day morning on a charge of the possession of liquor for the purpose of sale. The negro was in the act of mak ing a sale when Deputy Sheriff J. P. Thorne ran in on him. The would be purchaser escaped. Wilder had seven and one-half pints of whiskey hid under his bunk. The negro was unable to raise bond, and awaits trial in the Halifax county jail, where he was carried follow ing his trial. Hair Pulling Leads Negroes Into Court The whys and whereforths of a dispute and a hair pulling contest between Mabel Wilkins and Jeanete F lagg, young negro girls of Weldor is not known, but the results were that each paid the cost of courl when they faced Mayor Daniel or Saturday morning and that Mabe Wilkins is to get out of town anc stay out. The women were arrested by Wel don police officers and faced the Mayor on a charge of an affray. LUCKY BREAKS —-By C R. Miller BURNING BRIDGE COOKS MESS OF KALE — AndreW Carneqie. young teleqraph operator, saw a burninq bridge and stopped all traffic. - So impressed Was he by the need for steel bridqes that he entered the steel business and became one of the Worlds richest men. Committee Seeks To Arouse Interest In Short Route ROCKY MOUNT, Oct. 13.—An effort to awaken interest in the j Virginia-Carolinas-Florida Short Route Association and to attract New York-Florida tourist traffic over the short line route passing through this city will be made to morrow and Friday when a Cham ber of Commerce committee will visit each city on the route between Petersburg, Va., and Lumberton, N. C. The committee consists of W. A. Meadows, H. W. Cutchin, N. Y. Chambliss and E. H. Austin, secre tary of the Chamber of Commerce. Realizing that the route from Petersburg to Jacksonville, Fla., by way of Emporia, Va., Weldon, Hali fax, Enfield, Rocky Mount, Wilson, Smithfield, Dunn, Fayetteville, Lum berton, in North Carolina; Dillon, Florence and Charleston, S. C.; Sa vannah and Brunswick, Ga., and into Jacksonville, all of which is paved with the exception of four or five miles north of Weldon, where a bridge is under construc tion, will save tourists 100 miles of travel, business men in each of the cities and towns between Peters burg and Lumberton will be asked to come to this city for a meeting later in the month. Plans will be adopted at the meeting for adver tising the route and to appeal to tourists to follow the route in preference to the Capital City route between Richmond, Raleigh, Colum bia, Augusta and thence to Florida. The local committee will go south tomorrow visiting each town be tween here and Lumberton and will personally visit all business men likely to have an interest in the meeting and will invite them to come here. Friday the committee will go north from this city as far as Petersburg to encourage business men to join in a campaign to at tract tourists through their towns. A fund will be raised for the pur pose of advertising the route and to encourage tourist traffic. Mr. Austin said that he expected that repreesentatives from prac tically every town along the route would join in the move and that the date for the meeting would be settled following the town-to-town canvass. Halifax Gins 6,219 Bales To October 1 Halifax county ginned 6,219 bales of cotton prior to October 1, 1930, compared with 142 bales for the same period a year ago, according to figures released yesterday by the Department of Commerce, through the Bureau of the Census. The State ginnings totalled 198,454 bales, com pared with 50,189 a year ago. Ninety per cent of the tobacco growers attending a meeting in Edgecombe county voted to go ahead with organizing a cooperative marketing association. Farmers Co-operate To Solve Problem Harvesting Grain A serious hindrance to the grow ing of small grain generally over eastern Carolina has been the small acreage planted on each farm mak ing it impracticable for cne man to own a binder and thresher. “Five farmers of Conetoe in Edgecombe county have solved this problem very satisfactorily.” says A. T. Holman, agricultural engineer at State college. “Each of these men wanted to grow from 15 to 40 acres of winter grains and so they de cided to buy a good threshing ma chine cooperatively. Each man paid one-fifth of the cost and each one uses the machine to thresh all of his grain. There is no limit to the acreage one man may thresh. The machine is kept in repair by the in dividual on whose farm it is located when the repairs are needed.” Mr. Holman says the machine has been used now for seven crops of grain and is still in good condi tion. When it is not needed by one of the owners, it is hired out and a nominal charge made for the work. The returns secured are placed in the treasurer and used only for making permanent repairs, purchas ing new belts and other equipment. To date, the machine has been used to thresh over 1,000 acres. The oat crop of the five owners is used generally for feed and seed while the wheat is ground into flour for home use. There has never been any difficulty in using the thresher. There is no contract and there are no officers. A gentleman’s agreement governs the five members and the plan has made the live-at home movement easy and practical on these farms. Successful Mission Ends At Halifax HALIFAX. Oct. 15.—One of the most successful Missions ever held here came to a close on Sunday morning when Dr. Frank Dean, rector of the Wilmington Episcopal church, preached to a large crowd in the graded school auditorium. Knights Templars of Enfield, Weldon, Rocky Mount and Wilson, dressed in the uniforms of the order, attended the services in a body. Rev. D. P. Moore, pastor of St. Marks, was assisted in the services by Rev. Elwood Haines, executive secretary of the diocese of North Carolina, who conducted services at Grace church in Weldon on Sunday evening. The choir was composed of mem bers from the Scotland Neck, En field, Weldon and Halifax Episco pal choirs, with Mrs. Ivey Watson at the piano. A beautiful duet was sung by Mrs. C. M. Miller and Miss Marion Dunn of Enfield. Much praise has been heard for the wonderful messages brought by Dr. Dean who conducted the Mis sion, and particularly impressive was his sermon Sunday. HALIFAX FAIR IS NOW UNDER WAY Gets Off To Good Start In Spite of Low Hanging Clouds and Showers TO CLOSE ON SATURDAY Halifax county's seventh annual fair got off to a good start today, despit,? the low hanging clouds and occasional showers, following a pa rade led by Victor's Band of New York, and in which a number of prominent young people of the county took part. Due to the wet race track races for the day were not held, but if weather permits it is expected that a number cf good races, both run ning and trotting, will draw many people to the fair grounds. The fair this year will be better than ever, stated W. H. Joyner, secretary. Besides the greatest ex hibits ever shown in this county, we have William Glicks Shows for the midway, Victor's 18 piece band, two football games and a lying contest, Mr. Joyner said. The poul try and cattle exhibits are in charge of W. O. Davis, county agent. The various schools of the county will be represented, and it is understood that the exhibits presented at their booths are a credit to any school. The Ohio Display Fireworks Co. of Pennsylvania will have charge of the fireworks display, which will be shown nightly and they promise something out of the ordinary. A football game between Weldon and Scotland Neck is set for Wed nesday afternoon, and on Friday afternoon there will be a game be tween Greenville and Roanoke Rapids. The fair will close Saturday night, October 18th. Hay Needed With Cotton Seed Meal It is the lack of a nutritive es sential, Vitamin A, rather than any poisonous substance which cotton seed meal may contain that pro duces the condition usually referred to as cottonseed meal poisoning. This is the opinion of Dr. J. O. Halverson, nutrition chemist of the North Carolina Experiment Station, after feeding tests with ten cows extending over 339 days. The cows had a grain ration of varying amounts of cottonseed meal and white corn, both deficient in vita min A, and a roughage ration of beet pulp, cottonseed hulls and alfalfa hay. During the time the test was under way, the cows drop ped 14 calves and produced good quantities of milk. The calves were all normal though one nursing a dam which was fed cottonseed meal as the sole concentrate, developed blindness and spasms ending in death. The mother cow had swollen legs. As a result of the studies made by Dr. Halverson, he concludes that the more cottonseed meal fed, the more leafy hay is required in the Tation. Roughages such as alfalfa hay contain more of the vitamin A in which cottonseed meal, white corn and hulls are deficient. Pas ture and grasses contain a con siderable amount of vitamin A and this supplements the deficiency in the meal. In order to feed cottonseed meal successfully, concludes Dr. Halver son, an excellent leafy roughage in liberal quantity is necessary. More meal than is now fed may be used with milking cows if the roughage is of the right quality and is fed in sufficient amount. In addition to alfalfa hay. other leafy legume roughages such as soybean hay, cowpea hay and the clovers are ex cellent. Corn silage and corn stover are fair. Cottonseed hulls and beet pulp do not contain those sub stances which supplement the de ficiency of cottonseed meal and should be used in limited amounts with the leafy roughages, he says. Legionnaries To Serve Barbecue A regular meeting of the Ameri can Legion will be held in the Hut on Tuesday night at 7 o’clock, at which time a barbecue supper will he served to all Legionaires attend ing, according to Dr. W. G. Suiter district commander. The chief interest of the meet ing, after the supper, will be the installation of new officers, and al members are urged to be present the commander remarked. No Evidence That Money Was Sent Into North Carolina ASHEVILLE, Oct. 14.—After hear ing negative responses from three witnesses here this morning, the Senatorial committee investigating campaign expenditures today defi nitely abandoned its quest for in formation on charges that large sums of money were brought into the State for use in the successful primary campaign of Josiah W. Bailey against Senator P. M. Sim mons and further hearings on charges of fraudulent voting by ab sentee ballots and otherwise were indefinitely postponed. The com mittee will also check expenditures by Bailey county organization. Senator Roscoe E. Patterson, Re publican, Missouri, who had intend ed remaining in the State to con duct these further hearings, return ed to Washington this afternoon to await further data, while Senators Gerald P. Nye, insurgent Republi can, North Dakota and Robert N. Wagner, Democrat, New York, left for Tennessee where they will begin a hearing tomorrow. Senator Pat terson said he might not return at all but that he now contemplates further hearings. However, these hearings will await reports from the 100 Bailey managers. “The committee feels that al though its work is not completed in North' Carolina that there is thus far lacking anything to substantiate the charges that large sums of money were brought into North Carolina to be used in behalf of any candidate for the United States Senate,” declared Senator Nye. “Any continued efforts to asser tain facts in relation to the North Carolina situation will consist at this stage in ascertainment of amounts .expended in the various counties by the county organiza tion and also to ascertain more in formation with regard to such pre cincts as are charged with having had an unusual number of absentee voters ballots recorded in the pri mary election.” “I do not think anybody has to say that there has been complete failure to substantiate the charges of use of money from New York or elsewhere in the primary, but I think the evidence shows that Mr. Bailey conducted a clean campaign.” declared Senator Wagner. I don t care to comment on tne situation at this time as there may be further hearings and I wish to hear all the evidence before mak ing any comment,” said Senator Patterson. Asked if there would be further hearings, he said that de pended upon further development. Senators Nye and Wagner left the State with no present intentions of returning and if there are further hearings by Senator Patterson the likelihood seems to be that they will be deferred until after the election on November 4. C. L. Shuping, State manager for Mr. Bailey, who was examined in Raleigh yesterday, has promised to furnish the committee with a list of the Bailey managers in the 100 counties. The committee plans to call upon these managers for re ports on contributions and expendi tures and Senator Patterson said this afternoon that he would await the cllection of this data before pro ceeding further. The committee has now heard two of the county managers. Yes terday Judge Wiley G. Barnes of Raleigh, Bailey manager in Wake county, testified that he expended between $5,000 and $6,000 for "our ticket" with Mr. Bailey only one of 15 or 20 beneficiaries of the fund and that no bank account or other record was kept of any of the fund. Today G. Lyle Jones. Bailey man ager in Buncombe, told the com mittee that he expended a total of $1,700 all for Mr. Bailey, that this sum constituted all the money spent for Mr. Bailey in this county, that he kept entirely out of local fights and that all local candidates kept entirely out of the Senatorial fight. Mr. Jones stated he started to keep a record of all expenditures but that it got mixed up and be came displaced. He said his largest contribution was $300 and that he thought he could construct an al most accurate list of contributors from memory and of expenditures from his cancelled bank checks. Both Mr. Jcnes and the other two witnesses, Walter B. Davis, presi i Continued on Pag* 4) DEBERRY FINED $2.50 W. W. DeBerry, white, faced Mayor Daniel on Monday morning and received a fine of $250 anc costs of the court for drinking more than he could stand up under WILL NOT ATTEMT TO SIGN 1930 CROP Tobacco Growers Meet At Halifax To Discuss New Marketing Association CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED A small but interested group of tobacco growers gathered at the court house at Halifax on Friday morning to discuss the new mark eting association. R. Hunter Pope of Enfield, president of the Halifax county organization and a member of Governor Gardner’s Relief com mittee, presided at the meeting. All sections of the county were represented and a large percentage of those attending signed the new contract, stated W. O. Davis, county agent, who added that those pres ent were of the opinion that it would be best not to try and put the association to work on the 1930 crop, but to perfect the organization for the handling of the 1931 to bacco crop. The new association w'ill be known as the Eastern North Carolina Tobacco Growers’ Marketing Asso ciation, and in addition to having the support of some of North Caro lina’s leading citizens, has the back ing of the Federal Farm Board. SI ATE BODY WILL NOT TRY TO GET CROP THIS YEAR RALEIGH, Oct. 15.—All hope of organizing a State-wide tobacco co operative in time to help the farm ers dispose of their 1930 crop was definitely abandoned at a meeting of the executive committee of the Tobacco Organization Committee, held here yesterday. At the same time, the committee wen. unani mously on record as favoring or ganization for the 1931 and subse quent crops and chose J. R. Page, ol Aberdeen, to head the organiza tion and. upon its formation, the proposed assciation. Though the committee had found many farmers who w’anted to sign contracts for disposal of the 1930 crop, it was the unanimous opinion that the time for such action had passed. It passed the followifTg reso lution : Unwise This Year "It is unanimously resolved that it would be unwise to attempt to organize for the purpose of handl ing the 1930 crop but it is the un animous opinion, in view of the wide interest being manifest toward the setting up of an association for the 1931 crop, that every effort be made to organize the association to handle thp 1931 crop." Mr. Page was unanimously elected at the recommendation of Govern or Gardner. That the Governor in tends to push the organization at once was shown in the telegram he sent James G. Stone, of the Federal Farm Board, after the meeting. The telegram follows: “Upon my recommendation the committee unanimously named J. R. Page, of Aberdeen, as president and general manager of the tobac co association. He is a brother to Frank Page, former highway com missioner, also a brother to the late Ambassador Page. Mr. Page has ft splendid business record from ac tive management of large lumber, railroad, banking and farming in terests with the various Page com panies. Mr. Page has accepted and want a conference with you and him. Please arrange to come here if posible.” In Hearty Sympathy In accepting the post as head of the organization committee, made up of representatives from the va rious tobacco growing counties and several members at large, appointed by the Governor, Mr. Page said: “I am heartily in sympathy with the effort that is being made to or ganize a tobacco marketing asso ciation for North Carolina tobac co growers. If I can be of any use in helping to establish such an or ganization. I shall gladly furnish my services and will help in every way possible.” Backed by the Governor, all State agricultural agencies and the Fed eial Farm Board, Mr. Page will head the organization movement and pilot the proposed association. Whether or not he will continue as head of the as yet unformed organization will depend on, among other things, the compensation to be offered. No salary has been fixed as yet, nor cculd it be for the organization com mittee is not empowered to go fur ther than the actual organization as yet. The executive committe yesterday (Continued on page 4)
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