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WELDON, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1930
NUMBER 15
LITER REVIEWS
[ALLOT BATTLE
Bey Majority Continues To
trow; May Reach Above
130,000 Votes
IER NEWS OF STATE
By M. L. SHIPMAN
SIGH, Nov. 10—Not since
has the Democracy of North
Dlina won anything like the
eping victory achieved in the
8 of ballots on November 4, 1930
the vote for United State Sen
has so far been tabulated, but
landslide extends all along the
for State, district and county
Iters. The Bailey majority conti
es to grow and may reach above 1
, 000. Although receiving a smaller
a.1 in the State than did Govern
Smith in 1928. the Bailey ma
rity is far greater than his most
ilstlc friends dared predict. His
pponent was not even a serious
bntender.
1928 Governor Smith polled
6,227 votes and Herbert Hoover
•8,923. The Bailey vote this year
eported from 1,312 of the 1,811 pre
nets is 262,805, and for Pritchard
2,268. Two years ago Gardner for
overnor received 362,009 votes and
opponent trailed him with a
Dtal of 289,415. Returns indicate,
berefore, that many Democrats
nd a greater number of Republi
tns did not vote at all in the re
ent election. The Republican can
lidate for Senator carried less than
alf a dozen counties and his party
the State lost both the Ninth
nd Tenth Congressional districts it
_optured in the Hoover landslide
two years ago. The smallest Demo
era tic majority in any of the con
gressional districts exceeds 5,000.
Furthermore, the returns indicate
that the Republicans have lost con
ftrol of the government of twenty
|eix of the thirty-two counties which
they have dominated the past two
) years. Unless the final canvass of
fthr returns prove to the contrary,
only the counties of Avery, Mitchell,
. Randolph, Sampson, Wilkes and
Yadkin will be controlled by that
.party during the next two years,
and, according to reports, the Demo
crats of Wilkes elected a representa
tive to the Legislature and Clerk
of the Superior Court. Also, their
candidate for register of deeds in
Randolph.
Chairman" Odus M. Mull, of the
; Democratic Committee, proved him
self by far the “best guesser” on
1 the result. He predicted 100,000 ma
jority for Bailey, the election of
every Democratic candidate for con
gress, 114 Democrats to the House
of Representatives and forty-eight
Senators. The Republican rout,
Chairman Mull believes, is due to
a disapproval of the National Re
publican administration and ap
proval of the administration of
Governor Gardner.
None of the Democratic leaders
expected such an upheaval and a
wise use of the power it has created
is of prime importance, according
: to the conservative group, who will
advise the utmost caution all along
the line.
For the Republicans, Avery coun
ty sends to the House, T. C. Hicks;
; Mitchell, J. C. McBee; Pamlico, A.
B. Brinson; Randolph, W. L. Ward;
Sampson, A. L. Butler; and Yad
kin, J. C. Pinnlx to the House. A.
T. Grant, of Davie, comes to the
Senate from the Twenty-fourth
District, and Roy A. Harmon of
Avery, is to be the representative
|rom the Thirtieth District. All
Other representatives in the two
branches of the Legislature next
winter will be Democrats. This will
be the most sweeping majority the
Democrats of the State have ever
“rolled in" in the General Assem
bly, it is said. It will be a “novel
sight” to feast the eye upon demo
cratic representatives from Wilkes,
Surry, Stokes, Henderson, Madison,
Davie, Lincoln, Catawba, Bruns
wick, Clay, Graham and other rock
ribbed Republican counties cf the
west. But it will be a “condition and
not a theory” when the General
Assenbly assembles here two months
hen®.
In the Johnston county case the
Supeme Court sustained the posi
tion of the Board of Education,
which means that when it comes
to he number of teachers to be
empoyed in a county the Board Of
Eduiation is supreme In its dis
cretbn regardless ol the provision
of tie Hannock School Act relative
thento. Judge W. A. Devin had pre
vioHly made a ruling to that ef
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Spend More For
Luxuries Than For
School Purposes
RALEIGH, Nov.12.—The people
of North Carolina spend $1.40 for cer
tain luxuries—tobacco, soft drinks,
Ice cream, candy, chewing gum,
theatres and movies, jewelry, per
fumes, cosmetics sporting goods and
toys—to every $1,00 spent for pub
lis schools, according to a recent
study made by the Research Divi
sion of the National Educational
Education Association, it is learned
today from the State Department
of Public Instruction.
The annual bill for certain lux
uries for this State in 1928 was, ac
cording to the result of this inves
tigation, $65,936,995, while the cost
of 'public elementary and secondary
schools and colleges was $47,047,191.
This luxury bill is divided as fol
lows: For tobacco, $22,054,566; for
soft drinks, ice cream, candy and
chewing gum $19,057,472; for thea
tres, movies, and similar amuse
ments $11,152,737; for jewelry, per
fumes and cosmetics $8,525,722; and
for sporting goods, toys, etc., $5,146,
498.
North Carolina spends 4.38 per
cent of the annual income of its
citizens for schools, according to the
bulletin issued by the National Edu
cation Association. The $65,936,995
spent for certain luxuries, on the
other hand, represents 6.14 per cent
of the annual estimated income of
$1,073,028,000 for 1928.
In the nation, as a whole, $2.61
is spent for candy, chewing gum,
heatres, and similar items, for every
$1.00 spent for schools. We expend
$6,401,650,000 for the limited list of
articles and amusements given
above, while all the public schools
are allotted $2,448,633561.
“In presenting these figures,”
comments the bulletin of the Na
tional Association, “it is not im
plied that one should limit himself
wholly to the necessities of life. We
should not be willing, however, it
says in eilect, to give luxuries pre
ference oyer essentials in the spend
ing of our income.
Finds Snake Coiled
In Canaries’ Cage
BURNET, Tex., Nov. 12—“There’s
a thief in this house," Edward
Schnabel observed when he was"
awakened about daylight, “and from
tlie sound of things he is eating his
breakfast.”
Whereupon Schnabel arose armed
himself and sought the burglar.
What he found was a good-sized
mouse snake coiled complacently in
a bird cage which had been occu
pied by two but was now occupied
by one canary.
Even as he watched, Schnabel
s.uv the other canary in the cage
disappear. After which the snake
was neatly caught, because his mid
dle protruded so far he couldn’t get
cut between the bars oi the cage.
Bishop Cheshire To
Visit Local Church
The Rt. Rev. Joseph B. Cheshire,
Bishop of the Diocese of North
Carolina, will make a visitation to
the Church cf the Savior, Jackson,
Sunday morning, November 16th
and to Grace Episcopal church,
Weldon, at 7:30 that night for the
purpose of administering the Rites
of Confirmation, announced the
Rev. D. P. Moore, pastor of the
churches.
Bishop Cheshire will also visit
St. Mark’s church at Halifax on
Sunday, November 24, at 11 o’clock
and will be at Scotland Neck at
7:30 o’clock the same date.
Paid In Eggs For
Number Rats Killed
KINSTON, Nov. 12.—It wasn’t a
piccolo the Pied Piper had, it must
have been a shotgun.
Thomas J. White, lawyer, and Ray
Barber contracted to kill rats in the
barn of a Lenoir county farmer,
each dead rat to be paid for with
an egg. The pair began the hunt
one night armed with small rifles
and flashlights.
After two hours’ work they had
killed 70 rats. The farmer gave the
men 70 eggs, but asked them to call
of! the hunt, since th»re were no
more eggs.
They agreed to accept a potato
for each rat and departed an hour
later with 30 sweet potatoes.
LUCKY BREAKS
-By C It Miller
GOT OUT OF JAM INTO PICKLES—
Heinz,, the picKle
kinq, spilled suqar
on pickles by mis
take, He found
the mixture a
good one and per
suaded millions
of others to like
it as Well as his „
other"57Varieties
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Shouse Says Party
Will Not Attempt To
Embarrass President
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—Con
cerning the attitude cf the Demo
crats in the new Congress, Jouett
Shouse, Chairman Democratic Nat
ional Executive Committee, made it
clear in a radio speech, closing the
campaign. He said:
“And it there be a Democratic
House or a Democratic Senate, cr
both, I assume to pledge to the
American people that they may be of
good cheer. It is not for me to at
tempt to outline the legisative pro
gram of a Democratic Congress, but
as a result of conferences with our
leaders in both House and Senate
I do not hesitate to say to you that
you need have no fear that every
action taken will be solely with a
view to the betterment of the
American people. There will be no
attempt to embarrass the Executive.
If he has been embarrassed during
the present Congress that embar
rassment has come far more from
members of the opposition party.
The Democrats in Congress, whether
in control of one or both of the
legislative bodies, will formulate and
carry through a constructive pro
gram, seeking only to serve the best
interests of the country and hop
ing for the cooperation of the
Executive in writing such a pro
gram into law.”
Local Citizens Hurt
In Auto Wreck
Mr. and Mrs. CleVHand Carter
are recovering at their home from
injuries received on Sunday night
when the car in which they and
their daughter, Miss Louise, were
riding was hit by a car driven by
Luther Allen, a negro of near Wel
don, who was also very painfully
but not seriously injured.
The accident occurred on Sun
day afternoon about six o’clock near
Mack Plnnell’s store. According to
witnesses to the accident, Allen was
driving on the left side of the road
and evidently was not looking where
he was going. In order to avoid a
head-on collision, when the cars
were just a short distance apart,
Mr. Carter swerved to his left, the
car driven by Allen crashing into
his car on his right side, badly dam
aging both cars and painfully in
juring the occupants. Miss Loiiise
Carter was only slightly bruised,
Mrs. Carter received several cuts
and was badly bruised, Mr. Carter
was also cut and bruised.
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TO SERVE TURKEY DINNER
Circle No. 2 of the Episcopal
church auxiliary will serve a
"Turkey Dinner" in the “Coffee
Shoppe” on Thursday, November
13, beginning at 11 o’clock. Chicken
salad, turkey hash and hot waffles
and oysters will be on the menu.
The public is most cordially invited.
Uniform Staple
Makes Reputation
For Union Farmers
By Adopting the Mexican big
boiled variety of cotton for the
county, Union county farmers are
making a reputation for tl “mselvee
for growing cotton of miform
grade and staple.
“Union county now has the en
viable reputation for growing cot
ton that suits the textile spinners,"
says Jerry H. Moore, champion
corn grower of the South and agro
nomist at the North Carolina Ex
periment Station. "This reputation
did not come by accident but by
the adoption of one single variety
and keeping it improved through
the use of pure seed. The Mexican
Big Boll variety, whieh is the on*
adopted by the leading growers of
that county, produces a desirable
quality of cotton with about one
inch staple that grows well on
Union county soils."
Mr. Moore has been urging more
Union county growers to concentrate
on this variety. He says the cotton
is now well established, has given
satisfaction for a number of years
and that pure seed may be obtained
easily within the county.
However, he cautions, any pure
variety will quickly run out unless
the seed are kept pure at the gin.
This is something which should con
cern the growers this Fall. Special
gin days on which only the one va
riety is ginned are effective in pre
venting the mixing of seed. The
other growers who are using the
short cottons with undesirable
staples, should cooperate with the
progressive growers and unite to
keep the cotton from deteriorating.
It is entirely possible for the good
reputation now enjoyed by Union
county to be further increased if
every grower would concentrate on
the Mexican big boll variety and
grow it to the exclusion of all
others. To do this would give Union
county a reputation enjoyed by few
sections of the cotton growing
south, says Mr. Moore.
FOUNDERS DAY TO BE
CELEBRATED AT CHOWAN
The alumnae and friends of Cho
wan College will celebrate Founders’
Day on Tuesday, November 18, W.
B. Edwards, president, announced
yesterday.
The program for the day con
sists of a meeting of the Board of
Trustees at 11 o’clock; soccer game
at 10:30 a. m.; annual address at
2:30 p. m.; tennis tournament at
4 p. m.; recital by Fine Arts De
partment at 8:30 p. m.
NEGRO BOUND TO COURT
Having three pints of liquor in
his possession when an officer of
the law ran afoul of him, brought
Russell Robinson before Mayor Dan
iel on Monday morning where he
was bound over under $50 bond foi
his appearance at the November
term of criminal court. The negrc
man gave bond.
TAX COMMITTEE
MEETS SATURDAY
Members to Report And Send
Petitions to North Caro
lina Tax Relief Body
TO BEGIN AT 10 O’CLOCK
A full meeting of the executive
committee of the Halifax County
Tax Relief Association will be held
at the court house at Halifax Sat
urday morning, November 15, at
10 o’clock, J. T. Madry, secretary,
announced yesterday. This was de
cided at a recent meeting of the
committee held at Halifax which
only a few of the members attended.
The meeting has beer, called in
order that reports may be had from
every member of the executive com
mittee the precinct chairmen, and
that the signed petitions may be
turned in and sent to the North
Carolina Tax Relief Association.
At the meeting yesterday the
chairmen present reported more
than 600 signatures to the petitions
and Hugh Bloomer lead the group
by turning in $22.55 in contribu
tions to the Halifax Association’s
treasury. Chairman of the precinct
committees are requested by the
chairman of the executive commit
tee to turn in all signatures to the
petitions and make final reports at
the meeting next Saturday.
Those attending the meeting yes
terday were: C. R. Emry. chairman
of the committee and of the Rose
mary precinct committee; W. T.
Shaw, president of the Halifax As
sociation; Hugh Bloomer, chairman
of the Ringwood precinct commit
tee; W. R. Nevill, chairman of
Faucetts precinct committee; J. R.
Wollett, chairman of Littleton pre
cinct commitee, and J. T. Madry,
secretary of the Halifax association
and of the executive committee.
Bishop Mouzon To
Preach Here Sunday
According to an announcement
cf Rev. John Shore, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal churCh, Bishop
Edwin D. Mouzon, the PresMing
Bishop in this Episcopal District,
will preach at the Methodist church
here next Sunday morning at 11
o'clock.
The general public is rncst cor
dially invited to hear the Bishop
at. this time, stated the Rev. Mr.
Shore.
Corn Liquor Leads
Man Into Court
Corn liquor figured in an argu
ment on Saturday night between
Mattie “B” and George Gibbons,
Weldon negro man and woman,
which placed the negro man in the
Halifax county jail in default of
$100 bond placed upon him by
Mayor Charlie Daniel upon a
charge of assaulting a female. The
negro man was said to have been
drinking and slapped the negro
woman. He was arrested by officer
Bennie Arthur and tried Monday
morning in Mayor’s court.
MOODY ANNOUNCES DAIRY
SCORES FOR HALIFAX
With an average bacteria count
of 1500 at a temperature of 37 de
grees With 4.95 butterfat, the Jersey
Dairy at Enfield led all other
dairies in Halifax county for the
month of October, according to a
report sent out by David H. Moody,
milk inspector for Halifax county.
Pine View Dairy of Enfield came
second with an average bacteria
count of 2.000 at 41 degrees with
5.00 butterfat.
Following is the rating of other
Halifax county dairies:
S. S. Viverette, bac. 1,500. fat 4.95.
tem. 37; W. H. Batts, bac. 2.000, fat
5.00, tem. 41; Chittendon's Dairy,
bac. 2,000, fat 3.65, tem. 50 1-2; N.
M. Hockaday, bac. 3,000, fat 3.55,
tem. 49; C. V. Strauther, bac. 3.000,
fat 3.70, tem. 45; E. L. Hamil, bac.
3.500, fat 4.20, tem. 43; Percy John
son, bac. 7,000, fat 4.90, tem. 52; J.
E. Mathews & Son, bac. 7,500, fat
3.10, tem. 53; Allen's Dairy, bac.
13.500, fat 3.95, tem. 46 1-2.
The dairies listed above were
graded by Inspector Moody as
Grade A. Mark Moore Dairy at
Hobgood was rated as a B dairy.
Grade D dairies as rated by the in
spector, were J. H, Harrell, Rose
mary; Mrs. Chas. Speed, Scotland
Neck; Miss Susie Shields, Scotland
Neck; Chas. VanLandingham, Scot
land Neck; Mrs. E. T. Welch, Hob
good; Mrs. G. C. Revelle, Rose
mary.
Rev. Moore Asks
Citizens To Donate
To Charity Fund
In the following article, the Rev.
D. P. Moore, pastor of the Episco
pal church and publicity chairman
of the Board of Associated Chari
ties, makes a plea for the Weldon
Associated Charities.
“If acute suffering amfcng our
worthy needy is to be avoided or
lessened during this coming win
ter, the people of Weldon will have
to make many personal sacrifices
in money, food, clothing and fuel.
We are face to face with the grav
est financial difficulties in many
years. Even in normal times there
is a certain percentage of people
who are without means of support
from one cause or another. Insuffi
cient wages earned by the heads of
large families prohibits saving, or
it may be sudden acute sickness,
but to these causes have been add
ed the distressing drop in agricul
tural prices and widespread unem
ployment in industry. Some outside
help must come in to relieve this
situation, and help out in this crisis.
“Old age with its consequent loss
of earning power and inability of
relatives to suppliment self-help
makes many worthy of public sup
port. However, our county home has
a limited capacity with many more
applications for admission than
there is room to take care of them.
We must needs provide for such as
these. Children are left as orphans,
and our public and Denominational
or Society Institutions are filled be
yond capacity and also have long
waiting lists. No one begrudges
children of food and shelter but
things cost money and we will have
to give it or else we stand the
chance of creating juvenile crimi
nals.
There is little use in talking re
ligion to a hungry man. Jesus was
noted for his “compassion'1 and so
it is we have many children whose
school work will be materially ham
pered if their scanty fare at home
is not materially added to at
school. There are at present 25
children who are given lunches
every day provided by various
individuals from their tables.
We need a milk fund so that these
children's diet may be approximate
ly complete. At school they are giv
en 1-2 pint of milk at lunch, a
glassful. Let us think of giving so
much health, of bone and muscle
building food, and a greater chance
in life. Let ycur dollars have a con
science rather than thinking of
them as ‘money to the Associated
charities.’ ”
Should Fight Weeds
And Grass In Fall
When weeds and grass are al
lowed to grow In profusion and pro
duce seed, they are more trouble
some to cmbat the following year.
It’s the same way with fungi and
the organisms of plant diseases. If
they get the upper hand one year,
look out for them the next spring.
This is a timely warning made
by Dr. R. F. Poole, plant patholo
gist of the North Carolina Experi
ment Station, who suggests a tho
rough fall clean-up as one way of
successfully combatting the trouble.
Dr. Poole says many fungi live over
in the soil. The soil is the chief
home of the fungi and here they
are protected from freezing weather
and other variabl0 conditions. Some
fungi live over on the stems and
leaves of dead plants, while others
may pass the winter in green plant
tissue.
“If a little attention is given to
cleaning up the gardens, orchards
and even fields at this time of the
year, many common plant diseases
will not be prevalent next season,"
says Dr. Poole.
Therefore he recommends to prune
out all dead wood and remove the
infected parts of perennial plants
and bum them.
Cut the dead plants of annual
growth, rake up and burn or plow
under so that decay will be com
plete before next season.
Rake up all the leaves and vege
table matter and compost with
manure or plow under.
Where plants have been diseased
with the nematode, plow up and
bum the roots. Many of the worms
will be killed during the winter.
Plow under tomatoe vines, old
summer cabbage plants, tjeets,
melon, and other garden plants. It
is not necessary to rake these up.
Pull off the cedar apples or galls
on red cedars in a mile radius, and
near apple orchards to keep down
apple rust.
DRIVE FOR FUNDS
BEGINS ON FRIDAY
Board of Associated Charities
Asks Aid For Unfortu
nate Citizens
$1,000 IS MINIMUM GOAL
With the goal set at a minimum
of $1,000.00 the Board of Associated
Charities will begin its drive to
morrow morning at 9:00 o’clock and
continue throughout the day, ac
cording to an announcement made
by the Rev. D. P. Moore, publicity
chairman of the board.
The board was organized several
years ago and has done much work
among the poor and needy. It is
composed of the pastors of the
churches of Weldon, the Bible
classes, Missionary societies, Wom
an’s Auxiliary of the churches and
by the Hebrew Center, Community
club, American Legion and Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary, Book club,
Thursday afternoon club, Woman’s
clud, County Board cf Health, Su
perintendent of the Weldon schools,
and the Pythian and Masonic
bodies of Weldon.
Those who will take part in the
canvass on Friday are Mrs. Lee
Johnson and Mrs. S. B. Pierce,
Washington Ave.; Mrs. Will Joseph
son, Elm Ave. and the side streets
between Elm and Washington
avenues; Mrs. C. F. Gore and Mrs.
I. E. Green, Sycamore St. and
streets between Sycamore and
Washington Ave.; Mrs. W. O.
Davis, Maple St.; Miss Pearle Har
ris and Mrs. H. B. Neville, Cedar
St.; Henry House, South Weldon;
Dutch Seifert, Newton Shepherd
and Dr. W. G. Suiter, business
district.
Much interest in being taken in
the drive and it is expected that
the minimum will be reached by
Friday night, it was said.
In the following article Dr. W. G.
Suiter tells of the organization and
the purposes of the associated
charities and why every citizen of
this community should subscribe to
their limit, even though it deprives
them of some of the comforts of
life.
"The associated charities was or
ganized in Weldon about six years
ago and although many of our
citizens have given their whole
hearted support to it generally, yet
the entire citizenship has not re
sponded in a way that was expected.
In a community which has proven
on so many occasions its willing
ness to cooperate, only one expla
nation can be given to account for
this apparent lack of interest in an
organization which has proven its
worth to so many communities; that
is, the failure to realize the need of
such an organization. This article
is for the purpose of acquainting the
public with the activities and pur
poses of this organization.
"Several years ago the founders
of the associated charities realized
tits duplicated effort and over
lapping aid by the various organi
zations and individuals engaged in
this work in Weldon. Those in need
were seeking and receiving aid from
many sources, and the various
agencies did not know what the
other was doing, consequently there
was much begging from house to
house, some cases receiving aid
from all sources, while other cases,
just as pressing, received little or
scarcely no aid at all.
It was realized by the founders,
that by a concentrated effort better
results could be obtained, less effort
expended, money and other aid
could be more wisely distributed
and the deserving ones would be
helped while those not deserving aid
would'find it difficult to ply their
trade as would-be charity cases.
For these reasons the associated
[charities was organized. The charity
[ board was then composed of, as it
[ is now, representatives from the
various religious and civic organiza
tions interested in charity work.
Through this board an appeal was
made to these organizations and to
the public to stop promiscious giving
and to discourage house-to-house
canvass, but to give through the
associated charities, or else in
known worthy cases. ,
“By these means records were
kept of all charity cases and the
amount of aid given them. In other
words, the associated charities serv
ed as a clearing house for charity
work in this community.
“Although the people of the com
munity never cooperated as whole
heartedly as was hoped for, yet this
method of handling the problem
[ proved to be superior to the other
! method. It is felt that the associated
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