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WELDON, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1930
NUMBER 17
WILL JN01 CALL A
I SPECIAL SESSION
iovernor Gardner Says It
Would Interrupt Plans
Now Being Made^
ITHER NEWS OF STATE
By M. L. SHIPMAN
[ RALEIGH, Nov. 25.—The next
Dve on the political checker board
volves the meeting of the Gener
| Assembly on 1931 and not a
ecial session requested by offi
als of the North Carolina Tax
felief Association. Deciding that a
pecial session” of the Legislature
jrould so Interrupt and interfere
th the orderly making of plans
lilch are now in progress for the
gular session in January that the
lect would be to have two ses
Dns without adequate, organized
eparation for either,” Governor
ardner declined to the 20-day ses
on asked for and is busy planning
|r the regular "meeting.” Hearings
the budgets of the various State
Apartments have been in progress
tiring the week before the Advi
ry Budget Commission for funds
the next bienium. Notwlthstand
the notice previously given by
pvernor Gardner, director of the
pdget, that departments and insti
tions wculd Ue expected to base
Eir requests for the next two years
expenditures for the present year,
ate -^epartidents generally asked
greater sqiis than they had he
re because al the need for expan
An, it is said. The following de
rtments halve appeared before the
|mmission £nd the amounts indi
te appropriations for 1928-29 and
Oepartmeht of Revenue: Last ap
opriation, $176,965 each year; re
ested, $205,512 each year.
[Motor Vehicle Bureau: Appropri
pd $469,150 each year; requested,
p5.406 and $470,406.
bounty Government Advisory
linmisgion: Appropriated $21,000
th year; requests, $55,000 each
ar. /
fBtat^ Board of Elections: Last
bienium, $9,395 and $9,500; re
quested $12,800 each year.
StaJj Library Commission: Ap
propriated, $24,900 each year: re
quests, $28,200 and $32,080.
State Library: Previous bienium,
$12,525 each year: requests $11,765
and/ $12,195.
Department of Labor and Print
ing': Previously appropriated, $29,
715 and $29,840; requested, $58,718
ai/d $52,562.
/industrial Commission: Received
coring the past two years $121,703;
Requested, $96,548 and $99,530, or
$196,078.
I Departments of Agrculture: Last
(biennium, $510,000 each year; re
quests, $544, 157 and $5C6,582.
Board of Public Buildings and
Grounds: Appropriated $149,190 and
$110,560; requested, $94,488 and
$91,976.
Governor’s Mansion: Last bien
ium. $12,950 each year; requested
|11,655 and $11640.
Governor’s office: Requested $20,
and 19,000; executive counsel,
110,895 and $10,560; Salary Com
ission, $3,132 and $3,300.
Secretary of State: Requests $24,
135 and $23,180.
State Treasurer: Requests, $33,430
nd $36,215.
Attorney General: Requests, $17,
965 and $18,400.
Adjutant General: Requests, $173-,
161 and $157,300.
Corporation Commission: Re
quests, $89,101 and $110,000.
Department of Conservation and
Development: Requests, $150,224 and
$101,005.
Department of Public Instruction:
For administration and supervision,
$133,084 and $130,i290.
Child Welfare Commission: Re
quests, $32,900 and $32,900.
State Board of Charities and Pub
lic Welfare: Requests, $47,045 and
$36,000; for mother’s aid, $60,000
and $50,000.
State Board of Health and Or
thopedic Clinics: Requests $-194,687
and $486,470.
Historical Commission: Requests,
$36,770 and $36,640.
Insurance Department: Requests,
$121,441 and $114,380.
The State Board of Equilization
has indicated that it will ask for
a couple of million more for the
next biennium or $7,5000,000 each
year; the Veterans Loan Fund $15.
000 instead of $10,000 for each year
instead of $10,000 for each year of
approaching biennium; Indus
trial rehabilitation bureau $15,000
ICh-year’te at present; rural li
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Koanoke Rapids
And Weldon Meet
In Game Today
Weldon and Roanoke Rapids get
together at last. These two teams
clash at Roanoke Rapids Thanks
giving, and will be composed of
town and high school players. The
kickoff will be at 3 o'clock. Between
the halves the Boy Scouts of Wel
don and the Wildcats of Roanoke
Rapids will play football.
P. T. A. Holds An
Interesting Meeting
The Parent-Teacher association
had a very interesting meeting on
Monday afternoon, November 24, at
which time a play contrasting the
school of long ago and the school
of today was attractively given by
the fifth and sixth grades. A busi
ness session followed the close of
the play.
Mrs, Holmes reported the door
receipts of the minstrel show as
amounting to forty dollars. This is
to be held in reserve for playground
equipment for the school.
Mrs. Lee Johnson, chairman of
the Child Welfare committee, re
ported that thirty-six lunches had
been served daily to the under
privileged children since November
10th. Books have also been fur
nished these children. Clothes which
were asked for on a certain date
were received and very conserva
tively valued at $110. These clothes
are held in a locked room at the
school, and very judiciously given
out to the needy ones when neces
sary.
The legislative objective of the
State Congress of Parents and
Teachers as adopted by them were
read and the local organization
heartily endorsed these objectives
which are:
1. A minimum school term of
eight months for all North Carolina
children.
2. Required attendance. to age of
sixteen years unless sixth grade is
completed or child is excused as
provided by law because of ina
bility to profit by further schooling.
3. Children under sixteen not to
work more than eight hours a day,
or six days or forty-eight hours a
week in occupations now prohibited
for children under fourteen.
4. Children under sixteen not to
be employed in enumerated dan
gerous occupations, with power
given to the State Child Welfare
Commission to extend the list of
occupations forbidden because of
danger, injury or hazard.
"The child welfare workers in the
State are very much exercised over
the conditions of the underprivileged
children, for the handling of them
now will determine their stand in
the community in the future;
whether it be that of criminals or
desirable citizens,” a member said.
"Let us be desirous of the attain
ments of these objectives and give
expression to our opinions as it is
only through the expressed opinion
of the public that legislation can
be guided.”
Magistrate Sends
Negro To Halifax
Richard Bunn, negro cf Heaths
ville, was caught by Deputy Sheriff
Jack Thorne on Saturday night and
faced Magistrate W. A. Carter on
Sunday upon a charge of driving
while under the influence of liquor.
He was bound over under bond
and tried on Tuesday at Halifax
when his license was revoked fcr
a term of four months and fined
$50 and costs.
Coley Mack, Robert Price, James
Bunn and Abel Cordle, riding in
thL car at the time Richard Bunn
was caught, were each fined $5 and
costs by Magistrate Carter for be
in,.' disorderly.
Fall Plowing Pays
Large Dividends
Fall plowing of farm land In North
Carolina pays large dividends In In
creased yields as well as in the sav
ing of time normally used In plant
ing.
"The fall ploweed soli, If left rough
through the winter, will freeze and
thaw out a number of time,” says
E. C. Blair, extension agronomist
at State College. “This action causes
the soil to crumble and set Into a
fine seed bed for work the follow
ing spring. Another feature which
should not be overlooked Is that the
rough plowed surface absorbs and
holds more moisture than the un
plowed land.”
According to Mr. Blair, the soil,
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LUCKY BREAKS
-By C ft Miller
Willey Offers Plan
To Use More Cotton
J. J. Willey, local merchant, comes
to the front this week and offers
a plan for the consumption of over
42,000 bales of cotton and at the
same time give each family in the
United States a cotton bed spread.
Mr. Willey is shewing in a win
dow of his store, a hand-made cot
ton bed spread which he says will
consume about six pounds of cot-,
ton yarn. |
Mr. Willey stated that there are
around 130,000,000 people in the
United States, with an average of
about six to the family, which would
make something over 21,000,000
families.
If one of these spreads could be
placed in each family, they would
consume about one pound per per
son, or 130,000,000 pounds of cot
ton. Now divide this by 500, the av
erage weight per bale of cotton, and
by this method over 42,000 bales of
cotton would be taken off the mar
ket, Mr. Willey stated.
This is of course, only a small
amount of our huge surplus, the
hardware merchant said, “But I be
lieve that if the plan is carried out
it will mean much to the cotton
growers, and of course to the coun
try as a whole," he said in conclu
sion.
Seaboard To Handle
Prepaid Ticket Orders
RALEIGH, Dec. 25.—Effective
December 1st, The Seaboard Air
Line Railway will establish the
handling of Prepaid Ticket Orders,
which will prove a great conven
ience to the traveling public who
desire railroad and pullman tickets
be furnished to their relatives,
friends, sons, and daughters, such
as students attending school who
desire to return home for the holi
days and it will be possible to pur
chase a Prepaid Order from any
Seaboard Ticket Agent and the pur
chaser mailing same direct to the
person to whom the ticket will be
furnished or the railroad will
gladly arrange to handle by tele
graph or telephone under certain
conditions.
This arrangement also provides
for the furnishing of a limited
amount of cash and arranging pull
man transportation and should
prove very attractive to the nume
rous people who desire tickeets wired
to their friends, relatives, etc.
More Cotton ,Ginned
In County This Year
Halifax county ginned 25,617 bales
of cotton prior to November 14,
1930, according to announcement
made this week by the Department
of Commerce through the Bureau
of the Census. For the same
period last year 18,249 bales were
ginned in the county. State gin
nings this year were 655,291 bales,
compared with 500,093 bales for the
same period last year.
Girl Basketeers Get
Good Season Start
The Weldon girls basketball
season got off to a good start on
Nov. 16 when the girls defeated
Jackson 40 to 6 in their first game.
In this game fine teamwork was
shown by Weldon in their passes.
They kept up their good work last
Friday afternoon by winning a hard
fought game from Rich Square by
a 35-28 score. Captain Grant of
Weldon and Warren, Rich Square’s
crack center, vied for honor’s.
Weldon is putting out a squad
this year that the school and the
town can well be proud of—with H.
C. Moore for coach, E. Chittendon
manager and C. Grant for captain.
The squad is lucky to have many
veterans this year, such as Grant,
House, Whitaker, Chittenden and
Gregory, and a number of comers
up who bid fair to do well in the
future.
Coach Moore has announced that
the Weldon team will enter the
Northeastern conference and also
the Northampton* county conference
in Class B.
Tells Why School
Costs Have Increased
RALEIGH, Nov. 26.—Presenting
a table showing that the current
operating expense of the public
schools has increased from $4,215,
178.28 in 1914-15, fourteen years
ago, to $27,961,531.85 in 1928-29, this
month’s issue of State Schcol Facts
in its new box feature gives several
reasons “Why Schools Costs Have
Increased.”
“Largely due to the following
reason,” the educational publica
tion points out, "the cost of public
education has increased in this
State.”
“1. The cost of living as a whole
has increased
“2. The purchasing power of the
dollar has decreased
“3. The kind, quantity and qual
ity cf educational service has in
creased as follows:
“a. Enrollment. There are 250,000
more school children to educate to
day than there were in 1914-15.
“b. Attendance. Children attend
school much better now than they
did years ago.
“c. Length of term. The average
teim in 191C-15 was 123.0 days and
new it is 152.9 days.
“d. High school enrollment. High
school costs are approximately two
and a half times elementary costs.
In 1914-15 there were 16,783 pupils
enrolled in public high schools; to
day (1928-29) there are 109,506.
"e. Training of teachers. The best
teachers are paid the highest salar
ies. More than a year has been
added to the average training of
North Carojjna teachers within the
past few years.
“f, Curricula. The curricula of
fered in many schools have been
bioadened and enriched. Courses in
vocational, industrial and fine arts,
as well as other subjects, have been
added in many large schools.”
NOVEMBER ROLL
OF HONOR GIVEN
Many Pupils on Rolll Re- ,
leased This Week By
Superintendent Oakes
FIRST GRADE IN LEAD
The first grade lead in number '
oI pupils on the scholarship hcnor
roll of the Weldon school during i
the month of November, according
to anne uncement made this week 1
ty Superintfcdent A. W. Oakes Jr.
The roll by grades follows:
First Grade
Group 1—Guendoiyn Barnes,
Dorothy Elks, and Douglas Wil
liams.
Group 2—Clyde Bates, Vernard
Little, H. L. Duke, Ben Collins, Way
land Maddrey, ' John C. Moore,
Parker Moore, Bobbie Shepherd,
Mary Pierce Johnson, Mary Kathe
rine Jones, Emily Jones, Elsie Kil
patrick, Catherine Manning, Cathe
rine Merchant, Hazel Sledge, Peggie
Lawson, Martha Gardner Rodwell
and Virginia Suiter.
•. '■-roup 3—Bo. Browder, Louise Ed
wk,ds, Helen Medlin, Robert Rabil,
and John Shearin.
Second Grade
Group 1—Louise Harper.
Group 2—C. W. Casper, Barry
Clark, Bill Davis, Melvin Keeter,
Jennings Kilpatrick, Meade Mitch
ell, Sterling Mohorne, Bobby ’Tus
grove, Billie Rabil, John Shearin,
Virgie Lee Arthur, Aileen Barnes,
Lula Hart Draper, Margaret Ann
Gore, Julia Harris, Elizabeth Kil
patrick, Pauline Merchant, Prances
Moore, Frances Moss, Clara Louise
Oakley, Mary Bettie Suiter, Lucille
Traylor, Mary Virginia Whitfield
and John Wetmore.
Third Grade
Nan Anthony, Buford Harlow,
Hazel Pitch, Alice Moore, Bettie Lee
Spruill, Joe Green, Harry Kittner,
Howard Tew, and David Willis.
Fourth Grade
Bobbit Armistead, Howard Chap
in, Langston Harris, Carl Keeter,
Sewell Moore, Taylor Oakes, P. I.
Robinson, Jack Willis, Frances Bates,
Helen Collins, Lucille Cutchin, Sara
West Davis, Anna Fountain, Grace
Franck, Ishbell Garlick, Katherine
Hardison, Fiances Johnson, Blanche
Mitchell, Mary Elizabeth Moore,
Inda Rhem, and Josie Williams.
aoCGo aCjoicmwf shrdtao etaoi sss
Fifth Grade
Group 1—William Tilghman, Lee
Bond, and Agnes Grant.
Group 2—Luther Draper, Jr., Roy
Hart, Edward Knight, Philip Moore,
Charles Williamson, Margaret Ellis,
Virginia Garlick, Elizabeth Homes,
Nancy Suiter, and Pearl Sylvester.
Sixth Grade
Bernice Collins, Tempie Harrison,
Evelyn Marks, Frances Oakley,
How’ard Bounds, C. P. Bounds, Ros
coe Franck, Harry Freid, Carmer
Gore, R. B. Harrington, Jennings
Knight, Mitchell Rabil, and Dutch
Seifert.
Seventh Grade
Elizabeth Brown, Marjorie Col
lins. Mary Lee Cooke, Frances
Cutchin, Alice Hamill, Blanche
Harrison, Louise Hartsoe, Lucille
Hazlewood, Aime.3 Moore, Elizabeth
Moore, Frances Mohorne, Virginia
Parks, Thomas Draper, Grigg
Fountain, Bill Harris, Tom Holmes,
David Kittner, Don Ward, John
Wetmore, and Thurman Williams.
Eighth Grade
Anna Harrington, Margaret
Shepherd, Junius Tillery, Fletcher
Gregory, James Pope, Garland
Moore, and William Fitzhugh.
Ninth Grade
Thomas Gregory, Sally Anderson,
C. C. Butts, Tempie Green, Martha
Hawkins, Janet Rawlings, and Vir
ginia Leigh Vinson.
Tenth Grade
Fred Gore, Ida S. Applewhite, Es
telle McGhee, Florence Nethery,
Elizabeth Pierce, and Lucille Rabil.
Eleventh Grade
Harry Lee Marks, Thomas Wet
more, Eleanor Chittendon, Mary
Cooke Greene, Elsie Parker, Lucille
Smith and Selma Whithead.
The citizenship honor roll for
the same period fellows:
First Grade
Group 1—Bo. Browder, Louise
Edwards, Douglas Clark, Autrey
DeBerry, William Oakley, and
Furniford Rhem.
Group 2—Ben Collins, Wayland
Maddrey, Parker Moore, Bobbie
Shepherd, Clayton Sledge, Matt
Ransom, Midgett Harlow, Mary P.
Johnson, Emily Jones, Mary K.
Jones, Elsie Kilpatrick, Catherine
Merchant, Hazel Sledge, Peggy
Lawson, Martha G. Rodwell and
Virginia Suiter.
Group 3—Lloyd Grady, Robert
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Many New Books
Are Added At The
Weldon Library
New books of fiction and some re
srints bought by Weldon public
ibrary recently:
"A Candle in the Wilderness,"
Irving Bacheller; “The Forsyte
3aga," John Galsworthy; "Blowing
Blear," Joseph C. Lincoln; “The
Bracelet," Hichens; "Certain Pco
)le," Edith Wharton; “Chances,”
iamilton Gibbs; “Charlie Chan
Barries On," Earl Derr Biggers;
The Complete Sherlock Holmes,"
Bonan Doyle; "The Day the World
Snded,” Rohmer; “Exit," Harold
Bell Wright; “Fire of Youth," Mar
garet Pedler; “The Fire Within,”
Beorge Gibbs; “Scarlet Murder
Base,” Van Dine; “The Green Isle,”
Mice Duer Miller.
“The Green Ribbon," Edgar Wal
ace; "High Fences,” Grace S. Rich
nond; "Laughing Boy,” La Farge;
The Lu Lawrences,” Kathleen
Morris; “A Note In Music,” Rosa
nond Lehman; “Rogue Herries,"
rlugh Walpole; “Sanders of the
rtiver,” Edgar Wallace; “The Son
Bvenger,” Undset; “Tender Talons,"
rlelen R. Martin; “Wild Wind,"
remple Bailey; “Martin Pippen in
;he Apple Orchard,” Far jeon;
‘Peterkin Papers,” Hale; "The
\mateur Inn," Albert Payson Ter
lune; "Dove in the Eagle’s Nest,"
Bharlotte M. Young.
"Holiday Players,” Alcott; “Jac
lueline of the Carrier Pigeons,"
Beaman; “The Window at the White
Bat," M. R. Rinehart; “The Master
Mystery,” Austin J. Small; "Pos
session,” Mazo De la Roche; “The
House Across the Way,” Foschall
Dangerfield; "Hearthstones,” Eliza
oeth S. Payne; “The Outlaw,” Jack
son Grey; "At the Mercy of
Tiberins,” Augusta Evans Wilson;
’Vashti,” Augusta Evans Wilson;
“Tess of the D’urbervilles,” Thomas
Hardy; "The King of the Horse
shoe," Win. A. Caruthers; “The
Amateur Gentleman,” Jeffrey Far
nol; "The Window," Alice Grant
Rossman.
Jurors Are Named
For Special Term
Of Superior Court
Jurors for special term Halifax
Superior court beginning December
15 have been drawn as follows:
W. A. Barnhill, D. F. Bryant, E.
W. Crawley, Wiley N. Gregory,
Walter C. Moore, Geo. K. Bell, D.
W. Downs, G. Cohen, J. A. Smith,
E. A. Telliga, R. W. Riddick, Dave
Cowan, W. L. Keel, W. J. Bryant,
A. J. Whitehead, T. H. Hargrove,
J. C. Cook, G. A. Northington, A.
H. Poole, S. W. Dickens, W. C.
Barkley, F. R. Pope, C. J. Lewis, R.
A. Rogers, W. V. Woodruff, H. S.
Butts, J. H. Harris, Jno. A. Best, H.
W. Jenkins, D. J. Morris.
American Flag Was
Bootlegger’s Sign
RALEIGH, Nov. 26—An American
flag flying from his front porch
was used by an alleged bcotlegger
of Wake County to denote to pros
pective customers when he had any
whiskey in stock, according to De
puty Sheriff Woody Maddrey.
The officers says he was informed
tnat a flying flag indicated whis
key was on hand and a furled flag
v-as a sign that there was no whis
key.
Accordingly, officers Saturday
drove by the home of Louis Ran
dolph, who lives on the Fayette
ville Road, and found a flag float
ing in the breeze.
They searched the premises and
found two half-gallon fruit jars,
two pints and six soda bottles of
whiskey.
Randolph was arrested, waived a
hearing before Justice L. M. War
ing and was held under $200 bend
for trial in Superior Court.
The man had recently moved to
the county from Ohio, the county
olficers were informed.
Coast Line Will
Employ 1,000 Men
ROCKY MOUNT, Nov. 25—Reg
ulai employment for 1,000 men at
the Atlantic Ccast Line Railway
shops here was assured 'today with
an announcement of discontinuance
of a curtailment program.
Increased monthly earnings and
more business were given as the
reasons for going back to the ful
working schedule. Since April, tlu
shops have been on a schedule 01
three weeks work each month.
MAIN I CASES UJN
COURT DOCKET
Superipr Court Convenes On
Monday With Judge Mid
yette Presiding
SPECIAL TERM FOLLOWS
HALIFAX. Nov. 25—With Judge
Garland E. Midyette, cf Jackson,
presiding and Solicitor R. Hunt
Parker, leading the prosecution, the
human mill of justice began its
grind here yesterday into the more
than 240 cases on docket for this
term of criminal court, and will
continue for two weeks, when it
will cease for a seven day vaca
tion before entering upon the spe
cial term of criminal and civil
court ordered by Governor Gardner
to begin on December 15 and con
tinue as long as court officials
deemed necessary to clean the slate
cf crime for a fresh beginning the
first of the year.
Judge Midyette opened court on
time Monday morning at 10 o’clock
and little time was lost in getting
down tc one of the heaviest dockets
ever in Halifax County, and to
night many cases have been dis
posed of.
With the case of Buddy Jackson,
negro, who shot Chief J. R. Crew
of Weldon, when the latter tri;d to
arrest him several weeks ago. con
tinued to the January term of
criminal court, and with no other
cases of great import on hand to
be tried, no great amount of in
terest has been shown this court
and only the usual crowds have been
on hand.
W. C. Whitehurst, white man of
Palmyra, came into court upon a
charge of assaulting several with
a shotgun loaded with buck shot,
transporting liquer and for steal
ing a shotgun, and was sentenced
to serve four months on the coun
ty roads.
According to the evidence, White
hurst on the 6th of September se
cured a pint bottle cf fire-water
and going to the store of L. J.
Baker and Co. purchased a box of
shells from D. B. Harrison, clerk in
the store. Going to the office White
hurst took a double-barrell shot
gun in spite of the orders of Mr.
Harrison to leave the gun in the
store, and proceeds to make a little
whoopee, by alarming the neigh
borhood with the firing of the gun
afterwards going to Mazelle’s store
where he assaulted Alonza Robin
son with the shotgun.
Several attempts were made to
get the gun away from Whitehurst,
but- failed each time when the li
quor crazed man threatened to
spread buck-shot at the first man
who touched him. After quite a bit
cf cursing and some dangerous
flirts with the muzzle of the cocked
gun, the man sought the dark night
and blew' the remainder of his buck
shot into the heavens, to his self
satisfaction and to the alarm of
the neighborhood.
vvnuicuuiob itvtiiuj1 vovnpvu
Wise’s road camp by running across
a cotton patch filled with cotton
pickers thereby preventing the
guards to shoot at him until after
he had gene beyond effective range
of their guns. He was later cap
tuied, however, and returned to the
road camp where he finished his
sentence. Due to letters from his
wife and promises to behave in the
future the judge let him off with a
four months road sentence.
W. E. Ccllins, white, plead guilty
to driving a car while under the
influence of liquor and was fined
$5i' and costs, and had his license
revoked for a period of four months.
Edward Perkins, negro of near
Rcanoke Junction, was found guil
ty of the possession of liquor for
the purpose of sale and was sen
tenced to serve 8 months on the
county roads.
A plea of guilty of the unlawful
possession of whiskey was made by
Alexander Daniels. Roanoke Rapids
negro, and Judge Midyette sus
pended judgment upon him and or
dered that he pay the cost of the
court. «
J. R. Lewis was caught driving a
car while under the influence of
liquor and had his license revoked
for four months and paid a fine of
$50 and costs.
A four months suspended sen
tenced was placed upon Walter
Throw when he plead guilty to a
charge of stealing lumber. A jury
found Robert Pointer guilty of an
attempt to steal a car and the judge
said “60 days.” True bills were not
found against Cary Richardson and
, W L. Pippin.
I Will Ellis, negro cf near Weldon,
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