BUY AND SELL IN ROCKY MOUNT, TRADE CENTER OF EASTERN CAROLINA1

The Rocky Mount HeraldVOLUME 1. NO. 18. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1934.

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Rites Held ForSuicide Victim

Funeral Services Held MondayFor Sam Barfield, A. C. L.

Shop Worker f

Final rites for Sam Barfield, 28,A. C. L. shop worker who fatallyshot himself through the head inthe back-yard of his home at No.1108 S. Main street Sunday, were

held from Bulluck's Funeral homeat 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoonwith Rev. Tom E. Walters, pastorof North Rocky Mount Baptistchurch in charge. Burial followedat Pineview cemetery.

Barfield went into his backyardand shot himself in the foreheadwith a .38 calibre pistol. The bulletripped through his brain andemerged from the back of hishead. Death was instantaneous.

He left a note addressed to hissisters in which he explained hewas "tired of living", officers whoinvestigated the shooting said. Heexplained also in the note that hehad put aside some money withwhich to clear up a few debts andtold where the money could befound and how it should be paidout, according to the officers.

Surviving are his widow; one\u25a0brother, William Barfield of Dunn;three sisters, Mrs. Catherine Brownand Mrs. Ronnie Harrell of Tar-boro, and Mrs. James Grice ofRockingham, and his mother, Mrs.G. W. Gay, of Clinton.

Pallbearers were not selectedprior to the flineral services butwere selected from friends who at-tended the final rites.

CONSUMERS STILLTREAD HARD ROAD

Tugwell Says Buying PublicEntitled to Protection from

Mess Producers

Cleveland, 0-, May 11.?RexfordG. Tugwell, Assistant Secretary ofAgriculture, told the ConsumersLeague of Cleveland tonight thatmost of the purchasing of goodsby the American people is "charac-teristically made on the basis of'intangible and glowing generali-ties'."

Because of lack of standards inmost goods sold, control of businessby a comparatively few companiesand "mass standardized judgmentsshaped by the press, the radio andthe movies," the 30,000,000 familieswho spend 60 per cent of the na-tional income over retail counters"all too often do not know whatthey are buying," he said.

Great DealSpeaking of the consumers' coun-

sel of the farm administration, setup under the farm act to protect

the interests of consumers, l\igwellsaid the group of men and women"have done what they could to pro-tect this interest, and what theycould do has been a great deal."

"They have been handicapped bya lack of public support and under-standing, but they have alwaysfought a good fight."

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MRS. T. PERRY JENKINS

Tarboro.?Funeral services forMrs. T. Perry Jenkins were heldthis afternoon at four o'clock inCalvary Episcopal Church, and in-terment was in the church ceme-tery. The service was conductedby the rector, Rev. Bertram E.Brown.

Mrs. Jenkins died at her homeon Park Avenue at five o'clock yes-terday afternoon following a lin-gering illness. Surviving are herhusband, one son, Asam, and onedaughter, Mrs. Frank Marsh, ofSalisbury; five sisters, MesdamesB. B. Howell and Mr. R. Thigpen,of this county, R. O. Purvis, ofScotland Neck, Misses Lena andKate Redmond, of Rocky Mount;

' two brothers, Henry and JamesRedmond.

She was a devoted member ofCalvary Episcopal Church, and alsoof the William Dorsey Penderchapter of the United Daughters ofthe Confederacy.

Aud Dover of Cabarrus Countywill start growing one and threeseighth inch cotton staple this sea-son having planted five bushelsdirectly from the breeder.

LOWER INTEREST RATEON NEW LOANS

B. F. Shelton, secretary-treasur-er of the Rocky Mount ProductionCredit Association has just receiv-ed word from Governor W. I. My-ers of the Farm Credit Adminis-tration in Washington, D. C., thatthe interest rate on new loans fromproduction credit associations hasbeen reduced from 5 1-2 to 5 percent.

According to Mr. Shelton. thenew E per cent interest rate be-comes effective immediately on allnew loans and advances made bythe association and will be appli-cable until further notice.

"The new interest rate of 5 percent will not affect loans alreadyadvanced in full," Mr. Sheltonsaid. "These will continue to bearthe rate of interest prevailing atthe time the loan was closed. The

I interest charges on loans from theassociation are collected when theloans mature. The Rocky MountProduction Credit association isnow making loans on acceptablecrop and chattel security to farm-ers in Nash, Edgecombe and Wil-son counties.

"The reduction of the interest to5 per cent on new loans," Mr. Shel ?ton continued, "is made possibleby a recent sale of Federal inter-mediate credit bank debentures toinvestors at an unusually low rateof interest. The association getsmoney to lend farmers from theFederal intermediate credit bankof Columbia, South Carolina.

"The lowering of the interestrate on new loans to 5 per cent isthe second reduction in twomonths, the rate having been re-duced from 6 to 5 1-2 per cent onMarch 16.

"According to Governor Myers,"said Mr. Shelton, the Federal in-termediate credit bank is passingon immediately to farmer-borrow-ers from production credit associa-tions the saving made possible bylower cost of getting money. Theconfidence of investors in the se-curity of the intermediate creditbanks has been such that the banksare able to get money to lend atthe lowest discount rate in theirhistory. Governor Myers says thatthe resulting low rate of intereston production credit associationloans is enabling farmer-borrowersto save thousands dollars on thecost of their farming operationsthis year. If the associations makesound loans, and loans that are col-lectible, an adequate supply of lowcost money will continue to beavailable.'

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NEW "ICE CREAM BAR"OPENS HERE TONIGHT

Mr. M. A. Pike who has beenoperating a fruit and vegetablestore on North Main street, nearthe Cameo Theatre, has recentlyremodeled the building, attractive-ly painted and arranged the interi-or, and is planning tonight on agala opening of a new "Ice CreamBar." He has installed a completeline of Southern Dairies Ice Creamand milk products which will baready for the big opening tonight.Music for this occasion will befurnished by the Proctor SoundSystem.

Mr. Pike stated that he wouldcontinue to handle some fruits andto handle the vegetables from histhirty acre truck farm.

The public is cordially invited topay this store a visit.

DR. BISHOP RESIGNSCHURCH PASTORATE

Dr. Francis B. Bishop announcedFriday his resignation as pastor ofthe First Universalist chuch to be-come effective July l of this year.

The minister came here six yearsago appointed by the NationalBoard of Universalist Churches assuperintendent of the North Caro-lina churches with the RockyMount church placed in his specialcharge. Later he assumed the pas-torate of the local church.

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MEMBERSHIP DRIVEOF RED MEN CLOSES

The Tawpaco Tribe No. 15 of theImproved Order of Red Men, ofRocky Mount, have recently closeda membership drive which resultedin thirty-two applications.

These applicants will be initiatedtonight at the regular meeting.

Must File StatementOf Expense By 12th

All Candidates for Public Of-fice Included; May 26 Set

for Challenge Day

All candidates for public officein North Carolina must, file theirinitial statements of expendituresby Tuesday, May 22, according tothe primary election calendar com-piled by the State Board of Elec-tions.

Candidates for State and districtoffices must file statements withthe Secretary of State. All candi-dates for State Senator in districtscomposed of only one county, can-didates for the House of Represen-tatives and all county officers mustfile their statements with the Su-perior court clerks in their respec-tive counties.

Similar procedure should be fol-lowed in filing the final primaryexpenditures, the deadline forwhich is June 22.

Books for the registration of newvoters will be open on the nextcoming two Saturdays, and Satur-

I day, May 26, has been designatedas challenge day, when the regis-trars shall be at the poll from 9a. m. to 3 p. m., to open the booksto the public for inspection for thepurpose of challenges.

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PLAN COOLEY SPEECHIN RALEIGH MAY 22

Itimous T. Valentine, manager ofHarold D. Cooley's congressionalcampaign, announced recently thetentative arrangement for the can-didate to speak in the Wake countycourthouse on the evening of Tues-day, May 22.

PROFIT ON SHOWWILLBE SMALL

E. C. Speight, secretary of theMerchants association of this city,revealed Monday that a net profitof less than SSOO will be realizedon the recent Merchants and Man-ufacturers Exposition and Automo-bile show after deductions aremade for federal taxes.

The exact amount of the fed-eral taxes, the only expense notsettled then, will probably be be-tween $125 and $l5O, Mr. Speightsaid and the profit will probablybe between S4OO and SSOO.

The exposition was sponsoredjointly by the Merchants associa-tion and the Chamber of Com-merce and the profit will be divid-ed equally between them for car-rying on the business of the twogroups.

SUNDAY SCHOOL -

REVIVAL CLOSES

The Nash County Sunday Schoolreyival came to a close Sunday af-ternoon with a rally in the Nash-ville church. Dr. Berward Spillmanof Kinston was the principal speak-er for the occasion. The revivalfostered a complete survey of theterritory of twenty-one Baptistchurches. This survey revealed 964possibilities for the church, and3369 above twelve years of agewho were lost. The campaign wasdirected by Mr. Perry Morgan ofRaleigh, assisted by twenty otherworkers from every quarter of thestate. The revival featured speciallectures and classes held everynight in the churches and a gen-eral meeting held each afternoonfor reports and inspiration.

North Rocky Mount Baptistchurch had as its leader Mr. L. L.Morgan. Under his leadership theSunday School was completelyrevolutionized. Seven new classeswere formed. There is for thischurch 1335 possibilities and a fieldof 509 lost people above twelveyears of age.

Ihe church is thrilled with a newvision and faces the future withnew hope. The revival is one of thegreatest ever experienced in NashCounty.

FINAL TEST FOR RANGER

Newport News, Va.?After asecond trial run, this time off theNew England coast, the U. S. S.Ranger, giant aircraft carrier, willbe turned over to the. Navy De-partment between May 20 andJune Ist.

Childrens ClothesOn Exhibition

Designs Furnished by UnitedStates Department of

Agriculture

An exhibit of children's clothing',designed for easy making and easylaundering and to aid the child indressing himself are being shownin Nash county by Mrs. Effie VinesGordon, Nash county home demon-stration agent, as a part of thecounty clothing program.

The designs, furnished by thebureau 0f economics of the UnitedStates department of agriculture,are being exhibited in all of thehome demonstration clubs of thecounty. The exhibit was broughthere on May 7 and may be seen atMrs. Gordon's home 0r at the coun-ty office in Nashville until Thurs-day, May 24.

The garments included in the ex-hibit are play suits, sun suits, andsun suit ensembles for girls andboys, dresses for little girls, in-fants' wear and rompers for crawl-ing babies. They were designed bythe staff of the division of textilesand clothing in the bureau of homeeconomics at Washington, and foursuch exhibits are constantly in cir-culation throughout the country inresponse to requests from collegesand other institutions or organiza-tions concerned with child welfare.

oSteel production estimated now

at 56 per cent of capacity.

TEACHERS SALES TAX

Information was received by the Herald last week that acertain teachpr? and probably more of them, were distribut-ing literature and carrying banners advocating the retentionof the sales tAx as the only way by which the teacher was toreceive his or her salary. It is very infortunate that some ofthese young innocent teachers are being misled in this way.It was reported some weeks ago that these instructions wereproceeding out of the Department of Education'being donewith the sanction of probably instructions of the Chief Ex-ecutive.

The salary-of the school teacher is too low but any teacherthat is well enough informed to be permitted to teach schoolshould know that if he or she is to receive a better salaryit must be collected in a different way than by the grosssales tax, which is a tax upon poverty itself, leaving entirelyout of the equation the ability to pay. A child pays one centon a ten cents purchase yet when a person purchases morethan $33.00- worth, all above this amount is free and he paysno sales tax as SIO.OO is the limiton which any one purchasecan be taxed.

Now, is this right? Is it just? Is this system of taxationto be permanent? The Governor stated in his Campaignspeech that the gross sales tax was a vicious method oftaxation yet he seems to be heading the list of those tryingto make it permanent. North Carolina has sufficient re-sources to support its pyblic schools in a necessary and pro-per manner without resorting to the gross sales tax andmen should be elected to the Legislature who would be will-ing to work to find a necessary revenue.

POLICE DEPARTMENT

During the last few days we have observed one of RockyMount's leading citizens on the street with a petition run-ning into the several hundred names already attached there-to asking that the Board of Aldermen request Chief O. P.Hedgepeth to reconsider his resignation and remain as Chiefof Police of Rocky Mount, where he has served so efficientlyand well for the past twenty years. This citizen has beena resident of Rocky Mount most of his life and is well ac-quainted with the character and service of Chief Hedgepeth.He is probably known personally to more people in RockyMount than any other man, he being our beloved citizen,Mr. Spencer Robbins.

Rocky Mount has been blessed a great number of yearswith a splendid police force, men active in the service of thecity and men of high character. The first test of any police-man should be character, all other attributes being second-ary. Some time ago it was reported that some member of theBoard of Aldermen suggested that certain young policemenbe given the prominent places to work in the city, as theycarried themselves more erect and had straighter waistlines,but the real test of a good policeman is not his waist line buthis head line and what's in it, this being the first consider-

.2." NoWj all this talk about Rocky Mount's police forcebeing antiquated, we cannot agree with, nor do we take any

stock in it. Rocky Mount has had a good police force madeup of local men home grown and home raised. The sugges-tion that the city put in a radio service of $3,000 and sevenextra patrolmen, we cannot see any need for and the onlything to be derived therefrom is an increased tax burdenWe notice from the Press that Mr. Edwin H. Powell whois trainmaster for the A. C. L. Railroad Company and at thesame time draws a large salary from the Conservation andGame Department, as game warden for Nash County, hasstated that the Police Department showed a lack of interestin the enforcement of traffic laws which was along the lineof an editorial appearing in the Evening Telegram of lastweek. More accidents have probably occurred on Route 40approaching Rocky Mount from the North than any otherplace. For pedestrians the road is a regular death trap Thereis a high embankment encased by protectors for the automo-bile with no place for the pedestrian. The Highway Depart-ment should be requested by the Board of Aldermen toremedy this condition. It is not the fault of the Police De-partment that these pedestrians are run over.

Allen, CraighillFinals Speakers

Final Examination Will GetUnderway At Central High

School On Thursday

Rev. F. H. Craighill, rector ofthe Church of the Good Shepherd,will deliver the baccalaureate ser-mon at 8 o'clock Sunday night inthe Central high school auditorium,while Dr. A. T. Allen, state super-intendent of schools, will deliverthe commencement address onTuesday night, May 22, Superitn-end R. M. Wilson has announced.

The summer school sessions willstart on May 24, Mr. Wilson said,and the term will extend over aperiod of five weeks.

While 90 seniors are hoping tograduate, Principal J. R. Simpsonhas indicated that approximately10 per cent of this number will not

be able to finish unless marked im-provement in grades is seen.

Commencement exercises in bothwhite and colored schools of thecity will be held simultaneously,according to the superintendent.This applies both to the grammarschools and the high schools.

o-Mrs. James Creswell and chil-

dren of Siler City, N. C., are visit-ing Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Wooten.Mrs. Creswell is a sister of Mrs.Wooten.

Says TelephoneRates Excessive

Charged that Company Serv-ing Tennessee Cities Made

12.7 in Earnings

Nashville, Tenn., May 10.?Tes-timony was introduced at a tele-phone rate reduction hearing heretoday purporting to show that theSouthern Bell Telephone Companyearned an average of 12.7 per centin four major Tennessee cities lastyear as compared to the 5.5 percent earnings recently found suf-ficient for utilities in present timesby the United States SupremeCourt.

H. M. Olmstead, New York Pub-lic utilities consultant, introducedthe testimony in a hearing on apetition c f Chattanooga, Nashville,Knoxville and Memphis for a 20per cent reduction in intrastatetelephone rates and rental chargesand a reduction from 25 to 15 centsin monthly charges for hand-settelehones.

Excess returns over the approv-ed 5.5 per cent earnings amountedto $947,703 in the four cities lastyear, Olmstead told the state rail-road and public utilities commis-sion.

The percentage earnings and thenet excess over the 5.5 per centfigure were given by cities as fol-lows:

Memphis, 13.7 per cent, $395,698.Nashville, 13.9 per cent, $293,280.Chattanooga, 11.3 per cent, $l5O--

Knoxvile, 10.1 per cent, $108,194.O

STATE MEETING OF REDMEN WELL ATTENDED

Mr. E. W. A. Woolard, has re-turned from Gastonia, where heattended a State meeting of theimproved order of Red Men. Themeeting was largely attended, be-ing 300 delegates in attendance

from all parts 0f the State.Mr. Woolard represented the

Rocky Mount tribe at this meeting.The meeting was held in conjunc-tion with the State Great Councilof Improved Order of Red Menand degree of Pocahontas. On Mon-day evening the delegates were en-tertained by local Tribe at a fishfry at Rankins Lake. Tuesday af-ternoon the representatives weregiven a motor trip to historicKing's Mountain Battleground, re-cently designated by an act ofCongress as a National Militarypark.

While in Gastonia the represen-tatives made a brief tour to theNorth Carolina Orthopaedic Hos-pital. The meeting closed on Wed-nesday afternoon after one of it'smost successful meetings, and theelection of State officers.

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Mrs. C. Roy Griffin entertainedher Tuesday afternoon bridge ClubMay 15th. Spring flowers wereused throughout the rooms. Fivetables were placed for play. Afterseveral progressions it was foundthat Mrs: W. D. Whitley had highscore and Mrs. A. M. Wooten low.The hostess presented them withlovely home-made angel food cakes.The hostess served delightful re-freshments assisted by Miss SadyeBell Brown and Mrs. Leon Griffin.

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Mrs. E. L. Pitt, Jr., entertainedat three tables of bridge honroingMrs. James Creswell of Siler City.Mrs. R. A. Bynum received highscore prize, Mrs. G. H. Webb re-

ceived low score prize. The hono-ree was presented with a lovelygift. A delicious fruit salad coursewas served by the hostess assistedby her sister, Mrs. W. F. Wooten,of Tarboro.

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Displeased WithState Road Body

Cumberland Delegation Dis-appointed at Outcome of

Petition

Fayetteville, May 11.? "If thaState Highwty Commission doesn'tffive us any more than we are get-ting1 out of them at present, theyought to cut out the license,line, and all other taxes," saidCounty Treasurer R. E. Nimockawhen he returned from Raleighyesterday with a Cumberland coun-ty delegation which had made an-other unsuccessful attempt to havesomething done about the CedarCreek road in this county, whichlong since has reached the wash-board stage of decay. Mr. Nimockßstated that Chairman E. B. Jeff-ress of the highway commission,referred to the agitation in Cum-berland for reduction of automobilelicense taxes and advised the localdelegation that if they wished toobtain any road building theyshould elect a legislative represen-tative who would vote to releasesuplus funds held by the commis-sion and oppose division of high-way funds.

The delegation returned fromRaleigh very much dissatisfied withthe way things have gone for Cum-berland County since the countyroads were taken over by the State.They pointed out that Cumberlandturned over t0 the State a fairlycomplete system of roads for whichthe county had bonded itself heavi-ly. The county lost the one centgasoline levy it was getting underthe old set-up, has received and i<receiving, now almost nothing inreturn, and is left with the largebonded debt, while the funds aregoing to sections which did notchoose to borrow on their owncredit, it was asserted.

The Cumberland delegation alsoasserted that it had received defi-nite and repeated assurances fromthe highway commission, Mr. Jeff-ress particularly, that the CedarCreek road would be rebuilt awpaved. In fact, it waf surveyadNow the commission says it hatno funds for that purpose.

RETURNS FROMNORTHERN TRIP

Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Nye, this cityand Mrs. Clark of VandemewProf, and Mrs. Ainsleyj of th<school faculty of Hobgood, hav«returned from a pleasant trip toNoifolk, Richmond, Fredericks-burg, Alexander, and WashingtonD. C.

Messrs. Nye and Ainsley attend'ed the Grand State Council of theOrder of Fraternal Americana a<Norfolk the 15th and 16th. Thisorganization is affiliated with theJunior Order United American Me-chanics. Mr. Nye has been organiz-er in Eastern Carolina with suc-cess for the past three years anchas recently been promoted to chieiorganizer in the state of Virginiain connection with the work itNorth Carolina. Mr. Nye is ala<being considered for the post olState manager of Virginia for th<Beneficiary Degree work in Virginia. There are many other applicants on file for this place, bu'Mr. Nye's past record in the worlin both North Carolina and Vhginia stand him in hand.

oThe thousand Mimosa tree

planted along the highway out oMorgan ton three years ago weppruned recently under the direction of tihe Burke County farnagent.