BUY AND SELL IN ROCKY MOUNT, TRADE CENTER OF EASTERN CAROLINA
" The Rocky Mount
VOLUME 1, NO. 6
CAPITAL SHOCKED
BY KING'S DEATH
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President Sends Message of
'Heartfelt Sympathy' to
Queen Elizabeth .
Washington, Feb. 18.—President
Roosevelt and official Washington
■were deeply shocked and grieved
today at the death of King Albert
of Belgium.
Many recalled the ruler's visit to
the capital in 1919 when he was
accorded a hero's welcome.
.President.Roosevelt sent a mes
sage of "heartfelt. sympathy" to
■Queen Elizabeth.
t: "I am shocked beyond expres
sion," he said, "to learn of the
untimely death of his majesty, the
king. The government and people |
of the United States condole with j
■"Our majesty in the loss of a
ruler so universally beloved * ♦ *"
Soon after the world war closed
the Belgian king and queen and
their son, the Duke of Brabant,
who inherits the throne, spent four
days in Washington, and impress
ed all with their cordiality and
friendly spirit of democracy. Con
gress and universities honored the
king. Just as the most humble
to the capital, he spent con
siderable time sightseeing.
President Wilson, ill, was unable
to see much of the royal guests,
although they were at the White
House informally on several occa
' *ions. .
King Albert received a rousing
welcome when he addressed both
" w nke Senate and House to voice the
appreciation of Belgium for the
of the United States in
world war. * ,
. He -was decorated by General
John J. Pershing and. was given
honorary law degrees by George
Washington and Catholic universi
ties.
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BR. POTEAT
% DECLINES TO SERVE
8 , Dr. W. L. Poteat, president
• emeritus of Wake Forest College,
sometime ago was appointed
by the Governor associate state
utilities commissioner has Reclined
, serve, finding that he is unable
V> qualify for the place under the
imitations of the law. Some days
aero Dr. Poteat refused to take the
oiSfcth paying that he owned stock
fi§l utilities companies and there
■jtore considered himself ineligible
mm- serve under the law. It was
ftkought he would dispose of this
fc stock but evidently he hasn't done
RM and therefore keeps away from
Bpmptation.
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BOSQUITO ERADICATION
IN ROCKY MOUNT
jftfhe C. W. A., under the super-
Hpon of Mr. Gr6ver Booker is
flfaig excellent work toward the
BWtool of mosquitoes in Nash
Eflnity. At present they are work-
MKin the. seventh ward, and hope
■Aave this work completed and
in the sixth ward this
Hp. Approximately forty men
being employed at present.
Hjtt soon as -enough men are
£|Md|abl e r Work is to be started on
This work will consist
eleaning out >he debris from
river bed, and opening of all
paßafceß and drains leading into it.
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■K L. A. GORDON
PASSES AWAY
BBbp city lost one of its oldest
Hiilnts last Sunday in the death
Louise A. Gordan at her
liNHraft 208 Marigold street. Mr 3.
was 79 years jt age, and
'member of the Church
Good Shepherd.
the wife of the late Dr.
|Rjf&. Gordon and is survived by
■HMggßlaughter, Mrs. Thomas
Hn|htu>, «ne son, E. G. Gordon,
this city; one brother, two
and several grandchildren
«£i§NA£ TRAFFIC GROWS
C. X. Panama Canal
showing a surprising in-
HHMB TWO successive days in
broke transit rec-
WKjjfr- jf six years' standing. Fifty
-; j|ve ships were handled.
Hoover Praises
King As Friend
One of Outstanding Figures
of War, Former President
Says In Statement
One who knew King Albert of
the Belgians as friend and aide ;
yhen war and strife surged :
through his land, Herbert C.
Hoover paid him veneration,
"He will be remembered as one i
of the outstanding figures of the I
war by virtue not only of his mili
tary courage end ability, but also i
for his great moral courage,''
Hoover said.
The once obscure mining engi
neer who understood the task of I
feeding six million starving sub.
jects of King Albert; later when
the United States entered the
world crisis assumed the control of
American foodstuffs and finally
was honored with the presidentcy,
retfalled the king as "a man ofj
great simplicity and nobility of|
courage."
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SET OF JAIL KEYS • j
IS FOUND AT HOME J
"Loot" Also Recovered at
Residence of Alleged Alle
* ghany Gang Leader
Winston-Salem, Feb. 17.—Offi
cers searching the home of Ran
som Brooks, alleged ringleader of
a band of outlaws preying-on Alle.
ghany-aftd * Statofrtidtfigr "cobfitifefe,
found a complete set of keys for
the Alleghany county jail, accord
ing to reports brought by the offi
cers here.
Other items found in the house
included watches, auto parts and
tools,-v auto tires, jewelry, a cash
register, and a typewriter. Offi
cers declare this is loot taken in
the raids of the "Bullhead gang."
Capt. Charles Farmer, chief of
the state highway patrol; L. P.
Harris, director of the state auto
theft department; Lieutenant
Croom, of Greensboro; several of
ficers of the department of justice,
and a number of highway patrol
men are investigating the activp
ties of the gang which is reported
to have operated .an auto theft
ring and highway racket through
out the Blue Ridge country.
CAPTAIN 808
MELTON'S BARBECUE
Probably the best known busi
ness in the City of Rocky Mount,
with the widest reputation through
out this state and other states, is
Melon's Barbecue Business, which
is conducted at Melton Springs,
formerly known as Shore Springs
down by the River Tar. His fame
for cooking and making barbecue
has travelled abroad, and he has
the reputation for making the best
barbecue throughout the country.
One only needs to make a visit
to his place during the noon hour
and it is not unusual to find peo
ple taking dinner with him from
several states. On Saturday three
cars, composing a party of mem
bers of the faculty and students
of Union Theological Seminary of
Richmond, Va., visited his place.
The writer, wondering how thi3
party from Richmond found Mel
ton Springs, asked them how they
came to know about Melton
Springs, and one of the party
stated he had a friend had
told him sometime back, if he ever
passed anywhere near Rocky
Mount, N. C., to be.sure and visit
Melton Springs and have dinner
with Captain Bob Melton.
Orders are received throughout
the country for Melton's barbecue.
It is regularly served in the din
ing rooms of the National Capitol.
Orders for large quantities of it
is received each week.
* The raw products in this busi
ness are practically entirely home
grown and the large receipts which
; come daily into this business mean
much to our section, as Edgecombe
and Nash County products com
pose the daily menus.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1934
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Women Patriots Give Flag to Rccseveh
Women from all parts of the country, lenders in patriotic societies, presented ('resident Roopevtflt with
nn American ting on behalf of the National Woman's Relief corps, auxiliary of the Cinind Army of the ISe
public?.
A Few More
The great issue before the people is
whether the combined wisdom of the legis
lature, which is composed of 170 members,
fifty senators and one hundred twenty rep
resentatives, runs a more economical gov
ernment than an executive or appointive
government.
The Herald last week carried comparisons.
Eleven x>f the most important positions which
were set up by the Constitution and the
legislature average salary was $4,954.54.
The eleven most important positions set up
by Governor Gardner average salary was
$6,898.63. The appointive salaries of the
governor's being $1,944.09 greater each than
each salary set up by the Constitution and
legislature.
The following are comparisons: The legis
lature wrote a new school bill making an
appropriation of sixteen million dollars and
provided that the Executive Secretary of the
State Board of Equalization, who distributes
and apportions this money to the twenty
three thousand school teachers in North
Carolina and the many thousand school
buildings, should receive $300.00 per month
and this Secretary is generally recognized as
Burial Service For
Dr. Wm. Edwards
Held Thursday P.M. j
i
Hosts of Friends and Rela-|
tives Attend Last Rites |
Spring Hope.—Dr. William E.
Edwards, a widely known and
loved physician, who died at his
home here last Wednesday after
noon at 5 o'clock, was buried in
the Pineview Cemetery Thursday
at 3 o'clock.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home of the deceased by
Dr. W. R. Cullom, pastor of the
Spring Hope Baptist Church,
assisted by Rev. M. F. Hodges of
the Methodist Church. Music was
furnished by the choirs of these
two churches. Interment was
made in the Pineview Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were; Messrs.
Bud Sykes, Willie Wheeless, F. G.
Chamblee, N. B. Finch, and B. C.
Delbridge.
Scores of friends and relatives
from all over this state were pres-1
ent for the final rites and the
floral tributes were numerous and
beautiful.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, who before her marriage was
Miss Sally Hargrove of Edgecombe
County, and two children, Mrs.
Walter Hargrove of Tarboro and
p. G. Edwards of Spring Hope, and
one sister, Mrs. Sue May of Frank
lin County.
The deceased was 70 years of
age and had been in failing health
for several years, having suffered
from paralysis. He had practiced
medicine for forty years and ex
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having more general information on this sub
ject than probably any other man in the
state, save the Superintendent of Public In
struction, Dr. A. T. Allen. The legislature
thought this $300.00 a month would be a
fair salary, or at least that is what they
wrote in the bill. According to a statement'
carried in the Herald on February 9th, the
governor created three new positions in the
Revenue Department, and appointed three
men without any former experience in these
jobs, as follows:
Dr. N. C. S. Assistant, Salary,
$5;000.00.
Mr. George Scott, Accountant, Salary,
$5,000.00.
Mr. Harry McMullan, Attorney, Salary,
$4,500.00.
Now, it is up to the people to decide wheth
er they want legislative government or ap
pointive government.
The above shows which is the cheapest.
No one that is the least informed would say
that the three positions of Mr. Scott, Dr.
Nobles, and Mr. McMullan, the duties of
which anywhere nearly approaches the im
portance and duties of the Executive Secre
tary of the State Board of Equalization.
Reynolds Announces
Deputy Marshals
Picks Three Greensboro Peo
ple for Federal Posts in
Middle District
Washington, Feb. 17. —Senator
Reynolds today recommended for
appointment as deputy marshals
for the middle district:
I—Jim Rivers, editor, of Boone,
as chief deputy marshal.
2—Mrs. John W. Simpson, Jr.,!
niece of Pierce C. Rucker, of j
Greensboro, as office deputy, who!
will serve as stenographer and sec- j
retary. Mrs. Simpson is a native
of Greensboro, where she has lived
all of her life.
3—Lawrence Huffman, of route
1, Burlington, Alamance county, as |
a field deputy.
4—Charles L. Vanstory, Greens
boro, as field deputy.
s—John H. Stephenson, Southern ]
Pines, as a field deputy. Mr. Ste- I
phenson is an ex-soldier and active
in legion circles.
I Senator Reynolds also stated
that he would recommend to Wil
liam T. Dowd the next United
I States marshal, the name of Dr.
' Fred Patterson, of Greensboro, as
! physician for the federal prisoners
| in Guilford county.
The senator stated that in filling
the United States marshal's place
for the middle district, and by
I naming the five deputies, this com
pletes all of the patronage that he
will have in North Carolina. He
said that for the five deputy mar
shals placed, he had over 100 ap
plications, all of whom were men
, of good character and high stand
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Winston Teachers
Want Jobs For
Vacation Days
14 Members of Faculty Call
on Aldermen to Assist
Them in Getting Work.
Winston-Salem, Feb. 17.—Four
teen male members of the Winston-
Salem public school faculty last
night requested the board of alder
men to assist them in obtaining
employment during the vacation
j months. -
| In a petition, the teachers point
' ed out that they have been unable
to save enough from their depleted
j salaries for eight months to carry
their families through the summer,
j They said:
' "Looking ahead of us, we see
idleness, unemployment, payless
| vacations, and in some cases the
| loss of home; in all cases, the loss
of the comforts and security we
I thought were ours when we made
| the choice of the profession—with
small but certain pay."
Mayor Coan told the petitioners
that the board would give the mat
ter serious attention and render
any assistance possible.
DEATH OF MR. CALVERT
Mr. S. S. Pope and family left
Tuesday for Winchester, Va., hav
ing received a telegram from there
announcing the sudden death of
Mr. E. D. Calvert, who is the
father of Mrs. Pope.
Mr. Calvert was originally from
the state of Maryland and was a
member of the prominent Calvert
family of Baltimore.
LOCAL AND STATE POLICE
TRAP PAIR IN SUBURB HONE
Two Jailed On
Liquor Charge
S. A. Lowery of Raleigh, D.
B. Cranfill of Monroe, in
Rocky Mt. Lockup
Nashville, Feb. 16. S. A. Low
ery of Raleigh, is being held in
jail here and D. B. Cranfill of Mon
roe, is in a hospital in Rocky |
Mount suffering from a bullet J
wound as a result of an unsuccess
ful attempt to make an escape af
ter transferring liquor to their j
own car from that of a friend in |
the yard of the Carolina hotel I
here early this mprning.
The other man, whose name ha 3 i
not been disclosed, came into i
Nashville around 12 o'clock and 1
because his car had broken down,
was pushed to the Carolina hotel j
by a local citizen. There he put
in two telephone calls to Raleigh,
the first at 12:10 and the second
at 1:30. However, he did not reg
ister, but continued to stay up. At
2 o'clock, Lowery and Cranfill ar
rived in Nashville and after mak
ing inquiries of Chief of Police |
Walter Cook drove into the yard'
of the hotel. Cook became sus-.
picius and upon making investiga
tion found that they were trans
ferring whiskey from the Chevro
let to their Chrysler with the help
of the third party. Just as Cook
came up, Cranfill took the wheel
and drove off with the other two
men on the running boards. Cran
fill had thrown a brick and was
reaching into his pocket when Cook
fired two shots. The car headed
toward Rocky Mount. Immediate
communication was made with the
Rocky Mount police, who stopped
the car as it was passing over Tar
River bridge. Lowery and Cran
fill were both in the automobile,
but the first party made his es
cape. Cranfill was severely wound
ed, a bullet having gone through
his pocketbook and out the other
side of his hip. Both he and Low
ery refuse to divulge any informa
tion to the authorities.
Thirty-five gallons of liquor
were found in the car left here in i
addition to the amount carried
away.
MRS. REYNOLDS'
CONDITION CRITICAL;
BLOOD TRANSFUSION
Washington, Feb. 17.—0n in
quiry as to the illness of Mrs. Rey
nolds, Senator Reynolds said this
afternoon her condition was critical
and that tomorrow she would be |
moved to the emergency hospital'
here for blood transfusions. The
senator stated that he had a great
many telegrams from his friends
in North Carolina, and elsewhere,
making inquiry about Mrs. Rey
nolds' condition and extending sym
pathy.
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BREAKS MAIL RECORDS
Berlin.—On its first return
flight, the recently established
trans-Atlantic air line set a new
record by delivering mail from
Natal, Brazil, to Berlin, 5,700
miles, in three days, eight hours
and forty minutes.
The low temperatures of recent
weeks has killed oats and serious
ly injured' the barley and wheat
crops of Burke County.
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"Tick" Proctor, Alleged Bank
Robber, Taken With Three v
Women Here
NITRO GLYCERINE AND
DYNAMITE CAPS FOUND
Second Man, Eugene Gunter,
Found 111 in Bed—Three
Women Refuse to Divulge
Identities Third Member
Arrested in Petersburg.
Rocky Mount, Feb. 19.— Worth
"Tick" Proctor, foxy desperado
and safe blower, was in the hands
of the law here today after an
early morning' raid on an EngJe
wood bungalow by federal, county,
state and city officers.
Proctor, who had been sought
for months by' officers of many
North Carolina cities, was taken by
surprise as he slept. He gave up
without a struggle.
Eugene Gunt«y-, alleged member
of Proctor's gang, ?nd three good
looking girls, also were taken in
the raid. Officers found two auto
mobiles, both of which were alleg
edly stolen, and a quantity of fire
arms and equipment thought to
have been used in safe blowings
throughout the state.
Make No Admissions
Taken to police headquarters,
the prisoners were subjected to
rapid-fire questioning but admit
ted nothing. The girls, one of
whom has with her an 18-months
old baby girl, refused to reveal
their names or residences.
Records at the gas office show
ed the gangsters and their women
had been living in the Englewood
bungalow since December 8. Ttie
gas, light and electric meters w«e
connected under the name of T.
M. Archer, which officials said wne
a fictitious one.
In a garage back of the house
officers found two automobile?,
both thought to have been stolen,
three jars of wires and dynamite
caps, three cases of wires and
caps, four acetlyline tanks, twe
blow torches and hoses and other
equipment commonly employed by
safe blowers, including a bottle vt
nitro-glycerin.
Inside the house officers took
two automatic shotguns, an auto
matic pistol, two revolvers, several
hundred dollars worth of clothing
md furniture which police said
were stolen, §101.02 in cash and
20 cartons of cigarettes.
Raid at Daybreak
Led by Officer Bruce Poole of
the Raleigh plainclothes force, n
dozen officers surrounded the
dwelling at daybreak. Doubtful as
to whether they were concentrat
ing on the right house, several of
the officers entered the garage
and found the safe blowing equip
ment, they were certain they kad
I hit the correct trail. An office*
was stationed at each door and
window and others went inside.
The sleeping occupants were
awakened and taken without of
fering resistence.
The officers in the raid were
Bruce Poole, Bud Williamson,
George Peebles and Joe Lowe, of
the Raleigh police department; L.
T. Jordan, department of justice
agent; Sheriff C. L. Johnson and
Deputy Sheriff P. H. Johnson, of
Nash county; J. I. Nichols, local
policeman; Lester Jones and A*-
chie Rodman, state highway pa
trolmen; Sheriff S. A. Whitehwrst
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