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The Rocky Mount Herald iUME 3, NO. 27 > Ycun| People Opk Assembly Lauisburg, July I.—The Metho dist Young People's Assembly con (> vened here Monday, with registra tions totalling approximately 300, according to Mrs. Earle Brian, di-1 rector. The keynote of the conference was sounded by the Rev. Walter j Towner, D. D. of Nashville, Tenn., who addressed the assembly at the First Methodist church Monday ev-1 ening. He developed the theme, "In My Name—Build." He interpreted tbit subject as building in telligent ly and with love. A reception was given at Louis burg College immediately following the opening session at the church. On Tuesday morning a business ses sion was held at 10 o'clock at the Methodist church, and regular class periods were observed during the day. The faculty consists of 31 members. The officers of the assembly are: President, Mass Nellie Cooke Rob ertson ; Vice-President, Linwood Blackburn, secretary, Miss Sarah Spruill of Goldsboro; treasurer, Miss Hilda Lee Heatwole of Burling ton, and publicity superintendent, Miss Eva Gnatt, of Durham. Io — \ , New Law Firm Founded In City 1 1 . - .*•; ; TIMUI J. , I PsanaU And Saasul Gtarkam, Jr., Form Partnership, Omk OICM Rocky Mount today had %'■ new law partnwphw.ajt two Rocky Moun ters, both graduates jf the Univer- of North Carolina, and both yoani men known to many local " people. ' . »»v , The firm of PearnaU and Gorham, effective as of today, opened its taw offices in the second . floor of the Planters National Bank aid Trust company buildng today. The law partners are Tom J. Pearsail, one-time Bocky Mount's prosecuting Attorney, and J. Sam pel Gorham, Jr., son of a hardware man here. ■ , Mr. Gorham, a graduate of the; UtaiveFsity of Pforth Carolina law ( school who passed the bar In Jan-| uary, 1936, received his LLB. in June of this year. This was fiva years after he was given his B. 8. degree from the University at Chapel mil. He had worked here two years with his father, J. S. Gorham, from I 1931 to 1933, and in 1933 returned * to begin his law school training. Mr. Pearsail, who has practiced •"here since > 1927, began • his legal (areer with the late Joseph B. Ram sey, but started out alone after Mr. Ramsey's death in 1928. Formerly his office was just north of Fire Btation No. One on North east Main street, but now he and Mr. Gorham have offices in the Planters bank building. Mr. Pear sail was recorders court prosecuting attorney (solicitor) formerly, re signing in 1933. *'• o | LBGGETT NEWS ITEMS | O o Mrs. Phillip Koonce and ohildren have returned from Erwin after * t spending a few days with Mrs. ' Koonce's parents Mr. and Mrs. Mor -1 gan. Miss Mollie Brantley . spent Sun day with Mrs. T. F. Savage. Bliss Blanche Lancaster of Raieigii spent the week-end with her father, * W. D. Lancaster. Beverly Gammon's entertained her little friends on her birthday last Monday. Those from Leggetts attending the * cupper party that former Lieutenant Governor and' Xrs. Fountain of Roc *r ky Mount in honor of their niece Miss Mary King Fountain last Thursday evening were: Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lawrence and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Savage, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fountain, Mr. and Mrs. Bracey Fauntain, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Fountain, Leon Fountain. Mrs. J. T. Lawrence, Jr., and Mr. » and Mrs. Willam Goodwyn. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Smoot of Goldsboro attended the Fountain .Hunt wedding and Grissom-Brain i 'wedding Saturday. " Miss EH,"Vtyeth Fountain has re > turned visiting friends in Scotland NtlK. The Thurtflay Book Club met with Mrs. William Goodwyn. Mrs. Ethel Everette Leggett of Palmyra visited friends here Sun day. ' * Mr. and Mrs. William Goodwyn entertained about 75 guests at a din ner last week at "Cedar Lane," in honor of their niece Miss Mary King Mountain whose marriage to . E. W. Hunt of Greensboro took place on Saturday. Mrs. Bruce Fountain gave a love «■ ly luncheon at the community house Tuesday in honor of Miss Mary King Fountain and Miss Nellie Grissom. Over a hundred guests were there. GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE Kinston, N. C.—ln her suit for divorce, a woman claimed that her husband poured salt on her bod, threw liquor in her face, burned her legs with a cigarette and beat her with a suit of padded pajamas. Wilson Discloses Operation! A.B.C. . Count}'» Two Stores and Two in Moore County Will Net Around . lU9.M* • I Wilson, June 30.—Wilson county's | ABC stores and the two stores op erated in Moore county the local ' i board will realizo a total net prof >l it of around $119,000 for the first 1 1 year of their operation that ends ' July 2, according to an estimate 1 made by Thomas H. Woodard, ' Chariman of the Wilson county ' commissioners Monday. Chairman Woodard made the esti • mation on the basis of 22 per cent > of the total gross sales of all ths ■ stores. It was estimated before the • stores began active operation that • the county would realize this prof -1 it on the stores. : Gross sales for the five stores in 1 Wilson county and the two in Moore up to June 26 totaled : with only a week to go for the end ' of the fiscal year of the stores. ' Of this amount $294,68152 repre -1 sented the gross sales of the liquor • stores in Wilson county while SIS 2,- ' 263.84 represented the gross sales in > Moore county from the stores ill Pinehurst and Southern Pines . Both Chairman Woodard and B. J. Williams, chairman of the Wilson ABC board, declared the stores a success Monday as they ended tko first year of their operation. f Throng Attends ; Benson Songfest r V ' " A crowd of over 15,000 from this . and other state* attended the annu t al singing contest, held last Sunday L ia Benson. Communities from all over North Carolina were represented and per [ sons froai Virginia, South Carolina > and fiewfia art. known to have at. [ tended the event. , Singers from more than a dozen communities appeared on the all-Uy ' program. Convention officials said the crowd* waa the largest and ih« ' - event the moat successful ia history. '> • •|| RBD OAK NEWS | 1 s . 0 > Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Roberts of t Washington, D. C. are visiting Mr. and' Mrs: K. H. Mcjntyre this 1 week. J I Miss Elgia Jones of Bocky Mount ', spent last week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Mann Jones. J Mr. and Mrs. Percy Frazier and ' children have returned to their home in Hartaville, 8. C., after visiting Mr, and Mrs. C. M. Frazier for several weeks. Mrs. Budd Edwards entertained for Mrs. G. D. Coley, Jr., on Tues day afternoon at a miscellaneous shower. The bride was before ner marriage Miss Margaret Edwards. > El Harrell of Raleigh spent this ' week-end with his parents Rev. and Mrs. E. J. Harrell. Miss Helen Beal is visiting Miss Marguerite Pope of Scotland Neck this week. Miss Carrie Wilson of Durham spent Sunday visiting Miss Mary Ruth Arnold. Mr. and Mrs. John Weaver of Rocky Mjount spent Sunday with Mrs. Weaver's parents Mr. and Mra. Walter Faulkner. r Mr. and Mrs, Jfcke Afford of Salem visited their daughter Mrs. C. M. Jones Sunday. , Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Beal and small son of Nashville visited Mr. r and Mrs. C. K. Williams Sunday, t Miss Effie Gray Biggs of Raleigh is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. j J. H. Biggs for a few days, t Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Pitt and - small son were visitors in the com r munity last week-end. to 1 o 0 I DORTCHES NEWS j I o o Miss Margaret Hester of Rocky ■ Mount spent the week-end with her • parents Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hester. Mr. and Mrs. J. O Hardy spent Sunday evening at Grove Hill • visiting relatives. 1 The Womans Club met Thursday evening at .the church where they " had their regular monthly meeting. 1 Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Jonas of Rocky Mount were visiting her pa -1 rents Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ellen spent ' their vacation from Thursday un " til Sunday at Myrtle Beach. Mrs. Kiris Crawford of Rocky 1 Mount spent part of the week with - her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. E. 1 Hester. f Mrs. Emmitt Ellen of Rocky Mt. 0 spent several days with her moth- er-in-law Mrs. W. E. Ellen. Miss Kathleen Armstrong and - Misg Margaret Hunter were guests 0 of Miss Kathleen Hester Sunday. K Miss Edith Denson art Red Oak is u a guest of Miss Martha Bett Robin *• son. Eiports in May above imports for the first time since January. t Q r Motorists paid $619,000,000 in gas 1. oline taxes to States in year d o it New York asks Supreme Court tot J. rehearing on State wage act. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1936 Dr. G. W. Paschal Favors McDonald The following excerpt ia reprint ed from "Under the Dome," from the Raleigh New and Observer: Dr. George W. Paschal 7 of Wake FVfcvst College, fcaa a reputation for exactness, clear thinking and for uncompromising devotion to his be liefs. Generations of college boytt remember now with that vast re spect which is the heritage of four square teachers that no amount of cajolery, no, amount of legging, no subterfuges could get them abo7e a passing grade on Latin if the records of their work showed some thing' less than a* passing grade wfca deserved. And since the school room is com ing to figure prominently in the cur rent election, McDonald supporters, were delighted with a stirring pledge of support from Dr. Paschal, Bap tist historian, devotee of scholar ship always, and a champion of atn letics when it was not so popular for members of the faculty to sup port athletics. "Yes," said Dr. Paschal, "I'm for McDonaJd for Governor and here are some of my reasons: "1. Dr. McDonald is able. I had heard as much before, and in nis campaign he has shown extraordi nary ability. If he is elected no other State will have an abler gov ernor. "2. He is honest; he speaks straight from the shoulder; he tells the truth without quibbling. Every body knows where he stands. "3. He is clean. It was not he who injected, personalities into thia campaign. And yet the mean charg es have been brought against him that he is 'a young man,' a 'foreig ner,' a 'carper-bagger, and a whole array of other abuse. It ia a sad day in North Carolina if . eleetioas are to be won by personal abuse. "4. Dr. McDonald is a young man* 1 I have been teaching young mm forty years, I know them : aad truat them. Dr. McDonald i* older* tpa Henry Clay was when he became United States Senator,' almost a m old as William Jennings Bryan when he was first nominated for the preei 4«ncy, and twelve years older than ins England's greatest statesman, William Pitt, when he repelled the charges of the corrupt Wfelpole of "the atrocious crime of being a young man.' I welcome capable young men into our political arena; "5. Dr. McDonald is not a lawyer. All our Governors for the past six ty years have been lawyers. I have voted for the Democrats among them, beginning with Carr. I think now is the time for a change. His enemies sneered at Woodrow Wil son when he became candidate for President, calling him 'the profes sor.' We now know how contempti ble their sneers were; the sneers against Dr. McDonald are just as contemptible. "6. Dr. McDonald is not a lobby ist. He has never taken a reward for 'acts which injure the Btate,' a thing which Demosthenes, more than 2,000 years ago characterized as 'shocking and abominable.' "7. Dr. McDonald believes that there is a machine in North Caro lina. He does not outrage our sens es and intelligence by denying the existence of such a machine. We all know it is this machine which fosters the disgraceful laws under which we hold our primary elections. Even Tammany Hall in its worst days was no worse than our North Carolina machine; here is corrup tion right at the core of our poli tical life. It is a most serious con cern of all good citizens. Dr. Mc- Donald promises to get rid of this machine. I believe him. He will get my vote. "8. I am not certain' that I like 1 either candidate's views on the sales tax, but I do like Dr. McDonald's tax program better. I remember that his opponent appeared before a committee of the 1931 egislaturo in behalf of the Duke Power Com pany—not lobbying mind you, but looking after the people's interest— and urged the Legislature not to put a tax on electric current. That Leg islature, in sore need of money for schools, put a fifteen cents tax on land instead of the tax on electric current." WHALE PROVES NUISANCE Marblehead, Mass.—Towed out to sea on two separate occasions, the carcass of a seventy-five-foot dead whale drifted again ashore near here. It was towed fifteen miles offshore, rammed, riddled with ma chine gun bullets and left to flounder, or be torn apart by gulls and fish. v HEA WAVE IN ALASKA Ketchikan, Alaska.—Believe it or not, Alaska is suffering from it heat wave. Temperatures as high as 110 in the sun were reported in and around Federal weather sta tistics at Cordova recorded an offi cial maximum on June 16, of 75, the highest temperature ever record ed. TOMBSTONE HURTS CHILD Powellton, W. Va.—As members of the family gathered around the grave of James Huffman to read the epitaph on the fifty-ona-year-old tombstone, the 3Q(J-pound stone suddenly, and without any apparent cause, toppled over on Helen Juno Vance, 5, a grandniece of the dead man, breaking ler leg. A Fantasy in Nature's Circus i\ •»> ,4%, .......... - E Seal Castle In Bryce Canyon National park In southern Utah Is one of the oddities In this region of strange eroded formations. Someltmes this Is called "The Singing Seals." The formation is seen lu the whitish roclca that look like giant seals standing erect Just above the second rider from the left Photograph by Union Pacific railroad. ■ 1 • " -■ -- . | The Absentee Ballot Not Thwart the WiU Of the People How long 9h«ti. the absentee ballot thwart the will of the people. The" use of. this ballot has become a stench in the nostrils of our people and if its use was ever jus tified, its abuse makes it necessary, if we are to preserve our Democracy, that it be repealed at once. We are informed that people are voting in as many as eight counties and sometimes the voter doesn't even know it himself. If he happens to register in one county and votes one year and then moves on into another county, his name is still They vots him juat like they do a great many who are still voting in ftorut Car olina. It has become so abused that public speakers in many instances address their remarks more to the absentee bal lot than they do the real live voting Democracy. The. public appeal has been made through the press to the absentees whether they be dead or live. WHY IS THERE DISCONTENT AMONG FARMERS? Below is a paragraph copied from press reports of K. D. Battle's speech in favor of Hoey for Governor: "I am not uneasy about his (Hoey's) nomination, but 1 am uneasy about North Carolina I don't know why it is but the tobacco-raising area has been for a number of years a center of political discontment We need to save cur own political souls more than we need to nominate Clyde Hoey." Mr. Battle states that he does not know why it is so but that the tobacco-raising area has been for a number of years a center of political discontent. This question can be answered very readily. The discontentment among the far mers has not been political. The discontentment has been because th tobacco has been taken from the farmers prac tically for nothing except the iast three years, and if the farmers had not protested the same would be taking place today. Everybody that has anything to do with the tobacco 3eems to make money out of it except the farmer. The i very one who grows it and is entitled to more than anyone else yet receives the least. If Mr. Battle had visited the warehouse in 1932, he would have seen mothers carrying nursing children; the baby nursing from an empty breast and when the tobacco sold, seen this good housewife, an aid to her husband in the field turn in tears because the tobacco had only brought enough to pay the warehouse charges and in many instan ces not enough. We do need to save our souls from this economic slavery and many have already given their lives. We hope their souls are at rest. The issue should be political; it is economic. If the far mer was more political, he would not stand and see the fruits of his labor, his wife and his children go without a just return. The farmer must be more political than he has been in the past if he is to receive his rights. Rocky Mount must help in giving the a square deal. The city of Rocky Mount cannot survive without the farmers. DOG DIES OF BROKEN HEART Ticonderoga, N. ' Y. —Lindy, a springer spaniel, is dead, apparant ly of a broken heart over the death of his master, Joseph P. 0«Ier, Jr., 12, who died in a hospital a few weeks before. For several days af ter the boy's death, the dog waited hopefully by the roadside for his master to return from school in the school bus. Gradually, he seemed to sense the fact that the boy would never return. He sulked, refused food, howled dismally each time he heard the bus, and finally died. Physicists are told that el®ctrin ity in blood would light a lamp. o ■ • June income tax collection show a 23 percent increase. BOY SAVES BROTHER Thrumond, Md. —Robert Hengst, , 11, climbed a tree and, in grop ing for a handhold in the foilage, grasped a live wire. His older 1 brother, Maynard, heard his cry ' and climbed the tree, struck him , with his shoulder, breaking bis grip ,on the wire. Robert lurched and was about to fall from the tr!« 1 when tho older boy .caught him. i Other than severe barns on the [ hands, Robert was unhurt. 1 o . L A THOUGHTFUL MAN » Winchester, Va.—When Lyle Har reli. 32-year-old business man, da - cided to commit suicide, be chose a very convenient place in which to do it. He went to an undertaking r establishment and there fatally shot himself. PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON Hancock Favors Gov't Grading Congressman Thinks Flannagan Act Will Prove Widely Beneaeial To Warehousemen And Tobacco Pro ducers—Present System Needs Im provements Reviewing hastily the efforts cf the New Deal— administration to benefit the farmer, Representative Frank W. Hancock, speaJcing before the Kiwanis Club Tuesday night, laid particular stress upon the Flannagan bill passed by congress for the protection of tobacco grow ers. Under the present system of mar keting tobacco, the farmer has ab solutely no say-so after he has left his tobacco in the custody of the warehouseman, who becomes his agent, said Mr. Hancock. The Flannagan measure does not become effective until two-thirds of the tobacco growers have voted affirmatively for it, said Mr. Han cock as he predicted it would be one of the most effective aids to the farmer devised in the past 25 years. The measure is predicated entire ly on the preservation and improve ment of the present looseleaf auc tion system and there is nothing in the act which refers tp any oth er systM*. the speaker, who work ed for passage of the bill in the firm belief that it was something for the benefit of the tobacco grow ers, declared. It is designed to remedy, correct and eliminate the defects of the present system of marketing. 'Evft-ry pile of tobacco approx imately the same grade sold on th>i same warehouse floor the same day ought to bring approximately the same price,' said Mr. Hancock. He said he seriously doubts the competition whick buyers claim for eaich pile of tobacco offered for sale, saying he had never seen a buyer who put a bid on every pile offered for sale. He insisted that the act would in no way hur tthe tobacco warehouseman nor pu tany one out of his employment, but added that it would hurt the pin hooker by running him out of busi. ness, and that it would hurt the warehouse parasite. Suggesting that the speed of salej of tobacco at auction are too fast to permit aeeurate judgment on each pile of tobacco, although the companies obtain the services of experts, Mr. Hancock feels that a more leisurely inspection of each pile by agents of the government, and an announcement of the grade as the pile is offered for sale, will provide a needed improvement in the selling method, insuring fairer treatment for the grower. Bailey O. Currin was the guest of Ben H. Averett and G. B. Sum mers presided in the absence! of President D. S. Johnson and vice president R. L. Noblin. Rotarians Picnic At Lake Myra Members Of Clabs From Raleigh, Clayton, Zebulon, And Wendell Enjoy Bob Melton's Barbecue At Lake Myra One of the largest picnics of the season for this vicinity was the an nual Rotary barbecue picnic at Lake Myra. This year the fledgling Wen dell Rotary Club was included for the first time in the annual out ing, the club having been organ ized within the past several months. Two hundred and thirty-nine Ro tarians and Rotary Anns gathered around the tables at the lake at six-thirty when Bob Melton, veter an feeder of large crowds, begau dishing out the barbecue. The affair was entirely informal, and no set program had been arrang ed, the time before the meal and lifter it being given over to fellow ship, and to a season of getting ac quainted. BOLT FIRES FURNACE Lyiyihurst, N. J.—Lightning proved very obligating to Mrs. Fred Muhlesien recently. A bolt set fire to rubbish which filled her fur nace, emptying it for her. How ever, it also hurled part of the chimney into a bedroom and knock ed her about fifteen feet from where she had been standing, NOTICE Those desiring to subscribe to Ttoe Rocky Mount Herald may do so by sending $l.OO with name and address to The Rocky Mount Herald, Rocky Mount, N. C. Town State , Route No. Sl.O* PER TEAS DEMOCRATIC CONFIDENCE HAS IT A REAL BASIS? THE AL SMITH BLAST THIRD PARTY A THREAT REPUBLICAN PLANS LAN DON'S PROGRAM IG. O. P. SEES FARM DRIFT 1 THE CHAIN STORE BILL IMPORTANT READJUSTMENTS By Hugo 91 ma. Special Correspondent Surveying the political situation after the Democratic Convention at Philadelphia, one finds the sap porters of the Administration high ly confident as to the outcome of the election next fall. The Republi cans, with campaign activities in creasing, are much more hopeful than before the Cleveland Conven tion and determined to put on a i campaign which can and will win. The candidacy of Representative Lemke haa been announced buS the political effects of hia entry into the presidential race are not yet clear. Taking up the Democratic view point first, one finds them cocky, relying upon registration statistic* which point to the President's re election and confident that the balk I of the Farm and Labor groups will continue to support the President. Asserting that the Cleveland pint form all but endorsed the Roose velt principles, the Democrats in sist that the Party has a record ot achievement to counter "mere prom ises" which are an "imitation." ■ ■■ J The enthusiastic Democrats as sert that the Republican record, ln> eluding that of Governor London, is mixed np with the New Deal, that the Tip*]do use removed the constitutional issue, and that the and Labet policies (of the Administration are sure to Win widespread support. In addition, the Democrat* count heavily on the improved condition of the country economically since ASareh, 1933, the popularity of President Roosevelt and his campaigning skill and tke "confidence" of the masses that the President is with them. The strnegth of the Democratic organisa tion, fed daring the past foar years by man? appointments to the payroll, is also considered an asset. The warning message sent to the Democratic Convention in an open tolegram from Alfred E. Smith, Bainbridge Colby, James A. Reed, Joseph B. Ely and Daniel F. Oo halan, definitely presaging a bolt, did not affect the confident moKi of the party leaders. Most of them insisted that the "walk-oat" WH expee£ed and that the net result of the attack from the Democrntle right—hostile to Roosavielt before Chicago—will weld party support and when coupled with the attacks of Representative Lemke and his left wing attack, will leave tha President in the key position h* likes to occupy—"a little left at center." The blunt threat of Smith, for mer Governor ot New York; Col by, Secretary of State under Wil son ; Reed, former Governor of Missouri; Ely, former Governor of Massachusetts, and Cohalan, former Justice of the New York Supreme Court, included a sharp and un equivocal condemnation of the New Deal, asserting that it was a cam paign "to buy the Presidency" thru "misuse" of public funds, intend ed "to alleviate need and distress." The Smith blast came as a cul mination of a long and aggressive attack on the President and c*n hardly be attributed to his policies since his inauguration because the opposition began prior to Mr. Roose velt's nomination in 1932. The feud between Smith and Roosevelt is well known. Colby is held to repre sent the Hearst position, and Coha lan was prevented from becoming United States Senator twenty-five years ago by Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Reed sought the presidential nomi nation in 1932 and Mr. Ely fought Mr. Roosevelt before Chicago and has not been pleased with Demo cratic management in Massachusetts since that time. More disturbing to the Democrats is the entry of Representative Lemke, of South Dakota, an the presidential candidate of a Third Party, with the backing of the Rer. Charles E. Coughlin of Detroit, the Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, heaid of the remnant of Huey Long's "Hharo the-Wealth" movement and the prob able support, of the Townsend or ganization. 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