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The Rocky Mount Herald VOLUME 3, NO. 32 Youth Is Still Passing In City Accrij|ing to a family source afternoon, Charhs iiuivin ~ Brock, lfi-year-old high school student, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brock of 807 Hill street, continues missing from, his home today. His father, a local merchant and railway employe, and his mother, expressed fears as to the boy's safe ty and well-being, as they told ot' his having left home Friday night to go to the municipal library. A friend saw him later on the street, and Brock reiterated his intention of going to the library; however, library officials report that he" nevar reached there. Ho has not been heard from since. According to a statement made by his mother, Mrs. Brock, who is to day ill of anxiety and worry, the youth was to all appearances happy and contented when he took leave of here on Friday evening. At the time of his disappearance, young Brock was wearing a tan shirt, black and white trousers, and tennis shoes. | 4 Local Boys Win Eagle Badges Austin. Robbins, . John. Chambliss, Turner Battle And Jack Green Get Hlgk Award Featured by the awarding of eagle badges to four local . Boy Scouts, the ' largest number ever awarded here at one time, the August session of the Rocky Mount district court of honor was held last night in the Parish House of the Church of the Good Shepherd. Thirty-nine Scouts, also received badges, more than 50 were recognised,, for badges earned at Camp Qharles this summer, And one boy was recommended by the court to receive the national courtY . &w«rd of the eagle badge. Rev. fC vg&L Craighill, presided over the W court in the absence of T. A. Av " era, chairman, who was out of town, L. S. Inscoe and J. R. Bennett served on the court and A. T. Cronenberg, chairman of the board " of review, ' acted as secretary in the] absence of Scout Executive John J. Sigwald, who was away on va cation. The four who were award ed the eagle badge, highest rank afforded by Scouting, were members of two local troops, troop No. 7 sponsored by the First Presbyterian church, and troop No. 11, sponsor ed by the Church of the Good Shep herd. They were John R. Cham bliss, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Chambliss; Austin Robbins, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Grover Rob bins, both Scoots beinir from troop No. 7; and Turner W. Battle, Jr., son of Turner W. Battle of Wash ington and Rocky Mount; and Jack Green, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Green, the latter two boys being members of troop No. 11. Mrs. Chambliss and Mrs. Robbins mounted the stage and pinned the badges upon their sons, while Mr. B&ttle and Mr. Green did the honors for their new Eagle Scouts. Frank Williams, members of troon No. 7 and son of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. J. Williams, was recommended to the national court to receive the Eaglo badge at the September seo sion of the court. Three Scouts were advanced to the rank of first class Scouts. They were Taylor Thome, troop No. 5; Bobby Heame, Troop No. 6; and Billy Rooker, troop No. 11. Scouts receiving the second class r-i'c ttpi-v. as follows: George Cau dle, Leslie Shaw, Billy Flye, Al bert Mangum, and Earle Parker J troop No. 8. New tenderfoot Bcouts recognized last night included Jerold Rdbinson, William Ivey, and Tom Dunn, troop No. 5. o Mystery Solved By Confession The Asheville murder mystery, ) whuji involved the killing of pret- W ty blonde Helen Clevenger, New YjmU University honor student, was early Sunday morning when SWjP Moore, 22-year-old Negro haTJ*boy employed by the fashion able Battery Park hotel where tlw crime took place about 1 A. M., on the morning of July 16, confessed tho brutal murder to Detective Ser geant Thomas J. Martin after sev eral hours of questioning. In a signed statement Moore said that he crept into the girl's room on the night of July 15 for the pur pose of taking money, but when he found the girl in her room and awake, he became panicky at her screams and shot her. The shot failing to silence her, he beat her in the face with the butt of tho gun. until she fell over on the floor, he said. o Shush Mistress—'Marie, when you wait ou the table tonight for my guests, please don't spill anything. Maid—Don'a you worry, ma'am; I aa\ir talk much. Edgecombe Schools ! Open September 14 List Of New Members And Faculty i Members Announced t Tarboro, Aug. 7.—Edgecombe i county schools will open for the 1 fall term on September 14, with 1 the exception of the South Bdge i combe school which opens September 7, Supt. N. E. Gresham announced . today. , At the same time, Mr. Gresham ■ released the new teacher list show ing principals and faculty members ; of each school in the county. It . is composed mostly of teachers who , are returning for a second year or more but contains a number of uew , teachers. Both the Conetoe and • Battleboro schools will have new principals, it was shown. The new principals and teachers ■ on the list follow: J. T. Biggers, of Pinehurst, prin ! cipal of Conetoe school; Miss Sara • Rose Laughlin, of Tarboro, Speed > school faculty; George Short of Harrington, Del.; Miss Carrie Gay , nor of Battleboro, and Miss Elate i Marshburn of Rocky Mount, 1453- 1 gett school faculty; G. I. Garriker of Albemarle, principal and Mus Dorothy Brake of Rocky Mount, Miss Mary Louise Grimes of Tarboro and Miss Mary Daniel of Rocky Mount, faculty members of Battle boro school; Miss Elsie Seaga of Greenville, Miss Ethel Vick of i Woodland, Miss Mamie Proctor of 1 Rocky Mount, Miss Mabel Cherry of Rocky Mount, Miss Margaret Robertson of Robersonville and Mrs. > Maybelle Wheeless of Louisburg, 1 West Edgecombe school faculty; Frank Moore of Rutherfordton, South Edgecombe school faculty and Miss Katie Mann of Fairfield, Pine tops school faculty. The list, as announced by the su perintendent follows: Conetoe school: J. T. Biggers, principal, Pinehurst; C. H. Parkor, Potecasi; H. N. Cherry, Conetoe; Reba Proctor, Roeky Mount; Fran ces Warren, Conetoe; Dean Hardisoa Washington; Mrs. Ernest Ward, Bethel; Miss Emina Earley, Ahos kie; Mrs. Erneqt Ward, Bethel; Linda Walker, Norfolk, Va.; and ■ljporis Burntftte, Tarboro. Speed school: Joseph Dunn, prin cipal, Pinetops; Vivian Lucas, Speed; Eva Grimes, Tarboro, and Sarah Ross Laughlin, Tarboro. 1 Leggett school: 8. D. Bundy, principal, Farmville; Bettie Spencer, Seaboard* Nina Walston, Scotland Neck; George E. Short, Harring ton, Del.; Janice Eggleston, Wha leysville, Va.; Carrie Gaynor, Ba> tleboro; EUo Moore, Battleboro; Reba Winstead, Whitakers; Elsia Marshburn, Rocky Mount, and Aa tionette Darden, Como. Battleboro school: G. I. Carriker, principal, Albemarle; Mrs. R. E. Jones, Rocky Mount; Dorothy Brak* Rocky Mount; Elizabeth Bain, Lu cama; Mrs. C. L. McCullers, Rocky Mount; Mary Louise Grimes, Tar boro, RFD 2, Mary Daniel, Rocky Mount, and Ruth Ellen, Rocky Mount. West Edgecombe school: J. G. Feezor, principal, Rocky Mount; Edna StaJlings, Louisburg; J. Allen Kenny, Rocky Mount; Elsie Seago, Greenville; Ethel Vick, Woodland; Elizabeth Evans, Franklin, Va.; Vera Joy Mcßane, Graham, Louise Brown, Wilmington; Wilbur New some, Salisbury; Mrs. J. L. Cobb, Rocky Mount; Miss Jessie H. Belche, Rich Square; Miss Mary Saunders, Raleigh; Miss Mamie Proctor; Rocky Mount; Mabel Cher ry, Rocky Mount; Mrs. Bessie Credle, Rocky Mount; Mary Leo Worsley, Rocky Mount; Louise Cummings, Rocky Mount; Mrs. W. C. Brake, Rocky Mount; Mary Worsley, Rocky Mount; Annie Mears, Rocky Mount; Margaret Robertson, Robersonville; Mrs. 01- lie G. Reynolds, Rocky Mount; Mrs. Annie Belle Bradley, Rocky Mouut; Rosa V. Brake, Rocky Mount; Mrs. Maybelle Wheeless, Louisburg, and G. E. Crawley, Essex. South Edgacombe: J. N. Grant, principal, Pinetops; Sadye Bells Brown, Pinetops; Alga Ray Tay -1 lor, Greenville; Lurline Bass, Farmville; Ruth Roberson, Knight dale; Louise Gammon, Whitakers; Frank Moore, Rutherfordton; W. D. Ynrboro, Pinetops: and Margar et Barnes, Pinetops. Pinetops school; Estelle B. Jen kins, principal, Pinetops; Marion Butler, Rocky Mount; Merle Fair cloth, Fayetteville; Clara Brown, Macclesfield; Katie Mann, Fairfield; , Cinnye Crisp, Pinetops; Selma An i, Tarboro, and Kathleen Brown, Pinetops. Masslesfield school: Mrs. . Elsie Winstead, principal, Macclesfield; Mrs. Lida Phillips, Pinetops; Mrs. Beatrice Cor belt, Macclesfield; Martha Hearne, Macclesfield; Mary Forbes Flowers, Macclesfield, and Mrs. Daisy Crisp, Macclesfield. Crisp school: S. A. Bowden, principal, Deep Run; Elizabeth Hatlock, Kookerton; Sally Lovelace Macclesfield; Kitty Phillips; Pine tops; Mary Louise Lawrence, Leg gett; Sarah Belle Pitt, Pinetops, and Lucille Credle, Lake Landing. DIES IN COFFIN HE BUILT Barre, Vt.—The body of George > Stone, 79, wa sfound lying in the , coftin which he had built fourteen years ago and in which he had slept for eight years. Stone, troubl ed with diabetes, barricaded hiin i self in his house and then shot , himself to death with a pistol. ; Germany and Austria launch peace move with tourist accord. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST! y1936 Mechanical Heart Amazes Denmark Lindbergh's Device Works Perfectly >! After Assistant Finds Cat, Takes Thyroid Gland And Sets Device To Work—Task Is Delicate Copenhagen, Aug. 11.—Col. Char les A. Lindbergh, in his first pub lic appearance as a scinetist, and Dr. Alexis Carrel today displayed their mechanical heart to eager, excit i ed members of the internation • al congress of experimental cytol ogy. In groups of 10, the scientists ' pushed into the small room to learn L intricacies of the apparatus by which organs of the body can be kept alive indifinitely for observa tion and study. Dr. Carrel, who supplied techni ■ cal knowledge for construction of the heart, answered questions in 1 French. Colonel Lindbergh, who developed the mechanical apparatus, explained its details in English. > The exhibit was closed after two ■ and one-half hours but will be open : the remainder of the week. The i program was held up for a time be i cause the colonel could find no thyroid gland necessary to make the hear twork. Finally a cat was lo cated, deprived of the thyroid, and the show went on. Ask Excited Questions The scientists asked questions ex citedly, and peered intently through > the glass doors of the apparatus as they watched pumps send a blooi serum through the heart with rhy thmic pulsations. The action auto matically introduced an oxygen sup ply and expelled carbon dioxide, much in the manner of a living heart. Observed one scientist, who watched Dr. Carrel extract the cat's thyroid before setting tile heart in action: "All instruments were sent from America for the delicate task of putting the apparatus in operation. The doctors were in- black blouses and wor© rubber gloves . "It was a thrilling moment when these two black clad scientists with black masks sat down at the black table t operform the operation. Tae whole scene reminded me of Rem brandt anatomical paintings. Dr. Carrel himself put the gland in rhc apparatus. "Everybody held his breath. I Would the artificial heart beatf It; did—slowly but regularly." Packing Firm To! Erect New Plant Swift & Company To Increase Ca-' pscity And Install Modern Equipment Here The faciliites of Swift & Com pany in Rocky Mount will be doubl ed according to an announcement made today by R. C. Henry, man ager of the local branch of the or ganization. Tho one-story building now on the site of the branch house will be razed and in their place a new two-story reinforced concrete build ing will be erected. Plans for the new building call for the installation of a sausage kitchen, modern coolers, and a greatly increased capacity. The two-story building now used will be converted into dry storage on the first floor with a sausage manu facturing room on the second. Contracts will be let within a few days for the demolishng of the two one-story buildings and as soon as these are out of the way, work will begin on the new struc tures. Great faith in the city and the growth of business in this area have been advanced by the manage ment as the reasons for the expan sion. Warren Choice For Comptroller Tar Heel Congressman AJ so Pre fers To Remain At His Post In House Washington, Aug. 11. —Coincident with the return of President Roose velt to Washington, it has bee!i learned beyond any question of doubt that Representative Lindsay Warren has already been informed definitely that he will be appointed Comptroller General of the United States, although if present plans are adhered to, the position will not oe filled until after the election in November. At the same time, it can be sail with equal authority that Mr. War , ren has let it b e known that he pre fers to remain in Congress, believ ing that he can in that way be of greater service to President Roose velt, at the same time continuing to render direct service to his state and district. The above, does not mean that Mr. . Warren will necessarily be tendered a formal appointment, nor does it • necessarily mean that he will decliue ; it if it is tendered. It is consid ered probable that President Roose velt will confer personally with Mr. > Warren before making an announce ment. Even a Genius Must Eat Donald McMurray, the thinking machine who completed a four-year course in ten months, and who now races for a master's degree, a year's work, in seven weeks, takes his food and drink from the hands oI his bride, the former Evelyn Ehrlich, as he studies. More Bonds For Roads? North Carolina bonded itself in excess of ."5100,000,000 to build hard surface roads and we have been paying high taxes to meet these bond issues and the bond issues have been greatly reduced and the tax payers have been look ing forward and had anticipated the day when we could en joy lower taxes. A few days ago, we had a recommendation from State Treasurer Johnston and Chairman Waynick of the High way Commission, that the State should bond itself again in the additional sum of $25,000,000 to build more roads. lAt first, we really thought that these two gentlemen | must be undertaking to put off a real joke on the people iof North Carolina, when they came forward with this I recommendation, but we have since learned that these | two gentlemen really did make this recommendation. It i looks like they must have been out of something to rec ommend. Virginia has built her roads on the "pay as you go plan." She has taken the income from the franchise on her auto mobiles and the gasoline tax supplemented by federal aid and built her roads and she has been the pride among many States, in having done this. The Carolina-Virginia Retailer calls attention that North Carolina is collecting considerably in excess of half of its entire revenue from taxes upon consumption—taxes upon the needs and wants of the average citizen in the form of sales taxes. It further suggests that this means of financing the Government is a distinction among States which no mart should boast. Now, when we see day-light in getting rid of the sales tax, here comes the State Treasurer and the Chairman of the Highway Commission, strong advocates of the sales tax recommending more bands. It would seem to be almost unbelievable! TOBACCO MARKET PREPARING The general opinion of many of our best tobacco dealers tnd growers, is that the tobacco crop will be greatly re duced in poundage from last year. While there has been some improvements from what it was anticipated at one time, yet there is still a general shortage throughout the entire belt. It is expected that the prices will be considerably high er than last years which we hope will offset the shortage in pounds to the farmer. Rocky Mount is going forward with its preparation for the opening of the market on September Ist. The tobacco market here has every modern facility for easy and quick handling of tobacco for the' farmer and it is expected that our market will handle as much tobacco as it handled last year, even though there may be a shortage in the local crop No Improvement; In Moonshining Williamston, Aug. 12.—Sheriff C. B. Roebuck states that the illegal sale of liquor in the Free Union and other sections of Martin County is the worst it has been in many months. He says that the ABC sal» of whiskey has not remedied the situation and he believes that the illegal traffic is worse than it was before the sale of whiskey was made legal. Sunday afternoon the slier- 1 iff with his deputies made a raid in the Poplar Point section of the county and found a fifty gallon capacity kettle and several hundred gallons of beer. Sheriff Roebuck says that he thinks the small fines and road sentences which are given 1) ythe Recorder's Court are not suf ficient to abate the illegal traffic in whiskey in Martin County. The teacher was trying to impress the class with the danger of bad habits. She asked, "What is it we find so easy to get into and so hard to get out oft" Tobacco Grading Halted By Court Rock Hill, 8. C., Aug. 11.—Fed eral Judge J. Lyles Gleen today signed an order restraining the fed eral government from establishing tobacco grading service in South Carolina. The auction season opens on the South Carolina tobacco markots Thursday. Government tobacco grading service was to be started at three markets, Lake City, Dar lington and Pamlico. The grading service was approved in referenda on these markets. TO BUILD ANOTHER SUPER-LINER London.—The keel of a sister ship to the Cunard-White Star lin er Queen. Mary will be laid some time the latter part of this month, according to a recent announcement. The ship will be built at a cost of around $25,000,000 and will enter service some time during 1939. The name King George V. haß been sug gested for the projected ship. PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON Aycock Elected To Chest Office! City Manager Named To Presidency of Community Chest At Annual Meeting Today L. B. Aycock, city manager, was named to the presidency of tho Rocky Mount Community Chest et the annual election meeting of that organization held this morning in the oftices of the Chamber of Com merce. Other officers elected for the com ing year are Mrs. L. W. Kornegay, vice-president; P. S. Wilkinson, treasurer; and E. H. Austin, sec retary. The new board of directors in cludes I. D. Thorp, W. J. Adams, M. R. Robbins, Mrs. J. A. Speight L. T. Bulluck, and R. L. Sides. All but Robbins and Sides served on tho board last year. Aycock succeeds M. R. Robbins who is now a member of the board, and Mrs. Kornegay takes the piace of Mrs. J. R. Bennett. Each agency served by the Com munity Chest names its representa tive to the organization. Each of the representatives of last year was reappointed. They include T. A. Avera for the Y. M. C. A., Rev. j P. H. Jraighill for the Boy Scoute, j Mrs. J. P. Whitehead for the As- j sociated Charities, E. C. Lucas for the Salvation Army, and Mrs. B. | H. Taylor for the Girl Scouts. The newly-elected officers and di rectors will assume their duties im mediately and will be in charge of the campaign this year which will be held sometime in October. Greensboro Stays Under Beetle Ban Reports From State Show, However, That Japanese Beetle Menace Is Decreasing Raleigh, Aug. 11.—Dr. R. W. Lei by, state entomologist, said today 142 Japanese beetles have been trapped this summer in 15 North j Carolina municipalities, compared j to 219 captured at the same | last year in 22 communities. The figures indicate the beetle; j "is now widespread in the state but | small in number," Dr. Leiby said. He attributed the decrease to the unseasonably cold winter. No beetles were caught in Con cord, Fayetteville, Gastonia, Hen derson, Kinston, Lumberton, Nortii Wilkesboro, Sanford, Shelby, States ville, Thomasville or Wake Forest. Other communities yielded the following numbers: East Spencer, 38; Spencer, 27; Winston-Salem, 37; Raleigh, 2; Greensboro, 15; High Point, 2; Rocky Mount, 6; Salis bury, 3; Wilmington, 2; Charlotte, 5; and one each in Asheville, Bur lington, Durham, Elizabeth City and Wilson. Dr. Leiby said a quarantine or dered by the state department of ag riculture June 1 for Greensboro, Spencer and Wiiston-Salem. would be continued. It forbids the move ment of plants and soil from tho areas except under certain restric tions. BABSON SFES TRAILERS HOUSING HALF OF U. S. New York. Aug. 9. Bab son, economist, predicts that half of the population of the United States will be living in automobile trailers within 20 years. "The increased use of trailers is one reason why home buildin-j lod'iy oniy 30 per cent of normal," ho said. The total trailer population in country is estimated at nearly a half million, according to the March of Time, based on a survey. TO EMPLOY MUTES ONLY Warrenton, Va.—Asserting that deaf mutes are "better workmen, faster and lose little time," John L. R. Gaines, owner of a small woodworking plant, has declared his intention of employing only mutes i nenlarging his present payroll. SAIL ATLANTIC ALONE New York.—Marin-Marie, 34-ye ir old French artist-yachtsman, recent ly began a solo trip across the At lantic from New York to France in his eighteen-ton motor boat. Ho hopes to make the 6,000 mile trip in twenty days . WO77C£ Those desiring to subscribe to The Rocky Mount Herald may do so by sending SI.OO with name and address to The Rocky Mount Herald, Rocky Mount, N. C. N-ame Town State , Route No j SI.OO PER YEAJt ! ELECTION UNCERTAINTY I TWO YEARS AGO I RECOVERY SURVEYED | THREE DOUBTFUL FACTORS I LABOR READY TO SPLIT? LANDON EXPLAINS VIEW • DROUGHT AID IN KANSAS By Hugo Sims, Special Waahlrvgto« Correspondent Undoubtedly, the people of thia county take their political cam paigns seriously, and every four years they view the election, of a president as a vital issue, upon which, it is repeatedly asserte!, depends the future of the Ameri can republic and the welfare of all its citizens. Of course, few well-balanced thinkers have any such idea although the importance o fthe presidential election cannot be treated lightly. About two years ago when Ih® mid-term Congressional elections were coining to the fore, there was little thought among competent ob servers that the Democrats would be able to hold their tremendous House majority. However, in the election they not only held their position, but actually made gains. The issue, almost everywhere, was the President and support of his policies. As a consequence of that • the people sndorsW the moves - made by the administration up to I that time. Today, with leas than three ' months to go before the voters of I the nation go to the polls to elect a President, the entire Houae mem bership and one-third of the Sen ate, the speculation revolves around the popularity of Franklin D. Roose velt, whether he haa lost his amS&- iug hold o nthe public or not. Boil ed down to its essence, the oat come of the voting depends upen the success of the President is re taining the faith of those who vot» ed for him and representing, n their eyes, the hope of improvement. 80 far as this writer knows, there is only one way to find out the answer, and that is at the polls. Various straw ballots will be taken and much information may be gleaned from, their results but the argument will go on un ' til the votes are counted and the explanations begin. On the surface, lat least, the race is to be decid |ed with the Republicans having a J better chance of success than any | one thought possible less than two years ago. As speakers expound the "issues" and the newspapers re sound with partisan debate there is no way to accurately guage the ef fect of the furore upon the voters. Generally speaking, the consen sus of opinion two years ago was that President Roosevelt's chance for reelection would depend upoa the extent of recovery. It was believed that his future depended upon the race for better times and that if he was lucky enough to have marked improvement apparent by this fall, he would have a de cided edge. Today, the recovery is apparetn, although there are dark spots, but there is no unanimity as to his fate at the polls. Speaking of recovery, it might bewell to review the situation at this ' time. Newspaper headlines empha size th» advances made. Industrial production, operating at 49 per cent of the 19&' level at the low point of the depression, has mov ' ed up to 88, but it should be not ed that the gains are recorded very ' largely in consumer goods. Thero is, however, a broadening to in clude heavy industries, with the steel industry showing an increas ed demand from varied sources. Tho automobile industry, of course, was one of the first to reflect the trend, which ia being felt in the semi luxury trades. Employment has steadily risen, being up to 82 per cent of the 19- 29 average as compared with 56 in li>33, but still below the figure for industrial production. The week'y pay envelope, in June, was on 73 per cent 0 f1929. Tho position ot the farmer has also improved While prices have not gone back to the peak J»iey are about double what they were at the bottom, and while prices he has to pay for what he buys are higher the agricultur ist has made progress. His products will buy only about five per cent less than before the depression as against 40 per cent in 1932 and ear ly 1933 and«his his cash income is considerably increased. The national income in 1935 was (Please turn to page four)
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