PF INTEREST TO
WOMEN
;LUß NEWS
U Martha Longest has as her
guts Mies Mildred Finch of Hen
' den . V
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Dorothy Crawford of Gold»-
bor is the gnest of Miss Susie
Ran ii Fountain.
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J| and Mrs. X. T. Keel and Mui
Fra * attended iVe commencement
eXt; jes at the University.
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M i vonnie Lee Tfcigpen left
Wc ?sday for Blue Ridge where sho
*il 'main for several weeks.
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M Florence Smith of Henderson
wil rrive Friday to be the gne3t
ot{ ,se Powell Speight for
the ine 1 German. #
1 ry Coghill, Billy Yoong, Roy
Mi Miss Franks Keel, and Mils
Jen jewis arc attending the Presby
ter Young Peoples Conference at
Da son College.
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, } anjl Mrs. X. T. Keel and Mrs.
Speight attended final rites
hel in Faison Monday for the-late
Mr D. L. Jones, wife of Rev. D.
L. nes, of Faison, who succumbed
on turday night.
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M". and Mrs. Frank Walker and
M iVances Walker attended the
gr; ation exercises Tuesday at the
Ut Tsity of North Carolina. Their
da iter, Miss Jean Waller received
' he lipMlaa.
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is Julia Lancanster, daughter of
M: mil Mrs. T. 8. Lancaster, has
be removed from the WoodaTd-
H. ng hospital in Wilson to her
ho at,,1105 S. Church street, her
fri (Wwill be interested to learn.
Mi Lancaster sustained injuries in
an utomobile accident Teeently.
DORTCHES
Ss Marie of E. C. T.
C. home for her summer vacation.
. and Mrs. Jesse Vick of Fay
eti ille spent Sunday with her
Ui( er Mrs. Sam Ellen.
e Stoney Creek Baptist church
-is tiding their annual Daily Vaca-
School in session for two
•nry; Tharrington of State Col
lc| i g home for his summer vaca
tio
ss Melba Edwards of Spring
111 b visited Miss Rachel Ellen.
i6B Kathleen Armstrong and
fr ids spent Sunday at the beach.
ss Kathleen Armstrong spent
■feu la» with Miss Margaret Hester.
! ss Rachel Ellen spent Sunday
wi Miss Martha Bett Robinson.
r. and Mrs. R. C. Jones >f
R ty Mount spent Sunday with Mr.
an Mrs. G T. Exum.
r. and Mrs. Johnnie Ellen of
R ky Mount spent Sunday with his
pa 'nts Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ellen.
*■ jit#' Dorothy Shearin spent Sun
dn with Miss Irene Leonard.
jC imedy Slated
For Juue 16 17
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C Iniunity Theatre Will Offer "Big-
Heartedi Herbert" As Final
Production
3ig ♦Hearted Herbert," a hilari
-01 comedy, will be presented by the
t.'i lmtiCiity Theatre on the nights
of June 16 and 17 as their final
pi 'luction of the year.
his production will offer an ar
rn of new faces and new talents
to [Jocfiy Mount playgoers.
he Community Theatre opened
tli r season this year in April, and
sii p tLjn have been presented fivo
dii, including: "The Valiant;" "The
Filtering Word;" "A Rocky Mount;"
"CI! ward Bound," in cooperation
will the Little Theatre Players; and
"ULemjJf.oyment Office," presented
1>; 'a cofored group.
he cast for the final production
wch is being directed by Sam
Witehead, includes: Mrs. Edna
D ison, Bob Howard, Billy Gurga
nt , iftjrice Williams, Vernon Garrls
Wod Joseph Pittman,
Jt nne LcCocq. Elizabeth Davis, Jos
ei i Cummings, Ruth Davis, nenrv
A new, and Ruth Leggett.
'lie Community Theatre is spon
s i>d by tho city of Rocky Mount
H creation office. Mr. Whitehead
s! ted that anyone wishing to parti
ci ate in the dramatic work could
o' !iiin information from the City
R creation office.
lull warn s of peril to civilization
i' autarchy's rise; defends foreign
t|jjle iii broadcast. I
PERSONALS J
45 Year Discharge
Is Topic of Article
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt dis
cusses the growing tendency in in
dustry to discharge workers over
forty-five and suggests several pos
soble solutions to the problem on
her question and answer page in
the June of The Democratic Digest,
National Committee publication.
"I think the answer to this prob
lem of shortened working years will
come in a number of ways," she
writes. "Old age pensions will take
a great number of the very much
older people out of the working
field. As business increases, I hope
very much that it will organize it
self so that people with experience
■will be able to obtain jobs for
which they are fitted. Then they
will automatically vacato jobs
which require the particular
attributes of youth—greater speed,
greater strength, and greater adap-l
tibility." ♦
Mrs. Roosevelt feels, however,
that nobody can say that this prob
lem, brought on by the machine
age, is satisfactorily solved as yet.
The question, which was asked by
Mrs. T. D. Williams of Charlotte,
North Carolina, read: "What can be
done about the growing tendency to
shorten working years for men and
women and to discharge workers
over forty-five?''
. Tho accomplishments of the Social
Security Act have thoroughly justi
fied the increased taxes under the
act, the First Lady holds in ans
wer to a question posed by Mrs.
Virginia Silver, Toledo, Ohio.
"I think anyone studying the re
sults which have been accomplish
ed in tho various states since tho
Social Security Act has be|*un to
really function will realize that
never before has a program bronght
us returns so quickly," Mrs. Roose
velt writes.
"From my point of view, these
returns amply justify the increase
in taxation. I cannot, of course, givo
you statistics as yet, but I am sure
that you will find this so in your
own state as time goes on."
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Many Highway
Accidents Are
Now Averted
New Safety Device Turns Blowout
Into Slow Leak, Allows Driver To
Come To Safe Stop
Doing its full share toward les
sening the appalling total of high
way injuries and fatalities is a de
vice recently put on the market by
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
"Tho new device is the Lifa
Guard which consists of a reserve
fabric tire within a conventional
tube, and in effect, it turns the
wo/st blowout, no matter at what
speed, into a slow leak," explained
I>. O. Bulluck, local Goodyear deal
er.
''The Life-Guard is already redit
ed with saving hundreds of car own
ers from accidents and possible in
jury, according to a steady stream
of letters that pours into Goodyear's
Akron offices.
"At this season of year, when
highways are hot, there is more dan
ger of blowout than in colder weath
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er, because heat is the enemy of
tire life. Tires that are worn are
more susceptible to failure than are
new tires, especially when they are
driven at high speeds over the hot
roads of summer.
"Vacation time finds many cars on
the road, and finds many of them go
ing fast, in order to get to the des
tination. A tire failure at this
speed can easily mean a lifetime of
regret—particularly if the motorist
realizes that there is a safety device
available that would take the dan
ger out of such a tire failure. In
stead of a swerve into the ditch, with
the car rolling oyer and over, the
driver can continue straight down
the highway to a safe stop if his
tires are equipped with Life Guards,"'
Mr. Bulluck concluded.
Oil Mill Installs
New Machinery
It has been announced by C. W.
Lassiter owner of the Spring Hope
Oil Mill that they are installing the
most modern and up-to-date clean
ing, extracting and drying -ystern
for the purpose of cleaning id
drying cotton before it is ginned in
order to give the very best sample
obtainable. Mr. Lassiter states that
this machinery will be installed
and ready for the coming season.
Their gin plants .ire located at
Spring Hope, Castalia, Momeyer,
Wendell, Bunn and Emit.
COLORED GERMAN IS
SLATED FOR JUNE 13
Much Intercut Being Shown In An
nual Dance Here
Plans are going forward rapidly
here for tlio twentieth annual col
ored June German to be held at the
Mangum's warehouse on Monday
night, June 13.
On e of the outstanding features
of the dance this year will be the
first southern appearance of Willie
Bryant and his orchestra, who havs
just concluded a successful stand
iff the Savoy ballroom in Chicago.
In keeping with the usual custom of
the dance. Fletcher Westry, the pro
moter, is bringing a new band to
the city for the affair. Never has a
band been repeated here for the
Negro German.
Bryant is one of the most popular
young band leaders in the country
and more than any current maestro,
"Long John" as he is known to his
friends, plays, dances, clowns, sings
and talks in a manner that is hard
to describe.
Accommodations are being made
for three thousand spectators, it was
stated, and the dancing space will
be larger than in previous years.
On e of the spectacular features of
the Negro German will be a grand
march with over one hundred
couples participating. This event is
scheduled to take place around mid
night.
Tho original colored June German,
as it is referred to by local Ne
groes, is considered to be one of the
largest Negro dances in the South.
For the past week a crew of adver
tisers lias been visiting cities all
over this state.
Youth And Age
Are Not WantecL
They're Main Unemployment Victim
Report Shows; Discrimination
By Employers Complicates .
Grave Problem
(From Labor)
The national unemployment cei
sus, taken last December by Joh
D. Biggers, big Ohio industrialis
was of such value that Preside!
Roosevelt plans similar counts i
regular intervals.
While the figures may not tell
the whole story, the President said
at a press conference this week,
they are near enough to the mark
to guide the administration in shap
ing relief policies.
One of the most important dis
closures, in the President's opinion,
is the complexity of the unemploy
ment problem.
For example, Biggers' final report
showed that nearly one-fifth of tho
persons between the ages of 15 and
25 and about one-seventh of those
between the ages of 45 and 46 were
jobless when the figures were ob
tained.
In contrast, of workers betweeu
25 and 44, only about one-eighth
were idle.
Biggers contended that the uneven
distribution of unemployment in
creases the difficulty of finding
a solution.
The report estimated that the to
tal number of gainful workers is
52,345,000. The 7,845,016 who regis
tered as unemployed thus constituted
almost 15 per cent of the working
population. To that figure should
be added 2,000,000 workers who since
have been separated from payrolls.
Emphasizing that tho registration
of jobless is equal to tho combined
population of Chicago, Philadelphia,
Detroit and St. Louis, Biggers added:
"The magnitude of the problem
is self-evident, and the imperative
need of doing something about 5 t
must be apparent to everyone. The
peril in the figures is too grave to
be neglected."
Another interesting revelation in
the Biggers report was pointed out
by tho President. When the bread
winner of a family loses his job,
lie said, other members of the fam
ily start out to hunt work, and that
increases the number of jobless.
It was also demonstrated, the Pres
ident said, that the rule will work
the other way with recovery. When
the head of the family gets a job,
the names of other members' of the
family disappear from jobseeking
lists.
In discussing the report, the
Presi4ent gave Biggers a pat on the
back for "doing a fine job without
I fuss or feathers," and keeping tho
cost down to $1,986,000. The balanc;
of #5,000,000 appropriated will be
turned back to the Treasury—a rec
ord-breaking performance.
WHEN A SOCIAL SECUR
ITY CARD IS LOST
Any worker who has lost his So
cial Security account card may re
ceive a duplicate card at the Social
Security Board field office, provided
he can prove that he once was as
signed a Social Security account
number. If he knows his number
or has it jotted down in some safe
place, it will be easy enough to
get a new card. Each worker keeps
the same Social Security account all
his life. No one else will bo given
that particular number. The Rocky
Mount office is located in the Mun
icipal Building.
Relative of Deceased Worker May
Claim Old-Age Insurance
Some families or estates or insur
ed workers, who died during the
last 17 months, have not yet sub
mitted claims for lump-sum payment
of old-age insurance, although they
have a right to do so. Information
and assistance in filing claims is
given free of charge at the office
of the Social Security Board, Muni
cipal Building, Rocky Mount, North
Carolina.
Who Is Entitled TV) Lump-Sum
Payment Of Old-Age Insurance?
A lump-sum payment of old-age
insurance may be made to a close
relative or the estate of an insured
worker when the worker dies be
fore reaching 65. A lump-sum pay
ment is also payable to a worker
who liae reached the ago of 65 an J
who has worked any time since 19-
36 in an occupation covered by the
Social Act. The claim formSHBD
Social Security Act. The claim
forms for a lump-sum payment may
be obtained at the office of the
Social Security Board, Municipal
Building, Rocky Mount, N. C. As
sistance in filling out the forms is
given without cost to the applicant.
To Change A Statement On Social
Security Record
A worker who wishes to have !.
change made in his record under
the old-age insurance program
should a form (or blank) which id
available at all Social Security Board
Field offices.
Chief purposes for which the form
may be used are to notify the Board
of changes in name, and to cor
rect misstatements as to date of
birth. A worker, who in his original
application for a Social Security
account number, gave only the name
by which ho is ordinarily known may
now wish to add his name at birth
to liifr record; another worker may
have changed her name through mar
riage, .and may have gone to work
at a new job without notifying the
Board of the change; another work
er, perhaps, when filling his original
application, could give only tho ap
proximate date of his birth, and Ims
■now learned the qxact date. Such
notification is not compulsory, but
a correction in the records may in
sure accuracy in figuring the amount
of old-age insurance which the work
er will some day receive.
Recipient of Lump-Sum Payment
May Keep His Regular Job
It is not necessary to retire from
work at the age of 65, in order to
receive a lump-sum payment under
the old-age insurance program of
the Social Security Act. A lump-sum
is paid to a worker who reaches the
age of 65, and who has worked at
any time since 1936, in an employ
ment covered by the old-age insur
ance provisions of the Act. The
lump-sum payment amounts to 3 1-2
percent of the wages the worker has
received during the covered period.
It is paid all at on e time, with one
cheek. No more.
400 Anniversary
Of King James
Version of Bible
Celebrations are being held in
Great Britain during 1938, commcm
orating the 400 th anniversary of thy
introduction of tho King James ver
sion of the Bible in English churches
Like commemorations are being
held in various parts of the Brit
ish Empire.
Extolling the Bible as on© of the
greatest pieces of literature in the
world. Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor
General of Canada, declared, in aa
address recently made before mem
bers and friends of the British and
Foreign Bible Society of Canada an 1
Newfoundland, that it forms the
principal bond between the English
speaking people.
The speaker stressed the need of
the people to rely on the wisdom
contained in the Bible, which, he
said, was based on the experience
of a great race which sought spirit
ual guidance—a guidance which
when not followed by them brought
disaster. He added that if th e sa
cred volume were more frequently
used by statesman of today as their
guide, as it was in the past, the
world would be better off.
Lord Tweedmuir spoke to the rep
resentatives of 15 auxiliaries and
3,500 branch societies of the Bible
Society in Canada and Newfound
land. The society began its work
134 years ago.
In a recent address in London,
under the auspices of the British
Broadcasting Corporation, Lord San
key paid tribute to the "glory and
splendor" of tho King James version
of the Scriptures.
Lionel Curtis, well-known writer,
also commented recently on the
strong, yet simple, literary effects
of many parts of the Bible. On© of
his selections, quoted as "tho most
perfect sentenco in English prose"'
"Consider the lilies of th 0 field,,
how they grow; they toil not, nei
ther do they spin; and yet I say
I unto you, that even Soloman in all
| his glory was not arrayed like one
jof these."
j There was never a period in hu
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man history when man needed spir
itual guidance of tho kind found in
the Bible, more than now. It is to
be hoped that the civilized world
will join with the people of the
British Empire in effecting a keener
appreciation of the salient teachings
of the Bible during this 400 th anni
versary of placing its translation
among th churches of England.
Senate sends the Wage bill to
conference and the threat of a fili
buster ig averted.
Fleet will move into Atlantic next
year for war games and visit to
New York's World.
Union County farmers used a com
bine to harvest crimson clover seed
this spring for the first time and
report satisfactory results.
\ Uncle Jim Sags (
It pays to use adapted in tho
Agricultural Conservation Program.
They produce hardy, disease resist
| ant stands and can survivo hard
1 winters better than unadapted seeds.