The Rocky Mount Herald
r OLUME 1, NO. 51
Children Back
In School
After Holidays
City school children resumed
their work today following 1 a two
nreeks Christmas recess about as
normal, although a number of
casen of illness were reported to
Superintendent R. M. Wilson. The
superintendent this afternoon in
dicated tha he did not consider
.the amount of cases reported to
iim large enough to delay the re
sumption of the school term.
• Earlier in the week unconfirmed
reports had been circulated to
tihe effect that the Rocky Mount
tfchoola might not open on sche
dule because of the "flu" cases
in the city. A number of school
systems in the state and, ac
cprding to radio reports fast
night, tbe city schools in Atlan
ta, Ga., have delayed reopening
after the holidays because of the
number of influenza cases among
the school children.
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Farm Credit
Agency Meets
Wake County Farm Loan Agency
To Elect Officers. Hear
Reports
The annual meeting of the Ra
leigh Production Credit Associa
tion serving the county of Wake
will be held on January 25th at
the Court House in Raleigh, it is
announced by Mr. E. F. Warner,
Secretary of the Association.
Not only are all of the farmer
-31 borrowers from the association—
the holders of Class B stock—ex
pected to be present, but Mr. War
ner said today that a most cordial
invitation was also extended to all
other farmers in the territory
served by the association and that
it was hoped that large numbers
would accept the invitation.
" meiMSer "of the AssoWr
tion is urged to bring one or more
non-members with him as it is our
desire that every farmer in this
section shall acquaint himself with
the credit service which our or
ganisation has to offer.
Directors of the association for
the ensuing year will be elected at
this meeting. Every member of
the Association is entitled to cast
one vote, regardless of the number
of shares he owns, and it is to his
interest to vote for men of the
highest integrity anc\ business
acumen.
At the meeting a complete re
port of the year's operations of
the association will be submitted.
The Production Credit Corporation
of Columbia, will be represented
a t the meeting by their Secretary,
Mr. W. M. Webb, who will out
line the set-up of the Farm Credit
Administration of the third dis
trict, the method of control and
operation of the production credit
associations and will sire an ex
planation of the association's op
erating statement from organiza
tion through December 31, 1934"
ATTENDANCE MARK
IS SET BY FAMILY
Siler City, Dec. 28.—A record
of church attendance which will
probably stand unbroken for some
time has been made by Mrs; Her
bert Jones and her five children,
who have attended the Sunday
school at Loves Creek Baptist
church for the past five years
without missing a single Sunday.
The children are, Hazel, 17;
Beatrice, 14; Ruth, 12; Herbert,
Jr., 10; and Doris, 8.
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Nearly every cotton grower of
Lincoln County has picked and
ginned his cotton and stored it in
a Government warehouse.
Gold output of the country in
1984 highest in many years.
Japan and foanchukuo minimize
Red "invasion" issue.
Readers, when you pur
chase goods advertised
in these oolumns tell the
merchants you saw it in
THB HERALD.
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NASI FARMER
DIES SUNDAY
D. W. Batchelor, 42, Buried Mon
day Afternoon in County
D. W. Batchelor, 42-year-old
Nash County farmer who died
suddenly Sunday night at his
home near Spring Hope,, was bur
ied Monday afternoon near Spring
Hope after services conducted at
the home.
Mr. Batchelor succumbed at
about 10:15 o'clock Sunday night.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. D. W.
Batchelor, four sons, and one
daughter. His children are J. A.
19, Odell 16, A. G. 12, V. H., two
years old, and Gertie Mae Batch
elor, age nine.
A list of pallbearers was not
available.
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BANK CHECK TAX
OFF AT MIBNIGHT
Little Chance of Levy Being Re
newed. Proved Poor Revenue
Producer
The two cent federal tax on bank
checks, which was imposed in 1932,
went out of existence Monday,
December 31, at midnight. There
seems now little likelihood that
this tax will be re-imposed by the
new congress, as it has been dis
appointing as a revenue producer.
The check tax is the only one
of the so-called nuisance taxes to
expire at this time, the others, in
the main, running until June 30.
ZEBULON LAWYER DIES
AT DUKE HOSPITAL
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock for
Leroy L. Massey, ex-mayor of
Zebulon and former county attor
ney of Wake County, at his home,
with Rev. R. H. Herring, pastor
of the Zebulon Baptist church of
ficiating.
Mr. Massey died at Duke Hos
pital, Sunday morning at the age
of 51. He was taken to the hos
pital Friday. Heart disease was
given as the cause of his death.
Mr. Massey was widely known
in the county as an attorney, hav
ing practiced Law in Zebulon for
more than 20 years, had served as
couaty attorney, chairman of the
Wake County Democratic Execu
tive Committee and mayor pf
Zebulon for the 1931-32 term. He.
graduated from Wake Forest Col
lege in 1910 with the degrees of
B. A., LL.B and M. A.
Mr. Massey was born in Wake
field and was the son of Mrs. D.
D. Massey and the late Mr. Mas
sey, and was a member of a fam
ily prominent in the life of the
community for many years. He is
survived by his widow, the former
Miss Mary Atwood of Raleigh;
three children, Ruth, Donald and
Eugene, his mother, and the fol
lowing brothers and one sister,
O. H., O. D., E. D., L. M., M. L.,
D. W., and G. R. Massey all of
Zebulon and Mrs. J C. Richarts
of Marion, S. C.
Active pallbearers were C. G.
Weathersby, N'. L. Horton, A. R.
House, L. R. Temples, W. D. Fin
ch and I. F. Bunn all of Zebulon.
AIR CARRIES BACTERIA
Washington.—That miscroscopic
bacteria, fungus spores and pol
len are carried all the way across
the North Atlantic by winds of
the upper air has been establish
ed after a study of collections
made by Col. and Mrs. Charles A.
Lindbergh in their flight across
the ocean in the summer of 19-
33. Scientists point out that even a
single spore could reproduce and
spread rapidly if It landed in any
favorable place.
MOTOR CARS INCREASE
Philadelphia. Registration of
motor vehicles in 1934 showed an i
increase over the preceding year
for the first time since 1930, ac
cording to Automotive Industries,
a periodical, which records a gain
of 4.6 per cent.
WOMEN BANDITS
Salvador, Brazil.—Western out
posts report women bandits on
horseback and one patrol tells of
a two-hour battle in which the
women shot well and used their
rifles with dexterity.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1935
Masonic Bodies
In Joint Meeting
Queen City And Corinthian
Lodges To Install Officers
On Thursday Night
Newly appointed and elected of
ficers of both- Corinthian and
Queen City lodges, Ancient, Free
and Accepted Masons, will be in
stalled at the regular meeting
of lodge No. 602 in the Masonic
temple at 7:30 o'clock Thursday
night, according to an announce
ment made today by officials.
The following officers will be
installed by the Queen City lodge:
C. K. Pettit, master; A. R. Dick
son, senior warden; R. W. Bauer,
junior warden; A. H. Woodlief,
treasurer; Edwin C. Smith, secre
tary; William E. Batts, senior
deacon; Julius Klitzner, junior
deacon; Lawrence Gold, senior
steward; and C. A. Rainey, junior
steward.
For the Corinthian lodge the
following officers will be duly in
stalled: C. G. Holloman, master;
George P. Womble, senior warden;
Lee Padget, junior warden; C. R.
Shuler, treasurer; F. A. Cronen
berg, secretary; J. Q. Fowler, se
nior deacon; L. F. Witt, senior
steward; and N. F. Edgerton,
junior steward.
After the installation of the
above named officers, who will
serve for the current year, re
freshments will be served jointly
by the two lodges.
All Masons in good standing
have been invited to attend.
Wendell Man
Receives Honor
Philip R. Whitley Is Appointed
Secretary To Congressman
Cooley
Wendell, Jan. 3.
Announcement has recently been
made in the state that Hon. Harold
D. Cooley,' rretvly elected congress
man from the Fourth Congression
al district, has appointed as his
secretary Philip R. Whitley, prom
inent attorney of 'Wendell, and at
present chairman of the Wake
County Democratic Executive
Committee.
Mr. Whitley and Tom Banks, an
other Wake County attorney, were
Wake County managers for Mr.
Cooley in his successful primary
campaign.
It is understood here that the
appointment is of a temporary na
ture as it is hardly possible that
Mr. Whitley will be able to leave
his many interests here perman
ently. His many friends here are
congratulating him on the honor,
while they regret his temporary
absence from Wendell.
He has already assumed his
duties in Washington.
PLANE HUNTS CATTLE
Hibbing, Minn.—An airplane
will be used to locate hundreds of
cattle brought into this section
and now lost in he wooded re
cesses. The Federal government
has authorized the use of the cat
tle for distribution to the needy
during the winter.
ENGINEER UNCONSCIOUS
Cleveland.—Carl Ludwig, 50, en
gineer on a passenger train, was
found unconscious with a fractur
ed skull at the throttle of his en
gine. Officials believe that he was
hit by a projecting device holding
a mail bag, which was to have
been caught by a hook on the
mail car.
ASSASSIN REPENTS
Athens, Greece.—War Minister
George Kondylis owes his life to
the repentance of a would-be as
ssssin, who, after sending a
bomb concealed in a book, dis
patched a letter warning him of
its dangerous contents.
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DIES IN FIRST FLIGHT
St. Louis. —Thomas Girard and
Clarnece Broz died in an airplane
crash when the former gave the
latter his first airplane ride for
a Christmas present.
"Y/hen a Feller Needs a Friend"
'1 ais two-year-old bear, resident of Vosemite National park In Cali
n;y.i:.i, was looking ior n hand-nut and ran smack up against a most dls-
Ki.ii'.'.glng sign. He thought that'Wis no way for the Department of the
.nterior to treat the inter! departments of. its bears.
What Has Caused Our Senator's
Mind To Change?
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All senators and representatives who voted for the gen
eral sales tax ought to be required to visit some of these
city coal yards, and witness children and old women from
the poorer families buying twenty-five cent packages of
coal, and many of them ten cent packages, and having to
pay one cent extra on a freezing day to get ten cents worth
of coal.
There is a lot of propaganda being issued in favor of the
general sales tax and, "O, how some of these former op
ponents have changed." I as afraid that if Colonel Roose
velt were living he would nominate them for his famous
Ananias Club. But down here in North Carolina there are
lawmakers who change their position and just say that
an emergency has arisen so we have changed.
Governor Ehringhous and the Revenue Commissioner
both issned said statement. Nobody has intimated that
these gentlemen should be given membership in Colonel
Roosevelt's club, but we have heard some say that they
should belong to the Moon Society.
When thfe great struggle was on in the session of 1931,
and speciqfr interest was trying to put over the general
sales tax ijlraer ttrt leadership -of Mr>Hoey, who was Dean
of the Third House, known as Lobbyists, there was a
senator who rendered outstanding and unusual service
against this .measure. He stood like one of these Spartans
at Thermopylae and said," You are wrong and unjust to the
great common people and to business, and you shall not
pass." Every Edgecombe County citizen looked with pride
upon their Senator Clark, sometimes lovingly and affect
ionately known as, "Cousin Willie," who was taking such
a signal stand in their behalf. During the last session of
the legislature he was silent, his voice could not be heard,
but it was suggested that the forces of the sales tax were
so powerful that they overpowered him, and our people
took this explanation. He was first outspoken against the
sales tax, 1931, in the 1933 session he became silent, we
could not hear his voice, but now, in 1935, he issues a
propaganda statement prior to the beginning of the ses
sion, saying the sales tax will be retained. My, what has
caused this change. He did not give any reason for this
change, but he has changed. Now he is speaking for it. We
hate to think of our devoted Senator joining in with the
leadership of the Moon Society. We wish that he had
stood, and let it be said of our dear Senator as was said
of those brave Spartans when the message was carried
back to Lacedemon: "Tell those good citizens whom I rep
resent down in old Edgecombe that the forces of the ad
versary and of evil are great, but I represent them, I am
Standing!" And with what pride we could have said, "Our
Senator stood."
Local Citizen
Buried Tuesday
Mrs. L. F. Tillery, 111 Short Time
With Pneumonia, Was
Buried Tuesday
Mrs. L. F. Tillery, one of the
best known and oldest inhabi
tants of this city, succumbed to
pneumonia Monday at 10:50
a her Main Street residence after
a short spell of illness. She and
her husband, L. F. Tillery, for
merly mayor of Rocky Mount]
have spent about forty years here.
Her husband and daughter, Mrs.
Anne T. Renshaw, dean of a
school of speech at Washington,
D. C., were at her bedside when
death came. The second child,
Jarvis Tillery, of Beaumont, Tex
as, came by airplane for the
services.
Paralyzed about three years
ago, Mrs. Tillery, 70, has been
seen on the Streets lof the city
in her wheel chair, and is known
to hosts of people throughout this
section. She was an aciive mem
ber of the First Presbyterian
(Please tarn to page eight)
Mother Of Local
Man Laid To Rest
Mrs. R. L. Skinner Leaves Two
Daughters, One Son
Mrs. R. L. Skinner, 63 year old
widowed mother of Charles Skin
ner, local volunteer fireman, was
laid to rest in Pineview af
ter final rites were conducted from
the First Christian church with
Rev. A. E. Simerly, pastor, offi
ciating.
Firemen from stations No. 1
and 2 served as pallbearers. Those
who acter as pallbearer s include
J. R. (Red) Thomas, assistant
chief, Hynian and Bennett Brad
ley, W. W. Campbell, Al" Walms
ley, and C. E. Reynolds.
Mrs. Skinner died while on a
visit to her daughter, Mrs. E. W.
Hutchins, in Portsmouth, Va. She
hcd lived here with her son,
Charles, for some time, and was
a native of Na3h County.
She leaves her son and daugh
ter, Mrs. Kutchins, and a second
daughter Mrs. A. B. Olsen, of
Norfolk, Va.
PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL
PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON
Airport W«rk
To Be Rushed
Work Expected To Start Soon
On Administration Building
And Lighting
Work on the field itself enter
ed the final stages at the munic
ipal airport today while both city
and emergency relief administra
tion officials were hopeful that the
tasks of lighting the field and
erecting an administration build
ing soon would be started.
Mrs! R. D. Bulluck, district
relief administrator, in revie.wing
the work accomplished here dur
ing the year with federal funds,
said that the grading of the field
is to be finished within one week.
An elevated grader, capable of
moving 1000 yarJs of dirt per
day, today had supplanted much
of the human labor on the field,
which started under the
old Civil Works administration,
has provided work for hundreds
of local persons since the project
involving the airport first was ap
proved.
The ERA and the city of Roc
ky Mount still have about $17,-
500 to put into the airport, ac
cording o F. S. Lane, project su
pervisor, and this project now is
in the hands of state ERA offi
cials.
City Manager L. B. Aycock has
pointed out that the city expects
to spend about $7,000 more at
the airport, and the government
is expected to furnish the balance.!
Emergency relief administra
iton funds will go for lighting
purposes, construction of a mod
ernly - equipped administration
building, and the cleaning out of
a 9,000-foot canal for drainage
purposes.
The administration building, ac
cording to plans presented by the
project supervisor for the district
will contain waiting, work, iand
supply rooms, showers, and oth
er accomodations for aviators. The
building itself will measure 80x
-20.
The city of Rocky Mount al
ready has placed its order for the
equipment necessary for lighting
the field including flood lights,
boundary lights, code beacons, and
revolving beacons, and other par
aphernalia necessary for a well
lighted field.
S arted under the CWA the air
port will be finished under the
same government fund-dispensing
agency, it has been announced.
O.her ERA projects which are
nearing completion here include
the Negro grammar school, which
will be finished early in Febru
ary; draining and beautification of
the grounds at the Eastern Caro
lina Training school; placing of
350 feet of 30-inch terra cotta
pipe replacing an 18-inch pipe on
Falls road and calculated to re
lieve the drainage problem there;
various drainage projects through
out the city; and the government
slaughter pen which it located
here and which has slaughtered
to date 950 head of cattle.
Work at the mattress plant,
where nearly 50 persons have
been employed by government
funds, has been halted tempor
arily, it was shown, because of
a lack of materials. Mrs. Bulluck
said that 3,340 mattresses have
been manufactured at the plant.
Work will be fcesumed there as
soon as the nepessary supplies
have been received, it was shown.
Another project soon to be
started here will treat with tar
the newly-constructed road, which
passes the southern extremity of
the airport and connects high
way No. 301 wuh Falls road ex
tension.
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A demonstration Ifa analyzing
diseases of swine given by Dr.
William Moore, state veterinarian
before Onslow County farmers re
vealed that cholera is not the only
disease of hogs occurring in the
county.
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Reports from Piedmont dairy
men indicate that ensilage stored
j in trnech silos is keeping perfect
ly and is relished by the cows.
$l.OO PER YEAH
CONGRESS CONVENES
PROBLEMS COMPLICATED
PRESIDENT'S POSITION
BONUS LIKELY TO WIN
CONTROVERSIES CERTAIN
GOVERNMENT AIDS MANX
TELLS WHERE AND HOW
TO PASS ON ALL BILLS
CONCERNING MUNITIONS
As Congress convenes, there is
some uncertainty as to the rec
ommendations of the President
and a general inclination to wait
for the Administration to reveal
its program. The major policies
involve the task of recovery and
relief and almost every questio*
that comes up will be considered
in its relation to one or the oth
er of the two great problem* be
fore the Congress.
Last week the President con
ferred with hi» official family im
order to polish his message, de
tails of which will not be known
until it is delivered on Friday of
this week. It will be broadcast
and the people of the nation
have the opportunity of hearing?
the President's recommendations
on some of the questions at is
sue, although it is not expected
that he will treat every item on
the legislative program, but ratb
er that he will follow his custom
of submitting subsequent massag
es to Congress on specific issues.
The subjects to be considered
by the present Congress and the
President include: The extent of
relief and public works, the or
dinary budget, the bonus, the cur
rency questions, the NRA, and
some other matters, such as the
inflation issue, which will be push-
ed by blocs in Congress.
It is not expected that any ef
fort will be made to lay down a
definite sum for relief and public
works, although probably the Pres
ident will ask broad powers in re
gard to these expenditures. Mean
while, he is. to be hopeful
that minimum expenditures —can
be made in an effort to give bus
iness its chance to "cooperate,"
but if little results from the help
of business, the government will
probably enlarge the expenditure
of its recovery agencies.
The ordinary budget, according 1
to best information, will be cut
closely. The currency question is
not expected to come to a head
for at least a month because the]
inflation group is marking time
while awaiting results from the
cooperation of business men with
the Administration. But, in the
event that this does not lead to
better conditions in he near fu
\ture, a strong demand will be
made for currency measures to
bring the purchasing value of the
dollar up to the 1926 price level,
However, strong as the inflation! 1
group is in the new Congress,
Democratic leaders believe that
the President will be able to con
tinue to control the mone ary pol
icy of the Administration, which
will probably not be changed for
some months at least.
Probably the greatest issue be
tween the Congress and the Presi
dent is a difference of opinion
over the immediate payment of
the veterans' bonus. Legislation to
accomplish this will undoubtedly
appear promptly, with present in
dications that it will pass Con
gress. In the event of a Presiden
tial veto, few doubt but that the
House will override he President
and, while the attitude of the
Senate under such circumstance®
is not so plain, the preponder
ance of opinion is that the Senate,
too, will vote for immediate pay
ment by the necessary two-thirds.
The NRA is certain to be the
target of a strong Republican at
tack, with Senator Borah opening
fire to demand the restoration of
the anti-trust laws and the aboli
ion of price-fixing. The Idaho
senator is making a great issjn
out of monopoly, which is
ly reminiscent of the
Theodore Roosevelt and to
gree of Woodrow Wilson.
Other controversial
involve the entrance