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OLUME 2, NO. 4
PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL
PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON
!EN ATE SURPRISES
VORLD COURT BEATEN
IELIEF FUNDS NEAR END
SfOT SO MUCH SPENT
30NUS COMPROMISE
VBOUT HOLDING COMPANIES
(VILL BE REGULATED
IVHAT ABOUT NRA.
)y Hugo Sims, Special Washing
ton Correspondent
The Senate surprised Washing
ton and the nation by rejecting
American adherence to th e World
2ourt, and speculation immediate -
y sprang up as to the effect this
lefeat will hav e upon e pres
tige of th e President. Up until the
rot e itself, it *ras generally con
:eded that th e World Court would
vin by on e or two votes more
han the necessary _ two-thirds,
lowever, the final muster showed
13 Democrats and 9 Republicans
roting for adherence, with 20
iemocrafS, 14 Republicans, 1 Pro
fressive, and 1 Farmer-Laborit e
opposed. The count was 52 —36,
rat a change of seven votes would
lave adopted ih e protocols.
This is th e second major con
cessional defeat for the Presi
lent since he took office nearly
wo years ago. The other wag th e
iaflsag e over his veto of the In
lependent Offices bill by the last
Congress. Whil e th e St. Lawrence
rreaty was defeated in spite of
he President's advocacy, it was
lot mad e a paramount issue by
he White House. It is generally
agreed by friends and foes of the
3ourt that the long fight has been
>nded for the. present at least, al
hough continuation of activity by
tom e advocates is expected.
It was originally intended that
he World Court issue would be
tefore the Senat e for some, time,
>ut Administration leaders "forced
hg issue in the face of bitter at
acks on the part of Father
3onghlin, th e Catholic priest, and
he Hearst newspapers. In addi
ion, the situation in Europe, with
nany autocratic forms of govern
nent, th e repudiation of war debts,
md the ingenuity and determina-'
ion of senatorial opponents, were
riven major credit for defeating
he proposal.
Som e fear is expressed by re
ief officials that long debate in
a th e Senate on the huge Works
telief bill will mean that funds
or th e needy will be exhausted
efore final action on th e measur e
I taken. Meanwhile, observers
oint out that it will take many
Months to spend the fiv e billions
equested. They point to th e rec
rd of present spending agencies
o show that PWA, in eighteen
lonths, disbursed only two billion
elJars, and that FERA in nine
fen months spent or approved the
Kpenditure of about $1,700,000,-
00.
In other words, th e two chief
pending divisions hav e failed to
pend four billion dollars in about
ineteen months. During this per
id industry suffered a relapse
»d recovery apparently stalled.
Lt present, the upward trend
eems to be mor e pronounced, as
h&wn by the latest Federal Re
erve Board Statistics, but it is
xpected by som e that the new
QAr will see a lessened need for
uch hug e governmental expendi
ores.
The troublesome soldier bonus
ideation opened up on a new front
ast week when champions of the
ill sponsored by the Legion and
bc?e of the Patman bill, already
wice approved by the House, op
ned hostilities. Representative
batman declared that the Legion
tself had thrown a "monkey
irrench" into tht machinery by in
roducing a rival measur e which
ilAeed all bonus legislation in
eopardy. He insisted that' the Le
lion measure is a "bankers' bonus
IOL"
The other measure, introduced
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THE HERALD.
Mrs. J. M. Pirkey
Laid To Rest
Mother of Local Man Died in Vir
ginia—Known Here
Mrs. J..M. Pirkey, aged mother
of J. Fred Pirkey, prominent lo
cal business man, who died at
Waynesboro, Virginia, late Satur
day, was laid to rest Sunday in
Waynesboro after final services
were held from the Episcopal
church there.
Mrs. Pirkey, who has been ill
sinc e about Christmas day last
year, succumbed to a heart at
tack Saturday afternoon. Though
expected somewhat, her death
cam e as a distinct shock to the
community wher e sh e had serv
ed in religious social and civic
work for many years.
Services were conducted early
Sunday afternoon and interment
followed in a Waynesboro ceme
tery.
The deceased was a native of
the Richmond, Va., section, and
was born nearly 75 years ago at
the Fred Chevalier homeplace,
"Ampthill." Her parents were the
lat e Mr. and Mrs. Fred Chevalier.
MiJa. flirkey was well known
in this city as she had visited her
only son here a number of times.
She was 72 years old.
Besides her son, J. Fred, she
leaves her three daughters, Mes
dames EUa Hughs, Waynesboro,
Va., Nobel Pierce, Winchester,
Va., and George Deffenbaugh,
Greensboro. Her husband, J. M.
Pirkey, also survives.
Beloved Minister
Claimed By Death
Theodore Partrick, Jr., beloved
rector of the church of the Good
Shepherd in Raleigh, died at Rex
Hospital Monday evening. He had
been ill two days with a virulent
form of influenza-pneumonia. Th e
funeral wa3 held from the church
o fth e Good Shepherd Wednesday
afternoon at 3:30. Services were
conducted by RT. Rev. Edwin A.
Penick, bishop of th e Diocesg of
North Carolina, assisted by Dr.
Milton A. Barber rector of Christ
Church and the Rev. Joseph F.
Fletcher, chaplain of St. Marys
School.
Mr. Partrick came to Raleigh
four years ago last October from
Scotland Neck and was greatly
beloved in the city by his own
parishioners and many in other
churches.
Besides his wide circle of friends
in Raleigh and throughout the
State, he hsd won numerous ad
mirers in the Nation's great radio
audience. Services of th e church
of the Good Shepherd hav e been
broadcast at stated intervals over
WPTF. t
Also he was known and admir
ed throughout th e Stat e because
of his association with the North
Carolina National Guard as Chap
lin and Captain in th e 120 th Infan
try. Beginning in 1922 he had at
tended every encampment of the
military unit at Camp Glenn.
In 1912 h e asumed the editor
ship of the Sampson Democrat
and h e always held fond memor
ies of his newspaper work. Later
h e -was editor of the Carolina
Churchman.
A native of Clinton, he is sur
vived by his widow and two chil
dren. He was 45 years old.
TARBORO MOURNS
DEATH DR WHITEHEAD
Tarboro, Feb. 4.—Dr. Cliff
Whitehead of Woodville, who died
in Rocky Mount hospital Sunday
had a host of friends here who
deeply depl ire his death. For many
years Dr. Whitehead practiced
dentistry 1 ere and he was uni
versally popular. He was a gen
ial, affable gentleman, who made
friends whe -ever he was known.
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LIBRARY HAS BUSY YEAR
Th e Library of Congress reports
its busiest yrar, with many re
quests for books and articles re
lating to the President
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1935
A Capella Choir
Will Be Here
Max Noah, Guilford College Mu
sic Director, To Accompany
Choir to City
Harold T. Parry, director of mu
sic in the city schools, Has an
naunced today a coming musical
event of mor e than ordinary in
terest, the A Capella choir, of
Guilford, which will mak e a vis
it to this city on Saturday, Feb
ruary 16. The choir will b e heard
at the first Baptist church and
will include a local girl, Miss
Elizabeth Adams, who is a stu
dent at Guilford college. Max Noah
is director and organizer of the
group.
Th e choir, which was heard in
Greensboro ; in a highly pleasing
performance recently, will make
an Eastern tour, and will appear
in Elizabtth City and Raleigh
during the same week it will vis
it this city, according to Mr. Par
ry, who is a personal friend of
Mr. Noah.
The term A Capella as applied
to a choir had its origin in a very
indirect and round about way.
The word "capella" means a short
cloak, and from this word the terfn
chapel has gradually com e into
usage, becaus e the religious build
ing in which St. Martin's cloak
was kept came to be known as
the "capella." The name later
was shortened to "chapel."
In th e early centuries of church
music these chapels employed a
body of singers for worship or en
tertainment and because of th e
lack of musical instruments, these
musicians were trained to sing
without accompaniment. In this
manner, a body of singers, tratn
ed to sing without the accompani
ment of instruments, has been
termed "A Capella." Such organ
izations, through th e use of espe
cially prepared music designed to
produce a full mtlsical effect, hav e
striven to imitate in their high
est state of perfection, a pipe or
gan, and its full round, rich tones.
It is toward this ideal that Max
Noah and th e 46 members of his
choir have directed their efforts.
Each of the 46 members of the
college is given definite musical
training before being permitted
to sing with the choir, which
made its initial appearance in 19-
29. Th e choir, the. first organized
in a Southern school, introduced
a new featur e into the follege and
high school musical life of the
South. Th e choir, which gives an
entirely sacred concert, is now re
garded as on e of the finest mu
sical organizations of its kind in
th e south, and local music lovers
will be gratified to know of the
proposed visit to this city.
Irs. H. B. Noore
Succumbs Here
Aged Woman Leaves Number of
Local Survivors—Services
Thursday
Mrs. Susie Moore, aged mother
of two local people and sister of
a third, died in this city Tues
day morning about 11 o'clock af
ter a brief illness. •
Mrs. Moore, who was about 75
years old, had lived in Rocky
Mount practically all of her life,
and was the widow of th e late
H. B. Moore. Before her mar
riage she was Mis a Susie Spruill,
and was born tn Palmyra in Mar
tin County. Her parents wer e the
lat e Shepherd B. Spruill and Fran
ces Norman Spruill, of Palmyra
She belonged to the Christian
Science church, and was an activ e
worker in it
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from th e hom e of her daughter,
Mrs. Cecil C. Hunter, on th e Tar
boro highway just outside of this
city. Interment followed at Pine
view cemetery.
Pallbearers include W. L. Wil
liford, J. N. Wade, W. G. Cherry,
E. B. Jenkins, L. A. Grimes and M.
L. Baker, all of this city.
Besides her daughter, Mrs.
Hunter th e deceasfed ia survived
by two sons, Harry B. Moore,
city and E. Norman Moore, Wil
son. She also leaves two sisters,
Mesdames Bettie Hyman Rocky
Mount, and a Baker, Palmy
ra. A number of cousins also
survive.
Bones Decorate Ancient Post Office
The old post office at tJley-Next-the-Sea, England, Is over three hun
dred years old, and a unijjiie feature of the building Is that the exterior
is studded with bones. It Is understood that the house was built by the
Dutch, but nobody knows ttow the bones came to be used as decorations.
The bones are Inserted la the pillar above cigarette machine and on top
of house. ' „
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The Bar Examination Discloses
There Were Many Casualties
\
We are carrying in our paper this week a letter written
by Mr. TL S. Averitt of N .C., relative to the
examination of applicants for license to practice law, which
is timely and full of wisdom.
The recent examination disclosed that only thirty-two
out of eighty-five who presented themselves before the Ex
amining Board for Ttftv licenses were successful. Now, the
question naturally arises, is our legal instruction not as thor
ough as it used to be in days gone by or are our young men
less capable of understanding the reasoning of the law or
was the examination prepared by the Board for the purpose
of inquiring into the capacity of the applicant to understand
and practice law or was it put up for the purpose of limit
ing the number of those who might be privileged to practice?
This question was discussed for years before the Bar As
sociation and it was never suggested that the Supreme Court,
which had heretofore held the examinations, was not suf
ficiently learned to conduct the examination, but the state
ment was being made that too many were entering the law
profession. We contend that the examination should be suf
ficiently broad in it's scope to really test the learning and
training of the applicant to practice law intelligently and of
course we»are bound to admit that the Supreme Court is the
most learned law Tribunal in the State and fully capable of
presenting the questions which would .test the ability of
the applicant to practice law.
The examinaion in times past usually dealt in questions
of the history, science and development of the law and suf
ficient current questions on statute law and proceedure to
test the applicant's ability to practice law. The recent ex
amination was such that we would have some fear for even
the Board itself in making a 100 percent passage, for the
examination seemed to expect that the student should be
versed not only in the law itself and it's development but
that the applicant should have knowledge that a great
many of the seasoned practitioners might not be well versed
upon. The law is an honorable and learned profession and
if we should have more lawyers than some members of the
Bar think we should have we contend the* examination
should be put up soley for the purpose of testing the abil
ity of the applicant rather than for the purpose of limit
ing the number. If it should get in the minds of the people
pose, then the Legislature will Just as surely as day follows
pose, hen the Legislature will, just as surely as day follows
night, place this matter back before the Supreme Court
where it formerly was as has been suggested by Mr. Averitt.
WHICH GOVERNOR IS RIGHT
The merchants of North Carolina, under the leadership
of their active Executive Secretary, Mr. Willard Dowell,
and their President, made an intelligent and forceful pre
sentation before the Finance Committee of the Legislature
in opposition to the continuance of the gross sales tax. The
presentation was made on a high plane and should receive
careful thought and consideration from the Legislature.
Their speakers made the statement before the Committee
that they realized the State must have revenue to support the
Government and it's Institutions and that the merchants of
the State were fully willing to carry their part. It is gen
erally .known that the merchants of the State and of the
Country at large are large property holders and it is to
their credit that they are opposing the general sales tax
which they class as a tax on poverty but they stand ready
and willing to help support the government from other
sources of revenue which they insist will raise more revenue
and will work much less hardship on business and poverty.
The Governor of Massachusetts finding a need of addi
tional revenue urged an increased tax on incomes and asked
that the Corporations be required to carry some addition
al taxes in the form of a surtax and that since the road
system had been largely completed he recommended that
$10,000,000 of the income from the highway funds be di
verted to bridge over the emergency as all taxes collected
from all sources belong to the people. The Governor in North
Carolina in his emergency asked that fat back, long sweet
ening, sugar, meal, self rising flour and coffee, the plain
est of foods which are used by humanity carry this bur
den, and it has been denominated an educational fund. It
brings to mind an expression of days gone by, "Oh Liberty,
what crimes are committed in thy name."
Harold D. Coole
A Flying Start
Mass Meeting
Friday Night
Plans were rapidly taking shape
here today for th 6 mass meeting
of farmers in this section to b e
held in the Recorders Court Room
on Friday night, February 15th
for the purpose of discussing Soil
Erosion.
E. H, Austin, Secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, the spon
soring institution, said that be
tween 500 and 600 persons were
expected for th ? meeting.
"We are inviting all farmers in
this section, farm agents, agricul
tural teachers, members of the
Chamber of Commerce and mem
bers of civic clubs, to attend the
meeting," Mr. Austin declared.
Speakers will include, Dr. J. H.
Stallings, Regional Director of the
United States Soil Erosion Service
and W. E. Bowers, Extension
Agent. Both are located at the
regional headquarters in High
Point.
"Th e Chamber of Commerce is
sponsoring the meeting in the
interest of Soil Erosion and we
are hoping for a good attendance,"
Mr. Austin said.
The meeting is scheduled to
get under way at 7:30 o'clock,
Friday night, February 15th.
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Five Nurses
Are Licensed
Miss Davis, Who Completed Her
Work In Augusta, Atnmtg
Group
Out of a total of 325 nurses
who took th e state examination in
Raleigh several weeks ago, 207
passed, according to the statement
of Miss Lula West, R. N., secre
tary of th e North Carolina State
Board of Nurs e Examiners.
Included in the list of success
ful applicants from this city were
Miss Agness Blanch Brake, Sally
Ida Campbell, Elsie Daughtridge,
and Annie Myrtl e Haithcock.
Miss Florenc e Alice Davis, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Da
vis of this city, who completed her
work in the University hospital
in Augusta, Ga., was also one of
ths successful candidates. Miss Da
vis made high marks throughout
her term in the Augusta hospi
tal and in her senior year was
president of the student govern
ment organization in the hospital.
Young Nan
Dies Here
Eddie Witherspoon, of Rocky Mt.
Victim; One Arrest Made
A filling station operator is in
jail in Edgecombe county without
the privilege of bail, and the Wake
Forest Medical school has been call
ed upon to assist officers in the in
vestigation of the mysterious
death of Eddie Witherspoon,' 21,
plush mill worker, here Sunday
morning.
Witherspoon died after a drink
ing party in which he participated
with several other young men
from this city. An autopsy was
performed on his body in an ef
fort to determine whether the liq
uor he drank was poisoned.
Shortly after his death local
police and Edgecombe officers
raided a filling station operated
by Joe Lassiter near Tarboro, who
is said to have admitted he sold
whiskey to Witherspoon and four
companions. The officers obtained
144 pints, alleged to hav e been
purchased in Virginia.
Dr. Roy Norton, city health of
ficer, who performed the autopsy,
said he believed Witherspoon's
death was du e to acut e alcoholism
because h e was an inexperienced
drinker and because of th© recov
ery of other youths who drank
with him.
Lassiter is being held on instruc
tions of Coroner M. C. Gulley, of
Nash County.
SI.OO PER YEAR
Acts In Rep. Bnlwinkle's Place
Chairman Committee of the
Whole Hous e
Congressman Harold D. Cooley,
who is well-known in this com
munity, and whose secretary it
Hon. Philip R. Whitley, of Wen
dell, seems to b e getting off to
a flying start in his first term as
a member of the National House
of Representatives from the
Fourth North Carolina District.
H e was notified on January 22 by
Hon. Patrick J. Boland, Majority
Whip, that h e had been appoint
ed as Assistant Democratic Whip,
representing Zone 4, which com
prises the states of Maryland,
Virginia and North Carolina. This
appointment cornea as a signal
honor to so young a congressman.
It will be a matter of interest _
her e that the first tim e Congress
man Cooley took the floor in the
house was to urg e the passage of
th e bill for immediate payment of
the adjusted compensation certifi
cates of th e veterans. H e spoke on
th e occasion of the presentation
of a joint Resolution from the N.
C. Legislature asking congress for
this payment.
Previously during th e day, Con
gressman Cooley had made his
debut in the Hous e in a role oth
er than that of taking the oath
of office and voting by presiding
over th e House, an unusual dis
tinction for a new member. Ho
substituted for Representative A.
L. Bulwinkle, who had been nam
ed chairman of th e committee of
the whole Hoi^ e on the State of
the Union for consideration of the
annual appropriation bill for the
post offic e and treasury depart
ments.
Cooley's Remarks
In presenting the bonus resolu
tion, Mr. Cooley said:
"I am glad that my first utter
ance upon the floor of this House
is in furtherance of a caus e which
is near and dear to my heart. I
am delighted to inform the Hous e
that the cause for which I am per
mitted to speak is likewise dear
to the hearts of that fin e body of
men and women composing the
General Assembly of North Caro
lina. As evidenc e of their interest
in th e welfare and happiness of
that band of fearless men who
carried th e Stars and Stripes on
the fields of Franc e in th e great
est conflict that the world has
ever known, they have, by resolu
tion of the House of Representa
tives, the Stnate concurring, mem
oralized Congress to enact legisla
tion authorizing immediate pay
ment to th e veterans of th e World
War the face value of their ad
justed service certificates."
It is e xpected that th e major
ity of th e North Carolina dele
gation in Congress will vote in
favor of the bonus when the bill
comes up. In the last session, only
Congressman Doughton and Sena
tor Bailey did not support the bo
nus bill. In this session, however,
there may b e some changes.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
LESSON-SERMON
"Love" WES the subject of the
Lesson-Sermon in all Church and
Societies of Christ, Scientist, on
Sunday, February 3, 1935.
The Golden Text was from 1
John 4: 11. "Beloved, if God so
loved us, we ought also to lov e on a
another."
Among the citations which com
prised the Lesson-Sermon was
the following from the Bible:
"And when he had called unto
him his twelve disciples, h e gave
them power against unclean spir
its, to cast them out, and to heal
all manner of sickness .and all
manner of disease." (Matthew 10:
1.)
ACCUSED OF SELLING
POISONED WHISKEY
Tarboro, Feb. 4.—Joe Lassiter,
who is charged with selling liquor
to Ed Weatherspoon of Rocky
Mount on Sunday, which resulted
in the death of Weatherspoon,
was given a preliminary hearing
before Justic e of the Peace E. D.
Foxall and released under a $509
bond for his appearance at court.
Sheriff W. E. Bardin, who made
the arrest, found 8 gallons of
Federal governmer stamped liq
uor at the filling t tion near this
city when he arr d Lassiter.