The Rocky Mo
VOLUME 2, NO. 19
Episcopal Churchi
Sends Delegates
Diocesan Convention Meets This
\ Week At Wilson Church
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The Diocesan convention of ■ the
Episcopal church will meet this
week in St. Timothy's church, Wil
son, with Bishop Edwin A. Peuick,
* D. D., of Raleigh in the chair. The
session will last two days with ad
f journment expected some time Wed
nesday afternoon.
The high light of the convention
will be the service at-8:00 p. m., on
Tuesday, with an address by Eu
gene Thompson, national president
of the laymen's league of the
Episcopal church. His subject will
be "The Gall to Service in the Mas
ter's Work."
The elected delegates from the
Church of the Good Shepherd are F.
S. Spruill, K. D. Battle, A. L. Ty
** ler, and F. E. Winslow. The alter
nate delegates are Drs. B. C. Wil
lis and A. T. Thorp, and T. J.
Pearsall and I. D. Thorp.
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Mrs. Pattie Flora
Interred Tuesday
Local Woman Dies After Illness
—Leaves Many Survivors Here
Mrs. Pattie Page Flora, 69, who
succumbed at a hospital here early
Sunday morning, was interred Mon
„ day afternoon in the family
grounds in Pineview following fu
neral held from the residence of
Mrs. C. E. Peacock No. 506 South
Franklin street, with Rev. O. N.
Marshall, pastor of the Arlington
street Baptist church, in charge.
Mrs. Flora died of -complications
*' .about three o'clolck Sunday after
entering the hospital April 16.
She belonged to the Arlington
street Baptist church heTe for a
number of years, and was well
known in this city.
Assisting Mr. Marshall Monday
-afternoon in the final services were
Rev. Lonnie Sasser, of Aulander,
former pastor of Arlington street
Baptist church, and Rev. A. £. Sist
erly, pastor of the First Chris
tian church. •
Pallbearers included C. K. Stan
di, E. D. Stancil, M. C. Page, El
mer Flora, Lonnie Flora, and Floyd
Page. i
She leaves four daughters, Mes
dames F. A. Briley, C. E. Peacock,
Ulysses Daniels, and L. G. Win stead
one son, W. W. Flora, all of Rocky
Mount, and one sister, Mrs. Sara
Stancil, Wilson county. Her bus
band died more than a decade ago.
A number of grandchildren also
survive.
She was Miss Pattie Page prior to
her marriage.
Citizens Use
More Gas In Apr.
Monthly UtiUties Report Issaed—
More Gas, Less Water, More
Power Used
Rocky Mount people were "gassier"
in April, 1935, than in the same
month last year, they made use of
■considerably less water last month
.than they did a year ago then, and
aitilized a larger number of kilo
watt hours last month than in Ap
jil of last year, the records of
•George P. Womble, director of
-Rocky Mount public utilities, dis
closed here today.
Local gas consumption, Mr. Wom
ble shows, stands at 8,248,000 cu
hic feet for the month just ended,
while for 1934 the same month wit
nessed only 7,301,000 cubic feet
consumption.
In gallons, the water used last
; month was found to total 33,796,000
while for April, 1934, it was 36,150,-
©OO. The electrical consumption for
this past month amounts to 1,058,000
kilowatt hours in comparison to 941,-
200 KWH for the same period in
1934.
PIONEER STRAWBERRY
GROWER IS DEAD
Mount Olive, May 7. —J. A. West
' brook, 83, prominent citizen and
the pioneer strawberry grower of
this section 'now famed for berries,
died early today after a brief ill
ness.
Wastbrook was a native of Guil
ford county, but had lived in Mount
Olive since 1889. Despite his advanc
1* ed age he was extremely active and
only last Friday in the fields
observing work on his farm hold
ings.
His widow and three daughters,
Mrs. Estelle English and Mrs. Nan
nie Hatcher, of Mount Olive, anl
Mrs. Beth Gibbs, of Beaufort, sur
, vive.
Readers, when you pur
chase goods advertised
in these columns tell the
merchants you saw it in
THE HERALD
W) - .
f/ones Presides
Over Bankers
Millard F. Jones, Vice-President,
Cashier, and Trust Officer of the
Planters National Bank & Trust
Co., who is president of the North
Carolina Bankers Association and
who will preside over the meeting
of the association at Pinehurst this
week. Mr. Jones will retire as presi
dent at Pinehurst.
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R. S. Edgerton In
Central America
Of interest to his many friends j
of Rocky Mount and vicinity comes
information that Robert 8. Edger
ton, a former resident of this city,
and son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ed
gerton of this city has recently tak
en up a position as airplane mechan
ic with a n«v airplane operating in
Costa Rica, Central America, locat
e dat San Jose, the capital city of
that eountry. Mr. Edgerton went
over on the King-bird, a bi-motored
plane, piloted by Penny Rogers, l
chief pilot of the Aerovips Naci-I
onales line,, with Robert as mechanic,
from Atlanta, Gar,* via Brownsville,
Texas and through Mexico, with
which line Robert is employed. The
party accompanying those mention
ed were Robert P. Corrigan, owner
of the line, Mr. Johnson, Ameri
can consulate from Costa Rica, al
so the son of the American ambas- j
sador to San Salvador. Robert is
chief mechanic in charge of over-!
hauling planes for this line which!
operates in Costa Rica. His many I
friends, we are sure, will wish him
much success, in his new under
taking.
Bonus Bill
Passes Senate
k Upper House Ratifies Patman Bill
By Vote of 55-33. Measure Now
Goes to President. Veto Ex
pected
By a large vote, though several
votes less than the desired two thirds
the senate gassed the Patman Bo
nus Bill, already passed by the
house, Tuesday. The measure now
goes to President Roosevelt for his
signature. He is expected to veto
the measure, and if this happens its
ultimate fate is uncertain, as ad
ministration leaders state that a ve
to will be sustained, while many
of the veterans bloc are of the op
inion that the measure can be en
acted over a veto.
The measure, as passed, would
pass cash in full with all interest
on previous • loans canceled, by the
issuance of new currency.
Young Criminals
Are Executed
New York refuses to get excited
and listen to the "sob sisters" when
youths commit murder in that state
and allows the law to take its
course. Friday night two youths, one
of them the youngest prisoner to
die in Sing Sing's electrc chair in
many years, were put to death at
the nrison for the murder of Geo
rge Uhl, Buffalo police lieutenant,
'iney were Stanley Pluzsrak, 18, and
Cruno Salek, 21.
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MANY TWINS AT
FOUNTAIN INN, S. C.
Fountain Inn, S. C., is noted for
thenumber of twins there. The
town's registry of vital statistics
shows: A pair of twins in every
grade of grammar school; seven
pairs in high school; five pairs in
the cradle roll department of the
First Baptist church, and Mrs. A.
D. Cannon, wife "of the mayor, re
cently gave birth to twins.
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•In March the Catawba FCX ex
perienced its best month's business
so far. First report* on April indi
cate that it will exceed March.
KOCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MAY 10, 1935
Morrison And
Erwin Receive
Degrees Soon
Salisbury, May 7.—The honorary
degree of Doctor of Civil Laws will
be conferred upon Cameron Morri
son, of Charlotte, former governor
of. North Carolina, and former
baited States Senator, by Catawba
college during the 83rd commence
ment exercises May 28, it is an
nounced today by Dr. Howard O.
Wake, president. Mr. Morrison will
be one of the commencement speak
ers.
Clyde Erwin, of Raleigh, state su
perintendent of public instruction
will receive the honorary degree of
j.octor of Pedagogy, and will also
address the graduates, it has been
previously announced.-
Dr. J. C. Leonard, of Lexington,
former president of the general
synod of the Reformed church, will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon,
Sunday May 26, at 11 a. in.
The graduating class will have
about 60 members.
Funeral Home
Ready To Serve
Thomas Funeral Home, 422 South
Church, Opens May 17 Formally
May 17 has been set for formal
opening day for Thomas Funeral
home, incorporate!, but the new es
tablishment, which was incorporated
here a few weeks ago, is already
prepared to give service twenty-four
hours a day, Charles Thomas, in
charge of the new organization, an
nounced today.
The funeral home has all equip
ment new including an ambulance,
tuiu lias a cuapei luom wall a seat
in" "anacitv of about 75 people.
Helping Mr. Thomas, who is a
wcu-uuuuU experienced undertaker
who has lived in this city all of his
life, are J. 0. Herring, assistant,
u, At. • i.ouim' Herring, secretary.
The offices of Peoples Burial as
sociation are located at the funeral
home.
Mr. Thomas has had sixteen years
of experience as a mortician and
is-known throughout this section of
the state.
Ambulance service will be given
every hour of the day and night,
Mr. Thomas said, and everything
will be done to care for the com
fort of patients being taken to
and from hospitals and elsewhere.
Music Festival
Held At Tarboro
Hundrels of People Gather at Ball
Park for Concerts
Tarboro, May 7.—(The fourth sec
tional members of the North Caro
lina Music Festival association gave
an excellent program at the baseball
park Sunday afternoon with hun
dreds of people from this city and
section of the state present to eu
joy the vocal and instrumental num
bers that were offered for their en
tertainment.
The members of the association
assembled in the high school gymna
sium and in a body marched to the
park with the processional, "Onward
Christian Soldiers" flayed by the
Twin County baud of Nash and Ed
gecombe. Dr. J. L. Peacock, pastor
of the Baptist church, acted as mas
ter of ceremonies and he welcomed
the members of the association and
the vast audience. Dr. Peacock spoke
of the appreciation of the efforts
of Prof. J. Alton Hampton who
trained the singers, and praised him
for the work he tyis done here and
in other places where he trained the
vocalists.
Rev. Chester Alexander delivered ;
the invocation. The program was of
a high order of entertainment and I
the audience manifested apprecia-1
tion of the fine entertainment by |
frequent applause. The opening part!
of the program was conducted by
Prof. Hampton and the other parts
by Prof. Smith Bogart, Prof. Lewis
S. Bulluck, and Prof. Frederick S. i
Allen. The instrumental duet by Mrs. |
A. C. Spier and Brooks Fryer was a
feature of the program that was en
joyed. The Twin Ciunty band was'
conducted by Prof. C. L. McCullers,
of Rocky Mount.
The chorus participating in the
program were, Tarboro with 115
members, Wilson with 32, Selma, 32
Four Oaks, 25, Smithfield 20, and
Robersonville 227, making a total
of 451 voices. The concert was a
great success and all who attended j
expressed appreciation of the splen-,
did talent displayed by the singers. l
Pat Alderman, secretary of the j
association, spoke words of apprecia-1
tion of the efforts of Instructor
Hampton and he invited the audi
ence to attend the state meeting in
Raleigh on May 19.
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CAMPBELL & THORNE
MOVE QUARTERS
Messrs. Campbell & Thorne have
removed their antique shop from
177 N. Main street to 148 N. Wash
ington street where they have larg- i
er quarters and are prepared to
serve their customers better. They!
urge all to pay them a visit in their
new quarters.
They Have the Oddest of Jobs
H i^l
Si "tti O l] l
"Miss l'eggy Roberts haw and Miss C. Davles or Live. |i->ul, England,
claim that their job is the oddest In the world. All they have to do is
to walk 12 inlles every day in a new pair of shoes. Each attaches a
pedometer to her leg. After their day's walk the pedometers are checked
and the girls go home. They are testers of new shoes and it is estimated
that they walk 3,000 miles during the course of a year. They are shown
here having their pedometers checked at the end of their day of walking.
Senator Clark Is Host To Assembly
Senator Clark entertained the General Assembly with
a barbecue dinner in the Town Commons in his home town
Tarboro which is the capitol of Edgecombe County.
Senator Clark is noted for his hospitality, and was pre
pared to take care of the wants of every individual present.
His invitation included the entire General Assembly, Sen
ators, Members of the house, Clerks and Employees and
their wives and his invitation was accepted in the gener
ous way by those invited as it was extended by the Sen
ator.
This was the first time the Legislature had met in Tar
boro since colonial days when the Legislature used to ro
tate its meetings. It met just after the close of the re
volutionary war in Tarboro. While the session at this time
was purely social ye twe expect it was much more largely
attended than in former days.
Transportation was provided by Senator Clark for the
whole group through the Carolina Coach Company who
provided six of its large buses and it is needless to say
that all the buses were filled to the brim.
WHAT HAS THE LEGISLATURE ACCOMPLISHED?
Herein set out is an editorial copied from the "Winston
Salem Journal," Wednesday, May 8, in which the question
is asked "Shall the Record of the General Assembly of
this session stand?" It further asks the question "Has it
kept the faith with the people?" Which is as follows:
Now as it enters the final rounds of its existence, the
General Assembly of 1935 would find it interesting to sum
mon up remembrance of things past and things sloughed
off and left undone. Then it might find it profitable to de
vote some thought to the quesion as to whether the record
is quite the thing it would have made permanent.
It might glance at the revenue bill and ponder the ef
fect the passage of an act embodying the general sales tax
without exemptions upon basic food and commodities is
going to have upon the economic welfare of the masses
in this State.
It might turn to its record on the absentee ballot law
and give pause to wonderment as to what the present
generation of honest citizens and the posterity of the
State is going to think of the manner in which it played pol
itics for the obvious purpose of preventing fair election
and primary contests in "close" counties.
And it might query itself as to whether it kept faith
with the underpaid teachers of the State in passing an ap
propriations bill which will allow the restoration of only
a small portion of heir diminished salaries.
Final Rites For
J. H. Melton
Final rites for J. H. Melton, 34,
who died early Saturday at a local
hospital, were held at the residence
of his sister, Mrs. H. B. Bryant, Bat
tleboro, Sunday afternoon with Rev.
W. C. Benson, pastor of the Metho
dist church in the Gold Rock section, ]
officiating. Interment followed in
family grounds near Gold Rock.
Mr. Melton, a resident of the Gold
Rock section of Nash County, died
of kidney trouble after a short ill
ness here. He was a farmer.
Pallbearers were D. H. Avent, A.
J. Whitaker, Dick Whitaker, Willie
Collins, Charlie Armstrong, and R.
Smith, all of Gold Rock section.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Melton,
two sisters, Mrs. Bryant, and Miss
Ruth Melton, also Battleboro, and a
brother, H. H. Melton, Long Beach,
California.
Joyner Services
Conducted Non.
Billie Joyner, 22-months old child
of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Joyner, No.
611 South Washington street, who
died last night at a local hospital,
was buried late Monday afternoon
in Littleton in family grounds. Rev.
O. N. Marshall, pastor of the Ar
lington street Baptist church, con
j ducted services held from the home
here.
Little Billie leaves his parents,
one sister, Vernice, all of this city,
and his grandmothers, Mrs. J. L.
Langley, and Mrs. Josephine Viver
ette, both of Rocky Mount also.
Billie was ill for about two
months.
HOYLE BETTER
Raleigh, May 7.—Representative
Thomas C. Hoyle, Jr., of Guilford
■ county, who is ill with pneumonia,
, in a hospital here, was reported as
"better" today.
PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL
PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON
Voting Is Light
In City Election
Only 132 Vote® Are Cast To Elect'
New Mayor—Alderman Named
Too
The polls attendants of Rocky
Mount had returned to their every
day affairs today after conducting
a quiet city election-day voting in
their respective wards in which on
ly 132 ballots were cast for the
lone mayoral candidate, T. W.
Coleman, and a total of 80 votes
for the five unopposed aldermen
here yesterday.
The fifth ward has the largest
number voting, 37, and the seventh
ward, once called the "Bloody Sev
enth" by political circles, cast t\je
smallest, 10.
The mayor and new aldermen will
take office at the next regular meet
ing of the board of aldermen, May
1(S, at which time the city clerk will
swear them in, it was explained to
day. Their terms are for two years.
Successful aldermanic candidates
are J. L. Williams, first ward (re
elected) : A. J. Mims, second ward
(reelected): Henry W. Cutchin,
third ward (reelected): J. W. Thur
man (reelected after close primary
race) fourth ward; and J. E. John
son (reelected), seventh ward.
Balloting by wards is as follows,
City Clerk and City Manager L. B.
Aycock announced today:
For mayor—Coleman —14 first
ward; 1(5, second ward; 17, third
ward; 23, fourth ward, 37;' fifth
ward; 15, sixth ward; and 10, sev
enth ward. J. L. Williams, 14 in his
ward; A. J. Mims, 16 in his; H. W.
Cutchin, 17 in his; J. W. Thurman,
23 in his; and J. E. Johnson, 10 in
his.
Mr. Coleman will succeed M. D.
Munn, who served for two succes
sive terms, starting in 1931, as may
or, and who prior to that gave a
number of years of service as al
derman.
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R. T. Fountain
Speaks At Wood
Woods, N. C., May 7.—Woods
school closed last night with an ad
dress by Lieut. Gov. It. T. Foun
tain. The school is under the prin
cipalship of Mrs. J. W. Neal, of
Centerville, and has had a most
successful year.
Mr. Fountain used as his subject
character building and the essen
tials of success of life. He stated
that the big business interests havi
failed in their leadelship because of
selfishness, and he urged his hear
ers to dedicate their lives to unsel
fish leadership for the interest of
the mass of the people.
He also gave a brief review of
the history of modern education
in North Carolina, touching on the
prospect for further progress in this
field.
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Board Selects
Name For School
Negro Building Will Be Called An
nie W. Holland School
The new Negro school building in
the southwestern part of this city
today has a name as a result of
action of the Board of Trustees, and
the new name is "Annie W. Holland
School" honoring the memory of a
Negro "who made a noteworthy con
tribution to the cause of Negro edu
cation in North Carolina," Superin
tendent R. M. Wilson disclosed here
today.
Superintendent Wilson issued the
following statement about the nam
ing of the Annie W. Holland
School:
"In selecting the name for the
new school for Negro children in
the southwest section of the citv,
the members of the Board of Trus
tees welcome an opportunity to hon
or the memory of a member of that
contribution to the cause of Negro
race who has made a noteworthy
education in North Carolina. For
some months, the trustees have giv
en careful consideration to sugges
tions from different groups of Ne
gro citizens in the city. They have
also considered a suggestion from
Prof. N. C. Newbold, director of the
division of Negro education of the
department of public instruction.
After mature reflection, it is now
Resolved: That the new school in
the southwest section be named
'Annie W. Holland School.'"
Prof. Newbold said in part: "Mrs.
Holland was supervisor in this di
vision (of Negro education) for
fifteen years or longer x x x was
a graduate of Hampton institute
x x x x x She held the highest con
fidence and respect of county super
intendents and white people of im
portance wherever they knew her."
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Stanly county beekeepers have
been studying better apiary manage
ment with C. L. Sams, extension bee
specialist at State College.
•SI.OO PER YEAB
Long Session Likely Koosevelt'a
"Most" List Big Business T*
Fight Labor Will AUo Fight
Oppose Many Measures Relict
Rolls Decline
By Hago Sims, Special Washington
Correspondent
The present outlook Is that Con
gress will be in session until some
time in July, largely as the result
of slow action in the Senate, where
practically everything was held up
for more than a week by a de
termined filibuster against taking up
the anti-lynching bill sponsored by
Senators Costigan and Wagner. The
House, it is thought, can complete
the President's "must" program in a
little over a month but long debate
is expected in the Senate over the
controversial questions.
In his radio address, President
Roosevelt called five measures
"essential factors in a rounded pro
gram for national recovery," listing
them as follows: (1) extension of
the NRA; (2) elimination of unnec
essary holding companies; (3)
transportation legislation regulating
highway, airway and waterway traf
fic under the Interstate Commerce
Commission; (4) amendments to the
Federal Reserve Act; and (5) so
cial recurity legislation to relieve,
minimize and prevent future unem
ployment.
In his "report" to the people, the
President made it plain that he
means for Congress to take action
on these measures, regardless of the
so-called distinction between reform
and recovery legislation. He was op
timistic over the present outlook
and confident as to the future. He
pointed out that, for the first time
in five years, relief rolls declined
during the winter months. His ad
dress largely explained the execu
tive set-up of the vast work relief
program which "should be in full
) swing by autumn." ,
Mr. Roosevelt specified six funda
mental principles to govern the pub
lic expenditures, saying that the
projects should be useful, should
promise ultimate return of a con
siderable portion of the cost, should
mean prompt spending to give em
ployment to those on relief rolls,
and should use a considerable por
tion of the money in wages for la
bor. Moreover, the projects will be
given to various localities in propor
tion to the workers on relief rolls.
The President recognized that
there would be instances of ineffi
ciency, bad management and misuse
f funds, and called on the people
for eternal vigilance to prevent
such evils, asking them to cooperate
with him in making the work relief
pragrain "the most efficient and
cleanest example of public enter
prise the world has ever seen." He
wanted criticism, telling where work
could be better done or improper
practices corrected.
In support of NRA, the President
insisted that "we must continue to
protect children, to enforce mini
mum wages, to prevent excessive
hours, to safeguard, define and en
force collective bargaining and. to
eliminate so far as humanly possi
ble against the unfair practices of
selfish minorities which, unfortu
nately did more than anything else
to bring about the recent collapse
of industries."
Referring to "unnecessary" hold
ing companies in the public utility
field, the Chief Executive called the
legislation a positive recovery mea
sure. He said power production is
virtually back to the 1!>29 peak and
that operating companies are by and
large in good condition, but that
under holding company domination
the utility industry has been hope
lessly at war within itself and with
public sentiment. The proposed leg
islation will, he said, put the indus
try on a sound basis for the fu
ture in both respects, reducing rates
to the consumer and protecting ac
tual value and earning power of
properties. «
The United States Chamber of
Commerce, meeting in Washington
last week, moved toward. an open
break with the President in con
trast to its cooperative attitude
last year. Besides condemning the
proposed changes in the Federal Re
serve Act, the Chamber's attitude
was indicated by the criticism of
Henry I. Harriman, its president,
who though that the Administration
is attempting too much in too short
a time. Plainly, the business group
is lining up with the othor business
organizations to avert, if possible,
"major reform measures" and to
seek currency stabilization and
some definite assurances of lessened
governmental expenditures.
The attitude of business general
ly, as expressed by its organiza
tions, which many assert represent
only the interests and thought of
so-called "big business," is undoubt
edly becoming more hostile to the
President's program. Numerous ex
pressions. in speeches and resolu
tions, evidence this fact.
Meanwhile, organized labor, aftet
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