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The Rocky Mo VOLUME 2, NO. 20 farmers Of Edgecombe Ask | AAA Retention May 11.—Farmers from JK&ny section of the county gather ed in the courthouse last night to arouse interest in the movement for farmers to assemble in Wash- I ington, D. C., Tuesday to protest (.against the effort of curtain inter- Uests that are seeking to repeal the Bx\AA act passed by Congress for relief of farmers of the nation. , Clarence Johnson, a prominent business man, who is chairman for 1 the county representing the cotton t growers, and R. L. Corbett of Pine- E tops, chairman of the committee R representing the tobacco growers, [ took prominent parts in the meet i ing. It was reported after a canvass J had been made there there will be ! about 50 farmers from Edgecombe | who will attend the Washington f meeting. \ )steigleman Dies In Hospital Well Known Local Engineer Will Be Buried In Kentucky—Kites At 1:30 P. M. ! . J. E Steigleman, 65, long-time en \"gineer for the Atlantic Coast Line ' railroad company and well known local citizen, died after a linger ing illnesß Monday night at a lo cal hospital and was buried in Cor i Ain, Kentucky, following home ser vices Wednesday at No. 519 Ham mond street with Rev. George W. Perry, pastor of the First Metho dist church, aided by Rev. Tom ! Walters, pastor of the North Rocky . Mount Baptist church. Mr. Steigleman, a Mason and mem- of the Shrine group here as | well as of the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Engineers, had been in the hospital for about three months with i. his illness. He succumbed Monday ■f morning. i He belonged to the Methodist church «nd was a native of near Hrarisburg, Pa., who moved to Cor bin, Ky., when rather young. He jihad lived here for yearly 30 years, 1 and had been connectel with the Coast Line , for about the same length of time. Prior to his employ nkrflt' by the Coast line he had Sieved with the old L and N rail r road. I'l Surviving him are liis wife, Mrs. ( Malissa Steigleman, city; his ehil fdrep, I. Q. Steigleman, Detroit, * Mich, j J. H. Steigleman Rocky Mt.; Mary E. Steigleman, now a j student at Winthrop college. Rock j Hill, 8. C. v ' 6ne step-brother, W. H. | Houston) Ponta Gorda, Florida, and , onii sister, Mrs. R. N. Atticks, Shire pwanstown, Pa. (* Active pallbearers included the following engineer friends of the } deceased, H. D. Fowler, T. E. Jen- L kins, C. W. Ivey, J. F. Spears, Sid r ney Jones, and H. E. Lewis, all of this city. The honorary pallbearers were Dr. R. H. Noell, C. C. Hinton, Lou Pen teirnan, Bill Pate, J. H. Hughes, Van I JjKenndy, J. T. Strinson, J. G. Har mon, Charles Payne, W. H. Home, Walter Biggs, Scott Hollman, T. H. McPearson, J. P. Langley, Herbert Weathersbee, G. W. Gorham, Sr., W. H. Bowling and J. A. Holdren. 1* services the body was I Strained here to go to Kentucky I m burial. "fcraderson Child I ' lis Injured Here i "!_•J 1. Pearsall, Nash Farmer, Is Free Hinder $530 Bond —To Appear '' j Before Swain Harold Ante ion, 3, son of Albert Anderson, route* ,No. 1, city, injur ed-last night in the Willifordtown section, apparently wlu n an automo bile hit him, was repoi.ted as "im , xwot'tff" this afternoon \i*. a local v hospital where he was takem after i d the accident, and J. L. Pearsall, I, *Nasl county farmer, free nhder $5OO bond, was scheduled to appear before Justice of the Peace W. ,S. Bwsin here Saturday morning* oh p *' barges of reckless driving and as ault on the Anderson child. I» The accident occurred about eight $ 'clock last night. Apparently Mr. if fearsall was driving along slowly pd hit the child who had gone out Into the road, but Mr. Pearsall is I, noted as denying he hit the child it all. He is said to have stated he £ "topped When he heard the child's II ries. ! Mr. Pearsall's wife anl child and Sister were accompanying him in his tear, it was said. Pearsall lives on fly about half way between this city land Langley's Cross roads. Readers, when you pur chase goods advertised in these columns tell the merchants you saw it in THE HERALD Anniversary For * Junior Order Tarboro, May 13.—"May 17 is the 82nd anniversary of the Junior Or der and many special programs are being arranged commemorating this event," stated E. V. Harris field sec retary for eastern North Carolina. "One of the celebrations will be a a« initiation in Mount Olive ar ranged by District Deputy, U. M: o . -iu. council is asked to send twelve candidates, honoring the twelve young men who formed! Washington Council No. 1 on May| 17, 1853. The degree teams of Qolds boro, Smithfield and Mount Olive will confer the degrees for this 28th district initiation. / "Tarboro Council No. 133, degree ♦nam has been very active during th« past week having performed at mree initiations. May 6, at Tarboro, initiating a class of seven. On May 8 at Hookerton, initiating a class of twenty-four. On May 10, at Rich Square, initiating a class of fifteen. These three class initiations were largely attended and were also fea tured by delightful suppers and short addresses by prominent mem bers present. Promient Nash Citizen Dies Here Mrs Cicero Jones To Be Buried Tuesday—Harrell, Kincheloe Will Officiate Mrs. Cicero D. Jones, prominent Red Oak citizen, who died at a lo cal hospital early Monday |norn ing, was buried Tuesday afternoon in Red Oak after Rev. E. J. Har rell, pastor of Red Oak Baptist church conducted services at 4 o'clock from the Jones residence, assisted by Rev. J. W. Kincheloe, pastor of the First Baptist church here. Mrs. Jones, who had been ill for about four months, would have been 50 years old Sunday. Mrs. Jones, a member of the Red Oak Baptist church, was a Red Oak native and was Miss Arena Frances Beal prior to her marriage. Her husband, Cicero D. Jones, died last July. Survivors are her children, Mrs. William Ricks, Whitakers; J?. Sen telle Jones, Rocky Mount; John Thomas Jones, Red Oak •„ a step-son C. M. Jones, also Red Oak; ana five grand children. Also surviving is her mother, Mrs. Mary C. Beal, Red Oak; three bro thers, J. M. Beal, instructor at the University of Chicago, Chicago; G. E. Beal, Red Oak; and W. F. Beal, Southern Pines; and three sisters, Mrs. A. F. Lofton, of Goldsboro, Mrs. R. C. Pitt, Red Oak; and Miss Mary Beal, Red Oak. Pallbearers included the following Red Oak citizens: K. W. McTntyre, Battle High, J. W, Arnold, E. E. Edwards, i. E. Taylor, and J. Hen ry Jones. J. A. Westbrook Buried Wed. Mt. Olive, May 7. J. A. West brook, prominent Mt. Olive citi zen and a pioneer strawberry grow er of his section, died at his home early today—Tuesday after an ill ness of only four days. The funeral was held from the "home at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning with his pastor, Rev. W. L. Loy of the Methodist church in charge. Members of the Masonic fraternity of which Mr. Wetsbrook was a member assisted in the funer al services. Survivors are the wido wand thsee daughters, Mrs. Estelle English and Mrs. Nannie Hatcher of Mt. Olive and Mrs. Seth Gibbs of Beaufort. Born in Guilford county May 8, 1852, he came to Mt Olive in 1880 and was among the first to grow strawberries extensively in that sec tion. He continued to supervise his large holdings and was in his fields observing the farm work as late as last Friday. Death resulted from kidney disease. Mr. Westbrook was born in West Green in Guilford county and had he lived until Thursday would have been 83 years old. He was the son of Samuel W. Westbrook and Mrs. Westbrook. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MAY 17, l#3f> Postpone Final Installation Day Dr. Norton SeU Last Sewer Instal latio Day On June 15 Final date for completion of sew er installations here is now post poned a month by order of the city board of health, Dr. Koy Norton, su perintendent of the health depart ment here, disclosed this afternoon. The final date is now set at June 15, he said. Explaining the change, Dr. Norton stated that plumbers throughout the city are busy and that the city has the largest number of men at work on installation of taps it has had in some time, but that apparent ly a delay of one month will be desirable to allow all the local cit izens who wish to get this work done. The original date was Wednes day of this week, but so long as sewer connection are completed by June 15, it will be satisfactory with the health yroup. Dr. Norton indieat-; ed. S A. Dunn Is Dead In Halifax Prominent Scotland Neck Resident Dies Following Protracted Illness Samuel Arrington Dunn, member of a Halifax county family promi nent throughout the state tor many years, died at his home on Roanoke street Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clolck following a protratced ill ness. He was born in Halifax county in 1880 the son of James Leonidas Dunn and Dorothy Miriam Arring ton and was educated at old Vine hill academy of this place and Wake Forest couege where he later stud ied law receiving his license in 19- 05. He was married to Miss Huldah Edmundson Josey, daughter of Rob ert Carey Josey and his wife Mar ietta Edmundson, who died in 19- 00. from this union two chil dren survive, Miss Etta Dunn of Washington, D. C., and Samuel Ar rington Dunn, Jr., of Scotland Neck. He was married the second time in ?.915 to Miss Olivia- Norflleet Law-' rence daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Lawrence of this place. She with two children, Miss Nancy i Dunn and Charles Wells Dunn, sur-1 vive. Of the thirteen sons and daugh ters of the Dunn family there are I now living five sisters. Miss Annie' Dunn of Scotland Neck, Miss Miu-1 nie Dunn of Enfield, Miss lone Dunn of Asheville, Mrs. John Perry of | Winston-Salem, Mrs. R. L. Hardy of Scotland Neck; three brothers, Raymond C. Dunn and Walter Dunn of Enfield and Balfour Dunn of Scotland Neck. Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the home on Roanoke street with members of the local bar association acting as pallbearers. Mrs. Hassel Dies At Residence Mrs. A. E. Hassell, 60, who died at home at No. 1116 Cokey road here early Monday morning after having been confined to her bed for three months, was interred at Watha, her native town, Tuesday afternoon following services here from her residence at 11 o'clock with Hev. A. E. Simerly, pastor of the First Christian church, officiating. Mrs. Hassell belonged to the lo cal Christian church, and had lived here for about four years. ller husband, A. E. Hassell, three children, Edward, R. H. and Eliza beth Hassell, all of this city; two sisters, Mesdames W. Y. Thompson and Dan Garris both of Watha, and three brothers, Rob and Roy, of Wa tha, and Clyde Moore, of Goldsboro, survive. She leaves a number of friends both in this state and in South Car olina. Death came about 7 o'clock Mon day. LOCAL RESIDENT BURIED SUNDAY Ambrose Lancaster Is Buried at Cas talia. Former Home Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon in Castalia for Am-1 brose Lancaster, 75, native o£ Franklin county and local resident who died of heart trouble in Ra leigh Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. W. Bell. Mr. Lancaster, who ,Hvas reared in Warren county, moved to Willi fordtown about two years ago af ter a residence of about 35 years in Castalia. Interment followed at the family burying grounds Monday after Rev. E. C. Sexton, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, and a Rev. Mr. Walker, his former pastor at Castalia, conducted final rites. Mr. Lancaster leaves his wife, Mrs. Bettie Lancaster, city; five chil dren, Walter of Spring Hope, Esker of Castalia; D. L. of this city; Mrs. W. M. Murphey, Wilson; and Mrs. Bell in Raleigh; and four grand children, Citizens Have a Right to Protest We cannot agree with the afternoon paper when it says that local merchants have lost money because of their outspoken protest against the gross sales tax. The Governor of North Carolina is in office today on a platform denouncing the gross sales tax. The Revenue Commissioner, who also ran for governor and is now hold ing an appointment from the present governor, denounces the gross sales tax as "unjust and unequitable and the most successful tax upon poverty that human ingenuity can devise." One of the inalienable rights of the American citizen is the right to protest, and while the Evening Tele gram has always advocated the gross sales tax, we cannot go with it to the point that the merchant who has protest ed against this form of tax has lost money because he had the boldness to protest against something he thought un just. The following paragraph appeared in the Telegram on Tuesday, May 14th: "And with this the condition we believe the wise mer chant will accept the inevitable and stop chafing at tho bit, regardless of hew he may feel about the gross sales tax. The advalorem tax on his stock has been much reduc ed since the advent of the sales tax, and if he is short memoried he might inspect his tax receipts. We call to mind in Rocky Mount how local merchants here have been known to have lost money because of their outspoken pro tests against this form of taxation. Some were using sales arguments on the debatable question of the inequities of the sales tax, and missing out on sales of their goods." SERIOUS NEED OF PARK TO HOLD VESPER SERVICES Last Sunday morning, on a day set apart to honor Moth ers, there was raised on the triangular lot in front of the Lutheran church, an American Flag on a field filled with Boy Scouts, Mothers, Fathers and friends. The grounds were beautiful and it was indee dan inspiring sight which took place almost in the center of our town. If it had not been for the generosity of the Lutheran church, its pas tor and congregation, the Scouts would not have had such a beautifull place to raiae the American Flag. Yet—just opposite this very spot, is a plot of land cen trally located, surrounded by three streets, already beau tifully planted with trees, which the city could buy, or condemn, without having to buy buildings. This is an oppor tunity that this cky cannot afford to overlook, and it is to be hoped that our neV Mayor, Hon. T. W. Coleman, will look into this matter, and put the force of his good busi ness judgment behind this projec.t sinje he has always been interested in things for the benefit of the public, and es pecially the boys "of Rocky Mount. I The Civitan Club has endorsed the/ purchase of th l slot and passed a resolution requesting tljfe board of aldermen to purchase same. The (School board passed a unanimous resolution requesting the city to purchase the lot, and many, many interested citizens have been active trying to get the city administration to buy this lot for park purposes. The churches of the city need an outdoor place to noid ves per services in the center of the town, and they have none, warehouses, which are too hot for the people to meet pose. This lot would be an ideal spot to hold vesper servic es. If any distinguished guest came to town we would not have a spot in the center of town to receive him except tht warehouses, which the too hot for the people to meet there. It is to be hoped that the new Mayor will put his force and personality behind this park movement. ALL DISSATISFIED WITH LIQUOR LAWS There are two sincere viewpoints in the state concerning the liquor question. There is a group which believes in pro hibition and believes it would be a success if it had the sin cere backing of the people and the proper zeal for enforce ment was placed behind the law. There is another group which is equally as sincere as the former group, which be lieves that temperance would be promoted by having legal ized whiskey solid under strict governmental regulations; that it would have a tendency to destroy the business of the bootllegger, and that there would be a far greater re spect for the law. It is generally conceded by both groups that the open barroom is a bad institution, and neither group desires its return, or at least if they be among us we have not heard them give open expression. W. Gregg Cherry, Chairman of the finance committee, is quoted from the press as saying "It was time for them to go home; there had been a mess made of some things," and we are constrained to believe that he must have been referring to the liquor legislation that was slipped in and passed during the dying days of the legislature. The law of giving each county the right to say what shall be done with the liquor question is unsatisfactory to all groups, regardless of what their views are on the question. This law which places Nash and Edgecombe Counties in the position of going forward with an election as to wheth er liquor shall be sold or not, was never thought of nor dreamed of by the public generally. We have heard open expression among both classes of citizenship, those who be lieve in prohobition and those who believe in the sale of liquor under government supervision, and they all feel that this new legislation which was slipped in by the skin of the teeth during the closing days of the legislature when the public was not given an opportunity to give an expres sion of their views, is most unsatisfactory. Miss Worsley Gives Recital Miss Hazel Worsley will present pupils of her class in piano in a recital to be given in the auditor ium of the Rocky Mount high school on Friday evening of thia week. The program, which is scheduled for 8 o'clock, has been arrangel to include several two-piano numbers, duet and solo selections. The spring event is open to the public and a cordial invitation is extenfled to all who are interested to attend. Rainbow Order Gives Party Members of the Order of Bain bow will sponsor a benefit bridge party at the Masonic Temple on Friday night. The affair will be given at 8:00 under the direction of Mrs. G. A. Winstead, councilor of the order, while plans for the affair will be in the hands of a committee head ed by Miss Mary Lee Daughtridge. Miss Nolle Speight and Miss Mar tha Longest are inclnded in the group and reservations for places may be made through either of these three girls. PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON Martin Calls Liquor Vote Williamston, May 15.—Martin co unty's board of commissioners to day called a referendum for July 6 on the question of establishing a county liquor control system. J. E. Pope, chairman of the board, said the action was taken unani mously at a public meeting as -he vigorously denied published reports that a secret call had been issued for the session. Martin was one of the 17 coun ties included in full in the amend ed Pasquotank county liquor con trol law passed by the general as sembly. No Hurry For Special Vote The Nash county board of com missioners will probably wait "a few days" before taking any action on the liquor referendum here in order to see what action, if any, Governor Ehringhaus will take, R. R. Gay, chairman, indicated today, and the Edgecombe board of com missioners is having County Attor ney C. H. Leggett investigate to find what steps will be necessary before acting, M v L. jjaughlin, county audi tor, disclosed today. Meanwhile word was received here today from Martin county indicat ing* the board of commissioners of Martin will convene tomorrow morn ing to consider the liquor referen dum. Action probably will be taken by the Edgecombe board within a day or so when the investigation has been made and Mr. Leggett's report is heard, it is understood. Just when, if at all, the Nash board will con- 1 sider the matter was not known this I afternoon. I We'll wait a few days to see what action the governor will take, was Chairman Gay's statement in effect, today. One possible action he con sidered was a special session of the genernt assembly, ealled-by the goff ernor. Mr. Laughlin revealed the Edge combe board convened in Tarboro yesterday but did not consider the liquor referendum at that time. When board members are fully ap praised of the procedure, they will act, possibly within a day or so, he said. Members of the Nash county board include: Mr. Gay, J. D. Nelms,j N'isbville, W. R. Hunting, Nashville, O. R. Strickland, Bailey and G. R. Finch, Spring Hope. On the Edgecombe board are the following: W. C. Hargrove, chair man, Tarboro, B. C. Mayo, Tarboro,' C. C. Ward, Rocky Mount, S. W. Anderson, near Whitakers and E. Y. Lovelace. South Edgecombe. | Chambliss Lists Fairs And Dates Clinton Is New One Recently Ob tained, Said Announcing the recent addition of the Clinton fair to the list of fairs which he and George A. Hamid, New York, will operate jointly, Norman V. Chambliss, of this city, who has had charge of operating several well known state fairs, to day revealed the complete list of fairs he and Mr. Hamid plan to op erate this fall and the dates of the fair. The two men, who will have their office located in Raleigh, will have the State fair again in Raleigh and this year it will be staged the week of October 14; the Rocky Mouut fair, the week of October 21; the Clinton fair, October 28; the Wil liamston fair, the week of November 4. They also will run the Greens boro fair the week of September 23, Mr. Chamblliss said. E. J. Jordan, of this city, resi dent manager of the local fair last year, will have it again, Mr. Cham bliss said, and Mrs. Effie Vines Gordon will once more have charge of all agricultural exhibits. "Exten sive improvements including build- In., a poultry building and cattle and swine buildings" are planned, the man indicated, and harness horge racing will be revived. Mr. Chambliss intends to leave for Raleigh early in June, and will de vote his full time from that time on, he said. "PLAYMATES" ARE SISTERS 2_ Butte, Mont.—For the last 11 years, Rose Montana Neal, 18, and Josephine Lee Neal, 16, living within four blocks of each other, have played together, gone to the same school and have been the best of friends. The two girls, adopted in babyhood from an orphanage, have just discovered that they are really sisters. Britain will build up air fleet to equal Germany's. SI.OO IPER YEAH The House Requcttjlf Big BUIMH Speaks Three CTganizatlona —» Past Relations Reviewed The Peace That Failed Politic*! Estimates The 1936 Line-U) —• No Cause For Joy Resentment Is Bitter By Hugo Sims, Special WuhJujUa Correspondent One aftermath of the break tween the President and Big Bu* iness, as represented by the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, was tit* House resolution asking the Chief Executive for a transcript of his press conference in tho course of which Mr. Roosevelt walloped til* trade organization, asserting thftt these commercial groups often mis represent business sentiment and, in some instances, the sentiment of a majority of their own member*. The request was in no sense manda* tory, being made in order to get the President's remarks before the country, where the sponsors of the resolution think they will have good effect. Press conferences are notoriously "unquotable" except by specific au thorization. They include many flippant, jocular and inconsequen tial remarks. To make public & transcrip would advance the record to that of a public document, quotable from top to bottom, and set a precedent in future that might militate against the freedom of conversation, "off the record," that often imparts valuable background to White House news reprots. Con ceivably, there might be an occasion when such a request would prove extremely embarrassing to any President. That Big Business, as represented by the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manu facturers, and the American Bankers Association, is against the adminis tration's program has been plain enough to those who know. Com bined, these organizations may be taken as spokesmen for large enter prises in the filed of industry, em ployers and bankers. The so-called partnership, widely, advertised last fall, was only surface deep,' although the opinion of the country at large wa9 widespread" that-it *r«s an nn« derstanding of real meaning. In the gloom of 1933 capital and finance joined hajids with labor and others to vest great powers in the President's hands. He was given an ovation when he addressed the Chamber of Commerce in 1933. The next year the welcome was not so spontaneous, and there were under currents of hostility to the reform program. This came to light, just before the elections of 1934, when the directors of the organization, in an aggressive move, practically de manded a pledge from the President to balance the budget and stailiie the dollar. Mr. Roosevelt, unable to do either, ignored the move, and re garded the election result as posi tively sustaining his position. After being snubbed by the Presi* dential silence in October, the guid ing forces of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, taking note of the elec tion results, met to state that the Presidential utterances encouraged tho belief that Mr. Roosevelt was receptive to suggestion for "promo tion of the common welfare" and there was some reference to the ar rival of recovery. This year, how ever, the pent-up feelings of th» Chamber were expressed, voicing op position to most of the proposed legislation advocated by the admin istration. The bankers association, just be fore the election last fall, managed to proffer an olive branch to the White House and the President at tended a session of the convention, where he heard a Morgan banker say that no reasonable person could expect the specific pledges requested by the Chamber of Commerce the month before. Mr. Roosevelt, in reply, appealed for an "all-American ficially with the bankers. Today being opposed by the organization, recovery team" and was at peace of the administration banking bill is The National Association of Manu facturers, however, in December, 1934, called a business conference of "leaders" at White Sulphur Bprings, where alarm and anger were noted, especially at the famous plan ning commission's report about spending about 105 billions on work relief in twenty years. However, no harshness appeared in the resolu tions making suggestions to the President. These opposed the relief supervision by political power, urg ed that private agencies conduct the dole, deplored work relief, asked a balanced budget by 1937, that social security legislation be deferred, that the government relinquish > credit control, that the 1933 Securities Act be modified and that, if work relief began, that lower than prevailing wages be paid. Most of the suggestions were not acceptable to the President, and there was marked coolness and nonchalance in their reception, fol lowed by open attack upon the docu ment by administration leaders. The President admitted that he had "five or si*" such petitions to read and (Please turn to page eight)
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