The Rocky Mo
B VOLUME 2, NO. 24
rarehousemen
Favor Code
IN. C. Warehouse
sorts Today
at tobacco ware
dven assurance of
untary code adopt
the Eastern Caro
meu's association
n, H. P. Foxhall,
association and a
in, revealed here
semen of Rocky
am did not attend
lesday, agreed one
tto "stick" to the
a minimum wage
ents per hour for
:ek, President Poi
nt of the assoeia-
Mr. Foxhall has
d that all of the
association will
George P. Arriag
secretary of the
obacco Board of
;d secretary and
issociation.
ted and presented
Greenville, NRA
r in 1934, is under
cal to that formed
; it increases maxi
ne from 40 to 50
red dollars is the
if the code.
anager
;et Dept.
is been appointed
,ew budget depart
lomy Auto Supply
it 120 North Main
to announcement
Leggett and C. B.
;s will take charge
let department is
i credit buying."'
stated. "This newj
nakes possible any,
any motorist and (
convenient, liberal
e."
ig Pool
)t Closed
, City Health Offi
hat the rumor con
ming Pool closing
ver, he stated that
. that childron un
ige be kept away
well as from all
places. He furth
y cliilld who shows
is, be kept at homo (
until the sickness _
the child is well,
of contracting in
is unknown, pa
to take all precau
ceep their children
Temple
go 17-18
ire prophesies a
little Shirley Tem
she is the possess
leyond the concep
mortals. He com
s grandmother, the
rew, who was her
tress at the age of
id praised are co-
Film's "The Little
Cameo Theatre
sday next,
ght to watch her
rk wit hher," the
the screen ro
se during the mk
ire, where no one
3 gifted child into
may have reflect
ideas, but in her
loned them out in
her talent is God
of developing her
e story progresses
ag to an older per
ter, the first Mrs.
a great little ac
tave engravings of
i stage of her car
she was the out-
Malaprops* of all
s is natural. I don't
rer be spoiled. Her I
irmly formed even
bought of her be
icntally prococious
>r grasp of things,
lemorize "lines and
her delightful ex
thing you cannot
supporting cast in
srodnetion numbers
John Lodge, Sid-
Filliam Burress, Al
others. The inirait-
JO, ace of tap dan
tured. role. A cnn
of "The Little Col
jd in Technicolor.
Mrs. P. G. Cobb
Is Buried Here
Well Known Local Woman Die* Af
ter Lengthy Illness In Hospi
tal—Burled Today
Final services for Mrs. P. G. Cobb,
whose death in a local hospital on
Wednesday afternoon brought sor
row to a wide circle of friends and
relatives, were conducted from the
home at 230 Rose street this after
noon. The Rev. George W. Perry,
pastor of th© First Methodist church,
1 of which the deceased was a devoted
member, conducted the services, fol
lowing which interment was made
in Pine View cemetery.
Mrs. Cobb succumbed following an
illness of five weeks, death result
ing from complications which devel
oped after an operation.
Mrs. Cobb, who was 49 years of
age, had been a resident of Rocky
Mount for more than thirty years
and during her long residence here
had endeared herself to an unusu
ally wide circle of friends. She waß
a member of a prominent Eastern
Carolina family, being the daugh
ter of the late John B. Hooker and
Annie Eliza Everett Hooker. Her
mother had made her home with
Mr. and Mrs. Cobb since she was
widowed a number of years ago,
and died at a n advanced age during
the past winter, leaving the family
doubly bereaved in the course of a
few months.
Mrs. Cobb was married in 1910 to
P. G. Cobb, of Edgecombe county
and for many years a prominent
business man of this city and prior
to that time she had made her home
here. There are two children, Mil
dred Elizabeth and P. 3-. Cobb, Jr.,
and other survivors of the imme
diate family include the bereaved
husband; three brothers, Dan Hook
er, Greensboro; Tom Hooker, Ta
bor, and Clyde Hooker, Poland,
Ga. and a number of nieces and
nephews, one of whom, Miss Iris
Hooker, has made her home with
the deceased for ths past year or
more.
Many beautiful floral tributes at (
tested to the esteem in which the (
deceased was held. ,
Active pallbearers for the funeral
service today included: J. H. Ros- (
enbloom, B. R. Stanfield, E. H. Ree-
ves, J. G. Hammond, J. R. Thomas
and N. B. Dozier. ]
Honorary pallbearers were as fol- (
lows: A. F. Brake, R. E. Fleming, ,
M. P. Dawson, B. T. Dawson, W. ]
Gray Williams, L. L. Gravely, H. H. j
McGeen, Gordon Vestal, Cameron (
Vestal, S. S. Tolar, Jr., Ralph Pitt, .
T. L. Worsley, George P. Womble,
A. S. Lyons, John Lee Matthews, |
J. 8. Blythe, W. Grover Bobbins, W.
H. Thomas, H. C. Lloyd, D. W. Dav- .
enport, W. T. Rhodes, C. O. Cal- j
houn, S. R. Purvis, Jay Powell, P.
L. Thigpen, J. E. Fonvielle, J. P.
Roberts. C. E. Edwards. Dr. M. L. ,
Stone, Dr. J. A. Speight and Dr. J
U. H. Speigh.t
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Trial of Draughn
Claims Interest
Negro, Said To Have Shot Officer,
Round To Nash Court Under
$1,0)0 Bond
Trial of William Draughn alias
Jake Parker, young Nash Negro al
leged to have shot Officer Grover
L. Pittman in the left hand behind
Busy Bee Cafe °n Falls road Sun
day, May 26, claimed major inter
est in today's brief docket at record
ers court with Judge Ben H. Thomas
presiding, and probable cause was
found and he was bound over to
Nash county superior court under
SI,OOO bond which was not posted
immediately.
Draughn was charged with as
sault on G. L. Pittman with a dead
ly weapon, to wit "a pistol," with
intent to kill, causing serious in
jury, and was bound over to the
next criminal term of Nash super
ior court under the SI,OOO bond.
Local Fireman
Sentenced Today
Landin Gets From Three to Six
Years For Manslaughter
Raleigh. June 7.—L. L. Landin,
Bocky Mount fireman, who was
convicted of manslaughter in con
nection with the death of Miss
Ruth Ellis of Wilson following an
automobile collision here in March,
today was sentenced to from three
to six years in state's prison.
Willis Bryant, Raleigh Negro, al
so convicted in connection with the
fatal wreck, was given from 18
months to three years. The jury rec
ommended mercy for the Negro.
Both noted an appeal to the su
preme court and bond for Landin
was set at SIO,OOO and that for the
Negro at $5,000. Neither had made
bail early this afternoon and wore
remanded to Wake County jail.
The two were convicted in Wake
superior court yesterday afternoon
the jury returning its verdict late
in the day after a day and half of
deliberations. Judge Clawson L. Wil
liams postponed sentencing the two
until today.
Miss Ellis, an employe at the Wil
son police station, was fatally injur
■ ed while T'ding with Landin when
■ his car collided with one driven by
Bryant.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 14. 1935
Marler is Laid
To Rest In City
Peacock Conducts Rites From Home
In Tarboro Today
United States District Commis
sioner Sam P. Marler, former local
citizen and more recently of Tar
boro, was laid to rest here this af
ternoon following funeral rites con
ducted in Tarboro from the resi
dence with Dr. L. Peacock, pastor
of the First Baptist church in Tar
boro, as officiating minister.
Mr Marler, 54, died late Sunday
night in Durham in a hospital of
double pneumonia after an illness
which extended over a period of
three weeks.
Mr. Marler was born in Johnston
county, and married Miss Minnie
Gay in this city. They lived here
for.a number of years prior to go
ing to Tarboro where they have
stayed for about twelve years.
Besides being district commission
er, Mr. Marler was in the insurance
business. He belonged to the local
Corinthian Lodge of Masons and al
so to the Junior Order of United
American Mechanics.
Masonic rites were held today,
i Besides his wife, he leaves two
children, Miss Mamie Marler and
Howard Marler, all of Tarboro; his
brothers, E. W., Benson; Luther,
Dan and J. R., all of Four Oaks;
J. E. Smithfleld; and W. H. Mar
ler of Texas; and ont siste ralso
of Four Oaks, Mrs. W. A. Lee.
Miss Marler, his daughter, was
formerly a nurse at a local hospi
tal and Howard, his son, is an Ev
ening Telegram carrier boy in Tar
boro.
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Mrs. Ward's
Sister Killed
Word was received here today of
the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. George
Odach, of Mooresville, the latter the
sister of Mrs. C. C. Ward, of this
city, and the injury of Mrs. Nada
Brawley, mother of Mrs. Ward, in
an automobile accident near Ocan
City, N. J., Sunday.
The Odachs, accompanied by Mrs.
Brawley, were driving near Ocean
City when the accident occurred.
Details were not known except that
Mrs. Brawley was taken to Somers
Point hospital nearby where she is
expected to recover, according to
information received here.
Services for the Odachs will be
held Tuesday afternoon from Bair's
funeral home in Philadelphia and
interment will take place in Coll
lingswood, N. J.
Life Saving Will]
Be Taught Here
Course To Begin At Municipal Pool
Thursday Afternoon
Simultaneously with the announce
ment of a ten-day lifesaving course
at the municipal swimming pool to
day came the first weekly report on
the pool attendance.
John King Brewer, manager of
the pool, disclosed the lifesaving
course will start Thursday, and
that hours will be from noon to 1
o'clock in the afternoon daily ex
cept Sundays. All who are interested
may see him for further details, he
said. He and James Grantham will
have charge of the class.
In a report made public only yes
terday, it was shown 348 adults and
420 children utilized the local pool
for swims for the first several days.
The period covered by the report
ra n from May 29 through June 2,
the first six days of the season.
Summer Hours
For Library
A re-adjustment of summer sche
dule of library hours is now in ef
fect at the Thomas Hackney Bras
well Memorial library, according to
announcement today by Mrs. Nell
G. Battle, librarian.
The ne wschedule is as follows:
librray doors will open from 9 a.
m. to 5 p. m. daily each week ex
cept Wednesday during the summer.
On Wednesday the morning hours
are from nine until one. There will
be no afternoon hours that day,
but night hours instead —seven until
10 p. m.
This change is made in order to
have the library open one night each
week during the summer for the
benefit of clerks and others work
ing during the day hours.
WIDOW 1812 VAT. PASSES AWAY
One of the four surviving widows
! of the War of 1812 died in lowa a
i few days ago. This leaves only
! three women remaining on the pen
! sion rolls for a war that was fought
- 123 years ago. The incident of the
» war widow's death over a hundred
years after the war demonstrates
- how wars and the costs of war lin
ger on. This war widow did not
i marry her war veteran until the
7 War of 1812 had been over for
S3 years, and tho veteran was &1-
We Need That Park—Now
The new water tank appears to have about reached its
completion, and from what we know of tanks, it appears to
be a fine one. At the time this water tank was placed in
the wee Kite Park, which was the only park located on
the Edgecombe side, the citizens around the park were
told by those in authority that the tank would not inter
fere with their use of the park, and that instead of its be
ing unsightly it would be a thing of beauty. Now the tank
is completed, and a high penitentiary fence has been plac
ed around it to protect it which was the proper thing to
do since so much money has been spent on this property,
even though the public was mislead. Practically one-fourth
of this park has been taken up by the tank and its loca
tion. The beauty of the park has been marred, as was du
ly expected, even though statements were made otherwise.
Now since this grevious wrong has been done these people,
there can come to no good over grieving over it; the only
way to right a wrong is to try as far as possible, to try to
correct the mistake which produced the wrong. We feel it
the duty of our new mayor, (who was not a party to the lo
cation of the tank, however), and the Board of Aldermen,
who did locate the tank, to provide park space that is as near
and accessible to these people as can be found, and
it is fortunate for the tfity at this time that there is a
block of land that is not built up within one block of this
tank, and it can be secured at a reasonable price, either by
purchase or condemnation. We do hope that the Mayor and
the Board will take steps immediately to secure this prop
erty which will mean so much to this particular locality,
and the city of Rocky Mount as a whole. Money is being
spent in Rocky Mount for things that are many times less
needful and less desirable.
PEOPLE NOT SATISFIED WITH SALES TAX
The Legislature finally, before it adjourned, put a 3 per
cent sales tax on every articl eof food known to man, save
milk. So far as we are able to learn, no civilized country
under the shining sun has ever placed such a heavy tax on
the most necessary and plainest of foodo. It is often said
that the English people produce the most diplomatic states
men probably in the world, and it has been the policy of
the British Empire, while it is controlled L a mere island,
to keep as they are wont to say, the dinner lable free of
duty.
North Carolina boasts of having the most of everything;
the most water power, the most cotton mills, the most cig
arette factories, raises the most tobacco and peanuts and
a large quantity of cotton, and almost everything else in
proportion. Yet with all of these, we place a 3 per cent
sales tax on fat back, molasses, sugar, beans, "peas, rice
and collards. Our opinion is that when the month of July
rolls around and this tax is placed on the people there is
going to be more disstaisfaction than a lot of so-callled lelad
ers can imagine when they say the people have become sat
isfied with the sales tax.
Details Of New
Warehouse Given i
Easley Warehouse Addition to House
To Have About 34,000 Square
Feet, Said
Details of the erection of a large |
addition to Easley warehouse No 2
were released here today from the
office of H. A. Easley, president and
manager of Easley warehouse com
pany, incorporated, here. The new
addition covers the vacant lot ad
jacent to the present warehouse and
will contain approximately 34,000
square feet of floor space.
With an annex to the No. 1
house nearing completion, this will
give the company the greatest sell
ing capacity of any warehouse firm
here, and the largest warehouse ever
in this city, he added.
Mr. Easley, who came here from
Enfield, and Ralph Pitt, an eastern
Carolina pioneer warehouseman,
started the business here in 1928,
and since that time Mr. Easley has
associated with him as assistants, N.
D. Patterson, Elm City, E. H. Corey,
R. J. Works, and Guy Barnes, Jr.,
all local men.
Tho auctioneers of this season
will be S. A. Parrish of Smithfleld,
who has been with this firm for
several years, and David New
combe, of Saratoga, who comes to
the Easley warehouse for the first
time this year.
Floor managers will be DeWitt
Hardison of Kenly, George Smithson,
11. G. Barnhill, and Rupert Perry.
Harvey Coley will bo head check
out man, and will be assisted by
Kenneth Peedin, Waylon Brown will
be back again this year, as will E.
L. Marsh, Paul Ruffin and G. M.
Stallings.
Newcomers to the Easley ware
house force this year are W. K.
Baker, William N. Harmon, A. J.
Lassiter, R. L. Pittman, J. G. Sou
therland. and P. C. Tart.'
With this force, and their addi
tional room it is expected that the
Easley warehouse will have the best
year in their history, warehousemen
say.
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ready at three-score and ten. Tho
bride at the wedding was already
37 or her pension story might have
been longer. But the same story
duplicated In our times would mean
that a similar widow of a World
War veteran would marry her vet
eran in 1971 and remain a war vet
dow until 2041, which is good time
ahead however you count it.
TWINS TWICE IN 10 MONTHS
For the second time within 10
months twins have been born to
Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Atwood, of
Mayodan, Rockingham county. Twin
boys were born to the conple 10
months ago. On Mav 27 th" stork
returned with twins again. This time
1 it left girls.
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Mother In-Law
Sued By Scarlett ;
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Chauffeur Files Suit for SIOO,OOO s
Damages t
d
Washington, June 10.—George S. ]
Scarlett, 24-year old chauffeur, has 1
filed suit for SIOO,OOO damages e
against his socially prominent moth- 8
er-in-law, Mrs. Howard De Walden
Cooke of Chevy Chase, Md., who >
cut short his honeymoon when she I
caused his arrest on a theft charge, j 1
Last January 26 Mrs. Cooke report-'
ed to Bethseda, Md., police that her 1
daughters, Jane, 20, and Anne, 22,'
the family chauffeur, $5,000 worth j
of her jewelry, two family cars, |
and part of the family liquor supr!
ply had disappeared during the *
night. [
Scarlett and Jane, it developed,
had been married in Washington j
and had started on a wedding trip
in the south, accompanied part of ,
the way by the bride's sister. Scar- | ,
lett was brought back to Maryland ,
to face his mother-in-law's charge,' ,
but the complaint was dismissed as
a "family affair." Scarlett denied
taking the gems. (
A few days later Scarlett's bride
left him.
Services Held
For Saunders
Spring Hope, June 10.—Funeral
services were conducted Sunday, :
June U, at 3:30 o'clock from the j
homo here for W. Oscar Saunders,
63, well-known resident of Spring
Hope.
Mr. Saunders, apparently in his
usual health, was coining home Sat- j
urday evening after his. regular,
days work, and fell dead on the'
sidewalk right i nfront of his home. |
Dr. H. Brantley pronounced it in
stantaneous death from heart fail-,
ure. He is survived by his wife, the.
former Mattie Westray; two chil
dren, Harold and Dorothy; and oth- j
er more distant relatives. Mr. Saun-1
ders was the son of William and
Mazie O'Neal Saunders.
Interment was made i nthe local,
cemetery with Dr. W. R. Cullom of
ficiating. Pallbearers were W. P.
Pitts, Dr. F. G. Chambiee, Clement
Richardson, J. C. Matthews, R. T.
Geddie and Theo. Easom. Honorary
pallbearers were: John R. Baker, R.
I O. Anderson, Dr. H. Brantley, Dr.
; J. C. Brantley, Dr. J, R. Vann, B. E.
' Morgan, R. L. Pitts, H. B. Wheless,
i J. J. Pitts, J. J. Proctor.
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i Thousands killed by earthquake in
India; 43 airmen perish.
Final Exercises
At University
Chapel Hill, June 11.—Final exer
cises of the University of North
Carolina came to their climax to
day with Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt cast in the role of commence
ment speaker.
It was the first time in the insti
tution's 142 years of history that a
woman had appeared upon the pro
gram in that role. The wife of the
president arranged to motor here
from Washington for the graduating
evercise which was set for 7 p. m.
A busy day faced the members of
the graduating class. From the se
nior class prayer service at 10 a.
m., with Prof. H. H. Williams as
speaker, there was a constant round
round of activity leading up to the
closing events.
Mrs. Roosevelt's address will be
followed by presentation of diplo
mas by Governor Ehringhaus, a
parting message to graduates by
President Frank P. Graham, response
by Jack Pool, president of the se
nior class, and the conferring of
honorary degrees.
Among alumni of the University
and North Carolina State College,
now its Raleigh branch, interest cen
tered in President Graham's recom
mendation with regard to consolida
tion of the engineering schools now
operated separately, to be submitted
to the trustees today.
In Chapel Hill, the understanding
was that tliQ president had decid
ed to propose that the consolida
ted engineering school be run at N.
C. State, and there were reports
of opposition on the part of some
trustees, including John Sprunt
Hill and R. T. Fountain, former
lieutenant governor.
Dr. Graham, speaking to an alum
ni gathering yesterday, said lie had
studied the question from every
angle, and was prepared to assume
full responsibility * * " for his rec
ommendation, regardless of any
mistakes that may be involved.
The alumni gathering was marked
by high praise for the university
president, and for his conduct of
the institution, Josephus Daniels,
Raleigh publisher and ambassador
to Mexico, paid tribute to the spir
it of liberalism fostered here, after
referring to the policy of uphold
ing the right of free speech.
"Enlighten the people, and the
tyranny of mind and money will
vanish," Ambassador Daniels declar-1
ed "To attack the freedom to teach, i
to think and to print is to make
war on every Citadel of our safety..
Let this be a place where as Dr. Al
derinan once said there is always a
breath of freedom in the air."
He referred to the late Dr. Er
win A. Alderman % president of the!
University of Virginia.
President Graham said the uni
versity had stood and would con-'
tinue to stand for "a hearing oh all
sides," and expressed his apprecia
tion to those who, he said, in the
depression years had supported the
institution against all threats of priv
ilelge and power, that higher edu
cation in North Carolina might be
saved.
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Negro Convicted
Of Manslaughter
Sinclair Sentences Local Negro From
Seven To 10 Years
Leroy Benjamin, local Negro, who
was tried in Edgecombe superior
court on charge of second degree
murder, today stood convicted of
manslaughter and had a seugence of
from seven to ten years Wn state
prison facing him following the
pronouncement of sentence yester
day in court at Tarboro. Judge N.
A. Sinclair, Fayetteville, was pre
siding judge.
Benjamin, according to evidence
produced at the trial, stabbed Rich
ard Phillips, another Rocky Mount
Negro, the night of March 21 at
the latter's house, T. W. Fitts, priv
ate prosecutor, revealed today. Sen
tence was announced yesterday.
Vinton Fountain and Sessoms,
law firm, represented the defense.
No appeal was made from the deci
sion, Mr. Fitts disclosed.
Dalman Poole
BuriedinWendell
Dalmon Poole, 24, brother of G.
L. Poole, manager of a local shoe
! store, who died suddenly Saturday
night enroute to Richmond, Va.,
I was laid to rest at Wendell Sunday
I 1 afternoon following services conduct
ed there with a Rev. Mr. Creech, Sel
ma, officiating.
Mr. Poole, who is believed to have
had a tumor of the brain, was tak
en suddenly ill Saturday morning
at Wendell, and was carried to Ra
leigh to a hospital and later was
taken on toward Richmond when
death came.
Survivors besides his brother
here include L. T. Poole, Smithfleld;
Frederick Poole, Wendell, also bro
thers; and Deßsie Poole, Durham;
Alta Poole, Wendell; and Bennie
Poole, near Wendell, his sisters; and
. his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Poole, also of Wendell.
SI.OO PER YEAR
Gallopade Queen
Claims Attention
Selection of the queen of the Gal-w
lopade loomed significant today to
add new interest to the first Mfc*
nual observance of the unique fes
tival, which will be staged here ea
June 20-21 in connection with tta
airport dedication and the fifty-flith
renewal of the historic June Gar*
man.
Julian L. Williams, president of
the Gallopade association, reveal»4
this afternoon that a secret com*
mittee, named to select the ten moat
queenly young women in Rocky
Mount as candidates for the
post, had made its selection and the
ten names were given as, Misses Pol
ly Easley, Nell Harris, Lucille
Knight, Scottie Killebrew, Marie
Marshburn, Mary Elizabeth Meeks,
Annie Osborne, Helen (Pat) I'laet
schke, Nell Saunders and Dorothy
Taylor.
Local merchants will be given tick*
ets and the patrons will receive a
chance to cast their vote along witk
each purchase of twenty-five cent*
or more, it was announced. The bal
lot box will be kept at the Chamber
of Commerce building on Narth
east Main street, and daily bulle
tins on the result of the race will
be issued.
The Gallopade will be featured
by a mammoth parade, street danc
ing and band anj orchestra music.
Fifteen bands and drum corps and
two orchestras are being signed to
take part in the unusual celebra
tion. There also will be automobile
racing, numerous free acts and
stunts. The following bands and
orchestras already have been signed
to participate: Hands Raleigh high
school, Williamston high school,
Wendell Modern Woodmen, Selma
high school, the municipal band of
Roanoke Rapids, C. L. McCullera'
Twin county band (Nash-Edgeoomoe,
J. C. Mayo's Nash county baud. Roo
ky Mount Boy Scout drum corps, aa{
Rocky Mount D. O. K. K. dram
corps. Tal Thurston's and Paul
Jones' orchestras have agreed to pel
form for the occasion.
North Carolina's United State*
senators, Bailey and Reynolds, Gov
ernor Ehringhaus, and Congressmaa
Kerr Warren and Cooley head the
list of distinguished guests who
will be on hand for the opening of
the festival with the cononation of
the queen of the Gallopade slated
for the morning of June 20, James
A. Farley, postmaster general; Eu
gene Vidal, chairman of the Aero
nautics chamber of the United
States department of commerce
Turner W. Battle, assistant secre
tary of the treasury; and Marvia
H. Maclntyre, will be on hand for
the airport dedication on June 21.
Two s uadrons of airplanes from
I.angley Field, one from Fort
Bragg, together with a large number
of commercial and civilian pilots,
will add to the airport dedication.
Friday night, June 21, the tradi
tional June German, featuring Lit
tle Jack Little and his orchestra,
will be staged in Mangum's huge to
bacco warehouse.
Various local organizations haw
been cooperating on plans for a
week of entertainment starting with
June 14. From then until June 21
the various social groups of, the
city will be hosts to guest from all
over the south. The Benvenue coun
try club has proclaimed an "opea
house" on June 20-21 turning the re
sources of the club, including the 18
hole golf course, the swimming pool,
tennis courts, and dance hall over
to Rocky Mount's visitors.
The queen of the Gallopade will
lie chosen by local citizens by bal
lot. Ten of the most attractive young
women of the town have been nomi
nated by a carefully selected com
mittee and the voters will pick their
queen from this list.
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Reveals Details
Auto Racing
Lovers of good automobile racing
sport should certainly begin to get
excited now, Erne Brown, of Greens
boro, manager of the automobile rac
ing event to be staged June 20 in
the afternoon at the local fair
grounds in connection with the Gal
lopade celebration Thursday • and
Friday of next week, revealed today.
We plan to have about 12 or 15
of the outstanding auto racers in
this section, he averred, adding that
arrangements had not been complet
ed, but that among the drivers who
will be seen here nest Thursday
afternoon wlil be the following:
Bert Hellemuellar, driving a Mill
er, of Louisville, Ky.; Buddy Bled
soe, driving "Cragrare," a fellow
townsman of Mr. Brown; George
Hill, Wheeling, West Virginia; John
Whit, Greensboro and New York j
Percy Atkinson, Winston-Salem;
Pars Lemmons, whose machine "Cir
cle One" will be in charge of Dong
McCloud (of "Red Threo" fame
here in 1934); George Ferguson,
Charlotte, of the old Charlotte
; speedway group.
Mr. Iemmons, who will have hie
t "Circle One" in the race, had an
i entry, driven by Louis Tomie, in
the recent 500-mile speedway classic
■ at Indianapolis.
; The speed trials, beginning at 1.-
- 30 Thursday of next week at the
; local fair .grounds, will be complot
) ed by about two or two-thirty o'clock
I at which time the races will start
. and continue through till 4 o'clock,
Mr. Brown said.