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The Rocky mount Herald VOLUME 2, NO. 38 George A. Smith Taken By Death Prominent Young Filling Station And Truck Line Oeprator Suc cumbs in Hospital George A. Smith, 29, prominent young business man of this city, died Sunday night in a local hos pital after undergoing an operation for appendicitis Thursday. Funeral services were held Tues day at eleven o'clock at the home with Rev. Thomas E. Walters, pas- Itor of the North Rocky Mount Bap tist church, assisted by Rev. George W. Perry, of thq First Methodist church, conducting ~tTie rites. Smith had been active in business u in • Rocky Mount, operating a fill ing station and a truck line. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maude Leigh Smith; two brothers, W. M. Smith an dB. H. Smith; a sister, Miss Geraldine Smith; his father, W. D. Smith. His mother was the late Mrs. W. D. Smith. ' Active pallbearers for the funeral are J. S. Holbrook, L. C. Kelley, B. A. Taylor, E. H. Reaves, Norman Gold, and W. H. Sills. Honorary pallbearers include F. Patterson, Judge B. H. Thomas, R. H. Mann, J. R. Tanner, H. L. Grif fin, P. K. Gravely, G. P. Womble, W. T. Fuller, P. J. Neal, R. B. Mel ton, J. T. Leeson, J. B. Exum, R. L. Chesson, Jr., W. E. Batts, C. C. Ward,, C. D. Braswell, O. P. Hedge peth, Dr. M. L. Stone, Dr. B. C. - Willis, N. C. Pitt, C. E. Exum, J. R. , s' Sorsby, W. E. Moore, W. G. Weeks, I 8. E. Ballentine, C. C. Harris, and ' M. F. Jones. Death Claimed Mrs. A. E. Noore Mrs. A. E. Moore, 82, died early .this morning at the home of her niece, Mrs. J. W. Tetterton, 207 t Lexington street, early this morn ing. Funeral services will be held at the home tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock with the Rev. Simmerly as sisted by Rev. J. W. Kincheloe. She will be buried in the family plat at Goldsboro, Mrs. Moore is survived by her sister, Mrs. W. E. Hamilton, of '' - - Olaytfln; her brother, H.- O.John son, of this city; and her niees, Mrs. J. W. Tetterton, Mrs. T. A. Bone, and Mrs. W. C. Walston, all of Roc ky Mount. A. F. Hamilton and sev eral other relatives also survive. "The Nortons To , Move From City V ~' Dr. and Mrs. Roy Norton and their daughters, Jerry and Jean, have left the city after a residence here of several years during which Dr. Norton was superintendent of the city health department. Mrs. Norton and the girls have | gone to Jackson, Mississippi for a ( visit to her parents and Dr. Norton has gone to Bostpn, where he will enter the Harvard school of Public Health. During their residence in Rocky Mount the Nortons have made many friends, a number of whom enter tained at farewell courtesies given f, during the past weeks since it be came known that Dr. Norten had resigned the local post to do special work at Harvard university. —_o 1 HOW DIVORCES HAVE INCREASED Fofty years ago divorce in a fam ily was looked upon more or less as a disgrace. Today it is generally io conceded to be about the best thing to get when two discover they can not agree. This changed attitude has of course helped to increase our di vorce rate. Another major factor in increasing the divorce rate is the fact that marriage is not the sol emn contract it used to be and is more lightly entered upon. These changes have greatly helped along the almost threefold "casualty" rate. In 1895 there were only six divorc es to each 100 marriages. Today and for the past six years or more the rate has been 16 or more divorces for every 100 marriages. o . FREE VIEW OF NUDISTS Long Valley, N. Y. —William Sear ls les, farmer, accused by nudists of > peeking and arrested for it, gets even with the announcement that t he will build a sixty-foot observa ■, tion tower on his farm, and "anyone is free to come on my land and look at the nudists." - ADVERTISERS LET THE HERALD'S 20,000 READERS KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO SELL BY ADVERTISING IN ITS COLUMNS Mrs. Leonard Buried Sat. Wife Of Training School Head Dies In Local Hospital—Funeral at 3:30 Mrs. Sam E. Leonard, 52, who suc cumbed late Friday afternoon at a local hospital to which she had been taken Thursday night, was buried here Saturday afternoon. Her pas tor, Rev. Norman Johnson conduct ed the final service from the home near here at 3:30 o'clock. Mrs. Leonard, who was Miss Ju lia Fuller Etheridge, of Salem, be fore her marriage to S. E. Leon ard, superintendent of the Eastern Carolina training school, died after an illness of two days. She was j very active in church and Sunday | school work, in the First Presbyter ian church here. At one time she served as presi dent of the Conger women's Bible class here and was sceretary of the schools and colleges group in the woman's auxiliary of the church. Friends here called her one of the most hospitable hostesses in this section of the state. The Leonards lived here ten years and had been married twen ty-one years, their anniversary be ing this month. Besides her husband and only child, Margaret Winston, Leonard Mrs. Leonard leaves two sisters, Misses Margaret and Stella Ether idge, of Selma; and a brother, Rob ert Etheridge, of Snow Hill. Her pa rents, the late Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Etheridge of Selma, both died with in the past two years. Pallbearers for the funeral were as follows: W. C. High, H. C. Pearce, J. W. Sledge, Frank Snipes, Marvin Woodall, M. J. Stokes, W. D. brothers, W. M. Smitti a rid B. H. and J. B. Snipes. The list includ ed the stall of the training schooL o Nash Pupils May Rent Books Nash County school pupils who wish to do so will have the bppor tunity this year £0 rent their school books for all elementary grades and a part of thoae in the high school grades. Books for rental will irot llkelj be ready at the opening of the school term on September 6th, but it is hoped that the delay will be only a short one. The rental fee will be one third the cost of new books per year. Books offered for rent will be clear ly worked as such and will not be sold by book dealers, teachers, or principals. New books not marked will be on sale at the office of the County Superintendent of Schools, at State Cost, . on each Saturday morning after the supply is receiv ed. Good second hand books will prob ably be the most satisfactory and economical if such can be secured by the pupils. The elementary school books are the same as last year and high school books are the same except the science texts. A pupil may own or may rent all of his books or own part and rent part. Where drill pads are used, as in arithmetic, these will not be rent ed but will be owned by the pupils. Rent will have to be paid in ad vance before any pupil is permit ted to use the rental books. Where neecssary in preparing lessons, pu pils above the primary grades will be allowed to take books home at night but will be held responsible for loss of books in their posses sion, whether at school or else where, and will also be required to pay for any damage to books. Pu pils moving from one school to ano ther will not be allowed to take their books with them but can se cure an official statement as to books on which rental fee has been paid, and this will entitle them to use of the same books in another school with rental system. If mov ing to a school in which rental sys tem is not in use rental fee will be refunded. A pupils can rent his books only from his teacher. He can buy new books of the kind offered for rent, at small cost, only at the office of the County Superintendent of Schools at Nashville and only on Saturday mornings. Only the history and civics and the science texts can be rented for high school grades. The others can be bought from the book stores as in the past. These statments listed above ans wer some oS the questions most often asked about the new State rental system for school books. Most of the others can be answered by the teachers and the principals after they have had copies of the State regulations which are now be ing distributed. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,1935 Dahlias Shipped in Ice Cakes Their loveliness permanently captured Inside three solid cakes of transparent ice, 1G choice dahlias grown In San Francisco and Alameda, Calif., sailed on the liner Monterey for exhibition in Australia. As the en tries of the California Dahlia society, the huge blooms will be shown at the annual spring (lower festival In Newcastle. New Sooth Wales. Alec Low, president of the society, right, and Charles Wallace, who devised the freezing process, are here seen with the dahlias In ice. Stick By The A. A. A. Who would advise jumping into the ocean because the boat is uncomfortable, caused by high seas? Abandoning the Agricultural Adjustment Act because tobacco is not bringing a just price would be foolish as jumping into the seas because the ship rocked. The AAA Act is the only chariot of safety that the far mer has and it is the only means by which we can expect to have a better price. This paper does not believe there is too much tobacco, but if the buyers say there is too much then let's meet them at their own word and set forces in motion that will equitably reduce the next crop. The president of the Reynolds Tobacco Company, speak ing for all of the great companies, urged an increase in the acreage of tobacco. The farmers opposed it. The govern ment administration believed these tobacco officials were sincere in their request and allowed the increase. #ut the on ly way to meet a situation like this is to stick fast and hard by the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the only ark of safety for the producers in times like this. SCRAP TOBACCO OUGHT TO BE BARRED The scrap tobacco should have been barred from sales years ago. The farmer not only did not receive in real re numeration for this scrap tobacco, but the real damage that he did himself was to put this tobacco in the channels of trade which help to pull down and depress prices for his real tobacco when it was put on the floor and sold. It ought to be against the law for this kind of tobacco to be sold. As has been suggested there was more to be re ceived by returning it to the land in the form of fertilizer than to sell it for lc a pound, and then this trash be the means of destroying prices for real tobacco. Scout Leaders Adopt Aims Ten Objectives For Last Quarter Adopted By Local District Meeting at the Chamber of Com merce late yesterday, members of the executive board of the Rocky Mount district Boy Scouts of Ameri ca, adopted eleven objectives for the last quarter of the year. The objectives were as follows: 1. Troop in South Rocky Mount. 2. Definite meeting places for all troops. 3. Begin advanced training course. 4. One Indoor Demonstration. 5. Progress in Lone 'Rural' Scout ing. 6. Troops at Nashville and En field. 7. Tennis meet finals. 8. Colored troops take part i» co uncil Negro rally. 9. Monthly Boards of Reviewer, Courts of Honor and district meet ings. 10. One Major Civic Opportunity each month (Fire Prevention Week). 11. Annal Fall rally. DREAM SAVES MAN FOR 30 DAYS Huntsville, Texas.—Ben Boyd's life lasted thirty days longer on account of a dream. Sentenced to be eloctrocuted on July 29th, he was reprieved by Governor James V. Al fred, who fell asleep after reading a petition of clemency and dreamed that he himself was in the death cell. However, after the 30 day re prieve, and no renewal of the gov ernor's dream, the law - took its course. DIES BUT WARNS OTHERS Chicago.—Determined to die, Mrs. Mary Liston, 53, turned on the gas, but beforehand pinned a note on the door warning police not to open I it or light a match. Legion Posts Effect Merger Members of the American Legion in Scotland Neck and Enfield, in a meeting last week, decided to con solidate the posts of the two towns, electing the following officers: Commander, John Cary Whitaker of Enfield; Vice-Commander, Joe L. Biddick of Scotland Neck; Execu tive Committee: Luther Hansom, En field; H. H. Biddick, Irwin Clark, Scotland Neck. The commandment, authorized to name the adjutant for the coming year, appointed C. M. Hodgins of Enfield. Decision to consolidate the posts followed a lengthy discussion that succeeded the recent proposal for a union of all the posts in Halifax county, to be known as the Halifax County post. It has beien learned that Boa noke Bapids and Weldon have de cided to unite, forming a separate post, while Scotland Neck and En field will join, comprising what will be known as the Boanoke post. Other officers appointed by the to-town post are as follows: Ser vice Officer, C. S. Alexander, Scot land Neck; guardianship officer, D. Mac Johnson, Enfield; Sergeant Har ry F. Vaughan, Scotland Neck; Chap lin, M. L. Rowland, Scotland Neck; Americanism Officer, R. A. Jordan, Enfield. CONDUCTOR SAVES BOY Sterling, 111.—Elmer Jackson, con ductor on a passenger train, saw a sanlboat capsize in Bock Biver, and dropped a note off his train, which sent a rescue squad two miles to save the five boys struggling in the water. o SPADER LIGHTNING Phoenix, Ariz.—While working in a garden with a shovel, A. J. Norria was stunned by lightning which struck the implement. He turned black, but was revived. Cole Bros. Circus Here October 12 Circus Will Feature Clyde Beatty World Famous Animal Trainer Featuring Clyde Beatty, world famous trainer of performing lions and tigers, the Cole Brothers cir cus will bring their mammoth show to Rocky Mount, Saturday, October 12. Advance agents of the famous show report that they are trying to secure the fairgrounds for the site of the giant show which re quires three special trains, which combined, stretch over a mile. The show is recognized as one of the greatest in the world. It is com ing to Rocky Mount after fulfilling a sixteen-day engagement at the Coliseum in Chicago. Although Clyde Beatty and his wild animals are the featured at traction, the show presents out standing performers from all over the world. Four hundred men and women arenic stars unite in one vast array of champions of every race and country. More than 350 trained horses will perform in one of the greatest assemblage of equi nes ever presented under a big tent. Five herds of elephants including Padjah, the world's largest in captiv ity, comprise a part of the largest traveling zoo in the circus business. A street parade through the busi ness district of Rocky Mount will be presented by the circus and will include all the featured animals and exhibits in the great show. The circus has just returned from Europe where it played before ca pacity crowds in the leading cities of the continent and of England. The Chicago engagement is the first in America after the return from the successful European tour. Cooley Backed Pres. Roosevelt Raleigh Paper Sums Fourth District Representative's Record In Congress HE DID A GOOD JOB Congressman Harold D. Cooley, now at his home in Nashville after a streneous Congressional session, did a good job of representing the fourth district in his first session as a national lawmaker, according to the "Under The Dome" column in the News and Observer. The column in the Raleigh paper, in summing up his record in Con gress, declares: "If the home folks mean what they say —and he feels certain they do —Representative Harold Dunbar Cooley, back home in Nashville af ter his first session in Congress, need not worry about re-election. They like the way he acted up in Washington. "This week the state's baby Con gressman is doing business on the old stand—his law office. He expects to appear in several cases in Ed gecombe Superior court, get a few things straightened out for some of his constitutents and then take a rest. "Straight through the last long session of Congress, Mr. Cooley sid ed with the President with one ex ception. That was when he voted to override the White House veto of the bonus bill. On all other issues he sided, although sometimes in the minority, with all the administra tion. "A measure he helped enact into law to the interests of the farmers in the district was the Flannigan tobacco grading act, which is desig nated to eliminate discrimination between large and small growers. It provides for uniform Federal grading of tobacco if growers vote for it, but the law probably will not be put into effect in North Car olina even by next year. "With Messrs. Doughton and Bar den, Mr. Cooley voted for the util ity holding company death sentence. Congressman Warren, who was pre siding at the time, announced af terwards that had there been a tie ho would have supported the meas ure. In casting that vote the new Congressman proved he could with stand the pressure. "Today the Roosevelt administra tion is stronger than ever with the farmer and laboring man, said Mr. Cooley yesterday. He has found that true with th epeoplo in his dis trict, since he got back home. And that's the reason he's not worrying about the primary and election ahead." JUST A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME A well known woman writer re cently said in her column in a Washington paper: "A good many women I know who have local rep utations as home-makers, only make houses. Some of them are lovely houses, Cut in many cases nobody lives in them. Nobody ac tually settles down there, with a sigh of comfort, relaxed, drowsy with contentment, spiritually at ease—which is what Iming at home' means." In her opinion women, and especially wives, too often make homes instead of homes. And she ascribed this plight to the fact that women, by and large, would rather awe their neighbors than to please [their families. PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON Can Buy Extra Leaf Poundage Growers, Who Have Signed Contracts Have Opportunity, Agent Whar ton Shows "Tobacco contract signers who have tobacco poundage in excess of their allottment cards may buy ad ditional poundage at the county agent's office on a four cent per pound basis," H. G. Wharton, Nash county agent, disclosed. "Growers are required to make these purchas es only through the county agent's office. "Farmers are instructed to sell their regular allottment cards issued to them under the tobacco contract completely * before making applica tion for additional poundage. When you come to the Nashville office for poundage, besure and bring your present allottment card which has been sold out," he said. Ho further expalined: "No poundage will be sold to share croppers and tenants unless they are accompanied by their land lords or unless they bring a written statement signed by the landlord authorizing us to sell the poundage to their tenants. All poundage must be paid at the time of sale with a certified cashier's check or postal money order. "Farmers who wish to sell excess poundage on the allottment cards which they do not use should bring this poundage to the county agent's office and it will be sold on the same four-cent basis and the money la ter delivered to the producer. If a buyer has located another producer who has a deficiency in pounds and wishes to buy from him, both parties should come to the county agent's office in order to have a record made of this transaction. In this manner, we will be able to keep up with the amount of tobacco sold under each man's contract. "Growers who have the misfor tune to lose their allottment card should report this promptly to the 1 county agent's office and we will assist in getting a duplicate card is sued. "All the necessary forms have been tunity this year to rent their transactions." o New Protector Discusses Plans R. D. Davis Succeeds C. B. Benbow, Jr., As Nash Game Protector R. H. Davis, longtime Nash County resident at present living in Engle wood here, today entered his sixth day as Nash County game protector, succeeding Charles D. Benbow, Jr., now county manager of the alcoholic beverages control stores here. Mr. Davis, known to friends as Roy, today had revealed he has prospects of a slight increase in his deputy game proctectors shortly. He intimated he would know probably by Saturday the identies of the new men and the number. He received the approval of Fred Williams, district game protector of Fayetteville, only last Friday fol lowing his recommendation by Mr. Benbow, R. R. Gay, local chairman of the Nash county commissioner John D. Chalk, of the state depart ment of conservation and develop ment, in Raleigh. He actually has been in service since September 1, but in an official capacity began September 6. Mr. Davis, who lives in Englewood with his wife, an ddaughter, Juanita, formerly worked with a Roanoke Rapids packing concern and with an insurance firm both here and in Roanoke Rapids. "We are planning a supper meet ing of the fire wardens and game wardens of this section some time soon," he said as he listed the pres ent force o? deputies working un der him in the county. These include: A. S. Clay, Whit akers; Charles Benbow, Jr., city; J. W. Woodruff, Whitakers; H. A. Cul pepper, city; Jack Beal, Battleboro; T. W. Massengale, Nashville; Paul Holscher, J. R. Bennett, J. C. Over ton, Alt'r "u M. Sanders, William Pittman, all of this city; W. B. Reid, North Whitakers; L. A. Bak er, Nashville; Rob Braswell, Coon Rich, both of Castalia; and Charles Exum, of this city. CRICKETS INVADE CITY Oklahoma City.—Millions of crick ets flocked into the business sec tion as merchants fought them with every available weapon. Jani tors were kept busy sweeping them into the street, and thousands were crushed by pedestrians on the side walks. TIN IN HEART Cornell, N. Y.—Lleweilyn Strobel, 19, faces instant death if a small piece of tin lodged in his heart moves. He was injured when a fire cracker exploded under tin can and blew a small piece of metal in to his body. SI.OO PER YEA* By Hugo Sims, SrpecMl Washingtaa Correspondent ANOTHER HUGE BUDGET? MONEY MAY BE TIGHTER LABOR IS OPTIMISTIC CANADA WANTS TREATY TO CONTROL EXPENSES THE "BREATHING SPELL" BOTH PARTIES STIRRING FARM ISSUE GROWING THE HOPKINS-ICKES ROW Speculation is already being in* dulged in with regard to the amount of money to be spent by the Federal Government in the next fiscal year. The present work relief prograsf is due to end in July, and if it is will require a large sum. In addition, the general expecta tion is that, Respite the President's opposition to cash payment of the bonus, the Congress will pass such a measure over any possible veto, and thus add two billions to the other amounts needed. These items, it is said, forecast five billion dol* lars of prospective spending next year over and above the regular budget, which is expected to approX's imate four billion dollars. If other proposed legislative measures get through, especially the plan to ttv finance farm mortgages and toe program to aid form tenants to be come purchasers, there is no way to guess what the national budget will aount to. The question is. where will the • money come from? Of course, gov ernment revenue is increasing, and it is quite probnble that better bus* iness will cause this to grow in the future. However, it is not like ly that the budget for the next fls* cal year will be balanced. Billions have flowed into tho Treasury rather easily within the past 29 months. In fact, money has been so plentiful, and investment opportunities, so scarce, that See* retary Morgenthau has been able to get money on almost his own terms. Despite some excitement when a re*, cent sale of guaranteed securities ' when the Treasury offered $500, w. 000,000 in 1 1-2 per cent three and one half year notes. It was oversubscribed 21* times within one day, indicating that investors are still anxious to secure government paper. At tht same time, if business conditions improve and the investment mar ket affords attractive opportunities for idle funds, it will be necessary for the government to pay higher interest rates in order to get the money it needs. This, however, is not necessarily to be interpreted as a weakness in government credit, but rather should be regarded as evi dence of a stronger recovery in tho country. The American Federation of La bor in its most op' ! mistie statement on recovery reports "greater busi ness vitality" than any upswing since 1933( ami attributes this chiefly to "inherent economic strnegth." The point is made, how ever that employment has not kept pace with business gains and that while workers lost three-fifths of their income from 1929 to 1935, they had regained only about one tenth by 1934. The only increase In employment reported was credited to shorter working hours under NRA in 1934. "Employment this spring," said the report, "was be low last year's level, -although pro duction was higher.' The statement points out that the buying pow er, lifted to higher levels last year by NRA, and the income of farm ers, raised by the AAA. made them selves felt "in sufficient degree to stimulate produetion.' Last week Secretary Hull made public some correspondence between Canada and the United States in regard to a prospective' reciprocal trade agreement. The idea is that the publication was instigated by Prime Minister Bennett who now faces political attack in Canada for failure to make some progress along this line. From th'e letters, it ia apparent that the Canadian Gov ernment, a year ago, desired an agreement of wider seopc than Sec retary Hull felt he was able to make under our laws. Worth noting is the fact that Mr. Hull rejected the argument advanced for a balano trade between the two and declined to commit this country to a 50 per cent cut in tariffs on specific lumber and agricultural products. Two recent moves by tho Presi dent have indicated a desire to re assure business and those alarmed at the unrestricted spending of the government's emergency agencies. The first placed under the supervi sion of the director of the budget the administration expense of the seven recovery agencies not already subjected to check. The President's action was based on the belief that the worst of the emergency had passed and that economy could ba obtained by preventing duplication of effort and eventual reduction of personnel. The budget bureau's func tion, it maybe explained, is to es timafe Tn December of each year what the government will have to spend in the fiscal year beginning (Please torn to page eight)
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