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The Rocky Mount H VOLUME 2, NO. 43 i Local Peopk Go To District Meet or Odd Fellow Group Returns From Goldsboro Session Seven local men, all members of EG here ' today had re turned from a district Odd Fellows sessions at Goldsboro lasst night at which about 100 people were pres ent' from several eastern North Car -olina counties. Among the local dele- S gates were several district officers. Four Rocky Mount men, candidates - for degrees, also went to the meet ; ing at the Wayn ecounty seat. The list of Odd Fellows going from liele included W. D. Smith, Eg i district Chaplain; H. K. Stevens, Ar ,distriet deputy grand master; Wyatt Ofay, W. B. Brown, J. T. Rose, C. B. Spruill, district secretary, and A. Elmore. The candidates were T. H. Smith, W. E. Waters, T. C. Inscoe, and T. ■ G. Aycock. r Two speakers at last night's ses ? aion, which also included supper at ; the Odd Fellows home there, were Grand Master W. D. Jones, of Wil mington ; and Grand Secretary H. gi, A. Holstead, of Mooresville. •Lewis Family 11 Annual Reunion R At Old Home Place In Nash PT County Is Largely Attended K Nashville, Oct.—The Lewis family gj of Nash and adjoining counties have (ft just met at the old Gilliam Lewis 'Jf homeplace in Drywellg township for their annual reunion dinner. The meeting was largely attended by R members of the family and hostß of ; friends. A sumptuous meal was serv ed, after which kodak pictures were ! made of children and individuals ' and family groups to be pasted in the scrap book of family records. A dinner at the old homeplace has been' a custom in this family for l, many years and is looked forward to by all its members, some of them r coming more than 200 miles for the f day.. The Lewis family has in it much talent and next year's reun ion - will have, in addition to the nished by members of the clan. Mr. bountiful dinner, a program fur and Mrs. I. T. Valentine presented the family with a record book. The following children and children-in law of Gilliam Lewis were present: KV Mr. mid Mrs. M. B. Lewis, Mr. ami Mrs. S. B. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. L. t H. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Ful [ ghum, Mr and Mrs. P. D. Chamblee, and Guilford Lewis. Officers elect- J ed for the coming year were Guil- P ford Lewis, president; Mrs. P. T). Chambliss, secretary and Mrs. A. D. ' t Driver, historian. I BOUGHT WHISKEY WITH RELIEF MONEY |P In Guilford court the past week, I fT. K. Moore, young white man, was ' Convicted of forgery and sent to ■"* prison for two to seven years. It was brought out at the trial that Moore had been on government "re | lief" and had taken some of the re ' lief money and became intoxicated | and was arrested for driving a car !(, , while in that condition. In sentencing Moore, Judge Sink expressed deep sympathy for the defendant's wife but none for the defendant himself. The court reit erated a statement made from the bench earlier in the week to the ef . feet that he would willingly share hig last dollar with any man in rneed who had made an honest ef fort to work for it. But he drew the line at a relief client drinking whisky. That was beyond the coun > tcnance of the court. HALIFAX RANKS SECOND IN ACREAGE IN GRAIN * • Weldon, Oct. 19. in ' 'k urease of 12,131 acres and 11,271 tons o - er the 1929 crop, Halifax County * ranked second among all the coun !V ties in North Carolina in acreage of *> hay, and third in production in 19- f 34, according to a preliminary re port of the 1935 census of agricul- Sj. , ture released this week by Direc- tor William L. Austin, Bureau of I'jsi Census, Department of Commerce, fcjjk An increase was shown in the pro duction o? wheat and corn. Tobacco decreased. £ > Cattle more than doubled in the V county and "both sheen and hogs gained. Increased number of hogs kl" and cattle and/ greater acreage of, hay and pastuifc has resulted to a «. considerable degree in the consoli , * dation of small units into larger * forms in Halifax County. tOl-YEAR OLD DAVIDSON MAN DIES Charles Burgess, who was born in California in June, 1834, and was , therefore a little past 101 years of , age, died Friday at Lexington. He j was the oldest man in Davidson | county and before extreme age over ;}' took him, was a cobler and later a Lexington church sexton. He had ~ 110 near relatives and was looked after by a stepdaughter and her family. |m $995,000,000, almost 80 per cent of Fourth Libertys converted- FAIR MANAGER Norman Y. Chambliss Grandstand Attractions The grandstand attraction which is being staged at the Rocky Mount Fair is outstanding and unusual in a town of this size. The acts are of the highest order and the artists performing are the best in the country, and it is an unusual privi lege for the people of Nash and Edgecombe counties to have the op portunity of seeing the performances of this kind, and to see these artists performing, without going to the large cities and going to such ex pense. The fair will continue through tonight and Saturday in full force, and those who have not already seen the grandstand performances should take advantage of it and go out to see it. BAPTIST HOMECOMING DAY AT TARBORO SUN. Tarboro, Oct. 23.—The Baptist church observed "Homecoming Day" Bunday with a large congregation attending the service. Dr. J. L. Pea cock, the pastor, preached on "Hos pitality," and following the service luncheon was served. Rev. Richard Fountain, pastor of the Weldon Baptist church and a native of this city, delivered an address to the con gregation. It was a very interesting service. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST "Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?" was the subject of the Les son-Sermon in all churches and So cieties of Christ, Scientist, on Sun day, October 13, 1935. The Golden Text was from James 5:15. "The prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have com mitted sins, they shall be forgiven him." Among the citations which com prised the Lesson-Sermon was the following from the Bible: "We then, as workers together with him, be seech you also that ye recieve not the grace of God in vain. (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salva tion have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.") The Lesson-Sermon also included the following passage from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scrip tures" by Mary Baker Eddy; "Now, cried the apostle, 'is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of men must prepare for a future-world salvation, —meaning, not that now salvation, or safety, but that now is the time in which to experience that salvation in spirit and in life. Now is th etime for so-called mater ial pains and material pleasures to pass away, for both are unreal, be cause impossible in Science. To break this earthly spell, mortals must get the true idea and divine Prinoiple of all that really exists and gov erns the universe harmoniously." (Page 39) BRICK OF TODAY USED IN 1500 B. C. BUILDING I Bombay, Oct.—The perfectly pro portioned brick, handy in size and weight to enable bricklayers to work with the maximum of rapidity, dates back to at least 1,500 years be fore the Christian era. Excavations among the ruins at Mohenjo-Dnro, in the valley of the Indus, showed that the same pro ! portions used in the bricks of today •vere adopted by the people of the highly' developed civilization, de clared K. N. Dikshi tin a lecture to the Royal Asiatic Society here. RED CROSS TO DISTRIBUTE PIGS TO NEEDY PERSONS Wilson, Oct. 19.—The local chap ter of the American Red Cross will | receive a shipment of pigs for dis tribution among the poor of the town and county in the near fu ture, according to Mrs. Jeannette Grainger in an announcement made Friday. Mrs. Grainger is secretary of the local chapter. There are 600 acres of the Crotal aria legume growing on the sandy soils of Richmond County a f rj-es ent. In 1932, there were on',,- two acres in the county. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 25. 1935 Zebulon Deputy Seriously Hurt Deputy Sheriff/ Guy Massey Criti cally Injured When Thrown From His Auto Thrown out of his car as he swerv ed it to avoid a collision, Deputy Sheriff Guy C. Massey, of Zebulon, sustained critical injuries late Tues day afternoon and is in Rex Hospi tal now in a "dangerous" condition. Massey, who is only 23 and the youngest member of Sheriff N. .F. Turner's force, suffered a brain in jury as he struck the pavement upon falling from his machine, it was said at the hospital. He was in a semi-conscious condition and doctors said it would be several hours be fore a definite trend could be de termined. Te accident occurred about 5:00 o'clock, a few miles east of Zebulon, on Highway 91. Massey, accompanied by Allen Cawthorn and Carlos May, both also of Zebulon, was headed east. Re cording to Dr. L. M. Massey, uncle of the Deputy, Massey was thrown striking one being' driven by A. N. out as he swerved his car to avoid Jones, a farmer. Jones was attmept ing to make a turn at the time. The door of Massey's car swung open as he swerved, and the officer fell out. The driverless car then careened off the road and overturned, but Caw thorn and May bo Mi escaped with minor cuts and briuses. X-ray pictures taken at the hospi tal Tuesday night showed that Mas sey sustained no skull fracture, but indicated a broken blood vessel near the brain, it was said. Massey's father, the late Deputy Sheriff G. C. Massey, was murdered by a Negro about two years ago as the officer was attempting to make a narrest. The younger Massey, with his father at the time, shot the Ne gro to death at the scene. He succeeded his father as deputy at the age of 21 ' years and six months. o MORGANTON HAS A NEW LIBRARY BUILDING Handsome Building Given Morgan ton Institution Ag Memorial To A. M. Kistler % Mofrganton, Oct. 19.—The Morgan ton public library moved this week into a handsome new brick building on King Street, a gift of members of the Kistler family as a memor ial to the late A. M. Kistler, long prominent in industrial and civic affairs of the community. No ceremoney marked the accopt ance of the gift by the town of Morganton and Burke County, in deference to the wishes of the do nors, but library officials kept "open house" Wednesday, and |o\ir 500 persons visited the building during the day. Crowds have continued to come all week, many coming from nearby towns. The outright gift of the building for library purposes has been ac claimed this week by the public in general as one of the most import ant contributions to Morganton's advancement. The building is given by Mrs. A. M. Kistler, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Kistler and the estate of the late J. Frederick Kistler, and with the completion of construction the val uable property has been conveyed to the town and country. Mrs. M. R. McVey is librarian, and the library board is composed of the following: Mrs. S. R. Collett, president; Rev. C. E. Gregory, vice president; Miss Ruth MacNaugh ton, secretary-treasurer; Miss Bea trice. Cobb, J. Ernest Erwin, Mrs. W. H. Reddish, and Dr. W. R. Brad shaw. A vacancy was created by the recent death of Miss Mary F. Dick son, who was chairman of the book committee. Mrs. E. McK. Goodwin, one of the leaders in the early movement for the foundation of the library, serv ed as president of the board until her death in 1934, and two reading tables in the children's department of the new building have been plac ed there as a memorial to her. BATTLEBORO CLUB HEARS MISS MILLSAPS Tarboro'. Oct. 23.—The Battlebor# Home Demonstration club met at the school house Monday with Mrs. Thurman Taylor presiding. Mrs. Paul Pops and Miss Blanche Lawrence were elected by the club to make a report of the club activities at the county federation meeting which will be held in Tarboro on November 15th. Miss Catherine Millsaps, home demonstration agent, gave a dem onstration. JULIAN PULLEN, WHITAKERS YOUNG MAN DEATH VICTIM Enfield, Oct. 23.—Julian B. Pul len, age 24, died at his home near Whitakers, Saturday afternoon. Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock and burial was in the Whitakers cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. E. O. Peeler and Rev. C. P. Womack, of Enfield. Mr. Pullen is survived by one sister, Mrs. Joe Evans, and two bro thers, Ollie Pullen and Jimmie Pul len, all of Whitakers, and an un cle, P. S. Bellamy, of Enfield. A good grade of cotton is expected to be produced in Warren and adjo ining counties because of the ideal weather in recent weeks. W. O. W. Head Honored 1 pvE E. BRADSHAW, ' x president of the | . Woodmen of the World, O wearing the robes in mi*' W ! which he was installed j- f' j as King Ak-Sar-Ben ' jK. At- XLI, amidst Impressive pageantry, at the an ti&KiS * \ t nual coropatlon cere- Smm f i monies held In Omaha. V'' Hc&r Ak-Sar-Ben (Nebras &&' A ; , ka backwards) ts a •J» «s•* unique statewide civic * ffiSHk KiJ V s mam organization. Selection v; j m as Jrtns Is considered Hfiff' m 11H the highest civic honor JSpljlrak j ■ bestowed within the Are Projects Useful? President Roosevelt in his address to the nation at large, speaking of relief projects, stated that thje first requirement was "that it must be useful." Now is this requirement being met? It appears that the unncessary an dthe less useful are being given precedence over the useful projects, as requested by our great presi dent. Edgecombe county commissioners requested three proj ects under the PWA total $116,000 to build a new and much needed county home; second, a tuberculosis hospital and a new school building for the Mayo school near Coneto, yet the projects were turned down and in the place of these projects, we find airports being built with nobody to use them, lakes are geing constructed in places whose use is largely left to the raising of mosquitoes, beautification projects up and down highways with no lasting use or benefit to be derived therefrom and many other projects less useful than these therein mentioned, yet the necessary are turned down and the unnecessary are put forward which is directly contrary to the statement made by the President to the nation at large. Now who is responsible for this? Is it Mr. Coan the ad ministrator selected by Mr. Bailey, who was induced to ap point him by influential citizens from Winston-Salem. ROCKY MOUNT FAIR The Rocky Mount Fair has been in progress since Mon day, October 21, and will continue through Saturday Octo ber 26. The fair has been the biggest fair that Rocky Mount has ever witnessed, with a mid-way that has been unsur passed in the number of attractions and the variety of amusements. The races have been one of the most attractive features of the fair, and Friday and Saturday will be two of the biggest days of the week. Besides other regular features on these days there will be more horse racing and the special professional auto races will take place. This year Rocky Mount has had the opportunity of fol lowing the great State Fair and the leading attractions which were witnessed from Raleigh to Rocky Mount and are in the Rocky Mount Fair this week. This is- an opportunity for the people of the eastern coun ties to visit a splendid fair without having to travel a great distance. The fair is under the management of our own citizen Norman Y. Chambliss, who is a specialist when it comes to running fairs. Geo. W. Stokes Dies Wednesday Final Rites For Local Man To Be Held Thursday Afternoon George W. Stokes, 55, 618, Hill street died at a local hospital early Wednesday morning following a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held at the home Thursday after noon at three o'clock with Dr. J. W. Kincheloe, pastor of the First Baptist church, presiding. Stokes operated farms in Edge combe county and has been a resi dent of the city for the past thirty years. He married the former Miss Mnmie Harper on April 26, 1924. Besides his wife he is survived by the following brothers and sis ters: Mrs. E. L. Clarke, Roanoke Rapids; Mrs. Addie Griffin, Pinetops; Mrs. Sudie Everette, Pinetops; Mrs. V. C. Martin, Wilson; John H. Stokes, Rocky Mount; Paul Stokes, Wilson; and Ben Stokes, Pinetops. Martin County farmers will pro duce 30,000 baskets cooperatively for marketing Ihe surplus sweet potato crop. Baker Rites Held Monday Tarboro, Oct. 23.—Funeral servic es (or the late Dr. Julian M. Baker were held in the Howard Memorial Presbyterian church Monday after noon, conducted by Rev. Chester Alexander, pastor, assisted by Rev. Bertram E. Brown, rector of Cal vary Episcopal church. The interment was in Greenwood cemetery. Many members of the medical profession attended the ser vice, from many parts of the state. The rural schools suspended for the day as Dr. Baker was chairman of the Edgecombe board of education. The pallbearers were Dr. George Howard of Chapel Hill, J. M. Car starphen, Manly Carstarphen, H. P. Foxhall, Mayor Rawls Howard, How ard Holderneßs, Dail and William Henry Holderness, o LIGHT SAVES LIFE Oswego, Kansas.—When an infur iated cow attacked Mrs. Clarence Pufflnbnrger, her life was knocked into the air. The animal transferred its attack to the glowing light. PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON Edgecombe Com. Decides To Build Edgecombe, Without U. S. Aid, To Erect Home, Hospital and School I Tarboro, Oct. 22.—The Edgecombe commissioners at a session Monday decided to float a bond issue with which to construct a new county home, a tuberculosis hospital and a new building for the Mayo school near Conetoe. The board directed Chauncey Leggett, county attorney, to prepare the necessary papers in order to secure the loan for con structon purposes. projects had previously been sought under the PWA but the ap plication for a loan and grant of SIIO,OOO failed to win approval. The commissioners then decided to go on with construction anyway, using county funds. PWA approval for the projects was refused, according to report, be cause it was felt a new county home would not be needed when old age pensions went into effect. o A. C. C. Alumni To Meet Oct. 26 Annual Home Coming Of Wilson Institution Moved Up One Week Wilson, Oct.—Several hundred alumni, members of the present student body, and supporters of the college are expected to take part in the annual fall home-coming of At lantic Christian College which this year will be held on Saturday, Oct ober 26, instead of the first Satur day in November as has been cus tomary during the past several years. The change, recently voted by I members of the General Alumni Board, is made in order to avoid conflicts with the State Teachers' Convention and the State Convention of the Disciples. The program will get underway at 11 o'clock with a special pro gram in the college auditorium. High lights will be appearances of the college band and the recently reorganized college choral club. Luncheon dinner on the grounds will take place at 1 o'clock, follow ing the annual fall meeting of the general alumni association which is scheduled to come off at 11:45. Im portant business to be taken up at the alumni session includes adoption o ftlie years' projects, the recogni tion of the summer school division, and the setting up of local chapter unit organization for the year. Officers of the alumni association are J. E. Paschall, Wilson presi dent; Prof Cecil A. Jarman, Wilson, and Milton Moye, Stantonsburg, vice-presidents; Sadie Green, Wilson treasurer; and Prof. Dallas Malli son, Wilson, secretary. John Little ton, Beulahville, is head of the alumni division of the association. Events carded to take place dur ing the afternoon include annual room inspection at 2 o'clock, athlet ic contests between 3 and 4:30 o'clock; and open house at the sorori ties and fraternities from 4:30 un til 6:00 p. m. REJOICE AT PROSPECT COLLEGE REOPENING Lenior, Oct.—Gratification at the adoption of resolutions seeking to bring about the reopening of Daven port College was expressed in Le noir following the college trustees' meeting in Salisbury. Davenport jvhich for 77 years had operated a junior college for young women, was closed in June, 1933, when the Western North Car olina conference ordered it merged with Greensboro College. Its physical property consists of three well equipped buildings with facilities for over 100 boarding students. The college's indebtedness, it has been learned, lias been reduced to $4,800, of which $2,800 is in street • assessments. A strong plea for Davenport will be presented by Lenoir persons at tending the Western North Carolina conference in Salisbury when it convenes next Thursday. BURN UP STREET Brooklyn, N. Y.—Some 500 per sons ripped up the wooden paving blocks and carted them away to use as fuel. Police say that nearly four city blocks were denuded. NOTICE Those desiring to subscribe to The Rocky Mount Herald may do so by sending SI.OO with name and address to The Rocky Mount Herald, Rockv Mount, N. C. Name Town State , Route No. SI.OO PER YEAH By Hugo Sims, Srpecm! Wuhln|lot Correspondent MAKE YOUR OWN TEST NEUTRALITY AROUSES TRADERS WEST LEANS TO ROOSEVELT HOOVER PUZZLES PARTY BORAH WRITES TEDDY, JR. LITTLE EASTERN SUPPORT FOR THE CONSUMERS AWAIT COURT DECISIONS The reader can find almost any view tlijjt he seeks in regard to the aetual condition of the country. Comparing the news of the day with what was going on three years ago, there is no argument as to actual improvement, although in terpretations differ. The fear of inflation grips the hearts of many business men who are afraid that once the excess re serves flow into the money market, a wave of speculation will develop and lead us to another plunge in a few years. There are others who believe, even now, that the present industrial recovery is one of the "false start 3" which have occurred in recent years, only to end with discouraging reactions. Undoubtedly, the layman finds it difficult to pick his way through the mass of conflicting testimony and expressed opinions. There are questions that the average citizen finds it hard to understand. They relate to the currency, the rising cost of living, the lost export mar kets, the debate on the Constitu tion, the army of unemployed, the problems of agriculture and the de mands of labor as well. On these issues, there is no distinct, unequi vocal opinion. The air is filled with the voice of propaganda, the argument of partisans and the paid defenders of selfish interests. The individual reader of this column, attempting to wade through the intricate jungle of the conflict, may well resort to the test invited by the President some months ago. How are prospects? Is your burden lighter than it was? Have you rea sonable hope for the future? Along the same line, one might reasonably inquire into lost rights as a citizen, the infringement of constitutional guarantees and the impariment of liberty in general. How do you stand as an indiJJ al, compared to your conditio., and situation a few years ago? The President's neutrality policy, which is based upon a resolution of Congress, means the practical aban donment of freedom of the seas for neutral so far as this country is concerned. Fair > warning has been served upon American traders that they deal with belligerents at their own risk and citizens have been ad vised not to travel upon ships of belligerent nations plying their way in prospective zones of warfare. Al ready the lamentations of expor ters and importers are being heard, with loud cries of grief over lost trade. Answering them is the un equivocal commenu;:iion of the great mass of American citizens in general agreement with the congressional at titude that the protection of peace, meaning the saving of lives, is more important than the profits to ■be secured through commercial spec ulation in war deals. While no one can predict what will happen in November, 1936, the concensus of opinion is that if the presidential election was underway this month, the President could on the support of Western farmer* as well as the vote of the Southern States. This much is admitted by many oiiponcnts, including Mark Sullivan, a political commentator, whose hostility to the Administra tion has been evident for a long time. Thcro seems to be little indication of any revolt within the ranks of the Democratic party that will in flict a major causualty. Senator Car ter Glass, referred to as the possi ble leader of conservative oppo sition, last week made clear- his po sition, saying, "There is no organ ized opposition to the renoniination of President Roosevelt." He reit erated his refusel to support any movement to split the party. Milo Reno, promoter of "farm hol idays," thinks that "if President Roosevelt should go to the mat with Republicans this November the West would help hin* lick them," and Senator La toilette, leaving for a short trip to Europe, thinks that the President will win unless tho Republicans nominate a candidate as liberal as President Roosevelt. Meanwhile, Republican speakers (Please torn to page eight)