The Rocky Mount Herald
VOLUME VNO. 45
Beaj. Edwards
Dies At Wor
Employee of Rocky Mount Mills
Died Suddenly
Benjamin Thomas Edwards, 59, of
40 West Elm street, dropped dead
' while h ewas working at the Rocky
Mount mills/ Nash County CoroneT
M. C. Gulley attributed the death to
natural causes.
Funeral services were held from
the Church of God on Davis street
with Brother G. J. Houck, pastor
of the ehurch presiding. Burial fol
lowed at the Jackson cemetery in
Edgecombe county.
Edwards is survived by his wife,
Mrs. B. T. Edwards and two sisters,
Mrs. S. A. Jarell and Mrs. E. D.
Strickland, both of Rocky Mount.
Pallbearers included J. J. White,
B. T. Murry, T. M. Starling, B. C|.
Blanton, Arthur Peal, J. D. Kelley,
W L. Denton and G. Little.
- Washington News
Jfor U. S. Farmers
-Jy FARM PROFIT ESSENTIAL
W THE "REGIMENTED" CRY
AAA—PRO AND CON
I RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
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The loss of foreign markets for
American farm products, if .it be
a .fact that they are lost, seems
to be a problem to many Ameri
cans who never worried when our
producers were raising bumper
crops to seel at a loss and pile up
huge surpluses that have meant
economic disaster.
Every now and then some me
tropolitan newspapers writer takes
up the cudgies, advocating that the
American farmer should feed the
world. The reply is, "for what?"
Surely not for the simple boast
that he is able to feed the world
> but because feeding the world means
a decent living for his wife and chil
dren.
So long as it it impossible to
feed the world or clothe the world,
except at a loss in money to our
growers, there is no sense in Amer
ican farmers caring a hoot whether'
the world is fed or clothed.
The lament that AAA regimented
our farm em is behrg hearg a little
less frequently today. Various far
mer referenda have shown that the
average farmer, like Thomas D.
Campbell, Montana wheat grower, is
■willing to be "regulated because
farming needs regulaiion."
The latest bug-a-boo raised is that
the farmer-voting mean nothing
because all that they are asked to
vote upon is whether they want the
benefit payments to continue. This
is true in part. The farmers of the
nation, # if we gather their ideas,
want au assured future for the 52,-
000,000 people dependent upon agri
culture.
The control measures are not fav
ored because they are perfect but
rather a start in the right direction.
When something better than benefit
payments are offered the farmers
will take it.
The Supreme Court decision on
the AAA will hardly be handed
down before the latter part of
January despite the effort of the
government to speed up' considera
tion of the case.
Meanwhile, President Roosevelt
has come out openly for a perma
nent AAA, which he says is more
than an "emergency operation" and
which he considers a sure foundation
of a permanent farm policy, flexible!
eought to meet future situations as
they arise.
The AAA, as people remember,
yns urged for the principal pur
pose of increasing the purchasing
power of American farmers and the
President declared, in 1933, that if
it failed he would recommend its
repeal or its revision.
The AAA, it is admitted, has been
primarily responsible for increasing
farm income from $4,300,000,000 in
1932 to an estimated $6,700,000,000
in 1935. The larger sales of indus
• trial goods that this made possible
is also partly attributable to the
AAA.
On the other side of the picture,
the AAA has been partially respon
sible for an increase in the cdbt of
living, inevitable if farm prices
rise, and has created an appetite
for bounties that may plague the I
t government in the future. The loss |
of foreign markets for some farm
crops is also attributable to the AAA
by some critics but this, it seenio to I
us, is debatable, even if partially
tru.e i
Extension of electric service to
the 8,000,000 farms of the United
States on a non-profit basis has
been suggested by Senator Norris,
of Nebraska, who has requested the
Bural Electrification Administration
to supply him with the technical da
ta for such a program.
Mr. Morris L. Cooke, administra
. tor, says that only 750,000 farms
* have electric service and estimtaes
| that it will cost $2,500,000,000 to
provide the transmission lines neces
sary.
Senator Norris, a champion of pub
lic ownership in the power field,
finds it "increatingly obvious" that
present plans and methods are in
adequate, pointing out that private
companies usually "take the cr?am"
and leave "large gaps" in the rural
areas without service.
Nash County
Youth Honored
Selected for outstanding ability
from among 100,000 future farm
ers, 67 farm boys from 86 states
have been awarded the highest hon
or within the gift of the Future
Farmers of America, the American
Farmer degree. First selected within
the states on the basis of high
standards of accomplishments, these
young men must be passed upon by
the board of trustees and then con
firmed by a vote of the delegates
assembled.
Among the many rigid require
ments for this degree, the follow
ing give an idea of what is expect
ed. Each boy must have held satis
factory membership in the F. F. A.
for three years and have attained
the rank of State Farmer at least
12 months before receiving the
American Farmer degree. He must
have demonstrated his farminsr abil
ity and be engaged in farming or
have definite plans to do so. He
must have earned and productively
invested at least SSOO. He must be
able to co-operate and have ade
quately demonstrated his ability. He
must be in the upper one-third of
his class scholastically.
The group this year will bring the
total awards of the American Farm
er degree to only 405. This indi
cates that the boys are maintaining
the high standards originally s!et
up in the constitution. The degrees,
announced Tuesday, showed only one
North Carolina boy received the de
gree 1 this yeir. He was Shelton C.
Davis, Spring Hope, Nash County.
Armistice Day
Sermon Sunday
The Coleman-Pitt Post of the Am
erican Legion will attend service
in a body Sunday evening, November
10, at the First Baptist church. Dr.
J. W. Kincheloe will deliver at this
time a special Armistice Day ser
mon.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all World War veterans to at
tend this service, and they are urg
ed to be at the church by 7:15 P.
M. so that all can march into the
church in a body. 1
MRS. MARY PARKER BATTLE
Mrs. Mary Parker Battle, 82,
member of a prominent Edgecombe
County family, died here about 5
o'clock Saturday afternoon at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. C. Gor
don Smith, after a long illness. She
had suffered from heart disease.
Mrs. Battle, widow of John J. Bat
tle, of Edgecombe County, was the
daughter of the late Colonel Frank
M., and Sally Phillips Parker, of
Halifax County. She lived in Hali
fax until her marriage in 1886, and
had lived in Edgecombe until a com
paratvely short time ago when she
moved here with her daughter.
Funeral rites were conducted Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock at the
homo of Mrs. C. G. Smith. The ser
vice was continued at the Episco
pal Church, Tarboro at 11 o'clock
with Rev. B. E. Brown, rector in
charge, assisted by Rev. F. H. Craig
hill, local rector, and Dr. Frank
Deans, of Wilson. Interment fol
lowed in the family plot there.
Four children survive and a num
ber of grandchildren, and three bro
thers and two sisters.
Surviving children include: H. H.
Battle, Mrs. W. E. Spruill, and Mrs.
C. G. Smith, all of this city; and
Mrs. Johnston Kink of Wilson; and
brothers and sisters are Commodore
J. P. Parker, retired United States
officer of New York City; Haywood
Parker of Asheville; Dr. Fred Par
ker, of Halifax County; and Misses
Sally and Kate Parker, of Richmond.
She was actively interested in
both the work of the Episcopal
church and that of the United Dau
ghters of the Confederacy.
AGED MOMEYER RESIDENT
DIES IN LOCAL HOSPITAL
Arnold Edmond Bass, 73, one of
Momeyer's oldest and most highly
respected citizens died Monday
morning following a heart illness
that had confined him to bed three
weeks an dto hospital one week.
Death occurred at Rocky Mount.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at 2:30 at the Bass
home in Momeyer. Interment fol
lowed in Pine View cemetery at
Spring Hope. Bev. M. F. Hodges,
nastor of Gibson Memorial Metho
dist church in Spring Hope oficiat
d. He was assisted by Rev. E. G.
Willis, "astor of the Momeyer Bap
tist church. Music was in charge
of Rev. Guy C. Moore of Momeyer.
Pallbearers were Ollie Bass, Lee
Bass, Goodman Bass, Eddie Bass,
Prank Vester, and Loomis Manning.
Honorary pallbearers were John
Vester, Jordan Batchelor, Larry Hin
ton, James W. Colston, W. A. Mat
thews and Thad Winstead. His niec
es acted as flower girls.
Mr. Bass was the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Goodman Bass. He is
survived by his wife, the former
Miss Sally Vester, daughter of Jor
dan Vester; one daughter Minnie
Estelle, 13; four brothers, Embro
Bass, Thomas Bass, John Bass and
E. V. Bass. One brother and one sis
ter are dead.
Hokum—ln the good old days girls
used to kiss and make up.
Pokus—Yes, nowadays they do the
making up firat.
ROCKY MOUNT, NOR
0. T. Best Dies
From Injuries
Bessemer City, Nov. 2.—Otis T.
Best, 29, of Bessemer City was fa
tally injured late Friday afternoon
when his car left the road and turn
ed over four times as he was said
to have tried to pass another car
on a curve near Lincolnton. Rushed
to a Lincilnton hospital he died two
hours later. His companion, Doc
Hallman of Cherryville, suffered
cuts and shock but was not serious
ly hurt. "Best leaves his mother, wid
ow, and two young sons. He was a
farmer.
Carl Goerck To
Head Campaign
Carl Goerch, of Raleigh has been
appointed chairman of the State
Committee to raise funds for the
Will Rogers Memorial. Mr. Goerch
stated that reports indicated that
the campaign got off to a good
start, Monday—the 56th anniversary
of Roger's birth.
Every penny collected will be used
for the National Memorial.
Vice President John N. Garner is
chairman of the National Commit
tee. .
Fm-4 Nctor Ct.
Sees Great Yetr
Ford dealers here and in all parts
of the United States, riding the
crest of one of the most successful
sales ■•'ears in. their history in 1935,
are confident of even greater pub
lic acceptance of the Company's
1936 Ford V-8, manager of the Twin
County Motor Company, Branch of
the Ford Motor Company, said to
day.
"Already over 800,000 cars of the
one million Ford V-8 cars which
Henry Ford phopsesied would be
produced and sold in 1935, have been
made—and by next month the entire
million will be completed, marking
one of the most impressive accom
plishments in the history of the au
tomotive industry.
"To achieve this unprecedented
production," the manager of the
Twin County Motor Co. said, "Ford
Motor Company was required to
launch earlier this year a plant
modernization and construction pro
gram which affected every depart
ment of the industry. The program,
first estimated at a cost of $2,000,-
000, will cost more than $30,000,000
before it is completed near jthe turn
of the year to accomodate the swing
to peak production schedules on the
new 1936 Ford.
"Economic conditions have great
ly improved throughout the nation.
Statistics show greater farm income,
insuring better business in the vast
agricultural areas where thousands
of persons are interested in the
purchase of all sorts of useful com
modities. Factory activity has in
creased and wage disbursements
have doubled.
"With industrial workers and
farmers entering a period of great
er prosperity, the favorable reac
tion in cities and towns is a matter
of course.
"The Ford Motor Company is con
vinced that these conditions will
continue to grow better all through
1936, and backing up its confidence
with vast expenditures for plant im
provements. New steel- mills will
turn out greater quantities of steel
for welded steel bodies; safety
glass will be produced in the com
pany's own glass plant; a ne*pand
ed power house—now the largest
high pressure private power house
in the world—will supply ample
power to run the hundreds of giant
new machines; and in an enlarged
foundry special, precision-machined
metals used in the Ford V-8 engiue
will be produced.
"Mechanical refinements in the
new 1936 Ford V-8 car enhance the
ease of operation, increasing driv
ing safety; longer body lines and
new front end treatment make the
1936 Ford V-8 even more attractive
than its immediate predecsesor."
WHITAKERS DEFEAT SO.
EDGECOMBE IN RALLY
Scoring two touchdowns in the
last three minutes of play, the
Whitakers football team defeated
South Edgecombe, 13-0 in a game
played o nthe losers' gridiron.
Dikon and Clark featured in the
line play for Whitakers while Wat
son, quarterback, and quarterback
for South Edgecombe played well
for the losers.
DRY ICE KILLS GIRL
Port Arthur, Texas—Myrl Brad
shaw, Jr., 3, swallowed a small piece
of dry ice, which has a temperature
of 114 degrees below zero. The ex
treme cold caused a fatal conges
tion of her bronchial tubes.
ELECTROCUTED BY PAD
Newton, Mass.—Francis Rohmer,
Jr., 17, football player, was electro
cuted by a heating pad. Moisture
on his body saturated the appli-
and doctors sa\d the electric
current passed through his body.
ITH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1935
Workers Protest "Coolie" Wages
B ,
White collar WPA workers In Philadelphia donned coolie hats and
pfgtAlls and marched through the streets In protest against what they
termed coolie wages which were being paid them on relief projects
In the city.
Nothing For The Children
[ NOTHING FOR THE CHILDREN
With the great spending in the past, in the last three
years, and with the proposed spending in the future and
with the spending that is now going forward, we have not
done anything for' the children in the way of providing
playground. Of co\lrse, the layout providing a very expen
sive stadium which would cost in the neighborhood of SIOO,-
000 and if it is built, where will the small children come in
on this proposition. They are still left out.
The city has the money to build fine buildings: it has
money to build airports; it has money to construct lakes,
but does not have money to buy a small piece of ground for
the use of the children and older people of Rocky Mount who
need open air space. >•
If the land were purchased, the children and older peo
ple could use it and i£. would be an emergency proposition,
because the city might want to build another water tank
or some other structure and they would have this plot of
ground. The only park we had was taken from the children
and the water tank put therein, which consumed one-fourth
of the small park.
VOTERS TURN DOWN SALES TAX
The main issue in Kentucky was the gross sales tax. The
present governor favoring the sales tax and the Lieuten
ant opposing the sales tax. Those opposing the sales
tax won out.
In every State where the voters have had an opportun
ity to give an expression the sales tax has lost out, New
Jersey, West Virginia, Kentucky and Mississippi have all
registered their vote against it, when the issue was raised.
Ihe sales tax will be one of the main issues in the next
Democratic primary in North Carolina, in the governors
race and all Legislative candidates, both Senators and Rep
representatives. The voters are going to want to know how
each candidate stands.
No Probable
>
Cause Is Found
No probable cause today was found
in the case of manslaughter charg
ed against D. J. Rose, prominent
local contractor, in connection with
the death of 4-year-old Buth Ann
Sutton, daughter of M. R. Sutton,
here October 19.
Trial in recorder's court this
morning before Judge Ben H. Thom
as with a dozen witnesses re
sulted in the no probable cause
judgment.
Ruth died in a hospital here fol
lowing injuries received here when
the machine driven by Rose struck
her. Rose is the father of I. W.
Rose, Alderman.
TRIO OF PILOTS WILL
FLY TO AERO MEETING
J. D. Winstead, local pilot, and two
other pilots, both of Wilson, John
Wells and R. E. Lee, will fly to
Winston Salem for the North Caro
lina Aero club session there Thurs
day, Mr. Wells revealed on a visit
here Tuesday afternoon.
At this session, Dr. Ralph W. Mc-
Donald, the Forsyth county legisla
tor and gubernatorial candidate,
will be a guest of Mr. Wells as
will Henry R. Dwire, director of
public relations wor kat Duke Uni
versity, and a Mr. Norfleet, also of
Winston-Salem, president of the Ju
nior Chamber of Commerce there.
The wives of the three men are ex
pected to accompany them to the
club meeting also, Mr. Wells said.
The meeting will be staged tomor
row night at the county seat of
Forsyth.
WIRE, CUT BY BULLET
ELECTROCUTES BOY
St. George, Utah.—Cleave Holt,
16, was killed by a live electric
wire which fell to the ground when
severed by a hunter's bullet.
Dr. Strosnider
Addresses Club
Dr. C. F. Strosnider of Goldsboro,
president-elect of the North Carolina
Medical society addressed the Cur
rent Topics club at the Y. M. C. A.
last Monday evening. The subject
of Dr. Strosnider's address was "The
Rising Tide in the Doctor's World."
After delivering a most interesting
talk, he urged the business men to
avoid rushing and take more time
for rest and recreation.
Dr. Strosnider is one of the lead
ing physicians of the state and he
is well known here in Rocky Mount
where he was a member of the
Board of Directors of the Eastern
Carolina Industrial Training School
for Boys where he served for many
years.
SHELL BANK FARM SCENE
OP KILLINGS ON WEEK-END
Tarboro, Nov. 5. —On the Shell
lmnk farm in No. 7 township, Sun
day a Negro, known only as "Dad"
was killed with a shotgun in the
hands of an unknown Negro, who
forthwith fled from the scene af
ter firing the fatal shot.
This tragedy occurred at a lumber
camp operated by Doc Sims, a Ne
gro, who lives in Rocky Mount.
In a shack Freeman Anders and
"Dad" were seated and "Dad" was
cleaning some fish. Anders stated
that he heard a shot and looked
and saw "Dad" in a dying condi
tion. He said the unknown Negro
rushed into the shack and forced
him to get out. Anders went to a
Dunbar store and telephoned Sher
iff W. E. Pardin of the murder and
the sheriff accompanied by Dr. J.
G. Raby, coroner, went to make the
investigation. They then returned
here and . secured blood hounds,
but the dogs failed to get the scent
of the criminal. Ander§ ig held in
jail waiting further investigation of
the case.
PARAGRAPHS
PROBLEMS AT
Dr. McDonald
Speaks At Fair
Says Schools Can Be Adequately
Cared For Without Sales Tax
Gatseville, Nov. 2.—Dr. Ralph Mc-
Donald, making the feature address
at the Sunbury community fair here
yesterday, talked education and tax
es to the Gates county audience
which, braving a BIOW drizzle to
hear him, very nearly) filled the
Sunbury high school auditorium.
Presenting the idea that the State
of North Carolina can afford to
take care of its schools in a more
adequate way and with less of a
burden to its poor than it is doing,
Dr. McDonald expressed unalterable
opposition to the sales tax and in
dicated his faith that, by increas
ing the tax on wealth and using sur
plus funds held by the State, pro
vision to give the schools what they
need in order to afford each child
the opportunity to which he is en
titled could be made without resort
to sales tax.
Judge De¥in To
Supreme Court
William A. Devin of X)xford, for
23 years a Judge of the Superior
Court was sworn in Monday as an
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of North Carolin* succeeding
the late Justice W. J. Brogden of
Durham. Chief Justice W. P. Sta
cey administered the oath at the
conclusion of the brief exercises in
the Superior Court Chamber, which
was filled with friends and admir
ers of the new justice.
Senator A. A. Hicks of Granville
presented Justice Devin to the
court and reviewed his career from
the time he was an athlete at the
University of North Carolina, play
ing on the football team, through
his service as mayor of Oxford, and
his years on the bench wliere he
gained for himself a reputation as
an nuthority on constitutional law
and a humane judge 01 his fellow
citizens.
FIRST CHURCH OF
CHRIST, SCIENTIST
"Everlasting Punishment" was the
subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all
churches and Societies of Christ,
Scientist, on Sunday, November 3,
1935.
The Golden Text was from Psalms
51:10. "Create in me a clean heart,
O God; and renew a right spirit
within me."
Among the citations which com-1
prised the Lesson-Sermon was the
following from the Bible: "He that
overcometh, the same shall be cloth
ed in white raiment; and I will not
blot out his name of the book of
life, but I will confess his name be
fore my Father, and before his an
gles." fßevelation 3:5)
The Lesson-Sermon also included
the following passage from the
Christian Science textbook, "Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
tures" b- Mary Baker Eddy: "Sor
row for wrong-doing is but one step
toward reform and the very easi
est step. The next and great
required by wisdom ig the test of
our sincerity,—namely, reformation.
To this end we are placed under
the stress of circumstances. Tempt
ation bids us repeat the offence,
and woe comes in return for what
is done. So it will ever be, till we
learn that there is no discount in
the law of .iustice and that we must
pay 'the uttermost farthing.' The
measure ye mete 'shall be measured
to you again,' and it will be full
'and running over.' (Page 5).
BUTTON SAVES BOY
Toledo, O.—Eddie Hightower, 6,
owes his life to a button. As he
climbed the stairs to his home, a
prowler fired a bullet which rico
cheted from the button, inflecting
only a bruise on his stomach.
STANDS ON HEAD—IN HOLE
Petersburg, W. Va.—Ollie Olt fell
in a narrow hole head first. For
three hours he stood on his head
and called for help until rescued.
Ginko—Spendit used to have a
car that cost $3,000.
Gumbo—What kind of a car does
he have now?
Gumbo—A street car.
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THE NEW BUDGET
JOHNSON'S CRITICISM
ROOSEVELTS STRATEGY
SOME TROUBLES EXIST
THE WORKS PROGRAM
CAMPAIGN TO BE INTENSE
By Hugo Sims, frpectml Washington
Correspondent
The Federal Government operates
on a fiscal year which begins on
July Ist but it is necessary! for
officials to consider the budget many
months ahead. So it is not surpris
ing that President Roosevelt and
his fiscal aides are already studying
the budget for the fiscal year which
begins next summer. Tentatively,
it is understood that the expendi
ture of $6,500,000,000 is in mind.
This would be a cut of about two
billion dollars under the figure sent
to Congress last January, but inas
much as expenditures for this year
are running below estimates, it will
only be about $1,250,000,000 less than
the expenditures of the current year.
While the figures given cannot be
set down as conclusive, it is thought
that the cost of regular depart
ments and the expense of carrying
the public debt will be about the
same. For relief, the present sug
gestion is that three billion dollars
be'provided bit again it is estimated
that onethird of this sum Will be on
hand as a carry-over from the huge
appropriation for the current year
—almost five million dollars. Ex
penditures for regular departments
will require around $2,200,000,000,
and servicing the public debt will
consume $1,300,000,000.
These figures will be knocked in
to a "cocked hat" if the Supreme
Court throws out the processing
taxes which provide the -funds for
the payment of crop benefits to
farmers. Moreover, they include no
allowance for payment of the bonus
if, as seems likely today, Congress
passes the veterans' measure over
the President's veto next winter.
Considerable interest has been
aroused by the open denunciation
of what General Hugh S. Johnson
calls the "amazing blunders and
failures of the New Deal." The lo
quacious general speaks as a "sin
cere friend" of the President and
maintains his conviction that the
salvation of the country will be
found only under the "do something"
leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
However, Republicans and enemies
of the Administration are delight
ed with the blunt speech of the
former soldier, who frankly refers
to the "obvious and fantastic flop"
of the combined WPA-PWA pro
grams, the "expedient measures" for
the temporary and artificial prop
ping up of farm prices, th efailure
to solve the unemployment prob
lem, the inability of the government
to face continued deficits and the
threat of "printing press" money.
The President's campaign strategy
is beginning to apnear. It includes
championship of a permanent AAA
and a claim for credit- for national
recovery. In his first speech upon
returning to the United States after
a three week's cruise aboard the
Houston, the President insisted, "Wo
are on our way back; not just by
pure chance, not by some turn of
the wheel in a cycle; we are com
ing back solidly because we planned
it that way and don't let anybody
tell you differently."
This rather clearly sets forth the
President's attitude to what has
been accomplished by the nation ia
its battle with the depression.
Shortly after returning to Washing
ton and just before the farmers of
the country voted overwhelmingly
for the new Corn-Hog program, Mr.
Roosevelt in a surprise statement,
took occasion to stand squarely be
hind the AAA as the basis for a
permanent agricultural program.
Of course, the administration has
its troubles, including the annual
Treasury deficits, the question of
constitutionality that assails soma
of its measures, the troubles of the
farmers and the persistent problem,
of unemployment At the same time,
it is only fair to point out that the
situation this fall is much better
than it was in the sumntfcr of 1934
when tho Chief Executive landed at
Portland, Oregon, after a trip to
the Hawaiian Islands, to face com
plications of the drought, the NRA
squables and the menace of threat
ened labor strikes.
Undoubtedly the country as a
whole is in much better condition
than it was in 1933 when President
Roosevelt assumed office. There aro
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