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The Rocky Mount Herald ft VOLUME 2, NO. 46 5 Child Is Struck J On Street Here £ Negro Boy In Local Hospital—No K ; Charges Made Against Truck Driver S1 A three-year-old local Negro boy in a local hospital with a coa p?««uSßion of his head after the right fender of a light truck driven al legedly by Bichard Higson, Swelton Heights youth, struck him on the BR 1200 block of Baleigh street. No a- charge was immediately preferred S' the driver, the accident be -2' ing described to police as unavoid- H Jtichnrd Earl Jackson son of Mrs. local Negress, waß the ' injured one, and the doctors re ft' ported he had a concussion. According t pthe investigation of Motorcycle Officer J. B. Robinson, Higson,- 18, was driving to Tarboro k about nine o'clock- this morning when the child started across the road from the right of Higson. The dri ver said his right fender struck the ohild. The boy stopped and saw that 1 the child was taken to the hospital. A witness, Charlie Knowles, Jr., Jg reported to police he saw the acci i dent and considered it unavoidable. Officer Robinson this morning indi- L cated no charges would be preferred | at once, pending developments. His jS- investigation this morning did not it show anything for which Higson waa to blame. B| Young Higson was carrying a 'J load of apples. r Hancock States I FHA Total Flop W Representative Says Housing Admln - ■ Istration Has Done Nothing For North Carolina Washington, Nov. 4.—-Federal Housing administration in North Carolina is 'a complete flop,' accord ing ta Bepresentative Frank W. Han cock of Oxford, who is in Washing ton. Asked for details, Hancock con tinued: bf'tv. 'I gnppose Mr. Suiter, who is ' fcandMhg things YBP*the present, is doing the best he can, but upon the whole the housing administra tion has done nothing for North Carolina. In the first place, the people in charge of affairs of the FHA in North Carolina devote more time attending to their own person ,r. al affairs than they do that of the government. Again, it is almost im possible to make a loan, and the banks have never been convinced 'i o fthe feasibility of -the system. Their cooperation is necessary be- SaEfc fore anything can be accomplished. Says Rate Too High S-- 'I have been practically all over ■ the State since Congress adjourned and was in Charlotte a few days ago and everywhere I went I found the same conditions as to the hous ing administration. Everyone knows that the rate of interest of nine and seventy-two one-hundredths per cent is too high. I regret to make the observance but so far as the FHA is concerned in helping peo ple of our. state, it's a failure.' Hancock, who is ranking mem ber of the House banking and cur 1® rency committee* which reported the K . original and amended Home Owners' corporation law to the House for passage, was asked about the HOLC Jt and said: 'They have done some real work •S in the State. The problem with the HOLC just at this time, however, is working out an easy plan for carry ing loans so that the people can meet them. The corporation must co-operate with the people who have l„ borrowed money, because they were f in a distressed condition as to their homes when they made loans, and they must be dealt with in reason.' Asked about the report that he will be a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for senator next Sjjfing against Senator Josiah W. Bailey, Hancock said: 'When the time comes I shall ft make an announcement as to my plans.' He did not deny that he was considering entering the race. During the afternoon, Mr. Han cock conferred with officials of the AAA as to the tobacco situation and said he found them 'well pleased with the price tobacco is bringing in North Carolina.' LINDY BIRTH PLACE IS TO BE FULLY RESTORED The Lions Club of Little Falls, r Minn., where Col. Charles A. Lind bergh spent his boyhood days, has undertaken to restore the Lind bergh home there. Plans call for putting the structure in exactly the same condition it was when the Lindbergh family lived there. His Reward Biir was wandering aimlessly about when he happened to drop across a bosom friend. "Hello Bill!" he said, "whatever is the matter with youf Whoever blacked your eyes and put those lumps on your head!" Bill (mournfully): "Well, it's like this. Some time ago I introduc ed a shopmate of mine to a lady friend. I met him yesterday. He pre sented his compliments and said he married the lady. I wished him the best of luck—and he gave me this!" iffh Girls Total 16 At Greensboro Eleven Of Group Are From Rocky Mount Greensboro, Nov. 13.—Among the 1,525 students enrolled at the Wom an's College of the University of North Carolina are sixteen students from Nash county. Eleven of these .girls are from Bocky Mount. They are Misses Buby Vick Braswell, Cal ena Brothers, Margaret Caroline Brothers, Josephine Gorham, Virgin ia Meeks, Elizabeth Murrill, Mary Neal Saunders, Carolyn Elizabeth Smith, Virginia Pauline Smith, Dor othy Toler, and Bachel Wollard. The other girls from Nash county are Misses Rebecca Harrison and Marjorie Mauneyn of Battleboro, Ed ith Eula Martin of Bed Oak, Shir ley Mae Bose of Nashville, and De | Willa Ward of Whitakers. Washington News For U. S. Farmers INCOME INCREASING BRAZIL'S COTTON PROBLEMS FINANCIAL EXPERTS VIEW FARM AID HELPS NOW Farm income for 1935 is now es timated at $6,800,000,000 by the Bu reau of Agricultural Economics. This is one hundred million dollars more than earlier estimates, $413,000,000 more than last year and the largest total in five years. Among other reasons for the in crease, the Bureau lists a "greater than seasonal improvement in the incomes of industrial workers." This should be interesting to farmers, em phasizing as it does the inter-rela tionship between the buying power of workers and the sale of agricul tural products. Southern cotton planters and oth er Americans who have worried ov er the loss of our export market fof cotton, will be interested jn a recent dispatch from Brazil, tolling of the creation of a Cotton Export i institute and of the financing of cot ton planters by the government there. While planters in Brazil have hMefWTore financed their oWn erops, this year the yield fell short and depleted their resources. The banks were unprepared to advance loans and the government plans to carry the planters for the present. Evi dently, Brazil finds some difficulties in the way of appropriating the cot ton markets of the world. Along the line of the interde pendence of farmery and workers we call attention to a recent state ment of George T. Hughes, a spec ial writer on financial topics. He says: "Whatever may be thought of the economic soundness of Government aid to the farmer it is still true that the purchasing power of the agricultural districts has been en larged and the benefits have not been confined to the raual popula tion, but have extended to the indus trial sections as well. "For both the farm worker and the industrial employe the import ant thing is purchasing power. Dis cussing the business outlook, the monthly review of the Guaranty Trust Company cites as a favorable item that factory pay rolls in the first eight months of 1935 were near ly 55 per cent above the correspond ing period of 1933 and, while the cost of living rose during that time 13 per cent there has been an in crease of 37 per cent in the buying power of factory employes. It is so often urged that increas ed cost of living has been too high a price to pay for agricultural pros perity that these figures are im portant. They seem to show that subsidizing the farmer, if that is the correct way to put it, has not been the drag upon the rest of the country that it is commonly believ ed to have been. "Certainly one great industry has been stimulated by the improve ment in the position of the farmer. The increase in sales of automobiles to consumers in the rural districts has been larger proportionately than the gain in distribution in the co untry as a whole, and that can be explained only by increased farm buying power. Probably the same is true of the mail-order business and of the agricultural implement indus try. "Over the longer period the re sults may be unfavorable , perhaps extremely so. There is no basis as yet on which to p£ss judgment of the desirability of making perma nent control of agricultural produc tion, but the immediate effect has been to accelerate general recovery." ————o SIR WALTER WILL PAY FOR NAME Seeks Name For Dining Room In Keeping With Hotel's Tradition Manager Roland A. Mumford of the Hotel Sir Walter is perplexed and he'll pay $5 to anybody who can solve his problem. He wants an appropriate name for the hotel dining room. About 12 years ago, while the ho tel was being built, a contest was held to select a name for it. The name "Sir Walter" was suggested. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1935 Quins To Enter Land Of Movies Famous Sisters Signed For Feature Picture Built Around Doctor's Life Callander, Ont., Nov. 11.—The five babies Dioane became five little Garbos tonight. Signed at the tender age of 17 months for a full-length feature film, the famous quintuplets waited unconcernedly in their model nur sery home for the arrival of all the accoutrements of the Hollywood lot —minus the glaring lights. "There'll be_none of these around," insisted the Babies, "director" since birth—Dr. A. K. Dafoe. "They'll have the soft floodlights like they used in the short pictures." The Dionnes are no tyros at the movies—already they've made two "shorts." Now they'll star in "The Country Doctor," a regular length movie, for Twentieth Century-Fox films. David A. Croll, Ontario Minister of Welfare who is the babies' spec ial guardian, approved the contract today. • Neither the terms of the contract nor tle juintuplets salaries were disclosed. The story itself is built somewhat around the life of Dr. Dafoe, little North Country medico who brought the babies into the world and has cared for them since. But the doc tor said ,he hadn't "been advised" as to whether he will act in the film. Toronto, Nov. 11.—Those five fa mous sistess, the Dionne quintuplets, were silgned today at the age of 17 months to star in a full-length movie. David A. Croll, Ontario Minister of Welfare and special guardian to the girls, announced his approval of a contract between Twentieth Cen tury-Fox Films and the guardians of the quintuplets for 4he babies to play in a picture called "The Coun try Doctor," The film, it was announced, will be based to some extetat on the life of Dr. A. B. Dafoe, the little grey haired doctor who attended the quintuplets at birth. 'Whether Dr. Dafoe would act was not known, but unofficial information was that his work would be con fined to supervising any scene's in which his charges appeared. Croll did not indicate the salaries of the quintuplets. He said, however, that the terms were 'so attractive that, in the in terest of the children, the guardians felt they could not pass up the very substantial addition to the quintu plets' funds." Pathe Films, Croll said, agreed to relinquish their exclusive rights in a prior binding contract, which does ®ot expire until June, 1936, in or der to allow the guardians to take advantage of the Twentieth Cen tury-Fox offer. The sisters appeared in two Pathe "short subjects." Any scenes in which the quintu plets appear will be filmed in their nursely at Dafoe hospital at Callan der. They will not be moved to any studio. "Now," said Mr. Coll, "when they are emerging from babyhood, just beginning to walk, and talk and are at their most loveable age, we feel they can be filmed again, and the scenes worked into a sequence in a movie drama." Darryl Zanuck, vice president in charge Of production for Twentieth Century-Fox, saijj at Hollywood he would leave for Callander within two weeks, heading a staff of tech nicians and cameramen. Fountain Speaks In Plymouth Plymouth, Nov. 11.—The great task today is to retain a free gov ernment despite the efforts of those who, under the guise of economy and efficiency, would take from the people the right to run local affairs and elect their officers, declared Bich ard T. Fountain of Bocky Mount be fore a large Armistice Day crowd here today. Mr. Fountain reiterated that the government should pay veterans for their adjusted service certificates. Music for the Armistice Day cel ebration was provided by J. E. Ai ken and his band. Dr. C. McGowan introduced Mayor Gilbert Davis, who presented Mr. Fountain. There was a parade, with about 250 in the line of march, and a dance in the evening. LABGE PEBCENTAGE OF CHILDREN DEFECTIVE Tarboro, Nov. 13.—According to the report of Dr. A. D. Greeg Edge combe health officer 29.6 per cent of the school children in the county who have been examined were found to have been defective in some respects. There were 993 that were examined and 296 had defects, either in vision or tonsils, which Dr. Greeg said could be corrected. The Central school of this city had the best rec ord among all of the children that were examined. 'I would say that not more than one third of all the pupils were free of defects," said Dr. Greeg. Johnson attacks the New Deal, but urges President's re-election. This Will Be a "Shrine of Shrines" ~ Before long this niche in the new archives building In Washington will be one of the most frequently visited of all American shrines. It will hold the nation's two moat Important documents—the Constitution qnd the Declaration of Independence. They are now in tbe Library of Congress. Auto Tragedies Require Thought Much is being written about the terrible tragedies that are taking place daily throughout the United States and among which North Carolina has the record of being the chief est. A citizen of Pitt County disclosed the fact Saturday in conversation that his county on Friday had been the scene of five such tragedies. Five people had lost their lives and our informant was indeed troubled over the situation. There is a cause ,for it and heretofore we have dealt with it purely al a problem of negligence. We admit that •there is great negiigence and that those responsible for this negligence should receive correction. But there is some thing more fundamentl in this than negligence. You may take the reckless driver's license away from him and the next day somebody is killed by somebody that is recogniz ed as not being negligent. It is classed as an accident and it may be purely an accident, but a condition exists which is causing our population to lose their lives at an unpre cedented rate. So a condition exists in North Carolina and throughout the nation which is destroying the lives of our people and we need something more than criminal statutes on the books. If it is speed that causes it, could not that be corrected? It is a problem that needs the most serious and careful study throughout the country. We have got to do some thing more than pass criminal statutes. POLITICS IN FHA? Congressman Frank Hancock in a recent statement speaking of the Federal Housing Administration that so far the whole thing had been a flop. It is hoped now that since the appointment has been made that the public may receive real benefit from this agency set up by the gov ernment in the interest of home ownership. We are compelled to agree with the Congressman in his statement for up to now there has not been much accomplish ed by this agency. If politics have been the cause of the delay then it is a pity that the people have to suffer by reason of political differences. The relief was not intended to build the political or ganizations out of though we are told that not even a sten ographer can get a job to write a few letters or to do any kind of secretarial work until she has the senatorial in dorsement. Now if the heads of these great organizations the ERA and WPA and PWA are qualified to run and spend all the millions which pass through their hands, then it does look like they ought to select and help on merit and not to build their political machines or props by political candidates. MRS. NEWSOME BURIED AT TARBORO TUESDAY Tarboro, Nov. 13.—rFuneral rites for Mrs. Roy Newsome were held Tuesday afternoon conducted by Rev. Bertram E. Brown, rector of Calvary Episcopal church and inter ment was in Greenwood cemetery. Mrs. Newsome died at her residence here Monday afternoon following an illness of many years. She was 27 years old. Surviving are her husband, Roy Newsome, one daughter, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grimes, two sisters and three brothers. PURE BRED CATTLE SALE TO BE HELD AT WILSON CoUege Station, Baleigh, Nov. 12. —The North Carolina Guernsey breeders association will conduct a sale of pure bred animals at Wil son Saturday, December 7. The offering will consist of three bulls, 17 cows and 20 heifers, care fully selected from leading Guern sey herds and representing the best best blood in the state, said John A. Arey, extension dairy specialist at State College. The sale will begin at noon in J. C. Eagle's tobacco warehouse, Fri day evening before the sale, the as sociation will hold a banquet in the Cherry hotel at Wilson. REV. D. YATES LEAVES FOR DUTIES AT DURHAM Tarboro, Nov. 12.—Rev. David Yates, who has served as Associate rector, of Calvary Episcopal church for about 15 months, tendered his resignation a few weeks ago. He left Monday for Durham where he will become the rector of St. Phil lips church. Mr. Yates' resignation was accepted with deep regret by the vestry of Calvary church. o WORTHY OF A PLACE (Henry Van Dyke) Are you willing to stoop down and consider the needs and the de sires of little children; to remember the weakness and lonliness of peo ple who are growing old; to stop asking how much your friends love you, but rather to ask yourself whether vou love them enough; to bear in mind the things that other people have to bear on their hearts; to trim your lamp so that it will give more light and less smoke, and to carry it in front so that your shadow will fall behind you; to make a gTave for your ugly thoughts, and a garden for your kindly feel ings, with the gate widfe open— these even for a day? Then you are worthy of a place in this world. PARAGRAPHS PROBLEMS AT Suiter To Head Housing Office Rocky Mount Man Finally Appoint ed, With Twin City Man As His Associate Washington, Nov. 12.—Having fin ally obtained the consent of each North Carolina Senator to with draw his objections to the men sponsored by the other, the Feder al Housing Administration today formally announced the appointment of J. L. Suiter, of Bocky Mount, as director at $6,000 a year and W. H. Spraudlin, of Winston-Salem, as as sociate director. Both are former bankers. Mr. Suite; has been act ing director in the State for three months while Mr. Hpradlin is receiv er for the defunct Peoples Nation al Bank of Winston-Salem. Senator Reynolds, whose man land ed the second best job, cabled a re luctant assent from the Phillipine Is lands on the ground that there is "imperative need" for bettering pres ent administration of the law in North Carolina. A statement by W. E. McDonald, secretary to the Senator, said: "Senator Beynolds did not want to be a party to any further delay in the matter, as the situation in North Carolina is such that it is im perative that the director and as sociate director be named immediate ly so that steps may -be taken to improve conditions in* the present organization as well as its produc tion in North Carolina. Mr. McDon ald stated that he was confident that Mr. Suiter and Mr. Spraudlin would fill the position frith satisfac tion to themselves and credit to the federal government." o Japanese March Troops In China An entire batallion of battle equipped Japanese Marines, with fix ed bayonets, marched into the Hong kew area of Shanghai early Satur day after the assassination of a Ja pnese trooper by a Chinese gunman. The Japanese claim that the shoot ing was done without provocation but was done by purely political mo tives. The Chinese of that section were panic-stricken as the armed Ja panese forces marched through their streets. Officials said the situation resembled t&£ tense days of the hos tilities of 1932. The Japanese officers have called on the Chinese muni cipal government for immediate ap prehension of the gunman, and un less their demands are met they said they would be forced to take drastic action. MRS. ROOSEVELT IS PATRONESS FOR FETE With Mrs. Franklin D. Boosevelt heading the list of patronesses and a number of other nationally prom inent women lending their assist ance, the fourth annual Miami Bilt more fashion Show and Supper Dance at the Waldorf Astoria, Nov ember 22, will inaugurate a New York social season tuned to the tem po of returning prosperity. Amon» other women of national importance who will take part in the event are Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., wife of the secretary of of the treasury; Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman, wife of the governor of New York state, Mrs. David M. Milton, the former Abby Bockefeller, Jr., and Miss Virginia French, a sister of Mrs. John Jacob Astor. Frank Buck, the explorer and big game hunter, will be among distinguished guests. Inaugurated by Colonel Henry L. Doherty, president of the Florida Year-Bound clubs, the Miami Bilt more fete is presented annually to raise funds for worthy metropolitan charities. The Goddard Neighbor hood Center, serving an area in which there are 38,000 underprivi leged, is beneficiary this year. Thous ands\">f palms arid potted shrubs will & imported from Florida to convertY he setting for the fashion show into a southern resort scene. The show will officially introduce southern resort styles created by leading American designers. No Feud Like An Old Feud! "My father and a man named McSniff have been fighting for 20 years, but they've finally stopped." "Why did they bury the hatch et?" "No, they buried McSniff." 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, Rocky Mount, N. C. Name Town State , Route No SI.OO PER YEA* ON NATIONAL WASHINGTON BORAH'S POSITION DENOUNCES OLD GUARD POLITICIANS INTERESTED RFC MAKES $110,000,000 NEW DEAL VALUES AAA REPUBLICAN PROBLEM ROOSEVELT ON JOB HUNT By Hugo Sims, ftrpecMU Washington Correspondent Senator Borah has declared war on the Republican Old Guard in no uncertain terms, insisting that the Party nominate a Liberal candidate and outlining a "better deal" to oppose President Roosevelt. The Ida ho Senator plans to fight in the presidential primaries, in the plat form committee and in the conven tion of his party to prevent ther Old Guard from naming the candi-» date. He believes that if the Old Guard dominates the Party, the Western Republicans will bolt the ticket, vote Democratic and assure the reelection of the President, who Mr, Borah believes, will the power of such a triumph to change the form of government to a Feder al dictatorship. Mr. Borah has always remained within the Republican fold regard less of which faction controlled Us> party. Even when the late Theo dore Roosevelt bolted and the Progressive Party, launching.* spirited attack upon monopolies, the Idaho Senator stuck with the or* ganization. During the days of Hard* ing, Coolidge, and Hoover, he was a ' rampant critic between elections bet helped carry the freight during tha campaign. In fact, many attribute Mr. Hoover's success to the Senator's work in the West, where he paid, particularly attention to the farmea* problems. In his latest blast, the Idaboan. insists that the "world has passed bt- the Old Guard" which depends? on "organization, on machine pow er, on manipulations," but can draw out "nothing more than some faded epithets and ancient phrae es about radical, irregular, unsafe* to answer the problems of million* of citizens who are "being tortured day and night with an economic con dition which is far from being over." Mr. Borah believes that the Con stitution affords ample powers te deal with our problems but, attack ing the lid Guard, declares, "Those, who once were in a position to ex ercise these powers refused to act. 1 * He insists that they formed mono polies to get control of our entire maternal wealth and to fix the prices which the people should pay. In reference to bureaus and expen ditures, he points out that "they created bureaus without precedent.** In the end, he insists that the Old Guard lias little to offer "except repentance an] on one would ac cept their professions." The Borah statement has not re ceived the attention in the Eaafc that it deserves. If the Senator car ries out his intentions, the Repub licans must nominate a liberal or, in his words, lose the Western Re publicans. If the nominee is libera al, there will be no candidate for the Conservatives to support, create ing an excellent opportunity for th« beginning of a permanent Conser vative Party to oppose an eventual consolidation of the Liberal forceat However, all this speculation may be wasted. The chances are that tbe Idaho Senator next year will be backing the Republican candidate and talking about monopolies re gardless of who happens to be lead ing the Republican charge. The RFC, which has loaned $5,- 700,000,000, exclusive of advances and payments to Federal agencies, has collected sixty-four per cent of the amount and his made an ope rating profit of $110,000,000, accord ing to Jesse H. Jones, its chairman. This amount, he says, will be more than sufficient to offset probable losses from uncollectible loans. In addition to the loans disbursed, tho agency has approved $1,800,000,000 in other loans. Mr. Jones takes occasion to ex press his belief that "the depres sion is substantially a thing of the past" and points out that indus try will have to contribute its full share in the task of solving tho unemployment problem. He says that we produce more of everything than we consume and that our for eign markets have become so re stricted and reduced as to absorb very little of our surplus either in (Please torn to page eight)