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The Rocky Mount Herald VOLUME 3, NO. 1 Ifash Schools To Postpone Opening i Announcement Is Made From Inscoe 11 —Local And Edgecombe Plans a Given f >hile all Nash county school doors wili remain closed until next Mon day, Edgecombe Negro students will return to their work Wednesday, Edgecombe county white pupils next Monday, aid Rocky Mount school children Thursday, aooording to an nouncements made late Monday af ternoon. [. Nash County Superintendent L. S. Inscoe, reached at Nashville yester day afternoon, said that Nun stud ents, irrespective of race, will have until Monday, January 6, for their Christmas vacation. Some schools were expected to begin yesterday, others today and still more Thurs day, but none did open, he said. In Edgecombe county, the schools will re-commence their work Wed neadayWfor the Negro children, it was indicated at Edgecombe Superin r tendent N. E. Oresham's Tarboro of fice. The white students in Edge eombe were not to begin again un til next Monday anyway, and no r change in schedule is anticipated. In Rocky Mount, Superintendent S. M. Wilson stated the schedule pre h viously announced will hold. Schools F are slated to ojiett here Thursday, 5 January 2. c ~—■— Hold Services For Mrs. Womble « f Mrs. Mary Anna Womble, 52, died at her home near Ntbshville late yes terday afternoon following an illness of several months. Funeral services were held from the home at two o'clock this afternoon with Elder A. B. Denson, pastor of the Primitive , Baptist church, presiding. Burial fol * lowed in the family plot at Nashville cemetery. Surviving are her hnßband, L. N. Womble; three daughters, Mrs. Sanf Vanbrook, Nashville; Eula Womble and Mary Womble; George Womble of near Nashville, a son; Mrs. T. R. Cooper of Nashville, a sister; and W. J. Cobb of this city, a brother. ' w. H. Batts Child Is Laid To Rest Lettie Adelle Batts, three, daugh '' ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Butts, Rocky Mount, route was buried at Barnes church in county this afternoon after rite* were conducted from the home. Little Lettie (Jccumbed Tuesday afternoon to xj&eningitis at a local the parents another child survives. . Lettie's third' birthday was only a short time s^vay. ! o Jesse E Dunn Die? At His Home Well K" wn Local Man Succumbs flowing Long Illness Jes/ F. Dunn, 52, of 421 South Grac-7 street, died early this after- L 1100/ ft > '" s home. He had been in po d for a long period and j s U /eri/l a stroke last night. Ar./'unn had operated a store on! ' rtlest/" street. /Fu/ ral services will be held from A lo lime tomorrow afternoon at 3 /q'cl fk with Dr. J. W. Kincheloe, / paif r °' the First Baptist church priding. Burial will follow in Pine ' v i/ cemetery. ' /(• sides his widow, Mrs. Mary If Vight Dunn, ho leaves three chil ,sn, Jesso Frederick Dunn, Jr., jchard Wright Dunn, and Mary Itherine Dunn, all of this city, jiree brothers, F. P. Dunn, Rocky /ount, Will Dunn, Wilson, and W. C. tana, Williamston; and three sis ters, Mrs. Lillian Dunn, Rocky Mount Mrs. J. C. Holbrook, Rocky Mount, , fcnd Mrs. L. W. Barden, Black Creek * lalso survive. / A "PERFECT BREAK" Bingham, Utqh.—Joe Timothy, 45, / had a "perfect break" recently I when he fell and broke his leg in If the same place it was broken two f years ago. Doctors called it a "per ► feet break" for resetting to over ly come a limp he had had since the first accident. Oifciss CONVICT Marinette, Wis. —Charged with vio lating fame laws—specifically pos session of three skunks, O. J. Mc- Millan and Edward Matson, of Chi* cago, pleaded not guilty before Po lice Justice Loren Tait. The judge gave a couple of sniffs and fined them SSO and costs. MOTHER AND BABY BURN East Liverpool, Ohio.—Trapped in a secand-floor bedroom, Mrs. Ver na Mullen, 28, and her 9-day old baby were burned to death when fire destroyed iheir home. Her grandttuOtter a*4 little daughter, Pa tricia, J, were seriously burned. Expensive blaze 1 Breaks Out Here j. R. Cooper Residence Catches Ear ly This Morning—Damage Into Thousands t i A fire which resulted in several i thousand dollars damage burst out t today in the J. R. Cooper house at I No. 302 South Church street, and about 40 firemen were out on the call about two hours and a half. The blaze, Chief J. R. Sorsby re vealed, apparently Btarted in the boiler room, and spread throughout the first floor walls. His estimate placed the damage roughly between $7,500 and SIO,OOO. It was done to the walls, furniture, curtains and flooring. Mrs. J. R. Cooper, whose husband, Mr. Cooper, was in Washington, D. C., today, indicated the house was covered by insurance, and probably the furniture also. She was not pos itive about the latter. About 8:55 o'clock this morning the firefighters were called to the scene of the blaze, and they work ed until their return in stations One and Two about 11:30 o'clock. They managed to keep the flames to the first floor, it was understood. No one was injured, it seems, al though Mrs. Cooper was asleep when a servant discovered the flre. Thirty-eight firemen went to help extinguish the blaze, the first since Saturday afternoon when a minor fire occurred. Noted Whitakers Citizen Interred Whitakers, Dec. 28.—Funeral ser vices were conducted at 3 o'clock this afternoon for Mrs. Mamie Cutchin • Braswell, beloved Whitakers resident who succumbed at the home of her son, Harold Archelaus Braswell last night at 9 o'clock. Mrs. Braswell's death terminated a period of ill health which had been serious for the past two months. Mrs. Braswell, who was .69 years of age, was the widow of Archelaus Braswell, 11, of Edgecombe county, and was a member of two of Edge combe's oldfest and best known fami lies. Funeral rites were conducted from the home in Whitakers and later from Speight's chapel, with the Rev. If. U7. Uac.hnll. of tll> Motho dist Protestant e&urctir of Burling ton, and former pastor of the de ceased, being assisted by the Rev. E. O. Peeler, pastor of the Whit akers church. Interment followed in the burial ground at Speight's chßp ■ el, where several generations of the , Cutchin and Braswell families have I been laid to rest. i Mrs. Braswell is survived by one 1 son, Harold Archelaus Braswell, and two daughters, Miss Mary Elizabeth ' Braswell and Mrs. W. Paul Thoinp- L son, all of Whitakers. There are six sisters and two brothers living, H. 1 W. Cutchin, a brother, Mrs. J. S. Gorham, Mrs. Tom C. Gorham and ' Mrs. W. H. Killibrew, sisters being residents of Rocky Mount. Other sis ters include Mrs. J. S. Cutchin, Mrs. W. T. Braswell and Mrs. R. R. Bradley of Whitakers. Mrs. Andrew Joyner of this city is a sister-in-law. ! Pallbearers for the service today were nephews of the deceased and included: Elmer Cutchin, Raymond ' Bradley, J. MacKinney Cutchin, 111, Richard Cutchin, Jr., and W. T. Bras well, Jr., of Whitakers, and Sam Gor i ham, Jr., Tom Gorham and Charles ■ Killibrew of Rocky Mount. A group i of old family servants who have till -1 ed the soil on the large holdiugs of the deceased for many years also had a part in the ritual. Mrs. Padgett Is Buried Here Mrs. Bettie Jane Padgett, 77, died at the home of her son, H. G. Pad gett, 1612 Boone street, after hav ing suffered from heart trouble for the last seven weeks. Funeral servi ces were hold from the home with Rev. E. C. Sexton, pastor of the Cal vary Baptist cli irch presiding. Burial followed in the family plot at Pine view cemetery. Surviving are three sons, J. P. Pad gett, H. C. Padgett, and J. H. Pad gett, all of this city; three daugh ters, Mrs. E. J. Costin and Mrs. M. N. Stephens, both of Rocky Mount, and Mrs. C. L. McNeal of Moreli6ad City; one brother, Frank Blanton of Burgaw; and one sister Mrs. Ellen Rivenback of Burgaw. Nineteen granchildren and four great grand children also survive. SERVICES HELD FOR TARBORO RESIDENT Tarboro, Dec. 31.—Funeral servicos for Marcus M. Bridgers, 63, well known local resident, were held from Calvary Episcopal church here at 11.30 o'clock this morning with Rev. Bertram E. Brown, rector, in charge. Mr. BHdgers died suddenly Sun : day night at the Southern Cotton Oil company plant here, where he was employed. Death was attributed to a heart attack. Surviving are two sisters, Misses Mary and Loulie Bridgers. Theo Empie of Bladen County has started 170 hogs on feed for the March and April market. e ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1936 Sees Great Cause For Many Tears V From The Statesvillo Landmark The Columbia State declares that the saddest sight seen at a recent football game in that section, was not the crippled lad with bent and twisted limbs; nor yet the old gen tleman, legs bowed with weakness, who had to be led to his waiting car; nor the big guard who crumpl ed on the field with a shattered leg; nor the pathetic little lads with tat tered sweaters, pale, dirty faces and chill bare feet, who managed some how to see the game. This, to The State, was the saddest sight seen that day: "Staggering, giggling, maudlin, with reddened &ce and tousled hair, with half-glazea ♦yes, a girl straggl ed down the steps on the arm of a male escort, himself as unsteady as she, here were ripples of unthink ing laughter at their uncertain pro gress. There were jeering calls when the pair fell down. No one seemed to know her, certainly no one would admit that he did. But she was to all appearances not a disreputable woman in the accepted sense of the term. "Somebody's daughter, somebody's 'little girl,' somebody's sister, maybe somebody's young wife. So drugged in sense and senses as to be lost to all ordinary decency. A hideous mockery of all that one looks for in young womanhood. "A drunken woman, especially a young woman, is a sight to start the tears." Trouble is that was not an isolat ed case. Statesville fans returning from the Durham battle, with hearty chuckles, told the story of an attrac tive, well-clad young girl, overly in spired by fire-water. Rushing for the gates at the close of the game, she embarrassed a handsome young ministerial student by draping her self on his shoulders while the told the cockeyed wcrld that "I'm plum pifficated, and so is pa and ma." Sure enough, outside the play park the family limousine, with its liv eried chauffeur was waiting, and in side the bus were pa and ma—bleary eyed. Time was when that sweet young thing would have been ostracised from the social level of men and women alike, carrying on like that. But now it brings only a "chuckle." Time was, too, when if pa and ma had the urge to take a dram or two, they would IMSft, ipttft, it pri vMrolj-, "and daughter would have been taken across the knee had she asked to join 'em. o W. L. Edwards Dies At Home W. L. Edarwds, Norfolk, Native Buried Monday W. L. Edwards, 59, died at his Hammond street extension home. He had been ill several months, and had heart trouble. Mr. Edwards, a native of Norfolk, Va., and member of the Methodist church there, had been making his hime in Roeky Mount for the past 22 years. He belonged to the Junior Order of United American Mechan ics. Service were conducted .Monday afternoon at three o'clock from the home with Rev. J. A. Satterfield, for-1 iner pastor of the Second Presbyter ian church, and Rev. O. N. Marshall, pastor of the Arlington Street Bap tist church, officiating. Burial took place at Pineview cemetery. A wife, formerly Miss Rosa Simp son, survives as do two daughters, son and three brothers. They are respectively, Mrs. D. R. Goodwin, city; Mrs. S. E. Strickland, Baltimore Md.; E. J. Edwards, Washington, D. C.; W. M. Edwards, Norfolk, Va.; and Z. V. Edwards, Portsmouth, Va. GUN GOES OFF; KILLS SISTER Franklin, W. Va.—Nellie Arbegast, 7, was playing with marbles at a table in her home while her broth er, 4, was playing nearby with a shotgun. The gun was accidentally discharged, the load striking the lit tle girl in the neck, instantly kill ing her. DOG LICKS STAMPS Corpus Christi, Tex.—While his mouth went dry after licking 20 of a lot of 500 stamps he had to mail, Geo. Salyers, constable's employe, didn't know what to do until his glance fell on his dog. Salyers us ed the animals tongue for the re maining 480 stamps. BIBLE "BEST SELLER"" London.—Nearly 11,000,000 copies in the whole or in part, of the Bi ble were sold during 1934, accord ing to the British and Foreign Bi ble society. It was printed in 692 languages or dialects and continues to be the "world's best seller.' PUPPY IN POUCH Spokane, Wash.—When a mail pouch was opened here recently, a puppy, only a few weeks old, tum bled out. It is thought the puppy drawled into the pouch in Seattle for a warm snooze and was sealed up by a clerk unaware of its pres ence. New Streamlined Train's Power Car View of the power car of the new "City of Denver," one of the two Streamlined tralh? belpg built for operation between Chicago and Denver over the Union.Faclßtf Snd tbe Chicago and North Western railroads ou a 16-hour dally schedule which will save the passenger a full business day. Two 1,200-horse-power Diesel electric units will propel each train at an average speed of 85ft miles per hour for the 1,048 miles between the cities. ;■ * ______ AA A Has Helped North Carolina It is admitted by everyone that North Carolina has been benefitted by the new deal legislation, which is now pend ing in the Supreme Court of the United States probably more than any other state in the union. The average price of all types Of tobacco in 1932 was 10.5 cents per pound. It is estimated by AAA that the present crop will average 18.5 cents per pound which is the average annual price over the five period 1925-1929. These figures were taken from a press report of the Greensboro News, December 24th and are understood to be authentic. It is hoped that the Supreme Court will find this act to be constitutional as it has meant so much for welfare of the farmers and when the farmer is prosperous, everybody else is prosperous as prospirity gravitates upward and never downward. The difference' in Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Hoover. Mr. Hoover granted loans to the great financial institutions of the country and the great special interests which never reached the and suffering individual. Mr. Roosevelt extended help and loans to the farmer who had lost his farm, to the city dweller who had lost his home and to those who were in danger of losing their homos. The great surpluses of the country which were holding prices down and stagnating business as claimed by coordi nated special interests of the country were fed to the hungry and poor which was far better than destroying food and raiment to get rid of the surplus. What comfort can those Senators and Representatives receive if the Act is declared unconstitutional. Many of them claim to be constitutional lawyers and gave as their reason for not supporting the new deal legislation that they were afraid that it was unconstitutional and therefore fought it or did nothing. They deserve to be treated like the man with one talent. , BOOKS OPEN FOR BOND ELECTION 1 The books are being opened by the city for the voters and tax payers to register their approval or disapproval of two bond issues. One for the school gymnasium $30,000 and one for the cement stadium $30,000. The Herald feels that the gymnasium is needed and that the city is able to have this building. As to the cement stadium, we feel that this expendi ture is extravagance being placed upon the tax payers of the City of Rocky Mount when there are so many more vital things that Rocky Mount needs. We need play-ground to take our children off of the streets. On the Edgecombe side of Rocky Mount there is an es timated population of 11,000 people with only public play ground space of about one acre, yet we are asked to vote a $30,000 bond issue on our people to supplement appro priated by the Government which would probably make the stadium cost between $75,000 and SIOO,OOO. Rocky Mount is further in need of rest rooms for both white and colored which have not been provided. This is a matter put up to the voters of the city of Roc ky Mount. It is a question for them to decide. If the peo ple desire to take this burden on them it is their privilege. If they do not, it is this burden that they have the privilege of rejecting. We do feel that it has not good to hitch these two bond issues up together. The air port has already cost more than SIOO,OOO and at the last meeting of the Board of Aldermen plans were made to spend large sums on the air port, money supposed to come from the government. Where is the money coming from to match the government funds? Would the Supreme Court hold these advancements necessary expenditures ? The air port according to press reports took in around SIOO.OO more than the running expenses last month. Stanford Finally Wins Rose Bowl 1 A liard fought game throughout which might have been won or lost in the last few minutes of play, it was one of 1 those games that fill bowls with enthusiastic fans —9o,ooo 1 approximately, saw this one. Results of the other "Bowl" games were as follows: Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, Texas Christian 3; Louisiana State 2. Orange Bowl, Miami, Fla., Catholic University 20; Missis sippi 19. Pasadena, California, January I—Lelantf-StanfDrd1 —Lelantf-StanfDrd Uni vesity closed a series of three Rose Bowl losses with a final ' win on New Years Day when her eleven defeated the hard ; fighting Texas Mustangs of Southern Methodist University, by a score of 7-0. PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON Bailey Speaks On Constitution Says 18th Amendment Only Funda mental Change Ever Made In Document Charleston 8. C., Dec. 21.—Declar ing tho United States Constitution never had been changed fundamen tally, except once, United States Sen ator Josiah W. Bailey, of North Car olina, addressed the New England society of Charleston tonight at its 116 th annual banquet. "That one amendment," said the Senator "was the Eighteenth Amend ment —and it has been repealed. Few people have ever heard of 'No vum Orderem Seculares.' It means 'A New Order of the Ages' and is on the reverse side of the seal of the United States. 'E Pluribus Unum' is on the reverse side and it is well known. Our forefathers didn't put those words on the reverse side for nothing. "There are people in this country who propose a new order over and against the old order of the ages. They propose an extension of the federal power that would destroy our duai form of government—the state —and therefore a great bul wark of inalienable rights. These proposals amount to & total devalu ation of liberties guaranteed by the Constitution." Dr. Sheldon Phelps, president of Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S. C., spoke on "The Link Between South Carolina and New England." Negro Forum Is To Observe Emancipation Celebration of the 73rd, anniver sary of the freedom of their group wili be held tomorrow by the Ne gro City Wide forum at a special service called for 10:30 A. M. at the Booker T. Washington theatre. Prof. C. T. Harris, of HUjiw .uni versity will deliver the special ad dress at the Emancipation day ser vices which will also feature music by the junior choir of the Mt. Zion Baptist church and other local musi cians. Rev. J. H. Clanton is the pres ident of the organization. o PERRY'S CLOTBES SHOP CHANGES ARE ANNOUNCED A change in management in Per ry Clothes Shop and in its personnel was announced here today. John W. Worsley and Henry S. Brooks have taken over the man agement of the clothing shop, estab lished at No. 113 South Main street, and will operate it from now on, it was announced. Messrs. Worsley and Brooks said they will have Frank B. Collins, well-known local man, to help them in their business at the clothing shop. The establishment will continue under its old firm name with new management and personnel. o STATE'S HIGHWAY DEBT RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING Raleigh, Dec. 31. —In sixteen more years North Carolina's highway in debtedness,- once regarded by many as of staggering proportions, wlil be wiped out if the rate of retirement in effect for the last few years is maintained. Capus Waynick, chairman of the state highway and public works com mission, said today the net debt was approximately $87,296,000, as compared with the original debt of $115,000,000. The last borrowing for road pur poses was in 1927 when $30,000,000 in bonds were sold. A check for $5,011,947.50 was drawn by the commission yesterday to reim burse the state treasurer for pay ment of $2,875,000 principal and $2,- 136,947.50 interest due January 1. o Kansas City—Three swans on Ira Drymon's farm "must have had ears as big as their wings," Drymon said. He planned to capture the swans which had adopted a lake on the farm as their home. Next day the big birds flew away. Railroad earnings rise 52.9 per cent in October. r 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. ; r ; : n J Name Town , State ~ Route No. > i SI.OO PER YEA* BORAH IN THE OPEN FIGHTS FOR LIBERALISM BITTER PARTY BATTLE PLANS AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN OLD GUARD FIGHTING PROGRESSIVE RANKS BROKEN REGULARS AGAINST HIM ROOSEVELT'S PROSPECTS BIG BUSINESS WORRIED WANT CAMPS NINTH TRADE TREATY i HULL PUSHES PROGRAM By Hugo Sims, Special Washington Correspondent The clear cut fight between big business interests and the Adminis tration, which seemed to be certain, has been complicated. The announce ment by Senator William E. Borah that he is willing to lead the mobili zation of "liberals" in the Republi can party and that his name eould be entered in any presidential pri mary, where his friends thought he could win, has done much to shatter the lineup. The Idahoan is well known for his blasts against mono polies and is constantly waging an oratorical war againßt the threat of big business to control the nation. Borah, it is generally understood will never go as far as some of the other capital Progressives. Within the ranks of his party, however, and against its conservative ele- . ments he is adamant, never hes itating to lambast promises or, per» sons with whom he disagrees. More over, the present situation is inten sified by strong personal antipathy toward former President Hoover, the speaking, if not actual, leader of conservative Republicanism today. The clash between these two men bodes no easy road for the Repub lican party. Their political ideals are in hopeless conflict. Both may be expected to wage a hard hitting campaign to control the convention which meets at Cleveland. Undoubt edly, the line of cleavage will be sharp and the wounds deep. The suc cess of either will be at heavy cost to the prospects of party success next fall. The Borah idea is that the Repub lican party must be liberalized or face the danger of being complete ly dominated and controlled by re actionaries, which, in his view, would be absolutely fatal. The Senator ex plains his position by offering to support the liberal movement and to become a candidate when such ac tion on his part would promote the success of the effort to frame the party platform, command its machin ery, and direct it csourse. Conceiv ably, the Idahoan, who has never bolteij his party, acts through a sense of loyalty to Republicanism as he sees it, and hopes to avoid what he thinks would be inevitable dis aster. Senator Borah will wage an aggres sive campaign to be directed by an advisory board of Senators and Progressive leaders. Next month the candidacy wit} be openly announced and while the principal effort will lie put forth in the West where his prestige is strongest, supporters in the East will be encouraged to pick up stray delegates in districts that are favorable. The objective is to secure such strength as to have the balance of power in the Convention, thus forcing the party to adopt a liberal platform and accept Borah as the standard-bearer or else some one with his approval. The Senator will oppose restora tion of the gold standard and sup port of a bi-metallic system after international agreements, continue his opposition to American member ship in the League of Nations and World Court, advocate strict enforce ment of anti-trust laws to destroy monopolies and favor the repeal of the AAA in favor of a substitute now being studied out. The Borah declaration, accepting the support of Wisconsin liberals has caused a great stir on the part of both wings of the party, reminis cent of the 1912 activity and with the prospect of becoming almost as bitter as the battle between Taft and Roosevelt. The Old Guard will continue to fight through uninstruct ed and "stalking-horse" favorite son delegates, believing that they can control the Convention with the sup port of former President Hoover. They believe that Senator Borah will need the almost solid support of the West, and a fighting faction from the East, to be effective. Already three outstanding Senate Progressiv es are not expected to aid him. Sen ators Norris, Johnson and LaFollette (Please torn to pag« debt)
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