The Rocky Mount Herald
VOLUME 3, NO. 3
Dr. Burr us To Speak
Here M
r
L Dr. J. T. Burrus of High Point
will address the Current'' Topics
* Club at its next meeting on Mon
day night, January 20th, at the Y.
f M. C. A.
Dr. Burrus is one of the most
prominent surgeons iVi the state
■pi; and has also greatly interested
M in 'public affairs. He is
' present Senator from Guilford co
unty having won the nomination
from Senator Capus Waywick, Pregi
■ dent of the State Highway Com
mission. The doctor is recognized as
one of the states most liberal pub
lic men.
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Man Is Injured
And Car Taken
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7 WUtakers Man Report* Theft Of
l V Car And Man Hitting Him—
Car Recovered Later
I i Raymond Hunt, young Whitakors
f business man who allegedly had his
' 1. car and some money taken from him
yesterday afternoon near Battleboro,
today had his machine back and po
| lice were still searching for the two
white youths believed to have taken
it off.
jr Chief of Police C. H. Denby, con
-1 t acted over telephone at Whitakers
. V this morning, revealed the car was
found at Norfleet late last night be
tween Hobgood' and Kelford. Chief
Denby went to Norfleet and brought
the mcahine, undamaged, back to
Whitakers.
State Highway Patrolman B. G.
Hines, stationed at Scotland Neck,
§ ) reported discovery of the car, and
he, Chief Denby and Edgecombe
I Deputy Sheriff S. T. Anderson
' searched vainly for the young men.
The car was stuck in the mud,
but was not hurt, Chief Denby said.
Search Is Pushed
I Whitakers, Jan, 15.—Search was
I being pushed today for two white
youths who allegedly took a 1935
■ automobile and small amount of casn
from Raymond Hunt, local casket
\ company operator, and one of whom
s. struck Mr. Hunt on the head "about
four times" near here Tuesday,
t "From now on T don't think I'll
pick up anybody else, - ' remarked Mr.
Hunt last night following the inci
dont. He was at home and reported
he felt "fairly good" considering the
i blows on the head with a "piece of
J iron" or more probably a blackjack."
•/ „ Mr. Hunt's tale about the loss of
If his car and $1.50 yesterday after
noon indicated he left Rocky Mount
early yesterday afternoon but stop
ped at a filling station near the air
port to get a cold drink. There the
youths asked for a ride and he prom
ised to take them as far as Whi
takers. x
One sat with him in front and an
other in the back ,?eat, he said. Near
Battleboro, the boy in the back hit
him "about four" times with an iron
Ipiece or more probably a blackjack.
The blows did not render lim iun
cpnscious, he revealed, but he stop
ped the machine. The boys asked hiui
I for money, and he gave them $1.50
all he tokl them he had, although
he did have more. They told him to
get out of the car and leave, and
he did—and they did (leave).
He secured a ride home and was
treated for his wound.
The car, only last year's-model, is
insured against theft, he said.
He described the boys, whoso]
names he said he did not hear, and
said one wore a blnj overcoat and
a blue suit, seemed to be about 23
years old and weighed about 130
i'. pounds.
li. V This boy was the one who struck
Hunt. The other boy was in front
and talked to Hunt. This second fel
low, about 26, weighed about 165,
• - and had a tan zipper lumber jacket
I and apparently tan pants.
The boy in the back seemed to be
taciturn and said little.
Hunt drove off onto a sideroad
i'| , after he was struck apparently, and
I f v that was where he was put off. He
g . then went cross a field, and found
I someone to carry him into town.
I TWINS ARE BORN
TWO WEEKS APART
[f| Polkton, N. C., Jan. 15.—Dr. J.
M. Royce today reported the birth
fcr* 1 to Mrs. Clyde Sikes, farm woman
of BurnBville township in Anson
jp>' County, tjwo children two weeks
V apart.
v. On December 29, Dr. Boyce—the
attending physician—aaid, h/L> was
called to the Sikes home and de
livered a pound and a half boy which
however, lived only 55 hours.
He kept the mother in bed because,
he said, he expected another birth.
Then, on January 11, the second
child was born. It was a two-pound
, girl.
The physician said today that both
[ a mother and daughter were doing -is
I well as could be expected, adding
if that the births were premature by
two months.
I He said such cases, while not
I common, are not particularly rare.
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, It Won't Matter
If the trucki tin our highways
IjKjßjt get much biggKr—it won't make
L ' ft', mueh difference if they do beat the
Tarboro Will Not
Have Stop Lights
Tarboro, Jan. 15.—The burning
question of whether Tarboro ought
to have stop-and-go lights at prin
cipal street intersections has finally
been settled in the negative, at least
for the present.
The city commissioners, after re
ceiving petitions for and against the
lights over a period of three or four
months, dropped the matter like a
hot potato at a meeting here last
night after Commissioner Arthur
Bass made a grand slam argument
against them with the assertion that
"they are just naturally too blamod
countryfied."
Every little old wide place in the
road has got a stop light these days,
Mr. Bass pointed out. "You can't go
anywhere, except maybe down in a
deep swamp, without seeing a big '
red eye staring at you from up over 1
the road," he asserted.
A committee appointed to study
the need of stop lights had brought
back a recommendation that seven
of them ought to be installed but
the recommendation was withdrawn
after some rather heated discussion
topped by Mr. Bass' crowning ad
dress. As a result, the issue wasn't
even put to a vot.e
So the stop signal is cut as far
as further discussion of traffic lights
is concerned—but it's liable to flash
green any time.
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Thousands At
Wedding Sun.
Greek Wdding Novel Affair—Miss
Gliarmis Weds Mr. Pappas
Wilson, Jan. 14. —Before a gather
ing of a thousand persons who
crowded Saint Timothy's- Episcopal
church here late Sunday afternoon
Miss Maria Gliarmis, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jervas Glinrmis, of Wilson,
and known throughout North Caro
lina as "Miss Ahepa of 1935" by the
hundreds of Greeks in the state,
was wed to Harry Pappas, of Cha
pel Hill, son of Pappas loannou Vas
siliou, of Famagusta, Cyprus,
Greece.
Relatives and friends of the cou
ple from almost every state on the
Atlantic Seaboard attended the wed
ding and the reception afterwards.
The services were conducted by the
Rev. Mr. Skipitales, priest of the
Greek Orthodox church in Raleigh,
assisted by the Rev. Dr. Frank D.
Dean, rector of St. Timothy's.
Adhering to the Greek traditions of
marriage the ceremony at the church
tcok an hour and fifteen minutes.
The custom of placing the ring on
the right hand instead of the left;
the exchanging of the rings by the
bride and groom; and the crowning
of the pair by the priest, were all
observed Sunday.
The bride was dressed in white
satin and carried lilies.
The church was decorated simply
with white snapdragons.
After the wedding, the parents of
the bride gave a banquet and dance
at the Cherry hotel here that was
attended by around 600 guests,
j Mr. and Mrs. Pappas left early
Monday morning for a honeymoon in
Miami, Fla.
Mrs. Pappas wa3 elected "Miss
of North Carolina" last win
ter at a meeting of the State Asso
ciation in Greensboro, and it was at
this same meeting that she first met
Mr. Pappas.
Seed Loan Law
Prospects Bright
Washington, Jan. 13.—Prospects
are bright for the passage of anoth
er seed loan law this year, althougu
it appeared last year that the Persi
dent would never sign another mea
sure.
Immediately after the AAA deci
sion last Monday, Representative
Hancock and Warren took the matter
up with FCA officials and got their
approval to a bill which Representa
tive Jones, chairman of the agricul
tural committee, introduced.
The committee will meet to con
sider the bill tomorrow and it has
the enthusiastic support of Repre
sentative Cooley and other members
of the committee.
This type of loan has been parti
cularly popular in North Carolina
which has the best repayment rec
ord in the country.
The new bill calls for a total of
$40,000,000 as compared witfc $60,-
OOOjOOO last year and limits individ
ual loans to $3OO as compared with
$5OO last year.
Inevitable
We feel sure that grave conse
quences would follow Britain's re
covery program, and now the Prince
of Wales has written a poem about
it.—Philadelphia Inquirer. ' -
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1936
Gresham Elected
Chairman OfNYA
Tarboro, Jan. 15.— N. E. Gresham,
Edgecombe superintendent of schools
was elected chairman and Mrs. Mary
E. Godfrey, secretary of the Tarboro
Merchants association, was named
secretary of the Edgecombe county
division of the North Carolina de
partment of the National Youth ad
ministration at its first meeting
here Tuesday.
Plans were adopted to create work 1
fqr the estimated 43 young ;
peoplorin tho county. Male* will be '
put to work building sanitary privies ;
and females will conduct, a beauti
fication project for schools nad pub
lic buildings.
Only young people between 16 and
25 years of age whose families aro
on relief are eligible for jobs.
Mrs. N. L. Walker of Raleigh,
state NYA administrator; P. 8. Ran
dolph, of Raleigh, state NYA project
supervisor, and E. C. Hubbard and
C. H. Atkins of the state board of
health attended the meeting and as
sisted in making plans. Work will
begin immediately, Mrs. Walker said.
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Mill School Will
Sponsor Fiddlers
Convention Wed.
The Rocky Mount Mills' school will
sponsor a Fiddler's convention to be
given in the auditorium of Wilkin
son school on Wednesday night, Jan
uary 22. String music, dancing and
singing of old-time tunes will be fea
tured.
Prizes will be awarded for band,
violin, guitar and banjo contubutions
and there will also be a prize for
buck and tap dancing winners, spon
sors have announced.
Edgecombe Co.
YouthßoundOver
Moses Jefferson Of Crisp Charged
With Murdering frather
Tarboro, Jan. 14.—Moses Jeiier
son 17-year-old boy of Crisp, Edge
combe county, who admitted the fa
tal shooting of his father, Wright
Jefferson, 40, Saturday night, De
cember 28, was bound over to Edge
combe superior court on a charge
of murder by Judge Stamps Howard
in recorder's court here yesterday.
The youth, v/ho appeared in the
courtroom with counsel, waived a pre
liminary hearing. No evidence was
presented.
The boy was allowed to return
home to his mother, sick in bed since
shortly after the shooting, under the
same $l,OOO bond under which he
had been at liberty since his re
lease from jail here. He was accom
panied to court by Joe Eagles, Crisp
merchant, his bondsman, who con
sented for the same bond to stand.
Young Jefferson will be arraiug
ed on the patricide charge some time
next week. Superior court starts
next Monday morning.
Judge Howard, before binding the
1 boy ever, told Aim that if he could
not raise funds to hire a lawyer to
let him know in order that he might
appoint counsel for him.
The boy told officers at the time
' of his arrest he shot his father with
' a shotgun, killing him instantly, be
cause the elder Jefferson was in
toxicated and was beating his wife,
1 the boy's mother, in the face with
his firsts. "I meant to kill him,"
1 the youth was quoted as saying.
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Lutherans Give
t
Attendance Prizes
Gold medal awards for perfect at
tendance at Trinity Lutheran Sun
day School were presented to 32
■ members in an impressive ceremony
» held during the regular Sunday
school hour. The awards were pre*
sented by Rev. C. Ross Ritchie, pas
i tor of the church.
The family of L. L. Minges mado
i a unique record for perfect attend
- ance with Minges and eight children
- in the family rceeiving attendance
medals. Mr. Minges received the five
- year gold bar and his children have
3 the following record for attendancj.
r Herman, five years; Helen, three
r years; and Emily, Harold, Charles,
- Edwin, and John six years each. The
- late Billy Minges, nine-year-old son
who died in December, would have
- received the award for six years of
s perfect attendance at this ceremony.
Other awards were made as fol
s lows:
Paul Maus, C. Ross Ritchie, Jr.,
- Paul Dishner, Jr., Arthur Schulken,
l Jr., Margaret Davenport, Danny
- Coats, Mrs. Paul Maus and O. F.
Yount, first year gold pin. Donald
f Lindsay, Rudolph Batchelor, and
• Mrs. O. H. Lindsay, second year
- gold wreath, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fulen
l wider, Barbara Ritchie and Mrs. C.
Ross Ritchie, third year gold baT.
Mrs. W. L. Burrage and Josephine
Yount, fourth year gold bar. Mary
- Burgess, Minnie Burgees, Mrs. W.
- D. Williams, fifth year gold bar.
e Billie Miriam Williams, Margaret
t Burrage, Susie Holecher, six year
gold, bars.
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Aluminum Craft Is Being Tested
With the eyes of the shipping world upon It, this experimental
ilumlnum "ship" was launched at Bath, Maine. Two years may be neces
mry to test the theory that light metal alloy, instead of wood, or heavier
netal. Is practical for shipbuilding. The alloy is one-third the weight of
iteel but Is said to be equal strength.
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Farm prosperity Aids All
The nullification of the Agricultural Adjustment Act
(AAA) has effected the prosperity of everybody in North
Carolina. It is not solely the farmer's problem. The city
dweller is probably more vitally effected than the farm
er.
From the soil originates all wealth. While the farmer
can live without the city dweller in a somewhat primitive
fashion, the city dweller can not exist without the farm
er, and is absolutely dependent upon the primary work of
the farmer.
In 1932 before the AAA, North Carolina farm crops
were valued at $104,362,000. The next year, with the inau
guration of AAA, the valuation rose to $194,390,000. In 19-
34 it was $262,973,000 and in 1935 i twas $346,348,000.
Mr. Roosevelt is the only President that the United
States has ever had that undertook to put the farmer and
the laborer somewhat on a par with a capital and industry.
From the beginning of this government until the pres
ent time, it has been the policyof Congress to subsidize the
manufacturers of this country in the form of a high protec
tive tariff, wheih jbas always been a burden placed on the
backs of the"fawners who have never before this democrat
ic administration, had any protection from the govern
ment.
Representative Fish,, a Republican candidate for the
President, stated in the House of Representativs, last week,
that it was not right to aid the farmer by making industry
pay benefits for his protection, yet there has not been a
woolen suit of clothes or dress worn by a citizen of the Unit
ed States in the last century that probably did not pay as
much as $5.00 or more tariff for the protection of the man
ufacturers.
It is hoped that Congress may be able to advise ways and
means by which the farmer can be protected from the
greed and selfishness of the great special interests of this
country.
When all is well with the farmer, it is well for everybody.
PLAYGROUNDS NOT A STADIUM NEEDED
It is admitted by advocates of the stadium that our chil
dren are deficient, but how is the stadium built out of ce
ment and stone going to help in remedying the condition.
There is never any one year that more than 40 or 50 high
school boys even make a try-out for football or baseball, so
this great expenditure of money will not remedy this con
dition.
The Rocky Mount Herald called attention to this defi
ciency two years back and asked that the Board of Alder
men of Rocky Mount provide parks and breathing space for
the babies and young children of Rocky Mount, but tho
Board of Aldermen has been obstinate of else did not ap
preciate the need along this line.
They have spent over $140,000 for th airport with anoth
er allotment still pending to be spent. They have built lakes
and beautified the river banks where parents are afraid
to allow their children to play even if the river banks were
accessible.
Yet in the center of our city is a vacant piece of ground
which can be purchased or condemned at a reasonable price.
The Board does not make a move in this direction, but asks
the citizens of Rocky Mount to vote a $30,000 bond issue to
build a cement stadium which will never be used by more
than 40 or 50 children each year.
The gymnasium, we consider necessary and a need that
Rocky Mount can afford to pay for, but we do not think that
Rocky Mount should waste money on a cement stadium and
our Board of Aldermen does not appreciate the serious need
of a playground and breathing space for its citizens.
Two Young Men
Hurt In Wreck
Tarboro, Jan. 15.—George Bradley,
Tarboro white man, was confined
to a local hospital today with seri
ous chest and hip injuries as result
of an automobile crash near here in
which a companion, E. B. Hollings
worth of Rocky Mount, was also hui
The two were returning to Tarboro
from Enfield Sunday night when
tho automobile, said to have been
driven by Bradley, left the road
and crashed.^
Bradley's condition was said by
physicians to be Berious, although a
complete diagnosis was not yet pos
sible. Hollihgsworth's injuries were
not known here. He was taken to
Rocky Mount.
Bonus Approved
By Senate Comm.
The bonus, after sailing through
the House seems destined to have
as easy sledding in the senate,
where a substitute bill, similar to
the house bill exeept that it makes
arrangement for the payment in
bonds instead of cash. Vote in the
sneate committee was almost unani
mous, only two members voting
against the bill. Leaders are predict
ing its early passage, and many in
formed people think the president
will sign the bill.
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It was estimated 35,000 persons in
Florida were engaged in hunting dur
ing the season which opened Novem
ber 20.
PARAGRAPHS
PROBLEMS AT
Bladen. Farmers
Commend Pres.
In Mass Meeting Urge Steps For
Control Of Farm Production
Elizabethtown, Jan. 13. —At a
meeting of Bladen county farmers
held heie this afternoon resolutions
were passed unanimously expressing
regret at the action of the Supreme
Court in ruling the AAA unconstitu
tional and appealing to the Presi
dent to recommend and Congress
to enact into law some substitute
for the act to the end that pro
duction on farm products be con
trolled and that parity prices, such
as existed under the AAA be as
sured.
The resolutions also expressed con
fidence in President Roosevelt and
appreciation for the interest which
he has shown in the farmers of
America. Short talks were made by
a number of those present and much
interest was manifested. Farmers
present voted not to increase their
acreage allottments regardless of the
outcome. Copies of the resolutions
were wired President Roosevelt, Sec
retary Wallace, the two North Caro
lina Senators and Congressman J.
Bayard Clark of this district.
Hundreds of growers attended the
meeting.
Banks Of State.
Show Large Gain
The resources of all banks in North
Carolina, as of November 1, 1935,
showed an increjtso 0f'565,684,222
over the resources on October 11,
1934, Gurney P. Hood, State Commis
sioner of Banks, announced yester
day.
The figures, showing total resourc
es of $425,107,123, represented the
combined rewUrees of all banks in
the State, including State commer
cial and industrial banks and all
National banks.
Heaviest increase was in the re
sources of State commercial banks,
which moved from $260,137,391 in
1934 to $313,109,115 in 1935. Nation
al bank resources gained from $BB,-
088,000 to $98,856,000 and State in
dustrial banks from $11,197,509 to
$13,142,008.
Nurses Hold
Distrtct Meet
Wilson, Jan. 16.—Miss Elsie Jane
Cox, of Rocky Mount, was reelect
ed president of tho North Carolina
Nursese of the eighth district at a
meeting held at the Cherry hotel
here. All other officers of the or
ganization were reelected at the
meeting with the exception of two
new members that were elected to
the board of directors.
They were Miss Davis Dickens, of
Weldon, and Miss Elizabeth Win
bourne, of Wilson.
The nurses held a routine business
meeting and heard the various com
mittee reports of the work of the
j past year.
Miss Me;la Marsh, national repre
sentative of the private duty section
of national nurses association of Nov
\ork, spoke to the gathering and
urged a program of eight hour duty
for nurses instead of the regular 12
hours that ntpses are now supposed
to work on one shift.
Other officers of the association
that were reelected at the meeting
were Miss Seleta Cobb, Wilson, first
vice prseident, Mrs. J. L. Evans, of
Greenville, second vice presirent;
Miss Liona Boswell, treasurer; Miss
Gaynor, of Wilson, secretary.
Those elected to the board of di
rectors were Miss Mamie Godwin,"of
Wilson, Miss Winbourne, Miss Dick
ens, and Miss Eva Cratt, of Wash
ington.
MINERS FOR F. D. R.
The Unitejl Mine Workers, largest
member organization of the Federa
tion of Labor, is expected to throw
its whole-hearted' support to Presi
dent Roosevelt. Its head, John L.
Lewis, is outspoken, and its magazine
recently warned manufacturers
against "declaring war" on the Pres
ident, saying "labor and the common
people can outvote you 10 to 1 at
the polls."
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AAA'E DEATH SENTENCE
MINORITY CRITICISM
OFFICIALS SURPRISED
THE NEW BUDGET
ATTACKS AUTOCRACY
HITS DOMESTIC FOES
NEW DEAL SPENDING
SOCIAL SECURITY BEGINS
FLETCHER PLANS REPLY
PARTY FINANCES
THE LEAGUE'S BACKERS
By Hugo Sims, Special Wukli|t«a
Correspondent
Unlike the NRA, demolished by
the unanimous opinion of the Su
preme Court, the AAA received its
death blow last week when the high
est tribunal of the land, by a 6-3
decision, threw into the discard the
elaborate machinery designed to es
tablish parity for the farmers. The
Chief Justice and five judges held
the AAA an invasion of the rights
of the states to regulate local ac
tivities and banned the use of pro
cessing taxes to regulate crop pro
duction.
The decision definitely forecast the
invalidation of the cotton, potato,
tobacco and other crop control meas
ures, apparently doomed the TVA,
railroad pensions and coal-mining
regulation acts, and threw consider
able doubt upon the validity of the
vast program of social security re
cently enacted.
A minority of the Court, consist
ing of Justices Stone, Brnndeis and
Cardozo, in a dissenting opiates.
bitterly attacked the reasoning of
the majority, terming their conclu
sion a "tortured construction of the
Constitution. Justice Stone, who
wrote the dissenting opinion, de
nied the view of the majority that
Congress, admittedly having the
right to levy processing taxes, does
not have the right to use them as
they have been used. The dissenting
opinion is strong enough to create
dissatisfaction in many areas where
the AAA enjoys popularity.
Rentals and benefit payments un
der the AAA totalled more than
$900,000,000 by October Ist when a
multitude of suits interfered with tlio
collection of the taxes. Officials
state that $283,250,349 is due the
farmers on 1935 adjustment pro
grams. This amount is divided as
follows: for cotton, $12,681,150;
wheat, $55,389,802 ; corn-hogs, $106,-
885,055 ; tobacco $5,620,665 ; sugar,
$35,000,000; peanuts, $1,153,534; rice
$520,112; and for winter wheat, 19-
36 compliance program, $66,000,000.
The effect of the decision is to
cut down government revenues by
at least a half billion dollars, jeop
ardize the legality of more than a
billion dollars already distributed
and nearly a billion dollars already
collected in processing taxes and to
throw the entire farm relief prob
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Kentucky Sales
Tax Is Repealed
Frankford, Ky„ Jan. 15.—Govern
or Albert B. Chandler tonight signed
an act of the state legislature ro
lealing Kentucky's three per cent
states sales tax, making the measure
effective at once.
The governor's signature ended the
eontroversai measure enacted in
June, 1934, which to date had produc
ed approximately $15,000,000 in re
venue. A third of this was distri
buted among the counties.
The house passed the repenler last
Friday with only one dissenting vote.
Not a single vote was east against
the repeal bill when the senate for
mally approved it this afternoon.
Repeal of the sales tax was a ma
jor plank in Governor Chandler's
campaign platform, on which he rode
to victory by a 95,000' majority two
months ago.
Funeral Services
Held For Child
Funeral services for Billy Ray
Winstead, one year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Winstead of Oak
Level Township who died from pneu
monia early yesterday afternoon,
were held from the home at two
o'clock. Burial took place in the
Oak Level churchyard.
Besides the parents he is survived
by his grandfather, R. L. Pittman
and his grandmother, Savannah Pitt
man.