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••.* . 5 ' ' The Rocky Mount Herald -Aw VOLUME 3, NO. 5 Tarboro Kiwanis Tarboro, Jan 23.—Naming of di rectors and committee chairmen was the principal feature of a regular meeting of the Kiwanis club here last night. J. W. Spiers, local FCX manager, was elected vice-presiient, Dr. M. W. DeLoatch had been named pres ident and H. H. Ricks, secretary and treasurer at a previous meeting. President DeLoatch named the com mittee chairmen nnd-explained-their duties. He and the secreta??, it was i announced, will attend a school for presidents and secretaries of Caro lina Kiwanis clubs in the King Cot ton hotel, Greensboro, January 30. Named to act as a board of di rectors were -J. W. Smoot, Arthur Fountain, Dr. E. V. Zoeller, Bar tow Houston, J, W. Spiers, M. 8. Brown and 8. Q. Carlisle. Committee chairmen were announced as fol lows: agricctltnre and public affairs, Arthur Fountain; attendance, classi fication and membership, C. P. Mc- Cluer; business standards and Ki wanis education, M. 8. Brown; in ter-club relatiens and reception, H. If, Hicks; program, M. W. Haynes; music. Dr. J. L. Peacock; public ity, N. E. Gresham; underprivileged cwldren. Dr. 8. P. Bass; vocation al, guidance, Rev. B. E. Brown. Mem bers of committees wire to be se lected later. John R. Youngblood, local cotton null executive, was welcomed as a 11 new member ,of the alub. Plans., for a ladies' night program in the near future were discussed. o Brother Of Local Officer Interred J. F. Gupton, 60, farmer of Louis • burg, route 2, who died Tuesday night at a hospital here of uremia, was buried in the Wiggs burying grounds after graveside rites. Rev. H. C. Hilliard, of Sunbury, and Rev. John Harper, of Sandy Creek, of ficiated. Mr. Gupton, brother of Police Of ficer E W. Gupton, had been born * and spent most of his life in the Louisburg section. He was brought to the hospital only last Thursday and died early Tuesday night, k Besides Officer Gupton, Mr. Gup- ton leaves a sij»er, Mts. E. H. High!, . 'Louisburg, route. 2; his wife, Mr#. '* Oupton, and a number of children and five grand children. His chil dren include R. 8., Morrisville; R. 8., at home; Mrs. H. G. Ayscue, Vicksboro; Mrs. W. L. Hilliard, Morrisville; Mrs. M. F. Strickland, Bunn ; and Mavis, Ernestine, J. F., Jr., Wyatt and Annie Blanche Gup ton, all at home. . Pallbearers were not known here, but honorary pallbearers included: C. E. Eden.. J. 11. Joyner, H. G. Conn, Norman Pleasant, Roy Duke and Dr. W. R. Bass, all of near Louisburg. k Cotton Growers Enter Suits ..Four Southern Planters Take Steps To Impound $3,500,000 Of Pen alty Taxes Washiugton, Jan. 27.—Four south ern cotton growers filed suit in Dis trict of Columbia Supreme court today to impound $3,500,000 collect ed in penalty taxes on surplus cot i ton production under the Bankhend act. The plaintiffs, John Wood Thomp j son and A. W. Fisher of Leland, Miss., and D. S. Hopson and S. J. Ward of Wetumkaa, Ala., staged, their suit was filed in behalf of all similarly . situated cotton planters. They asked appointment of a receiv er to relistribute the fund to plan ters from whom it was collected. They argued the Bankhead act, fc whose constitutionality is under test in the supreme court, is invalid be cause the penalty tax was primar ily for the purpose of controlling production. In invalidating the AAA, the supreme court held the federal government had no power to control agriculture, the brief contended. Planters were required to pay a tax of 4 cents a pound on all cotton grown in excess of governmental allotments. The taxes Were collected in the form of national surplus cot tion certificates, which the planters' were required to pur chase in order to market their prod uct, the br^ef/said. They clailWd they purchased the certificates under "coercion and dur ' ess," Thoy set forth as their indi vidual shares in the $3,500,000 fund as; Thompson $882.60; Fisher, $6,- 747.80; Hopson $248.80; and War.l $626.60. o BENJAMIN F. HAVENS BURIED IN TARBORO Tarboro, Jan. 28. —Final rites for Benjamin F. Havens, 50, were held from Carlisle funeral home here at three o'clock this afternoon with Dr. W. L. Peacock, pastor of First Baptist church, in charge. Burial took place in Greenwood cemetery. Mr. Havens, an accomplished musi cian and former instructor in mu sic at Brenaii college, Gainesville, Ga., died at his home here Monday i . e.rm on following 1 a stroke of pa ralysis earlier in the day. He is survived by a brother, R. ? B. Havens of this city. Three Candidates For Governor To Speak In Wilson Wilson, Jan. 28.—Wilson will short ly be able to hear the three main candidates for governor of North Carolina in the 1936 primaries in action, according to an announce ment made by W. K. Helms, presi dent of the P. T. A. of the Charles L. Coon high school here. The three' candidates Dr. Ralph McDonald, of Winsten-Salem ; Clyde Hoey, of Shelby; and A. H. Graham, of Hills boro will speak before the PTA of the local school during February, March and April. McDonald will speak at the school auditorium on March 10: Hoey on February 11, and Graham on April 10. Merchants Head Heard In Tarboro Dowell Declares Advertising Should Be Constant And Not Sporadic Tarboro, Jan. 25. —Willard L. Dowell. executive secretary of the North Carolina merchants association and principal speaker at a semi-an nual banquet of the Tarboro merch ants association and Chamber cf Commerce here Friday night, told his hearers that newspaper adver tising should be constant and not spasmodic, aasidrfously truthful, plain, simple and direct. He urged the large number of mer chants present to increase their ad vertising lineage as the surest means of increasing the volume of their business, to provide for advertising in their annual budget and to ad vertise steadily and systematically. "In this trading area," ho said, "old people are dying and a new generation is going on. The merch ants who want to keep in touch with the new crop of customers to co unter-balance the loss of the old crop must have never let up in his advertising. "If business is good, advertise to make it better, if it is bad, adver tise to build it up. "Be, truthful always and never use language anyone could not un derstand." Mr. Dowell praised efforts of lead ers here to organize a baseball club and urg&lf tdOTraMltp to lend thelf support. He lauded and declared it is rendering more civic service than any other merchants association in the state. Touching briefly on pending social sceurity legislation, lie said merch ants would have to pay nine per cent of their incomes in taxation if the measure is enacted in its pres ent form. The meeting was presided over by M. S. Brown, president of_ the local association. Figures Given On Bonus Payments Nash and Edgecombe county ex service men will get about $1,120,- 000 out of the recently-passed cash bonus bill, according to a recent "American Legion News" issue, and about 64,000 veterans in the stato will receive a total of nearly $35,- 000,000. Nash county's portion of this mon ey will amount to $581,446.52 white Edgecombe veterans are slated co get a total of $527,600.31. The co unty receiving the largest share of the entire state was found to* be Guilford with $1,465,233.16 while Ty rrell county with its $56,886.63 ranks lowest in the amount of money to be issued. Ex-service men in Rocky Mount will total about 300, and they should get on an average of approximate ly $450 apiece, director of Robert Dennis, director of publicity for the Coleman-Pitt, post of the Legion here, will mean the release of about $135,000 locally. Mr. Dennis further made an estimate that ex-eervice men here and within a ten-mile ra dius of the city total about 500 men. Wilson county's total share at $494,772.63 while Franklin, another nearby county, has $324,487.30 for its amount of bonus money due. Precise state figures show that 63,826 veterans will get $34,622,102.- 80. 2 EDGECOMBE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED FOR WEEK Tarboro, Jan. 28.—Two Edgecombe county schools are closed due to prevalence of colds and "flu" and to bad weather conditions which pos sibly would cause additional sick ness among pupils not already af fected. N. E. Gresham, county school su perintendent, instructed principals at Leggett and South Edgecombe schools Monday to dismiss the few pupils present. Only 35 per cent were present at Leggett and 50 p?r cent at South Edgecombe, Mr. Gresh am said. He said he did not expect the schools would reopen before next Monday. a Mucky Wireless reveals plans for world rivarly with RCA 7 |i ~ ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 31, 1936 Officers Seeking Assailant Of Nan J. W. Robinson Injured in Face By Shot J. W. Robinson, about 60, who liv es out about two miles from here on the old Raleigh road, today nurs ed a rifle wound in his cheek as Nash Deputy Sheriffs J. R. Tanner and P. H. Johnston endeavored to determine the identity of the person firing the gun late Friday afternoon frota near the old Rafeigh road. Mr. Robinson, the two Nash depu ties who investigated the accident found, was walking along the road Friday afternoon about 3 o'clock when a rifle shot, apparently that of a .32 caliber gun, was heard. Mr. Robinson was reportedly struck on the right cheek with the slug which passed on into his mouth and al lowed him to Bpit it out. It was a flesh wound. • He came to a local hospital from where he was sent to a local physi cian for treatment. Robinson was quoted as saying he did not know the identity of the "assailant." The officers today expressed belief possibly it was a boy with a group of other boys out hunting and that the discharge was not intended to strike Mr. Robinson at all. They did not disclose the name of the person, if they knew it, they sought. The officers revealed in connection with this investigation that only Wednesday on the Battleboro high-, way at May's service station Bob May was slightly injured in the face by a discharge of shot apparently fired from a gun in the hands of someone in a hunting group not far away. The identity of the "gun ner" was not disclosed if it was known. John Donlan Dies At His Residence Former Engineer Buried Here Wed- Nesday—Rites At II O'clock John Milton Donlan, who devoted almost half a century of his life to the service of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company, primarily as passenger train engineer, was dead today after an illness lasting over a period of years, i Mi;. Donlan, native of Wilmington and one time holder of the record for the fastest passenger train run between Rocky Mount and Florence, S. C., died at his home, No. 342 South Franklin street, at about six o'clock j Monday night. The funeral was conducted Wednesday morning from the church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help witu the minister, Eugene P. Carroll, in charge. Rites were •fit 11 o'clock and interment took place at Pineview cemetery afterwards. Mr. Donlan, who was in active ser vice for the Coast Line from 1881 to 1828, was 72 years of age. He be longed to the local Catholic church, having been a member since the present building was constructed. He was also a member of the old Saga more club, a social organization for men, and belonged to the Current Topics club as well as the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers with whom he held a secretarial post for a time. Friends point to his unusual in terest in children and love for them, and tell of the Christmas trees lie held at home for the young people of the neighborhood. Mr. Donlan was the son of the late Timothy and Margaret Donlan and was twice married. His first wife was Kate W. Riley of Wilming •ton, and his second wife is the for mer Annie Marriot, of this city. His first helpmeet died a number of years ago. He had his schooling partly at St. Charles College in Elicot City, Md. Tonight the members of the Holy Name society and women of the Al tar society of the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help will gather at the Donlan home at eight o'clock for the recitation of the Rosary. Mr. Donlan's wife survives here as do two sisters, Misses Mary and Ka:e Donlan, both of Wilmington. Active pallbearers included F. P. Spruill, W. G. Weeks, Oscar T. Elliott, and T. E. Jenkins, of Roc ky Mount; Robert Huffines, Fayette ville; and William Proctor, of Ra leigh. The family today requested that friends send no flowers. This was understood to be Mr. Donlan's re quest also. o NEW WELFARE GROUP FORMED IN EDGECOMBE Tarboro, Jan. 28.—A meeting to organize a county council which would work in cooperation with th» Edgecombe welfare department has been held at the office of Mrs. E. 1,. Forbes, welfare officer here, and a nominating committee appointed by Mrs. Forbes to bring in a slate of officers at a meeting to be called later this week. « The nominating committee was composed of M. 8. Brown, Mrs. Mary E. Godfrey, Dr. J. G. Raby, Dr. W'. M. DeLoatch, C. A. Johnson and R. A. Phillips. The council will supplement the activities of the welfare department by assuming responsibility for vari our projects which arise from time to time. They ofnite The Hand That Feeds Them The human meifcory is sometimes fleeting and indeed short. Who is there athong us that does not remember the effects of the great depression that was upon this country from 1929 to 1933? Two-thirds of the high school children in Rocky Mount were underfed, undernourished and the percentage in the grammar grades was higher and condi tion that existed Hi; Rocky Mount was practically the same throughout the country. The sad condition is indescribable. Hungry children■> crying to destitute fathers for bread. The fathers unable, to listen to the cries of their hungry children sought flight through suicide. In fact, we had an epidemic 'of suicides throughout the country. The American people ceased to be laughing and smiling people. They carrier heavy facs and sad countenances. When Mr. Roosevelt took the oath of office the above was a true condition. Mr. Roosevelt was the first President of the United States Ijfchat gave his first concern to help the farmers and try tq improve living conditions of labor. He realized that there could be no permanent recovery, un less the agricultural conditions were improved. Agricul ture has been improved. The living standards of labor have been bettered and what has come to the farmer and labor has benefiited indsutry and business. The dividends of the great corporations, many of them the greatest in the history of the nation. No longer ago than yesterday it was published throughout the nation by the General Motors Corporation that they had earned the greatest dividend in the history of the corporation. Yet many of the majpr stockholders are crying out Mr. Roosevelt and the j Democratic leadership in Congress are ruining the country. The naked have been clothed, the hungry have been fill ed and the great stockholders of th great corporations have received their dividends so that they can have their accustomed luxuries which they did not receive during the depression. Yet they cry out against the hand that has made all of this possible. ROCKY MOUNT LOSES LEADING CITIZEN In the passing of Thomas Battle, Rocky Mount has lost one of its finest citizens and one that the citizenship of Roc ky Mount mourns with his family in their loss. Mr. Battle was a man of many labors and many interests. He was the leader of his church in Rocky Mount. He was one of the most successful business leaders and beside 3 this, was one of our best and most public spirited leaders in the development of the city of Rocky Mount. He took the lead in the muncipal ownership of our pub lic utilities—water, lights, and gas; always progressive but his progressiveness was always hedged about by good busi ness conservatism. The'present splerufid economic condition of our town is due to the primary work of such men as Mr. Battle, P. C. Vestal, R. R. Gay, W. D. Joyner and others wh 0 gave largely in time in the early development of our town. Mr. Battle was a fine example to the citizenship of our community. The elegance and simplicity of his character made him a fine example, both t 0 those who had more of this world's goods than he had, also to those who had less than he possessed. Nash Men Out For Sheriff Job Nashville, Jan. 23.—0n the heels of Sheriff C. L Johnson's with drawal from the June primary race today, two Nashville men tossed their hats in the ring for the job to be vacated by Johnston at tho end of the term. They are C. V. Faulkner and J. M. Warren. John ston has served as Nash sheriff for eight terms, or 16 years. Faulkner is at present a deputy under John ston. J. M. Warren, a merchant here, ran in the last Democratic primary against Johnston. He was at one time a deputy sheriff. Brother Of Local People Is Buried Cicero William Exum, 72, promi nent Greenville citizen and broth er of Mrs. 1). B. Melton, No. 600 Cokey Road, and Mrs. B. A. Jones, of North Rocky Mount, was laid to rest in Cherry Hill cemetery. Fu neral services were from his home with Rev. S. B. Denny, of Wilson, officiating, assisted by Rev. W. A. Ryan, Greenville Christian church minister. Mr. Exum was a Nash county na tive who had spent the last 45 years in Greenville and married the for mer Kate Cherry of Pitt County. His wife died about two years ago and he died Saturday night at a Green ville hospital after a two-months ill ness. Besides his sisters here, Mr. Exum leaves four daughters, Geneva, Rosa, Novella and Bruce Exum, all of Greenville; and a third sister, Bet ty Exum, of Wilson. o BENEVOLENT WOMAN URGES FEEDING BIRDS Wilson, Jan. 28.—The birds in Wilson county, because they are not used to the northern weather that the county has been having lately, are freezing and starving to death slowly, according to Mrs. George W. Stanton, of Wilson, member of the Society to Prevent Cruelty to Ani mals. "Tell the people of t section to put out food and bird houses," said Mrs. Stanton, "and do everything they can for the dear little birds.' Conduct Rites For T. H. Battle Prominent Local Citizen Buried To day At Pineview Cemetery Funeral services for Thomas Hall Battle, 76, prominent local citizen who died Thursday afternoon follow ing a long seige of heart trouble, were held this morning from the church of tile Good Shepherd witli Rev. F. H. Craighill presiding. Bu rial followed in Pine View cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary Weddell Battle and six chil dren, Kemp Battle and Hyman But tle of this city, Miss Josephine Bat tle of Washington, D. C., Mrs. Ethel Hall Paxton of Wilson, and Martha Anne Battle and Mary Thomas Bat tle both of the home here. A bro ther, William James Battle of Aus tin, Texas, also survives. F. P. Spruill, F. E. Winslow, O. P. Hedgepeth, Turner B. Bunn, Tur ner W. Battle, E. G. Johnson, Rus sell Braswell, and R. M. Wilson ser ved as pallbearers. E. J. PITT PRESENTED SERVICE EMBLEM HERB E. J. Pitt, well-known local assist ant foreman of the boiler shop it Emerson shops, today had a 25- year service emblem presented him in recognition of his service since he entered the employ of the Atlan tic Coast Line Railroad company February 1, 1910. Revelation of tho award was made through W. B. Middleton, newly appointed master mechanic at the shops. Mr. Pitt, whose home is No. 321' Nash Street, is a native of Edge combe county and entered service nearly 26 years ago. He was presented with his emblem highly prized among the Coast Line employes, only January 23. TOOTH AT BIRTH! Little Veiniee Patricia, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hall, six weeks old, has two teeth. The first tooth was discovered when she was a week old, and the doctor thinks that perhaps she had th? tooth at birth. Colonel Edgar S. Gorrell is named "czar" of airlines President Roosevelt to call con ference on low-priced homes. PARAGRAPHS PROBLEMS AT Wallace Renews Attack On Court It's Probably Greatest Legalized Steal In American History Secretary Says Washington, Jan. 28.—Contending "this is probably the greatest le galized steal in American history,|' Secrotary Wallace today renewed his attack on the supreme court's deci sion refunding $200,000,000 to pro cessors. Wallace in a radio address over a national network, cited profit figures of various processors to show the large returns they would obtain. "In the Hoosac mills case," Wal lace said, "the supremo court disap proved the idea that the government could take money from one group for the benefit of another. Yet in turning over to the processors this $200,000,000 which came from all the people we are seeing the most fla grant example of expropriation for the benefit of one small group. This is the greatest legalized steal iri American history. "You will get some idea of its size when you contrast these re funds with the profits of the proces sors in their most prosperous years. Cotton mills reported profits of $30,- 000,000 in 1929; their processing tax refunds amount to $51,000,000 on cot ton. Flour mills reported profits of about $20,000,000 on their wheat flour business in 1929; their proces sing tax refunds amount to $67,000,- 000. "Packers' profits on their hog busi ness in 1929 were in the neighbor hood °f $20,000,000; their tax re funds are $51,000,000. One of tho largest packers had total profits of $14,000,000 last year. If half of htis came from the firm's hog business, as is likely, that profit, $7,000,000 i 3 only about half the $13,000,000 pro cessing tax refunds to the one cor poration." New Drug Store Opens Here The Andrew's Drug Company which owns two drug stores in the city of Goldsboro has opened in Rocky Mount this week its third drug store at 178 North Main Street, next door to the Cameo Theatre. The active management will be in charge of Chester Moore, formally of Asheville, who is associated with Mr. Andrews in this drug store here in Rocky Mount. George, Tripp, formerly of Ra leigh is connected with the drug store as pharmacist. This store has been remodeled throughout. All fixtures new and modern, finished in tho natural col or. While the drug store is open for business at this time yet this firm expects to give a formal opening date to be announced in the near future at which time they will serve refreshments and give favors. SPRING HOPE FIRMS CLOSED IN BANKRUPTCY Spring Hope, Jan. 29.—The past two weeks have witnessed the clos ing in bankruptcy of two of the larg est business firms in Spring Hope. First the John R. Baker stores in tiiis city. Taylor'.s Cross Roads and Zebulon closed their doors in in voluntary bankruptcy. Attorney Ho bart Brantley was named trustee. Appraisers John C. Matthews and John M. Sykes of Spring Hope and Louis Jones have placed estimates upon the goods and the matter is in process of liquidation at present. Work began Tuesday on the volun tary closing of the Murray motor company. Attorney O. B. Moss has been named receiver in this case. Co-owners of the motor company were R. C. Murray and N. 11. Stal lings. FEARS FAILURE; DIES Washington.—Fear of not passing his approaching examinations in high school, caused Joseph Williams. 18, to commit suicide by gas asphyxia tion. o———— DISAPPOINTING Spirit Lake, lowa.—lt must have been disappointing to the robbers who broke into the county treasur ers' office and blew open the safe. It was empty. 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 YEAS ON NATIONAL WASHINGTON COURT TAKES RECESS EXHIBITS RARE SPEED ROOSEVELT FOR FARM AID LABOR PLANS A COURSE HOOVER'S FARM PLAN HOUSE CONSTRUCTION SUING A DU PONT COMMITTEE HITS A SNAG By Hugo Sims, Special Washington Correspondent The Supreme Court is now in the midst of a two weeks recess *nil there will be no decision on tha Tennessee Valley Authority before it reconvenes the first week in Feb ruary. While many expected the de cision to be handed down last week, the Court passed on none of the gov ernment's cases last week, although the request of the government for a re-hearing on the decision upset ting the processing taxes was re fused with rare speed for the Court, which immediately ordered the re lease of the funds impounded. An argument on the suit of the State of Georgia, challenging the constitution ality of the Bankhead Cotton Con trol Act, will be heard on Febru ary 4th. I The T. V. A. ease is of outstand ing importance. It is the last of the New Deal issues now awaiting the Court's ruling. The real fifht is whether the government shall be allowed to compete in the hydro electric field against private enter prise. On the decision of the Court will rest, to a large degree, the vast economic and social experiment now being conducted in the Tennessee river basin. The decision of the Court is like ly to create an outstanding issue in the coming national campaign. Forces on both sides are organizing for the fight, which will probably be waged in every Congressional district. The T. V. A. case involved the effort of stock-holders of the Alabama Power Company to prevent the sale of transmission lines to the T. V. A. The government, beaten in the trial court, won in the Court of Appeals. President Roosevelt is wholeheart edly behind the plan to use the half forgotten Soil Conservation Aet of of 103.i which will be amended to make clear that farmers are to be rewarded for maintaining "sot) fer tility" as distinguished from the prevention of "soil erosion." The measure, as amended, is expected to be a satisfactory substitute for the defunct AAA and to maintain the policy of Congress to provide farm income that measures up to that of industrial workers. The Presi dent thinks it will carry out the program he laid down last October for_ a "more permanent plan" to maintain and increase the gains made by agriculture and to broaden operations to give "increasing incen tives for conservation and eflicient use of the nation's soil resources.'' While the President would not discuss crop control, his description of the dangers of over-usage of soil, coupled with the inference that good land could be taken t'rom production temporarily on the ground of con servation, for the reason that soil should lie idle periodically, indicates that there will lie no lack of crop control. The President called atten tion to "intangible" erosion, which consists of using up the chemicals necessary to keep soil productive. He stressed sentences in his state ment of October '-. r )th, emphasizing the possibility that it might be us important to stimulate certain kinds of production as it has been to re move burdensome surpluses. At that time lie insisted that the "long-time and more permanent adjustment pro gram" would provide positive incen tives for soil conservation and that benefit payments could be made on a basis to encourage individual far mers to adopt sound farm manage ment, crop rotation, and soil-conser • vation methods. The Executive Council of the Am erican Federation of meeting last week at Miami, Florida, consid ered the instruction of the last La bor' Convention to formulate an amendment to the Federal Consti tution empowering Congress to en act labor and social and welfare legislation. Undoubtedly, Labor as :t whole desires such an amendment, although somewhat afraid of giving the government greater power in dealing with Labor, fearing thaiC this might curtail the right to strike. A report at the convention was that the Democrats will not adopt any plank calling for such an amendment. Labor leaders who favor (Please turn to page eight)