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The Rocky Mount Herald VOLUME 3, NO. 7 Births Exceed Deafis In Co. ■A Tarboro, Feb. 12.—Births outnum ) bered deaths 82 to 31 in Edgecombe county in January, a monthly health report released today reveals. Not in recent ye\w • has the month ly "SWinber of deaths" exceeded births bul the margin last month of births over deaths was much larger than usual. r Births included 27 whites and 55 Negroes while of the deaths 14 were whites and 17 Negroes. Three deaths -of infants, all of them under one month of age, wqye recorded. Onp was a white baby; the other two , were Negro infants. Communicable diseases reported in January included one case of diph theria, two of measles and five of > chickenpox. Influenza, which was in epidemic stage in some parts of the county, was not included in the report, it being a non-reportable disease. Two deaths from tubercu losis were reported. A total of 220 cows were tuber culin tested. Sanders Funeral Conducted Non. Ip j Mr*. Lee Sanders Burled At Pine- View—W«« Native Of Smithfield . Ik i V Mrs. Lee E. Sanders, whose death Saturday at a local hospital follow ed an illness of about three years duration, was buried Monday in Pine view cemetery after Rev. G. W. Perry, pastor of the First Metho dist church held services from his church. Rev. F. H. Craighill, rec tor of the church of the Good Shep herd, assisted. Mrs. Sanders, well-known Rocky Mount woman who lived at the Ro3e apartments, was 43 years old and came originally from Smithfield. Be fore her marriage there in 1913 she was Miss Carrie Hyman. * v She died Saturday morning at the hospital to which she had been tak en a week ago Sunday. Many people here and in this eastern section knew her and of the tea room which | she opeilted until illness caused her to turn it over to her son, Alfred. Bhe belonged to the Order of the Eastern Star and the First Metho dist church. Active pallbearers were E. H. v . Heaves, R. A. King, A. L. •Vyler, C. '2 D. Benbow, Jr., all of here: E. H. Lewis, of Tarboro, and Gaston Levy also of this city. The honorary pall bearers included W. G. Weeks, T. R. Easterling, of here; N. J. Ben ning, Lexington; Dr. L. W. Korne gay, Dr. R. S. Anderson, Dr. W. S. Wall, Rufus Kinlaw, M. C. Pettitt, V. F. Sechriest W. L. Alderson, all A ow here, Walter Grantham and K. C. Gilette, both of Smithfield and D. J. Rose, of Rocky Mount. She leaves her husband, Lee fi. Sanders, of Lumberton, two sons, Al fred M. and L. Hyman Sanders, both of here; her mother, Mrs. Flora Ful ler Hyman, of Detroit; two sisters, Miss Elizabeth Hyman and Mrs. Glenn H. Freidt, both of Detroit; and two brothers, F. C. Hyman, of Rocky Mount and R. F. Hyman, of Raleigh. } vi ° Eastern Farmers Doubt Substitute Whether Soil-Improvement ProgTam ! - Can Replace AAA Studied College Station, Raleigh.—Eastern North Carolina farmers are doubt ful whether a soil-improvement pro gram can take the place of the AAA. At recent meetings of county pro gram planning committees, farmers have expressed approval of a soil improvement program, said E. W. Gaither, district farm agent at State - College. fe But they question the ability of such a program to limit the tobacco crop to the amount which they be lieve can be sold at a reasonable * price. Nevertheless, Gaither reported, the farmers are throwing their support behind the movement for balanced farming, self-sufficiency, and soil ~conservation. This also includes the production of more livestock, poultry, and dai *ry products, he said. There is a growing realization of the need for y at least one cow for every family. i In working out an agricultural 4 program suited to the requirements and conditions in each county, he continued, the farmers plan to as certain the amount of land that may advantagpously be placed in the * cultivation )si- cash crops. There is a need for the production >i!pf cash crops, he said, both to bring the farmers a cash income and to supply the needs of the country for these commodities, but such crops must be limited to a "reasonable amount." Br Whether the cotton and tobacco crops can be held within reason able bounds this year, in order to maintain the price at a level any thing like fair •to the grower, re mains to be seen, he added. Doctors have devised an electric needel paid to be able to restore life if used iu a itw minutes .after death. Many Take Part In Junior Play More than 20 high school stu dents are participating in the juni or class' vaudeville show, the first presentation of which was made Sat urday night at the Carolina Theat i re. The "Vaudeville," offered again i Monday and Wednesday night at !• o'clock, included a play, "The Fa tal Quest," several musical selec i tions, a skit nad a tumbling act. i The Junior class of the local high > school presented this in an effort t to raise funds for the annual Juni : or-Senior dance. i Participating in the play were Crystelle Eschman, Jane Spruill, Har old Gardner, Ernest Wright, Peg gy Speight and Raymond Works. 1 Prances Walker, Nancy Poe, and Gladys Duaghtry prseented two 1 popular numbers, and S. Marion Jus tice, tumbling instructor, had ! a group of his boys present an act. . This group has in it William Mob ley, Milton Bennett, Randolph But , ler, Larry Battle, Bobby Rosenbloom. William Fowlkes, and Clarence Sai ler. T. A. Avera, Jr., did a tap dance and Joe Hollowell, William Glover and Doris Waller gave a skit. o Eastern Farmers Will Cooperate Greenville, Feb. 11.—A group of 3,500 eastern North Carolina farm ers today had pledged themselves to coojjerate with any acreage con , trol plan the government effects in 1936 and to limit their production of tobacco, cotton and peanuts. The action wto taken at a mass meeting here yesterday at which the farmers heard Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American farm bu reau federation, speak on "organ ized agriculture" and praise the ag ricultural policies of the Roosevels administration. Thfe tobacco growers agreed to hold their acreage to 70' per cent of theif bases under the AAA; cot ton, 55 and 65 per cent of their ba ses as represented in the 1936 con tracts, and peanut growers, 80 per cent of their 1936 baqes. • « Farmers Convene At High Point Iflgh Point, Feb. 12.—Farmers and seed mfen from throughout North Carolina met here this morn ing for the opening session of the second annual conference and seed exposition of the North Carolina crop improvement association. Delegates were welcomed by Ma yor C. S. Grayson, and W. L. Lyer- Ijr of Woodleaf, president or the association, responded. The associa tion heard reports from W. H. Darst, director in charge at North Carolina State College; Dr. G. K. Middle ton Raleigh, secretary-treasurer, and committee chairman this morning. Election of officers will not be held at the current conference. This afternoon the delegates will hear addresses by Dr. Middleton; Senator Dudley Bagley, chairman of the North Carolina rural electrifi cation authority, and 11. G. Willis, soil chemist of the North Carolina agricultural experiment station. Tonight there will bo a banquet for members and guests, and later in the evening a "fahn shindig," fea turing old 7 time and modern rural en tertainment. The conference will continue through Thursday after noon. Plans Are Made For Meet Here Everything was being made ready this afternoon for the meeting to nigrt at which James A. Phillips, of Cedar Rapids, lowa, will speak to the Rocky Mount division No. 535, Order of Railway Conductors of America, at the Ricks hotel dining room. Mr. Phillips is the international president of the Order of Railway Conductors of America, and is ex pected here to make a talk tonight at eight o'clock to the members of the order. All members of the Bro therhood of Locomotive Engineers, and their auxiliaries are cordially invited. It has been announced light re freshments will be served. The session is honoring Mr. Phil lips. CONDUCT RITES FOR MRS. FANNY CHERRY Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Cherry, 64, who died Sunday night were held at four o'clock Monday afternoon from the home with Rev. C. W. Goldston, pastor of the Clark Street Methodist church presiding. Burial followed in the Pineview cemetery. i . •• , Mrs. Cherry had been, sick for ap proximately three weeks and died Sunday at her home at 8825 Cokey' road. She came to this city to live in 1923. Her previous home was in Tarboro. She %is survived by a foster son, Henry A. Rogers; a sister, Mrs. Bet tie Robinson of Kinston; and two ni eces, Mrs. lizzie Turner of Kinston and Mrs. Fannie Yerser of Wilson. ROCKY MOUNT, N Boy Scouts Have Special Services Pastors Talk To Scouts On Twenty- Sixth Anniversary Of Movement In U. S. Boy Scout anniversary week was observed in several local churches Sunday with members of various troops attending services in uni form. Rev. C. Ross Ritchie, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church, and pres ident of the local ministerial asso ciation, discussed the text, "Know yj I not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prise So run, that ye may obtain." (Cor inthians 9:24). At his church ser vice in the morning Troop No. 13, Paul Holscher, Scoutmaster, attend ed in a body. In another section of Rocky Mount Rev. F. H. Craighill, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, told members of Troop No. 11, William Draper, Scoutmaster, "I am the door." The Scripture lessons were Ecclesiastes 12 (except verses 8 and 12) and Luke 10:25-37. Rev. G. W. Perry, minister at the First Methodist church, also men tioned the Scout's twenty-sixth an niversary week in his talk Sunday morning on "The Price of Leader ship." Said Rev. Mr. Ritchie, that life is as the sea, as a battle, a pilgrimage, or a foot race. "There are three things necessary in. a true race of life." These were: first, "that ye might obtain," that is, have a purpose in your race; second, obtain "whheut putting out our own light," that is, be temperate in all things for one puts out his own light if he is not; and third, "lest I myself should be come a castaway," that is, one should have mastery from within as well as from without. To gain self mastery, one must conquer pride, envy and hatred, ho showed. "Obtain the goal, and in obtain ing the goal of life, obtain life it self," concluded Mr. Ritchie. Rev. J. A. JBatterfield, former lo cal Presbyterian pastor, offered the prayer. At the Episcopal church, Rev. Mr. Craighill told how Jesus is the door to "our happiqess." Scouting, he said in effect, is one of the combina tions we have to know to get the door open. Several of the Scouts took part in the program. They included Laddie Taylor, who read the psalter; Tur ner Battle, who gaye the, first les son'; Jack Greene, the second les son; Hugh Battle, who gave hte Scout oath and .law; and Aubrey Walker, the color-bearer. Members of Troop 11 attended iu a body. • At the Methodist church Mr. Per ry related what it takes to be i leader and referred to the twenty sixth anniversary of the creation of the Scouting movement. o Ancient Church To Be Restored Camden, S. C., Feb. 11.—The cen tury old Bethesda Presbyterian church here with its steeple on the back and originally with five por ches representing the five around the Biblical pool of Bethesda, is to be restored. From the outsi&e the dull red brick church does not appear to need fixing but the five porches were ta ken off in 1890 and many other in terior changes were made at that time. Now the congregation plans to re store the building exactly as it was when it was completed in 1822 said to be one of the finest examples of the work of Robert Mills, great ear ly American architect. On the lawn in front of the church on March 9, 1825, Marquis de LaFay ette laid the corner stone of the monument erected above the grave of Baron Dekalb who was killed in the battle of Camden August 16, 1780. The rear steeple resulted, tradi tion has it, because Rev. John Joy ce, pastor, insisted upon the some what remarkable arrangement to meet his own peculiar views, and this is borne out in part by histor ies of this section. o Dr. H. M. Poteat Writes Textbook Wake Forest, Feb. 11.—Dr Hubert M. Poteat, professor of Latin at Wake Forest college, has just com pleted a book, "Selected Letters of Pliny," which will be printed by D. C. Heath and company of New York within the next few months. This volume is a companion of Dr. Poteat's "Selected Letters of Cice ro," which has been widely accept ed as a textbook throughout the United States and England. The book will contain approximately 250 pages and will present a picture of all phases of political and private life during the period of the Ro man Empire. o Customer—How's thist You have charged me twice as much as usual for shaving me. Barber—lt's according to the new code. My razor was dull and it took me twice as long as usual ro shave you. RTH CAROLINA, Progress on Coulee Dam Project v fv ' f*''' 1 . ... Jjh .... : ■: j - p - 1 i V. This giant bucket of concrete U being lowered to bedrock on the site of the Grand Coulee dam. Five of th«•© buckets together with the especially built flat cars (that convey them from the mixing plant) weigh 100 tons. AAA Was Salvation of Farmers Constitutional or unconstitutional, the Agricultural Ad justment Act and the New Deal Farm Measures have been the salvation of the farmers of the South. This we know because, we are here among it, and a part of it and what it has done for the South, it has done for other parts of the country. Our experience is that when the farmer has money, ev erybody else has money. Those Senators who 'have not been for the New Deal Legislation, who have not proposed anything, and have fought it all along in the face of starvation, nakedness, and disease have a responsibility and now is the time for then; to show their leadership, if they possess such, and if they do not possess leadership and cannot work out a program themselves, they should at least cease to hinder and ob struct those who are honestly trying to work out a program. The farmer has power, but as was suggested by Mr. O'- Neal at the Greenville meeting, he lacks force by reason of his failure to cooperate. Local Musicians Attend Meeting C. L. McCullers, leader of the twin-county high school band, and H. Vernon Hooker, director of instru mental music in the city schools, Monday had returned from the mid winter meeting of the Eastern Caro lina bandmasters association at a Greenville hotel Bunday night. At the session, plans for concerts and band festivals in this section in the spring came up for discussion and consideration, but no final steps were taken. Wilkes S. Bobbitt, president of the group and a Williainston resident presided. WOULD MAIL PAPERS TO VETERANS FREE Washington, D. C.—Free mailing of magazines and newspapers to war veterans in hospitals was provided for in a bill introduced in Congress January 3, by Representative Joe H. Eagle of Texas. Known as H. R. 34- 76, the bill was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and was ordered print ed. Tens of thousands of hospitalized veterans would be benefited by the passage of this measure. While the annual report of the Administration of Veterans Affairs for the fiscal year ending June 30 1935 showed on ly 42,599 veterans in government hosp itals on that date, and 9,324 others receiving domiciliary care, the re port disclosed that a total of 106,- 897 veterans were admitted for medical treatments. Of these 102- 473 were discharged after an aver age of 96.2 in-patient days during which they would have been entitled to the privileges of this bill had it been law then. The Eagle measure provided that "publications bearing the state ment they have been admitted to the United States mails as second class matter shall be transmitted in the United Stages mails free of pos tage when mailed by any post or organization of war veterans, or aux iliary unit, or society of any such post or organziation, and when ad dressed to a hospital in which any war veteran of the military or na val service of the United States is being cared for; or to any charit able organization making periodi cals available to veterans in any such hospital, or to any veteran in any hospital who is being eared for in that hospital." DISAPPOINTED Jim—Why did everyone ery dur ing the death scene at the theatre 1 They must have known that the actor wasn't dead. Jakt—That was just the reason. RIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1936 3 One-Act Plays To Be Given Soon Edson Says Little Theatre I'layers Will Offer Productions On Feb. 20 President C. M. Edson today an nounced the date of the three one act plays to be presented in this city by members of the Little Thea tre Players. The bill, arranged for general appeal, will be produced on the evening of Thursday, February 20, in the high school auditorium and the curtain will go up at 8:30 o'clock. Archie Amos will direct the three plays, which have been in rehear sals daily from some time by mem bers of the various casts. "Carolina Lady," a drama from the pen of Jamieson Bunn Do'wdy, a member of the Theatre Players, is sehdeuled for the first of the three performances. The scene for this week is the Weldon—Richmond high way and the story revolves around a newly married couple, injured in an accident while enroute to the Virginia city. Paul Green's comedy, "Quare Medicine" will be the second of the three one-act plays and the third, "Isle," is an O'Neil tragedy, which deals with the crew of an iee-bound whaler which carries a single woman passenger, the wife of the captain. Tickets for the coming productions will go on sale several days before the night of the events and a com mittee for the sale of tickets will be directed by Miss Kmma Brown. Members of the cast, each of whom was well chosen, have been holding rehearsals nightly for the past few weeks and indications point to a highly presentation of the well balanced program. o Edgecombe Man Sees 1 More Snow Tarboro, Feb. 11.—You can tako the word of W. F. Whitfield for it that there will be but one more 'snow this winter. Any winter, says Mr. Whitfield, who is renowed hereabouts as an amateur weather prophet, has just as many snows as there were fog gy mornings in the preceding Aug ust. L«t August had seven foggy mornings, by actual count, he says. The present snow is the sixth. There fore, there will be one more snow and only one more. If the Unites States weather bu reau sops otherwise, the United States weather bureau is laboring in the coils of error, says Mr. Whit field, who assertß he has heen keep ing cheek on the forecasting proc livity of August fogs for 40 yearj and never saw it miss yet. PARAGRAPHS PROBLEMS AT Rental Agency Officers Changed I. J. Dowdy, Jr., was today named manager of the Twin County Ren tal company here, succeeding R. L. Sides, who has been named assistant secretary-treasurer of the Citizens Building and Loan company. The announcement of Mr. Dow dy's appointment was made today, and with him at the establishment will be the following officers and employes: C. C. Ward, president; W. M. Spears, vice-president; Da vid Oates, Jr., rental agent; Eliza beth O. McDaniel, book-keeper, Lou ise Leggett, policy clerk; and Sarah Lee Stancil, stenographer, Mr. Dow dy's position is also secretary-treas urer. a ' Johnston Led In AAA Payments Topped All North Carolina Counties In 1935 In Benefits Received A final tabiirtion of AAA bene fit payments shows that Johnston county farmers in 1935 received more than the farmers of any other county in the state for cooperating in the crop adjustment programs. A total of $879,381.33 was paid to farmers in this county, while North Carolina as a whole received $17,589,400.46. Robeson county was second, receiving $735,568.53; Pitt third, with $751,302.03. The money was disbursed as ren tals on land retired from the cul tivation of basic crops and as ad justment payments to the farmers who limited the production of these crops. The payments in this state for 1935, according to figures announced by Dean I. O. Schaub, of State Col lege, were divided among the grow ers of various crops as follows: Tobacco growers $9,350,220.81, cotton growers $6,717,981.05, peanut growers $813,904.11, corn-hog produc ers $434,489.68, and wheat growers $63,804.81. Although this includes all the checks distributed during the year, Dean Sehaub stated, it does not in clude all the money due the grower 3 for their part in the 1935 AAA pro grams, as some of the payments are still due. Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, and other high govern ment officials announced shortly af ter the Supreme court voided tha AAA, that some way would be founl to complete all payments due farm ers under crop adjustment contracts. Counties bordering Johnston ben efited in 1935 as follows: Wilson, $597,535.38; Wayne, $459,635.18; Sampson, $492,908.00; Harnett, $483,- 23.">.24; Wake, $568,817.40; Franklin, $831,666.96; Nash, $658,032.90. o Willard L. Dowell To Be Candidate Willard L. Dowell, executive sec retary of the North Carolina Mer chant's Association since 1927, has announced his candilacy for the Democratic nomination for State Au ditor. Opposing Mr. Dowell will be Au ditor Baxter Durham, who has held the office for the last four terms and Charles W. Miller, of Asheville, who announced last week. Chestor Bell, who ran f° r this office four years ago, may enter the race. 4 DRIVERS JAILED FOR DRIVING WITH REVOKED LICENSES Four drivers in the state who have been caught driving automobiles af ter their driving licenses were re voked have received jail terms of from thirty to ninety days. In ad dition their licenses were revoked for an additional year. o FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT DIES VERY SUDDENLY Charles Curtis, 76, former Vice- President, died suddenly, Saturday, February 8, in Washington. The funeral was held Tuesday in Topeka, Kansas. Apple tree is reported as being in bloom in spite of sub-zero wea ther in New York state. NOTICE Those desiring to subscribe to The Rocky Meant 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 YEAR ON NATIONAL WASHINGTON LANDON MOVES IN FRONT BORAH TO STUMP OHIO APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT SOCIALIST THOMAS SPEAKS SEES DYING SOCIAL ORDER MINE WORKERS BACK F. D. R. REVERSE LABOR PRACTICE WALLACE'S SHARP ATTACK BUDGET AND LOST TAXES FREE TRADE ZONES MOVE GOLD BY MAIL By Hugo 81ms, Special Waahingtoa Correspondent Governor Alfred M. Landon, of Kansas, appears to have taken 'the lead among Republican aspirants for the nomination of the party by the Cleveland convention. His opening speech, at Topeka, on tho occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of Kansas, was well received in the East. His idea that: the Constitution is "the balance wheel" of progress plus his reputa tion as a budget balancer in Kans as took well. Observers noted that his idea on relief is that the money actually reaching the unemployed and im poverished has not "rocked the Treasury" but that the damage haa been done by "abysmal waste thru changes of policy, maladministration, and ruthless partisanship." Discuss ing "whether recovery should pre cede reform," the Governor took the position that recovery is the greatest reform that we can have. On the_ subject of agriculture, h« was positive that farmers should re ceive the same protection accorded to workers and industry by the tar iff and thought that the proper us* of soi! conservation methods would help materially to prevent surpluses. The Borah boom was picking up Senator disclosed his intention of strength late last week after the Senator disclosed his intention of making an aggressive campaign in Ohio. Previously, his apparent re luctance to enter the lists permit ted his opponents to spread the idea that Mr. Borah was only seeking backing in the convention to assist him in combating the Hoover faction and the effects of a conservative group to write the party platform. By actively seeking delegates in Ohio in opposition to Governor Ross, now serving his second term, the Senator somewhat upset the calcula tions of other prospective candida tes. In his recent speech in Brooklyn, Mr. Borah urged old age pensious of stio a month for workers over 60, advocated "complete divorcement"' from European political controver | sies and saw great danger to the Constitution through usurpation by I Congress or the Executive, although there would be no danger, he said, in | amendments by the people themselv es. . It is interesting to note that four large trade associations have ap peared as "friends of the Court" in the anti-trust prosecution of the Sugar Institute, Ine., for the pur pose of urging the Supreme Court to construe the anti-trust laws so that such organizations can frame agreements to protect themselves against cut-throat competition and harmful trade practices. This w;is one of the things that the NRA was intended to accomplish. Presen tation of the brief preceded an an nouncement from the Cotton Textile Institute, one of the petitioners, that its members have reached a vol untary agreement to conform to NRA wages and hours. The Sugar Institute case was brought by the government, whicu accused some of the principal re fineries of violating the Sherman anti-trust law through its oragniza tion and an accompanying code of ethics. The brief of the trade asso ciations condemned the "regimenta tion" of the NRA but held that it recognized the need for action ta create sound competitive conditions and practices and stressed the need of highly competitive industries Cor some method to regulate evil condi tions. Not many of our readers will be interested in the remarks of Nor man Thomas, left wing Socialist loader and former candidate for the Presidency but, nevertheless, i:i the welter of speeches that are made, it might not be amiss to givd a little space to Mr. Thomas, who recently took occasion to differenti ate Socialism from what he calls State Capitalism, which he says must (Please turn to page eight)