The Rocky Mount Herald
VOLUME 3, NO. 18
Plans Are Made
I For Dances
l| uafiopade eek
■mP* Today plans are completed for
U the three dances to be held in con-
Jt nection with the'l936 edition of the
f Annual Gallopade on May 27-28-29.
B- Local and civic leaders working on
Hf the Gallopade promise the best set
■ Xt-Af dances «ver offered in Eastern
■ President J. L. Williams
■jftates "We are going to have the
)&-ittogt fun entertaining Eastern Car
Molina at our Gallopade." This is
rwtilc truo spirit of the Gallopade and
(1-every citizen of the city is trying
BKard o get ready for the celebra
t ' tion.„A public invitation is issued
to every person both old and young
I "Ho be in Rocky Mount on May 27-
88-29.
Jt. > There will be three dancee io
; completely fill the mammoth pro
gtam of tho celebration. The Barn
on May 27 will attract thous
.fldtcU of the older set to give their
fltfSpression of the real square dance.
Si Two string orchestras, the Mercer
fljString Band of Wilson County and
.'j"tho Rocky Mount Ramblers of Ed
is r gecombe and Nash Counties' have
■ been secured to furnish the music
for the occasion. The new Planters
' -'Warehouse will be elaborately dec
* .orated for the occasion, and Sid
Perry of Spring Hope will be on
to call the figures. Mr. Perry
v i* well known in these parts for
his ability o call good figures and
F*haa called figures from Manteo to
the mountains and is considered the
1 best in the State.
I The Carnival Street Dance on
%£May 28th will feature two well
k S 4cnown orchestras. The dance will
.take placo in the main business aec-
U tion of the city and everyone is ex-
RjOfected to dress in costume for the
. occasion as Confetti and novelties
L %lil be distributed to the many
5j hundred dancers. Both tho Ban
Street Danoe will be open to
Jrthe public and a cordial invitation
Jp is issued to everyone to come and
enjoy themselves as the guests of
I' Bocky Mount.
'* The Gallopade Ball on May 29th
will feature tho Music of Johnny
•Hamp and his orchestra. The crown
fng of King and Queen of Gallo
f pade will be a high-light of the
| Gallopade Ball and invitations are
"J' being i"«ued for this feature.
* In addition to the dances, the
Gallopade will feature a three mila
Klong Parade, Band Concert, Base
Ball Game, Stadium Dedication, Air
Circus, out-of-Door Pageant, and
many other features. Last year tho
Gallopade attained unbelieveable suc
cess and again this year is expeet
, ed to even surpass last year. The
doors of Rocky Mount will be
thrown open on May 27-28-29 to
fifestern Carolina't oreceive the hos
pitality of the Gallopade.
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Many Are Hurt
Over Week-End
I Week-end wrecks in this section
"and cars running into people sent
six persons to local hospitals, one
, seriously injured and resulted in
t tho arrest of a youthful driver on
charges of driving while under the
influence of liquor, hit-and-run
driving and assault with a deadly
weapon.
: " John Braswell, 66, of near
Sharpsburg, lay in a hospital with
out his left leg after William Bai
i ley, 29, of the same section, al
 legedly ran over him, cutting off
* the leg below the knee and break
ing the other leg. Bailey is held
here.
Other victims sent to hospitals in
cluded Neva Rice Munnerlyn, 2,
daughter of. L. C. Munnerlyn,
Here; Nency Hart, 12, Tarboro;
I Rosa Lee Richardson, 19, New Bern;
Percy Griffin, 26, here; and Mo
torcycle Officer George Williams,
here. None was seriously hurt.
Hall and Foxhall
■ On S. Car. Trip
Tarboro, April 28.— H. P. Fox
hall, president of the Eastern Caro
lina W-*; housemen's Association,
left he*£ g . for Columbia, 3.
: 'C. aoursj j°' n Cl » ude T -
Hall, cliairm. . v the State and Tri
-4 . State Tqliaeco Growers' Advisory
V- committees, in an effort to secure
the passage of control legislation for
» the 1936 tobacco crop.
Hall and Foxhall were named by
the State Advisory Committee at a
meeting in Raleigh Monday to go
to South Carolina to confer with
leaders of the Legislature there.
The South Carolina Senate already
has passed a compacts bill, but tho
measures requires tho participation
i of Georgia before it becomes effec
tive in South Carolina.
Hall and Foxhall hopo to be able
to persuade South Carolina law
"makers to amend the measure in
tho House so that it will be cffec
( tive without the participation of
Georgia. If this is done, they be
lieve, there is still a chance that
control of the 1936 weed crop may
J effected by calling the North
W Carolina Legislature into session.
Hill's Elephants
Big Attraction
Will Hill, is known far an wids
for his prowess in the training «•£
animals, and the Kiwanis Circus,'
indeed has a great distinction in
presenting Will Hill's Elephants
among the grandstand attractions on.
May 11th to May 16th.
It is almost ludicrous to watch
these two baby elephants go rapid
ly through their routines, in par
rot —like imitation of their train
er. They do pyramids, acrobatics
and dancing and how they can.
dance. They do a "shimmy" that
would make Gilda Grey turn green
with envy, and .their version of the
well-known "Black-Bottom," is
something worthwhile for any of
the modern jazz artists to see, and
as for the latest ballroom steps,,
well, they make the average ter
pischoreen enthusiast look as if they
were standing still.
And yet, last, but far from least,,
one of these animals has gone so
far as to walk a tight rope. None,
but Will Hill could bring about the
almost impossible. If ever an elc
phant could be dainty, it's Will
Hill's Baby Elephants, and all in.
all, it is a corking good attraction
that will bring joy to the hearts of
all the children, to say nothing of
the adults.
The entire show is being presented
by the Morton-Hamid Circus and
every one attending the show will
be assured of a wonderful even
ings entertainment. In addition to
the above named act there will
Golda, the girl on the silver wire,
Will Morris and Bobbie, two of the
most versatile trio, Osaki and Taki,
one of the foremost teams presented
to the American public. They do
feats of balancing and juggling that
seem almost impossible and defy all
laws of gravitation on the end of
a pole balanced on the shoulder of
the male member of the team.
Frisco the wonder pony, who does
almost every thing but talk, Pal
lenberg's bears an act that has to
be seen to be appreciated, Merrill
Bros and sister, a trio that do feats
of daring and upon each others
shoulders that will amaze every one
attending the show.
After the Circus there will be *
dance, with music played by that
well kndwn orchestra, Weede-Meyer.
This orchestra has playd hete sever
al times and they have a host of
friends here in Rocky and
they are looking forward to their
engagement here to renewing the
friendship they have won in the past
due to their distinct rendering of
the modern dance arrangements.
There will be an exhibition of
merchandise by the leading merch
ants and manufacturers and auto
mobile dealers in Rocky Mount. All
in all the Circus, exposition and
dance will be a big week in Rocky
Mount and will have all the color
and lights that go with a circus. Tho
only difference will be is that the
show will be prtsentod Under a
roof instead of under canvas.
Tickets can be had at the Circus
officii which has been opened at
135 North Main street, Rocky Mount.
Edgar C. Wallace is in charge with
Miss Camilla Richardson. Telephone
Na. is 1200. Patrons desiring to
purchase tickets may do so from all
members of the Kiwanis Club or at
Circus headquarters.
Training School
To Be Conducted
Methodists To Have One Starting
Sunday Afternoon
A Rocky Mount Christian workers
training school lasting from May 3
through May 8 was announced with
Ihe school planned to be held at the
First Methodist church.
L. R. Gunn, Superintendent of
tho Sunday School, announced tho
training school which will include
three courses. "Missionary Educa
tion of Children," Mrs. H. M.
Wade, of Durham, teacher; "Per
sonal Religion." Mrs. Earl W.
Brian, Durham, teacher; and
"Evangelism in tho church School,"
Rev. Robert W. Bradshaw, Durham
teacher.
The course will begin Sunday and
continue through the following Fri
day. Mrs. Wade's course is for all
workers in the children's division of
the church school, Mrs. Brian's for
young persons between 16 and 24
cnly, and Rev. Bradshaw's for stu
dents desiring to increase appre2ii
tion and understanding of the mean
ing and nature of evangelism. .
Textbooks are on sale at the church
office, and all Methodist churches
here and in the vicinity are coop
erating. Sunday school workers of
ether churches are invited to at
tend the school.
Sunday's program starts at 3
o'clock and on week days the school
begins at 7:30 o'clock.
Theory Tested
Conservative—So you believe in
dividing everything up, do yout
Socialist—Yes.
Conservative—Would you be wil
ling to give me half your cowst
Socialist—Yes, most certainly.
Conservative —Would you give mo
half your chickensf
Socialist—No, that's different.
Conservative—What's the differ
ence!
Socialist—Why, I have chickens
but I ain't got no cows.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1936
Will Hill's Trained Elephants
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Feature act with the Kiwanis Circus here May 11 to May 16,. inclusive. Just one of the
many big feature acts for this occasion
Editorial Appearing In The News
and Observer May 3rd, 1933
EXPLAINING AND CRITICIZING SENATOR BAILEY'S OPPOSITION TO THE
DEMOCRATIC RECOVERY PROGR/JVI
"WITH UTTER FRIENDSHIP"
Someone, Senator Josiah William Bailoy
said some time ago, ought "to go up to
the White House, and with great respect and
with utter friendship" tell the President
that he was wrong on the farm bill.
Senator Bailey has voted against the
President's farm bill, against the President's
inflation proposal, and against a majority
of all the proposals aimed at recovery in
America which have been supported by the
President and the Democratic majority in
the Senate. Many North Carolinians "with
great respect and utter friendship" think
that Senator Bailey has taken the wrong
course.
Some North Carolina newspapers havs
been sharp in theitf criticism of Senator
Bailey's course. The Winston-Salem Journal,
recalling Senator Bailey's campaign against
Senator F. M. Simmons on the single issue
of party loyalty, has demanded: "Who's a
Hoover Democrat now?" The Hickory Daily
Record considering this demand, says that
"those who live by the sword must die by
the sword," and declares that throughout
the State "knives are being openly unsheath
ed, meaning that the senior Senator had
better begin to buckle on such armor as
he possesses."
The truth might as well be faced that
even some of Mr. Bailey's friends are dis
turbed by his course. They feel that con
ditions today are tenfold more serious than
they were when Mr. Wilson became Presi
dent. President Wilson then had to under
take what were regarded by some of the
more conservative Democrats as very radical
policies, such as tariff reform without favor
itism, cux*rency reform, and the creation of
the Federal Reserve system, with 12 centers
instead of one great centralized bank. At
that time President Wilson relied confident
ly upon Senators Simmons and Overman to
champion the progressive and even radical
measures which were essential. North Caro
lina approved the action of its Senators and
members of the House in co-operating fully
with the administration, and North Carolina
looks to see its Senators and Representa
tives in the present crucial era do the same
thing. The program of the President and
the Democratic majority is the only hope
to lift the country—particularly the agri
cultural and textile section of the country—
out of the present desperate situation.
There is deep regret in North Carolina
that thus far Senator Bailey has not voted
with his party and his President on a ma
jority of the important features of the Dem
ocratic program for recovery. There is, of
course, the ground for the course he has
followed, that as United States Senator he
may feel that he can best serve his constitu
ents by always following his own view on
every question regardless of what may be
the views of his party leadership in the
Senate and his country's leadership in the
White House.
Last week North Carolina was not only
regretful but surprised to find that Mr.
Bailey, in the company of only two other
Democrats, stood out against the proposal
to give the President certain permissive
powers in connection with the inflation of
the currency. Mr. Bailey took this stand,
obviously, not upon general objections to in
flation but merely upon objection to details
in the inflation plan which has the approval
of the President. Though he would un
doubtedly put his own safeguards,, rather
than those the President approves, around
inflation. Mr. Bailey has already put himself
on record in favor of a policy of inflation.
In fact, while opposing the farm bill urged
by the President, Senator Bailey pointed to
inflation as the real remedy for the farmer's
plight. True he wanted it safeguarded. So
does the President. Both the President and
Mr. Bailey would guard inflation under the
Presidential phrase, "Sound and adequate
currency". In urging a course of inflation
in the debate on the farm bill in the Senate
on April 18, Senator Bailey said:
If we should move in that direction—and wc
have got to do it sooner or later—if we will come
to meet that situation in the only manner in
which it can be met, we will have all the inflation
as the erops come in that is necessary to restore
prices to a reasonable normalcy. We will cut down
the debts, cut down the taxes, and lift the com
modity values. There is no trouble about that.
Walter Lippmann, the publicist, was denouncing
that sort of thing three months ago, and in last
Sunday's paper he is advocating it. Arthur Salter,
the economist of the League of Nations for 12
years, and recognized as probably the foremost
of all the economists of Great Britain, had an
article in the New York Times of last Sunday >n
which he attributes the improved condition in
England to precisely that sort of inflation—a
drop in the pound value with which we are all
familiar.
Yet when the vote came to give the Presi
ident certain powers to inflate the currency,
Mr. Bailey could not bring himself to vote
for the inflation plan, endorsed by the Presi
dent, which differed from his own. Mr.
Bailey's constituents, who have long been
in advance of the party in the North and
East on the money question, welcomed his
statement in support of inflation in the early
farm bill debate. Many of his constituents
since the days of Vance have believed that
bimetallism should prevail. They have even
gone so far as to vote for bimetallism con
sistently since silver was demonetized in
1873. Of course, today they did not expect
Senator Bailey to vote for the specific plan
of an earlier day but, particularly after his
speech, they did expect him to vote for the
necessary inflation, and as Democrats they
expected him to vote for the plan carefully
considered and approved by the Democratic
President of the United States and every
Democratic Senator save three.
North Carolina farmers, in desperate
straits and citizens pressed under the load
of debts in a deflated currency, are disap
pointed that Mr. Bailey could not vote with
his President and his party. Frankly, too,
there is a puzzle in many minds as to how
Mr. Bailey could make his vigorous and vic
torious campaign against Senator Simmons
on the issue of party loyalty and then vote
in the Senate as it was recommended that
Senators should vote not by the Democratic
President but by President Hoover's two
Secretaries of the Treasury, Mills and
Mellon.
But in spite of disappointment North
Carolinians still hope that Senator Bailey
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PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL
PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON
Winslow Says
Tobacco Farmers
Plan For Future
Greenville, April 28.— J. E. Wins
low, leader in the movement to se
cure control legislation for the 19-
36 tobacco crop, said today "wo
are laying plans for future years,"
and added that consideration is be
ing given to possible means of ac
tion this fall if tobacco sells for
prices below the cost of yield.
Winslow, however, said emphati
cally leaders had not given up hopo
for control 6f this year's crop. At
a meeting in Raleigh Monday of tHe
Tobacco Advisory Committee it was
decided to send Claude T. Hall of
Woodsdalo, chairman of the com
mittee and H. P. Folhall of Rockv
Mount, president of the Eastern
Carolina Warehousement's Associa
tion to Columbia in an attempt to
have the South Carolina legislature
enact a bill which would not be de
pendent on similar action in Georgia.
Winslow expressed much optimism
ever the South Carolina situation,
saying that ho felt there wae a
strong possibility that the Legisla
ture would, enact a compact law
which could bo applied this year. He
added ho had hopes Governor Eh
ringhaus would call a session if
South Carolina takes, favorable ac
tion on a workable compact for this
year.
Workman Hurt
At Curb Market
Three Injured In Fail From "Stage"
—Two Remain In Hospital
A break in the "stage" at the Roc
ky Mount curb market building un
der construction on McDonald
street sent three local workmen to I
a hospital here, on* with a broken j
left leg. They fell when it broke, j
Those injured at the market, a,
WPA project expected to amount
to approximately $7,000 when com
pleted in June inelude John S.
Smith, 44 No. 425 Davis street;
Carl Buck Godwin, 34 No. 1112
South Main street; and Sidney
Freeman, 27, who lives in the north
western part of the city.
Mr. Goodwin suffered a commi
nuted fraeture of the hoad of tho
left tibia which extended into the
knee joint, and Mr. Smith sustain
ed a fracture of the body of th.j
second lumbar vertebra. Mr. Free
man, the only one who was releas
ed from the hospital after treatment
end examination, had lacerations on
his head.
A. C. Cash, foreman of the job
on which about a dozen men are now
employed, indicated the accident oc
curred about 8:lo o'clock and the
three men were working on the
"stage" (framework to allow them
to stand on.) In some way it broke
sending the men to the ground some
12 feet below.
Construction on the curb market
has been underway for a number of
weeks now and the wooden con
struction work is nearly complete
It was indicated the roof will have
tin placed on it probably this week,
and the building will be complet
ed by early in June.
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Doctor Asks Scouts
To Get Vaccine Now
Dr. Allen Whitaker, Rocky
Mount's new health department su
perintendent, particularly urged all
Boy Scouts here planning to go to
camp this summer to tako the three
typho{d "shots!* if they are not
already protected.
Dr. Whitaker, who suggt sted
Thursdays of each week as good days
for the Boy Scouts to come by the
health office for the "shots, '* indi
cated the camping season is fast
approaching and the sooner they re
ceive the "shots" the better.
Thore are three doses of the ty
phoid vaccine, usually given one a
week, and they are supposed to be
effective for a three-year period.
Husband (after a bad exhibition
at bridge;— Well, you might have
known I had no hearts.
Wife (sweetly)—l did know. But
I thought you had Jbme brains.—
Tit Bits.
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THE. BELIEF BURDEN
A PERMANENT PROBLEM?
DROUGHT AREA SPREADS
SEVEN STATI)> AFFECTED
REPUBLICAN PROSPECTS
LANDON AND BORAH GAIN
PRESIDENT ENCOURAGED ,
INTER-AMERICAN PARLEY
MANY ISSUES COMING UP
THE POWER ISSUE AGAIN
By Hugo Sims, Special Washington
Correspondent
With 3,853,000 heads of famillee
or unattached persons receiving a
livelihood for themselves and their
families from the Federal Govern
ment, as of March Ist, it is as
sumed that nearly 15,000,000 persons
aro dependent upon Federal assist
ance. The estimates are that mil
lions of persons are dependent on.
local aid throughout the United
States. How long this state of af
fairs will continue is uncertain, but
the Administration has taken th-j
position that no one shall starve
and apparently any other adminis
tration will be confronted by an ov
erpowering demand for the con
tinuation of some similar form of
relief.
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In the early days of the Roose
velt administration, unemployment
was apparently regarded as an
emergency matter but recently it
has become apparent that the view
point has changed. In his Balti
more Bpeeeh, the President prac
tically said that "recovery will aot
solve the unemployment problem.*
He cited the increasing unemploy
ment during the prosperous years of
1928 and 1929 and suggested shorter
workers as a partial solution.
Apparently, the Administration
will stand by the principles of
work relief outlined by the Presi
dent in January and resist the pres
sure that is building up for PWA
undertakings and direct relief. The
history of relief shows that the
methods have been changed fre
quently and there is no idea that
the present works program will be
continued unaltered. Basically, it
seems inevitable that the Federal
Treasury will, for some years, have
a burden on account of unemploy
ment. Regardless of what methol
is used, such aid will probbaly con
tinue until private enterprises ao
sorb into normal employment those
now receiving public assistance.
Slipping up on the nation is an
other drought, which officials fear
will be as serious as that of 1934
WJeather Bureau records indicate
that a large section of the na
tion's farm land, since the first of
the year, has been in a drought
area which now envelops seven
istates. Kansas, according to the
records, is in the grip of a drought
that is worse than any covered by
the bureau's figures and much tho
same condition exists in Oklahoma.
Out of the dust bowl area in Okla
homa and Texas, the drought has
crept over these two states and is
moving into Missouri and southern
lowa.
The Department of Agriculture
officials point out that the drought
period lias not ended and that it
has been unbroken for five years in
certain sections of the Southwest.
The 1934 calamity caused damage
totalling five billion dollars, ruined
thousands of families and killed
livestock in droves. Of course, the
area affeoted may be visited by
heavy rainfall any time but antil
Hlpr»> is general precipitation, crops
in the area will be below normal.
It is about time for us to sur
vey again the political field. Sev
eral weeks ago, in an extended
discussion of the Republican situa
tion, we poiuted out that it revolv
ed' largely around four men; Hoov
er, Borah, Landon and Knox. Since
that time nothing has happened to
indicate any prospect of the nomi
nation of Mr. Hoover. The Illi«
nois primary, carried by Col. Knox,
was a doubtful triumph for him bo
cause of the strong showing mad*
by Senator Borah in the rural
areas. In fact, Borah supportert
claim a moral victory because, ex
cept for the voto in tho city of Chi.
cago, the Idahoan would have car
ried Illinois. The Landon strength
has somewhat increased recently,
duo to a write-in voto in Nebraska,
and the conviction is general at
this time that he has much the best
chance of securing the Republican
nomination.
Political observers attach consid
erable significance to the large voti
received by Senator Borah in Uli
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