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The Rocky Mount Herald VOLUME 3, NO. 20 Local You.hs Are Hurt In Accident (Water* And Ve«t*l In Hospital Af ter WeetfTfl Sid^wipe I James Howell Waters and Benja mjji F. Vestal, both Rocky Mount youths, were receiving treatmnat in • hospital for injuries received in an automobile accident near here Monday. Although Btate Highway Patrol man T. R. Burdette, understood to Ibe the investigating officer for the 1 accident, was not contacted as he WAS momentarily out of town, it y was'understood the accident happen | ed on the Battleboro highway near \ the airport early Monday morninj. I; Young Waters and Vestal, riding with Jake Brake, son of R. C. Brake, of this city, in a machine which was that of Waters, were enrouta to the city. From what they could discover, one of their back tires must have blown out, (causing the car carrying the three boys to swerve and sideswipe anoth er machine. 'jl Mr. Bell, whose identity was •, not otherwise learned, was believed to have been the driver of the j car. ' Waters received a lacerated leg and possibly other injuries and Vestal complained of internal pains and a bump on the back of his head. 6 Speaking Contest At High School ft Members Of Public Speaking Class 1 Compete For Medals Members of the public speakitg I class, organized for the first time f thif semester at the Rocky Mount 1 high school, are engaged in an ora torical contest in which medals will tte presented to the first three '/speakers. 1 The preliminary trials are being f judged by C. M. Edson, the clasa i instructor. He will narrow the field ' down to three and they will be judged by a committee chosen front , the high school faculty. The fi nals will be held in the school ad :j ditorium. The medals will be award jjjred at the graduation etefcises, Jun* ffy The speakers and their subjects f are as follows: Horace Quigley, t "Mors, Kindling," Dorothy James, ! "More Stately Mansions." Kirby i Hawkins, "Hickory Btumps," Nancy I Stinson "Let Us Have Our Dreams," r Harold Staton, "The Failure of i cess," Eddie Ryals, "The Hardest I Thing In The World To Be," Nick I DeMai, "Date Kernels," Eloise Rob- F irwpn, "The Toll of Speed Hysteria," ,1 Mavis Arnold, "Pioneer Blood,' I fame? Council, "Tho Real Crimi •l nal," Vera Spruill, "Eyes That See J Not," O. D. Andrews, "Sinister j Shadows," and Walton Gray, "Sal- I vage." j Faculty Against Merging Schools Chapel Hill Group Adopts Resolu tions Of Protest By Huge I Majority (By G. de R. Hamilto®, Jr.) '"Chapel Hill, May 12.—The,' fa culty of the University of Nortfi I Carolina went on record here to- I night as overwhelmingly opposing ««ho abolition of the school of en gineering in Chapel Hill and the consolidation of all engineering work t afc State College in Raleigh. protest was recorded as the Taculty, by a poll of the full pro fessors, voted to transmit to the feniird of Trustees resolutions against the proposal of President Frank P. Graham, _ onee approved by the trustees, to abolish the en gineering school here in favor oi 'one school at State College. T'ne vote on the motion was 80 to 19. Incorporated in the were the suggestions of the faculty as to proper method of handling the engineering school problem. JTlie faculty recommended to the w trustees that one school of engin eering, under one dean or board of governors, be established, but tl.at it- have divisions both here and m Raleigh, with the two schools car rying on work they are best fitted for, at prese''^ .lours' Debate The vote *Sn the question came early tonight after 300 members of ; f the faculty had de,bated for olose | to seven hours, in meetings yester * 'Tiny and today, in executive ses sion. Before the main question was put, two attempts to avoid trans mission of the resolutions to the trustees were crushed by the full professors. Arthur E. Ruark, head of the physics department, sought to lamend the motion of transmittal made by Dr. H. V. Wilson, pro fessor of zoology, to provide only that the resolutions be laid be fore President Graham, but th; fn culty voted 66 to 13 to send t'-e protest to the trustees. 5 Dr. Sturgis E. Leaviee of the i - Spanish department offered a l.io " • tion for the election of a comraif -0 (Please turn to page three) I u Kiwanis Circus Underway Here| \r>und 2,000 Persons On Hand Tor First Performance—Show Con tinues All Week While fewer than 2,000 persons at tended the opening night of th \iwiinis jubilee-circus at Mangum's warehouse, those who were on haad 'or the first show of its type ever j >ffered here were convinced that! hey had seen a real show, one 'hat vould look well and be applauded •y the most critical audiences. Comedy struck the keynote in thj wo-hour period of rapidly-moving icts, and the audience; a little slow it warming up because it didn't now just how to take this new sort )f entertainment, finally gave vent :o lusty cheers. Billed as one of the headline at tractions was wee Laddie Lamont, :he Scot on a globe, and the things tie cannot and did not do with a {lobe were aot worth mentioning. He stood on the huge globe and l>layi'd a saxophone as one of h : s accomplishments, then climbed *a runway to the top and descended ivith all the grace with which mi lady walks around in her flower garden. Mr. Lamont also brought cheers to the house with hiß stunts perform ed on a ladder. Wilbur's society circus offered trained dogs and ponies. While the ponies gracefully performed much iij the manner as other well trained ponies under the big top, the dogs tore down the house by their an tics which included turning back ward flips in midair. Another attraction that was worth going miles to see was the perform ance of Pallenberg's wonder bears, which rode bicycles, handled them selves adeptly on roller skates and many otner stunts. Rose Ellis' acrobatic barre jump ers performed tricks with barrels that would have made a moonshiner turn gr£eu with envy, while the De- C'ardos teetorboarders gave a splen did performance that again smack ed of the the big top. The Royal Doberman pinchers were good, too, but Aunt Jemima seemed to have mixed her pan cakes with the wrong kind of batter. They got some tough breaks. A decidedly comedy knockout was the Will Morris and Bobby aet, which offered one of the beat clown* seen here in a long time. The shows go on nightly it 8 o'clock in the warehouse. Miss Golda Honey, queen of the silver jvire, is one if the most ac complished artists at the Circus. Her feats of balance without the aid of parasol or pole will be remembered by all attending the Circus. Will Hills Elephant is an act that will long be remembered. When an elephant weighing 2,000 pounds can walk a wire half way across and then turn and make a complete turn without faltering, it is accomplishing a trick that many a human would find it hard to do. Ponies, Dogsl Say they do tricks that the most seasoned tumbler: and riders of the largest traveling big tops find it difficult to do. And the Kandows! O, did thej wow them! Every time they en tered the arena you could hear tin crowds attending tlie circus roar their approval. The show ran for one hour am thirty minutes, and everyone leav ing Mangum's warehouse expresaet their desire to attend the perforin ance once or twice more. Weede-Meyer's orchestra playo for the dancing after the show, anc their rendering of modern danci music met with the instant approva of all dancing. The show was wonderful. It wa presented and directed by Wil Hill. Grover Kobbins, representini Morton-Ilamid, and Edgar C. Wal lace, General Chairman were pleas ed with the attendance and said thn by the Aid of the week the war house would not hold the crowds. The Kiwanis Jubilee Circus lia a grand opening at Mangum's Ware house Monday night, with eapacit; erowd. It was stated by official that it w,as the largest opening o any indoor attraction at Hock' Mount for maily yedrs. The attrac tions, fifteen wonderful circus acts were presented to a huge audience The circus will continue throughou the week and indications point t the largest attendance of any in door circus ever presented in East ern Carolina. The dances have grown very po pular, music furnished by Weedi Meyer's Orchestra, wheih is so pop ular throughout Eastern Carolinr As one official stated today, th fine part of our endeavor has bee: the thousands of people who hiv attended from out of Rocky Moun which shows that the people thruou the entire section are interested i the endeavor of the Kiwanis Clu to raise funds for the Eastern Car olina Training School for Boys. What? One worries about those actoi who have played 1,000 performance of "Tobacco Road." What will the do when they have to go back t work?—DeTroit News. o Next To Impossible Columbia professor says shor thick, rotund persons are of l "easily adjustable nature." Ever tr to adjust three of them into tt driver's seatf—/The Louisville Com ier-Journal. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MAY 15, 1936 Complete Details I Of Gallopade Announcement by Chairman A. J. Mims of the Dedication Committer gives complete details of the cer;- monies which will take place on May 2s> in connection with the Gal lopad . Chairman Mims declares tout all preparations are complete for the dedication of the new 430,- I 000 Stadium and Athletic Field. The ceremonies as they will take place on May 2!» at 10 A. M. in-, ■■Mud* Chairman A. J. Mims as Mas 'er of Ceremonies with Alderman W. S. Wiik nson, Jr. making the -le-. dication and presentation address on , behalf of the city government. Sen ator L. L. Gravely will accept in behalf of the School Board. Head Coach Wallace Wade of Duke Uni versity will accept in behalf of the Southern Athletic Conference. As President of the National Associa tion of Professional Baseball Lea gues, Judge W. G. Bramham will , accept in their behalf. President Cy Edson of the Little Theatre Players will accept in the behalf of the Lit tle Theatre Players. Included in the Ceremonies will be several bands to furnish fhe 1 music for the occasion and all city and county Officials are expected > to attend. The complete program of the Gallopade as announced by Presi [ dent J. L. Williams includes on i May 27 at 8:00 P. M., a Mammoth i Barn Dance to be held in the New I I Planters Warehouse with two string i bands furnishing the music Sid ■ Perry of Spring Hop® calling the ■ figures. On May 28 promptly at 11:00 A. M„ the three mile long i Floral Street Parade will get under ■ way with 40 floats, 15 bands and , Drum Corps, 80 horseback riders, - 20 clowns, and many other features I including airplanes flying overhand showering the city with carnations - and confetti. At 2:00 P. M., on 9 May 29 a mass Band Concert with r all visiting bands taking p'irt. - 4:00 P. M. will see the Durham - Bulls and the Rocky Mount Red - Sox giv? an exhibition of Piedmont 1 League baseball. At 8:00 P. M., the i, city streets will be blocked and all e walks of life will be represented in { the Carnival Street Dance which 1 will have as a feature a battle ef music between two well known or s chestras. May 29 .at 10:00 A. M., :, I will see the new Municipal Stadium ■ Dedicated with fitting ceremonies. |An air circus will hold the spot -8 light for thl afternoon and the formal Gallopade Ball will close the e activities of the three day Festival. Last year thousands of Eastern r | Carolina folk flocked to Rocky f Mount for the Gallopade and again ■1 this year interest is at a high pitch |as the date flraws near. All func it. tions of the Gallopade are open to n the public and Rocky Mount is act n ing as hosts for the occasion. A d blanket invitation is issued to ex n eryone to accept the hospitality on g' the occasion of the 1936 Gallopado. dj o , * Many In Race i For County Jots ie r Local Man Announces For State Sen , ate—46 Run In Nash, 17 In Edgecombe Following a week-end in which a second Rocky Mount man cast him , self into the race for the state le*;- , islature, a survey of the total num ' i ber of political aspirants who have filed notice for the democratic pri mary June 6 shows 46 are running in Nash county and 17 in Edgecombe V! Races are assured for almost every ' office. Late Saturday Roscoe Griffin, Roc ky Mount merchant, made the an uouncement he will run for state 1 senator from Edgecombe county. He pledges, if elected, "active coopera . tion and support to the enactment' '' of certain legislation. In a statement he indicated he is ? anti-sales tax, pro-state law on oid * age pensions, anti-state land tax, and is for "Edgecombe county's, rc -15 taiuing the profits derived from -ihe c " control of alcoholic beverages.'' 8 ' Filing time was concluded Safur e day afternoon and registration books are open in both Edgecombe and Nash counties until 6 P. M. [1 " May 23. Race Indicated Mr. Griffin's announcement indi °~ cates a race in the primary between him and Senator William G. P" Clark, of Tarboro. The Edgecombe county primary status indicates races for chairman :n of county commissioners, represen tative and senator from this county, u ' and sheriff, while several others are ut | unopposed. 'J 1 The list of Edgecombe democratic 1J oftiee-seekers, who will run for the r " nomination in the primary, follows: Edgecombe Aspirants For chairman of the county com missioners : rs R. E. L. Cook, Tarboro, and W. e3 C. Hargrove, Tarboro, incumbent, ey C. C. Ward, of Rocky Mount, the t(J other 4 eommissioner whose term ex pire,*, filed without opposition. For Edgecombe member of ;he state house of representatives: W. W. Eagles, Crisp, incumbent: and rt. F. E. Winslow, Roeky Mount law m yer. rv For Edgecombe senator: Senator he Clark, and Mr. Griffin, city, ir- For Hdgecombe sheriff: Sheriff (PI use turn to page three) Won't Have to Pull the Plow Any More : ji f ■>* 'sp£ ■«■ For three years Paul J. Green of Jena. LA., and bla wife and young daughter, have been trying to work their amall farm plot by pulling the plow themselves. Now they have received from the Rural Settlement ad ministration the horse shown In the picture, and are comparatively happy. Another daughter and a sop make up the family Of five, which has been too proud to go on relief. University Consolidation There has never been any sentiment in North Carolina for the consolidation of the three major colleges in this State. The consolidation was recommended by the Brooking s Institution, which was purely the creation and servant oi the administration that hired them in North Carolina. There was no sentiment for it among the alumni, the faculty, or the people of North Carolina, yet the Governor with his Strong central power was able to push this law through without there being any sentiment for it in North Carolina. We do not believe there should be any criticism attach ed to Dr. Graham for trying to put the law into effect. He has only been doing Wjiat the law requires him to do. The act of the Legislatures was" not the creation of his mind, it was the child of Brooking's Institution and Governor Gardner. The action of the faculty of the University of North Carolina occasions no surprise. North Carolina is large enough to have these three col leges. The one at Chapel Hill; the one at Raleigh; the one at Greensboro existing each in their own right rather than trying to exist as a mythical union of coordination. Brief Sketch Of Mrs. Helen Wohl Mrs. Helen Robertson Wohl wis born on her father's farm in Deep River Township in Guilford County, where her Quaker ancestors settled in 1772. She attended the rural 1 schools and was graduated from Guilford College in 1923. Subsequently she taught in the Gaston County schools at High Point College. Later she obtained her A. M. degree at Teachers' Col lege of Columbia University. In li»2ti she was married to Stanley S. Wohl, a prominent World War Vet eran, and they have two children. Mrs. Wohl is a member of the Reli gious Society of Friends (Quaker Church). On October 14, 1935, Mrs. Wohl announced l'or the House of Rep resentatives from Guilford County. She conducted an active personal and speaking campaign for six months and made public her views on every public and local issue. Mrs. G. D. Taylor Passes Away Mrs. G. D. Taylor, 63, of near Taylors Cross Roads, was buried i in the family grounds after Rev. I Essie Poland, of the Holiness church, conducted the final rites I from the residence. Mrs. Taylor I succumbed at home early Sunday | morning after suffering 10 days j with paralysis. She died at 3:30 o'clock Sunda7 morning. Survivors include her son, G. L. Taylor and daughter, Mrs. Elsie Mae Strickland. Mrs. Lane Buried In Bishopville Funeral rites were held in Bish opville, S. C. for Mrs. B. D. Lane 155, widow of the late Dr. B. D. ' Lane. Mrs. Lane succumbed at | Bishopville Tuesday and was buried there Thursday. Three children, Henry, Berry aad ' B. D. Lane survive. Dr. Lane was a brother of Mrs. I Dora Corbett, of this ciyt. Fitts Withdraws FromCountyßace I am using this medium of no tifying my friends and the voters of Nash county, that I am with drawing from the race for solici ' tor of the recorders court of Nash ' county—this time. | Due to the fact that I have im portant litigation pending in tho courts of the several near by coun ties as well as Nash county that might interfere, or rather come up at times that would conflict with my duties as solicitor if I were elected for this term, and feeling that my first duty is to my clients that employed me. It is a further fact that one of the candidates for the office besides myself is from or near Rocky Mount—and that it might not be fair to the voters that two of us seek the office from this end of the county. I am therefore . leaving the field entirely to the otn [ er gentlemen Mebsrs. Spruill aud May. i I appreciate immensely indeed the interest that my friends and the , voters in general have taken in my j behalf in seeking the office and fur- I ther assure them that I will be just ias glad to serve them in same ca ,' paeit.v at a further time. I T. W. FITTS, Attorney Rocky Mount, N. C. ■Fountain To \ 1 ;i Broadcast Talk ' From W-Salem ' Former Lieut. Governor R. T. Fountain will address the voters of Forsyth County at a. mass meeting in the courthouse in Winston-Salem in the interest of his candidacy for the United States Senate to succeed 5 Senator J. W. Bailey, on Friday night at 8 o'clock. The supporters are providing i ra dio broadcast In connection with 5 this address. i. He will address the voters of t'Wake county in the courthouse in 1 Raleigh Tuesday evening at 9 | o'clock. i On Thursday morning, May 21, at 10 o'clock he will deliver a com i. im neement address in Davidson Co unty at Reed's High School. PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON rcbacco Men To !; i j Stage Meet Here' ll Eastern Carolina Association To . Convene Friday At Hotel, Elect Officers With election of leaders and oth- ' •r vital things before them for set lement, the members ,of the East ■rn Carolina warehousemen's asso ■iation will come here Friday for j heir yearly meeting, George P. Ar- j lington, secretary-treasurer, indi- j ;ated. President H. P. Foxhall, of this 1 sity and Tarboro, will preside at :he meetings, which will include norning and afternoon sessions, rhe morning meet starts at 11 j'clock at the Ricks Hotel. A lun :heon at the hotel follows and then 1 :omes an afternoon meeting there, ilated to adjourn in time to allow the members to see the Portsmouth- Red Sox Piedmont game at the newly-opened stadium. Mr. Arrington said about 75 warehousemen or more are expected for this meeting from all over the section. Several vital matters of interest to are slated as well as election, it was stated. Besides President Foxhall, the prewnt officers include Mr. Arring ton, secretary-treasurer, and Sims Moye. of Greenville, vice president. o Win. H. Griffin Tilts At Bailey! i Blames Senator Because State Hasn't Received More 'Dispensations' j Wilson, May 8. —Praising Prcsi dent Roosevelt and at the same time assailing his opponent, Senator Jo siah William Bailey, with the charge that he has been disloyel to th Democratic party William H. Grif fin, candidate for the Democratic, nomination for the United States Senate told a feathering at"the court house here Thursday night thnt people, in times of stress, are en titled to the protection of the gov ernment. Griffin praised the President and what he has done in the last four years, and urged those attending the meeting to back him and his principles. Spt'aking of the relationship be :ween government and big business he declared that too much inter ference by the government in busi ness was a bad thing, but that some interference of the right sort was the best thing that could hap pen. Talking of the unemployment situation he avowed that no on? should be allowed to starve and that the people were entitled to the help of their government in bad times. In attacking Bailey he said that the present Senator has during the last four years opposed almost ev ery effort of President Roosevelt and his policies, and charged that Bailey had aligned himself with the reactionary Republicans in the Sen ate in Washington. Telling of the reaction in Wash ington to Bailey's actions there during the last few years Griffin pointed to the fact that while North Carolina pays the second largest tax to the Federal government in f he United States the State is far down the line when it comes to dispensa tions from the same government. "And this," Griffin, "is because of the administration's laek of sym pathy with Senator Bailey. —— —e Druggists Go To State Meeting Rocky Mount and Nasli county will be represented at the North Carolina Pharmaceutical asscoiation meeting in Greensboro this week end. a survey showed here. W. C. Ferrell, Nashville drug gist and Nash ABC board member, will be there, and will be install ed Thursday as the new state pre?- ident at this meeting, the fifty-se" enth annual one, succeeding Roger A. MeDuffie, of Greensboro, retir ing president. Stanley Pierce was to leave late today for the meeting, and it is understood both M. P. Dawson and John Lee Matthews, local druggists as is Mr. Pierce, may attend soma of the sessions. NOTICE Those desiring to subscribe te The Rocky Mount Herald may do so by sending $l.OO with name and address to The Rocky Mount Heraki, Rocky Mount, N. C. Name ■_ Town , State , Route No ! 1......................... .......a $l.OO PER YEAR MILLION'S FOR DEFENSE POWERS RUSH TO ARMS JAPAN'S INCREASED NAVY U. S. AND BRITISH RECORD NAVAL STANDING TODAY ARMIES AND AIRCRAFT THE PACIFIC PROBLEM PEACE UP TO JAPAN THE AMERICAN COURSE 87 Hugo SI mi. Special Washlagt— Correspondent With record breaking peacetime appropriations for the Army, suid Navy practically assured in Wash ington, the people of the Unit« 4 States will soon face the need of making a permanent decision as to what they expect their government to do in the way of national de fense. There is considerable sentiment among several organized groups against spending public money for the Army and Navy. The idea is advanced that the United States ffaees no possible enemy nad has no need of a first class Army or Na vy and that the thing for us to do is to let other nations compete ia the armament race. This argument finds a fertile field in the undoubted peace sentiment that exists in over whelming strength among all oar people. —p Practically every day one reads in the newspaper* that some OJitio« has authorized the construction of a new warship, the increase of its armed strength or air force. More over, there are frequent references to the importance of basic inaus | tries vitally necessary to support » I army in the field, and consistent at- I tempts on the part of several pow . ers to have available adequate aux iliary ships to supply the fleets in I time of war. Undoubtedly, the na tions of the earth are arming them i selves and preparing to fight, it is on a scope never before experi enced. In discussing the role of the Unit ed States in the scramble now go ing 011, it is necessary, first, to as sume that our proclaimed desire for peace is sincere and represents the real wishes of our citizens. How ever, the same observation is mad** by the spokesmen of other powers in regard to the inereaes o ftheir armed strength. At the same time a general concensus of world opin ion recognizes the existence of lis tinct threats to world peace, aris ing respectively out of the policy and attitude adopted by Italy. Ger many and Japan. In saying this, we do not mean to pass judgment upon these three nations nor is >t necessary for the purpose of this discussion to go into the reason for, or question, the righteousness of, the nation-eleetic sentiment whicu rules them. Readers will recall that in 1922 ' at a conference in Washington, the ' principal sea powers of the world ' ngreed to certain limits on the ' sizes of their fleets and that this was bolstered by a conference in Loudon in li'.tO. However, due to : the dissatisfaction of Japan, wliien was accorded a ratio of 3—" in com- parison with the United States and ' great Britain, the present naval pact expires on January Ist, 1!'37. The figures show that since 11'- IS, when the World War ended, un - | til l!>3(i, the British fleet decreased I I in size 52 per cent, the American 1 1 fleet decreased 34 per cent, and th» ' Japanese fleet increased 35 per cent. ' I Japan immediately adopted and con -1 j sistently maintained a policy of building up her fleet to the full treaty strength. After making the J reduction referred to, the Britisn maintained a treaty fleet. The Unit ed States for many years lagged fnr behind its treaty-authorized Navy, but in the last few years, heavy building of ships has resulted in an r approach to our authorized strength. 1 Today the British Empire has 1,- ,■ j 3SS.IS4 tons of ships built and 1 building; the United States is nett, 1 with 1,353,086; aiul Japan, third, . with In 1919 the figures were: Great Britain—2,B9l,7sB tons . the United 5tate5—2,056,276, and ■ f Japan—642,Bol tons. It should be . observed that so far as the Unit . Ed States is concerned, almost ii'l naval building in this country stop r ped in 192S and was only revived in . the last two years. Thus we find this country pushing ahead fastest e today with new building, having un s der construction—3 aircraft carriers, I 12 crusiers, 52 destroyers, and 13 s 'submarines —a tofal of 80 ships. j (Please turn to page four)