The Rocky Mount Herald
VOLUME 3, N(X 26
Officers Praise
!■ German Crowds
i Rocky Mount officers, Edge
| combe county officers and Police
Chief O. P. Hedgepeth today tiad
only praise and gratitude for the
manner in which the huge June
Gyman crowd conducted itself at
fifty-sixth annual dance.
Officers, both citysnd county, and
Chief Hedgepeth expressed satisfaa-
the group, numbering up in the
'thousands, did behave in such seem-
J*iy manner.
No wrecks wore known to have oc-
I curred here, despite the size of the
t r'twd of dancers and friends.
Local and county officers as weil
as members of the state highway
I patrol were busy throughout the
i night handling the traffic situation
' and the crowd.
State patrolmen, out of the of
t flee when a reporter tried to con
; tact them, were not asked about
. their opinion of the crowd's behav
ior, but it was understood they
were in accord with the sentiment
1 expressed by the other officers.
feports No Fire
amage For lay
IFire Chief Reveals No Damage Done
Although Buildings, Contents
Valued At $51,00#
With more than $50,000 worth of
building and contents values involv
ed in fires occuring last month, fire
damage to buildngs and contends
I was chalked up aa not a single
| cent, according to the monthly re-
I port Chief J. R. Sorsby drew up
for the fire department last month.
R 'The report, turned in for the
i edification of the Rocky Mount al
derman ic board, was released last
sight, and further showed build
ing permits issued were for a total
amount of $10,950 in May.
' "Answering five bell and four silent
Alarms last month, the firemon
utilized six small lines (650 feet)
tod 26 engines. The blazes were
eaissified as two dwellings, two
stores, two autos, one tobacco
, plant, one garage (outside city lim
it) and one field fire. One hun
\ dred twelve blocks were run, and
I; on an average of 32.4 men attend-!
fi#•
~i Building values involved totaled
i %32,200, content values, $18,800; in
snranco was $26,500 on buillings,
and $14,500 on contents the report
•hows. Damage was nothing.
Permits were two dwellings $4,150;
dwelling alteration, $1,500; and to
% bacco storage place SSOO for total
of $10,650
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Insurance Agency
Opened Here Now
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• Crouenberg - Matthews Insurance)
Agency Has Sunset Avenue Office
I Rocky Mount today had a new in
! surance agency on Sunset avenue,
« it is in a block where severil
S'. *r offices and establishments have
\ opened or will open shortly.
|. The Cronenberg-Matthews Insur
' anee agency, located at No. 110 Bun
\ set avenue, was opened today ready
1 to serve its patrons desiring life,
. casualty and fire insurance or wish
jaig for rent places. F. A. Cronen-
Kperg ("Bert") for 12 years in the
/insurance business here, and James
[ W. Matthews, Jr., well-known lo
; cally," have the agency.
Also in with them will be Mark
H. Thomas, in charge of the life
insurance department. Mr. Cronen:
; berg will have charge of the in
! surance department, and Mr. Mat
thews, the rentals. Also included in
the office staff is Ruth Arrington,
i whft holds a secretarial post.
Cronenberg was formerly con
„«fected with the late Louis Ashbv
as assistant manager of the old Roc
ky Mount insurance and realty
company, later with Simmons and
Harris, and still more recently
j; with his own insurance agency. Mat
j thews was for several years with
I -Wimherly and Gregory, Inc.
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f vrominent Farmer
Taken Suddenly
Tarboro, Jun^> F unera 1 servi
ces for Henry vSbGI, 60, well known
; Hdgecombe farmer found dead in a
| front porch chair, were held from
> his home near Whitakers at four
I" ♦'clock Thursday afternoon with bu
vjal following in the family ceine
>■.#. Rev. A. E. Simerly, pas-
of the First Christian church of
' Bocky Mount, officiated.
Mr. Rose was discovered dead in
a porch chair early Thtrsday morn
ing by his brother, Matthew Rose,
with whom he made his home. Dr.
3. G. Rabv, county coroner, of
L Jhis city, investigated the death and
/ pronounced it due to a heart attack.
It was believed Mr. Rose wen*:
. out on tho porch during the night
■ without awakening other occupants
, of the house and suffered the at
tack while there.
A bachelor, he is survived by th»j
brother with whom he lived and ono
■ other brother, Robert Rose of Whit
akers.
40 Percent Trucks
And Commarcial
Cars Are Fords
A total of 1,424,760 Ford, truck
and commercial car units wore licens
ed for operation In the United
States as of January 1, 1936, a re
port to the Ford Motor Company
disclosed today.
The total of all trucks and com
mercial cars licensed to operate at
the outset of the year was 3,535,-
661, a gain of 7.9 per cent over 19-
34. More than 40 per centof the to
tal were Ford units.
The total of Ford truck and com
mercial car units in service was
more than 51 per cent greater than
t~u uaits of any other manufac
turer which were licensed to ope
rate on that date and the only make
to total more than a million units.
This Ford fleet was increased by al
most 90,000 units in 1935 as a re
sult of the licensing of 172,544 n a w
Ford Y-8 units and the retirement
of only 82,709 old Ford models dur
ing the year.
Nearly 1,000,000 of the Ford tru'ik
and commercial car units in opera
tion were V-8 and other models
manufactured since 1928, the report
disclosed. A total of 468,156 units,
however, wer e of the Model T and
■TT type, a remarkable tribute to
the endurance of this famous model.
Barnhill Attacks
Slot Machines
Following an interchange of let
ters involving Superior Court Judge
M. V. Barnhill, City Manager L.
B. Aycock, City Tax Collector John
Innes, and Chief of Police O. P.
Hedgepeth, it apparently looked like
today the slot machines in the city
of Rocky Mount will have a hard
time remaining here.
Judge Barnhill, a local citizen,
wrote a letter to Mr. Aycock indi
cating he considers slot machines
of the type used here as illegal.
Further, he says that it is a mis
demeanor for an officer with author
ity to issue license for the ope
ration of an illegal machine.
He- plans to be in the distriet
this fall,, exchanging with Superior
Court Judge Henry A. Grady, he
says, and then will find it impos
sible to show consideration to any
officer because of friendship or D»r
sonal esteem.
Mr. Aycock, writing to City Tat
Collector Innes, told him of Judge
Barnhill's letter and contents, and
says he takes the position no licens
es must be issued to the operators
of the machines by the city tax of
fice. Mr. Tiines, questioned today,
said he is issuing no more licenses
to slot machin operators.
The city manager, writing tc
Chief Hedgepeth and informing him
of the epistle from Mr. Barnhill,
states "He (Judge Barnhill) further
places the responsibility of allow
ing these machines to operates in
this city upon the officers of tho
city.
xxx "In consequence of the
above, it is your duty to require
the discontinuance of the use of
these machines in this city and you
are, as chief of police, ffuniliar
with your duty in the event of any
disobedience to your orders in the
matter."
Chief Hedgepeth, asked whether
he is going to get rid of the slot
machines, repliel, "More than apt."
In more detail. Judge Barnhiil
wrote Mr. Aycock,
"I noticed the newspaper report of
the action of the board of alder
men in respect to issuing renewal
license for the operation of slot
machines in the city of Rocky
Mount. In my opinion the operation
of the type of machine in use is
clearly illegal.
"I wish to call your attention 1o
the fact that the statute makes it
a misdemeaner for an officer having
authority to issue license to issue
a license for the operation for an
illegal slot machine. I wish further
to advise you that I will be in this
district this fall by exchange with
Judge (Henry A.) Grady. At that
time I will find it impossible to show
any consideration to any officer by
reason of friendship of personal 03-
teem. Your department may act ac
cordingly."
He sent copies to Sheriffs W. E.
Bardin, of Tarboro and C. L. John
ston, jit near Wliitakers, head of
ficers of Nash and Edgecombe coun
ty groups.
J. T. Travathan
Buried In Edge.
Tarboro, June 20.—Final rites for
John T. Trevathan, 61, prominent
farmer of near Pinetops, Edgecombe
county, were held from his home
three o'clock ths afternoon, i
Mr. Thevathan died at his resi
dence at 6 A. M. Friday.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Peggy Pittman Trevathan; three
sons, J. P., Tilgham and Robert
W. Trevathan; three daughters,
daughters, Mrs. J. E. Moore, Mrs.
William Burgess and Miss Minnio
Lou Thevathan and ono brother.
R. D. Trevathan. Several igrand
children also survive.
Automobile men expected to profit
most from bonus spending.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1936
Organize For
Nomination FDR
In 1932 Nominee Franklin D.
Roosevelt broke a precedent by go
ing before the Democratic National
Convention at Chicago to receive the
notification of his nomination for
| the day is was made, and
to respond from the convention
platform with his speech of accep
tance.
In 1936 President Franklin T)
Roosevelt will break another pre
cedent when, on receiving notifica
tion of his renominatdon by the Dem
ocratic National Convention at Phil
adelphia, he will deliver his addresi
of acceptance in the open air at
Franklin Field before the Conven
tion itself and a gigantic rally of
Democrats. He would appear be
fore 15,000 delegates and specta
tors if he spoke in Convention Hail.
At Franklin Field he will be look
ing into the faces of 100,000 people
when he lifts his voice for them
and the listening millions every
where in the land to hear him open
the Democratic National campaign.
The National Convention will be
exactly presented in its out-of
doors session in Franklin Field the
evening of June 27th. The diagram
and appearance of the floor will oe
the same as if the Convention were
meeting in its Hall. The state dele
gations will have their relative plac
es around the placard standards
which marked their positions at the
indoor sessions. The presiding of
: fleers, awaiting the President, will
direct the assembly from their usual
rostrum. The bands which were in
the galleries of Convention Hall,
augmented by many more, will
flank the rostrum and be strategi
cally scattered around the grounds.
Sergeants-at-arms will do their best
to keep the Convention aisles open
for the delegates, and will gee tUac
the Convention has an island to it
self. The public will throng around
that island and pack the field to its
limits. Bright lights will shine on
the vivid scene and bring out the
colors of countless flags and ban
ners.
This great central rally in Frank
lin Field will be reproduced without
the convention in over 20 of the
greatest cities in the country.
Arrangements have already been
made for great meetings in base
ball fields, stadiums and convention
halls. The Roosevelt Nominatois
hope, to l»&*e-«i»vUar smaller Rallies
in practically every city and town
in the country. In smaller cities
these Rallies may take the form of
outdoor meetings, or*- assemblies in
hotel ballrooms or town halls, aud
some cities are even planning even
ing outdoor barbecues and picnics.
All of these Rallies, large and smal l ,
will have their own program of en
tertainment. The universal feature
of these National Rallies will be the
reception of the President's address
by radio.
For the purpose of conducting
these National Rallies simultaneous
ly with the one at Franklin Field,
there is being created a great nation
wide organization known as the
Roosevelt Nominators. Its slogan is
"I WANT ROOSEVELT AGAIN."'
Membership in the Roosevelt Nomi
nators which includes admission to
the local Rally will be acquired by
the payment of SI.OO or more to tho
local organization. The member's
name, together with his contribu
tion, will be registered on the
Roosevelt Nominators Enrollmeut
Roster which, after the Convention,
will be presented to President Roose
velt. The ticket will be issued in
two parts. One half will be a certi
ficate of membership as an original
Roosevelt Nominator to be paid for
signed and retained by the member.
The Roosevelt Nominators will ac
complish two purposes. First, they
will have raised by the very day of
the President's nomination, a sub
stantial part of the national cam
paign fund, and second, they will
launch that campaign with victory
rallies in cities and towns throug'.i
out the country by giving assem
blages of local Democrats, and ail
those who want to have a part in
President Roosevelt's re-election, the
opportunity of hearing and receiv
ing inspiration from the President's
address of acceptance.
All of these meetings will be liel I
simultaneously on the evening of
Saturday, June 27th. The President
will begin speaking over the radio
from Philadelphia at approximately
10:00 P. M. Eastern Daylight Time,
and all local Chairmen should check
with their nearest broadcasting sta
tion as to the exact time the speech
will be received in their area.
Manning Rites
At Tarboro
Tarboro, Juno 23. — Final rites
for William H. Manning, 77, of
this city, were held from the home
of Mrs. Lucy McCabe at 2:30
o'clock yesterday afternoon with
Rev. Coster Alexander, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, in charge.
Burial followed in the family bury
ing ground near here.
Mr. Manning died at a local hos
pital Monday following a short ill
ness.
No close relatives survive. Mrs.
McCabe, at whose residence he
made his home, and Mrs. J. 3
Ruffin, of the city, were his cousins.
Regulation of all forms of trans
portation seen by Eastman.
They Still Spin This Way in Quebec
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The rest of the world may wear its modern fabrics textured in Twen
tieth century plants of Industry, but In the ancient French-Canadian city
of Quebec, the fireside factory still prevails. Women In thousands of
homes throughout Quebec province spin the thread that Is later woven
into the family habiliments on spinning wheels like this at which Mine.
Celeste D'Arville is manufacturing a new dress, as did her French for
bears In Normandy centuries airo.
Necessities Mean N E CESS I TIES
(Not Fat Back)
The recent campaign for Governor has already done
some good. m
The Democratic Convention last week wrote into its
platform that the gross sales tax on the necessities of life
must be removed. This plank was unanimously passed.
The Charlotte Observer, which is recognized as being
the spokesman for the super-interest, undertakes to in
terpret this plank to mean meat, meal, flour, fat back,
sugar and coffee. In other words just what was exempt
in the first Sales Tax Bill.
The Winston Salem Journal, News and Observer, Kinston
Free Press and many other leading newspapers of the Stat*
take the position that when the Democratic platform says
the Sales Tax must be removed from the necessities of
life, it means all reasonable necessities; food and raiment
as well as necessary housewhole using things and the ne
cessary implements by which these necessities are produc
ed. The position that necessities means all necessities
is absolutely correct.
North Carolina has never limited itself, to fat back,
cornbread and molasses for its diet. It has been a State
of culture and refinement and has been able except during
the Hoover Administration, to have a well balanced diet.
The rel-blooded North Carolinian's are unwilling to let
Julian Miller, editor of the Charlotte Observer interpret
for them what shall be called necessities. Mr. Miller
would not think of limiting his family to any such diet
and say that ha hed met the requirement for what is ne
cessary for his family. We should not ask any more for
ourselves than we are willing to give others.
We heard a gentleman expressing himself the other
day, that if he heard a preacher say that he was in favor
of the Gross Sales Tax on necessities of life he would have
serious doubts as to whether that preacher had true reli
gion and would seek some other pew to hear preaching from
then on.
The man who works and produces is the one who pays the
tax regardless of whose name the great body of our great
wealth may be in.
ROOSEVELT NOMINATORS
Millard F. Jones is chairman of the Rocky Mount Roose
velt Nominators and the money collected from the sale of
tickets will be turned over to Jack Cummings who is Trea
surer.
This money will be collected and sent direct to the Na
tional Headquarters and it is definitely certain that Her
bert Gulley will have nothing to do with these funds as
they will be sent direct.
Elsewhere in this paper is a full explanation of the pur
pose of the rally.
SUPREME COURT HOLDS PLAYGROUNDS, NECESSITY
A recent decision of the Supreme Court of North Car
olina has held, a playground for children a necessity, which
makes it the duty of cities to provide these necessities. .
Rocky Mount has not provided playgrounds and parks
commensurate with the needs of our population. In fact,
none have been provided on the Edgecombe side save about
one acre which has been taken up largely with the water
tank.
The Supreme Court never has held an airport to be a ne
cessity, notwithstanding $50,000 of the city's money which
has been spent by our board of aldermen on an airport out
side of the city.
The court has never held a, "baseball stadium," to be a
necessity.
It has held needed playgrounds for the development of
our children to be a necessity which has been woefully
overlooked in Rocky Mount.
Funeral Rites For
Oscar Valentine
Funeral services for Oscar Bay
Valentine, 32, were held at his homo
in Frankiiu county. Burial took
place in the family burying grounds.
He died at a local hospital whero
, he had beon admitted Friday suf
fering from a cerebral hemorrhage
and paralysis. He had been in poor
health for several years.
' Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
>|lda May Valentine,'and four broth
c, era and two sisters.
PARAGRAPHS
PROBLEMS AT
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Auditor Releases
Nash Tax Figure
Indicates General Rate To Be Re
duced To 76 Cents
With a tentative budget for 1936
1937 for Nash county calling for
total expenditures of about $350,-
000, Nash Auditor J. L. Cornwall
had indicated the general tax levy
for tho county will be reduced from
85 cents to 75 cents on the hundred
dollars for 1936-37.
Auditor Cornwell released figures
only Thursday indicating the pro
posed change.
The board of commissioners met
earlier this week, and drafted a
tentative budget calling for expendi
tures of $355,728.05 in 1936-1937.
The commissioners had a special ses
sion.
Major items in the proposed Nash
budget include debt service, $162,-
625.77; county general, $116,611.00
school, $64,384.47; and district road
service, $12,107.81. An extensive
school building and repair program
during the coming year is increasing
the school budget $19,000 above tho
present year, and changed the school
levy from 14 to 20 cents.
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Charges Aainst
Election Officers
County Elections Officials Investi
gating Charge In Hamilton
Complaints growing out of the
June 4 primary were directed to the
chairman of the Martin Councy
Board of Elections last week-end,
when a petition was filed asking the
removal of John A. Davenport as
registrar in Hamilton precinct. The
petition, carrying the names of 20
citizens in the precinct, has not
been made public, but it is under
stood the paper attacks the charac
ter of the registrar and charges him
with misconduct in handling the
primary election early this month.
Rumors, heard here from indirect
sources, indicated counter charges
were likely to be considered, ac
tion in the case pending a hearing
by the county board of elections
in Hamilton today.
It was said the Board had ad
vised Mr. Davenport to resign, but
no request for such action, if any,
could be considered by the authori
ties until after the hearing.
While the matter may be amicably
settled at the hearing today, it is
possible that the petition will be
given a complete airing before a
called meeting of the county board
of elections later, according to Mr.
Peel, chairman.
Action was said to have been start
ed when the registrar allegedly del
egated the task of marking tickets
to himself, and cleared the polling
place of others who night have par
ticipated, it was said.
The investigation of the charges
brought against Mr. Davenport at
Hamilton is likely to reach into
other precincts, an official of the
elections board explaining that in
formal complaints had been receiv
ed from voters in at least one other
precinct in the county. Facta in the
latter case are being withheld, pend
ing a preliminary investigation of
the sources where the complaints are
alleged to have been created.
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Convention Is In
Session In Phila.
Opened by a rousing old-time
Democratic speech by Senator Bark
ley, the National Democratic Con
vention is in session at Philadelphia.
It is a conclusion that
the convention will re-nominate
President Roosevelt, and the only
matter for controversary is the old
question of abrogating the two thirds
rule. It is understood that North
Carolina's votes will go for the kill
ing of this old rule.
FATHER SUCCUMBS, TOO
Carlisle, Pa.—While making ar
rangements for the funeral of his
daughter, Marie, 18, who had died
five hours before, Charles L. Boom
er, 65, dropped dead from heart
disease.
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REPUBLICANS ENCOURAGED
REACTION UNCERTAI N
PROPAGANDA AHEAD
ISSUES NOT CLEAR CUT
BATTLE OF PERSONALITIES
THE G. O. P. PLATFORM
ROOSEVELT'S SPEECHES
BONUS SPURS TRADE
A THIRD PARTY AGAIN
ROOSEVELT'S PLANS
By Hugo Sima, Special Washington
Correspondent
With Governor London and Col-
Frank Knox busy completing the
plans for their campaign, and the
Democrats meeting this woek at
Philadelphia the voters of tho aa
tion are paying attention to thing®
political. The Republicans, as a
general thing, went to Cleveland
without too mi4ph cfonfidencte 'out
they left tho convention imbued
with new zeal and fired with tha
hope of success this fall. The
Democrats, on their part, were ap»
parently running the danger of be*
coming overconfident, many of
their leaders being sure that the
election was as good as won.
It is a bit too early to attempt
to size up the situation and a» the
campaign develops, with its pub*
licity and partisan tirades, the aver*
age reader will have a hard time
separating the noise from the cause,
on the surface it will be imponi*
ble to fathom what is going on un*
derneath, in the minds of the vot*
ers. There may be a great shift
to Land-on or to Roosevelt but until
the ballots are tabulated the so-call
ed expert opinion will be large!/
guesswork.
A case in point is the Liberty
League's furious propaganda that
swept over the country for about
a year, creating in the minds j{
many people the idea that is eri*
denced a great changing going ob«
The peak was just before Al
Smith's "take a walk" speech. \ f«
terwards, when the dust had blown
away nearly everybody agreed that
the League got mighty little for Its
money and even its friends ex*
pressed the opinion that the organ
ization was useless so far as influ,
encing public opinion decisivoly
was -concerned.
There will, likewise, be a gr*at
propaganda for Roosevelt and for
Landon, some of it representing
honest opinion but most of it be
ing purely synthetic stuff put out
by the axe-to-grind crowd in both
camps. The casual reader will
wade through much of the denoun
ciation and fulsome praise without
any ability to appraise the pulse i.f
the voter. Moreover, on some Is*
, sues there will apparently be no
line of demarcation between the
general principles espoused by the
parties although, possibly, lha
speeches of Governor Landon and
President Roosevelt will draw the
issue to a fine point. In fact, it
is more than likely that more at
tention will be paid to the address*
es of the two candidates than to the
platform declarations of the partift*
themselves.
Commentators point out that the
campaign will be largely a battle
of personalities, a contest between
the two men, alike in many re*
speets and unlike in others. Gov-
Landon, little known in the nation
before the amazing success of his
drive for the Republican nomintw
tion, may be able to continue the
successful propagation of his fame
and rise to new heights of popu
lar acclaim and esteem. On the
other hand, President Roosevelt
is no baby in understanding the
public mind, or in gauging the
trend of popular thought, but is
a master political strategist of the
highest order. It is to be a real
battle between two super-antagon
ists.
The Republican platform, adopt
ed at Cleveland, is not a direct
challenge to most of the New Deal
principles. Rather, it is an adroit
acceptance of many of the ROOM
velt undertakings, coupled with
condemnation of certain methods
and the promise of better perform
ance. There is emphasis upon State
participation in the costs as well as
the achieving of desired social goals.
Mr. Hull's efforts to reduce trade
barriers is condemned and the Peek
policy of specific barter is adopted
for the disposal of farm surplus
es. The budget will be balanced,
not by increasing taxes, piff by cut
ting expenditures, drastically and
immediately. Sound money is up
held, with tho statement from Gov
ernor Landon that this includes two
requisites, a balanced budget and,
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