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The Rocky Mount Herald VOLUME 3, NO. 34 Edgecombe Girl Sets Swim Mark Lwolyn PfeiKh. Breaks Middle At lantic stroke Record At ureenrllle Tarboro, Aug. 13. —Swimming the | 50 yard backstroke race in 35.8 aeooada In a meet with Greenville, Carolyn Perritt, 16 year old local > aquatic star and member of the TJarboro municipal swimming team, topped 1.2 seconds off the mid-At lantic junior women's record for tbat •vtmi Miss Perritt finished the the race far ahead of other entries, al though she was the only female par- I ticipaats. Her performance in thia find other events enabled the Tar r-t)oro team to defeat Qreenvijlo 55 to 17. The girl, daughter of Olin Per ritt, former major league baseball player now managing the Goldsboro team of the Coastal Plain baseball league, recently broke the senior women's backstroke Carolinas A. A. U. 100 meters record in the A. A. I. meet at Charlotte, taking first place in one minute, 31.4 seconds. -.The previous record was one minute, jAfiU seconds. V Miss Perritt finished second in senior women's 100 meter free style race, being outdistanced by Loraine Worth of High Point, but her time of one minute, 26 seconds was three seconds better than the meet record of one minute, 28 sec onds. Miss Worth swam the race in one minute, 24 seconds. Efforts are underway here to raise 4««ds for sending the Tarboro swimming team to Charlotte next '/onday and Tuesday for the mid-At v lantic swimming meet. If the ef forts are successful, Miss Perritt will participate in the women's events there. Her coach, Nelson Howard, manager of the Tarboro mnnicipal pool, said he was confi dent she would carry off coveted hpnors in Charlotte. Local Fireman ..Signally Honored J. R. Thornaa Appointed As State District O fleer J. JR. Thomas, asaistant-cheif of the local fir© department has beon P *p?almer, president of the newly-or ganized North Carolina Fire Chief's asoeiation, according to an Asoeiatod Press dispatch through Charlotte to day. Assistant Chief Thomas' duty lc connection with this new office will be that of aiding the organization'! president in preparing a constitu tion and by-laws. Besides Thomas, the five-man u committee includes Chief D. H ■ Shuford of Hickory, Chief Fran* ■ Bennett of Durham, Assistant Chiel I 7. S. Wrtrlev of ITdin! t and A:i | sis Hr.; C'uLjf H of Canton I . f'-'l-ral rcvdnin»s are reported a I the highest mark since 1921 . Rocky Mount Tobacco Market ? /Jlk en e^em^er 0r tobacco Jjjk I HFIO Big Warehouses^^Ssj-1 0 Modern Factories^^ II Sell Your Tobacco In Rocky Mount The Dependable Market l| JRocky Mount Tobacco Board Of Trade § Men Appointed On Fair Tax Board Statesville, Aug. 16.—Announce ment of the appointment of six ad ditional members for the State-wide advisory board of the North Car olina Fair Tax Association was made today by Secretary Paul ; Leonard. The counties represented and the new committeemen are: Beaufort County, J. F. Buckman of Wash ington; Columbus County, C. D. Garrell of Tabor City; Guilford, D. A. Dowdy of High Point; Hoke, E. B. McNeill of Baeford; Stanly, Fred Helms of Albemarle; Yadkin, T. L. Hayes of Boonesville. Leonard said a meeting of direc tors may be called soon to elect a successor to the late Dr. John T. Burrus of High Point, who died i just two weeks after being elected president of the association. o Edgecombe Nan Fatally Injured i D. T. Daughtridge Dies In Hospi- J tal Following Wreck—Alleged r Driver Held I 'j Injuries sustained when the car : rvhi-li was riding with W. H. ' Winstead, 43, of Bocky Mount route 1 one, got out of control and crash ed down an embankment near San ' dy Cross last night proved fatal ? early this morning for Dorsey T. t Daughtridge, 65, a large landholder " of Nash county. Officers said that " Winstead would be arrested for driv ing while under the influence of 9 liquor. 1 Winstead was in a local hospital > today recovering satisfactorily from * lacerations about the left eye and ' nose. He was the alleged driver of the machine. The accident happened shortly af ter (even o'clock last night. A pass ing motorist, whose identity was not obtained, brought Daughtridge to the hospital while Winstead was I carried there later by an ambulance. Daughtridge survived until six o'clock this morning. A fraucture of the skull, cerebral concussions, aad lacerations contributed to the death. Coroner M. C. Gulley was summon ed and declared that Daughtridge was killed through the effects of ' an accident. J 1 Winstead is reported to have been ' "dead 'dfTink" at the llwu uf llil *• accident. Whether Daughtridge had ;* been drinking was not determined. ® The pair was coming from Spring ® Hope to Bocky Mount in Winstead'3 '* roadster. Winstead apparently lost control of/the machine which plung ® ed over the bank. J 1 Funeral services will be held soma 8 time Sunday. Complete details for the rites had not been completed late today. J Surviving Daughtride, who was single, are two brothers, O. B. I f>nd W. W. Daughtridge, with whom | he lived at Rocky Mount route two 1 T. B. Burdette, state highway pa a' I trolman, investigated the crash while | Nash County sheriff's officers wer it expected to swear out a warrant foi I Winstead'a arrest. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1936 Folger Pleased With Prospects Also Impressed By Mr. Farley's Pol itical Ability; Declares State Safe Washington, Aug. 13.—A. D. Fol ger, newly-elected Democratic na tional committeeman from Nort'i Carolina, today brought nightly op timistics reports to Washington from his first taste of nationa 1 politics, a conference at Democratic head quarters at New York. "I feel much better about the national situation than before I went to New York, and I think the campaign is being conducted along lines that are cortain to be successful," said Mr. Folger . The North Carolinian, who is not ed for "keeping his feet on the ground" and who is a stranger to rash speech, waxed positively en thusiastic in describing what he termed "Mr. Farley's ability to size up a political situation." The plan of James A. Farley in holding conferences of leaders is to bring in leaders from widely-sep arated states, but North Carolina ' was called the sarnie day as three other states, all in one group, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecti cutt. "We were all encouraged to maite under-statement rather than over statements, and the object of the conference was to obtain exact ln -1 formation; and I was amazed by some of the reports from New England," said' Mr. Folger. "I was ' inclined before I went there to ' mark off all of New England as ' lost but Governor Green of Bhode ' Island, and the party from Massa ' chusetts, were sure they would i carry their states; and in Massa chusetts they are arranging the most thorough house-to-house can -1 vass I have ever heard of, although | we de those things pretty thorough [ ly in Surry County." Senator Joseph F. Guffey, of Pennsylvania, also aat in on the ' conference as chairman of the Dem " ocratic Senatorial committee, and ' Mr. Folger was strongly impressed * by the conference with which Sena -9 tor Guffey claims Pennsylvania. As to North Carolina, Mr. Folger, [ who. was accompanied by Miss Bea | trice Cobb, Democratic national ' committeewoman, and Mrs. W. C. * Tillett, Jr., retiring State Vive ' chairman, who is staying in New ® | York as head of the Women's " Speakers' Bureau, went to receive information, and not to give it. 1 "The national committee will no* co'ther about North Carolina and * will send no speakers into the State, as they are not needed," said Mr, 5 Folger. |"We will have a crowd ol 3 at least 50,000 to hear Presidenl t Roosevelt in Charlotte on Septent " her 10 and we do not expect anj outsiders to visit the State, but w« 0 will duplicate the 1932 majority A J 85,000 for Roosevelt. will make any serious effort ti 8 carry North Carolina for Landon '•> but they will make an effort t( a elect Gillia mGrissom Governor an '• to carry the Tenth District for Ed l " ney over Representative Bulwinkle. e do not think they have a chance ii 9 the Tenth District. As far as Gris ir (Please turn to page two) The Tobacco Market Opens The Tobacco Market for the sale of leaf tobacco will open on Tuesday morning September Ist. The sale of tobacco brings more money to the city of Rocky Mount than any other commodity. Rocky Mount was one of the first markets to open for the sale of leaf tobacco in eastern Carolina and from the very beginning, it has been recognized as one of the lead ing markets of the country. The Rocky Mount Tobacco market is well equipped to handle the large amount of tobacco that is expected to come to Rocky Mount this fall. There are ten large ware houses with unusual floor space which insures to the far mer a sale every day and h ewill not encounter block sales. The larger tobacco dealers of the country all have dry ing and processing plants which enables the quick handl ing of tobacco. Highest prices have always been maintained in the Rocky Mount Tobacco Market. GOVERNMENT AID WAS IMPERATIVE _ . , .... . _ .. . , power as the end of or as a limi , There has been criticism of t - "W* of nur normal poitiical pro ministration undeii the leadL __ _ _ am 1 I I _ *ug ; national Dank ? , lief to farmers and home °'___ s >to make satisfactory arrangt '| ' * £ 0 There is no doubt that by ■ lfll£L V>OITID3.nV ,'f • crnment, thousands of dest * * AIfSIAIAJ tj 0 able to regain and retain ti ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. With the present improv 1 tion, we feel that financial ; gov era men t* has Qf PerSOnttl SCWIS s Th recent statement of th * VM 8 s t? HAS BEEN SERVING THE PEOPLE I ! S *152376 SS m CA^'^,???!, N i! OUSLY FOR MORE i New Homes $63,850.00 THAN 37 YLAlte * e SSSISL?nSSSIILPiiiw A SAFE, SOUND BASIS, AND INVITE YOUR ; 0N THEIR AB,LITY T0 SERVE YOU \ Refinancing Mortgages $8 [; ' mSSSi'd'.ers National You a the public it i. _ D„„- - The Government came for Cll 1 O LIO r, not extended by private in - undertaking to criticise the OFFICERS t ?. the financial collapse, fear l esident MILLARD F. JONES, Vice President, nient was compelled 10 give Cashier, Trust Officer w ' 8 ABSENTEE Preserve System. ; 9 •! Deposit Insurance Corporation, which insures de- , * v According reports "P to $5,000.00. i tion by the state Board of Emu ■■■■■■■■■n mm, mi !■■■ sentee ballot was used in unusual and unprecedented num bers. it The investigation further discloses that people voted >- without going to the polls or without sending even a vote. £•' 'It was disclosed that one member of the family was allow ,.f ied to vote his wife, his children, his father, his mother. | grandpa and grandma, uncle, aunt, brother and sister, 18 : which the Board stated upon investigation, had been a £ custom used in some of the counties for more than fifteen t0 years. id The investigation further discloses that in many of the d " counties, they used paste-board boxes and while we were jn supposed to have secret voting, no booths were prepared. 3 . Yet some of the newspaper writers out of Raleigh say (Please turn to page two) Denies Rights Of | Citizens Infringed Washington, Aug 12.—An Ameri ■ can Bar Association committee has made a formal report that there is . no justification for the assertion, 1' frequently made, that the Roosevolt ! administration has challenged or in ■ fringed upon the rights of Ameri can citizens. ( "The careless assertion that the policies and practices of the present ' administration either challenge or infringe upon these political rights (free speech, press, assembly and petition) has not justification. "The wide delegaton of powers to the President beginning March, 19- 33, is most frequently pointed to as an invasion of these constitution- al guaranties and as the substitution " of some kind of dictatorship for political democracy. This is a dis torted view. . "Neither Congress nor the Presi-l dent considered this delegation of I wiUi . the statement showed sales of $.t9,-' 068.01 net income of $11,996.76, 'till I sales tax of $1,715.54. Totals for the perio dfrom July] 25, 1935, to June 30, 1936, gives ' sales $264,609.31, net income $54.- . 901.82, and sales tax $7,698.14. For the full year to July 25, 19- ' 36, total sales were $280,880.52, with net income of SSB, 278.09. The to -1 till of the 3 per cent sales tax for the year was not given in the state i ment released for publication. The * sales tax represents the only incomo ' the state gets from county ABC • sales. r o Roosevelt orders all postmasters placed under merit system. SI.OO PER YEAR Order Family Voting Stopped State Board Of Elections Outlaws 15-Year Old Custom Of One Mem ber Voting Entire Family; Group Of Absentee Ballots In Forsyth Held To Be Illegally Cast The State Board of Election or dered the Clay County board to ter minate its 15-year-old practice at allowing the entire vote of a family to be cast in primaries and gen eral elections by the head or repre sentative of the family. The practice, used by "agreement of all parties and factions within parties" in lieu of the absentee bal lot, was the most striking voting irregularity uncovered by the board as it met here, but reports made to it of investigations by five other county boards admitted irregular practices in the July 4th primary. In one county the State board recommended the removal of two precinct officials for imiproper con duct, and there appeared to be a probability that the entire county board in the same county, Surry, might be removed at a board meet ing to b e held probably in early September. Find Ballots Illegal The board declared 182 absenteo ballots cast in Forsyth County to be illegal, but took no other action regarding the vote in that county. However, the conduct of the primary in that county is being investigat ed by the solicitor and court action may result. The board ordered the county board in Cleveland to conduct n new investigation of the primary I vote there, finding the previously ordered investigation to have beea improperly conducted. Similar ac tion was considered in the cf 1 Rowan County, but while the board members considered the Rowa* board had not properly done iw duty, Maj. L. P. McLendon, chair man, said he did not believe it would b> worthwhile to seek a new investigation. Vote Entire Family In Clay County, the county board's report of the investigation there revealed the absentee ballot 14 not used, but any memJaer of a fam ily may cast the entire vote ot his family. This practice, the board admitted "is irregular," but has been in vogu'i for 15 years, in both primaries and general elections, and has boon used by all parties and by all fac tions within parties "by agreement and in behalf of and by all candi- I dates and their supporters, the re vart said. LI The Clay board also admitted that I only one of the county's five vot ing precincts was equipped with vot -J ing booths and that in one precinct • no regulation ballot box was provid ed, a pasteboard box being used in h The State board, in ordering fu " ture elections in Clay to one conduct r ed according to law, also required - the county board to furnish proper e voting equipment in all precincts. 0 "If they weren't so damn frank c and honest about it,' said Major McLendon after reading the Clay report, "I'd be in favor of appoint (Please turn to page two)
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