North Carolina Newspapers

The Rocky M OLUME 3, NO. 36 llrmy Squadrom ■Xoihiiig To City Hates Anounced For Visit Of Lang- I ley Field Group Are October 4 Ml To 17 full squadron of Army airplanes, Hcluding nine bombers, will come H?ro October 4 to October 17 to asa He Bocky Mount airport as an aux ■inry camp for staging a series of Hjgmeuvers, Colonel C. B. Oldfield, Hffcnngley Field, Va., was quoted today while inspecting ||]Holonel Oldfield, who was here Hut an hour this morning, indicat- field was all right, and that , tt squadron of about 25 .planes Llfciding nine bombers, will come I H the encampment. Included in LSgroup will be about 20 officers HH from 90 to 100 enlisted Army HKVwith Major McDuffie, in com- Colonel Oldfield left after a BE'M*. Lee, airport manager an I ■i. JT/JLattimore, of this city, dis ■faed plans for the encampment. ■ They ndicated the site for the en- H toment is not determined, out 1 Major McDuffie will select it l|| llt arrival. Colonel Oldfield said ffg Incision to come here October Bsjo October 17 was reached at an Mk\v staff meeting yesterday morn- HrhA will be used as an auxiliary and the squadron will fly here tg the coast for the raa ■•ivefa, expected to be about seven HBoth night and day flying will H ' participated in by the squadron ■embers, according to Mr. Lee. fergat Plans For ■illiamston Fair K Pa yamston, Sept 3.—Children's Hjr the Williamston Fair, which Kfl be held the week of September ■k will be outstanding in the Ma- Mr of eastern North Carolina ex ■sitiong accordng to plans being Bid by Manager Harvey Walker, ■walker announced today that ■hool children of Martin and sur- Hundiag counties not only would be ■ven free admission to the gromids. ■jt*would be admitted to the grand- Hind without cost for afternoon per ■rmances on Tuesday of fair week. ■Fifteen high class novelty acts, Bhich usually draw top admission ■ices, will be presented for fhe ■tertainment of the children on Boir special day at the fair. Low ■mission prices will prevail for the ■piainder of the week. ■"We are interested primarily in Being that the people of eastern ■jrth Carolina profit by the exhU»- B* and entertainment offered Dy Fair," said Mai,a- and we know of no ■lter method of enhancing its at- Bfictivenefes than by giving the Biungaters n good time." He was B'\ned in this sentiment by General ■an "it Norman Y. fhambliss, of lileigh, operator of tho State Fair B well as the Williamston fair and ■ > expositions. Bin addition to the entertainment ■rogrnnt, special exercises for chil ■en will be presented under the ■ruction of Miss Lora Sleeper, Mar- In County home demonstration the midway of the Williamston ■(' vtfll be the Cetlin and Wilson ■lows, a clean, wholesome outfit ■pituring 20 interesting shows and ■ popular rides. Only legitimate Imcessions will be allowed on the ■ idway, Manager Walker emphasiz dazzling revue, "The Frolics of Hv,' 1 will present a high, typo BjpW each night befor e the grand- H|nd, and every evening's cnter ■rtment will be topped off with a ■frilling display of fireworks. ■.Harness racing will feature the BVna, program on Wednesday, ■hursday, and Friday, and profes ■"nal automobile races will be hold ■fcturdav afternoon to climax a Hr'k of gala entertainment. ■il'rize money at the Williamston ■> will total $1,400 and will be* ■Jnited strictly to residents of Mar- In, Pitt, Edgecombe, Washington, leaufort, and Bertie Counties. Miss lleeper and T. B. Brandon, Mar- In County farm agent, nre in charge It agricultural afliibitg, which bid liir to excel displays as rT\bled in eastern rfortl. Carolina. .*W. Dupree Is Buried In City Julius W. Dupree of Bocky Mount fcuto No. 1, was laid to rest at nree o'clock following services from he home of Mrs. Yonnie Moore of *inetops. The Kev. Spencer of the ipiscopal church of Killquick oOl iated at the rites and interment »ol| palace in the Episcopal church- Dupree, who was 26, died at a eal hospital from complications of peases. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hudie Dupree; two small children, Charles Wright Dupree and Laura -ouise Dupree; two brothers, Wil and Allen Dupree; and a sis y. Mrs. Lynwood Moore. Spring Hope Changes Studies Spring Hope, Sept. 2.—Two changes in the high school currlcu -1 lum at Spring Hope hare been an nounced by Principal D. H. Holli day. Latin is to be eliminated while Geography is to be taught for the first time here in high school. It is expected to prove a popular courso. Several changes in textbooks have also been announced, these effec tiv e only in high school. Books will be sold and rented on the same plan as last year. Plans are being completed for high school band practice this year. S. A. Braxton of Baleigh as direc tor. A special practice room is to be provided this winter and prospects are good for a first class high school band here. Classes will begin iinm*- diately after school opens. Nichols Resigns Sergeants Post Local Night Desk Sergeant Gives Vp Post In Order To Work in Daytime Night Desk Sergeant J. I. Nichols, of the local police force, tendered his resignation as desk sergeant af ter serving 26 months in that post, indicating ho wanted "some sun light" after such a period of con tinuous night work. City Manager L. B. Aycock indi cated his understanding is that Po lice Chief O. P. Hedgepeth will .name a "headquarters man" from time to time, and that this man will remain in headquarters possi bly for a week. Then another such officer will be named. From what he said, no permanent successor to Sergeant Nichols will be named. Chief Hedgepeth will name various of the officers on night) duty as "headquarters man" from time to time." The city manager indicated he did not blame Sergeant Nichols at *ll for wanting to get some sunlight and have an opportunity to work during th e daytime. Sergeant Nichols' resignation is not from the force but only from the post of night sergeant. He will re main on the force, and have tho opportunity to day duty along with the other officers. He served 2d months, as night sergeant and has been on the force five years . Finds Vitamin C In Green Pepper Professor Also Discovers That Green Pepper Vitamin Source Is Cheap Szeged,. Hungary, Aug. 29.—The green peppers that Prof. Albert Szent-Gyoergyi spumed at dinner one night giye him the cheap source o fpreeious vitamin C he had sought for a long time. On that particular evening his wife had revoked her ban on his after-hours work, and he retired to his laboratory to continue his hunt for the anti-scurvy substance. He took the peppers with him, intending to eat them later. But instead, he subjected them to tests just as he had almost everything else available—and found what he wanted in th e vegetables that abound in this neighborhood. In a few weeks he managed to produce a pound of pure vitamin C from 4,000 pounds of green peppers which, he discovered, have four times the vitamin C content of or anges and lemons, and are cheaper. Previously the professor, who is director of the Institute of Medical Chemistry in Szeged University had obtained small quantities of the vit amin from the adrenal cortex of animals—an expensive process yield ing comparatively little of the vita min. It is a white, tasteless, crystalline powder. Ench molecule contains six carbon, eight hydrogen and six oxy gen atoms. Doctors say the average adult needs ten to 20 milligrams of it daily to combat scurvy, hemor rhage,, colds and to keep up the al bumen content of the blood. Absence of the vitamin in the hu man body, it is said, asserts itself in the form of pyorrhea, cataracts and bleeding caused by ulcers and diphtheria. Dr. Szent-Gyoergyi spent many years in Holland and three years at Cambridge University where vitamin C was isolated in 1928 from the ad renal eortex of freshly-killed ani mals. In order to continue his search for a cheaper source, he later went to the United States. He worked in Rochester, Minn., with materials supplied him by the Chicago stock yards. Subsequently he turned to citrous fruits but found them too expensive. Extraction of the vitamin from pep pers—especially in Szeged—he found to be one-fiftieth as expensive as from oranges and lemons, and suit ed to mass production. Build thee more stately mansions Oh my soul as the swift seasons roll Let each new temple Nobler than the last Shut thee from heaven With a dome more vast. Coordinated drought aid planned as crop ruin grows. ROCKY MOUNT, NO] N. C. Behind In Retail Sales Per Capita In 1933 Was slls While In Nation It Was $204 Washington, Aug. 29.—A report by the Commerce Department show ed today that North Carolina's 19- 33 retail sales totaled $363,111,000, nearly one and one-haif per cent of the national retail transactions of $25,037,225,000. The nation's average per capita expenditures at retail establishments was $204. North Carolina's per cap ita was slls. Of the state's total expenditures in retail purchases $252,195,000 wag in cities and towns of more than 2,500 population. Wholesale transactions in Nort'i Carolina that year amounted t' $423,127,000, compared to the na tional total of $32,151,373,000. Re ceipts for service, amusement and hotels in the state wer e $26,840,000, and 1934 postal receipts were report ed at $5,907j000. Personal tax returns of 1933 in come were filled by 30,886 persons or 9.7 per 1,000 of the State's popu lation. The national average was 31.7 per 1,000. The urban population, number ing 25.54 per cent of the North Carolina total, mad e 69.45 per cent of the retail purchases and 79.72 per cent of those at wholesale. Charlotte, with a retail per capi ta average of $346 accounted for $28,596,000 of retail sales and $99,- 575,000 at wholesale. Greensboro had $17,195,000 in retail sales, a per cap ita of $321, and wholesale transac tions totaling $34,314,000, while Win ston-Salem's retail total was $16,- 158,000, the per capita $215, and the wholesale turnover $18,631,000. Other retail sales, per capita fig ures, and wholesale transactions in cluded : Burlington, $5,341,000, $549, and $2,414,000; Washington, $2,839,000, $404, and $2,373,000; Asheville, $15,- 185,000, $303, and $9,808,000; Con cord, $3,128,000, $265, and $2,133,- 000; New Bern, $3,232,000, $270, and $3,461,000. Fayetteville, $5,060,000, S3BB, anl $4,757,000; Durham, $14,659,000, $282, and $16,163,000; Rocky Mount, £>,- 976,000, $279, and $9,303,000; Tar boro, $1,997,000, $313, and $1,310.- 000; Gastonia, $5,650,000, $331, and $13,655,000; High Point, $7,746,000, s2ll, and $5,333,000; Kinston, $4,- .497,000, $396, and $12,562,000; South ern Pines, $697,000 and $276 (whole sale not reported); Wilmington, SB,- 242,000, $255, and $11,028,000; Eliz abeth City, $2,587,000, $258, and $2,- 624,000; Greenville, $4,590,000, $499, and $20,075,000; Lumberton, $2,908,- 000 and $702 (wholesale not re ported) ; Salisbury, $6,690,000, $395, and $3,707,000; Henderson, $3,002,- 000, $473, and $4,579,000; Raleigh. $14,256,000, $3Bl, and $15,585,000; Goldsboro, $4,459,000, $289, and $3,- 685,000; Wilson, $4,488,000, $356, and $19,945,000; Statesville, $2,764,000, $263, and $697,000; Shelby, $2,947,- 000, $273, and $1,778,000; and Hick ory, $3,221,000, $437, and $2,145,000. Tarboro Board Sets Budget Tarboro, Sept. 1. —A new fiscal budget adopted by the city commis-l sioners of Tarboro contemplates a 1 total expenditure of $125,614.79 this year. Determined to effect economies in the administration, the board cut th e budget more than $7,000 com pared with last year's expenditures. Efforts to economize were reflected in the attitude the board took re garding requests from various de partment heads and others. The fire department asked for new equipment in the amount of 4,300; the board trimmed it down to an even S4OO. A request of local school officials for S3OO to finance its ath letic program was "tabled for ono year." A motion previously passed appropriating $1,700 for tree treat ment and preservation was unani mously rescinded. Expenditures at the Community house estimated at more than SI,OOO were requested but the board cut out the request for everything except one electric fan. Various department were likewise put on smaller appropriations than last years. Funeral Services For Mrs. Turner Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Turner, 61, of Leggett were held at three o'clock from the home with burial following in Speight's Chapol churchyard. Mrs. Turner died following an illness of several weeks. Surviving ar e her husband, Elijah Turner; four sons, John and Ed Catlett by a former marriage and Lee and Luther Turner; and three daughters, Mrs. Ida Wadsworth, Mrs. Annie Johnson and Mrs. Meta Johnson. o "Gee!" said one, he's hunting for them with a light." e Japan celebrates acquisition of the 11940 Olympic Games. tTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1936 Trio Will Hole Up in the Arctic If Teddy Lenore Hinckley, four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Hinckley, gets cold this winter while romping with Eskimo chil dren on lonely Saint Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, it won't be the fault of her parents. Before leaving Seattle with her parents, Teddy was outfitted in a specially designed parka, fringed with fur and cover ing her from head to foot. The three are pictured just before they ■ailed for Gambell, Saint Lawrence Island. The parents, both former University of Washington students, will teach Eskimo children in a gov ernment school, direct affairs of die community, operate a radio sta tion and manage a native store. They expect to be in the Far North three years. Harmony Desired The most important thing in the Democratic Party now, is harmony. If there were a division in the primary, which has brought to the attention of the electorate cer tain matters which a large portion of the people believe should be corrected, it is the duty of those to whom lead ership has been given to undertake to iron out these dif ferences, rather than to abuse, condemn, criticise and neglect those who have views and opinions different from the controlling group. Recent newspaper articles emenating from press repor ters of' certain factiorts ih the party are not conducive to the harmony which is so much needed at this time. The recent speech of Senator Bailey has been criticised by Imany of the leading newspapers of the State for his attack on all of those who differ with the ruling group of the present State Administration. The Senator, of all the people in the State, should de sire harmony at this time, it looks like to us that it would be Senator Bailey who came through, if at all, by the skin of his teeth. Of all the leaders in the State who should seek to use the means to promote harmony within the party should be Senator Bailey, whose continuance in politics depends upon the harmony and good will of the electorate this fall. The welfare of the nation at large, we think, is depend ent upon the election of President Roosevelt. There are many in our State who profess to be Democrats, because they vote the State Democratic ticket, but do not vote the National Democratic ticket. The platform of the Demo cratic Party is President Roosevelt and what he has stood for in these four years and all differences should be subordinated in the interest of his re-election. SANITARY TOILETS The News and Observer has recently written an editorial, calling to the attention of our citizens, the importance of keeping public and semi-public toilets in a sanitary con dition. The editor somewhat apologized for having to discuss this subject in his editorial column. We feel that his words of apology were unnecessary. He was performing a real service in the interest of health to our people. It is purely neglect and carelessness of those in charge, allowing these unsanitary places. It is nothing unusual to go into a grocery store, where there are many clerks with many delivery boys with every part of the store kept spotlessly clean, except the toilet. Ten minutes work each day would remedy the conditions, in many instancs. We do not understand how the sanitary inspectators can go in and give high ratings to restaurants or grocery storej which maintain unsanitary toilets. National Twins Association Meets Unique among organizations is j the National Twins Association, a non-commercial society of twins. Started five years ago by Edward M. Clink, of Silver Lake, Ind., I' 4 twins attended the first annual convention. Last year 1,200 twius and triplets from nine states and Canada attended th© convention. The association is holding its fifth an nua) convention August 29 and 30 at Trier's Amusement Park, Ft. Wayne, Ind. According to the founder it is an unusual sight to see so many doubles of all ages on one occasion. Twins from mere ba bies to those well betyonfcl throe score and ten attend these conven tions. Prizes are usually given for the most identical twins, the old est, the youngest, etc. Knox, in acceptance speech at I Chicago, predicts victory. Heart Attack Is Fatal To Engineer J. S. Grimes, Engineer, Dies at South Rocky Mount Station June S. Grimes, 67, a long time employe of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, died suddenly at South Rocky Mount. He had been waiting at the local station to takp charge of a passen ger train scheduled to go to Wil mington where he made his home. He was sitting on a bench at the time and was stricken with what doctors said was a heart attack. Mr. Grimes had been in the ser vices of the railroad for 43 years and had served as an engineer for 36. Up until the moment of death he had been in good health. The body was sent to Wilmington for funeral services and burial. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. J. S. Grimes, and a son, Junius Grimes of Charlotte. Employee Shoots Pinetops Woman Martin Gardner Admits Shooting Miss Helen Adler; Withholds Motive Tarboro, Sept. 1. —Martin Gardner 30, shot and perhaps fatally wound ed his employer. Miss Helen Adler, 28, with a shotgun in the store she operates at Pinetops, eight miles from here, late this afternoon. The woman, with the back of her head filled with No. 8 shot, was rushed to a Rocky Mount hospital where physicians, after an examina tion, said her condition was not se rious. Questioned in the Edgecombe County jail here, to which he was brought by Chief of Police J. T. Parker, of Pinetops, Gardner de clared that "no one will ever know who did it unless she tells—l nev er will." Gardner, who said he had be-Mi employed by Miss Adler for nearly five years, is a member of a well known Edgecombe County family. "I am willing to take whatever pun ishment they give me," he said. '•! cliot her and I meant to shoot her." Tola that the woman was not dead and asked if he was glad or sorry, Gardner replied, "Well, I meant to kill her, but I reckon it would bi easier on me if she lives. Im sorry I did it only for my mother's sako. Gardner said he kept the shot gun in the store ft all times. When no other were around this after noon, he fired at close range. Peo ple outside, hearing the shot, rush ed in as he was placing the weapon on a counter. "Had you planned it a long timet" he was asked, and "Why did you pick this particular after noon instead of some other t' Both questions brought the usual answer. "No one will ever know unless she tells—l never will." Gardner, unmarried and a native of Pinetops, has never been in trouble before. According to Miss Addler, Gard ner entered her place today about noon, intoxicated and brandishing a shotgun. When her persuasion failed to remove him, she threaten ed to call police to stop the distur bance. As she reached the front door of her shop, Gardner fired from behind her, she said. She fled, screaming, to a nearby drug store, where she slumped to the floor. Miss Adler said she could give no reason other than intoxication fof Gardner's action. She denied that they had engaged in a quarrel prior to the shooting and that the assail ant was prompted by a fit of jeal ousy. Wilson Man Recalls Charleston 'Quake Wilson, Aug. 30.—Tomorrow will mark the 50th anniversary of tha one and only earthquake that Wil son has ever had. On the eveninng of August 21, 1886, the tremors of the famous Charleston (S. C.) earthquake struck here. Little damage was done but the shocks caused a few dishes to fall off of tables and scared the 1,200 people in the town at the time half to death. Today Doane Herring, prominent 73-year-old druggist of the town, said that he remembered the 'quake clearly and that it had brok en up a party at his home that night, and had made people jump out the windows and through the doors of his home here in rapid fire order. Civil Service Positions Open Four open competitve examinations were announced through A. D. Cuthrell, secretary of the United States Civil Service board of exam iners here. Mr. Cuthrell, announcing the ex aminations for the Civil Service commission, listed then as followu: Director of education, salary $6,- 500 a year, in the Bureau of In dian affairs. Aeronautical engineers, various grades, salaries from $2,400 to s'3,- 400 a year. Agricultural aids, various grades, salaries from $1,260 to $2,000 a year, Soil conservation service. Public health nursing consultants, various grades, from $2,600 to $4,- 600 a year, and public health nurs ing assistant $2,000 a year. When you have a fight with your conscience and get licked, you win. —Nouggets NOTICE Those desiring to subscribe to The Rocky Mount 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 McLendon Tells What Is Wrong (From "Under the Dome" In Th* News and Observer) PROMISES—The recent remarks of Senator J. W. Bailey to Young Democratic officials at Wrightsville Beach have been the subject of caustic controversy lately. The Sen ator has explained and amplified hia statements in a communication to the press and the Liberal Democrats of North Carolina have placed their own interpretation on his address. But, all the discussion has not altered the pledge and promise which Senator Bailey made for the Dem ocratic party in North Carolina when he said, "If there is anything wrong with the election laws, lo: some Democrat point out the fault and the Democratic party in North Carolina will fix it." As the Senator may recall, that's exactly what Major L. P. McLen don, chairman of the State Board ot Elections, has done ("point out the fault") and what he has asked the party to do ("fix it.") And Ma jor McLendon is not only a Demo crat but, as Senator Bailey would concede readily, a "good Democrat," as well. About the faults of the electioa laws, Major McLendon was more specific than the newspapermen of Bailey's acquaintance nvstr to have been. "I have never seen a news paprrman who could point out a sin gle thing wrong with them," the Senator said. I The report of the State Board of | Elections to th« General Assembly of 1935 said the following things ought to be done about the election laws —and the man speaking in this instance is not Ralph McDonald cr Dick Fountain or Paul Grady or any other defeated candidate bulb the man who administers the laws about which Senator Bailey says "all this hollering and squawking in the newspapers" has been done: "The experience of the Board dur ing this biennium and especially the disclosures conducted by it hav« convinced the Board that our elec tion laws, both as to primaries and | general elections, should be revised and amended in several particu lars. "The election laws relating to pri maries as well as general elections should be uniform throughout the State. "That a State-wide new registra tion be made mandatory for the year 1936. "That an entirely separate reg istration be required for primary elections. "That the registration of voters >n the primary elections be made by the political parties on separate books. "That our present statutes author izing absentee voting be repealed outright or that they be amended so as to limit and restrict the priv ilege of absentee voting. "That the office of marker be abolished in all elections . . . ". . . That some procedure should be set up for the expeditious trial and final determination by the courts of election contests in both primaries and elections. "That the law be amended so *a to require o fall precinct registrars that they deliver, on the day fixed by law for the county canvass of the vote, the registration and poll books to the chairman of the Coun ty Board of Elections and take his receipt for same . . ." The report of the Board of Elec tions also recommended that pre cincts in which there are 1,200 or more electors be split, that more stringent regulations governing the appointment of county boards of election b© enacted, that the num ber of hours for polls to remain open be reduced, that compensa tion of election officials be increas ed and that specific procedure l>o fixed for the trial of persons con victed for election law violations. Responsibility for remedying these faults—or for ignoring them —now has been placed directly upon tha Democratic party. The State execu tive committee at its recent session adopted a resolution offered by Major McLendon authorizing Chair man Wallace Winborne to appoint a committee of Democrats to study election reforms and to report its findings to the State committee, which may make recommendations to th© 1937 General Assembly. Mrs. Hoylc—lf all men were like my husband there wouldn't be any labor troubles. Mrs. Doyle—What's the matter— doesn't he work? Green offers to resign in order to end A. P. and L. row. New Pnris town coats inspired by eighteenth-century bandits.