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The Rocky Mount Herald ,tIME 3, NO. 39 Select Officers For i>and Group High School Musical Organization Elects Members to Post For Year t Members,of the Rocky Mount high school band, which is under the supervision of H. Vernon Hooker, director of instrumental music for the city schools, have completed their elections for the year. The following officers were elected by the band members: Billy Bass, president; James Williams, vice president, James Minter, secretary and treasurer; Burt Duty, librarian; Mack Jordan, assistant librarian; Carlyle Willis, stage manager; Len ox *Craft, assistant stage manager; John Adams, representative to the student assembly; Marcus Beard, student band manager; John Wil liamson, assistant student band manager; Hardy Duke, drum major; and Geraldin e Pittinan, Jessie Par *ker, Maxine Tharrington, and Elo ise Godwin, color guards. The band will play at the student assembly Friday in the high school auditorium. That afternoon the musical organization trill parade to Briles field wher e the Rocky Mount- Tarboro game will be played. Saturday morning at eight o'clock the band will leave from the high school for Durham whpre it will take part in the Duke Homecoming Day exercises. The band will bo the guest of the university at a luncheon and at the Duker-Colgate %'ootball game. — 0 Student Groups • Elect Members Student Assembly And Athletic Asso ciation Completed by Elections Home room representatives to the student assembly and to the ath letic associations of the Rocky Mount high school have been elect ed and both organizations are now engaged in their programs for the year. The student assembly is the gov erning body for the students and U composed of four officers and a representative from-each home room. The officers were elected last year and include Bill Williams, presi dent; Martha Ann Speight, vice president; Bill Leloudis, secretary; and Pete Dowdy, treasruer. The home room representatives aro as follows: Charlotte Denny, Vernon Felton, Leo Dew, Franz Holscher, Thomas Easterling, Frank Holman. Mickey Bennett, Mildred Thorpe, ' Ev.elyn Btarling, Joe Vaden, Wal ter Sellars, Eddie Ryals, Frances D&nghtridge, Pearl Daniels, Mabel Marshburn, Dewey Weaver, John King, laura Ann Parker, George Lewis, Helen Saunders Ben Bulluck Elizabeth King, Harry Low, Jack Sumner, Estelle Turner, Margaret Jeffries, Mary Virginia Simerly and John Adams. The officers of the athletic associa tion are Bill Looney, president; He len Saunders, vice-president; and jElijsabeth Lowe, secretary and trea surer. Th ft home room representatives to the athletic association are Bob Win stead. Jack Strickland, Ray Pate. George Leloudis, Gene Hart, Milton Bulluck, Ernest Wright, William Patterson, Milton Strickland, Alvin Pittnvan, Jean Harper, James Council, Billy Smith, Maxine Tharrington, A. R. Weathers, Dil lard Bulluck, Albert James, Charles James, Charles Brock, Jack Greene, Pete Goddard, Thomas Briley. Lin zy Mayberry, Henry Adams, Clifton Burnette, Frank Carr and Aubrey Walker. Mrs. Cobb Dies In Hospital In City • Mrs. Sudie Cobb, of Rocky Mount Buried Thursday Funeral services for Mrs. Sudie Cobb, 52, of this city, who died late Tuesday at a local hospital, were held Thursday. The rites were conducted at 10 o'clock Thursday morning from the home, No. 538 Arrington A/"nue, with Rev. J. G. Houck, pastor "of the Church of God, ifliciating, and burial followed at "rinity cemetery near Chocowinity. Mrs. Cobb died Tuesday after noon about one o'clock from com plications following a three weeks illness. A native of Edgecombe county, she was formerly Sudie Abrams. She belonged to the Church of God. f Surviving are her husband, Lloyd Cobb; her children, James Cobb, of Oak City; Joe Cobb, of Elm City; Lester Cobb, of Washington, N. C.; Maylon Cobb, of this city; Mrs. Vernon Bowden, of this city; Mrs. Willie Crumpler of Elm City, Nan nie, Nellie, and Mitchel Cobb, all of Rocky Mount; her brothers, J. I A., Wrenn, Bennie and Johnnie Abrams, all of Macclesfield; Rich ard, Lum, and Reden Abrams, all of Tarboro; and Charlie Abrams, of Pinetops; and sisters, Mrs. R. R. Harris, Mrs. Billie Jones, Mrs. Cur tis Wooten, and Hattie and Sadie Abrams, all of Macclesfield. ' Savings banks' deposits $10,020,013,- 775, near the high mark. Song of Four Generations Mrs. Abigail Annesley Hunniford, a Chicago pioneer, celebrating her ninety-seventh birthday playing the piano, while Mrs. George Humble, her daughter; Mrs. Willis J. Lloyd, her granddaughter, and Ann Mary Lloyd, her great-granddaughter, sing "Happy Birthday, Dear prandma, Happy Birthday to You." 8 Bands Will Play At Duke Durham, Sept. 23.—Eight uniform ed bands composed of 500 musi cians will provide both music and color to Duke University's home coming day, the gigantic Durham- Duke civic parade, and the climat ic event the Duke-Colgate football game in the stadium on Saturday. In at least one number the great group of bandsmen will play to gether at the stadium, probably es tablishing some sort of reeord in this part of the country in number of musicians joining in a single ren dition. **" * *— There will b e three college bands, those from Duke, Wake Forest, and Davidson, There will also be the four crack high school bands from Durham, Lenoir, Monroe, and Rocky Mount, in addition to the fin e ap pearing Durham American Legion drum and bugle crops that was pro nounced the best in the state at Asheville during the summer. The visiting musicians will be guests of the university at lunch eon. Immediately after they will go to the stadium where a busy pro gram is to be carried out, assuring aside from football, against a dull moment during the afternoon. At 11 o'clock the bands will tak9 their places in the down town par ade. A large number of elaborate floats are being built for the occa sion and prizes will be awarded in the most distinctive. Current Topics Club to Meet Unique Organization To Have Im portant Session at YMCA On October 5 October 5 will see a group of local men assemble for the first time since March 31 as the Rocky Mount Current Topics club, unique organ ization, starts another year of ac tivity here, officials announced today. This club, which during the fall and into the late spring meets at the YMCA each Monday night, will have a full program for the ini tial gathering as election of officers is slated among other things. With many famed men making their appearance before the group in years past, the club will have Dr. F. IS. Bishop in charge of the first few programs this fall. C. W. Parker is retiring club president, W. M, Spears, vice-pres ident; A. Hicks, secretary-treasur er; and W. Gray Williams is chairman of the membership com mittee offoring the slate of officers will be C. G. Smith, R. R. Gay, A. Hicks, Dr. A. L. Daughtridge, and J. A. Harper. E. M. Gill, commissioner of pa roles Raleigh; Erwin Lanier, Self help director, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; A. H Gra ham, lieutenant-governor, Hillsboro; Ralph W. McDonald, Winston-Salem ex-candidate for Democratic nomina tion for governor of North Carolina; and Clyde R. Hoey, Shelby guber natorial candidate for the Demo crats, were included on the long list of well-known speakers during the past year. Meeting time for October 5 is set at 6:10 o'clock at the YMCA, and from then on meetings will be held each week. The program committee holds for a few meetings before an other one starts work, but the new ly-elected officers possibly will as sume office at the second meeting, October 12. Older members of the club today recalled this year will make about a quarter of a century the club has mot. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1936 Rev. Geo. Henry Goes To Tarboro Rev. B. E. Brawn, Rector For 28 Years, To Preach Last Ser mon Next Sunday Tarboro, Sept. 22.—Rev. M. Ge orge Henry of Chapel Hill, who at present is in charge of missions in Stokes county, will arrive here Oc tober 1 to become rector of Calvary Episcopal church. His acceptance of a call by the church vestry was announced today by W. C. Darrow, senior warden. Mr. fftttTy will succeed Rev. Bert ram E. Brown, rector since 1909, who resigned the rectorship sever al months ago but continued nomi nally in charge pending the coming of a new rector. Mr. Brown will continue to make his home in Tarboro and will bo associatel with the church in the position of rector emeritus. Mr. Henry, at present living in Mayodan, is a native of Chapel Hill and a graduate of the Univer sity of North Carolina, from which he also obtained his M. A. degree. Graduating from Virginia Episco pal seminary at Alexandria, Va., in 1935, Mr. Henry was temporarily assigned to St. Paul's church, Win ston-Salem, when the Durham par ish secured a permanent rector, and went to Mayodan when a rector was secured at Winston-Salem. He was advanced from the deaconate to the priesthood last spring. Mr. Henry is the son of George K. Henry, assistant registrar of the University of North Carolina. He will come to Tarboro with 'lie highest recommendation of Rt. Rev. Edwin A. Penick, bishop of Ul3 diocese of North Carolina, at whose suggestion the vestry here is sued the call. A homecoming in honor of Mr. Brown, whose retirement because of ill health brings to an end a 28- year rectorship in Calvary parish, marked by growth of the church and establishment of a number of rural missions, will be held next Sunday when he will preach his last sermon as minister in charge. Ef forts were under way to have every local communicant and as many former communicants now living elsewhere as can get here to attend the Sunday morning service. Newport Triplets Doing Well Now Newport, Sept. 18.—Mrs. Charlie Garner of Newport is the proud mother of triplets. Three little girls weighing four pounds each came to tho Garner home Wednesday at 5 P. M. They are well formed and normal babies, and so far are do ing nicely; the mother is also re covering splendidly, Dr. Manley Ma son reports. Ther ft is no knoweldge of triplets having come to any home before in this section of the State. One neigh bor suggested that the only dif ference between the Garners and the Dionnes of Canada was that the door to the Garner home was left open and two of the Garner babies got away during the night. Danger Signal Hep—Jake's wife shot him last night. She says she done it b'cuz he was a big loafer and no 'count. Gap—My heavens! If that there idy gets to ketchin' none of us gents is safe. Laundry Lesson Chemistry Professor Name throe > articles containing starch. Student —Two cuffs and a collar. "Foolish Men" ? We Think Not The recent investigation by the Senate committee into contributions made to the Republican campaign fund in Maine, shows that $102,200 was sent in to Maine in the recent State election by leading Republicans which in cludes: five duPonts, three of the Rockefellers, two of the Archbolds, J. P. Morgan, Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., and a few others. To our mind, this is only a small part of the amount that was sent for it is always hard to trace cam paign contributions frcjm sources of this character. Now, for what purpose could this money have been used except to corrupt the press and its writers and to hire political workers? We speak of the freedom of the press and we have al ways believed in the freedom of th press, but is not the freedom of the press, being strangled and the political writers being subsidized by contributions which destroy, the freedom of the press more completely than any law that could be passed. "FOOLISH MEN" On Thursday, September 17th, there appeared an edi torial in the afternoon paper which is copied below in quo tations, complimenting the Governor on his wisdom in not calling the legislature in extra session to pass tobacco leg islation upon the request of the 8000 farmers that assem bled in Raleigh. These 8000 farmers are called a group of very foolish men in this editorial. Now these farmers may have been foolish men in this editorial. Now these farmers may have been foolish, but it is bound to be admitted that it was the most representative and formidable meeting of the tobacco raising industry that ever assembled in one meeting and they knew what they wanted and they had the nerve to ask for what thy wanted, and it appears to us very unfor tunate that these 8000 men should be called by anyone a foolish group. The foolish virgins were declared foolish, because they failed to trim their lamps and provide oil. These farmers could not be compared with the foolish virgins, because they were undertaking to trim their lamps and provide ■> oil to protect themselves against starving prices for tobacco, by having legislation enacted by the Legislatures of North Carolina through which they could protect themselves. Below is the editorial: "Evening Telegram" September 17, 1936 REMEMBERING A MEETING Many North Carolinians will remember for a long time that hapless meeting of tobacco farmers in the State College stadium last spring in Raleigh. As the months pass by, two things stand out like, as Elbert Hubbard would say, Mars at perihelion. One of them concerns the stand taken by the governor and the other refreshes our minds again and again regarding the activities of a group of very foolish men. Tobacco prices in Eastern Carolina have justified the position of the Governor in holding out against a special session of the legislature. The meeting of to bacco delegates from ten interested states in Washing ton this week seemed to uphold the North Carolina ex ecutive more impressively than ever. James Bagwell, agricultural solicitor of the department of agriculture, told the meeting at the capital that the national com pact would have to be amended if it is made effective next year. The proposed amendments were the points suggested by the governor in his refusal to call the special session. The result of the meeting in Washing ton was the leaving with the AAA of a request to draft a model bill and the determination of the dele gates to begin organizing committees to guide propos ed legislation to control tobacco production through in terstate compacts. The governor was not opposed to the compacts and North Carolina farmers' participation, but he was op posed to this state's tying up of the hands of the farm ers while tobacco growers in other states prospered at our own folly. He knew he was taking an unpopular stand in the face of a lot of adimonitions from aspir ing politicians, but he believed he was doing the proper thing to benefit the farmers most. There is little doubt but that the General Assembly of 1937 will take up the compact bill and it is reason able to believe that suitable legislation will be enacted to insure Tar Heel participation in a program of to bacco production control. The farmers this year can thank the weather man because he appears to be re sponsible for the higher prices by virtue of the fact that the acreage seems to have been materially reduced, As intimated before, the brow-wipings and oratory of some gentlemen who took the stand at West Raleigh last spring continue to appear more foolish every week while the stand taken by the chief executive of the state seems to be more praiseworthy. No PWA Projects In N. Carolina Washington, Sept. 21.—For the secondtti e within a week, Secre tary Harold L. Ickes today announc ed a long list of PWA projects, but none for North Carolina, although nearly every other state is includ ed. The list involves 103 projects, totalling $21,733,568, which brought the total cost of projects for which allotments have been made this month to . .$65,670,561. Discouragement over the outlook is believed to have influenced the resignation last week of Dr. H. 0. Bailey of Chapel Hill as State PWA director. o Tourist—Who enforces the park ing restrictions in this town! Native —Blondes, brunettes, and redheads. Defensive Tactics The Accused —There's the lawyer we stuck up. It's all up with us. He's going to testify against us. His Accomplice—Not this time, he won't. I've hired him to defend us. Sutton Is Made State Patrolman R. H. Sutton, of this city, was the choice to succeed the late R. W. Arnold, state highway patrolman of Elkin, who died last week-end in Roanoke Rapids in a hospital. Mr. Sutton, son of the J. W. Sut ton living on Branch street and a brother to Police Officers K. M. Sut ton, will be stattioned at Greens boro, according to Associated Press dispatches. Sutton succeeds Mr. Arnold, who was presumably injured near Rich Square last Wednesday then thrown from his motorcycle after it struck a soft spot in the road. Lying in the road injured, he was found by a school bus driver and carried to the hospital late in the day. He died the next day, and was buried in Elkin. Arnold had been station ed at Weldon. The local man, formerly a state highway safety division license in spector, was here over the week-end but left to go to Raleigh. He began as license inspector about the first of March. Local Nan Hurt In Plane Crash Foy Pulien, of Here, Brought To Local Hospital Today—Crash in Gre«nville A local young airplane pilot and a Greenville, N. C., aviation enthu siast lay in Rocky Mount and Greenville hospitals today seriously hurt following a week-end airplane crash at Greenville that virtually wrecked an airplane owned by R. E. Lee, local airport manager. Reports from, the local hospital today indicated E. Foy Pullen, 21, of this city, who piloted the ship involved in the crash, has "pretty good" chances of recovery, provided nothing in the way of complications comes up. H 0 has not been x-rayed yet on account of his condition, but pos sibly may have a fractured spine. He received facial lacerations, a broken nose, and possibly an injur ed arm. Neither arm nor spine ha 3 been x-rayed, but Greenville hos pital physicians expressed the opin ion a fracture may be found in his spine. The other airship occupant, L. E. Ross, of Greenville, rests in a Greenville hospital with both legs broken and internal injuries. From that hospital it was reported early this afternoon that he was doiug "fairly well" but that lie was "not out of danger yet." Possibly that he would have to suffer amputation of both limbs was expressed. J. G. Nail, Department of Com merce inspector, who went to Greenville to inspect th e wreck, in dicated Pullen Saturday afternoon apparently failed to come out of a spin and crashed, according to Mr. Lee, the airport manager her e . Pullen held a private license, Mr. Lee said, but it is suspended now. This supension was automatic and cam e before the inspector's visit. Reports from Greenville about the accident were that Pullen and Ross, flying in Lee's ship purchased only a few days before, had gone into a nose dive as Pullen attempted to pull the ship out of a spin Saturday afternoon. The two injured men were carried to a Greenville hospital. Pullen was removed to a local hospital late this morning. This was reportedly the first air plane crash of a serious nature ever happening in Pitt county. Abolish Absentee Ballot, Says "State** The State. There is on e radical change which the next session of the Legislature should make in our election laws, and that is to abolish the present system of absentee-balloting voting. At every election there are many thousands of fraudulent absentee ballots east in the various precinct 3 scattered throughout North Caro lina. All political factions are guil ty of this practice and it apparent ly is on the increase all the time. There is only one solution, and that is to do away with absentee ballots entirely and hold elections in North Carolina the way they are supposed to be held—fairly and squarely . Every voter should appear at the polls personally. If he is sick in bed, that's his bad luck; if he is out of town, he will have to sur render his right to vote. This sounds as though it might be un fair to an invalid—and perhaps it is—but for every unfair case o this nature, you would get rid of one hundred unfair cases which now exist under th e absentee-ballot plan. The citizens of North Carolina should rise up and demand that the fraudulent system of casting absen tee ballots be brought to a halt. And please remember this fact: that as long as any kind of a loop-hole is left, it will result in crooked ness. The only sensible plan would be to get rid of the system in its entirety. Mr. Fussbody—l saw your hus band wearing my lavender silk socks. The Laundress—That's too bad. He musta mistook 'em for his'n. Mr. Fussbody—That's not the point. At the sam e time he was wearing a cerise necktie—a most shocking combination. Poet—Are you the man who cut my hair the last tame? Barber—l don't think so, sir, only been here six months. 0 "Don't throw in your line. There's no bait on the hook." "Can't help that; the fish won't wait." 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 YEAH Two Are Hurt In Auto Crash Here Mrs. Nell Battle and H .A. Easier, Jr+ Placed In Local Hospital An automobile accident resulted in placing Rocky Mount's librarian and the only son of a local tobacco warehouseman in a hospital here with injuries described as not se rious. Mrs. Nell G. Battle and H. A. Easley, Jr., 10-year-old child of the H. A. Easleys both of this city, were the accident victims, and tho I accident occurred in Westhaven, a residential suburb of the city. Police officer J. B. Robinson, in vestigating, found the accident oc curred as follows: | About 8:30 o'clock J. P. Irby, Mrs. i Easley's brother, was taking young [ Easley to school, and was going north on Shady Circle drive in Westhaven. In the other car, Mr#, Battle alone was going south, and th tt two machines collided head-on. Mrs. Battle, Officer Robinson found, was traveling on her left of the road, while Mr. Irby was on his own right of the road. Both cars were damaged considerably. Mrs. Battle's possibly the worse, al though it was reportedly insured. Young Easley's head is supposed to have been thrown against tha windshield. He received forehead and scalp lacerations, which Mrg, „ Battle, taken to the same hospital, sustained bruises and injurios to her chest and right lower limb, ac cording to the doctor. Th e physician indicated he consid ered neither in a "serious condition." The officer late today indicated ha had not as yet determined wheth er anyone was criminally liable. o Wealthy Make Big Contributions Washington, Sept. 16.—The Senate Campaign Investigating Committee has mad© public a list of contribu tions to the Republican campaign fund in Maine which shows that three-quarters of this fund cornea from outside the state, and a very large part of it is given by the or ganizers and insiders of the Liber* ty League. The list of large contrl butors given by the Senate com* mittee follows: Pierre S. duPone $5,000 Lamont duPont 5,000 Irene© duPone 5,i00 Henry B. duPont 2,500 A. Felix duPont 5,000 Avery Rockefeller 3,000 John D. Rockefeller 5,000 John D. Rockefeller, Jr 5,000 Alfred P. Sloan, Jr 5,000 Ann© D. Archbold 2,500 J. P. Morgan s^ooo Atwater Kent 1,000 Tot* l .$51,600 Other and smaller contributions make up tho total of outside money invested in Maine politics to $76,400. Senator Warren White, running foe reelection, contributed $2,000; his colleague, Frederick Hale, sl,ooo} and local and national Republican committees have brought in $22,800, making a grand total of $102,200. R.MiWilsonTalks To Student Body Superintendent of Schools Adviwa Students of Best Way to Spend Year R. M. Wilson, superintendent ot the city schools, addressed the stu dents of th 0 Rocky Mount hisjk school at a general assembly held this morning. The superintendent devoted his talk to "How To Spend a Happy and Profitable Year." He brought out th e necessity of the students' having a busy year with their lessons, as signments, and in extra-curricular activities. He also advised them ;o cultivate friendships with their teachers and to spend a portion of their time in wholesome recreation. He closed his remarks by urging *he students to practice those virtues winch make for an upright life. The meeting was presided over by Bill Williams, president of tha student assembly. Martha Ana Speight chairman 0 f the program committee introduced th e speaker. Edith Wood, on behalf of the athletic association, made a brief talk on the ticket drive being put on b v that organization in order to secure sufficient* funds for car- Ting out the extensive program planned for the year.