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The Rocky Mo VOLUME 3, NO. 40 v Rocky Mount Men 1 In "Who's Who" The 1936-1937 edition of the 1 WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, edi ted and published by the A. M. ■,) Marquis Company of Chicago, has just been released from the press. This publication has been publish ed biennially since 1899. p' Thfc present edition contains life sketches of 31,434 livin gmen and women in the United States. There are listed in this sketch m about 400 North Carolinians . Two Rocky Mount citizens appear in this edition. J. C. Braawell, President of the Planters National Bank & Trust Company, and Former Lieutenant-Governor Richard f. Fountain. P. T. A. County Council Meets The Wake County P. T. A. Coun cil held the first meeting for this school year, Friday afternoon, at the Court House in Raleigh. Mrs. G. H. Scarborough, new president of ■ the council, presided over the meeting. Dr: A. C. Bulla, Mrs. T. W. ► Bickett and County Supt. J. C. 4 Lockhart were present at the meet ing and each made suggestions for the year's work. Attending the. meeting from Wendell were Principal E. T. Boy ette, Miss Gladys Baker, Miss Eva Perkins, and Mrs. J. S. Buchanan. Mrs. W. F. Upshaw, president ' * of the Raleigh City Council of Pa rents and Teachers was present at the meeting and tendered an invita tion to the County Council to attend the school of instruction, for officers committee chairmen and room rep resentatives to be held in the ■* Needham Broughton High School, Friday afternoon, October 2, from 2:15 until 5:00 o'clock. A social hour and group conferences will follow the school of instruction. Mrs. Buchanan, local president would like to have as many Wendell P. T. A. Workers attend as possible. o Coast Guard Unit At State Fair Raleigh, Sept. 23.—Arrangements for a Coast Guard demonstration at the State Fair, which will be held V , in Raleigh th e week of October 12, have been made by Congressman | Lindsay C. Warren, of the First District. His action followed many requests for a repeat performance of a breeches bouy life-saving demonstra tion such as a group of coast guards men gave at the 1934 State Fair, Manager Norman Y. Chambliss said today in announcing Congressman Warren's success in securing this ad ditional attraction. I The Coast Guard unit to perform •» at the fair will be taken from the seventh district, which has head quarters at Elizabeth City. Chief 1 Boatswain W. G. Etheridge, with a mate and seven surfmen, will have charge of the exhibition, which will be presented on three days of fair week, beginning Wednesday. Permission for the beach appara tus drill at the fair was secured by Congressman Warren directly from Rear Admiral R. R. Waesche, com mandant of the U. S. Coast Guard. "Congressman Warren has shown Encouraging interest in the State Fair, and we are highly grateful for his cooperation in enabling ns to secure this educational exhibit," declared Manager Chambliss. In commenting on widespread in terest which the forthcoming State Fair has engendered throughout the * State, Manager Chambliss emphasiz ed that race fans, including devotees of horse and automobile racing will be thrilled by the high class compe tition which will bring to the fair some of the best known harness ■ racers and auto speedsters that North Carolina has seen. Joe Mc- Graw, veteran starter of the famed Hambletonian, will be in charge of the horse races, and Ralph Hankin son, dean of speedway promoters, will he auto classic under * supervision it the A. A. A. Harness races are scheduled for Wednesday, * Thursday and Friday of fair week, auto races for Saturday afternoon. o SEED LOAN AGENT TO BE STATIONED IN COURT HOUSE _—— Harry P. Stephens, Field Supervi sor, for the Emergency Crop Loan Office, announces that he will be stationed in the Grand Jury Room, 3rd floor, Wake County Court House, every Monday and Saturday to receive payments on loans ob tained through the Emergency Crop and Seed Loan Office during th 3 * past season. Mr. Stephens ! s now serving as Field Supervisor in Wake, John ston, and Harnett counties, and plans to spend Tuesdays in Lilling ton, Fridays in Smithfield, and re serving Mondays and Saturdays for Wako County. Borrowers who wish to make payments on their loans can get in touch with him at the I above listed points. Leonard Talks Of Fingerprints Kiwanians Hear Former President Aldermen Are Guests at Meeting Gathering for the first time in their new meeting pjace, Winstead's cafeteria, the local Kiwanians this afternoon heard Sam E. Leonard superintendent of the Eastern Car olina Training School, discuss fingar prints and the Department of Jus tice work. Mr. Leonard, former president of the club, had W. L. Thorp, pro gram chairman, introduced him af the luncheon, and he the value of fingerprinting and the work of the Department, saying he wished the local department could establish a fingerprinting depart ment. He told of the of finger prints in crime detection and in other ways. J. Q. Robinson and C. W. Ivey, members of th e board of aldermen, were guests and R. L. Sides, in charge of the Kiwanis softball team, announced it will play the Rotary club team tonight at the YMCA at seven o'clock. President R. M. Wilson presided. , » Tarboro Rector Closes Ministry Large Congregation Hears Final Ser mon of Rev. Bertram Brown Tarboro, Sept. 29.—Choosing as his text a portion of the nitttE verse of the 90th Psalm, "We spend our years as a tale that is told," the Rev. Bertram E. Brown preached his last sermon as rector of Calvary Episcopal church here Sunday morn ing before a large congregation of parishioners, former parishioners who have moved to other cities, and friends of various denominations. Mr. Brown, who previously had resigned the rectorship due to ill health after being in charge of Cal vary parish for 22 years, will be succeeded by the Rev. George Hen ry of Chapel Hill this week . Explaining he accepted the call be of tV opportunities it iff'd ed for rural and cotton mill work in addition to regular parish ac tivities, Mr. Brown reviewed his life her e from the time of his first sermon in Calvary church in Feb ruary, 1909. At that time, he 3aid. the church had two rural missions in Edgecombe County. Since then nine more missions have, been es tablished and chapels erected in ru ral areas and mill sections of Tar boro. The retiring minister said that in 25 years, from the time of his com ing to Tarboro from Eufaula, Ala., he baptized 1,500 persons, present ed 1,400 to the bishop for confirma tion, married 250 couples and offi ciated at about 500 funerals. During thos e 25 years, he said, he preached and held services 10 times each week—five times on Sundays and five times during the remain der of the week—and took only two vacations, both to European coun tries in 1912 and 1923. Mr. Brown appealed for enthu siastic cooperation with the new rec tor and said "I am sure he will, with God's grace to help him, servo you well." In conclusion he quoted from one of Kipling's poems: "I have eaten your bread and salt, I have drunk your water and wine, And the deaths you died I have watched beside, And the lives that you led were mine!" —o WAKE COUNTY COTTON GROWERS RECEIVE CHECKS County Agent, Jno. C. Anderson, announces that h e has just receiv ed 947 checks amounting to $2,919.- 98 to cover payment on unused Bankhead Cotton Certificates submit ted to the National Pool, last sea son. "These checks rang e from 4c to approximately $25.00, an average of about $3.08 each," says Mr. An derson. According to recent statement is sued by C. A. Cobb, Director, Di vision of C«tton, the National Pool was unable to sell all certificates submitted last season, and each grower who submitted certificates to the National Pool is being paid hi* pro-rata share of the funds deriv ed from certificates sold by the Na tional Pool. "Wake County growers can now get these checks by applying at the County Agent's Office in the Ra leigh Post Office Building," says Mr. Anderson. DOGS AT BURLINGTON MUST BE CONFINED Burlington, Sept. 30. —Rabies In spector Grover F. Clark declared an emergency in Burlington Town ship today, directing that all dogs be confined for 30 days beginning Thursday, October 1. The action was taken, he said, because of the danger of hunnn infection from what is believed to be anepidemic of rabies among dogs. More than a score of persons are now taking th- Pasteur treat ment. o He—May I hove the next dance? She —Sure, I don't want it. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1936 Session Staged At Spring Hope Quarterly Baptist Missionary Session Hald—Next One To Be Here In December After having a full program in cluding three speeches at Spring Hope, members of the Nash coun ty Baptist woman's missionary union today had returned home from their quarterly meeting yesterday to await the next session to be here in December. With possibly 150 women from 11 churches in the county in attend ance, the quarterly meeting was held yesterday in Spring Hope, with Mrs. W. N. Jones, of Raleigh; Mrs. J. C. Powell, returned mi - sionary; and Mrs. E. D. Beasley of the Elizabeth City division, as speakers. It was announced today that in December the North Rocicy Mount Baptist church will be host to the missionary groups at th e next quar terly session. The exact date was not known. After reports from the churches, Mrs. Jones, past state president, spoke about Luther Price; Mrs. Powell, returned from Africa, dis cussed her work; and Mrs. Beas ley, superintendent of the Eliza beth City division, considered "Youth Movements." Mrs. J. A. Marshbourne, of here, president of the society for the county, officiated, and Mrs. A. J. McMasterß, local singer, offered a number, accompanied by Mrs. Lyman Jones, also of Rocky Mount, Mrs. L. T. Vaughan, of Nashville, and Dr. W. R. Cullom, Wake For est Baptist minister, gave the devo tionals. Morning and afternoon sessions wer e staged. The First church here had the largest attendance and the Calvary Baptist church here won the banner for doing the best work in the past quarter. Greenville Men Back Farm Plan To Support Drive To Enlist All Pitt Farmers In Farm Federation Greenville, Sept. 29.—Backed by the businessmen of this section, Pitt County farmers will put up a sol id front when they ask the Legis lature and Congress to enact legis lation controlling the production of tobacco. The farmers, through the Farm Bureau Federation, have been work ing for some to have their num bers enrolled 100 per cent in the farm organization. Businessmen of the county, at a meeting last night pledged them selves to underwrite a number of memberships and suggested that Bu reau officials name a committee com posed entirely of farmers to call on other business interests of the county and ask them to aid the farmers in their efforts to secure legislation for the control of to bacco. The State headquarters of the Farm Bureau is located here, and officials of the organization, includ ing J. E. Winslow, Roy T. Cox, W. H. Dail, E. F. Arnold, and others, have spent most of their time in this county. They declare that when they are able to tell farmers in other counties that Pitt is solidly behind the movement, they will make much more progress in those sections. of the farmers ask ed th businessmen to help them in som« way to get tobacco con trol. They urged them to join in the present plan—through the Farm Bureau—or suggest some other means. The business interests wore a«ked to compare their books now with 1932 and see what the AAA hud done for them. With only a small per cent of the business establishments represented at the meeting, some 600 member ships in the farm organization were taken, the businessmen agreeing to take the memberships and distrib ute them among farmers and others interested in the movement. The committee of farmers, to be named later by Farm Bureau offi cials, will call on all business houses n the county and ask them to aid in their fight to keep the produc tion of tobacco down so that farmers can receive a- parity price for tha product. Ther e are 6,384 farmers in Pitt County. The Farm Bureau is seek ing to secure an equal number of memberships and at the beginning of last night's meeting lacked 2,000 of havng reached this number. With 600 subscribed last night, only about 1,400 remain before the coun ty will have as manv memberships in the organization as there are farmers. Mr. Dibbs (after a political ral ly)— Now that you have seen and heard Congressman Pool ess are you going to vote for his reelection t Mrs. Dibbs—l should say not. I never saw a plainer looking or a more bow-legged man in my life, o "My press agent is getting me the wrong kind of publicity." "Have you tried withholding his salary?" "Yes, that's why I'm getting it." New War Secretary and His Family Following the death of Secretary of War George H. Dern, Assistant Secretary Harry H. Woodring became head of the War department as acting secretary. He is here shown with Mrs. Woodring and their chil dren, Marcus and Melissa, on the lawn of their residence in Mount Vernon, Virginia. Aid And Comfort To The Enemy The President's speech Tuesday night before the New York Democratic State Convention in Syracuse, to tho thinking man is unanswerable. He spoke with great bold ness, using geiiuo language. The President in speaking of f hcr° who were opposing the New Deal, used the illustration of the banker wearing a high hat, falling into a deep stream and would have been drowned, had not some great friend pulled him out. But the hat floated on. The banker was thankful and grateful for having besn saved by his friend for a while, but later he began to think about this hat that was lost, forgetting his life that was saved. This is a very true comparison of those who are now opposing the President and the New Deal. For these very people were saved from total collapse and destruction. They now remember the hat that was not recovered, forgetting the benefactor that saved their lives. The State of. North Carolina has benefited as much by the New Deal as any other State in the Union in having the prices of crops raised and it is unfortunate that the Republican Party is now using as one of its chief campaign blows, the language spoken by the Senior Senator of North Carolina in his fight on the Agricultural Relief Pro gram known as the Farm Relief Bill. His pictures and lan guage being run in the leading Republican newspapers of the north and west. He was one of the first to charge the administration pro gram as being communistic in the state. STATE FAIR OCTOBER 12-17 The North Carolina State Fair is scheduled to open on October 12th. It is expected that this will be the most out standing fair that the State has held in several years. A greater amount of money is being spent on premiums this year than probably ever before. The fair is being operated by our own townsman, N. Y. Chambliss, who is an expert in putting on fairs. TOBACCO CROP SHORT While the prices for the tobacco crop have held up above last years it is expected that the loss in poundage will be much greater than the increase in the prices. There is a general feeling that the poundage will be off fully one-fourth if not more this year. Rocky Mount has splendid facilities for the handling of tobacco sales, ana ?s alv/t ys among the leading in prices. Rites Held Fcr Plane's Victim Ross, of Greenville, Succumbs Of Airplane Crash Injuries—Pullen Improves While E. Foy Pullen, 21, local pilot, today was reported recovering from injuries sustained in a week end airplane crash at Greenville, his companion in the crash, L. IS. Ross, of Greenville, was buried fn Pitt County. Mr. Pullen, reported as the pilot of the ship which crashed Satur day afternoon near Greenville af ter it apparently failed to come out of a spin, was resting in a local hospital today. He was brought here Monday from a Greenville hos pital where he and Mr. Ross were taken after the accident. Reports from the hospital indicat ed h e was coming along satisfactor ily, despite his injuries. Pullen's companion in the crash which occurred in the plane of R. E. Lee, local airport manager, was Mr. Ross and he died at th e Green ville hospital. He had both broken, in three places, his nose was broken, and hi 9 teeth were knocked out. He also sustained a crushed chest and fractured hip. The funeral was conducted from his home with Elder J. L. ROM and Rev. R. F. Pittman, Freewill 1 Baptist minister, in charge and in-j i terment took p!ac e near Stokes. I Mr. Ross, 36, was a life-long I 1 resilient of Pitt and had operated Reports Robbrey In Edgecombe Edgecombe Deputy Sheriff Shad 3 Felton today was investigating the reported robbery of Williams store and service station in the Noble's mill pond section of Edgecombe co unty during the night. He reported the loss of about sl2 from the store. The officer indicated although he did not have any clues to work on, h e believed it wag a one-man job, and that entrance was made through the back door by breaking what is known as a "railroad" lock on the door. From $lO to sl2 of Mr. Williams' cash was taken, he said. Williams' initials were not known b ythe of ficer. Where He Failed Barbara —Would you recommend the lawyer who got you your >aat divorce f Peggy—Well, his charges are rea sonable, but some of the others have managed to get me more pub licity. a service station near the court house in Greenville. He leaves bis wife, formerly' Mil dred Dupree; a son, L. E. Ross, Jr., a daughter, Mildred Lieah Ross; his ! parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Ross, 1' of near Stokes; and a brother, Blan co L. Ross, of Greenville. Reportedly Mr. Pullen, who had [about 50 hours of flying and a pri- Warns Against Dumping Cotton M. G. Mann Warns Growers By Pointing To Estimated Short Crop This Year Raleigh, Sept. 21.—Pointing out! that North Carolina's estimated cot ton crop of 556,000) bales is rhe smallest in more than a quar ter of a century, M. G. Maun, general manager of the North Caro lina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association, has warned farmers that "It is folly to dump your cot ton on th 0 market without regarl for the highest price plus your full premiums for better grades anl staples. "With such a short crop staring vs in the face, far-sighted farmers cer tainly should strive to get every dol lar they can for their cotton," Mr. Mann said. "This ennnot be accom plished by 'dumping'." Shiould Market Orderly Pointing out that approximately 75 percent of the North Carolina crop is running 15-16 and better in length, Mr. Mann said that it 13 good business for the farmer to market his crop orderly and in such manner as to get the full premium for his better grades and staples. "Our deliveries are running ahead of last year, and this in the face of a short crop," Mr. Mann said. He attributed this increase in de liveries to the fact that thinking farmers are holding their cotton for higher prices, which should result from the steadily increasing con sumption by mills and an Ameri can crop this year of approximate ly two million bales below th 6 10- year average. The Re-Purchase Pool As another reason for the in crease in deliveries, Mr. Mann cited the "Re-Purchase Pool" which was announced by the Cotton Association for the first time last year. Under the "Re-Purchase Pool" plan a farmer can place his cotton with the association where it will be classed according to Govern ment standards. He can draw an advance of 75 per cent of its value upon delivery and when he is ready to sell h 0 can ask the association to quote him the highest price it can secure for his cotton. He can then ask his local buyer or cotton mill for a price, and if th eprice quoted on the outside is better than wnat the association can offer, the far mer can get his identical cotton back and sell it t othe one offering the most money. "The "Re-Purchase Pool" was tried out last year o na small scale to see if it would work and the results have been beyond all expectations,'' Mr. Mann said. "Out of more than 25,000 bales handled in this 'Re- Purchase Pool' of the 1935 crop, after furnishing the farmer the grades and staples of his cotton and the price we could obtain for him, and after the farmer, in many instances, had consulted the local buyers and obtained their pric es, the association has been re quested to sell more than 90 per cent of the cotton on which it quot ed a price. Even the few members who asked for their cotton back have told us they knew they received more b yreason of having had their cotton graded by the association. "This is conclusive evidence that the association can assist the far mer in getting the highest price for his cotton.' FACISTS PRESS TOWARD MADRID IN STONG DRIVE Headquarters Of Picked Legions of Spanish Insurgents In Toledo Say Last Sizeable City Between That City And Madrid Captured; Capital.Next To Fall Toledo, Spain, Sept. 30.—Fascist conquerors of Toledo tonight de clared they had driven government forces from Illecas, only 22 miles from Madrid. Headquarters for the picked le gions of insurgents said they had rolled through the last sizeable city between Toledo and Madrid and pressed on toward the Loyalist cap ital during the night. Their rear guard methodically wiped out scattered government re sistance in the Toledo section. The Fascist leaders ordered a "cleans ing" of Toledo to make that city "the whitest in Spain." (The insurgent high command at Burgos asserted its forces had en circled Madrid and said the fall of the government capital was '•immi nent.") (Other reports given out at Bur gos said troops under General Em ilio Mola, Fascist, conqueror of Irun and San Sebastian, pierced 4 he government defenses around Bilboa; last major north Eastern Coastal city held by the government.) 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 YEAJi Orders Hearing In Tobacco Vote National Labor Relations Board Will Investigate Keidsville Election Washington, Sept. 30.—The Na tional Labor Relations Board to* day ordered an oral hearing here for Tuesday October 6 on the pro tests of the American Tobacco Com pany in regard to the recent elec tion held in Reidsviile plant of the company to determine a collective bargaining agreement which resulted in an apparent victory for the to bacco workers union. The National Labor Relations Board today announced slight changes in the figures given imme diately after the election, but the changes do not change the result* as the Union is still short of a majority of those eligible to vote while the number voting still con« stitutes a majority of the eligible*. However, the Tobacco company takes the position that the certified num ber of eligibles is too low and that actually less than half of those eligible voted. The election was held on Sept. 17 and 18. When calling the election, the Board rejected the contention that practically all of the 1,1500 em ployes be allowed to vote and re stricted the eligibles by disbarring clerical workers and others engag ed in distinctly non-manufacturing labor. At that time the Board es timated that only 750 employes would b e eligible to vote. However, in announcing the ra | suits ten days ago the board stat ed that there were 954 eligible vot ers of whom 494 voted with 487 vot es for the union. Today it was stat« ed that there were 964 eligibles with 487 voting and 471 voting for the union. Both announcements gave the negative votes as seven and the challenged vote as nine. Under both sets of figures, tho election conies within th 0 decision of the Fourth Circuit court of ap peals, which includes North Caro lina in its jurisdiction. That court held in an election of employes of tho Virginian Railway i." a deci son under th e railway labor act that an election was valid if participat ed in by a majority o feligibles and that tlip decesion of a majority t.f those voting in the valid elections would govern. The company at the hearing next Tuesday will contend that there wer 6 986 eligibles and that the num ber voting was less than a majority of the eligibles. Regardless of the decision of the Board, the company is expected to contest the matter in the courts. This is the first time that there has ever been a show down of Union strength amon gthe employes of any of the large cigarette com« panies. Doctor In Effort To Help Mothers Turboro, Spt. 26.—Declaring that "until better prenatal care can be offered mothers and babies, the in fant death rate will remain high in Edgecombe county," Dr. L. L, Parks, county health officer, has an nounced that plans for establishing "two or three" additional prenatal care clinics and one under way. Four sui'h clinics have already boei established and ar e held at regular intervals with the cooperation and assistance of local physicians, who are giving their time free of charge teaching large classes of expectaat mothers. Blaming the high infant death rata on tho largo number of births at tended by midwives. Dr. Parki said. "Th'> midwife is usually an Ig norant Negro woman and is unable to give patients any prenatal care. Her services are of the lowest type that can be found anywhere; never' theless, her services cannot be dis pensed with at the present time." The health officer pointed out that for the year 1935 midwives attend ed ."1 per cent of the births in the county and physicians 49 per cent. In August of this year, ther© were 92 births in the county and midwives attended 62 of them, or 68 per cent of the total. In the same month, six white and four Negro babies died under one year of age to bring the year's to tal to September 1 to sixty-one. One death under one month of age in August sent the year's total in that group to thirty. o ' Laundry Lesson Chemistry Prefessor Name three articles containing starch. Student—Two cuffs and a collar.