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The Rocky Mo VOLUME 3, NO. 41 ,' Democrats Meet On October 10 Wilson To Be Scene Of Session On Night Of October 10—Speakers Given * Wilson, Oct. 2. —Second Congres sional district democrats will gather her e the night of October 10 for a banquet, speeches, and organisa tion work preparatory to an in tensive drive in the district to get out the democratic vote in Novem m ber, officials said today. _ The Young Democratic clubs of the district, with clubs from War ren, Halifax, Northampton, Bertii, Edgecombe, Wilson, Greene, and Lenoir counties participating, are sponsoring this meeting. Leading young democrats of the state will appear on the program, including J. Ed Butler, ji Morgan ton, state president; J. T. Gresham, of Warsaw, national committee man; and Robert C. Wells, of Ke nansville, eastern organizer. Older democrats will also have a part in the program. The Dixie Inn, near Wilson, wilt be the meeting place where arrange ments are being made to feed sev eral hundred persons. The executive committee includes Carroll L. Wilson, Roanoke Rapids chairman; Mrs. R. M. Hoggard, Lewiston, vice-chairman; and Leon ard R. Britt, LeGrange, secretary. Edgecombe county ticket chairman t is W. Q3, Clark, Jr. Legion Sponsors Festival In City Fall Festival And Exposition To Be Presented Here Daring Coming' I Week The Coleman-Pitt post No. 58 of * the American Legion will sponsor a fall festival and exposition at H. H. Duke's lot here starting October 12 and continuing throughout the week, its was announced. The Legion post is sponsoring this in an effort to raise funds for the construction of a proposed American Legion hut, Adjutant George W. . Batchelor disclosed. * The Dennert and Knepp shows # have been engaged for the event, and come highly recommendd as provid ing one of the largest gladeway's on tour, officials said. Comprised of Shaw's rides and free attrac tions, the festival and exposition will provide amusement for the masses an dthe classes, its sponsors claim. Two "sensational" free acts will be presented each night throughout the ' engagement. The six flying Melzor as, will present flying trapeze act and the aerial Laboze team, who de fy death on a tight wire 75 feet in the air, are slated. A nightly dis play of fireworks is also included. Special features will be staged nightly with th e headlights of the week coming Thursday night (Octo ber 15) when a local couple will be married high abov e the clouds atop th P giant ferris wheel. Prof. Crimia and his royal Ital- ian band will furnish music dur ing the week. Officers of the local Legion post include Commander P. V. Boyd, Vice Commandors L H. Howell, J. W. Reid, and H. W. Cutchin, Adju tant and Finance Officer Batchelor, Service Officer P. E. Mallison, Guar i "* dianship Officer R. C. Williamson, Sergeant-at-arms A. B. Mellod, Chap plain Roscoe T. Hatch. Historian T. A. Avera, Athletic Officer J. R. Ellen, Child Welfare Officers J. F. Avent, Americanism Of ficer B. E. Fountain, Graves Regis tration Officer C C Gray Employment l» Officer S. D. Bennett, Membership Chairman T. L. Simmons, and Pub licity Officer Robert Dennis. Mrs. Myrtle Gamp Dies In Richmond F«m«r Resident Was Buried Here Saturday Afternoon Mrs. C. A. (Myrtle) Camp, bO, who lived here 30 years, before moving to Richmond, Va., two years ago, .died at the home of her daughte*"*' Irs. R. D. Phillips in Richmond of old age complica tions Thursday, r Mrs. Camp, widow of the late C. A. Camp, hotel operator at South Rocky Mount of years past, was buried here Saturday afternoon. The body arrived Saturday, and the fu neral was conducted from First Baptist church at 3:30! o'clock with w Dr. J. W. Kincheloe, pastor, Id * charge. Interment was at Pineview ceme tery. The Camps were well known to railroad men up and down the line. Survivors include her daughters, Mrs. Phillips, at Richmond; and Mrs. P. P. Powell, DTewTysville, Va., a son, J. G. Camp, Ahoskie; a ( f brother, Walter Holiday, Enfield; and a sister, Miss Annie Holiday, i Washington, D. C. ■ o Band Goes To Clayton The W. H. S. Band went to Clay ' ton to lead the Fair parade last Tuesday. The Johnston County Fair was held last week in Clayton. The band and played several . numbers. They enjoyed their trip Ka. vcrv much. Nash Officers In Three Raids Aid in Three aids Netting 1500 Gal lons of Mash N:ish county officers, combining forces with U. S. Revenue depart ment investigators' from Wilson, plunged into the Mineral Spjings section of Nash county late Thurs day to emerge with three captured stills and about 1,500 gallons of beer mash, it was reported. Led by Sheriff Charlie L. John ston, the officers included Nash Deputies P. H. Johnston, C. V. Faulkner, Lewis Beal, Frank Man ning, and J. R. Tanner; Nash ABC Board Officers Cuthrell Cooper and M. A. McLin; and the two federal men, Revenue Department Investi gators Dempsey and Hanshaw, sta tioned at Wilson. This was th e section where early in August the two Nash ABC offi cers were allegedly fired at from ambush and wounded. None of the stills seized was in operation, and no men or illegal ;i --quor was found. o Pioneer Citizen Dead At Wilson Jonas Oettinger, Prominent Merch ant, To Be Laid To Rest On Sunday Afternoon Wilson, Oct. 3.—Jonas Oettinger, 79, prominent Wilson merchant for the last half century and one of the town's oldest citzens, died at a local hospital here Friday around noon. He had been ill for several weeks. He passed away quietly. Funeral services will be held from the hom e here on Goldsboro street Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock and will be conducted by Rabbi laer Fre und, of Goldsboro and Rabbi Fre derick Frank, of Raleigh. Interment will be in Maplewood cemetery. Born in Baltimore, Md., on May 14, 1857, the son of Solomon and Rosetta Oettinger, and lived,, there until the eQ d of the Civil War when he came to Wilson at the age of 12 in 1869 to work as a clerk in the store of his uncle, Emil Ros enthal here. Though h e went to work at an ear ly age evidence that he was like any other child can be gleaned from the story he used to tell of his life in Baltimore during the war between the states when each day his mother would give him the choice between a penny and sugar for his coffee. H 0 would almost always take the penny and go to the store to buy candy with it. In 1882 he and his brother, Da vid, purchased Mr. Rosenthal's bus iness here, and the store that now bears his name here was born. He remained a partner in the business until his death, his sons, also, be coming partners after his brother's death. In Jun 0 7, 1887 he married Miss Martha Rosenthal in Alexandria, Va. who died in 1931. Never talkative unless he had something of importance to say he received his education in business, and continued to como to work it his store here up to the last few months when he has stayed a good deal of th e time at home because of failing health. At various times during his life here he was President of the Wilson Real Estate, Loan and Trust Com pany; a director oin the Home and Loan Association of Wilson; Vice- President of the First National Bank and of the Wilson Trust and Sav ings Bunk; Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the Wilson Graded Schools; a member of the Board of governors of the Wilson Country Club; and was appointed by Gov ernor Bickett as a member of the Board of Directors of the State San atorium at Sanatorium, a position be continued to hold until a year ago. He was also the first president of the Wilson Chamber of Commerce and of the Wilson Business Men's Associa tion. He is survived by his son, El mer A. Oettinger, of Wilson; a daughtr, MTS. Emil Rosenthal,, of Goldsboro; a sister, Mrs. E. I. Wolf of Cleveland, Ohio; and 8 grandchildren, Elmer, Jr., Josephine David, Ernestine and Albrt Oettin ger and Kala, Martha and Jonas Oettinger Rosenthal. Father Of Local People Died Here J. R. Sikes. 80-year-old Sampson county native who is father of two local residents, was dead here. He died about five o'clock Monday af ternoon at the home of a son, J. W. Sikes, No. 11 River drive. Mr. Sikes, a life long farmer, had been living here with his son since early in June, and bad ill health for about the last half year. The funeral was held in Sampson county Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with interment in the fam ily grounds. Surviving are the local son, Mr. Sikes; his daughter, Mrs. Anni belle Ray, of this city; Mrs. Liz zie Wil-Long, of Bladen county; his other sons, Charlie and Johnnie Sikes, of Sampson county; and his sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Powell and Mrs. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9. 1936 Election Head Resigns In Clay Alexander Replaces Cherry On Board As Aftermath Of Scandal As an aftermath of the admission by tli eClay County Board of Elec tions of gross irregularities in its conduct of the Democratic primar ies, Gforge Cherry, chairman of the board, has resigned as a board member, it was learned here. Raymond C. Maxwell, executive secretary of the State Board of Elections, said that M. H. Alexan der had been named a member of the board to replace Cherry. The board will elect its own chairman, Maxwell said. The executive secretary said Cher ry had relinquished his post last week, assigning "ill health" as the reason. An investigation of the conduct of the second primary in Clay coun ty, a3 a result of comj)laints to the State Board of Dr. Ralph McDon ald, defeated gubernatorial candi date, brought the admission by the county board of customary irregu larity in the conduct of elections in the county, but no action was taken against the group by the Stp.te board. The Clay board admitted, that it had allowed the practice of "fam ily voting" for 15 or more year. Under the procedure approved by the board, the head or any repre sentative of a family was allowed to go to the polls an dcast the vote of his entire family. Admitting it knew that the prac tice was irregular, th e Clay board pointed out in justification of ita use that it was "a custom, of many years standing" and that it was used in behalf of all candidates, re gardless of larty faction, and also was used by both parties in gen eral elections. No action was taken against the Clay board, Major L. P. McLendon, State Bard chairman, said because of the "unusual frankness of the members," which indicated a will ingness to conform to th e law in the future, he said, o New Club Being Organized Here Jnnior Progressives Club, Headed By Arrington, Already Has About 20 Members A brand new civic organization for young persons, still in process of organization, awaited its third meeting as its president, Ben Ar rington, disclosed details of its or ganization, membership, and pur poses here. This organization, termed the Ju nior Progressive club, has Mr. Ar rington at its head, and with him are Dallas Alford, Jr., vice-presi dent; and Leslie Hinson, secretary treasurer. About 20 members, in cluding bankers, tobacconists, law yers, insurance agents, wholesalers and other businesses and profes sions, ar 0 already on the member ship book. The club's next session will be Wednesday night at 6:30 o'clock at Winstead's cafeteria, and at pres ent, weekly meetings are being held each Wednesday night at 6:30 at the cafeteria. The coming session will be the third. Asked to describe its aims, Mr. Ar rington explained the membership was desirous of accomplishing things civic-minded citizens considered de sirable. The club he called "100 per cent civic," affirming vigorously it was not political or sociolistic. He said the group wishes to do things that will improve the com munity in cooperation with other civic organizations or alone. "Ev erybody is really enthused," he commented, saying the club will immediately go to work and en deavor to get completed some civic projects. David Sullivan Interred In City Local Beauty Shop Operator Died In Hospital David Earl Sullivan, 34, who with his wife, formerly, Mass Ethel Carter, of Rocky Mount, operated Jean's Beauty Shoppe here, was laid to rest in Pineview cemetery. He died at a local hospital after having been ill since February of this year. Mr. Sullivan, who had lived here several years, was a native of Wayne county, and his parents are Mr. and Mirs. N. H. Sullivan, of Goldsboro. The funeral was conducted from the First Baptist church with Rev. J. W. Kincheloe, pastor, officiat ing and Rev. G. W. Perry, pas tor of the First Methodist church, assisting. Interment followed at Pineview. Mr. Sullivan's trouble was diag nosed as cancer, and he had been to a number of hospitals for medi cal aid. He died about eight o'clock. Surviving beside his wife and parents are his child, Jean Carter Sullivan, here; and his brothers, Claude, J. F., G. F„ Charlie, and Chester .Sullivan, all of Goldsboro; and sisters Mrs. Richard Pierce, (Please turn to pag e four) Dr. Abbot's Solar Heat Collector Delegates to the World Power conference in Washington were in tensely interested in the solar heat collector devised by Dr. Charles G. Abbot, secretary of the Smithsonian institution, who is shown above demonstrating it. The three curved mirrors collect enough solar heat to generate steam sufficient to produce % horsepower. > The Supreme Court Amendment The Honorable Julius Brown of Greenville has render ed a public service in calling to the attention of the people of North Carolina the provision in the proposed Constitu tional Amendment to increase the Supreme Court Judges from five to seven. There is more in this amendment than just increasing the number of judges from five to seven and there is also a provision that would permit the Court to divide itself and sit in divisions. The cases would be divided up and heard by only a part of the judges. This to our Jnind is a bad provision and there is no ne cessity for it. As Mr. Brown has aptly stated the Supreme Court of the United States does not do that with all of il3 work and why give this authority to our Court. Court work has greatly fallen off in the last few years and there is some question as to whether we need the spe cial judges provided for by the legislature. So many of these have been political. The Court has been made up largely of Campaign Managers in the past. We do not need a divided sitting of the Court in our opinion. ELECTION FRAUDS On last week an official of the board of elections of Wake County was convicted of a felony and sentenced for stuffing ballots in the ballot boxes of the names of people who never appeared or visited the polls on election day. The judge of his own motion ordered the plea to be with drawn and directed that he be held guilty of a misdemean or and sentenced him to jail. We do not understand why the judge should have chang ed the charge, except probably he was not in favor of the severe penalty. In Clay County all the election officials were removed, be cause the votes cast were in the names of people, who nev er visited or appeared at the polls. One member from the neighborhood being allowed to vote for the whole family and connctions. The state board of elections never asked that these offi cials be prosecuted. They have not been prosecuted and probably will not be prosecuted. How are frauds and stealing in elections going to be stopped unless the law is enforced? It is not fair, or certainly it is not feeding everybody out of the same spoon, for one group to be sentenced to the penitentiary and jailed, while the other group were permit ted to go with the benediction of the state election board. We notice that even it is hard to hold an election even in the labor circles. For the putting into effect of federal laws, because of the charge of unfair elections. It is more than smoke and it is the duty of the Democratic Party, who are responsible for clean elections to see that they are clean. When a candidate is nominated, his nomination should be above honest suspicion. REDGATE AND SCHOOL STREETS SHOULD BE CONNECTED 1 The people on Red Gate Avenue are justly entitled to have a connection from School Street into- Red Gate Ave nue. The lay out of a 100 foot street woul dconnect these two streets and would be a necessary convenience, which the people of both School Street and Red Gate Avenue should have as well as all other citizens of Rocky Mount, who travel these streets. It would shorten the distance 100 per cent to Edgemont School. For the life of us, we are not able to fathom, why the board of aldermen continues to decline this request. We ere informed that this question was raised in the last campaign in the aldermanic race and that a definite promise mas made to citizens that this street would be opened. The citizenship of both of these streets are as fine as we have and their petition for this simple convenience should be granted. •There would be no necessity of buying land, because there is an undeveloped piece of land blonging to the school board, and we are sure the board would raise no objec tions to the use of this land for that purpose. The members of the board of aldermen that represent this territory should give immediate attention to this re quest. It would relieve the traffic on Cokey Road and take rway the danger of children being run oyer. Declares Borah Opposes Landon I'aper Says Senator Defied G. O. I'. Chiefs; Jimmy Walker For Roosevelt Philadelphia, Oct. 3.—The Phil- I adelphia Record tonight quoted Senator William E. Borah as saying h B would not support the Presiden tial candidacy of Governor Alt' M. Landon. Robert S. Allen, Record Washing ton correspondent, said that in an exclusive interview at Boise, Idaho. "Borah not only flatly denied he will take up the cudgels for Landon, but declared that if certain reac tionary Republican elements go through with a reported threat to force a statement from him, he will blast them with a pro-Roosevelt pronouncement." Allen's story quoted Borah, in part: "I am not for Landon, and I have absolutely no intention to speak in his behalf. Principles are more im portant to me than my election. "Further, if, as I am told, cer tain persons in the Republican party contemplate forcing the issue of my position in the Presidential sit uation, I shall meet their challenge with a statement they will regret. "I am keeping hands off th e Pres idential contest. I am a candidate for re-election as Senator. I am confining my campaigning strictly to that question." Fifteen Wounded Officers Improve Poaiemen Pronounced Out of Dan ger After Hectic Week-end at Windsor Windsor, Oct. s.—Fifteen possemen ' wounded before a straight-shooting Negro was flushed by fire from his barricaded shanty and killed, were pronounced out of danger, of death. The Negro, Dennie Throwed, JO, his clothing in flames, rushed: screaming and shooting from the! burning frame dwelling after a six | hour siege, and officers killed him with rifle bullets. Half an hour before a crowd es timated by Mayor J. A. Pritchett at 2,000 had ckeered youthful J. C. Johnston when he crawled to the rear door, tossed a bundle of oil soaked rags on to the porch and svt the tiny structure afire. The more seriously wounded were Chiet' of Police J. M. Waters, shot in the chest and lung, and State Highway Patrolman A. W. Welch, shot in the mouth and the back o the head. Chief Waters was reported to have spent an uncomfortable night at the hospital, but physicians said that liis condition was good and that lie would recover if bis injuries were not complicated by pneumonia. I Among those less seriously wound ed were Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, of j Williamston; Sheriff F. M. L»un ' ston of Bertie; assistant police chief W. L. Smallwood, who fired the shots that killed Thrower; and C. E. Helps, E. P. Spivey, Lewis Byid, M. H. Morris and A. B. Gillman, all of Bertie County. Officers Seek Help The Negro wounded Smallwood in the mouth, leg and chest when the | officer went to the house to inves tigate a report of a disturbance. Smallwood returned the fire and then went for help. Officers and citizens armed with rifles, shotguns and pistols circled the shanty and began the six-hour bombardment as the Negro slipped from window to window and picked off his victims at distances up to 150 yards. Dynamite hurled at the house blew off a part of the roof, but offi cers were unable to get near enough to use tear gas. A truck with three cotton bales stacked on its rear was backed al most toy the house, but when pa trolman Welch sought to discharge a tear gas gun across the breast work, Thrower peppered him in the face with small shot from a 12- gauge shotgun. Then Johnston wriggled to the shanty and cast the flames. Through smoke and fire, Throw er continued his sniping but half an hour afterward, a pistol in one hand and gun in the other, h e rac ed out shrieking, was struck by rifle volleys and died instantly. o Mr. and Mrs. Glenn. Green movnd from Zebulon, Tuesday, into the apartment in the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Hester. Mr. Greea holds a position with the Carolina Pbwer and Light Company. NOTICE Those desiring to subscribe to The Rocky Mount Herald may do so by sending SI.OO with name and address to The RoGky Mount Herald, Rocky Mount, N. C. Name Town - , State , Route No - -- ----- SI.OO PER YEAR Sentenced For Election Fraud 11. P. Earp Confesses To Stuffing Auburn Box; Exonerates Two Others Shouldering full responsibility for the election scandal iu Auburn pre cinct last July 4, Henry P. Earp, 33-year-old judg 0 of election, took the stand in Wake Superior Court to confess that he stuffed the bat lot box in a vain effort to show a friend that he could "carry" she precinct for his favorite candidate for Governor. Earp pleaded guilty to felony charges after Solicitor William 2, Biekett had refused his offer to submit to a misdeameanor count, but Judg 0 Walter L. Small, presid ing at the trial, held that the of ficial probably had no fraudulent intent, and on his own motion changed the plea to a misdemeanor charge. Term And Fine Earp was given four months in Central Prison and a $250 fine. This sentence later was changed to four months in the Wak«, County jail, the fine standing. Earp ex pressed a preference for the jail term. The amending of Earp'a plea from a felony to a misdemeanor ment that he retains his citizenship, Two other election officials indict ed with Earp, Registrar Exum Stur divant and Judge D. R. Johnson, were exonerated by Earp's confer sion and the cases against then were nol prossed by the Solicitor, Earp and Sturdivant were Demo cratic appointees while Johnson waa the Republican judge. 'Explains' Act ''l guess I was over-zealous," Earp replied when asked by his counsel, J. W. Bunn, why he had stuffed a handful of ballots in the State box and then entered the names of * dozen persons on the poll book* when they had not visited the poll ing place. Earp went on to relate that a friend of his, Leland Pool, had "switched" at the last minute from Clyd e R. Hoey and decided to sup port Dr. Ralph McDonald. Both ho and Poole had declared their inten tion of working hard to carry the precinct for their respective candi dates, Earp said. Earp declared he remained loyal to Hoey. 0 One Hurt In Accident Here W. B. Oakley, City, Receives Frac tured Leg—H e and J. L. Fowlkea Charged An automobile-motorcycle accident sent a Rocky Mount young man to a hospital with a fractured left leg and lesser injuries, and result, ed in warrants being issued charging; him and the driver of the car, also from near here, with reckless driv» ing. VV. B. Oakley, of this city, was the ono riding the motorcycle, and J. L. Fowlkes, of Rocky Mount, Route two, was the driver of tha automobile, Oakley, 23, was taken to the hospital where examination showed he suffered a fractured left leg and lacerations of th 0 head as well as considerable shock. Oakley was chaflgeft with reck less driving and running into and damaging the machine of Fowlkes. Besides being charged with reckless drivng. Fowlkes, 40, was also charg ed with running into and injuring Oakley. Police Officers M. N. Hinton and C. E. Warren on a police radio car were investigating officers. The accident happened on the corner of Union street and South Church street. The officers found Fowlkes, alone, was headed north on Church street, and made a left turn into Union street in front of the motorcycle that Oakley waa driving. Oakley, going south, hit the ear of Fowlkes between th e right front fender and right headlight after sliding the brakes 83 feet. The young man then dived 30 feet over the onr before he struck th e ground on the southwest corner of the intersec tion. The fronts of both machines were badly damaged while Fowlkes waa not hurt, Mrs. 0. C. Holmes and infant daughter, Martha Wilmouth, re turned to their home in Farmville, Sunday. They were accompanied by Mrs. Hohnes' mother, Mrs. M. C. Todd, who is spending the week.