The Rocky Mo
VOLUME 3, NO. 44
, lloPupils Make
Honor Averages
Larg e Number Of High School Stu
, dents Get Awards After First
Six Weeks
One hundred and eighteen stu
' dents of the Rocky Mount high
school made either the "A" or "B''
honor rolls following completion of
the first six weeks of the fall term.
To gain a place on the higher
list a student can not have any
grade lower than an "A." To qual
ify for the "B" classification a »tu
* dent can not have a mark below a
«B."
The students who were placed on
the honor rolls are aa follows:
Twelth Grade
"A" honor roll—Annie Braswell.
"B" honor roll —Martha Ann
Speight, Dorothy Draine, Frances
Anderson, Charles Arrington, Tom
Jennings, Woodall Rose, Elise Jane
Woodlief, James Williamson, Ruth
Crowder, Bobby Broome, Sol Fli
gel, Elizabeth Low, Pansy Crowder,
Helen Saunders, John Dozier, Doro
thy Beard, Mildred Boone, and
Martha Booth,
Eleventh Grade
"A" honor roll —Mary Lee Daugh
tridge, Margaret Wooten, Reece
Thomas, Constance Sweeny, Dorothy
Jackson, and Frances Henry.
"B" honor roll —Mary Lee Daugh
tridge, Doris Bobbins, Ruth Harrell,
Tom Avera, Norma Large, Betsy
Powell,, Rebecca Barnhill, Louise Ay
cock, Edith Brown, Catherine Bry
# an, James Fly, Dorothy Dew, Myr
tle Cameron, Stella Johnson, Sue
Murchinson, Helen Drummond,
•' Kathleen Vick, Dorothy Wteeks,
Pete Strum, Betty Savage, Vernell
Elmore, Eveline Looney, Mary El
len McAdams, Lula Wyatt Wilkin
son, Lottie Bebrd, and Ella Ne
ville.
Tenth Grade
"A" honor roll—Elaine Rhodes,
Catherine Bzeland, and Edna Smith.
"B" honor roll—Phyllis Perritt,
Mafiel Packard, Billy Young, Car
-4 roll Jones, Mildred Martin, Charles
Edge, James Minter, Nelson O'Quinn,
and Granville Willis.
Ninth Grade
"A" honor roll—lda Harper, Eliz
abeth King, Ella Mae Lane, and
Mary Womble. .
"B" honor roll—Elizabeth Cole
man, Mary Ezzelle, Betty Knowles,
Foggy Speight, DeLon Kearney,
* Mary Scott Tyree, Mildred Thorpe,
Addie Wilkins, Garland Brantley,
Carroll Gardner, John Jones, Bet
ty Keater, Elizabeth Spenser, Elean
or Nichols, Carl Parker, Louise
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Have a Good Time
AT OWN R Rocky Mount Fair
Featuring the Cream of Eastern Carolina Crops—s2,ooo In Agricultural Premiums
All Next Week—6 Gala Days—6 Glorious Nights
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Official Opening at 4:30. Children Admitted Free Two Harness Races Fea- Three Harness Races "Lucky" Teter and His
Admission Free to Main to Grounds Until 5 turing Special Farmers' Starring Outstanding Hell Drivers in Thrill Sizzling Auto Races by
Gate o'clock Day Horses Show Professional Speedsters
Cetlin and Wilson Shows On Midway ... 20 Shows and 20 Rides
Broadway Revue & Fireworks Nightly at Grandstand
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Twelve Thrilling Hippodrome
A New Thrill Each Day
Pedgepeth Tells
Details Of Crash
One Fonntaln Woman in Hospital
As Result Of Accident
Police Chief 0. P. Hedgepeth to
day reported no one was found at
fault in an automobile accident on
the corner of Hill street and Cokey
road that resulted in one elderly
woman's being carried to a local
hospital Tuesday.
The Chief, who investigated the
accident himself, said Mrs. Ella Jef
ferson, of Fountain, was thrown out
of the car after the accident, and
was carried to a local hospital. He
telephoned there and received the
report that she is coming along
satisfactorily. Apparently she was
shaken up from the fall from the
machine.
The officer's investigation showed
R. D. Jefferson, 20, of Fountain,
was driving on e car. Oscar Knight
Negro, drove the other, a truck be
longing to the firm of D. J. Rose
and Son, local contractors.
With young Mr. Jefferson were
Mrs. Ella Johnson, Mrs. J. W. Jef
ferson, and Ellis Johnson, Jr., all
of Fountain. This group was en
route to Durham.
Mr. Jefferson and party were head
ed into town on Cokey Road, and
Knight was going east on Hill
street when the accident happened
Chief Hedgepeth said no one was
blamed, and no charges were prefer
red.
Nash Farmer Is
Buried In County
O. R. Daughtridge, 58, Nash
county farmer and native, was bu
ried in the family burying grounds.
Elder A. B. Denson, of the Prim
itive Baptist church conducted the
funeral service from his residence
in Rocky Mount township.
Mr. Daughtridge, brother of the
late Dorsey T. Daughtridge who
died only a short while ago as the
result of an automobile accident,
died suddenly late Monday at hom>.
He (Jied about 2:30.
His parents were dead, and his
wife succumbed about 16 years ago.
1 Surviving him are four sons and
daughters ( James, Luther, OBtelle,
and Minnie Dell Daughtridge; and
a brother, W. W. Daughtridge, all
of Nash County.
Pallbearers included C. B. Daugh
tridge, John H. Daughtridge, Jos
eph P. Daughtridge, Roscoe Win
stead, J. R. Watson and R. C. Wat
son.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1936
Legion To Give
Minstrel In City
Date Ii Set Aa November 16 With
About 40 Expected to Participate
The American Legion will present
a minstrel for its Christmas charity
fund the night of November 16 ut
the high school auditorium under the
management of Clarence Coley, of
Raleigh, former B. F. Keith vaude
ville player, it was announced to
day. Wsth a cast of about 40 per
sons already selected, the first re
hearsal will occur tonight at the
YMCA.
The minstrel cast will be composed
of both local persons and gueet ar
tists from out-of-town, Mr. Coley
stated. -«opw-
Some of the Rocky Mount people
will include J. R. Tanner, Byd Da
vis, Annie Laurie White, and oth
ers, while those known to local au
diences from nearby include Tom
my Baker, of Nash County; and
the Mosley brothers and associates,
Lee Harrison, Noah Bennett, and
Ben Rivenbark, according to Mr. Co
ley.
The Rocky Mount Little Theatre
players will offer a 20-minute com
edy sketch also, he added as he out
lined the program.
The Legion recently sponsored an
exposition to raise money for a pro
posed Legion hut, an dofficials re
ported it was a profitable venture.
The performance wil start at 8:30
o'clock.
Halloween Dance
To Be Held Fri.
The Coleman-Pitt post of the
American Legion has announced a
benefit Hallowe'en dance to be giv
en on Friday night of this week.
The affair will be staged at the old
country club and the dancing pub
lic of the community is invited to
attend.
Music will be provided from 9 un
til 1 o'clock and a cash prize will
be awarded for the best costume
members of the sponsoring commit
tee have announced.
Palmer Boyd is commander of
th e Coleman-Pitt post and members
of tho committee in eharge of the
Hallowe'e n festivity include: Char
les Bradley, chairman; L. P. Mor
gan, George Batchelor, Ben E.
Fountain and L. H. Howell.
Jackson County farmers will con
serve soil this winter by stopping
gullies with small brush dams.
The Rocky Mount Fair
The Rocky Mount Fair will open next Monday, November
2nd, and will last the entire week. It is expected that it
will surpass any fair that Rocky Mount has ever had.
There will be fine exhibits, which have been stimulat
ed by the splendid premiums offered by the fair. The
same shows and amusements which were in the Raleigh
fair will be here. They have some of the leading feats and
attractions of the entire country.
It is expected that there will be large crowds every day,
for one-third of a million people live within less than an
hours drive to Rocky Mount. Nash and Edgecombe Coun
ties have a combined population of more than 100,000.
The fair is operated under the direction of our own towns
man, N. Y. Chambliss.
VOTE FOR ROOSEVELT AND PROSPERITY
The results of next Tuesday's election will affect the
lives and happiness of the entire population of tfie United
States.
Our belief is that should Landon be elected, that we will
be headed baek toward the conditions that existed during
the Hoover Administration, for if Londan is elected the
people will not be deceived if he does nothing, for he has
promised nothing. He has promised the laborer and the old
people that he will repeal all social legislation; Old Age Pen
sion and other like legislations, and that we will write some
new legislation, such as the people will be able to pay,
which will be satisfactory to the wealthy folks. That means
nothing. We will probably see that Hoover cart again,
which was the most woeful looking vehicle that man ever
rode on. It makes one weak to look at it now, as it recalls
the hard times under the Hoover Administration.
If President Roosevelt is re-elected, we may expect a
continuation of the great work that he has done in the in
terest of humanity and in saving us from the depression
and revolution.
We will see put into effect, the social program which
was started by him and it is but just and right that it shall
have a fair trial under the President, who originated it
and caused it to be enacted to law.
We may expect the good times that we are now pas
sing through to be continued, because the Democratic Pro
gram under Roosevelt has been a program built upon jus
tice to the farmer and to the laboring nvan, and what bet
ter foundation could we build upon, than this.
Let the fatfmer and the laboring man do his duty on
next Tuesday and cast his vote for ROOSEVELT
Edgecombe Taxes
Being Paid Better
"Up to this date, tax collections
are right much ahead of what they
were last year this time," report
ed E. T. Moore, assistant Edge
combe tax collector, here today.
He did not disclose the exact fig
ures, but reported that th 0 collec
tions were noticeably better than
they were last year, and that peo
ple are taking advantage of the one
per eent discount available until
November 1. After that day, the
discount is one-half of one per cent
for a time.
P. H Johnson, assistant Nash tax
collector and Nash deputy sheriff,
here today indicated he had not had
an opportunity to check to see how
Nash collections now compared with
those of last year about the same
time.
Dr.R.F. Hunt Will
Head Dental Soc.
Dr. R. F. Hunt, who has prac
ticed in this city for the last 12
years, was named president-elect of
the FHfth District Dental society at
th„ closing session of that group's
convention held in Kinston.
Dr. Hunt, who served as vice
president during the past year, will
b n installed in his executive posi
tion at the next annual convention
of the society, which wil be held at
Ooldsboro in 1937. He succeed* Dr.
W. L. Hand, of New Bern, who
waa installed at th e Kinston ses
sion.
Dr. L. J. Duprce of Kinston was
elected vice-president, and Dr. A.
T. Jeannette of Washington was re
elected secretary and treasurer.
Kern Criticizes
Day's Preaching
Salisbury, Oct. 23. —Bishop Paul B.
Kern criticized much of present day
preaching in his sermon today as
delegates to the annual Western
North Carolina Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South,
put aside business affairs for a day
of worship.
The conference will adjourn tomor
row after a session which will be fea
tured by the reading of minister
ial appointments for the coming
year.
A great part of current preaching
Bishap Kern declared, "does not
grapple with the fundamental issues
of life."
On the other hand, he asserted,
it "plays on central margins too
much; it deals with trivialities."
The bishop, who is presiding ovor
sessions of the conference, warned
his hearers that "sin causes phy
sical and moral death.," and loss
of the spiritual contract with God.
"The devil pays the wages of
sin," he said. "Ood pays a bonus
with eternal life."
This generation, he continued,
needs "to begin to live our lives
in the light of Eternal Glory."
Declaring that "the wages of sin
is death," the Bishop asserted, "the
full gift of God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus, our Lord."
Visiting ministers filled the pul
pits of all Salisbury Methodist
churches.
The annual Love Feast was held
at 9 A. M., with the following min
isters taking part: M. F. Moores,
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$l.OO PER YEA«
Labor Supports
Pres. Roosevelt
Thirty-Three State Organizations Ka>
dorse Reelection of President
Washington, Oct 21. —Thirty- three
state federations of labor, represen
ting every section of the United
States, have endorsed the reeleo*
tion of President Roosevelt to date.
Major Oeorge L. Berry, president
of Labor's Non-partisan League, an
nounces.
"This bears a significance thai
cannot be underestimated by aoy
political dopester," said Major Ber
ry, when it is considered that la
addition to these state federation en
dorsements, President Roosevelt ku
received the endorsements of 20 ia»
ternational nnions and 85 official#
of internationals in addition to the
state federation backings. Particu
larly significant is th e fact that not
a single state labor body has en
dorsed Candidate Landon."
"As the campaif, goes down th*
home-stretch this tribute of labor
poiuts clearly to on e thing," M&
jor Berry emphasized. "The work
ing men and women of America—•
millions of them, organized and un
organized—have seen the issue clear
ly as a choice between true liber
alism versus unadulterated reaction,
and when you separate the chaff
from the wheat this one issue re
mains no matter how hard the Re
publicans try to make the issue
seem otherwise. The Republican Dr,
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde act hasn't fool
ed anybody."
State federations of labor whiek
have endorsed President Roosevelt
to date are: Alabama, California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Florida,
Georgia, minois, Idaho, Indiana,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Ne
braska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Is
land, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Utah, Virginia, Washington, West
Virginia, and Wyoming.
International unions vhieh have
endorsed President Roosevelt or La
bor's Non-partisan Leagne, or both,
are: Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers of America, Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen, International
Ladies' Garment Workers, Hatters,
Cap and Millinery Workers' Interna
tional Union, Hotel and Restau
rant Employes' International Alli
ance and Bartenders' League, Ame
rican Federation of Hosiery Work
ers, Mine, Mill and Smelter Work
ers' International Union, United
Mine Workers of America, Brother
hood of Railway Clerks, Internation
al Alliance of Theatrical Stage Em
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