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The Rmim Mo VOLUME 3, NO. 46 Former Resident Burned To Death News Received Here of Death of Mrs. Dewey Wallace In Georgia —Children Escape Mrs. Dewey Wallace, former id pal resident, wag burned to deuth in a fire that destroyed her homo in Statesboro, Georgia, friends learned here. Mrs. Wallace, whose husband died only about half a year ago, was re portedly burned to death Sunday at Statesboroi, and her two children Thelma Lee and Dewey Etta Wal lace, both youngsters, escaped. Details of the fire and the es cape of the youngsters were lacking here. Mrs. Wallac e and family had moved to Georgia after her hus band died, and had first lived with relatives. However, sh 0 was in her own residence when the fatal blaze occurred. The funeral was conducted at Fayetteville, Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. A complete list of survivors was not available here. v Mrs. Wallace lived at 1001 Sunset Avenue when sht made this city her home. Her husband had died about six months ago in Georgia after contracting pneumonia. Hold Rites For Z. A. Parrish Former Claim Agent For Atlantic Coast Line Buried At Pineview Cemetery 1 Funeral services for Z. A. i'arrisu, 61, who died at his home, 314 Avent street, after a long illness, wer© held from th e Thomas funeral home with Rev. C. W. Goldstou, pastor of the Clark Street Methodist I church officiating. Interment follow ed in th 0 Pineview cemetery. Mr. Parrish, a native of Nash ville, has beeu a resident of this city for over thirty years and un til ill health forced him to retire j from active work he was claim agent for the Atlantic Coast Line. Surviving are his wife, the for- K mer Miss Molli® Lucas of Nashville; and the following children: Mrs. E. R. Matthews and G. H. Parrish of Washington, D. C. ( J. M. Parrish if Savannah, Ga., Mrs. W. B. Melton, Miss Lila Parrish ,and Miss Minnie Parrish of this cit}>. Two brothers, C. H. Parrish of Nashville and Wil liam Parrish of Louisburg: three sisters, Mrs. J. C. Jenkins, Mrs. Ed King, and Mrs. John Collins, all of Nashville; and four grandchildren al so survive. Pallbearers for the services ■tfere Troy Parrish, Walter Parrish, Bill Nichols, Lee Boseman, L. L. Proctor, and Wiley Mearcs. Honorary pallbearers included P. Z. Dunn, Jimmie Smith, Van Neal Pete James, W. S. Swain, J. A. Ros enbloom, T. H. Lacey, O. A. Brs well. William Smith, Millard Jones, Hardy Duke, Julius Thome, R. B. Melton, L. F. Pearsall, E. L. Hun dley, W. G. Harper, I. W. Mangurn, C. L Gay, O. P. Hedgepeth, N. C Pitt, R. 11. Noell. D W. Melton, Lewis Thorp. J. A. Speight, F. S. Gardner, W. ,E Spruill ,H. B. Moore, F. A. Warren, K. 11, McGee, J. C. Bissett, E. B. Rioks, A. F. Brake, and P. G. Cobb. Mrs. B. F. Weaver Succumbs In Nash Mrs. B. F. Weaver, 76, who for the past nine years had made her home with her (laughter, Mrs. R. D/ Long of ">3O South . Washington street, died after six weeks illness at the home of another daughter, Mrs. O. Joyner in Nash county. : Funeral services were held from the Long home with Rev. J. A. Satterfield, Presbyterian minister, and Rev. Norman Johnson, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, of ficiating. Interment followed in the Pineview cemetery. Mrs. Weafc.i was born in Edge combe county and was the widow of the late B. F. Weaver who pre ceded her in death 12 years ago. She was a member of the Bethlehem Presbyterian church in Nash county. ' Surviving are nine children, D. B. ' Weaver of Edgecombe county, Mr 3. R. D. Long, and Mrs. R. O. Mayo of this eity, Mrs» J, W. Joyner, Mrs. O. Joyner, J. D. Weaver, Mrs. M. M. Shearin of Nash County, B. L. Weaver of Portsmouth, Va., and G. E. Weaver of Durham; 37 grandchil dren; and 20 great-grandchildren. \ Active pallbearers, who are grand sons of the deceased were Russell Joyner, Fred Weaver, Herman Proc tor, Willie Joyner, Richard Long, and Roger Weaver. Honorary pallbearers included W. D. Williams, S. Robbins, J. C. Ma yo, J. W. Batchelor, D. M. An derson, John Wiggs, A. 8. Lyon, L. B. Aycock, Dr. M. L. Stone, "'Dr. O. L. Wimberly, Dr. A. T. Thorp, and the -deacons and elders of the Bethlehem Presbyterian church. Two car loads of lime, purchased cooperatively, were delivered to Mitchell County farmers last week. County Officials To Attend School District Institutes To Be Held For Sheriffs, Registers. And Clerks — Program Worked Out By County Training School Committee Of The Institute Of Government—Gardner To Lead Discussion. A number of sheriffs, registers of deeds, and clerks of court this and neighboring counties are planning to attend the one-day dis trict institutes which The Institute of Government will hold beginning next week. Thp Institutes for each group will be held by districts, varying from 15 to "£5 counties, at five centers so as to make the instruction avail able to the greatest number of of ficials with the least inconvenience and time away from their work. The places and dates are as fol lows: Sheriffs—November 16th Greensboro, 17th Fayetteville, 18th Greenville, 19th Gastonia, 20th Aslie ville. Registers of Deeds—November 30, December 1, 2, 3, and 4, places to be announced. Clerks of Court—December 10th Kenanßville, 11th Washington, 16th Charlotte, 17th Waynesville, and 18th Lexington. The program, which was worked out by The Institute's Committee on County Training Schools jointly with its staff, marks an extension of the state-wide conferences which have been held for these groups since 1933. The curriculum was drafter after numerous consultations with officials in each group and will emphasize in each case the most troublesome problems and questions confronting the particular group of officials. The materials for the institutes are boing prepared and the discus sion will be led by Dillard 8. Gard ner of The Institute staff assisted by outstanding local officials. Mr. Gardner has been working with the officers in these fields for the past three years, studying the methods and practices of their offices as well as the laws regulating them. The Institute's County Training School Committee is composed of seven chairmen of county Boards of Commissioners, Addison Hewlett of New Hanover, Wade Huffman of Alamance, Grady Reagan of Bun combe, Dr. John D. Robinson of Duplin, George L. Stansbury of Guilford, T. R. Wolfe of Stanly, and Tom Woodard of Wilson; two county managers, D. W. Newsom of Durham and A. L. Pay ne of Forsyth; Duncan Shaw, Cumberland County • Attorney, and John L. Skinner, Secretary of the County Commission eds' Association, Teachers Elect Wheeler Head The meeting of llie North Central District of the Teacshers Associa tion, meeting in Raleigh last Fri day and Saturday, elected George R. Wheeler, president of the group for the coming year. Mr. Wheeler is superintendent of Lee County Schools and is also su perintendent of the Sanford Schools. Mrs. Fannie Knight.Thomas of the Murphey School, Raleigh, was nam ed vice-president. The meeting in Raleigh was it tended by more than a thousand teachers. The local teachers attended sever al of the sessions in Raleigh. Schools were dismissed Friday afternoon. Births Exceed Deaths In Month More people wer 0 born in Rocky Mount last month than died here! during the period, a report releas- j ed at the health department today showed. Fifty-four births were re corded as contrasted to 43 deaths. Of the deaths nine were white persons residing here; 20 were Ne gro cliildrn living here; 11 were non-resident white children; and 3 were non-resident Negroes. A division of the births shows 31 were resident white; 10, resident Negro; six white non-resident births and five Negro non-resident births. STORK MARATHON Ten years ago when the will of Charles Vance Millar, eccentric Canadian bachelor was read it was found that he had bequeathed $500,000 to the Toronto woman who bore the largest number of chil dren, during th P decade. The time limit expired Saturday night and six women are contending for the prize. Mrs. Lily Kenny claims that she has given birth to 11 children and is entitled to the prize as the othr fiv cannot show up with but 10 each. Two of Mrs. Kenny's children, however, have not been registered in the records. Another woman, Mrs.> Pauline Clark, the mother of 10 children during the period acknowledges that she is separated from her husband and that the last five babies were bor n after she left her husband but that as soon as she receives the money she will get a divorce from him and marry the man who is the father of the last five. The courts in all probability will be called upon to decide the rightful win ner of the baby derby or it may be split in six shares. Kd Cream Addicts .. afSfc..' Music does it sometimes, but on this occasion it's whipped cream that soothes the savage beast, as Mrs. Marjorie Freeman of Hollywood, Calif., takes her two lion cubs, Sissie and Buddy, to lunch, and stuffs them with the creamy confection. Her pets are a gift of the San Diego zoo. Correction- There Are Five Seats In our last week's article entitled "Is one Window Sill Enough?" we had a caller who stated that we had overlook ed the generosity and kindness of Dr. Speight, for he had for many years permitted the tired and weary, from city and country, to sit in front of the Speight building where they had provided two seats for themselves, but nine-tenths of the time, was occupied by the public. " We appreciate the suggestion from our caller and inform er, for we ourselves have enjoyed the hospitality of Dr. Speight. So on the Edgecombe side, we have the window sill at Five Points Drug Store, which provides room for three, if they are small, with the additional space at Dr. Speight's makes room for five. Both of these points are al ways filled. The Legion celebration yesterday in the vacant lot in front of the police station, demonstrates what a fine thing it would be for the city to have just such a place as this, as its own, to have such patriotic meetings as that one yesterday, More than a thousand could hear the speaker. THE BANKS HAVE AMPLE FUNDS We are pleased to set the statements made by President K. M. Hanes of the Wachovia Bank and Trust' Company. "The banks of North Carolina have ample resources with which to finanace business in this state," declared Presi dent Hanes. "There is an abu/idance of idle funds seeking profitable employment." "It is easy to see that the loans and discounts of our banks can be more than doubled and still leave ample room for legal and secondary reserves." ' On July Ist, the total resources of banks in North Car olina approach one-half billion dollars, the exact $423,- 000,000. We have never urged banks to jeopardise their insti tutions by promiscuous loaning, but we are glad to see the statement of Mr. Hanes that the banks can double the amount of their loans to local communities and peoples with out violating legal bank reserves. We have felt that business has been retarded because the average citizen who owns house and lot can not go to our financial institutions and get small loans with which to start new business and new enterprises, and while we are not criticising the banks, because thay were too conser vative, it is absolutely true that but for the national gov ernment, under the leadership of the President, coming to the rescue of citizens, there would be thousands with out homes today, who have secured loans and are meeting their payments. In many instances we feel that State institutions should have these loans and draw 6 per cent instead of holding government bonds and in many instances, drawing less than one-half of the legal rate in North Carolina. The Federal Act Securing bank deposits has given confi dence to banks, so there will never be any more runs on banks. High School Girls Take Prizes Two Rocky Mount high school students were presented state priz es at assembly by the U. D. C, for their essays which were entered in a contest for North Carolina girls. Elizabeth Low won a ten dollar award given by Mrs. C .C. Wal lace of Favorite General in the War Between the States." Dorothy Drane's entry "The Battle of Gettys burg," won her a book, "Tht Story of Confederacy," offered by Miss MaVy Hinshaw of Winston-Salem. Mrs. W. G. Robbins, retiring president of the Bethel Heroes chapter of the U. D. C. presented the awards at the assembly sessiou. Mrs. W. D. Joyner, incoming pres ident, and Mrs. \V. W. Ricks, re tiring historian, were also present from the organization. Mrs. Joyner spoke briefly of plans to organize a chapter among the high school girls. 103 YEAR OLD FATHER Great Britain's most wonderful father is George Skeet, 103 years old. His eldest child is 69 years of age. His youngest is two. Skeet was first married when ho was 25. His wife died when he was 88. At 90, he was married again— to a handsome, smiling girl now 31 years old. She is the mother of his two youngest children, agij 5 and 2 years. ■RTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1936 Miss Carter Is New Owner Lantern Inn The Lantern In M and Tea Room is rounding out its first week under new management. Miss Fannie Lee Carter, formerly of Columbia, South Carolina, has purchased the establishment and as sumed management earlier this week. The Lanter n Inn is well known in Rocky Mount. It was operated by the late Mrs. Sadi e N. Doherty un til her death during the past summer. 69-YEAR-OLD MAN READS BIBLE THROUGH 105 TIMES Allentown, Pa. —Henry R. Leh, 69-year-old resident of Egypt, Pa., says he has read the Bible 105 times since 1902. He has worn out three Bibles and a fourth is frayed. "When I went to school, I read a book that said the word 'and' was used 51,520 times in tU e Bible," he said, "I counted them and that's right." He is i n an Allentown hospital now, recovering from a broken leg and spending most of his time— reading the Bible. The first rural electric line for Pamlico County was started last week in the Olympia Community and will extend for 2 1- -miles serving 18 families. OE"1OW ('. unty farmers report | more hnv than ever before due to ' the erictts of the Soil Conservation program. Williams Heads State Students Rocky Mount High School Leader Elected At High Point High Point, Nov. 7.-* W. W. Wil liams of Rocky Mount today was elected President of the North Caro lina student council congress, suc ceeding David Citron of Charlotte, as the tenth annual convention of that organization was concluded. Other officers elected were: Billy Brown, New Hanover high school, Wilmington, vice-president, and Miss Annie Hines, secretary-Treasurer. The congress voted to meet at Wash ington, N. C. next year. This morning at the final session of the two-day meeting the student council representatives heard Henry Grady Owens, principal of High Point school, make recommendations for th,« future. Last night the group .attended a banquet at Sedgefield Inn with the principal address deliv ered by Dr. Elmer Henry Garinger, principal of Centray high school, Charlotte. Young Williams, known familiarly as "Bill" by Central high school students in Bocky Mount, is presi dent of the local student council. He was accompanied to the High Point meeting by Martha Ann Speight and Bill Leloudis, official delegates; and Frances Walker, Charlotte Denny and Doris Betty Waller, unofficial delegates. Marion Justice and Miss Kate Parks Kitchen, advisors to the stu dent assembly, accompanied the group. Father Coughlin Out Of Politics Priest Admits That Roosevelt Land slide Discredited Union For Social Justice Detroit, Nov. 7.—Father Charles E. Coughlin, who rose in the short space of five years from an ob scure parish priest to a major poli tical figure in the United States, tonight announced his withdrawal from the field of politics. In what he described as his last radio broadcast, the medium by which he rose to' fame, the ag gressive Royal Oak priest also an nounced suspension of all political activinty by the National Union for Social Justice, which li e founded. H e gave his reaso n for retiring from politics and broadcasting as "in the best interests of all the peo ple,'' and admitted that it was a direct result of President Hoose >velt's overwhelming victory at the polls last Tuesday. "The National Union, as a result of this Presidential election, is thor oughly discredited in the face of the tremendous vote of confidence which Mr. Roosevelt obtained," Father Coughli n said. "Therefore, our or ganization ceases to be active. "I simply mean that after it has borne the heats and the burdens of the day, it is high time for the National Union to sleep." Judge Moore With Reynolds Leaves Bench For I'lnce In Legal Department of Tobacco Company Winston-Salem, Nov. 7. —R. J. Rey nolds Tobacco Company today an nounced a position in its law de partment had been offered to Judge Clayton Moore, of Williamston, N. C., and that Judge Moore had ac cepted. lie will assume his new duties about November 15. Moore resigned this week as a judge of the Superior Court of the State, after having served on the bench since 11)127. He is a native of Martin County, and was licensed to practice law in 1912. For the suc ceeding 15 years he was engaged in the general practice at Williamston. VVhil e Judge Moore will take ap his residence in Winston-Salem promptly, Mrs. Moore, with their two daughters and son, probably will not move to this city until after the close of the present school year. In his new work, Judge Moore will be associated with P. Frank Hanes, counsel of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and M. A. Bras well, associate counsel. CIT YMISSION MOVING ITS ESTABLISHMENT NOW The congregation of the City Mission will meet tonight at the p!ac e where they held services last winter, on the corner of Hill and Washington streets, Rev. Charles H. Matthews, superintendent, announc ed today. Mrs. C. A. G. Thomas, of this city, will conduct a special service Thursday night, and all interested in mission work are invited to at tend. Bev. J. V. Knight and Mrs. Knight ask all mission workers Friday night at the service, and the young peo ple expecting to be on the Thanks giving program are urged to be pres ent. Several ministers are slated to make brief talk? r >n tho opening service. McDonald Is Heard In Armistice Celebration aUr * jgBM I)R. RALPH W. McDONALI) Discover Grissom Carried Davidson Lexington, Nov. s.—Democratic leaders received a shock today when the official count revealed Grissom carried Davidso n County over Iloey by 240 votes. Horton had a 1,689 lead for Lieu tenant Governor, Thad Eure piled up a 1,819 margin and the balance of the State ticket went according ly. Roosevelt led the Democratic ma jorites with 3,188, Bailey got ,1- 885 lead and Lambeth 2,184. All amendments lost by majorities ranging from 236 to 1,552, due to heavy adverse vot e in Thomasville. Move To Divert Part Of Peanuts Would Be Made Into Oil And Meal In Order To Prevent Decline In Prices Washington, Nov. 7.—Announce ment of a definite program for di version of a portion of the 1930 peanut crop for crushing into oil and meal in order to raise current j prices is expected next week. Although the official announce ment was silent on th 0 progress of | negotiations to date, it was learned | a committee of growers has aban- j doned the plan made yesterday for a program that would guarantee aj price of 4 1-2 cents a pound and is now seeking a guarantee of 4 cents a pound. However, government of ficials have not yet agreed to go beyond 3 1-2 cents a pound. The committee of growers, with which E. F. Arnold of Greenville, secretary of the North Carolina branch of the American Farm Bu reau Federation, has been sitting, was requested to stay in Washington over the week-end, but its mem bers decided to return to their homes and come back here next Wednesday when the matter is ex pected to b settled. The official statement issued to day by the department said: "A program to divert surplus peanuts from the 1936 crop to uses other than for shelling purposes to avert unnecessary price declines to! growers has been requested by rep resentatives of peanut growers at a conference with officials of the AAA, it was announced today. "A conference with growers was held yesterday at which time a sub committee was named to work with the AAA in developing the data of the proposed peanut diversion pro gram. Members of the sub-commit tee are W. 'l'. Parker, Homerville, Va., chairman; J. B. Fearing, Windsor, N. C., E. P. Gulledge, Jackson, N. C., and W. B. Crawley, Banks, Ala. "Under the proposed pla n being considered by the AAA, growers would receive diversion payments for diverting surplus peanuts to mills for crushing into oil and meal. The diversion payments would be in ad dition to the prices paid growers by crushers. The proposed pro gram is similar in pari to the di version program in effect last v ear except that diversion payments this year would b e made only to grow ers. Some of 'em gits so tired of livin' thet they kills theirselves. Bees has sure got sense—they kills out the drones.—-Smithfield Her ald. 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 Climaxing 1 an Armistice day morn* ilid's activities that featured a pa rade on Main street which many hundreds of person switness>'d, Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, of Winston* Salem, today brought a message to a crowd assmbled around a speaker's stand o n North Washington street. In his message he ealled war "the holiday of a dictator" and la ter said it is just as "foreign to de mocratic people as it is familiar to dictatorships." He expressed the hope tJiat this country may never have to go to war again, but indi cated he believed it will respond as it did in 1917 if the American ideala have to be protected. The Parade The parade started off the Armis tice celebration uptown, and in it were groups of veterans of variona organizations, American legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and oth ers. Then eam,» an official ear contain* ing Dr. McDonald, Mayor T. W. Coleman, Commander Palmer V. Boyd, of the Coleman-Pitt Post No. 58, American Legion; and George W. Batchelor, adjutant of the post. Following this eam e auxiliaries wom en. The Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan drum crops followed, and in turn was followed by three fire department trucks, the Rocky Mount high school band, a group of horses and equestrians, floats and private cars. The parade commenced about 11 :45 o'clock t the corner of West Thomaa and Northwest Main street, went to the corner of Nash street, crossed the railroad track returned to the corner of East Thomas and Mala streets and broke up at th e speak er's stand on North Washington street across from the police head quarters. At the public speaking portion ot the program, Commander Boyd pre sided, and Ben E. Fountain, chair man of the Legion committee In charge of the celebration, intro duced Dr. McDonald, now a stu dent. at the University of North Carolina, a- an "educator, states man, and leader of liberal thought in North Carolina." The speaking program this raorn inb commenced with the local high school band under the direction of 11. Vernon Hooker, playing a World War selection, "Over There." Then the audience sang "America," and Rev. Norman Johnson, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, pro nounced the opening prayer. Then various dignitaries, includ ing Mayor Coleman, American Le gion and auxiliary officials and others, were recognized by Com mander Boyd. Mr. Fountain then presented tii P speaker, and th» clos ing prayer was one which Rev. G. W. Perry, minister of the First Methodist church offered. The lo cal high school band concluded the program with the national anthem. A local public address system brought the voice of the speaker to the vast crowd. His Address Dr. McDonald, bringing the main message of the day referred to the Expected visit President Koose velt would make to the Unknown Soldier's tomb in Arlington ceme tery. He remarked there must be some thing in America that makes its people willing to give the best they have in themselves on occasions such as tlie late World War. He also said, although he was not "qualified to talk about the horrors of war because I have not met war face to face," that he knew a few I things about war. These things he listed, saying j first it tears men away from their i families and prevents them from re- I turning; second, it means sacrifl'j- I ing of ambitions that men have cherished for years; third, it means the enrichment of certain In dividuals; then, it means to this county 100,000's of men lost and many billions of dollars. Then he characterized war, say (Please turn to'page three) o QUINTUPLETS Durham, Nov. 5.—A white woman whose name was withheld by hos pital authorities, gave birth to quintuplets at Duke Hospital in premature labor early today. All of the babies were dead at birth. Hospital officials, while declining to make public the name of the wom an, stated that she was a resident of a "nearby town." They said she entered the hospital two days ago. The physician who was present at the deliveries said it was difficult to determine th 0 sex of the babies. The births Recurred at 5:30 A. M. Doctors said the condition of the woman, mother of a 10-montha-old child, is good."
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