The Rocky Mo
VOLUME 3. NO. 48
Winners Given
For Contest Here
Treasure Hunt Contest For High
School And Elementary Ends
Winners of the high school and 1
elementary school "treasure hunt
Contests were announced today as
Dorothy Edwards, 413 North Church
street, and Doris Daughtridge, 809
Long street, respectively, i
This contest, which evinced con
siderable interest among the young
sters and older children of the city,
consisted of answering a group of
~ questions (different for the two
" groups, high schools and grammar
grades) about personages in various ,
books. .
The Thomas Hackney Memorial
librarian, and assistants served as
judges. .
Mrs. Battle, commenting on the
contest, said. "A great number of
children entered this contest and we
heartily commend them for their in- ,
terest and enthusiasm, also for their
wide knowledge of the best in chil
dren's literature as was evidenced
by the splendid answers to the
Treasure Hunt questions."
Close seconds in the high school
contest were Mary Lee Daughtridge
and Mary Pittman, while Elizabeth
Edwards and Marjorie Lee Sexton,
all of this city, wer e listed as sec
> onds in the grammar school one.
\ Cash prizes were to be awarded
' • each winner, and the answers to the
questions will be published in this
newspaper tomorrow.
The contest ended Friday.
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Doughton Talked
,f or Cabinet Past
Concord Reports Rumors Congrefls-
Man To Get Naval Portfolio
Concord, Nov, 19.—Constant men
tion of Congressman Robert L.
Doughton of the ninth district, chair
man of the House ways and means
committee, as Secretary of the Navy
is President Roosevelt's new cab
inet is heard in this- section of the
State.
_ Friends of Doughton here reason ;
tTiat President "Roosevelt dm not ask
the veteran Congressman to givei
up his ambition to be governor of
his home State just because he
wanted him in the House of Repre
sentatives.
Sl The President, Doughton's friends
■A say, have other things in mind for
\Vthe veteran, powerful friend of the
Xdmiuistration, and it is regarded
/flSt them as likely that the Con-1
* KA\)smnn will succeed Secretary
ClVjde N. Swanson in the new cabi
\-r/. Swanson has been in poor
health for months.
Right in line with that, the polit
ical Aopeste|-s liert> say that the
removal' of Congressmen Doughton,
from the field will clear the way
for Lieutenant Governor A. H.
Graham to run against Senator
Robert R. Reynolds in 1038. Both
Doughton and Graham are frequent
ly mentioned ns Senatorial aspi
" Tants.
In the event that Doughton does
leave Congress, his departure prob
ably would throw the district into
a mad scramble in the effort to
nick his successor, the Congressman
having hold his seat so long that
the mouths' of the others who might
, desire it water at the mere mention
of his possible departure.
One of tlip most likely candidates
is Hugh Mitchell, Iredell lawyer
fraternal "big-shot" and chairman
of the county board of electons,
who hasn't said he would run, but
who hasn't said he wouldn't Tun,
and whose friends already are pusli
'* ing him for the job.
Superlatives Are
Chosen it ECTC
Raleigh Boy, George Willard, Se
lected Ag 'Most Dependable*
Green Nov. 20. —Thirteen
senior superlatives were elected at
a class meting at the college Wed
nsdav night. Mißs Ruth Cagle, sen
ior president, also appointed com
mittees to cfjrry out the production
I of the class play.
Elizabeth Johnson of Goldsboro
was selected as the most popular
senior; Camille Turner, of Boykins,
Va., the most attractive; George
Willard of Raleigh, th e most dc-
Ipendable; Frances Currin of Angier,
the "'est beautiful; Viola Smith of
Golclsboro, the most friendly; Mar
lon Wood of Vanceboro, the most
Versatile; Ruth Wood of Vanceboro,
the most individual; Helen Wilson
of Reidsville, the most, athletic
woman; Hoot Gibson of Boper, th?
most athlettc man; Belle Kearney Of
Oxford, the most capable; Delia
Grace Wilson of Benson, the most
stylish; Frances Barnes of Drapsr.
the moat intellectual; and Callie
Carlton of Greenville, the wittiest.
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FARM INCOME UP
■ Washington.—The cash income at
■ the farmers, received from the eale
■of their products, amounted to
■ $754,000,000 in September, or 10.6
H per cent more than in September
■of last y;ir, with all regions of the
showing similar gains.
I General Parker holds the caval-
Irv displayed by machines.
Radio Feature
Brings Lore Of
Old South
"Uncle Natchei and Sonny" Make
Their Bow Over The Air Beginn
ing Week of November Thirty
A new type radio entertainment
goes on the air the week of No
vember 30th. The Natural Chilean
Nitrate folks, in behalf of all Chi
lean Nitrate dealers and agents,
present Uncle Natchei and Sonny.
These fun makers are the two char
acters who first attracted attention
on the Natural Chilean calendars.
For several years these calendars
have been distributed and the two
characters, Uncle Natchei and Son
ny are familiar to thousands of
Southern farm families.
The new program will bo broad
cast twice each week over twelve
Southern stations.
Uncle Natchei is an old deep
south darky whose interest lies in
natural things. That's where he gets
his name, Natchei being his pronun
ciation. His part is played by Frank
Wilson, the colored actor who play
ed "Moses" in both the stage and
motion picture version of Oreen Pas
tures. Wilson is one of the lead
ing character actors of his race,
having to his credit in addition to
his Green Pastures roles, notable
parts in Porgy and other stage
successes.
Sonny's role is played by James
Franklyn Allen, a child actor of
unusual ability. Although only nine
years of age, he has already scor
ed a number of radio hits, parti
cularly ->n one of the well known
children's programs. He is regard
ed as a in every sense of
the
_Qjher
I episodftr
movie
Each twice-a
week p4MNHKMMf written by
Mrs. FlorencettiCitafoWm, a South
erner, who has made a life study
of Southern folk lore,' who is re
ported to known more Southern
songs and stories than any other
writer. Her American Mountain
songs, published seven years ago
has been accepted by the American
Library Association as a permanent
I.record, of American sonns. She luis
. had wide radio experience.
Electric Chair
Becomes History
One Hundred And Seventy Lives
Electrocuted By 26-Year-Old
Chair
Friday the, 13th saw the end of the
electric chair, which has been in op
eration for 2(5 years in North Car
olina, as John Pressley sat down
in it to pay Hie penalty for kiln
ing another Negro. The executed Ne*
gro had received seven stays of exe
cution befor e the final decree from
tli Governor that lie must die.
When the electric chair was put
into operation in North Carolina, it
was in use in only a states,
Among them being New York, and
now it is being discarded for the
newer method of death by asphyxia
tion. North Carolina is the first
State east of the Mississippi river
to inaugurate the newer method,
which has been in use in several
Far Western states for a number of
years.
Executioner R. A. Bridges, after
he had thrown the switch for. the
last time, said:
"I've been executioner for three
years. Comparing gas and electric
ity, I'd say that gas takes less trou
ble from my point of view. There's
no machinery to get out of order,
and from my own standpoint I
like it better because it means just
throwing the switch one time, let
ting a cyanide pellet drop into a
bucket of acid and that's all there
is to it.
"But I'm still convinced that elec
trocution is the e ns ' os t way for a
man to die," he said, "though it's
not exactly like rabbithunting." Un
like executioners in many states,
Bridges gets no special fee for his
work. He was assigned to it as a
part of his duty as a guard, but
the pay of a guard-executioner is
higher than that of a regular guard.
RULE SUGGESTED FOR
NAMING BABIES
Dr. C. T.,Poole, of St. Pauls, Rob
eson county, sends the following let
ter to the State:
A few months ago I observed a
six-year old youngster pass my win
dow. It reminded m f . of a circum
stance which happened at his birfh.
"I was attending his mother. Tho
so n was her thirteenth child. In
taking down the vital statistics re
port, I asked her if she had select
ed a name for the young gentleman.
She replied: 'No, I haven't picked
out a name for him, hut I know
one thing: he's de last.' I imme
diately spoke up and said: "Let's
give him that name, then.' So ho
was duly registered and if you will
look up his birth certificate you will
find that his name was put down as
DeLast Peterson."
An El-Rotten-0
"What do you think of that cigar
I just gave you. Satisfying, eht"
"I should 6ay so. One of them
would catigfv i • \i« for 11^>"
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1936
Legion Meet Is
Coming To City
District Legion Session Conducted In
Spring Hope With 200 There
Spring Hope, Nov, 21.—The fifth
district of the American Legion,
staging its session here last night
with possibly 200 Legionnaries in at
tendance from about 10 eastern North
Carolina cities, heard I). Mae John
son, o fEnfield, make the principal
address, and decided to conduct its
next meeting in Rocky Mount in
February.
The session included a banquet and
business meeting. Besides Mr. John
son, who was introduced by O. B.
Moss, of Spring Hope, the command
ers of the different posts represent
ed, also made short talks.
President W. H. Dunn, of Wilson,
district president, officiated.
Represented were Wilson, Rocky
Mount, Farmville, Greenville, Rich
Square, Enfield, Weldon, Tarboro,
Williamston, Piuetops, and the local
posts.
At the meeting the Legionnaries
accepted th e invation of the Rocky
'Mount post, extended through Ben
E. Fountain, of that city, to meet
at Rocky Mount in February.
Attending from Rocky Mount were
Commander Palmer V. Boyd, Mr
Fountain, the official delegates; P
E. Mallison, George W. Batchelor
Paul Smith and W. H. Harrison.
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Leaders Say Local
Project Is Success
Health Department, Physicians At
tack Mortality Rate
Reports released today on tlip ma
ternity and infancy center, a re
cently created service for the guid
:".f prospective mothers and
the protection .«f babies during dif
ficult periods or "v. revealed
that definite progress has -ouaj made
toward the lowering of the maV" - -
nit.v an dinfancy mortality rate.
The local Health department, in
conjunction with the medical socie
ty, conducts twice monthly meet
ings which are open to dependent
mothers who cannot otherwise ob
tain the advice and care of a phy
sician. According to health authori
ties, local physicians are cooperat
ing fullv with tli,. department in
this project, and their services are
given without charge.
Attendance at these bi-monthly
meetings hns been such that the
leaders of the center are convinc
ed of the need for such a service
in the city. Certain case histories in
dicate, Dr. Allen Whitaker, super
intendent of Public Health, stated,
that the progress made toward a de
creased death rate among mothers
and infants is no myth. To sub
stntiate his statement hp pointed to
several incidents in which the life
of the mother had been saved by
reason of advice placed at her dis
posal.
Dr. Whitaker pointed out that the
center does not undertake to deliv
er th" patients who come to it, for
aid, but only attempts to prevent
death or disease during the period
of pregnancy. After the babies are
born, mothers are given instructions
and advice o M the proper core and
feeding of the infants.
It is the center's belief, Dr .Whit
aker indicated that the old maxim
still holds good: "An ounce of pre
vention is worth a pound of cure.''
Seek To Curtail
Federal Spending
Secretary And Head Of I'ublic Works
Administration Airs Views Be
fore Mayors
Secretary lekes, the Public Works
Administrator, advocated at a con
fier lice of iViited Smites mayors
held : n Washington this week, that
Federal spending in prosperous sec
tions of the nation be curtailed.
Although favoring Federal loans
and grunts for municipal housing
prijeets, and urging creation of a
permanent skeleton staff in Wash
ington to plan public construction in
event of another depression, Ickes
said:
'I beieve that we shoud imme
diately set about to retrench all
along the line. I am not in favor
of approving projects for states or
communities to which a large mea
sure of prosperity has already re
turned. I become impatient when I
am pressed to approve the expen
diture of more Federal money in sec
tions that are as prosperous as they
ever have been in the past, or even
more prosperous.'
From Harry L. Hopkins, the
Works Progress Administrator, tho
conference received assurance that
tho government has no intention of
turning the relief problm back to
their communities.
HEN VS. INCUBATOR
Washington.—Modern progress has
about givlen the setting hen the
gate, it seems. The incubators
have all but replaced th 0 setting
hen, having used 1,800,000,000 eggs
to turn out a billion-chick crop last
year, according to poultry experts
o fthe Department of Agriculture.
The Vicar —I want to speak to you,
Fisher, about the milk you have
been deliverne lately. You under
stand, we (ion ' u • for christen-!
Gridders Work Out With Pachyderm
'
Gridders at Loyola university of Los Angeles, facing a tough sched
ule, build up brawn at Zoo park, as they try out the latest interference
tactics with Anna May, thirty-five-year-old. four ton elephant. Need
less to say they met with a lot of opposition. The novel workout was
devised by their mentor, Tom Lieb.
The Duty Of The Courts
As To Election
Many charges of irregularities and frauds have been
(made as to the conduct of the recent election in North
Carolina. Serious charges are being brought in Henderson,
Ashe, and Yadkin Counties and many other counties. Now
as to these charges, we have no first hand information,
but the number of votes cast in some of these sections, if
no other evidence appears, will invite inspection. These
charges are being made by Republicans, and some man will
say that it is the loser that has hollowed and it may be
!so, but Democratic Administration can not afford to pass
these charges up without a thorough investigation, even
though the charges are made by Republicans.
These same charges were made after the primary, not
by Republicans, but by honest to goodness good Demo
crats, and the sad part about it is that the charges were
proven to be true, and those who committed the crime
were allowed to go free other than a few of them losing
their jobs by being dismissed except one lone man in Wake
County was sent to prison upon a confession which was
not any ways as serious as those who were let go free.
Now how do fOtii' cwYta discharge their duty as to these
elections frauds ? When an electibvi case is brought before
the court, they immediately lift up their hands when the
law is violated, but say they are without authority. The
■court took the authority-to declare a large part of the J&vf
Deal Legislation void without any written law to back them
up in it. They take the authority to pass whether business
can develop in competition with other businesses without
any written law for it, and the courts will send a man to
jail for stealing a pig, but when it comes to stealing an
office in an election, they raise their hands up and say they
are without authority of law.
MAKE PROVISION FOR PARKING NOW
If the city of Rocky Mount does finally makes the ex
pensive improvements to the Masonic Temple to house the
city office, we feel that it will be necessary for the city
to acquire the open space back of the municipal building for
the parking of automobiles.
In the big cities the parking space has become so acute'
that elevators are provided so as to park the cars on roof
gardens. Buying the vacant land near the proposed city
building will be much cheaper than installing an elevator
and building a roof garden to take care of the cars.
Even if the building is remodeled, we believe that the
police department, the lock-up and city court should re
main where it is. It is convenient there, no elevator is
required and it is plenty fine and comfortable for this pur
pose. The police court in the city of Richmond is located
in the basement of the municipal building and has been sit
uated there for time back.
Now we do not see where it is necessary for the citizens
of Rocky Mount to build an elevator and an expensive set
up for the usual group waiting on the police court. Rich
mond is more than ten times the size of Rocky Mount and
the court continues in the basement.
Coast Line Pays
Stock Dividend
Payment Of $1 Per Share Decem
ber 23 Will Be First In Five
Years
Wilmington, Nov. 19.—Wilmington
rejoiced tonight upon receipt of the 1
news that the Atlantic Coast Line.
Railroad has resumed dividends up
on its common and "class A" stock,
after a lapse of nearly five years.
Thousands of shares of the stock, of
which the total outstanding is 825,-1
000 shares, ar e owned here, and
the $1 dividend ordered today by l
the A. C. L. directors comes as the
best piece of "prosperity news" here ,
since the start of the depression.
The payment was particularly wel
come in view of the restoration a
few weeks ago of a pay cut to of- '
ficials of the company, including l
a large number of persons in tho
general offices here, and the restora
tion. effective next week of a full
working month for clerks to replace
the two-day-off-pormonth system
that has been in erfect for several
yenrs.
The dividend payment is the first
on the common arid class A since
January, 1932, when $2 was paid.:
The now distribution is payable De- ;
cember 23 to stockholders of record j
Nov. 30.
Except for one (year, 1033, the
Coast Line maintained during tho |
deoression payment. • f the $2.50
r*«r>ml dividend oVi ills preferred
stock. , '
j ; i 1.,.
Action Brought
Against Tarboro
Tarboro, Nov. 20.—A damage suit
brought by Miss Helen Clark of this
city against the Town of Tarboro
for $26,700 plus interest from March
4, 1935, appears on the calendar for
trial in Superiod Court in session
here with Judge M., V. Barnhill of
Rocky Mount, presiding.
The suit is the outgrowth of a
collision on March 4, 1935, between
a truck of the municipally-owned
milk pasteurization plant, driven by
Robert Langley, and a coupe driven
by Miss Clark.
The complaint alleged that her
vision was permanently impaired
by a sliver of glass which cut one
of her eyes and that her nervous
system suffered irreparable injury
to the extent of $25,000, and that
her hospitalization for 51 days cost
$1,700. She claims she was thrown
to the pavement when the two ve
hicles met and suffered a fractured
pelvis and clavicle.
HOLDS PRISONER
London, Ohio.—While raking leav
es in a cemetery, Max Weimer, 14, [
saw an escaped convict from the
J State Prison farm. For two hours
:he played a game of hard and
| Mounds with the convict until he
| finally cornered him in a cornfield
| and stood guard over him with a
' pitehf;.rj» until guards £ro:t. the prl'i.
! 'in arrived. A check (jr an m.' s
olosed Amount and a dinmr in the
.illioers' /aeae fa;il/ were Weimer'g re
' .vn "is.!
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PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL
PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON
Enfield Nan To
Succeed Morgan
Eastern Carolina ABC Group Has
Meeting In Kinst6n
No longer does a Nash count}
man serve as president of the east
ern Carolina association of alcohol
ic beverage control boards follow
ing a meeting at Ivinston of the as
sociation this week end.
R. Hunter Pope, Enfield, was
named president of the association,
succeeding Millard P. Morgan, of
Middlesex, chairman of the Nash
ABC board. Other officers were
Thomas Mewborn, of Kington, vice
president, replacing Mr. Pope, and
W. D. McMillan, of Wilmington, was
mad,, chairman of the committee
that considers things of legislative
interest to the association.
The association convened in Kin
ston Friday night, anil besides Mr.
Morgan, W. W. Ricks, of Rocky
Mount, and \V. 0. Ferrell, of Nash
ville, the othur members of the
Nash board, attended. So did R.
L. Corbett, of Macclesfield, chairman
of the Edgecombe ABC .board and T.
T. Thomas, of Tarboro, Edgecombe
county manager of the ABC stores.
The association heard its leaders
urge the members to aid in the com
pilation of information about the
ABC board activities which the state
liquor commission desires.
There were nine of the 17 counties
representd and about 35 attending
the Kinston session.
Ask Removal Of
Henderson Chmn.
Henderson County Board Chairman
Is Charged With 'Fraudulent Prac
tices.''
Henderson county citizens!
Tuesday asßeff ' ftie «£'•
Elections to remove L. T. Derm id,
chairman of the county's election
board, on charges of "fraudulent
practices" in the voting of Novem
ber 3.
The state board probably will
hold a hearing on the charges in
the courthouse in Hendersonville
before meeting i» Raleigh November
24, to certify election returns, ltay
mon C. Maxwell, secretary, said.
In the event of the Hendersonville
hearing is not held prior to the ses
sion at Raleigh, a delegation will
b () allowed to present the case at
the certification meeting Maxwell ad
ded.
In a brief filed Tuesday, Richard
Albritton and C. H. Roberts charge
that absentee ballots were "caused
to lie printed and disstributcd by
the chairman of the county board of
election," without application of vot
ers anil "before an order was en
tered by the full county board of
elections as required by law, for the
printing o fthe same."
Other charges ar e that the chair
man permitted "wholesale distri
bution'' of absentee ballots to party
workers, that persons were allow
ed to register after the books should
have been closed, that some bal
lots were changed after they were
voted and that ballots were east in
the name of some persons who did
not vote.
Farmers Hold
AU'Day Session
Windsor, Nov. 20.—Hundreds of
farmers from all over Bertie coun
ty gathered here, Wednesday, in in
all day session,' enjoying a barbe
cue dinner at noon time provided bv
the Bertie county farm bureau.
The exercises were held in the high
school auditorium with W. L. Powell,
chairman, presiding. A welcome was
extended by Mayor J. A. Pritchett.
Addresses were made by Judge
John H. Kerr, congressman from the
second district, B. E. Grant, county
agent, and others. "Importance of
Farm Organization" was discussed
by E. F. Arnold, secretary of N. C.
Statp farm bureau, and J. E. Wins
low, president of N. C. State farm
bureau, and others.
Economizing
He —Pve told you often enough
that we must save. Last month I
paid $5OO for your gowns and this
month I have a bill of $3OO.
She—Well, don't you see I've sav
ed $2OO this month.
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ROOSEVELT EN ROUTE
SILENT SINCE ELECTION
FACES NEW PROBLEMS
GROUPS MAY EMBARRASS
THE OUTLOOK CHANGES
LOWER INCOME GROUP
PRODUCTION CAN INCREASE
INDUSTRY SEEKS TO HELP
By Hugo Sims, Special Washington
Correspondent
with President Roosevelt on the
high seas, headed for Rio d e Jan
eiro, which port' he should reach
on Friday of this week, it might
be weOl to vall attention to the
fact that th 0 Government of the
United States will continue to func
tion during his thirty-day absence.
The fact that the Chief Executive
finds himself frep to participate in
the opening of the Pan-American.
Peace Conference and to leav 0 the
affairs of the United States in oth
er hands, emphasizes again that
thp nation hag a government of law
and not of men. His willingness to
remove himself from the ''driver's
seat" answers very completely the
charge of dictatorship and nullities
entirely the allegation that Mr.
Roosevelt is attempting to acquire
improper power unto himself.
Since the election early this
month , the President has main
tained a discreet silence in regard,
to practically every public ques
tion. Undoubtedly appreciative of 
the large vote he received, Mr.
Roosevelt apparently continues in
the mood exhibited to reporters who
pressed him to answer rumors about
a new NBA a few days after the
election. On this occasion he remark
ed that the day wns a holiday and
suggested that no "ne spoil it by
bringing up such controversial is
sues.
Naturally there has been consid
erable speculation as to the moves
to b e made in accomplishing the
goals of the New Deal but other
than to stress an effort to. balance
the budget, the importance of gov
ernmental reorganisation and Jhis in
vjMt he
his
warning that for nil them he
had "just begun to fight."
In usual prohibits will confront
the President during his next four
years when he will undoubtedly at
tempt to set up the government in
a permanent way, eliminating
those agencies which served only
depression needs and formulating
policies to guide th e country in fu
ture legislation. All evidence indi
cates that in approaching this task.
Mr. Roosevelt is very anxious to re
ceive tile cooperation of all Ameri
cans an dthe constructive criticism
which alone enables him to wisely
us e the great power which lie has.
There are abundant signs t.iat
business leaders are convinc d that
the people of this country will in
sist upon the goals proclaim* d by
the President and that most of them
will assist in establishing them on
an equitable basis. Labor, auothor
important group, will probably
fight vigorously for its demands, but
sentiment among the mass of work
ers is to rely upon the President
to deal justly with labor and the
other interests of the country itt
I regard to the particular demands
jof workers. The same observations
is, to a large extent, true u:' the
j approach of farmers and their or
| gani/atious to the problems of ;ig->
i rieulture. ,
In fact, there exists a possibil
| ity that each of these groups will
.' recognize that the welfare of the*
entire country depends upon fair
and just treatment of all and that
our national prosperity can be
greatly retarded, if not thwarted,
by undue favor to any particular
minority group. This will represent
a distinct advance in public, think
-1 ing, with moderate gains for labor
and a significant recognition of the
rights of agriculture.
There is practically no danger in
the demands of any group so long
as its leaders recognize the para
mount interest of all in the com
mon welfare of the country. Only
whe n leaders and factions demand
the utmost for their particular ben
efit, with reckless disregard of the
rights of others, will the country
suffer. Luckily for the nation, Mr.
Roosevelt, by virtue of his great vic
tory in the election, is in a posi
tion to curb excessive demands and
to use the great power and prestige
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