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Former King's Wardrobe Arrives
From London-: Aids In Holiday
Tasks
>-\ Enzesfeld, Austria, Dec. 21.—Tiie
* way was opened tonight for Ed
ward, Duke of Windsor, to partici
pate more actively in Austria's so
cial life—for the ex-King's ward
robe arrived from London.
When the resigned British mon
arch's chauffeur drove up to the
castie of Baron Eugene defioths
* child, in a car piled high with lug
gage, the wprd flew nmeng residents
of this village: "The royal shirts
t have arrived"'
\ The Duke had been obliged, until
Vtoday, to order linen from Vienna
•\beeauso ho left England without
fciacking mopt of his wearing ap
fparel.
The- arrival of the carload of
> clothing was taken as an indication
§he intended to remain for some time
in the castle to which he came af-
he quit the British throne for
f Clove of Wallis Warfield Simpson, and
Jthat «he planned more extensive so
icial activities, perhaps making ex-
Icursions from the chateau soon.
J (At the villa at Cannes, France,
> where Mrs. Simpson is staying, an
authorized spokesman said she would
not see her fiance until the spring.
Her divorce from Ernest Aldrich
Simpson is scheduled to become final
April 27.)
7, A visitor to the estate said Wind
sor helped his hostess, the Baroness
de Rothschild, in arranging Christ
mas decorations, standing on a step
ladder.
He now calls her "Kitty" and she
calls him "Eddie," since last night
when they pledged everlasting friend
ship to each other.
(»• The Duke also played golf today,
losigg many balls in the thick fog
which hung over the estate, but
getting the exercise which now is a
part of his daily routine.
Baron de Rothschild planned a
merry observance of Christmas, with
the probability increasing that
* among the guests would be Queen
Marie of Rumania —a second cousin
of Edward —and her daughter and
son-in-law Princess Ileana and Arch
duke Anton of Hapsburg.
Queen Marie, arriving in Bucha
rest today, said she "supposed" she
would meet Windsor.
*Uj3»&n.v»tcu- " f rhfti^ I '"«Ui !«l 8 .
from an airpluna on the castle
grounds was cleared up with the
((statement of Julius Arigi, Austrian
World War ace, thai, he did it ;as
a token of a soldier's affeetjon for
this sympathetic font
Police dissuaded him from drop
ping a wreath, ho said, because it
might have hit Windsor.
Cannes, France, Dec. 21.—Edward
of Windsor, will eat tangerines
'''packed by his sweetheart and grown
in the garden of the estate where she
in staying here.
Wallis Warfield Simpson filled a
box with the fruit today after the
gardener at the villa of Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Rogers gathered it for her.
Then she went out to do some
' Christmas shopping, but whether or
not she bought a present for tho
man who gave up the British throne
because of his love for her was not
disclosed.
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School Paper
Praises Supt.
t
Rounds Out 25 Years Of Service In
City—Schools Enjoy Tremendous
Growth
Hailed in .the high school Black
bird with a front-page picture and
tribute, Superintendent R. M. Wil
v son reaches his twenty-fifth year of
service to Rocky Mount city schools.
His contribution to the progress of
education in Rocky Mount began
when he came to the city in 1911 as
•principal of the high school and
mathematics teacher.
Besides teaching, which he has
called the most enjoyable part of
his work, he was coach of the high
school's teams. Under his coaching
in 1!>24 the high school baseball
i team took the eastern championshi"
" for the only tiin e in its history.
The one building which housed
Rocky Mount's schools when Wilson
began teaching here has expanded
into 12 public schools representing
. an investment of barely .less than a
million, dollurs, with 141 teachers
" and 0,000 students.
When in 1914 the high school
principal and mathematics teacher
bechmo superintendent of tho city
schools, 35 teachers taught in three
schools for white children and a fa
culty of 10 taught in one colored
school.
Superintendent Wilson went thru
high school in Qoldsboro, where he
was born, and from there went to
"Chapel Hill to tako a degree in
higher learning.
Now Wilson is president of tho
Kiwanis club and secretary of tho
school board, besides being superin
tendent of the c'ty schools. He 's
past president of th e northeastern
district of the state teachers asso
. ciation.
The New England shilling was
the first coin issued in this coun
try by American colonists. Distri
buted in defiance of royal British
decree, it was highly popular as a
gesture of independence.
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* For Ministers
i Methodist Superannuates In State
Get Duke Endowment Glfta
Durham, Dec. 21. —In behalf of
, the Duke Endowment, Duke Univer
[ sity today mailed 271 Christmas
cheeks totaling $19,000 to superan
nuated Methodist ministers of North
Carolina or their widows.
President W. P. Few of Duke
University sent greetings to each
recipient, reminding them of the
purposes of James B. Duke, "who
made possible these Christmas checks
, and who. both lived and died in the
| beautiful hope to do some perma
nent good upon this earth."
James B. Duke for a number of
years before establishing the en
dowment in 1924 was accustomed to
[ send Christmas checks to the aged
ministers of the Methodist church,
i and provided through the endowment
to continue the practice.
One hundred and 21 checks wero
sent to aged ministers of the North
Carolina Conference, and 150 were
distributed in the Western North
Carolina Conference. Each confer
ence's sharo was $9,500. The amount
of each check was in proportion to
tho amount allowed the claimant
by the board of finances of each con
ference.
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Crash Kills Boy
Five In Hospital
One Victim May Face Charges If
He Recovers After Tarboro
Tragedy
Tarboro, Dec. 19. —Of six persons
injured when two automobiles col
; lided at a highway junction near
here Friday night, one was dead
today and five others remained in
a local hospital, three of them in
a serious condition.
Luther Hyde, 19-year-old Leggctt
' High School senior, died last night
of a fractured skull and was buried
this afternoon.
Hospital attaches said the condi
tions of Mrs. Lynwood Sparrow of
Manteo, 25- year-old expectant mo
-1 ther; Elisha Abrams, 22, of Pitt
County, and his father, Cooper
were •ritieal.- All -tlwvm
sustained skull fractures.
I hurt but
; fined' •fojlthe hospital were Lyn
! wood Hparrow, 25, Manteo School
principal, and Mrs. Aionza Sparrow,
30, of Washington, N. C., his cou
? sin by marriage, both of whom re
-1 ceived lieud lacerations.
Manslaughter Charge
State Highway Patrolman Otley
. Leary who Investigated the accident
i said Cooper Abrams, alleged driv
er of the car in which his son
( and Hyde were riding, would be
charged with manslaughter if he re
. covers. The patrolman said Coop
i er was at fault for entering a main
. highway without giving the other
. machine, which Sparrow was driv
ing, the right of way.
Funeral at Tarboro
Funeral services for Hyde were
: held this afternoon from a local
funeral home with burial following
in the family cemetery near Law
rence. The Rev. L. P. Spencer, rec
tor of Grace Episcopal Chapel at
Lawrence, officiated.
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Duke Power Case
Back To Courts
1 Washington, I). C., Dec. 16.—The
Supremo Court has sent the Duke
Power case back to the lower court,
to ho tried over again if tho Duke
interests care to reopen the plea.
The only decision, which the Supreme
Court made in this case is the de
cision that the case was mishandled
in th 0 District Court where it was
tried and in the Circuit Court to
which it was appealed.
The Duke power interests asked
1 an injunction to restrain th PWA
from loaning mony for a power
plant to Greenwood County, South
Carolina. The injunction was de
nied. For that reason, some news
agencies jumped at the conclusion
1 that the finding of the Supreme
Court was against the government.
This is not the case. The Supreme
L Court did not pass on the issues. It
' merely said they had not been prop-
erly presented and handled i n the
' lower courts. But the action does
1 delay the construction of 52 power
' plants for which PWA loans have
I been made.
FRAN HAND ALF
* Washington, Dec. 21.—For nearly
" an hour today. President Roosevelt
' and his defeated republican rival
for tho presidency—Governor Alf M.
1 Landon of Kansas —chatted in the
' white house about Christinas and
' children.
1 Telling reporters about his visit,
the governor said "the president
1 talked about his grandchildren and I
* talked about mine, but not my grand
* children."
5 1-iandon who is her 0 for the Grid
-1 iron club dinner tonight, shook his
" head and said "no" when askid
whether politics, the campaign, re
lief, tho drought or other subjects
had been discussed.
"The president," the governor vol
unteered, "told mo a good deal
i about hin South Amevicnn' tr'p air!
i I told him about my flshiuf t ip io
Flo-it"- "
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1936
Says Trade With
i Mexico Growing
e Ambassador Daniels Optimistic Over
Closer Ties To Southern Republic
M
Washington, Dec. 21. —Ambassador
Josephus Daniels, her e today painted
9 an optimistic picture of trade condi
tions between the United States and
1 Mexico, and declared that between
the two countries "there had devel
" oped, and is still dveloping a closer
economic tie in harmony with a
® greater friendship."
Ambassador Daniels, in Washing
l Mn to attend the Gridiron Club din
' ner tonight, issued his statement re
garding trade conditions with the
, country to which he is accredited
after luncheon with President
Roosevelt at the White House.
J Tho ambassador and Mrs. Daniels
will leave for their home at Raleigh
1 tomorrow night, rcamining there un
til after the New Year.
} Mr. Daniels pointod out that ex
ports to Mexico during the first nine
' months of 1930 exceeded thoso of
j tho entire year-of 1932 by $18,015,-
545. The United States bought from
~ Mexico $6,405,086 mora during the
* first six months of this year thau
(. the entire year of 1933.
During the North Carolinian's ser
vice in Mexico, five treaties have
been signed between the two repub
lics:
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, Bernstoff Says
Arms Means War
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Former German Ambassador To
United States Deplores Arma
ments Race
Geneva, Dec. 19.—Count Beru
storff, Germany's war-time ambassa
dor to Washington who now lives
in retirement in Geneva, issues a
warning in his memoirs recently
' published that "competition in ar
maments in course of history has
aljvayg led to war."
Bernstorff's book is creating spe
ll eial interest in international circles
because of his outspoken opinions.
" He says that "enemies of Briand
and Stresemann who subsequently
1 triumphed seem to me to have lit
fle irauSS lb "Be jfMull W'Tnkl! they
have accomplished," and adds
"while the two big statesmen were
: in power there were indications that
world reconciliation wag on the way,
1 while now the sole talk is of secur
ity—that is, armaments competition
which history shows always leads to
war."
Bernstorff calls this book his
f "confession" and says he has been
able to write it despite "his age,
his ill health, and disgust with pol
\ itics."
? Speaking of his war-time ambas
sadorship in Washington Bernstorff
writes that he was at home in so
-1 ciety there but these social rela
r tions proved worthless during war
because "the so-called four hundred
departed in a body into the enemy
camp." t
I He says it was Germany's poli
tical inadequacy which led her into
' an abyss "a political inadequacy
thaf flung us helpless at the mercy
' of an incompetent military dicta
-1 torship."
He adds: "We can only be saved
by political training that will enable
tiie whole German people to seo
the world as it really is and not
as we should like to represent it."
> Commenting on Germany's attitude
during the great war Bernstorff
says: "Germany's military position
3 would not have deteriorated had U
-9 boat submarine war never been un
> dertaken." Bernstorff blames sub
-3 marine warfare as the main cause of
• Germany's collapse.
9 "The choice of the German gov
■ eminent lay between peace of undcr
' standing through American mediation
s and the U-boat warfare, involving
3 war with the United States, which
must inevitably bring us defeat," he
' gays.
lie ascribes President Wilson's per
r sonal hostility to Germany during
1 the latter part of the war to Ger
" many's refusal to entertain his peace
5 proposals.
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B °
f Mrs. Mae Best Dies
. After Long Illness
a
a
r Mrs. Mae Best, 34, succumbed to
a a long illness which had her con
fined in a local hospital. Death was
attributed to complications.
Funeral services were held from
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catii
/ olic church at three o'clock Monday
t afternoon with Rev. James F. Gal
-1 higher, pastor of the church, of
[. ficiating. Interment took place in
a Pineview cemetery.
1 She is survived by htr husband,
F. W. Best, and a son, Fred Best,
, Jr.
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I AT WASHINGTON
1
Washington, Dec. 20.—Josephus
- Daniels, American ambassador to
s Miexico, and Mrs. Daniels arrived
i_here today on their way to Raleigh,
-'where they will spend the Christ
s mus holidays with their children
and grandchildren.
1 A Poland Jhina sov owned by
I Dick Cornelius of Fairfax, Okla., I
o ga\e b'rth to 19 pigs. All but throe |
' 'ived I
'' nWrflllfrtr hi -> ■ ■ »
The very latest in automobile design, a German seagoing automobile,
plunges into the Gruenwald sea for a trial run. It is capable of a speed
of 100 kilometers an hour on land, and 20 kilometers an hour in the water.
Merry Christmas
The Rocky Mount Herald wishes for all of its subscri
bers and friends a happy and prosperous Christmas. We
hope for you all good health, plenty of food, and that San
ta Claus will make his annual trip through this section,
leaving the stockings reasonably filled.» 'From what we
have heard and seen, we believe that we can assure the
children that this will be the case.
There is great peace and joy in store for us all, provid
ed we train our hearts and minds to understand and ep
joy the wonderful blessings that are showered upon us
everyday.
In the enjoyment of Christmas, some' feel that they
have not enjoyed the fullness of the holiday unless they
have done something reckless or foolish, either risking their
own lives or jeopardizing the lives of others; if they dance
they feel that they, must dance all night, and if they eat
and drink, they feel they must do this to excess; if they
ride, they feel they must ride faster than anybody else—
why should this be,so? Is it because we fail to catch the
true spirit of- Christmas ? Pleasure never came in excesses,
so. us train our hearts and minds to be ready for Noel
and (have real peace and pleasure. % We hope that in the
past/ year our paper has served a useful purpose in leader
ship) education and in undertaking to acquaint the peo
ple with many of the real problems that so vitally concern
theirs welfare. In conclusion, we again say, we wish you a
merrjt and happy Christmas.
-f • GOVERNOR'S -APPOINTMENT -
Tkere seems to be much writing and much discussion
tak?hg place relative to the Governor's recent appoint
ment under the so-called Social Security Act. We do not
undlerstand why that should call for more criticism than
many other appointments that have taken place. General
ly, for the last few years, it has always been the custom
of t!he out-going governor to place his secretary in some
position of financial relief. Before Mr. Gill became finally
placed, he held four jobs, two of which were created of
fices.
There has been only one newly created office to take care
of Mr. Powell, but with a SSOOO salary, if he will be econo
mical, we feel that he may be able to get through. In fact,
we were not surprised wheft this appointment was made,
because it had been the custom so long, but he had expect
ed probably he would have been placed in some department
of the highway or prison set-up, for this has been the
place where most of the unemployed have been taken care
of.
While we are not advocating the sale of liquor in North
Carolina, we do insist that if it is to be sold, it should not
be centered in Raleigh. If Social Security and poor folks
relief is to be controlled by politics, then how can the so
called state control of liquor be anything else but political.
For this reason we do insist that since liquor is to be sold,
it better be in the control of the county rather than the pol
itical control of Raleigh. This is the question that the peo
ple themselves should decide and not just a representative
from a county.
Sanatorium Opens
Obstetrical Wing
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New Division Of Hospital Com
pleted After Five Months of
Construction
James Benjamin Herring, Jr., age
one duy, nine pound son of Mr. and (
Mrs. James Herring of 130 South
Grace street, holds the distinction
of boine the first baby born in tho I
new obstetrical division of the Rocky
Mount Sanitarium which was com
pleted after five months of construc
tion.
Modern in every detail, the obstet
rical branch of the hospital forms
a separate wing of Hie building. ,
Six private rooms, a ward accommo
dating four beds, a preparation
room, nursery, delivery room, doc- 1
tor's lounging room, supply rooms,
and nurses' accommodations comprise
the new division.
Each room is equipped with the
latest hospital facilities and each has
separate utensils. The nursery is j
sound proof and includes an incu
bator for prematur 0 babies. Tho
preparation room is complete with
shower bath and scientific regula
tion of water temperatures.
Although all of the obstetrical cas-'
es will be handled in tho new di- j
vision, tho old delivery room will i
continue in use as an additional op-;
orating room for the hospital.
Total mileaTp of rural mail rout's
in the United Stntn? hn* ttifrert«'il
134 per  eni io the flpi vf»n*«
I while numbf ot' enrri'i flu
f tppfifinfl fr -» •* r-\ u
Tob. Short Course'
Offered At College
Growers From All Paris Of State
Expected For One-Week Course
Here
Tobacco growers from aD parts of
tho State are expected to attend
the first of a series of short courses
to be offered by North Carolina
State College to assist farmers and
tlieir wives in solving their tobaccc
problems, Jan. 18-22.
College ofttciuls said the course
would bo oxperimlfntai in nature
and that the demands of rural peo
ple would determine the outcome
of similar courses planned for the
year 1937-38.
The mornings will be given over
to lectures, discussions and demon
strations, followed by practice tobac
co grading during the afternoons.
Entertainment features have also
been planned.
An instructional staff of 14 mem
bers will conduct tho studies of to-
I bacco production under the direc
tion of I. O. Schaub, dean of the
scliool.of agriculture and forestry at
S*ate College. The courses are open
to anyone over 16 years of ago
i without cost.
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To Be Demolished
I Charleston, S. C., Dec. 20. —Tho
I Academy of Music, historic Charleg-
I ton's oldest theatre, is to be demol-
I inlk'd. Albert Sottile, president ol' 1
tt* uinttwini.il pany, announced
i -' I " "•» wrecking
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Damages Sought
In Bus Tragedy
Fifty Thousand Dollar Suit Results
From Cumberland Wreck
Payetteville, Dec. 21.—Fifty thou
sand dollars damages ig asked in a
civil suit filed here today for the
death of on G of the victims of the
school bus tragedy in this county
December 9. The defendants are
J. H. Gibbs, driver of the produce
truck which slithered across tho
road to collide with the school bus,
and the Howard Bobbitt Company,
owners of the truck.
The plaintiff is G. R. Williams, ad- 1
ministrator of Vivian Mack Wil
liams, 15-year-old high school boy,
who was on e of the four students
of tho Stedman school who met death
in the wreck.
The complaint charges illegal.
speed on the part of the truck, care
less and reckless operation of the
truck, its operation on the left side
of the road, sleepy and stupified
condition of the. driver and over
crowded condition of th© driver's
seat.
It is contended that Gibbs had
been worked by the defendant cor
poration for long hours on a stretch
immediately before the collision and
as a result was ill such condition as
to render him unable to drivo with
ordinary cure, and it is alleged that
both defendants aro guilty of negli
gence in this respect.
Attorneys for the plaintiff are
Thomas W. Iluffin of Raleigh and
Nimocks and Nimocks of Fayette
ville.
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Four Held Today
In Nash Tragedy
Bloodstains At Filling Station Lead
Officers To Suspect Cone's Mur
der
Nashville, Dec. 21.—Bloodstains
discovered on tho side of a Uiaali
county filling station have ' turned ,
tho hit-and-run death of Preston (
Cone, found dead on th© Middlesex-
Bailey highway early Sunday morn
ing, into an apparent murder plot, '
and today four suspects are lodged (
itt tiie jail..for complicity .in .
the crime.
Cone, 32-year-old resident of the ,
Samaria section of Nasli county, was
discovered lying on the highway be
tween Bailey and Middlesex last ]
Sunday morning about four o'cloek.
Th e body was first seen by W. H. '
Murphy of Wilson, who reported the j
case to Police Officer Manning of
Middlesex. Manning started an im
mediate investigation.
Th e body was examined and the
victim was found to have sustained
a broken lef and head injuries. In
vestigators reached the conclusion he
had been killed by a hit-and-ruu
driver.
Yesterday, however, a second
examination of the body revealed
that the head injuries did not ap
pear to be any made by an automo
bile. Investigators probed into
Cone's, whereabouts prior to tin
death and learned that he had been
Seen about three hours Earlier at a
filling station between Middlesex and
Bailey.
Investightors IvCnt to the station
and discovered bloodstains that had
been spattered recently against the
pillars of the station. Marks on the
ground indicated that surface, soil
liad been shoveled away recently.
The bloody dirt was found not far
from the station and later a bloody
shovel was discovered, as well as a
short length of pipe oil which there '
were additional bloodstains.
The station operator, Miss Viola
Brown, her helper, Doc Williams and
two persons w(io wero at the station
with Cone, Beatrice Lamm and Eula
Driver were ordered arrested. Na.-sh
Deputy Sheriffs C. A. Brown and
Louis Beal brought the four to Nash
ville and lodged them in jail here
to await a thorough probe of the
case.
Coni' was a single man living on
the Middlesex-Spring Hope highway
about fiv e miles from Middlesex.
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MILLS ROBBED
Woodbury, N. Y., Dec. 20.—Ogdt n
L. Mills, former secretary of tho
treasury, slept through a burglary
in his bedroom today. A thief cliHW
ed to th 0 ledgo, cut through a scre?n
on the window and stodo S3BO in
cash, Mills' gold watch and a gold
cigarette case.
Flour From Cottonseed
Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 20.—A
Texas mill has produced a bread and
pastry flour from cottonseed, roports
the All-South Development Council.
Th 0 flour contains 50 per cent pro
tein, aful has shortening properties
and nutritive elements.
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j Wilson Farmer
Held For Slaying
Solicitor Refuses Bond For Woodard
After Conference
Wilson, Dec. 21.—Solicitor Don Gil
liam of Tarboro refused to allow
Gray Woodard, 50 year old Wilson
farmer his temporary freedom on
bond Sunday morning after W. D.
P. Sliarpe and Walter J. Pittman,
local attorneys for Woodard bad
gone to Tarboro to confer with thij
district solicitor.
Woodard was ordered held for the
I grand jury by Judge O. P. Dickinson
hero Saturday after a hearing in
eounty court for tho middle aged
farmer on charges of murdering
Redden Walston, his 26 year old
nephew, in a quarrel over liquor at
I their home in Gardner's near her®
1 a week ago.
Judge Dickinson ruled that attor
neys for tho defendant might ap
ply for bond to the solicitor at Tar—
boro without prejudice from the lo
cal court. .
Deputy Sheriff Frank Carter, wnr
with Deputy J. C. Fulghum, arresW
ed Woodard on the night of the kill
ing here, went to Tarboro Sunday
also for the conference with Gilliam
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Social Security
Ruling Due Scon
Supreme Court Gives Indications Of
■ Speedy Decision On New Deal
Law
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Washington, Dec. 21.—Prospect*
of a speedy .Supreme Court docisioa
on constitutionality of a major part
of tho Federal Social Security Act
were heightened today when th 0 gov
ernment joind in a request for such,
action.
Solicitor General Stanley Reed urg
ed the tribunal to review an appeal
filed recently by George P. Davis,
of Boston, challenging validity of
tlio section levying a tax on employ
ers to aid those thrown out of work.'
Moth Pa\ m. asked the
justices to question
without uniting for H ruling by tho
Circuit Cm
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ton upheld the legislation and dis
missed the complaint.
Earlier tho court, in a brief ses
sion had agreed to pass on a caso
involving constitutionality of the
amended Frazier-Lemke act granting
a three-year moratorium on fore—
closure of farm mortgages.
Two years ago it declared uncon
stitutional the original
act for a five-year moratorium.
In other action before ad jounc
ing for two weeks, the court:
1. Held constitutional th e 1934
anus embargo act which authorized-
President Roosevelt to forbid tha
snl e of munitions for the Chaco war
between Bolivia and Paraguay. Th®
7 to 1 opinion written by Justice
Sutherland said it was essential thai
the President have wide latitude in.
handling foreign relations. Justice*
Mcßeyiiolds dissented and Justice
Stone did not participate in the de
cision.
2. Grant el the government permis
sion to participate in arguments on.
constitutionality on the railway la
bor act guaranteeing collective bar
gaining to workmen. The ease,
brought by the Virginian Railway
Company, will be argued during th®
week of February 8. e
3. Refused t" review n cane
brought by thp Kansas City Board
of Trade challenging constitutionality
of the 193ti act broadening federal,
regulation of commodity exchanges.
The appeal was tiled without waiting
for a ruling by the circuit court. It
can be submitted ngain later.
Mrs. Mary Lawrence
Buried In Edgecombe
Tarboro, Dee. 18.—Funeral services
of Mrs. Mary Lawrence, well-known
native resident of Edgecombe coun
ty, were held from her residence
near here at two o'clock this after
noon. Buriui took place in tha
family cemetery near the home.
Mrs. Lawrence didd at throa
o'clock Thursday morning after a
short illness. Sh u was the daugh
ter of the late Dr. Charles Kille—
brew of Edgecombe county.
Surviving are her husband, J. W.
Lawrence; three brothers, W_. H.
Killebmv and M. L. Killebrew, l>oth
of near Rocky Mount, and Sinnoy
Killebrew of this city, and two sis
ters, Mrs. C. Q. Times of near Hob
good and Mrs. Herman Cherry of
this city.