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The Rocky Mount Herald VOLUME 4, NO. 7 Local Giri's , Beauty Winner At- a recent Beauty Show spon sored by the Business Concerns of Nashville and surrounding towns, »Mi«s, Isabel Ross and Miss Vessie covins were awarded first prizes, sliss Ross was voted most beautiful ■from a group of town girls, and Miss Jenkins from the group of High School girls. There were about 40 contestants. Miss Ross is well known in Rocky Sfount where she holds the position as Asst. Director of Welfare in this | city. Nash Youngsters Look To School i Spring Hope and Momcyer Hold Pro- School Clinics WJ Spring Hope, Feb. 9.—Tho first of the annual pre-school clinics for Nash county white schools were held Monday at Momeyer and Spring Hope. Dr. T. O. Coppedge, county health officer, and Miss Merle Fletcher, county health nurse, were present at Momeyer in the morning 1 from 10 to 12 o'clock and came on to Spring Hope at 1 o'clock. announcements made public by C'.A principals, Guy Moore of Mo mcyer and D|. H. Holliday of Spring Hope, urged that "all children who will be six years old on or before October 1, 1937" be present accom panied by both parents if possi-: ble. They also stressed the fact that j was the only day that would: given to this work at each school.' The entire day Monday was term-j id : :Beginners Day" at Spring Hope. | At both clinics the county health authorities administered smallpox and diphtheria vaccinations to morj or less bravely presented little arms,' g&ve thorough physical examinations and discussed their findings with, the parents. It was hoped that these early examinations will allow tira* for minor defects to be reme died before the rush of school starting in the fall. A novel and more pleasant as pect of the day to the children was a few hours spent in tho first grade rooms of Miss Ann Bridges ant! Miss IJane Stewart at Spring Hope and Mi 4. Frank Veeter at Momeyer where they were given a sample of school days to come. i According to Mr. Moore and Mr. Holliday, announcements were mail ed to-80 eligible children at Moiney-' or and 00 from Spring Hope. n J?*jrmer Enfield h - Pastor Dies \ Enfield, Fob. 9.—Rev. Jesse L. Mc-, Neer died near Stem February 4 and was buried in Elmwood Ceme- j tery in Enfield on Saturday aftcr- L noon. \ Rev. Mr. McNeer was born at Salt ttßulpher Springs, West Va., and was \|4 years of age. October 10, 1889, Jhe was married to Miss Ella Marvey 13M)onald, of Wytheville, Va., who Pt'jSd and was buried in Enfield in November, 1915. One son, Fred A. McNeer, of Durham, was bom to this union. June 12, 1917, Rev. Mc- Neer was married to Miss Daisy Nance, of Stem, who with one son, Jesse J. McNeer, survives him. ,r»poV. Mr, McNeer was pastor of the Enfield Methodist Episcopal church from 1913 through 1915. o j. T. Green Dies At Spring H?pe j Spring Hope, Feb. 10. —James v Thomttc Green died at his homo on \the suburbs of Spring Hope TUCB- morning at the ago of 69 fol- L/owing an illness that practically ''confined him to his bed for almost -) year. | {j!' Mr. Green was a well-known of Spring Hope. He is sur '.fived by his wife, Mrs. Dora Green ■nd the following children: Walter; w»en of Rocky Mount; J. E. Green! E. G. Green, Bernice Green and O. N. Green of Spring Hope; Mrs. Eula Coppedge, Alton Green and Mrs. Nealie Harris of near Spring Hope. | j One daughter, Ida Green, is dead.; | He ig survived by 34 grandchildren ■ and, has 5 more that died. ! Funeral services were conducted I todatt-i 2 o'clock at the home, Rev. ] HornSvJ Finch conducting. Inter : ment followed in the family burial 1 grounds about two miles from Spring | Hope. Members of the local Junior Order assisted at tho services. ''FATALLY BURNED W. G. Birk Batton, Nash county 'armer, was found burned to death ,' n the ruins of his home near Bai *' ey last Saturday. Mrs. Batton and 'J our children were in Bailey shop ping when the fire occurred, and lid not know of the tragedv that "j ccompanied the flames until Bat >n's body was found in tho ruins 8' his home. 1 BLL. JANE" QUITS (I Dr. Jane S. McKimmon severed flier connection with tho State Home Demonstration Department when her 1 resignation was announced last Fri ,'av. Dr. McKimmon has spent a t 0 y°*Ar of a century in the Home pS work. She will bo suc \ by Miss Ruth Current. DOKK Temple Elects Officers Norman Gold was elected Royal Vizier at the meeting of the I>. O. K. K. Temple, it was announced. The other new officers elected were W. Grover Bobbins, Grand Emir; Joy Powell, Sheik; C. C. Harris, Mahedi; Thomas C. Shore, secretary; W.. Gray Williams, treasurer; Allen Herrington, Satrap; and J. R. Tan ner, Sahib. The new officers appointed by Roy al Vizier Gold were Bill Green, Mo kanna; J. R. Thomas, master of ceremonies; J. M. Fox and E. C'. Lucas, escorts; P. M. Stephens, cap tain of Brigands, and R. L. Rogers, captain of drum corps. Club Boys Make High Corn Yield Example of Clay County 4-H Boys Stimulates Interest Among Fathers Haynesville, Feb. B.—High corn j yields secured by Clay county 4-H I club member who produced 04.4 bushels of corn to the acre last year, shows how this has been done,} said D. Q. Allison, county farm i agent of the State college extension I service. "When I started 4-H club work in 1933," Deal told Allison, "the far mers iu our community were growing ; I the same type of corn their fathers i I hail grown. ' | "Many of them thought 20 to 25 1 bushes per acre was a good yield. |Th n we club boys started plant ing Holcoinb's Prol ; £r. which was recommended for thi™ ction by the ! experiment station at Swananoa. • | The first year I made 40 bush els to the acre, and other club • als) got good yields. This attract -led the attention of the ir>>n and some of them tried out tliie va riety and got a 50 per cunt or more increase in yield. I Deal also told how better cultur al practices increased his yields still further. Iu 11J34l l J34 he produce!? 48 bushels per acre, in 1935 it in creased to- bushels, and thei 94.4. bushels in 1930. At least half the adult farmers in that community are now growing I Holcomb's Prolific and using the rocommi nded better cutural practic es, Allison added, and others are getting ready to do likewise, i Allison stat'd that young Deal has m->de a good record with his other projects on dairy calves, l sweet potatoes, and hog breeding. So far he has earned $473.56, accord ing to figures in his record bookß. 0 Governor Affirms i Chiid Labor Views Albany, N. Y., Feb. 3.—Any at tempt to control child labor x cept through an amendment to the Federal Constitution would be un-! sound and impracticable, Governor Lehman declared in a letter to Dr. I Nicholas Butler, president of Colum-1 bia University. Dr. Butler, a leader in the fight j against the child labor amendment, had urged upon the Governor the advisability of this State withhold-] ing ratification of the amendment 1 and had suggested as alternatives j uniform legislation by all the States ; or a Federal act prohibiting inter state traffic in goods the product in whole or in part of child labor. I | Governor Lehman in reply said experience had convinced him that it would be impossible to induce forty-eight states to agree on legis lation so profoundly affecting their social and economic life. Attempts to control child labor through in terstate commerce action, he foared, woul 1 lend t:> grave abuses and far reaching stagnation of trade. I ° Rites Are Held For Wm. Griffin Prominent Nash County Farmer Bur ied Sunday—Died Late Saturday Night ■ . William Thomas Griffin, 76, a prom inent and well known farmer of ..ash County, was buried following services from the Mill Branch Primihve Baptist church with El dor A. B. Dcnson officiating. Mr. Griffin died late Saturday night at his home in Nash county of com plications of bad health which had . afflicted him for several years. i ! Beside liis widow he is survived by four sons, A. T. Griffin of Nash co unty, C. D. Griffin of Raleigh, L. E. Griffin of Nash County, and H. O. Griffin of this city, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Griffin of Nash County. Active pallbearers for the services were R. E. Davis, J. D. Batts, G. C. Batts, W. R. Batts, G. T. Davis, Geor 'e Griffin, John Griffin and Sid ney Griffin. Honorary pallbearers were T. L. Simmons, F. P. Spruill, E. P. Weav er, D. P. Pridgen, J. R. Batts, M. C. Batchelor, D| W. L.'tclielor, S. Robbins, Dr. M. L Stone, R. R. Gay, J. C. Edwards, J. M. Pcele, Bunn Ferrell, J. M. Gay, Dock Vi voretle, W. E. Fenncr, Gorge S. Ed wards, Charlie Calhoun and J. W. Robbins. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1937 flew Court Unit Sought la West Forsyth Bar Would Reduce Size of Eleventh District; Create Another Winston-Salem, Feb. 8. —The For syth County Bar Association today recommended division of the ele venth judicial district to include Forsyth and "not more than two other counties." The action of the senior bar fol lowed on the heels of the Winston Salem Junior Bar Association's rec ommendations that the district he divided to include only Forsyth, Ashe and Alleghany counties. Such a division would necessitate action by the General Assembly. The senior bar also went on rec ord in favor of an extension of the grand jury term to six, nine or twelve months "in the discretion of the Forsyth Board of County Com missioners." Fred S. Hutcliins, co unty attorney, led the discussion of the grand jury question. It wa s a consensus of the lawyers that division of the eleventh ju dicial district would "expedite liti gation." Should tho Assembly agree to the division, it would be neces sary to appoint or elect a judge and solicitor for the new district. . Prelate's Death Occurs At Home i Heart Attack In Charlotte Fatal To ,| Senior Methodist Bishop [ Charlotte, Feb. 10.—Bishop Edwin Dußose Mouzon, senior bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, died unexpectedly of A heart ail ment at his home late t-oday. The 68-year-old churchman was a leading spirit in the movement to ward unification of the three major : branches of Methodism, and in his latter years saw rapid strides made in that direction. Bishop Mouzon gained wide atten tion in 1928 as the result of his pronounced opposition to the enndi dacy of A 1 Smith in the presiden tial campaign. Preached Sunday- Bishop Mouzon returned to his home here Saturday from ■> stren uous mission into Florida, Alabama and Mississippi as one of tl»> church officials conducting the "Bishop's Crusade" in that area. He preached here Sunday—his last sermon. , Late this afternoon he was sit ting in his living room with Mrs. Mouzon, Dr. C. C. Weaver, pastor of the First Methodist church, and j Mrs. Woaver, discussing his recent' trip into the far South. Suddenly he stopped talking and loaned back in his chair. Or. Wea ver went over to him, spoke to him,! and attempted to arouse him. Thei Bishop died a moment later, never! regaining consciousness. A Charlotte minister said later j that Bishop Mouzon had told him' out in Oklahoma in 1922 that his, physician had informed him hp had : a slight heart ailment and warned ' him not to overtax his strength. I. E. Ready Chosen For Program Work ' Principal of High School On Centen nial Committee ' | I. E. Ready, principal of the 5 ; Rocky Mount high school, has been ' i appoint d on tho program commit !,tec for the centennial celebration,of public education in North Carolina. ' Professor G. B. Phillips, of Chapel ' Hill is chairman of the committee | J which also has as members L. E. i Spikes of Burlington, Joliu Lock- | ' hart of Raleigh, C. C. Carroll of ! Bryson City, Miss Ncua D.-Borry of | Greenville. • The history of public education in ; North Carolina will be portrayed in ! • a pageant to be presented in the Duke university stadium April 23, jas one of the features of the cen i tennial celebration. I Principal Ready attended the prin | cipals' meeting held at Chapel Hill I over week-end. In the absence of! 1 , Frank Ashley of Gastonia lie served | as secretary. He was also appointed j j on the committee to work with the I ■: University of North Carolina in j holding the conference of secondary j education at Chapel Hill in June, j Miss Margaret Ricks, a member of ' the high school faculty, attended the i Chapel Hill conference as a represen- \ f, tativo of the class room teachers' 1 group of the northeastern district. GREENVILLE'S CHAMPS The Greenville High School Bas 'tketball team is undisputed champion ' of the class No. A. High Schools for | the eastern part of North Carolina '| by reason of its victory Tuesday ' night over the strong Durham team. k The final score was 20-21 in favor I • of the Greenies. • R. E. A. HEAD QUI'IB ) The resignation of Morris L. Cook, • head of the Rural Elertrification Ad i ministration, came as a shock to ■ Washington Saturday. Rumors in the j capital have it that Mr. Cooke was '• too favorable to the private power • interests to suit the administration. HL'TSON «. K.'h ACT J. B. llutson, former chief or > tho Tobacco Section, Department of - Agriculture, passed thr ug'i Raleigh - a few days ago. II [''need '• is O . K. n the Tobacco Control Bill as dra't d .md ra«?cd. "Voice Mirror" to Cure Yankee Twang j itltlMh; Hoping to cure New Englanders of their Yankee twang, the New England Telephone company has installed a "voice mirror" in Boston which is to record and reproduce the telephone voice of Bostonians. Vis itors using the "mirror" are to be convinced that they are in need of better articulation both over the telephone and in face to face conver sation. The mechanism records the voice magnetically on steel tape and reproduces it through an earphone. Most listeners are surprised how unintelligible and unpleasant their own voice sounds over the telephone. The company also provides tutors in an effort to teach New Englanders clear and proper pronunciation, thus eliminating count less wrong connections in manually operated telephone exchanges. The photo shows Miss Dorothy V. Dever of the New England Telephone company speaking into the "voice mirror". She can watch her lip movements while her voice is recorded for later reproduction. Should Carry Out Promise The Democratic platform which was adopted in Raleigh at the State Convention, pledged to the people of North Carolina that the sales tax would be removed from all ne cessities of the people. Can the Democratic party as the dominant party of thir, state afford to fail to give this re lief to the people after its solemn pi'omise in the last cam-' l aign. Individuals may back-track and not do what they | promise but the great Democratic party should not be put in the false position of absolutely paying no attention to !tsj>romise and wilfull;. misleading the public. T'uO taking tax from fat-back and self-rising' ■lour certainly will HOT be carrying out the promise of thei Democratic platform. ,-The platform meant precisely what it said and tne legislature should make it speak the truth. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON BONDS We have no official information, but we are reliably in formed that the lowest estimate of the railroad company j of expenses for removing the railroad from the center of I the town is $1,300,000, as the least sum and that it is very probable it will exceed $2,000,000. If the railroad is to be removed, we understand that the city will have to bear that whole expense, less the small relief money which may be credited on this amount, and our general experience is that the manner in which the money is handled sometimes, it would cost less to build without such aid than with it. Our governing authorities have this information and the public is entitled to know what is going on. It has been suggested that the businessmen of the city who have property fronting the railroad, will agree to pay a large part of this expense. Up to this good hour, we have not seen a one who says he is willing to pay one cent. The whole property that fronts on the railroad company is not valued as much as the estimate for removing the railroad which is our information through the business section. This city of Rocky Mount should not issue any bond in connection with this matter without a direct vote of the people on this subject. CENTRALIZATION DESTROYING THE COMMUNITY We notice in the press a statement of the Honorable Hiden Ramsey, editor of the Asheville Citizen, in which he states, "That the great local community centers of the great western section of the state are drying up because all authority and governmental activities have been dump ed and centered in Raleigh." We feel that this is a very true statement, and what is true of the great western sec tion, is true of every section in North Carolina. Local in itiation government has been destroyed. The county com missioners only employ two people at present in the coun ty—the janitor at the court house and the keeper of the county home. It may be probable that the keeper of the county home may have to be confirmed by the Comjnis j sioner of Welfare. Now we have a bill in the legislature pending which I makes it necessary to go to Raleigh and get the great Util ! ities Commissioner to grant them the authority where two or three get together to build a cooperative electric line before the same can be built. Where will the end be? the question of centralization was raised in the campaign of 1932 and we are now reap ing just what Mr. Ramsey says is taking place. If you want to get a road repaired, you have to travel to Raleigh. In fact all governmental activity is there and the community life is becoming stagnant just as stated by Mr. Ramsey. Rites Conducted For Mrs. Cross Mother of Local Woman Interred In . Roanoke Rapids Funeral rites were conducted in Roanoke Rapids from the home of the late J. R M rick, for Mrs. A. T. Cross, 71 who sue umbed Sunday morning following a brief illness. Mrs. Ores wax the m ther i t Mr« George N. Williams, of Im citx, and had visited in hor daughters' home here frequently. Surviving Mrs. Cross are Mrs. Wil liams, Mrs. W. 8. Rochester, Mrs. A. N. Woodruff, Mrs. W. M. Moore, and' Mrs. W. 11. Watson, all of Erwin; two sons, W. R. My rick and E. R. Myr ck, both of Ronnoke Ra- ids. Rev. Mr. Steele of the Roanoke Ranids Pr s'yti rian church was n charge of tho funeral sorvice. Rev., Fra eis H. Craighill, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in i this city, officiated. I'allbearers were Eli S'flvnson and i Zolli Wheless, both of Rock'- Mount; | Moodv Hedgepeth, J E. Ja 'kson, Co- 1 ley Smithfl and John Bell, oil of Ro nnko Rapids. 1 J. H. Lamb Ends! His Life In City | Traveling Sales Manager For Feed Mill Machinery Company Shoots Himself J. H. Lamb, 53, a well known and popular resident of the city and tra-i voling sales manager for a Penn-, eylvania feed mill machinery com-' pany, died instantly in his room from a shot gun charge through the heirt. Nash Coroner M. C. Gulley pro nounced the death "suicide" when he completed his investigation. Police found near the body in Mr. Lamb's room a note written by | Mr. Lamb" and addressed ''To Mv Friends." The contents, which Cor oner Gulley and Police Chief O. P. Hedgepeth did not disclose, were said to explain the reason for liis death and to contain a few simple funeral instructions. Mr. Lamb i s survived by his wife, a young daughter, Harriet; and a brother, D. C. Lamb of Atlanta, Ga. Miss Letu Harrison, Mrs. Lamb's sis- 1 ter, also jived with tho Lambs. Mrs. Lamb and her daughter were 1 not in the house when their Negro housekeeper, Anne Cohen, heard a' heavy fall upstairs and discovered I Mr. Lamb in his room, dead of a shotgun wound. Anne said sho heard no shot but a heavy fall upstairs while she was eating her breakfast in the kitchen. Receiving no answer when she called Mr. Lamb from outside his room, she looked in and discovered the body. Mr. Lamb's death came as a dis tinct shock to a host of friends and business acquaintances. Most of those who knew him could not ima gine any explanation for his action. I HP was well liked, good natured,! and an able business man, they said. { One of Mr. Lamb's friends said, however, that he thought Mr. Lamb had recently been despondent be cause the unusual weather conditions had disturbed his business. A neigh bor said Mr. Lamb had not been feeling entirely well for the past, week. The shotgun charge entered Mr. Lamb's chest and pierced the lower part of tho heart, the coroner's ex-j animations showed. Negro Youths Steal Neat Two Negro youth* Who Came To "Play Piano" Charged With Steal ing Meat Two Negro youths went to Victor ia Harrington's to get some "steam" (whiskey) but remained to steal meat, according to charges against them in police court and their ex planation of their doings. Judge Ben 11. Thomas declared Raymond McKeiver and Bernice Wil liams, the two, not guilty ot' steal ing $5 worth of ham, sausage and steak from Victoria's kitchen. The two seemed to bo guilty, the court expressed its private convic tion, but the evidence did not prove them so. The youths came to her house, Vic toria said, "to play the piano." Ber nice said they came to buy a drink of "steam." While Bernice was ; rambling around the rear of the house, Victoria said, he sneaked the meat out over the back f> nee an.l came back through the house. | David Virgil, a Negro youth, was lucky in another case, escaping sen ; fences for two charges because of j lack of evidence in one charge and ' because of the court's ruling in the other. | Leroy Virgil, hib brother, and Rob ert N>wton, both Negroes, pleade 1 guilty to stealing about $lO worth j of corn from W. M. Daughtridge's | farm east of tho city. David, who was with the two when they tried to | soil tho corn at a local feed mill, j was charged with receiving stolen ( goods but was freed for lack of evi dence. I Charged also with driving a car ! with improper brakes, David was 1 found not guilty because he was merely driving the car from the j feed mill where the three were ar i rested to the police station in cow ' pliance with an officer's directions. J Leroy and Robert Newton receiv ! Ed six months road terms for their activity. FOI'R KILLED Four persons were instantly killed in an airplane wreck near Louis burg Sunday. The dead have been tentatively identified as Mrs. J. W. Carpenter, of Villa Route, W. Va. Arthur Conn, and .Daniel Breen, of Akron, Ohio, and the pilot, Chct Bretz, also of Akron. The causo of the wreck probably will never be definitely known. Tho bodies were badly mangled. NOTICE Those desiring to subscribe to The Rocky Mount Herald may do so by sending $l.OO with name and address to The Rocky Mount Herald. Rocky Mount, N. C. Name Town State Route No $l.OO PER YEAiB Auto Fatalities Reach Mew High Accidental Deaths In The U. & Highest In 26 Years—National Coat Enormous The National Safety Council, at Chicago, Saturday, estimated that accidents cost the nation $3,750,000 in 1936 while running up the high est death rate in 20 years. Fatalities on the highway and in the home mounted to new highs, and pushed the year's accident death to tal to a record figure of 11,000. The previous record was 101,139, in 1934. Motor vehicles accounted for 38,- 500 deaths, an increase of 1,500 ov er the record set in 1935. Fatal ac cidents in the homo totaled 39,000, an increase of 7,500 over the 1935 figure and the first time in eight years that type of fatality exceeded traffic deaths. Tlio accidental death rate for the nation in 1936 was 86.4 per 100,000 of population, the highest "since 1917. o H. B. Cooley Dies As Auto Crashes Nashville, Feb. 9. —Hubert Bernard Cooley, of Nashville, brother of Con gressman Harold D. Cooley of the Fourth District, was killed instant ly late last night when his auto mobile crashed into a bridge abutt ment near the North Carolina-Vir ginia line. i Miss Gloria Davenport of Marsh Plains, N. J., who. officers said, was driving the machine, was injured seriously. She was taken to Maria Parhani Hospital in Henderson, where it was said Tuesday night she was resting well. She had re pained consciousness, hospital at taches said. Mr. CooJf-y, who was 44 and un married, was employed as assistant auditor in the New York PWA of fien and was en route here tf visit ; relatives ;it the time of the wreck. The crash occurred on Smith Creek bridge. 20 miles north of Hender son. Miss Dnvcnimrt wns reported en route to Miami Bench, Fla., to visit her mother, Mr*. Homer Dav : :.-x- a .uiidi'e** I># Mn'nnns. Funeral services for Mr. Cooley will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the residence here of his sister, Mrs, B. J. Downey. He is also survived by another brother, Horace C. Cooley of Raleigh and a second sister. Mr*. Mildred T;. San ders of Sniitlifield. Mr. @ooley formerly lived in Ra leigh, being connected with the San ders Motor Company. Rev. F. H. Craighill of the church of the Good Shepherd here and Rev. S. T. Habel. Baptist pastor, of En field conducted the rites from the home of Mrs. B. J. Downey, Mr. Cooley's sister. Three Cars Are Damased Here That was not an explosion Wetl nesdiy night. That was a three-car accident in which all three cars were standing still. Automobiles belonging tu Norman Gola, Ti.m Braswell and Van Noal were parked in W. V. Guptou's Ser vice station near the Thomas-Main Washington sir et intersection when about 1:30 the air-pressure lift somehow b gan operating and came up under the cars, overturning thein. Neal's car received the worst treatment. The noise of the accident led several persons to telephone police headquarters this morning asking about the "explosion.' It also brought the three car owners out into the midnight breezes to inspect the dam age. It was thought that the wind or some prowler accidently moved the lever which sets the lift into mo tion. ■ - n WOULD CURB COURT I I'ri sident Roosevelt has announced an epoch making plan to curb the ; p wer of the United States Su ' preme Court. He proposes that all J justices seventy years or more of age be retired, and if they decline to retire additional justices be ad ded until a limit of fifteen is reach ed. This would eliminate six of the present nine justices. Retirement rules would also apply to all Fed eral Courts. Much,, difference of p inion has been aroused by the pro posal. JOHNSTON FOREMAN Royall Hudson, of Meadow Town ship, will be foreman of the Grand Jury in Johnston County for the next six months.