The Rocky Mount Herald
VOLUME 4, NO. 22
ROTARY HERE
WILL SPONSOR
tfZART CLINIC
Rotary Project Is Beinfc Arranged
By Dr. W. B. Kinlaw And May
Start In Two Weeks
A Rotary club heart clinic, to be
conducted weekly by Dr. W. B. Kin
law at Park View hospital, will be
underway within two weeks, Dr. Kin
law expressed his opinion today.
The local Rotary club has under
taken to sponsor the clinic, which
will be conducted Tuesday after
_ noons to diagnose and outline treat-
raent of all types of heart troubles
for patients who can not afford the
diagnosis.
Local residents may attend the
clinic any Tuesday al'lernoon and,
in accordance with the desire of Dr.
Kinlaw and the Rotary club to
broaden its scope as much as possi
ble, Nash and Edgecombe county
patients may visit the clinic two
Tuesdays a month.
All patients referred to Dr. Kin
law by their family physicians or by
the local health department will be
given free diagnoises will include
x-ray examinations and electro-car
diographic studies, too e x P enß^ve ' or
many victims of heart trouble.
The Rotary club will sponsor tho
clinic because of a need resulting
from the difficulty of diagnosing
cases and the scarcity of the
expensive technical equipment re
quired.
* The project will be conducted
similarly to a tuberculosis clinic
conducted since 1930 at the Rocky
Mount Sanitorium and Park View
hospital by the Kiwanis club, and
to an orthopedic clinic conducted by
the Tarboro Rotary club.
'GRADUATION
EXERCISES ARE
PLANNED HERE
Rev. S. T. Habel, Jr., Of Enfield To
Deliver Commencement Sermon
Sunday
Eighty-nine members of the first
twelfth grade senior class of tho
Rocky Mount high school will hear,
• the annual commencement sermon I
at the high school auditorium at 5
P. M. Sunday.
Rov. S. T. Habel, Jr., pastor of
the First Baptist church of Enfield,
will deliver the baccalaureate.
Class night will be held at 8:15
o'clock Thursday, June 3, at the
high school. Also that evening there
will be presented the aunual indus
trial arts exhibit.
Commencement exercises will be
held at eight o'clock on the night
of June 4. .
R. M. Wilson, superintendent of
the city schools, will preside over
the commencement sermon program.
After the prelude and processional,
which will be played by the high
school band under the direction of
H. Vernon Hooker, Dr. R. Dwight
Ware, • pastor of the First Methodist
church, will offer the invocation.
The high school glee club led by
Harold Parry, vill sing tw o selec
tions which will be followed with a
Scripture reading by Rev. A. E.
' Simerly, pastor of the First Chris
tian church. A prayer will be of
fered by Rev. J. F. Gaddy, pas
tor of the North Rocky Mount Bap
tist church. After the senior class
gives "The Recessional," Rev. Ha
bel will deliver the commencement
sermon. Rev. F. H. Craighill of the
, Church of the Good Shepherd will
ask the benediction.
BANKERS NAME
NEW OFFICERS
Leslie F. Hinson Is President Of
Local Bankers* Chapter
New officers for the year were
elected by the Rocky Mount chap-]
ter of the American Institute of
Banking in a meeting Monday at
Bob Melton's place.
Leslie P. Hinson was elected pres
ident; H. D. Corbel t, vice president
John Jernigan, secretary; and Miss
Louise Leggett, treasurer.
W. M. Speares and W y L. Price
were named to the board of gov
ernor's to Bucc66d Cftrr &nd
E. M. Spruill. Members of the
board of governors whose terms did
not expire are J. A. Began, J.
Ay Miss Emily Chambliss and
2\ Oumming9.
% .*• rmer officers of the chapter were
B. Graham Dozier, president; H. 1).
Corbett vice president; Miss Pearl
Bulluck, secretary; and W. M.
Daughtridge, Jr., treasurer.
Mr. Beagan delivered a short talk
on tha work of the organization and
presented a standard certificate to
W. M. Daugtridge, Jr., pre-stand
ard certificates to Edward Spruill,
B. Graham Dozier and Bobert Carr.
Graham Dozier, retiring president
presented gifts to past instructor#
of A. L B. courses: Norman Gold,
W. W. Shaw and W. W. Meares.
Short talks were made by M. F.
Jones, P. P. Spruill, J. A. Beagan,
W. W. Shaw, W. W. Meares and Nor
man Gold.
Increased interest in beekeeping ia
being shown in Transylvania County
this year. Transferring from box
hives to modern hives and the pur
chase of queens constitute the prin
cipal improvements.
IN WASHINGTON
• R • {Lpy|ty.*
UNITED STATEI*SEMOR
One of the most hopeful signs for
the future in evidence in Washing
ton today is a tremendous interest
in activities, government and pri
vate, that are designed to reach tho
youth of our country. Perhaps never
before has there been such an in
tensive effort to formulate whole
some programs for reaching our citi
zens of tomorrow. And no Federal
expenditures are producing finer re
sults.
As this weekly article ia being
written, there is gathered in Wash-1
ington some ten thousand boys and
girls from twenty states ancl the
National Capital. They represent a
voluntary organization of youngsters,
banded together with the very fine
purpose of protecting t'he life and
limb of their schoolmates. I am
happy that North Carolina is well
represented in this demonstration
here and it is most refreshing 'o
see the shining faces of these happy
boys and girls as they go about the
National Capital, receiving the in
spiration offered by our great insti
tutions.
Next month will see thirty thous
and boy scouts gathered here for a
National Jamboree. A tented city u
being built along the banks of the
Potomac and rfith many nations of
the world engaged in diplomatic in
trigues that may loose the "gods of
war", it is inspiring to see the "peace
time cantoment" being built for the
Boy Scouts. It is a challenge to our
national leaders to maintain peace
on the American continent.
Another indication of the organiza
tion for the preparation for continu
ing the activities of the Civilian Con
servation Corps. It is now evident
that the Congress will provide thy
necossary funds for maintaining, at
least.-for the present, the work of
the CCC camps. Certainly if our
nation can afford to maintain mili
tary camps in time of war, we can
afford to maintain camps in time of
peace, where young men, unable to
find employment on the farm or in
factory, can live in the outdoors,
maintain their health, and receive
training and discipline so necessary
to our youth.
All these things indicate that wo
need not fear for tomorrow. Our
younger generation is being well
trained in the responsibilities of
citizenship. Our youngsters are get
ting a deeper insight into the funda
mental purposes of government. They
have a fine respect for the roots of
our national institutions. And we
van rest assured that despite many
I uncertainties existing today, w e are
preparing to leave our affairs of the
fu'.ure in capable hands.
Another favorable indication is
the fact that our great educators, in
our colleges, our universities and our
high schools are more and more turn
ing toward putting education on a
practical basis. In other words,
traiuing student for the practical
art of earning a livelihood. More
and more there ig growing belief
that our young men and women
must be trained for the field in
which thev are to engage. If a man
is to be a mechanic, there is little
ueed for him studying things that
will have no practical application in
this field. To put it another way,
vocational education is gaining
ground and no better evidence of
.his is found than the large Federal
grants to aid our educational insti
tutions in giving vocational training
in agriculture and industry.
The opportuni.y today for our
boys and girls to receive an educa
tions is greater than ever before.
The young nia;i or woman who has
selected his or her goal in life and
is desirous of training for the hard
road that leads t6 that goal, will
find resources available to give him
help. Even the Federal Government
is today giving such aid.
As another, school year comeg to .1
close, I know of no finer subject to
mention than that regarding which I
have written, with the hope that it
will leave a wrrd of encouragement
with our citizens of tomorrow, on
the farm, and in the smaller com
munities to which America must look
for leadership in the days to com.>.
o
LAND AT POLE
A taring party of Russian flyers
landed at the North Pole on May
21, making the first air landing on
top of the world. They are planning
to establish a base and make sur
veys and chart air and weather con
' ditions.
, MICKEY IS HURT
, The condition of Mickey Coch
rane, Detroit Tiger's Catche-mana
ger was declared as serious today.
He was struck by a pitched ball in
a game with the New York Yan
kees Tuesday. Hia skull was frac
tured.
i o
r As a result of the Agricultural
c Conservation program, Union County
• has more acres of cover crops t*
- turn under this spring than evei
before.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLIN
PROGRAM FOR
FINALS AT
GREENVILLE
Greenville, May 25.—Commence
ment exercises at East Carolina
Teachers College will open with
the music recital, on Friday night,
June 4, and last through the we-'K
end, closing with the presentation
of diplomas and conferring of de
grees in Monday morning, June 7.
Dr. W. A. Lambeih, of Winston-
Salem, will preach the commence
ment sermon, on Sunday morning at
11:00.
The address to the graduates, on
Monday morning will be given by
Dr. W. Greene, Professor of Eng
lish and Dean of Undergraduate In
struction at Duke University.
In th e music recital, Friday night,
the piano department will present
its students; both girls' and boys'
glee clubs will take part in the pro
grain.
The twenty-fifth anniversary o
the Alumnae Association of the Col
lege, to be celebrated this year, is
expected to draw an even greater
number of graduates than usual. All
presidents of the Association and
class presidents have been invited
to be guests of the College.
The Alumnae luncheon at 1:00
Saturday will be preceeded by a
business meeting at 10:30. At that
time President L. R. Meadows will
deliver his message to the alumnae.
Mrs. O. K. Joyner of Woodland
who as Christine Vick was a campus
leader when in College, is president
of the alumnae.
To provide room for all the ex
pected guests, Freshmen and Soph
omores will be permitted to go homo
immediately after the close of ex
aminations. This is an innovation,
as all classes customarily have a
part in the commencement program.
The traditional daisy-chain exercis
es by the Senior-Normal Class will
be held in the late afternoon Satur
day. The College orchestra will
furnish the music for this, as well
as for the other occasions of the
week-end.
Saturday evening there will be a
lawn party on the campus in hon
or of the graduating classes and the
visiting alumnae.
Because of the nature of the final
Y. W. C. A. vespers, the service
will be held on the Sunday night
before commencement instead of
the last Sunday of the year. "The
Building of the House of Comrad
ship" is a symbolic service in which
appear girls who have been chosen
by the student body as typical of
the qualities that contribute to coin
radship. Who these girls ar e will
not be known until they appear on
.hat night.
On Sunday evening the Junior
Class will be hostess to the Seniors
and faculty at a quiet dinner in the
College dining hall.
In the graduating classes there
will be approximately one hundred
awarded degrees, and fifty given di
plomas for completion of the two
year course. This is the last year
these diplomas will be given, as the
two-year course is now a thing of
, the past.
; A party in honor of th e "D's", or
Senior-Normal graduates, the twenty
seventh such class to be graduated
from East Carolina Teachers College,
was one of the many social features
of the last month. The class was en
tertained in the heme of President
and Mrs. L. R. Meadows, by the five
"charter members of the faculty, one
of the five being President Mead
ows himself.
A number of short study trips
marked the close of the term. Tho
English Club went to New Bern to
visit historic spots there. The Sci
ence Club spent a day in Roanoke
Rapids and Rosemary visiting indus
trial plants. The Home Economics
Club visited Williamsburg to study
that City's colonial homes and fur
nishings.
PLAN FALLS
ROAD BRIDGE
Construction Will Begin Within 10
Days, Stat« Highway Engineers
Said
Construction will start within 10
days on a new highway bridge
across Tar river on Palls Road at
the noithern city limits, state high
way engineers told City Manager L.
B. Aycock.
The engineers were here Wednes
day making preliminary arrange
ments for building the bridge,
which the state highway and public
works department will construct.
The new 36 foot wide structure
will eliminate the traffic hazard caus
ed by the narrowness of the pres
ent bridge at that pdnt. The new
bridge will be concrete and similar
to the bridge across the Tar on the
Battleboro highway just north of the
city.
Construction will require at least
90 days. City Manager Aycock es
timated.
Falls Road will be widened, he
said, for about 200 feet this side
of the bridge and the approach to
the bridge on the other side will
be widened also.
ROCKEFELLER IS DEAD
John D. Rockefeller, grand old
man of the business world, and one
of the greatest philanthropists ever
to live, passed away last Sunday in
Florida. The aged financier was 97
years oid. Funeral services were
held Wednesday in New York, with
burial in Cleveland, O. Thursday.
FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1937
"Pepper" Now Boxing Manager
*••4 Nan mill minima
"Pepper" Martin, who has given sport fans their fill of sport thrills
with his baseball campaigning and his midget auto racing, Is now hav
ing a fling as boxing manager. He is shown above with his heavyweight
boxer. Junior Munteil, who is signed for a ten-round bout In St. Louis.
Mayor Robinson s Address
Mayor J. Q. Robinson, on last Friday night in outlin
ing the objectives of his administration, took advantage
of the use of the radio and presented to the people of
Rocky Mount and his constituents who elected him to his
present office, as well as to the Board of Aldermen, what
he is seeking to r accomplish and do. In this procedure, he,
of course, is npt the first one to adopt this method, for
in dtfing so, he i had the high example of President Roose
velt who has followed this practice, of talking directly
to the people tlemselves and taking them into his confi
dence as well a£ the Congress.
His address was constructive and his recommendations
largely for the (benefit of the people as a whole- He urg
ed an enlargement of the power plant so that the power
needs for the cqhtinued growth of the City might be serv
ed.
From what we are able to learn, the present plant has
about reached trie peak of its load. The Mayor asks that
the employees Gjf the City receive a 10 per cent raise as of
a year ago, however this will not apply to those who have
already receiveg raises; and that the eight-hour law go
into effect as mr as is practical, especially in the Police
Deprtment among the older men whose duties require
constant attention. He set forth that all of these recom
mendations would be dependent upon a sound financial pol
icy of the City and a balanced budget.
Parks and Playgrounds
The Mayor further advised that the City immediately
purchase additional land for parks and playgrounds in dif
ferent parts of the city while the land is vacant and can
be acquired at a reasonable cost. He particularly mention
ed acquiring the vacant lot, opposite the Lutheran church
and within three blocks of the Post Office, which at one
time was built up, but has now fallen into decay. He sug
gested that Rocky Mount have playgrounds direction and
supervision. The City has had phenomenal growth and we
have developed along all lines, with the exception of pro
viding practically no parks and playgrounds, compelling
the children to use private property for this purpose. With
the growth of Rocky Mount, this land is being taken up
and it is imperative that a move be made in the direction
of the timely recommendations of the Mayor. The City
can well afford to acquire this land, for it has spent large
amounts of its own funds on the airport, on the stadium,
on the building of a City Administration Building; all of
which may be worthy, but certainly not anywhere 011 the
par of importance of acquiring more parks and playgrounds
for the development of our children.
It has been suggested to increase employees salaries 10
per cent where they have not previously been raised, to
replace the cuts during the depression, which would re
quire in the neighborhood of $15,000, indeed a goodly
sum. However we have just had an instance around
where SIO,OOO was given to only one man for a supposed
service that virtually everyone knew could be of no advan
tage to the City. We are not familiar with the pay of the
average departments and of course are not in any way
situated to know anything about the matter in detail, but
we are in favor of the general policy of restoring to the
City employees the cuts which they were forced to take on
account of the depression, especially where the job is a
necessary service to the City and the work continues the
sajme. Associate Justice Clarkson, in making an address
in which he referred to the failure of the Hoover admin
istration, stated that the trouble of the country was that
the butter had been passed out in hunks and what Ameri
ca needed was that the butter be spread out. We are still
of the opinion that it would have been better to take the
amount handed out to the expert and spread it out among
the employees.
Power
We are informed that within a short while the City will
need more power with the rounding out of our national
economic recovery and there are only two ways of getting
this additional power; that is, to enlarge the plants or
purchase from the great power companies that are operat
ing in this section.
Our people decided this question years ago when there
was a movement on foot in Rocky Mount to sell the Elec
tric Light plant to the Virginia Electric and Power
Company. It even went so far that the Virginia Electric
and Power Company established its office in the City in
anticipation of the purchase of the plant, but on account
of the violent opposition to the sale of the plant, this com
-1 pany moved its office and the public feels that this ques
| tion is settled. If Rocky Mount needs more power they
want the City to enlarge its plant whenever it is absolutely
necessary. Rocky Mount has been a leader in the ownership
. of public utilities. High Point, a city twice as large as
, Rocky Mount, has been served by power companies but is
• now seeking to build its own plant and is being held up bj
; court injunction. There is absolutely no sentiment in Rockj
I Mount for the sale of its plant, nor to tie in with the pow
I er companies. The people want the City to furnish its owi
power.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
DIES AT AGE OF 97 YEARS
SOCIAL SEC.
OFFICE TO
OPEN HERE
District Office Will Open July 1 In
New City Hall, Stacey Wade
Announces
Rocky Mount definitely will get
its much talked of Social Security
district office, State Director Stacey
W. Wade of the Social Security or
ganization assured City Manager L.
B. Aycock during a visit here.
The Social Security offices will be
opened July 1 in the new city hall
building, Mr. Aycock said. Though
no other offices in the new city hall
will be ready for occupants at that
date, I. Woodall Rose of D. J. Rose,
and Sons, the contractors, have
assured Director Wade that the So
cial Security offices on the third
floor will be avilable when the
district office staff is ready to move
in.
Who will be manager of tae dis
trict Social Security office is not
known, Mr. Aycock said after con
ference with Mr. Wade. All the of
fice officials will be chosen from
Civil Service lists and are expected
to be taken from persons now en
rolled in a Social Security instruc
tion school conducted by the feder
al government at Washington.
Th e diserict office will adminis
trate the Social Security Act in the
territory surrounding Rocky Mount,
and will be similar to district of
fices now operated at Wilmington,
_Wilston-Salem, Durham and Char
lotte.
Social Security officials had been
considering the establishment of a
district office here since December.
Suggestions were made that space
be provided for the office in the
postoffice here, and at one time it
was thought the office would be lo
cated in the Planters Bank Build
ing.
COMMUNITY
CENTER FOR
NEGROES TO
BESOUGHT
City Is Asked To Provide $15,000
Toward Negro Recreational
Building
Proposals for a Negro recreational
center here will probably be pre
sented to the board of aldermen at
their next meeting, it was learned
from city officials.
Plans for the approximately $24,-
000 Negro gymnasium and commun
ity center building were laid be
fore city officials Monday afternoon
by a delegation of leading Negro
citizens, including Dr. G. W. Bul
luck and Dr. L. P. Armstrong.
George P. Backus of Raleigh,
state director of Negro recreational
work, presented the proposals to
city officials in City Manager L.
B. Aycock's office. Mrs. Fairy P.
Bandy, supervisor of the WPA rec
reational office here, and F. S. Lane
of here, district supervisor of WPA
contracts, were also present.
Of the cost, $9,000 would be given
from WPA funds and the petition
ers Monday were seeking a sponsor
for the remaining amount of ap
proximately $15,000. Wlhether the
city will furnish that amount or part
of it was regarded by observers at
the conference as highly important
to the securing of the recreational
center.
The plans presented visualized a
75 by 130 foot building, brick ven
ered. housing a gymnasium, game
rooms for basketball and other
sports. It would be convertible also
into a Negro community center.
Georgia Warehouse
Fee Law Is Valid
Washington, May 24.—The Su
preme court held constitutional to
day a 1935 Georgia law fixing the
maximum fees to be charged by
warehouses for handling tobacco.
Chief Justice Hughes delivered the
opinion that affirmed a ruling by a
three-judge federal district court iu
Georgia upholding the legislation.
The law was challenged by a
group of warehousemen including
the Cook county warehouse. They
contended the business was in inter
state commerce and that the statu
could not regulate it'. The stato
replied that the business was "af
fected with a public interest" and
subject to its control.
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SI.OO PER YEA#
Founder Of World's Greatest "Dol
lar Dynasty" Dies At Age Of
Ninety-Seven
EARNED AND SPENT MUCH
Ormond Beach, Fla., May 24.
John D. Rockefeller, Sr., the foun
der of the world's greatest "dollar
dynasty," lay stilled in death to
day—just 26 months short of his
cherished desire to live to be 100.
He would have been 98 years old
July 8.
Th 0 aged capitalist died Sunday
morning at 4:05 o'clock, E. 8. T.,
at his winter home, "The Casements,"
drifting peacefully off to his final
sleep after complaining that he felt
"very tired."
His physician, Dr. Harry L. Mer
ryday, attributed death to Schlero-
I tic Myocarditis, a hardening of the
heart muscles.
The Nonagenarian Croesus, who
rose from $4.50 a week clerk to
mastership of a fortune estimated
as high as $2,400,000,000, died a com
paratively "poor man."
A family spokesman said he loft a
"relatively small, very liquid'' es
tate.
Long ago, since his retirement
from active business at the age of
57, he had turned the bulk of hia
fabulous riches over to his only!
son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., or
spread-eagled it in philanthropic en
dowments to the far ends of the
earth.
Vast Sums Given Away
In his life-time, out of the gol
den torient that gained him the sou
briquet of the greatest "money ti
tan" in all history, he had given
away the amazing sum of $530,830,-
000.
Other gifts by his son raised the
total to more than $700,000,000.
A special train was ready today
to take the elder Rockefeller's body
to his home in Pocantico Hills, N.
V., where a simple private funeral
will be held Wednesday. Burial
will follow on Thursday in Cleve
land, where in 1855 he trudged the
streets for six weeks before he land
ed his first job as a bookkeeper's as
sistant.
. Death came suddenly and unex
pectedly to the aged one-time mas
ter of millions. No immediate mem
bers of his family were present'.
Despite his age, he had been in
comparatively good health all winter,
lie had outlived more than 20 phy
sicians who attended him, down the
years, and he was pronounced a
"ffiiie physicial specimen" for his
age when examined last June at his
Lakewood, N. J., estate by Dr. Eu
gene Ilerbener.
The ravages of a nearly a century
—the first half passed in tumultous
conflict in amassing his colossal for
tune from ail, mines, coal, rail
roads and a myriad other fields
had forced him to curtain his acti
vities. He had forsaken his golf, his
church-going, and his whimsical
practice of giving away shiny new
dimes.
CITY BONDS
BRING GOOD
FIGURES HERE
Issue Of $30,000 Gymnasium Bond*
Brings Three And Half Per
Cent And Premium
Rocky Mount's $30,000 gymnasium
bonds were sold yesterday, ihe lo
cal government commission at Ra
leigh announced Tuesday, to Weil,
Roth and Irving Company and the
Providence Savings Bank and Trust
Company of Cincinnati.
The bond issue went for three and
a half per cent interest and brought
a $7& premium.
"This is one of the best interest
rates we have ever received," City
Manager L. B. Aycoek commented.
The local government commission
also authorized issuance of the $250,-
000 Edgecombe county school bonds
which will provide $91,000 for school
construction here and will finance
school buildings throughout the co
unty.
It authorized, too, issuance of
SIO,OOO water and sewer bonds for
the town of Whitakers.
CUT OFF •
Public Schools have had their
power and light service discontin
ued in Wilson on account of an
unpaid bill. The lack of payment is
the result of the failure of the
State School Commission to agree
on the payment of current bills for
the gymnasium and the school cafe
teria.
Betty Jo Purcell of Pineville and
Jay Rucker of Newell have been se
lected as 4-H Health champions of
Mecklenburg County.