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The Rocky Mount Herald « » VOLUME 4, NO. 39 HIGH SCHOOL OFFICERS ARE NAMED ; Students Complete Election Of Of -4 { Seen—Snead Low Chosen Head Cheerleader 'jt Alt offices in the student govern ment of the Bocky Moun, high school have been selected by a recent elec tion and committee chairmen have 4Wen named to carry on the work of the organization for the school yew. Mickie Benne't is the president of the consolidated junior and senior high schools, and Frances Daught ridge, vice-president. i The officers in the senior high are: Snead Low, president; Eddio Byals, vice-president; Bill Leloudis, secretary and Mary Lee Daughtridge, treasurer. The junior high officers are Charles Binehardt, president; Anne Bennett, vice-president; John Daniels, secretary; and Mary Eliza beth Fant, treasurer. The committee chairmen who have i been appointed are John Chambliss, board of finance; Laura Ann Park er, cafeteria; Nell Speight, socil; Beece Thomas, program; Mary Lee Daughtridge, publicity; Bill Leloudis Frances Henry, lost and found; Nelson O'Quinn, fire drill; jtnd Haywood Taylor, house and grounds. . The election committee consists el five members of the senate and in cludes Eveline Looney, Norma Large, Lulu Wyatt Wilkinson, Con stance Sweeney, and Boy Thur mond. . - By receiving the highest number of ' , sotes among twenty contestants ~ Snead Low has been chosen as chief ' cheerleader for the school year. At Briles park one Friday after noon the competing students were • allowed to try out at the game. Monday the voting took place at 1 time the chief and eight as sistants were elected from the long list of entrants. " Fivo boys and three girls receiv ed the vote to aid Snead I/>w. Thoso winning the election were: Carl At kins, William Glover, Bill Lelou dis, Milton Henry, Johnny Harper, Doris Beitv Waller, Phyllis Perrltt, and Elizabeth Speight. Beginning this year the Roeky Mount high school is starting a new program of club work for students who wish to take part in various . activities during school hours buj who do not have the time. The schedule is arranged with se- Ten fifty minute periods beside tho thirty-five minute activity in the morning Principal I. E. Beady hopes to make possible an hour activity period next year. The activities will include various things such as dramatics, public .speaking, needlecraft, archery, handi craft, fencing, or even dancing. THose students who have a regular class in dramatics or journalism go out for some other activity in order to broaden their interests and abili ties. Junior and senior high school pu pils will hold separate meetings since the presence of upP er d® 36 - inun might lessen the initiative of tire juniors. As Mr. Beady said "The idea is to get students to broaden their in terests and to take part in things ---not because they have to but be cause they want to." o Say! Depression Mild Compared To Days Of Reconstruction Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Atkinson of Beulah township were in town Mon day and gave the Herald office a call. Mr. Atkinson was 81 years old last February and Mrs. Atkinson was 79 in August. From their appearance they would easily pass as 15 years younger than they really are. They refcbrated on July 15 their 61st wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson have had 12 children, eight of whom are ivihg. They have 50 grandchildren nd 21 great-grandchildren. Mr. At- I .inson says he wants to live to see he fourth generation. The aged couple characterized the ecent depression as nothing com- I a.vwl to times during the Civil War. Uhey' had land then but little else. Bm. Atkinson, who was Miss Sarah |j&ne Hales before she was mar ried, says she remembers h®r moth er burying a stand of lard in the Ijftrd and planting a rose bush on FheNspot. L spite of their well preserved npWr&Bce, Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson B 11 they had done plenty of hard ■ ii: Mrs. Atkinson said after she Pas li»iied and had several ehil | - en, sho spun and wove the cloth I- it of which she made the clothes I r the family, and knit the socks ft id stockings which they wore. | Living at the ancestral Atkinson ■ imo, a farm that has been culti- I fled for 100 years, they comment- I . on the fact that in all those years I !y one death had occurred at the I lie.—Smithfield Herald. I . o I Preliminary work toward the es- B 'lisliment of a 4-H Service Club B Beaufort County has jus>t been R nploted. Forty-eight older boys Id girls in the Campbell's Creek ■ 1 Creek sections have been P ited to join. DARING IS THE WORD i Ji ■ gg:, y ? % JBk V fi Br n H V* yStk -i PAYMENTS NOT TO feE MADE ; UNTIL 1938 i Proof Of Compliance With '3B Pro gram Could Not Be Given Be fore Spring I. W. Duggan, acting director of the Sou.hern Division, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, said that under provisions of the law setting up the cotton price-adjust ment payment plan, no payments could be made before 1!>38. Dr. Duggan said a large number of letters and telegrams - had been received urging the AAA to make payments available immediately to cotton growers who cooperated with the 1937 program. "Under the act, Congress appro priated $130,000,000 for price-adjust ment payments' on cotton grown in 1937," Mr. Duggan stated. "Pay ments at the rate established by this act msy be made to growers on proof of their compliance with the 1938 agricultural adjustment pro gram, legislation for which will be the first business of the next session of Congress. Proof of compliance with the 1938 program could not ba given, of Course, before late next spring. ''Participation in the 1937 pro gram of the AAA is not required of those applying for price-adjustment payments." Payments will be made to grow ers Qn that part of their 1937 crop not exceeding 65 pes cent of the cot ton production base which was, or could have been, established for each farm under the 1937 AAA pro gram. Growers must support their applications for payments with ori ginal sales receipts or certificates on all their 1937 cotton sold before Ju ly 1, 1938. The rate of payment will be the difference between 12 cents per pound and the average price of 7-8 inch middling cotton on the ten des ignated spot markets on the date of sale, the amount not to exceed 3 cents per pound in any case. Mr. Duggan said that communica tions also had been received asking that payments be made on the full 1937 crop rather than 65 per cent of the grower's cotton base. "Payments were limited to 65 per cent of the base production to bring the total estimated amount of the payments within the fixed ap propriation of $130,000,000," Mr. Duggan said. "However, payments will be made' on additional amount of cotton, above 65 pesr cent of the base, if sufficient funds re main available from the appropria tion following payments on cotton sold up to the 65 per cent limit." Oldest Bunccmlie Woman Is Dead i Mrs. Sarah Penland, 101 years old, died Tuesday at her home near Candler, Buncombe county. She w as one of North Carolina's oldest res idents, and had lived in Buncombe county all her life with excep tion of three years spent in the West. •Miss Penland was born February 2, 1836, near Candler. She was one of 18 children. She was the seventeenth to die, leaving Mrs. Malitha Holcombe, of Candler, a s the only surviving mem ber of the immediato family. Miss Penland served as postmast er at Hominy several decades ago before the post office was moved to Candler. She was a teacher in the old Newton Academy in Ashevillo 70 years ago. J* I ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, I Dsring is the word for Genevieve Jucyna, who lets herself be lifted up in the twisted trunk of a rear ing elephant and twirled like a i drum major's baton. Her stunt is one of many thrilling moments to I be afforded by the Hagenbeck-Wal lace Circus, world's largest trained wild animal show, during afternoon and night exhibitions on Thursday, iOe ober 7, in Rocky Mount. Bringing 700 persons and more than 1,000 animals aboard its spec ial railroad trains, the circus will build its tented city on the large expanse of vacant land known as Duke's Show Grounds, and fronting on North Baleigh S reet. Among the fhany stars of the Hagenteck-Wallace Circus is "Hoot" Gibson, hero of many a "Western" motion picture thriller. He appears (in person and in ac.ion at each per formance, with his congress of ro deo champions. Also prominently programmed is Terrell Jacobs, young "lion king," who twice daily confronts 40 sav age-spirited, jungle-bred feline giants in the circus' huge steel are na. "Poodles" Hanneford, famed rid ing clownJeannette May, Eu rope's champion woman aerialist; Senorita Alicia Villa, daring eques trienne daughter jf the late Pan cho Villa; the Great Wongs, in Oriental acrobatic innovacations, and the Flying LeVards and Vassars are among the many other hippodrome celebrities to be presented. HIGHWAY DEATH TOLL INCREASING Automobiles Killed 101 Persons In North Carolina During The Month Of August To Set A New Record A 1 hough Captain Charles D. Far mer, former head of the State pa trol system has been demoted and now lias jurisdiction over the east ern half of the state only and ano her highwayman, Captain Louis Fishor presides over the western I section with Major Arthur Fulk, generalissimo, sitting back in his . swivel chair at Raleigh directing the . activities of his underlings the death 1 toll from automobiles on the high ' ways in North Carolina during the month of August mounted and a new ; record was set. Probably the pa i trolmen were too busy attending > court trials and providing escorts for dignitaries (two of them led the , state chariot with Governor Hoey , aboard when he came to the Young Democrats meeting at Winston-Sal em the past week) to look after . the traffic on the highways. A reporj issued by the motor ve ! hicle bureau at Raleigh, Tuesday showed that automobiles killed 101 persons in North Carolina last month to set a new record for Au gust and exceed the fatalities total for any other month this year. The deaths- resulted from 646 accidents which injured 776 persons. The total sent to 651) the number killed on highways this year. Only i 601 had been fatally injured in car ■ wrecks through August last year, i Sunday was the deadliest day with 24 fatalities. Between 7 and i 8 o'clock in the evening was the most fatal hour with nine automo i bile deaths. Thirty-nine of the dead wer© pe destrians. Twenty-six persons were ' killed in collisions with other auto mobiles, two with trains, four with . fixed objects and three with biey ' cles. Drunken driving was blamed for four deaths and hit-and-run driving for 12. Two drunken pedestrians, i 11 children playing in the streets, ' and 16 persons walking on the high i ways were killed. 1 Seven fatalities occurred in cit ies and 77 in rural sections. IN WASHINGTON I WHAT IS I TAKING I PLAGE BY (uty fj, UNITED STATES SENATOR The possibility of a special session of Congress prior to January may have something to do with the fact that fewer members are in Washing ton than perhaps at any other time in recent years. Virtually all are in their home areas conferring with constituents. As this is being dictat ed, only one of my Senatorial collea gues and myself are in the large Senate Office Building to see visi tors, handle mail and take care of departmental matters. Seldom has the building been as empty of Senate members, even in the vacation sea son. Seasons are not far to speak. With a special session threatened, mem bers of Congress have found it de sirable to be prepared by (pending as much time as possible in their respective states, securing tho views of farmers, workers and business men on important legislative ques tions. Fortunately, the fact that North Carolina is so near the national capital, ha g made it possible for the state delegation to spend the necessary time in the statfl and still be in Washington wlien netessary. It has also meant that the delegation has alwas's been able to keep a very close touch with the people of the state. As regards to a -specific session, ad vocated by farm leaders and those who seek early action on labor standards, there is little crystaliz ed opinion on the subject. Some predict that it will be called in No vember and others contend that there will be no special session. No one can correctly interpret the views of the White House and only the Presi dent can issue the call -that will bring members of Congress hurrying back to Washington. There seems to be some reason for the belief that the President's trip through the West will have an important bearing on the financial decision. He will be in close touch with the agricultural needs and labor conditions in a large area of the country. Should reports from spokes men for the various elements of the people indicate that things are moving along satisfactorily, it is doubtful whether the Chief Execu tive will call Congress into special session. However, having recently visited the South, should the Presi dent find in the west a need for early action on farm legislation and labor standards, he will undoubted ly issue the session call for arouna November 15. These statements rep resent the general viewpoint of stu dents of Congressional affairs. Of course, a sudden emergency in international affairs might change the whole situation momentarily. While there is a general determina tion on the part of the President and th e Congress to keep a "hands off" policy with regard to the strife in the Far East, no one can fore tell what might happen at anytime which would make the situation most serious. Other factors enter into a spec ial session. Up until the Seventy fourth Congress, beginning in 1935, regular sessions always began early in December, instead of January, which is the case at present. This extra month was of importance when the Congress was faced with a hea vy legislation schedule, with Con gressional elections soon to follow, as is the present situation. This may be taken into account by the Presi dent should other factors tend to give weight to the arguments for a special session. Meantime, regardless of whether desired legislation will be consider ed at a special session or the regu lar session in January, much field work is being done by Congressional Committee members and staff mem bers. This is particularly true with reference to the original situation, end hearings in widely scattered areas have been scheduled. It is recognized, however, that from the present schedule, it is questionable whether these hearings will be com pleted in time for a special session. It is entirely possible that the Sen ate Committee on Agriculture may insist that these hearings be held and the findings drafted before con sideration is given to farm legisla tion, which has been agreed upon as the first order of business when Congress convenes. In addition, unannounced legisla tive proposals which the President has in mind for submission to Con gress, may also have a bearing on the special session decision. But it is unlikely that any unexpected rec ommendations will be mado by Con gress by the President until the regular session, unless some emer gency, not in sight at the moment, should develop. o An increased interest in vetch, crimson clover, and Austrian winter peas is being shown by growers of Gates County. II DAY, OCTOBER 1, 1937 Again Driven From "Good Earth" As in previous Sino-Japanese "unofficial wars," the women and chil dren of old China are the real sufferers. Thousands like those shown here are seeking sanctuary in the international settlements in Peiping and Tientsin as high explosives once more rip the "good earth" whence comes their living. People Already Made Choice The statement of the President of the American Bar Association, that the public might have to choose between the President and the lawyers, appears to have been a rather peculiar statement, and one we cannot * yet under stand. About fifty-eight leading lawyers of the country did give their opinion that certain legislation was uncon stitutional, but when the court passed on it, the court ruled it constitutional. The President did make mention of this fact in his speech and did say that the laymen had as much to do with the Constitution as the lawyers, which is probably true. Of course, this statement may have been of fense to certain of those lawyers who were responsible for this opinion. Discussing this matter with a farmer friend of mine, Mr. Dempsey Pitt, out in No. 12 Township, who is a great reader and well-informed on public questions af ter reading this statement of the President of the Ameri can Bar Association, said he did not know so much about it, but it looked like the people had already made their choice—that they were with the President according to the last presidential election and recent mayor's election in New York City. To this statement we had no reply. P. C. VESTAL PASSING GREAT LOSS Rocky Mount and Edgecombe County have sustained a great loss in the passing of Honorable P. C. Vestal, one of its ablest and most active citizens. He had been a citizen who gave unstintedly and largely of his time and services to the upbuilding of Rocky Mount and his adopted counties. Edgecombe and Nash; serving Rocky Mount twenty-four years as member of the Board of Aldermen and represented Edgecombe County two terms in the Legislature, besides being a memlber of the County Road Board and serving on special missions. He came to Rocky Mount in his early manhood from his native County of Alamance, Snow Camp being his birth place. He was born in 1861, in troublesome war-times. He grew up during the aftermath of war, when schools were closed, and he, like most others of his day, did not spend many days in school. Notwithstanding this lack of early school advantages, he was a highly educated man. He was recognized as being probably the best histor ian in Rocky Mount and surrounding country. He had been a constant reader all his life from early childhood until the day of his passing. He loved history and the science of gov ernment, and believed that governments should be kept close to the people and run by the people. He was out standing in business, having been one of the early promo ters of the Rocky Mount Tobacco market and at the time of his death, was head and manager of the Planter's Tobac co Warehouse for the sale of tobacco, one* of the leading warehouses in Eastern Carolina belt. The vast crowd of people at his funeral, fully half of the number being from the county, gave unmistakable evidence of his services and wide influence rendered to cit izens in all vocations and callings so freely. CHURCHMEN CONVENE IN ROCKY MT More than 200 delegates have ar rived for the week-end to attend the annual state convention of Univer salist churches, Bev. W. H. Skeels, Universalist minister of this city announced. The .convention opened Thursday night at 6:30 at the Universalist church. Chief among the speakers for the convention i 3 Dr. Baymond Adams, of the English department of the University of North Carolina, who will speak at a banquet on Sat urday night. Dr. Adams attended the international conference of Be ligious Liberals last summer at Ox ford, England. Bev. F. P. Wilkins of Bose Hill, president of the state organization presides over the ses sions. Mr. Skeels announced that the convention will be concluded with the banquet at 6:30 o'clock Saturday night at the V. M. C. A. Although peanut harvesting has just begun, prospects look favorable for a high yield of good quality goobers in Edgecombe County this fall. Demonstrations in which TVA tri plo superphosphates is being used are showing good results in Bock- COOLEY TO TALK AT ROTARY MEET Congressman Harold D. Cooley of Nashville will speak at an Inter city Rotary club meeting here Oc tober 8, for which the Bocky Mount Botarians will be hosts, it has been announced by Program Chairman George Earnhart of Tarboro. John A. Park of Baleigh, Botary district governor, is also expected |to be present. The Botary clubs participating in the inter-city meeting will be those of Wilson, Goldsboro, Mount Olive, Tarboro and Bocky Mount, Tarboro's club has indicated that it will at tend the meeting in a body. NOTICE Those desiring to subscribe to The Rocky Mount Herald may do so by sending SI.OO with name and address to The Rocky Mount Herald, Rocky Mount, N. C. Name Town .. State Route No. SI.OO PER YEAA GROUP NAMED FOR AIR MAIL CELEBRATION R, H. Gregory, Jr., Heads Committee To Plan Celebration Of State Event Air Mail Week will be celebrated in Rocky Mount October 11 to 16 as a part of a state wide program, Posftmaster E. Carr Speight and Sec retary Erie H. Austin of the Cham ber of Commerce have announced. A Chamber of Commerce commit tee has been appointed to work on the local celebration of the event, Mr. Austin said. The committee in cludes R. H. Gregory, Jr., chairman M. R. Robins, City Manager, L. B. Aycock, Postmaster Speight, Manager R. E. Lee of the city airport, Av ery Wynne, J. L. Home, Jr., and President F. S. Wilkersor of the Chamber of Commerce. A special cabinet is being prepar ed for use on air mail sent out from Rocky Mount., Postmaster Speight stated. Making North Carolina ait mail conscious and impressing on business mon the great value of air mail service is the purpose of the Air Mail Week, which was designated by Second Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Harlee Branch. Postmaster Paul R. Younts. of Charlotte has been ap pointed chairman of the state Air Mail Week committee. Joining in the event will bo tho North Carolina Association of Post masters, the Eastern Air Lines and the Post Office Department. BIG MIDWAY AT FAIR HERE Tho World's Wonder Shows under the personal direction and manage ment of Mr. Frank West who has made thousands of friends during his many tours of North Carolina and the other soutrern states. After a visit to the Big Midway at our Great Fair the other day we must say that Frank, as li e is gener ally known to all, has brought the biggest and best and also the cleanest midway of fun and frolic ever seen here . The big show arrived on its own special train consisting of twenty all double length railroad cars over the A. C. L. railroad, and immediate ly started to unload the numerous big circus wagons loaded to the top with amusement devices. Soon the big midway of the fair grounds started to assume the shape of a ver itable traveling amusement park, and tented city. Thousands of visitors wandered around, and watched the small army of expert assistants as emble the many big rides and shows. At daylight Monday everything was in readiness to furnish amusement to the pa rons of the Rocky Mount Fair of 1937. On th e big Joy Plaza or Midway can be found all of the latest sen sational riding devices, the Double Loop-O-Plane; the Octopus, which is the latest sensatio nride seen here for the firs time; the racing Cater pillar; the Belgian Dangler, and all the old favorites, including the Fly ing Jenny; the Garden of Kiddie Rides the Gasoline Auto Speedway, and many others. Two of the largest Ferris Wheels .0 be carried give all a High Ride. The Auto Scooter that just rrived for the balance of the fair season, is the very same that played the an nual Toron.o Exposition, which is the largest fair on the North Ameri can continent.. It is without question the lnrges portable ride ever seen on our fair grounds. It has proved a Mecca for young and old all the time. Many new and novel shows are to be seen. Among them are: the Haw aian Village, Miss America, ihe Jaz zer, Dark Harlem, the Circus Side show, the trained monkeys and lions and the Snake Show.. All in all, its a great fair this year. It is hats off to Frank West, who started his carnival in the Old North State, and who, with his present se cretary, George S. Marr.of Mount Olive, spent several months here dur ing the flu epidemic in. 1918, when all the company were on the fair ground during the quarantine. They rendered much personal ser vice to assist the authorities in that hour of need. So when you go out to the fair grounds dont fair to visit the mid way. You will have a good time. It is the best we have ever had, 0 Compliance work under the 1937 Agricultural Conservation program has been completed in Mitehell Co unty.