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The Rocky Mo VOLUME 4, NO. 47 ; CITY PASTORS WILL REMAIN Rocky Mount Congregation To Have Same Ministers During Next Conference Year Rocky Mount's three Methodist preachers will all return to their congregations here, it was revealed in the reading of appointments for the next conference year at the Methodist conference in Raleigh Saturday night. Appointments hero were: First Methodist church, Rev. R. Dwight Ware; Rev. C. W. Goldston, Clark Street Methodist church; Marvin, Rev. N. W. Grant; St. Paul's, C. W. Parker, supply. Rev. J. Jl. Culbreth was reappoint ed presiding elder of the Rocky Mount district. Rev. Mr. Goldston, who was or- L, daincd as an elder at tho conferenca, was named district missionary secre tary. I > J. W. Frank was appointed mis sionary to Japan and Claud D. Nel son was named secretary to fellow ship of reconciliation. Appointments of other preachers in the Rocky Mount district were: Battleboro, A. C. Thompson; Beth el, W. L. Cleggj Conway, L. V. Har ris; Elm City, N. C. Yearby; En field.-Whitakers, L. T. Singleton; \ Farmvillo, D. A. Clarke; Garysburg, •It. B. Pattisliall; Halifax, Wade Johnson; Kenly, F. F. Newton; Lit tleton, W. T. Phipps; McKendrce, G. S. Eubank; Nashville, W. C. Wil son; Norlina, E. D. Dodd; North ampton, L T. Poole; Roanoke Rap ids, E. B. Fisher; Rich Square, E. C. Crawford; Robersonville, R. N. Fits; Rosemary, C. T. Rogers; San dy Cross, C. T. Peacock, supply; Scotland Neck, D. L. Fouts; Seaboard W. C. Farrar; Spring Hope, L. A. Tilley; Stantonsburg, P. D. Wood i all; Tarboro, H. C. Ruark; Wal stronburg, Daniel Boone, supply; Warren, E. R. Shuller; Warrenton, ! J. O. Long; Weldon, B. P. Robinson and Wilson, A. J. Hobbs. Thomasville Mill Official Guilty IC. L Arman, Former Superintend ent Cfihvfcted Of Commercial Bri bery On 48 Counts In Thomasville municipal court ithe past week, C. L. Arman, former general superintendent of the finish ing rooms of the Thomasville Chair Co., was convicted on 48 out of 52 counts of commercial bribery. He wa« fined $5,000 and ordered to Btay out of the state five years unless summoned by a court. No tice of appeal was given and the ap peal bond was set at $5,000. Soon after coming to the plant, uPresident Finch, of the company, iestified, Arman contacted the fore men and made arrangements to split commissions which certain companies used to induce factories to use their products. Three finishing room foremen of the chair company testified on the stand that Arman had paid sums uranging from $l5O to $l6O a month ►to each of them from tho middle of 1936 to July 1, 1937. They said they had understanding "the company wa« to know nothing about it." Thoy said in testimony it was the practice of tho supplying varnish ,oompany to pay 10 per cent of the H total sales to tho general superin- X tendent and that he in turn should divide with throe finishing room They said in their testimony Ar man had received over $12,000 in the w year's time from one concern, but had failed to give them their pro- J portionate share. $1 They said a varnish company in J Louisville, Ky., had been supplying t tho chair company, had been paying 7 percent of sales. They testified 5 tho varnish orders wero shifted to i a local concern when it offered 10 .J per cent. T. Austin Finch, president of Chair Company which the charge, said ho had hir- IjMed Arman at a furniture show in in 1936. CM Finch said he told Arman at the *itime "graft was undermining the furniture business in the South," that he wanted Arman to watch careful- Jly in the plant for signs of it. 4fS Officials of the Thomasville plant jflhaid it was not their intention to Jnunish anyone unmercifully but that *®raft was a practice that they and jftiost manufacturers in the south anted stamped out. Arman wag employed by the com ♦Jpany from May, 1936, to July, 1937. It Looked Like Bread j tt looked like bread and I sighed 4 for it— l With petulance I cried for it. f [ said with avid and aching lust, I 4 teeth shall crunch its golden ' ' crust, ? rt* goodly savor I shall taste!" J [ snatched it up with hungry haste. t \h, my teeth are shattered, my ton -4 gue is torn, • ' With bitter blood my lips are wet. I tfow I have eaten a surfeit of stone; J or a wheaten loaf I hunger yet— eeeived, in shamo I bow my head— '■ was a stone—but it looked like bread. In The Harp INWOJNGTON fj, (KfUwv UNITED STATES SENATOR Editor's note —Senator Reynolds' column for this week was written at Johns Hopkin'd Hospital, Baltimore, where the Senator is undergoing treatment to find the cause of trou ble affecting his hearing. The legislative snarls of the first week of the special session of Con gress indicate that members of both Houses have benefitted from their own surveys of conditions "back home" and are determined to see •that new legislation is in accord with national needs. • This is reflected in the growing pressuro for tax relief for business, particularly small businesses that find it difficult to compote with monopolies; in the desire to draft a farm program that is workable and not just designed to satisfy the de mand that something be done, and in the effort to avoid new govern ment boards and commissions. Aside from farm legislation, thj tax situation is ono of the most im portant problems confronting Con gress. It is an open secret that the Congressional Committees are daily finding evidence that taxes are de finitely retarding full business and industrial recovery and are determ ined to bring in a bill for tax re vision that will be more equitable than tho existing law. If the pres sure for action continues, it may eoiftfc at the special session, al though the program calls for tax leg islation at the regular session. As soon as the farm bill is re ported, probably by the time this column is printed, every effort to speed it. along will be made in both Houses. It now seems certain that the members of Congress have a better picture of farm needs and are hopeful that they can be met througu a well-planned law that will stand the test of time. What will be done about the wage and hour bill is problematic. The ,c behind the scenes" activities in the House, where the measure is a live issue, indicate that the bill finally reported will be more favorable to the South and free from too dras tic Federal control. Some believe that the law should set standards for wages and hours, leaving it to tho Justice Department to enforce, rather than to set-up elaborate and separate enforcement machinery. Another important legislative pro gram is the Federal reorganization bill. It may prove to be one of the real controversial measures to be handled during the special session. At the moment it seems certain that the Congress will retain full control of independent offices and commis sions now responsible to the legisla tive branch of tho government. How ever, much groundwork must be done before any reorganization bill is fin ally acted upon. To again mention form legislation, there is much hope that early en actment of a program for agricul ture will have a beneficial effect on business and industry, certainly from the standpoint of stimulating buying. It is highly important that business and industry havo a better idea of available markets and tha' those who comprise the markets be botter able to buy. Thus the far mer must havo an idea of what ho will get for his products, with some assurance that they can be sold, before he can maintain his status in what business and industry terms as "markets." To put it another way, the Con gress seoms definitely of the mind that the farmer is entitled to a bet ter share of the "larger life" as wo term our economic progress, and that the prosperity of agriculture is an essential base for improved con ditions in all spheres of our econo mic life. MonumentToAdam And now a monument has been erected to Father Adam in South Carolina. A decade ago Robert QuUlen, newspaper paragrapher, erected a monument to Mother Eve at Fountain Inn. So, after these long years, Julius Walker, Columbia real estate man, decided to do something for Adam. He erected, at his country place near Columbia, a shaft to Adam's memory. Tho monument is in the form of a white column, and at the base ig the word. "Adam." Atop thf» column is a concrete ap ple, from which two bites havo been taken. Also, iu plain view at the top of the shaft, is a concrete serpent. At the unveiling of the memorial, 45 guests attended aud joined in singing "Yield Not to Temptation." ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1937 PROFESSORS PROBE DARE STONE FIND Emory Faculty Members Deciphering Inscription Found On Marker Atlanta, Nov. 23. —Members of Emory University faculty "are en gaged in deciphering" the inscription on a stone marker "supposedly re lating" to the family of Virginia Dare, first English child born iu America. The University, however, spiked re ports that the actual grave of Vir ginia Dare had been found. "The report that any member Of the Emory University faculty has founct the grave of Virginia Dare is false," said a formal statement, is sued by the University. "Members of the Emory faculty are engaged in deciphering the in scription, but until certain question® have been cleared up it would ob viously be unwise for their transla tion to bo made public," the state ment continued. The stone was reported to have been found in North Carolina. The University said it had "already been gone over with an indelible pencil, a steel brush and a nail in efforts to make the inscription legible. This adds to the difficulty of making an immediate denial or affirmation of the authenticity of the inscrip tion. The statement followed published reports quoting Dr. Haywood J. Pearce of Emory's faculty as saying Virginia Dare's grave-marker had been found and that it bore an in scription apparently carrying a mes sage to Governor John Whito tell ing him of tho destination of the I lost English colony which settled Roanoke Island. Emory spokesmen said the school was interested in making a survey of the region from which the colony disappeared more than 300 years ago. Duke of Windsor Gets Settlement London, Nov. 22. —Lord Chief Justice Hewart, announcing a large cash settlement of tho Duke of Windsor's libel suit over the book "Coronation Commentary," suggest ed today that the Duke would be justified in horse-whipping the au thor. The out-of-court settlement, which Windsor will turn over to charity, was announced after the Duke's at torney, Sir William Jowitt, explain ed that the book repeated gossip that Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson was Edward's mistress before she be came his Duchess. "No suggestion could be more damaging to the lady who is now the Duchess of Windsor," said Sir William. "It is entirely untrue and could not be supported by a shred of evidence and the plaintiffs do not justify it." The Daily Mail said it understood that the damages awarded the Duke were "in the neighborhood of 10,- 000 sterling" (about $50,000). The Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench spoke in a low, scorn ful voice in delivering his judgment to th© jury. He denounced Geoffrey Dennis, author of the sensational book, for having . written a "foul cruel libel which appoars almost to invite a. thoroughly efficacious horsewhip." Despite the cash settlement, tho Chief Justice indicated that crimi nal action might bo ordered against Dennis. ( In addition to Denies, the libel action was brought against William Heinomann, Ltd., publishers of the book, by the Duke's solicitor, A. G. 1 Allen. The Duke was incensed by the veiled references to the Duchess and to phrases describing him as a "muddling, fuddling and meddling'' King. Lord Chief Justice Hewart con sented to withdrawal of the record after agreement on a full apology, damages and court costs. "Publication of the libel may be regarded as a crime," said Lord He wart, "because it was calculated to cause a broach of peace." Wake Farmer Finds Brood Mare Pays E. E. Olive, Apex, Rt. No. 2, re cently reported to County Agent, Jno. C. Anderson, that a good Brood Mare had proven to be one of the most profitable animals ho has had on the farm during the past several years. Mr. Olive purchased thig young mare about 6 years ago for SIOO.OO. He raised 3 colts. 2 of the colts were sold for $400.00 or an average of $200.00 each. The mare was later sold to another farm in his com munity for $250.00, and Mr. Olive still has the 3rd colt that was ex hibited at the recent N. C. State Fair. "A number of other farmers in Mr. Olive's section o fWake Cou-n ty (Olive Chapel Community) arc raising draft horses and are not on ly finding them satisfactory work animals, but very profi able," says Mr. Anderson. Haven for Uncalled-For Bikes Hundreds of bicycles that have been picked up by the Detroit police after being lost or stolen find their way among the articles being auctioned off semi-annually, police wonder why these bikes are never called for by their owners. Chest&r Klukowski, eleven, is shown undecided as to which one he will choose to bid on at the auction at the police warehouse. Senator Bailey Proposes Tax Relief For Corporations, Sales Tax For The People Senator Bailey who has presumed to be the spokesman of preditory wealth since his first entrance in the United States Senate in his desire and efforts to protect super business, comes forward with the most cold blooded pro position that has been presented in the United States Con gress from the beginning of time. He begs Congress to repeal the taxes on undistributed excess profit taxes and ask that these Corporations be relieved o£ taxes on money which they refuse to distribute to the stockholders, keeping it in the treasury of the cor poration for the purpose o fmaintaining their own salaries and for other purposes which Mr. Roosevelt thought was not good for the country, and suggests that in the place of these taxes that a sales tax, a consumer tax be placel on the backs of the laborer, the farmer and the poor house wife of this country; weeping crocodile tears over the excess profit tax and turning his back on the farmer, the laborer, and the housewives and children, the consuming public. Caa in good conscience say that Senator Bailey represents the sentiments of North Carolina even in the first degree? DARE COUNTY CLAIMS, LOCATE VIRGINIA DARE GRAVE Dare County has had a very prosperous year with its beaches and its historical pageant of the early landing of the Sir Walter Raleigh Colony. It was all fine indeed and was a fine thing for the county for the people appeared to believe it all, the baptism of Virginia Dare and etc. But sometimes when you have been far enough it is best not to go any further. Dare's new proposition of having recently located the grave and the grave stone of Virginia Dare is carrying us a little bit too far, in fact, it may cause us to doubt some of the other things. Many of the Historical claims even though strange, were accepted, and some of the recent election returns the Board of Election thought were strange, but the Board finally accepted them but it may be possible to go too far in our claims. VALUABLE GIFTS ARE LOST It is unfortunate to the citizenship of the city of Rocky Mount that the Jordan Street underpass has been lost to the city of Rocky Mount. This underpass was to have been constructed at a cost of $200,000, and the beautiful part about the construction of this underpass was that it was a gift and would not have cost the city anything. The agitation for the removal of the railroad which cost the citizens and taxpayers of Rocky Mount more than $lO,- 000 appears to have caused the city to lose this valuable gift so important to the citizens on both sides of the rail road, and it would have unbottled the 3rd and 7th wards as it is known to all the citizens that have difficulty in getting across the railroad. Rocky Mount has turned down two valuable gifts. It will be remembered that it turned down a gift of 6 acres of land for a park which included the plot known as the Duke field and the $200,000 railroad underpass, both vital and necessary to the city. Rabils Return Home From Funeral Rites Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Rabil have returned from Weldon, whore they were called on account of the ill ness and death of Mr. Rabil's broth er, Frank A. Rabil. The deceased succumbed on Sat urday following an attack of pneu monia from which he had suffered for a week or more. Ho is survived by his wife, the former Mary Hawa, and nine children. Funeral services were conducted from the Catholic church in Roanoke Rapids on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock and interment was made in the Weldon cemetery. Others who attended the rites from this city were Albert Rabil, a nephew of the deceased, P. A. Par ker, M. Safy, Mr. Blackman and George Ayoub. Lincoln County Farmers sold 431 pounds of live poultry coopera tively for 1(917.50 cash last week. Turkeys comprised the bulk of the sales. Announcement Is Made of Holidays Tho Board of Trustees of the Rocky Mount Graded schools has re cently adopted tho following pol icy in regard to a School Calendar: 1. School to be closed Thanksgiving Day and the Friday following. 2. School to be closed two weeks for Christmas beginning before Christmas and ending after New Year. 3. School to bo closed one day In the spring for the meeting of the North Carolina Education Associa tion, provided the faculty votes to at tend the meeting. 4. School to be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday. This policy la adopted in order to let parents, teachers, and children know what to expect in advance. Of course, the Board may modify this policy if it chooses to do so. Christ mas holidays will beprin Friday, De cember 17, 3.15 P. M. and will last until January 3. 8:30 A. if. ROCKY MOUNT PLAYS FOR ASK QUOTAS FOR PEANUTS Congressmen Norman R. Hamil ton, of Virginia, and Lindsay C Warren and John H. Kerr, of Norih Carolina, today had a conference with Senator Ellison D. Smith, of South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, in re spect to having poanuts placed in tho 1937 AGRICULTURAL BILL, with same status as other basic farm commodities which will bo considered at this seEsion. Tho peanut was one of thf> basic commodities in the ori ginal A. A. A., and is the principle crop of more than 275,000 American Farmers. It is evident that this im portant crop will need the same pro tection and regulation as any other basic farm commodity and the growers wish to bo regulated by com pulsory quota allotments, and by this means secure a fair and profit able price for this valuable crop. Senator Smith has promised to do his utmost to secure this legislation for the peanut growers, and though nothing can bo definitely assured as to this controversial legislation, thoso congressmen who are interest ed in this farm produce as well aa tho important potato crop of the na tion will leave nothing undone to get relief legislation for these im portant crops as well as all others. Farmers Receive 23 Percent More Cash A 23 per cent increase in the cash income of North Carolina far mers during the January-Septembsr period of this year over the same period a year ago has been noted by crop statisticians. In a report, to the N. C. State College extension service, tho Fed eral Bureau of Agriculture Econom ics pointed out that tho total cash income during the first nine months of 1937 was *117,389,000. The first nine months of 1936 brought North Carolina farmers a cash income of $95,786,000. Through September, 1937, the re port said, farmers of this State re ceived $87,685,000 from the sale of principal crops, $17,699,000 from the sale of livestock and livestock prod ucts, and $12,005,000 in government AAA payments. Not counting AAA payments, North Carolina farmers received $105,384,000 for the same of crops and livestock, while in the samo per iod last year they sold $91,996,000 worth of crops and livestock. This meant a 14 per cent increase in cash income aside from any AAA payments received. Wilson Woman Not To Sit On Jury Wilson, Nov. 23.—There have been several stories from various parts of tho state in recent months con cerning women sitting on juries, but here's the first one that is known concerning a woman refusing to sit on a jury. Lula Margaret Craft, Wilson evan gelist who has been preaching for the past 16 years and lias conducted tent meetings in various states of the south during the time, refused to sit on a jury in a divorce case in court here Monday because she had an aversion to divorce. She argued with the court that she could not sit as an impartial juror and at the same time keep faith with her religious convictions. T. T. Thome, Rocky Mount attor ney who appeared in the case, ar gued with Mrs. Craft as to the cor rectness of her position but tho evan gelist held her ground. Quoting Christ's words to tho Pharisees, Mrs. Craft declared "Moses suffered you a bill of di vorcement, from the hardness of your heart, but I say that in the be ginning, it was not so." Mrs. Craft said that she feels that the ''divorce evil" sweeping the land is undermining the home and civili zation. Armando A. Callejo of Cuba spent several days during late October in Chowan County studying the pro duction of peanutg on farms of the county. NOTICE Those desiring to subscribe to Tbo Rocky Mount Herald may do so by sending SI.OO wkh nam* and address k> Tho Rocky Mount H«rald, Rocky Mount, V. C. • Kane Town State Routs No SI.OO PER YEAH HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP Meet Charlotte Friday To Conteat For State Title. Atkins Outfit Downg Raleigh 25-6 For Right To Enter Final Affray At Chapel Hill The Eastern A. Champions, the Rocky Mount Blackbirds, will meat Charlotte, the Western Class A win ners at Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill, Friday, November 26, for the state title. The game is called at three o'clock. Tho Blackbirds for the first time in school history will enter a final football race. Last year tho Birds lost to Raleigh in a semi-final east ern game. The Capital City boys were by Charlotte, western contenders, who again this year will meet tho eastern champions. Rocky Mount wins the right to represent tho east by defeating Ra leigh Friday at Briles Park by a 25-6 score. The Birds entered the contest undefeated but tied once. The Hurricanes of the Capital Oity had on© loss t,o Wilson chalked against them. The Friday contest gave the Blackbirds an undefeated seasonal record. Charlotte by eliminating Winston- Salem Saturday will represent tho west in the inter-sectional battle. Bob Allen of Charlotte, a Duke alumnus has produced powerful teams in' the Queen City since his three years as coach there. A large number of Rocky Mount fans will witness tho contest at Kenan Stadium Friday. AAA Regulations Safeguard Tenant's Cotton Benefits I. W. Duggan, acting director of the Southern Division of the AAA, said today that producers who buy the cotton of tenants or others will not bo entitled to a Commodity Credit Corporation loan or a price adjustment payment on that cotton. Mr. Duggan said he had received reports of producers buying their tenants' share or other cotton of the 1937 crop under the impression that the cotton purchased could be pledged as collateral for a 1937 Com modity Credit Corporation loan. A producer is eligible to obtain a loan on the cotton grown by or for him in 1937, but he cannot pledge as col lateral for cotton grown by or for him in 1937, but he cannot pledge as collateral for a Commodity Cred it Corporation loan any cotton ac quired from another. Mr. Duggan also said he had re ceived reports of producers buying out tenants' shares of the 1937 cot ton crop with the intention of apply ing for their adjustment payments on the purchased bales. "The regulations of the Price Ad justment Payment Program provide that a grower may receive a pay ment on cotton grown by or for him in 1937 and sold before July 1, 19- 38," he said. "If a tenant sells his share of the cotton to the land lord, then the tenant is entitled to apply for a price adjustment pay ment on that cotton, up to 65 per cent of his shaTe in their base pro duction for 1937. However, the law permits recognition only of the first actual sale made in good faith by the grower of the cotton in the usu al course of business; therefore, a resale of ihe tenant's cotton would not qualify the landlord to apply for a price adjustment payment. The landlord would, of course, be entitled to sell his own share of the cotton and apply for a payment on that cotton, up to 65 percent of his share in the base production. "For a producer to obtain a loan or price adjustment payment by mis representation on cotton other than than on which he is eligible for a loan or payment, would be in viola tion of the criminal provision of the law under which the funds are available." MARRIED TWO WOMEN OF SAME NAME Robert Griffin, who was buried at Chapel Hill, Thursday, was married twice, first to Carrie Womble, daughter of Willie Womble, Orango County, and second to Carrie Wom ble, Chatham county. Neither wife was related to the other. The sec ond wife survives. Washington County farmers have purchased nine pure bred Duroc- Jersey boars and seven bred gilts from a Pitt County breeder in a movomen: to improve swine produc tion throughout the county.