The Rocky Mo
VOLUME 4, NO. 53
M'ADOOS ARE
VISITORS IN
ROCKY MOUNT
A- ; y , V A ' >
"I think our President would car
yy as many states if the election
were held tomorrow as he did in 19-
3ff," observed Senator William Q.
McAdoo of California, who, witu
Mrs. McAdoo, stopped here for lunch
yesterday. They were en route to
Florida.
~ Senator McAdoo, who was Secre
tary of the Treasury in the Wilson
Cabinet, expressed the opinion that
President Roosevelt "is just as strong
with the masses today as he has
over been, but he is more unpopu
lar with the reactionaries thin ever."
Speaking of the economic reces
sion, the Californian observed: "We
made such rapid strides in two years
coming out of the depression of
a few years ago that it stands to
reason wo could not keep up a uni
form speed in recovery."
Land Sales Held
In Wilson, Tarboro
Seven Tracts Sold In Edgecombe—
Two Wilson Blocks Under Hammer
Tarboro, Dec. 23. —Seven individ
ual tracts of the recently abandon
ed County Farm, were sold Wednes
day morning at auction sale, for a
total sale price of $20,300. The farms
averaged $42.96 per acre.
The county recently abandoned the
farm to move to their newly con
structed county home and hospital,
jtear Tarboro, and the farm of
about 400 acres, 165 acres cleared,
was thrown on the block at public
liquidation sale, by the Commis
sioners this morning. The sale was
conducted through the hands of
George H. Fountain, Jr., local reai-
6nd insurance man, as their
'agent.
Immediately following the sale the
commissioners met and confirmed the
sale which carried a 25 per cent
down payment, with the balance ov
er a period of one, two or three
years. A cash payment gave the
purchaser a five per cent discount.
?Purchases of . the tracts were: R.
B. Peters, purchased two tracts one
48.8 acres, the other 38.1 acres; R.
H: Moore, of number seven town--
ship, 66.5 acres; W. J. Bason, bought
two tracts, one 96.6 acres and an
other 107.9 acres; C. J. Weeks pur
chased one tract of 48.7 acres; C. O.
'Burnett purchased the smallest farm
of 25.8 acres.
One of the tracts was not offer
ed for sale at this time, kept by the
commissioners, as well as the county
hospital, for use of the Kiwanis
Club of Tarboro for a Preventorium
next summer.
Walstonburg Man
Dies Near Kinston
Rites Set Tomorrow For Wilton G.
Lang, Prominent Greene Citizen
j Walstonburg, Dec. 24.—Wilton. C.
Lang, 49, prominent Walstonburg
man, was found dead in his car on
the Kinston-Richlands highway this
morning, apparently the victim of
a heart attack. Mr. Lang left his
home here last night for a business
trip.
Funeral services for Mr. Lang will
be held at 11 o'clock Sunday morn
ing at tho Walstonburg Christian
church, with the Rev." C. B. Marsh
burn, pastor of the Farmvillo Chris
tion church, officiating. Burial will
be in Hollywood Cemetery in Farm
ville.
Mr. Lang was a well-known mer
chant and Greene County farmer. He
was a son of the late Robert and
Louise Lang.
Surviving are his wife, formerly
Miss Lillie Yelverton; a daughter,
Mrs. T. W. Simpson of Washington,
D. C.; four sons, Earl Lang of
'Greensboro, Cecil, Robert and Pruitt
l-ang of Walstonburg, and three sis
ters, Mrs. Cora Barrett of Farmville,
Mrs. D. S. Smith of Farmville and
Mrs. Fannie May of Sanford.
First Lady Assists
In Decorating Tree
Mrs. Roosevelt With Two Grand
children In Seattle For Christ
mas Holidays
Seattle, Dec. 24. —America's first
who flew across the conti
nent and through stormy weather
for a holiday reunion with her
"Iftughter and two grandchildren,
helped decorate a Christmas tree for
"Sistie" and "Buzzie" Dall.
Mrs. Roosevelt arrived here early
thii morning after an overnight
train ride from Portland, where she
ended a transcontinental air trip
that was twice interrupted by
storms.
Going directly to the home of heri
Bon-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. John Boettigcr, the President's
wife prepared for a holiday of com
parative quiet. Mrs. Boettiger ia re
covering from an illness.
WMra. Boosevelt said there probably
ould be a telephone call between
\e Boettiger home and the White
use tonight or tomorrow, during
/"tch the Seattle members of the
 'amily would talk to the President.
IN WASHINGTON
mgm WHAT
I is
■ TAKING
I PLACE
m ■ by
UNITED STATES SENATOR
As we close the eventful year of
1937 and look to 1938, it seems prop
ter to cite that political events as
recorded in 1837—a hundred years
ago—bear a certain similarity to
those of the year now ending. This
is true despite the fact that the
tempo of living is now faster and
everyday happenings are under more
complex conditions.
Then we had, as now, a Chief Exe
cutive whose every effort was to im
prove the states of the average man.
Then we had, as now, a head of our
Government whose every ambition
and every move was questioned by
the groups representing so-called
"big business." Then wo had, as
now, a President whoso dreams of
peace were termed by a few as
dreams of war. Then we had, as now,
in the White House a maa whose ef
forts to lift the standards of the
mass of citizens were branded aa de
signed to change our very form of
government.
What has happened in the United
States during the last hundred
years, is living proof that the crit
ics of Andrew Jackson were wrong,
ag are those who question the mo
tives and sincerity of President
Roosevelt today. The latter has no
more desir 0 to destroy or weaken
American institutions than did Jack
son.
The parallel in the careers of thy
two men are most significant ,so
much so that it has often been men
tioned in Congress. This holiday sea
son is a timely occasion to mention
it again.
On the floor of the Senate, a not
ed Senator of a hundred years ago
said of Jackson: " —where is there
a chief magistrat eof 'whom so much
evil has been predicted, and from
whom so much good has comet Never
has any man entered upon the chief
magistracy of a country under such
appalling predictions of ruin and
woet Never has any one been so
pursued with direful prognostica
tions! Never has any one been so
teset and impeded by powerful com
bination of political and moneyed
confederates 1"
Keeping in mind that the above
words were uttered about President
Jackson a century ago, it can be
said that they could well be used
today in speaking of President
Roosevelt. Jackson was charged with
endangering the public peace with
foreign nations; with destroying do
mestic prosperity at home, with
ruining industry, commerce and
manufacturers; destroying the cur
rnecy and what not. A hundred
years later we find the same charges
being made against President Roose
velt.
Why? Because he dared to cham
pion the cause of the averago man
and has continued to champion that
cause. And time will prove his crit
ics wrong as time has proven that
the critics of Jackson were wrong.
What has transpired since the
collapse of our country was predict
ed a hundred years ago is evidence
enough of what we may txpect
ahead. Many things will be' chang
ed in the future as they have been
changed in the past. But through it
all our great system of government
will bo maintained.
New platforms, new programs, now
policies and perhaps new par
ties will come as they have come
in the past. Yet, they will not
change the basic principles of gov
ernment. Those principles will
stand as they now stand. Under
them our country will move ahead
and prosper. Upholding these prin
ciples is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
This column is a Now Year greet
ing to our Chief Executive as it is
a greeting to North Carolinians.
Gprvis Thompson, 13-year old club
member of the New Hope section
of Wilson County, produced 3,452
pounds of lint cotton on four meas
ured acres of land during the pant
season
Seven Cumberland County poul
trymen who kept records on an
average of 133 birds each report a
profit of $209.18 per flock for the
year, or an income from, each bird
of $1.58.
What the Whito Santa sent
to Seattle and what the Boettiger
family senE to Washington in the
way of presents remained a family
secret.
From Salt lake to Portland, Mrs.
Roosevelt and Mrs. Beth E. Hodge of
Council Bluffs, lowa, were the only
passengers on the plane.
"Mrs. Roosevelt was delightful,"
said Mrs. Hodge. "We talked about
everything under the sun. She's a
charming, warm-hearted woman. But
—l'm still a Republican.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1937
NASH COTTON
CROP STILL
SHOWS GAIN
County Moves Up To 11th Place In
North Carolina In Latest Gin
ning Report
Nashville, Dec. 28. —Nash county's
! cotton ginning from the 1937 crop
continued to increase over the total
a year ago, it was revealed today
when Ben 11. Neville, special agent
for the Department of Commerce
in the county, announced that 22,-
271 bales had been ginned in Nash
prior to December 13, as compared
to '17,786 bales to the same date
last year.
According to the Federal Census
Bureau's preliminary report, a total
of 16,811,781 bales had been ginned
in the United States from the 1937
crop prior to December 13, as com
pared to 11,699,000 bales to the same
date in 1936, and 9,754,578 bales in
1935. The total for North Carolina
from the 1937 crop is 738,776 bales,
while the totals for 1936 and 1935
were 522,795 bales and 554,709 bales,
respectively.
On the basis of this report Nash
has moved up to 11th place among
the cotton ginnftig counties of the
state, nosing out Rutherford coun
ty sinco the December 1 report and
almost overtaking Wayne. Tho 10
top-ranking counties in ginning are
Cleveland, Robeson, Johnston, Samp
son, Halifax, Harnett, Union, Scot
land, Northampton and Wayne in
the order named.
The total number of bales ginned
in Nash and adjoining counties prior
to December 13 from the 1937 and
1936 crops follows:
1937 1936
Nash 22,271 17,780
Edgecombe 13,817 12,730
Franklin 13,788 9,000
Halifax 29,649 27,361
Johnston 36,961 31,511
Wake 15,444 10,050
Wilson 13,253 11,106
Central Sisters
; Lose Occupation
(By C. W. Bazemore) I
A total of sixty-six years at the
same job, in the same building
that is the record of the "Central
Sisters" of Swanquarter, in Hyde
county. The two sisters, Mrs. Clyde
Overton and Mrs. Ebbie Cherry,
natives of the Hyde county village,
have worked side by side in the
house where they were born, which
also housed the Swanquarter tele
phone exchange for much over a
quarter century—33 years to be ex
act, and have in recent weeks ex
perienced the first rest they have
ever had from their duties.
The coming of the dial system in
Hyde county's principal town, to
serve that area, in recent weeks,
brought to the two sisters the real
: ization that their jobs of a genera
tion had gone—vanished as comple
tely as one of the vagrant breezes
that bend and sway the marsh
grasses of the Hyde lowlands and
outlying sections served by the
company they worked for so long.
When a body plugs in a switch
board, handling mostly long dis
tance calls for the same folks for
33 years, a body learns things. The
"Central Sisters" long years ago
lost all count of the times they
went "out of their way" to see that
messages were delivered to folk liv
ing far from telephone; to trans
mit tidings of joy or sorrow, to ac
commodate the people they knew,
and of hundreds of little services
and good turns to bo done, such as
folk learn to do for each other who
live in spots of the earth where
neighborliness means more than a
too-strict business efficiency.
Swanquarter, lovely village of
friendly folks down in Hyde coun
ty, now has dial system, and no
longer do the "Central Sisters"
their lifelong opportunity, so often
used, of bestowing a certain friend
ly grace and dignity upon each
call, and doing tho many little ex
tra human touches to see that every
message got through, an devery cus
tomer was served. After thirty
three years of service each, all they
have to do now is watch the median
ical click-click of itlie dials do what
they so willingly and faithfully did
for so long.
Sister of Local
Woman Succumbs
Mrs. Annie Riveg Harper Dies At
Home In Florence, S. C.
Word wa« received here Friday
of the death of Mrs. Annie Rives
Harper, sister of Miss Delia Rives
of this city. Mrs. Harper died last
Thursday night at 10 o'clock at her
home in Florence, South Carolina,
following a sudden heart attack.
She was the niece of Miss Yettie
Bulluck and R. D. Bulluck, all of
this city, and was well-known here,
having been reared in Rocky Mount
and having lived here with Miss
Bulluck for several years.
Rites for Mrs. Harper were con
ducted at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon
in the South Carolina city.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Bulluck, Miss
Delia Rives, and Miss Yettie Bulluck
,went to Florence Friday morning to
attend the funeral.
Bound for the Scrap Heap
Proud days of mighty power are no more! The scuttled German
battleship, Friederich der Grosse, was salvaged from Scapa Flow. It is
shown being towed, keel up, to a dry dock at Rosyth, Scotland, where
it will be broken up.
Does Business Want
Another Depression
Taking the nation as a whole from information we have
been able to gather from the press, and from talking with
people, who have traveled, and with some little travel per
sonally, the country has had a good year and in our own
section we have had a splendid year except in certain sec
tions where the crops were largely cotton and the boll
weevil did large damage. The merchants appear to have
had a good fall, in fact, many of our large stores are very
short on stock at this time. The manufacturers do not
complain of any large and unused surplus. But with all
this there is much talk from the super-business interest in
the country of an impending recession in business. Does
big business desire another panic just for the simple rea
son that the government has been operated from Washing
ton rather than Wall Street?
Do they wish another Hoover with their control? We are
not sufficiently informed as to the desire of big business
but we do feel that w eknow what the great citizenship of
the country desires. The people do not desire a President
who sits still and lets the boat rock as it may. They want
a President who can lead and give equal protection to all
of the citizens, the rich and poor alike.. The super-busi
ness interest of the country has always had governmental
aid practically from the beginning of this government but
when there is any talk, for the aid of the individual there
is a great hue and cry of fear, and doubt and charges that
the government is becoming socialist, but when the govern
ment is aiding business there is no such cry. Big business
has prospered during this present Democratic administra
tion much more than the individual which was a natural
consequence of individual prosperity.
Many Leading Economists and Statesmen believe and
have made the statements that they are reliably informed
that there is a concerted effort among certain special in
terests to undertake to bring about a curtailment of the
countrys prosperity especially the individual prosperity.
The charge has been made by the Assistant Attorney Gen
eral that he has evidence to this effect.
MAN IS KILLED
NEAR TARBORO
Tarboro, Dec. 24. —One man was
killed and four others were injur
ed, one seriously, in an automo
bile crash near here yesterday.
J. Thomas Crisp, 42, of near Tina
tops died in a hospital a few hours
after the collision. His nephew,
Hawkins Crisp, 18, was seriously in
jured.
Also hurt were 11. W. Umphlett of
Withersbee, S. C., his son, Calhoun,
and R. D. Harrell. Harrell, drivor
of tho South Carolina car, was held
on a manslaughter charge. Sheriff W.
E. Bardin said.
Several persons in each of the cars
escaped unhurt.
Mrs. Nina L. Alford
Is Taken By Death
Well Known Nash Woman Passea
—Funeral Services At Nashville
On Wednesday
Mrs. Nina Collins Alford, wife of
B. G. Alford of Nash County, died at
her homo early Tuesday following a
long illness. Mrs. Alford, who had
been a semi-invalid for several
years and in bed for the past 15
months, was 64 years of age.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Baptist church in Nashvillo
at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon'
with interment following there. Tho
following ministers participated in
the service: Bev. Charles B. McCon
nell of the Nashville Baptist church,
Bev. Norman Pinch of the Johnson
Baptist Tabernacle, Bev. Sam T. Ha
bel of the Enfield Baptist church,
and Dr. J. W. Kincleloe, pastor of
the First Baptist church of Bocky
Mount.
Survivors, in addition to her hus
band, include two sisters, Mrs. W.
A. Collins, and Mrs. W. G. Boberson,
both of Nashville, and three broth
er* —G. C. Collins of Nashville,
Circulation Of
Newspapers Hits
New Peak in 1937
Montreal, Que. —Newspaper circu
lation in tho United States and Can
ada for the first ten months of 19-
37 surpassed all previous records,
the Royal Bank of Canada said hi
its monthly letter recently. When
other business activities dipped 30,
40, or 50 per cent, the decline in
newspaper circulation in the lean
years amounted to about 5 per cent
in Canada and 11 per cent in the
United States, according to the re
port.
A tabid comparing newspaper and
magazine circulation with tho num
ber of households througout Cana
da was issued by tho banks. It show
ed that of 2,252,729 homes in the Do
minion, 2,246,361 were served by dai
ly newspapers, 1,226 subscribed to
magazines, and 1,059,101 had radios.
Tho report says that ono of ths
indirect effects of the increase in
newspaper circulation in Canada is
that in many places advertisers are
getting more for their money.
Canadian merchants purchase twice
as much space for women's clothing
advertising as for men's clothing and
haberdashery. In total advertising
linage in Montreal and Toronto
newspapers, retail stores took dou
blo the space of national advertis
ers.
Church Collins and Boger M. Collins
(both of Washington, D. C.
I Mrs. Alford, who was the daugh
ter of J. C. Collins and Martha An
drews Collins, had been active in
all branches of church work, having
been a member of the Nashville
Baptist church since childhood. For
; years she had been a leader of tho
Sunbeams and in the primary de
partment of the Sunday School of
the Nashville church and also had
been active in Woman's Missionary
Society work.
She was married to Mr. Alford in
August, 1935.
112 PERSONS ARE KILLED BY
AUTOMOBILES IN NOVEMBER
TRUSTEES GET
APPOINTMENTS
TO TR. SCHOOL
Govrnor Hoey yesterday appointed
Dr. C. F. Strosnider of Goldsboro
as a new trustee of Eastern Caro
lina Industrial Training School for
Boys at Rocky Mount, and reap
pointed six trustees: J. Ij. Home,
Jr., Mrs. R. 8. McCoin, J. C. Bras
well and Richard T. Fountain, alt
of Rocky Mount; Albion Dunn of
Greenville; and N. E. Edgerton of
Raleigh.
John N. Hackney of Wilson, is a
member whose term had not expir
ed. All appointments were for four
year terms.
Aged Preachers
Receive Checks
Duke Endowment Checks, Totaling
$26,000, Mailed Widows And
* Superannuates
Durham, Dec. 29.—A no little part
of the holiday joy felt in 278 mod
est homes, most of them in this
state, has been duo once more to
the Christmas checks sent out by
Duke university in behalf of the
Duke endowment superannuate fund.
This year the checks to the retir
ed Methodist preachers and their
families totalled $26,000, divided
equally between those of the North
Carolina and the Western North
Carolina conferences of the Metho-'
dist Episcopal Church, South.
The amount sent out from the
fund established by James B. Duke
is in proportion to the amount al
lowed each claimant by the confer
ence board of finance.
President W. P. Pew sent his greet
ings with each check. "Mr Duke," he
wrote, "inherited from his father
and acquired in his own early lifj
a groat respect for the old circuit
riders. In memory of them and in
recognition of the service they ren
dered to tho building of America he
set up this particular fund. He was
very anxious that it bo built UD
through the year s and kept available
for the purpose it was to serve. But
conditions in recent years have tend
od to decrease the amount available
in the fund. I am happy to report
that this year shows some increase
over recent past years."
That $250,000
For Advertising
! . ~
Disgraceful, Extravagant, Useless
Waste Of Taxpayere Money
(Prom The Biblical Recorder)
We have received the "North
Carolina Progress Bulletin" issued
by the Division of State Advertis
ing. It contains the prefatory state
ments that editors are invited to
use the prepared copy, some of
which is in the nature of an apol
ogy for the expenditure of $250,-
000 of the taxpayers' money. Two
pages and a half are devoted to
telling of the "Travel Executive
of State" tour, which is regarded
as "the outstanding accomplish
ment of the State's new nation
wide advertising campaign." In an
other section it is told that the lo
cating of new plants in North Caro
lina is tho objective. Expansion of
1 plants already liere' is another ob
| jective, and as an instance of a
plant that may possibly be expand
ed to the great advantage of tax
payers generally, a "gold mine
within Charlotte city limits" is
mentioned and a paragraph devoted
to it. Several other pages are de
voted to our fishing industries, but
nothing is said about bringing back
our shad which have been so near
ly exterminated that few now ever
see a shad, and all because our shad
industry has been too much adver
tised. Other topics which aro dis
cussed in the same bulletin aro our
timber crop, facilities for proper
methods of cutting pulpwood, and
improvement in State parks. Per
haps, it is not intended that these
should bo credited to the Division
of Advertising. But it certainly
needs something more to its credit
than appears to justify tho spend
ing of $250,000 in any method of
advertising when our farmers must
sell their cotton at a loss and yet
must pay a large part of the bill,
and when our welfare officers are
hard put to providing food for des
titute mill-workers who -have not a
morsel to eat.
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Despite The Highly Organized State
Wide Patrol Led By The Surry
County "Major" Bloody Record
Continues
The state motor vehicle bureau
at Raleigh, Saturday, announced
that 112 persons died in automobile
accidents in North Carolina during
November to push the year's toll to
90S), which is 95 more than in. 11
months o£ 1936.
There wero 841 accidents in whiefc
88-1 persons suffered non-fatal in
juries during November. For 11
months this year the toll in 6,659 ac
cidents included 7,198 injured per
sons. There were 113 Automobile
deaths in October and 101 in Novem
ber, 1936.
Last month 12 children wero
killed and 42 hurt while playing
in the street, 42 pedestrians were
killed and 124 hurt, including 14
killed and 17 hurt whilo walking
along the roadside, and hit-and
run drivers caused eight fatal and
47 non-fatal accidents.
Reckless drivers figured in 24
fatal and 125 non-fatal wrecks and
speedters were involved in 33 fa
tal and 86 non-fatal. Intoxicated
drivers were reported in three fa
tal and 44 non-fatal cases and two
intoxicated pedestrians were killed
and 11 hurt.
Saturday was the most dangerous
day ox the week in November IT
fatal and 154 non-fatal accidents oc
curring on Saturdays. Between ?
and 8 P. M. was the most danger
ous hour, with eight fatal and 97
non-fatal accidents.
In 11 months this year hit-and
run drivers caused 81 fatal and 324
non-fatal accidents and 83 children
wero killed while playing on the
streets and another 311 were hurt.
Dr. Glenn Frank To
Accept G. O. P. Post
Former Wisconsin Educator To Lead
Republican Party In Their Effort
To Save The Country From Col
lapse
Chairman Hamilton, of the Nation
al Republican Executive Committee,
in Chicago, Friday night, announc
ed that Dr. Glenn Frank had inform
ed him ho would accept the chair
manship of the party's committee
on program if he were able to ar
range his business and profession
al affairs.
Hamilton said the former presi
dent of the University of Wisconsin
had told him at a six-hour confer
ence that he considered the offer
of the chairmanship an honor, bat
that ho would not be able to say
whether he could accept it "for a
few days."
A formal statement issued by the
party chairman said.
After a visit with I )r - Frank,' ha
authorized me to make the follow
ing statement:
"If I am able to arrange my per
sonal affairs, I shall accept thi«
position as the greatest honor and
obligation of my life. I cannot know
for a few days."
Frank, at 50, was offered an op
portunity to assume his first active
role in the party's affairs after win
ning wide notice as an educator,
author and orator.
Although ho exhibited sympathy
with the liberal wing in speeches
and articles, he has frequently cri
ticized new deal methods.
Once tho youngest president of
a Big Ten school, differences with
Philip LaFollette, Progressive gov
ernor of Wisconsin, led to his re
moval last January after an 11-year
tenure.
Meanwhile, the names of 104 mem
bers of the newly-created program
group, chosen by the executive com
mittee in a four-day meeting, wers
announced in St. Louis. The body,
when completed will number between
135 and 140.
MORE AIRPLANES
Manufacturers of aircraft— on© of
the nation's newer industrial fields
—delivered 2,060 airplanes valued at
more than $71,000,000 during tho first
eight months of 1937. This waa an
increase of 69.5 percent over the
same period in 1936. Employment
in the industry also showed a major
increase.
J. C. Itedfern of Wadesboro and
Robert Batten of Route 3, Wades
boro both have hydraulic rams
pumping water for their barns and
homes. Other Anson farmers are
planning to add the simple water
systems.