The Rocky Mount Herald
VOLUME 5, NO. 18
HALIFAX RECREATION
v LEADERS VISIT CITYi
i "nect City's Newly Improved Play.
|{ vunds, Parks, Tennis Courts
trs. Nannie E. Smith of Scotland
jl'eck, Halifax recreation supervisor,
and five members of her recreation
made a tour of inspection of
tocky Mount's recreation facilities.
Mrf. J. M. Bandy, city recreation
showed the visitors the
-flty playgrounds, parks and tennis
courts, which to a largo extent have
1 )en acquired and developed since
'iie city began its recreation pro
;rram a year ago.
The visitors appealed to be fav
• rably impressed with Rdcky Mount's
Jf* in recreation, Mrs. Bundj
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SCHOOL HOLDS
I AWARDS DAY
. Ambers Of Athletic Teams Present.
Ivd Letters And Stars At Annual
Jo? Ceremony
jptiJ
ajjMLbnograms and stars have been
presented to the members of the
and girls' basketball team and
i .seball team at Benvenue high
! nooL
I boa>;ii B. G. Payne made the pro
tat ion 3 as a part of the annual
/(Wards day hold at the school.
' Those getting awards are as fol
lows:
.I Girls' basketball —Co-Captain Hel-
IJjt Mt.dley, Co-Captain Lillie Mae
tfMyjfer, Undiue Langley, Eva Mas
Effie Pet way, Marie Strick
lind, .Peggy Nelms, Manager Vivian
1/hitley, Genevieve Joyner, Jeetio
Lae Harper, Carrie Leo Farmer,
(harlotte Shearin and Margaret Da-
Boys' basketball —Co-Captain Mar
tha Womble, Co-Captain Milton Mc-
J.in, Manager Clinton Shearin, Wil
1 am Shearin, Joseph Viverette, J.
1, Pt'seman, Phez Griffin, Clarence
I Leslie Burnette, Charles John
s in and Jesse Viverette,
Baseball—Captain Marcus Wiom-.
be, William Shearin, Randolph
V r omble, Ed Parish, Milton Mclin,
V'altffr Talton, Clarence Davis, Char-
Johnson, Jesse Viverette, George
roone, J. T. Boseman, Hinton Max
well, and Manager Everett© Thomp
son.
Hancock Speaks
In Asheville
In (what might be termed the
strongest of the three nijajo'r
speeches he has delivered in his
current Senatorial campaign, Repre
sentative Frank Hancock, in Ashe
ville lasl; Thursday night, described
» slnatot Robert Reynolds as a "coun
terfeit statesman," and a "playboy
Senator."
In the home town of the junior
Senator, Hancock said he wanted to
"bring in the light of day the sin
, gle objection which so far has been
' raised to my candidacy" and turn
ed to a discussion of state geogra
phy. '
"Friendly Frank" said his horn*
urtis in "the Piedmont section aloug
tie northern border" and pointed
elkt his congressional district, which
ho has represented for eight years,
reus ''to the borders of Alleghany
and Wilkes in the northwestern
• inMtitip of North Carolina." In ad
dition, ho said he and his family
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- ~aOPS AND FARMERS TO
jWEET TUESDAY, MAY 10
Raleigh, May 3.—A delegation of
more than 300 farmers from Wak>
' Coultty is expected here for the
combined annual meeting of the
North Carolina Cotton Association
and the farmers Cooperative Ex
change on Tuesday, May 10th, M. G.
Mann, General Manager of the two
cooperatives, announced today on the
basis of letters he has received from
individual farmers and farm lead
ers.
All told more than 5,000 farmers
and farm women, representing ev
ery county in the State, are expect
ed to attend the meeting which will
,/V "ield in the City Auditorium and
J '" l get under way at ten o'clock
% 'an address of welcome by Gov-
Vy jr Clyde R. Hoey.
S. P,, Banders, Cooperative Bank
Commiationer of the Farm Credit
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TIRE MAKERS
WILL BACK
SAFETY DRIVE!
Nbw York—The automobile tire in
dustry of the nation has taken up
the fight for snfer highways and
better business.
Estimating that there are 59 mil
lion tires in use on motor cars In
the United States which should be
replaced this year with more than
a half-billion dollars' worth of safe,
new tires, the tire division of the
Rubber Manufacturers Association
announced a mighty cooperative pro
gram to reduce highway accidents
and to stimulate business.
The program will be climaxed by
observance of National Tire Safety
Week, during the week of May 14-
21, with tire makers, distributors,
and dealers all supporting it.
PJeas to car owners and drivers
to protect themselves, their families,
and others on the road with them
by replacing their old, smooth tires,
will be presented to the motoring
public. ,
"Industry figures indicate that 50
million tires now in use are smooth
or will become smooth during 1938,"
said A. L., Viles, president of tha
Rubber Manufacturers Association.
"Many of these are unsafe. Unles*
these dangerous tires are replaced,
millions of motorists will be taking
needless chances. They will be risk
ing their lives for just a few extra
miles.
"This is why tire manufacturers
banded together to institute Nation
al Tire Safety Week. They wanted
to show motorists everywhere th-2
utter foolishness of trying to obtain
those few extra miles. And they
wanted to stimulate business by en
couraging sales which would total
more than a half-billion dollars, if
all old, smooth tires were replaced."
Beloved Resident
of Tarboro Burled
Funeral Services Heidi For Miss Mary
Pender, 83
Tarboro, April 30.—Miss Mary
Pender, 83, one of Tarboro's most
beloved women, died here Friday
morning. Though ill, she had been
unusually bright lately, but was
found dead Friday morning, when a
relative went to awake her.
Mies Pender was born June 20,
1856, the daughter of the late
Martha Louisa Howard, and Lorenzo
Dow Pender.
She wa a a devout member of Cal
vary church, and 'funeral
services were held in her church
this morning at 11 o'clock, the Rev.
M. George Henry officiating. Inter
ment was in the family plot in the
historic churchyard. •
Elder residents of the town recalled
Miss Pender, in her youth, was one
of the most popular girls in the
country.
She is survived by her only sif
ter, Miss Snllie Dow Pender, of
Tarboro; a sister-in-law, Mrs. JoL'ri
R. Pender.
One ( of her sisters married the
late General John Cotton.
Active pallbearers were Dail Hol
derness, Julian Fenner, Nelson How
ard, Rawls Howard, Tom Tomlinson
and John Pender.
Administration, Washington, D. C.,
will deliver the principal address,
discussing cooperative principles in
general. Mr. Sanderg served as pres
ident and general manager of the
Washington Cooperative Egg and
Poultry Association, on the Pacific
Coast, until January, 1936, when he
was appointed to his present post
whero he directs the operations of
the Central Bank for Cooperatives
at Washington and the twelve dis-
I trict banks that cover the entira
■ United States.
In addition to these two speakers,
I Mr. Mann will give a detailed ra
l port on the past year's operations
c of both the Cotton Association ana
■ the Farmers Cooperative Exchange
and the directors of both organiza
l tions will be formally inducted in
t to office.
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ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1938
iFUNERAL FOR I
J. S. STALLINGS
TO BEJFRIDAY j
Wendell, May 4.—Funeral services j
;'or J. S. Stallings, will be held Fri- j
j day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from
I the home on Academy Street.
Mr. Stallings 72 years of age, dicfd
Wednesday at 12:20 after several
week's serious illness, following a
long period of ill health.
For a long time Mr. Stallings has
been a beloved citizen of Wendell,
where he has been closely identi
fied with the business and civic in
terests of the town. Coming hero
from Spring Hope, he has a host
of friends here who will learn of
his death with genuine sorrow.
Surviving, are his widow, three
daughters, Mrs. H. M. Rhodes and
Mrs. Davis Collie of Raleigh and
Mrs. H. F. Tunnell, Jr., of Richmond,
Va.; one son, Joe Stallings, of
Tampa, Florida; one sister, Mrs.
Carrie Moore of Spring Hope, and
a brother, W. A. Stallings, also of
Spring Hope.
As this paper goes to press com
plete arrangements for the funer
al have not been made but it is
expected that the Retv. Albert)
Simms, pastor of the local Baptist
clurch and the Rev. E. H. Davis,
of Louisbufg, long a friend of the
i family, will conduct the services.
Burial will be in Rocky Mount.
FUNERAL HELD
FOR R.W.BAUER
Funeral Services For Rocky Mount
Merchant Held
Funeral services for R. W. Bauer,
34, prominent Rocky Mount merch
ant and civic leader were conduct
ed in Rocky Mount at 10:30 o'clock
Thursday morning. Mr. Bauer, man
ager of J. C. Penny Store in Rocky
Mount died shortly before noon
Wednesday at Rex Hospital as the
result of injuries suffered in an au
tomobile-truck crash.
Mr. Bauer was injured fatally
when a car in which he was riding
was in collision with a heavy oil
truek at 12:30 A. M. Tuesday, five
miles east of Wake Forest on the
Rocky Mount highway.
Officers said the truck was beinu
driven by Willie B. Webster and
] was owned by the Martin County
Transport Co., of Robersonville. The
car, headed east, was passing the
west-bound truck and cleared the
cab but struck the projecting chas
sis of the six-wheel trailer, Deputy
' Tom Matthews said. The car then
overturned several times. WebsterV
truck was not damaged badly.
Following the services in Rocky
I Mount, conducted by the Rv. F. H.
Craighill, rector of the Episcopal
church, assisted by the Rev. C. Ross
Ritchie of the Lutheran church, the
body was taken to Andrews, S. C,
home of his parents, for burial,
j Mr. Bauer, a native of Celina,
Ohio, was entering upon his ninth
year as manager of the Rocky
Mount store. He had been employ
ed by the company since 1925.
A Mason and a Shriner,. Mr. Bau-'
er had taken considerable interest in
fraternal affairs. He was first vice
president of the Rocky Mount Civi
tan Club and recently was elected
a lieutenant-governor of the Caro-
Unas district. H 0 had been named
a delegate to the Civitan Interna
tional convention for tho coming
summer.
Mr. Bauer also served for sever
al years at scoutmaster of the Ci
vitan's Boy Scout Troop 8 and had
(taken a great deal of interest in
Scout work. He headed the Y. M.
C. A. membership campaign as gen
■ eral chairman when it last was held
i, and was a vice president ,of tho
i Rocky Mount Gallopado Association.
- Ho was a member of tho board of
e directors of the Citizens Building
1 and Loan Association and had tak
o en part in other business enterpris
e es. He was a member of the First
t Methodist church.
f Survivors are his father and moth
s er, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Bauer of
- Andrews, S. C.; seven brothers, John
a and Harold of Andrews, Carl of Ce
lina, Ohio, Lawrenco of Fredericks
i, burg, Va., Val of Fort Wayne, Ind.,
i- Earl of Columbia, S. C., and Ver
s non Bauer, medical student at Wake
a Forest College; and three sisters,
e Mrs. Andy Deitsch of- Celina, Ohio,
i- Mrs. E, O. Sharpe of Columbia, S.
i- C., and Miss Edith Bauer of An
drews, 8. C.
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"The Cannibal Islands of Fiji"
By MASON WARNER
Suva, Vitilevu, Fiji Islands.—Captain Cook christened these "The
Cannibal Islands of Fiji" because of the savagery of the natives and
their practice of eating enemies who fell in battle. The Fijians are not
of the pure Polynesian race and because of the mixture of Melanesian
or negroid blood cannot be classed with the Hawaiians, Samoans, Ta
hitians, or the Maoris of New Zealand.
The Fijians succumb easily to the so-called "white man's diseases"
—measles, scarlet fever, tuberculosis. In 1875, the kin? of the Fijis and
his son visited Australia. The prince contracted the measles and returned
to his island home before he recovered. A dreadful epidemic ensued,
and 40,000 of the 160,000 inhabitants of the Islands died from the scourge.
Fijian women dress in brilliant colors and adorn themselves with
flowers. The white residents of the islands appear to like the natives,
though the best friends of the Fijians admit they are indolent and un
moral. Their cheerfulness and honesty offset their shortcomings, it is
■aid. The picture shows Fijian women in their picturesque native dress.
Candidate For Legislator Opposes
Pensions To Judgee
R. O. King of Wake County, according to press account,
has announced for the House of Representatives in Wake
County and one of his planks in his platform is that he is
absolutely opposed to the large pensions granted to judges.
In his announcement he gives his reasons for his opposing
these pensions. He states that all of the judges are high
ly paid officials receiving much more salary than required
to live in luxury which gives them an opportunity to lay up
for old age which is not so with the average school teacher
or other .employees of the state. The state has gone so
far that it has passed a law giving many judges a pension
who happen to get disabled during his term of office regard
less of what his age may be.
It will be recalled that Judge Brown, at the time of his
death, was receiving an emergency salary while he had
locked up in his safe half-million of securities most of
them non-taxable. Justice Holmes of the United States
Supreme Court who died leaving and enormous amount
of money and willed it to the United States government
for he said they had given it to him. These salaries how
ever, were not taxed for income because the judges have
been holding that they could not be taxed which caused
the critics to say their salaries could not be diminished.
However, Mr. Roosevelt called attention to the 16th amend
ment of the constitution which gives Congress the power
to tax all salaries and securities. Our judges who have ot
recent years gotten into office by appointment rather than
by election by the people have assumed the attitude that
they should be classed as a preferred group when everybody
knows that most of these judges come by the route of
sharp politics rather than the democratic route. This
brings to mind that the press has had a good deal to say
about the few ignorant employees having received a few in
significant social security checks when they had picked up
a few hours of 1-2 handed employment. The main question
?s who is receiving the bounty. There is no criticism of
those who receive a large amount.
PARK SIGHTS
When Mrs. Ella Wiggins died the city of Wilson bought
her large estate right in the heart of Wilson and made a
public park out of it. During the life time of Mrs. Wiggins
she furnished this expensive piece of ground for the benefit
of air and recreation and space in Wilson. The city of Wilson
is probably half the size of Rocky Mount and yet they spend
more than $30,000 for this piece of land. Mrs. Wiggins was
the aunt of our local citizen Mrs. J. B. Ramsy. She furn
ished this place for years and years but when she died her
heirs were making arrangements to sell it for division.
Rocky Mount has the same situation on Tarboro Street, all
the houses have fallen into decay and it is up to the Board
of Aldermen to provide air and recreation space for its pop
ulation. We are informed that the people in the neighbor
hood of the Second Presbyterian Church are badly in need
of some playground in that section. Land is cheap yet no
provision has been made for these children.
EPISCOPALIANSOFSTATE
MEET IN TARBORO IN MAY
ENKTERS
ORGANIZE
Rev. A. E. Simerly In Named Presi
dent of New Religions Group
The Rocky Mount Ministers Union,
an inter-racial organization of white
and Negro ministers of the city anl
Nash county, was organized at a
meeting here it was announced.
The purpose of the new organiza
tion, according to the constitution
adopted, is "to foster better inter
racial relations and to promote a
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Hundred And Forty-Eighth Conven
tion To Be Held At Scene Of
Firet
Tarboro, April 30.—North Caroli
na Episcopalians will come to Tar
boro, birthplace of diocesan conven
tions in this State, May 10-11 for
their 148 th session.
This history-steeped community,
church records indicate, had an Epis
copal church 50 years before the
first convention and was the sito
of the selection of the first bishop
of North Carolina, as well as of
the first, sccoad, third, and centen
nial conventions.
The meetings will be held at Ivy
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MANY CO OPERATE IN
DRIVE SAFELY CRUSADE
KING STATES
HIS PLATFORM
Raleigh, N. C., May C. —As a candi
date for the House of Representa
tives from Wake County, I think
the voters should know exactly
where I stand on questions that are
likely to come up a.t the 1939 ses
sion of the legislature. Therefore, 1
wish to state my platform as fol
lows :
I am in favor of the immediate
repeal of the law that grants pen
sions of more than $4,000 and $5,000
per year to Superior Court and Su
preme Court Judges. Judges run for
their political offices just like oth
er men and women seeking other
political offices. Judges are hand
somely paid for their services while
on the bench. With the State forc
ed to collect a three per cent saleej
tax from paupers for the food they;
eat and the clothing they wear, It
think this is a bad time for a pen- \
sion system for highly-paid lawyer
politicians, on or off the bench.
ADVOCATES
BOYCOTT
Dodd Says Japan Would Collapse
If Boycotted
Fuquay Springs, May 4.—William
E. Dodd, former United States Am
bassador to Germany, said in an ad
dress last night that "if our coun
try were t\, get England and France
and apply an, economic boycott to
Japan, Japan vcouV} collapse in three
months." x
"But so many of ou», businessmen
—if you want to call t'ii"tn that—
think making money fo» three
months is more important fhau 'toff
ping a war," he said.
Dodd spoke at a high school com
mencement. He was introduced by
Josephus Daniels of Raleigh, United
State Ambassador to Mexico.
Daniels, Secretary of the Navy
during the World War, charged that
the United States could not escaps
blame for some of the post-war con
ditions.
He expressed the belief that if
this country had joined the League
of Nations in 1919 there would have
been no Ethiopian, Spanish or Ast
astic wars.
Will of Connor
Filed in Wilson
Supreme Court Justice Leaves En
tire Estate To Wife; Leath Exe
cutor
Wilson, April 30.—Associate Jus
tice George W. Connor of the
North Carolina Supreme Court, who
died suddenly last week in Raleigh,
left his entire estate to his wife,
Mrs. Bssie H, Connor, according t i
his will, filed for probate with tho
clerk of thq court here this after
noon.
The will declared "I request my
wife to give each of my daughters"
sLy>oo, to be paid out of insurance
policies.
The Associate Justice's personal
property was estimated at SI,OOO.
Judge Connor named Thomas H.
Leath, his son-in-law, as executor
of the estate. His daughters are
Mre. Leath and Mrs. J. W. Ilarrel
l son, wife of Dean Harrolson of
1 State College.
Tho will was written on July 19,
1934. It was a single page holo
graph written on stationery of the
State Supreme Court.
Used Cave for Glass Work
The first glass maker in Scotland
was George Hay (1566-1625). He
' toolc advantage of a peculiarly
formed cave at Wemyss, on the Fife
coast, and set up his furnace there
in.
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SI.OO PER YEA*
Red, white and blue "Pledged to
Drive Safely" emblems are now ap
pearing on thousands of automobiles
in the Carolinas, indicating thai
their owners have pledged themselv
es to drive" safely and are coope
rating iK tlio Purol-Pep Drive Sa
fely Crusade.
A total of 125,000 of the attrac
tive metal emblems have already
bee distributed in the Carolinas, and
the demand still continues. In tho
four states of Georgia, Tennessee.
North Carolina and South Carolina,
nearly a quarter of a million of
these safety emblems have been
distributed. The demand for them
was so great that at times during
April the supply at some station?
was temporarily exhausted.
A large percentage of motorist?
signs a pledge to drive his automo
bile in accordance with common
sense rules of highway safety. He
,is then eligible for a series of
•' monthly safety contests, in whicli
j SI,OOO is being given away each
• month to promote safety-mindednesa.
Prize winners in the April con
test are expected to be anounced
within a few days. Seventy-five per
sons will be awarded cash sums
ranging from $250 to $5. A new
safety contest was launched May 1,
and motorists of this community
are invited to take part. A flood of
entries was received in the April
contest.
A larg epercentage of motorists
in this section have signed the
plodge to drive safely, and new
names are being added to the list
of Safely Crusadrs every day. Tho
Drive Safely Crusade, tho most ex
tensive safe-driving campaign ever
launched in this state, was begun
April 1 as a public-spirited move
ment to do something about the ter
rible toll of deaths and injuries ou
the highways and streets.
Police traffic squads in various
cities have not only endorsed tha
Crusade, but in many cases, hav-j
signed up 100 per cent.
EDITOR GOLD
ILL INWILSON
Editor Absent From Office Because
Of Illness For First Time In
50 Years
Wilson, May 3.—For the first time
since he entered the printing and
publishing business 50 years ago,
John D. Gold, editor of The Wilson
Daily Times and dean of Eastern
North Carolina Newspapermen, was
absent today from his work because
of illness.
Despite the fact that Rditor Gold
was ill at his home today, he wrote
several editorials and pieces for his
paper.
Gold entered the printing and
publishing business with his father
ad started The Daily Times here
in 15102 after starting The Weekly
Times in 1898. Last fall he celebrat
ed hi« 50th anniversary in the busi
ness.
Not seriously ill, Editor Gold is
expected to return to work at h;s
desk in the newspaper office later
this wek.
Mrs. C. L. Johnson
Dies In Hospital
Mrs. C. L. Johnson, 32, died at
a local hospital after having been
ill since Saturday. She was a resi
dent of 211 Battle Street.
Funeral services wero held at tho
grave at 3:30
followed in Pineview cemetery.
She is survived by her husband,
C. L. Johnson; three daughters,
Joyce Anne, Virginia Collins, and
Sarah Eunice; a son, William Earl
Johnson; and her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. T. Walters of Wake Fores:.
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