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ComiS&ncemont exercises for the
1938 graduates of the Park View
HfJpit.nl school of nursing were con
ducted Thursday in tho Episcopal
parish house.
Graduating address was made by
UL. L. Gravely.
k#t. H. jee Large of the Park
iirecjfw staff presented tho speaker.
'/jf Dr. B. C. Willis presented diplo-
Anas to the graduating nurses, who
/included Virginia White Cade, Fran
i, ces Ellen Coley, Corinna Elizabeth
Denson, Georgia Edelle FishdV, An
nie Ree Harris, Rebecca Elizabeth
' Harris, Mamie Green Harrison, Eu
•K afSe Lane Mason, Clara Wilson Maz
t ingo, Hazel Hinnant Mazingo, Claire
Neville, Sarah Nell Reynolds and
j Vivian Allene Woody.
k Miss Josephine Hull presented hos
fUpital pins to the graduates. In be
|(filial fof the Park View Alumnae As
'Keociation, Mrs. A. Hicks presented
1938 merit pin to Mamie Green
tflyEarrtam. • • i I
C. T. Smith of Park View ex
'l .frdased a welcome to the relatives
Ijtyllnd friends of the graduates.
J Miss Anzy Gaskill, presenting two
solo numbers, and a quartet includ
ing Miss Margaret Weaver, Tom An
derson and Bobert Scott, rendered
t njusic&l selections. Mrs. W. H.
. Skeels accompanied at the piano.
jlra. A. T. Thorp also played a pia
no selection as a preludo to the pro
gram.
. Ji. It. Gay, chairman of the board
% o£i trustees of Park Viow Hospital,
presided. Rev. Norman Johnson of
the First Presbyterian church pro
nounced the invocation and be
nediction.
' Services Held
Jl For Miss Carroll
y
Miss Fannie Carroll Dies At Home
Of Mrs. K. N. Gardner
Preliminary funeral rites for Miss
Fannie Tarpnoll Carroll, 78, who
died at the home of her niece, Mrs.
Ki N. Gardner, were held from tho
of Mrs. Gardner at 1100 Syca
more street at 5 o'clock. Rev. Fran
cis H. Craighill, rector of the church
of the Good Shepherd, officiated.
Services and burial took place in
Little Rock, Arkansas, on Wednes
day.
Miss Carroll was born and raised
in Little Rock, but had made her
• home with Mrs. Gardner for somo
time. She had been ill for several
months. She had been ill for several
months.
She is survived by one brother, N.
C. Carroll, of Minter City, Mississ
u *4>>-
j Mss Carroll was a member of the
y distinguished Carroll family of
Maryland.
Goldsboro Has
Sunday Blue Law
Adoption of an ordinance to
all drug stores, soda shops, candy
kitchens and other like places on
Sunday between 10:30 A. M. and 1.
P. M. and from 7:30 P. M. to 9 P. M.
and forbidding curb service within
the city limits all day Sunday was
made »by the Goldsboro board of Al
dermen in session at the city hall
Monday night.
The city attorney, W. A. Dees,
vas authorized by the board + o
dlfaw up the ordinance to be pre-
I sented to the board at the next
| meeting and to go into effect imme
diately aftc* adoption.
The ordihaince will not include
ftrictly eating places. It was adopt
ed princnpally as an observance of
murch services so that more workers
will have the opportunity to go to
church, the board said.
Forbidding curb service from any
of the soda fountains was done in
an effort to do away with the lit
tering of the streets with trash anl
to prevent traffic tie-ups.
Tho sum of $25 was appropriat
ed by the board for the Goldsboro
Business and Professional Womens
Club for the entertainmet of the
state delegates at the annual conven
tion of North Carolina FedortitLo
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PEACE JUNIOR
FINALS MON.
Peace Junior College will have its
final graduation on Monday evening.
The following young ladies from
this section will be members of the
graduating class: Miss Margaret
Lawrence, Leggetts, N. C., Miss Sara
McClean, Plymouth, N. C., Miss Es
ther Moan Cobb, Pinetops, N. C.,
Miss Susie Rankin Foutain, Rocky
Mount, N. C., Miss Herring , of Wil
son. The Baccalaureate Sermon will
take place on Sunday.
Funeral Held
: For E. C. Lucas
Services Held) From Church Of
Good Shepherd At 4 O'clock; In
terment In Pinevlew
Funeral services for Edwin Coyle
Lucas, well known resident and
pioneer railroad nlan who died at
his homo at 217 Nash street Satur
day morning, were held from the
Church of the Good Shepherd Sun
day afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev.
Francis H. Craighill, rector, officiat
ed, assisted by Dr. J. W. Kincheloe,
pastor of the First Baptist church.
Interment took place in Pineview
cemetery.
t Mr. Lucas was 68 years of age.
He had been in ptoor health for the
past year and had been critically
ill for the past two weeks.
Mr. Lucas was married twice, first
to Miss Copeland Dunn, of Rich
mond, Virginia, and then to Mrs.
Laura Herbert Parker, of this city,
who died several years ago.
He entered the service of tho A.
C. L. railroad on September 11, 19-
03 in Wilmington, N. C. He served
as a trainmaster for the Richmond
district during the year 1906 and un
til August, 1907, when he returned
to Wilmington to work.
Mr. Lucas came to this city July
15, 1910 and has lived here sinco
that time. He served as chief clerk
to the general superintendent of the
A. C. L. here until the office was
abolished November 15, 1934. After
that he served as a special clerk in
tho office of the superintendent un
til May 4, 1937 when he was forced
to retire on account of ill health.
Mr. Lucas iwas a charter member
of the Current Topics club, a mem
ber of the Civitan club, and a di
rector of the Citizens Building and
Loan company. He was also a mem
ber of the advisory board of the
Salvation Army and a member of
the vestry of the Church of the Gool
Shopherd. He was past Royal Pizier
of the Ziza Temple of the Dokies.
Survivors include a half brother,
W. B. Warner, of Silver Grove,
Ky.; four step children, Mrs. E. H.
Tharrington, Dr. George L. Parker,
and Van Parker, of this city, and
W. H. Parker, of Pittsburgh, Penn.,
and two step granddaughters, Lau
ra Ann and Mary Lee Parker.
Active pallbearers for the funer
al were E. I. Fleming, J. J. Wells,
R. M. Richardson, Dr. C. E. Minges,
W. G. Robbins, R. L. Sides, Archie
Amos and J. R. Chambliss.
Honorary pallbearers included
members of the Civitan club and Dr.
D. L. Knowles, Dr. R. H. Neoll, W.
P. Marshall, W. T. Fuller, W. L
Alderson, W. W. Snow, R. G. Mur
chison, O. H. Page, B. C. Moore,
James, W. Fox, L. W. Green, W. B.
Rector, E. S. Dodge and Major C. J.
Frazieer.
Rites For Mrs.Dixon
Funeral services for Mrs. Maggio
Dixon, 63, who died Saturday after
noon at tho home of her sister, Mrs.
J. C. Dixon, near Whitakers, were
held Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock
from the home of Mrs. Dixon. Elder
J. C. Moore of the Whitakers Prim
itive Baptist church, of which the
deceased was a member, officiated.
Burial took place in the Wlhitakers
cemetery.
Mrs. Dixon had been ill for several
months.
She was the daughter of tho late
Andrew and Katie Fountain of near
Whitakers.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs.
J. C. Dixon and Mrs. T. N. Pattin,
both of near Whitakers; on e broth
er, Levy Fountain, of Whitakers,
and several nieces and nephews.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH FRIDAY, MAY, 27, 1938
Honest Election
Much Needed
The StatMVllle Landmark (Demi.
Intubated There Is Never Any
thing Done To Clear Up Corrup
tion And Ballot Box Stuffing
"Governor Hoey's plea for honest
elections is both timely and com
mendable. Tiipely because the elec
tion machinery is being oiled and
piimecl for aotlier battle and com
mendable because clean and honest
elections is something that is very
much needed and desired in North
Carolina.
"If we get the Governor's meaning
he is directing his appeal as much
to the voters as to those in charge
of the machinery. And that too, is
a point well-taken. He says 'The
lawg regarding elections are very
strict and if .they are carefully ob
served or rigidly enforced, there can
be no legitimate complaint of un
fairness, irregularities or fraud.'
"He disposes of the criticism of
the absentee ballot in this way:
'The election officials should be care
ful to see that the law is careful
ly complied with. This law serves
a good purpose, when carefully and
honestly administered, and no leg
itimate complaints arise because of
abuses of the law.'
"There will bo a general agreement
that the absentee ballot law is not
a monster in itself, but because it
is so adaptable to abuse, it has
become a stench in the nostrils of
decent voter ß who neither want their
votes offset by this means nor glo
ry in having them bolster their own
political conclusions.
"But the absentee ballot law is not
by any means the sole basis for
complaint about crookedness in elec
tions. There are many other ques
tionable short-cuts, tricks of the
trade, that have almost made our
elections a farce.
"And it seems that the only place
to do anything about it is at tho vot
ig booth itself—or thereabouts. Tho
Legislature is not inclined to do any
house-cleaning, not even when a
Democratic elections board chairmau
pleads wiyi it. And straightening
out the crookedness after the voting,
is 'next to unthinkable.
"Governor Hoey probably remem
bers that in his own county there
were definite charges of corruption
and ballot box stuffing. If anythin?
definite was done about these
charges, it escaped "our notice.
"But that is water over the dam.
If now tho Governor can persuade
the people to be honest with them
selves, and convince the election of
ficials that they can best serve their
party and their State by being
honest with the voters, he will have
accomplished something quite worth
while."
Final Rites Held
ForJMrs. Gentry
Services Held At 4 O'clock Today
For Mrs. Martha Gentry
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha
Lois Gentry, 38, who died at her
homo at 305 Ambler Avenue, were
held at 4 o'clock from the home of
her sister, Mrs. E. J. Wells at 617
Pender street. Rev. R. Dwight Ware,
pastor of the First ffifethodist church,
officiated, assisted by Rev. C. W.
Goldston, pastor of Clark Street
Methodist church. Burial took place
in Pineview cemetery.
Mrs. Gentry had been sick for
about five months. She vvas an em
ployee of Efird's for the past ten
years.
Survivors include her mother, Mrs.
J. O. Dudley, of this city; three
children, Annie Lois and Lynwooi
Gentry, Jr., of this city and Ed
ward Gentry of Sumter, S. C.; ono
sister, Mrs. Wells; and two broth
ers, W. E. Dudley, of Williamston,
and F. H. Dudley, of thic city.
Active pallbearers were: H. O.
Griffin, W. M. Soden, Jr., V. N.
Nerfl, O. W. Hale, F. G. Low, Sr.,
and R. C. Williamson.
Honorary pallbearers included: E,
L. Taylor, R. O. Mayo, Dr. W. N.
Wall, Dr. E. R. Hines, C. C. Gregg,
R. M. Proctor, A. W. Boawell, Dr.
L. W. Kornegay, John Summer, O.
P. Hedgepeth, A. W. Bailey, J. H.
Dixon, Jr., J. E. Lambert, Jr., W. S.
| Oldham, and E. C. Crisp.
Here's New Style in Bicycling
Dorothy Heffermra (left) and Mrs. Doris Burnham go riding on m
new style bicycle which Is one af the collection of unusual bicycles owned
by Charles Llbby of Lynn, Mass. There are only two like this In the
United States.
Don't Let City Make Another
Great Blunder
Rocky Mount has made splendid progress in the munici
pal ownership of Public Utilities and due to the splendid
initiative and foresight of many of our early business men
in the development of Rocky Mount we are enjoying its bene
fits and will continue to do so. In the early development
of Rocky Mount money was scarce and our leaders were
cautious and made investments in absolutely necessity of
this water plant, and light plant, and simple school
buildings but by reason of the foresight the money invest
ed in these plants is producing a splendid income and the
City is now in aha#e to make investments in parks and
other public necessities which by reason of our growth
have become much more necessary now than years back
for in our early stage we had open land.
While there has been splendid foresight, there has been
blunders also which have been costly to the city of
Rocky Mount. The city of Rocky Mount was offered six
acres of land for park purpose a few years back which
was absolutely turned down by the Board of Alder
men without any reasonable reason. It is the very piece
of land on which the horse show was held during the Gal
lopade this spring. The city of Rocky Mount turned down
approximately $200,000 underpass which would have con
nected the East and West sides of the town without haz
ard to travelers and without cost to the City. This is
another great blunder. The City of Rocky Mount has a
block of property within three blocks of the Post Office
where all buildings have been cleared save one not in use
which piece of property is well dapated for park property,
something unusual in any city where the City could ac
quire a piece of property without paying a high price for
the buildings yet the Board of Aldermen seems to delay
in taking steps to acquire this property which' is «o vital
to our City development. We certainly hope that the city
will act before it is too late for if they fail to act this will
be another blunder which will never be reasonably ex
plained. Many of our citizens are getting older and are
missing the advantage of a place to sit down. We hope the
board will give early consideration to this matter.
FALSE PROPAGANDA
Many of our feature or paid writers still continue to
manufacture false propaganda. There is a rumor being
carried around which is absolutely false that Chief Jus
tice Charles Hughes of the United States had stated that
Juctice Black "because of his inexperience at law and lack
of craftsmanship, is causing his colleagues considerable
discomfort and embarrassment." Chief Justice Hughes
never made this statement but the basis for this story was
taken from a Harper's Magazine article written by Mar
quis Childs. If any one would stop to think if Justice
Hughes had thought this he would not have spoken it.
Chief Pustice Hughes was speaking before the American
Law Institution in Washington. We quote his language
with reference to judges and from what we are able to
gather from fhis it seems that he was making a criticism
of a great many of the judges throughout the country,
for their partizancy. So far as we are able to learn Jus
tice Black's name was not mentioed but the whole fabri
cation was made from thi« Harper's article. Justice Hughe3
stated as follows: I question if there is any greater need
at this time than continued respect for the judicial tradi
tion of independence and impartiality. The defects in
judicial administration, which has made the public criti
cal and restive, and which some times have obscured in
public estimation the services of the courts, have been due
in part to the law and in part to lawyers and judges."
A justice should be intelligent, studious, and imbued
with the spirit of justice and fairness. We once heard a
gentleman say that some time a judge could be too smar*
for he knew a judge that was so smart that he would some
time make a mistake in his charge to the jury and would
then undertake to cover up his mistake on an appeal so
as- to sustain himself. Now we believe with this gentleman
that when a judge is intelligent enough to make an error
and then fix case on appeal to cover it his is too smart.
Probably these were the kind of judges Justice Hughes
was talking about and not Justice Black.
Plans For 58 th June
German Are Announced
Illness Fatal To
Mrs. Simmons
Funeral Services For Wife Of For'
tier Senator To Be Held In
New Bern Today
Morehcad City, May 21. Mrs.
Belle Gibbs Simmons, wife of for
mer Senator Furnifold M. Simmons,
died this afteroon at 2:30 o'clock
in the Morehead City Hospital. At
the bedside when the end camo were'
Mr. Simmons; a daughter, Mrs.
Wade Meadows of New Bern, and a
brother, Scth Gibbs of Beaufort.
For many years Mrs. Simmons
had been in poor health and dur
ing last two years she had re
ceived treatment in hospitals in
Richmond, Washington and More
head City. About a month ago she
was brought to the Morehead City
Hospital by ambulance from Tacoma
Park Sanatorium, near Washington.
Until last Saturday she had seem
ed to bo recovering, but a turn for
the worse was then noted in her
condition. She becamo unconscious
and grew steadily worse. Hope for
her recovery was abandoned last
night. . ! f ■
Funeral services will be held to
morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at
Christ Church in New Bern. Buri
al will bo in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
A native of Middleton, Hyde
County, Mrs. Simmons was 73 years
of age. She was married to Mr.
Simmons in Hydo County on July
29, 1886. At that time ho was a
widower with three young children.
The second Mrs. Simmons was a
sister of ono of his law partners,
the late H. L. Gibbs, of Hyde Co
unty. Their father was the lata
11. H. Gibbs of Hyde County.
Mrs. Si mm cms always kept in tho
background of her distinguished hus
band's career,- but she offered him
every encouragement for his politi
cal advancement. To her he always
gave full credit for his going to
Congress, because it was she who
first thought of the idea, on their
honeymoon in Washingto.
She was not an organizer join
er. The Episcopal Church was
about the only thing to which she be
longed. She did not take a very
active part in Washington society,
even when her husband rose to be
ranking Democrat in the Senate an.l
served as chairman of the important
Senate Finance Committee. She pre
ferred to stay quietly at their
home, making things peaceful and
happy for her husband after h : s
busy days on Copitol Hill.
Surviving are her husband, two
daughters, Mrs. Wade Meadows anl
Mrs. J. F. Patterson of New Bern;
two step-daughters, Mrs. L. A. Mah
ler and Mrs. Graham Andrews of
Raleigh; a step-son, James H. Sim
mons of Jones County; a sister, Miss
Mary Gibbs of Blowing Rock, and
a brother, Scth Gibbs of Beaufort;
two granddaughters, Misses Saran
and Ella Meadows, and four grand
sons, Simmons Patterson, Joe Pat
| terson, Jr., Wade Meadows, Jr., ad
Alex Meadows, Jr., and Alex Mead
ows, all of New Bern.
She wag an aunt of Mayor 11. S.
Gibbs of Morehead City.
Yale scientist roports discovery
in liver of a mysterious substance
with a giant molecule.
Dr. Echencar implies on arrival
politics bars delivery of helium for
now German airships.
American Council of Education
stresses need of advance in educa
tion for teaching.
Major says CCC graduates could
bo turned into good soldiers by ouo
month's army training.
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Traditional Dance Here On JiM
10 —Dorney's Orchestra Td Play
Leaders for the fifty-eighth aoaul
June German, to be given by th®
Carolina Cotillion clnb and staged
amid much splendor on the evening
of Friday, Jane 10, have been. nn~
nounced by Presidont G. Mathewwwt.
Young. Mr. Young will have MM hi*
guest in the place of honor lCsv
Caroline Trenholm, of Savannah,
Georgia, a former resident of thU
city and popularly known in North.
Carolina society. Assistant leader*
for the spectacular figure presented
by active club members as a featuro
of the annual events will inclade
Mr. Guilford C. Worsley, vice-presi
dent, and Miss Sue Taylor Meyers,
of LaGrange, and Edward M. Vann.
secretary and treasurer,, and Mist*
Elizabeth Winslow, of Greenville. Mr_
and Mrs. Henry Toler will direct thii
figure, which they led last year.
Mr, and Mrs. Millard F. Jones will'
lead the honorary club members*
figure: (these comprising older mem
bers of the club) and Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Gardner will assist. The hon
orary members' figure will officially*
open the German and will take place*
at 11 o'clock, to be followed at mid
night by the active members' fignre..
From 9 until 11 a concert will
presented by Paul Jones and hi»
popular local orchestra, and at 11'
o'clock Jimmy Dorsey and his cele
brated stage and radio orchestra
will open their program of dance
rhythmn, which will be among tho
high-light features of the 1938 Ger
man.
Intermissions have been arrange!
to co-incide with the duration of the
informal parties which are planned
by local hosts and hostesses for the
night of nights, and these are sche
duled for 12:30, 2:30 and 4:00
o'clock. The first is scheduled for
forty-five minutes; the second for
hali an hour, and the third for just
fifteen minutes.
As has been the custom on pre
vious occasions, gentlemen who at
tend the German must conform to
certain rules formulated by the exec
utive committee of the club, which
yields precedence to none in the
state. Chief among these rules -s
that concerning attire, which must
be conventional black tuxedo or full
dress suit. No uniforms, mess jack
ets or white tuxedos will be permit
ted on the floor, officials emphasize.
Five thousand invitations, engrav
ed in blue ad bearing the three C's
of the Carolina Cotillion club, with
the date of the club's organization,
1880, will be issued to guests to th'J
German, and seats for three thous
and spectators are already being
erected at the Mangum warehouse,
where the event will take place. The
dance floor, always of gigantic pro
portions, will be even larger this
year than on previous occasions, a
spaco 320 by 90 feet having been
marked off by the corps of nearly
two dozen decorators who have al
ready staffed work transforming th?
warehouse into a bit of
The blue and white colors of tho'
club will predominate in the decora
tive scheme.
Marshals for the German will wear
tho traditional rosettes of blue an-1
white, and favors will also carry the
bi-color motif of the club. These
will be miniature booklets of blue,
monogramed with tho three C'c in
white, and inscribed with tho names
of officers, leaders, active members
ad marshals, together with the dance
bands for the evening.
Harvey Roberts will serve as
chief of .the corps of marshals, and
assisting him in caring for the com
fort and pleasuro of Juno German
guests will be Jack Aycock, Banks
Morris, Alfred Sanders, William
Ricks, Ray Hudgins, W. C. Woodard,
HE, J. D. Winstead, Jr., Frank
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