The Rocky Mou
VOLUME 5. NO. 34
r PROMISES AID
It TO CANADA
f IN SPEECH
The "Good Neighbor" Was Extend
ed To Canada Today By The Na
jj tlon's Chief at Dedication
t , -
REFERS TO BRIDGE _
AS CONNECTING LINK
A New Span Connecting The U. S.
And Canada Waa Referred To Aa
f •> a .Symbolic And Material Connec
tion of Two Nations.
f Thousand Islands, Ont. Aug. 18.—
f President Roosevelt today extended
» the good neighbor policy to Canada
I and the British Empijre with a
blunt denunciation of secret diplo
macy, and a pledge to Canada that
thw United States would come to
|| her aid If she is threatened with
(invasion.
Tho chief executive's momentous
declaration came at Queen's univer
isity, Kingston, after he had receiv
ed an honorary degree. Arriving here
l?ter he dedicated a r, ew span con
necting the United States and Can
ada and elaborated his theme of co
operation.
! ' He spoke of the new bridge as a
I symbolic and material connection of
' the two nations.
At the dedication ceremonies, Pres
ident Roosevelt warned bluMtly that
unless Canada and the United States
» take joint governmental action a
. "group of American interests might
gain a monopoly in developing St.
t Lawrence resources."
c .Referring to the Uriited States
I agd , Canada, the President said
1 that as good neighbors the',oations
I tie "true frienda because aS' good
fpe\ids we maintain our own rights
frankness, because we refuse
tfli accept the twists of secrtt dis
putes by consultation and because
wfe discuss our common problems ix>
the spirit of common good.? >
The speech w»as viewed as Ws
raiyst significant one on jEMflffU pol
icy since his world-famous "quar
antine" speech at Chicago last ymt.
SWIMMING POOL
REGULATIONS
1 Swimming pools under the most
modern conditions are sometimes
tile, source of infeetior*. This poten
tial danger can not be entirely
averted.
Such diseases for the most part
are inflammatory infections of the
upper respiratory tract which includ
es the nose, throat and sinuses. Ear
infections are not uncommon, nei-
I ther is ringworm of the feet.
,The.e are other infections which
may be transmitted where groups
of people use a common bathing
place. There is nothing new in this
statement and it is not intended
that it cause alarm.
It is expected however that theso
* Jw suggestions will cause the pa-i
I rents of the children who use the
pool and the patro' * of the pool
j themsolves to realize the absolute
necessity of cooperating with the
pool management in the following
manner:
* it No person with any symptoms
of a bad cold or with inflammation
1 of the eyes, or any sort of skin
| sores or skin Tash including ath-
I letes foot should attempt to use
I the pool.
2. No persor.' who has recently re
| covered from any illness should en
ter tho pool without the approval of
a physician.
3. No person with a fever, head
ache, diarrhea or any other symp
. torn of illness should enter the pool.
Most infectious diseases begin with
a headache and slight fever.
> 4. Bathers should always take a
■ Slower in the nude and use soap
freely before entering pool.
5. Use foot baths.
6. Not expectorate or urinate ir..
pool.
7. The safety of the pool depends
largely upon the personal cleanli
ness of the bathers. There is a defi
nite part for each pureut to play
in teaching the child these funda
mental principles of swimming pool
sanitation.
Bathing i;.« raw streams in the vi
cinity of a center of population such
as Rocky Mount is definitely not
safe and is warned against. Signs
are placed along Tar river within
the city warning bathers to stay out.
Parents should instruct childrerl
not to wade in the drainage canals
and ditches because such canals in
j|!j t*he city are grossly polluted.
E * '
Largest Family In
State Of Virginia
John P. Williams, 89, Of Patrick
Coenty, Has Been Married Three
Tinten And Has 330 Descendants
Hard work and regular habits,
is John P. Williams' secret to suc
cessful living and longevity. Mr.
Williams is one of the few remain
ing Confederate veterans in Patrick
County, Va., and just recently cel
ebrated hie 89th birthday. He has
enjoyed unusually good health
throughout these many years, rot
withstanding the fact that he has
had to endure many hardships that
farmers in remote sections of the
country are confronted with.
The Patrick county citizen who
was born and reared near the top
of the Blue Ridge, in the Lover's
Leap vicinity, has spent practical
ly his e'ltire life in that commun
ity, where he raised one of the
largest families in this section of
Virginia.
Boasting of 18 so- b and three
daughters, who have reached matur
ity, at the same tiiuu enjoying good
health, no other couple is found in
Southwest Virginia who could lay
claim to such a distinction. The old
est is 69 years, the youngest 26, and
all are married, save one. There
are s -also ir. the family circle,'now
scattered in three states, 208 grand
children and 101 greiit grandchil
dren. ' f
When a family reunion is held, i£
reminds one of a large gathering,
Just think of it, 331 people in one
family sitting down to a picnic dirfc
ner at one time. ■• • •* # *
Two of the Williams children live
i nWest Virginia, one in the Val
ley of Virginia, one in the Eastern
Maryland while the remainder have
established their..permanent hornet
H different sections of Patrick Co
unty. ,
The Williams homestead includes
a modest little farm home, surround
ed by 2J.00 acres Qf typical Pat
rick county' mountainous land.
Mr. Williams has been married
three times; His first wife was« Miss
Lucinda Boberson. He' raised thres
boys by his first wife. These three
boys are now'dead, but they ill mar
ried and* raised families.
His second wife was a Miss Ed-*
wards. They raised one child by
his second wife which was a girl.
Bhe is dead but she married and.
raised a family.
His third wife was a Miss Gil
bert who reared 16 children to ma
turity. She was a school mate of
mine. She was a preachers daughter
ald .lie has two boys who are preach
ers, one a Primitive Baptist, the
other a Presbyterian. Mr. Williams
has eight children dead, 7 boys and
1 girl. His last wife*, died about
a year ago. ?.■» H
The Williams family furnished
Uncle Sam with three stout-heart
ed soldiers during the World War.
The "bread-winner" of the family
is a strong believer in the Primi
tive Baptist faith. He is a son of a
minister, and was also married to
the daughter of a minister of that
der omination.
Having lived on a farm all his
life, Mr. Williams is almost as hale
and hearty today as he was two de
cades ago. Hard work, regular hab
its and "three square meals a day"
has helped him to reach such health
ful heights, to which few people can
lay claim.
T. M. STAPLES.
Stuart, Va.
W. V. Bradshaw
Taken By Death
Funeral Services Were Conducted
On Hammond Street At 4 P. M.
Thursday
Funeral services for William Ver
non Bradshaw, who died Tuesday
night after a brief illness, were held
at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon
from the home of his sister, Mrs. L.
K. Fountain, at 214 Hammond St.
Mr. Bradshaw, who was 4(5, died
at a local hospital at 9:30 Tuesday
evening.
Rev. J. A. Satterfield, Presbyterian
minister conducted the services.
Survivors i-tlude his wife, Mr.».
Lillion Hardy Bradshaw; his mother,
Mrs. Alice S. Bradshaw; two sisters
Mrs. L. K. Fountain and Mrs. J. P.
Stinson; two brothers, B. E. and L.
T. Bradshaw; and two nieces, Ma
rion and Nancy Stanson, all of
Rocky Mount.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CARO
BOARD OF
ELECTIONS IS
SCORED IN RAL.
»'• ...
Members of County Boards Charge
"Illegal And High-Handed"
Methods Used
EHRINGHAUB. M'LENDON
IN FREQUENT CLASHES
Counsel For State Board Objects To
Affidavits Being Included As Evi
dence, And Judge Harris Sustains
Objections Tentatively In Wake
Court
Raleigh, Aug. 23.—Affidavits from
members of county election boards,
read in Wake superior court today,
charged the atate board of elections
with using "illegal and high-handed"
methods in reversing results of tho
Democratic run-off primary ir| the
Eighth Congressional District.
J. C. B. Ehringhaus, counsel for
W. O. Burgin of Lexington, asserted
that the state board coerced coun
ty boards into signing returns which
gave C. B. Deane of Rockingham a
bare majority over Burgin.
County board members, Ehring
haus said,. Tuei.e i - formed that if
they did not follow the orders of
the state board, they would be dis
charged. ; " , h
"The state board sent orders to
county boards whieh said:'"Do what
We' say itrr j»ou ' tfilf die officially,"
former Governor Ehringhaus assert
ed;-
Ehringhaus read an affidavit from
Sam H. Lee, ehairnlan of the Union
county board of elections, which
said the state board forced him to
co.unt.congessional ballots cast in the
wrong boxes, even though he a-|ti
other, members of his board were
bopvinced there was a strong possi
bility that the vot*s were fraudu
lent.
Le«'s Affidavit
Lee's affidavit said that he in
formed members of tho state board
lie trot' wfsh- to change" the tin
ion returns,' and that the state board
An affidavit by Jesse C. Leigh, a
replied "he was just wasting time.''
member of the Richmond board,"
said that the other two members of
his board changed originally certi
fied retur'li without informing him
of their plans.
'■"lf there was a meeting of the
Richmond board to change the re
turns originally certified, Leigh
didn't know about it," said
haus.
Burgin is seeking a mandamus to
force the state board to certify him
as the Democratic nominee for the
U. S. House of Representatives in
the Eighth Congressional District.
Returns originally certified by
county boards of elections showed
Burgin leading Deane by more than
SOO - ,votee. Subsequently, county
changed their returns, void
ing ballots alleged to be fraudu
lent, and gave Deane a 23-vote ma
jority.
Counsel for the state board objec
ted to the affidavits being rfl'luded
as evidence. Judge W. C. Harris sus
tained the objections tentatively,
but ordered that most of the facts
contained in the documents be ad
mitted.
McLendon Objects
L. P. McLendon of Goldsboro
who as attorney for Deane is as
sisting the state in arguing its case
frequently objected to Ehringhaus'
arguments.
Referring to the Lee affidavit, Mc-
Lendon said:
"It doesn't make a particle of dif
ference whether the Union board
was forced to sign the corrected re
turns, or whether it signed them
voluntarily. The fact remains that
the members did sign."
''l'm frankly amazed at that ar
gument," said Ehringhaus.
"Of course you are," shouted Mc-
Lendo-;
"I'm glad you apprehend the
amazement," said the former Gov
ernor. He added that the fact "also
remains" that the members "did
sign" original returns Which show
ed Burgin to be the nominee.
Judge Harris rapped repeatedly for
order.
"Let's argue to the court, and not
to ourselves," he warned. "You can
do that after court is adjourned.'
Many peanut fields in Virginia and
North Carolina have been reportod
as abandoned after heavy rains
brought on an extreme grassy con-
Under a - H by virtue of the power
and authority conferred in the un
dersigned by that deed uf trust
Is Office of City Attorney Political?
These columns have previously referred to the office of
City Attorney which has been held by the present encum
bents since the "memory of man runneth not to the con
trary.
We have received communication relative to editorial ap
pearing in our paper recently raising the question of wheth
er the office of City Attorney was political, or just a busi
ness job or service, as other employees. Now we do not
know whether our views accord with the general views of
others or not but it appears to us that it is both. It is cer
tainly political, and it ought to be a business job to justi
fy the salaries attached to it. The office of attorney, general
ly is not. classed in line with the general run of employees,
who are expected not to take a part in city politics. The
City Attorneys have taken interest in politics. It was gen
erally discussed during the mayors campaign of 1937 thatj
the present City Attorneys were active in opposition to the
present mayor, who was elected, soliciting and en
gaging in other political activities. Now the City Attorney
is supposed to give legal advice to the Mayor, City Man
ager and Board of Aldermen. While the law is supposed
to be a scientific study, none has ever claimed that it is an
exact science, and we wonder just how the present admin
istration can accomodate itself to policy forming legal ad
vice from attorneys whom it had no part in selecting. "If
it is a political job pass the honors around:" if it is a busi
ness job divide the business as other businesses are treated.
A LEGAL PRIMARY
The suit involving the election frauds in the Eighth Con
gressional District between W. O. Burgin, of Lexington, and
C. B. Dean of Rockingham has been in progress this week.
This contest has brought to light a condition which has
existed in the state with reference to the manner of the
holding of our elections which the great mass of the citizen
ship did not know was permitted to exist- The Governor
himself made the statement at the closing of the extra ses
sion of Legislature that stealing in elections had been going
on for the past ten years. Major McLendon made the state
ment be/ore thq executive committee that the man
ner of holding elections was unworthy to be . practiced
among men and unholy before the Lord. We feel that the
courts themselves hfive been derelict in their holding that
the courts could not go behind the returns of a prmary're
gardless of what manner of stealing may have taken place,
still we call the priipary a legal primary. What do we have
election boards and courts for if it is not to see that justice
prevails. We noticed in the past that one court instructed
the Grand Jury that the Grand Jury had no right to inves
tigate these election frauds. Stealing is stealing, whether
it be a chicken or the office of Governor, or Congressman
or Senator, or Sheriff." The President charged the Supreme
Court of United States With usurping power that it did not
have and failing to exercise power where it Should do so.
Major McLendon ancLJCx-Governor Ehringhaus are both very
familiar with the manner of holding elections in North Car
olina, and know that we need relief. Regardless of who
started this stealing let us stop it. ,
South Pictured As
Poverty Stricken
Area
Washington, Aug. 17. —The South
—meaning thereby the 13 states
from Virginia to Texas —has one
third of the children of the United
States —and three-fourths of the
child laborers of from 10 t 015 years.
In 20 important industries, wages
averaged 16 cents an hour lower in
the South tha'i in the rest of the
country in 1937.
In the samp year, the average in
come per capita in the South was
$314; in the rest of the country it
was $604.
These are bits taken from the re
port made by the National Emer
gency Council to the President. They
are enough, of themselves, to make
one understand why the Preside* |t
calls the South the nation's No. 1
problem.
Here are some more figures from
the same source:
Teachers in the South compare
favorably with teachers elsewhere;
Southern states spend a larger pro
portion of their tax income on edu
cation than in tho rest of the coun
try. But the South is so poor that
in 1933-34, the average an'fual sal
ary of teachers in Arkansas was
$465, c om pared to $2,361 in New
York. The assessed value of tax
able property in the South was
$465 per person in 1935; in the nine
northeastern states it was $1,370.
On health, the works of the re
port must be quoted directly:
In the South, where family in
comes are exceptionally low, the
sickness and death rates are unu
sually high. Wage differentials be
come in faet differentials in health
and life; poor health, in turn, af
feets wages. The low income belt
of the South is a belt of sickness,
misery and unnecessary death."
Mecklenburg landowners are happy
over the increased acreage to lea
pedeza which they seeded on small I
grain a 9 the crop is now growing in
such a splendid way as to indicatl
a heavy yield of hay and seed thij
fall.
A sofa is owten used aa a spoon
holder.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1938
ONLY ONE DEATH HAS
OCCURED IN ORPHANAGE
POPULATION IN 12YRS.
Last Month Marked Another Year In
In Which There Was No Fatal
Illness. Oply Death Since July,
1926, Happened In June 1933
Barium Springs
Another twelve months have gone
by, and another year has been com
pleted without a death occurring
among 'the large Orphanage family
at Barium. This means that there
has been only one death among the
average enrollment of 325 children
i - ' the past 12 years, and no death
in this Barium family of children in
the last five years.
The only death since July, 1933,
was that of Harvey Lee Wilson, who
died in the early part of June, 19-
33. He was stricken with a malady
that is generally fatal and died af
ter only three days' illness.
It is believed that doctors every
where will marvel at the record that
has been made at Barium. It is re
called that one doctor found diffi
culty three years ago ir" giving cre
dence to the statement that there
had been but a single death in a
span of nine years, and his credu
lity will be taxed all the more to
day because of the announcement of
only one death in 12 years.
It is seriously doubtful that a'«y
community, with an average child
population of 325 children in a doz
en years, could claim such a rec
ord as has been made at Barium
Springs. The population here has
successfully weathered that large
number of children's diseases, some
of which are fatal in youth. There
have been plenty of serious opera
tions, too, but they have come thru
satisfactorily.
Many factors have co-tributed to
this phenomenal health record,
among which can be named; whole
some food, plenty of milk, regu
larity of hours, bodily exercise,
splendid and painstaking health su
pervision locally and by physicians
and burgeons i r Statesville, precau-
tionary and preventive measures
such as inoculations, vaccinations,
etc., and exhaustive and annua! med
ical examinations each January.
This record shows humar skill and
care, and it also shows that God
j has been a watchful Father over
this big family of boys and girls in
the Presbyterian Orphans' Home at
I Barium Springe.
Williams Charges Grand Jury
To Protect Voice of People
By Enforcing Election Laws
POPE IN SPEECH
ON NATION'ISM
Church Head Urge* Students To
Guard Againat Exaggerated Na
tionalism
Oastel Gandolfo, Italy, Aug. 22.
Pope Pius XI emerged from his sum
mer palace here to warn a group
of students and missionaries that
"exaggerated nationalism is a verti
ble curse."
A Vatican news service quoted the
Pontiff as telling the students]
"there is a place for a just, mode-|
rate nationalism associated with all
the virtues," but cautioning them
to be o"' guard against "exaggerat
ed nationalism."
Such exaggeration, tho Pope de
clared, is the cause for "continu
ous division and almost for war."
The Pope, much to the surprise of
Castel Gandolfo townsfolk, left his
palace for the first time since he
reached here April 30 and motored
to the summer school of the Col
lege of Propagation of. the Faith.
He was received by. prelates ,at
the college gates' for a visit lasting
20 minutes.
H ,
Part of his discourse to the stu
dents issued by a Vatican news ser
vice said.
''Guard yourselves above all
against arlbther grave pSril,-against
exaggerated nationalism. There is
nationalism and nationalism. This
is like saying thfcre is nation and
nation, personality and personality.
"There are natio'fc and there is
also nationalisih. But God has made
the nation. There is a" place then
for a just, moderate 'na'ftonalism as
sociated vfith all the virtues;
"But guard you^selveif"against • ex
aggerated nationalism whieh is a
veritable curse.-Alas, it seems that
all ov£nts support us"when we say
a veritable cdrse because it is the
reason for continuous division and
almost for war.
"For missions, then; it it a veri
table curse of sterility becduse, it is
not by that road that fertility of
faith increases nor does the aposto
late flourish there."
The Pontiff's words came close
after the Fascist party announce
ment yesterday of an agreement to
end friction between Catholic action
societies and flascism.
In a speech of July 29 the Pope
to some extent had linked his "ex
aggerated Nationalism" and the Fas
cist attack on Catholic action. The
Fascist accused the Catholic socie
ties of more than religious activi
j ties, but settled their difficulties in
a new agreement with the Vatican.
NEGROSTAB'D
SATURDAY
Alleged Attacker Is Held In Jail;
Victim Has Knife Blade In Chest
Russell Saunders, 32, Negro man
of 726 Star street, was in a local
hosital today with a knife blade in
his chest and Thomas Williams, 18-
year-old Negro, was in jail as result
of a. fight Saturday night.
Saunders was stabbed at a store
on West Thomas street Saturday
night, Police Chief J. B. Thomas
stated. Withr'4s minutes after the
stabbing, he said, Sergeant Z. H.
Wheless and Officers J. I. Nichols
and R. L. Rogers Williams on Beal
street.
Williams was held in jail today 1
| without formal charges, pending de
velopments in Saunders' condition.
Physicians said Saunders' condi
tion was as promising today as whe' l
he was taken to the hospital Satur
day, but no predictions could be
made pending the removal of the
inch-and-a-half of knife blade from
I his chest. The Negro was stabbed in
the. lung, police were told, and the
knife blade broke off.
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(horn Smithfield Herald)
Judgo CIKWSOU L. William* eay
ed for a "purifying" of elections
in North Carolina in an hour-lons
charge to Johnston cou-tty's tvew
six-month grand jury as the Aug
ust criminal term of Superior
court convened here.
"If democratic government is to
survive in North Carolina, it is
important that the voice of the peo
ple be expressed freely, fully and
untrammeled," Judge Williams de
clared. "It is your duty as members
of the grand jury to enforce the
election laws a« written a?|l see
that the voice of the people comes
from the ballot boxes just as it is
put into the ballot boxes."
While the charge embraced %
number of other subjects such an
enforcement of tho liquor laws, pro
tection of the morals of children
through an investigation into the cir
culation of cheap pulp magazines
and other obscene literature, and
enforcement of the law requiring
justices of the peace to submit pe
riodic reports of their work, the
admonitions regarding the enforce
ment of election laws gained chief
interest in view of the state-wide
stir over election Irregularities is
the'summer primaries.'
••Judge Williims suggested com
pleted abolition or reform of tho
absentee ballot law, ; the use of vot
ing machines and a' new statewide
registration as * by which elec-
."may, be purified."
, W v H. UpchijrcJ), of Pour Oaks,.
Route 1,, was named as foreman of
the new grpnd jury.
Carroll Gardener
Claimed By Death
Kites for Popular Jiigh School
Student Here Were H«M Wed
„ ■ nesday Morning
Funeral -sofvices* foe .Council ■ Kin
loch Gardner, popular young Central
High School student who died in
a local hospital late Monday, were
conducted from the church of the
Good Shepherd (Episcopal) at 10:-
30 o'clock Wednesday morning.
The body of the 15-year-old ju for
Boy Scout leader and talented dra
matics student, was taken to the
church at five o'clock Tuesday af
ternoon where members of his Scout
troop. No. 11 of the Episcopsil
church, formed a guard of honor
throughout the niglit. Following the
funeral rites conducted by Rev. F.
H. CraighiU on Wednesday morning,
the body was interred in Pine View
cemetery here.
YOU'VJ Gardner, son of a retired
naval officer, was stricken with ap
pendicitis a week ago at Creswefl
while on a bicycle trip with friends
to Fort Raleigh. He was brought to
the hospital here but failed to ral
ly from an operation.
Born at Colorado Springs, Col., on
April 1, IS>23, Carroll was the only
son of Kinloch Nelson Gardner and
his wife, Cornelia Carroll, a de
scendant of Charles Carroll of Car
rollton, thus combining some of the
most distinguished family strains
of Virginia and Maryland.
Scout leaders, terming young
Gardner a "boy of unusual talent,
promise a - (1 popularity," said that
! lie had passed all requirements for
Scouting's highest rank of Eagle, and
was only waiting for the expiration
!of the time limit since his last pro
: motion.
Other survivors besides his parents
include his parental grandparents,
I Mr. and Mrs. F. K. N. Gardner of
this city; his maternal grandmoth
er, Mrs. Charles Arthur Carroll of
Coral Gables, 51a; a you|jer sis
ter, Miss Frances Gardner, U, S.
Navy, and Charles Arthur Carroll,
Jr.
Carroll was a member of the Epis
copal church.