Ftor | 'HHhV ^ Yttfc. filw n4*^ Ifiii ''' ?'?k . *^- ?" ? ' ? 'J If _ . ) Ifft ^IHHB IBB ^3RHBRBf!*?:fl&izU&flHr7' ^SaSs? VOL. TWENTY THREE 74 Year Old Statesman Was Married Last Sat urday at Havana, Cu ba. Rocky Blount, N. C. March 2.? Senator ftooas J. Walsh, of Monta na, died' suddenly of a heart .attack abroad an Atlantic Coast' line train as it neared Wilson today while he was in route to Washington with hit bride, he married Saturday, at Havana. The Senator, who was named to be Attorney-Genera] in the Cabinet of President-Elect Roosevelt only a few days ago, was stricken and died with in a few minutes as he lay face down ward on, the berth of his drawing room. He was 74 years old. Senator Walsh died at 7:10 a. m. as Conductor Herbert Weathersbee, on the train operating between Flor- ' ence, S. C, and Rocky Mount, held his pulse. Only the conductor, Mrs. Walsh and her Cuban maid and the Puiman car porter were present. Mrs. Walsh was described as hysterical by Conductor Weathers bee who said he reached the Senator's aide at 7:02 o'clock. Senator Walsh died while I held his hand," Weathers bee said. "Mrs Walsh was hysterical. Dr. Costello was located on the train, but he ar rived after the Senator died,'.' he said. The physician Weathedsbee referred to was Dr. Richard J. Costello, of Cambridge, Mass. Mrs. Walsh, who speaks but little English, told Weathersbee that her husband about 6:2(1 was "doubled" in pain, she said, as she found him holding his stomach with both hands. The Senator rose from his berth in the drawing-room, crossed over to his wife's berth and then collapsed face downward. Mrs. Walsh said. The negro porter was called and he immediately raced seven cars away to find Weathersbee and told him the Senator apparently was dy ing. Weathersbee said he reached the Senator's side in a few minutes, felf his pulse and death came while he held his hand. > J Dr. Costelle reached the drawing- * 'loom at this time, and as the train < polled into Wilson,. Dr. A. M. Pitt- ' man was called 'to attend Mrs. Walsh, ! who was in a highly nervous state. ? Dr. Pittman quoted Mrs. Walsh as : saying that the Senator was ill when ' they left Dayton* Beach, Florida. ! his blood pressure showing" 200. He said Mrs. Walsh said her husband's 1 trouble seemed not to be his heart but his stomach," Mrs. Walsh speaks ' very little English, and when T asked 1 her if the trouble was with the Sen- - a tor's heart, she shook her head and * placed her hands on her stomach. 1 She said it was his stomach that 1 made him in," Dr. Pittman said, Dr. ' Pittman said there was no way of ; determining the immediate cause of : the death, but it was his. opinion that 1 it was a sudden attack of the heart. ! ' He said only a few of the train of ficials and Mrs. Walsh and her maid v were present at the drawing-room when he boarded the train at Wil- ! son after being called from a hos ' pital there. Dr. Pittman said he was uncertain ? whether be would continue on with Mrs. Walsh to Washington, and that ' while she had not said so, he ex- 2 pected she would board the same | train that takes ber husband's body to the national capital later today. , a Washington, D. C., March 2.? ' Shoes* and suspriae was the reaction ? of the national capital today at word ' of the death of Senator Thus. J. 1 Walsh, of Montana, in the midst of ( preparations for-a brilliant inau- 1 guration that was to have brought hhn into the attorneyship. The Sen ate adopted, resolutions of regret and adjourned out in respect for the deceased" Senator. VWO FATALLY UiJI KKU IN CROSSING ACCIDENT K ~"jE> I Wil*3i^^6^28.^4*yso Evans and ed, was perhaps fatally injured Sun day afternoon when thiC**hnwjrt freight of the Norfolk and Southern The injured Hen were brought to WftaM? r*y?ft Ev4i** and Arit^wwere nkv fffiimtfcil I. ' X*VOf*?WM. > A large emd-tf negroesJsdF-at near Appte,and the Ford stalled on ? ?i ? .-r- ^*v. '?i; iUv rOiu was QTugZcu ntany ai I SfafeleveBBe f" Is On Decrease ??N ^, i; Collections }Qtf J)ver Three Millions, Max well Reports. i ? Revenue collections of the State of North Carolina for the first eight months of the current fiscal year are $3,406,197.44 below the totals for the same period last fiscal year, A.*J. Maxwell, Commissioner of Revenue, reported Tuesday. General fund collections are $890, 273.66 behind the 1932 total with highway fund receipts $2,015,418.52 off and auto license sales receipts $499,505.26 shy of the 1932 mark. February general fund collections of $713,058.50 sent the eight months' total this fiscal year to $7,964,129.91. In highway revenues a February .-mm of $1397335.G8 made the period total reach $13,614,286.75. Auto license sales have brought in $3,370,492.06. General license tax collections for the eight months are off over $400, 000, the report showed, while the in surance tax receipts are $200,000 be low those of 1932. Gasoline tax revenues are $1399, 477.46 below the 1932 figures. ? ; Trailer License Now Only $2 Year Licenses for - Trailers and Semi-Trailers Weighing Less than 500 Pounds are now Only $2 a Year ?x Raleigh, March 1.?Lincer.ses for .railers and semi-trailers weighing ess than 500 pounds and with a arrying capacity of less than 1,000 >ounds are now only $2 a year in stead of from $5 to $7.50 a year as , 'ormerly, it was pointed out today )y L. S. Harris, chief of the auto nobile license division of the State Apartment of Revenue. This re luction has resulted from the enact nent of House Bill 179 and ratified ?. ast week, fixing the charge for all r ?emi-trailers of this weight at $2 a rear. Since the price on these licenses las been reduced to S2 a year, this )rice holds good for the entire year ind will not be reduced each quar ;er, as is the case of the other ii- | :ene tags, Harris pointed out. So . 'armers and others who have been , vaiting to get their trailer tags later >n in the year, when the prices be- , ?ame less, will not save anything by | vaiting and might as well get them , low. j The rate for licenses on trailers , vas formerly 55 cents per 100 pounds, ;.o that a license tag for a 500 >ound trailer cost $7.50 for an en- , :ire year, or $3.75 for half a year. , 8ut now the license for the entire , >'ear is less than it formerly was for , mly six months. As a result it is Relieved that thousands of farmers 1 ind others who have operated their ight semi-trailers for only a part of j he year will now get their tags and , use the trailers more. Already the demand for these , urailer licenses is increasing. Harris saysv indicating that the sales will , ?limb faster yet when the people , renera'ly learn that thev can get these licenses for only $2 for the en tire year. State To Furnish Freei Garden Seed _ Raleigh, N. C., March 1.?Contacts for 125,000 packages of garden seeds for use in planting gardens for desti tute families were awarded last week t>y the State Department of Purchase ind Contract. These seeds will he paid for by the Governor's Office of Relief and *iQ?|?&^e made available for those destitute families who have agreed to plant gardens so to be come self-supporting. Th? details W working out the plan are in charge of die county fans agents and the re lief directors in the* various eourifcies. >ff^rech ^?s^e^8slstanf6 ^KF oS-W a*, w * /y Sx ? ft V b- 2B W ^ ? .TIr .w iS afc av> 4* 5" v^a . THIRTY. FIRST PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES Dr. Landrith To Speak Here Wednesday Mar. 8 J : --n nn r ? > liii i ? i? T~r Public Urged to Hear This Noted Lecturer at Methodist Church next Wednesday Night at 7:30. Swinging through the South on a tour of two hundred cities as part of an educational campaign being con ducted by the Allied Forces, Dr. Ira Landrith, former college president and leader in temperance and prohi bition, will arrive in Farmville, Wed nesday, March 8th to speak at a mass meeting at 7:30 in the Methodist ;hurch, "Putting Down the Bi-Partisan Rum Rebellion" .will be the subject of Dr. Landrith's address. Members'' jf all church groups, young people's societies, and local citizens generally are invited to come and hear the facts about the temperance issue as presented by an expert in the field. Dr. Landrith has been prominent in this work for a great many years and was formerly Chairman of the National Temperance Council. He ha a way of combining wit and humor with his logic a popular speak er before Chaut&uquas, lyceums, and organizations of various kinds. He is Citizenship Superintendent of the International Society of Christian En deavor, ? is well known to many of the members of that organization, and was formerly President of Warii Belmont Coelgle. During the list two years, he has b->en associated with the Allied For ces aa speaker and organizer. . Wilfi the Allied Campaigners, under the leadership of Dr. Daniel A. Poling cities in 261 days, covering every state in the Union an ?. ' ? " ? ; election. Unemployment, want, ?de pression, desire for change, prolong ed hungar for office and power? these, and not prohibition, determined that election." I Dr. Landrith believes that the liq uor problem must be solved through education, and in the present cam-1 paign, special emphasis is. being laid upon this phase of the submit. At the meeting here ,Ik.\ Laindrith will i |outline a program whereby an inten sive study of ^the subject may be car ried on through local organizations of Allied Youth and Allied Citizens, ? ?-??? [ j''i *.i ' ;^T' ? Ul_ J- Vviowrt "\v* i.l*Q fl d^lcL *d and feveiitefj. i *!*!? jli'lit' /v lj /*?i i_ ?- n tjS t( i&r tn& i/6ViscoziU| Iras* L| av Mfiatncm Inauguration To fie largest In Our History i ? ? ? Par Greater Numbers Thau Elver Before Will Attend Ceremony Sat urday. Washington, March 1st?The cap ital is dressing up. The unwinding of miles of bunting began today as decorators prepared for Saturday's inaugural ceremonies. Already flags are flying in great numbers. More than 35,000 seats for thv.ee who will watch the three hours' parade have ? been cdmpieted. Finishing touches are being applied to the platform erected on the front steps of the cap ital where Franklin D. Roosevelt will tak j his oath of office. The flow of visitors has already started with the big Invasion set for Friday and early Saturday. Incom plete reports from travel bureaus and hotels said that the early estimates of 200,000 visitors may prove to be too modest. Requests for lodging from the Southern States have far surpased expectations. More than 9,000 Democrats will come from New York, while States that were swept in^o the Democratic column last fall have doubled their usual number of ' reservations in the past weej^ In all thirty-seven governors will at tend, the majority staying over for the conference called by Mr. Roose velt for following day. Inaugural historians said this would be the largest attendance of governors at any inauguration. Invitations of the first meeting of Presidential electors have been accepted by a far greater number than the committee bad ex pected. It had .reached 860 accept ances today with possibilities of swelling to 400 before Friday. ,.tThe man in the house shut his eye Miss Smith, Evangelist j To Occupy Methodic. Pulpit Sunday Night ^ Miss Annie Agnes. Smith, evange list of nation wide note Will occupy the pulpit of the Methodist church at the regular Sunday evening service hour, March 5th. The public! is cord ially invited toi hear Mist Smith both on Sunday evening and in the after- | noon at 3:00 when she will give some [Bible Dramatizations in costume. ^ silver offering will be taken.# $iir 4 ^e ^yangeU^ describ^ by those ???. dsmt-: ?? Robbed Winterville Fill flngl?tation fisiiy Sun day Night. :*T-r+r-. V' :/f r-'C. Greenville, March ' 1.?Raymond Stocks, 15, and David Ross, 15, white boys of the Winterville section, were given hearings in Juvenile Court lste yeaterday before. Judge J. J3. Har rington and placed in the county jail to await being sent t%a reformatory for robbing Roy Cox's filling station at Winterville. The robbery occurred Sunday night between 8 and 9 o'clock when the beys broke into the station and stole a quantity of cigarettes, cigars and candy. Officers investigating the rob bery were informed that ope of the boys had been selling some cigarettes at five cents a package Monday, and yesterday the boys were arrested in the vicinity of Kinston. It seems that Stocks' parents had moved to the Kinston section Monday and the Ross boy had gone on there with the Stocks boy, ? Following arrest the boys denied any connection with the robbery, but later, under questioning, confessed tha5 they had committed the crime. ? * '?> ' .. ? ?* ' ? ? % Last Rites Held For McD. Horton On Saturday Morning On Satuniay morning, February 25, amid one of the largest concourses of friends ever gathered here around a departed friend, the boay of McD. Horton was placed with his loved ones gone before. The large and hand some floral offering bore tribute to the esteem in which he was held. Furteral services were conducted at 11:00 from the residence by Rev. C. 3. Mashburn of the-Christian church, who read the.poem, "Let me Live In a House By the Side of the Road" as significant of the life of his friend, Mr. Mashburn was assisted by Rev. J. R. Roberts, Primitive Baptist mini ster, Rev. H, L. Hendricks, Metho list, and Rev. J. Q. Beckwith, Jr., of cb.e Episcopal church. Familiar hymns were rendered by a quartette com posed of Mrs. M, V. Jones, Mrs. A. W. Bobbitt, John Dwight and Elbert Holmes, Pall bearers were: Active, M. V. Horton, J. 0. Pollard, Kenneth Pars er, Harold Suggs Askew, John King Jr., and Lath Morriss. Honorary, J. Y.- Monk, W. A- Pollard, R. L. Davis. Frank Capps, George Beckman, W. I. Nannie, J. C. Gaskins, Frank Jarriagton, Hubert Joyner, J. W. foyner, W. E. Joyne;*, R. A. Parker. I^ennie Russell, D. E. Oglesby, Dr. W. M. "Willis, Dr. D. S. Morrill, J. T. Tiorne, J. W. Holmes, R. EX Belcher, G A. Jones, I. E. Satterfield, G? A. Rouse, S. A. Whitchurst, J. 1A. HoF> good, Servia Watkins, T. M. Dail, G. E. Moore, George Gates, R. H. Knott. C. F. Baucom, John T. Bynum, W J. Rasberry, S. A. Roebuck, L. T Pierce,- B. F. Lang, R. R. Newton, L. W. Godwin, W. J. Turnage, and R. A Joyner. Ill early manhood Mr. Horton mar ried Miss Lillie R. Ask&w, who wit! two daughters, Mrs. J. L. Shackle ford of Farmville and Miss Evelyn M Horton of Washington, D. C., survive liim. A life full of unselfish love and usefulness to his fellowman made al lasses admire him and feel the keen 'oss of his passing. When we pause in silence to wipe away our tears we are comforted with the thought, "To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is not to die," and the kind word and tender smile of "Unclf Mac" will linger like footprints on the sands of time. He Is Survived by his wife, former !y Mrs. Helen Adkinson Watkins, to whom he was married three yearr ago and a step-son, Bert Watkins of Washington, D. C. ' FIDELIS CLASS A delightful meeting of the Fide 'is class of the Baptist Sunday School was held at the lyme of Mrs. D. R. Morgan on Thursday mtertainment was presented by Mis? evening with Misses Mamie Proctor ind Sallie Norwood as hostesses $nd twenty-two members and visitors present, Mrs. C. L. Beamon, after which an enjoyable program of en served at the close of the even imp. ' The elevator push buttons on the nainHloor of most of New Yorifs *yscripers are dummies.^ They for a psychological reason. Persons ijn-a hurry pj| a finger on them, bear down for a few seconds. Nothing Though It Takes More i Than Two Hours Talk ing to Get Vote, the ? Senate Passes 47 to 0 ? the Clement-Dunagan treasure to Abolish ? Tax Penalties for Five Year Period. ? ?. ?: ?'f ^ ' ?> ? Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 28.?The state senate today took steps to effect re lief for delinquent tax payers of North Carolina while the lower di vision of the Assembly killed the Turner bill which would have en-i arged the scope of compulsory school attendance. Thugh it took more than two hours talking to get to a vote the senate passed 47 to 0 the Clement-Dunagan measure to abolish tax penalties for i five year period and give a person whose land had been sold for taxes a five year period in which, to redeem the property. The proposal was sent to the house. ? y ? , Both branches of .the legislature found themselves tied up with local legislation as lengthy sessions were held. The house through State Treasur er Chas. M. Johnson sent it a letter that passage of the measure meant repudiation of the debt of the coun ty" passed and sent to the senate the Barden bill to limit the levies on Craven county to $1.30 per $100 valuation. Johnson's letter predicted similiar bills for "every county, city and town :n the state". would be offered and night be forerunner for a similar state wide bill in 1935. House approval was given the rhompsoh resolution demanding heads of state departments remove from their payrolls one of each thir ty married couples now in state em ploy. The house failed to pass the Aik m bill to direct the highway com nission to reimburse the town of Newton' for losses in a' damage suit. Representative Scarborough of Richmond gave the house two reso lutions asking the finance committee be instructed to include the 15 cent ad valorem tax for school purposes in its revenue bill arid the appropris tion group be instructed to provide for six months state supported school term. Both were placed on the calen dar to be taken up tomorrow. The house set for special order to morrow the measure already passed in the senate which would consoli date. the prison and highway depart nents. All controversial measures m the house calendar were carried iver including' special order to pro vide for incorporation of the state bar and regulation of all attorneys in the state. North Carolina's Greatest Need Greenville, March 2.?"Farm own ership by a greater number of the farming population is rural North Carolina's greatest need, according to D. H. Cooley, superintendent of Pitt county schools, who said this would result in "a more stable popu lation, improved home conditions, ind stronger civic interests, and the esultant advantae will be passed on to the various other industries of the" State." "Increased farm ownership wifl )pen the way for a greater supply of meat, milk and livestock which ire' not possible under the present; system of tenant farming," he said. "The increase of the milk supply will decrease the present high death rate among the younger children of ,he State by giving them the foods best suited to their heeds." Mr. Conley said an important step oward realization of increased farm wnership would be to make a rfevis on of local debt service obligations, 'o postpone the time of maturity without any danger of loss to the bond-holders. " . ? He said this would result in "de creased tax rates and with reductions current expenses of national, state and local government, should give rural North Carolina a fresh state to ward increased farm ownership by a . greater number of the fanning popu 'ation." Mr. Conley's ? article is carried in the sixth annual essay contest book let of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association. The subject of the contest this year is "Rural North Carolina's Greatest Need," and Mr. Conley if one of the more than 50 leading North Caro linians whose views on this subject appear in the booklet Keen interest is being shown in the contest this yeai?, said M. G. Munn, has charge of the essay contest work.