BUY AND SELL IN ROCKY MOUNT, TRADE CENTER OF EASTERN CAROLINA
▼PLUME I, NO. 9
Camp Fire Melodies
To Be Given Here, 22
OVER 60 CHARACTERS
IN INDIAN
SPONSORED BY
LOCAL RED MEN
To Be Given In School Audi
torium March 22nd. Di
rected by Child 10 Years
Old. Only One Like It In
Country. Tickets - Now on
Sale.
INDIAN OPERETTA
COMING HERE
The advanced representative of
an Indian Operetta entitled "Camp
Fire Melodies," was in this city
a part of last week relative to giv
ing an Indian play in the high
school auditorium on Thursday
night, March 22nd.
This operetta has been given in
a number of Eastern Carolina
towns and in every case has been
highly appreciated. There are
over «eixty characters in this play
consisting of good acts, music,
both instrumental and vocal. The
musical talent comprising of part
of the cast in this play have radio
records with some of the largest
broadcasting stations in this coun
try.
This play is befog sponsored by
the local tribe of Red Men for the
benefit of the building fund of the
Free Will Baptist Chur £ h of
RIWFRRtofIB are already
being applied for from Washington,
Greenville, Kinston, Macclesfield
and Enfield, however, the best por
tion of the auditorium will be re
served for people in Rocky Mount.
Tickets for reserve seats will be
on sale at the Ricks Drug Store
beginning Saturday, March 17th.
If those' in charge of the tickets
fail to see any one, reserved seats
can be secured from there, but in
no case will the seats be held open
longer than 7:40 since the play be
gins at 7:45. Tickets will be good
for admission but seats are not
guaranteed after that time ex
pires.
This operetta is the only one of
its kind and size of which we have
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A. R. WEATHERS IN
RACE FOR ALDERMAN
Mr. A. R. Weathers, proprietor
of the Rocky Mount Floral Com
pany, whose home is on East
Thomas Street, has announced his
candidacy for alderman in the
second ward.
||B Mr. Weathers has been in the
floral business for the past twenty
four years, fourteen years in
Rocky Mount, having come here
from Winston-Salem in 1920. He
is at present, president of the
N. C. Floral Association and has
been on the local board of direc
tors for the past eight years.
In all civic affairs where he or
bis business is needed he has al
ways been ready to do his part.
Mr. Weathers is running in op
position to Mr. R. C. Brake, who
MS, at present, alderman of this
ward.
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FORD MONOPLANE
STUCK IN MUD
i A Ford tri-motored monoplane,
furnished an interesting _ spectacle
at the local airport Thursday af
ternoon to many onlookers, in its
attempt to get out of the mud
where it had mired up when it
tried to land.
The airport is under construc
tion at present, and although pre
senting a beautiful surface, is very
soft in spots, because of the recent
rains and snows.
Part of the local C. W. A. work
res and a tractor aided the plane
in getting to firm land. The plane
is scheduled to stay in Rocky
iMount through Friday.
The Rockv Mount Herald
MAY BECOME ENVOY J
Mrs. J. Borden Ilarriman of New
York, who, according to reports, is
slnted to he American minister to
one of the Himrpeitn nations.
Daniels Urges
Good Schools
Legion Commander Tells Ex-
Service Men to Do Their
Bit for Education
Tarboro, March 10.—State Com
er DWtels," ftTTSSt
American Legibn, was the princi
pal speaker at a banquet given
last night by Eason Tiney Post.
Captain Daniels stressed the im
portance of physical development
of the school children in which he
sad the Legion should aid. He
spoke of the visit he made to the
soldiers in hospitals who are
fighting for their lives uncom
plainingly and heroically and spoke
of the prMe of these men on ac
count of their membership in the
Legion.
Captain Daniels appealed to the
soldiers to see to it that their fam
ilies are never objects of charity.
IHe sa 'd he hoped to see establish
ed in this State a school curricu
lum equal to any in the Union,
and he made a strong appeal for
support of the schools and the
teachers.
"You soldiers fought for your
country and humanity and you
came back to fight for community,
home and State. Have you taken
an interest in home affairs?" he
asked. Captain Daniels paid his
respects to the Economy League
in scathing language. He gave an
outline of certain features of the
Patman bonus bill, which he favor
ed, an { declared that every section
of the country would be benefitted
if such a bill were passed. Cap
tain Daniels spoke of the pleas
ure it gives him to mingle with
the veterans and he paid fine tri
butes to Past State Commander
Bourne and also to Past Local
Commander, Miss Mattie Shackle
ford, for their splendid work for
the Legion.
Adjutant James M. Caldwell was
introduced and made an earnest
talk, declaring that the year he
spent in this city wJth Past Com
mander Bourne was one of the
happiest of his life. He advoted
an universal draft law so that
money as well as men could be
drafted and said this would tend to
lessen the danger of wars.
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TERMS OF SEVEN
ALDERMEN EXPIRE
Aldermen whose terms expire
are J. M. Daughtry in the first
ward, R. C. Brake in the second
ward, J. Q. Robinson in the third
ward, I. Woodall Rose in the
fourth ward, W. S. Wilkinson in
the fifth ward, J. W. Ivey in the
sixth ward and M. Williamson in
the .seventh ward.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1934
Warehousemen
Hold Meeting
Committee Named to Go to
i Washington In Connection
With Legislation
Henderson, March B.—Legisla
tion proposed in Congress relat
ing to the operation of tobacco
warehouses and the buying and
selling of loose leaf tobacco in
general was discussed at a meet
ing of tobacco warehousemen of
the M'ddle Belt and some others
at a meeting here Wednesday, and
a committee was appointed to go
to Washington to learn more about
the provisions of the measure.
The meeting was held at the
Vance hotel and attended by some
30 to 40 warehousemen, and was
presided over by G. W. Knott,
president of the Middle Belt Ware
house Association. The committee
named to make the trip to Wash
ington, and who expect to go there
Saturday, includes Mr. Knott as
chairman, and W. Z. Mitchell, of
Oxford, "and Frank Satterfield, of
Durham, all warehousemen. Oth
ers will likely accompany them on
the trip.
The meeting did not approve
some provisions of the proposed
legislation, and the committee go
ing to Washington will attempt to
have the objectionable features re
moved before the bill may become
law, if it does.
Interests of warehousemen,
farmers a,nd the tobacco industry
ift" gSlieral "would be' affected by
the terms of the measure. Gov
ernment gradi'ng the weed is un
derstood to be involved, together
with other regulations that wouid
concern the marketing of tobacco.
Those who attended the meeting
here were hesitant about committ
ing themselves definitely as to the
legislation until they had oppor
tunity to study it more and to
learn more about it.
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Former Justice
Enjoys Birthday
Venerable Holmes Has Satis
faction of Seeing His Phi
losophy Triumph •
Washington, March 9.—Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes, retired
dean of the supreme court bench,
celebrated his 93rd birthday Thurs
day without formality, but with
the satisfaction of seeing his for
mer conferees adopt the judicial
philosophy which he expounded
through 30 years of judicial serv
ice.
Hosts of congratulatory tele
grams poured in on him at his un
obtrusive downtown home and
more than a score of old friends
and admirers dropped in to wish
him well. But the famous son of
the author of "The Autocrat of
the Breakfast Table" arranged no
celebration of his own. He was
even obliged, by slippery streets,
and sloppy weather, to forego his
customary daily automobile ride.
Press of business kept President
Roosevelt from repeating his ges
ture of a year ago when the chief
executive discarded tradition and
slipped away from the White
House to pay tribute to one of the
nation's most famous minds.
Such a gesture this year, stu
dents of Holmes career believe,
would have been ever more appro
priate because of Holmes' legal
preachings.
When the court last Monday, by
a scant liberal majority of one,
upheld the New York milk control
law, observers saw in it the legal
basis for a future judicial support
for the New Deal's revolutionary
economic policies. And this opin
ion embraced one of the chief
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First Lady Studies Rural Housing
Mrs. Krnnklin IV Roosevelt meeting with u group of women CWA
workers in the War rent on (Va.) post office to discuss child health, schools
ind libraries and the rural housing survey in Fauquier county. Left to
right: Miss Kllen An new. in charge of CWA work for women of Virginia;
l»r. Louise Stanley. dliief of the bureau of home economics of the Pe
tiartment of Acrtcultilre; Mrs. Kllen S. Woodward* and Mrs. Roosevelt.
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THERE IS NO REASON FOR A GENERAL SALES TAX
According to statement appearing in the News and Ob
server last Sunday, the state in it's general fund this fiscal
year, to date, shows an overdraft of $4,339,414.75. The cash
balance in the highway and other special funds, as of Febru
ary 28th, was listed at $9,461,023.79, which shows a cash
net balance, derived by subtraction of the general fund over
draft from the cash balance in hand, leaving in the state
treasury $6,465,194.90. The state's total debt was placed
at $176,806,000.00, of which $164,576,000.00 is represented
by bonds, the main part of which were used in road construc
tion, leaving $12,230,000.00 in general funded notes.
According to the Herald's views there was never any rea
son or necessity for a general sales tax. In the last year of
Governor Gardner's we are informed that
the Advisory -Budget Commission ihstructed Mr. E. B". Jef
fries, Chairman of the State Highway Commission to re
serve the sum of two million dollars, which was not to be
expended during the fiscal year of 1932. The Highway
Commission not only did not save this two million dollars,
as we are informed as they were requested to do, but they
expended three and one-half million dollars more than the
great automobile and gasoline taxes and federal aid funds
produced. There were charges that the campaign was on
and that thousands of people were put on the pay roll that
were not accustomed to being there. And when a balance
of the books was struck, we find that the Highway Commis
sion had expended five and one-half million dollars more
than they were requested to spend.
Then the hue and cry arose by certain lobbyists that in
order to save the state's credit, the gross sales tax must be
passed. The estimated revenue from this gross sales tax
has ranged anywhere from four to six million dollars, about
the amount of the excessive expenditure above related in
highway department and they are still contending that this
sales tax is necessary, and that propaganda is going forward
daily in support of it.
The Democratic party has always stood for a low tariff
and yet we find officials from our own state going to Wash
ington, appearing before committees advocating custom
duties on trade between the several states. If Governor
Vance were living he would rise in his might in opposition
to it and would frown upon this practice. It is reported that
Governor Vance said when he came into office in 1876 that
he found the state infested with imported and foreign fed
eral office holders as thick as yellow legged grasshoppers,
and if a law were passed placing duties on interstate trade,
it would be necessary to have custom officers at every point
on the road leading into the state, which would be even a
greater nuisance than described by Governor Vance.
FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH FUND
The Free Will Baptist Church has for the past several
years held its services in the lodge hall of the Jr. Order,
looking forward to the day when they would be able to erect
a church building. The day is not far distant when this
work will be begun.
A lot has been secured which is located on Cokey Road
in front of the Edgemont school building, and a building
fund started.
To supplement this fund the Local Tribe of Redmen will
give a play in the form of an Indian Operetta entitled "Camp
Fire Melodies," in the high school auditorium on Thursday
night of Feb. 22nd, 1934. In conjunction with this play
there will be an old time Fiddlers Convention with the lead
ing fiddlers from all the nearby counties—not violin players,
but fiddlers—present.
All the performers in this Operetta are well trained and
everywhere this play has been given it has received the
greatest commendation and praise and it is expected that
this play will have the greatest attendance of any play given
in Rocky Mount, and from a thorough investigation, the
Herald can assure the public that this play is of high order
and that a real treat awaits those who attend.
SURPRISE SOCIALIST
New York. —Some surprise was
caused by revelation that Mrs.
John D. Rockefeller, 3rd, grand
daughter of the oil magnate, and
a direct descendant of noted Re
publicans, is registered as a mem
ber of the Socialist Party.
JAPS RAID BANDITS
Mukden.'—Japanese Army forces
in Manchuria undertook 485 "an
ti-bandit campaigns" in 1933.
Losses were given as ten officers
and 25 privates and bandit casual
ties at 1,795 abandoned dead and
2,200 abandoned wounded.
Baptist Folks
Convention
GOOD-WILL
TOUR SAT.
Red Men Will Visit Nearby
Towns in Interest of Ope
retta to Be Given Here.
The local lodge of Red Men will
conduct a good will tour Saturday
morning and afternoon, visiting
all the principal towns in Nash
and Edgecombe Counties, and En
field and Scotland Neck in Hali
fax. They will visit sixteen
towns. The tour will be in the
interest of the Indian play and
fiddlers convention which will be
held in Rocky Mount Thursday
night, Mar. 22, in the high school
auditorium.
There will be about one dozen
eirs carrying members of the local
tribe and other parties. The Red
Men will be dressed in Indian cos
tume. On this tour there will be
distributed three thousand Rocky
Mount Herald copies, which car
ries full advertisement of the
operetta.
The tour will leave from Rocky
Mount, in front of the Planters
National Bank.
Leave Rocky Mount 9:30 o'clock
" Sharpsburg 9:55
" Elm City 10:20
" Wilson 10:50
" • Bailey 11:20
" Middlesex 11:45
" Spring Hope 12:20
" Momeyer 12:40
" Nashville 1:10
Arrive Rocky Mount 2:00 o'clock
The afternoon trip will start in
front of Planters National Bank.
Leave Rocky Mount 2:00 o'clock
" Battleboro 2:25
" Whitakers 2:50
" Enfield 3:20
" Scotland Neck 4:10
" Tarboro 5:00
" Macclesfield 5:50
" Pine Tops 6:20
The operetta edition of the Her
ald carries also ads of a large
number of the business firms of
Rocky Mount, and those expecting
to attend the operetta are invited
and urged to arrive in Rocky
Mount early Thursday evening of
March 22, in order to visit these
firms and attend the play at night.
Attorney General
Addresses Civitans
Large Crowd Attends Meet
ing and Learn Many Facts
Concerning the Proposed
New Constitution.
Upon invitation and request from
Mr. D. E. Bulluck, President of
the Rocky Mount Civitan Club,
Attorney General Dennis G. Brum
mitt addressed that Club at 6:30
P. M., Thursday, March 15, 1934,
on "The Proposed New Constitu
tion."
Mr. Brummitt summarized cer
tain objections to the proposed new
constitution as follows:
1. Any new writing of the Con
stitution should contain a definite
statement of the powers and duties
of the officers of government and
should be in harmony with the
spirit of the new world into which
we have come in the last year.
Adoption of the proposed new Con
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Women's Missionary Üblmi
of Rocky Mount Came to a
Close Last Night.
The forty-ninth annual conven
tion of the Woman's Missionary
Union of North Carolina auxiliary
to the Baptist State Convention*
which met in the First Baptist
Church, closed last night after
one of the most successful meet
ings ever held. There were more
than 500 visitors in attendance.
The officers for the year 1933
were as follows:
President, Mrs. Wesley N.
Jones, Raleigh; first vice-presi
dent, Mrs. R. N. Simms, Raleigh;
second vice-president, Mrs. F. D.
Le hco, Charlotte.
Division Superintendents: Mrs.
J. •R. Morgan, Waynesville; Mrs.
Beeler Moore, Gastonia; Mrs. H.
M. Finch, Rocky Mount; Mrs. J.
M. Whitted, Durham; Miss Macy
Cox, Magnolia.
Corresponding Secretary and
Mission Study Superintendent,
Mrs. Edna R. Harris, Raleigh.
Office Secretary and Treasurer,
Miss Elsie K. Hunter, Raleigh.
Recording Secretary, Mrs. W. D.
Briggs, Raleigh.
Young People's Secretary, Miss
Alva Lawrence, Raleigh.
Chairman Personal Service, Mrs.
C. L. Greaves, Raleigh.
Chairman Margare; Education
Fund, Mrs. J. Clyde Turner,
Greensboro.
Chairman White Cross Work,
Mrs. Z. M. Caveness, Raleigh.
Trustee W. M. U. Training
School, Louisville, Ky., Mrs. R. N.
Simms, Raleigh.
Chairman Stewardship, Mr». J.
G. Boomhour, Raleigh.
The convention opened Tuesday
afternoon and ran through Thurs
day evening. The reports of tk»
several committees showed that
there had been a most successful
year's work.
Rocky Mount was honored by
having this convention meet in our
city end enjoyed its visit here.
Out of town visitors paid the
highest tribute to the local
churches and committees of enter
tainment for the excellent manner
in which the convention had been
entertained and provided for their
comfort.
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MEETING OF GROCERS
SCHEDULER MONDAY
On Monday night, March 19, a v
eight o'clock a meeting of all
wholesale and retail grocery and
food dealers of this city is sched
uled to take place in the record
ers court room, for the purpose of
setting up a Rocky Mount fool
and grocery code authority in ac
cordance with plans of the national
administration.
The purpose of the authority
will be to regulate and enforce
provisions of the grocers' and fori
dealers' code in this city and with
in an area of three miles beyond
the city limits.
Hours of store operation a! ; o
will be discussed and decided at
the meeting.
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TEXANS HONOR
MOTHERS-IN-LAW
Amarillo, Texas. "Mother-in
law Day" was celebrated here up >\
proclamation of Mayor R. D. Rog
ers and the response was so great
that florists experienced difficul
ties in supplying the demand for
flowers.