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The Rocky Mount Herald ■%.■■■■ —— Published Every Friday at Rocky Mount, North Carolina, by the Rocky Mount Herald Publishing Company. Publication Office Second Floor Daniels' Building, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina TED J. GREEN ....News Editor and Manager Subscription Rates: One Year, $1.00; 6 Months, 60c. Bate red as second-class matter January 19, 1934, at tfce post office at Rocky Mount, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates reasonable and furnished to prospective advertisers on request BIBLE THOUGHT I . i BIBLE THOUGHT "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall" melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up."—ll Peter 3: 10. We have great faith in expert opinions but not much in the selection of some experts. Congress, like most reformers, never works upon itself. A man can stand a lot of punishment if you don't tax his pocketbook. Never worry about what other people do ■with their money—have your own problems. If money can buy recovery the national government ought to have it. Many a woman walks in the sun when she should stand in the shade. The old swimming hole has its attractions, bathing suit or no bathing suit. In case of doubt, friend, compliment the lady and live to compliment her again. So far we haven't met a man who hasn't a good idea about what will save the nation. The more we the large newspapers the more convinced we are that less to be printed. Vacations ought to be restful but usually they are rushed into, rushed through and rushed over. The average politician can scent support and hostility quicker than a bloodhound can get the trail. Life is clogged up with people who stand on the side-lines, or use typewriters, to tell us how bad we are. If farmers of the nation begin to make profits regularly the nation will soon see a re turn of better business. We s6e by the papers that our friends, the Drys, are beginning to talk about another Campaign for prohibition. Now that the U. S. fleet is going back to the Pacific ocean the Japanese feel sure that we are about to attack them. If you want to see how gullible the average buyer is, read some of the junk put out as ad vertising by the reducing rackets. The population of this country is divided into two classes: those anxious to get away from home and those anxious to get back. If you haven't read a new book this year the summer months might be a good time to (try the experiment and see if the brain still functions. Building Few New Schools The crisis which exists in education in the United States today is evident when one con siders the fact, reported by the National Commitee for Federal Emergency Aid for Education, that school building has practi cally been abandoned as a public enterprise in this country. Expenditures for school buildings are about 75 per cent lower than five years ago and thousands of children, all over the na tion, are improperly housed. Cities, towns and communities, which looked with pride upon modern educational facilities, exhibit a ten-' dency to rest upon their laurels and make: out with what exists. We would not be truthful if we did not! point out that some school districts have ap parently been extrayagant in their housing programs, setting up elaborate plants instead of providing essentials. This is to be expect ed but no school district in the United States should be satisfied unless its pupils are com fortably housed and provided with the plant facilities that are vital to proper educational) processes. • A way out, where buildings ane overcrowd ed and money unavailable would be to re arrange school hours and thus broaden the use of existing structures. This may be in convenient to families but it is better than permiting school work to be handicapped. Details would have to be worked out by each district to suit its own needs. THE ROCffY MOUNT HERAfcD, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1934. Will Neal And The NRA Williamston Enterprise. Those who know the school of thought ithat dominates the mind of Will Neal, our | own North Carolina capitalist, of Marion, are | not surprised in the least at his hating the !NRA. The NRA has dorte much to take care of Ithat class of people who were shot up in his ; town several years ago; because they asked | for a fish, they were fed a serpent instead— i just as millions of others have been fed j throughout the land by fellows of the same i type, who seem to have but one standard of j thought and that is a dividend. Mr. Neal complains that the NRA has i caused industry to lose $140,000,000, which j seems to worry him. But he fails to give NRA credit for putting 7,000,000 persons back to work. Perhaps he does not care whether the people live or die, just so his mills and other mills can make big profits. Personally, we are glad indeed to see the 3 per cent of the people who have made hun dreds of billions out of the other 97 per cent i lose money, if it will save the life and liberty of the down-trodden poverty-stricken mul- I titudes. Mr. Neal doesn't seem to understand the 1 purpose of the NRA. He evidently thinks it is to build up dividends for the few, when in -1 deed it is only a life preserver for the many. The Will To Kill _____ | News and Observer. "I want to be in on the death of the NRA," : says W. W. Neal, of Marion, who, by the res ignation of Clarence Darrow, has become chairman of the NRA review board. Mr. Neal talks in the language of fox hunt. He talks in terms of the joy of hounding the quarry to death and not in the least in terms : of a man seeking to discover mistakes and point out remedies. Anciently known as an old order, right wing conservative, Mr. Neal has joined hands with those equally well known as old order, left wing radicals to damn NRA. Insofar as the review board pointed dangerous tendencies toward mon opoly in the present NRA set-up, the review I board performed valuable services. There i was need that errors be made clear so that i remedies could be sought and clearly applied. But it is difficult to see how any good can i come of the will to kill which Mr. Neal ex presses in his d«sire to be in at the death. Mr. Neal may be in at the death of NRA. He may be in at the death of the AAA, the CWA, the PWA, the FERA, the TVA and FDR. If he is, however, there is the chance, !not to be underestimated, that he will also jbe in at th e death of the USA. The will to ; kill in the economic and social advance of America today is dangerously like that of | Sampson in the temple and the certainty is I that if the temple is pulled down it will not j be only the Neals who are smashed. Monument Or Chain? I | News and Observer. On December 11, 1924, James Buchanan Duke, tobacco and water power millionaire, j created by indenture a- trust of water power, tobacco factory, cotton mill and other Stocks and bonds, the income from which was to be devoted to the support of colleges, hospi l tals, orphanages and other good works in the l Carolinas. The trust was accepted by the j people of the States as a blessing and a bless ing it has been. They accepted it as a trust wholly devoted to benevolence. They believe it should be that today. Unfortunately for the trust and for the Sates, however, it has been formally made ; by its director an institution devoted not on ly to benevloence but also to the interests of the Duke Power Company and an agency for the mobilization of those who received the foundation's benevolence, behind the vested property interests of the power company and in opposition to the Rooseveltian program of the more abundant life. Opposing the grant of a Public Works Ad ! ministration loan to the people of a South [ Carolina community who want to build a power plant of their own, Dr. W .S. Rankin, director of the Endowment lined up squarely behind corporate wealth and against the ad ministration's ideal of public welfare when he declared that "the Federal Government is pursuing policies which, unless abandoned, will seriously cripple, if not destroy} the Duke Power Company." The Duke Endowment does not only own stock in the Duke Power Company, it also owns stock in tobacco companies, cotton mills, aluminum plants, steamboat lines and railroads. Having taken the first step in opposition to the New Deal as to one of its hqldings, will Dr. Rankin oppose also the el imination of child labor and sweatshop con ditions because such elimination might cut his Endowment's dividends? Will he continue to make his Endowment, which ought to be a great benevolent institution, an agency in defense of every practice that can add any dollar to the corporate dividends his Endow ment receives? If he does, then the Duke Endowment will cease to be a blessing to the States which it is presumed to serve. It will become instead a curse to. the people of those States, buying their manhood, their independence, their fu ture with charity and devoting itself to keep ing in economic bondage the people whom it should be aiding to be whole and secure and free. Those who hold in honor the memory of James Buchanan Duke should hasten to save his benevolence from distortion. He left mil lions behind him to bless the people from whom he rose and the people from whom he made his millions. He left behind a monu ment, not a chain. Clark's Comment In The Greensboro Daily News. HE DOESN'T SHOW THE WAY Mr. Brunvmitt observes that nei ther the corupt practices act nor other laws can be enforced on somebody's complaint; that investi gations must be made, as Congress does, to get the evidence. He asked the last legislature for $5,000 for investigating purposes. It is un necessary for him -to say he didn't get a red. Nor will he tir any other attorney general get «noney from the average North Carolina legis lature to investigate the corrupt practices act. If the legislators knew that was in Mr. Brummitt's mind some of them would wonder what he thought they were to vote him money to get some of their friends in trouble 0 r maybe involve them. They remembered his zeal in the Surry case. He would no doubt be as zealous in other cases. If he had the money to investi gate the attorney general admits that he couldn't go over the solic or's head and send bills to grand juries. He can only make a show ing. Nothing happened after his showing in the Surry case. The so licitor didn't choose to prosecute his friends, as solicitors generally would not. They have to be elected. When anybody discovers a. North Carolina solicitor who voluntarily prsecutes election frauds, unless the frauds are against him or some of his friends, calling him to atten tion will be appreciated. Mr. Brummitt thinks that diffi culty might be bridged if the law was "so written as to place upon every law enforcement officer defi nite, positive and specific require ments with respects to his duties." When law enforcement is mention ed we generally get arourd to sug gesting another law before we get through. Mr. Brummitt would have a law that would require the solici tor to send a bill of indictment upon adequate evidence, without waiting for a warrant or present ment by a grand jury." His law would also "require every officer who has the power to make arrests to take o ut warrants for violations of the law u ling within his know ledge, or \/ respect to which he has adequate evidence." They are expected to do that now theoretically they are required to do it under their oath. But you will note that Mr. Brummitt ex pects action only on "adequate evi dence." Who is the judge of the "adequate" evidence? If solicitors and arresting officers choose to ig nore infractions coming to their at tention, for any reason that seems to them good, they can say, as they do, that the evidence isn't "ade quate." Another law on the subject wouldn't help if they were left to be the sole judge of the adequacy of the evidence. This column has harbered the notion that the attorney general should have supervisory and direc tory authority over solicitors. If he thought they were too meticulous about "adequate" evidence in some cases his office could take a look and if the situation warranted he should have t>he authority to send bills and take over the prosecution in particular cases. Solicitors I SOUTHERN 1 ! RAILWAY I ! * offers + * + f * | ATTRACTIVE SCHED- % | ULE AND RATES FOR * * VISITS TO WESTERN t % CAROLINA AND THE + I CHICAGO EXPOSITION + i i * —«— % % % ❖ + % Regular Day Coach I 4* «{• | Rates 1 1-2 cents Mile J I X + * f 4* n «!• f • 7 * J $ FOR SPECIAL RATES t | AND EXCURSION | | TRIPS—WRITE J * • I ! J.S. BLOODWORTH! * £ + D. P. A. | | RALEIGH, N. C. | mm....,.....,.,! wouldn't care for that to happen and if they knew the attorney gen eral would "crack down" without fear o r favor they would have less difficulty in finding adequate evi dence. They might not hesitate to prosecute friends, even. But giving the attorney general's office that authority would suggest centralization of power. Then, too, attorney generals are elective of ficers with the ambitions and frail ties common to humankind. An at torney general might have friends to look out for, especially if he was thinking about his job or a better one. The solicitor who didn't crack down in the Surry case has been promoted. So dificulties are encountered at every turn. Always will be encoun tered in the administration of the law s 0 long as personal and politi cal considerations abound; and they probably will abound while the world stands. o Cost 0 f our "home" governments totaled $9,662,615,000 in 1932. Roscoe Griffin goes down in defeat, But you'll still find him on Main Street Still smiling and doing all he can to fit your feet! He wanted to serve his county and state in a patriotic way, And says it was not all for the little pay. You'll find him to be a real man— He told you he was opposed to the Sales Tax Plan, Now it's up to us to do the best we can. 4 So buy Good Used Furniture, Store and Office Fixtures from G. F. HARRELL and be satisfied. He is still on Sun set Avenue at the same old stand. VAGABOND VERSES By J. Gaskill McDaniel DAWN A touch of pink shows faintly in the east, To bid the world get ready for the sun; The last star fades, a song bird softly chirps, Then rays break thru, a new day has begun. What will the hours mean to Ibnely hearts, Will gladness chase away some throbbing pain; What searching soul will find the light of life, Before the night and stars come, once again ? Editor's Note: Yoa may secure a personally autographed copy of Vagabond Verses by sending fifteen cents in stamps to the author, in care of the Herald. This poclcet sized edition contains McDaniel's best liked poems of the past five years, as well as a photograph of the Vagabond Poet. MAY & GORHAM Druggists FIVE POINTS PHONE 200 WE INVITE YOUR PATRONAGE WILLIAMS! j LUMBER CO. I * * 4* X • T ! : * t * j Brick, Lumber j { and Building j j Materials I | WE SELL EVERYTHING TO BUILD ANYTHING + i Prompt D J WILSON ROCKY MOUNT ELM CITY | ROCKY MOUNT PHONE 1205 I REPUTATION I Once on a time, Love, Death and : Reputation, Three travelers a tour together' went; And after many a long perambula tion Agreed to part by mutual consent. Death said: "My fellow tourists, I am going To seek harvests in th' embat tled plain Where drums are beating, and loud" trumpets blowing, There you'll be sure to meet with me again." Love said: "My friends, I mean to spend my leisure With some young couple, fresh' ill Hymen's bands, Or 'mongst relations who, in equal measure, Have had bequeathed to them house or lands." But Reputation said: "If once we sever, Our chance of future meeting is but vain; Who parts from me must look to part forever, For Reputation lost comes not again." —Farmerette. o CHUTE JUMPER KILLED New York.—After successfully guiding his parachute through a gusty 25-mile an hour wind from a heighth of eleven thousand feet, Jerry Wessling, 21, met death as he touched the ground. A stiff breeze, catching the parachute, threw him off his balance and his head struck the ground. He died of a fractured skull. o RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ! Tobacco growers of Halifax County report considerable damage from bud worms, though most of the growers are poisoning the pesi and securing fair c, Vtrol. J 4* * THE I ICE CREAM BAR I % M. A. PIKE, Owner + Next to Furniture Co. * | 5 * 2 CONES FOR 5c i * t 11»1111»111 r 1111.1111. J. E. WINSTEAD BLACKSMITH "We repair everything for the farm." 1101 COKEY RD. ! W. D. JOYNER! I "Sells Everything" + J Phone 178—203 S. Main St. * iii till* »'!■">» J i ii'iiii4i iit y !+++++++++++++++•!•+♦+++++♦ ROCKY MOUNT J COTTAGE |Carolina Beach! 1 —' ! % write I + MRS. M. C. BONHAM * $ Carolina Beach t + ,v ++4"H"H't++4 , +'M"M++++t+H CLEANING and DYING CLOTHES REPAIRED SUITS AND DRESSES PHONE 909 / Progress Cleaners 163 S. WASHINGTON ST. t POWELL, |Phone 265 f I PEERLESS CLEANERS * | Dry Cleaners* Dyers, J Tailors, Hatters + $ 127 Rose Street * tßocky Mount, N. C.t T 'I 1 »♦ ♦♦»*■ •> ».1 ■!. ■ .§.» ' Phone 1045 ALLSBROOK CLEANERS R. L. ALLSBROOK Suits and Dresses 65c 206 Hill 6i. Rockr Mount, N.C. DRY CLEANING IF ITS DRY CLEANING CALL CASEY'S CLOTHES MADE TO MEASURE Phon^6B^J|o^!2!!LS2£jL —T '■" ll ■ ... m I BOBBITT BRoTI $ WHOLESALE t PRODUCE AND * CONFECTIONS + Sales AgenV For X £ FLOURS AND FEEDS % + f + Washington St. Rocky Mount .> $ - Phone 1375 £ I- ■!' ■!' ,ti 't M I I I 1 I t I t 1 I lit BATTLE & BARNES General Machinery and Automobile Repairs. Elec tric and Acetylene Welding. Lawn Mower Repairs. Portable Equipment for Outside Work. Phone 270. 235-239 S. Washington St. *++++++++++++++++++++++4. | FOR t MEAL * Ground on old fashioned + * water mill rocks from 1 * home grown corn t ' CALL * £ THE ROCKY MOUNT + h MILLING COMPANY % S J. H. Taylor, Miller £ I 1223 Branch Street $ Phone 834 %
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