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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. ■ntered as second-class matter January 19, 1934, at the post office at Rocky Mount, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates reasonable and furnished to prospective advertisers on request Where Your Treasure Is— Williamston Enterprise. James B. Duke, the great tobacco king, knew men. He knew that the easiest way to handle them was to buy their souls and pay no attention to their brains. He knew that he could shape and change that faculty of man at his own will. Now, Mr. Duke's philosophy proves itself true. The churches, the schools, the hospi tals, are all for Mr. Duke's dividends. Men's thinking powers are warped because of pro spective dividends. Where your treasure is, there is your heart also. Thank President Roosevelt Williamston Enterprise. Three billions more money in banks July Ist than on January Ist, fewer tax sales, fewer execution sales, fewer bankruptcies. Thank Mr. Roosevelt. Don't thank the big bankers. They wanted less money, so they could have more tax sales and more execu tion sales in order that they might get more mortgages and charge higher interest rates. Don' forget, farmers, that President Roosevelt is charging you the lowest inter est rate obtainable in the whole history of the nation. Stick to him; he is for you. A Proposal Scotland Neck Commonwealth. With the first and second primaries things of the past in this state for 1934, we have a proposal which we wish to submit to the legislators for their consideration for enact ment into law at the 1935 session of the General Assembly. An amendment striking out an amendment in the Australian Ballot Law will accomplish the desired change. All qualified electors are entitled to vote in an elecion —primary, general or special— but they should be allowed to vote only one time during the day, and this has not been the case with many electors during the past first and second primaries. Many people voted more than fifty times during a single election, not in their own names but in the names of other voters who "requested as sistance." This was made possible by the Attorney General's interpretation of the law which allowed a voter in the primary election to .be aided in the preparation of his ballots by (a) any election omtiai oi his voting precinct, (b) any member of his fam ily, or (c) any other person requested by the voter. Assistance granted under sections "a" and "b" should be permissible, but section "c" should be struck from the law. Progress has been made along this line with amendments to the law which denied the appointment of official markers or as sistants to aid the voters in the preparation of their ballots. Any elector who cannot get sufficient aid in preparing his ballots from the election of ficials or members of his family should be denied the privilege of casting a ballot, for if any Tom, Dick or Harry gives the assist ance the vote will not represent any true or valuable opinion of the person in whose name it is being cast. Changes In Legislators Evening Telegram. The determination of voters to change of fice holders is evidence of unrest existing in a country. This year none of the State Sena tors who live west of Durham and who ser ved in the 1933 Assembly will return. The House will be made up of dozens of new men who are serving their first terms. Nash coun ty, for extmple, discarded both Representa tives in the House and selected new men in voting in June. Other counties followed a similar course. Consequently, it will be diffi cult to form any correct impressions in ad vance about how the Legislature will deal with the accumulation of difficult problems scheduled to be handled during the term. This newspaper cannot recall a period within recent years when the enthusiasm of voters for replacing office-holders has reached such proportions as in the past few years. In fact, it is doubtful if the demand for change in the affairs of government have ever been more pronounced. Normally settled communities have kicked over tra ditional traces with resounding noises and at the expense, in many instances, of veter an elective officials. In not all cases are the changes to the full advantage of the public, but they are, at least, indicative of the pub lic's willingness to oust men who have held office for years and to experiment with new men. Matters confronting the past two legis latures have been extremely difficult to i deal with; it is not incorrect to say that the \ corning session will be even more difficult and one that will have a powerful influence on the State in the to come. THE ROCKY MOUNT HERALD, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1934. Almost Persuaded? Greensboro Daily News. However much a patriotic North Carolin ian may hate to come to that conclusion, de velopments at least strongly infer that Presiden Roosevelt does not rate the testi mony of our Will Neal exactly at the top around Washington. Mr. Neal, first kicking along with Mr. Darrow and now waiting around on his own for the death of the NRA, has had few, if any, kind words for either General Johnson or Donald R. Richberg, general counsel for national recovery headquarters. In fact, the debate between the Darrow board and the blue eagle aviary has been conducted on the latter side largely by Mr. Richberg. The things that have been hurled in his direction by Chairman Darrow and Chief Follower Neal would hardly be included in a book of testimonials or preserved by Mr. Richberg for bestowal upon his grandchildren, if any. But, in the face of the Darrow-now-be come-Neal strictures, Mr. Roosevelt, prior to departing on his vacation, selected the NRA general counsel as chief aide and co-ordina tor in problems of relief, public works, labor disputes and general industrial recovery durrng his prolonged absence from the capi tal. The magnitude and scope of Mr. Rich berg's new position, the board of which he is director, shown in the executive order from F. D. R. himself: "To make recom mendations to the President, through its di rector, with respect to problems of relief, public works, labor disputes and industrial recovery and to study and co-ordinate the handling of problems affecting these activi ties." That, particularly in view of Mr. Neal's non-recommendation of Director Richberg, is a man-sized order. The more one cogitates upon it, the more he is driven to the idea that the President has not paid much atten tion to Our Will's remarks. Or else the chief executive is niffed because W. W., quite in advertently, of course, let a birthday, a Christmas or an anniversary of some sort— perhaps the first of the NRA—slip by with out depositing a box of socks on the White House doorstep. The Governor Vs. the Facts Winston-Salem Journal. "We cannot afford to be afraid of the facts," Governor Ehringhaus is quoted as saying in a Greensboro speech. "By these | facts we must stand." But he continues thusly in speaking of education in North Carolina: "There is no place for propaganda. My pa tience runs low when I see the so-called jug gernauts presenting distorted facts and fig ures before the people of this state. Nor do I have any patience with the person who tries to tell us that North Carolina ranks 41st among the other states of the nation in edu cational enterprise. There is no sense to such a comparison. North Carolina is on the way on and upward, and I firmly believe that we shall soon see this commonwealth at the top in progressive education." The ranking of North Carolina, to which the Governor objects, has always been made by our own State Department of Education, except one time when Governor Aycock thanked God for South Carolina, because she kept us from being at the foot of the ladder in public education in this country. In arriv ing at this State's rank, North Carolina's school system has been measured by the same yeardstick used to measure similar sys tems in other states—the amount spent per pupil, the salaries of teachers, etc. • We do not know who has been distorting facts about education in this State. Maybe the Governor could answer this. We do know that at the peak of this expenditures for schools we spent only $35 per pupil, as compared with an average expenditure of S7O plus per pupil in this country. We do know that when teachers' salaries were at the peak in this State, they were only about S9OO against and average teacher salary of $1,400 in the country as a whole. Below are some facts which we assume are not distorted. They are taken from the University News Letter, a publication spon sored by the State, of which Mr. Ehringhaus is Governor. They offer some comparisons regarding teachers' salaries. At the risk of exciting the Governor's "impatience," we present them with the purpose of allowing | them to tell their own story: North Carolina, 8 months, $498. Alabama, G months, $520. Arkansas, 6 months or less, I $440. Connecticutt, 9 months, $1,580. Dela- 1 ware, 9 months, $1,413. Florida, 8 months, SBOO. Illinois, 8 1-10 months, SI,OOO. Indiana, 8 months, $l,lOO. lowa, $547. Maryland, 9 months, 10 per cent cut. Massachusetts, 8 and 9 months, $1,838. Michigan, 8 months, | $994.35. Minnesota, 8 months, rural, $500; 9 months high and graded, S9OO. Mississippi, 7 months, $406. Nevada, 8 months, $1,200. New Mexico, 8 months, S4OO. Ohio, 8 plus months, $1,415; $1,642; $792; $l,lOO. Oklahoma, 7 to 8 months, $630. Pennsylvania, 9 months, lit tle reduction. Rhode Island, 9 months, $1,680. South Carolina, 7 months, $462. South Da kota, 8 2-3 months, $459; $658; $1,533. Tex as, 8 1-2 months, $722. Utah, 8 months, $950. Vermont 8 to 9 months, $797. Virginia, 8 months, $6Ol. West Virginia, 6 1-2 months to 8 months, $728; $1,026. Wyoming, 7 1-2 months, $600; $1,200. Subscribers who want to make us feel bet ter than usual can renew for a full year in advance, whethar their subscription is out or not. Fishermen continue to tell astounding stories about the ones that get away. Public Forum VICTIMIZED TEACHERS Greensboro Daily News. Editor of The Daily News: So far as North Carolina is con cerned "the forgotten man" is the fellow, male or female, who, hav ing spent years of time and thou sands of dollars in study and prep aration for the vocation of teach ing, now get a pay-check of lesis remuneration than that of a sec ond-rate illiterate bricklayer. We have casted a net which is holding the minnows and letting go the big fellows! Already hundreds of our ablest educators have asserted their self-respect and deserted the pro fession of their devotion •. and ex perience, while hundreds of others are seeking avocations wherein they may earn a decent wage for the support of their families. It is a stigma on the fair name of the great state of North Carolina. It is a condition which is bound to warp and stunt our moral, educa tional and economic growth. Our state and our teachers are victims of "peanut statesmanship." Our leaders haven't the brains or the courage, one or the other, to get us out of this blighting mess of false economy and faulty taxa tion. Our children are our invalua ble assets, incomparable with our investments in roads or other pub lic projects. Our first and highest duty is to them. If through the handicap of proclaimed civic pov erty, something or somebody must bear the bruises and slashes of the pruning knife and decapitating axe, let it not be our primary public school educational system. We have builded magnificient school houses on every contacting hil\ and valley of the state. Shall we now turn them oven to incompetents who are satisfied with a scale of remunera tion far beneath the dignity and re quirements of the teaching profes sion? ' If all sources of taxation have been digged and drained, which is a subject for disputation, then, divert some of our present taxes from roads to schools. Take ouf gasoline taxes, or, better yet, rid I us of the unjust discriminatory prices on gasoline and give the dif ference to the increase cf pay to our underpaid school teachers. If no other remedy can be found or devised, increase our sales' tax, but deliver us from the pernicious evils and damnable fallacies of the pres ent sates' tax system, which is neither fair nor honest, sound nor competent. It is tragedically ludic rous that a great state should adopt a "hit and miss" system of collect ing revenue. If we must have a di rect sales' tax, revenue stamps can be printed in lots at fairly cheap rates. Then, when I purchase ten ten-cent packages of cheap cigar ettes for sl.lO, I will at least have the satisfaction of knowing that my 10-cent tax-mulch has cone to the coffers of my state. The sys tem will no longer be a farce, even if it will remain burdensome to a i poor devil who gratifies his desires I for a few luxuries instead of pur! chasing tax-exempt municipal, j state, county and national bonds. Gentlemen of the oncoming leg-1 islature, the paramount issue is the' preservation of our primary ed-1 ucational system and the retention I .J. ... .j. .j. .J. .J, .j. .J.... ... ... * * x % {SOUTHERN! ! RAILWAY * + i * * j I offers t ? + $ ATTRACTIVE SCHED- % % ULE AND RATES FOR ❖ j | VISITS TO WESTERN II % CAROLINA AND THE + I CHICAGO EXPOSITION t * f i f I * ♦ i £ S f f' * ji % Regular Day Coach %\ 4i *s* i * Rates 1 1-2 cents Mile J * ? * £ t ? * " * * t * * I * f i % FOR SPECIAL RATES t | AND EXCURSION f1 TRIPS—WRITE * *' * • * X i I D. S. BLOODWORTHI I 4* t D. P. A. " ' + % RALEIGH, N. C. t * f * V of our teachers wh 0 are qualified through preparation and experience to instruct, guide and inspire our boys and girls. I am not a school teacher, but I am the son of one who for near ly 25 years, during the darkest hour of our educational history, rode the red-mud holes of Cnswell at three dollars per diem, covering expenses, lovingly "carrying on" in helping to keep the light of hope burning in our one-room log srhool houses. TOM HENDERSON Madison, N. C. . RAILROAD MEN GET PENSION President Roosevelt Thursday signed the bill passed during the closing hours of Congress provid ing for a pension fund for retired railway employes. The bill is considered a prelim inary step in the administration's program for old age pensions and unemployment insurance. It calls for percentage payroll contribu tions from workers and carriers to assure pensions to retired employes over 65. The bill fixes 65 years as the re tirement age and places the pro gram under a three-man board to be appointed by the President. Employes would contribute two per cent of their annual wages to a special fund held in the U. S. Treasury. The carriers would pay BIG BUSINESS TEACHES- Strengthen conservative borrowing .1. when the need arises is sound yOUX pOlmlOTt financial practice. Individuals By can * >ene^'t b y adopting the J * v same policy. A loan obtained "tX)rrOWlTig here for improving your v J?/ station in life or any other equally worthwhile purpose costs but little. And it can be conveniently repaid out| of City Industrial Bank •THE BANK THAT SERVES THE PEOPLE" —Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation— ! SPECIAL SALE ON t W? c i I Summer! I K;M SUITS J ! Iff] flBTa if TROPICAL WORSTED * t \A / Jin I w $24.50 Values *|A Q|- j * Sale Price «Pi J.SD * * | 11 | jf iL TROPICAL I I I Ipf fiisr™^sl3.sol i 11 A 1 LINEN SUITS ' I + \II W f $ lO - 85 Values f»Q Ar | 1 y | Sale Price vO.tfj j | ' || 1/ LINEN 4-PIECE SUITS | + || 1/ $16.50 Values M Or A | t /vl / Sale Price vI*)«DU * | ALL REGULAR SUITS AT | I A SPECIAL REDUCTION $ ! PERRY'S . CLOTHES SHOP ! * INCORPORATED / $ % 115 S. Main St. Rocky Mount, N. C. * «f* »J* +++*M-++•?•+.j.+.;• -> •>.+.;- * * .j. * MAY & GORHAM Druggists FIVE POINTS PHONE 200 WE INVITE YOUR PATRONAGE twice the amount contributed by the workers. Supporters of the measure said it would assure an SB3-a-mont"n pension to an employee wh 0 earned $1,667 a year before retirement. On the basis of present pay rolls of $1,500,000,000, it was estimated initial contributions int 0 the fund would amount to $90,000,000. After two years' operation, the special' board would be required to submit a report to Congress with recommendations for any change! that might be necessary in the sys tem. o PLANS NEW WARSHIPS London.—Preparing for new bat tleship construction in 1937, the Admiralty is studying many ten tative designs for new dread naughts, radically different from all fighting ships now afloat. Guns firing twice a s fast as the fifteen inch guns now in service and a new armor belt to defy and form of air attack are among the new provisions. WORLD EMPLOYMENT UP Geneva.—Unemployment has de creased in the United States, Ger many, Canada, Britain, Italy, Ja pan and many minor countries in 1934, according to statistics gath ered by the International Labor of fice. Conditions became worse in Bulgaria, France, Ireland, Portugal and Poland. Farmers of Polk County, who are digging trench silos this summer, have planted Ribbon cane to be us ed as ensjlage. — -4 *:•-I- -i- -5- -j- * •> •> •> *■ * THE * ! ICE CREAM BAR ! % M. A. PIKE, Owner i I * Next to Quiun Furniture Co. * t 1 * 2 CONES FOR 5c % * X +*4+++++++*++*+++++++++* J. E. WINSTEAD BLACKSMITH "We repair everything for the farm." 1101 COKEY" RD. rw. D. JOYNERI I • "Sells Everything" | % Phone 178—203 S. Main St. J + J->***++' 2-+J-*' M l 1 'M"? ***** M . *+++*++*+++-M"M«| | ROCKY MOUNT I COTTAGE | {Carolina Beach! + write * | MRS. M. C. BONHAM f 7 A i Carolina Beach * CLEANING and DYING CLOTHES REPAIRED SUITS AND DRESSES PHONE 909 Progress Cleaners , 163 S. WASHINGTON ST.! LEVI POWELL, Mgr. i*i Ji Ji it. »T. >ti ■» ■« » « » » -« »- •»- V 'i' 'l' 'l' 'l' T TTTTTTTTTTTm | Phone 265 j * PEERLESS CLEANERS ! * I J Dry Cleaners, Dyers, 1 + Tailors, Hatters * 127 Rose Street fßocky Mount, N. C. ifi >Ti iti iti Ji iTi iTi ill Ji it« «ti A A tT. ' ' « ■ » « TTTTTTTTTTTTT TTTTTTTPTTT' Phone 1045 ALLSBROOK CLEANERS R. L. ALLSBROOK Suits and Dresses 65c 206 Hill fti. Rock.v Mount, N.{ | DRY CLEANING IF IT'S DRY CLEANINt CALL CASEY'S CLOTHES MADE TO MEASURE Phone 685 906 Falls Roa 4-•M"fr ! BOBBITT BROS, ! * WHOLESALE PRODUCE AND 11 CONFECTIONS 121 | Sales Agent 1 For X FLOURS AND FEEDS T - ' •j* I * Washington St. Rocky Moun I * || Phone 1375 I * BATTLE & BARNE General Machinery & Automobile Repairs. Eh trie and Acetylene Weldii Lawn Mower Rep ai I Portable Equipment 1 j Outside Work. Phone 2* j 235-239 S. Washington I |I FOR MEAL J Ground on old fashion* * water mill rocks fro home grown corn % CALL + THE ROCKY MOUNT * MILLING COMPANY ! * J. 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