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, BUY AND SELL IN ROCKY MOUNT, TRADE CENTER OF EASTERN CAROLINA 7he Rocky Mount Herald VOLUME 1, NO. 43 Smashing Democratic Victory Stuns Republicans PARAGRAPHS PROBLEMS AT JAPAN IS DETERMINED NAVY PARLEY HOPELESS HUGE BUILDING PROGRAM 12 BILLION IN FIVE YEARS URGE NEW DIRIGIBLES UNEMPLOYED INCREASE BANKERS FACE FACTS SIGNS OF TROUBLE AHEAD "RECOMMEND" VS. "DEMAND* By Hugo Sims, Rocky Mount Her ald Special Washington Corres pondent « ' The preliminary discussion in London between British, Japanese and American delegates for the purpose of paving the way for a naval conference in 1935 has made little progress except to emphasize the unwillingness of the United States and Great Britain to agree with the Japanese arguments foi v abandoning existing naval ratios. At times the British seem to be very reluctant in opposing the Japanese attitude but American t representatives see no possibility of agreement, believing that Japan is determined to achieve equality and that the United States is equally determined to stand on the present treaties. I Japan, it is expected, will de nounce the Washington naval treaty before the end of the year, which will mean the renewal of the naval competition which end ed when the pact was signed. Pos sibly, the Japanese believe that the United States will not con struct ships to maintain the treaty ratio, apparently basing this idea on our failure to build up a treaty navy. Hie American argument is that the Washington ratio gives Japan , full defense in her part of the world-and it is no more of a stigma than for this country to agree not to fortify certain of its Pacific possessions. Apparently, the Brit ish attitude is based on the hope of effecting some reconciliation of divergent views and this has gone so far that the impression has been produced that there i s an Anglo - Japanese combination against the United States. , The Public Works Administra tion is recommending a five-year program, involving the expendi ture of $5,000,000,000 on low-cost lousing, and $7,000,000,000 on works that will not be self-liquid * (Please turn to page eight) Readers, when you pur chase goods advertised in these columns tell the merchants you saw it in THE HERALD. {■■■■■■■■■ l Try Our Advertising \ Columns ■Q Tell Tke Herald's 8,009 read em of your needs and what ym have for sale, rent or ex chaage by the use of oar daaafied Ad Column or Regular Ad Column. ON NATIONAL WASHINGTON More Money For Tobacco Growers Parity Payments Will Be Based On Amount Pro duced and Percentage of Allotment Sold North Carolina tobacco growers who cooperated in the crop adjust ment program this year are slated to get parity payments of between 10 and 15 million dollars early yi 1935. The payments will be made at rates varying between 8 and 12% per cent of the market value of the 1934 crop. Growers, who will sell 70 per cent of their base al lotments or less will receive the higher rate, while those who sell as much as 80 per cent will receive the lower rate. A contracting grower may sell as much as 80 per cent of his base allotment on his own tax-exemp tion card. If he sells more, he must secure an additional card from another grower. Whan a grower sells over 80 per cent, he will receive a parity payment of 8 per cent on the market value of his crop up to 80 per cent of his base. The parity , payments on the sales in excess of 80 per cent will go to the grow opfwfe whwm hs-twoghtrthe afldi-" tional card. This method provides an addi tional form of crop insurance for the grower who did not produce the full amount of his allotment this year. o HUGE SUM RECEIVED BY CO-OPERATING FARMERS Adjustment Program Increas es Growers' Income By More Than $100,000,000 The State College Extension Service has been instrumental in increasing the 1933 and 1934 in come of North Carolina cotton and tobacco farmers by more than $105,000,000, Dean I. O. Schaub, director of the Extension Service, has announced. "This increase is due largely to the AAA crop adjustment pro grams, administered by the Ex tension Service and patriotic farm ers who have served on the local committees and State boards," he said. The Dean calculated the increase in income by comparing the money which farmers would have gotten for their crops, had there been no programs, with the amount they actually received. Higher prices plus the rental and benefit pay ments accounted for the increase. The income for tobacco growers for the two years will run to $195,- 396,000. Had there been no pro gram, larger crops selling at low er prices would probably yield $130,000,000. The increase is ap proximately $65,000,000, including the rental and benefit payments. Cotton growers will receive $101,324,000 for their crop this year, including $6,466,770 in bene fit payments. Without a program they would have gotten around $60,000,000 for a much larger crop selling at a lower price. The in crease is approximately $41,000,- 000. Since comparatively small amounts of wheat, corn, and hogs are produced in htis State, and only part of the growers signed contracts, the increase in income for these commodities has not been so large a figure as that for cotton and tobacco, the Dean said. He pointed out, however, that corn-hog benefit payments for this year will amount to $724,842 and the wheat benefit payments to about $60,000. In addition, prices of these commidities have doubled. Streamline train Bets record from Coast of 57 hours. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 9, 1934 Illegal Scrap Sales Dangerous Illegal sales of scrap tobacco are endangering numerous crop adjustment contracts in North Carolina, E. Y. Floyd, of S ate College announced last week. Growers caught selling their scrap illegally, he said, will be forced to cancel their contracts, rettirn all benefit payments re ceived, and pay the 25 percent tax on all their tobacco sold this year. If court action is necessary to recover the benefit payments and the tlax due, he added, the growers will be required to bear the cost of such litigation. Any contract signer who has unwittingly violated his contract by illegal sales should take his card and the record of such il legal sales to his County Agent at once so that same can be legalized. Bank Robbers Convicted Tues. Johnson, Fowler, Wilson And Albright Sentenced. Waller Sentence Suspended. At tempt to Incriminate Wall Falls Flat Wendell. Sentences ranging from 15 years for J. E. Johnson, who seems to have been the lead er and organizer of the plot, to 3 years for one of the small fry in the scheme were meted out in Wake County Superior Court, Tuesday, to the men trapped when they attempted to rob the Bank of Wendell here. J. Arthur Waller, of Raleigh, one of the men actually caught in the bank, was adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and sentenced to eighteen months on the roads, sentence suspended with the pro vision that he must be of good be havior for seven years. This len ient treatment was accorded Wal ler for the reason that he talked freely to officers, and helped to build up the state's case against the other accused men. Sentences against the other ac cused men were: Robert (Red) Fowler, seven to ten years. Lawton B. (Crip) Wilson, fivo years, to be assigned to the insane asylum at Dix Hill. Evidence was produced that tended to show that Wilson is not mentally com petent, supposedly from a mule kick received in his youth. Eugene Albright, of Spencer, three to five years. Two other men implicated in the attempt have not as yet been arrested, though officers are on the alert for them. Evidence seemed to prove con clusively that J. E. Johnson was the man who planned the robbery, and who was leader throughout. In his direct evidence and cross j examination he made an effort to implicate Police Chief Alex Wall of Wendell, but this was wholly without grounds, and he made no headway with his attempt. Judge Henry A. Grady in speaking of this said, "There is nothing here to reflect on Policeman Wall." HEAVY RAIN FELL 47 YEARS AGO George W. Joyner, who in spite of his 73 years of age has a mar velous memory, recalls that 47 years ago, October 31, 1887, to be exact, the largest rain that had ever been seen in this this part of the country fell. Mr. Joyner was living in the vicinity of Rocky Mount at that time, and says that he remembers that the rain began about dinner Sunday and fell in torrents all that day and night. Every bridge, he remembers, on the Tar river between Louisburg and Rocky Mount was washed away. Professor Jean Piccard forced to land by fog obscuring earth. I Republican Propaganda Fails f The special interest of the Republican party through its subsidized press, da still issuing its propaganda but from the recent election Returns which appeared in Wednesday's papers, this propaganda failed to have the desired effect as there appears to be almost a complete endorsement of Mr. Roosevelt's leadership. ..In last week's issue of the Sat urday Evening Post, practically its whole editorial page was devoted to the question of a Balanced Budget, which slogan had been adopted by the Republican party. In the present issue of November 10th we have the following statement from the Saturday Evening Post: "Real Budget Reform" "Shortly after the new Congress assembles in January, President Roosevelt will present his budget for the next fiscal year. It will disclose whether there is to be a con tinued piling up of the public debt and more back-breaking burdens for the tired taxpayer or whether there is to be even a partial return to the sound policy of resolute economy and pay-as-you-go." / Just suppose President Roosevelt's chief aim had been no higher than balancing the Budget, what would have been the miserable results to the hungry and naked humanity? We notice frorrt a recent speech made by the Senior Sena tor from North Carolina that he is quoted as saying, "There can be no real recovery until the budget is balanced." This propaganda seems to have had some effect, while the re turns from the election show it was not very great. College Adopts Self-Help Plan Wilson Institute to Give More Employment to Students Wilson, Nov. s.—She present school year marks, adoption of the Eureka self-hdMplaq at At lantic-Christian 'Colrefte. The plan; first used extensively at Eureka College in Illinois, from which it receives its name, and later in other mid-western colleges, is de scribe as one whereby the stu dents are permitted to do the work of the college community and the saving in labor costs to the college is handed on to the students in lowered rates for tuition, board and room. Under the plan, as adapted tJ the campus here, the students do all the college work except the cooking and the planning of col lege meals, which later may even be done by students also. Each studenti desiring work is assigned a job by the student board af managers, which supervises all the work done. The board gives consideration to student prefer ences. There are four student super visors or managers, who are Miss Callie Windley, Pinetown, whfc is manager of office workers; Miss Lou Ellen Perry, Robersonville, manager of the food department; Seltz Mayo, Mesic, superintendent of the grounds and Russell Jeffer son, Pinetown, superintendent of buildings. There are over 30 workers un der the supervision of the head of the food department, about fifteen under the direction of the superin tendent of buildings; under the manager of the office forces are eight librarians, the book store girl, two typing room assistants, the college nurse, six office secre taries, two telephone girls and four maids; and under the super vision of the superintendent of grounds are about 15 workers. BRICK SCHOOL SITE HOMESTEAD PROJECT Weldon, Nov. 4.—The Brick School which is located on the Weldon-Enfield highway, a former Negro junior college with about 1,000 acres in the farm, has been selected by the government as a good location for a subsistence homestead project for 100 negro families. If 1,700 acres adjacent j to this property can be secured, the project will start at once, cost ing between $150,000 and $200,- 000. ! This is the only such project for Negroes under consideration by the Federal government in the State. Brick's is a beautiful location and was recommended by a group of University of North Carolina students who made a study under the supervision of Dr. Roy M. Brown, assistant State Relief Ad ministrator. Fountain Holds Democracy High Tells Gastonia Voters Hoover Did Not Provide Either Chicken or Pot Gastonia, Nov. I. Astirring de ; fense of Democracy in general and the New Deal in particular was delivered here today before a rally of Young Democrats by Rich ard T. Fountain, former lieutenant governor. "The leadership of our Presi dent is great and wonderful and has done much for humanity,'' «'t clared Mr. Fountain. "The Repub licans are dismayed. Their lead ers are silent, but being anxious to get back in power they are active in strewing propaganda against , the New Deal. "Grove r Cleveland stated on one occasion that the Republican party was held together by the cohesive power of public plunder. "After much looking r.he Repub licans finally have selected a cam paign slogan. Their old slogan 'A I Full Dinner Pail,' with all the pov , erty and unemployment, did not fit I the times, so they finally stumbled on the words, 'Balanced Budget'. This new slogan in the face of hunger and nakedness is just as cold as steel. "A Republican committee in | New York, speaking for Mr. Hoo | ver, pledged a car for every ga l rage and a chicken for every pot. I They did not fulfill the obligation by supplying or making it possi | ble to get the car or chickens, but | it came to the point that many did not have even a pot. "The practical question is, are we willing to return to conditions i under Mr. Hoover, or continue to follow President Roosevelt. Con trast the two administrations. Ag riculture is being improved, labor is getting better wages and shorter hours, honest capital i s getting better returns and dividends. "The President is not up for election, but we must send a Con gress that will back him up. "The New York bankers aie kicking because the financial head of the country has been moved from New York to Washington, where it should be. Do we in North Carolina object? "Another objection to our Presi dent is that his leadership is too ■ paternal because he is feeding the hungry and giving work to the un ! employed. The Republican Party j has subsidised every special inter est in this country either by direct ! gift or protective tariff. They did not say anything about the gov ' ment being too paternal. "The Bankhead Bill and the Kerr Bill have been our own ark of safety. The banks are restored I and the depositors have insurance against loss. What honest busi ness has been hurt by the New Deal, better known as the Square Deal ?" Administration prepares to re sist soldiers' bonus drive. Greatest Landslide In History Sweeps Solid Phalanx of Democrats Into Office Farmers Get 12-Cent Loans Through Co-op Deliveries to N. C. Cotton Co- Op Running Far Ahead of Expectations By Roy H. Park Raleigh,—Deliveries to the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association are run ning far ahead of expectations, M. G. Mann, general manager, said here today. He said practically all the farm ers are taking advantage of the government's liberal 12-cent loan plan on cotton apd that a large number of the farmers are getting their government loans through their own cotton cooperative. Every bale classed by govern ment graders, proper premiums for better grades and staples, quick and convenient sales, and more than 12 years' experience in handling cotton—these are four of the advantages the cotton cooper ative offers to farmers in getting their 12-cent loans. The fact that North Carolina is leading all Southeastern states East of the Mississippi delta area in the production of inch to inch and one-sixteenth inch staple this season makes it all the more im portant that farmers get their 12- cent loans through an agency which can bring them the full re ward for better grades and staples. "This is particulraly true this season," Mr. Mann said, "for while more than one-half of the North Carolina cotton ginned so far is shown by government re ports to be inch and better, cotton in other states is much shorter than usual this year. "This means that the premium for 15-16 and better cotton will be higher thi s year than usual and it is important that farmers get the full reward for these better sta ples." He termed significant the fact that most of the cotton used by North Carolina mills is between inch and inch and one-sixteenth and said the cotton cooperative has a good connection with these mills as it sells the most of its cotton to mills right here in this State— more than 90 per cent, in fact. "The quickest and most advis able way for a farmer to get his government 12-cent loan i s to take his cotton to one of our more than 250 receiving agents or more than 50 official warehouses," Mr. Mann said. "Make it plain you want to go: your loan through your own cotton cooperative. He annunced that the following receiving agents and warehouses have been appointed to serve farm ers in this section: Miss Clyde Archbell, Battleboro; S. C. Bowden, Spring Hope; Mrs. Estelle Moore Eason, Sharpsburg; J. N. Bergeron, Spring Hope; S. C. Winstead, Rocky Mount; and Public Bonded Warehouse, Rocky Mount. o Steel industry is "challenged" to produce low-cost houses. PUB 'S -fl qjtM pud socad 3uij{93s uedßf NOTICE Those desiring to subscribe to The Rocky Mount Herald may do so by sending $l.OO with name and address to The Rocky Mount Herald, Rocky Mount, N. C. Name Town State Route No $l.OO PER YEAJi MORE THAN TWO THIRDS CONTROL OF CONGRESS Republican Representation In Congress Lowest That It Has Ever Been As Roose velt and the New Deal Are Given Rousing Vote Of Confidence With Pennsylvania taken. Into the Democratic fold in perhaps the most astounding political up set of this generation, it seems that the New Deal made almost a clean sweep of the country with the Republican representation in both branches of congress reduced to the lowest ebb in the history of the party from its infancy during Civil War days, Tuesday in the national election. According to the experience well nigh universal heretofore in off years the Democrats might well have been prepared for slight losses but on th'e contrary they made almost astounding gains all along the line. With their clear two thirds majority in the housa of representatives increased to 311 the make-up of that body in Jan uary will be: Democrats, 311; Republicans, 101; progressives 7; and Farmer- Labor 3. In the upper branch of congress the majority will be even more decisive as the roll call show: Democrats, 69; Republi cans, 24; Progressives, 1; and Farm-Labor, 1. This will give the democrats a practically sure two thirds vote on any question on which party lines are drawn, and will make any resistance to the Roosevelt legislative program without the party negligible. It is repoiftedj| that President Roosevelt is jubilant over the mag nificent show of confidence that the people of the country voted in him personally and in his New Deal. Club Observes Birthday Pinetop, Oct. 27.—The Pinetop Book Club celebrated its ninth birthday Saturday at the home of Mrs. H. O. Pearson. The luncheon table was lovely with bowls of white roses and a. two-tiered yellow and white birth-, day cake. Mrs. C. Roy Griffin, president of the club, presented the pro gram. Miss Margaret Barnes, Mrs. J. H. Brown and Mrs. S. L. Daughtridge took part. Mrs. E Y. Lovelace introduced the guest speakers, Mrs. C. L. Blackburn, of Wilson. The sub ject of her talk was "Best Books for the Child." Every active member was pres ent. Visitors were Mrs. C. L. Blackburn, of Wilson; Mrs. J. H. Brown, of Tarboro; Mrs. Cochran, of Tennessee; Mrs. Ralph Craw ford, of Fountain and Miss Marga ret Barnes. Refreshment committee: Mrs. H. O. Pearson, Mrs. W. A. Gardner, and Mrs. S. R. Tolbert. Program committee: Mrs. E. Y. Lovelace, Mrs. E. L. Pitt and Mrs. A. M. Wootten. — Our September exports were highest in four years.
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