BUY AND SELL IN ROCKY MOUNT, TRADE CENTER OF EASTERN CAROLINA
VOLUME 1, NO. 5
Huge Cash Outlay
On Projects Here
Nearly $230,000 Being Ex
pended—Possible to Em
ploy More Than 1,100
Nearly $230,000 is being expend
ed in Rocky Mount for labor and
supplies on various Civil Works
administration and federal service
projects, Mrs. R. D. Bulluck, local
administrator, made known last
week. .
The largest single outlay of
money here has been, of course,
at the local airport where approxi
mately 300 men are at work 24
hours per week and where f i 53,-
829 is being expended. Wufk is
progressing rapidly there and the
project is expected to be complet
ed by the latter part of May. This
work is listed under the CWA
projects.
Next ip line regarding amounts
allotted is CWA project No. 17500,
which provided $29,269.55 for
Fewer construction in the first,
second and sixth wards.
Two other CWA projects, total
ing more than $25,000 provide an
expenditure of $13,926.40 for oil
treatment of highway route No.
JVS-A, or Atlantic avenue, and $12,-
653.70 for sewer construction on
Eastern avenue.
Largest of the service projects
here include $1,414.50 to pay
clerks to the principals in the l
city's schools, and $1,200 for maids
to assist in janitorial service in
eight schools.
A total of $3,174.50 is being ex
pended for painting the interior
of white and colored city school
buildings, $6,830 for mosquito
eradication in the city, $1,200 for
repairs to eight grammar schools
hew, and $999 to provide thfee
sewing rooms, which are located
in three different grammar schools
'here.
On the various projects, which
are being supervised by D. M.
Pearsall, Rocky Mount's full quota
of 479 is employed.
Were all the projects to be
placed in operation at one time
and the quota could be increased, a
total of more than 1,100 persons
could be employed, according to the
estimates placed in the projects
before they were approved.
Nash Planter Is
Victim of Death
David Emerson Joyner Buried
In Nashville—Father of
" Local Woman
Nashville, Feb. 9. —David Emer
son Joyner, 73, prominent Nash
County planter who died at his
home near Nashville late yester
day afternoon were held from the
home at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Interment was made in the local
cemetery.
Rev. Garland Hendrick, pastor
of the Elm Grove Baptist church,
of which the deceased was a faith
ful member, was in charge of the
final rites.
The deceased is survived by
three sons, Berry Joyner, Bard
Joyner, and Ronald Joyner, all of
Nashville; two daughters, Mrs. K.
W. t&ylor, of Nashville, and Mrs.
J. H. Proctor, of Rocky Mount.
Several grandchildren, who re
side in this section, also survive.
The wife of Mr. Joyner preceed-
four months ago.
Mr. Joyner was well known in
this section where he has made
many friends.
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SITE SELECTED FOR
COMMUNITY CENTER
Nashville, Feb. 9. Boddie's
pond, six miles west of here, ha=
been selected as the site of the
Nash county community center to
be constructed with CWA funds.
Construction of three buildings,
damming a stream for swimming
nn d clearing of land to build a
Playground and an athletic field
are planned in the project.
The land was donated by G. M,
l Strickland.
The Rocky Mount Herald
Chief Declares He
Did Not Recommend
Anyone For Post
Chief of Police O. P. Hedgepeth
stated that the report quoting him
as having endorsed P. C. Zimmer
man for chief of police was erron
eous. |
The chief said he had recom
mended no one to succeed him
when his resignation becomes effec
tive May 1, and City Manager
Leslie B. Aycock confirmed Hedge
peth's statement that he had not
recommended anyone.
Mr. Aycock added that the re- i
port, to the effect that the public f
safety committee had endorsed I
Zimmerman for the post also was
erroneous.
The Evening Telegram reported
on information received from one
who was present at the committee
meeting that Hedgepeth had rec
ommended Zimmerman and that
the committee had endorsed Zim
merman.
Four Troops Get
Roosevelt Award
Local Troops 7, 8, 13, and 61
Given Streamers—President
Heard in Address
Four local Boy Scout troops here
have possession of the President
Roosevelt awards for service in
1933.
The awards, in the form of red,
white and blue streamers, weie
presented at the Recreation build
ing at noon today by R. M. Wilson,
superintendent of public nchooln
here, to troop No. 7, sponsored bj
the First Presbyterian church;
Civitan troop No. 8; troop No. 13,
of the First Christian church, and
troop No. 61, local Negro troop.
Two other presentations of
these streamers were made to troop
No. 42, of Roanoke Rapids, and
troop No. 43, of Elizabeth City.
The streamers, which bear in
gold the inscription, "The Presi
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933
Ten Year Program Award," are
given to troops in connection with
| boys retained and enlistment of
12-year-old boys in an effort to
secure one out of every four boys
in the United States as members
of the Boy Scout organization.
In a radio address to all the
Scouts of the city assembled in
the Recreation building Saturday,
the president called upon the
Scouts to aid federal relief agen
cies in carrying on their work.
"Scouting has held my active
interest for many years," Presi
dent Roosevelt, who is honorary
president of the Boy Scouts of
America, said in his address from
the White House. "We are ac
complishing fine results, and I
want you to join with me in aid
ing federal relief agencies in your
cities wherever you may be."
The president called attention to
the national jamboree, which he
has planned for the summer of
1936." He asked Scouts from every
part of the country to meet with
him in Washington for the occa
sion.
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STUDENTS MAKE
HONOR ROLL AT
WAKE FOREST
Names of three local students
at Wake Forest college were in
cluded in the list of 116 students
making up the first semester
honor roll released today by Grady
S. Patterson, registrar.
The list of students comprised
approximately 13 per cent of the
student body.
Local names are John M. Scott,
Jr., G. Ashby Winstead, both fresh
i men, and W. R. Dixon, sophomore,
i Students from nearby communi
i ties whose names are also included
p on the honor roll are J. E. Law
rence, Scotland Neck, freshman; J.
, S. Chamblee, Red Oak, and J. B.
; Pittmon, Whitakers, sophomores,
i and J. P. Partin, Scotland Neck.
I senior.
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Paris styles stress high split
skirts and windblown |
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ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1934
Memorandum Showing Comparison
of Cert
In June, 1931, the respective salaries, as fixed by the General Assembly, of the eleven
elective State officers were as follows:
POSITION , , OCCUPANT SALARY
Secretary of State James A. Hartness $ 4,500.00
State Auditor Baxter Durham 4,500.00
State Treasurer Nathan O'Berry 4,500.00
Supt. of Public Instruction A. T. Allen 5,000.00
Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt 7,500.00
Com'r. of Agriculture W. A. Graham 4,500.00
Insurance Commissioner Dan C. Boney 4,500.00
Com'r. of Labor • Frank D. Grist 4,500.00
Chairman Corporation Com. W. T. Lee 5,000.00
Corporation Com'r. Stanley Winborne 5,500.00
Corporation Com'r. George P. Pell 4,500.00
Total $54,500.00
Average annual salary $ 4,954.54
The following were the salaries in June, 1931, of .the eleven appointive offices or posi
tions, as fixed by Governor Gardner, or with his approval:
POSITION OCCUPANT SALARY
Chair'n Highway Commission E. B. Jeffries $ 7,500.00
Commissioner of Banks Gurney P. Hood 7,500.00
Director Local Government Chas. M. Johnson 6,000.00
Director Purchase and Con
tract ' A. S. Brower 6,600.00
Director Personnel Frank L. Dunlap 6,000.00
Ass't. Director Budget Henry Burke - 7,500.00
Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell A. 7,500.00
Executive Counsel Tyre C. Taylor 8,050.00
Director Conservation and
Development J. W. Harrelson 6,000.00
Sup't. States Prison George Ross Pou 7,200.00
Director State Farms George Ross 6,000.00
Total $75,850.00
Average annual salary $ 6,898.63
The salary of Mr. Geo. Ross was paid out of emergency funds as the Legislature
made no appropriation for same. ' -
The above comparison shows that the salaries of these eleven appointive positions
carried salaries, as fixed by Governor Gardner or with his consent and approval, averag
ing $1,944.09 per year greater than the salaries of the eleven elective positions, as fixed
by the General Assembly.
Now it is up to the people to decide whether they want Legislative government or one
man government. The above shows which is the cheapest.
Running Out the Lobbyists
President Roosevelt is facing the same
lobbyist problem that Wilson dealt with.
Wilson lashed them for the Capital. Senator
Overman took the lead in doing that.
There were lobbyists in Harding's day but
he did nothing about them. Grundy stayed I
and so did Jess Smith. Grundy finally got
to be a Senator for a short time. Jess Smith
was killed, whether by himself or someone
else has never been settled.
President Roosevelt cancelled the air mail
contracts because of fraud and collusion in
letting the contracts. It was shown that
one man named Boeing, on an investment of
$487,000 has made $12,190,000 on air mail
ventures.
It is expected that investigation will now
be made of ocean mail contracts and sub
sidies. Of these Chairman Black, of the
committee, recently l said "the record dis
closes that the huge subsidies paid by the
government to build up a merchant marine
have been diverted from the channel and
have been largely spent in high salaries,
extravagant expense accounts, highly paid
lobbyists and huge dividends."
In any investigation of ocean mails, the
International Mercantile Marine will no
doubt be represented by Ex-Governor Gard-I
ner. It is well known that some months ago
Gov. Gardner was quite powerful in Wash
ington. He obtained a legal position for
Tyree C. Taylor at $6,000 per year, although
Taylor's experience as a practicing lawyer
had been limited to trying two cases in a
Justice of the Peace Court. He also got a
$4,000 job in the Revenue Department for
Fritz Smith. Achievements such as these
show the Gardner influence and power, some
months ago, at any rate.
The Litex-ary Digest recently carried in a
row pictures of Gardner, Kramer of Mon
tana, Jackson of New Hampshire, and Mul
len of Nebraska—the four Democratic Na
tional Committeemen who had opened offices
in They were regarded as
"the Four Horsemen" of the lobbying craft.
Recently Kramer, Gardner and Jackson
resigned their positions as National Com
mitteemen but continued their lobbying
practice, which they secured while they held
these positions.
A bill recently introduced by Senator
Byrnes of South Carolina, would make lobby
ing unlawful by a National Committeeman
or within two years after giving up such a
position.
North Carolina Terrible Banking Situation
In an article in the News and Observer of
February 11, Dr. George W. Paschall of
Wake Forest presents an analysis of fees
paid attorneys and auditors during the two
and one half years Mr. Gurney P. Hood has
been Commissioner of Banks. Dr. PaschalPs j
statement shows that these fees amounting'
to $313,186.41 were paid attorneys and'
$227,475.96 to auditors, or a grand total of
$541,062.37. These figures as to attorneys' j
fees are slightly different from those re- j
cently given in The Herald, but we accept
Dr. Paschall's figures as he seems to have 1
made an extensive study of them.
Let's make a few comparisons. The
amount spent by Mr. Hood for attorneys'
fees for the period in question is more than i
the amount: appropriated by the General !
Assembly to run for the two years, 1933-1
1935, the offices of the Governor and the
Secretary of State, the Auditor, the State;
Treasurer, the Superintendent of Public In-i
struction, and the Attorney General. It is
nearly one and a half times as much as was
appropriated for this year for the State]
Board of Health to do all of its services to I
the people of the state.
Mr. Hood's expenditures for attorneys for
the same months ending Jan. 1, 1934,
amounted to $85,737.09 or at a rate of $12,-
248.15 per month. This monthly average
is just about as much as was paid the
Attorney-General and his two assistants for
a whole year.
In the two and a half year period Mr.
Hood spent for attorneys fees 9 times as
much as was appropriated for the salaries
of the Judges of the Supreme Court this
year. He spent for attorneys fees more
than one and a half times as much as the
salaries of the 24 Judges of our Superior
Courts this year.
He spent for attorneys' fees four times
as much as the salaries of our 20 solicitors
for this year.
He spent for attorneys and auditors dur
ing that period more than 1-25 as much as
will be paid to the 23,000 school teachers
to teach our 900,000 school children this
year.
In his two reports Mr. Hood has sought
to obscure the facts by a lot of percentages.
Here are some comparisons which throw
some light on his actions.
We suggest that our readers get the cur
rent amount being spent this year in their
counties for school teachers and compare it
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Byrnes Put More Teeth Into
His Anti-Lobbying Measure
Asks Cooperation
In Securing Prices
Representative J. H. Kerr of
the Second Congressional
District Today Called Upon
the Bright Tobacco Grow
ers to Cooperate Fully with
the Government in Order
to Secure Better Prices for
Their Product.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 10.—
The bright tobacco growers, this
ginia, North Carolina, South Caro
lina and Georgia, have a concrete
example of what cooperation and
good judgment will guarantee to
this great American industry.
The Agricultural Department,
through the Agricultural Adjust
ment Act passed in the 72nd Ses
sion of Congress, fixed a parity
price for this type of tobacco, pre
faced largely upon an agreement
that there would be acreage re
duction and, farther, that there
would be cooperation among the
growers with the Government in
order that a great surplus would
not be made again and thereby
work destruction of the program.
The tobacco farmers have tried
through cooperation to prevent an
over-production of this crop and
thereby secure fair prices, and
have been unsuccessful. The gov
ernment has come to their assist
ance and has undertaken to help
them through Federal legislation.
To violate this endeavor of the
Government is unthinkable; It
would simply mean low prices and
poverty again. I think I am quali
fied to advise these farmers. Our
bright tobacco growers must keep
their annual production under
600,000,000 pounds; if they do
this, in my opinion, you will never
see this tobacco sell under 20
cents a pound, and this will assure
the area which grows this tobacco
prosperity unequaled in any other
farming section of this country.
You owe it to your country and
to your homes to follow assidiously
the program of the Government
and unselfishly cooperate among
yourselves so as to prevent the
collapse of the Government's ef
forts inaugurated to help you.
The crop of 1932 brought about
$45,000,000. By reason of the Gov
ernment's bringing manufacturers
and growers together, through
Federal legislation, the 1933 crop
has brought about $118,000,000;
$73,000,000 increase has been put
into the pockets of the farmers,
and every other business engaged
in this industry was made coirer:-
rondingly prosperous.
This concrete result of coopera
tion on the part of the manufac
turer, grower, and the Govern
ment should be sufficient to com
pel every person interested in this
great American industry to follow
, to their utmost this program of
cooperation which guarantees to
' them success and happiness.
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JAPS GET TRADE
Mukden.—Manchuria's favorable
trade balance has been reversed
since the founding of the new
State of Manchukuo. During the
first ten months 0 f 1933, there was
an adverse balance of more than
$60,000,000. Slightly more than
seventy-five per cent of all goods
brought into Manchuria came from
Japan.
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Senator Believes President
Will Publicly Adopt Bill
And Ask Adoption
Washington, Feb. 11.—Senator
Byrnes has broadened his anti
lobby bill, put more teeth into it,
and it is now believed that Presi
dent Roosevelt will publicly adopt
it as an administration measure.
The bill as it now stands proposes
the following safeguards against
securing funds from or charges on
the federal treasury by "pull"
from a member of Congress or a
political lobby.
1. No member of Congress or a
member of any political national
committee shall represent any in
dividual, firm, or corporation in
obtaining or endeavoring to obtain
a contract, loan, grant or claim
which involves a charge on the
treasury.
2. No member of a national com
mittee shall accept compensation
of any kind for services rendered
in obtaining or endeavoring to ob
tain a contract, loan, grant, or
claim which involves a charge on
the treasury.
3. The above prohibition applies
to former members of Congre«s t
former members of national com
mittees, or former government *
employees who have not been out'
of the service two years.
4. Any person wh 0 is employed
to represent any individual, firm or
corporation in connection with any
bill pending before Congress shall
file with Congress an affidavit
ting forth the contract or agree
ment.
5. The penalty for violation
number one section is a fine of not
more than SI,OOO, or imprisonment
of not more than three months, Or
both. Penalty violation sections
two, three, or four is fine of not
more than SIO,OOO or imprison
ment of not more than two years,
or both.
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Watson To Seek
Place In House
Former Mayor Announces His
Intention of Running Again
In Nash
Van S. Watson, former mayor of
Rocky Mount and Nash county
representative to the last session
of the general assembly, will be a
candidate for the house of repre
sentatives in the 1935 session, he
announced today.
"I believe that my record in the
last legislature shows that I was
and still am a candidate for the
office," Mr. Watson said, "and 1
intend to keep faith with the peo
ple in Nash county."
Mr. Watson quieted rumors that
he will run for a seat in the state
senate, saying that he would seek
to return to the house.
During his single term at Ra
leigh, Representative Watson was
a member of the following com
mittees: Agriculture; counties,
cities and towns; game, salaries
and fees, proposition and griev
ances, regulation of the public
service corporations, and a special
committee to investigate salaries
in various state departments and
make recommendations to the
house.
O. B. Moss, of Spring Hope, vet
eran legislator, has announced
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