BUY AND SELL IN ROCKY MOUNT, TRADE CENTER OF EASTERN CAROLINA
VOLUME 1. NO. 19.
PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL
PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON
AIDS HOME BUILDING.
30-HOUR WEEK PROBABLE
DARROW'S NRA REPORT.
DROPS LITTLE INDUSTRIES.
The construction industry lias
been slowest in recovering and of
ficials insist that the great bulk
of those ordinarily engaged in this
line are unemployed, making up
the largest group still dependent
upon relief agencies. From -a total
of eleven billion dollarg a year the
construction aggregate has drop
ped to three; residential construc
tion has fallen from $3,000,000,000
a year to $300,000,000.
Anxious t 0 spur the construction
trades the President advances the
plan to make home improvement
loans, guarantee mortgages on
homes, organize low-cost, long
term financing for construction
purposes and the insurance of
buliding and loan association stock
where it is sound. "Many of our
homes are not fit for human habi
tation," said Mr. Roosevelt, in urg
ing the measures for the protection
of the health and safety of the
people.
Indicative of the new attitude is
the effort in the Hopse to pass the
Connery bill providing a compul
sory 30-hour work week. Effort
to force a vote May 28th got un
der way with every indication that
the bill would pass the House.
Whether it becomes law depends
upon the adjournment of Congress.
The public works- unemployment
relief fund for the fiscal year 1935
is set at $1,322,000,000 in prelimin
ary figures, which take into con
sideration the various appropria
tions already made, which include
sums for crop loans, farm credit,
veterans' benefits, flood control
and sons-of the total involved in
the Indef>endent offices act, passed
o ver the President's' veto. It is ad
mitted that total expenditures this
year will fall unde r the estimate
made in January and that the defi
cit will be at least $2,500,000,000
short of what was predicted.
Something of a squabble devel
oped when it became known that a
special board, including Clarence
Darrow, had submitted a report on
NRA activities which was being
held up until a certain government
official could study it. When criti
cism of the action became some
what pronounced Gen. Johnson as
sumed the blame, saying that he
had a right to examine the docu
ment and give his reply at the
same time that he gave out the re
port.
Criticism of the effect of the
NRA upon the small business man,
•with charges that the various codes
work hardships upon the "little
man" and the assertion that mon
opoly is being stimulated by code
■control were considered damaging
when coming from a board of re
view set-up to inquire into the
fate of thri small business man.
There is also current comment
upon the fact that Darrow engag
ed Charles Edward Russell, Social
ist leader, to pen the draft of the
board's conclusion, which, in some
places was so condemnatory that
its sweeping charger had to be
made more parliamentary. Anoth
er story is that the report was
sent to the Department of Justice,
because it contained charges
against the members of a certain
code authority, with the demand
that they be prosecuted for con
ducting it in the interests of their
business and against their compet
itors.
The move to exempt little busi
nesses from the strict code require
ments and to junk a number of
- small codes was not a direct re
sult of the Darrow report, although
maybe, it was hastened by it. For
some time code officials have been
studying the situation, with the
discovery that 65 per cent of- the
time, personnel, money and effort
w »s going to take care of indus
tries that do not affect 15 per cent
of the recovery program.
The Rocky Mo
Congressm'nKerr
Speaks at Kinston
Says He Thinks His Work In
Congress Should Satisfy
His Constituents
Kinston, May 19.—Congressman
John H. Kerr spoke here last night.
His audience filled the courtroom
in the courthouse. He was introduc
ed by a warm friend, Rev. Dr. Ber
nard W. Spilman, educational sec
retary of the Southern Baptist
Convention.
The representative, seeking re
nomination in the June 2 primary,
declared he did not come to de
fend the "new deal" or his own rec
ord in the House, but he had high
praise for the administration and
its policies and said he believed
■what he had accomplished in his 10
years in Congress should satisfy
his constituency.
Income of the nation's farmers
increased four-fifths of a. billion
dollars during the first year under
Roosevelt, Judge Kerr said, while
that of 400 leading industries in
creased half a pillion dollars. Those
increases almost meant good times,
he said. The South has fared very
well, with its farmers receiving
hundreds of millions of dollars
from the government.
Kerr cited the fact that he is a
member of four important commit
tees, the ranking Democratic mem
ber of three and chairman of one.
He told how. he had been instru
mental in having the tariff on pea
nuts raised to exclude the Chinese
product. Chinese peanuts were be
ing delivered at Suffolk at a price
which was threatening disaster for
I the growers of North Carolina and
other southern states, he asserted,
when the prohibitive tajrrif was im
posed. The income of second dis
trict peanut farmers was $10,000,-
000 greater last year as a result.
STEWART FUNERAL
CONDUCTED TUESDAY
Final Rites Held Tuesday Af
ternoon for Prominent
Edgecombe Farmer
Final rites for Howard Porter
Stewart, 46-year-old Edgecombe
county planter who died Monday
following a paralytic stroke, were
held from the home' of Mrs. T. R.
Bulluck on the Tarboro highway at
three o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
with Rev. J. W. Kincheloe, pastor
of the First Baptist church, in
charge. Burial followejl at the cem
etery in Battleboro.
Mr. Stewart, a well known resi
dent of the county who had engag
ed in extensive farming activities,
is survived by his widow, the for
mer Miss Etta Bulluck of Edge
combe county; his father, George
W. Stewart, and three children,
Elizabeth, Mavis, and Wilmer, all
of Edgecombe county.
Also surviving are six brothers
and five sisters, as follows: A. T.
Stewart of Battleboro; W., W.
Stewart of Edgecombe county, J.
M. Stewart of Hendersonville, F.
W. and J .C. Stewart both of Rocky
Mount, Mrs. J. B. Hill, Mis s Geor
gie Stewart, Mrs. J. W. Simthson,
Mrs. Luther Fisher, and Mrs. A. L.
Pope, all of Edgecombe county.
The pallbearers were as follows:
Active—John Daughtridge, Jim
Daughtridge, Arthur Williams, Joe
Powell, Battleboro, Dr. T. W.
Smithson, and C. B. Peacock; hon
orary—Richard Powell, E. L.
Boone, Dr. D. L. Knowles, S. T.
Wilson and Watkins Powell, Billy
Lawrence, Frank Lawrnece, Henry
Taylor, Roy Moore, and George B.
Strickland, all of Battleboro.
LIGHTNING HITS
TROLLEY; 8 HURT
Washington.—When a street car
was hit by lightning, eight per
sons were injured as they battered
their way out of the smoke-filled
car. None were seriously injured,
however.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 25. 1934.
City Manager's
Report Is Nade
Total of $610,093.86 Collected
From AH Sources Up to
April 30
The city of Rocky Mount on
April 30 had rAeived from all
sources the sum of $610,093.86 this
fiscal year which ends June 30, ac
cording to the monthly report of
City Manager Leslie B. Aycock
releasee! at a meeting of the board
of aldermen last week.
Of this amount, $139,554.12 came
from general sources, $53,418*83
from property taxes and $437,131.-
41 from utilities.
The sum from general sources
was $16,641.12 more than was an
ticipated for the year in making
out the annual budget, but this was
largely due to the fact that $75,000
listed as "cash in bank" was in
part already on hand at the begin
ning of the year.
The sum received from property
taxes fell only $11,581.67 short of
meeting budget estimates for the
year. With May and June reports
yet to come in, it seemed probable
that nearly all property taxes
would be collected.
Utilities revenue lacked only $6,-
368.59 of meeting budget esti
mates, making it certain that in
come from this source will surpass
the estimate before the year is
out.
Income from the light depart
ment has already passed the esti
mate by $2,797.17 and from the
sewer system by $392.42.
Expenditures for the year stood
sa follows on April 30:
General government, $21,094.76
leaving a balance of $4,541 out of
the tota' appropriated; public safe
ty, $63,877.11, leaving a balance of
§8,560.24; highways, $45,629.32,
leaving a balance 0 f $41,005.68; re
creation, $11,261.87, leaving a bal
ance of $2,944.13; city farm, sl,-
577.52, exceeding the appropriation
by $277.52; general items and
debts, $64,544.28, leaving a balance
I of $22,800.72.
The total expenditures for gen l
j eral administration amounted to
$238,377.62, leaving an unexpended
balance of $76,146.38.
Utilities expenditures amounted
to $275,316.32, leaving a balance 0 f
$20,862.68.
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NEW COLLEGE TO OPEN"
ON GWYN FARM JUNE 1
Waynesville, May I.9—Columbia
University's summer school branch,
New College, will open on the
Gwyn Farm about 14 miles from
here June 1 with 22 students. Oth
ers are expected from time to time
until a full quota is present.
Miss Margaret Coble, a North
Carolinian who has been connected
with Columbia University in New
York for several years, is resident
head 0 f the branch. She has been
here several weeks making prepa
ration for the summer school stu
dents.
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CLASS DAY EXERCISES
The Class Day exercises of the
Rocky Mount high school were held
at ten o'clock last Tuesday in the
high school auditorium. The pro
gram rendered is as follows:
Address of Welcome —Edson
Draper.
Class History—Allena Moore
Sang—Mildred Felton, Mildred
Dew.
Class Prophecy—Ed Pitt.
Class Poem —IJlary Innes.
Last Will and Testament—Shir
ley Jones.
Miss May belle Lewis introduced
Maddox Marshbourne and William
Fowler who wrote the Senior
Song, and Ed Pitt at this time sang
another of their popular songs
These boys have written several
songs which have been accepted
and will be on the market soon.
They have also written numerous
poems, several of which have ap
peared in other issues of this pa
per.
Giftorian—Will Wyatt.
Farewell to Seniors—Juniors.
Response—Seniors.
Internar revenue rose to $1,962,-
339,156 in nine months.
ZIMMERMAN IS ASSISTANT, NOT EXECUTIVE
ASSISTANT
The Board of Aldermen held its regular meeting on Thurs
day night, May 17th, and the main business transacted was
the election of a Chief of Police.
Some weeks ago Chief Hedgepeth gave notice that he
would not seek reelection having served for the last twenty
years. His service has been so satisfactory that the people
of this city were not willing to do without his services and
a petition was gotten up by some of our leading citizens re
questing that the Board not accept Mr. Hedgepeth's resigna
tion. This petition was signed by several hundred leading
citizens.
The City Manager, in line with the desires of the citizen
ship of Rocky Mount, renominated Mr. Hedgepeth as Chief of
Police and under the direction of the Charter said nomination
has to be approved by the Board, which was unanimously
done, we are informed. Mr. P. C. Zimmerman was made as
sistant to the Chief and there appeared editorials in the af
ternoon papers of Friday and Saturday stating that the
duties of the Chief would be largely exercised by the assist
ant. The Saturday editorial called him Executive Assistant.
We have investigated the minutes of the meeting and there
was no such language used as Executive Asst. just the plain
simple word of Asst. being used.
The first time Executive Asst, came to our notice was
when Gov. Ehringhaus appointed A. J. Maxwell, Commis
sioner of Revenue, a job created by the Legislature and then
appointed Prof. Noble as Executive Asst. with superior pow
ers of that of his Chief. Then Gov. Ehringhaus appointed E.
B. Jeffries Chairman of the Highway Commission and made
George Ross Pou executive asst., the rumor being that Mr.
Pou was superior in command than his chief.
Mr. Hedgepeth has been elected Chief of Police, the people
of the City wanting him to continue as Chief. He was also
selected by the City Manager and confirmed by the Board of
Aldermen and the people of Rocky Mount are expecting him
to be Chief and perform the duties of the office and we are
glad to note from an inspection of the records that the word
Executive Asst. was added by the editorial writer of the
afternoon paper rather than used by the Board of Aldermen.
Several people have asked what are the duties of the Asst.
Our information from the Authorities of the City is that the
word means just what it says, that the duties of the Asst.
will be such duties as the Chief shall designate, the Chief
receiving his instructions from the City Manager.
We have never been able to understand nor fathom the
action of the Governor in his appointments in the Revenue
Department nor in the Highway Department and we cer
tainly do not want this condition in the Police Department
in the City qf Rocky Mount. This city wants a Head to a
Department and one the people can look to. '
WHY WE DID NOT GET MORE MONEY FROM THE
GOVERNMENT
Mr. Baskerville, who runs the Sir Walter News Bureau
and writes for a group of afternoon papers and is accredited
with being the Governor's spokesman, or assumes the role
anyway, state that the schools will not receive any more
money from the next session of the Legislature than they are
already getting. He further states that even though there is
a great deal of sentiment against the Sales Tax, yet he says
that the Sales Tax will be retained and that the larger inter
ests of the State will not be required to pay any more tax than
they are already paying. He seems to be against the schools
and teachers and advocates unlimited amount of expendi
tures for the roads.
Under the law the salary schedule for teachers is to be
fixed by the State Board of Equalization and also passed on
by the State Board of Education. The Legislature appropri
ated 16 million dollars for the schools and the State School
Commission and the State Board of Education were author
ized to fix the salary schedule within the appropriation but
they were allowed to raise the pay of the teachers if the
financial status the Treasury permitted. Mr. Brummitt,
the Attorney General, and Mr. Durham, State Auditor offer
ed a resolution fixing the salaries of the teachers 10 per
cent higher than they are already fixed. This 10 per cent
increase to take effect when the Treasury was able to pay
same if the taxes should increase. The Governor opposed this
10 per cent increase and offered a resolution opposing it, we
are informed. If the increase had been given the teachers the
federal Government would gladly have supplied the deficit
and the State would have gotten one and a half million dol
lars where she got only one-half million. The Federal Gov
ernment only gave money where the States had not been able
to meet their salary schedule. The schools received from the
Federal Treasury one-half million dollars. The Highway has
received about ten million dollars. Yet Mr. Baskerville cries
out against the schools and opposes the State taking any
funds from the roads appropriations when the schools are in
need, yet the highway fund will have a surplus of around
ten million dollars when the next Legislature meets. Yet the
Governor and Mr. Baskerville say the gross Sales Tax will
be continued, and the schools are not to receive any more.
A.C.C. Exercises
Start Saturday
Wilson.—The address by Dr. S.
Parkes Cadman, noted clergyman,
author and former president of the
Federal Council Churches of Christ
in America, will feature the thirty
second annual commencement of
Atlantic Christian College, which
will begin at eight o'clock Satur
day evening, May 26, with the joint
literary society program and end
Monday evening at eight o'clock,
May 28, at which time the address
by Dr. Cadman will be given.
Also featuring this year's com
mencement season will be the An
nual Glee Club Recital which will
be presented at 4:30 in the after
noon of Sunday, May 27. "The
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Notables To Be
At Duke Events
Mrs. Roosevelt, Wilfred
Grenfell, Dr. Cadman and
Dr. Buttrick to Speak
Durham, May 19.—The sixteenth
annual North Carolina Pastors'
School, the second Duke University
Institute of International Rela
tions, and the first Rural Church
Institute will be held June 11-22,
and while each will present par-,
ticular courses, the three will bene
fit in numerous ways through, their
combined platform programs and
recreational activities. From 500
to 700 persons alone are expected
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Officers Make Plans For
State Farm
Drought Sears
The Wheat Belt
Business Men Worry As
Government Moves To
Give Relief
Washington.—(News of the great
drought in the West, sharply em
phasized by the rolling cloud of
dust which swept the East, gave
sharp concern t 0 business men as
they contemplated the possible re
duction of farmers' incomes this
year.
The affected area, larger than
many suppose, has a spendable in
, come that is normally about one
fourth of the entire nation. Any
thing that cuts into this gives
business the shivers, because if
there is anything that business
wants just at this time it is re
covery of our national buying pow
er. This means profits for the
farmer.
Plans to prevent suffering on
the part of men and animals were
immediately made at the nation's
capital, where Congress, President
and all relief agencies vied with
each 6ther to "take care" of the
situation. Congressmen, about to
face the voters, are anxious to be
recognized as having something t 0
do with the situation back home.
While the drought will shari-ly
curtail the nation's wheat produc
tions, as rains now will not restore
damaged crops, there is little idea
that there will be an acute short
age Of wheat. That prices will go
higher is certain, with the same
reasoning applying, in some de
gree, to all food and feed crops.
Secretary Wallace has served
notice on other wheat exporting
nations, that unless they get to
gether on a working basis to regu
late imports, the United States
will be forced into large scale pro
duction and a determined battle
for world markets. He pointed
out that this country, under the
AAA, can meet any kind of com
petition abroad, while giving
farmers here good prices for the
portion of the crop domestically
consumed.
Declaring that the wheat carry
over this year was double the nor
mal amount and that there was lit
tle likelihood of producing less
than the American people consume,
the Secretary insisted*that farm
ers must be protected in time of
overproduction and consumers tak
en care of when drought and dis
aster reduce the supply.
International efforts to fix a
minimum wheat price collapsed
when opposed by Argentina but
some delegates insisted that the
drought conditions in the United
States, Canada and Europe had in
creased wheat prices much more
than the delegates "ever hoped"
they could under the minimum
price scheme. The conference,
however, before adjourning, named
a. subcommittee to study all plans
to stabilize and improve wheat
prices. It will report to the advis
ory committee next month.
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CLAIMS OLDEST
ONE WAY STREET
Carver, Mass., May 19.—This
town claims the oldest one way
street in the country. Savery
Avenue was made a one way route
in 1861 to avoid collisions of horse
drawn carriages. There never has
been an accident on the street.
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Decision t 0 change the old State
Farmers' and Farm Womens' Con
vention into a Farm and Home
Week was made at a meeting of
officials of the convention held at
State College last week.
Farm and Home Week will be
observed July 31 to August 4 and
the central theme for discussion
will be new agricultural and rural
life programs as a result of tte
present government activity. A
number of national figures will be
invited to address the general ses
sions of the meeting and special at
tention will be devoted to continu
ous demonstrations and exhibits.
All farmers' and farm women's
organizations in North Carolina
are invited to hold their annual
gatherings at the College during
the week and take part in the va..-
rious sessions. The annual short
course for farm women will be held
as usual under the direction of
Miss Ruth Current, and the State
Federation of Home Demonstration
Clubs will meet on Thursday, Au
gust 2.
Charles A. Sheffield, general
secretary c f Farm and Home Week,
says that a number of prominent
speakers from Washington will be
"invited. Among- them will be Un
der-Secretary of Agriculture Tug
well; H. R. Tolley, in charge of
land planning for the AAA; Sena
tor Bankhead of Alabama, author
cf the Bankhead Act, and, proba
bly Miss Perkins, the Secretary of
Labor. A. E. Morgan of the Ten
nessee Valley Authority, MiSs Mar
tha Berry of the Berry Schools, and
Miss Maude Wallace, state home
demonstration agent in Virginia,
are among others invited.
The college is arranging for
tours to be conducted to nearby
points of interest and for exhibits
t 0 be increased this year. A num
ber of demonstrations will be giv
en on the campus and in the abora
tory rooms. *
W. Kerr Scott of Haw River will
preside at the sessions for the men
and Mrs. Gordon Reid of Union
Mills, Rutherford County, at the
sessions for women.
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Dr. Carroll Dies,
Funeraionl7th
Prominent Raleigh Woman
Physician Succumbs To
Auto Crash Injuries
Dr. E. Delia Dixon-Carroll, first
woman practicing physician in
North Carolina and for years a
leader in social and civic move
ments of Raleigh and of the entire
State, died last week of injuries
sustained in an automobile accident
in Raleigh early Tuesday night.
Funeral services were conducted
Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at
First Baptist Church by Dr. J.
Powell Tucker, the paster. Buruil
was in Oakwood Cemetery.
Dr. Carroll came of a distin
guished North Carolina family. Si'"
was born in Shelby, February 4,
1872, daughter of Dr. Thomas Dix
on, famous Baptist minister of
western North Carolina, and Am
anda McAfee Dixon. Thomas Dix
on, a brother, of New York City,
is a famous author and lecturer.
His best-known work is "The
Clansman," stirring story of Civil
War and reconstruction days in
the South, from which the motion
picture, "The Birth of a Nation,"
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