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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 Ret.es: One Year, $1.00; 6 Months, 60c. Bute red 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 One of the most valuable discoveries about so-called big men is that under the skin they are just ordinary little men. There is plenty of money in the country but not in the hands of the people ready to spend it. Hard work, we hasily chronicle, id good for the average person—but there are too many below average. Workers who gave extra service rarely lost their jobs, even in the past few years of hard times. One of the few things that parents should try to do for their children is to teach them to talk plainly. One of the mysteries of human nature is why men and women fail to learn by the ex periences of others. Personally, this is the time of the year we feel sorry for the man who started a garden in the early spring. Oxford Public Ledger. The North Carolina public welfare insti tute was told in its Chapel Hill meeting that recreational facilities to provide outlet for excess energy is the best way to prevent juv enile delinquency. This statement goes home here in Granville county where a county committee is concerned with a county-wide program of recreation. It shows that Gran ville county is keeping abreast of the times in social needs. Brains In Government President Roosevelt in a Recent Speech. While there has been a certain amount of comment about the use of brains in the na tional government, it seems to be a pretty good practice;—a practice which will continue —this practice of calling on trained people for tasks that require trained people. Today more than ever before in our public life it is true that we are calling on the teach ing profession, on the graduates of scientific schools and other school, and I think it is also true that, in the conduct of government, there has been no period in our history where what we call in the wrong sense politics and in the wrong sense politicians enter less than they do today in the conduct of government. Bridge Business News and Observer. There is, as Governor Ehringhaus said in his letter to R. W. Cordon, manager of At lantic Beach, "little encouragement to the State to improve conditions of travel to and from a resort if it is to be handicapped" by charges for bathing in the ocean. The Gov ernor's statement is true, but the amazing thing about the situation at Morehead is not that the beach company is charging a bath ing fee for swimming on the beach which it owns and maintains, but that the State should have invested §50.000 of the people's money in buying from a resort a bridge to that resort without having some understand ing as to what would happen to the people whom is carried to it and to no other place. The best time for a State to ask questions is before investing money and not after. . , T Recent Bond Sales ** «.• Winston-Salem Journal. Advocates of the present tax system in North Carolina Tioast that as a result of it the State is able to sell its bonds at the low interest rate of 3.76 per cent. But on June 29. according to The Nov/ York Times, the State of New York sold .$30,000,000 worth of bonds at an interest rate of 1.83 per cent. The issue was bid for by small groups. It was the lowest inter est rate at which New York bonds were ever sold. Thev were sold at a premium, bringing 100.911. It will be observed that the interest rate was less than one-half of that at which- North Carolina recently sold its bonds. A- few days ago we made reference to a bond sale by * the State of Missouri, which sold $5,000,000 worth of bonds at an interest rate of 3 per cent, and at a premi un . the bond* being sold for 101.169. it was th lowest rate in the historv of the state. On June 28 the city of Boston sold $3,- OOCr.OOO of bonds, bearing interest of 1.32 per cent. On the same date. Sioux City, lowa, sold $467,500 of bonds, carrying interest rate of 3 and 3 1-4 per cent. At about the same time the city of Cam bridge. .Mass.. sold $200,000 of bonds at 2 1-2 per cent. Afoarently something besides a sales tax is affecting the interest rate on bonds. New York did have a sales tax but repealed it sometime ago. THE ROCKY MOUNT HERALD, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1934. From the Oxford Public Ledger, Friday, July 13, 1934. The executive secretary of the North Car olina Department of Revenue, Dr. M. C. S. Noble, continues his reorganization process by clipping from the payroll division heads who have seen long terms of service, giving as his reason, "for the sake of economy." If this is true, God-speed him, but at this dis tance it looks mighty like the stakes are be ing set for a political organization similar to that which long ago was set up in the State Prison and Highway Departments. The little man over the state who knows little more than he reads in the newspapers al ready is looking askance at Raleigh. Extract from the Biblical Recorder of Wed nesday, July 4, 1934. "We do not like the New Constitution chiefly because it gives our governors and legislatures too free a hand. The Constitu tion should define in precise terms the duties and rights of our constitutional elective of ficers. It is not enough to say that the pres ent Constitution does not do so and the new is as good as he old in this respect. Why make a change for nothing better? ..The fact seems to be that the makers of the new Constitu tion purposely left the Legislature free to make our constitutional State officers fig ureheads with the expectation that the leg islature would create other appointive offic ers to take over all the duties of the consti tutional officers. This was an indirect way of conforming to the recommendation of the 'experts' of the Brookings Institute, a slip ping in of the short ballot by indirection. Here was the opportunity for the makers of the new Constitution to correct the abuse that has grown up even to the extent of al lowing tjje State Treasurer to audit his own account, an abuse which had been noised abroad and which must have been in the minds of the men to whom was intrusted the writing of the new Constitution. They could have submitted an article stating defi nitely what are the duties and prerogatives of our State Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Secretary of State and Secretary of Agriculture, but they evidently preferred not to do it, but chose rather to leave this matter to the Legislature. In our view this is a serious defect and we are not ready to see the Legislature given such power es pecially as it is the Short Ballot by costly indirection. This is one reason why we shall vote against the new Constitution." Somebody Blundered Hertford County Herald. Study of the statistics reveals that a ma jority of the 765,500 automobile accidents in the United States in 1933 occurred on straight, dry roads in clear weather, and in volved cars in good condition driven by per sons with a year or more of experience. Over 75 per cent of these drivers were persons of mature age—from 25 to 64. The majority of the 30,000 deaths and 850,000 injuries must be attributed to blunders. A recent analysis of the National Bureau of Cas.ualty and Surety Underwriters shows what the blunders were. There are eight in all. 1. Drove foo fast for conditions—this accounted for approximately three-fourths of all mishaps in 1933 assigned to driving blunders. 2. Failed to slow down at intersections. 3. Failed to keep to the right. 4. Tried to pass another car going in the same direction when view was obstructed. 5. Failed to slow down on approaching pedestrians. 6. Passed on the right of a preceding ve hicle. 7. Ignored important traffic control de vices. 8. Parked at dangerous spots. If drivers will obey the eight common j sense rules suggested by these violations, the I annual accident record can be reduced to a' negligible figure. * *»•' - The Pure And Wise Mr. John W. Davis, who, being the attor ney for the House of Morgan, has no reason to complain of the Old Order, at Charlottes-1 ville last week undertook to damn the New j Deal in Thomas Jefferson's name. "In his opinion,'" said Morgan Attorney Davis, "no j government has ever proved wise or pure or unselfish enough to plan and regulate the de-' tails of men's daily lives without degenerat- 1 ing into tyranny." Sound Doctrine has been quoted before in | support of an unsound cause. In the first j place there has been no effort on the part: of the government to plan "the details of, men's daily lives." There has been only ef-' fort to regulate such vast power as that ex-' erted over the lives of Americans by such j conentrated financial powers as the House I of Morgan represents, on the grounds that not even Mr. Morgan, Mr. Davis, Mr. Gifford and other powers of the Old Order were either "wise or pure or unselfish enough to plan and regulate" the economic order with out adequate regulation. Mr. Davis is quite right. No man or group j of men ought to have unrestricted power! over men's lives and the primary purpose of 1 the New Deal is to take away such power; from those who managed the economic or- j der in America but who failed to be "wise or' pure or unselfish enough" to keep it going' in terms of either economic success or eco- i nomic justice. The prpfit motive is not bad if it is coupled j with the Christian motive, but it plays havoc j when it is dominated by greed. •• ■ • Public Forum Public Forum FOR WHAT PURPOSE? To the Editor: I note these head lines in The News and Observer: "State Bought a Bridge, Not Beach It Goes To." Investment of State funds, $50,- 000. For what purpose? Will the editor or someone else please ad vise the taxpayers of the State for what purpose this bridge was pur chased and for whom? It looks like there is a nigger in the woodpile. In your article of today it seems that the bridge in question was privately-owned by New York in terests. Now this bridge is bought and paid for, what will the State use it for? To promote the special interest of the owners in New York? It seems from the article the people of the State have no interest whatever in the beach unless to pay a fee to the owners in New York 50 cents for a bath, and they can get that elsewhere without the cost of 50 cents and the $50,000 do nation to the private company in New York. It would be well for the next Legislature to pass a law to set up a censor board in this State to pass on such projects as pur chasing privately-owned bridges to privately-owned beaches. This bridge will be salvaged in a very short while and not worth one pen ny to the State of North Carolina. I think the people at large, after reading the editorial of today, would be very much interested to know who is responsible for the $50,000 purchase with State mon ey? C. M. HOBBS. Raleigh, N. C. . o 160,000 FOR CAMPS Something like 70,000 men were dropped from C. C. Camps this month, having completed the one year to which they are limited. However, 160,000 new me n are now being enrolled, 40,000 to replace those dropped recently and 50,000 additional provided for in the plans to relieve the drought area. o Home economist holds wife-ruled homes are least happy. * 4» I SOUTHERN I ! RAILWAY 1 I ! * offers + | ATTRACTIVE SCHED- % | ULE AND RATES FOR * % VISITS TO WESTERN * $ CAROLINA AND THE $ I CHICAGO EXPOSITION + t f * f * o 1. f + 0 t * 1 * £ % Regular Day Coach * «}• *s* f Rates 1 1-2 cents Mile J * t * i + r> f • I | % * FOR SPECIAL RATES ❖ J «.% * AND EXCURSION f TRIPS—WRITE | * * US, BLOOD WORTH | D. P. A. J t RALEIGH, N. C. * v + * ❖ •> ♦> *> 4* •> •> 4» •> 4* ♦> * * *!• ♦!- ❖ 4» * * * * •> * ♦> •> I HAVE YOU MADE I BE SURE to safeguard your estate .., the result of your life's work. No doubt you have given serious thought to the importance of making a will. Why not follow thought with action . . . consult our Trust Officers . . . make a will today . . . for tomorrow. The Planters National Bank 1 And Trust Company 1 COMMERCIAL ~ SAVINGS - TRUST I MEMBER—United States Federal Reserve System. MEMBER—Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. J. C. BRASWELL, PRESIDENT I MILLARD F. JONES. VICE PRESIDENT. CASHIER, TRUST OFFICER R. R. BRASWELL, ASSISTANT TRUST OFFICER BIG POTATO SHIPMENTS VIA ATLANTIC CAST LINE Approximately 4,600 cars of Irish potatoes were shipped over the Atlantic Coast Line from »he Eastern Carolina potato belt in the season just brought' to a close. Most of the potatoes came from the Wilmington districe of the At lantic Coast Line Railroad and were shipped directly through Rocky Mount en route to northern points. Petersburg, Va., is a dis tribution point for the north and west, and most of the potatoes were billed to jobbers in the Vir ginia city. Practically all of the potatoes cartie from the Aurora section, with a few coming from the Mt. Olive territory. o R. C. DOZIER TO OPPOSE WARREN FOR CONGRESS Elizabeth City, July 14. R. C. Dozier, Souths Mills attorney, to day said he would seek election this fall as Republican Congress man from this district and named as a plank in his platform advocacy of a constitutional amendment taking from the states their op eration of common schools and placing the schools under federal control. He proposed that the schools be operated by a one per cent sales tax on manufacturers. He also ad vocates payment of the bonus. Opposing Dozier is Lindsay Warren of Washington, Democrat ic nominee. Wheat yields in Stanly county are from one-fourth to one-third under the yields secured last sea son. The grain is chaffy. | H. L. OWEN SUITS $12.50 to $22.50 1 108 S. WASHINGTON ST. I | CRONENBERG INSURANCE AGENCY | J Second Floor Daniels Building Rocky Mount, N. C. * ? "A POLICY FOR EVERY NEED" f I PHONE 714-J | Phone 845 LITTRELL'S SHOE SHOP HOWARD H. LITTRELL, Owner and Proprietor SHOE REPAIR LAM AC PROCESS No Nails Flexible Waterproof EXPERT SHOE REFAIRING No Sign of Repair—All Work Guaranteed 141 S. MAIN ST. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. AT YOUR SERVICE DAILY BARNES TIN SHOP TOBACCO FLUES Roofing of all Kind, Guttering, Spouting, Cornice Work Skylights and Ventilating Telephone 1746 Rocky Mount, N. C. 118 Sunset Ave. MAY & GORHAM Druggists FIVE POINTS I • PHONE 200 WE INVITE YOUR PATRONAGE SOME TAXES London.—The estate of the late Viscount Tredejar, amounting to $11,000,000, paid the British Gov ernment $5,900,000 in taxes. CLARK STREET METHO DIST CHURCH H. C. Ewing, Pastor l Sunday School, 9:45 a. m.—L. F. Lane, Supt. Divine Worship—ll:oo a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The pastor will be in charge of services. Epworth League, 6:45 p. m. Wednesday Evening Service. 7:30 o'clock. o FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST Sunday morning service, 11 a. ra. Subject: "Life." Sunday School, 10 a. m. Wednesday Evening Service, 7:45 p. m. The reading room in the church edifice is open daily except Sunday and legal holidays, from three to five p. m. YOUR EYES Are your bread winners, donH neglect them, have them exam ined occasionally. | DR. L. G. SHAFFER OPTOMETRIST Office In Epstein Building Phone 662 for an mbmbbhbi appointment Cleveland county farmers have received $153,000 as a first rental payment on Aton land withdrawn from production this season. t i THE t IIGE CREAM BAR | % M. A. PIKE, Owner * X * Next to 4uiati Furniture Co. * + 4, * i * 2 CONES FOR 5c 1 + * ++4++++4-H-++++++++++++++ J. E. WINSTEAD BLACKSMITH "We repair everything for the farm." 1101 COKEY RD. .m • ». .» « .• «. *, ,f ifiifc TTTxttTTXTtttTTTTTTTTTTT Iw. D. joynerl ! "Sells Everything" | Phone 178—203 S. Main St. £ 111 nll li nmmi it i | ROCKY MOUNT I . COTTAGE [Carolina Beach! + * ? + write | MRS. M. C. 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