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BUY AND SELL IN ROCKY MOUNT, TRADE CENTER OF EASTERN CAROL! ' The Rocky Mo VOLUME 1, NO. 29 PARAGRAPHS PROBLEMS AT REPUBLICANS CAMPAIGN NYE PREDICTS DEFEAT HOW THE MONEY COMES PLANES FOR*THE ARMY Both Liberal and Conservative members of the Republican Party will be asked to take the stump in a nation-wide speaking cam paign for the congressional elec tions and concentrate every effort toward regaining seats in the Mid west and Northwestern states. That the New Deal will be vigor ously attacked, the Contitution extolled and the growth of bureau cracy denounced is apparent from past events. Last week, Senator Daniel O. Hastings, co-chairman of the Republican congressional com mittee, enlarged the offensive by charging that the millions of dol lars now being spent by the New Dealers was "in effect a campaign fund and that that spending will be augmented by hundreds of mil lions of dollars before the next elec tion." Along somewhat diferent lines came the prediction of Senator Gerald P. Nye, recently returned to Washington from the drought stricken Northwest, that the Re publicans would suffer "another crushing defeat at the polls" in 1936. Nye, an outstanding critic of the NRA, says that the Repub licans will nominate Ogden Mills, Senator David Reed or Representa tive Wadsworth on an "utra-Con servative platform," opposing the New Deal achievements. He denies that dissatisfaction orer some phases of the New Desl means a return of Conservatism. Other outspoken statements by the North Dakotan was that the NRA had failed as a recovery ag ency and that farmers were oppos ed to making the AAA a perma nent feature of agricultural life al though grateful for crop reduction checks. He insisted that it must not be scrapped, however, until a substitute unit is provided for ade quate relief machinery to agricul turists. For the fiscal year which ended June 30th, the Internal Revenue collections of the Government amounted to $2,672,239,194. an in crease of $1,052,399,970 over the year before. Included in the total i 3 $349,661,945 collected on ciga rettes, which indicates that fag users are paying something to the support of the Government. Cigars and other tobacco paid a tax of almost $67,000,000. Corporation taxes amounted to $397,515,851 and individual income taxes $419,509,487.j From estate 1 (Please turn to page fourl H 4 ■ Try Our Advertising Columns Teß The Herald's 7,500 read ers of your needs and what yon have for sale, rent or ex change by the use of our Classfied Ad Column or Regular Ad Column. Readers, when you pur chase goojds advertised in these columns tell the merchants you saw it in THE HERALD. ON NATIONAL WASHINGTON Cooley To Speak To Graduates Congressman To Address Wake Forest Graduates August 10 Wake Forest, July 27.—Harold D. Cooley, recently elected con gressman from the fourth district will make the Wake Forest college summer school commencement ad dress this year, Dean D. B. Bryan announced here. The date for the commencement exercises has been set as August 10. Altogether, 37 diplomas will be awarded, 31 of them from Wake Forest and six from Meredith. Dr. Charles E. Brewer, president of Meredith College, will award the diplomas to the Meredith girls. Three .'girls will be awarded Wake Forest dipomas, all of them receiving the Batchelor of Arts degree., Four will complete the work of their Master's degree, 13 men will receive the degree of Bat chelor of Arts, and 14 the degree of Batchelor of Science. , Among the recipients of Mere dith degrees is Marie Mitchiner, of Franklinton. The Wake Forest graduates re ceiving the Batchelor of Arts de grees, include; Andrew Fenner Col lins, Nashville; James Floyd Flet cher, Rocky Mount; and David Lee Stewart, Battleboro. Superior Court Will Convene In Nashville Main Interest Will Center In Booker T. Watson Case Nashville, July 27.—Judge W. A. Devin, of Oxford, will preside over the term of superior court when it convenes here August 27th. Main interest will be centered in £he case of Booker T. Watson, 16- i.ear old Negro, alleged to have killed Hinsey T. Williams, Wilson county farmer. He has been con fined in death row of the state pri son awaiting trial. A number of other criminal cases will be triecl, including the one against Jack Williams, charged with the murder of Will Warren, county home Negro, and Percy Murray, who was indicted for the death of Jefferson Bryant, on the night of June 2, at the latter's filling station near Bailey. The case against John Thomas, Negro, who was bound over to su perior court on probable tause found at a preliminary hearing held last Thursday in the death of Thomas D. Joyner, Nash farmer, is also scheduled to come up at this term. Joyner was found dead on his porch early one morning by his wife who contends that she did not hear a pistol shot at any time dur ing the night. Thomas was arrested the .pext day on circumstantial ev idencej and has been held since that time in the local jail. MARIE DRESSLER DEAD Santa Barbara, Calif. July 28 Marie Dressier, veteran actress of the stage and screen, died today. She was 62 years old. Miss Dressier succumbed to a long affliction with cancer, Heart trouble and uremia. Death came at 3:25 p. m., for the self styled "ugly duckling" who became a swan of laughter during a career replete with both hardship and glory. Under care of two phy sicians and several nurses, she died at the C. K. G. Billings estate to which she went from Hollywood three months ago because of a physical breakdown. Hope for her recovery was abandoned three weeks ago, despite a store of vital ity that surprised her physicians. A slight infestation of boll wee vil is reported in Richmond County farms with a few farmers dusting with calcium arsenate. ROCKY MOUNT, NO Hunting Licenses On Sale In Nash Game Warden Announced In County Where Tags May Be Obtained Combination state hunting and , fishing were placed on sale today at various places in the Nash county following their arriv al several days ago, according to an announcement by C. D. Benbow, Nash game Warden. Mr. Benbow explained that the licenses are available to local Rocky Mount hunters and fisher men at R. R. Gay Hardware com pany end are selling at $3.00 apiece. The licenses ,may also be obtained at Nashville from M. C. Gulley, and in Spring Hope from O. B. Baines. The license gives each purchaser the privilege of both hunting and fishing in North Carolina during the open season, designated be tween the dates of Augiist 1, 1934, and July 31, 1935. In Accordance with regulations provideil by law, the license does not givlp hunter 3 and fishermen the authority to kill migratory waterfowl ik Dare, Hyde and Currituck coumies. In announcing the arrivbl 0 f li censes, Mr. Benbow stated that certain open seasons for {various game will be observed in tfte east ern zone. All game animis and birds, except opossum, racooA, bear, buffalo, elk, squirrel and bui deer may be hunted between theldates of November 20 to FebruarV Ist. Buck deer may be hunted beUeen September Ist to December \sth; squirrel, October Ist, to December 31st; opossum and racoon, Novem ber Ist to January 31st; bear.Vio closed season for 1933-34; dot, September Ist to September 3olh and November 20th to Jaxiuart 31st. I Restrictions on bag limits havjj been announced as follows: Quail, 10 in one day; wild tur key. 2 in day, 4 in season; rabbit, no limit; squirrels 10 in day; doves 18 in one day; deer (buck), western North Carolina, 1 per season and 3 eastern North Carolina, 2 in one day, 4 in one season, bear, western North Carolina, lper season and 3 per party, eastern and central North Carolina, no limit. The button that goes with each license must be worn in plain view at all times and license carried in pocket of button. 400 PEOPLE ARE KILLED ON HIGHWAYS IN SIX MONTHS Raleigh, July 27—Four hundred persons were killed on North Caro lina highways during the first six months of 1934, official records here showed today. Captain Charles Farmer of the state highway patrol said indica tions were the toll would pass the 1,000 mark this year. Last year 852 persons were killed. SURGEON WHO DILLINGER'S FACE IS AN EX-CONVICT Chicago, ' July 29.—The police department announced today that the surgeon who revamped the widely-advertised features of slain John Dillinger was an ex-convict. They withheld his name because they understood he was already i n the custody 0 f federal agents. The medic, officers said they had learned, was paroled from the state penitentiary at Joliet two years ago after serving a sentence for a criminal operation. They said he had been associated with the Touhv gang. ** PURCHASING DIVISION CONSIDERS BIDS Raleigh, July 27.—The state di vision of purchase and contract to day opened bids for supplying the state with 750 school busses and a quantity of other materials fbr in stitutional and office use. The school commission also met to consider the bus bids. Money for the purchase of the carriers for school children was obtained from the federal public works administration. :TH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 3, 1934 What Can The Farmers Expect? It is unfortunate that the farmers and raisers of tobacco have to go into this seasons sales without any definite un derstanding or agreement and be compelled to take just what the tobacco companies see fit to hand out to them. This sys tem in the last few years has brought poverty and destruc tion, not only to the raisers of tobacco, but to all the business and professional interests of this great section of the coun try. The anti-trust laws have been overlooked and these great companies have gotten together, all competition has been eliminated and they only have one spokesman. It will be un fortunate for the tobacco belt and the country at large if the tobacco manufacturers are permitted to operate the great to bacco business in this way. In 1927 the five great companies paid the farmer $140,000,000, in 1932 the farmer received only $68,000,000, in 1927 the manufacturers showed a net profit of $70,000,000. In 1932 they had increased their profits to more than $140,000,000 net. The reducing of the farmers' gross income from $140,000,000 to $68,000,000 left poverty, disease, nakedness and underfed children, not only where the tobacco was raised but to the city dweller as well Now we hope that the farmer will not be mislead as to flattering newspaper propaganda which is being issued in the interest of the tobacco industry. DISCRIMINATION AS TO TAX ADVERTISEMENTS The Herald appeared before th e board of aldermen at its last meeting night and asked to be given part of the property advertising for taxes or that it would be glad to submit a competitive bid for these advertisements. The board, by reso lution referred the matter to the finance committee to han dle with power to act. Just before the motion was made Mr K. C. Brake asked where the Herald Printing Office was and was informed that the Herald maintained its office on the second floor of the Daniel Building. On yesterday morning we wer e informed by the Citv Manager that the board of aldermen, through its finance committee, had declined to give any part of its advertising to the Herald nor were they willing to let the contract out lor Publication of the tax notices on competitive basis stat ic?u e Eve P l P g: Telegram were larger tax payers and that they were giving them the business because they were larger tax payers. * ,Y?° n J his ,.} nformation being delivered to a representative \ n 7 es $ lgat ion of the tax books was made oL °tf lc , e ' that M r - J■ L. Home, editor of the Telegram. h«* n AA ' aCCO n , g t0 '"formation given by the keepers Will IfonX 0 An per 9 T al Property, no real estate. Mrs. Home lists $5,200.00 real estate, a residence. The Evening Tele 9«n nn bui ! d ! ng $14,000.00 and equipment totaling $lO,- 280.00 Those interested in the operation of the Herald lists ERTX&OOA! LTY ° F ROCKY MOUNT REAL ESLATE AND PERB,R '- Does the difference of about $4,000 of listed property of the Evening Telegram and its owners justify this discrimi nation made in favor of the Evening Telegram and against [the Rocky Mount Herald ? It was not contended before the board that the Herald could not render the service because it Is generally known that the circulation of the Herald is much tiore general. The city's legal adviser is Mr. W. L. Thome y'other-in-law of Mr. Lawrence Home, whose salary was tLT h!» i year o * oo P er month and since that T e t . haS . f . been receiving SI,BOO per year or $150.00 per nitfilJ hi! pi . actlca,l y no duties as services rendered in tax niktters have been paid extra, this being the largest salarv I TT in , North Car oHna according to the siz e of the town. mlinrf y W if S P aid , for sev eral years without any infor arQQ e ? r^ haVlng g T en to the c 'tizens of Rockv Moint as to the size of this salary. nf \U!? e T,o USi li? SS ° f i he city is t0 be P assed out on the basis of \lho pays the most taxes then we feel sure there will be i grei change in the city's business be a lawjTr and will • l * wye . r ' the Mayor pro-tem ta a aldeLn ; Wilkinson is a member of the board of lawX considered one of Rocky Mount's ablest Airport Grading Almost Finished City Maiager Estimates That 60 Das Will Be Required F\r Completion Grading\t the municipal airport will be coitoleted within the next 60 days, (Ay Manager Leslie B. Aycock reputed as he pointed out that the nedmove facing the con structors is b lay an underground cable from tfe river bridge to the airport to piyide for lighting fa cilities. \ The site oSthe road which at present runs nrough the airport proper connoting the Richmond highway and ills road, also will be changed wiiin the next few days, aecordinmto the city man ager. \ Part of the oliroad will be used for a runway foAhe planes, it was shown, while anther section, the western division, Will be removed. The new road vih wind with the river around the Arport site. The hangar, nuiernly arranged and equipped, ilrefcy is complete, with the excentiori of minor de tails. I \ Plans for lig)tini the field are going forward as a Apid pace, Mr. Aycock said. the airport committee inspected Jform of neon lights which aperati on storage batteries an- which aA; being con sidered as tie boundary lights for the field. The lights are red and flash contnually. Each light is mounted upon a small pyramid-like foundation. The committee today had ni.c made public its decision as to whether or not this form of light will be used. Members of the air port committee are as follows: R. C. Brake, J. L. Williams, J. Q. Robinson, A. J. Minis, and J. L. Horne, Jr. Manufacturers of lights pointed out to the committee that the main tenance was much less than cost of upkeep f or the old style bulb border lights and that only half as many would be necessary for a well lighted field as is required if the old style lights are put i n place. Careful consideration will be given to the merits of these lights over those of the older type, the expense of installation and upkeep and decision will be made on that basis, a member of the committee told reporters. In the meantime it appeared likely that funds will be available for a small administration building at the field, although plans for the building have not been completed. • 'CHUTE DROWNS JUMPER Ocean City, N. J.—Arthur Sousa, 24, after jumping from an airplane fell in the ocean when high winds carried his parachute seaward.. As he hit the water the folds of the parachute enveloped him and he was dead when rescuers reached him. Marked Improvement In. I Georgia Tobacco PricM Arrange Details Of Farm Events President Graham To Deliver Principal Address At Test Farm Here | Field day will be observed at the Uppe r Coastal Plain Experimental 1 station on Cokey road August 9, 1 with President Frank Graham, of the University of North Carolina, scheduled to make the principal address, R. E. Curren, Jr., director of the station, has announced. The program will be open at 10 a. m. when Mr. Currin will intro duce F. P. Spruill, chairman of the field day. Mrs. Effie Vines Gordon, Nash county home demonstration agent, is slated to make the address of welcome. The next speaker on the program will be Dr. H. B. Mann of the State College experimental station at Rjgeigh. An AAA rep resentative | from Washington whose name yvill be announced at a later date, will make a talk, which will be followed by President Gra ham's address. The morning pro gram will be concluded] with a speech by E. E. Miller, director of the test farm of the department of agriculture at State College in Ra leigh. A woman's program under the direction of Miss Catherine Mill saps, home demonstration agent for Edgecombe county, has been arranged for the afternoon. The program is as follows: Group singing. Talk—"Feeding the Family"— Mrs. Mary E. Braxton, head of the home economics department at E. C. T. C. Demonstration of home made rugs and purses—Miss Violet Alex ander, Beaufort county home dem onstration agent. Report on boys and girls short course at Raleigh—Geraldine Rob bins, president of the West Edge combe senior 4-H club. There will also be an exhibit by the different departments of the station showing the results of the work accomplished during the past year. Plan Awarding Of Contracts Aug. 16 Contracts For Erection Of Water Plant To Be Made Next Month—Cost Is $250,000.00 Awarding of the contracts on the principal building in connection with the n ew water plant and res ervoir to be erected here, was to be made on August 16 at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon, according to an announcement made today by City Manager Leslie B. Aycock. The contracts, which will be awarded in three sections to as many companies will assure an early start on the erection of the $250,000 filtering plant opposite the municipal power plant at the intersection of Sunset avenue and West Thomas street. Work was expected to get under way within the next few days on the million gallon storage tank, which will be erected on Marigold street, and the contracts both for the reservoir and a 20-inch main (Please turn to page four) WO77C£ Those desiring to subscribe to The Rocky Mount Herald may do so by sending SI.OO with name and address to The Rocky Mount Herald, Rocky Mounts N. C. /• j Name ;[ it I Town State J ** l SI.OO PER YEI Golden Weed Goes On Salcfl 15 South Georgia Tol With First Row Sales rI ning From 12 to 45 69 Per Pound I (Ralegh Tmes) 9 Valdosta., Ga., Aug. I.—MalH improvement in prices over Wk yetir came in the first the Georgia tobacco which sale today at fifteen South jH gia towns. H Tifton reported that the aucH opened there with more | hundred thousand pounds otfeH I First row sales ran /rom twelvM ! forty five cents per pound. H j Tifton Gazette said an estimate placed the average |at ten cents a pound over At the warehouses here rrfl than four hundred thoutH pounds were on the floor fori opening of the annual aucfl sales. Prices ranged from a fl cents to above thirty cents. Wm At Statesboro price tags from six cents to forty cents H pound and more than pounds were on the flqor of v H houses whe n the auction txufl The Bulloch County Times I'ofl ficially estimated an average uj twenty cents pe r pound. A qt.|J tity of tobacco offered at Stall boro came from South CaroiiniH The peak price at Baxley durfl the morning was forty two per pound, with the low six It was expected that 65,000 pot B would be offered at Baxley the day. Moultrie reported that the'H bacco prices there were ru- H more than a hundred per ce. compared with the opening last year. Offerings slightly more than five hum H thousand pounds. The Mou' H Observer estimated an averag H twenty two cents per hundred H Prices at Vidalia opened stn « Good lugs sold from 25 to ■ cents, better leaves bringing 3t H with a. high of 50 cents per poi H| Off grades were finding buyer. l H 20 cents. The sales started \ I 200,000 pounds on the floor at jfl dalia and a string of truck3® each house to be unloaded. ifl Plans For A Cannin ~ Hopes fo r an ERA meat cann plant to be established here res upon the decision of a commi from state headquarters in which will make a tour of insp tion of facilities here on "We believe we have excell facilities for the establishment sunch a plant here," Mr. Aust secretary of the Chamber of Co merce, said in commenting up the proposed plans. Hie committee from Raleigh * make a complete survey on Frid it was pointed out, and will m» recommendations to the state i thorities. Under the proposed plans, cat that is being shipped from ( parched plains of the West to ; the needy in the east 1 , will slaughtered and placed in -ca ready for use by the local conce —-—o • ',i-'•, '• j# Calf club members in Alamar county have selected 65 Jersey a mals to be entered in the "n Camp community show and Mebane Fair.
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