The Rocky Mount Herald
TOLUME 2, NO. 2
PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL
PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON
COURT IN LIMELIGHT
«OLD CLAUSE ARGUMENTS
DEMOCRATS HUNT JOBS
NEPOTISM CRITICIZED
NEW FOOD, DRUG BILL
MANY CHANGES MADE
WORK RELIEF PROBLEMS
THE SECURITY OUTLOOK
BLOCS IN CONGRESS
UTILITY BONDS WORTH MORE
THE QUESTION OF CONTROL
The Suprem e Court stole much
■of the show from Congress, and
even the President himself was re
legated to the background for a
few days, a s the august tribunal
manifested unusual interest in the
arguments of attorneys in the
"gold clause" cases. Some observ
ers jumped to thg conclusion, after
the questioning by Chief Justice
Hughes and others, that the court
Was about to declare the law un
constitutional, but safer counsel is
expecting no such developments.
Administration spokesmen, vis
ibly concerned over the "chaos"
which would result from a legal
setback, discussed steps to be tak
en in the event of an adverse de
cision. Competent opinion is that
Congress would have little diffi
culty in meeting any objections
raised by the Court.
The court will pass on the con
stitutionality of th e congressional
resolution declaring invalid the
■clause of most contracts providing
for payment in a stipulated
quantity of gold or in the equiva
lent of that amount of gold.
It is pointed out that if th e
■court upsets the prsent status it I
will b e necessary for debtors to
pay |1.69 in present currency for
each on e dollar of their debt. Ex
_pert« intimate that this would
mean an Increase in annual inter
est payments on private obliga
tions of more than two billion six
hundred million dollars, and that
the public and private debt would
increase sixty-nine billion dollars.
This is baaed on an estimate
that gold clause bonds amount to
one hundred billion dollars, or
mor e than nine times the amount
of gold on earth.
Continual wrangling by individ
ual congressmen over patronage
is inevitable, and signs multiply
that som e of the Democrat® want ■
something don e ifcout jobs. Last
year some House Democrats ap
pointed a special committee to
look into the patronag e situation,
but it made no report. Its chair-*
man was not re-elected, but last
week there was talk among Dem
ocrats of a party patronage cau
cus to look into the situation, es
pecially as regards to the appoint
ments by Secretary of th e Inter
ior Ickes, who is PWA Administra
tor, and Harry Hopkins, the Re
lief Administrator.
Another topic, frequently talk
ed about, with out any action be
ing taken, i$ the war on nepotism,
and what many regard as "pet
ty graft" in Congress. Members
of Congress are able to get
shaves and haircuts, oils and un
guents, mineral water and other
things free of charge. In addi
tion they get a liberal mileage alt
lowance that exceeds the cost of
travel to Washington. Moreover,
som e of them place their wives,
daughters, sons, or other relatives
on th e payroll a s clerks or staff
members, when, in fact, the rela
tives do practically nothing but
draw their pay. There are, of
course, som e wives and relatives
actually performing the work for
which thefor are paid, but in a
number of cases th e Congressman
gives a "cinch" job to a relative,
and employs other help to do
most, if not all, of the work.
The food and drug bill propos
ed to Congress last year, which
included far-reaching grants of
Agriculture to regulate and con
s (Please turn to page eight)
Readers, when yon par
chase goods advertised
in these columns tell the
i merchants yon saw it in
THE HERALD.
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Ahepas Will
Have State Meet
Large Attendance Of Greeks and
Friends of Greeks Expected
Wilson, Jan. 21. —Thomas K.
Zrakas, local chieftain in the af
i fairs of the American Hellenic
[ Educational Progressive Associa
. tion, stated Monday that a meet
i ing of the district AHEPA lodges
[ would be held her e in June, and
s even now great plans ar e being
i mad e to see that the gathering
. is a success. Greeks and Greek
. sympathizers from both of the
. Carolinas ar e At pres
; ent ther e ar e 700 AHEPA lodges
. in the United States and this dis
i trict. Mr. Zrakajj says, has its full
share of these.
Recently an election of officers
. for the ensuing year was held and
I Jerry Gliarmis was chosen as
[ governor, a post Mr. Zrakas has
. held. George Patsavouras, of Roc
. ky Mount, is inside sentinel; Gus
; tav e Glimaris, captain of the
. guard; .Socrates Gliarmis, chaplain,
, and Silas R. Lucas, not a Greek
except in his effection for Gre
cian cooking, secretary. The Wil
son Lodge an off-spring of the"
mother lodge in Altanta, Ga., is
the eleventh lodge to be founded
in the United States. It is twelve
years old and its growth has been
large, Mr. Zrakas says.
L. A. Mizelle
Buried Here
Former Local Resident Died ia
Virginia Tuesday
Leroy A. Mizelle, 51, who suc
cumbed about 8:30 o'clock Tues
day morninjf in a Hopewell, Va.,
hospital, was interred at Pineview
cemetery Thursday afternoon after
services wer e held from the home,
No. 209 Battle Street.
Rev. A. E. Simerly, First Chris
tian church pastor, assisted by
Rev. E. C. Sexton, Calvary Bap
tist church pastor, conducted the
final rites.
J. F. Childers, George Reid, Ar
• chie Moore, Wilson Butler, J. P.
Whitehead, and R. Cherry served
as active pallbearers.
Mr. Mizelle, former local resi
dent, had been ill for some time
in Hopewell.
Surviving Mr. Mizelle are his
wife, Mrs. Etta Mizelle, and chil
dren, Mildred L., Mae M., Bernice
A., Edith U., Hugh, H. H., and
Jo e Mizelle, all of this city. He
also leaves a sister, Mrs. R. E.
Long, Hopewell, Va., and two
brothers, S. T. Mizelle, Manate,
Florida and W. D. Mjzelle, Thom
asville, Georgia.
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FIRST CHURCH OF
CHRIST, SCIENTIST
"Life" was tfi e subject of the
Lesson-Sermon in all Churches
and Societies of Christ, Scientist,
on Sunday, January 27, 1935.
The Golden Text was from 1
John 1:2. "Th e life was manifest
ed, and we hav e seen it, and bear
witnesses, and show unto you that
eternal life, which was with the
Father and was manifested unto
us."
Among th e citations which com
prised th e Lesson-Sermon was the
following from the Bible: "Enter
ye in at the strait gate: for wide
is the gate, and broad is the way,
that leadeth to destruction, and
many ther e be which go in there
at: Because strait is th e gate,
and narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and few there
b e that find it" (Matthew 7: 13
14.)
"PRINTS" IDENTIFY LUMBER
Ogden, Utah.—Any piece of
lumber can be positively identi
fied into "wood prints," according
to C. S. Fosling, U. S. Forest
Service, who says th e identifica
tion is similar to that of human
beings through finger prints.
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Supreme Court upholds chain
store tax on filling stations.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1935
Senior Hi-Y Club
Names Officals
Junior Hi-Y Group Hears Goldston
Discuss "Restrain Thyself"
New officers were elected at th e
session of the senior Hi-Y boys
club last night at th e Y. M. C.
[ A., while the junior boys group
heard Rev. C. W. Goldston, Clark
street Methodist pastor, discuss
"Restrain Thyself" at fceir meet
ing at the Y.
The new senior club's officers,
contrary to past customs, will
serve only through May of this
year at which tim e another elec-
I tion will be held. The officers in
. elude W. B. Coward, Jr., president;
\ Merrill Hardison, vice president;
and Frank Bone, secretary-treas
urer, who was re-elected. Coward
and Hardison succeed Lee Large
and Wingate Upton respectively,
as retiring president and vice
[ ptfesident.
President Lar Ke presided at th fl
senior session.
Formerly the senior boys offi-l
cers had been named in the first
of th e year and wer e slated to
serve thoroughout the year, but
th e club voted to mak e their terms
end in May at last night's meet
ing. »
Rev. Mr. Goldston asserted that
if a person restrains himself
from doing certain evil things,
he is exercising the fullest and
best that is contained within him
self. We try to make our lives
those of self- expression, but
there are certain things that
should not b e expressed, was his
sentiment.
James Suiter, vicfe president,
had charge of th e meeting in the
president's absence. The club de
cided to hav e a supper meeting
next week with th 6 program in
charge of th e committee, headed
by Suiter and composed of Tom
A. Avera, Jr., and Harry Lowe.
1 Graham Dozier, volunteer leader
promised an ertertainment for the
15 boys making th e best attend
ance record in the junior club for
February and half of March. The
entertainment, it was understood
will probably b e an overnight' hike.
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Father Of Local
People Passes
R. J. Cochran, Father of Local
Women and Brother of W. D.
Cocfyran, Dies in Va.
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R. J. Cochran, 85, prominent
resident of Emporia, Va., and fa
ther of four local residents and
brother of W. D. Cochran of this
city, died late Sunday night of
pneumonia in Richmond, according
to information received here Mon
day.
The local survivors ar e Mrs. H.
A. Williford, Mrs. Ben H. Thomas,
and Mrs. J. B. Goode, daughters;
C. A. Cochran, a son; and W.
D. Cochran, a brother.
Funeral services were held from
the residence of the deceased Tues
day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with
interment taking place in an Em
poria cemetery. The deceased
was a member of th e Baptist
church.
Mr. Cochran was well known
in this city and had spent con
siderable tim e visiting his rela
tives here. At the tim e of his
death, he and his wif e wer e vis
iting a daughter, Mrs. Charles
B. Klotz in Richmond.
The attack of pneumonia was
not thought to be critical until
Sunday, it was learned. Death
cam e Sunday night about 11:30.
Members of th e family who live
in this city went Tuesday to Em
poria for the final rites.
Besides the survivers named,
Mr. Cochran is survived by four
other daughters, Mrs. R. P. Eu
bank and Mrs. C. C. Kane of
Richmond, and Mrs. J. S. Wren
and Mrs. W. T. Davis both of Em
poria.
FIGURES
President Roosevelt estimates
that the Treasury will collect 43
cents for every dollar it spends
this fiscal year, and 47 cents next
year. Th e deficit will b e $4,869,-
! QOO,OOO this year and $4,528,000,-
000 next year.
* This Family Comes in Pairs
Canada may boast of the Dionne quintuplets, but Dallas, Texas, has
the Hamm double quintet. There are eleven children In the family of
Bruen'E. Hamm of that city, made up of five sets of twins and one
singleton. Here Is the entire brood: front row, Era and Vera, and Hilda
and Wilda; second row, Jerry and Tom, and Troy and Boy; third row,
Hazel Mae, the singleton, and Sylvia and Sylvester.
Vote The Way You Can Justify
To The Great Common People
The Governor, when the campaign was on for the nomi
nation for the office of Governor, stated that he was against
all sales taxes, and in fact, he appeared to despise this form
of taxation so badly that he hated to talk about it, and when
he did speak used harsh words in describing it. He said
that if he was sleoted he was going to make a survey of the
State's resources and work out a system whereby the odious
sales tax would not be necessary. Mr. Maxwell said it was
the most successful way of taxing poverty that could be de
vised by human ingenuity. Now both have changed their
minds; both are for it, and recommending it to the Legis
lature, and using all means in their power to further its pas
sage. The last Legislature passed the general sales tax with
certain exemptions, which were the most necessary and
plainest of foods. The results from this bill were so far
reaching that fewer old members Were returned to this ses
sion of the Legislature than any session in the memory of
man. Not a Senator was permitted to return West of Dur
ham. The committee yesterday seems to have met and rati
fied the Governor's recommendation that all exemptions be
done away with, except the exemption given to all articles- of
merchandise in excess of $333.00. This was the Governor's
recommendation, the committee adopted it, and the public
awaits to see what the full membership of he Legislature
will do with this section.
Now, Mr. Legislator, when you vote for this general sales
tax bill which puts the tax on fat back, meal, mush, self
rising flour, sugar, long sweetening, cheese, coffee, and
milk, and relieves the fur-coat, expensive diamonds, high
price automoblies of the rich, and makes the farmer pay as
much tax for one $300.00 mule as the rich man would pay
a $5,000.00 Rolls-Royce; when you go back home and
meet Mrs. Sow in the street and she ask? you why you taxed
her and her offspring and exempted these opulent and lux
urious articles; and when you meet the cow and she asks you,
she being the oldest manufacturing establishment recorded
in history and known-to man, why you taxed her and her out
put when you had relieved these luxurious articles, what
satisfactory answer will you be able to give her? Why, under
tins bill, you have even taxed the bounty which our beloved
President has given to the poor, yea you may excuse yourself
to the Sow and the Cow, but the great common people will
be asking you why you did this thing. Vote that vote that
will giv eyou thejnost satisfacion when you have left Raleigh
and gotten away from the influence of modern legislative
nails and hotel lobbies, and the vote that you can justifv to
the great common people, without hating to meet them when
you get back home.
Soil Erosion
Service Aids
Soil Erosion control and land
us e program as being conducted
by the Soil Erosion Service in co
operation with the landowners of
the Deep River and Reedy Fork
Creek watersheds of Forsyth,
Guilford and Randolph counties is
th e subject of a 32-page hand
book just off the press.
Answers to pertinent questions
regarding the benefits to be had
from th e government in helping
landowners to prevent the serious
washing of their lands are con
tained in the publication, as well
as detailed information pertaining
to th e scope of th e work. Also
complete directions for seeding
and use of crops for erosion con
trol purpses are given.
Copies may b e had by writing
to the Soil Erosion Service, High
Point, N. C.
Public Invited
To Range Show
There will be conducted next
week at the Enterprise Furniture
Company on Washington St. a
factory demonstration of th e Ma
jestic Range to which th e public
is invited.
BATTLEBORO CLUB ~
CONVENES WITH NEW
LEADER PRESIDING
Tarboro, Jan. 23.—The home
demonstration club of Battleboro
convened at the schoolhouse in
Battleboro with 49 members pres
ent and the newly-elected presi
dent, Mrs. Thurman Taylor, pre
siding. The club met Monday.
Canada and Italy next in tariff
treaty negotiations.
Scotland Neck
Urge Sales Ta
Aged Woman
Stricken In City
Mrs. Matthew A. McKinney, For
mer Spartanburg Resident,
Buried Tuesday
Mrs. Matthew A. McKinney, el
derly local citizen who had been
in ill health for several years,
succumbed early Monday in a city
hospital after a four-months ill
ness.
Mrs. McKinney, familiarly
known as Mrs. "Matt" McKinney,
formerly lived in Spartanburg, S.
C. She was 64 years old,
Th e body was scheduled to leav e
her e Monday a fternoon by rail
for Spartanburg where the final
services wer e held at 3 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon in the Buck
Creek Baptist church in the Co
unty. Rev. George M. Reeves, a
friend of the family and pastor
of a Spartanburg church officiat
ed and interment followed in the
cemetery nearby.
Mrs. McKinney, who made her
hom e in this city at No. 1004
South Franklin Street, leaves her
husband, Matthew A. McKinney,
an Atlantic Coast Line car repair
er here, three children, two sis
ters, two brothers, and a number
of nieces and nephews.
Surviving children includt Mrs.
Zora Kellerman and Moody Mc-
Kinney, both of this city and Mrs.
James Carpenter, San Diego, Cal
ifornia. Her sisters are Mesdameg
. John S. Cannon and M. E. Car
ter, of Spartanburg, and Robert
J T. Shields and John A. Shields,
her brothers, also live in Spartan
burg.
Mrs. McKinney died Monday
mornink at 3 o'clock at the hospi
' tal.
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Mrs T. A. Bland
Fatally Stricken
. Local Woman Was Pender Coun
ty Native—Funeral From
Home Here Tuesday
Mrs. T. A. Bland, 87, died at
. her home, No. 2423 South Church
, Street, early Monday morning af
ter a brief illness. She was con
fined to her bed Thursday, and
her condition steadily grew worse
until the end, friends said.
Mrs.. Bland, who was Miss
, Nancy Rivenbark, of Pender Co
unty, before her marriage, had a
slight stroke Thursday. She had
[ had a rather serious one about
five years ago.
She was a native of Pender Co-
I unty, and after her marriage
| moved to this city in 1916.
Funeral services wtr e held at
\ 3:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
from the home on South Church
■ Street and burial followed in the
Boon e burying grounds nearby.
Besides her husband, I'. A.
Blend, a local merchant, sh e leav
i e s seven children and seven grand
| children, all of this city. Her
children include Mesdames N. F.
English, J. J. Barnhill, Phoebe
Jenkins, Anni e Laurie Bass, Miss
Lucy Bland, Samuel William
Bland and Herbert Daniel Bland.
Two brothers, both of Pender
County, also survive. They ar e J.
■ D. Rivenbark and G. B. Riven
bark.
Death came to Mrs. Bland
about 8:40 Monday.
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! MR. CUTCHIN RETURNS
FROM CONVENTION
: Henry W. Cutchins returned
on Saturday night from Detroit,
wher e he went as one of five rep
resentatives from North Carolina
to th e annual convention of the
. National Automobile dealers' as
sociation which convened in four
day session in the Michigan city,
3 part of the precedure taking
1 plac e in the Chrysler-Plymouth
1 factory. Mr. Cutchin is a past
■ president of th e North Carolina
Automobile dealers association
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RFC to ask two-year extension
of its lending power,
t Legion offers bonus bill and
splits Congress supporters.
SI.OO PER YEAH
Business Men of Neighboring City
Memorialize Representatives
Against Re-enactment of Levy
Following the budget message
of Governor Ehringhaus and his
Advisory Budget Commission be
fore the General Assembly in Ra
leigh on Tuesday in which it was
recommended that the general
sales tax be reenacted for the
next bi-ennium with existing ex
emptions eliminated, members of
the Scotland Neck Merchants As
sociation met and adopted reso
lutions instructing Senator Julian
Allsbrook and Representatives
Leggett and Thorn e of this coun
ty "to us e their influence and
ability to have this tax eliminat
ed at this session of th e Legisla*
ture, realizing that ther e are am-»
pie sources that can b e tapped to
obtain th e necessary revenue to
run the school and defray the
general expenses of the govern-«
ment."
Th e local merchants disagree
with th e budget message concern
ing the extent of improvement in
economic conditions, the revenue
measure recognizing a "continued
existence of th e sam e emergency
which faced us two years ago, evt
en though there has been an im«
provement in conditions." The
merchants' resolutions declare
that the sales tax "was enacted
as an emergency measur e only for
the two-year period and that con
ditions hav e greatly improved in
North Carolina during th e past bi
ennium."
The resolutions follows:
"Whereas, the three per cent
sales tax, e nacted by tile 193S
Stat e Legislature, was enacted as
an emergency measure only for
two-year period, and whereas con
ditions have greatly improved
in North Carolina during the past
bi-ennium, therefore;
"Be It Resolved: First—That we
petition the 1935 Legislature not
to re-enact this obnoxious sales
tax which i& a direct tax on pov
erty in favor of th e mor e pros
perous corporations and landlords
of the State. We feel that a tax
imposed on the people of the '
State shuld be in proportion to
their ability to pay, and w e fur
ther realize than when we tax the
poor and ignorant class of people
w e are imposing a n unjust burden
wholly unworthy of the State of
North Carolina.
"Second—That our Senator and
Representatives be instructed to
use - their influence and ability
to hav e this tax eliminated at this
session of the Legislature, realiz
ing that there are ampl e sources
that can be tapped to ootain the
necessary revenue to run the
the schools and defray the t»en«
eral expenses of the Govern
ment.
"Third—Thit a copy of these
resolutions be sent to each of our
members of tfi e 1935 Legislature,
a copy to the Scotland Neck
Commonwealth and other papers
of the county, and a copy be
spread upon the minutes of the
Association."
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G. W. JOYNER
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Local Citizen Has Unusual Man
ner of Showing His Contempt
Of Passing Years
G. W. Joyner, energetic and
cheerful Wendellite, has recently
celebrated his 72nd birthday. Mr.
Joyner travels through a goodly
portion of this part of the state
selling this and that (space does
'nt permit a list but ask him som e
tim e what he sells.) He is noted
in Wendell for two things: his
uncanny success as a wea her
prophet and his extreme youth
considering the number of years
he has been here. In keeping witH
an established custom Mr. Joyner
commemorated this most recent
birthday by standing on his head
early in the morning. His friends
■ here are hoping for him many
, mor e birthdays, and that he will
• be abl e to stand on his head on
each birthday.
CHAIN TAX UPHELD
Gasoline filling stations ar e sub
i ject to the graduated chain store
tax in West Virginia, according
1 to a recent 5-to-4 decision of the
Supreme Court.