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The Rocky Mount Herald VOLUME 2, NO. 16 Airport Bill Is Now Law City Manager Discloses Airport Commission Bill Passed State Senate Bill No. 465, entitled "To further amend chapter 209 of the private laws of 1907 amending the charter of the city of Bocky Mount and authorizing the creation of. an airport commission," is now ■v part of the law of North Carolina, Leslie B. Aycock, local city manuger, disclosed last night. "I understand it's passed three readings in both houses and has been ratified," Mr. Aycock stated. The bill was introduced April 3 and was finally ratified Saturday of last week, it was explained. The new law authorizes "the com missioners to acquire lands by pur chase, lease or gift for such, and to equip, an airport. The bill would I create a commission of six members to be appointed by the commission ers; two of these airport commis sioners would serve to July, 1936, two to July 1937, and two to July, 1938, but after the first term all '-Would serve for three years," a leg , islative bulletin from the state cap ital reveals. This action follows the March board of aldermen meeting at which the airport commission was created locally. Its personnel includes J. L. Home, "Jr., chairman; W. C. Wood ard, H. L. Battle, Senator L. L. Gravely," Mayor M. D. Munn, and O. H. Page, supc-rintejrdent of the nor ■j,' them division of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad company. o ' Miss McCall To Give Services Miss Peggy McCall, beauty special ist from the Now York salon of Les -quendieu, Inc., manufacturers of the Tussy cosmetic line, will offer her services and information this week thfough I. W. Rose drug company* here', it was announced today. She brings the latest ideas in beau ty culture, including the art of make-up, Rose drag company claims.' Rev. J. L. Midgett In Hospital Here Rev. J. L. Midgette, superannuate preacher of the. North Carolina Con pi,. ference, has been removed from his home in Norlina to Park View Hos pital in Rocky Mount. Mr. Mid . gertte has been in failing health for several months, and his condition at the present is very serious. Mrs. !>■' Midgette is with him at Park View. o '— PRESBYTERY CONVENES AT LEGGETT CHURCH H; Tarboro, April 17.—The Albemarle ■ J PrSsbyteity with delegates from Km many places in~ the_East, assembled B-j at the William and Mnrv Hart jji I chapel" at Leggett last night with lf| about 200 people in attendance. Rev. I Edward Mack, of the Presbyterian Seminary of Richmond, Va., preach sd the introductory sermon last light. B. B. Peters, Sr., read a history >f the Tarboro and Leggett Presby lerian churches. C. P. McCluer of ;his city read a history of the Al >omarle Presbytery. Rev. Norman Tohnson of Rocky Mount gave a re iiort of the assembly's work for he jrear. Bev. Mr. Johnson was elected mod- Srator for the ensuing year. The sea son closed its program tonight. o LOSING TEAM TO GIVE SPREAD FOR WINNERS Tarboro, April 17.—The local coun iil of the z Junior Order has con :luded" a contest for new members md the group represented by Dr. F. H. Brown, councilor, lost. Monday light they will give a Brunswick itew supper to the group led by C. 3. Moore. The council has made plans 'or * th" erection of n building for Meapants of the Order and mem iers have taken shares in the wilding and loan association with vhielt to finance the project. Past State Councilor Edgar V. Harris, vho is now the field representative if the Order, reports an-increase in nemberships of the councils in the Sast. TAKES BACK SHOES Huntington, Ind.—Enraged when m girl "threw him over," after he lost his job, Lawrence Yahne en sonatering her in the business dis irict here forced her to remove a »ir of shoes he had given her and Qed with them. She had to walk iome in her stocking feet. .jp Supreme Court sets aside death tentences in Scottsboro case. Readers, when you pur chase goods advertised these columns tell the merchants you saw it in THE HERALD on. R. L. Doughton A I H Hon. B. L. Doughton, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, U. S. Congress, and expected to be candidate for Governor. He has giv en notice that he will give a de finite announcement by the first of May. . Doughton Statement The statement issued by Mr. Doughton follows in full: "My name having been mention ed so frequently in connection with the Democratic nomination for gov ernor in 1936, I feel that I should, at an early date, let my friends, and all who are interested, know what 1 expect to do about the matter. "1 am deeply grateful to the thou sands of people in our state, rep resentative of all groups and classes, who have requested or insisted that I become a candidate. I can truth fully say that in Tio way have I encouraged or attempted to stimu late this sentiment. I have, how ever, consistently told those who have urged me to become a candi date, many of whom I had not pre viously known, that I would, at a time I considered proper, frankly state my intention. "I trust that my matay friends, who have either written mo or discussed the matter with me per sonally, one or both, will not feel that I am unduly delaying a deci sion in this important matter, for as everyone knows, we are, and have been for sometime, engaged in one of the busiest and most important sessions of Congress in my public career, and I have little time to give to consideration of other matters. "It is my purpose, however, to make a definite statement no later than April 30, setting forth frank ly what action I contemplate tak ing relative to entering the primary as a candidate for governor.'" Leggett Offers Band Concert The Twin County High School Band, under the direction of C. L. McCullers, local musician, will of fer a concert Thursday night at 8 o'clock at Leggett school, it was an nounced today. A small sum will be charged and all profit will be used for the ath letic association at Leggett, it was said. Mr. McCullers, who attended ths band festival Sunday afternoon at Raleigh with his 56 musicians, was elected vice president of the festi val association. His band is composed of high school boys and girls from Nash and Edgecombe counties. Body Of Watkins Found Tuesday David Watkins, 38, electrical ap plicance salesman who had been mis sing since April 1 when ho fell into Tar river near th ecity, was bur ied here late Thursday afternoon following services with Rev. T. E. Walters, Baptist pastor, officiating. Rifes were held at 4:30 Thursday afternoon. Watkins was found here early Tuesday morning, by volunteer searchers. He was pronounced dead from drowning by Dr. Norton, city health department supjrjntendent. He was fishing for shad here the night of April 1 when his boat is said fo have capsized, throwing him and a companion, Raymond Dowdy into the water, Dowdy escap ed. Mr. Watkins' survivors included his wife and six children; his fath er, John Watkins and several half brothers and sisters. FARM PRODUCTS TO CHINA Washington.—Purchases of 159,- 536 bales of cotton 338,000 barrels of flour and 10,769,340 bushels of wheat wre reeerttlv made bv Dr. W. P.jWei for shipment to China, using only abont one-third of the *50.000,000 crcd-'f wMrh was author ized by the RFC. The total amonnt spent was $17,105,385. Britain reports revenue snrplns for Beeond successive year. Retail business gains sharply, in dustry steady. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1935 OPPOSED TO | SALES TAX Union Workers Condemn Levy As Falling Most Heavily On Wage Workers Durham, April 12.—Delegates rep resenting 32 local unions with a combined membership of over ten thousand in Durham county, meeting in Central Labor Union headquar ters here last night, adopted reso lutions condemning, the sales tax schedule of the revenue bill now pending in the General Assembly and urged legislators to "vote against this unfair tax, which falls heaviest on the wage earners of the State." Endorsement was given' by the organized workers to "the North Carolina Labor Voters League and the North Carolina Fair Tax Asso ciation which are working for the defeat of the sales tax," the clos ing paragraph of the resolutions state "that we pledge ourselves to immediately begin our plans to elect to the next General Assembly men who can be depended upon to work for a system of taxation bas ed on the true principles of just taxation —ability to pay." Adoption of the resolutions came at the con- discussion by officials of the unions following two addresses by Paul Leonard of Statesville, ac tive head of the Fair Tax Associa tion who came over from Raleigh as the special guest of the evening. Leonard first spoke to an audience of several hundred tobacco workers, largely women, who met in their headquarters early in the evening, and went from theme to the Labor Temple, where representatives of all the crafts were gathered. Sou. R R Expands Train Service Improvement in comfort, conveni ence and speed is to continue to be the policy of the Southern Rail way with reference to passenger business, states J. S. Bloodworth, Division Passenger Agent. Below is a telegram received by this paper with reference to improved service: R. T. Fountain, Rocky Mount Herald. Easter Greetings period December first nineteen thirty-threo Southern Railway system established substan tial reduction in passenger fares on following basis coach tickets one and one half cents per mile fifteen day round trip tickets two cents per mile six months round trip tick ets two and one half cents per mile and three cents per mile one way tickets the latter three kinds of tickets being good in sleeping or parlor cars on payment of proper charges for space' occupied period these fares are still in effect per iod as an added facility for the comfort of our patrons the southern will have air conditioned pullman and dining cars on all principal through trains. During the coming summer p«j-iod we hope for a con tinuance of your patronage which has been and is greatly appreciated period regards_and thanks. J. S. Bloodworth Mrs. Williamson Is Buried Here Local Woman 111 For Several Months —Funeral Tuesday Afternoon At Four O'clock Mrs. Jettie Lee Williamson, 53, who died late Sunday afternoon at her home, No. 1006 Clark Street, after an extended period of illness, was laid to rest Tuesday afternoon after home services held at 4 o'clock with Rev. C. W. Goldston, pastor of the Clark Street Methodist Church in charge. Burial was in Pineview. Mrs. Williamson, who came here several years ago from Columbus county with her family, had belolng ed to Clark Street Methodist Church. She succumbed about 5:30 Monday afternoon after being ill several months. She leaves her husband, D. W. Williamson; six children, all of Col umbus county, Mrs. J. L. Belch, Ber nice Williamson, Mary Williamson, Dorothy Williamson, William Wil liamson, and Mrs. Darcus Gore; 4 sisters, Mesdames Nie Gore, Mary Williamson, Frances Williamson, all of Columbus county and Alice Long. Brunswick county; and three broth ers, Vanderbilt, Walter, and Robert Gore, all of Columbus county. Mrs. Williamson was Miss Jettie Leo Gore before her marriage. ALL-STEEL BENCHES IN PARKS Paris. —As a means of preventing the use of any parts during street riots, authorities are planning to dis arm the park benches. Often dur ing such riots, the usual wooden ben ches were easily broken up and used as weapons against police and members of opposing factions, with deadly effect. All-steel benches are to be used. BEER TAXES' The average income per month to the Federal Government from beer taxes has been .*l' 800,000, or about $178,000,000 annually. Family Autogyro Is Due Before Long In the near future the family autogyro may be taken from the garage on a Sunday, have Its rotor blades "unfolded" and take off for a ride around the countryside. Uncle Sam is furnishing the financial hacking for the development of a low cost wingless plane of the gyro type, with rotor wings that fold back. Here we are looking down on i lie folded rotors. The plane embodies most Improvements of the safety type and eliminates many things that have kept the average man from Hying. , . , Soilders Compensation Certificates i — The general belief is, that since the President's Re lief Bill has been put through, now the President will turn his attention to the payment of the soldiers ad justed compensation certificates, and that a plan will be worked out whereby the soldiers will receive pay ment,' and not have to wait until 1945. The ment, having recognized this obligation, and these cer tificates being practically in the form of negotiable paper, should flay these certificates because it does not create a new debt. In speaking of the payment of the soldiers bonus, a great many people feel like it is creating a new debt. We personally hope that Con gress and the President can get together on this im portant question and give immediate relief in this matter. REDGATE AVENUE CONNECTION It has been suggested by members of the Board of Al dermen. that the reason Redgate Avenue has not been connected with School Street, is that a house had been constructed, which would make this work expensive. Now, those familiar with the history of this street con nection, which has been going on for several years, well remember that there was an effort to get this street connected before this house was built, and some ot the members of the Board who are refusing to help get this connection made, were on the Board at that time, and objected to it. Investigation has been made, and the connection can be made without the removal of a single house. Resi dents of Redgate and Long Avenue are anxious for the connection, and as to whether the street runs in a curve or is straight, this is a matter they are not con cerned with; they want the connection. From a petition offered by them, and the lay of the ground, it is ap parent that this connection can be made, and we do not understand why the Board is withholding the re quest of these people. The people of Redgate and Long are people of standing, and their petition should receive careful consideration. OLD AGE SECURITY BILL The Old Age Pension Security Bill has been intro duced 111 Congress, and reported out of the Ways and Means Committee. This bill has been amended by that committee, and is now being debated in the House of Representatives, being in charge of Mr. Doughton, the Democratic chairman of the Ways and Means Commit tee and opposed by the Republicans, whose minority leader is Mr. Treadway of New York. It is generally .adifiitted that we are going to have an old age pension law, iwhich will probably affect everybody in need beyond the age of sixty. We are not familiar with the full provisions of the bill, but we are informed that the pensions were arranged from thirty to fifty dollars per month, according to the age of those who are eligible to apply for this pension. This looks like a great change in sentiment of our gov ernment, and is being severely opposed by the Repub lican party. The conditions are much changed now from what they were one-half or even a quarter of a century back. The coming of this great machine age has elimi anted men power, has caused great congestion of wealth, and unemployment brought about solely by the so-called labor saving machines and devices. Many of these employers of lab\ will not employ a person over forty, which is supposed to be about middle age, and we were told by a preacher the other day that even the ministry was adopting such a plan 7 that it was hard for a minister of forty-five to get a good call from a strong church, and largely after age forty-five, he was generally located by some mission board in mis sion work. Now, this being so, it makes it absolutely necessary that the government undertake to give some security to old age, which is now being done by the government in Washington. The bill which is being piloted by the Chairman of the (Please Torn to Page Five) PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON Neal Adkins To Be New Teacher Will Head Indaelrlal Arts ment Here, Wilson Says Neal A. Adkins, who has been teaching in the Lexington high school faculty for two years as head i of tho industrial arts department there, will have charge of the in- ( dustrial arts, department of the high school liero next fall, Super-1 intendent R. M. Wilson disclosed ] last night. The industrial arts department, an innovation decided on at a recent school board meeting, will be estab lished in the bnsement of Central high school building, according to present plans. C. S. Taylor, chairman, R. T. Foun tain, Superintendent Wilson, and J. J. Wells were named at the session as a committee to investigate the cost of equipment for the new de partment, and will report back to the school board their findings. Mr. Adkins, a graduate of East ern Illinois State Teachers College, holds a B. S. Degree from there, and has made an outstanding record at Lexington wliere he has taught since graduation, according to the Lex ington school officials. He installed the industrial art? department at Lexington also. Superintendent Wilson expects Mr. Adkins to eome to Rocky Mount within a short time. The new industrials arts instruc tor will be the second Lexington high school teacher Rocky Mount has obtained within the past few weeks, as Marion Justice, chemistry and biology instructor, replaced Marcus Braswell a short time ago. Mr. Adkins accepted the position this past Saturday. 'Charity 9 Checks Confusing the word "parity" and apparently regarding the payment more as a donation than as remun eration for value received, an old colored woman called at the office of Count yAgcnt T. B. Brandon a day or two ago and said, "Please give me my 'charity' check." Hers was one of the last few to be dis tributed from tho first group of checks received in the county. Reports indicate that almost as fast as the checks were distributed, the money was spent, the largest single amount probably going for fertilizer. The banks in this section reported only slight deposit increas es. Merchants reported comparative ly large increases in their sales dur ing the past few days. Daniels Will Address Women Greensboro, April 12.—Josephus Daniels, United States ambassador to Mexico, will deliver the commence ment address at the Woman's Col lege on June 3, according to an announcement made by Dr. W. C. Jackson, dean of administration, at a meeting last night of the senior class at which commencement plans were discussed. Dr. Jackson told the seniors that the choice of Ambassador Daniels as their baccalaureate speaker was a peculiarly happy one, for he had been a friend and supporter of Charles D. Mclver, who was the founder of the College and its first president. Nor has Ambassador Dan iels' interest in tho Woman's Col lege waned since those early days when it was the State Normal and Industrial School. He has been a staunch friend throughout all these years, championing the cause of the education of women, Dr. Jackson stated. o OLD TIRES TO CHINA Shanghai.—Here's the answer to one of our questions—what hap pens to all the old worn-out au tomobile tires t Immense quantities of them are being bought up and shipped to China where they are used as soles for sandals worn by coolies and peasants. BROKEN BONE PIERCES HEART Darlington, Wis.—Although the automobile in which Anton Kummer, 65, was riding, climbed an embank ment and returned to the highway without overturning, the impact of the accident broke a bone in his leg. The bone pierced Krummer's heart and caused his death. FORMER STARS STILL WORK Hollywood, Cal. —Among those who were firstranking film stars twenty or twenty-five yearß ago, and are still working in the movies are: William Farnum, Florence E. Turner, Graco CUnard, William Desmond, King Baggott, Lillian Bich, Jack Mulhall, William Faversham, and others; $l.OO PER YEAB AMAZING SPECTACLE PRESIDENT MUST DIRECT WHOLE PROGRAM FALTERB CONGRESS IN A JAM MANY MEASURES PENDING WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN TALK OF THIRD PARTY FARLEY TO QUIT CABINET REFUNDING THE BONDS NRA TEST IN COURT CCC TO BE EXPANDED By Hugo Sims, Special Wuhin|toa Correspondent It is in a sense, an amazing spe*- tacle that confronts the observer in Washington. Here we have a Pres ident who carried all but six States in 1932 With a party that swept the nation more completely in 1934 and many members sitting in Congress because they pledged themselves to support the Chief Executive and for little other reason. So whatf Mr. Roosevelt comes back from his Florida fishing trip to find that, after pioro than three : months in session, the overwhelm ingly Democratic Congress has done little or nothing for the Administra tion program, except to pass, after interminable wrangling in the Sen ate, the largest single appropria -1 lion bill ever made in time of war or peace. He is aware that bitter criticism is extant among the ranks of his own party; that his adminis trative agencies are under violent attack and that some of his own leaders are anxious to give up part of the legislative program that he laid down some weeks ago. Naturally, Republicans are jubi lant, although truth to relate, the national picture presents no solid basis for such joy. Nevertheless, I it is vitally necessary for the Presi dent to take a stronger directing j hand in the affairs of legislation if ho expects to bring anything like order out of the mess that now con [ fronts Congress. Our own idea ia that he will not delay positive actios much longer, now that the huge work relief bill is in hand, and that the nation will again witness firm ness and determination in applying pressure upon the members of hit own party organization. After two and a half months of consideration the enormous sum of $4,800,000 was given him by a vote of 60 to 13 in the Senate and 31T to 70 in the House. Despite the pro longed delay in the upper chamber the President virtually got what ho wanted, and is ready to spend some thing like $230,000,000 a month for "relief work relief, and to increase employment by providing for use ful projects." This is about $80,000,- 000 more per month than present re lief costs, but it is hardly expected that increased expenditures will get under way for several months. Congress has before it many im portant proposals, some of which will involve prolonged dispute and debate. The legislative situation ap palls leaders who hope that some way it will be allowed to go over un til the session next January. How far the President will recede from his planned program remains to be seen, but it is possible that insistent demand from him will force action, which, in most cases, is bound to be favorable. The economic security measure, providing old age pensions, unem ployment compensation, security for children and public health, is sure to cause much discussion and take time. The Republicans in the House were not united last week so the is sue and the Democrats were divid ed into two groups contesting over the procedure to be followed in handling the bill. Moreover, there was sentiment in fiyor of dividing the objects sought, with the idea of acting on the old age pensions part alone, but alterations made by the House committee have brighten ed prospects for the entire bill. However, when it gets into the Sen ate there is the prospect of delay, if not material modification, and un doubtedly advocates of various plans will seek amendments to widen or curtail its effectiveness. Space in this column does not permit a full summary of the many viewpoints expressed or to give detailed analyses of many is sues that still loom before Congress. Some of them, notably the extension of NRA, new capital for the HOLC, the nuisance taxes and regular ap propriation bills, must be passed if the government is to continue af ter various dates upon which pres ent legislation expires. These will get through the jam in some form but other contro versial matters are on the calendar for action, including, besides the se curity program, the bill to control public utility holding companies, the new banking measure, amendments to AAA, the revised Pure Food and 1 DruT bill. 'i certain measures sponsored by various groups of legislators or citizens who hare re ceived some assuranco that they will have their day in court. These include the bonus controversy, sil ver and in fration legislation, and (Please tarn lo page eight)