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TgjT * .! A t' " !■: '* -A ■' il ' t ■ • . " ill: ,1' The Rocky M6unt Herald VOLUME 3, NO. 2 3, NO. 2 Supreme Court Rules Y Wholly Unconstitutional Justices Brandels, Cardoza, And Btttne Issue Vigorous Dissenting 1 Opinion As Justice Roberts Reads I Majority Opinion Concurred In By Six Justices DESTRUCTION SEEMS COMPLETE By a decision so sweeping thatf, administration measures, prepared g , or such an eventuality seem use less,, the entire AAA structure seems to have been destroyed by a. smashi . ing decision ofthe Supreme Cpunt 1 M which ruled by a, vote of 6 to I • f that the entlse Adjustment Adminis tration Act is unconstitutional, and inferred in its opinion that the sup , porting acts, the*' Bankhead Bill, Kerr-Smjth Bill, and the Potato ■Control Bill, as well as all other kindred laws are void and of no effect. The government has already stop ped the Oollection of the processing taxes, issued under this act, and no further .checks for payments to §»rs, or for administrative pur , will be written, it is under , until there is a clearing of onfusion attendant on the deci de appears to be no definite de ■ cisiou as to the validity of outstand fing contracts, and it is uncertain tJ**wfcß*her payments will be made ev entnally or not. Organized farm lenders are offer ing many substitutes, ranging from constitutional amendments to eon- . * certed action by all the states, but ] there seems to be an intention t« wait until President Boosevelt ar tr rives at a decision before any actios is taken. DR. CARLTON'S WEEKLY HEALTH TALK • "There is danger in judging one's •v physical capacities bty those of' oth ers," said Dr. Carlton in the radio health talk Monday night. V'Man should know himself and not do things which he knows are not good for him on the theory that hig neigh- these things and suffer no "Man is Individualistic and must discover for himself how many hewn of sleep he needs each night, how much recreation, how much exer t'cise and fresh air he requires. If a man feels entirely refreshed on less . than eight hours sleep nightly, to insist upon more would be fool ish. If a two mile walk maintains robust health, four miles are un necessary. "Man must, be consistent. He . grinds his wheat into fine flour and I discards the bran—then he buys ! the bran back in a fancy box as a j cure for constipation. "Man once lived in the open but J civilization provided him with a tight house to keep out the fresh air— * 'so now he buys expensive machin- , cry to pump fresh air into the , house, and this in spite of the fact i that authorities insist that natural ventilation from windbws and cracks is the best. n shuts out God's sunshine 1 thei akes Alpine lamp and ultra- .> V' A ray treatments to get a sun- ■ W.■ t \ 1 I c % gives his auto expert care . '> iittention and will allow only £■; Wj'.fertain brand of motor oil to be ised—but he pours into his own system every sort of medicine, home . brew and 'White Mule' and takes ' medical advice from a neigh bor, a quack or a black-face at a medicine show." ; , The speaker asserted that man should have a knowledge of the rea- 1 sons for sound health habits; he should know something about his ' food, the amount and proportion of the various food elements needed; he should have an acquaintance with normal mental action; he p should have a general understanding of sex; he should know what is meant by contagion and resistance and of the principals of artificial 1 immunization against certain infec -1 tious diseases; he should know en- 1 ough of the'''chillies arid 'prevention ■ J of the degenerative diseases to 1 guard himself through middle life I without a breakdown; he should 1 | '* know about such things as pollut i ed water and milk and dust and fumes and disease carrying insects; he should appreciate the necessity 1 for frequent medical and dental ex- animations; ho must know enough to choose his medical and dental ad visers wisely realizing that medicine ] is grounded on science and not on mystery or tradition. „ The speaker declared that one very important way in which to se cure murh : of the knowledge men tioned the reading of au- , thcntic health literature. "The people ] of this city do not read enough health literature," he declared. , "Some do occasionally read a pam phlet on some communicable disease ] or glance at a health poster or read , the headlines of a newspaper health ; article —and that's about the limit." , ACCIDENTS KILL $5,500 : Hartford, Conn. —While the total - number of deaths resulting from i automobile accidents in the United ] States during 1935 is about the same , as that of last year, the rate of death 1 per accident has increased nearly seven per cent, there were 828,003 accidents reported, with a total of ' 35,500 fatalities. Sixteen thousand i *' pedeetrains were -amoffg the victims and 9,000' persons losing their lives ni collisions between cars. i Sheriff To Run To Succeed Self p.... W. E. Bardin WiU Be Candidate For Edgecombe Sheriff, He Says . Edgecombe Sheriff W, E. Bardiu, ■fit Tarborp, tojlgy had assured a re porter he plana- to seek the post of sheriff again in the coming elec tion. Said Sheriff Bardin, who for the past six years has served Edge combe county as high sheriff, "I am a candidate for sheriff. My friends in Bocky Mount have urged me to run again, and I plan to do so. It seems that some rumors have been circulating in Rocky Mount to the effect that I do not intend to run again, but the rumors are not true." He said this late Tuesday. Mr. Bardin was appointed sher iff six years ago. E. T. Moorp, Edgecombe assist ant tax collector, whose home is in this city, is so far, the only one to come out publicly as a candidate for the post Mr. Bardin now occu pies. Mr. Modre announced sever al weeks ago he will run for sher iff of Edgecombe county. ■ o Final Rites Held For Mrs. D.W.Pitt .1 ————• Services For Edgecombe Resident Held At Daughter's Home . v i The final rites for Mrs. Delia Weathersbee Pitt, 78, who died Thursday, were held at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert B. Dar den, near Rocky Mount at one o'clock Saturday afternoon. Rev. Norman Johnspn, pastor of the Hrst Preßbyterian church, con ducted the seamles. He was assist ed by Dr. J. W. Kincheloe, pastor of the First Baptist church. Music was furnished by the choir of the First Bsmiffter'mn church of which Mrs. Pitt was a Uwaber. MS. Pitt* was born In' JtnLlliax eo-' unty near, Hobgood, November 19, 1857 and'has lived in Halifax, Pitt, and Edgedbmbe counties. She was married to the late James Weddle Pitt of Nash county in 1879. Her husband died eight years ago. Surviving are one daughter Mrs. R. B. Dardeh of Racky Mount with whom she was making her home; three sons, N. C. Pitt and L. B. Pitt of Rocky Mount and J. N. Pitt of Battleboro; one brother, J. F. Weathersbee of Hobgood; and fifteen ' grandchildren. W. B. Herring, John Karsnok, E. T. Moore, C. J. Fisher, S. W. Grimes, and B. M. Strickland served as pall bearers. Red Oak Resident Succumbs At Home W. B. High, Sr., Dies After Long Illness W. B. High, Sr., 72, of Rod Oak, died at his home after being in poor health for the past 15 years. For the last three weeks he had been very ill. Ho was one of the oldest members of the Red Oak Methodist church, be ing one of the first" to place a part of the structure of the old Sharon Methodist church. Funeral services were held at the home at two o'clock with Rev. W. G. Farrar of Bailey, Rev. Rufus Brad ley of this city, and Rev. William Towe of this city, presiding. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Pat tie F. High who was Miss Pattie Gay before her marriage; three children, S. Edgar High of Red Oak, Mrs. J. R. Watsoji of Red Oak, and Mrs. H. L. Dengoh of this city; and six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. W. E. Moore and J. W. Donson of Rocky Mount, and G. T. Edwards, R. U. Reges, J. F. Porctor and Mac Dan iel of Bed Oak served as pallbear ers. Rev. S. J. Betts Taken By Death Rev. Sylvester J. Betts, Baptist minister of Raleigh, well known here, died at the home of his son, Dwight F. Betts, in Raleigh Monday evening. Funeral services were held from the Tabernacle Baptist church Tues day afternoon -with Rev. Forrest O. Feezor 'VH 1 Dr. W ®R Tucker in charge. Burial ; #us in Oakwood cemetery, Raleigh. \ Surviving him are two sons, Dwight F. Betts, Raleigh, and Ben jamin A. .Betts, Fayetteville, and one daughter, .Mr p. L. P.. White, Ra leigh. One brothefj "W. Furman Betts and a sister, Mrs. Jo H. Weathers, both of Raleigh, also survive. The following grandchildren survive: Ashley C. Rice, Dickie Rice, Grace C. Betts, Dwight Barton Betts, Hel en Betts and Bruce Betts. Farley reports postal receipts rose $44,062,136 in fiscaTyear. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIPAf, JANUARY 10, 1936 ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, Vf. C. Ferrell On ABC Board I Succ eds Late Judge Austin; Quar terly Sales Of Liquor Exceed $105,000 Nashville, Jan. 6.—The board of Nash county commissioners met here today and appointed W. C. Ferrell, local druggist and town a)-J derman, as a Tueuiftes of the Naslir county A. B. O. tiaMHlb 3LH vacancy occaaioii#dAtai(id«J dsatb of f Judgo 8. F. AustiflßSP A. D. C, board will meet here Thursday af- j ternoon to induct Ferrell into office and name a new chairman. W. W. Ricks and Millard F. Mor gan, together with the newly ap pointed member, compose the board. The board repprted legal liquor sales to the commissioners as $105,- 312.59 in total sales for the second quarter, with $26,029.68, or 24.71 per cent of gross sales, representing net profit. The A. B. C. board this week turned over a check for $1,298.06 to the State as sales tax on Decem ber business. Hancock Not To Oppose Bailey Fountain Only Remaining Campaign ing Candidate For Post Washington, Jan. 7.—Representa tive Frank W. Hancock of Oxford, N. C., will not oppose Senator Jo siah W. Bailey in the North Caro lina democratic primaries next June. Hancock, in a formal statement late yesterday, announced he would be a candidate to succeed himself as representative from the Fifth North Carolina congressional dis trict. The 41 year old representative said he appreciated the interest in the possibility of his running for the senate, but added district friends had urged him to remain at his present post. "To me, their call outweighs other considerations," the statement ad 4ed. «... .... Decision of Hancock not to oppose Bailey left the race so fur to on ly one comparing candidate—former Lieutenant Governor Richard T. Fountain. Joseph R. Bly of Wash ington and Charlotte recently an nounced his candidacy. Hancock is faced with opposition from Allison James of Winston-Sal em, and Allen of Reidsville, in his primary fight for nomination. Benifit From Duke Indowment The Duke Endowment thru Presi dent Few, of Duke University, mail ed Christmas greetings in the most beneficient manner possible (with check enclosed) to 264 superannuat ed ministers of the Methodist Epis copal ehurch, South, or widbws of ministers connected with the two North Carolina conferences. This year $20,000 has been given by the trust established by the lats James B. Duke to 46 preachers and 68 widows in the North Carolina conference, and 68 preachers and 82 widows in the Western North Car olina conference. Each conference re ceived $lO,OOO. The endowment checks varied up to nearly $2OO, and are in propor tion to the amount allowed by the conference. In addition to the Duke checks, superannuates and widows of preachers received $56,984 from the two conferences during the year. Many years before James B. Duke established the endowment he gave a large sum each year to be distributed by Trinity college to aged preachers and their widows at Christmas time. , Jlis custom was made permanent'jfi the endowment and Duke University has continued to distribute the gifts. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST "God" was the subject of the Les son-Sermon in all churches and So cieties of Christ, Scientist, on Sun day, January 5, 1936. The Golden Text was from Psalms 86: 8, 10. "Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; . . . For thou art great, and doest won drous things: thou art God alone." citations which com prised the Lesson-Sermon was the following from the Bible: "Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters." (Psalms 114: 7, 8). The Lesson-Sermon also included the following passage from the Chris tian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy: "The history of Christianity furnishes sublime proofs of the supporting influence and protecting power bestowed on man by his heavenly Father, omni potent Mind, who gives man faith and understanding whereby to de fend himself, not only from tempta tion, but from bodily suffering." (Page 387) Congressman is an Expert on Violins ■HHHHr U :: * ißm B w * Ifffr WmSmm Representative Kent F. Keller of Illinois, chairman of the house library committee, is l an outstanding authority on violins. He has studied them in the United Jitdtes and in Europe and knows several hundred famous ones. He Ml shown here putting the finishing touches on three Instruments forwarded htm by the widow of oio of the best American makers of violins. Will Hobllt of Jacksonville, HI., who died before he completed them. Grace !Oooper, clerk of the library committee. Is working with representative on his hobby. Woeful News To Rocky Mount The news that the Supreme Court had declared the Ag ricultural Adjustment Act unconstitutional was woeful news to the citizenship of Rocky Mount. While there are among us those who profess to be against the new deal yet it is our opinion that they are few in number. The great mass of the citizens of Rocky | Mount is for the new deal. These citizens are grateful to the Presi dent of the United States and to the Congress yf the Unit ed States for their efforts in behalf of the welfare of the farmery and labqjgys of, this country. The new deal legislation has done more for Mount or certainly as much as any town in the United States. Our farmers were without hope and most 'of our city dwellers were hungry and all of us thinly clad,,but through the leadership of the President of the United States, pros perity was restored to our community and we sincerely hope that a way may be found so that these benefits may be re tained in the interest of the farmer and the laboring man for when all is well with the farmer and the laboring man, generally speaking, all is well with everybody. Percy Flowers Receives Stay Judge I. M. Meekins in Federal Court Monday granted Percy Flow ers, under sentence of three years in the Atlanta penitentiary, a stay until May 11, in order that he might get his farming operations arranged. Jimmy and Dick Flowers, broth ers of Percy, went to Atlanta Mon day to begin services of like sen tences for the same offense, as saulting a federal officer. Thomas G. Wolfe In "Who's Who" i It is a source of gratification to many North Carolinians that Thom as C. Wolfe, 35, is included among the 12 outstanding young men select ed by Durward Howes, editor of "America's Young Men," a national "Who's Who" of men 45 years of age or under, for 1935. Mr. Wolfe, a native of Western is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, and is the author of "Of Time and the River." POWER COMPANY HAS REDUCED INDEBTEDNESS The Duke Power Co., recently paid off a $40,000,000 bond issue *0 make effective a simplification of the corporation's capital structure and to reduce its fixed charges. The $40,000,000 issue of 4 1-2 per cent first and refunding mortgage gold bonds, issued in 1927 and maturing in 1967, will be paid off and a $30,000,000 issue of 3 1-2 per cent bonds will be sold, thus in effect reducing the company's (fixed in debtedness by $10,000,000. GAS KILLS FAMILY New York.—Mr. and Mrs. Chag. McLaughlin and their two-year-old son, were found dead at ■ asphyxia tion while seated at-a table piled high with Christmas gifts and tinselled decorations. An open gas jet beneath a pot of ooffee which had boiled over showed how the trio had met death. o The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hicks, born Saturday in a hospital at Phoenix, has a perfi ct set of lower teeth. Other wise the child is normal. JANUARY 10, 1936 Sinclair Company Opens Station The Sinclair Oil Company has just announced the opening of its newest Service Station operated under the name of "The Brown Derby." Tlie proprietors of this station are D. E. Mason and W. E. Thompson, well known local insurance men of Rocky Mount. Their station is located on Route 40, just north of the airport at ths intersection of the Richmond high way with the Norfolk highway They have a splendid location and a new well equipped building and it is ex pected that this will be one of the most popular stations in this sec tion. Besides the handling of gasoline and oil, they make a specialty oi drinks, sandwiches and regular din ing room service which will be open 24 hours of the day to the publie. o CEDARS OF LEBANON NOW NEAR EXTINCTION St. Louis, Jan. 6.—Cedars of Leb anon, thjoap, famous, Bjighty trees that Solomon bought from King Hi ram of Tyre to be the roof timbers of his magnificent temple, are now almost a lost tribe. Once they domi nated the whole of the Lebanon Mountain mass, but now there are only five rather small groves of them, Dr. Robert M. Warner of lo wa State College informed a bo tanical audience here, at the meet ing of th© American Association for the Advancement of Science. The surviving groups are found at about 6,000 feet altitude on the western slope of Lebanon. They range from north to south over about 50 miles. The oldest grove is a com pact clump of trees covering about 15 acres, but the others are young er and more nearly open stands. "BIG BABY" LOST IN CHARLOTTE STORE Panic prevailed at a Charlotte de partment store Friday, when a fran tio woman began sobbing, over and over: ~ "My boy, my baby boy! Where is my boy.l. He's lost —my baby'" Nervous clerks darted to various parts of the store to find the miss ing baby. Customers looked on sym pathetically. Suddenly the mother cried: "There he is' My boy!" All eyes turned to see a youth ol about 13 summers, strolling non chantly ap an aisle. ' PARAGRAPHS ON NATIONAL PROBLEMS AT WASHINGTON Bonus Measure Approved ■ House Ways And Means Committee Approve* Without Dissenting Vote The Joint Veterans OrAnliatlon BUL. Action Expected Wedneeday N Oe TMandu la House With only one witness appearing, an it without a single dissenting vote the powerful Ways and Means Committee of the United States House of Representatives passed the Adjusted Service bill support ed by the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Disabled American Veterans. Chariman Doughton said it had been decided to use all available par limentary procedure to speed the bill through the lower house, where its overwhelming passage is a foregone conclusion and get it quickly to the senate. Action is expected in the House on Wednesday or Thursday. Competent opinion in Washington as well as in the state seems to be that the bill will pass quickly in > the senate and by a large majority. I There is a division of opinion as I to whether it will meet a presiden tial veto, and whether it will " be able to pass this hurdle if one 1 is forth coming. i o i Name Proposed For Development J The business development and 1 growth has been so marked where 5 Cokey Road crosses the Norfolk J Railroad and in that immediate vi cinity, that it has been suggested that this section of the city should ' have a name. The Rocky Mount Herald in re sponse of this suggestion from some i of its citizens suggested that "Lit ' tie Norfolk" would be a very appro priate name, since this lias always " bben known as the. Norfolk Railroad crossing. , At this point is located The Pur J Oil Plant owned by Jesse Daugh -1 tridge, The Planter's Cotton, Oil and • Fertilizer Co., The Rose Milling > Company, The Southern Mattress Co., The Winstead Repair Shop., The Cit izens Supply and Coal Co., The 1 Well's Service Station and Stores., , The Gus Lancaster and Chester Bui luck Mule Co., The W. H. Grocery Co., and other business interprises * not herein mentioned. This point servies a large section F of Edgecombe county and we feel that the name of "Little Norfolk" is quite appropriate, since this has | always been known as the Norfolk I Railroad crossing. ; Former Citizen e Gets Bank Post l > E. A. Williams, who was formcr -1 ly connected here with the North Carolina Bank and Trust company 0 before that organization was clos -3 ed, has recently been appointed as sistant cashier of the Bank of Wayne y in Goldsboro. iv Williams left the city about eight " years ago to accept a position with 0 the Goldsboro bank after the bank here with which he had been con nected was closed, c o CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations as fol lows: Junior graduate nurse, ~1,620 a year. i- Assistant to technician (forestry), s $1,620 a year. i- Assistant geophysicist, $2,600, a s year. iv Accountant and auditor, assistant .- accountant and auditor, senior ac n counting and auditing assistant, $2,- o 000 to $3,200 a year, Bureau of Mo f tor Cariiers, Interstate Commerce i- Commission. Certain specified education and ex ;- perience are required in connection r with these examinations. Full information may be obtaia t ed from the Secretary of the Unit e ed States Civil Service Board of y Examiners at the post office or cus t tomhouse in any city which has - a post office of the first or the see t ond class, or from the United - States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. • NOTICE d Those desiring to subscribe to The Rocky Mount 0 Herald may do so by sending $l.OO with name and address to The Rocky Mount Herald, Rocky MOunt, » N. C a T '%• 1 : •' -it ■'■ - ' .1 i ■i I'.V Name M i Z • . r f • «*"l «. * * Town State Route No. sl.oo PER YEAH SI.OO PER YEAM CONGRESS CONVENES DEMOCRATS IN CONTROL THE SESSION'S LENGTH ELECTION FIREWORKS ROOSEVELT'S CAMPAIGN THE BORAH CAMPAIGN HIS OPPONENTS ACTIVE AL SMITH'S POSITION REPUBLICANS INTERESTED FARLEY'S "NET SURPLUS TREASURY BOOKKEEPING NRA ENDS EXISTENCE ■r H«|e Sins, Special Washington The Seventy-fourth Congress is now assombled for its final session, with the Democratic party in overyhelm ing control of the government In the Senate this party has 60 of the 96 seats, and in the House, 318 out of 435. Nowhere does it face any difficulty in accomplishing its will except before Federal cotirts, where the majority of judges have been appointed in past years by Repub lican presidents. While our judi ciary has been remarkably free of political, as well as corrupt, influ ences, it is but human nature for. a man to carry on the bench the ideas and ideals which he had when appointed. Surveys have shown very conclusively that the legality of New Deal legislation depends to a large degree upon the former political views of the judges who pass upon them. The Congress came together with the President and the New Deal suffering some loss of prestige which has encouraged criticistn of his policies within the party and stimulated his political foes to greater activity than ever. Despite much talk of an early adjournment and a real desire on the part of legislators to finish their legislative duties in order to get into their elec tion campaigns, there is no way of estimating the length of the pres ent session. One of the grave decisions that Congress must make relates to the formulation of a permanent neu trality policy to replace the tempor ary course now being followed. The problem depends in part upon the war situation abroad. The possibil ity that some of the six major New Deal measures will be thrown ov erboard by the Supreme Court and that action may be taken in an ef fort to meet the objections of the'-. Court also threatens to lengthen the * session. Swift action is expected on the bonus hut no one can tell. Overshadowing other considera tions is the looming election next Fall, with the halls of Congress affording the best, sounding-board for propaganda in the country. There will be many speeches to support the Administration and others at tacking its policise. All of them will have copious replies. The pro cess will take time. Altogether, the session will be strongly political. In the background will be a number of associations and lobbyists attempt ing to create public sentiment or, at least, the appearance of public sen timent one way or the other. President Roosevelt will undoubt edly make an intensive campaign for re-election, probably traveling as much as he did in 1932 when he went into nearly every state and journeyed about 13,000 miles. His supporters believe that he is strong er than the Administration and the greatest asset of the party, which will have a much smaller campaign fund than the opponents of tho New Deal. The Democratic party deficit is around $300,000, entirely a legacy from the unsuccessful 19- 28 campaign of A 1 Smith. The Re publicans are in much better shape with more than $lOO,OOO in the par ty treasury. Mr. Roosevelt will make full use of the radio and his appeals are counted upon to have an effect upon j 1 the great mass of voters, including the lower half of the population in 1 point of wealth, the farmers who have benefitted under the AAA and others who have received aid from, various governmental agencies. While his supporters are privately aware that he has lost some ground, they believe his popularity is suf ficient to insure his re-election. The Literary Digest poll, showing a stron- trend against the New Deal, is taken merely to show the prob able loss of Conservative Demo crats, which the President's strate gists have discounted for some time. Claiming not less than 208 first choice votes out of a total of 997 delegates to the Republican nation (Please turn to page tfgkt)