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The Rocky Mount Herald VOLUME 3, NO. 9 IPou Announces . f-For State Aud. * H ■ |hb m 1 JH m*s « MM (By w. S. Penn) | Geo Boss Pou, who announced his ■candidacy for the Democratic nom ination for State Auditor on Mon ► day is a native of Smithfield, John ston County and the son of the late Congressman Edward W. Pou, who represented the Fourth Con gTactional District in Congress for [ many years. like his father, he has always taken an interest lit every thing pertaining to the betterment of the welfare of the people and has been an enthusiastic and active Dem ocrat. He has served as Secretary aad Chairman of the Johnston Co ► unty Democratic Executive Commit tee and as President of the Young Peoples Democratic Club of that County. Mr. Pou has a wide acquaintance throughout the State. First appoint ed as Chief Clerk in charge of all recounting in the State Prison De * partment, Mr. Pou immediately took la course in Accountancy, Book fkeeping and Business Administra tion. One of his first official acts .Jwas to request the installation of a. modern system of bookkeeping and accountancy. Later appointed as Su perintendent of the Prison Depart * meat he continued active in tho; supervision of the Accounting system ' and was Budget Officer for that De ** partment. k During the period Mr. Pou was the head of the prison system in North Carolina, many noteworthy reforms were introduced. Proper hospital and sanitary facilities were provid ed and it was made compulsory for all prosiners to be vaccinated against smallpox and typhoid fever ' and to be tested for traces of verer -9 al diseases. He established a special colony for tubercular prisoners. He was aso responsible for the estab lishment of the criminal insane divi t sion at the State Hospital for he insane and for segregating these in sane prisoners from the others. Be fore this time they had been kept at the Central Prison. But n addition to humanizing the prison ystem, Pou is also credited with administering the affairs of the State prison system on a sound business basis and bringing good M business management to the prison, although he was never willing to sacrifice the welfare of the prison ers in order to show a dollars-and cents profit on the ledger. He has stated that if nominated he will consider it his duty to uphod the hands of the Democratic nominee * for Governor and render such as sistance as he can to such Govern or in carrying into effect his pledges to the people. Mr. Pou attended Wake Forest College and the Unversity of North Carolina. He is an honorary Vice- President for life of the North Car olina Sheriff's Association and last year served as National Vice-Presi dent of the American Road Build ers Association. He is a member of the Junior Order, the Democratic arty and theP Amercan Legion. Mr. and Mrs. Pou have large farming interests in Wake and Johnston Co unties. LEGION POST WANTS CLOTHES USED NOW Greenville, Feb. 20.—The Pitt co unty post of the American Legion Tuesday night went on record de ploring the fact that there are hun dreds of garments on hand here made by the sewing room during the summer months that because of gov ernment red tape cannot be procur ed for use-by needy families. The matter was presented to tho post by J. H. Jtose who stated that there are several hundred garments stored here but due to the fact that there wai a controversy between the WPA and ERA forces it was im ► possible to get any of the garments for distribution among the needy families. The matter has been taken up locally and with state offices of the government relief bureau but those making the requests have been sent from one headquarters to an other without any results. BACK WHERE HE STARTED FROM Bennettsville, S. C.—Frank Town send, Main street grocer, is a vol unteer fireman. Recently he heard the general alarm, dashed a block to the first station and swung aboard tho track to ride to the fire 1 rrwtly MfoM the street from his . stun . ** "•adie Mae Deal Repeats Honors High School Student Wins State Play Writing Contest For Second Straight Year For the second year in succession, Sadie Mae Deal, a student at the Rocky Mount high school, has won the original play writing contest con ducted for high schools of North Carolina. Miss Deal's work, "The Bridal Chamber," was chosen from a large list of entries as being the best or iginal play submitted by a hign school student in the state. An nouncement of Miss Deal's accom plishment was made by Mrs. Irene Fussier, Executive secretary of the Carolina Dramatic association. The judges met at Chapel Hill where tho contest was held. The winning play will be present ed in the Playmakers Theatre in Chapel Hill during the annual dra matic tournament which will be held the first week of April. Last year Miss Deal's work, "The Word of A Huckins" won the state contest. "The Bridal Chamber" is a trage dy. The setting of it is by the pic turesque Silver Springs of Florida Miss Deal received her inspiratioi for the play after a visit to the springs last summer. The young playwright is a member of the advanced class in dramatics of the Rocky Mount high school of which C. M. Edson is the instructor. o Arlington Street Church Nearly Out Of Debt The Arlington Street Baptist church has about realized their debt, which they have been strug gling under since 1922, the depres sion and the many other reverses had left the membership very mucd discouraged and with an indebted ness of A year Ago when Rev. O. N. Marshall was called as pastor, he found this situation and he began at once to look for a way out. The holders of the indebtedness were vsry cooperative and favorable to ward the First Baptist church aud with T. A. Avery leading in a campaign jointly with the church they have about discharged tho debt and soon will be able to an nounce the debt paid, and the time of dedication, which will be a great day for the Arlington Street Bap tist church. Biblical Drama To Be Given "The First Commandment" To Have Many In It—Slated March 4 "The First Commandment," por traying Joseph and his ten brothers, Moses and the giving of the com mandments, and the scene of Jesus' nativity, will be presented at the high school auditorium March 4, it was announced. This presentation is a Biblical drama, and will be given under the sponsorship of the Clark street Meth odist church as a community under taking. Miss Mary Pendergast, of Milbank, South Dakota, is here to di rect the production which will have about SO persons in the cast. It will begin at 8:30 o'clock the night of March 4, and will include for the musical portion a choir of 20 leading voices here, Miss Pen dergast outlined. The cast has not been selected but will be shortly. "The First Commandment" is de signed to portray essential religious truths as set forth in the Command ments of God, and rich oriental costumes, a well-devised lighting system, and a group of well-trained local people are envisaged for the production. Miss Pendergast had charge of this same play in Salisbury and Danville Va., in this section. NEGRO MERCHANT DIES OFTER LONG SICKNESS James Sessoms. pioneer Negro merchant of the city, died follow ing a lingering illness of two years. He was 77. He retired four years ago from the active work of his store which he operated for 17 years. Funeral services were held from Mount Zion Baptist church of which he was a member and was in charge of his pastor, Dr. M. A. Hunt er assisted by Rev. J. H. Clant-on, pastor of Saint James Baptist church. The services were held Thursday afternoon at three o'clock. Surviving are his widow, four dau ghters, Mrs. Walter C. Bryant, Mrs. Handy Gray, Daisy Sessoms, and Blanche Sessoms, of New York; one son, Innis and a number of grand children. Stocks on the "big board" gained $3,218,965,497 in January. President moves to cancel billions of unused credit authorizations. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1936 Health Officer Assumes Duties Tarboro, Feb. 19.—Dr. L. L, Parks, new Edgecombe county health officer, took over duties of the office here Wednesday. He came here from Auburn, Ala., where he was connected with the Alabama board of health for the last five years. A native of Glea son, Tenu., he received his acade mic and medical training at Vander bilt Lmversitp ana served his in ternship at Hillman Hospital, BLr* mingham, and Ford Hospital, De troit. He had been with the Alabama health department continuously since 1930 except for a year spent at the Johns Hopkins School of nygiene and Public Health, 1933-34, and for some time in CCC camp work He is a captain in the Medicat Re serve Corps. Dr, Parks succeeded Dr. A. D. Gregg, whose resignation became ef fective last December 15. m '■. i"i LUXURIOUS STATEROOMS ON "QUEEN MARY" Almost All Cabin Class Staterooms Will Have Connected Bath And Toilet—Many Tourist Rooms Will Have Private Bath, And 80 Per cent Will Feature Private Toi lets Adjoining Happening to drop in at the of-> flees of Graham Dozier your corre spondent could not help observing their excitement over details, just received, regarding luxurious acco modations on the "Queen Mary," new Cunard White Star superliner now being groomed for her maiden voyage next May. "More individual room for passen gers than ever before," said Mr. Do zier "will be the keynote of the Queen Mary, for despite her im mense size (she is the first ship in the world to exceed 1,000 feet along the waterline) the new ship will carry less than 2,100 passengers in all three classes." "This is the reason why the Queen Mary's magnificient terraced decks have a total space of 112,320 square feet, or more than the area of 2 1-3 American football fields, providing exceptional opportunities for deck sports, promenading or lounging in "hundreds of declc chairs. "Even more important, however, is the fact that passengers will en joy more spacious, better lighted and better ventilated staterooms. Not only are a greater portion of the staterooms outside rooms, but in Cabin Class, nearly every room has its own connecting bath and toi let. In Tourist Class a goodly num ber ot' rooms will have private bath rooms and fully 80 percent of the rooms will feature private toilets adjoining. "The Cabin Class staterooms are the last word in restrained modern ism and have been indicidually de signed by famous British artists. A passenger crossing the Atlantic may thus occupy a room decorated in one style and on his return'occupy one of entirely different lines, as there are no fewer than 26 separate types of treatment in the staterooms. "For the sake of variety some of these beautiful de luxe staterooms are paneled entirely in wood, while others are various combinations of woodworks, fabrics, and tints of paint. No less than 21 rare woods, ranging from Australian maple to Swedish pine, have been employed to create unrivalled aratistic efforts, while the general color scheme of the hangings and carpets will be iu rich shades of gold, blue and green. "Separate supplies of hot and cold air will pour into each state room, under the individual control of each passenger, quite aside from regular electric fans. Lighting will issue from concealed lights or grace ful bracket lamps on the walls, with separate illumination for dressing tables and reading lamps. "Unique 'extra' features include an individual telephone, by which passengers may communicate with other pafts of. the ship or with friends on either side of the Atlan tic. An electric clock, wall plugs for the curling iron and an electric heater which supplements the regu lar heating system, are also includ ed. "Even in Tourist Class staterooms notable improvements are evident, including modern thermotank venti lation under the passenger's con trol, electric fans, box-spring mat tresses. ample storage space for wardrobe trunks and an unusual number of private bathrooms and toilets. "Good news to thousands of stu dents, teachers and other tthrifty people who travel Third Class, is the fact that the Queen Mary will actually offfcr rooms for two or four which will compare favorablp with First Class accomodations of only a few years ago. Some of the most notable features of these Third Class staterooms include: ther motank ventilation, electric tans, reading lights with special direct downward beams over ea£h berth, ceilings and walls that unlike the past style are completely covered, concealing the steel construction of the ship, mahogany bedsteads witn box-spring mattresses and hot and cold running water in washbasins." December net operating income of Class 1 rails rose 21.3 per cent. Bank clearings In 22 cities up 3 per cent from year ago. When the Smelt Are Running - - \ * m 1 Millions of guaetts are heading upstream In the rivers of the state of Washington on (Heir way to' the spawning grounds. The residents harry ant to catch all they can, using everything to dip out the fish and carry tbeia borne. This man has been using a bird cage to scoop up the smelt from tbo» Cowlitz river, and loads them Into a doll buggy. ' • ■ ? I ■ Do Something Now ! i ■ The outlook for the farmer is very gloomy at this time. The committee of Governors meeting in Washington seem to have admitted the failure of their mission apparently before they had even gotten started. We read in the paper this morning that our Governor states that they could not hope to do anything this year. Now when do those who represent us expect to do any thing for us? The tobacco seed, in many instances, has not even been planted and it takes about two and one half months to get large enough to transplant. I believe it would have been better, if the farmers them selves had gone to Washington and let the Congress and Supreme Court kn|w their feelings. It is unfortunate that the Governors conference should have admitted their failure so soon. When President Roosevelt was inaugurated on March 1, 1933, he did not delay, he never said it was too late. He put legislation on the books that gave immediate relief to the farmers, which relieved the destitute condition of the country. He never said anything about the time being short! It is true that Senator Bailey got up on the floor of the Senate and worked against the first farm relief bill, saying that he was from a toabcco state and said the Pres ident's legislation would do no good. He was wrong. It did do good. The price of tobacco was raised from 8c to 20c that fall. . When those who were against this legislation failed to deter the President with the argument that it was too late, it was then the first Liberty League talk of destroying the country began to appear that the Constitution was being violated because the President was undertaking to clothe the naked and feed the hungry. The farmers should insist on something being done im mediately, if it can be done in 1937, in can be done in 1936. The farmers can not afford to have this crop of 1936 taken from them and unless something is done to protect them, we fear the consequences. TOO MUCH MONEY At a meeting of the Board of Aldermen last Friday night, bids were open for the re-modeling of the old Mason ic Temple. The lowest bid being around $76,000. We are not prepared to say that the bid was too high, for we are not acquainted with the specifications, but we are prepared to say that $76,000 is entirely too much money to .be spent in re-modeling this building. It would appear to us that $25,000 should be the great est amount that the city should undertake to spend on this building. . . Plain, convenient, comfortable construction is all that »s necessary. To do more would be wasting the tax payers money and we commend the Board of Aldermen for turn ing the proposition down. Our recent heavy expenditure has made some of us lose our idea of the value of a dollar. Before the great bank failures, most of the banks ad vertised with pictures of their great buildings. It appear ed that those with the biggest buildings were the first ones to break. So now, you never see a bank advertised with a picture of its building. Rocky Mount has been fortunate in that it has not bur ied much of the public money in fine buildings, fine offices and swivelled chairs for its employees. Let us not start it this late date. 100,000 VISITORS IN NEW ORLEANS Over Half Million Persons Pay Homage To Rex, Lord Of This Rule; Miss Cora Jahncke Is Paid Clty'a Greatest Social Honor, That Of Being Qneen Of The Mardi Gras New Orleans, Fe. 25.—New Or leans became a bedlam of carnival hilarity today as the whole city joined once more in mass celebra tion of Mardi Graa. Business paused as young and old took to the streets to pay homage to Rex, Lord of this Rule, and his consort in a getting of glamorous parades, singing and dancing by grotesquely costumed maskers and i impromptu pageantry. Ruben E. Tipton, vice president , of the Lykes Brothers-Ripley Steam i ship Company; ruled as Rex, King ' of Carnival. j The citv's greatest social honor, that of being queen, fell to Miss Cora .Jahncke, daughter of former assistant secretary of the navy Ern . est Lee Jahncke. [ Warm weather and a forecast that ' no rain would fall brought praeti ■ cally all of the city's almost 500,- 000 inhabitants from their homos to I join in the fun with approximately > 100,000 visitors, i o i "Pocket" radio broadcasting sta ' tion is perfected by NBC PARAGRAPHS PROBLEMS AT Thomas Accepts Fire School Post Assistant Chief Named On Fire Col lege, Drill School Group t J f N. Thomas, assistant fire chief since 1929, has accepted a place on the Firp College and Drill School committee of the North Car olina Firemen's association follow ing his unanimous selection for the post by the executive committee ot the association. Mr. Thomas, who since 1932 has been acting as assistant to the in structors of the yearly fire schools held in this state, will now be a regular instructor, having been nam ed an additional member of the fire college and school drill committee. Sherwood Brockwell, state fire marshal and conductor of the -early firemen's training school, indicated in a letter that Mr. Thomas' work "in this First School has been won derful and has made him the most popular instructor on the staff." Mr. Brockwell, who spoke only a short time ago at the annual fire toen's banquet here, said in a com munication notifying the assistant phief of his selection, "Your work in the development of this major undertaking of the association has been outstanding and certainly jus tifies this recognition." The fireman's school this year will be in Wilmington in May. o Arthur Everette Buried At Tarboro Tarboro, Feb. 2o.—Funeral servi ces for Arthur Edgar Everette, 43, were held from his home here at three o'clock this afternoon with burial following in Greenwood cem etery. Mr. Everette died in a local hos pital Sunday night after a five day illness with pneumonia. He was a machinest employed by Runnymede mills and numbered many friends in Tarboro. Surviving are his widow, six sons and daughters, Betty. Arthur, Lucy, Ruby Mae, William and Thomas, all of this city, and one brother, J. T. Everette, of Greenville. Alice Suiter Jr Will Compete Alice Suiter was elected by the seniors of the Rocky Mount high school to represent them in a stat? wide contest sponsored by the R. A. R. Miss Suiter's record of schol arship citizenship, character, and service will be submitted to the judges who will select the winner for North Carolina. Every state in the country will se lect a representative who will be the guest of the D. A. R. at its an nual congress at Washington, D. C., which will be held in April. The se- Oq I[IM. laUUIAV OJBJS 3l[J JO Uuj(.>o[ made at Asheville early in March. Maude Battle was the representa tive of the Rocky Mount high school last year. LIVING 100 YEARS NOT NOW UNUSUAL Living for a century is no loner as uncommon as one might inm gine. The average length of life Is steadily getting longer. Women are more likely to reach a ripe old age than men. So reports the current Illinois Health Messenger, drawing conclu sions from a study of mortality statistics in that state. One in each 2,000 persons who die in Illinois has reached the ago of 100 or more. "To live for 80 years is now al most ordinary. More than one in each 10 people who die have reach ed their eightieth birthday. "Living for at least 80 years grows constantly more frequent. Thus in 1910 only 6.9 per cent of all deaths in Illinois were among people who had lived for more than 80 years, while in 1934 the proportion was 10.- 8 per cent " $2,249,178,375 is demanded by the President to settle the bonus. NOTICE Those desiring to subscribe to The Rocky Mount HeraH nay do so by sending SI.OO with name and address to The Rocky Mount Herald, Rocky Mount, M. C. Name Town . State , Route No SI.OO PER YEAR ON NATIONAL WASHINGTON By Hugo Sims, Special Washlngtoa Correspondent CONGRESS LOOKS AHEAD LIMITED TVA VICTORY BIG QUESTION AHEAD THE SHIPPING SUBSIDY SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS , MONEY FOR WAR CONCERNING INFLATION ROOSEVELTS ATTITUDE Encouraged by the progress of the agricultural adjustment bill, congressional leaders believe that it is now possible to wind up the session early in May. The decision of th eSupreme Court on the TVA saved Congress a lot of time as an adverse decision would have been followed by heavy oratory and possibly the necessity for new leg islation to deal with the develop ment. The neutrality debate threatened to delap matters in the Senate, al though House action was quickly secured under a. so-called "gag" rule, limiting debate to twenty minutes to each side. A renewed effort on the part of a group of senators headed by Senator Nye, to put real teeth in the resolution to empower the President to embargo materials of war, as well as arms and ammunition, might revive thia issue and force the writing of per manent legislation at this session. This would require many days and invite a prolonged filibuster on the part of those who oppose even the simple extension of existing Uuv which was sent to the President last week. Otherwise, Congress must pas# a tax bill, an appropriation for work relief and the regular depart mental supply bills, but these should not present real obstacles to aa early adjustment. The opinion of the Supreme Court in the TVA does not appar ently dispose of some constitutional que&tions involved in other cases that attack the right of the Feder al Government to provide funds to municipalities and other political sub-divisions for the erection of competing electric, gas or other util ity systems. There are a hundred or more PWA cases pending in the courts that bring up this question. They involve about $1,000,000,000 of power construction projects, most of them linked with irrigation, nav igation, flood control, and erosion programs. Two of the cases have reached Circuit Courts of Appeal but there is no indication as to when they will reach the Supreme Court. In its majesty opinion on the TVA, the Court rendered no decision in connection with any other dam or power development in the Tennessee Valley. It did not pass on the valid ity of the Act creating the Tenn essee Valley Authority or make any pronouncement on the board pro gram now underway in that area. The Court decided that the Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals was constitu tionally constructed, and that the purchase of transmission lines to carry surplus power to a market was valid. Arguing the case before the Court, the TVA attorneys narrow ed the whoie case to whether Con gress may construct dams to con trol navigation and floods for the national defense, and whether it may contract for privately owned transmission facilities to carry tho surplus power to market. The Court's decision was restricted to this nar row basis. The Government's strate gy excluded evidence that the con ception and practice of TVA was far more than an agency to dispose of the surplus energy created during the process of regulating naviga tion and preparing for war. While no explanation was expect ed for the 59-day deliberation of the Court—longer than that requir ed to decide any New Deal case— it appears to have been caused by the attitude of four Justices who took the position that the plaintiffs, having no case, had no proper stand ing in Court and their action should have been dismissed. On the decision itself the vote of the Court was eight to one with Justice Mcßey nolds, dissenting, holding that the purpose of the TVA must be judg ed on all available facts. On this basis he found the entire scheme un constitutional. On the heels of the victory, the Administration is preparing to set up additional power authorities to (Please tnrn to page eight)