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The Rocky Mount Herald VOLUME 4, NO. 4 C'sftrities Board Elects Officers Mrs. J. E. Lambert Becomes Chair man And M. D. Munn Vice Chairman V Mrs. J. E. Lambert was elected chairman of the Board of Associat ed Charities at the annual meeting of the board . Mrs. Lambert suc ceeds Mrs. J. P. Whitehead. M. D. Munn became vice chair man of the board in the election of /•ifticers for th e year, succeeding K. D. Battle. N. D. Edmondsou was elected treasurer to succeed Mrs. C. G. Smith. Miss Susie Battle as executive sec retary and E. H. Austin as record ing secretary were re-elected. Mrs. Lambert, with the execu tive Qommittee of the board plans an extensive survey of the work be l ing done by the Associated Charities, i it was indicated at the meeting. New | policies of administering the work of the charities will be inaugurated conditions require them, Mr. Aus tin reported. The executive committee is compos ed of the officers of the board. The Board of Associated Charities itself includes the chairmen of the social service committees in each of the churches in th e city and several other citizens interested in charita fble works. Miss Battle as executive secretary and Mrs. C. G. Smith as treasurer delivered reports at the meeting, covering the board's activities during the past year. City Bond Issue Sold At Premium Aycock Says Interest On Tart Of Issue Is "Lowest in City's History" Rooky Mount's general re funding bond issue, to provide funds for the Jordan street rail road underpass and additional funds for the new city hall, was bought today by McAlister, Smith and l'ate of Baleigh at slightly above par and part of the issue will bear the low est interest rate in Kocky Mount's experience. The bond issue sold for $43,068.80 with, the first $24,000 of maturities to bear three £gl_cent interest and the remainder 2 3-4 per cent. City Manager L. B. Aycock this ifternoon called the 2 3-4 per cent interest which the last $9,000 of the maturities bear "the lowest interest rate ever placed on a Rocky Mount city bond." Th contract for the Jorda n street railroad underpass, which part of the bond issue was to finance, has al ready been let to F. A. Tripplett of Chester, South Carolina, Highway Commission Chairman Capus Way nick informed Mr, Aycock. The board of aldermen will con sider Thursday night a proposal for immediate action to tunnel or re route the ACL railroad tracks which split Main street. Well informed citizens expect the aldermen to fav or the proposal and to make ar rangements for suspending any pro portions to build the underpass until the railroad removal project has been further investigated. „ The $200,000 Jordan street under pass would not be necessary if the railroad tracks were submerged in to a tunnel through the business district of the city, but it could be used if the tracks wero re-routed around the city. Offer Suggesticns To Check Blue Mold No onea has been able to dis cover a sure-cure for blue mold, the disease that costs tobacco .growers thousands of dollars a year. But there are a number of things growers can do to lessen the dam age blue mold does .to their plant beds, said Dr. Arthur Shaw, ex tension plant pathologist at State College. Locate the seed beeds in warm places where the siin can shine on them all day long. When possible, make new beds some distance away from the old ones. If old beds must be used again, first burn or stem the soil to kill the disease organism. Before seedlings appear in the new b&" destroy all hold-over qr vol tobacco plants that come up in ti.d old beds. Sow more seed than needed, so ' that if some of the seedlings arc damaged, there will still be a supply of healthy plants. Several small beds sctttered over tli€> ' farm are safer than one large bed. Sow the beds early, but not too thickly, as a moderate stand of , plants gives th 6 best results. As soon as weather permits, re move the canvas covers during the day to let in sunshine and fresh air. If necessary to speed the growth of diseased plants, water them with a solution of nitrate of soda. Transplant the seedlings before blue mold appears. If the disease attacks them, leave them in the seed bed until they recover. Don't set out diseased plants. Spraying them is a waste of time and money. Growers who wish further infor mation may secure it in extension circular No. 207, "Approved Prac tices in Handling Tobacco Plant Beds," which may bo obtained free from the agricultural editor at f State College, I)r. Shaw pointed out. j jd UNITED STATES SENATOR ****** It is too early to anticipate the course of the new Seventy-fiftl Congress in reshaping Fedaral pro grams and Federal activities in the light of the brighter economic skies that have followed in the wake of depression storms. However, there is every indication that the Congress will give more than usual study to each recommendation that may call for larger expenditures, increased ac tivity and new functions of govern ment. Evidence of this is already avail able in the form of the unprece dented interest in the estimates of income and expenditures—the Fed eral budget—submitted to the Con gress by the President. Thus it is obvious that expenditures must be justified on the basis of the con tribution they will make to the pub lic welfare. Predictions of a "rubber stamp" Congress by reason of the sweeping victory of the President last Novem ber, .and the top-heavy Democratic majorities in both Houses are not borne out by developments to date. THE BUDGET—The Federal bud get for the fiscal year 1037, as sub mitted by the President, calls for expenditures of .roughly $65 for each man, woman and child in the United States. It also calls for tax es in amount of s4i>, on the aver age, for every individual, adults and youngsters. The difference of S2O represents the deficit. Let's look at the budget anoth er way. John Jones can maintain his .family budget and keep incon\e and expenditures balanced so long as the latter adher 0 rigidly to the budget. But if some mishaps befall the Jones family, requiring unusual expenses, the hjad of the household has to borrow. From then on, in come must be increased or expendi tures slashed, else the budget loses caste. That is what happened to the Fed eral budget. In the absence of ade quate income to cover the emergen cy outlay and in the face of main tenance of regular expenditures, there has been a deficit. In other words, multiply the Jones problem about three million times and you have a picture of the Federal sit uation, which, however, is getting better as regards increasing reve nues. The $8,000,000,000 budget for the fiscal year 1937, is around $3,000,- 000,000 above the 1932 level, due to relief expenditures, farm-aid, adjust ed compensation for veterans, So cial Security, recovery programs and so on. The 1937 total may be raised or lowered by the Congress as hear ings are held on various appropria tion bills. Have these increased ex penditures been justified? Congress will decide. PRESIDENT'S VlEWS—President Roosevelt's thoughts on the subject can best be expressed in his own words as follows: "The programs inaugurated during the last four years to combat the depression and ti initiate many need ed reforms have cost large sums of money, but the benefits obtained from them are far outweighing all their costs. W 0 shall soon be reap ing the full benefits of those pro grams and shall have at the same time a balanced budget that will also include provision for reduction of the public debt. "The fiscal plans of the Federal Government of these four years have been formulated with two objec tives in mind. Our first was to re store a successful economic life to the country, by providing greater employment and purchasing power for the people, by stimulating a more balanced use of our productive ca pacity, and by..increasing the na tional income and distributing it on a wider biyse of prosperity. Our second was to gain new advntages of permanent value for the Amer ican people. Both of these objec tives can be accomplished under a sound financial policy. "Business conditions have shown each year since 1933 a marked im provement over the preceding year. Employment in private industry is increasing. Industrial production, factory pay rolls, and farm prices have staedily risen." SURE RECOVERY SlGN—What ever may be the final appropriations for Federal operations, one sure sign of recovery is the estimated increase of $1,712,000,000 in Federal taxes for the fiscal year 1937 as compar ed to 1936. This increase is, of course, predicated on the maintenance of present' tax rates, and renactment of the long list of excise nd so-call ed nuisance taxes scheduled to ex pire in June. SPEAKING OF BUDGETS—WhiIe there is tremendous interest in bud get-balancing. few people realize that the Federal Government ope rated for more than a century wityi (Please turn to page four) ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1937 Rivers Rise In All Parts State Raleigh, Jan. 20.—Protracted rains sent two North Carolina rivers— the Yadkin and the Roanoke—out of their banks today. The Roanoke at Weldon was three feet out of its banks and Meteor ologist Leo A. Denson said it would rise two feet more during the day, and probably two more tomorrow. The Yadkin inundated many acres of lowlands along its upper reach es, but damages was negligible. Trib utary creeks near Winston-Salem were several feet out of their banks. A 36-hour downpour yesterday brought the rainfall in the Yadkin watershed to a foot jn 48 days. FoTsyth county (Winston-Salem) schools and nine school units in nearby Wilkes county were closed duo to the bad condition of roads. The Neuse and Tar rivers in the eastern part of the state wer e ris ing steadily. Sunday Hours Set For Spring Hope Spring Hope, Jan. 10.. —In their regular monthly meeting the town board of Spring Hope passed a new ordinance requiring all business firms to close during church hours Sunday and Sunday night. The clos ed hours are 9:00 to 1:00 and 7:00 to 9:00. Penalty for violation was set at SSO for each offense. The board also issued a warning notice .to all payers of license tax that unless paid at once they will proceed to collect by law. City fi nances and other civic topics receiv ed some discussion also. '"lie full membership of the board was present,, namely, Dr. F. G. Cham blee, P. E. Daniel, B. C. Delbridge, A. T. May and C. H. May. o Weather Delays Peanut;' Harvest Windsor. Jan. 18.—Rainy, sultry and damp weather lias prevented the harvesting of some of the Ber tie peanuts raised in 1930; many of the peanut crops grown by Bertie farmers still remain in the fields. There are also, a few scattered patches of cotton remaining unpick ed. On the other hand, despite weath er conditions, some farmers have finished harvesting 1936 crops, and are already at work, looking for ward to this year's crop. Some have begun to prepare tobacco beds in the edges of the woods. It seems to pay to "make hay while the suu shines." Wilson 4-H Clubs Plan For Event Wilson, Jan.—Wilson county's 4-H clubs will hold their annual Achievement day at the Frederick Woodard school auditorium here Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at which time B. Troy Ferguson, Dis trict Extension agent of Raleigh will be the principa.l speaker, it was an nounced by Miss Lois Rainwater, home demonstration agent and J. A. Marsh, assistant county agent here. At the same program various 4-H club members and individual clubs of the county will give several- pro grams. Awards will also be made to out standing clubs and club members in thp county at that time. Also, every club member in the county who has submitted a satis factory record during the past year in various 4-H club projects will be awarded a certificate l)y Miss Rain water and Mr. Marsh. Miss Mary Anna Jones, president of the 4-H Club County Council, will preside over the meeting. County Couple In Motor Wedding The motor wedding is the newest form of matrimonial ceremony in Johnston county. Miss Eleanor Johnson of Four Oaks, Route 3, and J. C. Holmes of Benson, Itoute 2, were married in a moving automobile Tuesday. The marriage license was secured at Smithfield, county seat of John ston, and the couple motored to the home of Elder Xure Lee in Samp son county to be married. To make the marriage legal, the ceremony had to take place in the county that issued the license. Th e couple, therefore, persuaded the minister to ride with them across the line into Johnston where ho performed the ritual as the car rolled aloaig bumpy, country roads. Mr. and Airs. Holmes will be at home near Benson. o "A home-made Briek Brooder" is the title of Extension Folder 30, prepared by David S. Weaver and C. 11. I'arrish. Copies aro free to North Carolina poultry growers on application to the Agricultural Edi tor at State College. Restore Cabin Birthplace of Gen. Grant The living room in the plain two-room cabin in which Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, eighteenth President of the United States, was born. The cabin has been restored to its original site at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, after an absence of more than fifty years, and has been furnished as far as possible with household belongings of the Grant family. Jesse Grant and his young wife were in poor circumstances at the time their 3on, UlysSes, was born. Some time later they moved to G;jrgetown in an adjoining county. There they prospered and were able U build a comfortable two-story home of brick and stone. Better Go Very Slow The question of making the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road Company move its tracks out of the city, or else tun nel under the city is a very important matter to the rail road, to the city, and its entire citizenship. Interest is easily stirred up and meetings are easily gotten together and action hastily taken without due consideration. The impetus given by the railroad to Rocky Mount in days past caused it to develop and grow as no other eastern town has grown and for this reason we should proceed with extreme caution and care. The city of Petersburg has now become almost a flag station for the Atlantic Coast Line and if the railroad is caused to feel that their presence is not appreciated or de sired, it is possible that many of our imoovtant trains may go by Rocky Mount as is done by Petersbivg today, to the -great inconvenience of its citizens. Roc. y v Mount needs the railroad and of course the railroad neeiu; Rocky Mount. The gates since being installed have been administered very well and travel has been practically without accidents. We do not believe that the railroad will undertake to tunnel the city of Rocky Mount with the simall population that it has. If they are required to move too far, which will increase their distance, we feel quite sure that many of the important trains that we have the use of now, will not then be at our convenience. The Board of Aldermen should give this matter the serious consideration which its importance deserves. Where would the merchants be during the building of the tunnel? PROMISE MUST BE KEPT If the sales tax is not removed from all necessities of life, we are afraid that our people will not have the same future respect for North Carolina's democracy, so far as carrying out solemn pledges to the people. Below is what the platform stated: Economic improvement will now permit the immediate elimination of the sales tax levy on ALL necessities of life and on meals at boarding houses and all public eating places and hotels. The Democratic party pledges itself to accomplish this in the 1937 session of the General Assembly. —State Democratic Platform. Now, with this clear declaration on the subject, the leg islature is undertaking to ignore this promise to the peo ple, at least that peems to be the trend of discussion by some of its members. What is a necessity? Are not all good foods a necessity, all reasonable wearing apparel of moderate cost and household utensils? If the people cannot rely on the plat form of the party, on what can they depend and in wham can they place their trust? The last Governor said there would be no sales tax and yet he led the fight for it. This probably caused the party to make the promise. The party must not go back on the principles on which it abides, but stand fast by its platform. We cannot afford it. Large Crowd at Hearing Of Tobacco Compact Bill Farmers From Entire Tobacco Belt Show Intense Interest In This Reduction Program. Much Argu ment For Small Farmer With the argument for absolute protection for tho small farmer in th () bill led by Clarence Poe, editor of tl»e Progressive Farmer, and Harry B. Caldwell, State Lecturer of the Orange, sharp division of op inion prevailed Tuesday as in ex cess of three thousand farmers crowded into the Memorial Auditor ium. The hearing was originally schedul ed for th 0 Hall of the House but was moved to the auditorium when the impossibility of jamming the crowd into tho hall became appar ent. Ther 0 was piuch sentiment present for absolute protection for the small farmer in the bill, rath er than leaving it to th 0 local com mittees, as provided in the origi nal plan. There seemed little division of opinion as to the control program as such. Almost everyone in tho tobacco belt, faced with a rapidly rising acreage in Georgia and in Kentucky, feels the need for some form of control. In spite of tho increased demand it would be very easy to produce, even in North Carolina alone, more tobacco than the world could consume. The committee made 110 announce ment as to its decision, but it is understood that the original bill will •>o approved, and some protection for the small farmer be incorporat ed in a later measure. Local Nan Is Freed In Va. Richmond, Ya., Jan. 19.D. Fletcher Wilson, of Rocky Mount, N. C., was acquitted today in police court on charges of involuntary manslaughter resulting from the death of Thom as 11. Duke, 80, who was struck by Wilson's automobile hero Christmas day. Duke died Jan. 7, after contract ing pneumonia. When Wilson lear ed the manslaughter warrant had been sworn against him he earao hero and surrendered. o Tho short course for tobacco grow ers will be held at fetate College, January 18 to 22 and hundreds are expected to attend. PARAGRAPHS For Busy Folks NEWS The late Horace Greeley had his own definition for n ews, perhaps he would think the following news in this motorized age: E. S. Padison, of Nashville, N. C'., is reported to have recently torn down a garage and salesroom for automobiles nd built a livery stable instead. He is going to sell mules. BURLEY GOING STRONG It may mean ndthing as to a forecast of prices for bright flue cured tobacco, but Burley opened strong in Asheville and other North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky markets. It is reported as holding its own in price. KENTUCKY COMPACT The Bluegrass legislature passed a compact bill to limit the produc tion of tobacco, after adding an amendment to protect the, "one mule farmer. It is feared that it will fail to pass the constitutional test as it will forbid the planting of tobacco on some farms. THE SENTINEL Shades of William Pell, Seaton Gales, and Josiah Turner, Jr.! Again there is to be a Raleigh Sentinel. If it lives up to the lustre of its famous namesake, and if it crackles with editorial genius as did the Sentinel in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when Turner, perhaps one of North Carolina's fore most editors of all time, was mak ing the enemies of the state squirm, then it will be a real addition to jNorth Carolina weeklies. It is to jbe printed in Zebulon for the time' being we understand. ROCKEFELLER TO OPPOSE W. B. Bruce, superintendent of the 35,000 acre Overhills estate in western Harnett, says that lie feels sure that relatives of the lat£ Percy Rockefeller will oppose the annexa tion of this part of Harnett to Lee, as proposed. "SYNTHETIC" VINEGAR TABOO Tile North Carolina Department of Agriculture says that it is illegal . • take ninety cents worth of acetic thirty gallons of 1120, even though it be pure water, and mix ing this i incoc.tion sell .iLfor .vinegar 34 barrels of the mixture was re cently poured out in Greensboro, and the department continuos to, "crack down." SISTER PERKINS TRIES Efforts made by Secretary of La bor Frances Perkins to effect a settlement of the General Motors strike were unsuccessful in spite of the fact that she attended the meoting i n person, and used all her powerful influence to find a so lution. The deadlock appears to continue with John L. Lewis determ ined to rule or else —in spite of the American Federation of Labor, the secretary of labor, and even the president. SOME SPEED Sucking oxygen through a rubber tube most of the time, Howard R. Hughes, millionaire sportsman, pilot, and movie producer, created a new record Tuesday when he drove his plane from Los Angeles to Newark, N. J., in seven hours twenty eight minutes, twentyfivo seconds. Nearly 334 miles per hour, rive and a half miles a minute! ROOSEVELT INAUGURATED Franklin Delano Roosevelt opened his second term as president when lie was officially inaugurated on VVed nesdy, January 20. He shows in his face and bearing that terrible weight of the last four years, but withal is cheerful,, happy and buoyant. Per haps he has never .been quite as popular as lie is today, as he begins his second term. I CIGARETTES UP Wholesalers of the popular brands announced Tuesday an advance "t fifteen cents per thousand. Profit margins are so close on cigarettes that this rise is expected to be reflected in retail prices. MORE TOBACCO Consumption of tobacco, domestic and foreign, is shown by recent re ports to be rapidly increasing. De partment of Commerce figures point to a good year for tobacco farmers unless excess acreage~is planted. Ex cessive stocks of the leaf have dis appeared, and in some cases less than a normal supply is on lind. MORE WATER For the fourth time in a month citizens of Eastern North Carolina aro warned of flood waters. Con tinuing rain has caused most of the streams to reach flood stage. Looks (Please turn to page four) NOTICE Those desiring to subscribe to The Rocky Mount Herald may do so by sending SI.OO with name and address to The Rocky Mount Herald, Rocky Mount, N. C. Name - - Town State , Route No. SI.OO PER YEAB Bill Passed For New Gymnasium The $30,000 bond issue passed al most a year ago in a general elec tion providing for the erection of a municipal gymnasium was made valid when it passed the house of representatives of the general as sembly in Raleigh. A bill was introduced in the as sembly by Senator L. L. Gravely giving the city permission to build the gymnasium. The bill passed the senate January 18. • A special wiabling act from the legislature was necessary before the gymnasium could be built. At the last session of the assembly, school boards were deprived of the power of issuing district bonds. The general election last Janu ary also provided for the bond is sue which made possible the new municipal stadium. Legislative Digest Tho State General Assembly haa been busy for the past week in re ceiving important bills, referring them to committees, and in exten sive anil intensive work by tho committees pnd sub-committees. Both branches seem determined that i straw hats am) shirt sleeves shall not catch them in Raleigh. Most ot , th 0 important work is yet to be done, but a good start is being made. Wednesday, January 13 A bill was introduced to make kid napping a capital crime in North Carolina, changing the trend of le gislation, which for more than a century has been lessening tho num ber of capital crimes. Th© hotly contested liquor issue was brought to the front by a bill for a state wide! referendum on whisky con trol. In an effort to make it easier for the election officials, a bill was in troduced to change the hours ot voting from the present status (sun rise to sunset) to 7:30 A. M. to 0:30 P. M. This bill also would cliangp the date of the primary from Saturday to Tuesday. Another state-wide measure would ban the sale and use of firewords in the state. Senator Pittman, of Sanford, ii tfOduiSßd ins proposed TiTirio reor ganize the Highway Department. Thursday January 14 A bill was introduced to provide for state-operated distilleries and wholesaling of liquors to counties that should vote wet in a propos ed county local option plan. Prof its of the retail sale would be split between counties and cities, the state taking the wholesale profit for its share. A bill was dropped in the hopper to provide for th© free elementary text-books advocated by Governor Hoey. A measure was presented to re due,, the minimum on auto tags to *'•00 and rates to 30c per hundred? ten cents less than the present rate* In another proposed law tho school s'*t-up would bo so chang ed as to give the control to tho State Superintendent. A proposal was presented to pro vide $--*,000,000 in bonds for bet terment of rural roads. Salaries of judges of election (Please turn to page four) Wholesalers Meet Here In Conference With Rales Supervisor George A. Sholtz, Jr., of Richmond, as tho principal speaker ainl other company officials in attendance, employes of the Southern Biscuit coinpny and Kastern Carolina wholesalers (father" ed here "Saturday for tuo meetings, A sales meeting was held at the Jiicks Hotel at 10:00 A. M., while a luncheon followed at 1 o'clock. I!. P. Shiflett, of Richmond, dis trict manager, was in charge of tha programs. The meetings, which brought to gether many wholesalers of this sec tion, had in attendance the follow ing business men and employes from Hocky Mount X. If. Ward, W G. Weeks, W. G. Weeks, Jr., H. J. Thompson, P. J. Smith, and E. M. Vann. • o Moist blotters in a plate may bo used to test garden and flower seeds now that tho nights are long and interesting little jobs are wel comed in the evenings. Lespedeza seed are scarce and high in price and it is a wise idea to secure now all that*will be needed for seeding on the small grain in February.