The Rocky Mount Herald
VOLUME 4, NO. 27
HEALTH ROOM
TO BE ADDED
_AT Y.M.C.A.
Board Of Directors Appove* New
Department For Individual Exer
cised
A health and individual workout
department for the Y. M. C. A. was
approved at the June meeting of the
board of directors.
The ■ new department, which will
be for men over 25 years of age,
will be equipped with various me
chanical exercisers, ray lamps, and
electric cabinet baths and is expect
ed to be ready for use about the
middle of July.
All of the present equipment for
individual work will be placed in the
new department.
The facilities have been pro
vided for to permit men who can
not attend the regular gym classes
to get the benefits of exercise and
health treatment®. Private lockers
and shower baths with a special at
tendant will be included in the new
setup a« outlined to the board of
directors at the meeting. A special
committee from the physical and
boys work committee worked out the
details and reported to the board
last night. The group includes M.
D. Munn, chairman; J. Q. Bobin
.son, and Dr. Adam T. Thorpe, Jr.
J. Q. Robinson , in reporting for
the committee, said, "The purpose
-of this department is preventative
and general conditioning and not
to diagnose or treat disease; rath
er to give the body a general ton
ing and coaditiofting thereby
building a natural resistance against
disease.
J Wilson Smith, inter-state sec
retary of the Y. ML C. A. who has
bis offices in Charlotte, was at the
meeting of the board and made a
short talk.
Standing committee reports were
heard from M. D. Munn, physical
and boys work; 0. G. Grigg,
bership; J. C. Bruswell, audit and fi
nance; E. J. Haley, House; I* E.
Hart, social; A Hicks, educational;
T. A. Avera, religious; and C, 8,
Taylor, vacancies.
Special committees reporting in
' eluded incorporation and bonding, J.
A. Harper; bleachers, J. Q. Robin
son ; itennis court, A. L. Brandon;
health department, J. Q. Eobinson;
and resolutions, IJ. E. Hart, J. A.
Harper, general secretary, reported
on the spring conference and the
special spring activities. j
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New Deal Record
In Supreme Court
The United States News recently
-compiled what it terms "The New
Deal's Won and Lost Record in the
Supreme Court."
Two court terms have been con
cluded in which Administration
measures have been decided. In 13
cases, the Administration has been
sustained. In 11 it has lost.
Cases in which it has been up
held include such measures as: Gold
devaluation, the TVA, the arms em
bargo, the silver purchase policy,
the 2nd Frazier-Lemke farm mort
gage moratorium act, the social se
curity measures.
Cases which it has lost involved
in NRA, the AAA, the Guffey Coal
Act, the Rail Pension Act, and the
Municipal Bankruptcy Act.
Most favorable to Administration
laws, says the News, was Justice
Cardozo, who east 19 yotes for New
Deal laws and 5 against .
Most-unfavorable waa justice Mc-
Reynolds—s for New Deal laws, 19
against.
It is' interesting to note that Car
dozo was appointed by a Republi
can—President Hoover; Mcßeynolds
by a Democrat —President Wilson.
James W. Winstead
Dies At Sharpsburg
Funeral Services Thursday—Suc
cumbed To Long Illness
James W'oodard Winstead, 59,
farmer of Sharpeburg, died at his
home early Wednesday following a
long illness.
Funeral services were held from
the home Thursday afternoon at
four o'clock with Rev. B. F. Ferrell,
Free Will Baptist minister officiat
ing. Interment followed at People's
Chapel in Wilson County.
Besides the widow, Mrs. Maggie
May Winstead, he is survived by a
son, Jerry Winstead of Rocky
Mount, route two; five daughters,
Mrs. L. H. Adams, Mrs. George Rob
bins, Mjs. Paul Vinson, Miss Mag
#gie Winstead, all of Sharpsburg,
and Mrs. V. L. Woodruff of Whi
takers; a brother, Lonnie Winstead
of this city and 18 graadchildren.
Active pallbearers'for the servic
es are L. K. Luper, T. L. Lynch, C.
D, Lynch, D. W. Davis, R B. Da
vis, and Sam Robbins
Honorary pallbearers included M.
A. Batchelor, D. W. Batchelor, H. P.
Massengale, L. R. Lancaster, J. H.
Pittman, J. F. Davis, Rosker Davis,
nnd Dr. E. C. McClees.
Am The Book Says
Mrs. Smith —What do I smellt
New Cook —The pie, ma'am 1 It's
burning and I can't take it oat for
len minutes.
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Preventing Trouble
Her father —Last night I saw
Alice sitting on your lap. Don't let
it happen again. Understand?
Jimmy—©are; after thia we'll
turn ouu the ligbu
IN WASHINGTON
WHAT
IS *
TAKING
N PLACE
BY
UNITED STATE SENATOR
_ .* )
There is widespread agreement
among members of Congress tha
the situation in Washington today,
whether it be called uncertainty or
by some other fame, is .primarily
due to the "fact that we have reach
ed another period of national re
adjustment when the future depends.
In large measure, on the course
that will be taken. How far shall
the Federal Government go in
changing present insticntionst
What shall be doae in the direc
tion of Federal control of hours and
wages, now ao vitally affected by
activities that are clearly inter
state commerce in character f
These questions press for _ ans
wers and there are n»any ideas as
to how they are to be found. In
other words, what is t ebe the con
cepts of in the future f
Those who look for guidance in
the events of the past are, of course,
studying the trends of the: bygone
days. For e«aovple, the Congres
sional Record of a 1(W yews ago
shows that some of the Congres
sional leaders of the past, many
of whom we regard as outstanding
statesmen, .were just as fearful for
the future in 1837, as.some of our
people are about what lies ahead
beyond 1937. But the developments
of the last hundred years have am
ply proven that the fears express
ed in 1837 were unfounded. There
is every reason for hope that the
fears of today are equally as un
founded.
True, problems of today are per
haps greater than ever before. No
community nor state is self-suffi
cient. The price which the Virgin
ia and North Carolina farmer will
get for his products is affected tyy
industrial employment in Ohio and
Pennsylvania. The ffbtlity of the
manufacturers of automobiles and
refrigerators in Indiana and Michi
gan to sell their products is affected
by conditions in Georgia and Tenn
essee. Emergencies in California,
lowa and Florida may curtail the
supply of food in New York .In oth
er words, wheiher we wish to ad
mit it or not, we have come to the
point where the Federal Govern
ment must help to find the solution
to problems the states cannot solve
alone. Howf Finding the answer
is what causes legislative uncertain
ty and slow movement of legisla
tive machinery. Too much import
ance depends on taking the right
course.
Nevertheless, there is growing
realization that something must be
done about regulating the forces
that have widened the gap between
wealth and numbers. There is also
realization that some of the pro
grams and policies already tried
must be reshaped in the light of the
experience developed.
The subject of highways, one of
importance to every citizen, offers
a splendid example of _ changing
concepts of Govetrnment 'responsi
bility over a long period of years.
At 'the outset, roads were built by
townships and comi|nunities. Later,
financial aid was given to counties
by slates —New Jersey being tho
first in 1891. By 1903, eleven states
were giving aid to counties and ten
years later, forty-two states were
aiding counties.
But even then highways were
being built around centers of pop
ulation and r.ot so much to connect
those centers at any considerable
distance from each other. The need
for interstate roads was begining
to be felt. Because of this need
there arose a strong public demand
that the United States Government
should contribute financially toward
road-building, as it had done a
hundred years before.
This demand took definite form
in 1916, is the passage of the first
Federal-aid bill, and later care the
Federal-aid act of 1921 which gave
us the for our present inter
state system of roads. And the sit
uation as applied to roads has now
developed in many other fields.
There is a loud clamor for Feder
al assistance in these other fields—
assistance in handling problems
states cannot control alone.
A&P HAS NEW
STORE NOW AT
ROANOKE RAP.
Roanoke Rapids, June 30.—The At
lantic and Pacific Tea Company mov
ed into its handsome new store
this morning. The building is fifty
feet wide and ninety feet deep,
with a suspension roof without any
center supporting columns. It is
recognized as being one of . the fin
est grocery stores in the South. The
entire front is covered with Corago
glass, with neon sign. Present for
the opening was around two thous
and people and the gave
away 65 pieces valued from $1 to
tach.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1937
WELFARE OF
NASH HAS A
BRANCH HERE
Nuh Residents Of The City May
Make Applications Here July 1
Nash county residents of Rocky
Mount need no longer after July 1
make the trip to Nashville to apply
for social security assistance or oth
er aid from the county welfare of
fice, Nash Superintendent of Wel
fare J. A. Glover stated today.
A branch office will be set up at
119 N. Washington street and begin
ning Thursday of this week will
be open daily, he said. Those who
live on the Nash county side of the
city will be able to make their appli
cations for any relief assistance with
in the administration of the Nash
county welfare office at the new
Washington street office, instead of
applying at Nashville.
The new office will be only a tem
porary arrangement, Mr. Glover
stated, but it will be maintained
until further notice is given through
the newspapers.
Rushing the office as soon as it
opens Thursday will not gain appli
cants any advantage, he advised, be
cause the Nash social security board
will consider each case on its own
merits, the most deserving cases to
receive first attention rather than
the cases first presented.
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Much Third Term
Talk In Capital
The announcement of Governor
Earle, of Pennsylvania, that he fa
vors a third term for President
Franklin D. Roosevelt has created
quite a flurry of talk throughout
the country, but particularly in the
capital. Members of Congress and
Senators expressed divergent views,
though Senitor Wagner, Democrat,
of New York, stated positively that
President Roosevelt told him he
■would not be a candidate for re
election.
As is well-known, there is no law
against a multiplicity of terms, but
George Washington set a precedent
that has been adhered to faithfully
when he refused a third term.
Governor Lauds
Security Act
Raleigh, June 30. Meeting at
the Carolina Hotel in Raleigh last
Friday afternoon, North Carolina's
County Welfare Superintendents!
heard Governor Clyde R. Hoey as
sert that the Btatp's new Social Se
curity Act, which goes into effect
on July 1, was "the most humane
legislative measure ever adopted."
''The Act is not perfect—no legis
lation is," Governor Hoey said, "but
it is a great forward step in car
ing for our unfortunates and un
derprivileged children and elderly
citizens.
"Childhood and age are both ap
pealing, especially among unfortu
nates, and it is my opinion that
human nature is getting better all
the time. We are becoming more
interested in the welfare of those
not so fortunate as ourselves. I
confiidently expect North Carolina
to be a better state in which to
live because of this legislation."
Governor Hoey told the welfare
workers that upon their wisdom and
judgment depended the success of
the Social Security program'.
"It is in your hands," he declar
ed, "and I know you will do yoi/r
utmost to discharge the task in a
capable manner."
The conference was held nndfit
the direction of Mrs. W. T. M
Commissioner of the States I
of Charities and Public
R. Eugene Brown, assistant
sioner, and Nathan H.
rector of the Division of
Assistance of the Welfare
mint, which will have
administering the new
fecting needy aged and
children.
Miss Lavinia Keys, of
ton, D. C., regional
of the federal Social Security
Stacey W. Wade, of
trict Social Security manager
ry McMullan,
general, who drafted the
cial Security Act; Mrs.
Yelton; Dr. Roma S. Cheek, H
of the State Blind
Rov M. Brown, of the Universal
North Carolina, and Miss I
Cassatt, director of the
Field Social Work of the
Department, were among the
ers at the conference.
Others who were heard
Assistant Commissioner
Miss Elma H. Ashton,
rector of the Field Social
vision; G. B. Woddell, of
ton, D. C., regional Social
auditor, and J. A.
tor of the Division of
sistance of the State
Charities and Public Welfar^J
Informal round-table
of various problems in
with the Social Security
for the state were indulged I
ing the morning and
sions of the" conference.
Penalty For DiaobedieiH
Aunt (severely)— When iH
small child I was told if I
I faces like that my face
i that way.
I Small Nephew—Then,.
you stop, auntief
Flying Hero Wins Coveted Mec al
Mm
JOB
MaJ. Gen. Frank R. McCoy, commandant of the Second corps area,
pins the Distinguished Flying Cross—the most coveted medal in Ameri
can military aviation—on the tunie of Lieut Richard Aldworth, U. S. A.
(retired), superintendent of Newark firport, at Mitchell field, where also
a formal ground and air review was bela, to honor fte uer ror an act
of heroism he performed more than ten years ago. The medal was
awarded to Lieutenant Aldworth by President Rooseyelt for his heroic
action of more than ten years ago when be deliberately crashed his dis
abled pursuit plane In the breakers off Rockaway beach, narrowly escap
ing death, rather than imperil a group of children on the sandy sbere,
where he might have landed safely.
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Saturday Night Closing
There seems to be some confusion in Rockj& Mount over
the store closing hours. One group of stores desire to
close Saturday night at 7 o'clock, while another group
and probably the majority group, desire to keep the stores
open Saturday night as usual. While we believe in short
working hours, Rocky Mount is a small city situated in
a great agricultural section, and the people have always
been accustolmed to trading here from all the surround
ing territory. We believe it would be a mistake for Rocky
Mount not to keep its stores open to a reasonable hour
Saturday nignts for the convenience of those who labor
practically all the week and desire to do their shopping
then.
Of course t „the object of the new labor law is two-fold:
to give shorter working hours and also to create more
employment. Now, these stores that wish tq close at 7
o'clock Saturday night, are they closing for the purpose
of giving their help shorter hours, or are they closing in
order to avoid employing additional help? This is the ques
tion to be considered. Are they doing it for the public in
terest or for their own?'
We believe it is just as necessary to afford a conven
ient place to trade on Saturday night, as it is to run base
ball on Sunday for the benefit of those who can't go in the
week.
SPEAKERS MISTOOK IMPORT OF CELEBRATION
We were honored by an invitation sent us by Honorable
Howard Jones of Warrenton, North Carolina, to attend
a memorial gathering for Nathaniel Macon, Tuesday, it
being the 100 th anniversary of his death. The celebration
took place at his home, Buck Springs Plantation in War
ren County. We were indeed sorry we could not attend.
According to press reports, it appears that Congress
man Kerr and John Skinner delivered their addresses
as a eulogy to the past Statesman but the other two speak
ers, the Governor and Dr. Archibald Henderson, instead
of talking about the Statesman, undertook to draw a
parallel, wondering what Nathaniel Macon would do with
the labor situation and relief situation if he were here to
day.
Dr. Henderson was very -much disturbed over the great
relief rolls, pronouncing Senator Glass and Senator Bai
ley. th* ftrrh nf thp .President, leaders of democracy
SUPPER HELD TO BOOST
ROCKY MOUNT MARKET
A MISTAKE
SAYS MGR.
SEC. OFFICE
"They've got me wrong," George
N. Adams, manager of the social
security field office in the post of
fice building said Wednesday.
Crowds of people filling the lob
by of the post office and overflow
ing Mr, Adams' office were the trou
ble. Somehow the • words spread
around that anyone who wanted to
apply to Nash or Edgecombe coun
ty welfare authorities for social se
curity old age assistance or for oth
er welfare aid must first "get a
card" from Mr. Adams.
That is absolutely wrong, he said
The only way he could imagine that
the idea was spread was that it
the beginning a few persons came
to his offico by mistake when they
should have gone to the county wel
fare offices. To help them out, Mr.
Adams would type on a card the
name of the office they should have
gone to, and send them on their
way. From that procedure, appar
ently, the notion spread that to get
help from the county welfare offi
ces, one must first go to the post
office "to get a card from the man."
It is not so, Mr. Adams repeated.
Keßidents of either the Nash or
the Edgecombe sides of the city of
Rocky Mount who want to apply
for social security old age assist
ance or any other sort of welfare
aid furnished by either of the coun
ties no longer have to make a trip
to Nashville or Tarboro, it has been
announced, but they should make
their applications at the office occu
pying li 9 N. Washington street.
That office is a branch of both the
Nash and the Edgecombe county
welfare offices, and will open for the
first time tomorrow.
2nd Summer Session
Bulletin W.C.U.N.G
Greensboro, June 30.—Bulletins
i for the second six weeks' term of
| the J937 Summer Session at the
Woman's College of the University
of North Carolina, which is to run
from July 19 until August 27, have
just come from the press, listing
25 courses in a dozen different
fields. Major emphasis is to be plac
ed on courses designed especially to
meet the needs of persons working
for a teaching certificate. Both
high school and elementary teachers
who are eligible may meet require
ments for life cer ificates. it is an
nounced.
Jamboree Off
To Official Start
Booming Cannon At Washington
Monument Heralds Start Of Big
Demonstration
Washington June 30.—* A booming
cannon at the base of the Washing
ton monument heralded the start to
day of one of the nation's biggest
youth demonstrations—the Boy
Scout Jamboree.
Upwards of 25,000 Scouts were
massed in khaki columns through 350
green at'res of historic ground for
the brief ceremonies.
The first shot, echoing from
Capito! Hill to the grassy Arling
ton slopes, was, a signal for the
hoys nnH their leader* to snrinc to
SI.OO PER YE AM
Business And Professional Man
Gather In Mangum's Warehouse
For Affair
Business and professional men of
the city met at 6:30 Tuesday night
in Mangum'a warehouse here for /
the annual tobacco market boosters'
supper. Ticket sale® for the sup
per progressed satisfactorily, Erie
H. Austin of the Chamber of Com
merce stated, and 200 to 250 were
present.
Talks about Rocky Mount's tobac
co market were the principal
items of the program, which waa
arranged by M. R. Bobbins.
The supper will launch a drive
in the city within a few days t»
raise funds for advertising the lo
cal tobacco market and shopping
centers through eastern North Caro
lina, Mb-. Austin said. The com
mitter in charge of the drive is T.
W. Coleman, chairman; M. F. Jones,
E. P. Spruill and A. L. Brandon.
Th e supper is an annual affair
sponsored by the Chamber of Com
merce and conducted by local busi
ness and professional men to pro
mote the growth of Rocky Mount
as a tobacco market and as a trad
ing center.
Serving with Mr. Bobbins on the
arrangements committee for the
boosters' supper are: W. Grorer
Bobbins, E. H. Reaves, Gordon
Smith, W. H. Sills, H. H. Strand
bergh, E. P. Spruill, Jr., George
Arrington, R. 8. Conyers, Guy
Barnes, R. W. Bauer, J. L. Outu
rnings and Ben Bunn.
SLOT OWNERS
BATTLE LAW
Former Governor Ehrlnghaaa Em
ployed To Attack Aet'a Consti
tutionality
Fayetteville, June 25.—The sheriff
o| Cumberland County, the chief
of police of Fayetteville, the attor
ney general of North Carolina, and
all other law enforcement officera
of the State are restrained from en
forcing that section of the publia
jaws of 1937 relating to slot mach
ines, by a temporary restraining
order signed by Judge N. A. Sin
clair and died in the office of the
clerk of the court here.
The order, issued at the request
of the Vending Machine Company
of Fayetteville, is returnable be
fore Judge Sinclair here June 2H
at 2:30 o'clock. At that time At
torney General A. A. F. Seawell,
Sheriff N. 1! McG.vichy aii'l I • ••e
lef Barn j Mcßryc', » • directed
appear i*Jore Jud,; - • -In!: mul
shew t-au.s.' whv L .i nrUer -i.i'.iill
vol be m.iJe pe-ma •. • i
The request for rlu. mrainug
order was made in behalf of the
Vending Machine Company l',V
law firm of •ih'Migham, Royal L
Oosney and Smith of Rale gh, and
Malcolm McQueen oi F*yett«;\i'lc.
The complain l : alleges tnat the
law prohibiting tlr» us°, possession
or transportation oi coin opeiated
machines, which would become ef
fective July 1, is violation of both
national aud Statj Constitutions.
Particularly cited ia this .connection
aro Article One, Sewion Ten, of
the United Sates Constitution, re
lating to contracts; and Article One,
Sections One and Seven, of the
Constitution of North Carolina.
It is claimed that the plaintiff
would be deprived of its property
and other valuable assets without
due process of law were this act
enforced. It also contended that the
law is ''vague, uncertain and con
tradictory."
The is made in
to the