The Rocky Mo
VOLUME 4, NO. 30
LOCAL SCHOOL
ACCEPTED BY
ASSOCIATION
The Carolina School of Commerce
has admitted to the Ameri
, ean of Commercial Col
leges, L. B. Thomas, president of
F the school, announced today that ho
* has been informed by the president
■ of the association.
The association includes a« mem
! iters more than 125 business colleges
' throughout the United States and
Canada, Mr. Thomas said, and re
quires certain standards to be main
tained by its members. The associa
tion also sponsor*, he said, the Pi
Bho Zeta fraternity, a student or-
I ganisation of fellowship and scholar
ship. The association offers to a
student in a member school aid
from other member schools, Mi,
, Thomas stated.
| Marconi, Inventor
Of Wireless Dies
I"
SWas Om Of The Great Men Of The
Ag*—Heart Paralyria Fatal—Was
Working Oi New Theory—Musso
lini Pva Reapeets
| j« Guglielmo Marconi whose genius
I gave wireless communication to the
| world, died Tuesday, of heart dis
-1 jsase, in Italy.
H Radio, which he developed and
! helped perfeet, carried to the far
\, corners of the earth, and to ships
' At sea, the news of the death of
V one of th e great men of this age.
i t He was in a sense a revolution
l Ist, because he ehanged the course
i of events and perhaps of history.
{ Because of him continents and na
t. tions have been brought within sec
tda of *ne another and man's voice
the earth with the speed of
i ! lights Though a man of science and
L. at peace, he wrought greater chang
|f es in th« lives of more millions of
I men than Lenin, Mussolini, and the
I other political revolutionists of his
F ifenttatioa.
The great man who had been
if honored by all nations, was so shy
\ that he was but a name to all ex
cept a few intimates.
Ho was 63 years of age.
. JHve hours after his death, Pre
r mier Benito Mussoliai arrived alone
it the Carconi palace in the heart
I if Rome, signed the visitor's book,
md went to the simple death cham
%r on the second floor where he
prayed for 15 minutes.
Jnareoni had been honored perhaps
I Jbeyoad the measure of any of the
I other great men of his generation.
HJSis own country had elevated him
fto the nobility —he was the Marchese
• •Guglielmo Marconi—he had been a
: recipient of the Nobel prize in
- 3>hysics, he had been decorated by
.a score of nations, his name had
b»«n taken into many languages
as a noun synonym of radio, and
icores of universities had given him
, Honorary doctorates.
I But the most symbolic of all his
l honors, was a gold medal presented
' by the survivors of the Titanic, all
v'of whom were alive because of him.
, Before Marconi, the survivors of
: (hip disasters floated on wreckage
. until they were picked up, alive or
dead, perhaps after weeks, by ships
i passing by chance. The Titanic was
; the first great fhip to flash an S.
i O. S. on Marconi's wireless, and
y since then it has saved the lives of
{ thousands of shipwrecked persons.
| ■•Until his last day of life, Mar
coni was engaged in scientific re
search. Since 1935 he had been ex
• perimenting with micro-waves—tiny
radio impulses so small that from
peak to peak they had to be mea
sured in centimeters.
By harnessing the penetrative
, force of these rays, he had hoped
to eliminate many physical mal-ad--
j ..Pastments of which surgery now is
i the only remedy, and to reduce the
• mortality of surgery. In warfare,
 .he had hoped to use them to halt
i airplane and automobile motors,
and to direct wireless beam messa
ges which could be picked up only
by the intended receiver and not by
an enemy.
He hoped also that they would
r th e cost of long distance
f 'commercial transmission.
; Other men before him had l>een
. Convinced that communication with
out wires was possible. Marconi
, /changed their theories to practical
ly itiee. At the age of 27, he trans
i jyitted the first wireless message
J across the Atlantic. Later he helped
J develop the vacuum tube which
made possible the wireless transmis
sion of the human voice. He devel
t oped short wave transmission for
f: great distances.
• "Celebration To
Attract Visitors
v ttoey, Cooley, Other Notables Ac
cept Sandhills Invitation
Hoffman, July 28 —Governor Clyde
8. Hoey has definitely accepted the
, invitation to speak at the citizens'
ledication and public inspection of
he Sandhills Land Use Project, Fri
day, July 30, C. B. Deane of Rock
i ingham, chairman of the citizens'
committee has announced.
\ A long list of notables who have
. (Infinitely accepted invitations inc
. udes Congressman Harold D. Cooley.
jL. Pender county farmers report one
Sp~*' the finest crops in recent years
K growing in the county.
IN WASHINGTON
WHAT
IS •
\ TAKING
PLACE
* BY
. If**
UNJTED SIATO SENATOR
The legislative decks of Congress
are being cleared for action. Speedy
consideration will be given to impor
tant measures already in the Congres
sional hopper, many having already
undergone the scrutiny of commit
tees. Adjournment of what has been
one of the three longest sessions of
the last fifteen years may come as
early as August 15, or it may be pro
longed until September 1. Events of
the next few days will have a bear
ing on the adjaurmnent date.
Of the pending measures, two are
of prime importance to North Car
olina—the wage and hour bill and
farm legislation. The former may vi
tally affect the working conditions
of countless hundreda of industrial
workers in the state, and any new
farm bill will, of course, exercise an
influence on the income of the agri
cultural population.
WAGE AND HOUR BILL—As a
result of carefulresult of careful con
sideration on the part of the Senate
Committee on Education and Labor,
the wage and hour bill to be given
early attention, provides only basic
standards for maximum hours, mini
mum wages, and child labor. The ad
ministering board 'would be given
some powers of adjustment, based on
forty cents an hour and forty hours
a week. Many highly controversial
features of the bill, particularly as
regards separate wage and hour stan
dards in the absence of union agree
ments more favorable to workers
hare been eliminated. Of extreme
importance to the South are the reg
ional differentials in minimum
Wages permitted in the revised bill.
The measure would apply to all est
blishments whose goods enter into
interstate commerce or compete, in
a substantial way, with goods mov
ing into interstate commerce, regard
less of the number of employees.
Obviously, the great tobacco, cotton,
and rayon manufacturing plants iu
the state would be affected. And
these plants and their employees may
rest assured that members of Con
gress from the South are alive to the
influence the wage and hour bill may
have on the Southern states, and are
ready to see that the rights of all are
safeguarded.
FARM LEGISLATION— The sit
uation as regards new and much
needed farm legislation blows hot
and cold. One day it looks as if Con
gress will speedily enact new farm
legislation before adjournment. The
outlook for a heavy cotton surplus is
a source of concern. On other days
the outlook for immediate action is
not encouraging.
In other words, there are two
scools of thought on the subject. One
favors quick steps to aid the farmers,
and to prepare for any emergency
now while crops are good and prices
are high. The other school of thought
is opposed to any temporary expe
dients and hurriedly drafted laws.
It includes many Congressional vet
erans, and leans toward the idea of
extensive regional hearings to get at
the root of the problem on a perm
anent basis. There is some merit to
this plan, when it is considered that
steps' must be taken to meet con
ditions ahead that can only be seen
dimly now.
'Reconciliation between many con
flicting attitudes and ideas, and at
tempts to solve the farm problem on
the basis of economics and not po
litics are essential to an improvement
of the status of agriculture and those
who till the soil.'
Coop. Essay Finals
To Be Held Friday
Raleigh, July 28 —Four rural High
School boys and a lone High School
girl, selected from thousands of par
ticipant in school, county and dis
trict elimination contests in all sec
tions of the state, will compete here
Friday, July 30, for the State cham
pionship and first prize of a oner
year college tuition scholarship in
the finals of the tenth annual coop
erative essay contest.
The contestants are as follows:
Helen Pierce Whitlock, 17-year-old
student of the Eudy High School, in
Stanly County, representing the Wes
tern District. Jim Davis, 18-year-old
student of the Clyde School in Hay
wood County, representing the Moun
tain District. Hartwell Dawson, 15-
year-old student of the Plain view
High School in Sampson County, rep
resenting the Southern District.
Russell Knowles, 17-year-old student
of the Windsor High School in Bertie
County, representing the Eastern
District. Randolph Denton, 16-year
old student of the Gold Sand High
School in Franklin County. repre
senting the Central District.
All of the contestants will speak
on, "A Well-Rounded Cooperative
Program for North Carolina," and
officials from North Carolina State
College will serve as judges.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1937
LOCAL MAN
DEFENDSTAX
Legislator And Businetw Man Terms
Tax One Of Fairest Levied Be
fore Jay-Cees
For the purpose, it. is intended, the
sales tax is one of the fairest tax
es levied, Representative W. E. Fen
ner declared in an address Wednes
day night before the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce in the Bicks Ho
tel.
Mr. Fenner, a well known local
warehousemen and representative
from Nash County to the state leg
islature, discussed the problems and
inner workings of the state legisla
ture.
Explaining the legislature's appro
val of the sales tax from his own
experience as a member of the fi
nance committee, Representative
Fenner related that the committee
faced this choice ;to raise enough
money to take care of the schools
and other worthwhile charges of the
state, the legislature would have to
(1) put another ad valorem tax on
land. (2) increase the tax on corpor
ations, or (3) pass the sales tax.
From th'e beginning, he said, ho
opposed the land tax. At first, he
said, the tax on corporations appear
ed to be an easy solution but on
further consideration he learned that
North Carolina has the second high
est corporation taxes in the United
States. A further raise in the cor
poration taxes, he stated the com
mittee decided, would drive out
some of the corporations now in the
state and would eliminate the immi
gration of new corporations into the
state, so that the state would lose
the corporation taxes and their pay
rolls.
The sales tax was the only course
left, Representative Fenner stated,
and he described it as a worthy tax
considering that all the money it
raises (#11,000.000 a year) goes to
the state schools.
Rural Ministers
Are Given Place
On State Program
Those in charge of the State
I Farmers Convention to be held at
I State College during the week of
August 2 to 6 inclusive have added
a new feature to their program this
year. Rural Ministers from all sec
tions of North Carolina have been
invited to attend the Convention
and a special program on"Rural
Betterment" has been arranged. The
ministers will hold a special con
ference in the State College Y. M.
C. A. Building each after-noon, and
an outstanding minister will deliver
the principal address, Tuesday ev
ening, August 3, on "The Rural
Church and Its Place in the Com
munity."
Special invitations have been
mailed to all of the Rural Minis
ters in Wake County," says County
Agent, Jno. C. Anderson, "and we
hope we can have a large attend
ance of our Rural Ministers at this
Conference, as well as farm men
and women from all communities.
Jno. C. Anderson, County Agent
Rites Are Held
For Mrs. M. P.Daley
Dr. J. W. Kincheloe Conducts Fu
neral; Body Removed To' Dublin,
Ga.. For Burial
Funeral services to- arcus Pratt
Daley, well known jcal resident,
were conducted Sunday afternoon
from his home at 425 Hammond
street. Dr. J. W. Kincheloe, pastor
of the First Baptist church, conduct
ed the ceremony in the absence of
Rev. R. Dwight Ware, pastor of the
First Methodist church, of which
Mr. Daley was a member.
Following the service the body
was removed for burial in Dublin,
Ga., the original home of Mr. Da
ley's family.
Mr., Daley, who was .47 years of
age died of cerebral hemorrhage Sat
urday afternoon at his home here.
He had been ill only since Wednes
day, though he had been in declin
ing health for several years.
Among his surviving relatives are
his wife, who was Miss Vera John
son of Lovett, Ga., before marriage;
one son, Hugh Mark Daley of this
city; his mother, Mrs. Amy Donold
son Daley of Dublin, Ga.; and one
brother, Berner J. Daley of Dublin,
Ga.
Mr. Daley was born June 11, 18-
90, a son of the la;e William Jos
eph Daley and Amy Donoldson Daley
of Donoldson, Ga. He moved to
Rocky Mount a number of years
ago and was first associated with
Montgomery Ward & Company here.
Recently he had conducted a grocery
business.
Active pallbearers for the funeral
service were A P. Thorpe, Jr., Hat
ches B. Kincheloe, E. D. Gordon,
Jack Aycock, Jasper Commings and
Henry Gregory, Jr.
Johnston county hog growers
have found their cooperative ship
ments so profitable that they plan
to add sheep and lambs in the se
ries of regular shipments.
Before he included lespedeza in his
crop rotation, John Lyon of Yan
ceyville. Route 1, produced only 7
and 8 bushels of wheat per acre on
a nine-acre field. This past spring,
he averaged 15.3 bushels an acre.
It's No Cat and Dog Life They Lead
■m H wmwßt
Pally as a couple of lovebirds are this seven-year-old tiger and mon
grel dog in the tiger's cage at the Detroit too. The tiger grew up in
company with the dog and everything seems harmonious, but keepers
think it time to break up the unusual friendship, pointing out that
the tiger no longer is a kitten and some day the pangs of hunger might
possibly outweigh friendship.
City Not Taking Sides
The news story relative to the Glenview Cooperatives,
who were seeking electrical power from the City of Rocky
Mount which was carried in last Monday afternoon's pap
er and later in condensed form sent to many of the state
papers, is indeed very misleading and most unfortunate
for the City of Rocky Mount. It is made to appear in the
story that there is conflict, and serious conflict, between
the Public Utilities of the City and the Federal Rural
Electrification Administration of the Government. We have
taken time to investigate and find there has been absolute
ly no conflict between the City and the Federal Rural Elec
trification Administration of the Government. The C32ty
has at times made bids for rural electrical business and
it was perfectly within its rights, if it did not have the
power to sell, to turn down the Glenview contract; and
it was perfectly legitimate for the Glenview Cooperatives
to ask Rocky Mount to furnish them power. Up until this
Democratic Administration, the benefits of electrical pow
er were confined very largely to the cities of this country.
The power companies had not undertaken to serve the
country people; but under the leadership of this adminis
tration there has been an honest effort to do something
for the great masses of the people who reside in the ru
ral sections. There is at thi stime, a controversy going
on in Johnston County and in this article the City of Rocky
Mount seems to be linked with this controversy which
we think is most unfortunate. It is not the desire, if
we understand the sentiment of Rocky Mount, to engage
in any criticism of the Government in this respect,
but for the efforts of the Government in bring
ing its help to the rural people, they would still be in dark
ness today.
It will be remembered during the last session of the leg
islature that the North Carolina Electrification Commis
sion received serious criticism because of a bill which was
introduced by Representative Fenner of Nash County,
requiring cooperative farmers before they could build a line
to appear before the State Utilities Commissioner where
they would have to oppose the great power companies of
the country. The Federal authorities in Washington felt
that this was a direct slap at its efforts in behalf of the
people and so informed the Governor of this State. The
Governor requested that this bill be withdrawn and it
was withdrawn, it being understood that Mr. Fenner
introduced the bill at the request of J. L. Horne, who
was a member of the North Carolina Electrification Com
mission, but since resigned. . t
We have been informed by the City authorities that
there is no conflict, even though this article had tended
to place the City Manager in an unfavorable light for the
matter has never been even presented to the Board of Al
dermen.
NEED FARM LEGISLATION
It has been clearly demonstrated by this Democratic
Administration that the Government can protect the far
mer in seeing that he receives a fair return for his crops.
From the beginning of this Government, the manufac
turers of the north and almost the entire country have
received Government aid through high tariff schedules
which were put on directly as a subsidy for business; yet
these same manufacturers, many in our own State, take
the position that the Government should absolutely keep
its hands off of any aid to the farmers, when they them
selves received direct aid from the Government which they
would deny to the farmers. When President Roosevelt
was inaugurated the country was in a practical state of
revolution and if there had not been a change in the ad
ministration, it is thought that there would have been a
break-down in the orderly processes of business and Gov
ernment. The people were starving. In our town half of
our population was undernourished and underfed. There
is now pending before the Congress of the United States
agricultural legislation and the great fanner organizations
of the country are insisting that some form of legislation
which would protect the farmer be enacted at this session.
From the feeling that exists throughout the country, we
believe that it would be unwise for Congress to adjourn
without making some effort to protect the farmer in this
year's crops.
Senator Bailey has taken the position in this Congress
as he has in every other Congress that he has been a mem
ber of—that nothing should be done for the farmer and
that labor be allowed to exist in the same manner. He has
a perfect record, in fact it has been one hundred percent
plus against the farmer and against labor. Yet, it is very
consistent from the beginning until now. When his term
is out, he can say that he did in the second term just as
he did in the first. The President of the Farm Bureau of
North Carolina has the sympathetic ear of the agricultural
interests of North Carolina when he states that unless
the farmers receive a fair price for their tobacco that they
will insist that the warehouses be closed until a proper
solution can be worked out. ,
POWER PLANT BOND ISSUE IS
PASSED BY 880 TO 26 VOTE
CONGRESSMAN
OBSERVES 40
BIRTHDAY 26
Three Years In Congress Convinces
Blm That Eloquence Is Ineffective
Washington, July 26. —Representa-
tive Harold D. Cooley of Nashville,
N. C., reached his 40th birthday an
niversary today convinced after
more than three years in Congress
there is little effectiveness in elo
quent oratory on th e House floor.
Cooley, a speaker of recognized
ability, took time out from his du
ties on the floor the other day to
tell just what he thought about the
operation of the House. He is at
his home in Nashville today cele
brating his anniversary with his
family.
Very seldom, if ever, is eloquence
or oratory effective," he said.
"Common sense and sound judgment
will accomplish much more than
platitudes or high sounding phrases.
"The committee work, of course
is the most important of all the
duties of a Congressman. In the
committees we are not in the same
kind Of a strait-jacket imposed upon
members during important debate
on the floor. The member may
more freely express himself and take
a more active part in shaping legis
lation.
On Important Committee
"In the committee, often one vote
will determir i important policies."
Cooley is a member of the im
portant agriculture committee with
his interests especially in tobacco,
which is grown throughout his dis
trict.
"I am, of course, vitall yinterest
ed in my committee work since the
measures reported by that commit
tee are always of great importance
to the farmers of my state and the
nation," Cooley said.
Cooley regards speaking on the
[House floor as very different from
addressing a jury in a courtroom.
"I don't think there is a more dif
ficult forum in the country to speak
in than in the House of Representa
tives," he said.
Every member of the House U'
either a speaker, or thinks he is a
speaker, and for that reason every
one is a critic.
"The very few times I have ad
dressed the House' I have had no
occasion to complain of the atten
tion I have received but you always
wonder about the impression you
have made and the effect of what
you have said has upon your liste
ners."
Is Third Termer
Cooley, although serving only his
second full term, rates as a third
termer in the House, having origi
nally been elected to fill a vacancy.
It was partly because of this that
he received an appointment to the
agriculture committee.
During sessions of Congress, he
and his family live in Washing
ton. Mr. and Mrs. Cooley have two
young children, Roger and Harriett
Davis. The son was named after the
representative's father and was born
on his grandfather's birthday anni
versary.
AAA Leader To
Discuss Program
The federal agricultural grogram
for 1938 will be discussed by J. B.
Hutson, assistant AAA administrator,
Wednesday morning of Farm and
Home Week to be htfld at State Col
lege, .August 2-6.
Starting at eight o'clock, Hutson
will explain tentative plans for the
agricultural conservation program to
be offered North Carolina farmers
next year.
He will also give the growers op
portunity to express their opinion of
the program as conducted this year,
and of the proposed program for 1938,
said E. Y. Floyd of State College.
In addition, Hutson will outline the
bills now before Congress regarding
control legislation for cotton, tobacco
corn, wheat, and, rice, and which
may be expanded to include peanuts
and truck crops.
"This will be your chance to get
some t'irat hand information on the
program for next year," Floyd stat
ed in urging all growers who can to
hear Hutson speak.
Cheeking Halifax cotton fields
last woek, the assistant county
agent, W. M. Bruee, found heavy
infestation in many fields and pre
dicted losses to growers unless the
weevils are held in check.
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Cit> Fathers Praise Citizens For
Overwhelming Majority In
Bond Election
Casting more thin 90 per cent of
the ballots in favor of the power
plant improvement bond issue, Rocky
Mount citizens piled up in the spec
ial election one of the most over
whelming majorities ever recorded
here. Results of the election as of
ficially certified today were 880 for
the bond issue, 26 against.
"The citizens of Rocky Mouat
have shown their whole-hearted •up
port of the continued growth aad
progress of their city," were the
sentiments today of Mayor J. Q.
Robinson.
Utilities Director George P. Worn
ble oommended the civic interest la
the utilities, "The people of Rocky
Mount have always been willing to
maintain their public utilities, aad
as a result they have benefitted ma
terially from the utilities. The im
provements which will be made will
bring the power plant here up to
the highest standards prevailing any
where.' ,
Next step, before the bonds have
been printed or sold, will be to ad
vertise for bids on the construction
at the power plant and for the lea
ser work at the water plant and to
let contracts for it. Not a parcel
than can be ordered overnight aid
installed in the morning, the aew
7,500 kilowatt turbine generator and
all its accompanying machinery
which will be bought will probably
not be ready for use 'or about 12
months.
When the work authorized in the
election yesterday is completed, the
city power plant will have twice its
present generating capacity, it will
operate more economically, and it
will be able to distribute curreat
over the city more efficiently by rea
son of a higher voltage. Also the
! two open air reservoirs of the water
plant which are located at the side
:of the power plant will be covered
with reinforced concrete.
I Though the ballots listed tfee $20,-
000 water plant bond issue and tha
$480,000 power plant bond issue to
be voted on separately, the total re
sults of both as certified today
were the same.
Many Students At
Louisburg From
This Community
Louisburg, July 29.—1f the number
of students enrolled during the life
of an educational institution is any
indication of the contribution it has
made to the life of the region in
■ which it is located —and it most un
doubtedly is—then Louisburg College
has rendered a major contribution
to the life of the State of North
Carolina.
Not only this but an analysis of
the number of students who have
enrolled from each of the 100 coun
ties of North Carolina indicates that
the service Louisburg College has
rendered to each of these respective
counties has also been very great.
Louisburg College was founded in
the early nineteenth century but it 9
forerunner began operating in 17-
79. Since that date at least 30,000
young men and women, mostly from
this state, have been in attendance
at Louisburg College. This is an
average of over 300 per county.
The number of students enrolled
during the life of Louisburg from
Nash County and surrounding terri
tory shows that it has made a large
contribution to this particular sec
tion. A total of 406 students from
this area have attended Louisburg
College since its founding.
Alumni Association
Active In Program
Louisburg, July 29.—The Alumni-
Alumnae Association of Louisburg
College, of which Mrs. T. A. Cooper,
of Rocky Mount, is head, is taking
an active part in the Forward
Movement Program of the College.
Mrs. Cooper as head of the Asso
ciation and Mrs. Cary Howard, of
Louisburg, as General Alumni
Chairman are heading the Alumni
groups which are organizing in all
the large centers and in all parts of
Eastern and Central North Carolina.
Several important meetings of the
different alumni groups in Louis
burg, Rocky Mount and elsewhere
are being held this week and next.
Mrs. Cooper is the former Miss
Bette I>avis, of the Davis family
which has produced two presidents
of Louisburg College'and which haa
had the longest and probably the
most prominent connection with this
institution of any one family.