The Rocky Mount Herald
VOLUME 4, NO. 40
TAR RIVER CHANNEL WORK
TO BE COMMENCED SOON
A special wire from Congressman
John H. Kerr announces that work
will start within the next two or
three weeks on the Tar River chan
jnAvl improvements botween Tarboro
and Rocky Mount.
Congressman Kerr, has been in
sisting for severhl years that this
work b e done, and was successful
' in having it placed in the rivers and
harbors bill at the last session of
Congress.
It is expected that this work on
the channel of the Tar River,
which will cost approximately SB2-
000 will greatly increase the use
of the river for water transporta
tion. It will make it possible for
larger boats to come up to Rocky
Mount, and will make handling the
smaller boats much easier and safer.
The full text of the telegram is
given below:
"Congressman Kerr informed today
by War Department that construc
tion on Tar River channel improve
ment between Tarboro and Rocky
Mount would start within two or
three weeks at an estimated cost of
$82,000 Congressman Kerr has insist
ed for several years that this proj
ect be undertaken by the Govern
ment and was successful in placing
same in rivers and harbors act of
last Congress. Joseph G. Butts, Jr.,
Clerk Office of Congressman John H.
Kerr."
Pioneer Tobacco
Man Dies In City
r i»i
Funeral Services For Ralph PW
Conducted From Home On Wed
nesday
Funeral services for Ralph Pitt,
pioneer tobacco warehouseman
hert' and vice president of the Eas
ley Warehouse Company, Inc., was
-conducted at 11 o'clock Wednesday
morning from aho h ome a t Rose
Stroet.
Mr. Pitt died at his home at 8
o'clock Monday night after an ill
ness of about four months. He had
undergone an operation and had re
turned to his home a few weeks ago.
Rev. R. Dwight Ware, pastor of
the First Methodist church, conduct
ed the funeral services and inter
ment followed in Pineview ceme
tery.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Daisy Bonner Keech of
Tarboro, and one daughter, Miss
Corinne Pitt. One brother and one
sister also xemain, Edward J. Pitt
and Mrs. James H. Brown, both of
Rocky Mount.
Widely Known
Mr, Pitt was widely known here
and through the rural tobacco sec
tion, and is remembered for his
wide acquaintance among tobacco
farmers.
He had been associated with the
EasLey Warehouse Company for
about 10 years, but had been in the
tobacco warehouse business since
coming to Rocky Mount about 1892.
He had also operated warehouses
here and in Florence, S. C., in Wil
son and in Kentucky.
For a year following his mar
riage November 6, 1001, Mr. Pitt
and his wife lived in Florence where
he was associated with a warehouse.
.During his connection with the
Rocky Mount tobacco market he also
was associated for portions of some
years with the Kentucky markets.
Mr. Pitt was born and renred in
Edgecombe county and camo to
Rocky Mount at the age of 17. He
taught school until he was 21 and
then entered the tobacco business.
He attended a school in Tarboro
which was conducted by the late
Frank Wilkinson, and later attend
ed Davis Military Academy, a school
onco popular with young men of
this section of North Carolina.
Conduct Funeral
For B. G. Jackson
Bossie G. Jackson, 42, was buried
at Jackson cemetery following ser
vices from the home, Rocky Mount
route two, at three o'clock with Rev.
C. W. Goldston, pastor of the Clark
Street Methodist church, officiating.
Jackson, a World War veteran,
died at the home of his stepmother,
Mrs. Betty Jackson, following an
illness of several weeks.
He is survived by two daughters,
a son, and a sister, Mrs. Charlio
Taylor of New Bern.
Children Hurt
In Bus Wreck
\
Two students of Apex High School
were injured painfully but not se
riously Monday when an automobile
collided with the school bus in which
they were riding. The injured chil
dren were Christine and Sherwood
Franks. The bus driver, Roy Jones,
escaped unhurt, as did another pu
pil in the bus. The accident occur
red when John H. Banks, Negro,
skidded into the bus in attempting
to pass it. Banks was released un
der bond on a reckless driving
charge.
Rufus Johnson of the Governor's
Island commnnity in Swain County,
has dug four trench silos this fall
and says nothing beats silage as a
v ) winter feed for all cattle.
IN WASHINGTON
WHAT
IS
I TAKING
9 PLACE
BY
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Some time ago several of my col
leagues, including a veteran of
many, many years service in tho
Senate, wore discussing the new re
sponsfbilitiep imposed upon Senators,
in face of the fact that the consti
tuaional duties have remained un
changed. One Teason. of course, is
the great expansion of Federal ac
tivities and the spread of the ac
tivities in th e states. Another is the
direct election of Senators which
has served to bring them closer to
their constituents than was the
case in earlier days when members
of the Senate were elected by Leg
islatures. .
Considerable interest was shown
in the discussion because of the
popular conception of Senatorial du
ties as beii)g-pJmost entirely confin
ed to law-making on the floor of
the Senate. Nothing is at greater
variance with the facts. It would be
moro nearly accurate to say tha the
time spent on the floor occupies a
comparatively small part of a Sena
tor's time. The more arduous du
ties, are in connection with com
mittee meetings, handling mail,
making departmental calls, receiving
visitors and seeking employment for
constituents. It is all these togeth
er that require tho greatest amount
of physical energy and time.
In addition, a Senator must ad
just his schedule to have time to
study departmental reports, legisla
tive proposals and prepare a great
variety of statements and speeches.
And as people generally tako a great
interest in government, as has been
the ease in recent years, Senatorial
duties are increased through more
correspondence, without any lessen
ing of other duties.
In writing on this subject, it is
not my intention to do ether than in
directly answer innumerable ques
tios that have come to me from
North Carolinians with reference to
Senate duties.
Unfortunately, few Senators have
•been able to devote the necessary
time to drafting of a detail report
on the activities of their offices. If
they could do so, it would provide
information that * would be, to say
the least, most surprising to those
unafmiliar with Senatorial duties and
certainly most contrary to popular
conception of those duties.
Soma years ago, Senator James W.
Wadsworth, Jr., of Now York, now
a member of the House of Repre
sentatives, kept a record for a per
iod of one month. Although tho per
iod covered was at a time of normal
Federal activities, in the hey day
of national prosperity, and there
fore can not be compared with pres
ent-day activities in Washington, the
facts disclosed are illuminating.
For example, in tho monthly per
iod for which the record was kept,
tho following was shown: Attend
ance at fifteen committee meetings
for a total of twenty-seven and a
half hours. Twenty-two departmen
tal calls, an average of nearly ono
each day. A total of 1041 visitors
were received in tho Senator's office,
an average of about thirty-five dai
ly. There were 2301 telephone calls,
174 incoming telegrams and 67 tele
grams outgoing.
The facts with reference to cor
respondence were equally as inter
esting. In the month that Senator
Wadsworth kept his record, there
were 5571 incoming letters and 3,423
dispatched. This means an average
of 200 letters received daily and 127
sent out. To this must be added the
fact that 328 documents were receiv
ed for study and 910 were sent out.
Ia quoting the data gathered by
former Senator Wadsworth, the pur
pose ig to give a glimpse of the man
ifold duties imposed on a Senator's
office. It effectively answers the,
many questions that have come to
mo with reference to Senatorial du
ties.
There can be no doubt that if
records were kept over a period of
one month in almost any Senate of
fice today, the volume of work would
be far in excess of that shown in
the office of Senator Wadswotth
some years ago. However, in the
absence of fresher information, that
available is of inteicat.
There has been a particularly hea
vy increase in visitors to Senate of
fices during recent years. This has
been partly due to better trans
portation facilities at lower cost,
making it easier for people to come
to Washington, and partly due to
expanded Federal activities making
it necessary for more people to
visit their national capital.
Randolph County farmers report
the best lespedeza crop in years and
say they will have mush seed in ad
dition to a fine crop of hay.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1937
E, CAROLINA
BAPTISTS TO
MEET TUESDAY
Over 1,000 Expected For Two-Day
Meeting Of Roanoke Association,
Coley Says
Over 1.000 Baptis.s are expected to
attend he 30th annual Bession of
the Roanoke Baptist Association in
Tarlioro October 12 and 13, it was
announced here by John T. Coley,
moderator of the association.
The session will include five meet
ings during the two days at the
First Baptist church in Tarboro, of
which Rev. J. L. Peacock is pastor.
Delegates are expected from the 70
Baptist churches in a wide area of
eastern *North Carolina and a num
ber of visitors, including J. L. Car
rick of Murfreesboro, J. 8. Farmer
of Raleigh, J. C. Hough of Kington,
M. O. Alexander of Raleigh, Jacob
Gartenbaus of Atlanta, Ga., M. L.
Bannister of Oxford and Harold
Schaly of Porto Alegra, Brazil,
A large number of young people
from Kennedy Memorial Home will
present a musical program for the
as-sociation Tuesday night, October
12, Mr. Coley stated.
Magnifying Christ and His
Church," will bo general theme
of the session.
Dr. J. W. Kincheloe, pastor of
the First Baptist church in Rocky
Mount for 20 years, will address
the delegates on "Christianity and
the Moral Tendencies of the Age,"
at the Tuesday morning meeting.
Rev. J. H. Smith will deliver tho
annual sermon at the same meeting.
Rev. J. L. Willis, Rev. Charles B.
McConnell, Mrs. Mabel Claire Mad
dry of the Woman's Missionary Un
ion and Rev, J. L. darrick will
■peak at the Tuesday afternoon meet
ing.
Mr, Schaly of Brazil and J. C.
Hqugh will speak at the meeting
Tuesday night, at which the ken
nedy Memorial Orphanage musici
ans will present selections.
Jack Murchison, young Rocky
Mount attorney, will speak on the
subject, "Ig the Church Using Its
Young Members Properly," at the
meeting Wednesday morning. I. B.
Jackson, Mr. Alexander and Mr. Gar
tenhaus will speak at the same meet
ing.
C. H. Patrick and O. L. Bannis
ter will speak at the final meeting
Wednesday afternoon and muscial
features have been prepared for
each meeting, Mr. Coley announced.
We The People
(Smithfield Herald)
Warm friends were Clayton-born
William Edward Dodd, eminent his
torian, and Theodore Roosevelt, late
President of the U. 8. Their friend
ship began when Historian Dodd
wrote a life of Jefferson Davis and
got invited to the White House af
ter the President, himself interest
ed in writing a biography of Da
vis, had read and admired the
work. But for more reasons than
their common biographical interest
did the native son of Johnston be
come greatly attracted to President
Roosevelt, the First.
On a visit to his family in North
Carolina, the then professor of his
tory at Virginia's Randolph-Macon
College was talking one day wit a
his father. In a characteristic drawl,
he said: "You know, Pa, Roose
velt said that what ho wanted to
do was what the people wanted him
to do. Now that's right."
Third of a century later, the
same Historian Dodd, meanwhile be
came U. S. Ambassador to Herr Hit
ler's Germany, still believes it is
right for a government to respect
tlio wishes fcf tho people, tho rulo
of tho majority rather than rule of
a minority. Ho admired Theodore
Roosevelt as one who wanted to do
what tho people wanted done; he
admires Franklin Roosevelt as one
who wants to do what the people
want done.
No stronger supporter has the New
Deal (including the proposal for
court reform) than Ambassador
Dodd who, like President Roose
velt, the Second, knows no more
striking example of minority rule
in the U. S. than minority rule by
the Supreme Court. In North Caro
lina this week on a visit with rel
atives in Wake and Johnston coun
ties, he denounced dictatorial ten
dencies of the court in speeches
delivered before Chapel Hill and
Raleigh audiences.
Chapel Hill listeners heard him
assert: "If the court hag the right
to* throw acts of Congress into
tho wastebasket it will always be
difficult to apply principles of de
mocracy." At Raleigh, ho traced the
history of minority groups that have
controlled legislation and put hin
drances in the wfay of democratic
rights, declared that whenever the
Federal government had tried to reg
ulate certain monopolistic corpora
tions, in stepped the Supreme Court
to give the corporations protection
by ruling acts of Congress uncon
stitutional. "Some of the justices,"
he charged "wer e brought up in
circumstances that made thfem for
get democratic principles. Why
should they feel they have the right
to defeat the people T
The Smithfield Herald.
Union Cotinty farmers are harvest
ing approximately two tons of prime
lespedeza hay per acre. They also
have a good crop of seed.
Hawaii Wages War on Wild Sheep
H«
Part of a herd of 3,000 wild sheep and goats recently slaughtered on
the island of Hawaii by federal and territorial officials in an effort to
conserve tbe island's watershed. It is estimated that 40,000 animals are
ranging the upper areas of the island. —Pan Pacific Press Bureau photo.
Operation of Old Age Pension
Law Reflection On State
The manner in which the Old Age Pension Law is being
operated in North Carolina is being seriously criticized by
many of our leading people. In the last campaign the old
people were promised that North Carolina would take ad
vantage of the Old Age National Pension Law. The party
platform pledged itself on this subject and the governor
was emphatic and outstpoken. The old people have been
waiting since July and still the law has not been put into
effect. Here, just a few who were already on the county
have received small allotments and of course there are
some in addition but mighty few. We saw an old man
yesterday 78 years old, unable to work, has been on the
county and slill he has not received an allowance yet. He
is much worse off now than he was before the Old Age
Pension Law was put into effect for his county allowance
has been withdrawn and the Old Age administration has
been so' slow in putting the law into effect. The small
amount given in North Carolina is a reflection upon
our state. The governor ought to cause an immediate in
vestigation. This law should have been worked out before
July 1, for they had six months to perfect it.
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS PROBABLE
The President has given strong intimation that he will
call a special session of Congress to enact necessary and
vital farm legislation which Congress failed to enact last
session.
The low price of cotton is having its effect upon the en
tire business structure but when the farmer fails to re
ceive a reasonable return for his crops it brings failure to
everybody whether he be manufacturer, laborer, or far
mer. The president urged this upon Congress last session
but it failed to act spending its time talking constitution,
and we are now facing a condition that makes it absolutely
necessary that Congress be called into extra session to pro
vide for farm and labo rlegislation.
WAR WAGED ON FORCE
The theory on which the present wars are being waged
is in violation of all treaties: "might makes right" and
what one country needs it has a right to take from the
other country, if it has the physical force to do so; so
much so that the president of the United States suggests
that it might become necessary to quarantine such a nation
so that it will not be a menace to other nations as has been
the custom among individuals in dealing with smallpox
cases.
Will Hunt Deer
In Pisgah Forest
Detailed plans for the fourth pub
lic big game hunt on the Pisgah
National Game Preserve in western
North Carolina as announced by H.
E. Ochsner of Asheville, Supervisor
of tho Pisgah National Forest, will
create no little interest among deer
hunters or would-be deer hunters
throughout the Southeast. Opening
on November 1 and continuing
through December 10, the hunt will
be held over the entire 100,000-acre
preserve with both bucks and does
being hunted for tho first time. Two
thousand and five hundred _ sports
men will be allowed to participate.
Tho announced hunt is the out
come of careful investigation by
State and Federal authorities which
reveals that the preserve is heavily
over-stocked and the welfare of the
herd demands continued reduction to
prevent starvation and disease. The
distinct "deer-line" is in evidence,
and severe losses as well as irrepa
rable damage to timber and water
shed protection are already evident.
The general public is therefore to be
given an opportunity to benefit by
this surplus supply.
Six upright soils and many trench
silos have been constructed in Bun
combe County this fall.
o
Becauso they secured Increased
yields of com this season from the
growing and plowing under of crim
son clover last season, Orange far
mers are sowing a large crop this
fall.
Oldest Alumnus
Of University Dies
Chapel Hill, Oct. 2.—John Dun
can, who was the oldest living
alumnus of th 0 University of North
Carolina died recently at Ins home
in Columbia, Texas at the age of
99, according to word just receiv
ed here by Alumni Secretary J.
Maryon Saunders.
Mr. Duncan was a graduate of the
class 'of 1859.
I His successor,' Secretary Saunders
said, becomes Rev. William C. Prout
of the class of 1865, a resident of
Middleville, N. Y., who is 89.
Rev. Prout was the only man in
hi s graduating class who completed
his senior year, although several
other btudents, released by the close
of the Civil War, camo back to
Chapel Hill for commencement and
were awarded their decrees.
o
Many People
Named Smith
The Smiths are the folks North
Carolina people will have to try
to keep up with if the Social Se
curity account numbers and names
on file with the State Unemploy
ment Compensation Commission is a
criterion for the State's population.
These records show approximately
9,550 Smiths, five Smyths and four
Smythes, or more than 3,000 ahead
of the 0,325 Jones. In fact, tho Wil
liamses with 6,270, are almost up
with the Jones and tho 5,280 Browns
are not far behind.
UNITED STATES SUPPORTS
' LEAGUE, CONDEMNS JAPAN
WAGE PEACE
IS ADVICE
The peace-loving nations must
make a concerted effort in opposi
tion to those violations of treaties
and those ignorings of humane in
stinct* which today are creating a
state of international anarchy and
instability from which there is no
escape through mere isolation and
neutrality.—President Roosevelt.
That statement by tho President
ought not to be as dramatic as it
will seem to be in the world to
day. It is no more than the state
ment of a fact. 'lf America wishes
peace, America must help preserve
it. That is the President's position
and for long years before Roosevelt
camo to the White House that was
tho Wilsonian position. But in a
score of unproductive years in which
tho war threat has grown in the
world the isolationists in America
have had their way. Twenty years
ago they withheld from tho League
of Nations the strength and support
of the United States. No wonder the
league failed with such a powet.out
side. Year by year, while the war
careless nations grew in ruthless
ness and power, the United States
remained aloof. And yet there are
few who today believe that the
United States is the safer for those
long years of isolation. Wo have
failed to help make world peace;
but we have not succeeded in es
caping from the threat of war which
hangs over the world. Gradually
not our good will but the inexorable
shaping of events has demonstrat
ed the folly of flights as a way to
peace. Peace in the world, like
peace in Raleigh and in North Car
olina and in America depends upon
the determination of the peaceful
that th e violent shall not prevail.
America takes an honorable part in
the affairs of the world when it as
sumes its responsibility for world
safety and security.—News and Ob
server.
PRESBYTERY
ENDS MEET
Proposed Changes In Presbyterian
Book Of Church Order Are Ap
proved
Goldsboro, Oct. s.—The Ninety
seventh session of the Albemarle
Presbytery closed tonight after two
days' meeting at the First Presby
terian church in Goldsboro. The
theme tonight was "Evangelism and
the Spiritual Life."
At this morning's session, propos
ed changes in the "Book of Church
Order," providing a commission in
each Presbytery to supervise the
procedure and details of calling
pastors and filling vacant pulpits
temporarily, was approved. These
changes would provide for a co
operating commission in each synod
and the General Assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian church.
An affirmative vote by three
fourths of the ninety Presbyteries
plus the subsequent vote of tho Gen
eral Assembly would make this
church law, it was said. As ex
pressed by Retiring Moderator Nat
Harrison of Greenville, it would aid
"preacherless churches and church
lesg preachers."
The Eev. J{. E. McClure of New
Bern, chairman of the commission
on amendments to the confession of
fai;h and the ( catechisms of the gen
eral assembly of the Presbyterian
church, read the repoi-t, and all
recommendations except ono were
adopted.
The Rev. John Cunningham, blind
evangelist of the Uoanoke Presby
tery, Synod of Virginia, conducted
the devotion using the theme
"What is Truth?"
The Rev. Harold J. Dudley of
Kinston, who was elected modera
tor Monday night, appointed the fol
lowing standing committees: At
tendance, the Rev. R. C. Grady,
Greenville; the Rev. Lee R. Scott,
Goldsboro; Elder R. A. Perry.
Nominations, Rev. H. W. Wilson,
Farmville; the Rev. J. A. Satter
field, Rocky Mount; Elder Brooks
Peters, minutes of the General As
sembly, The Rev. R. E. McClure;
Elder J. Nat Harrison; Thanks,
The Rev. J. N. Dandy, Elder J. B.
Jones, temporary clerk pro-tem, The
Rev. Johu C. Whitley, WilliamstOn.
The Waccamaw Bank and Trust
Company provided each corn club
member in Columbus County with
enough pure seed of the Latham's
Double variety to plant one aero
and the boys now have surplus
seed to sell this winter.
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Also Comes On Heels Of Similar
Condemnation Of Japan By Lea
rue Of Nations Assembly At Ge
neva ; League Proposes Conference
Of Nine-Power Treaty Signator
ies; Anticipated That United
States Will Attend Such Gather
ing:; Latest Action By United
States Creates Speculation A® To
What Next Step Will Bo In This
Country's Efforts To Preserra
World Peace
Tokyo, Oct. 7.—(Thursday)— The
Japanese foreign office called an
emergency conference early t(*iay
following United States action con
demning Japan as a treaty violator.
Simultaneously, newspaper extras
began appearing with the bar e text
of the pronouncement issued in
Washington. No comment was pub
lished immediately.
Excitement spread through the
streets as crowds clustered around
the newsboys.
Washington, Oct. 6.—The United
States government formally con
demned Japan tonight as a treaty
violator in China, thus throwing its
full moral support behind efforts
of the League of Nations to halt
the Far Eastern conflict.
Shortly after the League had vot
ed similar condemnation of Japan's
invasion and had proposed a con
ference of this and other nations
which signed the nine-power sover
eignty, the State Department an
nounced:
"The conclusions of this govern
ment with respect to the foregoing
(alleged treaty violations) are in
general accord with those of the
Assembly of the League of Nations."
Closely following President Roose
velt's appeal at Chicago yesterday
for concerted international action
to restore world peace, the Depart
ment's statement accused Japan of
violating the Nine-Power treaty and
the Kellogg-Briand pact renouncing
war, and the principles which
"should govern the relationships be
tween nations."
Will Be Accepted
The pronouncement did not say
whether the United States would
accept the League's proposal for a
conference of the Nine-Power signa
tories to consider action, but it was
predicted in authoritive circles that
the proposal would be accepted.
This government's formal condem
nation of the Japanese military op
erations in China was expressed as
follows:
"In the light of the unfolding de
velopments in the Far East, the
government of the United States has
been forced to the conclusion that
the action of Japan in China is in
consistent with the priciples which
should govern the relationships be
tween nations and is contrary to
the provisions of the Nine-Power
treaty of February 6, 1922, regard
ing principles and policies to be
followed in matters concerning Chi
na, and to those of the Kellogg-
Briand pact of August 27, 1928."
Until a formal bid to the proposed
Nine-Power parley arrives, Secre
tary Hull and his aides refused to
make any comment on the projected
meeting. The United Sates was an
active sponsor of the Nine-Power
pact, which was signed in Washing
ton by it and eight other nations,
including Japan and China. The
treaty guaran ces t'liina'g territorial
and vdininistrative sovereignty and
pledges maintenance ot' equal com
mercial opportunities in Cilina for
all nations. 1
DAUGHTRIDb
IS PRESIDENT
Louisburg College I'rexident Gets
Hearty Response To Address
Before Club
Two features marked the Current
Topic club's beginning of its twenty
fifth year with a meeting last night
in the Y. M. C. A.—the election of
officers headed by Dr. A. L. Oaugli
tridge as president, and an ad
dress on education and religion in
which Professor B. E. Earnhardt,
president of Louisburg College,
spiked his serious message with a
strong draught of anecdotes.
Education and religion "are the
only two civilizers," Professor Earn
hardt declared, and they must be
the source of the world's culture.
Superficiality, force and "divisiva*
ness'' (lack of unity) are the three
hindrances t(f both education and re
ligion, he said.
Fifty acres of cotton in Wilson
County has been passed by inspec
tators of tho Crop Imporvemont As
sociation for use as certified seed.