The Rocky Mount Herald
VOLUME 5, NO. 3
WOODSON IS
ADDED TOY
STAFF HERE
Kentuckian Comes Here From Ra
; WpTo Succeed Savage As Ac
tivities Director
»
James G. Woodson assumed hi;
duties today as Activities Directo:
of the Y. M. C. A., a newly created
position which will embrace func
tions of the physical and boys WOTI
program along with additional group
activity which will be started upon
the completion of the club rooms
which are being constructed under
the porch of the Y. M. C. A. build
ing.
Woodson, a graduate of Asbury col
lege in Kentucky, comes here from
Raleigh where he.was a member of
f. the Hugh Morrison high school fa
culty. Ho has had three years of
experience in teaching and coaching
since obtaining his A. B. degTcc
from the Kentucky institution.
The new member of the staff will
take over the athletic directorship of
the Y. M. C. A. Joe Savage, who
has served as physical director since
October 1936, resigned to assume an-
V other position in the ACL system.
A Snead Low will assist Woodson with
1 the physical work among the youn
ger boys.
J. A. Harper, general secretary o£
the Y. M. C. A., in announcing the
appointment of Woodson and the na
i " -lure of the new position said, "We
liope to be able to reach more men
and boys through the program which
will be established. The groups will
be formed and we shall endeavor
, to lend more personal contact to the
ikny branches of activity which will
be conducted. A director of club
' work has been needed for some ti.no
and to that end we secured the ser
vices of Mr. Woodson who will be
relieved of some of the physical .di
rector's duties by Snead Low who
j. will work with the younger boys.
In order to make use of all av _
able space and to accommodate the
ever increasing activities of e
M. C. A. club and game rooms
now being constructed under the
porch of the building. These new fa
cilities are expected to be completed
in the near future.
Doctors To Make
Effort For Control
Of Pneumonia
(By Hubert B. Haywood, M. D.)
(Chairma nof the North Carolini
Commission on Pneumonia Control
» and Member of the Stato Board of
Health.)
' The North Carolina State Board of
Health, with the aid of the State
Medical Society and the medical
school and faculty of Duke Uyver-
V sity, has set up a commission foT
pneumonia control and study in this
State.
••Through the courtesy of the Duke
University Medical School and. the
cooperation of Dr. Wilburt David
son, its doan, and Dr. Frederic Mi
Hanes, professor of medicine, a lab
oratory course of instruction in
pneumonia typing and other scienti
fic procedure concerned witlr the
treatment of pneumonia is offered
fre® charge to technicians of the
tjtate and the doctors, during thr
week of January 24-29.
On January 28, a symposium and
clinic on pneumonia will be offerel
'* the physicians of North Carolina and
adjacent territory.
Recent developments in laboratory
procedure have changed the techni
que of typing the pneumococcus from
> "a complicated process to one which
can be accomplished in half an hour's
time, with simple apparatus. As a
consequence, the use of serum in the
treatment of pneumonia has increas
ed in great strides, and many lives
which otherwise would have been lost
*pve been saved.
It is believed that an increased do
mand for serum, which it is hoped
will be available in every part of
the State, will eventually cause a
marked reduction in its price. North
Carolina has its proportionate share
of pneumonia deaths, and we believe
our mortality rate can be reduced.
Four new rural communities ol
Person County will be supplied witl
electrical current shortly and the reS'
identg are now studying about prop
er wiring and appliances.
IN WASHINGTON if
IS
TAKING ,
PLACE
BY
UNITED STATES SENATOR '
C
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The situation with regard to lyn- 1
ching in tho United States hardly 1
justifies tho time the Senate is giv
ing to tho anti-lynching bill. How
ever, as it was brought forth pri- 1
marily for vote-gathering purpose '
in Northern and Eastern states, 1
Southern Senators have been forced '
to come to the defense of law en- J
forcement officers in their respective J
states. Nowhere in the country is
there to be found more able and ef- '
ficient men than those who enforce
state, county and municipal laws J
in the South. A Federal anti-lynch
law would be a reflection on thesa ,
officers—and all possible effort is
being made to prevent it.
Fortunately, the debate on the
anti-lynching bill comes at a time f
when the Senate i 8 awaiting a con- |
ference report on the farm bill and (
action on other measures pending
in the House. Thus, Southern Sen- j
I ators ar© carrying on their fight (
I without, up to the present time, se- ,
' rious delay to much-needed and im- ,
portant legislation,
i Perhaps never before has the Sen
ate given such time to the control 1
'■ of a non-existent problem. Lynch
ing is no longer a real problem.
Greater progress has been made in
control of lynchings than irv per
haps any other form of crime. In
1901, there were 130 people lynched
in the United States. In 1936, there
were nine. North Carolina had none.
What other crime has been reduc
ed so rapidlyf Who reduced itt Not
the Federal Government, but vigi
lant law enforcement officers in the
Southern states.
One feature of the proposed anti
lynch law would provide an indem
nity for the families of unfortu
nate lynch victims. What about funds
for .the families of Federal officers
killed by gangsters f The government
provides none. Yet, the legislative
montrosity known as the anti-lynch
law is being given attention as if
it were designed to control a na
tional problem, instead of to get
votes for the sponsors.
This is being done at a time when
the South is the safest part of tho
United States for law-abiding people
and is a section where law-abiding
negroes have their greatest number
of friends. What is really proposed
is to "lynch" th eConstitution and
its guarantees of states' rights sole
ly for vote-gathering purposes. Any
such idea is, of course, extremely
distasteful to Southern members of
Congress schooled in the traditions
of tho South.
During 1936 there were forty-four
■instances in which officers of tho law
prevented lynchings. Thirty-nine of
these were in Southern stales. Here
is evidence of what officers in the
South are doing to prevent lynch
ings at the risk of their lives. The
Federal Government could not do the
job better.
• Since the year 1882, there have
been 4,673 people lynched in the
United States, according to avail
able records. Does this look like a
national problem f While nine peo
ple were lynched in 1936, nearly 40,-
000 were killed in careless and negli
. gent highway accidents. This is a
i national problem. Doeg the Federal
> Government propose to do something
> about that! Certainly it is of more
' national concern than the unfortu
nate lynchings of nine persons for
i crimes for which they would have,
 in most instances, been executed by
th# state.
Congress in the anti-lynching bill
I is endeavoring to make a legislative
- mountain out of a local mole hill.
i
i BRIDGING THE NATION
3 I
3 There are approximately 200,000
railway bridges in the United
States, built not only to cross
f streams but to eliminate highway
i crossings. If they were all placed
- end to end, they would extend 3,-
- 860 miles, a distance greater than
from New York to San Francisco.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1938
ADDRESS OF
BAILEY DRAWS
NEGRO'S IRE
Remarks On Antl-Lyncft Bill Irk
State Committee On Negro Af
fairs
yVinston-Salem, Jan. 15.—An open
lo'ter bearing the name of the
"North Carolina Committee of Ne
gro Affairs, Hosea V. Price, Chair
man," was dispatched today to U.
S. Senator Josiah W. Bailey of North
Carolina in Washington, criticizing
his speech befor e the Senate la-it
Wednesday.
The letter said in part:
"The full text of your speech be
fore Congress on January 12 with
reference to the anti-lynching bill
has been carefully studied and an
effort to analyze same. Your ex
pressed concern in keeping the Sol
id South white is uncalled for. Tho
Negro represents a very email part
of the South. The machinery of gov
ernment and administration of law
and justice are exclusively in the
hands of the white people.
"You pride yourself upon the fact
that you believe in constitutional
government and Christian ethics. It
is difficult for us to reconcile your
professed belief in democratic in
stitutions and orderly processes of
government with your statement in
the Senate last Wednesday. Our con
ception of the function of a United
States Senator is that he will at all
times represent the best interests of
all of his constituency, regardless of
race, color or creed."
Plan To Purge
Precinct Books
Names Of Dead Going Off In Rich
mond, Larger Precincts Will Be
Invited
Rockingham, Jan. 15.—1t is likely
that a new registration will b© made
for Richmond County voters in
May, and that two of the largest
precincts will be divided, according
to Isaac London, chairman of the
County Board of Elections.
In the last election, 7,316 votes
were cast in tho 15 precinctß. In
Rohanen precinct 1,416 voted, where
as in the adjoining Midway precinct
only 123 votes were cast. It is now
proposed to detach Leak Mill village
from the Rohanen precinct and plac3
Leak and Midway together, this re
ducing Rohanon's vote and enlarg
ing that of Leak-Midway.
Perhaps the greatest congestion of
any precinct is in the Rockingham
vote where 1819 votes were cast last
November 3. The Board now pro
poses to create a new precinct at
Pee Dee school, and let it embrace
all that part of Rockingham town
ship that lies west and north of
Hitheoek Creek.. This would greatly
reduce the Rockingham town pre
cinct total, and tend to more con
venience for the outlying voters.
Tho Board of Elections consists of
Isaac London, Jesse Leigh and Carl
McLeon.
The registration books in every
precinct are badly cluttered, with
! dead names and removals. To get
the books to date, a new registration
will bo necessary. Many Richmond
1 county voters are in Washington or
1 in other Federal and State employ
ment, and vote the Absentee ballot
1 —though not in large numbers when
1 it i 8 considered that in the hot June
' primary of last year only 250 ab
-1 sentee ballots were cast out of a 7,-
■ 000 vote. A new registration will not
' affect those abosentees, as Section
' 23 of the Election Laws makes provi
-1 sion for these in event of any new
1 registration.
' The county considers itself a mod
' el in the conduct of its elections and
' primaries, and never a suggestion of
: illegal voting, absentee or other
> wise, has ever been made. The Board
' is appreciative of this fact, and is
planning a new registration and divi
' sion of the two large precincts to
' continue it so.
Maybe He's Bald
Hecklor—Why do you wear that
silly monocle f
Speaker—Because I have a weak
eye.
9 Heckler —Then why don't you wear
r a glass hatt
1
Anti-Semitism spreads is Kuman
a ia; Jews barred from employing non-
Jewish women under 40.
Red Army Troopers, Too, Voted
NT JMB
These troopers of the Soviet red army were photographed as they
received their ballots to vote in the Molotov election district of Moscow
during the recent election in the Soviet, the first election under the
new constitution. The man in front is a junior platoon commander.
A Tragedy—More About Jordan
Street Underpass
The public is apprized of the death of Mr. Phelps, ope
rator of the Pomi-Inn, occuring Monday last, having receiv
ed his fatal injuries in an unfortunate railroad crossing
accident January 12.
re / erred t0 thi s sad accident occurred,
causing the death of one of our citizens and serious inju
the Raleio-h R h oCCUpants of the automobile involved, at
the Raleigh Road crossing south of the ACL passenger
station where seve nrailroad tracks have to be crossed by
vehicular traffic using this thoroughfare. This is a popular
crossing and is unportected.
The public knows that the railroad has desired for manv
would ne e ve°i ind ° f h^w' crossing - The Board of Aldermen
in. L fh 'f f r? ably , never win, consent to its clos
south end nf tho > w V rocedu ™ would bottle up the
was slatPd fl h i How ? ver ' at on e time this crossing
was slated to be closed, and would stand closed today if it
i!f *?, r !j n «f e activit y of certain citizens in defeat
mg the Jordan Street Underpass that was to take the place
of the Railroad Crossing. Certain property interest on the
western side did not desire ana wuc opposed to making the
r ,.,. 0 traffic to eastern side too easy and convenient.
Citizens representative of this interest set out to defeat the
Jordan Street Underpass, after contract was awarded and
some work done by contractor, and they succeeded. A so
called citizens committee, that represented only a little
group high pressured the Board of Aldermen into suspend
ing work on the underpass, knowing all the while, as this
paper intimated at the time, that suspension meant ul
timate defeat of the project. Let us again remind our cit
izen, in the event any have forgotten, that the Underpass
W awarded to our city by the Federal Bureau of Roads
and was to be financed by federal funds. City was to pro
vide only the right of way.
The selfish interest, as already referred to, was willing
to and did actually defeat the Underpass that was being
given to our city, and not only was it defeated but through
its activities caused near $10,000.00 of the taxpayers mon
ey to be spent hiring an expert, to tell us how to remove
the tracks from main street and eliminate all grade cross
ings, like we didn't already know, if anybody or anything
had the money and the willingness to spend it for that pur
pose. A municipal election last spring upset the apple cart,
but unfortunately the election came too late to save the
$10,000.00 of city money in rainbow chasing.
we doubt if the public knows just how far Boss rule ano
Ring rule had advanced in Rocky Mount prior to last muni
cipal election. It had advanced so far in certain quarters
that a citizen, in no manner or wise connected with city
government, and without even consulting the Board of Al
dermen or the Underpass Committee of which the present
Mayor was then Chairman, called the Chairman of Highway
Commission (Capus) and told him to hold up on the Jordan
Street Underpass. This is Boss rule and Ring rule gone to
blossom, and is only a fair sample of what usually happens
in any place if not checked in time by the people at the bal
lot box.
The money for the Jordan Street Underpass that was in
the bag to eliminate the dangerous Raleigh Road crossing,
scene of the tragedy of Wednesday of last week, was fin
ally lost to us and spent in grade crossing elimination at
Elm City and Smithfield. When Elm City and Smithfield
build monuments in the future to their generous friends
certain citizens in Rocky Mount should be tenderly remem
bered.
Let us hope and pray that the sad tragedy of last week
will never occur again.
DORIS DUKE'S HUSBAND BEFORE WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE. DOUGHTON SHOCKED
James H. R. Cromwell, husband of Mrs. Doris Duke
Cromwell testified before the Ways and Means Committee
yesterday on the proposed new finance bill.
This is Mr. Cromwell's first appearance in a general way
as spokesman for the Duke interest. He proposed in the in
terest of recovery and the little man that all income tax be
removed and in place, of these taxes a general manufactur
ing tax be levied which is commonly known as the "sales
tax."
His testimony was so shocking and so ridiculous that
the learned and venable Chairman Mr. Doughton was caus
ed to exclain J LIBERTY, O LIBERTY, WHAT CRIMES
ARE IN THY NAME! Mr. Doughton exclaim
ed. "EVERY TIME SOMEONE MAKES A PROPOSAL
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PRESIDENT NOMINATES
REED TO COURT VACANCY
I. T. Valentine ■
Makes Formal I

Announcement,
1
As a candidate for Judge of the (
Superior Court, I want to take my
cause directly and personally to tin
people whose supr e me right to choose,
by their ballots, the men they would
have administer their laws and their
government, I have always recognized
and reverently upheld. I ask for the
support of the people of this district
on my record as a man, as a lawyer,
as a citizen of this District
and on whatever measure of servico
I have been fortunate enough to
render to my fellowmen and the
Democratic Party, which I have serv
ed always and fiaithfully to tho utmost
of my means and strength.
ITIMOUS T. VALENTINE
HANCOCK
TAKES SHOT
ATAGENTS
Says Ho Has Received Reports Of
Questionable Tactics In Reynolds
Behalf
Washington, Jan. 14. —In a prepar
ed statement issued hero today, Rep
resentative Prank Hancock declared
that he had received reports of
''questionable political activities" by
North Carolina federal law enforce
ment officers in behalf of Senator
Robert R. Reynolds' campaign for
re-election.
Scprasentative who is
opposing Senator Reynolds for fhe
Democratic Senatorial nomination in
the Juno primary, said the law of
ficers in question were operating
in Western North Carolina and held
patronage appointments from his op
ponent.
"It's the same old 'coon with an
other ring around his tail," the
North Carolina Congressman assert
ed. "It's no more than I expected
to hear. But as a citizen of the State
of North Carolina, I do hope, if the
reports are true, that such officers
will devote at least their spare
hours, when not campaigning, to
their duty of aiding in tho preserva
tion of law and order.
"It is also to be fervently hoped
that in their zeal to assist Senator
Reynolds, they will not encourage
confirmed criminals of the under
world to take a leading part in the
| campaign."
Hancock would not amplify his
statement by giving names nor
would he say he would file a com-'
plaint with tho department of jus
tice.
Boswell Candidate
For House Seat
Wilson, Jan. 19. —P. W. Boswell,
Wilson County farmer and former
Wilson County member of the State
Legislature, announced here yester
day that ho would seek the Demo
cratic nomination this year for rep
resentative from this county.
Boswell was representative from
this county in the 1933 Legislature.
He has been farming ever since.
So far no one else has announce!
t for the position that was held by
Troy T. Barnes last session. Barnes
announced recently that ho wa« seek
? ing tho Democratic nomination for
* Congress against Congressman John
H. Kerr this year from this dis
trict.
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Washington, Jan. 15.—-President
Roosevelt today nominated Stanley
Forman Reed, U. S. Solicitor-Gener
al, to the Supreme Court vacancy
created by retirement of Justice
George Sutherland.
The nomination was presented at
the opening of today's session of
the Senate and quick confirmation
was anticipated after reference V»
the senate judiciary committee and
possible brief sub-committee hear
ings.
Reed, 53-year-old defender of the
New Deal in repeated Supremo
court engagements, was regarded
by senators as a "moderate liber
al." They noted that Reed's activ
ity in the bitter fight over Presi
dent Roosevelt's Supremo Court plan
was confirmed to an exchange of let
ters with Chairman Henry F. As
hurst, D., Ariz., of the judiciary
committee.
Reed's letter presented the view
that the Supreme Court's work
' could be expedited by enlargement
of the tribunal. He did not attack,
or criticize presented the view that
the Suprem 0 Court's work could be
expedited by enlargement of the tri
bunal. He did not attack or criticiza
present functionings of the court.
Confirmation of Reed to the Su
preme Court was expected by tho
administration to injure a five-man
majority on the nine-member trib
unal. Reed is Mr. Roosevelt's second
high court nominee. Senators said
they regarded him as a more con
servative figure than Justice Hugo
L. Black, sent to the court from the
senate by the President.
Tho nomination was received by
the senate i n the midst of the an
nual address delivered by Sen. Mor
ris Sheppard, D., Tex., on the anni
versary of passage of the 18th
amendment. It was referred to tha
judiciary committee by Ashurjt
without objection.
TRIBUTES TO
ROBERT E. LEE
On every January the 19th, Lee liv
es again, in our hearts around our
fireside, in the knowledge of our
children. H e lives in story and
song, on this birthday of his, which
is being commemorated throughout
the South, in fact, throughout our
nation, next Wednesday.
First of all, I quote the tribute
from Benjamin J. Hill, brilliant
statesman of Georgia, when he said:
Lee was a foe without hate; .
A soldier without cruelty;
A victor without murmuring.
He was a Christian without hy
pocrisy ;
And a man without guile.
He wa3 Caesar without hi s ambi
; tion;
Frederick without his tyranny;
Napoleon without his selfishness;
And Washington without his re
ward!"
Field Marshal Viscount Woleeley
of the British Army, visited the Con
federate headquarters, and of his
first meeting with Gen. Lee he
• wrote:
Every incident of that visit
t is indelibily stamped on my
r memory. It seemed to me he was
3 tho greatest man with whom I
ever conversed, and was one
of the few who awed me with
his inherent greatness. Forty,
years have come and gone
! since our meeting, yet the ma
jesfty of his manly bearing, the
genial winning grace, the sweet
-1 ness of his smile and the im
f pressive dignity of his old fash
-3 ioned style of address, come
£ back to me among my most
r cherished recollections,
j Col. Henderson, English His
torian, spoke of Lee as "one
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