The Rocky Mount Herald
VOLUME 5. NO. 50.
Pl' iffft: fIIIXCTCUI
Bji HugO\Sims, Special Washington
Correspondent
POLITICAL GOSSIP
COALITION WON'T WORK
NO UPHEAVAL AHEAD
THE MONOPOLY INQUIRY
| A'SCONSTRUCTION EFFORT
CONFERENCE AT LIMA
U. S. IS POPULAR f
ARMAMENTS MEAN WAR
• HUGE NAVAL RACE.
j DEMOCRACIES AHEAD
; Baseball has its winter leagues,
where the fans sit closo to warm
t stomps in freezing weather and dis
• -.cuss the prospects .of the comiag sea
: : and politicians on days when
1 action is slow, follow much the sam,,
" routine. Newspaper writers and col
timnists, whon they have nothing de
finite to write about, resort to their
spallations about future events, re
gardless of the fact that their pre
dictions rarely come true.
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Much of the same state of af
- fairs exists in regards to the next
session of Congress, with even an
experienced political leader like Sen
ator Charles L. McNary talking about
what the Republicans will do when
j thov Vjoin with consorvatve Domo
craM." This is a favorite indoo r spe
culation at this date. Politicians and
writers estimate how many anti-Ad
; rii inist ration Democrats will join with
•' so many Republicans and undo the
President's New Deal program. Wven
Mr. McNary says there are three
r parties represented in Congress
I "Democrats, Republicans, and New
ftealcrs."
It is not our business to whoop
it up for either party, but, just tire
( saniO, if our readers want to know
vhat is going to happen in the next
'aA(; both of the major jv , rli' - s tetfe
their factions, as the Republicans
j 'ound out at their meeting in Wash
| ington last month. The Democrats,
i it ia true, are not unanimous, nei
ther\re the Republicans. There are
wings and conservative wings
in both parties, and also a faction
tli wants to be successful at tlio
polls, regardless of liberal or #n
eervatifo principles.
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f 1
Thcf prospect is that both parties
in Congross will attempt to outdo
i the other in taking care of the farm
1 er, the veteran, the old age group,
ind the union labor program; When
it comes to national defense, the
b chances arc that both parties will
j! favor a larger navy, a modernized
|i army and thousands of new planes.
I : Congress, they need not fall for this
K coalition talk. It simply won't exist,
I except in a few isolated tests. Iu
I Eviyybody will be talking about ro
llieving.the taxpayers and taking
1 the burdens off of business so that
j private capital will got going. The
I differences will bo mostly in method
in administration and side issues
! that will be argued hotly for their
political value in the 1940 election.
1 Tfere is going to be no drastic
" change in the policies that have been
i underway fo rthe past few years,
regardless of the coalition talk and
political prognosticators 1
*
j After six months of elaborate prep
aration the Government's investiga
tion of monopoly got under way last
wjlk with the idea of surveying the
national economic machinery. It is
expected that the work will continue
for many months. Sensational head
it line news is not to be the rule, nor
j is the committee, headed by Senator
C. O'Mahoney, interested in
witch-hunting. The evidence, s«>
far, indicates that the purpose of
the fact-hunt is to discover, if pos
sible, what makes business tick and
if anything, ia the matter with
the economic plant.
The committee, created at the re
quest of the President, is a Congres
sional-Executive creature, to make
an investigation into monqpoly and
I the concentration of economic power
Bin and financial control over produc
u ton and distrbution of goods and
I services. The committee will at
• tempt to determine the causes of the
[ concentration and control of their
! 'effect upon competition and the ef
fect of the existing price system
And price policies of industry upon
j thCvgeneral level of trade, npon un
employment, long-term profits and
n un ler-consumption. It will examine
the questions relnting to existing tax,
patent and other governmental po
licies, upon competition, price, levels,
unemployment, profits and consump
tion.
Tho committee lias a stupendous
job. It is said that if the work is
carried out on the scope indicated
it will be the most important study
ever made of the American econo
mic structure. Tho committee, says
Senator O'Mahoney, will try to do a
constructive job, not as a prospecting
' uttorney, looking for violations of
n law, but, We gather, more as a doctor,
looking over a patient, anxious to
discover the true state* of the pu
n tient's health and sincerely hopeful
8 of being able to outline a treatment
j
LIQUOR SALES
ABOVE SIX MIL
| LION FOR YEAR
t Board Reports That State Collected
l $.537,330 In Taxes On Wet Goods
North Carolina's 27 "wet" coun
- ties sold $0,798,407 worth of liquor
1 during the fiscal year ending last
- June 30, tho state board of alcohol
i ic control announced the pastiwcek.i
a Net revenue for the year, the i
i hoard said in its first annual re-'
> port, was -ijiJ,249,90 7 for tho Ml li-i
» quor stores, which spent $128,2091
r for operating expenses and $44,309]
on other items.
The beverage tax, the report said,
i included the levy on beer, amount
s ed to $1,537,330, about two per cent
i of the state's total revenue fo r the
t fiscal yonr,
r The ptr capita consumption Irt '
i the counties was $7.58, it was said, i
Durham county led in sales with j
f a total of $1,020,000 and in per cap-|
. ita consumption with $13.28. Next i
; in gross sales was Wake with $807,-1
j 635 and New Hanover was third with
, $523,161.
j Tyrrell with reported low
- est gross sales. Dare was second
from bottom with $44,344, and
Greene third with $60,441. Bertio
) with $2.70 reported lowest per cap
i ita salos.
i According to the report, the heav
t iest drinking was dono during win
i ter months.
;
' Group Approves
! Medical School
i
New Four-Year School Will Be State
J Supported—Location Is Debated
)
t Raleigh, Dec. 5. —A State support
-5 ed fou r year medical school meot
f ing every requirement of a grade
A institution, had the approval to
, day of a special study commission
, authorized by the 1938 General As
sembly, but there was a division in
j the six-member group as to the lo
cation of the proposed school. i
Pour members of the body—Dr.
W. De B. McNider, Dean of the two
1 year medical school at Chapel Hill,
T. W. M. Long of Roanoke Rapids
Chairman, Dr. C. C. Carpenter of
3 Wako Forest and Dr. W. M. Copper
' idge of Durham —said in a "major
-5 ity" report they believed the school
should be established at Chapel Hill.
r The other two —O. M. Mull of Shel
r by and Dr. B. J. Lawrence of
1 leigh—attached dissenting state-
J ments, explaining that "responsible
parties" had promised a large do
nation from private funds to supple
* ment a State appropriation to
1 build and endow a four-year medi
cal school, "provided the school was
built at a designated city in the
• State."
Neither the parties nor the dosig
-0 nated city was named.
1 "I do not think the location of
r the medical school at Chapel Hill
:• is of sufficient importance to make
d it necessary to refuse a large dona
> tion which was conditioned upon
e building the school elsewhere," Mull
r said. He added that he believed the
- school should be a unit of the great
n er university. #
n The only four-year medical school
i- now in North Carolina is at Duke
d university.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, 1938
DO WE NEED A
TOBACCO PROCRAM?
I COMPARE INCOME BEFORE 1933 WITH INCOME SINCE # 1
NO PROGRAM
YEARS ACRES MILLIONS OF MLLION3 VALUE IN PRICE PER
» : ■ POUNDS GRCWN LBBAJSED MILLIONS POUND
1928, 712,400 1,119,900 493 739 708 3 18 9* 17.3
1929 729300 1085,700 485 " 750 7 ©9 > 18.5* 18.0^
. 1930 768,000.1144,200 581 865 774 JS 12.9* 12.0*
1931 688500 979,500 " 476 670 597 42 PB* 8.4*
1932 462500| 617500 289 374 565 35 12. I .11.6*
WITH PROGRAM
19331 6678001 920,600 530 733 646 I 16.1* 15.3»
1934 486,500 684200 412 " 557 567 118 286* 273*
1935 612,500 874,000 573 [ 811 693 (|6 203* 20.0*
1936 591000 864,500 452 683 _ 671 ~ |_o2 225 *"" 22.1*
1937 662,000 973300 587 BSS 784 TT4-rt 24.0* 230*1
•1938 625,000 934,000 522 784 f ? ? ?
|» FORCAST-AUGUST. 1938. NORTH CAROLINA AGRCULTL'RAL .EXTENiSON SEFVICF STATFC-CH I FGE RALEIGH.NC
T, Na 31/
There" is no need to elaborate or. before voting in the tqftacco refer- of the crop during the fivo year*
tho above tabulation, says K. V endum December 10," list- declared, preceding the program. He also point
| Floyd, AAA executive officer .u cited specifically the rapid in- ed to the 20 ceuts-or-better price
I State College. "These figures toll a crt ' aso iu t! 'V value of North Oaro per pound every year since 1934
1 ilia's tobacco crop since the AAA "Marketing quotas are a necessary
j story that every flue-cured tobacco control program was begun in 19.i'j part of this program," Floyd stat
j farmer should consider seriously and the steady decline in, the val i- ed.
Laborer Killed
; In Shop Accident
| Death Of Elderly Necro Appanntt
fy Caused By Being Caupht In
l'u'ley Belt
• Willie Wilson, u!), Negro laborer of
100 TTnioJi Street, was instantly
killed when caught in the belt of
j a heating plant fan at the Atlantic ,
[ Coasf Line railroad shops this morn
i iutf-
Dr. ,T. G. Raby of Tarboro, Kdge-
I combo county coroner, reported af
ter his investigation that Wilson's
death was accidental, resulting from
fracture of the skull, chest and left
arm caused by being caught by i
belt on a pulley.
The Negro was tending the heat
ing plant in the ACL paint shop,
and according to employes in tho
paint shop ho was alone when tho
accident occurred.
Workers around tho paint shop re
ported that shortly after the 7:30
o'clock whistle they heard a noise
in tho room where heating fan
is located, went in and found tho
Negro dead. The fan belt had slip
ped off the six-foot" pulley wheel
of the heating fan and was jammed
around the pulley wheel of the elec
tric motor. Wilson was thrown on
the floor near the motor, his head,
chest and left arm crushed.
The torn coat of his overalls was
lying near the fan pulley wheel and
shreds of clothing were found on the
wheel which paint shop employees
said was still turning when they
went in the room and found th
body.
Wilson had been working at the
ACL shops at intervals for 12 years
He was married, and was a native
of Manning county, South Carolina.
The accident was reported to b
the first in the ACL shops during
the year nearly ended.
SERVICE HELD FOR
MRS. BELLE SUITER
Mother Of Local Resident Succumbs
At Home Of Daughter
Funeral services for Mrs. Belle
Suiter, mother of H. Suiter of this
city, were conducted frqni the home
of her daughter, Mrs. W. T. White
head, in Weldon yesterday aftor
noon. Rev. Mr. Robinson, Methodist
minister of Weldon, officiated, and
burial took place in the family plot
in the churchyard at Garyeburg.
Mrs. Suiter died at the home of
her daughter late Monday. She had
been in failing health for about two
years, but was seriously ill fo r on
ly a week before her death. She
would have been 95 years old in
February.
Survivors include three children,
Mrs. W. T. Whitehead of Weldon, A.
H. Suiter of Bocky Mount, and W.
A. Suiter of Jacksonville, Fla.; and
three grand-children, Miss Ola Belle
Whitehead of Richmond, Va.; Misa
Selma Whitehead of High Point and
Herbert Sniter, of Bocky Mougt.
Vote Por Crop Control
"v - ■
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Tomowow, Saturday, December 10, is election day for the
farmers and agrneural interest of North Carolina. We
believe From prcsoSl indications. that crop control will be
voted in for another year with as great a majority as the
last year's vote. President Roosevelt is the firpt presi
dent of the United States in' the history of this republic
that has ever undertook to place the government behind
agriculture on a par i+ith industry. Fx - om the beginning
of this republic has been subsidized J>y a high
tariff, the amount of which would make the parity and con
servation benefits given to the farmer under this adminis
tration look like a humming bird by the side of an ostrich.:
Agriculture is a national problem for when the farmer is|
weak, the whole nation is weak and the first thing for thel
farmer to do is to look out for his farm and his family and
in doing so he is helpiug to build the nation. There is no 1
sibsentee voting, thank God for that, in this election. Lei
us be sure to vote for crop control tomorrow. Don't for-'
get!,
JANITOR OF THE DANIELS BUILDING PASSES
i
Uncle Watson Sumner, the colored janitor of the Daniels
Building for the past 15 years died Wednesday morning af- i
ter several weeks of illness, having passed his three score!
and tenth birthday. He had been janitor of the building
continuously from the time the building was purchased by
the lute J. H. Daniels from the First National Bank & Trust
Co. and after the death of Mr. Daniels had served as jani
tor for Mrs. Daniels at this building and at her home. Be
fore moving to Rocky Mount he lived in his native section
of Hilliardston, Nash Co., on the farm of the late Mr. and
Mrs. George Cooper for 29 years. Practically his entire life
was spent in the service of the Cooper family in the country
and the Daniels family in Rocky Mount. Honest, depend
able, and faithful always; respected by all of the tenants
in the Daniels Building, he leaves a family well thought of,
having been married twice. His body was taken back to
his native section, Hilliardston, for burial. The Hera'd
knew him well and enjoyed his service and we extend our
sympathy to his bereaved family.
PEOPLE ANSWER PRESIDENT'S WOULD-BE CRITICS
Some few weeks back it was not uncommon to hear such
expressions as "Don't you think the president and his poli
cies are not as popular as they were some time back?" This,
however, was not very often asked by those who were lib
eral Democrates. These questions were answered satisfac
torily Monday whne President Roosevelt paid a visit to the
state and the University of North Carolina speaking before
the Students Forum and a crowd of North Carolinians gath
ered from as far west as the Tennessee line and as far east
as the Atlantic Ocean to greet the president even though)
his visit, by reason of previous engagements, was to be
short. The crowd was such that the great gymnasium
which holds 10,000 people was filled, the Memorial Hall some
distance away crowded and an overflow assembled outside
standing in the rain to get a glimpse of the President. It
was indeed a great dayfor the state and for Chapel Hill.
The president seemed to be in splendid health and fine form.
His speech was received with great enthusiasm by all even
though many stood wet and drenchted in the rain. From
the time the presidential train arrived in Sanford until he
again boarded his train in Durham there was continuous
applause and greetings all along the way.
I Pres. Roosevslt Talks At
! University of North Carolina
I
December 5. —Through the pour
ing rain today, President Roosevelt
made a 35 mile motorcade from San
ford to Durham via I'ittsboro and
Chapel Hill, where President Frank
Graham conferred on him tho hon
oraVy Doctor of Lawc degree.
At Sanford the special train bear
ing' Mr. Roosevelt arrivod shortly
aftor 2:30 o'clock and was received
by a large and cheering throng which
had been gathering long before tho
train was duo. Crowds of school
children, held • back by National
j Guardsmen, were lining the streets
about the station when Governor
Moey arrivod with . his wifo and
daughter.
Schools in Sanford were dismissel
and storos closed from. 2.13 until
2:15 for tho big event. Right on
time, the special rolled into the sta
tion and the President was greeted
by Governor Hoey, Dr. Graham,
Judge. Biggs, and Mayor Williams
and Gilmoro.
After a demonstration by tho peo
ple of Sanford, the motorcade start
ed for Chapel Ilill in tho midst oC
a pouring rain.
Tho procession entered Chapel
Hill through streets crowded with
persons hurrying to the gymnasium.
Nearer the gym, the cars slowed to
a walking pace and Secret Servieo
guards mounted their coustouiary
station on tho running boards of
the President's car.
Robert Maddy, University pres
agent, estimated that there were
10,000 people in the gym, 5,000 ia
the rain and 2,500 in the Memorial
Auditorium listening over lotul
speakors, making a total of 17,500. j
The President's visit was tho cause
of the largest array of newg carry
equipment evor assembled in North
Carolina. Six newsreel cameras wer»
trained on the speakers' table and;
more than a dozen microphones were
erected. At tho press table were -IS
spfrirrt crnrSpATidehts "rnl7rrrTCiTfei"'\ ■
of newspaper photographers. The!
I broadcast was carried over the liook
j up to every section of this eoun
-1 try and on short wave t ■ foreign
countries.
The University band played and
! the PWA negro choir of Durham
and Winston-Salem sang in the P
j WA-built hall.
After receiving tho honorary dc
j gree of Doctor of Laws, President
I Roosevelt addressed the assembly.
I The President first made answer to
I the charges brought against him
j through press and radio. These
i charges, lie said, compared him to
"an ogre—a consorter with Comtnun
i ists, a destroyer of the rich, a
! breaker of our ancient traditions."
While the audience laughed, lie con-'
tinned, "You. think of me perhaps as
the inventor of the economic royal
ist, of the wicked utilities, of tho
money changers in the temple.
"You have heard for six years that
I was about to plunge the nation in
to war; that you and your littlo
brothers would bo sent to the bloody
fields of battle in Europe; that I
was driving the nation into bank-
GARDEN CLUBS OF STATE PLAN
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS EXHIBITS
Rocky Mount Club Plans Exhibit
December 16; Raleigh Exhibits
On Wednesday
Garden clubs of North Carolina
are perfecting plans for tinnual
Christmas meetings and exhibits of
appropriate mantel and table ap
pointments for the Yuletide season,
the local club among them.
The Rocky Mount club has ar
ranged an exhibit fo r Thursday of
next week, December 16, in the Bras
well auditorium of the Thomas Hack
ney Braswell Memorial library, and
will display wreaths and other dec
orations for dining table and oth
lor home arrangement, Christmas
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SI.OO PER YEA*
ruptcy, and that I breakfasted every
morning on a dish of 'grilled mil
lionaire.'
Ho described himself as a "mild
mannered'' practitioner of peace—
both domestic and foreign—a believ
er in the capitalistic system and a
devotee of scrambled eggs. Tbe
crowd roared laughter and applause.
lie praised the University as a
stronghold of liberalism and ex
pressed his faith in the youth of
today carrying on democracy in the
future.
ROCKEFELLER
ESTATE WORTH
$26,410,837
"Coal Oil Johnny" At One Time
ffofth A Billion Dollars Had Giv
en Away Bigger Part Of His Im
mense Fortune During His Life
time.
A not ostato of $2G,410,837 —some
: $17,000,000 of it in government
bonds—was loft by John D. Rocko
[ follor, founder of one of tho migli
i tiest of all fortunes.
This was disclosed in a transfer
> tax apprais.il—a step legally inci
i dent to the collection of taxes—
' which was filed the past week in
: New York, and at'the same timo at
torneys estimated that after tho
payment of federal and state levies
, tho estato would amount to soma
#10,000,000.
in all tho securities left by tho
• capitalist there was but a singlo
$-IS.SU share of stock of the vast
Standard Oil enterprise which ha
had fashioned many ,v';nrs ago.
Rockefeller's holdings ■ once wertj
estimated at close to SI.(WOjO&f.OQP,
' but i':i the last years of hi.i long
1 lift —h.e was tvbi'i) lie diH 18
I mouths ago—he 1m I coi.rtn I his
1 away vii t ■ '■ T' t >-! i's
philnntbr'opie .• '-e d do
nated «t").'!(>,830 : OOC
In addition, lie baa d 1 im y
on his descendants, fe: n*. *is ho
explained in liis w! 1 -', i s
"'wise t" 1 I itf iij a ivy rite
responsibility of 1-
ministering -nb:i.: ! > ■ -
With this .ir ■. r
heirs already h ! ' ■>
he left a'- • ; jr: e ■
niainin.; * ;.. . i t
daughter. Mr . J! T»o
Cu v; , (. ,
qui* who mainfiip ■ a
honi t . in I nki \o k, N. h t two
children uid th i' eke: !.er In
stitute for Midi ill Ue-earili.
John D. RoekefeftVr, Jr., receiv
ed personal and house..old effects
worth $33,678.
The probable share of New Vork
state in the fortune was put at
$■1,(110,467 and of the federal govern
ment at $12,24,1.000;
Debts listed included an itcui of
•"8 cents for clotii bought before
Rockefeller's death May 23, 1J137, at
his winter home in Florida.
candies and cakes. Suggestions for
wrapping and decorating package#
will also be a feature of the exhibit,
Mrs. J. R. Bennett, president of tha
k local club has announced.
[ Plans for the local exhibt are be
! ""B arranged by the program and e*-
. hibit committees. Mies Ka{e Arming
, ton is chairman of the fci'mcr, *nd
Mrs. W. W. Bullock of tfy exhibit
. committee. The exhibits will be
\ open in the afternoon and evening,
. and club members will be admitted
by card. The general public is in
[ vited to attend, but will be charg
. Ed a small admission fee, in accord
. ance with stipulated rules of the
i club.