-Li^'iNx: WSHIEfOtl Washington, May 10. ? Before President Roosevelt left Washing ton for a vacation voyage on the new cruiser "Philadelphia" he took occasion to send a message j to Congress asking for half a million dollars to be used for in vestigating private monopolies. Concentration of economic power in the hands of a few persons or groups, he said, tended toward a condition which he compared to Fascism. That Congress will vote the money is more than likely. That t-he investigation, to be made by the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice and thej Securities and Exchange Commis sion will produce any results that will be politically useful is doubt-]' ed by many. And what Congress^ is most concerned about, now always, is political results. J \ Congressional leaders do /not ' look for any important political results from the expression bv six teen of the Nation's financial and business leaders that they are ready to go along with Govern ment whenever Government shows signs of being willing to play ball with them. The elder statesmen on the Conservative side have never had any doubt that business men were eager to continue in business and finan ciers to finance business, once the ho'bbles imposed by onerous taxa tion were removed and business was not kept* in a state of sus pense and apprehension. Ease Up on Business President Roosevelt's expres sion of approval of the evidence of cooperative spirit on the part of big business is taken in some quarters as indicating a change of front by the Administration in its attitude toward business. Wheth er that proves to be true or not. j there is no question that the at t i tude of a majority in Congress ] has become definitely realistic, I and t-hat no new legislation which j is calculated to have a deterrent effect upon business expansion and reemployment has a ghost of a chance of enactment at this ses- 1 sio?(. ? ' The response of the nation to the new tax bill as finally agreed on by the conference committee of the tow houses has been to en- 1 courage the conservative Demo crats in their attitude of inde pendence. The new tax law practi cally abolishes the tax on corpor- [ ation reserves, and so greatly mod ifies t'he capital gains tax as to eliminate that barrier to the in vestment of new capital, for all I practical purposes. There is, to be | sure, some trace left in the new j bill of the Administration plan of: taxing undistributed corporate j earnings. That was retained in j principle as a matter of "saving | face" for the President. But in ef- 1 feet the t&x plan agreed upon is another victory for the rebelious group in Congress, who. have been heartened by success to take an even nfore defiant- stand in oppo- j sition to another of the pet meas- 1 ures of the White House. Wage-Hour Bill Stymied That is the bill to regulate wag- ! es and hours of labor by Federal statute The Executive pressure i upon Congress to enact such a law has been tremendous and per sistent ever since the .proposal was first broached. There have been a series of bitter fights in both houses, chiefly behind committee-! room doors, over the plan spon sored in the House by Represent tative Mary Norton of New Jer- j sey. The original measure has j been revamped and modified in , commititee until it bears little re- I semblance to its original'torm. At last it took a form upon which the majority of the Labor cimmittee could agree, but it instantly ran 1 into a snag in t>he shape of the < all-powerful rules committee. Without the consent of the rul es committee, under ' parliamen tary procedure, no bill can be . placed on the calendar for consid eration by the entire House. And the Rules Committee refused to grant a rule placing the bill on the calendar. Five Southern Dem ocrats, Cox of Georgia. Driver of I Arkansas, Smith of Virginia, Clark of North Carolina, and Dies of Teras, joined with three Republican members of the com mittee to refuse the rule. They were reflecting t?he general oppo sition in the South to any legisla tive attempt to put the wages of Negroes on a level with those of white workers. Unless Chairman Norton can get 218 members to sign a peti tion discharging the Rules Com mittee fro.n consideration of her bill, it has no chance of passage at this session. And in view of the time it would take to make ac tion under a petition effective, and the almost unanimous desire of Congress to adjourn by June first at the latest, the outlook for a wages-and-hours law seems doubtful. Garner Rucking K.D.R.? It is no secret on Capit-ol Hill j that thpre is antagonism between ' the President and the Vice-Presi-| dent. Both men are too good poli ticians to admit an open clash be tween them, but it is suspected by ? many Insiders that Mr. Garner is j the master-mind behind much of the political strategy which has resulted in the defeat of many of the President's pet measure*. The President still has many loyal supporters in both Houses, of course. There are nearly two Making Goo< Job SUPT. J. C. HARKINS of the Louisburg Light and Power ' Department, who is making a splendid jolt of rebuilding the City plant. The plant is giving 1 excellent service to its many ens-;' tomers under his efficient manage- ' ment. - hundred Represents! ives and more | than forty Senators who can be L'ouuted upon to stand by Mr. Roosevelt and the New Deal through thick and thin. Not the least- important of these is Sena-;1 tor Sherman Minton of Indiana, who is understood to l>e very close-! ly in the President's confidence. and is often regarded as the Pres- ! dent's spokesman. ' Senator Minton succeeded Sen- : ator Black, upon the tatter's ele- ' ration to the Supreme Court, as chairman of the Special Commit- j tee to investigate lobbying. His attitude in that capacity has been one of bitter hostility toward any one who criticized or tried to block the passage of any measure favored by the President. i CARD OK THANKS We wish to thank our many' friends and relatives for their j kindness shown us during the, lingered illness and death of our;, beloved husband and son. and we also thank them for the beautiful floral designs. Mrs. Alston Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Fuller. Demonstrations in Harnett ! County with peat moss on tobacco j plant beds resulting in better root systems and larger plants, j The soil was kept in such condi tion that the plants were easily, pulled for setting. Nell ? No. I just ca n t stand be ing kissed. Tom ? That's great! Come here and sit down. \ j Louisb jrg ews Items College I 1 l)ri malic Club I At a lerer t meeting of the Dra matic Club, i he following students were electee as officers for next roar: P|*e ident, Miss Evelyn Earnhardt, iaouisburg; Vice Pres ident, E. B. [Roberts, Wake For est; Secreta l\ Miss Mildred Mur ray, JJaleigli \ Business Manager. Jtmn l.cc E< Wards. Stantonsburg. I'li/s year, 1 great deal of inter est! Has beeujphown by the stud ents in the Dramatic Club. Ten irit4nbers of She club have been Admitted to t|ie Players' Organiza tion. The Louisburg .College Play ers! is t*he honorary division of thel Dramatic Club. Students be come members through outstand itvglwork ill the club's productions aildjare judged by a point system anoLted by the club. Iflpe following students will be ^warded. at t-he commencement eienpises, players' emblems: Miss Evelyn Earnhardt, Louisburg: Misst Margaret COx, Raleigh; Miss Martha Blanch Rice, Enfield; Miss HoselMalone, Louisburg; Miss Sa ra Joyner. Wilson; Miss Lillian Johnson. Holly Springs; Miss llulh Knight; E. B. Roberts. Wake forest; Enoch Dickens. Halifax; Lloyd Bell, Monroe. The players are now working on he commencement production which is to be a group of three [>ne-act plays. Entertainment The Louisburg College Players, honorary division of the Dramatic Club, enjoyed their annual ban quet, Wednesday evening. April 27. The players attended the ball same at State College of Louis burg College and State freshmen. Following this, they enjoyed a banquet- at the Green Grill and a theatre party at the Ambassador. K?'Oitals * Miss Virginia Peyalt. Head of the Speech and Dramatic Art De partments at Louisburg College, recently presented four of her st'U rlents, of the Department of Speech, in recitals. On Friday evening. April 29, ut 8 o'clock, Miss Litlijin Johnson. at Holly Springs, read "Apple niossoms." hy William Martins, 'Patterns." by Amy Lowell, and "Home Thoughts From Abroad," l>y Robert Browning. Miss Mar garet Cox, of Raleigh, read "By Courier." by O'Henry Miss Mar tha Blanch Rice, of Enfield, read "Ingomar" (Translated from t>he German) by* von Mnench-BlUing liausen. Ushers were Beth Von Canon, of West End. Josephine Lamm, of Wilson, Margaret Bec tou, of Stautonsburg. and Irnia Conner, of Itich Square. TH? POPULAR fAVOR/li EIRcesSo ALWAYS GOOD / t? SUFERSAVING ^SUPER-COACH. Travel in Greater Comfort L At '/? the Cost of Driving a Car ${ I RALEIGH WILMINGTON WINSTON-SALEM GOLD8BORO CHARLOTTE DURHAM GREENSBORO HENDERSON FAYETTEVIIiLE ASHEVILLE Big EXTRA Savings on Round Trip Tickota | | GREY/HOUND Boddie Drug Store Phone 820-1 I.ontsbnrg, N. C. HAIL IMSURANCE ON GROWING TOBACCO Insure early and get longer protection. The Rates remain the same. ;* CHARLIE FORD (OFFICE OVER BODDIB DRUG STORE) lauisburn ???? iciMKiHsa^irnEHPnTi ? Thursday - Friday, May 19-20 S MOST MACNJFICEMT ENTiRTAiNMENTi These students showed unusual J talent and marked technical skill, in each rendition. On Monday evening. May 2. ; Miss Sara Joyner, of Wilson, pre- ' jsented a recital In speech, assisted' jl>y Miss Kd it'll Dixon from the jSchool of .Music. Miss Joyner read la play In one act. Miss Dixon ren jdered "Sonata" (op 14. No. ll hy .Beethoven. Ushers for Miss Joyner ' 'were Winifred Ban til. of Swan | Quarter, Margaret BarcHft, of Durham. Annie Mae Braswell. of IWhitakers, and Louis Jones, of Pink Hill. , Miss Joyner handled with pre cision splendid characterizations j of the five characters portrayed in | her play. ! Each student rendered a sym pathetic Interpretation of her se | lection and showed careful train-! ing in voice, diction, and panlo ' minia expression. a.