The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-02
Small Resents Affronts Given.

on-Representatlve Small,
in a speech to the house protested
against what he termed a proposed IN
suit by Congress to the General Eou-
cation Board, which is one OF the
philanthropies sustained by John u
Rockefeller In his speech he pa1o
tribute to the work which the RocKe-
Teller Funds have accomplished IN
North Carolina and other Southern
States.
The occasion of the speech was an
amendment by the senate to the agrl-
cultural appropriation bill Inc
house bill had appropriated S373,24o
for the farmers cooperative demon
STATIONS and boil weevil study, but
the senate added 100000 to this ap-
preparation with a proviso that none
of this amount should be used in CO.
operation with funds from the General
Education Board. The house con-
ferees accepted the amendment, but
changed the language so as to pro-
hibit anybody outside the various
states from contributing and did not
mention the General Education Board
by name.
The senate objected to the use of
the General Education Boards money
! on the ground that form demonstra-
tors were employed by the govern
ment but paid only a nominal salary
by Uncle Sam, the bulk Of their sala-
aries being paid by the Rockefeller
fund. The senate decided that the
loyalty of these demonstrators would
lie where their salary came, from ra-
Their than to the government which
nomiAally employed them. There
fore, the Senate wanted no divided
loyalty.
Mr. Small pointed out in his speech
that Rockefeller's money has done a
wonderful amount of good in North
Carolina and that it i'll becomes the
state or congress, after having accept
ed this money and used it when the
| work was in its primary stage, now
to spurn it and add insult by specify
ing the general education board in the
bill. He said that when the hookworm
work was first begun in North Caro-
lima there was great prejudice against
it, both to the Rockefeller money and
10 the work itself. He said, however,
that this prejudice has completely dis
appeared and that now the 100 cOun
ties in the state have appropriated an
average of $3.50 each and that the
state has appropriated 100000.
Road Builders to Meet Soon.
The annual convention Of the NORTH
Carolina Good Roads Association
will be held in Durham July Sth anC
9th at which time the road men viii
endeavor to thresh out the problems
of road building in those communi
ties which are not financially able tt
vote bond issue. Practically every
county in the state will be represent
ed A large number of counties il
the state have within the past yea
and since the last meeting of the as
sociation voted money for road i'm
{ provement and it is expected tina
quite a number Of counties which hith
r erto have reported poor progress il
: road building will have differen
: story to tell at the approaching meet
, ing.
3 The officers Of the North Carolin
5 Good Roads Association are: Pres
2 dent H. B. Warner, lexington; Secre
tary, Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill
4 | treasurer. Jos. G. Browne, Raleigh
e vice-president, j. L. Patterson, Roa
2 noke Rapids; r. L. May, Trenton; NJ
S G. Winston, Selma: P. H. Hanes. VIII
d ston-Salem; P. B. Bearn, Salisbury
e F. M. Shannonhouse, Charlotte; +
G. Chamrebrs, Asheville: A B. Skele
, ing. Wilmington; II. E. Stacy Row
: land.
; Executive committee: H. B. Varne
O Lexington; Joseph Hyde Pratt, Char
, Ell Hill; Frank H. Fleer, brownsville
William Dunn, New Bern; DR.. c. !
n Amber, Asheville; Wade H Harri
Il Charlotte; James A. Wel1ons. Smitl
field; r. R. Gotten, Bruce; D. A NJ
Donald, Carthage; G. D. Cansfiel,
Morehead City; J. E. Camerona Kin
ton; John c. Drewry, Raleigh: Leo
W ard Tufts, Pinehurst
- Joyner Returns From Nashville.
h j. Y. Joyner, state superintendel
=. of public instruction, has returne
20 from Nashville, Tenn, where he a
- tended conference fthe state s
NJ perintndnts of public instruction
;, tn entire country under the auspic,
- of tie national educational associ
:? ton.
Governor Appoints S. w. Battle
a Asheville.-Governor Craig appoir
G., ed Col S. Westray Battle. surget
u general of North Carolina as his of
~ cial representative at the celebrate
ar to be held in Philadelphia July al