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BTWNSEND PLAN 1
PROBE DELAYED
I BY COMMITTEE
! I Qissension In House
|| Threatens Cotinua
tion Of Inquiry
J I Washington?Sharp dissension with.
' I the ranks of the house old age
'I nens:on investigating committee Sa<
,urday threatened to delay continu
ation of the inquiry into affairs of
the Townsend plan to pay persons
I over 60 a $200 per month pension.
- I The committee, it was learned, has
I called off meetings for at least three
I weeks. Members were understood to
I be sharply divided on how the in.
, I ..ujry should be continued.
Prineirai source; "f disagreement
are:
V j?Why Dr. F. E. Towrsenu, head
of the movement, had not been callI
ed to testify. He offered to appear
voluntarily in a communication to
Carman C. Jasper Bell <D., Mo.)
2?-Why Robert E. Clements, erst
while secretary-treasurer of the raovemnt,
was not permitted to give a
'-full statement'* of his knowledge of
l the financial affairs of the movement
3?Why the inquiry has been de.
^ layed.
Chairman Bell has gone to Kansas
City, Mo., his home, and intends to
stay there a "week or ten days.''
Tames R. Sullivan, committee coun-ei.
who was reported to have gone
to Kansas City, slipped quietly away
t<- assist Reps. Joseph A. Gavagan
(D.. N. Y.) and Samuel L. Collins (R..
Calif.), in gathering data on the
mfwwment on the West Coast.
Sullivan. Collins and Caragan will
be away at least two weeks. Meanwhile.
Rep. Scott W. Lucas (D., 111.)
is in his home state because of the
primaries there and Rep. J. William
fitter (R.. Pa.) has gone home to
Pennsylvania.
The eight man committee, it was
earned, had been split before the
adjournmerit over Bell's method of
ting the inquiry- The split was
rg party lines, however, it was
ood.
group demanded that Dr.
*- id be put on the stand im.
y. It asked also that Clements.
who testified that he stayed up
a'l night on 24 hours notice from
I tie committee to get the financial
lecture of the organization, be permitted
to give the "other side of his
story."
Clements testified that the Old
. .. Revolving Pensions, Ltd., the
amend vehicle, had received
5 '."1,001) since its inception in 1934.
He -aid he had a record showing how
t'. money had been spent but he
wa- not permitted to offer it.
"In other words", a committee
member said, "the inference was left
that Dr. Townsond and Clements got
the money without allowing an opportunity
to show what became of
it. i have no axes to grind and believe
n letting the chips fall where
they may. but it seems to me that
it should be fair to get both sides of
the picture."
Rep. John Steven McGroarty (D.,
Cab), leader of the house Townsend
1 bloc, sharply assailed the committee
for failure to aaU ToSvi^send and
4aid that he had asked Chairman Bell ,
to do it.
''The investigation has not proved
a single act of wrong-doing," McGroarty
said. "The movement will
> on. It is no longer the Townsend
Clements-McGroarty movement but a
rational undertaking."
McGroarty, although he has split
personally with Townsend over politcai
aspects of the pension movement,
repeatedly has asserted his
sincere belief in the old age revolving
pensions plan, which he charged
Townsend had abandoned.
He has retained his membership
in OARP despite the personal controversy
with Townsend, and still i3
considered the plan's chief sponsor
in congress.
McGroarty said that he had no
for passage of his bill to pay
1 e pensions through a two per cent
transaction tax at this session "but
we will continue to press to bring it
up." :
Aoout 60 signers are on a petition
filed with Speaker Joseph W. Byrns
to force floor consideration.
Meanwhile, Sheridan Downey,
Townsend's personal attorney, and
Gomer Smith, a vice-president of the
movement, were preparing a suit to
be filed here soon to halt the hearings
on the grounds of unconstitutionality.
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After his death the hospital wedding
of Bernhardt D. Johnson, 40, of
Cincinnati, O., was revealed. Johnson
died of injuries received when he was
^struck by a truck.
The Chero
All Plants Subject To
Parasites And Disease
The human race would soon run
short of food if all methods of controlling
plant diseases were suddenly
abandoned.
Practically every plant now grown
for food or other purpose is subject
to attack by diseases and parasitica
said Dr. R. F. Poole, plant pathologist
at State College.
The exceptions are certain disease
resistant varieties which have beer
developed within recent years.
Artificial cultivation of crops, with
out disease control methods, is fav.
orable to the increase of plant diseas.
es and parasites, Dr. Poole added.
Ir. the early days, when pioneers
were first wresting their fields fron
the forests, they had little need tc
worry about disease infestations. Bui
those days have long since past. j
Now it is almost impossible to pro
duce a crop of fruit sufficient to sup
ply the local dement! without the use i
of dusts, sprays, and other method:
of insect and disease control, Dr I
Poole said.
"If you do r.ot believe this," he
stated, "visit two orchards when the
fruit is ripe. Go to one where the
diseases have beer, kept under control,
then go to one where no effort has
been ' lade to check them. Observe
the difference. The facts will speak
for themselves."
Fortunately, he continued research
workers have found ways for controlling
most of the parasites and diseases
which now affect the farmers'
crops.
The rest is largely up to the j
farmers, he commented. When they i
follow the recommended control prac.'
tices, they can produce good crops. I
But when they grow lax and careless, I
diseases and parasites spread rapidly |
and the crops suffer losses that sometime
run into millions of dollars.
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Lime-Sulphur Spray
Control* Peach Rot
Brown rot is one of the most com.
mon and destructive peach diseases
in North Carolina.
Yet it can be controlled effectively!
and economically, said Dr. Luther'
Shaw, extension plant pathologist at [
State College.
The first step, he said, is to destroy
all the mummified fruit in the
orchard, both on the trees and on the
ground. Either burn them or bury
j them where they will decay.
Destruction of the mummies will
i eliminate one of the main sources of
I the parasite fungus that causes the
disease.
Lime-sulphur and wetable sulphur |
' make good sprays for protecting'
peaches during the growing season. j
I Use 12 1-2 pounds of dry-mix lime|
sulphur to 50 gallons of water, or j
3 pounds of wetable sulphur to 50
| gallons of water.
Lime-sulphur and wetable sulphur [
can he purchased ready for use. or |
the former may be mixed at home in ,
the ratio of 5 pounds of finely
ground dusting sulphur to 7 pounds ,
1 of hydrated lime with 1-2 pound of
calcium caseinate.
For ordinary conditions, three applications
of the spray are recom.
mended. The first should be about
four weeks after the blossom petals
have been shed. Four to six weeks
later spray again. The third application
should be about 10 days before
the fruit is due to ripen.
However, if brown rot should ap- !
pear to any appreciable extent short,
ly after the first application, follow
it with another sraying in three
weeks. This necessitates four applications
in all.
Sulphur dust will control brown
rot almost as effectively as lime-sul
phur spray, Dr. Shaw added. The
dusting schedule is the same as the
spraying schedule.
4-H Clubs To Protect
Small Game And Birds
North Carolina 4-H club boys and
girls will soon be rallying to the aid
of small game, birds, and wild plants i
?which have been fhst disappearing ]
from countryside.
Boys and girlsliving in the country (
are in good position to help conserve i
and propagate wild life, said L. R '
Harrill, 4-H club leader at State College.
The 4-H clubs have launched a
state-wide life and conservation program
which will be pushed as one of
the miajor projects this year, Harrill
continued.
As an added inducement, arrange. |
merrts have been made for a state i
wild life and conservation camp to:
which will be sent ten club members j
from each of the four extension dist ,
ricts of the State for a week's train. !
ing with all expenses paid.
The trip to camp will come as an
award for club members submitting
the best reports on their activities be- 1
kee Scout, Murphy, North
MRS. PENLAND, OF F
HARSHAW CHAPEL,
BURIED SATURDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha
C. Penland, 85, of the Harshaw m
Chapel section of Cherokee county, .h
were held at the Hampton Memorial T1
church Saturday morning at 11 th
o'clock with the Rev. Mr. England of- (r,
ficiating. Interment was in the te
church cemetery. W. D. Townson ?
was in charge of funeral arrange.
ments. th
Mrs. Penland had been ill for sev- peral
months and passed away quietly ?
Thursday night at 11:30. 9
She was born in Bun-combe county E
but moved to Cherokee about 45 E
years ago where she endeared her.
self to many people. She had been E
a faithful member of the Methodist B
church for more thar. 70 years. *
Surviving are four sons, \V. L.. I
J. O., and N. F., ail ot Murphy, and
A. F., of Monroe, Ga., ar.d many E
ft lends and relatives. fl
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JOINS NAVY I
Walter Candler King, of Route two
Murphy, was enlisted in the United
States Navy from this station on
April 9, 1930, and sent to the Naval
Training Station at Norfolk. Virginia
for a period of twelve weeks recruit
training. Upon completion of recruit
training if possible King will be givea
leave to visit his home and upon return
from leave will be assigned to
sea duty. Young king 'a the son of
Edwin Lewis King of route two.
Murphy. Walter atterded the Murphy
High School. Applicants for
enlistment in the United States Navy
are accepted daily from 9 to 4:30 on
week days and 9 to 1 p. m.. on Sat.
urdays. At this time there are vacancies
for white and Negro men.
The negro men are enlisted only in
the Messmen branch of the service.
tween now and August 1. It is oper
to any club boy or girl from 10 to
20 years old.
The club members will make sur
veys of birds and
trees, plant wild shrubs and towers
build bird houses and fish ponds, collect
and mount specimens of trees
and shrubs, and feed birds and small
game in winter.
A feature of the program will be
making a map of the farm showing
the location of fields, cultivated
crops, forests, pastures, meadows,
eroded areas, fences, buildings,
springs, streams, and the size, kind,
and location of feed for birds and
game.
Harrill pointed out that these maps
will also be useful to club members'
parents in the new soil improvement
program.
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... SCHOOLS
... PERSONALS
... SOCIAL
... CIVIC
... BUSINESS
...FARMING 9j
... LIVESTOCK
... POLITICS
...LODGE
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INAL RITES FOR |?<
M. D. COLEMAN ! in
HELD THURSDAY; ?j
? ' 2C
Funeral services for M. D. Cole- i w(
an. 61. of Culberson, were held at 0f
e Shady Grove Baptist church
lursday afternoon at 3 o'clock with
e Rev. Thomas Truett officiating. ' ^
terment was in the church ceme- , j,(
ry. W. D. Towiuor. was in charge , [)r
>r full particulars apply or write ar.
e U. S. Navy Recruiting Station.' of
>st Office Building, Asheville, N. C. Hi
Tax Lister
For the purpose of
lists for the year 1936, t
1 axers for murphy Tow
following places on datt
and list your taxes at 01
thus expedite the busine
penses to the public and
Murphy?Court HouseApril
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1'
Grape Creek?School F
April 13th and 14th.
Ebeneezer?School Hoi
April 15th and 16th.
Boiling Spring*?Schoo
April 17th and 18th.
Grandview?Davi* Sfm
April 20th and 21st.
Martin's Creek?School
April 22nd and 23rd
Peach tree?School Hou
April 24th and 25th
Tocnotla?Keener's She
April 27th and 28th.
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' funeral arrangements.
Mr. Coleman died Thursday even.
g at 5 o'clock suddenly of a heart
Iment. A member of the Baptist
lurch, he had been employed around
years by the L ? N railroad and
as only recently retired on account
bad health.
Surviving are h;3 wife; a son, John,
Cleveland, Ohio; two daughters,
rs. Albert Watson and Mrs. Verlon
iberson. both of Culberson; one
other, Milton, of Beilmont ,X. C.,
d two sisters, Mrs. .Sarah Walker,
Etowah, Tenn.. and Mrs Mauia
ayes, of Isabella. Tenn.
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