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HERTFORD COUNTY HERALD, AH0SKIE, N. C., THURSDAY. AUGUST 17, 1939. Page 9 lecretary Reports On Farm Bureau kctivities At Annual Convention The objective of the Farm Bu- farm security appropriation; $40,- reau as set up in the By-Laws and 000,000 rural electrification appro- " Constitution is to “effectively ganize, advance, and improve in every way possible the agricultur- ir.tere.'Jt of the commonwealth fot North Carolina, economically, educationally and socially”. •cause of the unbalanced ■^lic conditions at home and ^.d, depriving the farm fam- hof its fair share of the nation- income, the State Farm Bureau I devoted its energies to estab- Mng farm equality through the Ictment of laws, protecting the ^ner's interest and appropriat- I'unds ^'or an equitable farm |f'0gram. We supported amendments to the tobacco section of the farm act, permitting referenda any time after July 1st, removing penalties ^irom those who stayed within their acreage allotments, fixing penal ties at a flat rate of ten cents rath er than a percentage basis and provisions for giving growers un der 3200 pounds a twenty-cent ad vantage, provided no grower un der 3200 pounds got an allotment in excess of 3200 pounds. We are supporting wage and ^hours exemptions for agriculture. 3. We supported export sub sidies for cotton and many other laws effecting agriculture. As to appropriations we asked for $250,000,000 for parity pay ments, $225,000,000 was appro priated. We asked for $150,000,- 000 for the purchase of surplus commodities in all crops, and to enlarge foreign markets to be ad ded tp the $90,000,000 already pro vided under Section 32, $113,000,- 000 was appropriated. We asked priation; $75,000 for tobacco grading work and many other ap propriations effecting the farm family income. We have maintained the legal right lor crop control, parity pay ments and commodity loans and have secured the funds with which to put on the best farm program agriculture has ever had. It has not been secured without a fight, in fact it has been a dramatic one. The un- slaughts on our farm bill was terriffic. The uncompromising op position by bested interests against our appropriations was and is most severe. J. E. V/inslow, President of the Farm Bureau has been in the fore front on every issue that has in volved rural North Carolina Farmers of North Carolina have the membership paying farmers of the nation to thank for the mil lions of dollars appropriated to raise their standard of living. Members of the Farm Bureau have played a significant part. Their organized efforts have been blessed by achievements of which they can bo truly proud. The Farm Bureau’s approach to state problems has been based on fundamental issues. We asked the 1939 Legislature to define the functions of agricultural agencies serving the farmers of the state in order that there might be no du plication of efforts and that the farmers m.ight receive the greatest amount of service for the money expended. The Legislature was unable to agree upon a policy em bodying these principles however that the $500,000,000 for soil con- J they did see fit for the first time jicrvation program be continued Vhich was granted. \This means that cotton growers 1 get aixDund two cents per Id in parity payments and that ■ibsidy jpayment of $5.00 per 3r more may be made on ex cotton to remove the sur- It means that $6,000,000 is available for the continuance of our peanut program. It means that ample funds are available to pur chase surplus fresh vegetables and stabilize prices of same. It means that there will be ample funds to put on a nation-wide program in the cities to clothe and feed those nable to make purchases from ;glus farm commodities, inorted many other ap- to appropriate to State College out of the general funds money with which to carry on research work which is the basis of agricultural education in the state as follows: Peanut research, $25,000; truck, $20,000; peaches, $20,000; apples, $5,000; poultry, $20,000; beef cat tle and sheep, $20,000; dairying, $45,000, which included the pur chase of a test farm to be operat ed by the State College Experi ment Station. The Farm Bureau and the Pea nut Stabilization Cooperative v.’ere successful in eliminating a proposed per machine tax on pea nut vending machines from the revenue bbill. This tax would not only have stopped the sale of pea- irture,^uc/Y' s in the interest vending machines in would have encouraged other .states to put on a similar tax thereforeby handicapping the rc'- moval of surplus peanuts. One company alone is operating 200,- 000 machines in the United States, selling more than 800,000 pounds of surplus peanuts per day. We amended the scrap tobacco law which we secured in the 1937 Legislature in such a way as to enable the growers to successfully control the sale of-scrap tobacco. The N. C. Farm Bureau put on a vigorous campaign to get farmers to vote quotas for 1939. We not only urged .farmers to vote for quotas but warned them that dis- asterous results would follow if they did not. The size of the pre sent crop and the price being re ceived is ample justification for the position we took and the cam paign we put on, The farmers’ to bacco planting spree in 1939 will cost the flue-cured tobacco grow ers a sum in excess of $100,000,- 000, causing many of our farmers to face bankruptcy. J. E. Winslow, president of the N. C. Farm Bureau, submitted the amendment which has recently been passed enabling farmers to hold a referenda at any time af ter July 1st, which if taken ad vantage of by the growers will partially retrieve the impending loss to tobacco growers of this and other states. Wilt'll Two I’olitkal Encmios Mod lie $50,000,000 [North (CarolutfiJlih.^ FARM BUREAU ACTIVE IN JULY The Farm Bureau was active in; Washington during the month of July, securing the passage of the four amendments to the tobacco section of the Agricultural Adjust ment Act. Secretary E. F. Arnold' spent one week in Washington, conferring with Senators relative to a vote on the tobacco amend ment and working with interested Congressmen and Senators rela tive to the peanut program. A second trip was made to Washington for a conference with Department Officials relative to the possibility of an earlier refer endum and passage of the amend ments. J. E. Winslow, Bureau President, G, T. Scott, chairman of the Soil Conservation Commit tee; C. T. Hall, chairman of the State Tobacco Advisory Commit tee and E. Y. Floyd, also attended the conference relative to estab lishing policies with regard to holding a referendum. All other fiue-cured states had representatives attending this con ference at which time it was de cided to ^old a meeting with the tobacco buyers in Washington on % ‘Country Liie f ■ Notes By the Bertie County Traveller ! T. Willoughby by Judge Moore, who compli mented him on the good examina tion he had just passed. Rev. T. T. Speight was a business caller at the Ledger office. J. H. Ethe ridge of Eden House had a long ' letter deploring the condition of 1 the country. The steamer “Lucy” j I and a sloop were in a collision at' Windsor and a colored man named Leroy Bailey was killed. Johnnie Bowen, near Powellsville, was caught under an over-turned cart and his arm so badly hurt it seemed almost sure it would have to be amputated. Water in the Cashie River was high and a storm had just done lots of damage around Windsor. G. M. Surpell, general manager, was advertising the Norfolk & Carolina Railroad Schedule. Andrew J. Conner at Lasker, N.'C., was advertising the Patron & Gleaner. Btf NEW YORK CITY . . . We do not know what they said privately, bw no doubt each liked his party’s chances in the 1940 Presidential election Postmaster General James A. Farley (left), national chairman of tin DMOOCratic Party, and John D. Hamilton, national chairman of thi Republican Party, are obviously in good humor as they are picture aboard the S.S. Manhattan prior to sailing for Europe. Uigton on August 15, called by the Department of Agriculture to dis- c proposals for diverting a por- licn of the. 1939 peanut crop. Farmers, shellers, cleaners, ware housemen, manufacturers and co operative associations have all been invited and any one interest ed in the problems of diverting peanuts this fall is welcome, he also stated. The growing crop continues in excellent condition and given favorable weather for the remain der of the season, the harvest should be a little earlier than us ual. Digging of peanuts in the Southeast has been delayed by rainy weather but digging is un der way now in South Georgia and should be general during the next week if further rains do not fall. New crop Spanish are being offer ed during the last 10 days of Au gust, but in practically all cases are accompanied by a “Weather Clause.” Normua Lee White, 8 months Id son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil White, near Askewville, has nine grandpa: ents, all living near him. He has '.wo grandfathers and two grandmothers, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel White and Mr. and Mrs. Norman White; two great-grandfathers and ; great-grandmother, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Phelps and J. White; one great-great-grand father, and one great-great-grand mother, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Co- Peanut Stock Is Becoming Scarce Shellers Delieve I'ro}) Will Be Nearer Ex hausted Than In A ‘‘ars Farmers stock peanuts in Vir ginia and North Carolina are be coming very .scarce, both in the hands of the farmers and ware housemen- and in the hands of shellers and cleaners, A. B. Har less, Federal-State Market News Representative of the State De partment of Agriculture, said yes terday. Remaining' lots are pri marily of ordinary quality and peanuts that will meet the de mands of the trade for making Jumbo hand-picks are scattered and few in number. For occasion al lots of best Jumbos, 4 -/4 to 4,40 cents is being paid and even these will not turn out an appre ciable proportion of Jumbo hand picks. It is the prevailing opinion of shellers and cleaners that the crop will be more nearly exhaust ed than has been the case in years. At least so far as fair quality pea nuts are concerned, he added. Much interest is being displayed in the first peanut crop produc tion estimates. 1,229,930,000 is es timated for the total use with 285,200,000 pounds for North Car olina. A large attendance is ex- thr iTfeet'mg'.Wasib- Wandering down the streets of i.hoskie last Saturday night my eye was caught by a big water melon in the show window of the M. & P. Grocery store. I was told it weighed 103 pounds and was grown by W. T. Holloman near Hickory Chapel Church on R. F. D. No. 4, Ahoskie. I drove slowly last Tuesday morning across the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in Ahoskie via the overhead pass. It is a wonderful piece of work and a progressive step that will in the near future be an asset to the town. The State highway Has already been routed over this bridge. I regard it as a great boost for public safety. Several accidents have already oc curred at grade crossings in Ahos-' kic. Money spent to save life and make highway travelling more lafe is a good investment. ALWAYS FlifElUE® MMICET Bright leaf has always brought good prices on Ahoskie’s warehouse floors and this year promises to be no exception. If you want satisfactory warehouse service, competent auefconeers, buyers frqm all the big corn- panies, in a community easily inched over good roads, Ermg ¥@iir Tsisaceo f 9 Ahsskie For satisfying banking service and insured safety, bring the proceeds of your sale to The Na tional Bank of Suffolk—which operates under di rect United States Government supervision, and is a Member of both the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The National Bank of Suffolk has been a pre ferred depository for tobacco money for forty years, and its experience shpws in its service. National Bank Safety for Deposits The possible use of fireproofed cotton as an insulating material in the construction, of homes, of fice buildings, and other structures has been suggested in Texas, where such a process has been de veloped. Where his land was treated with lime, Dennis Higdon, Webster, Jackson County, has received a 50 per cent better growth of lesped- eza than on his unlimed land. Through the courtesy of Obie White at Askewville I am in pos session of an old Windsor Ledger dated August 30, 1893, addressed to the late W. D. White, a promi nent citizen of that section. Sol Cherry was register of deeds, and C, Bond was sheriff. George Washington Murray of South Car olina at that time was the only Negro in Congress. A valuable diamond in the rough had just been found in Halifax County and sent to New York. Allen Gilliam and Elizabeth Byrum had just died. Alexander Winston, a young lawye>', was admitted the bar New Carolina & Roanoke - Dixie Warehouses Williamston It gives us pleasure to announce the consolidation of the Roanoke-Dixie and New Carolina Ware h o u s e s under tiie capable management of jimmy Taylor, Claude Griffin, Sylvester Lilley, Arlie Belch (of Colerain) and johnny Gurkin. Our auctionep- will he lake Taylor... ou are assured the individual attention of experienced (arehousemen who are your friends. North Carolina WeTl have a First or a Second sale EVERY DAY. Thus you are assured a sale each day you bring tobac co to either of our warehouses. Bring us your first load on opening day and we know you will return, for our warehousemen and auctioneer are among the most cap able ill North Carolina. Williamston Tobacco Market Opens Tuesday^ August 22nd, Save Time and Mileage and Still Get A High Price At WILLIAMSTON The Tobacco Market’ Sell At WILLIAMSTON ■Dixie and The New Carol!
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