j INJWASHINGTON I WHAT IS TAKING PLACE BY UNITED STATES VENATOR Before Congress adjourns, a decision must be made as regards future Federal policies on expendi tures for public roads. This de cision will be of prime importance to North Carolina which has counted heavily on Federal-aid. For example, the state now re ceives approximately $4,750,000 a year as its share of Federal par ticipation in building main high ways, secondary roads and the elimination of grade crossings. Obviously, if this fund is elim inated it will vitally affect con struction of roads in North Caro lina. It wquld perhaps fall heavi est on rural communities off the etate trunk lines. It would also delay the building of much-needed farm-to-market roads of great im portance to t-he farmer. Whatever else may be said of farm condi tions, members of Congress are In agreement that improved high ways have added to farm values and bettered the status of agri culture. The situation in Washington is briefly as follows. Up to t-lie pre sent, Federal-aid funds have been authorized two years in advance of actual appropriation of the money. This has been done *o that state highway departments might plan ahead and so that legislatures might' arrange for the Federal funds to be matched. Un der this plan, there, has been de veloped a great system of inter state highways crisscrossing the country. Lam iNuvemuer, rresiuem uuo sevelt recommended to Congress that- authorizations already made for the' fiscal year 1939 be can celled and that Federal road funds for the fiscal years 1940 and 1941 belimited to $125,000,000. This amount is approximately one-half of the total -authorized for the fiscal years 1938 and 1939. The President's recommendation is still before Congress, alt-hough al lottment of the 1939 funds has been made to the states. Second ary or farm-to-market roads are involved along with all other Fed eral-aid highway projects. In the face of this unsettled situation, proposals are now made for the government to use its credit in sponsoring the- building of transcontinental and North and South super-highways, to be fin anced by tolls and profits from excess right-of-way. There is gen eral agreement that super-high ways are desirable. But a few im portant (|uestious are presented. These are: Can the govtrnment afford at this time to issue new billion* of highway bonds? Would super highways draw sufficient traffic and sufficient- tolls to pay interest and retire the bonds? What would be the effect on the Federal-aid system and state highways? Would the Federal highway bonds affect state highway bonds? Would super-highways lessen the work on secondary or farm-to market roads? Can motorist's, now paying more than a billion dol lars in special taxes, bear a new burden of a half billion or more a year in tolls? To get answers to these ques tions and help determine Federal policies with reference to road ex penditures. hearings will be field by Congressional committees and will be followed with interest- by everyone concerned with the deve lopment and maintenance of ade quate highways. It may also be anticipated that the President will make further stalement-3 as regards his thoughts on the subject. As Governor of New York, he had ample oppor tunity to gain first-hand informa tion on the importance of Fed eral-aid to the states. Moreover, he has long been a highway en thusiast. What-ever may finally result in the way of new Federal road policies, it is evident that high way progress is vitally linked with the, welfare of the nation and there is agreement that every thing possible must be done to ieep it- moving on a sound basis. A Japanese store is selling a package house, weighing only a ton and a half, and which can be assembled in thre? hours. Price $170. INDIGESTION RELIEVED ^ . QUICKLY WITH PUSH Rrgardleai of how many med Irfaea yoa have tried for Add fndlgestJoa, Gaa or Heartburn |W can get prompt relief with PUSH. PUSH, a doctors pre ?criptlo*, h powder form ia espe cially compounded to Beutralime i acidity, relieve indigeatioa u -***? ? comRtipation. - ? " PTJSH j?-?? ? ? - J praised rum P*. It oa FIRST QUOTA RE FERENDA TO BE HELD ON MARCH 12 ) 1 (V. S. Dept. Agriculture) I The first referenda under the | new Agricultural Adjustment Act | of 1938 will be held on March 12 ?Riong the cotton farmers and | producers of flue-cured, fire-cured ' and dark air-cured tobacco, Secre- j tery Wallace announced today. The outcome of the referenda will I determine whether macketing | quotas will be applied to these \ commodities in 1A:(8. Marketing quotas cannot be used except with tbe approval of: a larg? majority of the farmers since t'he Act itself provides that if more than one-tliird of the pro- j ducers voting in a referendum vote against the quotas, they will \ not go into effect. Where cotton, flue-cured or dark tobacco, which includes boih fire-cured and dark air-cured, are grown in the same locality, the re ferendum for each commodity will be held at the same time and place but the vote on each commodity will be separate. The referenda regulations pro vide for a voting place in each community where cotton, flue cured or dark tobacco are grown, j The polls open not' later than 9 : 00 ) a.m. and close at 7:00 p. m. Bach producer who grew cot loll, flue-! cured or dark tobacco in 1937 , will be entitled to cast one vote! in the referendum for the com modity. The national cotton allotment* specified for 1938 in the proclam ation was 10.000,1)00 standard | bales plus the number of bales al lotted under section 343 (c) of ; the Act. This section provides that 1 t4ie allotment of no county shall j be less than 60 percent of the ! acreage planted to collon in 1937 plus the acreage diverted 'front j cotton under the conservation pro-; gram. This results in a total acreage allot-ment of approximate- j ly 26.300.000i acres. This acreage! at 10-year average yields will re sult ill a crop of 10.129,000 bales j and at 5-year average yields in a crop of 11.230,000 bales. Acre- 1 age allotmenis will be established ; for each individual farm and it' the allotment is not exceeded, all | the cotton produced on the farm; may be sold wirhout the payment of any penalty. Normal supply, which quotas! would be used to attain, is defin ed in the Act as normal domestic j consumption and exports, plus 40 ' percent as a Stirplus .reserve. The < present supply of American cot- j ton is about- 25.000,000 bales. | largely the result of the record crop of 18,700.000 bales in 1937 j and it is estimated that the carry- { over on August 1. 1938. will be | around 12,000,000 hales, or only 1,000,000 bales less than (he re cord carryover of 1:1,000,000 hales in 1932. The national marketing quota proclaimed for Mu; 1938 crop of flue-cured tobacco is "05,000,000 pounds and the quota for dark tobacco is 145,000,000 pounds.. The 1937 flue-cured crop was 850,000,000 pounds and the darkl crop was 158,000,000 pounds. The; quotas will be divided among 1 States on the basis of production, j plus diversion under the Agricul tural Adjustment Administration programs during t'he past five years, with adjustments for ah- ? normal weather conditions and plant bed diseases for small farms and for trends in production. The marketing quotas established un der the new Act for tobacco will be independent from the acreage allot-nients established under the Agricultural Conservation Pro gram and the penalties applicable for sales in excess of \he pound age marketing quotas fqr farms will bear no relation to acreage allotments for farms. However, the acreage allotments will be such that, under ordinary condi t'ions. the production on the allot ments will be in line witli market ing quotas. The Act provides that quotas are to be effective, if not disap proved by more tliam>ne-third of producers voting in the referen dum, if the supply of any kind of tobacco exceeds the reserve sup ply level. The present supply of flue-cured tobacco exceeds the re-! serve supply level by approximate ly 30.000,000 pounds; the supply of fire-cured and dark air-cured, tobacco exceeds the reserve sup ply level by approximately 20, 000.000 pounds. "Kvery precaution is being ta k oii to safeguard the interests of all cotton and flue-cured tobacco and tire-cured and dark air-cured tobacco producers in the market ing quota referenda." Adminis trator H. II. Tolley, of the Agri cultural Adjustment Administra tion. said. "Every opportunity wtll^ be given to the producers of these commodities in all localities to vote. The machinery >wiir be set up so as to safeguard every pro ducer's right to vote, as he deter mines." . . , _ . The average cost of terracing land in Guilford County in 1937 a^nount-ed to $2.92 an acre. A survey of farm lands in Alamance County by a committee of farmers indicated that- 5,000 acres are of doubtful value in farming; 17.000 acres have no agricultural value, and 2,500 acres are within town limits. This leaves 257,000 acres of agricul tural land though some of this lies within the acreas of unincor porated towns. N IF YOU LISSENS CLOSE YOU'LL HEAH "DE CROPS < SAY '.MUCH OBLEEGED FO' | ||i DIS NATCHEL SODY^ c Yes, your crops will say "much obleeged for Natchel Sody." They'll say It in the way they strengthen and grow. A good side dressing with Natural Chilean Nitrate of Soda gives quick-acting nitrogen exactly when plants need it. It feeds the crop, not the grass. It builds health; speeds matur ity. And Natural Chilean carries those other vital elements? manganese, calcium, boron, iodine, potassium, magnesium and many more? all in Natural balance a'nd blend. "Natchel balance an' blend . . . dat's whut counts" Uncle Natchel [ both GUAmm-cm .. THI NATURAL ?IDE ORESSER 'PA WlTflOfitM NATURAL CHILEAN , NITRATE or SODA R A D I O I WBT, KWKH, WJDX, VkVA, mm! WWC Say school I LES50N L by 1IEV. CHARLES E- IH'XN '? Measuring a Man's Worth. I.essnn for Sunday, February : 27, Mark 5:1-17. y Golden Text: Matt. 12:12. "How much then is a man bet-; ter than a sheep?" inquires our ' Golden Text. If all depends upon ! one's point of vKw. Suppose that 1 one is a convinced materialist , be lieving that life is essentially pur poseless. a mere cog in a ruthless machine. If this be our creed then man is a little better than a sheep, but' not very much better. Or sup pose we strive to answer Jesus' question from the standpoint of money value. In actual dollars and cents, is a man worth more than a sheep? Not tf you consider simply the value of the chemical! ingredients in his body. For it has been carefully calculated thai these are worth, on the average, only y 8c. |i But let us now consider the answer to the Master's question from the standpoint of Jesus him self. At once we are struck by his | altogether astonishing faith in man. His faith in God is wonder- ; ful, so clear, persuasive, and ! triumphant. Rut equally marvel ous is his trust in his fellows. ?What was the burden of the first sermon that Jesus preached in ! Nazareth, his |iome town.? It was j an appeal for international broth erhood. What is the teaching ol the sublime parable of the pro digal son? It brings God to our, attention, surely. But it stresses' man quite as much. What was the Master's answer to the lawyer's query, "Who is my neighbor?" The memorable story of the Good RUPTURE SH1K1.1) EXI'KKT HEHK H. M. SHKVNAN, widely known sxperl of Chlcufto, w ill persona M y be at I he Kirk's Hotel, Koeky Mount, Monday, only, February 28, from ? A. M. to