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Watch lk« UM On Tow Paper AM It.. Oarrlw tba Data Whaa Tow Micrlpdoa Kigiiiw VOLUME XX^KV —NUMBER 102 Committee Suggests Two Forms Sales Tax REGULATIONS OF SEED LOAN ACT ARE ANNOUNCED * -T- Fee for Preparing Blanks Is Expressly Forbidden This Year While no application blanks have been received for floating loans under the seed and feed loan act, regulations governing the loans have been releas ed by Secretary Hyde, of the Depart ment of Agriculture, as follows: "In making available for crop pro duction I dans this year $90,000,000 of R- F. C. funds. Congress specified that the Secretary of Agriculture might re quire, as a condition of any loan, 'that the borrower agrees to reduce his acre age or production on such basis, not to exceed 30 per cent, as may be de termined by the secretary. The sec retary's regulations, however, stipulate that acreage reduction will not be re quired of farmers who, in 1933, plant no more than eight acres of cotton; 2 1-2 acres of tobacco; 40 acres of wheat; 20 acres of corn, 2 1-2 acres of truck crops, 12 acres of sugar beets, 8 acres of potatoes, 30 acres of rice, 6 acres of peanuts. Farmers seeking crop production loans this, year are advised to obtain application blanks and copies of the regulations in their home counties, rather than from Wash , ington. Field agents of the crop pro duction loan office are now designat ing representatives in each farming' county to inform prospective borrow- | ers of the requirements governing i loans and to distribute application ' blanks and other necessary forms. I These agents will assist farmers in fill ing out applications, without charge I Accompanying the required 30 per i cent reduction in acreage planted to cash crops, above the established min-, imum, the 1933 regulations limit the amount available to any farmer to S3OO. In 1932 crop production loans were made to 507,632 farmers, averag ing $126 each. No loan in excess of SIOO will be made to any applicant 1 who is in arrears on as many as two previous loans made by the Secretary 1 of Agriculture. As last year, interest J is fixed at 5 1-2 per cent, to be de • ducted when the advance is made. All notes are due October 31, 1933. Ad vances to borrowers may be made in installments, the regulations state, in asmuch as expenditures for crop pro duction are usually made over a con siderable period. One million dollars of tht $90,000,- 000 fund is available for livestock feed in drought or storm-stricken areas. Charging a fee for the preparation of a borower's application is ly forbidden this year in section three of the act of Congress authorizing crop production loans. Congress fur ther declared these loan funds "to be impressed with a trust to accomplish the purposes provided for by this res olution—and it shall be unlawful for any person to make any material false representation for the purpose of ob taining any loan or to dispose of or assist in disposing of any crops given as security for any loan made under authority of this resolution, except for the account of the secretary of agri culture, and for the purpose of carry ing out the provisions of this resolu tion." Teeth for section three are provid ed in a clause which orders a fine not exceeding SI,OOO or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, for aay person found guilty of violating the above provisions. Arrest Two Young Boys for Stealing Two Bicycles ♦ ■ Robert Hollis and Bruce Moseley. two young white boys, were placed in the county jail early Sunday morn ing for the alleged theft of two bi cyclea, one from the Parker Grocery Company and another from the J. O. Manning Grocery, here last Saturday night. Robert Lee, a third party to the tbeft, was arrested but was later releaaed when the other two boys de clared him innocent. The wheels were recovered by Sher iff C. B. Roebuck and Officer Ails brooks near the Eeverett Mill on the Hamilton road. The two boys are scheduled to ap pear in the county court today for trial - ■; . » Escape Unhurt When Car Wrecks Near Washington Albert L. Clark, Joseph Godard 111, and William James escaped injury when their car, a Ford sedan, turned over near Washington aarly last Sun day morning. Very little damage re sulted to the car, and the three boys were able to continue borne after right ing the machine. . THE ENTERPRISE Indications Now Pointing Early Plant Beds This Year Present indications point to an early tobacco crop in thia section, number of farmers questioned dur ing the past few days stating that their plants are up and growing fairly rapidly. However, a goodly number of farmers have not plant ' ed their beds, remembering that many of she early planta were killed by cold weather laat season. While the indicationa point to an early crop, they do not mean that there will be one. Laat aea aon farmsts were making early preparations for the crop, but a late freese killed planta on a whole ( WELFARE WORK 1 ————- ——^ Approximately 600 unemployed were given work on various coun ty and local projects by welfare authorities in this county last week* Nearly 900 were given work the week before. Finding that many of the men preferred work under welfare di rection rather than seek jobs in other places, welfare leaders de creased the wage acale to 50 cents a day and offered employment for only three daya each week. The number working under the wel fare agencies this week is still fur , ther reduced, it was learned from i welfare headquarters yesterday. 'MRS. DARDEN IS : HURT IN WRECK Auto Turned Over Three Times Near Kinston Last Sunday Mrs. Dred Darden suffered severe I injuries to her back, and Mr. Darden i was bruise, when their car, a Ford | coupe, was wrecked near Kinston on i Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Darden was I removed to a Kinston hospital, where here injuries were described as very painful but not serious. Mr. Darden was able to return to his home here Sunday night. The Darden car turned over three times when a rear wheel was struck by another car starting to turn off the road. Mr. Darden was passing the car, driven by a young woman of near Kinston, and before he could clear the machine the driver turned, the front wheel striking the rear right wheel of the Darden car. Mrs. Darden returned to her home here last night. Bad Weather and Roads Might Close the Schools • ■ ■ "If the Jjad Weather experienced during the past week or two continues much longer, we will be forced to close the schools," Principal William R. Watson said yesterday afternoon. Trucks are running late and seversl route* are almost impassable, the school man said. Cottage Prayer Meeting for Methodists Tomorrow The regular weekly cottage prayer meeting of the Methodist church will be held in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Norton on Haughton Street tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock, it was anounced today by Rev. C. T. Rogers. • Battle Year by Here Battle Yearby, popular representa tive of the Ctorrs-Schaeffer Company, leading tailors, will be at Barnhill Brothers' store here all day tomor row. He wilt be glad to meet his old and new friends there. Large Shipment of Paper Unloaded at Local Wharf # Fifteen or more tons of newsprint— the News and Observer unprinted— wss hauled through here yesterday. The heavy rolls of paper were unload-' ed at the local wharf from the N. B. and C. steamer, "Emblane" and load ed on trucks for delivery to the "Old Reliable's" office in Raleigh yester day. • 4, Herbert Cullipher Loses His Herbert Cullipher, farmed living near here on the Everetts road, lost one finger in a woodsaw while oper ating the machine last Saturday morn ing. A second finger was partly cut off by the saw, but the attending phy sician believes it can be saved. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, February 21,1933 •ale acale, and by the time the blue mold took ita toll the aection experienced one of the lateat sea sons in several year*. According to authentic report*, there are more tobacco plants in the making in thia county than ever before. While there ia a ten dency for an increased acreage, the increase is not expected to be aa large aa the number of plants would indicate. Farmers, realist ing the resulting handicap when there ia a shortage in plants, are making every effort possible to have sufficient plants rqpuly for tranaplanting at the right time. CONGRESS PUTS REPEAL ISSUE UP TO 48 STATES Ratification by 36 States Is Necessary Before New Amendment is Law Following the action of the Senate j last Thursday, the House yesterday voted, for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, thus transferring the 13- | year-old battle to the 48 States. The j vote in the House was 289 tt> 121; in the Senate it was 63 to 23. " I Hut it will he some time before the question is settled. Now begins the big battle in the States, the first in the country's history to undo a Con stitutional Amendment. Much time will be required, and should North Carolina ever favor repeal, due to the j uncertainty as to the legality of calling' a convention in this state, it is believ ed four to six years will be required to create the necessary machinery and have it grin* out the ultimatum rail ing for repeal. "Wets" will seek to capitalize the anti-prohibition sweep in the 41 state legislatures now in session, upon whom it now devolves to set tip the necessary conventions for ratification. "Drys," their backs to the wall, will struggle to hold 13 in line. That's alt they need. The convention method is an un charted course, opening many legal questions, and thereby affording a breathing spell to the drys. In many "wet" states preliminary steps already have been taken to provide the ma chinery. While some constitutional authori ties hold that the state legislatures are the sole judges in setting up these conventions, two recognized House legal experts Monday introduced a bill giving Congress authority to set up the conventions. - These measures, designed to invite 1 uniform and quick- action, were offered by Chairman Hatton W. Sumners, Democrat, Texas, of the Judiciary Committee, and Representative Fio rello H. LaGuardia, Republican, New York. There will be no action upon them at this session, if ever. Some Con gressional authorities claim such pro cedure constitutes an invasion of the State domain. Though prompt action may be tak-- en to provide for state conventions, it is unlikely they will be chosen until the regular elections two years hence. It is doubtful that state legislatures, now tightening their belts in the econ omy wave, would vote money for a special election, especially with re minders of acute distress on every side. 1 »] J Bastardy Case Is Aired at J. P. Hearing Here, Charged with bastardy, Hubert Clark was ordered to pay to the pros ecutnig witness, Mrs. Vera Edmond son, the sum of $lO each month dur ing the next twenty months. Justice of the Peace Ben etts, heard the charge and,.ptfgsed judg ment here last week." ' . The case was reopened in an ef-i fort to effect a compromise, but as far it could be learned this morning no definite decision had been reached. Important Meeting of Woman's Club Thursday An important meeting of the local Woman's Club will be held in the club rooms Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock it was annonnced today. Election of officers, will be in order at that time, and very special business will be placed before the members for dis cussion, the president said. All mem bers are urgently requested to be pres ent. . _ % SMITH BILL FOR RELIEF COTTON FARMERS PASSED Relieve Measure Will Be a Boone To the South's Economic Structure Relief for the cotton farmer bobbed up in the United States Senate last week when that body passed a bill providing for the setting aside of three million bales of cotton. The measure known as the Smith bill, the house and j Mr. Hoover being willing, may prove to be one of the most significant and salutary pieces of legislation enacted in a number of years in its effect upon the South's economic structure. "It should, and it doubtless will help." Senator Smith, from the Committee on Agriculture, submitted the follow ing report to accompany his bill: "The purpose of the bill is to afford relief to the cotton growers by allow ing them the opportunity of substi tuting the government cotton in lieu of production by them in 1933. The details are as follows: "I here is in existence now a surplus of cotton of such magnitude that it has already reduced the price far be low the cost of production. Cotton is the chief cash crop of the South. Every industry in the South is vitally dependent upon the price of cotton f>r the proper carrying on the enterprises in that section. The plan under this bill is to take contracts from the farm ers that they will decrease their pro duction of cotton, say 50, per cent, in 1933; the government furnishing 50 per cent out of the 3,500,000 bales controlled by the government. The bill requires no additional appropria tion. The producer of the cotton' takes an option in writing that he will reduce his production; On the 15th of August, which is the beginning of the cotton marketing year, he may exercise this option to buy the num her of bales by which he has reduced his 1933 cotton and no more. To il lustrate, il lie has reduced his pro duction 30 per cent, he has 30 per cent in the pool; if he has reduced 50 per cent, he has 50 per cent allocated to him in the pool." "This gives the producers of cotton a chance to recoup out of the cotton already produced some of the loss that they sustained in the original sale. In a ward, it reduces the surplus, gives the producer the benefit of the rise in price of cotton already made as well as the advanced price of his 1933 pro duction. In addition to this, it is con fidently believed that the inevitable rise in price that, will take place as a result of this plait will strengthen the ' condition of the banks still existing and stimulate other commodity pri.es. "The machinery now set up in the regional agricultural credit banks, the extension service, or existing agencies make it possible to administer the act! Without material increase in cost." SCHOOL NEWS AT OAK CITY Advise Uninterested Pupils To Remain at Home and. Work Oak City, Feb. 20.—The athletic association of Oak City will present an entertainment Friday evening, Feb. 25 at 7:30 p. m. There will be several interesting features on the play, "Monkey Shine"; Virginia Keel; many popular chorus numbers, and several musical numbers by the Etheridge family. A full eve ning's entertainment for only ten cents, Jt can be taken for granted that no one plans to be a failure. Yet, what about the goal for the average child in high school now? Thursday, the high school factulty met with the stu dents that had made failures during the past month. Fach student was taken into conference and particularly these points were discussed: attitude, interest in school, home and extra curricula activities; confidence, study, responsibility, friends, environment, ideals, sportsmanship and many other points. The. students were given ad vice BO that they may be encouarged to try to pass their work. Those stu dents admitting no personal interest in school were advised to remain home and go to work. Those students interested in removing failures were assigned definite work to do at home so that tests could remove "F"s from report pards. The parent-teacher association field its regular meeting Tuesday* night, February 14 in the school auditorium. Due to weather conditions and the condition of the roads, only a small percentage of the usually large crowd attended. Either Method Will Balance State's Budget, Members Say ♦— "Ghost" Starts Two Negroes On Wild Race for Three Miles Believing they saw a ghost, two young negroes, George James and Stephen Dickens, almost ran them selves to death near Oak City early last Saturday night, according to reports received here yesterday morning. The two men, travel ing the Tarboro-Oak City road, declared they saw a white object fall from a tree about, three miles out from Oak City. When it started rolling toward them, they started a race of their own. Steph en was leading a while and then George would take his place. When they reached Oak City they had run out of their shoes and were just about out of breath. SUMMARY WORK BY HOME AGENT FOR TWO MONTHS —— 4-H Club Girls Helped To Make Christmas Merry For Children By Miss Lors E. Sleeper Following is the report fur Dtvciu-. I her and January submitted by Missj I Lora K. Sleeper at the last regular nice ting of the board of county com j tnissioner: I The home agent conducted 24 meet, ! ings during the month of December, jwitli the giils and 11 with the women. I There were 4>H in attendance it the ; meetings. The meetings were devot ed to helping girls and women plan an inexpensive but happy Christmas.. | All 4-H'clubs were taught to make soft toys from rags and one club con ; tributcd to the Red Cross all toys I for the benefit of children who would I otherwise have had no Christmas The home agent spent 13 1-2 days in the field, and 1 12 days in the office, an.il 12 days on leave. Thirteen different homes were visited. Total sales on the curb market lor the month of De einber were SBS, a gain of $40.09 over December, 1931. I Mileage, 474. January: The home agent traveled >l4 miles during the month, conduct ed 22 meetings, 1.1 with girls and 9 with women. There were .188 in at (tendance. One meeting was attended [in Plymouth, planning for thr district ! j meet which will include five counties and one meeting was held with the colored teachers, at which time plan- ' ning for spring and year-round gar-1 dens to relieve thosu now applying for food was the subject under dis cussion. Seed exchanges were sug- ; gested in the schools as one means ol eliminating expense. Eighty-seven bul letins were distributed during the J month on gardening alone, Olie'lead! ers' school was held by Miss Ksta-' brook and as many women as possi ble will begin this year keeping ae-! counts. This can only be done thru j the cooperation of the entire family. | All girls clubs during the mouth of January were given clothing inventory! blanks and each girl was asked to take account of all clothing she had on hand-to determine her needs for this years, and plans will be made in May to-repla:e a garment necessary in the girls' wardrobe. Expense account j blanks nude out in very simple form | were given all girls, and the girls ask-j ed keep these for two months. In every group the girls were asked to estittiate the value of the clothes they wore to school on the club day, and' as a result it was found that the av erage expenditure on each girl in the Jamesville section was $5.81, while the average spent per girl in William ston was $11.50. Automobiles Kill More People Than Does War During all the wars in which this ( country has engaged as a nation— the Revolutionary, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the ican, antf the World War—Ameri-j cans killed in action or who died of wounds numbered under 300,000. During the last 15 years—a period approximating of these six major wars—Americans killed in automo bile accidents within the" United States or who died of such injuries | have numbered 325,000. They fell exhausted in front of the drug store there, anil a doctor was called to them. As the two covered the three miles in a very few minutes they yelled as they passed the homes along the road, daring not to stop at any*uf them for fear their imag ined gnVt would overtake them. Alarmed a the actions of the two men, residents along the road, 15 or more of them, are said to have followed them into town to learn what it was all about. The two men were lodged in the jail there until Sunday morning, when they were released to con* tinuc their run from the ghost. COUNTY NATIVE DIES IN NORFOLK Last Rites for Jas. S. Jones Held There Sunday Afternoon James S. Jones, a native of this county, was found dead in th'e bath room of his home in Norfolk last Fri day morning about 9'o'clock, death re sulting from a stroke of apoplexy, it 1 was believed. Mr. Jones fell in the I liathtuh, his bead striking the side of the tub. There was a small amount of water in the tub, but doctors are of the opinion that he did not drown, as there was no water in his lungs Mr, Jones was horn near Jamesville (r5~ years ago and grew up on the farm. In early manhood he moved to Jamesville and engaged in the nier cantile business, moving from there to Norfidk 28 years ago Since that time he was in the employ of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.- He first mar ried Miss \otrie Hassell, one son, Hubert Junes, of Philadelphia, surviv ing that union. His second wife, Miss Maude Harrison before her marriage, and also of Jamesville, died a year I ago. Four children survive that union. 1 hey are l.eroy, of I'hiladel phia; James, Miss Lucille Jones, and •is. Fvelyn Holland, all of Norfolk. Ilr also leaves threi- lirfiihpm, I). Jones, of New York, W. Is. Jones, of Norfolk; and Tom Jones, of Ar kansas; and four sisters, Mrs. W. B. I.i 1 ley and Mrs. J. L. Brown, of, Jamesville; Mrs. Henry C. Spruill and Mi>.t> ( oriteha Jones, of Plymouth Funeral services were conducted from, the home last Sunday afternoon and interment followed in a Norfolk cemetery. Woman's Club To Hold Dance Next Friday Night The local Roman's Club will hold its regular weekly dance in the club hall Friday evening of this week, be-' ginning at 9 o'cloffc, it was announced Local Junior Council To Hold Meeting Thurdsay Important business is schculed for; consideration at the next regular, meeting of the local council of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, it was announced today. The meeting will be held in the Amer ican Legion Hall at 7:30 o'clock on Thursday evening. • Suggests Doing Away with the Animal, Mr. Groundhog 9 Walking around in a drizzling rain here yesterday, Pete Fowden up and suggested that a naiinie goat be run out next -February 2 instead of that old groundhog. Those who have found it necessary to travel over rain soaked and muddy roads and wander around in the rain readily second the motion to Mr. Fowden's suggestion.j With a bright sun shining and a strong blowing, one is reminded of March weather today. ,• • First Shad of Season Is ■ Caught In the Roanoke —*—• —■— Herring were reported running in fairly large numbers up the Roan oke at Jamesville yesterday. How ever, the catches are far from a com mercial scale. The first shad of the season was caught this week by Kader Godard ther «- _... . -s-ui-JW Advertisers Will Fnd Our Col uma a Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Homes ESTABLISHED 1898 WOULD TAKE 35 CENTS OFF TAX LEVIES LOCALLY Cammittee Would Place 2 Percent. Tax on All Gross Sales Joint, senate and house finance com mittee yesterday afternoon, in the big gest Monday meeting of the General Assembly, took the eight months' school term for an objective and the sales tax for revenue. The rate agreed upon for the general sales tax, Senator Mac Lean explained, is 2 per cent of gross sales. The coiil niittee of course had a .hard time get ting the amount to be expected. But allowing generously for continued slumps in business and protracted low prices, the committee saw $300,000,000 gross business done in the state and that would raise $6,000,000. But of course there is no dogmatism in the report. FKe selected commodity tax would be expected to lift about the same six millions. Whichever the state takes, the committee feels some what as Plato did when asked if a man should marry. "Whether you do or do not, you will regret it," the phil osopher observed. The finance com mittee does not expect to have any great fun. j- But il hopes to add to the $19,000,- |00() which it sees in the regular forms 1.01 conventional taxation $0,0(H),000 to imake a total of and that's a heap of money I'lie very least that | anybody hoped to spend on the six i term was $14,00,000. The | eight months term will require the lull $25,000,000. In run it without any of the drastic eco'nomies imposed, [cost two years ago $23,(MM),000. The •finance committee thinks the same term may be financed now for $17,- MK),(M)O.' - \V ith a general fund yield of V ap proximately S2S;(MH).(MM) annually and about $l(i,000,000 yearly in highway Revenue, the. state's prospective appro priations uf $81,000,000 For 1933 and [1934. would be met with $1,000,000 to spare. . v T he biggest relief would be the 35 cents reduction in ail valorem. That contemplates the universally abolition nf the 15 cent" levy left by the 19.11 general assembly. This sub stantial reduction would virtually guar autee the redemption of thousands of homes and farms now lost by these vet \ heavy local taxes. I lie willingness to take either form of emergency, salt s tax stops the furi ous drive against all appropriations for maintenance, salaries and the like. The. committee feels that these have reach ed low-mark. Ihe present plan con templates the 15 per cent teacher cut and the 25 per cent superintendent's reduction It considers also a great scheme of consolidation by which spu eriutendencics will lie greatly reduced in districting of the schools. All these are considered in the new plan. The salary level with the plans now under 1 onsuUratuni have struck a 3ty per cent level as measured by the 1930 rate. In case there should be a decision not to adopt the eight months term there would be revised schedules 011 franchises and perhaps incomes. The sum ami crown of the report is the balanced budget. The best heads in these houses believe this scheme does it. ■ ♦ School Truck Drivers in Meeting Here Saturday Economical transportation and trav el safety were stressed before 39 Mar tin County school truck drivers at a meeting held here last Saturday. Pa trolman Kussell Braswell stressed safety and explained laws that should be observed particularly by truck drivers. He also pointed out a few objectionable acts detected by him during the past few weeks. "TVucks should be properly loaded, for when too many-children occupy one side of T bus it makes the danger of turning over greafer," he said. Following the meeting, the truck drivers enjoyed an oyster roast. Many Planning To Hear College Band Tonight A large crowd, both white and col ored, plans to hear the A. and T. Col lege band at the colored high school here tonight, it is understood.
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