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Friday, June 30, 1933
Squarely Up To The Farmer
The cotton farmer has the opportunity now to sta
bilize the price of his product under the new "plow
up plan" offered by the government.
Under this plan, the government pays the farmer
a fair price for the investment now in the crop, in
both labor and fertilizer, as well as other things.
When the cotton is plowed up, the farmer uses the
land for any other purpose he chooses.
Experience has taught us that a big crop of cotton
always sells low, and a small crop always sells fairly
well. So the government is joining with the cotton
farmer to reduce the production. All believing that
three bales will sell for as much as four bales consider
it foolish to produce the four bales. If the proper
reduction in acreage is made, it is almost certain that
the cotton farmer will get a fair price for the 1933
crop. If the crop is not reduced and a big production
is added to the present large surplus, low prices will
almost certainly prevail.
No other government has ever gone so far in all
history to try to help her people as ours has in this
great effort
The matter is squarely up to the farmer to establish
his price, and it seems a duty he owes himself, his
family, and his country to join in. Of course, there
are a few hair-splitting fellows who will hold back a
long time to see if the proposition will mean a gain
or a loss of a penny, and they will take the side that
means most for themselves, regardless of the other
fellow. However, most of the folks are fair and de
cent and we confidently look for good results.
The Gold Bloc
The Gold Block nations are trying to force the gold
standard on the London Conference. When we say
"Gold Bloc Nations," we do not mean to say the
people of those nation ; —we only mean a small gold
hoarding minority in France, England, and the Unit
ed States of -the Morgan type. ; . .■'
Their only purpose in wanting the gold standard
is to be able to depress the people at their will. Down
with the gold standard.
Small Vote on Both Sides
One of the things that perhaps points more correct
ly to the attitude of the people on the liquor ques
tion is the small vote on both sides. It goes to show
that the many things we hear spoken and see printed
is paid propaganda coming from the beer manufact
urers. Vet it fails to get out a big wet vote and fright
ens the dry vote. But the great bulk of the voters
are staying home.
The average man, alter thinking, finds no good
reasons for going to the polls and casting a vote to lib
eralize. legalize, and extend the privileges of alcohol
to enter into his home and lie down among his chil
dren, defile his wife, and destroy him. They may
say the law is a failure, but they must say alcohol is
a dangerous, destroying devil, and the folks of thought
are just unwilling to vote for a demon of destruction
such as alcohol is. Look at its trail of sin and mis
ery.
"As Ye Sow"—
Germany may find that she loosed a two-edged
sword when she refused the free publication and cir
culation of news in her territory by a recent Hitler
decree.
Hitler banned 66 Czecho-Slovakian newspapers
from circulating in Germany. Now the Czech gov
ernment has retaliated by banning 98 Germtn news
papers, which shows a good balance against Germany.
It is just another case where injustice has failed
to crush justice.
The Hitler idea of crushing all forces except those
upholding his principles has already sunk below the
level from which it started, and is now in disgrace in
the minds of the world.
Hitler made the same mistake that Haman made.
The expression, "As ye sow, so shall ye reap," has
again proven true.
Discord in Raleigh
There Meats to be a lot of discord around the Cap
itol in Raleigh. Of course, we have no idea anything
it going wrong, and the whole trouble seems to be
ever the question as to who » beas.
It seems* that Mr. Hood, Commissioner of Banks,
thinks he has the authority to count every man's
money in the state and classify it. Colonel Harrel
son would stress conservation and development as of
first importance over all other things. Then there
is Old Man Bill Graham, who says the farm, the gar
den, the vine, -the orchard, the poultry, and the dairy
is i where folks get their clothing and food from, and
he thinks that department is of first importance.
Auditor Durham says he is the man to pass on ac
counts and draw checks and that Henry Burke, the
Important, has no right to hold him up in his duties.
Attorney General Brummit says his office is charged
under the constitute with seeing that every transac
tion made by the state, through any and all its bu
reaus, is done according to law and that no special
bureaus have the right to call in special attorney
friends to gobble up wrecks of past fortunes.
Then there comes the school heads; they seem to
have something of the autocratic germ. Of course,
the revenue department has a lot of difficult things
to handle and can't be popular, because a tax-gatherer
never is popular.
There are, of course, other branches and bureaus
of the government that count themselves highly im
portant to the well-being of society and the promo
tion of prosperity.
We have no criticism of any branch of our state
government, yet we appreciate that the people are
masters and those who are called to work for them
are only servants. It would be better for every de
partmental head to acknowledge himself as a servant
rather than set himself up as a dictator. Another
thins we would like to see in our State Government
is the elimination of the politician who can establish
no reason for his claim to office other than that he
voted and rooted for some officer who has the ap
pointing power.
In the present controversy, it is a noticeable fact
that some Raleigh correspondents have hung the hide
of W. A. Graham orr the barn door of the next cam
paign. These correspondents may be right, but they
must not lose sight of two things; and they are that
the common herd of people have knowledge and in
dependence. And sometimes men are hung on their
own gallows.
An Amazing Statement
Raleigh Xrws and Observer
Appearing Monday before a Senate subcommittee
former Assistant Attorney General Nugent Doods
made the amazing statement, "I don't know of a na
tional bank in the country that hasn't had false en
tries in its statements to the public."
In making the statement, the former Assistant At-'
torney General was attempting to justify his action
in delaying the prosecution of Joseph W. Harriman
on charges of irregular conduct of the Harriman Na
tional Bank and Trust Co., of New York City. He
called such irregularities as are charged in the Har
riman case a "common thing."
It was brought out at the hearing that the Depart
ment of Justice under the Hoover administration
knew of the alleged irregularities as early as last July
but that the District Attorney in New York was not
informed of them until January and then directed to
delay action in the matter.
It is difficult to say which is the most damning
statement: That false entries were common in na
tional bank operations or that the Department al
lowed such a disclosed irregularity to go a year with
out effort at prosecution and punishment. It is not,
however, difficult to- understand how the number of
such irregularities would grow in the face of the
knowledge that such irregularities were not going to
be rigorously prosecuted.
If Mr. Dobbs attempted to justify his own action
in delaying the prosecution of Harriman, he also suc
ceeded in showing the administration under which he
served was so lax in the enforcement of common hon
esty in banking that corrupt or desperate bankers
could feel that they had nothing to fear.
Banking in America must be reformed and many
old practices eliminated to recreate confidence in bank
ing, but, if Dobbs is to be credited, apparently there
is as much need of reform in national banking regu-
there is in the reform of banking and bank
ers.
Gambling Prohibited
Sampson Independent
The warning .sounded by Brigadier General Hugh
S Johnson, administrator of the industrial recovery
act, against "wildcat" price lifting is certainly time
ly. It is a habit with the American people to press
an advantage. When things are going well, we in
crease our stakes. It was this characteristic of the
American investing public that made possible the
tremendous gamble in real estate that brought dis
aster to Florida and lesser misfortune to the rest of
the country. It was this same spirit to "crowd" one's
run of luck that caused the orgy of gambling in the
stock market, bringing about the final crash in which
millions of men and women lost all that they ever
had.
Now that the industrial recovery act has had a
tendency to start the prices of commodities on the
upswing, there are thousands who would take ad
vantage of the psychology of the situation and pro
mote all kinds of "wildcat" schemes to the final hurt
of thousands of these same investors, who, regardless
of former mistakes, would make an attempt to recoup
their losses upon easy money schemes.
It is altogether well that the administration should
make an effort to increase the price of commodities
to a proper leveTT' It is also equally as well that the
consumer and the investor should be safeguarded.
Get-rich-quick ' schemes have brought more eco
nomic trouble to this country than all other
put together. The administration leaders are to bo
congratulated that a firm foot has been put down
early in the game upon such practices.
THE ENTERPRISE
STATE ASSUMES
SCHOOL COSTS
UNDER NEW LAW
Some of Provision of New
School Law Explained
In This Article
The school legislation passed by the
recent General Assembly made many
changes in the old order of handling
school affairs, relieving county boards
of education and local school comirfit
tees of practically all of the authority
formerly vested in them and concen
trating all of this authority in the
State School Commission. In ex
change for this local control, however,
the- State assumed full responsibility
for financing all school expenses for
a full eight months term, relieving
taxpayers of all county and special
district taxes for school expenses.
Counties and districts, however,
must levy taxes to pay interest and
bonds where they are due.
j Following is a concise summary of
the new schoo law.
1. A statewide eight-months Khool
term to cost $16,00,000.
2. All special and charter school
districts are abolished, and the schools
are divided into county and city units,
the latter being required to have at
least 1,000 children in school with all
such units fixed by the State agency.
3. Fiscal affairs of the gchools are
to be ih the hands of a state school
commission composed of the gover
nor, lieut.-governor, state treasurer
and state superintendent of public in
struction and 11 citizens, appointed
one from each congressional district.
4. Taxes for schools may be levied
by local units without a new vote of
the people only for necessary main
tenance of buildings and agricultural
education. When approved by local
and state authorities, elections may
be held on surplanting the eight mon
ths term and extending the term to
nine months, elections of the latter
question to be limited to units not in
default on their indebtness.
Other points: Teachers not required
to attend summer schools 1933-34-35,
but those who elect to attend will get
/credit for work completed. Another
feature, and about the worst in it, is
that school units may be allowed to
operate long hours daily and six days
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the week for the purpose of crowding
eights months in six of school work.
Of course it can't de done satifactor
ily but it was made to take advantage
of schools that may not be able to
resist, although we are hoping that all
of them will resist. It's a form of
trying to cheat the children out of
what rightfully is theirs.
The"city units" mentioned in No.
2 means a territory containing a min
imum of 1,000 schoolchildren, whether
in a municipality or around a rural
[cross roads. The units, which will be
[designated by the State School Com
j mission will take the place of present
districts. Incidentally the county school
boards and county supertendants are
left, but district committmen, if any,
will be desinated after the new units
are set up.The salaries of air teachers
and officials, such as county superin
tendents, will be fixed by the State
Board and will be materially decreased.
The schools will,"in fact, be operated
from headquarters in Raleigh under
superintendents.
School districts which have bonded
indebtedness must levy sufficient taxes
to maintain buildings and pay interest
directions sent to county boards and
and principal of school debts. They
are also allowed to levy, presumably
at their option, sufficient taxes to
continue vocational and agricultural
instructions. No funds can be levied
for extending the length of the term
except by a vote of the people in the
new units as laid out with not less than
1,000 children, and this can only be
done in towns and counties that are
meeting present obligations. Counties
and municipalities that are defaulting
on present indebetness must make
good on that before they can add to
operating cost, which is but common
honesty.
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A small needle which Tor 18 years
had been traveling around in the body
of Matthew Deeren, of Galesville,
Wis. came out of his scalp recently.
NOTICE OP SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in that certain deed
of trust executed to the undersigned
trustee by trustees for the United
Holiness Church of America, dated
22nd day of January, 1931, and of rec
ord in the Register of Deeds office in
book C-3, page 426, to secure certain
notes of even date therewith, and the
stipulations not having been complied
with, and at the request of the holder
of said note, the undersigned trustee
will, on the -6th day of July, 1933, at
12 o'clock noon, in front of the court
house door of Martin County offer
for sale to the highest bidder, for cash,
the following described land:
Beginning at the Odd Fellows Hall
and Griffin Street; thence running 100
MR. H. J. SHAW
District Manager of the
Home Security Life
Insurance Company
ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF
Thos. Mayo Grimes
AS AGENT FOR THE
Williamston, Robersonville
and Bethel Area
AND ALL INTERVENING POINTS
Writing Both Ordinary Life and Industrial
Insurance
Friday, June 30, 1933
rheet along GriffiiT Street to 7l«r«-
r l ville road; thence 65 feet running east
I on Jamesville road; thence 100 feet
' back to the Odd Fellows lot; thence
65 feet along Odd Fellows Hall lot to
the beginning, on Griffin Street.
This 3rd day of June, 1933.
B. A. CRITCHER,
• je6 4tw Tni»tee.
I '
I NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having this day qualified as admin-
II istratrix of .the estate of T. B. Harrell,
" i late of Martin County, notice is here
-1 by given to all persons holding claims
1 against said estate to present same to
: me for payment on or before the 25th
' day of May, 1934, or this notice will
r be pleaded in bar of re:overy of the
: same.
' All persons indebted to said estate
" will please come forward and make
r prompt payment of same.
. This 24th day of May, 1933.
NANCY HARRELL,
1' Administratrix of T. B. Harrell,
) Route 2, Hob'good, N. C. my 26 6twp