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VOLUME XLIY?NUMBER 21 ff'illiamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, March 14, IV 41. ESTABLISHED 1899
Farmers Of County
Interested In New
Cotton Stamp Plan
More Questions and Answers
Are Offered in Connec
tion with System
?
According to reports coming
from various parts of the county.
Martin farmers are greatly interest
ed in the new plan that offers $25
for not planting an acre of cotton,
and $3 for increasing the size of the
family garden. It is estimated that at
least 300 Martin County farmers can
participate in the plan to a marked
advantage. The office of the county
agent is ready to explain the plan
to the individual grower, and it is
generally thought that a goodly
number of farmers will participate
in the stamp program this year
Qiinhk ;>nH answers 1 ?i ninni'C
d'?tl dttnwci ft^tO>UUIUULi
tion with the cotton stamp plan are
continued from the last issue as fol
lows:
Q?Will there be any penalty for
failure to carry out expressed inten
tions of acreage reduction?
A?No. The Supplementary Cot
ton program is entirely voluntary.
Q?What is the basis of payment
for voluntary reduction of cotton
acreage?
A?A farm payment in cotton
stamps will be computed at the rate
of ten cents a pound times the norm
al cotton yield determined for the
farm under the 1941 Agricultural
Conservation Program times the
acreage reduced for stamp payment
Q?How would the cotton stamp
plan work in the case of a farm op
erator with no tenants who planted
ten acres of cotton in 1940, has a 10
acre allotment in 1941, and has a
normal yield, as determined under
the 1941 Agricultural Conservation!
program, of 250 pounds per acre?
A?This farmer, if he wished to j
participate in the supplementary
program, could reduce his cotton
plantings by one acre, leaving him
a total of 9 acres For the acre vol
untarily reduced, he would receive
cotton order stamps at vthe rate of
10 cents per pound for the 250-pound
normal yield, or $25 worth
Q?If this same farmer had plant
ed only 8 acres to cotton in 1940, how
much would he have to reduce his
acreage to earn his maximum amount
of stamps?
A?He would have to plant only
7 acres of cotton in 1941, in order to
receive $25 worth of stamps.
Q?What is the maximum amount
of cotton stamps that may be earn
ed?
A?Each producer may earn a
maximum of $25 worth of cotton
stamps on one farm, except (1) that
producers interested in more than
one farm, or (2) an operator of a
farm with two or more tenants or
sharecroppers may earn up to $50
worth of stamps. No one may receive
more than $50 in cotton order stamps.
Q?What is the minimum stamp
payment that will be made? ?
A?The minimum amount of
stamps any eligible producer can re
ceive is 50 cents worth; however, no
payment will be made to any pro
ducer on any farm for which the
computed payment for the farm is
less than $5.
Q?How are cotton stamp pay
ments to be divided among tenants
and landlords7
A?The computed payment for the
farm will be divided in the same
manner as the payment with re
spect to the cotton allotment is di
vided
Q?When will cotton farmers who
take part in this program get their
cotton stamps?
A?As soon as possible after the
acreages of cotton, corn, wheat, to
bacco, peanuts, potatoes and com
mercial vegetables on the farm have
been measured and performance
certified by the AAA committee.
Bow Suppicsnentary Program
Aids Home Living
Q?Can the acreage not planted
to cotton under this supplementary
cotton program be used for other
crops?
A?Yes. This acreage can be used
to produce food and feed crops for
home consumption, or for any other
crop or land use, except that the
sum of the 1941 acreages of wheat,
corn, (in the commercial corn area),
peanuts, potatoes, commercial vege
tables, rice and tobacco for the farm
(Continued on page six)
Sheriff Files His
Last Month Report
Sheriff C. B. Roebuck's .monthly
report for February shows a varied
work handled by his office during
the period, including the collection
of taxes, arrests and the "pitching"
of persons out of houses and off
farms. It was a hard month for quite
a few who were forced to quit cer
tain houses or lands, the report
showing that ten ejectments Ware
handled during the period by the
officers.
The report follows:
Amount of taxes collected, |4,
753.44; warrants served. 13; capiat
served. 5; subpeonas, 55; civil pa
pers, 25-51; claim and delivery pro
ceedings, 4-3; execution, 2; juron
summoned, 54; investigations made
5; ejectment proceedings, 10; num
ber arrests on jail record, 54, num
traveled.
ber miles ft cars, 2.504
Permanent Grand Jury Plan
To Be Adopted NextSepteni her
In accordance with a law introduc
ed by Representative Clarence W
Griffin and passed by the Legisla
ture this week, Martin County will
see its first "permanent" grand jury
in action next September.
Next August thirty-six citizens
will be drawn as now provided by
law. the first nine men selected for
grand jury service will serve on that
body for one year, and the second
group of nine men will serve for
about six months or for the two
courts in September and December.
At the first session of criminal court
in 1942. nine men will be chosen to
serve for one year, replacing the
gmup chosen to serve six months.
The new law will keep at least
nine experienced men as members
of the jury at all times, that many
new members being delegated to
serv ice every six W)onths.
While the new system may prove
' inconvenient for some members of j
I the permanent grand jury, it offers
many advantages. Under the pres
! ent system, a new grand jury is
chosen for each court, the men rush
ing through their work as rapidly
j as possible with the indirect result
I that important duties are left for I
i their successors to handle Recom
mendations made by one grand jury
I are lost in the shuffle by the sue
ceeding one, and there is no con
nected follow-up in the general en- j
forcement of the laws, and needled
changes are delayed month after
month. The schooling offered by the
I presiding judge four times each year
will not be necessary at every term,
making it possible for the court to
i settle down to business without dv
lav
Superior Court Opens
Term Here Next Week
WORK MONEY
j
Martin County's share in thr
mil conservation program is
rapidly running into thr big flg
urrs, thr officr of thr county
agent announcing today that an
additional $8,633.97 had been re
ceived yesterday for distribu
tion among 215 farmers. The re
cent payments represent 80 ap
plications.
A total of $76,249.38, represent
ing 913 applications, has been
received for distribution to 913
farmers in thr county.
Judge W.H.Coburn
(lalis Seven Cases
In Recorders (lourt
County (loiirl Folil* IIh Ten!
For Two WccLm While
'Big' Court Convene*
Handling seven cases, the Martin
County Recorder's Court last Mon
day cleared the bench and folded its
tent to make room for the superior
court during the next two weeks.
The session, presided over by Judge
W. II. Coburn with Solicitor Don E.
Johnson pros??cuting the docket, was
poorly attended The proceedings at
tracted little attention and the work
was completed shortly before noon.
A high spot in the proceedings was
noted when Solicitor Johnson and
Attorney J. Calvin Smith expressed
their differences over the ability of
a small colored' child to testify be
fore His Honor. Working a chicken
stealing case, the solicitor explained
to the court that the tiny witness
had offered damaging testimony in
private, but with tears in his eyes
and between sobs the little witness
admitted that he did not know the
meaning of the oath that he had just
subscribed to or what it was all
about. He was dismissed and the
court found Rosella Paige not guil
ty in the case charging her with the
the!t of an old chicken. ^
Other proceedings in the court:
Charged with operating a motor
vehicle without a driver's license,
Lester Williams was sentenced to
the roads for a term of two months
Williams is another one caught in a
round-up by the court of previous
defendants in the court who pay lit
tle attention to judgments when it
comes to pay case costs and fines.
Last September Williams was given
a suspended sentence upon condi
tion that he pay the case costs and a
small fine. Held in contempt of
court, Williams was given 'the road
term.
Pleading guilty in the case charg
ing him with drunken driving, L. A.
Miller was fined $50, taxed with the
cost and had his license revoked for
a period of one year.
Charged with violating the motor
vehicle laws, Walter Jones and
Moses Bunch were adjudged not
guilty
Pleading not guilty in the case
charging him with non-support, Tom
Jones was adjudged guilty, the court
directing him to pay the case costs
and $4 a month for one year and to
reappear at the end of that time for
further judgment.
Jesse Scott and Mrs. W. R Banks
charged with reckless driving, were
found not guilty. They entered pleas
of not guilty.
Pleading guilty of drunken driv
ing, Perlie Thomas was fined $50,
taxed with the court costs and had
his driver's license revoked for one
year.
|firo Arretted At Still
In Crott Hoadt Tottnthip
?
Arrested by federal and county of
fice? recently, Cecil and James
Pippen, colored men, were bound
over to the federal court in Wuh
ington for the alleged operation of
an illicit liquor still in Cross Roads
Township.
Eighteen Cases Are
Placed On Criminal
Docket For Monday
Ilrli?'\??<l Jml^e W. (!. Harris
Will Check tip On All
iNon-Tax Linlm
A fairly crowded criminal docket
will face Judge W C Harris, of
Raleigh, when he opens the regular
two weeks term of Martin County
Superior Court here next Monday.
Even though the docket carries four
capital cases, the session is not ex
pected to offer anything sensational
on the crime front. According to re
ports reaching here from other
county seats where the judge has
been in recent months. Martin Coun
ty non-tax listers are likely to get
i a jolt packed with meaning. It is
j understood that the jurist has been
I "bearing down" on those persons
who make a practice of dodging
their fair share of the tax burden by
failing to list their holdings Tax of
ficials differ in their opinions, but
it is generally conceded that there
1 are a hundred or so persons in the
! county who did not list their prop
tit les during the recent period set
aside for making up the 1941 tax
j foundation for the county and sev
eral towns. There are cases where
the owners did not list despite re
peated warnings issued by the coun
ty authorities and by the tax officials
themselves.
Judge Harris will find a varied
docket when he opens the criminal
session Monday morning at 10
o'clock. There are two murder cases,
a burglary charge and a rape case
to add a serious touch to the docket,
for each of them is punishable by
death
Raymond and Sam Powell are
charged with murdering Willie Wal
ter Mitchell, colored, in Oak City,
on August 17, 1940. Raymond was
caught and placed under a $500
bond ,but Sam evaded the law and
the case was continued last Septem
ber and again last December. It is
expected that Raymond will face
the charge alone next week.
In the second capital Offense case,'
Noah Stancill is facing a serious
charge for the killing of George An
drews, colored, near Robersonville
last Sunday night. Stancill, said to
possess a good reputation, is at
liberty under a $500 bond. Bryant
Moore, charged with aiding and abet
ting in the murder of Andrews, is
in the county jail awaiting trial in
default of bond in the sum of $500.
Stancill is said to have accidentally
shot and killed Andrews while try
ing to stop a fight between Moore
and Andrews.
(Continued on page six)
Senate Exjiected To
Suj)|K)rt Plans For
Control Of Peanuts
Would (Control Acreage To
Crop and Retain I)i\er
si oil Features
?
Given a favorable report by the!
Senate Committee on Agriculture
this week, the bill culling for a pea
nut production control program is
scheduled to come up in the upper
chamber of the Congress shortly, ac
cording to reports reaching here this 1
week through eastern Carolina far
mers and representatives who at
tended the Senate committee hearing
earlier in the week
Already passed by the House, the
bill will be pushed to the front in
the Senate, according to a statement
made by Senator Bankhead to mem
ington in behalf of the measure. It
is generally believed that the bill
will be passed with amendments in
time to place the control program
in effect for the 1941 production.
Under the bill, diversion programs
for a stabilized price on peanuts w ill
be mandatory in all years 111 which
marketing quotas are voted in by
the farmers, but no diversion pro
gram will be operated should the
marketing quotas be rejected by far
mers voting in the referendum.
Acreage allotments under the quo
ta program for this year will be the
same as the allotments already de
trimmed this year for the Soil Con
solvation program, and 111 no year
may these allotments he reduced
more than five per cent
The mandatory diversion program
provision, removed from the origi
nal bill by the House, was restored
by nmendment in the bill as was M
approved by the Senate Commtitee
Tuesday It w as in support of restora
tion of this, provision, which guar
antees farmers a stabilized price for
their production on their allotted
acreage, that growers' representa
tives sought the hearing before the
Senate committee.
The delegation from this section
were led by J K Wmslow , president
of the North Carolina Farm Bureau,
and K C Holland, of the North Car
olina Peanut Stabilization Coopera
tive
Increased Tempo In
Aerial Warfare Is
Reported This Week
I tii'frliiiiily Cnnliiuu-s 'I'it
Mini': Over Situation in
Tin- ItnlLuiiK
Heartened by the passage of the
lease-lend bill this week, Great Brit
ain pushed into service its reserve
strength to increase the tempo of
her aerial warfare against Germany*
one report stating that one of the
most devastating raids recorded so
far in the war had- been directed this
week against Germany's industrial
centers by British airmen. It is as
sumed that American-made bomb
ers of the four-motor type, partici
pated in the raids that proved cost
ly to Berlin, Hamburg and industrial
points Germany struck back, howev
er, and Berlin reports claim that Liv
erpool, one of England's greatest
ports, was extensively damaged. It
is apparent that Britain is now gain
ing in the air duels, and taking the
offensive.
The Balkan situation is still
shrouded in mystery and uncertain
ty While it is still expected that Yu
goslavia will sign up with Germany
oi at least permit Hitler's troops to
travel over her territory, there is a
stiffening opposition to Germany.
Semi-official reports state that Tur
key will effectively aid Yugoslavia
and Greece if those two countries
will resist Germany, and that Tur
key will fight if she is attacked. The
importance of the Balkan situation
is apparently dwindling, observers
(Continued on page six)
County Authorities Will Hear
7 ax Com pla ints Here Monday
Martin County property owner*
will be given an opportunity to voice
objections to valuations assessed j
against their holdings recently by
authorized boards of assessors when
the county commissioners sit as a
board of equalization and review
in the agricultural building begin
ning next Monday morning at 9 30
o'clock. Any property owner who is
not sa^jsfied and who believes he
has just cause to complain, is cor- |
diglly invited to appear before the I
board for a review of the listings tn
question.
While it may be inconvenient for
some to do so. it is advisable for ev
ery property owner who did not
learn the amounts assessed against
their holdings when the assessors
made the quadrennial revaluation to
inspect the listings at the courthouse
at ope^*- e?vt-i'?' lKfii' i'nm|i|:nnhr
next Week It is reasonable to be
lieve that needed changes will re
ceive more consideration at that time
than they will if the property own
ers wait until the values are set up
in the books and taxes computed
early next fall
The Ixnird of equalization and re
view in addition to hearing com
plaints. is expected to take some
action toward ironing out apparent
inequalities in the listings by town
! ships
\\ Property owners will be received
ihnd heard according to the follow
*ing schedule Jamesville. Williams,
i Griffins and Bear Grass citizens on
Monday. March 17; Williamston,
Poplar Point and Cross Roads citi
| /ens on Tuesday. March lit, Rober
jsonville, Hamilton and Goose Nest
| citizens on Wednesday. March 19
Crowded out of the courthouse by
the superior court and grand jury.
tain headquarters in the county
agi u ulturul building *
( loud iI ions tn War
Torn Coventry \re
Related In letter
I'llder K. (.. Slone ViRiM'il of
I oo?l Motioning li\ lli??
Si>trr in
Receiving an uncensored letter
from his sister who was in Coven
try, England, (hiring one of the most
costly raids of the war last Novem
ber, Elder E. C. Stone a few days
ago received a personal account of
the damage done and the way life is
still being carried on. Several hun
dred persons were killed, and Mr
Stone's sister barely escaped with
her life when a bomb struck near
her home and tore windows out and
hinges from the doors. "The people
are still carrying on," Mr. Stflno said,
adding that members of his family,
including his sisters, are working in
defense industries
The letter, written February 2,
reads
My dear brother,
, You will see by the address we
I are back home again While the bad
I weather is here we thought it was
the time to come Of course, no
one knows how quickly the compar
| alive quietness will end, but thought
j it was time we came to look after
Fred for a while He found the
journey rather trying in the very
'bad weather we have had, snow and
I fro/en roads. The buses could not
j run some days and to travel by train
| meant half an hour's walk into
llmekly Station, getting a train to
i YuneUton and waiting at that junc
tion very often for a train to Cov
entry In fact though it is only 12
{ miles from here some days it took
2 12 hours by train.
Will and his wife have just been
in Since the terrible night in No
; vember, they have been living in a
furnished house on the outskirts of
j the town, but the people want to
come back themselves and so they
; have been very worried about get
tllig somewhere else to live
Will said be did not feel be could
j live right m Coventry again, after
the awful experience they went
I through on the 14th. However, they
have been very fortunate now in
I getting a house to rent a few doors
I away from their present abode, so
j we may fix it up to go out there to
j sleep, on moonlight nights at least
How lovely it will be when we
can go to bed in peace We have not
slept in a proper bed upstairs for six
| months how. Waltei did pot think it
safe out there, yet Amy has been to
Vantage this week. They go to bed
I every night with very little disturb
i a nee. The planes pass over that way
sometimes.
You will have had her letter now,
J telling of the death of Jack's wife.
Jack is in lodgings at Vantage just
j now. Hope he will be able to stay
there When he came back to Cov
(Continued on page six}
f 1VEWTOTTTT
v J
Added activities were report
ed on the town's industrial front
Wednesday when Lumberman
llarrv Thompson placed in op
eration a planing mill just back
of the Columbian Peanut Com
pany plant. employing eight
men. the mill delivers dressed
lumber to a railroad car.
A customer, said to be in the
market for millions of feet of
dressed lumber, was on the in
spection line as the mill turned
out its first order. The lumber
man. operating several small
saw mills in the county, will dry
ami plane the output at the lo
cal plant.
Stale Legislature
Clearing Calendar
Lor Final Session
l.ii|iior KclViciiilinii lo-r
Onl in hitiunrr Commit
ter |{rpiirl Tiii'*iIii>
Hatting the possibility of a last
in mute tie up. North Carolina's 1941
Legislature will quit Raleigh to
morrow. re|>orts from the "eonfu
mod center" today stating that hills
were being rushed through the leg
i .lative mill at the. rati- of more
than two ,i minute, and that the law
makers and high State officials had
uheady started parking up fur a
quick exit
I IlKVI tilill III lis II111M I, (111 LogIS
I.dure li.is traveled hark and forth
in handling its business, leaving
j some of its business ni an uncertain
I status
The Dry Cause w.is virtually lost
? last Tuesday when it struck a finan
! rial wall of opposition, the action
(?l the Finance Committee in reject
nig the proposal by a 34-lo 10 vote
< 1 < a11 y indicating that the control
' feature had been displaced by the
profit motive
A minority report on the liquoi
i eferendiim ha- been rc|mr1ed, but
a two-thirds vote will be necessary
i to give the bill a legal status
Possibly to appease the Drys, the
I ? gislature passed a wine bill re
striding its sale The sale of forti
I tied wm.es is prohibited in dry conn
' ties but it may be sold in the 20 wet
' counties under the direction of the
j ABC boards in "A" grade restaur
| ants, hotels and in grocery stores of
j natural port cherry and muscatel
brands, ft is generally understood
that legular wine stores will be
forced to suspend operations Only
one wine store is in operation in this
county
Only five new commissions have
been authorized this session, re
ports stating that Commisioner of
Revenue A J Maxwell will get the
choice of appointments under a new
department bid
The redisricting iif the State for
members of the House and Senate
and the National House of Kepre
sentatiVes has been effected with a
slight shift of legislative power to
the west and the creation of a twelfth
Congressional district.
The five commmstotis will have
to do with regulation of aviation,
creation of farm trade schools for
out of school hoys, a basic code of
procedure before qua?.i judicial Stole
agencies and review methods; motor
vehicle inspections, and need for a
training school for delinquent Ne
gro girls.
The State will underwrite the Lost
Colony production at Fort Raleigh
(Continued on page six)
Announce* Honrs For The
Sewl'Foed Iahiii Of/ire
*
Effective immediately, the seed
and feed loan office in this county
will remain open in the agricultural
building here between the hours of
U and 3 each Monday and Wednes
day and from 9 to 1 on Saturdays.
No applications will be received on
other days, Manager W B. Watts
said. About 70 loans have been ad
vanced to date; the manager stating
that the soil conservation payments
are financing the operations for many
farmers.
Hard For Father To Hold 7 ears In LMeek /is
Son Boarded Bus Here For Training In A rmy
The seriousness of the war in Eu
rone and defense steps in this coun
try, lightly considered by happy-go
lucky volunteers leaving here . in
the past, struck home a new meaning
at the local bus station yesterday
morning when the county's first full
fledged draftee boarded a bus for the
Artny's induction station at Fort
Bragg It may be just for a year and
maybe all will turn out well, but
it was apparent that the whole busi
ness holds serious implications in
the mind of at least one father who
could not hold back meaningful tears
as his son boarded the bus at the lo
cal station for the Army fort. A bit
shameful, to be sure, the father turn
ed his face toward the bus station
watt, but despite the unchecked tears
and his head position he could still
longingly glance at his son just as
the bus started to move out.
The young man was the first to
be drawn from the regular draft
list in this county, the other young
men entering the service from Mar
tin having volunteered their aerv
MORE TRAINEES
Five men, answering (he first
call yesterday in the county's
March quota for selective train
ing, will be followed next Wed
nesday by four colored trainees.
And then on the 21st, ten white
trainees will leave thr county for
Fort Bragg. No second call for
colored trainees has been receiv
ed so far this month.
ices Rrsigncd to Ins fate, the first
draftee said he really did not want
to go, but that he would voice no
objections. Another young man, the
second to be celled from the regular
draft list, was, more ur less, indif
ferent. Whatever the government
says is all right with him, but left to
decide for himself he would have
remained at home Both of the young
men stated that v. ,ien the order num
bers were announced they had start
ed getting ready for the call.
1 The five young Martin County
men, Woodrow Wynn, Joseph Gur
Dutton Hardy and Joseph Carl Wil
liams, were joined by twelve other
trainees from adjoining counties,
and the group left here at noon on
a special bus for Fort Bragg
I The young men represented one
i of the finest groups yet seen to
leave from this terminal All of them
were sober, and there was a manly
and serious air about them to at
tract one's attention
1 The machinery for drafting more
young men is being made ready to
turn again, and unofficial reports
state that the registration list is be
> ing exhausted very rapidly Out of
ja classification list of 400 registrants,
| only 2ft men have been found eligi
ble for army service. It is quite like
ly that the county draft board will
start searching its files soon for eligi
ble trainees. The board has 400 ques
tionnaires for classification, an equal
number already having been classi
fied.
Russia ^ ill Fight
Club SjH^aker Says
In Vddress Here
John Itarrluv lljM'iiKM'x Inter
national Kflulion* \t
Tueiulay Meeting
l)iM'us>inK tin- inti-rnulinnal satua
tion before .t regular meeting of the
Junior Club arid a num
ber ??i in\I ted gllest: in the club hail
here Tuesday evening, Rev. John
Barclay, Wilstiu minister, declared
that Russia is beginning to stir and.
in Ida-opinion, will resist Germany
in an attempted march to the rich
Bakd oil fields Talking on it sub
ject of vital interest in the world to
day and one that kept him answer
ing questions during an open forum
lasting nearly an hour, the speaker
dwelt at length on conditions in
Ibi oi l .iii.I the | in 1I1.U -iioliini?u> -
likely to plav in. the eoirent war In
hi- opinion. Kiis-'iu u 1 turn the
title t'oi whthcUi ide by support -
and leutlul of Gt .ui. y she i, ex
peeled to wuuii up tn ring la rid
"It is cl? ir that Russia does not
want to get into the war on either
side, and the Russians say they do
not object it war entitle les just so
long :is they are m?T 'involved " Ml"
Barclay -aid It is appaiant," he
continued- "that Russia hales Eng
land and Germany. that he hates
England as being the most imper
ialistic nation, and Germany as be
ing the most brutal nation op earth
She hates Gemc.MU more than she
does England
tiussia Ui'U'Vrs it ha '?Ulit so
cialixm ami that it will be adopted
mi a world wide seale it it is nut at
tacked and defeated The Russians
believe that thru plan, driven time,
will prove far superior to all other
governmental systems.'
Explaining the invasion of Fin
land and the annexation of ther
territories including Roland, the
speaket said that the Russians point
out that important bases for defense
weir necessars in Finland, that
Russia toda\ i paying so much rent
for. the proptity she confiscated. It
was also pointed out that Russia had
virtually made agreements to buy
the bases considered important to
her national defence, hut that it was
generally believed that England and
France blocked- the deal at the last
minute, ami invasion followed Oth
er annexations, more at the .expense
of Germany than any others, in
eluded territoi y that mice belonged
to old Russia and in those cases only
white Russian. and similar racial
groups. Russia was particular not to
get any group not in harmony with
hei economic system
Russia today is in,dung defense
work in hei new territory, and since
she recognizes Gcirnah> a. her No
I etu 1113 it vv 111 he 11 ed against Kit
It 1
Concluding lus interesting ad
dress. Barclay stated that it was
fairly apparent that Russia is now
.holding the key to the situation in
I Europe, that her |H?wei and re
j .unices will win for the ide she
1 chooses
In an open iuium, the minister re
reived numerous questions from the
interested group, his answers throw
ihg much light on conditions in Rus
ia and several other eoiintrios, in
eluding Sweden 'Russia today is
to I'm? compared with the United
State 1H10 in that she has had
innumerable difficulties to over
come, hut it is apparent that prog
less is being made and that condi
tions are-vastly improved over those
existing under the old Russian Em
piri The country is extensively
mechanized and there are few mules.
Mechanization is further advanced
tlu-re than in this country There is
a religious f<lundation still in exist
ence, but the people there have nev
ei known the real meaning of re
ligion Just before the old Empire
crumbled qnd when millions were
starving, the religious leaders were
arguing such trivial matters as col
ors for church robe- Russians can
hardly believe that religious organ
izations 111 this country support edu-,
rational institutions, medical re
search and other agencies fur the
benefit of humanity
"There is much freedom of speech
(Continued 011 page six)
Mother Of Local
Man Dies In S. C.
Mrs. JSu.siin A Birmingham, mo
ther"of Mr. F. B Bir.mii gham, of
Williamston, died in a Lancaster, S.
C, hospital last Saturday morning
while visiting in the South Carolina
town. She was 80 years old, and the
widow of S. W. Birmingham
Funeral services were conducted
in the Baptist Church at her home
town, Polkton. Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock, and interment followed'in
the Griffin Cemetery there. Besides
,her son here, she leaves two sons,
Messrs. W Clay Birmingham, of
Polkton, and G. W. Birmingham, of
Durham, and five daughters, Mrs
J. A Burns, of Lancaster; Mrs. D.
W. Lowder, ?f l>urhsm; Mrs Joe
Bennett, and Mrs. S. B Lee, both of
Polkton, and Mrs. J B. Watson, of
Wadnshoro, a brother and two sla
ters.
Mr. and Mrs. Birmingham and
Miss Louise and Charles Birming
ham have returned home after at
tending the last rites