\ - ? v ? * ? | Patronise Oar Advertisers, For ;; | They Are Constantly Inviting 15 | Tea TO Trade With Ttae. f t... t ' . VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT FARMTOI* PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY ? 19M ' ???* THIRTT-SRVIN > I President Opposes Wage Ctifs During Re cession of Btisiness - ? " ? ' " Says Such Reduction off Purchasing Power by Industry Would be 'Su icidal'. Washington, Jan. 25. ? President Roosevelt today opposed wage cuts] by industry diving the business re cession as "suicidal" and warned that if salaries are slashed this winter and I spring, the government will be forced to consider "other means" of creating I ( purchasing power. His views were embraced in a for-1 mal statement read at a press con ference a few hours after John L. | Lewis, chairman of the Committee J for Industrial Organisation, had an-1 nounced that labor would fight to the I bitter end against a reduction of wages and prices to offset effects! of the trade slump. I. Mr. Roosevelt completed his warn ing with a suggestion that mass pro- . duction industries cut their prices to meet reduced purchasing power. He brushed aside inquiries as to what the government would do if salaries are pared further, but it was . believed he referred to possible re sumption of Federal "pump prim hxg''f It The Chief Executive said his state ment was prompted by statistics showing that some business men in a few sections of the country already had reduced wages and that similar action is reportedly contemplated by others. I c He made it clear that wage reduc- j ^ tions thus far have not been wide spread. Mr. Roosevelt said that a group of industrial and labor leaders headed t by Lewis, Thomas Lamont, New York banker, and Owen D. Young, head of General Electric Co., assured c him at their recent White House con- ^ ference that there would be no wage reductions during the slump. He ad ded that he hoped to confer on Mon day with 10 or 12 representatives * of "Little Business" and obtain their ? ? s advice on how the government can ., aid them. "? "" T? ? ? ^ "Utile easiness ^ . He said he expected this delega- ? tion to be selected from 500 small ? business operators who will meet s earlier with Secretary of Commerce Daniel Boper and his assistant, Er- c nest Draper. " j. The Present's wage statement was in reply to a question as to whether he agreed with a recent dec laration by Benjamin N. Fair less, president of United Steel Corpora tion, that labor is an essential fea- } ture in steel prices and that these ^ prices cannot be reduced unless the s wages of the employes are cut. 3 "I'm afraid it wont help for me to * answer that question again," the * President said. "I have said so fre quently?and 1 do not know how to . more dearly and unequivocably I than I hare already said?that 1 am I opposed to wage reductions. "I am opposed to wage reductions because the markets of American in dustry depend on the purchasing power of our working population, -i And if we want to restore prosperity, we most increase (underlined) and not decrease (also underlined) that purchasing power." He conceded that there may be a special hourly wage situation in some building trades in some localities which, so far as the total yearly earn- < ingg are concerned, may call for some e "different treatment." But even in * such cases, he emphasized, the pri- 1 mary purpose of the administration 1 is "to increase and not decrease the total of the annual pay at the work- ' ers." ? , . . '* . c DISCOVERS HUGE STAR 'i * 7*7-C' Chieago. ? Dr. Otto Strove, direc- ? tor ot the Yerkes Observatory of the i .University of Chicago at.Williams < Bay, Wia,, recently announced the discovery of the largest star ever re- I ported Dr. Strove estimated that i the star, which has been named Ep silon Aurigae, has a diameter 3,000 i times that of oar son and equal to t twenty thnes the distance between ; the earth and the son. It is a binary I star, or in two parts, the larger part ] of which has a diameter of 2,000 mil lion Btiles with a relatively low ton- - peratare, about 1,000 degrees centi grade. # FOB~Ff/K>P Knoxville, Tenn.?In order to pro vide reservoir capacity to control chih project ' ' | Organize, Work And Win The tide of battle has turned. Dur ing 1937, the Wets forced 18 County Elections and lost 10 of them. They called these elections in the Coun ties where they thought they could win most easily, but they lost in more thn 55 per cent of the terri tory selected by themselves, Furthermore, these 18 elections were held under the provisions of a statute prepared by the Wets them selves. By legalizing beer up to 24 per cent alcoholic content and per mitting transportation of whiskey in to Dry Counties, this statute impaired the effectiveness of prohibition in all :ounties and created a situation that the Wet!! thought would enable them to carry every county. But they lost n 10 of the 18 elections and they have lot been able to set up liquor stores n any county west of Durham. Now is the time for the friends >f temperance to redouble their ef forts and wipe out the beer shops md liquor stores that are increas ng human slaughter on our highways md disgracing our State with drunk enness, debauchery and crime. This joal can be achieved if those who are tpposed to the liquor traffic will vork for the nomination and elec ion of Representatives and Senators vho will vote against liquor and who vill provide an effective plan for law (nforcement. A vast majority of our dtizens are opposed to this destruc ive traffic; and we can elect a Gen eral Assembly that will give us right ious laws and elect Sheriffs, Solici ors and~ Judges who will enforce hese laws. Opposition to the liquor traffic is ight; and Right will triumph. To loubt this is to lack faith in God. Vith determination and faith, we nust organize, work and win. We call upon the friends of tem >erance in every county and in every ?recinct to meet immediately and or ganize for the purpose of nominat ng and electing Legislators and law nforcement officers who will close he beer shops and liquor stores and Irive the liquor traffic, both legal nd illegal, from the borders of our 5tate. If we will organize and work, we an win a glorious victory for our tomes and our State. Cale K. Burgess. January 25, 1938. Yields of 1,000 to 2,000 pounds of , Jurley tobacco have been reported >y Yancy County growers this sea on. W. 0. Briggs of Jacks Creek old 1168 pounds of good tobacco iroduced on seven-tenths of one acre or the sum of $292. Sanlner Thinks Ontlsok Bright V ' [ssues Optimistic State ment Following Busi ness Talk With Presi dent f? Washington, Jan. 26. ? Former Jovernor O. Max Gardner today merged in a highly optimistic mood rom a conference with President loosevelt on the subject of the busi ness depression. Mr. Gardner, who is counsel for he Cotton Textile Institute and legal tdvises to the Southeastern Govern ors, is op^ of & large number who ?ecently have been calld by the President for conferences on the bu siness situation. These conferences isually have been held with groups, ind Mr. Gardner is one of a com paratively small number who has >een askd to meet the President done. I After his conference, Mr. Gardner ssued a statement which indicated hat affirmative action of some kind 'or cooperative steps by the adminis tration and business men is in pros ket *;>"? It is believed generally that PresK ient Roosevelt will announce some policy after completing his series of ronfere^ces, which include a gather ing with small business men, a large number of whom have indicated a d*r lire to come to Washington. Mr. Gardner's statement follows: "I am optimistic for the future, I* eras highly pleased with the reetiltqft my conference with the President. Hjp possesses an amazingly comprehen sive knowledge of conditions through information from all aecfio^^titfa view to organizing the forces of ting: vied tf and the government to grap ple with the prevailing economic and social conditions in a spirit of co operative effort that will spall the SB* of the depression." I ' Japan Thraatms t War Bwlartttm I i Shows Concern Over Arms Shipments to China; Fierce Fighting Continues Tokyo, Jan. 26.?A declaration of | war against China was threatened by the Japanese government tonight asl a means of bringing "third powers" under the international rules govern- L ing a blockade, which permit search I and seizure of neutral vessels cirry- |j ing arms. I] Foreign Minister Koki Hirota, rer h spending to questions from the floor , of the Diet, charged that arms ship- , ments were filtering into China h through the British port of Hongl] Kong and other channels and said that a declaration of war was "pos-1 sible" if other powers continue to j supply China with war materials. Great Britain was the target of a| sharp attack on the floor of the Diet by Baron Hakehiko Sonodo, who re-l marked: "If Britain insults Oriental races and fails to respect Japan's position in the Far East, Japan would be un able to guarantee the existance of Britain's rights and interests in China." Hirota, replying to the interpella-l tion, said the government had. infor mation concerning shipments of arms through the British crown colo-1 ny of Hong Kong, but added these! were "only a small part" of the total British shipments. He added: In view of the fact that the Jap anese government had decided not to I deal with the national government (of China), it must seriously consider the position of third powers with re lation to the supply of munitions to China." He was asked if a declaration of e war would be necessary to define the I status of third powers, and replied: I? "A declaration of war is possible, p but it will depend on future develop- 1 ments." c Baron Sonoda took particular pains f to pay a warm tribute to the United 1 States' "attitude" concemiing the t Far Eastern situation. He also re- * marked that Britain's decision to sus pend the plan for sending its fleet to' 8 the Far East was "timely." "Britain should refrain from un- * necessarily arousing the Japanese * people," he declared. - h FIERCE FIGHTING RAGES ? ON FRONTS IN CHINA t Shanghai, Wednesday, Jan. 26. ? ^ Severe fighting raged today on two fronts north of Shanghai, where thou- 11 sands of Japanese and Chinese regu- c lar troops locked'in hand-to-hand bat- J ties with big swords and bayonets. * The heaviest fighting was report ed in the vicinity of Wuhu and Hoh sien in Anhwei province, where the first pitched battle since the fall of Shanghai, carried on through the night with enormous casualties on both sides after three days of dead' lock. Further'north, on the Tsining front , Chinese and Japanese struggled for possession of strong Chinese defense works through which the Japanese armies are attempting to smash their way for a drive southward to cut the important Lunghai railroad. The Jap anese are attempting to cut the east west railroad at Kweiteh. Along the southern coast, mean while, Japan continued her aerial warfare against the Canton area in an effort to slice China's "life line" ( of communications to the interior and halt foreign arms shipments to the Chinese armies. * ' Thirty Japanese airplanes late yes- t terday bombed railroads In the Can- j ton area and attempted to destroy g the Tienho airdrome, near the Amerl- q can Seventh Day Adventist hospital, a WHO KNOWS? < _ ?? '.?i 1. How many licensed airplane pilots and airplanes are there in the United States? 2. What is the total highway mile age of the world? 3. What is a parse? 4. Is the Ludlow War Referendum Resolution finally disposed of? 6. Is the stock of whiskey in this country greater than in pre-Prohibi tion days? 6. Did Japan assert that the Pa nay was mistaken for a Chinsss ship in its explanation of the bombing of the American warship? 7. How much sickness exists in the United States on an average win ter'day?' V 8. Why are three American cruis ers going to Singapore in February? L fc Is it true that Japan is building I the largest battleships in the world? * 10. Is the population of the Unit- 1 . . (See "The Answers" on Pii^ 4J _ ( p T. B. fflade of Martin County has ? ordered 1,000 cedar treaa for letting i on his farm and W. Robert Everett i has ordered 1JM# Mack locust trees i for the same pa** District Governor i-j'V;' ;-^-;f " ? ?". t?< -'?-: ?*$>.: Farmville Rotary Club To Present His Name At Distriet Conference In Durham In May At its regular meeting on Tues day, January 18th, 1938, the F&rm rille Rotary Club unanimously adop ted a resolution proclaiming Irvin If organ, Jr., as a candidate for Dis trict Governor of the 189th District of Rotary International; his name vill be presented at the District Con ference to be held in May at Durham, North Carolina. * -?* . .. '*. ? ?? '? ? ?' V.., IV ' 'b ? ? IKVLNli MUKUAN, VK. The proposed candidate has gain' sd much Rotary experience during the >ast few months by virtue of his po sition as President of the Farmville ylub and numerous trips that he has oade to other clubs in the district as >ne of the speakers or honored ruests; also by his successful efforts n helpftig the Snow Hill Rotary Club o re-organize and get back into the totary fold. In addition to Bis attendance upon everal recent District Conferences, rvin attended the International Ro ary Convention held at Mexico City n 1934. Like most small clubs, Farmville ias never had a District Governor, md believes that she now is offering he best available man in the whole listrict for the position. John Moore, who presided at the neeting, appointed John Lewis, hairman, Dave Clarice and Paul E. ones as the "Irvin Morgan, Jr., or District Governor" committee. ? ?ill fnnit UK I li i Ipi> >ii HI ml F. D. B. FEELS SECURE LEGAL POWER SHIFTS NEW DEAL WINS CASES SEEKS CO-OPERATION HOLDING COMPANIES WHAT BUSINESS WANTS NAVAL CONSTRUCTION PLAN ATLANTIC FLEET NATIONAL HEALTH SURVEY 6,000,000 ARE ILL Hugo 9, Sims, Washington Cones pondent.) The idea is abroad in some qw srs that the President feels that his administration is on much firmer round since the retirement of two Conservative Supreme Court Justices nd their replacement with men ot he same political philosophy. While he President, in his battle against rhat he considers economic privilege, as been able to win elections by normous majorities, his program has sen successfully resisted in the Courts because his opponents felt that be five Conservative justices would top tiie New Deal even when the allot box failed. The recent elevation of Stanley teed to the High Tribunal ends the bmlnation of the Conservative group nd is a shift in the balance of gov rnmental power, which is far-reach ng. Consequently, business men now ealize that they must make terms rith the President or else seek to hwart him by . arraying Congress gainst him. This may be accom ilished temporarily but, in the long un, there can be little hope that the wople of the country will turn con ervative in their .attitude toward dgh finance and big business. -*? .* ? ?- ? ?? ? The President's trouble in the 3ountr began with his early legisla te measures but since last Febru ary, when Mr. Roosevelt opened his ittack on the Supreme Court Conser vatives, ti? opposition has kit one (Continued on page four) FaS Thin , ! Two More Deaths Raise] Total For Week-End; Charges To Be Matte. ? ? j Greenville, Jan. 26. ?Three high way .fatalities in as many days in this area was the mark readied to day, when one man died of injuries received in an accident near Green-' ville Saturday night, and a Negro youth succumbed Ui injuries after bap ing struck on the Ayden-Kinston highway last night \ Alfred Simmons died in Pitt Gen eral Hospital today as an outgrowth of injuries sustained Saturday night when struck by an automobile driven by J. G. Blow of Vanceboro while he and three companions were walking on the Greenville-Falkland highway about one mile from this city. All except one of the group received pain ful injuries. Highway Patrolman C. K, Wil liams said today that charges of hit and run are being brought against Fountain Worthington of Winter ville, who failed to stop after the au tomobile he was driving struck and caused the death of Eugene Forbes, 16-year-old Ayden Negro, who was Bkating on the Ayden-Kinston high way last night. The youth was brought to Pitt General Hospital, but died about 3 hours later. Partolman Williams said that both legs of the youth were broken and his skull fractured. Worthington was not apprehended by 1 members of the highway patrol until three hours after the accident occur ed. Corporal L. L. Jackson of the High- 1 way Patrol said today that charges of manslaughter are being brought i against Joe Cannon, Ayden Negro, 1 as a result of the death of Herman Wood, Negro, who was killed after 1 the car driven by Cannon skidded on the Greenville-Ayden highway late 1 Saturday night and struck a bridge abutment at a swamp near Ayden. < Four other Negroes were injured ser- 1 iously, 1 ? - - . Hubert Roberts, Fred Carrico ana William Taylor, all Greenville High School students, barely escaped pos sible serious injury late last night when the car driven by Roberts swerved to prevent striking another ' motor vehicle and overturned. Al- j though the care was badly damaged, ] its occupants escaped unhurt Funeral services for Simmons, 42, will be conducted at the home Wed nesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock by the Rev. Clarence W. Patrick, pas tor of Immanuel Baptist Church, and burial will follow in Ashbury Church Cemetery near Cove City in Craven county. He moved to Pitt county from Craven county about ten years ago, and for the last six years had been farming on the Greenville Falkland highway about two miles 1 from this city, Besides his widow, Mrs. Dinn Par- I rott Simmons, surviving are one son, i Mercer Ward Simmons J two daugh ters, Miss Frances and Miss Elizabeth Simmons, all of the home; one broth er, G. H, Simmons of Kinston, and two sisters, Mrs. Julia Simmons of near Kinston and Mrs. J. A. Ipock ] of Cove City. More Libraries For Rural Communities ??? 1 A love of books and good literature j is one of the marks of an educated person, said Ruth Current, state j home demonstration agent at State College. . "Many of our home demonstration club women over the State like good j books," she continued, "but often they dont have a chance to j get the books they would like to | read. 1 "For this reason, we are trying J to establish home demonstration club ' libraries in the different counties. Some have been established already, * but many more are needed." ' ( The Johnston Couniy home demon* 1 stration library reported that during 1 the month of December 183 books 1 were loaned, and one woman said ( she read till four o'clock one morn- 1 ing to finish a book she had become * interested in. * At various club meetings, Miss Current added, some of the women 1 make reports on books they have ( read, and in this way the others are. 1 given a chance to learn about more ?' books than they would have oppor- < tunity to read in full by themselves. 1 Miss Current has urged all home < demonstration agents to push li- > brsry work this month as they pre sent the year's program of work to < the dub members. < Marjorie Seal, secretary of the N. ] C. Library Commission, is cooperat- i ing In the library work, and has sup- i plied lists of books that are special- < ly recommended for rural een delegated to accept contributions n his respective community. Prin cipals are members of the executive ward of the Pitt chapter. In a recent letter sent to the na ional chairman, President Roosevelt leclared that "I feel that our people ire sympathetic to those in need in , his (the Ear Eastern crisis) situs ion and will wish by their voluntary lontributions to take some larger Mart in aiding in this humanitarian ! ask -which the people of many coun- , ries are participating." The President stated in his letter hat inquiry had been made both of Chinese and Japanese as to the need , for outside help. He added that the lapanese society replied that their re sources were adequate to deal with he situation, but that the Chinese laid that "they were very much' in wed of outside assistance.* J. Nat Harrison, recently elected ihairman of the Pitt county chapter, leclared that time is of greatest im portance. He urged the citizens of he county to support this cause by risking a contribution through one >f the designated agents. No quotes are fixed, es is usually he case wfcea^^Rrf Crow ^caUs Pr^id^VsBirthday Ball Annual Event To Bol Greenville, Jan. 26.?Chairman W. W. Lee of the Roosevelt Birthday bell today Milt a telegram to each mayor of the various towns in the county urging than to support As dance to be held here January 31. The ball will be held in the Rob ert H. Wright Memorial auditorium original plans to hold it in the armory having been abandoned. The telegram follows: "We extend to you and your peo ple a hearty welcome' to Join with us in the annual Pitt county President's Ball in Greenville night of the thir ty-first stop please give this all the publicity possible to make this wor thy endeavor a huge success. The telegrams were signed by Birthday Ball Committee, W. W. Lee chairman. They were sent to mayors of Ayden, Bethel, Farmvflle, Foun tain, Falkland, Griftou, Winterville, Grimes land and Stokes. In addition to dancing, the celebra tion will include a floor show and other entertaining features for those in attendance. Jimmy Livingston's orchestra will furnish music for the occasion and the floor show will be under the di rection of Miss Ramona Staples, head of the Ramona School of Danc ing. This year the fight against infan tile paralysis is being unified under the National Foundation and in ad dition to the sale of dance tickets, the local sponsors will endeavor to secure founders for the national or ganization. All persons who desire to aid in the fight against infan tile paralysis, but who do not de sire to trim part in the dance will be issued founders' certificates in lieu of dance tickets. President Frankklin D. Roosevelt, himself, became founder number one of the newly-formed national foun dation. The founders certificates range in price from one dollar ior a founder, two dollars for sustaining founder, five dollars for a family founder. Your Support Urged Mr. W. W. Lee, Chairman, President's Birthday BalL My Dear Mr. Lee: I noted in the daily papers a few days ago that you are again Chair man of the President's Birthday Ball Committee and that you are making plans for this important event. As Health Officer of Pitt County and having under my supervision the State-Pitt County Orthopedic Clinic, which serves not only Pitt, but Hyde, Beaufort, Pamlico, and Carteret coun ties as well, and which is sponsored by the Greenville Rotary Club, I'am thoroughly familiar with the service rendered by this clinic to the citizens of Pitt County. You will be interested to know, I am sure, that, since the establish ment of this clinic in July of 1986, it has treated 197 individual patients. It not only cares for the victim of in fantile paralysis, but also treats such casps as broken limbs,,bow-legs, club foot, etc. The funds raised through the President's Ball have been used for the care of such cripplos who were unable to provide special shoes, braces, crutches, etc., for themselves. ? Since the funds raised through this Ball serves every town and ham let of Pitt County, I trust that every citizen, able to do so, will give his rapport to you in your efforts to make the Ball a worthy tribute to our great President, himself a vic tim of infantile paralysis. Very truly yours, N. Thomas Ennett, M. D., Health Officer. Aarw nrn una 011/ Washington. ? Pan-American Air ways submitted the only hid for air mail service from Baltimore to Ham ilton, Bermuda to the Poet office De partment recently. Its hid was $.00001 per pound for a specified load up to BOO pounds per trip'and a rate of 1,000006 ppr pound for loads more than 800 jta&ds. Under such a bid, if the Airways handle 100,000 pounds of mail per year, the revenue will he only $1. \ l' * vt-. ? ' " ' "? YrmS> '*' v'? ? ? c ?? i urn H^e jj'iiij* PITT STUDENTS MAKE HONOR BOLL AT U. N. C. Chapel Hill, Jan. 17.-A total of 88$ students at the Unhniify of North Carolina made the scholastic roU ^^ho ^faU