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Bertie County Reader Calls Briggs’ Hand Says Farmers In Bertie Know Difference Between Poverty and Prosperity Under Government Control of Crops and Prices Adams, of Merry Hill, who resents Pastor W. T. C. Briggs’ in criminating inferences relative to the personnel and operation of the AAA, this week sent the following letter to The Herald: “In your last issue I notice that your Parson correspondent takes another fling at the old AAA and the efforts of the watermelon grow ers to organize and cooperate under the new Farm bill for better and im proved methods of selling. " “As to whether the watermelon growers of Chowan sign up or do not cooperate is a matter for each one to decide, but since your paper has a good circulation in Bertie, and the AAA, either old or new, is held in high esteem over here, we just do 1 not like to see unwarranted and un justified statements made about its personnel and the good it has done “ With a few exceptions the work ings of the AAA gave fine satisfac tion. The curtailment program was responsible for raising the price of cotton from 5 to 12 cents, peanuts from 1 to 3 and 4 cents, tobacco from 9 to 25 cents, and of hogs from 4 to 12 cents. It has meant the res cue and economic salvation of the farmers and I am sure Mr. Briggs’ memory is not so faulty as to forget the disaster and ruin of low prices three years ago. “Who wants to waste time and la bor producing more crops than can be sold'at a living price? Industrial concerns do not produce more goods than they can sell. Neither should the farmer. But the preacher would like to see us go back to the old method of ‘every one for himself and the devil take the hindmost.’ He would forsake the leadership of Moses and go back to the flesh pots and garlic of Egypt like the com plaining Israelites. “Our preacher friend says ‘I have seen too much of the underhand work done by the AAA dictators to put much confidence in any of them.’ To say that we were under a dicta tor or that underhand methods was the rule in administering the law is a» far from the truth as the East is West. And he cannot pro'T>tt any more than he can prove CONVINCE YOURSELF! s£*& .-'- ■- Sti/SL JWr '' sßk / v ■ < o-....,. * >? <”•-. : mm / vA\ ' II I ::: ' ’ xwr/ DRIVE the ear \ y mhhbmw that has EVERYTHING OLDSMOBILE has everything you want it to have —does everything you want Jt to dol Just take the wheel and let the Sf'Wt itself convince you. And while you’re R : ddsring, learn what it means to have ‘ Knee-Action, Super-Hydraulic Brakes, ‘ Center-Control Steering. Think what it means to have a “Turret-Top” Body with Safety Glass standard all around. Bvery thing...at a low price... that's OtdsmobOe! OLDSMOBILE 6 • 8 wmmmmmmmmmmmm ft*. C*r ilurt lut* StreryiAistg mmmmmmm—mmm—m CIMS. H. JENKINS MOTOR CO. (who Cain’s wife was. It was the I most democratic and liberally ad ministered law passed in a century. Even the farmers were given the privilege to say if they wanted it continued, and voted 10 to 1 to con tinue its operation. “In view of this it is either preju dice or lack of information to say we were under a ‘Dictator.’ The Su preme Court did not so designate it. It remained for the Liberty League, under the tutelage of A1 Smith to cry out intolerance and dictatorship. That is probably where Mr. Briggs is getting his ideas. In fact he is duplicating Mr. Smith’s charges in fine style. You must have heard or read the governors Belschazzer feast 1 speech in Washington not long since. I would not be found in such company, and I am not a preacher. In 1928 the preacher lambasted the Democratic candidate from every comer and angle. Now they are closer together than the Siamese Twins used to be. I was against his policies then and I am against them now. “Speaking of dictators, Mussolini, Stalin and Hitler are fair samples of that kind of an animal. A man of that type would not be tolerated in this country long enough for a preacher to say ‘Amen.’ The parson seems to be well versed in book learning and some ism, schism, some science and philosophy, but we farm ers know the difference between poverty and prosperity and that 12 cents is better than 5 cents for cot ton and 3 and 4 cents better than one for peanuts, and so on down the line.” I YEOPIM | V / Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Long and their daughter, Miss Eloise, of Elizabeth City, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brabble Sunday. W. E. Baker, of Edenton, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Sam Baker. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Davenport and son, Ray Angelo, visited Mr. and Mrs. Travis Jackson Sunday after- THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C-, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1936 LET’S GO “COLLEGIATE” -Hi * 1 J'-e Penner, Jack Oakie and Frances Langford give each other a music lessen in Paramount’s “Collegiate,” coming Monday and Tuesday to the Tayior Theatre, Edenton. noon. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brabble visited Mrs. Brabble’s father, Dock Daven port, Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Barrington vis ited Mrs. Barrington’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Beasley, Sunday af ternoon. Mrs. Ida Lassiter and children, Lessie and William Edward, and Mrs. Louise Mansfield visited Mr. and Mrs. Colon Jackson Sunday af ternoon. Mrs. Melvin Colson, from New Hope, spent Sunday, with her father, Will Skinner, and Mrs. Skinner. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Davenport en tertained a few friends Thursday evening at a sugar pulling. About 15 guests were present. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Webb spent Thursday in Suffolk, Va. Colon Jackson spent Wednesday in Norfolk, Va. Mrs. Bradford Chappell is improv ing after being ill for the past two weeks. Yates Jordan, of Edenton, visited William Jordan Sunday morning. Y. W. A. HAVE ALL DAY MISSION STUDY CLASS The W. Y. A. of Warwick Baptist Church held an all day Mission Study Class Thursday, March 26, at the home of Mrs. D. H. Berryman ,their counsellor. The book, “Who Is My Neighbor?” was taught by Mrs. Earl White. Mate the COMPAR-O-GRAPH Test! Use this quick, handy davica to check Oldsmobile’s fea tures and vatast... to compare other cars of similar price with Oldamobila. Come in and getyour copy, free, or write Olds Motor Works, Lansing, Mich. • TNI SIX • • THE EIGHT • *665 • 'BIO Staaa t*6s mmt up.. . MfMaSSJO and up, Sat a* Lmsfai. SJSr Ofcaa ttmMjiwkmiKi aV areead Sgte 2 inmar grmgp* nfca. Ctr 10m*trmt»d /m tl* Sir-CjUn 4u¥*mtimjaZifm. $*3O l M. A Qeneral Motors Value NSW 4M STmTaC. 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