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MU'ISBURG. N. CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1STTH, 1KU
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NUMBER 47
ROOSEVELT
MESSAGE
OFFERED
Asks Guarantee Of Principal Ol
Farm Bonds ? To Seek
More
Washington. Jan. 10. ? Consid
ering it "a moral obligation,"
President Rooeevelt called oil
Congress today to legislate a fed
eral guarantee of the principal as
well as interest of the farm mort
gage refinancing bonds.
His concise, special message
coincided with the arrival before
the house of the first appropria
tions bill from committee ? aggre
gating $556,435,000 for 16 inde
pendent federal agencies in the
fiscal year beginning July 1.
This measure Is slated for rap
id house dispatch to the senate,
to take its place there beside the
District of Columbia liquor regu
lation bill passed by the house
late yesterday.
Expect Second Message
Senate leaders expected to get
from the President a second mes
sage this afternoon seeking rati
fication of the St. Lawrence wat
erway treaty, but final arrange
ments remained to be made at
the white House.
They were acquainted, also
with the fact that Mr. Roosevelt
plans soon to ask $1,166,000,000
additional appropriations to caT
ry the emergency program from
nc-w until June. This is in line
with his budget message.
With railroad legislation due
for debate, it became known today
that he favors establishment by
the rails of sinking funds to pay
off their tremendous mortgage in
debtedness. He favored the same
course for utility companies.
The appropriations committee
told the house savings in veterans
expenditures under the economy
act would reach $265,000,000 a
year. It proposed extension of
that law, including a 10 per cent
cut for federal pay instead of the
present 15 per cent.
^ In his message, the President
acknowledged that technically the
farm credit bond guarantee would
increase treasury responsibilities
by two billion dollars; but do it
the government should, he added,
because it already amounts "to a
moral obligation." He is expect
ed have his way.
The President and Chairman
Fahey of the home loan board
agreed today that the home loan
bonds would be treated on > basis
of substantial equality as the farm
mortgage bonds, and a recommen
dation on methods of providing
some form of government guaran
tee is now being prepared.
Would Extend R. F. C.
Jesse H. Jones, reconstruction
finance corporation chairman, told
the house banking committee
President Roosevelt was willing
to accept the senate banking com
mittee's plan to extend the RFC
for one year and increase its cap
italization $800,000,000.
The senate foreign relations
committee approved the nomina
tion of William C. Bullitt of Penn
sylvania, as ambassador to soviet
Russia after Bullitt had made a
personal appearance. The vote
was 14 to 2.
Tax relief for the small corpor
ation was recommended to the
house ways and means committee
by Representative Luce, republi
can, Massachusetts, at hearings
on the $270,000,000 general rev
enue bill.
Other committees of both sen
ate and house collected reams of
evidence on varied questions.
Revolt In the democratic house
ranks appeared threatened with
the passing around of a petition
for a party caucus on patronage
matters.
The senate adopted an amend- '
ment to the liquor tax bill to!
permit newspaper and periodicals
carrying liquor advertisements to
circulate in dry states.
An offlclal of Transcontinental
Air Transport, Inc., told senate In
vestigators 26,000 shares of the
company stock were given to Col
onel Charles A. Lindbergh. i
D. M. Sheaffer, chairman of the
air company's executive commit
tee told of a complicated system
used for wheat he said was "In
come tax purposes" In transferr
ing the stock to the noted pilot.
He said the stock, valued at
1250,000, was given to Lindbergh
In return for "services."
P. T. A. Dintier
The local P. T. A. will sarvo
dinner from 11:10 A. M, until
2:00 P. M. Tuesday, January 16th
In the room formerly occupied by
the Four Winds Tea Room. '
How polite and obliging people
are when work la slack I
TO RECOMMEND
N E W PROJECTS
' A committee of representative
clttsens of Franklin County met
, m the Board of Education offices
Tuesday night and discussed plana
to assist in relieving theune?e
oloyment situation and at the
same time get some P?rma???
and lasting public be??"tB. 'rtT
the funds being expended by tne
aw A. and P. w. A. in Frank
UllTheUflret project taken up was
that of establishing and erecting
a tuberculosis hospital building at
the County home to take care o
the several tuberculosis causes in
the County. The idea received
the unanimous support of all pres
ent and Dr. O. P. FltiGerald, Dr.
ij. E. Fulghum, C. C. Hudson
and Mrs. Ben T. Holden were ap
pointed a committee to work out
the idea to a practical conclusion
with sketch of plans and costs to
be submitted to the Board of
Commissioners at a meeting to be
held on Thursday afternoon.
The next project was to make
'changes and to an extent remodel
the Court house. This was also
approved and A. F. Johnson. W.
E. White, E. H. Halone and Mw
R. C. Beck were appointed a
committee to put the Idea into a
more definite shape and plans for
presentation to the Board at the
earliest date possible for their
aPThese projects were formulated
after the meeting had been ad
dressed by Dr. O. P. '
Mr. C. A. Rainey, of Washington
City, and Commissioner C. U.
HUDr FitzGeraid spoke full and
interestingly with reference to
the tuberculosis hospital, and his
remarks were well received.
Mr. Rainey spoke clearly as to
the objects and purposes of the
several departments of Relief, in
their efforts to both give employ
ment to people needing work and
in assisting communities and pub
lic interests in building up or re
modeling institutions and was
sure the County could get big as
sistance in these projects.
Mr. Hudson spoke of the inter
est the Board of Commissioners
would have in assisting these
movements as far as It could go.
These projects are expected to
be put on and completed largely
at the expense of the C. W. A. or
p. w. A., as cooperation in fur
nishing employment, the County
having to pay only a small por
tion of the cost of material. At
the same time the projects will
be furnishing employment, the
money will be spent on permanent
and much needed Improvements
and the general public will profit
In securing the necessary remod
eling at this time.
The meeting was presided over
by Dr. O. P. FltiGerald, chair
man, assisted by Mrs. J. W. Mann,
and Mrs. Ben T. Holden, Secre
taries.
PRICES GOOD
Sales of tobacco on the local
market the past week have been
light in quantity but the prices,
which have shown a steady and
decided advance since the opening,
have proved very satisfactory.
The buyers were all present at
the opening with plenty of order*
and the entire organisation was in
good smooth working order.
The warehousemen are ready
and prepared to handle the sale
of any tobacco the grower has and
would advise that It be put on the
market within the next few weeks.
"I'M NO ANGEL"
At The Loulsburg Theatre Thurs
day and Friday, Jan. 18-10th.
"Who cares If East Is East as
long as West is West."
Mae West, the one outstanding
star that the past yferfcas brought
to the screen. Nt need to talk
about Mae. She's the gal who
can speak and act for herself.
Like a Keg of Real Beer In a
thirsty party. She takes Grant
like Grant took Richmond. As
Mae says, Come up and see my
new picture. I climbed the lad
der of fame wrong by wrong.
|"I'm No Angel."
* Patient
"If you'pe spotted the man who
stole your car, why do?'t you get
it backt"
i "I'm waiting for him to put on
a new set of tires."
One of life's blessings Is that
the simplest way is usually the
best way.
The farther you are from home
the surer you are to run Into the
last peraoQ In the world you want
o see. !
National Birthday Gift Vor President |
"Birthday Balls" for PrMldent
Roosevelt on Jannary 30th., will be
held in towns and cities throughout
the country. OoL Henry L. Doherty,
New York, is chairman of the na
tional committee sponsoring the move
ment, the returns to go to the Warm
Springs, (Oa.) Foundation which is
to be endowed as a national center
for the development of methods of
treatment for infantile paralysis, a
movement to which the President has
lent much support. Photos show
President Roosevelt; ,? group of the
cheerful little patients at Warm
Springs and, lower right, the birthday
cake for the President.
Kiwanis Club
Re-Organizes
The Loulsburg Kiwanis Club
met on Friday night of last
week at Franklin Hotel at the
usual weekly luncheon and per
fected re-organization by electing
[the following officers:
\ President ? Thornton Jeffreys.
Vice-president ? E. F. Griffin.
Secretary-Treasurer ? George I.
! Griffin.
Directors ? G. M. Beam, W. B.
Tucker, E. H. Malone, S. P. Bod
die. Capt. F. G. Baker, T. K.
Stockard, C. P. Green.
In announcing the program for
tonight Secretary Griffin stated
Senator Capus Way nick, of High
Point, will be the speaker of tho
evening and the subject will be
in connection with the relief pro
gram. He urges all members to
attend this meeting.
Bishop Cannon
To Stand Trial
Washington, Jan. 8. ? The Su
preme Court today ruled that
Bishop James Cannon, Jr., and
Miss Ada L. Burroughs must
stand trial on an Indictment
charging them with violating the
Federal Corrupt Practices Act In
their anti-Smith campaign of
1928.
The decision was 8 to 1, Justice
McReynolds dissenting.
The High Court held valid only
two ?f the 10 counts in the in
dictment. All charged substan
tially the same offenses. The
ninth and tenth counts, which
were held valid, charged a con
spiracy to violate the corrupt
practice* act.
Bishop In Court
Bishop Cannon was In the court
room to hear the opinion, rush
ing In Just as Justice Sutherland
began to read It.
The Indictment was returned
la the District of Columbia Su
preme Court after a Senate in
vestigation, it being charged that
Bishop Cannon, as chairman o(
the anti-Smith committee and
Miss Burroughs, as treasurer, fail
ed to report gifts of $66,300 from
E. C. Jameson, New York capital
ist.
The High Court ruled the cor
rupt practices act as constitution
al as applied to Presidential elec
tors, holding that they exercise
Federal functions. Bishop Can
non contended they were State of
1 fleers and Congress had no right
to legislate regarding them .
In Caldwell County last year
240 club boys completed projects
In 4-H club work and made re
ports to the farm agent.
The trouble with yesterday's
experience Is that It's useless in
dealing with todty'a problem.
CHECK YOUR
ACREAGE
s
County Agent E. I. Morgan
suggested the past week that - It
might be to the advantage of
farmers signing tobacco reduc
tion contracts to be especially
careful of the acreage and pound
age reported. He advises that
the farmers make a re-check and
ascertain If an error has been
| made, If so, to come in and cor
rect It before the contracts are
sent in to Washington. He says
the neighbors are watching each
other pretty closcly and he al
ready has many reports of where
acreages have been exaggerated.
It might not be well for the gov
ernment to have to make a check
up and find %hat exaggerated
acreages had been made intention
ally.
COTTON i
CAMPAIGN
The campaign (or the acreage
reduction to cotton will begin on
Monday, January 22nd, 1934, ac
cording to Information given out
this week by County Agent E. J.
Morgan. He hopes to mako a
whirl-wind campaign of It when
started and Is asking all cotton
growers to get up an Itemized list
of their acreages and pounds
made each year for the five years
1928, 1929. 1930. 1??1, 1932. By
having this information all ready
and at hand will expedite the
handling of the contract*.
Williams - Harris
The following announcement
was made the paat week:
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harris wish
to announce the marriage of their
daughter Rosalyn Devore to Mad
ison Oold Williams, on June 6.
1933, in Halifax, Va.
This announcement was quite
a surprise to the many frlenda of
the contracting partlea.
I The bride Is the attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
W. Harris and is popular among
a host of friends.
The groom Is a young man of
much efficiency and Is also popu
lar among a large number of
friends. He held a position with
O. W. Murphy and Son, and has
now taken a position at Hampton.
Va,. where he and his bride will
{ make thelr. home.
Cleveland County farmers will
receive $160,000 for their cotton
options which in addition to the
$176,000 In rentals will add
$335,000 to the value of the 1933
cotton crop.
O. T. White of Tadkln County
built and filled a Ik-toll trench
silo this tall at a coat of only $7
cents per ton ot silage stored, he
reports. j
Death Claims
W. C Cooke, 54
Baatoefw M<ui Stricken Sunday
Afternoon
Spartanburg, S. C. ? Wilbur
Carter Cooke, 54, well known
Spartanburg citizen, died at a
focal, hospital early Monday morn
ing following a stroke of paraly
sis which he suffered at his home
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Cooke for a number of
years engaged in the cotton brok
erage business in Spartanburg.
He came to Spartanburg in 1907.
He received his education at
North Carolina State College. He
followed the textile business until!
he engaged in business for him
self here..
Mr. Cooke was a charter mem
ber of the Spartanburg Kiwanls
Club and a member of the First
Presbyterian Church. He was born
Jan. 17, 1880 at Louisburg, N. C.,
and wm the ion of the lata Judge
Charles M. Cooke, and Mrs. Eliza
beth Person Cooke, who survives
him. In Dec. 1912, Mr. Cooke
married Miss Gertrude Burnett,
daughter of the late Capt. Wil
liam P. and Oertrude DuPre Bur
nett.
The deceased is survived by
his wife, three children, Frank,
Gertrude and Alice: his mother,
and two brothers, Charles Cooke
of Florence, and Col. Frank N.
Cooke, of Washington,' D. C.
Funeral services will be held at
the Anderson-Hatcher Mortuary
Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
it was announced. The Rev. Dr.
Henry Wade DuBose. pastor of
he First Presbyterian Church will
officiate at the services.
Mr. Cooke was born and rais
ed in Louisburg and has many
friends here who will learn of his
death with much regret.
Gardner - Webb
A marriage of much Interest
was that of Miss Elizabeth Webb,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Webb, to Mr. John Rodwell
Gardner, of Warrenton, on last
Thursday, January 4, at Black
stone, Va., in the presence of on
ly a few close relative^ with Rev.
Reuben E. Alley, of the First
Baptist Church, of Blackstone,
performing the ceremony.
Miss Webb has been working
for the Carolina Telephone &
Telegraph Company for sometime,
and for the past several months
has been working with the War
renton office. She received her
education at Louisburg High
School and Louisburg College.
Mr. Gardner is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. P. Gardner, both late
of Warrenton. For a number of
years he has been connected with
the tobacco marketing industry in
North Carolina, South Carolina.
Georgia and Kentucky. He was
with the Warrenton maVket the
past -season.
Mr. and Mrs. Gardner will make
their home in WarrentoS.
Program At The
Louisburg Theatre
The following la the program
at the Loulaburg Theatre begin
ning Monday, Jan. 15th: ,
Monday and Tuesday ? Jimmle
Dunn and Claire TreTor In "JIM
MIE and SALLY."
Wednesday ? William Powell In
"THE. KENNELL. MURDER
CASE."
Thursday and Friday ? Mae
West in "I'M NO ANGEL.'*
Saturday ? Bob Steele In "HID
DEN VALLEY."
If you can sleep soundly and di
gest your food painlessly, you're
n pretty good condition.
Marion Comes Back 1 j ;
Marion Tallej, Kinui farm girl <
who at 17 ?formed into grand opera 1
Tanks, now ST, mad* a comeback l
from retirement on New Year Eve 1
as soprano with the Chicago Grand t
Opera Compaaj./ 1
Seriously 111
a William H. Woodln, Secretary
of the Treasury, was ordered to
the Desert Sanitarium In Tucson,
Aril., several days before Christ
mas when his throat ailment be
came serious. ,
Drys To Make
Permanent
Organization
The United Dry Forces of North
Carolina will assemble in a State
wide Conference at Greensboro,
on January 16th, for the purpose
of perfecting a permanent organi
zation to continue in North Caro
lina a constructive program of
education in favor of temperance
and against the evils of alcohol.
The county and other local units
of the organization that fought to
keep North Carolina dry in the
recent election desire to conserve
the benefits of the recent cam
paign and to continue their efforts
to keep legalized liquor out of
North Carolina, and to improve
the enforcement of our present
prohibition laws. Many local units
have already become permanent,
and It is anticipated that the
Greensboro meeting on January
16th will set up a permanent
State-wide organization. All per
sons in North Carolina Interested
in the promotion of temperance
are invited to attend the Confer
ence, and all members of the Cen
tral Committee, all Candidates,
County Chairmen and Managers
of the United Dry Forces are par
ticularly urged to be present.
To Register
Farm Labor
Mr. C. R. Young, Manager of
Franklin County Re-employment
offlce announces that bis office is
now ready to register landlords
and farmers who are In need of
farm labor of any kind. Like
wise, families desiring to rent a
farm and unemployed farm labor
are urged to register.
Families wbo left farms for
work in towns or factories and
are now interested in going back
to tba farm are urged. Mr. Young
said, to register and give the Gov
ernment a chance to help them
And the kind of employment they
prefer.
There may be some families ap
plying for farm placement who
do not have enough food and
clothing to "run" them until the
crop is made. Under certain con
ditions, provision will be made to
extend help to such families, he
said.
WARD? POWELL
i
Miss Mary Elizabeth Powell and
Joseph Cooper Ward were unit
ed In marriage in a ceremony of
simple dignity at the home of
the bride's parents Sunday morn
ing. December 24th.
The living room and reception
hall were beautifully decorated in
white and green, lighted Cathe
dral candles were arranged
against a background of tall ce
dars.
Mrs. W. W. Cooke played the
nuptial music.
The bride and bridegroom en
tered together. Rev. Elmer
Weathers, pastor of the Metho>
list church officiated.
The bride wore a go-away suit
}f eel gray with brown accesso
ries. Her shoulder corsage was of
talisman roses and valley Millet.
Mrs. Ward Is the attractive and
>ldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
h. S. Powell. She received her
sducatloiv at North Carolina Col
ege for Women.
Mr. ward is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. T. Ward, of Ryland. He
s a graduate of Wake Forest Col
ege and at present la a member
>f the high school faculty at Klag.
4. C. Immediately after the cere
mony Mr. and Mrs. Ward left for
t short wedding trip after which
hey will make their home at
King. N. 0.
Governor En
dorses Acreage
Reduction
Calls Upon Farmers to Co-oper?
ate lb Letter to Co-operatlre
Head
Raleigh, Jan. 8. ? Terming It
"imperatively necessary that our
farmers co-operate with the fed
eral government In these acreage
reduction campaigns," Governor
J. C. B. Bhringhaus has called
upon North Carolina farmers to
cooperate in the administration's
adjustment program for cotton
and tobacco.
"The benefit which has dome to
us in increased prices for crops
during this year has, in my judg- ~
ment, depended upon assurance
of crop reduction to normal lim
its as defined by the government",
said the governor in a letter to
0. Benton Blalock, general man
ager of the North Carolina cotton
Growers Cooperative Association,
which appears on the front page
of the current issue of the North
Carolina Cottpn Grower, official
publication of the cooperative.
The governor said "as a mat
ter of good faith it is incumbent
upon us to follow the lead" of the
Agricultural Adjustment agencies
and bring about a program of
acreage reduction which they
have promulgated.
"It has been my very definite
and sincere conviction for a long
time that it is only through the
application of the principle of co
operation to the -problem of pro
duction that we would be able to
make progress toward real agri
cultural recovery," the governor
said. "We have seen the fruits
of such cooperation this year and
we must not abandon ourselves
again to the dangers which a fail
ure to carry on this principle
would bring upon us."
Terming the acreage reduction
plan "fair and equitably", Mr.
Blalock said if cotton farmers ex
pect to increase their prosperity
for the coming year, ."each and
every one of us must cooperate
in the government plan for re
during acreage."
"This is certainly no time to
"let George do it'," Mr. Blalock
said. -"We must all reduce."
Giving Much Relief
Columbia, S. C. ? In closing 6,
280 loans amounting to 98,322.
3 61. SO during the month of De
cember, Tbe Federal Land Bank
of Columbia, for Itself and rs
agent of the Land Bank Commis
sioner, established an all time
record for transactions handled in
oile month in the third district.
December loans practically
doubled the 3,54L loans closed in
November for the sum of $4,528.
479.00 and were four times great
er than the October figures. ..
According to figures just pub
lished by the Farm Credit Admin
istration in Washington, about 85
per cent of the money now being
loaned farmers Is for the purpose
of refinancing indebtedness. This
is a decided increase over the 48
per cent of loan funds used for
this purpose in 1932.
Many people are of the opinion
that the Farm Credit Administra
tion Is merely increasing the
farmers debt burden when the op
posite is the case, for in about
17.5 per cent of the loans made
farmers secured a reduction in
their debt and for loans from the
Land Bank Commissioner's fund
the average reduction was 23 per
cent. Using the December figure
as an illustration and the $4,600,
000 in Commissioner's loans, as
a basis of calculation, farmers In
the third district reduced their
indebtedness approximately II,
500,000 on Commissioner's loans
only in one month. Farther, this
refinancing was at a low rate of
Interest and on the "amortiza
tion" plan of repayment, permit
ting borrowers to pay off the prin
cipal in gradual installments over
a long period of years.
According to President Frank
H. Daniel of the Land Bank, ef
fects of loans already made In the
Carolinas. Georgia ahd Florida
are shown by Improvement In
merchants receipts and a better
state of repair on many farms.
Said President Daniel, "We have
reports showing that taxes paid
out of loans obtained thru the
Land Hack enabled counties to
keep their schools open and many
banks are In a more liquid condi
tion because of mortgages refi
nanced with our institution."
At a meeting of early Irish po
tato growers at Washington.
Beanfort County, last week an
agreement was slpir< to redacx
aad, as far as possible, to prevent
an Increase la acreage to the
crop this season.