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THE FRANKLIN TIMES Issued Every Friday 215 Court Street Telephone No. 283 A. F. JOHNSON, Bdltor and Manager HUBSORIPTION RAXK8 ' One Year $1JM Six Moat*. 78 Eight Month* .... 1.M Four Month* .... JSO Foreign Alnrtlataf Repreeeatatlre AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Olty Entered at the PoetoMo* a* Loalsburg, N. O. as eecond daae mall Matter. From all outword indications the A. B. C. Store is i?e?ting the approval of the people. All comment com- 1 iiig to us has been especially complimentary. The effect of the ruling of the United States Su-I preme Court is taken in this section as a very serious i set back to agricultural interests. While many were critical of the method employed in its operation most all agreed its general influence was for good. It is hoped a substitute may soon be found that may prove better. , While the TIMES is a strong believer in constitutional government and strict adherence to the constitution it j also feels that there should be a way for the government | to give assistance to agriculture, the back bone of the i country as much as to other business. AIRPLANES FOE THE ARMY The new Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Malin Craig, has come out for a military air service "second to none." That is a program that will be welcomed by all who have felt a sense of shame that America, where aviation was born, has so steadily lagged i behind the rest of the world in developing and utilizing j the airplane for military purposes. This country leads the world in commercial avia tion. That leadership has been a growth of less than ten years. Before Lindbergh's historic flight across the Atlantic, America was being out-distanced by all the countries of Europe even in commercial flying. The development since then has been done by private initia tive and private capital, with a great deal of valuable cooperation from the government, to be sure, but with very little financial assistance from Uncle Sam. J But while we have forged ahead in commercial avia- ; tion, our military equipment of planes and trained per sonnel has continued to lag behind those of other na tions. The Navy has been better cared for in this respect than has the Army.. Nobody wants the United States to get into another war. Yet there is always the chance that we may be forced into one, a change that is perhaps not as remote as it seems, in the present-disturbed state of world af- ( fairs. It would be a pity if we had to go to war, as we : did in 1917, with practically no military airplanes fit for | service and up-to-date enough to be useful against the | enemy's superior equipment. More power to General Craig. TESTIMONIAL TO REV. C. B. HOWARD Many of those who were op posed to legalizing the sale of whiskey in Franklin County feel that some public recognition should be made of the brave, de voted and unselfish service rend ered by Rev. Charles B. Howard to the dry cause in the recent campaign; and are planning to present to him at an early date some appropriate testimonial of the admiration and affection which tie 1s held and the gratitude which U felt towards him. There may be those who desire an opportunity to contribute to- 1 ward the purchase of this testl-i monial. who have not had the op- j portunlty to do so. They will find the subscription list in my office. This list will accompany the gift. O. M. Beam. MRS. M. T. DAVIS DEAD Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Davis, wife of M. T. Davla, died at her home near Red Bud Church Sun day. She was 56 years old and is aurvlveo oy the following chil dren: H. Dewey Davis, Clifford Davis, of Nashville, Mrs. A. C. Miller, of Shelby, Irene Wilson Davis, of Reidsvllle, Burdette Qlenn Davis, Elizabeth, John and Ruth Dsvis, of Castalia, and two sisters Mrs. 0. B. Smith ant Mrs. Willis T. William, of Red Bud. She was a faithful member of Red Bud Baptist Church and liv ed a beautiful christian life. She was loved and respected by all who knew her. The funeral services were held Tuesday, morning conducted by Rev. John Edwards, her pastor, and interment was made in the Oupton family cemetery. Quite a good number of relatives and friends attended and the floral tribute was especially pretty. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE HELD FOR REV. S. J. BETTH Raleigh, Jan. 7. ? Funeral serv ice were held today for the ReT. Sylvester J. Betts, 77, widely known state temperance leader and Baptist minister, who died last night at the home of bit son, Dwlght F. Betts. Besides his son; here, survivors Include a daughter, Mrs. L. P. White of Raleigh, and another son, Benjamin F. Betts of Fayete ville. Subscribe to the Fraakllm Tints! f* Water, Light Bills Sent Marked 'Paid' Bennettsviile, S. C? Jan. 1 ? : For the second straight year clti- i tens of Bennettsviile received their December water and light bills marked "paid" today. The $3,900 gift from the water : and light commission was an nounced by Mayor T. C. Croaland, 1 who said a $20,000 surplus in the office of the commission would be applied to reduce taxes. (The electric light consumers of Enfield would be very much pleased if this was done here.) ? Enfield Progress. Yes! And the consumers in Louisburg would welcome such action on the part of Town Com missioners. Heavy Liquor Sales In Warren Warrenton, Dec. 30. ? Christ mas eve sales for Warren County's three liquor stores were as fol lows "The Warrenton store head ed the list and the one day sales; amounted to $1,058, the Norlina store was next with a total ofj $383, and the Littleton store sold: $343 worth of liquor on Christ mas eve. There are two liquor stores in Littleton, one Is located on the Warren County side and the other on the Halifax County tide. It is reported that all three of the Warren County stores are do- j lng a good business and there has been no disorder at or arou&d any > of the stores since they opened several months ago. Chief of Police Lee Wilson of Warrenton stated neither he nor his assistant officers, Roy Shearln and Ken neth Short had arrested a single person In Warrenton during the holidays for drunkenness or dis orderly conduct. Chief Wilson and Sheriff w. J. Plnnell said condi tions in Warrenton and Warren County are more peaceful than they were a year ago, according to their observation and reports reaching them. The second annual convention of the North Carolina Dairy Pro ducts Association will be held at ,the Carolina Hotel, Plnehnrst, January 9 and 10. SENATOR J. W. BAILEY EAILEY'S STATESMAN SHIP (Prom The News and Courier.) Last Saturday night a citizen of North Carolina, a United States Senator, Mr. Bailey, addresaed the New England society of Charles ton and said that as long as he was a Senator not one inch of the power of the State of North Carolina would be yielded to the Federal government. He said that the rights of American citizens, to life, to own property, to pursue happiness. ] were in the Federal constitution because they are "Inalienable," [hat they are God-given rights. Lhat the "founding fathers" wrote the Constitution not for a genera tion but for a thousand years, for ill generations. He said that the South between L8S1 and 1865 lost a war but :hat fifteen years later the Su preme Court declared in the "civil rights" decision that the rights of :he States within the Union had lot been impaired, that the South won on that issue in the war. It was a remarkable address. *Io Congressman of South Caro ina has delivered one like it in torty years. Why. Mr. Bailey even illuded with approval to "John Calhoun. " a Senator, who we be lieve everyone will agree, has jeen repudiated by the modern politicians and statesmen of South Carolina. Beyond that, he reject ?d the new theory of "economic liberty," by which government would become a warmer and fat tener of citizens, the "liberty" dis placing the old-time liberty of a man to be his own master. The speech was so strange in its declarations. unqualified, stralghtout, that one recalled De mocrats like Lamar and Ben Hill ind Wade Hampton. More amazing than the opinions ind principles that this Senator ieclared was the disclosure that there is an American, a Southern Senator, familiar with the Con stitution, with the history of it, with the history of the struggle }f the people, the English and Scottish forhears of Americans, :o save Inalienable rights from the encroachments and the ty ranny of kings and bureaucrats. Here was a Southern Senator who has read books, who knows some thing more than the quiddities of "parliamentary law." who has studied and has scholarly attain ments. North Carolina has sent to Washington a gentleman who would not be out of place In the Senate were It the most august deliberative body in the world. We infer from Mr. Bailey's ad dress that he could not be bought, not even by the offer or the pro spect of a seat on the Supreme bench or in some well paid com mission if at any time the North Carolinians should refuse to re elect him. Anyway, he surely is not offering himself to the high bidder. The statesmanship of J. W. Bailey is built on a rock. In the spring of 1933, Allard A. Battle of Edgecombe County planted 225 Red Cedar seedlings. This winter, he had for sale 223 Christmas trees four to six feet high. QUESTION AND ANSWERS ? On Effect of Courts Ruling on A A A Activities Washington, Jan. 6. ? The Su preme Court AAA decision, its ramifications, effects and back ground, Is dUcussed In the fol I lowing questions and answers: Question: What, In brief, was the decision? Answer: The Su preme Court declared unconstitu tional the entire Agricultural Ad justment Act and the basic theory upon which it rested. Q. What other New Deal farm legislation appeared to have been invalidated by the AAA ruling? I A. JJankhead Cotton Act, Kerr | Smith Tobacco Act; , Jones-Coatl gan Sugar Act, and Potato Con ! trol law. Q. How were these measures ] affected? A. In the course of the AAA opinion, the court stated de finitely that the other measures were unconstitutional, and indi cated It would so rule when speci fic casen involving those laws were acted upon. Q. Upon what premise was the decision based A. That the AAA was. an Invasion of states' rights; that the plan was not In itself vol untary; that control of crop pro duction by even voluntary agree ment and payment of bounties ex ceeded the limits placed upon the power of the federal government. Q. How were processing taxes affected? A. The court ruled that the federal government has no power to enact such levies. Processing Taxes Q. What were the processing taxes? A. Wheat, 30 cents a bushel; rye, 30 cents a bushel; cotton, 4.2 cents per pound; corn, 5 cents a bushel; hogs, $2.25 per cwt. ; tobacco, flue-cured, 1.89 cents per lb.; fire-cured, 2.14 cents per lb.; burley, 3.5 cents per lb.; dark-air-cured, 3.3 cents per lb.; sugar, 0.6 cents per lb. ; i peanuts, 1 cent per lb. ; rice, 1 cent per lb. Q. What is the present status of the almost $1,000,000,000 al ready collected by the government in processing taxes? A. Processing tax payers may sue to recover their taxes. Best chance to re cover obviously is held by those who preserved their legal rights by protesting when making their payments. Q. What will happen to the $200,000,000 In processing taxes which were Impounded by the courts when processors refused to pay on the contention that the AAA was invalid? A. The exact status of unpaid taxes was not determined by today's ruling, al though It probably will be de fined in the rice millers' case still pending. The court may either rule that the taxes do not need to be paid, or that the processors must pay the taxes and then sue to re cover them. Q. How does the decision af fect contracts under which the government agreed to pay boun tles' in return for <u*op reduction? A. The AAA immediately stopped bounty payments to farmers "un til further' Instructions." It was not definitely established whether the government ultimately will have to pay some $602,000,000 in bounty payments called for under contracts with farmers now in effect. Fate of Taxes Q. With collection of processing taxes stopped by the decision, where will the government get the money to continue bounty pay ments to farmers? A. New taxes will be necessary. Q. What effect will this have on the budget A. The ruling I threw the budget situation Into [confusion. President Roosevelt's message today showed the budget to be in balance except for relief expenditures. He had counted, however on receipt of $547,000, ,000 in processing taxes, which now cannot be collected. The bud get, therefore will be thrown out of balance to that extent. The President warned In his message. i however, that Invalidation of the PLANT BED FERTILIZER WE ARE AGENTS FOR Swifts Fertilizer Works and Eastern Fertilizer Corp. BOTH OF NORFOLK, VA. WE CAN NOW SUPPLY EASTERNS PLANT BED SPECIAL, AND SWIFTS DOUBLE ACTION PLANT BED SPECIAL OR ANY OTHER ANALYSIS YOU MAY DESIRE OF EITHER COMPANY. " PRICED RIGHT. a. W. MURPHY & SON Louiaburg, " " N. Carolina HELL 3ENT FOR ELECTION by A. B. Chapin Pour?*' Is processing levies would mean im position of new taxes. Q. What will be the immediate effect of the decision on the farm er? A. Farmers probably will con tinue to receive from the govern ment bounty payments reimburs ing them for reductions made in crops until expiration of their pre sent contracts with the govern ment. At expiration no new con tracts will be made, unless in the meantime some new form of farm program is evolved. It appears certain that for reduced crops now in the ground the government will have to make bounty pay ments. It is a moot legal question, however, whether the government can be forced to continue bounty payments for crops planted in the future when it cannot, be cause of today's ruling, enforce the reduction to which the con tract pledges the farmer. Q. What effect did the ruling have on the AAA amendments passed last summer? A. They fell with the rest of AAA. Possible Reaction Q. What is expected to be the, immediate reaction of financial and commodity markets to 'the' decision? A. Sponsors of AAA, of course, contend It will result In uncontrolled production of cotton, wheat and other crops, thus re storing over-production and sur pluses it was designed to elimin ate. It this be true, the markets naturally would turn weak. Op ponents of AAA contend, however, that in cotton particularly the world market will absorb the in crease and prices frill remain practically unaltered. Q. Will foreign countries be likely to continue increasing cot ton acreage, as in the case of Brazil? A. The price reaction as a result of the opinion may have an Influence on this factor, some economists think. It the price of American cotton breaks, it may prove unprofitable for foreign countries to press production in- j creases. If the price remains firm, they probably would find it still profitable to Increase production. Q. What can the New Deal do to repair the gap in its economic program caused by the ruling? A. Indications were that only by a constitutional amendment can anything even resembling AAA be placed back on the statute books. Department of Agriculture officials said before the ruling was handed down that they were prepared to put forward substi tute for AAA. Nature of these substitutes was not revealed, al though one plan was understood to involve, establishment of 48 state AAA units to be adopted and administered by the states themselves. Lack of fuel wood in 12 eastern North Carolina counties has caus ed a serious lituation which is receiving the attention of exten sion workers, farmers, bankers, and others. SALE ' ' ' ' ' * . MANHATTAN SHIRTS FREEMAN SHOES Beginning Jan. 13th and continuing to Jan 25th the following prices are effective: MANHATTAN SHIRTS and PAJAMAS $f .65 Regular Price $2.00 * This includes ouf other nationally known brand, Eagle, in all Shirts except whites. FREEMAN SHOES $*.95 Regular $5.50 -i ??. j "Worn With Pride by Millions" CHAMPION SHOES $*.35 Regular $4.40 J OVERCOATS BEYONlTcOMPARE ! REGULAR $21.50 NOW $14.50 REGULAR $17.50 . . . NOW $12.50 REGULAR $14.50 NOW $ 9.50 REGULAR $12.50 NOW $ 8.50 WHELESS - BURGESS, INC.
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