Washington, Mar. 7. ? With one exception the Administration's program of National Defense is moving through Congress wit'h al most as much speed and ease as the President's New Deal measures moved four or five years ago. The House of Representatives turned down the proposal to estab lish a naval base on the Island of Guam in mid-Pacific, but other wise there has been such complete bipartisan support of the Army nnd Navy program as to indicate that Senators and Representatives believe that the folks back |iome are worried about the condition of world affairs and don't want the United States to be caught' unprepared as we were when mat-| ters came to the climax of war in i 1917. At the samfe time, Congress isi trying to be careful about making I warlike gestures in the direction; of any particular naMon, though there have been several speeches by arresponsible members of both Houses which, if taken seriously, might easily stir up bad feeling abroad. Fear of giving too much offense i to Japan is the reason behind the refusal to make naval improve ments in Guam. That little island was allotted to the United States .by the Treaty of Versailles, at the same time that Japan was given several smaller islands not too far away. Both nations are forbidden by the terms of the Treaty to fortify their island possessions. Whether dredging out the harbor of Guam to accommodate a few battleships, or building a dry dock or a repair shop for ships, making the island a naval base, would violate the Treaty of Versailles nobody on Capitol Hill is quite sure, but Mie point on which the Guam improve ment plan was defeated wait. that! it could and probably would be interpreted by Japan as a threat ening gesture. To Restore Confidence Apart from war prevent ion mea sures, the clear purpose of Hit Administration now appears to be to restore the confidence of busi r.ess that there will be no mort experiments by the Government of a kind to frighten investors. Num erous signs point to a real desire to eDcourage business in t'he hope rhat the wheels of industry can be started revolving at something like their former speed. The ending of the controversy tvetween the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Commonwealth ? Southern electric power inter ests is one of these signs. T.V.A. Anally bought out Commonwealth . for eighty million dollars, regard ed as a fair price by all concerned. ' and th^ President announced that , here would be no more Govern ment competition with private i power companies. The hope is that .his assurance will open the pockets of investors who would like to put several billions into utility improvements. The Question of taxes on corpo-i rate earnings and capital gains is still holding investors back, how ever. The President gave notice rhat -thie Administration would propose no new taxes, and Secre tary Morgeuthau. for the Trea sury. reiterated that assurance. Tax Matters Studied It remains to be seen, however, how far the Administration will -cooperate in eliminating some of the tax measures now on the sta tute books, which business inter ests regard as handicapping in vestment. The committees of both Senate and House in charge ot tax matters are giving a great deal of : study to the proposals for the elimination of the tax on corporate surpluses entirely, and the reduc tion of the capital gains tax law in such a way that if an investor takes a* heavy risk and earns n profit proportionate to t-he risk', he ! will be permitted to keep a fair ! share of his profit. The man of the moment in > Washington is Harry Hopkins, the ! new Secretary of Commerce, form er head of VV.P.A. Mr. Hopkins is j making a good impression upotij business men who have to do busi ness with his department, and Is strengthening Mie Business Ad visory Board. In his first public utterance since his appointment Mr. Hopkius r OCTAGON L Octagon Hoap 4 for 19c j Octagon Toilet Soap 3 for 14c Octagon Granulated 2 for 19c Octagon Powder S for 14c Octagon Chips 2 for 19r Octagon Cleanser 2 for^Oc ralmollvc Hoap . it for 20c 'concentrated Hupcr Suds (for clothe*) 2 for 19c *?por Hnds (for w??hing ) dlslies) f 2 for 19c1 Oyatal White Toilet Hoap 3 for 14c j Hollywood Toilet Hoap .1 for 14c I'nlTerwal' Toilet Hoap 8 for 14c Vogue Toilet Hoap :i for 14c Klw Pnmlce Hoap 2 for 9c t'rftim Oil Toilet Hoap .1 for 14c GEORGE FULLER loulsburg. Jf. c., K.m. took a conciliatory attitude toward business. He announced a policy of no general rise in Federal taxes and the amendment of the tax] laws to eliminate those wliich tend to "freeze the necessary flow of capital"; Government aid <11! breaking the log-jain of private investment in the fields of utili ties, railroads and housing; the need of tolerance and fairness in relations between labor and em ployers; an increased national in come to provide jobs ill private industry for those now employed; assistance for small business; and a larger share of the national in come for the farmer. Presidential Possibility In iuformed political circles here, the voice of Harry Hopkins is being regarded as the voice of President Roosevelt. The belief is growing steadily that Mr. Hopkins is the President's personal selec tion as his successor in the Whita House, and that he was put in the Department of Commerce because in that position he could talk to I business men and build himself up as a figure to be seriously con- ! sidered as of Presidential* caliber. Until his latest appointment Mr. Hopkins had never had business experience or many contacts with business. His whole career has! been that of a social worker. Per sonally, Mr. Hopkins impresses al-. most everybody who conies in con tact with him as a man of sincerity and decided personal charm. How far he will be able to add to that impression the belief that he has a sound, broad view of economic problems especially as they affect business remains to be seen. r ? j M Its. SAU.IK FLEMING A I.- | FORI) IMES IX RICHMOND * . Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie Fleming Alford, 62, of .Richmond, Va.. were conducted Friday, Feb. 17, by the Rev. E. M. Carter from the Christian Church in Youngs ville, with interment in the ceme tery there. Mrs. Alford was born in Vance County and was reared by her fos ter parents, the late Joseph War ren Duke and Octavia Harris Duke of Youngsvillei She was the wid ow of t'he late Eugene T. Alford. of Youngsville, where the family, lived until her husband's death ! fourteen years ago. She then moved to Richmond. I Va.. with her three daughters, Josephine. Mary Fleming and An- 1 nie Lynn, who reside in Richmond. | She is also survived by a number | of nieces and nephews, of Virginia) and North CHjolina. i.orisni'K<; TiuiMi'Hs OX LAST-HALF SI'IKT Trailing by 27-14 at half-time, the Louisburg Young Men's Club rallied ill the Second halt And de feated Cu8talia community basket ball team. 55-50, in a basketball game here. Bill Lancaster caged 17 points to lead Louisburg Troutman. with 14, and R. Lancaster, with IS, vied for runner-up honors. Lead ers for Castalia were P. Overby, and Collins, each with 15. There are two sides to most questions, and no bottom. ^tuunpy? Not now / . . thanks to Black Draught. Often that droopy, tired feeling Is caused ' by constipation, an everyday thief of energy. Don't put up with It. Try the fine old vegetable medicine that sim ply makes the lazy colon go back to wi prompt relie: BLACK-DRA "An old (t of the fatni SIXTH PRIZE WINNER AIM'H PKRRV 17 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Read, Wood. N. C. i First Golfer ? Confound it. sir, you nearly hit my wife. Second Golfer -Did I? Well, have a shot at mine over there. 666 Liquid - Tablets Salve-Nose Drops SALVE relieves COLDS price 10c & 25c Clemson Wins Conference Title FIRST KOIM) Richmond 31. V. M. I. 20. State 40, Duke 39. Clemson 44, Carolina 43. yi/AKTKKKINAUS Davidson 43, W. and L. 32. | Maryland 47. Richmond 32. State 40. The Citadel 38. Clemson 30, Wake Form 28. SFMIHNAI.S Maryland 53, State 2ft. Clemson 49, Davidson 33. FINALS Clemson 39. Maryland 27. Clemson^s Tigers are basketball ! champions of the Southern Con-! ferenee ? frtr the first time. The boys from South Carolina,' vwho almost didn't get in the tour-! Jnament field, won the title by de feating Maryland's second-seeded' Old Liners, 39-27, Saturday night before 4,000 fans in Memorial Auditorium, in Raleigh. The contest closed out a four day meet which opened with 11 ; teams, three more than the usual field in the annual tournament, j Coach Joe Davis' Clemson Tigers pulled into a .500 percentage just before tournament-picking time, and this enabled them to squeeze ? ; into the 11-teani field. But there was no "squeezing in" Saturday night ? the South Caro linians thumped the favored Old Liner solidly. It was a real battle all t'he way, but the outcome hard ly was in doubt after the olassy Clemsons put on a nine-point i SEVENTH PRIZE WINNER SHIKI.KY ANN War ofd duughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kufus Bunn. ot' Spring Hope, Route 2. spurt just after the I.iners had advanced into a 22-22 tie after nbout five minutes of play in the second half. Very often ignorance is a man's main excuse for speaking. UC38 IS30@5? ? ? ?? Facts That Concern You ?I?sfliLP SUPPORT THEM! - THE AGED -THE UNEMPLOYED THROUGH FEDEBAl, STATE N /\ AND LOCAL AGENCIES, A SHARE OF THE NATION'S HUGE ?-tOO MILLION V EARLY BEER REVENUE COMES BACK TO BENEFIT Tm^ r/iuui inity THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA couecreo $<12IM72.S0 IN BEER REVENUE FOR 1138 j -PUBLIC EDUCATION Bkkrs nation-wide taxes of a million dollars a rlay make it possible for the government to provide many things that would otherwise in crease everybody's taxes. In preserving this revenue for the nation, the brewers recognize that the retailing of beer must give no otfense to anyone. It is not. of course, the brewers' responsi <>2Si . -PUBLIC ^ INSTITUTIONS bility to enforce the law. But they are cooper ating w i tl) ail enforcement officials ... to see tojt that the laws you have made are rigidly observed. Mu> mmmI \ou a booklet discussing this forward-looking program of the brewing: in dustry? Address: United Brewers Industrial Foundation, 19 East 40th St., New York, N. Y. iJKKr-a beverage of moderation HE WAS DISCOURAGED UNTIL... JOE, I'M MIGHTY WELL. BOB, I DISCOURAGED. HAVEN'T MAW ANY MONEY ON CROPS FOR SOME YEARS. NEVER DIP EITHER UNTIL I BEGAN USING A GOOD FERTILIZER. I THINK IT'S GOOO FARMING THAT COUNTS ANO NOT THE FERTILIZER SO MUCH. YES, I USED TO THINK SO, TOO, BUT YOU NEED THE RIGHT FERTILIZER TO MAKE REAL MONEY THESE DAYS. WELL, I'VE ALWAYS BOUGHT THE CHEAPEST- BECAUSE I ALWAYS SAY THEYfcE ALL THE SAME. I I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL FERTILIZERS - \ BUT I 00 KNOW ABOUT S-D COOPS. ! ^AND I WI5H YOU'P TRY THEM , THIS SEASON-THEYU.DO [ WONDERS FOR YOU. WELL, I MIGHT AS WELL TRY S-O NOTHING ELSE HAS SEEMED TO HELP. L LATER THAT SEASON MAN, I'M SURE GETTING QUANTITY AND QUALITY THIS SEASON. FIRST TIME IN YEARS I've GOT A REAl PROFIT. YOU SURE WERE RIGHT ABOUT S-D GOODS. I YOU'RE DARN RIGHT I WAS. THEY'RE THt FINEST FERTILIZERS MADE. 1 S-O IS THE ONLY FERTILISER TO \ USE. v rfm s-p mmizus have hhud thousands Of CHOWIOS MAKi MOM MONIY Thousand* of good farmer* report more income per acre when they ute S-D fer tilizer*. And that'* ju*t a* it *hould be, because S-D fertilizer* are made to pro duce more income. You can get ordinary good* very often for let* ? but you can't get fertilizer finer than S-D good* any where. Try S-D fertilizer* thi* *ea?on ? you'll be convinced. SMITH-D0UG1ASS CO., INC., NORfOlK, VA. Louisburg Supply Co., Louisburg, N. C. j RELIANCE FERTILIZER TOBACCO BRANDS: Royal King - No Meal Golden Winner - Light Meal Perfection - Heavy Meal ? Any Analysis ? PLANT BED MUSLIN Narrow and Wide SEVERAL GRADES SEED OATS BURT - WHITE SPRING - FULGHUM LESPEDEZA Korean ? Kobe At Reduced Prices STALK CUTTERS '50" STALK CUTTER BLADES SINQLE and DOUBLE EDOE 24 and 26 Inch ? $1.00 Each ? ? * > DISC HARROWS &$4?* ? MS00 SPIKE HARROWS 50 Tooth $18.00 SEE THE NEW GIRL CHAMPION PLOW with STEEL Standard. BRIDLES ? HAMES ? COLLARS PLOWS and CASTINGS FORKS ? SHOVELS ? HOES MAULS and WEDGES HANDLES ? ALL KINDS DOORS & WINDOWS Another large shipment at same low prices. FOOD FOR THE FAMILY FEED FOR THE STOCK DOORS, WINDOWS, NAILS, LOOKS and HINGES, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, LATHS, ROCK LATH, PLASTER BOARD, SHINGLES, ROOFING. SEABOARD STORE CO., INC. WHOLESALE ? RETAIL Pay Cash and Pay Less D. 7. MrKlnne. President