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TOBACCO SITUATION The following ia a statement of Congressman Harold D. Cooley, regarding the plight of the Flue Cared Tobacco Growers: While 1 fully realise that Eng land Is engaged In a conflict of major proportions, I cannot' be lieve that she Is justified in Im posing the embargo which makes the American farmer the first economic casualty of the war in which she is now engaged. We modified our Neutrality Law, lift ad the Arms Embargo and pro vided for the sale of ammunitions and implements of war to Eng land and other warring nations upon a cash and carry basis, and in taking this actiQn ve were not actuated by selfishness,- bqt rather by a sincere desire to ren der some aid to the grand cause of Democratic Government. But it seems that England is forcing u to realise just how dependent a portion of our population is up on her trade and commerce. Un fortunately flue-cured tobacco far mers are dependent upon expoots of their commodity to Great Bri tain, but I do not believe that we are even in Dhe present situation completely helpless. We still have economic weapons which may well fee nsed. Just how effectively we may be able to use these economic weapons remains, of course, to be seen. While the real significant and permanent effect of the embargo is not yet fully understood or ap preciated, it is plain to see that* if the embargo is continued the action of Great Britain Is a death blow to our tobacco farmers. It la. my purpose, and I am sure that it is the purpose of all the ot-her members of the North Carolina delegation to do everything with in onr power to secure a rescis sion of this drastic and unjustl&ed act on the part of Great Britain, and to do everything possible to prevent suffering and distress on the tobacco farmer of the coun try. I have discussed the situation I with Secretary Waliaee and other' officials of the Department of Ag-i rieuiture, and with Secretary of ; State Hull and his associates, and j I have every reason to believe that both the Secretary of Agri culture and the Secretary of State and their associates and repre aentatives will make a vigorous appeal to Qreat Britain in behalf of the tobacco farmers of Ameri-' ca. I have today requested the 8tate Department to advise me Immediately upon the return to Washington of Ambassador Ken nedy, who is now sojourning in Florida. Upon the Ambassador's return to Washington I Intend to' confer with him regkrding the de- 1 vastatlng effects of the British em- ; bargo and to urge upon him that he exercise every effort to silevt- j ate the economic distress which the embargo is so well calculated to bring upon our farmers. The embargo on American to-j bacco has created an acute emer-| gency and brings the tobacco far mers of America face to face with the worst situation which they have confronted in many years. If Great Britain persists In Its an nounced purpose to trade with and to purchase its tobacco re quirements from Its "gallant friends, the Turks," our market in the United Kingdom will, for all intents and purposes, be tak en from us, and even If the ban la lifted In two or three years, af ter tihey have alienated our con sumers and caused them to culti vate a taste for Turkish and oth er foreign grown tobacco, our ex port trade will be permanently Im paired. It Is, tberuftire. impera tive that no ston ? left unt/urn ed in our effoi%rto prevail upon and to persuade Creat Britain to rescind Its action and reopen its markets to American grown to bacco. ? Unfortunately the economic prosperity of Eastern North Caro lina is completely dependent up on the growth of flue-cured to bacco, a large portion of which Is in normal times purchased by British buyers .If we are not suc cessful In onr efforts to obtain s lifting of the embargo and a re turn of Brltiah buyers to the mar ket In 1940, obviously we will be in a distressing situation and many of our people will be forced into bankruptcy. This situation Is of Importance not only to the far mers but to the business and pro fessional men of Eastern North; Carolina. While I fully understand that' there Is not much that tobacco farmers can do about the Inter natlon situation, they can at least conduct their 1940 farming oper ations In a manner which will minimise the distress and suffer lng which the situation will most likely oause. Tobacco farmers ahonid be fally advised, to the end that they may, with all the facta before them, plan their 1940 farming operations. They have already embarked upon a pro gram which will reealt in a dras tic cartainment of product4on. Bat sow it appears that tobacco Canaan are to be offered as a sac itloe apoa the altars of Interns i ttaaal Trade, la this situation I CONG. HAROLD D. COOLBY (eel that our Nation, should noti hesitate to use its inefet powerful economic weapons In defense of the livelihoods of the large group of our citizens who are so abso lutely and completely dependent npon the production of the com modity upon which the embargo has been placed. Nat/u rally tobacco farmers are more interested in parity of In come than in parity prices. Even parity prices on the domestically consumed portion of our crop might result in disastrously low total farm income. It appears that the fight of t<he tobacco far mer from now on should be a fight for parity of income rather than parity prices, and in this fight the farmer can contribute much to bis own success by adop ting a program of diversified far ming. Even with parity prices upon the small acreage allotments which are being made under the 1940 program of curtailment, it will be most difficult for the av erage tobacco farmer to make "both ends meet." Even with parity prices many of our farm ers will not be able to pay expen ses, and few. if any, will be able to earn a decent livelihood, much less make a profit upon their 1940 operations. It appears that the present acute situatlou will force North Carolina tobacco farmers into di versified farming. It is perfectly apparent that tobacco farmers | who have in t-he past devoted most of their time and attention to the production of tobacco will be forced to plant and to culti vate more feed and food crops, in cluding poultry, pigs, peanuts, po tatoes, beef caMle and dairy pro ducts, and the many other things which can be consumed upon the farm. I know that this sugges tion perhaps will not appeal to to bacco farmers but in this emer gency it is worthy of their serious consideration. The large crop of one billion, one hundred million pounds of flue-cured tobacco produced in 1939 has resulted in a three hund red and fifty million pounds sur plus carry-over. This bad situa tion Is greatly aggravated by the uncertainly of a favorable exer cise of the option which British buyers have upon the portion of the 1939 crop purchased by them with funds ot Mie Commodity Credit Corporation. There is even grave doubt at this time as to whether or not we will be able to consummate an agreement with British buyers in 1940 similar to the arrangements under which they r?t*irned to the markets In 1939, for unless the embargo is lifted tobacco purchased by them cannot be shipped into England, and the chances are that British buyers would not under these cir cumstances be Interested in incur ring additional obligations which will of necessity be Imposed upon Dhem by an agreement to pur chase a portion of the 1940 crop. Of course, I would personally like very much to see a large por tion of the federal tax which is annually collected from tobacco set apart for the benefit of tobac co farmers, so as to secure to them a parity Income which would enable them to maintain the much talked about "American Standard of Living." But I am very much afraid that this is but a vain hope. There are a very few members of Congress In whose districts tobac co Is commercially produced, and It would be difficult for ns to sin gle out one farm commodity for special and preferred treatment. We can at least, however, present our case and In gopd morals Insist upon fair treatment being accord ed to the producers of the one farm commodity which has been singled out for the purpose of tax ation and which brings Into the Federal Treasury more than a half billlbh dollars annually. Being Intensely Interested In the problem of tobacco farmers I am not afraid that members of Congress will feign an indifference to a situation of such importance, a situation which to vitally af fects the welfare and happiness of sach a large groip of oar citizen*. I know that the ?ember* of the Miserable with backache? W/HEN kidneys function Udly and W you tuffar ? lugging backache, with diziinan, bunting, scanty or too frequent urination and flatting up at night; whan you feel tired. narvcxn, all upset . . . ma Doan's Pitta, v. , Doan's are especially for poorly working kidneys. Millions of boxes are used avary yaar. Thay at* recom mended the country over. Ash your neighbor! ' Doans Pills Nort/h Carolina delegation in Con gress are all tremendously inter ested in a proper and permanent solution of the problems of tobac co farmers, and I am sure that these problems, together with the other great problems which today face American Agriculture, will receive their prompt' and prefer red attention. Franklinton News Miss Saunders Entertain* Bridge Club Miss Mary Neal Saunders enter tained her bridge club Friday af ternoon at the home of Mrs. Q. B. Harris. Miss Helen Stoneham received high score prize and MIbs Claire Kearney second high. The hostess served sandwiches, potato chips, picklcs and coffee, followed by lea cream and cake. Only club members were present. Mm. Hicks Eentertiiins Friday afternoon at tier home, Mrs. D. C. Hicks was hostess to her bridge club and extra guests. Mrs. J. K. Brady received high score club prize and Miss Rubh Jenkins high guest prize. The hos tess served a three-course menu. Guests, other than club members were Mrs. W. H. Green. Miss Ruth Jenkins. Mrs. P. P. Purnell, Mrs. Plummer Jones, of Wake Forest, and Mrs. R. M. Saunders, of Mon roe. Auxiliary Meets The American Legion Auxiliary held Its regular monthly meeting Monday evening at the home of Mrs. W. H. Green with Mrs. Greeri, Mrs. R. B. Pearce, Mrs. W. M. Jenkins and Miss Lizzie Whit field as joint hostesses. Sixteen members were present. After the regular business was completed, Mrs. H. H. Utley gave a talk on the legislative program of the Le gion. A social hour was enjoyed. Lions Club Meet at Mltchiner's Pond Instead of the weekly meeting held with a dinner tacli Monday in the dining room of the graded school, the Lions Club met' this week at Mltchiners pond and had for dinner barbecued rabbit with vegetables, bread and hot coffee, all cooked at the cabin. Lions present at this meeting were A. B. Allen, president: W. W. Cooke, W. H: Green, P. H. Massey. H. C. Kearney. H. F. Fuller, C. L. Mc Ohee, Eagles Culbertson, R. C. Whitfield. Fred Blount. Guests of the Lions were D. C. Hicks, John Collins, H. S. Pearce and W. L. McGhee. MAVIS ALLKN PATTKRSON Funeral service* for Mavis Al len Patterson, uged 13 montbs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Patterson, were held Saturday at the Pittman-Lancaster Funeral Home In Louisburg. Dr. A.Paul Bagby officiated. Burial was In the Corinth Church cemetery. The child died in Parkview Hospital at Rocky Mpunt Thurs day after an llless of four days. The parents and a sister survive. Eight Lenoir County farmers are aetting 1,000 seedling pine trees per acre on unused fields this winter. Assistant extension agent* O. R. Freeman says 15, 000 trees have been set to date by these men. He also reports cleaning tobacco seed for 411 farmers to date. BE SURE TO INSIST ON cPngc^iAcff "I Hear You Calling -ME!" I For Commissioner HON. C. WAYLAND SPRl'ILL i Windsor. N. C.. Fob. 1. ? C. i Way land Spruill. prominent far mer and State Senator for the third district, of Bertie County, today formally announced his can didacy for Commissioner of Agri culture in the Democratic Pri mary. Uatry of the popular "Silver tongued Orator from Bertie" as sures a lively race for the State post now held by Kerr Scott, who is expected to run again. "Cousin Waylafil", as he is known to hundrals of men with whom he has cmtlnuously served in the General Assembly since 1933, is recognized as one of the njost successful dirt) farmers in this section of the State. On his farms be grows cotton, tobacco, peanuts, corn, grains, truck, and livestock. He has attracted wide attention by providing for each of his tenanta a milk cow and the essentials of a "live-at-home" way of life. In addition to bis practical fir ming Senator Sprnill has long been prominent In Democratic Party politics, serving as County Comiqisaioner and Road Commis sioner of his County several terms as well as in tbe General Assem . bly. For many years be was chairman of the board of trustees of the Lewis ton-Wood ville-Repub iican public schools. His busi ness interests related to farming are extensive, including manufac turing of farm machinery, and mercantile business. As a member of the General Assembly Spruill has been active in behalf of farm legislation, sponsoring among many measures | the present law to prohibit the sale of rotten scrap tobacco and I the law to eradicate Bang's dis | ease among cattle. He introduc 1 ed the bill which was passed by the 1933 General Assembly to take the State tax off land. In addition to his primary in terest in farming, Senator Spruill sponsored and put through many l&iri&hRarian measures. He was autihor of the bill to establish the Eastern North Carolina Tubercu losis Sanatorium at Wilson. In addition to his famous oratory in the Assembly in behalf of the public schools, Spruill has been the leader in every session in measures to enlarge and improve the facilities for deaf, dumb, i blind, and insane. Senator Spruill Is 50 years old , and was born in Bertie County. He married Mis Ruth Bazemore, also of Bertie County, and ohey have two children. He is a Bap tist, a Mason aud Sbriner, and a member of the Junior Order. In announcing his candidacy. Spruill said, "If nominated and elected, I will work In harmony with the Council of State, the Ex tension Service at State College, the representatives of farm organ isations, and the farmers of North Carolina to further the cause of sound and balanced farming, and especially to see that the farmer receives fair prices for the crops he produces. Returns to the far mer for what he grows are now badly out of line with Ghe income of other groups, and the welfare of all business depends upon the income of the farmer." Spruill officially opened hia cam paign by challenging his opponent to a joint debate in every county seat in the State. Reporters and other visitors to Capitol Hill an ticipate, If Commissioner Scott accepts the challenge, that huge crowds will be drawn to the ser-; ies of debates, which are expected | I NOW IS THE TIME TO GET THAT ! EXTRA PIECE FURNITURE The holidays are over and we have a num ber of articles we would be glad to dispose of at a big saving to yon for quick removal to make room for regular stock. OIL BURNING HKATROLAS AT BIO SAVINGS ! Come in and see us. W. E. WHITE FURNITURE CO. MAIN 8TREKT LOOISBDRO, N. 0. to provide some fireworks (or an otherwise drab political year. * ?????????????? ICE BRKAK8, MAN DROWNH Smlthfield. ? Sam T. Honeycutt, Jr., about 24,'x>f Smlthfield drown ed In Holt's lake near here Mon day when the icy coating on the water gave away under him. Honeycutt and two companions were walking on the frozen sur face of the lake when tihe Ice cracked. The other two got to shore safely. Honeycutt's companions tried unsuccessfully to save him. They were reported to have said he kept himself up for several min utes before releasing his hold on the edge of the broken ice and sinking below the water. Qurney J. Franklin of Linvllle Palls, Avery County, says a flock of pure bred poultry will pay any farmer. From 121 hens he sold $192.94 worth of poultry and $394.44 worth of eggs last year to clear $215.59 net. SCRAP TOBACCO Let K. 8. MARSHALL haul your scrap tobacco (or 1939. R 2, Wake Forest, N. C. 10-13-U rodwtial FARM LOANS / Law Interwt /Lon?T?m 4 Pair Appraisal / Prompt Sarvto* W. L. LUMPKIN Correspondent LOUISBURO, N. 0. A VISIT TO BOBBITT'S FURNITURE house might wish. Visit ? ^ ** *>? ? The latch strings tang ont,ide B o B B I T T R /??***&*? CO R- a. bobbi-it, Proprietor 1939 PRICES ? MEAN ? 1940 VALUES! Buy Now ! Take advantage of these values that we bought in '39. STOVES AND RANGES 3 Pc. Bed, Spring and Mattress $13.25 3 Pc. Bed Room Suites $35.00 9x12 Linolieum Rugs $4.49 FARMING SUPPLIES Ready Mixed $1.39 PAINT, gaL. 1 ROOP PAINT, gal. 50c CALCIMINE .... 50c - SUPPLIES - PLUMBING ? Out*. Pipe. Cast Pipe, Bath Fixtures, Pipe Fittings. ELECTRICAL ? Copper Wire. B.X. Cable, Switch es. Etc. r- L COOK STOVES $9.75 COOK RANGES $21.95 HEATERS $1.45 VALUES IN FURNITURE BRIDLES 90c Horse COLLARS $1.25 AXES $1.25 SHOVELS ....... 89c PAINTS OILS, ETC. -FORRENT ELEOTRIC FLOOR SANDER AND POLISHER "Give Your Old Floor A New Face." H. C. TAYLOR Hardware & Furniture Phone 423 1 Louifiburg, N.
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