HENDERSON
GATEWAY TO
central
CAROLINA
twenty-third year
Low Price Os 1932
Likely If Tobacco
Yield Is Not Cut
900,000,000* Pound Crop
Now Indicated Will Drag
Prices Down to 10 or
12 Cents
SOIL PROGRAM NOT
SUFFICIENT BOOST
Floyd Say s Some Sort of
Compulsory Legislation Is
Imperative; Low Prices
Would Destroy Economic
Improvement in Great Por
tin of State.
(Special to Daily Dispatch)
College Station, Raleigh. Feb.
22 —E. Y. Floyd, extension to
bacco specialist at State College
foresees an abrupt about-face
and a retreat to conditions of
1931 and 1932 unless a crimp is j
put in tobacco production this j
year.
A 900,000,000-pound crop is possible
under average seasonal conditions, he
says, and this is the amount which
may be produced by tobacco farmers
in 1930 unless cooperative control
measures are put into effect. Accord
iiig to experts, the market demand:
will not exceed 610.000,000 pounds, j
The immense surplus* possible will
drag prices down to 10 or 12 cents, j
Mr. Floyd estimates.
"J am being optimistic when I say ;
10 to 12 cents.” he declared. “There
are a great many who are positive
the price will not get above 10 cents.”
Control Will Sustain Prices.
However, if the manufacturers
knew that a control program would
be continued, the specialist said,
prices would probably range from IS
to 20 cents, much as they were in 1935,
In case no restrictions are placed
on tobacco raising this year, about 25
to 30 percent of the weed growers
would plant all of the tobacco possi
ble The other 70 to 75 percent. Mr.
Floyd stated, would be willing to hold
their crop down to the limits set un
der the AAA.
(ompulsion Necessary.
The weed specialist is certain that j
t!i“ soil conservation program will i
help to reduce the production of to- (
bacco in 1936. Rut, he said, really to
control production to the point where
it will bring a satisfactory price, it
will be necessary to have supplemen
tary legislation.
“It may be," Mr. Floyd continued,
“that the State compact plan which
is being considered by the Congress.
State legislatures, and the United
States Department of Agriculture will
do the job."
Effect of 10-C'ent Tobacco.
"The effect of 10-ccnt tobacco on !
the economic condition of North Car-!
olina can to seen quite readily when I
you consider that flue-cured tobacco
constitutes about 52 percent of the in
come from all cash crops in this
s tate,” Mr. Floyd declared. “Up to
November 8, 1935, we had 88,326 con
tracts in effect with a base acreage
of 737,598 acres and a base produc
tion of 558,52,093 pounds. The actual
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FDR Urges
Assistance
To Learning:
Speaks at
Philadelphia U n i
versity, Where He
(Jets Degree
Philadiephia, Feb. 22.— (AP)—Fair
play among men and “freedom in the
Fir nil of truth” w< j re emphasized to
day by president Roosevelt as prin-j
“'hal qualities of education.
Mr. Roosevelt spoke in the audi
*or turn of Temple University, where j
be received the honorary degree of
doctor of jurisprudence.
On the birthday anniversary of;
Ceorge Washington, Mr. Roosevelt re-|
called that the first President deeply
appreciated the importance of educa
tion in y republic and the respon
sibility of the government to promote
it.
But Mr. Roosevelt broke precedent
by not quoting from George Wash
ington on his birthday, lest “some
rapt ions critics might search the li
brary of Congress to prove by other
’mutations that George Washington
' -Va - in favor of just the opposite.”
Charles E. Beury, president of Tem
pi’'. in the opening address, spoke of
'be President as one who “condemned
by vested interests, has consecrated
himself to the spiritual and human
'deals.”
Governor Earle, introduced the
President, who wore the cap and
gown, recalled “when the President
took the foundering helm of the ship
of state.” and was interrupted by ap
plause.
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Kansas Democrats
Endorse Roosevelt
Topeka. Kans., Feb. 22 (AP)—
Kansas Democrats, through their
State committee, today endorsed
the administration of President
Roosevelt and voted to hold their
State convention at Wichita April
28 to select 18 delegates to the
Philadelphia national convention.
STATE’S HIGHWAYS
FURTHERDAWAGED
Also Delays Time When
Highway Forces Can
Start Needed Repairs
HALT HEAVY TRUCKS
Some 2,000 Miles of Surface-Treated
Hoads Closed to lairge Trans
port Y'ans To Prevent
Further Damage.
lijiilv IHsiuitch Uutriin,
to 'l’he Sir Walter Motel,
IM J t.. lItSKKUVU.I,
Raleigh, Feb. 22. —The highway de
partment is convinced that their just
“ain’t no Santa Claus,” or that there
is too much Santa Claus weather, as
the seventh snow of the winter cover
ed most of the State yesterday and
last night and made it necessary for
some 5.000 road maintenance em
ployes to turn their attention to get
ting the snow off the highways, Chief
Highway Engineer W. Vance Baise
said today. While this snow is not as j
deep as previous snows and is melting j
more rapidly, it is going to delay still j
further the drying out of the secon-i
dary sand clay and dirt roads which!
have suffered the most from snow.:
rain and freezing temperatures this,
winter, Raise said.
More Damage Done.
‘‘This snow made the roads very
slick yesterday and last night, since j
it formed a sort of a slick mush on j
the surface in those sections where;
the temperature was above freezing.” j
Baise said. “Then when It turned cold j
er last night and froze, the roads were 1 ;
very slick and were still slick today
until it started to melt again. But we
are not expecting this snow to stay
on long or to tie dp traffic as have
the last two or three previous snows.
But this snow is doing lots of damage
to the surface treated roads, which
have not yet dried out enough for re
pair work to be begun, likewise to the
clay and dirt roads, which are still
rivers of mud and which we cannot,
repair until they dry out. There just
ain’t no justice for the highway de
partment in the weather this winter.”
The snow yesterday and last night
extended almost over the entire State,
with the exception of the coastal plain
section, where it rained, Baise said.
Maintenance crews worked all day
yesterday and again last night in
keeping all the hard surfaced roads
clear so that no snow is left on these
roads today, although there are many
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COMMITTEE NAMED
IN TOWNSEND PROBE
Washington, Feb. 22 (AP)
Speaker Byrns today appointed
four Democrats and four Republi
cans to a bi-partisan committee,
headed by Representative Bell,
Democrat, Missouri, to investi
gate the Townsend and other old
age pension plans.
Defense Os
Policemen
Wins Once
Lillington, Feb. 22.—(AP)—-Physi
cians who treated F. G. Collins, well
to-do farmer of near Angier, just be
fore he died, and who performed an
autopsy on his body, declined to tes
tify in Harnett Superior Court today
that death was brought about by
blows on the farmer’s head.
Oris M. Pollard and C. F. Deans,
former Angier policemen on trial un
der murder indictments in the death
of Collins, who died two days after
he was allegedly brutally beaten by
Pollard last Christmas Eve after he
had been arrested on a charge of
drunkenness.
Dr. W. C. Byrd, of Angier, testified
Collins’ face was “blue” the day after
he was arrested, his left eye was
nearly closed, and there was a slight
abrasion over his left ear. The left
! side of his face was “almost black.”
Asked if in his opinion blows by
a blackjack caused Collins’ death, Dr,
Byrd said he could not say positively.
County Physician A. W. Peed, who
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HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 22,1936
George Washington—Father ot His Country
1732-1799
HL X ;| Restored birthplace in Westmoreland county, Virginia I
Two Killed, Third
May Die In Crash
Os Car Near Here
Mrs. H. B. Dodge, 48, and Miss Eloise Bell, 5, of Camp
Meade, Md., Killed as Ca r Skids Near State Line;
Three In Hospital H ere Under Treatment
Mrs. 11. 11. Dodge, 18, and Miss
Eloise Beil, aged five, were killed
in an automobile wreck on nation
al highway No. 1 a short distance
south of the Virginia line in War
ren county about 12:30 a. in., to
day, and T. B. Dodge, Sr., Mrs,
Fmily Neal and II- C. Dodge, Jr.,
were- being treated at Maria Par
ham hospital in this city for in
juries received ■ in the same acci
dent. All were understood to be
from Camp Meade, Md.
T. B. Dodge, Sr., understood to be
about 52, is in a critical condition,
hospital doctors said today, suffering
with serious head wounds and inter
Witness On
Hauptmann
Is Located
Hoffman Wants Er
rors Cleared By
Man Who Said He
Saw Condemned
Slayer •
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 22 (AP)-
Millard Whited, one of the State’s
star witnesses at the trial of
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, was
located at Lambertvilie today
and informed that Governor Har
old G. Hoffman wants to ques
tion him about liis testimony and
statements he had made to the
State police before the trial. Pros
ecutor Anthony M. Hauck, Jr., of
Hunterdon county, a member of
the prosecution staff at t-lie trial,
said Whited had been found by
William Rittenhous, one of his
investigators.
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 22.—(AP)—A
detective from the office of Prosecu
tor Anthony M. Hauck, Jr., of Hunter
don county, sought Millard Whited to
day to ask the Sourlands logger if he
would submit voluntarily to question
ing about the story told at Bruno
Richard Hauptmann’s Flemingtor
trial.
Whited was one of the two wit
nesses who placed Hauptmann in the
vicinity of the Lindbergh home near
Hopewell a few days before the baby
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nal injuries. Mrs. Neal, about 21, has
a broken arm and minor cuts, while
H. C. Dodge, Jr., 16. was cut about the
face, but both are expected to recov
er. All were conscious.
The injured were brought to the
hospital here an hour or so after the
accident, and given immediate atten
tion .
Coroner Jasper W. Shearin, of War
ren county, visited the scene and con
ducted an investigation.
The automobile is said to have skid
ded on an icy stretch of highway and
smashed into the abutment of a
bridge.
No other details of the accident
were learned.
COURT RULING ON
H/A INCOMPLETE
Government Won Only on
National Defense, Flood,
Navigation Dams
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer
Washington, Feb. 22.—New Deal
legalists are not sure yet whether the
Federal Supreme Court did or did not
decide the TVA case in their side’s
favor.
Early bulletins from the courtroom
were to the effect that TVA’s consti
tutionality had been upheld.
In fact, its, constitutionality was ex
actly what the “nine old men” did not
uphold. Upon analysis of the major
ity’s judgment it became apparent
that they had been at- considerable
pains to emphasize that idea and to
rub in the thought that they were dis
posing only of a secondary issue.
SITUATION ANALYZED
The situation is this:
Scattered around the country Uncle
Sam has undertaken or contemplates
a number of projects involoving the
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OUR WEATHER MAN
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Generally fair tonight and Sun
day; slightly wanner Sunday.
ROOSEVELTTOI
Will Throw Them Sop Be
fore Campaign Has Gone
Much Further
PLANS BROAD BATTLE
\ No Territory Will Be Left Unclaimed;
Republicans, However, Will Put
Up Stiffest Kind of
Opposition
By LESLIE EICHKL
Central Press Staff Writer
New York. Feb. 22.—A great deal
has been said in this column concern
ing the belief of progressives that
President Roosevelt has let them
down. But, in opposition political cir
cles, there is a fear that the Presi
dent. once he gets into the thick of
the campaign, will resort to a drama
tic maneuver of some kind. that will
sweep the progressives toward him
again—especially the two groups that
he needs. Those two groups are the
near-to-the-line Socialists of the large
cities and the farmers of the north
west and the northern part of the
midwest.
NO LAND UNCLAIMED
Nor will the Roosevelt campaign
forces leave any territory unclaimed.
They will strike heavily into Michi
gan, where Senator Vandenberg holds
sway, and into Kansas, where Alf M.
Landon is governor.
They already claim Mr. Hoover’s
home state, California. And they in
sist they will march through Pennsyl
vania. But, at the moment., it does not
look as if the Pittsburgh industrial re
gion will roll up enough Roosevelt
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Oil Tanker
Sends SOS
Off Coast
in Distress After Ex
plosion; One Dead,
21 Hurt in Balti
more Blast
Jacksonville, Fla,, Feb. 22.
(AP) —Coast guard headquarters
were advised this afternoon that
four of the 32 seamen aboard the
burning tanker Albert Hill were
missing but the fire was under
control.
New York, Feb. 22. (AP) The
steamship Albert Hill, an Atlantic Re
fining Company oil tanker, wirlessed
an SOS today off the South Carolina
coast after an explosion aboard,
Mackay Radio reported.
The steamboat F. W. Burdell, eleven
miles away, replied It was going to
the assistance of the ship.
All ships in the vicinity were asked
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EXCEPT SUNDAY.
SENATE TURNS DOWN
NEW FARM PROGRAM;
CONFERENCE CALLED
G ON
ACTHANDEDDOWN
|
U. S. Circuit Court at Char
lotte Removes Control
Over Intrastate
Corporations
GOVERNMENTWINS
ON OTHER ANGLES
Case Arose Over American
States Public Service Com
pany Registration With Se
curities and Exchange
Commission; Originated in
Baltimore
Charlotte, Feb. 22. (AP) The
fourth circuit court of appeals ruled
today that, the public utilities holding
comnanv act was invalid as it might
be applied to organizations involved
only in intrastate activities, but held
the lower court should not have class
ed the entire act as unconstitutional.
The ruling was in the case of Burco.
Inc., of Baltimore, which was trying
to force trustees of its debtor, the in
solvent American States Public Ser
vice Company, to register with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Victory for Government*
The decision was a victory for the
government in that it has sought to
avoid a constitutional test of the
utilities act on‘ any other case prior
to a decision on its suit against the
Electric Bond & Share Company.
The case was brought to the circuit
court January 13 on an appeal from a
decision by Judge William C. Cole
man in Federal district court at Balti
more, which instructed trustees of
American States Public Service Com
pany not to register with the Secur
ities Commission. The judge held that
the utilities holding company act of
1935 was not constitutional and ruled
against the contention of Burco, Inc.,
that, regardless of the constitutional
ity, registration would benefit a re
organization plan, which was at that
time under way for American States.
Judge Morris A. Soper, of Baltimore
wrote tlie opinion.
“We conclude that the public utility
act is invalid insofar as it relates to
the reorganization of the debtor and
that the decree of the district court
should be affirmed, in so far as the
trustees were directed not to register
with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.”
Duke Power
Loses Case
On Appeals
Charlotte, Feb. 22. (AP) The
fourth United States Circuit Court of
Appeals ruled against the Duke Pow
er Company today in its effort to
prevent construction of a proposed
$3,000,000 publicly-owned hydro-elec
tric plant at Buzzard Roost, S. 0.,
with PWIA funds.
The court reversed the decision of
Judge H. H. Watkins, of the west
ern district Court of South Carolina,
who granted the power company an
injunction against the proposed plant
last December 3L
Greenwood county, S. C. f which pro
poses to build the plan with PWA
funds, and Secretary Ickes, PWA ad
ministrator, appealed Judge Watkins’
decision.
The majority opinion held that the
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Gubernatorial Delays As
To Managers Significant
Some Take It As Indicati on Prospective Campaign
Heads See Closeness and Uncertainty in Present Out
look; Many and Varied Rumors Floating Around
(Jail? Disi»a(e!s Moreau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel,
By J. C. BASKERYILL
Raleigh, Feb. 22—The delay on the
part of the four candidates for the
Democratic nomination for governor
in naming their campaign managers
and opening their headquarters here
is causing much talk in political cir
cles. It is likewise regarded Is signi
ficant, since many see in the appa
rent inability of the candidates to get
the campaign managers they want an
indication of the uncertainty of their
relative positions in the mind of the
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Senator Smith, Bitter Foe of
Measure, Heads Con
ferees from the Up
per Branch
MAKES URGENT PLEA
FOR COMMON SENSE
Takes Side of Land Owner
In Provisions of Measure;
Whole Farm Relief and
Crop Control Plan Must
Now Be Threshed Out In
Conference
Washington, Feb. 22 (AP) —The
Senate today disagreed to the House
amendments to the soil conservation
subsidy bill and sent the measure to
conference between the two houses
for reconciliation.
Senator Smith, Democrat, Soutli
Carolina, headed the conferees nam
ed by Vice-President Garner. Other
members of the committee are Sen
ators Murphy, Democrat, Iowa; Pope,
Democrat, Idaho; and Capper, Re
publican, Kansas.
Smith said the House action con
firmed his belief that the whole mat
ter of legislating for the farmer was
in a state of confusion.
“This whole thing has to be thresh
ed out in conference,” lie said.
Smith Uitterly Opposed
An angry roar from Senator Smith,
IDemocrot* South Carolina, greeted
the soil conservation-farm subsidy
bill today as it bounded back to the
Senate after being altered and then
approved in the House by the thump
ing vote of 267 to 97.
Smith, a powerful figure as chair
man of the Senate Agriculture Com
mittee, voiced strenuous opposition to
an amendment providing that tenant
farmers and share croppers all be In
cluded, and cash benefits paid land
owners for conserving soil and thus
controlling production.
“What kind of a fool thing is this
they have adopted?” Smith cried. “Let
us use a little common sense.”
The tenant and the share cropper
get it all now. They are given then
part of the crop with no strings on It.
The land owner has to pay taxes, and
the cost of production, housing, Im
plements and repairs.”
He said he “most certainly would”
fight the amendment, which was
sponsored by Representative Carver,
Democrnt, Georgian Carver declared
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Producers
Pool Sells
Its Cotton
100,000 Bales Dispos-"
ed of Since Feb. 12
for More Than 12
Cents Pound
Washington, Feb. 22.—(AP) —AAA
officials revealed today the cotton
producers pool has sold 100,000 bales
since February 12 for more than 12
cents a pound—a figure far above the
present market price.
Officials said bids had been receiv
ed for more than 500,000 bales of the
pool’s cotton.
When the sale was open, records
showed the two owned 642,442 bales
of Spot cotton, and 820,400 bales in
futures contracts,
Expecting action next week on two
bills before Congress vitally affect
ing the approximately 4,500,000 bales
controlled under government loans,
high AAA officials indicated the ad
ministration might oppose a proposal
by Senator Smith, Democrat, South
Carolina, to compel the sale of the
cotton at the rate of 20,000 to 25,000
bales weekly.
public. When shore of all extraneous
matter, the situation boils down to
this: no one wants to accept the job
as manager for a candidate unless he
is convinced his candidate can win.
For while a successful campaign man
ager is always in line for some future
reward and political preferment at
the hands of the candidate whose cam
paign he manager—for example, Dem
ocratic National Committeeman C.
Leßoy Shuping of Greensboro, who
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