STATE LEADS IN
EAMERSHIP
Survey of Southeastern
States Reveals Better
Condition Here
College Station. Raleigh, Fei'.'i. 22.
\ survey just completed in represen
te.tiv*e counties of four souhteastern
indicates that North Caroline
•,. k the lend in the number of white
operators owning: all or part of
.1,. : ( vrps. reports Julian Mann, ex
, , ; .n statistician at State College.
Vh ■ . uf'y showed that of rtie 45?
... .. ,no -nto' s interviewed, G 4.6 per
r --u O " V'd ali or part of their farms
v.ciio Go. 1 per cent rented their acrc
'ihe average acreage of all
f was 75. and the average va’ue
~f f irms was $1,522. Mann said.
Xruro operators in North Caro-inn
owning all or part of their farms a
,vr;iini. Ito 38.3 per cent, while the
i nto's total-ed G 1.7 per cent.
Among rhe white farmers located
; n * ’to so-called self-sufficing areas of
{],o ?! ate, SS.3 per cent owned all or
.. ;, ;t rt of their farms, while only 11.7
nor mat rented.
Xor;h Carolina counties included in
t; o study were Edgecombe, Nash,
j ,cl-:son, and Macon. Only families
which included both husband and
wife were asked for information con
fining their farm status, Mann
minted out. Both relief and non-re
1, f families were studied.
Dating the year studied, it was
1 tiud that white operators had an!
nvciagn net income of $l.9iBS, with j
X wto operators having an income of
81.121. White sharecroppers netted sl,
OS!, and colored sharecroppers $852.
Other Southeastern states studied
hv Federal representatives, who con
ducted the survey. Were Georgia, Mis
sissippi. and South Carolina.
PLAN CONFERENCE
AT FIRST CHRISTIAN
The quarterly conference of the
First Congregational-Christian church
will be held in the church Wednesday
evening at 7:30 o’clock, it was stated
today.
Ali officials of the church were urg
ed to attend the session.
GRASS FIRE.
At 6:30 p. m. yesterday, firemea
were called to Spring street, where a
gtass fire was threatening nearby
property. No damage was reported by
Fire Chief E. T. Shepherd.
Americans Pay Tribute
To Washington on 206th
Anniversary His Birth
(Continued from Page Oi>e.)
Winchester, Va., where he lived as a
surveyor and later as a member of the
House of Burgesses.
President Roosevelt passed the day
quietly at his home in Hyde Park,
N. Y.
United States Senator James Hamil
ton Lewis, of Illinois, contended at
Chicago that world events justified
America’s expansion of her national
defenses. In a prepared address, he
declared the Roosevelt administra
tion’s foreign policy was faithful to
George Washington’s “to avoid poli
tical or military alliance with foreign
nations,” and to “keep the peace and
to secure it.” He spoke at a Washing
ton Birthday anniversary service of
the Chicago Bar Association.
Lewis, member of the Senate Fore
ign Relations Committee, recited fail
ure of postwar arms conferences.
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Playing the Newest Marvel of
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The Hammond Electric Organ
On The Screen
“Some Blondes Are
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with Dorothea Kent and
Noah Berry, Jr.
THURSDAY FRIDAY
“I’ll Take Romance”
with Grace Moore and
Melvyn Douglas
DIABETES STUDIED
AT DOCTORS’ MEET
Mental Diseases Also Topic for Tri-
State Convention Is Ashe
ville Gathering
Asheville, Feb. 22 (AP)_Studies of
labetes and mental diseases were pre
sented at today’s session of the 40th
annual meeting of the Tri-State Medi
cal Association!.
As the association prepared to elect
officers this afternoon, preparatory to
adjourning the two-day meeting, the
board of counsellors announced the
election of Dr. Raymond Thompson
o- Charlotte; Dr. Roy Finner, of Spart
auburg, S. C., and Dr. C. J. Andrews,
of Norfolk, Va., as new counsellors to
fill vacancies caused by the expira
tion of regular terms.
as guest speaker on today’s pro
gram was Dr. Henry John Cleveland,
of Ohio, who discussed diabetic chil
dren. •
Dr. J. W. Highsmith, of Fayetteville,
president-elect, will succeed Dr. H. R.
Masters, of Richmond, Va., as presi
dent, at the closing session. This year
by custom, the new president-elect
will be a South Carolinian.
Japs 'Find They
Can’t Pass River
(Continued from Page One .)
below the river were believed to have
withdrawn, leaving only enough
troops in the western sector to delay
the Japanese advance.
Although the Japanese attacks were
made at Chuning, on the eastern flank
of the Yellow river front, a major
Japanese force was said to have cap
tured Tsinyang at the western edge,
indicating the- real effort to effect
the crossing would be at an an historic
ford w r hich the Chinese had used for
more than 2,000 years.
Japanese announced widespread ai>’
bombardments. Chinese said their
bombers had destroyed eight Japanese
planes at an airfield southwest of
Shanghai.
■‘FDR” Statements
Called Confusing
from Page One.)
would be nullified; business would not
be stimulated.
That was clear enough reasoning.
The point which business raised v/a-:
that few industries are making suf
ficient profits to cut prices, except a*
the expense of wag? cuts, without go
ing bankrupt.
Business Perturbed.
I am not convinced of business’ ab
solute truthfulness; I suspect that
sometimes its profits are larger than
,t cares to own up .to.
Nevertheless, such was its argu
ment, and it was considerably per
turbed by the presidential suggestion.
It was additionally confused, due to
the fact that the administration’s pre
vious policy had favored price boosts.
Higher prices were the object of dol
lar devaluation and gold sterilization
And an advance did follow.
Well, assume that it overdid itself,
and that the president decided there
ought to be a reduction again.
Now —Prices Too Low!
There might be some logic in that
line of cerebration.
But the other day “F. D.” had an
other press conference in the course
of which he alleged that prices are
too low; they should be re-boosted.
And gold’s partial de-sterilization is
restored to, as a move in this direc
tion.
The ' administration clarified this
seeming contradiction by saying that
some prices are too low, some too
high.
In his most recent statement, the
President said the administration’s
economic policies were being directed
toward a balancing of various com
modity prices so that national in
come could be restored.
I am not a businessman, but if I
were one I’ll bet I’d be confused by
these various statements.
Bailey’s Proposal
Would Have Cities
Contribute Fourth
(Commute from T»age One.)
Bailey plan. They defeated yesterday
a proposal by Senator Hayden, Dem
ocrat, Arizona, to prevent construc
tion of any building with WPA funds
Debate on the emergency measure;
already passed by the House, proceed-'
ed rapidly. Both chambers, however,
agreed to take time out this afternooii
for the annual reading of George
Washington’s farewell address.
Other developments:
House passage of a tax revision till
by March 5 became the goal of the
House Ways and Means Committee,
which tentatively has approved the
bulky measure.
Members said they hoped to bring
the bill before the House early next
week. Democratic Leader Rayburn
said debate should require three or
four days. . . , .
The Rural Electrification Admin
istration announced allotment of
$lll,OOO to the Edgecombe-Martin
County Electric Membership Corpora
tion, Tarboro, N. C., to build about
107 miles of line in Edgecombe, Mar
tin and Pitt counties.
Wife Preservers
After using chamois as a win
dow cleaner, wash it in luke
warm soap suds, rinse well in
water the same temperature,
and hang in a strong breeze if
it’s not freezing out of doors. If
hung indoors, you can make it
soft by frequent rubbing be
tween the hands.
HENDERSON, (N.C.) DAILY DISPATCH TUESDAY', FEBRUARY 22; 19SB
NEGRO MAID SAVES BABE FROM KIDNAPERS
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Asheville, N. C. When the men invaded the house, the maid snatched the baby from her crib and fled to the
heme of a neighbor. She is shown (right) pointing to a hole the pair cut in a screen door breaking into the house.
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Fibre Diameter
Is Important in
Sales of Cotton
College Station, Raleigh, Feb. 22-
Grade and staple length usually deter
mine the price per pound of cotton,
yet tests at the State College Experi
ment Station have indicated that fiber
length is not so important as small
fiber diameter in producing strong
yarns.
J. H. Moore, cotton techholo«rist of
the Experiment Station, has observed
over a period of years spinning value
and its relation to certain fiber pro
perties in strains of Mexican, Acala,
Coker-Cleveland, and others, yet all
possessed good running quality.
He found that a strain of the Acala
variety, having a staple length of one
inch and a relatively small fiber dia
meter, produced stronger yarns than
did Farm Relief No. 1, having a staple
length of 1-3/32 inch and a relatively
coarse fibre diameter.
It was alSb found that the yarn
strength of the Acala strains was
stronger than that of the two Rowden
strains, which have a staple length of
one inch and a comparatively large
fiber diameter.
Based on grade and staple length,
the cotton grown from Farm Relief
No. 1 would probably have brought
the farmer several dollars more per
bale than the same grade of the Acala
variety. Yet the latter variety would
be worth more to the mills
Lions to Meet—The regular weekly
weekly meeting of the Lions Club will
be held tomorrow evening at 7 o’clock
in the dining room of the Capitol Case.
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