TW®B» / Washington, April. 4.—The situ ation bftfre simmers down to a com plete national housecleaning. New b£OQtins proverbially sweep clean, ' " AhfiiF.oOsevelt broom has hard ^ J .to show signs of wear. Cong&M doesn’t like the assump jL.qf such complete leadership by ^JgfCsident, but the President public behind him and Con haen’t. So it is a sa*e bet ‘jiatMr. Roosevelt will get the rest of Tiis major program through Con gress, although not without a good deal of muttering and grumbling. He holds the whip-hand, and noth ing scares the average Congress man so much as the thought that the President can go right over his, head by means of newspapers and radio, and tell his constituents that he isn’t doing his duty. Moves for Farm Relief. Farm relief, for example: The Senate doesn’t want to pass the President’s bill, and doubtles's will succeed in inserting some unim portant changes. But ft will be | passed, because Senators don’t want to risk the President going j “on the air” and telling people that they were wilting enough to help bankers but unwilling to help farmers! Meantime, practical steps toward what Secretary Wallace calls “abolishing anarchy in agriculture” have been taken by the Presidential ; cider abolishing the Farm Board and combining its work with the i Federal Farm Loan Board, the . The Federal Land Banks, the Joint Stock Land Banks, the Intermedi ate Credit Banks, the Agricultural Credit Corporations set up by the Reconstruction Finance Corpora tion, the Crop Production Loan Bureau and agricultural as.S*cia- j tion loan bureau. All of those! functions will be performed by the’ new board with Henry Morgen’thau, Jr., at its head. Mr. Morgenthau will pull one of the strongest Oars in the whole government He and Secretary Wallace will Share cd^plete con trol so far as QUVemn^^^can cojj^ trol such things, over ers may plant, how they their product, how muchf get for it and how muci| borrow for their farm as well as wha% they < farm mortgages. Unemployment The first stage < Roosevelt’s unemplj plan, the er" men under __ forestry work, to be authorized' spee, use money which had litaryl priated but not kinds of public stage, it is ex appropriation five hundred mi - - portionment among- the states tor direct relief. The Administration conceives it to be the Government s first duty to see to it that nobody starves, while waiting for the wheels of industry to begin to turn again. , . , , Money for this and probably tor other purposes will be raised by a new Government bond issue of per haps three million, dollars. Long term bonds bearing a low rate of interest may be offered in small units, as low as $20, ami it i.s ex pected that there will be little diffi culty in disposing of them. The m- | terest will be a charge on the an nual budget but not so heavy as to offset economies already beginning to be put into effect. Funds from this or some other , source, possibly through the Re- j construction Finance Corporation, > are expected to be used to shoulder l some of the farm mortgage bur (fen, blit not to lift it all from the shoulders of the insurance com panies and other large mortgagees. spent works. pected, will SJ of something llion dollars for ap Business and Railroads. One use to which Government funds may be put is ’the stimula tion of-business by means of some method of either making loans for . expansion purposes or guarantee ing business enterprises against* loss if they will undertake to re sume operations vut full pressure under conditions, laid down by the j . Government. This is one of the r plans not yef fully worked out, but generally talked about among President Roosevelt’s intimates. I Early action by the Administra tion for the relief of the railroad situation seems imminent. It is said here that some of the delay is .due to negotiations under way be- | \ tween the new Secretary of Labor, Miss Perkins, and the railway | brotherhoods, looking toward a re- j duction of railroad wage scales as a necessary part of any wide spread re-organization calculated to put the roads on an earning ^*phe railroad plans contemplate a single managing head, similar to the position of Director of Rail-, ways during the war. This nian will be the supreme boss of the railroads, with the Interstate ' Commerce Commission acting m an advisory capacity. Still on Bank Problem. The banking situation considered \ as a whole is regarded here as in LVood shape, but with much yet to done to insure stability. Some banks which were not in per |T / ^condition have been allowed to Ik] .<&, due to exigencies of state ¥IJpolitics. There is going to be some j sort of strong Government super-1 Bills of Interest to Robeson Passed Last Week in Raleigh Tobacco Bill Passes; Revaluation of Taxable Property Assured; Robeson Delegation Votes to Tax Foreign Stocks; Appropriation Bill Goes to Joint Conference. FINANCE COMMITTEE RE PORTS GENERAL SALES TAX j Of special interest to tobacco J growing Robeson is Senate bill No. 327 “To authorize tobacco boards ! of trade to make reasonable rules and regulations for the sale of leaf J tobacco by auction,” which was I passed by the House of Represen tatives last week. The Robeson delegation received a number of petitions from tobacco warehouse men and farmers urging the pass age o^|^hif bill. Senator Fuller supported the bill as did the two Representatives, Marshall Thomp son appearing before both Senate and House committees in its behalf, and Ernest Graham speaking for it on the floor of the House. This measure is designed to protect farmers against unscrupulous buy ers. Revaluation Unlimited. The House machinery bill which, among many other things, provided for the revaluation of property for taxation and the taxing of foreign stocks, come back to the House last week after the Senate had amended it to limit revaluations to a reduction of 33 1-3 per cent, and had exempted foreign stocks from taxation. The bill was sent to a joint conference committee, which ; included Senator Fuller, and was I finally compromised, leaving re valuation of property unlimited j but exempting foreign stocks from taxation. Senator Fuller, who had j voted to tax foreign stocks in the Senate, held out to the last in the . committee. Graham and Thompson | in the House also voted to tax' foreign stocks. House Refuses to Accept Senate Spending. I x After five days of debate the , Sehtate passed the appropriation; bill heist Friday, having raised the j amouwt from the $79,000,000 pass- | ed bnthe House to $84,991,423. j This /amount is about two million j in excess uf the appropriation com- i ■■■M^ill and some twatee mil Ifeesg of the ?g kthe i k»cal]ed |; Pmittee consisting ; from the upper •om the lower, .ppointed as con BfcJht' House, Kepresen ■iveBN"man of New Hanover, TV ■airman of the House appropri- , Stion’s committee, Representative > Barden of Craven, who led the at tack on the economy forces, and Representative Graham of Robe-, son, who voted against the Cherry Bowie bill; and three members who voted for the economy measure, the leader, Representative Cherry of Gaston, Representative Greer of Watauga and Representative Moye of Greene. Conferees from the Senate were Senators Clement, Bagley and MacLean. Some dis satisfaction wras felt among; the economy group over the appoint ments to the conference committee claiming that the most outstanding anti-economy leaders were ap pointed, with only one strong lead er, Gregg Cherry, for the other side. They were cheered however, by the report on Saturday that the six House members had agreed to stand firmly for a 40 per cent re duction in salary costs. Joint Finance Committee Reports. The joint finance committee voted late Friday night IV to 5 to include a general sales tax in the 1933-35 revenue bill. The rate of the tax was left vacant. It will not be decided until the legislature itself has chosen between the six months school and the eight months, and -the other differences between . House' and Senate on the appropriations bill. Before adopt ing the general sales tax, the joint rcommittee rejected the Hinsdale selected commodity plan by a vote of 18 to 3. Nurses Satisfied. Wives of legislators breathed more freely last week as dozens of attractive young nurses went back to their homes and jobs satisfied with the amendments to the bill vision imposed upon all banks, but what form it will take is not yet clear. It probably will not be in the form of a Government guaran tee of bank deposits, but it may take the form of requiring every bank which is a member of the Federal Reserve System to contrib ute to a mutual insurance fund to guarantee deposits. This with the requirement that every National bank shall be a member of the Fed eral reserve, is calculated to drive all state banks into the system. With beer legalized and the pro posal to repeal the prohibition amendment likely to be ratified by a sufficient number of states, Presi dent Roosevelt has sent for a list of prisoners in Federal prisons for violations of the prohibition laws. He has not said why he wants the list, but some of his friends sug gest that he is looking for cell room for bankers. Several big bankers are under arrest and ap parently headed for prison, and it is rumored here that many more will be brought to trial if the pres ent defendants are convicted. that threatened the high standards j of their profession. The nurses j and their friends proved to be ef J fective as well as good looking lobbyists. -o BEER BILL PASSES The beer bill passed its third reading in the House of Represen tatives Tuesday by a vote of 75 to i 27, according to a message received j from Representative Marshall A. Thompson Tuesday afternoon. Rep resentatives from Robeson voted for a popular referenduc on the I bill. REVALUATION IS ORDERED BY COUN TY COMMISSIONERS Salaries of Two Officials Raised; New Township Is Proposed; Tax Listers Disapproved; Audit Is Let. MAXTON MAN VOTES AGAINST SALARY RAISE Acting promptly upon legislation I passed by the General Assembly last week, county commissioners Monday ordered revaluation of all property. A horizontal cut was decided upon as the most econom ical method of revaluation but no definite per centage was fixed at this meeting. Plans were consider | ed for the setting up of an equali : zation board in order to determine fairness of revaluations. j I Petition for New Township, j A petition signed by two hundred , names was presented to the board asking that a new township be cre i ated from parts of Alfordsville, J Rowland, and Thompsons, with El | rod as voting center. The petition j was signed by all residents of the section desiring to be made into a new township, with one exception. 1 A petition against the forming of j the new township was also present- I <kL No action was taken by the ! board. | Salaries Raised. 1 The commissioners voted 3 to 2 I to raise the salary of Mr. Skipper, | Clerk of the Court, $25.00 per I month, and the salary of Mr. | Dukes, farm derfionstration agent, f VVU com‘ | A. C. Hasty of Maxton and J. B. 1 Humphries of Philadelphus. Argument Over Tax Lister. f 1 An argument arose over the ap pointment of a Lumberton tax list .er by Commissioner W. 0. Thomp i son. It was pointed out that tax listing for Lumberton had previ I ously been done in the county man ager’s office without additional ex : pense to the county. A motion ■ i was made by Commissioner Hasty I disapproving all appointments of , 1 tax lister and making County, | Manager Butler tax supervisor, | giving him authority (as authorized | in the machinery bill) to appoint tax listers. The motion carried. Audit Let. i The county audit was given to the George E. Dombhart Company , 1 of Charlotte. The bid of this com- | 1 pany was $1100 and included audit ' of the sinking fund. The bid was J | made with the provision that the j 1 Company would also get the school I audit at'$475.00. This bid was not f 1 the lowest received by the com-1 I missioners but seemed the best con-1 • sidering the reliability of the com I pany. I o Rowland Honor Roll Sixth Month, First grade: None. Second grade: Doris Edens, Bar-| bara McEachern, Eliabeth Wilson, Helen McCormac. j Third grade: David Townsend, Jr., R. C. Hayes, Billie Stanton, Boyd A. Johnson, Mac Butler. Fourth grade: Ann Baker, Char lotte Bullock, Mary Edna Currin,' Edith Miles Griffin, Lee Anna Johnson, Olivia Ann Smith. Fifth grade: None. Sixth grade: Carl Edens, Mary 1 Thompson McCormac, Marie Dan iels, Ruby Mae Bullock. Seventh grade: Mary Bullock] Bracey. Nell McCallum, Paul Stan ton, Genna Lee Bracey, Helen Mc Lean. Eighth grade: Hubb Easterling, Katheryn Bracey, Florida Lemmon, Christine Edens. Tenth grade: McN. Smith, Jean Graham. . Eleventh grade: Grace Car michael. -o Churches Join In Welcoming New Pastor ^ Of Presbyterians’ Methodists and Baptists throng ed to the Presbyterian church last Sunday evening to welcome the new pastor of that church, Rev. James Appleby. Rev. A. B. Wood, Th. D., of the Baptist church and Rev. W. L. Clegg of the Methodist church occupied the pulpit with Mr. Appleby and took part in the service. An anthem of unusual beauty, with Miss Louise McCallum and Mrs. A. B. Croom singing the solo parts was a special feature of the service. Mr. Appleby preached his first sermon as pastor of the church, at the morning service which included the serving of the quarterly com munion. jBEER ASSURED AS ! BILL PASSES 2ND ! READINGiN I lOUSE Robeson Delegatee Oppose Measure i to Permit Sale of Alcoholic Bev erages Without Vote of People. “I believe bee/ .will be only a stepping stose~?)SS^v}>iit may come in the future. ~<P5n not willing to 1 put a stumbling block in the way of young people,” said Representa tive Ernest Graham of Robeson Monday night as he spoke for the anti-beer forces during the House debate. The Francis Billl to legal ize the sale of beer in Ninth Car olina by May 1st, passed its second reading in the House of Representa tives Monday night by a vote of 72 to 25, not inchttfing pairs. Both Representatives from Robeson, Ernest Graham and Marshall Thompson, voted against the bill as did Senator Fuller when the bill was before the; upper house last week, though all three were willing to refer the matterto the people. The vote followed a heated de bate before packedjobhii-s and gal-, leries. Gospel hymns were sung in the hall of the house before the session convened and Representa tive Gilliam of Alamance, Baptist preacher, led the singing of a group of legislators in the lobby behind the speaker’s dias. Leading the fight for beer were Representatives Boyd of Mecklen burg, Crews of Forsyth, Murphy of Rowan, and ChasSy of Gastonia. Among the chief speakers against the bill were Representatives Mar tin of Buncombe, Move of Green, Gilliam of Alamance and Hamilton of Carteret. The lady of the. house, i Mrs. Lily Mebane,-also opposed the measure. A number of amend ments were sent up, three of them providing for a.Jvferenduirt, and the fourth for revoking the license of a dealer selling beverages of greater alcoholic content than 3.2 per cent. The bill was expected to pass the third reading with little op position. ■o Dr. Harold Dyer Of U. Of N. G. To Judge Glee Club Contests Eight Schools of Robeson County Will Be Represented in High School Contests Held at Fresby- . terian Junior C'ol.-ge Friday Eve ning. Jobaioii county: high »chvyl gleeeluo contest win be held in Presbyterian JuMr College au- / ditorium Friday HHMp, April 7, at 8 o'clock, has al’Jhd indications of being even a gWater success than' it was last year. Only one school that was represented last year has failed to register, but three new ones have entered. This is an indication that interest in the contest is growing. The following schools will be represented by the organizations appearing after their names: Fairmont—Boys’ club. Lumberton—Male quartet. j Maxton—Girls’ club, boys’ club, and male quartet. i Philadelphus—Girls’ clijJ) and mixed chorus. Red Springs—Mixed chorus. Rowland—Girls’ dub, boys’ club, ( and male quartet. | Smith’s high school—Girls' club and male quartet. St. Pauls—Mixed quartet. There will be ipore than two hundred high school girls and boys here for supper and for the,con test. We cordially invite the peo ple of Maxton and the surround ing community to help us make our visitors feel welcome. You can do it by your presence at the con test. We consider it very fortunate to be able to announce that Dr. Har old S. Dyer, head of the depart ment of music at the University of North Carolina, will judge the contest. Drfl Dyer has had wide experience in this field of work, I and is well qualified to do it. .-.--o EIGHTY MIL LIONS SHORT On the basis of estimates made by the U. S. Department of Com merce, it appears that we are now importing into North Carolina the following quantities of the prin cipal processed foods: Canned fruits and vegetables, $15,000,000; canned sea food, $5,000,000; butter, $10,000,000; cheese, $4,500,000; condensed and evaporated milk, $6 000,000; meat and meat prod ucts, $25,000,000; processed nuts, $5,000,000; pickles, jellies, pre serves etc., $10,000,000. There are many ’ other items that might be included, such as the cereals, break fast foods, dried fruits and vege table, fftc—Bryan Sipe, in The Carolinas. Aged Resident Of Rowland Dies Rowland.—Miss Jane Bracey, ure 86, died Tuesday night at her lome here after a long illness, funeral services were conducted ;rom the home Wednesday after loon at 3 o’clock and interment ( ’ollowed in the Ashpole cemetery,, vith Rev. J. M. Lemmon pastor, ' ifficiating. ' 1 Pall bearers were: Messrs. ( toward Bracey, Talmage McQueen, >V C. Bracey, )Vilbum Straughn, Jrady Bracey, Marley Walters. I Surviving are three brothers, Luther Bracey, Doc Bracey and jff Bracev, all of Rowland. , MRS. EHR1NGHAUS HER EXCELLENCY TO WEAR COTTON Mrs. Rlalock To Head State Cotton Festival Raleigh.—Mrs. U. Benton Bla- ! lock has been named chairman and Mrs. J. C. B. Ehringhaus vice chairman of the committee in charge of general arrangements for North Carolina’s first State wide Cotton Festival which will be held here Friday, May lit, and will include a street parade, style show and cotton ball. Others on the committee are: Mrs. Josiah Bailey, Mrs. John A. Park, Mrs. M. G. Mann, Mrs. E. C. Brooks and Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Jr., all of Raleigh. The ball, which will be spon sored by around 125 of the State’s most beautiful and popular mem bers of younger society, is beuig staged in the interest of further popularization of cottons for dress wear. The invitation committee has announced that invitations to those chosen to sponsor the bail will be mailed out early this month. Plans for the festival, which are being well received by merchants and manufacturers and others in terested in an increased use of cot ton, this week drew favorable com ment from Daniel C. Roper, newly appointed secretary of commerce* who wrote: “It is a pleasure fo^ me to com mend an effort that has tor its prime purpose the development, of a important America “The South,” said- Mr. Roper, < who was born in South Carolina and educated in North Carolina, “is to be congratulated for the manner in which it is stimulating interest in its greatest crop and products*: of that crop.” He said that mills nowhere m the world have been more successful than American mULs in developing style and quality APPLICA1 LOANS a IN IIV1JN $355,000 for Sought in Gone in. I U.X County Far,] Dukes calls attd ers to the impol their applicati^ as early as staff of assisfl render appluj ed in makinfi ally is it da application?® several day® jury will m® tice for so) H 17, and th® loan applic® organized. ® who desire tn^ their application that time. During the se j loan applications H by the farmers of R| The average money based on a count of was $140.GO. Based of aged farmers have a] $204,291.80 from this gional Agricultural Cr loans, also handled thro fice of Mr. Dukes, numb amount applied for th fund is $151,180. Lumberton Hospl j Barium Springs R\ \ Duke Endowment Out of the Duke En awards which were made pitals, orphanages and chil'^ mgs agencies in the two Ca^ Thursday, Bakers Sanat Lumberton, received $7,306, 1 — son Memorial Hospital. Lumbei $6,390, and Barium Springs phanage, $8,130.75. Miss Flora McKinnon Visiting In Florida _ Miss Flora McKinnon left Sun day afternoon for Winter Garden, Florida, where she will visit in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan McKin non. Mr. McKinnon has been ill for several weeks but at the time Miss Flora left, his condition was not considered extremely serious. -o-‘ Joe Dundee, former world’s wel terweight champion, is successful ly promoting boxing shows in his home town, Baltimore. Fayetteville Presbyterial Auxiliary Will Hold Annual Meeting in Maxton Next Week NOTICE The Woman’s Auxiliary of the Presbyterian church will not hold its regular meeting Mon day, April 10th, because of the Presbyterian on the 11 th. The meeting will be postponed until the afternoon of April 17th. Schools Supported By State Would Save Seven Millions Eight Months School State Sup ported Would Save Robeson Tax payers 45 cents on $100. Raleigh, April 3.—Figures on funds for operation of the eipfht months public school term in North Carolina, after varying from the $14,000,000 suggested by Repre sentative Williams, through the $15,509,000 proposed by Governor Khringhaus and the $18,000,000 of fered by Senator Blackstock, came to rest for the time at $10,000,000, as carried in the measure adopted in the Senate last Thursday. The House had sent over an ap propriation for the six months term, with extended term aid, which the Senate committee on ap propriations endorsed, after in creasing the amounts. However, the S-snate^by a vote of 23 to 17, substitet^jthe proposal- for an eight mo^^kterm supported by the State wi^^Bt ad valorem taxes, for whi.000,090 was pro posed. The^Bkstion of whether charter distl^^B would be per mitted to supp^^nt this fund was not included, b^^fctould be left to the school macm^^k bill. The $16,000,000^npropriation for eight months, if itafcould be adopt ed iJIyould mean a cut of $7,392,487 f-JMSS- the $23,393,41X7 which was bulge ted for the operation of the 21_' __r, t Vi t«rA n2 Klxtepded term for thhs scohol year. *r, i>An« . tViA U«>4r.,lr4>nr) This years funds three SO' s extended tei] cut of $7,39 from the amo schools for the prese: carried through, wouli practically the entire come from reduction k the teachers, since 6 the total Cj budgeted school $16,maw, $1,625, * “ 31 id $1,228. or a.total , ’sfx months ’from all of ir the ’ ;wo ior next eted for rear, if ^rean that fiount would salaries of per cent of liied in the [his would of ymr KdnTrrrr' j.u , jinuiujn principal Speaker at^^H ; Which Will Be Held at Center^ ville Church. i The W. M. U. of Robeson Associ ation will meet April 11th at 10 1 o’clock at Centerville church. This church is on the Lumberton-Fair mont highway. All officers and I leaders of this work are urged to attend and carry a box lunch. Mrs. Edna Harris, of Raleigh, State secretary of W. M. U. work, I will be the principal speaker. There will also be conferences and reports on all phases of the work. 'Many Interesting Speakers on Pro gram—Special Music and Pag eant Are Features—Over Five Hundred Expected to Be Present. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND COLLEGE AUDITORIUM ARE MEETING PLAC ES Program plans have been an nounced for the 44th annual meet ing of the Woman’s Auxiliary of which v m s rtf is”' ai> ,utid ses. Fayetteville Presbytery whicl be held in Maxton April 12th. The Presbyterial A will convene in the audit Presbyterian Junior Coll o’clock Tuesday morning, 11th. Morning and afternoon sions will be held at the college bu the service on Tuesday evenin , will be at the Presbyterian church. The program follows: t Tuesday Morning, April 11—Audi torium Presbyterian Junior Colle je 9:00—Annual meeting of exec i tive committee. 10:00—Registration. 10:30—-Call to order. Devotional, Mrs. W. H. Sutherland. Greetings from hostess aiildliary, Mrs. L. B. Martin. Response, Mrs. J. M. Gu hric. 10:45-—Report of credentials committee. Report of program committee. Annual reports of of ficers. History of St. Pauls Aux iliary, Mrs. A. A. McCormick, i 11:15—Annual reports of stand ing committees. i 11:30—An introduction to study of the Psalms, Mrs. Henry Roan. Hymn. 12:00—Reports of delegates to Synodical, Mrs. A. A. McEachem and Mrs. J. M. McNeill. Montreat, Mrs. R. N. Page. Presentation of literature, Mrs. C. S. Matthews. Appointment of special committees. Business. Announcements. 12:30—Celebration of the Lord’s ^Supper. Benediction. Recess. Tuesday Afternoon. . 2:00—Annual reports of district chairmen, districts 1, £, 3, 4. v 2:40—Revival and Evangelism, Mrs. Henry Roan. 3:10—Annual reports Of district chairman, districts 5, 6, 7, 8. Pray er, Mrs. W. A. West. 4:00—Recess. Tuesday Evening—Rev. J. M. Ap pleby Pr«ridi«*(,—Eicsl Preshy- , - Serian Church ^ - „ lerian Church fjO—Invocation, Rev. J. M. Ap pleby. Hymn. Message from Presbytery’s chairman woman's work, Rev. J, Bi Black#' (Special music, PresbvteTian'Junior College. Offering. Promoting the work of the Kingdom through, relig.ous education. Rev. J. L. Fairly, 'D. D. Evangelism and youth, Rev. E. L. Barber. Announcements. Bene iiction Wednesday ' ■ h i __ served at the ell#.™ on Tuesday and Wednes— daj^Mrs. R. M. Williams will ar range the music, Mrs. McKay Mc Kinnon the decorations, Miss Clarkie McLean is chairman of the credentials committee and Miss Mary Patterson will look after transportation. -o Soap should never be used oni white silk. It should be dissolved in water before laundering i% begun. 1

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