North Carolina Newspapers

I r i accurate, terse I TIMFIY A A VOLUME XXX m leaders ARE RESPONSIBLE Writer lilames Stupidity And Cowardice of Admifiiisitration for Country's Plight WOl'LD NOT FACE ISSUE By ROBERT THOMPSON In The News and Observer The stupidity," or "cowardice," of the national administrations and Congresses of the past 10 years has not only worked untold injustices on the farmers of America?and, indirectly. on the business msn?but has so complicated what was once ' a simple problem that it will take a national upheaval to set natters right, said Carl Vrooman, nationally known agricultural economist and former Assistant Secretary oi Agriculture, who is in Raleigh, working on a book on the subject. Moreover, Mr. Vrooman believes, J the Federal Farm Board has been assigned an impossible task, made it more impossible by its own mis- 1 takes, and is doing little if anything that will help the situation. I Surplus An Asset An agricultural surplus, provided it is properly handled, is a great national asset," said Mr. Vrcoman. I It means an ample supply of neces-1 sities at reasonable prices. We have never had a surplus which, if prop-1 erly handled, could not have been a great blessing to the nation and the world. I "From 1921 until two years ago there never was a time when intelligent legislation and administration could not have easily solved the problem within six months. But at I no period was the government I v.hcle-heartedly desirous of doing so. It was easier to drift along, facing possible jootential resentment and opposition of the farmers rather than the active and stupid, or cowardly, opposition which was certain to face any proposition to give the farmers a fair deal. I No Easy Way Out But during the past two years I the difficulties of giving farmers I any relief have been multipliedl many times by word agricultural I conditions and by our own mistakes I in Legislation. There is no easy way I out of this agricultural crisis now. To give the farmers a square deal I trrmlS invnlvo rnmnlpte readiust- I ment of our :ariff schedules for there is no possibility of Europe buying our surplus so long as we shut out most of Europe's products by our inexcusably high tariff. Tlie Federal Marketing Act imposed on Cha rman Legge an impossible task. The administration blandly instructed him to give farmers relief through co-operative farm stabilizing associations which did not exist and which could not possibly be improvised quickly enough to meet the present emergency. "Moreover, the effort to suddenly create these organizations, financed by government money at lower than the market rate of interest aroused the antagonism, first, of the middle men and then of organized business which for months has been acting on the theory that it must discredit the Federal Farm Board in order to save from what it calls unfair competition at the tax payers' expense. "The attack of business on the federal Farm Board has done far more harm than the board had been able to do good. Unnecessary Row "Tills row was entirely unnecessary. When the United States Grain Corporation was created during the War to stabilize values, Mr. Hoover and Julius Barnes very wisely asked 'be grain trade to help carry out 'bis patriotic project. This it did loyally and efficiently. The same diplomatic policy would have resilted in the same satisfactory ends a' this time. As it is. the farmers Ilost and are losing billions as t of this unnecessary row bet business and Farm Board, fen now it is not too late for fiort to get the two together, tver, the problem has been ly complicated and it will take than the end of this row to he farmers a great amount of If is impossible to go into all es of the matter in a newsr interview but certainly we sell our surplus to a world that he constantly antagonizing." keel if he approved of the FedFarm Board's plan of buying train, cotton and so forth, Mr. "nan said that it might be of : help at this juncture, the sitto having been allowed to get the mess it has?but he has no 'Usiasm for the idea. Until at has been eaten and cotton t they are dead weights on the ket, no matter who owns them, ?C)r instance," said Mr. Vrooman, (Continued on Page 4) Grocery Store Is Robbed Early On Tuesday Morning Burroughs Grocery Co. at Warrcnton was robbed early Tuesday mornine. Entrance was made bv re moving a pane of glass from the rear door. The amount of groceries removed is not known. Capt. Burroughs said Tuesday that while they had not missed anything, it is difficult to tell in a grocery store whether a bag of meal or a few cans of food had been removed. The robbery was discovered by Night Officer C. E. Lovell shortly after 2 o'clock when he found the back doer of the store open. A pane cf glass had been removed and caiefully set to one side by the robber or robbers. Capt. Burroughs said he was in the store until after 11 o'clock cn Monday night. Ad Valorem Tax Furnished 54.6 Cents RALEIGH, Dec. 21.?By furnishing 54.6 cents of every $1.00 raised for current expense purpose, county ad volorem taxes lead in the support of public elementary and sec ondary education, it is learned from the current issue of State School Facts, monthly publication of the State Department cf Public Instruction. A total of $15,021,890.11, that paper points out, was obtained from this source during 1928-29 this amount being $187,997.07 less than was raised in 1926-27. The sum of -27509,674 was realized from all sources. Lccal district taxes furnished the next largest percentage of the school fund, 22.1 cents of each dollar raised. Approximately $6,000,000 of the annual school receipts for 1928-29 was obtained from this scurce. From poll taxes, dog taxes, fines, forfeitures and penalties, the sum of $1,319,980.66 was received for operating the schools and from miscellaneous sources and the preceding year's balance on hand nearly $1,400,000 was added to the schocl receipts. The remaining part of the school dollar, 13.4 cents, came from State funds. The money realized from this scurce during 1928-29 amounted tc $3,688,299.78. This total included the $3,250,000 equalizing fund appropriation of that year appripriations for teacher training in high schools for vocational education including Federal appropriations, and donations from the General Education Board, the Jeanes Foundation, the Rosenwald Fund, and the Slater Fund. School Facts also presents figures showing the expenditure of the school dollar. More than 75 per cent of every dollar expended for the current operation of the schools, it shows, -goes for instructional service, or the actual teaching activities. For operation of the school plant, 6.3 cents of every dollar expended was used, for auxiliary agencies, including transportation. 8.2 cents for general control 4.8 cents, for maintenance of plant 3.0 cents, and for fixed charges 1.3 cents. Mrs. Elizabeth Parrot!: Buried On Saturday Mrs. Elizabeth Parrott, 27, died at the home of her uncle, Mr. George Wagoner, at Embro on Friday morning at 6 o'clock Tuberculosis was the cause of death. Burial services were conducted at the grave in the Prospect church at Ernbro on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Rev. S. E. Wright. Mrs. Parrott is survived by one brother, Willie Wagoner, and by cne sister, Miss Kate Wagoner. CARD CLUB MEETS Mrs. R. J. Jones cordially entertained her card club and also Mesdames W. N. Boyd, L. B. Beddoe and Miss Mariam Boyd on Thursday afternoon in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. McGuire. High score was made by Mrs. Edmund White. The Misses Bobby Jones and Sara Howard Ward assisted Mrs. Jones in serving delicious plum pudding, coffee, sandwiches and nuts. ENTERTAINS CLUB Mrs. W. D. Rodgers attractively entertained members of her club and Mrs. John Mitchell at three tables of contract bridge on Thursday afternoon. Christmas decorations were used. Chocolate plum pudding with coffee and Cheese curowl Mrs Wil ddiiuwll/llco wuw tvm. ? li&m Boyce was awarded tcp score prize of the afternoon and Mrs. John Mitchell was awarded a consolation. WARRENTON, COUNTY I LUCKY By CI I SHIP'S ROLL BAM A British scientist saw Alexander Graham Bell's telephone-took one to Enqland. A huge wave rolled ship-Pent sprinq in phone-resultinq in failure of demonstration -avoided "publication be-, fore application for patent -saved the Enqlish patent riqhts tor Bell .Which otherwisewould ha\te become Public property according to Encjlish law ii3 nee-Ut-PAT-Off. ?i9to . Jury Finds Young Men Not Guilty On Whiskey Charge A Warren county jury said that Wade Schuster and Willie Walker, young white men, were not guilty when they faced Judge W. W. Taylor in Recorder's Court on Monday on charges of being drunk and disorderly and operating an automobile while under the influence of whiskey. The case was docketed for trial last Monday but was continued forj one week when the defendants asked for trial by jury. J. H. Kerr Jr. aided Solicitor Cromwell Daniel in the prosecution. Julius Banzet was defense attorney. Says State Can Grow Own Poultry Supplies There is no valid reason why North Carolina markets should buy a large part of their poultry and egg supplies from outside of the State. Present importations are large and therefore the opportunity exists for poultry growers to develop local markets in a profitable way. "Local growers may capture these markets if they take the same pains as their competitors to produce a quality product and do a little judicious advertising," says N. W. Williams, poultryman at State college. "It is most important, however, to produce a quality product. In marketing eggs, careful grading is of utmost importanct yet few of our local poultrymen pay any attention to this. Therefore, they i place on tne marxec, eggs 01 a wiae range in size, shape, shell-color, and shell texture. Then too these mixed eggs go in any kind of container that may be handy. When these local eggs are placed side by side with those produced by the large out-of-State concerns, the locally grown product looks bad." It is not alone that eggs must be packed in attractive containers and be well graded, they must also be consistently good, says the poultryman. They ought never to be over 48 hours old and preferably infertile. One bad egg slipped into a container by accident might ruin the trade of a valuable customer. Then, too, fresh eggs are used largely in the diet of babies and invalids. Those purchasing for such purposes rightfully expect consistency in products. The same fundamental reasoning applies to marketing broilers locally, cove Mr Williams Thp arnwpr must study the demands of his market and endeavor to meet them. The season of best prices should also be studied. Milk-fed broilers, finished in good shape, when everyone else is not selling them, will return a good profit to any local poultryman. PLAYLET AT PARISH HOUSE The Sunday school of Emmanuel Episcopal church will present an entertainment, "The Old, Old Story," at the Parish House or Tuesday night December 23, at 7:30 o'clock. The public is cordially invited. irmt OF WARREN, N. C.f FRID/ BREAKS I L Miller 1 m^alexander M GRAHAM V BELL painted his telephone Peb. 14, is7b Drive For Funds Louisburg College Proving Success LOUISBURG, Dec. 21.?Efforts on the part of the Trustees of Louisburg College to raise approximately $12,000.00 among the members of the North Carolina Conference and friends cf the institu uon Between tms aaie ana January 10,1931, for the purpose of supplementing the income of the College to meet its operating expenses for the spring term are meeting with encouraging responses on all sides. There is a spirit of cooperation on the part of the students, faculty, alumnae and friends of the College throughout the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The Alunmae Association, under the leadership of its president. Mrs. M S. Clifton, of Louisburg, is endeavoring to enlist the aid and efforts of every former member in behalf of her Alma Mater. The faculty of the College has made a voluntary offering to donate from twenty-five to thirty-three per cent of their salaries in order to aid in carrying cn the College through the spring term. The North Carolina Conference has definitely committed itself to the plan of the Trustees of the College through action taken by its ministers and laymen in meetings held in each of the nine districts cf the Conference during the last ten clays. It-has been pointed out that to raise the proposed amount will call for only a small contribution from each pastoral charge. Then; seems to be an almost uni-| versal belief that this amount can be raised by faithful cooperation of the friends of the College throughout the Conference and without undue strain upon any cne. The proposed plan for the raising of this fund includes the following: First, that the cause of Louisburg College shall be presented in all of the Churches of the Ncrth Carolina Conference on December 21, or December 28, and voluntary offerings be taken at that time for the College. Second, that each Methodist pastor designate such ether church workers as he may see fit to assist him in soliciting private contributions. It is suggested that the pastors may find former students of Louisburg College to be especially helpful in this work. Third, that all funds collected in each pastoral charge shall be forwarded to the presiding elders of the respective districts not later than January 5, 1931, and that in turn the presiding elders will forward all funds received to Rev. F. S. Love, at Raleigh, N. C. who has Ken designated as treasurer of this fund, net later than January 10, 1931. Dr. and Mrs. Joel Whitaker and daughter, Miss Ccurtney Whitaker, and son, Mr. Qunncy Meyers i Whitaker, and Mrs. Quincy Aiden Meyers of Indianapolis are guests in the home of Mrs. Katherine P. /irrington. iY, DECEMBER 26, 1930 HOLIDAY SPIRIT 1 IS RIlI IMf, TOWN Students Return Home From ^ Schools; Many Visitors u In The County C1 MANY TO GIVE TOKENS A - ei With the spirit of business somewhat buoyed by tardy shoppers J: making purchases hither and yon, w boys and girls returning from ta schools and colleges bringing with ni them the light-hearted air of youth, ei and patches of snow lingering tl about as if waiting to be joined by of more of the white fleece, Warren- v< -c:?* 1- - - urn ucgaii LUC llldb Ul LI11S weeti. IU 1J. show that the spirit of the season p; was awakening. tl Although the lack of shekels has nbeen a common complaint and in- c( dicaticns are that presents will not be as extravagantly passed out as t in by-gone years, the last few shopping days have brought many to town, and as these visiters leave with packages under their arms, it is evident that it takes more than m hard times to smother out the cus- w om of exchanging tokens at this w time of the year. al Christmas cards began rolling in ir several days ago and as the day le draws nearer, the mails become richer and richer with expressions 0j of best wishes. Few firecrackers S( have burst into the air but the old 0! gobbler has been heald to yelp frcm q many back yards of the town. E Boys and girls frcm the various n colleges and schools cast their books ^ aside last week and since Friday 0 afternoon have been rolling into p town. As they mingle in the stcres i and hurry along the streets greet- p ir.g friends and exchanging pleas- b antries the town takes on more v zjpp. And older friends from far j and near are finding their way 7 home to spend the Christmas holi- c days with friends and relatives and t] are also giving vent to the Christ- 0 mas atmosphere. Old Aunt Patsy showed her will- { ingness to cooperate with the fes- ti tive season on Monday when she e, started for the second time within c a week picking her goose. Snow- w flakes settled to earth for several ti hours and all indications were that f( tiie county would be wrapped in a t! Christmas blanket, but as night 0' came on and the flakes hung in ti the clouds, beys and girls realized that they would have to wait a lit- b tie longer for their sleighing and ti snowballing. si g PERSONAL MENTION C! Mrs. E. E Gillam and daughter, s] Miss Nancy, left Monday afternoon jj for Morganton where they will 0 spend the Christmas holidays g Mr. and Mrs. Venable Lawson ?, and daughter. Miss Betsy Garland, spent the week end in South Bos- 1 ten. * Mrs. J. T. Adams of Sanfcrd is spending some time in the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Gibbs. Mr. and Mrs. Branch Bobbitt of n Greenville arrived Sunday tc spend d a week in the home of Mr. and p Mrs. R. J. Jones. d Friends of Mr. Whit Watson of q Axtelle have been glad to see him f arcund the streets of Warrenton foi the past several days. c Mr. Edward Alston cf Hender- ^ sen was a recent visitor in town. w Messrs. Tyler Young and Fred s Royster were visitors here Sunday. p Mr. Walker Burwell of Duke Uni- e varsity is at home for the Christ- q mas holidays. p Friends of Mrs. J. J. Wocd re- a gret that she is ill with pneumonia. s Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Wood of Gas- c tonia spent several days here last w week. tl Mr. Nick Alston of New York is n spending the holidays at Warren- ^ ton. e Mrs. Mattie Scutherland and c Miss Sue Southerland and Mr. p Robert Southerland of Henderson in frmm fiatiirdav ? nv-^ *** ? Mr. Jim Burroughs of Afton was g in town Monday. 3 Miss Mattie Wiggins Damercn of S] Peace Institute, Raleigh, arrived a Friday afternoon to spend the -j Christmas holidays here in the g home of her parents, Mr. and \,t Mrs. W. H. Dameron. C( Mr. William F. Rivers of India y is visiting in the home of Mrs. a Katherine Arrington. Mr. Rivers is the son of General and Mrs. Wil- g liam Rivers of New York and has a spent the past three years in India 3 as representative of the Standard y Oil Co. v Mr. Jchn Burwell is spending the f, holidays here with his parents, Mr. g and Mrs. J. C. Burw?ll. Miss Sue Whits Massenburg of N. C. C. W., GreeHsboro, is spend- e ing the holidays in the home of a hei parents, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd d Massenburg. E ri> Jst Takers A - 1 Tai . .*cet S_L? e On Monday Meeting in the court house at farrenton on Monday morning, ix assessors and list takers disassed with Tax Supervisor S. E. lien plans for valuing the prop:ty of Warren county. The revaluation will begin cn anuary l. According to plans orked out at the meeting, list ikers and assessors will be furished copies of abstracts of propmu?., n.;ii 1/j in tuc uuuiity. iucy win uiviuc ie townships and make a survey ! this property, separating, cultiited and uncultivated lands, build.gs and other property. After the roperty has thus been classified ie list takers and supervisors will leet with Supervisor Allen at the >urthouse and value the property. )rganic Matter Aid To Peanut Crop No commercial fertilizer treatent has yet been found which ill give consistent good results ith peanuts, yet the crop nearly .ways responds well to the organic latter supplied by turning under gumes. "We had another demonstration : this during the past season with )me work done by W. T. Tadlock l Windsor in cooperation with ounty Agent, B. E. Grant," says ros C. Blair, extension agronolist at State College. 'Last spring Ir. Tadlock turned under a crop f rye and oats and then planted eanuts on the land. He harvested 7 bushels an acre. This was a oor crop and was no doubt affected r the extreme dry weather preailing in that section last summer, [owever, in the same field, Mr. 'adlock turned under a good crop f crimson clover, and in spite of lie drought, he made iO bushels f peanuts an acre on this land." On still another section of the eld where a crop of vetch was jrned under, Mr. Tablock harvestd at the rate of 42 bushels of peauts an acre, says Mr. Blair. This as an increase of 23 bushels for ie crimson clover and 25 bushels sr the vetch. The legumes doubled ie yield of peanuts in both cases t'er where the small grain crop was irned. Mr. Blair says that a large numcr of demonstrations made during ?e past few years, give similar retilts. Both winter and summer leumes have been known to give inreases comparable to these and it tiows that legumes are consistent i helping to produce better yields f peanuts. This is not true of any iven kind of fertilizer treatment, xys the agronomist. tuning Pays In Apple Orchard Pruning as a part cf the managexent program in an apple orchard oes not always increase the numer of bushels to the tree, but it | oes make a difference in the uantity which will grade out as irst class apples. "The profits from an apple or hard always depend on the numer of baskets, boxes or barrels ihich contain apples of uniform ize, well colored and free from lemishes," says H. R. Niswonger, xtension horticulturist at State College. "Thick, bushy trees afford rotection to insects and diseases nd shield them from contact with pray materiels. The highest perentage f cull apples is nearly al-' fays harvested from that part of he tree which has not been thin-j ed or is left unpruned. Apple j rees of this kind should be opend up so that it will be easy to over the fruit and leaves in all arts of the tree." As to cost of pruning, Mr. Nis'cnger says two orchards in the .rushy Mountains, one containing ,500 trees and the other 600 trees, pent $57.75 and $8.75, respectively, year during the past two years, 'he trees in the first orchard were rom 8 to 20 years of age and the ttter from 6 to 14 years old. These osts cover the labcr in hauling 1 U -f i.U? 10 orusn lrum wis uiuuaiu as> wca s the actual work of pruning. The main object in pruning a earing apple tree is to maintain well balanced top and the even istribution of fruit spurs. In the oung tree the purpose is to deelop a well balanced top that will uit uniformily, says Mr. Niswontr. Messrs. Tom Holt and William iameron cf Augusta Military Acaarntf Q+otin+nrt \7a a rrH vpH TTVi. \slXlJ , UVUU11WU) V Ml) WW*. * * T VsV* * * ay to spend the holidays here with heir parents. MOST OF THE NEWS ALL THE TIME NUMBER 52 . ? FORM REIIKF ORGANIZATION Member of State Committee To Meet With Citizens At Court House Monday WORK TO BE DIVIDED A county-wide organization to 1 aid in relief of unemployment and to render aid for the destitute will be formed in the county on next Monday as a part of the State organization recently formed at Raleigh under the direction of Governor Gardner and the Welfare Department of the State. E. W. Bashart of Raleigh, member of the State committee, was in the county Monday conferring with Miss Lucy Leach, Welfare Officer, and with other citizens interested in this work. It was decided at this time to hold an organization meeting at the court house at 10 o'clock on Monday. All citizens interested are asked to be present. Plans of the organization as outlined by Mr. Bashart call for the partment with churches, civic organizations, the Red Ci|oss, vocational teachers and the county superintendent of schools. From this group will be selected committees on food, fuel and housing. In addition a health committee will be formed with the County Health Officer in charge. He will be assisted by a member of the State Medical Association. Lack of food and housing is expected to increase the numner 01 cases 01 peiuigra, and undernourishment, and the health committee is expected to do all in its power to hold this increase to a minimum. The colnmittee will also do all in its power to see that gardens are planted and will offer aid and suggestions for this work. Unemployment is an unhappy feature of the depression in the county. The organization will attempt to find work for as many of these citizens as is possible. The work will be divided into two classes, temporary and permanent employment. . t A finance committee will be composed of the welfare worker, banker or time merchant, manufacturer the Mayor or president of a civic brdy and possibly others. All the committees will be under the direct control of an executive committee to be selected from the personnel of the various divisions of the organization. Plan To Hold Series Of Farm Meetings A program of farm meetings for the purpose of carrying facts about the agricultural outlook and the need of food and feedstuffs production in North Carolina next season has been arranged by the agricultural extension service of State college to cover every county in North Carolina during January and February. Five teams of extension specialists will go to work during the week beginning January 5 and starting in the coastal counties will work gradually westward towards the Tennessee line. Five meetings a day will be held. In these meetings, the speakers will present facts about the present production of food and feed supplies, will show how far the county is from being self-supporting, and will outline the program embodied in the adopted slogan, "Farm to Make a Living in 1931." Dean I. O. Schaub says the campaign will be in charge of the district agents in their respective orrmmc nf cniinfips The local home and farm agents will arrange the meetings and give them local notice. Leading key farmers, bankers and business men of all kinds will be invited. There will be no guess work in the facts to be given, says Mr. Schaub. Already the economists are working out the need of a family or a livestock unit for feed and food for one year. The home demonstration people are also at work on facts about more complete diets which may be prepared from foodstuffs produced at home. Mr. Schaub says it is not enough next year to reduce the acreage to cotton and tobacco. The crops that may be raised in place of these two must receive attention. The need of local markets must be studied and above all else, if there is a lack of home-grown supplies, this must be remedied. MRS. BULKFLEY DIES Friends of Mrs. W. K. Williams will regret to learn of the death of her mother, Mrs. Bukeley, at Grand Rapid, Mich., last Thursday.