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VOL. LI. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1934. NO, jg
Cessation Of Textile Strike Now Believed In Sight
Perkins Leaves For Hide Park
To Confer With Roosevelt
Presumably Carrying
Special Board Report
On Strike Settle
ment
Washington, Sept. 19.?The na
tionwide textile strike Is nearing an
end.
Both sides are more desirous of
Settlement than at any time since
?v- strike began on September 1 and
In well Informed quarters here the
time is now considered ripe for per
sonal intervention by the President.
Miss Prances Perkins, Secretary of
Labor, left tonight for IJyde Park,
presumably bearing the report of
the special board appointed by the
President, of which Governor John
G. Winant, of New Hampshire, is
chairman.
Basis of Settlement
That report will be made the
basis of the settlement. What Is lp^
the report is not known, but pre
sumably the settlement will be on
terms acceptable to both sides.
That the textile Industry is not
willing to meet the demands of la
bor is obvious. That labor is not
willing to call off the strike with
out some concessions is equally ob
vious. Neither side is satisfied with
the state of the strike. More em
ployes have returned to work than
the union expected. More have re
mained on strike than the employ
ers expected.
New Board Expected.
Just how far each side will be
asked to go is a matter of specula
tion. But one prediction can be
made with certainty. A new record
Is expected to be set up to replace
the present cotton textile National
Relations Board, which has become
a sore spot with labor. It is also safe
to predict that the composition of
the new board will be satisfactory
to both sides and that to it will be
left solution of the "stretch out"
problem, originally left to the Bru
ere board.
That leaves three questions:
Wages, hours, union recognition.
The last is the most important by
far. With it in their grasp, union
leaders would be willing to leave
the other two to future negotiations.
Manufacturers, as strongly as they
contend that their financial posi
tion does not justify concessions on
wages and hours would rather make
them than, to recognize the' union.
May Call Elections.
Outright recognition is not ex
pected. But It is entirely possible
that there may be provision for
elections to determine whether or
bnot the union shall be the bargain
agency for the employes. It is
table that the influence of the
union will be greatly enhanced by
the composition of the new board
But declaring the victor can well
?wait until after the settlement. The
big news tonight is that a settle
ment is believed to be-definitely in
sight by those in a position to know
and who have not heretofore en
tertained that belief.
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THE BIG 4
WAREHOUSE
South Boston. Va.?Ths house has
been leased by myself, W. A. Dixon
and C. P. Brame (each of whom
have had years of experience In the
business) and we take this method
of soliciting your business, as It Is
Impossible to call and see each* of
you In person which we would be
delighted to do. Bring us your first
load and If hard work In your be
half and the top market price will
hold you then I know such will be
true. .1 need no Introduction to
many of you, having been In the
warehouse business for the past 34
years. Will appreciate your busi
ness and assure you my every effort
will be put "forth to deserve same.
Yours for best service.
O. M LOFTIS. '
?It sells for more at the Big 4"
South Boston. Va.
NOTICE
All Town of Roxboro privilege
taxes for 1934-35. beginning June 1,
1934, and ending May 31, 1935. are
now post due. and must be paid
by Sajit. WE, or action win be
taken. This also Includes all past
due privilege taxes for any year.
R. A. Burch, City Mgr.
Sept. 17th, 1934.
FARMERS PAID
$1,600,000 ON
THEIR LOANS
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 18.?Farm
ers of the Third Farm Credit Ad
ministration district comprising the
states of North Carolina, South Car
olina, Georgia and Florida borrow
ing from production credit associa
tions already have repaid over $1,
600,000 on their loans, according to
a statement Issued by Ernest Gra
ham, presidenf of the Production
Credit Corporation of Columbia.
A large portion of the repayments
have come from the tobacco belts,
particularly In Georgia, South.Car
olina and In the section of North
Carolina bordering on the South
Carolina line. Payments in the
other tobacco belts of North Caro
lina which opened later are expect
ed'to be heavy during the remain
der of the month.
Indicating the splendid manner In
which the tobacco growers are meet
ing their obligations to the associa
tions, the Lake City (S. C.) associa
tion has collected 87 per cent of its
total loans, 222 of the 238 farmers
having loans with the associations
having made payments total $52,
684.08. Many of these farmers will
haye their cotton crop entirely in
the'clear.
"me Marion (s. c.i association
has collected about 76 per cent of
Its total loans already, 125 of the
147 farmers having loans with the
association having made payments
totaling 73 per cent. Hie Dillon
<S. C.) association has collected
I (about 65 per cent, 114 of the 124!
farmer-borrowers from that associa
tion having made payments. The
Florence (S. C.) association hascopr
lected about 60 per cent of its to
tal loans and the Lumberton (N C)
association about 60 per cent.
Mr. Graham said thai the splen
did manner in which the farmer
boirowers throughout the tobacco
belt are meeting their payments in
dicates that the faith which the
government has shown in coopera
tive credit organizations by helping
the farmers to set up their own
lending institutions has not been
misplaced and he feels that the
farmers of this district are going to
make a wonderful record in the re
Payment of their loans and -thus
protect their credit standing.
"We are confident,- said Mr Gra
ham, "as a result of the way in
which farmers are beginning to re
pay their loans that the officers of
the production credit associations
n this district have made sound
roi"8.' the collectl?n season
still in its primary stage, borrowers
have repaid over $1,600,000 and from
specific reports which we are daily
receiving, wP believe these produc- 1
tion credit associations will make 100
per cent collectons.
"The farmers, through this coop
erative system of prouction credit
are eager to repay their loans In or
der that their Cla^ B stock as well
as the Class A stock of the asso
clat.ons may be maintained at or1
above par. Farmers repaying their,
loans promptly are establishing a!
permanent credit standing with i
their associations, which will place I
them in a position to continue to \
secure, at low rate of Interest, cash
tftth which to meet the expenses of |
their farming operations."
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HOSTESS TO ENTRE NOUS CLUB
Mrs. Bill Minor was hostess to
the Entre Nous Club at her attrac
tive home on the Durham road on
Friday evening. The living room
was very inviting with baskets of
bright fall flowers.
Three tables were placed for the
game of hearts. After many pro
gressions Mrs. Cliff Hall was
awarded a lovely bowl of narcissus
bulbs for high score and Mrs. M U.
Daniel an ash try for low score. 1
A delicious salad course with cof
fee was served. The meeting ad
journed to meet with Miss Celia
( Daniel for the October meeting. 1
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GIVE8 DINNER PARTY
Nancy BuI1<**. Dorothy
Abbitt, and Virginia Slater, of Suth
erlln. Va., were dinner guests of
Mrs, cliff Hall Thursday evening
n . r0*** *** prBwnfced Miss
Bullock, who is leaving this week
for Blackstone College. Miss Slater
was presented a dainty handkerchief
as guest of honor.
Queen Of Forests
HUNTINGTON, W. VA. . . . Miss
Garnette'Northcott (above) of thisj
city has_ been elected Queen of the j
annual Mountain State Forest Fes- I
tival which is featured at Elkins,!
W. Va., the first week in October. j
1
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Newell and i
family have returned from Chicago, j
They report's fine trip.
tobacco rum,
1 TRADING BEGINS
New York Market For
mally Opens For The
Transaction Of
Business
New York, Sept. 19.?A market
for futures trading in America's
third largest crop, tobacco, was for
mally openWl today with colorful
ceremonies on the floor of the New
York Tobacco Exchange.
After speeches by John W. Haines,
president of the exchange, city, of
ficials and others, the gong signal
ling the start of trading was sound
ed promptly at noon.
After an excited exchange of bids
and officers by brokers who assembled
around an oval trading pit in the
center of the floor, a contract call
ing for January delivery of 10,000
pounds. United States flue cured,
type 12-B-4-P tobacco, was purchas
ed at 29 cents a pound. The brok
ers figuring in the initial transac
tion were James Eblen who sold to
Joseph Bernard.
In rapid order, the remaning
seven months deliveries at present
dealt in were posted on the huge
blackboard and opening bids and
offers recorded by a "board boy"
receiving .quotations from a digni
tary standing on a platform just
above the trading pit.
Formal Opening Of
Central Graded School
Impressive and Worth
while Program Held. |
On Monday Morn
Seot. 17 th
An impressive and worthwhile
program marked the beginning of
the school year 1934-35, for which
Miss Inda Collins, the efficient'.and
beloved " principal, should . be con
gratulated and given due credit'. ,
The program was as follows:
A song. "The Way of the Cross !
Leads Home," by school. The chil
dren made all feel they were glad
to be in school again by the way
they sang, full of happiness and joy.
Rev. W. P. West, pastor of the
Cirst Baptist Church, conducted a
verv impressive devotional. His de
scriptive lesson from 13th chapter
of Hebrews, verse 1, was very fitting
and well chosen for the occasion.
His subject for this inspiring talk
was ..'Open Doors," stressing the
many doors of opportunities which
were open for each pupil to enter if
he would follow in the right paths
and which would eventually make
lives of real true happiness, the pur
suit of a mankind.
Mr. W. D. Merritt represented the
school board of education. His talk
was brief, yet to the point. The ideal
of real true happiness was his
theme. He impressed on the minds
of all that the surest way of ac
complishing happiness would be to
fashion our lives after that of the
Mlaster of all, Jesus Christ. That
living ak He set the example would
gradually evolve into a wholesome
life of noble service to our fellow
man. Wherever we are placed in
this world if We follow these princi
ples of love for God and for our fel
lowman we make our part of the
world happier and in doing this the
jpy of real true happiness Is ours.
Mrs. Jack Hughes, the already be
loved and efficient president of the
P. T. A., brought a hearty welcome
to all in a few well chosen
words. She is truly deeply inter
ested in this her new duty and
pleads for the support of every one.
without which no organization can j
succeed.
Mrs. Earl Bradsher, in her. usual.
charming marker, accompanied !
Rev. Hamilton, pastor of the Pres- j
byterian Church, in a violin solo.
"8fchrubert's Serenade." This was
so well render that even the tin- ;
lest tot present responded to the
delight of the senses which |ood mu
sic brings to us all. We take this
means to welcome Mr. Hamilton in
our midst and we hope to have this
pleasure often in our school again.
Mr* Wttburn then opened . the i
doors of opportunity in the realm
of the fine art of painting and
sculpture, giving a very impressive
incident in the life of Michael An
gelo, Italy's angelic painter and
sculptor. t This great master took
whaTwas Ju^t a great block of mar
ble to the passerby on the streets
of Florence, but which under the
skilled touch of his master hand
that noble statue of David took
form an\ feature and which stands
today in Florence, visited by thous
ands to whom It speaks in terms of
beauty and giving Joy and happi
ness to the lover of art for all time.
And God, the great Master, wishes
to mold the life of each boy and
girl into living monuments of grace
and nobility of character, and beau
ty of soul if we will just let Him.
The church and the school all work
ing together with the great Master
to accomplish their work of grace.
Prof. G. C. Davidson, Supt. of
City School, then spoke gracious
words of welcome to the guests, the
teachers and the children.
FARMERS TO
REDUCE LOANS
Columbia. S. C.?Many farmers In
the third Farm Credit Administra
tion district, comprising the states
cf North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida, are planning
to take advantage of the opportun
ity offered by the excellent prices
they are receiving for their toba
cco and favorable cotton prospect
to reduce their Federal Land Bank
and Land Bank Commissioner's
loans according to letters being re
ceived by the land bank and the
land bank commissioner, says a
statement Issued by the Farm Cre
dit Administration of Columbia.
The administration said that bor
rowers may pay regular install
ments on the principal of either
their land bank or their land bank
commissioner loans if they so de
sire and thereby reduce their inter
est charges. A farmer can hasten
the completion or payment of in
stallments en the loan by mak
ing payments before maturity and
each payment so made lessens his I
Interest costs. I
Of the Installments maturing op
land bank commissioner's loans up
to Aug. 1 in the Columbia district
89 8 per cent was collected by the
end of July.' In the Baltimore dis
trict 93.2 t>er cent of the Install
ments were collected by the end of
July and In the Springfield, Masa
district 90.1 per cent.
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Mr. and Mis. W. O. Long, of
neaj- Virglllna, are the proud par
ents of a fine baby boy, bom Sept.
13th His name Is Lloyd James.
Mother and baby are doing nicely.
Mesdames J D. Mangum, W. C
Bullock. R. C. Hall and Miss Nancy
Bullock, spent Wednesday in Dur
ham:
WEEKLY REVIEW -
OF NEWS EVENTS
Third Week Of Textile Strike Finds
Federation Behind Strikers; Rus
sian Entrance Still Problem To
League Of Nations
PROBE OF (MUNITIONS
FEATURES WASHINGTON
The Week Ahead:
Europe^VWhat will be the reac
tion of the powers to the disclosure
the Hapsburgs Intend to be in Vi
enna by Christmas? _ ..
Geneva?Russia entrance still
problem to the League of Nation
triumvifate of England, France and
Italy. Echoes of Polish repudiation
of minority convention still rumble
in Geneva.
Strike?Third week in Textile
strike finds A. F. of L fully behind
United Textile Workers, seeking fi
nancial aid. Federal agencies seek to
effect peace, aided by big industrial
ists outside textile field."
Washington?Munitions Investi
gation centers on poison gas man
ufacturers. Committee expects to
show China spent .much of the $10.
000,000 wheat loan for munitions.
Long-heralded NRA reorganization
may be announced.
Newport?The President cruises on
Vfacent Astor's yatch, watches the
America's cup races.
Politics?Congressional primaries
in Massachusetts, Wisconsin.
Thf Week's News In Review
New. York. Sept. 15.?More Intense
was the strike between Capital ana
Labor.
With some ' 400,000 workers out,
the textile strike still held vast mill
centers in its fastness.
More and more, it took on the
semblance of a shutdown fight be
tween industry and the American
Federation of labor .
And the controversy over section
7A, meanwhile, still raged.
The Federation has announced its
fullest support of the United Tex
tile Workers. Stevedores along the
Atlantic coast were called to aid by
refusing to handle textile cargoes.
In Rhode Island, for a time, there
was the threat of Federal interven
tion to keep the peace. National
Guardsmen battled ransacking riot
ers in Woonsocket. Two persons were
killed.
Governor Theodore Green absolv
ed textile Unionists and termed the
rioting a "communist uprising."
The President,, who offered Fed
eral troops, was close by?aboard
Vincent Astor's yatch for the Amer
ica's cup races at Newport. He kept
in constant touch with all strike
developments.
His meditation board failed to
bring peace to textile towns. Lead
ers cf other big industries then
stepped in. seeking a formula mill
operator and loom tender could
agree on.
The storm broke anew on section
7A. that section of NIRA guaran
teeing the rights of collective bar
gaining.
The National Association of Man
ufacturers hurled deflnance at the
National Labor Relations Board.
The board, in the Houde engi
neering corporation case, ruled:
The organization chosen by the ma
jority of workers in a company' must
be recognized as the collective-bar
gaining medium for all workers in
the plant.
In other woTds, if the Union has
a majority of members, the em
ployer must deal with the union.
The association advised employ
ers to disregard the ruling.
Another powerful Industry, the
cotton garment operators, previous
ly had decided to disregard an NRA
ruling?the order of the President i
increasing wages and reducing hours. |
This week, the two fell-fortified
unions involved in the cotton gar
ment dispute?The Almagated Cloth
ing Workers and The International
Ladies Garment Workers?reassur
ed the President of their lntentidn
to' aid him in enforcing the order.
Both industry and labor watch
closely the evolution of the NRA
set up. One of their paramount
questions is:
Whatll be the status of section
7A and collective bargaining in the
reorganization?
Other National Affairs.
In other days, it was the G.O.P.
that shouted the old platitude of
politicians;. As Maine goes, so goes
the, nation.
Now, it's Democrats who profess,
(Continued on page four)
Second Hearing Held In '.V
Emanuel. Bittings Case
Has Lafayette Letters
NEW YORK . . The Marquis De
Caussade (above), of France is now
here to deliver a collection of let
ters to the Sons of the Revolution,
written by Lafayette to the Mar
quis' jjreat-great grandfather, Comte
du Portail. The Marquis de Caus
sade is a famous war ace, twice
wounded and four times decorated
by the French Government.
CITY SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT
Prof, Davidson gives us the fol
lowing figures as to the number of
pupils enrolled in the various
branches of the city schools:
The following enrollment by grades
has been made at the high school
on Tuesday, Sept. 18th: 7th grade,
86; 8th grade, 101; 9th grade, 75;
10th grade,.69; 11th grade, 47. To
tal 378. High school only, 292.
The total enrollment In all de
partments:
High school 378
Grammar school ..........489
Ca-Vel -473
Longhurst . 208
East Roxboro 66
Grand total TV- 1314
These figures are for the white
school^. We do not have the en
rollment for the colored schools.
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STILL AN OLP
MAN'S WORLD
Mussolini calls for a young man's
world.
He sees the end of white supre
macy in the fact that birth rates
are declining in nearly every Euro
pean country.
11 Duce may be Justified in his
fears. But It is difficult to believe
that an Increased birth rate would
of itself end the domination" of the
elderly, which has bene an almost
universal phenomenon of human
life from primitive times to the
present.
A recent survey of distinguished
American leaders, for instance,
shows that this "land of youth" is
distinctly in the hands of men of
middle age or over.
All the names under the letter
"A" In Who's Who were taken. They
showed 100 per cent of the bank
ers. capitalists, engineers, archi
tects. chemists, economists, govern
ment officials and Army and Navy
men listed were over 40.
The average age of officers of a
group of the largest American cor
porations was 58. General Electrie's
officers averaged 65, and Eastman
Kodak's average 66.
We suspect that a similar situa
tion prevails in Mussolini's Italy
and Prance, Britain and other coun
tries."
It will take more than numbers
to make this a "young man's world."
?Philadelphia Record.
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Renew Applications
Mr. H, O. Evans. District Repre
sentative. will be in the Court House
Sept. 24th. from 9 A. M. until 1 P.
M.. to register or renew applications
of any unemployed persons in Per
son County.
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Zinc is easily cleaned, with a bit
of lemon left standing on any stain
for an hour or so. Wash with hot
water. The sine will look like new.
Minnie?Do you think that the
good die young?
Joseph?If they don't, where are
they?
Family of Condemned
Man Testify That He
Shot Mr. Clayton In
The Back
At a hearing held before Commis
sioner of Paroles Edwin Gill in
Raleigh yesterday the family of
Emanuel Bittings, condemned Per
son County slayer, pushed him one
step further nearer the electric
chair. They testified that Bittings
shot Mr. T. M. Clayton in the back
and that Mr. Clayton had neither
threatened or abused Bittings. Sev
eral months ago the Bittings chil
dren testified at another hearing .In
which they said that their father
shot Mr. Clayton in the back, and
yesterday, under close examination,
they stuck to their story. Those tes
tifying were: Lily May Davis, 16,
Bittings' step-daughter, Pattie Bit
tings, 12, his daughter, and George
Bittings, 9, his son, and Katie Bit
tings, his wife. George had not tes
tified at the former hearing, but
yesterday he said, "Popper _ shot
him in the back."
M. Hugh Thompson, Durham ne
gro attorney representing Bittings.
questioned the witnesses closely and
attempted ? to break down their
story. The defense attempted to
show that the family would benefit
by his death by the collection of his
war risk insurance, and that this
may have influenced their testimony.
Phillips Russel, Chapel Hill au- <
thor, who has been interested in
the case, was present at the hearing
yesterday. Paul Green, noted play
wright who took an interest in the
case, was in Hollywood, and could
not be present.
SEES EARLY
APPROVAL OF
PORT PROPOSAL
Bailev Says State Will Arrange To
Collect Past Due Rent On
A. And N. C.
Washington, Sept, 17.?Senator
Josiah W, Bailey today expressed the
opinion that the State will make
arangements to collect the past due
rent, now in default by the Norfolk
Southern Railroad on the State con
trolled Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad and that final approval of
the Morehead City port terminal
proposal wil be shortly forthcoming.
Senator Bailey, while in Wash
ington, will attempt to have two
other projects Included in the de
velopment of the Morehead City
port development, upon which the
War Department is authorized to
spend $1,550,000 in addition to the
$425,000 in the loan and grant for
the port terminals. One of these
would raise the Beaufort sea wall by
five feet and deepen the Beaufort
'channel from 15 to 20 feet.
The other project would be to
preserve Drum Inlet, off Atlantic,
which was opened by the storm in
September, 1933, Reopening of the
inlet a year ago has resulted in
large numbers of fish being attract
ed to Core Sound.
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The Big 4 Re-Ooens
In South Boston
We enjoyed a pleasant call Mon
day morning from Messrs. C. M.
Loftls and C. M, Jr., of South Bos
ton, proprietors of the Big 4 Ware
house. Mr. Loftls is an old ware
houseman of long experience, and
has many friends in this county
who have sold tobacco with him.
He extehds you a cordial invitation
to sell with him.
The Big 4 has been closed for
seme time, but it has been thor
oughly overhauled and everything
put in ship shape for you this sea
S?n- , t ?
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Condition of Jeffres#
Continues Serious
! Richmond. Va., Sept. 10?Hospi
tal authorities tonight said that Ed
win B. Jeffress. North Carolina
State Highway Commissioner and
newspaper publisher, remains In
serious condition with little change
noted in recent days He has been
in the hospital here for some time
following a brain operation.
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