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47TH YEAR
THE HOME NEWSPAPER
SMITHFIELD, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 22, 1929
SIX PAGES TODAY
NUMBER 25
Father And Son
Banquet Success
“Young Tar Heel Farmer
C lub of Henson Hears Agri
cultural Specialists In Ik
lightful Program
By ALTON M ASSENT, I LI,
BENSON, March 21.— One <>
inc most delightful affairs eve
^taged in Benson was the Fathe
and Son banquet given on Wed
nesday evening, March B>, at tin
Parrish hotel by the member;
<T the ^oung Tar Heel Far me
club of the agricultural depart
rnent of Benson high school. Tin
entire two-hour and a half pei
iod was one of enthusiasm am
merriment mingled with goo',
speeches.
Hampton Royal, who made ar
excellent toastmaster, called o:
Rev. S. S. Johnson to retur;
thanks, and then asked each per
son to stand and tell his nann
and occupation. Alton Massen
gill gave an explanation of tin
the Young Tar Heel Farmer club
This was followed by some guitai
Reflections by James Wright Ste
pnenson.
Clyde Pleasant pointed out the
benefits of this year's agricultim
course; and G. L. Daughtry, tin
champion corn grower for tin
. past year of all the agricultun
students in the south, told hov
he grew 3H8 bushels of cor:
on three acres. Mr. Daughtry \va.
introduced by Mr. J. Paul Shaw
his former teacher and unde
whom he carried out this pro
ject.
Mr. G. W. Lee. one of th*
fathers present, in a very effec
tive speech contrasted the oppor
t uni ties a boy in the Bensoi
school today has with those th<
fathers present had in thei
youth. He expressed deep appre
ciatiou for the opportunity offer
ed the young man in Benson higl
school today to get some knowl
edge of scientific farming.
A quartet composed of Shelton
Barber, Denton Ix*e, Grimes Ste
phenson and Yoakum Matthew:
gave two musical selections. Mr
. X. G. Woodlief, superintenden
of the Benson school, discusser
what the agriculture departmen
is contributing and can contribut.
to the community. He said tha
he believed that education w.e
the one force that would helj
solve our problems more that
any other one thing, and tha
the work of the agriculture de
partment was educational. Hi
then enumerated the accomplish
ments of the department.
Shelton Barber rendered sonn
very fine piano selections. Mr. H
B. Marrow, superintendent of tin
Johnston county schools, convpli
merited the citizenship of Bensoi
for providing instruction in vo
ca-tional agriculture. He assure,
those present that he would d
anything he could to help. H
pointed out. that ditlercnt com
munities in Johnston county ox
pressed themselves rn ditteren
ways, and that Benson expresse.
itself in establishing the agio
culture department, lie also gav
on interesting discussion of th
present tax situation.
Mr. J. S. Howard, district sup
ervisor of agriculture, made
most inspirational talk in whic
he paid high tribute to Mr.
1’aul Shaw, the teacher of agri
culture in Benson high school. II
mentioned the excellent work M'
Shaw did in Sampson county an
said that he had built “a kin«i
dom of his own” there. He to!
how reluctantly those people ha
given up Mr. Shaw, and he con
plimented Benson on seen tin
Air. T. K. Browne, state <1
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ters in the line below to spell
(he name of a person in Smith
field or Johnston County, and
to the one deciphering their
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this paper to the Herald oftice,
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the Victory Theatre Tickets
must be called lor before the
following issue.
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Arrange Progran
S. S. Conference
Galaxy of Prominent Sunda;
School Workers Secured A
Speakers Here April 2 and
The sixth annual session "
: the North Carolina Conference
; wide Sunday school conferenc
i convenes in rente nary t hurcli
I Smithfiehl. on April 2 for a two
day meeting. This conference wil
draw delegates from the approxi
i mately 7<»0 Sunday schools o
ithe North Carolina conference.
The program, which is Indus
worked out by the Conferenc
(Sunday School Board, will be 01
the general theme “Thy Kinqgdor
Come” and a large number o
prominent churchmen have bee:
, secured as speakers and leader
of discussion groups.
Among those on the progran
, arc l)r. F. S. Hickman of th
School of Religion, Duke l n:
j versity; Rev. J. Q. Schisler. sup
I erintendent of the cfepartment o
I leadership training, (loneral Sun
I day School Board, Nashville
Tenn.; Rev. F. L. Hillman, pas
tor of .Jarvis Memorial Church
Greenville: Miss Lucy Foremai
of the General Sunday Sclmn
: Board, Nashville, Tenn.; L. 1
(I.’.be!, conference superintend
ent of Sunday school work, Norti
; Carolina Conference. Durham
Miss .Jennie Milton. General Sun
day School Board. Nashvile
Tenn.: Rev. D. II. Tuttle o
Smithtield: Professor H. L
Spence. Duke University, chair
man of the conference Stmtla
j scl.v >1 Board; Miss Georgia d
Keene, elementary superintend
'ent, Durham; and others. I>*
| W. L. P teat, president emeritu
I of Wake Forest College, has bee
1 invited to deliver an address be
fore the conference.
Charges are now naming del
legates which will be entertain?'
, on the Harvard plan. It is ex
period that perhaps one thousaiv
people will be in attendance.
TtlltKK III ILIHM.S fU'KNKI)
HKKK MONBAA NICH'
What appeared to 'Ik* a whole
| salt- whiskey place was burnt1
| Monday night about twelve o’cloe
.iwhon a house in which no on
lived near t-ho old cotton mill wa
j destroyed by lire. Several hui:
! dred bottles and fruit jars wer
^ said to have been found in t!i
j house when the fire company wa
! called to put tile tire out. Tv.
i nearby buildings were burned ;
the same time ami only a fV
I articles of furniture was save
I from these dwellings. They wet
occupied by colored families.
! MISS MATHIS IS NOW
I) \ A OPKKATO
( I Friends here and elsewhere wi
"jbe interested in learning of tV
I pi (Dilution from night service t
' day service which has come I
j Miss Lucy Mathis, an emp'yoe c
j t he Carolina Telephone ..nd Te
legvaph company, l’or se\en year
Mi- Mathis has been the nig!
operator at the local exchange ar
her efficiency is recognized by a
whom she has served. The san
application to the task i it hat
is sure to characterize her da
time hours. Miss Mathis is
member of the Business and Pv
fcssional Woman’s club of tli
'city and is one of the most e
thuslastic boosters the club hr
The same cleverness with \vhi<
she handles her job. is broug
into play in her social contac
in the club.
] Heavy Docket Ir
Large Number Criminal ( as
| es Tried In Local Court Or
Tuesday and Wednesday
A largo docket was. disposed of
J m Recorder's court here Tuesday
'and Wednesday when the following
j cases were tried:
| James Fellows and Will Row
i land entered a plea of guilty to
i;; assault with deadly weapon. James
• | Fellows was sentenced to the
. | l eads for MO days, the sentence
; to he suspended upon the payment
j of a S10 'fine and half the cost,
j Prayer for judgment was eon
^itinued upon the payment of the
cost as to Will Rowland.
Willie Coke was found guiiiy
Cuf giving worthless check. A
MO day road sentence was sus
.1 pended upon the payment of a
I $1-1.16 check to Market Grocery
■; Company and the cost.
; R. 1>. Lee, aged 25, white far
| nier, was convicted of operating
a car while intoxicated, and wa>
' fined $50 and the cost. The do
j fendant was ordered not to ou
crate a motor vehicle again in
’ i North Carolina during the next.
' 00 days.
* Jesse Parrish was charged with
| larceny and trespass hut was
found guilty of trespass only.
Prayer for judgment was con
tinued upon the payment of the
‘ cost.
1 Arthur Harp and Lonnie Harp
1 were found guilty of possession
of intoxicating beer. Lonnie Harp
1 was sentenced to the roads for 00
■ clays, the sentence to be sus
pended upon the payment of a
1 $50 fine and half the cost. It ap
pearing to the court that Arthur
Harp was tried and convicted on
January 5. 1929 and that a sen
tence of 00 days was suspended
upon condition that the defendant
did not violate the prohibition
law again in two years, and it
appearing to the court from the
I evidence in the case that the de
j fondant has violated said sus
pended sentence, it was therefore
ordered that said Arthur Harp he
committed to jail and required
t.i serve the sentence of 00 days
• in full as set out in the former
, case and the prayer for judg
' ment in this case is continued
upon the payment oC half t lie
cost.
Will Pierce was found guilty of
possession. A 00 day road sen
tence was suspended upon the
payment of a $10 tine, and the
c os t.
' \Y. J. Jones, convicted of pos
session. was sentenced to the
roads for 00 days, the sentence to
be suspended upon, the payment
* of a $10 line and the cost.
Karl Karp was found guilty of
j possession and a 00 day road sen
I lence was suspended upon the
I payment of a $10 fine and the
, I rest.
i Preston Hill, aged 27. a
-white 1 armor, was convicted
1 possession of still ami of mann
c factoring. and a 120-day road sen
* | tenet* was suspended upon the
51 payment of a $”<) fine and the
- I CO.' I.
II. B. Odom, 28, white mechanic,
-‘convicted of operating a mot or
3 vehicle while intoxicated, received
> a four months road sentence. He
t kvas also taxed with the cost,
r doe Blackman, charged *':th
1 giving a worthless cheek. wa
p called and failed. Judgment ni >.i
I sci fa.
j Herman Lockhart plead guilty
to operating a car on highway or
t ! steel 'dins. Prayer for judgment
J was continued upon the payment
Q • of the cost.
o Lawyer Bradley, •'!<’>, colored far
o , mer, in court charged with carry
f ing concealed weapon and assauP
1- with deadly weapon, was fount
guilty of assault with deadl;
it weapon only. A four-months roa<
d sentence was .suspended upon tie
H payment of $."><) fine and cost.
.o Lester Woodard, guilty of vio
d lation of the prohibition law. wa.
lined $10 and taxed with tin
a cost.
i- Lonnie Lynch and Lester Wood
is . ai d were convicted of assault
i- j Prayer for judgment was continu
s, o:i upon the payment of half th
it j Ld Strickland, convicted of pos
ts session of intoxicating beer, wa
(TURN TO PAGE THREE)
ARDOR DAY TO DR
ODSRKVRI) AT SCHOOL
Today is Arbor Day, and
the occasion will be Ob'-err
ed at the local graded school
with appropriate exercises.
The public is invited to be
present at two-thirty o'clock
this afternoon at which time
Miss Lucile Lev's grade will
have charge of the Arbor Day
program.
The \\ Oman’s club is co
operating in the observance
of the occasion, and at this
time some trees and shrub
bery will be planted. AH who
have shrubbery to spare are
requested to send it to the
school house for planting this
afternoon.
Selma Audience
Likes Senior Play
“Eyes uf Love" Makes Hijy
Hit; Selma (ilee Club T<
Hroadeast From \M‘T!
This Evening
S L l. M A, March 21.— Drama,
ci lor, poetry, romance and high
spirited action allied with tune
ful music—a combination not too
common today came to Selma on
Tuesday evening when the Senior
cla'.s of the Selma high school
presented "Ryes of Love."
M'hen the play began. “Win- 1
s ,me Gaylia." the only daughter ■ ?
of Judge and Mrs. Barry was I
seen on the stage. "Oh, isn't she *
pretty." exclaimed a young fol
low. But just as he was about 1
to continue his conversation he I
burst into rollocking laughter for j ^
Carolina, the faithful old negro *■
sei \ ant had made her appear- •
anee. Was she funny? That she, ‘
was, or at least, she kept the'1
audience amused. Poor, supersti
tious Carolina, impersonated by I
MAppie Ward.
The next to appear was Royal t
Manton, handsome gentleman pur- *
suing the lovely Gaylia. Hayden i
Wiggs played the role of Royal L
and as lie proved to be a chip off '
the old block, he and Gaylia were •'
soon engaged.
The story was holding the in- '■
terest of the audience. Gaylia and I
Royal were engaged, but ther■ b
was a hidtlen mystery in Gaylia'.*
li-f<r which must now bo revealed.
Then it was that she learned that
she was not Judge and Mrs, :
Barry’s child, hut an udopte i ;
girl. Her real mother and father 1
were not known. Who were they '
and where wore they were the *
questions to he answered.
The only facts the Barry Tam- I
ily knew concerning the early
life of Gaylia was that, a mother ‘
had given up her life for the I
child Gaylia, but before she died I
she had left a note saying that 1
Gnylia's eyes were like her fath- 1
er’s. The Barry family had soon t
begun to notice that one of Gay-1
liu's eyes grew almost black 1
when she was angry.
in the Harry homo- Keeta and I
Burt Wade, parts taken l>y Letha
Rroadwell and Carlton Blackman. '
Those guests wore only a couple ;
of fraud.9 -Reeta wanted to dis- '
grace little Gaylia in order to
win Royal, while Burt wished to
marry Gaylia.
While the story of Gaylia’s life
was being told her. almost every
eye in the house held a tear. The
next minute they were rolling in
laughter because some humorous i
actor had appeared. Lora and 1
Clankey, a lovely maid and a busy
butler, also had a love affair. A
rather humorous one, for (Mark
had been advising Burt to flat
ter Lora so that she would keep
an eye on Gaylia for him. The
result, was that when (Mark be
gan making love to Lora, she ran
off the stage throwing his own
words back at him: “Flatter 'em
boss flatter 'em." (Mark was
played by R. L. Fitzgerald and
l.ora by Miss Velma Lee.
Judge and Mrs. Barry, or Ray
mond Sasser and Miss Margaret
Mood, had taken the guests to an
opera and left Gaylia at home
with Carolina. A pale figure clad
in a convict suit softly made his
way into the room. Gaylia made
no attempt to run. This convict
was “Trusty Jim” and saved her
from being kidnapped by Burl.
(TURN TO PAGE THREE)
< I.KVi:I AM) TOWNSHIP
SKIS KXAMPLE
X" small honor comes to
< leveland township, according
to a resident of that com
munity. in that a local Orange
Has organized there last
Tuesday night, this being the
first Orange in recent years
in (ho state. The organization
>viis effected by a representa
ti'c of the National Orange.
Mr. Frederick Frenchman.
Others will probably be form
cd over the state in tile near
future. In the meantime, the
history and purpose of the
Orange will be brought to the
attention of the farmers, so
that they may act judiciously
concerning the organization.
Relief Work In
Flooded Alabama
rown ill Elba Entirely I n<'
Water; Around l.i.OOO Kell
dered Homeless; A Numbei
oi Deaths
A wonderful relief work ha?
fen earned on in South Alabama
ylierr oik- of the worst Hoods in
he hi-tory of that state render
d homeless around 15,000 peo
le in the southern part of the
tale. During- the early part of
his week, the danger was very
rave and sixteen or more deaths
ave been reported. Governor
did) Graves took a survey of
he Hood zone in an airplane
nd Monday night made an ap
eal over the radio for help in
he disaster which had visited his
tate. Since then he has con
erred with the Alabama dete
ntion in Congress with a view
f securing Federal aid.
The town of Klba was per
aips the worst hit town of any
1 the Hooded area. The entire
own was under water with only
he tops of the buildings show
ig. The Red Cross established
refugee camp on the outskirts
f that town and everything pos
iible was done to relieve and
esc ue those who had been
aught by the Hood waters,
louses and other buildings fell
s the .water undermined the
ructures, the flood Caters leav
lg devastation in their wake,
’he Alabama River was over ten
dies wide in places south of
iclma, Ala., although the town
iself was safe. A modern Paul
Lev ere hurried through the Appa
u-hian Valley in Florida warn
ig the inhabitants of the coming
nod from Alabama and Georgia.
While relief work went ahead
i South Alabama and Northwest
'lorida over which the Hood
ad passed, refugees were per
flitted by the middle of the
.••ok to return to their homes in
ho South Alabama section and
ake up the work of reclaiming
heir property. They had a sym
pathetic assistance of the Ameri
an Red Cross, state and mmiici
>:i; authorities, and the various
Tderal government agencies
lurking through the Red Cross.
;kcom> death from
AUTOMOBILE \( i IDENT
I ►CN N", March 21-Bro/u o.
$yrd, age IT. son of Mr. and
til's. Clarence Byrd, of Route .r»
)u!tn, injured Sunday night, ir
ho auto accident that resulted
donday morning in the deal!
-f John Tadlock, his companion
lied at S:H0 Tuesday nioniinii
it the Cood Hope Hospital a!
\rwin. The two hoys were riding
Sunday night between Benson am
Turin on the running hoard of ;
ruck belonging to a FayettevilW
liy cleaning establishment hav
ng asked the driver of the trued
'or a ride. The truck collNle*
ivith a passenger car said t«
>0 long to Allen Johnson of Kou
Daks the two boys were throwi
ait on the pavement receivin'
the injuries that caused thei
deaths.
Substitute For Kggs.
W lien eggs soar in price, suh
stitute corn starch for them i
recipes. Instead of using t\v
eggs, for example, use only on
• nd i-ifl one tablespoon of th
corn starch with the flour to tak
the place of the second egg. i
Frank Graham Is
Banquet Speaker
Addresses B&PYY Club At
Annual Banquet Here Tues
day Evening; Employers
Are Guests
Comparing; womans venture into
. business and professional life to
that of the frontiersmen in the
'early history of America, Mr.
Frank Graham, of the History
Department of the State Univer
sity and president of the North
Carolina Social Service Confer
time, in an address at the annual
! banquet of the Business and Pro
fessional Woman's club here Tues
day evening1, lent encouragement
to the efforts that the organiza
tion is putting: forth to make
good. Reviewing the achievements
of men who have pioneered in
various fields of endeavor, he
pointed them out as examples of i
what may be done along new i
lines. He slated that inspiration J
for great things often come from 1
books, and he suggested that the
Business and Professional Wo
' man’s dub has an opportunity I
for real pioneering in making
liooks available to all of the pec- j
i pit*. The establishment of coun
! ly-wide library service would be
a goal worth while.
Mr. Graham had the perfect
; attention of his hearers through
j out his talk, an evidence of the
| keenness with which they follow
ed the speaker as he unfolded
I the message of the evening, lit*
I was introduced by George Rags
dale, a former pupil of Mr. Gra
ham at the State University.
Guests of the club on this oc- I
( c as ion were the employers of t h *
members of the club and a few
others. Covers were laid for fifty
nine and there was a hundred .
per cent attendance,
j The Woman’s club room where I
j the banquet was held, was never
more attractive than on this oc
casion. A profusion of yellow for
s yt h ia, spirea, peach blossoms,
daffodils and jonquils were frag
rant reminders of the Spring
A delicious menu in three I
courses was prepared by the
Volunteer Wesley class of the |
Methodist Sunday school and j
1 served by the following high '
school girls: Misses Mary Rags-j
dale, Daisy Young. Emily* Davis !
Smith and Lily Koonee Patter- J
A brief business session wa-'j
conducted after the first course, |
durimr which Miss Eva Johnson.
j chairman of the nominating com
mittee, made the following report I
which was adopted: presiden',•
Miss Sarah Turlington; vice-|
president, Miss Minnie Lee Har
rison; recording secretary, Mi; •
Jihetta Martin, corresponding sec-j
rotary, Miss Ida Batten; treasui-.
er, Mi'S Vara Sanders; legisia- ■
live chairman, Mrs. E. H. Kaus-; !
membership. Miss Elsie Boyette;
education. Mrs. T. J. Laissiter; i
(•miblem, Miss I.ucy Mathis; puo-,
licit y, Miss Ada Flowers; group
leadeis, Mrs. Jesse Coals, Miss
Mary E. Wells and Miss Ruth i
Wilson.
After the business session. Miss
Mary E. Wells, president of the •
cluli, extended a cordial welcome
to the guests, in her eharacteri.s-,
tic, easy manner, and then the (
toastmistress, Mrs. T. J. Lassi-1
ter, announced a very informal
and enjoyable feature of the pro-'
gram. Each member of the club j
, was called upon t<> state how she
would change her boss. Instead * f.
woman having the last word, the
bosses were allowed this privi
lege on this occasion, and the one
minute speeches of both employ
ees and employers were full of
wit and humor. After this fea
ture, Mrs. Harvey Honey gave a
1 very appropriate toast t<> the
lioss.es to which Judge F. H.
1 Brooks responded in gallant man
Mis.s Constance Harrelson de
lighted those present with a vo
cal selection entitled ‘‘Felice",
which was encored, and she then
• sang “Carolina Moon.’’ She was
• accompanied on the piano by Miss
’ Ruth Brooks.
' Special guests on this occasion
1 were Mrs. H. L. Skinner, pres
i ident of the Woman’s club; Rev.
1 Chester Alexander, president of
Local Farmers
Receive Federal Aid
mu
Leaves School for Stage
c.»:/.abetn Bowman, 19, member
;>f Boston's most exclusive social
•e\ has left an exclusive school to
fiake her debut on the stage. lief
's.thcr is a multimillionaire stock
>rokcr.
Problem Excites
Interest Several
Number Correct Answers
Conic In To Problem Stat
ed by Mr. W. H. Flowers;
High School Hoy Keplies
Recently Mr. \V. H. Flowers of
hour Oaks, route I. handed us
:ui arithmetic problem which he
:h alien get! the high school pupils
.uni teachers of Johnston county
to work. The problem was stated
as follows: “What size would a
farm have to be to be as many
acres as it will take boards to
enclose the farm four boards
itigh, twelve feet long?”
Three days after the problem
lad appeared in this newspaper,
kermit Blackman, a high school
aupil at Meadow school, sent in
i correct answer. To date this
is tiie only high school pupil
.vho has worked the problem and
reported to the Herald.
Several others, however, though
tot high school pupils or teach
:rs, have sent in answers to the
problem. Mr. A. Holt states
hat he lias never been to .school
at ore than twelve months all told
And that‘these months were scat
tered from two weeks to the year
;o one and a half months. Mr.
Holt, however, turned in a
correct answer to the problem.
Robert L. Powell, of Smith
field. route 1. states that he work
ed the problem in less than eight
minutes and he got the correct an
Mr. M. T,. Stancil, deputy clerk
in the sheriff's office, was also
among the number to turn in n
correct solution.
Others reported but missed the
answer by a small margin.
The correct answer to the prob
lem is as follows:
Number of acres in farm,
77.4 10.
Number of boards, required to
enclose it. 77,4-10.
SANDERS THEATRE OFFERS
WEEK S TICKET EACH FRI.
Every Friday in the Herald,
the Sanders theatre has here
tofore and will continue to
run an advance reader on the
picture which they are pre
senting' to its patrons for the
following: week. In this read
a name of some person
in or near Sinithtield will be
inserted, which will entitle
i he party to a ticket good for
a we» k's program at San
ders theatre. The party whoae
name appears will be required
t • clip the entire reader out of
•the Herald and present it to
the Sanders theatre box office
for their ticket. Look for the
reader on their picture, "The
Hattie of the Sexes” which
appears in this issue, and see
if you’re lucky.
SPLENDID PROGRAM by Ox
ford Orphanage singring class a'
j courthouse Wednesday night
I March 27. Admission free.
the Kiwanis club; and Mr. H. V
Rose, commander of the Pou
Parrish Post of the American Le
gion.
'Johnston County to Partici
pate In the Farmers Seed
i and Loan Fund
j
I Johnston county is listed as
! one of the first counties in
North Carolina to receive aid
from the Farmers Seed and Loan
Fund, which is a part of the
$6,000,000 fund recently appropr
iated by Congress.
A local committee has been
'appointed to pass on applications
from Johnston county. This com
J mittee will meet in the eommis
] sioners room of the courthouse
j Tuesday, March 26, from 10 a.
m. to 1 p. m. to receive these
; applications. Application blanks
! may be obtained from the reg
| istcr of deeds office in Smith
field; J. T. Kdgerton, Kenly;
Peacock Drug Company, Benson,
j Anyone desiring to apply for a
1 loan should carefully read" the Ln
! structions given below. Obtain an
application blank from one of
the places mentioned above and
present same before the county
committee on March 26. The fol
lowing instructions as to how to
! get a fertilizer, seed, and feed
loan are sent out from the Unit
ed States Department of Agri
culture:
How Can I Get a Fertilizer, Seed,
and Feed Loan?
In the following paragraph.-,
the principal questions which are
.'likely to be asked -by farmers
who wish to get a loan from the
Department of Agriculture for
the purchase of fertilizer, seed.
I and feed are answered briefly.
No attempt is made to give fuil
details of the general regula
j lions, which are contained in a
'circular (S. A. Form No. 1) issued
* by the' Secretary of Agriculture
under date of
1. What is the authority for
i these loans?—The Secretary of
Agriculture is authorized : ••
make loans to farmers in storm
and flood-stricken areas in Vir
ginia, North Carolina, South Car
olina, Georgia, Florida, and Ala
bama. for the purchase of seed
of cotton, tobacco, corn, legume •,
1 nursery stock. and vegetable
crops, feed for work stock and
fertilizer, where he shall find that
special need for such assistance
exists, and upon such terms an 1
subject to such regulations as he
prescribes, including an agree
ment by each farmer to use the
fertilizer and seed thus obtained
: by him for crop production. ThD
; authority is carried in an act of
I Congress approved February 2-h
1 1921*.
1 2. Where can I make applica
I tion for a loan?—The field office
for the handling of applications
for seed loans from flood and
storm damaged areas in Virginia,
! North Carolina, South Carol in
Georgia. Florida, and Alabama,
has been established at Columbia.
; S. C. Application blanks and oth
er necessary forms have been
'sent to county agricultural agent
or other designated represent i
tives and will be distributed by
1 them to hanks and other conven
ient places for the use of appli
cants.
it. How large a loan can l ob
tain?—The largest amount which
Jean be loaned to an individual
'is $2,000, the maximum fixed in
the act. The amount loaned wii1
be based oil the requirements of
; the applicant for fertilizer, feed,
and seed, and the acreage of crops
i on which he gives a crop lien
lo secure the payment of the
loan made to him. Loans may be
made in less amount than that for
which application is made. In the
case of land planted or to be
planted in cotton or tobacco, no
loan or advance for or sale of
see,| and fertilizer shall exceed
$8 per acre, and in the case of
land planted or to be planted in
ether crops, no loan or advance
' for or sale of seed and fertilizer
; shall exceed $;l per acre.
•4. What must 1 do in order to
i obtain a loan?—You must make
application on S. A. Form No. 2
: furnished by the Department of
Agriculture and accompany it with
I a note (Form No. 2). chattel
I mortgage (Form No. 4) and
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