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LANDLORDS NOT TO BLAME FOR TENANT PLIGHT Share Tenants Economic Situation Is Farm from Being Satisfactory The attempt to fix the blame on the landlords for share croppers and Share tenants having to receive teder a! and state aid is rather far-tetched in the opinion of Ur. GW- Forster, head of the department of Agncoltu at Economics at State College. Ur Forester has studied the situa tion in rather full detail and while he admits that the share tenant s eco nomic situation is far from satisfac tory and probably always ha* been still his income fluctuated with 1 changes in income from agriculture “When agriculture was in a tair y prosperous condition, the share crop per and share tenant participate., with the landlords in these prosper ous conditions." Dr. Forester said. “Perhaps tenants did not share o the full extent that they should have, but they participated. In we studied 230 share tenants in east ern Carolina and that year, the crop per’s share of the cash receipts was $1,030. After deducting his share ot the iarm expenses including the high interest rates for capital ^advanced, his net return averaged $766. 1 he value of the labor of his family was estimated to be worth ^$271 which left him a wage of $493.” Dr. frorester puuu* ^u«. - the tenant secured some $170 worth of food, fuel and the like from the owner’s farm. In that year, cotton and tobacco sold for an average of a hout 18 cents a pound. Then came the slump and the in come of both landlords and tenants shrunk due to the rapidly lowering prices of all farm products. The large part of the difficulty was the failure of industry to pay adequate prices for farm products. This was seen in the case of tobacco. While the price of tobacco was declining 71 percent, the net income of the three big tobacco manufacturing companies advanced front over 49 million dollars to about 106 million dollars, Forster said. PENSIONS FOR AGED TALKED Expect Subject To Be Live Issue At Next Session Of Legislature -- Washington, June 3.—Old age pen sions, a subject never seriously coil-, sidered by a North Carolina legisla ture, will probably be a live topic in . the General Assembly of 1935. The reason lies in pending Federal : legislation, which while doomed to j failure in this session of Congress, has every prospect of favorable action at the next session. When a majority of the counties in | North Carolina want anything, or for that matter, when a majority of the counties will benefit directly by any legislation, that legislation has a well night irresistable appeal. The same thing is true of a measure in Con gress that will directly benefit a ma jority of the states. Without the spur of a Federal ap propriation. which will be available to states with old age pension laws and will not be available to states without such laws, no less than 28 of the 48 : state- have already enacted old age ! pension statutes, most of the enact ments being of a very recent date. The bill now pending in Congress would make a Federal contribution of ! one-third of the sums provided by State laws for old-age pensions. The : measure has not yet passed in either branch of Congress, but the debate when the bill was reached on the Senate calendar last week revealed the strong support which it has. Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Dem ocratic floor leader, said: "Mr. President, I think legislation of this character is inevitable and shall make no objection to its considera tion at this time.” The Senate was at the time operat ing under a rule which requires unan imous consent for the passage of any nnasure. Senator Metcalf, Rhode Is land, Republican, objected, and the bill was passed over. However, the debate in which sev eral Senators joined, made it evident that whenever the bill is brought to a vote in the Senate it will pass that body. -® INCREASE SEEN IN LEAF STOCK NOW ON HAND Flue-Cured Stocks Larger 104,645,00 Pounds Report Shows -<S» Stocks of leaf tobacco in the United States owned by dealers and manu facturers amounted to 2,441,4e4,000 pounds on April I, 1934, compared with 2,277,904,000 pounds on April 1, 1933. This is an increase in the total stocks of 163,550,000 pounds over the ! stocks of a year ago April 1. From January 1, 1934, to April 1, 1934, to tal stocks increased 259,112,000 pounds The increase during the same period of 1933, namely January 1, 1933, to April 1, 1933, amounted to only 133,- ! 171.000 pounds. t ' Stocks of flue-cured tobacco on hand April 1, 1934, were 784,925.000 pounds, compared with 680,280,000 pounds on April 1. 1933, an increase of 104, 645.000 pounds over the holdings of a year ago. During the first quarter of 1934 flue-cured stocks decreased 73.199.000 pounds, compared with a decrease of 89,217,000 pounds during the first quarter of 1933. Stocks of Type 11 on April 1, 1934, were re ported at 339,028,000 pounds; type 12 as 266,234,000 pounds; type 13 as 128, 670.000 pounds; and type 14 as 50,993, Notice to Voters of Washington County I want to thank you very much for the support that you gave me in the Democratic primary June 2. Also I will greatly appreciate your further sup port in the second primary to be held June 30. E. G. ARPS To the Democratic Voters of Washington County I am a candidate for Representative in the General Assem bly in a Primary Election to be held June 30, 1934. In the First Primary I received the second highest number of votes, Harry Stell having received the highest number, his margin over me be ing only a little over ten per cent of the votes cast. I feel that those who voted for J. C. Gatlin should now have an opportunity •to choose between me and Mr. Stell. I also feel that there are issues which have not been made clear to the people, and which should have a great bearing on the result in this contest. I shall soon make a further statement making these issues clear. I am told that Mr. Stell contends that an agreement was entered into not to call a Second P'imary, and that the high man in the first Primary should be the nominee. I emphatically deny that any agreement was ever entered into. It was discussed sep arately by the candidates, but Mr. Stell, Mr. Gatlin, and I were never all present together during the whole campaign, and cer tainly never made such an agreement. Fellow Democrats, great issues are at stake. I solicit your support, and ask all of you to reserve your vote without pledging to Mr. Stell until I can see you, and until I can have opportunity to publicly declare on the issues at stake. Edward L. Owens SALES TAX TO BE LEADING ISSUE IN NEXT ASSEMBLY Proponents and "Antis" Are Claiming Majorities in 1935 Legislature Hardly before the primary returns j were tabulated this morning propon ents and opponents of the sales tax were claiming majorities in the house of representatives. Reports state that there will be many new members in the house this coming term, but their stand on the sales tax remains to be determined in many cases. The sales was a vial issue in politi cal campaigns for membership in the 1935 General Assembly in many sec tions of the state, and many of the contests were settled with that as the . chief facor of selection. The exact complexion of the next General As sembly as regards the sales tax is not yet definitely known, but Willard Dowell, secretary of the North Caro lina Merchants Association, and a lead ing foe of the levy, has predicted that the anti-sales tax group would pre dominate in the law-making body next term. The sales tax issue was not heard j in this county, the Democratic can didate, H. G. Horton, for the House, being nominated without opposition, and three of the candidates for the , Senate centering their campaigns in : other districts, where they are said 1 to have more or less successfully evaded the issue. The only senatorial candidate to take a definite stand ' against the sales tax was defeated. While he isn t at all wedded to the sales tax, Hugh G. Horton, Demo- i cratic nominee for the House of Rep- ' resentatives from this county, said if such a levy was nevessary to maintain the credit of the state and keep the schools open he would not hesitate to vote for a sales tax. If there was any possible way to raise revenue oth er than by a sales tax. he would vote against it, Mr. Horton said, when questioned on the matter yesterday. WANT CONGRESS TO QUIT JUNE 9 -® Delays May Be Encounter ed and Adjournment Be Postponed -$ Washington.—Responding to White House pressure. Democratic leaders recently ordered double-quick action on pressing administration legislation to bring about adjournment of Con gree by the 9th of next month. I Although some delay may be en countered that will deter adjourn ment to around June 15, Senators and Representatives alike are anxious to leave the legislative scene and return home for primary election campaigns. I They felt somewhat encouraged to- 1 day over the outlook since differences between the two branches on the highly controversial stock market regulation and air mail bills have been composed in conference and the House is prepared to act on the new silver monetary measure. The Senate expects to pass the much-debated reciprocal tariff measure late in the week in time to turn to the silver bill, but if the administra tion insists upon enactment of pro-' posals, including the Wagner labor bill, delays may be encountered. -® CHEVROLET BUSINESS UP, -- 43,311 Units Are Delivered During First Twenty j Days of May j Detroit.—Chevrolet dealers deliv ered 43,311 units during the first 20 days of May, according to William E. Holler, general sales manager of Chevrolet Motor Company. Retail deliveries durnig the year to May 20 totaled 324,344 against 223, 857 units for the same period of 1033, 145 per cent of the same time last year. I Retail deliveries of commercial cars • and trucks continued to gain. Deal- j ers delivered 7,943 commercial units during this 20-day period against 5, 470 for the same period a year ago. “Because of the tremendous public demand for the new 1934 model knee 'action cars, production has not yet been able to keep pace with sales re quirements,” said Mr. Holler. “The May 20 report shows that Chevrolet dealers have on hand 30,000 unfilled orders for knee-action models. This, together with the sales activities of the dealers, assures a very satisfactory last 10-day period in May. “Unquestionably, fully enclosed knee action, shock-proof steering, cable controlled brakes, 80-horsepower en gine, and Fisher body have definitely met with public acceptance and have established an outlook for increased ^ activity during the summer months.” -S Farmers Like Corn-Hog Contract Provisions -® Gates, Hertford, and Hyde County | farmers have been enthusiastic about | the corn-hog contracts, since the pay ments made on the hogs by which they reduce production are more than the anticipated profit on the hogs they | are to raise. 000 pounds. The details report by! groups of grades shows about the same ! relative proportion of tobacco in the! various groups. Home and ciub News By Miss Eugenia Patterson Mrs. PI. ] Peele led the curb mar ket in sales >r last Saturday by sell ing $8.55 v rth of produce. The ♦curb market 'lies for the month of May amounted to $108.74. Practically all of this went back to the town mer chants for . oceries, etc. -$ Mrs. Joe Browning had huckleber ries on the arket la>t Saturday, the first to be - Id this season. Rather early, isn’t -<g> The CreswlI club has a movement on foot to • iy silver to serve farm ers’ dinner- etc. This will not be used for club suppers only, but will be considered community silver. The club gave a silver tea on May 18 to start a fund for this. Over three dol lars were made. Look out for some thing later r -m them. Mrs. Jin. i;. Davis, from the Lake Farm Club, i- the first woman in the •county to buy a steam pressure for canning tl. season. Isn’t this fine? -.a The women of the Lake Farm Club met last Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Li: y Davenport. The meet ing was op ned and presided over by the president. Since the secretary ■could not be present, her daughter acted as secretary. The demonstration for the after noon, which was given by Miss Pat terson, the home agent, dealt with ‘Grooming.’ After tlu demonstration, games were played and club songs sung. Din ing the social hour cocoanut candy was served by the hostesses. A large crowd was in attendance, and two new members added. Mrs. Sherrod Clifton received the :>rize, a dozen quart jars, for the best work done in the kitchen campaign. Sirs. Pennie Vanhorn won the garden j arize for May, a dish pan. Mrs. La- | ham Smith received the prize for the j best work done in housekeeping. 1 rhere were others who did splendid j work and gave these women some vork to get ahead of them. -® Mrs. W. H. Harrison, president of he county council of home demon- 1 'tration clubs, had an article in The j Progressive Farmer this month. See >age 20. HIGH SPEED TIRE BY FIRESTONE —®— According to Williamston Motor Co., local Firestone dealers, the new Firestone high speed tire for 1934 is the last word in tire construction—it is the greatest tire Firestone ever built. “In no produc today is there wid er performance difference than in the various makes of tirts at high speeds," it was said. “No other product is more ivital for safety of motorists. The 500-mile race of past years at the Indianapolis Speedway was recog nized as a race of tire^. To keep the ! tread t>n the body of the tire was the greatest problem due to the terrific strain and the heat generated by in ternal friction at high speeds. Gum Dipping was the .nswer of Firestone engineers. ( "In the recent series of stock car find road races in California, Firestone tires have always been on the win ning cars. They are the same kind of tires the motorist purchases from his 'K'al dealer. All the great racing driv ^ers arc familiar with occasions when a driver using another make of tires had to slow up or stop at the pits for a tire change on account of tread sep | aration. The thicker the tread the more heat it holds in the tire—unless the body construction guards against internal friction heat. “Gum-dipping the high stretch cords ! gives the adhesion which welds the tire into one strong unit. This made it possible for Firestone to develop the first successful balloon tire in 1923, and has made possible other de velopments which have brought lead ership based on performance. With the amazing advancement of tire safe ty and mileage, Firestone has always sought efficient production sc that the motorist would pay no premium.” Of Interest to Colored People A revival is expected to start in the ' St. Mary’s Colored Christian church at Cherry on or about the first week in August. Special music will be a feature. Preaching will be done by the pastor, Rev. 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