North Carolina Newspapers

^???^y^wiiyrgBiirrTTTT r - - - ? | ^^"'AivlfUaet*, Wot "| .. ? ?? ,- ^ .? -??".?? ? - '*' -. .... -vf *teil^e merchant^oo flaw fui^f I I I I I I I l l i i i i i r ? I ? ? ? ... i i I.., i .; ????-??- ? . ??? '? ... VOL. TWENTY-THREE FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24 I&88 - WtrrMorxj nrtnm,"^~ ' ? ' ' ? : IP^BBK.PORrV-TWO * - w- . . ^ Formally Announces Thai Representative Lewfe Douglas WilTBe New Director of The Budget Albany, N. Y., Feb. 2S--Presi dent-elect Roseveit speeded up his reorganisation program today vith the announcement that Representa tive Lewis Douglas, of Arizonia, it to be his budget director. As be announced Douglas' selection ?fnd said he was already at work, the Frceident-elect also formally, an ?onced the name of his Secretary of War?George H. Dern, of Utah, as definitely stated in Associated Press Wjl"il' bin yeetsrrday. It was learned hit authoritative circles in Washington that Mr. Roosevelt would fill another important post with appointment of Jaige Rob-.rt W. Bingham, Louisville publisher, an ambassador to London. Mr. Roosevelt intends to make one of the most sweeping and slashing re organisations of government at tempted in recent history. He disclosed that Douglas is now working at Washington with Swagar Shea-ley, of Kentucky, and Daniel C. Roper, of South Carolina, in the preparation of reorganization data. Roper is regarded definitely as the Secretary' of Commerce in the Roose velt cabinet. Only preliminary reports have bam received so far, but he expects] to have a program in shape fori submission to the extra session of the New Congress that will make possible millions of dollars in econ omy. Douglas, advised of the President elect's announcement, said in Wash ington: "That the budget should 5e actually balanced is to my mind one of the most important objectives of the incoming administration." * "It is, of course, the function of G^^ress and the President to ap prove*, or to disapprove, in whole or in pan, any plan which I may be able to evolve. "I leave the House of Represent atives with deep regret," Members of the North Carolina House delegation at Washington also have raaeived indications that Presi dent-elect Roosevelt is giving consid eration to appointment of C." L. Shup ing, prominent Greensboro attorney, at Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Since Daniel C. Roper, Internal Revenue Commissioner in the Wilson a&nmistration, has been virtually as sured of the Portfolio of Secretary of Commerce, this place has not been filled. Roper was originally 3lated for the post. Shuping was one of the early ?? * *?-- ?? xr?LU Kooeevext 2dVOC2iWS m urui- vaxv/* lis* and a delegate to the national convention in Chicago last summer. He is close to Senator Bailey, having managed his unsuccessful campaign fair governor in 1924 and his success ful. campaign for the Senate in 1930. Ifce entire North Carolina House delegation has endorsed Shaping, but no members have as yet heard that he has been designated. it is known, however, that Roose velt desires to have a prominent North Carolina Democrat hold one of the important posts in his ad ministration. Highway-Prison Merger Favored Senate Passes Contro verted Measure and Sends It Over To Ifceae RaMlfi, Feb. 23.?By a vote rf 35 to 8, the State Senate yesterday passed the reorganization committee's bill to ooneoHdatw the State Prison and Hfcdbngr departments, a merger which will effect a savings of over ($400,000, according to its sponsors. I The MB, which has had rough sled ding in its Senatorial passage, now I armory'against I ShasShw Tbomas to deter the Senators from voting artad ? SaMMmm- ? fif I :.rtVfl J SMkMmvi irmfiiilm -> T* ^ JIH?IIWII- Jfi mi iiuiy. ? ' v^BB^^Sar-' ? 4' . ' -"z'jk: ras',-.. ?' ?' "~' ~ i' j [ Twice Beauty Winner Marine Gagnon was picked by noted artists as one of the twenty most beautiful fashion mannequins in the U. 8. . . . Then in a later judging finished among the first flve^ and declared the model and manne quin with the most personality. Senate Finally Passes Bill To End Commission Bill For One Utility Commissioner Amend | ed and Sent To House ! Raleigh, Feb. 24.?The Senate yes i terday acted finally on the bill abol i ishing the Corporation Commission I and substituting one Utility Commis | sioner with two part-time assistants. I The maasure, which has been pend i ing in the Senate since January 20, ! now goes to the House for action. As 1 amended the present three members ! of the Corporation Commission would | hold office until January 1, J 934. The House yesterday devoted much of its time to reconsidering two.of the three hills passed Wednesday over the strenous objections of pro ponents. One of the measures would charge the Highway Commis sion with maintenance of city streets over which highways pass and the other would permit utility companies to operate without a certificate of convenience and necessity The State Senate yesterddy rid it self of the bill to abolish the Cor p<yation Commission by passing it on third reading and sending it over to the House of Representatives. A committee substitute, the meas ure provides replacement of the three members of the present Com mission by a single public utilities commissioner and two part-time as sociates to sit with him in hearings on issues of fact. It will save tax payers an annual aggregate of S6,900 in salaries now paid the Corporation Commissioners and which amount to approximately $15,000 a year. Before being voted, on the bill was amended to become effective Janu ary 1, 1934, instead of next July 1, and the terms of the proposed as sociate commissioners were increased from two to four years and arranged in staggered order. Senator Francis, of Haywood, sub mitted the former amendment, and Senator Hinsdale, of Wake, proposed the latter. Senator Hinsdale also secured adoption of. an amendment providing nothing in the bill to be construed as preventing rate reduc tions without public hearings. Catawba County poultry growers have sold one shipment of capons to eastern markets this season for 21% cents a pound. Miss Venetia Cox Arrives From China -Jr - . r ? ' ? ? Ayden, Feb. 22.?Miss Venetia Cox daughter of the late Dr. B. T. Coo and Mrs. Mary Cox of. Winterville who has taught music at St. Hilda's > School, Wuchang, China, for a num t ber of years has come home for i nx months furlough. She has many busy days ahead o: . ner as different branches of th* I Woman's Auxiliary over the Dioeesi t re trying to book her up for lee ' "ures which are illustrated by mov ^ l limfty, the penod. ? She is a . coosi Takeit for gran^that*geheral sales tax would not be burdensome, ) there are still good reasons why it would not be practical. For instance; The merchant who ords of his business transactions, whether cash or charge, has no means whatever of escaping the tax, even if he wanted to, however-this la not the type of merchant who would even try to evade the tar. On the other hand take the merchant, or vender who does"/ne?ffiii>g ? a record of Kis business transactions. I ask yon how are yon going to collect from this type, the just proportion -of taxes he is supposed to pay? Nmetysine par cent of them will evade the tax as far as possible. If a general sales tax is inevitable beyond doubt, if this is the only source of revenue to be had to bal ance the budget, thai let me suggest that you go a step further and ^make it compulsory that every merchant, i ? i' i ? iii iw iwMs?s>Msawisi sales whether they be sash or charge. fiNfe direct ?"?& fe established toward the eoUecting of tfcr^axesyou might as well not create the soiree of the tax, iheref<He *reco*d satis. mm should W r^^ed^every^S son, persons, firms or corporations making it a business of buying and selling for profit A complete record of sales will make a visible channel by which the tax can be reached, otij erwise only a few will bear the bor-J den of this tax, and we have failed to accomplvdx the desired a??v The time merchants especially will suffer the consequences of a general sales tax, due t6 the very fact that; they keep complete records of sale6, upon which a major portion of this tax will' be realized. . Create along with the sales tax if yon will?a sys tem whereby equity will be meted out to all alike.?M. Liles, Farmville, N. C. I " i i i ? '??'ii i ' 'n' - | Campbell Again Shelters World Record For Speed British Sportsman Dri i ves His Monster Blue ! bird at 272 MOes An Hour Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 22.?Sir Malcolm Campbell, Britain's knighted son of speed, blazed across the crys tal sands of Daytona Beach in his monster Bluebird racing machine to day to a new world's land speed re cord of 272.108 miles an hour. More than 50,000 persons were perched on the dunes that border ( the speedway when Campbell, ignor- . ing a misty'haze that doubled his i chances of death, smashed by T8 ( miles an hour the old mark of 253.37, I which he established on the same , course last year. j j Today's record was made in two ^ j runs. On his run south, Campbell, j ' bucking a slight headwind, flashed j j through the measured mile in :13.IB I seconds, or at 273.556 miles an hour. ^ ! After 20 minutes during which His j mechanics changed the Bluebird's tiies and checked her motor, the Briton swung his car around and started north. This time he ham- J mered through the official mile in ( :18.30 seconds for a speed of 270.676 ? miles an hour. ^ His average time in the measured ; jmile was :13.23. ; At the same time he broke the 1 1 mile mark, Campbell boosted the one i kilometer record to 271.636 miles per j hour. His time through the kilometer j was slower than in the mile, it talc- j ing him :8.18 to cover the shorter ^ distance going south and :8.24 go ing. north. May Tan Hides \ j For Home XJsej, ! Farmers who compare the price of j1 | hides with the price for purchased ' leather have become interested in tanning the 'skins at home and many j are doing a successful job. To aTd . {them in this work, Ear! H. Hostetler, ' in charge of livestock research at State College, has worked out some I. methods which may be used to ad vantage. ' Mr. Hosteteler says the principles cf home tanning are very simple and may be mastered very easily: First . ? the hide must be .carefully "flushed" lor scraped on th^ flesh side to re , I move all particles of meat or blood. ' Then, the hair side needs to be thor | J oughly cleaned. This should be done, . j he says, whether the hide is to be I tanned with the hair on or off. He j suggests using a package of some washing powder like Gold Dust to one gallon of warm water. Next trim off all ropgh edges including the 1 parts around the feet. k To cure the hide or pelt, only com- < mon salt is needed. Allow the skin ; to cool thoroughly and then spread, , j flesh side up, on a clean floor whidh ? ? ? ? ^ ?ix n | | has been spnnHec TOC CBJBr , the flesh side with salt and rub in, ' using plenty of salt Curing will be complete in one to Cwo weeks. To tan the curedhide, use three ounces of commercial sulphuric acid, gallon of soft water. Make up this . solution in a wooden bucket or barrel t using enough of the solution to cover the number of hides to be tanned. Small thin hides should be left in this solution from 12 to 24 hours and the t heavier cowhides from two to thqpe - days. Stir every few hour^' to insure - uniform tanmngghd was]? well when >- SSllll; 1, Mr. Hostetler says the "pelt or hide a should ^ ^^^^rested. ^ ?oy one si The Board of in Ca [j I by cJ&" McD. Horton Prominent Citizen farmville Passes . Funeral Services From Residence At 11:00 Saturday Morning McD. Horton, 61, one of Pitt bounty's prominent sons and a be oved citizen of Parmville, died at his lome at 3:30 Friday morning after in illness of several weeks duration. Funeral services will be held from die residence at 11:00 Saturday mowi ng with the following ministers of ficiating: Revs. J. B. Roberts, Prim tive Baptist, C. B. Mashburn, Christ an Disciples, H. L. Hendricks, Meth >dist and J. Q. Beckwith, Jr., Episco pal. and interment will talce place ini forest HU1 cemetery. Mr. Horton was the youngest son >f the late McDonald and Lenie Ty son Horton. He was regarded Jiroughout the State as a business nan of outstanding integrity and pro minence, his generous and cordial lature together with splendid qual ties at head and heart, winning a iistinctive popularity for him among varying classes of people, who came vithin his acquaintance. He served lis fellow-citizens in the State Legis ature, as County Commissioner and n several town offices, faithfully and veil for many years. He was engag ed in extensive farming operations ind business enterprises until a few fears ago when ill health forced him jo retire. He was a charter members of the ocal order Knights of Phythias and die Rotary Club and was a member >f the Washington Elk lodge. In addition to the wife of a second narriacre. Mrs. Helen Adkinson Wat cinsj he leaver two daughters, Mrs. j f. L. Shackleford of Farmville arid Miss Evelyn M. Horton of Washing ton, D. C.; two sisters, Mrs. W. A. Pollard, Sr. and Mrs. Joe Parker and i brother, Albert Horton of Farm rille. ? ? ? Cut Salaries Of Officers Elective Officers, Jur ors and Court Steno grapher Get Wage Cut Greenville, Feb. 21.?In a special meeting: Monday the Board of County Commissioners pat into effect a 10 per cent cut in the salaries of the county's constitutional officers and made cuts in the pay of jurors and the court stenographer. At a former meeting a special com mittee was appointed to go into the rastter of salary cuts with the elected officials and Monday's meeting" was to hear the committee juijors and the court stenographer. At a former meeting a special com mittee was appointed to go into the matter of salary cats with the elected officials, and Monday's meeting *ras to hear the committee reports and to. confirm same.v< While the elec tive officers' salaries are fixed by statute the board askjgjd whether or not in view of present conditions these officers Would accept the cut, indicating that in case of refusal ef fort would be made to have the Leg islature reduce the salaries by law. The officers yoluntari^ the Greenville, Feb. 22.?The North Carjollns Legislature now in session was highly praised tonight by Charles *f. Johnston, State treasurer, in an ad-; dress before a meeting of Group No. 1 of the North Cardlina Bankers*! Association. "I have been closely identified ylrith each session of the General As [aembly for the past 12 years and I i ifcarpffti* am in a Dosition to know that there has never been during that period a more conscientious body of men assembled to take care of your interests," he declared. Johntson said the Legislature had not made the progress that some peo ple think they should have made, i "but they are going about their Job deliberately and carefully, which is as they should do. With conditions las they are, which require that rigid economy be practiced, and at the same time not go so far as to niin| the State, it naturally takes time to j do the job properly, and I feel sure that wh.-n they adjourn everyone' will agree that they have realty done something worth while, and after they have completed their work the man who will carry it on as the head, of our State government is t?ie equal of any man who has ever held the high office of Governor of our great State, and therefore has the courage and ability to, and will car oo if O^AtllW Kp " I y IV uii ao iv w. "The credit of the State of North C arolina," the treasurer asserted, "is still good and it will continue td be if the General Assembly balances the budget, which they are unques tionably going to do." Johnston came out in favor of State support of the eight-months school term, saying it will mean greater ef ficiency and operation will cost less. "I am in favor of the State taking over the total cost of operating the schools." he said. "This will mean greater efficiency and it can be done for less money. And then again, it will reduce the property tax. Real property camiot stand the load that it is now carrying. That is certain; therefore, unless the State does as sume the total cost of the school system in North Carolina it is going to break down. We cannot run them any longer on revenues received from property taxes which we, can not collect, for the reason that the people cannot pay them. We might as well recognize that fact. "The people of the State must make up their minds that they must sacrifice governmental services which they have demanded in the past They cannot pay for them and there fore should not expect the govern ment to do for them what they can not pay for and what it was not in tended to do when it was set up. "TO,*, wiAot rnrriA u<nnnmv in oil fnmts i liV U1VOV **g?u WVMVM^ **?? ? ? - of governmental activities must be practiced." Value Of Garden Reported by Growers ,A farm garden, one-half acre in size, is worth exactly $168.33 in cash to a family of six persons and its value probably exceeds this when the better health of the family is con sidered. "We usually do not think of the cash value of a garden in a system of self-sustaining farming but records kept for us last year by 75 farm fam ilies show this plot of land to be an important asset," says H. R. Niswon ger, extension horticulturist at State College . "The average size of the family from which the records were secured consisted of the farmer and his wife and four children. The gar den plot averaged one-half acre in size and cost $4.77 in seeds and fer tiliser to get in shape. The returns in fresh vegetables were valued., at $168.33 above the cost of the seeds and fertilizer." IUO &JI1U UJ1L UX XXCDli vcgckautto used amounted to an average value |o(P: $150, Mr. Niswonger says. Ir addition, there was ah average of lie .quarts canned during the summer and valuing this at 15 cents a quart, the return was $17.40. Fresh vegetables to the value of $15.70 were sold from each garden and. about $12.50 worth were given away to neighbors f or needy persons. l:y r Mr. Niswonger believes it more than ever important to have a good garden this season. The one-half acre size is all right for the small family but larger families need an acre given over for-the production of vegetables. Ib' addition, other land should be planted to i>g*termeIons cantaloupes and sweet potatoes. listed but one day, was changed to $5.00 per day and expenses not to exceed $2.00 per day with provision | One Leg, Then Wrap j I They are panta but they are put on in a peculiar manner. One leg. is a regular leg and slips on, foot first. . . The otiter leg 41 wraps around" I and forms the new beaeh trousfera , which Nell Hughes of Memphis dem onstrates above. Japan Calls For j Quick Surrender : | 01 Ancienl Jebol \ ' i And Chinese Emphatic- i ally Reject Japanese ; Ultimatum and Pre-, pare For War (" 1 i Peiping, Feb. 24;?An ultimatum demanding the evacuation of the pro- I vince of Jehol by Chinese troops was : served by Japan on China today and 1 at the same time Tang Yu-Lin, Chinese governor of the province 1 announced that a Japanese force * of 30,COO launched a fierce on slaught on the city of Chaoyang last night after a three-day bombard ment from the air. Governor Tang declared that the' Japanese used infantry, artillery tanks and aircraft in the attack which was preceded by an air bomb ing preparatipn not only at Chay- J yang, but also on surrounding. vil lages. In the face of the onslaught, the governor's announcement said, tne Chinese have withdrawn their out lying detachments in the Nanling- | Peipiao area in order to form a ( stronger line at Chaoyarig and along j the "hills overlooking the valley ( through which the Japanese must , pass as the offensive develops. 1 Unomicially, it was sand that while \ the Japanese may find the capture j of some border towns comparatively t easy, it will be far different when < the attempt to penetrate the Jehol j mountains under fire from strategi- ] cally-placed Chinese mpchine guns i and artillery. < The Japanese ultimatum threat- ] ened that if China's troops are not \ K?mnvo<) -fmtm .ToViaI. the combined i | IU1I1V ? VV4 v?a w v-. VJ ^ j armies of Japan and Manchukuo will drive, them out. At the headquarters cf Chang ; Hsiao-Liang a spokesman for the marshal indicated that Chang would j not be deterred from his campaign if resistance in Jehpl. "The Japanese already appear to have launched an attack on JehoI7' he said. "It doesnt make any dif ference now whether they present m ultimatum or not. We haven't received any word from any- Japa nese spokesman, and if we uo, well ignore it." Lo Wen-Ken, the foreign minis ter, received the ultimatum frm S. Uyemura, the Japanese consul gen eral at Nanking, who said he was toting under instructions from To kyo. The foreign minister submitted t to the rest of the cabinet^ but it vas a foregone conclusion that China .vould reject the demand. Mr. Uyemura told Dr. Lo that the Tapanese army has no present plan - o advance south of the Great Wall ] it China, which is the southern boun- I try of Jehol, 'Unless developments < .vithm control of the Chinese govern- \ nent necessitates such action," I Mr. Uyemura, pointingout that no j ime limit was placed upon the de- < nand for evacuation, described the i iomucent he gave to Dr. Lo as a | 'warning" but in other quarters it I 'as accepted as an ultimatum. 1 Marshal Chang's headquarters here sported that.':$iaoyang, a city in rahol less than 50 miles from the \ fanchurian frontier, h?d been bomb- i ^ by Japanese planes, Boombs also vere dropped on Peipiao and Nau- ? Jng, easton ;the railroad to 3 Ibinehow^ Manchuria, Telegraph sta ions in both towns were destroyed, "he Chinese asserted that anti-air- ? raft guns saved the Chaoyang posf- < j~s - ? ?*? > vi To Let .People tDedde Whether% Prohibition: Should Prevail As Law Of Land After TMr- . teen Years of Trial ;. ?'" "," Washington, Feb. 21. fifteen states, spurred on by a desire to be first, definitely had set oat on the road toward repeal oi the prohibition amendment a few hours after Con gress put the question before them. Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his en couragement within a few moments after the house had spoken with a fifteen vote margin to let the people decide whether prohibition should prevail as. the law of the land after .... thirteen years of trial and contro versy. But with the expressed gratifies tlvH at the action or tne nouse in incurring with the senate the presi dent elect interpolated a farther tope that the present CongTess in its dying days' would fulfill another Democratic platform pledge by lega ting beer. Enough legislatures are in session tow to set up conventions to stop all liquor legislation for the present ex cept that provided in the new amendment protecting dry states against importation of liquor. Forty-two legislatures now are meeting and the California and FJor^ v Ida conventions in the spring. Only Four, Louisana, Mississippi, Virginia and Kentucky will not meet for a /ear or more. In many of the legislative and ex ecutive chambers over the coun v?t ooonf nffnn+iAn o?oa hfli'ntr flfllH tft ux jr ovanv aowMvivi* ?mu w._ ? ;he dispute. Wyoming was away out ahead for ts legislature has already passed md the governor has signed ar bill :o provide for the constitutional con mention. Other states in which action had >egun in some quarters yesterday ire Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Wisconsin, Georgia, New Jersey, West Virginia, Arizona, Missouri, ?)eleware, California, Michigan, Iowa ind Pennsylvania. Foreclosure On Land Prevented Farmers Gather and Command Sheriff Not To Eject Family Snow Hill, Feb. 21.?Greene coun ty farmers in large numbers gather* id to stand by a dispossessed farmer n Jason township, when the news :ame that C. T. Mitchell was to be ijected from the farm on which fie am/f mnnvi KTfl itwi IIVCU liiaiijr J\^u a UMU * V?*? .H. family. The farm on which he Uvea s said to be worth $10,000 in any iverage time. Some years ago he ?ave a mortgage for $2600 on this farm to a merchant. It is a five lorse farm with 80 acres cleared. When the prices of products went iown, Mr. Mitdiell could not meet lis payments. The mortgage was foreclosed and was bought in by the Mortgagee for the amount of the Mortgage. He then rented it to Mh MitcheU. Last Fall, the new owner lad an opportunity to seU it and gave lotice to Mr. Mitchell that he must leave on December 15. When the lotice was given Mr. Mitchell, He ?aid: "I will not get off the land ? his fall or any other fall. I have ? iived on it all my life and raised ny family here and do not propose U3 be dispossessed." The next step was that the new t iwner of the land applied to a'mag istrate in Snow Hill who issued ijectinent papers for Mr. Mitchell, md they were put in the hands of the sheriff to execute. The newB spread n the neighborhood that the sheriff vas coming out to put Mitchell off he land. Whereupon, neighbors from Sreene, Wayne and Lenoir to the lumber of between 76 and 100 gath ?""J K.iilf a KiV Ivuiflfw on the "I CU Oiiu uuuy farm and announced that they dTd lot propose to permit the sheriff to ;ject the man from the place where be had lived all his life. A neigh bor went to Snow Hill and told tfie sheriff about the bonfire and tKe gathering of the neighbors and that .hey had determined not to permit Vfitchell to be ejected. The sheriff lid not go to serve the papers, and ~ negotiations were initiated by peo ple who wished to have no trouble $ a by which Mr. Mitchell could continue * to live on the land and payrent ________ The Pitt County Farmers' Ex change handled $41,007.04 worth of farm products last year and has $1, 191,08 on hand in cash ami equip ment A stock dividend of 6 percent tvas paid to members. .-'V- v"; ".:r-\.r Martin County farmers reports ex cellent results from the rat killing campaign conducted in that county in