? - - w uur ^?WCfUBvvl 9f - T ^'?' -W^ 'JH??" ' ? X-": ?v i'&f I - ..*5*r T^Sr* :; ?.*>*?--. Wii **: %?>?% .. - ... v V \ % \ _ " . Mfgk; ? - ^ ^ ^ . &m^H. HI B B B ' B * ,'j^H '-^^E -? ??**'? ,91 : 9Bl fll^ JL JB ... ? ?? ? . ? ?r ' ?: . . ' ???'-? M. G. Mann Calls For! Renewed Faith, Cour-j age and Activity; Work For Sound and Secure Prosperity. Greenville, March 23.?CaMing for renewed faith and courage and sound ing a warning against the "whisper ing campaign that undermines confi dence," M. G. Mann, of Raleigh, sec retary-treasurer of the North Caro lina Cotton Growers Cooperative As sociation, addressed the primary con vention of Pitt county members in the court house here last week. Eight delegates to the first district conventiaR were at the meeting. He urged all to 'work for a "sound sod secure prosperity?that which would give every American citizen who wanted to the right to work." ? ' Pleading with the farmers to take an increased interest in national leg islation, Mr. Mann said: _"The nation has stood by and urged Congress to support the President in his plan to relieve the chaotic bank ing conditions, has given unlimited authority in his budget reduction, and it will be interesting to see just what will be done in behalf of the farmer. "If the farmers Would be as active in urging Congress to support the agricultural relief bill as the bankers and. others have been in their bills and- the millionaire tax payers in sup porting the economy bill, something will be done for the farmer. """"" " Ulw Kw aivAii "But II iumcra su iui; v.? President Roosevelt's measure will find hard sledding and may even fail to pass. Quoting Dr. B. W. Kilgore, presi , dent of the Cotton Cooperative and of the Pine State Creamery, Mr. j Mann said: "Reflate the dollar and the farmer will pay his mortgages and other debts and taxes, and begin to buy and lead the way to better times as he led the way through forced low and relatively unfair prices, for his .commodities to our present hard times. . ; . v / "It is either this?a reflated dollar ?or more . receiverships, bankrupt cies, foreclosures, turning over farms to mortgage holders, tax sales, and continued times of stress and .great strain. '"Which shall we have,, reflation and leveling by elevation or leveling' by tearing . down ? Leveling there must be!" John T, Thorne, of Farmville,. di rector of the first district and form er president of the cooperative, en dorsed what Mr. Mann had said and pointed to "the courageous leader we have in the White House" and said he^ believed brighter days are ahead. Delegates; elected at the meeting will meet with delegates from. Beau fort, Bertie, Martin, Iiyde, Tyrrell, Perquimans, Camden, Washington, Chowan, Pasquotank and Currituck, other counties in the district, to se lect nominees for director of the dis trict. The nominees will then be vot ed upon.'by the membership. - * Delegates elected from Pitt are: John R. Carroll, Winterville; J. S. Harris and William McArtbur, Green ville; J. V. Taylor and T. E. Parker, Bethel; R. L. little, Grimes land; Levi Prince, Ayden; and M. O. Speight, Winterville. I Scores Of Banks I Are Be tog Cheeked ? ? ? Figures On Farm Board Loss Given By Morgenfliau Losses From Operation of Farm Board Under Hoover Administration Has Been Estimated at About $350,000,000. Washington, March 22.?Henry Morgenthau, Jr., new Farm Board chairman, yesterday estimated losses from the board's, stabilization and other operations during the Hoover administration at about $350,000,000. Of the original $500,000,000 fund placed in the hands of the board, Morgenthau explained there is a bal ance of about $3,000,000 in cash, and j "good loans" which he said former Chairman James C. Stone, who re tired March 4th, had estimated would bring the assets of the board to from $140,000,000 to $159,000,000. In revealing portions of the new administration's - policy, Morgenthau presented a detailed analysis of its cotton operations, which he said indicated a loss to date for thatj commodity of $159,254,3549. He said j he intends to make detailed examina- j tions of board losses on wheat and other commodities "as soon as possi ble." ? - r The balance: from the revolving fund will *be sufficient to cariy out the board's new loan policy under which it will continue making ad vances to co-operatives who- are able to qualify. Each co-operative seeking financial Jhd hereafter will be examined thoroughly to determine its financial responsibility, Morgen than said. He will require that it present a budget, and added that the payment of "high salaries" would not be approved. Just what will be con sidered "high salaries". Morgenthau declined to axplaliy. saying that he intends to pass V*y"*t ' ' " V ? ' "V>? ; Here aw photos from the heart of the earthquake tone which took 110 Uvea and did damage to property estimated at 950,000,000 ia the Loe Angelee area of 8cuthera California. Photo No. 1 sho^s, a street eeene in Comptoa where 20 persons were killed by- the eoQapee of building t No. 2. shows the ruin* of a high school building ia Long Beaeh^thefewa eon* sidered the quake's epicenter and where 05 Uvea were lost; No. 8, shows homeless and penniless refugees being fed by the D; at Lmc . I ??|A : ? i i ? i" i in i ' ? ' 1 ?? ? ?mm? ? 3|gp?p!! Mayor Belcher and City Fathers To Cooperate With Rotary Club and Other Local Organiza tions In Providing Rec reation for Young. ' A project that has often been dis- . cussed by the older citizens of the town and longed for by its younger people, is at last under way and may be realized in a short time?a park and swimming pool for Faruiville. For some five or six years the Rotary Club, together with other for ward looking organizations of the town have talked about a park and playground for its children and com mittees have been appointed from time to time to look into the possibi lities for developing such a recrea tional center. But with no real suc cess. Perhaps the right people had never beep .called upon to investigate such pfrfcibilitiea, perhaps the need of a playground had never been felt so keenly or perhaps the opportune time had never presented itself before. At [any rate the Rotary Club sent Dr. P. Jones, Dr. W. M. Willis, D. E. I Oglesby, W. A. McAdams, J. L Mor jjran and Rev. J Q. Beckwith, Jr., out [ for. the bacon. And did they bring ft home!' . '? Following the meeting on Tuesday night the committee called the heads of the civic, patriotic and social or ganizations of the town to send com mittees to*a meeting to be held at 4:00 that day, Wednesday, for the purpose | of launching the movement. The mating waa held, a special session ^^.J^rAvof To^^ldertn^:^ p'ans were submitted to the Board by Jones.^okes^ah for 4he .... ?? committee. The Town Fathers and Mayor Belcher -expressed themselves as will ing to cooperate in the project and the purchase of lands adjaeent to the water and light plant was authorized, a survey being made on Friday, with the expectation of beginning excava ting. operations for the pool on Mon day of next week. The whole town is enthusiastic over the idea and it is thought that suffi cient funds for financing theL con struction will be forthcoming when solicitors get to work, with a portion of the labor being paid from Federal relief funds. Monday Selected As Farmville's Seed Loan Day at Greenville. In order to proceed with more effi ciency and get rid of some of the confusion and crowded conditions that have hampered the County Agent, D. F. Arnold, in his business of distribu tion of the Federal Seed Loan, cer tain days are being assigned to dif ferent communities for this purpose. A meeting of the County Agent, Mr. Lane, Government Field Repre sentative, and others interested in a more orderly proceednre was held this week and Monday was designated as Farmville's day, and D. E. Oglesby was given the job of handing num ! bers to fanners here desiring a con | ference in relation to obtaining a loan. Mr. Oglesby expressed himself as willing and glad to give tMhserrice. This action will result in a great saving of time for the farmers-of the by being forced to return to Green before they could gain an audience ;?* jAj/m vUu <* '.. ' E ? .. - ,v.. ? "-i'? . ' 11_ 1 x J.bj VOc3UQ6? m . - _,v I l lama ' rvIlB&il IwjhII I A BWUB^ra'Jl wm*"H j- . -.' . * ? Legionnaires To Stand by President Roosevelt and Have Faith. ' J ??? | -. Indianapolis, Ind., March 22.?Louis Johnson, national commander of the American Legion, has issued the fol lowing message to the 10,709 posts of the Legion, calling upon them to sup port the President - of , the United States: "On the day following the new President's inaugural oath I pledged the million men of The American Le gion to give their utmost loyalty and help in the complex and difficult problems now facing the chief ex ecutive. I stated, then, in a nation wide broadcast in which the President participated, that The American Le gion wants nothing more than to be of service to America in this situation as our members were in 1917-'18. "The time to render that service has arrived . Congress has given to the President the authority to put into effect the economies the Presi !ent believes necessary to restore the financial stability of our country. This lew legislation is fraught with grav est consequences to the disabled vet eran. The President, under the ani ?* *--?? i I:J? cnoniy given iunit iuu? puwwa ui mc >r death over thousands of men who once pladly offered their lives in a period of national emergency. "The Legion has every faith in the iiscretion, fairness and' the justice with which the President will deal .nth this problem,?involving as it does in many instances the need for compassion and mercy. "The President needs the support of ? .very loyal American and today I ira .calling upon the 10,709 Legion Posts and our million members hroughout our great organization to uphold the pledge that I have made as the National Commander of Tfit American Legion. I am asking that special meetings be held by every Legion Post where it will officially j.tpress, by a resolution, such loyalty and utmost help. Many of our Posts already have taken the initiative and set dates for such meetings. "Our President is confronted with problems as great as ever faced the chief executive of the United .States at the beginning of his administra tion. He has not faltered in action needed as he sees it Like a brave soldier in battle he is giving unstint ingly of himself. Yet, with all his leadership and fine courage, he* can not win the war on the depression, and he cannot lead us back to the mountain tops, unless all citizens ac cord him their utmost help. The need for patriotism is as urgent today as it was in 1917-'18. Our Nation needs reawakened spirit of unity and confidence. Our citteens need a rein spired willingness to follow the lead ership of our duly elected chief exe cutive. The'American Legionnaire is that kind of "a citizen, and it is the purpose of our organization to set an example for all citizens to foilow in giving to our President and Govern ment our utmost faith and assistance, whenever it'is needed and whatever the necessary cost in Sacrifice may be, including life itself. "I again pledge the Legion to ful fill its preamble declaration of ser vice to God and Country, and to 'keep on keeping on' "LOUIS JOHNSON, National - Commander, ?The" American Legion." ? ' ? '' ? ? Chas,?. MitchcT Is Arrested For - ' ?* ? ? the National City Batffe'.m arrested at his Fifth Avenue home Tast night 01. a federal warrant charging tempt to de^^tl.JUMj^^d^feincdmr iax The warrant was signed by Fed eral Judge Alfred C. Coxe and was A Bill Expected Shortly For a State Supported; Eight Months Schooli Term With a General Sales Tax Rider. Raleigh, March 22.?Enactment of an appropriations bill providing for a state supported eight months school term with a general sales tax to pro vide the revenue for it, as recom i mended by Governor J. C. B. Ehring haus, is now expected within the next two or three weeks as the result of the break up of the Bowie-Cherry bloc. For the victory of the Adminis tration forces in restoring the origi nal committee appropriation for the support of the six months school term and extended term aid, amounting to $14,050,000 by a vote of 58 to 43, now means that the budget cannot ; be balanced without a sales tax, even | with only-a six months school term. All the members of the Bowie-Cherry bloc as well as all the others who voted for the larger appropriation know this. Roosevelt Busy Perfecting Final Details of Plan 1 His Proposal For Re-fi nancing Agricultural I and Home Mortgages Expected Soon; Lower Interest Rates. " Washington, March. 22.?President Roosevelt soon will send to Congress his proposal for refinancing agricul tural and home mortgages. This legislation will provide ' al so for reduction in interest rates on mortgages, will be ready for Con gress by the end of the week . * Find details are being perfected it was disclosed in high quarters to day while Congress goes ahead with work on the farm relief bill. The new legislation is contemplat ed to include both government and private mortgages. "Cotton Festival" To be Held May 19 To Stage North Caro lina's First Big Cotton Festival During The | National Cotton Week; i Ball at Night >? Raleigh, March 23.?In conjunction with National Cotton Week observ ance, North Carolina's first "Cotton Festival" will be held here Friday. May 19, under plans now being form ulated by leaders of the movement The event, linking in with the third annual National Cotton Week which comes this year May 16-20, will em brace a parade, style show, and be climaxed by a State-wide Cotton Ball in the new memorial auditorium. In cooperation with the Festival Dean Thomas Nelson, of the State College Textile Department, has an nounced that he will hold "open house" at the college textile plant during- the afternoon, inviting the oublic to see for. its self the various iteps. in :cotton manufacturing; Not only is the cotton festival re ceiving the. support of North Car ina's leading manufacturers, but leading manufacturers of the nation have also endorsed it. "I think so well of the idea that it ?s my intention to try to arrange for i similar event in each State, remark (;d Harold C. Bookor, secretary of the Association for the increased Use of Cottoiv when asked for his opinion of the festival. ; -> v v "A cotton ball such as yon have in .itfnd would be of considerable value Socause of the publicity and interest 't would develop," wrote George A. Sloan, president of the Cotton-Tex tile Institute in Now York, offering to cooperate in every way possible. "... Should be very helpful in itimulatingi interest in cotton throughout the State," said E. L. Starr, director of the Durpne Asso I elation of America. ssett, of Cl^rlotte, ^resi latare; Revaluation of tag Foreign Stock*. - Raleigh, March 23.?While theSen ate has not yet acted on the vohtmni ous tax machinery bill, it is already apparent that the two houses wfll have a difficult time in getting to gether on the measure, and it is vir tually certain that differences wfll have to be thrashed out in conference. The chief controversial items in the bill are those which relate to iwvatue tton of property and tax on foreign corporation stock. As passed by the House, the bill called for & revaluation of property, but left it optional with the county commissioners whether to make a horizontal cut not to exceed 33 1-3 percent or to go about making an actual reassessment . However, the bill was amended so as to make the county commissioners in Mecklen burg, Tyrrell and Lincoln Counties slash the value of property by not lesB than S3 1-8 percent Another amendment makes re valuation by a board of appraisers and assessors mandatory in Ala - ? i '%% ' a. s : malice, Jtsuncomoe, Hocxingiuun, Craven, Martin, Lenoir, Macon and Vance counties. There is consider able disagreement over these amend ments in the Senate, one group holding that the matter should 5) left entirely to the commissioners, and another holding that each dele gation shbuld be allowed to fix tSa way in which property shall be re valued to meet local conditions. ; There is also considerable opposi tion to the limiting of cuts in values beyond one-third, and thb school of thought holds that more (equitable relief would be brought to the taxpayers of the state by an actual reappraisal, which would eli minate existing inequalities. A mandatory reappraisal however in every county of the state, would cost a substantial sum, and a majority holds that the matter should Ee left entirely to the counties. It is pointed out that a revalua tion which would exceed 83 1-3 per cent might seriously impair the credit of the counties and the State, and probably result in a raising of the tax rates to as much as twice the present schedule in some of tKe counties. ; There is also a wide difference of opinion of taxing stock in for eign corporations, although the Sen ate is expected to stand by its fi nance committee and delete the > House provision which repeals tax exemption on this form of stock. The objections to taxing foreign corporation stock are based on two grounds: (1) that it is manifestly unconstitutional as proposed and < (2) that it reeults in a system of double and trible taxation. This proposed tax would be tax ed at th^ prevailing tax rates In the various counties in which the stock is located, and unless the proceeds from this stock remain In the counties, instead of its being transferred to the State Treasury, the measure is plainly unconstitu tional, it is held. The tax rates In the various counties differ widely. The foreign stock in North Carolina ?a centralised in about 15 of the tnost wealthy counties. Rep. Everett of Durham, who in troduced the amendment in the House/claims that is would yield about $4,000,000 a year, but - op ponents of the amendment refute this* pointing out that after the first year much of the foreign cor poration stock would go into hiding. They point out that during the last year audi a tax was in effect in North Carolina it yielded only $162r ">00, while the tax of 6 per emit on the income from foreign stock bring* 'a between *600,000 and *70feOQ0 a year. * ? ' ' 'i . ? ARBOR OAT OB8ERVED BY & A. R. AND GARDEN CLUB ? - Arbor Day waa observed Here by the Major Benjamin May chapter, D. A. R., and the Garden dob, the'fcf* mer planting pines, crepe myrtle am - , dogwood trees for a mile-Norta of Farm villa on highway NAM and the Garden Club setting crab apple and oaks on the avenue leading to Forest Httl cemetery aftd crab iftilea In the Christian churchyard. ; BASS-BUOL "t;| Mrs. C. W. Jordan announces the 1 mLi. A tn_ ?KfJ Iniv/tima