North Carolina Newspapers

-?? r- iggSBEBSfs- ? ? v-" JM^uiwin. For 1 J Tkey Art Ctwfauitly Iaritin* | W^'fcMpwitkThwfc | ^ ^ l "? 1 ? i '? 1 ' , FARMVUXB. PITT COUNTY, NORTH CABOUNA, FBtPAY, AFRIL M. >Mi , NUMBER FIFTY-ONR America Offers Europe Inducements to Join In I |Pwtd Recovery Effort W a r Debts Revision J Consultative Pact And W^^idttded In^p posals Washington, April 26.?The United! State* ha* offered Europe war debts revision, a consultative" pact and j scaling* down of tariff walls as in- j' ducements to action for world re- j covery. The White House, made known late 1 today that President Roosevelt soon! will ask Congress for authority to . deal with debts and the tariff. I { The possibility of s moratorium! for all war debt was described to- j day in official circles as ^highly 17 speculative." Close friends of Mr. |! Roosevelt were reluctant to forecast!? what form his proposals to Congress] f would take. ' It was pointed out the President j ' prefers to deal separately with each C debtor. Thus, observers, said, his recommendations might ask author- t ity to suspend payments of those L debtors not able to pay. 11 In other official circles, it was ^ learned that President Roosevelt has ? offered Great Britain .and Prance a consultative pact through which the v United States would agree to, con- ? fer with other nations to maintain r peace if they will agree to a really j* substantial program of disarma- j y ment. These developments followed the 11 departure today of Prime Minister j, MacDonald and a lengthy conversa tion between President Roosevelt and j j former Premeir Eerrict r Before MacDonald left, he had the j ^ President issued a joint statement c in which they registered agreement L on the following points: v 1. That the necessity for an in- J j crease in the general level of com-1 modify prices was primary and fun- ; damental. * r 2. That a return to a fixed ex change value between the dollar - and the pound must be achieved as | soon as possible. 3. That a conervative effort is needed to moderate the network of restrictions of all sorts by which commerce is at present hampered. 4. That expansion of credit should be provided through concerted action J of central banks and every effort should be made to get this credit into circulation. " ) 5. That proposals tentatively sug gested for the improvement of the status of silver should be considered. Prime Minister MacDoriald struck the keynote of the conversations . when he declared he departed from j the capital standing "elbow to elbow" f with President Roosevelt in the { search for recovery measures. Former t Premier Herriot was beaming his ad miration for the President when they ^ sat together during the White House r press conference today. He will con- < tinue his discussions' until Friday, \ when he leaves for home. Prime , Minister- Bennett, of Canada, engaged in preliminary conversations, but j will have his first extended talk with , the President tomorroif. , AH participants insisted through- j out that no definite agreements have been reached. Everything is subject , to further consideration at the world , economic conference. I . v\.' I State Supreme Court Makes Another Ruling ? ? I the Senate yesterday was an advisory opinion by the Supreme Court of the State which voted, - four to one, that I th r General Assembly has the con I stitutional authority to - declare a m "general election next November on the question of calling a convention to consider repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment yd to elect delegates I should the voters favor the proposal. I Associate Justice Heriot Clark son Previoqsly the court had held the I '"' J being ashed by the Legudatoreki con j ^mCS CHSJl^vti v*M? WUiU B[irvvl{V 141. V 1 I Armed Hi-Jaekers Seize Track Lndi Beer Early Today Armed Men in Three Cars Stop Truck And Take Possession Henderson, N. C., April 26.?Arm ed hi-jackers seized a track loaded rith 115 cases of beer several miles lortfc of here early today but officers ater recovered the truck, located a (to rehouse filled with beer and arrest id Garland Johnson of Henderson. R. Y. Pruitt of Easley, S. C., his rife and James Holcomb, also of Sasley, were on the truck. Pruitt, owner and driver of the rack, said the beer had been pur hased in Washington and was being aken to his home town to be sold. Je valued the 115 cases at $356.56 wholesale. While traveling on Route One to wards Henderson Pruitt said three jutomobiles forced his truck to the ide of the road and seven men with >istols stepped out. They forced lim, his wife and Holcomb out, man led the truck and drove off leaving he South Carolinians standing on the lighway. " All three walked the five miles to lenderson, where the hold-up was ?eported to Sheriff J. E. Hamlet Vithin a few hours officers had lo ated a storehouse at Johnson's home tere filled with beer which they said pas identical to that described by Vuitt They arrested Johnson and jailed dm when he was unable to post $5, HX) bond. j Sovernment Will Issue Baby Bends New Certificates To Be Placed on Market To Boost Nation's Pi nances New York, April 26.?With govern ment bonds maintaining a relatively Irm tone despite the ?inflation pro pram of the administration with in ?erest is being focused on the Treas iry offering of baby bonds. As just announced, this consists of 1500,000,0 0 three-year 2 7-8 per cent lotes, and in the opinion of Wall Street, the offer provides a fairly good est of the public attitude toward the nonetary situation. In accordance with Secretary Wood n's well-known philsophy that riS sens should become partners in the country, the bonds are being offered n denominations as low as $100. Specialists in government issues re sorted today that inquiries had been! received from many individuals and firms for the new issues. Technicians were quick to point jut the seemingly contradictory face Chat the bonds contain the gofd clause, although -by Presidential proclamation no gold can be paid jut at present. This, however, wa.-: only of academic interest, it was said, and not significant to bond buyers who have confidence in the essential itability of the government. The important fact, according to opinion in well informed banking circles, is that there is still adequate ,rold coverage for money. In the same time some prominent. bankers pchit out that confidence in stability of the dollar is underterrained whatever the reason the investors will adopt a negative attitude toward the gov ernment's new offerings.. ? ? ? i ' " Honor RoJl of Farmville Elemen tary School for the Seventh Month are as follows: 1-A GRADE?Cabot Monk, Nancy Gates, Frances Lewis, Vtjflina Stan ?aM 2-B GRADE?Earie Pearee, Marion ' Pollard* I - llj&AaA M i AAiiaiA I j**???? yiiii ' liBBnllffl'i' I & I Local D. A. R. Chapter To Sponsor Affair; In cluding Cotton Ball Consonant with the idea of boost ing COTTON and supporting the movement to again enthrone him as King of the South, plans are being formulated for a Cotton Festival, con cluding with a Cotton Ball, to be held here around the second week in June. The affair is to be sponsored by the Major Benjamin May chapter, D, A. R. ; Farmville, as always with a . view to keep step with the times, will make of this a gala occasion. The spirit of unity existing among the Farmville people has been extolled by every parson who has ever visited this com munity and it is believed that with the citizens working in conjunction with the chapter, another enjoyable occaion, comparing favorably with the successful celebration of Farm vine's 60th anniversary of last year may be achieved. fisa|L a JiIf jfcig& ? *"' -'? ??'?'' H' *' Ml B M&-- '^''W?V'.? ? *JWm'-u_.,W _ . V--->? ?rU wi.-..-??5*g "'"?? '~"'Mppy(Em- * 4% . ? ?? I .. ?-? am ? 'wSOi%sv? ;V ?-',J?'?'?"???.?' 'v<*l a a ^ a ? ...M? Ai' }>. "-mJL, '?. .im illlffi IjIm hIiBr111Iif7 B-<v.L V ^-. Lf^^EP^yP | ^ ?P W- ? '?. -jPjk| W ^j| | PP P PCI ' ~ s.^: ? 'S'*" 1 "? ? ???-? v<* . Bev. E. J. Bees, Pastor ofWashinffton^Metho dist Church, Will Be I The Preacher; Public t Urged To Attend - r^r^'lg: JM&i The series of meetings, announced in these columns last week, will be gin in the Methodist church on Sun day evening, April 30, with Rev. El J. Rees, pastor of the Washington Meth odist church, as the preacher. - B The success of the meeting wilf de pend largely upon the interest mani fested by the town as a whole andKff spirit of cooperation existing among its Christian people. The entire com munity is invited mid urged to attend and the usual spirit of good win and activity in its behalf evidenced by the churches during former revivals, ml anticipated, together with tto assist?! ance of the various choirs of the towp. I ? i ? .i ? ii r mi - Use of the Term, "War Between The States", Net "CMI War" * ^MM|M "W By Mra. John Hwke Anderson, Ral eigh, N. C. Historian &**?*)? United Daughters of the Confed eracy. A war was waged from 1861 to '65 between the United States of Ameri ca and the Confederate States of America. These were the officm titles of the contending parties, ! It was the WAR BETWEEN THE STATES because twenty non seceding states made war upon the eleven se ceding states to force them back Into the UNION of States. It was a war between two organised governments, the southern states fighting to repel invasion, to protect their rights as granted by thie Constitution of the United States of America to each . state which ratified that Constitution. . It was not a CIVIL WAR, as it was ' not fought between two parties with in the same government, as was the case of the Civil War in England. -It was not a WAR OP SECESSION, for the Southern states seceded with out a thought of war. The right of a State to secede had never been ques tioned. In 1888 John Qirincy Adams of Mass., spoke of secession, which had been threatened by some north ern as well as other states, in the j following words: "Whenever the time comes for seceding it were h?)*er for the people of these DIS-UNITED atatp" to part in friendship from each other than to be held together by a WAR OF REBEL LION, for Sovereign, Independent 'States, co-equal, cannot rebel against [each other. When the eleven cotton states seceded they set up an inde pendent government of their own, with no declaration nor intent of war. They did not fight to overthrow the) Federal government, but to set up a government of their own. ? The principles for which the south ern states were standing had been de finitely declared in the Constitution Convention that framed the United State* Constitution. Judge William Rawie of Fenn., one of America's most able authorities on the Constitu tion, had defined his "Views of the U. S. Constitution," which text book was studied at. West Point. We quote partly: "If the states are interfered with, they may wholly withdraw from the Union, and their secession depends on the will of their people. The Union was formed by voluntary agreement of states, and the Federal government would have no means of ,uaintaining its claim against seces sion, either by force or by right." Many authorities might be given to show the right of a state to decide its own destiny. However, by the arbi trament of the sword and superior force, after the Surrender of 1865, Secession was decided to be uncon jrf^c!Sr*Carolina, we find a war Unto wfcwnee. to the conflict .t t861 Page 673. The Court says: "We fihve i shown that a war sucl -as it now be ling waged between. NORTHERN and jSOUTIffiRN ^STATES. ia-^prope^ ! ? teously endeavor to have the "War between the States" used instead of "Civil War," for its correctness is absolutely important to a truthful, presentation of history. Many writ ers and historians of note are nowi recognizing the truth of this term and adopting it If the thinking pub lic* is brought face to face with the facts, the correct name would he more generally used. Only recently Radio announcers of our national systems, have expressed their willingness to co-operate with the U. D. C- in this effort to "keep history straight" ? In the wfltds of Miss "Rutherford: "Our friends from the North do not object to the truth of history, provid ed we are fair and just Whatever is done, let it be done in the spirit of tnith and peace and love and good will. Today we stand, and desire to stand, a reunited people, all sections at peace and united. "This sentiment finds and echo in the heart of every true Daughter of the Confederacy. - (As the U: D. C. Committee on the term "War Between the States," was dissolved at the Memphis Convention, 1932 (with appreciation of its fine services since 1911), the Historian General was authorized to include this work in 'the History Department Therefore I have prepared the above facts, some being taken from the re ports of the late Miss Mildred Ruther ford and Miss Ida P. Powell, both of. whom labor earnestly for the correct term of this war of the '60s, Ask Appointment For Ex-Senator F. M. Simmons Movement Started Sometime Ago Report ed Making Satisfac tory Progress New Bern, April 26.?A movement started here some time ago b> friends to obtain a federal appoint ment for former Senator F. M. Sim mons is reported to be making stais factory headway. Several high of fices are being considered, it is said. Senator Josiah W. Bailey is re ported to be actively interested in the matter, and is being assisted 5> local friends and supporters of the New Bernian. who for 30 years was a member of the Senate, being de feated for rcnomlnation by Senator Bailey, Prospects of securing a high posi tion, without physical hardships, fov the former Senator, are said to be good. It is pointed out that his name and reputation would be of advantage to tha present Democratic ddministrgtidh, "''.S'y'*': - |1| # ??s. ? m Mrs. Mebane To Speak At Fair At Greenville - ? Greenville, April 26.?Mr*. Lillie Morehead Mebane, of Spray, has been chosen to make the opening address of the Community Fair, May Mrs. Mebane will appear on the platform in the costume in which was ' Wilmington, April 26.?Efforts to obtain a national , park for the Aid south coastal section ^through Presi dent Roosevelt's nation-wide 're forestation program ware renewed here yesterday- as letters urging 'the project were forwarded to Governor Ehnnghaus and R. Y. Stuart, nation al forester, at Washington, D. C.' , Lindsay Russell, member of the citizen's committee in charge of 'the effort, said he recently talked With ( former Governor A. W. McLean Con cerning the matter, and quoted jMr. McLean as saying the reforestation 1 program was the finest thing yet'at tempted by the new~ national leader ship. ' ' Mr. Russell made public letters to ' Governor Ehfinghaus, and the Na tional forester, over the signature ( of Mrs. J. B. Cranmer, Wilmington, ' president of the BJdrth Carolina : Garden club, the letters in ' jiart ? ] ? "The underlying motive of the Aycock administration was educa- j tion; of Morrison, roads, and' of ; Gardner, 'live-at-home.' A "The need of youth for an in spirational interest waa never great- ' er than today, with thousands idle and drifting. It may be found ( in forestry and conservation of game 1 and fish. 1 "Make our people 'forest minded,' * and you give them a hobby Which, \ unlike previous ones, ckimot be fid den into the 'red.' It is at all times | a spiritual and material asset. ' "Instinct for the woods is inher- j ent; even children are now turning to nature as never before for inter est and occupation. A natural wean- , tag process from town to country is in progress, J "Great impetus will be given to this movement if you will support the plan of the State Garden clubs | for a mid-south coastal 'park and game sanctuary, to be located in the sub-tropical region between Wil mington and Georgetown, S. C. If the influence of the two states con be brought to bear, we may get the M par. Secretary Roper, Senator . Smith, and Bernard M. Baruch are likely to be interested." The Farmville Rotarians Attend Intercity Meet1 ? . _.i . < Eleven members of the Fannville | Rotary Club attended the Intercity , meet of which Farmville ia a member, , at Mt Olive Tuesday evening. The Rotarians and Rotary Anns were i most cordial and served a delicious chicken dinner, while the pro-am 'ar ranged by president Thad Thigperi of , the host club was most interesting and enjoyable. Other clubs iit attend- i ance were Goldsboro, Zebulon knd { Wilson. 1 ; Fred Green of WUson led the sing ing and president Thigpen delivered I the address of welcome, Faison With erington following with much em phasis laid on the welcome. Fred ? Moser of Zebulon replied to the welcoming speeches, paying tribute to the Rotary Anns, and the &ch country around Mt Olive noted for its fine truck and food product. Luther Ma&ey, president of this group, number three, said that this group in his opinion was the best 61 the 57th district and had held thr% group meetings this year, which had been honored with the presence I oi Governor Charles Phillips, Who wa? in attendance at this time. Dr. M. M. Salibs of Wilsoif, cendi late for Governor of the district, gave .ds interpretation of Rotary, its his tory, aims and purposes. : - V . I Colan Shaw Smith of the Mt Olive :lub gave a clever exhibition in the art of magic, completely mystifyin; ins audience and holding them sjieri bound. Mrs. Phillips, wife of the Governor, node a delightful talk, saying that die wished, to have the recipe for th* delicious strawberry shortcake serv 3d that evening. Governor Charles Phillips discuss 'td Rotary in a number of fcfc phases, speaking of its progress and accom plishments internationally as well a? at home bringing'to the attention .-of; the group many practical applications af its prindples^rf' f : J i- The Wrightsville meeting to be held - on. May 29th, when the presi dents and secretaries will meet | at White Lake and proceed to Wrigbte ville, where the session will continue. Irl^L;> *'">? "?" ;? jjit' /,? : i:'-'S- - V;T- fe# -. . 9 ? ?.. ^ ? / . Washington, April 26?Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Robs of Wyoming, the first woman ever to be a governor, was appointed today by President Roose velt to another petition no woman has held before?director of the mint. In that capacity, she will be in charge of making all the gold, sil ver and cc^ -er coins used in this country. She also will supervise the sasey offices to which gold is brought for conversion into money, Her nomination was sent to the Senate along with those of Lawrence A. Steinhardt of New York, to be minister of Sweden, and Charles Wy zanski, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be solicitor of the Labor Department. Mrs. Ross was elevated to the gov ernorship of Wyoming in November, 1924, succeeding her husband, *ho had died a few weeks before while in office.' Serving with distinction at the helm of a state more typified by its six pins than by its femininity, Mrs. Ross filled the remaining two years of her husband's tenure and then met her first political reversal in defeat for reelection at the hands of the late Frank C. Emerson. During the same time one New fork wine shop received 35,000 orders for 82 wine. . Jury Assail County Audits Investigating Body In Pitt Calls One of These Reports a Farce Greenville, April 27.?Comprising 19 typewritten pages, the report of the Pitt eounty grand jury, filed yeBterday with Judge Henry A. Grady, was <^ne of the most compre liensive documents ever released by such a body, not to mention several startling disclosures. ~ Getting down to the audits made for the year ending June 30, 1930, 1931 and 1932, the report declared that' "cash balances have not been correctly verified and reported." It was" found that the treasurer's office eras holding a: great many old checks, rhany of them 'dating' back to 1928 and 1929, which the various audits failed to mention. v *We are of the opinion that any audit which does not disclose checks held for any period is a farce, and that the county should ask for re* fund in costs of audits made in 1930 and 1931^ the report said, "and the present embarrassing situation would not exist if these audita had dis closed * true reconcilement of the sash account" The 1932 audit also came in for investigation' and it appeared to the jury that this, too, was badly hand led. The audit for the period July I, 1932, revealed information as to 'hecks in treasurer's office, the re port announced. Referring more specifically to the last audit, the re port read: "This audit by Perkinson discloses that the treasurer held in his rash account, checks totalling several thousand dollars, mar y of them long standing. Among tliem were many checks'for taxes which were no good, and these have been charged back." The grand jury's report disclosed that eight individual bond . invest ments made with sinking fund money appeared to be in default These included towns of Ayden notes, town of Elisabeth City bonds, town of Grifton notes, drainage district No. 2 refunding bonds and No. 2| drainage district bonds. "Pitt county has also defaulted in 126,000 bonds due April X, 1938, and we are "Informed will default hi the amount of $52,000 additional," .(he report declare^>v^^f %' ?'r-f-"'' ? Roofus?If you stood in my Bhoes, Rufus?I'd give them a shine, to House Abo Agrees To I^tD^ate So^AsTo Washington, April 26.?Free coin age of silver was written into the administration's monetary inflation legislation by the Senate late today after a turbulent session which aided in an agreement to limit debate and thus hasten a.final vote. An amendment propo^d-. by Sena tors Wheeler, Democrat Montana, add King, Democrat, Utah, was added to tiie measure to authorize the Pres ident to remonetize silver at any ratio to gold that he sees fit The amendment provides, also, for free and unlimited coinage at that ra tio. The bimetallism clause was accept ed by a vote of 41 to 26 after the ? provision of the inflation legislation authorizing the President to reduce the gold content of the dollar by as much as 50 per cent had been sub jected to terrific opposition from Sen ator Borah, Idaho's Republican in independent, and Senator Robinson, Republican, Indiana, had injected the cash soldier's bonus issue by offering an amendment to pay the war veterans out of the proposed $3,000,000,000 of new currency. Democratic leaders joined in sup porting &e mimetallism amendment, which drew 36 Democrats in all to its banner, four Republicans and the lone Farmer-Laborite, Shipstead, of Minnesota. The four Republicans were Cap per, Kansas; Cutting, New Mexico; Norris, Nebraska, and Nye, North Dakota. Nineteen Republicans and seven Democrats opposed it, the latter seven being: Bailey, North Carolina; Bulkley, Ohio; Copeland, New York; Gore, Oklahoma;. Stephens, Missis sippi; Tydings, Maryland, and Wag ner, New York. It was the first test on the inflation pr.xvisal since it was taken up Monday as an amend ment to the farm bilL After the vote, Senator Reed, Re- * publican, Pennsylvania, leader of the opposition, moved to strike out the gold-content reduction authori zation and all amendments to it This will be the pending amendment when the Senate resumes debate to morrow under an agreement limit ing each Senator, beginning at 2 p. m., to 30 minutes of speaking. Senator Robinson, the Democratic leader, proposed the debate-limiting agreement and there was ho objec tion, although Robinson of Indiana, ^ refused to consent, when the Arkan sas Senator previously made a simi lar motion, unless his bonus amend ment were excluded from the limi tation. Senator Carter Glass, Democrat, Virginia, former Secretary of the Treasury and a conservative on money legislation, announced open ly for the first time during the day that he would vote against the infla tion plan, but was undecided whether to make a floor speech. The veteran Virginia Senator^ how ever, plainly indicated his opposi tion on the floor when he interrupt ed Borah to observe that the Fed eral Reserve system already had "ample facilities" to expand credits and currency by more than $4,000, 000,000, and added: "If they will not do it now, why should it be expected that they will make use of this proposed $3,000,000, 000 of (credit) expansion when they do not expand when they have ample opportunity to expand?" Farniville 4*H Club Wins First Place In County Contest The FVrmville 4-H Club girls won first place in the reniftion of sacred selections in the annual county con test held on Friday evening in Green ville, with 18 schools competing for honors. The numbers used by the Farmvilie group were. "Holy, Holy, Holy" and "Follow The Gleam." The local club is composed of 40 members with 26 in the chours. Par- . ticular pride is felt by the director, Miss Alice Coggins, who was assisted <> by Miss Vivian Case, in the achie** ment of the choral group in that only 11 girls took part in the contest, the others being prevented from attend ing on account of the inclement wea ther. V-r.; y-y L Bertie County cotton growers are jp. concentrating on two varieties this season and will attempt to produce uniform Btaple that may be sold to _ . North Carolina mills. W?* Z&& $; . ??> ? a "? 1 .. v . ?? ? , .... : ? Burning off the lend is one good Way to eradicate profits. Trees catt^W1^ not flee from tire but must stand and