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86; Para Relief Meas
ure Sent to Conference
With Senate
Washington, May 3.?With a roar
ing chorus of ayea piling up a vote
o/ 307 to 86, the House today approv
ed the Roosevelt currency inflation
plan and sent its parent, the big fanm
relief bill, to conference with pros
pects of a Presidential signature by
Saturday night.
The inflation rider, which now has
complete Congressional approval will
allow President Roosevelt, among
other things, to expand currency and
credit by as mach as $6,000,000,000
in addition to altering the gold back
ing of the dollar by as much as 50
per cant
Senate and House conferees will
hold their first formal meeting to
morrow in an effort to agree upon
several score of differences in the
farm relief measure. Leaders hold
hope if obtaining quick agreement in
order that the legislation may be
finally approved and sent to the
White House by Saturday.
The administration is anxious that
it be ex pedis ted, that it can be
placad into immediate operation for
the aid of farmers; hundreds of whom
pre threatened with the loss of their
property.^;
Action' came on the inflation
amendment in the House today after
it disagreed to all Senate farm re
lief amendments and sent them to
conference. Six hours of debate on
the proposition was completed hurt
night
. Representative Snell, of New York,
the Republican leader, chief opponent
of the inflation proposition, de
manded a separate vote on the ex
pansion" rider. Speaker Rainey had
to consent under the rules, although
it bad been the Democratic plan to
force a single vote on the entire
bill.
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Without further ado, the roll was
called. Thirty Republicans and four
.Farmer-Laborites joined 273 Demo
crats for the proposition. Seventy
nine Republicans and seven Dem
? oerata?Black, (N. Y.), Claiborne
(Mo.), Connery (Mass.), Drewery
(Ya.), Hoeppel (Cal.), Huddleston
(Ala.), and Richardson (Pa.)?voted
in opposition.
Republican leaders had fought the
Senate amendment since Monday,
when Snell blocked action. Demo
cratic leaders had to resort to strat
egy through , unusual parliamentary
procedure to finally force the vote.
Inflation Powers.
Briefly it- permits:
The Federal Reserve hanks to buy
I $3,000,000,000 in outstanding govern'
? ment bonds, against which currency
I may be issued.
The Preident to issue, if he sees
I fit, another $3,000,000,000 in United I
I States notes. I
I The President to reduce up to 50 I
I per cent the content of the gold 9
The President to change the ratio!
of the silver dollar and provide fori
I tike free coinage of stiver.
? The President to accept $200,000,-1
I -000 in silver from foreign countries I
I as payment on the war debts at the!
I rate of op to 50 coots an ounce,!
I against which currency may be is-1
I sued.
Under the farm relief sections, the!
I measure at present provides that!
I federal- cotton be pooled to be sold!
I on credit to growers in exchange!
I for acreage reduction. The govern-!
ment is to hold the cotton and sell I
? it later, the profit to go to the!
P iti ter.
I Secretary Wallace is authorized to!
fix a processingtax on wheat/cotton, I
I corn, hogs, rice, tobaeco, sugar eased
I sugar bests and dairy products m
I the amount he deeme necessary fipr!
increase income over market levels.
I Tar receipts would either be pant!
I the farmer as a direct benefit or Gyl
of land, in exchange for!
I Marketing iiubumbO fnwf dia-l
products is provided to offset price
and drainage districts, seen red by
their obligations, so they can- refund
iheir debts at lower interest rates;
$100,(^0,030 from the corporation
tor loans to joint stock land' banfcf
to reduce interest to 5 per cent, with
i requirement that they not foreclose
for two years.
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Open Revolt Against
Macdonald - Roosevelt
Policies Threatened in
Britian
London, May 3.?A threat of open
revolt against his tariff and mone
tary policies as voiced at Washing
ton faced Prime Minister J. Ramsey
Macdonald on his return from the
j United States tonight.
Great Britain'8 Labor premier
found conservative opposition in the
so-called national government?a co-j
alition administration which he j
heads?threatening to precipitate a |
crisis on the eve of the world eco- j
nomic conference.
The Prime Minister's concurrence {
with President Roosevelt's liberal!
tariff and monetary proposals caused [
particular objections among the Con- J
servative ranks, it was apparent to-1
night. He was expected to face!
strong opposition by the Chamber-!
lain-Hailsham faction in the gov- J
eminent.
Macdonald reached London at 5:50]
p. m. and was welcomed by a throng |
of enthusiastic admirers at Water-1
loo station, including Norman H. j
Davis, the special American envoy!
in Europe, and other members of the]
diplomatic corps.
"I am bucked -up at the result of]
my mission to Washington," the]
Prime Minister said, smiling. He re-J
fused further comment before he!
hurried away, but at * Southampton, j
on landing, commented:
He conferrel with government!
leaders tonight, but was expected]
to meet his first strong opposition j
when he makes a statement in the]
House of Commons tomorrow on the]
world economic conference, at which]
time he was expected to make ref-j
erence to his Washington talks. ]
The Daily Herald, voicing the grow- ]
ing discontent apparent in Conserve- ]
tive quarters, asserted that the dis- J
contented Conservatives were schem-]
ing to overthrow the cabinet toward]
the end of this week, hoping through]
general elections to establish an-out-]
right Conservative party govern-1
ment.
Negro Assailant Of
Taten in Castedy Here
R; E. Wfllcughby, BeUArthur mer- ;
chant, was shot in the right hand and
leg. in a gun fight with a Negro,
Frank Rogers, Saturday night.
After closing his store i ahout 9:<J0
Wilkmgfcfey walked to hia house-near
by and as he passed through4!** gate
by and as- he passed through his. gate
hi ra, pointed a. pistol and demanded
money. Upon -refusal the Negro shot
and wounded the merchant, whofired
at h?s aseaOtmt-as he -fled.
Sunday evening local police officers
were tipped off that a wounded Negro
was hiding in the colored section here
and Officer R. B. Fields, night police
man, accompanied by F. L. Shirley
Went on a hunt The Negro, who
gave his age as 29 and his home as
Louisburg, was taken into custody by
Fields. He was wounded in the thigh
and was armed.
. At a preliminary hearing in police
court next morning Rogers was sen
tenced to six months on the roads on
the charge of carrying a concealed
weapon. Assault and robbery charges
will he preferred at the next term of
Pitt County criminal court
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mo* efect*. hw lately 1*? receiving the aid of owmemi^ SKS^IjJ
|??? developed a more sens&ive type of microphone. Shown n? we phove, it
' permits ao entire large cast *o gather at a angle outlet
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Urges Women To Accept
Their Share of Blame
"Look Ahead,' Says Mrs.]
Hobgood, Opening the
Woman's Federation
Meeting
Raleigh, May 4.?Envisioning a
day when North Carolina will stand!
first in education, in welfare and tin!
other human services, Mrs. J. M.j
Hobgood of Farmville, president of I
the North Carolina Federation of J
Women's Clubs, addressed the open*!
ing meeting of the 31st annual con-J
vention of the Federation at the Sir!
Walter Hotel last night
The conventhm, which has drawn!
hundreds of prominent club women]
to the city, will continue through Fri- J
day, with a full program scheduled.]
Today's Sessions will start with]
breakfast conferences set for 7:46]
o'clock in the morning, to be fol-|
lowed by a club institute at 9 o'clock, |
and a business session at 10. Lunch- ]
eon conferences will be held at l]
o'clock, and a business session at]
2:80 in the afternoon. Mrs. J. C. B.j
Ehringhaus, wife of North Carolina's
Governor, will be hostess to the visi
tors at a tea at 4 o'clock. The eve-]
aing program starts at 8 o'clock,]
with an address by Or. Douglas Free- j
saw, editor of The Richmond News- ]
Leader, as an ootsfainilj|0r&MBre. 1
Would Take Blame ]
I After aa- dakmto program of
I opening formalities, lira. Hobgood
I last night called -open - the women
loathe State to "take our share of
I the blame" for conditions that are II
I now^presehting such difffeultiei. She
urged that; they lock ahead, rather
I forward the broad program which
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I: This program would include "ade
quate educational opportunity for.
?every child in the State, whether he
?lives in a mountain hovel or in a
Iqnate funds ? for research and in
I struction; also it would include school
? teachers adequately paid; free libra
ries available at all times; art in
struction in the schools; sanitary
? prison system, which would aim for
? rehabilitation of the prisoner; better
? county government and other goals
? which would promote , the general
? safety, wdfti* and happiness.
I Flaysv "Literary Trash."
lira. Hcbgood also called upon the II
I dub women to investigate "the liter- J
ary trash on public news stands."!
I She said that the circulation: of crime jl
I and . ex magazines has reached alarm-1
l-'ng proportions. Also die urged her I
I learers to create sentiment for bet-1
?ter movies, saying that "good movies!
I pay." The taste of the movie public I
? baa improved, the speaker pointed!
The club women will not tolerate
? the return -of the saloon, nor are I
I hey. enthusiastic about, the return I
I >f beer. The speaker feared that I
I the well-bred gentleman calling I
I iimself 3.2 beer is the same old beast
'ichalf of the State department of
State Board of Health, "m behalf of
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ham, first vice president, responded.
Introduction of past presidents of
the Federation followed. They were
Miss Margaret Gibson, Kiss Adelaide
Frien, Mrs. Sidney P. Cooper,'Mrs.
Jerman, Mrs. E. h. KcKee, Mrs.
Land. Greetings were thought by
^drs. Eugene Davis, president of the
North Carolina ^federation of Muafc
:iubg, Mrs. Dewey Bennett, prew
ilent of. the North Carolina Federa
tion^^ Home Demonstration clubs,
Mrs. Frank D. Castlebesrry, chairman
of legislation of the North Carolma
^ Tri composed of htiss' Ohar~
Methodist Revival
To Continue Thru
WfldtmnbyMaylO
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Rev, E. J. Rees Deliver
ing Messages of Great
Interest and Import
ance; Attendance Con
tinues to Increase
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Hie series of revival services being
held in the Methodist Church here
are being largely attended by en
thusiastic and interested citizens who
are greatly enjoying the wonderful
sermons being delivered by Rev. EL J.
Rees, of Washington.
The services are being held twice
daily, and will continue through next
Wednesday, lfay 10th, with the ex
ception of Saturday. No services at
all Saturday.
> If you have not been attending
these services, make a date with your
family or frieadMa be present at as
many of the issistniiig services as
possible, as it will no doubt be pleas
ant ?ndpo*?tt$yprofitable to you.
FarmviUe
J. Knott Procter, of Greenville,
To be Sales Manager in Charge;
a^fsJhet Moore
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Elsewhere in this issue will be seen
an announcement of Brown & White,
Inc., who have recently taken over the
Chevrolet Agency in Farmville, and
who are now busy getting things in
hap?~for -tfce-opening of their show
rooms and service station in the
Moore building on Main street, oppo
site the City Hall.
Mr. J; Knott Proctor, of Greenville,
well known to the people of this sec
tion, a man thoroughly acquainted
with the automobile industry and
with years of selling experience, will
be' the general sales manager in
charge.
Mr. Proctor will be assisted in the
clerical department by Mr. Chester
Smith, and in the service department
by Mr. Hugh Highsmith, both of these
men being well known here and effi
cient! in their line of work.
This firm expects to have on dis
play in their spacious show room 6
here Saturday, May 6th, some of the
new models mid extends a cordial in
vitation to the public to call and in
spect and request a personal demon
stration.
The New Chevrolet is a bigger and
better car throughout and youTl be
agreeably surprised with its comfort,
beauty and outstanding performance.
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'More int#wtl-Mts manifested here
Tuesday In <th? genet&*toni*kcticto
Biaii ever before; recorded wJJ? hjfi
tory of the town. Aa.ausuaL thing
only a few vote in the &M#ral> elec
tion, the main fight being in the pri
mary. However, in the late after
noon on this occasion it became cir
culated that a monkey wrench had
been thrown in the assumingiy woe#*1
working machinery by some of the
overzealous admirers of R. E. Belcher
who were caught at their game of
soliciting votes for the defeated can
didate. And boy! Did old Democra
cy get busy? The polling place was
soon run over, tickets gave out and
the pres8e of The Rouse Printery
were immediately put to work getting
out more. One of the old boys actu
ally became so "het up" he fainted
and had to be taken home. The final
count, however, at the close, showed
that Mayor John B. Lewis and his
newly nominated Board of Aldermen
had all been elected to about 3 to I
majority and the show ended.
No one seems to know just why this
activity on the part of the admirers
of the defeated candidate, and we
hope it will be a lesson to them not
to again start such monkey business.
Mayor Lewis and Ms Board of City
Dads will be sworn into office at
Mgfa noon next Tuesday, May 9th.
Sunday Schools
To Ptay Base Ball
The Farmville Sunday
School Base Ball Lea
gue Organized
A meeting of the Representatives
of the Sunday Schools of Farmville
wasas held on Thursday night and
by motion, Mr. B. 0. Taylor was elect
ed President and Judd L. Walker,
Secretary and Treasurer of" The
Farmville Sunday School Base Ball
League.
On motion and carried each Sunday
School will-elect its manager and di
rector on Sunday morning, May 7th,
and the directors will have a meeting
at Farmville Motor Co., office Mdn
day night, May 8th at 8:00 o'clock.
On motion and carried only two
games will be played each week, with
umpire of each game from a non
participating Sunday School and each
manager to cooperate with the direc
tors and managers of other teams.
The^gdmes will be scheduled to
start at 4:30 p. m. unless otherwise
agreed upon by the managers of said
teams playing.
Motion was carried that a commit
tee from each Sunday School to work
out some plan to permit the Juniors
of each school to enjoy the benefit
of base ball.
To qualify, a player must be a
member of the Sunday School he
represents, and must attend Sunday
School the Sunday before each game,
or have a good excuse for u being
present
?Reforestation Camp
I For Pitt Proposed
Greenville. May 4.?A proposal
that Pitt County make a bid for one
of the reforestation camps the gov
ernment is establishing in various
parts of the country in an effort' to
relieve unemployment has been made
by Dr. R. S. McGeschey, director; of
the Pitt county department of health.
Permit Fishing
In Pitt Daring i
Closed Season
The State Department of Gonaenva
tion and Development announced!
Wednesday that fishing would be
permitted in Pitt county three dkyn
each week during the closed season. im
. The closed season extends ffrm I
May 1 to lime 10 and the days on
which flshlhgf wfU be allowed *re
Monday, Friday and Saturday. The
department announced last Saturday
that the season .for 4#ki^;|had( ifa
in^?M?^cs had been extended (Hf
ing during the cloeed seasoi was ire
^ed with ^ conmderable^^interest^. by
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Greenville, May 2.?The Board of
County 'v Commissioners considered
beer legislation recently passed by the
Legislature in their regular monthly
meeting at the courthouse here yes- >
terday. .4-i ; ? ? uCv-xJ j
The commissioners went o?rer four
or five applications for beer licenses
and were to take up several others
at a later date. They previously had
instructed the tax collector to go
ahead with the issuance of license to
dealers who had obtained license
from duly incorporated towns and
cities of the county.
. It was stated that eighteen county
licensee had been issued since legis-.
lation of the beverage; and the tax
collector was instxpcted to keep a
close check cm dealers to see that they
do not operate without proper author-'
ity.
The board also went over the
grand jury's report recently prep-red ,
in criminal court and indicated all
recommendations Would be carried
out to the letter.
Among the principal recommenda
tions was that referring to worn out ,
school buses jeopardizing the life of
hundreds of children of the county,
and while the matter has already I
been taken np by; the Department of I
Education, the commissioners were
cognizant of the serious import of
the jury's action and will attempt to j
help the educational department im
prove conditions. I
In addition to these two mutters,
the Board handled a considerable
amount of routine work and ad
journed.
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Dates Are Selected
For Farm Convention
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The 31st annual gathering of the
North Carolina State Farmers' Con- (
vention will be held at State College ,
daring Farm and Home Week, July
24 to 29, inclusive, according tc an
announcement from Charles A. Shef
field, secretary.
The meeting this yar will likely be
the most notable gathering in-the 30
years of the organization. ? Through ,
the efforts of President E. C. Brooks,
the American Institute of Cooperation
will hold its short coarse and public
meeting at the college this summer.
The open meeting will he held at the
same time as the farmers' convention
Dean I. O. Schaub has said that th?
annual conference of home and farm
demonstration agents will be held at
the same time and Director T. E.
Browne has stated that the vocational
teachers- of the State will meet dur
ing the week for their annual short
course. .
There is also a possibility that a
school for Grange Lecturers will be
held at> the College daring the week.
The Institute of Cooperation will at
tract leading educators from all parts
of the Southeast and in addition, the
officers of the Institute plan to bring
to the.College a group of outstanding
speakers.
At the present time, it appears thai
the Convention this summer will be
the greatest gathering of its kind
even held at the College, Mr. Shef
field says. The State Federation of
Home Demonstration Clubs will at
tract a lirge number of leading North
Carolina 4 arm women to the annual
meeting alvays held during Farm anc
Home week and there will be an addi
tional number to attend the annual
short course scheduled by the home
demonstration department.
L. H. McKay of Henderson Count}.
Is president of the Convention thi:
year and Mrs, Dewey Bennett oi.
Forsyth Conuty is president of th<
State Federation.
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Washington, May 3.?A broad
campaign progressed today at the
capital for immediate stimulation'.'- of
business, a program which President
Roosevelt regards as the next imper- _ '
ative step toward national recovery.
>. Tomorrow night the President will
take command at the annual meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce
of. the United States, and outline
his policies for recovery to business
leaders.
All proposals today pointed toward
a temporary relaxation of govern
ment regulations to permit agree
ments within industry on production,
wages and hours of labor.
; The President is considering a re
quest to Congress for authority to
supervise such action during the
period of emergency. The necessary
legislation is to be included in the
two billion dollar public works bill
now taking shape.
Organization of trade associations
within each branch of industry to
work out, with government sanction,
agreements for control of produc
tion, minimum wages and hours of
labor was suggested both at the
Chamber of Commerce meeting and
in a conference of political and eco
nomic leaders on Capitol Hill.
There is reason to believe' the
President is looking in this direction
also. In the farm bill he has asked
for Congress, he will be given the
power to control agricultural produc
tion to make it fit the needs of the
nation and the world and to preserve
reasonable prices.
Henry I. Harriman, president, and
Gerard Swope told the Chamber of
Commerce today that self-imposed
regulation was the way out. These
two national business chieftains
pointed also to the trade association
agreements.
"Shall it be done," asked Swope,
who is head of the General Electric
Company, "by the government, with
its necessarily more rigid procedure
and, therefore, less efficiency, or
shall it be done by industry itself,
which knows its problems intimately,
taking the initiative and leadership,
with the co-operation of the govern
ment to see that the public interest
is protected?"
Mr. Roosevelt has not disclosed his
attitude, but every indication is that
he will look favorably upon the gov
ernment co-operation plan as a first
?rial.
Proposals for organization of a
War Industries Board to take com
plete control over industry have
been laid aside by the unofficial com
mittee working at the Capitol, headed
by Senators Wagner, (D., N. Y.),and
La Follette, (R., Wis.).
This group includes a number of
jconomists and Assistant Secretary
Dickinson, of the Commerce Depart
ment. It has been going over a mul
titude of recovery plans.
The trade association idea is now
favored by this committee. Their
proposal would permit the various
trades to organize under close gov
ernment supervision, but without the
organizations being submitted to the
anti-trust laws.
Late this week, in all likelihood,
the President will receive from Con
gress full control of currency and
credit expansion. It is the conviction
in the administration that as a first
step to the use of any of this power
there must be a stimulation of busi
ness.
There is already two billion dol
lars in currency available for the
banks and industry whicb is not be
ing employed. Mr. Roosevelt wants to
create a demand for this money and
for any additional currency he au
thorizes under terms of the legisla
tion.
As for agreements between the
various trades, the tentative plan of'
the Wagner group includes a provis
ion that a majority of any one indus
try would dominate that industry. In
other words, if a* specified per cent
age?76 per cent, perhaps?of the
industry agreed on some trade pmc
tice, it would be' binding on the
remainder.
One of the last proposals to be
icuttled, it was said, involved fixing
an artificial bottom for prices of
manufactered goods. Under this pro
posal supported by businesc itself,
the cost of production and diatribii1- <
ion would have been calculated anp^
celling of- goods below that pri ~e
prohibited to wipe out "cut-throat
competionon," which tends to lower
wa-srerf' -?i *? . - - - 'j- \'V.,'
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George Laxtor. of Caidvc-fl Connty
made a net profit of $118 last year
frwn the sale of honey from 12 hives
of bees. ''
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V. Caswell Connty tobacco gnawers say;. d
they are saving money bjr toying^;
^^^rtilizer materials for cash ami