Wallace Optimistic Over
Oman Reduction
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More Than Million Bales I
Already-Offered; An
other Million Pending; I
T? Extend Campaign
Into .Coming Week. I
Washington, July 6.?Farmers in 161
cotton states have offered to plow up j
more than 2,600,000 acres of their
growing crop in.return for cash bene- J
fits and options on government held I
cotton. . .
This was reported unofficially to-1
dag after Secretary Wallace ? and I
George N. Peek, chief administrator!
of the farm act, made an optimistic J
report to President Roosevelt re- j
garding progresses in the acreage re- I
duction campaign begun last week.
The campaign, which was tr? have J.
closed Saturday, will be extended I
into next week, due to delays which!
farm administrators were reported
not to regard as serious.
Formal announcement of the ex-1
tension of the time during which t
growers will be permitted to sign!
contracts is tentatively scheduled to I
be made Saturday.
Wallace and Peek were described!
as having shown more optimism o/erf
the outcome of the cotton program,!
" ''?' nwA,<H?n mntrol 1
lilC 11X36 OUIjVr j/ivuuviwM ? ? ?
undertaken since passage at the farm
act, than at any other time since it
was initiated
Their program has for its goal re
daction of the potential cotton crop
by approximately S,000,000- bales.
They have estimated that from
10,000,000 to 11,000,000 acres will
hare to be taken out of production,
as the average , cotton yield is one
third of a bale to the acre.
It was said that in addition to
pledges to plow up 2,000,000 acres?
with a yield roughly estimated at
more than a million bales?there are
contracts st ll awaiting final check
in the hands, of about 22,000 ,. exten
sion and other workers according
for approximately another million
acres.
More than; $,#00,000 contract forms
have. bee%<printed in order to as
sure circulation of them among about
2^d6vd60 cotton growers. It-was dis
covered that many growers wanted
to -Study , the government $j oifer
closely, and that, some, of them have
asked for x week- or more in which
to make a decision.
RJUjRMHB
In IfeiWlir
Was One of Greenville's
Pjoneer^Baakers and
Business Men, -.
Greenville, Jnly 3.?Richard Albert
Tyasa, 7*7, pioneer-beaker ~ and t for
yean one of. ths leosfc impogtaaWtwi
oeas sm? of-the eoauavHty? died at
Doom - today, u Death followed entkai
illness of one week, although he- had I
bees, in-failing health > for - several
months.
Mr. Tysoo .organ i ted, the fleet bank
in Pitt County^ It we* located here
and Rawls. - fie. later, was ? identified
nillilllMiinieniilihi yr nf ttf "*
also gave-eovaidmabk atfeetion to
agrfculfcK*,
Mr. Tjsoirwast bee*-*n the^pwn
plantation near Farmvilip, the son
at tfca-lete Sherrod Tyson gad Jane
Tamage Tyson. He war a member
of one of the-eldest sad most socially
to^ST^'thTbeSking bwuness. "5e
Clyde Perkins, who with the follow
ing children survive: R. A. Tywuv
irn ?. JL Tyeoo and W. a Tpon,
.?bdi*viBe; Mrs. R. L. Smith, Mrs.
W. LHel^Giwrille, ?nd lfa 3.1
Mwitf|>i J|ijWfc. (ft Hicfcory? two. broth
tn,^, C. Tyeox, Gntnviilt, epd W. L.
Governor Urges
Farmers to Sip
EhringhaiisSays Farm
er CaaiGnjy Lose in
Event of Fafiiire to Co
operate in Movement.
Raleigh, July 7.?"To me the gov
ernment's proposition is one-sided;
the fanner Qannot lose and he may
win substantially," declared Governor
J. C. B. Ehringhaus yesterday in urg
ing- North Carolina fanners to avofd
the disaster of failure in the govern
ment crop, reduction plan.
Although official information has
been banned, it is unofficially report
ed that the reduction plan is lag
ging in North Carolina as elsewhere
in the cotton belt, with# the plan
meeting with almost universal ap
proval but a small amount of favor
able action.
The Governor issued a plea to the
cotton growers and. every citizen of.
the State for immediate action in
putting over the campaign, and
warned that its failure "will brtoa
disaster to our neighbors as well as I
UUiOWTto.
His statement, issued at the State
v 4
Capitol, follow:
"The farmers have for a long
time clamored for assistance from
the government in obtaining a fair
price return for their crop. For the
first time in the history of the coun
try a really worthwhile contribution
to this end has been made by the
government
"The government's offer presents
a real opportunity for the better
ment of agricultural conditions, -and
if this plan should fail it will be
almost impossible ever again to se
cure a like chance.
"To* me the government's propo
sition seems one-sided: the farmer
cannot lose mi he may win sub
stantially, In truth end in fact, so
far as he is concerned it ie 'heeds
I win, tails you lose' proposition,
and no farmer can afford to stay
outside. Already the prospects for
success of the plan has been a po
tent factor in boosting the price of
cotton for the first time in a long
period to above 10 cents*
"We might as well recognize the
fact, however, that if the plan should
fail we would witness immediately
and almost certamly a fall in price.
Here is the chance for., the farmer
to benefit himself-m at tha,- govern
ment's risk andi.eaqpeewu
"It seems to rae <not only the pa
triotic duty of. th?, faraenKsand
fitixens of- ? North* .Carolina -to co
operate in ttda.graat'iMdiWIKfie'' and
opportunity > wMefc> a-* Democratic
President -aad< CongrssshaiK given
them, but it would seen that-their
own beat fcrtwasta' would ^prompt
them to do so.
"To wait on one's neighbor -to
sign is a dangerous expedient,-r 1
earnestly hope that.Norths Carolina
farmers will promptly take advan
tage of the opportunity that con
fronts them and do their part in
bringing to,a successful culmination
this practical and worthwhile ven
ture in real farm relief. Failure can
come about only by the farmers
themselves failing to take advantage
of the opportunity presented.
"Instead of reaping the benefit by
waiting on our neighbors to sign,
we will, in my judgment, bring
disaster to our neighborasas weU as
ourselves, Krtfmatas indicate that
approximately $6,00<b000 will be
available to North Carolina farmers
almost immediately upon the suc
cessful conclusion of the program*
the time- immediate
action is necessary.
; *1 call upon all actively inter
ested in potting across the cam
paign to redouble their efforts in the
two days of remaining time to ac
complish this great enterprise."
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"HELL BELOW" VIVID DEAMA
STATE SOON, POPULAR PRICES
^Robert Montgomery, falter Hns
tdp? Madge Evans, Jimmy Durante,
Eugene PaUette sod Robert Young
bead an outstandinp cast in "Hell Be
low." ?drMlB of tnAmmttnm
warfare which opens soon at State
.action under the surface of the ocean,
torpedoing of destroyers, the destruc
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tion of an Italian fortress, 8?ti har
rowing' escapes from depth bombs and
mine layers, as a vivid background,
the story depicts the romance between
a naval lieutenant and the ^Jtaghter
of Ids commanded. The picture was
filmed with me cooperafcfoir -the
"iS ; ~ gr^i m m' /*"???--'hT, :??' -.."'T ;v-v,'T "^v . ? .-<~xq
Roosevelt's Diplomacy
Trnimiiltc ??> JfiIW? ?
i riumpns ana, Economic
CoHfenatcc IHIWfr On
COTTON FABHORS HOLDING
BACK ARE THREATFM1NG
success of PKoceess
?
Rdefch* Jite V-<*tta* turn
er* holding bAclt from aignift* to
?fr*e .to red**: tNHf eiwore
? threatej**ftthe MCHPOt of i thft
entire program Deoa J. 0< Schauh
of Sut?Coltov?UJ*dire<*or of
the federal, cottar procnua* lOahl
tod^.
Dean Scb*nb, reiterated afain
hia conlidtfMKi howwer, thatu
NorthCarolina's quota of 363,
[> Nl acres for retireowtnt would
be reached*
Negro Hang
ed By Mob
Body, Shot, Beaten, and
Strangled, Found Near
Clinton, S.C.
Clinton, S. C., July 5.?Shot, beaten
strangled, the body of Norria Ben
dick, Laurens county negro* was found
seyeg. mi}es from here a few hours af
ter four BflidentjTfed white men had
spirited him away from the Clinton
jail where he had been held for slay
ing Marvin LolUs, twenty year old
truck driver.
The negro appeared to have been
badly beaten, Sheriff Cidumbus Owens
said, with blows on bia head, body and
"all over." He had been shot once.
Around his neck was a rope. Sheriff
Owens said it appeared he Had been
hanged and the body, then cut down..
Up* Win
From Firemen
????'??aK.'.
Local P?|t Out To Win
Title of Unbe?tables;
Wins Second Gome of
Series,
(Sport Miter)
In the second of a series of base
ball games, played by local civic and
patriotic organisations, and in which
the American Legion 1s the cballen
?I. M
ger, tms group won igiw vu ??w~,.?
day afternoon with the Fireman as
the opposing team, by the narrow
margin of 16-6. s
The Legion is apparently quite
modest about its prowess in the na
tional sport but we suspect that the
hearts of the members are really
?bursting with pride, and that they are
secretly planning to join one at t?*e
| Big Leagues. Still water usually runs
deep and the Legionnaires were so
still (?) about a former victory ovei:
the Betarfcws when their runs ran
around 29, that we have a suspicion
their pride extends rather far down.
The only comment we could get out of
either Botes of the fire Chasers wis
that nobody outside of soldiers, could |
run like that," ttjiyhow, we consideri
that a catty remark and wouldn't
think of repeating it
At the same time they have won
great honors on the baseball field and
we predict that the Legion will-noon]
be so intoxicated by the wine of Vic
tory it will throw caution to the winds]
and be bold enough to challenge, the,
Septuageaarains. And that will be
THE GAME of the season. Wilt
Farmville turnout?. And how.
Fir* Chasers line-up: Batteries,
David Smith, Curtis Flanagan, jfid
Naah Warren, Edgar Barrett, Loyri
Smith, Howard Taylor, Lim Wooten
Vac Hardy, Milton Eason. v '
Legion line-up: Batteries, John
Hill Paylor. Lowell Liles, O. G. Spell,
Chits. Baucom, Jim Joyner, A. W. Bob
bitt, Joe Break,-* Robert Rouse, Roy
Moore.
With Moitey Issue Side
tracked.St??ringCom
mittee .Votes Unani
mously To Continue.
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London, July 6-? President Roose-r
volt scorad-n sraestaingvictory .today
according .to the ,Unit#d Press, when
the - steering ..committee voted unani
mousJjfc th^i the world economic con
ference, beset by..fitter differences
over, currency stabilisation, should
contuwe.
The President's leadership, support
ed by Canada and assisted by the
mediation .of Great Britain to the
drive to keep- toe ?< conference alive,
was bona out by developments dur
ing a drastic day. In. which few had
jBxpactedany thing but adjournment.
The United States group, however,
Jed a dogged fig?>fc j?g|||^^uittfeg to.
failure. The resujt of toe President's
appeal Wto that, pot ? delegate mm?
the id wmtrtorepresented ?a the
steering commltaee arose to advocate
adjournment . . .
. The European gold bloc, led by
France, had. fought : for immediate
adjournment earlier in the week, but
in the face of the adament Roosevelt
attitude and British support of the
American program, they fell to Ito#
m A cgtopTOtolto (to stabilization
matters, and voted to carry on,
The conference it to proceed on
two tacks i
X?All sub-committeee are to meet
?-??? -?L1- I nn
KB rapvuy OS pugtuuiy auu Utnn Hf
a list of subjects on which the na
tions are ready definitely to proceed.
2?These are to be submitted to
the steering committee which will
decide, what the future course of the
parley shall be. .
^ This compromise postponed discus
sion of monetary problems for the
present. The gesture saved the gold
t:oc nations?France, Italy, Belgium,
-Switzerland and Holland?from the
necessity of a backdown on their
currency stabilization policy or of
withdrawal from the conference, and
permitted the parley to continue.
Despite the ostensible refusal of
the gold bloc to participate in mpne
tayy weye studied immediately, it
was generally believed their dele
gates. would be wrawn irresistibly
into financial talks which undoubted
ly will occur within the orbit of the
economic discussions.
! It was noteworthy that the French
receded from their earlier insistence
that tariffs and import quotas
should be excluded from the delibera
tions if stabilisation is put to one
pride.
The actual vote of the steering
committee in deciding- to continue
the parley-came on a resolution sub
mitted by Prime Minister J. Ram
say Macdonald. The committee met
| at 6:10 p. m., adopted the resolu
tion in 10 minutes, and adjourned.
The bureau is to meet ag^in-Mon
day, whan it is expected that the
sub-committee wilt be prep* ted to
submit lists of definite questions
which the nations can consider.
IDS Parish In i
Fourth Celebration
More People Killed Try
ing to Enjoy Holiday
Than In 2 Skirmishes of
Revolutionary War..
W ' 1
America paid a greater price in loss
of live j in its annual celebration of in
dependence than it did in the initial
skirmivhes of the revolutionary war
it w&? revealed by a survey which
showed, however, a sharp decrease in
fli^workaiata^UM. i
A total of at least 185 men, wom
en and children perished during the'
holiday,-compared witp the total loss
of 70 men at Lexington end 98 back
in April of .1775 when the forces of the
original colonies clashed with those
of King George III.
In addition there were hundreds of
tele for fireworks injuries. ;
fireworks fatalities, however total
OPENING DATES OP
TOBACCO MARKETS
Anaoanced Last Friday By The
Saks Committee of The To
? , baece Association.
The opening , tobacco dates c in the ;
different belts for the sale of the 1933
crop were announced Friday by the j
sales committee of the Tobacco Asso
ciation of the United States as fol
lows:
Georgia. .August 1st; South Caro
lina. August 15th; East Carolina.
August 29th; Middle Belt, September
19th; Old Belt, September 26th; Dark
Virginia Belt, November 7th.
BanditsHold
Up Cashier
C. T. Mlverls Held Up
and Robbed of $2,000,
by Lone Bandit,
Greensboro, N. C., July 6.?A lone
bandit held up C. T. Mclver, cashier
of the Colonial Ice Company, on a
down town street here today, forced
him at a pistol point to drive his auto
mobile several blocks and then fled
with the machine and $8,000 the cash
ier was taking to a ban*.
Mclver said the man stepped into
hie automobile, stud: a pistol next to
his face and commanded him to drive
on. y,
The cashier said he was afraid to
look around and did not know whether
the bandit was white.
After driving se/eral blocks the
man shoved Mcl/er from the car and
fled.
Pitt Do. Board Plan
$50JHIVSaving
This Saving Planned De
spite a $12,000,000 Re
tien in Valuations.
?
Greenville, July 6.?In spite of the
fact that they are faced with a $12,
000,000 reduction in valuation for the
1933-84 fiscal year, the Board of
County Commissioners today had
turned their attention to saving tax
payers $50,0:0 "during the year, it
was stated at4ha'office of John Cow
ard, county auditor.
The' saving was announced after
the comnrissionelrr met' here to go
over a tentative budget for the new
yew and to discuss wayr and means
for slicing ;the general expenses of
government duringfthenew year.
Although the budget was not
definitely accepted, the commission
ers were to meet here during the
latter part of the month to okay it.
They will also decide oiT the tax
rate at that time.
^Ihe saving will be affected, Mr.
Coward said, through reducing op
erating exnenses. about 15 Der cent
land the State taking over the opera
tion of schools, with exception of
maintenance and vocational training.
The debt service probably will be in
creased about 1 per cent.
The pronounced slump in valuations
is the result of the 88 1-8 per cent
horizontal reduction recently made by
the count] in compliance with action
of the Ian session of the General As
sembly. It is the largest drop in valu
ations in many a year and the com
missioners have been forced to take
some unusual steps in the operation
of government to make up for the
shortageb
The estimated total valuation this
year is 126,000,000 as compared with
?$38,000,000 for the previous year, ot
a drop of $12,000,000. ,
The budget was the only thing dis
cussed with exception of usual routine
business.
. "
Corn following clover has been
daxfiaged by dry weather less, serious
ly this spring than corn planted on
other land, observe a number of pied
mont farm agents.
'Ag
?
The acreage to gardens in Casweljf
County has increased by 40 per cent
over the 1082 acreage and corn plant
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Knott's Warehouse to Be
Enlarged to52,000 Sq. Ft.
Owners To Rush Wosk
of New Addltion; Wil!
Be Ready for Opening:
of Market Aug. ?9.
Citizens of Farmville, always wrei
coming any action beneficial to the
local tobacco market, and the hundreds
of farmers who patronise' it, will be
interested to learn that owners of
Knott's warehouse, J. W. Holmes, J. L
Morgan and J. H. Harris, have de
cided to construct the 100 foot exten
sion, which has been under contem
plation for some weeks, thereby mak
ing this house, considered ample for
several years, among the largest of
the tobacco district. The floor space'
will be 52,000 square feet, and the
addition will be completed and rtady
for the opening of the market which
takes place Tuesday, Aug. 29th.
This extention will enable R. H.
Knott, who entered into partnership
wih J. M. HobgOod several months
ago, to take care of a full I day's sale
and of his rapidly growing business
of leaf sales. ' ? _.
Hope to End Cot
ton (hive Saturday
Every Possible Effort
To Be Put Forth in Pitt
in The Federal Cotton
Reduction Campaign,
Greenville, July 7.?Every ounce of
power was being used today to con
clude the Federal cotton production
control campaign in this county by
the end of the week. This informa
tion was given out this morning at
the office of E. F. Arnold, farm di
rector, who is in charge of the cam
paign in this county.
Forty-odd growers had been as
signed the task of visiting farmers
who have not signed the remainder
of the week, and Mr. Arnold was
hopeful that 6000 quota for this coun
ty would be reached by nightfall
Saturday.
Four hundred contracts had been
signed when workers resumed op
perations this morning, and in view
of the fact that some of the largest
growers had not added their signa
tures to the contracts, led campaign
workers to believe their goal would
be achieved by Saturday.
The contracts so far signed rang
ed all the way from one acre to one
hundred acres, Mr. Arnold said. . To.
Nicholas McLawhorn, of Swift Creek,
goes the honor of signing for the
greatest number of acres.' His con-,
tract calls for 100 acres.
R. L. Davis, of Farmville, takes
second place, having signed to plow
up 64 acres in this county. Mr.
Davis owns considerable property in
Greene county also, and it was stated
he had signed to plow up considera
ble cotton in that area. ?
Mr. Arnold said some of the largest
farm operators of the county had
been out of the city since receipt of
the contract blanks the first of the
week but were expected to return in
time to add their signatures by the*
end of the week.
If the campaign momentum con
J-r??-- iliwdAfnl* iuliovM frnw
U11UC9) V1XC 1CU1U UU.WW*
700 to 1,000 blanks will be signed by
Saturday which will probably give
Pitt county the required number of
acres.
Farmers will be paid around $12
an acre and ^given 6 cents a pound
option on all cotton plowed up under
the government plan to take at least
three million bales of the stayle out
of cultivation this year. The plan
was inaugurated, for the purpose of
relieving the congested nu^ket and
thereby boosting the price situation:
Farmers who have not signed were
urged by Mr. Arnold to get in touch
with the field workers this week and
do their part in the federal campaign
to improve the economic situation of
the growers of the south land.
?The newly established cream ship
ping station at Morgantan paid Burke
County farmers t36&13 for. surplus
milk and cream during the first month
of operation. .
; .
Despite the drought, John Rowe of ?
Catawba County harvested ljOOO-bush
els of oats from a 15-acre field.
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