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By BKMWAcres In ftei
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Raleigh, July 19.?Plan3 are being;!
shaped for the relief of fine-cured to-1
bacco growers through a government J
campaign similar to the cotton acre-1
age- reduction plan.
Dr. G. W. Forster, agricultural econ-1
omist at State College, just back!
from conferences with the Agricul-j,
tural Adjustment Administration at J
Washington, said last night that he I
anticipated that the campaign would!
be launched this fall to cut tobacco!
acreage in North Carolina and other I
flue-cured producing states, but that!]
no official details were yet available, j (
"This plan as developed will varyl
somewhat from cotton in that it pro- |1
vides for payment based on quality I
and yield in the past period. The J:
price of flue-cured tobacco has not I'
brought a fair exchange in recent}
years, and in 1932 was approximate- J
ly three and one-half cents per pound M
less than the fair exchange value asr
defined in the Agricultural Adjust-1
raent act," said Dr. Forster. j i
"In order to bring the price of to-11
bacco to a parity," he asserted, "it I:
will be necessary to formulate a plan
for the curtailment of the 1934 crop, <
and should a plan be adopted, it h
will be necessary to take out of pro- h
duction from 90,000 to 100,000 acres
planted to # flue-cured tobacco. |,
"To raise the necessary revenue to j
take 96,000 to 100,000 acres out of (
cultivation, a tax of between three ,
and four cents would have to be
levied on flue-cured tobacco domesti
cally consumed which is approxi
mately 230,000^)00 pounds annually,"
he said. - ^ t
A three nnd one-half cent tax on
the domestically consumed portion (
of flue-cured tobacco would yield ap
proximately $8,000,000 annually, and
payments per acre of tobacco taken
out of cultivation would vary with
each individual farm, Dr. Forster
asserted. ^
Other states that would be affected
by so^h^a campaign .are South Caro- ,
lina, Virginia and Georgia:
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Madison County farmers are taking
advantage of the. newly established <
livestock market at Aaheville and me 1
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Rattfeboaa, N. CL, July- 20.?Four 1
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GreenviHe.July 19^?A sharp re- .
duction of school districts in Pitt coan- i
ty has "been made by the scate school
commission under provisions of the
new school legislation it was revealed (
today in a report submitted to the ?
board of . edncatioa hy Lmroy Martin^
executive secretary of the state com- 1
mission.
The districts have been reduced (
from: eighteen to eleven -and will go |
under numbers instead of names. ,
Fhide some ? districts -were left intact j
from one to two schools were added
to others. No district, however, has (
>ver three schools. (
Greenville was classified as a city }
administrative unit by the commis
jion with the addition of Williams t
school * * ? ;'s ,
One school in each district has been j
:onfined to the handling of high <
ichool work exclusively and the others I
will take care of intermediate work.
The newly arranged districts follow <
with the first named school serving *?
ligh school pupils and the other <
if the group catering to intermedi- '
ites: ?. 1
District 1?Belvoir, Fountain.
District 2?Bethel. 1
District 3?Stokes, Pactolus. 1
District 4?Grimesland, Galloway's 1
ind Elks. 1
District 5?Chicod, Hollywood and
Zox, 1
District 6?Grifton. <
District 7?Ayden. I
District 8?Winterville, Red Banks. '
District 9?Arthur. 1
District 10?Farm vi lie. 1
District 11?Fountain. 1
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|Fwo States For !
I Repeal of Dry Law:
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I Arkansas and Alabama J
I Join Ranks of Wets In J
I Voting Contest j
I Arkansas and Atanwha, the first J
I dates of the "seiid><aauth" to speak 1
I in the prohibition nnwsidinent, have J
I roted for its repeal j
I Approximate and incomplete re- 1
I urns showed today that- Alabama I
avored repeal <by-about two to on#. (l
I The vote for repeal in Arkansas J
Iras three to-two. . j
Yesterday's vote brought states J
m record for repeal to 18 with pro^ J
libitionists yet to . show their ffaiSljr J
/ictory. " - I
Tennessee voters will register their (
iecision tomorrow with Oregon Fri- j
I lay. Thirty-six states must vote for ,
repeal if. the amendment is to be nulli- A
ISed.
In addition to Tennessee and Ore- j
jon, 15 states have definitely fixed J
iates before early November, to vote J
|>n repeal amendment. t 'J
Women Drop Cares
For Week's Outing I
North Carefoa farm women, mem
bers of the home demonstration clubs,
crill drop their household cares, turn
the children over to ohlsr boy* and
girls or the goodvJmsbsnd, and jaur
oey to State Colfcge duriag the week
of July 24 to 2^fbf their annum short
"Times are still hard and actual
cash is scarce, but reduced rates on I
buses and trains, twenty-five cent I
meals and a room free of efcarge at I
the college may bring a vacation with
in the mean* of many families," said
lane S. McKimmon, in annfumcing
easy for farm women to leave theik
>ver to some one else and the hun
protests that there is too much to do
it home."
Mrs. McKimmon said it is a joy to
see middle-aged women chumming to
gether like girls in the college dormi
tories.
The program for the short course
>ffers something new and varied this
rear. The art of cookery, selling
dungs at the curb market, a canning
:linic, health studies, the comforta
ble and beautiful home, the family
vardrobe and a host of other sub
jects will be reviewed by the women
luring the few days they .are away
from home. There will also be inter
esting general meetings and some |
;ime for recreation.
On Thursday, the state meeting of.
he Federation of Home Demonstra-'
don Clubs will be held, and, on Friday,
here will be the graduation exercises
for those women who have attended
four consecutive short courses.
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Inductions During The
Now Year
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Greenville, Jul, "tV*^ ?!
t82 400 will be made by the tax P?y
fjyal year under the economy P
Commissioners and reveled m w
tentative budget made pubUc today.
The budget carries total appropria
^ year as com
pared with $317,300 for *e pwjH
year, which makes the saving
having was effected threngh
J atete taking ?v? the opcrebun
of the eight months school te . I
aconoanies in administration of the |
ywmty government $66,500
ared from schools alone and $15,900
ffiU come from economies in otn
,ranches of the administration.
The only increased appropriation
jontamed in the budget go to fte
bounty Home and poor fund, genera
relief and debt service funds. I
The County Home and poor fund
ad other relief activities was placed
it $18,658 against $16,285 for
roar The debt service fund was in
leased from $185351 last year to
?211,305 this year.
The health department was re
luced from *13,030 test ymur to *8r
100 this year. This cut was causea
argely by withdrawal of outside aid.
rhe efficiency of the department will
"? 55?-"- food including
rppropriations ? not ndcgnntely pro-|
S for by thestate,
it $13,500 compared with $15300 last l
decrease in the budget was!
pado in the face of ? *11,?00,0(K? re-1
taction in valuations brought about I
jy the S3 1-3 per cent horizontal re
luction as provided by tiw Ust sea
itan of the legislature. The total f ,
real and person
?his year was estimated at $27,000*000
?ompared with $38,000,000 for the pre
^The^iet will remain on display
lt the court house several days ml
iddition to being reproduced m ^the
?olumns of the various newspapers
>f thecounty so that the citizenship I
nay see what the commissioners plan
rdo this year. After remaining on
lisplay for the full time as preaenb
?d by law the commissioners will then
idopt it. "? ; I
Head Of State Repeal
Council Says State Will
Outdo Arkansas And
Alabama
Raleigh, July 19.?Walter Murphy,
executive secretary of the North
Cfo^United Coun^orrepeitiof
larger -majority is fovor S repeal
than and Arkansas yester
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Starting Plows
Special Permits To Be
luted Growers F o r
Plowing Up Cotton
Acreage
Greenville, July 20.?E. F. Arnold
-ban-been advised by the head of the
cotton production control drive in this
state not to do anything about plowing
up cotton farmers agreed to take out
of cultivation in . thia county until per
mit blanks have been received.
The advice was given efter Mr.
Arnold has aaked what to do under
the recent ruling permitting farmers
to go ahead with their destruction
campaign under special permits.
Mr. Arnold said he expected to re
ceive the first batch of special permit
blanks tomorrow and as soon as grow
ers obtain these it was understood
they would be permitted to begin
plowing up the acreage they agreed
to take out of cultivation.
Pitt county growers agreed to take
around 8,000 bales out of production
this year which is considerably more
from the bale standpoint than the gov
ernment required, although acreage
was slightly under the goal. .
Farmers have been permitted to go
ahead with the planting of food crops
between cotton rows. The extra crop, j
however, will not be allowed to be
placed on the . market and must be
consumed at home.
Pitt county ranks as sixth in state
campaign, that honor having been re
vealed by the state reduction office
following a check-up of returns from
the various cotton , producing counties i
of the state.
The honor was well deserved, Mr.
Arnold said, by reason of the fine
work done by committeemen in every
townahip at the comity. , ;
Station'WEED'
Goes aitha Air
Meat Sept. 1
Main Studio in the H. A.
White & Sons Building
Now Under Construc
tion
(Greenville News-Leader)
Greenville's radio broadcasting sta- 1
tion is now scheduled to go on the air
about the last of August or the first
of September. The Federal Radio
Commission has assigned the call let
ters "WEED" to this station, accord
ing1 to W. Avera Wynne, the owner.
Greenville, being located in the i
heart of the largest "Golden Weed" '
producing and marketing section, i
these letters spell an appropriate '
word. Since the zone in which North
Carolina comes is already over its ]
quota, it is very likely that WEED 1
will be the last station to be licensed
in this state.
The studio will be located in the i
H. A. White & Sons building on Evans !
street. Work is already under way on 1
thin project. The actual transmitting '
apparatus will be located at the junc- i
tion of the Farmville-Ayden; high
ways. The transmitter will be con
nected with the Studio with a special
wi*tf
Much of the preliminary work on
the station has already been com
pleted, it is announced, and assembly
of the transmitting apparatus is now
under way. All the equipment will be
brought to Greenville during the first
part of August when final adjust
ments will be made.
One at the features of the station
will be the broadcast of ehureh ear
vices every Sunday morning. All
churches will be given the opportunity
to broadcast and those desiring to do
so will probably be broadcast in rota
tion. Details of this feature have not
yet been worked out Negotiations
axe-tinder, way to locate an additional
studio at the Teachers College.
The station will operate on * fre
quency of 1420 kilocycles and will be
on-the air daily ft* hwhMumately
afternoon;" Sunday the schedule will
be from ten until one in the afternoon.
and under favorable conditions
Pitt Placed or
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Tin Hour DM
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County Sixth In Cotton
Reduction Campaign)
In This State
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Greenville, July 19,?Pitt county
won the distrinction of being put on
the honor roll in the federal cotton
production control campaign which
closed last week, it was made known
by information furnished by the state
department today.
The county ranked sixth among
cuts by the other cotton producing
counties of the state, it was revealed.
E. F. Arnold, director of the farm
department and head of the cotton
drive of this county, in making
known the standing of the county
stated that Pitt county's acreage
was 4, 191 acres, or the equivalent of
about 3,000 bales.
Although the quota provided by
the government was 6,100 acres, the
average estimate per acre in this
county placed. the number of bales
fifty per cent above government re
quirement of 2,033 bales.
Due to* an error Pitt county was
not included in the honor roll carried
by state papers this morning buf the
correction was made by state head
quarters in time for afternoon edi
tions.
Mr. Arnold again expressed appre
ciation of thel fine work done by com
mitteemen in this county and said the
success of the campaign was due
largely to their efforts.
Farmers will be instructed this
week, when to begin plowing up th&r
cotton. The information waS being
sent out from Washington to state
headquarters and from there to farm
agents who in turn will notify com
mitteemen so that they may convey
the information to growers.
Farmers were instructed by the
Secretary not te begin plowing up
their cotton until they had been in
dividually notified by the government.
Refuse S. C.
'Beer* Funds
Orphanage Trustees De
cline Further State Aid
In &)tfth?aroLina
Clinton, S. C., July 19-?Dr. L. Ross
Lynn, president of Cornwell Orphan
age, here, announced today the school
will.inthe future refuse all state pub
lic school fond aid because part of the
fond is derived from the sale of beer.
Dr. Lynn said trustees of the or
phanage endorsed this stand after a
meeting.
The orphanage, housing 375 chil
dren most of whom are of schorl age,
is-supported in the main by the Pres
byterian Synod of South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida. At the same |
time, however, a portion of. state
school funds go to the orphanage to
aid in supporting it.
Dr. Lynn said it would be incon
sistent TOr the school to accept the
money, part of which accumulates
from the sale of beer in South Caro
lina.
Lea Company To Have
Farmville Branch
Rocky Mount, July 19.?A branch
of the W. B. Lea Tobacco Company,
one of the best known tobacco firms
in this action of the State, has
been established in Farmville, it
was learned here to day, and is tak
ing over the plant formerly occu
pied by the C. B. Cheatham Com
pany thirfalL
Neal B. Howard, vice president of
the company, will be assisted by an
experienced corps of tobacco men.
Mr. Howard, well known in this
city where he has resided for a num
ber of years, will move his family to
Farmville following the close of the
Georgia tobacco markets and the
opening of sales in that town.
, Limestone to make clover, clover to
make wheat, is a farm plan being fol
lowed successfully by grower in Pied
mont Carolina. Indications are that}
more limestone will be used this faD.|
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Lindsay C. Warren Says
Roosevelt Is for'Freedom'
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Congressman Tells
Press Representatives
President is Revolu
tionist
Manteo, July 20.?Reviewing1 the
anti-depression legislation enacted
during the first days of the Roose
velt administration, Congressman
Lindsay C. Warren of the First North
Carolina District described the Presi
dent as a "successful revolutionist" in
addressing the North Carolina Press
Association here last night.
"Franklin Delano Roosevelt, my
friends, is a revolutionist," Warren
said. "He is the leader of the most
far-sweeping, all-inclusive revolu
tion man has had in this country since
the father of our country himself,
gave us freedom from foreign appres
sion.
"This man is giving us a new free
dom?freedom. from fear, freedom
from hunger, freedom from inaction,
freedom from poverty, and he is a
successful revolutionist in his fight
for the freedom of his people."
Congressman Warren, an adminis
tration leader in the House, called the
national recovery act designated to
put 15,000,000 people back to work
"the President's do or die offensive
attack against the depression."
Successful administration of this
act, the speaker said, "will provide a
decent living widely spread among
our 120,000,000 people."
"It means the opening of industry
to the richest market the world has
known?to a prosperous home market.
At the same time it challenges indus
try to make good its oft-repeated as
sertion ? that given the right to act in
unsion, it could better serve the pub
lic welfare.
- "From today it has the right. And
from today the slacker industry is in
a most real way a public enemy. It
is also a challenge to labor. It is
labor's Magna Carta?its new charter
of rights long sought but hitherto
denied.
"But it is not a law mainly for la
bor; it is mainly for the American
people, including labor.
"The measure is a challenge to the
people ol: America," Warren assert
ed, declaring public opinion must sup
port this or any other legislative act
before it can become a positive force
of constructive benefit.
The press, he said, is the greatest
agency for molding public opinion.
"Without exaggeration, the influ
ence of the press in developing public
opinion favorable to, and understand
ing of, the tremendous program of re
covery conceived by our President is
scarcely second to that of the Con
gress itself in enacting the measures
that will make it possible for the ad
ministration to actually put this far
flung plan of recovery into effect,"
Warren declared.
500 Workers
In Mew Walkout
Total Number on Strike
Increased To Approxi
? mately 6,000
High Point, July 20.?Employes of
the Carolina Garment Company and
the High Point Oevrall Company went
on strike here today demanding a 25
per cent increase in wages.
The two companies employed about
500 workers. H. P. Hudson is presi
dent of both concerns.
The new strike brought the total
number of workers on strike here to
about 6,000.
Last Monday about 6,000 workers
in various hosiery mills and furni
ture factories struck,.but since then
an agreement has been reached with
a return of some 600 furniture work
ers to their jobs.
Strike leaders^ revealed that the
management of the Carolina Gar
ment Company aftd High Point Over
all Company offered a 15 per cent in
crease wf en strikers made their de
mands last night but the offer was
refused.
Meanwhile workers and officials of
the other plants where strikes are in
progress, apparently marked time.
Twenty-one bushels of wheat aver
age on 12 acres is the production se
cured by S. P. Knight of Rocking
ham County this spring.