Yon T# Trfttfe ^$?lt Tkm*z' ~' j^'
*]'?'* - : H~ '??"'? ? >': '*r^ ?% "-'?..' *. S? ks>'
1 J ??-? *s>. r-v -W - '.- ??i ?.:?*.? . 1- *??.. ??; -
' ? ??? > ? ' ? >? I ? ? ?? ?
? ?i ? Ui; ,. ,? f -1 f, -r'l
1' . i r" ;' i' 1 i
Farmers Plead Living
Price For Their Crop*
'? AaxMjNMaiaMwv<a4ri?M?MBi
Mass Meetings U r g e
< that Government Come
to Relief of Tobacco
Growers
Washington, Aug. 10.?The advisory
committee representing fhie cured to
bacco growers in North Carolina and
South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia
is to meet with Farm Adjustment Ad
ministration officials Monday to de
? *2V?-* r> "t'
termine a program directed at raising
flue cured prices during the present
harvest <
G. C. Adams, Georgia Commissioner
of Agriculture, conferred today on I
the tobacco situation in the state with I
J. BT Hutson; acting chief of the Farm j
Administration's tobacco division. J
Adams plans to remain in Washington I
to participate in the conference on!
Monday.
Mass meetings were held in various J
parts of Eastern North Carolina with J
a few in Central Carolina yesterday I
calling on the government to take a|
hand to help farmers get" a living!
price for their tobacco. Action was!
taken on reports from the Georgia!
markets and based on the theory that!
although compared with prices of re-1
cent years those on the border' mar- I
kets yesterday might show some im- j
provement, they were nevertheless!
not such to guarantee the grower any |
decent return for his labor and in
vestment
In most meetings heard from the
government was asked to create a
branch of ,the department of agri
culture which would look after es
pecially the. needs of the growers of I
bright tobaecpf taking steps to re- j
duce .acreage., and so lessen the future
production that an automatic increase
in price would result
Hie meetings so far as heard from J
were well attended and the tobacco j
growers were unanimous in the feel
ing that the government ought to
come to the relief of the tobacco
farmer.
I Fiscal News
Commg&QM
State's Dej&jH Bfilsty ed
I t"? AETmate
' ? SSTS? " ? * e
Raleigh, Aug. 10.?Almost at any I
time now? North Carolinians will be \
- "apprised by Fraidr L. Dunlap, assist- I
ant director of the State budget, of
"the stale <rf the State" is a fi*al
way. v--. . .
The defiled \
condition oft fa State's finanae%" r.aa I
on June 30, last, the end of the last
bienniuny iSr eapechnfc :to show ;"lSe,
State duddtttot' a deficit approxi
mating 14 millions of doUajg.
jrthe^uioije, nfc j JS>:
i-ther
state meat, will show the. deficit for*
the fiscal year ending June 30il9pfe
to he between aeven andcmep^lod
one-half moUions of dollars.
Although emmjwyqd ipg, mispr
ized by the igagt.AqMak* MMrtfrfr
to fund the#g|||^di^M
J. C. B. Ehringfcu^wfi* i*;gaggon
vacation ^socwwhWR- i*a;W*^WJfe!
North^O^^^^^^Nraade
taring; per
ptr iU I^ist ^9^
^jj0rkf .bBt
^ j^J;' ?j^jk jfrv' *">iifrT~ tgr^^Bi^'i '?'' 11> ffii *'
J (|Aa *toJ - ""aT.w'3't
Seeks Full De
struction of Gotten
? ''' '.."j,.
Arnold Urges Farmers
To Cut Down and Then
Plow Up Staple,in,Con
trol Campaign
__________
Greenville, Aug. 10.?It is absolute- j
ly necessary for growers to totally
destroy the cotton they agreed to take .
oat;of cultivation in connection with j
the government reduction campaign,
E. F. Arnold, director of the move
ment in this county said today. j
The expression came after reports ;i
had j reached the farm office that some i
farmers were plowing up their cotton <
without totally destroying it Mr. i
Arnold advised growers to cut it down
and; then plow up to insure complete i
destruction of the staple they agreed ]
to take out of production. i
Although the harvesting of the 1
tobacco crop has required the undivid- i
ed attention of the majority of grow- <
era, the farm director said about sixty :j
per cent of thp -signers of the govern
ment cotton contract had plowed up 1
the. staple, and that the remainder
were expected to do so in the near
future, or as soon as they can gat -
their tobacco crop in the house.
Under the federal control plan, Pitt
county growers agreed to take approx- <
imately 5,000 acres of cotton out of ?
production, qr the equivalent of 3,000 i
bales. The county was one of sev- J
eral of the state to receive honorable ]
mention for the fine cooperation 1
shown the movement. i
It is the object of the camapjgP) tjo, ?
take over three million bales out of j
cultivation thereby relieving the con
gestion of the world market and stim- -
ulating the price situation. Prices
jumped considerably at the beginning
of the campaign and grounds weije ?
expected to realize much bep^t front -
co-operating with the gnyeoun^t j
TOWES SITE TO BE MARKED F
The observation tower, recently
erected here by the United. 'States 1
Coast and Geoditic Survey, and which ^
was removed Thursday, ^tH-he-oifi- j
daily recorded as Monk station, hav
ing been situated on the property of .
A. C. Monk, the Bobbitt and BpU's .
warehouse lot, and the site will bear
a marker with bronze tablet
. ?. ? !
Rotary !
????
The Fanpville Rotary dnhJMld. ite 4
weekly meeting last Tuesday evening. ?
After an excelent vaal cutlet supper 1
the progTafh, which centered around <
"The Aimg and Objects of Rotary," i
was presented with R. & Boyd aa pro- ~i
gram leader.
S. B. Underwood addressed the club I
on the abofe subject a^td^oH **
the primary aim of Rotary the pro
motion of service in, all waljgs of life
and in all parts of the world. This
service is te be accomplished by every i
Rotarian inhering to the six basic obf. J
jects of Rotary International in* his 1
relations ^th his feU^Anten?9l!?^ S
others thnpughout tee world y^h
whom he comes in contact , r
After the above ^mtion anni
presentation of fact all those present ]
were asked to pause a moment and
take stoclf in an effort to determine
whether or not they were living* and
conducting there business organ iza- r
tions in accord with these objects. \ \
The Objects of Rotary Are:
1 ^
^ sjjf"
I fir
[fT . . A'a . :?
,
? . " " "
I* getnrn for Acr^e Reduction
pre^ud Um Smfamt, cw,
Be Ohteined fpr Plan. Ac^oni
Ipg ta T^vw Received for.
? *
Below is an agreement which we
are , suggesting the fsnaon sign and
send to Tho Efettrprise and to be for
waijded to the secretary of agricul
ture in Washington in an attempt to
aecyre payments for tobacco grow
eradn return for acreage reduction:
"The Secretaryof Agriculture,
Washington, D. C.: I understand the
govern meat wants tobacco farmers
to receive money, enough to buy as
muqh as they couW^wit^ the
of tobacco prices from 1919 to 1929
(parity price).
"In consideration of. payment to
me, of money to be raised from a
processing tag in tobacco factories?
so that my buying power as a to
aacco grower may be increased?I
im willing to agree to cut my tobac
:o acreage for the neat three years
(the same sa cigar tobacco growers).
"I have.?? acres in tobacco
this year. a
"Signed:
- Town. 1
Route No. "
In other words the government
:annot control production of_. tobac
? and raise prices if theJapCK.^0^
lot assist by holding down his acre
ige. That is why the government is
laying the farmer to reduce his cot
ion acreage, in order to eliminate the
surplus.
FARMVELLE'S
BUDfiET:NftWi
COMPLETED
1 -JJ.'J .
Farm villa's budget baa bpe^ com
peted by the City Fatbfra, according
x> Mayor X^wis and tbe^offieiaLaefU,
irillJ* placed njxpi Tt pa, Aw^ 21st
In yiew of the reduced valuation by
IS 1/8% the 15% increase in the tcuq
rate, to wit; from 1.25 to 1.40 is con
liderei very good. This, v$l gfcnL a
otal tax reduction of about 20% from
ast sear tax assessment.
4F"" s'^TSI J""* .
?Th? Cauyyvrtaionfr^ had bopsd, to
evy onlya 1.25 ta* rate, but found it
mp^at'hte in view of the fact that it
ess necessary to increase the appro
priations for labor by about $8,560.00
h que municipalities are called. VPP9
o conform, to the provisions of the
National Recovers Adnifni?*r?HM>
It was deemed unwise to reduce
fcfct and water rates at.thiy time, in
iaipuch?a the rate in Farmvilie is
ower than the average and in view.
>f the further; fact that tha. leyy .ou
eal estate would haye tO.M
sd to take chrtt.of such redaction. -
T ' ? . ?-? . ?
>BESTON MURPHY FARM
* I TO BE MARKED AS ,
'v OBSERVATION 8fcAV&&
? ? ' ?-*v
The Preston Morphyiago, tp&M
rom Farmvilie was among nearby
#** of thepbeeiwation^M, rwegfc,
y erected in s
Soastj and Geodetic Serveyi and the
IMUd^sr with fcronxp tablet,, which wiH
? ?" " ' f r.-;
mark tha*spoiw3Lte?r?tfcft of
:: , ?
Murphy as moat fitting, doing honor
to her .forefathers, by whom this land
>hM. been hel(Tin possession for seven
generation*; The farm is in.the old
Willow Green .community.
? bE ? - :
-.'-? /.* ? - rlijrFB
? i ffcw. "V- JiV' -M*-' JBkJfsh'". lc(.T:5i'? ?2**rV^.wr?
.?M A?g. ?.^-GoId, deposits
that are extremely interesting and
tosses fit oil that nagr toad to fu
ture d^velopmeiit^ ha^ bfeen found
during, the past, two, weeks in Jack
son aqd Maco^ couh|ieB hy B. E.
:Maaon^ Californiavmino^, and A. C.
Cagle, iCaliforniaKoU man, vho have
bee* visiting Mr., Qagle'a brother,
0. Vd pagle, at Sylv* ""
Mr. Maeon came back to North
j Caroiiia^lt Ju)m,attfr, an
rbsenctjjf , . 4&s?grg * He has been
living in San Joaquin Valley, near
"' ^ml do-V ^ythins yet that
T "rt^H fflpftfnftrr said. "Even
the moat- imperfawt mountains have
?bwfci^r changes in the
growti^drfr;?j|jb^!(so that I cannot
reeogntotdthiwri %v
' Mr. Cagle, who makes his home in
HoUyv^p^'loK North Carolina in
1911 and this is his first trip back.
Both mgUB#dfi i&%j9Urney this time
beeauaa^thegt-.wwe interested in re
oprts qf mineral deposits in this sec
tion.
Mr. Masan^is, interested in gold
mining and baa. Just patented a pro
cess by which the metal can be ex
tracted from low-grade ore in a
shorter time than it has been pos
sible to perform this process before.
He hqpe^to be able to put up a
-?gJapt;Jn .vgeftern North Carolina if
.Samples which he collected during
h^s visit ^ege come up to tests.
"I found some interesting gold on
| Mack's mountain, near Dillboro,"
Mr. Masoa aaid.- "If it proves to bo
what it looks like, you'll find me
back In this section within .a month,"
Mr. Cagle, an experienpftd oil man,
found oil Tat Di^ts and
near Savannah on Rice's Creek. He
jiff.egpfeftd -tftg^fetozv develop
ments will,, see these sections pro
ducing oil.
11 ? ' ' ? 11 '
Sky Chips
Philadelphia, Aug. 9.- -Blading chips
of the same .sort, of stutf which some
astronomers believe hit the,, planet
Saturn to jnshMt* new white
spot, will fly across, the sky tomor
row (Thursday) nigH.
! These chips are the annual showers.
; of Peraeid meteors. .greatest
profusion is due Friday, between mid
night and da,wn Saturday. But after
i^dggfr; Thursday, Sa^tujday and
Spiv^grlsnp.ski^, are dew, astjo
nqip^n spy they sl^uld be visible at
tys rates of 10 or 15 ait hour. Friday
night's hourly count may double this.
They appear in t&& northeast, sky.
PxThn.Pfeoeids ana,m sn^ tha^ not
I bm.TecorWJasf pvv strik
ing the , earth. Aaflbnom^rs reckon;
?*
wheat grains to peas or margles. .
1 ^ ^ 1 1 - - ^ v ^ ^ ^ '
^^eiynt To Be Con
? ? 1
'?'" ?'-? \ r?-v~.V r?\;\ "VAo ~v^-? .* T'-r ?'?'?' .- ' * V
tion this year. With pric%;{of com-,
modi ties advancing along with the
government's recovery program, it is
going to he necessary for growers to
a * ?' *22i
-?.*' mW^M?SV ***"* ~ '-l 3L'
? *' ^cv^V.ItSST^^jwS
[CUB 'W?,^U4l/vfcllift WW WeliBlt Wi"ifJ
f .... , 'A*V - ,
' ?
Georgia Officials Will
Try mAmmmrn;
ing With Roosevelt At;
Hy<JePark
?"? ??? ' j
Atlanta, Ga., Aug; 9.^-Commisnon- 1
er G. 0. Adams of the Georgia depart- 1
ment of agriculture, has gone to j
Washington to confer with Federal of- J
ficiala on bright leaf tobacco prices
and will.seeka meeting wpa President
Roosevelt , at. his Hyde Pirk, N Y., ?
home to ask . that an average of 20 (
cents a pound be fixed.
The Commissioner .left yesterday
following up a telegram which Gov- ,
ernor Talmadge sent the President in ?
an sppeal. for. aid for the tobacco 1
farmers.
Talmadge branded methods used by
buyers "an absolute fraud." .
A delegation of Georgia growers
appeared before the Governor yes- i
terday charging they were being "rob- '
bed" of their tobacco.
The Governor, in his wire to the
President, said the Georgia tobacco |
crop was of the best quality in years
and was bringing but about 15 cents
a pound gross while tobacco products
"are selling today at the same price *
as when this same quality of tobacco .
was bringing from 50, to 70 cents a 1
pound."
_ ^
Pitt County Tobacco
FawstoMeetSat.
, ' . . .
' After conferring with a number of
farmers as to the advisability of to
bacco growers meeting to discuss
for the 1933 crop and to consider co
operating with the Federal^ Govern
ment on. some plan of acreage con
trol for next crop it has been decided
to call a meeting at the Court House
for this purpose Saturday, August 12,
,2:30 P. M., according to information
comipg from the Farm Pepartment.
This, meeting will be field under the
auspices of the Pitt County Board of
Agriculture.
Every farmer in the county is be
ing urged to attend by member of
this organisation.
Prices of every thing the fanner
boys is going up rapidly ami if the
farmer does not get a good price for
his crop this year he will oe in worse
condition than he was a year ago.
The tobacco grower with a large
crop and a much better quality has a
great* deal more at stake this year I {
than last. The Federal Government
is ready apd anxious fcvcooperate with
the farmers if they are ready and
willing to give concerted action on <
crop control If cotton acreage con
trol is carried out and nothing done
to .control the acreage of tohacco,
prices of tobacco will remain below j
cost of production. : 1
? - .1 <
Two New Bulletin! <
Available To Farmers 1
? ? ' ' i
Two new bulletins, "A Stmjy of
N#$h Carolina Danes" and "Sanita
Ugn,.is ^ Method of Controlling Stom
ach Worms in Lambs" are ready for
distribution by the Agricultural Ex
periment Station of North Carolina
SmCollege.
Prof. R. H. Rogers, associate agri
cultural economist of the college and
author of bulletin 288,^A Study of
fare also given in the bulletin.
"SanitationMethod of Controll
_ 0^mBM4^wkets
n I - ? ..im Kum .Ln.ii ?
Luin^rtoTMarket De- ,
scribed As Most Satis
? ' / " '
An average price of between $18
and; $14 a hundred for tlxe opening
was indicated.as faremrs of the South
Carolina and Border Belts began sell
ing their tobacco on the auction mar
kets yesterday.
Opening breaks were generally re
ported, moderately heavy. The poorer
gardea sold at increases of 25 to K)0
per cent over, last year, but there
was little improvement in the bids for
the better grades. Last year's open
ing average was about $9.75 to $10
a hundred. ,
Few tickets were , turned?the ges
ture made by the farmer in refusing
the bid on his tobacco?and growers
were better satisfied than last year.
3ome markets reported a general feel
ing of satisfaction and optimism
imong the growers.
Most of the offerings yesterday
were first pulling, or ground primings,
put a few of better grade were offered
uid some sold as high as $26 a hun
ired. Very little sold for less than
?6 a hundred .
R. W. McFarland, sales supervisor
it Lumberton, described the opening
ihere as <;the most satisfactory 1 have
leen in years."
Approximately 75,000 pounds were
>n the floors of the warehouses at
Dillon, S. C., and although most of
t was first nullhurs. warehouse men
iescribed it as the ripest, finest types
>f first pullings ever seen there. The
price range there an early' sales was
from $5 to $25 a hundred. Only two
tags were turned.
Pamlico, S. C., had an opening
ireak of about the same as Dillon's
with primings and lugs constituting
;he major portion of the offerings
ilthough there was a fair sprinkling
>f seconds. An average of $10 to $13
i hundred was indicated there, one
ot sold for $40 and farmers apparent
ly were satisfied with few tickets
aimed. -
On an opening break of 100,000
pounds, prices were running form
M> to $25 at Fairbluff, N. C., with
some baskets $15 a hundred.
The six warehouses at Lumberton
lad a quarter of a million pounds
in their floors and an average struck
'or one row across the warehouse was
513 48 a hundred. Prices there for
he lower grades were almost double -
ast year's. .. .
Upward of 100,000 pounds were
>n the warehouse floors at Darling
am. As elsewhere, the cheaper grades
were going at higher, prices and far
ners seemed satisfied.
Over 50(M>p0, pounds, much more
han was expected, was on the floors
it Lake City, one of the largest mar
cets in South Carolina. An average
struck there for the first 25,000
jounds sold was $12.75. Few sales
OFFICIAL REPORT OF
SALES AT LUMBERTON
Lumberton, Aug. 10.?Official re
jort of sales Lumberton tobacco mar -
ket today, 275,346 pounds for an
iverage of $18.87. Ninety per cent
)i sales ground primings. Prices
?anged from $6 to $35.
Plan Mgg |
Plant In it.
Building of $1,000,000
Piaat at Wilmington b
innounced
? ^
MlUahd, Mich., Aug. 10.?.
mil I r new. plant to occupy ten acres
>n the near \ ?~-'
i7il ..i.igton, N. C? to "be devoted e*r
lusively to the manufacture of bro- ^
nine from ocean water were, an- '
jounced today by the Dow Chemical
company which will own the plant
Tltfc Ethyl Gasoline corporation.
4 The new firm will be known as ..
he Ethyl-Down Chemical Company ?
mA it was understood the plant
701 co^t in. excess of tl.OQO.OOO. ..
^mSifn4be forest f!*>r blunts
'ertitality of the land, and k an argn- ;jd
nent ^ainst allowing fires to escape ?
nto the wooaland.