? ? ? ? ? A. 1 1 1 ' 1 1,1 SELL,Yoiir TOBACCO ?;Sr 61 PARMYILLB And ^ inH^ GET The TOP Dollar! ? ? ' M'" '1P "LILSJ J 11 >J '-1JLJLL' ?? ? Xm T* Trade With Them, '? ?? VOL. TWENTY-FOUR FARMVILLR, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1933 NUMBER, THIRTY ? '??'??' ? ' " ' 1 ' 1 ^ 11,1 ? ? Bin I I H m '? | , I a I >1 I [ ?h i^ii^B I I 1^? I I I I ? 1 ^ J tflll ?i^? BB^b bUbI^/b JB^BB^ BBBB^SB^^L^^^B BIB ' ^|w fllv JUk'Jtt * ^Bi ?^*. ^iBl BIK^^^BIBB^^B ^u|v bBLBIB ^^B Park and Pool Project for^cirmvilleApproved by CWA Farmville Tobacco Market Re-Opens Monday - .1. I,. ?__________ Much Public Work Will Be DoneJtriHti . a Reemployment Commit tee Discusses Projects Approved For County of Pitt Greenville, Nov. 25.?The Federal Re-employment Committee of Pitt County met in the Re-employment Office on Evans Street Saturday night and discussed the projects recently ap proved in this county by the Civil Works Commission and others now pending approval. E. G. Flanagan, chairman, who call ed the meeting, presided and asked K. T. Futrell to lead the discussion of proposed projects sought under the Public Works Act. The projects already approved cov er a wide range in many sections of the county and will provide work ranging all the way from drainage of canals to the building and recondi tioning of public highways. Projects already approved tonow: Drainage for the town of Winter ville, consisting of two canals about 3$00 yards each, eight feet wide and five feet deep. Sinking of deep well in Bethel. Improvement of the road from Farmville to Bmce; section of State route No. 126 from Ayden to Venter's Cross Roads; eight miles of county road from Farmville to Bruce. Installation of auxiliary low pres sure heating boiler, run fifty feet of steam mains and 150 feet of return lines and connection of radiator at Fifth Street Colored SchooL In Ayden, Winterville, and Swift Creek Townships: Cutting out and clearing right-of way logs, rafts and tree tops and other obstructions preparatory to fu ture drainage. Extension of drainage District No. One in Farmville Township. The drainage district will furnish money in the sum of $2,500 to pay rent on dredge and other material. The committee was informed that the project looking to the establish ment of a swimming pool and con crete culvert at the pool was submit ted on the 25th of the month, but had not been approved. Approval of other projects was also expected in the near future. Mrs. J. B. Spillman was named chairman of a committee to seek funds for elimination of illiteracy in Pitt County, thus using our unemployed teachers. The Re-employment Committee has received a number of applications for work on the projects, and persons de siring jobs were urged to make ap plication at once so everything will be in readiness when actual work begins. Out-of-town members of the Com mittee present were Dr. M. T. Friz zelle, Ayden; R. A. Joyner represent ing T. E. Joyner, Farmville, and Lay den Blount, Bethel M'Lean Appointed To Federal Post Alf McLean to Leave State Department To Join Federal Forces Washington, Nov. 30.?Congress man J. Bayard Clark, and other meAber of the North Carolina dele gation were advised by the Com missioner of Internal Revenue of the appointment of Alfred M. Mc Lean, of Lillington, N. C., as Inter nal Revenue agent under the Roose velt administration, and it is under stood that Mr. McLean will accept the position tendered him and will take oath of office in Greensboro, N. C., on December 1st Mr. McLean was connected with the Department of Internal Revenue under the Wilsotv -administration and resigned at the beginning of the Harding administration and was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Revenue in the State Department ? hill Italy Offers A Tito Payment OfSnSBMOO Offers Token Payment to U. S. on m&M Installment It Will Owe on December 15 Washington, Nov. 28.?Italy has of fered a token payment of $1,000,000 to the United States on the $2,183,905 installment it will owe on war debts December 15. The offer was made through the Italian embassy to the state depart ment and has been referred to Presi dent Roosevelt. Diplomatic officials refused, to dis cuss the token offer until the presi dent takes some action on it. Under Secretary Phillips said ne gotiations on war debt payments al so are proceeding with Finland, La tvia and Czecho Slovakia. Changes in Ban^ ing May Be Drastic Senate Committee Mem bers to Atteftipt Curb Banking Abuses Washington, Nov. 30. ? Senate Banking Committee members indicated today that they would propose even broader changes than those suggest ed by Winthorp W. Aldrich to curb banking abuses discovered in the Sen ate stock market investigation. There was praise, however, for the recommendations submitted by the president of the Chase National Bank. Preparatory to drafting their report to the Senate, the stock mark et investigators appointed Max Low enthal, lawyer and economist, as lia ison officer between them and the ad ministration commij^e, headed by Secretary Roper, studying the same problems. Aldrick will be recalled by the Sen ate Committee for questioning about his recommendations next Tnesday. One of his suggestions which met committee favor was designed to curb loans by" banks to individuals because of their ability to prodqce business for the bank rather than on the merit of the loans themselves. The investigation had disclosed many instances In which sych loans were made, some turning out badly for the lending bank. One of Aldrich's most striking sug gestions, to outlaw pool operations by bank officers, has been under .study by committee lumbers'as almost cer tain to be in their final report. The Stock Market Committee ex pects to conclude its inquiry into the Chase bank next week and then recess sfor a couple of weeks. Ferdinand Pecora, committee coun sel, said the next inquiry would be into the Detroit banking situation. He said he might go out to Detroit to round up the investigation him self and prepare for the hearings which may start about December 18. Fatally Injured In Crossing Accident ? ' . Wilson, Nov. 30.?Jerry Beaman . who lived near Farmville, Pitt coun ty, in attempting to cross the tracki i of the Atlantic Coast Line at Her rings crossing in East Wilson, was strode and fatally injured by th< ! Flodira special Wednesday night * 1 J* ' ?" ' ? "l . 1 Ifilflitiwfi Credit Crops Being Fwned inCoiHities Farmers of State, Parti cularly in East, prepar ing To Finance 1934 Needs North Carolina farmers preparing for their needs for 1984 are rapidly r forming county production credit \ associations throughout the eastern 1 half of the State* J. W. Johanson, * specialist in farm organization at State College said yesterday. Mr. Johanson said there is little likehood of the seed and fertilizer . loans being continued next year but i that the Agricultural Credit Admin istration has-devised a better scheme , by which farmere themselves will control their own credit needs. "The farm credit act of 1933 pro . vides for the establishment of a production credit corporation at each of the 12 Federal Land Banks," * ' -it /imL. n * jonanson saici. ? ine corpurauun iui this state is located at Columbia, South Carolina, and has already been organised and i* now at work. This corporation has a capital stock of $7,600,000 with which it will organ ize, provide the initial credit for and supervise the operations of the local production credit associations.1" These small associations will make production loans directly to its farm er members, and will in turn dis count the notes at the Columbia bank. The loans made will be for such, a period as will make the note given by he borrower mature at?the T same time his. crop pledged as security will mature. Fbr instance if a loan is made to produce a crop of cotton, the note will mature in October or % 1 November so 'that payment can be made from the sale of the crop. The new plan means that farmers can get their seed loand for the com ing year just as rapidly as they have in the past but must get them in another way. This new plan is not an easy way -for the farmer to get into debt but an easy way for hiin to keep out/of debt in the future, Johanson says. Sale of Licences . Will Start Today Forty-five Branch Offi- ' ces To Handle 1934 Plates; January First Is Deadline Raleigh, Dec. 1.?Nineteen thirty four'motor vehicle license plates will be placed on sale by.the'State Depart ment this morning at its home office and at forty-five branch offices in the State. These plates will be usable from date of sale. The selling time on these plates has been advanced from December ? 15 to'Decemher 1 as part of a posi tive plan to make January 1 the dead line for the use of old license plates, This gives ?very. motorist thirty days in which to comply with the positive provisions of the taw. "Every motor vehicle user is en . titled to know exactly what the ad ministrative policy will be, and ex ;? actly what he U expected to do to observe the law. Consistent policy, ?? that avoids discrimination and treats every motorist alike, requires a fix ed time beyond which the use of old .on the highways will not be permitted. The law fixes this . time as the first day Of January. It ' has been agreed by all administra tive agencies, therefore, that this > provision of the law will be strictly ' enforced after sunrise on January 1. ' AD police officers of pounties and " cities will be^ requested to join the 1 enforcement officers of the State to '? see that this provision is strictly en ^ forced on and after that date with r no favoritism to any one," declared 1 Allen J. Maxwell, Commissioner of ; Revenue, yesterday.' I - Loans of Four Gents a Pound On GtHotGilfjons .Raleigh, Nov. 29.?V>ans of four cents a pound on cotton options, the president's plan for inflation, record breaking exports, high domestic con sumption and the plan for acreage re duction in 1934 . are factors which result in higher cotton prices before another planting season rolls around, according to U. Blalock, general man ager of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association. "I have not lost hobe that WO ore to see better prices for cotton before a new crop is harvested but on the other hand my faith along this line has been strengthened," commented Mr. Blalock upon his return from the Washington conferences on the Cot ton Cooperative Parity Price Plan. ?? 1 -11 4-V- nnlfnn ?ue^jga-ljoiuj iru"i f?u w?v vv?y?h states were represented at the con ference, The North Carolina delega tion, of which Mr. Blalock was chair man, was composed of Dr. B. W. J?il gore, president of the State Coopera tive; John T. Thorne, of Farmviile, farmer and, director of the cotton co operative; B. B. Everett, prominent Palmyra farmer; and John A. Park, publisher of the Raleigh Times, who represented the State Press Associa tion. >;! Mr. Blalock termed the conferences "very satisfactory." One of the goals of the cotton co operative parity price plan, loans of four eents a pound on cotton options, has already been reached and the gov ernment has announced that the mak ing of loans will begin shortly. Mri Blalock said these loans on coT ton options, which will release approx imately $48,000,000 to Southern grow ers arid more than $2,000,000 to North , Carolina growers, should enable these farmers to keep from having to dump their options on an already overload ed market to further depress- the , price. He also called attention to the fact , that a great number of farmers are j taking advantage of the government's , 10 cents a pound loan plan. Under this plan if cotton rises the farmer i will profit while the government will j bear all losses should the prices faJh , "In addition to what our national , government is undertaking to do for j cotton prices, world-wide statistics on the cotton situation show quite a de- , cided improvement during the last , few months over the preceding per- .j iod," Mr. Blalock said. He pointed to government statictics showing that during the first three months of the present cotton. seadon American exports were the ,largest for any like period in history and that consumption by American mills was almost at a record level. "^ ' ? ' - : .a aL-. i. "mea, our exports 01 wet pu?fc three months of 2,446,000 bales and our domestic consumption of more than 1,601,000 bales have made a larger dent in our heavy carryover than for any like period in our his tory," Mr. Blalock said, pointing out this was a 15 per cent increase in domestic consumption and a 12 per cent Increase in exports over ..the same j period last year. "Should exports and consumption , continue at this rate," he said, "it would go a long way toward bring* . ing about the much-talked of pre-war parity price." Although he would not divulge de tails of the plan for acreage, control in 1934, Mr. Blalock said it is one , that will appeal to the farmers and , that the provisions of the plan will be more attractive from a rental standpint than were those of the "plow up" campaign, this year. , He said he expected details of the plan to be announced shortly, "giving each and every farmer amply time to plan for crops on his acreage taken out of cotton production." ?? Twelve Person county farmers re port an average yield of 29.52 bmdiels of corn an acre following laspedeza last year while that grown on simHaJf J Rev. Wilson is \ ? -- W-. ."c -? *'/ . . i Speakar ?tUnion Services Here ? ' ?> : . - f Good Attendance at the Union Thanksgiving Services Held In Meth odist Church Basing his sermon on the one hun dred ami third psalm in the union services held at the Methodist church Thursday, Rev, H. M. Wilson, pastor of the Presbyterian church, and speak er of the occasion, declared it to be unique in the school of literature* and a Thanksgiving classic, having as the opening sentence, "Praise the Lord, oh my Soul; and all that is within me, praise His holy name." Mr. Wilson traced the succession of scenes depicted by the psalmist as; first, the law'court where the sinner ? - ? . ? .?a aa . a ? is forgiven?"YvnQ forgivewi ap w"11? inquiries"; second, to the sick room? "Who ? healetH all thy diseases"; third, the slave market?"Who re dee meth thy life from destruction"; fourth, the throne room?"Who crowneth thee with loving kindness"; fifth, thel banqueting hali?"Who sat isfied thy mouth with good things"; sixth, the heavenward flight?"Thy youtth is renewed iike the eagle's." He discussed the day as one not set aside by God's commandment but doubtless accepted to Him, if observ ed with a true spirit of gratitude. De ploring the readiness with which man. complains, and his heedless account of innumerable and constant blessings which he compared to the ticking of a clock, the speaker contrasted con ditions of this Thanksgiving season with, those of the past several years and offered thanks to God in behalf of his .congregation for the- coming, of better days to this community as well as to _the nation. The service was conducted J>y Rev. . H. L. Hendricks ,pastor of the church, in the absence of Rev. C. B. Mash burn, Christian minister and chairman of the Ministerial Board. The Scrip ture .lesson WW, *$*d by Rev. J. Q. Beckwith, Jr., of the Episcopal church and prayers were offered by Rev. L. EL Ennis, Baptist minister. THe Methodist, choiry augmented bit; voices from other churches of the town, ten* tiered lovely apd,.appropriate muqjc under the direction'of Mrs. Haywood Smith, the.organist. The- offering of money, food and slothing was turned over to the local relief association fe*,j?t>per -distribur Iron. L&ttMWA MIMHppnved t - t . ? x... 1 ! 11 " ?, College Program to Cost $67,785.95;10,466 Given ^Worfc HU? Week Raleigh, Dec. 1.?Approval of the North. Carolina State College Civil Works Administration project calling Cost expenditure of $67,785.95 was an nounced yesterday by Mrs. Thomas a 0*Berry, State CWA Administrator. Work on the project is to get under way within the next few days. The project will provide 77,830 hours of work for unskilled labor, 11,800 hours to skilled labor and 1,320 hours to professional men. In cluded in the work to be done are repairs to Riddick Field, repairs to the Experiment Sation, repairs 16 the poulry farm, an arboretum oh Walnut Creek, building of tennis courts and installation of new ***?*? mains for the college. ; Projects approved yesterday morn ing were estimated to give work to 4,845 men with * total payroll , of 5562,891. The total cbet of the projects will be approximately $740; 551. Projects approved; since last Fri day have made provisions fop^work for *12,292 men, with. a total payroll of $2,34S,429 and total cost of $3r has said that HKWO of the 68,000 CWA quota for this still will be filled by the end of this week. Half of the total quota is to come from direct relief rolls and the remainder from rolls of the Fed real Reemployment Service in this State. A production credit association with a capital stock at $20,000 has been organised by Carteret county farm - - - ? ? ... ?v-,;* ? ; : : ? : 1 Ovet Twenty Million S^ldBefore Thanksgiving ., With/salesto date of 20,126,530 pounds sold tor 163304,915.76 at an average