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VOL. TWENTY-FOUR FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1933 NUMBER THIRTY-THREE
Money Needed in Roose
velt Drive Now & Billions
Jones Declares RFC will
Need Another Billion
Soon; Great Corpora
tion Has Wide Pro-:
gram
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Washington, Dec. 19.?A forecast
by Chairman Jones that the Recoi^
struction Corporation -would need
another billion dollars soon carried
estimates of future emergency - re
covery expenditures to $3,475,000,000
today and ran the total which the
new Congress probably will be asked
to appropriate above six billions.
The Reconstruction Corporation's
supply of cash is running low and
its power to lend expires next month.
One of Congress' first jobs will be
legislation extendind its life and
providing it with funds to continue
its work of opening closed banks,
strengthening others and possibly to
lend directly to industry, a course
now under consideration.
The agency 3lso is the instrument i
by which the President's gold-buy- ,
ing plan operates, and for that reason (
alone its continuation would be nec- ?,
essary. Mr. Roosevelt has said he ,
would ask that its life be extended,
and a recommendation to that effect ,
probably will be included in his j
first message to Congress. ,
Jones summarized the RFC's needs ]
today after participating, as usual,
in a discussion with Acting Sec re- |
tary Morgenthau, out of which came ,
the announcement that the price of
domestic gold was continued un
changed from yesterday at $34.06.
Meanwhile, gold was selling in Lon
don foi $32.67 at an ounce rate or
$5.15 1-2 to the pound. Yesterday's |
domestic quotation was an advance
of 5 cents over Saturday, the first
increase in the price since Decern- i
ber 1.
The chairman's estimate of his
agency's requirements filled in the
only remaining gap of any size in
the estimates now being prepared
for submission to Congress. The
President has said he would ask
$350,000,000 for the Civil Works
Administration. Harry L. Hopkins,
relief administrator, fixes $25"\000,
000 as an absolute minimum for his 1
agency, and the figure most general-|
ly mentioned in connection with the J!
Public Works Administration is
$1,875,000,000 in addition to the ,
present appropriations.
These sums total $3,475,000,000. In ,
addition, there will be an appropria- ]
tion for the running expenses of ]
the NR&, comparatively small, and ]
other agencies, such as the Tenncs- I
see Valley Authority, the Farm
Credit Administration, and the I
Home Loan Bank Board may need i
advances. ~ (
Adding to the $3,475,003,000 figure J
the $2,500,000,000 which Lewis Doug- J
las, director of the budget, estimates ^
will cover the ordinary operating ex
peases of the government would
bring the total to $6,075,000,000.
For the fiscal year thus far, Treas- ,
ury receipts were shown today to be ,
less than $10,000,000 behind ordinary ,
expenditures. Emergency outlays of .
$907,000,000, however, produced a -
deficit of $917,000,000 as compared i
with $1,573,000,000 on the same date
a year ago.
American industrial and transpor
tation representatives today joined
I the administration in opposing the
I House Ways and Means Committee's
I proposed abolition of consolidated
corporate income tax returns and
I credit for foreign tax payments.
These proposals designed by a
sub-committee to prevent income tax
I evasions and to bring in $30,000,000
I additional revenue annually, were
I assailed at hearings as interfering
with domestic business practices apd
striking at American foreign trade
Acting Secretary John Dickinson,
I of the Commerce Department, fol
lowed op the criticism made last
week by Aetmg Secretary Xorgen
I than, of the Treasury, against the
I recommendation that American con
cerns operating abroad not be al
I lowed to take credit in taxes paid to
I the United States Treasury, but to
I deduct the amount paid foreign gov
I eraroenta from their gross income.
I "It is hardly a favorable time
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Governor Calls
Barley Holiday
Declares Sympathy For
Western Farmers As
For Flue-Cured Grow
ers
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Raleigh, Dec. 20.?Although he ex
pressed cognizance of the fact that
only a very small proportion of to
bacco grown in North Carolina is of
the hurley type, Governor Ehringhaus
yesterday issued a proclamation call
ing on growers in the western part
of the State to cooperate with burley
producers in Kentucky and Tennes
see, where marketing holidays have
been declared, by observing a vol
unteer holiday beginning today and
continuing until further proclama
tion.
He called upon all growers and
warehousemen in the burley belt "to
cooperate in this endeavor to se
cure a satisfactory solution of the
marketing situation now presented."
Governor Ehringhaus declared he
was in sympathy with and wanted
to do as much for the burley grow
ers as for producers irt t^ie flue-cured
selts.
Studying Direct
Government Loan
To Aid Business
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There Has Been a Great
Lack of New Corpor
ates and Bank Financ
ing- From Private Sour
ces
Washington, Dec. 19.?The idea of
making direct government loans to
industry to increase payrolls and ac
tivity receiving serious administra
tion study has gained strength be
:ause of lack of new corporates and
bank financing from private sources.
Ordinarity hundreds of millions
ire left to business and industry an
lually in long term bonds or com
mon stock issues. Shorter r time
bank loans have totalled similarly
luge sums. This year however cor
porate financing is relatively negligi
ble and bank loans are low.
Some advocate use of government
funds on a large scale to furnish an
immediate supply of purchasing pow
er without primary regard to actual
leeds of the industry. Others urge
federal loans simply to the extent
leeded to supply normal needs. In
the first case proponents, view the
scheme as-an artifical energizer. _ -
Arguing that it is necessary to
start the movement of the slow to
star: but' quick to accelerate heavy
wheels of industry. In the second
:ase it is argued the wheels will start
with only a normal push, combined
with other stimulative forces being
used by the government
McLAWHON-MURPHREY
Miss Evelyn McLawhon and Mr. |
Thomas Murphrey were united in
marriage Thursday morning at 9:'J0
o'clock by Rev. C. B. Mashburn, tHe
bride's pastor.
The ceremony was a quiet home af
fair, with only a few close relatives
and intermate Mends attending, and .
took place at the home of the bride's
mothef, Mrs. Ellen Leggett on the
corner of Church and Contentaea
streets.'
Immediately after the ceremony,
the happy young couple left amidst
showers of rice and best wishes for
Ricimond, Va, Washington, D. C.,
and other points of interest Upon
their return they will make their
home in Aberdeen^ N. C., where Mr.
Murphrey holds a responsible position
with an Ice Manufacturing Co.
Where Caswell County tobacco '
growers used the fertiliser mixtures !
recommended by the Extension Serv
ice this past year, an .Increase in
value of about |50 an acre has been
secured, reports the county agent.
The raspberry project for the foot
hill counties has succeeded and 350
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I li^^^dull, dead asKes of care; i
Breatke, witk the breatk of tke soul, new life
. In tke embers of love glowingjhere: ^ . <
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Tke full, warm gW?till tke eye f\tJ ?
Shines witk tke spirit of Ckristmastime j
On0tke? kumblest of passersbj}. ?
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Pageantry and Song Mark
Christmas Eve Programs
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
I 7:30 and 11:30 P.M.
I A beautiful and inspiring- pageant,
in which the Christmas message is
I infolded in a series of five scene3
Iwith an uplifting musical setting, and
lantitied, "When The King Game," is
Bo be presented by the Episcopal Sun
day School in the church ..at 7:00
fckiistrnas Eve, under the direction of
kev. J. Q. Eeckwith, Jr.
I .At 11:80 on Christmas Eve a spe
cial service of worship and thanksgiv- I
ihg will also be held in the Episcopal
church, following .tfhiefc the choir will, I
carrying out the beautiful old. Eng
lish custom, brought to this country
by the early aettlers, sing carols on
the streetas an echo of thafc^Christ
mas carol, sung first on the "toils of
Judea, "Glory to God in the highest
and on earth peace, goodwill toward j
METHODIST CHURCH
8:00 P.M.
The High School Glee Club, under
the direction of Bliss - Vivian Case,
will present a dramatisation of the
Nativity on Christmas Eve at 8:CQ
o'clock in the Methodist/church.
The Glee Club, which made its first
public appearance in 'a lovely Indian
operetta- several months ago, and
which was well received, has had this
program under preparation for some
weeks, and a splendid rendition of
the Christmas story in' song is ex
pected. '? :t- . ?
WORK STARTED ON NEW
F fc POST OFFICE-QUARTERS
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Work on the building, which is to
be used as Farmville's Post Office,
was begun this week, and according
to the owner, Mr. J. W. Holmes, will
be completed early in January.
|if New quarters for the; iPoBt Office,
which promise to be modern and tip
to date in which particular, will be
located between the building occupied
by Mr. Holmes and Dr. W: M. Willia,
and that of ti^lPiirmyiUe Motor Co.
Lindberghs Resell j
New Yerk Today i
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Lindberghs Completed ?
25,000 Mile Plight; Cov-J
ered Two Portions Of?
Atlantic Ocean and Al?;
most Around; Western
Hemisphere <
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New York, Dec. 19.?CoL and Mrs. i
Chaa A. Lindbergh finishing & dra- c
matic 26,000 mile journey over mcih J
of the globe came home- today to s
hang the baby's stocking up for i
Christmas. I
They, alighted at Glenn Curtis )
air port, North beach, Queens at 2:88 I
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CWA Program Give Work
50,000by Christmas Day
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$1,000,000 Weekly Will
Be Paid in Salaries
from CWA Jobs For
Use by Christmas
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Raleigh, Dec. 20.?More than 50,
000 persons, drawing approximately
$1,000,000 weekly, will receive salaries
from CWA jobs in time for use. at
Christmas, Mrs. Thomas O'Berry,
State CWA Administrator announc
ed yesterday.
Mrs. O'Berry c-s kept her organiza
tion working at full speed for the
last few days seeking to give work ?
to as many persons as possible be
fore Christmas. Delay in securing
materials and "equipatc-n
CWA projects lias coasiuo-uoi.' ?'
slowed up the placement of unern- *
ployed persons, she said.
The State's original quota of 68,000
CWA workers was scheduled to have
been placed by December 15. Trouble
in securing materials, however, made
it impossible to fill that quota on
time. The immediate aim of the pro
gram in this State is to give "Christ
mas money" to as many persons as
possible.
The CWA work week ends on
Thursday and for that reason the
drive -to- place jobless persons on
CWA pay rolls has been intensive
the first part of this week.
Approval of 127 projects creating
2,908 jobs was announced yesterday
bringing to 84,853 the number of jobs
created since the program was insti
tuted in North Carolina. Yesterday's
projects carried a total pay roll of
$362,793.25 and a total cost of $564,
219.52.
Actual work was begun yesterday
on the project which calls for im
provements and beautification of
Capitol Square. The work will cost
$65,000 and will be in progress for
some time.
* Included in projects approved yes
terday were: . '
Construction of swimming pool at
Caswell Training^School, four jobs
with $640 pay roll.
Repairs to water mains, reservoir,
painting pump house and water tank
and street improvement in town cf
Spencer, 105 jobs with $15,250.50 pav
rolL
Day nursery for shoppers in Edge
combe county, nine jobs with $43.20
pay roll.
Clerical help ,for indexing and
bringing up to date old water records,
tax records and meter records for
city of Burlington, five jobs with
$675 pay roll. -?
Office work for University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, 12 jobs with
$2,223 pay roll.
Cutting wood for needy families in
Cabarrus county, 54 jobs with $4,056
pay roll.
Construction of 3,200 sanitary
privies in Beaufort county, 217 jobs
with $3Q,73.0.80 pay roll.
Construction of swimming pool and
recreation grounds in town of New
ton, 162i jobs with $20,442 pay roll
Construction' of 4,000 snmvnr"
privies in Cleveland county, 271 jobs
with $38,355.80 pay roll.
Senator Capus M. Waynick, director
of the Federal Re-eraployment ? in
this State, announced yesterday that
veterans receiving pensions of more
than $50 per'month would have that
pension cut to $6 per month if thoy
are given work on CWA projects. It
has been ruled that CWA employ
ment shall be considered as Federal
employment and for that reason, Fed
eral rules regarding pensions will be
in force.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
STUDIES CHRISTMAS CAROLS
Inspiring and very enlightening as
to the origin of favorite Christmas
carols, and delightful to the ear and
soul were the renditions of these at
the meeting, of the Music depart
ment of the Woman's Club, held at the
home of Mrs. Haywood Smith on
Tuesday evening. The program, con
sisting of an inteluting bit of his
tory concerning many of the. carols
of the Yule-tide, was conducted by
the president, Mrs. G. S. Vought, with
solos arid duets sung by Mrs. J. W.
Joyner, Miss Vivian Case and Mrs.
J. L. Shackleford, with group singing
as a pleasant innovation.
A Christmas tree together with
holly, mistletoe ^nd red candles made
up the decorations of tye home of the
hostess, Mm. Haywood Smith, vho
served a delicious sweet course at vUe
close of the program. "at&S
Stunt Fliers To
PayFarmvilleVisit
During Holidays
Big Plane to Arrive To
day and Remain Here
Saturday, Sunday and
Monday I
Lieut. N. F. "Dusty" Burnard, na
tionally known stunt man and flier
who went over Niagara Falls in a
rubber ball, and [Walter. Becker, Ger
man War Ace, have arrived in Farm
rille with their big areoplane for a
three-day visit While here they will
lo stunt flying each day as well as
taking passengers who wish to enjoy
the thrill of flying.
A temporary landing field has been
secured near the city limits and the
public is cordially invited to drive o-.^t
md enjoy the many thrills to be pro
dded by these pilots. Every type of
flying will be demonstrated. Walter
Becker will hang from an auto inner
tube fastened to the running gear
>f the plane, while "Dusty" Burnard
s expected to make parachute leaps
'rom the plane several thousand feet
n the air.
Be sure to witness these thrilling
itunts, as well as many others during
heir three-day visit in Farmville.
Cotton Formers
May Receive Check
For Use Christmas
300,000 Growers will Re
ceive Options at 6 Cents
Per Pound; 48 Millions
of New Money will be
Placed in Circulation
Washington, Dec. 19.?The agricul
ural adjustment administration yes
erday announced that the cotton op
ions forms would be * transmitted
o county agents this w&ek, vwhieh
nay make a portion of this $48,000,
i00 of new money for the farmer
mailable by Christmas. With the dis
bursement of this fund approximate
y $160,000,000 will have gone into
he hands of cotton growers as a re
ult of policies of the new deal ad
ninlstration.
County agents will .be authorized
his week to release cotton options
o some 600,000 cotton farmers who
told these options, at six cents a
ound, on approx; nately 2,400,000
ales of government-held cotton.
The exact date of the release of
he options to producers will depend
pon when county agents receive all '
he necessary forms. The last of the
orras are being mailed out today,
'oqfciy agents have been instructed
o "begin distribution of these doo
iments as soon as you have received
11 forms and .have familiarized your
elves with the instructions."
The administration has completed
rganization of & "cotton option of
ic:" to receive options from pro
ducers and supervise the auditing
nd disbursing, of checks.
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Producers wiio desire To paTTIcr
?ate in the cotton option pool and ob
aip the initial payment of $20 per
ia$fe are required to execute a form
ntitled "exercise of option and pool
Lgreement." When this form and the
iption are received by the cotton op
ion office, a check for $20 per bale,
ogether with a "participation trust
ertif.cate," will bo mailed to the
ounty agent, with Instructions to
urn it over to the producer when he
las signed a 1934-35 Cotton adjust
nent contract or given satisfactory
vidence that he is not eligible to
ign Such a contract
Producers v/ho desire to obtain the
$20 initial payment are required to
ixecute these documents promptly,
bounty agents are instructed to noti
fy option holders that the time for
mtering the pool expires January IB,
Secretary Wallace Monday instruc
*d the cotton option ^fiiqe to <&
mrse the funds to producer aS rapid
ly^ the options were called, or the
proper forms for assigning coi&on to
the pool were received.
The secretary pointed out that the
ander the options would ?; be^in as
Joon as the producers themselves
burse checks to. the producers shortly -
?^ter they have executed the forms
and amid them to Washington through
the county agents, are 'complete. Un
der the terms of the cotton option