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President Plans To Ask
Congress For Large Sum
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Administration Wants
J>800;000,000 Surplus
| Above Ordinary Oper
I ating Cost to Carry on
j Work; President Rec
onciled to Present Def
icit; "Pay as You Go"
Plan To Be Adopted
Without Boost to Taxes
rnmmmmarnmimmrm
Washington, Dec. 28.?High Dem
ocratic spokesmen described Presi
dent Roosevelt as determined today
to concentrate primary attention of
the 73rd Congress on a budget de
signed to provide an $800,000,000
surplus above ordinary Federal
operating costs in 1934-35.
Although reconciled to the present
year deficit well above the billion
dollar mark, because of the emerg
ency expenses the administration
was said to have set down tentative
budget estimates reading:
Income, $3,600,000,000; ordinary
outgo, $2,600,000,000. The total to be
requested of Congress has been de
scribed in some quarters as reaching
the $6,000,000,000. mark, including
emergency spending.
Sources close to the administration,
however, spoke of at least partial
"pay as you go" basis without major
tax boosts through the R. F. C. loan
payments estimated to tatal another
$700,000,000.
As the President continued today
to shape his program for the com
ing season, there were authoritative
indications that he intended to press
ahead his gold buying commodity
dollar plan.
Christmas Observed
Here Willi Pag
eantry anil Seng
The Christmas story has been de
picted here during the past week in
various forms; a cantata, special re
ligious services, a pageant, and a
dramatization of~^he Nativity), the
program of events which has been
the -most beautiful and inspiring of
recent years being concluded on
Christmas Eve, when a group of
twenty singers sang carols on. the
streets at midnight.
The first event, a cantatat "The
Light of Lights," by Stultz, took place
on Sunday evening preceding Christ
mas Eve, in the Baptist church, with
Rev. L. R. Ennis as director and Mrs.
Arthur F. Joynetv pianist.
All of the churches of the town
yrere beautifully decorated with state
ly cedar, garlands of evergreens,
wreaths of holly and poinsettas for
the great festival and regular morn
ing worship hour on Sunday in each,
had as the theme of its message and
~ong service the Nativity.
A pageant, "When The King
Came," was presented by the Episco
pal Sunday school on Christhas Eve
at 7 o'clock, under the direction of
Rev. J. Q. Beckwith, Jr., with Mrs.
J. W. Joyner as accompanist; and
the dramatization of the Nativity was
given in the Methodist church the
same evening at 8 o'clock, by the
high school glee club, made up of
thirty voices,- and Mrs. Haywood
Smith, organist. *
Holy Communion was celebrated at
midnight by Rev. J. Q. Beekwith, Jr.,
rector of Emmanuel church, Episco
pal, in a service marked by great
beauty and simplicity, to which was
added the grandeur of music.
Immediately following this service,
the Episcopal choir was joined by
other voices of the various churches
in the singing of carols, which was
continued throughout the town for an
hour.
ScMRe-Opns
For 2nd Semester
Monday, Jan. 1
The Fahnville High School will
open for the second semester on
Monday, January 1, after tile Christy
mas holidays, which lasted ten days
this year.
The first semester has paeven most
successful, according to ^fche authori
ties and an even larger enrollment Is
anticipated after t^e holidays.
If some of us got what we deserved
we might-know what'trouble really is.
November Trade
Heartens Roosevelt Aides
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Largest Favorable Bal
ance In Months At
tributed To Dollar De
preciation
Washington, Dec. 27.?Pleased at
the November strength of America's
export trade, officials tonight inter
preted it as the partial result of de
preciation of the dollar abroad coin
cident with the first several weeks of
the Roosevelt bold-buying program.
The total of foreign purchases in
the United States was slightly below
that of October, but the drop was
not so sharp as statistical records
showed was to be expected at that
time of the year. Meanwhile, Amer
ica bought less abroad, giving the
nation the largest favorable trade
balance in months.
Studying these developments, Ad- j
ministration officials today held the
gold-purchasing program stationary,
offering $34.06 an ounce for domes
tic newly-mined gold, the figure un
changed since December 18. At the
same time, they noted, but without
surprise that the Treasury's deficit
had passed the billion-dollar point.
At the White House, iC* was said
that the deficit was expected to. go
even higher as the result of continued
emergency expenditures and that;
President Roosevelt's principal in
terest in this connection was mak
ing sure that receipts would cover
the government's normal and ordi
nary expenditures. Today's Treasury
statement showed them doing so with
a little to spare.
The foreign trade figures, publish
ed by the Commerce Department j
showed November exports totaling
$184,000,000, a figure $9,734,000 less j
than in October and $45,000,0001
greater than in November, 1932. Iru- j
ports aggregated $128,000,000 as com-!
pared with $150,856,000 in Octoberj
and $104,468,000 in November, of
last year. Thus, November, 1933,
showed a favorable trade balance of
$56,000,000, October one of $34,000,000
and November, 1932, one of $34,000,
000.
Commenting on the figures, the de
partment noted that the drop in ex
ports from October to November was
about five per cent and said that
"sensorial declines in the exports cf
such commodities as cotton and to
bacco usually result in a decline of
about six per cent for November as
compared with October.
"The decline this year thus was
slightly less than seasonal," it ad
ded. "Imports, on the other hand,
showed a much .greater falling off,
the normal downward movement
amounting to only about two per
cent."
Speaking informally, officials noted
that the figures covered the first
full month of operation of the Roose
velt gold-buying program. During
that period the dollar fell from $4.70
to the pound to $5.50 before strength
ening to $5.13, where the end of the
month found it During a large part
of the month it ranged between $5.13
and $5.50. The dollar-france rela
tionship followed an identical course.
Thus, they said, with foreign im
porters enabled to buy more dollars
with their pomids and francs, they
were able, also to obtain American
goods at lower cost, attracting them
to the American market. For the
American Importer, the process work
ed inversely. His dollar command
ed fewer pounds and francs; the
cost to him of foreign commodities
wan thus increased, influencing im
ports in a downward direction.
Although intended primarily to in
crease domestic commodity prices, the
Administration's gold plan also had
the purpose of depreciating the dol
lar In terms of foreign currencies and
then of steadying, though not sta
bilizing, the relationship between
them. Since the wfldfhietuations of
November in foreign exchange rates
the dollar and pound exchange rate
ban moved over a narrow margin,
above and below $5.10, generally a
little abeu tint figure.
Today's Treasury statement, giv
ing the status of th* government
finances as of December 22, showed
a deficit of *1,084,121,667 and offi
cials thought that in the three busi
ness days since then ft undoubtedly
had gone higher. It wiB continue in
that direction, they jgcedict, unto
March income tax payments reduce
some of it.
All expenditures misled $2,464,
315021, of which' $1,?M90,842, - re
totaled The prin
cipal item in- the -eaawgmcy expen
ditures ware $531,000^00 for the Re
cooStroction Corporation dad $204,
OOUMO fer therPoblic W?*s Admin
U.lsbiUBn ,
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Praises New
Silver Plan
South Carolina Repre
sentative Sees Benefits
To South
Greenville, S. C.,. Dec. 28.?Repre
sentative J. J. McSwain, Democrat, of
the fourth South Carolina district,
said President Roosevelt's silver pro
gram was the greatest thing which
has happened for the South since the
invention of the cotton gin in a state
ment here today.
"I am enthusiastic about President
Roosevelt's silver program," he said.
! "Every person in the South is sure
; to feel the benefits before the year
; is far advanced. Farmers will get
more for their cotton; mill workers
will get more for their labor; stock
holders in cotton mills will receive
greater earnings and business in gen
eral will be stimulated,
j "Fully half of our cotton crop,
whether or not many persons realize
i that fact, must be sold abroad. That
! means that we must look beyond the
shores of our own country for cus
tomers. i There is where then we are
going to benefit from the silver pro
gram. The remainder of the national
have isewed up their markets; Amer
ica then oust turn to South American
and certain Asiatic countries for its
trade. Those are silver-trading coun
tries. ana under the new progh^m they
will be able to buy thousands of dol
lars worth of our over-estimating
the importance of this move to the
South. It is the greatest thing which
has happened to the Southland, the
most far-reachng, since the invention
of the cotton gin."
Defers Increase In
?Hog Precessing Tax
I
Washington, Dec. 27.?Secretary I
Wallace has announced that the pro-|
cessing tax on hogs would remain at I
I 31 per hundredweight until February
1, 1934, instead of going to $1.50 on
December 31.
The change, made in a revision
of the regulations under the farm
adjustment act, also provides that
the rate of $1.50 will extend only
from February 1 to March 1. when
it will be increased to $2.25 per
I hundredweight.
The Secretary said the new regula
tions would "prevent the accumula
I tion of surplus stocks and depression
i of the farm price of hogs," and add
| ed that the revision was made partly
because of the continued large
| slaughter of hogs.
I Farmers of Scotland and Hoke
counties are cooperating to form a
production credit association with 21
leading citizen of the two counties
having the matter in charge.
Gold Wave Takes
Many Lives Over
Widespread Area
At Least 120 Deaths Di
rectly Due To Severe
Blast From Wastes Of
Alaska
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Chicago, Dec. 28.?A bitter post-i
Christmas cold wave abated only
'little tonight after leaving a trail of
death and suffering across the Unit
ed States*
At least 120 deaths were attributed
directly to the weather, it was dis
closed in a state-by-state survey.
This total included only deaths
from freezing, exposure and acci
dents caused directly by the storm.
The death list itself and a list of
temperatures in various sections
showed the seriousness and extent
of the situation, intensified by fore
cast of a new cold wave tomorrow
night. ^
Included in the death list were
two in New Yorit, 23 in the Pari tic
Northwest, 21 in Illinois, seven in
Ohio, and one in Oklahoma. Others
were hi the sections between these.
Only the extreme Souths and Cali
fornia escaped.
Temperatures PlNred from 48 he
low zero at Lake Edwards, Qua, 23
below at St. Paul, 9.2 below at Chi
cago, and 19 below at Madison, Wis.,
to^o^ve^in New York, zero at
Growers "Will Be Told
All About SalesiSlips
Raleigh, Dec. 28.?Information re
garding the certification of tobacco
warehouse sales slips for use in ap
plying for- equalization payments will
be given flue-cured tobacco ?growers
of the state within a few days, accord
ing to E. Y. Floyd, state director of
the sign-up drive.
: Warehousemen are busy now pre
paring copies of the "sales slips for
growers who signed the tc^a^co acre
age reduction contracts. Cray grow
ers who sign contracts are < eligible
for equalization payments in the to
bacco they (sold before prices rose to
parity.
The equalization and rental pay
ments are to be made in 30 to 60
days after Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace approves- the ap
plications.
? Mr. Floyd appealed-to the'growers
yesterday to finish the sign-up cam
paign before the markets reopen on
January 8. "Those who wait until
after that time will find the authori
zation of their payments slowed up
by the rush of marketing and by the
cotton - curtailment drive to be
launched soon," he said.
Due to the more detailed nature
of the contracts, Mr. Floyd said, the
contract sign-up can not be carried
through with the-speed of the
agreement sign-up campaign last
falL "Nevertheless," he said, "we
are receiving encouraging - reports
from many counties, particularly
those in the Piedmont section.
"Already quite a few counties have
reported the signing of more con
tracts now than of agreements last
falL Several other counties are not
far behind."
"Knee Action" Wheels
For The 1934 Chevrolet
Mi!ford, Mich., Dec. 23.?-Upward
of 3,500 Chevrolet field officials and
dealers have been visiting the General
Motors proving ground here this week
for their first view of the company's
new 1934 passenger cars, and for a
presentation of merchandising plans
for next year considerably expanded
over 1933.
The new models, embodying "knee
action" wheels and many other ad
vanced features, have ganerated
greater enthusiasm from the stand
point of appearance and performance
among the visitors than any models
in the recent experience of the com
pany, according to William E. Holler,
General Sales Manager, who is con
ducting the meetings.
The first group entertained here
arrived Tuesday. In it were 300 of
ficials of! the company operating in
the eight regions and forty zones in
the United States. Theirs was , a
three-day convention, held here the
first day, during which time the field
men drove the car over the severe
test roads of the grounds.
The Second day Fas spent at De
troit hearing a detailed discussion of
company plans and policies to be ef
f?ctecrtiext year. The third day was
devoted to group discussions.
Immediately arnr the close of this
convention, dealers began arriving
by regions for a one-day demonstra
tion and test of the new models 011
the proving ground. First to arrive
were fifty dealers from the Pacific
coast,, who volunteered to make the
I trip East if they would be permitted
' to see and test the new models in
advance of the public display.
Thereafter, other dealer groups
from the remaining seven regions
were entertained here during the pre
view, with prospects that at least one
third of the national dealer body
would have seen and driven the new
cars in. advance of their local zone
showings.
On December 15 approximately 500
dealers from the Eastern region cen
tering at Buffalo were here; the fol
lowing day 425 arrived from Dallas.
On: Monday, December 18, 825 were
from. Atlanta, and on Tuesday 4001
from the Mid West Region at St
Louis. Wednesday the Atlantic coast
region at Tarrytown, N. Y., brought
in 508, the following day 550 came
from Chicago, and approximately 750
were entertained the remaining two
days of the week from the home re
gion at Flint, Mich.
Tha handling of the demonstrations
and the conventions was planned
months,in advance and occupied the j
sole attention of sales department
. beads for a number of weeks past
In view of the entgqsiaam shown by
. the visitors, company officials antici
pate amost successful public an
nouncement of their new 1934 models
We're inclined to say "He's a gen
tleman " when we cant think of any
Gives Details Of I
New Bank Charges
?
Raleigh, Dec. 28.?Beginning at
midnight December 81, n new sche
dule of service charges will be assess
ed checking accounts in North Caro
lina banks, but it provides for a lower
rate than at present for small and
comparatively less active accounts.
Details of the charges were an
nounced yesterday by Paul P.
Brown, secretary of the State Bank
ers Association,
At present there is no service
charge against accounts of less than
$100 if ho more than three checks
are drawn. If there are more" than
three the stationary charge is $1.
The Federal tax of two cents obtains
oh each check, as in the past.
Under the new schedule, accord
ing to which a deposit will be term
ed a transaction, when an account's
monthly average is less than $50
there will be a minimum charge of
50 cents with five transactions al
lowed. /With more than five, the 50
cents charge will Stand, plus four
cents for each additional item.
In an account averaging over $50
one free transaction will be allowed
for each $12 on deposit in excess of
$50, with a charge of four cents for
each additional transaction.
Although deposits wiil be termed
transactions, there will be no charge
for any number of deposits in a
month when there is no check drawn
against the account.
Large accounts will be analyzed
and assessed according to the ex
pense tiiey cause the bank- Should
an account earn for the'bank more
than. the cost of handling it, there
will he no service charges.
Savings' accounts will be affected
only by a charge In interest bearing
as it affects the date of deposit. De
posits made on any except the first
day of the month will not start
bearing interest until the first day
of the next month.
JOYNER WIDOW FILES
ACTION AGAINST HOTEL
Wilson, Dec. ?8.?A suit to recover
$25,000 damage was instituted in -
Wilson County Superior Court last
week by Mrs. Mabel Joyner, widow .
of William Lyman Joyner and ad
ministratrix of his estate, against
the Cherry Hotel, Incorporated.
The action was filed by Charles
M. Griffin, local attorney and Hftr-j
old D. Cooley, and Walter J. Bone,
Nashville attorneys, representing the 1
plaintiff.
The complaint set forlh that the
deceased died from injuries sus- .
tained on the night of November
4th, when he .went to the hotel to
make a business call on an associate.
Joyner after knocking .on the door of
room No. 308 and receiving no answer,
thought he probably had misunder
stood the man's room number and
started up the reaL stairway to room
No. 408. ? ? .
Joyner opened the door to the
freight elevator, which the com
plaint alleges is next door to the
stairway door, and is very similar
in appearance to the door to the
stairway. He stepped in the eleva
tor shaft and fell four floors into the
cement basement of the shaft
The injured man was - removed
to a local hospital where he died from,
the injuries sustained in the fall on "
November 18 th.
EVERYBODY ALIKE
Raleigh, Dec. 28.?"We mean to
treat everybody alike and go after all
the old license plates we find on the
road after sunrise next Monday
morning."
Thus declared Allen J. Maxwell,
Commissioner of Revenue, as he took
occasion yesterday to warn , motor
vehicle operators that only three more
business days are left, in which motor
ists can <jualify for use of the high
ways on January 1.
Yesterday's report on issuance tak
ing the total to 94,631 pairs of plates,
showed a jump of 20,469 in sales of
the past two days. "They'll go fast
within the next three days," predict
ed Mr. Maxwell
"Generous publicity has been given
to the firm warning that cars with
old licenses will not be permitted to
use the roads on and after January 1,
Notice by mail has also-been given to
every motorist. Positive instructions
have been given to all enforcement of
ficers in the State to observe this
policy strictly."
?f 1HM I? ^
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One of the compensations of bring
poor is that you can get a thrill out
of finding a dime in the pocket of an
old overcoat
iii 1 ? ? ?
Why write a book if all you^e got
to say can be expressed in an epi
gram ti'/ . ? ;
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Para Way For
Leaf Payment
Farm Board Mails Out,
Application Blanks For
P r i c e - Equalization
Payment*
Sixteen hundred application blanks
have already been mailed out to
growers and the remainder will be
mailed out as quickly as contracts
have been received.
Every effort will be made to wind
up the campaign during the next
several days, Mr. Arnold said, and
those who^have not signed the
government contracts as they agreed
to do in the initial signup were urg
ed to get busy and do so immediately.
After seeing their committeemen,
growers were advised to carry their
price-equalizing blanks to ware
houses next week to get figures as
to amount of tobacco sold and prices
they received for it.
After this they were instructed to
carry the blanks to the farm office
at the courthouse where they will be
finally prepared for presentation to
the federal 'government
Triple Parentage
Claim For Twin
Boys Allowed
Yankton, S. D., Dec. 27.?The legal
claim that twins born 10 years ago
to Mrs. Ewald Peddle had three pa
rents was recognized today in the
court of Judge A. B. Tripp, when the
jurist granted Peddie's plea for a
divorce on infidelity grounds.
The divorce plea was believed to
be without precedent in legal annals
and medical authorities said such a
case never had been authenticated by
science, although theoretically possi
ble,
Peddie's petition, won by default,
claimed that his wife had been un
faithful and had admitted infidelity.
Peddie maintained that he was the
father of one of the twins born to
his wife and that -a neighbor was the
father of the second child.
Medical testimony presented to
the court said that in the case of
fraternal twins, it was possible for
a different man to father each child.
The court, impressed by the weight
of the evidence, awarded to Peddie
custody of the boy which he said was
his, and gave the mother custody of
the son whose parentage was dis
puted.
Peddie testified that his wjfe had
told hrm that only one of theboys
was |his. The twins, said Peddie, re
sembled each other in no important
physical characteristic. One boy
looks much like Peddie. The other,
said the husband, resembles the
neighbor with whom the mother ad
mitted infidelity.
The opinion of a medical expert
entered in the court's record said:
"In cases of fraternal twins, the
children might develop from two
separate cells of the female, im
pregnated at two different times
within the interval which might be
as great as several hours."
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Hag And Corn
Tax Payments
,ls Urged Today
Nate Parker, Deputy
Collector, Says Novem
ber Payments Delin
quent Dec. 31
*
Greenville, Dec. 28.?Nate Parker,
deputy processing tax collector for
hogs and corn in this district, was in
Greenville today in connection with
November collections of these taxes.
Mr. Parker said the tax on both
hogs and corn for November would
be delinquent after December 31 and
urged taxpayers to get busy and see
that settlement was made in due time.
? Hi said the returns for the two
taxes should be in the office of C. H.
Robertson, state collector' at Raleigh
or the office of Nate Parker, deputy
collector, Elizabeth City, by end
of ther month, and . impressed those
subject to the tax with the import
ance of making returns immediately
if they fcjw* not already done so.
Corn carries a tax of five cents a
bushel for November and hogs 1-2
cent a pound,'live weight
For December the tax tm corn will
be the- same but on hogs it has been
incretawi to aJtondred pounds,!
live weight, or one cent a pound. The
December tax is due January 80.
Any farther information regarding
these two taxes, Mr. Parker said will
be furnished by the state or district
offices.
' , ?
Fresh infertile eggs placed in cold
storage last spring by Catawba coun
ty poultrymen were sold at a net
profit of six cents a dozen this fall.
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CongressMay Be Asked :
To Change NiraRules
' - ? n \.
?"r
Both Organized Capital
and Labor Likely To
Submit Their Recom
mendations
Washington, Dec. 27.?Organized
labor and organized capital both will
descend upon Washington in the first
three weeks of the Congressional ses
sion to decide what changes they
want in the National Industrial Re
covery Act, it was learned today.
The changes sought, for the most
part, will be in opposite directions.
The administration, though official
ly silent, is not expected to ask any
important alterations. Congression
al oppositionists, seeking to avoid
the appearance of obtaining recov
ery, are in the main willing to keep
hands off. But the American Fed
eration of Labor and the United
States Chamber of Commerce may
have different ideas.
William Green, president of the
A. F. of L., issued a call today for
his organization's executive council
to meet here January 24 to "con
sider recommendations on legisla
tive amendments" to the recovery
act and "improvements which time
and experience have shown to be
necessary"?presumably primarily to
strengthen labor protection, and per
haps to seek a mandatory 30-hour
week. "
He also urged labor organizations
to continue to fight for labor legis
lation in states.
The board of directors of the U.
S. C. of C., will meet January 10
and 20 to consider the results of a
questionnaire among members asso
ciations and chambers, designed to
collect data on how the recovery
act and other general recovery legis
lation are working. Specific fig
ures are sought in the questionnaire,
answers to which are beginning to
flood the chamber headquarters here.
Since the NRA decided not to
make public results of its census
of Blr.e Eagle operation last Fall,
this will be the first national sur
vey of how the whole program is
reacting?in the judgment of cham
bers of commerce. It will be a one
sided viewpoint, but with no more
complete data available, it may be
impressive to Congressmen facing re
election next Fall
The A. F. of L.,'will have no such
compilation of data to support its
demands, but it will have the effect
of a well-knit body of .voters.
Another sharp difference in opin
ion toward NRA, with an entirely
distinct line of cleavage of view
point, is growing more evident as
Congressmen return to Washington
?the vastly different, viewpoint of
the "Big Fellow" and tbe "Little
Fellow" in business. Senators Bo
rah, Republican, Idaho, and Reed,
Republican, Pennsylvania; Repre
sentatives Patman, Democrat, Texas,
and Collins, Democrat, Mississippi
are the outstanding ? spokesmen so
far for the '"Little Fellow."
They concede that the NRA is
satisfying the "Big Fellows"?as
witness' the approval of the Iron
and Steel Institute, the United
States Automobile Chamber of Com
merce and the lumber code authori
ty of their codes?but they hold
that undue pressure is exerted upon
the small business man, the retailer,
the jobber, by the increased costs
imposed by the Blue Eagle.
Various plans for modifying the
method of applying the recovery
act, if not the act, itself, are being;
considered. The U. S. C. of C., is
not likely to be sympathetic to them.
The A. F. of L., probably will be
indifferent to this aspect The di
vergent viewpoints of the groups
concerned probably will more or less
counterbalance each other's affect
and aid the administration goal of
keeping the NRA about as it is,
but there will be plenty of talk of
changes.
ENTERTAINS CARD CLUB
" *
Members of the Progressive Bridge
Club enjoyed another game of the
tournament series on Thursday aft
ernoon, with Mrs. R. 0. ^ang as hos
tess at her home on Belcher street
Forest greens and red candles were
used as decorations, and tallies were
appropriate to the season. A deli
cious sweet course was served after
the usual number of progressions.
Mrs. M./V. Jones, Mrs. Robert Lind
say and Mrs.- W. S. Royster were spe
cial guests at this time.