? TW^tTr MUT" ^ "?" " FABHY1LLE* tPlTT COUNTY, NOETH CAKMJNA, FEIDAY, D?CBMBEB IMS ^ YOU TWBITI-reUK j ' - ? ?. > . ?' ? ? ??? ? ...li". ...I'.'.. ?. ??? ? President Plans To Ask Congress For Large Sum ? * j ???!! I. ? Bill .11 I I ' I . 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 t A -------- -- - 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 , ?P' ? V . ? 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 ?? 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