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SELL Y?r TOBACCO j 17 i ^ 1^ i^gamL^iSnn ' ***? 0? Ainhk*) Wm In FARMVILLE And I fl M CI ^ 1 IjP^ ffl *** CttB8totly VOL TWEVTY.POUR FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, APRIL ?, 1W4 . NUMBER FORTY-EIGHT ; 6 -Vii '? " ' ' 1 ? ' ? ' ' ' ' " Government Closes Nine Months With Deficit of Over $2,542,299,000.00 Planning For a Billion Dollars of April Fi nancing And Noting What it Considers Tan gible E~v i d e n c e s of Business Improvement Washington, April 3.?The govern ment closed 9 months of the fiscal year today with expenditures of $4, $48,004,000, and a deficit of $2,542, 299,000. As this was made known the treas ury was planning for a billion dol lars of April financing and nothing what it considered tangible evidence of business improvement. Routine operating expenses at the close of March totaled $1,987,939,000 compared with revenue of $2,305, 704,000. Emergency outlays of $2,860,965, 000 exceeded the amount of the deficit. Only three months of the fiscal year remained and treasury officials con ceded that emergency spending would not reach the $7,000,000,000 previous ly estimated for June 30th. The public debt at the close of March was $26,157,509,000 as com pared with $21,364,000 a year ago. The rate of spending again drop ped, off in March to the lowest figures >ince November. Total March out lays were $610,232,937 as compared with $635,321,856 in February and $980,579,087 in the peak month of J anuary. The emergency portion of March spending was- |449,S08,000 or slightly more than February's $477,323,000. DICKENS-WARD Miss Lola Ward, of Farmvilie, daughter of Mrs. J. M. Ward, of Middlesex, and Mr.. P. M. Dickens, of Wilson* son-of ? Mr.- -and- Mrs. Ed Dicker^ of Halifax, were quietly married by Justice of the Peace Owens in Wilson, Friday evening, in the presence of a few members of the families and intimate friends. The bride was attired in a dark blue suit with harmonizing accesso ries. State Will Get PWA Allotments However, Grant of Only $23,000 Is Approved for School Bus Bodies Washington, April 5.?The Public Works Administration today an nounced new loans and grants total ling $7,527,950 for 82 new projects, of which four totalling $186,500 are located in North Carolina. The funds were made available by can celling 19 previous allotments and reducing 32 others, none in either group being located in North Caro lina. Outstanding in today's list, al though not the largest amount of money involved, was a grant of 523,000 to the State of North Caro -| lina, the first of the public works money the State government has had, to be used in purchasing school bus bodies. . i The amount represents a disap pointment as the request had been for $60,000, and it is assumed that the same policy will be followed in another request still pending for $120,000. * - CLUB TO GIVE JOINT RECITAL ON TUESDAY EVENING A joint recital, with Mias Vivian Case as director and Mr& Haywood Smith accompanist, will be presented by members of tike Four H and High School Glee Clubs in the school audi torium on Tuesday evening, April 10, at 8:00 o'clock, at which time they will render the following numbers which are scheduled for use by the first group in ths Pitt county Four H Club contest on Thursday evening, and -these of tho" Glee Club in the State contest on Saturday morning: Old Folks At Home?Foster, Fbur H Club; Pleading?Elgar, Ruth Hayes Turnsgc; On The Lake?Williams, Mary T. Tyson; I Sing ^Becau^; * Love?Pinauti, Glee Club; The Seep ' That FBta On Baby's Eyes?Carpen Song, Four H Cleb. ^ ! Names List ! Takers For 1 Pitt County Tax Supervisor Coward Makes Known Names of Listers in All Parts of County .1 ?* Greenville, April 5.?J. C. Coward auditor and tax supervisor of Pitt County, completed selection of list takers for Pitt county during' the first of the week and made their names public today The list takers have taken their places in each township of the coun ty and will be on hand from now on to list property for 1934. Owing to the congested condition of the court house at this time the list taker will not be on duty here [ until tomorrow. Every available J nook has been utilised by various I government agencies during the i last several weeks and the conges-I ! tion has been so great that it will i be impossible to provide a suitable ; place for the list taker before tomor row, Supervisor Coward said. The supervisor and his list takers conferred yesterday afternoon rela tive to the general work for this year and attempted to establish a uniform valuation on personal property. The national automobile code was adopted for determining the value of used cars. This is expected to expedite the handling of this phase of list tak ing. The Machinery Act was discussed at considerable length and each of the list takers was fully acquainted with the various phases of his work. D. S. Spain, Sr., is list taker for Pitt county. The list takers for the various townships follow: J. B. Joyner, Farmville, Farmville township; J. Taylor Barnhill, Stokes, Carolina township; Coy Forbes, Stokes, Pactolus township; J. R, Cox, Winterville, Winterville township; D. S. Spain, Sr., Greenville, Greenville township; 0. M. McLawhorn, Green ville, R. F. D., Beaver Dam township; P. S. Moore, Ayden, R F. D., Swift Creek township; A. R. Canon, Aydeu, Ayden township; E. L Mayo, Bethel, Bethel township;-H. C. Smith, Falk land, Falkland township; C M. Smith, Fountain, Fountain township; Mrs. C. L Parker, Greenville, R. F. D, Bel voir township; J. J. Elks, Grimesland, Chicod township. ; HIGHSMITH-ROSS A marriage of interest throughout the State took place:, here Thursday morning, April 5, at 11 o'clock, when Miss Kathleen Ross and Mrs. James : Harvey Highsmith, both ; of Bofter sonville, were married in a quiet: but impressive ceremony at the Christian parsonage. - The nuptial service was performed by Rev. C. B. Mashburn, pastor of the local Christian church and a for mer pastor of the bride, in the pres ence of a group of close friends and the immediate families. Mrs. Highsmith is the daughter of Mrs. Veva Ross She was graduated from Robersonville high school and attended East Carolina Teachers Col lege, in Greenville. Mr. Highsmith is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Highsmith, received his education at State College, and is as sociated with his father in the Trio Theatre, in Robersonville. After a motor trip through the Shenandoah Valley and a visit to Washington, D. C-, Mr. and Mrs. Highsmith will be at home in Rober sonville. ? Out of town relatives and friends attending the marriage were; Mrs. Neva S. Ross, Mrs. A. R. Johnson, Mrs. C. L. Vick, Miss Johnnie Sparks, Hiss Hilda Ross, Miss Mary Roebuck, Miss Ellen Everette; Miss Delia Rob erson, Miss Alice Norman, Dr. J. E. L. Thomas, Ronald Ross Johnson, Herbert Highsmith and Otis Wool ard. NOT* OF APPRECIATION At the request of J. O. Harris and assistant keepers of the Pitt County H'.<me, together with those of the inmates,, we wish to take this oppor jand a package of fruit, taken to(thii i Again thanking each and every one Pitt Praised By Farm Head ' - I County Commended at Washington For Fine Service in the Tobacco Campaign Greenville, April' 5.?Pitt County has been highly commended by the Agricultural Adjustment Administra tion at Washington for the fine way it came across in the recent tobacco reduction campaign, it was made known here yesterday afternoon. The information was divulged by John T. Thome, of Farmvilie, mem ber of the state advisory committee of the Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration, who conferred with representatives of the Farm Depart ment yesterday. Mr. Thome, who recently return ed from a conference at Washing ton dealing with the tobacco situa tion, said officials of the adnanis tration declared that Pitt county had turned in the best batch of tobacco papers received in Washington dur ing the entire reduction campaign. Commenting on the recognition to day, E. F Arnold, director of the local Farm Department, and who directed the tobacco signup through his office, said the success of the signup here was due largely to the fine work of committeemen and the general office force, Mr. Arnold expressed gratification over the commendation from Wash ington and said his office, realiz ing the necessity for complete in formation on the tobacco industry here, had done its best to render the highest type of service The praise, he said, is especially gratify ing in view of the fact that Pitt is | the largest tobacco producing coun ty in the world and had more con tracts to handle than any other I county. School Presents Splendid Exhibit The splendid exhibition of the work being done by the seventh grade and high school pupils on Friday after noon of this week won well merited i praise and commendation from the hundreds of patrons and friends in attendance. The specimens exhibited, neat and j finished in every detail, reflected the various phases of work being done by the students this year and the event proved to be one of much value to students and visitors alike, SPANISH-AMERICAN AUXILIARY An enjoyable meeting of the Span ish-American Auxiliary was held at the home of Mrs, J. I. Baker on Wed nesday afternoon. Mrs. Pearl Johnston presided and conducted the program, which related to the early life and career of John Paul Jones. S. M. Pollard, recently installed as commander of the James Thomas Smith Camp,. Spanish-Aemri can Veterans, was present and made a brief talk. v.: f The hostess served a delectable salad. course during the social hour which followed the program. Mrs. Sue Collins was an especial guest at this Thousands Pay Tribute to Pou Dean of House of Rep* resentatives Laid To Rest on Bluff Above River; Own Epftgph Read at Service at The Grave Smithfield, April 4.?Edward Wil liam Pou, whom the Fourth Congres sional District elected 17 consecu tive times to represent it in Wash ington, rested last night in the. peace of a flower-blanketed grave on ^ bteff above the River Neuse. Form simple, white-clapboarded St Paul's Episcopal Church the body of the Congressional dean was follow ed on the short journey to Riverside Cemetery?barely more' that a stone's throw from the Pou home?by the nation's great and Johnston commun ity of sorrow. Negroes, old and young; farmers and laborers in grimy overalls, chil dren who knew only that "Mister Ed* was dead, rubbed shoulders with silk* hatted, frock-coated-Henry T.'Rainey, white-headed Speaker of the House of Representatives; with great bushy browed Joseph Byms, of Tennessee, Democratic leader in the House; with rotuned Bertrand Snell, of New YoWc, leader of the minority; with Senators and Congressmen, with Governor Bhringhaus and high state officials. | The Rev. Thaddeus A. Cheatham, of Pinehurst, former rector of the Pou family, officiated at the simple burial service, quoting the eqitaph written by Mr. Pou only a few weeks ago. "I know not what record may await me in the world to come, but this I do know: I was never mean enough to despise a man because he was poor, because he was ignorant, or because he was black." "This sentence speaks better than any words of mine the record of this servant of the people," declared the minister, who was assisted by the Rev. Thomas S. Clarkson, present rector of St. Paul's. In striking contrast to the services Monday in the grandeur of the HaH of the House of Representatives was the simplicity here. GIBBS-CRANDALL Of interest to friends in East Caro lina was the marriage of Miss Mildred Crandall, of Stokes, to Mr. Bryan B. Gibbs, of Farmville, which occurred here on Easter Sunday morning at 8:30 o'clock. The marriage vows were spoken before Rev. C. B. M&shburn, pastor of the Christian church, at his home, the ring ceremony being used and witnessed by a few relatives and in timate friends. The bride wore a tan going away suit with brown accessories. Mrs. Gibbs is the daughter of Mrs. Lizzie Crandall, of Stokes. She re ceived her education at Louisburg College. ' Mr. Gibbs, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gibbs, is connected with Corbett's Garage here. After the ceremony the couple left by motor for points in Virginia. They will be at home in Farmville upon their return. I Growers To Pay Close Attention To Tobacco Cultivation This Year Farmers, who are producing the best type of cigarette tobacco, pay particular attention to the number of plants per acre, fertilization, ; and the topping of the crop. They guage the number of plants per acre by the natural fertility of the soil, the kind and amount of fertilizer which is ap plied, and the type of tobacco which they wish to produce. Many growers are practicing closer spacing this year in an effort to pro duce ideal cigarette tobacco as to color. But they should be sure that the crop receives sufficient potash to give the leaf proper gram, texture and finish. - Closely spaced tobacco without sufficient potash generally produces leaf which is thin lik# tis sue paper and lacking in proper body. Even though the color is good, this type of tobncco does not sell well said does not weigh out If you are using less than 8 per cent-potaslr in your fertiliser at planting, you can top-dress with 100 lbs. of sulphate of potash per acre at tBe first working. It should not be applied lata in the-season, as it may cause the crop to make second growth. G004 bright tobacco wife proper text urej4ommand8 high prices any year. During the last three years buyers has* been paying a premium for leaf "on the bright sHe." If ** have considerable rain this year, the crop. ? ? bright and exceptionally thin. Then, the prem iums will go to the >l0if of gedd quality slightly on the orange side and that's where the best smoking tobacco will be found. Seme grow ers say that^tkigr Nitot never to "be able to produce just what the market wants. Almost every fanner has a slightly different problem because of variations and seeds as to fertilisa tion. Qf course, weather is the most important factor and next to that -Is the general methods of handling tBa crop. And yet, to hear some people talk, gtewing * good erop of tobacco is a very, very simple proposition. One serious point of loss with many growers is tho thickening and the production of rough tipa after the crop is lopped. This is graemSy due -to rains following- a long dry. spell Many growers have discovered that they can materially fcaetathi* damage through delayed topping. They let the plant make its growth and then pinch out the bud. After two or three cropping* they then top the plant down to where they want it., ..; The extra leaves at th<Ttop of tSd tne crop wnen the late rains oegin. This method of tondBng the ^erejki also redeem the labor Involved to mioVnrimr wsdsde ' the todmv ?ttl SoBste Rejects War-Time Tam La Ftifctte Schedule Raising "Normal and SurtaX-Rotes Loses by 11 Votes Washington, April bi^?By a margin of li votes, the ?Senate today retain ed in the revenue bill the more mod erate -intom* and surtax schedules proposed' by its finance committee in stead of a proposal that would hare restored war-time levies to help pap for economic recovery. The high tax UdvOCates mustered 36 votes for a substitute schedule by Senator LaFoHette, Republican, Wis consin, calling for anlhereaee in" the normal income tax from four to six per cent add surtaxes ranging from six to 71 per cent There were 47 votes to keep in the bill the com mittee rates that were tentatively ap proved yesterday. This sdttled the chief controversy over the bill and leaders expected its passage before the week-end re cess. 'I The committee rotes provide a flat normal tax of four per cent on all net income instead of the present four /per cent on-the first $4,000 and eight per taut en all over that. They also'fixed the surtaxes at five percent on that portion of the income be tween $4;000-and $6)000 and graduate them upward through 29 brackets to 59 per eeutonuH>over $1,000,000. The rates approved by the House and a Hat normal tax of four per emit and surtaxes tanging from 4 to 59 per cent The differences in the surtax schedule will thus have to be threshed out in conferences Twenty-four Democrats, 11 Repub licansandthe Fhrmer-Laborite, Ship stead, voted for the La Follette schedule. Twenty-nine Democrats and 18 Republicans answered "No." The committee schedule would al low the "tame exemption for surtax income as now are authorized for normal tax purposes. The effect of this would be to start the surtax at about $6,500 for married men and $5,000 for single men because of the $2,600 and $1^600' exemptions. The schedule .increases the sur taxes in the higher brackets to make , up for lost revenue due to eliminat ing the present eight per cent normal levy on all over $4,000. A credit of ten per emit would be allowed for earned income up to $20,000 in pay ment of the normal tax. ( Senator La Fottette had contended his rate schedule was necessary to , finance the recovery program and that Secretary Morgenthau, while not passing on its m&Hts, had estimated it would raise another $186,000,000 as against only $30,000,000 under the committee rates. Senators Harrison And Long In Verbal Combat Washington, April 5.?Antagonism ?' between Huay Long and administra- , tfcm leadership btfrst forth in the : senate today with Pat Harrison, of v Mississippi, saying "the opinion of 1 the senator from Louisiana is less re- 1 spected by the membership of this body as a whole and the country than ii any other senator here." The two outspoken legislators had ] been in Several lesser disputes a while ; before at a 'senate finance committee hearing on the confirmation of D. D. t Moofe, as internal revenue collector in Louisiana, opposed by Long. Edward Rightor, Moore's attorney was-WtfWd^bjciLehgito "go outside" after Rightor had said of Jeffers<?i race track in Louisiana "that's your track Senator." Long called that ? statement an "infamous falsehood." The exchanges between the Louis iana senator and Harrison who heads the finance committee pertained to eeadaet.altthe'Karing. C. M. Brickhouse, Lenoir county agent, has been helping farmers or der pasture seed co-operatively. i i ii~, , ? ? ? . I NOWCE JfO 1 BOG OWNERS ? - - I ' Whereas, the dog owners of Farmville have failed to heed the ?w pwmdranj? -ngs irom winning at htfge and have failed to heed the warnings of officials; ami be cause of the prevalency of hydro phobia, the Board of Commission ers at their last meeting passing in-erimanea providing that aff dog rum?ig at-Mrge be killed and antHi 1 iliij| i?wfy citizen - to UH any dog: rlnning at large on his premises, the policemen have been fnitntta#ie enforce this ordinance || by iclflfegiil dogs found running Mrs Will Be Paid as Macteii Says Governor Governor Asserts That Teachers Will Be Paid For Eight Months As Contracted . Raleigh, April 6.?Governor Ehr inghaus today asserted "teachers sal aries will be paid for eight months as contracted" and at the same time that a general curtailment of expen ditures by state officers and constitu tion was ordered by the budget bureau. The governor, asked about the re port that funds might not be avail able to pay the teachers their full salaries for the last month of the eight months term said "you can say the teachers will be paid their full salaries." Neither the governor nor Frank Dunlap, assistant director of the bud get, would reveal the extent of the curtailment of the expenditures from the. general fund. "I do not think that it amounts to any -great amount," the governor said. AMERICA*, CITIES STUDIED BY LITERARY CLUB "The Distinctive Personalities of American Cities/' was the topic of a paper 6y Miss Tabitha DeVisconti, and-a talk by Mrs. J. W. Joyner, member of the Literary Club, at the regular meeting of that group held at the heme of Mrs. J. L Morgan on Wednesday afternoon, with Philidel phia chosen by the former for its his toric treasures, and Charleston, typi fying the romance and charm of Southern cities of the Atlantic coast; with San Antonio, her ancient land marks and customs, being selected ad described by Mrs. Joyner, a recent visitors, as a city of contrasts. San Francisco, her Golden Gate harbor and outstanding marks of her indus trial and commercial life, were out lined by Miss Edna Robinson, and the charm and beauty of Washington, D. C., on Easter Sunday were depicted by Mrs. J. L. ShacHeford, a visitor there at that time. . .. A' variety of floweraKdaffodils, Ja panese quince, forsytluk and flower almond, made a lovely setting for the meeting. Miss Annie Peririna presided and appointed committees to build pro grams around five subjects, chosen as studies for the next, year, as fol lows: Art?Mr*. J. I. Morgan, Miss Edna Robinson; Music?Mrs. G. S. Vcmght, Mrs, -J. L. Shackleford; Citi zenship?Mrs. W. C. Askew, Mr* J. W. Joyner; Literature?Mrs. J. B. Joyner, Mrs. R. E. Boyd; Home Deco ration?Mrs. J. H. Harris, Mrs. J. H. Darden. The TJfcib vbted at this tune to contribute to the Perkins Hall cur tain fund. Delicious refreshments were served after adjournment Especial guests of the hostess included; Mrs. B. S. Smfh, Mrs, T. 'E. Joyner, Mrs. G. M. Holden, Mrs. F. M. Davis, Mrs. Harry Lang, Mrs. C. T. Dixon and Mrs. Bob ert Lee Smith. Increases Seed I Loans To $750 Greenvitte, April 5.?T. O. Edens, manager of the federal seed loan of fice here, announced today /that Be had just received information from Washington of liberalization of loans to growers. Mr. Edens said the pre vious limit of $500 for- individual farms had been increased to- $760. No charge was made in the $250 loan to Individual growers. '? - The manager said that checks had been vseeivfed for 75-Odd applications mailed from his office the latter part of last week. Sales of New Cars p Tripled In Year Raleigh, April 5.?Sales of new passenger automobiles and trucks in North Carolina in March more than tripled the-salea during March, 1983, the State Motor Vehicle Bureau re ported yesterday. La3t month 2;980 passenger cars were sold, compared with 907 in March last yesT, while 582 trucks were sold, as compared with 199 to March, 1938. I The flrgi-^ftyee mariths of this year saw 6*94*'??*. ctts and 2,*94 new trucktfiWd in the 8tktt?if?it jjrasr: wiles ibr -the -period were 8,508 cars and 881 tracks. - Senate Proves It Can Act With Dispatch in Approving Legislation ? ? ? ?? - ?? ? ? " ? ? ?? ? d ? House Accepts Norris Ranking Resolution - For Investigation Of Public Utilities Rates by Federal Power Com mission Washington, April 4,?The senate proved today it can act with dispatch when it has a mind giving staccato approval to a series of committee amendments that have raised the house income tax strengthening bill to $330,000,000. The house of representatives mean while accepted the Norris-Ranking resolution for investigation of pub lic utilities rates by the federal pow er commission. One tax clause winning senate sanction to levy a big sur tax on "improperly accumulated" sur passes of corporations. The addi tional tax would be 26 per cent on adjusted net income under $100^)00 and 35 per cent, on that in excess of $100,000. The fiist test won was upon a vote to retain a provision subject ing to taxation the anticipated in come from annuities. The propos al would require annuitants as soon as. payment begins to them, to re port as income an amount equal to 3 percent of the aggregate premium paid on the annuity.. . The house after approving a num ber of lesser private bills got down to real work in the revised Jooes Costigan sugar control bill with : a view to vote before long under pro cedure that required a two-thirds majority for approval. Bill 8 having to do with money continued to pile up, Senator Con- ' nally, Democrat, Texas, putting in one to require the redemption of all outstanding currency within 2 years in order to force hoarded money in to circulation. Robbed of Large ?| Cigarette Cargo Bowling Green, Va., April 5.?Two men found handcuffed to a tree near here this morning said they were vic tims of a hi-jack gang which had tak en a truck loaded with $25,000 worth at cigarettes from them. The pair identified themselves as I. H. Pax son of Norfolk, Va., and Sam ?1. Young of Winston-Salem, N. C. They said six or seven *men, armed with machine gtzns, trapped them on - a road between Norlina and Wei don, North Carolina, at 8:80 a. m. today as they were en route from Winston-Salem to Norfolk. The gang unloaded the cigarettes and placed the two truckmen In the empty van. Hottrs later they were handcuffed to a tree, their eyes bound with adhesive tape and abandoned. The two men were released after their shouts had attracted the at tention of a Negro worker who no tified John Pitts and Robert Up shur, who lived near by. Pitts and Upshur sawed the links of the hand cuffs and brought the two drivers to' Blowing Green, where they re ported th.i theft. Obtains Concession For Small Borrows Washington, April 6.?Representa tive Frank Hancock Was' today * in strumental in obtaining from the Farm Credit Administration a new regulation permitting applicants for lo?ns not to exceed $150 to obtain them from the $40,000,000 appropri ation voted by this session of Con gress without having to ftrst apply to tike new farm loan agenda* set tip throughout the country, which require Stock subscriptions In the amount of five per cent of the loan. There have been many complaints from small borrowers In North Caro lina. Put Credit Embargo' On Debtor Nations . .. ,yt. ?'*; ?? Washington, April 6.?A credit em bargo was voted by Congress Wed nesday for foreign nations that have defaulted on their obligations to thla government and its nationals. By an almost unanimous voice vote, the Hbtme passed the Senate approved Johnson till barrtag Amer icans from engaging in financial transactions with foreign countries that fail to pay their dtats owed this nation or invertors. ft was aeqf to the White House, where President Roosevelt is ex isted to Jga it! , -? ? V- . ?