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VOL. TWENTY-FOUR FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, ^NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1934 NUMBER^"FIFTY-ONE
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Dr. R. H. Wright Dies in
Hospital at Greenville
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President of East Caro
lina Teachers College
Succumbs To-Illness;
Prominent Figure In
Educational World
Greenville, April 25.?Dr. Robert
Herring Wright, president of East
Carolina Teachers' College, died at
10-30 this morning at the Pitt Com
munity Hospital after a brief illness.
On Monday morning, he ^iddenly
collapsed at his desk with a heart
attack, rallied later, and seemed
to be improving until 8 o'clock Tues
day night, when serious symptoms
developed Dr. Wright had been in
good health, and showed no symp
toms of illness before his coilaspe.
Dr. Wright was born in Sampson
county, May 21, 1870, of fine old
North Carolina stock on both sides.
He was the son of Bettie Vaiden
Merring and John C. Wright. He I
was married to Pearl Murphy of
Tomahawk, Sampson county, on De
cember 31, 1902.
Dr. Wright was one of the leading |
figures in educational affairs in
North Carolina for a quarter of a
century. He is the only President
East Carolina Teachers' College has
ever had and it is now nearing the
close of its twenty-fifth year.
Dr. Wright was graduated from
the University of North Carolina in
the class of 1897, having been pre
pared for college in his mother's
private school He received his M. A.
degree from John Hopkins Uni
versity and did further graduate
work at Columbia University. The
honorary degree of doctor of educa
tion was conferred upon him by
Wake Forest College. He did class
room teaching in South Carolina and
at Oak Ridge institute and also in
the City College of Baltimore. He
was for several years principal of
the Eastern High School in Balti
more. In June, 1909, he was called
back to. his native State to become
president of what was then East
Carolina Teachers' Training School.
He has held various important po
sitions in educational organizations,
both State and national, and has
taken a prominent part in civic ac
tivities and has been active as a
church worker.
Dr. Wright was president of thej
National Association of Teachers'
Colleges in 1926-27, and member of
various important committees in the
National Educational Association. He
served as president of the North
Carolina Educational Association, and
for years was on the executive com
mittee of that body. He served from
time to time on special committees,
one of which was for the purpose of
codifying the educational laws of the
State and another for making a sur
vey of the rural schools of the State.
He was a member of the advisory
board of the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress, and had planned
to attend next week a meeting of
the body in Washington City. As
president of the Eastern North Caro
lina Association, Incorporated, he
had been greatly interested in the
developments of the Tar river be
tween Greenville and Washington,
and was to have attended a hearing
before engineers one day this week,
and to represent that body before
the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress.
t . mamW nf thfi
Jarvia Memorial Methodist church
? and for years had served on its.
? board of trustees. He was on the
? steering committee for raising a I
heavy debt on the church, which was I
completely cancelled only the day I
before he was taken ili He was I
teacher of the Men's Bible Class in I
I the Sunday school for years.
I East Carolina Teachers' College is I
? a monument to the life work of I
President Robert Herring Wright I
Under his leadership it has grown I
from a small nqpnal school with less
I than two hundred students to a large I
I teachers' college with an enroBBieht I
I of more than a thousand each year,
I ranking with the beet teachers' col- I
leges in the country. It* graduates I
are successful teachers in schools in I
every part of the State. He never I
I lost sight of the fact that the school!
I was established to train teachers for I
? the public schools of the State, and I
held unswervingly to that purpose.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. I
Peari Murphy Wright, of this dty; I
two sons, Dr. Robert H.' Wright, Jr., I
of Phoebus, Va, sad WQHani Wright, I
of this dty; two daughters, Mrs. Don I
Cadman, of Chappaqua, New York,
and Mrs. Derward Parker, of \fQrl
I: son; four brothers, Dr. John B.
of
(in^rtovno un pptrmiiiii
w ? ? ?
pressed deep regret upon being noti
fied of the death of President R. H.
Wright of East Carolina -Teachers'
College and said the State had suf
fered a great loss. ? V
Only last Saturday, the Governor
related, Doctor Wright had held a
long conversation with him in re
j gard to the proposed appearance of
Governor Ehringhaus at the com
mencement exercises of the college
this year.
Immediately upon returning to his
office after spending., several days
in Norfolk, Va., where his daughter
underwent an appendicitis operation
.Monday, Governor Ehringhaus pre
pared a message to President j
Wright's family expressing his regret
over the illness of the doctor. Be
fore word was received at-the ex-1
ecutive offices that Doctor Wright
was dead.
FUNERAL OF DR. WRIGHT
Greenville, April 26.?A vast
crowd assembled at 3:00 o'clock this
[afternoon in the Social-Religious, or
Campus Building, to pay the last re
spects to Dr. Robert Herring Wright,
president of East Carolina Teachers'
! College. At 2:45 the Student Body,
with the girls dressed in white, filed
across the campus and took their
i seats in a body on the left side of
the auditorium. The honorary pall
bearers occupied t)tt right side. The
family, members of the faculty, and
close friends occupied the central tier
of seats.
The body lay in state for two hours
prior to the funeral services, with a
guard of honor of eight of the stu
dent body, changed every twenty
minutes.
The casket was covered with a pall
of white flowers and ferns sent by
the Faculty and Staff of the College.
Tfye first hymn, "Jesus, Savior
Pilor Me," was sung by the choir of
Jarvis Memorial Methodist Church.
(Continued on page two)
High School To
Close oir May 14
With the Junior-Senior banquet tol
be held tonight, Friday, the closing
events of the Farmville High School
get formally underway, concluding
on May 14, one of its most successful
sessions, under R. E. Boyd, superin
tendent.
The 7th grade exercises will be
held on Friday evening, May 11, and
the annual musical recital of pupils
of Mrs. Haywood Smith, will be- giv
en in connection with the school pro
gram, and the Parent-Teacher As
sociation will take this opportunity
to present the new stage equipment.
The baccalaureate sermon will bfe
preached on Sunday evening, May 18,
at 8:00 o'clock by Or. Milton A. Bar
bour, rector of Christ church, Ral
eigh, N. C.
The graduating exercises will take
place on Monday evening, at winch
time diplomas will be presented to
the senior class, which is one of the
largest in the history of the-'sehooL
Members of the senior das?,- num
bering twenty-seven are; Nit* 'Lee
Townsend, Hazel Bass, Ebrtily Tyson,
Louise and Virginia Harris, Eloise
Hendricks, Addie andVenesaa Bqndy,
Virginia Dare Carraway, Doris Flow
ers, Reide Hardy," Bertha Joyner ;
Lang, Olive Grey ^and Annie Daniel
Lewis, Cora Lee Patterson. Bernie
Dean Jackson, Mary ETizabefa Smith,
Mary Elisabeth Potter, BKaabeth
Mozingo, Annie Mae Ward, Coy
Averft-famerand "Stewart Joyner,
Charles Rooatree, Edward ' Dixon,
Dalton Taylor, and CarHtawnan. "m\
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HAWK HAS SIXTY-EIGHT
INCH WING SPREAD
Leooir, April 25.? A "rabbif Imw^
with ? wing spread of 68 inches was
exhibited in Lenoir recently byj]
Thomas Greer, youth of Grandin,!
who said he killed it -with 9 shotj
gun.
Farmers Night'To
Be Held On May 5
RAleigh, April Id.?May 3 has hen
fixed as the date for the Aixtfe annual
Farmers Night at State GMtege,
sponsored by the Rakrfglr CKdrtber of
ConHnerce. The date* and' Until! ve
plan* for Hie dinner meeting were ar
ranged by the agricultural-committee
of the chamber of commerce Jritter
day morning at 11 o'elock.
UV Benton Blaiock, chairman df the
committee, will secure a spaalter,
r. ? ? > v.'w.- ^k. ^ r ? . 'j*?a .? ?
I . ; ' a. a a ' -" iS
;v-- "r Hi.? -v" "* .*^1
Orders Special
Study of Vinson
TobaccifMessjre
Pending Study Presi
rilent * Will. Keep An
OpeifMfitd on The pro
posal
"Washington, April 26.?President
Roosevelt today-ordered a special
study of r the ? Vinson bill proposing
a 40 per cent reduction in the cigar,
ette tax.
Pending the study the president
told '7 Chairman Doughton of -the
house 'ways and means committee
and Representative Vinson, Demo
crat, 'Kentucky, "author of the bill,
he would keep an open mind on the
proposal. 3
Mr. Roosevelt asked 'Secretary
I Morgenthau, -Secretary Wallace and
| Director Doughton <st '-the-budget to
' make the investigation.
He has'been apprehensive that the
government could not afford a loss
in revenue from such a reduction. It
would cut the levy from 6 cents a
package to 3.4 cents.
However, he assured the represen
tative he wouM defer Anal - decision
until he gets a report- ft-om his in
vestigators.
Doughton and Vinson* said their
meeting with the president was
"very satisfactory," and each pre
dicted eventual: legislation lowering
the cigarette tax.
Will Distribute New
Blue Eagle Insignia
Raleigh, April 25.?Individual Blue,
Eagle insignia for trades and indus
tries, replacing those that were dis
tributed last June to the signers of
the President's re-employment'agree
ment, may now be secured from the
office of the State NRA compliance
director, J. G. Steed, in Greensboro.
Letters giving full instructions on
how to obtain the new distinctive
Blue Eagle and addressed application!
cards are being sent this morning to
every business establishment in Ral
eigh. Where deliveries are not made
before tomorrow morning, Postmas
ter Carl Williams- < has - requested
that business firms notify his office.
Blue Eagles with special lettering
for the retail, drug, jewelry, food
and grocery, cleaning and dyeing,
restaurant, petroleum, construction
and trucking trades and industries
have been printed. They will replace
the plain symbols used heretofore.
' In part, the tetter signed by Hugh
S. Johnson, administrator, reads:
"You are' asked to display this dis
tinctive Blue Eagle as a symbol that
you, together with the other mem
bers of your particular trade or in
dustry,'-have^ united to complete the
work of recovery."
Honored By Masons
Ayden, April 25.?J. B. Eure, local
attorney and prominent Mason, has
just received notice of an* appoint
ment as district deputy-grand-master
for > the Greenville district of !the
Grand Lodge of North-Carotins. For
three or four years Mr. Eure has
been master of the Ayden lodge.
\LeatChecks
Arrive Here
{Tobacco OrowersToRe
(-Government Dur i n g
\ The Week
Greenville,, April 24,?Pitt county
, 1 tobacco growers who took part in the
I government acreage redaction cam
paign will receive rchecks for $82,
.J 488^7 during the present week, it
J was. made known today from the of
I fice of E. P. Arnold, farm director.
I Mr. Arnold said six - hundred
checks have been received at his
i office, and that; they would be - dis
tributed among' the growers and they
would have to bring the notices to
his office to get1 the checks.
The checks cover rental and benefit
payments of !those vfarmers who!
agreed- to reduce tobacco acreage]
land help-relieve the congested con
fdition of the world market. Rental
payment checks amounted to $58,480
and benefit payments $24,008.27.
Mr. Arnold said two hundred
j other checks were to be paid grow
jers of this county and-they will be
i distributed as Irapidly as they arrive,
j He warned growers not to apply
1 for payments until -they received
notices from his office.
I-. Speaking of the cotton reduction
campaign, the farm head said It
was going to be necessary to revise
contracts in this county and that com
mitteemen would be at - the usual
places the later part of the week to
( assist 'growers in filling out their re
vised contracts. Contracts were car
ried to Raleigh this, week and it was
{discovered in the-checking there that
the acreage for- the county was too
high.
SearchFor
Dittinger is
Unfruitful
America's Number One
' Enemy Continues To
Evade the Toils of The
- Law
"" Chicago, April 26.?The law with
500" arms slammed shut the stable
door today but the horse?John Dil
linger?apparently had gone. A
great circle of men blocking the high
ways stopping all suspicious appear
ing persons swung for a hundred
miles around Mercer, Wisconsin, to
prevent escape of the gunman. Yet .
even as they watched came the re
port that he had slipped through.
The federal men, burning wider
such criticism as is seldom made of
government detectives, were massed
in the vicinity of Saint Paul believ
ing Dillinger was in that neighbor
hood and. that a fight to a finish ,
was imminent <...
From other sections of the coun
try as far south as Virginia came;
reports that Dillinger had been
seen. Most of these reports were, !
disproved. One or two however re
mained question marks today. , (
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Wilson-county farmers have pur- .
chased 15,000 pounds- of lespedeza i
seed cooperatively this' season.
Japanese 'Crawfis
On Bold Chinese Policy
HM^e ?reatly Distrub
p?P0ver Foreign Reac
Hon To - ^mds ? 0ff'
filming
P$lky?,' Aprif 25.Wapan does not
intend to cany farther si thht'time
he^tffort
I of the theory that the la overlord
of Eastern Asia, if wis reported in
auttteri her^ todmy.
. The highest government and mili
tary circles Were reported gristly
'disturbed atf-the world-wide reaction
to informal remarks by Elji Alma,
foreign o#fiew- spokesman, nsweffog
Span's opposition to foreign mili
tary and aviation aid to China.
Admiral ^Wscdnnt ? Makoto Saito,
Premier, personally baa undertaken
^o hsratotike divergent views, itivas
understood. He probably will fton
W? IVtoce- Cfamoch?4Moiiji, that
"Genro," who may see lit to lay* the
whole- matter before Emperor Hir
Ohito.
The highest officials were unani
mous in asserting Japan's poefinn
has been misunderstood. The prob
lem dhat confronted them was dow
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sis?->. ?*&??<'
Course:
1.Tfcdeffort to establish the thesis
that Japan is the ""titabfifcing factor
of Asia'?that she has a right to
be consultetTbe^dre any nation gives
mflitary or aviation aid to China
will be abandoned tot the time.
2. Japan wfiT HMV her activities
tW the present to' Manchuria and
Nbrtherrt "China.
3: Am Soah as the Storm 61 World
criticism aroused by Amau's remarks
has subsided, quiet dip^tnatic ef
forts will be started t6V"&plain? Ja
pan's - position ^ Washington and
other vrorid capitals. These explana
tions will ? be worded in a %ay to
show Japan wartti* Cooperation of
th& "powers interested in Chinese
Bade' ?'ihaf the -primary-motive is to
bWnflftout a Cessation ofcivif wars,
fdminer *nd^generally disorderly con
done in -Chiiu^hat-she intends
to -Udhere to her -repeated declara
twd ftaft that
ahe^^Vioee - not "eovet - one1 inch of
Gfcinesti'<6&L" - y-.
'-^?Mtt-has no -intention o^fepudi
sting-the N&e^$6wer~ Tready or any
|clsions made Saito * and
Award Prize
TM33 Cottan
Corn Contests
Fourteen Farmers and,
High School Students
named as Winners
' Raleigh, April 28.?Intelligent me
thods used in: the production of acre
yields of cotton and corn daring-the
1983 season were rewarded during
tl? past Week-end-when 14 farmers
and HighSchool Students were named
a9 winners in Crop Contests conduct
ed by the division of I Vocational Ed
ucation of the State Department of
Education cooperating with the Chi
lean Nitrate of Soda Educational
Bureau.
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- ? Approximately 300 men ana ooys
were guests of the Chilean Nitrate
Bureau at a- banquet arranged in the
State College dining hall by the Vo
cational Agricultural ? supervisors.
Those present were All-Day students
and Evening Class farmers from the.
two eastern districts of the State.
Winners announced in the corn
contest among All-Day students from
District One were: Farthing Terry,
Bahama, Durham County; ? Andrew
Dollar, Bahama, Durham County, and
Mayn*rd Coats, Benson, Johnston
?County. The adult winners were:
John A. -Parker, Benson, Johnston.
County; J. F. Terry, Bahama, Dur
ham County, and Marion Terry, Ba
hama. Winner of- the adult cotton
contest was J. R. Johnson of Benson.
In District two, the winners in itlie I
corn contest for > AU-Day students
were: James E. Browne, Richi
Square, Northampton County; Adolph
Howard, Pink Hill, Lenoir County,
and1 Derwood Smith, Pink HilL For
the adults the winners were: C.. L.
Bonner, Swan Quarter, Hyde Coun
ty; Metrah Swindell, Swan Quarter,
and J. A. Gibbs, Swan Quarter
Amon Idles of Aurelian Springs,
Halifax County won the adult cotton
contest.
~ By reason of high winnings by
members of their chapters of Young
Tar Heel Farmers, prizes were alsc
awarded to the Bahama Chapter; in
Durham County and the Contentnea I
Chapter in Lenoir County. ? .?
"The contests in producing the high
yields of corn and cotton were not
arranged for the purpose of increas
ing total production, but to secure
higher yields per acre at less cost of
operation. ( *n eac^ case? Chilean Ni
trate of Soda was used by each con
testant in producing his crop and the
awards consisted of donations of the
Nitrate as prizes.
In announcing the winners, it was I
stated that the movement had for
its purpose the rebuilding of worn
lands, a decrease in the cost of labor
and an improvement in the quality
of the products grown.
- Feature speakers at the banquet
were Dr. -Clarence Poe, Editor of The
Progressive" Farmer, Mr. T. E.
Browne, head of the department of
Education, at ' State College an<l|
James M. Gray, State Manager of
the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educa-J
tional Bureau. ' The banquet wusj
opened and closed by the Young Tar
Heel Farmers organization and was
presided over by Roy H. R*>mas, I
State Supervisor of Vocational Agri- L
culture in the High Schools of North
Carolina.
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The Rotary Club
I Elects New Officers
The Farmville Rotary - Club waB
called to order last Tuesday evening
at 6:45 P. M., by its President, Bob
Boyd. A steak supper was served;
following which the minutes of the
previous meeting were read. The re
port of the nominating committee
laa'heard andapprovedin it* entire
ly. This resulted in the election of
Iffiet following officers for the coming
year:
President?Alex Rouse, Vice-Presi
dent?John Lewis, Treasurers-Dave
Oglesby, Acting V Secretary?Irvin
Morgan, Board of Directors?W. k.
McAdams and Manly Liles,
Mr. J. F. Hedrick waa recognized
after which'the communications were
read.
I&war moved; seconded, and passed I
that solutions be sent to Bob Wr^t I
of Greenville expressing the CluMt I
best wishes for tf speedy-recovery. ?
The program was then turned over I
to Irvin Morgan who recognized Mr. I
Francis Pratt Mr. Pratt mtrbdudj$ I
the Farmville High School Band com* I
posed of John Tyson, lias Jones, Bil
as, Robert f^lda, Bobby Bav%^
Lyman Bass, which entertained the
Club withil several selections. -^Mr.
Pratt then introduced to ther. f^Clttb
Miss Eugenia Gray who presented
violin "Which i?~ioihpdaedl. *88
Frances^ Dupree, Frances BiVins
Smith, Frances Newton and' Barnes
Wilson. Selections played by this
Mrs. W. R. - Abaher, of North
Wilkesboro, head of the state depart*
ment of the America& Legion Auxilf*
ary, who wiU preside at the Area
Conference, to be hehi here in ? May,
with the iocaMJnit as-hostess.
Seeks Former I
Seat on Beant
J. N. Williams Anmion-1
ces for Re-ci&tioit To
f The Board of Commis-f
h- sioners
Greenville, April 24.?J. NoahWil-1
liams, Greenville business man, today I
announced his candidacy for te-elec- ]
tion to the Pitt County iBoard ofj
Commissioners.
A member who has fought consis-j
tently for economy in government J
and reducion of taxes, Mr, Williams
said if re-elected he would continue j
his work in this direction. ' j
He has served for one term arid]
during the time has taken a con
spicious part in attempting to lift I
the tax burden from the shoulders
of land owners. ;P
He is a'member of the firm of
Williams - and 'Walrop ' here
gives considerable' time to' the op^ I
eration of several farms iir this sec
tion.
Mr. Williams' started his political
career on - the board of Ahtermen
here. In that-capacity he fought for
economy in government and lower r
taxes even da (he has battled for'the
same cause since hii Selection to the
county board. " ? f1
Several other: candidates snncunc
ed they would ?c<Meko-?ata; on1 the l'
Board of Commissioners in the June J
election and indications point tohonel-1
of the most hotly contested .; battle ]1
of ballots in years. fi
One thousand short leaf pine seed- 1
lings were planted on av section of 1
poor, washed mountain , land im.Cher
okee county recently as a field dem
onstration in reforestation work, re- j
ports the farm agent
County Finances I
In Fine Shape!
' The monthly report covering the!
ninth month of the current fisealyear, j1
of County Auditor, 3; Hr'Coward til;
mombere'of; the Board of Cohimfe-j
sioners shows the county to be fhj
excellent financial condition as to tifel
current year's operations. - Much has!
been accomplished ih: effecting1 ecbu-1
nmy in operations," and: indications I
are that some" Sayings will be1 effected I
in all approprihtiohs' except thosel
made for debt service.
For thd first time in several years I
receipts are'iff exfcefe of expenditures. I'
General fUffd'tlpendftdrertoe" expert1
cent of appropriations; County Home j
and Poor, 85 per cent ofipprop^-l
tions; Health Department, 72p#|
per cent of appropriations, and Debt |
Service 42' per cent of; appropriatoink I
Receipts for aU^fUnds average-hdtUr I
nue.
Collections on'the 1983 tax levy I
amount t?1tt per c?t of the levy and I
collections on-prior year's taxes are!
in excess of eatiniatea : I
The condensed statement for thef
month follows:
't^fjenjijja. Fund [
Appropriations' $74,750.00;' expend* t
ed W35J2; unexpected
66 pear cent Estimated revenue $741<fl
1zed estimates ffr, 141.71; 28 per cent]!1
County Same-and Poor J
Appropriations $19,268.00; expendjf
Health Department I
Tobacco Bill is Being Held
Up?fy$ub*?0Mtt&tee
? ? -? iii. 'tii r"li'Hji* ill
? I
Body Decides To Give .
? Additional Thought To
the Measure; Favora
bl&Report, However,
-Certain
.vWjihfrgtorti Aprfi fffc-The Keer
crop control bill received another de
lay .today when the Fulmer mibcom
mittee of the. Haoae committee on
agriculture. .decide t*3jfive..father
study to amindmenta .before^ repott
ing the Mil favorably.
... There is no question,: the*: the' sub
committee wiUjrepocf thebilffavor
ably, but there is ,eom?v question
about-the action.of.tfm/uUrcmwait
tee and after the d^Jay today JRepre
tentative John. H,s Kerr ^aJuNdtted
all hope , of .gifting tha Jdll to.^tbe
floor of the House.? next week. {? .In
the ^meantime, tobacco planting,
which, has been going og- foe-.some
little time in- Georgia:- andt^euth
Carolina* now-hae-jbegun ineame
portions of; North,. Carolina.
The Fulmer subcommittee .tomor
row ;will Lbegint hearings ozm the bill
by. Jtepreeer>tativi glaasagan of:Vir
ginia, a member of the -autoooBunit
tee, to licenae and .regulate .-tobacco
warehouses.. The bill, which.confers
drastic powers upon theSeeretary
of Agricultare^. ia opposed . -bitterly
by .(Warehousemen in NozthruCaznUna
and: by JRepresentative Lindsay C.
Warren -and - other, member*- ; of-?; the
North -Carolina. , delegation in Con
gress.
... The subcommittee,.:which ht-ex
pec ted to be unanimous in Approval
off the Kerr bill,,prebably wiii,. act
finally on the measure thiateeeifrbut
so late as to .make, action; . , by - the
full: committee impossible ^--before
next week.
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.-The subrcoramittee .today .aeooea
to. retain the 26 per cent: tax in-the
bill, > which many fanners;; have at
tacked as being too low, . but upon
which, the .department;has.insisted on
the ground, that a-moderate tax would
not be compulsory and would -pen
alize the grower who failed to. re
duce only, to . the extent that c. fie
would benefit. by jhigher prices
through.- the reduction, of- others.
The ..particular amendment ., which
is now being studied , by-expert* is
one. providing v that email .farmers
who were ineligible to sign the re- /
duction contracts be . given;: ^allot
ments. The committee today decided
to make the percentage of total al
lotments to be handled in this*man
oer either three orfiVeper xent of
Lhe- totaj. > allotment but.did nob de
cide; between those , two figures- v
..Representative: Umrtead, of North
parolma, "Who f together with; Repre
sentative Burch,. ox Virginia, ap
peared for the bill before the, com
mittee .went into-executive anion,
naked-that-the percentage be made
at least seven per cent.
> The committee acted ; favorably
upon the Jtonr. amendment to . per
mit farmera who did pofceiga agree
ments but-were qualified to dp <0 to
sign^ragremnenU, after, fiiar; gg^ige
af ?the; bill,: ieaying^ tha.'fime^ -limit
within the discretion, of-the secretary
af- agriculture.
; The .committee, did ootj aril oa-the
amendment to pcotecV .growers- in
Connecticut - who come into compe
tition : with imported tobacco
? -Ths ? dsuflrtaifiiit hsd Drsviously sn*
aounced -that- 95; per. cent of?the
growers in the ftue:em*dnte*ritory
ted sumed asTWiW^ts-. anA-.ti'/viav
i ? t Pi" mg. . w?. a1. f1! j ? .; i." ??
announced-that 9% per.cenfc of i5the
aurley ? growers have signed such
agreements.
The department today announced
that checks totaling $2,626,522 . have
teen , sent as benefit payments, to
^htol $1,029,430.went to North. .Caro
ling; Thoaa "chacjks want to;jmkj
1*379 of "the 40&OO0, griiwwe who
dgned thq atfmemfnto Xprt ofcthe
poundage, reported.
rnHButiig rw inui
of Senator Simmons
as' ^TtyrTii m.
tv- pat tap-finishing-' toe&m off a "
portrait at former Soitor FT H.
Simmons,?wbfch 4r tortorpresented
of^ttOg to tififtima
mater, Duke -Pnlwsity, Durham.
of-united
E. R Arnold, enei^ettc county
agent of | Kit eooity, * '?that