7 ' ? ' ? . ; v- - ; Qy ? V;ifl' 'j' ? >/.-3 \' " i, :V,. '.'i ?? ' -..y'l'X:. jf? 1 [ I I I I I I I - I -*- - . ? ? ? ? 1 ? ? >'>.%}$. . -A g'.... - ? - - ? ? . ???? ?. '? '? ?J' -1 ? ^ ^ ~ _ 7 VOL TWENTY-FIVE ' FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FBIDAY.JUNE 8, 1934 NUMBER FIVE ? ' i : ? ?-? ...... ^ . , , ? Tobacco Control Bill is Passed in House,206-144 All Amendments Voted Down Except One lim iting Life of Measure; Vote Is Much Closer Than on Rankhead Bill Washington, June 6.?Substitut ing speed for past delays, the House of Representatives today voted j down ail amendments to the Kerr! tobacco control .' bill except one | which limited the bill to two years) and passed the measure by a vote of 206 to 144. The fact that the vote was much closer in the House than on the similar Bankhead Cotton bill raises considerable doubt as to the outcome in the Senate, where the Bankhead bill passed by a margin of only eight I votes. Democrats furnished a third of the opposition, but only one Demo crat raised his voice against the measure, Carpenter of Nebraska, in fact, the extent of the opposition did not become apparent until the roil was called on final passage, after a division vote of 66 to 44 had been objected to because it showed the lack of a quorum. The Republican opposition wai somewhat half-hearted, with pass age of the bill conceded. Repre sentative J. Baynard Cark secured adoption of the rule on the measure! without any debate whatever and I neither side used the full hour allow ed for general debate on the bill it self. But when the time came to voie, a number of Democrats from the North and West joined an almost solid Republican minority in voting against the bill and the opponents also included such Southern Demo crats as Rankin, of Mississippi, Tay lor of South Carolina, 'Terrell, of Texas and a few others. But although the Senate outcome will be watched closely, Senator Lllison D. Smith, of South Caro lina, chairman of the Senate com mittee on agriculture, is still con fident that the Senate will pass the bill. Senator Smith will get ac tion from his committee within a few days, thus placing the bill on the Senate calendar. Senator Josiah W. Bailey, whose attitude on the bill may be decisive in the Senate, still refuses to dis cuss the matter, although Senator Byrd, of Virginia, a foe of regi mentation," has indicated that he will support the Kerr bill. Senator Reynolds has also indicated sup port of the bill, but is not expected | to be very active in its behalf. The amendment limiting the life of the bill/to two years was offered by Representative Marvin A. Jcmes, of Texas, chairman" of the House committee on agriculture. All other amendments were votea down except one which was offered by Representative Deer., of Georgia, authorizing the secretary of agricul ture to establish a uniform system , of grading tobacco and to employ in spectors and graders. This amendment, which had a great deal of support on its merits, was ruled out of order by Represent ative U instead, of North Carolina, who was presiding over the House t as chairman of the committee of the whole. The point of order, which was raised by Representative Hope, of Kansas, ranking Republican mem ber of the agriculture committee, provoked considerable debate. Rep resentative Byrns, of Tennessee,, Democratic floor leader, introduced an even more drastic grading bill early h> the session, but he has since repudiated his own bill as he foimd many of his, constituents did not want it He joined in the ap peal to the chair to rule the amend ment out of order and asserted he would never favor & provision leaving the making of rules and regulations for grading to the sec retary of agriculture. With, the Kerr bill under con d tinnous consideration for five hours today was North Carolina day in the House and few members of ? T5 ? ' - ' ? the State delegation secured any lunch,, : v; > ' ?.?; Representative Umstead. who. was ( having his first experience as pre siding -officer- in the House, jpceived a round of applause when he relin quished and- reported the bill back to the House. Representative Clark had charge of the rule and Representative John H. Kerr, as author of the bill; shared responsibility for floor man agership with Representative Hamp ton P. Fuller, of South Carolina, which reported the bill. Bepreeeof [found that he was blocked as to ! tomorrow and secure^ permission of Mr. Byrns to take it up today. The bill as passed by the House provides a tax of not less than- 25 per cent nor more than 33 1-8 per cent on all tobacco not produced under reduction agreements. This is a lower rate than the 50 per cent tax in the Bankhead Cotton bill, but under the Kerr ball the tobacco grower not coming under the re duction agreement would have to pay a tax on all of his tobacco while under the Bankhead bill both signers and non-signers are allowed quotas. However, the Bankhead bill lelt out in the cold, as far as rental and other benefit payments, all those who had not signed reduction agree^ ments during the campaigns for signatures and the Kerr bill permits any. tobacco- grower to come in and sign an agreement within 30 days after passage of the bill. The Ken bill also contains an exemption of 2,000 pounds for each grower, which was opposed by the Department of Agriculture and by Judge Kerr, but which the committee insisted upon. for the most part opposition to che bill, led by Representatives Hope, Wardsworth of New York, Taber, of New York, and Carpen ter was against such legislation in general rather than against the specific provisions of the Ken- bill, but Representative Dowell, of Iowa, declared that the real trouble with the tobacco farmers was the greed of the tobacco companies and called attention to the $2,500,000 salary paid in one year to George Wash ington Hill, president of the Ameri can Tobacco Co. He said that this salary and others comparable to it were paid for buying tobacco as cheaply as possible. Proponents of the bill stressed the fact that there has been no op position from the tobacco belt and said that the measure was . neces sary to protect those who - ha\ e signed and are living to the, agreements. One of the strongest speeches for the bill was made by Representative Boileau, Republican, Wisconsin, but he was almost alone on his side in voting for the bill. Seek Settlement Of Sural Debts Governor Names Com mittee to Aid in Ad justing Farm Mort gages Raleigh, June 7.?A committee to aid in adjustment of farm debts was named yesterday by Governor Ehr inghaus and will meet here next Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock to be gin consideration of its problem. The group was appointed at re quest of the Federal Farm Credit Administration. The principal function of the com mittee will be to "get debtors and creditors together" and work out settlements for farm mortgages. The first cases to be considered will be those in which loans have been made by federal land banks to farm ers but where the loan is not large enough to allow the farmer to lift his mortgage entirely. . Cases of that-nature will be the center of rts work at first but it is planned to broaden the field to debt settlements of other natures in rural areas. It is planned to name local committees in each county. Members of the committee are: Julian Price, Greensboro, from in surance group; M. 0. Blbunt, Bethel and Lionel Weil, Goldsboro, farmer and merchant group; J. A. Allen Taylor, Wilmington, wholesale mer chant; R. A. Doughton, Sparta, law yer; H. A. Mills, High Point, manu facturer; John L Skinner* little ton, president of the State County Commissioners Association; Millard F. Jones, Rocky .Mount, president State Bankers Association; and Dr. 0. W. Forster, economist, State Col lege. ,? - ? TO THE CITIZENS OF FARMYILLE PRECINCT . '? * I wish to express to all voters of this precinct, and especially to those personally interested in the election I of certain candidates to office in the ?ecent primary, as well as to those .who assisted ir official and unofficial capacities, my appreciation a^ grati tude for their cooperation in giving to the balloting and counting of votes the dignified end orderly procedure, which is'so greatly to be desired throughout the State of North Caro Eva Horton Shackleford, -?MinppiP' Farmville Falls Ip line With Larger Towns In Observing Half Holiday On Wednesdays During the Summer . ?? ? : * . ? ? . i' v * * ' ?? ? : ?** . .. - , a . *?;. \ v Farmers, housewives and others of the community are urged to cooperate with the business houses of Farmville, which will fall in line, beginning next Wednesday, with other towns and cities of the State in giving their sales . people a half holiday, in a praiseworthy effort to afford them some time for recreation and pleasure during the summer months. Record Vote Cast In County Primary Run-Off Election to Determine Winner In Contest for Coun ty Treasurer and Possibly for the House of Representatives is Now^ in Prospect; Incum bents for Sheriff, Senator, Register of Deeds and Coro ner All Re-elected; Farmville Candidate Received Heavy Vote. Pitt county voters went to the polls Saturday in record numbers to choose candidates for the various offices of the county and legislature; also to help choose a State Public Utilities Commissioner and a District Solici tor. More than 8,100 votes were cast at the county's 14 precincts from sun rise to sunset, with chief interest centering in the contests for State Senator, Sheriff, House of Repre sentatives and District Solicitor. There also was much interest in the race for Treasurer. For Senator, Artnur uorey, uie incumbent, defeated Mrs. J. B. Spil man by a majority of only 245. votes.. The figures were: Corey, 4,093;. Mrs. Spilman, "3,848. The race for Representative result ed in the election of M. O. Blount of Bethel. A run-off primary to deter mine the winner of the second seat is in prospect between John Hill Pay lor, second high candidate, and Jack Edwards. Mr. Edwards was an in cumbent candidate. J. B. Eure, Ayden attorney, was eliminated. Following was the vote in this con test: Blount, 5,185; Paylor, 3,525; Edwards, 3,371; Eure, 2,844. TOTALS FOR COUNTY OFFICERS For Register of Deeds J. Claude Gaskins 7,118 Mrs. J. P. Moss 954 For Sheriff S. A. Whitehurst 4,899 R. W. King 2,654 S. I. Dudley 814 For Treasurer George L. Rouse 1,260 Vance Perkins _ ] 1,601 W. E. Warren 907 Charlie C. Martin __ 950 A. T. Moore ! 2,649 C. W. Willard 801 For Coroner A. A. Ellwanger 4,181 S. G. Wilkerson 3,891;i For County Commissioner Roy T. Cox 5,366 Frank M. Kilpatrick 3,134 J. Noah Williams 4,445 G. S. Porter " 4,579 B. M. JUewis 4,878 ?W."Jasper Smith 3,788 J. K. Barnhill 3,043 Walter Cherry ? 4,563 R. Herman McLawhorn 3,596 VOTES FARMVILLE PERCINCT 814 VOTES CAST State Utilities Commissioner Winborne, 549; Macon, 148. Solicitor Thomas O, Moore, 410; D. M, Clark 385. State Senator Arthur B. Corey, 392; Mrs. J. B. Spilman, 360. House of Representatives John Hill Paylor, 749; M. O; Blount 460; Jack Edwards, 146; J. Bruce Eure, 68. Register of Deeds J. Claude Gaskins, 736; Mrs. J. P. Moss," 42. ... ... ...... Sheriff S. A. Whitehurst, 681; R. W. King, 148; S. I. Dudley* 22. Treasurer A. T. Moore, S65; George L. Rouse, 174; Vance Piwjrins, 95; W. E. War ren, 67; Charlie C. Martin, 38; C. W. Willard, 26. Coroner . S. G. Wilkerson, 889; A. A. Ellwan ger, 871. U County Commissioner , B. M. Lewis, 722; Roy T. Cox, 544; Walter Cherry, 485; W. Jasper Smith 401; R. Herman McLawhorn, 366; Frank M. Kilpatrick, SWj.J. Noah Williams, 382; G. S. Porter, 819; J. ? ; Dance Draws Several Thousand To Farmville No Accidents Or Dis order Reported; Wil son Man Wins Car Three thousand dancers and on lookers crowded Planter's warehouse Wednesday evening for the June dance, which had been anticipated by the social set in Eastern Carolina for some weeks, and which proved to be one of the most successful of any of preceding affairs of this nature held here, everything being conducted in an orderly maimer and well controll ed by protective forces employed for the occasion, with no automobile ac cidents or arrests reported. The large warehouse was trans formed, by the elaborate scheme of decoration used, -into a veritable for est with its background of pines and moss draped rafters overhead, inter twined1 in which were myriads of col ored lights. The orchestra platform, enclosed by a picket fence, had an at tractive striped canopy, fashioned of cerise and white crepe paper, with pine and moss used about -the base. Jan Garber, "idol of the air waves," and his orchestra, were the center of attractions and his appreciative list eners were generous with their ap plause. The Terraplane. coach, given away by the promoters, Hal Winders, Wiley Dildy and Julian Rumley, after the intermission, was won by Richard Barnes, Wilson, N. C., who is report ed as having recently graduated from A. C. College, there, and did not own a car. GIVES LOVELY PARTY Entertaining at a large and de-1 lightful bridge party, characterized by lovely appointments, Mrs. D. R. Morgan was gracious hostess Tues day afternoon at her home on Wilson street. The afternoon was devoted to bridge and the progressions were enjoyed at twelve tables placed in three rooms amid beautiful setting of pink roses and shaded bridge lights. Iced punch was served during the games. After five progressions Mrs. G. S. Vought was awarded the high score prize of the afternoon, a bridge serv ice, and table prizes of cook books, recently compiled by the hostess her self, were presented as table prizes to; Mrs. W. EL Joyner, Mrs. W. S. Royster, Mrs. B S. Sheppard, Mrs. J. M. Christman, Mra J. B. Cutchins, Mrs. Eld Nash Warren, Mrs, Z. M. Whitehurst, Mrs. J. W. Joyner, Mrs. G., A. Jones, Mra. Henrietta M. Wil liamson, Mrs. Sallie K. Horton, and Mra W. Leslie Smith. The consola tion prize went to Misa Helen Smith. Mrs. yJohn B. Lewis,, a popular bride of the season, received a set of love ly crystal glassea ???? ! Guests were invited into the din ing room for refreshments, where from a lace covered fable, centered witlt a bowl of mixtpd flowers and flanked by green candles in crystal holders, Mrs. A. Q. Roebuck served angel's-delight and Mrs. J. B. Joyner indi^dual'cakes iced in the prevail ing colors of pink and green. As sisting in passing rolled sandwiches, fancy cdokies and salted nuts were; Mrs. G. W. Davis,,Mrs. J. M. Christ man,'Mrs. Z. M. Whitehurst, Mra P. E. Jones, Mra Judd Walker, Mra Henrietta M. Williamson: and Mrs, J. L. Shackleford. Out of town guests were; Misses Helen, Hulda and Christine Smith, Fountain; Mrs. Mercer P&rrott, and Mra W. E. Joyner, Xinston; Mrs. George W. ^Edwards and Mrs. W. Hardee, Snow Hill; Mra L. Hardee, Mra H. Gaylord, Mra Frank Brown and Mra Earl Daniels, Greenville, and Mrs. Greyer Webb, Pinetopa ?^?: Approximately" $50,D00 in tobacco rental and parity payments are. scheduled for Bertie county growers. More than $85,000 of the amount has -v 'j. .:? t Weed Growers Are Paid Six Millions Nearly Four Millions of Amount Due in Ren tals Have Been Dis bursed Raleigh, June .7.?North Carolina tobacco growers who signed contracts to reduce their production have re ceived approximately $6,000,000,000 in rental and equalization payments. The $2,000,000 equolization pay ment on the 1933 crop has almost been paid in full and $3,992,507.23 of the amount due in rentals has been disbursed, according to information in the office of E. Y. Floyd at State College, director of the tobacco pro gram in this State. . Floyd said that practically all the flue-cured and burley contracts have been adjusted satisfactorily so that the past production figures of all counties are in line with sta tistics of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. A few contracts, however, have not been accepted yet by the secre tary of agriculture on account of incomplete information in the con tracts or minor errors made in fill ing them out. These contracts are being corrected and returned to Washington for approval. The planting season has ' about closed and Floyd predicted for this season the best quality crop in years unless adverse weather conditions impair it later in the summer. Meanwhile, preparations are be ing made to measure accurately the acreage of all growers who signed contracts. Those who have plant ed slightly more than the 70 per cent allotments will be given the privilege of faking a 20 per cent re duction instead 'of the original 30 per cent, Floyd said. Or if they wish they may ploy up their excess. He pointed out that when grow ers choose to reduce only 20 per cent, the will lose one-third of the rental and benefit payments. In this way, they run the risk of losing more on their reduced rental and benefit payments than they will make in extra profit on the increased pro duction. He estimated that fewer than 10 per cent of the growers .have decided to reduce 20 instead of 80 per cent ' Western Drought Is Helpful Here 1 State Tobacco Farmers Authorized to Utilize Retired Acreage Raleigh, June 8.?The drought that is burning up crops in the West will solve one of the problems of North Carolina growers at loss to know what to do with land retired from production under government con tracts. All restrictions on the planting of forage crops, including .corn, has been removed from the non-con tracted acres on farms whose own ers have signed tobacco contracts, E. Y. Floyd, tobacco specialist at State College, has been notified by the Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration at Washington. In ad dition to allowing as much food and forage crops as is desired to be planted on the acres not rented to the government, tobacco growers are also permitted to plant and harvest all forage crops, except corn and grain sorghums, on the rented acres. Heretofore, Mr. Floyd said, the ruling , has been that only one-half of the rented acres could be put to forage crops for food and feed under the. terms <^f the tobacco contract. Now the entire acreage rented to the government can be planted to forage crops, except corn, and the retired acres also may be pastured or hay may be harvested from them. "This hew ruling has been estab lifihed because of the prevailing drought in'thd mid-west and other parts of'the -nation," Floyd said last night "At first the ruling applied only to the drought designated terri tory but now it has been extended to apply to the .entire, country. This will greatly , increase the possible use of the contracted acres since the original contract permitted only one half of the acres to be used for the production of food and feed. Those who might wish to grow such crops ' as covtpms and soybeans on their pented acres may do so in conform ance with the ruling." ' ' > Mr. Floyd said he had prepared a letter to county farm agents explain ing the new uses to which the general contracted acres on tobacr} farms could be pat ' $i% it* * m35? ? Pitt Count* Man Is Held Up By Negro 1 After Being Robbed Is Taken to Horse Lot and Tied to Post Greenville, June 6.?Peter Brown, who resides about four miles from Greenville, was held up and robbed of $17.50 Monday night by a young Negro named Frank Harris, Jr., and left tied- in the horse lot. Brown later freed himself. Harris went to Brown's home about 10 o'clock and told him he would like to buy some candy and cigarettes. Mr. Brown told the Ne- ' gro he had gone to bed and did not wish to get up. The Negro insisted ' that he let him have the candy and ' cigarettes as he was going to a party. "You know me," the Negro said. "It is no one to hurt you." Mr. Brown got up, went to his shop, got the candy and cigarettes, ' whereupon the Negro leveled a re- ? volver and said: "Hands up. I want 1 your money. Give it up or I shall 1 kill you." Mr. Brown said: "Don't do that. I'll give you my money if that is ] what you want." "Talk in a whisper or I'll kill i you," the Negro said. j Then he made Brown turn his J back to him while he took the I money from his pocket. The Negro still holding the gun on Brown, ! marched him to the horse lot, .made ] him untie a rope from a bridle, tie a loop in both ends of the rope, then . made him stick his hands into the j loop. He then led Brown to a post, j tied him there with both hands be- ( hind him. ] " ? Opening of Park Is Made Possible Senate Passes Bill Re ducing Number Acres For Area ? ? i Washington, June 6. ? Formal opening of the Great Smoky moun- j tain national park was made pos- j sible today when the Senate passed j the bill already pased by the House t reducing from 430,000 to 400,000 t acres the mimimum area for the park thus conforming to the area already i in the possession of the government. , The act also passes to the park all lands heretofore purchased in ? the area for coaservation purposes . with funds which were not availa- . ble for park purposes. One dispute between North Caro Una and Tennessee as to the park < was settled today when A. B. Cam merer, chief of the park service, an nounced that there will be not one but two headquarters for the park, one in each state. It was also announced that the . location of the highway connecting 1 the park with the Shenandoah Val- ; ley National Park will probably be 1 announced next Tuesday by Public N Works Administrator Harold Ickes. 1 Each state has a route. n Bible School To Close Sunday Eve ; Commencement Exer- ] cises Will Be Held In \ Christian Church ? ?? r Commencement exercises of the * Vacation Bible School, conducted ^ here during the past two weeks, will j. be held in the Christian Church, Sun day evening at 8:00. The school, which has this year 1 been under the supervision of Miss * Elizabeth1 Lang, will doubtless prove j pf inestimable value, as in the; past, c to the sixty-four pupils enrolled, as 8 great -interest has been manifested. 1 Assisting Miss Lang in the various 1 class work of the school, which has ? been held in the basements of the c Christian and Methodist churches during the two week period were: j Mrs. Florence Thome, Mrs, Ed Nash Warren, Mrs. W. A. Pollard, Jr. Misses Mae and Frances Joyner, Rachel Monk, Mary Louise Rumley, Dorothy Smith, Bertha Joyner, Eva c Mae Hardy, Helen Willis and Aiber- I tine Barrett i r ( | Most Wilson county farmers have 1 finished setting their tobacco 'and are 1 not considering a 10 per cent increase J in their acreage now, 1 ?? '*? -Va ?. *" ??*||$|| Farmville's Municipal Pool Opened Wednesday ? ?? ' ? Large Crowds In At tendance Daily; Beau tification Movement is Begun Lackihg in organized playground facilities for these many years, the problem for suitable recreation for children of this community, rendered more pressing by the shortened school term, has been solved to a great ex tent by the splendid municipal swim ming pool, which was made possible by the CWA, and formally opened to the public on Wednesday, Jpne 6. While primarily planned for the youth of the community, the pool will doubtless prove popular among the adults, as swimming is invigorating and healthful to young and old alike, not only developing practically every muscle in the body of the child, but exercising and keeping those of the older person in excellent trim. Farmville's dream of many years has been realized at last, and the opening, with its scheduled exhibi tion diving and swimming contests, brought many swimmers and visitors from other towns. Jack Horton was announced winner of the swimming contest, and was presented with a week's privilege ticket. Among interested o?ut of town peo ple in attendance on Wednesday were: E. B. Roach, of Raleigh, represent ing the State Board of Health; Dr. McGeachy, County Health Officer, Mr. Futrell, Welfare Officer, the State's Federal Auditor of the CWA, Wayne county's Health Officer, and several from Tarboro and Rocky Mount. W. A. McAdams, who has had the supervision of the building of the pool and the installation of the filter ing plant and other equipment in ;harge, together with Mayor Lewis, Ft. A. Joyner, Dr. W. M. Willis, J. W. loyner and George W. Davis, the last :hree named being the committee ;rom the town board, all working wi llingly in coordination with Federal forces for the successful culmination >f the project, express themselveB as veil pleased with results and feel a jus?ifiaWr pride iiT"the-achievement, vhich was largely the y>iltc(jme of Federal funds, and which in pfevid ng employment for many jobless nen during the winter and spring, las furnished the municipality with i fine recreational center. The possibilities for a bea/utiful )ark about the pool are there, await ng development into a playground md beauty spot for the entire sec ion, and a movement for beautifica ,ion is already under way. The pool is equipped with modern iltering plants, and the 191,500 gal ons of water therein is purified _ ivery eight or nine hours, there be ng a continual flow of water through .he filtering tanks. The pool and rnth houses are constructed to con 'orm, in every particular, with the ?pecifications and requirements of the state Board of Health. The expense has been necessarily leavy, but those in charge had the fu ure in mind when purchasing the )est grade of equipment, and it is loped that every person, who has any nterest at all in the swimming pool vill purchase, immediately, a season icket for all members of the family, who enjoy this sport, in order that some ready cash may be available or its operation. Charges for use ?f the showers, bath house and pool vill be 10c an hour for adults and 5c in hour for children under 12 years if age; towels 2 for 5c. Those hav ng season tickets may use the pool it all times when it is open, the co3t if same being $5.00 for adults and '>3.50 for children under 12. Every summer the people of Farm ille have found it necessary to take heir children to some other town or lathing place for the advantages of i swim; the convenience, the cleanli less, and the conservative charges of he municipal pool b~ing the finest ipportunity for advancement of the lealth and happiness that has ever ?een offered to citizens here. The cooperation of the workers, he CWA officials and citizens of the own; has been very fine and it is be ieved and hoped that the continued ooperation between the town officials ind citizens'will make the swimming >ool one of the greatest assets in Farmville, not only to the boys and [iris, but also to the men and women if this and nearby communities. :OOLEY ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN THIRD - Harold D. Cooley, young attorney ?f Nashville, won the Democratic nomination for Fourth jressman over a field of five candi lates by a good majority. George Jobs Pou, son of the late Represent*

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