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President Roosevelt Orders Government to Take Over All Silver
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Early Average Almo
Double 1933 Averages
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The Opening Prices On
North and South Caro
lina Markets Well
Above 20 Cents Per
Hundred; 100 Piles At
Lumberton Opening
Average $25*81
o
Raleigh, August 9.?Jubilant farm
ers saw prices for tobacco meet their
highest expectations as sales were
begun today on the South Carolina
and borden belt markets.
Early sales indicated the average
price paid for the weed would be
above 20 cents a pound and nearly
twice what was received on opening
day last year.
The "break"?amounts offered for
sale?was light on most of the mar
kets as the crop is short, is maturing
somewhat later than usual and rains
yesterday interfered with its move
ment to the markets.
There were no reports of farmers
turning tickets, the gesture of re
fusing the bid for their tobacco, from
the early sales on any of the markets.
$25.81 -At Lumberton
At Lumberton, one of the larger
markets on the North Carolina "bor
der belt," the first 100 piles of to
bacco sold brought an average of
$25.81 a hundred pounds as compar
ed with an average price on opening
day last year of $13.89 a hundred.
Four hundred thousand pounds
v?ruf mi ani? there and the range of
prices during', early sales was from
eight cents a pound for poorer grades
to 50 cents for finer quality tobacco.
TimmoBsville had a "break'.' of
359,040 pounds with early sales at an
average of $24.86 a hundred. There
were 150,006 pounds on the floors at
Darlington where prices during the
first few auctions ranged from 12
to 37 cents a pound.
Chadbourne Good
Prices were estimated' on the Chad
bourne market by observers to be
twice as high as last year for the
^ame grades of tobacco. The break
waa 125,000 pounds.
Low to medium grades were of
fered at Dillon but farmers said_
prices were the highest 'in 10 years.
They estimated prices were 100 to
366 per emit over last year's. The
range was $5 to $46 with an average
approximately $22. The break was
about 125,000 pounds and farmers
were jubilant.
Kingstree'a warehouses were filled
with prospects of blocked sales there.
Tobacco was selling as approximate
ly double last year's opening price.
High At Mailing
The break at Mullins was 850,000
pound* Forenoon sales indicated
the average would be between $28
and $25 a hundred and farmers seem
ed highly pleased. Trashy grides
sold as low as five emits a pound,
bat better grades brought as high
as - 45 cents.
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P?er-ZW,UW iwum WWWBP
flora <tf the three warehouses at
P*mhea. The fast three rows aeM
brought ?& average of $24 a hundred
with the aalaa ranging from $10 to
13$ a. hundred and a few pflea bring'
ing^above |4<X
Ine quality generally waa not as
yeed ee laat year and in view of thie
prices: appeared to be over twice as
high' aa last year.
CJudbourne, August 9.?Opening
prions ou tide border Wit tobacco
market today wore approximately
'wued brought* ^year M ^
T^e^heuul^^^^^BsoiiiiSd^^dhdO^Kpoiiidlf
a fiaat rata. -
2.41 cents in the price of tobaeco
here yesterday merited tike first day
of the 1934 mm what the locai
market fell below the parity price.
This was apparent here today when
the - figures for yefcteedajr become
public. The sale* yesterday were
134078 pounds for $120?gL89, an
average of 18.73 cents per pound.
. Hie Hahfcra market sold 114,664
pounds for <a svmp of 17.67 cent*
per-pound, also showing a drop from
pwitieiis days la the-pries. fc
M Tifton yesterday 542*314 pounds
soldi for an average of 21.63 crate- per
pound.
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Timmraeville Market .. ? ?;
Timmonsville; S. C., Aug. 9.?To*.
baeCo prices at' the' opening" of the
w aw ?mi 1 * .
? hnndrtd^driBg-eariy selling. Par
i Dariimrtoa* - A?a 9?Fanners at
I 4JIV vtUViy Vilw tmVKv V* aa vm
MpAWKk
KtfWrtl Bf
Comity Baard
Fixiitgr of Tax Rate For
The New Year Also
Postponed
Greenville, Aug. 7.?The Board of
County Commissioners met in regu
lar monthly session bere yesterday
and decided to meet again Friday
night to complete work- on the bud
get and several other matters which
#
could no be completed yesterday.
The budget was to have received
final consideration yesterday but in
view of the fact that figures could
not be decided upon for one or two
departments, final work was defer
red until the adjourned meeting.
The tax rate for the new year
was also discussed ? at considerable
length, and indications at this time
point to an 86-cent rate for the
present year. The commissioners gst;
within half a cent of the rate and.
then adandoned work- until Friiday.
night.
No action was taken on tne pro
| posal for employment of an all
time sanitary officer, or the-increa^
ed appro priatieue^ fer; the- County
Health Department. More funds are
sought by the health workers to
combat the death rate among in
fants throughout the county as well
as the general health situation.
The commissioners also heard of
the resignation of Dr. R. S. Me
Beachy, director of the department
of health, during consideration of
the health department budget which
provides for an increase of from
I $5,000 to $7,500. D*. McGeachy has
been with the department for four
years and it was largely through his
efforts that the- movement looking
to the improvement of infant mor
tality was brought to attention of
the- commissioners.
Increase -of tax rate is said to
be^due to increased appropriations
to' some of the departments and
lack of any appreciable* increase in
valuations over last year.
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WOMAN'S. COUNCIL
HAS PICNIC SUPPER
The Woman's Council of the CJytfe
tian Church, of which MmrHfcnristta
Williams#? is pniridedt?- enjoyed a
pimic supper ah the pool on Mon
day afternoon, following their month
ly meeting held in the Church.
By Crop Plan
Soaring Cotton Prices
Fail To Ufiset Bulk
head Measure j
?
Washington, Aug. ^.-iSoariBg cot
ton price* found the- government
stiektog todays to its drastic cotton
control plan aad-moviagt to assist
planters who** crepe <ha*e-dM?u sew
ouslpt injured by drought'
' A forecast- of * 9,106,000-bale
yield- this-year?the-lewest with--one
exception since .1896?sent prices up
neariy $2:69 a bale yesterday.
Under Taxable Output
This estimate was 1,266,251 bales
under the tax-exempt production
permittedunder the Bsafrhwdd Con
trol Act, ceasing-n-question- as to
whether the- act?the most far
reaching experiment in compulsory
curtailment ever tried in this coun
try?might not be abandoned.
But Secretary Wallas*-aid:
"No. We are going- ahead full
steam with the BsakhsSdAet."
As for ths farm situation in gen
eral WaMaee seid that-beeaase of
"the most widespsead ' drought: by
far we have ever had" if seems like
ly that for major agricultural pro
ducts- the- government"- will seek
"vefy -much Jess" crdp'-reduetion next
yed&
^ ;m ? list]tniv
There are three possible ways
whereby* cotton farmers may^cohect
on the 1S84-crop.
r 1. They seemed likely to get a
higher price than for many yean.
Prices rose-to 14 cents-a pound for
the first time-dace 1980. This was
expected to cause particular rejoic
ing ih the old. South, east of the
Misnasippik where drought damage
has been- lightest and where the
yield apparently is going, to be bet
ter than average.
2. They will receive about $130,
000^000 in rental, benefit and "par
ity" payments from the'government
Of this $84,691377 already has gone
out to 986,138-farmers.
- Because of this, the secretary said
farnjers, dealers, and ginners- should
! decide 1 whether they- want' to con
tinue to hold the present 8,000,000
bats, share of the- world market or
bring production more-in line with
domestic consuatptiwt
3. Farmers who harvest less than
thelr- quota will be allowed to sell
tax-eatemption certificates >thef do
not -need to growers whose produc
tion is above allotment!! 1 Thief : is
expected* to help out the* southwest
where the blight of aridity is worst
Rough Guese' ?
Secretary Wallace *, ventured a
"roughs guess" that thfc value of' the
certificates would be bctwwu $15
and $80 per bale. There was a slight
possibility, he iivdvrstt'df" the t ' the
government itself might buy reerti*
Heated, but he emphasised no such
plan was under discussion yeti "
Wallace cautioned) against*tge<lit
eral use iof the estimated cotton pro
duction. He* said "cotton is the
most difficult of all crops to esti
mate (hiring the growing season" and
pointed to the possibility of the
crop in Western cotton states still
producing better yields if rains
eon*tidemonth.
. ?aiTJ4r?v._ ^ ' * art. _ ? - *
K|He also otoerrea uuu
crop in prospect would prob&ly
I result in brin^fl||^'fl*e doraeStlfc'tsJr-.
[en hoMin* perttefpeiion certificates
(m'cotUm in the 1883 producers
(pool not to sacrifice then or sell
[them iat^i^ouuL I
smmm?*
(these certificates to the pool at the
I an worth somewhere around $16
per bain I u*e that the ir Jevsj
of ^hevcertihcatea^io not discount!
them or||Bll them at a discount
untigthiy have had an opportunitfjl
to offer them to the pW anT r*
coin the difference between the 10
Local Warehousemen
Busy Preparing for Big
Opening August 23rd
?
Optomiam Reigns Over
Prospects As Favor
able Reports Come In
From Other Tobacco
.Belts
Beehives of activity, the ware
houses here may- well have been
termed for the past weeks, which
have been spent in renovating, re
paintingt and-ah* the; other ? necessary
improvements made-to increase the,
marketing facilities,- marking the
locah'. market--as- the-"best possible
place to tell the golden weed, which
will pour" in prior and after the open
ing" on August- 23.
Known- far and wide^ not as the
largest-but as the livest1 market in
the State,- it has merited-the: title'
during-the-past-year or two and-is
now recognised as the steadiest mar
ket
The market will have its former
leading warehousemen as proprietors
again-this' year: J. Y. Monk-?
Monk'-s Warehouse; R. H. Knott and
J. M. Hobgood?Knott's Warehouse;
t?i.- R. Bell and Ji Blanch Bobbitt?
Planter's Warehouse. The- entire
personnel of-the houses cannot be
obtained dt. present but will be listed
in the-next issue.
Located in one- of the foremost
agricultural sections of the world,
FarmviUe :4s in the midst of the
gredt bright : leaf belt, and prospects
for a banner year in soles and prices
are excellent, ; -
Optitoisim reigns throughout this
.community.as reports from the South
Carolina*'*: Georgia and border mar
kets are received, for the tobacco
crop -In this section -is aaid to be the
best in ye?rr> in regard to quality,
and anticipation of drivihg the' Big
Bad Wolf of heavy obligations from
his doer,-is putting a- smile and
whistle on the-lips -of the farmer,
WANTEDs By The I
Tom Of FornwDW
Interest and Coopera
tion In Advgrt&tfitg
Campaign Funds Al
i ready Subscribed
i
WANTED: Each and every busi
ness firm within the incorporated
limits of Farmville, represented at
a mass meeting to be held in the City
HaQ, Monday night, August 20, at I
7:30, to make final plans for an in
tensive advertising campaign, which
will bring to the attention of East
em Carolina, and to adjoinnig terri
tory, the splendid merits of the
FarmVille tobacco market and the
mercantile establishments' here.
The full and hearty cooperation of
those interested in the progf&a of
the town as a whole is desired only
at this time, as funds, sufficient'to
take care of the advertising program,
have already been subscribed, and
the entire session will be devoted to
the submitting and adoption of plans
best suited to the advertisement of
I the market and business firms jointly.
Special committees have been ac
tive during' the past few weeks, stu
dying the needs and outlining a-fea
sible advertising plan and campaign,
but the success of this venture will
depend altogether on the personal in
terest and whole hearted support re
ceived by THE STEERING COM
MlTEE.
ji In the words of President Roose
velt, "Together we cannot fail," and
again, "The fate of any plan depends
[ upon the support it is given by those
[ who are asked to put it into opera-1
Ition."
Farmville Rotarians
To Attend Inter-City
Meeting at Bayview
Idttbff To Attend The
I Group Meeting Are
I A y d e n, Greenville,
I Washington, Tarboro
I and Farmville; Rotary]
I Anns Invited
The Farmville Rotary Club met in
?the basement at the High School
Ibufldlhg, Tuesday, August 7th, atl
6:45. After a sumptuous supper of I
Iftftd chicken, the following business
andprogram were given.
I The minutes of the last meeting I
were redd and approved. President
?Alex Rouse then called for a report!
of the committee on the arrange
Inmate for meeting at Bay View on
?the evening of August 15th. Report!
I accepted, and meeting to be held at l
BayView next Wednesday, August!
i j
k Tim meeting was then turned over!
tto Jim Joyner as program leader for
Um evening, who in turn introduced
Mrs. J. W. Joyner and Mrs. J. L.
Shackleford, who entertained the
dub - with several - vocal - selections,
rendered very sweetly 'by Mrs. Joy
ner, accompanied by Mrs. Shackle-]
fozd.
Rush Work On
Market Cards
FerjBtvwars
Farm Department Also
Announces Tax Free
Cotton Allotments Are
i R eady
_ i .
Greenville, Aug. 8.?According to
R F. Arnold, County Agent, market
ing cards and allotment cards, are
being prepared' for the twenty-six
hundred farmers who signed tobacco
contracts. Farmers have requested
some seven or eight thousand allot
ment cards and the office is busy
I preparing these for the farmers. In
'spite of the fact that these cards are
[being prepared until 10 o'clock each
night, it appears that it will take
until around August 18 before they
are ready for delivery. The Wash
ington office repuires that the
acreage in these-contracts be mea
sured and compliance sheets furnish
ed before^ Market (Sards can be issued.
Hdwever, every effort will be made
to have marketing cards for every
farmer in the county before the
market opens Au.just 28.
ffCAt^S T.POINT||-3p
MAN IN CEABGN
CLASS DINte DANCB
.
' '
foriough ikner dra?
of the Class of *36, United States
Military i Academy,' West Point, will
take place in the roof garden at the
Cotton Crop Four
Million Bat08
Under '33 Season
. e lfc .1. ' ?
Condition Of Crop On
' August 1 Reported at
60:4; Per Cent of Nor
mal *
Washington, Aug. 8.-~An indicated
cotton crop of 9,195,000 b?lee>thia
year was anneuneed-today by the De
partment of Agriculture-in the first,
official foreeast-of the season,
Last year 13,047,000 bales were
ginned.
rnl- ? ?~ a# O-liQ A*nn r,n
11IO WUU1UUII VI UI? v* VM
August 1 ?ww reported at 60.4* per
cent of normal, indicating a yield
of 160-.9 pounds per acre, as com
pared; condition of 74.2 per
cent a year ago, wheti the yield was
208.5 pounds per acre- and an aver
age of August 1 condition of 67.7
per-cent <With- aft average yield-of
169 pounds for the ten years frbm
1928 to 1982.
The area-in cultivation July 1 was
estimated at 28,024,COO acres 'or'31.4
percent less than-the* acreages year
ago and the smallest Since 1905. The
planted' acres, however, showed a
substantial reduction in all states
excepts Arizona and California, the
decrease' in major producing- states
ranging from 25 per cent in Georgia"
to 30 per cent in Oklahoma.
The smaller acreage was due to
the cotton control program of the
Agricultural Adjustment Adminis
tration combined with restriction in
fluence of the Bankhead - laW- on
planters who did ? not sign acreage"
reduction contracts. -
The -condition of the North Caro
lina-crop August 1 was reported as
77 per cent of normal and the in
dicated production was set at 690
50fr>grose- weight bales.
The -Census' Bureau at the same
time issued its. first report, of the
season on ginnings statin.; 99,536
running bales counting, round- bales
Us half bales, of this year's growth
had ;been ginned prior to August 1,
compared with 171,254 bales to that
date last year and 71,068 to August
1 in 1932. Gbmings by states were
not given.
Pitt Courts
To Sit Soo
Superior and County
| Courts Scheduled To
Convene This Month
Greenville, Aug.. 9.?County court
whic&;; has been - enjoying- its annual
BTrmfiW - vacation- will reenme work
next ^'fueeday morning, faced by a
idocket^nfifcf^- fatur gruwu aufiuringly
(hiring the one month of inactivity.
; Cases tof all kinds have been piling
Up from various actions of the
bounty ?Jmd when court begins work
It, was expected - the; docket* will be
one of the healjpj|?f'not the heavi
est, in a yaaf/or so.
Judge Dink James, who ordered
the sumifter vacation to extend to
August 14, left hie bench with-the
avowed intention, of etching a long'
string of fish tfe^ntfafy some of his
friendsof his angling ability, but
this mornings ha didn't even have- a
nibble to his credit However, he
itated the vseaik* was*Mt yet up
hnd that by next ^Tuesday he: meant
to produce"aj string-of fish on the
streettPof Greenville?if he had to
buy theta. " v:
Owing to both inactivity of Coun
ty and Superior courts, *!? county
today with!
While?-a. nunfter?<-of cases were-* set
for hearing- in the iowdy court, it
PwflW ^ri
" ? y< [ .
Silver Buying Order
Is Nowi in dl Force
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Over Fifty Cents Ounce
To Be Paid; All Silver
In Country Must Be
Delivered in 90 Days
i. Washington, Aug. 9.?President
Roosevelt today issued orders pro
viding for the nationalization of sil
ver at 60.01 cents per ounce accord
ing to the provisions of the silver
purchase act of 1934. The Prsident's
proclamation was made- public by
Secretary Morgenthau who said-the
minto would be directed to receive
any and all silver ii\ the United
States.
i The mints will deduct as seig
norrage 61 8.25 per cent of all silver
so received and will return to the
depositors silver certificates or other
coin and currency in amount equal
to the monetary value of the remain
der.
| This means the mints will return,
for each file troy ounce of silver an
amount equal to 50.01 cents of a fine
trop ounce. The order does not ef
fect domestic silver mined since De
cember 31, 1933, which may still be
delivered to the mints under the
Presidential proclamation of that
date:
All other silver in the United
States on August 9 must be deliver
ed to the mints within ninety days.
; Certain classes of silver are ex
empted. Provision is made for li
cense covering silver needed for com
mercial and industrial use and to
fulfill outstanding contracts to de
liver the metal. Also exempted are
all United States coin, foreign coin,
silver or silver own^d by foreign gov
ernments and foreign central bank
and silver infabiicated articles.
Predicts Wages
Exceeding Cods
?
Deputy NRA Adminis
trator So Forecasts;
Potato Rates Lowered
i
Washington, Aug. 9.?Major" C.
W. Denning, Deputy NRA Ad
ministrator in charge of the propos
ed code for the cigarette and allied
industries, predicted today thai the
code when finally approved, will
carry higher wages than thoee: con
tained in the code proposed by the
industry.
"Informal conversations with the
manufactaurers have convinced ma
that they will be willing to pay
[higher wages and the final code-'will
undoubtedly carry higher wages,"
said Major Denning today.
Tht hearing will be held on Tues
day, August 21, instead of on Aug
ust 29, as was erroneously stated
yesterday.
The tobacco industry, the most
important In the; country not yet to
be brought under a code has - pro
posed a code embodying the wages
which it paid under the President's
agreement promulgated last year
and which it bias continued to pay
during that time. These wages call
for a minimum wage of 40 cents an
hdur or $16 a week far factory
workers but ^tapts a large group
of employees- who may be paid 25
cents an hour, or $10 a week.
Rates Lowered.
_ The Interstate Commerce Com
mission today announced that cer
tain rates from North Carolina
points on shipments of potatoes in
cariead lots have been materially
lowered and certain other rates c
have been retained as reasonable.
) T%e basis adopted for the new
rates was 27.1 pa1 cent, of first class
rates prescribed in the Southern
freight rate investigation as. com
pared with a -basis adopted: far rep
aration-of-32 per cent Howe?*.',
some of the rates retained have ?
Rates- to JadcsonviBe, Fla., iad
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