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X 1 " ? 1-1 ' - Thurston's Orchestra Coming Here For the Exposition Week Feb. 11 Big Warehouse Here Now Taking on Carni val Air as Finishing Touches Are Being Completed for Rotary Exposition and Fair One of the r out standing attrac tions at 1935 will be the Hal Thurs ton's Orchestra when they come here for the Exposition and will play a series of ft dances opening with a big dance an Monday night, February 11th. Hal has one of the best Orchestras this year, that he has ever had. Eleven picked musicians are carried and all are feature men. The Local Post of the American Le gion are sponsoring the Dancing at the Exposition every nite during the Exposition. The Opening Dance will start at 10 p. m., following the Stage Show. The Ball Room is being put in shape for the big week of danc ing ami the floor will be pot in the very best of shape. The Ball Room will be beautifully decorated and a special stage will be erected, along with the Wilson's Sound System, using powerful Horns, so that every dancer can hear the wonderful music. Special Dances will be the rule through the week. One of the Out Standing Dances will be the Big St. Valentine Dance, and a special Ball on Friday night The Band will open the show each night on the stage during the Exposition. Warehouse Now Being Decorated. The Monk's warehouse where the Rotary Club's Bib Exposition will be held is now in the hands of Deco rators, and the big building is now being turned from a bleak drewery place, into a fairland. Over 800 lights wilL be used for the Exposition, and special wiring is now being installed over the build ing. Booths will be erected this week and the merchants and manu facturers and Auto dealers who are taking part in the Exposition can move in shortly. Acts Are Booked Bill Smith who is Chairman said today that all acts are now booked for the event, and what a show the Rotary Club has in store for the public- We have a A No. 1 circus and Vaudeville program that will be second to none in show business. The great program is headed by Little Beautiful Millie Long, who is' billed as one of America's best danc ers. The Shooting Mansfields are also on the lull with their great shooting act, which is rated the best of this kind of acts. Mr. Frank Mansfield is the second best shot in the U. S. and will do a series of fancy shooting on the stage every night. Ten other star acts are on the program, as well as the Thurston's Orchestra with eleven people who will also furnish music for the dances. There will be a spe cial added attraction each night' starting Monday. Tuesday will be Queen night when j Miss Farmyille will be crowned Queen of the Exposition along with all acta, tec. Wednesday night will be Style Show night, showing just what My Lady will wear this spring and thfe balance of this winter, with 16 beautiful ? Models. Thursday night will be St. Valentine night, featuring a big Ball with mask by Thurston's Orchstra and all acts. Friday night will be The Old Fid dlers' Contest and all bands, single players and teams are asked to take part in this special program. Cash prises win be awarded to the win ners of the Old fiddlers' and String Bands. Saturday night win be the Public Wedding night on the stage. This is always one of the out stand ing Special added attractions of the entire week. A couple is wanted to get married on the stage. See the Director at Monk's warehouse. All acts wSl also be presented every night during the week. Season tick ets can now be secured from any H<rh school student at 75 cents each -nd these tickets are good all week, tr?t not good for the dances that wffl be presented each night in the warehouse by the Local Post of 'V American Legion. Hal Thurston and his orchestra ?vho will be featured for the week of February 11th through the 16th by The American Legion at The Rotary "wwitioB, FarmviHe, N. C-, has one ~>f the most versatile dance orches tras in the South. Having first at tracted attention St College dances Hal Thurston turned professional this Summer, and is one of the voungest Orchestra Leaders in the music business This Summer- and Pan his engagements and locations included: ^ TantiBa Gardens, Rich our of Colleges including: The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. Wake Forest Col' oger Hotel Sir Walter, Raleigh, N. C.; Hampden-Sydney College; David on College; Davidson-Duke Foot ball dances; North Carolina State College' Military Ball; * and winding ip at The University of Richmond, lichmoud, Va.' ' ^ Featured vocalists with Hal Thurs on will be Tommy Dietrich, Mike Crady and Red Boykin. The entire band will offer novelties -and glee ?? jEKfiro':* | F yt>T7 'fmMlg that 1 ?* v' ? HAL THURSTON One of the youngest professional Orchestra Leaders in the Country who will play for the American Le gion Dances here every night during the Rotary Exposition, week of Feb. 11th through the 16th. House Kills Bill Ob Death Chair ( Senate Passes South port Port Bill; High way Patrol Increase Proposed Raleigh, Jan. 30.?The House of Representatives yesterday killed a bill which would allow life imprison ment to be substituted for capital punishment when all members of the jury and the presiding judge so agreed. The House tabled the bill with out allowing one word of debate, although Judiciary Committee No. 1 had given it a favorable report. The bill was introduced by Rep resentative Charles Jonas, of Lin coln, Republican leader of the House. As reported by the committee, the Jonas bill would allow a Su perior Court Judge to order the electrocution of a man convicted of capital crime, even though the jury did recommend mercy. But it would not allow the Judge to sub stitute life imprisonment unless the jury had so recommended. When it reached the floor Rep resentatve Pickens of Guilford of fered an amendment which would leave the matter to the jury, alone, The moment he finished explain ing his amendment, Representative Gardner of Cleveland moved that the bill and the amendment "lie upon the table." The motion passed, 55 to 45. ? " ! Baptist Orphanage Supt. To Spk Here Sunday Superintendent F. G. Greer, of the North Carolina Baptist Orphan age, Thomasville, will address the local Baptist congregation Sunday morning, February 3, at the 11:00 o'clock service. ^ According to Rev. L. RT Ennis, pastor of the Farm ville Baptist Church, Mr. Greer is outstanding among the leaders of his denomina tion in the State, being beloved as a Christian gentleman, and well known as a great advocate of child and youth education. As a speaker Mr. Greer is richly andoweu with natural ability, which together with his ardent zeal in the ?ause of Christian education, gives him the inspiration for his messages f power and spiritual grace. A cordial invitation is extended he public' to attend the service. Teachers May ? 4% I I ? ' tl ? ? ? ? I JM h One Bill of Particular Interest Is That By Hauser, To Pension Teachers 60 or Over : Raleigh, Jan. SI.?The flood of bills that have been introduced in the General Assembly so far this ses sion dealing with improved condi tions of the publie school teachers of the State are indicative of the wide-spread belief and feeling that teachers have been bearing the brunt of the depression and are now due more consideration .according to Jule B. Warren,, executive secretary of the North Carolina Education As sociation. One bill of particular interest is that by Representative Hauser, of Forsyth County, to pension teachers 60 years old, or more, who have taught in the State 30 years, are now unable to continue their teaching and have an income of less than $300 a year. -This bill would pay such teacher a pension of $25 a month. Another bill, by Senator Griffin, of Franklin, would name a commission to make a study of teacher pensions and retirement plan with a view of legislation in 1937 to take care of aged teachers, Mr. Warren points out Another bill which serves to show a feeling of more consideration for teachers is Representative 0'Berry's measure to provide six days of sick leave to teachers in the schools dur ing the year. No such provision is made now. And another is to again place the teachers under the provi sions of the North Carolina Work men's Compensation Act. They were removed from the act by an amendment enacted two years ago. Several bills have been introduced which would increase salaries of teachers, and some of them include all State employees, from amounts ranging from 20 to 30 per cent. Just as important is the assertion of friends of Governor Ehringhaus that his suggestion of a 15 per cent in crease was only with the idea of balancing the budget and that ' he would welcome an increase of 20, or even 25 per cent, of ways of rais ing the money for that much can be assured. "It is evident that with all of these bills, there is every assurance that the teachers of the State will be given some increase, the amount depending on the amount of money that can be raised by the- Revenue measures Anally adopted," said Sec retary Warren. Reveals How To Eliminate War Tesla Says He Can De " stroy Anything in Ra dios of 200 Mites New York, Jan. 29.?A new idea and a perfected mean* by which war can be effectively leiminated from the face of the world has been discovered by Nicola Tesla, world famous inventor and physicist, he announces in Liberty Magazine: "My invention," writes Tesla, "re quires a large plant, but once it is ? established it will be possible to destroy anything, men or machines, approaching within a radius of 200 miles. It will, so to speak, provide a wall of power offering an insuper able obstacle against any effective aggression." Because this machine is, practically limited to use as a defense, being available for use only in a limited way oh big battleships, it will ren- . der the weakest of nations capable of successfully defending itself against the strongest and thus make war unprofitable. v : In the year 2085, predicts Tesla, robots will do all of the menial work and newspapers- will save front page space for news of scien tific importance, turning mere "stickfulls" of crime and political news to unimportant . positions. Healfh will become a more vital . concern of the human race than it is at present ? "The Secretary of Hygiene or Physical Culture will be far more important in the cobinet of the President of the United States who holds office in 2035 than the Secre tary of War. . . . New York City will seem as unthinkable to our children and our grandchildren as life without plumbing, seems to us. : . . . Bernard Macfadden has shown how it is possible to provide Rata ble food based upon ;&?tural prod ucts such as \nfflc, honey and wheat I believe that the food served today smar^^ ^banqpet halls of the twen Through State ? Capital KtqrlHries By Bess Hinton Silver LIQUOR AND GOVERNORS ? Some astute political observers in Raleigh express the opinion that pas sage of any bill to call a referendum on the question of liberalizing North Carolina's bone-dry liquor laws by the present legislature would work decidedly to the benefit of the po tential candidacy of Clyde R. Hoey, silver-tongued Shelby orator, for governor next year. These political wise-acres figure that Mr. Hoey would lead bnce more the fight against liquor and that he would be successful. They Say that this would be interpreted as a mandate from the people and that the Shelby attorney would be handed the Demo cratic' nomination far Governor on a I figurative silver platter. m ? - DOUGHTON?The boys who are supposed to know their political stuff have (loped it out that the fate of the salea tax may have more than a little to do with Congressman R. L. Doughton's decision on the cam paign tp get him in the gubernatorial race next year. Mr. Doughton led the fight against the sales tax in Congress just a few years ago. If the present General Assembly adopts a sales tax as a necessity he would either be forced to support it or reverse himself, the dopesters say. It looks like the legislature is going to reenact the sales tax and you can make your bets on Congressman Doughton. ?? I A, H. GRAHAM ? Meantime, friends of Lieutenant Governor A. H. (Sandy) Graham are leaving: no stone unturned in smoothing out the ground for him to make the race for Governor. Many friends of the second-high man of North Carolina express confidence that neither Hoey or Doughton will make the race and that Mr. Graham will be the next Governor of North Carolina. It's all being kept very quiet but so far the Senate's presiding officer hasn't done anything that observers classi fy as a political mistake and he has said that his luck with tins General Assembly probably may haye decided influence on his decision $ the gub ernatorial contest. A GASOLINE TAXES?It looks like everybody and his brother want to get their hands into tax money paid by automobile and truck owners of North Carolina. ? Around legislative halls can be heard many different proposals for using gasoline and li cense money for other purposes than roads. Some want it to pay govern ment debts; others to establish em ployment offices end others for the schools. But the State's roads, es pecially the secondary highways, are not in the pink of condition and leg islators from rural counties know that Also some bridges still- levy tolls for passage. It's Ikely to be a merry fight before the question of diversion of highway funds is set tled. MORE MONEY?The General Assembly has been in ftaleigh long enough for it to become apparent that the membership favors boost ing salaries of public school teachers even higher than the recommenda tions of 15 per cent made by Gover- J nor Ehringhaus. The tutors will < get it if the Legislature can find the money but finance committee meeting have indicated that no mem- ' bers have discovered a tax gold 1 mine. i i ' | SAFETY?It now appears certain that some sort of automobile drivers i license measure will pass the Legis- .1 lature and become law. Several measurSe have been introduced and ' the committees cm roads of House and Senate will reduce these to a " committee substitute. If it is rea sonable the chances of passage are < good but it is generally agreed that j with any effective drivers license i law must go a substantial increase ] in the number of State Highway Pa trolmen to enforce it MARATHONS ? The bill of Dr. John T. Burrus, Senator from Guil- < ford County, to abolish "walkatons" ? and dance endurance contests didn't Dfeke the motion picture operations , angry one bit. The film exhibitors 'j can figure that a lot of dimes and quarters going into the walkathons will not come back to the picture shows. Outside that also, there has , been much objection; voiced to walka- , thons from many sections of the State. ? .j FOUNTAIN?-In some quarters on ( Capitol Hill the Wags are asking if ! former Lieutenant Givernor R. T. j Fountain, of Rocky Mount, is a poli tical iounain of youth. In Raleigh i last week Mr. Fountain admitted to i newspaper men that he is "seriously seno;tsly considered running for j ping across the line that made him a candidate in 1932. There is con siderable opinion that Mr. Bailey will also face opposition in the per son of Governor Ehringhaus bat the Governor is holding his peace on the subject. FILLING STATIONS ? Represen tative W. L Lumpkin, of Franklin, wants a tax to reach filling stations operated in chains by oil companies, or others, something after the man ner of the chain store tax^ He hopes to get around the possibility of leas ing such stations to individuals by a provision in the revenue law which make the tax he has in mind apply to- stations operated or leased by the same company. Drive Extended Te Rural Areas Farmers to Get Hous ing Loans from Pro duction Credit Groups Charlotte, Jan. 29.?Farmers and residents of the rural sections of the Carolinans will be able to obtain loans through the Production Credit Corporation of Columbia for their home and fam modernization pro* jects as a pert of the building re pair and renovation campaign of the FVederal Housing;i. administration. Miss Cora Annette Harris, field rep resentative of the FHA called at tention to this fact today.: -.. Production Credit Associations, branches of the corporation, will be able to make the loans from their offices in the following __orth Caro lina towns: Elizabeth City, Greenville^ Wash ington, Now Bern, Laurinburg, Fay etteville, Lumber-ton, Ahoskie, Kin stori, Carthage, Cherryville, Wades boro, Statesville, Louisburg, Hen derson, Goldsboro, Dunn, Franklin, Rutherfordton, Hillsboro, Asheville, Concord, Wilkesboro, Winston-Sal em, Greensboro, Smithfield, Rocky Mount, Weldon; Wilmington, Ken ansville and Raleigh. A rural bousing advisory com mittee for the State has been ap pointed and consists of L 0. Schaub, State extensoin director; T. E. Browne, director of vocational edu cation; Mrs. Thomas OTJerry, relief director; Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, State home demonstration agent; Miss Helen Estabrook, extension specialist; D. S. Weaver, head , of agricultural engineering; F. H. Jet er, extension editor; E. S. Van Atta, State grange master; M. G. Mann and V. Wheeler. The first rural housing campaign in the State was begun Monday in Cleveland County by Richard Oula han of Asheville, assistant State di rector of the Federal Housing Ad ministration's campaign and others. ON THEIR TOES?Heads of State Departments and institutions are making good use of the hearings ac corded them by the appropriations committees of the House and Senate. In most cases the Advisory Budget1 Commission cut their requests and having been on what they consider near starvation rations for the past two yean (and not much wealthier the two preceding years) the boys and girls hope to impress the ap propriations groups with the gravity of their situations. ' r NEW STAR^?Arising in the poli tical heavens is the star of Senator Sarriss Newman, of New Hanover, shining cm the office of Lieutenant Governor. Pfom close- personal friends of the Chairman of the Sen ate Committee on Finance come word that he will make the race. Senator Newman is silent. If he runs he will face potential opposition from two other Seators, W. G. (Cousin Willie) Clark, of Edgacombe* and President Pro Tern Paul J). Grady, of Johnston. Definitely in the. race is former Senator George McNeill, of Fayetteville, a few observers be lieve cannot be safely discounted. * ? SALES TAX?If membership, of Senate and House finance commit tees is any index to the complexion, of the General Assembly tee three per rent sales tax will he enacted without prolonged opposition. Of course, there win be violent opposi tion but the votes-in committee do not indicate any real threat of de feat or an impasse on the retail levy, Practically all proposals against the teles tax have been promptly voted down in committee , meetings.? SLOT MACHINE*?Past legisla ture have attempted to run slot ma chines out of the State by passing taws againri; them. - The present legislature is of the same mind but since the:*?** law*-!** not been successful, according to many mem bers, this General Assembly hopes to tax themoutof existence. That Happy Birthday To Pros. Roosevelt A Telegram Conveying Greetings from Farm-! ville CitiiensSent to. the President on His'' Birthday 1 The following telegram was emit 3 to President Roosevelt, in observ- 1 anee of his 53rd birthday on Wednes- i day, January 80, by Farmville citi zens, who were Solicited by J. W. j Joyner, local chaiirntan of the Pre si- j dent's Birthday Ball, for a special j donation, to be sent direct to the < Warm Springs Sanatorium. Tele- 1 graph service for this purpose was < [ extended as a courtesy by the West- t ern Union. 1 "President Franklin Delano Boose- 3 velt, The White House, Washington, D. C.; Happy birthday, Mr. Presi dent! I am proud to participate in the sending of this personal greet ing to - you and threby help in the fight against infantile paralysis, to which you have given such notable leadership. ? J. W. Joyner, W. J. Rasberry, Dr. W. M. Willis, Jack C. Roberts, Z. M. Whitehurst, W. G. Gay, John T. Thorny R. A. Joyner, H. W. Kemp. John D. Dixon, T. C. Turnage, J. T. Bynum, J. Lee Tug well, ' Rollins Cleaners and Dyers, B. Streeter Sheppard, H. Maynard Hicks, H. B. Bandas, J. M. Wheless, R. A. Parker, R. 0 Lang, T. W. Lang, Edgar Barrett, D. F. Lang, WiU Vines, Floyd Warren, W. L. "Bill* Smith, Dr G. Allen, Fred E. Davis, C. V. Smith, C. L. Eason, A. B. Mewborn, H. E. Hart, C. T. Green, R. L. Davis, ' Janie Davis, Judd L. Walker, Arthur F. Joyner, George W. Davis, Margaret Davis, John Wheless, Wilson L. Bullock,An nie Mae Morgan, D. E. Oglesby, Sal lie K. Horton, Charlie Walston, T. E. Dail, Ruby Rigsby Jones, H. A. Jones, G. Alex Rouse, L. M. Holden, S. A. Roebuck, Dr. A. H. Stevens, A. J. Baroody, G. M. Holden, J. M. Stansffl,, Motor Inn Service Statioon, Leon Grumpier, H. M. Winders, J. W. Holmes, B. O. Taylor, S. T. Lewie, Jr., T. E. Joyner, M. M. Jones, L. P. Thomas, Emma Dale, K. Can non, T. G. Reynolds, L. E. Chittam, E. A. Joyner, G. A. Jones, Frank Kannon, W. H. Moore, Jr., Lewis Alex, Gus Sohofield, A. Q. Roebuck, C. H. Flanagan, Eva H. Shackle, t ford, Chas; J. B. Gayle, Thos. B. Rouse, R. B. Fields, J. C. Pittnmn, c W. A. McAdams, Dr. H. B. Smith, & G. P. Burgeron, C. T. 'Dixon, Mrs. * W. S. Royster, Mrs. M. V. Horton, E. a C. Holmes; Ed Nash Wartun, R. E. 0 Boyd, W. E. Forbes, P. M. Murphy, 0 Bert McCullora, John M 02 in go, W. 0 C. Wooten, J. I. Morgan, Jr., Arch J. Flanagan, J. N. ElRamey, J. F. * Carr, Watt Parker. ^ - 6 Peanut Contract < Protects Tenanta ? ? -" u The permit adjustment contracts ? contain-:* special provision to pro- IJ tect the rights of tenants, says B. Troy Ferguson, of State College, I who has charge of the peanut pro- | gram in North Carolina. The' land-owner who signs a con tract, Ferguson points out, agrees not to ndtice the number of his share-tenants or sharecroppers in 1985 below the number in 1984. Furthermore, the owner agrees v under thev contract to apportion to y each tenant the same percentage of o the total crop on the "farm that he n grew in 1984. - n Tenants who produce peanuts on ft farms covered by contracts will share r in the benefit payments in accord- f; ance with their respective interests a in the total crop, Ferguson explains. The landowner witt dgn the con tract and receive the payments, but ^ he will be required to distribute the f payment* ^ equitably among the ten- y ants and make a report showing how \ it was divided.-?* r ?; s Although the benefit payments are measured by the 1934 crop* Fergu- b son aidds, they are to be given for r adjusting the 1986 crop acreage and 0 all teijahts or croppeeswho produce peanuts in 1985 on a farm covered $ by a contract are entitled to tfiare in n the pajiaplin - B If the tstnanb or cropper produced j, peanuts on that farm in 1984, his j, shard) of the payments will ha in propcrTm to the part -he produced of thia i >tai crop. ?f ha has moved c to anothefcfarmji H) wfH receive that u proportion which would have gone b to the tenant who was on that part ? of the farm 1 ggi T ...... ^ ;v ?' ? . t , ? <... ? _| ???-??-?? Roads Committee Also Hears from Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce 1 Raleigh, Jan. 30.?The joint Road Committee of the General Assembly tield two sessions to adopt with minor amendments a sob-committee lraft of a stringent drivers' license nil and to hear representatives of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce plead for legislation to relieve counties of a part of the rarden of highway bond indebted Mtt, The substitute license bill, de signed as a safety rather than as a icense measure, Will be introduced h the General Assembly today or mmorrow. The 36 sections of the fill will be administered by "the iepartment which shall by law con ,rol the highway patrol," but no iction was taken to fix this de partment. N. G. Bartlett led the delegation seeking aid in paying local road ndebtednesa and with Judge Guy aiiott of Kinston explained that nany eastern counties are in seri jua financal condition because of ?oad bonds issued prior to the tak ng over of all highways by the Jtate. ? v Spokesmen asked that committee ;o introduce legislation to set aside 51,000,000 of the highway fund sur >lus annually for the next two years :or their relief, but emphasized heir opposition to diversion of the lighway funds. "We are not asking the State to issume our entire bonded indebted tess," Mr. Bartlett declared, "but o come to our rescue temporarily, rhe counties which built their own ughways did so under the as sump ion they would be paid back from rasoline and motor vehicle taxes ind were left holding the bag vhen the State took over the roads. Other delegates, including Hay ?ook,! chairman of the Pitt county ommissioners, Dr. J. C. Grady, of fohnston county and Duncan Shaw, >f Cumberland county, also were ieard. The monotonous consideration of he provisions of"the drivers license lill was broken sharply by Capus i. Warnick, chairman of the State lighway and Public Works Com nisson, when he expressed himself n no uncertain terms on the State lighway Patrol and the private col ection of motor vehicle license axes. "I am of the ^opinion that the haracter of the highway patrol las been destroyed in the past ew years," barked Mr. Waynick iter declaring tha his is a "hands ff" policy. "I think the patrol ught to be strictly a police force r be disbanded." Later the chairman said: "I do not hink you ought to farm out in North larolina to a private concern the ale of motor vehicle license." He was obviously referring to the Carolina Motor Club, which oper tes about 50 branch offices to aid lie State in distributing licenses each ear, collecting a -percentage of the roceeds for its services. ;(nd Man Dead Near His Aito Milton Grimsley, 43, member of a mil known Greene county family, ras found dead near his automobile n a woods road near his farm, five lilse from Hookerton early Wed esday morning, according to in- ? Drmation reaching here today, teath was believed to have resulted rom exhaustion and exposure as he ttempted to extricate his automobile rhich was stuck in the road. Grimsley, a batchelor, boarded, and 'hen he failed to appear for break ast Wednesday morning, someone ras soit to his room to awaken him. Then his absence was discovered a earch was started. Grimsley's body was found lying ack of the automobile. He was ashed to a doctor's office but died n the way. Grimsley was reported to have sft home early Thursday night and othing was seen of him until the earthing party found his body ly jg in the deserted road leading to . Is fafcm. " Reports from loeal flour mills in fnion County indicate that more Q?in t 1-2 times as much flour has een ground from home-grown 'heat as compared with previous m ears.
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