? FABMV1LLB. WTT COPNTT, MOBTH CABOUKA, FRIDAY, MABCH 8.1W ~ NUMBER FOETY-FOUR pTOU TWENTY-FOUR FAMimi* Wallace Endorses Plan To Help Tenant Farmer 3-^.' Endorses Proposal To Lend Tenant Fanners $1,000,000,000 To Buy Land With Washington, March 5.?Visioning the poaaible solution of one of his most perplexing problems, Secretary Wallace today gave his unqualified endorsement to a proposal to lend $1*000,000,000 to tenant farmers with which to buy land. At the same time, The Farm ? Credit Administration reported that -the number of farmers threatened with foreclosure in the last half of 1934 was only about one-third of those in distress in the first six months of the past year. - Testifying before a sub-commit tee of the Senate agriculture com mittee, Wallace declared the pro posal by Senator Bankhead (D., ? ? Ala.), for tenant aid "should be a substantial aid to the broad nation al recovery program, reduce ma terially the relief burden in rural I areas and bring great benefits to thousands of tenant farmers who are in pitiful economic condition' to live on the land which they may, call their own, and on which they can make a modest living year after year." Senator Bankhead is the author of the Bankhead cotton control act. The credit administration said re quests for aid in refinancing ' farm mortgages dropped from 22,667 dur ing the first half of 1934 to 8,314 during the latter half of the year. ** L:1- TrvrmQ of A ^/UOIIUUUI V -W? the House agriculture committee, said he thought proposed amend ments to the Agricultural Adjust ment Act would be reported within the next few days. He added that he hoped to have the bill out on the floor of the House in from 10 days to two weeks. B. Kirk Ranking, of the Southern Agriculturist, described the Bank head bill as an "investment in citi zenship." *C. H. Hamilton, of Raleigh, read 8 statement by I. O. Schaub, dean of the North Carolina State College Extension Division, endorsing the measure. Hugh McRae, of Wilmington, N. C., described it as the "greatest bill introduced in Congress in 50 years?' He protested that he termed the! drafting of the PWA . subsistence stead division away from rural com munities in favor of industrial sub sistence units. ? I Report of County Red Cross Roll Call Wyatt Brown, Chairman of the Pitt County Chapter of the Ameri can Bed Cross and Julian White, roll call chairman today announced the results of the recent membership campaign conducted throughout the coaatj last November and December. The standing in members enrolled by* towns is as foHows: Greenville 367 members Ayden 67 members Farmville 66 members Bethel 58 members Grifton 42 members ! Colored Teachers 32 members ftfunseland 18 members FkBdaad 15 members Winterville 11 members CSdcod 3 members . . ' i-i-1 erra mamhara I ? t4UH.jP U?U I This is the largest toll call the I chapter has had since the world war I and the chapter's heartfelt thanks is I extended to all who worked to enroH ? miaihrn and afl of those who joined. Many -of the white schools I "" ' w *?- - -WW - ? the teachers 100% and the Eastern B any group in the eounty. The FaraviHe Unit has begun I Home Hygiene classes in the high school under the direction of a Bed Crosa nurse and fnt aid classes will wig bewrSurtetf* C0OTBes jammer. Greemnlle is plaining to Canty floaitf Has Lav Meat . - - " I* ' .... ? ???'??? ? Monday Spent in Dis cussions Without Any thing Tangible Accom plished Greenville, March 5.?Spending the entire day in discussions of govern mental problems the Board of Coun ty Commissioners adjourned Monday night about 7 o'clock and returned to their homes in various parts of the county." Meeting Monday morning at 10 o'clock, the commissioners spent practically the whole day discussing anything of note. . The usual bills were ordered paid, of course, and reports of the various county departments were read and approved,' but it was one - of those days that lots of wind-jamming is necessary without actually showing tangible results. However, the board members un derstand themselves better about the things discussed and when they meet again it is likely considerable prog ress wijl be made. R. T. Cox, of Winterville, presided over the session, and virtually all members were present and took an active part in the discussion. Williams Quits Slue Eagle Job But Will Remain With NRA 2 More Weeks; Back to Tobacco Post Washington, Match 5.?The first' break- in the administrative board that succeeded Hugh S. Johnson as head of the NRA occurred today as .S> Clay Williams of North Carolina, handed his resignation to President Roosevelt. The Chief Executive accepted, provisionally, hut requested that Williams not make his "resignation effective or retire* from the work of the 'board for. at least another two weeks. This was agreed to by the Blue Eagle officer. Both the President and Willliams stressed in an exchange of letters made public at the White Boose that the latter, in accepting the NRA post, had done so on the un derstanding that he was not to re main permanently. Both pointed out, also, that his retirement had been discussed previously, in order that he might return to his . pri vate affairs. v. ^Williams declared in his. letter that, the administrative board had accomplished most of its "essential tasks'' and tint "there will be only a minimum-of lost motion connect ed with my retimemenk" He titer made his -resignation a matter of the President's earliest "conven ience." , He did say, however, that he no longer could "disregard the in 1 creasmgly urgent call to return to rnv regular work." ' > ? ,0 * - r While the "dead ceta" that Gen eral Johnson often referred to have not been thrown in any nucfc eoi ume at Williams since he took over ? - .. . - - j ihe-NKA board, m. Mi -wei Dunet ed by the Americas Tederatk? oi Labor as opposed to labor. 'H'-\ Williams was an active head of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., of Winston-Salem, Nf. G*~ one offithe largest of such concerns. The Fed eration charged his record in labor relations was bad, and had formal ly sought his resignation. Attacks also were made on him| in connection with the >? tobacco | InRA board, that he earn ? "left" the I I it *3 -x 1 marlffthe first break M the' recov-j I. pile uuiv or <iiiq tiicr. I ????"1 ?' ?? ? ?? ;Utoflftct mmmammrnmm Proponents of Ratifica tion Point To Riwii.In Child Employment Raleigh, - March 6. - President Roosevelt has written his personal wish >that North Carolina ratify the child lahor amendment to the na tional Constitution. His communication was addressed to Mrs. W. R. Absher, chairman of the State Cbiild Labor Amendment Commttee, who stated yesterday there is a definite upward trend in employment of children in this State. In his letter the President stated: "One of. the under the National Recovery Act WhiA has given me the greatest gratifica tion is the outlawing of child labor. It shows how simply a long-desired .reform, which no individual or /state could accomplish alone, may be brought about when people work to gether. It is my desire that the advances attained through NRA be permanent. , In the child labor i field the' obvious method of maintaining the present gains is through rati fication of the Child Labor Amend ment I hope this may be achieved." The Chief Executive wished Mrs. Absher "all success" in the leant? paign. for the amendment in North Carolina. Better industrial conditions have resulted in increased employment of children, stated Mrs. Absher, who presented a graphic study of all chil dren under 16 years of age certified for employment in North Carolina, over an 11-year period beginning in 1922. , - - ? _ % "Child employment reacnea its lowest point in the year ending Jane 30, 1932, and it is still fresh in all our minds that North Carolina in dustry was at its lowest in that year. It is also fresh in our minds that North Carolina experienced a. big pick-up in industry in the year end ing June 80, 1933. :> i "The number of working certifi cates issued for the year was 2>547, an increase of 122 per cent, over the previous year." Most of the children were em ployed in the textile industry, whose , spokesman, David Clark of Char lotte, is a bitter opponent of the Child Labor Amendment, which has been ratified by 24 states, 12 short of the number of states needed to put it into the basic law of the na tion. * The amendment gives Congress the right to regulate, restrict or pro- , hibit the work of persons under 18 years of age, but Mrs. Absher denies Mr. Clark's assertion that it would affect children working for their own kin without pay. Farm -boys could milk cows and city boys eoujil take out the ashes, just as they've always done, said Mrs. AJbsher. Mr. Clark is circularising the State with letters, urging Jhe recipients to see their legislators and "give them the facts'' against the Child Labor Amendment Proponents of the measure have compared his tactics to those of the president of the Ten nessee Manufacturers' Association, who wrpto hie .members that he had blocked the amendment because he had seen "rhe, right people." . . vc* . * 1 " 111 L . i ? i ? i NOTICE VOTERS! a The registration books for the Town of Fanavilfe wiH be open ed on Saturday. March Mul and -r, _ ^ -"p ? ?n,*,EvTdL SH1CKL8F0RD, ? Registrar. - 1 iXai TTTaSL. W. K. Mull of KntlwUn, Bute County, io plonting a test plot of a new rasberry resulting from a crow of the Ranere varieties. Waahi^^MwchJ.-In ontarto Through State By Bess Hinton Silver . STEAMING UP?The campaign in behalf of Clyde R. Hoey, Shelby's silver-tonguer, for the Democratic nomination for Governor next year, Is being whipped into nice form ff the political stan read true. Mr. Hoey is yet silent on his decision but the boys who snoop around learn ing, things about people addicted to policies say yon need not be surpris ed if thers is an immediate up-crop ping of 90ey-for-Governor Clubs among the yoasigsters at Chapel HH1 and other institutions -.of higher learning. If the matter develops that far you .can mortgage, your house and lot and bet that Hoey will be * candidate and the odds will be with you. CONGRESS?The State Capitol this week is of the opinion that Con gressman R. L. Doughton in a mood to seek the governorship via the Democratic primiaries and a can didate to succeed him in Congress from the Ninth District. He is no less a person than Dalton Warren, the Senator from Alleghany County. Friends of Mr. Warren say he is going to seek the Congressional seat no matter what "Fanner Bob'' de cides to do but express confidence, that Doughton really means to re tire from Congress even if he does not run for Governor. V . ' ?ONE MORE THING ? Friends of lieutenant Governor 9L H. Gra ham think he is doing nicely presid ing over his second term of the State Senate and they are begin ning to roll the old political ball in his behalf for Governor. "Sandy" said his luck with the Legislature would influence his decision on the Gubernatorial matter and even his. enanies are failing to point out ma jor mistakes. You cant tell what's going on in the Scotch head of the Lieutenant Governor but a lot of people are redy to help him make up his mind and step across the line as a candidate. It's going to be highly emboraning to many people if Gra ham and Hoey cross swords. , CHANGED COURSE-Many close personal and political friends of Representative R. Gregg Cherry, of Gaston, say he is paddling his canoe toward the Sepakership of the 1937 House. They say he has abandoned any idea of running for Governor. At least he has told some folks that he wants to come back to the Legis lature one more time. If he seeks to wield the gavel over the 120 Rep resentatives he is likely to find Rep resentative R. F. (Jade) Morphew, of Graham, grabbing for the handle in the Democratic caucus two years hence. Ambitions make political history. OPPOSITION?North Carolinians are writing their Senators and Con gressmen to oppose the Rayburn bill which would repose authority to fix fates in the federal power commis sion. State regulatory bodies would find their, hands pretty well tied under the Rayburn bill and Tar Heels still are suffering from federal dis* crimination in the matter of-freight - rates, Considerable sentiment against the Rayburn bill has been manifester in Raleigh especially among persons owning stock in do mestic power companies. They fear its passage would reduce the value of their holdings. MARATHON - The .boys who. know their legislatures say that a ryd bombshell exploded when the motion was made in finance commit tee to reduce'the sales tax rate from three to two per cent. Immediately all former predictions on ninA die adjournment were withdrawn and even the optimistic Robert Grady Johnson, Speaker of the House, ad mitted that the end is not yet ft sight The anti-sales taxera led By Representatives W. L. Lumpkin, of Franklin, Ralph McDonals, of Forsyth, are wise enough to adopt this eomne in their effort to alow down the trend toward consumption taxes. One man's guess is about aa good as another's on what will hap pen '"'before the General Assembly fields up for good?(or worse). &Wi MVBBSlOli^r - ' njfn reported sitting up nights pl&n* -MUDOflil tUVnf'o vour }Hm ^ j I D. A.R. Executive Tells of Work Dene in'34; 0 the r Convention Events - Golds bo ro, March 6.?A year of great accomplishments wan reported here today to the D. A, R. Sate Conference by Mr* W. H. Belk, of ; Charlotte, State D. A. R. regent in her. Ant annual accounting for the leadership - if the North Carolina Daughters since..her election last spring to the executiveaffice. ; She gave credit to the harmonious spirit of the executive board, the coopera tion of the State the uh tiring efforts of the chapter regents, and the loyalty of . every member. All indebtedness of the organiza tion, doe to previous bank failures, was met during the year, she /sport ed about $6*600 having been paid on past obligations, largely doe to the work of lira Eugene Davis, of Statesville, chairman of the ways and means committee; Mrs, Charles H. Stephenson, of Raleigh, State treasurer, and other committee mem bers and officers. Ia her: report, Mrs. Belk did not mention her own important part in raising this fund. Around 150 delegates and visitors gathered in Goldsboro Tuesday for the thirty-fifth annual State confer ence of the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution, which opened form ally at 2:30 p. m., in the auditorium of the Woman's Club building, with the chapters of the seventh district as host The regents of which are: Mrs. Clyde R. Jordan, of Elizabeth town chapter, Elizabeth town; Mrs. N. W. Outlaw, David Williams chap ' ? * : Jl . TTTftl! A ter, UOiaJBDoro; airs. nuuaiu n.. Graham, Moseley-Bright, Kinston; Bin. Charles S. Wallace, Carteret Patriots, Morehead City; Mrs. John Dunn, Richard Dobbs Spaight, New Bern; Mrs. W. B. Murphy, Col. Alex ander McAllister, Snow Hill; >and Mrs. R. F. Ham me, Stamp Defiance, Wilmington. Mrs. N. W. Outlaw met with dis trict and local hostesses at 11:80, and at the same hour Mrs. Faison Thompson, Goldsboro, State chair man of pages, met with the pages. Pages present were Misses Helen Carlton, Statesville; Mary Louise Gardner, Bethy Gillett, Sara Parker, and Anne Read Darnell, Charlotte; 1 Virginia Wilson, Gastonia; Evelyn Joyce, Winston-Salem; Eva Martin, ' Greensboro; Perry E. Smith, Rachel ! Carraway, and Lee Anne Taylor, Goldsboro; Grace Clan Taylor, 1 Morehead City; Mary Turner, New ' Bern; Rececca Anderson, Snow Hill; Frances Lambeth, High Point; Mary Alice Starr, Albermarle; Mes dames W. W. Jeffries, Burlington; ' Harry Cooke, Farmville; Claude 1 Bowers, Warrenton; and William A. 1 Hooker, Wilmington. Beard Entertains. Mrs. Kenneth Royall entertained the executive board at a lovely luncheon at her home on Ash street J at noon, honoring Mr. Royall's aunt, Mrs. Isaac -Manning, Chapel Hill, State, vice-chairman. The seventh district was host to the pages at a luncheon at the Wom an's Club building. i n.ll f iL. -? ? - ruuuwiur tug?nvcnnvu ff^owuxi, ? kbe delegates and visitors went in cars to Snow Hill, in Greene coun ter where they attended a reception 3 given them by the Alexander Mc lAHster chapter at the . home of ? mir regent, Mrs. W. B? Murphy, i State officers and chapter regents : stood in the receiving Une. At 6:80 ' the assembly attended a dinner at ) the Hotel Gotfsboro. Misses Mhry 1 - ? -w ? * * ?? - - . ? - ? W | Brockwell, Mavis Evans, gave mu sical selections, accompanied by < Miss T.inun Stroud, all of Golds- ' boro. tAwaidd Amraohced During the afternoon sessionWed- J nesday, several awards were ah- J nounced. ' Halifax convention chap- 1 ter received the $25 offered to the chapter contributing the ^largefr j amount of money per capita.-:, km . Sue Jenkins, Brevard high school senior, was named winner of the Ruth Bryan Qsrens good citizenship award by-the committee, of which Mrs. T. C, Turnage, of-Farmville, is beatg^'Miss' Jehkihs #iU have a free J trip forthe Msfcrfbtic pilgrimage to WasMfigton in April along with otfi ef outstanding aj-giri senipril flora every other state in the nation. .. AsiS ??' to place for the 'M&, oontewnce, upon; invitation of the ^ first district de mfition at the Hotel Goidaboro at eight o'clock Monday evening. The meeting was well attended by mem bers from various sections of the State* Mrs. J. S. Welbora, of High Point, state regwjtt^ presided. Other state! officers are: Mrs. 3. C. Taylor, Mow bead" Cityr first vice-regent; Mrs. William N. Reynolds, Winston-Sa lem, second vice-regent; Mrs. W. L. Wilson, Acme, third vice-regent; lbs. R. H. Whitehurst, Burlington, chaplain; Mrs. J. W. Parker, Farra ville, recording secretary; Mrs. O. G. Doggett, Charlotte, corresponding secretary; Miss Pearl Idol, High Point, registrar; and Mrs. Z. V. Con yers,. Greensboro, treasurer; end Miss Ettie Brown, Red Springs, hife ] torian. '"i'.'SyM* ] The visitors were welcomed to Giidsboro by Mrs. N. W. Outlaw, regent of the local chapter of the Daughters of Hie .'American Revolu-; tion, and by Mrs. Paul Borden, first vice-president of the local chapter of tfc 'United Daughters Of the Con federacy. - Greetings were extended i| Mrs. W. H. Belk , of Charlotte, on behalf of the North Carolina Daughters of the American Revo lution, of which she is state regent, and by Miss Mary Boykin, of Wil Governor Offers %warttr$lafer Addi $200 to Franklin County Reward; Ex tends Rewards for Fu gitives c Raleigh, March 6.?Governor Ehr inghaus yesterday offered a reward of |200 for the apprehension, deliv ery and conviction of the person or persons who hacked to death 13-year old Pattie Mae Faulkner, Franklin County girl whose axe-marked body was fotmd Friday near the home of her father near Gold Sand. The reward supplements a $200 reward posted by officials of Frank lin County, where officers have an nounced that they "expect develop ments within the next few days." The Governor also offered re wards of $100 each for the arrest of Reece Bailey and Ed Aldridge, convicts who escaped from State's Prison recently. Bailey was serving a sentence for holding up an Ashe ville policeman - and Aldridge was convicted of secret assault in Mitch ell' County. A reward of $200 offered some time ago for the apprehension of Ed Deaver, convicted murderer who escaped from the criminal in sane ward at the State Hospital last summer, will be extended, ef fective Friday, it was announced at the Governor's office. UNCLE WATT WOULD GIVE TOWN OFFICIALS FULL TIME JOB Soon time for election of new ad ministration in oar little city. Won der if they will name and mark our streets and number oar residences; prohibit chickens and dogs running at large; reduce taxes; straighten and tile oar drains and ditches; mark the streets and number the lots in oar cemeteries and keep a record of who is buried on each lot, giving the cause of death; prohibit drunken ness; put special taxes on old maids and batchelors; console the lonely and bereaved widows; increase the attendance of church services to equal by 50% that of the Sunday Schools and moving pictures, 'base ball and football games, or the social and patriotic societies and clubs? and last but iiot least show to the public every month the incomes and outgoes, the wherefores and why fores of all revenues disbursed or due to be!?In other words how is our budget? Balanced or unbalanc ed An old citizen but very small tax i payer, WATT PARKER. P. S.?If concerned, meet me at the primary and lets talk it over. CONTRACT CLUB Mrs. A. H. Lindsay was hostess to her card club on Tuesday after noon, having as an additional guest, Mrs. Mayttard Dariey, of Lynchburg, 1 Vk, house guest of Mrs. W. S. Roys ter. Daffodils predominated in the floral arrangement* ' . Following several progressions, 1 Mrs. C. T. Dixon was presented the high score prize, lovely guest towels. Suggestions of St. Patrick's Day were noted in the salad course and shamrock modeled sandwiches. - ? Soles Tax Put on Cafes .? 7- ? - ? F i n a n c e Committee Continues More To Meet Increases in Ap propriations Raleigh, March 6.?The Finance Committee yesterday voted, to in crease by more than $800,000 the franchise taxes levied on foreign and domestic corporations and to extend the sales tax so as to make it apply . in part to hotels, cafes, and boarding houses. The action, backed by spokesmen for the State . administration, was another indication of the Finance Committee's willingness to accept at least some of the Appropriation Committee's increase in State School, institutional and departmental ex penditures over the amount recom mended by the Governor and the Advisory Budget Commission. Leaders of the committee hope to mee; the additional spending by an additional $500,000 from the newly proposed chain store and chain fill ing station tax, $300,000 from yes terday's corporation increase, $180, 000 from the cafe sales tax, and a revised estimate of the amount to be expected from the general sales tax, putting the figure $1,250,000 above the Governor's estimate. I? this $2,730,000 or more will not meet the Appropriation Committee's pro josals, the Finance Committee lead ers hope the appropriate rs will come down to meet them. TX fiiV. t wiui yeniciutty a ucvciupuicum, the Finance Committee placed it self in position to report the tax bill to the House next week. The Ap propriations Committee also has about finished its work. The next step will be the.floor fight to reduce the rate of sales tax and to spread its base, while adding further to cor poration taxes. The committee raised the corpora tion franchise tax by increasing the rate from $1.50 to $1.75 on each $1,000 of capital, surplus and undi vided profits. It also made two changes in the method of figuring the total corporate value,* one of which would work to the advantage of heavily indebted, independent corporations and the other add to the taxes of subsidiary and affili ated corporations. . . LEAVE FOR NEW YORK; PURCHASING LATE MODES _ FOR VANITIE BOXE Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Johnson, of Greenville, will leave Saturday for New York, where they expect to purchase a line of up-to-date mer chandise for the Dew Vanitie Boxe here, of which Mr. Johnson is owner. Remodeling of the Sheppard build ing on Main street, which will be oc cupied by this firm, got underway Monday, and when finished, promises to be one of the most modern and attractive stores in Eastern North Carolina. Misses Edna Hamilton and Nettie Fryer, skilled and popular operators, will continue to serve pa trons in the enlarged and newly equipped beauty department In addition to a complete beauty Bervice and a world famous line of cosmetics, the firm will carry a full and up to the minute stock of ladies ready-to-wear and accessories, as well as a complete Baby and Gift department. Miss Luannie Williams, experienced saieslady, will be in charge of this part of the business. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CLUB The St Patrick's idea was effec tively carried in the refreshments, favors and table appointments at the meeting: of the Wednesday after noon Club, to which Mrs. W. N. Spruill was hostess. The high score sward, exquisite handkerchiefs, went to Mrs. Robert Lee Smith. Especial guests of the. hostess were Mrs. D. R. Morgan, Mrs. J. B. Cutchios and Miss Mary Barrow._ SALES DOUBLE . Raleigh, March 6.?New car sales. - for the first two months of 1936 more than doubled the number for the similar period of last year, rec ords at the Motor Vehicle Bureau of the Department of Revenue re vealed yesterday. Through February of this year, 8,166 new automobiles had been sold, as compared with only 8,626 for the 1934 period, an increase of 1,689. . Trucks sold this year totaled 2^573, as compared with . 1,561 for ' January and February of last year. There were 778 trucks sold during February, a decrease from the 1,486 sold in January, but an increase over the 596 sold during February, 1934. Car sales for February were -awstanttai incruaaa over the 1,400 TT-nlm.!_ li_ J v 1 . _

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