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l, jLv^n.* FARMTim* PITT tCODNTY, NOOTH CABOIJNA, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1935 NUMBER FOBTT-MKE YOU TWENTY-FOUR . . , , _ j ? . i ? = Roosevelt Faces Task of Starting New Relief Drive Indications Are That He WiD Lose No Time Patting Hage Fund to Work; More Local Ad-j vice Promised by Ickes Washington, April 9.?A series of conferences to decide details of the biggest money-spending job in peace time history was arranged today by President Roosevelt almost immedi ately after his return to the capital. Four or five definite proposals for the administrative set-up to handle the $4380,000,000 work relief spend ing task were before Mr. Roosevelt. His aides said, however, that he probably would hold a dozen par leys before he approved a specific plan sometime within the next week or ten days. Those who will participate in the discussions were not named, but in formed sources said they probably would be officials who will help in carrying out details of the program and possibly- legislative advisors. They added that a board of at least a half dozen men, perhaps more, would be set up to handle the allotments. They said Mr. Roose velt planned to preside over this board as not only the titular, but the active chairman. ? From other quarters can e the defi nite and authoritative information that three members of the board who have been definitely decided upon are Harry L. Hopkins, the Re lief Administrator; Harold L. Ickes, the Public Works Administrator, and Rexford G. Tugwell, the Under secretary of Agriculture. Other likely members suggested were Rear Admiral Christian J. Peoples, of the Treasury procure * Rrth^rt Fetchner. UICMJL ViUVCj CUM head of the Civilian Conservation Corps It was pointed out, however, that these two selections were not yet I definite. The giant work program, design ed to put trees where none grew before, set rivers to flowing in new channels and all but move moun-1 tains to give work to 3.500,000 men, awaited only the final approval by J Mr. Roosevelt of the method to be followed in carrying it out. Hosts of projects already are waiting in government depart ments. High up on the list has been placed soil erosion prevention. Sec retary Wallace told a committee of Senators and Representatives from five drought-strieken states today that he irould endeavor to obtain 1150,000,000 for such work. He will go with the group to confer with the President on the proposal. In discussion of general plans for! the work, Secretary Ickes said to day there would be a greater degree of home rule in the selection of proj ects than these had been before. He said he planned to set up legal, financial and engineering di visions in "miniature" in the states I so they "can pass on the projects and send them in here." Some of the states already have established planning boards for con tinuing public works projects so they may be carried out along long-range lines with a dovetailing of state and federal activities. In government departments, as I the President returned to Waahing I ton to stmt the four million dollar I work program, engineers worked I over plans lor; I RtfatlHtiCB, soil erosion preven I tion, flood control, rural rehabilita I control, Water conservation and ru-1 te! electriAcaiioEu II of grade crossings. H I Housing to replace old tenements. I I Even before the Presidett amved,! I at least one wsrm dispute over the J I use the four Billion dollars was! I Mr.1 Roosevelt was given author-II I ity to> use part of the money to pay | I erop^ndnCfcion benefits to farmers. I I Daris^ the farm administrator, plan I ned .to urge him to- continue pro-1 if t|e money were taken tim the I four.MBIon fond, H would virtual- I ti<mtbeow~hJ (fid not bSTtte inblic would favor a direct subsidy ' Q^rjjrj ijlmJnfMTji 1A OBQT ' mWv started on th? great shelter belt in 130 selected areas in North and South Dakota.- Nebraska, Kansas, I Oklahoma, and Texas. They expect to plant 4,000,000 trees this season. | A million dollars already has been1 provided for that purpose and morel is expected from the new fund. I Hie administration has sought in Imany states to clear the ground for rural electrification projects by put ting before state legislatures bills to allow the formation of organizations which might borrow money and conduct such projects. ' A hundred million dollars has ten tatively been set aside for such work. Gevernor Frees Pitt Menlerer Ollie Hodges Released On Parole After Serv ing Two and a Half Years Raleigh, April 10.?Ollie Hodges, Pitt County white man serving a prison sentence for murder, has been paroled by Governor Ehringhaus aft- ] er serving two and a half years of a 15-year sentence, it was announced at the office of Edwin Gill, Commis sioner of Faroles. Hodges was convicted in Pitt County Superior Court in August, 1932, and was sentenced by Judge W. C. Harris. Judge Harris con curred in a parole recommendation made by trial Solicitor D. M. Clark,! who wrote that the prisoner was "very drunk" at the time of the crime and "hardly realized what he was doing." Various other persons in Pitt County, including the clerk of oVion'ff and register or deeds, urged that clemency be extended Hodges. ? ' The Governor also paroled four other prisoners, including Joe Long, Jackson County Indian serving a five-year sentence for attempted criminal assault Long's' parole was recommended by Chief Jarrett Blythe of the Cherokee tribe, among others. The three others paroled were Gaither Watson, convicted in Bertie County of assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon and sentenced to serve two years, and Walter Brown and Wal ter Poovey, convicted jointly in Guilford County ? of larceny and sentenced to serve two years. FARMVILLE GIRL A WINNER IN FERTILIZER ' PRIZE CONTEST Miss Carmen Turnage, R. F. D., Wins $50 In Smith-Douglass Word Contest A winner in a word building con test among 20,000 boys and girls in North Carolina and ?Virginia, is cause for the congratulations being received by Miss Carmen Turnage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron C. Turnage, Jk F. IX No. lr who receiv ed notice this week that, she was among the ten winners of the $50 prizes offered by the Smith-Douglass C&, fertilizer manufacturers of Nor folk, Va., in their $2000 contest for the greatest number of English words that could be made from the name jrninriwu^inno. . The contest began on February 10th and ended March, 20th. / Miss Hazel Callahan, R. F. D. No. 3, ?Danville, Va., won the first prize of $250, Miss Martha Parker, of Ahos kie, N. C., $150, and Miss Ruby L. Joyce, R. F. D. No. 2, Sandy Ridge, N. Cn the thhd prize of $100. Following the $50 prizes were the $25 and smaller awards. 1 .v*' ' * ' '*'??< ?" rv--.y.V>' V '".ft-.?;'*{' I farmers are pailfc ( Fourteen millions ? i Raleigh, April 1?.?The Agricul tural , Adjustment Administration paid $541,725.46 in rental and bene 4t payments to North Carolina far mers during the month of February. this sum brought the. tQtal AAA payments in this State to ? $14,346, 126.28, according to the latest com pilation of figures, said Dean I. O. Schaub, of State College, yester to The flow of checks into North Carolina in February was a contin uation of the rentals and benefits paid to growers who cooperated with^the crop adjustment programs The total, payments received 28 wore* OQlrton Hudson Six AM . To Present Line FarmviHe Motor Com pany Invites Public To Put New Ckr to Real Test A new automobile was being un veiled in the FarmviHe territory to day as Hudson Motor Car Co., for (mally presented a six-cylinder car? the Hudson Six. . Heralded as a low-cost auto offer ing the most sensational performance ever buuilt into a six-cylinder car by Hudson, this new six is being in troduced in an unusual manner by Hudson dealers throughout this sec tion. Rather than merely show the new car in showrooms, most of the models are parked on the street and the motoring public is being urged to inspect this car by actually driving it. "As three of the big things being featured in this Hudson Six?per formance, riding qualities and safe ty of operation?can only be judged by driving the car, we decided to in troduce this automobile by giving as many motorists as possible the opportunity to drive it," said B. 0. Taylor, manager of the Farmville c.n Tno.. local Hudson and ?erraplane dealers. For two weeks, Hudson dealers in this section will hold "open house" for motorists who care to try out the new six-cylinder car. Show rooms will be held open evenings. "It's a big car?16 feet 2 inches from bumper to bumper; an excep tionally powerful automobile ? 93 or 100 horsepower. Economy of operation also is a big feature, tests showing that as much as 20 miles can be obtained from a gallon of gasoline," said Mr. Taylor. "It's made all of steel?roof, floor, sides and all supporting members being of steel?and it is equipped with the new sensational Hudson rotary equalized brakes. It ia priced just a few dollars above the lowest priced cars. Closed models start at $695 at the factory." The bodies of the Six are longer and lower, with sweeping air stream lines that give the car a flowing effect. Although the Six models come equipped with the standard gear shift lever, the "Electric Hand" may be obtained on all models. The Hudson Six, it was announced, will come in five body models?sedan, coach, business coupe, coupe with rumble seat and the convertible coupe. It augments the line of eight cylinder cars made by the company and the six-cylinder Hudson-built Terraplanes. V Obtaining a loan from the Produc tion Credit Association, fanners of Buncombe County have purchased <4 head of pure bred Aberdeen Angus beef cattle. Registration Books For Town Moo Open Sot. April 13 ' ' ' - - it ? The registration boo its ior um i town election to be held on Tuesday,} May 7, will be open from Saturday,] April 13, through Saturday, April 27, | at Hie House Printery, for the pur- j pose of registering electors, who] I tare reached the age of 21, and I others, who are Qualified through! IjfeftldiBg Here for the past four} months and in. the State a year. Those who voted in the primary] held this month, or who have regis-1 tered . in recent years, IF THEY ] HAVE CONTINUED RESIDENCE HERE SINCE REGISTERING do not have to register again at this] time. ) | EVA HORTON SHACKLEFORD, Registrar. feAYOR LEWIS SPEAKS TO LEGIONNAIRES] A rock stew supper and an ad-i dress by Mayor John B. Lewis, fear] tared the American Legion meeting j this week, according to Adjutant c | [A. Tyson's report, and the Legion-] naires further entertained thorosel-| . res by patting each other on the] back, following the announcement by] Commander 0? G. Speli of the Pust] having gone over the top in its mem bership campaign, and at present} has a fuller roster than in its entire] history. . j A committee was appointed at this time to work with the Auxiliary of the Post in planning a special Mother's Day program, and the or ganization voted to contribute to wards^ beauttflcation of lhe/Muni. Our idea of the damn-the-torpe B/Bess Hintoo SBrer | ?" 1 : ' 111 1 ?| T0UC2Y?As the length of the! General Assembly grown members I are beginning to display evidence of I developing "nerves." Arising to] paints of personal privilege to "bawl I out" some member or some newspa- J per editor, axe becoming numerous] aa they have a habit of d&ing in ses-1 sions that run into the payless period | beyond the constitutional $0 days.] Flnger-poiftting and fist-ahaking will] soon be (he order of the days if the] boys dont get their troubles ironed] out and go back home. LITTLE CHANCE?A private poll! of the Legislature reveals that the] bateh of bills sent down from Wash-1 ington by Secretary Ickes designated 1 to patdtfeeand counties in the busi ness of generating and selling power lines have little chance of passage. Two measures, drawn by the Senate Rural Electrification Commission, are I much asoxe modest and have the backing of the Ehringhaus adminis-] tration. However, if they get by it I will be a close squeese. LIQUOR?There can be no doubt J that sentiment in favor of the Hill liquor hill la growing among mem-1 bera of the Legislature. It still ap-] pears doomed but only a few con-1 yerta axe. nead*l, to put the. measure J across. Members show a decided j notion not to cut the appropriations! bill drastically and if these troubles] over taxes are not settlec pretty] soon you are going to see a great] drive to put the Hill bill through. EARLY BIRDS?John A. McRae, of Charlotte, has Joined Colonel T. LeRoy Kirkpatrick, of the same City, in announcing- for Governor on the Democratic ticket In Raleigh vari ous stories are being told about the intentions of Clyde R. Hoey, Shelby Attorney, and Congressman R. L. Doughton regarding the Governor ship. But make no mistake?Lieu tenant Governor A. H. Graham is going to run for Governor or bust a trace. All efforts to get him at tracted by other jobs and what-no^ have failed entirely and a lot of folk believe his campaign is well under way. RAIDS?The raids on your gaso line-tax- money have-gotten away to a good start The General Assem bly has voted to spend $500,000 of it . annually in keeping up City Streets and it looks like $1,630,000 is going to be diHitod to the General fund during each fef the coming years. It also appears likely that some of the gasoline taxes are going into county treasuries before long in the form of paying, the counties for roads they built before the highway com mission had the money. Better get your own road in shape before the diversion party gets any livelier. ii .< ? SCHOOL BOOKS?State rental of school books by the time the boys and girls hear the first bells next fall is still likely. The books companies are said to be realizing that fact and good authority says that the pub lishers will be willing to sell the books to the State on credit and col lect as the rentals come in. Such a plan would not call for an amount of money large enough to require a bond issue and may be taken care of by an appropriation. The Demo crafa are laying, their plans to rusn the school book rental through in a hurry once they get started. It will , make a good chaser as the dear pub l|k ' begins to swallow the three per Kenift general sales tax or a milder ?Mtail levy. AMUSING?It's nothing short of funny the way*-the various factions lepjlimate the possible yield of the biennial ^ revenue bill. Anti-sales B&aV and advocates of greater ap propriations, boost the figures above those of the revenue department J which sales tax three per centers cut down by like amounts. If any body really knows how much the revenue bill will yield the way the legislature is almoft constantly! changing it, that person is a magi cian. 4 TROUBLE?The biggest obstacle is the $62,000,680 biennial revenue hin is the taxing peddlers. Repre sentatives from cities and towns want to t?x the, boys who buf and sell and transport 'in trucks out of ' lodstsnce while Representatives from peach, apple and, cabbage growing sections' want the tax low so the trucks can operate and buy their surplus products. Yen will never know just what the peddlers tax will be until the final day of the General fTMAeaESPiEi^ ! (By MRS. G. W. PEEBLES) 1 PERSONALS Miss Ethel Winstead is visiting in the home of Mr. and M?. C. S.! Winstead. Mrs. A. B. Felton has undergone an operation and is responding nice ly, tho' she is still very ill. Miss Maggie Jutry Cox was at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Cox, the past week end. Members of the Junior Order en joyed a brunswick stew, supper Fri day night immediately before their regular semi-monthly meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Warren and little daughter, Maxine, of Speed, spent a few days the first of the week with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Peebles. MRS. CqjlfcETT HOSTESS In front of a gorgeous log fire in the home of Mrs. R, L. Corbett, the I Big Eight Club enjoyed four pro gressions of contract bridge. All members were present except Mrs. C. S. Winstead, whose place was fill ed by Mrs. E. G. Narron. Mrs. Paul Flowers proved to be the luckiest for the evening receiv ing a nice gift. Mrs. Corbett served dainty sand wiches and hot Chocolate to the play ers and to Mr. R. L. Corbett and Dr. S. H. Justa. PROPERTY SALE Thirty or forty years ago all the land on which Macclesfield now sits belonged to Mr. Henry Clark Bridg ets of Tarboro, who laid a railroad through here and started a town. Most of the land has been bought at times previously by various resi dents here, but there was still quite: a few lots up in town and several acres around the edge belonging to him until Tuesday when it was sold leaving no Henry Clark Bridgers land in Macclesfield. The ball park, quite a nice one for a small town, was built on land leas ed from Mr. Bridgers. Mr. Don Gil lam bought this spot, tho' it was ru mored that he was buying for Borae one else. i Other buyers were: Messrs. B. B. Phillips, A. F. Felton, Joseph F. Ea son, J. G. Varnell, C. L. Harrell and T. J. Ellis all of Macclesfield.' The Webb Drug Store, formally belonging to C. P. Webb was sold Thursday, April 4, at auction for spot cash. It was bought by R. L. Corbett at a very reasonable price. WIENNER ROAST ?A crowd of youngsters enjoyed themselves immensely at the outdoor party given by Mrs. A. A. Atkinson, Saturday night in honor of hor house guests, Misses Dorothy Clark and Myrtle Lewis. A huge fire was built under a large and comfortable shelter and everyone roasted, put mustard on and ate "hot dogs" to their own content. Marshmallows were also toasted and enjoyed. Guests of Mrs. Atkihson were as follows: Myrtle and Dorothy Clark Lewis, John Sindney Winstead, Mal colm Williams, Geneva Winstead, Ernestine Williams, Jimmie Phillips, Van Ervin Lewis and Ida Ruth Fel toh. DEATH, FUNERAL / I The knowledge of the death oil Mr. M. M. Page was very sad news to the people living in and .. ground this community. He has been doing a business of general merchandise I about three miles from here on No. I 42 highway for several years and was a prominent citizen in his neigh borhood; . An attack of influenza seized him I some few. days back but in a few] days; .thinking .he was able to do so. I be left his bed, only; to take a rc-1 lapse and gc^into pneumonia which took him . away shortly. Mr. Paige was around 70 years of age. He is survivedby his widow] and two children, Mrs. Reddin Cor bett and Mr. Buck Page. Interment was made in the Otters Creek Church ] cemetery^ "JOSH* FLIES HOME A great thrill was felt by the! school children c Friday > afternoon when a plane soared round and found ] over the building, and of course] every child hopped from their seats] to peep out the windows and tell] each other "it's Josh Winstead," for they all know that when an array plane pays Macclesfield any atten tion it is "Josh" in the pilot's seat. J Lieutenant Joshua T. Winstead, ] Jr., pays his parents a visit every now and then. He always lands at the airport in Rocky Mount, but gives us a visit warning his family] of {his arrival before doing so. He] leaves Mitehel Field, N. Y., where he is employed, around noon and ar rives here about 4:30.o'clock, stop ping wily at Langley Field, Va., for j up- aviation at Randolph' Field Texas shortly afterwards. Since finishing there he has been employed at Mit chel Field. ? Tho' the weather was not at all favorable Sunday, he took off, plan ing to get as far as Washington if possible. _ Bill Has Find For Carolina ' Improvements Totalling $3,170,750 Included In Harbor Measure Washington April 9.?Waterway improvements in North and South Carolina totaling $3,170,750 are in cluded in the Rivers and Harbors bill now before the House. However, $2,91.1,400 already has been allotted by the Public Works Administration to cover four of the projecta f9 Chief among the proposals for those States was one providing an eight-foot channel on the Cape Fear I river between Fayetteville and Wil mington at an estimated cost of $1,520,000, of which $1,120,000 in PWA funds already has been al- j lotted. The other major project in the Carolinas was construction of the Charleston to Winyah Bay, South ? ? Carolina, section 01 me uuhuu waterway for which $1207,165.09 in PWA funds already has been al lotted. Other projects were: Construction of a channel for Pamlico Sound to Beaufort, North Carolina, at a cost of $41,400, an amount already allotted by the PWA. Improvement of Rollinson chan nel leading from Pamlico Sound to Hatteras, North Carolina, at a cost of $27,000. Construction of inland waterway from Beaufort to Jacksonville, North Carolina, and from New river to Jacksonville, North Carolina, at a [cost of $117,300. Improvement of Smith's creek near Wilmington, North Carolina, at a cost of $11,000. !* Construction of three bridges across inland waterway in. Horry County, South Carolina, at a cost of $850,000, which has been allotted by the PWA. ! Improvement of the channel of Shipyard river, near Charleston, South Carolina, at a cost of $35,000. Changing route of Charleston to Beaufort, South Carolina, waterway to provide deeper channel, estimated cost $79,060. 1 U. D. C. ? Mrs. R. H. Knott was hostess to the Rebecca Winbourne chapter, United Daughters of the Confed eracy, on Friday afternoon, at her home on Church street, into which tulips and other bright blossoms brought an atmosphere of Spring. Mrs. W. M. Willis, president of the chapter, reviewed the recent . Dis trict meeting of the Daughters held ,here, and discussed the memorial funds, towards which present activi ties of the organization are directed. Mrs. J. R. Newton, Mrs. B. O. Tay i M__ T O MVa p p LOT, Mrs. U. vi . TT uwca, WAV. V Smith and Mrs. J. M. Wheless were welcomed into this group as "new members, whose papers have been ac cepted during recent weeks. A gift of $5, to be used in a worthy cause, was received by the chapter from Mrs. F. M. Davis at this time. Mrs. J. C. Wooten opened the pro gram for the afternoon with an in teresting paper on "The Restoration of Stratford," and the chapter voted to_ complete its promised contribu tion of $31 to this objective. A reading of Sidney Lanier's poem, "My Spring," was given by Mrs. I. Msatterfield. Mrs. J. I. Morgan, a guest of the hobtess, assisted her in serving de lightful refreshments, daring, the pleasant social period. w . PARMVILLE DEBATORS IN STATE CONTENT * Prepared to take the affirmative and negative sides of the- query; "Resolved, Thai; The Federal Gov ernment Should Extend Aid To The fyblic Schools," the following high Sjriiool .students left Thursday to participate in the State debating finals, to be held at Chapel Hill Thursday evening and Friday, hav ing defeated both Wilson and En field teams in recent elimination con teirts. I iMiss Dorothy Douglas, who to gether. with Frances Pratt, both teachers in the high school, coached the local debaters, accompanied the team; Nellie Nichols, Doris Bryan, Maude Emma Hinson and Lottie GOOD PRICES FOR WEED FORECAST ? ?? ? Ml ?? W. E. Fenner and J. C. Lanier Sound Optimis tic Note; Lanier Says 234o24c Washington, April 9.?Here today to appear before the Senate Fi nance committee to urge continu ance of NRA codes, W. E. Fenner, of Rocky Mount and J. C. Lanier, of Greenville, today predicted "satisfactory prices for flue-cured tobacco in 1935." Mr. Lanier, who was formerly to bacco specialist in the Department of Agriculture and is now code ad ministrator for the warehouse code authority, declared: "In my opinion with normal yield# per acre and normal quality, the 1935 flue-cured crop will average 20 cents in the belt as a whole and between 23 and 24- cents in North Carolina." Mr. Lanier predicted a crop of 720 million pounds, as com pared with the 660 million pound crop of last year. If his estimates are correct the 1936 crop as a whole, would bring about the same as 1934 crop. Mr. Fenner, who is a member of the North Carolina General As sembly and is chairman of the code authority, was not so sure about the price estimate but agreed that the crop would be about 720 mil lion pounds. Mr. Fenner did the testifying be fore the Senate committee and de clared that the code has been an "unmixed blessing" and that the only need of change is for "more teeth." He told the committee: "A code seemed to offer the rem edy, backed as it was by the power and authority of the government Its object was to improve the sys tem of marketing, and to eliminate the unfair practices. And so, the industry adopted its code and operated under it during the past season. It has been an unmixed blessing to tfce industry. It has en abled us to conduct our business in a way that it should be conducted; It has eliminated to a great extent unfair trade practices; and it has improved the marketing system for the benefit and financial advantage of the tobacco farmers. It has cut down the hours of employment to labor, and has increased the rate of pay to these employees. Un-> skilled labor employed in this in dustry are mostly Negroes with a limited earning capacity. These people work on the farms during the spring and summer and work in the. warehouses during about three months of each year. The rate of pay established under the code is in general about one-third higher than the prevailing wage scale prior to the adoption of the j code." ? . PRE-EASTER SERVICES BEGIN AT CHRISTIAN # CHURCH MONDAY ?? Local Ministers To Preach I During The Week; Public Cordially Invited The pastor. Rev. C. B. Mashburn, , and the congregation of the local Christian Church are preparing .to make of the week preceding Easter SunHav. a week of observance of the events in the life of Christ during the last few days of his earthy life, leading up. to the Resurrection, which is celebrated by all Christian nations on Easter Sunday, which falls this year on April 21. The Sunday evening service pre ceding the Pne-Easter meeting, which begins on Monday, will be conducted bji the Woman's Council. |' The sermon on Monday evening at; the 8 o'clock hour, will be preach ed by. Rev. H. M. Wilson, Presby terian minister; on ^Tuesday by Rev. J. C, Wooten, Methodist; Wednes day, by Rev. L. R. Ennis, Biptist pastor, and on Thursday and Fri day by Rev. Mr. Mashbum. The Holy Communion service will be cele brated on Thursday evening. Sunrise, services -will be held at 6 o'clock Easter Sunday morning, with an Easter sermon and special music marking the 11 o'clock service. Ser vice . .at the usual worship hour will be? held in the evening. . The entire community is urged to take , part in these services, which are being planned with the Idea and hope that citizens here will join to gether in this .service of prayer,, praise and study of the Christ in the last week of his earthly existence. BERRY SHIPMENTS START Wallace, April 9.?Fifty-two crates of strawberries moved from here to day averaging $6.90 per cra/s. Due to the cold snap shipments were vmwYQA ratr
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