- - 'vv.r ?- ,. .. ~ - _ - V ffiitfaf BftimnUn . mw\ nBjBulOo Gees to Investigate Con ditions and Inquire Into Charges.FOed Against Governor of Island; To Visit Canal Zone Also. 9 United States Senator Robert R. Reynolds left Washington tonight for the Virgin Islands, an American possession, where he will investigate conditions and inquire into charges filed against Governor Paul Pearson before the Senate Committee on Territories and Tnaular Affairs. Senator Reynolds, who was nam ed by Vice-President Garner as a member of a sab-committee, was unanimously selected by the other four members of the committee to sit as a court because of his keen knowledge of insular affairs and his success as a Federal prober, an nounced he would start hearings at St. Thomas beginning May 10th. Federal investigators and attor neys have been in the islands for some time assembling evidence. Senator Reynolds will stop off at Asheville en route South. He is to J be guest of honor and principal speaker at the banquet to be held at the George Vanderbilt Hotel Satur day night in Asheville by those in terested in the development of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Governor Hill McAllister, of Ten nessee, also will speak at the ban quet A huge motorcade from all sections of North Carolina and East em Tennessee will bring guests to the affair. Senator Reynolds has maintained keen interest in development -of the Smoky Mountains Park project and he led the fight to have the Federal Government select the North Caro lina route to the park. Following his inquiry into umn in the Virgin Islands, Senator Reyn olds expects to proceed to the Pan ama Canal Zone where he will join with Senators Daffy, Bach man, Aus tin and Barbour as a sub-committee of the ih?1< Military Affairs Com mittee to probe labor conditions in the Canal Zone. The Senator is saving as chairman of this sub committee. Protection of the Canal is of growing importance due to the strategic military position of tins American "Gateway from Bast to West." Following completion of the Pan ama Canal investigation, Senator Reynolds has been invited to visit numerous Sooth and Central Ameri can countries as an "American Am bassador of Good Will" and to study trade conditions there which may prove helpful to the United States. He will make the tour of the South and Central American countries by airplane if he finds time to visit the Latin American neighbors. Daring his ehnence from the Na tional Capital, Senator Reynolds will continue to vote by proxy. He will keep in daily commnnication with Senate leaders,' the chairman of the various committees on which he sen** with those Senators who are handling various important national legislative bills, and his office. Prior to his departure Senator Reynolds said: ^ "Gtisens of North Carolina may rest assured that during my absence rim basin sis of my office will be conducted with the usual dispatch and efficiency. My secretary, Wos ley, McDonald, and the entire office! staff will keep me constantly advised on North Carolina matters and na tional affairs. As Ijun going on a mission delegated to me * ? ? - - ? - TO TI I skaB be privileged to use all oom laaniieffiin facilities far keeping my office. I deem this important guwsamint assignment a great honor for the State of North Caro Xf he hods time, Senator Reynolds plans to visit Puerto Rico to sound oat sentiment of the natives on the nhjert of their independence. Senator Reynolds has already a Federal prober at the Capitol, as tho result of his thorough inquiry I and 1^1 estate concerns. He also considering offering a Puerta Rican independence bill, coapled with a preferential trade agreement. Coincident with these interesting developments concerning United States southern poMMirioaa, Senator Sbeppard intimated he would seek early action on his bill seeking to limit employment in the .Canal Zone to American citizens. This measure, [pending since February 12th, pro vides that only Americana may be employed in or about the locks, docks, coaling plant and other facil ities under the jurisdiction of the Army and Navy Departments, the Panama Canal and the Panamq Railway Steamship Line, "if an; such occupations be of a natur. which would permit an alien to aid comfort or support an enemy in case the United States was involved in war." Senator Reynolds has been named chairman of the Military Sub-com mittee to inquire into the advisabil ity of this bill. PWA Seeks r More Labor Reemployment Office In Greenville Asks Peo ple On Inactive Lists to Renew Cards Because of the expected renewal of PWA activities, Mia. Ruby Allen, head of the Federal Reemployment Office of Pitt County, requested to day that all persons on the inactive lists renew their cards at once in or der to. be,, eligible for . work in the new program. Mrs. Allen said that although there are around one thousand per sons on the active list at.this-.timet there are numbers of others who have permitted their cards to expire and have been placed in the inactive file. With the Federal Government on the verge of a new construction pro gram throughout the nation, Mrs. Allen said persons desiring work should file immediately and be in position to take advantage of the new activity. . She also called, attention to a num ber of - positions for trained men in various sections of the state where construction projects are being con templated. Applications . for these jobs should be filed wkb the Secre tary of the Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, U. S. Engineer Office, Nashville, Tenn., on or be^ fore May 5, in connection with work of drainage and erosion prevengfgs and for flood control in Tennessee and Cumberland Valley. Projects will be created in several counties in North Carolina, it was said, and expert aid as labor, fore man, levee construction foreman, overseer, concrete foreman, construe? tion supervisor, general construction overseer, and foreman' an being of fered. Afrs. Alien aaid ?be,had been ad vised to canvass her files for people capable of fitting any of the abowe nosttbws and instruct them to obtain application blanks from the pqstr. office and apply for tikis post. : : :?: ? ? ? GARDEN CLUB PLANS SPRING BHpW '' The formation of plana for the.an* nual spring flow show, together with a diacaawm of flower shows in sen* eral, marked the_ regular meeting of the Garden Club, held Monday after noon with lira D. R Mom* ?Ami teas, the president* Mrs. T, p Joyper, in this connection appointing the folr lowing committees for-the local event which ia ^always anticipated^ ^ 86?VWl I riUlIWrMW imtiij wcswcr . w W I ? ?? - ' j SENATOR ROBERT R. REYNOLDS - I i . ? ? 1 . .es== EfflKCHCfMtf Given to Many Farmer, Farced to More With No Place To Go, Stumbles Into a Relief Office; Gets New Start Raleigh, May 2.?Many persons placed in unfortunate circumstances through no fault of their own, have been able, by means of the Rural: Re habilitation Program of the North Carolina Emergency Relief Admin istration, to better their condition and get a fresh start, .Mrs. Thomas CP Berry, State Relief Administrator, said today. The name is not used in this story for obvious reasons. A farmer stumbled into the relief office. "It aint right. Ain't got no where to go?nowhere to make no1 bread. I'm .outdoors. Somebody's got to help me now." Thus, began his plaintive story. He blinked hard to keep back thv big, husky tear which rolled down his weather beaten face. This was the begin ning of a moving story of distress, of discouragement, and of fear. His tremulous voice, his demeanor 'apologized for his unfortunate situ ation for which he was not respon sible and against which he was im potent Obviously, this man was not accustomed to relief. The client was literally outdoors. Outdoors with a wife and a baby seven days old and ten other chil dren ranging in ages from two to seventeen years. Without notice, the client's landlord ordered him to get off the place he had farmed the past two years. The client did not owe one cent of rent He had made, a good crop, had grown sufficient food and feed-stuff, and had laid adde a little money. He even was mm Mnf Rlifc hfl vviiuu^ w jfaj v ? ?- -? was ordered off the farm so that a relative of the landlord might have the eight-acre tobacco allotment on the place. The client had nowhere to go?it was too late to secure a good farm. He had no legal re course. He was discouraged. Up against these tremendous odds he came to the relief office as a last resort He had food and feedstuff and plenty of help, but no mule and nowhere to go. Through the efforts of the relief of fice and under the rural rehabilita tion program a sixty-acre farm with a tobacco, .allotment and ,an ajght room house r was -secured for* the cli ent He was approved in Raleigh and received a mule. The new land lord happy to get such an industrious man on his . place went over and moved-, the cifentdn. Today, all concerned are happy. The client is more comfortably and more conveniently -situated. With his vexing problem solved, the client ja-happy and contented and is vig orously going about the business of making his crop and becoming an independent farmer. He is happy now, thanks to the F. E. R. A.'a pro gram of Rural Rehabilitation. Tush fiwn " ToMid Clark Sinclair Agent Led Dis tributors In Both Caro linas Sales Lubri John G. Clark, Bsfahw ^ _ ? I ? ? I f ? ?" "? " "" " ? - ?" ? "l| Company's agent fob this territory, attended a meeting of agents and officials at Chf*"*** a few days itffeMpd much to bis smpris^was awarded a handsome trophy as first prize in a contest conducted by Sin clair for agents of the two Caro lines to boost sales for that com pany's lubricants. Mr. Clark was ' - - - * ? - AM-^1 I declared- to nave snown uie pen rec ord of any agent far the two states, ! and an otfdal of the company prp seated Jtfm with a large brans* Jumbo elephant Mr. Clark says that while he is very proud to huave wen the trophy, he hopes his Mends who happen to see it will not get the impression that;it ieat gift, frant the G. O. P ii i ABSENTEE ? This Legislative has turned thumbs down on every move to reform State-wide absentee voting. Th hue and dy among the lawmakers is that corruption in ab sentee voting is greatly exageratod and that it is a great blessing to many voters who otherwise would be iwfM* to cast their ballots. Nevertheless there has been more opposition to absentee voting in this legislature than in any of its prede cessors. The trend at present seems to be against this sort of ballot. I WARY?Senator Paul 0. Grady, of Johnston M an admitted candidate for-^lieutenantv Governor in the pri maries next soring, and was selected to preside over the Saute committee of the whole during consideration of the biennial revenue bill When the roll was called f un controversial measures the clerk slappea Senator Grady's name. Newspapermen noted this fact and called the clerk's hand. Whereupon, Mr. Clerk said he slip ped Senator Grades name "on por poee." 'TMf chairman of a commit tee has a right to vote on all ques mii oi'mf iiwiiiai