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Benefit Payments Freed
For 50,000 In State
A - - - i mm B?ih?i?I mmm ??NF?i???
Crop Control Future
Shrouded in Doubt;
Farmers Meeting To
Map Courses
Raleigh, Jan. 8.?Shock of the
destruction of the AAA by the Su
preme Court Monday was eased some
in North Carolina yesterday by re
lease of thousands of benefit pay
ment checks which were impounded
immediately after announcement of
the decision in Washington, but the
decision brought reverberations
tnroughout the State as bewildered
farmers and the corps of AAA em
ployes wondered "what nest?"
Dean L O. Schaub of State Col
lege, head of AAA in the State,
estimated that 50,000 checks were
being distributed through county
offices, and crop-curtailment con
tract signers were heartened fur-j
ther by the statement of Dean
Schaub that he had reason to be
lieve they would receive all bene
fits dus them up to January 6 of
this year.
From 250 to 300 clerical workers
and AAA committeemen over the
State were abruptly without jobs
yesterday, and except for the dis
tribution of benefit checks already
in the hands of county agents, the
AAA was in 3 state of suspension
hare.
Eighty-nine employes of the AAA
who had been working- in the Ral
eigh offices were the cotton,
wheat, tobacco, rye, potato and
peanut programs were administered
found themselves without jobs.
? ? I
.vDean Schaub of N. C. State col
lege announced the suspension of
all AAA work indefinitely, and
commented he had no idea what
.mould be done in regard to com
pleting "certain work in regard to
ihe programs which cannot well be
dropped indefinitely."
From agricultural centers came
f calls prompted by worry and
anxiety, and in Robeson county a
meeting of farmers was called for
Lumberton for this afternoon to dis
cuss the situation and possibly urge
replacement of the AAA with some
form of voluntary crop control.
In Mecklenburg county it was
planned to continue the series of
township meetings to perfect an or
ganization to have charge of the
cotton control program under the
plan of local cooperation and state
administration and AAA had plan
ned.
Although many textile leaders
were outspoken in their elation
over the Supreme Court decision
that killed the hotly-contested cot
ton processing tax, others were si
lent. There was little or no com
ment on the suggestion the industry
?withdraw from the market temporar
ily until the significance of the de
cision is understood folly.
This suggestion came from Dr.
Claudius T. Muchinson, president of
the Cotton-Textile Institute, and
Thomas H. Webb, of Concord, presi
dent of the American Cotton Manu- ?
facturers' Association, and W. M.
McLaurine of Charlotte, secretary
of the organization, excepted to at
rtend a meeting of the executive
?- committee and directors of the In
stitute in New York Wednesday
afternoon. <
The Mills were interested pri
marily in whether they would be
able to retrieve processing taxes
paid under protest and held ' in
escrow pending the decision.
in Nashville, farmers and busi
* Bess men met with County Agent
3 H. G. Wharton and dispatched a
plea to Cong i unman Harold D. Cool
i |y to "right the death Wow to farm
-?hope."
?? In Pitt County, a meeting 3ched
Bled to have been held in Belvoir
"Township yesterday to name cotton
eontrol committeemen was can
. celled. Committeemen in other Pitt
? townships were named last week.
The work of over the
7 tobacco marketing cards used dur
'tJag the past season had been almost
Completed before the suspension
'Wider came, said E. T. Floy*. State
?<#reetor of the.tobacco, potato and
x jmannt programs.
' ? ' The earda were to have been sent
<">4? Washington for approval m> that
, Aenefit payments on the 1986 tobacco
program could be completed in the
?mur future.
1b th* afttpi of J. F. Criswell
* of tiNt wh^f
' |Bld Hps > jHKtUOSy WOnWT
Thsoe"pimi*wit? WUrt offered to
amre .T_ ? mh
Sen. Bailey Sees
Agreement On
Cash Bonus Matter
Senator, However, De
clines To Commit Him?
self Pending Negotia
tions
Washington, Jan. 8.?Senator J.
W. Bailey today informed veterans'
officials that he believes pending
negotiations will result in an agree
ment on the bonus satisfactory to
the President, the veterans and the
Congress.
Senator Bailey, who opposed
bonus legislation in previous Con-;
gresses, declined to commit himself
at this time pending the outcome of
the negotiations.
"The low interest rates now avail
able to the government make such
a settlement far more practicable
! than at any time heretofore."
I The Senator addressed the follow
ing letter to Josephus Daniels, Jr.,
State Commander of the American
Legion, and Williams R. Banck,
Chairman of the State legislative
committee of the Veterans of For
eign W ars :
"I have your letter inquiring as
to my attitude toward legislation
iwith respect to payment now of the
veterans' adjusted compensation cer
tificates, and I am glad to respond
) as follows:
j "First, I am deeply gratified by
j the action of the soldiers' organiza
j tions in repudiating as unsound the
! Patman bill which the President
vetoed in the last session. This ac
: tion is an emphatic approval by the
i veterans' organizations of my course
in that matter.
"Second, negotiations are in proc
ess here which look to a prompt
and satisfactory settlement of the
whole matter of the certificates.
The object af these negotiations is
to contrive a plan satisfactory to
the President, the veterans and the
Congress, whereby there will be a
i minimum of delay in effecting cash
j settlement of the certificates. Should
I these negotiations succeed, as I be
lieve they will, I expect to vote
for the measure put forward in re
sponse thereto. Meantime, I shall
not take any step tending to com
plicate, delay or defeat the object
! of' these negotiations ? that is,
prompt realization of the cash in. j
satisfactory amounts by the vet-!
erans.
"I feet sure that it will be gen
erally agreed that such a determi
nation of this matter, satisfactory
to "the President, the Congress and
holders of the certificates, is de
sirable on many accounts, and is
especially to be desired in order to
avoid the embarrassment of a veto,
delays and disputes, and bring about
prompt realization of the funds in
many instances instantly needed.
"The. low interest rates now avail
able to the government "make such
a settlement far more practicable
than at any time heretofore. The
act authorizing the certificates con
templated the setting aside from the
general revenues of $100,000,000 per
year to begin with, and with an
increasing sum each year thereafter,
to mature them by 1945. Very likely
we tnay now meet the demands of
present payment by borrowing*
which will call for interest not ex
ceeding $50,000,000 per year?and
the remaining $50,000,000 might be
applied to annual reductions of
principal and interest. In this view,
the extra burden of immediate pay-'
ment would not be reflected in ad
ditional taxes until 1945, and by that
date would be reduced by from
$600,000,000 to $700,000,000, this, of
course, including interest cut off
upon annual curtailments." '
Farm Radio Service
Offers 1936 Suggestions
With the arrival of the new year,
extension specialist! appearing on
the Carolina&fttan Features radio
FjV . ' ' J. ^
program ary^nd^vgrin/.
and farm women to start 1$86 on the
right foot
PrnnnvSlln P P
UluOflVllfC II VI I
AssBBHtion To
HeldAitaual Meti
Will be Held at Green
ville in Gourt House at
10 o'Clock; Fanners
Urged to Attend
A very large cvrowd of farmers is
expected to attend the annual meet
ing of the Greenville Production
Credit Association, serving the coun
ties of Pitt and Greene, which will
be held at Greenville in the Pitt
County Court House on January 11
at ten o'clock, according to J. C.
Galloway, secretary.
At this meeting the annual reports
of the officers will be made and two
directors will be elected. One of
the speakers will be Mr. Ernest
Graham, president of the Production
Credit Corporation of Columbia.
Not only are all of the members
invited and expected to be present
at the meeting, Mr. Galloway said,
but a most cordial invitation is also
extended to all non-members who are
interested in securing short-term
credit for production purposes.
'Our association is anxious that
every farmer in our territory shall
have the opportunity of knowing of
the credit service which we have to
offer," said Mr. Galloway, "and we
also are anxious that they shall at
tend this annual meeting to see how
the business of the association iB
| conducted.
"We will have complete reports of
our year's work at the meeting and
our members will be acquainted with
all of the details of our operation.
It is the policy of our association to
keep our members thoroughly posted.
*?1 ?-1 urKi/*h
"We ieei pruuu vj. uic ..?
we have made in the two years in
which we have operated. Our busi
ness the second year showed a very
substantial growth over the first year
and we are anticipating another sub
stantial increase next year as more
j farmers learn of the service we have,
to offer." "
Dr. H. B. Mann, fertility agronomist
of the North Carolina Exepriment
Station for the past 15 years, has
resigned his position effective Jan
uary 1, to become affiliated with the
American Potash Institute with head
qyaiifers in Atlanta.
Work'On Golf
Course Started
Playground To Give
Employment To Fifty
Relief Workers For
Next Several Months
Although bad weather has inter
fered greatly with work here this
week on the golf course, a local WPA
project, a large amount of shrubbing
has been done in clearing of wooded
spots on the fifty acre course, re
cently purchased by stockholders of
thtf Parmville Country Club from A.
C. Monk.
The golf site, just a hundred yards
from the Farmville-Tarboro highway,
is pronounced as beautiful already
by enthusiasts, who talk of its curv
ing lines, gentle slopes and $MjELfill
ed dells, and the organization^ of
which George W. Davis is. president,
plans to make it one of thejUflat at
tractive playground? in section
J of Eastern North Carolina.
B. 0. Taylor, who is chairman off
the board of directors, is supeivising
the building of the course, with Loyd
Smith directing the laborers, " who
will number around fifty men from!
the relief list, when weather condi-1
tions will permit full operation.
The total cost of the course is to
amount to $10,000, the sum of $8,000
being secured in the PWA grant, andi
the remainder furnished by the stock
holders. y
_ Other projects submitted to gov
ernment authorities by the local com
mittee including a community house,
were approved but were doomed on
investigation due to the fact that
dp skilled labor was reported on re
lief in Farmvfile ,and so the remain
ing project, the golf course was
, grafted since common labor only was
bvidlsble.
W. J. ELLIS PASSES -
W.J. Ellis. 63, died st his Jmrne to
- Fountain township Thursday. Last
d*f
?Rev. L. E Manning, Free W1D Bap
T^Bob, and Earl H^Tof
Bank of Farmvflle
Stockholders Hold
Annual Meeting
A. C. Monk Elected
President to Succeed
R. I* Davis; Mr. Davis
Requested That He Be
Relieved of Active Du
ties Because of His Age
and Health; Bank En
joys Prosperous Year
i
Reviewing the activities of the
Bank of Farmville during 1985, the
stockholders in their annual meeting,
held on Thursday of this week, found
conditions to be the most satisfactory
in the history of this useful institu
tion, and the yearly report, submitted
by the cashier, D. E. Oglesby, was ac
cepted with favorable comment.
The cashier's report stated that
deposits had reached the highest
figure in the history of the bank;
that the bank building cost had been
gradually reduced from $152,500 To
$25,000, the sum of $10,000 having
been charged off during the past
year; that a 6 per cent dividend
had been paid, and that a substantial
sum had been edited to undivided
profits account.
The stockholders, in the form of a
motion and vote, thanked the officers
of the bank for the successful opera
tion of its affairs during the year.
Following this meeting, a meeting
was held of the board of directors,
[composed of R. L. Davis, F. M.
Davis, A. C. Monk, J. I. Morgan, W.
A. Pollard, Sr., C. 1^ Hardy, J. O. |
Pollard, D. E. Oglesby and T. E. j
Joyner, the last named being thei
new member of this group. |
| Mr. R. L. Davis, president, re
quested at this time that he be re
lieved of active duties in this posi
I tion, which he has filled so efficiently
[and ably since the organization of
the bank in 1904, due to his health
and age, and with regret, expressed
by various members, his resignation!
i was accepted and the name of A. C.
I Monk placed in nomination.
Mr. Monk was elected as president,
J. I. Morgan reelected as vice presi
dent^ D. E. Oglesby, cashier, and J.
M. Stansill, and J. L. Walker, as-1
sistant cashiers. |
Mr. Davis was elected chairman!
jof the board of directors, which of-j
fice he accepted, stating that his In
terest in the bank will not be lessen
ed in any way and that he will con
tinue to assist in its operation. j
LAND USE
By L. C. GRAY,
Assistant Administrator,
I Resettlement Administration.
(Article No. 3)
I ? I
Editor's Note?The old frontiers are|
gone. There are no longer vast
acres of new land on which a grow
ing nation can settle and expand.
It is now up to us to conserve and
develop wisely the land which we
have. How this can be done is
described by L.- C. Gray, an au
thority on land use, in a series of
three articles, of which this is the
first.
i
It is obvious that poor farm fami
lies, vainly trying to make a living
on unproductive land, suffer from
their own misfortune. It can be
demonstrated, however, that these at
tempts to use land for purposes to
which it is not suited also cost the
taxpayer money.
If a farmer cannot make enouge
off his land to provide sufficient
food and clothing for his family,
there is bound to be very little
money for taxes. This is evidenced
by the fact that large areas of'l^fcd
[are tax delinquent in regions where
{ land is being misused. Poor land
in farms cannot pay taxes. Idle,
cut-over forest land, where fires have
* . i
prevented reforestation, also produce
little if any revenue that will pay
taxes. .
Yet roads and schools must - be
kept up wherever there are people
living. Roads and schools form-,the
major part of the expenses incurred
by many rural towns and counties.
Persons living on good land are forc
ed to make up the deficit incurred
by the tax delinquency on poor land.
Studies of this problem have been
made by the Resettlement Adminis
tration in cooperation with several
state agencies. In one place twenf?
eight families were found, which cost
the county about $188 per year each
to transport their children to school
Each family paid an average of Onljr
$6,40 in taxes. brother words,t*x
? fcS tTtok^LSt^ 00C^7*%
their pockets in order to carry t^Mfje
tion to this expense.
In another state, it was estimated
that more than $7,000,000 was spent
on relief, private charity and uncol
lectible loans given out during four
years to farmers, most of whom lived
on land that could never hope to
yield them a living. Taxpayers, and
the people who supported private
charity, were therefore practically
subsidising these families to stay
on land where they would never sup
port themselves.
The land utilization program of
the federal government is aiming at
a correction of . these conditions by
helping these families move to good
land, and by putting the poor land
to some use for which. It is fitted.
This may be either forestry, grating
or- other forms of conservation.
Taxpayers in every rural county in
the United Atates have a deep in
terest in promoting a wise uae ot! all
-the land-in their county. Wise ac
tion may save many thousands of
dollars.
'
' .It does not aoem practical to estab
lishastaadf of pine by sowing seed
in an open field, reports Extension
Forester*. W. (prober, study
M(l 1 jlaniji nutgal fj. nn
mg seveimi sucn uemonstrauons
Governor Asks
?' ? - ....
Critics To Bo
Mora Specific
Defends State and Na
tional Administrations
In Speech at Greens
boro ^
Greensboro, Jan. -8. ? Governor
Ehringhaus, speaking at the Guil
ford County Jackson Day dinner
here tonight, reiterated the challenge j
flung by President Roosevelt to
critics of the national administra
tion and went further to demand
that crit&s of the State administra
tion also be specific in their negative
attack upon it.
"Our party is fortunate to have
as it chieftain, its first counsellor
and its dominant influence, a leader
who embodies a happy combination
of the outtanding characteristics
of both. We hail and acknowledge
these in the magnetic personality of
Franklin D. Roosevelt," the Governor
(8aid.
"Whether you agree in entirety
with those measures which are or
dinarily grouped and referred to
as the New Deal, whether you favor
the continuance of this or that ex
periment or expedient, whether you
cherish the notion that here or there
the inevitable results of human
frailty in concept or execution have
manifested themselves, there are cer
tain fundamentals which must be
accepted by all fair-minded people.
"In all that has been envisioned
and enterprised the motivation has'
been the general good, the constant
* *- f i. A.
oojective an improvement in toe
condition of the strong, and a desire
to gather up the fragments of a civi
lization which was fast crumbling
under the force of a depression and
remould it 'nearer to the heart's de
sires,' " the Governor declared.
"If, therefore, the rigidness of con
stitutional provisions prevents the
continuance of a national enter
prise designed primarily to make na
tion-wide improvement in conditions
of labor, or give to the tiller of the
soil a fair measure of return, does
it not behoove us to exercise our
hearts and our minds to Interpret
these ideals if possible through other
methods?" Governor Ehringhaus
asked.
"In the words of the President,
'we have been specific in our affirm-'
ative action; let them be specific in1
their negative attack,'" he said.
The Governor recounted various
accomplishments of the State ad-'
ministration in the form of ques
tions as to the negative attack its
critics might raise. Closing these
questions, the Governor referred
without mentioning its name to the
sales tax and asked, "Will they
abandon the tax (even the disagree
able and disliked tax) necessary to:
carry on present efficiency without
presentng and' securing an ade
quate substitute? And since we have
been specific, may we ask what'
substitute tax do they propose for
such as they would abandon,"
The Governor said he had sought
but one office, and had sought to
"carry on in that in a way which
would serve the best interests of
the State as a whole."
"I stand tonight for Democracy,"
he said. "I pledge to the party ait
unfailing loyalty. I promise you
Young Democrats and I beg that
you too pledge in the future as in
the past to follow the leadership
and example of 'Old Hickory,' An
drew Jackson, whose virtues we
celebrate, and see to it that always
we are fighting for, not against?
Democracy."
Reports Refusal j
By Alpine Troops
To Obey Orders
Two Soldiers Said To
Have Been Killed In
Sooth Tyrol Mutiny;
Balked At Leaving for
Front In Africa ,
London, Jan. 8.?Two Italian sol-1
diers were killed and several wound-1
ed tonight when their officers open-1
ed fire on 600 men of the Italian I
Alpine regiment who refused to en-l
train for service in Ethiopia, the!
Daily Telegraph's correspondent at|
Innsbruck reported on reliable in-1
formation from Merano, South Tyrol. |
The Alpine regiment, comprising J
17,000 men, was ordered to Ethiopia!
several days ago. Advance units al-l
ready have sailed for East African |
duty.
When the troops were ordered tol
parade, only 18 responded, the dis-l
patch said, while the remainder!
adopted a threatening ettitude and!
tore down several bayoneted pic-1
(tures of Premier Benito Mussilini. I
Officers reportedly announced I
that dissenters would be taken I
aboard the train under escort, and!
then were forced to fire to have!
their orders obeyed.
At the station, men threw down!
their equipment and shoulted in-1
suits at Mussolini and condemned I
his east African war, the report as-1
serted.
It is reported that 1,650 recruits!
already have fled from South Tyrol?I
former Austrian territory which I
was given to Italy by the treaty of I
Versailles?to Germany and A us-1
tria.
A dispatch from an Innsbruck I
news agency confirmed trouble be-1
tween Italian officers and men, and'
' j
said the incident occurred Dec. 26.
This account, however, said that
only one officer fired on his men
and that a soldier striking his su
perior provoked the act.
Spears Deplores^,
Road Death Rate
Judge Says This Is One
First North Carolina
Should Abandon
New Bern, Jan. 7.?Sounding an
earnest appeal for stricter observ
ance of traffic laws and warning
that if the alarming highway (feath
rate in North Carolina is continued
it would soon not be safe for any
motorists on the roads, Judge Mar
shall T. Spears, of Durham, new
Superior Court jurist, made his
first charge to a Craven grand jury
here Monday in opening a week's
criminal term of court.
North Carolina has many "First"
records to which it may rightly
point with pride, the judge said, but
the State ought to be ashamed of
its first ranking in highway death
rate among all states of the union
as based on gasoline consumption.
There were 1,100 persons killed
through motor vehicles in 1935, he
pointed out, an increase of 11.6 per
cent over the 986 killed similarly
the previous year, ,?
One of every three persons so
! killed in this State was a pedee
I train, the judge pointed out, as com
I pared with one of every two per
- --- * - *?' ?< _ i n. _ a
sons so killed in tne umiea stares.
Of the North Carolinians killed as
pedes trains, 30 per cent were walk
ing along the highway's and 34 per
cent were children ! playing on
streets.. There facts, he said, call
for greater vare on the part of all
citizens, with walkways construct
ed along congested .highways and
with playgrounds arranged for
children's play.
. Judge Spears gave a careful defi
nition . of the capital crimes in
North Carolina, and called specific
attention to duties of grand jurors. 1
PRESBYTERIANS IN
SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN
The Presbyterian Auxiliary is put
ting on a magazine subscription this
week; and will appreciate renewals
held by citizens of the community
until called upon, or If subscriptions
lave already expired a ready re
sponse will be given a telephone ring
to Mrs. J. M. Hobgood or some other
member of this group.
Theo Empie of Bladen County has
started 170 toys on feed for the
Roosevelt Says Popular
Government Big Issue
? ; ,, . l-t ' '?
President Carries Ap
peal Beyond Party
Lines lh Opening Cam
paign for Democrats;
Makes His Address at
Party Gathering Stag
ed At Capital
Washington, Jan. 8. ? President
Roosevelt, clearly aiming across par
ty lines, tonight formally opened the
Democratic Presidential campaign
I with an assertion that "the basic
i issue will be the retention of popular
i government"
Referring briefly to the clashing
philosophy in the Supreme Court's
opinions on the overthrow of the
AAA as likely to reverberate for
years, and touching on the aims of
his administration in general, the
Chief Executive concluded: "We will
not retreat."
Speaking directly to a Jackson
Day gathering of nearly 2,000 Demo
cratic leaders and adherents who
paid $50 a plate for their dinners,
and by radio to hundreds of other
Democratic dinners throughout the
country, Mr. Roosevelt urged all
to get "at the truth" behind "the
smoke screen of charges and coun- ,
tercharges of a national campaign," j
Twice the President emphasised
that he sought to speak to citizens /
regardless of "political affiliations,'y
and once urged as 'essential" a/
"organization among all those, /
gardless of party, who believe
retaining progress and ideals." ' v.
Briefly referring to the Supreme
Court's AAA decision, the President
declined to say what would be
done. He promised, however, that
"justice" for agriculture would re
main an objective.
Mr. Roosevelt stressed the "two
momentous opininoe" of the court,
apparently referring to the ma
jority and minority opinions on
AAA and the philosophy of the
three justices who voted to uphold
as against the six who declared the
farm plan invalid.
In so doing, he renewed the em
phasis placed by others in the ad
ministration since the court's de
cision on the fact that the minority
opinion both hit at the majority's
theory of government and contend
ed that it had exceeded its power.
Here is the President's complete
reference to the AAAr
"I know you will not be surprised
by lack of comment on my part to
night on the decision by the Su- /
preme Court two days ago. I can
not render offhand judgment with- i
out studying, with the utmost care, !
two of the most momentous opin- /
ions ever rendered in a case before /
the Supreme Court of the United I
States.
"The ultimate results of the lan
guage of these opinions will pro-/
foundly affect the lives of AmeriV
cans fot years to come. It is enougi
to say that the attainment of justicf
and prosperity for American agir
culture remains an immediate an
constant objective of my administr?
tion." '
In the body of his speech, If
Roosevelt fram time to time-hit L
"musty reaction" and "outworn fc
ditionalist." He asserted that j
party of reaction" could "meet
temper of the people." /
Some observers who listened/
the Executive expected him, in
address intended for a party re
to renew emphatically the
slashes as New Deal critics em- ;
bodied in his annual message to j
Congress. ?? /?' .
'??*---? r? .I?,!* hviaf. I
xnsieau, mi. nuusomi ?????? i
ly on this line, and then in calmer/
tenor than in his annual message.!
The latter document was assailed
by Republicans as containing more
politics than recommendations t]
Congress. In it he hit at "en
trenched greed" and at the power If
said was si^ght by special intq
ests. K
,j<- i
! V QUINN-LEWIS m
Announcement has been made
the marriage of Miss Martha HoV
Lewis, daughter of Mr. and
Edward Harvey Lewis of Tan*
to Mr. Robert Carl QuifUl^M h
ville, son of Mr. and Mrs. I
Quinn of Raleigh, on Saturday
cember 28, in Tarboro. /
Mr. Quinn ia manager of
Farmville branch store of the!
The young couple have f
from their wedding trip, an\
living in the home of Mr. an\
G. M. Shirley, on Wilson std 1