VOL, TWENTY-FIVE FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, \U* NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN
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New Mystery Elements
Enter HauptmannCase
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Hoffman Reported To
Have Confession From
New Figure In The
Crime
?Trenton, N. J., Jan. 15.? A report
emanating tonight from a high
source, but wholly lacking in offi
cial confirmation, said Governor
Hoffman had in his possession a
purported written confession from
a new figure in the Lindgerbh baby
slaying.
Neither Governor Hoffman nor
his press aide could be reached, but
this source said the governor had
made overtures to the leading offi
cials who participated in the cap
ture of Bruno Richard Hauptmann
?sentenced to be electrocuted Fri
day night?to serve in an advisory
capacity to study the value of the
purported confession.
If these advisers consider the
"confession" of value, it is said, the
governor will stay the execution
until a through investigation can
be made. The nature of the "con
fession" has not been indicated and
the name of the person involved if
nuw Miuwii,
A secret conference in New York
late today between Federal, New
Jersey and New \ ork officials add
ed to the tense feeling here that a
sensational "break" was imminent.
The conference was attended by
Colonel H. Norman Schwarzkopf,
head of the New Jersey state po
lice; J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the
Bureau of Investigation of the
United States Department of Jus
tice, and Lewis J. Valentine, po
lice commissioner of New "iork
City. They met in the office of
Mayor F. H. LeGuardia.
After the conference, it was said
no announcement would be made
until tomorrow afternoon, when an
other meeting will be held. None of
those participating in the confer
ence would talk.
Governor Hoffman, who has been
active in the case, and who made
a nocturnal visit to Hauptmann In
his cell recently, was absent from
the capital throughout the day. At
torney General David T. Wilentz,
who prosecuted Hauptmann and
who has been critical of Governor
Hoffman's activities, also was ab
sent from the capital. He left his
home in Perth A.mboy during the
afternoon and his destination could
not be learned.
The possibility that Governor
Hoffman had obtained an important
new statement from Hauptmann
himself, or from some other person
professing to have knowledge of the
crime, was speculated upon in the
light of the mysterious actions of
the officials.
Colonel Mark 0. Kimberling,
state prison warden, said today he
had not seen Hauptmann since last
Saturday ? the day the prisoner's
plea for a commutation of sentence
to'life imprisonment was turned
down by the state court of pardons.
He would not comment on the
significance of the fact that he has
not been making his customary daily
visits to the death house.
? MRS. ALICE JEFFERSON
TURNAGE
Pinetops, Jan. 11.?Mrs. Alice Jef
ferson Turnage, sixty-five, wife of
the late Henry C. Turnage, died Fri
day morning at seven o'clock at the
the home of her daughter, Mrs. M.
E. Lane, at Pinetops, from injuries
sustained in an automobile accident
Christmas Eve, and a subsequent at
tack of pneumonia.
Funeral services were held Satur
day afternoon in Pinetops at the
Lane home and interment was made
in the Fountain cemetery.
Mrs. Turnage, a member of i
prominent Pitt County family anc
possessing the attributes of a Chris
tian gentlewoman, was highly es
teemed in this section of the State.
She is survived by three daughters
Mrs. S. L. Parker and Mrs. M. E
Lane, Pinetops, Mrs. Earl Trevathan
Fountain, and a son, Floyd Turnage
Chapel Hill.
TO RELEASE TAXES
Greensboro, Jan. 15.?Judge John
son J. Hayes today said in U. S. dis
trict court, that tomorrow he wil
sign orders directing the return t
the textile mills in the State of th
more than $6,000,000 in impounde
processing tax funds which the corn
held while the constitutionality u
the taxes was being determined.
Judge Hayes declined to order th
return until he received a text c
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Them were SOS Poles and 31
Bonus Situation
Tokos Now Turn
Inflationists Revive
Campaign as Signs of
Veto Come from White
House
Washington, Jan. 15.?A furious
struggle to force payment of the
soldiers' adjustment service certifi
cates in "greenbacks" instead of
bonds was forecast by Senate infla
tionists tonight as strong indications
came from the White House that
President Roosevelt would veto the
compromise bonus bill.
A poll of the Senate by the Unit
ed Press, however, showed that
there are now at least 64 Senators?
more than the required two-thirds
needed?prepared to override a veto
of a bill stripped of currency expan
sion provisions. They included 48
Democrats, 13 Republicans, two Far
mer-Laborites and one Progressive.
In addition, five Democrats and
three Republicans who voted last
year to sustain Mr. Roosevelt's veto
of the highly inflationary Pitman
bill now are listed as "doubtful."
Speaker Joseph W. Byrns predict
ed tonight the House would again
pass a bonus bill over a White House
veto. ?- The attitude of the Senate,
it was believed, would depend upon
the bill's provisions to finance the
debt to the soldiers.
W. R. BRANN
W. R. Brand, 87, well known and
esteemed Greene County farmer,
died suddenly Sunday morning at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Z. D.
Cobb, near Farmville. Mr. Brann,
who enjoyed excellent health, had
been apparently feeling very well
| when he retird the night before, his
death occurring as he empted a pan
? of ashes and started in the doorsteps
of the home.
He was an active and faithful
member of the Free Will Baptist
churcn, attending services for milts
around each week of his latter days.
Last rites were held from the
Cobb home Monday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock and interment was made in
the family burial ground.
Mr. Brann is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Z. D. Cobb and Mrs.
Bennett Tyscn, of Fahnville, Mrs.
Mollie Gordon, of Oklahoma, and
three sons. WiM, C. F. and John H.
Brann, of the Farmville section.
State's Farm Income
IncreasedUnderAAA
During the two and a half years
of the AAA, the total increase in
North Carolina farm income was
more than $416,785,000.
This figure is the sum of the AAA
benefit payments plus the increased
valuation of farm crops since 1932.
In 1932, before the AAA, the value
of farm crops in this State was
$104,362,000, said*Dean I. 0. Schaub,
of State College, who had charge of
> the AAA programs in North Caro
lina.
? With the inauguration of the AAA
: in 1933, the valuation of farm crops
rose to $194,390,000. The following
year it climbed up to $262,973,000,
? and in 1935 it was $248,348,000.
> The total increase over 1932 dur
i ing the next three years amounted
to $390,625,000. In addition, the
i farmers cooperating in the crop con
l trol programs received more than
? $26,160,000 in benefits payments.
Up to September 30, 1935, the
benefit payments had reached a total
, of $26,159,193. Since that time other
. payments have been made, and yet
, others are now due, the dean pointed
, out.
The benefit payments, classified by
commodities, were distributed to
North Carolina farmers thus: to
bacco $14,515,189, cotton $10,689,540,
corn-hogs $848,005, and wheal $97,
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From the summer of 1933 up to
[l September 30, 1935, farmers in Pitt
? cbunty received a total of ,$1,222,
e 108.61 in AAA rental and ;benefit
^ payments.
? Payments to growers in Greene
county was $564,183.36.
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f BETHEL TAKES HONORS
In games, on Tuesday night, de
scribed as well played by both sides,
5 the Bethel boys defeated Farmville
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Production Credit
Association Meets
At the annual stockholders meet
ing of the Greenville Production
Credit Association, which serves the
counties of F*itt and Greene, held at
Greenville on January 11, reports by
officers showed that this cooperative
credit organization of farmers had a
very successful year in 1935.
The meeting was attended not only
by stockholders but also by many
farmers who are not members who
desired to acquaint themselves with
the credit facilities which the asso
ciation is offering to the farmers of
this section. An invitation had been
extended by the association to all
farmers to attend.
After the report of the year's oper
ations had been made by J. C. Gallo
way, secretary-treasurer of the asso
ciation, the report being illustrated
by charts, showing how much busi
ness was done, how much it cost to
run the association, and how much
income was received, the meeting
was addressed by Mr. Ernest Gra
ham, president of the Production
Credit Corporation of Columbia.
Mr. Graham said that be means ot
production credit associations "Far
mers have been able to reduce the
cost of making- and collecting loans
and by keeping the system on a
sound basis they can obtain funds
from nvestors at costs as low as those
available to any other industry. The
associations do not lend government
money but bring the farmer in touch'
with the investment market. As
they furnish credit to farmers at
actual cost they must make their
loans on a sound business basis and
they can lend only an amount which
may be repaid from the operations
of the borrower's farm."
The associations, Mr. Graham i
pointed out, charge 5 per centum in- j
terest and the borrower only pays
for the time he actually has the
money. The association, he pointed
out, is operated by the borrowers,
each borrower being required to take j
out Class B Stock in the association
equivalent to 5 per cent of the initial
loan and may obtain new loans in the
same proportion without purchasing
additional stock. The directors of
the association are elected by the
stockholders. More than 43,000 far
mers in North Carolina, South Caro
lina, Georgia and Florida financed
their operations with more than* $14,
000,000 worth of credit through .these
associations in 1935 as compared
with 31,000 farmers using $9,000,000
in 1934, a very substantial increase.
Another substantial increase in the
number of farmers using production
credit is expected in 1936, Mr. Gra
ham said, as more and more farmers
are availing themselves of the serv
ices offered by the associations as
they learn of the' advantages offered
by this permanent cooperative sys
tem.
Mr. Mack G. Smith of Pitt County
and Mr. J. M. Murphy of Greene
County, stockholders, made short
talks and expressed their apprecia
tion of the services they have re
ceived from the Association.
The Greenville Association made
531 loans for $223,515 last year.
The two members of the board of
directors of the association elected
at the meeting are J. P. Davenport
and G. L. Mewborn. Other members
of the board elected a year ago are
Dr. Paul Fitzgerald, N. F. Palmer
and Jno. R. Carroll.
Messrs. B. A. Pope, G. M. Britt
and J. H. Bobley, Pitt County voca
tional teachers, and their classes
were present. The vocational class
of Fountain under the direction of
Mr. B. A. Pope, instructor, presented
a splendid program.
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To Continue Collecting |
Taxes (>n Tobacco
By E. F. Arnold, County Agent
I have been advised from Wash
ington that in as much as the Kerr
Smith Act has not been declared un
constitutional, the Internal Revenue
Department will continue to collect
taxes on all tobacco for which taxj
warrants have not been written.
Therefore, it will be necessary
for all growers who have oversold
their cards to purchase additional al
lotment cards or else they will be
required by the .Internal Revenue
Department to pay taxes on all to
bacco sold during the previous two
years. The reef ore, when we resume
checking marketing cards and farm
ers ^receive notices to come in and
purchase additional cards to take
care of errors that were made "in
issuing tax warrants, they should do
so promptly.
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REV. WILDERMAN TO
PREACH HERE SUNDAY
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Rev. Wilderman, of Parraele, will
fill the appointments of Rev. H. M.
' Wilson, this week, preaching here on
Sunday morning and in Falkland on
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Landlord Slays
Tenant Farmer
Son of Tenant Seriously
Injured In Shooting at
Greene County Farm
Wilson, Jan. 15.?Paul Nethercutt, ?
50-year-old Greene County farmer
of Bullhead Township, was shot to
death and his son, Lyman, 24, waa ;
seriously wounded at their home <
this afternoon by J. F. Owens, their
50-year-old landlord, during an ar
gument over crops and the mov- ,
ing of the Nethercutts from the ,
Owens property. -j
Owens killed Nethercutt and shot <
his son with a .32 calibre pistol i
when, according to Owens, they
started toward him in a threaten- j
ing mariner.
The shooting occurred in the <
yard of the Nethercutt house and a |
few yards from a truck on which ,
were piled most of the Nethercutt j
household goods in preparation for j
moving away from the farm. -
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uwens wciu ? ...u ..... ,
house across the road after the (
shooting and was there when Sheriff .
H. K. Cobb of Snow Hill, arrived
with Deputy Sheriff F. C. Carrawsy <
and State Patrolman A. C. Johnson. ,
He did not resist arrest. j
Owens was placed in the Wilson ;
County jail and is being held with- j
out bond. ,
Owens told officers he went to (
the Nethercutt house to see about ,
them moving and that when he ap- j
proached the place Nethercutt told ,
him to "keep out." Owens went ,
into the yard. It was then that (
Nethercutt and his son adopted a 3
threatening attitude, according to j
Owens, and started towards him. ,
Nethercutt, Owens said, had a brick ,
in his hand and Lyman acted ai if (
he was going to attack him. 1
"Stay back," warned OwenB, who ,
said that Lyman had threatened his j
life two of three times beforn.
But, he said, the youth camJe right |
on and Owens fired twice, hitting j
him once in the arm and oncej in his ^
side. I
Seeing that the elder Nethercutt
had a brick, Owens shot at him (
and hit him in the head, killing him. 1
"I didn't mean to shoot him in the (
head," said Owens. I meant to ,
shoot lower." ,
After Nethercutt had fallen to (
the ground, Lyman kept coming to
wards Owens, the farmer said, even (
though he had been shot twice. 1
They fell into a ditch and tussled.
.Owens said that he hit Lyman with
the but of his gun until the youth
said:
"I'm through now." The boy's '
strength had seemed suddenly to '
leave him. "I'm through now you've ?
killed him." He pointed to his fa
ther as he said this to Owens. 1
Owens said that Nethercutt had 1
owed him money and that he had '
sold some of his corn and had not '
tried to pay the debt. *
Owens said that he carried the
pistol to the Nethercutt farm be- 1
cause of the threats of Lyman on 1
his life.
Lyman was taken to a hospital on
top of the truck that held the furni- '
ture of the Nethercutt family. He
was reported to be in a serious con
dition tonight.
farm Program
Agency Meets
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By E. F. Arnold, County Agent
Greenville, Jan. 14.?The Pitt
County Long Time Farm Program
Planning Agency met in the County
Agent's Office laat night There
were one hundred percent present at
(this meeting. The planning agency
lis composed of the following leading
farmers in the County: J. E. Wins
low, Chairman, John R. Carroll, Sec
retary, F. M. Kilpatrick, 0. M. Mc
? Lawhorn, W. R. Tyson, J. V. Taylor,,
i A. L. Woolard, R. L. Little, G. H.
Pittman. G. E. Trevathan, J. H.
Blount, J. P. Davenport, Alton Gard
ner, R. L. Worthington, John T.'
Thorne, W. H. Dail, Jr., and Roy T.
Cox. The following interested fawn*
ers were present: L. W. Cherry, ;J.
S. Fleming and C. A. Tyson.
The meeting was called for the
purpose of discussing the contem
plating resettlement work in the
County and to complete securing cer
tain information requested by the
Department of Agriculture.
Mr. George, with the Resettlement
Bureau, submitted^ certain types of
work the Resettlement Bureau de
sires to carry on in Pitt County and
requested the cooperation of this
Board. After going into the im
mediate work requested by the De
partment of Agriculture,,the meeting
adjourned subjbct to the call of the
County Agent
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Turkeys sold by Chatham County
farmers during the holidays season
brought in pi?re than $14,000 in cash
to the grower*
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Ul??lmtn8nlnr 1
Westminister
Choir To Appear
trlhrMefi
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The famous Westminister choir un
der; the direction of Or. John Fmley
vVilliamaon, will be heard at Memo
rial Auditorium, Kaleigh, Feb. lytn.
ihe North Carolina Music Festival
Association is sponsoring the appear
ance of this celebrated groupe of
singers. This concert will be one of
the high spots of musical entertain
ment during this current season,
dinging entirely unaccompanied, no
instrument of pitch except the hu
man voice. They protray nearly
every tone color possible to the'hu
man voice. , ?
Programs presented by the West
minister Chorus range through a
wide assortment of musical moods,
dramatic, sentimental, sombre, and
bright even to merry. Spirituals,
classics, and modernistic popular ar- 1
range men te are all included on their '
programs. , 1
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mere lorty-one singers ut vma
symphonic- chorus, and they are 1
everyone real singers. This groupe
are tuned up before-each concert
just as you would tune an orchestra.
I'he members of this unique organi- '
zation are not only singers but each
individual in this choir directed by 1
Dr. Williamson are, in fact, com- ;
plete musicians, each having attain- .
sd professional rating as a player of
either piano or organ. Perfect dic
tion, sonority of tone, flexibility of
rhythmn, vitality?these are four of '
the major requirements of good chor
al singing according to Dr. William
son and he demands this and gets it
From the Westminster Choir. His
idealism in accepting nothing less
than the best at all times from his
singers has made it the important
organization it is today, an interna
tionally famous groupe which has ;
won superlative praise from critics
both here and in Europe.
Every choir director, choir mem
ber, and singers of the calibre, who ,
love singing should especially hear
this concert and receive the inspira- '
tion and pleasure afforded.
Dr. Williamson is donating the !
concert to the N. C. M. F. A. All ;
the money will be used in the work
of the Association in carrying music
to the masses of North Carolina. A
wonderful program to hear, a great
jause served.
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Stresses Importance
Of Balanced Farming
The abolition of the AAA- has in
tensified the importance of ; a well i
balanced farming schedule on every
North Carolina farm.
The wide-awake farmer-trill raise
at home the food and feed crops
needed to supply his family and his :
livestock, said Prof. C. B. Williams,
bead of the State College agronomy
department.
He-will also devote a great deal i
of his land to soil-improvement and
erosion - control crops, Professor
Williams added.
Taking into consideration the un
certainty of prices which farmers
may get for their cash crops this
year, he continued, it would be most
unwise to specialise in the production
of cash crops, with the expectation
of buying large quantities of food,
feed, ^and fertilizer.
A general increase in the produc
tion of cash crops will no doubt low
er the price to such an extent that
farmers' cash incomes this year will
be rather limited, the professor de
clared.
In view of this, it is essential that
the farmers plan every way possible
to reach a state of self-sufficiency,
he added, so as to reduce to a mini
mum the things they will have to
buy with their limited cash income, -
Every farm should have a year
round home garden with a large vari
ety of vegetables. There should be
enough grain, hay, and pasturage to
supply all the livestock with a bal
anced ration. v
Soil-improving crops Gke cowpeas,
soybeans, velvet beans, and lespedeza,
plowed under at maturity, will build
up thel land and at the same time re
duce the amount of fertilizer needed.
First plan''for the food, feed, and
soil-building- crops, Professor Wil
liams, urged, then more or less as a
side line, arrange for the production
of some cash crops.
HOBGOOD-TUGWELL
The wedding of Miss Carrie Mae
Tugwell and Mr. William Redin
Hobgood, of Walstonborg, was quiet
ly solemnized on Monday morning,
December 23, in Greenville,, according
to announcement being nude here.
Mrs. Hobgood is the only daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tugwell, of
Walstonborg. . >
Miv Hobgood is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Hobgood, who live near
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Delegation Confsrs I
On Project In Pittl
C ounty Assurred of
Drainage Undertaking
Provided $50,000.00 Is
Furnished I
Raleigh, Jan. 16.?Pitt County yes-li
terday wag assured of a WPA drain-1
age project along Swift Creek, near!
Greenville, provided the county com-J
missioners will appropriate $60,0601
toward the cost of the undertaking.
The Works Progress Administra-1
tion will allocate $104,000 to theji
project and begin work around I
February 1, if its terms are met,j(
State Administrator George W. Coan, J,
Jr., yesterday told a Pitt County ||
delegation.
Affecting an area of from 25 to 1171 a
square miles, the drainage project I j
was commenced under the CWA. J,
program but was never completed. I.
The delegation appearing at the!
State office of the WPA yesterday L
in the interest of the project in-l,
eluded: W. E. Hooks, G. G. Dixon, I,
H. T. Stokes, J. B. Pierce, F. H.J,
Kilpatrick, J. H. Coward and P. R.
Taylor of Ayden; H. P. Quinerly, J. I.
R. Harvey, and Isaac Kilpatrick of|'
Grifton; S. I. Dudley, F. M. Woo ten J |
and P. H. Conley of Greenville; B. M. |'
Lewis of Farmville; G. S. Porter of J'
Chicod; and R. T. Cox of Winterville. J'
IN THE THROES OF REVISION ]
The FarmvillC Enterprise is in its j j
annual throes of revision of the j
subscription list and requests that I j
its subscribers be patient until it has)
been corrected.
If you have paid your subscription
and are not receiving the paper this
week, let us hear from you. If you
have not paid your subscription and
are still receiving the paper let us
hear from you. If you do not re
ceive the paper and are not paid up, 1
let us-again insist on your'letting us
hear from you. WE MUST HEAR
FROM YOU.
All AAA Payments
Will BaGompleled
All AAA benefit payments due
North Carolina' farmers up to Jan- 1
uary 6, 1986, will be paid, according
to ? word front Washington received
by Dean I. O. Schaub, of State Col
lege.
The treasury department has an
nounced that all AAA checks now
being distributed are good and may
be cashed at any" time.
The "dean could not say just when
checks for payments now due will
be dfstributed, as preparations for
these - payments had not been com
pleted at the time the AAA work was
suspended.
The tobacco -marketing cards used
during the past season had been
checked over at the state AAA tobac
co office at State College and were
almost ready to be sent to Washing
ton for final approval.
The marketing cards are necessary
in determining the ?mount of the
tobacco adjustment payments for
each grower, the dean said.
iThe state AAA cotton office was
making preparaiona for the cotton
price adjustment payments which
were offered to assure growers at
least 12 cents a pound for their lint
Dean Schaub expressed his belief
that some way will be worked out
for completing these and other pay
ments within a reasonable time .
? Farmers who kept faith with ?heir
crop adjustment contracts up to the
time the Supreme Court invalidated
the AAA deserve to get the payments
promised, the dean said, and the
government ? intends to keep faith
With these farmers. '
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Desverlkraiid Over
In TOd napping Charge
I Greenville, Jan. 16.?Donald Dea
ver, 28-year-old Raleigh man, waiv
ed preliminary hearing in mayor's
court here Wednesday morning on a
charge of attempting to kidnap the
two Children of B. V. Morton, local
business man, -and was cpmmitted
to-Pitt County .Jail to await trial in
Superior Court next week when a
term of criminal court will be held
here. Bond was set at $1,000, but
[Deaver was "tunable to provide it
me offered nof'teetimony at his pre
f Henry Gftba- of Dana, Henderson
[County, reports: killing a hog weigh
ing UtS gflK-aet and therefore
plains- produpig the largest hog in
Tobacco Grower May win
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Larger Sum InBefjfnU
Payments Greatly In
Excess of AAA Levels
Proposed Under New
foop Plan; Tar Heels
Attend Conference
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Washington, Jan. 15. ? Payments
to I tobacco fanners greatly in ex
ceae of those received under AAA
contracts are in contemplation un
der the soil conservation which th*
administration is expected to Spon
sor shortly. Sums have been tenta
tively mentioned which are nearly
three times the old payments, and
also include conditional subsidies to
the growers. '
A group of, Congressmen espe
cially interested in tobacco and
representing both flue-cured and
burley areas, today conferred with
J. B. Hutson, Jr., head of the divi
sion which includes tobacco, and
learn as much as possible about the
Other AAA officials in an effort to
proposed plan as it affects tobacco.
They left the conference fully
satisfied with the plan of the de
partment and eveolved a plan of
their own for financing it insofar
as it concerns tobacco.
The conference was arranged by
Representative Harold D. Cooley,
of North Carolina, a member of
the agriculture committee, who was
accompanied by Representative
John R. Mitchell, also a member of
the agriculture committee, and Rep
resentatives Braswell Been, of
Georgia, and Frank Hancock, of
North Carolina, who represent large
tobacco growing districts, but are not
members of committees which will
handle either the plan itself or the
means of financing it in its initial
stages.
"While all sums that may be men
Lioned at this stage of the program
are tentative, it' is quite possible
that flue-cured tobacco farmers will
receive as much as seven cents a
pound for keeping the conditions
proposed to be incorporated in the
soil conservation program.
That sum would be nearly three
times the benefits received under
the AAA, and those familiar with
the situation think that the larger
benefits would serve to offset the
loss of the Kerr-Smith act, which
furnished another form of deter
rent in the nature of a penalty tax
on excessive production.
It is not now proposed to have a
Reparate program xor tobacco or
any other commodity, and the plan
will require some form of pew tax
ation in order to- finance it, with
processing taxes of one kind or an
other generally regarded as the
most feasible means.
While means of continuing pay
ments for control of tobacco pro
duction were being discussed as a
result of the invalidation of the
AAA by the Supreme Court, the
legal consequences of the highest
tribunal's rulings were also receiv
ing attention. This centered par- ,
ticularly upon the proposition of
curbing the powers of the courts,
and brought an interesting observa
tion from one member of the Tar
Heel delegation.
In the opinion of Representative
Zebulon Weaver, veteran member
Of the House Committee oa Judi
ciary, there is no chance of enact
ment at this session of Congress
of any of the many proposals for
curbing the powers of the courts,
with the possible exception of a
measure to provide that lower
courts shall not pass on the consti
tutionality of acts of Congress, but
shall merely certify them to the
Supreme Court for determination.
"In my opinion, measure
has a great deal o|f merit, and
while I am not prepared to aay it, I
am certainly not prepared do say
that I yrill oppose it," said Mr. ?
Weaver today. "I think our com
mittee will give serious considera
tion to a proposal of that kind and
that there is a good chance of its
being reported favorably." ?
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FORD OUTPUT FOR
1^935 WAS 1,335,865 UNITS
- World production of Ford cars
and trucks in 1935 totalled 1,335,865
units, it was announced today at the
home offices of the Fotd Motor Co.
This compares with world production
of 855,037 units in 1934, of
more than 56 per cent, it was said.
Production of Ford units in the
United States and Canada in 1985
totaled 1,272,885 units, a gain of
667,447, or more than 77 per cent
over the 715,438 units produced in
1984.
The announcement recalled the
prediction made by Henry Ford more
than a year ago that Ford would
produce "better than a million" units
itn 1636.
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