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Mnsiill?? ?fe White House is get.! ting dsfly reports' froto various b<j-| reaus and Whfbrenees are bring! held with heeds of Federal" lending I and spending" agencies to rearrange! the New Peage financial house. The uStlfawtriu, ' Mr. Roosevelt! added, hatfe centered about: j 1. Hew iaridi mosey appropriated I or authorised for Federal bureaus I and unuifed dUnbe -cancelled. 2. Host much money could be saved by tgi'mming ? present authori sations or appropziatMtoa. 3. Re-exazninetfon of appropria tions which affect the bedget or the deficit. The first move ? in the program came last week when the Presi dent cancelled loan authorizations to lending agencies totaling nearly $1,000,000,00#/! These - authorizations, however, did^Hdt affect either the budget or the deficit. In cancelling the authorizations, Mr. Roosevelt said it was not a tightening of the government's purse strings. ?' The President today did not indi cate to" newspapermen whether he had a definite .financial goal in pros pect or how much money he intend ed to save. Earfiier, he was repre sented by Representative Adolph Sahath, (D-111) after a White House conference, as eager to avoid higher taxes now- and insistent that Con gress limit future appropriations to .necessary expenditures. Sahath and members of the House Democratic steering Committee which , *h6 fCVjfjwtu vup - . situation with Mr. Roosevelt and assured him that every effort would be made to expedite the Administra tion's program and send "Congress borne early. To this observation, Sabath said, the President said i "That's fine." The Illinois Congressman asserted tjiat the Chief Executive is work on a special report bringing the | financial condition of the various government departments up to date in connection with his estimate of relief needs for the coming fiscal yoar. The report, Sabath said, probably would be submitted to Congress in some form within two or three weeks. President Roosevelt did not in clude the amount he would seek for relief during the 1937 fiscal year in his budget to Congress. Secre tary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., subsequently fixed this figure at $2^)00,000,000 when he appeared before the Senate Finance Commit tee to estimate the effect of imme diate payment of the soldier bonus on government finances. The White House officially has never commented on the $2,000,000, <44 figure. Since presentation of the budget, Itapreme - Court invalidation ? of -AAA. and- ita action in - refund ing, moie tfiatt ffOOtfXXbOOt to proc-l - esasrs has scrambled original esti mates. In addition, Congress passed the $2^37,000,000 bonus over Mr. Raaaetelt's veto, further throwing " " ~ ? ? ? _ _ the i budget oat oz use. The comimttee, Sabath Mid, was chfcfly concerned over reports that COC activities woald be sharply ctufailed or that new taxes would b? called for to finance' this project. Deelsring that Mr.* Roosevelt had i?<i nd the group that work started ? by the CCC woaW be poshed to com pletion, Sabath said; "The President referred to the K' CCC as 'My baby/*&-ssft-nbthrag was going to happen to it." Sabath then added; % "Mr. Roosevelt said he was ame lon* to avoid hitler taxes and to ? - 1 ? that an STfWJtw CiJU J* iuowv j* psspriationa be kept within bounds. *?: Hh .wants the deficiency bills to be >>*?* as low as possible.'* - MBS. WILLIS HOSTESS A. lowly midwinter social event / h?* was the bcidga party, given by V MM W. X. Willis on Friday evening. . Cafe .flowers, potted plants and bridge dHLVHHvsMHw. 'wMVH^nv M^HEMW MHV Jlvs* -vaS ? .^^^5 *" _JI Sives Final Figares On Benefit Payments - ? Pitt County Farmers Received $751,302.03; Greene, $375,957.86 A final tabulation of AAA benefit payments shows that North Carolina farmers, received a total of $17,589, 400.46 in 1985 for cooperating in the crop adjustment programs. ; The money was distributed as ren tals on land retired from the culti vation of basic crops and as adjust ment payments to the farthers who limited the production of these crops. The payments in this State for 1935, according to figures announced by Dean I. O. Schaub, of State Col lege, were divided among the grow ers of various crops as follows: 1 *a0R0 09A91 iODacco growers cotton growers $6,717,981.05, peanut growers $813,904.11, corn-hog pro ducers $634,489.68, and wheat grow ers $63,804.81. Although this includes all the checks distributed during the year, Dean Schaub stated, it does not in clude all the money due the growers for their part in the 1935 AAA pro grams, as some of the payments are still due. Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, and other high govern ment officials announced shortly aft er the Supreme Court voided the AAA, that some way would be found to complete all payments due farm ers under crop adjustment contracts. The total payments for all crops lastly ear, divided by counties, shows that farmers in Pitt County received $751,302.03, and Greene County $375,957.86. Union County farmers who tried cotton of extra staple length during the past season are returning to tEe old established Mexican Big Boll with its medium staple of one inch to one and one-sixteenth inch. Revival Services To Basin Baptist CM Felt. 18 Dr. Johnson To Preach; Special Music Will Be Rendered By The Church Choir; Public Cordially Invited A series of meetings will begin in the local Baptist Church Tuesday evening, February 18, with Dr. Walt N. Johnson, noted Baptist minister, of Durham, as the preacher. Dr. Johnson, who is working in co operation with the General Board of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention, is an expert in. political and social economy, a pioneer in 20th Century Christian Stewardship, who is endeavoring to reinact a Christian Communism, comparable to that practiced by the Apostolic Church. "All who hear him will note some thing distinctly new in his message as well as recognise a flaming soul of spiritual fervour and passion," said the local pastor, Rev. L. R. En nis, in speaking of his friend. Special music will be rendered by the church choir under the direction of the pastor, at each evening ser vice period. Rev; Ennis states that he covets a faithful hearing of this distinguished minister on the part of the people of Farmville. The public is confially invited to attend the services, to be held twice daily, at 10:00 a. m. and 7:80 p. m., through Sunday, February 23. ONE MORE SNOW, SAYS AUGUST FOG STUDENT "SVjK- -?' '. j v ? Tarboro, Feb. 1L?You can tak< **? . if t -* XtT D OTUM.U (I W WVKU vi .^r . r ? niuvucm iw .ti that' there wont be bat one more snow this winter. Any .winter, says Mr. Writfieki who is renowned hereabouts as ai amateur weather prophet, has jail as sahy -snows as there were fog gy mornings in the preceding Aug ^ had tog, monmigs, by ..actual coast, he says t$e prciseai 's&ow is - the sixth Therefore, there will be one mom now and ooljF jpe more., If the United States weather bu Large Crowd Expected To Attend Concert Febraary 19th ' 11' i * ? ? ?? ? ? i 1 m Senator Norm Attacks Court's Decision On AAA Declares Congress Can Remedy Situation "If It Has the Courage To Do It" Washington, Feb. 12.?Defending the administration farm bill, Senator Norris (R-Neb) today attacked the Supreme Court for its AAA decision and said Congress could "remedy the | situation if it has the courage to do it." ? I The 74-year-old independent in a floor speech declared the tribunal's 6-8 ruling "cannot stand if our country is to live and prosper." He asserted Congress has power to I curb the court's jurisdiction Aside from adopting clarifying committee amendments, the Senate! took no action on the pending AAA! replacement measure. A vote is J hoped for Friday when debate will! be limited. | - - / I The administration bill would au thorize federal subsidies, adminis- j tered directed to farmers or to states, for curtailing major crop production through soil improve ment programs. Norris declared the court, "for all i pr&Ctical purposes, is a continuous constitutional convention." He add-[ ed: "The people can change the Con gress, but only God can change the Supreme Court." 1 Norris referred to Abraham Lin coln's criticism of the highest tri bunal after the Dred Scott decision and likened his own attitude on the AAA ruling to Lincoln's observa tion of the celebrated slavery case? | that efforts would be made to overrule the court along constitu tional lines. V Critics of the court may be ridi culed and run out of polite so ciety," said Noris. "That piay hap pen to me, but I am at least travel ng in mighty good company." Although not speaking on the farm bill, Senator Barkley (D-Ky) previously had referred to a state 1 * " T in/iAln fKflf mem jie avtriuumj vv mmiw*** the court had no right to ftterr.ot to settle political issues in the Scott case and the people had a right as "ultimate sovereigns" to work for reversal of the ruling. Just before it recessed, the Sen ate adopted a conferencet report and sent to the White House the Smith bill authorizing $50,000,000 for, 1036 ; seed and feed loans. The House i had taken like action earlier in the ; day. This figure was a compro mise between the Senate's $60,000, i 000 and the $40,000,000 voted by the t House. , Previously, another Republican farm measure made its appearance. Senator Carey (R-Wyo) offered a bill to reorganize the Farm Credit , Administration and place it under a five-man board, including the secretary of -the treasury and four * others to be named by the FTesi t dent The bHl was offend ^by re 5 quest" df the National federation of National Farm Loan Associations. >/ Norris said Secetary Wallace 1 might have been wrong in daeerib k hig the Supreme Court's older re funding about $180,000,000 of AAA - 'processing taxes as the "greatest r legalized steal in American history,* i hut: himself termed it "the great ?t?rt gift since God made aalvauon ? free." . .. He said the soil bill wotiid have - to be declared unconstitutional il 1 the coort adheard. to its broad rul t^^tkfMtory; to 4 any one member cf the committee,'1 ? be arid, "bat it it 'Jtb belief thai i if it is noesible to ret sonwthftn Raleigh, Fel>. 12.?The Wistminster Choir, which, has well been called "America's Good-will Ambassadors" "will give their first concert in Ral eigh, Wednesday night, February 19, 8:80 o'clock, since 1928 when they gave three concerts in ?he state. ?They have toured nearly every for eign country and most of America and Canada since that time, giving more than seven hundred concerts. They will only give four concerts in this state on this trip. Many of the High School Glee Club Directors have written Dr. John Fin ley Williamson, director of the fa mous Choir, asking Mnrto include cm the program to be given at Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh, some of the numbers to be used in the state High School Glee Club Contest at Greens boro this spring. Many oz tnese School Glee Chibs are attending with their entire group. Reservations for school groups have come front all sections of eastern Carolina. Many Church! Choirs with their di rectors and pastors are coming. One Choral Club from over one hundred miles distance, with a membership of thirty-eight has made reserva tions for the entire chorus, The in fluence of this concert can mean much to the church and choral mnsflc | in North Carolina. During their recent European tour and especially whJle in Russia, they played to audiences of not less than 4,000 With standees crowded into all available spaces. T%e Russians keen ly enjoyed the original American Negro Spirituals and the Stephen Foster melodies. The Indian music and traditional cowboy songs includ ed on some of the programs aroused great curiosity. Dr. Williamson reached his present eminence in the muse world as a director of classic choral music, but he has also carried the banner for American composers, and believes (in our native musical heritage from all its various strains. Write Boon-IMey Drug Store in Raleigh, N. C.,v at once for. your tickets. All the money above actual expenses stays in the state. Mutual Pact IsCalledUp French - Russian Assist ance Treaty Before Deputies Paris, Feb, 11.?France's mutual assistance treaty with goviet Unsafe intended to protect the two nation? against any German attacks, was called up for debate invthe Chamber of Deputies today on the question of ratification, > Approval of the pact was consid ered generally a foregone conclu sion. Rightist deputies, however, Indi cated they would attack the treaty with Socialist acceptance of the past depending on assurance that France would not be obligated to go to war automatically if Russia were at tacked. 1 The fact, a virtual military alli ance reuniting the World war allies, promises France the instant aid of the great Soviet army of more than a million men in the event of a Nazi attack. : Simihuily, France's blue-dad pei ne would cppas the Hhyne to fight If Adolf Hitler sent his troops against Russia/ 1 out of the chaos, this will do it'* He said the court used such broad language in its; AAA ruling that he doubted if the sfr jnstfces on the majority side reused yet ! If the decision stood, he asserted ? stores of laws passed in the last I 100 years WttflS to go by the jj boards, including those setting up ! and the ze^Gmuition bureau, as well u ?.- - - ? _ ? ? ? . Wm. H. Ms Certifyine Agent For Pitt County A! To Aid Welfare Super intendent in Certifying Families Eligible For Work on WPA Pro gram Greenville, Feb. 11.?With the establishment of Certifying services in all but four or five counties, ac cording to an announcement made today by Mrs. W. T. Bost, State Commissioner of Public Welfare, the certification of relief clients to WPA was set in motion this week as the field representative of the Public Welfare Department contacted, coun ty by county, the County Superin tendents of Public Welfare and the iiAwfi#tnn<v n rronf on/1 O/ttWaA/l fliatM V-ti f??Vf?v WM HH'WVH WWW as to eligibility regulations, Win, M. Perkins baa been np* pointed certifying agent for Pitt County to aid Welfare Superintend' ent, K. T, Futrell, in certifying those families who are eligible for the WPA program* Although the Impression is quite general that with the opening of these certifying agencies in the coun ty welfare departments, all unem ployed persons can be certified and immediately assigned to work, the real facts are that only those per* sons who were actually receiving direct or work relief between May 1st ahd November 1st, are eligible for certification to the WPA and other Federal programs. This means that the county welfare departments will be able to certify only a few of those now without work. Families who received surplus commodities only between May 1st and November 1st, are not eligible for certification, To date, no change hM been made to this ruling, Fami lies on rural rehabilitation between the two dates, who have been releas ed by Rural Re-settlement are eligi ble for certification to WPA. According to instructions issued there will be no CCC referrals until further notice. ? 4 Eastern Carolina is returning to the holding of swine feeding demon* strations to determine best method! of fattening hogs for market, School to Open ! Monday Feb. 17 Recording To Present Plans Work WIH Be Resnitte On the 17th; Parent* Are Urged To - Cooperate with Trucks With new blizzards sweeping the country and another cold wave pre dicted, Supt J. B. Moore, was re luctant to say positively that the local High School would open Mon day, 17th, but stated that present plans eaQ foy the reopening on that date, and unless further notice waa forthcoming work would be resumed them -? " v '< Parents are urged to either take .9. ? ? tit i . . . m . ? : it > . a+ tneir cmiaren to flcnooi or to tne highway in cases where the trucks find it impossible to traverse the reg ular routes. A rapid rise in number of flu and ?Mil poes is ?0*d-.in the town and community, and ctaditiohi among Illiispi1iiiiilif'li|faiii1i ml oi doors are hecoA#ijSMjrie<m serious as money tor sufficient 'fuel and food cannot be obtained.. The local relief organisation oon; tinues to appeal to cfebtens for a? sistanee in money, fuel and food to relieve theinppelling - situation ftdd tag here. llpl "? * *?'$$$*?? . - ? .. 'v-7-U*'-Vtj? r'-?: ?""I-"? Over $1,090,000 Allottedjo WPA Beach Project Assured By Grant; Several Arf mories May Be Built \ Raleigh, Feb. 13.?An additional allotment of 11,440,000 to the State Works Progress Administration, making a total of $9,700,000 received in North Carolina, was announced yesterday by Administrator George W. Coan, Jr. 1 With the funds so far made avail able, work can be / provided until^ April 1 for three-fourths of the average number of security wage workers employed by the program,1 said Mr. Coan. Only one-fourth1 oon ho minnnrtpH nntll .Tune 1. However, said Mr. Co an, Presi dent Roosevelt haa indicated that; additional funds will be procured for the WPA program. Steps will be taken to insure North Carolina itS proper share of the money, he added. Receipt of the new allotment of $1,440,000 guarantees the transient labor-behch erosion control project planned for the North Carolina coast and may make possible the construction of several National Guard armories. > Included in the new allotment is $800,000 earmarked for the beach project, scheduled to get underway by the middle of March. Administrator Coan has notified district directors of the WPA to select possible sites for armories where sufficient skilled labor is available or where local agencies will provide sufficient supplemen tary funds to secure adequate skill ed labor outside or renei roiia nnai decisions on armory sites will be made by the State office in co operation with- Adjutant General J. Van B. Metta, 1 A large portion of the new allot ment will be set up as credits to the various districts which have transferred funds from one project to another to avoid delays, said Mr. Conn, II Count; Project Giveo WPA Approval State Office Allots $50, 000 to Project to Drain Swift Creek Area Raleigh, Feb. 18.?A major under taking to drain a large malaria breeding area along Swift Creek in close proximity to Ayden and Grif ton in Pitt County has been approved by the State Works Progress Admin istration. The WPA has alloted $50,000 to the project, with the understanding that the drainage district will fur nish $50,000 to be made available immediately by the Pitt County board of cominissionen, said Ad ministrator George W. Co an, Jr, Work on the project will be com menced as soon as the weather clears and machinery can be moved into the bogged area. "? A delegation of Pitt County citi zens several, weeks ago visited the State WPA office in the interest of the project, which is being spon sored by the State Board of Health. Draining of the Swift Creek area was begun by the CWA but was suspended when that program was abandoned nearly two yean ago. A 4-H calf club has been organized at the Mills Home near Thomasville in Davidson County with the members owning 10 beautiful Holsteins. FEBRUARY BOASTS FIVE \ ' SATURDAYS THIS YEAR < : 4 . ?? tAU' New, Bern, Feb, 12.?February will . <S_J I .LI. J* ? t uuvw.jivw ottwiruuya uua yew, ior ; the first time in many years. The first of the month came on Saturday, i and so will the last day of the i' month be on SatU7day*< It is all due i to leap year, which brings 29 days tb February this year. Only seven times has this hap i pered since the new-style Gregorian i calendar was adopted in America i arid Great Britain in 1762. The ooaatenb, Were In 1772, > 181^: 1146, 1868 and 1908. It will i not happen again until 1964. and after that not until 1992. r ^ along . _ crops. ^ r * v. Committee To Meet In Greenville Monday To * Adopt Plan I I n ??; ,?v ? ' Greenville,'Feb. 11.?Establishment of a North Carolina branch of the American Farm Buraau Federation aa generally predicted today follow ing the meeting here yesterday of farmers at which time a resolution was passed instructing a committee to compare the merits of thp bureau .with other farm organizations exist ing in various North Carolina coun ties j ...The resolution does not specify ?.V.l f A P '? M . -? ??? . wuat organization TO establish, but does call for establishment of some form of union for the farmers. Edward A. O'Neal, president of the Farm Bureau, was the princi pal speaker at the meeting yester day and explained some of the work of his organization. In addi tion a number of conferences were held throughout the day with lead ing farmers from the Eastern section of the state. Those favoring a branch of the Farm Bureau declare they desire to set up temporary state organi zation and then start work in the various counties. Later a perma nent state organization will be es tablished. The meeting set for Monday at 11 o'clock will be open to any group wishing to explain the merits of any organization. It was generally conceded, however, that the com mittee would favor the Farm Bureau. It was pointed out that those favoring the Bureau were not fight ing any other farm organization, but wished to establish a branch of the Bureau in North Carolina to join other organized states in fight ing for farm legislation and in other work. Quality Tobacco Starts Tn Spa/1 Rp/1 A well constructed seed bed will protect young tobacco plants from disease and enable them to develop into Jiardy, thrifty specimens that will grow in the field. Dr. Luther Shaw, extension plant pathologist at State College, gives the following suggestions for tobacco plant beds:1 Locate the bed in a warm, sunny place With a southern or southwestern exposure. The soil should be loamy artd well drained. Do not place tne bed on a site where a bed has been within the past four years. ? Box the bed with planks extending six inches above the surface of the soil. Stretch wire across the bed, or place forked sticks in the ground, to keep the canvas from touching the earth. Or the bed may be covered with a thin layer of oat or wheat straw, with the canvas resting on the straw. When the weather will permit, roll back the cover for awhile during the day to give the plaits fresh air and sunlight. < It is better to have several small beds than one large bed, as this les sens the possibility of all plants be coming infected with disease. A hundred sou are vards nf ned nrill produce 10,000 to 15,000 plants. One ounce of seed' will sow 300 square yards of bed. Two hundred pounds of a 4-8-3 fertilizer mixture is enough for each 100 yards of bed Thoroughly mix it with the upper three or four inches of soil. Be especially careful to keep the beds free from blue mold or tobacco mosaic infections. This is import ant Dr. Shaw suggested that growers wishing mors information write the agrcultural editor at State College, for extension circular No. 207, "Ap proved Practices in Handling Tobac co Plant Beds," and for experiment station bulletin No. 207, "Practices Relating to Control of Tobacco Mosaic." LOCAL LEGIONNAIRES ENTERTAIN SONS At a dinner marked by wit and fun, and an address, relative to Youth, by Hon. John Hill Paylor, local legionnaires entertained their sons on Friday evening, in the Legion Home, with Post Commander, A. W. Bob hitt: M iMatma'ala* *!?? ? ---Tf ? Vi MIC W* casion. The prize, offered the Legionnaire bringing the largest number of sons, Was presented to Dr. W. M. Willis, who introduced his three boys, Billy, Tommie and Jackie, and prizes for speech making among the boys, went tp Marvin Horton, Bob Rouse, Frank Baucom and Bobbie Smith. In a short period, devoted to busi ness, the membership committee re ported a totaled si*ty-four names on the roster for this year, and bonus applications www delivered to vet erans, who had not flled their papers.