TOL. ' ' ' ' " NUM?? warworn
President Would Levy
Tax OnBigSurpluses
In Corporate Coffers
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iTopoflftsr swcejnasr kc*
viaea q? GorporafcoH
Tax Stpvctee to Boost
Federal R^vatue
Washiagtov Mmh 3.?A White
House proposal that $$20,000,000 be
added to cogpsrsie in&nlcjh sanaal
tax bill through a ovajor revision of
the federal revenue system today;
?tressed an obviously apprehensive
Congress to immediate controversy.
In a special message, President
Roosevelt suggested that farm re
lief and payeoeat of the hnaua be
financed from a tax on profits which
mcpotatimm- amass in then- treas
ons* as surplus instead of distribot
iog was dividends.
Later, speaking* te the - press, he
drew s broad distinction between
reserve**?to provide working capi
tal and cover depreciation of equip
ment?and' surplus, which he said
represented earnings, needed by the
mnalter stockholders; which should
be taxed or distributed.
Called an "EriL" .
Is both the memoes and-at-hut
preu conference, he- condemned the
accumulation oi andisCtttuted profits
as a method - of evading1 taxation. I
The message termed this an "evil*' J
that "has reached* dmtnrfcing pro
portions from the- standpoint of the |
inequality it represents and of its!
serious effect' en the- federal ieve-f
sue."
With some Democrats applauding!
?while others were openly critical*!
or frowning; with many Republi-1
cans frank in their denunciation; and I
administration leaders emphasizing
that the Presides fa plan- was only
a "suggestion,'* machinery was gear
ed for starting^ ?- bill through
Congress.
Even as a- vigors as row developed
on the House floor, the Ways and
Means committee, which will frame
the measure, relegated the whole
sabject to a sub-committee which
will begin its task tomorrow. Chair
man Do ugh ton (D-N. C.) said open
hearings before the full committee
mould follow.
t Unnt?nn . f It-Minn, i i
touched off an explosive floor in
tercharge with a critical speech.
Minority Leader Saell added a
caustic assertion that bat for cor
poration reserves, unemployment
would have beta greater. Representa
tive O'Connor (D-N. Y.) accused the
Kbpublicmm of already playing poli
tics with the tax proposal.
CaapM* Aaswsr.
Chairman Harrison (D-Misa.), of
thb Senate Finance committee, which
wiB-ta**-charge- of the tax btf*
When it emerges from the House,
tensed the menage a "complete
answer to those who- have been
shouting about unbalanced budgets.1'
He hoped they would "cheerfully
pay their share."
Mr. Rooeeveh suggested that he
present' corporation income tax be
replaced by a graduated tax on
future undistributed profits, which
some dose to the- administration
thought might An from 26 to 41)
per cent, and average 33 1-2. >
This would have the effect of
driving such profits out of corpora
tion treasuries and into the hands
of stockholders, which might pro
vide funds for reinvestment, pro
duce a mora rapid turnover of
capital and, most important, would
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make these rands suojeci u> ox*
atioEL 1
The stockholders, would be re
quired to pay the nonnsl income
tax rate of four per cent and the
surtax, a rate increasing with the
sue of his income, on money tins
received as dividends. At present,
he pays only surtax on income from
dividends.
By repeating the present tax on
corporation income and certain
other corporate levies, the Treasury
would lose- a year,
vfcfle the new program would pro
duce shout *1,820,030,000, the Pru
dent est fmsfied,
Tam 12CTUHKS
Bit. S. L Isbeil of Lenoir, N. C,
wQt speaks his tmb thsoach the
Holy the Fhamrflte Christian
ebareh Sandsy, March 8th at 7M
p. m. He wiB also speak at the
Farm rills Heabytarisa dmxeh Mon
day, March 9th ah ?:? > bl, on his
ly trasalsd soaatehst
the fhrwriOa male
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ahmhsasms* ?
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IN BALANCE
Washington, March 3. ? President
Rooaevalt, in hia tax menage today,
reiterated hia contention that "with*
out tfa* itema for relief?' his 1966
37 budget wee in. balance
He added, however, that the fis*
prerar Court's JULA. and rice miliars'
decisions, and passage of cash bonus t
payment legislation, had "adverse^
affected" the budget for both
current and coming fiscal years tM 1
follows: v
Deficite to date throagfc expendi
tures chargeable to processing taxM; 1
less processing taxes collected, |28?r 1
oooooo ' 3
m
expenditure* iox rcw
bursing fanners for performance* !
under 1986 AAA-ctmttacts ptiot to 1
invalidation, $296,000,000. . 2
Estimated expenditures under the
new soil conservation-snbudy Mil,
1440,000,000. . j
Annual cost of boon* payments for
nine years, $120,000,000. J
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Strong: Program
Banned For
Farm Broadcasts I
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With spring closing in fast, farm. (
people are beafly engaged in prepar-'
iag for the new crap year.
Realizing this, specialists at Stttt* .
College are advising growers over
the Carolina Farm Features radio j
program as to the proper methods of
planting and caring for the crop*.
These fans broadcasts are heard
each week day over a number of
North Carolina - statin* *
One of the Most important tasks
at this time of the year is the start- 1
in* of baby chides. Mr. C. F. Par- '
rish, extension peultrym&n, haa pre
pared a -talk on "The Feeding, Care, 1
and Management of Baby Chicks," 1
which he befiewes wiH be of much
help, to the raisers. The broadcast j
will be heard on Friday.
On Saturday Dr. G. K. Middleton,
of the Afrricultaral Experiment Sta
tion,' will be on the air with a discus
sion of "Corn Production in North !
Carolina." He will place emphasis 1
on the best varieties for the different
sections of the state. *
Officers Break
lip Tehees i
Theft BHtf;
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White Man. T5sw>v
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Negroes Sentenced In ,
Greene County Court 1
Snow Hill, March 4.?Operating J
in thi? section of the State for the ?,
last eight or ten years, according
to Greene County officers, three
white men and two Negroes a to- (
bacco stealing ring were found (
guilty in Superior Court here dur
ing the criminal term that ad- |
journed Monday.
"The gang has been stealing to- i
bacco throughout Wilson, Greene t
and Pitt counties for "the last ten i
years, and headed by a white man, ,
had a regular organization," said
Deputy Sheriff F. C. Carraway of ,
Snow Hill, who arrested the men ,
over a period of several weeks. ,
Ruffin Seamster, white leader of (
the gang, waa sentenced to six ytfln i
in State prison by Judge FrizzeUe,*
while Claud Wflliams, Negro, was
given the aame time on the roads,
and Otgar Joyner, Negro, and Geroge \
Brand, white, weA given ooa and <
two years, respectively, on the roads.
B. O. Robinson, white lieutenant ,
of Seamster, was given a five-year
suspended sentence by the judge on
condition that he waa not to take a
drop of whiskey for that period.
The ease Jesse lunar.
Negro, who hid tamed State's evi
The ris vm charged with lnrt?
ing end entering, larceny and tea*
ipiracy. ' . :V;
Deputy Carraway said Monday
that there were aevarml of the gang
*01 at larg* but that he expected
to dean up the net of then to toil
near future. . .
"The stealing of tobacco in 'thia
said Carraway.
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Tboee wtog the TVA phoapato in
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Matins
TirlMMif lj
Expawl Business
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Tells Repartees How
. Wealthy.) Stockholders
CanHoardPrnfitB'
W?hifgto>. f
Mmrtt' UH&fcWt eriaa*tf thai
hi*' ptupoaad tax on undivided cor<i
ptettlotftttftiate* would''Imp \A
cruel btaden oh h&sisess with tM
?Utoment' that It would expend
QVQC
PbUr hour* afttfr he had suhmH
ted hit - tax- meeaage to Congieas,
tho-mmluit patiently? explained to
newspaper -how -the
ureaefit iwtamnl manui- lgari- oor
crate .to .benefit the wealthy jtBofe
beliew etthe cxpeaee of tbeleee
fortunate.
Girae Lecture.
Hr. fiooeerett begatt hia lecture
in tax eeeaoaica to the reportera
with the warning that corporation
raaei-v? should'net be coufObed
eith corporation aaiphisoei Any
corporation, he explained, has - the
tegaL. tight to set aside a certain
MDWUt ol its earnings for expanJ
pion, depreciatum, ate.
He toek a hypothetical case in
whfcfc he-and the reporters contmfi
sd-fl~##r??ot' af the stock of a
corporation, vdiile-160 other stoct
bdlder* controlled the other 49 per
sent When it'-cane time to pay
flsidswdiy Mir/ Jbonaevelt went on;
be and the reporters, having other
lonrces of income,. decided to take
the money that could have been pldd
in dividends and expand the plant or
put it the corporation's surplus fund.
This; the^Ptaeidant- ohsireed,- is
lot fair to the other 160 stoclchald
;rs in a 'iass fsjtunlhe position who
mold hive used the dividends. A
nere equitable way ef-haJdfing tMe
irbblefci; he continued, would be to
pay oat the nfet ?uitogi in dhd
lends and then invite affluent stock
lolders to purchase additional stock
for expansion purposes.
In many instances, Mr. Roosevelt
aid, snail controlling groups have
prevented - disbursement of net earn
ings in dividends in order that more
rash might be available to expand
he business. If a corporation has a
roge undivided -surplus and distrlb^
itea it to stockholders, be explained,
the proposed tax would not apply,
hi tfcht casr, the government would
ret atfftrt of thesnoney through tax
ngrthe divfddWs*n:tlitil by indivi
iuals.
In addition to incroasing the pur*'
rhnang power of stockholders anil
dills encouraging an expansion oft
trade* Mr. guniili said the pro
posed corporation levy likewise
would operate to prevent needless ex
pansion of some corporations tempt
sd by vast stores of undivided
wealth.
Farm Work Is Good
For Foaling Mares
More colts will be born in North
rtiwtliM iliii innViir dim at mv time
taring the past 10 years, said R. H.
Ruffner, head of the animal hus
bandry department at State College.
- A renewed interest in horses and
moles has spread over the State, he
?aid, and the high price of good draft
animals has induced many farmers
to breed their own wotkatoek.
The foaling mare does not need
to Up* a great deal of time from her
work, Ruffner .pointed out. hi fact,
ordinary farm work is 'the best ex
erdy da can get prior to foaling
that
He reeoinnModsd that she'work up
to the day she drops hpr colt, then be
pnm an eight-day Mfb After the
rest, it is better for her and the colt
if she retains to work.
If I* some reason howigsrer, the
dam and foal are not doing well, it
may be heel te. prolong the rest
parifd. Meanwhile, endeavor to as
certain the trouble and correct it as
quickly as possible.
Before the colt is dropped, feed
the man an abundance of legume
hay. A 1,200-pound brood mare at
fans work should get a grain ration
rnmftH?K of 6 po?* <f earn, ?
pounds of oata, and *8. pounds of
wheat bran per day.
The int two da7? oftor the colt
JhBHr naah moraine and tdght, Pro
wwnoraffflBi a
V IHI wHIlf
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J. P. Owenc Sentenced
To Term of7 to ? Yiears
ForShcoting Tenant
Snow Hill, March 3.-nA. F. Owens,
Grtene county firttfef, Whs sentenced
ftom awssttteoineycara in the Sthbe
Prison Ante* f. Baal FritxeBe
early this morning when /a juty
Which hied deBhei'Sted fer an hour
anti whatf fonnd him gttiity of raato
idiillfKipr in-ithe death of Paul NetB
eMWt^ h'WnaaV and of assault with
Nethencufs son, Lyman.
* Five hundred or, more persons
Were in the court room when the
jury brought in ita verdict It had
Men expected momentarily since
midnight when the twelve men, an
hour after- having received the
eeurt'r-charge* came back for minor
instructions.
?? At 12il& the jury brought in ita
verdict of guilty of manslaughter in
the case- involving e Nethercrrtt'i
death but had misunderstood the
charge in relation to the shooting
of the younger Nethercutt. In this
ease prayer for judgment waa con-)
tinned.
| Upon the court's order to de
termine the guilt or the innocence
of the defendant aa to assault with!
a -deadly weapon or assault with ini
tent to kill, the jury deliberated 20f
mtnntes longer before it agreed
upon the verdict of assault -with a
deadly weapon,
the defense Monday bolstered its'
? ?? U.nJdti Tha afiAmmnl
UiCJr UWW iawmnij ? ~ ?v ?? ?????!! ,
and early part ?f the night were!
consumed with arguments by coun-'
sel and tonight Judge Frizzelle de
livered a two-hour charge.
The defense Monday blostered ital
self defense {dee with some of the
State's own witnesses. Offering tes
timony were Owen's wift. his two
sons, and sixteen prominent men of
this section as character witnesses.
. The handsome now courthouse
was crowded to overflowing and
many women were present today
for the first time during the trial
Junius Moore, Negro, and former
ly one of the State's witnesses, tes
tified that as he drove up before
the- Nethercutt house in his mule
cart rtfce day of the shooting, Lyman
NethsMtttthad just gotten out of
his tntek end bad started advanc
ing tewwd-Qvene, who was stand
ing itf 4he?ned.
"Hie**eta were belled up," said
Moore today. He said that at the
first shU' from Owen's gun, the
mule he wee driving bolted, and ran
down the road.
Oweat, later in the afternoon,
-J ^ 1 'fnfftHn falmmt Vafhax.
cutt-and Shot three times at his
son, Ljnmii Das shot missed the
^yaaroid' youth and two truck'
hint
Owens claimed he fired the shots
inv self-defense. He spore the
faOter wa? vanned'with a brick and
thgt the youth' threatened to beat
hint ? :
is? SssHffml earlier today that
Omens was the aggressor in a she
months feud. He cried while Owens
tori of fcldflfather'a ill feelings ts
wsrd Irit^TIheyoath's mother, too,
sojfced bitterly daring the testi
money.
. B. Hi OWens of 'foMWh brother
of> the- man on trial, testified that
jbe-^had been on the scene of the
shooting: an hour after it occurred
and he had seen evidence of a
scuffle in the road. >
| j He also corroborated Owen's testi
mony by telling the- story as told
to him by Owens himself the next
w
? Mrs* Owens testified that Lyman
had threatened Owens before the
shooting.' She also corroborated bar
husband's 'testimony..
Ailm onH ntvtn tVio
ttmd, ?he stood out in contrast to
Mii. Metheseutt who sat most of
th* day today with her head in her
hailrfa
; Character witnesses put on the1
^iftd for Owens included Chief of
Poice J. a Bryan of Fountain, For.
met Sheriff i l; Jfettttry of
Greene counts and f Whitley,
chairman offlfc JBtord nf Conner
Commission^ uf- Greene County.
; State Patrolman H* a Johnson,
Sheriff J. X. Cobb of Snow fiill end
Da#atyF. Ti CtofiMty testified
cottsrning Ow*ns>>JMfc Johnson
testified that they found Owens*
pat with three empty shells and
that Owen*> had said *t didn't aim
the last wrt
She Mid hfer kind said to
Oim at tfe* kotti on the afternoon
of the shoots
g"11 he osi el par way in an
?aid ht nicest
Lai Of Progress 'Alt
Washington And la
adjoining States ft
Cited
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Raleigh, March 5.?The chaneefe
tor control of the 1996 flue-cured
tobacco crop thsough atateg con*
pacts, authorised by Congress and
enacted by the state legislatures, apt
peered to Governor Ehriagfraus td
have diminished even further yesteri
day.
In the- first place, with the plant*
ing season dangerously near?es*
pecially in Georgia and South' Caro*
lina?no progress was reporoa irum
Washington Hearts the Department
of Agriculture is working 0* the
bill to uuthoiiileiheeompacts: Apj
jsiwtfy the bill has not beed
drawn, much lees introduced. ?
1m the second [place, the Virginia
Legislature bee passed a peculiarly
worded compact hill which, in ef-i
feet, would leave it-, up to the^GovJ
ernor- of Virginia whether or not
the states compact would be ef-i
fective?and even he could do notE-*
ing until and unless Georgia adopt-':
ed some form of control "subatani
tially in accord with the quota and)
marketing provisions of the act."
Voluntary Sign-Up.
Governor Ehringhaus, in the mean
time, was giving his attention to pro-'
posals for a voluntary crop reduction;
sign-up?apparently the only thing!
left unless Congress comes through,
South Carolina comes through and
Georgia comes through with some
plan for control without a control
law which* would be satisfactory to
the Governor of Virginia*
? In the meantime, a joint subcom
mittee representing the State To
bacco Advisory Committee and the
executive committee of the State
Farm Bureau Federation, will con
/e. with South Carolina Legislatures
today to learn if they are willing to
join in a compact with Georgia on
the outside, The wording of the Vir
ginia law is expected to affeot the
situation at Columbia, S. C., when
the. North and South Carolinians
meet today.
Virginia's Ur.
The new Virginia law includes the
following!
"This act will not become effective
unless and until the Congress of the
United States shall pan an act con
senting to the establishment of com
pictg sttch as are authorized by this
act and thereafter tUs act shall be
come effective with respect to flue
cured tobacco upon the enactment of
a similar act by the legislatures of
the states Jof North" CaioHna, South
Carolina and Georgia; altd shsdl be
come ^effective relative'to burlisy to
bacco -upon the enactment of a1 simi
lar act of the legislatures of the
states-of North Carolina, Kentucky
<and Tennessee; and shall become ef
fective With respect to flue-cured,
idhrk air-cured tobacco upon the en
actment of a similar act by the legis
latures ufthe states of Kentucky and
Tennessee: orovided. however, that:
IwHir respect to flue-cured tobacco
this act shall become effective for
the 1936 crop only, upon the enact
ment of a similar actortot*. North
Carolina and Soul4i> Ctoolhmf if juul
when the governor shall And aft r*
fact and proclaim that in his-opinitn
effective means have bMbt aMglsd
to regulate by agreement or other
wise the marketing and sale
kind of tobaoco In Georgia substan
tially in accord with the quota .and
marketing provisions of this act"
What ItMettSr
: Governor RhringhauS, in a tele
phone conversation -with Governor
Peery of Virginia, yesterday asked
the meaning of the words "effective
means ... to regulate by agree
ment or otherwise the - marketing
and sale of such kind of tobacco
in Georgia substantially in' accord
with the quota and marketing pro
visdons.of this act" . \ V. v
(V Governor Peery replied tiudF. -as |
be interpreted the provision it
meant regulation in Georgia by
legislation or soma voluntary phm^
With the Georgia erop 'aoon to go
into the ground, the prospeet for >
voluntary control plan "substan
tially in a*xasdM with-Oh? jnwisions
ai the proposed contract seemed
very Biim to governor rinnngrumw
_ V
ton, the Governor'aent th? following
telegram to Senat0 r: to^^^^5
^'Beg^rdin '
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isrAmait#
To Tobacco Ares
liitm Says FuH Benet
fits WfllBe Forthconu
tag For Diversion of
Acreage
0
? Washington, March 8.?J. B. Hub
son, chief authority of the Depart
ment of Agriculture on tobacco, tot
day authorised interested Congress^
men to inform their constituents
that if they restrict their tobacco
planting to 70 per eeni of the base
4ensaget established under the AAA1,
and plant the diverted acreage in
soil-conserving crops, they will Be
entitled to maximum benefits under
Aj? ? sntl .. MAflkm^An farm bill
which has now become law.
Although it will be two weeks
lor more before a definite program
lis announced by the Department
of Agriculture, the - Congressmen
who gathered 'today to discuss the)
nkatter with Mr. Hutson and other
I officiate felt that they had made!
Very important progress in obtain
ing: the above commitment audi
they also felt that they made equal-j
ly definite, although less concrete*
progress toward their second o5-'
Jective, the securing of a sufficient'
amount of money to make the
program effective.
Mr. Hutson's goal il a 640,000,000
pound crop of flue-cured tobacco,
a reduction of 20 per cent from the
1986 crop of 800,000,000 pounds.
a 1 ' ?
; "How much tobacco will North
Carolina fanners plant" and harvest
this season with normal weather con
ditions and no control program," is
the question many county planning
committees are debating now.
New Hanover farmers, interested
in the deficiencies of minor plant
food elements in their soils, are try
ing experiments with copper sulphate
and are finding that it eliminates
some of the troubles they have had
With truck crops.
PffflptftlS
Mrteay Again
t . ~
Major Drainage Under
taking Resumed With
Funds Totalling $154,
000.
}
Raleigh, March. 4. ? Operations
hate been started on the Swift Creek
malarial control project in Pitt coun
ty, and {undertaking to coat $1544)00,
{State WFA Administrator George W.
Co an, Jr., announced yesterday.
One of . the largest drainage proj
ects in the State, the project was
k.?n-..n nndav fko flWA. continued!
W^5V4*fc UMMV* ?*?V V ,
by ERA and now is to be completed
with $104,000 of WPA funds and
($50,000 from local sources.
Contracts for dredging equipment
to'be used on-the job will be let im
pediatefly- by the procurement de
partment of the United "States Treas
wury here. Mr. Coan said. The proj
ect will :bb supervised by. the State
jBaaid of Health and the WPA.
Efforts to insure completion of
Ithe project have been under way for
[many weeks and the help of Mr.
fCoan and . Congressman Lindsey
Warren were enlhrted to secure an
ja) location. The district to be
{drained covers h large area known
| as Muddy Creek Swamp near
Ayden and extending almost to
ipenville.
I -
uithorizing legislation was impossi
rife. at this Congress or in time to
| :ootardl this year**' crop and that
j, idoption of state compacts controU
i this year's crop must be aban
j loned. Will you please advise .me
mmediately as to this and also, first,'
has bill authorising compacts yet
Went prepared by agricultural de
jartment, second, has bill- approved
?y-.department-been introduced, third,
faU department support the- hill in
Congress, and urge passage this sea
Ion, and fourth, what in your opinion
fa probability of passaga this sea
fa" . , ' ,
Whether or nbt. a voluntary sign
fa was possible st this late hour
fife Governor was not at ?U certain
fat hfe ciAled upon the leaders off
she various farm oramisationi and
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Believe Legislature Will
Be Called If Congress
and South Carolina Act
/-? .
Raleigh,'March' 4.?Leaders of the
tobacco. farmers of Eastern North
Carolina yesterday told Governor
Ehringhaas that the giowen were
ready to enter a crop-coatrol com
pact with other, flue-cored tobacco
states, even though Georgia stayed
out; bat they were not willing to
enter any agreement if both Georgia
and South Carolina stayed out.
The Governor's response to the
growers' suggestion that the Legis
lature be called into special session
to enact a tobacco control law if (1)
the compact act is passed by Con
gress and if (2) all the other tobacco
states but Georgia fame in, was
termed "entirely satisfactory" by
members of the two committees
wxucu aiscussea cue problem with
him. They were the State Tobacco
Adviory Committee and the execu
tive committee of the newly organiz
ed State Farm Bureau Federation
Go To South Carolina
Immediately after their confer
ence with the Governor the two
committees met and appointed a
sub-committee to go to South Caro
lina and confer with members of
the Legislature in regard to the
proposed compact. The joint com
mittee was inclined to the opinion
that if South Carolina came in,
North Carolina would be willing to
do the same thing. .
In the meantime, the thought that
"something must be done" spread
throughout the belt but in many
quarters is was accompanied by - the
misunderstanding as to the situa
tion in Washington. Many believed
either that Congress had passed a
law authorizing the states compact
?a thing which cannot be accom
plished without an act of Congress?
while others did not know that con
gressional action was necessary.
The brightest spot on the horizon
was the report from Washington
that although the compact act
would not be reached for at least
two weeks, farmers who volun
tarily cut their tobacco acreage to
70 per cent of the base under the
aW AAA artrl nlonfiwl fV^o onmoorn
V->? * *-* " *-J *<?* IM ^MiMAVVV .VUV
taken out of tobacco in soil con
servation crops, would be entitled to
federal benefits^ '
Considers Mass Meeting.
The tobacco advisory committee
yesterday had before it the sugges
tion that it call a mass meeting of
tobacco farmers to meet in Baleigh
jin the immediate future, but took no
action on it.
Members of the committee sent to
Columbia were C. T. Hall of Woods
dale, J. A. Brown of Chadbourn,
W. E. Eagles of Macclesfield anf
(Lionel Weil of Goldsboro.
The meeting in Governor Eh ring
haus' office and the subsequent
meeting of the two committees were
jbehind closed doors yesterday and
too formal announcement was made,
members of the committee left it,
however, feeling % somewhat more
hopeful and apparently reassured
that the Governor was willing to
act, even to the point of calling the
legislature,, if, as and when Con
gress passes a tobacco Btates compact
Authorizing action and the legisla
tures of tobacco states now in ses
sion get into line.
farmers Concerned
About Weed Prices
4 . ?
Wilson, March 4.?--Pointing out
hat the farmers of Wilson County
Received $1,014,610.51 from the AAA
in parity and rental payments dur
ing 1984 and 1935, W, L. Adams,
Wilson farm agent, declared Tues
day morning that the farmers of the
ennnfir nr?w vpto much unset hV
the condition that is now facing
them and are asking, "How are we
{6 get along the coming fanning
season?'' . ?' .
The farm agent said that unless
something, is done for the tobacco
farmer in this-section that tobacco is
liable to go to 10 cents a pound
the coming season which would be
ruinous. ? ^ < j
' Tobacco farmanlof Wilson County
received *707,068.06 in 1934-35 in
AAA. 'fffiy- end- rental payments,,
Mr. Adams pointed out; a fact that
^ras instrumental in an indirect way.
of bpoafcip^ the prices- of tobacco
in this section 4>y the acreage re
duction program.
Adams urged the fansat^Mon
day to produce all the fosdiij^
feed needed and sis# wmit *cfah
tinned efforts for soil conservation.
f ; , <? J . ?...' - ????.!..
: i Johnston County ? poultry, growers
apld 6,264 pounds of surplus hens At
the car door fit a cooperative ship
** , ?;
: AH the farm owners from Faro
ville to BaUands Cross Roads in Pitt
Qmnty are planning to. pnt out rat
baft' in tt cooperative effort to con
trol the rodsnta