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Roosevelt UrgeSBusiness To Help With Relief Job ? ? ? - ? ,v ; t $?' ? \-t V - "1 ? - 1 Declares Responsibility of Increasing Employ ment Rests Upon In dustry; Billion and Half for Relief Sought Washington, March 18.?President Roosevelt today appealed directly to business to increase employment, de claring that upon it rested the re sponsibility as to whether the new $1,500,000,000 relief fund he asked of Congress would be adequate. In a special message asking that a lump sum deposit of a billion and a half be placed to the credit of WPA for the 1937 fiscal year?a re quest that brought promise of a ma jor battle in Congress?the Chief Executive placed special emphasis upon a call to industry to "organize a common effort" to provide more | jobs. "Only if industry fails to reduce substantially the number of those now out of work will another ap propriation and further plans and policies be necessary,"* he said. Declaring' that about $1,600,000,000 ! would be available to add to the $1,500,000,000 he requested, Mr. I Roosevelt presented this picture of the present relief situation: A total of 5,300,000 families and unattached persons are in need of public assist ance (3,800,000 on the work program and 1,500,000 on local and state rolls). Fight .Ahead. 1 Even as his message was read in the Senate and House, however, signals were hoisted that a fight ' would be 'made to earmark the new 1 fund for specific purposes. Speaker Byrns was one who fore saw a battle over earmarking. Senator Clark, (D.-Mo.), asserted ( he was "tired of signing blank , checks." Senator McNary, (R.-Ore.), minority leader, said no appropria tion should be made "without a bill of particulars." Representative Snell, of New York, . the Republican leader, termed the J request, "a last gTab at the treasury ^ before the election," and asserted "the demoralization of the federal re-' lief work by spoils politics, incom petence, waste and futile boon-dog gling cannot be ignored longer by the Congress. Prom other Republican sectors - -?? -M 1 u T7 came cnes 01 "pontics" ana irauu. j Some Democrats said they thoughht j the amount was too large, but gen erally they pledged their support to push it through Congress. Soon after the message was read, Senator Holt, (D.-W. Va.), rose in the Senate and demanded a 'thor- 1 ough and searching investigation of the Works Progress Administration." * He reiterated charges that "poli- 1 tics" control the WPA administra- > tion in West Virginia and asserted ' that if Harry L. Hopkins, WPA administrator, "is as honest as he ? says he is and has any respect for the integrity" of the federal gov- 1 ernment, he could not oppose a sena- ? to rial inquiry. ' '] In his long-awaited message, 1 President Roosevelt asserted that at ' least 5,000,000 more persons were at work last December than in March, 1933. He "added: "The trend of reemployment is x uoward. But this trend, at its pres e, x ^ of progress, is inadequate: I propose-, therefore, that we ask private business to extend its opera tions to absorb an increasing num ber of unemployed. "Frankly, there is little evidence that large and small employers by individual and uncoordinated ac tion can absorb large numbers of new employes. A vigorous effort on a national scale is necessary by voluntary, concerted action of private industry. Saying the federal government must continue providing work for those who cannot be taken care of iy state and local funds, Mr. Roose velt reported that actual relief ex penditures during this fiscal year pmjld amount to about $34*69,000, In the 1937 fiscal year, he said, iporo than $1,000,0004)00 would be ipkich are already allocated. In ad fisrry on the Civilian frnsefyation yfcmg a total of about $1,6004)00, : x 1 ? ? _ > ? , - , _ ? , ipp for taihthird mussfajlpiir a atwctfcm: fiBbe deAdf >' ' \ ? \ ? ? Congress Speeds TtisccsComptfl Sought In Senate To day Washington, March 19.?The to bacco compact bill stopped inching along today and advanced by real strides in both the House and the Senate. Consideration on the floor of both bodies within the next two weeks now seems more than prob able. '. ! < While the announcement of plank under the soil conservation act, which is to be made tomorrow, will carry considerably lees than the $50,000,000 goal for tobacco, toe North Carolina delegation was pleased to learn today that* tobacco, cotton, and sugar are to be treated separately. Payments for cotton will be on the baaig of five* cents a pound and those for fine-cured tobacco are ex pected to equal or pass that figure. The Senate committee on agricul ture this morning gave a unanimous ly favorable report to the original Kerr-Smith bill, which merely au thorizes a compact among the flue cured tobacco states. Senators Josiah W. Bailey and Ellison D. Smith, of South Carolina, are hoping to get the measure be fore the Senate tomorrow and secure its passage in that body. The action of the Senate commit tee was taken about one hour be fore the Department of Agriculture ? ? ? * * CI-- I sent up to ootn tne senate ana House committees on agriculture its proposed substitute providing for the use of Federal machinery aiuf statistics compiled under the old AAA in enforcement of the com pacts and broadening the permis sion of Congress so as to include all types of tobacco. Farm Take Advantage Of Short Term Loans i i A substantial increase in the num ber of farmers of Pitt and Greene counties are availing themselves of the credit service offered by the Greenville- Production Credit Associa tion is reported by J. C. Galloway, secretary-treasurer of the associa tion. ... . t,:.. The Greenville Production Credit Association serves the counties of Pitt and Greene, and the volnme of Loans made so far this year is consid erably ahead of the corresponding period for last year and the previous year, Mr. Galloway said. The indi cations, he said, are that the total volume will be much ahead of the two previous, years as more and more farmers lefcrn of the credit service which the association offers. The Greenville Production Credit Association makes short term loans to farmers to finance the production, harvesting and marketing of cropl and for general agricultural pur poses. The farmer borrower pays 5 per cent interest for the mosey bat on$ pays, for the time he actually has thjfe money and interest is not required in advance. The association operates solely for the benefit of its farmer oorrowers. ?' 1 Mr. palloway says that many fa? mers who have not availed them selves of. the credit service offered by the association herebefore are making" applications this year. ' ?'.* " ,!.ty *V Jack Spain To i Ron Far Judge Jack Spain, Cfroenvills ? attorney, who has Wed iff ?* V*& years as county solicitor, announces his candidacy for j^dge df County Court, subject to (be Scticst of fortfc?naihg fm&aSSt primary eiectioc. ' m Mr. Spain is a graduate of ^ .thfc University of^North tive of Pitt county* and has hud ? v ' | State Treasiry vll v ?? w ? Heavy focome^T^: Rfe Raleigh, March 19.?With a small cash balance an hand at the end of F*n?hr:-to cdhMtf t* Jb? ftartjo-j mary deficit for the period, ana with receipts from the income tax juft received expected to reach $8,000, 000, the State of North Carolina stands an excellent chance of ending the fiscal year in Jane with a gen eral fond sorolus. tlm mmhlTwi state 'J^^T-SilPtSSS rtfJL ment of State Auditor Baxter Dur ham and State tfcasurer diaries M. I Johnson for February IndkatM yes terday. 1 ! The balance in rim highway fundi however^ dropped note than $4,000,-1 000 daring the month and is etjMroj to sink still lower this month as repairs to roads damaged by the severe winter are made. { : .? J The general fund received *2,385, 359 during the fried and this sum, together with the cash balance of *1,124,752 on hand February 1* took care of warrant disbuniuniiilbg: of *3,507,366. v The collections brought, the total receipts for the first eight months of the fiscal year up to *24,517,396. Of this sum, *22,204,168 has been dis bursed for 1935-36 obligations and *2^10,497 used to meet a cash over draft carried over on July 1, leaving a balance of *2,746. The balance in the highway fund at the close of February was ap proximately *240,000 under the bal ance of *16^64,248 carried over at the beginning of the fiscal year. Receipts for the first eight months aggregated *40,780,823 and expen ditures totaled *40,968,827. Cash in the treasury totalbd *19, 008,283 at the end of February, of which $16,626,244 was reserved for the highway and other special funds and $2?52,892 for disbursing ac counts. The funded debt or the auue at the Mid of the month was $167,789, 000. General fund bonds outstand ing totaled $68,283,000; highway bonds, $91,771,000, and special school building bonds, $12,710,000. . William J. Bundy Seeks Position Of, County Legislator William J. ("Dick") Bundy has announced his candidacy for the State House of Representatives. Born in Farmville in 1900, Mr. Bundy received his education at the Farmville graded schools and Trin ity College, now Duke University. He started practicing law in 1926 and has been engaged in this profes sion since. ' He is married to the former Miss Ruth Carson, daughter of the late S. T. Carson of Bethel The couple has ;.one child, a nine-year-old daughter. - Mr. Bundy served as mayor of Bethel 1927-29. He was appointed by the county comiWlbrionera to serve as solicitor of recorder's court in 1932 to fill the aJftexplred torn of W. S. Tyson, Mr. Bundy-ran for the Jlouse of Beproseratativei in l$Sfj ahd Receiv ed enough votes to cftftrafanf a' see ond primary, but declined to call the second vote. Blanls Avaifebli of Cash to Buy Seed Greenville, Much 19.?Application for seed loans have received at the J?"** Aynt E. F. Agyld *nd n*ny, o? wpeured by, say farmer wishing to apply for federal funds to purchase his seed for w* A limit of $$0& to any one farm- [ er has been set by the federtil lgency | and several requirements are noces- [ sary before a grower may secure any" funda | In order to be eligible for such a [ ioe** /fSrffi' some meehs for a farmer to get money ^ make the purchase of aeed Ifr ^ % jthn he sM'aijti trip ScfeaabGhns mtai df Now Farm Program Win Be Paid to Norm ' CafMfflta Farmers i Soil conservation grants of 15 20 million dollars probably will fee paid North Carolina farmers this year under the new farm program. : The exact ambunt, said Dean I. 0. 'fchfcfib, of StMe College, win de pend largely upon the number of farmers entering the progsm and the amount of land on which grants are to be paid. Although no contracts will De sign ed, as under the old AAA, farmers Will be paid for devoting part of to soil-building or soil-J conserving crops, he explained. The three major objectives of the soil conservation and domestic allot ment act are: Conservation of the soil through, wise use of the land. This will also check the overproduction of soil-de pleting cash crops. Re-establishment and maintenance of farm income at a "fair level." ? , Protection of consumers by assur ing adequate supplies of food, feed, ' and other farm commodities now and in the futufe. v , With these objectives, said the , dean, the new program will have a broader significance than the old AAA, although it may not limit cash ; crops as effectively as was done be fore. , Farmers who qualify for payments ( this year win be re<pdred to have an j acreage of soil-conserving crops, or ; '--J tA uim Afitltr cornier ACUMi UVI VW\? wv _ . vation practice, equal to at least 20 per cent of the acres in soil-depleting . crops. ( Ahd"Be mdst ndt have lm acreage , of depietihg cAjps this ydar greater , than his base acreage for these crops. j The bases and nbnhal average j yields for cotton, tobacco, and pea nuts will be the same As established for 1&6 uniler the'613 AAA. ' Bases for other depleting crops will ,be jftofted 'qut, on a and equitable basis by the Secetary of Agriculture, Dean BcTmub said. Cotton, tobacco, corn, wbeat, pea nuts, truck, and the like are class!- 1 fied as soil-depleting crops. Soil- j conserving cfops include forest tfees, legumes, hays, ahd pasture grasses. Part of the soil CtiutthtftiOh grant | to each farm will be a moderate soil- , t*" ct*' w#.-... ? a * T\ < maintenance payment, probably 75 ( cents an acre, on land planted to ( soil-building or conserving crops. Fields already in these crops, and ] on which the crops are maintained in lJttd, will qualify for these pay- , m?nts aa well as fields where these crops are planted this year for the i first, time in several years. , The other part of.the grant will ^ be a diversion paymenton land shift- ] ed from depleting crops to soil-build- < ing or conserving cropa A diversion payment of six cents J a pound on the average production J of land thai taken out of coition has been recommended. The recommended tobacco pay mfcttt Ts at JejHi dvs cehV.le poubd, but In ?o event TMle than the rate pdr pound oh cotton, ; ATafwStR"; case lass than 25 par cent of the rate for cotton. Diversion payment# on other soil- . depleting crop# will be fixed later, ( The maximum amount of, co$bn ! land on which diversion payments will be made for shifting to ill- , building or tpnaerving cropa Is 40 < per cent of the base acreage , The maximum diversion on which tobacco payments will be mh&^ie SO per cent of the base, andjhe maxi mum for peanuts Is 20 per ant of vissrs' 'WW J?dg? Dtek Jwn annoancM his ftfppof'tl? Pitt- \ County. ^ ^ r^fT?,f jmjfiMfc*.rg?m'???'vVH<in^" ; -iirT 'iffl'.rvft . "^W^pWWWB^'j-y'i^BWpyr^f '?"iuSMBy* i.~,. '**. - - rv^P'1 i Pitt iaytng Willie Tate to Uie In Gas Chamber For Murder of Alexander Warren * Greenville, March 19.?A Pitt Ctalito jury deliberated only 12 minutes today before convicting Willie Tate, 20-year-old Georgia born Negro, of murder in the first degree- for' slaying' Alexander $Tar ren on tlie night of February 28 and attacking hiii companion, Miss Helen Phelps, in an attempt to commit as rfafate Judge J. Paul Fmaelle sen tenced him to ffie in the lethal gas chapter at Rhlelgb on April 24. was heavily guarded by State highway patrolmen and city and county officers from Pitt and ad joining counties when he wast brought into the crowded courtroom, shortly before the trial gdt under way at 10 o'clock. The most damaging evidence against Tate was given by f. F. Bahghman, ballistic expert of the Department of Justice at Washing-1 ton, who testified that a pistol iden tified by the State as belonging to the defendant was the one used to bill Wwreu, Tate was not placed on the stand, but S. 0. Worthington, who was appointed by the . court to defend the Negro, contended 'in his speech to the Jury that the evidence was insufficient to warrant a first-degree dj' verdict. The crowd, composed largely of friends of Warren and Miss Phelps, was orderly throughout the day, and at the conclusion of the trial So licitor D. M, Clark thanked the spec- - Eators for the way in which they < bad conducted themselves. Feeling ? bis been high in the county ever since the crime was committed. < Immediately after the verdict was i rendered and Tate was sentenced to i lie, he was rushed to State Prison i it Raleirh. A crowd gathered out- i - -. ^ ? side the courthouse to see him car- : ried away but made no demonstra- 3 don. J; Knott Proctor To Make Race For 1 Office of Sheriff ? ii ? ? a ?* K J, Knott Proctor of Greenville an nounces his candidacy for the office jf sheriff of Pitt county, subject to the Deniocratic primary. Mr, Proctor is a native of Pitt :ounty, having been born in Grimes- ' land 40 years ago. He received his 1 education at the University of North l Carolina. He is married to the form- 1 ;r Miss Ada Gray Dixon of Farmville, i laughter of J. T. Dixon and Mrs, 1 Lula Dixon, 1 A World War veteran, Mr, Proctor 1 served in France. 1 Mr. Proctor is the son of the late W. E. Proctor, a prominent business 1 nan' and farmer of Grimealand, who I vas on the board of county com- 1 hissidn'ers at the time the present 1 tourt house was constructed. I President Defers ' A lOlllllg A U^AUIII^V on Account Hoods \ lfc^residentli Roosevelt deferred his Southern fish- j Jtg trip for atleast 8* how*, from \ jchedojed departure this afternoon to , jermit attention to the Eastern flood , flaMtff, < Mr. RooeeVelt summoned to the White Rouse for a conference this . nomine the emergency flood com mittee. heeded by Secretary Dern, ( vhicb was named yesterday. t ^ The President had planned to } leave the Capital this afternoon at : 1 o'clock for his annual fishing trip , >ff the Florida coast - j-J - ? - " - - . j MRS. As BLANCHE BRAKE , ? 1 Rocky Mount?Mrs. A. Blanche Brake, 59, died at her home in , Edgiecombe county Wednesday night j nontha^ Sifwai ?;native of firm- \ m, and was the widow of the lafe Btotor I* BndtA ; I Funeral services will be 'held < m wmimty mm* ?t; *:80 o'clock .wMfe. Elder Ar B. Denson , vhich she was a member, officiating. . Burial will follow in the family cem- . itery. ' - v ? ' . She is survived by five daughters, Mary , tod IWph'mSn'^rf'Bodqr Mont; ! to. *tor, MrnMiry IMVUifc ? gmvill,; ud , nhlrm lama leaawi mtim ifciral m ?l Students Marooned ? ^ h Schoil Bindings Of Western Carolina ; ' ? -l' - ' t ' ? * '*? :S? ?? ' * - - ; ",v ? ? * ? Wdrst Snow Storm In many Years for Section1 Reported Charlotte, March 18. ? Western North Carolina was buried today un der the worst snow storm in many years and all highways were blocked ? ? ?? m with little hope of opening tnem ior another 24 hours. Between 300 and 400 school chil dren, unable to return home in yes terday's blizzard, were marooned in school buildings and private homes. Highway workers struggled to open traffic lanes covered at some points by drifts of 10 feet, but could make little headway with their equip ment, designed to move snow of no more than eight inches. The blizzard, which struck the western half of the state yesterday, moved eastward and the coastal sec tion was getting snow and rain this < morning. Raleigh, Golds bo ro and Fayetteville reported a heavy snow , but it melted as it came down. Advisory warnings a heavy flood was in prospect in the Roanoke river , with overflows In the the Tar, Neuse, Cape Fear rivers were issued by the , weather bureau at Raleigh. . "Heavy rains in most of North , Carolina and Virginia will send the ] streams out of their banks in their , upper portions tonight," Lee Aden- , son, in charge of the Raleigh bureau, said., "The stage the Roanoke will , reach will be forecast later, but the flood will be heaviest in that stream. i Arnold to Attend Still Conference Of County Agents County Agent, E. P. Arnold, has been advised to attend ?a State Con- i Terence of County Agents, relative to : the New Soil Conservation Program, i in Raleigh, March 24. At this time, j be will receive instructions in detail ; as to putting on a campaign for Pitt County, in connection with the new < soil conservation program. ] The State Office has also scheduled i a meeting of growers at 2:00 p. m., i Saturday, March 28, at the Court \ Souse in Greenville. Every contract < signer in the County will be invited 1 to attend this meeting. B. Troy Fer- ] juaon, District * Agent, has. been ! icheduled to address farmers at this j time. Every farmer will be given < an opportunity to sign up in the new j soil conservation program. Immedi- 1 ately following this meeting, com- i nunity meetings will be scheduled t throughout, the County, at which time fanners will be given further oppor- ' tunity to study the soil conservation 1 orogram and sign, indicating whether l >r not they intend to take advantage . >f the new program. Fanners who, comply with the re inirMnATitR of the new act. will be I ??????" . ? 9 ? 1 Mid, hot less than 5c per pound for he average poundage contained in heir contract, for the number of icres retired from production. This neans that farmers in Pitt County rill be paid from $85 to $45 per icre for retiring tobacco. Every farmer in the County will be urged o take advantage of the full thirty percent reduction from 1986 base. In cotton, farmers will be paid Be ier pound for the average poandage n their cotton contracts retired from mltivation and will be permitted to etire as much as forty percent of he 1885 base acreage. This n^teans hat fanners wiH be paid from $10 0. ^ imttap acreage retired. They will also be permitted o reduce their peanut acreage by winty percent and will receive a Myment. of not tess than one anil W&i* Hf w*tor *? iverage poundage in their contract * Ih addition to the above mentioned jayments, it is x anticipated ,that far ners will be 'paid two dollars per ! M ?ch^. vm J&ffcii from cash :reps to soil building crops. Each get full & 'o^utimi as to what is required. F?"wamiu?,e Areas Of The Eastern State. More Than Hundred . Known Dead and Prop erty Loss Reaches Hun dreds of MfflhMs Of Dollars Raleigh, March 20.?Down four rivers?the Ohio, Potomac, Jfhaque hanna and Connecticut?boiling flood waters raged Thursday night to ravage new areas. Behind the surging sweep of this "big four." nnd of other river* now - receding slowly, great sections of a dozen states?the industrial heart of the nation?were swamped, ? Known deaths numbered 138; many probably are yet to be counted Prop erty damage amounted to the hun dreds of millions. Refugees were more than 200,000, by Red Cross calculation. Pillaging, disease, food and water shortages; crippled communication lines and disrupted traffic facilities were aftermaths of the watery dis aster. Looting was a particularly seri ous situation at Vandergrift, Pa., and at Springfield Mass. In the lit tle Pennsylvania city northeast of Pittsburgh the National Guard com mander reported the situation out of hand and sent for additional troops. In Springfield, uniformed sailors assisted National Guardsmen and police to halt robbers in boats plundering along miles of inundated streets. Disease was rife in many areas where residents were without shel ter and water supplies were con taminated. Jamestown and Sun bury, Pa., faced epidemics, and btriugent uisiiuecuoii iiicttaurco were taken in Binghamton, N. V. But the waters rolled on to spread new perils. OCTOGENARIAN DIES NEAR FARMVILLE MRS. DELPHIA TY90N PARKER v - ' Mrs. Delphia TyBon Parker, widow af the late Richard B. Parker, a high ly esteemed and one of the oldest residents of the county of Pitt, died Thursday morning at four o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Watt S. Newton, near Fountain. Funeral services will be conducted from the Newton home at two o'clock Friday, and interment will follow at the old Parker homestead, six miles from Farmville. J. C. Parker resides , at the old home. A faithful member of the Primi tive Baptist church since early girl hood, Mrs. Parker prided herself at the age of eighty-five oq at tended associational meetings of that group for the past thirty years. She was a gentlewoman jof.the .ojd school, very active and h ad enjoyed apkadid health until six months ago, when she began suffering from the in Rrraities of age, being stricken re cently with pneumonia, from which attack she failed to recover. She was the last member of her immedi ate family of seven borthers and sis ters. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. W. A. Hearne, of near T&rboro, and Mrs. Watt S. Newton, Fountain; and four sons, J. C. and R. A., Farmville, J. F., Falkland, and W. H. Parker, of Bolton. J. Ficklen Arthur Is Candidate For State Lower House J. Ficklen Arthur, of Greenville, announces his candidacy to the State House of Representatives. Mr. Arthur has been living) in Sreenville since 1898. He was grad uated from the Greenville high ichool and attended Virvtoi* Poly technic Institute. He served in the aavy, during the World War. Hetii the son of Mrs. L. C. Arthur and the late LkC. Arthur, who serv ed for 30 years on the Pitt County Board of Education. Mr. Arthur la a member of the Methodist Church, lie is married and Is a member of the American Legion and Kiwanis Ciub. I He has been jbettye in politics for rears, but this q|^nFfint t&ne fie aver has sought phblic office. He is secretary of the Greenville town ship Democratic executive commit tee, noticm to juniors The Junior Woman's Club will hold its regular meeting on Saturday,