| Farmers Call Meeting 1 1' ???: :m Governor Critized By Tobacco Growers In Meeting at Greenville Greenville, April 15. ? Tobacco farmers of North Carolina today were summoned to Raleigh next Tuesday morning to make a mass demand upon Governor Ehringhaual for a special aeaaioo of the General Assembly to enact a crop control compact. , ' . Leaders of the "On to Raleigh"! movement, originated at a Farm Bureau conference here today, ex-j pressed hope that the mass assembly I would fill the 15,000 seats in the] State College stadium, which has! been offered for the meeting. | More than 500 fanners left their] plow8 to attend the meeting here] at East Carolina Teachers College.] Without hesitation every man in the] auditorium roee of a motion request-] ing a special session of the Legisla-j ture. j Pitt Promises 5,000 Practically every man promised ] to be in Raleigh next Tuesday. J. ] E. Winslow, Greenville merchant] and farmer, who is president of the] Pitt County Farm Bureau, appointed] a committee to send 1,000 auto-J mobiles and 5,000 farmers to thel Capital from Pitt County. Busi- j ness houses of Greenville will be] asked to close for the day. 1 copnrp I W inSiOW VOilUlLCCi^X wvr ... delegations from other tobacco growing counties. Representative groups of growers, ranging in size, from 200 to 500. in 12 or more to bacco counties have endorsed the compact plan at meetings called on the soil conservation program, he asserted. Given assurance that the Con gress will enact a bill permitting State tobacco compacts within this week, farmers at the meeting here today expressed impatience at the failure of North Carolina's State ad ministration to act, "Something's got to be done this week or early next week," asserted Winslow. Now or Never. "My calendar tells me it is the middle of April," said J. S. Moore of Bethel. "My plant bed tells me it's almost time to set tobacco. My common sense tells me we've got to do something now or not at all." A bright sun and warm winds yes terday dried lands rapidly through out the tobacco belt, allowing farm ers to resume much-delayed plowing after several days of soil-soaking rain. Attendance at the meeting here was smaller than expected be cause farmers took advantage of the; opportunity to work, leaders said. Planting of tobacco in this area now is expected to begin within a few days and be practically completed during the first ten days of May. "It's time to go," yelled W. H. Dail I at the meeting here today. He was appointed chairman of the trans portation committee. "We've gone as far as we can go without con versation," he said. "I want to tell you, Mr. WinsloW?hit it!" "We've waited, passed recffutions and been up there and asked," said Winslow, "bat the Goveyior came back and said there had been no demand for a special session." "Why is it our Governor doesn't realize the situation," asked Roy Cox of Winterville, chairman of the Pitt County board of commissioners, "when bur Senators' and Congress men not only realize it but are work ing for it?" Governor Invited. Governor Ehringhaus will be in vited to attend the mass meeting in Raleigh Tuesday. "If the Governor ain't there, he can hear the roar, cant -he?" jibed a man in the audience. "If the Governor's not there, well march down to Capitol Square and let him see us," answered Winslow. Predicted that the farmers would come aroand for relief "like hungry cattle, aa they did in 1982," if a compact bill it not passed in North Carolina, ware made by J. S. Moore. "In my opinion," declared 6 F. Arnold, Pitt County farm agent, 'HI you fail to prevail upon your admin istration leaders in North Carolina to give you this thing, it's going to coat you growers between three and four million dollars iff Pitt County and 30 to 40 million in Nqgth Caro lina." advantage of this program affordec of tfle remsi Government, it wa Is (ho .? Oil v ? ?? ^tvlcy ? ? AAA n.14 WtlulftlU i?? . . ^ ? V ? : . r. , . ..v. ' " ?' ? : i* for the states to step in end give this bill cotttrol features." "What we want with a State com pact," said Coat, "is to put into oper ation the same two laws (the Kerr Smith act for tobacco and the Bank head act for tobacco) that the Fed eral Government couldn't put into operation. "This is no unreasonable propo sition we are asking for," he said. "We are just* asking for the privi lege of controlling ourselves. "I see in the morning paper," con tinued Cox, "that they want to turn us back over to the blue mold. The Lord knows we had blue mold in 1932. We suffered from Hoover, the blue mold and all the other elements then." The -Pitt County official was re ferring to a news story which sug gested that the spread of hlue mold, which lolls small tobacco plants, might effect an involuntary reduc ! tion in the tobacco crop this year. | Foresees No Shortage. | "We are not going to have any plant shortage," asserted Mack H. Smith, who farms near Greenville, j He asserted that he could triple his crop by May 10. Other growers stated outside the meeting that a rapid sprad of blue mold would curtail the crop materially, but no immediate fear of a plant shortage was expressed. The unnanimous sentiment of the meeting here was for government sponsored crop control, not reliance i upon natural forces. Several speak ers predicted a billion-pound to bacco crop this year unless crop ! control is undertaken. - - i /i ii? | "The farmers 01 iNortn varoima are so much in love with "Miss Control" that they are ready for the marriage ceremony to be per I formed," asserted County Commis (siioner Cox. "If anyone knows any [just cause why this marriage should not be performed, let him speak now or forever hold his peace." Cox expressed appreciation for the past efforts of Governor Ehring haus in behalf of tobacco farmers. In the fall of 1933, the Governor declared a holiday on the tobacco markets of the State and buyers j gave a voluntary raise in price, as the result. At that time, a mass meeting of the growers also was called. Again in the spring of 1936, tobacco farmers met in Raleigh to discuss with Federal and State of ficials the size of the fall crop. .A movement for another mass meet ing here last fall, when tobacco prices dropped, was abandoned when prices improved. On To Raleigh. J. S. Moore was the first to raise i.he cry of "On to Raleigh" here to day. ^Cox made the motion that "this body go on record as inform ing the Governor we want a special session for this purpose." Arthur B. Corey, State Senator from Pitt, seconded the motion. "We should ourselves let the Gov ernor know that there is agitation for a special session, that we do want a tobacco compact," said Moore. T.T- ? J _ ? w ljisiuw reciu a wcx^ianz?xtttttt I Dpan I. 0. Schaub, director of the I State extension service, offering the I use of the State College Stadium I and amplifying equipment for a I mass meeting. "Let's go! Let's go!" I Thembers of the audience hollered. Asserting that Governor Ehring haus has opposed the will of the I majority of the State's farmers in I failing to call a special session to I enact tobacco control legislation, W. I H. Dail said, "Nqw let's see who's I the biggest. Let's make demands I on him for it. Now is the time .to I win or be defeated." I Winslow read telegrams from Senators Robert R. Reynolds and J. W. Bailey and Congressman Lindey Warren, saying that all possible efforts would be made to bring the tobacco compact bill fore the Senate immediately after the conclusion of the impeachment trial of Judge Halstead L. Bitter I of Florida. Reynolds stated that he would! yield the Senate floor in his ftli-l buster against the immigration billl I to allow consideration of the ebm-l I pact proposal/* I While the meeting here was ip session, Winslow announced thai the South Carolina Legislature ex [ pected to consider a tobacco com , pact bill "so?n" and that all indi I cations pointed to its passage. Vir ' ^i$i^ieady-hw 9d a Delaware. corporation to par . tkapate in cr^eaptrol. %-J Dr. Leon R.* Meadows, presided \ of East Carolina Teachers College I welcomed the ^-tobacco f?mer*rf] 5 the college campus at the opening ? now nits, approximately 6,000 mem bers in North Carolina, he stated i after the meeting. The Pitt Comity ^ unit Baa 1,001 members. i lygfef' V. T.fe*.V . ?$$$? r CARD OP THANKS W- ? :.i;,.i,.v ?/&&&>? im - ^Wejp^ to ^ JjgjJ* County List Takers' Announced" By Tax Supervisor List takers for the various town ships in the county were announced this week by the tax supervisor as follows; Ayden township, A. R. Cannon, Ayden; Beaver Dam township, Q. M. McLawhorn, Greenville, R. 1; Bel yoir township, W. C. Cobb, Green ville, R. 4; Bethel township, E. L. Mayo, Bethel; Carolina township, T. L. Pferkins,. Stokes; Chicod town ship, J. S. Spain, Grimesland; Falk land township, W. .B. Bryan, Falk land; Farmville township, J. B. Joy ner, Farmville; Fountain township, C. M. Smith, Fountain; Greenville township, C. A. Musselwhite, Green ville; Pactolus township, J. J. Sat terthwaite, Pactolus; Swift Creek township, P. S. Moore, Ayden; Win terville township, E. A. Cooper, Win terville. Took Part In Band Festival ? i The Farmville High School band, directed by Millard P. Burt, took part In the band program of the third Eastern North Carolina band festi val, which was sponsored by band and orchestra leaders of Eastern Carolina, and held in the Raleigh Memorial auditorium on Sunday, April 5, Selections played by the Farmville group, assited by the Selma band, were; march?"Ambition," by Grif fin; waltz?"Delia," by Ramond, and "Serenade," by Root. ? - ?? ??% u_ * Members of the Farmvine Dana, all of whom have done splendid work and shown great aptitude for their chosen instruments are; Ras Jones, Emerson Smith, Billy and Tommy Willis, Arthur Joyner, Jr., Billie Oglesby, O. G. Spell, Jr., Robert Fields, Jack Yelverton, Charie Rouse Lewis, Chas. Townsend, Boots Thom as, I. V. Dixon, Burnice Turnage, Milton Eason, Jim Satterfield, and John Tyson. Raleigh Man Hold For Kidaapping Donald Deaver Charged With Aiding Mother Take Children At Greenville Greenville, April 15. ? Donald Deader of Raleigh is in Pitt County jail today awaiting a trial on a kidnapping charge growing out of the alleged abduction of Chesley and Glenn Morton, young sons of S. V. Morton of this city. Deaver and Mrs. Nell Winther, the former Mrs. Morton and mother of the children, picked up the chil dren as they played on the sidewalk about a block from their father's home late Tuesday afternoon. After an alarm was spread the couple to gether with the children were taken into custody in Goldsboro. Chief of Police George Clark and Morton went immediately to Golds boro and brought back the children and Deaver. The children's mother was not brought back but was re ported to be returning to the city today, Tba Attamnt was the second by Deaver to abduct the Morton chil dren, the other occurring January 14 when he went to the city school attended by the children and ad vised the teacher that the father of the children had sent him for them. When this charge of attempted kid napping came up before the Pitt County grand jury, Deaver was dismissed when it failed to find a true bill. Deaver was given a preliminary hearing this morning and bound over to Superior Court under $1,000 bond. Failing to provide bond, he was placed in thd county jail to jwait trial in Superior Court Officers Morris, Stephenson and Whitfield, of Goldsboro, arrested Deaver and Mrs. Winther with the I children -after being advised by telephone they were en route to Wayne County. Mrs. Winther, who ' separated from her husband several years ago, declared here she intend ed to return to Greenville and carry her fight for possession of the children to the courts. v. ? -?* :V Eastam Firemen II--X UljlL Mb 31 Witn Farm vil1t|As Host R. A. Joyner Presided At Successful Meeting! Tuesday Evening The Eastern Carolina Firemen's I Association, of which R. A. Joyner is president, met here on Tuesday eve-1 ning for a feast of barbecue, inform-1 ing addresses and good fellowship. I Mayor John B. Lewis, in behalf of] the town and local fire department,! welcomed the 250 firemen present,! who represented sixteen towns in this! section of the State, and presented] among the distinguished guests;] Mayor Wooten, of Kinston, Mayor] Blount, Greenville, Mayor Gibbs, ] Morehead City and Mayor Sessoms,] of Pinetops. R. C. Leach, chief of the Washing- ] ton firemen, responded to the cordial] welcome extended, and later intro-] duced W. Ballard of the Southeastern | Underwriters Association, who is] working in Eastern Carolina at this ] time, bringing the hydrants and de-1 partment hose couplings of the van-] ous towns to a standard thread to] facilitate services of neighboring fire] companies. Chief Holland, of Raleigh, vice ] president of the State Fireman's As- ] sociation, Sherwood Brockwell, Rat-1 eigh, State Fire Marshal, Vernon] Guthrie, Morehead City, vice pregi- J dent of the Eastern Carolina organi-] zation, and Press Harper, of Kins-] ton, a charter member of the Kinston ] department ana nononay prauucm of the Association, were in ' good speaking form, and presented prob lems and activities of thp firemen in the State in an interesting manner. Kins ton took the high rating posi tion for attendance at the nieeting with twenty-two responding to the roll call, and Greenville occupied sec ond place, with twenty, having in ad dition to the firemen the mayor and five members of the Board of Com missioners. TO JOIN FARM GROUP IN APPEAL TO GOVERNOR The Fountain Farm Bureau, at a called meeting Thursday evening, voted to go to Raleigh in a body- on Tuesday to petition Governor Ehring haus to call a special session of the legislature to pass protective meas ures relative to production this year. More than a hundred attended the meeting, presided over by G. EX Trevathan, and plans were made to carry four hundred people from Fountain to Raleigh. t This organisation will request that all business houses close on Tuesday in order that merchants as well as farmers may attend. BRIDE-ELECT HONORED Miss Margaret Davis, bride-elect, was extended a lovely courtesy Sat urday morning by Miss Pennie Keel Lang and Miss Mary Friar Rouse, at the home of the former, when they entertained at breakfast and a kitch en shower. Guests were greeted as tney ar rived and presented with recipes for copying in a recipe book, by the hostesses, who had donned red smocks for the occasion, the bride being brought in under an umbrella to carry out the shower idea, and | presented with a cleverly made cor sage of parsley and radishes tied with red ribbon. Unique place cards directed guests to their places at the breakfast tables I bearing plaid cloths, small market | baskets of vegetables, red tulips in I Cornucopia vases, with "shower bou-i quets" of onions suspended over head, all carrying the red and white colors. Toy kitchen utensils were* given as favors. The breakfast, served on white china, consisted of tomato juice, sausages, sweet potato chips, grits, eggs, coffee andVdoiighnuts. A decorated laundry basket, con taining^ shower of kitchen utensils, was brought in and presented to ttiss Davis by? the hostesses. '? In an Alphabet for Bride contest Mrs. Julian H. Rumley won the prise, a hearth broom. '? . INVITATIONS SENT llie following invitations have been sent to out of town friends this week; "Mr. and Mrs. Francis Marilon Davis request the honor of your presence at the marriage of th|ir daughter, Margaret Scarborough, to Mr. William Alexander Allen, Jr., on Wednesday, the twenty-ninth of April, at half after seven o'clock, lor community but that their frienfea are invited to attend.' ? vmmsmfo* gg? FirstPlace In Number MusicCdntest Events In the recent North Carolina Dis trict Musi? Contest for High Schools, held in Greenville, ^jpgnafriHe con testants, pupils of Miss Mary ; g. Jerome, were awarded* first honor rating in the following events, aid wfH enter the State oooitast to he helj in Qreenabero: 'soprano solo, Helen Willis; alto aolo, Elvira Tyson; baritone solo, Elbert Moyp; mixed quartette, Helen WHlis, Elvira Tyaob, Billy Willis, Roland ModUn; girls' glee club?Julia Dean Tyson, Doris Rouse, Lilian White Gardner, Nellie Nichols, Lucille Cutehin, Virginia Cobb, Mary Lewis, Vivian Leeds, Effie Lewis, Virginia Spell, Anna Jones, Fannie Cobb Barrett, lona Greene, Jean Horton, Frances New ton, Ella Lee Carraway, Eva Mae Hardy, Edna Eari Reynolds, Elvira iTyson, Elsie Mae Carraway^ Frances Bivena Smith; boys' chorus?Lonnie Matthews, Billy Willis, Pete Eason, Allen Moore Harris, George Patter son, Elbert Moye, Jim Satterfleld, Robert Wbttfcam, ? Carol Modlin, James Jones, A, J. Judy, Carol Ogles by, James Moore, Roland Modlin, Bob Wheleas, Charlie Rouse, Grimes Lewis. Other entrants were; solos?baas, Roland Modlin^ unchanged voice, Ar thur Joyner, Jr., piano, Mary Thome Tyson; male quartette?Bob Wheleas, Pete Eason, James Jones, George Patterson; girls' trio?Frances Bivens Smith, Doris Rouse, lona Greene; additional pupils taking part in choruses?Frances Faucette, Mela King Moore, Joyce Faircloth, Margie Nichols, Hazel Jones, Louise Hunter, Helen Judy, Joe Moye, Jack Yelver ton. These young people have done out* standing work this year under Miss Jerome's direction, and in their sev eral public appearances have won much praise and commendation. Officials To Inspect Bine Mold Ravages Raleigh, April 16.?W. JL Rhodes, associate statistician, and W. R. Rand, census supervisor, both of the State Department at Agriculture, will leave here soon for eastern North Carolina where they *81 ob serve the effects of'Has Maid, to bacco plant disease, In preparation for the department's monthly crop report, Hie trip Is a routine one, they said. Department of Agriculture officials) pointed out that wet-weather condi tions reported in this month's crop report indicated outbreaks of the mold, but said they had no Informa tion on its extent. * Protracted Maeting Presbyterian Church Sunday morning will be the first of a series of services to be Held in the Presbyterian Church of Farm ville. There will be only one service Sunday. But beginning Monday there will be preaching each evening, throughout the week, with the prob able exception of Saturday. The pastor, Rev. H. M. Wilson, will begin the services and from Wed nesday till the end of the meeting will be assisted by Rsv. T, H. Dim mock, pastor of the Second Presby terian Church, Newport News, Va. The people of the town and commun ity are cordially invited to attend these servioes, 4 BRIDGE! DINNER A lovely bridge dinner was given Saturday by Mrs, J. 6., Spencer and Mrs. Ted L. Attrition, complimen tary to Miss Margaret Davis, bride elect, * Guests were invited to the home of Mrs. Spencer', at flvf o'clock to find eight tables beautifully ' and appro priately appointed for the games, and arranged in a setting of ejrirea, iris sad-tulips. An hour and a half of contract bridge followed, during which Miss Hasel Monk compiled highest score and receiyed cigarette accessories, while Mrs. Jessie Moye was given a no^vel consolation prise. The tononee was presented with a piece wf silver to match her chosen pattern, and Mrs. C. Lynn Gason, a. recent bride, was remembered with a lovely gift At seven o'clock a barbecue plate with iced tea was eejmRpfollowed by delicious lemon eMffijf pie. ? ??? 1 " " ? '? HOSTESSES AT P^RTY Miase Pauline and Mollle Hollo ??evening at their home near Parmville, at an week end- gddSjMise Wcfbrook is IlMilliPSl including a MMriber ^mdng. S-C'' LTi yjc- "J'.hit1"?*?'; V ' Tobacco Compact Bill Faces Farther Delay ?? ,"1 ' Washington, April 15. ? As the United States Senate, sitting as a court of impeachment for the trial of United States lodge Halstead L. Rit ter, of Florida* turned itself into a jury and deliberated behind locked doors today, the very bright chances for the consideration of the Kerr to bacco compact bill went glimmering, not only for today, but perhaps for tomorrow as welL The court of impeachment agreed to vote