? Look At Tour Label ? If Youi + * Subscription Has. Expired Send | t In YOUR Renewal at Once I + tMmn.lMMMH.HHMlH+j The Farmville Enterprise I Patronize Our Advertisers, For ? i They Are Constantly Inviting | J You To Trade With Them. | a . ... . VOL. TWENTY-SIX * 1 . rr. FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, jrtJLY SI, 1956 -: NTJMBBR THIRTEEN , 1 1 ? 1 ?_ ? 1 I ? Tobacco Growers Endorse Compact Plan Of Control HaH Named Head of New Committee t o Press for Compact Legislation; Hut son and Bennett Heard on Farm Plans Raleigh, July 31.?Five hundred North Carolina tobacco growers, meeting at State College yesterday, unanimously endorsed the State compact method of controlling tobac co production, and named a commit tee of nine men to work out plans for compact legislation in this State. They viewed the compact as the best method now available for main taining ?igid control of production and sales and thereby assure grow er "a fair price for our leaf." It would give tobacco - growing states authority to work together in regulating the tobacco crop in a manner similar to that formerly ex ercised by the old AAA and the Kerr-Smith .Act. Clyde R. Hoey, Democratic nomi nee for Governor stated in his cam paign speeches that he would con fer ?ith a growers' advisory com ma^ in regard to compact legis 5fne~^?>t5f?~tva8 divided into five districts, one to have one man and an* alternate as the advisory com mittee^ the. .other districts each to have two commiteemen and two al ternates. "The first district lying in the Bor der Belt, is represented by Dr. G. M. Pate, of Robeson County, with T. J. Harris, of Cumberland, as his al*?r nate. The second district, comprising the rest of the New Belt, is repre sented by F. Brock,, of Jones, and G. T. Scott, of Johnston, with Lionel Weil, of Wayne, and J. Y. Joyner, of Lenoir, as alternates. The third district, comprising the rest of the New Belt, is represented by J. E. Winsdow, of Pitt, and W. W. Eagles, of Edgecombe, with B. B. Everett, of Halifax, and C. U. Rog ers, of Martin, as alternates. The fourth district, lying in the "Middle Belt? *is ^wpresented by W. -W. White,'of ^ance, and D. H. Sen der, of Harnett, with W. A. Turner, -of Warren, and J. M. Wilcox, of Lee, as alternates. The fifth district, comprising the Old Belt, is represented by M. J. Martin, of Surry, and C. T. Hall, of -Person, with G. R. Sockwell, of Guil "ford, and T. M. Lewis, of Forsyth, as alternates. ? Following the election, the com mitteemen named Claude T. Hall, of Woodsdale, chairman. Hall was the -chairman of the tobacco advisory committee that served during the old AAA. * Before the committee was elected, J. B. Hutson, former chief of the .AAA tobacco section and now di rector of the Federal soil-improve ment program in the East Central Region, which includes North Caro "lina, discussed the tobacco situation -end explained the compact. 1 He stated that although tobacco J stocks on hand are now a little larg -er than a year ago, the total supply -is smaller in view of the fact that "dry weather has curtailed the 1936 crop. Consumption is now at a higher ; level, he stated, and prices are slightly more favorable. The compact, he added, requires an enabling act by Congress, such as was passed during the last ses sion, and local legislation in each of the co-operating states. So far, Vir ? ginia is the only State to pass such legislation. A a m/vor r*nn?irtarpd it would cive growers control over tobacco mar keting similar to that obtained with ' the Kerr - Smith Act, but the ad visory committee and the North Car olina Legislature may work out a I method erf control somewhat differ ent, it was pointed out. Congressman Harold D. Cooley urged the farmers to get together and do something. "Only through co-operation and team work will you be able to solve this (tobacco) prob ? lem," he declared. Those '^10 will not join-in this 1 movement are working to destroy their own business, he told the - growers. "Even though the compact - may not be perfect, it is the best r plan we -know of." _ Congressman Graham Barden al so addressed the growers, pointing L out that all farm legislation shoulc - originate from the farmers. He saic - that he was not trying to tell then ~ what to do, but was there to learr * what they wanted done. ^ -jf I want you to know that th< Slfertk^ Carolina defecation in Con worked hard to serve you - and if you will let us know what yoi want we will keep on trying to d< - all we can to help you," he said. - Dean L (X Schaub, of State Col I lege, presided over the meeting " Whew aottt- fiewoi proposed tha - county 2am agenta be asked to nom visory committee the dean refused. "This is to be a committee of farmers, elected by farmers and the extension service is not going to take any part in it," he stated. "If we can't get equality for agri culture under the Constitution, we will amend the Constitution," Ed ward A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, declared last night in a "fighting ad dress" to the last joint session of men and women at Farm, and Home Week at State College. "We believe in the soil conserva tion program," he stated, "and we are going to string along with State College and the Federal government. We are going to try to secure for agriculture a place in the sun with out running afoul of the Supreme Court. "But if we cannot get our just dues in that way, then we must and we will change the Constitution," he shouted. "We have got to have some way to control ourselves and our indus try. We must find a way for farm ers to have a voice in determining the prices for which we are to sell our commodities." There is only one way for the farmer to protect his rights, and that is through organization, he con tinued. They must have an organ ization that will be a national fac tor in the formulation of agricul tural policies. The low income of the cotton farmer, and of many a tobacco farmer, is the shame of the South, O'Neal said. "It is a challenge to all of us, and we must face it." He also declared that the Farm Bureau is solidly against a tariff that "hi-jacks everybody and doesn't do the farmer a bit of good." Following O'Neal's address the au dience of farm men and women elect ed Farm and Home Week officers or the coming year. C. C. McCoin, of Davidson Coun ty, was named president to succeed L. 0. Moseley, of Kinston; D. H. Boney, of Duplin County, was elect ed first vice-president to succeed Sherrod Tuttle, of Caldwell County; George Sockwell, of Guilford, suc ceeds E. B. Barrett, of Reiidsville, as second vice-president. John W. Goodman, assistant di rector of the State College extension service, was re-elected as secretary treasurer of the week. N. C. Ledger In The Black The General Fund Has $950,000 Surplus; the Highways Over $6, 000,000. Raleigh, July 30.?A credit bal ance or surplus of $949,927 in the North Carolina general fund has been reportel by Frank Dunlap, as sistant director of the budget, for the fiscal year ending June 30, and an "unencumbered" cash balance of $6,000,000 to $7,000,000 in the high way fund by Chairman C. M. Way nick of the Highway and Public Works Commission. The general fund, from which all general State expenditures are made, had a cash balance of $712,253 for the 1934-35 fiscal year, but there was a cash overdraft of over $2,000,000. For 1933-34 it had a $74,072 credit balance. Chairman Waynick said the high way fund showed a cash balance of $9,000,000 to $10,000,000, but this was reduced by unspent allotments already made. Revenue collections last fiscal year as reported on June 1, totalled $53, 608,780, a new record, with the gen eral fund receipts of $28,753,757 be ing 19.14 per cent more than in 1934 35. The general fund last fiscal year received $32,151,632 from all sources, including $1,000,000 from the high way funds as "sales tax on gasoline" and $1,415,025 from non-tax reve nue sources such as earnings, fees, dividends, etc. Expenditures aggregated $31,201, 706. rTvWy> haIA, Inw A 1 Q1 , A lie MJCa LAA piUUUV,CU 373 of the revenue and income taxes yielded another $8,088,119. The public schools est $20,223,211 of the money 3pent; d^bt serviee 1 cost $4,281,233; educational institu* I tions $1,784,488; charitable and cor I rectional Institutions, $1,597,221 s pensions, $580469; executive and ad i ministrative, $1,550,507; judicial $367,029, and state aid and obliga r tions, $803,882. ? * The general fund credit balonci ,' consisted of $600,787 in cash an< $349,140 in income taxes assessa > but deferred on the installment plan BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT > - Mr. and Mrs. Chester Murphy an - nounce the birth of a son on Monday July 87. Winslow Named Federation Head Farm 0 r g a n i zation Names District Com mittee; to Seek New Members Raleigh, July 31. ? Representa tives from 57 counties met at State College yesterday to set up a perma nent North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, replacing the temporary organization formed last fall. J. E. Winslow, of Greenville, out standing farm leader and acting chairman of the temporary organi zation, was elected president. W. F. Woodruff, of Nashville, was elected vice-president. Edwin A. O'Neal, militant presi dent of the national organization, spoke briefly to the delegates, im ploring them to help in raising the income of the North Carolina farm ers. "Farmers north of the Mason Dixin line are willing and anxious to cooperate with you in bringing about better conditions," he declar ed, "if you will only give them a chance." The State has ben divided up in to four districts. An executive com mittee, composed of representatives from each of these districts, was se lected at the meeting. fV,o Mnw-ViAOQt Rector, those f lUill tiiv *1 v? ? ? _ _ _? r elected were: W. W. Watson, Lake Landing; Alonzo Edwards, Hooker ton; W. F. Woodruff, Nashville, and J. E. Winslow, Greenville. Southeastern members of the com mittee are: J. R. Morris, Wilming ton; A. J. Whitley, Smithfield; and J. D. Johnson, Garland. Those from the Northwest district are: R. F. Shaw, Grensboro; C. T. Hall, Woodsdale; and J. L. Chris tian, Surry County. From the Southwest district the following were elected: J. M. Wil cox, Sanford; W. S. Patterson, Stony Point; and J. G. Crawford, Coolee mee. President Winslow announced that the executive committee would meet about August 10 to perfect plans for a membership drive, and to select a permanent secretary and treasurer. Since its inception in North Caro lina last fall, beginning with a mass meeting in Greenville, at which O'Neal delivered a bristling address urging tobacco farmers to organize the aggressive Farm Bureau has spread rapidly all over North Caro lina. Officers hope to organize per manent associations in each of the State's 100 counties. Weeds Spread Granville Wilt In Tobacco Fields Granville Wilt, a disease that costs North Carolina tobacco grow ers more than $1,000,000 a year, may possibly spread to tobacco fields from common weeds growing nearby. Cocklebur, jimson and nightshade are even more susceptible than to bacco to this disease, and they show the same symptoms, said Dr. E. E. J Clayton, tobacco disease specialist, of the U. S. Department of Agricul ture, reporting on recent research work conducted at the Tobacco Ex periment Station near Oxford. The effect of wilt on rogweed, horseweed and horse nettle is not so evident, but they too become dis eased, and they may act as carriers, Dr. Clayton stated. This may explain why recom mended crop rotations often fail to control the wilt, he continued. Even if tobacco has not ben grown on the land for years, the disease may be kept in the field By weeds. Corn, wheat, rye, sweet potatoes, grasses and legumes are immune to wilt, and a crop rotation including those with tobacco has been rec ommended as a control method. But if weeds are allowed to grow in or near the fields, Dr. Clayton pointed out, they will carry the dis ease over succeeding tobacco crops even though immune crops are grown on the land between the pe riods when it is in tobacco. , In view of this, he said, tobacco growers should give more attention to weed eradication in infested areas. He also recommended that ? they continue growing immune crops i in rotation with tobacco. The wilt enters the plants through !? the roots and spreads to all parts of s the plant. If the infection starts ? early in the season, the plant will be killed. If it starts late, a few I leaves may be saved. ? j WINS CUP IN GOLF TOURNAMENT. j. Friends here will be interested to J learn that Mrs. Knott Proctor, of 3 jGrenville, formerly of Farmville, ' was winner for the third time in a - golf tournament recently, the award .for which was the Governor's Cup, and which she now holds as her tro - phy. The runner-up in the tdurna ment was Miss Bessie Brown, of Greenville, Farm Organization Lends Its Efforts Light Rural Homes Farm Bureau Appoints Committee to Work With the Organization Seeking to Erect Pow er Lines. Greenville, July 29.?The Pitt County Farm Bureau will take an active part in trying to secure Fed eral loans through the Rural Elec trification authority to erect rural power lines throughout the county. # I A spokesman for the Bureau said today: "We do not want to leave our county in the dark, while all our neighbors are providing lights for , their farm homes." At a meeting of the county or ganization a committee composed of I Mack G. Smith, Oscar Speight and . A. L. Woolard was named to lend its ; efforts in trying to secure money to erect the lines. Efforts will be made to have elec tricity in every farm home in the county, it was stated. , A campaign will be carried on to ( 'secure the necessary data whereby , funds can be secured. It was recall- ; 1 ed that other counties in Eastern North Carolina are planning to build the rural lines. ' An organization has been formed to provide the farms with electric ity, the power to be purchased from J the City plant, but so far little head- J way has been made toward securing a loan and the Bureau will cooperate 1 with the organization in its efforts.- 1 1 i NATIONAL INCOME. ABOUT LEGAL RESERVES MORE DESTROYERS. PEEK HOLDS HIS FIRE. i ELECTION SPECULATION. By Hugo Sims, Washington Correspondent. Every year the Department of | Commerce makes public its- esti | mates of the national income both ' I produced an