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V01* TWENTY-SIT PABJO^ fnT COUNTT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JUNE 18, 1937 ^ NUMBER FORTY-NINE . ? ? ? ?; t s ;? ? For Tobacco Markets ? 1 Warehousemen Want Even Start With Border'Markets ? ? ^ Eastern Carolina Ware housemen Association Hold Interesting Meet In Greenville Tuesday; Endorse Crop Control Plan By C. A. UPCHURCH, Jr? in New* ft Observer. Greenville, June 15.?A determined move to recoup the tobacco business that has been lured from this section to earlier opening markets in the Border Belt was made today by the East Carolina Tobacco Warehouse .Association. Without a dissenting vote, the an nual meeting of the association, with 100 warehousemen in attendance at the Greenville Country Club, resolv ed to ask tobacco companies to ar range their buying schedule so that the Eastern North Carolina markets can open for sales on the same day as Border Belt houses, or, at most, a week later. Heretofore, the Border Belt has opened two to three weeks ahead of eastern markets, and warehousemen annually see thousands of loads of tobacco transported from this section to the markets along the South Caro lina line by growers who want cash returns on their crop as early as possible. Endorse Crop Control. Suggestion that the opening days be made identical came from Presi dent J. E. Winslow of the Farm Federation Bureau, who appeared be fore the warehousemen to explain the new ever-normal granary plan now awaiting presentation to Congress. The warehousemen unanimously en dorsed the proposed new plan for crop control, with their resolution providing for petition to the North Carolina delegation in Congress to do everything possible for passage of the bill, which has wholehearted sup port of the Farm Bureau, President Roosevelt and Secretary of Agricul ture Henry Wallace. At the executive session, State Senator E. V. Webb of Kinston was elected president of the Association to succeed Bruce B. Sugg of Green ville, and J. J. Gibbons of Wilson was chosen vice president Board of Directors. Named to the board of directors were W. Z. Morton, of Greenville; H. P. Foxhall, of Rocky Mount; J. C. Eagles, of Wilson; Garland Hodges of Washington; IL.' J. Laws, of Kins ton; W. H. Adkins, of Robersonville; W. L. House, of Tarboro; Dixon Wal lace, of Smithfield; Holt Evans, of Williamston, and J. Y. Monk, of Farmville. On the nominating committee were W. E. Fenner, of Rocky Mount; Laws, Eagles, Morton and R. K. Ad kins of Robersonville President Sugg, whose administra tion has brought the Association one of its most successful years, and K. W. Cobb, sales supervisor of the Greenville market, made arrange ments for today's convention. A barbecue and brunswick stew dinner was served between meetings. A welcome to the warehousemen was voiced by Mayor Marvin K. Blount, of Greenville, and J. C. Eagles, Jr., of Wilson, responded. Haywood P. Foxhall of Rocky Mount, former president of the As sociation, presented Mr. Winslow. The Farm Bureau president ex plained that the present ever-nor mal granary bill, which finally re ceived the White House okey after 15 draftings, sought to combine soil conservation with a maintenance of parity prices for five major commodi ty crop8: Cotton, wheat, field corn, tobacco and rice. A normal crop yield will be set for each farmer, Mr. Winslow stated, with the average to be struck from production over the past 10-year period. Any dissatisfied farmer can obtain a review from a committee of impartial growers after his base acreage has been established. Bene fit payments will be based on the number of acres taken from produc tion of soil depleting crops. No far mer will be forced to sign a contract, ' fapt those who do not sign-will not receive benefit payments and they wiS be required not to market exces sive poundage as determined by their quotas. The penalty on excess sales nrfll be fan* cents a pound or 50 per ant at the total amount at such arise* depending upon which is larger. T1? m ******* V f , vV Lawmakers Need Urgtog. "The bffl is dhe to be introduced WKr who recently returned from Wash ington conferences on the measure. "The feeling of most Congressmen is that the farmers are not much interested in the bill. But if the farmers show any interest in get ting the bill passed, I think they will pass it I want you warehouse men to cooperate with us farmers to get the information to the grow ers that it is essential at this time that the farmers get behind the bill and let the folks in Washington know we want it" Much of the same sentiment was expressed by Mr. Lamer, whom President Sugg said "did. more in 1933 to bring about a change for the better in the tobacco situation than any other man in the coun try." Improved prices, he stated, have caused farmers to slip in their vigilance for continued price pro tection. Pointing out that over-production will bring a return of the 1933 de bacle, Mr. Lanier declared: "We've got to have a program whereby the mighty hand of the Federal Gov ernment will regulate production of tobacco." Adrian Newton of Raleigh, coun sel for the North Carolina Unem ployment Compensation Commission, explained that warehousemen operat ing less than 20 weeks per year did not come under provisions of the act. The provisions do apply, he explain ed, to those who operate warehouses in one or more states in which the total weeks of operation exceed 20. Warehouses in North Carolina nor mally operate from 14 to 18 weeks. Among those recognized for brief t-alVa by President Sugg were E. L. Arnold of Greenville and Raleigh, secretary of the Farm Bureau, and W. D. Pniitt, veteran buyer on the Greenville market. Several warehousemen, led by J. C. Eagles of Wilson, led the move ment for requesting simultaneous openings for the eastern and border markets. They pointed out that crops in the two sections are ready for market at the same time, and that the eastern belt farmer should be allowed to market his tobacco, if necessary, with the eastern houses with which he does business later in the season. A hard-pressed grow er, they maintained, will haul his tobacco a hundred or more miles to the Border Belt markets to take ad vantage of the earlier sales, thus penalizing the eastern belt ware housemen and adding to the farmer's overhead. Setting of dates for tobacco mar ket openings, in which the Georgia and South Carolina markets must be considered, will be done at the annual meeting of the United States Tobacco Association at Old Point Comfort, Va., July 1-3. Large tobacco companies dominate the con vention, at which President Winslow is expected to submit the farmers' plea for earlier opening of eastern belt markets. The problem Tof the tobacco com panies will be to provide sufficient buyers if the request is granted. At the suggestion of President Sugg, a telegram of sympathy was dispatched to W. H. Adkins, promi nent warehouseman, who is ill at his home in Robersonville. Mr. Webb, the new president, was not present at today's meeting. There were a number of visitors from Middle Belt markets, which requested in convention at Raleigh yesterday that they be permitted to open on the same date as eastern markets instead of one to three weeks later as in the past. WHO KNOWS ? 1. How many people are now em ployed on work relief projects? 2. What is the status of the crop insurance bill which passed the Sen ate-two months ago? 3. Does the electric power indus try consume much coal? 4. How old is Senator Joseph T. Robinson ? .v\ 5. Can a farmer get Federal as sistance to buy a farm ? .s> 6. Are most strikes called to ob tain better wages and hours, or it connection with organization-rights? 7. Does the United Stftjtes sell more goods than it buys $om for eign 'nations? 8. When did Bobby Jonea retin from golf? 9. What proportion of the rail : roads' income is from freight? lfc How fast does the iwag. big league pitcher throw the Ball ti 1 ^ hatter ? Farmer Is A Faraiir Only Vf henFarming Stacey W. Wade Gives Few Facts Concerning Farmers and Social Se curity Act A farmer Is a farmer only when he is farming', so far as the Social Security law is concerned, and when he' engages in other than agricul tural pursuits he comes under the tax and the benefits provisions of the Act, Stacey W. Wade, Manager of the Raleigh Office of the Social Security Board said today. The same thing is true of the em ployee of the farmer, Mr. Wade said. [ "All employment, unless specific ally excepted by the law itself, is covered by the Social Security Act," Mr. Wade said. "Agricultural labor is one of the few employments specifically exempt ed. Because of this exemption some confusion has arisen over the appli cability of the law to farmers and to persons usually engaged in agricul tural employment It should be borne in mind that the Social Securi ty Act does not exclude any group or class as such, but merely excepts certain employments. For example, a person who usually engages in agri cultural labor is not excepted from the law when he engages in other employment. It is the employment and not the man which is the determ ining factor. "Every farmer who engages in other business, either as an employer or an employee, and every farm work er who undertakes other employment, even though such other employment is only temporary, or part-time should file application for a Social Security number. The employer should file for an identification number. AppB ; cation for this is made on Form SS-4, issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Copies of this form may be obtained from the Collector of Internal Revenue at Greensboro. "Employees must make application for a Social Security old-age bene fits account number. This appliation should be made on Form SS-5, which also is issued by the United StateB Treasury Department Copies of this account number application may Be obtained from any post office or from the Social Security Board office which is nearest to the applicant. After June 30 cards, now issued through the post office, will be issued by the Social Security Board offices. In formation on account apphations is held confidential "Persons who have any doubt about whether the law appUes to them and their employment, or business, should make inquiry at once and get the correct information. Information can be obtained from the Collector of In ternal Revenue. The Social Security Board offices at 116 South Salisbury Street in Raleigh was established to aid both employers and employees with Social Security law problems." THE METHODIST CHURCH The Methodist Orphanage singing class of Raleigh will give a program of music in the church, Sunday at the 5:30 Vesper Hour. The public is cordially invited to attend. We ex tend an invitation to all churches, fraternal orders and others interested in Orphanage work to give these de serving children a good congrega tion* A commencement program will be given Sunday at 10 A. M. by the three departments participating in. the Story Hour of this week. We want to thank the parents for their most excellent cooperation with the leaders of our girls and boys. The work has been a great success. The enrollment was sixty-one for the week and the leaders have done a most efficient service for which we thank them. , A picnic supper was given Wednes day afternoon at the city park for the Primary, Junior and Intermediate departments of the Church School. Every one bad an enjoyable time and we commend the leaders of our town for the splendid provisions made for the girls and boys. D. A. Clarke, Pastor. i INVITATIONS ISSUED i - ? ? . 1 The following invitations have been *' received by friends here: "Mrs. Robert Newton Coggins re ? quests the honor of year presence at the marriage of her daughter, Alice ? Lorena, to Mr. Albert Pan! Burton, : Wednesday, the thirtieth of June, at ? eight o'clock in the evening, Sloan > Grove Baptist Church, Spartansburg, South Carolina. At Home, 1608 Ran Ha Stmt, Wilmington, N. C, ? X- V" X XX- X ^ 7 IM LITTLE "INSIDE" DOPE. COUBT FIGHT GOBS ON. UNWIBLDLY MAJORITY. F. D. R. IS THE PARTY. A SAMPLE OF REVOLT. SEVEN REGIONAL TVA'S. '.j 1 (By Hugo Sim*, Special Washington Correspondent) There is little "inside" dope about the situation .at the national capital, where the- President sits in the White House attempting to persuade Con gress to complete his program of re form legislation and Congressmen swelter at the Capitol in the summer heat There is no way to tell what is going to happen because there are too many things that can happen arid until they come off no one knows .who is the true prophet The fight for court reform is not yet over and the long line of legal victories that have been given New Deal laws has not satisfied the Chief Executive who is still convinced that the people back his demand for an interpretation of the Constitution which will modernize the powers of present-day government. In fact, much will be heard of the long delay in determining the status of the TVA, which, after more than a year of litigation, has not been fully pass ed on by the higher tribunal.* Likely, there will be something said, too, about the injunction granted by a Federal District judge, prohibiting the government from prosecuting its action against the Mellon alumninum trust. These will be used as in stances to illustrate delays with which the government contends it should not be bothered. There continues the usual debate over tactics in the Court fight, with some observers declaring that the President has waited too long to put over a compromise successfully in view of the strength of the opposition. The idea that Mr. Roosevelt is anxi ously looking for a chance to back out of the court fight is very popular in some quarters but without much evidence from the White House it self. The opposite view is that the President intends to insist upon the substance of what he sought to ob tain through his court proposals al though not necessarily determined that details be exactly as outlined. This means that until the Court has satisfactorily passed upon all major New Deal laws and established a fix ed liberl interpretation of power the court issue will be kept alive, even to the extent of becoming an issue in many Congressional contests in the fall of 1938. Whether the President can con tinue to control the unwieldy party majority that the Democrats possess in Congress is a question that is be coming of increasing importance in the future prospects of the party it self. Left alone by administration leaders the members of the majority party will soon divide into groups and begin legislation under the bloc system, with log-rolling for special favors replacing what has been, at least, an apparent effort to act in the ntional interest. If this spreads very far it is easy to see where it will lead and to understand how easi ly it will be for the opposition to make political capital out of the situation. Democrats, whether they like it or not, are bound up with the fortunes of the President's policies. If he succeeds, the party's future is good; if he fails, regardless of what in dividual Congressmen may say about his conduct, the chances of the party are exceedingly bad. This may not interest Congressmen in rock-bound Democratic areas but it is of some moment to Congressmen from dis tricts that are considered debatable ground. That the President is bend ing the party's course to the left is as plain as the noonday sun, which means that conservative Democrats, who find it distasteful are. definitely behind the eight ball. . ?. A sample of what may be expected comes to mind when one contemplates the action of the House on the relief bill. When about one-third of the 11,500,000,000 was earmarked and Harry Hopkin's salary cut to $10,000 the "revolt" seemed to be underway but, before the bill passed, the lump sum principle was restored as the President desired and Mr. Hopldri's pay went back at its previous figure of $12,000. Then the measure , went to the Senate. What will happen to it, before both Houses taken final ac tion, is not easily guessed, and in view of the House conduct, unpredict able with any degree of accuracy. Hard-boiled observers, however, in sist that you can gat an idea of Mr. Roosevelt's future control over the present Congress by watching whe ther he manages to retain the lump sum principle^ the relief bill^ that c.. .? --v.-., . ;;:?; Pitt Pnimh/ UfioHh Department Gives Its Monthly Report ? * County As A Whole Be ing Greatly Benefitted By Recent Activities Report for May Shows Presented June 10, 1937. Gentlemen: The chief activities of the Pitt County Health Department for the month of May were: typhoid clinics, maternal and infant welfare work, veneral disease clinics and clean-up campaigns in the towns of the county. Our contagious disease statistics show for May; diphtheria, 3 cases, tuberculosis, 6 cases. No typhoid, scarlet fever, measles, whoopinig cough nor smallpox. The typhod clinics for the western half of the County have been com pleted. Attendance at these clinics was not as large as had been anti pated. Total vaccinated; white 33?, colored, 271, grand total 606. The clinics for the eastern half of the County will begin June 14th. Since January 1st, three cases of typhoid fever have been reported? one in February and two in June. The last two cases were in the same family, a mother, 56 years old and a son of 16. (Clinical diagnosis only.) The county sanitry inspector, Mr. J. H. Moore, is pushing the privy program as rapidly as possible, 32 privies having been constructed with private funds during the month of May. The program will be expand ed considerably if, and when, the WPA restores our privy project. We are usinng our utmost efforts to have this project restored at an early date. The Greenville and Farmville ve nereal disease clinics continue to grow in popularity. It is probable that in the near future, a clinic will be opened in Bethel under the aus pices of the Health Department, but conducted by the Bethel physicians. The State Orthopedic Clinic held monthly in Greenville, is rendering a great service to this clinic area. This : clinic serves the counties of Pitt Beaufort, Hyde, Pamlico and Car teret. The school dentist gave services to 155 pupils unable to provide this ser vice for themselves. He worked only part of the month. The attendance upon the maternal and infant welfare centers shows gratifying improvement. Attend ance in March was 40, April 50, May 59. The number of new patients for for March was 25, April 25 and May 37. The Greenville Center has grown to where it is now necessary to use two days a month instead of one day and two physicians instead of one. The attendance at the last clinic was 21 new prenatal cases, 12 old prenatal cases and 6 postnatal cases, making a total of 39 maternity cases. In ad dition, 5 clinic babies were registered. A grand total of 44 patients. The Pitt County Well Baby Clinic, heretofore held independent of the maternal clinic will, hereafter, Be held in conjunction with the Green ville maternity clinic at the Pitt Gen eral Hospital. The Health Department, at the re quest of Miss Ethel Nice, Home Demonstration Agent, examined the 4-H Club of the County in the Health Department offices on May 22nd. This local health contest is a part of a great National Health contest. The local boys and girls scoring the high est number of points enters the Dis trict contest, then the State elimina tion contest, and from there the State winners enter the National con test. The doctors assisting in the examinations were; Dr. Paul Fitz gerald, Dr. W. M. B. Brown and Dr. L. C. Skinner. The Health Officer is not only glad to participate in this type of health work but feels that the Home Demonstration Agent is to be highly commended for the emphasis she is placing on good health among members of the 4-H Clubs. While speaking of the 4-H Club activity, it might be of interest to you to know also that the Health Officer gives First Aid training to the Greenville Boy Scouts, monthly. Mr. K. T. Futrell, Welfare Officer, is giving the Health Department fine cooperation in tuberculosis control by furnishing Burr cottages for the seg regation of advanced cases. Efgfit cottages are now in use and three more have been assigned. These cot tages, as you know, are placed on the yard of the patient Of course, the Burr cottage, from the stand point of segregation, protecting others is worth a good deal, but it cannot take the place of a local sana torium. A sanatorium not only gives segregation, but gives the patient, himself, proper foqd, marring care and the best opportunity for recovery. The season for malaria is approach ing. The Health Department is work ing with certain groups of cHisena in an effort to gat certain factorial v;./-A? *$&&& * -rW*':'1:\- ? Daughters Have Flag Day Program Two One Hundred Year Old Doors Presented by Mrs. J. E. Barrett For Chapter House i The members of the Major Ben? i jamin May Chapter, D. A- R., were entertained at the country home of Misses Huldah, Helen, and Christine Smith with Mrs. Bruce Eagles Eagles as associate hostess at one P. M. Misses Carrie and Mattie Smith as sisting in serving a two course lunch eon in the spacious sun parlor. Love ly arrangements of summer flowers were used throughout the house. The business session followed with the regent, Mrs. Henrietta Moye WiF liamson, presiding. Mrs. Mary Moye Patterson, Chaplain, read for the de votional a portion of the seventh chapter of Mark showing the mother love of the Syrophenician woman for her daughter and led in repeating the Lord's Prayer. After the Flag Salute led by Mrs. J. O. Pollard the secretary, Mrs. Joel Moye, read the minutes of the May meeting. -Real ized $28.35 from sponsoring the Ramona Staples Dance Revue, to gether with dues collected, the re port of the treasurer showed enough money to purchase another share of Building and Loan, making a total of seven shares owned by the chap ter. Mrs. J. E. Barrett donated two doors, one hundred years old, for the chapter house which is to be erected soon and Mesdames 0. H. Cozart, C. E. Moore, J. O. Pollard, T. C. Turn age, W. M. Willis and Mrs. Henrietta M. Williamson were asked to investi gate purchase of other doors and a mantle. The program committee ap pointed were: Mrs. W. H. Whitmore, Chairman, Mesdames E. B. Beasley, Bruce Eagles, B. Streeter Sheppard and G. S. Vought. Because of the District Meeting to be held in Farm ville in October, the next meeting will be on Saturday, September 25th. A program, commemorating the birthday of the American Flag, was given by Miss Tabitha M. DeVisconti and Mrs. B. Streeter Sheppard using Franklin K. Lane's, "The Flag's Mes sage," "The History of the Flag," "Respect for the Flag," "The Ameri can Flag" by Henry Ward Beecher and "Are You For Me Or Against Me?" Beginning the program "Hur rah for the Flag!" was sung by the members; "Our Beloved Flag" was rendered as a duet by Mrs. Clifford Bostic and Mrs. M. V. Jones with Mrs. Jones at the piano, the meeting closed with "The Star Spangled Ban ner." Especial guests were Mrs. Carl Jones, Kinston, Mr\ Kelly Rawls. Robersonville, Mis. J. C. Parker, Mrs. C. E. Case and Mrs. W. E. Smith, of Fountain, and Mrs. Clifford Bostic. drainage projects started through the WPA. Another item we report with sat isfaction is the dental service re cently given the inmates of the County Home by Dr. Paul Fitzgerald, and while speaking of the Count} Home, I wish to report that the in mates are amply supplied with milk, butter, eggs, vegetables, etc., and in addition to the improved diet, the general sanitary conditions at the Home are better now than at any time during my connection with the County Health work. You will be interested to learn that, recently, the Woman's Club of Fountain, through Dr. E. B. Beasley. invited the Health Officer to talk to them on the subject of cancer. Even though cancer is not thought to be contagious, it is most assuredly a public health problem. When w?| realize that one out of every eight deaths in women over 45 years of age and one out of every 14 deaths in men over 45 is caused by cancer,, it ?is evident that it is clearly a public health problem. It is our opinion that the private physician, the Health Department, the public press, the moving picture, the radio, and 4B other legitimate avenues must be used, though discreetly, in educating the people concerning cancer ? a disease which attacks the hovel and the palace alike?and bring to them such information as medical science to-day offers as to its prevention, its symptoms and its cure. Since; the laedership in a cancer control pro gram- I# as we see it, the duty of the Health Officer, we will, with the Approval of this Society, assume such Worship- - > r' . ' ???? ^ ' Cleveland cotton farmers have been forced to do muA replanting because 1 ? ' r-'.'- V ? ?**i ?! 1 ?'??'?&??? ?%'? 'I "Need" To Be First Main Consideration Welfare Officer, K. T. Futrell, Issues State ment on Social Securi ty Programs In order for the general public to give assistance in the administra tion of Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Chrildren the following statements about this program is in order. There are many things of vital importance, in the administration of these two programs'. The first and most important consider..ion is the need of the applicant. Children who are being cared for in homes with some relative and have sufficient income do not become obligations of the State, County or Federal Govern ment but will continue to be cared for by the relatives. The aim of the entire program is based on need. By need, we mean those who are not being cared for by anyone and who are without subsistence. This pro gram is not intended as a place for sons and daughters to unload the responsibility of caring already for their parents in a comfortable way nor for children who are receiving the advantages of a good home. The responsibility of the State, Local and Federal Government, is to see that those who are eligible but who are not being cared for by anyone shall receive this assistance. Funds are limited. This is the goal of the Di vision of Public Welfare under the di rection of the Board of Public Wel fare of the County. The aged, indigent people sixty-*. five years of age or over who are being assisted by the county at the present time will be the first to re ceive assistance provided they meet, in each case, the various requirements. Their claims, in each case, must be established. No persons eligible for Aid to Dependent Children or Old Age Assistance will be penalised be cause they fail to apply during July or later. Those for whom the county has not rendered assistance are urged to defer placing their applications until late in July or in August in order that their cases can be taken up and handled in an orderly man ner. Much work is required to collect data and in preparing the necessary case records of each client now re ceiving public assistance before their claims for State and Federal partici pation can be established. There fore, the general public is asked to assist in the initiation of this new program in every way possible. PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL The Presbyterian Bible Vacation School will close on Friday of this week with exercises held in the church at eight o'clock, to which the entire community is invited. This school has been underway for several days, being conducted by Miss J Mary Mulcay, of Augusta, Ga., who is doing Bible School work through out the Presbytery. MAKING WAR ON SYPHILIS "The thing I am most interested just at this time is the survey through which we hope to make a fight on syphilis in Hungary. We began this survey before I left and, upon my return, I shall complete it The first thing necessary is to know just what the per centage of infection is. All progress must be based on accurate knowledge. Once we learn to what extent this disease prevails, v > can begin the fight in earnest. We in tend to make the campaign one of education. Many agencies will be em ployed, but I have in mind three at this time: The Newspapers, the schools and the ' motion pictures. These can be of great help. "We do not intend to simply 'teach' our people; we propose to 'educate' them. People sometimes dislike to be 'taught,' but they al ways welcome 'education,' because it involves much more and is more far reaching in its consequences. "We intfehd to inform our people just what this dreadful disease is do ing to the human race. We shall be fiTOT at all times; and I hope the result will be that we will join the rest of the civilized world in making war on this plague. "I am opposed to making war On human beings, but I am earnestly-in favor of making war orrejjgything that makes human beingwpifcappy, unhealthy or that brings them dis tress and poverty. People are entltl- . ed to happiness. Disease is a robber, and should, therefore, be conquered. It is very important that we also carry on a good follow-np campaign