VOLUME TWENTY-SEVEN' ^ i COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY JIH-Y i* 1*7 lL ^ ^ ^ NUMBER ONE
541,620,000-Lb. Tobacco
Crop Estimated For Sea- \
son; Increase 18&P.C.
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Figures for North Caro
lina Issued by Statis
tician; Larger Acreage
Shown This Year
Raleigh, July 14.?B. H. Rhodes,
chief statistician for the agriculture
department,- forecast a 541,620,000
pound North Carolina tobacco crop
/or 1987 today, or an eatimated yield J
18.4 per cent higher than last year's.
State-Federal crop reporters' infor
mation, Rhodes said, gave an acreage
increast of 12.1 per cent to 669,000,
conditions 67 per cent of normal as
compared with 59 per cent on July 1,
1986, and 'generally good" prospects
the first of this month.
The state had an unfavorable
planting season, he said.
Based on federal data, the depart
ment reported that the flue-cured to
bacco-growing states have increased
acreage by 11 per cent, to 958,000
acres, with conditions 68 per cent nor
mal, indicating a wield of 767,215,000
pounds, an increase of 12 per cent
over the 1936 yield of 682,850,000
pounds.
* A1J T*?Dalf
Ill U16 1/1U v wii* wuuimvmv
were worst with only 60 per cent of
normal July 1. Severe insect attacks
killed 50 per cent of the crop in some
counties. A total of 261,000 acres
were in cultivation, up to 10 per cent
from last year, but the indicated har
vest of 182,700,000 pounds exceeds
last year's by only 2.8 per cent
"Extra good conditions" were listed
for the New Bright Belt Spotted
stands and varying stages of growth
were general, but conditions at 70 per '
cent of normal compared to 59 per
cent ths season last year, indicated '
a crop of 283,720,000 pounds where '
only 222,680,000 pounds were har
vested last year.
Especially good conditions were
listed in the area surrounding Pitt,
Wilson and Lenior counties.
In the State's portion of the South ?
Carolina belt, curing was reported ?
underway. The condition at 76 per
cent of normal was exceptional, com- i
pared with 60 per cent a year ago, 1
and indicated a yield of 68,400,000 :
pounds was 33 per cent more than
last year's harvest and 74 per cent
above the 1928-32 five-year average
crop. '* '
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Sanitary Rating
Is High Here
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Hotel, cafe and restaurant ratings .
for the city of Fsrntville and Pitt j
for the city of Farmvilie and Pitt
County for June have just been re
leased.
J. H. Moore, Pitt County Sanitary
Inspector, reports as follows:
Name Score. Grade
City Cafe 90.0 A
Davis Hotel 91.0 A
Froxen Delight 92.0 A
Hill's Cafe 84.5 B
Dixie Cafe (col.) _ 77.0 C
The Health Officer, in commenting
on this report, expressed great satis
faction with the Grade A places, but
he said that he always felt that Grade
B. and C were a reflection not only
on the operator of the eating place
and the community but also a re
flection on the Health Department
He called attention to the fact
that, while good sanitation in eating
places should be the rule the year
round, good sanitation is even more
important in warm weather, and stat
ed that aside from the question of
health, the operator of an eating
place should know that it is good busi
ness to have a Grade A card display
ed in his establishment.
The Health Officer further com
mented that tourists and visitors in
general are apt to judge a town by
the cleanliness and general sanita
tions of its hotels, cafes and restau
rants. In other words, the best ad
vertisement any town can have is
clean, sanitary eating places.
TUKNAGE GO. HAS SALE
The summer clearance sale in the
dry goods department of the Turnage
Co., Inc., as announced in these col
umns this week, offer outstanding
values and unheard of bargains, ss
this Arm pushes out its summer goods
to make room for new shipments of
fall merchandise, which C. T. Turn
age, the president, says will begin
arriving within-the next few weeks.
35 BREAKS IN TEN TEARS
Francevilte, Ind.?It's getting to he
a habit with Mehin Schoonover to
have a broken bone. Only 10, the boy
ha* lad 35 break* an average of one
nearly every four naocths. A victim
dum in his system, hte Hfe has been
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Washington
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Farm News
DRIFTING TO CITIES
USING CUSTOMS MONEY
EGGS, POTATOES, WHEAT
TO PUSH FARM LAW
FARM TENANCY BILL
By HUGO SIMS,
(Washington Correspondent)
On January 1, 1937, there were 80,
000 fewer persons living on the farms
of the United States than a year earl
ier. This represents the first net loss
since 1929 and indicates, perhaps,
that once again the people on the
farms are turning their faces toward
villages, towns and cities.
According to the U. S. Department
of Agriculture report^ 447,000 more
persons left the farms in 1936 than
came to the farms. This would have
been a net loss except for the fact
that the number of babies born to
farm women is deducted, leaving the
net loss at 80,000. While the farm
population is only one-fourth of the
nation's total, nearly one-third of the ?
babies each year are born to farm
women.
If the trend of 1936 continues, there
will be a continued movement of
young people, bred and educated on
the farms, to industrial and urban
centers. This shift of population,
however, may be checked by the de
veloping prosperity of agriculture
and the gradual acquisition of urban
facilities in rural areas.
As some of our readers know, Sec
tion 32 of the Agriculture Adjustment
Act makes available thirty per cent
jf customs receipts for the expansion
of agricultural markets. This provis
ion is an effort to secure or farmers
more of the benefits which accrue to
labor and industry through the tar
iff.
Without any pretense of covering
the entire activity of the Federal
Surplus Commodities Corporation, we
call attention to the continuation of
purchases of surplus eggs during the
next few months and of Irish potatoes
during the present market season, i
The commodities thus secured will
be distributed to families on relief.
?
Since the beginning of the year 8,
728,320 dozens of eggs have been
purchased. The continuation of pur
chases is necessary because the prices
received by farmers for eggs during
May and June was lower than during
the same months of 1936. At the
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Rev. Mr. Roberts
Makes Home Here
Rev. J. B. Roberts, pastor of "the
local Primitive Church, and Mrs.
Roberts, moved this week from Green
ville to make their home here, and
are occupying the residence on Wil
son street bequeathed to the Church
in his will by t^e late E. L. Davis,
who also built and gave the Church
on the adjoining property to this
group.
Having served the local congrega
tion faithfully for a number of years,
the Rev. Mr. Roberts has many
friends here, who are greeting him
on the streets in a cordial manner
and expressing their happiness at the
good fortune which has brought him
to live in their midst.
The Enterprise joins other friends
in extending a hearty welcome, to
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts for having
known them personally for many
years as a devout and saintly couple,
we consider them among "the salt
of the earth."
The Greenville Reflector had this,
to say about Rev. Mr. Roberts re
moval on Tuesday:
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"ureenviue uxiay iu?i une vi iws
best-known citizens and greatest
boosters of the local tobacco_ market
when J. B. "Uncle Jimmie" Roberts
moved to Parmville.
"Mr. Roberts moved to this -city
in 1924, joining the Forbes and
Morton warehouse. He at once began
soliciting tobacco in Greene and
Wayne counties and continued boost
ing the local market as long as- he
lived here.
"Last year, however, he was with
the Monk warehouse in Sferaville,
but continued to hue in thin city.
"In addition to his work en the to
bacco inarket, he also sells fertilizer
and is pastor of four Primitive Bap
tist churches, preaching every Satur
day and Sunday and some' times
twice daily, despite his 62 years.
"He is pastor of As Famville,
Meadow, Hancock and Manorial
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House Smothers
Overrides President Ir
Disagreeing With Lot*
Farm Loan Rate Views
Washington, July 14.?The House
ignoring administration warnings yes
terday that the government might
lose $200,000,000 on its lending pro
gram, overrode President Roosevelt's
veto of continued low interest rates
on farm loans.
The staggering vote was 260 to 96,
The Senate has yet to act.
Approximately 640,000 borrowers
from the Federal Land Banks and
465,000 borrowers from land bank
commissioners would be affected by
the veto of the bill, which continued
the emergency rate of 3 1/2 per cent
for the fiscal year that began July 1,
1937, and provides a 4 per cent rate
on all outstanding loans for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 1938.
It also provides 'that all commis
sioners' loans for the two years shall
bear interest at the rate of 4 per
cent instead of the present 5 per
cent. The total amount of loans in
volved approximates $3,259,000,000.
Majority Leader Rayburn (D.,
Tex.), urging the House to sustain
the veto, declared that any other
action would invite home owners
and other classes of government
borrowers to demand lower interest
rates.
"It is entirely possible that with
a precedent set in this bill govern
ment borrowers of all classes might
ask concessions amounting to $150,
000,000 to $200,000,000 a year," he
said.
Chairman Jones (D., Tex.), of the
House Agriculture Committee and
author of the farm interest bill, said
he "regretted exceedingly" that he
could not follow the President on the
issue. He said that if the bill does
not become law farmers will have
to pay interest rates varying from
4 to 6 per cent. He insisted that other
federal borrowers pay lower rates
and that farmers should not be forc
ed to pay more than 4 per cent.
It was the second time this session
that the House voted to override a
veto. On June 1 it voted 368 to 13
and the Senate 69 to 12 to pass a bill
giving 23,000 .World War veterans
the privilege of extending their tem
porary government insurance poli
cies for another five years.
Today's action added to the mass
of business backing up behind the
Senate jam over the President's
court bill. There was no indication
as to when the Senate would vote
on the veto.
Asked for his reaction to the House
vote, President Roosevelt told re
porters he never has reactions. Amid
laughter, he added that he never re
acts out loud, anyway.
TWO TAR HEELS VOTE
TO SUSTAIN PRESIDENT
Washington, July 14.?Only two
North Carolinians voted Tuesday to
sustain President Roosevelt's veto of
the farm interest bilL They were
Representative Bui winkle' and Rep
resentative Lambeth.
Representative Umstead was ab
sent and Representatives Barden,
Clark, Cooley, Doughton, Hancock,
Kerr, Warren, and Weaver voted to
override the veto.
New Paramount To
Open On Thursday
Farmville movie-goers and hun
dreds of those frtfm nearby towns,
who patronize the Paramount with
its newest releases of flickers will be
thrilled to learfi that the remodeled
and redecorated cinema palace will be
opened to the public on Thursday,
July 22, with that much-talked of
picture, "Topper", starring Cary
Grant and Constance Bennett, select
ed for the first performance.
Closed for several weeks, the own
er of the building, J. I. Morgan, and
the manager, Worth Stewart, have,
at a great expenditure of time, ef
fort and money, provided the Para
mount with every desirable feature
a modern show house of this kind
should have tin fine equipment and
comforts for its patrons, which in
'elude a washed air cooling system
and an increased seating capacity ol
150.
See the program and advertisement
of the Paramount in this issue anc
plan to take the family every night
to the coolest place nT town, when
they can enjoy the newest pictures ir
as modern and beautiful a setting at
any theatre in the state can offer.
FINDS $450,000 IN BONDS
Philadelphia.?While dismantling i
shoe-shine stand, a Negro, Jame
Willis, found a package of dust-cov
ered securities bearing the figure
"$450,000" in gold letters. With vis
ions of vast riches, he excitedly turn
ed them over to authorities who decid
ed that the ttoftds had a face value o
{only $88,000, ? that ; ^"4
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I
r MICHIGAN'S LABOR LAW
COURT FIGHT PLANS -
I COMPROMISE WILL WIN J
FILIBUSTER AHEAD
. THE COURT'S STATUS
LEWIS vs. ROOSEVELT
: BREAK IS EXPECTED
SEVEN DEFICITS
> OPEN SHIP SUBSIDES
" By HUGO SIMS J
(Washington Correspondent) L
The State of Michigan, as a result j
1 of the automobile strikes, has en- c
! acted an Industrial Disputes Act, I .
which Governor Murphy hopes will | p
have wide acceptance throughout the}v
I nation. The Act enters some new 0
; territory although it parallels the U'
Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932 and the p
1 National Labor Relations Act. A
"yellow dog" contract?an agreement 8
by an employee to his employer not L
to belong to a union?is outlawed ?
and injunctions by state courts are 8
prohibited if they forbid peaceful I j
picketing.
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The Act provides limits to this ac-1 p
tivity, prohibits obstructing entrance 15
or agree to a plant or residence, the si
blocking of the highways or partici
pation by those not a party to the p
dispute. It provides for enforcing b
the right of collective bargaining thru
cease and desist orders by a three- ^
man board and that the bargaining t
agency chosen by a majority of ^
workers is to be the exclusive agen- y
cy of all workers. Company unions n
are disqualified. ' ^
Moreover, the Michigan Board is
empowered to put pressure on parties!c
to reach a settlement and to subpoe- ^
na parties in a mediation effort Re
strictions on picketing caused Wil
liam Green, President of the Amer
ican Federaiton of Labor, to condemn
the Act as detrimental to the inter- f
ests of the working class and to blame I
the rival C. L 0. for giving public
opiinon a turn in favor of such legis
lation. '
The Court fight occupied the Sen
ate last week, with Senator Logan \
leading the battle in behalf of a
compromise proposal and ^insisting
that a minimum of ^fty-four votes
would pass the measure. The com
promise calls for the. appointment of
an extra Supreme Court justice for n
every sitting justice over seventy-five n
years of age, but limits such appoint- c<
ments to one a year and fixes the d
Court's membership at nine except
for the temporary appointments re- ?
ferred to above. V
9
The original bill called for new a
judges for all sitting justices who did w
not retire within six months of reach o:
ing seventy years of age, with no tl
limit as to the number of appoint- n
ments for this cause within any year, vi
The compromise would enable the 01
President to name two new associate
justices this year?one to' succeed b
Justice Van Devanter who retired re- it
cently and one for some member of g
the court now past seventy-five. a
The general opinion last week was V
that the Administration would prob- t<
f ably win if the measure can be got
ten to a vote. Its fate apparently ei
depends on a filibuster planned by c*
Senators Wheeler, Burke and other ti
foes of the original measure. There n
are determined opponents of the \*
Court reform plan who are, neverthe- ei
less, against any prolonged filibuster.
They take the position that a flli- n
buster is an admission that the ma
jority of the Senate favors the com- g
1 promise measure and lose public sup
iport if unduly prolonged. Senator
j Logan says that, if necessary, the
I Senate will sit twenty-four hours a
day to break the filibuster. Gener- ^
I ally, the Court battle is expected to
take anywhere from three weeks fo
two months, with little prospect of q
other New Deal legislation being j
reaced until some time in August
i
1 1 , -
Newspaper correspondents report j
that only a filibuster can beat the
reorganization compromise and that
1 Senator Robinson, to whom the Ptesi- j
dent gave the task of drawing up
1 an amendment to win a majority of
votes in the Senate, has done such a ^
| good job that even opponents of any
Supreme Qourt change admit that the
measure will pass. They report that
: Senator Burke has seven "debating
' teams" of five senators each, with
? one group prepaded to hold the floor
1 a day at a time. Inasmuch as there
1 are thirty-five or forty senators
1 counted in the group which will op- ^
pose any Court measure to the last
ditch, it would hardly be possible to j
apply the little used cloture rule that
the Senate wrote on its books in 191?
i after the celebrated filibuster of 12
s members against the armed mer
* c.hantman bill. Therefore, once a fili
b bn??er starts, it will be a question of
- nhvsical strength and senatorial vigil- I
- annc. 1
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X Since the resignation of Justice <
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Death of Kobinson Se
vere Blow to Proposed
Change; Talk Heard
of Ending Congress
Washington, July 14?Senate lead
in expressed agreement today the
leath of Administration Leader Rob
nson was a "serious blow" to the
loosevelt court bill, and some fore
ast it would be abandoned.
-While discussions of the court bill's
?rospects was off the record there
ras widespread talk among senators
f dropping the measure, cleaning up
he legislative program as quickly as
osaible and adjourning.
Senators shocked by the leader's
udden death, were reductant to dis
use the legislative situation. But
hey agree the death of Robinson had
truck an almost fatal blow to the
rive for the legislation.
The Arkansas senator not only was
irecting the drive to push the ocm
romise measure through the senate,
ut was the main author of the sub
titute.
He had been given a free hand by
Resident Roosevelt to negotiate a
ill the senate would pass.
The immediate effect of Robinson's
eath was to interrupt the furious de
ate which had been proceeding in
le senate for more than a week,
/hat an ultimate effect might be,
o one was willing to forcast Imme
iately.
Senator Wheeler (D.Mont) after
^pressing regret at the "untimely
assing" of a "political and personal
riend," predicted the court contro
ersy might be ended speedily as a
isult of the leader's death.
Ill Farmers
ToJjoOn Tour
Vill View Crops And
Homes Throughout
Entire County
Greenville, July 15?R. R. Ben
ett, Pitt county farm agent, an
ounced details today for the first
>unty farm tour, to be held Wednes
ay of next week.
Farmers making the tour will as
jmble at the county agent's office
Wednesday morning between 8:45 and
:00 o'clock to start on the trip. The
nnounced object is to let farmers see
hat is going on in different parts
f the county. In a letter to farmers,
le county agent declared, "you may
ot be in as bad shape as you think
hen you see crops and practices in
ther parts of the county."
The group will stop at Respess
arbecue place for lunch. The tour
i open to all farmers and it is sug
ested that farmers owning cars take
s many as three other persons,
/omen also are invited to join the
>ur.
Prize will be offered to the farm
r writing and bringing in to the
junty agent's office the best deacrip
on of the tour. The description
lust be left at the office within a
reek from the date of the tour. Sev
ral other prizes will be awarded.
The itinerary for the tour, as an
ounced by Agent Bennett, follows:
9 a. m_?Leave County Agent's of
ce.
9:29?Arrive at J. P. Davenport's
-Horse and Mule Production.
9:40?Leave Davenport's. ?
9:60?Arrive at Coy Folds'?Ridge
Cultivation of Tobacco.
10:15?Leave Forbes.
10:30-rArrive at D. J. Wilson's?
Crop Rotation, Corn Variety Test,
'hrifty Pig.
11:15?Leave Wilson's.
11:45?Arrive at J. V. Taylor's?
'arm Equipment and Terracing*.
12:80 p. m.?Leave J. V. Taylor's.
12:50?Dinner at Respess Barbecue
'lace, Greenville.
2:00?Leave Respess'.
2:25?Arrive at R. L. Little's?
'rop Rotation.
2:55?Leave Little's.
3:20?Arrive at Mrs. Lula Smith's
-Forestry Thinning.
3:35?Leave Mrs. Smith's.
4:10?Arrive at R. H. McLawhorn's
?Horse Production.
4:25?Leave McLawhorn's.
4:30?Arrive at M. O. Speight's?
7orn After Lespedeza, Cotton Veri
ty, Seed Treatment, Fertiliser
Placement.
5:15?Adjourn.
Total mileage to be covered, ap
proximately 81.8.
The practicability of aerial photo
graphs in checking compliance under
&?'Agricultural Conservation prp^
?ram was shown recently on two
iemonstration farms in Orange Coun
Last Attempt i o
Amelia Earnhart NowOn
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Mayor Oavis Host
To My Glib
Hundred Golfers Enjoy
Dinner Given by Club
President
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George W. Davis, newly elected
Mayor of Farmville and president
of the Country Club, and Mrs. Davis,
were hosts at a sumptuous barbecue
dinner, served at 6:30 o'clock in the
out-door dining room at the Munici
pal Park, Wednesday afternoon, to
which members and their wives or
sweethearts were invited.
Irvin Morgan, Jr., was master of
ceremonies at the dinner, served pic
nic style and attended by around a
hundred. Rev. L. R. Ennis offered
thanks. The program of remarks
was brought to a witty close by B. 0.
Taylor and W. S. Royster, who gave
their personal impressions of the
game and why the Roysterites took
the golf tournament of the afternoon
from the Taylorites.
J. W. Lovelace
Succumbs; Funeral
Here Thursday
Jere White Lovelace, 72, retired
leaf buyer and a highly esteemed
citizen of Farmville, died Wednes
day afternoon at three o'clock, fol
lowing an illnesa of several years.
Funeral services were held at nine
o'clock, Thursday, from the Metho
dist Church and interment was made
in South Boston, Va., his former
home, at three o'clock in the after
noon. Rev. D. A. Clarke, his late
pastor, was in charge with Rev. H.
M. Wilson, Presbyterian minister, as
sisting.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Miss Sallie Lillian White, two sons,
James Lovelace, of High Point, and
Lieutenant D. A. Lovelace, of Coro
nada, Calif., and five sisters; Mrs. J.
D. Price, Hardy, Va., Mrs. Sue Tur
ner, Winston-Salem, Mrs. C. A. Lacy,
Mrs. H. L. Gunn and Miss E. M.
Lovelace, Halifax, Va.
Mr. Lovelace, a Southern gentle
man of the old school, and a. former
buyer for the American Tobacco Co.,
and A. C. Monk and Co., had won
since moving his residence to Farm
ville in 1915, scores of friends for
himself by his affable, gentle and
unassuming manner, and by the ex
ample he led of daily Christian living.
He was closely identified with activi
ties of the Methodist Church before
failing health caused him to retire,
serving on the board of stewards and
as a teacher of the Wesley Bible
Class for several years.
Active pall-bearers were; R. C.
Thornton, L. W. Godwin, R. LeRoy
Rollins, C. E. Modlin, B. 0. Turnage
and L E. Satterfield. Honorary pall
bearers; John B. Joyner, A. C. Monk,
Sr., and Jr., J. I. Morgan, Sr. and Jr.,
George E. Moore, Jr., E. L. Barrett,
J. W. Parker, G M. Holden, T. W.
Lang, R. A. Joyner, W. R. Willis and
other members of the Wesley Bible
Class.
Special Tobacco
BillJJew Looms
Tobacco Congressmen
Agree To Have It
Ready If General Farm
Act Fails
Washington, July 14.?xne 11 con
gressmen representing tobacco dis
tricts who were appointed as a com
mittee to work out tobacco legisla
tion for this season of Congress yes
terday held their first meeting and
decided to prepare a special tobacco
bill to be ready in the event that
it appears later there will be no
general farm legislation.
It was decided here to use as a
basis the special tobacco bill al
ready introduced by Representative
John W. Flannagan of Virginia, who
is also the author of the ever nor
mal granary bill supported by the
Roosevelt administration and farm
organization.
Two changes were suggested. One
was to require a referendum of the
farmers before the measures can
become effective.
The other was to use the old Kerr
Smith bill quotas with a six per.
cent allowance for thoie not having
such quotas and to adjust inequali
ties.
The committee will hold another
meeting after these changes have
been worked out by officials of the
agitatttpre committee and further
changes may . be made.
Representative Cooley and Repre
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Airplane Carrier, The
Lexington, Hampered
by Tropical Storm;
Search Continues Over
Wide Area
Honolulu, July 18.?The greatest
air force ever assembled for a peace
time mission-?68 planes?was poised
today ready to skim along the mid
Pacific equator in the navy's last
search for Amelia Earhart, missing 11
days.
If weather conditions are favorable
the planes will zoom from the air
craft carrier Lexington to survey an
area of 86,000 square miles centering
about Howland Island.
It was there, a dot of land rising
only two feet above the water, the
aviatrix and her navigator, Frederick
Noonan, aimed for when they took off
from Lae, New Guinea?a flight of
2,570 miles.
Officials said the giant carrier, ex
pected to reach the search area by
dawn, was hampered last night by a
tropical storm which might delay the
aerial search.
An area 60 miles wide and 600 miles
long, extending north and south from
Howland was mapped for the first
day's survey.
WHO KNOWS?
* ? ? ?
1. What was the population of the
colonies at the time of the Declara
tion of Independence?
2. What is the density of the popu
lation in England, Germany and the
United States?
3. Have the names of the two new
battleships to be constructed for the ?"
Navy been selected?
4. What is the total deficit of the
-Federal Government during the de
pression ?.
5. What percentage of the public
highways are in the Federal road
system?
6. What is the estimated annual
loss through forest fires?
-T? What is the cost of the Veterans'
Administration per year?
8. What revenue does the Govern
ment derive from alcoholic beverages
annually?
9. What is the total mortgage debt
on farm lands and buildings in the
U. S.?
10. What is a radiometeorograph ?
(See The Answers on Page 4)
Pitt Farmers
Get Payments
Total of $58,130.10 Al
ready Received From
Government
Additional soil conservation pay
ments have been received at the of
fices of R. R. Bennett, county farm '
agent, for distribution to farmers,
bringing to 2,117 the number of ap
plications for which checks have been
received.
Checks received here so far total
$58,130.10 and went to 6,099 payees.
Pitt county farmers are due to re
ceive more money from the federal
program than those of any other
county in the state. It was estimated
at the start that $600,000 Would be
paid to Pitt county farmers, and
County Agent Bennett said today this
figure was expected to be reached.
Payments remain to be received on
28 more applications, including sup
plemental applications.
? County Agent Bennett declared
that 1937 compliance with the pro
gram would be started as soon as
forms are received and as soon as
Washington offices so authorizes. He
added that officials were waiting to
see if aerial photographs would be
ready for use this year.
The deadline for signing work
sheets expired on June 12, at which ,
time 2,300 applications had been
signed, an increase over the num
ber for last year. Mr. Bennett es
timated that practically every Pitt
couijty farmer was participating in
the FedeTil\$oil Conservation pro
gram.
Carolina on the committee. South
Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Ken
tucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and
Connecticut are also represented.
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BELK-TYLER CO. SALE
We wish to call the at^ntion of
oar readers to the advertisement of
Belk-Tyier Co., announcing the sen
sationally reduced prices at their
July sale, which began at nine o'clock
today, Friday, July 16. Marvin Lind
say, manager, states that prices will
be slashed on the entire stock.
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E. R. Phillips, Randolph County
farmer, is convinced that the terraces
he had constructed (? his farm last
Mtfiwr more than naid for themael
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