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# | Patronise Oar Advertisers, For + t They Are Constantly Inviting | J Ton To Trade With Than. ^ | I SELL ? BUT and BANK 1 _i_ * ? IN ? t FABMVILLE f X ???????wmmmmmmtmmamtm?????????????? ? ?? ? - - VOLUME TWENTXaBIGHT FARMTILLE, PITT COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, APRIL 1. 1938 ? NUMBER FORTY-SIX ' ? ? ? i? " i ? ? ? i. iii ? ? i ?? ; ? ?? ? i i i a ' n i i iJI iii ii ? ??? ii .in i ??????mm ? ~ : : ? - ???;, " ~ T~ ... ; II J - ! ? ? Ambassador Daniels Presents Protest Against Oil Program American-Mexican Re-j lations Take Serious Turn; Mexicans Blam ing British. Mexico City, March 29.?A United I States protest against expropriation of Mexico's foreign-owned oil indus try tonight was followed quickly by a call from President Lazaro Carde nas for an "urgent" session of thel Mexican Congress. With relations between the two na tions taking a grave turn, the Mexi-j can President called for an extraordi-l nary session to consider an internal loan of 100,000,000 pesos (about $20, 000,000) to repay oil companies whose $400,000,000 properties were expro priated. -I In addition, he asked modification of Mexico's export and import duties which were raised sharply in January, and were the subject of informal American protests. Mexico, March 29. ? Relations be tween Mexico and the United States took the gravest turn of the past de cade tonight when Ambassador Jo-1 sephus Daniels presented a stiff American protest against expropria tion of the $400,000,000 foregin-owned oil industry. ~ The American envoy declined to re veal whethenohe protest was oral or written, A t|&h Mexican -official described communication as a note deliver / ed by Mr. Daniels to Foreign Min ister Eduardo Hay. It was understood that the protest had nothing of the nature of an ul timatum, but was energetic in de- , manding that Mexico clarify how she expected to pay for expropriated oil properties. The Mexican government was de scribed as concerned over the unex pected vigor of the United States stand, and officials at once started drafting a reply. , Mr. Daniels disclosed that he re- . ported to Secterary Hull by telephone after talking to the Mexican Foreign Minister about the "seriousness" of the situation. Seeks Settlement He said he conveyed "Mr. Hull's! deep wishes for an adjustment in a way that is consistent with the friend- ' ship of the two countries and rights i that attach to both nations." Declaring "nothing final" had been : done, Mr. Daniels said he expected to talk with Hay again tomorrow. British Minister. Owen St Clair O'Malley, who last week told Mexi co that Britain "reserved her rights," declined to comment on the United States move. It was stated authoritatively that the Mexican government feels that the energetic stand of the United States was due largely to British pressure. The government also was under stood to feel that suspension of sil ver purchases by the United States came as a result of British complaints that continuance of the purchases merely gave Mexico more ammuni tion for war on British and other foreign capital, (The United States Treasury an nounced Sunday it would suspend sil ver pwrchsers from Mexico on April 1, terminating, at least temporarily, its program of buying $2,500,000 worth of silver monthly at 44 cents an ounce, only one or two cents above the world price but guaranteeing a day-to-day market and keeping the silver off the world market. This had the effect of supporting the mar ket. The price for dwhestic silver in the United States is 64.64 cents an Effect ef Pretest ^ The oil protect, according to the government official, asked in effect: "Since Mexico has been enable to >pay for lands expropriated from Americans under Mexico's agrarian program, bow could it be expected to pay the larger amounts involved in il Meanwhile, a split in the ranks of oil w^iiipin added to Mexico's diffi foUowing the Washington silver an Tharift developed after 6*000 mem ' eoaq*sS??to17eoeBp^^with * more than 100 points below Satur day's closing. The market was thin throughout the day with few dollars being offered. The big silver mining industry was beset by labor troubles like those the oil industry suffered before their ex-1 propriation and anxiously watched world market prices. Many small marginal mines would be forced out of production if silver dropped to the middle thirties. Mines having rich veins probably could ope rate even at 30 cents, but others, it was stated, would be hard-pressed at I anything below 38 or SO cents. My Sends Off Paynumts Funds Sent To New York to Pay April 1st Obligations. Greenville, March 30. ? Funds to talling $47,347.50 were sent to New York banks today by Pitt county for payment of principal and interest due on bonds April 1. The county has issued no bonds since June 1, 1931, since which timer it has paid approximately $1,355,0821 on principal and interest, and an ad ditional $150,000 on district bonds. The county's bonded indebtedness now totals less than $2,000,000. Principal and interest due by the county this year totals $253,000. The interest payments sent off to day were for six per cent bonds, $12,-1 900; five per cent bonds, $1,775; four i and three-quarter per cent'bonds, $2, 137.50; and four and one-half per cent bonds, $6,535, making a total of i $23,347.50 paid in interest. i Principal was paid as follows: Due j on six per cent bonds, $15,000; due < on four and three-quarter per cent bonds $10,000 for a total on princi pal of $25,000. DENTAL EXAMINATIONS NOW IN PROGRESS The preschool examinations are , now in progress throughout the coun ty. The Health Officer, Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, states that he con siders the dental examination of the children as one of the most important features of the whole examination. He called attention to the fact that the dentists of Pitt County are giving -i their expert service to all preschool ' children. The following dentists are assisting : in the work: Dr. Paul Fitzgerald, ? Greenville; Dr. B. McKay Johnson, ' Greenville; Dr. M. B. Masaey, Green- ? ville; Dr. A. M. Schultz, Greenville; Dr. Paul Jones, Farmville; and Dr. 1 C. R. Riddick, Ay den. The Health Officer expressed appreciation for the fine co-operation these dentists are giving to the work of the Health De partment. CCC Gamps May Escape Roosevelt Economy Aie Washington, March 29. ? President Roosevelt has agreed tentatively to continue operation of 300 Civilian Conservation Corps camps which were doomed td'wafl under the federal economy axe by July 1, end of the present fiscal year, it was learned to nigh*. . ^ ^ The disclosure came when a Special House appropriations sub-committee met secretly to consider a resolution by Rep. Clifton A. Woodburn, D., Va., appropriating $50,000,000 for reten tion of the camps, after Wopdrum ob tained Mr. Roosevelt's informal ap proval. H The Virginian said he disclosed the matter with the Chief Bxeetrire be fore he went to Warm Springs, Ga., Sdi^tim^he favored retention, chiefly because, the eamps will help to stave off effects of the business recession. discontinued step toward brin^ - ? . _ ajthit AJM AAA a I Wftfl CTIllHWIbi ta * nvyjii j|Xl 000 A nnr I .... ? . ? ? | Symphonic Ciim Are Rehersing Easter Music Cantata To Be Present ed. On Easter Sunday In Methodist Church. / ? ? * . i Rehearsals for the Easter cantata, to be presented by the Farmville: Symphonic Chorus are now in full swing and the time has been set by Director Lewis S. Bullock as the af ternoon of Easter Sunday, with the Methodist Church, which lends itself so addmirably to these sacred con certs, as the scene of presentation. Adroitly portraying the dramatic scenes in sequence from Olivet to Calvary, the musical work by J. H. Maunder, which will be interpreted by the Chorus, captures the imagination, and new light and new reality are given to this tragic conclusion to the earthly existence of the Saviour of mankind. The Hallelujah Chorus from "The Messiah" will bring the presentation to a triumphant close. In the opinion of a majority of the members of the Chours, this cantata will in all probability be the most enjoyable of any yet attempted by the group, due in a large measure to its harmonic and rhythmic style, which gives it a universal appeal Oxford Orphanage Singing Class The Singing Class of the Oxford Orphanage will make its annual ap pearance here in Perkins Hall, Tues day night, April 5. The Singing Classes of the Or phanage for more than 50 years have made annual tours of the State, al ways presenting excellent programs and being warmly received every where. The local committee of the Farm ville Masonic Lodge, under the aus pices of which the concert will be pre sented are: Mayor George W. Da vis, Robert J. Wainright and R. A. Joyner. - < The entire community is invited to attehd. Paylor Opens Campaign For Solicitor's Post John Hill Paylor,' Farmville attor ney, who has served Pitt County in the State Legislature for the past two terms, today opened his cam paign for solicitor of the Fifth Judi cial District, comprising the counties of Pitt, Greene, Craven, Carteret, Jones and Pamlico. The present solicitor, D. M. Clarke of Greenville, has served in this ca pacity for the past 12 years. The opposing candidate is an ac tive Legionnaire, serving as the first commander of the Farmville post, and is the ruling elder of the Presbyter ian Church, having an unbroken Sun day School attendance record of 29 years. .A nffive of Laurinburg, Paylor opened law offices here 17 years ago. STATE ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC TO BE HELD FRIDAY, APRIL 1 The Pitt County Health Depart ment wishes to call attention to the regular, monthly STATE ORTHO PEDIC CLINIC held- every first Fri dady, from noon until 8 o'clock p. m., in the Health Department offices, 215 West 3rd St., Greenville, N. C. The next clinic will be held on Friday, April 1st. ? This clinic serves not only Pitt County, but Beaufort, Hyde, Pamlico, and Carteert .as well, and is open to both white and colored. All types of cripples are received into this clinic for examination without cost,: and where eligible, and when needed, free treatment is given. Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, Pitt County Health Officer, requests that, where practical, all patients bring a note from their family physician. He ex tends a special invitation to all phy sicians end all welfare officers to visit the clinic. % ^ [ FROM SHOW BOAT TO RADIO CITY ft- With the setting . rw?ing . from a small time show-boat on an Arkan | and' tho * i m pT*^ssi vo ^ broadcasting I ViHA. vaMv| iXvUiiJ UAAC1 j "III? n - & " '? I HIHHI II HI I II ? I I I* " ?" ?? *" * (Hugo S. Shaft, Washington Corres pondent.) I Deficit Cot of BiHion la Indicated I Aft Tax Collecttone Sorpriae Treasury The Federal Government's budget lift $1,000,000^000 nearer balanced in [the fiscal year that ends Jane 30th [than it was in the last fiscal year. [During the first nine months of the [present year about $700,000,000 was [borrowed as compared to more than j $1,700,000,000 in the same period of | the preceding year. Another en couraging factor in the fiscal affairs of the nation is the increased in come tax payments by corporations and individuals in March, with re ceipts exceeding thos of last March by $100,000,000. I N I The. increased revenue from taxes Ion income reflect large? earnings by individuals And corporations during the year 1987. Even with the slump that occurred in the final three months of the last year, 1937, was a profitable year, for business although business generally is in the midst of a defeatist psychology on account of present conditions. Experts attribute part of .the increased revenues to legislation, closing loopholes which heretofore permitted large sums to escape the Treasury. Hie tax on un distributed earnings of corporations undoubtedly forced dividends, which increased individual income tax pay ments. ? - The improved condition of the Treasury is not due to reduced ex peditures but almost solely to en larged revenues. For the first.three quarters of the present fiscal year, expenditures totalled about the same as during the preceding year when | they were almost exactly $5*500,000, 000. The reader should note, how ever, that the total of expenditures for the present year includes n large amount belonging to-the old age re serve accounts. The Treasury used the money that came from payroll taxes, paying the fund three per cent interest and the amount was charged as an expenditure because of the debt created. In fact, however, nearly the entire $700,000,000 deficit of the Government is represented by the dollars borrowed from the old age savings. Viewed in another light the Gov ernment, in nine months, has taken in taxes almost as many dollars as it has distributed in expenditures. In other words, for the first time in nearly eight years, the Treasury ope rations created no net "purchasing power." In view of the enormous sums pumped into the economic struc ture of the nation in recent years, the cessation of governmental priming is generally considered a major fac tor in the present recession. In the opinions of some officials and many experts, the failure of private busi ness to replace Government spending made a recession inevitable and the business slump will probably continue until the Government resumes its pump primifag or business takes up the slack by capital investments. Eary Solution of Railroad Problem Vital to Nation's Economic Recovery , The plight of the railroads of the nation involves the welfare of banks and insurance companies Which have invested heavily in the securities of the carriers. In fact, certain rail-, roads of the nation have seemed to be mere pawns in the financial manip ulation by which banks, brokers, at torneys and receivers have made huge sums. Thus, however, is hardly true of- all carriers and the fact remains that most of them carry Insuperable financial burdens. That some solu tion of the problem is vital to the nation's economic welfare is gener ally realized but no easy manoeuvres will be effective. H President Roosevelt recently ap pointed a "rescue committee" in an I apparent effort to avoid anything like Government ownership or control Iw this time. However, it is general ly recognised that the situation de mands an authority with power to force sweeping reorganization of the entire railroad industry. About five years ago, the railroads, ?ii a state ment addressed "To the American People," pledged a reduction of com I uii6i someuung lntcircrrcu wivv. wio I results &nticii)fitdd Fanwllle Hist esses Entertain Various Ms Engaged Couple Honor ed At Dinner By Al brittons. k.SV*. '? ? V Opening the round of social activi ties of the week here was a barbecue and Brunswick stew dinner, given by Mr. and Mrs. Ted L. Albritton in compliment to Miss Edna Foust Har ris and Mr. John Daniel Dixon, whose engagement was announced recently. The dinner was held in a Greenville dining room with places laid for for ty-two guests. The host and hostess alternated in the role of master of I ceremonies with toasts and witty speeches being made by Miss Mae I Joyner, Miss Elizabeth Fields, Miss I Hazel Monk, Leroy Parker, James I Lang and Irvin Morgan, Jr. Bingo was played after dinner. The Lamrad Club met this week with Mrs. W. Alexander Allen, Jr., who had as additional guests Mrs. David T. Harris and Miss Eva Mae Turnage. Plans were laid at the Garden Club on Monday for the holding of a Gar den School here in April with the I Snow Hill Club as a joint sponsor.! Miss Bettie Joyner presided and re-1 ported the purchase of a live oak by I the pool beautification committee for planting on the municipal recreational grounds, and announced a special meeting to be held in April, stating that Mrs. R. L. MacMillan, state chairman of Garden Clubs, had been invited as guest "speaker. Instructions to be fdllowed in the successful growing of lilacs and glad ioli were brought to the attention of the Club by Mrs. J. L Morgan, Sr., and Mrs. Haywood Smith! Mrs. T. I E. Joyner presented members with chrysanthemum plants of choice var ieties at this time. Following ad journment, the hostesses, Mrs. John B. Lewis and her mother, Mrs. Dunbar Lamar, served a sweet course. Special guests were Mrs. Mary Lewis Liang and Mrs. Louise D. Harris. Members of the Progressive Bridge Club, with Mrs. L. G. Walston as an additional guest, were entertained by Mrs. L. T. Pierce this week. The high score award, bric-a-brac, went to Mrs. B. S. Sheppard A congealed fruit salad with iced tea was served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. I. E. Sat terfield and Mrs. P. E. Jones. Miss Elizabeth Fields was hostess at bridge on Wednesday afternoon, entertaining her card club and hon oring her sister-in-law, Mrs. R. A. Fields, Jr., of Rocky Mount, a recent bride, and Miss Edna Foust Harris, bride-elect. Mrs. W. Alexander Al len, Jr., compiled high score and was awarded a sport handkerchief, the honor guests receiving lovely lin gerie. A salad plate carried motifs and a color note associated with the Easter season. Mrs. Frank-Davis, Jr., entertained the New Deal Club and other friends on Wednesday at the home of, Mrs. 6. M. Holden. Scoring honors went to Mrs. D. R. Morgan for high among members, and to Mrs. Lath Morriss, holding high among visitors, both re ceiving similar awards of book ends in cornucopia design. Miss. Edna Foust Harris, bride-elect, was pre sented with silver in her chosen pat tern. A new member, Mrs. L. E. Walston, was given a cordial welcome at this time. A congealed salad course was followed by ices molded in Easter motifs. Special guests were Miss 'Harris, Miss Tabitha DeVisconti, Mrs. B. S. Sheppard* Mrs. Lath Morriss, Mrs. W. E. Joyner, Mrs. Wesley B. Willis, Mrs. W. Leslie and Mrs. James Smith. . Money plays a big part in the thinking of many men who have very little of it in their possession. ? ? ^ 4. ? Seal Sale For ; I gy Crippled (Mdren I ? To-Begin Today B 1 m, I Pitt County anticipates a coopera tive venture in the Seal Sale for Crippled Children. Problems of tike crippled child have loomed large in Pitt Coounty. Some very commend able work in behalf of the physically handicapped child haa been done but much remains to be accomplished. pled Children, announce today that I it. . . i- . j f - I ^ f yfttrt campaign. I ? - y I i Thfl upincinttl est p&rh vhncl xutAiim* I paign. The following Farmville peo ple have accepted the opportunity to share in the program: Supt. J. H. Moore, Mrs. J. M. Hobgood, and Prof. H. C. Sugg. These seals bring to the attention of the public the work being done for children, unfortunately handicap ped by crippling diseases or acci dents, and the need for pursuing the effort unceasingly. The local organ ization has for its main purpose the focusing of attention on these prob lems. ' ?Such an,aim can not help but at tract the sympathy and support of the community and this can best be of fered by making the seal campaign an outstanding success. The seals sell for a penny. Lanier Seeks Senate Offiee Greenville Attorney An nounces For General Assembly. ? ? _ J. Con Lanier, in a public an nouncement today, made known his candidacy for State Senator from Pitt county, the second to announce formally for any office from this county. Arthur B. Corey yesterday an nounced for the senatorial seat. Others harve privately announced their candidacy to publicly declare their intentions to enter the June Democratic primary at an early date. Mr. Lanier, a native of Greenville, is actively engaged in legal practice and farming. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1912 and continued his law Studies at Georgetown University. He served four years as solicitor of the County Recorder's court and five years as Mayor of Greenville. In 1933 he was called to Washington City as tobacco expert in connection with the pas sage of legislation that set up the AAA. He wrote the original sign-up agreemnt - in which the tobacco growers first agreed to curtail pro duction in 1934 following the ware house holiday of 1933. Mr. Lanier likewise was the auth or of the Kerr-Srpith tobacco control bill and the amendments thereto. After leavnng his post as tobacco expert of the. ^?A, he became na tional administrator of the auction tobacco warehouse code under the NRA and continued as same until the Supreme court declared the act un constitutional.' * * Last yeaf Mr. Lanier again was called to Washington by farm ad ministration officials and had a large part in drafting the present farm control act Following passage of the act this year by Congress, he was ac tive throughout this section in secur ing adoption of the plan by the farm ers in the recent referenda. hmw Bigftwrs I Agrea To Scrap I ' Warship Limit ? 11 I London, March 29. ? Naval experts of the United States, Britain and! France decided today to invoke the | escalator clause of the London naval) treaty of 1936 and allow building of II battleships exceeding 36,000 tons. The text of the formal communi cations to be exchanged between the three powers will be published before the end of the week. A three-months period of "consolations" will follow to decide on th6 extent of increase In J ; tonnage. (The Paris bureau of the United Press reported that it had been de cided that , the United States would take the Initiative in invoking the escalator clause by sending notes to Britain and France, who would re-1 ply. Details of these, notes were be lieved drafted today.). . With publication of the communi cations, Britain will notify Germany and Russia of the decisions, since they adhered to the limitation treaty under bilateral pact with Britain. Although France concurred in the I The decision to escalate means I I thf I&rflT6St Conferees Adopt Cooley Proposal pn CottonQuota ? Tar Heel's Amendment is Approved Following His Appearance by In vitation. | .-v.- - ?> ? . a? - '? ______ > Washington, March 29. ? The Sen ate and House conferees today adopt ed the Cooley 60 per cent cotton acre age reduction limitation amendment, which was defeated in the House last Wednesday, after pursuing the un usual course of inviting Mr. Cooley, not a member of the conference group, to appear before them and ex plain his proposal. The Cooley amendment as offered in the House lest week, provided that no cotton grower's acreage should be reduced to less than 60 per cent of the acreage plante-' 1937, plus the acreage diverted in that year under the Soil Conserva tion Act. The conferees adopted the amend ment with a provision that the quota of no farmer should exceed 40 per cent of his total tilled acreage. That provision Would not affect any prow er whose {cotton acreage plus the acreage diveited from cotton in 1987 was less than 80 per cent in his total acreage. | Mr. Cooley said that he knew of Po grower in North Caro lina who would come under that pro vision although it would affect some large growers in other states. Adoption of the 60 per cent amend ment made it possible to strike out three other sections of the bill amend ing the 1938 farm act. Those'sec tions do away with the five-acre ex emption in counties having less than 16 per cent of their total tilled acre age in cotton, remove the exemption also in counties where value of to bacco exceeds th value of cotton, and provide a separate basis for cotton growers who also grew tobacco. "Elimination of those sections which are no longer necessary means that there is no change from the pro gram upon which the farmers voted on March 12 except that inequitable cuts will be prevented," said Mr. Cooley. The conferees adopted the House provision for a flat 4-per cent increase in the cotton quota of each state in stead ?of the Senate provision for a flexible increase. The conference also eliminated the Senate proposals to expedite subsidy . payments on the 1937 cotton crop and r to pay farmers a commission of $1.25 a bale for selling their cotton to the government under loan contracts al ready made. ? ' Complete rejection of all Senate - proposals infuriated Senator Ellison D. Smith of South. Carolina, chair man of the Senate .committee. The conferees yesterday eliminated a provision to increase tobacco quo tas. Increased benefits to potato growers and other minor features of* - the mandatory bill were not in dis pute. * The conferees today adjusted all differences, but will meet tomorrow to make their formal report Both the Hpuse and Senate are expected to adopt the conference report on Thurs day. ? V Tobacco Outlook The Bureau of Agricultural Eco- ?* . nomics today predicted a less favor able demand for flue-cured tobacco in 1988 than existed in 1987. -The bureau's summary of the flue cured tobacco situation follows: "Flue-cured tobacco acreage this year, would amount to slightly more . than 1,000,000 acres if growers should carry out Hatch 1 prospective plantings. This would be an increase of approximately 5 per cent over 1937. Assuming a yield equal to the . average for the five years ended 1986, the total crop wonld amount to 797,000,000* pounds. As stated prev iously, however, the 1988 marketing quota has boon set at 706,000,000 pounds. This probably will reenlt in some* downward revisions in growers' acreage.plans. With 1982-86 average yields of 787 pounds, a quantity of tobacco equal to the quota allotted ,, for market could be produced on about ** 896,000 acres. With the 1985 re*?* high yield of 928 pounds, only 760* 000 scree would be reqpind to pro duce the quota, but with yields as *' ? > low as the 606 pounds in 1982, about 1465,000 acres would be needed to produce the quota. "Due to the large 1987 crop which nearly 100,000,000 pounds, stock*; on / about 976,000,000 pounds, or between ,A J ...f .y, _ AU *nQ 11 p* em^ more *n*n On These ^large^tocks, witlfthe W quota, would give a proftsettva | I'
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