mmmiiimmommmmiomm ?; Patronize Oar Advertisers, Per ; Tkey Are Constantly Inviting ? :! Tea To Trade With Then. """ VOLUME TWENTT-NINE FARMVIU* HIT COUNTY, NOBTHCABOLINA, FRIDAY, 3EPTKltBjSK R, ?. NUMBER SIXTEEN : i i ?? i i l- -! i- 1 ' "i i, ? _ . ?.*?.:. ' - ? ? in ?San?if-' ? ? <-lVv. ? %?_ I ? ? I ??? - I Low Weed Price Arouses Bureau Farnr Organization to Hold Mass Meetings Saturday In Six Coun ties. The North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation last night called mass meetings of farmers in eight tobac co-growing counties in an effort to determine the cause of the current "slump" in tobacco prices and to consider possible means of boosting averages. Farmers were called to meet at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Sep tember 3, at the following county courthouses: Wilson, with A. D. Wil liams in charge; Nashville, with W. F. Woodruff; Tarboro, with W. W. Eagles; Snow Hill, with A. C. Ed wards; Warrenton, with W. E. Tur ner; Kenansville, with L. P. Wells; Kinston, with Dr. J. Y. Joyner, and Greenville, with Haywood Dail, Jr. Farm Bureau members and other agricultural leaders will direct dis cnooinro nn thp rause of low TOICCS and seek a remedy. Secretary E. F. Arnold of the State Bureau said an effort would be made to discredit current propaganda that the crop control program is responsible and co gain iarmers' assurance that the control program will be continued beyond this year to insure a "parity" price. The mass meetings were called fol lowing a meeting in Wilson yester day of the Bureau's State executive committee, headed by President J. E. Winslow of Greenville. "We find that prices have slumped from two to five cents a pound since Lhe Border Belt opened, and the- - trend is downward," Secretary Ar nold said after the meeting. "We had no indication that the trend would continue downward, but we hope to bring it upward." The State executive committee of < the bureau, at its meeting yesterday, ilso heard two delegates from the Association of American Railroads. | Dr. C. S. Duncan and Etyner Knut son of Washington asked the sup port of North Carolina farmers in an iffort to establish a national policy that will enable railroads to remain private enterprises and to operate profitably without dependency on government aid. \ ' Cotton Bagging The Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration has accepted a contract for the manufacture of one million "patterns" of cotton bagging tj> be used as a covering for cotton. * * ENGINES GO TO CHILE " Philadelphia. ? The first export shipment of locomotives, assisted by the Export-Import Bank, recently left for Chile, where they will be used on the State Railway. ! . I Attend School ? ? ? The County Schools opened Thurs ?day, September 1st The State; lass ?requires all children between Jhifagse ?of seven and fourteen to attend the school in their community for the ?period of time that the school in Us community is in session. The parents ?or guardians of such children are re lin school. Faihpe yOn> the part of laW, #b? convicted in. Court for vio tttion of "the school Jaw, may he fitted $26.00 for ***** offense or thirty days on the county roads. I I Tie beginning of school is the 11 .f... N1M V , ? , | ? ? I u768 vttii uO? I wlct WUvU ' CvVWDJ I Roosevelt, Hill! Watching Europe ?? Make No Comment, but View Crisis as Grave; Neutrality Speculation ? ? v Washington, Aug. 30. ? President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull discussed the critical European situation today, but neither | would comment although each was represented as gravely concerned for the future, Hull conferred with his closest ad visers on European affairs early this morning and went to the White House shortly after Mr. Roosevelt returned from Hyde Park. They were closeted together for half an hour and it was indicated the secre tary presented the chief executive with latest reports from European capitals.. " Hull made no effort to conceal his own concern over the possibility of a general war, and the president, at his press conference, declined to dis cuss the crisis, indicating the suject is too serious for open discussion. War Speculation. Meantime, veteran diplomats spec ulated over the United States' course in event Great Britain and Germany go to war over the German Csech Sudeten impasse. If war were form ? " * ? 1 ix J .1*.. f any aectarea k wouia aevoive upon Mr. Roosevelt to invoke the neu trality act against both nations. He could avoid this only by holding ar bitrarily that no "state of war" ex ists. It is agreed,'however, that that would hardily be consistent with the purpose of the act?namely, to iso late the United States against in volvement in foreign conflicts. Even if the act were invoked, it was pointed out, the British Empire would not suffer to any appreciable extent since it would have access to | vast supplies in Canada, which, as a contiguous territory, might be ex empted from certain embargo pro-; visions. Moreover, it was declared, J American sympathies probably would lie with Britain and Mr. Roosevelt j could utilize provisions of the act ' directly beneficial to the empire. The act requires automatic embar goes on exports of arms and muni tions and it authorizes the "Presi dent to invoke "cash ami carry" pro visions whereby raw materials and other basic commodities of war must' be paid for in cash and transported on vessels owned by the powers at! war. Since England dominates the sea lanes, it would be comparatively easy for her to convoy supply ships across the Atlantic. She would, however, be required to make cash payments because the act outlaws loans to bel ligerents. Nevertheless, her advantages in obtaining munitions and airplanes' from United States -branch factories in Canada would be markedly salu tary. Because of these theoretical advantages, some crtics of the act have called it a "British alliance", which could be extended to France! easily if she aligned with Britain against the Rome-Berlin axis. Neither the White House nor the State Department has ever admitted any working arrangement with Great j Britain, although' there have\ been; frequent instances of parallel action, chiefly in the Sino-Japanese conflict in China. ; WHOKNtfPPl 1.1. How many~Americ*n ? live on less than tlfiOO a year? 2. How do armament expenditures compare with 1913, the yair before the Worid 3. When.does the v new wage and hoar -1**; go inteeffect? pi How many fHrrmmita are there m thtf United States*-^- ^#8 5. Who is the president of the i How maeh taxes are paid by the raibMde of' thi nation f *. What are the four largest items on the grocery bill of the American g 8. Has pump-priming been cgntin Sewn Handled Here Judge Dink James Is Speaker of Occasion; Mayor Extends Wel come; Remarks From .Board and J. T, Thorne The first semester of the 1938-39 term of the Farmville graded school began Thursday morning at 8:30 ofclock, with many parents and Mends in attendance on the formal opening ceremonies, held in Perkins Hall. Superintendent J* H. Moore expressed appreciation for the spirit of pride manifested in the local school throughout the community, and for the cooperation of the teachers, pu pits and patrons alike, in all mat ters pertaining to the development and progress of the Institution, Rev. D. A. Clarke, pastor of the Methodist Church, made the opening prayer and. Rev. C. B. Mashburn, Christian minister,' read the Scrip- ' ture lesson and held a short medita tion. ' Mayor George W. Davis extended ,* ' cordial welcome from the town to ' the new teachers as well as to for mer members of the faculty, 1 Judge Dink James, of Greenville, : speaker of the occasion, impressed J his audience with the presentation of ( his subject of "Preparedness" as having to do with an educated mind. J. W. Holmes, chairman of the 1 school board was present and made 1 a brief talk, and Dr. P.- E. Jones and < J. I. Morgan, board members, were ' introduced and spoke informally. { John T. Thorne was presented as 1 | a member of the Pitt County Board j of Education and spoke in optomistic i terms of the outlook for development i (along educational lines in the Farm- i ville and county schools. > i Noting the progress made by the < school in 1937, Superintendent Moore < | announced thej building program for , the new year, which includes an Ag- < ! ricultural and Manual Arts Building i and Gymnasium, as a separate unit 1 and a new heating system for the present building, at a cost of $8O,00Q. ] Construction will begin September ! 20. I Other objectives were outlined by t the Superintendent, all of which will tend to make the 1938-39 term the < greatest educational year in the i school history, Miss Margaret Hester, of Rox- , boro, and Miss Sara Nichols, of Morehead City, new teachers of the f second and fifth grades respectively, j were on hand for the opening,' ] ? A full list of the faculty members | with the exception of the two above } named teachers was published in- a ( recent issue of this paper. ' " I Rail MeMs I i' ? '? IJ I Mediation Board's attempt to settle L ? the wage dispute between the na- t I tion'g major railroads and their 929,-1J 000 employes ended today in failure! j I terming a reduction inevitable" an-11 nounced immediately a lb per cent L IpayoMt would be put into effect on 1 I In a ,quick counter-move, George jl I road Labor Executives' Association J' disclosed the presidents of 18 broth-j j ? erhoods had dedded to take ?.*tri|rfl ? vote among their members at once. I, ?'.William M. Leiserson, chairman of i it had ogutusted its efforts I minate the controversy, pointed ^'jl Ition board can^stfll prevent inte^p-j, I prw>nt \tr mnbiftl iurrrnmrnt I Welfare Board Would Raise Public Assist ance Fund to $050,000 a Yea*. ? : ? Raleigh, Aug. 31; ? The State Board of Charitierf and Public Wel fare Will ask the 1939 General As sembly to increase the public assis tance program from $6,600,000 to $6, 960,000 a year for aged needy and dpendeht children in North Carolina, it was revealed here yesterday. ' The increase would make avail able $5,000,000 annually for old age assistance and $1,960,000 for indigent children. Meeting to approve its biennial report, the board agreed to seek an increase of $260,000 above the $1, 000,000 annual State appropriation of 1937-39 for old'hge assistance and a $150,000 increase in the State grant for indigent children, Supplemented by Federal and coun? ty funds, the increase for the pub lic assistance program would total $1,460,000 a year above the present outlay, which is $4,000,000 for aged needy and $1,600,000 for dependent 1 children. -I Mrs, W, T. Boat, commissioner of * ? ? ? if -- ?? ? j ii cnanties ana puouc weuare, muu uie increases would be sought because . persons eligible for public assistance 4 sxceed estimates providedc for the 1937 Legislature. \ The 25,090 quota of aged needy | has risen to 31,000^and the board. sxpects a "logical "Increase" to'85,- r 300. While the Legislature adopted ; a program for 22,000 indigent chil- 3 iren, 22,500 now receive aid and 25,000 are eligible. The proposed increases, Mrs. Bost jaid, would provide an average ^ monthly-grant of $12.20 to the 35,000 : aged needy and 4 would increase monthly grants to dependent chil- 1 iren from $5.86 to $6.78, along with ] the increase in number. "We want the aid to dependent < children grant to 'be larger and to i lake "care of more children," Mrs. I Bost said. 1 Miss Lavina Keys of Washington, 1 D. <2., regional representative of the ? Social Security Board, visited Ra- 1 eigh while, the board was in ses- < don. "Greatest difficulty facing North ' Carolina's public assistance program 1 ;oqay," she said, "is the smallness J >f grants now given to aged needy 1 ind -dependent children." ' Anticipating the necessity of coun- ' ;ies raising more money to match ncreaaed State appropriations,:. Mrs. Bost said the board also hoped to ncrease the equalization fund from * vhich poorer counties will be able ( :o augment natural financial defi- 1 dencies. ' w ???{if ? V ?i:-," > : Tohmo ^ Tin, _ '-~^\ l' * '-?.-t : L. _'* ? t' - A ? ? ' _ ? i Flue-cured production . 1 n cre&s ed i decreased 26 per cent, cigar leaf iiH 'I ireaseo ^1.5 per cent, ana tarce - And s"11 iitiu ii?? n? i ,r_ ? 7 :-T^, ?vvi:'77 New Heavy Gas Still bweitHl '? ??;? 'J.'' ? . tW v fl" Av'r.,' Device Can Make Three Quarts of Rare Heavy Nitrogen in One Day. .?? \ New York, Aug. 80. ? A new still that manufactures three quarts a day of the rarest gas in the world, heavy nitrogen, was announced to day by Columbia University. Heavy nitrogen is made of rare molecules found in the common ni trogen that forms 80per cent of'the.. air. The ordinary nitrogen has one rare molecule to every 262 common ones. The "heavies" have an atomic weight of 15, the usual ones 14. The' difference, though small, is of great importance to chemists. The first-use is to attach these rate mole cules to food. There they replace or dinary nitrogen. They permeate the living tissues the same as the com mon nitrogen, and because of their greater weight, their course through the body can be traced. Biologists are using this method to find oat where nutrients go after digestion,.and How long they stay in the body. Whether commercial uses exiBt for J; the rare gas is not known, because i up to now there has not been enough available for such experiments. Co lumbia's new apphratus can make j in two weeks enough to supply the world'for several months at past < rates of experiment. In BnuUl quantities the rare gas ] has been salable for barely two ' years. It - was first separated by 1 Dhr^ Harold C. Urejr, of Columbia, under whose direction the new still 1 has been perfected. I Dr. Urey received the Nobel prize 1 ?>f $40,000 in chemistry for discover ing heavy nitrogen, commonly called 1 heavy water. This discovery opened > the eyes of the scientific world to the fact, previously thought impos sible, of separating the light-weight atoms from the heavies in all the ' chemical elements. { Scientists have discovered at least 1 300 of these atomic twins, which they j named isotopes. These are mot con- 1 fined to cases, but range through all he elpdepts, including the metals. 3ome chemicals, like phosphorus, * have several isotopes. ? The chemical reactions of these ' 'twins" are different. As a result ! Dr. Drey's work promisee to give * he world more than 100 chemical jleraents' instead of the 92 to which 1 nan was ."previously supposed to be 4 limited. 4 But progress, ir separating the isa-. J lopes is very slow. In addition to 1 nydrogen and nitrogen, Dr. Urey has i separated quite minute quantities of leavy carbon and heavy sulfur. The ! expense is high. The chemicals to < make three ^quarts of heavy nitrogen ' ?8t $20. The still cost $1,500. v * ' .|J *1 upon 'paym?!t^? coats. ** I,' , tn '11 n lL?\A\nfr I] 'MIHR. ?*} ^U1 rxwacu^, prvcium^i J' ;ence buspcndcd udou D&vm6nt of 1 josts and upon condition that the jie- j i 9he wis staying at the Joynei' home [ > 764,702 Pounds Increase In Sales Shown In Re port of Saks Super visor. Farmvi lie's total sales through Wednesday showed a figure of 1,857, 866 pounds had been sold at an aver age of $22.14. The first week's sals of last year totaled 1,098,164 pounds at an average of $22,12. Thus, with & lead of 764,702 pounds for corres ponding dates of this season and last. Psrravllle is selling at a. higher aver age than in 1937. Although there is some dissatis faction among growers because of the general price slump, all patrons of the Farmvilie market are confi dent that their tobacco brought the highest market price here. The above figures clearly show that Farihville, means to break her own record this year if possible. From the start, this market has nearly doubled its poundage and es tablished a higher average than that of last year. Every indication points to there being no change in the leadership of tobacco markets in Eastern Carolina this season; Farm ville will again come out on top. Smiles of satisfaction are many on the floors of'warehouses in Farm ville. If the tobacco did not bring as much as expected, the grower sel ling on this steady and reputable - market knows that he received as much, if not more, here than he would have on any other market. An increase in poundage of nearly o quarter-miHion pounds for the first week's sale, and with a short crop to deal with, should be proof that Farm ville is not only determined to break its record, but its satisfied custo mers have increased greatly in num !>er. For the beet in service, satisfac tion, and higher prices you can not jeat Farmville, the leading tobacco market in Eastern Carolina. r . , i'-V\ ; ? ?- ' Floyd Explains How To Transfer Quotas: ?- . ? Growers who buy; additional tobac- , :o marketing cards from other farm ;rs are urged to' get the transfer made through county farm agents or AAA field represenatives stationed in the warehouses. When this is done, the agents and field men wfll make official records >f the transfers that will be used next r year in calculating' larger quotas for producers who have heavy yields this year, explained E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive officer at State College. A number of growers over the State have produced good yields this - season, he. .continued, and their pro duction exceeds the poundage on their marketing cards: But Other growers vith Short crops won't use up the Jull amount of their cards. ' All g?-owers with excess leaf to sell should be Aide- to get all the ad ditional easds they need, Floyd j?m nented, for the State quota- ih large snough to cover all the weed that Far Heel growers vdll have to mar ket this year. -v He-afeo pointed out that those who iave a larger quota than they heed will be able to get compensation fdr- ^ part of their lower production by telling their surplus quota cards at . die rate of not more tharf five cents i pound fixed by the AAA. Growers who have surplus tobacco hat will ifeH fhr more than 10 cents ? pound will find it cheaper to buy ;xtra cards than to pay the tax. But. f may he cheaperto pay the tax on oaf selling for less tharf 10 cents a pound. : ;: The tax. on all tobacco without narketing carda will ,be half fcbfc Mies price or three cents a pound, whichever is higher. ;!il ? . - , - - .?-?- . C^e ess CuttingU ? Ruinous To Woodland ? . '"J."'1 " A little caw i:\ the selection of vood for peanut poles and tobacco A *1 Flue wood will pK?pt the removal of ^tective cover from land which S- TB?of the Soil Conserva often no chfliico for reeeedinir* There are ther stand* however