North Carolina Newspapers

' "?v': \w / ' V' -'^V Patronize Oar Advertiaefg, Far . lkey c^ hrttt*:: :: Yaa To Trade Wftfc Them. -r ?'tV;^ ?? I . *111' ? i . ? - ?? Chamberlain Visit Seen " ?*. By Nazis As Last Hope German Circles Believe Minister May Indicate Plebiscite Agreeable. Berlin, Sept. 14. ? Nazi quarters j believed tonight that Prime Minister! Neville Chamberlain of Great Britain,! who flies to Germany tomorrow, may j "indicate" to Fuehrer Arolf Hitler I that Britain in agreeable to a Sude ten pledbiscite in Czechoslovakia. Chamberlain, it was widely specu-j La ted, probably would refrain from I putting forth any actual proposal for! plebiscite when he confers with Hitler j at Berchtesgaden but may submit! Britain's acceptane of such a solu tion if it is brought up. There was nothing official on which to base this speculation but the Czech crisis both official and unof-l ficial, as well as dispatches from! London, Paris and Geneva seemed to! indicate that a decision regarding a f plebiscite to bring the Sudeten areas! into the German reich might be pend ing. X No Military Solution Chamberlain, in his historic meet ing with Der Fuehrer at the latter^ Bavarian retreat, it was speculated, . wouW reiterate strongly that a mil itary solution ? meaning German; use of arms to bring about satisfac-[, tion of the Sudeten minority demands i in Cseehslov&kia?is unacceptable to ? Great Britain. ? . The announcement of Chamber- , Iain's dramatic decision to fly to: Hitler struck Berlain like a bomb shell. The usual German radio news j broadcast was abruptly interrupted . for the announcement. Observers regarded Chamberlain's ] flying visit as one of the boldest moves in post-world war European ( diplomacy. It was pointed out in | some quarters that the Berlin-London , diplomatic path was "completely un- j impeded, since Hitler in his Nurem- , berg speech Monday night made no ] mention of Britain's formal stand in < the Czech crisis. v Pitt Officers Blast Large Liquor Outfit jj Greenville, Sept. 13. ? J. M. Ward and J. L. Taylor, law enforcement 1 officers of the Pitt County A. B. C. 1 Board, located and destroyed a 109- ' gallon steam plant in Belvoir Town- 1 ship, near the old Parker place. One of the officers said 1,200 gal- ' tons of beer and five gallons of liq uor were found near the plant, Which ?' was in operation when discovered. A ' negro operating the illicit distillery 1 made a successful break for liberty ( when officers reached the still. 1 Fourteen sticks of dynamite were 1 used to destroy the still. This was 1 the first plant found in Belvoir Town- 1 ship in about a month. More stills * have been found and destroyed in the ^ Belvoir section this year than in any ' other part of Pitt County. 1 I Scott Believes i I Majority Farmsrs I I Raleigh, Sept 15. ? A clear ma I jority of NorUj^Carolina farjners are in favor of crop?particularly tobac co?control, in the opinion of W. Kerr Scott, state Commissioner of Agricul ? tare. ? In order to keep this majority in- 1 tact, however, administration of con trol law* should be folly explained to the farmers, he told th* bureau, in order that growers shall have oora "I dent mean that the present ad ministration of control law^fsn't I honest or jjust,w he sola, -I mean I that the entire system should be ex-M I plained to growers so that they can!I know just what's going on and how I "Most complaints about c^tem^ sol I tioa to &? pghdple ^Teont?l," he ? ? m.? | ua V . ^ t. f Kaj? w ? HiOtoi^lt ^ r^flrfr Hp | does, doeen t know hov or why that j t ? ? It,? Be Assured of Fell Grade and Staple Premlei Rules and Regulations of Government Loan Fairest Ever Announ ced, Says Mr. John T. Thorne. g The provision in the government; loan program allowing grade an staple premiums on cotton better than middling 7-8 will mean more than a million dollars to North Carolina cot ton growers, Mr. J?hn T.^orn^ * director of the North Carolina Cot ton Growers Cooperative Association, said here today upon his return from Raleigh where he attended a meeting of the board of that organization. Mr. Thorne based his estimate on the government loan differential schedule which allows premiums as high as $12.25 per bale and on sta tistics in regard to the quality of the crop last year. "We spent considerable time at our last board meeting analyzing the rules and regulations of the govern ment loan," Mr. Thorne^ said, and while it is not as high as we had hoped it would be, as I see it the loan is the fairest ever announced. It is now up to the farmer to get his loan in such a way that he will be assured his full grade and staple prermum. Mr. Thorne pointed out that farm Srs who get their government loan ?hrough the Cotton Association are assured their full grade and staple premiums with no "come-back jhould the cotton at some later date * taken over by the government. 'Every bale of cotton handled by the Association is classed in a modem classing room un<fer the direct super vision of a government-licensed clas 5er and the Association will stand hack of its grades and staples," Mr. rhorne added, pointing out that a the last board meeting a resolution *as passed which absolutely protects grower as well as the warehouse receiving cotton for the Cotton As sociation fr?m any liability for any oss sustained in grades or staples. Mr. .Thome also said that the As sociation is prepared to make its own iberal advance upon cotton upon de ivery to any of the more than 60 )fficiai warehouses or 100 receiving igents in the State. The grower will Jien get a check to complete the gov ernment loan just as soon as the samples are received by the Raleigh >ffke, or if he prefers, he can trans fer his cotton to the government loan ?t some later date. - "Another advantage offered only hy the Cotton Association," said Mr. rhorne, "is that farmers who get ,he government 16a* i through their >wn organization will secure all. of the advantages of the 'Re-Purchase pool' in the marketing of their cot ton. In fact, it will be treated as Re-Purchase Pool' cotton until July i I 1939." ' Mr. Thorne said that the outlook for deliveries to the Cotton Associa tion is the brightest in a number of rears. "Despite the short crop, our teliveries to date are running mora than twice as much as they did up to the same time a year ago and another sncouraging fact is that the grades Mid staples are also good. "? - - ?? i OVER TH$!RE I ?? Washington, Sept. lS7? More than 100,000 Americans are in European oontriee KkdEy to be affected if a are p? residents. The tourists.have already *gnn the aeasonaltrek homeward1 amjUvw ' -? -?'^V -ft State Department files showed to for purposes ef business, others for] to Sve cheaply on small incomes. I ; ^ 7TT" ? . I Prim StagOa FarmvHIe Markaf Average for the Season Through Thursday Is $20.92 for 5351,662 Pounds Sold. / " ?! v I Prices on the Farmville Market showed a derided upward trend this week through Thursday's sales. The I four days sales of this week, averag-1 ibg well over twenty cents, were] nearly a dollar a hundred above the! ' " I average for corresponding days last! Season. I Heaviest sales of the present sea-1 son so far were made Monday, w^n I 793,824 pounds were sold for $17$,?! 540.98 at an average of $21.80. Sales I were light Tuesday with 1534421 pounds of common tobacco selling! for $30,138.25 at an average off $19.68. Thursday's average of 20.67 j compared favorably _ with those of I other markets. However, the great*! est average break came Thursday, I when the markett averaged $21.921 for 228,884 pounds of tobacco. This! was the third best day of the season! so far. _ i j "*** * * !? MI/MM fnowth. I me unprovemeui <u i?ivm er with favorable weather point to jheavy sales Friday of this week; when, it is thought- that the market will- regain the slight loss In pound age suffered during the week as com pared with the same week in 1937. Through Thursday, the market had sold 5,851,662 pounds for $1,224, 501.72 at an average of $20.92. The market's average at this date last year was $20.07, or nearly a dollar under the present average. Farmville is not only selling its usual share of local tobacco, but many new customers have brought their tobacco long distances to sell on the leading market in Eastern Carolina; the market that is breaking its own record-with a new high in price average. ? :T Both farmers and warehousemen were wed satisfied with the sales this week, and several have expressed the opinion that prices are now on the upward grade, and will continue to j get stronger as better tobacco is of fered for sale. In all instances, Farmville has stuck to the top dollar on every grade so far this season, and there is no reason to date to think that it will . not; again, top 'em all in 1938. ] Trio Miko Break [ From Road Bang: - \ . Sought In Tar River} Area or Pitt; Camp's j Second Escape in 3 < Years. 1 1 I Greenville, Sept 18. ?? Chief of H Police George Clark and other local '? I officers armed with pistols and shot ?guns tonight joined Pitt Couny of ?ficers in a search for three white con ?victs who escaped from a road gang I An attendant at Use Pitt prison ?camp said tonight that all three ?prisoners made a dash for freedom ?together. He said aldo that one of ?the two prison guards on duty at the 1 ?time opened fire, but missed his i1 ? llUkiA* 1 1 ? The convicts are Lloyd Worthing- I ton of Goldsboro, five feet four inches! I ?tail and weighing 182 pounds; Joseph 11 ?Hall of Oxford, five feet ton, 152, 1 land Lewis Tew of Wilson, five feet I I Cheif Clark said that each of the l ?^rictsjs^a felon. tJhte w^^ I in the Tar River area of the county, I .. T J railroad-labor dispute ? *? in ^ngthVf serviced U* S Germany? ' . ? 5 H ii I we entered-the Worto'-l^^lT:^-, ? afJ"^sL t _ hiilKtitifr tnnivinntiiir t > (Hugo S. Sims, Washington Corres pondenb) v ? [FIGHT FOR WORLD TRADE IS ? HARKED / *Y WHAT LOOKS LIKE FOOLISHMOVES. | ? ?, The development of civilization on the face of the earth can be attribut ed in large measure to international trade. Go back as far yon wish in the records of the past and when ever you find a people cutting them selves apart from the rest of the world, you read the record of a dying nation. " "Dangerous Ground." ; ;/ This does not prove absolutely that the nationalistic policies now be* ing followed by Germany, Italy and Japan must inevitably fail. Past ex perience, however, indicates that these and other nations ?ho fall for an exaggerated "self-sufficient" phi losophy are treading upon dangerous ground. X. _n ii The world today w .Se?!5l2 Hull recently pointed out^tej into two camps, The one standsl<* the peaceful development of civito tion through the ??***$ gg; for mutual advantage, which must u v,ased upon confidence, and -*ne other reata ita hopes upon a catch-as catch-can system of bartering, com bined with a rigid restriction of im ports, in order to develop indepen dence of other nations. Peculiar Conditions. The resulting wnrfw .bout some very For example, to Hie United Stotoe, where poHUciJ todepcmtonc" is .torag the people ure eomewhut 4u? when we consider the economic hold. Selfishly, we want toselloorsurp lu, goods to other pw>P>? tor not to buy anything fron toem if- we can aeoid doing so, *??!? an impossibility, we have atopted. tooMO, that hover between one sdtool of thought and the other, I To make this plan, M ua consider the case of a fanner who P??*8' let us say,'500 bushels of wheat, The te^r to interteted In exchanging his wheat for ? muchxe hei cm g? v Be would m* thtoh ?t gnteg to U neighbor with an offer to swap Ws wheat for lesa than hia nelghbo.? fers, Thia, we feel *ure, would be a foolish proposition. ? w' ? ? ? gore For Less. . , In the field of International trade, |i however, w. find that this country! la doing just that very thing. In or-1 je, to get other nations to me some tf our surplus Wheat, we use <3?vern nent money to mhlte the price lower 1 to the foreign buyer. Now the to?e tion arises, "Why do nations adopM. luch a poHcy? . Well, in the first place, tiie United I States boasts of a standard of living*, that is higher than in other ^trie* To maintain this standard of liring, it is argued, we must jjj?{j tariff in order to ^ tries from shipping-goods ^ M lountry and selling theni che^?| than we can produce them. The tariiff J; therefore *nds to give to domestic producers andL at the! ?me time, raise the price of pro-j focts to . -the domestic consumers. I ?^u^JB^abmmty or subsidy,!1 the makers of things, we limit oori domestic market to foreign gorfs. By - abroapV. - -? -??.-V ; '??;?. : i ? ^, .iT^" . ti 9 , naaSnlfl v>j: Ti.. w '*i^y*]' V-. '^ *'???? ?nnilArf>A''''AlTl.< Local Campaign For Funds Launched After Meetingroridayls Suc cessful ? Plans, for a building, adequate for the recreational needs of the Farra ville Country dub, were laid at a meeting of stockholders ahd other interested citizens on Friday evening, and a'committee, composed of the president, George W. Davis, B. 0, Taylor and U T, Pierce was appoint* ed to launch a campaign for funds to be used in conjunction with a WPA grant, B. 0. Taylor, chairman of the fin ance committee, reports that the en thusiastic response which has been given to the movement by nearly every person approached in this con nection has been heartening to his canvassers, and that more than $8, 000 of this $4,000 set as a goal to be secured locally, has been raised. A number of citisens have not been seen by the committee as yet, but the canvass > will be continued into neat week d|}d those wishing to have a part in this community wide endeavor if requested to contact the committee for information, 4A KA AA*iaf?nnfn^ IflC VIUU UU4|00| Wi , uv wuom IIVVWM at an estimated cost of 18,000, will be built on the twenty-five acre golf course, which ia a full nine hole Standard course, and two and ft half yean old. With inew members reported as having been added to the golf clubithis year It is apparent that golf ia growing in popularity here. In the annual election, of officers, held at the meeting Friday night, the present board was re-elected as fol lows: George W. Davis, president; John B. Lewis, vice-president; W. A, Pollard, Jr., secretary-treasurer. The board of directors is composed of B. 0. Taylor, Dr. P. E. Jones, W. S. Royster, L. T. Pierce and C. A. Lfl tey. m; t ?? ? . ? ? ? ?? i H - . Increasing interest in the develop ment of the cold storage locker has centered wide attention on this device among state ?nd federals educational and research agencies. NewFarnwillaCInt Sires Initial Dance . -?* \ .i . ?Successful Affair Was First Social Event Held I In D. A. R. Chapter House. Measuring up to the highest expec tations of club officials and mem bers, the opening dance of the May fair Club, on Friday evening, was pronounced a success as viewed from every angle. The new D. A: H. Chapter House of colonial architecture, beautiful and Ispacious, presented a scene of such Htolor and festivity that Jt might well have been a page brought to life from the diary recording Major Ben-* jamin May's social activities. The I difference would have bent in - the' mode of dress, the illumination by electricity rather than candle, 'the swing mtfeic and the automobiles, and thd* irtr*in? oMIto!^ mwiTIS peals of gayManghter floated out once again on the old May plantation. Initial event of. *11 thf-iocial (unc which .Is the only chapter house in North Caroling* MP *>t only to this section but to the'entire : >i- ?? !??? ? i'hm m*> .?m. ? /-V:'1if' ift ? " ? ?iM> .. 1 R^^B^nofMEastCTi -? ? i Greenville, Sept 12. ? W. W. Mangam of Rocky Mount was elected president of the Button District of , the North Carolina Federation of < Post Office Clerks at an. organisation meeting here Saturday afternoon. E. ? H. Tankard of Washington, N. C., was elected rice-president and J. F. Ennii at Rocky Mount, secretary. , Cities and towns .in the i^ewly- , formed district are Greenville, Golds- , boro, Littftkton, New Bern, Moreehad jj City, Windsor, Tarboro, Wiiliamston, Plymouth, Edsnton, Roanoke Rapids, , Wilson, Mount OUve, Kinston, Beau- j | fort, Washington, Farmville, Eliza beth City,-Hertford, Weldon, Scot land Neck and Camden. ] ! Congreeaman Lindsay C. Warren, , {one of the featured speakers at .a < dinner meeting in the City-County , armory Saturday night, told the j clerks that they were one of the most < respected groups in government ser vice. "A postoffice is no better than , its clerks" declared the Congress- t man. j WIimh ta ?lu.au? ddnovr nf All or i ?? . ? . ? I ganiration," he said, "unless conduct- t ed on a high plane, high ideals, and } patriotic motives, to get off on the } wrong foot." He urged the clerk* i to be ever mindful and promised hit cooperation In their endeavors. , ( Cot E. G. Flanagan, who Intro- , duced the Congressman, said that a ( true Congressman must possess hon esty, ability and character. He said . that Hr. Warren had each of 1 these traits. Hr. Flanagan predicted that Congressman Warren would ber one of the futue speakers of the House. Earlier, Ralph DeaL toast master, who introduced Mr. Flana-j gan, endorsed the Greenville man for j governor of North Carolina. William I. Horner, National Leg-r islative representative of Washington, 15 D. C., main speaker of the evening, spoke on State and District Federa tions, legislative program, affilia- c tions with the American Federation of Labor, and the Woman's Auxiliary. , He Jed an open forum discussion of r post office clerk regulations in the afternoon. In the afternoon, 0. L. Whitesell, National State representative of r Greensboro, retraced the growth of! the organisation. He said that the!' clerks' federation was stronger in!* the west than in the east, but at-r tributed this to thefaetthat organ!- ' zation efferots had stalled earlier in I the western section of the State. J Mayor M. K. Blount welcomed the!r delegates to the city and extended his I' welcome not only to the Saturday Mm* Sic?, buttoM them they wotild always!c find a warm welcome any time they! came to Greenville. I' Response to the address of wel-j0 come was made by State President I W. S. Campbell of Charlotte, wholl had previously stated that the pur-11 pose of the federation was to "im-J prove the social and .economic wel-11 fare of the post office clerks," ana!} Mrs. E. E. Phelps of Winston-Salem, f representative of. the Woman's Aux iliary. W. F. Owens of Gi^hvffle,|| served as chairman of the session. | ? 4081 ?* V6AT w|y> 57ivlU i{vNlll02lCsl0C&'' I rector poiu* ? . v;- - ? ?*?? Undfcr Arms in Serioos ^ Ffcfciins with Gendar merle. __ Prague, Sept 14. ? Thousands of Sudeten German* armed with head grenades, rifles, pistols and machine guns today battled Czechoslovakia gendarmerie at several towns in Su ietenland?some of the fatal fighting within gunshot of the German border. > An official announcement said the Sudetens' grenades and machine guns were probably obtained from abroad At fcast twenty-three were slain end 75 wounded in northwest Bo hemia. ... / ? Serious fighting continued tonight et Schwaderbach, a border town where 2,000 Sudetens launched a suc cessful assault oh a gendarme star tion. Moving in from German soil, it vss said, the Sudeten force occupied the building. Herders In Rebellion. A Czechoslovak government radio broadcast described the arms of the rioter* and said the Sudetens were thoroughly organised for action bor iering on rebellion. The official report of the clash at Schwaderbach said: a A : ? - - ? ? ? ?i rJ-Li. ? 1 "A very serious incident occurred it the frontier opposite the German lity of Sachaenberg. The situation a particularly serious because the . dements resisting Czechoslovak au horities are armed not oifly with ifiea and pistola hut with hand gre lades and machine guns probably ob ained from abroad. , "The elements combating the au ;horities (at Schwhderbach) were in i situation which enabled them to :ross the international border at will. "There was loss of life, but the au horities proceeded cautiously to pre -ent greater loss and because they Ud not wish to risk creating an in ternational incident" Sadeteas Hold Station. One private report of the Schwad srbach fighting which was not yet tally investigated said 11 persons vera kffljed, but other advices infi ated only six to eight gendarmes tad died. The Sudetens still held the gen iarme station tonight v ' * Schwaderbach Kes directly' across he border from, the German town of iaehsenberg. So when the Sude ens started the attack, it was said, he, gendarmerie were ordered to hold heir fire lest Germans on the other ddt'of the border be injured. Such an incident might be even nore serious than the disorder which viech authorities were trying to put town. Prague still regarded the ighting as localised strife. The other principal center of fight* ng was at Haberspiric, near Faflce lau, where from 10 to 15 gendannas rere reported killed. Nemty 2,000 Judetens took part in the Habersplxk lash. - There were no figures on the num ler* participating in pattered, minor iaahes elsewhere. ' v. pj tombm toosevelt^Specds^Ba^ Close Touch wkkm uation. ' ? . > - ' Washington, Sept M.:? The far ?nment officials -were stirred pro-. tsSL ss % Water Nevihe Chamberlain's bold lan for averting a Czech-German zploaion, hailing it aa the first ray f hope in war dossed anas. Althourh none wbuKl wwunsot for ? ~ " ? T most of the rhich may irtiminntl; misnndaratani^ "i-H bfc^^