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Washington Farm News (Hue* S. Sims, Washington Cor respondent.) The following' extracts are taken from the mimil report of the Sec retary of Agriculture. Secretary Wallace discusses the situation that now faces farmers in this country. Whether one agrees with his policies, or not, his views are worthy of serious consideration. ECONOMIC PLANNING AND DEMOCRACY Economic planning is wholly com patible with democracy, and widens the scope of it. There is no need to dread it as a cause of dictatorship. It may or may not accompany dic tatorship. There is no cause-and-ef fect relationship. Numerous dicta torships in the past have done little economic planning, while many demo cratic nations have done much. Quite other things are the real es sence of dictatorship. Among them are the censorship of speech and of the press, the subjection of science and learning to the Government, the ^destruction of parliaments and of in dependent political parties and trade unions, and the concentration of au thority in a single individual or in a small group. Often ^here is another sinister de velopment ? the mobilization of men and of industry for aggression. Nations thus controlled inevitably do considerable economic planning, but thic is not their vital characteristic. What is vital in them is the substitu tion of a concentrated for a diffused political power. This concentration of political power, with the consequent destruc tion of individual liberty, is quite dif ferent from the purely administrative centralization of various government al tasks. It is important to keep the distinc tion- well in mind. Concentration of political power means the total ex tention of the voter's rights. Where as mere administrative centraliza tion leaves the rights of the voter unimpaired. It is the cencentration of law making rather than of law administration and of policy rather than of procedure, that distinguishes the totalitarian from the democratic governments. Efficiency obliges all governments to centralize many administrative operations, such as defense, diploma cy, customs collections, mail distribu tion, and the regulation of transport and communications. As long as the deciding voice with regard to policy in these matters rests with the voter the administrative function remains the servant of the legislative power, which in turn is the reflection of the national will. In a democracy political power be longs to the voters, and the popular sovereignty can delegate administra tive jobs to central agencies without the slightest danger to itself. In times like these economic plan ning is the savior rather than the de stroyer of democracy. It substitutes order for chaos, and appeasement for disaffection. In this way it averts dictatorship, which indeed cannot arise until orderly government has broken down and the masses are in revolt Ancient and modern history testify to that. With unemployment unrelieved, and with agriculture in ruins, we should be in real danger of dictatorship. There would be bread riots in the cities and mortgage strikes in the country; it would be impossible to maintain order without the use of force. Prom that point to dictatorship the descent would be swift Instead, we have domestic peace, increasing economic justice, and firm reliance on government by discussion. All this has come about through employ ment relief, agricultural adjustment, and enlightened social legislation?in short through precisely the instru mentalities that some people take to be the germs of totalitarianism. LAND USE PLANNING . In looking back over the develop ment of land programs in the United States, we seem to have come a long way in a short time. Not many years ago our land economists approached the land qnet^on mainly from the standpoint of physical production, and sought to indicate the most de sirable uses for different areas. They realized, of course, that land utiliza tion depends ultimately on the eco nomic as well as on the crop results. They knew that the criterion of good land use cannot be exclusively the physical output in crops, grass, or At that time, however, facilities did not exist for dealing adequately with the economic and social aspects of the problem. Education, the main re Eanee in promoting better land use methods, was incapable by itself of progress was dew. ft was a radical new departure when Congress, with ^ for ac^ ^addi ! FOUNTAIN KEWB I (By MBS? Ife fcYELYXKTON) x | Mrs. B. A. Fountain, Jr., is ill at her home in Fountain. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Eagles and C. F. Eagies, Jr., of Crisp spent Sun day in Fountain with relatives. Mrs. Bruce Beasley, Jr., of Green ville spent a few days this week with her parents, Mr .and Mrs. W. E. Smith, near Fountain. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Page and chil dren, Ernest, Jr., and Virginia, of Raleigh, spent Sunday with Mrs. J. R. Eagles. Miss Eloise Owens is "Buffering with a cold and unable to attend school. Mrs. W. D. Owens and W. E. Yel verton were dinner guests Sunday of Hyatt Forrest in Winterville. Miss Alice Marie Turnage and Miss Carol Yelverton spent Sunday in Raleigh with Miss Nina Estelle Yelverton.' HONOR ROLL Second grade ? Lehman Tyndall, Jean Dilda, Mary Elizabeth Craw ford, Ann Horton, Suzie Moseley, Peggy Holland, Hazel Tyson. Fourth grade ? Imogene Moseley, Rachel Horton, Aileen Gardner, Ru fus Wilson Brown. Fifth grade ? Pauline Pittman, John Bishop Gay. Sixth grade ? John Can-away, A. C. Gay, Jr., Archie Goff, Robert Owens, David Woo ten, Hazel Case, Edna Gray Edwards, Mary Parker, Audrey Spain. Seventh grade -r- Marie Moseley, Jean Eagles, Virginia Baker. Eighth grade ? Alice Marie Turn age. Tenth grade ? Mary Emma Jef | ferson, Ruth Carol Yelverton. WOMAN'S CLUB MEETS t The Fountain Woman's Club met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. G. W. Lane, Mrs. J. N. Foun tain was assisting hostess. Following a short business session Mrs. J. M. Horton presented a pro gram on art. Mrs. A. L. Ditner, of Greenville, gave a most interesting talk on art in the home. Mrs. J. H. B. Moore of Greenville, also talked briefly on the art department of the Woman's Club. At the close of the program the guests were invited into the dining room where Mrs. J. A. Mercer and Mrs. M. D. Yelverton seated at op posite ends of the table poured cof fee. Sandwiches, cookies and salted nuts were passed by Miss Lois Ad kins, Miss Ethel Calais, Miss Eliza beth Coward and Miss Marie -Rapp. r'* Better Marketing Pasquotank swine growers meet ing recently declared that they liked the cooperative method of hog mar keting better than the non-competi tive direct packer-buying method which was sought to be imposed upon them. The Pasquotank growers will work with other growers in the Al bemarle section to make more effec tive the cooperative plan established there by the State College Extension Service. THE ANSWERS 1. Technically the Czecho-Slovak government. 2. In the summer of 1936. 3. In 1935. 4. Yes, by two newsly discovered processes. 5. At the end of 1938, 3,175,000. 6. 181,100,000,000 in 1929. 7. Yes; 325,000,000 bushels. 8. It is conducting an inquiry in to the nation's entire economic sys tem. 9. The Tjyasury-Department de nies the report. 10. In the sixth or seventh year before the Christian era. change both land and capital. Land programs in this country must utilize all the agricultural sciences. They must discover means for reconciling clashes between pub lic and private interests and develop public institutions capable of mobil izing cooperation on a tremendous 3cale. This is not simply a job for the farm population. It involves the whole.reciprocal relationship between country and town. Much depends on the state of ur ban industry and trade, and on the movements of population from the cities. It is one thing to allocate dif ferent lands among different uses with the rural population declining, and quite another to do the same thing with city folks rushing to the land and with rural youth backed up diffkasi. Countryman and townsman use the land jointly. They should co-ordinate the work, through inter-acting pro cedures that will increase both farm ?ad factory production in an ap proximation to the right proportions. Failure to move in this direction will sharpen the clash between the rural and urban interest in the land. It to impossible for * countryman and townsman t? see eye to eye when un employment shrinks ^ the agricultural j market, and at the same time forces the unemployed into farming. With the farmer >nxiott8 to keep SSWJE? better land use and soil conservatkm goes on the rocks. Fanners think thcin ^ ^ ^ ^ til m- . k *??V ? \- "*? ' vi i *!*?*? . ? Looking at Washington w (Continued from page U much about our reservation of rights in China. The Anglo-American trade agree ment, slashing traiffs in this coun try, England and her crown colonies, became effective on January 1. As the New Year began, warehouses in thin country, England and other parts of the British Empire, were stocked with merchandise skipped in under bond to be held until the tariff re ductions provided for under the Treaty became effective. . i Undoubtedly, trade between the Englishrspeaking peoples will be in creased by the new pact. In England, newspapers report large quantities of electrical appliances, dental equip ment, foodstuffs of various kinds, lumber, silk hosiery and other pro ducts from the United States ready for distribution there. In this coun try, at the same time, English mer chandise was similarly in storage, the largest qualities being in woolen piece goods, cutlery, dinner-ware, cot ton cloth and leather products. Of course, the cry will go up in many sections that these English ^ goods are keeping American work-, men from being employed. Those who raise this complaint do not point out that the American goods sold in England and her colonies provided employment for workers here. In Great Britain, and the other parts of the Empire affected by the new Treaty, the same cries will be raised. It will be asserted that the importa tion of American products prevents British laobrers from being employ ed. Over there, just as in this coun try, the protesteB will say nothing about the employment provided by the goods exported. We do not know, of course, wheth er the United States will sell more goods to Great Britain than the peo ple of this country will buy, under the new treaty arrangement It will be necessary to watch the practical workings of the pact. If it follows the lead of other reciprocal trade treaties, we may expect an increase in the two-way commerce that is necessary if international trade is to be profitable. The people of the United ^States must accept the funda mental idea that if they expect to sell American products either of our factories or our farms, in foreign lands, we must be willing to pur chase some of the products of the other countries. This Ib true, to some extent, always, but particularly so under present world conditions, when so many nations have difficulty in establishing the gold reserves neces sary to finance excessive imports. Just before the Czechodfcvakian crisis in September, official figures as quoted upon good authority, esti mated the fighting strength of Ger many in the air at 3,000 planes. The British Empire was credited with 4, 000, France 3,000, Russia 4,700, Italy 3,200 and Japan 2,000. Whfie thai negotiations were going into effect! and immediately following the gur-1 render of the democracies at Munich, I the report gained credence that Ger many had an air force of 10,0001 planes and an air industry which, in I an emergency, could produce fighting planes much faster than any other I nation. In fact, it was said, that the I British and French General Staffs, I after reviewing the situation, were I convinced that if war broke out the) German air force would command the I sky completely in about a month. ' Recently, S. Paul Johnston, editor J I of the magazine, Aviation, returned! from a tour of Europe. He reported j the air strength of the various na-1 tions in this proportion; Germany,! 10; Italy, 6; Great Britain, 5; United States, 4; France, 2. Prom other sources, comes infor mation that Germany and Italy are J more than a match in the air for the j rest of the world,thus completely de stroying the mythical "balance of power" in Europe. Credence is given to a report that in November, Ger-J many's aircraft plant turned out 1, 1000 war planes or double the produc tion rate in Great Britain and much | higher than that of France. It is said that 400,000 men work in the German aircraft industry and the average monthly output of planes is around 600. The British are cred ited with 260 planes a month, Italy with 200 planes, France with far less J than Italy and the-figui-es for Sov-J iet Russia are unknown. NOTICE OF SALE . Under and by virtue of the power J I of sale contained in an Order made by His Honor, J. F. Harrington, Clerk of Pitt County Superior Court, on Monday the 12th day of Decem ber, 1088, in that Special Ex Parte Proceedings ? Mrs. Nancy Baldree et als, heirs-at-law, of Jason Joyner | late of the County of Pitt, the under signed, Commissioner, will sell* at public auction, for cash, in front, of the Town Hall, in the Town of Farm ville, North Carolina, Monday, Jan- J uary 16th, 1989, at 12 o'clock, Noon, the -following described real estate,) I to-wit: j Lying and being In the.Town of I Farmville, County of Pitt, State of 'North Carolina, begining at a stake j on the East side of Main Street, cor ner of Lot No. 6, and runs S. 60 de grees E. 200 feet to an alley; Thence N. 42 degrees 16' E. 63-30/100 feet to a Btake, corner of Lot No. 7; Thence N. 50 degrees W. 200 feet to Main Street; Thence with Main Street S. 42 degrees 15' W. 53-30/100 feet to the beginning. Being the same lot conveyed to the said parties of the first part by W. E. Moye and wife; and being the same property described in that certain deed exe cuted by H. L. Humphrey et als., to Jason Joyner, on the 27th day of January, 1920, as will appear in Book S-13, at page 10 of the Pitt County Registry, which is hereby referred to and made a part of this Instrument niscratsas; deposit with said Commissioner 5% of the bid to await farther orders of the Court * This the 14th day of December, 1988. R. T. MARTIN, 4wlcs. Commissioner. NOTICE TO CREDITORS , ? ? Having qualified as Administra trix of the estate of Michal Wilkin son, deceased, late of Pitt County, North Carolina, this is. to notify all persons having claim against the es tate-of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at Farmville, N. C., on or before the 16th day of De cember, 1939, or this notice will bf pleaded in bar. of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment This the 14th day of December, 1938. ADELL ANDREWS, Adminis tratrix of estate of Michal . Wilkinson. JOHN HILL PAYLOR, Attorney. 6wks. | NOTICE OF SALE j Under and virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain mort gage executed by W. E. Pittman dat ed January 30, 1923, to Fountain and Company, of record in Book X-14 at page 256 of the Pitt County Registry, default having been made in the pay ment of the indebtedness therein se cured, the undersigned mortgage will sell to the highest bidder for CASH, before the Courthouse door in Green ville, North Carolina, on Monday, January 16, 1939, at 12 o'clock Noon, the following described real estate: One piece of land adjoining the lands of J. P. Killebrew, Robert Pitt man and others and containing 31 1-10 acres more or less. This the 13th day of December, 1988. FOUNTAIN & COMPANY, M ai4 o"Q ornn - J. N. FOUNTAIN, Owner of Debt JOHN. HILL PAYLOR, Attorney, Farmville, North Carolina. 4wks ? 7 : . '.-'A :' : . ? lliAejunw' pO enjoy work, a woman must fed wdl Cardui aids in build ing up the whole system by helping < women to get more energy from cheir food?and so increases re sistance to the strain of functional periodic pain. Try it! ? ? ' 1. Loan* and discounts (including $204,670.19 overdrafts) $ 204,670.19 2. United Stetes Government obligations, direct and guaranteed 103,939.07 3. Obligations of Stetes and political subdivision. 306,374.98 5. Corporate stocks (including $180080 stock of Federal Reserve Bank) _1 1,300.00 6. Cash, balances with other banks, including reserve balances, and .cash items in process of collection ... 861,790.95 7. Bank premises owned $23,437.55, furniture and fixtures $2,982,82 -I t?- - 26,420.87 11. Other Assets ?? i 6,165.86 12. TOTAL ASSETS _1 $1,510,660.02 LIABILITIES ? "" j< ? ? 13. Demand, deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations $ 810,888.72 14. Time deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations 130,407.60 15. Deposits of United Stetes Government (including postal savings) 71282 16. Deposits of Stetes and political subdivisions 366.06482 17. Deposits of Banks - . 6587680 18. Other deposits (certified and officers' checks, etc.). 4,084.63 19. TOTAL DEPOSITS L? $1,369,122.29 23. Other Liabilities ___ 9,04088 24. TOTAL LIABILITIES (not including obligations : shown in item 33) .... $1,878,162.87 CAPITAL ACCOUNT 25. Capital ? $ 50,00080 26. Surplus i 60,000.00 27. Undivided Profits 1 32857.15. 29. TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNT $ 132897.16 30. TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNT $1,610,660.02 * This bank's capital consists of common stock with total par value of $60,000.00. V MEMORANDA 31. Pledged assets (and securities loaned) (book value): (a) U. S. Government obligations, direct and guaranteed, pledged to secure .deposits and other liabilities??...$ 97,22683 (b) Other assets pledged to secure deposits and other lia bilities (including notes and bills rediscounted and se curities sold under repurchase agreement) 257,078.26 (e) TOTAL $ 864,304.69 32. Secured and preferred liabilities: (a) Deposits secured by pledged assets pursuant to requirements of law $ 362,92785 (d) Deposits preferred under provisions of law but not secured by pledge of assets 71282 (e) TOTAL $ 363,640.0? 34. (a) On date of report the required legal reserve against deposits of this bank was .... $ 192,327.45 (b) Assets reported above which were eligible as legal reserve amounted to $ 74481689 '? ? ? ? I, L. E. Walston, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, and that it fully and correctly reprseents the true state of the several matters herein contained and set forth, to the best of my knowledge and belief. Correct.?Attest: L. E. WALSTON, Caahter. J. O. POLLARD, Director. J. L MORGAN, Directof. GEORGE W. DAVIS, Director. State of North Carolina, County of Pitt Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11th day of Jan., 1939, and I hereby certify that I am not an officer or director of this bank. (SEAL) ... GERALDINE GARDNER, Notary Public. My Commission expires March 14,1940. ; . tanpAuDUF i ^ji delivered at Pontiac, Mich. AmV <V |K'<sK Pries a aubject .to change without notice. Transport*' If ? tion, state and local taxes ??'mJWuM (if any),- optional equip- Jl ment arid accessories?extra. ? - - ? -????'?? -j ? . ?? ? ; ' I ? ... ??> ? ? 1 ' ' itt" hi h hi hi hi hi ihhhhh^p'^h ^K>^Mm ^^^i n^^i 'i^':i-f^^hi h^l^e' 'h h mbi. hh jl^l h^p'.-k^mh i' ? hc. ? i i- r-^^k -:p i hhp h ? ? i i^f i i ii ? ?? 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