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VOLUME TWENTY-NINE FABMVILL^ PITT QOUNlT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17, 1TO9 NUMBER FORTY-ONE
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Bill To Increase Nation's
Def ense Passed By House
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Provides Third of a Bil
lion-for More Planes
and More Army Offi
cers; Panama Canal,
Also Would Get Atten
tion
Washington, Feb. 15.?The Hou*
approved a huge $356,000,000 seg
ment program today after rearma
ment debate which produced dramatic
warnings that present world condi
tions hold grave dangers for Ameri
ca and charges that the United
States is treading the road to war.
By the one-sided vote of 367 to 15,
it passed a bill which would add
3,050 warplanes to the Army Air
Corps, strengthen the defenses of
the Panama Canal, increase the
enlisted strength of the Army Air
Corps by 24,000 men, add 2,060 offi
cers to the Army, and enable it to
buy $23,750,000 worth war material
from American industry to educate
it in the production of such sup
plies.
A little earlier, the House naval
committee approved a bill authoriz
ing an expenditure of $68,000,000
for new naval air bases, including
a faraway Pacific outpost on the Is
land of Guam. A move to strike the
Guam base from the measure was
beaten, 14 to 5.
Elsewhere in town the subject of
defense bobbed up.
The Navy received a low bid of
$11,695,000 for each of two new
6,000-ton light cruisers, submitted
by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Cor
poration of Quincy, Mass., as com
pared with tender of $12,950,000 by
the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry
dock Company of Kearny, N. J., the
only other bidder.
After a long, secret session, the
Senate military committee an
nounced that it would make public
tomorrow part of the testimony
taken today from high officials con
cerning the plane sales to France.
During the negotiations for these
sales United States officials gave
sympathetic cooperation to France.
Circumstances surrounding the deals
led to charges and denials on Capi
tol Hill that this country was be
coming entagled abroad.
Senator Clark (D-Mo.) indicated
that there would be little of interest
in the military committee record to
be made public tomorrow.
"There is nothing in the record
worth a damn," he said. "The wit
nesses all insisted on talking off the
records."
The witnesses were: Admiral Wil
liam D. Leachy, Chief of Naval Oper
ations; Maj. Gen. H. H. Arnold, Chief
of the Army Air Corps; Louis John
son, Assistant Secretary of War, and
Capt. Sydney M. Kraus, Naval of
ficer attached to the Treasury Pro
curement Division.
Senator Bridges (R. N. H.) said
tW, at his behest, the committee
agreed to call Hugh Wilson, ambassa
dor to Germany who is now in this
country, as a witness later.
Bridges said he considered it only
right to do this, since Joseph P. Ken
nedy and William C. Gullitt, envoys
to Great Britain and France, respect
ively, had told their stories to the
committee some weeks ago. Kennedy
and Bullitt were understood to have
painted .a dark picture of the pros
pects of peace ia^Europe and to hav(
spoken pessimistically of the strength
of the democracies there.
Bridges said he had a "suspicion"
that WltHS1* views did not coincide
with these of Kennedy and Bullitt.
But major interest centered upon
the House and its discussion of de
fensive needs and foreign affairs.
The daehrtoa of s Republican caucus
to hack the defense bill, except on
one point, had eliminated virtually
all partiaian politics from the con-j
trovmjt *
Heat one "point, however, devel
oped a bested dispute. The bill
railed for the acquisition of the
piaass within two years. The
RepatUean viewpoint was that the
tlnwjsai pee bill tn timid the ob
etdcBeeace of a large section of the
Tie Hiiililiiiiiw stifling together,
muajUsed 13d votes for the longer
period, hut there were 183 votes
(D-TfcX.), the Draocraric lesderftook
the floor) snd won sound after round
of applaueie fro? both aid? on the
want America to be prepared to
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Unemployment Get
Over 8 Millions
Employers Have Paid
20 Millions In Taxes
Since Program Began.
Raleigh, Feb. 14. ? In the little
more than a year that payments have
been made by the Unemployment
Compensation Commission, nearly
39,000,000 has been paid on claims,
it was revealed yesterday.
Levies for unemployment compen
sation paid by employers from 1936
through February 8 of this year to
talled $20,265,026.43, Chairman Chas.
G. Powell announced last year and so
far this year, the fund increased about
$1,700,000 during the period.
On February 8, the last date on
which figures were available for both
receipts and disbursements, the fund
had a balance of $11,718,621.36 to its
credit. Since the unemployment in
surance tax was levied in 1936, the
State fund was levied in 1936, the
State fund has received $284,991.39
interest on its balance with the
United States Treasury in Washing
ton.
Initial claims for benefits increased
95 per cent in the first five weeks of
1939 over the corresponding period
last year?or from 4,440 a week to
8,654, compilations at the State of
fice show. Weekly continued claims
averaged 27,145 a week for the last
five weeks in 1938 and 37,778 a week
for the first five weeks in 1939.
A sharp spurt in claims at the be
ginning of the new year was explain
ed by Commissioner Powell as due
to the fact that numbers of claimants
drew benefits for the maximum of
16 weeks last year and still had
credits available at the beginning
of the second benefit year. Seasonal
unemployment following the Christ
mas holidays also was credited with
the sharp rise in jobless claims.
Blue Grass Pasture
W. L. Overcash of Kannapolis, Rt.
1, unwittingly started a blue grass
pasture on his farm two years ago by
covering eroded places in the pasture
with a coating of barnyard manure.
He liked the blue grass so well that
he has seeded 200 pounds of seed on
an adjoining nine acres. He says
blue grass and manure seem to go
well together in pasture building.
Warren Denies
He's Candidate
Congressman, Here Onl
Park Mission, Indi
cates He'd Stick To
Congress.
Congressman Lindsay C. Warren,
who was here yesterday in the inter
est of a proposed bill for State co
operation in Cape Hatteras Seashore,
which will become a national park
upon acquisition of the necessary
acreage, flatly denied that he has any
intention of becoming a candidate for
Governor in 1940.
"Of course, I would like to be Gov
ernor; who would not," declared Mr.
Warren, who has been frequently
mentioned as a prospective candidate
in 1940.
"It is the geratest thing that could
come to any North Carolinian and
there is a wonderful opportunity for
constructive service," he continued.
"However, I have s mortgage on my.
| home and three children to educate.
For Oat reason-1 have never given
the matter a real serious thought, nor
have I thought about any position
other than the .one I now hold from
the people of the First Congressional
[District"
Mr. Wftrren, who has previously
declined to make any statement on.
the subject, repeated the substance
of the above to scores who inquired
privately concerning his intentions
while he was here yesterday.
Mr. Warren conferred with R.
Bruce Etheridge, Director of the De
partment ot Conservation and De
velopment ? concerning the bill to
create a North Carolina Cape Hat
tans Seashore Commission, which
vrill be introduced in the General As
sembly by Senator D. B.. Fearing of
Dare.
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The bill calls for a commission of
nine, to be composed of the Dine-.
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Tsr Heat Aviator
Wins Amy Honors
Maj. Caleb Haynes Gets
Cross For Mercy Flight
To Chilean Earthquake
Area.
Washington, Feb. 14. ? Before a
glittering audience composed of high
ranking diplomatic and War Depart
ment officials, Major Caleb Haynes
of Mount Airy, N. C., today received
from the hands of Secretary of War
Woodring the Distinguished Flying
Cross, his reward for leadership of
the emergency flight of food and sup
plies to victims of the recent Chilean
earthquake.
The North Carolina officer arrived
from Santiago, Chile, aboard the Ar
my transport plane he commanded, at
Langley Field, Va., after an aerial
review and ceremonies in honor of
Haynes and the ten officers and en
listed men making up the crew of the
transport, the group flew to Wash
intgon.
Among those who witnessed the
award were Charge d'Affairs Hun
eeus of the Chilean embassy, First
Secretary Pereira, Air Attach Sara
sua, Norman Armour, American am
bassador to Chile, Dewitt C. Smith,
vice-chaiman of the American Red
Cross, General Malin Craig, chief of
staff, and other ranking War Depart
ment officials.
Took Medicine to Chile.
The flight for which the decoration
is to be awarded was made at the
request of the American Red Cross
in order to place without delhy in
those areas of Chile devested by the
recent earthquake urgently needed
vaccines and other medical supplies.
MILLEDGEVILLE COLLEGE
CHOIR IS UNIQUE IN
GEORGIA'S CHORAL GROUP
The Milledgeville College Choir,
which will appear here in a concert
of the world's finest music on Friday,
March 24, at Perkins Hall under the
auspices of the Woman's Club has
established a reputation in its short
existence for being unique among
the choral groups of the state. The
singing is done entirely without in
strumental support and depends for
its superb effect upon the perfect
blending Of all the voices in the choir.
The- Milledgeville College Choir
has the distinction of being the only
A Cappella choir in this section of
the South. An accompaniment cov
ers up defects, but a cappella music
is singing "in the bare," so to speak,
and is good or bad according to thd
individuals and the training.
Intensive training ia necessary.
There must be great accuracy of at
tack, perfect release of phrases, and
delicate shadings. The intonation,
vowel sounds and harmony must be
perfect.
Several hours a week are spent in
reading, memorizing, and rehearsing
the-program which is made up en
tirely of sacred music. ?
This is one means of revealing the
beauty jof sScred music to-thoao^who
have felt that tWs type of ^jnusic
could not be made entertaining.
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7 Cotton Varieties
Recommended In N. C.
Seven varieties of cotton are
recommended for. use in North Caro
lina, under various conditions, in a
publication perpared for general dis
tribution by representatives of the
State College Extension Service, the
N. C. Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion at State College, and the Depart
ment^ Agriculture.
They aret Goker 100 for all areas,
Mexican and'Farm Relief for the Up
per Coastal Plain and Piedmont areas,
Carolina Foster for the heavier soils
of the lower Coastal Pfatiw-lkd Dixie
Triumph, Clevewilt and Etwttco Dix
ie for planting .;on all lands von which
wilt disease has caused* substantial
losses on the common susceptible
varieties.
The publication also contains other
valuable information on standardiza
tion, seed, aoils, preparation of land,
fertflixers and their application, lime,
planting, rate of seeding, .chopping,
cultivation and care of p^jpta, har
vesting, handling, ginning storage,
In connec
tion with the production of eotien.
It ia available for free- distribu
tion to interested growers upon re
quest to tpe Agricultural Editor at
State College, Raleigh, for Extension
Circular No. 234, "Approved Practice
The circular points out that the
beat pliufting'dsiejnin; the Coastal
Plain from April |0 to 80, de
HRMRMS
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(Hugo S. Sims,? Washington Corres
pondent.)
TVA BUYS OUT; RIVAL.
BUSINESS ENCOURAGED.
INSURANCE INQUIRY.
COMPANIES GROW LARGER
SOME STATISTICS.
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Closely following its smashing vic
tory in the Supreme Court, the Ten
nessee Valley Authority agreed to
purchase all Tennessee electrical
properties of the Commonwealth and
Southern Corporation for a price of
$78,600,000. This compares with a
previous offer of only $65,000,000
from the TVA and a counter-offer
from the Corporation to sell at about
$86,000,000. The difference in what
the "Government first offered and
what it later agreed to pay is explain
ed by the apparent acceptance of
principles of valuation that it would
not agree to in the beginning.
TVA negotiations at one time flat
ly refused to make any allowances for
investments other than that in actual
J property or the value of a going
business and insisted on drastic re
, ductions on the basis of deterioration
of electric generating and transmis
sion equipment.
While the end of the six-year-old
feud comes about through major con
cessions on the part of TVA negotia
tors, which, have wide implications
in similar settlements of the future,
the agreement was concluded after
the decision of the Supreme Court
which left the utility company prac
tically at the mercy of the Govern
ment. The "peace" is hailed in many
quarters as a major trade boom to
follow new expansion programs by
the public utility industry. In fact,
Wendell L. Wilkie, president -of The
Commonwealth and Southern Corpo
ration, who voiced pessimism just a
few weeks ago, now predicts that the
settlement will stimulate not less
than one pillion dollar capital outlay
a year for the next three or four
years, i
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When the TVA was created in 1933,
it took over from the War Depart
ment the great Wilson Dam in Ala
bama. It was intended to re-make
the Tennessee River Valley area
through the construction of a group
of d^ns which would conserve its
Water and control floods. Incidently
it would have to sell the hydro-electric
power generated in connection with
the dams. It built the Norris Dam,
on the Clinch River, n >rth of Knox
ville; the Wheeler Dan, in Alabama,
and the Pickwick Landing Dam, near
the v Tennessee-Mississippi and Ala
bama state lines.
. It is pushing the Completion of
three other dams, has started work
on a fourth and is getting ready to
begin a fifth. When the dams are
completed, the TVA will have a
power capacity of 1,400,000 kilowatts.
While the figures have been the sub
ject of considerable, dispute, J. A.
Krug, now, in charge of the program,
estimates that when: the ten dams are
in operation and the power' output has
been taken by the communities in the
area affected, the TVA will have an
annual 'income of $20000,000 from
power and that more than $3,000,000
will remain from power revenue an
nually after all direct and allocated
power costs have been deducted.
With 64,000,000 Americans insured
by one of the country's legal reserve
life insurance companies, considerable
interest will be taken in the inquiry
which is under way by the monopolies j
investigating committee. It is point-1
ed out" that the companies? in the I
United States have sixty per cent of!
all. life-insurance, in effect in the j
worfd and that the legal reserve com- i
panies have assets of more* than $27$- j
, |000>Q00.
Chairman William O. Douglas, of
the;S. E. C., in opening the testimony,
carefully pointed Ojit that the inquiry
policy-holders that nothing would be
developed jeopardize the protection
which t^^expect frorh their inaur
cnose in vfl6 x oik region alo
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Charter Changes
To Bo Disclosed
Greenville Mass Meet
ing To Talk Over Pro
posal For New Form of
Government
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Greenville, Feb. 14. ? Local resi
dents will express their views on pro
posed changes in the city government
at a mass meeting in the Pitt County
courthouse Friday night.
Mayor M. K. Blount, who called
the. meeting, explained that the
changes under proposal would be.
ironed for those in attendance. The
session then will be converted to an
open forum.
Adoption of a city manager form
of government and establishment -of
a planning commission and a park
commission are listed aomng the pro
posed changes. Bills drawn for
amending the city charter and pro
viding for the proposals will be ex
plained at the Friday night session.
Among those expected to attend
will be State Senator Arthur B. Corey
and Pitt County's State Representa
tive, J. C. Moore." Mayor M. K.
Blount and the local aldermanic body
are sponsoring tlje meeting for the
purpose of not only explaining the
proposal to the public, but to learn
the sentiment of the public. -
Jurors Find No
Evidence To Act
Upon in Flogging
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Goldsboro, Feb. 14. ? The Wayne
County grand jury today adjourned
a special session for investigation of
the flogging of two Negro prisoners
and announced that there *was no
evidence on which it could act
The grand jury met for about an
hour at the call of Graves J. Smith,
foreman, to investigate the abduction
and flogging last Thursday of Floyd
Edwards and Kirby Baldwin, who
were held in the Goldsboro jail on
charges of assault Smith said that
the jury decided to adjourn until fur
-iher evidence can be presented. No
date for a second session was set.
The two Negroes were not able to
attend the inquiry. Dr. George Ben
ton, Goldsboro physician, had visited,,
them at their homes Monday, and
said it would be better not to require
their appearance. City Detective, L.
0. Rhodes described their condition
as "painful."
The investigation was held in se
cret, and a large crowd which had
gathered at the courthouse dwindled
after it was learned that the inquiry
would not be public. The jury ad
journed at 3:16.'
The Negroes were taken from the.,
jail early Thursday morning. Police
man Walter Gurley, who was acting
desk sergeant, said that two unmask
ed white men, strangers to him eame
to the jail and demanded that the
prisoners be turned over to them.
At gun point, Gurley said, the men
forced him to release Edwards and
Baldwin. Another man joined the
first two, Gurley said, and he could
hear the voices of others who were
waiting outside the jail in a car.
There were five men in the band.
? The Negroes told officers that they
were taken about. 10 miles from
Goldsboro, forced to lie down on a
ditch bank, and flogged with limbs
and switches from saplings, x
Baldwin and Edwards were in jail
in connection with an assault on
Mayor JV H. Hill and Kirby Wells,
grocer, a week ago last Saturday. ? #
Witnesses were summoned before
the grand jury in this order: Dr. Ben
ton; Detective Rhodes, who is con
ducting the. city's investigation;
Chief of Police E. J. Tew; Officer
Gurley; D. S. Scott and M. C. Hoover,
officers of the State Bureau of In
vestigation; and Sheriff Paul Gar
rison.
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;1. What is the cost of a. modern,
dfestroyer? -?' <.V- _
2. How many persons get hunting
licenses in a year? ,
3. Do insects instinctively know
when winter is over? v
4. What percentage' of the nation's
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tend^Mie activitwe of th. Dies, com
6, Is Germany, in serums economic
7. U the ice receding in the polar
-bought ixi this country ?
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Farmville High
Defeats Bathl
Despite an almost constant down-1
pour of rain a fairly large crowd!
gathered in Fountain's warehouse]
last Thursday.night to see the boys!
gain their fifteenth triumph of the j
year. Due to the floor being wet]
and slippery because of the leaks in]
[the roof the game was a very slow]
one. The final score of the game |
was 16-11 with the home town boys |
on the long end. Robert Pierce, a]
senior, was the high scorer of the
game. He . made three field goals I
and four foul shots for a total of ten
points. Because of the unfavorable]
weather the. referees failed to put in j
an appearance and Supt J. H. Moore]
and Mr. Elbert Coats of the local |
faculty were called on to officiate]
the game which they did in a very]
efficient manner.
In the preliminary ,game last
Thursday night the local girls drop
ped a close battle to their older and ]
more experienced opponents. Doro
thy Clarke led the scoring for Farm
ville with a total of seven points, I
Oliye Taylor was second with three,
and Frances Carraway followed with
two.
On the following evening both
teams traveled to Winterville. Al
though both teams were unsuccess
ful. they both put up a very fine
fight The boys lost out in the final
minute of the game. The final score
was 12-10 to give Farmville only its
second defeat of the season in almost
twenty games. .The scoring honors
were equally divided among all the
members of the team. An interest
ing feature in both games played
last week was the appearance of two
new boys on the varsity line-up. They
are Douglas Kemp and Bobby Rouse.
Douglas is a junior and Bobby is a
sophmore. [?
Tonight the Farmville, teams will
meet the Ayden teams in a return I
double-header at Fountain's ware
house. This game has been' long
awaited for as Ayden was the first
team to defeat Farmville this year.
The first game will start at 7:30.
Spreading
Increasing international commerce
and auto and airplane travel are in
troducing new tree diseases which
imperil American wildlife as well as ,
the trees themselves.
Caffs* Backing
Teacher Raise
Appropriations Chair
men Differ; Finance
Action Delays Report
To Floor.
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The co-chairmen of the joint ap
propriations committee are on oppo- 1
site sides of the question of appro- i
priations for public schools, inclnd- '
ing the ninth pay increment for :
teachers, it was revealed yesterday ?
as the committee voted by a 30-24 '
margin not to grant teachers another i
hearing in the request for salary 1
restorations.
Despite the vote against another 1
hearing, however, the committee ]
agreed to defer until today action on i
whether to give public schools the i
Advisory Budget Com'missiou recom- <
mendation which includes the incre
ment of $5 a month for teachers who
have worked nine or more years, or
whether to stick to the reduced ap
propriation voted tentatively last
week. At this time, the committee
reduced the two-year appropriation,
for schools.
As the appropriations group, wres
tled with the school question, the fi
nance committee further reduced
revenue estimated by the budget com
mission for .1989-1941. Yesterday's
cuts in revenue brought the total re
duction* by the financs committee to
$1,800,000 for the two years, leaving
the biennial budget as it now stands
approximately $1,800,000 out of bal
ance. . If the appropriations commit
ktee should vpte today to restore the
budget recommendation for schools,
the out-of-balance total will beStised
to more, thin $2,000,000.
Yesterday's action in the finance
committee caused leaders of that
bodj^to turn ; definitely pessimistic
about chances of reporting; the bill to
the floor any time in the near fu
ture. One of the most ^ powerful
members of the committee said the
best he could see at time ia that
the biil will not reach the,floor for
10 days and that there 4. a strong
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Small Increase Won By
Teachers In Budget Ballot
Committee Vote Would
Mean Average Pay
Raise of $1 a Month
For Teachers
Raleigh, Feb. 16.?North Carolina's <?
classroom teachers won a victory be
fore the appropriations committee
yesterday, but it's a mighty hollow
victory so far as the pay envelopes
for those teachers are concerned.
The committee vote, by a margin
of 45-6, gave to public schools the
$52,691,313 recommended by the Ad
visory Budget Commission for 1939
1941. Last Friday, the committee
had cut that total by $241,313.
In the next breath, the committee
voted without a single negative vote
not to recommend to the State
School Commission the ninth pay
increment, or raise, of $5 a month
for teachers of nine or more years
experience as recommended by the
budget commission. The commit
tee vote left to the school commis
sion the question of adjustment of
all classroom teachers' salaries.
From the standpoint of the indi-?
vidual teacher, the action will mean:
Teachers now receive pay raises
ranging from $3 to $3.75 a month
for each year of service up to eight,
where the maximum of $123.76 a
month for eight months is reached.
The highest grade teacher begins at
$96 a month, receives the $123.76
eventually.
After adjustments are made in
1939-1941 for the normal increments
now in effect, the. school commission
will have available for "adjustments"
of salaries of all teachers approxi
mately $365,000 for the two years.
There are approximately 16,000
white classroom teachers and ap
proximately 6,000 Negro classroom
teachers. If the $865,000 to be avail
able for adjustment of teachers' sal
aries should be distributed evenly
among those 22,000 teachers, the
average raise would be $8 a year, or
$1 a month for the 'eight months,
over and above the increment the
teacher would receive anyway un
der the present schedule.
It is ''estimated now that the
teacher salary bill, . including pres
ent increments but not including any
other adjustments for 1939-1940 will
be $21,424,500 and that for 1940-1941
will be $22,174,358.
The committee action followed a -
whirlwind campaign launched by
teachers after last Friday's vote re
ducing the school appropriation for
the biennium by $241,313. Teachers
met here last Saturday to plan their
campaign and since that time
teachers have been much in evi
dence in legislative halls. Members
going to the meeting yesterday had
to "ran the gantlet" of teachers
congregated in the halls outside the
committee room.
Rules Announced
For 4-H Contests
Rules for two 4-H livestock con
tests in 1939 have been announced by; -
L. R. Harrill, state club leader. The
two winners will _ receive one-year
scholarships to State College, each
valued at $80., The awards are do
nated by the N. C. Cottonseed Crush
ers Association, but selection of the
winners wQl be under, the supervision
of the 4-H Club office at State Col
lege. '?
The scholarships are offered for the
best records in dairying and animal .
husbandry work. The animals must
be exhibited a$ the 1939 State Fair,
aiid 40 points in the scoring will be
on the basis of conformation, condi
tion and type of animal or animals,
apd showanships in the Fair contests.
- The scholarships are offered for
the best* records in dairying and. ani
mal husbandy work. The animals
must be exhibited at the 1939 State
Fair, and 40 points in the scoring,
will be on the basis of conformation,
condition and type of animal or ani
mals, and showmanship in 'the Fair
contests. The other 60 points will be
divided as follows: Project record,
neatness and accuracy, 16 points, par
ticipation in club activities, 20 points;
and "profits on project, 26 points.
Any duly enrolled 4-H club mem
ber in North Carolina is eligible, to
compete. The clulj member must sub
mit evidence of ownership of animal
or animals. The club member must
keep an accurate record showing the -
initial weight, kind and amount of*
feed, cost and value of feed, cost and
value of animal or animals, weight
and sale price in thb case of meat
animals, or the market value of same :
at termination of the contest, ? , ffcy
In the event the winner is unable to
use the scholarship it will revert to
the 4-H Scholarship Fund. ,
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