~~ " FABMVtLLR PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1M9. ~ NUMBER FOURTEEN
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Leaf Growers Drop Plans
For Early Crop EtmHoto
? - rg- rtaifti- d . i
Decide to Take Present^B
Prices and Hope fori
Better Returns Nest
Year
Washington, Aug. 9. ? ParmerB
upldiirntatiif of fhm tared tobacco B
growers today placed their hopes forB
better prices for the yellow leaf on!
prospects for sharp curtailment of I
prodaetton next year with qdota re-B
strictioDS on marketing.
They concluded after a meeting B
with buyers thai it would be betterB
to let the record-breaking 1939 crop!
be sold in the usual maimer withB
hope it would average between $131
and $18 a hundred pounds.
Pw? for an earty farmer election B
I on the yMUflnn of invoking market-B
I |ng quotas of the 194V crop, a pro-B
I cedure possible when President I
I Roosevelt signed tobacco amend-1
I meets to the 1938 farm law, werel
I put aside.
Growers who previously had ex-1
I pressed hope an early referendum I
I would help bolster 1939 prices con-1
I eluded it would be best to wait until I
later in the year when a curtailment I
I program for 1940 had been formu-1
I lated.
Buyers attending the meeting, rep-1
I t?en ting virtually every large tobac-1
I co-buying eompaay, told the growers I
a crop of between ?76,000,000 and I
760^00,000 pounds probably could be I
B taken by the market next year at a I
aatiafactery. price to the farmers.
They contended the Crop Report-1
ing Board's estimate of a crop in ex-1
cess of one billion pounds this year I
was "excessive" and placed the ac-1
tual production at between 876,000,-1
000 ami one billion pounds. The Crop I
Reporting Board will make a revised I
estimate tomorrow.
J. B. Hutaon, assistant AAA ad-1
B ministrator, who sat in on the buy-1
B er-grower meetm? said it was the I
B consensus thai a curtaied crop next!
? year and the large crop of 19391
would about equal normal flue-cur-. I
? ed tobacco requirements for two I
? years.
He estimated 1940 acreage allot-1
B meats would total about 800,0001
I acres, a figure previously suggested fl
? by the grower representatives. This!
would be 10 per cent below the 880,-1
? OOO acres allotted for 1999 under the I
? 1,100,000 acres planted.
Officials pointed out acreage allot-1
I ments would be mere binding on I
fl gi aweri if quotas are invoked, as I
under the tobacco amendments I
B poundage quotas would be converted I
^B into terms of acres.
I - ? -? . -n-AL' - . a ; - e - r, --A- ?
? (pHraNBI w wore am acreage ?
? tor Rrfjvidual farms and!
^B thab-tbfc iAbdki be done before a^|
? referendum was roiled. a|
^B Bi>s it. vote of growers I
I ftfMKpitJag' fli the election is nec-1
I BjBi to iaathe the sales reetric-B
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I JuBflfiBUHBieai iftH ama.
reached. The Tar ittfin4taj I
were W. W. Eaglee, Haedesffcld; 1
Claude Hall, Weededale; G. T. S?tt,B
Selma, and E. P. Arnold, Ralegh, II
secretary of the State Farm Bureau!
Federation. _ !
Asked if he believed,the buyeraH
would continue to take the rest of fl
the flue-cured crop at approximately ?
the existing price levels, Hall repfed, II
"I hope so, and I don't see any reason I
why they shouldn't" - ?
The rise in the price when the ?
South Carolina market opened was ?
accountable to the better quality of ?
MoT, according to HalL The Tar ?
Heels the conference discounted.!
the idea that any other element en- I
tered into the price situation with ?
the possible exception of a feeling ?
on the part of buyer that the total ?
production had been over-estimated. I
Following the grower-buyer con- ?
ference, producer representatives I
gathered to discuss action toward I
I the referendum on marketing quotas ?
I f0r 1940 production. They conferred I
I at length with AAA officials regard- I
I ing the steps necessary to get ready ?
II for a referendum after the Suuetary I
I of Agriculture proclaimed a surplus I
I exists and fixes quotas. The North I
I Carolinians at the conference left I
? for their home tonight to start the ?
I hall rolling among the producers for ?
I the necessary two-thirds vote to es- I
Itablish quotas for 1940. I
An interested spectator at today's I
I conference was Governor Rivers of I
V Georgia who said he come to learn ?
? that if he could what steps could be I
I taken to improve the price situation H
I on the Georgia market next year. ?
I Several of the buyers present assur- I
I ed him that price would be higher if ?
I the practice of selling tied instead of ?
I loose tobacco was adopted there. The I
I governor said he would make legis
lation to promote this practice part I
? of the program for the special ses- ?
I sion of the State legislature he would I
I early in September.
llMflljnRS I
I Teacher Raises I
I Schedule to Be M&dfea
I Public Today After!
Approval by School!
I Commission I
Raleigh, Aug. 10.?After deliberat- I
I ing approximately two months, the I
I speu^KW the s?e I
? School Commission has reached an ?
I agreement on how to divide
? among more than 24,009 teaehers. ?&. ?
The committee hdd ita last "rune** ?
ling yesterday, but members hclftw I
? to reveal the nature of the division ?
I until it voles on the aefcednle this I
? morning and submits it to the full I
I Commission later in the day.
? Lloyd Griffin, Commission secre- I
I tary, said be believed the last legis- |
1 lature intended all of the f889#O0 to ?
I te^STiiSa^ gigftnr Z I
Oah ahf CI luiitAir
Hr ??'?* IfpJIWVl
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^HSpec^ T^xes f?r 12th I
H Approved Overwhelm-1
I By overwhelming majorities, vot-l
Bers of the Farmville schoo district I
B Friday approved two proposed school I
fl imprvements?addition of * 12th I
? grade in He hlgh schooi and of ninth I
B month to theyeart term.
fl The votes were announced as:
fl On 12th grade, S74 for, 16 against. I
fl On ninth month, 336- for, 171
flagainst.
B Under terms of the proposals; a I
B tax not to exceed eight cents will be fl
? levied for-the 42th grade, and a tax I
Bnot to exceed 12 1-2 cents on thefl
?$100 of property valuation will be I
fltaried tor the ninth month.
fl The sperial. election vras called &f-1
Iter the Fannville School Board had I
Bpetitioned the county hoard of edu-fl
B cation, which gained approval ot the I
B State School Commission.
^?Incerase Pushes Price ?
lAverage Geiter&lly I
I Above Sales Re-1
I main Light
B A general rise in prices was re- I
Bported yesterday on North Carolina's IB
?tobacco markfets of the border belt. fl
The increase sent price averages II
Bgenerally aboVe 319.00 a hundred II
Bpounds, and He range of averages I
Bwent as high as 319.87. Prices fori
?some types of tobacco went as high fl
?* $35.
fl Growers appeared well pleased!
Bwith results of He sales, and reports fl
Bof ."no tags turned" were widespread, fl
fl Sales on the border remained rel- fl
Batively light, but a pick-up is ex- I
Bpected withln a Jew days. Th< fact I
flthat many farmers have not com- fl
Bpleted curing has held sales down, fl
Bit Was said. ^
LUMBERT6N I
Lumberton, Aug. 9.?Official fig- I
E^Led* bf X'V Puiton, sake Z- I
Bpervisor ? j|
' Totjd, fbuadhgo, 62t#Q$ total/#!
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?market looks Jprmfull day's salel
?Thursday.
Lmnbertoti's salfe fa? He-season I
?are 8,670/698 pounds for an average I
?of 319^7: Pulton announced.
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r By HUGO 8. SIMS
(Washington Correspondent)
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A COALITION TRIUMPH
LENDING BILL STRAFED
ARMY PLANES overhead
UNREASONABLE SURPLUSES
TREASURY INVESTIGATES
; PANAMA CANAL TREATY
UNEMPLOYMENT RECORD
CUT-OVER LAND PROBLEMS "
A coalition of 146 Republicans and
47 Democrats in the House last week]
successfully prevented consideration]
of the Administration's lending bill,!
which had passed the senate the day!
before in a much-reduced form. The]
Republican ityliioiity, solidly voting!
together, was enabled to inflict!
smashing defeat upon the President j
whose discomfiture resulted from!
the disaffection of 47 rnemben of
his own party. Those favoring the]
bill included 168 Democrats, 2 Wis-1
consin Progressives and one Ameri-1
can-Laborite, Immediately afterward,!
the Chief Executive called the House!
action a blow to industry, the unem-l
ployed and the taxpayers.' While ad-j
mitting that the representatives had]
a perfect right to vote against the I
bill, the President insisted that those]
adversely effected had a right to]
know where th responsibility lay. Ifl
Details of the President's lending!
proposals have been given in this]
column heretofore. Its total was $3,- ]
160,000,000, with loans to be spread]
over several years. The Senate bill
provided $1,615,000,000 eliminating]
the $750,000,000 for highways and]
bridges, the $500,000,00 for lailrbad
equipment and the $500,000,000 for
foreign loans. The Senate approved]
the $850,000,000 for .non-Federal
public works, $500,600,000 for rural
electrification and $600,000,000 for
thr farm-tenant program. It provid
ed $75,000,000 for the Export-Im-1
port . Bank and $90,000,000 for ire- j
clamation projects.
I On Wednesday of last week, the]
United States Army observed - the]
thirtieth anniversary of its first pur- ]
chase of.a military plane by stag-]
ing exhibitions over many cities in]
I various parts of the country. Squad- ]
rons of pursuit planes and bombers]
took off from various Army fields,]
flying hundreds of miles to Show ]
themselves to the people of the na-j
ti on. lyfjl
J The growth of military aviation in!
the. past years can 'be appreciated by
recalling that the i Army's first air-r
plane, carrying on$ passenger, but no
imflss per hour, ten times that of the j
Air Corp&has the Vorld's record for'?'
pay-load carrying, established by
ed'
fifteen and a half tons to an altitude
of 8,200 feet.
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With the termination of the un
Btributed profit* tax, the Treasury
Epartaient Bte to check
Vigorous Relittff I
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Little Nation ^ Refuses ?
To Turn Itself Over toH
Italy and Germany inl
Way
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Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Aug. 9. I
Yugoslavia' has refused German*
and IvaUan demands for use of her!
railroads ahd Axis supervision of I
Her economic and military centers inl
event of European war, it was!
learned tonight on the highest au-1
thority. . I
With the full support at Britain I
and Prance, Premier Dragisha Cvet-I
kovfch will fly to Italy tomorrow inl
a Yugoslav army bomber, it was!
said, to tell Italy's leaders bluntly!
that Yugoslavia is determined to. ?
maintain Strict neutrality even if it I
is necessity to use her arms io do so.l
Gerniihiy/and" Italy were said to ?
have described Weir proposals as a I
form of "benevolent*' neutrality.
Besides use of Yugoslavia's rail- B
roads ahd supervision of her econorri-l
ic and military centers in war-time,!
it was said the German-Italian de-B
mends would give them complete ac-1
cess to all Yugoslavia's war matier-1
ials and food staffs in case of war.
Use of her railroads, besides giv-?
ing them rail connections through the I
Yugoslav province of Slovenia, in I
addition to those they already have 1
through Brenner Pass; would give!
them troop transportation in any!
advance toward Rumania and the!
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east. ? ?
(While Premier Cvetkovich was!
preparing to journey to Italy,' it was!
laihted in Budapest tonight that!
ibount Stephen 6saky, foreign minis-1
Iter of Hungary, northeastern -neigh-1
?bo* of Yugoslavia: had arrived at!
|salzburg where he is a guest of Ger-fl
Bmnn Foreign Minister Joachim von!
Bltibbentrop.).
I The premier's sudden decision to I
?fly to. Venice and-Borne camp after!
?"indefinite". auspension of negotia- ?
Itions with Vladimir Macek, peasant I
?leader, over demands of 5,000,0001
Bcroats for home rule.
I Cvetkovich's plana were under-!
?stood to call for direct talks with I
?premier Benito Mussolini.
Prince Paul, senior regent of Yu-|
Bgoslavia, was said to have explained!
?the Axis demands to the British ? and I
?French government on his recent!
?trip to London and Paris. I
I' Authoritative sources said Britain!
land Prance had told the regent they!
BSuld back Yugoslavia in case she!
?came into conflict with the Rome-I
?Berlin aids, for her surrender would J
Kh&h a staggering blow had been!
Ideilt to Rumania, Greece and Turkey, ?
?which have joined the French-British ?
?front or have been included in it!
?by British-French guarantees of ?
?their independence.
The government of Premier Cvet-B
?kovich aiwL Prince Paul were under-1
?stood t<r have igreed that the slight-1
?csf compliance1 with any such de-B
Imands Would beilncompatiable with ?
?the sovereignity of Yugoslavia. . I
? Whether Macek; the Croat leader,I
?had agreed to suspension of homel
? , ? ,r'|i>nwf ? fawrfffered s threat ?
?to the ^draftee ?
Iwbb not Known. I
J L i.Vaf ?
!FiNM I
:kMo?MaJ
I Hilderbrand Is
Id at Close of
ftntion; Contests !
loned _ |
I Beach, Aug. 10.?Aftfer II
Byde Hildebrand of Can- II
Bsident for the ensuing II
Bers of the North Carolina I
BAssociation today closed II
Bainess session of the or- II
I 52nd annual convention. II
Bnd served as vice presi- II
? the past year.
Beers are Donald E. Schti- II
Bcory, vice president; John I
If Concord, secretary; A. I
B>f High Point, treasured; II
Bfoyner of Farmville, sta- I
?g from office as presi- II
Be ,B. Flora of Elizabeth I
Bed Hilderbrand with the B
I official gavel and the II
BfacNeilT ? Memorial Cup, il
I memory of a former IB
If officers was held fol-IB
Bnorial program at which I
B of the association who I
Bthe past year were hon-IB
Mistakes I
TiaNaw Dull
Its Analyze)!
Ims Causing I
Ion to Presi-1
nosevelt; FDR I
lis "Enlisting" I
B Aug. 8.?AS Presi- |
It left last night for II
Bith the expectation of I
lay from Washington I
By, one heard a reitera- I
B that the President, as II
lion of the Philadelphia II
Id enlisted for the du-|l
Bvar. I
Besented the President ||
I to renew the drive for I
I deal legislation at the I
lespite the discouraging II
B during the closing II
Bssion just ended. I
It feels confident that I
I have strayed away I
I will repent their ir- I
It after putti.ig their I
Bme grounds. fl
flere is always the pos- fl
Roosevelt'is destined fl
? to experience further disappointment ?
? The house vote by which the spend- I
ling and lending and housing bilis fl
? were rejected, a vote which found fl
? about 60 Democrats allied with the fl
Haitian has been steadily gaining |^|
Cotton Crop EtHmated
11,412,000 Bates for '39
? " -' v:.'" 1 .? p '-.i 'v - <
North Carolina Crop
Normal, with Produc
tion of 489,000 Bales
Washington, Aug.. 9.?The agri
culture Department forecast today a
cotton crop of 11,412,000 bales fir its
first estimate of this year's pro
duction.
litis estimate of production In
beties of 600 pounds gross weight
was based on conditions asof August
1 and on the aria in cultfrtttton on
Jttiy 1, adjusted to abandonment. The
cultivation area less the ftPyear av
erage abandonment of acreage Was
placed at 24,424,000 acres.
Last year, 24,248,000 acres were <
harvested tc produce 11,948,0<06 bales,
while in the 19 years, 1928-1987, an
average of 34,984,000 acres were
harvested to produce 11,948,000 bales,
while in the 0 years, 1928-l937,an
average of 84^984,000 acres wfere
harvested to produce an average of
13,800,000 bales.
The condition of the crop August
1 was 74 per cent of normal, com
pared with 78 a year ago and '70,
the 1928-1987 average.
Indications are for a yield;* of
223.7 pounds to the acre, compeared
with 286.8 pounds produced last year
and 190.8 pounds the 10-year aver
age.
The census bureau in its first
ginning report of the season annopn
ced 137,076 running bales, counting
round as half bales, of this .gear's
growth had been ginned, prior ato
August 1, compared with 157*865
bales a year age, and 142,983 bates
two years ago. '
The condition of the crop August
1, and indicated production by states
include: North Carolina, 83 and 489",
000; Virginia, 82 and 20,000, and
South Carolina, 80 and 18,000.
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Spotted Fever
Claims Victim
John K. Cheek, Chat
ham Carpenter and
Farmer, Succumbs
After One Week
Sifcr City, Aug. 10.?Chatham
County's first death from RNky
Mountain Spotted -Fever occurred
here this morning/ at 6 o'clock.
The victim was John K.
35, carpenter and former, of Goida
ton, who had been ill ft week in the
Chatham hospital.
It wjas' not disclosed how he con
tracted the malady, which seized him
very suddenly and developed quickly
into serious proportions.
Mr. Cheek's funeral was hetchfrom .
the Goldston Methodist Church, of
which he was a member, and was
conducted by the pastor, the Rev; W.
J. Underwood. Burial Was In the
Goldston Cemetery. - 1^' v v?
4.1w* ' fjlJltar rrrk/\ Krv
surviving xne wiuoWf wno, ue
fore her marriage, waii- Miss' Flossiir.
HilHard; two ^daugfttnis, Martha
Jane and MolUe ^fei^^Cheek; three
Cheek, of WtdeS&ro. H. C., and Troy
Chixplr n* TiaiAt+rvn ? llrm * k. TV Crklar.
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oi Wimnngmn, mts* yjmnven oinixn,
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ml hmthers.
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