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r \ . The Madison Messenger Mi99tJWatVcin* VOL. XVIII.—NO. 32 BNTERED AH SECOND-CLASS MATTER AT POSTOI VICB. MADISON, N. C. MADISON, N.C., JULY 27, 1933 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: ONE I EAR ll.SO SIX MONTHS 76 CENTS Every Thursday Johnson Says Recovery Act Will Put 6,000,000 Idle People To Work Washington, July 25.—An es timate that between 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 workers would be re-employed before Labor day was made tonight by Hugh S Johnson, the administrator ol national recovery, as he told the nation that “nothing can stop’’ President Roosevelt’s economic program. The pep man of he adminis tration’s program for better times addressed the nation just 24 hours after his chief had ap pealed for support of the pror gram, and during the interim some 10,000 replies had poured into the White House pledging support. Telegraph wires into the cap ital were reported burdened by the response of the people, and White House attaches said the delug^ of messages were the greatest in history. It was upon the basis of this inpouring of encouraging reac tion to the plan to raise wages and spread employment through limitation of working hours that Johnson based his esti mate of new jobs—the first def inite calculation he has made since undertaking his colossal task. In addition to the word from employers that they would en ter into agreement proposed by the chief executive to become effective August 1, new codes were coming from industries to supplement the 400 already in hand, including oil, wool tex tiles, lumber and rayon upon which hearings proceeded dur ing the day. “Nothing will even hamper the President’s program,” John son said in his address. “The power of this people once arous ed and and united in a fixed purpose is the most irresistible force in the world. Unity and powerful purposes are not frequent in a democ racy. They are possible only when the essentials are pres ent—an elemental human aspi ration and a leadership toward which it can turn.” Johnson said the response to President Roosevelt’s address , presented “a cross section of employers, great and small, so thorough as of itself to insure success.” “It is the most r inspiring thing that has happened in this country since the war.” He added, ‘Uie men and women of a great nation, who for more than four years have been stun ned and helpless under one of the worst blights that ever plagued a people, suddenly stir ring to one man’s voice, and rising together like a vast army from a dismal bivouac at a clear bugle call at daybreak.” Intermingled with his appeal for continued support, Johnson warned against strife between employers and workers. “There is no doubt that a small amount of real racketeer ing is also going on—efforts to incite workers from a basis of outright bolshevism—actions that are as vigorously condemn ed by our own labor leaders in this organization as they are by industrial leaders and by the administration as a unit. “It is public conscience and opinion that is being appealed to and the point I want to make to that is that when this whole country is making a united ef fort to take the course of the past four years off the backs of the whole working element of this population is a poor time for misrepresentation, accusa tion, bickering and sniping ov 6r motives, intent and nrnnnv purpose.” The administrator warned that speculative price increases before purchasing power is built up is the “best way to kill the goose that lays the golden egg, and as most business men will agree, that is a pretty sick ly looking goose right now.” He said the program for set ting general minimum wages and maximum hours of work for all industries and business means that employers will have to take on more people to do the same amount of work and thaf the cost of business will be in creased. Of course the consuming public will eventually pay for this,” he explained. “All the President asks of you is that you lean over backward not to mark up prices one cent further or faster than you have to, to absorb these actual increased costs. "Somebody says that is an indefinite rule. Everybody knows what his costs are. There is nothing indefinite about a request from the President to cut out speculative price-rais Everybody knows what that means too. It is simple and easy to be fair. “Of course there are ways to beat the rules of any game. We know what they are. We are not issuing any regulations about that. We are just asking people in this crisis, in very general terms, to rise above these cheap little ingenuities and to join with the Preident to beat the depression and not to beat the rules of the game. “On this price-raising busi ness there is another thought. It is a lot easier to secure prof its through bigger business than it is through higher price. “In spite of the very best the President may be able to plan and his men to carry out his plans, if we don’t get purchas ing power to the proper level and do it now, there isn’t go ing to be any bigger business. There is going to be less busi ness. “Prices are way ahead of puruses right now. The only way anybody has yet suggested to get purses ahead of prices is the plan of the President. “Speculative price advances are best way to kill the goose that lays the golden egg, and as most business men will agree that is a pretty sicaly looking goose right now.” Asserting “there is a starved demand” for merchandise throughout the country, John son said, “as this plan begins to work we are going to see some real business.” “All that is needed to start a flood of business is to take away the fear of unemploy ment and get a little money in to the hands of the people that need things and this is the way to do it,” the administrator said. “Of course the !plan bears harder on some people than it does on others. So does every thing else in life. This is not the time to complain about that. For the next few months the thing to do is to take this chance to pull out of this hole and to let nothing interfere with it. “This country understands all this. It approves all this. It is at last aroused. The Pres ident’s recovery drive is on its way. It is an irresistible march and the unemployed are already going back to work and Labor day has been set as the great objective.” While this emergency phase of the industrial work was strongly to the fore and will be for several days, the recov ery administration itself was moving ahead with the more lasting codes. The oil, lumber, rayon Weav ing and wool industries had their codes before deputy ad ministrators for hearing. So expeditiously w£re the hearings functioning that the woolen code was finished in less than two days and that for rayon within one day. The code for ship builders, a center of controversy between Johnson and the navy depart ment over the maximum hour provisions, was sent to the White House, arid others were likely to reach President Roose velt this week. Hearings begin next week on steel, widely her alded as the nation’s key in dustry. It was understood that Au gust 7 had been tentatively set for the hearing on coal, anoth er of the basic industries. And codes for retail dry goods and automobile were said at the ad ministration office to be so near completion* that they might be received this week. Some 200 other minor codes I were being culled through with hearing dates to be set, indicat ing that from now until fall the capital will be the scene of sev eral hearings daily. 1 Under the blanket cede agree ments, which the President has asked all employers to accept, wages and hours would be reg ulated until individual codes are promulgated. The agree *********** * MAYODAN * *********** Mrs. Ella Apple of Winston Salem is visiting Mrs. C. L. Walters. Roy James, Sanford Martin and Walter Fulp spent the week end at Camp Jackson, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Carter and Mrs. Bert Poindexter of Roanoke attended the funeral of Tom Farmer Thursday. Miss Elizabeth Ziglar of Win ston-Salem spent the week end with Mrs. J. A. Roach. Miss Lena Thomas spent the week end at her home in Win ston-Salem. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Rhyne and children of Gastonia visited Mrs. R. C. Veach this week. Miss Lucy Martin left Sun day to resume her work at Hickory. Mr and Mrs. Tess Sands of Roanoke were visitors in town Monday. W. A. Tulloch continues quite ill at the home of his son, C. A. Tulloch. Mrs. Kate B. Case entertain ed, at the home of her mother, Mrs. C. P. Baughn, Monday af ternoon, with a birthday party in honor of the second birth day of her daughter, Mickey. After playing games refresh ments were served on the lawn. Those enjoying the hospitality wre: Molly Webb, Nancy Myers, Mary E. Price, Lois Creakman, Barbara Veach, Vetty vanHoy, Gretchen vanHoy, Helen Clark, Margie Price, Betty A. Rader, Tubby Haskins, Beverely John son, Nancy Robinson, Bobby Hill, and Billy Robinson, Tippy Carter, Jean Freeman, Reese Baughn, Billy Crews, Billy Hill, Vernon Highfill, Jack Black, H. H. Jennings, Jr., Francis Creak man, Jimmie Clark, Ray Martin, Billy Shreaves, J. F. Haskins. Three Warehouses (?) Madam Rumor is persistent in the circulation of a report that Madison will have three tobacco warehouses in opera tion the coming season and says that when the season opens the familiar tones of the Webster warehouse bell will again be heard. Anyhow, such a plan is on foot and it is to be hoped that it will materialize. A few years ago three warehouses were operated successfully in Madison and we hope to see such again. ments will go out Thursday and immediately signing employers will return them to their local postoffice to get the insignia designating them as “partners” with the President. After August 31, acting un der authority of the recovery act, Mr. Roosevelt may order hearing for any industries that have not sought hearings and may fix codes for them arbit rarily. It was temporary agreements to cover the time until perman ent ones are agreed upon which the President appealed to em ployers to sign and the buying public to support in his ad dress last night and the admin istration was jubilant at the re action. Meanwhile, Johnson looked toward another field of co-op eartion by considering a plan to call a governor’s conference to discuss curbing the competi tion of prison labor with pri vate industry and to synchron ize state laws with the nation al recovery act. .suDorainates oi jonnson were making a canvass of state leg islation, and listing the legis latures expected to be in ses sion in the next few months, while at the same time study ing the attitude of the govern ors towards the Roosevelt pro gram. At the hearings on codes, an endeavor of small oil producers to compel elimination of the practice of binding retail deal ers to hafidle one company’s products gained momentum. An attack on the practice was led by Newton D. Baker, a form er secretary of .war, who said continuation of the lease and agency arrangement meant monopoly for the major com panies. Earlier K M. Simpson, deputy administrator, had heard a plea for inclusion of a provision for government price-fixing. Labor provisions of the code were sidetracked form the open hear ing temporarily while commit tees named by Johnson tried to reach an agreement. New Tax Collection Method Many of the ups and downs and uncer tainties growing out of North Carolina’s method for applying the 3 per cent sales tax imposed by the last legislature are to be re-: moved August 1. A. J. Maxwell, state commissioner of rev-; enue, has announced a complete revision of; the tax collection system, whereby one sched ule will apply throughout the state’s business, instead of the four schedules tried for the first j month the tax was in force. Under the new system, charges will be as follows: On purchases of less than 10 cents, no tax. Ten to 35 cents, 1 cent tax. Thirty-six cents to 70 cents, 2 cents. Seventy-one %nts to $1.05, 3 cents. Above $1.05, straight 3 per cent, with the major fraction governing. The new schedule also gives the purchaser the benefit of a cumulative rule whereby all purchases made at the same time will be con sidered as a unit. For instance, two ten-cent purchases at once will be considered a 20-cent purchase, and the tax 1 cent instead of two. Maxwell described the new rule as not re quiring the use of coupons, stamps or other sales tickets, and which can be applied by ev ery merchant and' easily understood by the customer. He explained the experimental nature of the July schedule. He said it was unsatisfac tory in several ways. Merchants in the same general class frequently fell under different schedules, through one having a larger per centage of sales below 10 cents. Also, diversi ty of stocks sometimes made schedules apply in one store and not in another. i Notice of Meeting; Attention, Midwives and Rockingham County Board of Htelth have arranged to hold some midwife classes in this county. Anyone practicing mid wifery in the county is requir ed to attend one of these class es. The widwife will be told at this helpful meeting what to do and what not to do in order to do better and safer work for mothers and babies that they at tend. They will be shown a model bag containing all the little articles so necessary to carry on midwifery work prop erly. Each midwife whose work is approved will have her letter of registration renewed for an other year at the meeting. Any new applicant may also register and qualify. You are requested to invite any other woman of your acquaintance who is do ing work of this kind to come along to the meeting with you. There will be no cost to you. In this State a large number of babies and mothers die each year as a result of poor care in childbirth. Intelligent and com petent midwives help to pre vent such deaths; ignorant, careless and meddlesome mid wives cause many of the deaths. Do your best to come to this meeting. Bring your bag with you which you use in your work and the things you have in it, along for inspection. Below is a list of places and time of meetings. Come to the one most convenient to you; Leaksville high school build ing, Thursday, July 27, 10 A. M. Madison high school building Friday, July 28, 10 A. M. Municipal building, Reids ville, Saturday, July 29, 10 A. M. Stoneville school building, Monday, July 31, 10 A. M. Mail Checks Friday Washington, July 25.—The first government checks reward ing about 950,000 cotton farm ers for cutting this year's cot ton crop about 3,500,000 bales by plowing up portions of their growing crop will be sent out Friday. About $100,000,000 will be distributed as rapidly as veri fication has been provided that farmers have complied with provisions of the contract they signed to destroy from 25 to 60 per cent of their crop in an ef fort to reduce supply and im prove land-range prices for the staple. Rockingham County Grange Teams Win District No. 8 preliminaries in the first state-wide Grange debate were held July 20, at 2 o'clock at King Cotton Hotel, Greensboro. Members of the Rockingham county teams were selected to represent this district at the state meet in Raleigh during the farmers convention. They are Miss Marietta Wall and R. L. Johnosn, affirmative, and R. L. Wall and W. H. Johnson, nega tive. Mrs. W. T. Lauten was manager. Rev. E. P. Billups, of Kern ersville; Miss Jean Cochran, of Kernersville, and G. B. Phillips, of Greensboro, were judges. The subject of the state-wide debate is, “Resolved, That a monetary system based on com modity values would be practi cal.” The winning teams rep resent the Dan Valley Grange, No. 699. This district consists of Al amance, Cabarrus, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guil ford, Moore, Montgomery, Ran dolph, Rockingham, Rowan, Sur ry, Stokes, Stanley and Yadkin counties. J. W. McClarkle of Kernersville, is in charge of this district. To the winners of the state debate will go a trophy which is being awarded by Schiffman Jewely company, of Greensboro. Young Man Killed In Auto Accident Hassel Rhodes, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Rhodes of the Sandy Ridge section was killed in an automobile accident Sat urday evening and two of his brothers, 15 and 13, were more or less seriously injured. It seems that Mr. Rhodes was away from home when the boys took out his automobile and at tempted to take a ride. The machine was overturned with the above results. The funeral and burial was at Oak Grove Church Monday afternoon. Grange Will Picnic At a recent meeting of the Pomona Grange at Intelligence officers were elected and will be installed August 3d,at which time a big picnic will take place. All Grange members are urged to pack a basket and be on hand for this promises to be a most delightful affair. Read The Messenger ads and buy it at home. Jury List August Term Superior Court J. N. Allen, Reidsville. J. F. Smith, Price. Melvin Austin, Reidsville. P>. M. Balsley, Reidsville. C. C. Garter, Madison. C. T. Harris, New Bethel. W. C. Lee, Huntsville. J. C. Perdue, Leaksville. J. S, Reynolds, Madison. G .C. Yates, Madison. E. A. Gunn, Wentworth. Zaek Brame, New Bethel. A. L. Paschal, Williamsburg. A. J. Neal, Huntsville. R. C. Cobb, Reidsville. W. B. Grogan, Mayo. J. W. Hall, New Bethel. J. L. McCollum, Wentworth. Ike Hawkins, Leaksville. I. M, Lester, New Bethel. Lindsey Gibson,'Madison. H. V. Lemons, Hunts, .. .1. R. Frazier, Leaksville. J. T. Bowman, Simpsonville. H. C. Knight, Madison. W.R. French. Jr., Wentworth. W. M. Bo.vt, Leaksville. J. E. Williams, Leaksville. W .T., Eggleston, Leaksville. Henry Hill, Leaksville. H. M. Mobley, Reidsville, Will Panther, Ruffin. John F. Kallam, Leaksville. A, G. McKinney, Williams burg. . K. C. Parks, Williamsburg. C. C. Campbell, Leaksville./ J. N. Carter, Wentworth. Lewis Mcore, Leaksville. Carl B. Haynes, New Bethel. W. J. Brown, Williamsburg. G. F. Sharp, New Bethel. Second: Week - C. E. Pritchett, Simpsonville. F. D. Ledbetter, Madison. Preston Price, Price. W. II. Wail, Simpsonville. W. W. Sharp, New Bethel. J. I). Coleman, Madison. A. J. Lemons, Madison. G. W. Watkins, Price. 1). G. Smith, Simpsonville. R. G. Dobbs, Reidsville. R. F .Hicks, Madison. W. T. Gatewood, Madison. J. P. Heart', Leaksville. J. D. Dawson, Reidsville. R. V. Price. Price. B. S. Wall, Simpsonville. t John H. Moore, Wentworth. J. W. Brown, Ruffin. T. L. Webb, New Bethel. H. W. White, Reidsville. F. L. Combs, Reidsville. R. E. Alley, Madison. C. G. Duke, Leaksville. I). L. Gourley, Simpsonville. Presiding Elder Poovey Died Sun. Rev. W. E. Poovey, presiding elder of this, the Mount Airy district, died in a Mount Airy hospital Sunday night. He had been ill for some time and un derwent .an operation July 7th when it was discovered that he had an abdominal cancer. He was 54 and is survived by the widow and a son and daughter. The funeral' services were conducted from the Central Methodist Church, Mount Airy, at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning, with Bishop Edwin Mouzon, of Charlotte, Rev. J. S. Hiatt and Rev. J. T. Mangum, Mount Airy pastor, in charge. Interment was af Hickory of which place the minister was a native. Rev. and Mrs. E. E. William son and daughter, Miss Alice Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Busick and Mrs. Cora Pickett attended the funeral. ivieeimg lomgni; Our Tobacco Market Every business man in Mad ison is urged to be at the May or’s office tonight for the pur pose of discussing the tobacco market situation. And it is to be hoped that there will be a large delegation on hand, for this is a question that vitally concerns Madison; a question in which every citizen of the town should be intensely inter ested, for our tobacco market affects every citizen of the town either directly or indirect ly. Questions will be brought up and discussed tonight in which every loyal citizen should take a hand. By pulling to gether, much can be done to stimulate our market, and it is to be hoped that an over-flow meeting will be the result. Be on hand at 8 o’clock sharp— don’t be a laggard. The tobacco acreage in Surry county was reduced by approx imately 25 per cent by the dry weather, and will be cut to 60 per cent if the drought con tinues. HOME DEMONSTRATION NEWS Miss Marjorie Holmes, Home Demonstration Agent Canning Demonstration Available To All With the cooperation of the i Welfare Department and the garden supervisors we are try ing to have a canning demon- i stration within reach of every one that has an R. F. C. garden, j We are always glad to have any one who is interested attend 1 whether they have an R. F. C. garden or not. M Any community or group of i women in the county desiring a canning demonstration or in formation on canning, write to i County Home Demonstration ] Agent and your request will be c promptly complied with. 1 Drying Fruits And Vegetables 1 When cans and jars are j i scarce, drying is a simple meth- j od of preserving products from the orchard and garden. Fruits i and vegetables may be dried satisfactorily by cleaning, slic- j ing, and exposing to the sun or to the air out of doors. When drying products in the sun, they should be covered; with netting or cheese cloth to keep insects away. If drying is done too rapidly “case harden ing” will result, that is the out er walls of the vegetables will harden before the moisture evaporates from the inside and the product will mold. When drying in the sun, it is advisable to start the process in the shade in a strong draft of air for three or four hours be fore exposing the product to the sun. When finished the product should be diy and brittle. After drying the fruits and 1 vegetables should “condition ed” by turning frequently or pouring from one container to the other. This permits more complete drying and an even distribution of moisture. Drying Corn ' Corn is delicious when dried. Take tender roasting ears, and steam about 10 minutes, cut j from the cob with a sharp knife. Spread thinly upon trays or boxes, first put in shade and j then in the sun to dry. If the I tops of the grains are shaved : off and the pulp scraped out, leaving most of the husk on the cob, it makes a much finer pro- j duct. In cooking, it should be I sdaked for an hour or two in cold water before the final cookj ing. Drying Peaches Take ripe, firm peaches, peel, cut from the seed if cling stone, j break open if free stone. Quart-1 er or cut in slices, spread in | the shade for a short while and ! then in the sun. Use cheese J cloth over fruit to keep Insects! away. Canning Program For First Week In August Tuesday, August 1st, at 2:00 P. M. Home of Mrs. Ida Griffin, on P. B .Neal farm, near Madison. Mrs. A. L. and Mrs. W. H.' Knight, demonstrators, Walter! Roberts, garden foreman. Home of Willie Wilson, near Bethany. Mrs. C. C. Griffin, demonstrator, R. H. Hutcher son, garden foreman. Home of Willie Mitchell, in j Good Will community, Henry j Willis, demonstrator, Thomas j Hall, garden foreman. Home of Mrs. W. M. Vernon,! near Galloway school. Mrs R. P. Mitchell, demonstrator, T. L. Gentry, garden foreman. The Midway-Monroeton club will meet with Mrs. D. C. Smith. Wednesday, August 2nd, at 2 P. M. Home of Walter Carter, near Wolf Island Church. Mrs. Otis Collins, demonstrator, Otho Strader, garden foreman. Home of Muncey Ramsey, Miss Ida Lewis, demonstrator, i G. C. Lewis, garden foreman. > Home of Mrs. L. B. Jones, i rear Mayfield. Mrs. H. L. Gr<£- 1 tin, demonstrator, H. L. Griffin, 1 Jr., garden foreman. i The Mapleview club will have 1 their regular monthly meeting. Demonstrations will be given ' by leaders who attend the Short : Course. ; Reidsville, Washington high school, for colored people. Mrs. I Julia Mullins and Miss Irena Davis, demonstrator, F. E. Gro- 1 gan, garden foreman. Thursday., August 3rd, at 2 P. M. Home of Mrs. Mai Fain, close ;o Iron Works. Mrs. J. V. Moore ind Mrs. R. T. Coleman, dem onstrators, J. V. Moore, garden ’oreman. Home of Lindsey Scales, col >red, Stoneille, route 1. Miss da Lewis, demonstrator, G. C. ^ewis, garden foreman. Madison colored church, be ween Madison and Mayodan. Mrs. J. J. Webster, demonstra or, C. C. Cardwell, garden fore nan. Friday, August 4th, at 2 -P.M. The Brushy Mountain club vi 11 meet with Mrs. Joe Joyce. Mrs. R. P, Mitchell will give a anning demonstration. Home Demonstration Agent vill give a canning demonstra ion at Ayersville at the home )f Mrs. O. C. East. At the home of Henry King. Mrs. J. V. Moore and Mrs. R. T. Coleman, demonstrators, J. V. Moore, garden foreman. At the home of Homer Turn ler, near Dan River School. Mrs. H. L. Griffith, demonstra ,or, H. L. Griffith, Jr., garden :oreman. Home of Mrs, Alvin Gunn. Mrs. Henry Stallings and Mrs. lack Saunders, demonstrators, r. L. Gentry, garden foreman. Notice To Attorneys Of 11th Judicial Dis. J. H. Clement, resident judge >f the Uth Judicial district, has ssued the following notice, vhich has been posted at the :ourt house, Wentworth: Pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of North Carolina ratified April 3, 1933, mtitled, “An Act to Provide for ;he Organization as an Agency if the State of North Carolina of the North Carolina State Bar, and for its Regulation, Powers,. and Government, Including the Admission of Lawyers to Prac- * tice and their Discipline and Disbarment,” a meeting of the attorney-at-law residing in the 11th Judicial district will be held at the Court House in Win ston-Salem on Tuesday, the 15th day of August, 1933, at 11 o’clock A. M. for the purpose of organizing a District Bar, and Meeting a Councillor to repre sent said District to serve for :wo years, and to adopt such •ules, regulations and by-laws lot inconsistent with said Act is it shal lsee fit. All active members of the 3ar of safd District are hereby iptified to attend. - * Gem-Dandy Garter Company Enlarging During the past several weeks a force of hands has been busi ly engaged in remodeling the Gem-Dandy Garter company building and making more room for this growing concern. The offices have been transferred to the second floor,where the space has been more than doubled. These offices present a most im posing appearance, being mod srn in every particular. This transfer was made in order to convert the entire lower floor into a work room. Twenty new machines are to be added,which shows that the goods manufac tured by this corncern are be coming more popular every day. It affords The Messenger real pleasure to note the expanding business of this concern, which is now working to capacity in irder to meet the orders that rre being received by every nail. An Error Corrected It has been freely circulated hat the sales tax applies to obacco which is to be placed m the warehouse floors, and nany tobacco growers are be ieving that such will be the ■ase, but this is not true, for he sales tax does not apply to he marketing of tobacco— here will be no sales tax on the lale of tobacco on the ware muse floor. The warehouses vill make the usual charges for narketing tobacco as hereto ore, which embraces weighing, tuction fees, etc. How such a ■umor become circulated, is not' mown. It will cost no more ;o market tobacco in North Car >lina than in any other State— 10 more than has been charg id for the past several years. Read The Messenger ads.