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. The This blf bam, said to be the largest to | Not t» Carolina, was the packing house tor the 2.100 Acre Manice Peach Farm, at Pinehurst. I CHAMBER COMMERCS INVITED TO JOIN! NATIONAL DRIVE Designed To Promote National Pro gress Through The American Economic System Many Organizations Invited The Roxboro Chamber of Com merce has been invited to join with more than. 1,500 other business or ganizations in a nation-wide pro jection of a business program de signed to promote national progress through the traditional Americlan economic system. These organizations with an un- i derlying membership of nearly one e million business men, little, medium i and big, are all connected with the i Chamber of Commerce of the .Unit- < ed States. 1 They are invited to give immed- t iate consideration to a dozen or s more major business subjects sche- t duled for attention at the Twenty- 1 sixth Annual Meeting of the Nation- i al Chamber in Washington, May 2 to 5. i The object is to stimulate local dis- ( cussion of important business ques- j tions in advance of the meeting. i Included in the preliminary pro- 1 gram are such subjects as govern ment business relations, construct- . ion, taxation and expenditures, na- i tional defense, foreign trade and • tariff, distribution, industrial re lations, insurance, money, banking and securities, transportation and communication, insurance and oth- ■ ers. Besides discussing these questions from the local view point, these or ganizations are asked to take two steps. They are asked to select, as soon as possible, their delegates to the 1 Washington meeting, so that the de legates will have ample time to scrutinize the subjects. They are asked to transmit to the Chamber, at Washington, their views upon the topics put forward either in the form of resolutions or etherwise. Thus, instead of having only the advantage of consideration before a single meeting of the country’s busi ness representatives at Washington, there will be advance discussion in a thousand meetings throughout the country. In this way, thousands of business men, who will not find it possible to convene in Washington in May, will have opportunity to express themselves before hand on the sub jects that will.be weighed national ly later on. Such a local effort, it is pointed out, is in line with the “What Helps Business” idea now sweeping the country and should be a potent force in creating a better public un derstanding of business and its pro blems. In a statement of this country wide movq, John W. O’Leary, chair man of the National Chamber’s Ex ecutive Committee, says: ‘‘The attention of both govern ment and the public at large fas tens increasingly upon the causes underlying the business slump and the possible remedies that may 6e applied to revitalize industry and trade. “Some of these causes are known. Others remain more or less obscure. Just what their effects are upon dif ferent branches of business acti vity in different sections of the country is yet to be fully ascertain ed. “All of the elements of- recovery are present. All the resources need ed, in men, credit and materials, a;re hVailabH Business, neverthe less, is lagging. "What makes it lag and why is a question for which the Nation al Chamber will attempt to find answers through its member organ gJhXj? y•> ■' ■ ' ’-Ml IN WASHINGTON j H.T.O^TlwlWli.TOn t IN. ■_ I ,1 II . _____ I ( Behind the Congressional scenes , is pending legislation which, when enacted, will be a new forward step , in meeting the country’s education- , al needs, ease the problem of local , school authorities (and bring new; hope to teachers. It is the proposal to enlarge Federal assistance to the states for educational purposes and to give states and local officials more to say with regard to how these funds are expended. To use the words of Senator Tho mas of Utah, chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and Labor, in reporting favorably on the propos ed measure: “Federal assistance to the states in support of public edu cation is an inevitable necessity.*’ And there is no doubt that members of Congress generally are alive to the great problem confronting edu cators, particularly in rural areas where sufficient funds are not a vailjble to provide students with standards of education equal to those in larger centers. The original measure proposed Federal assistance to the states for public education beginning at SIOO,- 000,000 and increasing to $300,000,- 000 in five years. The’ amended mea sure, which is in accord with the President’s Advisory Committee on Education of which Frank P. Gra izations in nation-wide discussions subsequently at its annual meeting at Washington.” REIbEGTIODS By R. M. SPENCER Leisure And Labor One of the kindliest souls 1 have ever known is a farmer. He works at his task six days every week fiiom early morning until late at night. His back is bent, his hands are horny but his eyes have a twink le in them; he has a personality which radiates good fellowship. He says “I don't need leisure fori happiness, I find it in my work. I Happiness isn’t Hp something you! find when your I hands are folded Jmjm but while they are Bw employed. W e were given hands JgSS:. jfj&aC to use, not to ’ look at; We were given feet to stand on, not to kick the other fellow; We were given minds that we may dis criminate between false and truth, not as hatcheries for malicious gos sip.” This man has given us a phil osophy which is pure and whole some; he has pointed out a path we may follow if we wish to participate , in a happy life. ' Better Soviet jgjjjjiPppßl; isOurJTm. BmufSia»g<«B, ■#<?o tes!M>(M6rt'' SPENCERS ; FUNERALHOME^mK The entire property, with It modern buildings, has been acquired as a permanent home tor the Robin Hood Farms, to teach boys far mins. ham, President of the University of North. Carolina, was a member, would provide $72,000,000 in the beginning and increase to $202,000,- 000 in six years. Only limited ap propriations would be made for the current calendar year. One of the important features of the new plan for .Federal-aid in education would be that which would restrict Federal control and give the states and communities greater latitude in fixing the char acter of educational activities. Outstanding is the provision “for lessening inequalities of education al opportunity, and apportionment to the states on the basis of financial need as measured by the number of children five to nineteen years old and ability to support schools.” Aid would be provided for improv ing facilities for teacher training, construction of school buildings, especially those in connection with desirable reorganization of local ■D n ‘oaoaxoH sawn Axunoo woshsm ; life' j&jgMMßftl : WM, - .■■PC CvC for more smokingpleasure everywhere i Chesteijield is the right cigarette ,. TfhCdfrfftU&ffll Copyright 19J8, Lrecrrr & Mvnu Tobacco Co. school districts, aid for improvement of the facilities of state departments of education; grants for adult edu cation, assistance in establishment of rural libraries and aid for co operative research and planning. Unfortunately, the new legisla tion to increase the scope of Federal assistance to the states in education is not of the variety of measures that attracts widespread interest. Many less important pro posals have won universal attent ion without having near the merit from the standpoint of national needs. On the other hand, members of Congress vitally interested in the educational opportunities for the country’s youth, and particularly in equalizing the rural and urban opportunities, are behind the plan to extend Federal assistance and have assured sponsors of the measure full support. From the standpoint of North Carolina, which has been hard pres sed to keep financial abreast with the needs for the Tar Heel young in the schools of the state, the pend ing measure would bring new hope to those facing the problem. It would also enlarge the chance for teachers to have an adequate fin ancial return for the attention they give to their work. Whether the measure gets through at the present session or must be revived at the next session, it seems certain that new Federal assistance to the states is in the offing. Growers Apply For Seed Certification Applications frfm growers who wish to have their fields of small I y.rain certified should be sent to i the N. C. Crop Improvement Asso- Coif of a Spring Bride in Paris I< This bridal coif, dasignad by LaMalla, combine* tulla with aidalwaiaa flower* in wbita rayon valvat. Snow whit* is tha chic color for Pari* waddings this Spring and there the couturiers show many > satins either r i plain or I patterned, j Peris Office Dm Pont Style News Service J ciation at State College by May 1. | Before seed can be certified, said A. D. Stuart, extension seed spec-, ialist, the fields in which it grows must be inspected by representa tives of the association. Other tests, such as checking for purity and germination, will be | made later. THURSDAI, APRIL 28, 1938 So far, some 60 or more growers have filed applications covering oats, rye, wheat and barley grown in all sections of the State. Eight farmers of Jackson County have set 13,500 black locust seed lings on eroded places on their farms.
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