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Evening star., 1933-09-17
South Carolina De-
plOres Condition of
Cotton Farmers
In State.
BY FITZ HUGH McMASTER.


COLUMBIA, S. c., September 10
If conditions don't improve in the next
l20 days, firmly believe We will have
new form Of Government in the
is now ON trial. declared Claud N
Sapp, State chairman of the Demo-
cratic party, and supposed to be the
king pin in this State for distribution Of
Federal patronage, to meeting Of sew
eral thousand farmers gathered from
this State and from North Carolina.
They had come together, after a call
issued three days ago, as result of
meeting held in Marlboro County of this
State, which had asked the Governor to
declare a ginning holiday because of
the low price of cotton.
This meeting called the attention Of
the Governor to the fact that the things
that the cotton farmer has to buy have
increased in price in the last 80 days
so and 60 and in some instances 100
per cent. while the price of cotton has
fallen. They declared that If ginning
holiday was not declared within
the next 60 days all of the cotton would
be out of the hands of the small farmer
and the tenant class. and the condition
of the farmers in the cotton belt would
be worse this next Winter than 1t has
ever been.
The cotton farmers have suddenly
realized that at the present prices of
cotton there is no profit in what they
received for plowing up part of their
crops and in taking options at 6 cents
a pound.
The movement came almost out Of
a clear sky. All things had seemed
rosy. Unemployment had decreased
somewhat. increased wages and shorter
hours were being enjoyed by the coIon
mill employees, who next to farmers con-
stitute the largest class of working peo-
pie in the State.
Neville Bennett. the chairman Of the
Ways and Means Committee Of the
South Carolina House Of Representa-
tives. says that gloom and despair are
replacing hope and cheer, and that only
rosy pictures are being drawn by those
who sit behind editorial desks and who
farm on the sidewalks of Washington
and New York. He tells Of tenant
farmers who are paying twice as much
for clothing and for flour. but the pro-
ducers of the raw products are not get
ting any more for their crops.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
GRIP ON NEW POLITICS
Relief Fund Causes
Worry in Tennessee
Governor Is Expected to Call Special
Session to Provide for Matching
of Federal Money.

1t has been operating in that manner
very efficiently. Taxes were reduced
wherever possible and every cut that
could be made was made.
Now. for the State to come along
and attempt to raise $4,000, 900 Is some
thing to think about.
There was suggestion that the four
large cities. Chattanooga, Memphis,
Nashville and Knoxville, bear the brunt
Of the $4,000 900. since they would more
sharply. participate In the relief work.
The cities turned q deaf ear to this,
mainly because they, too, were behind
had been stretched out about as far as
it would go. Two Winters with thou
sands Of unemployed was enough to de-
plete their relief treasures.
Then the suggestion was made that
some of the gasoline tax might be di-
verted to relief. The suggestion had to
do with diverting relief from that part
of the gasoline tax which goes to the
counties. The smaller counties objected
to this, for the reason that their relief
demands could be more easily met by
local agencies.
This Is what the Governor faces In
the call for an extra session. An added
consideration is the expense of the seS-
sion, though no special session can run
for more than 20 days unless the leg
lslatorS want to continue after that
period without pay.
Col. Berry announced this week that
the $40O 900 asked for by Peabody Col
lege at Nashville under the public works
program had been approved 1t is not
known whether a 100000 allotment
has been made at the University of
Tennessee at Knoxville. Many of the
smaller towns of the State have asked
for public improvements. and Memphis
will ask for money to make sewer ex-
tensions and probably for a new city
hospital.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
TOBACCO MARKETS TO REOPEN
North Carolina Centers
Interest in NelU
Price Scale of
Big Crop.
BY ROBERT E. WILLIAMS.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RALEIGH, N. c., September 16-In-
terest in North Carolina is now centered
with intensity upon the reopening OF
the tobacco markets next week, and
prices will be observed more closely
than ever before
Since the markets were closed on
September 2 by an executive proclama-
ton of Gov. EhringhauS Of North Caro-
lima. which was followed the next day
by similar action on the part Of Gov.
Blackwood Of South Carolina, interest
has centered on efforts to increase the
prices.
Conferences in Washington last week
resulted in an agreement that the mar
kets should remain closed pending q
WhirlWind campaign to secure agree
ments for acreage reductions in 1884
and 1885.
That campaign has been the most
unqualified success of any campaign
ever conducted among North Carolina
farmers. Exact figures are not, avail
able. but the response has been entirely
unanimous in some counties and virtu-
ally unanimous in practically all Of the
counties. The three reasons which
seem to have contributed most to the
success OF tlle movement nave Dteu llle
distress Of the farmers, the response to
the leadership of Gov. Ehringhaus and
the fact that for the first time farmers
have had the tobacco warehouse men
whole e-heartedly on their side.
The farmers now feel that they have
done their part. and they are looking
confidently to Washington for materi-
ally better prices for their tobacco.
which before the markets closed was
selling at around II cents a pound, as
compared with parity" Of l8 or more
cents.
Moreover, the trend when the mar
kets closed was toward lower tobacco
prices and higher parity prices, due to
increased commodity prices
Farmers are now confident of higher
prices. Should they again be disap-
pointed, that disappointment will be
tinged with bitter resentment and an
other complete loss of confidence.
Cotton prices have also proved quite
unsatisfactory, but in this State atten-
ton has been riveted on the more i'm
portant tobacco crop, and the attitude
Of the leaders has been to center all at
tention on that commodity and look to
other States for leadership in respect
to cotton.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
TEXAS PREPARES
FOR PUBLIC WORKS
Legislature Called to Issue
Part of $40, ,000,O 900 Bond
Authorized in Election.
BY s. RAYMOND BROOKS.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
AUSTIN, Tex, September ia
broadened schedule of public works in
Texas was being shaped this week, as
Co.. Miriam A. Ferguson called the
Legislature into special session Thurs
day to issue part Of the 20,000,000
State bonds authorized at an election
August 26, and as State and Federal
agencies turned to the rebuilding OF
the citrus fruit area of the lower Rio
Grande Valley, swept by tropical hur-
ricane a week earlier
The State Legislature prepared, in
the opening days Of its session, to au-
thorize issuance now of about $40, ,000.-
600 of the State bonds for public works
and rehabilitation purposes. Gov. Fer
guson told the Legislature she had as
surances from the National Relief Ad
ministration Of matching dollars with
State expenditures.
Cities Seek Loans.
Up to the middle Of the week the
public works administration, represented
by r. A. Thompson at Fort Worth had
considered Texas municipality applica-
tions for public works loans of approxi-
mately $4,000, ,0O0 out of the $247, ,000.-
900 Of applications filed through the
Sldle 1euel NOlIlIlllSlSOu.
All of Texas 24240. 900 highways
improvements program items out of the
public works allotment have been allo-
Gated to Counties. and have been ap-
proved for contract by the United States
Public Roads Bureau.
Senator Walter F. Woodul of Hous-
ton prepared and will sponsor in the
special session a bill designed to modify
the stringent State antitrust laws into
conformity with the national recovery
act. Senator Woodul announced he has
polled members of both Houses. and re-
ceived assurances that a majority OF
each favor adjusting the State laws to
remove conflicts with the national
program.
Legal Beer Returns.
Legal beer returned to Texas Friday
and with it a marked squirt in State
tax revenues The State is charging
S1.50 per barrel tax on beer Cities
and counties make additional levies.
Large breweries at San Antonio and
Houston have been operating on full
schedules, and their operation has Gre
ated pay tolls both IN the plants and in
the furnishing of supplies.
Representative Harold Kayton of San
Antonio has prepared for this session OF
the Legislature sales tax bill pro-
posing scales up to per cent of tax on
final retail sales. the money to be di-
vided. one-fourth to counties: one
fourth on sales made within cities, to
the city governments, and the rest to
the State. Part of the State revenues
are proposed to be set aside for retire.
ment of the State bonds to be issued by
the Legislature. the rest to go to re-
ducing the deficit in the States general
revenue, deficit estimated at S9,000,-
900 at the beginning OF the States
fiscal year, September /.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
.PIGSBUTCHERED.
BY THOUSANDS
in STATE DRIVE.
Farmers Reluctant
to Sign Acreage
Agreement.
By HAROLD c. FEIGHTNER.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, September 10
Thousands of pigs were destroyed In
Indiana this week in furtherance OF
the Federal Governments campaign tc
reduce the hog crop and thus raise
prices for the farmer.
More than 100 900 pigs weighing less
than 100 pounds were slaughtered il
two big packing plants in Indianapolis
alone, and other killings were made in
plants in Fort Wayne, Lafayette. Ev-
ansville. Terre Haute, Anderson and
Madison.
tions. pigs weighing between 25 and sc
pounds were literally destroyed by be-
ing reduced to grease and tankage
This residue was hauled from one In
dianapolis packing plant to the city
reduction plant and there burned. An
other held it for further instructions
from the Government.
CarcaSseS of pigs weighing between
80 and 100 pounds were held in storage
by the plants until further orders from
the Government 1t is understood that
this meat later will be diverted into
poor relief channels.
Some Farm Reluctance.
Farmers were not slow to comply
with the Governments invitation to
dispose Of their young pigs. but a gen.
eral reluctance to part with sows, due
to farrow soon. was noticeable. Stock
men in general attributed this hesi-
fancy to desire on the part Of many
farmers to participate in any improved
market conditions that may result from
the wholesale destruction Of the young
pigs. Although the Government had
invited the slaughter of sows, only q
small percentage reached the packing
houses.
In the meantime meetings were held
in practically all Of the LOTT townships
in Indiana to put into effect the Gov
ernments wheat acreage reduction
drive. In general only about so per
cent of the farmers signed agreements
whereby they will withhold acreage
from wheat production in return for
governmental bonus. Dean J. H.
Skinner, head Of the Purdue University
School Of Agriculture, and director Of
the movement. believes. however, that
subsequent meetings will bring into the
fold by far the greater percentage Of
Indiana farmers.
County agricultural agents have
handled the work in each county, act
ulk III dl ADVISORY capacity. pursuant
to Government instructions. the actual
reduction has been placed in the hands
OF township committees chosen by the
farmers themselves.
Just as the two great reduction CAM
paigns began the Indiana State Fair
opened, with its great annual display
OF the agricultural and live stock prod
ucts IN the State. Running in striking
contrast to the Government drive for
reduced hog crops and wheat acreage
were the prizes distributed to exhibitors
for seed wheat that will produce 60 to
70 bushels an acre and for sows that
have raised record litters of pigs.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
BY THOMAS FAUNTLEROY.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, September 16.-
With virtually all of the political lead
ers in Tennessee convinced that State
participation in the public works fund
will not come about unless local money
Is provided to match Government
funds, Gov. McAlister is expected to
yield within few days and announce
q call for q special session of the Legis-
lature.
Not only will 1t be necessary to match
public work funds, but the $4,000, 900
Of Federal relief available to Tennessee
must also be matched by $4,000, 900;
and this speeds the demand for the ex-
ira session.
In fact, it is the relief fund that is
causing all of the worry in Tennessee.
Col. Harry Berry. State engineer of pub
lie works, could 60 ahead and carry out
many projects. even though legislative
assent is necessary for county and city
projects. But, only by the raising Of
State dig up $2,000,000 to match the
relief fund.
Aside from this the big question is
Gov. McAlister has held aloof as long
as possible. Elected Governor last year
on an economy program which rose
from demands in every part OF the
State, he carried out his pledge by
looping of millions from the appropri-
alton bills. reducing salaries of State
officials, including judges. and demand
ing that government costs be reduced
all along the line.
This accomplishment, together with
q 0,O00, 900 bond issue to take up all
past due obligations to July 1. put the
State on q pay-as-you-go basis. Every
activity of the State government was
brought within the States income and
Evening star., 1933-09-17
N. R. A. PUTS 5000
TO WORK IN KANSAS
Increase of $3.50, 900 in Pay Rolls
Since August Is Shown
in Survey.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
TOPEKA, Kans., September 1e.-A
survey of q score of Kansas towns and
cities this week indicates an increase Of
three quarters Of q million dollars in
pay rolls and about 5000 more employees
since the N. r. A. went into action
August /.
Wichita leads the list Of Kansas
towns in point Of larger pay rolls, re-
porting 1000 new employees and pay
roll increases Of SOL ,665 monthly.
Kansas City. Kans., reports 2.011 more
men at work, with . pay roll increase
of $4,000.
The following list Of thriving smaller
cities gives a picture of the State, ex-
cept the coal fields and the wheat coun-
ties, which are depending largely on
wheat allotment money to pull through
the Winter:
Atchison, ITS new employees, $4,000
additional pay roll; Arkansas City, 199.
$5.400; Columbus, is, $4,000; Chanute,
100. $4,000; Dodge City, 1856, $500:
Coffeyville. 408, $62, 100; Clay Center,
125. $4,000: Hutchinson. 500, $65, 900;
Garnett, 20, $1,000; Lawrence, 160.
$l3.500; Mcpherson Qncluding adja-
cent oil territory. 600. $4,000: Man
haitian. 1876, $4,000; El Dorado. 500.
$37.500; Newton, IS, $3.50; Paola, 18.
Sl,7o0: Pratt, 90, $4,000. and Parsons,
81. $4,000,
Evening star., 1933-09-17
MISSOURI STUDYING
LIQUOR CONTROL LAW
Commission of Eleven Members
Appointed by Governor to
Weigh Problem.

KANSAS CITY. Mo, September 16.
Missouri is searching for the funda-
mentals with which to weave sound
regulatory law for the control and dis
tribution of liquor in the State.
Immediately after Missouri voted
August 10 more than to in favor Of
repeal of the eighteenth amendment
Gov. Park appointed a commission OF
II members. with DR.. Walter Williams,
president of the University of Missouri.
to investigate the various plans and
make recommendations. Since then the
commission has been holding hearings
in various centers of the State to OBJ
tain the views of vets and drys as to
regulatory provisions.
At this time the majority of the
members of the commission are Z
favorable to a control statute VIII
would include the old local option fea-
ture The States network of hard
surfaced roads and improvement in
transportation since the advent of pro-
hibition are among arguments advanced
as to why local option for political sub
divisions within the State would not
prove practicable.
The unfavorable attitude against
local option is certain to bring on sharp
differences in the special session of
Missouris Legislature. which probably
will be called in October. as SIS of the
States ia counties voted dry.
The majority view now favors the
dispensing of hard liquor in the origi-
nal package by stores under Govern
ment control, with the exception that
there Is strong sentiment for the
serving of liquors in the dining rooms
OF hotels and restaurants which have
been established for at least one year
prior to the passage of the act.
A recent check shows that several
thousands have returned to work in
Missouri under the N. r. A., attended
by increasing pay rolls While the i'm
provement Is gradual. 1t is being noticed
in the small towns as well as the large
centers of the State.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
CONDITIONS IMPROVE
IN TEXTILE MILLS
Codes Bring Higher Wages and
More Employment in New
Hampshire.
Special Dispatch to The Star,

special Dispatch to The Star.
MANCHESTER, N. H., September 16.
Higher wages and increased employ
ment through the adoption of the tex
tile and wooden codes have resulted in
a decrease In the number of families
and individuals receiving public aid in
this city, according to Miss Alica M.
Mcmahon, county supervisor Of relief
for the Manchester district
The county supervisor praised house,
wives for their cleanliness and for keep
ing their courage In these hard times.
She also praised the overseers of the
poor. employers and business men for
their cooperation.
Gov. John G. Winant announced this
week that he would not be a candidate
for Governor. With the Governors
withdrawal from the next contest, it
leaves the way clear for Public Service
Commissioner H. Stules Bridges to an
nounce that he will seek the Republican
nomination. Gov. Winant has another
year to serve to complete his third
term.
Nothing about his future plans has
been officially advanced by the Cover
nor. The feeling prevails throughout
the State that the 1886 primary cam
paign will see Gov Winant In the field
as a candidate for the Republican
nomination for United States Senator,
to succeed Henry w. Keyes Of Haver.
hill.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
Split Threatens in
City Campaign Ranks
Mayor Walmsley Denies Break, but
Senator States No Political Alliance Has
Ever Existed Between Them.

her common-law husband in the prison
farm.
Demand for Blue Eagle sets at the
New Orleans post office has decreased
to marked extent during the past
week. Charles A. Stevens, assistant
postmaster, who will become acting
postmaster on September 80 when the
resignation of Postmaster w. l. S. Cor
don will become effective, believes that
a high percentage of employers in
Louisiana already have qualified for
and obtained their Blue Eagles.
Surveys are being conducted by sew
eral organizations of employers to de-
termine definitely the number of per-
sons who have been added to pay rolls
since the Blue Eagle campaign was
started A survey by ice manufacturers
in Louisiana and Mississippi shows that
40 companies operating in 103 cities and
towns in the two States have added
5S8 employees, an increase of PTS per
cent, since July l.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
new INDUSTRY LOOMS
IN GEORGIA FORESTS
Scientific Body Finds worthless
Trees May Be Used for Max
ing News Print.
Special Dispatchsto The Star.

opcClal 0ISpatSHto 1AS StaE
ATLANTA, Ga, September 16-Muf-
fled though it was by the din of po-
litical. criminal and routine news,
Georgia heard this week the most i'm
portant industrial announcement of the
year. perhaps of decade.
1t was stated on the highest of scien-
tific and technical authority and after
prolonged experimentation and survey
that abandoned turpentine trees. here
tofore considered worthless, may be used
in the manufacture of standard white
news print and that there becomes avail
able each year three-quarters of mil
lion cords of such timber. That amount
would be sufficient to provide raw ma
terial for rs per cent of the news print
consumed annually in the United States
The announcement was made through
the Savannah Chamber of Commerce
by DR.. Charles H. Herty, former presi-
dent of the American Chemical Society,
former consultant of the Chemical
Foundation, Inc. and the man who. by
revolutionary invention, saved the naval
stores industry of America in 1904.
DR.. j. E. Lockwood, consulting en-
gineer for the largest naval stores cor
poration in the State. declared Dr.
Herty's estimate of the amount Of such
timber made available annually was
far below the fact
Evening star., 1933-09-17
MAINE DRY DESPITE
VOTE FOR REPEAL
State Still Has Prohibition and
Stringent Statutes for
Enforcing Law.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

AUGUSTA, Me, September 10
Maine voted for repeal of the eighteenth
amendment, but that does not settle
the rum issue in the State. 1t still has
constitutional prohibition of its own and
some of the most stringent statutes for
enforcing it ever devised. Except for
the oasis of 80 beer, Maine is. by law
dry as Sahara, whatever the actual
facts may be. Even the beer may be
declared illegal, If it gets to the courts,
for the law under which it is sold specl-
fies no alcoholic content. 1t merely
provides that malt beverages may be
sold. Should the court hold that the
80 liquid is intoxicating in fact, out 1t
would 60.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
BY GEORGE HOYT SMITH.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. September 16.
Florida has been much in the public
eye this Summer, that being somewhat
due to the fact about IA million people
Of the United States have been in Chi
cago and large percentage appears to
have visited the very beautiful and in
teresting display set up on the exposi-
tion grounds by this State.
This week Gov. Sholtz and other OFF,
cials and many representative citizens
were IN the midst of the celebration OF
Florida day, and there was much music
and speech making and congratulations.
Florida day at the Century Of Progress
Exposition attracted more than the
usual great crowd to the exhibits, and
everything was said to have been ready
and most entertaining as we'll as in
structive
The Florida orange grove. q tract Of
Evening star., 1933-09-17
Lake Supplies Chemicals.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calf. R.-
Chemicals pumped from a prehistoric
lake in the Mojave Desert region will
supply new factory employing $50
to 275 men with material for the man
ufacture Of soda ash and salt cake.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
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Evening star., 1933-05-31

In two short weeks, just tive
ronths ago, we sold over $s.O0O.0O
worth Of Continental Paints. Enam.
els and Varpishes AT THE SAME
Low PRICES WE BRING BACK
TODAY! Our patrons simply DE-
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needs then come in to our Paint
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Evening star., 1933-05-31
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A strong pneumatic screen door
check with malleable bracket
and brass barrel. Easily ad-
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bronze. Order by Phone-NA.
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A superior atwood insula-
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Evening star., 1933-05-31
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Evening star., 1933-05-31
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office opening to shop for these many
special values. Simply drop BY early
mornings. make your selections. and rely
upon us to deliver them promptly to your
home. Extra delivery facilities and
trained salespeopIe will add to the salts
faction shopping for these values will
AFFORD,