Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-01-06
Bitter Under-Cover Fights
For Agriculture Positions
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big tobacco growers a tremendous adj
vantage, especially if the Federal gov
| eminent does not enact a law pro-
hibiting the transportation and sale
of tobacco across State lines. For
without this law, the smaller farmer
maintain that the big farmers can
haul their excess crop into another
State and sell it, so that these who
violate the compacts law the most
will gain the most and those who con-
form will be penalized 1t is also
agreed that most of the tobacco ware
housemen are opposed to the crop
compact plan, in the belief that it
will hurt the Warehousemen and the
small farmers and tend to help the
big growers AS a result, most of the
warehousemen are expected to line up
with the smaller growers in oppoSi-
ton to the compact law unless Fed
eral prohibition of the Interstate
shipment and sale is guaranteed 1t
is also believed that the tobacco
manufacturers are opposed to any
form of compact or tobacco control
legislation There are also some 40
counties which do not grow tOracco
which are not interested one way or
the other.
Four House Candidates.
There are four active candidates for
the Craftsmanship of the House Agri-
culture Committee, as follows w. w.
Eagles, of Edgecombe, a farmer, who
was chairman of the committee dur
ing the 1885 session; William Wiley
Andrews, of Wayne, also farmer
who was vice-chairman of the COM
mittee during the 1885 session and
presided over many of the hearings.
due to the injuries sustained by
Eagles in two automobile accidents;
w. E. Fenner of Nash county, a
Rocky Mount tobacco warehouseman
and business man, and Claude c.
Abernethy, of Spring Hope, Mash
county, lawyer.
Three Senate AspirantS.
In the Senate the three men being
most prominently mentioned as un-
der consideration for chairman of the
agriculture committee are w. G. Gun
Gle Willie) Clark, of Tarboro; Ernest
v. Webb of Kinston, and L. L. Grave
ly, of Rocky Mount. Clark is mer-
chant and farm owner, while Webb
is tobacco warehouseman and Grave
ly another tobacco man.
It is known that the State Grange
has already sent committee to call
on Speaker r. Gregg Cherry, of Gas
tonia, asking him to name Eagles
chairman of the House committee. 1t
is also understood that w. Kerr Scott
new commissioner of agriculture, and
former master of the Grange, was
named a member of this committee,
but did not serve, also that he is per-
sonally backing Fenner for the chair
manship. Yesterday the directors of
the North Carolina Farm Bureau
Federation met here and named Sc
cret committee to call on Speaker
Cherry and Lieut.. Governor w. p.
Horton to urge the appointment of a
"dirt farmer" as chairman-Lhat is,
either Eagles or Andrews and neither
Fenner nor Acernethy. This also
means that this Farm Bureau COM
mittee urged the appointment of
Clark as chairman of the Senate Ag-
riculture Committee rather than
Webb or Gravely It is also believed
that the Grange will urge the selec-
ton of Senator Clark as chairman of
the Senate committee rather than
either Webb or Gravelv.
Fenner May Win.
The belief in most circles here to-
day, however, is that Eagles will not
be re enamel chairman of the House
Agriculture Committee, since he head
ed it two years ago, also that the
chances lock better for Fenner than
any one else.
Scott Gets in Bad.
Newly elected Commissioner OF
Agriculture w. Kerr Scott, of Haw
River, former master of the State
Grange, is temporarily in disfavor
with a good many members of the
Grange because he is backing a rival
candidate for chairman of the House
Committee on Agriculture, according
to the story going the rounds here
today. While the Grange as an or
ganization, is backing Representative
w w. Eagles, of Edgecombe county,
for chairman of this committee, Com
missioner Scott is supporting w. E.
Fenner, of Rocky Mount. Nash coun-
ty, for chairman, according to this
story.
According to the story as heard
here today, Scott was named a men,
Der of the committee appointed by the
Grange to call on Speaker Cherry
some days ago in Gastonia, to urge
the appointment of Eagles as chair
man Of the House Agriculture Com
mittee. But when the committee went
to see Speaker Cherry, Commissioner
Scott was not able to go.
After listening to the committee
make it's Endorsement of Representa-
tive Eagles, Speaker Cherry is under
stood to have informed the commit
tee that he was somewhat surprised
at the request, since Scott, former
master of the Grange, had been to see
him and had urged the appointment
of Fenner as chairman of the House
Agriculture Committee.