Henderson daily dispatch., August 17, 1934, Image 8

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ASSOCIATED PRESS AND CENTRAL PRESS
T °nearerharvests
Curing Hardly Half Over In
Vance County But Pro
ceedingly Fast
TO FINISH MEASURING
Committees Have Visited Virtually
All Tobacco Farms in Country;
Crop Being Prepared
For Market
Tobacco of the 1934 crop is now in
the process of harvesting, and curing
is nearing the half way mark, while
committee workers who have been
measuring the acreage to determine
the degree of compliance with the
crop reduction contracts signed by
growers is almost finished in Vance
county, it was said today by J. W.
Saunders, county farm agent.
Most of the w r eed is curing out a
fine type of tobacco, according to re
ports, must better than nad been an
ticipated up to several weeks ago.
Since that time the seasons have been
very favorable, and he crop has come
Tftut in a rather remarkable manner
during that time.
Everywhere the growers have been
found to have complied with their
agreements and there are for more in
stances of acreage under the allot
ments than over it, and in the few
instances where excesses have been
found, that is very slighl, and ad
justments are being made easily and
in a satisfactory manner.
Certificates are being delivered to
groweis showing their compliance
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Established in The Year 1889
Street Different
With Wires Gone
Removal of many of the tele
phone poles from the business sec
ion of Garnett street gave the
street an entirely different appear
ance today. It was a “dress” lew
residents of the city have pver
seen it wear before, because these
poles have adorned the main street
for so many years that most folks
do not recall when it was differ
ent. All telephone wires in the
business district have been put
under ground, and the old poles
and wires are now being removed.
Not all have been taken down
yet by any means, and street
really will present a new appear
ance when the work has been com
pleted,
with the contracts, and these will en
title them to the right to market their
crop without being liable for the tay
imposed under the Kerr tobacco con
trol act for excess production and for
growers who did not sign the agree
ments. of whom there are very few
in this county.
Committees are expected to com
plete all of the job of measuring acre
age in a few more days. They h£ve
been to all parts of tne county and
have visited and inspected farms of
growers who agreed to cut their acre
age.
The crop is rapidly being harvested,
and fires are burning under barns in
all parts of the county every night in
preparation of the golden weed for the
auction warehouse floors when the
season gets under way here.
GROUPS BACK FROM
ASHEVILLE MEETING
Members of thf Board of
County Commissioners and other
county officials have returned from
Asheville, where they attended the
annual convention of the State Asso
ciation of County Commissioners and
Accountants. There were about a
dozen county officials in one office
or another who went to the meeting
Henderson Daily DispatcH
Vance Tenth Highest In
Paying State Sales Tax
Remittances for Fiscal Year
Which Pays Here for All
Aggregate Sum
Vance county ranked tenth among
all the counties in the State in the
payment of the State sales tax dur
ing he fiscal year from July 1, 1933,
to June 30. 1934, and paid $117,473.46
on 1 hat 1 account, according to a state
ment today from the office of Com
missioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell,
in Raleigh.
A good deal of the payments made
here were remittances by the Rose 5,
10 and 25c Stores Cofpany, with home
offices here. Their payments covered
all of their stores located in North
Carolina, amounting to some 40 or 50,
out of the total of 73 operated. No
tax of this sort could be collected on
the stores out of the State, of course.
The figures for the county show pay
meats made here by “In-State Mer
chants", of $99,973.11; out-of-State
merchants, that is, by home offices of
headquarters for stores operated in
this State, of $16,789.28, and registry
tion fees of $711.07, a total of sll7-
473.46 paid from this county.
CMS NEWSOM ”
DIES IN NEW YORK
Noted Actor Was Brother of
Mrs. M. J. O’Neil of This
City, Was 65
Charlse Newsom, about 65 years old,
famous as an actor, died today at his
home in Rutherford, N # J., of a heart
attack, according to a message to his
only sister, Mrs. M. J. O’Neil, of this
city. No details wer given and the
hour of the funeral was not stated. It
had not been learned whether the j
body will be brought South for burial. '
Mr. Newsom, who had lived in the |
New York area for forty years or
more, had achieved distinction on the
stage in the metropolis. One of his
outstandnig roles was the part of
Washington Irving in the play, “Little
Old New York.” Years ago, while on
a visit to Henderson, he directed a
home talent play here, as a benefit
for the First Methodist church. He
had visited here often and was last
in Henderson some eighteen months
ago.
Mr. Newsom was horn in Raleigh.
He is survived by his wife, who is a
Canadian, and on esister.
Mrs. O’Neil is at the family’s sum
mer home at Harker’s Island near
Beaufort, having gone there earlier in
the week with hre husband, prominent
Henderson hardware merchant, who is
recuperating from a stroke of paraly
sis suffered several weeks ago. They
are accompanied by a son, John and
had planned to remain until some
time in September.
FIRST CAR CATTLE
NOW ON WAY HERE
E G. Dorsey, In charge of re
lief Jbefef placements here, saju
late this atfernoon he had just
beenadvised by wire that a car of
relief cattle was shinned today
from East St. Paul, Minn, to Hen
derson, the first to sent here
under allotments of the Emerg
ency Relief Administration.
No information was given as to
lhe exact date of arrival, nor the
number of cattle in the car. The
cattle were purchased by the gov
ernment in the drought states of
the west and ore being sent here
or pasturage until they are fitted
to be slaughtered.
Home Building the Key
Toward Rapid Recovery
(Continued from Page One.)
relapse was inevitable because of the
constantly deepening depression in
private building. The gains in em
ployment in the “consumer” lines—
foods, shoes, automobiles and radios —
wer offset by the continued deflation
in home building, the most important
of the so-called “heavy” industries.
Os our forty-eight million workers
in normal times about four million
Moreover, only 50 per cent of the cost
are employed in the building trades,
of a house is for labor—the other 50
per cent is spent on materials. Em
ployment in the materials industries
naturally reflects activity in the
building business. In the final ana
lysis, every 100 idle building me
chanics put 75 miners, factory work
ers, freight handlers and the like out
of jobs. Moreover, these 175 jobless
further curtail the activities of other
people. So, at the least calculation,
seven million workers are definitely
dependent on national building.
Half Our Unemployment in
Building Industry
The latest home building figures—
those for July—show no change in
the down trend. You may see state
ments that total construction is well
above 1933 levels, but the increase is
due o the government’s public works
program. The dollar volume of resi
dential building is 16 per cent below
last August. Actually only eight
houses are being built toaay where
ten were built last year and 100
houses were built in 198. Figures in
dicate that out of the seven million
workers dependent on the building
industries in normal times over five
million are today out of work. Since
total unemployment is now estimated
at about ten million, the seriousness
of the lag in building is obvious.
Hot discussions have rage/S over
the question as to why people do not
$117,473.46; Rose Chain,
Its Stores, Included In
For The Year
Sales tax collections for the State
as a whole for the year were given as
$6,014,937.33. from which, however,
must be deducted $3,237.17 as refunds,
leaving a total of $6,011700.16 as the
yield from the sales tax for the fiscal
year
Warren county paid the State $17,-
659.07 in sales taxes; Franklin county
paid $24,484.17; and Granville $28,-
467.33.
Mecklenburg paid the most of any
county, with $772,696.66; Guilford,
$399,643.19; Forsyth, $285,341.61; Gas
ton, $170,249 50; Durham' $201,828.06;
Wake, $269,681.87; New Hanover,
$141,875.43: Buncombe, $246,676.46; and
Alamance, $124,374.05 Tnese are the
only. counties that stand ahead of
Vance. It is presumed that much of
the huge sum taken in from Char
lotte is in payment by stores with
headquarters there, just as the Rose
payments swelled the figures from
Vance.
build. Some claim that there is a
surplus of houses. While this may be
true in certain sections, it certainly
is not true as far as the whole country
is concerned. On the other hand,
some authorities estimate that, due
to the low level of building in the
last four years, a shortage of well
over a million homes exists at the
present time. More conservative sta
tisticians place the deficit between
700,000 and 1,000,000 dwellingsu Per
sonally I feel that the latter estimates
are fair. This means there is a hous
ing shortage today similar to that
which existed in 1920-21. Apparently
lack of demand is not retarding homo
building. ,
There are two big reasons wny peo
ple. are not building. First, there is
the sharp jump in costs. Average
home building costs are 26 per cent
higher today than last August while
, the volume is 16 per cent lower. Gen
| eral commodity prices are at the same
| level today as in the year 1916. Union
labor rates in the building trades,
however, are about twice as high.
Material prices, almost back to boom
day levels, are 54 per cent above 1916
costs. Inasmuch as high costs were
the principal cause' in "spiking” the
building boom in 1929, I fail to see
how a repetition of thoseh prices
can create a new boom in 1934.
The other main reason why we
have not been building new homes Is
lack of confidence—fear of what lies
ahead. Some are held back by the
fear that out of our preaent dilemna
will come socialism, communism, or
some other “ism" which will destroy
private property and individual lib
erty. There s the dread of sharply
higher real estate taxes and the black
fear that we will slip back into an
other period such as March, 1933.
Banks and building and loan associa
tions, influenced by these same fears,
have not been making it easy for
people to build. Hence, to ease the
financial jam tin govern-ient has en
acted the national housing act. By
insuring banks against losses on home
loans, one progressive sten has been
taken
I have been asked what effect this
act should have in the building in
dustry. There aimillions of homes
in both the United States and Canada
which are desperately in need of re
pairs. A recent survey shows that
six out of every ten houses in this
country need reconditioning. In some
cities, three out of ten homes have
no bathtubs; two out of ten have no
indoor toilet facilities; and six out of
ten have no centsal heating system.
Recognizing these conditons, the new
ast prevdes that a good risk can bor
row up to $2,000 for renovating.
The act also provides for the fi
nancing of new homes. Good risks
will be loaned up to 80 per cent of the
value of land and finished structure.
But the machinery for the adminis
tration of the new home loan section
will take some months to put in work
ing/ order. According 1 v repair mirk
rather than new building should get
the biggest boost from the housing
act this year. Home building awaits
three developments: (1) stimulation
by the housing administration; (2)
a sharp reducton in building costs;
(3) a return of confidence. But re
member, a period of drastic inflation
would create a stampede for small
homes and farms!
Business, as registered by the Bao
sonchart, now stands at 13 per cent
below a year ago and 23 per cent be
low normal.
Our Meats
Are selected with the
greatest care, assur
ing you of the best
quality at all times.
TURNER'S
MARKET
Phones 304-305
1,600 Now
Unemployed
In Section
Covers Four Coun
ties, But List Would
Drop on Revision,
Planned Soon
A total of approximately 1,600 per
sons are registered as unemployed in
ihe four counties of Vance, Warren,
Franklin and Granville, it was esti
mated today at the local district of
fice of the National Re-employment
Service. The complete records for
Franklin county were added to the
il3ts here several wee?is ago and are
included in the total figures.
It is estimated that the numoer
shown as being without work would
be much smaller than this if the lists
were revised and brought up-to-date,
% process which is to be started im
mediately, it was said. New regis
trations are now being required by
the State offive every 30 days, and un
less names are registered each month
they are not to be considered as un
employed.
lhe Henderson office has served as
a district agency since early in the
year when the State was broken up
into districts and some of the county
units merged.
The local office is prepared to fur
nish employees for those who call for
assistance in this manner, and has
only recently placed a number of
workers on the new school constru
cton project at Dabney, which lately
got under way. Many more will bb
given jobs when the new high senool
and North Henderson school jobs get
under way.
FIREMEN RETURNED
FROM CONVENTION
The delegates from the local fire
men s organization who attended the
State convention in Charlotte return
ed home yesterday. They were John
Willis Hayes, truck driver; Raymond
Edwards and O. B. McDaniel, volun
teer firemen. They were present at
most of the meetings of the conven
tion and saw some of the tourna
ment competition. The three dele
gate® will report later to a meeting
of the firemen on the convention.
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four
1. How can the area of a circle be de
termined?
2. What is germanium?
3. What is the date of the English
holiday-Boxing Day?
4. Where is the city of Yankton?
5. Name the author of the novels “Ish
mael" and “Self-Raised.”
6. What is silver?
7. How many kilometers in a mile?
8. Who commanded the Union Army
at the Battle of Gettysburg?
9. What are captive mines?
10. Who was the author of the novel
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1934
Preparations Being Made
For Start of Season In
Local Market
OPEN TUESDAY, SEPT. 11
Good Season Expected at Higher
Prices, With Probably Near Same
Quality Sold As Last
Year Here
With the rapid approach of the
opening date for the tobacco market
here, men engaged in the handling of
the crop in this city are getting reaay
for the start of the new season, and
will be prepared to offer the custo
mary high character of to
growers in disposing of their crop
yields. Sales will begin Hender
son on Tuesday. September 11, witn
the start of the season In the entire
Middle Belt.
There will oe rive warehouses on
the Henderson market, the same as
last year, all of them large and ade
quately equipped for the handling of
the farmer’s offerings. All of them
will be operated by the same man
agement as last season.
Despite the short crop, due to the
acreage curtailment agreements grow
ers made with the Federal govern
ment in the crop control program, it
is anticipated that Henderson will sell
probably close to the poundage handl
ed last year, when more than 19,000,-
000 pounds were disposed of.
Prices practically double last year’s
averages, which have prevailed on thu
markets of the Georgia and South
Carolina belts, have imparted a feel
ing of optimism to growers and busi
ness people alike in the expectation of
probably the best fall season in many
years. The high quality of the crop
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in this section is expected to aid
ly m the increased prices, and som*
are expecting figures all the wav
from 25 to 35 cents. This area grows
the choicest of cigarette leaf, and the
short crop is expected to make com
petition keen for this sort of tobacco
this year.
Eastern North Carolina markets get
under way for the season on next
Thursday, and after that growers will
turn, their thoughts to the belt nearer
home, where most of their crop will
be marketed.
Another Carload
Os Cattle To Be
•» Sent Into Vance
Another carload of government re
liel cattle has been allotted this
county, E. G. Dorsey, in charge or
placements, announced today. It ®
the second car allotted here, and both
are understood to be on their way.
although never has been received so
far.
Notification is looked for almost
daily as to a date when the shipments
wilt be received here. It is under
stood the county is due to get four
or five carloads of these cartle even*
tually, as fast as they can be deliver
ed here, although definitely allot
ments to date amount to only two
cars. |
The cattle will be taken to pasture
lands which have been arranged tor
in Townsville township in the low
lands lying in the vicinity of the Roa
noke river.
Mr. Dorsey had no further defnite
information today as to the location
of a beef cannery here.
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