Hope Star du lieu suivant : Hope, Arkansas • Page 1

THOUGHT Sanctity them through thy' truth; thy word Truth. -91. John 117. on the Hope 3 Star cr, day west tures fair, freezing portion. Tuesday rising or -Parti WEATHER.

night; lower cloudy, temperature tempora- Wednes- cold. to 74 -Mrate Newspaper Press Enterprise Near HOPE, ARKANSAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1936 Boar Consolidated January 15. 1329. PRICE 5c COPY of Hope 1599; Proas, 1921; A A A A A A A A A A A Activities Halted Judge, Sheriff Resume Duel Over Court Expense Following Court's AAA CHECKS HERE HELD UP Budget of $27,000 for 1936 Provides Both Farm Agents Sheriff Incensed at $6,000 for Court and $2,500 for Jail BOTH ARE REDUCED Bearden Threatens to "Fill Up Jail" Unless Paid for His Work Highlights The adjourned term of Quorum Court, mooting at Washingion Monday. fixed the 1936 budget at $27,700, compared with $28.000 for 1935.

and $31.000 fo: 1931. Sheriff Jim E. Bearden and County Judge H. M. Stephens clashed again, the sheriff threatening.

unless paid for his criminal work. "to fill up the county jail," while the judge asked. "How come we gut the meanest people in to the world in Hempstead county?" to which the sheriff retorted, didn't say it." The county, like the City of hirs had j1: troubles collecting "street tax." Under the law every rural male citizen between the ages of 21 aunt 45 must either 'piry 54 a year or give four days free labor on the roads. The Quorum Court, 011 motion by A. C.

Monts, voted un-; animously to compel enforcement. Sheriff Bearden announced that his campaign for collection of the delinquent personal tax was under way. asserting. "We proceeded against Hope business first. before starting on the farmers." The Quorum Court unanimously adoptan ed a motion by A.

11. Washburn endorsing the sheriff's collection campaign. A revenue- -thirsty Quorum Court meeting at Washington Monday in storing session, heard Sheriff Jim E. Bearden and County Judge H. M.

Stephenson renew their battle over cirenit court and jail expense. Looking to increased revenue the justices unanimously endorsed 1he sheriff's campaign 10 collect delinquent personal taxes, but also unanimpusly. they endorced the judge's budget which cut down the circuit court appropriation from $7.000 last year to 56,000 for 1936, and reduced the jail allowances from $1,000 to 52.500. Total appropriations this year were fixed! at $27.700, compared with $28,000 last year. and $31.900 in 1931.

Both the county farm and home demonstration avents were provided for again this year. Stephens and Bearden the the highlight debate of between the court Judge session was (US and Sheriff B.arden. It went about like this: "In 1934." said Judge Stephons. "Arkansas mtopled i constitutional amendment forbidding counties to gu in debt for current expense. Counties in debt at that time were forbidden to exceed the amount of that debt.

and counties out nf debt at that time could not go into debt. "In 1924 Hemp: toad county was not in debt. aunt was getting by on a 1- mill county tax. But from 1928 on. the county be.

to 130 in debt. The com; was $7.000 in debt when took office. undertook to pay off the debts as found them. using much of the: 1933 revente to pay obligations incurred: before that year. Meanwhile.

tux col-: lections fell off. the county taking in; actual cash of $25.000 A year on page two) FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: PAT. OFF. NEAT You hope romunce is in the cards when you deck out for a cruise. 3-Year Comparison of Budgets Hempstead county Quorum Court the 1936 appropriations fixed Monday County Courts J.

F. Courts Circuit Court Jail Expense Assessment Tax Books Records Stationery Paupers Miscellaneous Courthouse Jail Tuberculosis Sanatorium Officers' Salaries Crippled Children's Home County Nurse Hope Municipal Court Charity Hospitals County Agent Home Demonstrator. Experiment Farm Purchase Jennes Negro State County Physician Resettlement Utilities Bills Welfare Office Rent Slot Machines in Camps Are Ousted Deputy Constable Shipp Gives Orders to Luck and Tol-E-Tex -Inachines were found operating in the county, at two tourist camps just beyond corporation line of Hope. by. Allen Shipp.

deputy conI stable of DeRoan township. Shipp told The Star Monday night that he went to Luck's tourist camp, just west of the city line, late Monday afternoon and found three slotmachines in play in the dining room. After dark, the deputy constable paid visit Tol-E-Tex camp. just least chine. of the the the city, and found one mAProprictors of both tourist camps told the deputy constable they would obey his order to remove the machines at once.

Shipp told The Star. Slot-machines were ousted from the City of Hope in 1930 following a newspaper compaign in which The Star gathered a dozen affidavits commercialized gambling among children. Text of Order on Liquor Referendum Here Is Wording of Coun-; ty Court Order Which Was Granted Jan. 6 The text of the order granted by County Judge It. M.

Stephens in Hempstead County Court Monday authorizing a liquor referendum in the county February 18 follows: In the lempstead County Court. In the matter of petition for Local Option vote on Liquor under Act of the Acts of 1935. ORDER On this the 6th day of January, 1936, day of the regular January 1936 term of the Hempstend County Court, is presented the petition of N. P. O'Neal and 1.339 other legal voters of Hempstead Count, Arkansas, which is moce: than 35: of the legal voters of said territory, tsaid petition having been the Clerk of this Court and lodged with Judge of this Court: on the 18th day of December.

19350 asking this Court to make an order on' bis order book directing an election to ho held in said territory on the 15th: of February, 1936, which is mare than sixty (60) days after said petition or application was lodged with the Judge of this Court for the purpose of taking the sense of the legal voters who are qualified to vote at an eleetien for County Officers of said territory, upon the proposition whether or not spiritus, vinous or malt liquors shall be sold. bartered, or Inaned therein. and specifically questing majority of the legal votes be opposed to the sale. barter or loan of said spiritous. vinous or malt liquors, as shown by said election.

then the: sale. barter or loan of said spiritous. vinons liquors be prohibited in said territory, and said spirimous, vinous or malt liquors shall not be auld, bartered or leaned within said territory. and said spiritous, vinous or malt liquors shall not be sold. bartered loaned by dispensaries, restaurants, hotels or clubs within said territory.

And the Court finds, That the sons signing the above described p- tition have deposited with the County Judge. in money, an amount sufficient to pity for printing or posting adverContinued on page three) budgets for three years including at Washington, compare as follows: 1931 1935 1936 1,250 300 500 1,000 BU0 800 8.000 7.000 6,000 3.000 3,000 2,500 1,250 1.000 1,000 1.200 1,200 1,500 1,200 1,400 250 2.500 1,500 2.000 750 750 800 1.500 1.200 250 5.000 4,500 6.000 100 100 100 GOO 900 900 900 500 1.800 1.200 1,000 500 1.000 1,000 1.000 1,00) 1,000 1,000 450 200 300 200 300 31,000 28,000 27,700 Kraft Executive Views Sites Here C. L. Teissler Goes on to Chicago- Will Return With Announcement C. L.

Teissler, in charge of factories for the -Phenix Cheese corporation, spent last week-end in Hope inspecting possible locations for the new chicese plant with various real estate owners. Some idea of the permanency of Kraft's new plant here is gained from! the fact that the corporation may buy building insdea of leasing one. Mr. Teissler came here from toria, Denison and other points in Texas where Kraft has installed cheese factories. The factory man gathered all available information on buildings! and loft for Chicago, Kraft's quarters city.

Mr. Teissler told The Star he would return in few days with specific plans. Kraft is preparing to get milk routes and machinery set up here this month. The corporation will return to Hope this time with dI fully -organized extension service to aid farmers who pay be planning to turn from cotton production to the business of producing whole milk. No Sinking Fund for Centennial Comptroller Smith Receipts Through August Are Pledged LITTLE ROCK Following disclosure Monday by Governor Putrell that he had suggested to the Centennial Commission that it might be possible to use part of the general revenue sinking fund to help finance the state's centennial celebration this year.

state Comptroller Griffin Smith issned statement showing that sinking fund recripts through next August are pledged to other purposes. The governor emphasized that he was not endorsing any specific plan of providing money for the centennial and declined to comment on 3 new poll of the legislature to determine whether it would authorize state aid if the money could be provided without levying any neW taxes, or disthe allocation of present levies. Mr. Smith said it would be impos: sible to obtain from the general rev. sinking fund the $300.000 sought by the Contennial Commission.

Affected by 1935 Legislation His statement reviewed creation of the sinking fund in 1933 10 pay 1 of approximately $1.000.000 against the general revenue fund which was incurred in 1931 and 1932. lie said the original debt will be liquidated in March, but that the 1933 legislature provided that an additional $187.169 erronerously paid into the general revenue fund instead of into the common school fund and equalizfond from cigarette dealers' permit fees between and 1934 should he repaid 10 those funds from the fund. He estimated that. if the sinking fund recipts continue at all of $30.000 month, this adjustment be completed in August and raid the sinking fund thereafter i- unpledged. The comptroller said his office had planned to recommend that the sinking fund be held intact after Austral to be appropriated by the 1937 General Assembis for expenses of that "since there is 110 other fund from which such espenses can be paid." A Administration to Seek Substitute for AAA Program I Farm Leaders to Confer January 10 to Shape New Measures ACTIVITIES HALTED Officials Have But Few Definite Answers to Deluge of Messages telegrams, long distance telephone calls from frantic field workers.

from farm organization leaders and from individual farmers. Officials said they had but few definite answers for the countless questions. leaders were summoned by the New Deal Tuesday to confer on shaping a program to replace the smashed AAA. Secretary Wallace issued a call for January 10 to 11 after the ponderous AAA field machinery was brought to a full stop by the six to three Supreme court decision which demolishthe AAA program. The AAA field offices were ordered Tuesday to halt all activities.

These telegraphic orders added the final brake to those Monday stopping benefit payments and tax collections. The offices of the adjustment administration here were deluged with Futrell Comments LITTLE Fu-1 trell said Tuesday that the proposed formation of 48 little AAA's in each state in the union might, be constitutional, but the administration of such farming program "would lack teeth." Institution of such a program to replace the AAA might be rendered ini effective by the refusal or failure ol states that are unsympathetic with the New Deal measures to co-operate! with the program. Wallace Pessimisic WASHINGTON-(P)-Fear that the: passing of the AAA may result in the return of 1932 conditions for agriculture was expressed Tuesday by Secretarv Wallace. the Supreme Court's decision 011 farm "We hope immedine effects of then pries will not be serious," Wallace snid. Sherman Held for Grand Jury Action Fulton Youth Arraigned Here on Charges of Forgery Ray Sherman.

21-year-old Fulton youth. was held for action of the Hempstead county grand jury when arraigned in municipal court at Hope Tuesday on a charge of forgery and, uttering. Bond was fixed as $500. Although officers said that Sherman had confessed to forgery of a dozen checks in Hope, he was arraigned on only one charge, and that of giving i bogus check to J. F.

McDowell. Other court procedure: Leon Jackson, petit larceny. found guilty and fined $25. He was charged with scaling chickens, the property of John Wise. George, Whatley, arraigned 021 charge of assault and battery grow.

ing out of striking C. G. Coffer, was found not guilty. Homer Whaley was acquitted on charge of striking C. G.

Coffee. but was found guilty of trespassing on the property of Coffee and was fined $10. Notice of appeal to circuit court was given, and hond was fixed at $110. Pleading guilty to charges of drunkand drawing $10 fines each were Charlie Foster. Will Lewis, Wilburn Harrison.

Fletcher Moore. D. Wilson forfeited a $10 cash bond when he failed 10 appear for trial 011 drunkenness charge. Buick Lindsey W'US fined $25 and sentenced to a day in jail on a false pretense charge, growing out of oh. taining falsely box of groceries from Robert Straughter.

Engineers Want Jobs MADRID. -Additional (1)1 the employment of foreign, labor. particularly in the engineering. profession. have been asked by a comminted representing 600 unemployed Spanish engineers.

Six Golden Weddings NANTES. UP, Six couples living in Petit- a tiny commune of 280. inhabitants thirty miles from: Nantes, their polden wedding anniIversary together on the same dr. Questions, Answers on Effect of Court's Decision on AAA Confusion Sweeps Official Washington After Supreme Court's Ruling--Administration Leaders Interpret Decision as Hard Blow to New Deal WASHINGTON -(AP)- The confusion since the Supreme Court smashed NRA swept official Washington Monday night as administration leaders sought to interpret the decision holdings unconstitutional. Some of the principal questions, with the best available unofficial answers, were these: Q.

Will payments to farmers on present contracts be paid? A. For the present, all payments have been stopped. Administration leaders hope some way will be found to meet the contracted obligations. Q. Will the 6,500 AAA employes continue work? A.

For the present, administrative expenses have been stopped. Officials said employes will repart to work Tuesday as usual, and expressed hope 3 substitute would be found before physical liquidation of the AAA is nccessary. Q. Does AAA have any money not coming from processing taxes? A. Yes.

Officials said $90,000,000 rcmains from a direct appropriation by congress, and that approximately 000,000 from the customs receipts fund is available. Q. Is the entire Adjustment Administration smashed by the court's decision? A. AAA officials believe not. Opinion WILS expressed that marketing agreements and licenses were not affected; likewise, nuthority to use money for removal of crop surpluses believed affected.

Q. Could not, marketing agreements be used to control prices of major commercial crops? A. AAA officials say marketing agreements are believed generally fective only for small crops in limited areas, such as fruits, vegetables and milk. Q. What will happen to the I 000,000 estimated impounded in lower courts in injunction suits? A.

It is believed that these funds will be returned to processors who paid them into the courts. Q. Will processors be able to sue the government for the $979.000,000 paid to the Treasury in processing taxes? A. The Louisiana rice millers case, Birthday Ball for FDR Here Jan. 30 Annual Affair Will Be Held in Hope High School This Year The annual birthday ball in honor of President Roosevelt will be held in the High School gymnasium the night of January 30, it was announced Tuesday by Mrs.

C. S. Lowthorp, who has been appointed county chairman for the second consecutive year. Mrs. Lowthorp announced a called meeting of the executive board, tol meet at 7:30 p.

In. Thursday city hall, to work out details for the celebration here. Part of the proceeds will stay in Hempstead county and will be used in the: fight against infantile paralysis. The other portion will be sent to national cemmittee to wage war on the dreaded disease. 'Third Annual Affair WASHINGTON Another million: dollars will pour this month into the war coffers for America's offensive: against infantile paralysis, childhood's most feared disease, it was indicated: here recently when final reports on the 1935 Birthday Ball for the President were made public by Franklin D.

Roosevelt. The reports. drawn up by Keith Morgan. treasurer of the National Committee for the Birthday Ball. showed that $1.071.000 was raised for the fund on January 30.

1935. at the second nation-wide Birthday Ball eelthan the sum raised in 1934, when the first hall was held. and the 1936 National Committee, under the chairmans hip of Colonel Henry L. Doberty. believes that 311 even greater total will be raised this January 30.

3.000 Community Pledges As omens that this month's volebration. which will honor President Roosevelt's fifty anniversary. will outshine the two previous ones. Colonel Doherty declared that atreaiv 15.000 communitica had forwarded to his committee wholehearted pledge: of participation in the 1936 Birthdas Call. In his report to the President.

Mr. Morgan gave adlitional details of the accounting of the funds raised for the 0935 affair by 5.800 communities Bulletins PARIS, British general staff was reported unofficially Tucsday to be pressing for an application of an oil cmbargo against Italy, holding that the Fascist warfare in Echiopia must be halted at any cost. -The constitutionality of another New Deal measure, the 1935 rail pension laws, was challenged Tuesday in joint suit filed in the District of Columbia Supreme Court by 135 of the nation's railroads. Ask Allotment on Total Cultivation Hempstead Cotton Petition to Be Signed at City Hall Saturday A petition, one of several in the state, was launched among the justices of the peace attending Monday's session of the Quorum Court at ington advocating the fixing of cotton allotment the next four on the basis of total cultivated age rather than cotton acreage only as at present. State Senator John L.

Wilson, who addressed the Quorum Court. and who later obtained practically all the signatures of the justices as individuals, announced that he would all day Saturday, January 11, at Hope city hail to complete signing up the petition. The text of the resolution follows: "Be It Resolved, That we, the farm ers and other citizens of Hempstead county, hereby appeal to our congressman, senators and the of Agriculture to adjust the cotton allotment for the years 1936-37-38-39 on 1 total cultivated acreage basis, rather than the cotton acreage basis, as has been done for the past three years. "Be It Further Resolved, That we pledge our wholc-hearted support the federal government in the program of cotton acreage control, and only ask that the basis be fair and just to all sections. "Be It Further Resolved, That the agricultural extension division of the University of Arkansas and all county agents be requested to co-operate with us in our efforts to bring about 8 fair, just and equitable adjustment of the cotton allotment program.

"Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to: each of our senators, congressmen, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the President of the United States, asking their earnest consideration, that the small hill farmer may not. be driven to starvation and that the hill section of the Cotton Belt be not driven to bankruptcy." Columbia to Vote Liquor Question February 25 Is Date Set to Vote in Local Option Election MAGNOLIA. Ark (A" County Judge J. N. MeNees accepted Monday a referendum petition.

reported signed by 46.9 per cent of the qualielectors, and fixed February 25: as the date for Columbia county's local option liquor election. The petition bore 1.014 names, There are 2,162 qualified electors in the county. Four liquor stores are opcrated. Three in Magnolia and one in Waldo. LIquor Election in Randolph POCAHONTAS, order was Tissued Monday by County Judge Joe Suodgrass calling for an election in Randolph County March 11) on the question of the sale of legal liquor.

The petition, sponsored by the Rev. B3. L. Willford. pastor of the First Methodist church of Poe chontas, was signed by 804 citizens.

although only 601 signatures were It Randelph county consistently has voted dry. It also voted dry 01: the repeal if the Eighteenth Amendment. Election at Batesville BATESVILLE. Following the a of a petition by the pendence County Coat Monday. M.arch 6 wits set its the election date 1-1 loral option of the sale of liquor in Buesville.

County Oscar T. Jones announced. Woodruff County Will Vote AUGUSTA. March 11 was the date set Monday for the liquor leetion for Woodruff county. There were 495 qualified electors who signed the retition.

Ruling Killing AAA Delivery Halted on 000, Half of Total, Says Hill 1,000 FARMERS All AAA Transactions in State Suspended at Midnight Monday Total involving the AAA amendments, now before the Supreme Court, will decide this question. The amendments! provided that the processor could not recover unless he proved he had not passed the tax on to the consumer. Q. Can wholesalers sue processors for return of taxes passed on to them in higher prices? A. In part, this depends on the decision of the court in the Louisiana millers case.

If the court's decision is favorable to the processors, a wholesaler could sue only if his contract with the processor had specifically provided for refund if the tax was held unconstitutional Q. Does this decision invalidate the Bankhead cotton act. the Kerr-Smith tobacco act and the potato act of 1935? A. No, except in effect. These are separate acts, designed to enforce the AAA.

A suit testing the Bankhead act is pending before the high court; the Kerr-Smith has been held invalld by a lower court; the potato act has not been challenged. Q. Will big purchasers of foodstuffs he able to recover floor stocks taxes paid when AAA was begun on stocks then in possession? A. Officials said this question had not been determined. Q.

Could a farmer suc the government for complete payment of his present. contracts? Not without consent of the government. Q. What effect is the decision expected to have on food prices A. Officials said there probably would be no great effect immediately, since 1936 programs for wheat and hogs had aimed at nearly "normal production." Q.

Has the AAA a substitute ready? A. No, the decision was far more sweeping than was expected. Q. What substitutes are under consideration A. Adoption of a "little AAA" for each state, financed by federal grants: payments to farmers for "proper use" of land instead of crop reduction; adoption of a domestic allotment plan, Morgan Testimony Heard by Senate German Acts and Not Finance Started World War, He Says WASHINGTON-(P)-J.

P. Morgan told the senate investigating committee Tuesday that German acts, not international fiance, ushed the United States into the World war. Flanked by his senior partners, the banker faced questioning by senalors intent on creating sentiment legislation to curb financial dealhings with warring nations. Morgan told the senate investigators that his great banking house "turned loose" with loans to the allies in 1915 soon after President Wilson consented to it. U.

S. Program Hit ROME Italian press directed a fresh fire at President Roosevet's neutrality program Tuesduy. Thoroughly reliable sourees that anti-American attacks had been undertaken with the full knowledge Mussolini's of the Fascist personal organ Americans, whose expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific, had "over. come difficulties of nature." should comprehend the Italian cause in Ethiopia. Rural Teachers to Get Federal Funds Approximately 500 Ark- ansas School Districts Will Be Affected LITTLE ROCK--W.

E. Phipps. state commissioner of education. received al telegram Monday night from Senator: Joe T. Robinson saying that WorkProgress administrator Marry L.

kins haul approved the application of the state Department of Education fro federal aid for teachers in approxmately 300 Arkansas school districts. Mr. Phipps said Senator Robinson' telegram did not specify the amount (Continued or page three) Approximately 1,000 AAA checks, due Hempstead courity farmers through payment of parity and second rentals, were held Tuesday at Hope city hall as the result of the United States Supreme court's decision Monday invalidating the AAA program. Frank J. Hill, assistant in cotton adjustment, said that these checks amounted to approximately $14,000.

ceived orders to suspend all AAA Mr. Hill announced that a he had reactivities, pending further notice. None of the checks will be delivered. Distribution of parity, and second rental checks started December 31 and about 1,200 of the checks had been delivered up to Monday when the decision by the court killed the program. The county schedule called for distribution of the other 1,000 checks Tuesday and Wednesday-had not the AAA been declared unconstitutional, Mr.

Hill said. Hog Market Booms CHICAGO -(AP)- The hog market continued its spectacular adjustment. to the Supreme Court's decision on the AAA by scoring the sharpest advance. in months early Tuesday. With the opening asking prices of 75 cents to $1 higher by per hundred weight, the market shot upward- in early rounds to the $10 level.

Cotton Breaks Sharply NEW ORLEANS-(P)-After -After overnight consideration of the Supreme Court's decision wiping out the AAA program, cotton futures on New Orleans exchange broke nearly $2 per bale. State Activities Halted LITTLE ROCK-AAA activities in Arkansas ended at 13. Monday night under executive order from Washington which followed the United States Supreme Court's declaration that the Agricultural Adjustment Act was unconstitutional. Officials in charge here declared that the court decision will be a "shock" to Arkansas farmers who have. received near $44,000,000 for taking part in agricultural adjustment programs, and who are expected to receive additional $3,560,000 in cotton price an, adjustment payments on the 1935 crop.

Telegrams from Chester Davis, national AA Administrator, C. W. Warburton, director of the Agricultural Extension Service, and Cully A. Cobb. chief of the AAA Cotton Section, were received Monday night by C.

C. Randall, acting assistant director in charge of the Agricultural Extension Service, and transmitted immediately to county agents throughout the state. Instructions from the Washington office were to suspend all action on on page three) Lessons in Law-Making By the Associated Press 9. Seniority Is King Seniority is important in congress. hi is the first barrier confronting the new members, and there have been many bitter denunciations of its rule.

But seniority remains an important factor. The new member. for instance. applies for his office room. He gets what is left after all older members have made their selections.

He meets with it at any official dinnor he attends. The new member sits near the foot of the table. Favored committee assignments 40 10 the ollUr members. He encounters it in the committee room when he attends the first meeting. His place is the foot of the table.

The chairmen of the committees are the longest serving majority members. The ranking minority member of 3 committee is the oldest in point of service on his side. Much legislation is written by or determined by the conferees on conference committery of the house and Senate. Lusally the conferees appointed are the two senior Democrats and two anior Republicans en the reporting out the bills in each house. "It is an unwise performance." former Speaker Champ Clark once observed.

"tor any district to change representatives at short intervals. A new congressman must beem 211 the font of the class and spell up." Tomorrow: Committees at Work..