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Officers and
Per Year to Begin With.
There are Now Ninety-Two
Members, AH of Whom Are
Enthusiastic.
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The newly organized chamber j
of commeace met Monday night
to effect a permanent organiza
tion and to elect a board of di
rectors. A large and enthusiastic
crowd gathered a the town hail
by the time the meeting was
called to order. The temporary
officers were made permanent
and the following directors were
elceted:
Dr. Paul E. Jones, J. R. Davis,
R. L. Joyner, C. L. Hardy, B. A.
Joyner. J. Loyd Horton, W. H.
Moore, W. A. Lewis, and J. Y.
Monk. The aim of the chamber
of commerce was to have the
country and town well fed as
equally represented on the board
as possible and the above result
ried out Of (iris number the
following- came frog the sur~|
feature of the newly organiaS?
teres* taken in it by the men
Farmville is primarily a fanning
section, some of the best farm
lands in the Stale heing situated
here, suid the cooperation be
twees the townspeople and the
country people will assure the
ax a much broader field and met
the unanimous approval 0f~*B
present, both townspeople and
fanners.
hi v^ld r most powerful
chlight it beii& contracted
Brooklyn. g Atop the new
try Gyroscope ^ Company's
ihattan Bridg^?"pin?
the Brooklyn Navy yard last
May, which could tp seen for
tterty-five miles.? New York
National Campaign Committee.
Chairman McCormick explained
that it was to the general aid of
the producing citizens of the
country that the President had
tever:. jS haf
an important
as administrative, is
for its support *
Particular pains have bee*
ii?keu to fester production by
every promising means, and
careful thought has been given
especially to the matter of in
3SP*?."
3. Gredlly iuaeasedrfrovision |
actment of the
ricultttral Extei
veyioi agncul
to farmers and
idnctog
the States and the
ling in each of the 2,850 rural
counties of the nation two farm
demonstrators ^and specialists'
who will assist ihe demonstra
tors in the more difficult prob
lems confronting them. . fj W
If Distribution and F/nanee g ? "
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f |ysten\atip provision tor the
first time has been made for the
concerns distnouiion
ing, rural finance, and
ganization.
5. Provision was maae prompt
ly for the creation, of on office
of markets and runtf organiza
tion, and the appropriations lot
this, inckiding those for enforc
ing new laws designed to pro
mote better marketing, "have
organizations |
in bringing to t
the leading men
Best thought oft
structive, non pi
Preparations a
to send formal
Officials, me
Jature, Cong!
in each county,
that every eou
agriculture and for the ; national
developme't is the Federal Aid
Road act. This measure will
conduce to the establishment of
more effective highway machine
ery in each State, strongly influ
ence the development of good
road building along right lines,
stimulate larger production and
ler and more attractive rural life,
add greatly to Jhe convenience
and, economic welfare of all the
people and strengthen the na
tional foundations. The act em
bodies sound principles of "road
legislation and Swill not only
will also result in the more effi
cient use of the large" additional
sums made available by Slates
and localities.
It The Federal Reserve act
benefits the farmer, as it does all
the other people of the nation,
brgoaraj,teciD j feuer banking,
safeguarding the credit structure
of 1he country, and preventing
panics. It. takes particular note
of the special means Of the far
mer by making larger provision
for loans through national banks
on nrfm-inorigages and by giy-|
12. It was essential, however,
thatbanking machinerv be de
vised which #ould ttiach'iafr
inately into the rural districts,
thai.it should operate oniterms
suited to the sferruferV needs, and
should be under sympathetic
management The need was
by the enactment of the Federal
Fatm Loan act
I am glad to have had an op
portunity to take part in the e*
ecution of this large program,
which I. believe will result in
making agriculture more profi
table and country life ri*>re
therefore, insure the retention in
rural districts of an efficient and
contented population. Faithfully
yours/ WOODROW WILSON.
Hon. A. F. Lever, Chairman,
Committee on Agriculture.
House of Representatives.
The letter will be used by the
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Tells Editor Why He Gets Gooc
Recently a merchant of Nat
chez happened to see a farmer
receive a box at' fche depot and
noticed that if was from '9 nidi
order house. Fie also noticed
that the goods were right in his
line and the same as he earned
for years. ;^fie immediately ap
proached the faaner and said: y,
^ "I could have sold yoti: the
goods you have here for less
and save? you freight;' i
"Then why diduY^u dose?"
said the farmer. "1 have taken
the lo:al paper for a year and
have not seen a line abojut your
selling these or any other goods.
This mail order house sends ad
vertising matter to me asking
for my trade, and it gets it. U
you have any bargains, why
don't you put them in the paper
SP we cao pee what they ueT-r
?Natchez (Miss,) Democrat
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New York, Aug. 21? Gasoline
will drop to 20cents in practical
ly every section of the country
within tto^nreeks, Standard Oil
officials say. At the same time,
they denied that the -govern
ment's investigation of the ad
vanced prices had anything to
do with the reduction.
Prices ha^t- been falling Steadi
ly throughout the West and Mid
dle West in the last few days.
The decline* the Standard! Oil
men say, is due to the fad that
crude oil wells drilled last year
are now Rowing exceptional
yields, crude oil regulating 'the
price of gasoline.'. 2 ? % ""1
figures co
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Mme.de Thebes Says P<
- Declared Before 1917, and,
Will
1 Come Suddenly aadUnexpc^ *
| edly, Road of Guns GeasL,
(fever night
^fNew York Herald) ' . ,
The Paris correspondent of
the Berlongske Tidende has had
an interview with Mme. A.de ?
Thebes, well known French j
clairvoyant and astrolager, in
which she emphatically States -,,
that the war will end before the ;;
new year. She it was who said .
in 1513 that the year 1914 would .
be the year of heroism, and de
spite much shedding of blood
and tears would be a great year
for Fraiice and place her in the
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Thebes in her home in the Ave
nue de Wagram. She at first #
declinedto be interviewed, re
ferring the correspondent to her
almanac for 1916, but she finally
consented to give him the follow- !
ing message:
??Germany has opened the eye* .
fe'i! mih" T J' j
of the world and has given us
a great lesson in military
ci
wUl
war 1>eIohgs to the nattfral J
Order of things, and the ^esent ?
war will teach even the smallest 4 ^
nations that they must always be
prepared for war. The wolf will
devour the lamb when he gets
theopportunity.^jxfe^: ^ ~
"I have predicted tbat the war ? > f
will end this year, and I desire to
say now, despite all cireum
* and arguments to the
contrary, tha^ peace' will be de
clared before the new year. And
peace will come suddenly and
unexpectedly. The roar of the K
guns will cease over night, and
the soldiers on both fronts wffi
be called home to peaceful pur
suits. Fate has so decreed it." -
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