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FARMVILLE AGAIN
LEADS IN HIGHEST
AVERAGES PAID.
Pays From $1.50 to $2.00 More
Per Hundred for Tobacco
Than Greenville or WSson.
Leads Other Markets hi State
By Much Larger Figure.
According to the report recently
sent out from the State Agricultural
Department, Raleigh, out of forty
markets listed Farmville leads with
an average price of $25.07; Wilson (
follows next in line with an average
of $23.74; Greenville fourth with an ;
average of $23.32; Kinston $22.$9; '
Rocky Mount $22.20; Goldsboro
$20.60; Tarboro $20.50.
Is the above report not sufficient t
reason for you to market your to- ,
hacco in Farmville? Or is it that ,
you are content with less money? 1
Bring it to Farmville and enjoy the ,
difference. Farmville welcomes you.
NEWSY ITEMS OF \
INTEREST FROM J
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Falkland, Nov., 23.?All erf the j
Falkland teachers attended the ,
Northeastern District Teachers' as- ,
sembly that met in Greenville No
vember 16 and 17. ?
Misses Elisabeth and Mattie Vines ! j
Mayo, of Greenville, spent last week- ]
end with Miss Annie Mayo. 3
The many friends of Mrs, C. A. ]
Marslender- will be glad to learn that s
she is at home again and much im- t
proved after her recent course of <
treatment in Park View hospital in ]
Rocky Mount ? i i
The High School in Falkland is; <?
fast becoming the center of manyj
and varied interesting activities. A i
new literary society has been organ- *
ized and is carrying on regular bus- I
iness and literary meetings twice <
each month. A new publication has 1
recently made its appearance too? i
"The Falkland Hi-Light," which car- i
ries in its columns enlightening' and *
entertaining bits of information. '
Much excitement prevailed in the 2
school when the glad news from the *
Fountain-Falkland games was told? c
y made lo those first games 1
is~due the faithful coaches who have (
spent -much time with their teams, 2
Miss Oiive for the girls and Prof. 1
Goodwin for the boys. s
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Falkland, Nov, 15.?The Church s
Council plan is now in use in the 1
Falkland Presbyterian church. The
first meeting of this council, which c
is formed of representatives from all e
the various organisations within the ?
church, was held on Tuesday evening J
at the home of Mr. S. M. Crisp. As
one of the results of that meeting the '
council will recommend to the session 1
that a series of evangelistic meetings 1
be held in the church at an early 1
date. 1
The Woman's Auxiliary met on I
Tuesday, afternoon with Mrs. G. H. *
Pittman as hostess.
Miss Aldthia Cannady spent .last *
week-end at wj: home near Bath, '
N. a ... f
Mrs. J. L. Fountain, of Baleigh, was 1
a recent visitor in the home of her '
brother, My. E. C. King. - [
Mr. George B. Crisp was at home '
Sunday on his way back to N. C. '
State, after a trip to Roanoke Rap- 1
ids, where he played in the Carolina- '
State Freshman game.
Mr. 0. K. Goodwin spent last week- 1
end in Greenville. *
A special Armistice Day program j
was given in the school on Monday, ^
ixovenioensr snef ?u
scrip tare selection was readby Miss
Patterson war time poems by Edgar
Guest were given by Miss Olive and
Miss Crisp. r The High School cho
jBOs sang the national songs of Amer- .
ica, France ami England, after which
Prof. GapAgjn made a splendid tafic
on oor responsibilities in carrying
out the-iMr that were, fought fori;
ia the frict war. > /
On Wednesday morning at chapel j
tttm a short piano recital was gie
en by aevercl of the papils of Bliss 1
Lacy CrSp. Those.taking part were, J
Olive Mayo, Elaine Pferce, Edith J
I for"the j
held on Wednesday J
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PROMINENT GEORGIA
(Published by Request)
Editor Constitutibn: There are
some outrageous abuses of authority
being inflicted- upon the public by the
federal authorities, having charge of:
the collection of the income and vari
ous other taxes, which ought to be
corrected, and to this end it occurs to
me that the press of the country
would render a great service by tak
ing hold of the matter and expose
the harassing methods used and the
inconveniences and worries that v
long suffering and much suffering
public has endured uncomplainingly }
for a long time. Especially is this
important at this time as the nation
al election approaches. The party
that is given control of the adminis- 1
tration next time ought to be made 1
to give evidence in advance that it
will see to it that the payers of i
these taxes will have at least decenf
treatment and a square deal. '
If you will allow me space I will 1
give you some facts as to my own ex- ;
perience along this line, which no 1
ly?,,kf mono ntKnr HuoinPSC TTMUl U1 '
iiVUMU SJSCMSJ VW?V* ~ ? ?. v
the country will recogrnize as similar :
to their own. My only reason for 1
giving details of my own private bus- <
iness and personal affairs is to illus- '
trate the exasperating treatment to <
which all business men have been or 1
will sooner or later be subjected. 1
Several years ago the people in
md around this little village decided j <
to build a small cotton mill to be '
mown as the Summerville Cotton 1
?nills. No one had any large sum to ^
>ut into the project and we had to
scour the earth to raise enough stock '
;o start with. All the subscribers to ?
stock were people of limited means, 1
nany of them being women, who, 1
'rom their meager savings, took one *
>r two shares.
Revised Funds - 1
We raised enough money to build 5
Jie mill building and make a small ]
>ayment on the machinery, going in 1
iebt for the most of the machinery '
md starting without a dollar work* *
ng capital?trusting to luck or Prov- 1
deuce, one or both, to iqttt utf-J
hrough. Thus we began a high vaults 1
ng career, treading constantly, for *
several years, on the crumbling 1
>rink of bankruptcy, but Providence, <
>r hick, or hard work and -kgomaing I
economy eventually brought us out 1
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merfSm? president and treasur- J
>r of this institution from the first | *
md all the sleepless nights and loss I1
>{ appetite that fall to the lot of ,a s
small man in a trying and responsi- '
>le position?although it may be a <
imall affair?werd mine, an remit- t
ingly. 1
I have given you the above facts
>r setting of the_ situation' here to ?
fnahle you to properly and adequate^ c
ipp raise the facts and figures tRat t
shall hereinafter relate. . 3
Up to the time of the -world war ?
his mill had fairly' goed success and i
nade reasonable returns upon the >
noney invested and incidentally was j
t great help to this section bp. fur- ?
lishing a cotton market and paying t
;ood wages to a needy and deserving *
dass of employees. <
During the flush time occasioned I
>y the work! war and the inflation of -
he post-war period we made a large 1
imount of money?that is consider
ng the amount invested. Then came <
he income tax collector, and the ex- A
:ess profit tax collector, and the cap- 1
tal stock tax collector, and the col- 1
ectors of every other sort of tax that <
he ingenuity of human brain could i
nvenL We were told that the war
md brought flush times, which were 1
he results of great , expenditures
nothing was and about tfte^yiie).
m the part of the government and
hat we ought all to be wi^iik to
five a large part-Of our earnings to
ur government that it mightgey its
ebts. We n0 thought this waa right ^
ind just and good?we were eager
? pay , our pan. ' |
This particular' enterprise did not :
>ay much income and excess profit'
ax tall the year 191T.- It did not
tare much income tin pay on. But in;
917 I paid considerably oyer $20,000
neome tax besides capital stock tax," |
tate and fcounty, school, town tax,
11 found that Or mere Ordinary hu- ?;
nan being could, make out a tax ro
U)$s6 income tsx viw 211 tn?ir 1
wixiix JJr~ '
'<So Jw5n,
?a I -command, siitt pro ratione vol- .
StasT^I x&tioved my hat, as was
fitting and meet, but before I could
get my?%Soes off I somewhat regain
ed my poise, and I finally divined that
he was the whole United States epi
tomized, and backedby both the army <
and navy; but I was not mistaken in
my understanding that his "wish
must stand for the reason."
I do not know what his title was,
but the English of it.-is, he had come
to smell over my tax retnrns for 19tT I
and try to find something wrong with .
it-^these special examiners never find
anythirigrlght. If they eould not find,
that a taxpayer was delinquent '.or
should find that he had overpaid I
do not doubt that they would lose
their jobs?at least they evidently
think they would.
Another thing about this army of
socalied accountants, or experts or
special examiners that'" the govern
ment has prowling around and. not
ing into everybody's V business and
sagely telling us how. we ought to
.
run our affairs, no two of them ever
igree on the construction of any lawrr
or ruling of the higher authorities,
?r what is exempt, or what is nctex
?mpt. One will tell you to fix it one
ivay and the next one that qjjfrU I
ilong tells you the opposft$,-. >? ;
Well, he demanded every faipoy, ree
led, check,-paper, voucher, etc.; .that
1 had. He got them, of course; oth
BrwisevI do not suppose I would be
here to bell the tale.
He incubated for about a week and
then departed ? speechless a& a
sphinx. He never intimated that .
anything was wrong ox gave an op
oortunity to anyone to explain any
;hing.
Shortly afterwards I received the
unaaing statement that 1 still owed
?32,825.76 more taxes for, the year
191Y- This agent's bare statement,
lot even buttressed by a cheap oath, v
vas taken as" the absolute facts in *
he ease. I was put on the defensive. (
v'ot only Was the presumption against
ne<-but the case was closed against
n?J stood condemned already.
oriorn hope of redress was btfd out
>y graciously giving , me a few days
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0 snow qiuiw, u wi/ * muf ^
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fission, but only on condition that <
I sign an unconditional - waiver of the
statute of limitation?thus giving the i
igents and investigators all eternity 4
a dig me- up again as often as they \
tee fit?five or six years had not been <
ong enough. v ; ^ i
Annual Ordeal
Then there came the annual ordeal ^
>f making my return for 1918, and s
>y a change in the date of my fiscal c
rear, I made another return for eight >
nonths of 1919 Again I Had to call ?
n the aid of my $50 per expert. He
nade my returns and told me to sign j
?p the dotted line, which I did gladly ?
md with singleness of heart, and by t
?hese returns for a period of .one year t
md eight months I admitted - that 1 i
iwed the small sum of $245,384.50. 1 t
>aid this small amount and was glad
-delighted?glad that Ahe mill was 1
eft and I was left ' (
Well, by and d>ye, another expert ]
ame along and said my first ex?the I
150 per?had made an error and thai \
! had paid too much taxes and that if
: would give him mo?t of what'he re- c
:overed he would file a claim for a i
refund.
(continued on page 4) . ^ . - s
bounty ehapter. ^ '
"Please excuse pencil but I am flat
>f my bade and most answer your
etter which I just wish I could, do
irith a trip to Grenville and Pitt
bounty, to help yon in any and every
vay I could with the Boll Call." - -
"I am sorry to say that I amjiot as
veil and have been pat back, to bed
ind have to stay there half of every
lay, and have beeh asked to stop all
tkat wm nftt nhoAlntolv nPMR
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ary."
"Mr. Futrell, I just think of our
ilanned work so often, that with the
hildren I would hav^ enjoyed more
hah any in all of Pitt County and
hen to think that I got sick, and, as
ar as I am concerned, will not be able
o take it up again."
Ifl view of the work of Miss Hub
?rd, who is now?in bed on account
>f her wonderful activity in behalf of
Itt County's children, Ex-Service
Mien, etc., can we afford not to do'onr
rery best? ^
Greenville terms have practically
iompleted their canvass. They are
isked to finish at the earliest date
K. T. Futrell, County Chairman,
dates that Farmville, Ayden, Bethel,'
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Winterville, Grifton, Grimesland,
Fountain, Stokes, Falkland* and Pac
tolus are putting on their drives this
week and that Ape interest is being
evidenced in the drive.
In speaking of this drive Mr. Fa-,
trell said: "I want every section of
the good old county of Pitt to respond
itabfe showing that we can telegraph
Miss Hubbard and make the news act
magically on her weakened body and
bring recovery to one whose whole
soul and personality was wrapped up
in the people of Pitt County."
DR. COOK AND CO
s WORKERS DRAW
HEAVY SENTENCES
Texas 00 Operators Are Found
Guilty of Fraud.
Fort Worth, Texas,, Nov. 21.?Dr.
Frederick A. Cook, oil operator, who
was found guflty in federal court
here this afternoon of -fkatid in con
nection with the operation of the pe
roleum producers association of which I
he was sole trustee, was sentenced^
to serve 14 years and 9 months in
the federal arisen and assessed a!
fine of $12,000 by federal Judge Jno.
M. Killite. Fred K. Spith, treasurer
of the company, was sentenced, .to
serve 7 years, and was fined $12,000.
S. E. J. Cox was sentenced to eight
years and fined $8,000. Other co-de
fendants of Cook who were found
guilty, were also given sentences. ,
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I'm a wise old bird,
Indeed I am,
And full of goodness
Arcari be;
?T- If you doubt and think
That I dont know,
: Just ax me?and
Ax me and see.
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RECORD CROWDS
ARE EXPECTED AT
. FOOTBALL GAME
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Every Preparation Being Made
to Care for Crowd, More Than
10,000 Seats Already Sold.
Chapel Hill Nov. 21.?More than
10,000 seats already have been sold
for the annual meeting between the
University of North Carolina and Uni
versity of Virginia football teams
hene on Thanksgiving day.
There are 13,500 reserved seats in
the stands. Charles T. Woole, grad
uate manager, stated today that
preparations were being made to
handle 15,000 persons. Policemen
from a number of North Carolina cit
ies will be here to help handle the
crowds. ; . ; ,.;r ,
BIG FIRE TRUCK
TURNS OYER
HURTING FOUR
Mr. W. T. Barnes and Alonza
, Little Seriously Injured; the
Others Slightly Injured.
Creenville Nov. 21.?W. T. Barnes,
driver of the local fire truck, is in
the Fifth Street Hospital suffering
from a compound fracture of the leg,
Alonzo Little, negro fireman, is also
confined in the hospital suffering
from wounds on his head, and Police
Officer C. E. Swain, and a volunteer
negro fireman, Ben Outterbridge, are
suffering minor injuries, received
this morning about 8 o'clock when
the large Stutz fire truck on which
they were riding turned over at the
intersection of Fifth and Elizabeth |
streets. The truck is badly damaged
1 but is covered with liability and col-1
lision insurance.
The firemen were responding to
an alarm sent in from box 43, Tn
West Greenville, when the awful ac
cident occurred. Mr. Barnes was
driving with Alonzo Little on the seat
with him, the other oceupants of the
truck were in the rear.
Reports as to the exact cause of
the wreck vary. Eye witnesses state
that the truck was being driven at a
high rate of sped while others declare
^MAKE HENS LAY
HEEL' MORE EGGS
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Raleigh, Nov. 20.?Announcing to
day the results of a series of experi
ments in chicken feeding, Dr. B. F.
Kaupp, poultry investigator of the
North Carolina experiment station at
' State College, declared that the the
experiit ents showed that it pays to
keep Rhode Island Red hens awake
overtime by the use of 120 watt elec
tric lamps. w
Dr. Kaupp took two flocks of poul
try, giving one group 14 feeding
hours by the use of electric lamps
and allowing the other flocks only the
normal daylight, hours.
. When the test was concluded, he
announced, it was found \ that the
hens kept awake 14 hours With arti
ficial Uglrt laid 147 eggs per hen dur
ing a year, while these having no -ir
tificial light laid only 116 eggs per
hen during the same period. ' v
Durham ToSoon ^
W Have A Waman
On Police Force.
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Durham, Nov. 21.?Chief Walter P.
Dcby, of the Durham police depart*
ment, states that he has been consid-,
?ing the employing of police matron
for. the police department here. Hej
insinuated tqday that in all probabil-i
ity Durham will have ja police .worn*
an on the force within a short time.
Conditions have made it \necessary;
he stated that a capable matron be.:
employed to look after young wom
en and girls whoget into the toils
of the law.
Falkland High School Quints Defeat
I Fountain
Falkland, Nov. 21.?The boys' and
girls' basketball teaqu? of the Falk-:
land High School played the firsfc
games or their J923 season when
they met the Fountain teams on Che
Fountain court-on Tuesday afternoon,
November 20. s
The Falkland boys were winner*
by the close score of 9 to 8, while,
marked by quick, clean playing arid
splendid siTortsmanshlp, which is a
thing worthy of congratulation for
the teams and their .""respective
^wl^ . The Fom^Je^^
$250,000 FIRE AT
GOLDSBORO GETS
BIG LOT COTTON
Warehouse Owned by Co-Opera
rative Association. Cotton
Valued at $175,000. Covered
by Insurance.
Goldsboro, Nov. 21.?A warehouse
together with 950 bales of long sta
ple cotton were destroye<tsearly to
day. by a fire of undetermined origin.
The cotton, valued at $175,0&T, was I
owned by B. G. Thompson, local cot
ton trader. It was fully insured. Mr.
Thompson estimated this morning
that 15 per cent of the cotton could
be salvaged.
The warehouse, totally destroyed,
was the property of the North Caro
lina Tobacco Growers' Co-operative
Association and was valued at $75,
000.
The fire, discovered shortly after
midnight, raged for an hour beyond
the control of firemen, threatening;
nearby buildings, one of which was a
freight house of the Norfolk South
ern railway, caught fire. However,
the blaze was extinguished before
appreciable damage was done to this
building.
TEN MILLION IS
ASKED FOR PRO
HIBITION FIGHT
Washington, Nov, 20.?An appro
priation of more than $10,000,MO for
the enforcement of the prohibition
and narcotic laws during the next fis
cal year was said by prohibition of
ficials today to have been included in
treasury estimates submitted to . the
Director of the budget The estimates
include $1,250,000, an , increase of
$500,000 over this year's allotment,
for enforcement of the narcotic act
If these figures are agreed to by
Congress they will represent an in
crease of approximately $1^00/^90
over the appropriations granted for
the fiscal year ending June 30 next
With Treasury plans for a supple*
mental appropriation of $28,500,000
for additional coast guard cutters, and
personnel approved by the President,
together with the $10,000^ inchid
more than $4tyBMyO>0O would be jMlced
of Congress at the coming session for
enforcement of the prohibition and
illicit drug laws and for the preven
tion of rum smuggling.
Prohibition officials would not dis
close today for just what purposes
the increase in appropriations would
be used. A force of 1,522 prohibition
enforcement agents now is operating
throughout the country, but whether
it is desired to augment this force
could not be learned officially.
FARMVILLE FURNITURE
CO. GIVE AWAY THREE
f** VALUABLE PRIZES.
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This Finn Will Give Away Sev
eral More Prizes on Saturday,
Nov. 24 and Dec. 1st.
Saturday, November 17, dawned
clear and bright, bringing a huge
crowd to witness the first drawing of
prizes given away by the Farmville
Furniture Company.;
The first prize, an Allen Range,
vafoer;.$100.00, was drawn by M. C.
Hobbs; _Mk\ Hobbs had only . five
trade receipts in the box and was
overjoyed at his good fortune.
The second prize was drawn by
Mrs.' lizzie Allen. Jt was a $30.00
mattress, y A'
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The third prize was drawn oy. oen.
Burnette, a $25.00 set of silver. t
Mr. T. E. Joyner, manage^ pre
dicts the heaviest buying of all in
these last few days of this .sale, and
the trade has been steadily, increas
ing. He was very much pleased with
the distribution of. the prizes The
next drawing will be held on Satur
day, November 24, and the last on ..
Saturday, December 1.
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WANTS TO MOVE
STOCK OF BO02E
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| New York, Nov. 21.?Irene Cwtte
wants to move her supply of liquor,
valued at: cevend thousand dollars,
from her hbme in Ithaca, N. ^ 4o
her residence here. She made appli
cation for the transfer yesterday to
Mr. Ci 7^? ?yt'aU ? I
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