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With 2,695 Votes Registered,
2,164 March To Potts And Vote
For Prep oo itioo. Much Interest
Tnken In Section With Gen^
eral FeoMng That Honor of
?Hy of Raleigh Was nt Stake.
Chairman Crow Given Credit
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^tetgh; ?. July 27-^The $75>
090 State Fair bond issue was voted
yaatairiay by Raleigh people by
_a lain* majority. ; .
Oat oi the total registered vote of
2^95 than were 2464 ballots cast for
the bond issue, and only 36 vqtes cast
apafeat it*
There wave tR-mm votes cast for
a majority^ and counting the 495 vot
ers who stayed at home its bong a
gainsk tbe proposition there was a ma
jority of 1,633.
CSty Clerk Joe Sawyer, rbo did a
Ltedbaaga at the city hall by bieak
? ing a world record foj quick compu
tation of electam returns, figured it
[' 24?f wlt^o^5BVlJfrrity
RR^r.^mi^ger of the"^
hk<p?i*g the majority. Ha figured
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Golfing Wonder ..
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lluhb jaw,'Gju. today is
ibc age. HU^k' for 72 "haies, 6 hel
ler thai ever sci>re4.m .British offe t
title i*ty, woatf&crowa a?d highe* ?
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LitvSaUefd fee effhS^S
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Enlarging her three mammoth ware
houses and numerous plants to almost
double capacity and with: two corps of
buyers promised again this year,
Farmville is anticipating a banner to
.baccc season. The crop is exqep$iona}ly
good in this, the center of the bright
tobacco belt, and the fanners are
pleased with the leaf curings.
The local lharket is one of ; the
strongest in the State having eight
large compiariies. and-several independ
ent buyers witjjt two sets - Of -buyers
representing them last year. A -fetal
of/14,588,076 pounds of . the golden
tfreed was sold here fe,;1^2ft. (three
million pounds more than in ld2?^r at
an average of $28.08.
Pitt comity leads the State in the
production of leaf tobacco with 29,
674,197 lbs. soU. in. 1926 at 28 cents
per pound, making a total of $6,825r
065.81, accon&Jg to government fig
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?ri Mrs-Krnest Gaynor ^vl
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? sister^ Mrs, S: X|&cfc
FarnvUk: Looks I
Local Boys Putting In Full Time
(Practice Periods Getting In
| Shape of Big Event.
Thes local volunteer firemen are I
puttmgSn every minute spare time
practicing for the State Firemen Con- -
vention which convenes in Greensboro ;
August 22nd. f r; <
jfhe boys are determined to bring
home the bacon from this meet as they
did a few years ago in Durham?only
Ktfigy expect to bring borne more bacon. 1
Altnost. every afternoon, you can hear
the clanging of the bell and shrill
i?&of the syrette as the boys go about
thqfer practice in a business like man
The team will compose of eight
however, Capt. R. Joyher I
ie expects to take at feast eleven
vith Jiim to the Convention as
sveir ean toll' what boys .will do
?nen they get sway from home and> \
he wants to have a full team on nana
at 4H 'times.?An ounce of prevention
?9 worth a pound of cire, you know. f;^l
The boys are having a rather tough < I
tinto" getting real practice as nobody,
wilt burn up their house here lately,
and:ihey have-te play that they are ; I
fighting the red demon.
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On Methodist Steps|i
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I Urtfcr the auspices of the Woman's
Clubj Story hour will be observed each
Tuesday and Friday at J5 P. M, on the
steps of the Methodist church. All
children of Fannville anil surrounding
comipunity are invited and requested
to be^.present Miss Vivian Case will
have Charge of the Hour Friday after
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I Air Tout of V. S. |
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Thea Has '*, wealthy audited
German Aviatrix. now in U. S. who
will tour the IJ. S. hr an airplane giy- ;
ing exhibitions at various centers.
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Greenville, July 26.?Mrs. Anada 11
McLawhorn, 50, wife of W. Bert Mc
Law horn, committed suicide Saturday]
by drowning herself in a small credtj
about ? hundred yards from her horfe]
on the Cox Mill roa(Jf five miles from
Contracts Let Monday Morntair .
And Work Will Begin At Oacfc; ! <
^ To Be Completed; By PwiA- <?:
' ber. Building To Ouue N* 2*.
debtedness As Town Haa
Money In The Bank To Meet
Bills.
At a meeting Monday morning at *
eleven o'clock, sealed bids for the <
construction of the munitfpalT
building to be built here jvere opened,
read and the ones deemed best to tha^,
interest of the city, were accepted. >
E. F. Taylor, of Goldsboro, was a
warded the construction contract for^
the figure $19,692.00.
The Heating and Plumbing contract ^
went to J. D. Aman for the sum of,,
$2,480.00.
. The electrical work was awarded. ?r
the Carolina Willys Light-Co., for tbf ,I\
figure of $617.00. ": .
The jail work went to J. L. Cooky W
for 3,316.00. * k
The screening went to J. L. Lawstt S
at $472.40. . > V 5
The tdtal of all contracts let at the 4
meeting was $26,476.40. '' \ 1
In building this building Farmville
is filling a long felt need tttd the ae-;
tion of the town authorities meets ?
with the hearty approval .of tat, eW- ; ,5 I
?enship of our1 town. | C . . ?
ig One thing of special interest to ?2
ill is the fact that in building this : ft
wilding Farmville is NOT going
lebb?it has the money in the bank >: * ?.
ready to meet all bills promptly. This ;V I
?s seldom the case~wjhen anj?|bwn $ I
? uae of i'arnmUe unaeruuses
I Anything requiring ?qch money.,
I While all departments thte town ^
have contributed tc the surplus out of
which the town will finance this build- a
ing, the lion's share of credit goes to v
the Water, and Light - Departments
wffere anet profi^of ,
mentj until the past two -years has
^rcidiTwhTre I^la'd^*
tnfi tire trues. upstairs will, ik WrB
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J lOty OCCupiCu Oy Luc xvOUSc
complejl and turaedPov^o
I town by J^ecema^r first. . ^
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