North Carolina Newspapers

?THE? ParmviBe Enterprise FARMVTLLE, N. C G. ALEX BOUSE Owmer and Manager 1VA HORTON 3HACKLKFORD Soetoty Editor Published by THE SOUSE PRINTERY SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: One Year |1.50 ADVERTISING RATES Display (Minimum) 30c per inch. Reader*, per Una l_5c Published weekly and entered as Second Class Mail Matter May 20, 1910, at the Poatoffice at Farmville, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3rd, 1878. ? ? _ TIME FOR ALL TO HELP ? The Red Cross is making good pro gress in its campaign to raise ten million dollars throughout the nation, to render aid to the hundreds of thous ands of people in the lower Ohio and Mississippi Valleys who have been rendered destitute by the combination of drought and hard times. This appeal for funds is one nobody with as much as a dime to 3pare can ignore. These are our own people who are actually suffering and in want More than half a million of them are already being fed and cared for by the Red Cross, which never waits un til it has the money but goes ahead and pledges its credit and that of its officials to get aid to the needy with out delay. "He gives twice who gives quickly" is one of the Red Cross mot toes. It is to be hoped that there will not be another cold wave in the stricken regions. Observers who have reported on conditions tl\ere say that a heavy drop in temperature would certainly mean great loss of life. It may well be that .the estimate of ten million dollars will not be enough, although the Red Cross has many times proved its ability to make a dollar go farther in helping the helpless than most peo ple can make five dollars go. Nobody need be afraid that his contribution will be wasted if given to the Red Cross, whose workers are trained but unsalaried, giving themselves as well as their money. And do not let the feeling that there will be money enough deter you from giving. PROHIBITION AND POLITICS The long- awaited report of the Wickersham Commission on the en forcement of the Prohibition law re opens on a national scale the whole question of whether or not Prohibi tion mh be enforced- That means that , the "Wet vs. Dry" issue will be one of the biggest, if not the dominant issue of the Presidential campaign of 1932. The Wickersham report itself is definite in its main conclusions and recommendations. It is opposed to re peal of the 18th Amendment It is opposed to the restoration in any manner of legalized saloons, It is op posed to the Federal or State govern ments going into the liquor business. It is opposed to any change in the law to permit the manufacture and sale of light wines and beer. It be lieves that the cooperation of the states and the support of public opin ion is necessary for complete enforce ment of the Prohibition law, but be lieves that there has been an improve ment in enforcement since the forces for that purpose were reorganized, although enforcement and obedience to the law are still inadequate, as are the agencies of enforcement. The commission recommends that more money should be appropriated for enforcement, and the organization and personnel improved and backed up by more efficient laws for the pro secution of violations and the conduct of investibations. In addition, the com mission recommended that "IF the I8?h amendment is revised" it should give Congress the sole power to regu late the liquor traffic, and not leave anvthme to the stAtes. ? w . With this last conclusion President Hoover, in his message transmitting Vae report to Congress, disagrees. He thinks that the burden of enforcement should not rest entirely upon the Fed eral Government. He has previously expressed himself as feeling that tRe states have not done their full duty. ?n?. with the main conclusions of the &mmission he agrees. All of the members of the commis sion agree on the general statements , of fact in regard to Prohibition en forcement, but some of them disagree with the conclusion, although all sign ed the report. In separate memoranda different commissioners expressed themselves ii favor of total repeal of the 18th amendment, of the Govern ment going into the liquor business or authorizing the states to do so, of changing the Volstead law without repealing the Constitutional provision for Prohibition, and of other pallia tive measures. Already the forces on both sides of the question are lining up for a great political fight next year. At present the Democratic party leader ship, in the North, at least, is wet sad getting wetter, while the Repub lican leadership is mainly dry and getting dryer. But Prohibition cuts across all party Sues, and one result of the pieeuit situation is likely to be some strange hew political line Vandals upset ISO srave markers sad atotuts is the two cemeteries at "BAD JOHN" OF HONEEK FAME DIES IN VIRGINIA Life Furnished Inspiration For Story, "Trail Of The Lone some Pine"; Was Leading Figure In Mountain Feuds Of Few Years Ago. Pound, Va., Feb. 4.?"Bad John" Wright, 88, who furnished the inspi ration for the character "Devil Judd" Tolliver in John Fox's "Trail of the Lonesome Pine," died here last Fri day in his native 6uraberfands a few miles from this mountain vilage. For years "Bad John" was a lead ing figure in the mountain ^feuds of this section, and later as an officer of the law was one of the most color ful characters of the time when "the law" pushed westward into the moun tain country. I Wright is definitely known to have killed nine men and the estimate ran as high as 36, but the mountaineer, while willing to tell thrilling stories of his career, never get a definite es timate. "B^d John" became ill muay months ago and grave fears were expressed last falL He is survived by a large number of relatives. All of Wright's peace officer cas ualties were the result of fugitives ! refusing to surrender. Earlier in life "Bad John" partici pated in the famous Wright-Hall feud in which a large number of men were killed. It was never established wheth er "Bad John" added any notches to his gun stock in this feud and in later 1 years he refused to talk about it. Although he did not know the ex | act year of his birth in Letcher coun ty, Kentucky, near the Virginia line, Wright guessed 1843 was the year. Those who knew him said' he was at lears ten years older. ' Wright, whose enormous stature also had given him the nickname of "The Tali Sycamore of the Elkhorn" was a guard at the Wise county, Vir ginia, jail when Fox knew him. The novelist and Wright became fast friends and Wright's experiences as drawn out by Fox furnished much of the color of the "Trail of the Lone some Pine." 4 1^1 V 1? ? Aiwiu/ug 11 ma c?iiy wmxi lion the character of Devil Judd Tol liver, Wright never read Fox's stories. After 40 years as a peace officer, his principal ambition, he told an in terviewer last summer, was to have the true version of his life written and printed. Known in his declining years as Uncle John, respected as a fearless officer of the law, he lived in a little cabin on the North Fork of the Pound river, not far from Wise, Va., "The Gladesville," where the noose claimed i several killers whose deeds provided material for some of Fox's characters. Two years ago Wright made a pub lic confession of religion and was bap tised in a mountain stream ceremony that attracted the hill folk from far and wide in Kentucky and Virginia. Straight as an arrow until his last illness, sharply through glasses he had worn only a few years, Wright liked to welcome visitors and had no hesitation in talking of events and places described in Fox's stories. Oft en he guided callers to where the lonesome pine stood and where lone some love was. Courageous, of gigantic stature and acquainted with his native Cumber lands as well as any man of his day, the noted mountaineer as an officer of the law gained a wide reputation. This reputation was that of an officer who "Got his m&n" and was won in a clay and a section when this depended to a large extent on a quick eye and an equally alert trigger finger. 'Bad John" had both. While he had been in ill health for some time, he apparently "made a complete recovery from his sickness last fall and his death came as a sur prise to many of his friends. After a Beloit (Wis.) citizen adver tised for someone to mow his lawn, 32 men applied for the job. T. J. Bryant, 68, teacher of a school near Henderson, Ky.f put a kettle of kerosene on the stove miataking it for water. The kerosene blazed and Bryant grabbed the kettle and ran to ward the door. His hand was so badly burned that he dropped the kettle and the burning oil spread over the floor, barring the path of the 11 pupils, 1 of whom was burned fatally. ? r The old U. S. Mint building at New Orleans, La., is to be converted into a Federal jail which will house 300" prisoners. . , An illicit whiskey still that had a' capacity of~l0,900 gallons a day, was seized by prohibition officers near Haxleton, Pa. Because he has four wives, ,?7-yeer old Ralph O.. Meigan, of Bladensburg, Md., is serving a sentence of 18 months in the Maryland Penitentiary for bigamy. ? Clyde Ray, of Lamesa, Tex, efeima to have-discovered a new method of exterminatfaig ants. He digs a bote be side the door leading.to the ants' nest and places a narrow-necked , bottle fat the ground with jost ^ .ogening & view. The ants, mistaktng the mouth of the bottle for their ow* front dbor, fall in. Oil in the bottle prevent* the insects from climbing out. PURE COTTON SEED GIVE BEST YIELDS Survey Made By Jerry fi. Moore Of State College, Reveals In teresting Facts Concerning Growing Of Cotton In North Carolina. Pure seed of improved varities pro duced the best quality of lint and ? give the gest yields of seed cotton as compared with mixed seed and poor varieties, according to a sur vey made on 232 farms in four gin ning areas last year. _ The survey was made by Jerry H. Moore, cotton technologist at State College, who secured samples of all cotton varieties grown, on the 232 farms. The samples were collected principally in Lenoir, Northampton, Union and Mecklenburg counties. Mr. Moo res says many interesting facts were learned during the course of the study. He found, for instance, that many /j growers got planting seed from neigh- j bora without stopping to investigate | the purity of the seed. In many cases, the seed so obtained were no better j than those already being grown on , the farm. It was found also that some ( growers change their seed every year and some never made a change. In . those areas where one cotton variety predominated, the seed stocks have been kept up to a fair standard with out any special effort to improve the seed or to prevent mixing at the local gins, ; It was found further that the length and uniformity of staple is directly associated with the selection and care of seed stocks. Pure seed of the improved varieties nearly always produce a superior staple as compared with the inferior staple from the short staple, mixed or run-down varie ties. to As a result of the survey, Mr. Moore is convinced that the source care of planting seed is the most im portant factor in the control of the farmer by which he may produce a uniform staple of good quality meas uring 15-16 to one and one-sixteenth j inch. He urges growers to get good I seed and then prevent their being mixed at gins. While Jesse Myers was driving his automobile on a highway, near Mech anicsburg, Pa., a doe deer leaped thru the window of the car. The glass was shattered and the body of the animal was wedged in the opening. RESULTS ARE SEEN IN FARM CAMPAIGN Farmers And Business Men Are Cooperating To Put Into Ac tual Operation The Slogan? '"Farm To Make A Living In 1931." "The 'Live-at-Home' campaign this year is already bringing results in all sections of the state," according to Charles A. Sheffield, assistant di rector of the North Carolina State College Extension Service. "Every where farmers and business men are cooperating to put into actual opera tion the slogan of the campaign this year, 'Farm to Make a Living in 1931,." However, Mr. Sheffield finds that there are some misunderstandings among the fanners relative to the raising of certain farm products. He found on trips made during the past three weeks, in connection with speak ing engagements, that the farmers of the state had sold off brood sows quite heavily last year, to obtain ready cash. He thiuks that this is an incorrect policy. He feels that the brood sow is one of the best invest ments on the farm and a sure money maker. He urges fanners everywherp to increase instead of diminish their hog supply. Another interesting farm fact learn ed daring the January campaign was that farmers in sections where they kept no poultry records, had sold off much poultry. "Where they did not know that they were making a smalt profit on the poultry dock, handled! without much trouble and with a min imum time effort, many farmers de pleated their flock foetus* they thought that they were losing money or making none. In most cases, if they had kept accurate records, they would have found they were making a profit A poultry flock of 50 or mere hens ought to bring in a small but steady income to any farmer any where in the state." Mr. Sheffield urges the farmers this year to in crease their flocks and not, to sell too many hens for meat profits. He also met several individuals who readily admitted <that they made a good living last ;year, doe to the raising of hogs, poultry and garden produce. ' ? . . ' 1 ? > ? A new telephone instrument of gold and mother of peari, engraved with the papal coat of arms, has foten pre sented-to the Pope by an American company which recency installed', a telephone system in Vatican City, Italy. . .. \ Every U. S. congressman will rep resent about 280,000 constituents tmd ed the proposed reapportionment of the Bouse. / ; ||||jg|p " * An 80-foot spar from the historic battle-ship, Old Ironsides, will serve as the flagpole of a school at Topeka, Kan. Every important highway in the United States will soon be equipped with emergency^ first-aid stations which will render free service .to in-1 jured motorists, according to a plan of the American Red Cross. The number of persons?men, wo men and children?directly effected by the unemployment situation in the United States is estimated at more than 20,000,000. When motor trouble forced G. T. Robertson to stop his truck near Rich mond, Va., he picked up from the highway, a penny match box that con tained $20. Despite his 80 years, Daniel Mc Neil, ofxFulton, Kan., works daily on his farm and recently helped on high way construction. Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. Manley, both past 80 years of age, of Los An geles, Cal., are believed to be the old est newly-weds on record. Chinese -officials who resent the photographing) by jfepqrists, of beg gars, huts, naked children and other unpleasant bits of China's life, claim that such pictures detrimental to the best interests of the nation. Herbert C. Pries, railway switch man, of Cleveland, Ohio, won $67,827 with the $1 ticket he purchased in the Cambridgeshire Sweepstakes Lottery which is operated ot Newmarket, Eng. 1 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Joseph Tyson, -de ceased, late of Pitt County, this ia to notify all persons having claims a gainst the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned, at his office in Farmville, North Caro lina, on or before the 20th day of January, 1932, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to.said estate will please make immediate settlement This the 20th day of January, 1931. R. T. MARTIN, Admr. NOTICE OF SALE Under and by. virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of Trust executed by Mrs. Nannie B. Flanagan, (widow), S. M. Flanagan, and E. M. Tyson, Adinrs., of estate of J. H. Flanagan, Ruberta Tyson and husband, Elbert M. Tyson, Leon S. Flanagan and wife, Eloise M. Flana gan, Maybelle Turnage and husband, A. C. Turnage, Samuel M. Flanagan and wife, Ora Flanagan, Myrthe D. Flanagan, Thel ma Flanagan, Alfred J. Flanagan and wife, Alice B. Flan agan, Seba E. Flanagan, and Mrs. An nie Flanagan, to John Hill Paylor, Trustee, under date of July 1, 1930, of record in Book N-18, page 271, Pitt County Registry, default having been made in the payment of the indebted ness therein described, the undersign ed will sell for cash to the highest bidder, before the courthouse door in the Town of Greenville, North Caro lina^ on ->* -?> Saturday, February 14, 1931 at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described tract of land, lying and be ing4 in Farmville Township, Pitt County, State of North Carolina, and more fully described as follows: Be ing a tract of land formerly owned by the late John H. Flanagan, situated near the Town of Farmville, said tract of land being bounded on the north by the Plank Road, on the East by Mill Branch, on the South by Mid dle Swamp* and on the West by a ditch which forms a junction with said; Middle Swamp, ssid tract con taining 247 acres more or less: as sh^wn by plat and survey made March 31, 1920 by R. E. Beaman, Surveyor. Said sale being made to satisfy in debtedness secured by said Deed of Trust. ; This th 10th day of January, 1981 John Hill Paylor, Trustee John B. Lewis, Attorney. ?in THE WORLD'S LARGEST TIRE, TO BE IN FARMVILLE TODAY (FRIDAY) UNTIL ELEVEN O'CLOCK, A. M. "?? ? , George Holston, Goodyear dealer, is i sponsoring the exhibition here Febru- 1 ary 5th and 6th, of the world's largest ] tire. ' 1 This massive casing stands 12 feet high and is four feet wide. It is a i standard All-Weather tread balloon in i svery respect save size. 1 Goodyear built the tire in line with i its policy of pioneering and research thru which have come most of the most important developments in the! Lire industry. Today; the massive casing is unique and something to quicken wonder, ft is logical to assume that the future tvill find tires of such towering size a necessity and that they will enjoy a niche of their own without exciting undo comment. ? ' A prominent tire manufacturer, when shown this rubber giant regist ered no surprise. He expressed tlfe opinion that the day would come when mammoth planes would be built need ing tires as big or bigger than this one. The tire giant weighs 1800 pounds with wheel. Forty-five minutes are resuired for inflation to a pressure of three pounds. The diamond treads measure 16 inches in length and 10 inches in width. The tire will be on exhibition on the streets of Farmville from 5 P. M. Thursday until 11 A. M., Friday. ? ? / Niagara Falls Drops a Piece of Its "Up" jj * Without warning, in. the night when nobody was looking, a huge chunk of limestone about 175 feet and 150 feet wide broke off the edge of the American Falls at Niagara and plunged into the gorge below the Falls. Tliis changes the countour of the Falls completely, but without impairing their beauty. The rock is gradually wearing away hut this is the largest single break in recorded history The photograph was from'Goat' Island, looking, toward the American side. _? ? / 1 >K \ *?c 0flllrjppep '// fioOONEt* / MOW v/hatJ THE MATTER I'M COUNTING/ YOU " YOLO MB TO COUNT , TH A HUNDR/ED , \WHBN l GOT MAP^y 7 X r-^Ti w?LU I'VE TEC? UP -) TO FOb& HUMpReo AMO FOCTy j 'Five AMP AM MAPDER'N eve* > _ k" - ? / \ ?rp/zau It % QMite-: a*JU Y JINGL?5/r| . # a . I ARv hAO A LiTTlE LAMP'' ? r ^'O/sne-n to BUT?H?R_ HU T TON, ANjP the lamb THAT MACv HAO v/vM NAa6HT t?UT Hi <3 H pl'iceo mu"tf)n HOOKERTON NEWS Guy Taylor, of Kinstori, was a Hook erton visitor Monday. * * * . ... > ?? . Messrs. W. F.. Taylor and R. A. McCauley, were Snow Hill visitors onday morning. * * * Rev. C. C. Ware, of Wilson, was a ' Hookerton visitor Sunday and preach ed at the Christian church Sunday morning. -" - * *. * - ? % 1 H. A. Hooker, of Kinston, was on our streets last Saturday. J. I. Morgan, of Farmville, was a 1 Hookerton visitor Saturday. * *' *. Drs. Sabiston and Tyndall and i Misses Roberts and Helms of Kinston, were visiting' a* the home of Dr. and rs. Dawson Sundhy evening. ? ? ? Prof. C. H. Mason spent the week end at his home near New.Port. j John Wpsley Winstead ,ofElm City, was a Hookerton caller Sunday, ?t* * ? .4 Lois I. Johnson was a/eoent Ben- i son business viaitor. i tjZf ? . 4 ?Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Hardy, of Or mondsville, were Hookerton visitors Monday. * * * , J. L. Hearne, of Greenville, was a business visitor here Saturday after noon. * * * '? Mrs. (W. L. Lyons, of Ayden, was on our streets Saturday afternoon. 0 0* ?Ronald Matlock has returned to Duke University after spending a few days at home. 0 0 0 1 R. A. McCauley was a Greenville visitor last Friday. ? ? * Rev. JJ. C. Humbles filled his ap pointment at the Methodist Church here Sunday evening". ( ? * * * E. W. Hary.tt was a recent busi ness visitor here. * ? R. P. Aihten, of Snow Hill, was a visitor here Saturday evening. Miss Some Dixon and party were Kinston shopping visitors Saturday i afternoon. ' . i, . While seated on a corner-stone of ' ie family's cemetery lotat York, Pa., J 17-year-old1 Clarence R. Rogers shot.1 md kUl^d .v ;? '? i --v.' The clock in the town hall, Castle ton, Isle of Man, has been in continu ous operation for 380 years. When a giant eagle collided with a military piano in raid air, at Risalpur, India, the machine was wrecked and tjje 2 aviators who occupied it were killed. According io the will of his grand mother, Thomas. F. Torry, of Scran ton, Pa., must marry and become a father if he fvants possession of ar? $850,000 estate. A 78-pound gold nugget valued at $26,785, is reported to have been found by a 17-year-old boy at Lark inville, West Australia, A very ur.us-ia' marriage was that of Vivian C. Jolmr.cn, cf Minneapolis, Minn , who was wedded, by telegraph, to Wm. L. Kinsell while he was in Alaska, 1 ? . n . j 11 -? -n \ ' A ferry, service, operated for J.00 years, hao bc:-:i rt jj.aced 1-y a $240, 'JCO bridge over thp Trinity RJver, near ?Madisonrijle, Toxgs. The $875,000 bequesther to Pn? foy, Ohio, by W. u. P*aatz, who aied recently, yill pay all of the city's ioh'.'s and' leave a surplus in itj} treas ivy.t . : ? ? .