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/" -"'?"" . *<??$ e*l& - m n mm ?? ? ?** ' *Mj^' ' " ^ * : ? IN ? ' | T Too To Trade With ttm + ' Ill I IT'* - ?,. ?,?? ,*-mnKR 1A 1918 NUMBER TWENTY-THBEB ? fabkviixr. rrrr county. north Carolina, fbiday, octobeb k m? BLDME TWENTT-iaNK^- ?? ? ^ ^ ^ Roosevelt Says NaHon To Spread Preparedness - > "J Announces Decision to f Expand Defense Pro gram (hi Heels of Hit- j ler's Warning. j Washington, Oct. 11. ? President Roosevelt today announced that the! United States will speed up rather than retard its national defense pro gram and that an increase of $150, 000,000 will be needed in neat" year's naval budget. O: I The proposed increase, which Mr. Roosevelt said at his press confer ence is necessary to carry on new warship construction, would bring the naval appropriation for next 'year to a record peace-time high of more than $700,000,000. The President's decision to accel erate his "second-to-none" navy pro gram was interpreted as an answer j to German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's i speech at Saarzrucken last Saturday j when the Fuehrer warned the world! ' that Germany would continae her j armament program because^jhe can j not trust Great Britain ana France. Race Gooes On This declaration, in the opinion of foreign affairs experts, and others, precedes the possibility of a1 < world disarmament conference for at'1 least another year, and is regarded i as a blunt negative answer to pro- < ponents of a conference at this time,' ?' including Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles, who a few days prev-; iously had issued an official *feeler" on the subject. .. C ?' j; The increased naval construction : program may be accompanied by < larger expenditures for the Army, i particularly for coast defense and anti-craft batteries, which are said to be insufficient for national securi ?ty. ? . President Roosevelt did not specify what now vessels he would ask Con- | ( grwi ta appropriate for, but be re cattei, that the last session made funds available to begin construction of fo?r battleships as replacement j for over-age craft and authorized , construction of three more super- 1 J 1 ??4 ? ?iluq?aw OIWUUIUgUM, fLuu a gcuuu ? of 20 per cent in the fleet's Citing strength. "- v? It is believed that the Chief Exe- , cutive will give the go-ahead signal , on the four battleships for which funds are available within the next tbc. months, giving the United States wcx first-line vessels on the ways dur- , fng 1989, including the North Caro lina and Washington. This country sow ha s between 60 and 70 other warships under construction. Continuing discussion of national defense problems, Mr. Roosevelt said , he favors the present ratio of Works Progress Administration projects in Hawaii between municipal and de fense programs. This ratio devotes a large proportion of projects to de fense construction. Both the Army and Navy are un dertaking large-scale developments in the Hawaiian group with a view to establishing it as the "Gibraltar of the Pacific" and Americans western most frontier of defease* Mr. Roosevelt said duct' Hswiian officials had suggested that more of the emergency money be diverted to municipal projects. He said he Is continuing his study at foreign espionage in this country with a view to coordinating action to counteract it. ^ SettlementMade By Reid Gaskins Qxeenville, Oct. iltfc. --/Official J. R. Gaskina, former easier of State Bank and Trust Co., has made full settlement with the hank cowering Gasfcin^nei^J^tt the bank. and vie well" known throughout the coun ^A. uncement mode- today IK ro|Tt lC^Y ffffJfl - ?' ] ^ ^mmm*mi ?1 ' "^X* ^ yr^V^^I rt?B'-''ttn.' S2i?1Ife^ _; _r' -" "*" - ? ? V_ ? ?1 _ 1* ^ ^KLk^iI Ktf vfHl Aorta. vjaroujm 9 toD^^^^TdiTector. ftm jyA yAQ -. jjHTJV - Muj jEffPffftup\t SKCHMM ft . ,. ? j ? (J* . ? . - ir aijl krtfnA SHERIFFS' PLAN Z GAINS IN FAVOR, LARKTX SAYS An "encouraging response" is be ing received fro? over North Carolina to tBa proposed constitu tional amendment to be voted upon in the general election on NinndJna 8 to boost the terms of sheriffs and coroners from two to- four years, State Senator John D. v LarkinS - Of Jones County, chairman of the Citi zens' Committee working in behalf of the amendment, said Tuesday. "Leading Democrats as well as Republicans are writing in to say they favor the proposal on the grounds the sheriffs and coroners should have four-year terms as much ? 5Situ?wiai? rVvnwfa And CkS 11C1AO Wi WU^V*4W? ? . Registers of Deeds," Senator Larv kins said, "Governor Hoey, ""all the State officials and many other Jead ing Democrats are becking the move ment." In event the amendment is adopted by the voters next month, sheriffs and coroners elected in the Novem ber 8 election will serve four years instead of two in case the amend ment is ratified before sheriffs and coroners are sworn in for new terms on the first' Monday in December, Senator I^rkins said, adding he could see no reasoh for any delay in Ratification in event the amend ment is adopted. Senator Larkins has a desk in State Democratic headquarters, and is sending out hundreds of pamphlets showing why in the opinion at the. Citizens' Committee the amendment should be adopted. Thought for the Week >* y,i.. Norfolk, Va. ? Here is something in which I think you will be interest ed: Did you ever stop to think?that bard times mean nothing to a hen? She just keeps on digging worms and laying eggs, regardless of what the newspapers say about conditions. If the ground is hard, she scratches harder. If it is dry, she digs deeper. If she strikes rock, she digs works around it. But always she digs up worms and turns them into hard shelled profits, as wall as tender broilers. Did you ever see a pessimistic hen? Did you ever know of one starring to death, waiting for worms to dig themselves to the surfaced Did yoa ever hear one cackle because times, were hard? Not on your fife. She saves her breath for digging and cakles for eggs.. Auto Races afState Fair 6g Sstyrday Raleigh, N. C-, Oct 13. ? The final auto races for the year 1938 to be held in North Carolina under the sanction of the contest board of the American Automobile Association, will be on Saturday; Pctober 15, at the North Carolina State Fair on the fast Raleigh halfmile track. A complete AAA program, spon^. sored by Hankrnsin Speedways, world's greatest auto race organisa tion, will ba offered with six events of hot speed totafinftftHTiOO laps of motor maihftas, featuring some of the greatest speedway and dirt track drivers of the ,United S^tes, includ ing Duke Naloo, the leading jAAA, dirt track winner of mile track world's record holder. Nalon has won recently at Rich mond and Winston-Seism *nd has a long ran of other victories to his credit in 1938 in the far dart, dUd dlewest and nocOieast. Other? who Mar^Liffht, ^ Dtrteh Evan*, Jack Grubb, Bill H?Ihuid, T*p _ - ^ ^ e% ? ' a. > ^".v." it apeody and dus%l?$s for Sttarfifi TS668' start jhottiy aft6? i^n aoos [ ' ^ ^ y^j?- . ^y, ~ /'a?. ?;; *K:. *W? .'% . ! - -? > ? . ??- % - ?;??".>? .jt'-"~~.-' "*?'-;- ,,J. v.; I SWWpBl BlTOfl XIIHL - . - ?? ? Japanese Lwcli ; Drive to Ctptire j Sooth CUm City Air Raid Cutting Rail road PreoedtrLand Of fensive Aimed at Can ton. - ??? ~ Hong Kong, Thursday, Oct 13. ? Japan cut tin Hong Kong Canton railway from the air today_while her land forces drove towards Waichow, key city in the outer defenses of the great South China metropolis of Can ton. The Japanese were pressing their surprise invasion of South China, de signed to crush Chinese Nationalist Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and force an early end of the 15 months old Chinese-Japanese war, with everything they -had?airplanes, war ships, mechanised land forces and in fantrymen. ' - . ^ ~r l A great battle ~ was developing south of Waichow, which is about 80 miles east and slightlx south of Can ton and slightly north of the small port of Haichung on Bias Bay, where the Japanese landed'from 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers ^rly yesterday. A motor road leacB from Waichow to Canton; and once the outer city is taken, the situation of the metropolis, on which Britain's Hong Kong colony depends for most of its trade, will be precarious. Million Men. The Chinese Kwangtung provin cial government was mobilizing 1," 000,000 men" to resist the invasion, but British military intelligence re ports said most of the Chinese were poorly armed and lacked airplanes, tanks and modern artillery. One report was that the Japanese were landing additional soldiers to day from their big military base on Formosa island to the east of their Bias Bay foothold. A British correspondent who flew over the Bias Bay area said ha saw j more than 100 Japanese shipe packed; in Bias Bay from which landing ves sels wpre transporting thousands of men ashore. "The beach was black with Japa nese," the correspondent reported. Meantime, there was nO indication ?* ? * ? ? s here that the Japanese wotua neea a warning delivered {he Tokyo gov ernment by British Ambassador Sir Alexander L. Craigie, who warned Japanese Premier and Foreign Min ister Prince Fumimaro Konoye that Anglo Japanese relations might be imperilled by the Japanese invasion of South China. Craigje reminded Konoye of Brit ain's east economic and political in terests in South China and pointed to the .danger of 'incidents" if the Japanese attack in force in areas where Britain has so many nationals and so much property. France was expected to make sim ilar representations because of her interests In southeast China and the threat to bar great Indo-Chinese col ony <r' ' BELVOIR-FAKLAND SCHOOL TO PRESENT PLAT FRIDAY An old timey, old fashioned Dis trict School entertainment will be held at- the Behroir-Falkland high aefcooT Friday night, October 14, at right o'clock. The public is urged to' attend. .... ' . -,y.; ? Yin Yonefcnnon, each an brtm SZS1SSS2WIS w'anerted today by Dapu in Anderson Creek Townsmp swur ? dsy Afternoon ! " li? 8&lu. vflftv &I[6r (Uv'mVw, **?w VliCin ^'?,. --?' *'!3&--- ^' .*?j U - IH^w (Hugo S. Sims, Washington Corres ?' '1:-- 'W*B. -P 7|p "STATE'S RIGHT" SMITH LEADS CHARGE OF COTTON BRIGADE ON THE TREASURY. > '' The purge that failed in Souti^ Carolina resulted in the renomina of Senator E, D. (Cotton Ed) Smith. Of course, in South- Carolina, the Democratic nomination in August is equivalent to election in November. I . ? -?? - d -Early this month, Senator Smith,! together with other senators- from the cotton states, met in Washing ton to use their efforts to' secure higher Government loans on cotton. They were joined by some senators, who want higher loans on wheat. ? f After their conference, the Caro linian ^wanted to confer with the President at the White House, but Mr. Roosevelt, engaged in a Cabinet meeting, referred him and his wait ing group to officials of the Depart ment of Agriculture. This made-Mr. Smith very indignant He did not think the President was showing due deference to a committee of "duty elected senators, representing sover eign states." Political commentators observed that the incident might wid en the breach between the President and some of the senators he opposed in state primaries. ... Despite the Senator's theoretical espousal of state's rights and his talk of "sovereign states, he is considered! the veteran commander of the cotton brigade and always leads its charge against the United States Treasury. Just now, he wants the Government to increase its loan rate on cotton from 8.3 cents a pound to approxi mately 11.9 cents. Fading to get this, he wants, an outright subsidy payment of tbnee cents a pound on the 1938 crop. "Cotton Ed" warns that "aftnost universal .bankruptcy" is threatened in the South because of the financial plight of cotton growers. Press re ports of the conference of the cotton congressmen tell of predictions of "revolution" In the Cotton Belt un ? ffiofl I6SS IATUl iu<?? ?? . Of course, the South is not rolling in wealth this FalL It is feeling the pinch from the enormous crop of ,1987. The 19,000,000 bale crop creat ed such a surplus that this year it was necessary to cut the production considerably. An estimated crop of 12,000,000 bales, according to Secre tary Wallace, will bring $865,000,000 this year which-is only $117,000,000 less than that of last year. This figure, of course, includes Govern ment payments of abont *$265,000,000. ? " .1. II ?l ? ' The record of Senator Smith is something worth observing. He has been lukewarm in support of all Ad ministration farm measures since 1983. As chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, he has been in a position to block farm legislation. He did this very effec tively in 1987, when cotton ^growers freed from all restraints by the Su preme Court decision of 1986, pro duced the enormous crop that has {wrecked the market - ? , ? While Smith has championed the cotton farmer for about thirty years, Jiis contention in 1937 was that he did not know what the farmers want ed, that it would be necessary touhbrd hearings throughout the country be fore preparing a but. With this idea, the Senate cade no progress toward a farm bill in 1937, but "Cotton Ed" when the first early crop estimate ftf thy staple hurtling, downwa^M the cotton'brigade^ |a march to the President for help. that Be scheduled showed that the 1, obwirad * ***, i? to Se^te, h^af1 1 ' ? jiu'Hnr AMIIAinuUih f CT0W6T8 BB ItiBch hflTTO BB R004 - I " Greenville, Oct 12. - Haxel Ray Colvills, 6-year-old daughter aiul ^ wm killed today when struck by an automobile driven by Tom Cox <rf Greenville. ' J* w*? said that IfrxV automobile was heading ^toward Farmville and from the left side of the>oed. The left front fender of the autoombite struck the child. Cox rushed the child to Pitt General Hospital, where she died. ? ' ..." >;:j The little girl- was visiting her grandmother,-Mrs. Frank Taylor. She was at a packhouse by ths side of the road before she started to cross the highway. ; Funeral services w&l be conducted at the home in Jhe Pactolus section Thursday afternoon at 2:80 o'clock. Burial will be in the Colville. family cemetery in Pactolus township. In addition to the parents, surviv ing are three broth erf, James JSdr] ward, Harry B. and Glenn; p. sister, Sarah Marie; her paternal grand mother, Mrs. Sarah Colville and her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Taylor of Greenville, Route 2. MARBORO CHILD KILLED BY UNCLES AUTOMOBILE Farmville," Oct 12.?Molvin Stepp, nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stepp of Marlboro, was kill ed this morning en ronte to the | Farmville Graded School in an auto mobile aCrident, termed- unavoidable by a jury impaneled by Coroner Ell ganger. The boy is reported to have darted from "behind oh 'automobile directly in the path of another car, driven by his uncle, Ben Stepp. The accident occiprred near his home. A com panion said the child ran across the road to gather Dowers. Funeral services will be held from the home, with the Rev. C. B. Mash hurn, pastor of the Farmville Chris tian Church, in charge. Surviving are his parents, a sister and four brothers, .*? o ? v ; Davidson County p Wins $750.00 Prize Raleigh, Oct 11. ? Davidson coun ty's exhibit wen the "county pro gress" competition at the'state fair j today, being1 awarded a $750 prise, .s j The county progress contest is a I new department at the fair, exhibits being entered to show- progress in education, rural/ life, and industrial development Cleveland county took second prize, $500, with Caldwell county getting third and $800, and Edge combe fourth, winning $200. AID PAYMENTS REACH 14 MILLION Probably $14,000,000 have been distributed In North Carolina in ben efits and services under the .Feder al Social Security. Act and supple-1 mental State laws since the program I was started, largely in the "five ma-; I ?'?? Ai(rt nrltu.lt Konflftfq hfiVA-l been paid to individuals, but also in five other divisions in services ren dered to individuals and commnnil UBS, In the five major divisions $12, 106,202.43 had been distributed Up to October 1-, except intone division. Ih Old Age -Assistance, paid one-half by the Federal government and one fourth each by the State and coun ties, $3,448,843.29 been (fistiibut dren, paid one-third eachbythe Fed eral, State and county units add for the Banm peri^,|$i,150,613.2d^d been distributed ? to cliil^lren ivitliout paid one-hatf by the FederalsGovern ment and one-fourth each by the ia, ~ :Ju? - w?rtt records, ana i irrwulr^l^ wv j. ? , ' ? .- , . I *T! 0 Af iL.-rt . AyltA Lama /IiaH HITirfc' i January, ??? --v-. I dements. - :? ' I ' "* . i i 1 |M ? . ?? p ' | MiMfMaj iiMtQ of A^v^re Wallace and his aides This program ing^qlea: 1. Continuation of the existing ? crop control law, with referenda on 1 marketing quotas to keep next year's cotton, tobacco, rice and. wheat crops in line with expected needs. ProcessingTaxee 2. A recommendation to Congress j that it revive processing taxes in validated by the Supreme Court in 1 1986. Funds raised by the taxes would supplement present farm sub sidies. ? < 3. Greater emphasis on expanding ' domestic markets^ for surplus farm products. 4. Reorganization of the Agricul- 1 tore Department, announced a few ] days ago,for greater efficiency in j serving farmers. Assistants said Wallace / believed this program would fortify the ad- , ministration against any proposals i at the next session of Congress for ; outright fixing of farm prices at ( sharply- increased levels. < ? Abundant Supplies The Federal Crop Reporting Board ] empshhised in ita October report < abundant supplies of moat food, feed,. forage, tobacco and cotton crops are ; in prospect. The major crops facing excessive surpluses include cotton, wheat, and possibly corn and rice. The October report forecast a 1988 corn crop of 2,459,316,000 bushels, in dicating a government loan rate of , about 61 cents a bushel. If the No- . vember report indicates a crop of less than about 8,717,000,000 bushels and * the average farm price is below 67 , cents a bushel November 16, such a j loan rate Willi be mandatory. ^ It is unlikely, officials said, the November figure will increase the estimate above the 2,717,000,000 bushel level. |< - ? A ?? M. V. Horton, special Pitt County agent for the Bureau of Census of the Department of - Comment,, today is- . sued his ginning report showing ' that 79 bales of cotton were ginned in Pitt from the 1988 crop prior tg October 1, as compared with 1,498 bales for the 1987 crop. - The report included ginnings through last week. * Czechs Mfyg ' ' *? J, ?. / - - r Say Hungarians Wai\t Too Much; Troops on Both Sides Seem Imps-' tient ; , ? _ Komarom (On the Czechoslovak- , Hungarian Border), Oct. 1&?Csech oslovaka negotiators today, rejected Hungarian claims fori %e predomi nantly Hungarian population in cer- ? tain parth of Czechoslovakia. It was authoritatively reported . that Hungary would walk out of the , conference tomorrow Onlees her de mands were met, though the, nego tiators were scheduled to meet at-^9 a. m., (8 a. m., EST) tomorrow to -| r. ? ? a 1 I n M a im al.ol. n ??? ??in ~na TinmnriBr.iflTW JaiLf .1^ ? |-^M^'|':v: /f^,! nitiiTl ' ITi, MIIT J*'-"*- *il' -?iii."'.' -' :iJj'' - . ?'??? ? ? ? ?iftTYiTY}ft ft til O ?? I'lJiuWi* Jruesaay, October 25, Officials of District To ^endiHf?f .W'*1 I* ? v . ? :+>I'JvL'r'.IT,*v>J'138*M ???;'?'?? t'l:v "" \ ? -?v ;; ...?-? ' ?^Washington, Oct. 11. j? Represen tative Lindsay Warren annouwwd to day that the Fuf^Dtetrirt Demo cratic Conference will be held this year at Williamston on Tuesday, Oc tober 26 at 10:80 A. 1L It has been called by R. Gregg Cherry, Demo cratic State Chairman who will at tend together , with Mrs. W. B. Mur phy, Vice-Chairman and D. L. Ward, Secretary. Representatives of vari ous women's organisations and Young Democrats will be present as ttilf all Democratic officials in the State-Ad ministration from the First District Mr. .Warren expressed the hope iViof fhnrn nrnuM Ka a lowrn nffpn i?w? WiVtV nviuu WV ?? 1VWVWH dance from each county in the dis trict as the First District has always held the largest meeting in the state. Fhe meeting will be followed by a barbecue or luncheon given by the Democratic Executive Committee of Kartin County headed by Elbert Peel, County Chairman. - The conference in 1986 was held at Ahoskie and was rated as the best meeting in the state that year. An Invitation is extended to al! Demo cratic candidates in the First District, county organizations and party workers. Plans will be made for bringing out a large vote in the No vember election. .. Farmville Prepared For Encore With Snow Hill Team , During the first three dayr/of this week Coach Harrell drilled his men for their return match with Snow Hill yesterday. -The game was play ed on Snow Hill's field and the Farm trille lads wear* determined to again hand them the sarnie trouncing they - - ' _ "L ? 1 ? - - _ did Monday before last. Last Friday the team traveled to Ayden and were defeated in a hard fought game by their ancient, 'rivals. The Parmville boys played a very good game despite the fact that there were only three days rest between this game and the one before due to the fact that a postponement was necessary due to the heavy rainfall of the week previous? The Farmville eMntor has varied his offensive and defensive> forma-; - tions so as to again surprise and baf fle his opponents. The boys are in the pink of condition'and their lead* er has high hopes for another tri umph. ? ' "> ? ^ The squad will journey to Scotland7* Neck next Friday for their third straight battle on foreign Soil. The week after that they will travel to Columbia for still another contest on their- opponent's t, turf. After this game, however ,the majority of the remaining games will be played on their own field which was laid out and constructed by ElbertrCoates of the high school fhculty. -V A great many of the students were able to attend yesterday's contest be cause Supt J. B. Moore excused those going to the game from part oftheir last, class. "if 1 -1 ' - 1 ? .>*V ELECTED TO STATE BOARD MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION Marvin Lindsay, manager of, the local Belk-Tyler store, was recently elected to-the Bbard of Directors of the Carolina Merchants Asso ciation. ? 't ' vN 'V, -fN.; The election is a signal honor for this young but very efficient execu tive. and the Enterprise joins other friends in Mr. Lindsay, a membsr of ike. s: srs&fLSz the&ibuainess .Bbft^i^SWfe commtflW&lN T- ?? ? successful afc-plane flight take place 4. How ions has Spuutgiv. WjpK ?V * '?