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vdawsrmtrr ' ^ - pawttillk, pitt count*, setem cawlwa, futoa*. juiy t, t?? ~ > -.?;{? number nine i . ; .. j1 1 ' 1 ~ Joseph Warren Parker Passes At Age of 80 Ftaal Rites Held St*' Prominent Citizen Taesday with Befit vt Friends In Attendance J4aal Htes were oOttdWted Tuesday for another "grsUd old man" of Farm vilte, Joseph Warren -frteMat, 88, one of tlte moot piemlnent and highly i i man (1 residents of Pitt -county, who died st has home here Monday morning at thro thirty from a heart attack. He had been in failing health for about a year. A laqgb concourse of friends and relatives attended the service, con ducted by Bar. T. M. Grant, pastor of tlte Greteiville Methodist Church, assisted by Rev. J. R. Rountnee, Epis copal rector, hftatnut was made in PtaeWt BiH cemetery, beneath -a handsome floral tribute, which bas scarcely been equalled here in size or bedoty. J Favorite hymm were rendered by a quartet composed of Mrs. M. V. Jones, Mrs. A. W. Hobbitt, Billy Morton, and Elbert C. Hobnes, accompanied by Mfcn. Haywood Smith. Active pallbearers were J. F. Har per M. H. aad James Potter, of Snow Hill, John T. Harris, Sr., of Norfolk, Va., Harold "Stigg Askew, M. V. Hop ton, John T. Byoum aad J. L. Shackle fond. Mr. PmfarVrae born May 30, 1859, the sou dt Goojge Washington and Maey King Ruber. Descended from vteStefigdiWBU^ mm yf ULLLLLfBlll illit VI pRTS^T wxCCswib, he was the last surviving member of his immediate family. He was a gentleman of the old school and had a wide acquaintance among all classes, being beloved for his cordiality, integrity and firm con victions. He was a faithful member of the Methodist Church, and hfd served on the Board of Stewards, and on the Town Board as alderman. He had extensive farming interests in Pitt and Greene counties, being actively engaged as a planter for sixty years, and retaining a personal supervision of his acres up until the time of his passing. Vigorous and energetic, he refused to retire even though in a stale of declining health for several months. Mr. Parker waa married thirty-six years ago to Miss Alice Harper, of Snow H31, who survives, together with a daughter, Hiss Alice Harper Parker; five grandchildren, Mrs. W. Hubert Taylor, of Wilson, John T. John D. Dixon, Miss Mary Alice and Jdtees Edward Harris, and a half sis tm, Mrs. Watt Parker. His first wife was Mrs. Victoria S%g Askew, who preceded him to thb grave by almost forty years, and sdfrviving are two stepchildren, Mrs. Dtea Askew Horton Keel and W. C. Xm. ?Honorary pallbearers were; J. H. Ehrris, J. L Morgan, Sr., R. H. Knott, Carlton Carr, A. Q. Roebuck, Vfe Leslie Smith, Dr. X M. Mewhom, T. M. Dail, Dr. D. S. Morrill, J. W. aWmes, B. S. Smith* F. M. Davis, Mbaley R. Willis, C. T. Dixon, and Dfc. Harry Wtth, oif Wilson, .J. H. lyw, Jade Lewis, T. W. Lang, L. W? Godwin, E. L. Barrett, B. S. Shep jM, J. W. Bass, T. C. and B. 0. THrnage, A. C. Monk, Sr., R. LeRoy Ullii.v R A. Fountain, Sr., of Foun tain, Charles Harper and Ed Harper, Mi Sugg, Sr., and Josiah Exum, of Sbtow Hill, Carl Parker, Sr., ofNor f?k, Va., R^ B. Havens, Sr., of Tar blbo, Haywood Dail, Greenville, P. S. R Harper teid Thomas Harvey, of GLADSON NICHOLS |kaenville. ? Gladaon Nichols, 33, aibot 3 o'dock, after becoming ill MtanaraT services were conducted iMtedny afternoon at the home here tithe Rev. Clarence F. Patrick, pas ter of Tromawwl Baptist Church, u sflRed by the Rev. C. B. Mashburn, Owistian minister, of Farmville. ?rial was in the Nichols family dftnstsry, new BeU Arthur. ^ ftfeNichols was born and reazwFW Aehols; focr In ilhiiii T.^4Wvi> l| ? " <u>X tMikltei Mtboii of Wilson, Mid two sisters, w -wv w TV mi JBrs. #, B? mm, qf nfif Farmville IP Mrs. uuWu Perry, of Greenville. I; 1 Farnmlle District Tol 1Mb OirSehHl Aidl Special Election Setl August 4 For Proposed! Improvements I Friday, August 4, has been set for I the casting of ballots in thistosSnilnp! on two proposed school improvement?, I a ninth month ard -a twelfth grade, ( with separate votes, which may favor ! one and disapprove the other if the I voters desires. . - 1 A special registration will be held ? and all persons failing to vote after! registering will be counted against ( both proposals. 'JH A tax not to exceed eight cents will be levied to add a twelfth grade and the ninth month will require tl tax not to exceed twelve and one I half cents on the $100 valuation. '-M Registrar W. M. Rollins has an nounced that the registration books'! will be open each day with exception ( of Sundays and holidays from nine I in the morning until sunset, and that he will be each Saturday at the vot- I ing place, the store formerly occupied ( by the Pitt Furniture Co. 'Hie books will close July 22, and July 29 will he I challenge day, the vote to follow on I the next Friday, August 4. The election was called after the Farmville school board had petitioned I the county Board of Education, which I in return secured and gained approval of the State School Commission. The ^( (Board of County Commissioners this ( (authorized the special election. ( The Farmville schools will have the I same system of the Greenville schools I (if both of the proposed improvements I (are favored by a majority of the reg- I Mistered voters. Istate Exhibit I I DrawsJ44,5Sfl I I North Carolina Showing I I At The World's Fair ? I Prompts 8,642 To Ask I I More About State ( Raleigh, July 5. ? Approximately I I 144,500 persons visited the North H ( Carolina exhibit at the New York I (World's Fair between May 28 and ( I June 24, and of this number 8,642 ( (registered at the information desk H I and asked that booklets be sent them I I telling about North Carolina, Director I I R. Bruce Etheridge of the Depart- ? (ment of Conservation ?and Develop- H (ment said yesterday. "Reports received from the staff in ( (charge -of the North Carolina exhibit ! (at the World's Fair indicate that the ( (exhibit is getting to be one of _ the I most popular at the fair and that I more and more people are taking the ( ( time and trouble to register and to I I ask for more information about the I ? Sate," Director Etheridge said. ^( During this same period the attend- I (ants in charge of the exhibit gave I (away 31,840 of the souvenir North I (Carolina "coins" made of aluminum. I More persons from North Carolina ( I are registering at A* North Carolina (tpxhibit than from any o&er Stpte, ^( the records show, with 5,988 Tar Heel ( I visitors during Jans. The la*ge num- l (her of vishdrs frota Cbfctins! (during June is attributed to the ob-( H servance of North Carolina Day on( I June 19, when Governor Clyde H.I (koeyuand thousands of other North ( j Carolinians were In New York end! ?vi^d ^e^d ^ ^ otheV states! ? in the number of persons who asked for information about North Caro I lina, with 1,371 registerants, New Jer sey was second with 258 inquirers ? land Pennsylvania third with 187. I [20 visitors from Canada and 30 from ? fnfent that many of these people will I visit North Carolina either this fall I or next "Bummer, while some will un. I dojbtoily cotne thfc summer. Declares Legislation De signed To Prevent War Should Be Passed Promptly -a. M Hyde Park, N. ?., 4?Presi dent Roosevelt said at a- press con ference today that he wanted action ijbf neutrality legislation at this ses sion <rf-Congress- with the objective of preventing war. i Hie primary policy of the admin istration, Mr. Roosevelt said, is to ^prevent any war in any part of the -world, because anything that can be done to stop war is good. He made it dear that he still was ^supporting Secretary Hull's position that the arms embargo section of -the present neutrality law should be swapped. Hull's proposal, including abolition of the arms embargo, were incorpor ated: in the Bloom bill in the House, but a coalition of Republicans and , Democrats overrode administration leaders last Friday and wrote in ^ modified arms embargo provision be fore passing the measure. Mr Roosevelt asserted press dis patches from four major capitals stating that the House jwition had , beei> welcomed in Fascist and Nazi nations were substantiated be re- , ports to the State Department. And he indicated that he believed . it was true that that action had en^ unfavorable effort on the current , ?European crisis, might bring war , closer and would make it *nore dif- j ficult for this country to keep from , being embroiled. ' ? , Sitting in shirtsleeves at a table 1 on the lawn of Mrs. Roosevelt s cot- | tage on the family estate, where a ^ Fourth of July -picnic had been given for nearly 80 guests, the Presi dent said that in the interest- of pre- j venting war he wanted the Senate ^ foreign relations ' Committee to go ^ ahoftd .with consideration of the neu- ( trality issue. 1 Asked whether he wanted the 1 commijttee to use the original Bloom bill as the basis for its study, Mr. ] Roosevelt suggested sticking to ob- , jectives rather than details. Objec- , tives should be stressed; he said, be cause they can be attained by chang-, ^ ing a few words,- 1 A reporter ranuksd -that seme , Senators had said they would dis- ^ cuss neutrality until September it that were necessary to assure reten tion of any arms embargo. i - tjftis is entirely, up to them, the . Chief Executive asserted, as they', have full discretion to do so if they . wish. > "Mr. Roosevelt, who had "arranged to return to Washington overnight , by special train, said he would con-t, Sj fer with Secretary Hull tomorrow^ but' that there was'no news in thai since he wiways Baw the Secretary , inffieSiately after getting back to the? , capital after a trip. He said he had not determined yet' , whether he would, confer' also with; Congressional leaders. The President declared he had not been in touch with the Treasury on j monetai*y problems and had not talked officially with Secretary Mor- , genthau?one of the picnickers?^ince last Friday. He peisbedUo the Sec retary, who had stopped taking pic tures Of the conference, and said Mor genthau was holding up his hand tor .attest the truth of the statement Miss Thelma Thomas ft Cooper Dies From fj t-, k-.. -r ? ?' | Last rites for Miss Thelma Thoma|| Cooper, 23, daughter of S. W. Coopeiyj were conducted from the Farmvillel Funeral Home, Thursday afternoois at two o'clock by Rev. C. B. Mashburgj of the Christian Church, and th? ^Mi^Oxjper diedW^efriay in^ Kinston hospital from head injuries acstained-in an automobile accident^ jibich occurred Tuesday night new Kinston, on a dangerous curve on highway 12. Companions of Mis? Cooper, R. R. Ackiss and Ivey Cowar? required hospital Hutment butwerj reported as able to leave Thursday.'? In addition to her father and stej? mother, she is survived by two 'si? ters, Mrs. J, J. Wainright and Mr? ??^r-as? yySf ^ j ' 9 ft c- - ... ... 11 j '.n ? ? JM ? - . M r - -: r~ ; - . (Hugo 3. Sims, Washington Corres pondent*) || ? CONGRESS IN A JAM. SILVER BLOC SCORES. NO EARLY ADJOURNMENT. NEW LENDING PROGRAM. ECONOMY INVISIBLE. RFC MAKES *200,000,000. LENDING WlfBOUT LOSSES. 1 Congress found itself in a jam last week, with Hie approach of June 80th heralding the beginning of .a new fiscal year. During the last three days of June there was fevBrish work on lagging appropriation bills, which had to be passed before the July 1st deadline. Strangely enough, the situation was reminiscent of the hectic days when dying Congresses, before the Norris Amendment to the Constitution, work* ed under pressure to complete needed legislation. Last week it was not Congress that was about to expire, but certain emergency legislation. The stage was Bet for a legislative coup and senators from the silver producing states of the West, fighting to "raise the price of domestic silver, took full advantage of the situation. Something of a coalition between the Western and Republican senators resulted in action by the Senate to fix by law at 77.57 cents the price per ounce that the Treasury must pay for domeaticailyjnined silver; to end the powers of the President to devalue the dollar, and toistop the buying of foreign silver. ' The Senate amend ments were in direct conflict with the House view and while both houses were willing to continue'the stabiliza tion fund, which was about to expire, the amendments created a precarious legislative situation. Meanwhile, hope for adjournment by July 16th rapidly faded. The neu trality bill, in the House last week,1 faces prolonged debate and possibly a filibuster in the Senate, where a group of isolationists are determined to prevent any change in the present embargo on arms. The new lending, program, proposed by the President, was meeting opposition in some re spects, especially in regards to the provision for toll bridges and toll roads, and new loans bo foreign na tions. v Senate action ott these issues alone will extend the session of Cobf* gress wen beyond July 'ftth. " u ? . ' . ? ? the self-liquidating -hmn -progtain was proposed hy the President in. let ters to Senate and House leadprs. It would draafea ^mwflvii^g.fttiHl -of Itflwmfifo, "<* wMch would be. spent during the fiscal year which d)?g*f Jfly . "wit^ prospoct of repayment of both principal and in terest through ehnfings!" * ' Declaring that the -great maturity of people believe that certain types of public improvements and better ments should be undertaken las:.? Btimulbus -to Jamplaj^aeito -*pd with the proviso that-all projects Tfe ralf?? liquidating, the President proposed: (1) *350,000*000 far wptiirwwte, sewerage "disposal plants, ' 'bridge hospitals and "Other' municipal""{Ohoj^ Bets, with $150,000,000 for'1940.loansrj , r " ? ; a (2)> $760,000,000 for expiess post roada, including "bridges, highspeed highways and ***<-by-pa***, *o?&e self-liquidating through tolls, wfth *150,000,000 available the first yetafi. (3) " $500,000,000 for equipment, to be leased to railroadB at a rate to rettnp the cost to Che Government, (4) $460;00<MX*) for the expansifn bf rural electrification, tor reach \?BQr OOO famjliee, M-?Pb to raceme such semoss-m .the near futars," with *20,000,000 available tha'-ftrat year: ? (5) $500,000*000 for tenant \'arm purchases, ;'$*ifcabilitattonj teens to resettlement 'cooperatives fttid:for wafer facilities, to Be used in two thi&.ranntty^md used for the daralw* ment -and-reconstraction of the bor rowingwpcountxy, * with $200,000,Ot* jT ^ r ? ' |8oo,ooo,ooo. ?IuheBH War GMaf Topic BeforeMito Johnson Says United States Must Be Able to Defend Entire New World .? : - -* \ Charlottesville, Va., July 4. ? As sistant Secretary at War Louis JohP-; son tonight said that the national da fense program laid down and pre pasadnan plana envisaged by Presi dent Roosevelt will eaaMetbe United , States to repel any threat to peace of the Western Hemisphere. -Speaking before the annual meet ing of the Institute Psfltite Affairs, Johnson emphasised that in these days of world unrest, this nation's duty to be strong must be steadily in mind. : "Europe and Asia hear today the clatter of armed forces, which were dramatized not long ago *s the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse/' he said. "Only America is free fraar their shadow, and it is strength,, not weakness, which keeps this menace from our own shores." To maintain this freedom, he said the United States must -be able to concentrate men, guna and ^anee in adequate forces -art any vulnerable point in the three Americas, from Point Barrow to Tiere del Fuego. Thfa, be said, wotfl* reqm.e an ade quate force on land, sea-and air. Great democracies are not beiig erent, Johnson continued, but should war come, tt -will be essential^to wage it democratically. To tHs end he* necommended that "the democrats ideal of universal service which we Hope to achieve in man-power should be applied to resources." Every other force of private or public Activity must become secon dary to the winning of the war, Or the country cannot be defended, he contended. "Mobilisation of men and resources must be anticipated to a degree as yet unknown in this coun try. "Such an eventuality, he empha sized, presented a problem ih which the essentials of free institutions are involved, ?fj "I believe that should war come, we shall be able to meet the test on the traditional basis of American life, " he said. "Certainly the present government is determined that we shall do so. We shall continue to subordinate the military to dyiHan authority. * We shall continue our, faith in democratic institutions." , He revealed that plans already have been drawn by the F8*; .de partment to meet a war emergency. i These, he said, cohtempjate that con trols "affecting civlians will be admin istered by civilians, "in the true spirit of the Constitution of the United States." Conquest and dominion are not in the reckoning of the great democra tic?, <tf .agreeable to pur principles^, JohnaonAsmd^ apd added: ; "But just because we demand'mn molested development.and the undis turbed .government of our ownlive? upon our own principles ,of right and liberty, we resent, from what ever it may come, the aggression we ourAfin $ Wft m siat upon- ncurity ? prosecuting -our setf-chosen lines of national de vplopment." ^ mrs. xtorts teMW !' Portsmouth, Va.?Mrs. Efljie Gray Preziotte, 33, of Portsmouth,'.Va.,"died Thursday afternoon in "Kings daugh ters Hospital, after, several weeks.of surviving are ber husband, Joseph Pretiotti; Ijttieson, Joe, Jr.l parents, Mr. add Mrs. T. M. Mirelle of Ahoride, N. C., one sister, Mrs. Otis Sarly Ahoskie.ltwo brotheft.Ttessen'M^ of;Farmville, N. C., and .W^ Mizelle of Ahoidde;' three fcllf.si?ers, ^ttssssre IWipKoi ;?f Sort ? -rh OTPwi of'Wmlsor, W.J0. ^?. - ..... Funeral ser^ces were conducted. <w Saturday mprning at 6'clddf from ,the chapel of the SnelliijgS stssiJsrui ? ? ? V ?' - V V 1 ;? -i - - ? -; i " The Farm Sec^irity Administration in advance^ I the date due. I . _ | ~ I POP.WiAR If ? Wheeler Margin || Wherier Martin, prominent attor- ] neyandSocretary pt the Martin Coun ty Building and Loan -Association of I William Eton, .was elected President of 1 ] ?the North Carolina Building and Loan , League at the close of the three-day I ( Convention .of the. building, savings I \ and loan associations of North Caro- L lina at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. , P. H. Gregory, Jr., Secretary of the L First federal Savings and Loan Asso-1 ciation of Rocky Mount, was made 11 Vice-President. The members elected I, to the Board of Directors-were: E. I( F. Allen, Secretary of the Mutual h 'Building and Loan Association of Le-1 j ndir; John B. Craven, Secretary of] the Mutual Building and Loan Asso-1 j ciation of Lexington; and David J.J White, Secretary of the Home Build- L ing and Loan Association'of Greens-K boro. ? r* ? >> ? *;>. . ?; ? . _jy Business Seems Headed For Rise r? I] European War Threat1 Only Noticeable Cloud On American Business < orison ; blew York, July 4.?Rising, business ] trends in,'the United Stated during the i next three months, barring a Euro-1 j pean war, .were forecast today in Wall iStoeet circles as factories and trade 1 rested in observance of the Fourth < of-July. L. ii; ... h Some trend-watchers predicted in- i dqstrial activity Jor .the third quarter . might average as much aslSper ceptjJ higher> than in the like period. In$t| l Jsafc.- . Jj Moreover, it was the yiew .of many that September would witness a rise j inbusinass of about 5 per cent over jl that seen last month, or around the fl fastest-of .'h.3 .current_year. i The Associated Press index of in- M dpstrial activity, with 1929-30 as 100, | i hps been ?edghig ..upward for seven (1 Weeks, and stands at 88.6 compared with 67.9 at this time in 1938. J] ilie high point hit hy the index I.1 thus far this year was 02.0 in theli Opening week of January. There after activity slid off .in a gradual |< decline until. a 1939 low of 81.8 was ] recorded in the first week of May. i Then, the following week, the index Started upward in the series of ad- 1 vances .that boosted the measure to |1 its current level. 1 Had it riot been for disturbing po- j' litical news from Europe, the Janu-I] ary;May tapering might have been ] much less, some observers insist Ii Clouding the early 1939 months were ; events leading to absorption byititor* many :?f Bohemia and Moravia, j which .-unsettled: Business confidence! and discouraged forward, buying. Today fa new European crisis is Clouding., the outlook?the German j J Clamor for ,the '.free city of Danzig and a highway avross the Poliah [ corridor. With Great Britan and France jftifffeniing defenses, an$l .in- j sisfing the totalitarian powers inustj phehre aspirations to acquire by J forte cri threat new territory at the j lexpe&te of smaller European coun tries, the question bothering Ameri can -buriness-men is whether the differences abraad will be adjusted iwitoutwar. :A ? V&& .iihe -European situation, the! outlook is regarded _ . timrn ? ' Bftiili ?Ifii 1 ihte renf- hov g 1918 1 , V' British Danzig Attitude l^gtires mSHaip&ebatei Chamberlain Taunted With Demands F o r Ctear-Cut F i g h t i n g Statement London, July 5.?Prime jnWqfcr Neville Chamberlain today faced a barrage of taunts in tits House of Commons from opposition members who demanded that the government give a clear-cut statement as to wbe* Bier Great Britain will fight if an in ternal Nazi pitsch is staged in Das tig. Chamberlain and other government spokesmen refused, however, to ban ish opposition suspicions that in event of a showdown in the Danzig dis pute, the government might find a Loop-hole in its March 31 pledge to Poland and attempt to avoid fighting. Included in the opposition bsngpge were demands that the British fleet be mobilized as a warning to Hitler * and that Chemberlain strengthen hip cabinet by the inclusion of such bit ter anti-Nazi figures as Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden. Chambetiain refused to answer most of the demands. Others he sidestepped. ,- v The cabinet meeting in Chember Lain's room at the House of Com mons tonight in its second session xf the day, discussed proposals for i further and more direct warning to Hilter on the Danzig situation. The ministers were reported to aave discussed the fdvisabflity of iispatching British and French war ships to the Polish Baltic seaport of Gdynia, 12 miles from Danzig, as a reminder of a strong Anglo-French stand against any further Nazi ag gression. The warships would be sent, to Gdynia in August as & counter-dem mstration to the scheduled Dapi^g tisit of the German Cruiser Koenigi berg on August 25. Nazi leaders bave indicated that they expect the Danzig situation to reach its climax about that time. ^ The cabinet meeting at the House jf. Commons tonight lasted two hours and dealt not only with the Dan sig .situation, but with a new hitch which had developed in the Anglo French negotiation with Soviet Rus sia for a tri-power military alliance and with British troubles with Jappa.' The most, significant statement in the House of Commons on. Danzig lame not from Chamberlain', but Erom Richard Austen Butler, Pgriiju , nentary Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, who asserted that Btitain is committed to aid Poland only if ihere is a "clear threat" to ,P<?K*h independence. Chamberlain answered demand8 For a mobilization of the British Fleet?the home fleet was mobilized last September at the tupe of the Czechoslovak crisis?by paying that the government will take any neces sary steps to make its attitude, on Danzig absolutely clear. Seymour Cocks, Labor!te, draw Butler out when he asked whether Britain is prepared to fight on (Po land's side. ? '1 refer questioners to the term* ,f our pledge to Poliuid whichGto*t Britain certainly will fulfill," Butlte replied. The March 31- pledge as announced by Chamberlain was that Britain would lend all support in its power * to Poland "in event of any action svhich clearly threatened the inde pendence of Poland and which the. Polish government acoordipgly cqa lidered vital to resist with their national forces. ?? " 1 - . \ - _WHQ KNOWS ? " 1. How many persons live an the { farms of. the U. S.? 2. How many miles does the "aver Bgd"'automqbile travel in a year"? t 3. What was the largest Federal deficit? 4. How many consecutive games pKd.Lou Gehrig.play? 5. What is the gasoline consump tion of the Atlantic Clipper .on her flight across the ovean? ||pfc~' Have the Dionne quintuplets ever been spanked? >? 7; . Wfho is tiie oldest member of .0 the House of Representatives? 8. What is the to&mt ef U. vestments 9. With what nations does . trade most? ^10. Whatsis the strength of .the