? t + Patronize Our Advertisers, For * + They Are Constancy Inviting | | Ton To Trade With Them. | t n 1111111ti11>1111 i 11111 ti n t **********? ? " 7 ^ ? .? w.- R. VOLUME THIRTY FARMYILL& PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15,1m. NUMBER THIRTY-TWO ? -"IV- V , , '? ' ? ? ? IJ '? ??*' ? ; ? . ? ? . ?- v 1 ' ' -I ? - T? ; - ? ? ? -f-- 1 ' - ? ' American Legion to Give . Fireworks Display Wed. People of Community Invited to Be Here for This Occasion The Farmville Post of the Ameri can Legion will give a fireworks dis play FREE to the people' of Farm ville Community on Wednesday night, December 20th, at 7:30 P. M. This is another of a series of events to enliven the Christmas seas on for the Farmville people and merchants. Expense has not been spared to make this display beautiful and exciting. The shooting of the fireworks will take place on the west side of Town in the vicinity of the Swimming Pool and Golf Course. This method of displaying fire works is the safe, sane and correct way to set off fireworks; we get the excitement of the crowd; we get the beauty of large and loud fireworks; and yet we are absolutely safe from their harmful effects, as everyone will be at a safe distance from them; these are fireworks that all the kiddies would like to see and should see. Everyone should and probably will see it. : Handel's Master piece Presented The second rendition this season of Handel's best known oratorio, "The Messiah", in this section, was given by the Festival Symphonic Chorus of the Eastern Carolina Sym- ( phonic Choral Association in the Methodist Church in Snow Hill Sun day evening, the first presentation being given that afternoon in Ayden. 1 The Church was crowded to capa city with an appreciative audience, many coming from distant towns for 1 the event. "The Messiah" chorus, composed ? of 125 singers from Ayden, Golds- ! boro, Greenville, Snow ffill and Rob ersonville, has been practicing for several weeks for this event," which ? is to be given in the towns represent ed in the choral personnel, as the ' .Association's contribution to the J Christmas spirit in Eastern North 1 Carolina. Presentations will be giv- ' en in Goldsboro Sunday afternoon, December 17 in the high school audi torium at 3:30, in the afternoon, and in Greenville at the Wright Memor ial auditorium at 8:00 in the evening. Robersonville will have a presenta tion in January. The Snow Hill members of the chorus entertained the group at a tea in the Community House Sunday afternoon. The soloists on Sunday evening were outstanding in their presenta tion of the theme of each episode, and the ensemble parts were superb ly shaded and finished, with the awe inspiring chorus, "Behold the Lamb | of God", being perhaps the most perfectly rendered and the most im- I pressive. Soloists are: Mias Margarite Moye Mrs. T. A. Early, Mrs. Knott Proc tor, Mrs. Lewis Bullock, Aubrey Tilley, James Kay Pittman, Jack Fonvielle and Edwin Parkinson. Accompanists are: Mrs. H. C. Sel by, Miss Jessie Bullock, Miss Virgin ia Belle Cooper, Mrs. C. W. Hearne. Lewis Sidney Bullock, talented mu sician, and the zealous director of the Association, has through his enthusiastic admiration for this mas terpiece, been able to infuse in his choral group his fids concept of the dramatic fire and sacred dignity of this work, and their interpretation gives to their audience great enjoy ment and inspiration. Mr. Bullock has achieved signal success in his endeavor along musical appreciation Yhm? in,. tH# section since coming to Hue hem and the Eastern Carolina Symphonic Choral Association Ja ren dering a magnificent service to art I ta tiik 3lalc. In pay?)ff tribute to lie director ??ne does not overlook tie untiring efforts and keen interest of Mrs. Bul lock, who is net only a soloist merit tog commendation, but is an invalu : iUmben of the lUyfair Gob tn gp*n? forward aatiripa ftaa&m to be given on Tuesday eve a, vice pnxidmt, R. ps?y 37K2 tre&snver. ? *_ .' ' ?-??'?.; ^ -.-' New School Gym To Be Dedicated EiereisesTotright On Friday night, December 15th, 1939 at 7:30 P. M., there will be held the dedication of the new Farmville School Gymnasium; the local school board and superintendent are now busy making plans for an informal but gala occasion. The County Board of Commissioners, the County Board of Education and the Town Board of Commissioners have been invited as special guests for the oc casion. The new Gym and Agricultural buildings were recently completed as a PWA project at a cost of $57,000, under which 45 per cent of the funds were provided for by the Federal Government, while the other 55 per cent was supplied from the sale of Farmville School District bonds. Both buildings are a credit to the community and will amply provide for the educational needs of our com munity for many years to come. It is hoped that the citizenry of Farm ville Township will be present to make the dedication impressive and repre sentative of our pride in this achieve ment. Immediately following the brief and informal dedication exercises, the girls basketball team of Farmville will engage in a basketball game with the girls from another. Pitt County school, and this game will be followed by a boys basketball game. The local committee wishes to in vite everyone to see the basketball court, the new basketball goals, and the comfortable bleacher seats; six hundred people can easily be seated on the sideline bleacher seats, with plenty of room to place an additional five hundred chairs on the sides and at the end of the Court. Every spectator will be comfort able as the building is steamheated from the central heating plant. It will be the first home game of the season for the Farmville boys and girls. Everyone is looking for ward to another big night for Farm ville. Mrs. M. F. Spencer Laid toRest Here Funeral Services Con ducted Friday for Wo man Held in High Es teem Here Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Farrow Spencer, 84, wife of Alex Griffin Spencer, were held from the home of her daughter, Mrs. L, P. Thomas, Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clbck by her pastor, Rev. D. A. Clarke, of the Methodist Church, as sisted by Rev. B. B. Fordham, Bap tist minister. Favorite hymns were rendered by a choir, composed of Mrs. M. V. Jones, Mrs. A. Q. Roebuck, Mrs. D. E. Og iesby, Mrs. A. W. Bobbitt, Mrs. Hay wood Smith, John D. and E. C. Holmes. Interment was made in Hollywood cemetery beneath a lovely floral of fering, with members of the Farm ville graded school faculty acting as floral bearers. Active pallbearers were: J. Y. Monk, J. M. Stansill, G. E. Beck man, J. T. Thome, A. Q. Roebuck and Haywood Smith. Mrs. Spencer, a former resident of Washington, had made her home with her only daughter, Mrs. L. P. Thomas, for the past seven years, making many friends and being held in highest esteem. She had been a loyal member of the Methodist church sine* early girlhood, and exemplified the attributes of Christian woman hood throughout her long and useful life. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Farrow, of Hyde County. Sraorhdng are her husband, Alex Griffbi Spencer and a daughter, Mrs. ? 1 : '% M-' CHRI STMAStJECOKXTIONS The -^Merchants Association at Greenville is arranging tor have three judges to come over from Greenville to judge the home (yard, and. inferior), decorations of Faravffle; prizes will The jwiging trill take flace on Wed Any j?rson desiring to ester their aMBfeO xJCC0I?tioOS i)) COTltWt BTOflit War Conditions Demand 3rd Term Amtossader Says _? Joseph Davies Reviews European War Crisis ; j with President Roose ! velt Washington, Dec. 14.?Joseph Da- 1 vies, American Ambassador to Bel gium, reviewed the European war crisis with President Roosevelt to- 1 day and on leaving the White House reiterated that the safety of the Uni ted States requires that the Chief Executive be drafted for a third term. The tall, handsome envoy called on . the President after reporting to Sec- 1 retary of State Cordell Hull He told Hull that in his opinion nothing short ' of a' miracle can save Europe from 1 a long and bitter war. Davies returned from his listening post in Brussells ostensibly to aid in 1 negotiating a renewal of the trade ( treaty with Belgium and to spend 1 the holidays with his family. His 1 first words, on debarking in New 1 York, were that international uncer- ' tainty requires that the President be impressed for a third term. A sim- 1 ilar theme was voiced by Joseph P. * Kennedy, Ambassador to London, whose return preceded that of Davies' by only a few days. * "I don't believe the President < wants a third term, but it isn't a < question of a third term," Davies told reporters. "This is not the time ^ to consider the personal wishes of f any man. To say that he could have 1 a third term if he wanted it is put ting the shoe on the wrong foot It 1 is not a question whether he wants ? a third term but, who is the best ? man." The Ambassador said he thinks the 1 United States "is in jeopardy as it 1 has not been certainly in our genera- c tion, and probably not since/ its in- I stitution." "Changes are coming so rapidly," t he declared, "that it Is impossible to have firm judgment The chances l i are that there will again be surprises 6 of both a diplomatic and military 1 nature. Who would have thought 6 I months ago that Htiler and Stalin j8 would be buddies?" |E He declined to elaborate why he 8 believes this country is in jeopardy. He said, however, that he had heard it said that if the revised neutrality a act had been passed last July Po- t land would not have been invaded. are: Flue-cured and Buriey tobacco, 1 cent per pound; cotton, 1.6 cents < per pound; peanuts, $2.60 pier ton; i and wheat on commercial farms, k\ &ts per bushel There was no change from the '89 < program in pigments for needing les- I pedeza, seeding winter legumes, turn-1 ing under green manure and cover Jl crops, appatilimi of- phosphate, ten stsiiofly btw _ jjjTMyfoy. Tftwrt trees. for potatoes and vegetagfes i/Sg-1 Mrateis^ HealthProteets Tuberculosis is a public enemy. Science has drawn 4 up a serious indictment against it. Here are some of the charges: ?Cruelly deforms young thilibiMt. Ruins the ambitions of youth. Saps the worker of his earning ca pacity. - Brings heartache into the house hold. Destroys life ruthlessly. Threatens all people so long as , there is a single case of tuberculosis in the community. ] The ruin and waste of this public . memy is not paid for only by those vhom it attacks. All of us share in , the cost. . !, Tuberculosis makes orphans. You { md I must care for them. The care ] >f the tuberculous sick is an expense ] isually too great for the individual , sufferer to bear, so we, as a com- , nunity, must pay the bilL Yet the noney cost is only part of the loss. iVhat about the distress and fears j ill of us must share in so long as j ;uberculosis hangs over US? ] Protect Yourself ] Tuberculosis is preventable. This j memy romes by stealth, but knowl edge warns us of its coming. The i :ommon danger signals are? 3 A continuous tired feeling, loss of i veight, a cough that hangs on, Indi- < restion, pain in the chest, spitting of < tlood. < ' These signals do not mean that tu- < terculosis has; developed, but they t ihould prompt one to visit a doctor 1 it once. i Acting alone it is almost impossi- ] tie to keep tuberculosis out of the tousehold. By working together it j an be achieved. This is what the i thrase "public health" means?team i pork among all citizens for every- ] tody's health. ] In this war on disease, the doctor j n his private office or in the clinic j tands in the front line. Supporting dm are the health department, the 1 mblic health nurse, the sanatorium, t ind the tuberculosis association. Wa < teed them for protection against the I .ncient robber. s Hold the line. i The protective line has been pat to i strain lately... Hard times and to- < lerculosis are allies. Moreover, un ler the guise of economy, health udgets have been seriously cat. )oes that pay? A: few dollars may e saved by closing a sanatorium, or example, bat what about the pa ients? Will they be forced to go fbme, there to spread the disease to j heir own and their neighbor's ehil- t Iren? What about the future costs? ( Public health measure protect us j iot only against tuberculosis but j gainst all communicable diseases. , ife as we livte it today would be an xtreme risk without the constant ( igilance of the health department. v fet the cost of protection is surpris- j ngly low. Do you know that less i j han one cent out of each tax dollar rhich is spent .by the people in the f. Jnited States goes for public health? j. Vhy then do we try to save money | iy cutting health budgets? Because l. lobody complt ins. Public health does * iot advertise itself well and so long . is no great epidemic threatens, few ( >eople pay any attention to the . lealth department, the sanatorium tnd other health protective devices, c hough eevrybody, every day, is benr ited by them. J iiBo I,?1 A +!.?_ < A'V/ibmWKCV UW UU6 IMW UWU inuo ar. But there is a limit beyond ?hich ecenomy becomes not a saving ' rat an expense. False economy piles . ip its bill with interest An| the eorst of it is that little children who tad no part in the scheme mpst help 1 or the health bankruptcy of a com- j nunity. \ nOTw, T"?w'" W leans to solve by college effort { hose problems which cannot be met >y individuals alone. See to it that > lealth reconstruction in yonr com- } o?nj^i? a part of economic recon- 3 traction. Find out what your com iepartment and on the tuberculosis ] I' ... -- "::m ? ] ivuj you* TOoercuiosis association, i ?1 1,1" 11 11 1 ?" " "V | ra*?.*? :?v ""--a "*"> A TV IT A Tj-n-^-srr '?* ft. :Y : ... &? YsBB&i ? i 1"J? IhabIM \ and- T* T, Baydv St I The Sariftt Eney # ' Dome Hurriedly New Ambassador De parts for Moscow with out Even Presenting Credentials i ' ? ? Home, Dec. 13?The. abrupt recall and hasty departure for home of So viet Russia's new ambassador to Italy, whose 16-day stay in Rome was made uncomfortable by the jeers of young Fascists outside his embassy windows, was disclosed tonight by diplomatic sources. The ambassador, Nicolai Gorelchin, left Rome yesterday for Moscow, be fore he even had had time to present his credentials to King Vittorio Em anuele. Soviet embassy officials said they did not know why he had been called home. He left in such a hurry he did oot^vait for the return of his charge d'affaires, Leon Helfand, who is on a vacation in Geneva. Numerous Demonstrations Popular feeling in Italy, exempli; tied by a series of pro-Finnish, anti Soviet demonstrations by. student Fascists, had been sympathetic with Finland ever since the Red armies hvaded Russia's little neighbor. Within four days after Cortelchin irrived to take up his post, 3,000 iroung uniformed Fascists stood out side his embassy and howled their lisapproval of the invasion. Three lays later, on December 6, Carabini sri and other protective forces were sailed out to turn student marchers iway from the building, whereupon he demonstrators massed'in front of he Finnish legation, shouting "Fin and, finish off- the Russians.'' _ These demonstrations were accom panied by attempts by several thous and Italians to enlist in the Finnish 'ighting forces, by reports that the Finns were using Italian-madp ilanes, and by warnings to Russiaj n certain sections of tttp Fascist j >ress to "stay out of the Balkans." It is true, however, that there has teen no positive indioation of any ac ual strain in official relations be ween Rome and Moscow, that the Soviet ambassador had been officially mubbed, or that Italy's government s directly aiding the Finns. CHRISTMAS OPPORTUNITIES ?? ' . The following cases have been re torted to R. A. Joyner, town clerk his week. Citizens and organizations ire urged to take cane of the need elt by unfortunates in this commun ty, and get in touch with Mr. Joyner it once: No. 1?Man and wife and two hildren about 8 and 5 yean old. Man inable to work. No income to fam y except through relief. (Taken by In. Irvin Morgan, Jr.) No. 8?Man, wife and five children. Nro boys and three girls. Man in lospital or under hospital treatment oost of the year, one child recently u hospital" for operation. (Taken by )pportunity Class of Christian Sun ay School). No. 8?Man, wife and foUr children. Nvo boys and two girls. Man un imployed. No. 4?Man and wife and four hildren. Three girls and one boy. hop failure, very deserving. No. 6?Man and wife and five hildren. Three boys" and two girls, failed to make expenses during year. Pery needy, ?; No. 6?Father, three small boys nd three small girls. Failed to aake expenses for 1939. Need any thing. No. 7?Man, wife and four chil bren, all boys, 2, 7, 9, 11. Bather vorldng, but unable to make suffi-j dent amount for children's toys. No. 8?Man, wife and seven chil iren. Five small, 8 boys 2, 10, 12; wo girls, 1H years and.baby four nonths. Did not make expenses in 989. No. 9?Aged couple, unable to EUROPEAN SUMMARY ?;??< .. ...? '. ?. ^ ? . ? ?'" . i Montevideo ? Two British war ships and Nazi pocket battleship, presumably the Admiral Scheer, lock ed in furious battle off Uruguay within American - neutrality zone; ] battle rages into night with outcome in doubt Geneva ? League of Nations committee proposes condemnation of Russian is aggressor, recommends her banishment from Geneva and proposes aid to Finland; League as sembly acts today. Helsinki ? Finns say Russians halted on virtually all fronts. Re port "great losses" inflicted on Reds in counterattack. j ' Moscow ? R$d army reports new t advances carry its forces to points ^ 65 to 66 milefi from frontier. London ? Britain hints at large ^ scale land offensive against Germans t once allied air superiority is added j to sea supremacy. ^ Rome ? Soviet Ambassador leaves Q abruptly after Fascist anti-Russian demonstrations. dob Show j Belter Business' Labor Department and * SE S N o t e Higherf W a ges and Greater 8 Employment ? Reports of increased employment and rising payrolls indicated yester- b day the most prosperous Christmas h season North Carolina has experi- t enced in two years, a The State Employment Service re- tl ported that private placements last n month were 40 per cent over the cor- g responding month a year ago. Commissioner of Labor Forrest H. ti Shuford stated that a review ot 974 p concerns for the week ending Novem ber 15 showed a 1.2 per cent in- d crease in workers and 1.7 per cent u increase in payroll over the similar F ? ? a i * ? ? weeK m uctooer. employment is considerably greater than it was a r< year ago, while the "recession" was tl on, ]?r. Shuford said.. : tl The retail trade payroll increased h 442 per cent and the wholesale trade payroll 242 per cent. . The cotton manufacturing payroll gained 6.8 per e; cent. i] The lumber ' industry in North w Carolina led all other classifications j with a 10.1 per cent increase in pay- n roll. * For all industries reporting, the *< average weekly paycheck for the n week ending November 16 was 816.81, compared with 816.24 for the similar p week in October. & Near PWA Peak. h The most graphic contrast with busihe?s conditions a year ago was g furnished in the Employment Ser- tl | vice report that public and private ti placements last month were only nine per cent below the total for Novem- t] ber, 1988, when the PWA construct- 1 ion boom was nearing its peak. fc Since then, public works place- g ments have declined drastically, the fj total last month being 40 per cent ti under the corresponding period of n 1988. As other indications of improving g 'business, S. E. S. Director R. Mayne' Albright noted:* n That the active file of jobseekers, it as of November 80, contained 76,057 ft names, fewest since* November, 1987, and 56.4 per cent fewer than the to- ^ tal a year ago. ^ That the list of November appli cants, including 11,498 new registra- v tions and 19,188 renewals, was six per emit below October and 26-per- ti cent below November a year vago. v e, In Commissioner Shuford's report a the 974 covered concerns were cred- a ited with 150,499 employees on No-' ' month earlier. The weekly payroll 0: totalled 12,454,899, compared with 82,- h 418397 a month before. J: W"- ? ' ? WHO KNOWS ? F I - ' .. A League May Give Finland Against Soviet invaders Assembly to Consider Today Bold Proposal to Arrange Material Help for Struggling Finnish Nation delegates' Committee Injects Weight Behind Move to Ex pel Russia; League Would Use Its Secretariat in Coordi nating General Staff to Sup ply Finland with Materials; Resolution Also Suggests En listing Aid of United States; Action Seen as Strongest Ever Proposed by League Geneva, Dec. 14.?The League of Jations leadership tonight pot up to he assembly a bold resolution to rand Soviet Russia an aggressor gainst Finland, put weight behind he drive for Russia's banishment rom Geneva, and even turn the league secretariat into a coordinat ng general staff for war material nd humanitarian aid for the strug ling linns. A committee of delegates from 13 ations, including Cheat Britain and lance, approved and submitted the esolution to the assembly for final ction. Action Today The assembly will meet today to Qte .on the resolution and since un nimity is not required there, it was xpected to be adopted without dif iculty. The overwhelming drive for expul ion, which can be decided only by he council, was given a strong push y the' committee's action. The resolution itself- was regarded y diplomats as the strongest that ad come out of the League since it ried to crack down on Italy with auctions in tho Ethiopian war. In hat case, however, the League did ot eject, but declared Italy the ag ressor. One of the clauses of the resolu ion carried immense potential unch. After urging the member states to o everything they could to give ma irial and humanitarian help to the Inns, the resolution continued: The assembly authorizes the sec etary-general of the League to lend lie aid of his technical services for lie organization of assistance to Fin ind as outlined above/' Enlist U. S. Aid? One part of the resolution empow ned the League secretary-general to rnte the United States to cooperate ith League states in helping the 'inns. The United States was not lentioned specifically, but in Gene a's official language the phrase non-member states"-ia almost syno ymous with the United States. China's veteran League diplpmat, Wellington Koo, whistled when' he aw the phrase to coordinate League elp for Finland. "China got nothing like that," he aid. Koo fought for the same ling but got only a wordy resolu on and little practical help. The so-palled "authorization" to le League secretariat will enable the eague powers to turn the secretar it into a coordinating committee or eneral staff to aid in shipment,, ; inancing and other activities in get ng arms, planes and medical, sup lies to Finland. ^ Tto6 Finnish delegate, Rodolph Hol ;i, commented: "It could mean all or nothing?we mst wait and see. As a resolution is excellent, but we must see what s execution amounts to." Jacob Surita, Soviet Russian Am ajisador to France, left Geneva and ent back to Paris this morning. His aide Baid he "saw the hand Titinfr on the wall." r' League procedure artists mean me decided China will not be elect d to her seat in the Council until fter that body votes on the expul ion of the U. S, S. R. This would save China the embar issmont of voting on, the expulsion f a League member from whom she as received aid in hter fight with "The W tine dele"' 'te Rudolph