Farmville Enterprise
FARMYILLB, N. C
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Km Horten Shaekleford
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FOR A "CHRISTIAN PEACE"
The newspapers are being bombar
ded by letters from well-wishing in
dividuals who want the government
to take the lead in establishing a
Christian peace.
This is a fine suggestion. It is
easily accepted in principle. How the
United States could go about estab
lishing a Christian peace between Ja
pan and China, much less Germany
and Great Britain, escapes us.
These letter writers should go into
more detail. They need not tell the
government of this country what it
should do. They ought to tell Hitler
and he Emperor of Japan what they
should do. If they can get results
the world will hail them and their
work.
WHAT IS THE MATTER?
What is the matter with the coun
try ?
Hardly two people in the nation
agree on the answer.
This is not surprising because the
explanation of present problems does
not lie in any particular indictment.
There are many causes.
In fact, there is probably nobody
who knows the complete answer. Ef
forts to understand our economic ma
chinery are hindered by various fac
tors, including self-interest.
About the best thing that the
average individual can do, if this
question has presented itself to his
mind, is to forget about the nation,
for the moment and ask, "What's the
matter with me?"
If the inquiry is pursued relentless
ly and with diligence there is bound
to be results.
THE EVENTS OF THE STAKS
Every time man increases the
range of his telescopes he discovers
that the universe is far larger than
he imagined. Stars, too faint to have
been seen before, come into view.
Recently astronomers have been in
terested in certain dim stars that sud
denly blaze in brightness, exceeding
their ordinary brilliance by as much J
as a hundred thousand fold. Mysteri
ously, they fade again and return to
normal. These so-called exploding
stars are called novae.
Besides the novae, there are the su
per-novae, observed in galazies so far
from our earth that light, travelling
186,000 miles a second, takes millions
of years to reach our eyes. Eight
een of these astounding phenomena
have been observed and, at the peak
of brilliance, they exceeded our sun
by as much as a hundred million
times.
In 1938 astronomers in South Afri
ca located a star which seemed to
explode. It split into three parts at
a rate of speed estimated at a mil
lion miles an hour. Where the parts
will go and what they will do are
unknown. Besides, it may take hun
dreds of years to determine the re
salt of the stellar explosion. Maybe
in some distant era, men will under
stand the events of the stars.
WHO KNOWS ?
L Has MaeKenzie King-, Canadian
Prune Minister, ever lived in the U.
&?
2. When will the Philippines be
come free under existing laws?
8. Does tiie Constitution require
that a President be any certain age?
4. When were spots first observed
an the bus?
5.. Haw much of China is under the
domination of the Japaneee-inspired
Wang regime?
6. What percentage of farms now
receive power-Una service?
7. What are the leading hog-raia
ing states?
8. Can Germany secure oil from
Rumania by way of the Danube Riv
' art
9. What is the rural-urban bloc in
:|? public xevtaue is
cefved from alcoholic
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SAM B. UNDERWOOD, JR*
CANDIDATE FOR SOLICITOR
COUNTY RECORDER'S COURT
Sam B. Underwood, Jr., has for
mally announced his candidacy for
the office of Solicitor of Pitt County
Recorder's Court
The Pitt county attorney is the
son of Mrs. S. B. Underwood and the f
late Mr. Underwood, for many years
superintendent of Pitt county schools.
He received his early education in
the public schools of Greenville andl
then attended Duke University, where
he received his A^ B. degree. He J
taught in the Farmville high school j
for two years.
After having a LL. B. degree con
ferred on him in 1937 by Cumberland
University, Mr. Underwood passed
the bar examination and received his
license to practice the same year. I
He opened an office for the prac
tice of law in Greenville in October,
1937, and has followed the profession
since.
He is an active member of Jar-1
vis Memorial Methodist church, a
member of the executive committee of
the Greenville district of Boy Scouts
and at present is serving for the sec
ond year as commissioner of the dis
trict organization. He has been ac
tive in the Pitt County Bar Associ- I
ation and is now serving as secre
tary-treasurer of the group. He is
president of the Pitt County Young
Democratic Club and has evidenced
interest in civic endeavors of Green
Wile and Pitt County. He has served
in campaigns of the Red Cross and
other charitable causes.
Cotton Parity Rate
Announced By Floyd
North Carolina cotton growers will
receive a parity payment of 1.55
cents a pound this year for planting
within their 1940 AAA acreage allot
ment, announces E. Y. Floyd, AAA
executive officer at State College.
These price adjustment or parity
payments, which supplement the reg
ular agricultural conservation pay
ments, will be made under the pro
visions of the Agricultural Adjust
ment Act of 1938 and the 1940 De
partment of Agriculture Appropria
tion Act which set aside $96,000,000
for cotton growers of the nation.
The 1940 Act provided that pay
ment be made on cotton this year if
the 1939 average farm price was less
i than 75 percent of parity. Since the
estimated 1939 season average price
for tobacco was above 75 percent of
parity, no price adjustment payments
will be made on the leaf crop this
year.
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Three other basic crops wm siwwc
in the $225,000,000 set aside for par
ity payments on this year's produc
tion. In addition to cotton, payments
will be made on rice, wheat, and
corn. Since cotton prices improved
relatively less than those for the
other crops, the proportion of the
parity fund going to cotton producers
in 1940 will be larger than it was in
1939.
Floyd indicated that estimated in
creases in participation in 1940 as
compared with 1939 estimates are
responsible for the somewhat lower
rates of the parity payments for
this year.
Besides the parity payments, far
mers who cooperate in the 1940 AAA
program and plant within their acre
age allotments will receive agricul
tural conservation payments. The
conservation payment for cotton has
been set at 1.6 cents for 1940. This
added to the parity payment of 1.55
cents would give farmers a total gov
ernment payment of 3.15 cents
PARAMOUNT I
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FARMVILLE, N. C
Every (hie Attending Matinee
Saturday April 13, between 1
and 4, will receive One FREE
Bottle of TIP, The Sensation
al New Drink.
WEEK OF APRIL 14
SUNDAY AND MONDAY
"TOO MANY HUSBANDS"
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LOCAL RESIDENTS
Invited To Odor
Fiesta
Perhaps you do not want to write
the great American Novel, but you
probably will want to write a simple
25 word statement and win the Fi
esta 90 piece dinner ensemble that
is to be awarded to a resident of
this county.
According to Mr. DeWitt Allen, of
Davis Supply Co., 110 Wilson street,
dealer, in Lowe Brothers Paints, the
Fiesta ensemble table service for six
is a masterpiece of sparkling colors.
.And in addition to a complete set of
genuine Fiesta dishes in a service for
six it includes knives, forks, spoons,
tumblers and glassware.
"Yet", says Mr. Allen, "this din
ner ensemble will be given away
free to the winner of our iocal con
test open only to residents of this
county."
Said Mr. Allen in a statement to
day, "I imagine that evtery woman
would like to have this ensemble for
her home. It's sold by leading de
partment stores the world over, and
it's made by the world's largest mak
er of pottery. Everyone is invited to
our store this week-end to see our
Plax Color Fiesta, and to get the
facts on which to base their 25 word
contest statement. We have arrang
ed a colorful, animated Plax Fiesta
Pisplay and a streamlined demon
stration to give visitors all the facts
about Plax, the Universal Beauty
Finish."
"Furthermore we have samples of
Plax, which will be given away ab
solutely free, as will free contest
blanks on which to write the 25 word
prize statement."
According to Mr. Allen, the con
test will be open to anyone except
employees of his store or their fam
ilies. The judges are three well
known local people. There is no ob
ligation to buy anything and no fan
cy writing ability is necessary. En
tries will be judged on the simple
merit of the statements, and in the
event of a tie, duplicate prizes will
be awarded.
"So," concluded Mr. Allen. "We
fee! sure that no one will miss this
opportunity to visit our store this
Friday and Saturday and enter this
easy-to-win local contest."
FIRE TRUCK ON FIRE
Berea, Ky. ? Answering a call
from a garage, Fire Chief A. P.
Smith found his fire truck, which
had been taken to the garage for re
pairs on fire. Damage amounted to
$50.
DWARF TREES
Agricultural experiment stations
in many States and foreign countries
are conducting experiments to devel
op a dwarfed variety of apple tree,
which would simplify spraying and
harvesting.
Fanners represent prime buying
power but they have been below par
since 1920.
W. RAY-SMITH
. Civil Engineer?Surveyor
OFFICE
Old Citizens Bank Building
Tel. 2076
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CALVES
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F. R. Farnham, Extension dairy
specialist, and R. D. Goodman, coun
ty farm agent, selected Guernsey
calves from the Woodside 'and Green
Hill Farms in Cabarrus County for
the Guernsey consignment sale in
May. , t ;
DAMAGE
After only* 100 years of intense
cultivation, farm land in the United
States which has been destroyed, seri
ously damaged or threatened with
destruction totals an area nearly
equal to all the land from which crops
are normally harvested.
ANNOUNCEMENT
- For House of Representative*
I hereby announce that I am candi
date for nomination as member of the
NorttrKjaholina House of Represent
atives, subject to the action of the
Democratic Party in the coming .
Primary of 1940.
DR. W. I. WOOTEN.
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