Farmville Enterprise FARMYILLB, N. C a ATgT SOUSE, Owner A Mgr. Km Horten Shaekleford Kmeriete Editor Pahtiebed by THE SOUSE PR1NTERY Snbeeription Price: One Yeer *L60 ? She Months 76c ADVERTISING RATES: 1 Display (Minimus) Me Per Inch iwfai?Per line?5c AS Legal adrs. 5c a line per week Published weekly and entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Poetoffice at Farmville, N. CL, un der act ot March 3rd, 1878. 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 ? - - % 1 ."I ?mi; ?? j|t*s +*%. ? it ' '-^ ? A. 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. * -Ml _T 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 1 THEATRE 1 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" with Jean Arthur Fred MacMurray Also Latest News ? TUESDAY ? "WHEN TOMORROW COMES" $ Starring Irene Dunne Charles Boyer . IH | WKDNBSIUY^^^? ? I ? 4fCHARtlE CHAN IN PANAMA" 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 Save With SING'S HI-TEST GAS Regular First Grade 18|eGaL 1st Grade Kerosene 10c Gal. Motor Oil 10c Qt. and Up 300 SOUTH MAIN ST. LUMBER I Farmville Retail Lumber Yard Contentnea St.?Phone 302-1 ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER BUILDING MATERIAL Can Arrange FHA Insured Loans 4)4 per cent Twenty-five Year Loans. L ?'TW'Vu' ?i"''-" i j ' j; |!.l ' ! ' ' -Ci 2 I ^FuH ? '..I i.'f ; !?> ? - {speed suits me in a racing] CAR- Bt/f / want my I cigarette slow-burning. i camrls burn slower?i : areMETHe'EXTRAS'lN | smoking pleasure-and i EXTRA smoking formy m? money,toqj^gj^g BOB SWANSON Midgtt Auto Racing Champion ' I In recent laboratory tests, CAMELS borned 25% slower than theaverage of the 15 other of the largest-selling brands tested ? slower than *oy of them. That means, on the av erage a smolcing plus equal to S-Jr':. WCTM SfiKKUS FOR BORA MILDNESS, EXTRA COOLNESS, EXTRA FLAVOR. Camels Slew-Burning Costfier Tobaccos . "Build-Up" for Women Helps Avoid Distress Do you suffer periodically from headaches, nervousness, irritabil ity, cramp-like pain ? If so, here's good newst These may be symptoms of functional dysmenorrhea due to malnutrition, often helped by CARDUI. CAEDUI usually increases appe tite and the flow of gastric juice; so aids digestion and helps build up strength, energy, physical resist ance. Resultformany is few periodic distress. Or you may find this also helps ease your periodic discomfort: Take CARDUI a few days before arxi during "the time." 50 years of use and popularity invite your confidence in CARDUL Subscribe To 'THE ENTERPRISE. | | ?y-f f ? f ? wyjfe^ yC ^ J M ^ Wm^BWmmM :3foragfe MM *659 ? ? ' I master 85 I ' You drive the leader when you drive a Chevrolet I BUSINESS COUPS j for *40?the leader In pep, power and pick-up?and the I ?th*r m*d#u *iigh?r ugt,^ I leader In style, stamina and sales! , I All models priced at Flint I It holds first place in acceleration?first place in I on rail I hill-climbini?first place in all-round performance I taxe* (if any), optional I with all-round economy nong all cars in its price I ani acceuories~extra. I range. I to change With- I B I oof notice. I That's why Chevrolet for '40 is first in sales ... why ** more people buy Chevrolet? than buy any other make of car ... and why your Chevrolet dealer strongly recom- ?l|? It ?? mends that you eye it?try it?buy it?today! ; ?> Du|l?" LEADER IN SALES ... 8 OUT OF THE LAST 9 YEARS BlUI It! "CHEVROLET'S First Again!" B. & W. CHEVROLET CO., Inc. FAKMVILLE,N.C. i ' 111 1 ? ? i , CALVES " ; . 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. [ _ ..." ? v _ . .j_. 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