Farmville Enterprise
FARMVILLE, N. G,
G. ALEX ROUSE, Owner A Mgr.
Era Hertea ShActtofax.
Associate Editor
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PERSHING'S ADVICE
General John J. Pershing, leader of
American armies in France in 1917
18, declares that "the Allies are fight
ing a war for civilization."
"They are holding our front lines,"
adds the commander-in-chief of the
largest army ever mustered by this
republic, "and we have a vital con
cern in the outcome. We should send
not only food, clothing and medical
supplies but also arrange to send
airplanes, artillery, small arms and
ammunition in unlimited quantities.
There is no time to lose."
WAR SUPPLIES TO JAPAN
Japan continues to receive hun
eddreds of thousands of barrels of
oil from the United States, in addi
tion to vast supplies of steel, copper,
scrap iron and other war materials.
.Americans have wondered why this
t raff ice has not been halted. Could
it be possible that drastic action by
the United States would lead Japan
to seize the East Indian islands, from
whence comes our rubber and tin ?
Is it possible that, in view of the
present world situation, and the pos
sibility that our navy be required in
the Atlantic Ocean, the United
States does not consider it safe to
risk retaliation from Japan ?
FOOD FOR THE WAR
REFUGEES
The people of the United States, as
Secretary Wallace says, "have been
shocked by the untold misery and suf
fering of Europe's war refugees, the
great majority of whom are women
and children,"
For this reason they will approve
the plan that has been worked out by
the Department of Agriculture by
which the American Red Cross will
buy surplus farm food supplies at
about one-half of the market cost.
As we understand it, the payments
to the Red Cross will come from gov
ernment funds already appropriated
to increase the distribution of sur
plus farm commodities. The pay
ments will const: tute an export sub
sidy.
ELECTRICITY REACHING
THE FARM
More than six hundred rural elec
tric systems have been financed by
the Federal Rural Electrification Ad
ministration since 1935 and, as a re
sult, one farm family in four now
enjoys new opportunities and incen
tives for life and work on the farm.
When the REA undertook to carry
high line electric power to the farm
ers of the United States, only one in
ten had central station service. The
advantages and conveniences which
come to farmers as a result of elec
tricity are too well nnown to need
restatement here. The progress
which has been made is worth not
ing, but we should not overlook the
fact, even now, three out of four
farm families do not have the op
portunity to enjoy electricity.
UTILITIES DOING VERY
WELL
A few years ago, the cry was loud
in the land that the public utilities
were being "cut to pieces" by the poli
cies of the Rooaevelt Administration.
It may be interesting to point out
that C. W. Kellogg, president of the
Edison Electric Institute, says that in
the twelve months just ended, genera
tion and aales of electricity and oper
ating revenues attained all-time high
records, which generation exceeding
the previous high of last year by
twelve per cent and operating reve
nue exceeding last year's high by
seven aadone-half per cent
Obviously, the public utilities are I
not beiag started to death in the I
United States, regardlees of the loud I
laments sad prolonged mournings I
that greeted the passage-of certain I
Tarboro Rotarians I
To Hold Clink 24th I
its regular Orthopaedic Clinic on I
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Pitt County Health
Department Report
For Month of May
The Principal activities of-the Pitt
County Health Department during
the month of May were: Typhoid,
pre-school, material and infant wel
fare and venereal disease clinics, cafe
and dairy inspections, and malaria
drainage work.
The contagious disease situation is
unusually good. There was reported
only one case of scarlet fever, one
case of measles, no diphtheria, no ty
phoid and no whooping cough.
Typhoid cinics were held at strate
gic points throughout the County
during the month of May, and there
was a total of 2,381 completed vacci
nations. -
Pre-school examinations were con
ducted in the Greenville schools and
there were 105 pre-school children
examined.
May was the year's banner month
from the standpoint of diphtheria im
munization, 248 children having been
vaccinated. ?
The State-Pitt County Orphepaedic
clinic, sponsored by the Greenville
Rotary Club, and conducted by Dr.
Hugh A. Thompson, Raleigh, con
tinues popular?the average attend
ance being around 30 patients per
month.
The attendance at the maternal and
infant welfare clinics reached an all
time high mark during May, showing
a total attendance of 240 as compar
ed with 159 for May, 1939, or an
approximate 50 percent increase.
The number of treatments in the
venereal disease clinics was 2,000.
A very important piece of sanita
tion work was done by Parmville, as
sisted by J. H. Moore, Pitt County
Sanitary Officer, when it put on a
rat extermination campaign. We
hope later on that not only all towns
in the County will put on such a cam
paign, but that we may .be able to
reach the rural areas also, making
such a campaign County-wide.
Other sanitation work was hotel,
restaurant, cafe, and soda fountain
inspections, meat market and dairy
inspections, and malaria drainage
projects.
Ihe annual dairy survey of the U.
S. Public Health Service, conducted
in Pitt County during May, showed
that the milk supply was of high
quality and produced under sanitary
conditions.
Respectfully sumbitted,
N. Thomas Ennett, M. D.,
Pitt County Health Officer.
Lint Growers Begin
Side-Dressing Crop
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Side-dressing North Carolina's cot- 1
ton crop, now recovering from the 1
effects of a cold spring, - is in full 1
swing, according to Dr. E. R. Col
lins, fertility agronomist of the ST. C. 1
Agricultural Experiment Station. J
In some cases where growers secur- *
ed a good stand from the first plant
ing, the agronomist pointed out, the
side-dresser has already been applied.
However, where the gotton^had to be
replanted, the job is just now getting i
undarway. i
For those who have not yet applied (
a side-dressing to their crop, Dr. Col- ]
lins recommended 16 pounds of solu- <
ble nitrogen, the equivalent of ap
proximately 100 pounds of nitrate of
soda to the acre. This amount is for t
the lighter, sandier soils, and should <
be cut down to 10 pounds of soluble s
nitrogen on the heavier more fertile
soils. - .
The agronomist explained that the
side-dressing should be applied with
in ten days after the cotton plants
are chopped.
Where rust has appeared in previ
ous crops, from 75 to 100 pounds of
muriate of potash also should be ap
plied not later than ten days after
chopping. ?.
Dr. Collins explained that side
dressing is more common in the
coastal Plain section of the State
where the soils are sandier and light
er. ' ?? x
Also, he pointed out, there is m<yre
need of potash in this area, jparticu
larly on land growing cotton and pea
nuts,' the latter crop taking much of
the potash from the soil. <
As a whole, the agronomist said,
:he cotton crop in North Carolina is
jood this year, despite the set-back
is received earlier in the season.. ?
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BRITISH ;
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In response to the British govern- .
nent's campaign for increased home |
food production, more than 2,000,- j
)00 acres of grassland have been <
ilowed up and are now being plant- J
>d to food crops. ]
The war may be responsible but J
he production of Spring poetry was ]
>ff a bit this year, both in quantity <
ind quality. \
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CHURCHES
BAPTIST CHURCH
Key. Buford B. Fordham, Pastor.
All services being held at present in
Municipal Btdidiiiff. ^
9:46 A. M.?Sunday School ? G. W.
Davis, Superintendent.
11:00 A. M.?Morning Worship.
. 7:00 P. M.?Baptist Training Un
ion.
8:00 P. M.?Evening Worahip.
8:00 P. M.?Wednesday. Prayer
Meeting.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Rev. C. B. Mashburn, Pastor.
9:45 A. M.?Sunday School. J. 0.
Pollard, Superintendent.
11:00 A. M. Morning Worship.
7:00 P. M.?Junior and Senior En
deavor.
8:00 P. M.?Evening Worship.
8:00 P. M.?Wednesday. Prayer
Meeting.
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EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. Jack R. Rountree, Rector.
10:00 A. M.?Sunday School. J. W.
Joyner, Superintendent.
11:00 A. M.?First Sundays ? Holy
Communion and sermon.
11:00 A. M.?Third Sundays?Morn
ing Prayer and sermon.
THE METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. D. A. Clarke, Minister
10:00 A. M.?Sunday School. John
T. Thome, Superintendent.
11:00 A. M.?Morning Worship.
7:15 P. M.?Young Peoples' Group.
8:00 P. M.?Evening Worship.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. H. M. Wilson, Pastor.
10:00 A. M.?Sunday School. C. F.
Baucom, Superintendent.
11:00 A. M.?Morning Worahip.
8:00 P. M.?Wednesday. Prayer
Meeting.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Rev. Francis McCourt, Pastor
Holy Mass
10:00 A. M.?Every Sunday.
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