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FARM VILfrB. PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. MARCH 26, 1915
VOL. V
Merchants! Get Wise
Let Us Write You an Ad.
and we'll open your eyes
WITH INCREASED BUSINESS
G. A. ROUSE, Editor.
NO. 43
Pin COUNTY
HAS RECORD
ER'S COURT.
Mr. F. M. Woolen of Greenville
Appointed Judge and J. Loyd
Horton of Farmville Gets Tie
Solicitorship.
The General Assembly provid
ed for the County Commission
ers to establish a Recorders
Court fpr Pitt county, and to ap
point officers for same.
The Board met in Greenville
laft Monday and appointed F. M.
Wooten, of Greenville, Judge; .J.
Loyd Horton, of Farmville, So
licitor, and ). D. Cox, the present
Clerk of Superior Court, Clerk.
The Recorder's Court will no
doubt be a success and save con
siderable time and expense.
Mr. F. M. Wooten has had a
great deal of experience, having
served as Mayor of Greenville
for several years? and we don't
believe a better mac could have
been chosen. .
We are especially glad .6 see
our townsman, Mr. J. Loyd Hor
ton, Solicitor of the Recorder's
Court Not so much because he
is one of our townsmen, but be
cause he is going to make an ex
cellent Solicitor. Loyd knows
the law, and the county's interest
will be well taken care of in his
hands. ^
Getting the Habit.
Funneis and townspeople all
over the country arc rapidly
adopting the amfimicy of using
writing papffigytfr envelopes
with their nan?* end. address
neatly printed thereon.
It has many advantages. It
privenit Ae numerous errors in
the spelling of names, insures
correctness of address, and
guarantees the prompt return of
your letter in the event ->f non
delivery.
It is no more expensive than
the buying of stationary in small
lots in the old way, and adds a
di&ndlive air of respectability
and refinement to every home.
It is a good thing, and has
come to ?ay and grow.
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We are ttill waiting for that $1
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ONCE AGAIN.
LIVE AT HOME.
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- Make your farm feed itself this
year, Mr. Farmer. Every pass
injt week only adds new evidence
that there is safety in no other
plan.
There is every prosped that on
account of the advance in cotton
prices as compared with la#
fall's low levels, fariners by the
tens of thousands and perhaps
hundreds of thousands wilf plant
a* bis an acreage of cotton as
ever. Th? negro tenants know
no other crop, and the line of
lea& resistance is to continue
cotton. MOreoverr thousands of
supply merchants will insiit tjiai
ihcir men raise cotton and buy
supplies from the Store.
There is also grave danger that
the acreage in tobacco afid pea
nuts will be excessive. Farmers
who raise peanuts for their bogs
and "market their crop on the
hool" will get their profit ull
right, but. we hear, from many
sections the fear of anv overpro
duction o; market peanuts this
year.
And as for tobacco, we fear
that overproduction is- already
assured. The old tobacto sec
tions realize that prices are al
ready low, and arc not likely to
increase acreage, but many new
sections are going to .risk plant
ing tobacco instead of cotton.
The new- sections sold tobacco
early la& year before the prices
slumped and do not realize how
badly pricds <" i drop.
In view of all these things we
repeat that the only safety this
year and next lies in "living at
home and boarding at the same
place." And if yon doa't believe
that -this is the ,be$l policy for
every year, juSt take u look at
the ligtires showing the percent
age of . tenancy in the various
Southern counties. Certainly in
the scdions we know intimately
this is the almc^ in variable rule:
In the cour.tics that depend
on "money crops," whether .
cotton or tobacco, the per
centage of tenancy is high
and increasing and the num
ber of mortRaced (arms ex- *
ccssivc. / - ? >
On the other lwnd, t^^.e coun
ties Where there is no' "money
ctpp#" but where the people have
fed themselves and raised some
livestock, we find that n far gteat
V_Llil_jj-L - -
Wfyat (Brouct) Will T)o.
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If you ever have a grouch, get rid of it? shake it off
in a htirry? for it is about your wortfl enemy.
A grouch will turn the sweetest disposition to vin6
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Rar.
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' It will ret you against your fellow man.
It will make you a nuisance to other men.'
It will impair your intellect, interfere with your ap
petite, cripple your dige&ion and make you an object of
ridicule in the eyes of other people.
It will retar<jf your work, drive your friends from you,
cause your children to fear 'you, and your relatives to
ahuo you.
? It will turn the br{ghte& day iut9 a murky fog, ob
. scate the sun which God gave you to enjoy, and trans
form the sparkling wsjprs of purity into the bitterness - of
?gal1.' Mm ".4
"B.;1 ?
?? 'it will &rip you of ambition, pull you down to the
depths, and write "finis" t? an otherwise brilliant career.
It will chill the whinny of your horse, kill the affec
| *tions of your faithful dog, and send 5'pur cat scampering
to cover.
ft will rival the bellow of a bull, put your fowels to
flight, and make musid to the grunt of a pig. .
It1 will make you a byword in the community,' an all
around nuisance to humanity, and an objedl of disgust to
yourself.
It is full of peril and without a single grace, for it is
the hand of the devil beckoning you down to ruin and
hell.
" Get rid of your gioucb. ?
Bb - _ -
er proportion of farmers.' own
their homes and fewer farms are
mortgaged. .
You may. draw j our own con
clusions, Mr. Farmer, and govern
yourself accordingly.? Progres
sive Tarraer.
A Modern Necessity. J
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The value of advertising is
felt at three ends? the merchant,
the consumer, and tlje publisher.
Through, the medium of his
advertisement*, the merchant
acquaints the consumer with the
wares he has for sale, with their
values and their httradUvo fea
tures, and is himself constantly
in touch with the consumer.
The consumer reads 'of th<
goods he. wants, learns \vh?io tc
find them, and saves the time o
fruitless hunting' from place t(
placc.
The publisher is the go-he
tween, the medium of com
'munication between the bujc
and seller, a sort <ft public con
venience. Strange as it ma:
peem, he, too, has his uses.
Advertising accomplishe
more good and better results fo
all people than any one featun
in commercial lifej^
It is a modern necessity, mftd<
-so by the* constantly increasinj
demands 6f a discriminatin)
public.
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NO TIME TO
SPECULATE.
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Many good peddle reach mid
dle age with nothing laid up for
sickness or emergency, or for de
clining years; they have no home
and no prosper of one.
Why? Because they took great
risk with their limited income
and surplus funds; it went into
holes i# the ground, into mines,
patents and numberless schemes
?in the frenzy to get big prom
ised returns.
This was money squandered
that would ha>e provided com
fortable homes and well-earned
leisure for old age, but it's gone.
This is the recital p( an every
day &ory in every community.
Heed it! After you have made
sure of your family's future
through insurance protection ?
then's time, only then, for specu
lation for the average man,? Ed.
L. Young.
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Missionary Study Class Meets, i
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On Monday afternoon the
Mission Study Class of the
Methodic Chqrcb, held 'a mosft
interesting meeting at Hotel
Davis, with Misses Carrie Elzey
and E&ella Perry,
The meeting was called to
order by the leader, Mrs. J. W.
Lovelace, and after that all
familiar ' and inspiring song,
"America" was sung and the
Scripture Lesson read, Mrs. J.
W. Parker was asked to lead the
prayer.
The Class is Studying the text
book entitled "The New Home
] Missions." This being the firSt
meeting since organization the
Class reviewed the perface, and
^ took up the firA chapter which
" deals with Home Missions as
J the Geographical Expansion of
the church.
} Many touching scenes of the
pioneer day were reviewed,
especially of the itinerant
preacher often wet with swim
r ming Streams, bearing news of
two worlds. All honor to their
' precious memory, and may their
examples of self sacrifice ever
s inspire ?ur sons and daughters
[ to carry on the great work of
" the chtrtch begun by them.
After 'many questions ' and
? much discussion of the prelimi
nary phase of Home Missions,
Parker read a very
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FARMVILLE
BUILDINGS
[AON ASSO.
The Second Series of Stock To
Be Offered Thursday, April 1.
An Opportunity No Man Should
Allow to Slip By.
The sccond series for the sale
of dlock in the Tarmville Build
ing and Loan Association will be
opened on Thursday, April 131.
This Association will be juil
one year old on that date, and its
fir& year has be.-n much better
than the - promoters had even
hoped for.
In spite of the general depres
sion in lysines'?, thirteen resi
dences have been erecfled through
the aid of. the Association. Even
those that have not given the
Association any support cannot
help but recognizer' ! that the
Farnpyijle building and Loan
Association is a great asset to
the, town. Nothing adds more
to the attractiveness of a town
than pretty homes, owned and
kept by the people. No other
enterprise offers such oppor
tunities for people to own their
own homes instead of paying
rent, as the Farmville Building
and Loan Association does.
ioilrudive paper aih the second
phase of Home Missions. This
was followed by. a round table
discussion of the lesson each one
being asked to give the thought
that impressed her moil force
fully. .
The lesson being ended the
president of the class announced
that the next meeting would be
held with Mrs. W. J. Rollins,
and Mrs. J. I. Morgan would
lead the class.
After the closing prayer, Miss
es Perry and Elzy in their charm
ing manner served delicious hot
chocolate and wafers, which
was very refreshing on such a
cold afternoon. After a moil
enjoyable social hour, the gueils
departed, thanking Misses Perry
and Elzey for such a delightful
occasion. * .
The QuMns Tilt Dots Mot Affect Tin H?d
Because of its Ionic an<l laxative ?fleet, LAXA
TIVK BROMO QUININSia better than ordinary
Ouiolne and does not eanae nervouaneaa nor
rl aping in bead. Remember the full name and
look for the signature cf S. W. CROVK. 25c.
OFFICERS:
Jno. T;"Thoroe, Preside
Ben. A. Joyner, .Vice-P
T. C. Turnagc, Sec.-Tr?
i l j f...
own a home
. - ? -T,. in the Farmville Build
>oar> Association. The second series will be opened
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