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Each Gave. Colored Citizens Also Help.
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In response to the following
telegram to Mayor Joyner Irani
Edward E. Albritton, chairman
State Releif Committee, calling
for aid to flood sufferers in West
' ern North , Carolina, Farmville
joins other towns in liberal dona
tioos. *
Raleigh, N.C, July 24, 1916.
Mayor of Farmville,
f Farmville, N. C
*
Digressing demands for aid to
flood sufferers in Western North
Carolina calls for contributions
in every town in North Carolina.
Please urgethe people to respond
'generously aijd without delay.
Thousands are homeless and
helpless. Have mass meeting if
possible. Wire Tuesday night
amount your town gives. .
EDWARD E. BRITTON.
Chairman State Relief Com.
Chief Police, J. L. Taylor de
serves much credit for the rais
' in g of thejrefief fund here, which
i;| amounts to $113.50,
sonallly solicited a large portion
'of tins amonnt ? {: ; J
; i- The amounts given and those
R. L. Davis ? tflKM
J. A. Mewborn 2.00
j. r. Divis. m
W. D. Fields 1.00
f .Tod-Smith Co. vl.0?
J. W. Homles 5.00
f bi F. & R. O, Lang
J. W, Parker LOO
* Loyd Hofton
R. R. Newton .\..:..-,1.00
* ' ? ? ? - * ' . ? AA
W.T. Kuttm
B. S. Sheppai
rW. Turaaae
^Bolowl
; ,;-.
wife
WhelessDsfcigCo.
F. C. Patterson...
A. C. Monk
Hubert Joy ner ...
G. A. Rouse
G.L. Fields
Frank Nix
Watt Paiker ....
J. B. MyrphreyT_
]L L. Shack leford
Geo. W Blount-^
G. S: Williams
L. W.Godwin ..
Dr. Paul E. Jones
R. T. Martin
R. L Joyner ....
B. S. Smith
L. Milkerson
.J,jones...i
csshkn!
s$ssr=
MrsrH. Humphrey
FarmVille
citizens when it comes to
true test
"Help we, Cassias, or I sii
was the appeal of Caesar on
occasion. Mr. Hughes is apt
ingto the California Progress
to save him. He pfcatte i
united party, which he say
progress.*' riitmaiy Took that
to him; bat he is in error. '
country has done so well u*
the Democratic party that |
disposed to thank Mr. Roos|
for getting mad and bolting ]
years ago,;ind it lias little
course, what Mr. Hughes mi
[progress^hil.
evenin
19th,ja happye
jive. Many, games were pIayeQ.1
Duriag the happy laughter aod*
clapping of hands Master Sam
some Hitle bicycle hy his father.
Many handsome and useful pre
sent? were received^ The chil
dren were served ice cream,
cake and popcorn. The little
foiks enjoying themselves im
mensely.
As the sun bad itself behind
the Western hills the little guests
Began to 3epart, each declaring
Master Sammie, betfer, baoWh
jverbial "Wilson luck" con
ues to keep &ep with the df
ial acts of the preterit admin
x>ti?rcss since the 1
succeeded in getting !
jugh the Wilson policies^ * j
low that the President has
led the ne w Rural Credits law
sed by the Democratic con
ss,bo?h are being credited and
gratulated upon at la? breath
Ifce ttealh of life into a
a measure the* farmers
rth Carolina and forty-sei
er States by placing fa
ns on a basis and footing w
nmercial loans generally,
forth Carolina hopes to feci
for ihe location/here
bank for the distri# c
i for the two Caroli
on his profitable mill properties.
The farmers of the country could
not get legislation of this kind,
as the record proves, as long as a
Republican occupied Hie White
House. WiJ^irith, branches of
congress Efemocratic, as they are
today, suck a mqfsnre would not
have been printed in the coun
try's ^atute books if Charles E.
Hughes had been president m
&ead of Woodfow Wilson. Wall
Sttcrct a?d the Morgans, would
not allow -Hughes to sigh a bill
like that.
JPV# >?? " ???? v," '?Sre2fiH5K '' 2- '?'? '?
What is triis of the national
congress ajti the head ol the
looa! government concerning
? ' n and administration a!
inry to tfc) fine prospers of the
party wWch are otherwise so
bright ; and encouraging. ' The
caucus program was to defer far
ther arftion on the Keating bill,
which the House passed after a
hot fire by a small but adive
minority, which numbered some
of "our f0^\who very~proper
iy defended the v?ood natoe of
Tarheel conditions and manu
facturers from exaggerated and
untrue assaults by congressmen
representing interest New En
gland and other Northern manif^
facturers. , The ' president now
asks that this progriamfce revers
ed and the bill passed by the Sen
ate, so that he can sign it at once.
Here's hoping that good luck
Pfe continue^to abide with us,
whatever result i* finafly de
termined upon.?;^$t-*
Si Firemen and fin Protection
The State firemen have re
turned to their respective homes
after ' nearly a week spent at
their State's capital The ina-.
bility of the Asheville and s?me
other companies of the; we& to
reach here- on account of the
floods detracted from the event
to some extent. But the anriusd
convention und the tournament
event were highly successful and
every visitd* enjbyed the occa
sion immensely. They said so.
And lUleigh was proud to have
them, for they are a fine set of
to frovKieit without delay.
Kiass fire protodioh is the
investment property-owning
? ' yf. ' * ? ? '.O . a ?
citizens <
The fire
; - A CORRECTION! I
, Irf'our last wtek's issue ap
pear^ fcJocal item making note
of a visit to our city of Mr. J. A.
Ricks, of Greensboro, and Mr J.
W. Mann, of Louisbuig, The
correction^ we wish* to make is
this:. We stated in the local men
tion that they were the State
agents of the Atlantic Life Insur
ance Co., when it should have
:Oy
jmsiM' iSc
iVN-'.
mm r sir
The approva(of the good toads
bill by tile President la& week
marks the beginning of a new
era o| domestic development in
the Ignited States, the beneficial
effects of which will forfeit fe
every citizen of the Country,
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the-government for good toads,
provided the States meet the re- v
spective sums apfiorUoned io
them. These allotm?pJ range
from $4315,750, Texas, down to ;
$124,5000, % Delaware. If aH
the States makes appsopriationi
equal to the sums apportioned by
the government the amount to
Jbe expended will be SHOQO.OOO,
a year for five years.,. :
Thejbenefit that can be gained
through the judicious expendi
ture of such a sum fo&foads Is
practically beyond calculation.
The visible benefits may be
imagined in the reduction of hu
man and other labor in market
ing the enormous crops of the
couutry; but it is impossible to es
timate the indirect benefits con
ferred through facility br inter- .
Course; increase of trade, deveK f
opment of now inaccessible lands
tranter of urban
One hundred and seventy mil
lion dollars for good roads is an
impressive sum, bnt . tfheo it -ir.*
compared with the wealth and
population of the country4 it is
seen to be *6ry moderate*^ A
nation whose annual
of farm animals is of sufficient
value to pay all the year's ex
penses of the British empire at
war is a nation that deserves and
must have good roads, A nation
whose hens .produce ecjts valued
at more than all the output of all
the arms and munition factories
swely is entitled to wds%??
which these hens may coiitest
the right of way with the fanner's
1917 eight cylinder automobile. i
itomobilists, 1
done wilt?<
than $170,000
r of it will be
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