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PRINTING INK TAKES THE KINK' OUT OF BUSINESS COLIC?TRY IT Wi THE FARMVILLE ENTERPRISE^! ^"published by The Rouse Printery ' "WATCH FARMVflAfe frllSH FORWARD" . , Subscription $1.50 a Year ip Advance VOL 14 = FARMVILLE. PITT COUNTY, NOi^TH CAROLINA. JULY 20. 1923 ^ NO. 11 Union Meetings Open With A Good Spirit Local Ministers Delivering Fine Sermons. Singing Best Yet The Union Revival Services of the Farmville Churches were opened Sunday evening at the School Auditorium with a splen did spirit and a good crowd in attendance and a tine message from the speaker of the evening. The Rev. 0. E. Fox of the Christian Church was the open ing preacher, his theme being "The Ideal Church". His appeal was for a progressive church, never "being satisfied until the ideal church is reached. The singing, led by Mr. W. G. Sheppard, was entered into by the audience with enthusiasm, led by a good choir. Special evangelistic hymn books being used. Rev. A. C. D. Noe, who had charge of the service, opened the meeting by a short talk, tell ing of the plans. No minivers are being announced to preach, it being feared that the members of the Congregations might be predjudiced in their attendance, should the speaker be announc ed- ' ? ; I A song by a male quartette, j . made up of Messrs Moye, Hill, Hohmes and Sheppard wasi greatly en joved. AHQ-OUgU II WHS IHIbKig I.T1UU day evening, a fairly good crowd turned Gist to hear the Rev.^ < of Jap?r4?i liver a talk on that couotry. Mr.; Hassell carried ihe audience with him on an immaginary trip to the orient and described with iotere&ing touches, the life of a| missionary in that part of thel world. ' Those in the audience who wondered at the slight delay in I starting the meetiDg Monday evening will be interested to know that, although six ministers were present, not a Bible could be found from which to read the scriptures, and that it was neces sary to change the reading so that it could be read from the book of John which the minimi ers were able to scrape up. The ministers have asked that we keep this a secret; therefore we ask our readers not to tell. On Tuesday night Rev. D. E. Hill, of the Baptist church, de livered an inspiring address on Jesus, the Son of Man and the Son of God. A solo by Mrs. Richard By num was "beautifully rendered. In closing, the choir sang, "Stand Up for Jesus". Ad Evening at Hill Crest. A merry part, of four couples enjoyed an afternoon aod eveaingat Hill Cte& lasl Fri day. Dancing. swimming, boating and a picnic lunch made up the festivities of the trip. The party was composed of Hisses Lida Tyson, Guilla, As kew, Julia Wilson, Elizabeth Kiureli Messrs Will Joyher, Edt ward Jones, Hubert Joyner and - Tom Saioot, r.. ?' ? "*? f .?_/;' ?* > . ? Wouldn't B* a Pre*char. J. H. 'Ubby. the cement contractor, u ?" diacuaain* the future ?*fcla little ,"fl a?MafV/to/\n UamOu UaUimak t-.-'iF T37A y no son, ft - * - IIP ' * v ? :v ; 1 Friday the Thirteenth Was With out Unlucky Incident, Remembering with trembling hearts the mysterious happen ings of laC Friday, April 13th, the supercilious of our Farm vi'Ie folk, shook their heads at" those frivolous citizens who ! waited for Friday, July 13tn with no fears for their safety. But the day came, and as -far as we know nothing out of the ordi nary happened. Business was carried on as usual, people left and arrived on the trains and a | pleasant rain toward evening as sured the farmer of the goodness of Providence. And so now, those people who scoff ,at super stition are firmer than ever in their belief ihat the occurances of Friday, April 13ih were mere ly coincidences. >fot again for nearly a whole year will there be a conjunction j of the two unlucky dates. The J dext event \yhich will be of in terest to the superstitious^iil be the eclipse of the sun in Septem ber. Sar, Souci. A club composed pf eight of the girls of the younger set which calls itself the San Souci was recently organized and the second meeting was held Mon Iday afternoon with Miss Evelyn j Horton. Several important matters were discussed after which a contest ou "States" was engaged in, Miss Sally May Smith win Del icious orangWge, cake and salted peanuts were served by the hostess. The members of the San Souci Club are Misses Sarah Mew borne, President Edna FouC Harris. Secretary, Sus3n Bar rett Treasurer, Janie Davis, Mild- 1 red Barrett, Sally May Smith, Jvancy'Bynum ahd Evelyn Hor ton. Rotary Club. The Local Rotary Club held its regular meeting Tuesday , evening and in the absence of both the President nd Vice Presi dent ex President Paul E. JoDe:' presided. The invocation was given by Rotarian Walter G. Sheppard before the chicken supper was served. Several songs were sung and short in formal talks were made by Dr. 'Willis* Jasper Shackleford, A. C. Monk and Alex Rouse on some o! the intere&iDg problems and I great opportunities for service present here. An original stunt was enjoyed irtr which each member guessed the combined age of the Club, On going around a second time [ every member gave his own age though some of the patriarchs kicked mildlv on the expose. Rotarian "Joe" Horton beine accustomed in bis insurance "catling" to judging the ages of "prospects" probably by their in cisors and canines was greatly envied of this gift, by his fellow Rotarians who watched him en* joy a fine cigar which he rdcriv ed as a reward for a close guess. .Rotarian Carl Turnage pn sested the Club with severa fine watermelon - which were us ed as a grand finale. s-'" " - -? A :? a tbi HarvsstMapn. . A The term "harvest moon" ft aft plied to the full moon which happens on or overeat to the Hat of September, because It rises cm Several consecu tive nffhte more Ie*ri7 after sunset than any other fulkmooo of the year, and la especially favorable for harvest law work tat (ha eveola?. ?i . ] ? ' ^" f FORD iis HARDING 1921 ISSUE TODAY Final Voting in the Ffrmvilie Enterprise's Nation-wide Voting Test, Gives Detroit er 276,8m to Harding 679,909 STRAW VOfES WERE CAST I "i i- ? ? Smith, McAdoo, Johnson, LaFol lette, Underwood and Borah ' Poll Votes Which Place Them in Favored Posi tions in Race for 1924 Nominations - ' , The grand total of 679,996 bal lots were cast in the Farmville Enterprise's nation wide Presi dential Voting Test which start e4Jiipe Z,v^cl^edMy J.foaL returns of which were received in thk office to day. Henry Ford was fir^T, polling more than a third of the entire vote. Ford received 276,874 votes to President Harding's 140,728. The Ford and Harding votes combined total approximately two thirds of the entire vote ca&, which indicates that the political issue in the mind of individual voters today is, Ford vs Harding. What bearing, if any, this senti ment will have on the major party convention?, the Demo crats in particular, may prove very irt 'resting. Harding Finishes Strong The biggest development m the closing days of the Farm ville Enterprise's voting was the swing to Harding which follow ed his trip and speeches across country on his way to Alaska. The Prisident's assurance of the G. 0 P. nomination gives him a strength not indicated in this vote. With the party organiza tion back of him and Ford re jected by the Democrats and maybe on an independent ticket, the official y^ace would likely show entirely ^ifierent. figures for reader personal. Ford showed unusual strength in all parts of the country. He carried Florida, Oklahom, Penn sylvania. Minnesota, South Da kota, Nebraska. South Carolina North Carolina, Missouri, Michi gan, Colorado, Arkansas, Idaho, Connecticut, Montana, .Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Indiana, Iowa Texas, Georgia, Noah Dakota and Tennessee. President Harding carried New York, 'Maryland, Illinois, Ohio, Whconsin, New Hamp shire, Massachusetts, California, and Maine. The President led Ford by more than 8,000 voltf ?-New. York, but both were led by Governor A1 Ji. Smith, (Demo), who polled 43,571 of his 81,329 votes there. A1 Smith of New York is in tbird place, still the national .strength of McAdoo shows thai n - -ri; $ the race between these two for th*/Democratic nomination is go*agr/to be a hot one. McAdoo poHed a consistant vote through out^? country a.-.d especially in tb^Demjocratic South., Smith vptj^were more scattered, his Net^ort vote being his chief sountfof strength; a^Folle.te and Johnson i-. Republican ranks, too, ^UM^^Kpadilion exists. Hiram country whs second to Preudent Harding. Still LaFollettc with big votes in Minnesota, Wiscon sin and Montana polled about a hundred more votes than did Johnson, putting him in sixth place. The vote ca& for Former President Wilson was more in the nature of a compliment, in asmuch as he won't be a candi date. The early vote showed a Wilson strength which gradually disappeared as voting became interested. Underwood votes came most ly from the South but showed a wider range than merely favor ite son sentiment. Senator Borah's vote was fair ly well distributed, although his home state vote of 5,863 helped his climb into ninth place. Many Favorite Sons, v The total of 7,842 votes classi fied as scattered votes, showed how favorite sons were choices in the various states. Haskill of Oklahoma ran strongest of favorite sons with 852 votes? although his state went to Ford with a total #of 24,093. In New York Judge Daniel F. Cohalar, Supreme Court Justice of New York State, received a constant favorate sob vote. So it was with Lowden of Illinois, Rals- ( ton of Indiana, also Taft, Persh ing, Brookhardt. Groesbeck, and Carter Glass. j A comparison of the Farm ville Enterprise, test vote with < that conduced by Collier's, The National Weekly, shows only slight differences in city and ru ral voter sentiment. Colliers's voters representative of the city and .large town vote. This news paper's te& is representative of the smaller towns and country America chpi^e. Collier's vote showed 'Ford leading Harding, approximately 5 io 2. McAdoo thfrd. Cox forth, Johnson fifth, Smith sixth and H ug he* seventh. 1 In this news-1 paper's vote, Co* and Hughes ran in tenth and eleventh places. This final vote in The Farm ville. Enterprise ballotting is representative of the sentiment throughout the country at this time. It has been conducted by Republican, Ejemocrat and Inde Publisher's Auto Castor Service or New York it was ip position to condudl this content. The voting was steady throughout the te&, the line up of the candi dates being about the same at the end as during the second week of voting. The Farmville Enterprise in presenting this exclusive story to rts readers feels that the te& vote, is an accurate cross section of' American political sentiment in^ 1923 Answering the quefftion we; asked June 1?' Whom do youi want for President?"?It would; seem ?Ford or Harding. - Final Vote in The Earmville En terprise's Presidential Teft Ford 276,874 Hardtag... 140.72S Smith' 81,31$ McAdoo ....__J 48,575 Wilson.. 19,903' LaFollette --wi.? 14,310 Johnson 14,224 Underwood 14,136 Borah . 12,0? Hughes 10,867? Cox.,.U 9,683! Hoover 8,270 Bryan ?5,549? Pinchot j 2,927' Debs ....... 2,7841 Capper. 2,637' Dr. Albert Shaw 2,572= John W.Davis 2,192 James A Reed j 1,5$# Haske l (Okla).... 852 Scattered 7,842 TOTAL VOTE i>79,90t? Presbyterian Picnic > ? .?. ? 5 ?'J j ' ;?.W*6 - 'w?*'' The members of the Freshy* terian congregation and Suodfty School enjoyed a deightful aic Tm aday, leaving at.9 a. m. i i cars and arriving at Hill Crdst at ten thirty. Bathing and a big dinner made the occasion a memorable one. The time tit the picnic wa$ changed j- ficai W . xZ'J.i" '"-y-'T- * - ST-; . ^ ,Wilson's Daughter; In Business Now j : v ? ? ? * ... & 0 j Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson, daughter of the former President, has entered the advertising busi ness in New York. The photo was taken her first day at her new job. which she says "is a business which has uhyiys interested me. Butler Has Narrow Escape in Wreck ^Helped Victims Keep Cheer ful By Singing Humorous Hit Mr. Charlie Butler, who so delighted Farmville with his beautiful voice, had a miracu lous escape last week in a seri ous railroad wreck near Mem phis, Tenn. Following is part of a press dispatch sent out concerning the affair: In the darkness, beVvildeiment and confusion rather than terror characterized the victims. After a moment pf uncertainty and growing concern, a tenor voice strong and clear, coming from one of the wrecked cars poured forth above the disoiJer the strains of that old negro melody, "Nobody knows what trouble I seen." The owner of the voice pres ently was discovered to be the noted evangelistic singer, Char lie Butler, of Springfield, 111., who presently emerged through his window unhurt. A spirit of cheerful acceptance of the situa tion at once appeared to take charge and passengers laughed and joked as they aided their more unfortunate companions to dig themselves out." The Autoi&'s Anthem. This song was written success. We pass it (on to you. K-u tj. v *. -. : ?. ? ? ?' >'? , * ? , ? ? ? ?. My auto, 'tis of thee, Short road to poverty? Of thee I chant; I blew a pile of dough On you three years ago; Now you refuse to go, Or won't, or can't. Throtfgh town and cout^ryside, You were my joy and pride, Oh, happy day. I loved th^gaudy hue, The nice white tires so new, But now your down and out for true, In every way. To1 thee, old rattle box, C<me many bumps and knocks; For thee I grieve. *? Badiy thy top is torn Frayed are thy seats and worn; The whooping cough affects thy hr.rn I do believe. Thy pedum swells the breez*, While good folks choke and wheeze, As we pass by. I paid for thee a price, 'T would buy a mansion twice, Now everybody's yelling, "Ice," i wonder why! Thy motor has the grip, Thy spark plugs have the pip: And woe is thine. I, too, have suffered chill?, Fatigue and kindred ills, Endeavoring to pay my bills, Since thou were mine. Gene is my bank rol^ now t No more 'twould choke a cow, As'once before. Yet, if I had the mon. So help nie, Cien?amen, I'd buy a car again. Aid speed sime more. ?. ^ x The Compleat Bomectto Mplon Advertlawneirt r Elegant home, all Improvement* Ssh pond and running Water 1a houaa"?Eoatoa graPBfript. . . to Tuesday on account of the farge number of picnicer* who were scheduled to be at iiill., Crest on Wednesday. - - . ?? I... ??? ' ? . %'? J 1 ? ' ' '? ? " - .X,>? ;? ?: ? . ? ; t".
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