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t jEefcoait T^^^OrWHh -?%?'*: * ? ? .7 ~ v ;? ? f '4?iMsjoTW L . 1 '? .-i - ,r -l. , n-r- ?? ? ' ? ? III ,1 I ^ I-. ? , ' ? 'II' 111 ' ? 1' "* ' " ' T -jT " "" * ? "** 9 P 7 ' -> ? r----T ? ???. ? hMMIrlbtalMv 'WATCH FARMVfLLE PUSH FORWARD" So^tton ?1.50 a Year In VOL.14 ~ ~ FARMVILIiE, PITT COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 28, 1924 Nri."46 ' * --J- ? -as--! L '?/|i>JHl'l .ll I L ?J! ? ?_ i .I 'I'',,, ??_! . ,?J?-?1 ? . New CM Has Been Organiz edbi Faraville To Be Known as The Methodist Methodist Mens' Club?Starts With More Than Fifty Charter Members?T. E. Joyner Elect ed President?Meetings To Be Held Monthly. About 50 men met in the aining room of the Graded school Friday, evening, March 14, at 7 o'clock for the purpose of organizing a men's club. The meeting was called to or der by the pastor, Rev. B. B. Slaughter, and T. E. Joyner was elected temporary chairman, and G. M. Holden temporary secretary. After singing "America" the men sat down to a most sumptuous chick en dinner with "accessories to match," prepared by the Young Ladies' Mis sionary society of the Methodist church. Several very interesting and help ful speeches were made at the close of the supper. Mayor M. V. Horton made a splendid talk on the subject: "The Needs and Benefits of a Metho dist Men's Club in Farmville." J. W. Ix>velace made a very fine talk on the subject: "The Loyalty of the Men to the Church," and Rev. B. B. Slaughter spoke on the subject, "The History and Purpose of the Methodist Men's Club." v . . < A male quartet composed of E. F. Huffines, B. C. Barbee, Murray and Hunter, furnished some very en joyable music for the occasion. Miss Goldie Shiflet performed at the piano and it goes without say ing that the musical end of the pro gram was well done. - ? o'i iur. nanier, iimhi imu, mauv ?. very interesting talk to the club and in his talk he told the club what a fine, loyal Set of Texas boys he had here on the read force. . The dub: was launched w*tb ? membership of 46! TTis permanent organisation was then formed. A. C. Monk, L. M. Cox and J.'W. Love lace were appointed as nominating committee and brought in the follow ing nominations: T. E. Jooyner, president; Judge J. Loyd Horton, nee president; G. A. Rouse, secretary; J. W. Lovelace, treasurer, and L. M. Cox, historian. These elective officers appointed the following committees: Member ship committee, G. M. Holden, chair man; J. T. Thorne, J. W. Lovelace, J. B. Joyner ami W. ?L Jones. Program committee, A. >W. Whitaker, chair man; M: V. Horton and. G. A. Rouse. Music committee, E. F. Hufflnes, chairman; B. C. Barbee and L. M. Cox. Local actjye committee, J. Loyd Horton, chairman; W. B. Wooten, M. L. Eason, L. A. Futford and J. G. Smith. Sunday School committee, A. H. Jevner, chairman, E. L. Russell and A. C. Monk. Entertainment committee, Haywood Smith, chair man; R. A. Fields and J. M. Christ man. The dub decided to meet once a month, Friday following' each second Sunday. After a very enthusiastic meeting and enjoyable occasion the club adjourned to meet April 18 at 7 p. m. All Methodist men whose member ship is in or out of town, all Meth odist inclined and loyal friends of the Methodist church, 18 years old and over are eligible to membership. What the RoS^sry, Kiwanis, Civitan and Lion dnba mean to ckair busi ness end the wktfare oi a town that the Men's Club means to the chinch ano community inrerww. The puTpoae of the dab ie"t? pro mote a wholesome fellowship among the men, promote ^loyalty to the church and community interests to cultivate service for the church and community, and develop Individual leadership of all the men for publie . J <? % y? l ^ -? v? -vV il i ii ? mile a xr tiitthP AVflO ? On account of H^ln^ in the Moore ?3?BBt*vHHlf'*: -? ?^?^f - ."? S^'-'- ^':Jit -:' LOCAL ROTARIANS GUESTS OF GREENVILLE CLUB ON MONDAY EVENING. The Greenville Rotary club was host to the other Rotary clubs of the coun ty Monday evening at their splendid club house in East Greenville. Promptly at 6:30 a large number of Rotarians took their places in the dining hall of the club where a splen did dinner was served and a fine pro gram rendered. President Bob Wright offered a hearty and cordial welcome to the guests on behalf of the Greenville club and appropriate responses were n.ade by Grady Dixon, President, of Ayden chib, and George R. Wheeler, President of Farraville club. The evening was market! by a num ber of short interesting talks express ing splendid sentiment. Thrilling songs were led by June Rose who en joys singing more than eating. There were a number of special guests who responded with witty speeches after introduction. This get-to-gether affair was the result of a movement to create a warmer fellowship between the three towns representing Rotary in the county and these affairs will be con tinued throughout the year. Farmville, Greenville and Ayden are not only related by the spirit of Rotary, but connected by hard sur faced roads. i SHOWER IN HONOR OF RECENT BRIDE Mrs. Walter Sheppard was hostess on Saturday afternoon of March 22 at a miscellaneous shower in honor of a recent bride of this city, Mrs. Joab Tyson, formerly Miss Louise Er vin ,of the Arthur section. As the guests arrived at the home they were met at the door by the , hostess and shown upstairs to the cloak room by Mrs. Carl Tyson. Mrs. Jack Taylor received the packages at the foot of the stairs. ^ Mrs. Tony Lang and Mrs. George Beckman served hot tea in the hall as the guests returned from the cloak room. i Mrs. R. L. Martin and Mrs. Aliee King had charge of the bride's book, and the book, "Advice to Brides." All There was a contest telling^ortheF wedding and bridal tour of the newly weds. The answers were names of flowers.. The prizes for this contest was the privilege of reading the ad vice to the -bride. Mrs. E. C. Beaman ! enjoyed the privilege. Some saw fit ' to enlarge upon the advice already ? given and drew upon their own ex- '< periences, they said. , At this point a discovery was made. Mrs. Alice King found a letter in the ' bride's book which said "open and ; read." The letter directed her "to ^ look behind the clock for further in- * formation. There another letter was found, saying "open and read." This letter said "If you want to find it look on the desk," and so the story continued, and excitement grew high er until a letter was found in the din ing room addressed to the bride. The bride's letter told her. to get under the umbrella and look out for the shower. She started for an unbrel la, which was suspended above and back of a screen which stood in a corner of the room. On removing the screen she discovered'that the show er was already there. A sewing ta ble beneath the' umbrella was prac tically filled with packages. Both . pretty and useful gifts were found there. - k.:.. snnrTasr?pacKsgF?wus?onngv opened a loud rap was heard on the door, i Mrs. B. B. Slaughter, who was standing near the door, asked S she might answer the door. She secured permission front the hostess, left.the room and soon returned with a rolling pin and letter from Mr. Jiggs. Mrs. Slaughter read the letter from Mag gie which expressed her-regrets, -at not being able to attend the shewer in^person she fety-it of so mnch j importance tha| the bride get the pr&per information she should have about the use of tbe< nri^njg - pin. "Submission of Man and" Woirtan's Rights" was the theme of discussion. It.'^afa well put. , . .? . ' The guests were asked Jplje. a favor/from among the tmy pack ages which hung by~gMep. a*dj*8ft ribbons from the chandelier. Imme diately, rice tbcwiand upon the and mint^ were served before ? ? t WJKm It IrwwJllK' l^JOK IT pnj BETTFIi PBINTINO ? I . . m&..' ? ? >/-rc- y r ? - New MethodiBt Episcopal Church, Farmville, N. C. ?'? .' _v. ? - ? "?? ?'; ' ? ir--. *? jS : V . ?? ' "'? ?? Methodists Erecting Hew Church Edifice -<V .'.v ,/ ' ??? ^SIK*- - . At Cost of $65,000 The Above Picture Gives an Idea Of Its Handsome Appearance at Completion. First Brick Was Laid March 17th. To Be . Finished by Early Winter. ?. ? The outstanding building accom plishment of the year for Faiwville is possibly that of the new Metho^ dist church now under .construction which was one of the first items on the program of progress of the mem bers of this organization and which inanity for The building of this structure is no longer an air castle for the plhns have been drawn by Architect J.lK. Greene, of .Birmingham, Ala.; the building committee, composed of Messrs. J. I. Morgan, T. M. Dail. and John T. Thorne, have let the contract to Mr. O. G. Galley, of Greenville; the foundation has long since been laid, and the walls of the basement are now rapidly pushing their mas sive forms out above the ground, sur face. The first brick being laid on Monday morning, March 17, at 8:00 o'clock, by Me9dames T. M. Da"il and J. W. Parker. - This mogprn and handsome house of worship will adorn- the comer of Church and Walnut streets, which is an ideal location for a building of this kind. It is situated on one of the principal residential streets of the city, hnd only two blocks from - the heart of the business center./ This church is being constructed of red tapestry shale brick trimmed in stone, the roof covered with slate or Spanish tile, and will" be steam neat ed. It will carry out the modern de partmental, idea .with.respect. to ar rangement of Sunday school rooms. Th#> first floor will be used for this I purpose, and will "contain an assembl y I room and class rooms for a . complete departmentalization from the begin - liters through the intermediate grades, and there will be lb rooms on other floors for Sunday school purposes, for woman's work and for league . fori1 The Sunday school auditorium JMtUI be so arranged as to be used for social and get-together purposes, and building will have many other at tflKtive features. The ladies of the Missionary soci ety, who have been setting aside fond* for .am. time ior throne,, of purchasing a handsome pipe or- I I gan, nqw haae on hand a sufficient amount and this will be installed as 1 Tho^num; auditorium and and will poasiS^Gke cafe of the con gregations for a few years at least. >^The church has an jtctive member ship of soppe over two hundred, ^ch. was dfettfed by Master Luther Thom -':?r w%, nt s-1 ~ "A? , . ? . , >, . OTHER BUILDING ACTIVITIES HERE. ?? .. V ' V^IV . ' '.! ? A. "* ' ^ 1 V i ? Another building project is that of the East Carolina Hallway Co., who are remodeling their passenger sta tion which was nsceptly damaged by fire. This compgiy also purposes to build a large brick freight depot on WilsoiCWfct in the *>ear future. T^e Monk Warehouse Co. is build ing an eStem.sionfo thair already com modious buihUhg. The extension will be in the tear <^^^warehouse, and felt last-season.1v ? ''v A, .. . ???; v y Dr. C. C. Joyher, one of our fore most and prominent , physicians, is having building material placed on his lot on Contentnea street. He ex pects to move his present house ami will start immediate , erection of a spacious dwelling on that site. METHODISTS HERE PLEDGE $2,235.00 ON ENDOWMENT FUND ___ The Farmvilie charge of the Me thodist Epsicopal Church, South, Rev. B. B. Slaughter, pastor, lias ac cepted. $2^35.00 as a minimum quo ta to raise within five years for the entire church of this movement is $10,000,600.00, the income from which is to be used for the support of the aged and infirm ministers and wid ow^ and orphans of ministers. The campaign for the fund is be ing directed by the board of finance of the Southern Methodist church, St. Louis, Mo., Bishop W.' F*McMnrry, chairman, and Dr. Luther E. Todd, .secretary. The latter has issued and sent to all pastors a ^booklet, "The Call of the Forgotten. Mljin," which tells the j&ttoetic story of the gre&t need, asics the church to] remember him with substantial giving and out lines-plans for raising the sum sought. v fc- - i | ? According to reports received by the toar^ papiolal charges have up to this time accepted itipi mum quotas asked of and many of them have voluntarily increased ihe amounts.Several ? large individ ual gtj% have alreftfif fieen an nounced and others arj>d expected. There, are over 000 of the j^Htf preachers, many of them lioneer $r mm re whb rode tHr^ugh storm an<l s?nphine, thru Wiifai and. iifa mer, day and night, toj^eirNTe'hu^i^tV' jty an^/the ehunBt, 13001 yidows mid 600 orphans, many V|fP ami ?V-C jjpg jin * little better povferty. !they. , never forgot duty ; and ] jfie chtroi foimr^lngle^iiiJtojWmt, | *nd there is no* evidence o? all sides ti&at the church s at last thoroughly aldjke ^ WINS -PRIZE FOB j; | Little Miss ijL Norman, dnrtfor ?romeetoPit^ ANNA tAAT ..Miss Case will give a song recital at the Eastern Carolina Exposition m Kinston on Monday night April 7th, beginning at 8:2$0 o'clock. "A beautiful maid is a, cheering sight to see," then a good look at Miss Case ought to make the whole world happy. Also, it is pleasant to hear her sing. It is no news that she sings with much charm, sometimes with xlelightful fancy, and not infre quently with serious feeling. - ART EXHIBIT HERE SOON ? The executive board of the Parent Teacher- Association has recently contracted with Elson Art Publish ing C*, of Belmont, Mass., for an exhibit which will be put on at the school building on April 28 to May 2. "Perhaps nothing produces so much happiness as art, in addition to the distinction which beautiful paintings give to the home. Owner ship o'f fine pictures bears eloquent testimony to one's good . taste an<f ever prove a source of interest and delight. Selected from a vast art storehouse, these pictures wilt cover a most pleasing variety of interests and ivill bring to you copies of the most famous and. best liked of all the world's if$i^rjj|ece.s. Miss Mary Jerome Has graciously promised the association to givetwo short musical concerts during tihe week. ? ' More detailed accounts will be giv en later. , .? . atAJ ? ? ORGANIZE CHOIR ??? On Wednesday evening of last, week fourteen members of the Episcopal ehoir met at the home of Mr, and Mit. J. W$ Joyner for the purpose of ..or ganising, V. This was accomplished .and tlie fol lowing ofRcers were elected: Mrs. J. W. Joyner, president; Mrs. R. T. Mar tin, vice-president; "Mr. 'A. S./JJynum,. seeraarjr and treasure^.A cojhmittee, composed of ,Messw.?A. 8. Hptufei,J. b. Shackleford and Jk Warren, was appointed by Rev. J. W. Heyes, as temporary chairman, dor^he purpose of drawing up a Constitution and By Uws of the organization, theae to be submitted at the he# meeting. Various plana were outlined and. JSitted ?L^2ted?"themS h, who h&H 8 16T^6 ETUOUIlt OX ItlUSi^dl THE SINGING CLASS PROM OXFORD ORPHANAGE AT SCHOOL AUDITORIUM APR. 9 ?1 ' v ;v"' " '|i.. The singing class of the Oxford Otp I)hanage will give: a concert in the School auditorium in Farmville Wed nesday night, April 9. You qp doubt know something as to the good that Has heretofore re sulted to the various places these children have visited, and we are con fident that the effort to make the forthcoming visit. a success, as 4e*U us a blessing to our community Will enlist your hearty support. DISTJUCT GROUP AEETING WELL ATTENDED * ' Old Sol showed a smiling face on Tuesday morning, March 24, and the District Group Meeting of the Wom I ari's Auxiliary of tihe Episcopal church was field in Emmanuel church. This meeting which vfras set for March 11 4Fas postponed op account of in clement weather. The 24th proved a better choice and the pleasant springlike day enabled every town in this group to be represented. An imptessive prayer service by the minister, Rev. J. W. Heyes, fol lowed the opening hymn and the scripture lessen/ 1st John, 4th -chap ter, was read by Mrs. Johnson, of Winterville, and the slogan of- the or ganization, 2 Tim. 2-15, was repeated. Thirty-six women answered the roll call and the towns-of the dis trict were represented as follows: Ay $en 4, Farmville .18, Greenville 7. Grifton 3, Winterville 4. The organ ization had a pleasant surprise . in the presence of Mnfc J. G. Staton of Wil liamston, diocesan president of the Woman's Auxiliary and Parochial so cieties. -j. Mrs. J. G. Cox, of Winterville, the efficient president of this . grq'up; -inade ta beaufiful talk on "Prayer," urging a^Her hearers to form prayer groups and have a family altar arid prayers in the home. ^ each meeting, these to be "answered by appointed members at that time; Rev. J. W. Heyes'then mmle a splen did appeal to the women for the study of "Creative Forces of Japan,' during the Lenten seasop. This study Is recommended by the Depart ment of Religious Education and is Ko!n?r afiiriiert evtansivplv in this dio cese. Mrs. R. Williams of Greenville, chairman of Edenton convocation also urged that this study be given special thought and prayer and in a short in formal talk, discussed the assess ments for 1924 and requested that ail the churchps represented send dele gates to the Young Peoples Confer . ence to be hid In Greenville H this, spring. At the stroke of 12, noon day pray ers fpr missions and for an increase in the ranks of the clergy were of fered. Mrs. W. C. Askew of Farnrville, then gave a Aketcfr of the Layman's Movement in the diocese. At 12:80 the assemblage waa in vited to lunch which 'waa served 'in the basement of the Christian church. Lunches are brought by the members and although the dinner is made a small part of the. day's program it always furnishes a period for social ity and friendly intercourse. At 1:30 the meeting was again called Ur order and a splendid paper on "-"Church Attendance" was read by Mrs. W. H. Ricks of Greenville. This paper was considered so fine by Mrs. Ricks' hearers that, a motion was made and carried to print it in the Mission Herald tp which Mrs. Ricks graciously assented. ? K . ; .X-, Mrs- Staton then spoke on various phases <?f women's work and ex plained the' AixiHary Special. The group was >red and delighted to have Mrs. Staton present and j site was wirtwed by the president that* cordial welcome would ever await 1 l?*r..(j jffe ?.^!k Mrs. .T, D. Cox of Winterville, fal lowed WRh a helpful article on^Spifsi^ it-Power." After which the iiMjfcii PROGRESSIVE BRIDGE CLUB viPnAfl onii imff^n utawv OAPVAT) '? i .' ?"*D* Aav??*'v rcrPPV/^HRK; ^ptJWJtMj ^VTOWHi Mrs, J. M, Wheless Elected As Itefegate To District Mwling To BeHfcMth dr^fll^Next Month-?Community Chautau qua To Be Put ^ir 8dm?t?me in iJune Discussed. v,a'; 1 : i The Parent - Teacher^ Association held its March meeting omFriday af ternoon last in the schobl aurfitonurii/ There was no program arranged "for the afternoon as Mrs. Lula Ward, of Greensboro, Interior Decorator, twas expected to give a talk on this subject, but bad been unavoidably detained to the great disappointment of the large number present, -Mn. B. S. Smith was appointed to till the piftee on the inspection committee in) the absence of Mrs. J. M. Christman. ? The Art exhibit to be held the last of April was discussed anil the organ ization was delighted to hear that Miss Mary Jerome would give sev eral sho.rt musical (concerts in con nection with it. In the regular room roll call1- the 1th grade, " Mrs.' Florence '-ThOrne; teacher, won the picture for the . month. The Community ChatauqUd tb be given under the auspices of the Asso ciation in June was discussed.1 Mrs.. J. M/ Wheless was: elected as delegate to represent this organhtafcion at the District meeting of Federated dubs to be held in Greenville in April. A re port of $800 worth of Lyceiiin- tickets sold was given by the president; Mrs. I. M. Hobgood. Miss Annfe "Wflpns was appointed to select prize picture at the Art exhibit. : The annual election of M&Sw then took place and the following were elected:' Mrs; E. A. Fields, president; IWRS. G. A; ? f*" : ? MATRONS CLVK ? Tuesday afternoon Mrs. G, A. House charmingly entertained the Merry Ma trons club at her home on South Main street ? The reception rooms were most at tractive and spring-like with sprays of'peach blooms arranged in an artis tic manner. 0 . " ? t ?, The achievmentaof. the club .during the past* yepr were discussed and a report arranged for the District meet ing of the State Federation of Wo mans clubs which Vill be held fix Greenville in April. . The club also dismissed some civic work to be done in 'the summer And an investigating 9 committee, composed' of Mesdamcs J. I. Morgan and G> M. Holdeo? was ap peintod,tfo. 4ahfCr jriiJ* <toweiii|i#cials and decide upon some specific, work which will be of benefit to Jh?Mo\vn. A social hour followed during which delicious refreshments consisting of froxeri fruit salau, saltlnesk pickles, cheese straws and hot coffee were served by the hostess, assisted by Mesdames . G. M. Holden and Taylor Marrow/ A tiny green or pink candle on each plate signified the.birthday of the hostess without revealing any other secrets. .As she bade her guests good-bye, Mrs. Rouse handed each one an ex quisite- lace. trimmed, parasol made of crepe paper in the pastel shades with s the remark thnt they would bo-useful was a dainty powder puff. WOMAIfS missionary SOCIETY, BAPTIST .CHURCH I ' Til riir'K ' - ^The Woman's Missionary society of the Baptist churrh held its regular meeting on MontLy evening at 7:30. The subjeet of study v/a.s "Our South of pr^ytie. ^After yflfoMl scrip ture lesson untr read by Mrs. Manly interesting u|fc ?'Sfcjjfcto. Missions In Byword Communities., . war1 made bjWheless. v- I Miss Annia Perkins followed with a short talk, "Facing- Mountain^ Prob --A , ? ? Jg&Bl w&s ft-; fftftuit^ Of tne meetine.