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Nb Two Wars In Which America
Has Engaged Were Fought
Under Same Kb*
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An American flag was once solid
- red.
Another American flag was once
green and white.
Still another was red and yelow.
American flags, in fact, have had a
little of about every color there is.
They have_ borne rattlesnakes, pine
I. trees, and mottoes in Latin that most
good citisens today would be unable
to interpret.
And though the Stars and Stripes
were officially 150 yean old on Jane
14, 1927, historians of the flag are
coming more and more to the conclu
sion that while the stars are 150 years
old en this date, the stripes go bade
to about 1705, or earlier,'and that they
are Dutch stripes whcOucame into
American ports on East India Com
part merchantmen.
The stock, tale -that haa been hand
ed down to school children fop-genera
tions is that George Washington went
to Betsy Boas and asked her to make
a flag, and she did,' and Congress ap-j
proved it June 14,1777, and that's how
Old Gtor^was born. "
It is a pretty story and is not yrith
outfoundation, but behind the events
that ook ptaoe in he back room of Mrs.
Klisabeth Boss* house in Arch jtreet.
Philadelphia, there is a history the
flag that to w> jwpfe is new. * !
Fkb about 1705 on, Dutch mer
chaatroent had been seen in Flew York
harbor flying their flag of thirteen
red and wfeite stripes, with a red cross.
In a white ffcld in the upper left eor- i
ner. .
In 1776 there was flown in- V1K1
ginia a flag trf thirteen red send white
stripes. From the. lower right to the
upper .left hand corners wriggled a
rattlesnake. In the white stripe next
to the bottom . ens the command,
"DeSj Tread en* jfe.* 'J
Wh#B Geo rgje Washington Wfent to
Boston to take coBmasd idf the' Col
onial- forces, he was accompanied by
Philadelphia troops who carried a flag
of l&bhie and white stripes. .
Bfk January, 1T76, Washington saw
raised over his headquarters wOCam
bridge, Mass, a flag of 1& red and
ojw!wtxly"l? Wae
were ^crosses of St. George and SC
Andipw of England. . .
Fr^m this it can be seen that there
wmg*im America at least four fla^a
Vitft 13 smpee netore im Betsy rows
fl*g?ppearedin 1777. Proa this, also,
it c* be w0b thai the fact that there
wet* 1* colonies, pne for eaefa stripe
in the flag, was pretty largely a mat
tered coincidence.
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It was in May, 1777, that the Con
tinental Congress" appointed George
4 Wa^ngton, Robert Tforris and Colo-'
? net Gfeorge Ross to plan a flag for all
thc2wieLss ked t the
of the first. Stars and Stripes. She was
**nieee of his by marriage,' 2^ years
eW, *????, beautiful, and a widow.
- She was struggling along trying to
- make both ends meet by waning the
that beei\ ivilleii
tte^^sLi^d Stripe* Where^
I x.T>a wo i inn ? 4V?-TT ?
dous sroto raa*? ?nw mow.
anrit optet
- but it was Httfe-pwi terirx the Kev<
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Family Reurion
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Henry's First Horseless Baggy
** Visits Ritzy Kin; Wonderful
fcj Progress Is Made
Every day isa big day in the life of
Hemy Ford, but three of hia days in
particular have been treroendousiy im
portant^ historically, to hiin and also
to the rest of the world. 0 ? \'
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There was that day away back: ra
the early 'nineties, when-he chugged
forth upon the streets of Detroit with
his first "horseless buggy."
There was the day in *1908 when he:,
introduced the first of theiiow famous
Model T Fords.
Then there was that day?just a few;
days ago?when, with his son Edsel.
at the wheel, he rode the fifteen-mill
ionth Ford automobile off the assem
bly }ine at the great highland Park
plant.
The true significance of the first
?of these three days was .apparent to
no one at the time. To be spre, the
noisy, jerky, little horseless carriage,
was the first automobile Detroit had
seen and, for that matter, one of the
first three the world had seen. But no
observers it was just a curious sort of
freak vehicle?$ toy. Even Henry Ford
himself, had not yet dreamed of the
tremendous development of automo
biles that wag to follow in its wake.
Likewise, tne vonu . wo?
of "the importance of that day in-a90&
which saw the advent of the MedelT
Ford ear. Automobile manufacturers
were multiplying by that time;- the
automobile already had passed the
plaything stage and was showing
pzomiae of becoming a factor in trans
portation But only-||enry Ford and
a few of his closest associates fore
saw-that the long, line of descendants
of that first Model T Ford would revo
lutionise automobile manufacture, aid
perhaps more than anything else in
the development of paved roads, and
place the automobile within thereach
of almost eyetxfftupily in America
But on that late spring day in,' 1927,
when the fifteen-millionth Fond' car
cameoff the wssemWy line, the whole
worlcf knew-it was a day of days in
the history of the automobile and of
American industry and life in general.
Oft the day before, the Ford Motor
Company had issued an official an
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nouncemeiH xou h ww jrv&u ?w*vm?
Kle '%i)enor in design and perform
mance to.any now availablein the low
priced, light car field," <w>aid bea|^^|
. announcement meant that the fifjawyr
millionth Ford marked the begpping
of another long line which map play
an even greater part in providing im
I proved transportation for thenmsses.
?^h rai* ? OT~
<rf the fifteen-milh'onth motor and
st^hpedi-np<p the motor block Jibe
;|numbers "15,000,000."
K?; When, the entire car had been as
sembled, Henry Ford and his son Ed
sel, who is president of the Ford Motor
Company, drove jt-#rom the Highland
Park plant to the administration build
ing of the company at Dearbom. There
r it was met by Mr, Ford's first auto
i mobile, the old "horseless carriage"
t (and by the first of the long line of
> j ^psdel T Fords. .
J WMe news and ]^otion-pictur^?iin
i Also he talked in his charadtejdstk
f Ji^ped oat of a iwui > ran
I though. While-the. fam
[.began to graze."
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The closing -ofjhe third eve atiul era in Ford automobile pro-7ji||
Jp^ duction was featured at the-Ford factory recently?when the origi
L. nal Ford was ?ihed up with the first model /'T" car and the fift
ermth millionth, At which time an announcement was-made that a
~ new improved Ford wouhisoon be on the market. Ahove, Henry
Ford and his sop Edsel, with tha t first small "Ford.'^ .
Hies Monday, In Washington
1 Hospital; Inquest To JBe ' ?
p.' ? Held Saturday
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S heard Blount, negro, who was shot
by Chief E. S. Hobgood and patroj
man Taylor Sunday night, June fitK,
fwhile on a drunken spree and attack-1
ing Chief Hobgood with an axe, died
in a Washington hospital Monday af
ternoon of this week* ?
Blount, a negro well thought of in
Farmville by both raees, is another
victim of P. C. C. (Pitt County Corn),
and his fate should be a warning to
other partakers of the famous bever-!,
ipjj tfaafclta una ie I
| Blount. w?6 a siember of the local
Elks Club, and according tt> ^cus
toms of the club will not be hurried
until next Sunday. The club is plan
ceremony.
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Due to the fact that one of the main
Witnesses is away: at present, . aftd
since the bwhsUsmot to be until Sun
day, the coroners inquest will not be
held until Saturday. The general be
lief, however, is that w blame,will be
cumstan^surrountttng the shooting?
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5 j team down the highway near the
t home he rpaife good his threat
*! ? ' persons no were, nearby
Mr.
? | Of Ndrlin*, At? In
Efijie of the. heat aayts of any town
large orjnhafl, fsag&d hotel. I
E/Wednesday of this week Mr and
Mrs. ji. C. Flemmm& of Norlina, a
by all who know them, secured a two
year ease oh the local ftotel, with the
privilege of five years,' and are now in
pctive management <yf same. This
change promises to gj|%- Farmville one
Rfthe cleanest and best hotels in this
pfection of the state. We welcome a
ctewgBv
For some months it has been the
practice of the many- travelii^. wen
covering the south eajjtem part of
as possible in Norlinasothey cotikl
feat at Mrs. Flemmmg's. Her table
was alwas loaded with the many good
[things to eat seldom found at the av
erage small town hotel or boSrding
house, and the atmosphere surround
[ing same was such were glad
?ifr'an opportunity to stop 'there. I
^Farmville always welcomes .qgood
[folks to make! this their home and we
\snre that our citizens are Wore
ad to welcome Mr. and Mr*
?^mmmg nere and to take charge oi
I Mr. and'Mrs. Flemming will be glad
?for the people of FarmviUeaift com
mi^y tp jKjp in and ^t^^acq usunte<^
ton Actually wanted to ccw>pj??t?i J
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Just about the time some of us go!
into^cylinder automobile group
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Evsiiipfitistic services sru u?mcr hel\
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I Ai r jovner nsu never rn?rxit5Uy iuan
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nected with the case.
The man fihat left his filling sta
tion in the hands of the law a!id*isl
customers, was John Harris. He oper
failed to make hJqp^lwu*
fi?i the office of the sheriff i?actorow
led^ w^Se^sion. I
abbot in a most surprising way-?not
to the sheriff, but to Harris himself..
Tfcs representative of the law had
seated hiibself in frtnt of the filling
station, apparently^ gpftg time, tot
in r^tUt^, waiting ifor. the "owner .
cj^e wait long. Harris drove
automobile. He went down
appeared ijx thujas* swampl^^^
something, is hifl arms Jtoretumad a
tow minufcs-dater, a^:^s confropt
sherj&t;
"How. about the five gallons of
[woods?" ibe sheriff interrogated.
Hamss&hi't wait to ?#>r ahy ?ap
planation. of apology for hia|i?te,|j?t
iived through the wooda^ot to re
turn to reclaim his whiskey or the fill
? :% station.
| ^ The sheriff returppd to thq store
and foutjd that the assistant had also
vanished; leaving several customers
standing around waiting for service.
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morning for annual encampment; at
Camp Leach. They will be jcin<*dt?y
t will bjb spent.in studying the various
ri^' began gath
R eriigTtWcourth** reoreJ
I , ;rtortb ater nine
I ' o'clock registration;books were open
ed, and in less than. thirty minutes
ftfty-fOOT jjrls representing at least
tv^tfofthe home demonstra
1^ - Fourteen youths from;, Stokes and
1 S?T?n' jj?wly,jfWS1? 'I?8
V pEiLthe county, sweled the total regis
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>166611 difficulties' But Miss F^nnison
Miss Ferguson Writes Of Thfogs
Bone ?>improve Appearance
Of Our Neighboring Town.
- TJte town, of Fountain has adopted
for its -motto' "My Home Town, the.
loveiiest plaee on earth to-look at, find
jto live lh; If it'isn't so, well make it)
so," and they are fast making that j
I motto come-true.
| Last fall the Woman's Club of
Fountain caught a vision and put on
a^tJ^/Improvem?Jt: Campaign, offer;
ing pries fpx.tSe person making the
most-iinpravement. on Ilheir premises.
They called in the Home Demonstr*- ]
tion Agent who worked out a xcore j
card to be used in judging and Who j
discussed landscap plans with them.
Then Miss > Pauline Smith, District I
Agentj came and scored the yards. : :?
| - The Contest has just closed and the
j second scoring has been done. Miss
Lf^rass were covered with a smooih
fKn nipett .saw ivuuuauuiui
m co?e?a witi. dumps .( ber
MKrubbery. The streets were ele**.
and all the rubbish had been cleaned
from the,vacant lota. The -Mayor, Mr.
F. L. Eagles, had taken a two horse
mowing machine awl mowed the
Church Yards and-vacant lot. Mr.
Walter Owens, one of the aldermen,
Started, out with bucket and brush,
and as a result all the telephone poles
and trees on all the streets were white
and clean.. Mr. Reddick has furnished
hose and water so that the Dutch
garden planted at^tba- Station Yijrd
might growing. The Club 1ms
nought shrubbery an# planted around
the school building, and they are mak
ing plans to-beautif y .their cemetery, ? I
? One of the unusual features of Jhe
town is-a cooperation flower garden
owned jointly ByMrs. Claude pwens
and Mrs.;>f^Jaa& TheteisV*
vacant lot between the two homes and
each yard into tte flower garden that
is planted in weii laid out beds across
tinction of being the pioneer.in yard
improvement, for she had most of the
shrubbery in town when the contest
? blooming .plants.- Bat for
V the town is a-riot of<ept
b prizes were awarded al
leeting, Mrs. <George Jef
given .first pl$?>:: JMrs.
?Id the ?lbb just what th<
to and for a lovelier town,
Iced the Club to take back
jrtMv money she had won and to
use it for some civic improvement :?
I Mrs. Goodwyn won second place in
the contest She imperfect wizari
I- with.plants. She-seems to be ableJc
make-any kilid <tf.cnttinr-i*fe: root,
consequently, she has a wonderful dol-l
lection of shrubbery with a cash ex
f pendituft otonly
Mrs. GaWner who Won third plfee
, has one of the best Jaid out garden;
fn Fountain. Her place is as lovely as
[ tiny there, but her original score was
. higher than some of the others, henc<
But even more wonderful than th<
^ivic-improvement, is the spirit of co
5 opdratjcn shown l?y , the men and th<
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Auditor's RejortShowsTowmTo
Bonded Indebtednesa Rediwed i .
$3C?00.00; Water and. Light
I Year;: Moeh Sj?it OarfsWiJ $"
Improvements.
On page two of this issue wifc be
found an audit of the tm^Wineaices.
This is not the entire auditor'Hbepovt \,-:
but is that part showing receip; .
disbursements for the past
years. - . " 1. '
This report should be of vitalin
terest to every citizen of Farmvilie
and should be carefully studied m or*
der that every citizen Ahould . know
the fhutockd' eonditi^ ofthfc-foim, '
where the finances 4ome from* and
how they are spent.
One item of interest noticed in the
nL,tXkm'wM .
$36,000.00 during the two years wider
' Other items of interest taken
the* auditor's report not shown JntW
published list are:
. TotaJ Current Iiabmtk^$&499.44,
r dec&u# of $1^4539 f rom that on :
April 30,1926. >V_ .
It- Surplus: Erteess of. Current A?ltp
over CurrtotSiabflltie%"^44^$Mu6?^r v
increase of 128,679.99 over the sncf^M.
on April 30,4pj|^^tP^5m^
Excess of Cfcpjta* Assets r
; ^ioase of 4*er
ot hf that amount, on April 3fcJ4g)j$'
leaving a surpluS on April 80,1923 ij
J While the Water and JifbM9epnH- - I
m?tt was making this spie^aieefd
ii wds Idso funushing-the?tiriwiriflll -' I
free street lights and hydna* .water
I for fire-fighting. ~ - V ? I
' There was afotal of *13,668=26 spent
on local in-.?,ovon,entn the Mjgg?.. I ?
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lectad. taxes ft* the years 1W-1926,
; indusive, we find thereis aiF^ai&ottnt ?,
1 th^ And^tors^A.
? tifiedcPublic Accountants of-Rftteigh
d R' h d took " tc "
1 period' aimer S *fo *
highly satisfactory .mzntrefrm# ?
anost heartxly approve .
that of "jNub"JpS? and three coraW^
In le^ing Washi- ..
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ancient Fowl in a-paculiar premea-^
t when in psrkiii^ lift jj^cainc te"
structed bv - inotorcycle offkW?
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