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The City of Hospitality I
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Dnke Foundation Offers
Help Build and Maintain
Institution in Farmvtlle
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The hospital contribution, solicit*
ing committee, D. E. Oglesby, shair
nvin, has seen fit to explain to the
public that the proposition is to
build the hospital by subscription?
it is not a stack selling proposition.
The hospital will be controlled
by a board of trustees who will
elect a superintendent. No Medical
man will be directly concerned with
its management.
A great public need?a Community
Hospital located, in Farmville for the
benefit of its citizens and adjacent
community.
If not before, why not now, when
we realize that for a long time public
sentiment and community interests
have advocated a hospital .for this
place?
Recently at the suggestion of one
of our good and strong citizens a meet
ing was held in the room of the direc
tors of the Bank of Farmville to con
sider this matter and to get express
ions from those inclined to give their
support. This meeting was well attend,
etl and a decided interest shown thru
out the proceedings. Dr. W. S. Rankin,
of he Duke Endowment was-present
and went over with those present the
object and purposes of the er.dowment,
explaining very minutely the far
reaching conserjuepoes and possibili
ties of the endowment and then pro
ceeded -to tell us just what he had to
a&stazrt points, be often to put up one
third of the funds necessary to build
And equip a hospital such as we shall
a*a fit to erect A building: sufficient
to eye for all emergency cases and
Meat the immediate and pressing re
quirements of the public.
Under certain conditions he .feel=
sure that the trustees would contri
bute even mofce than one third. The
endowment furthermore offers to con
tribute one dollar per day for the main
tenance of each charity patient in the
Institution.
Dr. Rankin is very strongly advo
cating the matter of building a hos
pital here, he is anxious for us to get
the benefits that the endowment has
to offer; in reality he, is holding oat.
to us on a silver waiter a golden prize,
in the shape of 3 hospital building
fund equal to one third or even more
of what ever amount we see fit to in
vest. The question, is, can we afford
to sit still and let such a proposition
go by us for some other community to
pick up aad utilize to their individual
comfort and benefit?
The answer is NO! Dt. Rankin is
so highly pleased with the outlook,
and so thoroughly convinced that he is
not going wrong in his wisdom in ad
vocating to the trustees of the Duke
Endowment this expenditure, that .on
. leaving here at his reoeat visit he en
couraged our people to speed up the
work of organization and to get in
shape to he among the first to re
, eefare the benefits of the -Wonderful.
; philantfampby of the founder of the
Doka Endowment Dr. Rankin, in his
survey of the town and community,
, ami after a careful Analysis of the
situation, approver* plan for a twen.
<7 bed hospital, at a cost of twenty
, ; five Hundred doll|g per fced&jr a
.- total investment of fifty ^thoosant
'"r. : dollars, folly equipped. V
r.?->,?/ ? yVf? ? 7-v V- - 2 k- . - j. .^?>1 -
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even twenty five thousand. Our con
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?h>it thnq*? m th?i class it eaivn&t "jtf
Wuvif eUwOtJ XZ1 W VJftiWy Wv* D"V IW
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? cent white and fifty colored, or mixed.
? There is no better gang of colored
I people to be found anywhere than
? .ight here In Pitt: there are r
I few scalavfegs among them, of course,
? and some Smart Alex's, a nd a bunch
? of rogues. But the same pan be said
? of the white population of Pitt county,
Farravflle Township has a popula.
? tion of cover five-thousand with a
? fairly good prospect of a steady bi
ll crease. >
| Now, then, what have we to offer
I to our people who need hospital treat
? ment ?
If you are in good shape financially
? and if fvery thing else is favorable,
land you are a genuine white subject
I of the U. S. A? you can, if you have
? your credentials available, go to the
It Pitt Community Hospital at Green
llville, or the Mayo Clinic, or Belle
II View, but where is the average per
I If it happens to be one of' these j
I twenty^five thousand colored people,]
I iust off to the dark, dis
? mal basement of the Washington Hos
I pita!, or to the same section of parfc
I View in Rocty Mount A few of the
felect may get to St Agnes, Raleigh
But woe for the average nigger,
twent*' rod **** d?'f frww^^^tee n ?
ent ott the of 3
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Local Auxiliary
to Make Roll
Call Next Week
On account of the County Chapter's
1 failure to send supplies, the local Aux
| iliary of the American Red Cross was
! forced to order same from headquart-.
ers. This has necessitated a delay in
(the annual roll call in this communi
ty. You will be asked to re-enlist next
[week.
During 1927 the Farmville Auxili
ary sent $10b to Mississippi flood suf- I
ferers besides responding to needy!
cases at home. * I
WiH you renew .your membership
in this "legion of mercy"?
Never before in its entile existence
has the American Red Cross been
called into action in disaster relief
service of such magnitude as has
marked the year ending June 30th,
?1937.
j All told, the Red Cross served "in
75 domestic disasters during the fisc
al years and extended relief for twen
ty disasters in foreign countries, For
two of these?Florida and the Miss
issippi floods?national appeals ;were
made and the response was prompt
! and generous. In ?. few others lofeai
appeals helped pay the cost. In each
case the .national treasury of the or
ganization had to supplement there
twelve was free from soma destruc
tive outburst of the follies, of nature.
Twenty-five of the State? were visit
. ed by disaster in- some form
While the Mississippi Valley floods
were dwar/ing nil else "because of their
appalling destruction, the Red Cross
was quietly but efficiently acting as
vour .agent of relief in twelve other
disasters, occurring simultaneously.
During the same month which saw
j "he great Florida hurricane with its
1 accompanying toll of destruction blaz
oned across the front page of every
lewspaper in the land, the Red Cross
was directing relief work following a
tornado in Ohio, a devastating fire in
in Alaska, and floods in Illinois, Kan
sas and Iowa.
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Many Enfer The
Slogan Contest
Much Interest Being Shown In j
| Misspelled Word and . Slogan ]rj
Contest Being Run .?.-%<}
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| The wort! intentionally mispelled |
last week was "Exigancy" between the
words "the" nnd "of" in the advert i^- J
jnent, of Baker's Bakery, which has
eight letters and when spelled correct
ly is ."exigency.". I
Today. we present to our readers the |
second installment of our Mispelled I
Word and Slogan Contest To say the. J
least it is. to be a great success, judg- I
ing from the large number of answers'!
received at this office. Answers to last f
week's mispelled words, and the sug
gestive slogans have come from'many.
Such a campaign of ad" reading we
have never seen, and we want to say
we surely have a great many good
spellers, and some very clever slogan
or motto wrifcew> We afcfd it would aft
ford .a let of excellent pastime, and
splendid educational amusement and
this is true. Notwithstanding the, fact
that answers can -be sent in th& next.
day after the contest appears, yet peo- '
pl'e are taking several days in going; |
over threads so as to see that no mis- ,
take is being made. We venture d
suonestion; right hsre-Mlp not
fill out th*vanswer blank until every
member of t^e family has gone over
the Dacres forAbe intentionally mispell
ed.wofd. You have sirf ull days to do
this; so take your titn? If you hap
pen tp drop on W^-iprd before you
have gone through each page, what
ever you do, do not stop until you have ,
gone right thraughJas you-a?*very:apt ?
to be' wrong?a little-more time, and (
you will be sure. See ? (j
Doi^^^get ittiefe Is only one in- j
tentibnaHy mis^lled word in the ad, (
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vords, dd not get cold feet, but fotge
right'ahead, as there are a nwhber of <
-ash rewards to be made ^the close, j
Read the rules. We are keeping a {
record of all answers whether right ^
or wrong. Listed among the contest- %
ants will bdUawyers,* teachers, preacfir j
ers, farmers, business men, clerks, .
parents, grammar and high school !(
pupils railroaders, mill men, and in ^
fact, people In all walks of life. ThiS^
contest is no child's play- It seeks to
get the very best that is in you, read- ^
er, and you will be much the bettor j
after you are through with it But,
above all, make i a point to come un- i
der the wire a winner. . - L
This week- we have made the word v
a tjafk h?r3er to locate and spelL But
if you are careful and read with pati- j
ence, you are bound to come out oh -
top. And don't forget with the new {
word today you have a new five-word ^
slogan or motto t thipk ut, The way _ t
to get the slogan is to first ascertain
who the merchant is, what he sells and j
then proceed tq write him your origi- {
na? slogan- - . 'A'' 1
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FOUR AUTOMdB&fe- WRfiCKS
AND NB6RO KILLED
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Four antoradbilea wrecJied and a
helpbd swell the appalling number of
North Carina tragediqk of the week.
Three wtocks oceortod on tke inarch- <
vflleiWUsdblpghway near here.theae &
were caused;.by negroes -find, resulted 1
in minor injuries for jthe occupants <
of Ford fas, Tkejeajfyoccni*|
red on the (freenYilie-Farmvflle high- i
way resultiBpj^|0Wiraeulote escape 1
for four <# Famville's Eminent
women] Mesdames J. Parker, W.,
M Wfllis, R. A. Fields and Lqyd Her-! '
ton. The party, in Mre- ' ^Wttii^ HudJ j
son sedan with Mrs. Fields driving ?
were gnrpute for Greenville when a J
car being towed in swerved n froint. j
of thpm negf; Ballards Crwfs 'Roads. It
mate a complete wrMk^rea^ing ifn
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? '.5.. -WM ? ,.> *?.-r' ? ?' ? ?'"?>! ' '? ?iinn _gl
j Stokme^s Eyes Turn To Oucago - ,
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!^nt at i al Li veSto^^ho^itXhia^or
26 to Djccemb :_ 5s attracting thoroughbred stock from all points
of the C6u jtHy" above, arrived early to pose thus.
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?yj\TM fVi'aca
nspBctor in bd iti 1"' iiy 1 red I
'Jpl., , }ui?i
some into the'itate since ,Iast June
lave failed to register, their .oarin. aA
>rovided hy Jaw, expeeted<t* operate
indor/1i?ir did license tag until Janu
WfcX but tody will not get-by," siiid
hd..inspector, ,??'? /.
The law provides thatp resident
>f another state who comes in to-North
Carolina must register his car within
% days and should he estahliah 4
?esidencp in this State the motorist
Is wjuired to purchase at once .?
^orth Carolina license plate, Motorists
vho are visiting in the state are re* I
juired only to register their care and
ire granted reciprocal privileges, it
vas explained. ?
I^Scores of motorists have come
nto this state and failed to register;
nany of them' establishing a residence I
ind continuing to operate their care
inder their foreign license intending
o buy new license platps Janpary 1.
"But that is where they will slip,
hspectpre have been instructed to se
:ure. an affidavit frppo every mpter
st, who applies for a tag to replace
me.-issue in -another- state, stating
yhej th? car first operated in
tforth Carolina,"
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ntehtlon tr a -few tiwifHc ?Anr nnt!
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roupred with ^any indic&Mon juivtoi
h fch th ? , .
Wlvvlul^. .ft CO.t7 oJiLiyil piljt ; |
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Wanls Naval m
Inquiry Resumed
Chairman No^riTAnnounces He
m WfflCall Others Up Fftr
I ? Questioning
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_ Washington, fNonr. $9.-?( )?As
one phase of the Fall-Sinclair oil e?n
spiracy case dosed, today with the
serving of a contempt citation on
Harry E. Sinclair, another developed.
? Chairmpn Noi^s* oftbi ^enate J*u~
?fits of the Continental Trading Com
pany, Ltd., o&Ganada, reached Albert
B. Fall, then Secretary of the Interior,
when the Teapot ^ome lease waa ne
gotiated, ? ^ '
In the conspiracy-casCT which ended
recently in a miatrial, tW govern
ment charged that $230,500 in Lib er
ty bonds out of $3^000,000 worth pur
chased by the Continental company
flBched Fail through his son-in-law;
M. T. Everhart, of. Pueblo, Colo. At
the trial Everhart refused to testify
on the grounds that to do so might
incriminate him.
Sinclair and Harry Mason Day, vice |
president of the Sindair Exploration
cpmpany, were served with contempt ,
citations in New York today, Their
associates, Sheldon Clark, W. X ,
Burns, and Q. L, Veitsch, Burns'-Bal
timore manager, were served yester- ?
The citations required $O.?0*t?t to (
show cause in the District of Colum
bia Supreme Court next Monday why
they should not be punished for .crim
inal contempt of court because of "he
intensive "BhadoWte^T of "the triftl jur
ors by Burns detective*, fho govern* ,
mont oharged the detectives were em
ployed hy.jQay and- Cluck at Sinclair's
directions.::"'.
Assistant District Attorney Burit
inshaw frtnonncef^ May bat be bad
ddphfc manage* & -M aguney
to oome here Friday, for examination
in connection with th|wmtempt chargi
es. At the same time, Will J. UcDIui
len, former Burns operative, who in,
formed the government of the Burns
acivities wilt be examined,
W.I*"* M?w ???
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She~<?Yes, I agrre* wHh y<w, But
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a lesson ift thrift. I
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W. A. Graham Is
Highly Honored
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North Carolinian Elected ijjjt
Head National Agricultural
Association
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Raleigh, N. C. Messages ; of con-,
gratulation are being received by Com
missioner of ^fpriculture William A.
Graham, who was elected president of
the National Association of Commiss
ioners of Agriculture, at its annual
meeting in Chicago. Mr. Garftam be.
came a member, of this organization
in 1924 and by 1926 he had risen to
the rank of vice-president which Jed
him to the president's office for the
coming twelve months. He succeed*
Commissioner Berne A. Pyrke of New
'jfr vm.7. V' - .. - ? .*Vi m ? . " f .
York.
"I am extremely gratified to learn,
of Commissioner Graham's election ai
president of the National Associatiojv
of Commissioners of Agriculture^,
said Governor McLean today. "Thi*
is indeed an honor for the State, a&,
well as the head of its Department, of
Agriculture and he has my hei(
wishes for a happy and successful ^L
ministration. This Association should
be in a position to offer helpful sug .
gestions on many national farm prop
beams and I am sure- Commissioner
Gtaham will wo rir in harmony with
his'associates." ? v
T :ii' a*~\f\
is well merited hy Mf^Grahain's ac^
tire and energetic interest in the "a.
agriculture Problems of our State '
Former Governor Cameron Morsohr
who appionted Mr. Gtaham to office
in December 1928, after which he wa?,
nominated and elected for a term
his own right, expressed deep grgti
fication at the Tar Heel Commission
er's election* declaring that it waS v
high honor , to have a North Carolin
ian head a national organization giver,
to the consideration of country-wide
agricultural problems, - - y J
Commissioner Graham's efforts in'
behalf of diversification as a cure fo>.
overproduction, especially of ? cotton;
have brought him into prominence , in",
this and other Southern States. Alse*
his stand in New Orleans against
price forecasts for cotton: issued by th*<
Federal Government won fot him na?.
tionwide publicity. He believes, that
a State of diversified crops tfill mean-,
a- Stute of happy and prosperous
fatm&r* . *' 1 *
Hig election to .this high office
means that Commisbiorier Graham has
become a national figure.
ADDRESSES MASONS '
AND EASTERN STARS'
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Mrs; J. Wi Parker, Grand Matron of
N. C. Order of the EasternStar, was
the main Speaker on the pragfMB at
the Masonic and Eaatem Star banquet
ift> Wilson Tuesday evening. The ban
quet was helth in the Masonic; temple,
and covers We laid:, for t^o hwadrad."
Wrs Parker, who is;a splendid speak
er, had aa her subjeut "tntsmational
rettnle Work.* A handsome We was
presented her by the. Wilson Stars. \
HM^OhPP':. WSE
-? Dashed Child To Death On
Pavement and .Then Commit
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' <jrreen*iHe, Dee. 2.?Said to have
been suffering from nwntal derange
'm$nt, J & Cvro), Jr., 32, farmer, of
the JV&itwbflle community, late last
flight murdered his five months old
balw ; Jane Carrol, at
Aydeo, y,nd later committed suicide at
his horne'^ in JVinterville by shooting
hjmmJfr wlth. an automatic shotgun,
aect>rdwg, to information receiyed, at
tlm,eb?Hff's Office today.
^e^nied^npd.man killed the child
by dashing, Ket skull against the side,
walk. She'<Ued *. ah?*t time later in a
hospital h$*y,.;wl^>e'abe was rushed
:mmediately afi$r^e crime was com
mitted..'/ ? '
/,CSarfOl, iwmlje^of one of the old
'&. and most prominent families of
l;Wipteryflle,v last ajgkat 8 o'clock
went, to Ayden wh^te Mrs. Carrol was
brother. Hk) jcailed his wife ?
-.o-the- front ^fe^LitetiueBted to see
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m^ver
onact^'beT^^er -eyes, Mrs Carrol
ie said to h'iire cried oiit to her hus
band to*g?'away tKat she would car
ry the child to' a hospital.
*? Picking up" the child, its tiny head
crasfeedrhjL the impact with the pave
t the. mother irushed it to a hos
pital . in Greenville where it died a
short time later.
In the meantime, Carrol had jumo
;n into.ihis machine and started in the
lirectioh -. of Winterville, uttering
threats against one of his brothers
Sheriff .Whitehurst was notified of the
-.ragadyv.und in company with mem
>ers. of. hix department went to Car
ell's, home near Winterville
1. Xhe lifeless body of Carrol was
fdund-lying in tab front yard. At his
<idfi ,la.y an automatic shotgun with
which: he had taken his own life. A
?isroner's jury under >the direction of
Sounty Coroner E. S. Williams, view,
ed .-the. .deed body, a short time later,
and declared that Carrol.came to his
death by a shotgun jn his own hands.
Little was known of the double
tragedy until this morning when Che '
entire section was electrified by the
tragic story. Carrol, it was stated here
today, had been in a deranged state of
mlnd for years but right recently had
?howp. considerable improvement
Hrf'is survived. by his father and ?
mother, Mr. and Mrs J. B. Carrol, of
Winterville ,'and two brothers and two
sJateft.
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MERRY MATRONS MEET
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Holden was hostess to ?
the Merry Matrons on Tuesday after
noon. The' home was lovely nyith
chrysanthemums and autumn foliage.
"The' NegTb : in; Literature" was the
subject foKthe afternoon, the outstand
ing feptyetfiot: the- program being s
paper by-MbW. M. Willis on "The
Negro Interpreted Objectively." Dur
ing the so'clal 'hour a Thanksgiving
contest was enjoyed, Mrs. C. C. Sat
terficM^nf.^chbond, Va., winning
the jyaee, a plum pudding. Mrs. M V.
Horton .yon the other prize, a minea
ture turkey. Waldorf salad was served
in apple sheila together with toasted N
cheese sandwiches and coffee. Besides
tbejbl members Mb. Holden had as
guests, TKealames C. C. Satterfieia
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Roomiest ype congratulate you,
boy. This la ope pf the happiest days -
of voui?iife. )? ' ?
: Mate^Youfbtia; bit previous, Vm ?
not to'ihft marriptT ontil tomorrow. >
^"Exactly! Today is one of the hap- V :
piest.^" , ,-y :
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