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TON* i* BO other iobject on wb*eh
of it highly colored; if ant yioient.
Bat toost of the argument k based on
inconkte kflwhte of the Acts.
What are the facts aboct the chain
store*? Are they dominating the re
tail littlm.ii of the nation? Are they
likely-to dominate it- Is the day of
the fekpeadent merchant over?
These and all the other question
whidh renter arena* the chain store
*\Sfc hyi^to gSbre^Ttoa?
set of statements which thty^zegerd'
as the facts, the leadsre of the inde
pendent dealers present eewthfr set
whfafc they call the fhets There is
only ens important organisation that
has an interest in the subject and the
fadjMes for finding oat a& the facts
and pre re Hng there in their proper
nelei?rei 4* mm nil ijl.,
relation 10 eacn our
Hat organisation k the Federal
Government, aad finding oat the facts
about the chain store "menace" is ex
actly what tiia Government k doing,
through the Federal Trade Gomnris
sioc and the Department of Commer
ce.
The Federal 1TS0K uommiseion va
primarily concerned with unfair busi
ness, practices. When it has completed
its nation-wide survey, new under
wayywe shall know just how much
the element of unfairness, price-rat
ing below cost and similar practices (
ester into the chain store situation.
In. tfce. meantime, the Department of
Commerce has made extensive and in
tmidve studies of chain store methods
and those of the thousands of inde
pendent merchants, and. ban found out
manyof the reasons why chain stores
stressed when inilpnartfite
And?this is the important part of
it?the Department of Commerce is
not only willing but anxious to show
any retail merchant, who hi threaten
ed by ehain-stoze competition, how be
can compete with the chain store.
? Per the Government at Washington
Is fjAdtely the friend of the mde
pendant retailer.
"fie is, as a rule, an integral part
of his community or neighborhood,*
says Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant See
retary of Commerce, wlas has person
ally directed much of the Govern
mental research into thu chain store
situation. "He knows his patrons not
only as customers bet as people; he is
familiar . with circumstances,
their and dtiOka* their wuB
gzounded preferences and their cap
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ilvlvwg wnniUL iTf fins . 5M/1T* HWCTivIt^i
he greets them in a spirit of old
estdttriied friendliness. So be has
that intangible hut invaluable quality
that we may call the cenonal touch.'
There is a psychological asset here
that every independent retailer should
realise and Jurtiy prise."
On another occasion Dr. Klein,
speshhsg- of independent merchants,,
.said:
mtcl after all. the backbone
at the American Mdm <p|m?w
Oft their Jflfeent bat unpwtentwus
eeiirity ot the whole commercial
etruHUre of the nation nets. Moot of
them do ftot jwjjmy to chamber* of
of them rfted trade pspera or attend
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IS tfcXUJ
Only ponmk of Jn nation^
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a town of this sise, it was not as good
as ths theatre going public of this
emaohy desired. Harry Cook, the
manager, has installed the best sound
ajulpswil to be had the R. CL A
Photophone Sound System. This new
the aoesusties oT the brfdlng brin^
the TTio up *> the -better daas? of
prwauled "The Navy Blues," to a
jacfced-house, nlthmgb it
operator, had operated the new ma
chine, the production was almost per
fect and tike audience was more than
pleased with the improvements, re
alizing that with a little- experience
on the part of "Rufus," FarmviHe
wiS bane as good sound pictures as
any theatre in Eastern Carolina.
The management is leaving no
stone unturned to give the public tint
very heat in tike way of picture en
tertainment, and is booking the very
latest pictured produced?in fact it
has booked several pictures not yet
released. It is no longer necessary
to leave Farmville to ?ae and hear
the latest and best in pictures.
Some outstanding attractions com
ingto the Trio soon are: "Sally," on
Aprfl S3 and 29; "Gold Diggers of
Broadway," May 6, 6, 7; "So This Is
College," May 8, 9; "The Vagabond
King" "Is Everybody Happy" and
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EPISCOPAL MISSION CLOSES
TEN DATS SERVICES CON
DUCTED BY CHURCH ARMY
.. Thanking the Episcopalians and the
people of the entity cnfnimmfty, for
the cordial and hospitable wanner in
-which the church army nrisskmers
were received in Farmville, Captain
Fred A. Toner, Whgtwhmmyf ivi an
enthusiastic young Christian ahldier,
dosed ob Wednesday evening the
mission, which had been WMferm9
in Bmmanael church here for ten
days.
Very simple and informal wen the
week day soryiees held at noon and at
7:S0 in the evening, following, aa they
did, the elaborate services of the pre
ceding Sunday, which was observed
aa Ihfaa Sunday, signifying the tri
umphal entry Jki nwiiti'iii. and the
StPKhfr .iMk holy communion wns
cdebrate^iat with Dr. Frimk
Dean of Wilmington, officiating, ser
Having as its object the encourage
ment of laymen to serve their God
ahd diurch, and to strengthen person
al religion and evangelism, the diurch
army has met with favor both in En
[ gland and America.
I The trio at evangelist, young mien
of about 21 years of iget who conduc
ted the mission here, were** Captains
Fred A. Turner, England; William
Bence of Connecticut and Cadet Wil
liam BaAfaMt of Portland. Oraais.
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JUDGE R. A. NUNN
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^thehc/?r^^!Srknd1 Alice Roosevelt I ongworrit-(risht )' Thi man
. Jlet. McCorj^;'" defeated fiwf won. his St at over UCJ
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WHISKEY CHARGE
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Grand Jury at Wflson Finds
:?t^rJxtaCa8e
or Accoseu judge
Wilson, April 28.?Judfee N. A. Sin
clair, at the North Carolina Superior
Court, was dbared today of liquor
charges brought against him by a fed
eral prohibition offieer.
A United States District Court
grand jury bane yesterday refused to!
indict the jurist on the charges.
The charges were brought against!
Judge Sinclair by Federal Prohibition*
Agent C. & Coats, who found a bet- i
tie of whiskey and an empty whiskey
flask in the jurist's hand bag.
The case came before the grund
jury after the judge had decided tof
waive preliminary hearing befosa a (
W. 9. District Attorney W. EL Fish-j
er presented bills of indifitteffnt yes-1
with the notation t4nbi a tPte-SU?^y
adtdaed of the jprjfs reftgal
to ?*: against him, Judge Sinclair1
M n~iA a ^II Sin iT M-|_ MJ. ? ? j _ _ ? ? J ? ?? in. M M| ? |. M, , ? L . |
reiterated previous assertions tost nel
knewnothing about the whiskey be-j
ing in his grip. He said the empty
&ettia had contained whiaksT rinmi
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used for medicinal purposes.'
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, "Wim I?M to Baltimore," Jodge
Sinclair explained, "at the tiwy? of!
the recent illness and death of my!
wife* and WJrorn out with ?M$rty,|
a mtatiwi gave me this flask
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of whiskey and I used it under those J
dreumatantes. The empty flask was)
placed in my grip and has been ther*f
H county nam was quoted as
? placed in my grip by a$ acquaintance
"I think the entire matter can be
liHrSSfS'S
injny grip t^air.ar with my knowl-j
Judge Sinclair, whose office is an j
Ideotfe one, this week ffled notice of
[hi* candidacy for reflection.
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Mutational Picture Is Com
|i*g, With Maerilyn I
p|As lea Star -
; "Sally," Marilyn Miller's feet mo
tion picture, which comas tot^e Trio
theatre, Monday and Tuesday, ApW)
28 and 29, is made entirely in Tecb
nicolor showing the natural colors <tf
costumes, settings and other jspectac
nlar effects. ' v~ ?? ]?/- . *
The picture has been adapted from
Miss Miller's uifi^fri stage >pecess>
an is an all-dialogue production with,
singing and dancing on the most lav
ish scale ever attempted on the
is seen with MissMiBer. Pert Kelton,
who played in Ziegfield's "Rio Rita,"
is the ingenue lead and Alexander
Gray, the musical comedy favorite
who sang in "The Desert Song," ap
pears in the romantic lead. Jos &
Brown, Ford Steztto* .and jf? -Bby
Barnes are the chief comedians to the
gay and rollicking story of grand
dujke who becomes a waiter and a
humble waitress who becomes i stage
ji John Francis Dillon directed "Sal
ly," which was adapted for the screen
by Waldemar Young from the musi
cal comedy by Guy Bolton and Jer
ome Bern. The: best reinemher^d
melodies of the original stage priMta*
tiqn are heard, as well as additional
numbers especially written for "8pk.
ly" on the screen.
The famous Albertfaa Rasch dan
cers appear to the ensemble numbers,
and a -company of mora than 100 is
seen to support of' the star.
"Sally," which broke theatrical |
records in every large city to America
When presented as a stage musical
comedy, la also breaking box office
records as a picture, and has atoeady
established Marilyn Miller as a scieeu
star ?f the first rank.
*? ffe is a First National and Vfcar
phone picture.
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I GIRL SCOUTS ENTERTAIN
> ; WEENIE ROAST AND DANCE
One of the largest arid lost enjoy
able affaire of the season; among
Farmville's younger social set, was
that of Tuesday evening when the
(Rid Scout troor of 34 members, en
tertained a number of friends at an
out door weenie roast and dance.
The thdr g??Bte an4 chap
erones, numbering 35, motored to the;
Yum Yum Palace near Greenville, ar
riving about 7:$0 o'clock. Aftar the
roast, dapeing3n the pavillion was en
ti, D. F. Lang, Mr. Cason, Miss Lots
Garraway, )(re. W. H. -Nance, Mrs.
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4j?| ptoop^ith ig^pl?ln^9^ w111"!
Stad?!^rh? U**!f ri?? toa^df u
And the hand of almost 400 pieces J
broke into that stately, solemn Ger-I
^thebishop
^? Morovlaa Rajtoro. To his krft wail
the Home Church Sunday school jper-J I
fou '" d^ll
tngTtiT
ed by the bishop, two pastors walking
at fat side, (he line slowly wended
its ?^hjwigh the gates," down tree
lined Ced|f avenue and into toe cen
, - As thebisop took ids solitary seat
the^ftwt^yosy
abreast, advanced down Cedar avenue
| and were directed by ashen to the
I regular walks <rf the four blocks long
cemetery.
So jnft was the crowd that aO
could not get inside the burial ground*
Thousands stood outside Airing the
; lagtew part of the service,
I A touch of modernism to the ser
mrc
entire congregation. Except for this
and for the fact that the nuttber 'of
I ushers had been grfaij^augumented
UttraiPtt o# the meat thrones which
have come for the services in recent
years, everything was kept as it has
The long rows of groves, with their
equal in ,tl$: bight of God, according
totha Moravian creed, the stones
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marking!the groves are all similar,
but today when each of them were
decoroted with a floral offering.'
; Those estimating the crowd . de
clared it to be between 30,0C0.and 86,
000 fa number.
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BE HELD OIJ^THURSDAY
son. and is beta? anticipated witi]
much pleasure by bridge players here, {
is to be hdd Tbiursday, May 1, atl
flnd ? which i^6spon^F6d|
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| lixison Wilsor I
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Later, accompanied by an attorney
'SiSM'S
the lawyer wept in and *?<** $J?
S^jSgsiPsl
?L 'S^iA'^W mLrtf tin ? -*^4. ' '
pnionera on Sundays, sent up a Jet
"I have just left your father.
will stick to the last ditch Your moth
er, and of cow, himself, sent their
The youth ,was iwadfag the. Sunday
paper* whey he.sfe^n tfeMfe
He read it, hut n*0e t? commient and
sent no woi* back. The lawyer and
Bishop Kaxon left together.
There hayo been m?*F telephone
couragement t* the youth, and sever
.Thp Bfcho$ ft * sHght man te his
e*$y fifties. Br said little to report
ers on his-arrival.
"If any wo^g has been done, it must
be righted, of course/' he observed.
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^Funeral ritaa wws held, here Sun.;
day afbmieoa^for Cedl Roy Hardy,
g who died afcthe State Sanatorium
Saturday evening at 8 ? frCt. Services
trmiM home- at 4:8a
by Kev. & a Tandy, of the Christian
diuich, and interment wa*.x*ade in
Forest Bpll cemetery. The local girl
scoei troop of 84 members attended
ffi > to**' 'Dtoimi
respect in which he was held here.
u- -vsaSt-ww* k m wa
since Jagpary. His heart began fail
S<l^rday' ^ in r?SPonse a
He w%| a native of Lenoir county,
b*mg bpar a( ? La
and faifljful member. He waa mar
ried 18 pys ago to Miss Mptle Har
spjay * "
tiv^a and friends attemtfng the fun
Mrj. Jack Smith n> hasten this
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- 3ssJC6uSi containing prflosiui spmys
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It Was possible that this -estimate
might U revised either upward- SfeJ
doWii0>.-c m '
$0km huniMet move men wei* ^
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Wpw or overcome by stooi?&- ana 01
tb^maftplijsredoomed to ffla.r '*;. .
Dfljfc more-than three hours the sit- &
uaUon could be ctescribed as little less
than- -ft helt
UMSljlwAjln m ? ' ? n >i ??? jl .. ' ? ?? m M i? I ? ? wi m "* ' "H
u JHiziareas OT.<onvi<jjs y?($TQ trappou
hopele?siy. Others attacked guards
andveleased themselves and those at
t^eir comrade* they eeoW reach. . ^ J
Within a short time a good propor
tion of the 4,5Q6 men in the prisoftpd
W?re out in live central yard?much
like a university quadrangle.
They were frenzied with rage and- >
PT^fcftwwpt-> jmdda, in oeHl blocks I
away from the fire,, tike other Shous?.
ands of otmvicts screamed and cowed
in fear that they might have been
abandoned. tM
Before even u semblance of border /
was restored, police had reinforeedfiM
guards, a company of federal troops
had reinforced the police, and a regkijJ
ment of National Guardsmen had-been >
called out.
Sm. ...J*'?_* _ ? j ... l- '
lfocwm, amouxances, army trucks,
the soldiers anil others were mixed up
in a seething mass.
The convicts in the yard threatened
again and again to make a break for
lifa^ziyT thnpgh the central gai*;.:
Aftejrthe light?, had gone out, be
ing short dreaded by the fire, asaptt j
gency strings of garden party lights y
were trellissed auout from buftiing^
to building, yaH to wall. Still there
guards and soldiers to make sure M #
the mob-of convicts,
. "One convict in.re&tihg the occur- -t
ranee said, "You cant imagine the
horror of-it! i ?'?
XL, directly ' beneath the place where is
the fin broke out -v ?'*
The fire swept up on ui like some
charging monster. It was upon us
before we scarcely realized what was
happening. The flames were aweep
ing in great sheets ahmg ' ;th~e cell
block and it began to get hot
it got hot as hell We were scoped,
111 adrnit Jt, scarsri half to death. We "
started screaming to be turned loose
Hft out of that ceil.,.;
WeyeUed^y.netfattherHFi
to comp and,let us out. Some of tEa
'boys who were yelling didn't use
nice language, but We wanted to get
hotter. I hope I never go to Hell .f%|
it is that hot.
locks off of ftree c^la .
trical system. T^y. had been having
used in decorating the home of Mrs.
vt if_?? iiurrvil fUtf mrs, T? ? *v? TY xi]<v. fi