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R Chapter H^re
Lieut ? Gov., Fountain
Delivers Address Mu
sical Program Given
In a comprehensive and timely ad
dress lieutenant Governor R. T.
Fountain reviewed the history of the
American flag here Saturday at a
flag day celebration staged by the
Major Benjamin May chapter D. A.
R., and the oath, of allegiance to the
banner and the principles of liberty,
justice and freedom for all was re
newed by the Daughters and others in
attendance..
The lieutenant Governor traced the
flag from its first display over Fort
Schuyler, through the Revolution,
when it bore 13 stars, the War of
V1812, with 15 stars, Mexico, with 29,
Civil War with 35, Spanish-American
with 45, and the World War with
48 stars.
He stated that the most interest
ing flag in the National Museum is
the star spangled banner which flew
over Fort McHenry in 1814, and was
the inspiration of Francis Scott
Key's immortal poem, now sung as
the national anthem. In closing he
stated:
"In silent grandeur the flag waves
over the tombs of the dead, over the
homes of the living, the emblem of ,
truth and righteousness, inspiring ,
men's hearts on the land and on the
sea with faith and hope, the symbol ,
of power, the unity and purpose of i
our republic now and forever." ,
Mrs. T. C. Turnage, regent of the
chapter, introduced the speaker as j
"North Carolina's next Governor."
Taking equal rank with the ad- j
dress in enjoyment was the splendid (
musical program presented by Mrs.
Bertram Robersun, head of the violin ,
department, and her accompanist, <
Mrs. Kuda Law Chapman, a piano in- ;
structor of Flora Mac Donald music ]
faculty, which is composed of six i
members. The program included
"Melody," by Brig.-Gen. Dawes; ;
"Cane Brake," by Gardner; "EBtrel- j
lita," Ponce Ludlow; "The Bee," by ^
Schubert, and "Little Song," d'Am- ,
brose. Miss Genevieve McMillan, a \
Latin teacher of the college, and a <
former member of the Farmville j
High School faculty, was also a guest j
at this time. 1
The event marked the doee ofj
chapter activities until the fall. I
Prior to the address an ekegant i
luncheon was served in the garden of i
Miss TaSitha DeVisconti, with Misses <
Christine Smith and Ellen Lewis as <
joint hostesses, the colors of orchid, j
green and gold being effectively car
ried out. Miss Mary Barrett, bride- <
elect and member of the chapter, was ]
presented with a silver fruit bowl as :j
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8 gut irum uie ouapvcr, uj uic ?v
gent
Ma W. H. Whitmore, of Wilson, a
member of the chapter, who has re
turned from a recent trip to Wash
ington, D. CL, made a short talk on
the North Carolina room in Continen
tal Hall, at the luncheon, and the out
of town guests were introduced by
the regent. These included: Mr*.
L. D. Wooten and Mrs. W. H. Cobb,
. of Goldsboro; Mrs. A. B. Blount, of
Dothan, Ala.; Mrs. Bertram Roberscn,
Mrs. Lida Law Chapman and Miss ,
Genevieve McMillan, of Flora Mac
Donald College; Mrs. W. D. Murphy
and M"s. James Brum, of Snow Hill;
Miss Louise Carrothers, of Rock Hill,
S. C-; Chrystelle Lucas, of Benson;
Mrs. L. W. Lancaster, of Raleigh, and
Mrs. M. R. Turnage, of Bath; lieuten
ant Governor Fountain, and W. Dil
lon, of LaGrange.
Rev. H. L. Hendricks, of the Meth
odist church, offered the invocation
and led the devotional exercises be
fore the program which was held in
the Methodist church.
DEATH OF JOEL
BANNA MOZINGO
The Death Angel visited the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Mosingo June
u, turn tuut. lium iu wull BOTRV
baby, Jed Bant, aged two yeajp and
On the previous day she was taken
to Pitt Community Hospital, at
Greenville where her fatal disease was
pronounced meningitis. Doctors,
nurses, friends and 'family did aQ pos
sible bat their effort* were futile.
litUe Joel Banna. was a child of su
I>erior hisjlqd,1 what everybody , no
ticed. She w?s loved by everybody
and we an mount her loss but God
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\s survived oy two sisters, oeniE
Missi Loretta Tuynb^of Los An
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Once Stricken - With
Drought and Faced
Wira Starvation* Now
CltAWO r
oiiows June spirit
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Raleigh, June 17.?Stokes county
has come back and her people ere now
displaying as fine a spirit as the peo
ple of any section of North Carolina
have shown in decades. Stricken with
drought, faced with starvation, with
finances on the down grade, Stokes
county last fall was in a deplorable
condition. Today, that county is ris
ing to new heights of achievement.
Her people are encouraged; finances,
are growing better ;the credit of the
county has improved greatly; tbei
merchants are hopeful; everyone isj
optimistically inclined and not a soul
in Stokes county is going to be in
need of food this coming fall and
winter. The change is next to mirac
ulous. A whole people has risen from
despair to triumph, to self confidence
and reliance on themselves.
And written large across the map
of Stokes county and in the minds of
her people is: American Red Cross
and the Governor's Council on Unem
oloyment and Relief. The names of
the men and women who helped in
projecting the work, that brought
Stokes county back from starvation is
deeply implanted in die minds of the
populace of this county. TbejGne work
of home and farm agen& m welfare
workers, of Red Cross add Federal
Farm Board workers, of hundreds of
local citizens, this wonderful work
will never be forgotten.
Last December the outlook was dis
mal, to say the least. There was one
small bonk in the county, /or the de
pression and the failure of the cropB,
due to the drought, had swept them
iside. Many families were starving;
jthers were about to face the same
fate;, merchants were broke and un
ible to extend further credit; business
***** despaired nad wex^vutkj^
seetfcough the ordeal; disss***
greater than any county had felt
since the Civil War, threatened Stokes
ind several other drought ridden
:ounties. But in Stokes the situation
was more serious than in any county
in North Carolina.
On December 1st, through the op
eration of the Governor's Council,
Mrs. Mary Camp Sprinkle, director of
soonty organization work, went to
Stokes county and investigated the
situation. What she saw convinced
hear that the need was desperate. The
fnn^a wprp tfpd un In failed
banks and there was no possibility
of relief from that source. The board
of welfare and the superintendent of
schools were unable to see any way
out, or hadn't.
Mrs. Sprinkle was not easily dis
couraged. She went to the school
principals and submitted a simple re
port sheet for the compiling of need
ed information as to conditions,
Through these men and women, a has
ty survey was made of the entire
county. It was then easy to see that
nobody had made any food and that
the situation was desperate indeed.
Those persons, who in the past had
been able to save a little each year,
had lost their all in bank failures,
There was no money in the county for
any relief.
The Red Cross was appealed to
and the county was quickly listed as
a drought relief county, facing dis
aster. The Red Cross, through its
field representative, Mrs. Louise Wal
lace Frye, got to work, to do a job
which the State of North Carolina did
not have the funds to do, if it had
been possible. Action was hastened.
A trained worker, Miss Kathleen Gog
gin, of Chattanooga, was rushed to
the county, to make surveys and be
gin the work of relieving actual suf
fering through many means at the
command of the Red Cross. Hie Fed
eral Farm Board was eager to cooper
ate. The State College Extension ser
vice was already doing its part, in ev
ery possible way. Coordination was
obtained in short order and relief
work rushed forward in a few days.
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Kinsion Banker
Admits Shortage
W. B. Harvey Voluntar
ily Goes Before Com
Kinston, June 17.?William B. Har
vey, executive vice president and
cashier of the defunct First National
Bank here, today voluntarily appeared
before U. S. Commissioner W. Henry
Sutton and admitted a shortage of;
$63,000 in his accounts. He was placed
under a $10,000 bond for his appear
ance at the October term of Federal
Court in New Bern.
Harvey met the commissioner by,
prearrangement in the office of John:
G. Dawson, the banker's attorney. A
number of his friends were present.
He gave details J%garding ten defal
cations. He used the misappropriated
money and government bonds belong
ing to the W. L. Kennedy estate, the
Kinston Country Club, the fire de
partment and various individuals. The
largest item was $13,000 committed
to his care by the managers of the
Kennedy estate. Next largest was
$12,000 of Country Club money. The
fire department lost $5,600, Harvey
said. 5 * ' ? ' f
Th^ revelation of his self-accusa
tion'vSe a distinct shock to the city.
There had been whisperings that he
was in default, but the general public
had not heard them. The defalca
tions covered a period of seven years,
he said. Until a week ago he had not
confided his secret to, a living soul,
he stated
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Al Capone Confesses
In Government Cases
Chicago Gang Leader!
Heads GitfHy to Int
come Tax Evasions
Chicago, June, 16.?"Scrrfare Alt!
Capone pleaded guilty today to evas-|
ion of income tax laws and conspiracy
against the prohibition law.
Federal Judge ^smea.H. .Wilkersop I
will sentence the gang leader Jane 80U
the mFJ ot the courts rather, than
fight the three indictments returned]
by the .feden^g^^J
P^^tum and* transport *bee J
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??gnt
qer .tbe. income, tax . indictments ?
32 years is prison, but the higheat
tm*&m tat 'mfs&m Ma
plea of guilty was two years, tffwo
of Capone's henchmen who fought the
ease were stentenced to five and three.
T?- ?w?% "*??two.
<*>>? O&M .rattfcr TO*.?t*w ,Jf
months and a jea^, and. a ,W.
; The maximum under the prohibition
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HOLD NEGRO DOCTOR ;
operation on Mi^ Ju&i Weeks^ 27?j
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An^&s will have to ^ ^ USB
crossed the Atlantic in an effort to become Tllto V&rtM,* Jbe girls aieJWOfrW Jfa?? Nlhanii,
France; Inn Norberg, Sweden; Gerd Johanasn, NbritrJ *?? SchW^'Mi^; Di^ Frfcdberg, Geraaajr;
and Netta Duchakau. Belgium.
This Vteek In
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Washington, 1). ?., June 17.?-There
is no longer any question in the minds
of politics} gossipers here as to who
is the leading candidate for the dem
ocratic nomination for President in
1982. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gover
nor of New York, is much more
strongly entrenched in the lead today
than A1 Smith was at this time four
years ago, while his position is a thou
sand times better than that of Wood
row Wilson in 1911.
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No attempt has been made to try
and line up delegates for the big con
vention this far in advance, although
Governor Roosevelt's "non-politktel"
visit to Ex-Govemor. Cox, of Ohio,
the 1920 candidate when Roosevelt
ran in second place on the ticket, and
to George White, the present gover
nor, drew the statement from Mr. Cox
to Roosevelt.
What the'not weather prophets look
upon as the greatest boost for . the
New York governor is the public an
1? /-<-l T?J ILJ'ICiJ.n'
uuuiitxiucin uj wl iniwaiu mauucii
House that he wants Roosevelt to run
and will be glad to do anything to
further his prospects. If Col. House
should be made Roosevelt's campaign
manager it will mean that the Repub
licans will have to extend themselves
to win. House's support of Wilson
proved the turning point in the war
president's career, and Wilson's vic
tory was largely due to the astute pol
itics played by the man from Texas.
Col. House, in his statement, declares
if Roosevelt is defeated for the nom
ination, he will back Newton D. Ba
ker as his second choice.
In many ways Col. House is the
most powerful politician in the Dem
ocratic ranks, if not in the entire
country. A millionaire, he has shown
not the slightest desire for political
preferment for himself, declining the
highest offices In the; gift of Presi
dent Wilson. He- is 9 politician out
of sheer love for the game. Although
73 years old he is wiry and active and
can hold his own with mudi younger
men, physically.
Col. House is a "dry?' politically,
but is well lik-^d by the "wets" for
his stand against national prohibition.
He is believed to have inspired Wil
son's famous letter in which he de
clared that prohibition was a local
question and should be kept out of na
tional politics. Roosevelt while a dry
personally, holds the same position as
Wilson on liquor, that it is not a mat
fcer for the federal government but a
purely local question.
Being a dry has not been easy for
Col. House. The Democrats of Texas
split wide open years ago on the liq
uor question and it needed' all of Col.
House's astuteness to pull victory out
House's astuteness to pull victory out
of the tire caused by the gaps nujdtf
in his fence# by the question, if he
handles fioo#evelt'seampalgn
be up to him to manouevre 90 that
the wets and dry* ?f his party cair
find; a cominpn basis, on which tejrork
for the success of the national tiaket*
A moist plank will have ^ fate explain
ado^t suc||n plan, it is felt that Col. I
^Kahinaton mreins believe that!
'^rTHr'T'H|awyn '.jivoc?*}-*3 UVJ?'CVC n
t^Fohii J Raakab'q fiffoytitfr' II
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actly in Wilson's steps as far as. the
liquor question is conderned, and the
advantage of having the same spon
sor as Wilson, is in a most powerful
portion, even his opponents say.
Woodrow Wilson has been dead sev
en years and it is ten years since he
left the White House to become a
private, cfttaen, In, those years his
enemies have exhausted their .vituper
ations and. the real Wilson is begin-,
ning to emerge as a popular figure.
Lincoln was only a Republican idol un
til some forty years sgo, when the
Whole country, began to understand
that he belonged to all parties and
his true greatness began to be appre
ciated. Wilson's memory is undergo
ing. the same process and the coming
campaign may see his name used with
that of Jefferson, for the purpose of
conjuring votes for Roosevelt,
Defer Hearing
Dn Taxes Bert
Meet Second Monday
in July to Consider Ad
justed Valuations
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Greenville, June 15.?Members of
the board of county commissioners
met here this morning: for the-pur
pose of hearing complaints, adjusting
and reviewing tax values for 1981,
but recessed until the second Monday
in July when the matter will qgain
be take-up for consideration.
It was stated that incomplete in
formation made*it impossible for the
commissioners to go into the adjust
ment problem this: morning with any
degree of definiteness. hence it was
deemed advisable to defer the hear
ing until a later date.
The commissioners are to act as a
board of legalization apd are empow
ered to make adjustments of not more
than ten per cent on excessive valua
tions.
A board of adjusters has been busy
compiling values of the various town
ships the last two weeks and a de- |
tailed report of their activities will
be presented at the next session of
the commissioners.
. Ursula Bitter, 9 years old, was
awarded first prize in the cooking
contest for children held in Berlin.
Cotta Crop Of
Stile ?asB?n
Cut 15 Per Cent
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So Says President Jno.
T. Thorne, of Farm
ville, Tuesday
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John T. Thornfe, of Farmville, pres
ident of the North Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperative Association, who
attended the regular monthly meeting
of the board of directors in Raleigh
Tuesday, said yesterday that, accord
ing to an estimate of that body, the
cotton acreage in North Carolina will
be 15 per cent less this year than
last and the use of commercial fer
tilizers will be reduced 26 per cent as
compared to 1930.
Considering drjr weather this year's
crop is making satisfactory progress,
according to reports of the twenty as
sociation field men who are located;
over the cotton area of the state.
Prevalent dry weather over the state,
and extremely dry weather in some
sections, has retarded the growth of
cotton. Several of the field men re
ported presence of boll weevil and a
few reported that the pests were nu
merous.
' General Manager U. B. Blalock,
who is the North Carolina member
of the board of directors of the
American Cotton Cooperative Asso
ciation and who just recently return
ed from a meeting of that board in
>*3W Orleans, said that the directors
of the American association estimat
ed a reduction of from ten to twelve
per cent In the American cotton acre
age this year as compared with last
and a reduction in the, use of com
mercial fertilizers ranging from 25
per cent in the eastern states to as
much as 60 per cent in Mississippi.
The American cotton crop, reports
indicate, is two weeks late because of
drought "With the exception of the
western part, Texas is dry and need
ing rain," reports from the American
association said. "The crop is lat*
aad rain is needed in Arkansas and
VeaneStte. Drought is becoming
acute in most of Georgia. It is get
^^e^Sectors of the American as
sociation and General Manager E. F.
Creekmore, Mr. Blalock said, had un
animously decided that, as present
holdings are financed for a three
year period, if necessary, no 1930 cot
ton will be sold at anything like the
present prices. Hon. Carl Williams,
cotton member of the Federal Farm
Board, declared at the New Orleans
meeting thai the Stabilization Corpor
ation did not intend to dispose of the
1929 crop at present market prices.
The North Carolina board of direc
tors, in a resolution, pledged their
support to Cason J. Callaway, presi
dent of the, American Cotton Manu
facturers Association, in the move
ment to have cotton baled with cot
ton instead of jute this coming sea
son. '';
Mr. Callaway recently sought the
cooperation of all southern cotton
manufacturers in the movement by
asking them to allow seven pounds
extra weight on each bale of cotton
wrapped with cotton bagging. He al
so suggested that a moderate tariff
on jute would help to offset the .dis
advantage that cotton bagging is suf
fering when compared to jute bag
ging. If all American cotton was
wrapped in cotton bagging it is es
timated that it would require over
200,000 bales annually for this pur
pose alone.
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Babson Says Business
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Has Seen Its Worst
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Authority o?i-Economic
alleled Prosp6rityWill
Follow Depression
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New York, June 16.?Roger W.
Babson/a^ority ^ ecOTOimc ?rob
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utation that business has Been its
wont" '
Seventeen other departmental ses
sions were being held today; in con
nection with the convention.
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% CATHOLIC CBOBCH OPENING j
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flames Threaten Ad
f joining Buildings Bui
Are Thought Under
Control
* Greenville, June 17.?The Stat
Warehouse, one of the largest 1 e*J
tobacco warehouses in the state, was
completely destroyed by fine here this
morning. The loss was estimated at
?100,000 and was partially covered by
insurance.
The blaze was discovered about 8
o'clock and in two hours time the
building, covering nearly an entire
block, was a mass of ruins.
For a timie the fire threatened to
spread to the Ficklen Tobacco Com
pany and adjoining residential prop
erty and a call for aid was sent to
the Washington and Farmville fire
departments. By the time the visit
ing firemen arrived, however, the
blaze was under control and confined
to the single building.
J The flames originated in the sta
bles beneath the warehouse and wfere
believed to have been of incendiary
origin. It was the fifth time the
building has been fired the last ?tev
eral months, and each blare was at
tributed either to children playing
about the building or to loiterers.
The fire had made so much head
way when the alarm was sounded
that efforts to save the structure
proved futile. In a short time after
the firemen reached the scene the en
tire structure of brick and wood con
struction, was enveloped in flames.
As the blaze broke through the top
the flames shot heavenward, and
dense clouds of smoke drifted over
the tobacco, district, causing hundreds
of people to hurry to the scene of the
conflagration.
The building contained 76,000
square feet of floor space and was
the property of G. V. Smith and B.
B. Sugg. It had been enlarged sev
eral times i'ji past years to keep pace
with the rapid development of the
Greenville tobacco market, and was
considered one of the most'"modern
and commodious buildings of its kind
in the state.
Even as the ruins of the old build
ing smouldered plans looking to re
building began to assume shape. Mem
bers of the firm stated rebuilding
would get under -way immediately and
that the new structure would be rea
dy by the opening of the approaching
season. They said the building would
be modern in every respect and would
contain all features looking to the ex
peditious handling of leaf and the
comfort and convenience of the thou
sands of growers who patronize the
market from season to season.
Aydcn Bank
Celebrates
People of Town Enter
tained at House Warm
ing Celebrating Open
ing of Institution -
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Ayden, June 16.?The'First Nation
al Bank in Ayden had its formal open
ing or house warming today. The
home of the new bank is in the build
ing formerly occupied by the Bank
of Ayden which closed in 1927. This
is more commodious and in keeping
with banking requirements than was
the building formerly occupied by
the First National. For the occasion
it was beautifully decorated with bas
kets of spring flowers, ferns and
flags.
The guests were met at the door
by Mrs! Allen Johnson and Misses
Bonnie Ruth Tripp, Emma Edwards,
Helen Dixon and Renno McGlohon,
and each presented with a boutonniere
of sweet peas. Delightful punch was
served in the lobby by Miares Mary
Alice Bullock, Ruby Lee Hart, Willie
Boyd and Margaret Pierce.
In keeping with Ayden's -policy of
making religion a part of its daily
life, the Rev. W. H. Branson, pastor
of the Christian church, asked GoTs
lienjlnfle upon the community and its
enterprises. If* V h
The occasion wa* featttttd by
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