VOL. TWENTY-TWO FABMVILLB, PITT COUNTY. NOBIS CABOUNA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2gth, 1931 ? NUMBER SIXTEEN
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Sales Begin Tuesday Morning, Sept 1st; And You Are Invited
DOKSAIJESM1Y; FACTORIES ENLARGED TO TARE CARE MIRCMWING MABKKT
Farmville's Growth As A
Tobacco Market Assured
The Farmville Tobacco Market Offers Unrivalled
Facilities for Promptness in Handling the
Farmer^ Product ? Market Opens Tuesday,
September 1st?Season Promises to Be Biggest
in Its History.
The Farmville Tobacco market
will open Tuesday, September 1,
with prospects of a banner year, as
this market has steadily grown from
two small houses, capable of hand
ling only a few thousand pounds, to
one with four moderif brick commodi
ous warehouses, selling more than
twenty million pounds.
Starting off with double sales dai
ly and with improvements made to
the warehouses and tobacco factories,
Farmville is now well prepared to
handle much more tobacco than ever
before in its history.
Last season tobacco was sold on
the Farmville market from a distance
of from sixty to seventy-five miles,
while this season farmers are expect
ed here from even greater distances.
This issue of The Enterprise gives
a portion of its space to the "Golden
Weed" and within its columns our
warehousemen and a good number of
our business firms have individual
message of interest andlfisportaace1
to our readers.
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The modern tobacco town-of Farm
ville which is now a model of com
pactness, convenience and efficiency,
was brought into a real existence
about fifteen years ago, when it be
gan build a mighty group of brick
structures out of the ashes of the old
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wooden houses, which it occupied the
first several years of its existence.
As the Farmville market is now
constituted, it offers unrivaled facili
ties for the marketing of the farm
ers' tobt-cco under conditions that
guarantee the top dollar for- every
pound sold here. The floor apace of
the four large warehouses is amply
sufficient to easily handle eight hun
dred thousand to a million pounds
daily.
The factories and redrying plants
have all been put in apple-pie order
for the season, and some of <yir fac
tories have even added many thou
sands of additional feet of storage
space to take caife of Farmville's
steadily growing market
Not only are the facilities here A-l
for selling and handling of tobacco, ?
but the personnel of our warehouse
men and their entire sales and office
forces, which enters largely into the
success of any business, is indeed
one of our strongest points. You
will find each and every one of these
fellows open and above board, courte
ous, affable and polite, always ready
to pass a good word with the farmers f
who come from far and near. Most ;
of these men have been on the Farm
nBe market for years and enjoy a '
large acquaintance among the tobac
co growers throughout Eastern Care
Una. These men are interested in j
your sneosss sad take a personal
pride in doing everything within their
power to mala? year tobacco bring
the highest possible dollar. And
when a farmer sells his tobacco in
Farmville, he aeBs it among friends, ;
to friends, who ^jwnwna^int^ ]
farmer?gets every dollar possible ;
for his crop. Therefore, Farmville in- ,
vites you and year friends to |ome
j^^oarjriends, .
ready j
CATTLE FEEDING PAYS
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though tbsy had to buy feed and
prices were tow. New they hare
erected e Mg barn and are growing
feed, moat of it on rented land, pend
ing the getting enough of their own
land in condition to plant. They are
going to .feed 100 head of cattle this
winter. The two men are brothers,
W.. H. and R. S. Francisco, and
have worked as partners 41 years.
"We are getting along in years,"
says W. H. Francisco, the oldest.
"But for that, I think we'd make a
lot of money feeding and even rais
ing cattle down here where all the
conditions are good. We went into
it just to have something to do. I
am surprised that more of it isat
done around here."
The Franciscos specialized in live
stock production when farming in
New eJrsey.
* Rebel Chief Cimht ?
MuaV< farm
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It Is Now Apparent That Flog
ging Days Are Over For State
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Jnmly Convicts to Be
Controlled by Methods
Other Than Use of the
Lash
Raleigh, Aug. 25 ?Departmental
ictivities in and about Raleigh today
ndicate that the grand old flogging
lays in prison camps are over and
hat directors of the prison and of
he state highway commission prob
tbly will find some other way to
teep down the heady convicts.
While the prison policy waits on
he return to Raleigh of Chairman E.
1. Jeffress, Governor 0. Max Gard
ter, and the meeting of the state
ward nf charities and public wel
fare, the lash undoubtedly wiH be
cept in a state of suspended anima
?ules and re^^^sl^^tio^ie is
sd here, Oscar Dorsett^^i'bixfidtv1*
black, got his a. month ago, but
was not officially recorded flw d&te
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sett received. One now Iumi it tt
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|hysimn and must be given as "a
last resort" Whether any of these
requisites was respected, nobody
knows. But the departmentalism
overtslked themselves.
For instance Dorsett was voted an
incorrigible. The story which the
Black Aggies peddled was quite taa
dnating- The "unruly nigger" had
kicked and cursed a guard. He was
ordered whipped. His -shirt was lift
ed, his trousers lowered and he was
made to describe a semi-circle over a
barrel. The mathematical precision
of the Black Aggies fascinates the
folks hereabouts.. The narrative as
handed down by high-ups in the fete
was that the Black Aggies suggested
to Dorsett thai he have attendants
at this solemn ceremony, that in
deed he he held In plaee over the
.barrel. "Naw, sir, I dont need any
Nigger^saidfs^idQ^tently^s^he
gnat hour arrived >' '
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"Boas, I speck you better get them
two niggers to hold me," the story
comes down officially. It seems that
? ^ carried. the conviction that
nader.-s reign Co# tswor^
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"Those unable to find jobs must
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Japan Goes Wild
Over Lindberghs
Welcome Without Prec
edent Extended to Fa
mous Flying Couple
Tokib, Japan, Aug. 27.?One of the
greatest welcomes Japan has ever ex
tended to any visitors was accorded
today to Colonel and Mrs. Charles A.
Lindbergh.
Scenes of wild enthusiasm here
and 8t the Kasumigaura airport, 45
miles away, where they completed
their adventurous 7,000 mile flight
I from the United tSates yesterday af
; ternoon, were many preludes, howev
er to the display of oriental hospital-1
ity which is forthcoming.
While the newspapers ground out
more special Lindbergh editions,
while decorators draped more boule
vards with bunting and while tremen
| dous crowds of Lindbergh fans wait
on the curbstones for a
glance at their hero, the Lindberghs
slept late in the comfortable home of
Dp. Rudolph B. Tuesler, director of
St. Luke's International hospital
A six day fete is before them,
rounds of entertainment, of sight
seeing, of speech making. The gov
ernment has arranged almost every
minute of their time in the thorough
going manner of the Far East. The
shot by an assassin last November
may interfere somewhat with the
program* however.
The radio announcer, who described j
every smile and every movement of
the Lindberghs after they landed, told
of Hamaguchi's death in the middle
of the broadcast
Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh, sleep
ing so soundly in the center of an
empire which insisted upon doing
them honor, were tired. Lindbergh
'-himself, was sun burned. His nose
looked as if - it might start to peel
momentarily.
The famous flier's wife said she
was in need of rest and the ministra
tions of a hair dresser after the rig
or she experienced in becoming the
first woman ever to fly the Pacific
ocean.
FarmviUe
i Offers More
Advantages
Uncle Sam Selects This
Market As The ''Key
Market" For Govern
Grading Service.
In addition the regular sales
system in vogue here for the past
quarter of a century for the handling
of the golden weed, the United States'
government has this year selected
FarmviUe as the "key market" for
die Eastern Carolina tobacco belt for
heir grading service. Men of experi
mce wiU be sent here for the purpose
>f grading the tobacco of any farmer
vho desires to have same govern
nent graded. Arrangement for this
ervice was made especialy for those
vho desire it, and all you have to do
o get it is usk the scales men for it,
ind when your tobacco is weighed
nd each basket you wish to be grad
d will be checked and the standard
;rade will be placed on the right
and top corner of the tag after it is
laced on the floor.
Remember, this service is only for
loee who wantit?4f you don't want
our tobacco graded, please dont ask
?.it^-at?Lit 'W??t be gr?de<L Ask
it it if you want it It's here for
l>u. FarmviUe wants you to have
hat you want when it comes to sell
ig your otbacco. ?;
Remember, yon can sell it "your
ay" in Farmville.
(eels Thrilled
As Do-X Passes
Flies Up N. C. Coast On|
Trip to New York With
All-Night Stopover in
Norfolk
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Norfolk, Aug. 26.?The DO-X, larg
I est heavier than air liner in the
I world, rode at anchor in Hampton
I Roads tonight, a short distance from
? the naval air station, Tier tanks filled
I with fuel for the hop to New York
? tomorrow in completion of a four
I continent flight begun more than a
year ago.
I Capt Fritz W. Hammer, in com
I mand of the great flying boat, and
I officers and crew of the German j
I craft, were guests of honor at a din-1
? ner given by the city.
The flight to New York will start I
? at 7 o'clock, eastern standard time, i
and Captain Hammer expected to be
? over the metropolis by 11:30. The!
I DO-X will fly over the city, circle the I
Statue of Liberty, and land in tfiel
I The great flying ship came up the
I coast from Charieston this morn
ing at a speed of approximately
lOOt miles an hour, most of the time
at little more than 50 feet from the
sea. Passengers described the trip |
I The DO-X came in over the naval
II station and circled over Norfolk and]
I Portsmouth before dropping to her]
I anchorage. After the passengers had
I departed, a welcoming party went on] I
? board to extend greetings to the of-1
fleers and eraw on behalf ot the
iSThe DO-X started more than a I
I year ago on the flight |hat too^jher
from Germany across Southern- Eu- I
rope to the North AfricaiJ^asfcl
thence across the South Atiantic^gfl
Brazil and northward over the 'West
Indies ta Miami, Fla.
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B. 6. Thompson
Has Cotton Plan
Would Exact a Binding
Agreement to Cut the
Acreage in Half
Goldsboro, Aug. 26.?B. GT Thomp
son, Goldsboro cotton buyer and one
of the larger cotton planters of Eas
tern North Carolina, has come for
ward with a new plan for the relief
of cotton farmers of the south.
Signed agreements by every land-,
owner and landlord in the south in
which it is pledged that the acreage
for the next three years will be only
60 per cent of this year's acreage
with a heavy enough forfeit clause
to make the agreement binding
would solve the trouble, Mr. Thomp
son believes.
Mr. Thompson addressed his plan
to southern cotton planters at large.
His scheme of organization, to in
sure that the contracts would be ob
served, would be to organize every
township id every cotton producing
state. With the individual townships
organized, state federations could be
formed of county organizations and
in turn congress should be asked to
validate and legalize the voluntary
agreements in the contracts for a
southwide set up based on the town
ship organizations, he aaid.
Vigilance committees should be ap
pointed in each, township to see that
the plan is followed, he added.
If this was done, Mi\ Thompson
said, cotton farmers would receive
from 10 to 16 cents a pound for their
cotton this-year.
Mr. Thompson finds fault with the
Long, Bilbo, Sterling, George Lank
ford and farm board cotton plans and
advances his own as a panacea for the
existing condition.
, "You may take my word for it,"
Mr. Thompson says, "unless we do
something to curb production and
raise the price the whole south is
doomed to poverty and bankruptcy.
Your time would be just as profitably
employed to take flight and go to
the labyrinths of Egypt, for the pur
pose of employment, as to continue
to make an over-production of cot
ton."
Granting that the originators of
the Federal Farm Board idea meant
to benefit the people at large, Mr.
Thompson charge? the board mem
bers with a lack of long range busi
ness sagacity.
"They should have exacted pledges
and binding agreements from the
planters of cotton, wheat and every
thing else they have assumed to con
trol the price of," he said, "for a
fixed per cent of reduction in acre
age, so as to have kept the supply
within bounds of the normal demand.
That would have assured them full
protection on their 16 cents a pound
advance on cotton, $1.25 a bushel on
wheat," etc.
Mr. Thompson advocated a 50 per
cent reduction in cotton; 25 per cent
reduction in wheat, com, rye and
oats; 33 1-3 per cent cut in tobacco,
and predicted such a policy would
"give an impetus to every line of bus
iness in every category."
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New Irish Songster '
Frank Connors worked M a mes
senger boy in New York Cky until
two weeks ago. Then a theatrical
man heard him sing and signed him
op for five yean at |500 a week.
Long's Cotton Plan Runs
Into Amendment Threat
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Louisiana General As
sembly Spends Entire
Day Considering Pro
posal in Committee
Baton Rouge, La.H Aug. 26.?Gov
ernor Huey P. Long's bill to prohibit
the raising of a cotton crop next year
was reported favorably to the Louis
iana House of Representatives to
night, and will be read and voted on
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tomorrow.
After a day of discussion in which
one legislator challenged the consti
tutionality of the bill, the committee
met and amended the measure to give
the governor, authority to repeal it
by proclamation in the event lesfe than
the number of states producing 75
per cent of the cotton grown, in the
United States agree to adopt the plan,
the committee decided to use the
Federal Government crop rieport of
1980 as the basis for determining the
75 per cent , v
,:.As the cotton plan bflfr constitu
tionality was being attached jby Rep
resentative Gilbert DuPre, at St.
Parish, the senate ?pent U.
[time today ft-passing Senator V. Y.
Whittingtdn's concurrent resolution,
memorialising congress to grant a
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legality of the bill on the grounds
it failed to carry the proviso that
contingent states raising 75 per cent
of the cotton must' act before the
Louisiana law becomes effective.
Soon thereafter the measure was giv
en to a sub-committee for the inser
tion of the contingent or other necea
sary clauses. s "
In pressing his contention, DuPre
charged that faith had been broken
with the New Orleans cotton confer
ence held last week.
i "You can't destroy a man's cotton
without just compensation," he
shouted. "I don't say that. The
Constitution of the United tSates
says it." His was the only pointed
attack on the bill.
_ Meanwhile a rumor was circulated
about the Capitol th,at a bill or reso
lution was in the framing to author
ize Governor Long to leave the state
on a 10 or 15 -^day speaking cam
paign over the south in support of
the cotton holiday plan.
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^Washington, Aug. 26.?Hardly a
day passes Without the Farm Board
receiving another plan for solving
the south's cotton difficulties,
j Word has come that each is con
sidered, but none of the number
presented has been made public by
the r ;?/ rivr'-f
FIRST BALE OF COTTON
S iBBBreS7< PER POUND
Wadesboro, Aug.^ 26.?Anson coun
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Over 23 Million Pounds
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Sold Here Last Season
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Farmville Has Four Large Tobacco Warehouses,
Two Sets of Buyers Representing All of the
Big Tobacco Companies With Double Sales
Daily; Three Mammoth Tobacco Factories and
Numerous Storage Houses
Now with everything in readiness
for the opening of Farrnville's tobac
co market, which takes place next
Tuesday, September 1st, the fanners
of all Eastern Carolina are extended
a most cordial welcome to pay this
market an early visit.
The Farmville market consists of
four as large and modernly built
warehouses as can be found in the
state, with a total floor space of
around 175,000 square feet, furnish
ing ample room for approximately a
million""pounds of tobacco daily, three
large factories and redrying plants
and several storage houses and pack
ing plants, the floor space of some
of which has been greatly enlarged
since last season to more convenient
ly take care of Farrnville's steadily
growing market.
? Possibly one of the greatest assets
to the tobacco industry here is its
progressive, hard working and cou r
teous warehousemen, each and every
one of whom has been in the tobacco
business since early boyhood and who
know tobacco from the plant up; and
their success as warehousemen^ is
substantiated by the fact of Farm
ville'o steady and continuous growth,
serving a larger area from year to
year, bringing ii fanners from great
distances who realize and appreciate
the advantages of selling their tobac
co on the Farmville market
Did you know that Pitt county sells
more tobacco than any other county
in the; world? Well, it does. Fann
ville last year sold "21,504,420 pounds,
and Greenville 62,365,180 pounds, a
total of 83,869,600 pounds, while Wil
son county was second, with 77,788,
672 pounds.
The opening of the tobacco market
each fall is an event looked forward
to eagerly and hopefully by practi
cally everyone. Business, to a great
extent, is adjusted with that date in
mind. So all of us are looking for
ward, to the opening of the market
Tuesday, September first. The so
norous tone of the auctioneer's voice
will be sweet music to the entire pop
ulation, and the folks generally are
anticipating a chandge of the tide
financially.
The citizenship of Farmville ex
tends all tobacco growers a hearty
welcome.
Col. Luke Lea is
Colorful Fipre
Leaped Into Prominence
When He Brought Or
der Out of Chaos
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Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 13.?Luke, (
Lea, convicted today by an AshevUlf^ -
N. C., jury and sentenced to serve
from six to ten years on ftnr counts ?
of a charge of conspiracy' to de-1
fraud -the Central Bank and Trust
Company, is one of the most colorful
figures who ever played a leading
role in Tennessee politics.
The publisher's caree , political
leader began in turbulence.
He leaped to prominence in 1908
when the Demosratic state convention
was about to break up in turmoil.
Lea, then a tall, smiling but unknown
lawyer, had gained attention by the
skill with which he had made " one
point of order after another until an
experienced chairman was helpless. >
When other leaders Were about to
give up hope of restoring order Lea
seized the gavel and eventoaUy gain-'
ed control of the convention.
From the day of that coup and
the-aomination of Malcolm R. Pat
terson for governor that grew out of
It, until tfc*. election of the present
governor Henry H. Horton, Lea
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