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VOL. TWMY-TWO FAMimUS, PITT CODWIT, NORTH CAROLINA, F^y. 0^ X6, ,? NUMBER TWENTY-THREE ' ,
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FarmritieMarket Takes
Mnremost
State Report for Sept
[fra&Market Leads All
New Bright Belt With
Average of $9.41
Bearing oat,previous assertions
cepcaiaMe FARMVILLK'S TOBAC
CO MARKET end its rank in aver
age, is the report ?f the State-Feder
alDepartment of Agriculture in its
record of North Carolina tobaeco
sties for the month of SepteflRer,
which gives FsrmviUe the chief place
in the New Bright Belt with ? $9.41
average. Goldstar* is asco*i of the
markets in this immediate section,
with average of $9.15, Wilson is third
with $8.99, Rocky Mount fourth, with
$&97, Kinston fifth, with $8.92, and
Gsssnvflle and Tarboro took a seat
togethsr-with ait average of $8^7.
Brighter reports on the local mar
kets were submitted by Mr. Hobgood,
supervisor of selee this week, and in
dications ef better averages for in
dividual fanners carried out predic
tions. Among those making good
averages were: Felix Small and
FaankJte Turner, who sold 1128
pounds for $445.48 at an average of
$39.40. one grading bringing 65c. B. I
Taylor and Gillette sold 656 pounds
at an average of $81.73; J. Gillette
and Bryant 430 pounds for $27-20; R.
Stroud averaged $25.63 for 864; J.
Hebgood and MeDL Horton sold 594
pounds for $35.90 average. "
The better grades continue to be
preferred by buyers and prices for
low grades are reported as being
the same. Monday's sales touched
the top notch in poundage for the
season so far, 517,348 pounds being
sold for an average of $10.69 per ;
hundred weight Tuesday's sale was ]
some lighter ** is usual, though it ]
made a record for the second day of
the weak, with 433,369 pounds, bring- 1
ing $39,713.62, and Wednesday taking I
the lowest position in regard to
poundage with 179,702 total for <
which farmers vera paid $16,383.59.
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Vcrktown Opens.
Big Celebration
American Naval Ships
Pat Out to Sea to Wd
eome *Sriviour of Ver
<tan* " ;
Yorktown, Va., Oct 14.?The pride !
of the scouting force steamed to sea ,
tonight to extend the first American (
greeting to Marsha] Henri Petain (
and the Relegation sent by the French 1
nartwi to participate in the 150th an- (
wvaasary of the Battle of Yorktown.
Far oat in the Atlantic a 17-gun
nlfh will thunder from the turrets
at 4fce modern cruisers, Augusta,
Cheater and Pensaeola when the j
Finh cmisers Suffem and Da- '
queens appear with the dawn. A like j
sshrte will boom from the French
gop|4 Then with the Augusta lead
ing; the French men-of-war will Be
i iirtMgjnl through the Capes where
*1fi#*7?an ago Conte de Graaee sailed
hkHFrench fleet to direct his fire on
th#*tigge*t British forces at Yo.%
to**' x ' :
kahilis at 21 guns will be ex
cM*|ed between the foreign vessels .
eagjthe great land batteries at Ft (
Mdgm as anchors are dropped at (
Old Point Comfort
On. John J. Pershing, represent
ing the Doited States and the Com
OMgadealth at Virginia, will greet
thi^Saeioor at Verdun" as the
Frtlph delegation comes ashore. ;
A*pif thf dhltioguished French rep- i
langdstimii gffl ha Adalbert da ?
C^pnsi great grandson of the
MifMBBa da LaFayatt*
Ysektown bristled with vng*?like
sigiitiveTs today as. .fiijpl prgpara
tjalTTr
Ihglpffi that tBsogvated an epoch ,
A MDiant October eon snarkled
byckakm clothing
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WiSatask
Clink Opens
P re e Examinations
Are Being Given By
State Sanatorium Ex
tension Dept
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Greenville, Oct IS.?Free examina
tion for tuberculosis /will be given at
Pitt County Department of fteeltb
daring the next two weeks. * '
Hie clinic opened yesterday morn
ing under direction of Dr. Thornton,
representing the Extension _ Depart
ment of State Sanitorium.
The dink is being sponsored by
the State Board of Health, the Coun
ty Health Department in conjunction
with the State Sanitorium and is ex
pected to have a far-reaching effect
in stamping out the dreaded disease
in this territory.
All persons nursing or living in
dose contact with a . case of tuber
culosis should be examined aa well
as those who have at any time been
patients at the State Sanitorium.
Persons desiring to receive treat
ment are urged to get in touch
with their family physician and let
them arrange for an appointment
at the health department.
The clinic was announced by Dr.
McGeachey, director of the Pitt
County Department of Health, the
latter part of July, and since that
time every effort has been put for
ward to bring the people to a real
ization of the necessity of com
plete examinations, especially if ex
posed to tuberculosis.
Through its extension department
the State Sanitorium is using its
influence to reduce the spread of
tuberculosis through clinics con
ducted in various parts of the state.
In this way it is hoped to catch the
disease in its incipient stage and
zheck its spread.
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DISTRICT GOVERNOR
ADDRESSES FARMYILLE
ROTARY CLUB
Outlining definite community pro
blems being faced by Rotary Clubs
today and urging the use of intelli
gent optimism and a clear under
standing of the real needs in solving
them, Ted Johnson of Raleigh, Gov
ernor of the 57th District, delivered
a timely and comprehensive address
to Farmville Rotarians on Tuesday
evening at their regular meeting, and
expressed keen pleasure at their ac
tivities and progressive program, as
outlined to him at a previous meeting j
beld with the Board of Directors and)
beads of the various committees.
Some interesting details of the an-j
nual meeting of Rotary International!
at Vienna were given by the Gover-|
nor who was in attendance. He clos-;
ed by stating that the mere holding
together of a club without definite
goals is not worthy of Rotary, "A
real Rotarian can accomplish much
good in a community and still get
3ome fun out of it without resorting
to a lot of tomfoolery. Through
Rotary you should get an enlarged
view at relationships and problems
whieh should not be allowed to re
main static, but by an enlarged vision
of what can be done and a mutual un
derstanding of what should be done,
work out the best results.
DORTCH FAVORS SPECIAL
- SESSION OF LEGISLATURE
Go'.dsboro, Oct. 13.?Senator Hugh
Dortch of Wayne county today offer
ed to serve without pay and called
upon other members of the General
Assembly to likewie do if Governor
Gardner calls a special session of the
legislature to enact cotton and tobac-j
eo relief measures. _ j
Dortch said he favored having
the assembly men pledge them
selves to work only on cotton and
tobacco relief. He advocates a 3D
Carolina should fall in line with
otfcar southern states In enaetfng re
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Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr., were handed a cbeelcfor
f |25.000 when they stepped otit of their plane at Wenatchee, Washington,
by the Japanese newspaper, Asahl There's Tphntymore In sight. ?
Japan Objects to Entry
Of America Into League
American Government
Prepared To Pull Up
Chair at League
Council
Washington, Oct 14.?Japan's rep
resentatives at the League of Nations
Council at Geneva, objected yesterday
when the Council decided to invite
the United States to participate in
peace attempts. As a result, the
American invitation was held up in
the hope that Tokyo's opposition
might be withdrawn.
China and Japan broke off prelim
inary efforts aiming at negotiations
while the peacemakers labored at Ge
neva to solve the Manchurian prob
lem. China insisted on Japanese
evacuation of occupied districts be
fore negotiating Japan insisted on
assurances of protection of Japanese
lives and property before withdraw
ing
At Washington it was said the
American government is prepared to
put aside its role of observer and to
poll up a chair at the League council
table.
American naval vessel in Oriental
waters were diverted from their in
tended routine shore leave at Chefoo
and ordered to Shanghai, to avoid
any misunderstanding.
A Mukden dispatch to the Bengo
News agency of Japan said Japanese
planes reconnoitering along the line
of the Mukden-Pelping railway were
l'ired upon by Chinese troops aboard
a military train and that'the Japan
I ese retaliated with bombs.
AMERICA PREPARED TO
ACCEPT THE INVITATION
Washington, Oct 14.?Convinced
that the forces of organised peace
have met a critical test in the Japan
ese-Chinese discussions at Geneva
the American government is pre
pared to put aside its role of observ
er and pull up a chair at the League
of Nations' council tablq.
.A non-member, the United States
purposes to take no part in discus
sions of the obligations of Japan and
China under the League covenant
But the American participation will
be full fledged and unstinted in the
League'^ effort to invoke against the
two warring Oriental nations the
American - sponsored Eellogg-Briand
treaty outlawing war.
The step is one which administra
tion officials realize may lead to con
troversy?and indeed the rumblings
and questionings became audible to
day as soon as the purpose of the
government was disclosed. On Capi
tol Hill, where more than one Sen ]
ator has made an issue of American; [
independence of Hie League, eager
requests sprang up for all of the
latest, information.
Some Senators, too, raised the ques
tion of what effect the present situa
tion and its outcome may have on
adherence to the world court The J
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Root protocol providing for Ameri
can entry may be submitted to the
Senate for action next session.
For this part Secretary Stimson
and his State Department colleagues
believe this is one case where no re
sponsible government could afford
to hold back
It is the first time the elaborate
machinery of peace reared after the
great war has faced such a test in
volving major powers. If the Kel
logg-Briand treaty renouncing war
ever is to be put on a basis of prac
tical operation, many tjiplomatic of
ficials feel now is the time to do it.
Furthermore the peace machinery
of the League itself is on trial, and
the American government wants no
well-intentioned effort at peace to
fail.
Prentiss Gilbert, American consul
general at Geneva has already been
authorized by the State Department
to accept an invitation to join the
League's discussions should one be
extended. j. <
An obsticle to American participa
tion was seen today in word from
Geneva that the Japanese had op
posed such an invitation. Even j
though the League's council should j
disregard this objection, which was
indicated, officials here felt this
country would not participate with
out Japan's acquiescence.
: If !the United States should go into
the League's of fort to end hostilities
in Manchuria, it would be the second
time in four months that it lias join
ed a conference of European powers
on a basis of full participation. Its
historic rote of an observer was
abandoned in the meeting of minis
ters at London following the an
nouncement of the moratorium.
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RATS AND RUBBISH .
Rats may be expected, and are gen
erally found wherever * rubbish - is
found, and any accumulation of trash
and filth is sure to attract them. A
great deal of miscellaneous matter
tends to collect in yards, barns and
basements. Whatever is not of value
should be destroyed. Lumber should
be piled on some raised frame work.
Chicken and hog crates should not
be allowed to rest on the ground. Do
away with harbors on the farm yard
and rats cannot burrow in. Given a
safe home in basements, under cribs
or chicken houses, and in other such
protected places, and nature will see
to jt that there is no lack of rats.
Well fed rats mature quickly, breed
often, and have large litters. Poorly
fed rats, on the other hand, breed less
frequently and have small litters.
Thp rat under normal conditions, is
Pa most prolific of mammals, litters
of more than twenty have been re
corded, while average letters in the
temperate' zone is ten. The period of
gestation is 21 days, and rats may
biyed- six to ten times a year. Well
nourished females may breed when
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FarmvUle; N. C.
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To AM Cotton
Firm Boar d and
ffouthern Bankers To
SbMx Seve^vmUllon
Bales Off Market
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New-Orleans, La., Oct 13.?A con
ditioned accord on aplap to keep ap
proximately seven million bales of
cotton off the market for atjeast
a year has been reached by the
Farm Board, American Cotton Co
operative Association and Southern
banking interests.
The program, based on granting
cif new credits and extension of old
obligations, was announced last
night ? by- representatives ' of the
various agencies involved following
s?) all-day executive session here.
; Under it southern banks would
agree to make or renew loans, on
at least 3,500,000 bales, with maturi
ties not earlier than July 31, 1932.
With this financing complete, the
Parm Board will agree to extend
obligations of the American Cotton
Cooperative, approximating 2,000,
000 bales, until July 31, 1932, with
the futher pledge that if the south
ern legislatures effect "substantial
reduction from the acreage this
year," the board will continue to
hold its cotton an additional year.
It was further agreed / by the
Farm Board that so long as ex
tensions are granted to the Cot
ton Cooperative, the Cotton Stabili
zation Carporation will maintain
its present holdings approximately
1,300,000 bales.
The agreement to hold by the
Farm Board carried only the pro
viso "unless such cotton can be sold
ai a price of more than twelve and
a; half cents per pound, based on
the near month of the New York
Cotton exchange."
James C. Stone, chairman, and
Carl Williams, cotton member, rep
resented the board in the delibera-.
tions.
. The Staple Cotton Growers As
sociation, now holding about 290,
000 bales, will be asked to join in
the movement.
Nathan Adams, Dallas, spokes
man for the southern bankers, said
the plan had been brought forward
fdllowing a conference with Stone
at the White House. '
The bankers' end of the program
is subject to ratification by the
varions southern state banking as
sociations, which will be- a3ked to
convene their full membership on
Obtober 20, to take action on con
junction with state and federal
banking officials.
The banks are to report the total
baleage - to be held as collateral to
the various state banking associa
tibns presidents by Oct. 25, who in
return will report to Adams and E.
F. Creekipore, New Orleans, vice
president and general manager of
the American- Cotton Cooperative.
POST AND GATTY WILL
I MAKE TOUR OF SOUTH
Charlotte, Oct 13.?Wiley Post and
Hhrold Gatty, round-the-world fliers
who attended the all-southern air pa
geant here, are to visit 20 cities in
the south this winter, L. J. Safierborn,
who is arranging for the tour, an
nounced.
Sauerborn, manager of the local
airport, said the tour would probably
begin at Charleston, S. C., and work
southward and westward. The itiner
ary is to be announced in the near
future.
He also announced that Ruth Nich
ols, society aviatrix of Rye, N. Y?
had signed with him for a "record
'flight attempt," the details of which
are to be worked out in the next few
Weeks.
A1 Williams, formerly navy speed
king who crashed his new $15,000
airplane into a bank here Sunday to
prevent it from plunging into the air
pageant crowd, remained here today
to make preparations for shipping the
wreck back to the factory at Farm
ingdale, L, I., for repairs.
"It took me a long time to get
that plane together," said the for
mer world's speed record holder as
he surveyed the pieces of the first
ship he ever owned himself. He
said he would return here as soon
as the plane is repaired for a bene
fit air show the pageant manag
ment announced it would stage to
pay for the damage done.
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only three or four months old. At
the maximum terrible rate of increase
the progeny from one pair of rats,
all'breeding uninterruptedly and with
out losses, would, at the end of one
year, be increased to more- than 12,
Op0 rats.
When a large proportion of farm
premises of a community are infested,
or in a town or city; the best way to
prevent loss of food, fud and proper
ty,'and to avoid menace td health, is
through organized-campaigns for rat
eradication. Residentffof Pitt county
aid urged to consider the' economic
importance of this problem and take
an active part in making a success
he county rat-poisoning campaign
planned by your county agent for
(October 29th, 1W1.
AmidMhiefr Disorder^
Of Labor Votes Down
Proposal
By HADOLD TURNBLAD
? Vancouver, B. C., Oct 14?Amid
scenes of disorder, the American
Federation of Labor went on re
cjord here today as opposed) to the
establishment of compulsory unem
ployment insurance in the United
States.
I Delegates became noisy and mill
ed about the convention hall after
a viva voce vote was declared in
support of the position of the execu
tive council and the recommenda
tions of the Federations' resolutions
committee opposing the compulsory
insurance proposal.
Many delegates previously had de
clared the Federation must adopt
unemployment insurance as a means
to'combat hunger and misery among
idle workers.
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? Green Leads Fight
Calling upon the Federation to
"differentiate between the feelings
of the heart and the mind," Presi
dent William Green pleaded with the
delegates not to vote for the insur
.ance. He pledged himself to go be
fore the coming Congress "in the
name of these suffering millions to
demand without further delay ap
propriation of sufficient money,
whether it be millions or billions,
to feed thh hungry."
President Green asserted attempts
to obtain compulsory unemployment
insurance at this time would be dis
astrous and that Labor would have
td pay too high a price for such leg
islation.
"We cannot have unemployment
insurance without surrendering part
of our liberty," Green asserted. "We
cannot have unemployment insur
ance without employment exchanges
which would compel "won workers
to accept employment in non-union
shops or lose their unemployment
insurance.
"Unemployment insurance means
registration of workers, you would
have to subject yourself to the con
jftol of the cmploTOnt.^ch4Bges."
The relief program, advanced by
the Federation's executive council,
would maintain wages, shorter work
ing hours, assure employment to
minimum work forces,as each employ
er to take on additional workers,
create work through public building,
strengthen the employmen' agencies,
keep young persons in school to pre
vent their taking jobs, from men
and women, give preference for work
ers with dependants and provide
finar.cinal relief from public and pri
vate funds.
Flotation of a huge . "prosperity
loan" wjthout planning for its most
effective distribution would be "dis
astrous" the committee reported. Re
ferring to unemployment relief, the
committee said the "council very
wisely did not partioularize regard
ing methods and means of provid
ing relief during the present commu
nities and states and by reason of
the varying ability of people within
such respective social and political
divisions to provide for those un
employed."
The committee, commenting on
problems facing the organized labor
movement, said in part:
"We declare our unqualified faith
in friendly conferences and negotia
tions with employers as the most ef
fective method of maintaining just,
humane and satisfactory industrial
relations. We unqualifiedly reaffirm
cur faith and i loyalty to the princi
pies of collective bargaining through
trades unions. If industry refuses to
permit us, to apply these methods in
working out industrial problems, then
we must use the militant strength of
our trades union movement to estab
lish them."
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The reports of the committee were
adopted as the platform of the feder
ation. ,
The lengthy report of the commit
tee were adopted as the platform of
the federation's stand on prohibition.
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Cup Challenger Diet
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SiYTfaomat J. Upton will wtt
> contest agsin foirthe Amttfca ??*.
'jr*i>-' vW?;:3v
Greenville Sold 14,512,
400 Pounds in Seggn
"
.; Greenville, Oct. _ 13.?Greenville
ted the State in the sale of leaf to
r;co during the month of September,
was revealed in the State-Federal
drop reporting service made public
yesterday. Greenville sales for the
month vrire- given at 14,512,400,
Ranking next to Greenville was
Wilson with 13,862,331.
The third highest market was
Kin3ton with a total poundage of
9,273,843. Farmville took fourth
place with 5,171,960 pounds with
Rocky Mount following close behind
With 5,056,154.
' With the constant increase of to
bacco on the floors of local ware
houses this month the Greenville
iharket lead has been steadily
mounting and was believed to be near
the two million pound mark at this
time.
? The report of markets in tl?? belt
follows:
Ahoskie, 1.486,046; Enfield, 801,
040; Farmville, 5,171,960; Goldsboro,
$500,675; Greenville, 14,512,400;
Kinston, 9,273,843; New Bern, 629,
162; Robersonville, 2,045,984; Rocky
Mount, 5,056,154; Smithfield, 2,574,1
741; Tarboro, 1,332,760; Wallace
1^023,228; Washington, 1,496,178;
Williamston, 1,971315; Wilson, 13,
862,231; Windsor, no report; Total
sales 63,237,818.
A cooperative carlot order for oats,
wheat and austrian winter peas has
been made by the Columbus Mutual
Exchange.
Young Calls For
Charity Games
Chairman of Hoover
Committee Plans To
Mobilize Foot ball
Teams
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j New York, Oct. 14.?Assured al
j.rdady of widespread support from
such enterprises as another Army
Navy post-season battle, Owen D.
Young today called upon every col
lege and school football te~m in the
United States to help raisi funds for
the unemployed.
The chairman of President Hoo
ver's committee on the mobilization
of relief resources appealed to each
college and school to play at least
one game for the jobless. Where
this cannot be done during the regu
lar season, Mr. Young asked that
special games be scheduled.
This cooperation, he said, can add
millions of dollars to the emergency
funds in every section of the coun
try.
The Western Conference, as well as
Army and Navy, has decided to play
post-season games. The two service
schools will meet at the Yankee Sta
dium, December 12. Big Ten offi
cials have amended the rules to per
mit members to extend their seasons
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to November 28 and play a post-sea
son game with other conference
teams. This would bar the proposal
for a return engagement this fall be
tween Notre Dame and Northwestern
which played a scoreless tie last week.
Major John L. Griffith, Big Ten
athletic commissioner, estimated that
five games in the conference would
draw more than 200,000 people, and
ndt the unemployed close to 1,000,
oojp.
Before issuing a nation-wide call,
Mr. Young sought the views of col
lege presidents. No: all approved of
benefit games but so many rallied to
thfe suggestion that -he President's
representative is satisfied the plan is
practical.
Whore possible, Mr. Young asks
that the gross receipts, iesa the ac
tual expenses, of at least one game
be| turned 1 over to the local relief
committee.
BOY SCOUTS TO ASSIST ,,
V RELIEF ASSOCIATION v\
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Contributions of clothing and ^o^d
stdffs will be collected by the local
Boy Scouts troup, which has cheer
fully offered its service for this pur
pose, on Saturday morning, and as
thd need will probably be greater this
winter than ever before it is earnest- '
ly hoped by the authroities that the
citizens will cooperate and donate all
articles of wearing apparel, canned
goods, or food in any forth, that can
possibly be pared.
' these donations will be turned over
to the Farmvilie Relief Association
for careful distribution as demands r?i
quire. If you wish to contribute
money the Scouts will be gad to take
your itobie and have toy such dona
tion. called for by ? direct represen
tative oil the Relief Association.