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fOtggfcNTY^btJK FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18,1933 NUMBER FIFTEEN
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Board of Alderman
Restrained From Sett
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ing Property for Taxes
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Judge FrizzeUe Enjoins
FarmfiBe From Ad
vertfesig and Selling
Einds of Tax Payers
To Satisfy 1932 Taxes.
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The Board-of-Alderman of the
Town df Farmvifle were enjoined and
restrained from advertising and sell
ing lands of delinquent tax payers
to satisfy 1932 taxes Monday by a
restraining ordered sighed by Judge
J. Paul ftizxelle, of Snow Hill.
The petition was signed by several
eitixefis and" property owners of the
town on-behalf of themselves and all
other delinquent tax payers1 who de
sire to avatt themselves of the bene-'
fits to- be derived from a postpone
ment of- advertising and selling their
property until later in the fall after
the sale of money crops have begun
and business conditions improve.
It is set 'orth.in the petition that
many people are unable to pay their
taxes at the. present time and that
advertisement of their lands would
only result .in additional cost to the
tax pgyer and perhaps cause a loss
to the town because of the fact that ,
many people would, if their lands
should be. advertised, feel warranted i
in taking all the time the law allows
for completing the necessary fore- ,
closure proceedings for making the
deed*,^. _
The petition also sets out that we
ard passing through the greatest per
iod of depression within the memory
of man. that pur president has ad
monished trust companies, building
and loan" associations, insurance com
panies and individual owners of . liens
and mortgages to refrain from fore- .
closing their mortgages which could
only result, in . most cases, in destroy
ing valuable^equiities of the land-own
era in their iPMes and their land.
Baylor, attorney for .
the petitioners, stated that Judge
Frizzefte' in signing the restraining
order^lid ttiftt-'he-had signed several
other orders this year for petitioning
tax payers in various towns of East- '
ern North Carolina. ^ 1
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Murphy in I
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Says ISth /^|pfM3?4lRsefft 1,
RetpoBsH^Fer^ L
Raleiyh,- At?gf.I$r^?aiter Jturpb^ j;!
State dMirigi ^United <S*mdffl
for
"93 per ceftt of ooc arime canh^^f]
tributed orjJ
laws passed relating to it." I
Mr. Merphy making !& first speech J
since he -took <wer ? direction of the 1
forces seeking to ca^ry North ?aro- 1
lina for -repeal -in the election -to be I
held on November 7,. termed pwfif-'r
bition "an absolste^faikrrft." ? - . - ^ > I
"Temperance =ai*d prohibition are
not synonyraeeS^W aaid. "f' ftave I
many letters freni- ministets of Nnrth
Carolinar,'.ieho namely see 186* *1
amendment repeated beigamuKit has I
The 9pe?ter stated th^**$hrd- 1
-iese" of wfeaf-Nortfr CaieBha dbeaj
"there wi be^eb^'wti^ wiU^^^
way ofmgml atthe ISth amendment}'
they may f|nd themselves with Co?r I
gress saying they have failed.to live fl
MnrphyxaJd* "The Sooth has not up
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I Vwiva^i -y ~ ?* ? | ^ ^ -Jki ? f
p?*^ v nf the \b
Name 4 Branches
Guaranty Mr
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Raleigh, Wilmington,
Tarboro, White Oak
Are The First
Greensboro, Aug. 15?The Quaram
ty Bank, formed from the ashes of
the North Carolina Bank and Trust
company, which will operate at least
four branches, has made formal ap
plication for a optional charter.
All directors of the new institution
met here and signed the application
and decided to operate branches at
Raleigh, Wilmington, Tarboro and
White Ook, aside from the home of
fice here.
The capital structure of the bank
would permit two other branches in
towns of less than 6,000 population
or one in a town of under 50,000.
Formed, so far, from asset of the
North Carolina Bank, the new insti
tution is expected to obtain later best
assets of the Independence Trust
company of .Charlotte, which has two
branches, and the. Page Trust com
pany of Aberdee, which has 17 of
fices. -
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Predicament of Wife
Fatal to ttusbaid
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Clarksburg, W. Va., Aug. 14?
Mrs.. Catherine Gartner, eighty-eight,
was imprisoned in a cupboard of her
iome for nearly half ah hour, when
a draft blew shut a door, with'a.spring
lock into which she and her husband,
Michael, also eighty-eight, had just
moved. ? .
She called fofc her husband to open
the door but there-was no response.
After- screaming and pounding soine
time help came and She was released.
Just outside the door, her husband
lay dead. The 'sudden, noise of the
door slamming, or hisiwife's screams,
recording to tile coroner, brought on
i fatal heart attack.
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Law Regardbigt^pgs
In response to the many complaints
nade recently, relative, tp 4oga rafi
aing at large, the present administra
tion <rf- town affairs issued a warning
aome time ago, regarding the viol#-,
ion of the town ordinance governinjg ?
this offense. And in j^iHMmcihg:
judgement of court cost oh' Lula Jeaa
nette, colored, Mayor Lewis instructed
the defendant to get rid bf the dog,'
which1-in this particular case, killed
ihickens, and further instructed the
Chief of Police to indict all owners
>f dogs, who allow them to run out.
Smith Wants To
Sbp Falling Fricos
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Washington, Aug- 17?Immediate
:urrency inflatien to arrest falling
arm commodity prices was "advocated
oday )ry Chairman sSpitit^af the Sen
ate Agricultureconimittee^ who said,
te planned to lay his /views Wore
President Roosevelt later in the day.
Semrtpr George, <**) .third
ranking member of the finance cora
nittee, .who also is working to boost
arm prices, will accompany the South
arolina Democrat to the -White
I dpnt see any chance of general
Recovery unless we have inflation to
relieve the situation/' Smith told
newspapermen. "Comnaodity pri:es
nre the "basis on which '^1 those-titea
swres are predicted and they: must
be austiuned." \
He proposed that the government
issue pan-interest bearing certificates
to coier part of the $3,300,000,000
providedifor public works.
has that power; which Is given him
Sarijb' said the "tremendous drop"
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Court Opsin. ;
fill Co. Monday
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Judge J. Paul FrizzeQe
to Preside Over Two
j Week Term Superior
Court
Greenville, Aug. 16?A two-week
term of superior court for the trial
j of civil $nd criminal cases will T>egin
in Greenville- next Monday morning
with Judge J. Paul Frizzele of Snow
Hill, presiding.
The first week^will be confined ?to
the bearing of. civil actions and the
second to criminal cases.
The calendar for the civil term
which has just been completed con
tains around forty cases of more oj^
less importance to the people of the
community and it was believed the
majority would be disposed of.
? Over one hundred cases are on
the criminal docket, principal among
them being that of four men held in
connection with the robbery of a
filling station at Hanrahan's Cross
roads about a month or so ago.
The civil calendar follows:
Monday, August 21st 1933.
T. and H. Chevrolet Co. vs C. H.
Twiddy; A. B. Moore and Paul E.
Jones vs W. D. Dilda and P. L. Baker;
Sylvester A. Moore vs Nellie J. Barn
hill Admrx; Lucy Dtann, vs. State
Grand Lodge of Masons, Colored, et
als; J. N. Williams, vs J. M. Taft, et
als; T. B. King vs W. G. Ward as
Pitt Gin Co.; R. M. Moye vs Williams
and Williams; Night Commander
Lighting Co. vs Joseph Daniels et al;
A. B. Waters vs W. R. Harper and
R. J. Wainright
Tuesday, August 22nd, 1933.
7 Graver C. Hardee vs The Farmers
Mutual Fire Ins. Co.; W. A. Sim
mons and L. C. Evans vs Fenner
Allen; Hines Brothers Lumber Co.
vs. G. H. Summerell; J. D. Aman vs.
W. H. Dail; J. Preston Smith vs State
pPTik and Trust Co.; Mrs. Lizzie
Smith vs American Casualty Co.; Mrs.
Will Tripp vs Mrs. Lela Johnson, Ad
mrx.; Dixie Warehouse Co. vs Smith
Best Transportation Co.; T. and H.
Chevrolet Co. vs Jes9e N. Williams.
Wednesday, August 23rd, 1933.
Jake Watson vs The Raleigh Gra
nite Co.; Gurney P. Hood, Com., et
als vs. W. Leslie Smith and J. H.
Paylor, Executors; J. B. Colt Co. vs
W. VA. Stock and Nona Stock; R. A.
Fields vs Farmville Oil and Fertili
zer Col; Mary House Admrx vs David
Strickland, et als; George Redmond
ys Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.; Gur
ney P. Hood, Com, et als vs L. E.
Knott; Gtlrney P. Hood Com., et al3
vs J. E.^Winsldw.
Thursday, August 21th, 1933.
J. B. Holt Co. vs. Mattie Randolph
and Ben Randolph; S. T. Hicks vs.
James R. Hicks, et als; J. H. Brook
vs. Greenville Banking and Trust (*.;
Gurney P. Hood Com., fet aid vs. Farm
ville Oil and Eertili*er Co.; Lina May
tjiiT vsl R; "W. Dail and Mass. Bond
ing Co. G. S. Williams vs. Bank of
Farmville R. L. Dudley vs. North
Side Lumber Co
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Farmville Masons
Bring Back The
' District Loving Cup
Farmville Masons of Lodge, No. 517
A. F. and A. M., brought the loving
cup for attendance back from the Dis
trict meeting held in Ayden, Thurs-r
day, August i7, for the third tttoe,
and as the. American kid would say,
"for keeps.'*;' - _
den, a^rdin^ ^ F.^oynei Mas
ter of the ifapl^Lodge, Kev. T. C.
Johnson of Kinston being th&ma&v
speaker of the program and barbecue
the featured dist of the menu. The
cup was presented to Farmville by
J. H. Andres of Raleigh, Grand Sec
"Tfee "^^e 'here ha^ made great
strides during^ the administrate of
iately' upon^ hi^ succession 'to the of
fice, and it is mainly through hfe-ef
forts that the attendance cup is per
Secretary of Treasury,
fevestigates Bank Ac
counts of Former Pre- j
sident Machado
"Havana, Aug. 16.?Bank accounts
and properties of the deposed Presi
dent Gerardo Machado and his follow
ers were investigated today with a
[ view to requisition by their succes- ?
jsors. I
Secretary of the Treasury Josquin i
Martinez Saenz, a leader in the )
B. C. secret society, began the probe
as provisional president Carlos Man- j
uel De Cespedes' administration weed- |
ed out persons suspected of profiteer- j
ing by the Machado regime. ,
It was realiable reputed that em- j
bargoes are planned on fortunes and j
properties of the Machadoists.
The newspaper Diario- De La Ma- i
rina and Machado sent Mrs. Isobel ,
Calliger, private secretary to the j
chief of the palace household, to Ger- ;
many two weeks ago to buy -a home ,
for him there. ,
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Parmville Cannery To ;
. Continue Operation
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After curtailing canning operations J
to a great extent last week, this being 1
necessitated by the withdrawal of 1
Federal hid, the centralized canning 1
department of the Farmville Relief (
Association, was allowed to resume ]
its work on Mondiay of this week to 1
the delight of the entire citizenship. 1
The canning department has been *
quite successful under the direction of 1
Mrs. J. T. Taylor, canning supervisor, ?
12,000 cans of goods, or 18,000 pints of
surplus vegetables being canned from
the community garden of 15 acres, *
the 131 gardens planted by those re- v
ceiving aid from the local reljpf or- (
ganization, and that of individuals of '
the town, this service, according to 1
the chairman, R A. Joyner, being ren- *
dered wholly to citizens of this immed- 1
iate community. " *
The system used in canning for in- 1
dividuals has been; on a toll basis, the
welfare organization received 40 per j
cent of the produce. Approximately
7,000 cans of goods have been stored }
by the town for winter use, and the 1
department expects to can 15,000 more 1
before frost 1
. Though operating with from two
to three shifts daily, the cannery has |
been unable ta take care of half of
the surplus vegetables available.
?LfffiSilts
I Taken In Pitt
Greenville, Aug. 16.?Two thousand 1
gallons of beer and a steam distilling 1
Bplant'feH into the toils of the law in j
I Chiicod township early yesterday
morning, it was revealed by Constable '
|C_ W. Evans, who brought the
Iplant .to the sheriff s office here. !
I The plant of a 120 gallon cspac
lity, had one of the largest worms 1
displayed here in some time. It was 1
I made of copper and almost twice as '
?large as the ordinary worm. " 1
| The plant was not in operation,
I Evans said, butithe distillers had '
?made a run a.\short time previously 1
Bpd tooli^he whiskey with'them. ?
Whiskey makers always increase 1
activity this, season of-the year,
land this year was expected to be no i
I exception to the rule, in spite of the *
Ifact that .^legalized beer is quenching. 1
^^thirst of some of the boys whoi ^
The manuiacture of whiskey usu- ?
?ally peaches its peak in this county
^^^^^ppening of the tobacco mar- ^
If this year runs true to form sccjv *
es of traffic members were expected 1
to fall into the toils of the law be- c
tween now: and Christmas as ..they
dbpcS" %**?%& <
To Act on Beer
RecentlyRefusing, Now .
Urges Legalize Beer!
and Provisions For Re i
peal Vote October 3. 1
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Richmond, Va., 17?-The General <
Assembly of Virginia, called into ex
traordinary session by the members (
themselves, convened promptly at <
noon, (
Bills to repeal the layman or state <
prohibition act, and to abolish all <
special fees in prohibition cases were ,
placed upon the clerk's desk' at the
ipening of the house today by Vivian ,
Page, of Norfolk, long a wet leader ]
in the lower house. 3
Governor Pollard today urged the j
extraordinary session of the General \
Assembly to legalize 3.2 beer, provide (
for referenda on repeal of national
end state prohibition on October 3, ,
end to name a commission to study (
end report to the regular session in j
January a liquor control bill as a j
substitute for the state prohibition
ect . i
As to 3.2 per cent beer the gover- j
lor recommended that it be sold j
n the open by persons whose good \
moral character should be determined }
jy the court granting the license; (
hat a $500 bond be required for
>bservance of the law, with localities <
illowed to impose additional restrict- 3
ons, that breweries be prohibited j
from owning or becoming interested
financial in the retail sale of beer; and <
hat sale of person under 10 years of (
ige be prohibited. e
An excise tax of 10 cents per gal- <
on or one cent per twelve ounce bot
le, the same as in North Carolina,
vas recommended for beer. He urg- (
id a license tax of ?100 for breweries,
>50 for wholesealers and $5 for re
aders of beer, with localities allow
id to impose an additional license of
lot more than $2,?CO for breweries, j
>1,000 for wfeolettffars,/ <nd $20 for
?etailers in cities and -$10 elsewhere.
A referendum on repeal of the, 18th
imeBdweBt October 3, at wh&b not
ess thad una apr^re than 3^'dele
fates would be elected at large to
neet in Convention and cast the vote t
if Virginia-was given the governor's ^
ipprovaL I
Hoboes Draw lip ?
I Craft Colli; No !
Dish-Washing;
Chicago, Aug. 16?While they lost *
io time in drawing up a code of fair ^
iractice, the Hoboes of America, as>
represented at their annual -conven- f
ion, find modern conditions none too
I
ittractive for their profession.
The big complaint wa against pre- 1
rent-day construction of box cars. ^
'Riding the rods" has become even
;oo hazardous for the veteran %oes,
vhat, with the new single rods and *
he high trucks now in use, they j
amented.
But the hoboes still scorn the hitch
tiker and do not seek something for c
wthing. '
? Jeff Davis of Cincinnati ^dng of
he hoboes"; Jose Routt, New York, v
rod his father, James Routt, of Ban
Francisco, drew up the code for the J
tinerant workmen, as they call them
;elves. It provides:
Hobops will not wash dishes or f
>thferwiso work in a restaurant for ?
neals?such might take Work away 1
rom a man with a family.
Pay for cleaning, snow off side
valks shall be 60 cents an hour, and 6
he Sam* rate mm* shoveling t
:oal or cleaning wir^Wa.
Hoboes may chop^ Scme wood on I
'armk; ih exchange for a bed in tlr '
>arn or a meal, but shall not chop all 8
lay for those rewards. ?
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Miss Helen -Gootfried of Buncombe
Soarity has trained her purebred Jer- c
ley bull to work in harness. The ani- j
nal hauls a cart over the farm and I
loes practically all the work with the i
jad drag; / I
Buy under the sign of the Blue i
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Effort* to Wouk Out a
Program to Raise the
Price of Hoe Cmd
f'ttfca cco, Are Put
Forth.
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Washington, Aug. 1&?S. Clay
Williams, president of the R. J. Rey
lolds Tobacco company, today par
:icipated in conference between rep
resentatives of growers and farm ad
ministration officials in an effort to
work out a program to raise the price
if flue cured tobacco.: -
Some arrangements to aid the pre*
iucers of flue cured tobacco was pre
licted by the conclusion of the dis
cussion that expected to end late to
lay?although farm administration
officials said definite plans bad not
^et been decided upon.
Under discussion were several steps
which could be taken in an effort to
101st flue cured prices. Among pos
sibilities talked over was an agree- ?
nent with the buyers of the tobacco
o pay higher prices on this year's
crop.
However, unless definite assurance
were given that the acreage or
unount produced would be reduced
chis year it was felt the buyers would
lot be likely to accept such proposals.
Some present at the meeting
;b>ught the buyers agreement if ar
ranged might be dovetailed with a
ilan to pay the growers benefits some
into this fall in return for contracts
which would reduce the amount "pro
iuced next year.
This would probably entail a pro
cessing tax on flue cured tobacco to
raise funds for the contemplated
jenefit payment.
Growers representing four South
ern states, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia, and George attend
ed the meeting which began yester
lay.
Call Meeting
Farm Board
Igricultural Depart
ment to Hear John T.
Thome at Meeting
Saturday.
Greenville, Aug. 17?A meeting of
he Pitt County Board of Agriculture
vas called today for Saturday morn
ng at -10 o'clock to discuss the propos
al reduction of next years bright leaf
obacco crop in keeping with plans of
h government to curtail production
wd obtain better prices for the thous
u. is of growers of the nation.
Notice of the meeting was given
?u; this morning by F. Arnold di
rector of the Department of Agricul
nre. ?' ? t '
John T. Thorne of Farmvilie, state
obacco representative who recently
ittended a meeting of tobacco growers ?
ind-of the tobacco'division, of - the
Jnited State Department of Agricol
ure at Washington, will attend the.:
aeeting here and discuss the proposed
?eduction movement with the farm de
wurtment.
J. E. Winslow, president of the Fftt
bounty Department of Agriculture,
ecently designated the board to re
iresent the growers in working with
dr. Thorne, who was named by A. B.
lutson, United States tobacco admin- -i. -
strator, as a member of the state ;
ommittee.
The state committee will continue ?
0 function, it was said, and probably
rill be called in by the federal tobacco
idmrnistrator from time totime as .
dans for the reduction program are
ormulated.
J. C. Lanier, of Greenville, who ir
1 contract expert in the tobacco divi
ion of the UU. S. Department of Af
iculturc, spoke here host . Saturday,.
,nd toU of a plan being considered by >;
he government for paying the farm- ; ,
irs\to reduce next year's crop and a
irocessing a? three cents on domestic
obacco.
Resolution were adopted- at the
nesting asking the government for
i plan similar to that governing wheat
ind cotton growers. A tobacco license
ng systonrwas also proposed.
What America needs is to wipe . . _
lut unemidoyment. That will restore ./
mmha^ng power and in a %rt time
(ring, about a complete return to nor- - ...
^mpapcrity throi^hout; ^e entire
he BhtedBagfe.. ,