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Legion Women Hold
A Successfu
Department President
Pleads at Area Con
ference For Aggres
sive Efforts
Pleading for more vigious action
in the Auxiliary and analyzing the
objectives of the announced pro
gram of the American Legion and its
Auxiliary, Mrs. W. B Absher, of
Wilkesboro, department president, de
clared that, "It is a great time to be
a member of the American Legion
Auxiliary," in her address delivered
at the annual meeting of the First
Area, which was held here Tuesday.
Emphasizing the necessary of the
Auxiliary as a whole making
mighty strides this year, she charg
ed the members that, "we must
keep step or fall out and let others
go maching by under the flaming
banner of service and a shining
light of cooperation.
Cooperation is not a new word,
but it has a new meaning today?
a new light, the same light that
shines oat fromr the wings of the
Bhie Eagle and holds the nation's
welfare in its heart. Your coopera
tion holds the progress of our or
ganization in its heart.
Pleading for aetion particularly
in regmd to child welfare, the
president stressed the first respon
sibility of the Auxiliary as seeing
"that the children of disabled vet
erans are educated and given an
equal chance with other children. A
greater army is needed this year
if we are. to carry out our program
of greater service. We need a great
er vision and fresh enthusiasm in
this connection.
Through the shining beauty of that
new old word, Cooperation, we catch
a glimpse of the road to higher ser
vice and more abundant life. In the
blue light of this new old word we
can feel and see the beauty and pow
er of individual and united service,
and together we can reach the aims
and dreams of those who have gone
before us, and for which our boys
have died. We can say in the words i
of the answer to 'Flanders Fields,'[
?Rest Ye in Peace.'"
Mrs. W. B. Rodman, Jr., of Wash
ington, department vice president
of the Area, presided at the meeting *'
held in the Methodist church, open
ing with a short address and bring
ing it to a close with a round
table discubigaon. in which many
excellent suggestions were made
and accepted.
Mrs. N. L. Alcock, of Rocky
Mount, was nominated by the Area
as its chairman, subject to election
at the State Convention to be held
in Greensboro.
Splendid reports were given of the
work being done in the fifteen auxili
aries comprising the Area, of which
the following towns had represent
atives present numbering eighty
five: Columbia, Farmville, Green
ville, Rocky Mount, Scotland Neck,
Stantonsburg, Snow Hill, Tarboro,
Washington, and Wilson.
The program was not as full as
had been anticipated, owing to the
unavoidable absence of Capt. Tom
C. Daniels, department command
er of the American Legion, and
other prominent members of the
Auxiliary scheduled to speak at
this time.
Mrs. R. S. McGeachy, of Green
ville,' past department president
and membership chairman of the
Arei, Mrs. Chas. L. Dunn, of Scot
land Neck, past Area president, and
Mrs. W. M. Willis of the Farmville
Auxiliary, who is district ? commit
teewoman, were present and made
short talks.
Th# invocation was offered by
Rev. H. L. Hendricks and the wel
coming remarks were extended by
Mm A. W. Bobbitt, president of
the hostess Auxiliary, with the re
sponse being made by Mrs. . D. M.
ClsHr, of Greenville.
A special musical program, ren
dered by Mrs. M. V. Jones, soloist,
with Mrs. Haywood Smith as ac
iwnynnld, and a quartet, composed
of Rev. I* R. Ennis, John and Elbert
* Holmes, and C. F. Caucom, rendered
i 11 ? linn!
. ?r djoyaoie mumai progiTHOs..
A tebcheon was served in the
Islam nt dining: room of the church
*?* 40 o'clock.
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PACTTLTT ENTERTAINED
liw J. m Harris and Mm C. T.
Dixon- dttB-mmfiy entertained^ the
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nwaiwiy sueeeeoinsr tne tinai exer
^he
A^f^fuiwrts of icn^csao, wintsoiui
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REV. E. J. REES
Mr. Rees will do the preaching at
the Revival meeting to be held in
Methodist church in Farmville be
ginning Sunday, May 20.
Huge Sum Is
Paid Out To The
Leaf Growers
Government Checks
Amounting , to $320,000
Received by Farmers
in Pitt County
Greenville, May 15.?Approximate
ly $320,000 has been paid out by the
government to tobacco farmers of
his county who participated in the
acreage redaction campaign, it was
made known today from the office
of E. F. Arnold, director of the local
Farm Office.
Although the last batch of checks
have been paid out, Mr. Arnold
said, around 500 benefits and 250
rental checks remain to be received.
They are expected to reach the city
most any time, he said.
These -checks are paid to the far
mers as benefit payments for to
bacco sold before the Federal re
duction campaign became effective
last year and for acreage taken out
of cultivation.
Farmers have literally swamped
the Farm office the last several
weeks applying for their checks, and
much of the money derived from
this source has gone into preparation
for this year's crop and general im
provements on the farm.
Pitt County growers have been
praised Dy government authorities
for the-fine way they responded to
the call tor reduction of the tobacco
crop. The eounty was among the
first . to complete die sign-up.
A cannery and creamery for Hay
wood County are two. new projects
now under way by the farm agent.
IM Boris'' ?
Delivered To
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Pm_6rowers
] Expects Growers To
Keep Definite Check
on Contracted Crops
I Greenville, May 17.?The Farm
Department is busy at this time de
livering record books through which
farhers of this county will be able to
keep a definite check on the produc
tion of crops which have been con
tracted to the Government, it was
made known today by E. F. Arnold,
director of the department.
Mr. Arnold said the record books
would be delivered to farmers in all
sections of the county during the j
next few days, and that there would
be no guess work about the amount
of contracted crops produced m Pitt
County this season.
Books were delivered to Green
ville Township farmers at a meeting
in the court house here yesterday
morning and at Winterville yesterday
afternoon. Today books will be de
livered to growers at Ayden and
Swift Creek and tomorrow in Bethel
and Carolina townships.
The farm forces are attempting
to cover two townships a day, Mr.
Arnold said, and this will enable
| them to complete their work in five
or six days.
The nature of the records are ex
plained to the growers by Mr. Arnold.
He tells them what the government
expects them to do with the books
and that records must be kept as a
basis for estimating how much acre
[age was~used!
Farmers are co-operating with the
movement in all sections, it wdhi1
said, and this is expected to play
an important part in completing rec
ords for -next year.
Isvlval Ssrvrees
Methodist GAurch
Series of Meetings To
Begat Sunday, May 20;
Rev/Rees to Preach
Beginning on Sunday evening, May
20, & aeries of meetings will be held
in the Methodist church by the pas
tor, Rev; H. L. Hendricks, who has
secured Rev. E. J. Rees, pastor of
the First Methodist church in Wash
ington, as the preacher.
Rev. Mr. Rees ,an eminent preach
er -of his denomination, -who assisted ;
the local pastor in his series of meet
ings of last spring, will be cor$*lly
received -upon his return here, where
he made a popular appeal on the oc
casion of his former visit to Farm
ville, and will doubtless be. heard by
large numbers of old friends gad
make many new oftes during the
coming week. : V " -
Services will be held daily?10:00
a. nuahd-8:?0 p. m."
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JimterQ. U. A.M. to Hold
District Conven Here
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?Orplaits Glee Club To
FuiiustellfH&e; Public
I Cordially invited
I Several hundred delegates and vis
I itors of the Juicer Order United
B American Mechanics, are expected tq
I attend the annual meeting of the 21st
B district* comprising several adjoining
I countiefc, scheduled to be held here
? on Tuesday, May 22, at the school
? building at 8KX) o'clock, with, the lo
cal" council of sixty members as host.
I Featuring the convention program
I will beian address by B. C. Sisk, na
tional vie? councilor, and musical se- I
lections by the GTeedeh of the Lex
ington orphanage, one of the two or
phan homes maintained by the order*
This heme has an enrollment of 249,
the other at Tiffin, Ohio, support*
1,326 children. The public is cordial
ly invited-to-attend the session, . and
it is requested that it be announced
j through these columns that no ad
mission charge will be made.
> Dutch supper will be held prior to
the meeting.
The Junior Order, as it is common
ly called, has had % wonderful grow
th since its founding. It in a benefi
cial osder and its insurance policies
are rated high. It now has over-five
millions of dollars of assets to cov
er its insurance. The beneficiary de
gm |hd ? memfcrship of 25,658 at
Councils in tbe United
States with 249 organizations in the
Officers of the local Council are:
Mfar J. Bwnwtt, councilor; E. F.
pjjrnor, vie** councilor; secretary, B.
J. Sktnner; treasurer, Elbert Joyner;
Jr., past councilor, H. W. Kemp; djpp
fetn* Joe H. Bymtm; warden, Robert
Spikes.
SejrtuagenariansTo
Hold Annual Meet
On Friday. May 25
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The Septuagenarians will bold
their annual meeting on Friday, May
25, at 10^00 o'clock, in the sebool
building, and members of this Socie
ty, which recently received ita char
ter of incorporation from the State,
are looking forward with great an
ticipation to the day.
According to Watt Paricer, found
er and-prombter of thevmganiaation,
an enjoyable program is being ar
ranged and the affair promises to
f equal those of former yearrin enter
will
uTo
High School
Basing his seriisa. to .-the- ipm"
ville high school. gitobwtes, Sunday
evening,' on the adtoWtitkin found in
the 14th chapter
go forward," Dr,. toftton A. Barbour,
rector of tSjW' ?d*rch, R?Ji|#>,
lamented the, -'.'mmdtWng--lacking in
the educate <rf?the fourth in the
home and dehool," pointipg to the
prison camps crowded with boy's, as
a proof of his declaration.
Calling attention to the fafctr that
mere ktiroWpi & ,w>t/ education, he
stated that twe edacatipa in-laewr
edge, asshnulated and appropriated
for the development of personality,
appealing to the graduates to strive
"for the development df your person
ality to its highest! capability, a per
sonality that includes fellowship with"
God and other personalities"
Reviewing the economic condition
of the country, Dr. -Barbour declared
that the world needs G*d, "believe
me," he said, "we need a spiritual
recovery and- to return to-.the religion
of our fathers."
In the outline of the plan, offered
by the speaker in the developing of
one's personality, he desigaated aid
defined asthfe five" verbs of moral
life?I am, I ought, I can, I will, t
must.
I am?Tracing the relationship of
the human being to the Great I am,
as Father and child, the speaker
pointed out the necessity for finding
His purpose for one's self and others,
denouncing the motive, behind m^ny
great activities today as seufifciflHl
defining paganism as having no con
cern rfor others.
I ought?This vtSb, acconfchg to;
Dr. Barbour* embraces the* word,
DUTY, which - was- jylid by MMj
Webster to be thJ feubttidestfepWWH6
the English language, and- which is
almost obseleto "Not. what I wish
but what I ought, should-be the^ guid
ing principle of young people," he
declared. "The idea of young people
today is self-expression, liberty with
out restriction, and to.lead their oWn|
lives regardless of others. wilt
spell trouble, sorrow and bitter regret
for you."
I can?"Can asserts ability to. do,
while can't denotes a moral, weakl
ing, and should be stricken from toe
.language of a Christian," the speak
er stated. "I aan?- hflwver, should be
used, not in a sense of self-sufficien
cy, but in the spirit that through
Christ Jesus, .the source of all pow
er, I can do aU4htags, and am
to develop. ?y personality after
perfect Man."
I wiU-t-"This is the crux of the
fuestion, signifying choice desire, de
termination and /pp^ose, .and -e*t&
we can say this, pragmas ia impossi
ble. New., to
world has there been so mapy seduc
tive voices calling to youth. Can
you lift up. your, bright
and ?y, 'I wiUtokea-nri^ stand?' "
he asked. ?>.
?Confe?ing that his generation bed
made many - stupid ?driiakes,.^DiS
Barbour challenged
improve the situation. "We have al
tion lost our souls in the - acquisi
tion bf more things, things that can
never satisfy the deepest longings
of the human heart, for life does not
consist in the abundance oi thifigs
we possess. A new day is dawning,
a new social order is in the making,
and our hope is that youth will found
a new civilisation, based altogether
on the principles of Jesus."
I must?"These words of impelling
and compelling power, are filled with"
dynamite and can sweep away all
obstacles that stand in the way of
victory, and I charge you," he- atid,
"not to be so miich concerned with
how to make a living as to feel that
you must make a life."
:. In conclusion the minister appeal
ed to the class .as individuals to con
secrate themselves to service that
will reveal itself in an ever widening
circle. listing the needs of the world
today as the exuberance, optimism,
courage and vision of youth, he bade
his young hearers ?<gp fomattCun
afraid, go forward in faith and trust,
remembering that X5o4 hvfs and
reigns. - Besot*# to 'aeryeHiw^tyeetf
and.be willing to-l^r down your Hfa
to save it, remembering th# blessed
promise, 'Br thou faithSui unto death
the local Minister's Association, had
Scriptore lesron was read ^
by a male quartet. ? Stage decora
tions were in re4 and^white, in ob
servance of Mother's: Sky.
Final Program
, Thefipal program of the coni
mencement, the graduating exercises,
iook place on Monday, evening at
8:00 o'clock, th% ib|M day program |
being a composition oi originality ed
A TaMr
by Mrs. J,
B. /oyner, asKfetetf - by other meni
bertPof the high school faculty. Mr.
a?t Mrs. Johtf D. Hohdes were solv
it*
Diplomas were.presented at this
time by John W. Holmes, chairman
of the school board-to the following
members of the .class: Nita Ler
Townsend, Hazel Bass, Emily TysoiJ,
I^toife^^rdy,- Berth?j!^ut>
Lang, Olive Grey W'Annie Daniel
Lewis, Cora Lee; tf^rson, BernJ
Mosingo, Annie Mae Wind, Coh
Avery, James and Stewart Joynef,
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Mrt-wwte
PliyftFtM
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Notedortftesti# Wfii
r Pfry for Dance Here
^Wednesday, June 6
?' Bbththe the older1 so
dftT circled in" "EaStfrh Carolina. will
tfr irsam^fct ^Garbfer
and his orchestra have been booked
lo-play far a June dance iir Farm
vike, on Wednesday, June 6th,
Jan Qarber -wilt be .remembered by
?several citizens in this vicinity^ as he
played in this town many times
about 12 -years , ago. Mr. GSrber is
an accomplished violinist and his vio-'
lin solos are ^.feature on his hroad-7
easts nightly from the .Trianon Ball
room in Chicago. Local v-pepple will
Bave the opportunity o? Hearing, Let
Bennett, Lew Palmer, JSudsf Rudisilt
and other featured vocalists of th?
GarberOrchestra at this time' also.
ffli' advance in Farihvllle will
be Garber's only appearance in Easti
ert 'CajWliha. ^k'dts' for this gali
ey?kt ste iioW .on Jialfi bjf tit? Jimiob
'Mi Chib iif Ffcrmtfife. Bttf
^youiV ticket jMy on hSril
opAb tiife v danet
vWtll:lto:signtttdrfe melody "My'Dea
fA tisfnt^ie" Coach; Ufa be" giveA
awas^Frce at* thd dance.
| Jfaff Garbdr ahd his orchestra may
bd heabd on the < NBC chdlH eViiry
-Monday-at 7 p. m. -Eastern Standard
Time.
Medicos
K> Si' '
? . #? . ?, m
P i t t^ftrint]' Society
Hel#j?fi!gfilar Monthly
Section Here Thursday
The Fftt, Coij^ Medical Society
met Thursday night at Farmyili ,
Mp> ?#*?<** Jgnes and Dr. W. Bfc
.WJUisas The-eessioh was hel<
in thehfSfti-sciiaot buildinfc and s
delightful supper was aerved bji
ladies of the town.
Dr. T. G.Biuaaight Stokes, pre
G<^S^^by ;Dr.. Willis dealt witli
"Use of Hydrsuchion Arid Intraven
Utts^ ^j^^eomye
^^^ShS^^cal^ABSociation
hurst. He deserihfed the sessions as
? ' *hza , W*r,4^vfiTHt meeting held
outside of GjpQiJliVjMe . insoroetinie
and members ejqp&toi.aflfrreciatiob
of the fine spirit ,of-3bspitali&
shown than by- PttmnWi.
t
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Mrs, A F. Moss
Sfltks Offiss
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Announces For Office
of Register of Deeds
' Nofa Held by Gavins
0
Masculine hats have held supre
macy in -the political hat-tossing con
test here--thfe last several days, hut
a feminine hat found its way into
ring}
. oft belongs to Mrs* J. P. Moss, who
announced that she would seek the
office^ of-leister of Deeds now held
hy J. C. Gaskins.
...Mrs. Moss is the first to file for
?this - important post, although num
bers: of other candidates have sigiii
fied th^ir intention of entering the
ballot battle by formal announce
ments the last two weeks.
Mra Moas is the second woman to
enter the political arena here this
year, Mrs. J. B. Spilman of Gree i
ville having announced several weeks
ago she would be a candidate for
^tfiy State Sdhate post now held by
Senator- A. B. Corey.
Mrs. Moss was born and reaped in
Pitt county near Stokes and' before
her marriage was ? Miss Flossie
Whichard. August, 1918-she started
work ,jnthe> Register of Deeds office
as stenographer and general assist
ant for Mr* brascoe jseu ana con
fifiued through -the remainder of hfs
administration. Mr. Gaskins succeed
ed .Mr, Bel! and was sworn into of
fice the first Monday in December,
^916. Immediately afterwards Mrs;
iMoss and John Manning gave tlfe
npw register oif deeds his first lessons
in the duties: of his office. Mrs, Moss
^pjriced, for Mr. .Gaskins until March,
1918, at which time she resigned to
accept a position elsewhere.
With this experience and the fact
-that she has had a typewriter in
her home for several years and has
kept up her practice, Mrs. Moss said
she felt confident she can handle
the work in the office in p more
ecdnflifiical mariner than is being
done at the present
Considering the5 fact that Mr. Gas
kins has been in the office for nearly
eighteen consecutive . years, Mrs.
Moss declared she feels that a
change would be^ beneficial to the
entire public.?Greenville Daily Re
flector. -
Thorne Tyson, who had received im
provement prizes'for two years pre
viously,* improvement prizes Yvonne
Smith and Martha Turnage Rasber
ry.
Thirty-five tobacco growers in
Cumberland County who refused to
aoeept revised contracts, and 20 oth
ers who refused to sign the original
contract have been given another op
portunity -totalee-paH in the adjust
ment program;
Prodiiction Credit
Association Reduces
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Interest Rate Farmers
. ???_ .. _ ? ? .-.?.a yy^g^y.
The New Interest Rate
Wipfot Effect Loans
Already Advanced
? ?
Mr. J. C. Galloway, secretary
treasurer of "the*, Pfleduction Credit
Aseodation'has just received word
from Governor W. L Myers of the
-Perm: Credit Administration in Wash
ington, D. C., that the interest rate
on new loans from production credit
associations has been reduced" from
6% to 5 per cent.
Accordingto Mr. Galloway the new
5 per cent interest rate becomes ef
fective immediately on all new loans
and advances made by the associa
tion and will be applicable until fur
ther notice.
"The new interest rate of 5 per
cent will not affect loanS already ad- ?
vanced in full/' Mr. Galloway said.
"These wilfjcpntinue to besaHhe rate
of interest prevailing at the time the
loan was closed. The interest charg
es on loans fr$P> the association are
collected when tmS^oans matiiwu^The
Greenville Production Credit assom
i 'on is now making loans on accept
able crop and chattel security to far
mers in Pitt and Greene counties.
"The reduction of the interest to
5 per cent on new loans," Mr. Gallo
way continued, "is made possible by'
a recent sale of Federal intermedi
ate credit bank debontures to invest
ors at an unusually low rate of in
terest. The association gets money
to lend farmers from the Federal in
termediate credit bank of Columbia,
S. C.
. "The lowering of the interest rate
on new loans to 5 per cent is the sec
ond reduction in two months, the rate
having been reduced from 6 to 5%
per cent on March 16.
"According to Governor Myers,"
said Mr. Galloway, the Federal inter
mediate credit bank is passing on
imlmediately to farmer-borrowers
from production credit associations
the saving made possible by lower
cost of getting money. The confi
dence of investors in the security of
the intermediate credit banks has
been such that the banks are able to
get- money to lend at the lowest dis
count rate in their history. Governor
Myers says that the resulting low
rate of interest on production credit
associrtion loans is enabling farmer
borrowers to. save thousands of dol
lars on the cost of their farming ope
rations this year. If the associations
make sound loans, and loans that are
collectible, an adequate supply of low
cost money will continue to be avail
able."
PROGRESSIVE BRIDGE CLUB
Members of the Progressive Bridge
Club enjoyed an outdoor meeting,
held in the garden of Miss Tabitha
DeVisconti, with Mra. J. H. Darden
as hostess, on Thursday afternoon,
The shrubbery and blooming spring
flowers made a beautiful setting for
the tables. An ice course was served
when cards were laid aside.
Wake Forest to Celebrate
It's IQQtih Anniversary
WakePoreet, May 17.?Rounding
out_this. month its first 100 years of
service,, Wake Forest College is ex
tending to its iHtt county alumni a
special- invitation to return to the
campus the,last three days in May
for- the'-, Centennial-Gommencement
celebration,
- Thtere now., appear on the alumni
register- names of 27 i Pitt i-county
men who have studied at the Baptist
senior- college; fourteen are front
Greenville^ six from Wmterville,
thrfcr/nrm -Ayde^. Bp$$gg e/?h froth
Farmville ? and - Bethel.
Where -ertWs-'ihid: omissions arfe
noted, ^lumnt are requested to notify
th$ college.
lite ptetacmnel, by towns and years
of d'gp&tare, follow:
Gi^hVille^-ar M. ?Brown; 1929; T.
K Cal**wayr 19?7; J.- M; Daly, 1910;
Ar W.-D&fen, ftfe? H. tf. Duncan,
1921; W. A. Dunn, 1902; J; L Evan*,
1919;' Br: Ste&e-Haaeell, 1888; P. R.
Htnes, 1917; T. D. Kitchin, 1930; D*.
Joseph Si*iQjyi$?]? Smith, 1900;
Dr. T. M. Watson, 1917; J. C. Wyat*,
J927,
Winteryille?J. R. Carroll, 1911:;
R. T. Cox, 1910Br. J. S." Livntrntah,
1928; H. C. 0glesby, -1927; M. T.
Spier, 1925; W J. Wyatt, Sr., 1870.:
Apdan^RfeV. E. H. Cannftdy, 192?
Dr. G. H. Summrell, 1911; Dr. J. Jf.
Tyson, 1921.
for the 100th birthday.
Acordingly, the student examina
tion schedule has been moved up two
days so as to clear dormitory rooms
of these students who find It impos
sible to remain for commencement
and make them available, without
charge, for old grads who return.
A section of Hunter dormitory will
be reserved for married couples, who
notify Alumni Secretary AI Dowtin;
and Bostwick will be turned over to
the batchelprs.
While alt former students of the
college are invited, this year, there
mil be reunions of the classes of
1929, 1924, 1919, 1914, and on back,
at five-year intervals, to 1884, when
the college was founded.
. The program will get under way
on Tuesday May 29, with the Board
of Trustees' meeting in the morning,
Class Day exercises in the afternoon,
and commencement sermon by Dr. J.
Clyde Turner of Greensboro in the
evening.
Wednesday, May 30,-will be taken
up, beginning at 10:80 in the morn
ing, with:formal greetings from Gov
veraor Ehringhaus and from repre
sentative s of other educational in
stitutions of North .Carolina. In the
afternoon, at 3:30, Wait Hall, Wake
forest's new administration building,
will be dedicated. The alumni din
ner, informal and ladies attending,
Willie pUce^at 0:00, wtLthe^dum- ; ?
^oji, Clemson College and President