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. :i-i -'.t" i . v -V ' ' - __ - . | ? ? ? > I ? ? MM ?\ ? ! m : : -I ' " n. I HI I ??? ni!."?r I - I I I"' M ?>. : 1 - T.'l1 . M . , - . ? ?? ' "" ! " 1 . ? * VOU TWENTY-FIVE FA?*VIUA WW OOBHTT, MM CA80UMA, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 19?4 NUMBER SEVEN . " I ? ., . . _ ... J ? 1 ? ' . ? - ? > . I > _ __ Allocate Funds For More head's Harbor Project Public Works Allot ments of $1,955,000 Formerly Made By Board Washington,. June 20.?Two alloca tions totaling $1,9550,000 for "devel opment of a deep sea port at More head City were today formally adopt ed by the cabinet public works board. Ordinarily, such allocations are not announced until approved by the President, but in the Morehead City case the President expressed his approval in advance. In fact the interest of President Roosevelt in the proposal was necessary to overcome strong objections to the proposal on the part of the War De partment board of engineers who will have charge of the improve ment to the harbor. The Morehead City proposal com prises two separate projects. A di rect grant of $1,555,000 was made to the War Department for dredging Beaufort Inlet and channel to More head City. ? All of this expenditure will be borne directly by the fed eral government. In addition, the board today ap proved a 4400,000 loan and gTant to the Morehead City Port Terminal Commission for the building of port terminals. Of this amount, $120,000 is a grant and the remaining $280, ?OOO-a-Ioaiv-to- be repaid hy the com mission with the taring power of Morehead City and the rentals of the State-owned Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad which operates from -Goldsborb'.to Beaufort pledged to supplement receipts from the port terminal warehouses to be erected, j Pldhs for deepening-of the chan nel dall for a' 80 foot channel for the entire distance of 2.2 miles. A combination of- jetties and sunken boats filled with concrete will be used | to keep"the channel open. ? - ' M The motion to approve tne ?i ore head; City projects was made in the board-today by a native North Caro linian, Turner,; W. Battle, who sits on the board as the representative of Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary I of Labor, to whom he is executive I assistant. There is also another North Carolina, member on the board, ; Assistant Solicitor General Angus D.' MacLean, who represents Attorney General Homer Cummings. --__Mrr_ Battle and Mr. MacLean, in .LjmjiMWtioa- with Senator Bailey "mid ?tt?; North- Carolina delegation in Congress and others have been working for more than a year on the Morehead City proposal which is expected to save hundreds of ' thousands of dollars annually to North Carolinians by reason of low ered freight rates. As a result of today's action work on the Morehead City development will begin at once and will be com pleted some time next year. The board did not act today on the $340,000 application for a loan and gant for Rex Hospital at Hal- ' eigh, but the granting of this project has been pledged by Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, Public Works Administrator: ? A special meeting of the board will be bald tomorrow and Rex Hospital may be included in the projects acted upon at that time. If not, it will be acted upon at an early meeting. However, the board did act today upon several North Carolina pro jects. Projects approved today, sub ject to final approval by the Presi dent, included the following loans and grants: Spruce Pine, $16,000 for a water system; Spindaie, $62,000 for a sewer system; and Ruther ford County, -$164,000 for school buildings. The board also approved today $2,767,000 for ; a municipal electric plant at Greenwood, SL C., a project strongly opposed by the Duke Power Company. ^ I tion'bOl has carried with (fiOOgDOO, ? 000 for public works, attempts are bang made to speed up applications. ? . W; Cradle, of the North Quo ting Department of Public Instroc I tion,. was here today to look into ap plications for school bridings. He I was accompanied by R M. Allen, Vance County superintendent, who ? tap an application for $886,000 for ? tftaiiraua schools, and T. Fletcher Bulla, Randolph superintendent, who has an application for $8MM>00 for a naiali mhhi Other twmKwct applications for North Carolina ? school buildings include 1307,000 for Guilford Count*, $135^00 for Dur ' ham County*_and $40,000 for Wake To Start Buying Surplus Potatoes From N.C. Growers Now Compiling List Of Counties Where Pota toes Can Be Used Raleigh, June 20.?Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, state relief administrator, said today her organization would probably start buying surplus irish potatoes from North Carolina grow ers today. "We are ready to start buying any minute but had no reports of a sur plus yesterday," Mrs. O'Berry said. "We were informed this morning that all potatoes offered at Elizabeth City last night had not been sold arid farmers were holding them for $1.6(X "We cannot buy at that price but we try to pay enough for surplus products to give the farmers expens es and will probably start buying to 3ay." . Mrs. O'Berry said her offices were now compiling a list of counties where potatoes can be used and that she expected to send the most of them to counties in Piedmont and Western North Carolina. Ayden Plans a Big Songfnst Community Sing To Be Held at High School Sunday Afternoon At 5 o'Clock Greenville, June 21.?Preparations were nearing completion today for the community sing to be given at Ayden Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock under the auspices of the Ayden Woman's Club. The sing will be staged under the direction of Patrick Alderman, of Goldsboro, famed for his successes in this field of musical effort, and Woman's Clubs, members of other organizations and the public gener- _ ally, have been, given a cordial, in*, vitation to attend. The sing will be held' on the i campus of Ayden High School, tod ample seating space ..will. be. available , for several hundred people. Preparation for the sing has been under way by the Ayden Club mem bers for sometime, and it is being looked forward to as one of the out standing events of the county this summer. ' ______________ I Ywing People Close First Half of Term Church Services Held At Qamp Operated By East Carolina Diocese Washington, Nr C., June 19.? Camp Leach, the young people's camp operated by the Episcopal Church of the DHocese of East Carolina, end ed the first half of its two weeks' term with church services in the outdoor chapel Sunday. The camp is locate on the Pam lico river 14 miles below Washing ton, N. C., occupying one of the most beautiful and best equipped camp sites in this vicinity. This year there are more than a hundred campers and staff, headed by Rev. George Gresham, <xf Gokfe boro, as camp director. The camp ia co-educational, about evenly divided as to boys and girls. The influx of campers who had 'not registered in advance made it necessary to erect a new boys' dormi tory building, an attractive^ screen house which was erecte^, wired and made ready for occupancy in exactly 36 hours. The object of the camp is to train I young men -and- women for leader ship in church activities, at the same time giving them healthful . recre ation, organized sports and a de lightful outing. This plan has bean in operation on the present camp site for the past five years, and its atrated. Practically all the tobacco rental and equalization checks received in " ? ? ?y* T " t * ? r- - AuxiliaiyWomen Have Annual Day At Samp Leach "The Purpose of God In The Life Of The Woman's Auxiliary" was presented at the annual Auxiliary Day meeting of the organized wom en of the Episcopal church of East Carolina, held on Thursday at Camp Leach, Diocesan assembly grounds, by the Bishop of the Diocese, Rt Rev. Thomas C. Darst, Rev. John W. Irvin, of the publicity department of the National Church, and by Rev. Edwin F. Moseley, rector. at Williamston. The meeting was presided over by the president, Mrs. Fred L. Outlarid, of Washington, who introduced the speakers of the program, emphasiz ed the summer conferences and the sacrificial giving of time to the Church-Wide Endeavor movement. The women were welcomed by Rev. George S. Gresham, of Goldsboro, di rector of the senior camp, which iB. now in progress. . Bishop Darst, enthusiastic over the young people's camp, of which fie is chaplain, reviewed recent activities and expressed confidence in the safe ty of East Carolina, saying; have no misgivings concerning the future of the Church, in East Carolina when the torch, which never goes out, is t put into the eager hands of these young people, and if you could see these splendid boys and girls as they come together for Holy Communion, < with the light of the morning on ( their faces, you would feel as I do." Stressing his belief that the camp is the most powerful force in the Dio- , cese today, training as it does the , young life for leadership, the Bishop appealed to the Auxiliary to assist him in bringing the Diocese to a full- J er realization of its value. ( Emphasizing the paramount pur- , pose of Camp Leach as bringing the j youth of East Carolina into a closer relationship with. Jesus, the Bishop . said, "We bring Jesus to the young ' people, not as a severe and merciless critic, sitting a far off on a lofty throne, but as a natural, blessed companion, who walks with us, talks ? with us and is present in our fun and J play. And if this nearness of Jesus could be sensed by the whole Church, 1 and if its individual members could ( feel -that He walks with them down the darkest road and up to the shin-' ing heights of great experiences, the j dangers of this new day would be diminished and the purpose of God in His Church would be promptly ful filled.'!, J The Bishop announcing the con ferences at Kanuga and Sewanee, 1 spoke of the General Convention to ' be held in October, and expressed 1 himself. a& pleased at the response to | the recent Layman's Meeting heTd in Kinston, stating that, "The man power of the Churph is in process of being harnessed to carry out the pur- 1 pose of God." The address of Rev. Mr. Irvin, who ' is teaching a coarse in the senior . camp, was in the form of an analysis \ of the present situation in regard to 1 the church, and the movement, known as the Church-Wide Endeavor, now getting under way, and which he de- 1 fined as an invitation to change the prevailing mode of thought in that , instead of making plans of its own, it is to discover by prayerful effort God's purpose and to make an earn est endeavor to fulfill that purpose. I In recognition of and in recounting i the work being done by the Woman's < Auxiliary, the speaker said, "This < group has more truly glimpsed the I vision of God's purpose than any oth- < er organisation in the church." 1 With the present deficit as an in- < creasing challenge he ' made the charge that, "The church has never 1 fully understood personal sacrifice," and pressed the fact that the prim* purpose of God for the Church? , spreading the Gospel?may be car ried forward by sacrificial living and giving. . R*v. Mr. Moseley, also a member of the faculty of the present camp, who is teaching a course in "Com parative Religions," spoke along this , line, contrasting the various religions, reflecting life conditions as they ex ist throughout the world, and depict ing the transition, which the religion of Jesus Christ brings to a nation. \ I Mrs. Jennie M. Howard, head of , the Student Center, in Greenville, ( who , is a member of the amp faculty . and., is to direct the Junior Girls Gaitip, July 8-22, told of the summer , work of a nhmber of her girls. J"She Need For A Pavilion Or As- , serably Hall At Camp Leach," was , ably presented by Miss Catherine , Harding, the Auxiliary's scholarship graduate of St. Hair's School, this spring. Plans were outlined for con struction of the building, to be nam ed for Bishop Darst, and donations already^ received were mentioned by M)m Harding. A picnic luaeh was enjoyed at the * **. ^ hUndred "" y. V 1 ? " 1 1 '? ' < Murder Car Is Riterned Here Machine AUegedly Used by StrkWandKiUers Is Located at New Bern Raleigh, June 21,?A car Aid to have been used in the escape of the murderers of Tatmadge and Thaiton Strickland, slain near Garner last January, was found yesterday in New Bern, Coroner L. W. Waring of Raleigh announced. The car belongs to Sam Zaharras,' Greek of Farmville, who is bring held here without bond on charges of participating in the slaying of the two Wake county filling station operators. Zaharras and Margaret Tyson, 25, of Smithfield, arrested as a State's witness, in the case, are to appear for shearing. tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock - before Coroner Waring. ^We tup inproving the State's case the more we investigate," said Coro ner Waring .yesterday. Deputies .R. 0. Hodge and Bob Saunders of Ral eigh and Johnston county officers have cooperated in an effort , to clear up. the. murders. ? Hodges went to New . Bern yester day and returned Zaharras' car to Raleigh, where it was placed in stor age. . - . '? - It is the theory of officers that rob bery was the.motive.fdr the killings. A second Greek, identified only as "Jimmie" \ is- being Sought and offi cers have information he s in New York City. Hie Tyson woman has given bond of. $250 for her appearance as a wit ness tomorrow. The Stricklands, both about 20 years of age, were found with their throats slashed on the morning of January 3, Thaiton had been poi soned. A bag containing about $100 in cash was missng. D. A. R. CONVENTION MAY BE HELD IN EAST New Bern, June 20.?-This district }f the North Carolina Society of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion will probably entertain the next umual 0, A, R. State convention at loldsboro. On her recent visdt to the section, Mrs. W. H. Belk, of Charlotte, State regent, said that the executive board bad authorized her to arrange for the convention in this section. The David Williams chapter of the irganization at Gridsboro has voted :o extend the invitation to meet here, with all right chapters of the iistrict cooperating in the entertian ment These are the chapters at Soldsboro, New Bern, Elizabeth town, Kinston, Mount Olive, Snow Sill, Wilmington and Morehead City. Mrs, C. Wayne Spencer, of Wl-j uington is chairman of this seventh" iitsrict, and Mrs, N. W. Outlaw, of loldsboro, is regent of the Golds joro chapter. The last meeting held n this section was at Wilmington n 1927/ ? League to arbitrate Chaco dis pute as Paraguay accedes. 1. M. CHRISTMAN IN CRITICAL -CONDITION As we go to press it is reported to us that J. M. Christman, highly jsteemed veteraarian and live stock iealer, is critically HI from an over-; lose of strychlne tablets, in a Wilson tiospital, to which he was rushed ivhen bis condition became known to lis family. Details concerning the lase are not obtainable at this time. Mr. Christman has been in failing lealth for several months. Federal liquor bottle control is irged as bootleg curb. 1 2,000 Chinese peasants killed in Manchurian revolt. ??' . . . ? New Weep - Is Forged For , Little Men Federal Trade Commis sion to Pass on Cases Affecting The "Little Fellow" and Chiseling Washington, June 21.?The gov ernment, an authoritative source dis closed today, has forged a new wea pon to stike at monopolistic oppres sion of the little fellow and chiseling. J By a far-reaching change in pro cedure, this source said the Federal Trade Commission is to become a business court to mete out swifter decision on charges of unfair prac tices. The weapon involving basic changes of the relations between the commission and NRA is contain ed -in a technical order issued by the commission. ' As this order was explained today, the emphasis is to be placed on the cases of judicial functions. Hitherto its operations have been threefold. Its investigators made complaints and then sat in judgment on its own complaints. President Roosevelt, it is said, sug gested the commission and NRA get together and iron out apparent con flict in practices. Out of this con ference between the two the new plan arose. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Prominent among the social activi ties of the week was a bridge lunch eon given by Mrs. T. L. Albritton and Miss Lottie Lane Joyner, at which the engagement of Miss Lucy John ston to Mr. Julian L. Rumley, was announced. Mixed summer flowers were artistically arranged in the home of Mrs. Albritton, and contract was played by guests, invited for the early hours of the morning, prizes of dainty handkerchiefs being awarded Misses Elizabeth Fields and Mary Alice Beaman. Upon the arrival of additional guests at the noon hour lovely nose gays were passed, hidden in which were found a card. reading "Lucy Julian, July 14," thus announcing the approaching marriage of one of Farmville's most popular young couples. Both young people are con nected with the office force of A. C. Monk & Co., here, and have a host of friends, who will be interested in this announcement The honoree was pre sented with lovely lingerie by the hostesses. In serving .the delightful luncheon which followed, the hostesses had the assistance of Miss Frances Joy ner. >. ' The guests for the bridge party and luncheon included: the honoree, Misses Elizabeth, Janie and Margaret Davis, Miss Rachel Lewis, Miss Mary Louise Rumley, Miss Elizabeth Fields, Miss Mary Alice Beamajn, Miss Selma Johnston, Miss Edna Foust Harris, Mrs, Lath Morriss, Mrs. Judd Walker, Mrs, Winston SmithT, Qpejika, Ala., Mrs. Harry Lang, Mrs. Wm. Easley, Mrs. Pearl Johnston, Mrs. J, L. Rumley, Mrs, J. Sterling Gates, Mrs. A. C. Monk, Mrs. Plato Monk and Mrs. Worth Stewart. SAIL ON SATURDAY FOR TOUR OF EUROPE Miss Edna Robinson and Miss Janie Davis left Thursday for New York where they will sail Saturday at noon on the Steamship Rex for a Mediterranean cruise and a visit to fourteen countries before their re turn on August 17. ? ? ??_______ , A Richmond county farmer reports that the value of manure from cattle he bough last fall has now equaled the cost of the cattle. Patrol Virginia Border To Curb Gas Tax Evasion - * . 1 '/? -k'-<*'-v>:"''? I- f;-' -Z- ?' ? Raleigh, June 21.?North Carolina moved yesterday to halt importation of gasoline from Virginia by motor ists seeking to take advantage of the five to six cents per gallon lower price in the neighboring state. State highway patrolmen were stationed along principal routes j\ear the Virginia line with orders to stop drivers bringing gasoline into North-?imlna in containers other ?*;iv' vx; Captain Charles Farmer of the State?petrol aaid^ that motorists hauling gasolinafintoi ithe StSte would"h? forced hp pay the;*ix-cent Stat# tax on the product and would be Uahjf to a fine for transporting it with** a pennlt "Fresh reports emanating from the harder^unties seem to indi Carolina tax," Captain Farmer de clared. "It is doubtless if motorists realize that they must have a permit to haul the product and are violating the law if they bring it in in cans,' drums, or other containers. Cases will be mad? against all drivers ap prehended as they cross the lihej from Virginia/ "Operators- of service stations in the border counties are losing busi ness through the - so-called price war in Virginia and this State is, losing the tax. We intend to- stop this importation ~ and have accord ingly posfed guards," Captain Farm er stated, ?;! r.f Governor Ehrmghaus took cog nizance of the situation Wifc . week and asked .the attorney - general's Office ^to give^himje^l advice asto p?????w?W? ' ? ? ? ? ? ? ? "? Committee Has Uniqie Record Ways and Means Body Under Doughton Out standing in Achieve ment Washington, June 20.?Under the leadership of. Chairman Robert L. Doughton, the ways and means com rflittee of the House established two records duuring the session of Con gress which just has closed. It handled more legislation than ever had been handled before and during the session just closed it had the unique and hitherto unap proached record of having all of its bills passed through the House without a single amendment being tacked onto a single one of them, except such amendments at were offered by the committee, itself. Not only that, the reciporcal tariff bill was pushed through the House with only 13 dissenting Democratic votes, less than half the number bolting the party position on the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill, although thU time there were more than twice as many Democrats in the House. There were only four important measures handled by the committee at the special session last year, but two of these were of great impor tance, the National Recovery Act and the so-called beer bill, taxing beverages declared to be non-in toxicating. One of the other acts extended the gasoline tax and changed postage rates and the fourth measure amended the war claims act of 1928. There were 16 measures classed a.? important reported out by the committee at the past session and passed. The most important of these meas ures was the reciprocal tariff act and the next most important the revenue act of 1934, which plugged holes in the income tax laws and through additional imposts added ; in the Senate finally became a $400, 000,000 tax bill. The bill providing for silver as 25 per cent of the mone tary base also passed through this committee as did the measure au thorizing postponement of claims to German nationals while Germany is in default to. this country and its nationals. Another measure pro vided for free trade zones at ports of entry, a measure defeated in j many previous sessions of Con gress. The other bills, except fop the firearms tax bill, which was one : of the so-called crime bills, all amend- ' ed existing laws, mostly having to do with liquor taxes, Mr. Doughton has secured per mission for his committee to sit dur- 1 ing the irecess of Congress and will maintain his office in Washington, where he will spend much of the 1 time between now and the conven ing of Congress in January. While at his home i n Laurel Springs, he will maintain an office at nearby Sparta for convience. Revival Meeting Presbyterian Church Senday Evening A aeries of meetings will be held in the Farmville Presbyterian Church beginning Sunday evening at 8:00 o'clock and continuing through Sunday morning July 1st. The serv ices will be conducted by the pastor. There will be services each evening through the week beginning at 8100 o'clock. The people of the town and community are cordially invited to attend these services. ' ' * . ; < ATTEND 4-H CLUB CAMP I AT NEUSE FOREST < The. following. Farmville girls are ? among 4-H Club campers . at Nerase J Forest this week: Misses... Martha Cobb, Meta King Moore, Carrie Best Tyson, Lavenia Walston, Minnie Mae Dail, Virginia Dare Carraway and ] Annie Laurie Joyner. j ' ' itfsA *'<?- , \ ? r* . 1 / Farmers in the Piedmont and west- f ern parts of the State have been 1 pleased vrith the siroplied iortn of < measuring their .wheat; acreage. : Speed has been necessary to com- < plete the measurements before harv- ! est tu^e.% ?> - t\ . I i ? ? ? 1 R. R. Rich, Gates county agent, btt prepared apd checked 203 corn- < President Roosevelt Signs $2,000,000, Deficiency Measure . : A. _ _ - ... SECOND LARGEST PEACE-TIME BILL White House Makes Known That Before Starting on His Trip to New England Mr. Roosevelt Also Signed Into Law the Communication Bill Setting up a New Commis sion to Regulate The Tele graph, Telephone and Radio Washington, June 20.?President Roosevelt signed and left behind him in Washington today the $2,000,000, 000 deficiency bill, the second largest peace time appropriation measure in the history of congress. ?? The White House made known that before starting on his trip into Eng land Mr. Roosevelt also signed into law the communications bill setting up a new commission to regulate the telegraph, telephone and radio. Another bill signed was that re quiring the department of commerce to make public the result of its in vestigations into fatal airplane crashes. These measures were among m-.re than a score upon which he placed his signature. The deficiency measure among oth er huge appropriations for relief, and public works carries a $525,000,000 drought relief fund. The bill carries a total of $2,629, 500,000, including direct outlays of $1,879,500,000 and $750,000,000 from the Reconstruction Corporation of which $500,000,000 may be used for relief purposft and $250,000,000 by the PWA. No Fears Are Felt Substantial Losses Democrats Will Hold Biff Majority, Dough ton Predicts Washngton, June 20.?Following a meeting today of the Congres sional campaign committee of which he is a member, Representative Robert L. Doughton declared that Ihere will be no "substantial losses" in the next House. The Democrats now have 313 of the 435 members of the House and the Republicans are almost certain to make some gains. However, Mr. Doughton expects the Democrats also to capture som? seats and thinks the Republican., will gain far less than 50 seats. For the first time in recent years there appears to be not even a pos sibility that the Republicans will capture any districts-in North Caro lina. Two Republicans were elect ed to Congress from the State in L928 and there were some close races in 1930. This year the elec tion is expected to be little more than a formality in each of the- 11 dis tricts. Local Officer Begins Career as U.S. Marine Philadelphia, Pa., June 15.?Lieut Theodore C. Turnage, Jr., of Farm ville, N. C., is one of twenty-one young officers of the Marine Corps who will soon be assigned to active luty with the Soldiers of the Sea, fol lowing his graduation from the Basic School here. After his graduation from the Na zal Academy at Annapolis, Md., last year, Lieut Turnage accepted a com mission as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps and was assigned to ;he Basic School, where all junior )fffcers of the Marine Corps are re quired to take a preparatory course prior to receiving regular assign nenta ? Major General John IL Russell, Commandant of the Marine Corps, :arae from Washington to attend the :losing exercises and to award di plomas to the successful students. Lieut. Turnage, who is a son of T. J. Turnage, of Farmville, expects to ye transferred for duty aboard a bat tleship or cruiser in the near future. ? _ ' ' ' E. Carolina Printers Meet At Farmville Eastern Carolina printers met here Monday evening at the Davis Hotel lor a supper and special meeting of the association, called to discuss mat ters of interest to the printing indus try of this section demanding imkne iiate action. The following new of ficers for the ensuing year were elected: President, . G. A. Rouse, Farmville; vice-president, W, G. Bob bins, Rocky Mount; secretary-treas urer, H. W. Renfrew, Greenville.