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VOL. TWENTY-FIVE FARMVILLE, PITTCOUNTY, NORTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1934 NUMBER TWENTY-ONE
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OVER THREE MILLION PAD OUT FOR LEAF HERE THIS SEASON
Receipts On Monday Greatest An&jEktyin the History of the FarmviUe Market in Many Years
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Advance With Record
At Average of $34.96
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With Bidding Brisk and
Competition Keen,
Farmers are Returning
to Their Homes With
Pockets Full of Cash.
Record prices were paid for tobacco
on the Farmville market Thursday,
establishing a new season's high
mark, as $105,671.02 was paid to
growers for 302,244 pounds, sold at
an average of $34.96 per hundred
weight. Figures for the same sales
day last season are Quoted for com
parison: 337,626 pounds brought $57,
224.37, average $16.95.
Great jubilation was expressed on I
the warehouse floors Monday, by
farmers as prices soared upwards on |
the heaviest sale experienced this
season, which with the largest
amount of money ever paid out for a j
single day's sale on the market, es
tablished another record for the I
week. A total of 639,700 pounds
sold for $221,170.05, at an average of
$34.57.
Prices have been showing a con
tinued strength since Monday, with
weed of all quality in great demand.
Bidding has been stronger and com
petition keener than in 15 years, with |
a general atmosphere of high, good |
spirits prevailing.
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r or tne ursi iour saies uaj a ux
this, the sixth week, Friday's totals
being unavailable at this time, of
ficial figures show that 1,567,336
pounds sold for $531,748.67 at an
average of $33.92.
The official sales bulletin as issued
today by G. A. Rouse, sec.-treas. of
the Tobacco Board of Trade, reveal
ed that, including Thursday's sale,
planters had been paid $3,092,745.03 I
for 11,003,548 pounds at an average I
of $28.11 for the entire season.
A heavy sale is in progress today, |
Friday, with prices said by observers!
to be even better, and late this after
noon it was estimated that today's
average would be equally as high as
Thursday's record breaking mark.
TOBACCO GR\DING
During the past two weeks news
papers of Eastern Carolina have
featured notices, signed by the sever
al Tobacco Boards of Trade, advising
farmers to carefully grade and prop
erly prepare their tobacco for mar
ket. This is sound advice and if
farmers will follow instructions they
will profit by better prices for their
tobacco.
In view of the short crop this sea
son, farmers should grade and pre
pare their tobacco so that it will be
uniform in quality and color and
thereby secure the greatest returns
for their labor. The Tobacco Sec
tion of the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics and the Fannville To
bacco Board of Trade are prepared
to render direct assistance to farm
ers in the grading and marketing of
their tcbacco. Mr. H. W. Taylor, of
the Tobacco Section, is located tem
porarily on the Farmville market. He
will be pleased to advise with farm
ers on the warehouse floors and will
also visit farms and demonstrate tile
proper grading and preparation of
tobacco for market These services
are?xiic ?ulu i miners Hwpm.
securing full valae'for their tobacco
should see or write Mr. Taylor, at
Farmville, and he will viait their
farms and give practical assistance
ia, grading their tobacco. The
Federal-State Tobacco Grading Ser
vice has four Inspectors and certify
ing Its grades according to CJ. S.
Government Standards, these <; men
wiH gladly consult with farndM on
the wmehouae floors and jrivw&Yiet
on the comet practices of market
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FARMVILLE DEBUTANTES TO
BE PRESENTED AT BALL IN
RALEIGH TONIGHT
This evening at 8:30 o'clock in
the Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh,
the fourteenth annual North Caro
lina Debutante Ball will be presented
by the Terpsichorean Club of Ra
leigh.
The ball will open with the Terp
sichorean lead-out figure in which
members of the club and their part
ners for the evening will participate
and which will be an introduction to
the presentation of the debutantes
and the debutante figure.
Music for the ball, which will
continue until 3 o'clock, will be fur
nished by the orchestra of Red
Nichols and Bert Lown and genra!
dancing will follow the presentation
of the debutantes.
Mayor George A. Iseley will wel
come the 1934 debutantes, among
whom will be Miss Serene Turnage,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Tur
nage, and a student at Flora Mc
Donald, and Miss Pennie Keel Lang,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Lang,
student at E. C. T. C., Greenville.
Both young ladies are among the
most beautiful and attractive mem
bers of Farmville's younger set.
Phil Carter Bunn will be Miss Tur
nage's marshal and Coy Monk will be
with Miss Lang. Mrs. T. C. Turnage
also left today to attend the affair.
SEND SAMPLES TO NEW YORE
H. W. Taylor, Associate Marketing
Specialist reports samples of tobacco
rushed by air mail from the Farm
ville market to the New York To
bacco Exchange Saturday by the
Federal Tobacco grading service here
in response to request by Exchange.
Farmville is the only market in East
ern Carolina from which samples
may be officially obtained for this
service.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST HOLD
UNION MEETING
The Primitive Baptists are'holding
their annual Union meeting at the
local church this week, services to
begin on Saturday and continue
through Sunday. Several hundred
members and visitors from this sec
tion of the State, are expected to be
in attendance.
J. E. Debnam
Claimed By Death
Schools in Greene To Be
Closed In Tribute To
Journalist and Educa
tor
Krnston, Sept 27?Joseph E. Deb
nam, 64, died at his home in Snow
Hill today. He had been ill for
months. Pnuemonia was the imme
diate cause of death. He was su
perintendent of schools of Greene
County 18 years. After resigning
as superintendent he was chair
man of the county board of educa
tion several years. Schools in
Greene will be closed tomorrow after
noon in tribute to his memory.
Mr. Debnam was founder of the
Southern Laconic, a weekly news
paper at Snow Hill, which was merg
ed with the Greene County Standard
to become the Standard-Laconic. He
edited the Standard-Laconic until a
few weeks ago. He was & member
of Snow Hill Methodist Church. He
is survived by his. widow, Mra Berdie
Speight Detaam; a daughter, Miss
Birdie Leigh Debnam of Snow HID,
and five sons, Gerald and Harvey
Debnam of Snow Hill, W. E., of Nor
folk, Eppie of Edenton, and Douglas
Through State
Capital Keyholes
By Bess Hinton Silver
Hopes to Crack Whip
Representative Tam C. Bowie, of
Ashe County, has given up hopes of
running for Governor in 1936 and
tells close friends that he will back
Congressman R. L. Doughton if the
latter seeks to succeed Ehringhaus.
At present Mr. Bowie is tearing his
shirt for Representative Willie Lee
Lumpkin, of Franklin, for Speaker of
the 1935 House. Bowie hopes to con
trol the next session of the House
and thinks his best bet is to elect
Lumpkin Speaker. The grapevine
reports that Mr. Lumpkin might give
Mr. Bowie the chairmanship of either
the House appropriations or finances
committees.
Strategy
Capitol Hill has the Speakership
campaign figured out this way?
Robert Grady Johnson, of Pender, in
the lead with Lumpkin and Laurie
McEachern, of Hoke, running hard
j for second place. The dopsters pre
dict that in the end either Johnson
or McEachern will withdraw and
combine forces to defeat Lumpkin.
The gentleman making the sacrifice
is expected to be rewarded with the
chairmanship of one of the important
committees and a place on one or
two other good ones. That makes
sense if you understand the game of
politics.
Secretary of State
The old grapevine has trotted out
a potential opponent of Stacey W.
Wade for his post of Secretary of
State in 1936. Editor J. B. Benton,
who publishes the several weekly
newspapers and lives in Benson down
in Johnston County is said to be
toying with the idea that he would
make a good Sec. of State. Editor
Benton long ago cultivated a taste
for things political and is a former
Chairman of the Johnston County
Democratic Executive Committee.
Horseshoes
Proponents of the proposed revised
constitution see a lot of four-leaf
clovers and horseshoes in the Su- .
pre me Court's decision that the
changes in the basic law cannot be
voted on this'November because the
repeal election last year was a "gen- '
eral" election and the first after the ^
General Assembly voted to submit
the document to the will of the
people. Nobody realized better than
the proponents that the new consti
tution was doomed to defeat at the
polls. Both sides agree prevailing
unsettled conditions make it a bad
time-to vote on anything as im
portant as a constitution.
Making Political Hay
Women Democratic officials are
forming their lines for the November
campaign. Mrs. Charles W. Tillett,
Jr., of Charlotte, recently elected vice
chairman of the State Democratic
Executive Committee, and Miss
Mabel Penny, of Raleigh. Recently
elevated to the post of vice presi
dent of the Young Democratic Clubs
of North Carolina, are letting no 4
grass grow under their feet and are
actively engaged in field organiza
tion. These two women take their
I politics seriously and know the ad
vantage of getting in the f' "it
punches. No activity on the part of
Republican women is in evidence at
Raleigh.
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Considered a Bet
If Clyde R. Hoey, prominent
Shelby Democrat, doesn't run for
Governor in 1936 he will embarrass
more than one political prophet in
North Carolina. Around the State
Capitol it is considered s sure bet
that Mr. Hoey has already made up
his mind to enter the lists. Lines
are already being drawn between
Hoey supporters and backers of R.
L. Doughton in Raleigh with Hoey
unquestionably the fhvorite on C&pi
!ii$
Chairman of the State Democratic
Executive Committee, is taking Ms
time shout opening headquarters fir
frujeigh.;. While he hgg,mi?te no an*
nouncement regarding dMaf in start
Commodities 101
Per Gent Higher
Tlian2Yrs. Age
Compared With Year
Ago the Basic Farm
Prices Now Average 35
Per Cent Higher; Corn
and Hogs Showing
Greatest Per Centage
of Increase
Chicago, September 26 ? Market
value of wheat, corn, hogs and cot
ton, the four basic farm commodities,
defined by the agricultural adjust
ment act was shown today t? be 101
per cent higher than the average of
late September, 1932.
Whereas late in April this year
the Chicago market prices of these
commodities averaged 37 per cent
higher than April, 1932, they now
average 101 per cent above the
corresponding date two years ago.
Early in June this year these prices
averaged only 71.5 per cent higher
than the corresponding date in 1932.
Compared with a year ago the
basic farm prices now average 35
per cent higher, corn and hogs show
ing the greatest percentage of in
crease. Figures in hogs do not in
clude the 32.25 per cent processing
tax which after government collec
tion is an indirect benefit to pro
ducers.
Chicago cotton prices based on
quotations for October deliveries
were about 27 per cent higher than
a year ago and 73 per cent higher
than two years ago.
FALL GARDEN HINTS
Gorgeous flower effects next spring
can be yours from planting "bulbs
this fall. Plant them in masses
rather than as isolated individuals or
in rows. Plant bulbs deeply ? be
sure of the drainage in the soil, a
base of coarse sand helps wonder
fully.
For graceful elegance the narcissus
and daffodils are unsurpassed, and
associated with a tiny pool, their re
flections double the effect.
Tulips are particularly effective in
formal plantings, especially when
associated with no other plans ? as
ground covers, with a background of
evergreens. Massed tulips through
out the border gives a sense of
rhythmn and grace without mono
tony.
Dutch iris should be planted by the
middle of October, using good com
mercial fertilizer.
The stately hyacinth is so strongly
individual that it lends itself better
to formal effects than any other of
the Dutch bulbs. They offer a range
of colors in blues, reds and yellows
that no other bulbs possess.
In planting crocus, be lavish ?
when the individual flower is small,
effectiveness really demands on
massed quantity.
Plant Madonna lilie in massed ef
fects with delphinium or larkspur. Be
sure to plant lily bulbs deeply?a
foot in the ground where they can
establish themselves pertnanently.?
Collected by Mrs. W. C. Askew,
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Farmville Now Has
New Ready-To-Wear
Department Store
Kannon Opens Store Here,
Carrying Complete Line of
Ladies' and Gent's Wearing
Apparel. _1
T] lough having been established
just a few months, Kannonjs Dept.
Store ia already commanding ; a
splendid trade and winnig a host of
friends, and is rapidly becoming a
popular shopping center.
Kannon's Department Stord, locat
ed next to Rose's 5 & 10c Store, for
merly the old Hub Hardware build
ing, has been thoroughly renovated
and remodeled, and with its large
stock of merchandise, to which is
>eing added daily the various msh
terials, modes and shades, approved
by New York sylists, is generalty
conceded as one the most attrac
tive stores -te- this section., Zjjm
-life people of PsrmviUe and st^
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age of the wondferfut valuea ;
where in tide issue. This firm
Circus To Visit
Wilson Sept 29
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Will Present Two Per
formances, Featuring
Clyde Beatty and
Many Other Wonders;
Two Mile Street Pa
rade
The Great Hagenbeck-Wallace Cir
cus, one of the two largest shows in
America, will exhibit in Wilson, on
Saturday, September 29. A two-mile
long street parade at 11 a, m. will
be the inaugural event of the day?
the first real old-fashioned circus
parade since 1926.
The huge circus traveling on three
all-steel trains of double-length cir
cus cars, will, this year, offer more
thrilling features than ever before.
Every display on the lengthy program
is of gigantic proportions, and scores
of them new to circus patrons.
Clyde Beatty, world famous wild
animal trainer, will again thrill the
vast audiences with his daring in the
all-steel arena with forty wild and fe
rocious lions and tigers. The most
awe-inspiring display of its kind in
the whole world.
Other stellar features from among
the 600 men and women arenic stars,
will include the famous Christiani
Troupe of equestrians, direct from
Europe; the world famous Codonas,
with Alfredo, greatest aerialist of all
time; Bombay0; the Man From In
dia?sensational star of the bounding
rope, and over 100 other ring, track
and stage displays on the mighty
1934 Hagenbeck-Wallace program.
The performances will open with a
stupendous spectacle, "Persia", fea
turing nearly 2,000 people and ani
mals, and an elaborate pyrotechnical
display, while, for the youngsters,
seventy-five of the world's best
known clowns will be on hand to
furnish laughter throughout the
length of the two hour program.
The big double-menagerie, the
largest on tour in the world, is, this
year, augmented by five great herds
of performing elephants?69 in num
ber, 30 camels, and 20 zebras. Per
formances will be given at 2 and 8
P. M., with the main gate opening
one hour earlier.
Those who have seen this circus
which has been showing in thi3 sec
tion this week, declare it to be the
biggest and best they ever saw.
General Hugh Johnson
Resigns As NRA Chief
President Roose V e 11
Immediately Accepts
Resignation of Aide
Who Retires After
Fifteen Months
Hyde Park, N. Y., September 26?
The iong-expected resignation of
Recovery Administrator Hhgh S.
Johnson came late yesterday, and
was accepted immediately by Presi
dent Roosevelt.
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The resignation will become effec
tive October 15. For the present,
the-President has no other job for
the recovery administrator, who has
served 16 months under the New
Deal, and whose work created the
Blue Eagle of the NRA.
The resignation came in the form
of a letter to the President, and was
accepted by Mr. Roosevelt in an
other letter which complimented
Johnsqn on his hard work and assum
ed the NRA chieftain of continued
friendship.
At {the aura time, it Was made
plain, that yesterday's resignation o#
Johnson was far from the first time
the NRA chief had tried to'qra.'!
Several times "before. Johnson has
submitted his resignation informally
and cerbally to the J^denh ft
Sever before was accepted. Today,
the recovery leader revealed his rea
sons in some measure for C W
his job, pointing to pressing private
work.
Johnson, in his letter, called the
President's attention to the fact tyat
to serve the New" Deal, he would be c
ready to do so. 3
President Roosevelt, in accepting t
Jdjmson's resignation, said he felt f
the NRA had fulfilled its first phase J
of usefulness, and that the time had g
come for revision. At the same 1
time, it was made plain that this re- c
organization will come in the very 1
near future. Perhaps within the next f
few days. It was indicated at the
game time that the President plans
within the next few days, after he
arrives in Washington today,'to see
Johnson and have a talk with him I
concerning the NRA. c
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FARMVILLE'S "MARRYING PAR- i:
SON" HOLDS UNIQUE *
SERVICE *
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Taking as his theme, "The Making ^
of a Home," Kiev. C. B. Mashburn, 1
pastor of the Christian Church, who ^
has acquired the degree cJ M. P., '
FarmviUe's Marrying Parson, t
preached recently to a large number *
of couples whom he had joined in
holy wedlock by the rites of the
church, and to a large congregation
gathered to witness the reunion.
The musical program of special
selections appropriate to the occa- 1
siou, ?>?' rendered by the choir with r
Mrs. Henrietta M. Williamson as t
accompanist, and featured by a solo, s
"I Love You Truly," by lira Mary t
Moye Patterson. (
A dinner was served at the parsop- t
age to out of town couples in attend- i
ance .r' ?. ; j' 1
Pi- Rev. Mr. Maahh#n, who is serving t
?ingial C
ed in, c
SERIES OF MEETINGS TO BEGIN
NEXT WEEK IN WALSTON
BURG CHURCH
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A series of meetings will be held
by Rev. C. B. Mashburn, local Chris
tian pastor, in Walstonburg, begin
ning Wednesday evening, October 3,
at 7:30 o'clock.
Foundations have been laid for a
new Christian church to replace the
one, which was destroyed by fire
some months ago.
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FLAMING DEATH SPECTACLE i
TO BE AT FAIR
N. G. Bartlett, Secretary of Great
er Greenville Fair, Greenville, has '
contracted with Great Western Speed 1
Shows to present their Great Specta- 1
cular Night Show1 "Flaming Death" '
[Monday Night, October 15, and Sat- ;
urday afternoon and night, October '
20, featuring Jack Steele, nationally
'known stunt performer, and an all
star cast of Motorcycle Speed Artists. '
The performance is said to be a 1
hair-raiser from the time it opens 1
till it closes, and is said to include
almost every dangerous stunt that it i
is possible to do on a motorcycle, 1
[Without losing life or limb.. In the 1
performance will be seen Jack <
Steele's "Door Way to Hell", Wes <
Carver, piloting his Super X Special
thru a number of dangerous and ex- J
citing acts. '
Banks Tyler, will furnish comedy 1
relief for the show with his clown- '<
ing, and aping of the other perform- ]
ers acts. Tommy Murphy, and Jerry ?
Genuine will offer a variety of trick 1
and fancy riding exhibitions. Sup- 1
porting the Western Speed and Stunt '
Stars, will be some of the Crack 1
Motorcycle Speedway Riders of the 1
East. Antong other acts is a motor
cycle jump over an automobile, a i
motorcycle jumping over twelve peo- 1
pie, leaping from motorcycles and 1
automobiles running at top speed. 1
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DR. DEAN TO PREACH SUNDAY, J
EVENING J
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Dr. Frank Dean, rector of the <
Episcopal Church, Wilson, will preach {
to his former congregation here in ^
Emmanuel Church Sunday evening at ,
8.00 o'clock. The public is cordially {
invited.
Revival Services at The
Christian Church Came
To Close Sunday Eve
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Final Occasion of 80th
Anniversary Celebra
tion To Take Place
Sunday; Rev. C. C.
Ware, State Historian,
To Present History of
Farmville Church
The entire community has joined
with the congregation of the local
Christian church this week, in mak
ing the 80th anniversary of the
founding of old Antioch a momentous
occasion in the history of the town.
Servies have been held each even
ing with a varied program relating
to the anniversary of the church, the
song period with special selections by
local singers being an outstanding
feature, and being arranged as an
introduction to the able sermons,
which have been preached by Rev.
Leland Cook, of the First Christian
Church, Kinston, who is considered
among the best Bible students and
consecrated men of the denomination.
The series of meetings will come to
a successful climax on Sunday, when
the most important events of the en
tire week will take place, these in
cluding a history of the Farmville
church to be given by Rev. C. C.
Ware, state historian of this denomi
aation, and which will include; its
organization eighteen years prior to
the incorporation of the town in 1872,
and tributes to its great pioneer
preachers, among whom were Revs,
fosephus Latham, Isaac Chestnut,
Gideon Allen, Peter Hines and
George W. Joyner, as well as to
nany of the faithful and loyal laity,
who, during the eight decades,
wrought so welL
Mrs. Knott Proctor, of Greenville,
i daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. _
Dixon of this "faithful laity," has
ieen invited to be the soloist, and
Vfrs. Mary Beaman, of Wilson, the
laughter of the late Rsv. George W.
Toyner, a former pastor, and the ol'd
;st living member, is expected to be
)resent, together -with Miss Tabitha
DeVisconti and Mrs. B. Streeter
Sheppard, grand-daughters^ of the
ionor of the church lot and one of
:he first trustees, J. W. May, and
nany others, who will be here for
;he Home Coming event.
Following the sermon at the even
ng hour on Sunday, will be a bap
ismal service, for those who have
nade confessions of faith duririg the
veek.
Rev. C. B. Mashburn, held in high
;st esteem, both by his congregation
ind the entire community, has serv
id the church here as pastor for nine
rears which are at the present time
o be divided into two pastorates of
ive and four years respectively. Eev.
dr. Mashburn bears locally the de
cree of "M. P."?Marrying Parson,
laving performed this service for
>ne hundred and one couples during
lis ministry of more than twenty
ive years.
IMPRESSIVE PROGRAM
The Epworth League, of which Mrs.
I. L. Hendricks, is the leader, con
lucted an impressive program of
?ageantry and song on Sunday even
tig at the local Methodist Church, the
heme of which was "The Cross,"
rith talks on its origin and history
y Misses Helen Willis and Frances
oyner, and the symbols of the Res
irrection presented by Mrs. Hen
ricks. A feature of the program
rtas an account of her recent visit
o Oberammergau, by Miss Jane
)avls, where -she witnessed the
Christus Drama."
No Change Yet Made
The State Highway and Public.
Porks Commission and Governor Eh- ?
inghaus are taking their own aweet
ime in naming -a, chief engineer to
ucceed John Waldrbp who was kill
d in an automobile accident bat
Jharles Upham, who held that posi
ion when Prank Page was chairman,
3 still considered in Raleigh as the
e?t bet to get the job. Upham knows
he State road system as wall or bet- fe i.
er than most candidates for the job
nd is said to be the ehoice of the
onfer with high-ranking fnends of