Sr 'THw* Pq rm viIip Jw sf* BBp '6ET 11,6 TOP Donar! ??* "C JH ?11 111 Y IIIv ^wl j#l lOV I You To Trade With Thca. M VOL. TWENTY-FIVE FARMVILLfc PITT COUNTY, NORTHCAROLINA, FRIDAY*'JUM?-.-1ft 19W . \* NUMBER ELEVEN _ Personnel of Whiskey Stores Are Named Control Board Putting Forth Every Effort To Begin Operation at the Earliest Possible Date. j Greenville, July 16.?Pitt County's Liquor Control Board met in its office on the second floor of the courthouse this morning and selected managers and clerics of liquor stores to be es tablished at Greenville, Farmville and Ayden. In charge of the Greenville store will be W. H. Ward, manager, Charlie James, asst. manager, and J. B. Ed wards, cleric. The manager of the Farmville store will be J. R. Shearin and the clerk will be W. E. Joyner. Manager of the store to be opened at Ayden is R. C. Coward with Edwin Tripp as clerk. The personnel of the three stores was- picked from .a number of appli cants coming from the communities concerned. ? In addition to .discussion of per sonel, the board also considered loca tions for stores in all three towns, but no definate decision was reached today. It was understood that a warehouse was also being sought in Greenville where all liquor will be stored before distributed to the vari ous stores in the county. Store sites have been under con sideration since the middle last week, and while several have been offered in all three towns, the board is finding it rather difficult to find a desirable place. All buildings se lected will have to be remodeled to meet certain specifications before be ing accepted by the board. R. L. Barnhill, former member of the tax department, who has been made supervisor of the liquor control stores, said the board was scheduled to take up locations again this after noon and hoped to be able to report some progress after the session. Orders for two carloads of whiskey have already been completed by the board, but it was understood ship ment would not be started this way until storage and store sites have been secured. 1 Cbas. O'H. Home, chairman of the ABC board said Saturday he hoped the stores would be opened much sooner than at first anticipated, but with delay incurred in obtaining lo cations, it was not believed this could be accomplished until some time next week. However, he said, every effort was being made to begin the sale of legal whiskey as soon as possible and his board planned to remain in ses sion every day until this has been done. The legalization of whiskey was given approval of the voters Satur day before last and the control board was named the following Wednesday by the commissioners, who had almost as much trouble finding members as the board is having finding suitable locations at this time.! ?? However, with warehouse and store locations out of the way, the board believes it will be a matter of only . a few days before legal whiskey is on the market and their struggle to set up stores only a memory. REPRESENTATIVE WARREN AMONG INVITED GUESTS OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ? - Washington, D. C., July 16.?Rep resentative Lindsay Warren was one of the ten guests of President Roose velt over the week end on the presi dential yatch Sequoia for a cruise in Chesapeake Bay. The party included Vice Pres. Garner, Speaker Byrus and Senators Robinson and Pittman. They spent Sunday at the Jefferson Island Club in Chesapeake Bay. ______________ < WILLIAM B. PARKER CAMPING .. IN GEORGIA ? - - Wiley, Ga^ July 16.?"William B Parker, son ot Mr. and Mrs. R. A*. Parker, Farmville, N. C., is spending his first wonsop as Cabin Leader at the Dixie Camps for Boys, 8 miles from Clayton, in Northeast Georgia. Metfical examinations were given each of the campers Saturday by five prominent Atlanta physicians who pronounced the camp in excellent phy cal condition. ? ? - : Dr. J; P. Smith, camp physician, is in residence at the camps at all times as is Miss Gatherine Grabb, trained nurse. A complete infirmly is main tained at the camp and a clinic is with SThikid party W - ? Milk Grading Period Near At Hand On May the 10th, The Enterprise informed the citizens of Pitt county that the Pitt County Board of Health, os of April 23rd, adopted the State Standard Milk Ordinance, to be ef fective county-wide, beginning May 1st, 1935. The item read in part, as follows: j "On April 24th, all dairies in Pitt County known to the health depart ment were advised of the passage of this ordinance, and they will be given a reasonable length of time in which to meet its requirements." It was further staged " the enforce ment of this ordinance will be under the immediate direction of Mr. J, P. Stowe, Pitt County Sanitary Inspect or, working under the health depart ment, but this enforcement will not in any way interfere with such towns as are already enforcing the Stand ard Milk Ordinance requirements. It will simply be a matter of the county inspector cooperating with the in spectors of these municipalities." Since the publication of the above notice, Mr. Stowe has been inspecting the dairies and making laboratory examinations of the milk. In order that the ordinance work no great hardship on the dairies, they have been given until May 1st, 1936, in which to bring up to Grade A all raw milk sold for human consumption, except Grade B may be sold during a "degrading" period of 30 days. Ac cording to the ordinance, there are 4 grading periods during the year, 3 months each, the last period running from May 1st to August 1st, 1935. That the fairest possible grading may be given, the inspector does not grade a daiiy cm a single sample of milk, but collects 4 samples at intervals during the grading period, and the published grade represents the Aver age of the 4 sampled It should be also stated that the matter of sanita tion of the dairies enters into this grading, as well as the examination of the milk itself. For the purpose of giving every dairy full opportuni ty to reach a high sanitary grading, the inspector for the 1st grading period will postpone his nspection until the last 3 days in the month of July. ' It is probable that the public will be interested in.the following regula tions taktn from the milk ordinance which are to be. enforced in Pitt County in an effort to give its citi-. zens a wholesome milk supply: "All dairy workers or milk hand lers must furnish, annually, to the local health officer, a health certi ficate showing the dairy worker free of any contagious or infectious dis ease. ' "All dairies must have a numbered permit issued by the local health officer, and this permit number must appear in a conspicuous place on the dairy vehicle in figures at least 3 inches high and 1% inches wide. "All milk sold must be labelled as to Grade: A, B, C, or D, and must be delivered to the purchaser at a temperature not higher than 50 de grees F. "After May 1st, 1936, no milk may be sold which is not Grade A, -except Grade B may be sold during a "de grading" period of 30 days. ? '? - - ? ??? ?ll . x "Grade A mi lie is, mux wnn noi less than 8.25%? butter fat, not less than 8% solids-not-fat, with a bac teria count of not more than 50,000 per cubic centi-meter, and produced in a dairy which conforms to the sanitary regulations of the Milk Or dinance. "Milk must be graded 4 times a year, or every three months. The firsf" grading period runs from May 1st to August 1st. The ordinance requires that the health department, at the end of each grading period, publish in the county papers the grade made by each dairy. "Each dairy must furnish, annual ly, to the health officer, a certificate from a licensed veterinaian showing that all dairy cows over six months of age have been tested for tt$ena$ loeis and contagihus abortion (Jiang's disease), and are free from such dis gOBM M- MASS'S* ;;.5i , * ?1 ? WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CLUB V-. Miss Mae Joyner delightfully en tertained the Wednesday Afternoon Bridge Club at her home on Con tenthea street July 17th. Coan Sets Machi . nery Of State | WW_At Help Specific instructions To All District Adminis .feators; Group Meet ings Being Planned. Raleigh, July 17.?State Adminis trator^ George W. Coan, Jr., of the WPA, took steps Wednesday to get the works progress program in North Carolina started as quickly as possi ble in order to have the district or ganisations going at full swing by the middle of October when it is ex pected that $30,000,000 of projects will have been approved. He sent out specific instructions to eight district directors and their as sistants to canvass their territories at once to check the case load of those involved in ERA work and others eligible to work under WPA regulations. This movement is.urged in order. that new works. progress projects may be initiated as. promptly as possible for4the approval.of the* State .and Federal WPA authofitjes. Other State W?A groups, already are forwarding applications, for, work projects to. Washington and. Adhjip istrator Co an stated it is the earnest desire of the North Carolina organi zation to send $3,000,000 or $4,000,000 in applications before July passes, $10,000,000 in August and $3O,00O,00G by October 15th. Administrator Coan said he ex pected to confirm tk^- appointment of all district staff personnels by next Wednesday, and wall arrange to have group meetings either in Raleigh or the respective district headquarters during the last week in July. Final instructions will be given dis trict directors preparatory to the WPA swinging into action the first of August. Works Projects Explaining that the first actual projects coming under the control of the WPA will be approximately 2,000 work projects of the NCERA, Administrator Coan stated that his organization now is mainly interested in getting started worth-while public improvement programs in every com munity of the State. Selection of permanent headquar ters had not been definitely determ ined Wednesday, but Administrator Coan expects to establish more com modious temporary offices on the 5fh floor of the Commercial Bank build ing within the next few days. Proceeds of Mayor's Court ,The following is a report from Mayor Lewis' Court held last Satur day. If you don't wish to see your name appearing in this section some time, make sure you are not one of the violators of the law that hap- ' pens to get caught . - ?u)ava?)? ^ *? I Mack McKennie, drank on streets, paid cost Hilliard Pitt embezzlement, bound over to Superior Court ' ?.'?Bill Pinning,- breaking and enter ing, bound over to Superior Courts Dick Progden, assault, six months in jail. jv,V;v ; v _ - < ; i Julia Green, drunk on streets, paid the cost < ?^Robert Lee Joyner, speeding and reckless driving, $25 and cost Zeno Barrett speeding and reck-, loss driving, $25 and.cost. Delia House, fornication and adul tly, $10 and cost Calvin Rasberry, fornication and adultry, $10 and cost O Gibbs, fined $50and cost for carrying concealed weapon. White: W. G. Gay, Jr., driving car while under the influence of whiskey, $50 and cost Jack Mozingo, operating car while drank, $60 and cost Roscoe Wainwright drunk oh the streets, paid cost gpr-rfl ??? f.rj,; '*? ? " OTIS BROCK i ' i i" . . -a ? (His Brock, of this section, died Friday morning at a Rocky Mount hospital, following a lingering illness of several years. Services were con ducted from the home Saturday after FOUNTAIN NEWS (By MRS. M. P. YBLTOTOW) PERSONALS Cecil Baker, of Farmville, is visit ing relatives in Fountain, i ' Mrs. J. W. Jefferson and fon, Billy, visited relatives in Macclesfield lost Sunday. ? - .. } v ;) Adrian Gardner and Mips Loena Brothers are attending summer school in Wilson. Friends of Mr. J. R. Cook regret that he is ill, but wish for him a speedy recovery. j ' Miss Hazel Wilder, of Louisburg, is spending some time with her sister Mrs. R. L. Eagles. ,t, i Miss Pauline Pittman and daughter Eveljm, of Henderson, are visiting Mrs. W. L. Owens. Miss Edna Gardner spent the week end with her parents, returning tel Goldsboro Monday. Mrs. James Ward and grandson, Jimmie, of Mount Airy, wape guests this week of Mrs, J. W. Reddick. Miss Lucile Yelverton returned on Tuesday from Aulander where she has been visiting Mrs. Ivy Cook, ^Miss rSuriie Richardson, of Elka ha^.Gity, spent ? last wepk end in Fountain j^th ML^ Loena Brothers, ii Miss, .I^rethy Gdpni of Kinston, ?? - 30 ' ? * 1 1 i_ and a teacner m *Bjuitain scnwi, u> a !)puse guest this week of Mrs. J. M. Horton. . Mrs. J. N. Fountain and sons, John, Jr., andxJmpt^ Barker, have returned fi?xn. .Luipberton where they have been visiting relatives. Mrs. B. H. Owens has ap house guests this week her sisters, iMrs. G. Ik Linker and Miss Eleanor Mangum of Durham. 1 1 Miss Bailie Sue Pittwiai*) of Co lumbia, S. C., and Miss Mary Pitts Lurley, of Henderson, are guests this week of Miss Koma Lee Owens. 1 Drug Store Party Mrs. J. M. Hortn, Mrs. R. L. Eagles and Mrs. M. D. Yelverton were joint hostesses at a drug store party Tues day morning with the out-of-town visitors, Mrs. W. R. Harris, of Lex ington, Va., Miss Dorothy Odom, of Kinston, and Miss Hazel Wilder, of Louisburg, as special guests. Re freshments were served from the drug store fountain. The honor guests were presented with linen sport hand kerchiefs. Other prizes, which were vases of cut flowers, were presented to the holders of' lucky numbegp. These were won by Mrs. B. F. Lewis, Mrs. Earl ? Trevathan, Mrs. M. ft Smith, Mrs. Gail Gay, Mrs. Lester Baker and Miss Hazel Wilder. . ?i Entertains For Guest * Miss Mary Carolyn Reddick enter tained. Tuesday evening in honor of her house guest, Miss Dorothy Mae James. Hearts Dice were played *t five tables. Miss Julia Ward Reddick and Miss Ann Marie Jefferson served delicious punch to the players. Aftpr several interesting and spirited pro gressions prizes for high score w^re presented to Miss Maude Emily Smith and Mr. Eerebee Beasley. The gugpft prize was presented to the bonorfe, Miss James. After the awarding ^of prizes the hostess served a delectable ice course. Hostess At Bridge * Miss Nina Estelle Yelverton enter tained a few friends Saturday even ing in honor of Miss Dorothy Mae Junes, of Panne! ee. Bridge wcs played -at two tables. High score prize, an ever-sharp pencil, was ar warded to Miss Hazel Owens. Miss James was remembered with a box of handkerchiefs. Home - made caiyly was served th% guests while playiag. Ap the conclusion of the game tine hostess carried her guests to drug store for refreshments. Those enjoying Miss Yelverton's hospitality were, Miss Helen Brown Jefferipe, Miss JHaxel Owens, Miss Mary Csgti lyn $eddick, Miss Maud Emily Smith, Miss Jean Merritt Owens, Miss Dopo thy Mae James, Mrs. Frank Owens and Mr. *Ferebee Beasley. ' t Jt's queer why a stock goes down the minute some people buy it : 1 * WINSTEAD STORY TO APPEAR IN SEPTEMBER. ? * Friends here, who have been infer-? ested for some time in Cecil G. Win stead'p talent as a writer, will be^jn terested to learn that Mr. Winstegd*s story, entitled "The Body At <Fhe Bridge," will appear in the Septem ber issue of ..Famous Detective Cases, which willg<U?? July 28,198* ? : Two- other storifes have been sold to publisher, and are scheduled to ap pear this fatt.Tjhis, however, is- the young writer* first time hi print, and reed ufi Keller spending. f ? ? VJi .T^T^i'i'V/ I Washington, July 17. ? Srnator I Long, one of the bitterest anti I Roosevelt Democrats, today was put I on notice by the President himself [that he will have no influence over I Federal relief .expenditures. 1 ' I.. This word came from the White I House just, a little before Governor I Eugene Talmadge, an equally severe {critic, conferred with Mr. Roosc Uelt on the tangled $19,000,000 Geor fgia.highway allotment He was ac jcompanied by Clark Howell, pub ! Usher, erf ,.the Atlanta Constitution, {who .arranged the conference. No {final solusion was announced. | Althrough he did not call Long by {name,. Mr. Roosevelt said at bis |press conference that- laws, recently passed,.by the Louisiana legislature Itypuld make it.,very difficult bo carry public works ..projects there. He added that,: of course, the Fed eral , government - intended -bo con trol spending of its [Own. money, but denied that the. legistation would interfere with projects of Harry L. Hopkins' Works Progress Admin istration. i ? i? The President's statement was In t?-a-?l. r- - reply to an inquiry about a con ference he held last week with anti-Long members .1 of the Louis iana Congressional delegation. Prior to the Louisiana's recent assertion that he was a "liar" and a"faker," Mr. Roosevelt had left battles with Long mostly to the care of Hopkins and Secretary Ickes. Today he ap parently assumed personal com mand. ? /?>???. ' ar In New Orleans, Long was quick to retort: "We ain't worrying about him down here. States- whene Roose velt is supposed to be helping.are so much worse off than Louisiana that we don't Want Mm messing around down here anyway." _ PWA officials amplified the Presi dent's remarks, saying, that .in addi tion to a ban en new Louisiana prog- 1 acts, the (4,000,000 for a bridge at Raton Rouge never would be re leased. *rii asu-., ioJsw 1 ht T r s eh t hterwa nesidbees i There were - hints besides that Louisiana would find much difficulty in obtaining its $6,103,896 quota of work: relief funds for highway and gradd'- dossing construction. i.,??-Hhw Wbeg the Presidentw^pakiies at a Cabinet meting we Wonder if he asks the,secretary to present-the "un finished buaiaessT-rror -does he have a sense oti Humor jn such matters.' GSUst It Is ^ ^1 R^presenlafive Warren and Aak PWA For "ttpe Hat t&L National Park." - ' J:. :-r j I Washington, July 17.-n- Establish ? ments of a coastal park on the sand Bbanks 1 of Eastern North Carolina was I proposed today: .'to . Secretary Ickes, I I thef PWA administrator, - bjr Senator j I Bailey and Representative Warren of! I North Carolina. j ' II I The proposed development, which II I wouldi be known as* Gape Hatteras I National Park and which would ex- II B tend* Km the North Carolina Beach II ?from the Wright Memorial to eitherII ? Hatleras Inlet, Ocracoake - Inlet or I Capo Lookout, would involve an ex-II I penditure of $875,000 to be used 11 ^pTarren and -Bailey filed with Ickes a pamphlet prepared by Prank Stick II lofManteo, N. C* and also the strong! endorsement of R. Bruce Ethridge, I North Carolina director of conserva- JI | tion and development. II Ithe greatest game and fitting sec tions on the American-continent, rich) | in history and tradition and a natural I playground for the section, v ; II EM WT rase To Debate mi Bill Today North cSTa Delega taon Slated For Spirited Debate On The Flana gan Tobacco Measure, ? ?!)$ jjkHJ.;.;. " ? i Washington, July 17.?Considera tion of the highly controverted Flan nagan tobacco grading bill, which J will'- be debated by more members ' of the ?> North Carolina delegation (than have ever taken the floor on one subject, was today postponed until - tomorrow because of the un expected amount of time consumed in the House on other measures. The delegation is sharply divided. Representatives Cooley and Hancock have bee assigned time for the bill, and Representatives Clark and Kerr will occupy part of the time in opposition. Other members of the delegation may participate be fore consideration is concluded un der the flve-minute rule, v' An agreement was reached this afternoon for adoption of the rule making the bill in order without debate, but when Representative Smith of Virginia called up. the rule ? ? * a ; x. at tfte end. or a long aay, a pouu of'order or no quorum was raised, which caused an adjournment ?> The bill already carries amend ments proposed by Mr. Cooley pro viding: that all costs shall be paid by the government, and that applica tion of .the bill to any marketing area shall be subject to a referen dum of the growers. Representative Keer will propose that these be a referendum for each Congressional district, and Representative Clark will propose that the grading be made optional for each grower. ^Passage of the bill is regarded as certain, but there will be a sharp fight on amendments. Pitt Farmers Are - Several Cases Already Settled and Many More Expected To Be Satis factorily Adjusted. ** Greenville, July 18.?According to figures released by J. H. Blount, of .Greenville, secretary of the Pitt; County Farm Debt Adjustment Com mittee," there have recently been set tled three farm debt cases by the committee involving a total indebted ness of $13,700.00, and there are now pending nine farm debt cases invelv ing-a total indebtedness of $32,300, *l| The- pending cases are expected to be settled satisfactory for both the debtor and the creditor very soon, secretary Blount, said . Since the organization of the PIft P ??- T\?ki A/linafmanf ? PATYI kXHinty rami wut AUJUUUUUUU UUIU ? mlttee by Governor J. C. B. Ehring hauB, .a number of financially dis tressed farmers have been aided by this organization. All financially dis tressed Pitt -farmers are urged to file their applications with this com mittee and avail themselves of this free and comparatively easy method of solving their financial problems. The members of the Pitt County Farm Debt Adjustment Committee, as appointed by Governor Ehring haus, are: J. H. Blount, Greenville, secretary; R. L. Little, Grimes!and; L. H. Rountree, Greenville, and Gea N. Edwards, Wintervilie, members. H , BRIDGE LUNCHEON ~ . ? ,;.v :? i Mrs. W. C. Askew entertained at one jxf the most enjoyable affairs of the 'summer season, a prettily ap pointed bridge luheheon, at her home, Homeworth, on Friday morning, her guests including members of the Con net Club, the New Deal, and her garden were artistically used thniout | Farm Department Esti mates 15 Per Cent , of Crop Damaged; 50 Per ?ent of-Crop Between jGreenvflle and Farm ville Complete Loss. j.'im.h Jr.u . 4WbiH i?L'- <" GFeenville, July 17.?Pitt County tobacco growers had been hit * stag gering- blow today by rain which has swept over this section of the stale ili torrents for the-last several days, land a rough estimate by the farm department placed the loss at around $1,000>000.< f'E/F. Arnold, director of the farm department said today ,the loss be tween Greenville and Farmville- had been very pronounced. He said visi tors to the region said about 60 per cent of the tobacco had flopped, meaning that it is a complete loss. Other low lying areas have suffered m like proportion, Mr. Arnold said, and if the sun should come out bright and hot, the loss will be in creased inimensely in all sections. The farm director placed the ac tual loss "flopped" tobacco at around a half million dollars and es timated that damage to other parts of the crop from rain and other weather conditions to total around the same amount. > " ' In other words he floured that about 16 per cent of the crop had been damaged with the prospect that the figure -'would go well beyohd that mark before weather conditions. im prove. The total damaged was esti mated at approximately 6,000 acres. Although other cropdlbhave been damaged to a considerable extent, the farm head said the loss was insignificant compared to tobacco, the main crop of this part of the state. Flooded cotton in some of the low lying areas will not recov er from water damage, but in other sections it1 was thought the loss would be very great/ ' Pitt county's tobacco crop sold for $10,000,060 last year,- including government' benefit payments, and the fact that a million dollars has already been lopped off by rain has caused deep concern among plan ters everywhere, and especially in the territories where the ground has become so thoroughly flooded that the tobacco has "flopped" to the ground. Should rain continue to fall in this section, or should the sun come out hot and bright today, Mr. Arnold said it was impossible to estimate the damage, ' Hot sun shine after so much rainfall would literally "blister" the tobacco and more rain would cause additional -hundreds of acres to bow to the ground to be come a complete loss, f'At the beginning of the rainy spell, hail swept over areas in the Grime gland, Ayden and Ballard's communities, destroying several thousand acres of tobacco and damaging corn and cotton. However, the damage form other weather ? conditions has been slight a* ' compared - with the heavy preci pitation of the last two weeks aha Pitt county growers today faced the heaviest loss of many ' years, even during those periods when the blue mold caused such widespread fear throughout this part of the plate. Mtt u\'h io -j j i1: :u Tnira iv Four Bandits Nabbed By Pitt Officers in Va. >:<J ynr.i '' ' !.' " - yff -O Men Charged With Attempted Holdup of Gray Corey Jane 2nd, Taken in Norfolk. - ? uO' . Greenville, July 18^X~ good piece of-sleuth work on the partof'"Sheriff Sam Whitehurst today had led to the arrest of four armed men wii6 alleg edly took part hi an attempted hold up and robbery of Grajrt5?tfey, aged farmer of Carolina township/ at his home on the' night of June aid, and escaped after firing wildly at Corey's son-in-law, who pointed an empty shotgun at them. ' Linwood Evans, Clifton Rose, Her man Backus and Glenwpod Curry were returned to Groenville from Norfolk by Sheriff Whitehurst late yesterday and will be-given prelimi nary hearing on a charge of attempt- ; ed robbery. u | The sheriff traced them through a description of ^ the automobile they ^ - ['*' fmfl Tnfjlfi iR fMgl|M 1a ^ U11C J.UWIC vccupauuu m tcjruig vu

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