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Farmville Enterprise < FARMVILLE, N. C. ? ? i G. ALEX HOUSE, Owner 4 Mgr. Eva Horton Shaddeford ^ Associate Editor _ Pablkbed fey _T~ ? THE ROUSE PRINTERY Subscription Price: One Year $1.50 ? Six Montha 7ie ADVERTISING RATES: Display (Minimum) 3?e Per lack Readers, Per line, _5c All Legal advs. 5c a line per weak. Pmhliahed. weekly and altered ae Second Class Mail Matter at tke Postoffice at Farmville, N. &, a? , der act of March1 3rd, ltTt, NATIONAL EWTCWAl / ?y ? 1 . I I II ?? i "Well Trained Servant" Ads are most polite, points out"1 the Westside (Ga.) Journal. "News paper advertising does not shout at you when you are trying to concen trate on something else; it doesnt obscure and mar the landscape; it doesnt interrupt your enjoyment of a good grand opera program; it doesnt clutter up your mail and waste basket; it doesnt make you turn to page 37 and then shuffle through 18 more pages to finish the story; it doesn't clutter up your front yard or obtrude itself onto the I seat of your motor car on Saturday evening. Newspaper advertising is) like a well-trained servant?never in-1 trudiug or making itself obnoxious, but always quietly at hand ready to giv? service when called upon." Under- I consumption Since the war every business lull every increase in unemployment, has been attributed to overproduction. It has become popular to diagnose every economic maladjustment as overproduction. Manufacturers, far mers and workers are being told that they are producing too much. In re cent years world production of raw materials and foodstuffs has in creased more than twice as fast as the population. There seems to be a surplus of most worldly goods, but in the final analysis it is an inaccuracy to say that the world is producing more than it needs. The fact is that it isnt consuming as much as it should. Consumption should be increased, rather than production diminished. Today the real economic problem of the United States is to increase the purchasing power of the con sumer. Factories and farms are producing more than the people cani buy, not more than they can con sume. The commonest, phrase is, "I would buy if I had the money."? Star-Republican, Blanchester, 0. You Can't Ignore Hie Public The lot of an editor is not always as easy as some people imagine. The general public has an idea that all you have to do is put into print the news as it is gathered by reporters and news agencies and you have then performed the full requirements of publisher. You- have two Thompson cases, both involving murder, and a Texas judge has cited three editors and three reporters of a Houston news paper for contempt for printing testi mony in the Clyde Thompson case. - While this contempt case is being aired, we have a spectacle of two thousand persons in the Gerald Thompson murder case in Peoria tearing a door from its hinges in the attempt to get into a court room. This places the editor between the # devil and the deep sea, threatened that he cannot report a case, or if he does, he will be in contempt If yon were to carry out the conten tions ot the Texas judge you would be barred from carrying publicity of the incident which marred the trial in Illinois. Judge Munson.of Texas ruled that no evidence should be 5s. printed as it might hinder efforts to obtain a jury. ,.r' .i'.V' T imu ??*-? -h-j? .. m newspapers mile SUM W ? judge* haw and In the vast majority of cases they follow them. In other words, no newspaper would want to inject prejudice by printing other than the facts as they are brought out at a preliminary hearing or in the complaint field. A newspaper Is a medium for presenting to the peo ple the facts and even then there are many who believe that they can get more by attending a court sss stfc thpi they can by reading their np^nearty two thousand who tore Se hisses off a door in older to get in to the court room and then giggled .- ? . , , v-w." - r - ?* ?=? lmirslwwi 04 jiiiwf u iii i II lit fiuuir. ana i3_gaeG at ce. .um wsamony - that was DTsented. Does the nxkra te*v?v**TWi vvvw "?? a. TW*ja? TlOVP ft* uM[, . im?, ?* ?.. ^' - - ^1. W ?**' ?*" tCtiCw iaVV'.^*'! jf ? wyv fl 111* would have accomplished far more than he would hope to by threats of ion tempt. / For instance, let us take the Peoria case. Suppose the judge tried to apply the same remedy as the Texas judge. Not only would there have been an increased storm ing of that court house but more than an encouragement of greater mob rule. . 1 The general public pays for the maintenance of the courts and the salaries of judges and when there is crime committed you cannot hope to cover up or conceal the evidence. TEe people are entitled to it as long as there is no violating of rules of court procedure and the newspoper that fails in this respect would im mediately be placed in a class of failing to acquaint the pubjic, and this is not adhering to newspaper ethics. There is something, too, in a newspaper presenting the evidence to the general public. If a dastardly crime has been committed, as was the case in Texas, broadcasting the actual facts will play an important part in deterring others from crimin al operations of that character. You can rely upon a jury to weigh the evidence and to arrive at a fair ver dict It is true, as we have often said, that there are instances where a whole community is prejudiced and in that case an affidavit of prejudice ought to be exercised and the court, if your please, permitted to try the case where there is less feeling. We believe that no newspaper should be threatened with contempt proceed ings upon the mere assumption that publishing the facts may interfere with the drawing of a jury. For in stance, let us take the Texas case. On the day that the trial started the three newspapers carried a full ac count of the first day's testimony. The trial ended with Thompson get ting a 99-year term for murder. A second defendant, Ebers, pleaded guilty and received a 50-year sen tence and a third, Raymond Hall, is on trial at the present time. Take the case of Clyde Thompson. This inhuman monster had been con oicted years ago for the murder of two Texas youths. The testimony at that time proved that he "shot them to see them kick." A year later he stabbed Tommy Reis, another con vict, in a fight while in prison and in the trial in which he was convicted his defense was that he killed to de fend his own life. Whatever the judge's viewpoint may have been that newspaper was justified in conveying to the public the facts . If it had attempted to print mere rumor, the court would have been within its rights to call the editors and publishers to the bar of justice but nothing of that kind had happened. They were threatened before they had any opportunity to even prove their fairness in record ing the evidence as it was-presented. As we said in the opening, the newspaper is between the devil and the deep sea in trying to be emi nently fair.?Press, Sheboygan, Wis. WALSTONBURG NEWS, PERSONALS . Mr. and Mrs. W.? C. Lang were in Rocky Mount Monday. Mrs. Jason Shirley and Mrs. Floyd Sutton spent Wednesday in Wilson. Miss Eloise Burch left Saturday for Colerain where she will teach this winter. ? ? Miss Vivian Case of Farmville was the guest of Mrs. Estelle Bailey Sun day. Mrs. Tina Mae Dixon and Mrs. W. I. ShackJeford were Wilson visitors Saturday. Mrs. W. A. Marlowe and Mrs. J. C. Gardner were Wilson visitors Tuesday. - ?* ? ?? * raw Mr. and Mrs. a. 4. inn ana mis. Esteile Bailey made a business trip to Rocky Mount Monday. Mr. Earl Lang left Wednesday for I Raleigh where he will resume his studies at State Colege. Miss Alma Smith has returned to her home near Princeton after a visit with relatives and friends here, i :| Mrs. Martha Shirley continues, quite ill at the home of her grand daughter, Mrs; Henry Burch, Sr. :?| Mr. .and Mrs. Prank HoDoman and family have returned to their home ih' Moultrie, G&., after a three weeFs visit in the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Corbett Friends will be glad to learn that Miss Virginia Fields is getting along nicely at home after returning from Woodard Herring Hospital where she underwent a tonsil operation, mj A revival meeting will be held in ths local Christian church Sunday Sept. 29th. Rev. C. B. Mash*, burn will be assisted by Bev. L. B. Scarborough of Bath, N. C. Services I Hie regular meeting of the Work ? A' - f /I. - ?i. ? ?* ? e - ' ' '1 I? - ^ ?* ?TTHEftt$ A CERDMN p lOEUCAOrOFaAVORi I IN CAMELS THAT [| 8 APPEALS TO WOMEN.! | CAMELS ARE SO MILD Eg 9 THAT THET 00 NOT W I^AEPECT MY WIND ^ F l SMOKE THE '3 1 SAME CIGARETTE ? ft THE CHAMPIONS I | DO-CAMELS. THEY H ? NEVER INTERFERE I I WITH HEALTHY ? ? NERVES AND THEIR 9 FLAVOR IS J ft MARVELOUS,^ :M HELEN H1CX5 Famous Woman Golfer STOftK DCKUTIVI Dorothy Smart Bill CAMCLS C! Clara Jenins served a delectable salad course. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Fields, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Craft, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jenkins, Mrs. J. C. Gardner, Mrs. H. C. Mc Keel, Mrs. Irma Mae Dixon, Mrs. Esteile Bailey, Mrs. W. A. Marlowe, Mr. H. R. Phillips and Misses Lillian Corbett and Clara Jenkins. BENEFIT PARTY The most interesting feature of the party given in the Walstonburg School Building September 13th was a male beauty contest in which Mr. Holloway was awarded the prize for being the "most charming young lady." The votes in the contest for the most henpecked man were watched with much enthusiasm until the close when Mr. W. V. Nix, principal of the school, very shame-facedly, slowly walked to the front of the auditorium to receivethe prize. Miss Margaret Davis was voted the prittiest girl Other interesting contests were in cluded in the evening's entertain ment * Mr. Holloway and Mr. Newton favored the audience with several delightful musical selections. The proceeds will be used for buy ing newspapers and magazines for the school. ~ SCHOOL OPENING The Walstonburg High School opened September 12th* 1935 with a large enrollment It was one of the most successful openings the school has had in years. School offi cials as well as the patrons showed remarkable interest The county su perintendent of schools, the district board of committeemen as well as the local ministers and a large num ber of patrons greeted the faculty and student body. 1 Mr. W. V. Nix, who is an exper ienced and capable leader in the edu cational field, is the new principal of the school. In addition to the eight members of last year's faculty seven new members were added . In the high school are Miss Mary Edna Dobson, Miss Ruby Taylor and Mr. Loy- RogCrs. In the elementary de partment are Misses Bettie Stailings, Edna Padget, Susie Lee Dildy. Due to the increased attendance last year the high school department was allotted another teacher. WAREHOUSEMEN OF EASTERN BELT HOLD MEETING IN FARMVILLE (Continued,from page one) j ^ en in maintaining the program which has so'greatly benefited the tobacco farmers, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the East Carolina Warehouse Assoiation does hereby unanimously pledge itself to support' the present sign-up campaign, and hereby tend ers to the Department and to the growers its entire facilities for the purpose of securing a complete sign up of. the tobacco growers who pat ronize the Eastern Carolina markets. Scrap Tobacco WHEREAS, in most cases the sale of flue-cured tobacco at a price of less than six cents per pound results in an actual loss to the seller; and WHEREAS, the withholding from the channels of trade of this low-! grade tobacco will tend to stimulate J prices for the better grades and thereby result in increased finypial returns to the tobacco growers, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the East Carolina Warehouse Association does hereby favor the withholding from sale on the ware house floors of all graded and tied tobacco bringing less than six cents per pound, and all growers are ad vised and urged to reject the sales where the price for any basket of tobacco falls below six cents per pound. " BE IT HEREBY FURTHER RE SOLVED, that this Association will discourage in every way the sale of scrap tobacco, and all growers are urged and advised not to Bell their scrap tobacco. Redaction In Acreage WHEREAS, it now appears that the 1935 production of flue cured tobacco will be in excess of the an nual consumption, which excess is a burden on the market, and a great factor in the present low price level; and whereas, it is the farm convic tion of the East Carolina Warehouse Association that the only sound basis for a permanent program is the ad justment of production to the annual disappearance'of this type of tobac co. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that thk Association, acting for the best interests of its farmer, does hereby urge and request that AAA to immediately announce for 1936 such a reduction in acreage and pro duction as will be calculated tb pro duce a crop not in excess of the es timated annual consumption -of 650 million pounds^ Destroy Stalks To [ Check Boll Weevil Noth Carolina cotton growers are being urged to wage a stiff battle against boll weevils this fall to pre vent heavy infestations of the crop next year. " So widespread were the infesta tions this season that many of the weevils will survive the winter W less they are destroyed in the fall, ^ said C. H. Brannon, extension en- * tomologist at State College. * I As soon as the cotton has been ; picked, he Bald, the growers should cut down all the stalks and plow them under. ] butting the stalks deprives the ] weevils of their food, and plowing < the stalks under will kill weevils 1 which might otherwise. surviyf the ; winter. If the 8talks are left to grow until !! frost, the weevils will approach win ter in a healthy, vigorous condition, j| Brannon added, and they will be '?'< well able to withstand the cold wea- '! ther. r ;; An ounce of prevention is worth ?< several pounds of cure, he declared, ! and the destruction of boll weevils in \ | fall and winter is one of the best ? control methods known. ' ' ? ? WHY NOT LOOK f YOUR BEST? ' ? ' ? ? :: It doesn't matter what yon have plan- -? ned; a dinner, a dance, or just an even- !! ing at home ? and it isn't expensive ;; when you let as serve yod? ** Shampoo, Finger Wave 50c i All Hair Cuts 35c ;: Permanents _V $3.50 up ;? SPECIAL PRICES ON FACIALS ;; Including Masque ; $1.00 Manicures 50c Hair Dye $3.50 !! Hot Oil Treatments $1.00 Eyebrow Dye $ Arch $1.00 ;; Frances Beauty Shoppe j! N. MAIN STREET ?* FARMVILLE, N. C. ;; j j j . ' - BARNETT BROS. BIG 3-RlNG rip/1 TT C Llllv U 9 I^?; >.vi? ?. fr-.'r-r-' . / " .y ?'? wzAfy* ?? . . '* .?- ?? 'V :?.*.?? ? ... ?? STREET PARADE i At 12:30 P. M. | >' FARMVILLE MONDAY AQ SEPTEMBER U9 llpW THRILLS! lHjTT SENSATIONS! Huge Menagerie of Jungle Beasts TEXAS TED LEWIS in parson And His Rodeo Rough Riders CHILDREN~ OLIP THIS COUPON 1 CHILDREN'S SPECIAL COUPON I This Coupon <fl Win a*!"" 0ne Chad, u ? ^ff? years of age or under to and A Barnett Bros. Circus. . STREET PARADE AT NOON! | ONE DAY ONLY ' , ?* ^ **- -,-"*.* '^1. . . " 9 /7 crtf aXvotMfS frti ivecitke* P J | where we make i Chesterfields . CUrWIDMER'S ? Now, with th? confusion of un Plmilto name* it's bard to too* | What wine to oder. Remember the ( fine oJ?l name of Widmer t . . . duality vine* 1888 . , . not only Americas finest wine*, but equal, ^ if not supepor to imported brands. I \Weather machines?9 yin the Chesterfield factories keep the heat and moisture at a steady even level. . . 0f This control of .temperature and humidity * ? helps to retain the full flavor and aroma of the tobaccos you smojce in Chesterfields. And it has a great deal to do with providing the proper working conditions for the employes |L Vho handle the tobaccos and operate the Chest /e TASTES
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