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IHUlum FARMYILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 19J5 NUMBER TWENTY-TWO
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WAR BEGINS IN
EAST AFRICA
Italian Army Starts Its
March As Airplanes
Bomb City Of Aduwa
Italian High Commis
sioner Proclaims State j
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of War In Eritrea and
Italian Somaliland
ETHIOPIA MOBOLIZES
HER FIERCE WORRIORS
AS ITALIANS ADVANCE
Emperor Maile Selassie Protests
Bombing of Aduwa and
Crossing of Ethiopiaan order
by Italian Troops to League
of Nations at Geneva; Uncon
firmed Reports Say Many
Killed and Wounded at Aduwa
by Bombs Dropped by Squad
ron Headed by Mussolini's
Son-in-Law; Rome Admits
Bombing and Advance of
Troops. But Says Ethiopians
Provoked Airplane Attack;
War Drums of Ethiopia Call
Millions of Black Fighters to
Defense of Unconquered Em
pire
Mogadiscio, Italian Somaliland,
Oct. 3.?Both Eritrea and Somaliland
were declared "in a state of war"
today.
The Italian High Commissioner,
Gen. De Bono, issued a formal proc
lamation to the people of the two
Italian colonies declaring that "war
exists."
No interpretation of the procla
mation was available and it could
not be learned whether the procla
mation was equal to a formal decla
ration of war against Ethiopia.
Local Italian authorities said they
"thought" it was not?that any for
mal declaration of war would be
made in Rome.
The proclamation was read from
the balcony of the governor's palace
by Gen. Rodolof Graziani, governor
of Italian Somaliland. The procla
mation said those "spreading false
news or perturbing public order will
be mercilessly punishedV
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NEWS AGENCY CONFIRMS
WAR DECLARATION REPORT |
Rome, Friday, October 4.?The of
ficial government news agency today
confirmed United Press reports from
Mogadiscio that Gen." De Bono has
declared a state of war in Italian
Somaliland and Eritrea.
ITALIAN PLANES AND MEN
START AFRICAN OFFENSIVE
Addis Ababa, Oct. 3.?Italy's mo
torized legions, advancing on the
north, east and south with mechani
cal precision, rolled back the crum
bling edge of Ethiopia's outpost de
fenses tonight after bombing planes
had struck terror and death to two
frontier towns, Aduwa and Adigrat.
Adnwa, where the Ethiopionas
slaughtered 8,000 Italians 99 years
ago, was bombarded mercilessly.
Unconfirmed reports said as many
as 1,700?one third of the popula
tion?were killed.
Emperor HaHe Selassie complain
ed to the League of Nations that
the Red Cross hospital had been
bombed.
Men, women and children, help
less non-combattanU, were said to
have perished in the rain of steel
from the sky. Foreign diplomats
here privately expressed horror at
the "unbelievable brutality" of the
air attack.
IL DUCK DEFIES WORLD
I TO HALT HIS CONQUEST
OF ETHIOPIAN KINGDOM
I Rome, Ort. 2.?Italy will conquer
I Ethiopia and fljht any nations who
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I try to iHten6T% mnuer Jbsmto
I Mussolini told 20,000,000 mobilised
I Fascists tonight
I The dictator huried his defiance
I bakony of the Veni<? palace. His
words were carnal by radio to the
I fhur charters of the earth
I A cheering- mass of 300,000 jam
I -a at. - - - - L ,s aw v
i nwo tat iqant before Mas
I ^?*^scale^ the sc6H61
I was upbested 5x1 every SQa&re
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he warned Britain not to impede
him.
i II Duce did everything but declare
| war.
Word from Geneva that Emperior
Haile Selassie of Ethiopia had pro
tested 'invasion" of Ethiopia by
Italian troops at -Mussa-Ali, on the
Eritrean frontier, was denied by the
foreign office. The spokesman also
denied a rumor that the Italians had
advanced to Aduwa.
The foreign office announced that
Italian .troops in Eritrea had ad
vanced to new and better positions
"in view of the ever-increasing, hos
tile attitude of the Ethiopians."
The spokesman denied rumors cir
culated abroad that skirmishes had
occurred between Italian outposts
and Ethiopians.
But throughout II Duce's speech
there was the implication that these
things soon would be true?and
much more.
"At the League of Nations," said
Mussolini, "there is talk of sanctions.
I refuse to believe that the authen
tic people of France can associate
themselves with a cause against
those who fought side-by-side with
them and whose dead are buried
together in the sacred red soil of
battle. . .
"Until there is proof to the con
trary, I refuse to believe that the
authentic people of Great Britain
will bring all Europe into a world
wide conflagration to defend a coun
try which the whole world recog
nizes as barbarous and which is
unfit to associte with the civilized
nations of the world."
Then II Duce's voice rose to a
higher pitch as he rattled his sabre
for all the world to hear.
^?We do not ignore the possibili
ties of tomorrow. We have deeply
considered, and, if necessary, we
shall respond with our spirit of
sacrifice.
'"To military measures we shall
respond w'th military measures. To
acts of war we shall respond with
acts of war. Let no one delude him
self that he can break us down and
make us surrender.
"We cannot be held in subjection,
and never shall assume any other
attitude."
Mussolini reiterated in strong
terms that he would "do all in our
power to avoid this colonial strife
assuming proportions of a European
conflict."
There was little doubt in the
minds of his listeners that the dic
tator was referring to Britain, which
has strengthened its Mediterranean
garrisons and placed the most pow
erful fleet in the world in position
to close the Suez Canal, gateway to
East Africa.
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Tax exemption certificates have
been delivered to 4,200 cotton grow
ers of Lincoln county.
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African War Inevitable
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London Government
Convinced Mussolini
Will Start Hostilities
Soon
London, Oct. 2.?A majority of the
members of the cabinet, in informal
talks in advance of today's cabinet
meeting were convinced that Pre
mier Benito Mussolini of Italy will
begin hostilities against Ethippia
"very soon," a source close to Prime
Minister Stanley Baldwin told the
United Press.
"The cabinet practically unani
mously is of the opinion that war
is inevitable," the information said.
The cabinet today again will flfel
affirm Britain's policy of full sap
port of the League of Nations and
will reiterate the principles laid
down by Sir Samdel Hoare, Foreign
Secretary, in his address to the Le*
St COTtoraed adding^ ^ ?
I "The attitude in government cir
L The hLmian|Sdeitood thai
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pointed that so far other powers 1
have not made the same categori- A
m statements in support of the r
League that Britain has made.
Regarding sanctions, the inform- -I
ant said the cabinet probably would
discuss an outline for a question
naire to the United States and Ger
many oh the proposal to inflict ]
penalties on Italy. ?> J
When the text of the question- i
naire is agreed upon, it will be 1
ready to telegraph to the British i
ambassadors in Washington and
Berlin for delivery to the American i
and German governments when the
time cornea for - sanctions to bo i
applied. :
Some sort of cooperation in .pres- j
sure on Italy will be asked from
Washington and Berlin, for Britain
feels these capitals could, if they '
desire render any boycott of Italy ]
which England might engineer prac- j
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The cabinet also will discuss pos
ItaJp/^aT
legation that Britain xSftade no men- :
Jtion of the gravity of the Ethiopian ?
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Methodist Church in Farmville to be Dedicated Sunday, October 6
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FarmviUe M. E. Church
To Be Dedicated Sunday
Bishop Paul B. Kern,
Assisted by Former
Pastors To Conduct
Services at 11 o'Clock;
Basket Dinner To Be
Served at the Church
The Farmville Methodist church
was organized in the fall of 1901.
Mr. J. T. Thome and wife, Mrs. Ada
Fields Thome, Mrs. Mary E. Lang,
Mrs. Ellen Hill, Mr. and Mrs. David
Edwards, Mr. J. V. Johnson, Mrs. J.
W. Parker, and Mrs. R. L. Joyner
were among the pioneer members.
What a wonderful and devoted group
was this in that day when the Metho
dists were few! But their faith and
devotion won.
Uncle Betts has many good deeds
to his credit and one of these is the
founding of this church. When pas- y
tor of Ayden circuit he began hold- ,
ing .services in Farmville and togeth- ]
er with Rev. H. M. Eure, pastor at s
Greenville, effected this organization, j
After using a school house and sev- y
eral other available places for ser- j
vices, in 1903 the congregation voted ]
to build a small frame structure.
Quite all of the official members of (
the church today were members of
this church or of the Sunday school.
The Thornes, Monks, Joyners, Mor
gans, Dails, Langs, and Parkers have '
in a large way helped to maintain the
church through the years.
Mr. J. I. Morgan presided at the
meeting whiflh ordered the building
of our-pfesent sturcture in 1923. The
first brick was laid by Mrs. J. W.
Parker and Mrs. T. M. Dail. The
first sermon was preached in it by
the pastor, Rev. B. B. Slaughter, ,
October 4, 1926.
At the beginning of this year the
stewards decided to raise the re
maining sum due. Whereupon Mr.
A. C. Monk generously offered to
give an equal amount if the sum of
the indebtedness were collected. In ,
two weeks time the money was all J
in, the debt lifted, and workmen strat- .
ed finishing and beautifying the in- ,
terior. The committee responsible i
for this was composed of the follow
ing: A. C. Monk, T. E. Joyner, I. ft f
Satterfield, Mrs. A. C Monk, and J. <
I. Morgan, Jr. J
So at the close of ten years we Lave .
come to the completion and dedica- ,
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REV. J. C. WOOTEN, Pastor
Farmville M. E. Church
;ion of this beautiful church. We
ire fortunate in having our own
Bishop Kern who will preach the
termon and dedicate it on Sunday
norning, October 6. Former pas
;ors, presiding elders and friends are
nvited to be present.?North Caro
ina Christian Advocate.
A basket dinner will be served at
;he church.
Cong. Warren
Leaves Next Week
For Philippines
To Attend Inauguration
of First President of
Islands As Guest Of
Philippine Government
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Washington, N. C., Oc~ 4.?Repre
lentative Lindsey Warren leaves on
October 8th for a visit to the Philip
>ine Islands and attend the in
auguration of their first president.
Ilr. Warren is one of twenty-five
nerabers of Congress invited to ac
?ompany Vice-President Garner and
Speaker Byrns to these exercises, and
he entire party will be the gusts of
he Philippine Government, which is
jiving the trip. Mrs. Warren will
accompany him and they will return
>n December 20th.
During his absence, Mr. Warren
Itated that his office will be in charge
>f his capable secretary, Herbert C.
Sonner who will answer all com
nunications addressed to his, attend
o all department matters, and who
vill have full authority to act in all
hings incident to the office.
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Bishop Darst To
Preach Sunday
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Bishop Thomas C. Darst will mate
lis annual viait to Emmanuel Episco
pal church on Sunday, Octoger 6,
ind will preach and hold a celebra
tion of the Holy Communion at the
morning worship hour, 11:00 o'clock.
Miss Mary K. Jerome, soloist, will
ifag at the service. % ?|?J?
The community cordially invited to
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DR. ENNETT TO MANAGE i |
SEAL CAMPAIGN IN PITT
Greenville, Oct I.?Last year ft,
M. Garrett, as chairman of the ffff;
berculosis seal sale for Pitt county,
carried on a most successful cain
khe chairmanship for this year,
pointed Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, Pitt
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Donkey Baseball
Game Scheduled
For FaimriHe
Fountain and Farmville
Will Cross Donkies In
Game To Be Played
Here October 17.
Under auspices of Farmville Post
151, American Legion, a Donkey
baseball game has been arranged to
appear in Farmville on Thursday,
October 17th. Teams will be chosen
from Fountain and Farmville.
The game will be played on the
local high school ball lot at the in
tersection of Wilson and Fountain
highway, starting promptly at 8:30
p. m. A small admission fee of 10c
for all school children and 25c for
adults will be charged to cover ex
penses.
The donkies to be used in this
game have appeared in many towns
in the state this summer and are
w ill trained for the part they play.
If you want to see the funniest
ball game ever played be sure to
see the Donkey game between Foun
tain and Farmville, at Farmyille,
| Thursday, October 17.
Salesgirl Is Hurt;
Past Driver Jailed
Greenville, Oct 2. ? Miss Nina
Hines, of Durham, who is confined
in the local hospital following an
injury in an automobile accident,
was reported late this afternoon to
be resting better but her condition
was still serious. j
Henry Crawford, driver of the
car which overturned near this ;
city, injuring Miss Hines, is being (
held in jail without bond pending :
the outcome of her condition. i
Miss Hines was a member of a
magazine sales force working on ;
the Greenville tobacco market. Dur- ;
big the lunch hour Tuesday she
went driving with Crawford, em
ploye of one of the local warehouses.
The accident occurred when the car
failed to take a curve at high speed. .
Miss Hines received a fractured
skull, broken shoulder and other
injuries.
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Medical Inspecion
Of Pitt Schools
List Number Examined
and Percentage of De
fects Found Requiring
Treatment
The health officer, Doctor Ennett,
has just released a report on medi
cal inspection work of the schools
for the last winter and spring. Thi3
report includes also data in regard
to the pre-school work of last spring.
The figures given represent the ex
amination of the 1st and 2nd grades
and also the pre-school examinations.
Doctor Ennett says it should be
borne in mind that the prevalence of
defects in school children varies with
the age of the child. For instance,
tonsils and adenoids are more com
mon in early childhood, while eye
strain is more common in the older
child. ? V
Number Examined and Percentage of
Defects Found Requiring
Treatment.
Regular Pre
school School
Examined 2258 399
Malnutrition 12.3 4.6
Defective Teeth 27.0 27.8
Eyes 2.6 1.0
Ears _? 1.2 2.5
Tonsils and Adenoids __ 11.7 14.7
Miscellaneous defects not listed.
The health officer says he has
found the superintendents of the
schools, Mr. D. H. Conley of the
County Schools, and Mr. J. H. Rose,
of the Greenville City Schools, in
hearty accord with his efforts to put
a real health program into each one
of the schools.
Doctor Ennett says that since all
public health programs are based on
education, it is his opinion that the
public school is the logical place for
the health officer to center a large
part of his program. Not only can
he reach the child at a formative )
period when his mind is receptive
and easily molded, but the school 1
organization itself, affords the
health officer an opportunity of [
reaching a large number of people -
with the minimum amount of effort.
According to the health officer, every i
public school should be a small health '
center carrying health education to 1
the homes of its own community. '
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DANGER ON FARM
Asheville, Oct. 1.?The farmer last
year faced greater hazards than the
urban worker.
Secretary Perkins told the Inter- !
national Association of Industrial Ac
cident Boards and Commissions to
night that 4,409 persons were ac
cidentally killed in agricultural pur- '
suits in 1934. This compares with
3,800 deaths in trade and services, *
2,300 in construction, 2,000 in trans
portation and public utilities, 1,900
in manufacturing and 1,500 in min- (
ing, quarrying, oil and gas wells.
Automobile accidents cost the '
American people $1,580,000,000 last 1
year in wage losses, medical expen
ses, overhead cost of insurance and '
property damage, Miss Perkins said. |
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Says America JtfustKeep
Out of Armed Conflicts
President Roosevelt Re
iterates His Detenu
nation ToRemain Neu
? tral ' .
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San Diego, Calif., Oct 2.?Presi
dent Roosevelt reaffirmed America's
determination to "remain at peace
with all the world" today as Europe
marched closer to war.
The President recognised the
menacing clouds of "foreign war"
as a "potent danger at this moment
to the future of civilisation," but
bluntly asserted that "despite what
happens in countries overseas, the
United States of America must re
main unentangled and free."
Mr. Roosevelt urged his policy of
"the good neighbor" upon the world
and defended his domestic recovery
policies in an address just before
embarking upon the cnxfcsr Hous
ton *<w * vacation journey that will
carry him through th9 Panama
Canal. '
As the Houston steamed out of
Expand Farm Program
To Several Stations i
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The daily radio programs began '
by the State College Agricultural (
Extension Service two weeks ago
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swung into third week Monday with
a schedule of six timely talks.
The 'service, known as "Carolina
Para Features," at first was pre
sented only over Station WPTF, Ral
eigh , but has now been extended to
include some of the other North
Carolina stations.
These are: WDiNC, Durham;
WEED, Rocky Mount; WBT, Char
lotte; WBIG, Greensboro, and
WMEP, Wilmington. * ^' ;
Plans are not yet definite for plac
ing the program over some of these
stations, but all have been contacted
and Station WBT has Expressed its
willingness to cooperate. This sta
tion is the largest in the State.
% The program schedule for the re
mainder of this week; beginning on
today (Ftiday), is as follows: C. B,
Brannon, "Insect Control"; and Sat
urday, W. H. Darst, '.'Seed Certifica
tion"
Farmville Holds Lead
Over Belt Averages
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Season's Highest Price
I Peak Reached on Mon
1 day; Poundage Boost
f ed To 14 Million This
1 Week
Growers, who are selling on the
Farmville tobacco market, express
ed themselves as better satisfied
with the price situation this week, as
bidding has taken a decided spurt
and prices generally seem to have
advanceed,
On Monday, tobacco prices soared
to a new high peak, with one of the
heaviest sales of the season report
ed, resulting in an average of $24.:4D
for growers, who marketed 623,112
pounds and put $162,016.36 in their
jearts on that day. Several bids of
$50 were observed.
Offerings sold on Tuesday were
more, than half a million with prices
holding up well, as did those of
Wednesday and Thursday, official
figures through Wednesday totalling
13,659,692 pounds, which brought
$2,748,052.33, at an average of $20.11.
Today's sale, Thursday, will boost
the season's sales above the 14 mil
lion pounds marki
With October regarded as the best
marketing month, tobacconists are
expecting new records to be made
each week now and Farmville will
doubtless continue to lead all other
markets of the belt in average?.
Port Terminal
(Meets Let
T, A. Loving Company
of Goldsboro Low Bid
der; Expect Work To
Start Soon
Morehead City, Oct. 1.?Contract
for constructing the Morehead City
port terminal was awarded today
to the T. A. Loving Company of
Goldsboro.
After the letting, which pitted 10
contracting firms against each other,
Morris Beam an, general manager of
the Port Commission, said he was
positive actual construction would
begin by November 1. A clause in
the contract calls for work to be
gin within 20 days after the con
tract is approved by the Public
Works Administration, and no dif
ficulty in gaining* its okeh is an
ticipated.
Loving's bid, flexible because it
depends upon the class and weight
of steel used, was $373,534.75 for a
building of domestic steel or $349,
449 if foreign steel is used.
Another North Carolina firm, the
I. M. Gregory Company of Raleigh,
was second low bidder, his pro
posals being $369,976.75 and $356,
476.76.
The William Muirhead Construc
tion Company of Durham, bidding
$887,675 to $395,325, was the only
jther North Carolina firm to com
pete for the terminal contract
Present at the letting as a per
sonal representative of PWA was
C. \y. Mengal of Chapel Hill, chief
examining engineer for North Caro
lina, stated that only a few minor
formalities such as fiuxnishing copies
of the contract and having them
signed by Dr. Herman G. Baity of
Chapel Hill, State PWA director,
were necessary before the final
award of funds.
Over 100 persons hoping to get
sub-contracts for their firms were
preseent at the letting.
Two separate figures were given
in the bids, one figuring on do
mestic steel and the other on for
eign steel. , 1
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Deputies Go. After
Scrap Tobacco Men
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Either Break up Trade or Col
lect $1,000 from Each Dealer,
Says Maxwell
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Raleigh, Oct. 3.?Two deputies of
the Department of Revenue, instruct
ed to enforce strictly the $1,000 tax
the last Legislature pat on every
dealer in scrap tobacco, were sent to
Lumberton yesterday.
"We are going to eafor-a that
law," said Revenue Cot jnissioner
A. J. Maxwell "Well either break
It up or collect a lot of money."
"This scrap tobacco tax was in
tended to be prohibitive. It was ^t
passed as a, revenue measure but as
an effort to keep millions of pounds
of scrap off the markets on the
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in ho^ raising on tho part of North
feodi&r domonstrsbtions with 126 nigs