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- - I I 111 IJLIIH I ' __ ' (Mi . A' - , . LMkMitm.;i*rW!*"* riif^ TS^l iliiiPiii*iii ?^#1I-A 1^ ^ ^ Wwrta,0,g **?**?"? Subscription Has Expired Send ? H Q | I fi Vt I I ?l H . ?!? ??'?4Ql?li IfctJ Are Coostaatiy Invitinf In YOUR Renewal aVQfcee ! JL JbJL^/ JL CUL JLAl '? **JL^^ . JLd/JLJI l*MLAO Top To Trade With Them. """ ? j 1 ? - .. B L li 1 ' -frf - ""? ' ? ?' ""' ' -????? I ? ' f ?? 1 I ' "-.M ".??' ft ??"?II I" ?!? '? ?? ..??.?!. VOL. TWENTT.^IVE FAMHTCLLB* VTTT COUNTY, NORTH CAROIJNA, FRIDAY, JANUARY, 3, 1936 NUMBER TH1BTY-FIVE 1 " 7 italy Justifies Aerial Attatks In African War Alleged Beheading Of Two Fascist Aviators By Ethiopians Cited; ?Misuse of Red Cross fEmblem Also-Charged i \Rome, Jan. 1.?The Italic? gov ernment insisted today that Monday's! aerial bombardment on the Southern I African front was "fully justified"! by the alleged beheading of two! Fascist aviators, .. While Frenchmen in Rome heard! a call for "untiring obstinacy for! peace" from the French Ambassa.-f dor, Count Charles De Chambrun/j an official communique declared:! "The Italian planes did not mean tol bomb tents of the Swedish Red! Cross or other Red Crosses." Referring apparently to reports! of the destruction of a Swedish am-J bulknce in an aerial raid near Doloj on'the troops of Ras Desta Demtu, I the statement charged consistent J misuse of the Red Cross emblem by I Ethiopian commanders. ! De Chambrun, receiving a group! of his countrymen, said France's! desire for peace was not a selfish! defense of the "status quo," but a I positive desire for further collec- j tive organization in Europe. "For this work," the Ambassa-1 dor asserted, "the active sympathy! of all nations is needed. Need it I be said that the cooperation of new I nations is more precious than that I of Italy, bound to use by so many I common memories and profound I affinities?" " anti(?tvl ne mu nut uuiivoAA in the face of "general restlessness which renders it necessary today, more than ever, that we join forces with all men of good will, animated and sustained by the peace ideals." The communique said it was "well known" that "Ethiopian chieftains take shelter under Red Cross signs when they see Italian airplanes." It characterized 'as a "proved fact" the decapitation by Ethi opians of two Italian aviators who crashed at Daggah Bur, the . Ogca den- , " "Their hea^ ^-te carried to Harrar in tr'iaylv' it was stated The coro^^fque did not identify the aviatr or give the date of their * _*ged decapitation, how ever. said the number of dead iq bombardment near Dolo "is iOt definitely stated" in reports from the African command. "New capital, being made of this episode, it without basis," the gov ernment added. "The war methods of the Ethiopians on the Somali land and Eritrean fronts are already shown in documents given to the League of Nations." Reports from Marshal Pietro Badoglio, the Italian high comman der in Ethiopia, described new oc cupations by former Ethiopian troops "who have submitted to us," and said the air force in the north has been "very, active in reconnoiter ing this region." In Italy Fascists began the New Year soberly, hoping for smashing military victories in Africa and an end to League of Nations sanctions. NEGRO FALLS IN WELL; DEATH ATTRIBUTED TO HEART FAILURE! Funeral services were held here Tuesday for John Jones, nicknamed "Jelly Roll," 35, highly esteemed Negro, whose death was attributed to heart failure before falling in well by Coroner Ellwanger, who thought it unnecessary to hold an inquest. Tom Artis, in whose home Jones lived, stated that upon going to the well about eight o'clock Sunday morning, his wife saw the man's hat and glove floating on top of the water. Chief of Police Pittman, call ed for an investigation, found the man's body and had it removed. Ac cording to reports there was no water in the man's lungs n~r scar or bruise that indicated foul play. ? The well chain was broken and the \h^cket part of the chain attached V - -^^tjmnd in the well. | {/It at farty I Icial event of the week I rty of New Year's Eve, I prge Moore, Jr., in honor I isica Creech, of Afcoskkfe I Jed E. Davis, whose mar l/placetoday, Friday, Jan f^atmosphere prevailed fay atmosphere pervaded ?ms Moore home on Wilson Bailey Presents Problem of Jobs ' ** '? N3h,*| Senator Previews Task | of Congress on Eve of Departure for Wash ington ? Raleigh, Jan. 1.?Discussing the problems confronting the Congress which convenes Friday, Senator J. W. Bailey last night termed the needs of 2,000,000 or 3,000,000 unemployed persons in the country one of the gravest concerns of the President, the Congress and of business. Speaking over Radio Statiou WPTF, Senator Bailey estimated that, as the result of further ex traordinary appropriations the na tional debt will mount to $31,000, 000,000 or perhaps even as high as $35,000,000,000 by July 1. He called attention to the Presi dent's pledge to provide $500,000,000 more for public works, the pos sibility of $1,000,000,000 for the Bankhead tenant bill, prospects for an appropriation of $1,000,000,000 for unemployed persons not already provided for and $2,000,000,000 for payment of the soldier's bonus. Charging Congress, not the Presi dent, with responsibility for a lavish spending policy, the Senator stated that the national debt now amounts to $30,500,000,000, with cash assets of $2,000,000,000 which will be ex pended within five months, if not sooner. Preparing to leave Raleigh for Washington on Thursday night, Senator Bailey pledged to the peo ple of the State his efforts to se cure for North Carolina a fair share of additional public works funds and money for rural electrification, and to secure $1,000,000 more for the State's WPA program. Covering briefly the international situation, the progress of the coun try out of depression, prospects for additional appropriations by Con gress, the unemployment situation, social security and other prospec tive legislation, the Senator re marked: "So, we may begin the year withj the assurance that forces working for present world peace have prov ed, so far, more powerful than ever . . . "But who could say what would happen if the government should at once stop borrowing and spend ing? The very thought is appalling . . . Perhaps no one knows, and the best course for those who are doing well is to save money against ?an un certain future . . . "We may say that there are 2, 000,000 unemployables in the land . . , But what do we propose to do with the two million or probably three million who are employable and who were not on the relief rolls? "The principle of parity prices for the farmers is just . . . Should ex isting legislation fail, we may be as sured that legislation looking to par ity prices will be enacted . . . "It is not unlikely that it (social security legislation) will be recon sidered (for purposes of clarifica tiorf , and adjustment . . , Mean time, I may add that there is no likelihood that any such measure as the Townsend plan will be adopted." Congress should adjourn by April 15, said the Senator. But you never can tell, he added. MERRY MATRONS The Merry Matrons met on Mew Year's Eve at the home of Mrs. G. M. Holden, hostess for Mrs. John T. Thorne, who was on a Flarida and Cuba tour. Seasonal decorations were used in the home. Mrs. J. W. Lovelace presided and announced the interesting program consisting of two book reviews; the first, on Pearl Buck's "Mother," was given by Mrs. 4- I. Morgan, and the second, "The State vs Elinor Nor ton," by Mary Roberts Rinehart, was presented by Mrs. M. V. Jones. After adjournment the hostess served angel cake topped with cream, followed by coffee, pinwheel cookies and salted nuts. SPECIAL SERVICES FRIDAY NIGHT, JAM.4 ** Elder J. L. -Shuler, president o1 tile Carolina Conference of Seven tl Day AdventistSj -will speak tonight i Friday, Jan. 3, at the City Hall ot i the subject, "Haw- Can One Be Sun i Which la The True Church ?" jGospel Quartet, including the tw( [jfin, will be a prominent feature a Ljthe service, AH are invited to at T , X T | May wetixtenil . ? ? | t ... to you season's greetings, and a $ $ whole-hearted wish for 12 months of { * happiness and .good cheer ? May all * t + good things come your way, regard- + X . less of how the^past year has dealt ? | with you. This greeting comes to + + you from all those connected with + ! ?.. The ^Enterprise ! ?i 111 m i in 11 ii 111 rt 11 tin 111 in n ti 111 r m 11 m 1111 British Press Threatens War On Lindberghs Newspapermen Will Follow Him Unless He Grants Them Inver view Liverpool, Jan. l.?British news papermen informed Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh today that "the war is I on," and threatened to follow hini all over England unless he consents to a' personal interview explaining why he left the United States. Lindbergh refused, and tonight he and his family, who thought they were going to find privacy in the' British isles, were in a virtual state of seige in their Adelphi hotel suite. Little Jon played with toys on the floor of the living room, and not even a maid was admitted to take care of him. The Lindberghs slipped out a rear exit of the hotel late today and went for a two-hour automobile ride. The remainder of the day was spent in , their room. Mrs. Lindbergh read. It was reported arrangements were being made in London for a refuge for the family somewhere in Eng land, and that the Lindberghs might leave Liverpool late tonight or to morrow. The Lindberghs slept until 10 a m., had breakfast in their rooms and then the flier turned his at tention to the question of how to pacify the British press, whose mem bers are becoming increasingly hos tile. First, he issued this statement: "We have come here for peace, quiet and a restful time. We are perfectly fit and well and the three of us enjoyed a good voyage. We are greatly pleased with the cour tesy extended to us by the British people." That failed to satisfy British news papermen, and Robert Gregory, of the London banking Arm of Morgan, Grenfell and Company, consented to be intermediary in an indirect inter view. After conferring with Lind-| bergh, Gregory said the flier told! him he had brought his family to, England because of the prevalence of kidnappings and crime in the United States. "Colonel Lindbergh said he intends to stay in England six months,"; Gregory said. "He is not here on business. When I asked him whether he came here on account of kid nappings and crime in the United States, he answered: "Whether you think it all out, that almost fol lows." "I know nothing about a reported plan of Col. Lindbergh to live in France." It was learned that Lindbergh told immigration officials he ex pected to stay abroad six months, but was uncertain whether he would spend all that time in Eng land. That strengthened belief that 1 Lindgerbh's chief reason for leaving ' America was to be out of the coun ' try at the time of Bruno Richard Hauptmann's execution. Gregory said Lindgerbh declined to comment cm Hauptmann's impending execu I tion. He also informed the immigration ? officials that he was not planning to 1 establish a trans-Atlantic air line. '. f ' - ? I RESOLUTION NO. 1 > turns in I^^Rv^fmnoimced a nevf - year resolution today pot to sell any f gasoline to drunlafifatfvmst. Vidlfc | tj?Pj0^the rule wfll be cause for im LAND USE I By L. C. GRAY, Assistant Administrator, Resettlement Administration. (Article No. 2) Editor's Note?The old frontiers are gone. There are no longer vast acres of new land on which a grow ing nation can settle and expand, It is now up to us to conserve and develop wisely the land which wo have. How this can be done is described by L. C. Gray, an au thority on land use, in a series of three articles, of which this is the first. Less than a century ago there were hundreds of thousands of acres of good land .in the public domain available to citizens who wanted to stake out a homestead and start life anew. Today there is practically no good free land left for American families to settle. It is probable, however, that in the future we shall as a nation require more land under cultivation than we now have. This will be necessary to take care of a growing popula tion. Moreover, whenever there is a shortage of industrial employment, people naturally go back to the land for their living. This happened dur ing the early years of the depression. Hundreds of thousands of -people moved from cities to the farms. Under existing conditions, people could no longer be fairly sure of ob taining tracts of good land. Thq cheap land which they were able to get was in many cases too poor td support them. Often these families, which had sought an opportunity to support themselves, in the end be came burdens upon the relief rolls of small rural communities. Wise forethought and action by the government can prevent this wastage of human effort by lending a guiding hand to the settlement of new lands. Unless Borne such guid ance is offered, we run the danger of having a large increase in the number of poor families, living on land that cannot be successfully cultivated,- and becoming burdenB upon the rest of the community. Today we possess a far more ade quate knowledge of what land is good for than did people of a gen eration ago. Scientists have made new discoveries about soil classifica tion. Experience with most of the types of land in the United States has reduced the need for guesswork. In the present program of land use and resettlement, the Federal, Government is helping families move from poor land to better farms where they may become self-sup porting. Unproductive farmland is ?being converted to other uses, such I as forestry, grazing or recreation, for which it is suited. As our need for increased agricul tural land expands in the future, it will be more and more necessary for the governments of both states and nation to determine where good land is available, and to Ijelp prevent set tlement in areas where families will become public charges because of the poverty of the land. To Delinquent Subscribers I * . ? i ; ~ Doe to the snow and such bad weather, making it hard for many of our readers to come in and ret IdeW their Subscription, we are ext tending the cut-off date of Tjhi > Enterprise one more week. Positively this is your last issue, unless your subscription is renew > J ed by January 9th. j| Please pay up within the^ney ^ PresMM Service Honors . V.^v.W '-1 y - f Editors Give Roosevelt Credit for Putting Na tion Upon Road To Re -covery New York, Dec. 31. ? President Roosevelt rendered greater public service to the nation during 1935 than any other citizen, according to a poll tonight of managing editors of United Press morning newspa pers, representing every shade of politial opinion in all parts of the country. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh ranked second by virtue of his scientific achievements and his self-imposed exile to England, which, many edi tors said, called public attention on crime conditions in the United States. Lindbergh received 15 per cent of the total votes. Sinclair Lewis, novelist, was a popular choice, and some editors de clined to select any one man on the grounds that the honor belonged to the nine justices of the United States Supreme Court Dr. Carl A. Weiss, who assassinated Huey P. Long, received a number of votes? most of them from editors who dp not live in Louisiana. Forty-four per cent of the editors, many of whom are. politically oppos ed to the Roosevelt policies, said the honor must go to the President, chiefly because 1935 saw the United States get its start out of the de pression. "In spite of his evident decline in public esteem, President Roosevelt . . , contributed the social security program, drove against holding com pany and security trading abuses and formulated an enlightened tax pro gram. "Under his leadership, the United States has enjoyed the greatest prosperity in four years." "I consider the President rendered the greatest all-around public serv ice, for this year definitely marked the beginning of the end of the de pression," Most of those nominating Lind bergh stressed the fact that he had brought sharply home to America the fact that the underworld still is a threat. One editor nominated the aviator because of his scientific researches, particularly in perfect ing the "mechanical heart." Sinclair Lewis, author, whose lat est book is "|t Can't Happen Here" ?a story of how Fascism came to America?received 8 per cent of the votes, "Lewis shows the country as it would be under Fascism," wrote one editor. "I personally regard Fascism as the greatest meance the I country faces today." Two editors, 'rather than select an i outstanding man, chose the' ninej justices of the United States Su preme Court. It "rendered decisions establish ing the United States government as one of laws and not of men," one editor wrote. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes of the Supreme Court, re ceived 4 per cent of the votes jas "the head of a tribunal that repelled assaults on the Constitution that soon would have undermined the fundamentals of tne government and the American system." Scattered choices and the reasons for so voting? ' Melvin Purvis, former head of the G-men in Chicago?"an outstanding leader in stamping out crime." Undersecretary of Agriculture Uexford G. Tugwell?"Because he called attention, more than any other American, to what a flop the New Deal is." Secretary of State Cordell Hull? "for handling problems of diplomacy which prevented the United States from becoming entangled in war. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers?"For break ing up the clique which has ruled the American Federation of Labor ... he laid the foundaton for a real labor movement in the United States." . Herbert Hoover ? "Because his strenuous efforts and his intellec tual leadership have served to pre serve the fundamentals of American democracy which lie in a system of checks and balances produced only by the articlaion of ' minority opinion." Dr. Carl A. Weiss, assassin of Huey P. Long ? "He knowingly , sacrificed his life to rid Louisiana and the nation of its most ^sctuJk ulous and dangerous demagogue and thus ended a threat to demo cratic government.". J. Edgar Hoover, chief of' jcht criminal forces and increased re spect for law and eider, makin| America proud of this' government agency." ?y 4<v: 'V v . >?c , ; ? - ' ? - - ? ... Lower Rates ,i Are^ranted Reduction Of From Sixj .To Seven Per Cent Ordered jl mmmmmmmmarn Washington, Dec. 31.?A reduction ranging from 6 to 7 per cent in class rail rates between points in "offi cial territory" and cities in North Carolna and southern Virginia were ordered today by the Interstate Com-' merce Commission. "Official territory" is the area east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio rivers. Class rates ap ply largely to merchandise and man ufactured articles. Rates between southern Virginia and North Carolina points to New York and New England cities were excepted from the reduction. The commission said this was because these rates already are sufficiently low. The action seeking the reduction was instituted by the North Carolina Corporation Commission which con tended freight rates alone were re tarding the state's growth and prog ress, "The principal commercial prob lems said to be confronting the state is diversification of industry," the I. C. C. ruling set out. "Complaintaints say that not in frequently manufacturers have been | deterred from establishing plants in North Carolina solely because of unfavorable freight rates which out weigh all other advantages." Hearing Set ! For Boy Who Killed Fattier Jefferson To Have Pre liminary Hearing On January 13 Tarboro, Dec. 31.?Moses Jeffer son, 17, who shot his father to death at their home in Crisp eight miles south of here Saturday night, will be arranged for preliminary hear ing in Edgecombe County record er's court Monday, January 13, Sheriff W. E. Bardin announced. The boy is free under $1,000 bond. Meanwhile, young Jefferson, who freely admitted pouring the load from a shotgun into his father's throat because, he sad, his father was drunk and was beating hfs mother, was described by N. E. Gresham, county school superintend ent, as "apparently a normal boy." Mr. Gresham, who before becom ing county superintendent was prin cipal of the county school at Crisp, said the youth was well behaved in school, giving no unusual amount of trouble. The father too was a like able man, Mr. Gresham said. The family had lived in Crisp about three years, having moved there from Fountain. Jefferson was instantly killed Sat udray night when his son, according to his own statement, shot him in the throat while the man was beat ing Mrs. Jefferson in the face with his fists. COUNTY AGENT OFFICE READY TO CLEAN SEED Greenville, Dec. 31.?E. F. Arnold, Pitt county agent, today said that his office was now ready to reclean tobacco seed for farmers in the coum ty, the service > being rendered with out cost to the grower. Each year the county agent's of fice makes possible this service for the farmers. Mr. Arnold explained that the method used has been very satisfactory, getting rid of the inferior and diseased seed. During past years the office has been cleaning about 75 or* ^5 per cent of all tobacco seed planted in the county, the county agent ? de clared. 1 * WPA FORCES GETTING PAID ALTHOUGH NOT WORKING Wilson, Dec. 81.?Local WPA workers haven't been able to do any work on local government projects since Sunday a week ago because of the snow and the frozen ground. Ditches cannot be dug nor cab cement be laid in such weather. But the workers have been gft Iting their-pay just the same. I "All this newpaper stuff panning Wie>WPA is the bunk," said George IS. Warren, local - branch head of ? the WPA. ^ t ^ Wdcome .. Raleigh, Jan. 1.?America **< - - 1936 Tuesday night with a A ing welcome perhaps unea since the spontaneous celeA that, heralded the end of the vl War. \ From Hamlet city the lid was oA either by official proclamation \ ripped from its moorings by el V thusiastic celebrants. Everywhere / they were calling iti j \ "The biggest night since the Ar- \ mistice." | . . ^ Restaurants and night clubs from coast to coast recorded record res ervations. In New York City, 1,100 bars hung out the "open all nighty , signs as Mayor La Guaniia called a 12-hour moratorium on his anti noise program. Night spots in. Chicago's Loop district alone had 15,000 advance j reservations. "Bigger and better /' were the parties in Miama, Holly- (t wood, Reno, St Louis, Salt // City and elsewhere- ? ' Alderman Henry Bank's sore hand I ? saved the night for St Paul merry-' ?' makers. The injury forced him to delay until Tuesday the signing of > a midnight closing ordinance. Not all was revelry. Many?led by President Roosevelt and his fam- ?; ily?made a fireside evening of it as snow blanketed broad areas of the nation. Vice-President Garner binked and chuckeled when asked his plans. "I'm going to bed early." In Borne cities churches met to pray for peace in the NeW Year?. ? with thoughts on blast Africa, where Mussolini's armies moved deeper into Ethiopia, and on China, where internal strife and Sino-Japanese * difficulties loomed dark against 1 hopes for tranquility. 1 Matrimonial hunts for the unwed? 1 with the gentlemen as the game? came into prospect in the Leap year. It opened the season on such bache lors as J. Edgar Hoover, head of the G-men, and screen stars Dick | Powell and Nelson Eddy. The last day of the old year was proclaimed "bury the hatchet" day I in Seattle, Washington. The mayor [ urged everybody to pal with his worst enemy for the occasion. He had varying success. San Francisco's- Chinatown greet ed 1936 in the American manner? reserving the native fire-cracker fete for their own New Year's open ing on January 24. In the same city 8,000 Japanese gave 1936 their own traditional welcome. High on Pike's Peak the AdAmAn Club of Colorado Springs sent up its customary rocket to greet the1 New Year. HELP FILL THE COMMUNITY CHEST Additional donations to the Com munity Chest, which have been re- . ceived during the past few days: Total last week $1,764.36 Geo. E. Creekmur 5.00 ^' Fannville-Woodward / . Lumber Co. 18& D. E. Oglesby ? 0 " Pollard Auto Co. h The Bank of Farmville Total to date %1$ The Chest committee still V secure the remaining $665.65/ that the goal of $2,500.00 I reached and will welcome 1/i _ ^ small donations. ^ ?i *4. TO CELEBRATE GOLDEN 1 '? WEDDING JL..L \ - Mr. and Mrs. John Daniel Owfc) will celebrate their Golden WeddL^ anniversary on Sunday, January 5, \ with a family dinner, at which their four daughters, Miss Neva Owens, Farmville, Mrs. W .T. Ellis, Maccles field, Mrs. J. T. Skinner, Greenville, Mrs. J. R. Tugweli, Jr., Walston burg, and husbands, the twelve grandchildren and four great grand children are expected to be present. In the afternoon open house will be kept for all their neighbors and friends. "f . i Mr. Owens is seventy-three and Mrs. Owens seventy-four years of\ age. The former was bonwm. Pif county, being the son of u " ^ T. and Mrs. PoUy Owe* Owens was also born ini daughter of the late Pennie Langley. " BMff The genial and highly! \ couple werev idiEri6d in I i: 1886, and have' lived in tl since, moving fron. the Foul ^ tion to Farmville twenty-thlr" ago to establish their residt { The average life of an a 1 with 6 1-2, the average pr ~
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