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feocial atxb pergonal Happening# E. C. Carr was a Greenville visitor, Thursday. ? ? ? J. W. Hardy and son, Malcon, spent Friday in Greensboro. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Beaman were Kaleigh visitors, Thursday. ? ? ? Miss Bessie Harreli, of Fremont, is visiting Mrs. E. C. Carr this week. ? * * Miss Hazel Hardy, of LaGrange spent the week end with Miss Reide Hardy. ? ? ? Mrs. J. T. Gurley, of Smithfield, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. P. Easley. ? ? ? Mrs. B. C. Barbee and daughter, Miss Mabel, were Grenville visitors, Tuesday. ? ? ? Edward Dixon left Wednesday to accept a position in a West Palm Beach hotel. ? ? ? Mrs. B. S. Smith and Mrs. Robert Lee Smith visited relatives in Mt. Olive Tuesday. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Pollard and Mrs. L. E. Flowers spent Monday in Norfolk. Va. ? ? ? Mrs. R. T. Martin returned Sun day from a visit to relatives in Blackstone. Va. ? ? ? Mrs. A. W. Bobbitt and Mr?. An nie Riggsby were Rocky Mount visi tors, Thursday. ? mm Mrs. Charles W. Shackleford re turned Monday after a visit to friends in Norfolk, Va. ? ? ? Rev. L. R. Ennis spent Wednesday I at the bedside of his father, who is ill at his home near Dunn. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hines have re turned after a visit to relatives in Rocky Mount and Battleboro. ? ? * Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Davis have returned from their wedding trip and are living at the Davis Hotel. ? ? ? C. S. Whittelsey returned to Ope lika A'.a., Thursday after a visit to his daughter, Mrs. J. I. Morgan, v r ' ? ? ? Mr. ami Mrs. Wesley R. Willis and daughter. Miss Helen, spent the week end in Edenton and Hertford. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. W. Lesiie Smith, Mrs. A. Q. Roebuck, anc Mrs. P. E. Jones were Raleigh visitors, Wednesday. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. Marry Lang and small daughter returned Tuesday from a visit to relatives in Salisbury*. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Barbee, E. C., B. C., and Miss Babel, have returned from a visit to relatives in Little ton. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lang, of Warsaw, spent several days of this week fwith Mr. and Mrs. Ted L. Al brittcn. ? ? ? Miss Mildred Horton has returned to Richmond, Va., after a visit to her parents. . Mr. and Mrs. Albert Horton. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Griffin and Mrs. W. T. Harper, of Goldsboro, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Cobb, Sunday. ? ? ? Stanley Smith, Jr., of Virginia Beach, Va., who was en route for Palm Beach, Fla., visited relatives here Wednesday. ? ? ? The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Holmes will be glad to learn that they moved their residence here from New Bern this week. ? ? * Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bunn, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bunn, Jr., and children, and Phil Carter Bunn, of Spring Hope were guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Vought, Sunday. k. ? ? Mrs. Claude Barrett, who recently underwent an operation in a Kinston hospital, returned to her home here Sunday, and friends will be glad to learn that she is improving. ? ? ? Mrs. J. M. Hobgood is scheduled to talk at the weekly vesper service :onducted under the auspices of the ?Y. W. C. A., in Greenville, next Sun ' |day afternoon at six thirty o'clock. // ? ? ? - Mrs. Maude Hinson returned Mon day from Norfolk, Va., where she ' visited her mother, Mrs. Everett, who has been ill for several weeks. Mrs. Hinson reports that her mother is recuperating. ? ? ? Friends will regret to learn that R. L. Davis has been suffering with an infected foot this week. Mr. Davis has, however, been to his office daily, and the condition of his foot is re ported as improving slowly. ? ? ? Mrs. J. X. Hobgood attended the county well are ooara mnuug m Greenville cm Thursday. The Board is now discussing the new set up that the OeuuUi Act will bring into to* MmTLto State Bags may to fitted Me each otter. Mr. and Mrs. Ted L. Albritton, Miss Elizabeth Fields, Miss Evelyn Horton, Miss Edna Foust Harris and Miss Mary Louise Rumley, Lynn Davis, C. A. Lilly, John King, John D. Dixon and George Moore were among the Farmville friends in at tendance upon the Davis-Creech wed ding in Ahoskie Friday, January 3. BIRTH ANNOUCEMENT I Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cooke, of Mi. Olive, announce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday. January 7. Mrs. Cooke was formerly Miss Louise I Smith of Farmville. CONTRACT CLl'B An enjoyable meeting of the Con tract Club was held on Tuesday after noon, with Mrs. J. W. Joyner as hostess. Bridge was played at three tables with Mrs. W. C. Askew, mo ther of the hostess, as a special guest. Mrs. C. T. Dixon, winner of top score, was awarded the attrac tive prize of bric-a-brac. The deco rations, and refreshments, served in two courses, were seasonal and de lightful. CELEBRATED GOLDEN WEDDING SUNDAY Mr. and Mrs. John Daniel Owens celebrated their Golden Wedding an niversary on Sunday, January 5, with a family dinner, at which their four daughters. Miss Neva Owens, Farm ville, Mrs. W. T. Ellis, Macclesfield, Mrs. J. T. Skinner, Greenville, Mrs. J. R. Tngwell, Jr., Walstonburg, and husbands, the twelve grandchildren and four great grandchildren were present. In the afternoon "open house" was kept for their neighbors and friends, at which time Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, of Greenville, assisted in receiving. JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB I A spelndid program on Andrew Jackson, with discussions pf his birthplace, administration, home and tomb, was conducted by Mrs. Julian H. Rum ley at the meeting of the Junior Woman's Club, on Saturday, ! the first of the New Year, which was held at the home of Mrs. Curtis Flan agan. Miss Mary Friar Rouse presided, and a report of Christmas activities, in relation to the relief program ar ranged by this group, was given by Miss Selma Johnson. Delicious angel cake, cream, coffee and cheese crackers were served after adjournment. Mrs. Samuel Cheek and Misses Margaret and Dorothy Smith were special guests of the hostess, KEEP INFANT LEFT ON STEPS The bright eyed smiling boy of four or five month, left on the steps of Jesse Baker, filling station opera tor of the Langs Cross Road section, has won the hearts of his benefac tors and though Mr. Baker has sev eral children of. his own and his means are very limited, it is report ed that he has announced his inten tions of keeping the youngster. Awakened early Christmas morn ing by the lusty cries of an infant, Mr. Baker vent to Ma front door to find that Santa Clans had left a baby on his door steps. The parties aban doning the left no clues or means of identification, the dress being of cheap material and ita only v ? t? r J- i % - ^ " wrap an old bedspread. Lack of^ fuel in 12 eastern North ?nWmalitai I SCHOOL &EOP?NS HERE I FOLLOWING HOLIDAY SEASON if After the Christmas holidays, | which brought more fun and merri jment than usual with the deep snow j and ice making sledding, snow ball jing and the erecting of images a {recreation rarely enjoyed here and J never before experienced by the kid jdies at Christmas time, they trooped J back to school Monday morning of j this week for the second semester of {the session. j Superintendent J. H. Moore and j the faculty members had the opening {schedule prearranged and in spite of {the unusually damp, foggy and rainy Iweather, attendance has been good {throughout the week, and the school | has readily slipped back into its {routine of work. DAVIS-CREECH Announcements have been received {here this week of the marriage of {Miss Leah Jessica Creech and Mr. j Fred Ellwood Davis, which took {place on Friday at six o'clock, in a private ceremony at the home of the | bride in Ahoskie. The ceremony was performed by {the bride's father, Rev. Oscar Creecli, who is pastor of the Ahoskie Baptist church, in the presence of relatives and a few friends. The young couple) unattended, en tered the living room together, where the marriage vows were spok en. The bride wore a modish black and white going away costume, with white accessories. Her flowers were a shoulder corsage of gardenias. Mrs. Davis is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Oscar Creech, of Ahoskie. i She was educated in the Ahoskie i high school and is a graduate of j Meredith College, Raleigh. She taught in The Spring Hope school last year and is a member of the Farmville high school faculty at present. Jo fVin enn rvf Mr JUld 1TX I . I/avifl la mv t>w*? v* -? ? Mrs. Robert Lang Davis, of Atlanta, Ga., and the great nephew of R. L. and F. M. Davis, of Farmville. He has resided here for several years, holding a responsible position in the firm of R. L. Davis and Bros. A buffet supper was served by the mother of the bride immediately fol lowing the ceremony, after which Mr. and Mrs. Davis left by motor for a trip to unannounced points. MISSIONARY TO SPEAK SUNDAY NIGHT Rev. Howard Bridgman, a mission ary to China, who is in this country on furlough, will speak at the Pres byterian church in Fountain, Sunday morning, and to the local congrega tion on Sunday evening. Rev. Mr. Birdgman, who is to be the guest of Rev. H. M. Wilson, is a .former classmate of the Presbyterian pastor, and will doubtless be given a cordial welcome and heard with much interest here. Rev. Mr. Wilson returned this week from the Virginia Theoligical Seminary, after completing a short course there. JESSE A. CORBETT Funeral services for Jesse A. Cor bett, 79, who was found dead in his home near Bruce, Sunday morning, were conducted by Rev. L. B. Man ning, Free Will Baptist minister, Monday, and interment was made in the Falkland cemetery. Local stores selling Black-Draught and v Cardui have a limited number of copies of the new 1936 Ladies Birthday Almanac. Demand for these popular almanacs is reported to be heavier this year than ever before. They are free to those who ask for one, as Jong as the supply lasts. PARAMOUNT 1 THEATRE 1 FARMVILLE, N. C. WEEK OF JAN. 13th MONDAY Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell ? in ? "MISS PACIFIC FLEET" TUEDSAY Frank Parker and Tamara ' IN - "SWEET SURRENDER" WEDNESDAY "Charles Starrett ?r- in ? "GALLANT DEFENDER" THURSDAY ft FRIDAY SHIRLEY TEMPLE -and John Boles , IN "THE LITTLEST REBEL" , ?> a - SATURDAY \ ' ; McCoy "OOT1AWDKHJTT' | I SOCIAL CALENDAR Monday, Jan. 13 I 2:30 p. m.?New Deal Club meets with Mrs. D. R. Morgan. L 3:30 p. m.?Circle No. 4 Metho dist Missionary Society meets I with Mrs. Pearl Johnston. I :00 p. m.?Red Men. Tuesday, 14 I 3:30 p. m.?Merry Matrons meet with Mrs. G. M. Holden. ( I 6:15 p. m.?Rotary Club. I -7:30 p m. ? Spanish-American War Veterans. I 8:00 p. m.?Junior Order. Wednesday, 15 I 2:30 p. m.?Wednesday After noon Club meets with Miss Elizabeth Fields. I 3:30 p. m.?Literary Club meets with Mrs. J. Y. Monk at the home of Mrs. G. M. Holden. Thursday, 16 I 3:30 p. m.?American Legion Aux iliary meets with Mrs. Elbert I Joyner and Miss Hattie Carr. I 7:30 p. m.?Boy Scouts. I S:00 p. m.?Modern Wooamen. Friday, 17 I 3:00 p. m.?Parent-Teacher Asso I ciation. I 7:00 p. m.?I. 0. O. F. Saturday, 18 I 3:30 p m.?Junior Woman's Club meets with Mrs. Bill Forbes at the home of Mrs. G. M. Holden. FOUNTAIN NEWS (Br MB3. H. B. YELYBKTOH) PERSONALS Miss Elisabeth Smith returned to Fremont Sunday. Mrs. J. W. Jefferson and son, Billy, spent the week end in Pinetops with relatives. Mrs. Edward Stanley of Washing ton, D. C., is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. C. Reddick. Friends regret that Mrs. Clarence Tugwell is ill in Park View Hospital where she underwent an operation Monday. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Eagles went to Kinston Saturday to resume their duties as teachers in Southwood school. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Smith and Mrs. F. L. Eagles visited Mis. John Yelverton in Eureka, Sunday after noon. Miss Nelle Owens, Mr. H. F. Owens and children, Jean, Edna and Hazel, visited relatives in Smithfield, Sunday. . Ferebee Beasley returned to Rome, TJa., Monday after spending the holi days with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Beaslev. Miss Edna Gardner returned to her school at Granite Falls, Satur day, after having ipent the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Gardner. The people of Fountain heartily welcome Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Mayo, Jr., and son, Gerald Mack, as resi dents of the town. They moved here Saturday in the home of Mr. G. W. Jefferson. Mrs. Henry Turnage continues very ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edgar Lane, in Pinetops. Mm. Turnage formerly lived near Foun tain and many friends in and around town are wishing her a speedy re covery. Her illness is due to injuries received in an automobile wreck dur ing the holidays. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Bundy an nounce the birth of a son on Decem ber the thirteenth. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Harney Dilda are receiving- congratulations on the birth of a son, born January the eighth. ? I !? ENTERTAINS BRIDGE CLUB Mrs. Bruce Eagles was hostess on Thursday afternoon when she en tertained members of her contract club and additional guests. Mrs. Albert Mercer scoring high in the club received a plaque. The consolation was awarded to Mrs. Dennis Mercer. Mrs. J. M. Horton winning high score for the visitors was presented a handerchief. Re cent brides were remembered as fol lows: Mrs. Hardy Johnson, a novel card tray; Mrs. Robert McArthur, a plaque. A salad course with nuts and hot coffee was served by the hostess with Matie Lee Eagles assisting. HOSTESS TO FRIENDS Miss Mary Carolyn Reddick enter tained several friends at a New Years party. Hearts Dice were play ed at five tables. High score prizes were awarded to Mr. Ferebee Beas ley and Miss Maude Emily Smith. The hostess served hot cocoa, sandwiches, toasted marshmallows, fruit and candy. Those enjoying Miss Reddick's hospitality were; Misses Hazel Owens, Nina Estelle Yelverton, Eloise Owens, Carol Yelverton, Helen Brown Jefferson, Maude Emily Smith, Jean Owens, Mary Emma Jefferson, An nie Gray Bundy, and Edgan Case, Dwight Johnson, Earl Trevathan, Jr., Gibbs Johnson, Frank Owens, Fere bee Beasley, Franklin Lewis, James Lane Jeferson, Norman Gardner and Cecil Shackleford. ? ENTERTAINS FOR BRIDE Mrs. R. A. Fountain, Jr., enter tained at three tables of bridge in honor of Mrs. Robert McArthur. High score prize was won by Mrs. I Lynwood Owens. Table prizes were awarded to Mrs. E. B. Beasley, Miss Amanda Ethridge and Mrs. Lynwood Owens. Mrs. McArthur was present ed a relish dish and Mrs. Rudolph Owens a recent bride was remember ed with a candy iar. The hostess served a frozen fruit salad course. Each plate had as favors a minature bride and groom wrapped in pink celephane contain ing mints. * DAVIS HOTEL I: ?; Mr and Mrs. J. A. Mewborn < j '' Proprietors ? ? :: Room?$1.26 and f 1.75 - Breakfast?10c ;; Dinner-Supper, Wk.?65c ;? ;; SUNDAY DINNER 75e ;; - DR. G"V. WILLIS Physician Phone 96 Offlee Main St Opposite Rouse Printer? The second annual convention of the North Carolina Dairy Products Association wiH be held a* the Caro lina Hotel, Pinehurst, January 9 and LOST On* brown line glove. Re turn t? C P. MOYE, Farmville, N Ch or to this office. Itj ' : ? 'v.? '' / _______ FOR SALE-4 good mod tiro* and tubes, Goodyear, 4-ply, 600-16.?R E. Quiun & Co/a Warehouse Fur niture Store. lfc FOR SALE?1935 DODGE SEDAN, practically brand new, heater and radio?Inquire at Enterprise office Phone 14. - lie FOR SALE ! ? Early Jersey and Charles ten Wakefield cabbaga plants, grown by Herbert Smith (formerly of Farmville) Caswell Training School, *; Kinsten, N. C Prices right, no eider too large, tl NOTICE OF SALE OF VALUABLE x REAL ESTATE By virtue of an Order made by Honorable J. F. Harrington, Clerk of the Superior Court of Pitt County, North Carolina, in that certain en titled action pending, entitled as fol lows, to wit: "T. D. Murphy, Ad ministrator of W. R. J. Lassiter, De ceased Vs William Emmitt Lassiter, Grace Lassiter, Lee Nora Lassiter, Joseph Hugh Lassiter, Mabel Eliza Lassiter, and William Earl Lassiter, heirs-at-law of W. R. J. Lassiter, Deceased and W. P. Moore, Guardian ad Litem of Lee Nora Lassiter, Joseph Hugh Lassiter, Mabel Eliza Lassiter, and William Earl Lassiter." The undersigned Commissioner will offer, for sale, for cash, to the high est bidder, in front of the Bank of Farmville, on Main Street, in said town of Farmville, North Carolina, on Saturday, February 15, 1936, at hours between 12:00 M. and 2:00 P. M. the following described tracts or parcels of land, to wit: | FIRST TRACT: Beginning on tne South side of Wilson Street 105 feet from Pitt Street and runs Southerly 160 feet, thence Westerly and at right angles 52 % feet, thence South-1 erly 66 feet to a ditch, thence Wesf erly with the ditch 52% feet, thence Northerly and parallel with first line 226 feet to the Wilson Street, thence -Easterly 105 feet to the beginning. I Being lot conveyed to W. B. Lassiter and wife by W. W. Norrville and wife, deed dated December 19, 1914 and duly recorded in the Register of Deeds' Office of Pitt County, Book C 11 page 33. j SECOND TRACT: Being lot Number 13 of the Townsend and Windham Division. Beginning at the Southeast corner, W. H. Moore's corner and running with W. H. Moore's line Westerly 269 feet to a: stake, Moore's corner, thence South-1 erly 64% feet to Mrs. T. H. Smith's i corner, thence Easterly with Smith's line 269 feet to Pitt Street, thence' Northerly with Pitt Street 69 feet to' the beginning. Being lot conveyed to W. B. and N. A. Lassiter by R. L. Joyner and wife, deed dated Feb ruary 7, 1916 and duly recorded in the Register of Deeds' Office of Pitt County, Book C 11 page 426. THIRD TRACT: Being lot Num ber 12 of the Townsend and Wind ham Division. Beginning at the Southeast corner of lot Number 11 and runs with the line of lot Number 11 Westerly 269 feet, thence South erly 64% feet to a stake, thence Easterly 269 feet to 4th Street, thence Northerly with 4th Street 69 feet to the beginning. Being lot conveyed to W. B. Lassiter by W. H. Moore and wife, deed dated Feb ruary 15, 1918 and duly recorded in Register of Deeds' Office of Pitt County Book J 12 page 459. FOURTH TRACT: Being in the Town of Farmville and lying on the West side of Pitt Street and 160 feet from Wilson Street, beginning on Pitt Street and running Southerly with Pitt Street 66 feet, thence Westerly with a ditch 157% feet, thence Northerly 66 feet and runs parallel with Pitt Street, thence Easterly and parellel to second line 157% feet to the beginning. Being lot conveyed to W. B. Lassiter, Nancy and Eliza Lassiter by J. W. Eason and wife, deed dated March 31, 1913 and duly recorded in the Register of Deeds' Office of Pitt County, Book N 10 page 106j FIRTH TRACT: One lot in the Town of Farmville and beginning on Southwest corner of Wilson Street and Pitt Street and runs Southerly 160 feet with Pitt Street, thence Westerly 52% feet, thence Northerly and parellel with first line, 160 feet to Wilson Street, thence with Wilson Street, Easterly 52% feet, to the beginning. Being lot conveyed to W. B. Lassiter, Annie Eliza Lassiter by P. T. Atkinson and wife, deed dated May 16, 1913 and recorded in the Register of Deeds' Office of Pitt County, Book N 10 page 207. SIXTH TRACT: Lot in the Town of Farmville, beginning on the South side of Wilson Street 52% feet from Pitt Street and runs Southerly 160 feet, thence Westerly 52% feet, Northerly 160 feet, to Wilson Street, thence Easterly with Wilson Street 52% feet to the beginning. Being the lot conveyed to W. B. Lassiter and N. A, Lassiter by C. R. Town send, deed dated January 28, 1914 and duly recorded in the Register of Deeds' Office of Pitt County, Book R 10 page 342. This the 9th day of January, 1936, J. G. ANDERSON, Owka, Commissioner. ' I A local branch of the Farmers'! Federation has been established In Macon County with a membership of 360 urban and roial member*' iSIi mm | i M^yHt it Wm Something He Etl ?By Talburt jtf&l CIAL ?" ? ?^?l" III ^ I III ^ I I ? ??*-, L6QI51ATIVE / ROLL > f OVER? 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