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VOL. TWENTY-SIX
FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N08TH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY X 1936
NUMBER NINE
Farmuille Country Club
To Formerly Open Golf
Course Wed. July 8th
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WPA Officials To Be
Honor Guests at Stock
holder's Barbecue Din
ner to be Held at Swim
ming Pool Dining
Room
Although not yet completed, thel
golf course of the Farmville Coun-1
try Club, located on the Farmville-1
Fountain highway near the Munici-I
pal swimming pool, will be officially j
opened Wednesday afternoon, July 8,1
immediately following a barbecue I
dinner, at which WPA officials wiR J
be honor guests of stockholders, I
their families and other members off
the Country Club in the outdoor din-1
ing room at the swimming pool.
Final arrangements were complet-1
ed this week for the opening, follow-1
ing a meeting of the stockholders I
held in the city hall, Monday night. I
At this meeting a tentative draft J
was made of the by-laws, rules and I
regulations governing the course, and I
a committee of three was appointed j
to put same into proper shape for final j
adoption at a meeting to be held J
Monday evening preceding the open-1
ing.
After aue consideration uiu taur
ful study by the committee, recom
mendations are to be made which
will give every citizen of Farmville
the privilege of this splendid branch ,
of recreation at a reasonable cost.
As to membership of non-stock
holders. the committee will recom
mend an initiation fee of $10 and ?
monthly dues of $3.50 for a male
member, or for a family, including ?
minors and such members who are
not earning a salary. The above ini- j
tiation fee and dues will apply also ;
to those of nearby towns and com
munities wishing to join the local ?
club.
An initiation fee of $5 with $2.50
monthly dues will be recommended ;
for individual membership for ,
ladies. ,
To provide for the younger folks i
under 18 years of age, whose pa
rents do not anticipate joining, an
initiation fee of $2.50 with month
ly dues of $1 will be suornitted by
the committee.
Dues of stockholders will be $2.50
a month.
Green fees for non-residents will
be 50c, and any member who invites
a guest will be required to purchase
ticket before using the links.
No person residing within the cor
porate limits of the town will be I
permitted the use of the course un
less they become a regular member
under one of the various membership
provisions, therefore, prospective
players are requested to apply to C.
A. Lilly, secretary, at once so that
they may enjoy the privileges of the
course and be eligible for attendance
at the formal opening and barbecue 1
dinner.
No dues will be charged until i
August 1st, but initiation fees must ]
accompany application for member- i
ship. ,
Stokes County tobacco growers re
port a reduction of 20 per cent below :
the planned acreage this season due :
to the recent drouth.
Auto Tag; Price
Is Gut In Half
Sales For Year To Date
Lack Only 37,000 Of
Record Total for 1935
Raleigh, July 1.?As State auto
mobile license plates go on 3ale at
half-price for the remainder of the
year today, a total of 474,404 pairs
of plates, bought during the first
half of the year, are now in use in
the State.
The Motor Vehicle Bureau re
ported yesterday that the sales to
date are only 37,772 short of the en
tire total of 512,176 for all of last
year, which set a new all-time rec
ord. The total number sold through
yesterday was 40,870 more than sales
through the same date, June 30,
in 1935.
Today also is the final date for re
newal of chauffeur's license re
quired under the State drivers' li
cense law, but applications for re
newals have been received for only
60g of the 12,000 licensed chauffeurs
in North Carolina, said Arthur FuDc,
dreetor of the State Division of
Highway Safety. He warned that no
extension would be granted.
Director Folk reported that 696,
?7t lirBWsmAjdJyn- iesaed to aa
tomobile drivers in the State and
. ^1,, , t m t Aal ii ii am i i 3?i ? f at? A/WV
esomatea mat approximate! jr. YDV^OUU
wift have been issued when all
oxxveT9 JMtve received uiexr.-penmts.
?bs ameer nctTiee law Meame e??
North Carolina Farm
Home Week To Be
Educational Vacation
The program for Farm and Home
Week at State College, July 27-31,
will present a representative cross
section of agricultural activities in
North Carolina.
It has been designed to show far
mers and farm women not only what
is going on in the State, but also
the value of improvements that are
being developed in all aspects of
fanning and rural life.
Farm people will find the trip to
Farm and Home Week a good invest
ment, said John W. Goodman, sec
retary of the week, inasmuch as they
will have an opportunity to study
better methods of doing things on
the farm.
Rut that is onlv a nart of the
picture, he continued. Along with
the educational features of the pro
gram will be a variety of entertain
ment and recreation that will make
the week "a delightful vacation."
State and national agricultural
leaders will lead discussions regard
ing all farm matters of current in
teest to men, and class room work in
home demonstration activities will be
given the women.
In addition, there will be point
meetings for men and women, at
which the new farm program, rural
electrification, farm cooperatives, 4
H Club work, home demonstration
work, farm organizations and
agencies, and many other subjects
will be discussed.
A number of farm organizations
will hold their annual meetings at
Farm and Home Week, and all orga
nizations and agencies working with
North Carolina farm people have
been invited to take part in the
week's activities.
Rooms for men and for women at
tending the week will be provided
free of charge in the State College
dormitories, and meals will be serv
3d at nominal cost in the cafeteria,
Goodman stated.
Large Deligation
Of Pitt Citizens <
Sought For Meets;
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County Farm and Home j
Agents Seek Arouse
Interest in Farmers' !
and Farm Women's
State Sessions
i
The county farm and Home agents
:oday were making preparations to
have good representative of Pitt
farmers and farm women at the an
nual Farmers' and Farm Women's :
convention to be held in Raleigh,
July 27-31, inclusive.
The program this year will be one
of general and special interest to
farmers and farm women from all
sections of the State, but especially
to those in this section. The regu
lar short courses, which have been
the custom in the past, will be dis
pensed with in favor of broader
fields covering the various phases of
the agricultural program. 7 ,
R. R. Bennett, farm agent, said he
already was seeking to arouse the
interest of farmers in the meetings.
Miss Ethel Nice, home agent, said
she hoped to have a good representa
tive of Pitt farm women at the ses
sions, but was unable to estimate at
present how many would be in at
tendance.
It was pointed out that the col
lege dormitories will be available
for those attending without cost.
Should the attendance be so large
the dormitories will not provide
enough rooms, arrangements have
been made with nearby Meredith
college whereby rooms may be rented
at a nominal fee.
greenville to hold
?orthopedic clinics
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Greenville, July 2.?Dr. N.Thomas
Ennett, county health officer, an
nounced definitely today an ortho
pedic clinic would be conducted in
Pitt County the first Friday in each
month, beginning today.
Dr. Hugh A. Thompson has been
secured to conduct the examina
tions which are being provided by
the children's division of the De
partment of Labor, the President's
Ball committee and thd local Ro
tary Club and county health office.
All persons under 21 years of age
will be eligible to attend. 1
Eighty-five per cent of the farml
en and 90 per cent of the cultivated
acres in Harnett County has been
signed in work sheeta for* the new
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Veterans Paying
Back Fund Loans
Approximately $475,000
Is Now Available For
Lending Out to 'Good
Risks'
Raleigh, July 3.?The World War
c'eterans Loan Fund has $475,000
ivailable for "trood risks" among
veterans of the World war and the
Spanish-American War as a result
sf bonus money paid to the fund on
loans in arrears, Maj. Graham K.
Hobbs, commissioner of the fund,
said yesterday.
Major Hobbs, in announcing that
this amount was available for loans,
said the fund had received $27,826
from 85 bonus recipients since the
middle of last month. Most of the
payments were on delinquent debts,
be said.
"We expect to receive $40,000 in
bonus money before it stops pour
ing in," the commissioner predicted.
Part of the $475,000 credit balance
on the revolving fund results from
the fact that many veterans were
urged to refinance their loans
throught the Home Owners Loan
Corporation, Major Hobbs said.
He said the fund was "in better
shape now than at any period since
1932."
No loan to veteran ? most of
whom are World War veterans?
may exceed a period of 15 years,
when part of the World War Veter
an Loan Bonds, maturing in 1951,
come due.
Major Hobbs said the time limit
for practical purposes would be 12
years, to allow three years lee-way
for collection of bad risks before
the date of the bonds maturity.
Two million dollars in bonds will
mature in 1950 and $500,000 in bonds
in 1951.
Major Hobbs reported his com
mission had made 1,300 loans since
April, 1927, when the fund was set
up. Only 350 of these have resulted
in foreclosures, he said.
PITT COUNTY- LAWYER
IS HELD FOR LARCENY
Greenville, July 1.?John R. Den
ton, Greenville and Ayden attorney
and former solicitor of Ayden Muni
cipal Recorder's court, was bound
over to Superior court today under
$500 bond following a preliminary
hearing on charges of larceny.
The Pitt county lawyer was given
a hearing before Magistrate John
Ivey Smith, who found probable
cause and ordered Denton held under
bond for his appearance at the next
criminal term of Superior court herei
The former solicitor is charged
with the larceny of a sum of money
estimated by the plaintiff of from
$120 to $195 on June 9. A large
number offwitnesses were questioned
during the .hearing, which was con
ducted in the court house.
The defendant was represented by
D. M. Williford of the law firm of
Roberts and.'Williford. Judbe Albion
Dunn appeared as private prosecu
tion. *?.; ?
MISS BARRETT HOSTESS
% W I ??
Miss Rachel. Barrett was hoateaa
at a delightful going-away party
on Tnaaday eveninjr. horyirinr E. C.
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Check For $2,
015,000 Swells
State Treaseiy
Smith Reynolds Estate
Pays Inheritance Tax
As Fiscal Year Starts
Raleigh, July 2.?The treasury or ,
the State of North Carolina was fat- |
tened as the fiscal year began yester- (
day by $2,015,000, received from the 1
estate of the late Zachary Smith
Reynolds in payment of the largest
inheritance tax ever levied in North
Carolina. '
The second largest check ever
received by the State, the voucher
yesterday fell more than one hun
dred thousand dollars short of the i
largest, $2,140,000 paid in 1933 by
the R. . Reynolds Tobacco Com- j
pany in income taxes. .
The check, added to the general 1
fund surplus on hand at the close of i
the fiscal year at midnight Tuesday
gave the State a cash balance es- 1
timated at well over $3,000,000 on <
the first day of the fiscal year, in '
contrast to the deficit of about $2,- ]
000,000 which stared the State in
the face on the first day of last <
fiscal year. i
Delivered to Attorney General A. <
A. F. Seawell, who was the State's 1
chief of counsel in the long litigation ]
over the affairs of the Reynolds '
heir, yesterday morning, the check
was turned over by him to Com- <
missioner of Revenue Allen J. Max- <
well in mid-afternoon yesterday 1
in a simple ceremony in the At- 1
torney General's office. I
The check was mailed from the *
Safe Deposit and Trust Company 1
of Baltimore and, signed by Vice
President G. B. Gammer and Assist- j
ant Treasurer . Edward Knapp, was
drawn on the United States Trust
Company of New York. *
Numbered 2822, *he check was
not sent by registered mail and the
postman who delivered the valuable
letter showed not a quiver as he
turned it over to Seawell's office, i
Opened, it developed that the check i
had been typewritten instead of j
being made out with a pro tec to- i
graph device. <
"I was surprised at first," admit- 1
ted Seawell, "but after I thought
about it, I realized that no one could J
wrongfully cash such a check..". 1
As the check was turned over to (
Maxwell by Seawell, in the presence 1
of Assistant Attorney Generals 1
Harry A. McMullen and T. Wade
Bruton and Carl D. Moore, head of
the inheritance tax division of tfie ,
Department of Revenue, Maxwell '
expressed his gratitude for the man- .
ner in which the legal department
had handled the case.
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and B. C. Barbee, who are leaving
this month to make their home in
Wilson*
The party began at 6:30 o'clock ;
with a swim in the municipal pool.
Upon returning to the Barrett home
punch and sandwiches were served j,
and after ah entertaining program
of games and contests an lee course ;
with salted nuts was enjoyed. '
The hostess and guests surprised ;
the honoreea with a shower of gifts.
Woman Beaten
Left en Highway
Daughter Accused Of
Participating In As
s a u 11 Culminating
Wild Ride
Wilson, July 1.?Naked and in a
dazed and beaten condition Mrs.
Mamie Bovkin. 45-year-old Green
rille woman, was found in a ditch '
k?y police officers around noon to- (
iay on the Wilson-Greenville high- 1
way.
Shortly before the officers found
die woman they had arrested four
ither Greenville people in a car on
die same highway in a drunken
;ondition and it was later discover
ed by the others that the Boykin
voman had been a fifth member of
:he party.
Officers said today that the four
people had quarreled with the wom
en and tore her clothes from her
aefore throwing her into the ditch
vhere she was found.
Flonnie Boklin, 21-year-old daugh
ter of the assaulted woman, was one
it the four arrested by the police,
rhe others are J. J. More, Rawleigh
Horton and Rufus Clarke.
All four are being held here charg
ed with drunkenness and assault,
and the woman's daughter is also
iharged with drunken driving. They
were placed under $200 bond each
pending trial before Judge O. P. ;
Djckenson in county court.
Detectives C. P. Hocutt and sev
?ral town officers along with Deputy
Sheriff Frank Carter made the ar
rests. They said they received a call J
to trace a drunken driver who was
?oing from one side of the road to
the other. They located the car at a
filling station and from their con
versation learned about the woman j
they had beaten and left on the
liighway. J
CITIZENS REQUESTED
TO DONATE TO PLA\ I
CENTER MONDAY <
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Efforts are being continued for 1
securing local appropriations to 1
supplement that of the Works Pro- ]
grain Administration for a summer
recreational project here, to be con- '
ducted for the next six weeks or <
two months. . ]
Mrs. Fred O. Purser met with the :
Board of Aldermen this week, and I
plans are being made for a canvass ;
in Monday for a $200 fund with ,
which to purchase necessary equip- ,
ment for the systemized play center. .
The program for the entire couii- j
ty will involve an expenditure on
the part of WPA of approximately
*5,900. ,
It will be recalled that Famvile
had this project for two summers ,
and that it was a praisworthy en- .
deavor and very beneficial to chil
dren of the community.
Extension Broadcasts
Complete Ninth Month ,
' Begun last September as an added j
source of Extension Service informa
tion of farm people, the Carolina ?
Farm Features radio program con- i
tinues to receive a wide response
from rural listeners,
at St*ba College, | (
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New Deal Chiefs Map
Plans Far Real Battle
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WINNERS IN THE NINTH
ANNUAL COOPERATIVE
ESSAY CONTEST TO MEET
Raleigh, July 2.?Comp'Ung for
the State championship and first
prize of a one-year tuition scholar
ship, the four district winners in the
ninth annual cooperative essay con
teat will meet in Raleigh Frjday,
July 10, and recite their version of
"Ten Important Questions in Regard
to an Improved Agricultural Pro
gram and Their Answers," the sub
ject of this year's contest.
These district winners have been
selected in a series of school, county
and district elimination contents in
which thousands of rural boys and
girls participated. The contest spon
sored jointly as an educational proj
ect by the North Carolina Cotton 1
Growers Cooperative Association and
the Farmers Cooperative Exchange.
The contestants are: Lester Ed
wards, of South Edgecombe High
School, representing the Eastern dis
trict; Randolph Denton, of the Gold
sand School in Franklin county, rep
resenting the central district; Har- (
vey Barnes, of the Orrum High
Schrool in Robeson county, repre
senting the Southern district; and
Jarvis Teague, of the Fines Creek
High School in Haywood county, rep- (
resenting the Western district. (
The 10 questions dealing with an
improved agriculture which go to j
make up the subject of the contest
were submitted by leading agricul- |
tural authorities in the State.
Commenting on the essay contest,
M. G. Mann, general manager of both (
the Cotton Association and the FCX,
said: "I can say without hesitation
that each year the contest has been
a little better than it was the year
before. This year we have had un
procedented interest shown in the j
contest and it has been given the en- 1
thusiastic support of educational au
thorities, agricultural leaders and '
weekly and daily newsapers of the ,
State."
Mr. Mann went on to point out
that in all more than 30,000 boys and
girls have written essays foi; these
contests since 1928. The essays
average 2,000 words each and, print- j
ed in book form, would fill 750 aver- .
age-size volums of 204 pages each.
Big Bus Mies
At Famed Bridge
Willi Heavy Tolli
1
Five Persons Lose Their <
Lives and More Than a |
Score Suffer Severe 1
Injuries
Natural Bridge, Va., uly 1.?Acts i
of heroism within the wreckage of \
the huge Greyhound bus which chash
ed here, killing five persons and in
juring 28, were told today as authori
ties blamed the tragedy on an "act
of God" and treacherous highway
conditions.
Only two of the five who met
death had been identified positively
late today. They were J. J. 01
derson, driver of the ill-fated bus,
and J. P. Hamilton, of Birmingham,
Ala. Mrs. Lucy Thompson, of Alex
andria, Va., and John Keesee, of
Grafton, Va., tentatively were iden
tified among the dead.
No clue has been obtained to the
identity of the fifth victim, a woman.
A check of the injured disclosed
late today that no further fatalities
are expected. There are many brok
en bones, dislocations, cuts and
bruises causing victims intense pain,
but the condition of none is re
ported serious.
Officials of the bus company,
working with county authorities' to
determine the cause of the accident,
pointed out tonight it was the first
fatality on the Natural Bridge route
the company has sustained in five
years.
through the medium of radio, keep 1
farm people posted on most timely '
and up-to-date information.
The home demonstration program, 1
presented each Thursday, has found
wide favor with rural housewives.
A large audience ha* been built up
during the period, and the women
report to the home demonstration de- <
partment that they receive much 1
helpful information from these <
broadcasts.
Likewise, the poultry program, 1
heard,each Friday, has received a ;
good response. Practically every (
farm home has chickens, as well as 1
many city homes. In their timely
talks, the poultry specialists tell of 1
proper; feeding, breeding, and man- it
agement practices. ' j
Alio eliciting interest from farm
people is the animal husbandry -and J
dairy broadcast beard each Monday. 1
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President Roosevelt ?
Chairman Farley and
'Others at White House
Parley; Farley Resig
nation Not Ampng
Topics
Washington, July 2.?Members of
the Democratic high command, in a
three-hour conference with President
Roosevelt, today laid the lines for a
summer of heavy campaigning that
they intend to climax in a whirlwind
of activities next fall.
Beyond stating that the protract
ed parley had worked out a tenta
tive budget and had brought a dis
cussion of men to fill key campaign
posts, the conferees declined, in the
words of one, to "tell all."
Although the President two days
ago intimated that Chairman James
A. Farley of the Democratic Na
tional Committee might have an
announcement as to whether he
would resign as Postmaster General,
Farley said the matter was not dis
cussed today.
"We had a general dicsussion
about the set-up of the new party
headquarters in New York and
made preliminary arrangements for
campaiign actvity," he told report
ers.
"We also made a preliminary
budget arrangement and discussed
leaders for division headquarters,
but decided on no definite appoint
ments.
As to expeditures from the war
chest, Farley said he could not name
a figure but that it was hoped'the
amount would be kept within that
spent in 1932?about $2,000,000.
Participating in the parley, which
displaced the regular cabinet meet
ing, were W. Forbes, treasurer of
the Democratic committee, L. W.
Kobert, secretary; Charles Michel
son, publicity director, and Charles
West, Undersecretary of Interior.
Farley hinted that the discussions
might have extended beyond the
points he mentioned. When a re
porter remarked that the three-hour
parley must have allowed time "to
cover a lot of ground," the Post
master General replied:
"A hell of a lot. Too bad we
can't tell it all."
He will have a further opportu
nity to talk politics with the Presi
dent on a trip to Virginia tomorrow.
Another conference, he said, will
ae held here Monday. Michelson
said no announcement as to Farley's
relinquishing his cabinet post, tem
porarily of permanently, need be
sxpected before Monday.
The shift of Democratic headquar
:ers to New York already was un
der way. Office furniture began
moving out during the d?y, and
committee aides said probably only
i skeleton force would be main
;ained here.
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The Republican opposition like
vise was laying cornerstones for
he campaign during the day.
Governor Alf M. Landon of Kan
sas assembled three of his political
ieutenants at Estes Park, Colo.,
vhere he is vacationing. In Chi
:ago party headquarters expanded
nto larger quarters, and in New
Sfork offices were leased for the
Eastern division camaign for Lan
ion and Knox.
Ralph West Robey, Columbia
University economist, was the only
me of the conferees at the Landon
parley who would talk politics for
publication. He said he believed the
Democrats would lose more votes
han the Republicans to the new
Union party Presidential candidate,
Representative William Lemke of
North Decoda.
Charles P. Tarf, son of the late
President, and Earl H. Taylor, for
ner associate editor of The Coun
,ry Gentleman, attended the Lan
ion conference.
The Lemke candidacy received
something of a set back when the
National Farmers Holiday Associa
;ion, meeting in St. Paul, dropped
x resolution which would have
pledged support to the new party
lead. ;,
Some political observers thli^ght
:he President's calling list might
lave offered a clue fs < to some of
;he points of possible' discussion at
he White House political meeting.
TAKEN FOR A RIDE
Rocky Mount, July 2.?Fred Dash
ir, young student pilot of this city,
ong will remember yesterday's sud
len thunderstorm.
With two hours of solo flying to
lis credit, Dasher was soaring about
pesterday at dusk when suddenly a
30-mile-an-hour gale came up which
lis tiny plane refused to buck.
The pilot then put the plane's tail
to the wind and, with a string of
ambulances in pursuit, disappeared
in the storm.
Later, he telephoned from near
Bethel, around 60 miles away, that
lie had landed safely in a cornfield.