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? Look At Tour Label ? If Yew ? X Subscription Has Expired Send t I In YOUR Renewal at Once ! J ? ,??#???????????????????!?????;; 1! They Are Constantly JniiUng ? | You To Trade With Then. 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 - * 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; ???. ] 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 ;? 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 ?? * ' ? - '??eiSUmmalbti . . ' ; -E GLORIOUS FOURTH Ywterijy ?nJTod?y Br A.B.CHAPIN I BANC/. s / = - v . r \ ( BANf f) (***?1\ lUA*K-./) JMWCCTtY- ) BLAH K?Ttr-y ^?u*K?/ MNGff hiJ'l T /pOP-POP-PO^ Ji' ?' \pop poffnry / blank \ I f I k blanki flabkctty. ) f ?lamkcttk./ V 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. ?'.- iri- ? .'. ?* pijHf <?'??? vr v ''" :-S' ' V'v1 y ;??" 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. < 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 < ? ? I 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, | ( ; r/'S' v ' J 1 : V' - "*? New Deal Chiefs Map Plans Far Real Battle ?-1 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 ,.r ~r.\' ' 1 T: ' ? 't-':' v. * ? -V ' ?' v-vil:'. 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. A P iuif V VI. vr* m. ? i kv.i ? ? 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.