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VOL, TWENTY-SIX FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1936 NUMBER TEN
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FEDERAL DEFICITS
THE FUTURE OUTLOOK
DEPRESSION VANISHING
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
LABOR VARIATIONS
By Hugo Sims, Washington
Correspondent.
The first Federal deficit of the de- J
pression era was recorded in the fis
cal year 1931 and each year since
that time has seen the Government
spending more than its income. Al
together the deficit has amounted to
almost 513,000,000,000. At first, as
the depression made itself felt, an
effort was made to cut down ex
penses but this proved impossible as
income dwindled. In 1932, the Gov
ernment went to the rescue of
banks, drafing heavily on its credit
and the following years have seen
the trend continue, with the payment
of the bonus this year, the deficit is
estimated at 5.4 billion dollars. Be
ginning in 1931. with $462,000,000,
the figure jumped to 2.7 billions in
1932, 2.6 in 1933, 3.6 in 1934, 3.0 in
1935 and 5.4 for the year just end
ed.
Previous to these annual deficits,
the Federal Government expended
around four and a half billion dollars
but as the nation suffered in the grip
of a world-wide stagnation. Federal
income dropped to around two billion
dollars in 1933. In 1934 receipts
were around three billions and in
1935 the Government's income was
nearly four billions. For the year
1936 the income was about four bil
lion dollars and this year the Treas
ury expects its income to be more
than five billion dollars. However,
expenditures continue to rise as the
Government assumes larger social
responsibilities.
The outlook for the future envis
ages a , record-breaking surge of
revenue if there ;s continued busi
ness recovery and the prospect of
achieving a balanced budget if the
business recovery takes off the
Government a great part of the
burden of relief. Of course,, the
budget can be balanced by a rigorous
purge of expenditures. Trv Demo
cratic platform speaks of a ""bal
anced budget" at "the earliest possi
ble moment'' and ties the declaration
with advancing income and declining
relief expenditures. The Republican
platform pledges a balanced budget
"not by increasing taxes, but by cut
ting expenditures, drastically and
immediately."
Cooperative associations to buy
and sell for members are a major
factor in the economic life of Great
Britain, Sweden, Czechoslovakia and
France. Accordingly the President
has dispatched three investigators to
these countries, and others, to survey
their work with a special study of
the relationship of these organiza
tions to government.
There are those who hold that the
depression is vanishing and they
point to signs that have weight. For
four months the number of new jobs
has increased, aggregating 58,000 in
May according to the Labor Depart
ment. In a year the total gain has
been (550,000, which does not include
all occupations. Work relief rolls, it
is noted, have been reduced a fourth
in the past four months so that now
the government's work program em-!
ploys 700,000 less persons than in
January. In addition, profits earned
by business are running well ahead
of last year according to reports
from business and corporate sources.
The Democratic platform, as adopt
ed, is an emphatic endorsement of
the New Deal with a straight decla
ration that if legislation cannot be
framed within the Constitution to
adequately regulate commerce, pro
tect public health and safety and
safeguard economic security a clari
fying amendment will be sought. The
argument it that 45 States, with
their legislatures and machinery,
cannot handle problems arising from
droughts, dust storms, wages and
hours, monopolistic practices, etc.
On currency the party seeits a
sound currency stabilized to pre
vent wide fluctuations, declares the
dollar the soundest coin in the world,
government credit higher than in
years, deflation stopped and values
restored. In foreign affairs the
Democrats preach the "good neigh
bor" policy, oppose war, favor neu
trality, a 3trong defense and taking
the profit out of war.
The farm plank boasts of what
has been done in taking the farmer
off the road to ruin, mentions soil
conservation, the fight against ero
sion, rural electrification, and prom
ises continued farm bounties and fi
nancial aid to improve the conditi or
ol farm tenantry, Production wil
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be encouraged as much as the home
and foreign markets will absorb, plus
enough reserve to insure a fair price
to consumers. Other items; com
modity loans on surpluses, a produc
tion balanced with demand at a fair
profit, encouragement of farm co
operatives and a plan to purchase
and retire submarginal land.
Labor is told of shorter hours, in
creased pay, the end of "sweated toil
of women and children," organiza
tion without "employer interference,"
and Federal authority to settle dis
putes. There are a few contrasts in
the platforms of the parties on this
subject.
While the Democrats promised
bargaining without interference
from employers, as provided in
the National Labor Relations Act,
the Republicans declared that work
ers should be free from interference
"from any source." This last clause
was recommended for insertion in the
National Labor Relations Act by the
National Association of Manufac
turers and it not looked on with favor
by labor leaders.
On wages and hours the Repub
licans mention safeguarding the
working conditions of women and
children but make no mention of men
and advocate accomplishment through
State laws and interstate compacts.
To this should be added the declara
tion of Gov. Landon that he favored
Constitutional amendment if neces
sary to reach the end in view.
The Democrats, in their wording,
did not limit their provisions to wom
en and children but listed wages and
hours as one of the problems before
the country, stating that they can
not be solved "exclusively by 48
separate State legislatures, 48 separ
ate State administrations and 48
separate State Courts" and, if they
cannot be within the Constitution,
pledging an amendment to give the
States and the Federal government
the power to take action. To the
worker, as a consumer, the Demo
crats promised protection in the
"production and consumption of all
commodities, including coal and
water power and other natural re
source products."
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Will Stress Recreation
At Farm - Home Week
The serious phases of Farm and
Home Week at State College, July
27-31, will be well balanced with an
extensive program of recreation and
entertainment.
Every effort will be made to give
the visiting farmers and farm women
a good time, said John W. Goodman,
of State College, who is secreatry of
the week.
In the afternoons there will be
sight-seeing tours over the capital
city and to the University of North
Carolina of Chapel Hill and Duke
University.
Group singings and plays will fea
ture the evening entertainment pro
gram. An hour of recreation under
i the direction of A. R. Morrow, Ire
I dell County farm agent, will con
clude the program each night.
A number of home demonstration
clubs over the State have been prac
ticing "rhythmic stepping to music"
in preparation for the group recrea
tion in Riddick Stadium, reported
Dr. Jane S. McKimmon, state home
agent.
Tn addition to the 20-minute
periods of group singing under the
direction of J. F. Criswell, who led
the singing in 1934, a number of
choruses also will entertain the
Farm and Home Week visitors.
The milking contest is expected
to create a great deal of interest,
with cash prizes for the winners.
Men from different counties will
compete with one another through
two preliminary and a finals con
test.
One of the most enjoyable things
about the week, according to men
and women who attended in previ
ous years, is the opportunity afford
ed for men and women from differ
ent parts of the State to get together
for informal chats in which they talk
over their experiences, swap ideas,
and discuss current topics of inter
est in agriculture and other fields.
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The New Deal Club was delight
fully entertained on Wednesday aft
ernoon by Mrs. Elbert Joyner, in
whome home summer flowers were
attractively arranged, with gladioli
and Queen Anne's lace predominat
ing.
Mrs. P. E. Jones made high score
? and was awarded a lovely lemon
i server, the floating prize for honors,
? a guest puff package, was retained
by Mrs. Henrietta M. Williamson.
The hostess was assisted by her
i sister in serving a tempting frozen
t salad plate with iced tea.
Young Peoples'
Revival To Begin
Sunday Night
A Cordial Invitation To
The Meeting Is Ex
tended To Everyone
A young peoples' revival will be
gin at the Methodist church on Sun
day night, July 12. Every young
person in Farmville and vicinity is
urged to attend these services, which
will begin at 7:30 o'clock each eve
ning. A cordial invitation to the
meeting is extended to everyone, ir
respective of age and denomination,
although the meeting is being plan
ned, and designed for the young peo
ple.
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rne meeting win oe cunuucieu uy
two young ministers, Rev. R. Leon
Crossno, of Bells, Tennessee, and
Rev. Phil Harold Grice. of Rolling
Fork, Mississippi. Mr. Crossno, who
is now pastor of the Walstonburg
and Arthur churches, will do the
preaching. The music will be under
the direction of Mr. Grice, tenor
soloist of the Duke Chapel Choir,
who is serving as assistant to Dr.
Wooten and Mr. Crossno during the
summer months.
Plans have been made for the or
ganization of two choirs and an or
chestra to provide music for the
meeting. Young people who play in
struments are asked to bring them
to church on Sunday evening. After
the service a meeting will be held to
organize the orchastra. In addition
to the two choirs and orchestra, there
will be special music at each service.
Make your plans now to attend these
services regularly.
Dr. J. C. Wooten. pastor, announces
that the regular Sunday morning
service will be conducted by Mr.
Crossno.
Farmers Urged
To Grow More
Food, Feed Crops
The AAA is seeking to aid in the
futher production of food and feed
crops on farms hard hit by the
drouth, according to an announce
ment by Dean I. C. Schaub, of State
College. '
On farms where dry weather has.
cut the production of these crops be
low normal, he said, growers may
plant more food and feed crops with
out affecting their payments, provid
ed they comply with other require
ments of the new farm program.
However, their plantings of crops
other than annual grasses, small
grains, and sorghums must not make
their total acreage of general soil
depleting crops equal or exceed their
base acreage of general soil-deplet
ing crops.
They may plant all the annual
grasses, small grains, and sorghums
necessary' to bring production up to
normal.
The program originally provided
that deductions would be made from
a grower's payments if his acreage
of soil-depleting crops exceeded his
base acreage of these crops.
There is still time to plant sor
ghums, cowpeas, soybeans, sudan
grass, other grasses and legumes,
sweet potatoes, and fall vegetables,
the dean pointed out;
He also stated that to qualify for
payments, growers must grow an
acreage of soil-conserving crops
equal to 15 per cent of their general
soil-depleting base and 20 per cent
of their cotton, tobacco and/or pea
nut base.
Deductions will be made in the
payments of growers whose acreages
of soil-conserving crops do not equal
the amount required.
C. A. LILLY ACCEPTS POSITION
WITH FARMV1LLE MOTOR CO.
According to an announcement ap
pearing elsewhere in this issue, C.
A. Lilly has accepted a position with
the Farmville Motor Co., local Dodge
and Plymouth dealers, and entered
upon his new duties with this firm
the first of this week.
Mr. Lilly needs no introduction to
the people of this section of the
State as for several years he held a
responsible position with the firm
of R. L. Davis & Bros.
Mr. Lilly will appreciate a visit
frpm you if and when you are in
the market for a new car, or any
thing handled by the Farmville
Motor Co.
HISS LILLIE a WATSON PASSES
Funeral services for Miss Lillie B.
Watson, 58, who died here after a
lingering illness at the home of her
sister, Mrs. C. T. Butts, were held
from the Butts home on Tuesday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, with the
Christian minister of Kinston in
m
charge. Interment was made in tfe
Kinston cemetery.
Miss Watson is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. C. T. Butts, Farmville,
and Mrs. Charles Becton, Kinston.
Washington
Farm News
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THE DROUGHT MENACE
CROP FAILURE THREAT
WORSE THAN 1934
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
Special Washington Cor
respondent.
Secretary Wallace, after appoint
ing a special committee to coordinate
drought relief, last week made a tour
of the affected farming areas, where
conditions, unless relieved, will soon
be "worse than in 1934."
Earlier in the year a severe
drought in the Southwest destroyed
much of the Winter wheat crop.
Later a prolonged dry spell in the
Southeast cut sharply into the veget
able supply and did much damage to
cotton prospects.
However, by far the worst situa
tion exists in the Dakotas, Montana
and Wyoming, where total crop fail
ures are feared in some sections un
less rain arrives in a hurry. Sections
in Eastern Oklahoma, Western Ar
kansas, Northern Tennessee and
Southern Kentucky are also suffer
ing.
The conditions in some of the driest
sections of Western Dakota, Eastern
Montana and Wyoming are extreme
ly serious and it may be necessary
to move millions of head of cattle
and relieve thousands of farmers.
While the drought is a calamity of
the first magnitude it has relieved
all fears of surpluses in wheat and
corn and other grains for the pres
ent year. When the Supreme Court
put an end to the AAA farm produc
tion control program it seems that
.Mother Nature took up the job and
the present prospect is that prices
will move upward much further than
anticipated.
In fact, consumers are already be
ing prepared for higher food prices
as a direct result of the lack of rain
in the farm belt during April, May
and June. While the crop of wheat
will be short harvesting is already
vrtually completed in the belt below
central Kansas and Missouri with
some areas reporting the best harv
est in five years.
C*?nifm'loklo V? Q fO f A
OpillT I2> liafUl^ avauauic 11^1 v- ?.v j
give anything like a complete sum
mary of the sections of many states
affected by the drought. North
Dakota had only 2.06 inches of rain
in the last three months while in the
same period in 1934, there was 3.83
inches of rainfall. South Dakota got
4.31 inches, compared with 4.54 in
ches in 1934 and Montana 3.17 com
pared with 4.15 two years ago.
While the government is giving
the farmers promise of liberal as
sistance to help them over the dis
aster, it is also emphasizing the
fight that must be made to prevent
much of our farm lands from becom
ing a desert. A four-fold perman
ent program to provide for the stor
age of moisture and prevent the driv
ing by the wind of snow and silt.
The work includes the soil converva
tion drive to check erosion, the shel
ter belt of trees across the western
borden of the Great Plains from Can
ada to Texas, a wide range of irriga
tion and dam pprojects and the buy
ing up of submarginal land to be
converted into pasture.
Two weeks ago in this column we
gave a summary of the Republican
party's platform planks, affecting
agriculture, and this week we call
attention to the Democratic pro
nouncement.
Boasting that the farmer had been
taken off the "road to ruin," the
Democrats said they had kept their
pledge to use all efforts to raise
farm purchasing power to its pre
war level, with references to 15-cent
corn, 3-cent hogs, 2 1-2-cent beef, 5
cent wool, 30-cent wheat, 5-cent cot
ton and 3-cent sugar.
The party has, by legislation, "re
duced the farmers' indebetedness and
doubled his net income." Promise is
made to recognize and meet new con
ditions and needs, to continue soil
conservation, and the domestic allot
ment program with payments, to
seek lower financing costs, to extend
commodity loans, to adjust and bal
ance production with demand "at a
fair profit," to encourage sound co
operatives, retire submarginal land
and to favor production of all the
market at home and abroad will ab
sorb, with a supply sufficient to in
sure fair prices to consumers. In
foreign affairs, the platform will
seek the lowering of tariff barriers,
etc., raised against agriculture prod
ucts and protect agriculture against
unfair competition and dumping
from abroad. Asserting finally that
the farmer "has been returned to the
road to freedom and prosperity,"
the Democrats say, "We will keep
him on that road."
The people of Pitt County might
as well turn their attention to the
development of their own resources;
if they don't, nobody else will.
$3,000,000,000
Loaned to Homo
Owners in II. S.
The Work of HOLC Has
Shifted from "Lend
ing" to "Collecting"
More than $3,000,000,000 has been
loaned to more than a million dis
tressed home owners in the United
States since June, 1933 by the Home
Owners' Loan Corporation. Of that
amount $31,394,471.12 has been loan
ed in North Carolina to approximate
ly 12,500 home owners. Of the total
amount loaned in North Carolina
$394,717.64 has been loaned to 169
distressed home owners in Pitt coun
ty
Under the Home Loan Act a fifteen
year loan at five per cent was grant
ed distressed home owners while the
holders of their defaulted mortgages
received HOLC bonds backed by the
Federal Treasury.
The work of the Home Owners'
Loan Corporation has shifted from
"lending" to "collecting" and the job
is far from being completed, but the
State Manager of this Agency re
ports that there has been no fore
closures out of the 169 loans made
in Pitt County. There have been
some defaults by home owners in
every part of the country and fore
closures have been started. How
ever, officials state that collections
have been unusually good over the
entire country and that the percent
age of delinquent accounts is rela
tively small. The defaults, they add
ed, are comparatively few and chief
ly by "misguided" persons. Only 111
foreclosures have been made on
HOLC mortgages in North Carolina
as of June 30, 1936.
Order Woman
Held In Jail
Pending Trial
Mrs. S u d i e Haynes
Charged with Burning
Half Brother
Wilson, July 8. ? Mrs. Sudie
Haynes, charged with the fatal burn
ing of her half brother, Howard God
win, as he slept early yesterday in
his home in a remote section of Wil
son county, was bound over to the
September term of superior court
without bail following a hearing held
here this morning before magistrate
A. J. Hines. 1
Nicie Sherrod, negro woman, and
principal witness for the state at
the hearing, testified that a quar
rel had taken place between Mrs.
Haynes and Godwin on Monday
night and that Mrs. Haynes "had
poured something out of a can" on
the house and "had struck a match
to it" after which it glared up. The
officers found a gerosene can empty
nearby.
The negress further testified that
"two or three people told me not
to tell nothing about what happen
ed," but she declined to give the
names at the hearing.
LEGIONNAIRES ELECT
NEW OFFICERS
The Farmville Post of the Ameri
can Legion held its monthly meeting
on Thursday evening, which was fea
tured by a chicken supper and the
election of new officers as follows;
J. H. Bynum, commander, C. L.
Owens, 1st vice commander, L. T.
Lucas, 2nd vice commander, J. H.
Paylor, service officers, C. F. Bau
com, chaplain and M. L. Eason, ser
geant at arms.
Brief talks were r.iade by the re
tiring commander, Alton W. Bobbitt,
the new head of the organization, J.
H. Bynum, Dr. W. M. Willis, C. F.
Baucom and J. H. Paylor, and plans
were made for entertaining the Le
gion Auxiliary at the August meet
ing.
J. H. Paylor, Dr. W. M. Willis and
A. F. Joyner were elected as repre
sentatives from this Post to the
state meeting to be held in Asheville,
July 26, and Frank Harper, Alton
W. Bobbitt and Jack Lang as alter
nates.
MATINEE PARTY
Mrs. A. Q. Roebuck and Mrs. D.
R. Morgan entertained at a matinee
party on Tuesday, in compliment to
Mrs. R. F. Watson, of Tuskegee, Ala.,
who is visiting her sister, Mrs. John
B. Joyner. After the show the party,
composed of the hostesses, Mrs. Wat
son, Mrs. Joyner, Mrs. S. A. Roebuck
and Miss Bettie Joyner enjoyed re
freshments at the home of Mrs. A.
Q. Roebuck.
Formal Opening Of
Golf Course Postponed
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DISTRICT MEETING OF
MASONS TO BE HELD
AT GRIFTON, JULY 15
The Masons of the Fifth Masonic
District, which comprises all of the
lodges in Pitt County, will hold
their annual district meeting in Grif
ton, Monday, July 13 at 7:00 P. M.,
in the Community Building. Pre
ceding the district meeting, there
will be an Officers' Conference at
5:00 P. M., for all officers of the
various Masonic lodges in the dis
trict, which will be conducted and
presided over by John h. Anderson,
Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge
of North Carolina.
Grifton Lodge is host to the dis
trict meeting, and supper will be
served to all Masons at 7:00 P. M.
At 8:00 P. M., the district meeting,
presided over by W. J. Budy, of
Greenville, District Deputy Grand
Master, will convene.
An address will be delivered by
J. Giles Hudson, of Salisbury, Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of North
Carolint. A silver loving cup will
be awarded the lodge having the
largest percentage of its members
present. District Deputy Grand
Master Bundy states that a large at
tendance is expected and urges all
Masons to be present.
Says Present Tax I
System Too Rigid
Are farmers of North Carolina
paying more than their share of the
tax. burden?
In a series of broadcasts, heard
every other Wednesday, Dr. G. W.
Forster, agricultral economist for
the North Carolina Experiment Sta
tion, is attempting to explain both
sides of the tax question as it re
lates to farmers. The next in this
series will be heard July 15.
Dr. Forster maintains that the
present tax system is too rigid. It
is not flexible enough to meet sud
den changes in incomes; and the in
comes of farmers vary quite often to
a marked degree. When the farm
income is low, growers probably pay
more than a fair share of the tax
load, but when incomes advance
sharply, such as they did during AAA
days, farmers probably expend less
for taxes than is fair.
Dr. Forster believes that a more
flexible tax system can be enacted.
In his radio talk for July 15, he will
discuss a plan for making the sys
tem less rigid.
The Home Demonstration Depart
ment at State College believes that
farm women will find a talk on "Can
ning Tomatoes" by Mrs. Cornelia C.
Morris, extension economist in food
conservation and marketing, inter
esting and helpful. This discussion
will be presented July 16.
MRS. HOLLOMAN LAID TO REST
Last rites were held for Mrs. Letha
Belle Flanagan Holloman, 31 on
Monday morning at ten o'clock from
the Christian Church, with the pas
tor, Rev. C. B. Mashburn, in charge,
and interment was made beneath a
blanket of flowers in Forest Hill
cemetery.
Mrs. Holloman, daughter of J. T.
Flanagan and the late Mrs. Flana
gan, and foster daughter of Watt
Parker and the late Mrs. Parker,
died in a Greenville hospital Satur
day afternoon, following a major
operation.
In paying a tribute of high esteem
to Mrs. Holloman's life, Rev. Mr.
Mashburn spoke of her chief charac
teristics as faith, unselfishness and
mother love, which she exemplified
throughout the short span of her
earthly existence. Her favorite
chapter, John 14, was read and her
beloved hymns were rendered by the
choir of the Christian Church, of
which church she had been a member |
since childhood.
Surviving are five children: AI-J
fred, Loretta, Hildred, Jimmie and
Janet; her father, J. T. Flanagan;
two sisters, Mrs. Floyd A. Andrews,
Mt. Olive, and Mrs. W. A. Pollard,
Jr.; and a brother, W. A. Flanagan,
of Norfolk, Va.
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1 ne lOHUWIII^ Uiciaucio v/i uv.
Sunday School class served as active
pall bearers; B. 0. Taylor, C. A.
Lilly, Howard Moye, C. B. Mash
burn, Jr., Johnnie Arnold and R. D.
Rouse. Honorary; R. G. Barrett.
Dr. H. B. Smith, M. V. Jones, E. L.
Barrett, W. J. Rasberry, J. T. By
num, J. W. Bass, R. O. Lang, J. C.
Gibbs, W. N. Spruill, C. S. Shackle
ford, LeRoy Rollins, J. 0. Pollard,
Willie Carraway, Milton Eason, Joe
Moye, D. E. Oglesby, J. M. Stansill,
P. A. Darden, J. L. Walker, Mack
Pollard, J. H. Paylor, R. A. Joyner,
L. E. Flowers, Z. M. Whitehurst, Dr.
W. M. Willis, J. B. Briley, Jack
Lewis, Sam Flanagan, Jessie Moye,
Clinton Rollins, Ray E. Braxton, J.
Y. Monk, Frank anw J. G. Holloman.
A number of friends from Green
ville, Wilson, Snow Hill, Mt. Olive,
Albama and Georgia were in attend
ance at the funeral.
Wet Weather Retarded
Preparations; Dinner
And Opening Exercis
es Scheduled for Wed
nesday, July 15
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excessive rains during the past
week resulted in the postponement
of the formal opening of the Farm
ville golf course from July 8 to Wed
nesday, July 15, at which time WPA
officials will be honor guests of
stockholders, their families and other
members of the Country Club, at a
barbecue dinner in the outdoor din
ing room at the swimming pool.
Preparations for the opening are
being completed at this time and
the occasion promises to be an
auspicious one.
At a called meeting on Friday eve
ning, members adopted by-laws,
rules and regulations relative to the
course, whereby every citizen of
Farmville will have the privilege of
the links at a minimum cost. An
outline of these was given in last
week's issue.
Mr. Holmes has been secured
as pro and manager of the course,
and an invitation to have the honor
of driving the first ball after the
official opening has been extended
to B. O. Taylor, chairman of the
board of directors and supervisor of
the construction of the course.
The president of the club, George
W. Davis, wishes to emphasize the
approved ruling that no dues will
be charged until August 1, (initiation
fees only), and urges prospective
players to join the club at once so
they may be eligible to attend the
opening and barbecue dinner.
OPENS RESETTLEMENT
OFFICE IN GREENVILLE
A. D. Ennett, Raleigh, has been
transferred by the State Reginal Re
settlement Office of Raleigh as full
time Resettlement Representative for
Pitt County, with headquarters in
Greenville.
Mr. Ennett has had considerable
experience in this type of govern
ment work, having supervised an In
dustrial and Educational Survey for
the National Resources Board and
later was connected with the Land
Utilization Division of the Resettle
ment Administration. He comes to
Pitt County as Supervisor of Rural
Resettlement.
The work of Mr. Ennett's office is
to finance or make loans to the type
of farmer who has so little security
that he can obtain money through
no other financial agency. Another
function of the office is to arrange
loans for co-operative enterprises.
Mr. Ennett'e office will carry a
secretary and a full time Home Su
pervisor. This set up, according to
Mr. Ennett, will insure Pitt County
full participation in all governmental
benefits available under the Rural
Resettlement Administration.
When asked his impression of Pitt
County, Mr. Ennett replied, "Your
farms are among the very best and
your citizens are progressive and
courteous. I feel it a privilege to
work in Pitt County."
Mr. Ennett's office is over the
Dickerson Avenue Branch of the
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company.
MAKE SUCCESSFUL CANVASS
FOR PLAYGROUND FUND
The goal of $200 has almost been
reached by canvassers here this week
who have received contributions for
playground equipment in connection
with the WPA project to begin as
soon as equipment is installed.
Mayor J. B. Lewis states that the
equipment will be as varied as possi
ble in order that a greater number
of children may take part in the pro
gram, and will include soft balls,
bats, sand piles, beach balls, seesaws,
swings, etc.
The WPA will finance supervisors
for the different groups with Farm
ville furnishing a genial supervi
sor.
NEW ROTARY PRESIDENT
TAKES GAVEL
Reviewing briefly the accomplish
ments of the local Rotary Clgb dur
ing the past year, in which six mem
bers have been added to the list, the
retiring president, Mayor John B.
Lewis discussed the ideals of Rotary
as applicable to the life of business
activities in Farmville, and turned
j the gavel over to Manly Liles, the
newly elected head, who made a
| brief acceptance speech.
Speaking principally to Rotarians
added recently bo the roster of this
group ? Arch Flanagan, Herbert
Kemp and Jack Lewis, Ed Nash War
ren outlined the obligations of mem
bers and Irvin Morgan, Jr., depicted
the structure of Rotary International.
Other newly elected officers as
suming their duties at this time were
Irvin Morgan, Jr., vice president,
and J. B. Lewis, secretary and treas
urer.