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j Look At Your Label ? If Youi | % Subscription Has Expired Send | | In YOUR Renewal at Once ! f **t T' ' ?' ? * ? *i ."t?"; '/.? ? '1 ?? ?-* V.V'*i C . . ?? * f c , v ? /.?.? > - ? ^ ' -V. ? The Farmville Enterprise *4f#444444'4444?4!#44i'444'4iii444"M>A ;; Patronize Ctar Advertisers, For f ! I They hx* Constantly -Inviting % ;; You To Trade With Them. t $++++++44++++*++++++++*++++++* VOL. TWENTY-SIX ^ FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 19S6 ; . " NUMBER FIFTEEN ? '? ' I - . ?> .. . . ? ' BOOSTER MEE TING TO PLAN PLENTY ACTION , ? ? , Business Men, Tobac-1 conists, Growers Will Assemble On Monday Night to Discuss Ways and Means of Main taining the Best Mar ket in the State A mass meeting of the merchants, tobacconists and growers of this I community, has been called for Mon-J day evening, August 17, to be held in the town hall at eight o'clock, for the purpose of outlining an effect ive program for maintaining the rep utation Farmville has had for many years of being the best tobacco mark et in the State. Scores of interested men, repre senting the various branches of bus iness here, are urged by the commit tee in charge, and expected to be on hand to take part in the discussion pertaining tp the progress and de velopment of the local market, which is a reflection of the fine spirit of co-operation so splendidly evidenced for these many years, and probably prevailing today in a higher degree than ever before. The tobacconist, the business men and the planter realizes that not only dfces the growth of the local market but the maintenance of its present lofty status among markets of the Bright Leaf Belt, depends greatly on a continual evincing of this correlation in a concerted pro gram of activity. ALL TOGETHER ? LET'S GO! CHEVROLET TURNS OUT ITS 12,000.000th CAR Record-breaking sales of Chevro let cars and trucks in North Carolina and throughout this section have hastened the company's attainment of another important milestone, the production of its 12,000.000th car, it was announced today by T, D. Hunt er, Zone Manager. Chevrolet No. 12,000,000 was buflt at Flint, Mich., on August 5, Mr. Hunter said. It came off the assem-1 bly line exactly eight months and one day after the 11,000,000th Chev rolet was built, and its piodu<tion brought to 1,182,000 the number of cars and trucks produced by Chev rolet since the manufacturing and assembly plant began on the 1936 model. "In all but two-of the months since the current models' intoduction," said Mr. Hunter, "the output exceed ed the 100,000-mark. Three of these months set new all-time records. Chevrolet's goal of "a million, plus, in 1936, is assurred." Sales in the Charlotte zone alone, in the month of July, were 2669 un its, as compared with 2135 in July, 1935. Backward Races Backward races are the ones that ? till have to kill people by hand.? Portland Express. Doughtofi Finds Bright OutlODfc Says Business Condi tions Better Than Ex pected; Boosting Fed eral Revenue Washington, Aug. 13.?Represent ative Robert L. Doughton today left a dramatic tax conference at the White House wholly confident that the facts justify a rosy outlook for the nation's finances. "Conditions are better than we had hoped for," said Mr. Doughton. "Tax receipts are increasing rapidly and expenditures are decreasing; and as a result, the increase in the Federal debt for the present fiscal year end ing June 30, 1937, will be very small indeed; and after that we hope tc balance the budget entirely, not onlj without increasing taxes, but wit! some reductions." But tax reductions now in pros pect are limited. There is no preseni prospect for removing three-cen postage, Jbr the eent-and-a-half gaso line tax, or of reducing liquor taxes Another tax that there is no immedi ate prospect for lowering is the ta: of $3 per 1,000 on cigarettes, al though Mr. Doughton is firmly con vineed that that tax is the highest proportionately, now levied by tb Federal government . In all of those items, too mucl Feedral revenue is involved to perml that revenue to be disturbed hefor a balanced budget is an actuality in stead of a prospect. But the tax of 18 cents a poon on chewing tobacco, although onl one-sixth of that on cigarettes, is far more burdaneome one because c the dediaiag state gt the industry > and the Federal revenues involved are relatively light. Such a tas ? might well fall within the genera t term of the reductions spoken of ir > general terms by the conferees ai ' the White House today, who included i in addition to the President and Mr Doughton, Senator Pat Harrison ? chairman of the finance committee t and Secretary of the Treasury Mor L genthau. Chairman Doughton and Senato ? Harrison, who, incidentally inform - xi friends tloday that his prospect c for renomination by a large major - :ty are most encouraging, expect t - rail the five Senators and five Rep :, rcsentatives composing the join c .-ommittee on taxation together earf; in September to study Treasury pro h pcsals ffcr minor changes in existSn; t tax laws. e But Mr. Doughton made it clea i- that the 1936 tax law on undistribul ed earnings of corporations is pro\ d irg moat satisfactory from th y Treasury standpoint, and has alread a resulted in greatly increased eorpc if rate dividends, which in turn wi h greatly inewaat lacoming taxaa. Holland Heads State Firemen Farmville Man Elected Statistician at Smoke Eaters' Final Session The State Firemen't Association adjourned Wednesday afternoon its first convention in Raleigh since 1916, after voting to appoint a legis lative committee, honoring James D. ; McNeill, its founder, and elected | Chief W. E. Holland, of Raleigh, as sociation president for next year. Mayor J. B. Flora, of Elizabeth City, was elected as vice-president. Chief Holland, who last year serv ed as vice-president, was nominated by Dr. Will S. Long, of Graham, president, and elected without oppo sition. Farmville Man Honored R. A* Joyner, of Farmville, presi dent of the East Carolina Firemen's .Association, was elected successor to Charles C. Harris, of Rocky Mount, statistician, but John L. Miller, of Concord, secretary, and A. B. Hom ey, of High Point, treasurer, were re-elected. Advisers to succeed May or Flora and E. W. Thompson, of Graham, will be appointed by the ex ecutive committee. McNeill Trophy Delegates, more than 700 of whom registered, voted to accept a $150 fund from George McNeill, of Fay etteville, former State Senator and son of the late J. D. McNeill, to pro vide a trophy, which will be award ed for some point of fire-fighting ex cellence to be decided on by the ex ecutive committee. Following the 1 recommendation of the Sandhills I Firemen's Association, delegates de | cided to authorize the committee to present to the General Assembly bills I designed for the elimination of fire hazards. All official business of the con vention was ended Wednesday after I noon, although the annual tourna ment, held in conjunction with the convention, took place Thursday. Greensboro Next Greensboro will be the scene of the convention's next session, which will mark the 50th year and Golden Anniversary of the Association. The Association was founded at a meet ing in Greensboro. In addition to being elected statis tician of the State Firemen's Associ ation, R. A. Joyner was later made a member of the Board of Directors. The Enterprise joins with other friends in offering congratulations to Mr. Joyner for the recognition his interest and service to the firemen of i the State are receiving from this or- 1 ganization. < Farmville firemen in attendance at i the State meeting, in addition to Mr. 1 Joyner, were: W. C. Wooten, Hay- ' wood Smith, W. A. McAdams, Edgar < Barrett, H. F. Seigler and B. E. \ Wheeler. 1 Pllt County ScM To Open Sept. 3rd Opening Earlier So Full Half Term Can Be Completed by Xmas The Board of Education, at a re cent meeting, announced the open-; ing date of the Pitt County schools as Thursday, September 3, and gave as its reasons for an earlier open ing than usual, the fact that a full half term could be completed by Christmas, making it possible to hold ( mid-term examinations before the ( holidays, and an anticipated curtail- J ment in transportation costs, as the , country roads are nearly always passable through December. D. F. Conley, superintendent of ^ the school system in this county, j points out that by opening on Thurs- , day, the schools will be able to get ( schedules adjusted and start the reg- , ular routine by Monday, and that this opening date will serve to sup ply two days for the Thanksgiving holiday period. The Board of Education took a poll of the various school boards of the county in regard to the opening date, with the majority voting for the change. ROTARY CLUB HAS OUTIING i Rotary Anns were honor guests at ' the summer outing of the local Ro- j tary Club, held at the municipal swimming pool on Tuesday evening, at which time a splendid Brunswick stew plate, prepared by Lath Mor riss, in person, and a short but in teresting pibgram of singing, led by < Elbert Holmes, and a discussion of 1 the ideals of Rotary International, j1 by Irvin Morgan, Jr., were features, j < Manly Liles, president of the club, j' presided, and welcomed the guests. |' |i ITOEBWgregy' ELECTION UNCERTAINTY TWO YEARS AGO RECOVERY SURVEYED rHREE DOUBTFUL FASTORS LABOR READY TO SPLIT LANDON EXPLAINS VIEW DROUGHT AID IN KANSAS By Hugo Sims, Washington Correspondent Undoubtedly the people of this county take their political campaigns seriously, and every four years they /iew the election of a president as a fital issue, upon which, it is repeat idly asserted, depends the future of :he American Republic and the wel fare of all its citizens. Of course, few well-balanced thinkers have any such ideas, although the importance >f the presidential election cannot be ;reated lightly. About two years ago when the nid-term Congressional elections ivere coming to the fore, there was ittle thought among competent ob servers that the Democrats would be ible to hold their tremendous House majority. However, in the election :hey not only held their position, but ictually made gains. The issue, al most everywhere was the President md support of his policies. As a consequence of that election many Democrats contend that the people endorsed the moves made by the ad ministration up to that time. Today, with less than three months to go bfiore the voters of the nation ?o to the polls to elect a President, the entire House membership arid jne-third of the Senate, the specula tion revolves around the popularity af Franklin D. Roosevelt, whether he has lost his amazing hold on the public or not. Boiled down to its jssence, the outcome of the voting iepends upon the success of the Pres ident in retaining the faith of those who voted for him and representing, in their eyes, the hope of improve ment. So far as this writer knows, there is only one way to find out the ans wer, and that is at the polls. Vari Dut straw ballots will be taken and much information may be gleaned from their rpsults, but the argument will go on until the votes are count ed and the explanations begin. On the surface, at least, the race is to be decided with the Republicans hav ing a better chance of success than anyone thought possible less than two years ago. As speakers expound the "issues" and the newspapers re sound with partisan debate there is no way to accurately guage the ef fect of the furore upon the voters. Generally speaking, the consensus of opinion two years ago was that President Roosevelt's chance for re election would depend upon the ex tent of recovery. It was believed that his future depended upon the race for better times and that if he was lucky enough to have marked improvement apparent by this fall, he would have a decided edge. To day, the recovery is apparent, al though there are dark spots, but there is no animity as to his fate at the polls. Speaking of recovery, it might be time. Newspaper headlines empha size the advances made. Industrial well to review the situation at this production, operating at 49 per cent of the 1929 level at the low point of the depression, has moved up to 88, but it ^ should be noted that the gains are recorded very largely in consum er goods. There is, however, a broad ening to include heavy industries, with the steel industry showing an incrased demand from varied sources. The automobile industry, of course, was one of, the first to reflect the trend, which is being felt in the semi-luxury trades. Employment has steadily risen, be ing up to 82 per cent of the 1929 av erage, as compared with 56 in 1933, but still below the figure for indus trial production. The weekly pay envelope, in June, was on 73 per cent of 1929. The position of the | farmer has also improved. While I prices have n.ot gone back to the pfeak they are about double what they were at the bottom, and while prices he has to pay for what he buys :are higher the agriculturist has miade progress. His products will buy only about five per cent less than before the depression as . against 40 per cent in 1932 and early 1983 and > his cash income is considerably increas ed. The national income in 1935 was 34 per cent greater than in 1982, ac cording to the Department of Cbm merce, aand retail trade is expand ing toward the volume, if not itFe money volume, of 1929 Business earnings reflect marked gains, * the banking structure no longer diatirhs (Continued on page four) ? Farmville Scouts Host to District-Wide Meet Locals Win Most of Ac quatic Events Held In Municipal Pool ; Farmvile Boy Scouts, Troop 25, and their Scoutmaster, Ed Nash Warren, wee hosts to Scouts of the Greenville district, composed of Ayden, Bethel, FarmvUle, Fountain, Greenville, Grifton, Grimesland, Stokes and Win terville, at a district-wide swimming meet held here Wednesday night, in the municipal pool, which is conced ed as one of the finest pools in East ern North Carolina. r The annual swim meet of the East Carolina Council is preceded by el imination district-wide meets over the entire Council, to determine the | representatives for the District Meet, | to be held this year in Tarboro, Aug ust 21. Scout Executive John J. Sig wald and his assistant, Ralph Mozo, conducted the meet here Wednesday. The Farmville troop was "tops," with 38 points in their favor at the conclusion of the event, Greenville second, with a count of 22, and Stokes third, with only 12. Out oi eight first places Farmville won sev en and took second place in the I eighth. Local Scouts expressed themselves as especially enjoying the expression on Scoutmaster Warren's face as they won race after race Wednesday night; their record at the last meet showing only two points won. The following Farmville boys who are scheduled to compete for Council honors in Tarboro, Friday night, the 2l8t, and their positions in the re cent meet are: Harris, Edward, first place Free Style event, (Australian Crawl); Jones, Ras, first place in Plunge for Distance and 50-yard Free Style; Idles, Graydon, first place, Breast Stroke; Rountree, Hor ton, second place, 60-foot Rescue Race, using cross chest carry. The Relay Race, in which event the Farmville group won first place, was composed of Billy Willis, (breast stroke); Graydon Liles, (back stroke), Horlon Rountree, ? (crawl), i and Edward Harris, (free style.) Pitt County will be represented at the Tarboro meet by the six Farm I ville Scouts listed above and by two r Scouts from Greenville, and the sponsors of Scouting in the commun ity have expressed the deire that a ' large number of Farmville citizens : will attend the sporting event, which I will greatly entourage the local as 1 pirants to the championship and act L as an additional incentive to make > a good showing for the town. HONORS MR. AND MRS. ^ BARFIELD r Miss Mollie Holloman, of near - Farmville, entertained a number of s friend Friday evening in compliment - to her sister, Mrs. Walter Dallas o Barfield and Mr. Barfield, of Dur - htfm, recent bride and groom. t -Mrs. Barfield was presented at this y time with a lovely luncheon cloth, by i? the hostess, and a set ol silver table g ware and teaaspoons in her chosen pKern. r -Tliose enjoying the hospitality of > Miss Holloman were: Mr. and Mrs. Barfield, Miss Annie Maria Stanley, c Maury; Miss Mary Bailey, Green y ville;- Skinny Woods, Howard Wil >- son, Jimmie Smith, Kinston; Harry 11 Dixoh and Loimie Glenn Matthews, i FamviUe. Announce Changes In Fnrm Program Designed to Aid Farm ers the Drouth Hurt and to Further Inspire Soil - Conserving Farmers who have been set back by the drouth will find two changes in the soil-improvement program es pecially helpful, according to Dean I. O. Schaub, of State College. One change allows them to classify as soil-conserving any land seeded to soil-conserving crops up to Sep tember 1, provided no soil-depleting crops are harvested from it in 1936. This will enable many growers to increase their soil-building allow ance. The allowance, the Dean ex plained, is not a payment} It la a fig ure showing the maximum amount of soil-building payments a grower may earn, and is based on the acre age of soil-conserving crops, This change will also help farmers meet the minimum requirements for soil-conserving acreage as well as re quirements for new seedings of sofl conserving crops this year. In addition, sowed corn, plowed or disked under, and spring seeded small grains grown with or immedi ately followed by a egume will be counted as soil-conserving this year. They had been classified at depleting crops. The other change permits soil building payments to be made for the seeding of prennial grasses, or growing green manure crops, on land where there has been a failure of a legume or perennial grass seeded earlier in the year. For example, a producer who seed d a field to lespedeza or clover, but failed to get a crop, may carry out an additional practice by seeding al falfa or turning under a green ma nure crop on the same field in Aug ust or September. He would receive payment for both practices. However, his soil-building pay ments could not exceed the maximum amount of. his allowance as determin ed by his acreage of soil-conserving crops. One of the phenomena of human existence is the way two men, of equal honesty of intention, are able to look at the same facts and draw entirely different conclusions. Lindsay Warren Chooses Not to Be Next Comptroller Washington, N. C., Aug. 12.? Commenting for the first time on repeated news articles that he would be appointed Comptroller-General of the United States, Representative Lindsay C. Warren stated definitely today that if the position was tender ed to him by the President that he would not acccept same. The state ment comes as no surprise to the people of the First Congressional District, who, in large numbers have urged Mr. Warren to remain m Congress, where he has already serv ed 12 years and has been nominated i|or another term. Mr. Warren said today the fol lowing: "If by any chance I have been con sidered by the President for the great position of Comptroller General, ft is a distinct compliment and honor. All I know about the matter is what has come to me in the papers and in pei%onal letters from friends. No man in public life has ever received more loyal support and friendship than I have from the people of the First Congressional District. Large numbers of my friends in every coun ty in the District have been kind enough to say that I should remain in Congress. This I prefer to do, be lieving I can best serve the District, State and our great President in ray present position. Therefore, if the position of Comptroller-General was tendered to me, I could not accept it." BUSTLING PREPARATION FORETELLS APPROACHING OPENING FARMVILLE MART ??!??? ????? ? ? ?????-.+ ??? Condition of Tobacco Crop Shows Amazing Improvement and the Farmers are Expect ing Good Prices for Weed Great activity is being noted here in all sections of the town, but par ticularly in the tobacco warehouse district, as painters, carpenters and other types of renovators toil daily to put the huge structures in tip-top shape for the opening cry of the auc tioneer on Tuesday morning, Sep tember 1, which date is being antici pated as an "Open Sesame" day by farmers in the belt, for reports of prices on the Georgia and border markets are most encouraging. As to prices, however, prominent tobacco dealers have predicted that those of this season will be better than last year, but will fall far short of what they were in 1934. And so, even in the face of optimistic re ports and encouraging prospects, the tobacco farmer is being warned not to overestimate his long green be fore he gets it. The improvement in the North Carolina tobacco crop has exceeded all expectations of a month ago, and in a report of the State-Federal Crop Reporting Service this week is the statement: "Tobacco also has im proved amazingly. Even the late set or young crop has speedily grown in to good prospect." And so, the farmers are working feverishly, housing the ripening weed and spraying the late tobacco, which is threatened by worms; ware housemen and their forces are work ing the surrounding territory early and late; merchants are cleaning up, arranging more attractive displays and receiving daily shipments of new goods, and the whole commun ity is in a state of bustling prepara tion. Market analyists have this week j forcast that the 1936 farm income may be the largest in six years as a result of the protracted drought. The government estimates that the farmers' income of the first half of this year was $335,000,000 greater than in 1935, and points to the rise in prices of important agricultural commodities as its reason for believ ing that this will offset the crop losses due to drought and heat. If all the peope who go to church were going because they really be lieved in the religion they profess the world would be rapidly improved. Just because your neighbor dis agrees with you is no sure sign that he is wrong. Tobacco Prices Higher On All Border Markets Averages Range Prom $3 to $5 Per Hundred Above Last Year's Op ening As the Auction Sales Start In Caro linas Raleigh, Aug. 14.?The biggest opening breaks in the history, of sev eral of the 21 border markets yes terday ushered in another tobacco season for the Carolinas with the es timated averages running from $3 to $5 above the first day's averages of around |20 per hundredweight last year. Tobacco growers were jubilant as the prices on all the markets proved satisfactory and few farmers turned I their tags, indicating that they would J not sell their loads at the price of fered. Ttr:?v. Ktu>IreH nti nearlv ev Yf 1 VII OOICO I/MVVAVW ??-? v ery market no official sales and price averages were compiled, but reports from many of the markets said that the opening day average would hit 25 cents per pound. From every market came the report that prices were higher than last year, although several reported that the higher prices for the better quality leaf were partially offset by lower prices or the cheaper grades. "Farmers pleased, business good, everybody happy," was the report from Fair Bluff, where the first pile of lugs sold for 37 cents. The mar ket had the biggest opening sale in years and prices ranged all the way from six and one-half cents for com mon primings up to 65 cents for fair lugs. Fairmont had the biggest opening in the history |&f the market. An es timated million and a quarter pounds were on the warehouse floors when sales began and approximately 800, 000 pounds were sold. Nc estimate was placed on the average price as the practice is against the policy of the Fairmont Tobacco Board of Trade", ' todt the general opinion was that the average was above last year's opening. Prices were much higher on all types of smoking to bacco. 1 ? An estimated million pounds ol tobacco, consisting largely of prim ing* and Inferior grades, true of fered at Whiteville, which had a blocked sale. Over 500,000 pounds were sold. Sales Supervisor Walter E. Pierce estimated. Prices ranged from a cent on inferior grades to 85 cents for prize wrappers. Ware housemen expressed the opinion that good quality leaf would average bet ter prices than last year but that in ferior offerings sold lower. Farm ers seemd satisfied with the prices paiid and few turned their tags. At Tabor City, accidentally om mitted from list of border markets in State papers yesterday, the sale was estimated at 250,000 pounds for an average of 26 cents. There was a wide variation in prices ranging from five cents to 76 cents. All com panies were reported to be bidding strong. Lumbertbn experienced the great est opening sale in the history of the market with more than a million pounds on warehouse floors when sales started. The sale was estimat ed at more than 600,000 pounds and the average price at between $24 and $26 per hundred-weight as compar ed with an average of 721.29 at the opening last year. Common and me dium types sold higher than local warehousemen expected, while smok ing types were from $3 to $10 per hundred higher than last year. Smok ers went above 40 cents and fancy tobaccos brought as much as 62 cents per pound. MURPHEY CHILD DIES Funeral services w ire conducted on Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock, from the home 'of Mr. and Mrs. Har ry L. Murphey, in the Lizzie section, for their only child, Harry T. Mur phey, by Rev. Thomas Ellis, pasto; of the Marlboro Adventist church. In terment was made in Forest Hill cemetery here. The boy, who was thirteen months of age, died Monday in Kinston Hos pital, following an attack of menin gitis. Press agents, we suppose, are i useful lot, but they do clutter ui the mails terribly. - Many grown people would do Wei to foHow the Boy Scout habit of do tag a good turn. solicitor Plans Negro's Trial Thirty - One Witnesses Summoned at Ashe ville; Judge to Rule on Reward Ashgville, Aug. 14.?The State of North Caroina is prepared to send 31 witnesse to the stand to testify against Martin Moore, 22-year-old Negro who confessed Sunday he slew Helen Clevenger at the Battery Park Hotel here on July 16, Solicitor Zeb V. Nettles announced today. These witnesses were being sum moned by deputy sheriffs today to testify before the Buncombe County Grand Jury when it is called into ses sion and all, t>r most of them, are ex pected to be called to tell what they know of the case when Moore's trial begins in Superior Court here at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morpihg. Solicitor Nettles and the two de fense attorneys , appointed by Judge F. Don Phillips,^ who will preside at the case, have announced they will be rdhdy for trial. Defense counsel are Thomas A. Jonts, Jr., and J. Scroop Styles, who have explained they are defending the Negro as a duty imposed upon them by the court. The trial is expected to last from two to three days. The Grand JuJry will be handed two bills of indictment when it meets Monday. On charges Moore with first degree murder and the other i with first degree burglary. The 1 death sentence is obligatory if he is convicted of either. Should the Grand Jury return true ! bills Monday, and it is expected to, ? it is probable Moore will be brought into court that day and arraigned.