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' FARMVILLE, MIT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1936 NUMBER NINETEEN
VOL* TUVENTY-SIX ? '
?* ???
President Roosevelt Pays
North Carolina First Visit
1
Shower fails to dampen
presidential enthusi
asm; Sun comes out
and rainbow appears
as he reaches stadium;
Address throng of 25,
000.
By Charles J. Parker in News and I
Observer.
Charlotte, Sept. 10.?President
Roosevelt's reputation as a rainmaker, I
accounted as his phenomenal goodl
fortune on his tour through thel
Western drought area, worked the I
other way today. He arrived here
just in time to take a wetting along!
with more than 25,000 persons as-1
sembled for the seven state "Green I
Pasture" rally.
But at that, the President's good!
fortune with the elements did not en-j
tirely desert him. Riding in his open!
car( he was wet by the shower that!
had threatened for two hours and!
broke just as he approached; but he
had barely reached the stand in front!
of the speaker's pavilion before the
sun burst through the clouds and a j
rainbow arched the eastern skies
directly in front of him.
The multitude, good natured after
the delay of more than an hour and
the wetting, sensed something unus
ual when it saw Governor Ehringhaus
who met the President in Tennessee
yesterday and motored through the
state with him today, direct the Pre
sident's attention to the rainbow.
Momentarily, thousands of heads
turned to glimpse the rainbow, even
before the thunderous ovation for the
fifth President to visit Charlotte this
century had subsided.
Delightful Days.
"I notice that the rainbow shines
in the sky, and it is a fitting climax
to two of the most delightful days i
have ever spent in my life," declared
the President, speaking informally
before beginning his prepared address
which symbolized the title of the
rally "Green -Pastures."
It was almost exactly 6 o'clock
when the President arrived. Some of
the crowd had been waiting for him
in the stadium since 10 this morning.
They had brought their lunches, and
through the broiling sun that beat
down earlier in the day, the threat of
rain later, and the rain and rainbow,
they waited the first offical visit of
President Roosevelt to the State since
his election.
There were more women in the
vast audience than men, and child
ren were in the throng by thousands.
Two hours before the President ar
rived, choicer seats in the unreserved j
sections were taken; and when he ar-!
rived, all but the remote seats were
filled; and had not thousands chosen
to stand to get a closer glimpse of
the Chief Executive, they, too, would
have been filled.
3imuiiajitrv?us
Due to the simultaneous arrival of
the President and the rain, some con
fusion was apparent in the crowd as
the program was opened with the in
vocation by the Rev. Luther Little,
of Charlotte; and many were not
aware that a prayer was being offer
ed until the minister had concluded.
But the crowd listened in attentive
silence for the introduction by Gen
eral Chairman Haywood Robbins of
Mayor Ben E. Douglass of Charlotte,
who in turn presented Governor
Ehringhaus.
Chairman Robbins spoke exactly
40 seconds, and Mayor Douglass took
exactly the same time to present the
Governor, who took only one minute
and four seconds to present the Pre
sident in these words.
Short and Snappy.
"Voicing as I know I do, their un
bounded admiration and affection, I
am happy to a grateful and gracious
people the Gideon of Democracy, who
worthily wears its shield and buckler,
and valiantly wields the shining
sword of its consecrated service,?
our leader, our captain courageous,
our present and our next President."
The President spoke 29 minutes.
Barely an hour after he entered
the stadium, he was whisked away
again by a shrieking police patrol to
the Southern Railway station to be
gin the trip homeward.
After he was gone, the struggle
of 25,000 to leave the same place at
the same time began?a process that
the most efficient policing can ex
pedite just so much. And the crowd,
mostly still wet, but happy over hav
ing seen and heard the President, be
gan the slow business of exodus
through Charlotte, thronged with
visitors and political nobles from the
two Carolina*, Virginia, Georgia, Ala
bama, Tennessee and Florida. The
city, decorated with more bunting
than has been displayed in may a
day, counted the "Green Pastures"
rally a success.
Although the Freadeafs address
was characterised as aen-poBtieal,
the fathering itself distinctly waa
not. It waa Halhiiiiissfljillj^ part
but, on the part of the vas* majority
ate was present, but did not respondl
to numerous calls for a speech. .
In this respect, Governors Dave
Sholtz of Florida and Olin Johnson
of South Carolina were the only gov
ernors to oblige with trips to the mic
rophones. Between their talks, the
Fort Bragg band and the Charlotte
high school band entertained the
| crowd.
Although taking no part in the pro
ceedings, ex-Governor 0. Max Gard
ner was a conspicuous figure here;
and-with his brother-in-law, Gover
nor Hoey, received tumultuous ova
tions as they entered the banquet hall
of the Hotel Charlotte for the lunch
eon that preceeded the events at the
stadium.
The luncheon, presided over by ex
Senator Cameron Morrison of Char
lotte. was distinctly political, and it
offered many evidences of healing
wounds of the late primary.
Farmville to Enter
All-State Contests
AMATEURS URGED SEND IN
APPLICATIONS EARLY
With three big contests?Beauty,
Shirley Temple and Amateur?in
which to offer talent and beauty in
competition with other towns of N.
Carolina, Farmville has been official
ly entered by the Woman's Club this
week in the All-State Beauty Pageant,
which gives this town the privilege
of sending the Beauty and Amateur
winners to the state contest in Dur
ham, November 15, with all expenses
paid while there, and a chance for a
radio audition over such stations as
WW1, New Orleans, WLW Cincinatti
WGST Atlanta, WAP Birmingham,
and WON Chicago.
The successful Beauty candidate,
who may be between the ages of 14
to 25 years, and either single or mar
ried, will receive a screen test, which
may mean a career in Hollywood for
her.
The winner of the Amateur contest
will be much benefitted and may
eventually get a radio or stage con
tract.
All the cute tots of Farmville are
expected to enter the Shirley Temple
contest, the winner to be crowned
"Little Shirley Temple" and receive ?
a Shirley Temple dress, as well as a
great deal of valuable experience.
The contest, which will give people
of this community an hour and a half
of fine and fast moving entertain
ment, will be held on Friday evening,
September 25, in the school auditor
ium at 8:00.
It is necessary that amateurs wish
ing to enter the contest make appli
cation to Mrs. D. R. Morgan, presi
dent of the Woman's Club by Sept
ember IS, in order that an audition
may be arranged, and it is hoped that
a large number of musicians, dancers,
readers, blues singers, comedians,
those with novelty acts, etc., will take
advantage of this opportunity to try
out their talent.
Officers Active
In Pitt County
Several Alleged Illicit
Rum Manufacturers
Caught in Net
Greenville, Sept. 9.?Liquor raids
by members of the sheriff's office re
sulted in several alleged bootleggers
being ordered held for trial in county
court, confiscation of a large quanti
ty of liquor and also the confiscation
of an automobile. All of the defend
ants are white persons.
Jake Brannon, who operates a fill
ing station on the Washington high
j way, was arrested when 14 pints of
moonshine was found in his place.
The liquor was in soda pop bottles.
} Robert Arnold, who also operates
a station on the Washington highway
is being held under bond, one gallon
of moonshine whiskey having been
found in his place. Officers stated
they found one man drinking in the
station
Allen Briley and Jim Speight were
arrested when the officers found one
cast ^ of liquor in pint bottles, two
two quarters and one half pint bottle
in their places on the Washington
highway.
Jasper House, who operates a fill
ing station on the Vanceboro high
way, was said by officers to have had
two and one-half gallons of liquor in
his place. The deputies also declared
they found one man in the act of pur
Jim Speight is also being held on
another charge, officers reporting
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WAiHWClHf
LANDON PLANS TOUR.
ATTACKS TAX PROGRAM.
ROOSEVELT IN THE WEST.
HEARST AS A FACTOR.
POLLS AND STRAW VOTES.
NEW DEAL IN THE SOUTH.
CONGRESS FACES WORK.
By Hugo Sims, Washington
Correspondent
Completing his first campaign tour
of the East, Governor Landon is pre
paring to take the road again this
month for a trip tentatively expected
to include Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wis
consin, Minnesota and Missouri. In
addition, his headquarters indicate
that a second eastern swing will be
made during the latter half of Oct
ober, with speaking engagements at
the principal cities and a wind-up
rally in New York City. It is possi
ble that the Republican nominee will
also swing to the Pacific Coast before
closing his campaign.
In what many commentators con
sider the most important speech yet
made by Governor Landon, the Kan
san attacked the fiscal policies of the
Roosevelt Administration, charging
waste and extravagance and laying
down certain fundamental principles
of government finance. He insisted
that the government must guard and
preserve its source of income, get a
dollar's worth for every dollar spent,
avoid the habit of spending more
than it receives and prepare for a
rainy day.
Particularly assailing the Admin
istration-sponsored tax on undistri
buted corporation earnings, Mr. Lan
don termed it the "most cockeyed
piece of legislation ever imposed in a
modern country" and pledged him
self to its repeal. The legislative tax
provides, among other things, for
surtaxes on the undistributed net in
come of corporations ranging from 1
seven to twenty-seven per cent, de
pending on the amount not passed !
out to stockholders in dividends.
While the Republican nominee was i
in the East, President Roosevelt con- 1
tinued his tour of the Great Plains ^
States, "to see with my own eyes,"
what the drought has done. Although
the President insisted that it was not
a political journey, the trip undoubt
edly possessed political value. The
highlight, of course, was the meeting '
with the gr9up of governors, includ
ing Alf M. Landon, of Kansas, to 1
discuss the drought problem. The ?
meeting, originally scheduled early 1
last week was postponed when the '
President altered his plans in order '
to attend the funeral of Secretary of ^
War George H. Dern, in Salt Lake
City.
The declaration of Governor Landon 1
decrying laws which require teachers 1
to take loyalty oaths made at Chau
tauqua, New York, attracted addit- 1
ional significance when Secretary
Ickes, in a radio speech, read court
documents which, he said, showed 1
that Mr. Hearst was the "boss" of ?
the Republican Party and that Mr. 1
Landon was his candidate. The point {
was made that the passage of laws 1
requiring teachers to take loyalty
oaths has been a pet project of the
Hearst newspapers and the Landon ]
statement was held up to prove his
independence of the Hearst control.
j
1
One of the Hearst papers subse
quently referred to the Governor's '
statement as "a regrettable depart- 1
ure from the high plane of true 1
Americanism." While Governor Lan
don made no mention of Mr. Hearst '
Secretary Ickes read from the record 1
of a lawsuit now pending in Chicago, '
showing that when George F. Harding 1
Republican National Chairman from '
Illinois, visited Mr. Hearst in Cali- .
fornia last June, he told the publisher
that Governor Landon should not '
make many speeches in the campaign
and later repeated the advice in a
letter to Mr. Hearst, who promised
to pass the suggestion on to the Re
publican nominee. In a memorandum
to'Harding, Mr. Hearst pointed out
that the Democrats "have nothing to
criticize Governor; Landon about" but
added that 'too many speeches may
give the Democrats their eagerly
wanted opportunity."
A
! Readers of ttys column are prob
ably interested in, the outcomes of the
various polls of public sentiment now
being conducted. It is our intention,
from week to week, to call attention
to as many as are available. Recently
the Institute of- Public Opinion at
tempted to guage the shifting of 1932
voters tmd came to the conclusion
that the Netf Deal has lost about
4,500,000 of its 1982 voters but has
gained about 2,000,TKX) of those who
favored the Hoever*Curtis ticket four
years ago. In other words, 29 per cent
of the Roosevelt voters have deserted
and thirteen per cent of 1982 Repub
lican voters are now supporting the
New DeaL According to the answers
rjiven on the ballots in the poll 'ex
-:,h.
son for the shift of New Deal sup
porters.
The same Institute noted a slight
shift of votes to Roosevelt in mid
August. Previously, the Institute
indicated that Governor Landon, on
August 9th, would have had an Elec
toral College majority of 21, although
running nearly five per cent behind
the President in popular votes. How
ever, the results on August 23rd
showed that the President would have
a majority of 19 as well as a majority
of the popular vote. The Institute
listed New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Illinois and Michigan as crucial states,
saying that Landon is likely to be
defeated if he drops any one of them.
Four of them are "for Landon," ac
cording to the poll but Michigan has
shifted to the New Deal column.
Efforts to find out how the farm
ers are going to vote are being made
by The Farm Journal, published at
Philadelphia, The American Press and
a number of small town newspapers
and by another group of papers in the
agricultural area. The Farm Journal's
survey gave Landon 51.8, Roosevelt
41.7 and Representative Lemke 5.9
per cent, of the farm vote. The early
returns of The American Press straw
vote gave Landon 50.8, Roosevelt 42.3
and Lemke 4.7 per cent of 74,703
votes, representing only eighteen
states.
Subsequent figures from this poll,
when it includes a more representa
tive total, will be interesting. Results
may be compared with a poll being
conducted by a group of newspapers
associated with the Western News
paper Union, a syndicate serving
thousands of small town papers, with
a service of printed newspaper pages.
The idea that effective opposition
to the Roosevelt Administration ex
isted in the South has been largely
dissipated by the results of recent
primaries, which are equivalent to
elections. Four of the New Deal's
leaders have faced primary opposition
and each have won with ample votes
to spare. The defeat of any one of
these men would have been a blow to
the Roosevelt prestige, because each
holds a position of leadership in Con
gress.
They included: (1) Senator Joseph
T. Robinson, of Arkansas, New Deal
leader of the Senate, whose primary
vote was greater than that of his op
ponents combined; (2) Senator Pat
Harrison, of Mississippi, chairman of
the Senate Finance Committee, who
led his opponent, a former Governor
backed by Senator Bilbo, by more
than two-to-one; (3) Senator James
F. Byrnes, of South Carolina, who
won against two New Deal critics by
a vote of seven-to-one; and, (4) Re
presentative Sam Rayburn, of Texas,
chairman of the House Committee
on Interstate Commerce, who beat
down his opposition with ease.
The Congress to be elected in Nov
ember will face important issues as
soon as it convenes in January. Many
emergency powers granted to Presi
dent Roosevelt lapse unless renewed.
On January 30 the President's power
to fix the gold content of the dollar
between fifty and sixty per cent of
its former amount will vanish unless
renewed by congress. Already Mr.
Roosevelt has reduced the content to
about sixty per cent of the former
weight. On the same day, the Presi
dent's power to fix the weight of the
silver dollar and its relation to the
gold dollar will likewise expire and
the stabilization fund, established
aut of the $2,000,000,000 "profit" on
devaluation, will pass into the Treas
ury's general balance. The fund is
now carried on the Treasury's bal
ance sheets at $1,800,000,000, leaving
the presumption that $200,000,000
has been used in the international
exchange market. In executing the
silver policy of Congress, the Presi
dent has purchased about $800,000,
000 worth of the metal since 1934.
I
The Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration, established by President
Hoover, will cease business on Feb
ruary 1st, unless the Congress ex
tends its existence. The CCC, one of
the Presiddent's most cherished relief
measures, has money for operation
until next March 31. The existing
neutrality Act is effective until May
1st and the Trade Agreements Act,
permitting the President to negotiate
reciprocal agreements with foreign
countries and to lower or increase
existing tariffs up to fifty per cent,
will expire on June 12. In addition,
the existing tax structure is schedul
ed for general review although the
Administration insists that existing
levies will not be increased and new
ones will not be added. *
MORE WHISKEY DRUNK
According to D. Leith Colvin
presidential candidate at the Prohi
bition Party, the United States now
spends *3,260,000,000 for alcoholic
beverages as compared with *2,400,
000*000 a year in thr "old 'd?ji,n
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Mystery Skull
Indicts Woman
Remains of Head Found
In Burned House Be
lieved to Be Half
Brother's
Wilson, Sept. 8.?Sudie Haynes,
38-year-old married woman of Wil
son County, was indicted by the
grand jury today on two counts of
murder, one of which charged her
with the murder of an unknown per
son burned to death in her home near
Parker's Island, which she allegedly
fired.
The other murder count charged
the woman with slaying Howard
Godwin, who, it as believed, perished
in the flames of the burning house.
Godin was the woman's half-brother.
A skull was all that remained in the
ashes of the home. .
m1 11 ' ' ? ??*--- _-x mi
ine district solicitor set tnurauay
morning for the trial.
The question of the identity of the
skull found on the morning of Jury
7, resulted in the solicitor's sending
the two murd'.r counts before the
grand jury.
A number of witnesses appeared
before the grand jury in the case to
day, including H. G. Howe, Jr., of a
local undertaking establishment, who
recently sent the death certifi
cate to Raleigh with the statement
that in his opinion the skull found in
the ruins of the home belonged to
Godwin.
Coroner Demures
Coroner V. C. Martin refused to
sign the certificate in the name of
Godwin on the grounds that there was <
no actual proof that the skull belong
ed to him. i
Godwin has not been heard from i
since the alleged killing and burning
of the house although shortly after ,
the preliminary hearing given Mrs.
Haynes before Squire A. J. Hines ;
here, in which she pleaded not guilty j
to all charges against her, R. P. 1
Mintz, her local attorney, received a j
letter from an "H. Mufus" in Ports- 1
mouth, Va., saying that Godwin had ]
been seen since the alleged killing.
But no trace of Mufus or Godwin has ;
been found by Mintz.
Slayer Is Freed |!
On $1,000 Bondli
J i
* I r
Father of Fifteen Killed j
By Cousm at Filling <
Station of Latter J
Kinston, Sept. 8.?Newton Taylor M
27, told authorities today that he shot IJ
and fatally wounded his first cousin, I!
Willie Tyndall, 51, in self defense, J
He was released under $1,000 bond, h
A bullet from a .32 caliber pistol 1
orphaned numerous children?rela-J1
tives said Tyndall was the father ofh
15. His large family was his pride.
A widow survives with the more than I j
a dozen sons and daughters.
The men were good friends. Tyn-11
dall, a farmer near Pink Hill, fre-11
quently stopped at the restaurant- J1
filling station of Taylor near here on I'
his trips to the city. He was a good]
farmer, but drank occasionally, neigh-1
bors said.
At an early morning hour Tyndall I
and a party said to have included one I
or more of his sons stopped at then
restaurant. Tyndall quarreled with]*
another man. Witness said he was 11
under the influence of liquor. Taylor 11
intervened and told Tyndall there i 1
would be no fighting around the 1<
place. Tyndall, according to the wit-1J
nesses, turned on his cousin and with I i
drawn knife forced him to back 11
away. There was a shot and Tyndall 11
fell with a wound near his heart. He I*
died after reaching a hospital. Onel(
account said Taylor got the gun from 11
under a counter. The restaurant is in 11
a neighborhood in which there hash
been much violence. Taylor and'aP
partner opened it a few weeks ago,!'
and the former said he meant it to be I}
an orderly place regardless of envir-n
onment. I?
Friends said Taylor was "greatly]*
distressed." He was fond of Ms kins-|J
man, they stated. Willie's boys were |r
versed in woodcraft, and Taylor de- j1
lighted in their stories of foxes, coons |1
and birds shot and snared. They are]
famous fishermen.
After* the shooting Taylor came to I
the city and surrendered.
Taylor returned form the army all
few months ago. He was cook in tfiell
coast artillery and was stationed inj i
the Panama Canal Zone several years. 11
He is a tall, good-looking fellow.I'
Neighbors described him as "quiet" [i
and with a facility for making friends.
WINE FOR PALLBEARERS
Philadelphia ? Jacob Arzheimer ,
wanted his friends to enjoy his fu- <
neral. In his will he specified that i
his "pallbearers," whom he had se- 1
lected, were to drink "ten gallons of !
wine" after his funeral, and provided \
that- $1W be spent at his fonetal
Townsend Makes
SmalMProgress
Results I n Primaries
Show Slight Chance
In Major Parties
Washington, Sept. 8.?Results in
the primaries to date indicate slight
chance for the Townsend plan to
make much progress through the ma
jor parties in the coming session of
Congress.
Excluding the balloting in several
states today, nominations have been
made for 334 of the 435 seats in the
House. Of the more than 600 Demo
cratic and Republican candidates, less
than 50 bore Townsend endorsement
in seeking nomination. These are
about equally divided between the two
major parties.
In numerous states where reverses
have been their lot in the primaries,
however, supporters of the $200-mon
thly-pension proposal have announced
independent candidacies. In still
others, the new Union party is putting
up candidates. So the true measure
of Townsend strength can not be had
until November.
Various sections, including much
of the East and the South outside of
Florida, reported the pension senti
ment a relatively negligible factor
in the primary campaigns. Some
three score primary contests on the
issue have resulted in defeats for
Townsendites outnumbering victories
by about two to one.
Their stronghold is the state wnere
D. F. E. Townsend originally pro
jected the ideaf California. There six
Democratic and five Republican nom
inees for the state's 20 seats in the
House are counted for the plan out
right. Six other nominees have come
5ut for "a fair hearing."
With 36 Senate seats being filled
this year, major nominees recorded ?
is favorable to Townsend are few.
Fhey include Terry Carpenter, Neb
raska Democrat; Willis Mahoney,
Oregon Democrat; and C. O. Andrews
ind Claude Pepper, Florida Demo
crats named to fill out the unexpired
terms of the late Senators Trammel!
md Fletcher. Ernest Lundeen, Far
mer-Labor candidate for the Senate in
Minnesota is expected to have Town
rend backing.
Supporters of the plan sought, but
failed, to defeat Senators Robinson,
(D? Ark.), McNary, CR., Ore.), Bo
rah (R., Idaho), Logan (D., Kyi"),
Murry (D., Mont.), and Carey (R.,
iVyo.), for renomination. Hoping to
capture an Oklahoma Senatorship,
Townsendites first backed Homer
Smith for the Democratic nomination,
ind then Governor Marland in the
mn-off primary; but Representative
Tosh Lee won each time.
FIRST DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC
RALLY
Ahoskie, Sept. 7th.?Announcement
vas made today by State Chairman
F. Wallace Winborne and Congress- (
nan Lindsay C. Warren that the
Democratic Rally for the First Dis
;rict would be held at Ahoskie on Fri
lay September 25th, at 10:30 A. M.
[t will be the opening of the campaign
n the district which leaders assert
vill be vigorously waged from then
intil election day. Members of the t
various party committees, all candi- (
iates for county and district offices
ind all men and women active in
larty affairs are invited to be pre
lent to meet with Chairman Winborne ,
/ice Chairman Mrs. Spilman, Secre
ary Ward and Congressman Warren.
Hertford is the home county of Thad
Eure, nominee for Secretary of State, i
;he only candidate from the district
in the state ticket. The Hertford
bounty Executive Committee headed
iy D. Collin Barnes, County Chair- j
nan will give a barbecue dinner to the (
d si tors.
FARMVILLE TO GO ON AIR
Six of Farmville's leading business
firms are sponsoring a radio program
to be broadcast over WPTF on Sat
urday morning, September 12, from
ten to eleven o'clock. The firms are
rhe Bank of Farmville, R. L. Davis
C. Monk & Co., Holmes Bros. & Co.,
and Turn age Co. Inc.
Mayor John B. Lewis, John T.
rhorne, Irvin Morgan Jr. and Mrs.
J. M., Hobgood will be the speakers
cf the program, which will also in
clude solo, duet and quartet numbers
by Mrs. H. H. Simons, Rev. L. R.
Ennis, C. F. Baucom, J. D. and E. C.
Holmes, with Mrs. J. L. Shackleford
if accompanist*
FIRST CAPACITY BREAK
OF THE SEASON TODAY
Farmville Tobacco Mart
Sells Over Two Million
Late Crop Results In
Small Breaks In Belt
Up to Friday
High Leaf Averages
Made;
Offerings Average $24.
61 Per Hundred
Weight
With sales Comparatively heavy
the Farmville tobacco market sold
1,147,442 pounds during the first
four sales days of this week for $270,
359.38, and at an average of $23.56,
a gain of slightly more than 250,000
pounds over the four belling days of
the past week. With the crop very
late, grading was behin 1, and the cot
ton and hay fields ready for harvest
ing, light breaks are the rule
throughout the belt.
Monday's average, the best of the
week was reported as $24.61 for 447,
010 pounds, with growers receiving
$110,026.22 for their offerings.
Sales of 317,276 pounds Thursday
boosted the season's totals to 2,026,
798 pounds, which brought farmers
$478,445.48 at an average of $23.61.
Warehouse floors were cleared by
mid-afternoon Thursday for today's
sale, which is estimated at 600,000
pounds with prices reported as taking
an upward trend. The streets are
crowded with cars and trucks and
opening day is apparently being re
enacted judging by the huge throng
of people in town.
Good prices continue to be paid
for good grades but there seems to
be a large quantity of the low grades
on the market, which hold averages
down but which is not unusual for
the first offerings of any season.
The Farmville market continues to
attract new customers daily, and
patrons of the market here express
themselves as well pleased with the
Federal grading service which can
only be had in one other market in
this belt.
MAURY NEWS
(By Elizabeth Sugg) *
Mrs. Tom Maulsby, of New Bern,
visited Miss Elizabeth Sugg Thurs
day.
? * *
Mrs. Ryland Beal, of Courtland.Va.,
spent last week with her mother,
Mrs. Verna Albritton.
* * *
Miss Elna Sugg returned home on
Tuesday from a trip to Washington
and New York and other places of
interest.
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Mrs. L. A. Moye and daughters,
Ruby and Jean, visited relatives in
Greenville Thursday.
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Mrs. Herbert Sugg and daughter,
Elizabeth, were Greenville visitors
Tuesday.
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Miss Gladys Bess Tripp, of Ayden,
spent this past week end with her
mother, Mrs. Jessie Hardy.
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Mrs. Jessie Hardy and daughter,
Gladys Bess, were Kinston shoppers
Saturday.
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Mrs. Seth Hardy and Mrs. J. B.
Frizzelle saw "Green Pastures" in
Goldsboro Monday.
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Miss Mary Frizzelle, of Snow Hill,
spent this past week end in the home
of Mrs. J. B. Frizzelle.
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Little Ruby Evans and Jean Moye
are spending some time with their
grandmother in Greenville.
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Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sugg and
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Moye attended
"Home Coming Day" in Farmville ' \
Sunday at the Christian church.
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Ed. Rasberry returned to St.Yruke's
hospital in Richmond, Va., Wednes
day to undergo an operation. He ex
pects to be there for several weeks.
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Mrs. L. L. Hardy and daughters,
Helen and Elnor Ruth, were Farm
ville visitors Wednesday.
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Mrs. Herbert Sugg and daughter,
Elizabeth, were Kinston visitors on
Thursday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jim Vaughn and chil
dren, of Winston-Salem, and Mr. and
Mrs. Bonnie Humphery, of Washing
ton, D. C., were week end guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carr.
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Mrs. J. L. Baum and Miss Helen
Sylevant are visiting Capt. and Mrs.
John Gaskill at Hatteras. Mrs. Gas
kill is the sister-in-law of Mrs. Baum,
and formerly lived iii England.