The Farmville Enterprise ? Lode At Year label ? If Your + $ Subscription Has Expired Send | I In YOUR Renewal at Once ! $ 1" ;? Patronize Oar Advertisers, For f 1! They Are Constantly Inviting X ;; You To Trade With Them. I VOL. TWENTY-SIX FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1936 NUMBER TWENTY-ONE FEDERAL GRANTS TO THIS STATE SCORED W a y n i c k Commends Baity, Says State Has Balance with Govern ment Raleigh, Sept. 25.?If the Govern ment received as much in taxes and gave as little in relief payments to other states as to North Carolina, "Washington wouid not have a heavy deficit but a big surplus," declared Capua M. Waynick, chairman of the State Highway and Public Works Commission and of the State Plan ning Board, in a statement issued on Wednesday. ? That remark was incidental to his comments upon the resignation of Dr. Herman G. Baity, of Chapel Hill, from the position of State PWA di rector. Dr. Baity's successor has not been appointed and Stanley H. Wright, assistant director, is now acting director. "Speculation regarding Dr. Baity's resignation has included the sugges- | tion that he quit because of the diffi culty of getting a better deal for the State in the distribution of PWA funds," said Waynick yesterday. "I ' do not know whether this inspired him to resign or not but I do know 1 that he has felt keenly the failure of many North Carolina projects to get ^ final approval at Washington. " v i- n? r% _j rxr ; "inciaentauy,' conmmeu najriuui, > "if the balance sheet of the New Deal i were as favorable to the Government ? in every State as it is in North Caro- ( lina, Washington would not have a 1 heavy deficit but a big surplus. Alto- ] gether during the present adminis- ? tration somewhat more than 300 mil Kons have been distributed in the State to combat the depression and to take care of the unemployed. Dur ing the same period the State has paid in Federal taxes in excess of 750 millions. "Many states have received so gen- T erously from the Federal Govern- ( ment," he added, "that it has been t calculated longer than a century will be required for them to repay the ^ benefits through the flow of taxes at , the present rate. North Carolina is ' unique in its big balance with the Federal Government. "Of course," said the Planning ' Board chairman, "a large portion of j our Federal taxes derive from man ufactured tobacco but in answer to ^ the allegation that all of the world pays the cigarette tax of North Car olina, the State might well point out that all the world pays the automo bile tax of Michigan and the income ' tax of New York. No American state gets rich merely trading with itself and few heavily taxed commodities are as essentially native as the North Carolina cigarette." Commenting on Dr. Baity's with drawal from the PWA directorship . to return to teaching, Waynick said: "The resignation of Dr. Baity from 1 the position of State director for the , PWA removed from the New Deal 1 forces in North Carolina one of its ' finest agents. Dr. Baity worked dil- ^ igently and with high intelligence to 1 promote the distribution of the bene- ( fits of PWA in this State. The fact that North Carolina has received a ] relatively small share of these bene fits in no wise reflects upon the cap abality and zeal of the State director. ' "The State Planning Board had ' particularly good opportunity to ob serve Dr. Baity in his work and the 1 privilege of some co-operation with him, and I know I speak the send- ' menta of the whole Board in express ing this appreciation of the retiring director. AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY Mrs. W. M. Willis and Mrs. J. L. Creech were hostesses at the Septem ber meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary, held on Thursday after noon at the home of Mrs. Willis, who is also the president of this "group. The business session was marked by a discussion of the proper display of the American flag, and Mrs. M. V. Jones and Mrs. A. W. Bobbitt were appointed as a committee to urge merchants, who dp not have flags for the sidewalks, to purchase same in order that national holidays here may be observed with fitting street dec oration. The Auxiliary voted to send a special contribution to Oteen this month. The program, based on September and viewed in the Hght of a musical month, was developed with interest ing sketches of favorite songs, read by Mrs. J. W. Joyner, and with ar ticles, read by lira. Arthur F. Joy ner and Mrs. C. A. Tyson, which re lated to the subject of music. A delectable salad course was serv ed after adjournment. Velveteen is back again and bids fair to be popular wfth the college girl. It to nut only used for dresses, j skirt* and jackets but for odd costs j S v Parent-Teachers Hold First Meeting New President, Mrs. S. V. Lore, Welcomed the Members? Announce ment of Long-Needed Clinic Is Made On Friday afternoon, September 18, in Perkins' Hall, of the Farmville High School, the Parent-Teachers As sociation held its first meeting for the 1936-1937 school year. President S. V. Lore, the new in cumbent, opened the meeting with a welcome to the teachers and patrons. She expressed the desire that there be a closer contact between parents and teachers this year and that the parents learn of and become interest ed in all of the activities of the school for the ensuing year. Following Mrs. Lore's welcome, the assembly joined in singing "America," after which Rev. L. R. Innis, pastor of the Baptist Church, conducted the devo tional exercises. ? Acting upon the suggestion of the! patrons of the school that they be in troduced to the new teachers and have a chance to welcome those who had been in service before, Mr. J. H. Moore,, Superintendent, recognized Jach member of the family, who, in :urn, acknowledged the introduction by standing. In a short talk Mr. Moore solicited the co-operation of all aresent in aiding the more unfortun ate children and in all the activities >f the school. During the business meeting Dr. John M. Mewborn, asking for the satronage and sponsorship of the Parent-Teachers Association, an nounced the beginning in Farmville )f a pre-natal clinic?one of the five ?o be conducted in Pitt County this rear. At the calling of the grade rolls Miss Margaret Lewis's third grade vas found ranking first with more oatrons present, and Miss Elizabeth S'orman's second grade was ranked second. Following this roll call, the ist by grade mothers, which has not ret been fully complete, was read. As a part of the program for the lay an interesting paper on the extra :urricular activities of the school was read by Frances Bivins Smith, tenth trade student In this paper Miss smith mentioned the existing Glee :lubs, athletic teams, home economics ictivities and annual Junior-Senior Banquet. After pointing out the ben ifits to be obtained from such activ ties Miss Smith expressed the desire hat other social and academic orgon zations, such as a dramatics club and a debating club, be established. A report at the end of the meet ng established the fact that the As sociation already had thirty-one paid members and that the attend ance for the day numbered ninety me. Immediately following the adjourn ment of the meeting those present were entertained at a tea, at which rime parents and teachers were given a chance to become better acquaint ed. ' This first meeting proved both in teresting and inspirational, and it is the desire of the Association to add, at all future meetings, to the mem bership of the organization. ?Contributed. ? I ROTARY CLUB The Farmville Rotary Club met on Tuesday evening in regular session, with Manley Liles presiding and twenty members present. "Turkey" Willis informed the Club that the High School Band was in need of a bass horn and that the cost was too much to ask a student to pay; a com mittee was appointed, consisting of "Turkey" Willis, John Thorne and Joe Rasberry, to raise the necessary funds with which to purchase a bass horn. Cric Muir and Andy Martin were guests at this meeting. H. W. Kemp had charge of the program and made an interesting talk on the history of barbering, divided into periods?ancient, medieval and modern. "During the first two per iods the barber was a man of much importance in his community," H. W. said, "often performing surgical and dental operations." The modern period, H. W. pointed out has shown a development of barber colleges, with six weeks courses, text books, :and the organisation of the Master j Barber and Journeyman Barber As | sociation. But vacation clothes will soon Eh forgotten-and the college girl is be ginning to assemble her wardrobe for the coming aeaaon. I FARMVILLE MARKET PAYS OUT HUGE SUM; OFFERINGS HEAVIER THIS WEEK AROUND ONE MILLION AND HALF DOLLARS PAID GROWERS TO DATE ? BETTER TOBACCO CON TINUES TO BRING GOOD PRICES ? COMMON GRADES DRIVE AVERAGE DOWN Farmers selling tobacco on the Farmville Market this season have been paid $1,260,189.13 through Thursday, ac cording to reports of J. T. Bundy, sales supervisor and G. A. Rouse, secretary-treasurer of the Farmville Tobacco Board of Trade, as revealed today, Friday. Receipts today will doubtless carry the sum paid out near the one and a half million figure Through yesterday the offerings, sold on the warehouse floors here this season, had reached a total of 5,837,953 pounds, with the average of $21.59 shown. Thursday's sale was reported as 237,984 pounds, which brought $48,713.93? an average of $20.47. Great quantities of the sorry grades of tobacco, now being thrown on all the markets of this belt, are blamed for the drop in prices, which has been general throughout East Carolina for the past several days, although the Farmville - market, with others, felt the surge of new life as some of the 1 companies began buying a greater variety of types on Monday. Vying with Friday as the most popular sales day, the volume on Monday was again the heaviest of this week, when 546,276 pounds were sold for $112,705.56?at an av erage of $20.63. Offerings were reported as heavy in volume again to day, and a capacity sale is expected when sales are resumed again on Monday, following the week-end. The opening of the market was featured by better prices than last season and tobacconists are of the opinion that they will show a definitely higher range when the good grades begin to show up. Top prices on every grade continue | to be paid here and warehousemen are bending every effort towards obtaining the highest dollar for customers on the Farmville Market. Crack-Up Victim Succumbs to His Injuries Saturday