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^ I<<<MMMMMMMM MmMt?| TOL. TWENTY-SIX FARMVILLE, WTT COU5HBT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1936 NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE Roosevelt Says Taxes Under New Deal Levied On Those Able To Pay Says That Nation Must Choose Between Dem ocracy in Taxation and Special Privilege in Taxation ? ? ??? ? Worcester, Mass., Oct 21.?Presi-! dent Roosevelt tonight coupled an answer to what he called "talk about high taxes under this administration" with an assertion that the nation, as in 1776, must choose this year "be tween Democracy in taxation and spe cial privilege in taxation." Speaking to a crowd packed into the auditorium here in the major speech of his swing through New Eng land, the President asked: '"Are you willing to turn the con-1 trol of the nation's taxes back to spe cial privilege? I know the American answer to that question. Your pay envelope may be loaded with sugges tions of fear and your dividend letter may be filled with propaganda. "But the American people will nei ther be bluffed nor bludgeoned. The seeds of fear cannot bear fruit in the polling booth." Ability to Pay -J?i ?1 +V,o Mow I me rresioeub ugucu uui, Deal had "improved and Americanized taxes," operating on the principle of taxation according to ability to pay. Under the administration, he said, the individual income tax of the av erage American has been reduced. He added: "Any family head who earns an in- I come of less than $26,000 a year pays a smaller income tax in 1936 than in 1932. That means that less than one per cent of the heads of American families pay more than they did; and more than ninety-nine per cent pay less than they did, for more than ninety-nine per cent earn less than $26,000 per year. "If you want the answer to this talk about high taxes under this ad ministration?there it is. Taxes are higher for those who can afford to pay high tSxes. ' They are lower for those who can afford to pay less." A few minuter before he asserted: "Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied ace?r&8g to ability to pay. That is the only American principle." He described the principle of the undistributed profits tax of 1936 as "sound," but said that "if, in its ap plication, imperfections are discov ered they must be corrected for the good of American business." In Worcester the President con cluded a 160-mile motor tour through part of Rhode Island and Eastern Massachusetts. Thousands upon thousands of people lined the streets of every city through which he pass ed, swarmed over the official cars and at times stopped them entirely. Arriving in Boston late in the day, he faced perhaps the biggest audi ence of his entire campaign, solidly massed on the famed Common in the heart of the city. There he asserted that New England's "debt" to the "Republican leadership" was an extra five years of depression. Under the New Deal, he claimed, New England 13 "Coming out Ol IU> uuuum. Police Captain Ben Wall said 175, 000 were grouped on the Common and around it. DEMOCRATS HEAR j WARREN SPEECH A large number of Farmville Dem ocrat* turned out Tuesday night at the Fountain rally, at which time Congressman Lindsay Warren deliv ered the principal address. The Congressman was introduced by Judge Dink James, of Greenville. Congressman Warren urged Demo crats of the county to turn out in full force at the November 3 election. He will speak at Winterville Wednesday night, October 28. CONTRACT CLUB Mrs. Sallie K. Horton was gracious hostess to the Contract Club at the home of Mrs. M. V. Horton on Tues day afternoon. Flowers in shades of yellow, together with Hallowe'en tal lies and favors, suggested the ap proaching season. Mrs. R. A. Lindsay and Mrs. Robert Lee Smith were, awarded guest towels for compiling high score for the mem bers and guests. A delightful salad course was served after play. Mrs. Henrietta M. Williamson, Mrs. Rob ert Lee Smith and Mrs. Judd Walker were special gutsts of the hostess. MISSION STUDY CLASS Mrs. L. P. Yelverton was hostess ^ Thursday to a Mission Study class, sponsored by the W. M. U. of Foun tain Baptist Church, the book, "Pal estinian Tapestries," was taught by Mrs. Shearin, of Farmville. Lunch was act red tor the hostess. ? "? *-*-? ?' ?_ . .*'1 Southern root rot is affecting the peanut crop of Northampton County with one fanner reporting that he will lose per cent of his crop. Surgeon's College Pots Pitt Hospital Od Approyed List Pitt General Included Among- 3,569 In the United States and Can ada Given An Official Rating Pitt General Hospital is among the 3,569 in the United States and Can ada approved by the American Col lege of Surgeons, which opened its 26th annual clinical congress in Phil adelphia Monday. Explanation of the approved list of hospitals was made at the opening of the Congress by Dr. Malcolm T. MacEacher.i, Associate Director of the American College of Surgeons, who has charge of the Hospital Stand ardization movement. Relating to its history, development and progress, Dr. McEarchern stated: "The Hos pital Standardization movement was ? inaugurated 19 years ago by the Am erican College of Surgeons, now com prising approximately 12,000 leadihg surgeons in the United States and Canada, for the purpose of encourag ing, assisting and guiding hospitals to meet certain definite requirements for the proper care of patients. At that time only 89 hospitals in the United States and Canada could measure up to the requirements. This number has now increased to 2,567 or 72.2 per cent of all hospitals of 25 beds and over, caring for acute diseases. More than 40,000 individual surveys of hos pitals have been completed by the American College of Surgeons at its own expense, a mammoth task per formed solely for the protection and benefit of the public. Dr. F. M. Davis, surgeon of Pitt General Hospital, attended the annual congress. Funeral Services Held for Greenville Citizen : i Greenville, Oct. 19.?Funeral ser- < vices were held at the S. G. Wilker- j son & Sons Funeral Home Sunday af- ( ternoon, at 2:30 o'clock for Johnnie R. Cayton, 32, by Rev. W. A. Ryan, i pastor of the Eighth Street Christian ] Church. Interment was made in Ed- ] wards Christian Churchyard, in Beau- t fort County. j Mr. Cayton was the son of Mr. and ] Mrs. J. B. Cayton, of this city, and was connected with his father in the i retail fruit business. He moved here ] with his parents in 1914. i Besides his wife and parents, Mr. < Cayton is survived by two sisters, ] Mrs. S. L. Rowland and Mrs. Jesse t Boyd; two brothers, Archie, of Farm- < ville, and T. G. Cayton, and his grand- j mother, Mrs. Mary T. Cayton. j Soil improvement Payments to Cone lo Installments Farmer Must Have His Signed Work Sheet in Offices County Agent by October 30 In Order to Qualify <?, Soil-improvement payments will be divided into two installments to speed up distribution of the bulk of the money to participating farmers, R. R. Bennett, County Farm Agent, said this week. In order to be qualified to make ap plication for the payments, Mr. Ben nett said, a farmer must have his signed work sheet in the offices of the county agent not later than October 30. The initial installment will be 90 per cent of the payment due each grower in the East Central Region, which included North Carolina, the agent added. The checks will be mailed out as soon as possible after the growers' applications have been prepared, signed and accepted, he said. Appli cation blanks are in the hands of the county agent, who is now filling in the required data. ? .* It will probably be a few weeks be fore the blanks are ready for signa ture, Mr. Bennett pointed out, but said he would notify the growers when they are ready. Payments on the remaining 10 per cent will be made as soon as the AAA can determine the exact amount that will be available for all participating farmers. Before complete payments can be made, the exact number of farmers participating and the amount of pay ments they have earned, must be de termined, as the AAA cannot pay out more than the amount that has been appropriated for this purpose, it was pointed out. But 90 per cent can be paid in the first installment, and any necessary adjustment can be made with the re maining 10 per cent. ADVANCE S'X'UKI ON EXPANSION The B. & W. Chevrolet Company, Inc., Chevrolet dealers, are putting the final touches on the modern Used Car Lot they have erected on Wilson Street, L. F. Harris, manager of the :ompany, announced today. The company's new used car lot s one of the largest and most com pletely equipped automobile display ots in this section of the country. Of :he latest design, it covers 6,000 sq. reet of space, with ample room to dis play a large used car and truck stock. "Steadily increasing business has nade expansion necessary," said Mr. larris, discussing the move. "Each nonth has seen an increase over the :orresponding period for last year Cemand for the new models is so keen ;hat greater display space is an urg mt need today. Everything certainly joints to a prosperous automobile pear." SCOUT CAMPAIGN NEEDS YOUR HELP r Ten Workers Seeing the Many Friends of Scout ing ? Endeavoring to Raise Funds to Contin ue Scouting in This Community The latter part of this week has been the time set when friends of Scouting will be approached by a group of workers interested in put ting across the finance effort that will assure continued Scouting in this Community. Mr. D. E. Oglesby, the treasurer of the Farmville Boy Scouts, Tuesday, wrote the following-letter to the following men: George Davis, John Lewis, John Moore, Jim Joyner, C. A. Liles, W. A. McAdams, R. A. Joyner, P. P. McGregor, B. F. Lewis, E. Holmes, Archie Flanagan and H. M. Winders: "Dear Friends: Scouting in Farm i ville is decidedly on the upgrade. Un der the direction of Scoutmaster Ed Nash Warren, our boys are receiving the Program weekly at the Scout Hut. Naturally, Farmville wants to take care of its share of the financial load of the East Carolina Council, and-for that purpose at the present time we are conducting a campaign among our immediate friends of Scouting. I am asking you, with ten others, to see the friends of Scouting whose cards are enclosed and give them an opportun ity to purchase a share of Boyhood Preferred at $10.00 a share, or if not aj whole share, a half share. Let's make the finance effort "short and sweet" and try to have a report on every card you have before Monday. We are all-taqr, but Mr. Sigwald, our I Scout executive, assures me that from his experience, as it is ours, it is the busy man who is willing to make the sacrifice of time to do this work. Kindly turn in the result of this ef fort for the continuance of Scouting to Ed Nash Warren, or to me at the bank. May I take this opportunity to thank you for your co-operation;" Farmville never has fallen down in taking care of its share of the East Carolina Council budget and has al ways paid ts way as it goes. Recently, Greenville's effort to raise 12,000 for Scouting was sucessful un der the leadership of B. B. Sugg, fi nance chairman, and Treasurer Ogies by feels that the local effort will be as successful if the friends of Scout ing respond promptly. "What is a boy worth?" That is the question that you and you and you are being asked the last few days of this week. Certainly the boy is worth a share, or if you can't afford a share, then half a share ($5.00). Scoutmaster Ed Nash Warren has given untiringly of his efforts and is doing wonderful work with Troop 26. Scout Executive John J. Sigwald has already fnade definite progress in the registration of another group of Ssouts for this community. Recently Farmville Scouts were the winner of the Pitt County swimming nieet over all Scout troops. The b?st year of Scouting is imced iately in. front of us. Help make the the continuance of this program pos sible by-subscribing toward the Scout fund. If yen -are not approached by ft worker jgr tonight, please volontarily leave youf subscription with Scout master Ed Nash Warren, or Treasur er D. E. Oglesby at the bank. ? '? 1,1 1 11 1 > ' 1 "111 -? ? ?? ' ^^^^SiSSSSSSSSSmm^ 1 ft By Hugo Sims, Washington Correspondent OUR "NO MAN'S LAND" I WILL LABOR MAKE PEACE? 1 COST OF WPA WASTEFUL EXPENDITURES CANDIDATES JOURNEY s THE BATTLE CENTERS I CAMPAIGN SPECULATION ROOSEVELT LEADING BORAH RUNS HIS OWN NORRIS MAKING FIGHT The Supreme Court refused to grant a rehearing of the case in which the New York Minimum Wage Law for women was rejected by a five-to-four decision last June. The State of New York, joined by Illinois and Massa chusetts, had asked the Court to re consider its decision which declared the New York statute unconstitution al. However, the Court granted a re view of a Washington State minimum wage law, which established minimum wages for women requiring wages suf ficent to supply the "necessary cost of living" and "maintain female work ers in health." The decision on the New York law called attention to a "no man's land" in which neither the Federal or State governments could act under interpretations now in vogue. If maintained, it is certain to lead to agitation for a constitutional amendment to protect women and children in industry by authorizing the states, or the Federal Government to enact minimum wage legislation. Friends of organized labor are hopeful that negotiations between committees representing the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. groups will be able to formulate an agreement which will bring peace to organized labor. Just what can be expected from the nego tiations set in motion is not clear but to an impartial observer it seems that some formula could be found up on which the warring factions could unite. Naturally there will be tbej clash of personalities and en effort to avoid "loss of face" in the settle ment However, both the A. F. of L, and the group headed by John L. Lewis have an obligation to the work ers which should not be forgotten. Harry L. Hopkins, Works Progress Administrator, last week made public figures on the cost of the program he directs. Up to September 1st, he said, the total was $1,771,756,795, which includes obligations incurred. Ad ministrative employes, exclusive of Washington, numbered 34,936 and the administrative expenses, exclusive of Washington again, was $72,315,997, or 4.1 per cent. It is estimated that around 2400 people are employed in Washington and Mr. Hopkins says this item would make the ratio of ad ministrative cost 4.5 per cent. The WPA has been under heavy fire in the latest stages of the current campaign, with many charges of politics and waste being made against it. Mr. Hopkins denies the allegations and asserts that he has no "opologies" for the money spent or the way in which it has been spent. Word last week that both political parties were running short of cam paign funds indicates that their ex penses have been planned on too large a scale. While it costs money to wage a presidential campaign, many people consider eight million, or even five million as indicative of waste ai]d extravagance. The output of "wastebasket" literature, undigest ed statistics and argumentative pam phlets is enormous and seldom pro ductive. Party headquarters are haunted by bright-thinking salesmen who have gadgets to sell and it is easy for an enthusiastic committee .chairman to fall for many worthless purchases. Of course, transportation, radio time, of fice rent and clerical help are big items, but you can buy a great deal of these for even a million dollars. When the news was released that campaign contributions were tardy, there was thought in some sections that it may be the reports were put out to stir the faithful and inspire additional contributions. Last week as President Roosevelt and Governor Landon wound up ex tensive journeys, they almost met in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where the Kansas Governor's train was sched uled to I6ave the union station five minutes before the President arrived. Both candidates have chiefly confined their campaigns to the Middle West with excursions into states as far west as Colorado. Each made a trip into New England and both are ex pected to visit th*t section again. President Roosevelt has taken time out for a trip .down the Seaboard as far as North Carolina and while Gov ernor Landon has not followed suit, (continued on page four) franM M Women to Speak at MeetTuesday Splendid Program In cludes Variety of Sub jects for Discussion and Musical Numbers' All indications at this time point to a large attendance and a successful meeting of the 15th District, North Carolina Federation of Woman's Clubs, here on Tuesuay of next week, according to Mrs. D. R. Morgan, Mrs. Jespe Moye and Miss Tabitha DeVis conti, president of the Woman's Club, the Juniors and the Literary Club, which are to be hostesses to the club women at their annual meet. The splendid program as planned, will begin at ten o'clock, Tuesday morning, in the Methodist Church, with the singing of the Club Woman's Hymn, led by Mrs. J. M. Hobgood. The meeting will be presided over by Mrs. C. W. Beasley, of Colerain, dis trict president. The invocation will be offered by Rev. L. R. Ennis, fol lowed by welcoming remarks of Mrs. D. R. Morgan, with response from Mrs. O. L. Williams, district vice president. Greetings frpm Home Demonstration Clubs will fee brought by Mrs. J, Mt Tankard, Highlights of the program will be addresses by Mrs. George E. Marshall, Federation president; Mrs. John D. Robinson, chairman of districts; Mrs. Beasley, district president, and by Mrs. R. H. Latham, General Federa tion Director for North Carolina. Reports from clubs of the district, a round-table discussion and a quiz on the State Federation Constitution, together with a solo by Mrs. John D. Holmes, and a qqartette by Mrs. Daisy | H. Smith, Mrs. J. S. Gates, Mrs. J. R. | Shearin and Mrs. John P, Holmes, will give a delightful variety to the full program of the day, A luncheon will be served in the dining-room basement of the Meth odist Church. BIRTHDAY PARTY Master ? Edgar Paschall Barrett, small son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Edgar Barrett, celebrated his third birthday on Monday, with a party, to which twenty-five friends were invited. The Hallowe'en suggestion was in evidence.in the table decoration, and I the huge birthday cake carried the colors, the favors being gum drops camouflaged to resemble miniature pumpkins. Ice cream and cake were served. Duplin farmers have purchased 1,444 feeder pigs weighing 82,756 pounds, from the drouth area of Ne braska. iy i 'V-!' 1 ? ?'? ? Farmville Market Nears Fourteen MiUian Mark ' ? ? ? ? ? High Leaf Average SetL Again This Week?Es timates Place Crop Sold at 80 Per Cent With the poundage mark nearing the fourteen million point, Farmville tobacco market observers estimate that 80 per cent of the 1986 crop has been sold. J Another high leaf average and heavy Bale were recorded here on Monday, when 688,664 pounds were sold for $159,964.28, at an average of $27.00. Sales of the past four days have lifted the season's totals to 13,739,149 pounds, receipts to $3,122,891.30, and 1 the general average $22.73. < At the end of the eighth week last 1 season, this market had sold around i five million more pounds than it has i to date this year, proving the report 1 of the short crop, issued early in the J season, to be true. f Prices on good tobaccos have ad vanced each week and the averages 1 haye advanced accordingly, but these i will start down-grade soon, as farm ers begin to offer the end of their ( crop. I I County Agents Receive r AAA Application Forms \ j Forms on which North Carolina j farmers will apply for payments un der the soil-improvement program \ have been distributed to county ag- ( entB over the State, said J. F. Cris well, of State College. I Some agents have already started j preparing the forms for signature; others will start as soon as all the * necessary data are available, he point ed out. c When the forms are ready, the ag- e ents will notify the growers. It will be several weeks or more before all c the forms are prepared, Criswell add- j ed in urging all farmers to wait until < they receive notice before they go to t their agent's office to sign. j He also pointed out that on each ^ form will be required the signature j of every tenant who will share in the ? payments to be made. f Data to be placed on the appiica- ? tion blank# will be assembled from , information gathered in the recent check made on growers compliance with provisions of the program. Since the checking of compliance has been practically completed in every county, Criswell stated, grow- ? ere sowing winter legumes during ^ October, or after their farms have * been checked, should notify their county agents so they will receive credit for these seedings. q ROTARIANS AT INTERCITY MEET J A large delegation from the Farm- t ville Rotary Club, headed by Manly ( Liles, president, will attend the inter- j city meet tonight in Tarboro. A. J. ^ Hobbs, president of the Wilson Ro- ^ tarians, will have charge of the meet s ^ fl DISTRICT GOVERNOR VISITS ROTARIANS ? - ? 1 Delivers Address And Delights Club With Ac cordion Music Edmund H. Harding, of Washing ton, Governor of the 57th District of Rotary International, made his offi cial visit to the Farmville Rotary Club at its regular meeting last Tues day night. Prior to the hour of meeting the "Aims and Objects" Committee as sembled in the Home Economics cot tage for a round-table discussion, with the governor, about the affairs of the club. At 6:00 o'clock the committee and the Governor went into the reg ular meeting hall where he was cor dially received by the other members of the club. The opening songs were: "I Want a Girl," "It's a Long, Long Trail" and "The Bells of St. Marys." After invocation by John H. Moore, the club enjoyed a bountiful fried chicken supper with delicious cherry pie, topped with cream for desert The club was then entertained with vocal selections rendered by Mrs. John D. Holmes and Mrs Clifton Hodges, of Goldsboro; accompanied by Mrs. Haywood Smith. President Manly Liles introduced the District Governor, who proceeded to put the club in a happy mood by leading, several songs to the accom paniment of his glittering accordion. He then laid aside his instrument of fun and delivered to the club what was termed by many members the best talk on "Rotary" they have ever heard, pitlining and explaining the four lape* of Rotary, namely: (1) Club Sendee,. (2) Committee Service, (3) Vocational Service, and (4) In ternational .Service. He then stated that In the begin ^ . ning the Rotary organization was selfish 'in its purpose, but shortly/ thereafter the vision of service came to Paul Harris, and that this ideal has made Rotary into the only, truly In ternational organizaton The strongs est thought in his speech was the ideal of. Service as expressed in Rotary; which cannot be gleaned from rules or pamphlets, but emanates from the very heart of the Rotarian. FINAL RITES THURSDAY FOR HEWELL BURNETTE Funeral services for Hewell Bur nett, 74, were held at the late home of the highly esteemed Green County fanner, on Thursday afternoon, at 3:00 o'clock and interment was made in Hollywood Cemetery, here. He had suffered a stroke of paralysis several weeks ago and his death on Wednes day morning was not unexpected. Mr. Bumette was born and reared in Pitt County, but had lived in the neighboring county of Greene for the past 40 years. He was a member of the Free WillNBaptist Church, Marl boro, and the Farmville Septuagenar ian Society. Surviving are his wife, formerly Miss Mary T. Moore; two daughters, Mrs. W. Dye, Louisville, Ky., and Miss Bery Moye Bumette; two sons, Henry Moore, Chicago, and Ruby Burnette; three sisters, Mrs. Mary E. Crawford, Winterville; Mrs. Nancy Tyson and Mrs. Annie Anderson, Farmville, and three brothers, Alonza Burnette, New port News, Va.; Herbert and George Burnette, Farmville. Stokes farmers have so far receiv ed more than $40,000 in price adjust ment payments on last year's tobac co crop. ' CrfiDnuillo Unman bicciiyiim ifuiiiflii Laid lo Rest Beside Her LateJMand Floral Tribute at Funer al Services of Mrs. Laughinghouse One of Largest Seen in County Greenville, Oct. 21.?Mrs. Carrie 3ail Laughinghouse was buried in Iherry Hill cemetery by the aide of ler husband, Dr. Charles O'H. Laugh nghouse, this morning, following fu leral services conducted from the lome of her daughter, Mrs. R. C. Stokes, Jr., with whom she had lived or the past several years. The floral tribute was one of the argest and most elaborate ever seen n this sctioti. The funeral was conducted by Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, pastor of Jarvis Memorial Methodist Church, of which drs. Laughinghouse was an active _ nember. He was assisted by Rev. Worth Wicker, rector of the local Episcopal Church, and Rev. Walter 5atton, of Wilmington, a former pas or of Mrs. Laughinghouse, i ... i # ?* r n n A quartette composea 01 Mrs. u. d. V. Hadley, Mrs. J. IL Waldrop, Carles James and W. W. Lee sang 'My Eternal Home" and "The Old tugged Cross" at the funeral serv ces. At the grave the quartette sang 'Abide W'* i Me." Mrs. Laughinghouse died at 11:45 ?'clock Monday night after an extend d illness. Mrs. Laughinghouse was born De ember 7, 1869, the daughter of the ate W. H. and Mary Virginia Dail >ugg, of Snow Hill. She was married o Dr. Laughinghouse on June 10, .896, and has made her home in Ireenville since that date, except dur ng the several years that Dr. Laugh nghouse served as State Health Of icer, which time she made her home n Raleigh. Mrs. Laughinghouse took an active ?art in the social, religious and civic iffairs during her lifetime, and was ecognized for her benevolence. She was a charter member and one f the organizers of the local Ameri an Legion Auxiliary and for many 'ears served as president of the or ganization. She also was active in he United Daughters of the Confed racy and was a charter member of lie End of the Century Book Club, is well as active in numerous other vomen's organizations. Surviving her are her one daugh er, Mrs. Stokes; two sons, Charles VH. Laughinghouse, Jr., and H. )ail Laughinghouse, all of Green ille; seven grandchildren; three irothers, W. H. Dail, Jr., George Dail ,nd Fred Dail, all of Greenville, and ive sisters, Mrs. G. A. Rouse and Mrs. - ? - ? ? ? ??.. if? t wr IM. Holden, 01 rarmvuie; iura. <i. ??. Dixon, of Raleigh; Mrs. Paschal Boyd, of Mooresville, and Miss Minnie Best Dail, of Snow Hill. Active pallbearers were: J. J. White, E. G. Flanagan, Jr., Joseph Sidney Moye, William Moore, Walter Harrington, James Ficklen, R. M. Garrett and J. J. Smith. Included among those designated as honorary pallbearers were: 0. L. Joyner, Jr., C. O'H. Home, W. B. James, Richard King, Larry James, Howard M. Moye, J. G. Moye, J. T. Little, E. G. Flanagan, J. L. Little, W. W. Lee, Dr. J. E. Nobles, Dr. K. B. Pace, Dr. S. M. Crisp, Frank Wilson, B. W. Moseley, E. B. Higgs, D. W. Hardee, Zack Van Dyke, E. H. Taft, Dr. J. L. Winstead, H. S. Ragsdale, David Turner, W. H. Home, Dr. W. I. Wooten, F. W. Heslep, D. S. Spain, Jr., R. E. Corbett, Jr., Dr. W. M. B. Brown, K. W. Cobb, John L. Home, Dr Alfred Schultz, Dr. Joseph Smith, Dr. L. R. Meadows, Dr. M. B. Massey, Fred Laws, 0. L. Hull, A. H. Will iams, B. M. Carmichael, T. M. Tis dale, A. J. Satterfleld, R. E. Mitchell, Ernest Daughtridge, Charlie Han cock. Mr. Yates, Harry Forbes, ,W. T. Lipscomb, Dr. L. C. Sldnner,' P. L. Goodson, Dr. T. G. Basnight, F. C. Harding, E. R. Dudley,\<J. Knott Proc tor, Frank Patrick, W. H. Woolard, J. H. Waldrop. . B. Pruitt, Ben Dix on, J. N. Hart, Dr. G. G. Dixon, J. F. Strickland, J. R. Hutchings, B. B. Sugg, J. H. Blount, G. V. Smith, J. R. Hodges, Gus Forbes, J. L. Kilgo, W. S. Moye, H. L. Hodges, B. S. Warren, Dr. J. C. Green, Dr. T. M. Watson, K. R. Rowe, W. L. Nobles, Guy Evans, Jr., Alf. Forbes, L. Buchanan, J. J. Perkins, Clyde Webb, D. J. Whichard, Jr., John Hassell, J. C. Lanier, Dr. F. M. Davis, Jack Lane, Luther Lane. Beaufort County farmers report heavy losses of hay due to recent rains; however, the cotton crop is said to be the best ever grown in the coun ty. ?*