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*ltnm iii inn h n u 11 inn > '' . ??? -?I? ~ ~ """" ^ yiBMPT"* mnf milMTT. WORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1IM NUMBER TWENTY-NINE VOL. TWENTY-SIX ?- . , ? * . . ^ ' ' ; - ?? ? Last Rites for Dr. Davis Held Monday Afternoon - ft ;< v ''il Friends from Nearby Towns Join Hundreds Here In Mourning Loss of Brilliant Young Sur geon; Floral Tributes Large and Handsome Scores of friends from Greenville, Wilson, Kington, Tarboro, Snow Hill, Gokisboro and High Point, incfading many boyhood companions, clpss mates and professional 'associates, gathered with hundreds here on Mon day afternoon, at the F. M. Davis residence, for the last rites held for Dr. Francis Marion Davis, 32, prom inent Greenville surgeon, who died in a motor accident near Morehead City, Sunday afternoon. The Rev. J. B. Roberts, pastor of the Primitive Baptise Church, was as sisted in conducting the services by the Rev. C. B. Mashburn, Christian pastor, and the Rev. L. R. Ennis, Bap tist minister. Tributes were paid the young surg eon by the ministers, who referred to his great skill, fine characteristics, and the splendid record of service to humanity, which he had made during ' the practice of his profession. Interment was made in Forest Hill Cemetery, in the family plot with his late uncles, John R. and Robert Lang Davis, who had regarded him as a favored nephew and who preceded him by only a few months. The floral offering was among the largest and 1 handsomest seen here. At the time of his death, Dr. Davis 1 was associate surgeon at Pitt General Hospital in Greenville, having been a number of the institution's staff since June, 1935. A University of ' North Carolina graduate, he took his medical degree at Harvard University. Following his graduation there, he ' joined the staff of Harper Hospital, in Detroit, and later was at City and Roosevelt Hospitals, in New York, and at Woodard-Herring Hospital, in Wilson. ? ' ??- 1 A His late uncle, Jtc l>. unvis, uau made the surgeon an executor of his will, which provided for the construc tion of a hospital here. Surviving Dr. Davis are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Davis; three sis ters, Miss Elizabeth and Miss Janie j Davis, and Mrs. W. Alexander Allen, | Jr., and a brother, Robert Lang Davis. Active pallbearers were: Dr. W. I. Woo ten, Dr. J. L. Winstead, Dr. W. B. Brown, Greenville; Dr. M. A. Pitt man and Dr. J. E Bell, Wilson; Dr. J. M. Mew born, FarmvilTe. Honorary pallbearers were mem bers of the Pitt County Medical Soci ety and other friends, as follows: Dr. Ralph Fike, Dr. C. A. Woodard, Dr. Harry C. Willis, Dr. C. E. Simon, Dr. M. P. Mullen, Dr. F. G. Smith, Dr. W. Saliba, Dr. EL L. Strickland, John C. Daniel, Wilson; Dr. Hazel Zealy, Dr. Donald Cobb, Goldsboro; James Love lace, High Point; Stewart Carr, Greenville; Dr. W. M. Willis, Dr. 'C. C. Joyner, Dr. D. S. Morrill, Robert Lee Smith, W. A. Pollard, Jr., Eld Nash Warren, James Lang, Howard Moye, Leroy Parker, John B. Lewis, Irvin Morgan, Jr. and Ben Lang, Farmville. ? ~~ ? ? Boy Scouts continue Daily Good Deeds Troop No. 24, Boy Scouts of Farm vilie, met in the Scout Hut Friday night, at 7:15. There were fourteen boys present. Tommie Lang, recently elected in to the troop, was present for the first time. The troop decided to prepare a bas ket for some needy family for their troop good torn for Thanksgiving. In observance of Book Week, each Scout was asked to bring books or magazines, to be placed in the Scout library at the Hut. The initiation committee was call ed upon to be in readiness for the ini tiation of Howard Harris, L. P. Har ris and Tommie Lang, about Novem ber 27. Be a good Scout and do a good turn or deed to or for someone each day, whether you be young or old. Charles Edison New | Assistant Naval Sec. Washington, Nov. 17.?President Roosevelt today appointed Chaste* Edison, of New Jersey, son of the late inventor, ss assistant secretary of the navy. He will succeed Henry L. - Roosevelt, who died last winter. Edison is expected to assume his post under Secretary Swanson within r. few weeks. Edison's father was chairman of the naval consulting board during tie war. The new appointee has bee* serving as New Jersey State Director of the National Emergency CoondL In America "black-oat" means a theatrical sketch with a snap ending. ' jprrEnglsnd it means a special kind of Tate Killed Warren, Be EietM Today Death of Two Negro Murderers Brings the Year's Victims to a Re cord of Twenty Governor Ehringhaus on Tuesday night declined to intervene in the cases of two Negro murderers?Willie Tate, of Pitt County and Evans Mack lin of Halifax?whose executions to day will set a new record for the num ber of criminals put to death at Cen tral Prison in one year. Twenty capital offenders already have ben executed in 1936, equalling the previous mark set in 1934. Twice as many have been executed during Governor Ehringhaus' administration as during Governor 0. Max Gard ner's, which set a record of 30 execu tions. Tate was convicted in March of the claying of Alexander Warren. Gov ernor Ehringhaus said he had read the record in the case and was con vinced of Tate's guilt. "He has admitted to Parole Com-1 missioner Edwin Gill he participated in a robbery in which Warren was killed," the Govenor added, "but he denies he fired the fatal shot. In either case, he is guilty of first de gree murder. Evidence at his trial, however, showed that he alone staged the robbery and fired the shot.*' Macklin was found guilty in April of murdering A. P. Moore, chief of police of Scotland Neck. "The record shows it was a clear case of premeditated murder," the chief executive explained. Both Negroes recently were refus ed new trials by the State Supreme Court. Farm Land Values Show Big Increase Columbus, O., Nov. 17.?Demand for farm land is at the hig-hest level in eight years as a result of rising agricultural commodity prices and loans have increased accordingly, Governor W. I. Myers, of the Farm Credit Administration, told the 70th annual meeting of the Grange today. "An eighty per cent increase in farm income since 1932 and more ad advantageous farm credit terms have set a premium on farm ownership,''* Myers said. "Voluntary transfers of farm land are now at the highest since 1928." Facist Nations Recopize Rebel Forcesjn Spain Germany and Italy Ex tend Formal Recogni tion to Franco Military Junta ? All Observers Wonder Whether Non intervention Front In Europe Will Crumble Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy j formally approved the Fascist cause of the insurgent General Francisco] Franco in Spain yesterday. By joint action the two nations rec ognized Franco's provisional 'junta as the legal Spanish government Officials were reluctant to com ment The Russian Kremlin, however, only a month ago had made it clear that Russia would not recognize Franco, even if the present Madrid Premier, Largo Cabarello should have to flee Spain. Political obsrvers in France predict ed that the French government would not directly aid the present Spanish government unless C^reat Britain would join in?a possibility which the British officials held was unthinkable. Uppermost in the minds of diplo mats the world over was the question of whether Italy and Germany, now that they have accepted Franco as the head of a legal Spanish government, ; would feel free to send arms and anv ! munition to him. German officials said the Reich was not considering such a move, and Ital ian spokesmen stuck to the communi que, which said nothing on this sub ject At any rate, the Italian Admiral Antonio Magaz, said, recognition "will change the rights of the situation in iqgard to neutrality as it concerns the petition of tip. Burgos government ahd those wlphsve recognized ft, and the other member nations of the non - -? REA Starting On Tenant Program Federal Program Is De signed to Make Farm Owners Out of 1,000 Tenants In Ten South ern States; Resettle ment Administration Is Working Secretly Washington, Nov. 16.?Working secretly the Resettlement Adminis tration has started a federal pro gram designed to make farm owners out of 1,000 tenants in ten Southern states. , 1 M. E. Gilford, assistant to Admin istrator, Rexford G. Tug-well, said the move was kept quiet in order to ac quire farm lands at normal values. With about 74,000 acres of land ac quired in ten states, Gilford said 74 tenants already had been established on small farms in North Carolina and 69 in Tennessee. President Roosevelt said in his camr paign speeches that Federal action on the farm tenancy problem could be expected. The acreage acquired and number of prospective tenants by states in cludes: North Carolina 7,696 acres and 100 tenants. THE EMPLOYERS All employers who have not yet re ceived their card for application for identification number for Social Se curity Act, are asked to call at the local post office. Pitt Co. Organizes Tubercular Asso. Formed to Carry On a | Campaign to Educate How to Prevent and Cure Dread Malady In an effort to stem the ravages of tuberculosis in Pitt County, a group of public spirited citizens met recently in - the offices of the County Health De partment and organized the Pitt County Tuberculosis Association. The officers and directors elected were: Officers: President, Mr. J. W. Holmes, Farmville; First Vice-Presi dent, Mr. W. J. Smith, Bethel; Sec ond Vice-President, Mr. J. R. Turn age, Ayden; Treasurer, Mr. J. Vance Perkins, Greenville; Executive Secre tary, Dr. N. Thomas Etanett, Green ville. Directors: County-Wide: Mr. Roy T. Cox, Winterville; Mr. J. H. Coward, Ayden; Mr. K. T. Kittrell, Greenville; Mr. D. H. Conley, Greenville. Towns: Ayden: Mrs. J. C. An drews, Mrs. W. A. Quinerly, Mrs. F. M. Kilpatrick, Dr. M. T. Frizzelle; Bethel, Mrs. J. A. Staton; Farmville, Mrs. J. M. Hobgood, Mr. J. T. Thome, Mrs. J. L. Shackleford, Miss Tobitha DeVisconti; Fountain, Mrs. J. L. Peele; Greenville, Mrs. J. H. B. Moore, Rev. R C. Grady, Mr. R. M. Garrett, Dr. Paul Fitzgerald, Mr. D. J. Which ard, Mr. J. C. Galloway, Mr. J. H. Rose, Dr. S. W. Crisp, President Pitt County Medical Society; Grifton, Mr. J. R. Harvey. Townships: Ayden, Mrs. Frank Hart; Beaverdam, Mrs. Mack Smith; Bel voir, Mrs. W. R. Tyson; Bethel, Mr. D. T. House, Jr.; Carolina, Mrs. Jim Congleton; Chicod, Mr. G. S. Por ter; Falkland, Mrs. Henry Pittman; Fountain, Dr. E. B. Beasley; Farm ville, Mr. B. M. Lewis; Greenville, Mr. Walter Cherry; Pactolus, Mr. J. P. Davenport, Sr.; Swift Creek, Mrs. H. T. Stokes; Winterville, Mrs. A. D. McLawhorn. ?' 1 ? ? it- I.,* ine oojecx 01 uie tuauviuuuii 10 w carry on an educational campaign, in forming the public as to the preven tion and the cure of tuberculosis, with emphasis, of course, on prevention. This is the first step looking to con trol measures. It was decided that, at present, there would be no membership dues. This action was taken with the idea of enrolling as many interested citi zens as possible in this tuberculosis campaign. A certificate of member ship will be issued to all persons ready to actively enlist in the war on tuber culosis. * According to Dr. Frizzelle, one of the directors, "the organization of this association marks a milestone in the health work of Pitt County." ? % * - ?? - Dave Barnes of Pendleton, North ampton , County, a tenant farmer, re cently purchased 700 acres of land wports E. P. Gulledge, farm agent, who assisted Mr. Barnes in his pur chase. \. i ^Jfajmgsters are apparently more careful thab adults. The accidental death sate for boys and girls is lower Pres. Rtgmiilt to Strive to Alleviate Tenancy Tronbles _______ Announces the Appoint ment of Committee of Farm Leaders, Editors and Others to Study and Report by Febru'y 1 On Most Promising Ways of Alleviating Shortcomings of Farm Tenancy System Washington, Nov. J.7.?President Roosevelt disclosed today he was con sidering a system of counting the unemployed by a method of self-regis tration. At his press conference the Presi dent also announced appointment of a large committee of farm leaders, ed itors and othere to study and report by February 1 on the "most promis ing ways of alleviating the Short-com ings of the farm tenancy system." Secretary Wallace heads the commit tee. He said the self registration plan toward which he was working per sonally would be much simpler than a door-to-door canvass. L. C. Gray, assistant resettlement administrator, was designated execu tive secretary and technical director of the committee to study farm ten ancy. The committee includes Howard W. Odum, director of the institute for re search in social science, University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, and Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of the Progressive Farmer and Southern Ruralist, at Raleigh. Sunday Movies Barred By Greenville Police Operation of theatres in Greenville on Sunday was halted when the police department ordered the management of the cinema houses to discontinue or else face possible arrest. Those who already had entered the houses were allowed to see the entire picture. Officers advised managers not to sell any more tickets, however, and the theatres were closed after the shows were completed. Management of the picture houses have not announced what course they will take, if any. Hie ordinance pro hibits any business house ffom re maining open on Sunday for the pur pose of buying or selling any article and prohibits any sale. There was much discussion as to whether the theatres came under the act. Police officials held the opinion, however, that the sale of tickets constituted a violation of the ordinance. Tyson-Mar Reunion Friday, November 27 Exceptionally Interest ing Program Plans Un derway At a meeting of the arrangements committee of the Tyson-May Reunion, this week, plans for an intresting program to be presented at the annual assembly of these two pioneer fam ilies, were made, a full account of which will be given in these columns next week. Rev. J. N\. Bynum, of Roanoke Rap ids, will preside over the Reunion, which is to be held in the Christian Church, on Friday, November 27, the day after Thanksgiving. Egypt invented modem calendar. Hopkins Foresees Continuing WPA Works Progress Admin istration Chief Cites ' Figures to Show That While Production of Goods Next Fall Will Hit 1929 Levels There Will Still Be Over 6, 500,000 Jobless ? Washington, Nov. 17.?Harry L. Hopkins today foresaw a continuing WPA which besides providing the un employed with jobs will place new emphasis cm training .them to take ; their places in industry when oppor- ; tunity comes. In a speech prepared for delivery to the United States conference of I mayors the WPA chief cited figures 1 to show that while the production of ' goods next year will hit 1929 levels ' there will still be 6,500,000 to 7,000,- ?' 000 unemployed, 1 1 Appealing to business to shorten hours, provide workers with high buy- ' ing power and stabilize work he said; ' "The Federal government cannot 1 refuse responsibility for providing 1 jobs to those whom private industry 1 does not hire." Because of the higher productivity of machines and other factors experts have estimated, Hopkins said, "that i our total production would have to be 20 per cent above the 1929 level to re duce unemployment to the propor tions of 1929." . Tobacco Control Urgedjn Wilson Watson Warns of Starv ation Prices, Loss of Portion of Base ~ i Wilson, Nov. 18.?"If we alt still and do nothing we are not only fac ing starvation prices for our tobacco for 1937, but a loss, also of between 20 and 30 per cent of our tobacco base for the next year," Howard Watson, . president'of the Wilson County Farm Bureau, told a gathering of farmers here Monday night, as he urged them to organize and take what steps that were needed toward control. "If we ask for the things we need and demand them long enough we will get them," Watson told the farmers. "If we don't have some kind of con trol next year," he said, "where there are 1,000 pounds of the weed this year there will be 10,000 pounds of it next year." Urging the gathering to help organ ize the farmers in the county Watson presented a letter for their approval that will be sent out in the near fu ture to all fanners in the county call ing township meetings in Wilson County so that "conditions now threatening our welfare can be dis cussed and steps taken to avoid fu ture disaster." Lane Is Recovering After Road Accident Elipabeth City, Nov. 17.?State Highway Patrolman L. B. Lane, in jured several weeks ago when his motorcycle and an automobile collided, returned here Sunday afternoon from his home on the highway between New Bern and'Kinston. His left leg, fractured juBt above the knee, is still in a cast from the knee on down. He will have to keep the leg in the cast for at least another week, he said. Linen is the most ancient textile. Government Begins Task Of Setting Up Payroll Tax. Account For 26,000,000 Workers ! Postmen at 45,000 Post-\ offices Throughout the < Country Set Out With \ Forms to Be Delivered > to 5,000,000 Business Establishments; Social! Security Tax Is Effect ive Beginning January 1,1937 Washington, Nov. 16.?The Feder al government began today the most gigantic task of its kind ever under taken?the job of setting, up Social Security accounts for some 26,000,000 workers. From 45,000 post offices through forms to be delivered to 5,000,000 bus iness establishments. Thus began the unprecedented operation of collecting the basic data for the old-age pension system applying to workers in factor ies, shops, mines, mills, offices, stores and other business etablishments. The time for the creation of the mountainous files of information was growing short for the old-age pension taxes-starting at 1 per cent on each $1 of workers' earnings up to 18,000 a year and 1 cent for every f 1 of the employer's payrolls?will go into ef fect January 1, 1987. The taxes will increase gradually until beginning in 1949 they willBe 8 per cent of wages and 3 per c6n? of payrolls. The money is being col lected to finance pensions ranging from |10 ,to $85 a month ^which fito wo liters trill be entitled oh reaching Tobacco Figures For 1936 Season _. * Community Sing ISjlMiful First Appearance of the FannviUe ?horus Sur passes Expectations The first public appearance of the Farmville Symphonic Chorus met with cordiality and appreciation by the large audience, which gathered in the Methodist Church, Sunday afternoon, for the event. The pleasing and entertaining pro gram carried a sacred theme through out, consisting as it did of choruses with Scriptural wording, and spiritu als, all conveying the eloquent Gospel message in the varied interpretations of the great composers. The conductor of the chorus, Lewis S. Bullock, a director of real musical understanding and excellent training, lias the happy faculty of making his singers generate a sympathetic feel ing in their renditions, which immed iately impress the audience and is re flected in its warm response. It was a profitable experience to those who attended this program of uplifting music, which included sev eral inspirational selections by the choir of the First Baptist Church, Goldsboro. Viewed from the standpoint of the critic, who would draw fine distinc tions in harmony, color, emotional force and other vital points, which go with the art of choral music, the Bplendid rendition of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," would take first place, with its single strain, marked for the women's voices, as the most exquisite and effectively done of any on the program. The importance of music in the life of the youth and adult cannot be ov erestimated and Farmville has a fine opportunity, in the promotion of this musical venture, to unseal the reser voir of music and give to the com munity as a whole the invigorating tonic of song. t Mms. Schumann-Heink Passes at Hollywood Hollywood, Cal., Nov. 17.?Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, beloved operatic and concert singer, died at her home in Hollywoodlands tonight at 7.21 o'clock (10.21 p. in. EST.) Beethoven's father whipped him to make him practice. Funeral Service Far Wreck Victim Gonducted Tuesday C. Heber Forbes, Jr., Is Laid to Final Rest in Greenwood Following Services From Home Greenville, Nov. 17.?Attended by a large crowd of sorrowing friends and relatives, funeral services foi Charles Heber Forbes, 29, who was killed in an automobile wreck neaz Morehead City, were conducted from the home (m Reade street this morn ing. Burial followed in Greenwood Cfemetery. ?? ? a?i-J L? TUe Services i?3re conuucueu uy Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, pastor of Jar vis Memorial Methodist Church, as sisted by Rev. A. W. Pleischmann, pastor of Memorial Baptist Church. A quartet, composed of Mrs. G. B. W. Hadley, Mrs. J. W. Waldrop, J. H. Rose and Charlie James, sang at the services. The floral tribute was large and beautiful. Mr. Forbes was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. .Heber Forbes, of this city. He received his education in the local schools and at the University of North Carolina. Funeral services for Dr. Francis Marion Davis, 82, who was killed in the same wreck, were conducted from the home of his parents in Farmville yesterday. > Nathan Woodard, a Negro chauf feur, died a few hours after the wreck in a Morehead hospital The other two occupants of the car, Miss Alma Lee, Greenville school teacher, and Miss Lucille Norton, East Carolina Teachers faculty, member, were injured, but not seriously. Thirteen and one-half miles is th? average distance between airplane landing fields inthe U.S. a.'.'/:- ' , r- ' ? . In a family ai San Pedro, Ca&f., & ^M^h^ haen b<?t to.ttctost foul Shortage of Crop Will Cause Closing of Mar kets On December 4 ?_ i With all grades continuing to at , tract attention from the buyers on the Farmvilie market, an* average jof $22.77 per hundred pounds was paid during the 19" S season here through Thursday, for 17,683,941 pounds. In ferior and very common grades have predominated the offerings this week, which have been light As compared with last season's fig ures, the market's average through the same week was $21.95, for a total of 26,925,796 pounds, which had brought farmers $5,910,053.88. t With the end of the season in sight as the market is scheduled to close on December 4, farmers are speeding up their efforts to bring in the remain der of their weed. The State-Federal Crop Reporting Service reveals that the season's sales throughout the State are 67 million pounds below those of 1935, which showed at the end of October pro ducers' sales as 313,882,286 pounds, compared to 386,219,334 pounds for the same period last year. ,The price average for the State was $23.84 per hundred weight, as com pored with $22.85 in 1935. A baby lion being raised by hand wants milk every hour of the day. To Make Flans For Community CM Mass Meeting Called by Chairman Morgan for Friday Evening Letters have gone out this week from Irvin Morgan, Jr., chairman of .the Farmville Community Chest com mittee, to citizens of Farmville, re questing that they assemble in the Town Hall at 7:30, on Friday evening of this week for the purpose of outlin ing plans for a . Community Chest campaign, designed to serve the needy during the coming winter months. [ With wintry winds already begin ning to herald the approach of the bitter weather, which has been fore cast for this year, the community rec ognizes the necessity of taking im , mediate steps to fill the Chest before it arrives. Be on hand and assist in launching the campaign. Pitt Bar Endorses Dunn for Court Job Greenville, Nov. 18.?The Pitt County Bar Association in session this afternoon unanimously endorsed Judge Albion Dunn for appointment as one of the associate justices of I North Carolina Supreme Court should the next session of the Legislature in ? crease the court from five to seven ' justices. At the recent general election the voters of this State adopted a con stitutional amendment that would per mit the Legislature to increase the | number of jurists. Judge Dunn, prominent member of | the local bar, is a former Superior Court judge, having been appointed to the bench by the late Governor A. W. McLean.' Mrs. Jonas Deal Held In Killing of Child ' Washington, N. C., Nov. 17.?Prob able cause was found in the case of Mrs. Jonas Deal, of Aurora, charged with manslaughter in the death of 1 Iris Austin, seventh grade pupil of 1 Chocowinity, which occurred on No vember 13. Mrs. Deal was ordered bound over to Superior Court under a 1 bond of $1,000. The warrant charged Mrs. Deal with feloniously and negligently kill ing the child and stated that she fail- ' 1 ed to bring her car* tp a stop within ' 50 feet of a school bus while it was i unloading children. ! Mrs. Deal halted her car following the accident and brought the child to the Tayloe Hospital where she died ; that night , ATTEND GREENVILLE GARDEN 1 CLUB t ?. ... . i A number of the members of the Farmvi lie Garden Club accepted the invitation of the Greenville Garden i Club-to attend a meeting of the latter ) on Thursday afternoon, at which Dr. J. S. Weaver, of State College, waa
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