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YC% TWENTY-SIX / FARMVILLE;COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27^ 1936 NUMBER THIRTY
Farmville Must Re(tf
On Community Chest
Fmid Insufficient Cope I
With Situation; Much"
Suffering May Be
Avoided by United Ef
fort In Community
Now V--: ]
Community Chest workers, directed !
by Irvin Morgan, Jr., report that the
Cheat goal has not been reached but
that many citizens hare not been giv
en the opportunity to share in the
community-wide social service pro- ^
gram as yet, and the campaign is to L
be continued until the town has been t
wall canvassed for money and sup
Plie* L
With no funds available from the r a
Federal government the need of relief j v
is already being felt here, and Farm
ville, along with other communities, |
must shoulder the task and responsi- J n
bility of caring for her own. u
The Community Chest renders a
valuable service and could not be dis
penned with, providing, as it does, a c
' means of distributing the amounts p
subscribed by contributors without a p
cent of administrative cost.
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Seek out the Chest canvassers if I.
they fail to see you, and make your .
contribution as generous as possible. n
Figures, which give the result of the Q
campaign, as reported by R. A. Joy
ner, town clerk and a member of the w
Chest committee, are as follows:
Cash $686.10; trade credit, $454.25; j
used clothing, $359.50; total of all g
contributions, $1,499.85. o
A list of donors and contributions ^
will be given in these columns next j
week. -- . ."
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Mission Services |;
Episcopal Church?
Held for Benefit of En- *
tire Commuuit^ and to JJ
Be Continued Through 1
the Week ? y
A series of services, termed as a ^
mission in the Episcopal Church, will S(
begin in Emmanuel Church, Sunday
morning, and will be continued #
through the week, with the week-day I
services, which are to be conducted by
the rector, Rev. Jack Rountree, sched
uled to begin at 7:30 o'clock each
evening. . t
These services are to be held for
the benefit of the entire community, J
and the rector and congregation of
Emmanuel Church are exceedingly
anxious to have members of other
churches, the non-churched, and all
interested friends to attend the mis
sion services, at which inspirational
Gospel messages, designed to point _
the way to a more abundant Kfe, will J
be preached by the rector, who is in a
charge of the evangelical division of r
the diocese of East Carolina, being h
qualified for this position by .virtue of o
his extensive knowledge of the Bible, i
his ability and power as a speaker," 0
and wide experience in thia fieW. . . - {
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Two Hen Jailed j
In Herder Case:
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Willis Bullock and A. W. ?c
Watson Held for Slay- t
ingof Hofliday J
Greenville, *Nov. 23.?Willis Bui- \
lock and A. W. Watson, both of Rob- <
ersonville, were held today in an un- ,
announced jail for Martin County, of- t
ficers, after Watson allegeedly con- j
feased to the slaying of Thomas HoRi- ,
day, 24-year-old filling station oper
ator. - r ]
Bowen Dursey, Greenville police ,
captain who aided in investigation of ,
the slaying, said two men were be
lieved to have attacked HolBday in his
filling station near Robersonville
shortly after midnight Sunday morn
ing. Holliday apparently was killed
by Hammer blows on the head and
robbed of cigarettes and cash.
Bullock and Watson were arrested,
at their homes last night, Dorsey said, -
when they were found with bloodstain
ed clothing. Watson reportedly, ad
mitted ht and Bullock killed Softday.
REMOVE ALLEGED KILLERS
PROir WLLIAMS?p? JAIL
WiOiaptttan, Nov. 23^-raWter a
brief period ' of confinement in the
Martin County jail here, two man held
Baptists Launch
Me. Program
' ^
Pirst Public Meeting In
Interegtof New Church
to Be Held On Sunday
Morning
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On Sunday morning the Missionary
laptist congregation, led by their pas
or, Rev. L. R. Ennis, will launch a
tuilding program in an impressive
ervice, which is planned to act as a
orch to kindle the fire of enthusiasm
,mong the membership for this
/orthy undertaking.
Special music wiU constitute an in
iting feature of the service, and
lembers of the Church will be called
pon for self-dedication to the task.
The pastor and building commit
ee, of which George W. Davis is
hairman, with W. J. Rasberry, H. W.
lemp, E. C. Holmes and Miss Annie
"erkins as members, join heartily in
xtending a cordial invitation to all
iterested friends of the Baptist cause
i Farmville and surrounding com
munity to attend the special "Service
n Sunday morning.
From an humble beginning in 1909
rith seven members and Rev. Jesse
[cCarter as pastor, 1. F. Puryear as
lerk and treasurer, and the gift of a
iibie from the Sunday School Board
f the Southern Baptist Convention,
lie organization met on October 31,
909, to dedicate its new church, built
n Wilson Street at a total cost, with
le lot, of $3373.30. The church build
lg was started on August 2 and com
leted October 28.
During the twenty-four years of its
xistence it has enjoyed the faithful
ervices of ten ministers, and has had
splendid growth, filling an import
nt place in the community life, arid
itally affecting the moral stimulus
nd development of the town. The
resent membership is around a hun
red and sixty.
Craven County farmers report the
ighest average corn yield this sea
on of the past five years.
iCC Boys To Eat
40,0JH)Jorkoy$
Menu Prepared by Na
tional Headquarters Is
Something to Look
Forward to
Raleigh, Nov. 25.?CCC boys of
forth Carolina can take their places
t camp tables with their belts ' st
eady extended tomorrow. Received
ere yesterday from National Direct
r Robert Ptechner in Washington was
he information*that more-.than 500,
00 pounds of turkeys were being
iurchased the nation over for the
50,000 CCC enrollees.
Th menu that accompanied the. news
eas calculated to make the mouths
fjthe "boys" water as they look for
ward to their fourth Thanksgiving in
he great outdoors.
The Quartermaster General's Office
?f the War Department, whjeh. has
harge of the subsistence of the CCC,
(Stimates that more than 40^000 tur
Leys will be required to provide each
XC man with his Thanksgiving ra
don allowance of twenty-five ounces
)f dressed turkey. "It is estimated
hat, if transported by rail, this am
mnt of turkey would fill thirteen av
irage sized refrigerator car*. ? The
airkey purchoses, however, are made
'or the most part by the commanding
officers in charge of the camps.
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A typical Thanksgiving dinner me
nu, which is representative of the type
of meal which will be served in each
of the CCC camps, follows;
Oyster soup, crackers, sweet pick
les, stuffed hearts of celery; olives,
roast young turkey, chestnut dressing,
giblet gravy, cranberry sauce, baked
Virginia ham, candied sweet potatoes,
snowflake potatoes, green sweet peas,
buttered asparagus tips, crab salad
with mayonnaise dressing, Parker
House rolls, butter, fruit cake, cocoa
nut cake, pumpkin pie, mince pie, mix
ed nuts, mixed candies, apples, or
anges, bananas, coffee, cigarettes, ci
gars. 3
In addition to dinner, the -holiday
will be marked by religfcus services
entertainment programs, athletic
?matches, and other special, events. Or
ders have been issued by the Wai
Department to all Corps Area com
' mailders authorizing -them. to t granl
special leave witlv en
May you have together with a thankful heart, much of Nature's bounty, <
r<?ngei">l company and the zest of warm fellowship, when you sit down
to the feast of the year.'
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Methodists Pick j
Raleigh As Site ]
Of 1937 Meeting
" V
Hundredth Annual Con
ference Adjourns With
Ministerial Appoint
ments; Edenton Street
Church Will CJet Next
Conference;. Dr. J. M.
Culbreth to Remain the
Presiding Eider This
District; Rev. D. A.
Clark Sent to Farm
ville
Raleigh was chosen Monday for
next year's North Carolina Method
ist Conference at the closing session
of the centennial convention at Cen
tenary Church, New Bern. The gath
ering adjourned at noon after several
hundred delegates and visitors had
completed reports and business mat
ters, resolutions against crime and
sex literature, heard Bishop Paul B.
Kern denounce the spreading spirit of
gambling, dnd listened tensely to the
reading of new pastoral appointments.
The 1937 host church will be Eden
ton Street Methodist Church in the
State capital, whose pastor, Dr. E. C.
Few, is returning for his sixth con
secutive year, an unusual assignment
in Methodism. His continued service
was due not only to .the requests of his
members, but also to his extensive
building program and the fact that he
will be convention host pastor.
Four new ministers were transfer
red to this conference: Dwight Ware
and John Klein, from Western North
Carolina; Wade Johnson, from Upper
South Carolina, and W. Stanley Pot
ter, from Missouri. W. C. Jones was
named as superannuary and N. M.
McDonald was retained in that class.
Others previously recommended for
superannuates were approved.
Resolutions read by Dr. Few dur
ing the closing session thanked the
Bishop, presiding riders, the Rev. L.
C. Larkin, host pastor,. Mayor W. C.
Chad wick and all others for making
jthe conference so successful and en
joyable. He especially expressed ap
preciation for the aid of Boy Scouts,
the press and cooperating churches.
In telling of his.gratitude to all who
had worked for th$ ,conference, the
Bishop hiked congregations not to
request fifth years for pastors, par
ticularly since presiding elders are
now limited to four years. He ex
plained the long and careful consid
eration given to the new assignments.
Which he read as the last item of
business. The coherence then closed
with the singing of the Doxology.
REV. CLARK HERE
Rev. D. A. Clark was selected to fill
the Farmville pastorate, taking the
charge left vacant since the recent
pasihg of Rev. J. C. Woo ten, who was
held in highest esteem and veneration
by the entire community. v'
Presiding Elder j. M. Culbreth will
remain in charge of the Rocky Mount
district.
Other oppointments to neighboring
churches follow:
Bethel, Rev. W. L. Clegg; Rocky
Mount, Clark Street, Rev. C. W. Gold
sfdn; First Church, Rev. R. Dwight
? Wkre; Margin, Rev. N. W. Grant;
, T%rboro, Rev. H. G. Ruark; Waiston
: burg, Rev. Leon Crossno; Wilson, Rev.
. A. J. Hobbs; Ayden, Rev. T. A. Sikes;
? Greenville, Rev. T. M. Grant ;Kinston,
. Rev. R. S. Parker; Snow Hill, Rev.
t R: I). Critchier; Goldsboro, ReV.-W. C,
. Ball; dreuit, Rev. J. B. Thompson.
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* ^^Meent frosts and. fweee* in dew
1 land County injured, late cotton bolli
. mfc beginning toopen and the cror
ISS- pated
APPEALING?
Farmville, N. C,
November 25, 1936
Fellow Citizens:
Your donations have brought the
Farmvilie Community Chest to the
point that it now contains a total
of $1,499.85. Of this amount $686.
10 has been contributed in cash,
$454.25 in trade credit and $359.50
in clothing.
The goal of the Community Chest
is nineteen hundred dollars. Those
of you who have not made a con
tribution to this worth-while cause
are urged to do so. In case one of
the committee members does not
see you, please stop by the Town
Hall and give your donation to
Mrs. Bessie Taylor, who is Secre
tary for the Community Chest.
Respectfully yours,
FARMVILLE COMMUNITY
CHEST COMMITTEE. J
ROOSEVELT EN ROUTE.
SILENT SINCE ELECTION.
FACES NEW PROBLEMS.
GROUPS MAY EMBARRASS.
THE OUTLOOK CHANGES.
LOWER INCOME GROUP. -
PRODUCTION CAN INCREASE.
INDUSTRY SEEKS TO HELP.
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By Hugo Sims, Washington
Correspondent
With President Roosevelt on th<
high seas, headed for Rio d?
Janeiro, which port he shoulc
reach on Friday of this week, ii
might be well to call attention to the
fact that flie Government of theUnit
ed States will continue to functior
during his thirty-day absence. The
fact that the Cheif Executive findf
himself free tp participate in the
opening of the Pan-American Peace
Conference and to leave the affair!
of the United States in other hands
emphasizes again that the nation hai
a government of law and not of men
His willingness -to reiftove himseli
from the "driver1* seat" answer)
very completely the charge of dicta
torship and nullifies entirely the al
legation that Mr. Roosevelt it at
tempting to acquire improper powe
unto himself. ? .
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, Since the election early this month
the President has maintained a dis
creet silence in regard to practical!:
every public question. Undoubted!:
appreciative of the. large vote hi
received, Mr. Roosevelt apparent!;
continues in -the mood exhibited ,':t<
reporters who pressed him to answe
rumors about a new NBA a fev
days after the eledipn. On this oc
casion he remarked,that the day wa
1 a holiday and suggested that no on
! spoil it by bringing up such contro
versial issues. -
Naturally there has been considei
able speculation as to the moves t
' be made in accomplishing the goal
of the New Deal but other than f
stress an effort to balance the buc
get, the importance of government*
reorganization and his interest, in th
peace of the world, the Presides
rests upon his famous Madiao
Square Garden address in which 1
recaptulated the goals of his Ax
ministration, with the added warnin
that for air of them he had "just h<
, gun . to ?ght."
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, Unusual problems will confrm
the President during his next foi
years when he will undoubtedly a
tempt to the goyerwneot in
i permanent way, eliminating thoi
? wh^/Aerved only depression nea
> and formulating policies to guide t)
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{Loyalists Seize
Nazi and Italian
ONiceBoiMings
Lock German and Ital
ian Embassies at Ma
drid After Driving Out
Refugees; Recent Rec
ognition Motive for Ac
tion; Spanish Loyalists
Infer .. That German
Submarines Sank Their
Cruiser at Cartagena
Sunday
Madrid, Nov. 24.?The German and
Itaian embassies were seized and
? locked tonight by armed Spanish mil
i itiamen, who arrested several politi
[ cal refugees in the German building.
Diplomats representing both Italy
! and Germany have long since depart
| ed Madrid.
? The embassies were entered and
I
f sealed after the militiamen posted
! machine guns at the German embassy,
following upon an ultimatum to put
out some 50 Rightists Spanish refu
gees by 1 p. m.
The militiamen found the Italian
embassy empty.
Some of those who have been living
in the German embassy were taken
out by the Chilean, 'Netherlands, Nor
wegian and Rumanian representatives
and given refuge in their legations.
The Madrid decision to get refu
gees from the two embassies was
reached, it was said, as a direct re
' suit of recent recognition of the Span
| ish Fascist insurgents regime by the
two nations.
' finaniali machino (runs Were Ret UD
! behind trees around the German em
bassy. The entire block was roped
| off, as was a stretch of Costella Boul
' evard fronting the embassy.
1 All motor and street car traffic was
' rerouted from the area.
' The Chilean embassy sought coop
' eration of all diplomats in getting safe
' conduct for the refugees.
1 The bristling Spanish move follow
' ed by a few hours upon a communi
que, which by inference, charged Ger
' man submarines with torpedoing the
c miser Miguel de Cervantes in Car
tagena harbor on Sunday. .
The charges# which observers felt.
r involved the Carman submarines were
containe4'|in ah officii communique
reporting an investigation of the Cer
* vantes explosion by Indaletio Prieto,
minister of air and navy. i
7 In the evening, eight Fascist shells
7 struck in Madrid, causing unestimat
s edcasualties and property damaage.
7 Overhead, 12 light bombers and four
5 insurgent pursuit planes soared, ap
r patently seeking only to chart the
* artillery hits.' So far as could be.
" learned, tbey dropped no bombs. Four
8 low-flying government fighting planes
e gave chase as the invaders wheeled
away.
All the shells Btruck pear the Am
* erican-Owned Ifilephdhe building. One
fell in the Cabarello de Gracia, wreck
o ing the upper floor of a flat in Rey
s de San Luis Square. Others fell in
o the Calle Montera, Calle Hortaleza,
I- and two near Puerta del Sol.
d Screams of the wounded could be
e heard.
it Gen. Jodfe Miaja, chief of the de
n fense Junta, meanwhile published a
io strongly-worded refusal to recognise
I- the sonsalled "neutral zone" in Ma
g drid as safe from aerial bombard
s' menti Such 4 move, he declared,
would . be tantamount "to right of
bombardment in other sections of the
it dty."
?r ... AS the danger of international com
t- plication increased with the commun
a ique's issuance, Eric C. Wendelin, the
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Tobacco Sales Suspended
For Holiday Period
Business Taking
Strong Strides
Expansion Plans Ex- bn
pected to Create Thous- I
ands of Jobs; a Bullish
Factor f
Si
New York, Nov. 23.?Great expan- t]
sion programs now in effect plus r
plans or others in prospect, served to
day as one of the bullish signs for in- (
dustrial America.
Millions are being expended or have ^
been voted to write off the ravages
of depression years and other millions &
likely will be expended before the ^
epd of the year. This means demand
for raw products, particularly in steel
?plus a greqt boost in employment,
Potentially the utility industry has
multi-millions of plant betterment
work. Legislative restrictions, court
fights and possible further legislation ^
have restricted this program. The
companies, however, are understood
to be contemplating expansion as soon a
as they feel a little certainty about n
the prospects. Copper companies will ?
benefit appreciably by any improve- 1
ment in utility building.
Steel companies at the moment are ^
leading the program for equipping
plants. -
Motor car companies?the first in- .
dustry to come out of the depression
?have been heavy spenders. General
Motors Corporation announced a $50,
000,000 program in 1935 and in tool- p
ing for the 1937 models spent up
wards of $25,000,000. Other major 1
producers made similar expenditures. |
Such business development as this
is bound to provide a good background I
for business. It further emphasizes |
the upward cycle that is carrying in
dustrial indices to the highest level
since 1929. (
The business improvement most in
dustrialists believe, will continue
through at least the forepart of 1937
and perhaps farther. But the stock
market has advanced so rapidly that
many believe further advances will be 3
more casual and selective. The mar- 8
ket this week may be a little unsettled *
at approach of Thanksgiving shut- *
down, both in business and trading.
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Orphanage Debt
is Paid hi Full:
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Notes Will Be Burned by
Middlesex Institution
on Thanksgiving Day <
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Middlesex, Nov. 23.?A feature of f
the Thanksgiving Day celebration at j
the Freewill Baptist Orphanage here ,
will be the burning of the notes rep- r
resenting the paid-up debt of the in- f
stitution. c
Superintendent M. E. Tyson an
nounced here today that a debt of ?
$10,767.32, which burdened the or- t
phanage 21 months ago, had been paid }
in full. In addition, the orphanage v
paid all operating expenses in full and (
spent $2,600 for improvements.
With the debt paid and the institu
tion able to operate without a penny
of indebtedness of any kind after
Thanksgiving, the day will be one
for real Thanksgiving, Tyson said.
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, of Snow
Hill, will be the principal speaker on
the orphanage program. There will
be a brief service in which all the 1
children will participate, after which
dinner will be served on the grounds.
The public is invited to attend and
bring baskets.
Best results from the use of triple }
superphosphate in Mitchell County (
have been secured where the soil is <
alkaline, indicating that it pays to <
use limestone along with the phos
phate, reports the .assistant county j
agent. I
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Those who wish to leave with him .
and his staff, Wendelin said, would be j
taken to Valencia, where a United
States warship awaited them. * (
About half the Americans, mostly .
newspapermen and businessmen, (
would remain and take their chances,
it was indicated.
GREAT BRITAIN TAKES
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES
London, Nov. 24,?Great Britain,
backing up her age-long right to sail
the seven seas unhindered, tonight
aent submarines , to Spain with a de
stroyer flotilla ready to sail Thurs
day.
- The admiralty announced the depot
ship Cyclops and eight submarines al
ready were en route from. Malta to
the war-torn Spanish peninsula to add
show Of fort* to verbal warnings Brit
ain would tolerate no interference
wfchlwt
Poundage Nears 18 Mil
lion; Season to Close
December 4
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A total of 17,954,091 pounds of to
acco had been sold on the Farmville
larket this season, when it suspended
ctivities Wednesday, afternoon for
lie Thanksgiving holiday period,
?rices are regarded as satisfactory,
onsidering the great quantities of
orry gades that have been placed on'
lie floors every day during the cur
ent season.
Good averages continue to be paid
n graded tobacco here, where high
rices have been maintained through
ut the entire season. The market
rill reopen on Monday, November 30,
nd close for the 1936 season on Fri
ay, December 4.
The season's figures revqal the
oundage sold as 17,954,091, which
as brought farmer's a total of $4,
70,877.23, and an average of $22.67.
This average is only slightly higher
lian that of last season, when 26,
26,796 pounds had been sold during
lie corresponding period for an aver
ge of $21.95. However, when other
larkets are boasting of an average
f around $3 on the hundred higher
ban last year, it will be recalled that
he Farmville market led the entire
Itate of North Carolina in averages
or the 1935 season, which, with the
rop failures in this immediate ter
itory this year, accounts for the dif
erence in comparative figures.
President Roosevelt reports his
romise not to propose new taxes.
Tyson-May Reunion
Friday, November 27
jood Program Planned
for Gathering at Chris
tian Church
An exceptionally interesting pro
jam has been arranged for the Ty
on-May Reunion, which will be held
iere on Friday, November 27, in the
Christian Church.
For several years descendants of
hese families, pioneers of East Caro
ina, have held joint meetings annu
illy, which have been attended and
aost successful, as viewed from a
tandpoint of warm fellowship, which
s felt throughout the day.
Teachers and Pupils
Have a Holiday
Doors of the Farmville Graded
School were closed Wednesday after
loon for the remainder of the week
'or observance of the Thanksgiving
lolidays, and faculty members hur
led to buses and trains that they
night give thanks with members of
amilies at their own homes next day,
>r to visit friends.
Students from the various colleges
ind schools are wending their way
owards home for the joyous season
is we go to press, and the holidays
vill doubtless be made the occasion
)f many gay parties and dances.
Rousseau Warns
Drunken Drivers
Jurist at. Albemarle
Promises a Road Term
for All Such Offenders
Albemarle, Nov. 23.?"The people
>f North Carolina may not like the
stand I take in the matter of drunken
irivers," said Judge J. A. Rosseau,
)f North Wilkesboro, opening a term
)f criminal court here today.
"If they do not, they can remedy
it," he continued, "but I have a duty
to society to perform and I wish to
reiterate, that so long as I am judge,
no man will pay a fine and walk out
af the courtroom a free man, follow
ing conviction of driving, while drunk.
"I believe the road sentences impos
ed without exception on all classes of
drunken driver^' will have the best
effect in curbing the slaughter that
now exists from this cause."
Union Service On
Thanksgiving Morning
. A Union Service, to which every cit- '
izen of the community is invited to
join in offering a real service of
praise and Thanksgiving, will be held
in the Christian Church, Thanksgiv
ing morning at ten o'clock.
Rev. H. M. Wilson, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, will preach the
sermon, -and a musical program of
special numbers has beeen planned.
An offering for the Community 0*flf