,ltlltllrs. 1 Miss DeVisconti already has the ^ ;als and the posters and other ad- J srtising material and is now care- j illy organizing her workers, in or- ( ?r that every one may be given an ( pportunity to purchase seals in this ( reat National, State and County ide effort to check the ravages of tu- y jrculosis. v Miss De Visconti states that 75 per j :nt of the funds raised are retained ^ i the County for County use. The j mds raised are used in many ways. ( or example, in furnishing milk to j lilaren in poor families where there ? tuberculosis, in having X-rays made ? children and adults who are sus jcted of having tuberculosis, in fur- | ishing sputum cups, in furnishing ^ ?ansportation for patients to and ?om the State Sanitorium, in buying arm clothing for children with tu jrculosis and in furnishing scales > the public schools, in an effort to /ercome malnutrition in school chil ren and in this way help to prevent iberculosis in the school child. The County Seal Sale this year is { *ing sponsored by the newly organ ed Pitt County Tuberculosis Asso ation. Amon the officers and di ;ctors "of this Association from armville and Farmville Township re: J. W. Holmes, President; Mrs. M. Hobgood, J. T. Thorne, Mrs J. . Shackleford, B. M. Lewis and Miss c eVisconti, Seal Sale Chairman. ( loey Will Become : State's Governor ! On January 7th i The Raleigh Chamber ] of Commerce Official i to Confer With Adjut- ' ant General on Inaugu-! ral Plans ! < Raleigh, Dec. 2.?Edwin Gill, State : k)mmissiener of Paroles, indicated oday he would not recommend a re- 1 rieve for Martin Moore, convicted in 1 tuncombe County of the hotel room aurder of Helen Clevenger, pretty ( few York University student, facing [eath by gas. Asked if he. was ready to make his eport to the Governor, Gill replied: "I have studied the case carefully ind have found no extenuating cir ramstances of any kind. It is a clear ase of murder in the first degree." Moore, last week, lost an appeal o the State Supreme Court, which lutomatically set his death date for December 11. a WOMAN'S DAY SUNDAY AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH In conformance with the universal observance of Woman's Day through out the Christian world, Sunday, a special sermon will be delivered by the pastor of the Christian Church, Rev. Z. B. Mashburn, at the morning ser New Legislators j Would Be Called To Extra Session: .7. ''"j Capital Hill Is Generally Agreed That the 1937 Members Would Be. Called If Term Con yoked Raleigh, Dec, 2.?Those who were elected to the Senate and House of the 1937 General Assembly would be the ones who would Bit in a special session, of Governor J. C. B. Ehring house should decide to call such a session before December 31 in order ( to enact an unemployment insurance ( law that will meet with the approval ( of the Social Security Board in Wash- } ington, it is generally agreed here ( today. If a special session had been called f prior to the election of November 3, ( the-members of the old 1935 General Assembly would have been called ^ back. But any special session called j after November 3 and before the time j for the regular session to meet in Jan nary, would be composed of members of the 1937 Assembly. The only difference between a spe cial session*at this time and the regu lar session in January would be that in a special session Lieutenant Gov srnor A. H. (Sandy) Graham would f preside over the Senate of a special 1 session, while Lieutenant Governor W. j P. Horton will preside over the Sem ite when the regular session convenes 1 in January.' This is due to the fact ? hat the term of a Lieutenant iv. jrnor is concurrent with the term of ? i Governof and that neither the new 1 Governor nor Lieutenant Governor of- 1 icially take office until after their in luguration. It is pointed out, however, that E Lieut.-Gov. Horton would undoubted- t y be consulted by Lieut.-Gov. Graham i vith regard to committee appoir 1 nents, in case a special session should a >e called say that Lieut.-Gov. Horton d :ould really make the appointments 0 m all comittees that might be need- f id for a special session. h It is agreed that a special session S vould have to last ten days, since the P memployment insurance law would h evy a tax and hence have to pass t hree successive readings in both the a louse and Senate on three successive p lays and since about four days would S >e required to organize the Senate P tnd House and to allow for debate. v t Sharp split seen , On Reduction Of ? World War Debts: a Some Legislators Look ? With Sympathy on the d New Move to Remove j" International Sore Spot t a Washington, Dec. 2.?A sharp split leveloped on capitol hill today on the ^ juestion of granting further reduc- 8 ion on the $12,000,000,000 war debt c Europe owes the United States. j It followed a disclosure that France o n an informal and wholly tentative n vay had made overtures looking to- ? vard a possible settlement of the debt A juestion. France, which owes the ? Jnited States $4,061,234,000, has been c n default five years. c Some legislators inclined to look n vith sympathy on a new move to re- c nove the long-standing sore spot in f his goaL If he had looked due south he would have missed the entire :ontinent, excepting a small tip of i Bucador, although his gaze would lave been almost straight to the Pan ama Canal. i Which reminds us to remind you I hat if you go through the Canal, 1 Tom the Atlantic to the Pacific )cean, you will travel almost directly southeast, because of a little kink n the Isthmus coast lines. This may 1 tot be as much of a surprise as the I "act that from New York to Buenos ? Aires is just about 300 nautical miles ihorter than from Buenos Aires to - ^everpool, England. So you see the ' Jnited States has a little advantage 1 n position when it comes to trading vith the Argentines. ? i Incidentally, the capital of the Ar gentine nation is one of the world's en biggest cities. Excepting Paris, i t is the largest Latin-civilization mu- i ticipality in the world, being twice. < is big as Rome or war-beseiged Ma- i [rid. It contains 2,500,000 of the 12,- 1 00,000 people who live in Argentina. 1 i'or many years Argentina was the lotbed of anti U. S. sentiment in 1 iouth America and newspapers and 1 iolitical leaders vied with each other ] n assailing the policies of this coun- t ry. Happily, however, since the in- 1 uguration of the "good neighbor" c olicy and acts that have convinced 1 Iouth America that it is real, the tern- 1 er of the people has ehanged. The i welcome the President was given at ests to the fact. j . J Meanwhile, Secretary Hull and the elcgates at Buenos Aires are grap ling with the problems of the confer nce. The effort to work out formu is in the interest of American dem cracy is somewhat difficult because ome of the twenty republics have < rhat looks like dictator governments t this time. In the end, however, no ne doubts but that great .progress rill be achieved and that, when the iplomats leave for their homes, they rill have achieved something aong } be line of Pan-American solidarity in ( he face of likely perils of the future. < Coming back to happenings in the u Jnited States, the nation has witnes- c ed a remarkable flood of dividends t nd wage increases from the large t orporations of the land. Some at- t ribute these moves to the new tax r n corporate surpluses. Whether or 1 ot, we do not know, but the man in s he street certainly so defines them, h leanwhile, the talk continues along t he line of amendment, with many t orporate chieftians believing some I hanges are possible. While there f nay be minor adjustments and some orrection to help corporations with c ebt problems, no major amendment i eems likely. Regardless of what the t orporate interests may believe about i he levy, the mass ftf public opinion is n its favor. ] # 11 From Senator Harrison, of Missis- 1 ippi, chairman of the Finance Com- 1 nittee, comes the opinion that no new j axes will be levied at the next ses sion. He declares, however, that all r existing levies will be retained be ause the government needs the reve ille in order to arrive at a balanced >udget as soon as possible. Some of he so-called nuisance taxes, which :ost more to collect than they yield, ' vill be abandoned. Improved busi- 1 less conditions of taxes, is taken to 1 iromise greater yields in the new < rear. Besides, a "rational" reduction ] >f emergency agencies is expected, al- < ;hough not on the wholesale scale that 1 some conservatives would like to see. j ? ( Th present fiscal year, 1987, ?will : see an encouraging progress toward 1 balance of the Federal budget and 1 ibservers believe that a balanced bud jet is possible in the fiscal year begin- \' aing next July. The key item is tfce amount necessary for unemployment relief. If business continues to im prove and take up the unemployable?, fye government will be relieved of a (Continuad On Page-Four) Presidential Party Leaves OnTrip Heme Roosevelt Waves Ar gentine Flag to Cheer ing Crowd; Delegates Hail Parley Address Buenos Aires, Dec. 2.?President Roosevelt, hailed by the Latin-Amer icans, to whom he brought a picture of a new world united for peace, left j Argentina today for his journey home. Standing on the deck of the United States cruiser Indianapolis as it sailed for Montevideo, Uruguay, at 3:30 P. M. (1.30 P. M. EST), he waved a small Argentine flag to the rain-soak ed throng which cheered from the docks and nearby streets. Despite the downpour his three-day visit ended in a farewell almost as enthusiastic as the reception the United States President received on his arrival Monday for the Inter-Am erican peace conference which he pro posed. With the President's plea to con solidate the Western World democ racies against agggression for "our mutual safety and mutual good," the conference launched into informal or ganization. Delegates from many of the 21 American nations represented at the conference enthusiastically praised the opening address of the United States Chief Executive last night. They predicted Mr. Roosevelt and President Justo, of Argentina had set the assembly firmly on the path to success. SERVICES TO CLOSE ; SUNDAY MORNING The preaching mission, held here n the Episcopal Church during the ; veek, will be continued through Sun iay, the closing service taking place < it 11:00 o'clock with a celebration of ( ;he Holy Communion and sermon by ;he rector, Rev. Jack Rountree, Splendid discourses on the Lord's . Prayer, its relation, use and benefit , \o the individual in his search for a jerfect channel of communication be- , ween himself and God, have been , leard each night this week by good | :rowds, despite the inclement weather, die last week-day service will be held ? Friday night at 7:30. The entire com nunity is invited. Ehringhaus Urges Bible Recognition Sunday Will Be Observ ed As Special Day in , Churches ? _________ * 1 Raleigh, Dec. 2.?Governor Ehring laus urges the churches of North * Carolina to observe Universal Bible ! Sunday next Sunday, December 6. ' The churches of the nation will also ^ inite next Sunday in the observance ' if Universal Bible Sunday. They will ?emind. the people of the nation of 1 he unrivalled place which this great ' ?ook has had in. the making of our ^ lation and the nations of the world. 1 [Tie celebration, as formerly, is spon- ' ored by the American Bible Society '' ?y whose uninterrupted missionary ac- ( ivities, now-in their 120th year, more 1 han 268,000^000 volumes of Scriptures ' lave been distributed in more than ' orty countries in 175 languages. In endorsing Universal Bible S'in lay Governor Ehringhaus saiy, "I im glad to give my endorsement to he observance of Universal Bible ( Sunday. Significant with the observance of ' Bible Sunday here is a timely feature ' iresented, depicting "The Life of Our J Ltord," by Charles Dicken^, an unpub ished manuscript, kept secret for 85 ; rears. 1 i rURNAGE COMPANY ; VISITED BY SAFE BLOWERS THURS. Safe blowers cracked the safe of. 1 rurnage Co., Inc., some time after midnight Thursday, and escaped with between $400 and $500 in silver and mrrency, making such a hurried de parture that they failed to open sev eral of the money drawers, and left behind small change in others. Valu able papers were undisturbed. The contents' of the safe were covered by insurance, The side door to the office, opening on the street; was discovered ajar by Officer Fields about five o'clock yeai terday morning, and investigation re- , vealed that the thieve^ entered by an upstairs window, drilled a hole in the Bafe door and used an old quilt to muffle nitroglycerin explosion. No clews to the identity of the rob Local Market Closes; Has Successful Season ? PROCLAMATION I WHEREAS, we are now entering upon the Christmas holiday sea son with its joys and gladness, which joy and gladness are more fully realized when we can make others happy and t WHEREAS, the nation-wide ef fort to raise funds through the sale of Christmas seals for the purpose of controlling tuberculosis is being carried cm at this time, and f WHEREAS, statistics tthow that tuberculosis is very prevalent among our people and can be check ed only by the united effort of all' our citizens, NOW, therefore, I, John B. Lew is, Mayor of the Town of Farm ville, do hereby call upon the citi zens of this town and community to support as liberally as is within '. their means the tuberculosis Christ mas Seal Sale to the end* that we may prevent further spread of this disease among our people. Ty^on-MayReunion Held Here Friday J. N. Bynum of Roanoke Rapids Is Elected Pres ident of Group The annual Tyson-May reunion was held here Friday in the Crhistian Church, with Mayor John B. Lewis presiding and delivering the principal address of the program. Stressing the ideals of family life, Mayor Lewis spoke of the relationship which should exist between the vari ous members of a family in point of duty, courtesy and consideration. Displaying the Tyson and May fam ily trees Miss Tabitha DeVisconti, genealogical chairman, led a discus sion of family branches in which, the following members of the families took part: Mrs. U. H. Cozart, Wil son; Mrs. R. A. Fountain, Sr., .Foun tain; Mrs. Benjamin May, Sanford; Joseph May, Kinston; Walter G. Shep pard, Snow Hill; Mrs. J. T. Moore, New Bern; Mrs. Ida May and Mrs. W. A. Pollard, Sr. Rev. C. B. Mashburn, pastor of the Christian Church, who was later adopted into the reunion organization, conducted a memorial service for the members of the families who had died f 3ince the previous meeting. - < Mrs. Josie McArthur paid tributes ( to G. H. Tyson, founder of the Tyson i reunion organization, and to Henry T. King, Pitt County historian. Dr. J. Y. Joyner, of La Grange, was i present, and as on former occasions, j conducted a round table discussion, in ? svhich he was joined by Charles A. j rucker, of Warrenton, who suggested that an exhibit of heirlooms be held at the next meeting. The reunion rladly accepted the suggestion and Mr. Tucker was appointed chairman )f the exhibit committee. In his brief adress Dr. Joyner de plored World conditions today and aid the blame to the elimination of family ties in many of the European rations. He pleaded for the rekind ling of the fires on the family altar and expressed the opinion that the >nly hope in resisting a coming con flict between Communism and Fas :ism to be the inclucation of .the love >f the Prince of Peace in the heart of the youth of today. ( "Let us lighten the home anchor," le said, "and we will preserve our own , Christian civilization." Dr. Joyner dosed his remarks by pointing out ( ;he characteristics of the Tyso.. ? and j Mays, and illustrating their warmth ?f affection with an anecdote relat- ( Ing to members of a generation back. In the anual election of officers Rev. J. N. Bynum, of Roanoke Rap ids, was elected president; C. A. Ty son, of Farmville, first vice-president; Joseph May, Kinston, second vice president, and Mrs. Mary Moye Pat terson, Farmville, was elected secre tary. and treasurer. A Sumptuous basket lunch with hot coffee was enjoyed in the basement dining room following adjournment. BAPTIST CONGREGATION START BUILDING FUND In a service of prayer and; praise, and a powerful message from ^he pul pit, the congregation of the' Baptist Churchwas fired with enthusiasm and renewed interest on Sunday \ in the first public service held in its build ing program, and the entire member ship as a man pledged itself to a new consecration. The initial offering for the building was $870. A large congregation was present to participate in the special , service. Tabor, in Grange address, de wji*Mwife# f&S&fck-S. r ' ' 1- -V' ? ?? Goal of 18 Million Is Reached On Monday; High Prices Have Been Maintained and the Yearly Average High er Than Last Season i Reporting a successful season and a higher general average than last year, the Farmville tobacco market will conclude operations at the termi nation of today's sale. Official figures are not available as this article goes to press, but the 18-Million goal was reached on Mon day, and the season's average of $22.67, reported prior to the Thanks giving holidays, will be nearly cor rect when sales are completed. igh prices have been maintained here throughout the entire season, and warehousemen, buyers and their co:ps of workers have been constant ly on the alert to keep the Farmville market abreast of the other Eastern Carolina markets. Rev. Mr. Clark Arrives to Assume Duties Rev. D. A. Clark, former pastor of the Methodist Church at Siler City, arrived this week to take charge of the .ethodist pastorate here, suc ceeumg the late Rev. J. C. Wooten, who rendered this denomination for nearly four decades, a noble and cred itable service, prior to his demise on October 9. Since that time this charge has been supervised by Rev. Mr. Crossno, with ministerial students from Duke Uni versity, supplying at intervals. Services, to be conducted by Rev. Mr. Clark, and which will begin on Sunday, December 6, are to be con tinued on the regular schedule used by the church. The family of the Rev. Mr. Clark, which consists of his wife, their moth er, a daughter and two sons, came Thursday, and are residing in the home on Pine street, formerly occu pied by the Wooten family. First Snow Falls Here With the mercury on the downward grade Tuesday and snow falling thick and fast for two hours or more, De cember came in with a flourish of wintry blasts and a white marble. The thermometer dropped to 29 during the night and filling stations, plumbers and fuel dealers did a rushing busi ness all day. - The snow finally gave way to a drizzling rain, followed by mist, this disagreeable condition having con tinued up to the time when we go to press. 1 Predictions that a winter similar to that of last year seem to be hold ing true as the daily anticipated break in the bad weather fails to material ize. Clul) Women Offer Prizes As Incen tive to Decorate m Plan to Bedeck Town In Glorious Holiday At tire As an added incentive to Farmville citizens to deck the town in holiday attire during the celebration of the Christmas season, the Gardening De partment of the Woman's Club, head ed by Miss Bettie Joyner, is sponsor ing a movement which will tend to add zest to the work of decorating in doors and out, and to the artistry of plans used. The following prizes are offered: Outdoor Christmas tree, 1st prize $2; 2nd prize, Paul Scarlet Climber rose; Indoor Christmas tree, 1st prize, $2; 2nd prize, Paul Scarlet Climber Rose; best decorated home, outside ?vaew, 1st prize, $2; 2nd prize, Paul ' Scarlet Climber rose; best decorated store t ? * window, 1st prize, $2^ 2nd prize, $1. Judges, who are to make their de cision after 5:00 o'clock on Wednes day, December 23, will be Mrs. R. "A. Fountain, Jr., Mrs. J. M. Eorton and Mrs. E. Bruce Beasley, Fountain. Lending their efforts to the Gar den Club in furthering the decoration contest are the Woman's Club, Liter ary Club, Merry Matrons, Rotarians and others, whose names will be an nounced later. For further information call mem bers of the committee. Mrs. D. E. Oglesby, Mrs. John T. Thome and Mrs. B. S. Sheppard. The Garden Club urges that the town share in the fine spirit of the contest, and that merchants and home makers via with each other in this very worthy movement to beautify the town during the holiday season.