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VOL. TWENTY-SIX FARMVILLE, FITT COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1936 NUMBER THIRTY-THREE
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Assembly Enacts Insurance
Plan As Extra Session Ends
State Now Seeks Feder
al Approval ? Liquor
Study Postponed ? En
dorse Gov. Ehringhaus'
Regime?Memorialize
Other Officers.
North Carolina's shortest session ol
the General Assembly became history
and "the compulsory setting aside of
unemployment reserves to be used for
the benefit of persons unemployed
through no fault of their own" became
a State law shortly after noon yester
day.
Immediately upon the sine die ad
journment of the Legislature, four
State officials converged on Wash-!
ington to expedite Federal approval
of the recently ratified Unemployment
Compensation Law and the establish
ment of a commission to begin ad
ministering the act.
Also ratified yesterday was an act
extending the time for issuance of
PWA bonds by State agencies, pass
ed to protect projects of the Univer
sity of North Carina, and a resolu
tion permitting the State Liquor Study
Commission to file its report at the
regular session *bf the Assembly, con
vening January 6, instead of the spe
cial session.
Ratification of the bills was deliv
ed 26 minutes and adjournment 27
minutes when, a copy of the liquor
resolution was lost betwen House and
Senate, while the clocks of the two
chambers stood still at noon?desig
nated hour of adjournment
Enactment of the Unemployment
Compensation Law, passed unani
mously by both houses on every read
ing, finished the principal business
-of a last-minute special session, call
?? ed to save the State's $2,500,000 share
in Federal pay roll taxes. The As
. sembly remained here only six work
ing days?the absolute constitutional
minimum.
Refraining from efforts to amend
the act, because of the necessity for
speed and their intention to get home
for Christmas; legislators indicated
that they would cot be hesitant to
sugge*; ^ge^a<tU>e regular ses
sion."
The- compensation act, drafted by
, the administration' and approved by
Federal -Social Security Board ex
perst, imposes a tax beginning at 0.9
per cent on 1936 pay rolls of all em
ployers hiring eight or more persons;
provides unemployment benefits up
to $16 k week for 16 weeks for work
ers with a year or more employment;
and creates a three-member State
commission and two coordinate divi
sions to administer the program.
Collection of taxes imposed by the
bill will begin in January. Failure
to collect them before January 31
might have cast the State $2J>00,000,
which woud have gone into the Feder
al Treasury by default
Before hurrying home yesterday
members of the General Assembly
put into writing the cheers which
they gave Governor Ehringhaus at
his appearance before them on last
Thursday, opening day. A joint res
olution introduced by Senator A. Hall
Johnston, of Buncombe, praised his
efforts to save the State's shore in
unemployment compensation and com
mend his administration.
Also commended were officers of
the two houses who were ending their
careers: Lieut. Gov. H. A. Graham,
president of the Senate, who retires
January 7; Thad Eure, principal clerk
of the House, who is ready to take
office as Secretary of State; and Le
Boy Martin, principal clerk of the
Senate, who was retired to private
life as a banker.
A resolution in memory of the late
Edgar Pharr, Speaker of the 1935
House, who died Tuesday, in Wash
ington, was passed by the House.
Not anticipating the special ses
sion, the State -Liquor Study Commis
sion was unable to complete its re
port yesterday. Its chairman, Rep
resentative Victor Bryant, of Durham,
introduced the resolution asking an
extension of time until December 23.
The commission will meet here on
Friday, make its report to Governor
Ehringh*B*r who will transmit it to
the regular session.
The PWA bond act will extend the
time for issues from December 31 to
June 30, and save the State $400,000
in PWA grants.
Ready for ratification immediately
upon its passage by a 47-0 vote on
third reading in the Senate, the Un
employment Compensation Law was
rushed to Washington by Assistant
Attorney General Harry McMullan.
With him there today will be Sec
retary of State Charges G. Powell,
Director A. S. B rower, of the Divi
ded of Purchase and Contract, and
& G. Deytcn, of the Budget Bureau,
all of whom will assise* in the various
phases of the establish?it of the
Unemployment Compensation Com
McMullaa also, will seek from Com
j allow time for the State to eelect its
taxes, for which employers can get
credit on their Federal returns.
GET GLASS-COATED CANDY
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Monticello, 111.?Two stenographers,
Elaine Ziegler and Mrs. Sarah Bean,
received packages of sugar-coated
pecans with a note in each-reading,
"Hoping you have a happy Thanksgiv
ing." The notes were sisrhed, "A
Sunshine Sister." It was discovered
that the pecans contained luge quan
tities of powdered glaa% and while
many persons had tasted fher contents
of both packages, none had. eaten
enough to do serious injury.
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A sportsmen's organisation to jpe
aexve came reminds us of the Japan
sea phtn to oobfierute with China.
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Wider Tobacco
Leaves Sought
Increased Consumption
of Cigarettes Brings a
Bigger Demand.
The growing consumption of cig
arettes in recent years has increased
the demand for tobacco leaves of a
greater width and thinner texture.
The broad leaf varietiees will pro
duce more pounds of bright tobacco
to the acre than will the narrow leaf
varieties, said EL Y. Floyd, extension
tobacco specialist at State College.
To meet this dmand, Floyd urges
farmers to raise White Stem Oron
oco, Virginia Bright Leaf, Jamaica
Wrapper, Gold Dollar, Bonanza and
other broad leaf varieties.
But the selection of good varie
ties is only a part of producing a
good tobacco crop.
He has prepared a bulletin giving
suggestions on the selection, prepara
tion and fertilization of seed beds and
fields, the care of plants in the seed
bed, proper methods of transplanting
and cultivating the crop; control of
insect pests, topping and suckering;
selection of seed plants, harvesting,
curing, grading and marketing.
In the back of the Bulletin is a
score card on which the grower may
record the practices he uses in pro
ducing a good crop. This card will
be a help to growers who wish to
follow a systematic method of crop
production, Floyd stated.
The bulletin extension circular No.
212, "Factors Affecting the Quality
of Flue-Cured Tobacco," may be ob
tained free by North Carolina farm
ers who apply to the agricultureal ed
itor at State College, Raleigh.
Hangs Herself
In Prison Bstli
"Impulse" Slayer Ad
mits She Murdered Her
Friend In Jealous Rage
Lansing, Mich., Dec. 15.?Sheriff
Allan A. McDonald said today that
25-year-old Hope Morgan, before she
hung herself in a jail cell this morn
ing, had scrawled a confession on
pages of a magazine that she killed
her best friend because of "jealousy."
The girl's statement, made as she
awaited a sanity commission report
that would determine whether she
faced trial on first degree murder
charges, was scratched with pencil and
burned matches on the margins of
magaazines found in her cell.
MacDonald said the notes, some
of them barely legible, told how Miss
Morgan was "jealous and disappoint
ed" because her friend, Elizabeth Gilt
ner, was about to be married and that
she felt she would be "left out of the
picture."
A woman inmate of the jail noted
her absence from her cell about 3:30
A. M. She summoned Mrs. Allan
MacDonald, wife of the sheriff and
matron of the jaiU *
Mrs. MacDonald found the body
suspended from a shower-bath fixture
in a room adjoining the woman's
quarters. Coroner Ray Gorsline said
she probably had been dead an hour.
Only yesterday Sheriff MacDonald
had taken a large nail file from Miss
Morgan for fear she would attempt
to take her own life.
Miss Giltner,- daughter of Ward
Giltner, dean of the veterinary college
at Michigan State College, was shot
to death last Tuesday night at her
home.
Arrested a few hours later, Miss
Morgan confessed readily that an
"impulse to kill" which, she said, had
come upon her repeatedly in recent
months, caused her to shoot Miss
Giltner four times with her father's
pistoL She said she had felt for sev
eral months that she was losing her
mind.
Reveals Figures
On HillionairBS
Treasury Says 33 Per
sons Had Incomes In
Excess of a Million In
1934.
Washington, Dec. 16.?Showing
roughly.how many people make how
much, the Treasury reported today
that S3 of the nation's 4,000,000 in
come taxpayers wrote their 1934 in
comes in figures of $1,000,000 or
more.
The millionaire group compared
with 50 in 1933, 20 in 1932 and 513
in 1929.
With 4,094,420 persons filing in
come tax returns, the Treasury re
ported in its first complete analysis
for 1934 that their income totalled
$12,796,802,000, of which the gov
ernment claimed $11,400,000.
Largest contributors to the Federal
till were 102,892 persons in the $10,
000 to $25,000 income group. . Million
aires paid the least
The latter dropped into the Federal
till $32,200,000 of their aggregate
$57,700,000 income. While these tax
payers had less than one per cent
(0.45) of the total income, they paid
6.2 per cent of the total income tax.
Next to the top flight incomes of
$1,000,000 and upwards, incomes of
$5,000 or less accounted for the small
est tax payment.
Taxpayers in the latter category
numbered 3,670,000, or 89 per cent cf
all persons filing returns. Their tax
payments were set at $84,600,000,
6.7 per cent of the total collections.
The identity of those who chalked
up the big incomes was not disclosed.
Of the 33 incomes over the million
dollar level, 21 had between $1,000,
000 and $1,500,000, four between $1,
500,000 and $2,000,000, six between
$2,000,000 and $8,000,000, one be
tween $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 and
one $5,000,000 or more.
Of the 4,094,420 persons filing re
turns. the largest percentage?22.19
?had incomes of $3,000 to $5,000.
Only 6.5 per cent of the taxpayers had
incomes of $25,000 or more.
The $12,796,802,000 aggregate net
income in 193b compared with $11,
008,638,000 in 1983, an increase of al
most $1,800,000,000. The 1934 fig
ure, however, still was only about half
the $25,226,327,000 reported for 1929.
The gross 1934 income aggregated
$15,092,860,000, but deductions
brought the net figure down. Of the
gross income, salaries, wages, com
missions and fees accounted for $8,
600.455.000, or 57 per cent Stock
dividends were the next most import
ant source, at $1,965,670,000. or 13
oer cent, and business profits third at
$1,716,842,000, or 11 per cent
Reporting on gift taxes, the Treas
urv said it collected $68,383,000 on
gifts totalling $888,753,000. Of the
total rifts, stocks and bonds account
ed for $640,761,000 and cash for $85,
620,000.
PATROLMEN CANT
LOCATE OWNER OF
RUM-LADEN CAR
Man Thought to Be Owner of
Car Found With 100 Gals, of
Booze Disclaims Ownership
Greenville, Dec. 16.?The State
Highway patrol is in possession of an
automobile for which they can find
no one who will claim it, and there is
a good reason?the vehicle, contain
ing 100 gallons of bootleg whiskey,
was abandoned about two miles from
this city by its driver as Corporal L.
L. Jackson and Patrolman C. R. Will
iams attempted to stop the driver to
warn him he had only one head light.
The two officers "spotted" the car
while on duty during the week-end
and started to stop the driver" to tell
him about his lights. The driver, ac
cording to the patrolmen, stepped on
the gas and fled. Before the officers
could overtake the car the driver had
jumped from it and fled. When the
officers reached the car they found
that it contained the whiskey.
They immediately started an inves
tigation to determine the owner. They
said they had reason to believe I* C.
Boykin, of Wilson, was the owner
and that they had sent him word they
were holding the car. Boykin, they
said, advised them over telephone this
morning that he knew nothing of the
car. The officers are continuing their
investigation.
Boykin, it was stated, was convicted
in County court here recently for
reckless driving, but appealed from
the sentence.
The officers said they saw the driv
er enough to tell that he was a white
man. They also said that they did
not believe that Boykin was the driv
er.
The use of fire breaks and cattle
grazing to prevent forest fires has
been recommended in Pamlico County
by Extension Forester R. W. Grae
ber, following a trip of inspection
Eventful Trip
Is Completed
by President
Departs From Charles
ton at 9 o'Clock Tues
day Morning. Body of
Gus Gennerich, Who
Died During Trip to
South America, Re
turned.
Charleston, S. C., Dec. 16.?Presi
dent Roosevelt landed from the cruis
er Indianapolis here today, complet
ing an eventful 28-day round trip
cruise to Buenos Aires peace confer
ence.
The President, attired in a light
gray suit and without top coat, step
ped ashore at 3:80 A. M., followed by
his son, James, and other members
of his party. A cold nun was falling.
Met by two secretaries and Mrs.
James Roosevelt, Jr., the President
greeted them heartily. Than he mo
tored a few Mocks to the railway de
pot, and left jat ,9 o'clock for a 12
hour ride to Washington.
Hundreds of Charleston citizens
cheered him.
The Chief Executive had said good
bye shortly before to Captain Henry
Hewitt of the Indianapolis and thank
ed him for an enjoyable voyage.
The two cruisers and destroyer
Phelps fired 21-gun salutes after sim
ilar honors crashed over the harbor
today from army guns at Fort Moul
trie.
The body of Gus Gennerich, presi
dential bodyguard, who died during
the trip, was taken from the ship and
carried to the railway station.
Local Chorus to
Give Xmas Cantata
Symphonic Presentment
to Be Held Sunday Eve
ning In the Methodist
Church.
Final rehearsals are now being
held by the Farmville Symphonic
Chorus, which will present to this
community on Sunday night, at 7:80,
in the Methodist Church, one of the
most beautiful and artistic Christmas
programs of recent years. The Chor
us is i under the direction, of Lewis
Bullock, of Goldsboro, with Mrs. Hay
wood Smith as accompanist.
The program will consist of two
parts; the first, a rendition by the
choir of the beautiful Christmas Can
tata, "The Adoration," by George B.
Nevin. This cantata is interesting as
a piece of music literature because of
its simplicity and lovely melodic pas
sages, thus portraying the Christmas
story in the manner in which it is
best suited. There is also much va
riety contained within its pages. The
Chorus and congregation open the
cantata, singing the well-known Por
tuguese hymn, "Oh, Come All Ye
Faithful." The bass solo, "Behold a
Virgin Shall Conceive," follows, giv
ing splendid opportunity to the rich
and colorful voice of E. C. Holmes,
who will sing the first part. W. P..
Hassell's pleasing baritone voice will
be heard in the second half, with the
chorus bringing this number to a joy
ous climax.
The women's chorus will sing the
beautiful four-part chorus, "In Rev
erent Awe and Solemn State," with
the lovely voice of Mrs. Ruby Arnold
carrying the solo strain. The male
chorus will sing, "Then Sweeping
Through the Arch of Night."
The chorus will follow with one of
the most outstanding choruses of the
contata, "Softly the Starlight," which
in its rich, contrasting moods offers
a thrilling message.
The melodious tenor voice of John
D. Holmes has been selected for the
tenor solo, "And, Lo, the Angel of
the Lord," with the chorus joining, in
for a harmonious conclusion.
The women continue with the mes
sage of the angels, "Glory to God In
the Highest," followed by the stirring
male chorus, "Hark, What Mean
These Holy Voices?"
The unusual alto solo, "Hushed at
Length the Gracious Song," will be
made even more unusual by the ex
ceptional voice of Mrs. John D.
Holmes, whose rendition promises to
be inspiring.
The chorus will then sing the ex
pressive chorus, "Stilled Their
Voices," followed by "Amen, Lord, We1
Bless Thee," which will bring this
cantata to its thrilling climax.
The second part of the program will
consist of community Carol Singing,
thus giving everyone an opportunity
to take part in this program.
No matter hotir handsome or how
homely you ana, yw stflnoo|^g|tt
A 20-Planked
FarmProgram
North 'Carolina State
Grange Takes Stand
On a Score of Vital
Issues
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Meeting in Raleigh for its eighth
annual session last week, the North
Carolina State Grange re-elected
State Master Ben F. Wilson and oth
er officers, and adopted notable reso
lutions on a score of vital matters af
fecting farm welfare, as follows:
(1) Immediate tax exemptions of
$8,000 for homesteads and the classi
fication of property for taxation. (2)
Improvement. in the rural telephone
lines, possibly by the State Rural
Electrification Authority now in oper
ation. (8) The continuance of sales
tax, but collection to be made with
stamps used by merchants, and ex
emption of basic commodities. (4)
An amendment to the State Constitu
tion to prohibit further diversion of
the State highway funds. (5) Abol
lition of the absentee ballots and
markers at the polls. (6) The admin
istration of Social Security Act by
existing agencies, without the crea
tion of new and expensive commis
sions. (7) A commission of farmers
to administer the AAA program, be
ginning January 1, 1938. (8) Rapid
extension of the tobacco grading ser- ,
vice as. set up by the Federal Govern
ment. (9) Teaching the effects of al
cohol as a public school study. (10)
Creation of a home ownership com- |
mission to study the tenant problem
in the State and cooperate with other
agencies in encouraging home owner
ship. (11) That the Greater Univer
sity of North Carolina be given ap
propriations "sufficient to enable it '
to meet the increasing demands made
against it" in view of the "import
ance of the program," of the Univer- '
sity. (12) Continuance of the Soil
Conservation and Domestic Allotment '
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Act. (13) Tobacco control legislation '
by the 1937 legislature, but adding j
"We strongly oppose any control act
that will cripple the average or fam
ily-size farm to the advantage of the
large estate. Cuts should fall heavi- 1
est on those planting the largest per- '
centage of their cultivated acreage in 1
tobacco. (14) Commended the work '
of the Soil Conservation Service and
urged its continuance. (15) That all
livestock shipped into the State be re
quired to- pass rigid inspection for all
diseases before entering the State. 1
(16) Delivery of mail in rural dis- '
tricts daily except Sunday. (17)
State and Federal aid for county and '
district libraries for public use, and 1
library truck routes for rural schools.
(18) Strict enforcement of the law
prohibiting pollution of streams. (19)
For cooperative cotton gins. (20) For 1
a Federal grading system for cotton 1
seed, th liscensing of samplers, weigh- 1
era and graders to give effect to the (
grading system, and a price quota
tions service for cotton seed.
MUCH STATE TALK
OP CIVIL SERVICE
FOR N. C. WORKERS ,
Plan May Be Adopted As Result i
of Wholesale Discharges by 1
Next Commissioner Scott
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Raleigh, Dec. 15.?A State civil ser- i
vice law which will protect State em
ployes against the loss if their jobs <
whenever a new department head is 1
elected and prevent the wholesale fir- 1
ing of efficient employes at the whim 1
of politicians, may be' enacted by this
General Assembly, according to talk ?
being heard here.
The manner in which W. Kerr Scott
who will become Commissioner of
Agriculture on January 7, has been '1
notifying employes in the Department
of Agriculture that they will not be
needed after he takes office, is adding '
impetus to this talk. Still another 1
factor that is directing interest to
wards a State civil service law, is
that all the employes in the new so- 1
cial security organizations to be set <
up in the State, will be under civil
service.
State employes and a good many i
members of the General Assembly are '
beginning to be of the opinion that all -
State employes should have the same 1
protection and the same assurance of <
security as those in the social secur- !
ity agencies.
It is agred, of course, that newly 1
elected State officials and department :
beads should and must have the right
to discharge those who are inefficient
or who are unable to cooperate with
the new regime. But it is also main
tained that those who are efficient
and do their work properly and well
should be assured of a certain degree
of scurity in their jobs, even though
a new official is elected by the peo
ple to head theirdepartmeht. If after
the the new official takes charge, he
finds some employes who are not effi
cient and who do not cooperate as he
thinks they should, he can get rid of
?even though they are under
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Commissioner-elect Scott has been
dismissing mployes of the department,
many without a chance to present <
their side and apparently without
cause, is causing something of a sen
sation in State governmental and po
litical circles here. A good many ob
servers believe that Scott may be un
wittingly setting legislative wheels in
motion, which may plac all Depart
ment of Agriculture employes under
civil service and take them out from
under his control and deprive him of
authority to hire and fire.
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Air raiders kill 63 persons at
Madrid defense mass meeting.
Christmas shopping this year is ex
pected to be gmter than for several
years past Farmville stores are well
rtoekjd^ merchandise for the hoi
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Only Few Tar Heels
On Income Tax List
Less Than One Per Cent
of State's Population
Filed Income Levy Re
ports at Washington
in 1934.
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Washing-ton, Dec. 15.?A Treasury
study of income tax payments for
1934 disclosed today that less than
one per cent of North Carolina's 4,
376,000 population filed income tax
levy reports with the Federal gov
ernment for that year.
Only 32,305 persons in the State
filed returns, representing .96 per
cent of the State's population. They
paid $6,281,451 in tax in a reported
net income of $112,913?710. Their av
erage income was $3,495.24 a year, on
which was paid an average tax of
$194.44. Personal exemptions and
credits claimed for dependents total
led $78,138,623.
Thirty-two North Carolinians, with
individual incomes in excess of $100,
000 a year, paid more than half of the
State's 1934 income tax, or $3,791,799.
Their income was reported at $8,
649,102.
Of the persons in the higher, in
come brackets, 12 were in the $100,
000 to $150,000 class; five between
$150,000 and $200,000; three between
$200,000 and $250,000; five between
$250,000 and $300,000. two each in the
$400,000-$500,000 and $500,000-$750,
000 brackets; and one each in the
$300,000 - $400,000, $750,000 - $1,000,
000, and $1,000,000 to $1,500,000
classes.
The State's largest number of in
come tax payers were in the $1,000 to
$1,500 class. Returns filed by per
sons in this bracket totalled $2,592.
They paid $15,398 on a net income of
$3,300,571.
The bulk of the tax other than that
paid by the State's 32 highest paid in
dividuals was paid by persons whose
income ranged from $5,000 to $80,000
a year, with the greater part of this
being paid by persons whose income
tvas between $15,000, and $80,000 a
year.
A large majority of the North Car
olina returns were joint returns of
husbands and wives. Such returns
numbered 20,023. Next in number
came single men not heads of fami
lies, who filed 5,390 returns.
Single men, heads of families, filed
L,536 returns; single women, heads of
families, filed 897; single women, not
beads of families, filed 3,778 and wives
Sling separate returns from husbands
numbered 681.
TWO SENTENCED
IN GREENE CASE
Snow Hill, Dec. 16.?After a trial
in Superior Court here which lasted
for over three days, Robrt Suggs, 23,
and Preston Verner, 22, Greene Coun
ty men, were convicted here and sen
tenced to three years each on the
roads by Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, of
Snow Hill, for a brutal assault on the
family of Dail Sugg, Greene County
farmer, near here in September.
The two were arrested by Deputies
Sheiff E. E. Potter and F. C. Carra
tvay in September, shortly after they
bad fired the full load of a shotgun 1
through the front door of the home of :
Dail Suggs, hear here, and wounded
all four members of the Suggs fam
ily.
The two families were alleged to
have been quarreling over tobacco
flues. ?)
Suggs, his wife and two sons, J.
V. Suggs, 16, and Spicer Suggs, 10,
were wounded by the shotgun fire and
taken to a Kinston hospital, where
they recovered.
Shortly after the shooting the two
convicted men were given a prelimin
ary hearing and bound over to Su
perior Court.
Robert Suggs appealed the case to
the higher court while Verner had en
tered no appeal Wednesday.
Accused of Safe Cracking .
Store Robber Confesses
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One of Trio of Suspects
Released On Bond ?
Others Held In Jail
Randolph Marshburn, ex-convict, of
Greene County, who is reported to
have recently completed a term in a
California prison for safe cracking,
and Tom Potter, a former Farmville
resident, who is well known here, are
being held in the County jail in
Greenville, charged with blowing up
the safe of Turnage Co., Inc., about
two weeks ago, and taking around
$400. Paul Marshburn, brother of
Randolph, was released under $10,000
bond. A similar bond was set at a
preliminary hearing held here, for
Potter, with the other ufarahburn
man held for default of a $15,000
bond.
The ex-convict is said to have ad
mitted his part in the robbery but
did not implicate the others, stating
that his companions were acquaint
ances from California.
Following same admirable detect
ing by Farmville's plain clothes man,
L. T. Lucas, and Sheriff Whitehurst
the arrest of the three suspects was
made in the Greene County Court
house in Snow Hill, where they were
courtroom spectators. Investigations
revealed that the trio had been con
stant companions prior to the robbery
and immediately following.
Paper and silver money in various
denominations were taken from the
safe by the robbers, who apparently
left in great haste, as several money
trafs were left untouched. The serial
number of a package of new $1 bills,
issued to the Turnage Co. on the day
of the robbery, will probably prove to
be a strong j)iece of evidence in con
victing one or more of the men, as
some of this money was reported to
be found in the pockets of Paul Matsh
burn when arrested.
Community Tree
Seivice Sunday
Afternoon At 5
Junior Women Sponsor
ing Project This Year.
The annual Community Christmas
Tree srvices will be held at tin Com
munity Tree and in the Christian
Church, Sunday afternoon, December
20, at five o'clock.
The public is urged to attend and
bring contributions for the less for
tunate of the community. Groceries,
toys, fruit, etc., will be acceptable.
The Ministerial Association and the
Junior Woman's Club will have charge
of the following program, with Rev.
C. B. Mashburn presiding.
"0 little Town of Bethlehem," con
gregation; devotional conducted by
Rev. D. A. Clarke and Rev. L. R. En
nis; special musical selection, Sym
phonic Chorus quartette; Poem and
Story by pupils of the third grade;
Benediction. Gifts placed about the
Annie R. Lang Community Tree;
"Hark, the Herald Angels Sing," con
gregation.
CHRISTMAS OPPORTUNITIES
In order that the generously in
clined citizens of Farmville may take
advantage of sharing their blessings
with those less fortunate than they,
the Junior Woman's Club offers for
their consideration^ the following real
opportunities:
No. 1?Widow, with daughter, 9
years, three boys, 5, 11, 16.
No. 2?Taken by Opportunity Clas%
Christian Church.
No. 3?Widow, daughter, 10 years,
two boys, 6 and 8.
No. 4?Taken by Lovelace Class of
Methodist Church.
No. 6?Widow and daughters, taken
by Christian Endeavor of Christian
Church.
No. 7?Family with several chil
dren, taken by a group of young peo
ple.
No. 8?Family, several children,
mother ill. ' Needy.
Nos. 1, 8, k will to be provided for,
and others being added daily as they
are found. Any person wishing to
donate anything toward these cases
will please call Mrs. Jesse Moye, Miss
Pennie Keel Lang or Miss Mary Friar
Rouse.
Contributions of any amount, large
or small, wilt be very acceptable. The
names of donors will be pubTWfrd next
week.
CHRISTMAS EVE. SERVICE
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A special service of song and a
short message by the rector,' Rev.
Jack Rountree, will be held In Epie