!<>L. _ _ " "" ^ .FAillVTHjyR PITT COUNTY, NORTH CABQUNA* FBIDAT, MAY 21, 19S7 ^ NOBME FOWY PIVB
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See Compromise on Court
Reform Issue As Certain
Insiders At Washington
Also Believe Bitter
Struggle WiB Come To
Early End; Think More
Justices To Leave High
Bench
Washington, May 19. ? Insiders'
took it for granted tonight that there
will be a compromise?perhaps soon
?on the hotly-disputed Roosevelt
court reorganization bill.
Speaking privately, men identi
fied with each side of the battle said
that such an ending to the conflict
was in the making even before the
retirement of Associate Justice Wil
lis Van Devanter.
In fact, it was revealed, Senate
Administration leaders had prepared;
a surprise coup on a compromise at;
yesterday's voting session of the
Senate judiciiary commttee ? one,:
however, which did not quite come
off. * |
Meanwhile, Washington, excitedly
living the momentous days that it
loves, exchanged rumors that more,
members of the high court may fol-,
low Van Devanter into retirement.
(At Chicago, Senator Lewis (Dem
ocrat, Illinois) asserted he was "quite;
sure" at least two more judges had
signified to the President and others
their intention to retire.)
There was continued speculation
over Justice Van Devanteris succes
sor. In virtually all quarters, it was
generally agreed that high on the
list of possible nominees to the court
stood the name of Senator Joseph T.
Robinson of Arkansas, who, as
Democratic leader, has deftly guided
New Deal legislation through the
Senate.
Of primary significance in the
court bill situation was an undemed
statement by Senator Logan, (Demo
crat, Kentucky) that a compromise
which he advanced yesterday had
the approval of the administration
leadership. It was on this proposal,
incidentally, that the attempted
coup turned.
The President's bill calls for au
thority to appoint an additional
member to the Supreme Court for
every incumbent who has passed 70
years of age, a maximum addition of
six before Van Devanteris retirement,
and five now.
The opposition, commanding a
clear majority of the judiciary com
mittee on the immediate increase of
five or six, determined to vote
against every amendment and there
by assure a committee recommenda
tion that the bill be defeated in the
Senate.
Administration leaders got their
heads together and came to the con
clusion that if the bill could be modi
fied in advance of the committee
vote, enough Senators might be
swung away from the opposition to
avoid the adverse committee report
So, quite unexpectedly, adminis
tration supporters on the committee
voted for an amendment by Sena
tor Logan under which one additional
appointment each year would be au
thorized, so long as there were men
over 75 on the bench and the total!
personnel of the court remained be
low fifteen.
The opposition was not to be
caught napping, however. In fact,
it was reported today that it got
word of these plans on Monday,
This, is was said, was one important
reason for the caucus of opposition
Senators held Monday afternoon. At
that meeting is was decided that all
compromise offers would be op
posed.
Revival Meeting
To Begin Wednesday
At Baptist Church
A revival meeting will begin at the
Baptist Church next Wednesday, May
26, and continue through Sunday,
June 6. The pastor, Rev. L. R. Ennis
and his congregation have, in pre
paration for the meeting, spent sev
eral days of this week in praying for
its success and inviting everyone in
the community to attend.
The services will begin at eight
o'clock each evening, and morning
services will be held each morning at
nine thirty, with Rev. J. M. Duncan,
of Murfreesboro, as the speaker and
Rev. R. P. Pittman, of Ayden, di
recting the music.
Rev. Mr. Duncan, a former pastoi
of .the Baptist Church, has man]
friends here, who will welcome the
opportunity to renew their acquaint
ance and together with the Baptist
congregation and others will be gfrc
to receive the inspiring messages oi
this able and godly minister.
EASES CONSCIENCE
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PROCLAMATION
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"The city of Farmville respond
? ed with highest patriotism to oar
| nation's call for defenders in 1917
' and 1918, sending many of its
young men into the fighting forces.
Many of these men sacrificed their
I lives in the nation's service, dying
with more than 100,000 other
I Americans to bring victorious
peace.
"It is fitting that the service
and sacrifice of these gallant young
men should be commemorated an
nually by appropriate public ob
servance. As the poppy, which
grew on the battlefields where so
many of them fell, has become
their memorial flower, there could
be no more appropriate observ
ance than a general wearing of the '
poppy in their honor.
"Therefore, I do hereby proclaim
Saturday, May 29th, as Poppy Day
in the City of Farmville, and urge
all citizens to show remembrance
of the honor for the men of the i
city and of the nation who gave
their lives in World War service
by wearing poppies on that day."
JOHN B. LEWIS,
Mayor of Farmville.
Farmville Chorus
To Honor Sponsors
Symponic Choralists To
Present Concert In
Compliment To Spon
sors on Monday, 31
The first annual Sponsor's Concert
will be presented by the Farmyille
Symphonic Chorus on Monday eve
ning, May 31, in compliment to thq^e
thoughtful and public-spirited citi
zens, who have given the chorqs the
financial support necessary to its
success. Realizing that the chorus
could not exist without the generosi
ty of these sponsors the members
wish to take this means of showing in
a definite way, their appreciation.
While the concert will be free to
Farmville and community, as are all
of the public appearances of the
group, the sponsors and their families
will be honored with reserved seats
in the center of the auditorium.
This will be the first program ofi
secular music presented by this group,
which will include such favorites as
"01' Man River," "Ah! Sweet Mys
tery of Life," etc. It is a program
which will be of interest to everyone
and it is expected that Farmville
citizens will fill the auditorium in
anticipation of a splendid concert and
to do honor also to the sponsors at
this time. Lewis S. Bullock will con
duct the Chorus and Mrs, Haywood
Smith will be the accompanist,
This concert is a part of the an
nual Spring Music Festival of the
Eastern Carolina Symphonic Choral
Association} Show Hill will open the
Festival with a concert on May
Ayden has the date of May 27, and
Farmville, May 31, the events being
brought to a close with an all-day
combined festival to be held in Golds
boro, Juna g.
The program to be given here is
as follows; Mined Chorus?"Phillip,"
by Brahmp; "The Sweetest Flower
That Blows," Hawley, "01' Man
River," arranged by OTJara, "Three
Blind Mice," Aschenbrenner; Wom
en's Chorus?-"Dark Byes," arranged
by Rleggar, "Medley From the Sun
ny South," Harris; Men's Chorus?
"Three Utile Girt," Westendorf,
"John Peel," Stickles, "Ah I Sweet
Mystery of Life," arranged by Trin
kaus; Mixed Chorus?"Love's De
mand," Penn, "When Johnny Comes
Marching Home," arranged by
Rosenberg, and "I Love life," Mana-:
Zucca,
After the concert the Chorus will
hold its first annual Chorus banquet,
which promises to be an interesting
and delightful affair.
Require AO Servants
Produce Certificates
I . :*r
I
The Pitt county health.department
today called attention fc^the law pass
. ed by the recent General Assembly
f whereby employers of domestic ser
, vants could require their employees
. to show a certificate showing they
t are free from all contagious, infecti
} ous or communicable ; diseases and
f also from venerial diseases.
The law- further pfbyides that all
domestic servants shall fee examined
at least one? a year and as often as
the employer require*,
The certificates musT be signed by
- a practicing physicish J>r the healtli
? officer of the county; 1% N. Themai
? Ennett, health office*, said that any
i> persons desiring such a certificate
? from Ms office could secure one with
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Mexican in High
Tribute Te Ameri
can Ambassador
?? W.
Official Says Mr. Daniels
Most Human Envoy
/ Ever Sent From Wash
ington
Mexico' (Sty, May 18.?United
States Ambassador Josephus Daniels,
whose appointment in March, 1935,
waa-denounced by students and others
here as an "insult" to Mexico, today
was described as "the most human
diplomat the United States ever sent
to foreign lands,"
Octavio Reyes Spindola protocol
chief of the foreign office, paid the
compliment on the occasion of the
ambassador's 75th birthday. It was
a tribute to the diplomat's sudcess
in overcoming prejudice against him
because he was Secretary of the
Navy when United States forces
occupied Vera Cruz in 1914.
Daniel's nomination to succeed
Ambassador J. Reuben Clark, Jr.,
evoked opposition here from stu
dents, Communists and even Ameri
can business men. The President of
the American Chamber of Com
merce in Mexico City was reported
to have informed the State Depart
ment that the -general opinion of
American business circles was
against the . appointment. Students
held protest meetings and Commu
nist demonstrations stoned the em
bassy and placarded the city with
posters which denounced the new j
ambassador and urged:
?'Away with Daniels!"
Soldiers and secret service men
met Daniels at the border and
guarded him while en route to this
city, and precautions were taken
to protect him after his arrival.
Daniels, however, brushed aside
reports of prejudice against him and
soon became popular among all
classes. His connection with the
Vera Cruz incident was forgotten.
Daniels plans to leaye tomorrow
to visit his home in Raleigh, N. C.
He will stop at Dallas en route to
make an address.
AMBASSADOR PEELS LIKE
25 ON HIS 75TH BIRTHDAY
Mexico City, May 18. ?American
Ambassador Josephus Darnels cele
brated his 75th birthday today "feel
ing as young as I did when I was
twenty-five."
"J thipk these mathematicians
must have made a mistake about my
age," the ambassador said. "I should
be fifty instead of seventy-five. I
can do almost everything I could
when I was many years younger.
I see as well, for one thing. Of
course, I take care of myself and
get plenty of sleep."
The ambassador seemed well and
fit as he read telegrams of congratu
lation from his friends in the United
States,
7edsye thh
Hundreds Attend
Open House Event
Supt W. A, McAdams
Welcomed Citizens
Who Viewed Recent
Improvements
Local citizens displayed great in
terest in the "open house," held by
the Water and light Department on
Thursday of last week, attending in
large numbers, and enjoying the
hospitality extended by Superintend
ent and Mrs, W. A- McAdams, and
Sam W. Eaton, of Washington, D, C.,
who represented the American Loco
' motive Co., of that city.
Approximately $100,000 has been
spent in the past few weeks improv
ing the Farmville plant, which has
been enlarged and provided with ad
ditional equipment including two
large Mclntoish Seymour Diesel en
gines with twelve hundred horse
power, designed to provide sufficient
electrical energy for country line ex
tensions now being made in this sec
tion.
Mayor John B. I<ewis and the board
of commissioners assisted Supt. Mc
Adams in receiving and registering
the hundreds of interested visitors,
amdng whom were: Mrs. D. W. Grif
fing, Durham, ? L. W. Tucker, D. S.
Spain, M. Swartz, H. R. Goodall, Mrs.
Sailie J. Evans, and James Corbitt,
Greenville; lire. L. W. Lancester, W.
C. Olsen, Raleigh; Mrs. G. D. McCul
lam, Stewart McGullum, Mr. and
Mrs. George Huss, Winchester, Ry.;
Mrs. Madeline H. Rountree, Washing
ton, D. 0.; Thomas Powell, George P.
, Womble, Rocky Mount) T. <3, Key
word, Charlotte, and Mr, and Mrs. A,
, B. Cumby, South Boston, Va,
of ordinary courtesy on
? the highways might some day save
pan? lif?{ why not practice it!;
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ABOUT FARM RELIEF.
FOUR MONTHS' SESSION.
TWO MAY RESIGN.
ROOSEVELT RETURNS. |
REPUBLICANS PICK-UP.
THIRD-PASTY LEADERS.
ANGLO-U. S. RELATIONS.
By HUGO SIMS
(Washington Correspondent)
With the pressure now being felt
for economy and with a strong de
mand in Congress to reduce the re
lief appropriation from the $1,500,
000,000 requested by the President
to $1,000,000,000, some people have
wondered whether the Government
will be longer Justified in distributing
$500,000,000 a year through soil con
servation payments to the farmers of
the country. The suggestion has been
made that as part of the economy
drive, the benefit payments to the
farmers should be withdrawn.
Secretary Wallace points out that
under the present program there will
be a sufficient supply of cotton, wheat
and corn to bring about a reduction
of prices of sufficient magnitude to
disturb many city industries if the
farmers have ordinary weather this
year. Without the Soil Conservation
program and without the benefit pay
ments to persuade farmers to turn
some of the acreage into soil-build
ing crops of legumes and grasses, he
estimates that there would be twenty
four million more acres planted in
corn and cotton. He believes that
these acres should not be planted in
these crops because it will mean seri
ous damage from erosion and, in the
long run, add nothing to the net
farm income. ?
There are undoubtedly many peo
ple in the United Spates who VriU
question the wisdom of paying half
a billion dollars to the farmers in
benefits while the Government is
troubled with budget-balancing diffi
culties. These people appreciate the
great value to the country of a pros
perous agriculture but they point to
prices which now approximate parity
in the belief that this means agricul
ture has reached a normal condition,
Farm leaders, however, call attention
to the fact that parity Prices have
been attained under rigorously cur
tailed production, ri^t without the
effects of the drought and the AAA,
the farmers would have raised nor
mal crops and the price would be far
below the present level, As a mat
ter of fact, the world situation does
not indicate that the American far
mer today can secure anything like
parity prices for normal production
of important money crops, Until this
occurs, agriculture will not have at
tained the much sought after parity,
Congress has been lb session for
more than four months but very lit
tle has been accomplished except the
passage of the Neutrality Act and
the Bituminous Goal Act, both large
ly revisions of previous measures. A
number of laws hnve been extended
and some work done on the appro
priation program, although up to last
week the President had only signed
the First Deficiency Act and the
Naval Appropriate-as Act, Two oth
ers, Independent Offices and Treas
ury, have been completed by the leg
islative bodies, and an additional
pair?Legislative and the Four-De
partmental?have gone into confer
ence. Most of the major appropria
tion bills have passed the House but
have not been taken up in the Sen
ate,
?'"1
A statistician has figured out that
the Senate has met sixty-one times
since January 5, with sessions aver
aging two hours, fifty minutes each.
The House has been in session seven
ty-eight times. This means about
ten hours a week for the Senate and
nineteen for the House. It is im
portant, however, to realize that most
of the congressional work is done in
committee meetings outside of the
regular sessions. The committee have
been busy, although the Court plan
has kept both chambers marking time
until this matter could be decided
; -
Last week thepe wprs renewed re
ports that at least fwo justices plan
to retire from the Supreme Court
early next month and while nq QUO
could guarantee the rumors, there
was an indication to put credence in
them. Legislators seeking a goh?
tion of the controversy raging qver
the Court plan, hoped that the resig
nation of some members might WW
the way for. a compromise, pqfdWy
is! possible that the legislative situa
tion would dear up rapidly and con
gressmen, who hate a hot summer in
Washington, trill pat forth JtowMBI
reach a* ?fs?*rsqmiafr adjournment
The President'* Court proposal,
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Agahst Fascists:
MadeStronger
Britain, France and
Russia Agree to Main
tain Central European
Status
Paris," May 19.?Great Britain,
France and Russia today agreed to
collaborate- closely to maintain the
statue quo in Central Europe. The
verbal accord was directed entirely
against Germany and Italy.
The policy was decided upon at
London Coronation conferences be
tween high officials of the three na
tions and concluded here in political
discussions by Russian Foreign Min
ister Maxim Litvinov, French -Pre
mier Leon Blum and French For
eign Minister Yvon Delbos,
The accord was described as an
"antidote" to the Rome-Berlin "axis,"
which Chancellor Adolf Hitler and
Premier Benito Mussolini hoped to
extend their influence throughout the
Danube valley.
The three nations took the stand
that they could not permit geo
graphic, political or normal dismem
berment of the present set-up in
Central Europe as created by the
Wilsonian doctrine in the Versa
illes peace treaty.
France and Russia agreed thai
nothing must weaken the Franco^
Soviet military alliance. Britain cm)"
curred on the point that it would
be "dangerous" to allow the Rome
Berlin axis to function "without
brakes."
France doggedly opposed creation
of a few Leeprnp pact which would
not conform with the France-So
viet alliance or which would not
extend to Eastern Europe the same
guarantees of integrity it would con
fer on western powers.
The accord was agreed upon at
the end ?f the first day of conver
sations. They will be followed by
talks between Delbos and Austrian
Foreign Minister Guido Schmidt,
Prince Regent Paul of Jugoslavia and
Premier Paul Van Zeeland and For
eign Minister Paul Spaak of Belgium.
France and Russia specifically
agreed to maintain all existing pacts
and support to the utmost any effort
to improve the economic situation
of Central Europe. The conferees
noted that their attitude confirmed
with those of Britain, the Vatican
and President Roosevelt,
Mr. Roosevelt was brought into
the issue by a French government
spokesman when he explained that
Prance and Britain had agreed on a
general plan of extending the favor
ed nations treatment to all Central
European states.
The new policy is accepted as an
answer to Austria's plea that France
and England aid her in resisting
German encroachment. Rebuffed by
Premier Mussolini recently, the Aus
trian* complained that they were
"sold" to the Nazis.
fain Bill Fata
Not Datarmliiail
President Declines To
Disclose Full Extent of
Administration's Sup
port
Washington, May 18.?Representa
tive Marvin Jones of Texas, chair
man of the House Committee on
Agriculture, today made it clear
that passage of the ever normal
granary bill presented to his com
mittee yesterday can be expected at
this session only if the measure re
ceives the active support of the ad
ministration.
President Roosevelt, at his press
conference this afternoon, declined
to commit himself definitely as to
whether or not such active support
will be forthcoming,
Asked if he favors enactment of
the fcUFut this session, the President
replied that a further step forward
in the agricultural objectives of the
administration* would be a good
thing, He pointed out that the bill
emanated from farm leaders and not
from the Department of Agriculture,
but that the department considered
it to be along the right lines,
He then ofeaer*tdc that whether
the bill would go through this ses
sion, or would-go through amended,
or would he held overi remained to
he aeen, ,
} -- The committee continued hearings
on the WB today, with the evidence
eoofoedtt legal aspect* of the meas
ure, w)dch was drawn Ja the light
| of the Khent labor decision of the
I scheduled to present amendmente
Farmville Country Club
Attracting Many Visitor
Local Golfers Now Play
ing Tournaments With
Eastern Carolina
Clubs; Club House Re
cently Enlarged
Farmviile's County Club and Golf
Course is now attracting' many viai- ,
tors front Eastern Carolina towns,
who find the coarse here very attrac
tive slid enjoyable, and local,golfers
are also becoming more enthusiastic
over the sport, since the weather hn?
opened up. Several new members
have recently been taken into the
club and many others are expected
to join in the near future.
Hie course was opened a little less
than a year ago with twenty charter
members, who purchased the l?w>,
while today there are fifty active
members, with their families, enjoy
ing this healthful recreation.
Seeing the need of a larger club
house, several of the members sub
scribed sufficient funds for the pur
pose of enlarging the building and
just recently erected an addition to
the present building, making a
separate dressing room for the ladies
as well as for the men.
The course is now in excellent
shape and the public is cordially in
vited to join the club and help make
it Farmviile's most attractive recrea
tional center.
On May 9th, the Farmville Club
was visited by ten Golfers from
Washington, in a matched tourna
ment, with the locals winning by 17
to 10 points, while on May 16th,
twelve of Farmviile's golfers'gave
Washington a return visit and were
defeated by 16 to 14 points. The
odd match will probably be played on
a neutral course for a final,
The Farmviiile Club extends a
cordial welcome to all golfers in
Eastern Carolina to visit the course
here either in tournament or other
wise at any time.
Local citizens who are not already
members are invited to join the club
and get the full benefit of the course
during the summer months.
The family membership fee is
only $10, with monthly dues of $3.50
plus tax.
Methodist Youth
In Spring Rally
The young people of the Rocky
Mount District of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, will gather for
their annual district-wide Spring
Rally early next month. Reverend
Carleton Wilson, of Norlina, District
has announced that the meeting will
be held at First Church, Rocky Mount
on Wednesday, June 9th, convening
at 3:30 p. m. and adjourning at 9:00
p. m.
Dr. Dwight Ware, Pastor and the
Young People's division of the local
church will be host to several hftr-?
dred youth, representing 32 pastoral
charges and 90 churches in the Rocky
Mount District. Among other fea
tures on the program will be brief
addresses made by Dr. J. M. Cul
breth, Presiding Elder of the District,
and Rev. Robert Bradshaw, Execu
tive Secretary of the Board of Chris
tian Education. An open forum will
be conducted by Dr. Dwight Ware
of Rocky Mount.
t
Key. Darsie Bringing
Great Messages Daily
Rev. Charles Darsie, of Greensboro,
who is holding the meeting at the
Christian church this week is bring
ing some helpful messages to the
good congregations in attendance each
evening. They show wide reading,
-clear thinking and are deeply spiri
tual.
The singing under the leadership
of Charles Raucom is soul stirring,
and the work of the Sunbeam chorus
is excellent.
" The audiences are increasing with
each service, and three have respond
ed to the gospel invitation. The meet
ing will continue thru Sunday eve
ning;, and we cordially invite every
one U! tome and hear these massages.
C. B. MASHBURN, Pastor.
WHO KNOWS?
.
1. Is the construction industry
anywhere near the 1929 level?
. 2. What are the Noble priiea?
3. When was tfet&aeansttTKtion
Finance Corporatk* tlk6iti>lished,
4. Where is General Grant buried ?
5. What is the nationality of
Reinald Werrenrath?
6. What is the salary of a member
of the House of Representative#,
7. What is the "cash and carry"
provision in the new neutrality law?
8. Can auto trailers ?w?n b? na
tional parfa?
about to nationalise its teal mines?
**7* the
George W. Davis
Chosen As Map
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Former Alderman Wins
By 49 Votes In Second
Race
Farmville voters went to the polls
in a second primary, Tuesday, and
chose George W. Davis as the town's
next mayor, with a count of 389
votes against 340 cast for R. E.
Belcher, in a contest featured by
great activity on the part of friends
of both candidates.
In the first primary held May 4,
Belcher received 834 votes for mayor,
Davis 288 and M. V. Horton 69.
Each of the canididatea for the
mayorship has served the local gov
ernment for some years, Mr. Belcher
being mayor for many years and Mr.
Davis holding a chair at the alder
men's board.
Elected to serve with Mayor Davis
on the board at the first primary
were; Dr. W. M. Willis, A. J. Flana
gan, J. W. Joyner, R. 0. Lang and
J. Irvin Morgan, Jr.
The retiring mayor, John B. Lewis
has held the office for two terms,
serving with a splendid record and
with great satisfaction to the people
of Farmville, but could not be in
duced to get in the race for a third
term.
Edward and Wall)
Will Marry At
ManjsJane 3rd
Royal Family Not To Be
Represented At Cere
mony ? Birthday Of
George V
Monts, France, May 18.?Edward
Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield
will be married at the Chateau de
Cande by the Mayor of Monts on
June 3, with friends "who have been
with them" ir. recent months as
guests; and without the presence of
any member of the British royal I
family.
The Duke himself issued the an
nouncement of wedding plans today
through Herman L. Rogers of New
York, his and Mrs. Warfield's
spokesman. I
Mayor - Doctor Charles Mercier
will conduct the civil service, i but
there still was doubt tonight whether
a religious ceremony would be added. I
The Church of England supported
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's
government in the opposition to Ed- j
ward, which caused him to abdicate
the British throne so that he could
marry the twice-divorced American
born woman. I
Despite the church's indication of
disapproval, Rogers said tonight a|
religious ceremony still was being
considered. .
Until the ex-king's announcement,
many had believed that the Duke of I
Kent, his youngest brother, and the
Prince Royal Mary, his only sis
ter,' would attend.
The Duke's wedding date is the
anniversary of his father King I
George V's birth?the late monarch
was born June 3, 1866, and died I
January 20, 1936.
The wedding date also is 20 days
before Edward's 43 birthday, and 16
days before Mrs. Warfield becomes 41.
Local Man Honored i
At State Meet
R. LeRoy Rollins, popular and well
known business man here, was madel
a director of the North Carolina As
sociation of Cleaners and Dyers at
the annual convention held in Greens-1
boro recently. . i
Mr. Rollins is a highly successful
and experienced man in this field,
having devoted many years to be
coming an expert in the knowledge!
and operation of his line of business,!
and will doubtless be of great value
to the state association's board of
counsellors.
DARLINGTON SCHOOL NOTES
Rome, Ga., May 18.?Among the
graduates of the Darlington School
for boys on May 28 will be' Robert
Monk, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Monk of Farmville. Robert has been
business manager of the school paper,
one of the highest honors in the
school He w?# alio on the track
team and is on the senior discipline
committee. He plans to attend Dnke