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VOL. TWENTY-SIX FA1MVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1937 NUMBER FIFTY-ONE
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North Carolina's
Advertising Campaign
To Begin Tonight
Campaign To Be
Launched With Ad
dress by Goy. Hoey at
9:30 Over a State Radio
Network of Seven Sta
tions
? Charlotte, July 2.?Governor Clyde)
R. Hoey will speak here tonight at,
9:30 o'clock over WSOC and a ne*"
work of seven North Carolina radio i
stations inaugurating the state's
$250,000 advertising campaign au
thorized by the legislature. He will
speak thirty minutes.
Other stations linked for the broad
cast are WPTF, Raleigh; WDNC, I
Durham; WWNC, Asheville; WSJSj
Winston-Salem; WFTC, Kinston, and
WBIG, Greensboro. I
Originally it to ptajed*>'J?
broadcast to emanate from wrir
and arrangements were made to that!
end. Later, however, it was found I
the Governor would be in the vicinity
of Charlotte today and it was re-1
termined to originate the broadcast
from the studios of WSOC. Line
tolls for the network are being de
frayed by Station WPTF and all
stations are contributing their time
and facilities as a public service in
connection with the campaign getting
under way.
Under terms of the legislative ap-1
propriation, the quarter of a million
dollars is to be expended between
now and July 1, 1939, under direction
of the State Board of Conservation
and Development. The board is com
posed of twelve members and the fol
lowing form its advertising commit
tee: J. L. Home, Jr., of Rocky
Mount, N. C., Chairman; J. P. Raw
ley, of High Point; Santford Martin, |
of Winston-Salem; and Coleman W.
Roberts, of Charlotte.
Governor Hoey, chosen to inaugu
rate the advertising campaign, has
for many years cherished a desire to
see the state adopt a program of ad-I
vertising to "tell the World" about
the many North Carolina assets; its
desirability as a vacation spot; its
industrial and agricultural possibiu- j
ties; and its year round appeal as a
place in which to live.
During the intensive cmpaign the
nymy natural and man-made advant
age# of North Carolina will be placed
before the world All worth while |
forms of will be utilized
and the message "make your vaca
tion permanent in North Carolina
will be carried far and wide.
TO TAKE SPECIAL COURSE
Miss Margaret Smith, daughter oil
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Smith, who has
been teaching in the Stoneville school
for several sessions, is leaving Sat
urday for New York, where she will
take a special Home Economic course
at the University of New York.
Miss Smith recently accepted a
position as Home Ec teacher in the
Reidsville high school for another
year.
SMITH-BAILEY
Miss Estelle Bailey, daughter of
Mrs. D. L. Bailey and the late Mr.
Bailey, of Greenville, and James Her
bert Smith, of Kinston, son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Sherrod Smith, of
Farmville, were united in marriage
at the Baptist parsonage in Golds-1
boro, on Saturday morning, June 19,1
by Rev. Mr. Smith, the pastor, in the
presence of a few relatives and inti
mate friends.
After a wedding tour of Western j
North Carolina, the couple will be at
home at the Caswell Training School, 1
Kinston, with which institution Mr. I
Smith is connected as head of the
gardening division.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
. Miss Ann Turnage entertained
thirty-five of her friends at a lovely
birthday party on Tuesday afternoon.
Games were played on the large lawn
and lemonade was served by the
pjother of the small hostess, Mrs.
Lester Turnage, assisted by Mist
Bettie Joyner, who also told thej
children a number of interesting
stories. Miss Evelyn Hope Turnage
led in directing a number of games
and stunts.
Refreshments of ices, cake, nuts
and candy were served from a deco
rated table out-of-doors, and baloons
were given as favors,
PROGRESSIVE BRIDGE CLUB
Mrs. P. E. Jones entertained the
Progressive Bridge Club at the home
?t Mrs, G.
fcaoeon Contentnea street Wpleas
ingly arranged with flowers carry
ing a color note of pink and green.
Wn. B. H. Knott winner of high
RXwn "T XX WZw BQKSW"
Social Security
Questions And
Answers
Question No. 5: My husband just
'died. He was a baker. He was 45
years old. His employer deducted
social security taxes from his wages.
Do I have anything coming to me un
der the law?
Answer No. 5: From the informa
tion you give it would seem you have.
The Social Security Board has pre
pared simple forms to be filed by
widows who believe they have a claim
for a lump-sum payment under the
Socal Security Act If you will call
at the Social Security Board office
in Raleigh every assistance will be
given you in filing your claim.
Question No. 6: I am a college
student and intend to take a position
with a bath house company as a life
guard at a summer resort during
vacation. 'Do I come under the So
cial Security law?
Answer No. 6: You do. You
should apply for a Social Security
Account Number and give the num
ber?but, keep your card?to your
employer. The wages you earn this
summer will go to your credit on your
wage record kept by the Social Se
curity Board and count toward future
benefits.
Question No. 7: I am a carpenter, i
54 years old; and I want to know
what I will get out of the Social Se
curity Act?
Answer No. 7: It is assumed you
mean to ask whether you will receive
any money under the old-age bene
fits provisions of the law. You will
receive when you reach 65, and file a
claim, a lump-sum payment amount
ing to 34- percent of your wages, up
to $3,000 a year from one employer,
after December 31, 1936, and pjior
to the time you become 65.
Question No. 8: I am resident
manager of an apartment house. I
receive no money but I get the use
of an apartment, rent free. Do I
come under the Social Security law
and does the apartment house owner
have to pay taxes for me?
Answer No. 8: You are an em
ployed person within the meaning
and scope of the Social Security Act.
You must apply for a Social Security
Account Number, on Form SS-5,
which can be obtained froift your
nearest post office or from the Social
Security Board office in Raleigh. The
Treasury Department has ruled that
the rental value of an apartment
comprises wages, within the meaning
of the Act, in such cases as yours.
Your employer is responsible for col
lecting one percent of your wages
and paying it to the Collector of In
ternal Revenue. He must also pay,
as your employer, one percent of the
amount of your wages under the tax
provisions of Title of the Act.
Question No. 9: I have been work
ing for the R & W Grocery Company
and my Social Security Number is
196-08-3643. I am going to work
for aynother company. Do I have to
get ahother number?*
Answer No. .9: No. Keep your
account number card but give your
account number to your new employ
er. The same number is good no mat
ter how many persons you work for.
Question No. 10: My employer
says the Social Security Board re
tires him to report my religion and
what union I belong to. Is that
right ?
Answer No. 10: No. The Social
Security Board has warned employers
against circulating such unauthorized
questionnaires among their employ
ees. If you will write or telephone
he name of your employer to the
Social Security Board office in Ral
eigh, an effort will be made to cor
rect your employer's misunderstand
ing.
PITT COUNTY MINISTERS UNION
Insomuch as .July 5 will be observ
ed as a holiday, the County Minis
ters Union will meet in its regular
session in the Christian Church of
Farmville on the following Monday,
July 12.
Hie program chairman for this
meeting is Rev. Robert C. Grady,
Pastor First Presbyterian Church of
Greenville. The meeting will convene
at 11 A. M.,. and the program is as
follows: Rev. C. A. Lawrence, de
votional; & A: Clarke and Rev.
Wm. A. Ryan will lead the discussion
on the subject, "The Application Of
The Minister's Message."
Luncheon WiTl be served in the
church and" a full attendance is de
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ABOUT INTEREST RATES.
NO SPECIAL FAVORS.
AVOID RESENTMENT.
WHEAT AND COTTON.
(By Hugo S. Sims, Washington
Correspondent)
The President has come ouc against
a continuation of the reduced inter
est rate on farm loans which was
voted by Congress in 1934 and 1986.
On about two billion dollars worth of
debt, the contract rate of between
four and five and one-half per cent,
was cut to a flat three and a half
per cent at a cost to the Treasury
of $40,000,000 a year. ?
The idea in the minds of congress
men at that time was not to give
the farmers a subsidy or to ask tax
payers to permanently contribute
$40,000,000 a year to the payment of
interest on the obligations of some
farmers. The reduction was made
for a year at a time for the purpose
of assisting farmers to get on their
feet and avoid the loss of their land
during the depression.
As the nation comes back to nor
malcy, it is nothing but right and
proper, as the President says, for the
contract rates to apply again. Mr.
Roosevelt points out that no subsidy
is given to city home borrowers or to
those who deal with the RFC and
the PWA. The opinion last week,
however, in that the Senate would
concur in the House action continu
ing the three and a half per cent!
rate on land bank loans and cutting {
from five to four per cent the inter
| est on "commissioner loans" made to
distressed farmers. If this bill comes
to the President, it will undoubtedly
be vetoed.
There is more at stake than the
question of interest rates to a group
of farm borrowers. Some three bil
lion dollars in loans on city homes
j are on a five per cent interest basis,
j If rates on farm loans are reduced,
there is no reason why rates on homes
should not also come down.
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We think it important for farmers
to understand the difference between
assistance necessitated by abnormal
conditions such as the depression and
the droughts, and what amounts to
special favors from the Government
What the farmers of the nation have
a right to expect is equal considera
tion of their position and assurance
of the same treatment that the Gov
ernment gives other groups. Along
this line, we call attention to the re
marks of Secretary Wallace to 166
[boys and girls attending the 11th an
nual 4-H Club camp last month. Mr.
Wallace urged his hearers to "catch
[the vision of the general welfare of
the whole United States and not of
| the farmer alone."
Naturally, some quick-thinking
agriculturalist wul immediately cite
the favors which the Government has
extended to other groups. The argu
ment will be that because this has
been done, the farmers are entitled
to get something extra for them
selves. This, we think, is the wrong
attitude. The farmers should more
properly protest against and fight
all special favors granted by the
Government to special groups rather
than seek to entrench themselves in
the favored class which will inevita
bly lead to tremendous consumer re
sentment with evil effects upon agri
culture.
No man knows what the wheat pro
duction of the United States will bei
this year because so much depends;
on the weather, and no one can fore
tell the price of wheat in the fall of
1937. However, it is interesting to
report that world stocks of late
wheat, outside of Russia and China,
on July 1st, are about 230,000,000
bushels less than on the same date in
1936 when these stocks totaled ap
proximately 760,000,000 bushels.
Growers of cotton, our other great
export crop, are also in a better
world position. On August 1st, it is
expected that the world carry-over of
American cotton will be about one
million bales less than on the same
date in 1936. Moreover, the Bureau
of Agricultural Economics reports
that "American cotton is now more
favorably priced in relation to for
eign growths" than in many months.
Hbwever, growers of wheat and
cotton may bear in mind always
that the great export market for
their surplus production will not re
turn and, consequently, growers mast
carefully watch total yields, until
some method is devised to promote
? international trade and to enable for
eign people to pay for the products
. of our acres.
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SPANKS TRACK-SITTER
Wayne, Pa.?Bringing his train
to a stop, the engineer got down,
picked up a two-year-old boy who
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DEMOCRATS RIFTS.
COURTS AND BELIEF.
NO PICNIC PEACE.
THIRD TERM TALK.
BOTH PARTIES DIVIDED.
LEGISLATION TIBD-UP.
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(By Hugo S. Simms, Washington
Correspondent)
Considerable discussion has been
had over the cleavage between the
President and some of the members
of his party, evidenced by the tight
on his Court proposal in the Senate
and by the unsuccessful efforts in the
House and Senate to amend the re
lief bilL The fact that Senator
Byrnes, of South Carolina, a White
House favorite; Senator Robinson, oi
Arkansas, Senate leader, and Sena
tor Harrison, of Mississippi, chair
man of the Finance Committee, join
ed nineteen other Democrats in sup
porting an amendment to require
states, cities and counties to con
tribute twenty-five per cent, on WPA
projects, is taken to indicate a seri
ous situation for the President.
Generally, the economy revolt came
from the effort of Senator Byrnes to
amend the relief appropriation bill
for the 1988 fiscal year by requiring
states and local communities to put
up a minimum of forty per cent, of
the cost of work relief projects after
October 1st, or to take a "pauper's
oath" that they are unable to do so.
The President supported the position
of Harry Hopkins and won his relief
fight by the vote of both houses.
However, observers forsee the possi
bility of a wider rift within the Deui-1
[ocratic party although acknowledg
ing that the President has again
demonstrated his ability to get what
he wants.
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Because of a growing sentiment
among Democratic congressmen that
the President is too hard to be reach
ed by individual members, the issure
may grow unless some effective con
tact is established by the Executive
as a result of the unique Jefferson
Island three-day conference.
The Court reorganization bill,
which was dumped bodily into the
lap of Congress by the President is
credited with causing most of the
friction. The fight over the relief
bill, the effort to force the Adminis
tration to take a stand against the
sit-down strikes and the suspicion
that some congressmen are determin
ed to assert congressional power
more effectively in the future adds
basis to the belief that a serious rup
ture is possible among the Democrats.
The get-together on Jefferson Isr
land may soothe the vanity of somei
congressmen but it can hardly be ex
pected to produce positive results.
The course of politics is rarely shap
ed at such a gathering. That the
President realizes the discontent
which exists in Congress is certain.
At the same time, there is no indi
cation that he considers it serious
of that he believes that the disgrun
tled element represents the members
of the Democratic party. In fact, it
is reasonably certain that on the
Court fight itself, Mr. Roosevelt is
confident that the people back his
program and that he will not shrink
from making it an issue in the elec
tions next year. ; '
How far the revolt, if one may use
the word in this connection, will go is
not certain. The President is gen
erally regarded as the most popular
figure in American political life and,
despite all suggestions to the con
trary, most intelligent political ob
servers credit him with having re
tained his hold on the masses and
most of them believe that in the elec
tions of 1938 and 1940'he will be the
dominant issue.
Already some talk is being heard
of a third term for Mr. Roosevelt and
from Pennsylvania come reports that
a movement is gaining headway there,
with John L. Lewis as one of the chief
advocates of the third term idea.
Governor Earle, suggested as a can
didate in 1940, openly intimates that
he is for Roosevelt again in that year.
Whether these stories come from
friendly sources or as a result of
efforts to arouse prejudice against
Mr. Roosevelt, no one can say. At
any rate, the situation today, especial
ly since his victory in the relief bin
battle/ is that the President continues
to dominate the Democratic party,
although the probability is that he
will have to wage a bitter fight with
some of the senators who oppose his
program. ?
The division which exists in the]
Democratic party is one which]
practically every President has faced,
due to the fact that geography has
played a - great part in the life of
bothparties. The conservatives and
Rbeeals ace not divided into two par
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County Pays
College Debt
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First Bond Ever Sold by
Pitt County Paid Off
Wednesday
Greenville, June 30.?Pitt County
tod&y paid off the first bond ever
issued by that government?a $50,000
issue, for money borrowed in 1907 to
aid in establishing East Carolina
Teachers College here.'
That $50,000 issue cost the county
exactly $126,000?$75,000 having been
paid in interest since the date of ma
turity was set for one time, 30 years
from the date of issuance. Now,
however, bonds, are retired at fre
quent intervals, thereby saving the
governments huge sums in interest.
Since 1907 the following bond is
sues, and the date of expiration, have
been issued: 1908, $50,000 for the
Tar river bridge and Contentnea
bridge at Grifton, 1938; 1011, $76,000
for the court house, 1941; 1917, $50,
000 for minor bride construction,
1947; 1919, $100,000 for funding bonds
to pay off deficits, 1959.
These issues total $325,000 and all
were made before the county's road
building program was started in 1920.
A total of $2,026,000 was issued for
the highway construction work.
Payments on the county's bonded
indebtedness, the first in 1925, fol
low: 1925, $2,000; 1926, $2,000; 1927,
$2,000; 1928, $95,000; 1929, $5,000;
1920, $30,000; 1931, $16,000; 1932,
$25,000.
The maturities became heavier in
1933 and since then $308,000 has been
paid on the indebtedness. Also re
tired in the last two years were a
Bethel school district $20,000 issue, a
Arthur school district issue of $12,
000 and a Grifton school issue of
$20,000.
At the present time the county
wide bonded indebtedness totals $2,
150,000.
Next year bond requirements will
be: for interest $111,000, and for
principal $136,000, or a total of $246,
000, which with township road and
school bond maturities will make a
grand total of $325,000.
Approximately 75 per cent of the
taxes collected in the county go for
payments of principal and interest
on bonds, leaving 25 per cent for
operating expenses.
Many Business Houses
To Close Here July 5th
According to a petition circulated
yesterday and turned over to the
office,, several of Farmville's busi
ness houses will close Monday, July
5th in celebration of the July 4th
holiday. We understand, however,
that some firms will remain open on
account of the regular Wednesday
afternoon holidays.
Several Car Loads
Cucumbers Shipped
From Farmville
According to a report from Mr.
Garris, of The Turnage Co., eighteen
car loads of cucumbers have been
shipped from Farmville so far this
season, with quality good up until
the last few days. Many more car
loads are expected to be harvested
before the season closes.
Tobacco Man
Believes Waad ;
Exports To Gaio
Garrett Returns From
European Tour; Dis
cusses Conditions
Greenville, June 30. ? Conditions
in England and Ireland are described
as "very good" by R. M. Garrett,
president of the Person-Garrett To
bacco Company, who has returned
from a trip to Europe.
Garrett pointed out that the United
States sends a larger percentage of
tobacco to England than comes from
their colonies. He added that an in
crease in foreign weed consumption
as well as in the United States, would
likely result in satisfactory prices
this fall.
Much building and spending is go
ing on in Ireland and England, said
Garrett, and general business condi
tions are encouraging. The custo
mers of Garrett were informed that
the best 1937 tobacco crop would
come from this section.
It was revealed that tobacco condi
tions look exceedingly favorable in
both countries.
Garrett expressed .the opinion that
more weed would be exported this
year due to the increased consump
tion. The English colonies continue
to produce more tobacco and this is
gradually becoming a threat to ex
porters in the United States, since
the duty on tobacco from the colonies
is much lower than that sent abroad
from America.
New Bern Plays
Lead In Golf Here
To New Bern went the honors in a
tri-club tourney here Sunday after
noon, in which New Bernians had
Farmville and Washington players as
opponents, posting a 9 to 22 score
with Farmville and 5 to 13 with
Washington, the last named also
carryinng a licking from the Farm
ville club 18 to 2.
Farmville players joining in the
tournament, their medal scores and
points won and lost were:
Wyatt Holmes, 71,1-1; Cylde Finch,
78, 3-2; B. 0. Taylor, 79, 2-2; W. A.
Pollard, Jr., 81, 4-2; C. A. Lilly, 82,
1-1; Marvin Lindsay, 83, 4-2; Dr.
Dennis Keel, 83, 6-0; H. H. Bradham,
Jr., 86, 3-2; W. S. Royster, 86, 3-3;
Fred Davis, 97, 0-3; R. D. Rouse, 91,
0-3; Lynn Davis, 96, 0-0; C. O. Eng
land, 101, 0-3.
HUNT 'POSSUMS FRONT YARD
F. G. Smith and Louis Alex took
their hunting equipment and went
big game hunting in the front yard
of the former this week. They bag
ged among other. animals a . large
'possum. Who loves 'possum and
'taters?
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FOUNTAIN rtCESUXTfilUAn <.nuivv,n
The Fountain Presbyterian Church
was dedicated Sunday, June 27th
with an impressive service. A most
helpful sermon was preached by Rev.
R. E. McClue of New Bern, from II
Corinthians 13:13. A good congre
gation was present. Among them
were former members and friends
from Farmville, Falkland, Washing
ton, Greenville, Leggetts, Rocky
Mount, Warsaw, Roanoke, Va., and
other places in the community. The
local choir and a male quartet from
Farmville furnished special music
for the occasion. The quartet was
composed of Messrs. C. F. Baucom,
Pierson Hassell, W. D. Morton, and
J. R. Shearin, and was accompanied
by Mrs. J. M. Hobgood of Farmville.
It was unique that Mrs. Hobgood,
the pianist on this occasion, was else
the pianist in a series of meetings
held by the late Rev. W. D. Morton
iatheearly days of theChurch,
Mr. R. A. Fountain, Sr., read a
brief historical sketch of the Churcf!
and as a representative of the Com
mittee on Church Debt, announced
that all indebtedness had Ifeen paid
and formally presented the Church
for dedication. After this the pastor
and congregation read an impressive
dedicatory service. T
At the conclusion of the service a
bounteous lunch was served under
the trees on the Church grounds.
Judging from the expressions heard
the day prove to be a delightful oc
casion for all who were present |
The Church is also celebrating its
25th anniversary, having been organH
ised in 1111? ThO|prrsfmtiplnndf J
bride building is the second building]
occupied by this Church. This Church]
has now about 94 resident members!
a live Sunday School, woman's Auxra
liary and two Young People's sodeja
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An Act Requiring
Th& Exfltiuiiflfioii of
Domestic Servants
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All Servants Must Have
Certificates Before Ap
plying For Jobs
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The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That hereafter all do
mestic servants who shall present
themselves for employment shall
furnish their employer with a certifi
cate from a practicing physician or
the public health officer of the coun
ty in which they reside, ce. tifying
that they have been examined within
two weeks prior to the time of said
presentation of said certificate, that
they are free from all contagious, in
fectious or communicable diseases
and showing the non-existence of any
venereal disease which might be
transmitted. Such certificate shall
be accompanied by the original re
port from a laboratory approved by
the State Board of Health for making
such tests showing that the Wasser
mann or any other approved tests of
this nature are negative. Such tests
to have been made within two weeks
of the time of the presentation of
such certificates; and such certifi
cate shall also affirmatively state
the non-existence of tuberculosis in
the infectious state.
Section 2. That all domestic serv
ants employed shall b^ examined at
least once each year and as often as
the employer my require, and upon
examination shall furnish to the em
ployer all of the evidence of the
condition of their health, as is set
out in section one hereof.
In connection with the above Act,
the Pitt County Health Department
gives out a ruling of the State Board
of Health, as follows:
"At a recent meeting of the Execu
tive Committee of the North Caro
lina State Board of Health, is was
decided that the public health officer
should examine, under this Act, only
such servants as are referred to the
health departmeit by private physi
cians, or certified to the health de
partment by the welfare department,
as indigent. All those cases who are
able to pay private physicians for
this service should cooperate with
the private physician in follow-up
work on contacts and in making Was
sermann tests on all patients referred
to them. This was the recommenda
tion of the Executive Committee of
your State Board of Health."
The Pitt County Health Officer
states that his department is ready
to give full cooperation in this im
portant health matter.
The Pitt County Health Department
wishes to call attention to the regu
lar, monthly, State Orthopedic Clinic
held every first Friday, from noon
to 3 o'clock p. m., in the Health De
partment offices, 315 W. 3rd Street,
Greenville. The next clinic will be
held on Friday, July 2nd.
ThiB clinic serves not only Pitt
County, but Beaufort, Hyde, PXrrlico
and Carteret as well. The clinic ' is
open to both white and colored.
All types of cripples are received
into this clinic for examination with
out cost.
Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, Fitt Coun
ty Health Officer, requests that where
practical, all patients bring a note
from the family physician.
The Health Officer extends a spe
cial invitation to all physicians, and
all welfare officer^ to visit the clinic.
Two Measres Cases
Discovered In Pitt
Greenville, June 30.?Dr. N. Thom
as Ennett, Pitt County health officer,
today called attention to the fact
that two new cases of measles have
been reported for the month of June.
They are the first for 1937.
He expressed hope that all parents
who suspect measles among children
in the family will call a physician
promptly and separate the sick child
from other children. He explained
that measles is highly contagious and
in cases of infants and babies should
be looked upon as a very serious di
sease.
. State rules and regulations on
measles as in other contagious dis
eases is, that where no physician is
in attendance, the parent is required
to give notice to the health depart
ment
FARMVILLE CHALLENGES
WILSON
Mebane T,^Lea, Farmville's num
ber one tennis/player, was defeated
Sunday 1 by defending champion,
Frank Lea of Wilson; in one of the j
most exciting match plays known to
Farmville. The 'score was 6-3, 0-0,
6-2. t
Frank Lea, the defending champion
kept the ^stands on their feet with
his spectacular playing, showing
every one that he deserves to be the
champion that .he is and that, he is
assured a berth on the Davis Gup
Team next year.