I. .. ??? ? ? MM Mllllf :"Z'r T.'*: __ - , t"*'"IHMtmiHIlIIIHIHf ' yiM?-t. ? m t VPA * Patronize Our Advertisers, For ? tJMW Jfc* vgM .I] BAB. |y- ^TAMM .- * - WAA 4*wvTa*"'VAIV) A 1W?^ i Subscription Bu bpM Send J ||A H Qrfl I 1/111#^ llJ | ##1 ll^fw* I IllYit,nf f > YOUH RbviI ?t OB ! : X 11V JL MX JLEJL V JLJLxC J^XjLlr^^X lllluv f Yo*i To Trade With TW 1 ? TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIMMIHI i?: ? ? :? : ? ? " .-V '1 " "?? . VOLUME TWKNTT-SWEN FAJUfVILLR PITT COUNT*. NOBTBTPABOLIN A. raipA "? 1MT _ NUMBER TWO -1 - I ? - - - _ Locot Pact Ends Warlike Threats OnPeiping Front . ? -?? ??1 ????? . . mi ??? ? ? Chinese Troops Begii Leaving Trouble Ares As Result of Latest Agreement; Japanese AIbo Bound To Evacu ate Region Tientsin, July 22.?Chinese troops began to evacuate their shell-torn trenches below the walls of Peiping today while Japanese war planes par ( trolled the Yungting River, skimming low over retreating solumns ae ' a "wanting" to speed the retreat. Both Japanese and Chinese sources indicated an agreement, approved at Nanking, had been reached for with drawal of armed forces of both sides from the "war zone" until tension eased. There was some skepticism as to whether the agreement would be enforced. Meanwhile, Japanese continued to pour troops into North China as transports unloaded at the Tangku wharves, which are now virtually under Japanese military control. Transports shuttled between Japan and the China coast this week and were expected to bring 35,000 addi tional troopa into the area. The Japanese military command, wary of movements of the regular Chinese army, reportedly encamped near the Yellow River, sent 9couting planes southward along the Han kow-Pieping railroad. The central government detached two divisions early this week and placed them under command of Gen. Sung Cheh-Yuan, commanded of the 29th army defending- Peiping, but . no other Chinese regulars are now believed to be in Hopei province. Cessation of fighting was expect ed to provide both Chinese and Japa nese with a chance to clarify their positions, which have been demanding that its dealings be directly with the North China government, while Nanking has insisted any agreements made are subject to its approval. Although specific Japanese de mands include only punishment of Chinese commanders who supposed ly started the fighting at Lukouchiao, which precipitated the crisis; with drawal of Chinese troops from the affected zone and elimination of "anti-Japanism," Chinese sources in sist Japan's ultimate Intention is to annex North China to Manchukuo and place Emperor Tang Keh on the dragon throne. A Chinese official at Peiping told theUnited Press the current agree ment includes withdrawal of troops of the 37th division to Hsiyan, but does not include acceptance of Ja pan's other demands. Japanese troops also were expect ed to withdraw, leaving a neutral zone which may be patrolled by Chinese troops of the peace preser vation detachment, a sort of na tional guard. SAYS BOTH SIDES WILL EVACUATE TROUBLE AREA Washington, July 21.?The Chinese embassy tonight announced receipt of an official cable from the Nankiirlg central government stating that both Chinese and Japanese military au thorities had agreed to evacuate troop# from the disputed Peiping area. . - - The Embassy said it was informed that evacuation already hod -begun I and that it would be completed to morrow. According to the cable, the peace preservation corps had agreed to patrol the area after contxadikted previous reports that the agreement had called for evacuation of the trouble zone only by Chinese troops. The agreement, it was announced, was negotiated locally by Chinese and Japai^se military authorities at Peiping: No further details were available. MRS. JOHN WARREN BURIED IN FALKLAND TW death of Mrs. Dora Tucker Warren, 58, widow of the late John Warren, of Falkland, occured Mon day id the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Loveil, in Mount Airy. In ternet was made in the Falkland cemetery on Wednesday, with the funend rite# conducted by Rev. Charite Lawrence, Presbyterian min ister; and a former pastor. Mrs. Warren was the daughter of of late W. L. and Nancy Cather ine Barker Tucker, of Pftt County. She was well-known and highy es teemed in the PhMand section, where ahe spent most of her fife, having moved with her daughter on account of ill'health, caused by two strokes of iMnlyate Mm Warn* died sud denly with a heart attack. She is survived by two daughters, Mm Loveil, and M^as Dorothy War ?Soufi Caroitaa; Robert, Goidsboro; HaHK Wilmington; William, New York, and Garland Warren, Mount lociod Small Corps Rangers Raleigh, July 21.?A million acres to the man, is the burden under which the supervisory personnel of the 1 State's Forest fire Control organize- < tion is now working, it was revealed 1 today by W. C. McCormick, chief of forest fire control, Department of < Conservation and Development 1 "Actually the number of field men responsible foY supervising the sup presion and combating of fires in this j State totals only eleven as the four- t teen in the entire personnel include ? three officials located in the Ral- c eigh office," McCormack stated. t In spite of this severe handicap in supervisory personnel, Division of i Foresty records, kept over a period I of years, show a steady decrease in < the average area burned in counties cooperating with the state in forest i fire control. . i lCjisevei ,. ? "In 1984, the average area burned was 89 acres, while in 1937, it bad I been reduced to 41 acres for the < first half of the year," McCormack f stated. I "nK1 4 nnriav 1 "ijurty-iour cuujiucb wwu - protection in 1933 and a total of forty-four?cases were carried to the t courts for the* prosecution of law * violations. During the first six I months of 1937, with sixty counties < cooperating in forest fire control, c 154 cases were carried to the courts. "We have particularly stressed the t necessity for law enforcement, with * the feeling that during the 25 years the State Forest Service has been in * existence, the people of the state t should recognise by now that forest 1 fire laws are made to be observed v at all times. i "Representing resources valued at excess of $100,000,000 the forests of * North Carolina need and must have 1 full and adequate protection for the c perpetuation. At present, fire pro- c tection in North Carolina is being a extended at less cost per acre than c in any other southern state," Mc- 9 Cormick stated. I Dotal} District ; Assembly Is Sol T < Park Approves Plans ] For Atlantic Beach * Meet, July 27, 28. J Plans for the annual assembly of . club officials in Rotary District 189 I have been completed with approval of John A. Park, incoming District Governor, for a meeting to be held July 27 and 28 on Atlantic Beach at Morehead City. Club officers and committee chair- , men, along with their wives, in each <1 of the thirty-five cities represented by Rotary clubs in the newly'designated district, are being urged to attend. The meeting will consist of discus sions and details pertaining to the administration of Rotary during the i coming year. Reports from the in- 1 ternational convention at Nice and < from the conference of governors*apd 1 internatioal officials at Montereux, l 1 Switzerland, will be covered in de- t | tail. 1 Assisting Governor Park will be former international governor Eugene J Newsome of Durham, and former 1 governors Ted Johnson of Raleigh, J Charles Phillips of Greensboro, and J Edmund Harding of Washington. < Dr. Darden Eure, of the Morehead < City Club, is head of the committee 1 on local arrangements for the host 1 dub. < Numerous entertainment features 1 ?particularly for the ladies?axe be-.) tng arranged, and the meetingJr ex-$ i pected to be of unusual interest - J Irving Morgan, President,and ' Dave Clarke, Secretary, will repre sent the Farmville Rotary Clnb at this meeting. ELEPHANT BREAKS NECK Ebensboxg, Pa. -? Hp, 7.800-pound elephant, was killed when thrown, from a truck which was transporting Mm and another elephant, for the Hagg Greater Shows. The elephants were thrown to the highway as tK~? truck raced around a curve. Tip landed on Ms head, striking a guard rail post, driving .it four feet into the ground. The other elephant was i not injured. . . -:v.; ' The new agricultural building at \ Graham has just been occupied by extension workers in Ahussune Coun ty, says W. H, Kinney, a wist ant fans i Certain Death For Measure; Request Is Made by Committee Washington, July 22.?The senate virtually tilled President Roosevelt's :ourt enlargement .program today for :his congressional seesion. It voted to send the administration :ourt bill hack to its judiciary com nittee. Washington, July 22.?The senate udiciary committee voted in s dasn ic session tods? to ssk the annate to ihelve the Rooeevelt curt till and or ler a new measure dealing only with he lower courts. The committee, with the opposition n complete control, turned aside tem wrarily while -an alternate was Irafted. It decided ins toad to ask sen ite to send the pending till back to t There were only two or three Resenting votes. The action waa taken, committee nembers said, after Vice-President larner had pleaded with tears in his yes for settlement of the bitter dis rate which threatened to split the democratic party wide opes. There waa some disagreement imong committee members as to whether adminsitration spokesmen >resent agreed with the plan. Some ipponents of the hill said they had ither that they had not. It was generally conceded, however, hat the plan would prevail in the lenate late today. Under the proposal agreed upon by J he committee the senate would re-! urn the Roosevelt bill to the com uittee with instruction to report rithin ten days a new measure deal ng only with the lower courts. Elsewhere in Washington, however, he LaFollette Civil Liberties Com nitte said Chicago police used "ex- J essive force" and showed "the most' areless indifference to human life ind suffering" in breaking up a Mem- j ?rial Day demonstration of steel trike sympathizers. The senate enacted over President Roosevelt's veto a measure to extend 'emergency" interest rates on farm oans. CHASES DOG; LEAVES WIFE London.?Given the alternative of hoosing between his wife and his acing greyhound by a magistrate, rVilliam Frank James, of Fulham, South LondoS, decided to stick to his log and pay his wife alimony of six lollars a week. Wilson Farmers Seejig Income Farm Agent Predicts A Total Income of $5, 000,000 From Produce Wilson, July 2L?Wilson farmers Fill be approximately |50,016>200 letter off at the end of this year, ihiefly from tobacco and cotton crops, W. L. Adams, Wilson farm agent, laid yestferday. like farm agent said hat this amount would probably be realized this year. Stating that the coming tobacco wason would probably place some H,000,000 alone in the pockets of the farmers in this county, the farm kgent commented on the fact that, despite the bad weather, pests and finesses, the tobacco crop will still be larger this year in the county than it should be under existing con ditions. He predicted that there ?rouid be around 27,000 acres of to bacco grown in tike county in 1987. . Adams predicted that the cotton crop in the county would be worth a million dollars to the fanners here tikis year and that some 22,000 acres would be planted. Pointing to an increase in home living crops, Adams declared that the farmers had been encouraged in recent years to grow their own food on the farm and that consequently this type, of crop had been raised. He ?aid that there wk* some 1*000 head of hogs in the county this year whieb would piiee 815,000 in the farmer's coffers.; The farm agent also predicted the peanut crop in the county, though small a* compared to other counties in esstani Carolina,' could realize $1, 200 for* Wilson 'Jtttft**. These are tOO acref "of peanuts here he said f-jv ?? ' Tobacco* in Forsyth County is -v.? f - VETO OVER-BLDDEN. FARM IX>AN INTEREST. WAR THREAT IN EAST. TPST OF NEUTRALITY ACT. URGES *M,0?LM0 SAVING. GOLD FOR SILVER. 1?-INCH NAVAL GUNS. SEN. ROBINSON'S DEAH. _____ By HUGO SIMS (Washington Correspondent/ The Senate continues its considera tion of the Court Reform Mil, with every indication that the speeches will go on for a week or two. Con siderable parlimentary maneouvering has been in evidence, with both sides expressing confidence of results* al though Administration supporters are probably numerous enough to pass the compromise if an immediate test comes. However, opponents believe that prolonged attack will, create enough adverse public sentimen| to decide the battle. V - There has been considerable talk of a filibuster, with Opponents alleg ing that they are "discussing" the measure. The Administration leaders expect public opinion to frown on any prolonged filibuster and will raise their voices for a vote, professing readiness to abide by die result Re gardless of all the argument every body knows that the tactics of the opposition is to stall a vote and that the Administration, by piling up other important legislative questions, is put pressure on the Court bill op ponents by placing them in the posi tion of obstructing desired and neces sary legislation. Hie decision of the leaders to force observance of certain Senate rules followed the opening efforts of sena tors in favor of the Court bill. Upon being interrupted by questioners, they found that the insurgents launched long speeches. Evidently, these tac tics would prolong the debate and, i therefore, Rule 19, limiting senators to speaking twice on one question "on the same day" was invoked. Then the leaders decided to recess the Senate daily instead of adjourn ing and so continue the "legislative day" until the Court business was disposed of. This plan held each senator to two speeches and brought a heavy barrage from opponents who declared that debate was being throt tled. Thereupon, the opposition, knowing that no other business could be disposed of without unanimous consent, decided to object to consider ation of any other business, including a conference report on the War De partment Appropriations Bill and the introduction of the ever-normal gran ary farm bilL Apparently, the Senate is able to force its members to dispose of its immediate business without an ever lasting filibuster, but it cannot over ride the objection of a single senator if it wants to take up and consider some other matter. Cries of throt tling debate are raised mostly for ef fect as both sides know the Senate rules throughly and were their posi tions revealed would not hesitate to apply them 'for their own needs. However, in view of the fact that the Senate will discuss the debate the Court plan for at least a full month, there is not much to be gained any where by the charge that debate has been throttled and the measure rush ed to a vote. Action of the House in overriding the President's veto of continued low. interest rates on farm loans indicates very definitely that the congressmen are not as economy-minded as some previous actions might lead observ ers to believe. By a vote- of 260-98, the House decided to continue low in terest rates on farm loans affecting slightly more than one million bor rowers from Federal Land Banks and the Land Bank Commissioners. The President baaed his veto on the fact that the measure would upset his budget for the fiscal year 1938 by 180,000,000. In 1933, as an emergency measure, Congress reduced the interest rates to Federal Land Bank borrowers and the new measure would extend this reduction for two more years and broaden its field to include reductions on loans made by the Land Bank Commissioners. The President's posi tion is that, in view of improved con ditions and -the fact that loans ate now being made to farmers at an "un orecedentedly low rate," there is no justification for continued Govern ment subsidy. He points out that the two-year cost of the bill will b^ *82.900.000,000 and that the effects of this arrengemept is- that "part of the individual borrower's interest la rw -(Continued on page four) ? II I + Rebels Struggle to Plug ^fiole ln Madrid Lines; Strategic Hill Falb To Forces . Madrid, July 21.?Insurgent forces, struggling to plug a hole gouged in their lines west of Madrid by Gen eral Jose Miaja's offensives, surged ' on the^government salient from three directions today. ' Their massed drive wrested * ; strategic hill from Miaja's soldiers? "peak 660" from which they dominat ed a battle scarred village about 15 miles west of here and one of the early prises of the government's two weeks' campaign. , , The government acknowledged loss of tha peak after throe days of Insurgent counter attacks, but as- . serted it still held two places at the mouth of the "pocket which Madrid's milicianos" cut into the flank of the eight and a half month old siege ( lines in the capital's western front. ? Within the "pocket" the govern- ( ment still held Quijorna, Brunete , and Villanueva de la Canada, east of which yesterday's struggle for "peak 660" centered, Miaja's salients extending south- . ward in completion of its curving I sweep back to Madrid either would attack Insurgent siege forces on the western fringe of the city or force ( their evacuation. On the other hand, a turning of j the tables of "the battle for Mad- . rid" would force Miaja's men to withdraw from the "pocket" or have ( the exit closed against them. " Paramount Opens Doors To PiWic Opening on Thursday night with "Topper," one of the newest and best screen shows of the season, the new Paramount, crowded to capacity 1 for both performances, delighted patrons with its "new dress," the making of which has taken several weeks, with day and night labor used part of the time. The modernistic idea has been carried out in the remodeling of the front and in the decoration of the interoir, which together with the im proved cooling system and increased seating capacity, make this show house paramount indeed. All the beauty and comforts of a large city theatre, as well as the priv ilege of seeing the newest of screen releases are now enjoyed by patrons of the new Paramount J. I. Morgan, Sr., is owner of the building, which has been leased to Stewart-Drake Theatres, of which Worth Stewart, of Dunn, is general manager. J. G. Ward is the local manager, Miss Gray Carraway, cashier, and Paul Allen, operator. The force of ushers has not been decided upon at this time. Hubert Dixon is janitor. Note next week's program and the change in hours andprices. , 1 FIRST CHECK GOES TO DURHAM WOMAN Raleigh, July 21.?North Carolina's first check to a recipient of old age assistance went today to Bettie Sor rell Adams, 307 North Maple street, Durham. ' J. A. Stewart, auditor for the di vision, officiated aa a zinc plate bear ing the name and address and the amount was placed in a machine and inscribed on a blank check. Mrs. Adams' grant was $10 for July and she is to get the same amount monthly.' Her certified ap plication listed her age as 71 and her birthplace as Cary. She listed income of 50 emits a week from ? ' 1. Is Buck Jones Hie real name of ! the cowboy actor? 2. How many persons died of can cer in the United State8 last year? 3. What state has the largest num ber of licensed airplane pilots? . 4. What is the population of Japan? 6. How many Rhodes scholarships are assigned to the United States? 6. How many people speak the English language ? 7. What was the religion of John ^danis? 8 When was the Washington Monument erected? 9. Where was Wallace Beery, the screen star, born? " 10. -On what day will the Jewish Leader 4is Court Battle Nears Close . v?m>. ? _? Brunswick Stew ?* mm Features Menu Of Club Supper 1 1 ? ? * - i Great preparations are being made ( by the Fannville Woman's Club, of ( which Mrs. E. C. Holmes is the presi- , dent, for the Brunswick stew supper on Friday evening, July 23, which it is sponsoring, and which promises ' to be a very successful affair. , The first reason or its anticipated ( success, according to those in ch^ge, will be the fact that Lath Morriss is j supervising the cooking of the stew. , Lath, a Texas "cowboy", whose heart ' is as big as his body and as great ( as his love for football and golf, has ^ in addition to these a voice for cheer- ( ing, which has won him the name of { Tartan; a talent for acting and oth- . er notable accomplishments, chief , of these being a knowledge of the ? culinary art in the preparation of ( certain fine palate-teasers. Every- ( body knows that Lath's Brunswick stew is alwayB "fit for a king." i The following markets are donat- ] ing ingredients for the stew: Roe- , buck's, Williams, Lore's, Morris and ] Williford. , The second reason is that the pro- , ceeds from the supper will be used , for the benefit of the Farmville Li- . brary, which is one of the town's . most valuable assets. The menu will consist of the stew, ] slaw, cornsticks, pickles and tea, and ] will be served at 50c per plate in the j outdoor dining room at the Par?. ] There will be music, furnished free { with the meal, by the high school , band, and all in all a grand occasion it will be. j Everyone is invited to attend. i ROBOT COTTON GRADER Memphis, Tenn.?A robot cotton 1 classing device, which operates elec- ? trically, registering the length of the staple and the uniformity of the fibers 1 when a sample of cotton is passed 1 in front of photo-electric cells, has been developed by Dr. K. L. Hertel, Professor of Physics at the Univer- i sity of Tennessee. Dr. Hertel as- 1 serts that his "fibrograph" when per- < fee ted would prove more accurate > than the best graders in the industry. ' The instrument may be ready for '> commercial use within a year. 1 Telegraphy to venter Is Dead i ? Guglielmo Marconi Dies In Rome; Had Been Honored By All Na tions 1 Rome, July 20.?Guglielmo Mar coni, a Shy little Italian who inadvert ently, by developing and perfecting radio, became the greatest revolu tionist of his time, died today. Because of him continents and na tions have been brought within sec ond of ohe another and man's voice circles the earth with the speed of light. Though a man of science and of peace, he wrought greater changes in the .lives of more millions of men than Lenin, Mussolini, and the other political revolutionists of his genera tion. mT 1 ? ko/l tuuin Vinn - lue grew, uitui mtv uwt mvv? ored by all nations but was so shy that he was but a name to all except a few intimates, died of a heart at tack at 8:45 A. If., (10:45 P. M. Mon day EDT.) He was 63 years old. Five hours after hiB death Premier Benito Mussolini arrived alone at the Marconi palace in the heart of Rome, signed the visitors book, and went to the simple death chamber on the second floor where he prayed for 15 minutes. The Vatican transmitted the news to Pope Pius at his summer palace at Castel Gandolfo. His holiness was at Mass. He immediately dedicated ^he services to the repose of Mar coni's soul. \ Marconi had been suffering heart attacks in increasing frequency and intensity since ApriL He became ill yesterday afternoon and retired early. At 8 o'clock this morning he rang for his valet "I am very sorry," he. said in a calm, polite voice, "but I am going & put you and my Mends to con siderable trouble. I fear my end is near. Will you please inform my Wife?" T A marketing center for shippinor hogs from Washington and tyrrell counties will be established soon. 4^ A ^ preme Court Measure For This Session Now Indicated ; { '; , ?? Washington, July 21. ? President Roosevelt's plan to reorganize the Supreme Court apparently foundered today as warning Senate Democrats, chose Senator Alben W. Barkley, 69, of Kentucky, to restore party har mony. Barkley, reportedly favored by the President, defeated Senator Pat Har rison, D., Miss., 88 to 87, in a drama tic race for the post left vacant by the death of Senate Majority Leader foe T. Robinson. But apparently he seized the helm'too late to save the supreme bench enlargement/program. Immediately, however, Vice-Presi dent John N. Garner, a canny navi gator in rough political seas, assum ed command of a drive to reunite the party and possibly achieve judicial reform in the lower courts with the aid of the Senators who gave Mr. Roosevelt the most severe reversal it his administration ?on the supreme court issue. One of Garner's first acts?after Berkley's one-vote victory was an- . aounced harmony?was to confer Kith Senator Burton K. Wheeler, D., Mont., leader of the court bill opposi tion. After the conference Wheeler announced that he and his adherents tvould draft a compromise proposal and submit it to the administration for approval. Wheeler told Garner that the op position had enough votes to pigeon dole the Robinson court bill, a com promise of the President's original bill, for this session, and that his group would oppose any settlement which: Adds any members to the Su preme Court Permits administration reprisals against Senators who fought the President's bill. Permits any chance in the House or in conference'- between the two houses. These stipulations would virtually kill the Supreme Court section of the bilL Meanwhile, Barkley and Harrison had luncheon with Mr. Roosevelt and then worked out a legislative program which calls for no immedi ate action on the court issue. The Senate, due to meet again tomorrow, will consider the President's veto of a bill extending low interest rates on land bank loans, and then proceed to unobjected bills. Beyond that plans are indefinite. Late in the day, Barkley announc ed that the Senate judiciary com mittee, which submitted an adverse report on President Roosevelt's origi nal six-justice proposal, and to which the Robinson compromise would be returned if the Senate decides to pigeonhole it, would hold a special meeting tomorrow morning. The meeting, he said, was for "in formal discussion of the court bill situation." Kinstonian Sued ByGirl Friend Mrs. Hattie AT Cox Sues L. B. Jenkins for $100, 000 Damages Kinston, uly 21.?The suit of Mrs. Hattie A. Cox against L. B. Jenkins, prominent tobacconist is expected to be i heard in Superior Court here early in the fall. She demands $100, 000, $60,000 punctive damages and $50,000 compensatory. Mrs. Cox, an attractive Blonde, was arrested after a visit to Jenkins' Avenue residence the night of June 17. In her complaint she declares she "yielded to the seductive influence and promise of the tobacconist, with thei result that a 'warm friendship' sprang up." Jenkins, she asserts, counselled her to enter intd tat sepa ration agreement with her husband. But on the night of June 17, she sayp, she was seizdd\'by police at Jenkins' request after she had gone to the house, entered and gone to his room, where she had been en tertained on "man;/" occasions. She was jailed charged- with breaking and entering. She had been in ja3 for: days before some of her friends ~ were aware of her predicament. Thqy bailed her out Mrs. Cox, formerly a business woman here, is said to be a member of an "old Southern family." Ac quaintances say she is "cultured, re* . fined." : ? s Photographers will tell yon that moat women Hke to have their photo grhpha re-touched.