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VOLUMME TWENTY-EIGHT FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1S37 NUMBER TWENTY-THBM
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THIRD PERIOD OF CMMURH
CLOSES SATRRRAY HIOHT
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Now is the Time For
Candidates To Cinch
Victory; Votes Will De
crease.
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Two important dates now appear on
the horizon; Saturday, October 23
and Saturday, October 30.
The first of these dates is the
close of the "third period" of the
subscription campaign. The other is
the date closing- of the campaign.
Extensions and the long term sub
scriptions will play a big part in the
campaign of the leaders in their race
for the big prizes. They realize the
5-year subscriptions build their votes
faster and as the campaign nears the
close their friends are pulling hard
er than ever before for them, which
makes the 5-year subscription easier
to sell than earlier in the drive.
The race as the finish of the third
period approaches is truly a neck
and neck affair among the leaders.
No one of them has any material ad
vantage over the other at present
and the amount of subscriptions that
each is able to turn in Saturday night
may tell the tale.
These are the days that will tell
the resourcefulness of a contestant.
Here is where their courage upholds
them and makes them fight, or the
lack of it takes the stiffness out of |
their knees and leaves them trailing
in the dust. i
Votes will pile up rapidly these j
next few days. The living part of j
the competition is now at hand and j
while the leaders are on the same
footing those who have the courage
and fight will forge ahead while the
third vote schedule is in effect.
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There will be several winners in
the Enterprise subscription campaign.
Out of this array one will stand out
as the winner of the first honors.
This person will have established a
record or achievement that may be
pointed to with pride long after the
race is over and forgotten.
This is the week to do your best
work, collect all your promises and
forge ahead while the votes count
most for your efforts.
Candidates Must Not Halt
If the contestants halt now for a
moment?if they slacken up or let
their enthusiasm wane?if they over
look one opportunity to win they are
taking the desperate risk of losing
the big prizes already partially won
and which really belongs to them.
A candidate who fails to do his or
her utmost during the remainder of
this period?is certain to bring dis
mal disappointment upon himself or
herself as well as upon their friends
who are naturally interested in their
success as the candidates themselves.
Better Safe Than Sorry
A few more laps and the course
will have been run. Only a short
time remains to choose between vic
tory and defeat?success or failure.
Dont overlook your chances to win,
and always remember that your ad
versaries as keen, perhaps and as re
sourceful as yourself are whacking
very acute brains for the same pur
pose. |
Improve Your Chances Now
Only a few days remain of this big
third period. Votes are at their high
est right now. After Saturday night
at ten o'clock the third period will
be history and votes on subscriptions
will count for only half the value
they do at this time. If you expect
to finish on top in the race now is
the time for you to show your best
results. It behooves every candidate
to make this week's work the best
they have had in the campaign. With
the rich prizes at stake, you cannot
afford to lose a moment. What each
one does between now and Saturday
night, may be the answer as to who
will win the $500.
Hundreds of subscriptions and
thousands of votes will be turned in
to the office this week and every
candidate should see that she gets
her share; It is the long term sub
scriptions that count for the big
votes.
WHO KNOWS?
r 1. Did the railway brotherhoods
win their demand for a 20 per cent
inereaaa in wages*?
2. Are Masons active in in Ger
many and Italy?
8. Has the United States erected
a war memorial at Chateau Thierry?
4. What was the largest . cotton
crop ever raised in this country?
5. What penalty is provided for
unemployed who fail to enroll in the
6. Hew much does a Naval bomber
eost?
1. How many federal judges have
been appointed by President Roose
velt? \
8. Axe there fewer persons on the
WPA rolls than a year ago?
9. Has Russja provided for the
construction of two battleships in the
United 8tataw*??
30. How many men were fat tin
CCC at its peak?
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! STANDING OP
CANDIDATES
The leading contestants in the
Farmville Enterprise campaign
are fighting for first place with
only a few hours of high votes
left As we go to press, it is a
neck and neck race, with Miss
Cobb leading the group. Mrs. Rol
lins and Mrs. Faulkner are close
behind with Mrs. Vought fourth.
Mrs. Allen is fifth and Miss Bau
gham, sixth.
They have until 10 o'clock Sat
urday night, October 23 to turn in I
? subscriptions and receive the Third
Period voters. After that time a
one year subscription will give only
one-half as many votes.
Subscribe with your favorite
contestant while votes are high.
How They Stand:
Miss Martha Cobb.
Mrs. C. <5. Rollins
Mrs. Hugh Faulkner.
Mrs. G. S. Vought. . ,
Mrs. Anna Belle Allen.
Miss Edna Baugham.
Thousands of Dol
lars Doe Workers
Rocky Mount, N. C.f October 19.?
I Thousands of dollars are lying un- 1
claimed in the United States Treas
ury because those to whom the money
now due under the old age insurance
provisions of Social Security Act have
jnot filed claims for the amounts due
I them, George N. Adams, Manager of
the Rocky Mount, N. C., Field. Office
of the Social Security Board, which
serves this area, said today.
A large number of workers in cov
ered employment who have reached
65 since January 1, 1937, and the es
tates or relatives of eligible workers
who have died since December 81,1936
apparently are unaware the Social Se
curity Board is making lump-sum
payments now to those eligible per
sons who file claims, Mr. Adams said.
The same situation which exists in
this section seems to exist throughout
the country, inasmuch as up to Aug
ust 1 the number of claims filed thro
ughout the country for lump-sum pay
ments totalled only a fraction of the
320,000 lump-sum payments actuarial
experts estimated would fall due dur
ing the calendar year of 1937, Mr.
Adams said.
I "In region IV, comprising JNortn
Carolina, the District of Columbia,
Maryland, Virginia, and West Virgin
ia, there have been 1,712 claims filed
to date. This is only a part of the
number of the claims the Social Secur
ity Board believes are due and would
pay if those eligible filed claims.
"There have been 289 claims filed
in North Carolina. The Rocky Mount,
iN. C., Field Office has received 21
claims. The number of claims filed in
'other states in Region IV, up to the
end of September, are: District of
Columbia, 151; Maryland, 501; Vir
ginia, 339; and West Virginia, 332.
"It is probable that many persons to
whom lump-sum payments are due
have not filed claims because they do
not know the Social Security Board
is making s|uch payments now. They
may be confused by the wide notice
given the fact that payment of month
ly old age benefits will not begin be
fore January, 1942.
"Another reason may be that the
sums due to many persons are small.
The lump-sum payment amounts to
3 1-2 per cent of the total wages of
the eligible worker. For example; let
us suppose wages totalled $1,000; the
3% per cent lump-sum payment would
be $35; if wages totalled $100, the
3% per cent lump-sum payment would
be $3.50. Many workers seem doubt
ful about what is meant by "total
wages". Total wages, under the Act,
means the sum of all wages paid by
all employers for all the time an em
ployee worked in covered employment
after December 31, 1936, and . prior
to death or reaching 65, not counting
wages over $3,000 from any one em
ployer. Naturally the lump-sum pay
ment due a man who reached 65 on
January 3, after being "paid for one
working day, will not be as great as
the amount due the man who received
an equal daily wage every working
day since last December 31 till now.
"Yet another reason* many eligible
persons have not filed.-claims seems
to be they do not know they are eli
gible. Lump-sum payments now are
>' due to two groups of persons:
"First, to the worker himself who
i has reached 65 since January 1, 1937,
and who has been paid wages for work
done as an employee since December
i 31, 1936, and before he reached 65, in
any employment which", is not sped
i fically excepted under the old-age
i benefit provisions of the Act;
"Second, to the estate "of relatives
^ of a worker, no matter what his age,
who has died since December 31,1986,
Tobacco CntiMnc
To SellHigh Here
Season Marked As Most
Successful In History;
Farmers From a Wider
Area Attracted 15y Ad
vantages of Farmville
Market
Although a general decrease in
bids on the better tobaccos has been
reported on the Bright Belt this week,
prices on the Farmville market con
tinue high and offerings of 1,221,505
pounds, sold Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week, (Thursday's
figures not being available as we go
to press) have been sold for $383,
719.77, at an average of $31.41. The
three days' average was $6.13 higher
per hundred pounds than that of the
same days last year.
Operations of the Farmville mar
ket so far have tended towards mar
king this season as one of the most
successful in the history of leaf auc
tion sales here, and the patronizing
planters, who have come from the
widest area ever attracted to this
center, have been satisfid and boost
ing customers of the local mart
More than 18 million pounds of the
weed have been sold here during the
45 days since the market opened, and
many of. the sales have broken the
record in poundage sold in one day.
A total of $4,687,858.30 has been
turned over to the farmers in ex
change for this amount of tobacco at
an average of $25.85 per hundred
weight.
The poundage figures for this sea
son, compared with 15,577,257 through
the corresponding date of a year ago
exceeds those of 1936 by two and a
half million, with the average being
$2.95 more.
4-VtA cmflrtiol Q^UonfoffOQ ftf.
ouaniig me opvvxai ou T uitwgvw v*
fered growers selling here on Tues
days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays Jt>y
the Farmville Booster Club, this week
were Blaney Spreight, R. F. D. No.
2, Farmville; Sidney Moye, R. F. D.
No. 5, Snow Hill; Mrs. H. R. Owens,
Fountain; Henry Williams, R. F. D.
No. 2, Walstonburg; Merritt Will
iams, Farmville; J. B. Hill, Comfort;
and W. E. Musgrave, Pikeville.
115 Auto Fatilitles lit
StateiLast Month
689 Persons Are Injured
In 626 Automobile Ac
cidents During the Last
Month. This Year and
Sixth Highest Since
January,!^.
Raleigh, October 19.?The motor
vehicle bureau reported today 626
automobile accidents today during
September killed 115 persons and in
jured 689 in North Carolina.
The toll was the highest for any
month*this year and the sixth since
January, 1984. 1
In nine months this year there were
774 deaths from accidents, a gain of
85 over the 689 in the same period
,of 1936 the bureau reported. ".
[ Forty-seven pedestrians were kill
ed and 77 hurt last month, the bureau
said, including eight children killed
[and twentyrseven injured while play
ing the street
I Intoxicated drivers figured in 12
fatal and 42 non-fatal accidents and
four drunken pedestrians were killed
: and five injured.
Speeding driven were charged with
responibility for 24 fatal and 61 non
fatal wrecks and hit and run drivers
caused 18 fatal and 27 non-fatal and
reckless driving caused 15 fatal and
137 non-fatal.
HOSTS AT DINNER
Mr. and Mrs. 0. G. Spell were hosts
at a lovely dinner party Wednesday
evening of this week. The table was
centered with a bowl of mixed flow
ers of autumn hues, and covers were
laid for twelve. A course dinner in
which Chinese dishes -predominated
was served at six o'clock.
Guests enjoying the hospitality of
Mr. and Mrs. Spell were; Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Nelson and Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Tingle, of Washington, Mr.
and Mrs. D. R. Morgan, Mr. and
Mrs. G. S. Vought and Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Daniel.
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paid wages lor wore aone as an em
ployee, after December 31, 1836, and
before he reached 65, in employment
which is not specifically excepted tin
der the old-age benefit provisions of
the Act.
"Every assistance will be given by
the Rocky Mount, N.. C., Field Office
of the Social Security Board to those
who inquire about payments or who
wiah to file claims."
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i Most of onr trembles .come from
our imagination,
A MILLION A TEAS.
INDIVIDUAL INCOMES.
LABOR DIVIDED.
"PUMP-PRIMING" DECLINES.
THE SPECIAL SESSION.
LEGISLATIVE ISSUES.
"CONCERTED EFFORT".
NATION MUST CHOOSE
(By Hugo S. .Sims, Washington Cor
respondent.) *
Figures taken form a treasury re
port reveal that there were forty-one
persons in the United States during
11935 who received an income of a mil
: lion dollars or more. Their aggregate
net income was $73,631,000 and they
paid an average of $582.62 in taxes
on each $1,000. In 1929, there were
513 individuals with incomes of s
million dollars or more. The number
dropped to 150 in 1930, 77 in 1931,
20 in 1932, 50 in 1933, and 33 in 1934.
One person reported an net income
from four or five million dollars in
1935, seven reported net incomes over
three millions, two were over two mil
lion, eight over $1,500,000 and 23 over
one million dollars.
A preliminary report made public
last year showed 4,575,012 income-re
porting individuals, with a net income
of $14,909,812,025. Their total tax was
$657,439,343. The number of returns
increased 11.7 per cent over 1934, the
net income 16.5 per cent and the tax
28.6 per cent. The leading sources of
income were salaries, wages, commis
sions and fees, which accounted for
$9,900,578,000 of the reported net in
come; the second largest source, divi
dends on stocks of domestic corpora^
tions which provided $2,234,727,000,
and business profits was the third
source of deduction that accounted
for the largest sum was "taxes paid,"
$596,559,000 and the next largest de
duction was "interest paid," $503,730,
000.
Following the convention of the
American Federation nof Labor in
Denver, John L. Lewis, chairman of
the Committee for Industrial Organi
zation, stated that a national conven
tion of the C. L O. "in the near
future as may be convenient" was pos
sible, Lewis insisted that the C. I. O.
was definitely out of the American
Federation of Labor, with which it
has not "association in fact," from
which it has no cooperation, but, on
the other hand, has its opposition. He
insisted that in numerical strength,
the C. L O. exceeds the A. F. of L.,
and made light of President Green's
threat to militantly fight the newly
formed labor group.
One of the questions which interests
business men is how business will re
act to the Btoppage of Federal "pump
priming" when and if the budget is
balanced. The answer is seen, accord
ing to a Treasury official, in the light
of the experience of this year. For
example, in 1936, the Federal Govern
ment paid veterans $1,379,000,000 in
cash bonus money as compared with
$92,000,000 so far this year. In ad
dition, relief appropriations for the
present fiscal year have been cut by
about one billion dollars and Social
Security taxes have taken something
more than *575,000,000 from payrolls
in the present year.
These items indicate that during
1937 the Government's "pump-prim
ing" has been about $2,000,000,0000
less than the year before. In the face
of this, business indicates little other
than seasonal declines from 1936. Of
course, banks have poured more mo
ney into private business and agricul
ture than in 1936, the loans for com
mercial, industrial and agricultural
purposes showing an increase of about'
a. billion dollars over 1936.
In considering the legislation for
the special session of Congress, one
naturally thinks of general farm legis
lation which will be the first order
of business and the wages and hours
bill that died in the House Rules Com
mittee and wonders what view.of the
failure to enact such legislation at the
regular session.
In regards to farm legislation huge
surpluses of cotton and corn and the
threat of depression prices for wheat
if there is a large crop, coupled with
the general impression that the Soil
Conservation and Domestic Allotment
Act are not sufficient to meet the
situation, suggests that there will be
sufficient pressure upon Congress to
result in difinite action.
Wages and Hours legislation appar
ently faces a much staffer battle. Al
though passed by the Senate and re
ported by the House Labor Commit
tee, the bill is pending before the!
House Committee ?ri Roles, which
shows little intention of speeding its
passage. Of course, a petition to take
the measure from the committee, bu<
it ia somewhat doubtful whether the
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Wed Tonight
Popular Couple To Hold
iNuptials I n Perkins
Hall at Seven-Thirty.
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One of the largest, most brilliant
and beautiful weddings of the fall
season here will take place tonight,
Friday, at seven-thirty o'clock, .when
Farmville's most popular and eligible
young bachelor, Mr. Tom Thumb,
(better known as Harry Humphrey
Albritton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted L.
Albritton,) will take as his bride, the
charming, facinating, de-lovely, ador
able and only daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Walker, Miss Marianna.
Among the sixty intimate friends
[ taking part' in the elaborate wedding
ceremony, to be held in Perkins Hall,
will be the dignified deacpn, Milton
Williamson; the "lovely to look at"
Miss Dorothy Lucas, maid-of-honor;
debonair Paschell Barrett, the best
man; handsome Cedric Davis, who
will give the bride away; and the
"prtcious" Zeb Whitehurst as ring
bearer. A choir of selected voices
will render the bridal chorus from
"The Rose Maiden," and "Sonny Boy"
Gates will thrill the assemblage with
his solo of love and adoration.
Among the hundreds of guests will
be the following well known members
of Farmville's Four Hundred; Supt.
and Mrs. J. H. Moore, Mr. and Mrs,
D. R. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. L E.
Statterfield, Mr. and Mrs, J. H. Hob
good, Miss Annie Perkins, Miss Mar
garet Lewis and Mr. Coates.
Mrs. Elbert C. Holmes, president of
the Woman's Club, and her special
committees are acting in the capaci
ties of matchmakers, decorators, ar
rangers,- and chief "steerers of the
occasion with Mrs. Haygood Smith
as pianist.
The bride and groom have been
"over persuaded" by the above men
tioned matchmakers to charge a small
admission fee of 10c for school and
25c for adults, who attend the wed
ding, but have refused to "keep the
change" for themselves, specifying
"but definitely" the Parmville Library
as the beneficiary of the sum total
collected.
Secret Service
Arrests Nop
Wilson, October 20.?After the ar
rest of a 24-year-old college trained
Negro in Ahoskie earlier this week
by agents of the United States Sec
ret Service, it was revealed here today
that agents had been investigating
the recent flooding of Eastern North
Carolina with counterfiet $10 bills.
The Negro, Jacob Reed, was arrest
ed in Ahoskie by L. 0. Padgett, head
of the Secret Service branch in North
Carolina. Reed was carrying around
$100 worth of counterfiet money, it
was reported here.
United States Marshals who took
the Negro to Elizabeth City jail
where he is being held pending a
hearing said that the Negro was
placed in jail in default of $5,000
bond.
The Negro is reported to bave told
Federal agents that he bought the
bogus bills from a man in Richmond,
Va., Reed is a light colored Negro
and had been educated at college,
officers here said.
Bogus $10 bills with a serial let
ter B had been issued in Rocky Mount
Tarboro, Greenville and several other
Eastern Carolina cities recently.
Secret Service operatives" are still
investigating the issance of the num
erous counterfiet bills.
S, H. Bundy Succumbs
To Stroke Friday
Funeral services were conducted for
S. Herbert Bundy, 69, well known
and highly esteemed farmer of this
section, from his late home near
Farmvilie, Saturday afternoon at two
thirty o'clock by Rev. Woodard, Free
Will Baptist minister of Ayden, as
sisted by Rev. C. B. Mashburn, Chris
tian minister, of Farmville. Mr. Bun
dy had been a faithful member of
Marlboro Free Will Baptist church
for many years and a loyal Mason.
Members of the Farmville Masonic
Lodge took part in the last rites and
served as pall bearers. Funeral hymns
were sung by Mrs. J. W. Joyner, Mrs.
John D. Holmes/ C. F. Baucom and
J. L. Shackleford, and interment was
.made in Hollywood Cemetery.
The death of Mr. Bundy occured
Friday morning at four o'clock, re
sulting from a stroke of paralysis
suffered Wednesday night after he
had retired.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. las
sie Cobb Bundy, two daughters, Mrs.
Roy Bowling and Miss Folly Bundy;
four sons, Perry, Luby, Patrick and
Fender Bundy; four sisters, Mrs. Alice
Windham and Mrs. Mary E. Case,
Greenville, Mrs. D. D. Windham and
Mrs. Joan Norman, Fountain; and a
| brother, J, T. Bundy,
coirauMY?or cofflot k
BEMAIBEB BY FARMERS AT
THE WMSTOMALEM MEETM
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Club Women Of
District 15 To Meet
The federated clubs of district 16
will meet in Plymouth, Monday, Octo
ber 25, for their annual session, with
Mrs. C. W. Beasley, of Colerian, pre
siding.
The meeting will be attended and
featured with addresses by the fed
eration president, Mrs. H. G. Ether
idge, of Ashville, Mrs. J. N. Britt,
of Lumberton, second vice-president,
and other prominent club women from
various sections of the State.
Representatives from the Farm
ville Woman's Club, the Literary and
Junior Woman's Club are planning to
attend; Mrs. J. M. Hobgood will in
troduce the second vice-president, and d
Miss Tabitha DeVisconti who is s
chairman of the health division of 1
the public welfare department of the t
state federation will respond to the s
address of welcome. . t
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Final Rites of Mrs. c
Mitt P. Newton Y
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Final rites for Mrs. Mitt Parker
Newton, 70, widow of the late J. R. s
Newton, and a beloved and highly
esteemed woman of Farmville, were f
held from her late home on Belcher t
street, at three o'clock, Tuesday af- a
ternoon, by Rev. H. M. Wilson, pastor j
of the Presbyterian church, of which n
she was a member. r
Interment was made in Forest Hill t
cemetery beneath a large and hand- "
some floral tribute. Favorite hymns
were rendered by the Fountain Pres- i
byterian choir.
Mrs. Newton succumbed Monday ?
morning in a Greenville hospital, after
an illness of three weeks, death re
sulting from an attack of pneumonia.
Surviving are a brother, J. W. Par
ker, a half-sister, Mrs. Watt Parker;
six nieces, Miss Ellne Parker, Wash
ington, Mrs. Fannie Whitehurst, Char
leston, S. C., Mrs. Charles Baker, .
Plymouth, Mrs. Walter Hatch, Wil- *
mington, Mrs. John Tugwell and Miss
Alice Harper Parker, Farmville; seven
nephews, Carl, Norfolk, Va., Delk,
Dunn, and Tom Parker, California,
Jim, John, Ben and Dock Parker, all
of Farmville. Among other close rela- ?
tives are; Mrs. R. A. Fountain, and I
Watt Newton, of Fountain, and J. K. t
Newton, of Enfield. d
Active pall bearers were; Robert t
and John Fountain, Delk Parker, R. i"
R., Edwin and Glenn Newton. Hon- F
orary; J. Y. Monk, Sr., Ernest Bar- t
rett, Sr., and Jr., R. E. Belcher, R.
LeRoy and M. G. Rollins, J. W. Bass, <3
Hal Winders, Dr. W. M. Willis, Ray t
Felton, Joe Newton, J. L. Shakleford, 1
Joseph Bachelor, J. C. Gibbs, A. C. 1
Monk, Sr., L. T. Pierce, R. T. Nor- a
ville, W. A. Pollard Jr., of Farmville,
J. L. Peele, Wiley Yelverton, Dr. E. t
B. Beasley, and J. N. Horton, of *
Fountain. r
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MRS. SATTERFIELD LAS LOVELY t
PARTIES f
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Mrs. I. E. Satterfield gave two of
the loveliest parties of the season on r
Tuesday, entertaining members of I
the afternoon and evening. Autumn *
flowers in hues of orange and yellow e
were used throughout the home, and d
the Hallowe'en colors and motifs were 1
effectively carried in tallies and ta- ?
ble appointments.
Top score prize for members of the t
Contract Club, a potted plant, was t
awarded Mrs. H. Nal Howard, and ot- 3
her high score prizes, a white vase
and vanity sets were won by Mrs. 3
M. V. Jones, Mrs. R. L. Hammond 1
and Mrs. R. H. Knott, with the con
solations, pottery and a perfume bot
tle, going to Mrs. W. Leslie Smith and 1
Mrs. S. A. Roebuck. ^
The Hallowe'en color note was fur- f
ther emphasized in the refreshments, *
consisting of creamed chicken in pat
ties, golden glow salad, pumpkin
sandwiches, peach pickles, rolls, cof
fee and individual spice cakes.
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LAMRAD CLUB
The Lararad members enjoyed their
regular meeting held at the home of
Mrs. Irvan Morgan, Jr., on Wednesday
afternoon, with Miss Mary Prito^
Rouse as hostess. Lovely dahlias pre
dominated in the decorations of the
home.
Following several progressions,
Miss Mary Alice Seaman was pres
ented with a sheer handkerchief as
high score prize, and Mrs. Frank
Allen, of Topeka, Kansas, a recent
| bride, and houseguest of Mrs. W.
Alexander Allen Jr., was remembered
with a gift
Delicious refreshments were served
after play.
Special guests of the hostess were
Mrs. Allen, Miss Beaman and Mrs.
Herbert Acton.
Poultry diseases have just about
died out in Union County for the
present time, and farmers repent good
production on levies'
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Winston-Salem, N. C.?Farmers of
;hree Southeastern States told a sen
ite agriculture subcommittee empha
tically today that they wanted com
pulsory control of their crops.
. Chairman E. D. Smith, D. S. C., of
?he senate committee, after hearing a
lozen representative farm leaders tes
tify to the need of control, directed
i question at the entire group of
tobacco, cotton and peanut raisers
gathered in Winston-Salem's Munid
>al auditorium for the one-day hear
ng.
"Now say what you want," he said.
Do you want compulsory control?
"Yes, Yes," was the answer.
"Do you want voluntary control.,r?
"No," came the shout.
The hearing, second in a series con
lucted in Southern Farm Cities by the
enate sub-committee, opened at 10
M., with less than 500 farmers in
he auditorium. By the time Smith
isked for an expression on crop con
rol upwards of 1,500 were present.
John Lane, Stauntonburg, Chairman
if the Farm Bureau Federation To
iacco Committee, testified at the
tearing that there is no such thing
is voluntary control of farm crops."
"We need compulsory Control," he
aid.
R. C. Holland, Edenton, speaking
or North Carolina Peanut Growers,
old the subcommittee members that
l control program was necessary to
nsure a profitable return for Pea
lut Raisers. Dr. G. M. Pate, Rowland
epresenting cotton growers, added
hat some form of crop control was
absolutely necessa) y.'
toosevett Cites
Firm Prosperity
As Nation's Goal
^hief Executive Speaks
At Dedication of New
Federal Reserve Board
Home.
Washington, Oct. 20.?Federal of
icials who weild potent powers over
he stock market heard from Presi
lent Roosevelt today that the govern
nent must perfect and coordinate its
nechanisms for building a firm pros
lerity, free from violent swings into
100ms and depressions.
The President delivered a brief ad
Iress at dedicatory ceremonies for
he new Federal Reserve building.
?op-ranking financial officials, legis
attors and private bankers were
imong the audience.
The stock market, which regained
oday some of the ground lost in
ecent steep plunges, drew no direct
nention from Mr. Roosevelt Neither
lid he refer to assertions by some
lusiness leaders that government
lolicies were responsible for the mar
ket downturns.
The nation's monetary and credit
iiachinery, the President said, "must
>e steadily perfected and coordinated
nth all other instruments of gov
ernment to promote the most pro
luctive utilization of our human and
naterial sources.
"Only in that way," he continued,
can we hope to achieve and main
ain an enduring prosperity, free from
he disastrous exteremes of booms
ind depressions. '
"Only in that way can our economic
ystem and our Democratic institu
ions endure, hand in hand."
Judging from reports submitted to
he county farm agent, growers of
Vilson County are planting and are
ilanning to plant more winter legumes
han ever before.
PARENT-TEACHER
On Friday afternoon, at three
('clock 'the Parent-Teacher Associs
ion held its regular meeting in Per
rin's Hall of the Farmville High
School Building. In the absence of
lirs. R. Morgan, the president,
dxs. S. V. Lore presided.
The meeting was opened with the
tinging of "Holy Holy, Holy," direct
id by Mrs. Daisy Holmes Smith, fol
owing this Superintendent J. H.
tfoore gave the scripture reading for
he afternoon and Miss Annie Per
tips led in prayer. .
Miss Margaret L^ft^^ud Mrs. L.
P. Thomas conducted! the room roll
All, and at the conculusion it was
mnounced that M1m Lewis's room
the third grade, had again won the
prize /or having the largest number
jf patrons present. -
Professor M. L. Wright of the
Bast Carolina Teachers' College, was
speaker for the occasion, had as his
and to say to other friends here that
5f a Mate and Family Responsibility"
After the short hut interesting talk
by Professor Wright the meeting was
adjourned.