liW Are - ' -? Invito*! I HA La^^^T^IIa Ij A FABMVILLE the STEADIEST I i Tea T? Trade With Thvm^J X H.6 J/ AllDVlllv j-^ntvlPilSv n ,, n .r', i .t ' 1 '?J ? ""V" * * " " . . ' ' ? ' .. -?'. '' ?r""' 2, *1 '>'*' '" "f r A,;-;..>*>-?? ???? ,; 1 'L'rt'. 1 '*? ' "' ?'Ml ' M . ' v'J&H,.,.. .v : . VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 19S7 NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN '1? .. . , ' ?' : ? : ? - ' - i - - -???? - - - ? ? , ?_ ' ? . , , I v , . I . . ? I ? - - Farmville Market Holding Weed Prices Up On High ____ !. Prices Hold Firm; Sales FaUs Considerably; To tal Sales 22,777,972. Prices on the Farmville Tobacco Market Continues to hold firm, al though sales have dropped consider ably since Monday. Total sales so far this season now amount to 22,777,992 pounds, for which farmers in this section have received $5^82,767.44 an average for the entire season of $26.23. At a special meeting of the Tobacco Board of Trade held Wednesday, it was decided to release one set of buyers after Monday, Novei iber 22nd, and to close for Thanksgiving after sales on November 24th. The Market will re-open on Monday, November 29 for as long as necessary to sell the little remaining of this year's crop. Farmers Receive 23 Per Cent More Cash A 23 per cent increase in the cash income of North Carolina farmers during the January-September period of this year over the same period a year ago has been noted by crop statisticians. In a report of the N. C. State Col lege extension service, the federal bu reau of agricultural economics point ed out that during the total cash income during the first nine months of 1937 was $117,389,000. The first nine months of 1937 brought North Carolina farmers a cash of $95,786,000. Through September, 1937, the re port said, farmers of this State re ceived $87,685,000 from the sale of principal crops, $17,699,000 from the sale of livestock and livestock pro ducts, and $12,006,000 in government AAA jjf ? Not cbmfingrlihr AAA payments, North Carolina farmers received $105,384,000 for the same of crops and - livestock, while in the same per iod last year they sold $91,996,000 worth of crops and livestock. This meant a 14 per cent increase in cash income aside from any AAA payments received. It Isn't Christmas Without Fruit Cake A good fruit cake adds the finish ing touches to the holiday season, said Ruth Current, staee home de monsthation agent at State College. After dining on turkey and other good things to eat, she continued, a toothsome slice of fruit cake "is the very hi"g to top off the meal." In the olden days, she went on, baking was a ritual during most every Thanksgiving and Christmas season . . . and today many a good housewife still feels th urge to bake at this time. Lucky is the farm housewife, Miss Current stated, for she has right at most of the ingredients for a fruit cake: butter, eggs, nuts, dried fruits. -The sooner the Christmas cake is baked, the better it will be, she then pointed out, for the cake mellows and becomes more delicious with age. "Here is a recipe so chock full of good things it is guaranteed to temp any one," Miss Current said: One pound of butter, one pound of sugar, 12 eggs, one pound of flour. Cream the butler and sugar, add the eggs one at a time, then add the flour. Other ingredients are: two tea spoons of baking powder, one tea spoon of cinnamon, one teaspoon of cloves, one teaspoon of all spice, one pound of Sultana raisins, one pound of candied cherries, one pound of pineapple, one pound of dates, one pound of figs, one pound of^ pecans, and one pound of blanched almonds. Soak the fruit for several hours or overnight in a cup of grape juice, add gradually to batter then seeam cake for two hours and then bake in an oven for about an hour. the("*osentr now is the time for all Swine Market Brings Good Price For Hogs V - . TM Robeson County cooperative hog market at Lomberton has ship ped 4,221 head of bogs in 58 cars so far this year, reports R. B. Har per, county agent of the State Col lege extension service. The hogs weighing 834,010 pounds sold for $84,377.46, or a little more than 10 clmta a pound Harper, addded that this does not include hogs sold on consignment or trucked from the county. FAUS ROM BAIL, DIBS Santa Barbara, California,? While perched on the bade rail of the stadhrm watching the Santa Barbara State ? Texas Mines inttneet^oat ' 1 Worn Desires TsbaceoChinges Wants Allotment Mini mum for Small Grow ers Increased to 3,200 Pounds. Washington, Nov. 17.?Representa tive Lindsey C. Warren announced today that he will appear before the House agriculture committee tomor row to urge amendments to the tob acco control provisions of the pend ing farm bilL The bill now provides that the al lotments of growers shall not be cut below 2,400 pounds and the princi pal amendment which Mr. Warren will offer would increase that limit to 3,200. My amendment would make it pos sible for every grower to grow four acres, or one barn." said Mr. War ren. "I suppose to avoid the trouble we had about the small grower in the last program before the new pro gram is started." Mr. Warren said he had received support for his proposal from several other members of the delegation and expects several of them to accom pany him to the meeting. Representative Harold D. Cooley, who has been piloting the tobacco provisions, through the committee, of which he is a member, said that he would favor the proposal if it would I not interfere with the program, but that he wished to confer with officials of the Department of Agriculture as to the effect of the amendments be I fore committing himself. Present indications are that a farm 1 bill containing the tobacco provisions without material change will be reached for consideration on the floor of both houses some time next week. Wage Hour NearSMown Bulwinkle First Tar Heel to Sign Discharge Petition; Others May Follow. I Washington, Nov. 17.?Represent- , ative A. L. Bulwinkle of Gastonia to day became the first member of the North Carolina delegation to sign the petition discharging the rules J committee from further considers- . tion of a resolution giving preferen tial status to the wage and hour bill which passed the Senate at the last ( session was placed on the clerk's desk which was placed on the clerk's desk f yesterday, had 105 of the necessary 218 signatures when the House ad- , journed today. i It is probable that at least one, and perhaps other members of the delegation will sign the petition. However, the petition will probably get less signatures within the dele gation than the number who will vote for the bill on final passage, ?nd some members of the delegation are expected to oppdB^ the bill in any form, while othefs are waiting to see what that form will be. The North Carolina delegation has very rarely signed discharge peti tions in the past, and today's signa ture was the first Major Bulwinkle hag ever affixed to such a petition. The only other discharge petition which any North Carolinian ever has signed was for the payment of the soldier's bonus. * 1 UNION THANKSGIVING SERVICE AT THE METHODIST CHURCH : The annual, union Thanksgiving service will be held at the FarmviBe Methodist Church Thanksgiving morning at ten o'clock. The Rev. D. A. Clark, the pastor of the Methodist Church will preside and the sermon will be preached by Rev. C. B. Mash burn. All the local pastors will be invited to have part in the service. Appropriate special music will -.be rendered. In accordance with the happy pre cedent set by our forefathers in the darker days let us observe this t^ne honored custom of assembling in God's House in thankful acknowledge ment of the mercies of the year. The people of the town and oom munity are invited and urged - to come. H. M. WILSON, Secretary Ministerial Union. ? ...A, Mitchels County farmers have "Be gun the thinning of their hardwood forests as a beginning in timber stead improvement work. - * Cannondale Farm near Concord fi) , ;5j=?Strirur Christmas Seal Sata To Sspjjw, 25 The Christmas Seal Sale Begins Thanksgiving and Lasts Until Christ mas. The seals are very attractive this year with the town crier ringing his bell telling the nation the need of buying Seals in the fight against tuberculosis Boys and girls in their 'teens and young adults are the chief victims of tuberculosis although we think youth as the time when the body is strongest, it is in youth, too, that bodily enery is unusually spent most freely. Adolescent boyB and girls and young men and women who don't eat enough nourishing food, who work and play too long and too hard, and who rest too little are apt to have bodies which are not ready to deal successfully with the germs of tuber culosis. Rest is the first and most impor tant remery in the treatment of this disease and next to rest of body and rest of mind, the most important measure in dealing with tuberculosis is to building up the body. This de pends largely upon nourishing food. Fresh Air and sunshine also play an important part in the process of getting well. 77 per cent of the cases of tuber culosis in Pitt County are negroes, they are cooks and nurses in our homes and for their safety and the safety of our homes need the exam inations and treatment provided, by the sale of these seals, under the direction of Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, Health Chairman of Pitt County. Tuberculosis is on the decrease, we owe this success we have already won to our present day knowledge of the disease and application. There must be no let up in the fight for it is only by helping to spread this knowledge and by using it to protect our own lives and the lives of our children and our neighbors that we will ever get the best of this ancient enemy, so this year double the num ber of sales you purchased last year ?with a smile.. Registration Cards Sent To Auto Owners Approximately 670,000 automobile registration cards were sent out to vehicle owners in the State the first three days of this week in prepara tion for the distribution of 1938 auto mobile license tags commencing December 1. The Motor Vehicle Bureau has ad justed the price listings on each of the registration cards to conform njth the tag reduction costs author ized by the last General Assembly. The license tags for 1938 go on" sale in all branch offices of the Motor Vehicle Bureau and at the central office in Raleigh December 1. The new licenses may be put into use and all automobiles will be re quired to display new plates begin ning the first of the year. Couaty Chairmen Named By Hoey To Spreadjospilality Hundred Local Groups To Follow Up State Ad vertising Campaign. Raleigh, Nov. 18.?Governor Hoey yesterday appointed one person from each county in North Carolina to head 100 county hospitality com mittees to act under the Governor's Hospitality Committee of the De partment of Conservation and De velopment. Each person named will confer with other citizens and appoint five, 10 or 15 members on a County Hos pitality Committee, which "will con tact public officials, hotel operators operators of eating places, filling sta tions with a view of creating and developing a hospitable spirit among all our people," the Governor said. The objectives of the county organi zations is to extend North Carolina's reputation for Southern Hospitality to every nook in the State as a part of the State's program of advertising to attract tourists and permanent residents. Members of the State Board of Conservation and Development con stitute the Governor's Hospitality Committee# and they have been serv ing in that capacity since the State's $250,000 advertising program com menced. As soon as county commit tees are appointed, the chairmen will send the names of the entire com mittees to the State committee. Pitt and Greene County Chairmen are: Pitt, John Hill Paylor, Farmville; ?||jgf ftp nB06HHHIS WHAT ABOUT BUSINESS? RECESSION STUDIED. "PUMP-PRIMING AGAIN? WILT. INDUSTRY REVIVE? WATCH SOUTH AMERICA, FOREIGN INTERFERENCE. GOLD FLOWS ABROAD. NO DOMESTIC EFFECT. (Hugo S. Sims, Washington Corres pondent.) Congressional problems, budget balancing and world affairs are on the sidelines as the President and his official advisers study business conditions in the United States. That the recession of business has been substantial is well established and business activity has reached its low est point since the spring of 1986. That the. present slump will extend well into 1938 is also the deliberate conclusion of able economists of the Administration. Whether the Government should take positive action is the subject of considerable discussion. Certainly, the government has a vital interest in the state of business because its income depends largely upon the profits of commerce and industry. Moreover, the cost of relief also de pends upon the employment which is available and this too depends upon the condition of business in the United States. The balancing of the budget is predicted upon a continual flow of tax collections into the Treasury and a decreasing expenditure for relief and this indicates that Mr. Roose velt's fiscal goal will be impossible unless some improvement takes place in the business world. The Government, as readers well know, has largely curtailed its "pump-priming" expenditures and there are many who believe that this has been done| too abruptly. Conse quently there is a growing demand for increased Government spending and, surprisingly, some of it comes from business leaders who have been insistent heretofore that the first re quisite of prosperity is a balanced budget Efforts to revive private housing have not met with success and ex perts are of the opinion that aid must be had from industry expansion if construction is to revive a demand for heavy goods. The public utilities and the railroads are named among the industries needing building pro grams but, immediately, the explana tion comes that because of Govern ment restrictions, private capital is not available for expansion. Consequently, one may expect a drive to revise the laws which is claimed, now discourage the invest ment of private funds in business. Certainly, if such a revision can re move difficulties in the path of pri vate initiative without nullifying the broad social reforms of the Admin istation and the controls necessary to protect the public it should be at tempted and present indications are are that if the Admisistrations are that if the Administration makes no such move, the members of Congress will initiate the action themselves. Generally, it is conceded that pri vate industry must initiate a cam paign of industrial construction or the Government will be forced to re sume spending on a large scale for relief, housing, public buildings and such activities. Graphs, charts and other data showing the state of in dustry and employment indicate no early improvement unless s me difi nite action is undertaken. That the President is being strongly advised by some of his official family to keep up a program of Federal spend ing is established but that the Chief Executive is determined to balance the budget inclines one to the belief that, if possible Mr. Roosevelt would perfer to see the initiative come from private sources, Generally, if it is agreed that the failure of pri vate construction to take over the recovery that the recovery load laid ( down when the Government recessed its activities is responsible for the present recession, and that the trend will continue downward unless spend ing is started on a large scale again. Various suggestions have been made, including a proposal that the collections under the Social Secur ity Act be used for expenditures in the housing field. This it is said, would revive the heavy industries and stimulate business generally. No new taxation would be required at this time but if the Social Security funds are used, the Government will be obligated to repay the money in the future. Another plan proposed in some quarters is the mechanisation of the Army which would involve a huge sum. This will meet with' con siderable oposltUm, however and ser ious consideration of huge spending for this purpose is doubtful. | The most generally favored sug 1 (Continued on Page 4) V: -. - ?? '? A V. . ? inn Uyfg frotf fj9|i ^vW";..VV 't -?? ' Exceeds Goal Here ?rN- ? ' '?? ' - ?: -. ? : ??- - - ' j Drive Proves Successful as Groups Bring in 248 Memberships, Chairman J. H. Moore expresses thanks to his co-workers on the local Bed Cross annual drive for funds. Farm vole's goal, quoted at two hun dured memberships, went well over tiie line with a total of 248 member-' ships with an additional total of con tributions amounting to $6.48, thus bringing the city's contribution to $253.43. The drive began on Friday following a short informal request for donations made by Lawyer John Hill Payior at the Paramount Thea tre on Thursday eveining. Canvass ing groups and amounts turned in by each are as'followB: Miss Hazel Monk Mrs. J. I. Morgan, Jr., Mrs. Herbert Acton Mrs. A. C. Monk, Jr. Miss Mary Friar Bouse $78.00 Mrs. R. S. Scott Mrs. H. F. Voss Mrs. Neal Howard Mrs. M. V. Jones Mrs. M. V. Jones $76.00 Miss Mary Alice Beaman Miss Lurline Bass $35.00 Mrs. Jesse Moye Miss Vernice Lang Jones $16.93 Mrs. D. B. Morgan $7.50 J. H. Moore $17.00 Herman B. Suggs, Supt Colored Scchool $23.00 - Theatre passes extended by the Paramount Theatre were presented to each worker. Report Prom The Pitt County Health Department Gentlemen: The major activities of the Pitt County Health Department for the month of October were: School health work; venereal disease clinics; ma ternal and infant welfare work; and hotel, restaurant, and cafe inspec tions. The statistics for contageoug dis ease for October are as follows: dip htheria, 12 cases; tuberculosis, 5 cases; measles, 1 case; scarlet fever, 1 case; whooping cough, 1 case; and no small pox or typhoid fever. The school health work is moving along satisfactorily, the principals and teachers are cooperating with the Health Department in a very fine way. On Tuesday, November 9th, ven eral clinic was organized at Bethel This clinic is conducted by the Bethel physicians and their service is on a voluntary basis. The Haalth Depart ment furnishes the nursing service and the drugs; the patients, who are able, pay 25c per treatment; the money thus received is used to aid in the purchase of the drugs. Our next objective in the veneral disease campaign is to work out a plan of a clinic in Ayden. The Maternal and Infant Welfare clinics and the Well Baby Clinic are growing, but we still feel that we are not reaching anything like the number of expectant mothers we should reach. The State, Monthly Orthopedic Clinic, helfi every first Friday in the offices of the Health Department, continues to reach a large number of cripples. The work in sanitation is being carried on energetically with special attention in the p&Bt month having been given to hotel, restaurant, and cafe inspections. One item of special interest from the standpoint of health education was the address of Dr. P. P. Mc Cain, Superintendent of the State Sanatorium, on "Tuberculosis Con trol," November 4th, at the Green ville Woman's Club and under the auspices of the Club. This meeting was of special significance for the reason that it was sponsored by a lay organization, for, as you know, the control of tuberculosis is not iso much a medical problem as it is a matter of lay education. It would be a fine thing if the Parent-Teachers Association and the other clubs of the county would fol low the example set by the Green ville Woman's Club. In addition to tuberculosis, other public health prob lems of universal appeal are syphilis cancer, heart disease, pellagra, and malaria. Each of these diseases is of such importance as to justify a mass meeting in each community of the county. The Health Officer offers his full corporation in the arrange ment of such meetings. Obvioudy, public health work can advance only as health information is brought to the public. Respectfully submitted, N. THOMAS ENNETT, M. D. Health Officer. f ? If you are sure that you are ex ceptionally good, don't tell anybody; they will find it out ? . ' ' ? ? ? The business of life, says the philo sopher, revolves around giving, hot getting. ... ... ' -V ' ? ??" * ?' '!* - . ' Tyson-May Reunion Ami Antique Exhibit Friday, November 26th Day Set For Annual <*et-to-Gether; Basket Picnic Dinner To Be Served. The Tyson-May Clan is looking forward with keen anticipation to th annual reunion on Friday, Nov ember 26th at 10:30 o'clock in the Christian Church. The Invocation by Rev. C. B. Mas burn, an honorary member of the clan; the greetings by Attorney John B. Lewis; the President's address by Rev. J. ,N. Bynum; the Round Table Discussion led by W. G. Sheppard; the genealogical report by Miss T& bitha M. DeVisconti and the Feast of Song, under the direction of Mrs. J. L. Shackleford, are eagerly looked forward to, for it is the home com ing day to the clan. This year the hub of interest will center around the display of things belonging to the Tysons and Mays who have gone before and left us a priceless heritage. This Antique Ex hibit will be in the capable hands of Charles A. Tucker, of Warrenton, N. C. All members are asked to cooperate by bringing their treasur ed possessions for this exhibit. The Clan has gone forth and every Tyson and May is expected to gather from near and far, young and old, with their basket lunches for a happy day joining in the Harvest Home Song. Come, ye thankful people, come Raise the song of harvest-home. Accidental Deaths Gain OverUst Year Automobile Accidents Credited With 1 0 2 Deaths Last Month. Accidents were responsible for 190 deaths in the State last month, a gain of three over last October, with automobile fatalities showing the lar gest increase, having jumped from 91 in October, 1936, to 102 for Octo ber, 1937. Suicides numbered 30 and homicide 32 last month compared with *24 sui cides and 30 homicides in October of last year, according to a report made yesterday by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the State Board of Health. Births far outnumbered deaths, however, and the death rate dropped while the birth rate increased. The report showed 6,816 births last month a rate of 23.3 and 2,681 deaths a 9.2 j death rate. Cancer was the leading fatal dis ease, 160 deaths being attributed to that illness last month, with all types of pneumonia claiming 152 and tuber culosis 145 lives. Deaths from 'accidental shootings dropped from 13 a year ago in Octo ber to five this year, and drowning fatalities dropped from seven to four. Typhoid caused five deaths last month and eight a year ago, while diphtheria caused 23, down from 38. Infant mortalities numbered 382, and maternal deaths were set at 32, both a decrease from last year. WHO KNOWS? 1. What is the meaning of the recent anti-communist entente be tween Japan, Italy and Germany? 2. When and where will the Re publican party hold its midterm con- , vention ? 8. Who has been selected as the most valuable player in the American League for 1937? 4. Who is'Jose Iturbi ? 6. How large are the French colonial possessions? 6. How old is Deanna Purbin? 7. What iB the "Bedaux unit?" ( 8. Is the whipping post still used in the punishment.of criminals? 9. What provisions were made for the enforcement of the Nine Power i Treaty, relating to China? , 10. What is the national income for the United States? (See "The Answers" on Page 4) FALLS THROUGH WINDOW New York.?Jumping on a bed to catch a football passed to him while he and a neighbor were playing in a bedroom on the fourth floor, Mat thew Gallop, 9, fell against a win dow, tore out the sash and fell to the rear yard. He was taken to a hospital in a serious oonc tion, with a skull fracture and a broken leg. SibilsH'.. o' The Tm of FarmUte EUnrato rramraiiMS Fir Tin Christmas Holiday Season 1 'i i .in.? i ' '1' ' ? Business Men and City Officials are Cooperat ing For Extensive Christmas Decorations " ? Plans are being laid by special committees made up of business men and City officials to Farm ville the most attractively decorated town in Eastern Carolina. Using funds generously donated by the business men, along with funds set aside by the town, to be used in elaborately decorating the city streets in preparation for the thousand of Christmas shoppers that will make Farmville their headquarters during the anticipated Christmas rush. In addition to brilliantly lighted streets and best Yuletide spirit in years the merchants have spent Thousands of Dollars in replenishing their stocks with an abundance of lovely gift items for thrifty shoppers. In anticipating the largest Christmas Season this section has enjoyed in many years they have spared no ex pense in completing their stocks, so that the people of Farmville and the surrounding communities will have all the shopping facilities right here that are generally enjoyed by shop pers in much larger cities. Nothing will be laclang. There will be ample selections for everyone. December 10th is the date on which Santa Claus will arrive in the city and be welcomed by a message of greeting by Mayor Gorge Davis, at which time he will officially open the Christmas shopping season. The Business Houses of Farmville will be open every evening from then through Christmas Eve., in order that the people may have ample opportunity to do their Christmas shopping without a last minute rush. Generous prizes are being offered as an additional inducement for mer chants and residents to make their stores and homes more beautiful than ever before in the history of Farm ville. A orize of $25.00 will be offer ed for the prettiest and most attrac tively decorated store. A $15.00 prize will be given to the resident whose lawn and exterior of the home is the most attractively decorated in keeping with Christmas. A $10.00 prize will be given for the home in terior Christmas decorations are the most attractive. Judges will be ap pointed by the Decorating Committee with the utmost care. These judges will inspect every store and home, starting a the 10th day of Decem ber through the 24th, at which time the winners will be announced. The Farm>-:lle decorating commit tee urgently ask each and every per son to put forth their strongest ef forts to make Farmville the prettiest and most beautiful that is has ever been before, and extends a hearty invitation and greeting to shoppers throughout the surrounding terri tory, to make Farmville their Christ mas Shopping Headquarters. FOUNTAIN NEWS (By MRS. M. D. YELVERTON) Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Beasley, H. F. Owens, Edward Owens, Miss Jean Merrit Owens and Mrs. G. W. Jef ferson attended the Duke-Carolina Football game Saturday. ? .? ? Miss Julia Ward Redick of Mere dith College spent the week-end with her parents. She had as her house guest her college room mate, Miss Frances Price of Pine Level. ? * * Mrs. C. L. Owens and children, Elo ise, Neal and Claud visited Miss Hazel Owens at E. C. T. C. Sunday. ? ? ? Mrs. E. B. Beasley is spending a few days this week with her sister in Pittsboro. ? * * Frank Owens and William Eagles students of Duke University spent the week-end at their respective homes. * ? ? J. W. Redick visited his brother, Ray Redick at. Southern Pines Sun day. M ? * ? Miss'. ^Taomi Buhdy received her license4 as a beauty operator Tues day and is working in Brothers Beauty Shop. ? ? ? Miss Carol Yelverton visited rela tives in Walstonburg during the week end. * * * 9 .* . f The Red Cross Roll Call conducted this week has extended the quota of sixty and subscriptions are still being received. CARD OF THANKS Mrs. C. L. Owens and children wish to express their gratitude to the many friends for their acts of kind ness and words of sympathy during the recent illness and death of their husband -and father. .