Farmville Enterprise
FARMVILLE, N. C
G. ALEX ROUSE, Owner A Mgr.
Era Horton Shackleford
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WE ARE THANKFUL
Thanksgiving Day, now a national
holiday, originated because the colo
nists, devout followers of a Divine
Father, wished to express their ap
preciation of bountiful harvests,
which meant something to eat for the
following year.
This year, the nation has bounti
ful harvests, although there are few
farmers inclined to be thankful about
?the "blessing" which has reduced the
prices of their products. However, in
humble spirit, all of us are inclined to
give t-hankv to a Supreme Being for
untold benefits and blessings that
have come to us. We realize that
life has been good, in spite of hard
ships, and that we are not necessar
ily deserving of all that we have
received.
In a spirit of reverence we pause
in a busy Fall to utter appropriate
prayers for a beneficence that, upon
reflection, we realize is greater than
commonly supposed. Our standard
of living erceeds by far the eager
expectation of past generations and
the well being of our bodies is the
envy of the world. No wonder, Ameri
cans have felt the need of a special
day to return thanks to GOD.
We are grateful for past progress
and we should also be thankful for
the opportunity to go forward. Let
us give thanks for the past good
ness, which has been shared by us,
but also, in anticipation, look to the
day when there shall be more general
distribution of the munificence of
nature among the sons of men.
AN ISSUE LOOMS AHEAD
Brazil recently resorted to martial
law in order to control a "communist"
urising. Whether the matter was ser
ious as the government thought, or
whether there was any communism
in it is a matter of doubt but, just
the same, that is what the govern
ment said to justify its resort to
force and its susension of democratic
roc eases.
Now, let's speculate a little. Sup
pose the trouble in Brazil had de
velop into a real war between con
tending factions, with the government
branding the rebels as "communis
tic." Would Soviet Russia have cham
ioned the revolutionists and would
Germany and Italy have rushed aid
to the government? If this happen
would the United States take kindly
to the intervention of these European
powers in the dispute of the Brazil
ians?
The picture may be imaginary so
far as Brazil is concerned but it is
no impossible figment of the imagin
ation so far as the entire Western
Hemisphere is concerned. The prob
ability is that just such a disturbance
will arise and the possiblity of out
side medling is strong.
The people of the United States
might as well think about such a
situation and decide what their gov
ernment should do. They will have the
issue to face.
REFORMING THE WORLD
There are numerous plans sugges
ted to reform human nature and to
improve the general condition of the
world. Most of them express the
author's ideas about what other peo
ple should do and, strangely to say,
other people rarely take them ser
iously.
Every individual has an oportunity
to play a part in the great march
of humanity. It can be undertaken
without bothering neighbors or your
friends and all that it needs is your
own consent.
To intelligently understand life, to
appreciate the complications inherent
in human nature and, so far as pos
sible, to correct one's own errors is
within the power of every person.
It may require some straight think
ing, some willingness to inventory
one's assets and to give up preju
diced conclusions. At the same time
it is a positive avenue of action
that enables one to contribute some
thing to life generally.
THE GHOST WRITING FRAUD
After sixten years of "ghost-writ
ing" Christy Walsh announces his re
tirement from the field.
Ju "ghost-writer," in case some
body doesn't know is one who writes
an artieie to be printed under another
wnrw. Mr. Walsh specialized in the
sports' field, beginning in 1921 with
a twice-a-week article to be print
ed by newspapers under the name of
"Babe Ruth, then a sensation in the
say that the retirement
of Mr. Walsh wffi remove this type
the publication of such articles by
leading newspapers has not enhanced
the reputation or influence of the
press.
Consider, for example, the reaction
of an ordinary citixen, who buys a
newspaper in the belief that he is
getting, let us say, the opions of
the Duke of Winsdor, and then dis
covers that the stuff is written by a
'ghost' and that all that the supposed
author has to do with it is the col
lection of a check for the use of his
name. ,. ' . ' ?
We remember reading the alleged
stones of Jack Dempsey, the Man
nassa Mauler, and various other cel
ebrities in reputable newspapers.
There was hardly an editor in the
lot who didn't know that the whole
thing was a pretense, a sham and a
prevarication. In time, the readers
also discovered the fact and confi
dence in newspaper ethics was shock
ed. ,
Jack Dempsey, we recall, was on
the witness stand during the trial
against him, filed by his former man
ager, Jack Kearns, and the lawyer
for the plaintiff introduced one of
the Dempsey articles to prove that
the fighter had admitted something
or-other. The pugilistic Mr. Demp
sey, however, explained that he had
n't written the article and that he
didn't know what it contained prior
to publication!
If a man sells a buyer a "woolen"
suit that is made of cotton, it's a
fraud.- If a man sells another some
thing thr.t is faked, it's a fraud. We
see no reason why a newspaper, who,
printing an article over the name of
an author, who has not had any
thing to do with the article and who
the editor knows had not had any
thing to do with the article and who
the editor knows didn't write the
article, should not be considered
guilty of the same type of fraud.
Of course, there are many instanc
es in which the name of the author
is of no importance. The fraud is
perpetrated only when the name, of
itself and by itself carries weight or
authority and when the article, is
worthless in itself, becomes impor
tant only by virtu re of a faked au
thorship.
ITS NO PLEASURE
It is no pleasure to read that 28,
140 persons died of traffic accidents
during the first nine months of 1937
according to the report of the Nat
ional Safety Council.
Neither is it comforting to realize
that the list of the dead grows by
an additional one hundred victims a
day or one every fifteen minutes.
What's to be done about this toll?
We don't know the answer but maybe
continual presentation of the casual
ty list will help some of us to drive
more carefully and save human life.
REFUSES TO SALUTE FLAG
The parents of a thirteen-year-old
girl, in the State of New York, have
ben summoned to court because their
daughter declines to join the other
eight grade children in saluting the
American flag.
The parents are members of a
sect, which refuses to render secu
lar homage.
Just what honor is to come to the
American flag through punishing
somebody for failing to salute the
banner, we do not comprehend. Just
why a girl should be sent home from
a school for omitting a flag salute
is a fine point of education that we
miss entirely!
New Pictures
Three of the couuntry's best 3tunt
fliers are to appear in a picture soon
which will be entitled "Men With
Wings". They are Paul Mantz, for
mer adviser to Amelia Earhart Frank
Clark and Tex Rankin. Fred Mac
Murray and Ray* Milland have been
chosen for the male leads . . .
Joel McCrea and Frances Dee left
recently for a three weks' vacation
to Honolulu, after completing work in
"Wells Fargo." ....
Pauline Frederick has the role of
Mme. Chung in "Thank You Mr.
Moto." Jayne Regan will have the
feminine lead" opposite Peter Lorre.
Helen Jepson has returned to New
York from Hollywood after complet
ing her role in "Goldwyn Follies" . .
Rudy Vallee has been signed for
a role in "Gold Diggers in Paris" . .
Stan Laurel has returned to the Hal
Roach studio to co-star again with
his former partner, Oliver Hardy. Mr.
Laurel has been absent from the
studio for eight months.
James Stuart has been assigned the
important part of Jason Wilkins in
"Benefits Forgot"?a very dramatic
role ....
Three years ago Phyllis Kennedy
who played the maid in "Stage. Door"
was in an accident in which her back
was broken. She was told by doctors
that she would never walk again.
However, she has recently been given
a new radio contract and a good part
in "Radio Reveis of 1938." . V ?
Frances Dee says that she is' throu
gh with making all color pictures.
She thinks she looks better in black
and white ....
Si grid Gurie, new movie s\ar who
has recentlyvfinished her Gary Coop
er, knows very Kttl^ abouC Holly
wood. She has never' seen either of
the Scandinavian 'fellow actresses,
Sonja Henie or Greta Garbo. *_ -
E. B. Stewart of Coats, Harnett
County, culled 11 . birds from* his
flock of 148 fins Rhode Island Reds
been* boarder -hens, he said, re
iNtod his profits.
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North Meal
For Growing turkeys
Although turkeys are not numer
ous in North Carolina, there is evi
dence to show that a fine market
bird can be produced here as in any
state in the union.
Unfortunately declares C. J. Mau
pin, extension poultry specialist at
State College, many producers have
not given careful study to the food
requirements of the growing turkeys
or enough attention to the proper,
methods necessary to grow healthy
birds.
While most people eat turkey only
on Thanksgiving and Christmas, a
new order of turkey-eaters has now
sprung up which observes no tradi
tional days. This change in con
sumer demand keeps the birds flow
ing to the market continuously. Also
it has resulted in younger and
smaller turkeys being marketed.
Maupin points out that since the
price of turkeys has dropped in re
cent years until it closely approach
es the price of chickens, the cost of
production to the farmer has become
of vital importance.
The death rate of young and grow
ing turkeys and efficient and econo
mical feeding enter largely into the
cost of production, the State College
poultryman says. In tests is has
been found that from 3% to 4%
pounds of mash and grain are re
quired to produce one pound of live
turkey prior to 26 weeks of age.
Where mash and grain are fed
up to this age, the approximate con
sumption will probably be about 80
pounds for males attaining a weight
of 18 pounds and approximately 50
pounds for young hens attaining an
average weight of 11J? pounds. And
even where there is an excellent
range, the best growth and finish
will be secured when growing tur
keys have access to mash.
Winter Weather Is
Good For Soil
"Give the weather a chance to work
your idle land for you this winter,'
said E. C. Blair, extention agronom
ist at State College.
Fields that are plowed deply this
fall will be more exposed to freez
ing and thawing through the winter,
which will pulverize the soil and kill
harmful insects, he said.
All lespedeza sod, clover sod, and
land on which no winter cover crop
is growing should be plowed in
November if possible, or at least In |
December or January.
Plow the land good and deep, Blair
urged, and leave the surface rough
until it is harrowed next spring.
Rough plowed land, he pointed out,
will get greater benefits from the
freezing and thawing, and will also
accumulate moisture that will be
helpful to spring crops.
There will be very little erosion
on fields that are plowed deep in
th fall and left with a rough surface
especially if the furrows run along
the contours.
Such furrows will act as mi nature
terraces to hold water until it is well
soaked up by the soil.
And the more water there is in
the soil near the surface, the more
effective will be the freezing action
in pulverizing the earth and making
it loose and porous.
Peanut Hay is Good
Roughage For Stock
Peanut hay is a valuable rough
age for cattle and work stock, and
pigs can utilize the gleanings left in
the field after harvesting, said Prof.
Earl H. Hostetler, head of animal
husbandry research at State Col
lege. ?
Peanuts Jan be "hogged off" he
lidded, but whether this is advisable
depends upon the number of pounds
of pork that can be produced from
an acre of peanuts in comparison
with other crops that can be grown
on the same land.
Bat the price of peanuts is usu
ally too high to justify feeding the
harvested nuts to livestock, profes
sor Hostetler pointed out
Even with low prices, the cost of
shelled peanuts per pound is greater
that the cost of corn or other feeds
usually fed to livestock.
A given amount of shelled pea
nuts will produce more gain in weight
in pigs than the same amount of any
of the othehr feeds, he admitted, but
indiscriminate feeding of panuts will
produce soft and oily pork that is
undesirable.
When hogs are shipped to mar
ket, deductions are made from the
price of those animals which are
found to be soft and oily from eat
ing too jnany peanuts.
If the . peanuts are fed to pigs
under 100 pounds in weight, and then
if the ration is changed to a corn,
fish meal, and cottonseed meal ra
tion after the animals attain a weight
of 100 pounds, the meat will usually
be firm by the time the porkers are
ready for market, the professor stat
ed. *
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BANS THUMBING"
.
Fifteen states and the District of
Columbia have legal provisions which
prohibit "thumb-wagging" or hitch
hiking. In addition, 24 states have
laws releasing the operator or own
er of a car from financial liability
for injuries sustained by a guest
passenger, except whe& willful mis
conduct, or intent to injure is invohr
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I' UTBRABt%UB MEETS 'J
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Mrs. J. B. Joyner graciously ' enter- j
tained the fiiffhtofiti members of the
Literary Club, who attended one
ixn^i^iredi per cont, on Wednesday ?f-j
ternoon.
Mr*. W. C. Askew,. President pro
dded over a short business session
which induded the report of the
Welfare Meeting held in Washington
and the appointing of Miss Tabitha
DeVisconti as chairman of the Tuber
cular Seal Sale for this year.
The program for the afternoon con
tinued the dub's study of Queens of
th Sixtenth Century, the paper be
ing given by Mrs. J. W. Joyner on
Diane De Poitiers, taken from Grace
Hart Seeley*8 book of the same name.
Miss Annie Perkins presented a
contest in which the members match
ed Book title's and authors.
Following adjournment, the host
ess served a delicious salad course.
During the sodal hour, fortunes
found on the refreshment plates were
read aloud by the guests.
Spedal guests of the hostess in
cluded Mrs. A. Q. Roebuck, Mrs.
George Davis, Miss Bettie Joyner and
Miss Elizabeth Davis.
BRIDE-ELECT TO BE HONORED
AT FOUNTAIN
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Mrs. A. C. Gay of Fountain will
entertain at bridge on Friday after
noon,. complimenting Miss Elizabeth
Eason, bride-elect. Farmville guests
will indude Miss Eason, Mrs. D. R.
Morgan and Mrs. S. A. Garris.
Hopkins orders own census of job
less as count voted by Congress that
is about to start.
Health-Wrecking Functional
PAINS
Severe functional pains of
menstruation, cramping spells
and Jangled nerves soon rob a
woman of her natural, youth
ful freshness. PAIN lines in
a woman's face too often grow
into AGE lines!
Thousands of women have
found it helpful to take Car
duL They say It seemed to
ease their pains and they no
ticed an increase in their ap
petites and finally a strength
ened resistance to the dis
comfort of monthly periods.
Try CarduL Of course If It doesn't
helu see your doctor.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Re?. L. B. Ennis, Pastor.
9:45 A. M.?-Sunday School G. W.
Davis, Superintendent
11:00 A. M.?Morning Worship.
6:30 P. M.?Baptist Training Union.
7:30 P. M.?Evening Worship.
7:80 P. M. ? Wednesday, Prayer
Meeting.
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CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Rev. C. B. Mashburn, Pastor.
9:45 A. M.r?Sunday School. J. O.
Pollard, Superintendent
11:00 A. W.?Morning Worship.
6:30 P. M.?Junior and Senior En
deavor.
7:30 P. M.?Evening Worship.
EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. Jack R. Roontree, Rector.
10:00 A. M.?Sunday SchooL J. W. "
Joyner, Superintendent
11:00 A. M.?Morning Prayer and
Sermon.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH J
Rev. D. A. Clarke, Pastor. (
10:00 A. M.?Sunday School. J. T. j
Thorne, Superintendent ?
5:00 P. M.?Junior Leaguers. v
7:00 P. M.?Young Peoples' Group (
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ]
Rev. H. M. Wilson, Pastor.
9:30 A. M.?Junior Choir.
10:00 A. M.?Sunday School. J. H.
Paylor, Superintendent.
11:00 A. M.?Morning Worship.?
7:30 P. M. ? Wednesday, Prayer
Meeting,
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Father Hugh Dolan, Pastor.
10:30 A. M.?Holy Mass.
ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE
Having qualified as administratrix
of the estate of Claudius L. Owens,
deceased, late of Pitt County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of
said deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned at Fountain, North Caro
lina, on or before the 19th day of
November 1938 or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment
This 17th day of November 1937.
GERTRUDE B. OWENS,
Administratrix of Claudius
E. Owens.
John Hill Paylor, Attorney. 6wks ?
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People do recognise that die finer, MORE
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EXECUTORS NOTICE
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Having qualified as Executor of
he estate of Elizabeth V. Bergeron,
leceased, late of Pitt County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
laving claims against the estate of
laid deceased to exhibit them to the
mdersigned at Farmville, N. C., on
>r before the 5th day of November,
L938, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate will please
make immediate payment
This the 8rd day of November 1987
GARRY BERGERON,
Executor of estate Elizabeth
V. Bergeron.
John Hill Paylor, Attorney. 6 wka
SELL TOBACCO IN
FARMVILLEt
Auction Postponed Until Nov. 29th. I
MULE and HORSE I
AUCTION I
that was to be November 22 at Lewis' Farm A
At Farmville, Will be I
POSTPONED UNTIL NOV. 29th I
As Mules and Horses Will Not Arrive in time I '
For Sale. I
Howard Stanley I
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