?^"""" """""""^ ^ ^ VOLUME rWKNTT.QGHT FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NOBTX CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1937, NUMBER TWENTY-NINE 1 ? ; ?.?' ???? ? ? 1 1" - ?' ; , . . ? .. . ? :ZSZ ?' '? ? ?? ~ m?'mm * Dedicated Wednesday ? ??'?!?! ?????? ? ?????? ? ????.? Governor Hoey la Prin cipal Speaker at Dedi catory Exercises at the City - Comity Armory Recently Finished. Greenville, Dec. 1.?Using as the theme of his address "Community Spirit and its Progresaiveness," Gov ernor Clyde R. Hoey climaxed the exercises here this afternoon official ly dedicating the city-county armory which was erected at an estimated cost of $50,000 through joint appro priations of the city, county and fed eral governments. Governor Hoey, who was introduced by CoL ?. G. Flanagan of Greenville, praised the "united community spirit and enterprises" in North Carolina, and added that the construction and dedication of the armory represents a worthwhile achievement. He added that it is more than a home for the military unit of Greenville. Hnlarged Horizon. "In this day we are thinking in terms of immunity life. During re cent years we have made substan tial progress in broadening our view and enlarging our horizon above and beyond merely our personal interests or mental needs," said Governor Hoey "and we are constantly thinking in terms of our community, our county, state and nation. ?^ ~ /vu "We realize tee unpoxr^vc ^ operative efforts in education, agri culture, business and industry and the more we work together and under stand the problems to be dealt with and solved in each line of activity, the better conditions will become and the greater success can be obtained," Governor Hoey added. Continuing his talk, he declared that there is no reason for hostility between labor and employees, farmers and manu facturers, business men and mechan ics, or any other profession or call ing. He pointed out that we are all comprised in the term "community life" and the more contributions we make in thought and effort into solv ing community problems, the more unit and harmony will exist among all elements of the community. Peace and Harmony "North Carolina has no large cit ies but a great many prosperous and growing cities, towns and vil lages, and in addition to these many rural communities where the real . . life of a great people find expres sion in community activities in pro motion of the common good," he said. -- "The peace and harmony prevail ing throughout the states in towns and country, is more gratifying and is largely the result of united com munity spirit and enterprise," Gov ernor Hoey added. It was pointed out by the Governor that democracy protects the rights of the strong, the weak and the. hum Able, and that our nation has thrived through these 150 years since its birtn, irrespective of the gloomy out look by some of our predecessors and that there should be no trouble about the extent of the patroitism of its people. Governor Hoey concluded his ad dress by saying: "North Carolina is a great commonwealth and looks for ward to greater strides in the future than ever before. The spirit which existed among our fathers still exist, and is my hope that the people of the State will continue their pro gress. U UMn) George W. Coan, State Adminis trator of the Works Progress Admin istration, who turned the keys of the armory over to Mayor M. K. Blount, in behalf of the city and county co-sponsors of the project pointed out that the purpose of the WPA in the State has been to give useful work to the needy. He added that the federal government has em ployed an average of 80,000 people in the commonwealth. The local armory is one of the 21 erected in this State. The WPA has also erected 40 art and agricultural buildings in the State, as well as more than 200 school buildings or additions. Mayor Blount said that "the arm ory is a monument of peace and, we as a peace loving people hope that It Will serve that purpose." He expressed appreciation In behalf of the city and county to officials of the WPA, and workers for their co operation in developing the project, Mayor Blount turned the armory keys over to J. H. Walrop, command ing officer of Battery A, 118th Field Artillery, the local unit of the Nat ional Guard. A street parade was staged by the members of the local battery at 4 o'clock, with music furnished by the Greeitflle High School band, the parade, which ?n followed by mem bers of the'Highway Patrol, police offieers, fire department, and the official ear. ? A dtanar was gfrm at 030 o'clock . the apodal guests. Wort* Wiehsr, battery chaplain of the local unit, ! presided over the exerdaea. In addition to Governor Hoey, and other state ddignitariea there were a large number of State WPA of ficials attending the exercises. Hour Roll TMrd Month Farnwille High School First Grade:? Marie Boberson, Jay Flanagan, Mary Allen, Ruth I Moore, Elsie May, Joyce Perry, Fan nie Quinn, Jo Ann Rollins, Janet StSnsill, Evelyn Speight, SalHe Brown Tyson. , Second Grade:?Cedric Davis, Neal Howard, Jr., Charles Parker, Dora Map Barrett, Ann Moore, Mary Ann Rouse, Vivian Scott, Jayce Tyson, Heber Worthington, Eli Godley. Third Grade:?Billy Batton, Bruce Darden, Sterling Gates, Dan Morgan, Tommy Ramey, Harold Rouse, Jack ie Willis, Sybil Barrett, Dora Speight, Trevathan, Maxine Warren, Babbs Williford, Maynard Thorne. Fourth Grade:? Clyde Elisabeth Brooks, Ethel Edmundaon, Margie Johnson, Olive Johnson, Margaret Bynum, Flora Dean Johnson, Janie Kemp, Jonsie Mae Moore, Mary Leah Thorne, Jane Turnage, Sallie Ruth Jones, L. D. Braxton, Charles Carr, Harry Davis, Marvin Horton, Milton Williamson. Fifth Grade:?Bobbie Smith, Etta Frances Harper, Jeanne Reese, Bob Paylor, Elizabeth May, Ralph Ogles by. Sixth Grade:?Lois Jones, Alma Gray Lilly, Wilma Stansill, Agnes Quinerly. Seventh Grade: ? Annie Laurie Skinner, Dorothy Clarke, Ann Jones, Alice Harper Parker, Helen Rouse, Addie Ruth Taylor, Annie Laurie Wooten. Eight Grade:?Dorothy Lewis, Bill Rasberry, Bobby Rouse, Boots Thom as. Ninth Grade:?Hettie Belle Turn age, Nellie Letchworth, Retha Mae Simpson, Pauline Fanner, Jesse Gay, William Pollard. Tenth Grade:?Blanche Bryan, Ha zel Jones, Mary Thorne Tyson, Gray- I don Liles. Eleventh Grade:?Thomas Clarke, Julian Smith, Helen Allen, Frances Smith, Doris Rouse, Helen Judy, Viv ian Lewis, Frances Newton. Some people dont care how much money, you spend if they can save a few nickels. Roosevelt Gets Bailey Approval ? _\ | Senator Likes Idea of Halving Federal Ap propriations For Roads Built Washington, Nov. 30-?President Roosevelt's message to Congress re ,commending the virtual halving of Federal appropriations for roads of all kinds, which now total $238,000, 000 a year, was recghred rather cold ly by the North Carolina delegation in the House, but was warmly receiv ed by Senator Josiah W. Bailey, wh$ has opposed much New Deal legis lation. North Carolina now receives annu ally $4,842,707 of the $200,000,000 apportioned directly to the states, and in addition, receives its share of the $38,000,000 spent for roads on Fed eral lands. The $4,500,000 approp riated this year after a heard fight for the Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park, comes from this latter fund, as does funds for roads within the park itself and roads in the num erous nitional forests. The mechanics of the Federal legis lation are so complicated as almost to defy a layman. In 1935 Congress authorized the expenditure of each of the fiscal years 1937-38.and 1938-39 of $125,000,000 in regular Federal aid to primaary roads in the states; $25,000,000 for secondary roads, and $50,000,000 for highway crossing* eli minations. In addition to this $200, 000,000 administered by the Depart ment of Agriculture and apportioned directly to the states, there is Vlso apportioned annually to the Depart ment of Agriculture $16,500,000" for forest highways and roads across public lands and $21,000,000 for koada in parks and parkways connecting parks. Uirk in Law The law is pecular in that, ihs' Secretary of Agriculture hi directed to make allocations to the states six months before the beginning of each year, but the actual appropriation- is not made untS the money is afafl aMe from-the bodge. .. ? a ? ,-v i ;v IA It ?w Willi lew Dili .. f,. Utility Executive thinks Satisfactory Relation ship' Can Be Arranged! To Meet Need Of Pri-1 vate Investment Washington, Nov. 80.?Major con cessions to the New Deal power pol icy and a series of compromise pro- i posals, were advanced as the basis for an administration-utilities "peace pact" by Wendell L. Wilkie, presi dent of Commonwealth and Southern Corporation in his recent conference with President Roosevelt, it was re cently learned authoratively. In a memorandum, Wilkie's inform ed the president he believed a "satis factory relationship" couly be work ed out "without injury to legisimate investment and well within the broad framework of your social objectives." The memorandum was submitted by Wilkie at a White House conference November 23, and President Roose velt has it under advisement. He j made no reference to the specific pro posals in the memorandum itself al though at a subsecuent press confer- ( ence he discussed his conversation 1 with the utility executive. On the question of property valua- 1 tion?a point long at controversy be- 1 tween utility interests and the admin- * istration, and which is the basic fac- ' tor in making rates for electric power ?the utility executive suggested a two-point formula, containing conces- ( sions of far-reaching significance: < Omital I C If VIUU VWfc 1. He proposed that utilities should eliminate immediately from their capital structures all of the "write ups" in property value which have heretofore been claimed by the Fed eral Trade Commission; 2. He recommended acceptance of the "prudent investment" theory of valuation, as desired by the adminis tration?which contemplates, as the Federal Power Commission views it, what was prudently and honestly in vested in physical property?instead of the present method, which takes into account the reproduction cost new. If Wilkie's suggestion on "Write- j ups" were accepted by other utilit- j ies, it would mean the scaling down < of the utility industry's present capi- > tal structure of around $12,000,000,- { 000 by almost 15 per cent. ? j In its final report of 1935, the * Trade Commission estimated that in j about 85 per cent of the industry? . or 18 top holding companies 42 sub holding companies and 91 operating ? companies?there was around $1,491- . 000,000 in "write-ups, improperly capitalized intangibles and inflation included in the capital assets." Other "clarifications," Wilkie said are necessary "in order to establish a relationship between the govern ment and utilities which will restore investment confidence in the indus try." > J 4 Injuries Prove Fatal \ To Pitt County Man < t Greenville, Nov. 30.?Injuries re- * ceived by William Lafayette Boss * some time ago when the cart on which z he was riding was involved in a col- 1 lision with an automobile driven by 1 Ralph C. Murray of Spring Hope t proved fatal to Ross, who died at his i home at Fleming's Gross Roads to- \ day. He was 66 year old. ? Funeral services will be conducted 1 at the home Wednesday afternoon at < 3 o'clock by the Rev. R. F. Pittman i of Ayden, assisted by the Rev. M. A. < Woodard of Winterville. Burial will l be in the family cemetery. Besides his widow, Mrs. Sadie Clem mons Ross, surviving are two daugh- < terg, Mrs. M. L. Sutton of Maccles- j field and Mrs. F. V. Stokes of Green- ] ville; two sons, Clifton Ross of Ay- j den and Hubert Ross of Greenville i N. C. i Mr. Ross was an influential farmer ] He had spent his entire life in Pitt 1 County and was a member of Parker's i Chapel Free Will Baptist Church. j i ^ ??* i fey erybody \ VJouys and uses Christmas Seals tUjUJUBJ.I.I.U.11111111 \ C7K?. CrlVOCtH. gMOHWBBIQ ' ? ?? ? ? i - 'm -H MM ir??| LocalMarket - Closes Best . Season Today ? The Fararille Tobacco Market, which will cloa* its moat aucceaa ful season with today's sale, has sold to dote 23,039,852 pounds for $6,025^94.90r average $26.15. . ? ?? , ? i i i i i i t i i i t i i ? r i irinoi ?? : ?? i>AJggW% '' -5. THE TWO AMERICAS DEMOCRACY LEADING 13 DICTATOR NATIONS IN CENTRAL AMERICA ISLAND REPUBLICS COLOMBIA DEMOCRATIC SOUTH AMERICA LAND-OWNERS CONTROL FUTURE COMPLICATIONS , " - ? ? ?1 ?r-.1 ; (Hugo S. Sims, Washington Cor respondent.) W Ull6 waiting I or ouiigimuuiwi iction on the major measures now pending before the special session and for business and the Administration . ,:ff, so far as this discussion is con :erned, all the territory to the north >f the United States, including Can ida and other British areas. There s, we think; no cause for alarm over ;he lands that separate the United States and Alaska. Relations have ?arely been better and the future rntlook is bright for sensible cooper ition in the improvement of trade tnd cultural intercourse. To the touth, however, when we ctobs the Rio Grande, we face a different situ ition, and it does not change much is we pass through Central America ind go into the nations of South America. Altogether, including the island re publics to which we refer later, there ire twenty republics in Central and South America. In a vague way the jeople of the United States think >f them as "American" in the sense hat they think of the institutions of he United States. There is a general dea that they are developing along he same general lines, that they sym >athize with our ideals and that they ncline to follow in the fottsteps of his country. The other republics ad nire democracy like the United Stat es as a protector, and are doing what hey can to make the two Americans thine as an example to a troubled vorld. . ~ Well, let's see about it To begin vith, out of the twenty republics, >nly four can be classed democratic, ihree would be classed as radical or >f the left, and the other thirteen are lefinitely of the riyhtist or dictator ype, with tendencies tword the dicta or fascist forms. These classifica ions are somewhat general but they -epresent reasonable approimations. [n the thirteen republics now ruled >y strong-arm dictators there is prac ically nothing left of representative government, the opposition is almost iniversally outlawed and the admin litration in power is supported by he military. Significantly, the land )wning Classes in almost all of these republics are the chief beneficiaries >f the conservative governments and he main prop to their support. Beginning at the Rio Grande and rontinuing to the Panama Canal there ire seven republics starting with leftist Mexico and its 17,000,000 peo ple. The next four nations, in order is they come, are Guatemala, El Sal vador, Honduras and Nicaragua ruled ry dictators who seized theirv power t>y arms, aligned behind an anti-com munist pact of their own and work ing together to suppress their poli tical enemies as "communists.'' The; most popularous, Guatemala, (2,260, 100) and El Salvador (1,500,000), under German and Italian influence, respectively, quit the league of na tions and the former was the first nation in the world to recognize Man chukuo. The other pair, Honduras (900,000 and Nicaragua (800,000) are just as firmly fascist, and now in dis pute over a boundary line. If we look-eastward we see the is land of Cuba (4,000,000) under a military dictator and the Dominican Republic (1,500,000) were ruled by force has been carried to its greatest extent Between these two, on the stme island with the Dominican Re public, lies Haiti f2,500,000), now un der a democratic president after long fears of dictatorships. The recent kill ing of a number of Haitian laborers (GotftfaMed on Page 4) | / , "