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VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT HfltVttM* HI* COOWt, NOBT* CAfiOLINA* FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 19*7 NUMBER THIBTY-TWO
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Carol Singers Greeted
By Enthusiastic Crowd
Christmas Festivities
Climaxed By Street
Sinking Monday Eve
ning
Coming as a significant feature
and a fitting climax to the celebra
tion of the Birthday of the Christ
child in Farmville, was the singing;
of carols by the Farmville Symphonic
Chorus, augmented by other singers
of the town on Monday night of this
week.
The sing took place on one of the
principal business blocks of Main
street, which had been closed to
traffic by courtesy of Mayor Davis
and the other town authorities, and
was kt^enaed by a crowd of en
thusiastic listeners, estimated at 500,
who, with radiant faces, lustily join
ed in the singing of the carols, which
every season bring back to the im
agination the journey from Nazareth
to Bethlehem. . . the angelic music
above the hills of Judea . . . the
rustle of the wings of the heavenly
host . . . the new Star in the sky . . .
the quest of the Shepherds and the
Wise Men . . . Mary and Joseph . . .
the new-born Babe.
The new inspiration, which pulsat
ed in every breast as the notes of
the familiar Christmas carols float
ed out! on the air was quite appar
ent, and their magic seemed to dis
pel the gloom and anxieties of both
carollers and listeners.
The gay company made its way
to many homes where there was ill
ness and carried the same message of
joy and gladness.
The several concerts given by the
Symphonic Chorus, including the re
cent presentation of Handel's monu
mental "Messiah," have been festi
vals of joy and delight to the entire
community, but notwithstanding the
inspiration which evolved from each
and every program, one ventures to
say that the carol singing of Monday
night outshone all of the previous
achievements of the Chorus, in that
it reached all classes, ages and colors,
and was indeed the greatest as the
Song of Christmas is understood by
every heart.
P. T. A. Holds
Splendid Meeting
The December meeting of the
Parent-Teacher Association, attend
ed by fire hundred members and
visitors, was featured with a splendid
address by Ray Armstrong, superin
tendent of the Goldsboro City Schools,
who chose as his subject, "The Edu
cation Which Pays Today." Mr.
Armstrong was introduced by John
Hill Paylor, local attorney.
? Other enjoyable events of the
program, which was reported as one
of the most delightful of the entire
semester, included a Christmas play,
presented by pupils of the second
grade, Miss Elisabeth Norman, teach
er, and selections by the Junior and
Senior Glee Clubs under the direction
of Mis. Daisy H. Smith and accom
panied by Mrs. Haywood Smith..
Mrs. R. D. Morgan presided and
Rev. C. B. Mashbum conducted the
devotional period. The monthly at
tendance prize was won by grade 2,
Mies Norman teacher. The speaker
of the evening was presented with a
fruit cake by the Association.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
TO SEPTUAGENARIANS
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The- season would soon come to an
' ?nd
. But, for the r?mbriacs, of a
friend;
May the passing of this year
Leans with us memories dear.
Atom Home Office, 1C4 Wilson 9b
FARMVILLE
ROTARY NEWS
A few nights ago, the Farmville
Rotary Club journeyed over to Snow
Hill, to the occasion of Charter Night
for that club. More than one hun
dred Rotarians were present, from
the clubs of Kinston, Greenville,
Golds bo ro, Farmville and Snow Hill*
Irvin Morgan, thru whose initiative
the Snow Hill club was reorganised,
presided at the meeting. Rotariaa
Pittman, of Snow Hill, brought the
address of welcome and Dave Clarke
responded. John A. Park, of JRal
eigh, District Governor, presented
the charter to the club and Dr. Har
per, president of the club, made the
remarks of acceptance. Tom Grant,
president of the Greenville club, pre
sented Irvin Morgan as the next Dis
trict Governor and he was followed
by Haywood Dail, who interested all
present with his tumorous remarks.
Prior to the last meeting of the
club, High School Night was observ
ed with thirty-five members of the
Band and the Foot Ball Squad as
honor guests. The club was greatly
honored by the presence of these
boys who have served their school in
a very commendable manner this
year. Superintendent Moore, Coach
Shufford, Mr. Coates and Mr. Burt i
added inspiration to this occasion.
Coach "Doc" Newton, of State Col
lege, brought a great message to Hie
boys. He urged them to strive for
an adequate preparation before en
tering College as the demands are
very exacting. Pictures, of the State
College football games played this
year, were shown and enjoyed by alL
On Tuesday evening the club was
honored with the presence of Mrs.
J. M. Hobgood, Mrs. A. Q. Roebuck,
Mrs. A. W. Bobbitt, Mrs. Haywood
Smith, Charlie Baucom and Pierson
Has sell. This group sang Christmas
Carols and Mrs. Hobgood recited the
story of Silas Marner. The pro
gram was greatly appreciated.
Officers Destroy
Big licit Still
Greenville, Dec. 22.?One of the
largest and moet modern illicit dis
tilleries ever found in this section
was located just across the Pitt*
Beaufort line this morning by special
officers employed by the ABC boards
of the two counties.
The plant was situated about one
half mile across the line on Agio's
run, which branches off from
Tranter's creek.
The four officers, J. M. Ward and
J. L. Taylor of this county and Lin*
wood Smithwick and Ben Willis of
Beaufort county, raided the still
about 4:30 o'clock.
They reported that it had been
operated earlier in the night, but no
one was at the still when they
came upon it.
The plant, operated by a 15-horee
power steam boiler, had a capacity
of 500 gallons . Twenty thousand
gallons of beer, equivalent to 2?00
gallons of whiskey, was found about
the place and destroyed. Tin beer
was in 40 500-gallon vats. ^ Two
tons of coke also was found about
the distillery.
One at the most up-to-date
plants ever found in this section,
the still was equipped with electric
lights provided by batteries. A pipe
line running from a neasby weteek,
furnished water. A gasoline.'pomp
forced the vkater to the plants
The officers declared that; the
(still had been erected only rapintiy,
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A truck was ednkdMnedr.. fromj
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Congress Bats
Its Extra Labors
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Adjourns for Hotidayn
After SnAng Hous
ing Legislation to Con
ference
Washington, Dec 21.?The Senate
passed the hSIMlng bill today, the
House sent it to toafttfence and, with
these things dbftet Cbngress gladly
concluded its: qpstMd session and be
gan thinking about Christmas.
Some of the departing members,
more particularly those of Republi
can persuasion, were ealUng- It "the
goose-egg session," because, although
much preparatory work was done,
not one of the Roosevelt bills it was
called upon to consider was finally
enacted.
The wage and hour bill rejected
by the House, was reposing in a
labor committee pigeon-hole, the
fkrm and housing bills; approved by
both branches in different form,
were in the conference stags; gov
ernment reorganisation and regional
planning had received no more than
committee consideration.
The Congress completed action
only on bilk to pay the traveling
expenses of the membership and
the wages of the pages, * bill to
lend four portraits to an sit gallery,
one amended the credit anion set <
and s resolution asking Abe Agri
culture Department what had been
done to prevent the distribution of
an elixir of sulfanilamide.
The Senate devoted1 the final day
to debating, the housing, bill, a
measure intended tt> promote a
boom in bome-building by reducing
the financing cost. It would do so,
among other things, 4>y cutting the
present down payment on small
homes in half, and cutting Interest '
and carrying charges on more elabo
rate type* ?f construction.
" ?til- *1.. UT/maji
mrinwmc, wau; w hw ~
members were already homeward j
bound. The remainder spelt most ?
of the day in recess, awaiting tin 5
Senate's action on the housings bill. ^
They killed some time listening to <
the speeches which from time to j
time well up within the bosoms of;
legislators.
House leaders hare freely conced- )
ed that sine* last Saturday, when' 1
the housing WH was- passed there, ?<
it would be exceedingly difficult to' t
produce a quorum. 1
Because the only action arranged 1
for the week va the formality of
sending the housing bill' to confer
ence, leaders assured numneus mem
bers that they alight lease the city
without fear of missing anything im- :
portent 1
So when the question of action *
on the honing bill came up, all :
factions obligingly shut their eyes
to the feet that there mm ?Wig?
a quarter of a quorum in fee cham- '
her, and acted anyway.
The dedsiba to adjourn today,
came as a luigaisa. Ilia administra
tion leadership had intended to stay
in session until Thursday if neen
sary to templet* conference action 1
on the honing biH and send Ik to
fee White House, thus m airing it ,
possible to say the session had pro- *
OfM)* ?Ejor ttMKSt&MRlto
| It was discovered today that see
?nu flvUK flMxnms no xbusv D6
included npon the Hooslag Confer
ence committee had already left the
city. Hint ssttfed fee matter; sad'
word feat adjournment By tttglftfall' <
was expected to spasad quickly
through fee Capitol
WLUSf WKDDtNG HUT
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Harerstraw, ST. Y.?driving tome'
after m eta* to a? florist to eader ,
Farnrrille To Have
City Mail DeHwery
At Bfcriy Date
Postmaster B. 0. Turnage in
forms us that he is just in re
ceipt of a letter from Congress
man Lindsay Warren informing
him that as soon as the residents
of Farmville number their homes
and erect mail boxes, free de
livery service will be established
here.
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WHAT JAPAN WANTS.
IS THE BOOR OPEN?
JAPAN DETERMINED.
WATCHES U. S. FLEET.
BUILDING WARSHIPS.
FACING A DECISION.
ARE INTERESTS VITAL?
(Hugo S. Sins, Washington
Correspondent)
The situation in the Far East,
where the Japanese invasion of China
has been a striking military success,
creates the necessity for Western
powers to reach a momentous de
cision. When Japan inaugurated her
present aggression, there was some
doubt as to the attitude of the pow
ers to the maintenance of the terri
torial integrity of China but few
people now believe that any nation
in the world will undertake to pre
vent the political dismemberment of
China. . In fact, the Chinese them
selves thoroughly understand that
the territorial salvation of their na
tion depends entirely upon the ac
tion of the Chinese themselves.
The Japanese campaign has gone
far enough to demonstrate that the
invaders have control of vital eco
nomic areas, so far as China is con
cerned, and possess necessary trans
portation facilities. This means that
the Japanese are in position to at
twnjAn in regard to China proper,
what they have already done in Man
chukuo-^-the setting up of puppet
governments which will be favorable
to Japan. Thus, the establishment of
preferential tariffs in favor of Jap- i
unae goods will mean the eventual'
loss of the Chinese market as far i
as the Western powers are concerned. 1
For many years, the nations of
the world have concerned themselves'
with the maintenance of the "Open'
Door" policy in China. This was an<
sgieement that the powers of the:
world would have equal commercial!
rights in China, ? Obviously, Japsm
Is in a position to close this door
arises Western nations are ready to<
do something more than talk about!
tmtr Ti guts,
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The Jeparaee campaign in China!
is probably based on the intention oft
the Japanese to profit through the'
economic exploitation of China. In
other words, the only source that
Japan has available from which to
recoup its military expenditures hi
CMaKhFlbr capture of Chinees com
merce. This means that competition
from other nations must be positively
removed. This economic motive hi
behind the Japanese insistence that,
&l the Far last, Japanese rights are
paramount and that the Western na
tions must permit the Far Eastern
nations to work out their own des
tiny. It requires no prophet to fore
see that if Western yoweis remain
aloff, the destiny of the Far EfcSt
wQI be directed by the aggressive
military regime which now rules
nptm.
pi SIMS of g&A a determine-1
tion on the part of the Japanese ex
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Rooswlt Tate
Steps To Cutbat
FeirPsjetolifli
President Says Majority
of Nation's Newspa-j
pers Fostering Bttri-J
ness Fears
Washington, Dec. 21. ? President I
Roosevelt tonight struck to combat]
fear psychology underlying the cur- j
rent business recession by declaring]
that individual industrial leaders I
have assured him that they do not]
fear the effect of such New Deal]
legislation as the wages-hours and]
farm bills. J
The President told more than 1001
newspaper corespondents that he]
recognised the prevalence of busi-j
ness fears and sought through his]
conferences with trade leaders to]
determine their origin. On two oc-j
casiona which he cited* Mr. JBooes ]
velt said that industrial leaden
favored certain legislation, but]
protested that their boards of dine-]
ton would not allow them-to en-1
dorse it publicly.
He said that the fear psychology]
is being inculcated and fostered hy
a large percentage of American
newspapers. |
"What are the newspapers going I
to gain by it?" he was ashed.
He replied that he was wonder-J
ing about the same thing.
The President met the press soon]
after he had resumed conferences]
with utility leaden looking toward]
a truce between the industry and]
te government which would en-.]
courage the power group to put up- ]
ward to 13,000,000,000 in the arteries |
of trade. He conferred with Wil-j
liam H. Taylor, head of the Phila-]
delphia Electric Co., and Frank R.|
Phillies of the Duqueene Light and]'
Power Co., of Pittsburgh.
The main obstacle to a truce is|
said to be a dispute over property ]j
evaluation in determining prices of j
electric current to the consumer.,|l
Some utilities insist upon their legal |
rights to include the cost of repro-j
ducing the property at modern-day. I
values while the Resident demands!
that only the initial cost* plus "pru- |
dent additions or replacements" be J
included.
The President discussed this policy
a fortnight ago with Wendell L.
Willkie, head of Commonwelath
and Southern Corp., and Floyd L.
Carlisle, chairmar of the board1 of
Niagara Hudson Power Co., and
won substantial agreement to Ida
theory. Today, Taylor said his con
fidence with the Chief Executive
was "a very helpful and pleasant
one." He said a minority, opin'on
written IS years ago by Supreme
Court Justice Louis D. Brandies in
the Southwestern Bell Telephone
Co., case, endorsing the "prudent in
vestment" theory, was reviewed.
"We feel we can live on it," Tay
lor said.
Later, the President said that the
Pennsylvania utilities executives
agreed generally that his theory was
a pretty good rule of thumb to go
on. He said Taylor and Phillips re-1
ported that many people today do
not want to invest in the Junior se
curities of the utilities, tat added
that the man also assured him that
this situation was not due to gov
ernment interference.
ERECT SHAFT TO ROOSEVELT
San Juan, P. R.?As a> public ex
pression of gratitude for his aid to
ward rehabilitation of Puerto Rieans,
a monument, to cost- $60,000, to
honor President Franklin D. Roose
velt, has bean proposed. The monu
ment would be placed on the grounds
of the i University of Puerto Rico
and wofW be financed by popular
luhecriDtiana.
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BalmjMu
field to Pllt
Wiffiwn J. Boyd Glakn
ed by Death Following
| Critical Illness
Funeral services for William J.
Boyd, 38-year-old Ayden man, long
active in Pitt County religious, politi
cal, civic and educational activities,
whe died Sunday nigftt at 11:26
o'clock following a critical illness
with heart ailment, was conducted
Tuesday morning at the Ayden Epis
copal church at 11 o'clock. Inter
ment was in the Ayden cemetery.
The services was conducted by the
Rev. A. C. O. Noe of Bath, former
pastor of the Ayden Episcopal church
of which Mr. Boyd was a member,
assisted by the Rev. B. F. Huske,
Kinston Episcopal minister and the
Rev. W. H. Jackson, Ayden Episcopal
pastor.
Although Mr. Boyd wh a native
of Beaufort, he lived in this county
since 1903. For the last twenty
years he had been actively connected
with Tyndall Boyd and Stroud, Ayden
wholesale firm. He bad been a mem
ber of the State Democratic Execu
tive Committee for the last 26 years
and a> member of the Ayden Board
'of Aldermen, and was a senior War
den of Ayden Episcopal church. Dur
ing: the administration of former
Governor Q. &Ue Gardner, Mr.. Boyd
was seeretuar of the Atlantic and
North Carolina railroad. He was
also a member of the Board of Trus
tees of JSast Carolina Teachers Col
lege.
Ha it survived by his widow, two
daughters, Mrs. Albion Dunn of
GreenviUs and Miss Willie Yvone
Boyd, instructor of art in the Dur
ham city adnmls; one sister, Miss
Iilwria Boyd of Ayden; two half
brothers and two half sisters.
GnSnBttln
Wwfir^rfMKs
Raleigh, Dec. 20.?North Carolina's
pubBc HeilCH department today em-' <
barked on an "nnpreeedented" war'
against syphilis, made possible byi <
funds from the estate Of Zarhary
Smith Reynolds, young tobacco heir.j >
Trustees of the Zachary Smith;
Reynold* foundation pledged the in-;
come campaign to wipe out syphilis)
in the state. First contribution was)
a check far f206,000, which will be)
used to lay foundation fbr the light!
in 1988.
This money will be supplemented;
by funds slaaniy allocated by the!
ctats health department, from its own)
budget and by oounties in * plan
which psoposat that every one poaai
ble of the estimated 80,000 persons
in the state suffering* from the di< i
sease will receive full treatment
FOR-CHRISTMAS.
Almost everybody is planning gifts
for friends and relatives. Some of
these are mere- expressions of love
an& friendship. .They are valued
end appreciated but not Sbeoiutely
SSreV -a Christmas suggestion.
Let evmpbudp seek out one person,
mas*. wsataai er child who la Js need
and devota Pitts thought towards
making Christmas seal fbr the needy
ones M ftw dollars spent ia such
cases wffl bring- real holiday >jr.
The r-sfmlit wsnta to know if
ttyMly has any reason for being
Think China Has Closed
Deal For Soviet Heip
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Shanghai Observers Re
gard News of Mongol
Military Aid as Vital
Evidence
Shanghai, Dee. 22.?Reports that
young General Chiang CMng-Kua,
rebel eon of Generalissimo Chiang.
Kai-Shek who split with his father
10 years ago, was rushing to China's
aid at the head of 100,000 crack Mon
gol warriors today electrified Chlaeee
circles and convinced foreign obser
vers that China has "made a deal"
with Soviet Russia.
The youthful war lord, who left
China when Chiang ousted his
Soviet Russian advisors in 1027 and
has been in Russia most of the time
since, was reported to have organ
ised a powerful army of Mongols,
regarded as among the fiercest fight
ers in Asia.
These highly-trained troop* equip
ped with Russian anna and drilled
in the hardy warfare of rugged Mon
golian country, reportedly ere maach
ing southward into Shansi to join
the armies of China's famed "Red
Napoleon," Chu Teh.
The reconciliation between Chiang,
and his son, coupled with the shift
to the left in the Chinese central
government's political setup through
the supplanting of several veterans,
[of the Kuomintang party with Com
munist leaders, has convinced diplo
matic circles that Russia is prepar
ing to lend active assistance to
fTMna
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it was Deuevea uuu uw iwuuau
shake-up, m nounced yesterday in
Hankow, wa. part of Chiang's con
cession to th? Soviets in return for
military help.
Foreign observers recalled that
Russia, in announcing a few months
ago that outer Mongolia?-long con
sidered an intebral part of the Soviet
Union?was regarded by Rnsaia aa
"still a part of China," virtually
paved the way for open military
assistance from the Hinterland.
Chinese sources predicted that the
republican government of Outer
Mongolia, which tore itself loose
from the Chinese republic in a fi^bt
over land grabs in 1924, would soon
'Voluntarily dissolve" and pledge
Outer Mongolia's allegiance to the
central Chineae government.
It was understood that the Mon
golian units which young Chiang is
now reported to command include
regiments of Soviet - drilled .and
Soviet-equipped Outer Mongoliaa
regulars.
Soviet Russia obtained virtual
control of Outer Mongolia during
the "Young Mongol" rebellion of
1924, when the vast area aWve the
Gobi Desert broke away from Chins
because of the seizure of .Mongolian
lands by agents of the Chinese gov
ernment, who sold them to Chinese
settlers.
Russia immediately sent officers
and men to Mongolia and organised
an army variously estimated at be
tween 300,000 end 600,000 men, and
entered into a defensive alliance
after Japan's Manchurian occupa
tion, thus conih^lling an area of
utmost stragetic value in the event
of ajijew Russo-Japanese war.
JANUARY ENROLLMENT
OF CCC UM1TS t ITT
The Welfare Department has re
ceived announcement from Raleigh
that no CCC boy* will be
from Pitt County for the JbWwij
enrollment, therefore no nameswitt
be -taken of eligible junior*, either
white or colored, for enrollment in
January 1938.
The State ha* an allotment of
only 200 and these will L# selected
fnthe manufacturing centers in the
central part of the State.
RateWr and Aihevffie are the two
point* whan this number wfll be
?Mutt* the January ?millmwl
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