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: TWjr An Conotentiy Inviting :: : : Too To Tnde Witt Thorn. FV. \ , , 1 ? 4 'MMIMMMMMHHMMMM') ? VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT FARMYIUJS, PITT COUNTY, WORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, >??-; ? . ""?">? _ __ _ ___ w - . _____ _ Roosevelt Plans Advisory Council as Executive Aid ?*m*mm -w President Tefli Business Men Group Would Help Frame Federal Poli cies Washington, Jan. 28. ? President Roosevelt said tonight that he was working slowly toward the organiza- ' tion of an advisory council compris- : ing all elements of the national eco- , nomic life to guide him in the forma- } lation or federal policies. White House aides announced he made this disclosure to the Com merce Department's fifty-man Busi- j ness Advisory Council after gen- 1 erally approving a statement of that 1 group's ideas on what should be done to end the present industrial recession. \ In addition, he modified his stand of last week for the abolition of all ^ holding companies. Some holding ( companies, he asserted, have pro- i duced a certain amount of mass ef- ( ficiency in operation or are otherwise in the public interest. And, commenting upon a request by the council for legislation fixing the responsibility of labor unions, Mr. Roosevelt suggested that unions } should, by common consent rather ( than by law, list publicly their re ceipts and expenditures. The council, formed in 1933 at the . suggestion of Secretary Roper and often critical of administration poli cy since that time, met in subcom mittees and later as a unit to ap- ( prove the statement of its views before going to the White House. ( W. Averill Harriman, youthful, well-groomed chairman of the board t of the Union Pacific Railroad, and ; chairman of the council, acted as 1 spokesman. While the President w scrawled notes on a pad of scratch paper, Harriman read the state- } mant of the council. < It approved the objective of wage- ; hoar legislation, but asked that a study of the question be made be- , fore another bill is introduced. To 1 this, Mr. Roosevelt later replied with the expression of hope that such a study would not preclude action at this session of Congress. , It pledged the cooperation of the ^ group in working out legisluation , for the elimination of harmful busi ness practices; "recognized" that the { "anti-trust laws are to an extent outmoded," and asserted "that mo- (' nopoly and monopolistic practices ( were incompatible with democracy." It pledged the council's help in ( working toward the decentraliza- , tion of industry, geographically, but ^ "viewed with grave concern any } general move to outlaw proper ( holding companies." It deplored the administration's controversy with the public utility industry and asked that that indus try be assured it will not be de stroyed through government compe tition. On this point, Mr. Roose velt said the misunderstanding af fected but 15 per cent of the in dustry. It endorsed the President's hous ing program. J It called for modification of both the undistributed profits tax and the capital gains tax as impediments to the flow of capital into industry, and under this heading as well as serted that the mass of investors' "need reassurance as to the direc tion reform is to take." It opposed any "further cheapen- 1 ing" of the dollar. "In closing," the statement said, "we believe the critical problem before the country is reemployment ' in private industry. "A solution of the subjects that 1 we have enumerated above will go far, in our opinion, to this end. On < the other hand, continual study of the subject of reemployment by rep resentatives of industry, labor and ' agriculture, in cooperation with < rovarament. we believe would do modi to further reemployment, and .we stand ready to assist in such a cooperative move." When Harriman had finished read ing the statement, Mr. Roosevelt commented on certain of the points it had made. Stephen T. Early, Pres idential secretary, relayed Mr. Roosevelt's remarks to the press. On labor relations, Mr. Roosevelt ?asserted he would be for the listing end reporting of expenses by labor organitafjoaa rafter than their in corporation. This ftould be done by the common consent ef the unions rather than through legislation, he Commenting on the council's re marks concerning the flow of pri vate > capital into industry, Mr. that one thing ^shkh the bankers to do wee to establish new machin ery to enable small investor* ft put their money into new enterprises, he approved Jill ulitiTi modification of ?pneappai Tafeacco Course To I Be Bivuat State The four-day tobacco short course I to be held at State College, January! 25-28, will offer North Carolina far mers an opportunity for extensive studies of tobacco production and marketing. Treading authorities on the weed srop will discuss the best cultural practices, new methods of insect and!1 disease control, how to market leaf 11 to best advantage, and explain the j' tobacco outlook for this year. Laboratory work in grading tobac ;o will be given Wednesday and Fhursday afternoons. A high-light of the first day's program Tuesday morning will be a talk by J. B, Hutson, assistant AAA ; administrator and director of the jast certral region, on prospective i1 :ontrol legislation. |1 W. G. Finn, assistant regional di- 1 rector, will go into the leaf outlook, P ind E. Y. Floyd, extension tobacco < specialist and state AAA director, > will discuss the 1938 agricultural h jonservation program in the after- ] ioon Tuesday. j" Plant pathologist, agronomists, en- ( tomologists, marketing specialists, ] &nd other experiment station and ' extension workers are also on the I program to present various aspects 3 )f the tobacco growers' problems and J point out the best known methods i >f solving them. 1 Dan M. Paul, State College direc tor of agricultural short courses, has i announced that there will be no tui- I ion fee for the tobacco short course, i K $1 registration fee will be charged. 1 Rooms and meals will be available 3 it a moderate price, both on the i rampus and in homes close by, he i idded. 1 State Maternal And Infant Welfare Clinics The schedule for the regular nonthly State Maternal and Infant Welfare Clinics for January is as follows: Monday and Tuesday, January 24 ind 25, Greenville. N. C.; Wednesday, January 26, Grimes land, N. C.; Thurs day, January 27, Ayden, N. C.; Fri day, January 28, Farmville. N. C. All mothers are eligible to attend ;hese clinics if they are unable to provide the services of a private physician, and they are urged to take advantage of these clinics if such is .he case. All clinics are held from 2 until 1 p. m. Gooley Assails StateOfficials Says Agriculture Com missioners Had Chance To Present Farm Pro-, mm i ~? I. I, Washington, Jan- 19.?Represent ative Harold D. Cooley ^xiay scored Southern Commissioners ?of Agricul ture who appeared before members of the House Agriculture Committee ? to present resolutions adopted at Jackson, Miss., on January 12 and ' which were presented to the Senate committee on agriculture yesterday. "The action of the commissioners comes with poor grace," declared J Mr. Cooley. "They were here last year when the farm bill was being considered and had no definite pro gram. Now that the bill has passed both the House and Senate and is ; in conference, they come forward with a program of their own." Mr. Cooley demanded of the com missioners why the? had not pre sented their ideas when they would be of some service to the committee. The North Carolinian took excep tion particularly to the resolution opposing the pending farm bill. The commissioners said what they op posed was the Boileau-McNary dairying amendment and the Con gressman wanted to know why they had not limited their resolution to that ^ The commissioners proposed foyr definite actions: Limiting the cot ton crop to 13 million bales instead of the 10 proposed in the pending bill, raising 1100,000,000 for cotton subsidies by a tax upon cotton and all competing fibres except wotoi and mohair; placing a tariff on jtfte, and levying an excess tax on im ported fats and oils. W. Kerr Scott, North Carolina commissioner, was not present <t $he meeting today or at the one* (p Jackson when the resolutions were adopted. Only seven staffs were represented* ' The Westminster I Chorus Ti She liGgfdttan Headlines Tell The Story of The Famous Westminster Chorus The celebrated Westminster Chorus I under the direction of Dr. John Pin-1 ley Williamson, which will be heardl in Goldsboro High School Auditorium, February 9, at 8 p. m., ought to be! newspaper headlines. During its | latest European tour which covered h eleven countries, these American I, symphonic singers were a major news I j event in the continental press, andh when the Chorus gave its Welcome I ( Home Concert at Carnegie Hall, New I j York, upon its return, the New York I j press was not outdone by the Euro-J} pean. "American Chorus Hailed on Re- L turn," headlined the New York Times, ( November 28, 1934, and followed with } an appreciation of the concert which h said: "The ensemble of thirty-two L voices, divided among the men and h women, gave Mr. Harris' work ('A I ] Song for Occupation, by Roy Harris') , a stirring performance. The quality ( and scope of their tone were entirely j praiseworthy, and they sang with { earnestness and enthusiasm. The ( Chorus bills itself 'American Sym phonic Singers,' and its work in the other compositions proved that it had t good reason. . . . The large auidence ( rewarded the ensemble's commanding g a capella singing with warm approval j and the Chorus added a number of | encores." t The New York American on the t same day, headlined: "Westminsters t Score Strikingly in Ensembled Art," t and Leonard Liebling wrote in re- c new: "New York is familiar with t the performance of the superb West- ^ minster Chorus of thirty-two voices, r and it was a stimulative experience ^ to hear the organization again last evening and to confirm anew its outstanding worth in vocal and musl- ? cal achievement ... It is a Chorus 8 singing of unique effectiveness and g beauty. Remarkably purity and ? variety of sound, extraordinary clear- j less of enunciation, consistently fine j. pitch, balance and rythmn, marked j. the entire concert last evening in a ^ repertoire ranging through a wide j assortment of musical moods, dra- 5 matic, sentimental, sombre and even ? merry. Dr. Williamson's musical en- t iowments and conductorial skill were j tvarmly recognized by the hearers, . who gave the singers and their lead- j c ?r a series of resounding ovations." f A few weeks later, ^he New York World-Telegram set the headlines, t 'Bach Mass Memorably Performed" t iver a review of Pitts Sanborn deal- ^ ing with the performance of the Mass r at Carnegie Hall by the full chorus, ^ In conjunction with the Philadelphia' t Orchestra under the direction of ] t Leopold Stokowski. Mr. Sanborn wrote: "For splendor of tone, pre cision, balance and sensitive respon- t siveness, the Westminster Chorus proved itself one of the finest bodies in existence." a CARRAWAY-FRANCIS * The marriage of Miss Lucille e Cowart Francis and William Benja- j. man Carraway was solemnized at y Annapolis, Maryland, Saturday, Jan- t uary 1, at 4 o'clock at the home of T U. S. Navy Chaplain Lieutenant- t Commander J. E. Johnson. The r vows were spoken in the presence of t intimate friends and relatives. ? Lieutenant Johnson performed the t ceremony. j Mrs. Carraway is the daughter of c Mr. and Mrs. Luther C. Francis of t Annapolis. Mr. Carraway is the son of Mrs. W. B. Carraway and the late Mr. Carraway of Farmville. j After the ceremony the couple left r for a short' trip and are now at home j in Annapolis, where the groom is ( stationed with the United ^States j Marines, at the Naval Academy. < T~_. ^ WHO KNOWS 1 i t 1. How much does the American t public spend on telephone bills each f year ? ? 2. How many radio broadcasting ? stations are licensed in the United ? States? 3. What is the proposed expendi ture for the Army and Navy in the t next fiscal year? * 4. What is the extent of the busi- \ ness done by the Postoffice Depart- c ment with stamp collectors? ' 5. How many centenarians are liv- c ing in the United States? t 6. How many landowners are co- ? operating with the Soil Conservation c service in the war on erosion? ; 1 7. How many lynchings occurred i in 1987? i 3. Who was the author of the ] Federal Reserve Bank Act? i 9. What is the McNary-Boileau i Amendment to the Farm Bill? 10. What is the so-called mail subsidy to newspapers and maga- < sines? i (See "The Answers" on Page 4) ? DEFICITS SINCE 1934. ECONOMY AND INCOME. INDUSTRIALISTS CONFER. FIGHT AGAINST REFORM. OUR MERCHANT MARINE. BUYING WORLD SILYER. COURT THEORIES. RAILROADS DESPERATE. (Hugo S. Sims, Washington Correspondent) The President's efforts to balance, he national budget will meet withl .?onsiderable opposition from con-1 pressmen who are reluctant to seel he flow of dollars cut off from their I :onstituents. Reviewing the fiscal I listory of the past few years, we ,'ind that Mr. Roosevelt began his idministration with deliberate pump-l priming which resulted in a deficit >f $3,629,000,000 for the fiscal year mding June 30, 1934. The deficits I lave been reduced each year since I hat high figure, if we omit from consideration the payment of the Veterans' bonus in the fiscal years [936 and 1937. In 1935, the deficit vas $3,001,000,000; 1936, $2,687,000, K)0; in 1937, $2,144,000,000; and in he fiscal year to end June 30, 1938, he estimated deficit is $1,088,000, 100. Next year, the President hopes to educe the deficit below the billion lollar mark. This is predicted upon harp reductions in expenditures for tighway construction, the CCC, and n limiting the agricultural program o around $500,000,000. The plan is hreatened by opposition to all of hese retrenchments and by the threat ?f more unemployment and conse [uent necessity of spending more han the billion dollars now allocated i or relief. Moreover, the prepard less program will likely include ma erially enlarged sums for the navy. Expenditures of the Federal Gov (rnment, according to Mr. Roosevelt, ire not likely to fall much below even billion dollars a year, which s about twice the pre^depression evel. The reduction in deficits has ?een brought about by a steady dis ng income since the 1932 fiscal year irhen the Government collected bare y $2,000,000,000. For the present ?ear, estimated receipts are six and i quarter billions, a new record for 1 he nation. However, this is a Ml* 1 ion dollars below what the President mticipated last Jandary?the de rease being attributed to the busi* tess recession. Plainly, the balanc* ' d budget depends upon increased ' ax collections, which in turn, arei1 led up with the national income. 1 The President sets a goal of between tinety to one hundred billion dollars 1 or the national income and expects ' hat this will produce sufficient taxes ' o balance the national budget. These figures explain the efforts of he President to bring about a more ustained economic recovery through 1 ooperation between Government and 1 ndustry. Before the holidays, the ?hi?f Executive held a series of con- ' erences with prominent utility lead- j irs. Last week he talked with key ' ndustrialists, including some who ' iave been pronounced adversaries of he Administration policies. While ' io public announcement was made as o the discussions, the industrialists j sported "?n interesting and instruc ive talk" with the President and that all of us agree that we have a better mderstanding of each other's prob ing out of which we are sure will J ome closer cooperation in meeting he difficulties of the moment." I ' The five major leaders of business ] ncluded: Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., chair nan of the board of General Motors; | Srnest T. Weir, of the National steel Corporation; Lewis H. Brown of the ( fohns'Manville Corporation; M. W. Clement, president of the Pennsyl- ] ania Railroad, and Colby M, Chester, ^resident of General Foods Corpora ion and chairman of the board of he National Association of Manu acturers, Three of these men were ( ictive members of the American Lib- ] irty League which, for a time, was , i vigorous critic of New Peal policies. , In addition to these industrialists, j he President continued to see public itility executives. The utility men j vere interested in issues involving ?Id PWA grants and the question* of. vhether existing facilities should be | luplicated. The President termed hem questions of "local nature" and , ?aid that the Government could not , ?ccupy a position more participatory han that of amicus curiae, as the mu nicipalities had the last word as to , he use of Federal grants. He ex pressed the hope, however, that there vould be no duplication of existing 'acilities. In connection with the President's sfforts to secure the cooperation of die industrialists, it should be re < Continued on pop Um) if R. S. Orr To Address Garden Club Monday All Interested In Gard ening Are Invited To Meeting * . . ? Richard S. Orr, noted horticulturist and garden lecturer, of Norfolk, Va., will be the guest speaker at the Farmvitye Garden Club meeting, to be held in the basement of the Meth odist church at three o'clock, Monday afternoon, January 24. Mr. Orr will show a series of over a hundrad lantern slides of actual photos of gardens and flowers, which were taken by him during his trip to Europe this past summer. These photos were taken with Dugay color transpariences, a new color photo graphy process, which has been re cently developed. The horticulturist has shown the photos to a number of Garden Clubs in Norfolk and other Virginia cities during the past few months, describ ing the flowers in each picture and giving information on planting and cultivating. ; Miss Bettie Joyner, president of the local Garden Club presses the cordial invitation of the Club to all those in the community, who are in terested in flower gardens to see these lantern slides and hear the in structive lecture. Local Bank Holds AnRuaMMeeling Statement Reveals De cided Improvement; J. T. Thorne, T. C. Turn age and J. B. Lewis Added To Board of Di rectors I At the annual meeting of stock holders of the Bank of Farmville on Thursday, the statement of condition, the best in its history, continuing the record of annual increases, which the Bank has experienced for many years, showed a substantial improve ment as compared with 1936. The statement of condition as read at the meeting is published in this issue. From the profits of the Bank for 1937, as seen from the statement, there was carried to the surplus ac count of the Bank $15,000 making the surplus now equal the amount of capital, $50,000. The statement will also indicate undivided profits of $21,644.24, after setting up sufficient reserve to take rare of all forms of taxes. Another very interesting figure appearing in the statement is the banking house furnishing and fix tures account, which cost $155,000 and is now carried on the books of the Bank at $27,051.79. By comparison of deposits it will be noted they have increased from ?998,544.79 on December 31, 1936 to ?1,703,226.86 on December 31, 1937; an increase of $704,682.70, The follqwing officers were re elected at this time; A, C. Monk, Sr., president; J. I. Morgan, Sr., vice president, with D. E. Oglesby elected to serve as cashier to March 1st, end J. M. Stansill reelected as assistant cashier. Directors were reelected as follows; A. C. Monk, Sr., J. I, Morgan, Sr., C. L. Hardy, George W, Davis, W, Alexander Allen, Jr., W. A, Pollard, J. O. Pollard, with T. C. Turnage, J. T. Thorne and J. B. Lewis elected as new members of the board. The finance committee aa elected by the Board of Directors included A. C. Monk, Sr., J, I, Morgan, Sr., George W, Davis, W. Alexander Allen, Jr? T, C, Turnage, J. 0. Pol lard, v ASA A. JONES Manteo.?Manteo merchants shut the doors of their respective busi nesses Tuesday afternoon for more thdn one and a half hours during the funeral services for Asa A. Jones, prominent wholesaler here, who died early Monday morning in the Sarah Leigh Hospital, to which he had been moved the night before for pneu monia treatment The funeral services were held at the home in Manteo Tuesday after noon with the Rev. R. R. Grant, pas tor of Mt. Olive Methodist Church, officiating. Burial was in the family plot in Manteo cemetery. Surviving are three brothers, 0. J. Jones, C. C. Jones, and Roscoe Jones, all of Manteo, and five sisters, Mrs. W. F. Baum, Miss Callie Jones and Mrs. J. E. Ferebee of Manteo, Mrs. Nan Northam of Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. W. M. Willis of Farmville. _______________ When cobwebs form in the corner, it's a sign that his room hasn't been cleaned up. | Festival Chorus WeHtaved Greenville, an. 17.?The Festival Symphonic Chorus of the Eastern Carolina Symphonic Choral Associa tion presented The Messiah Sunday night in the Robert H. Wright Build ing of East Carolina Teachers Col lege, with the hall filled practically to capacity. 1 i The group, drawn from Farmville, Goldsboro, Ayden, Snow Hill, Win- : terville, Walstonburg, Hookerton, and directed by Lewis Sidney Bullock, if i Goldsboro, had been fused into a unit remarkably well. ? i They gave a well-rounded perform- i ance, though the chorus work per- ; haps stood out most, with the voices i nicely blended and the crescendos i well handled. < Notable among the solos were "0 < Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion," sung by Mrs. Lewis S. Bullock, ] of Goldsboro; "He Shall Feed His * Flocks," sung by Mrs. John D. < Holmes, Farmville; and "I Know That ; My Redeemer Liveth," sung by Mrs. \ Margaret Early, of Goldsboro. 1 Other soloists also enjoyed were Mrs. Carson Herring, Snow Hill; Mrs. ] Mildred Exum, Snow Hill; Mrs. J. ( W. Joyner, Farmville; Miss Nellie i Farfour, Goldsboro?sopranos; Misses < Jane and Elizabeth Smith, Goldsboro, i Altos; Jack Fonville, Goldsboro, tenor; ] and W. P. Hassell, Jr., and Bill Mor- ' ton, both of Farmville, basses. < The director, Lewis S. Bullock, was i at one time a member of the famous i Westminster Chorus and traveled i abroad with the organization. The program was sponsored by i the Greenville Woman's Club, the 1 Ministerial Association, and East < Carolina Teachers College. 1 Before the program the hundred ( singers were guests of the College at < supper served in the new cafeteria i under the supervision of Miss Kath- ? erine Holtzclaw and home economic girls. ? Lois Gregsby, 1 E. C, T, C. News Bureau, i MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED J Friends here have received the fol lowing announcement recently; "Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Hendricks an nounce the marriage of their daugh ter, Mary lone, to Mr. Peter P. Pierce, on Wednesday, December 29, 1937, Jacksonville, Florida." t The average man is well-pleased, as a rule, when he gets a raise in pay. Farmville American Legion To Stage HageExposition Farmville Post, Number 151, of the American Legion, has secured the services of the Grey Producing Company to direct a Merchant's Ex position to be hold in Knott's ware house for six nights from February 28 to March 5. The committee in charge is fully confident that the finest array of manufacturing, mercantile and ed ucational as well as entertaining fea tures will grace the mammouth floor space in the warehouse, which will be pleasing to all in attendance, with I thousands of feet of festooning, and ( hundreds of colored lights. c A show of sixteen professional, 1 high class acts will grace the floor i for 6 nights, with the best in music c to offer a harmonizing atmosphere I throughout. The commitees in charge * are now making their selections of ? young ladies in Pitt County, one of which will be chosen Queen of the I Exposition, and in whose honor the t Queen's Ball will be held on Friday I night, March 4th; when they will c dance to the strains of a Radio t Famous Band. s Headquarters have been opened at 104 North Main Street, Farmville, t where information will be given upon 1 inquiry. ' v ? EXAMINE MEMBERS OF 1 SCHOOL'S ATHLETIC GROUP ? 4 \ In keeping with a regulation of County superintendent D. H. Conley, 1 and at the request of J. H. Moore, 1 superintendent of the Farmville grad- c ed school, Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, I Pitt County health officer, was in c Farmville Wednesday morning for the f purpose of giving members of the I local basketball teams a physical ex- < amination. < Dr. Ennett, superintendents Conley and Moore all agree that it is very unwise and unsafe for high school i boys and girUi^to enter competitive ? athletics without a physical examine- i ? MOVES^TO^FIGHT^^ ? . ?r. Bulwinkle Presents Bill Providing , for Federal Warfare Upon Dis eases 1 " <1 *> - Washington, Jan. 19.?Joining ' in the campaign to stamp out social diseases, Representative E. A. Bul winkle introduced a bill today to enlarge the United States Public Health Service for the investiga tion, treatment and control of such diseases. Following precedent established in North Carolina, the first State in the nation to enact a law for the control of social diseases, the 10th District Congressman proposed that the government, authorise expendi tures of $3,000,000 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, to assist states, counties, and health districts in establishing and maintaining ade quate measures for checking the iiseases. Led by Dr. C. V. Reynolds of Raleigh, the American Association >f Public Health Officials, which closed a three-day conference here yesterday, went on record endorsing the bill as proposed by Representa tive Bulwinkle. Under terms of the act, the appro priations will be increased to $6, )00,000 in 1940; $12,000,000 in 1941; md $25,000,000 for each of the suc ceeding 10 years. This would per mit not only further study for the prevention and cure of the dis eases, but would provide widespread educational programs, distribution of nformative literature, and the traili ng of competent personnel in the states. Drastic action is necessary, Rep resentative Bulwinkle declared, in riew of the rapid spread of social Iiseases, the ease of contagion, and heir tragically debiliating effect >n the victims. It has been estimat ed that one out of every 10 persons n the United States is afflicted with some type of social disease. The bill, worked out by Repre sentative Bulwinkle in conjunction vith Dr. Thomas Parran, surgeon jeneral of the United States, also las the hearty endorsement of the American Social Hygiene Associa ?? ?>? A# ion as well as the .tuduc tieaun ui icials of America. The bill is re garded with particular interest by ;hese organizations in view of the (uccessful battles Representative Bui winkle has waged in Congress >n public health matters in the past. It the last regular session of Con gress he secured approval of a bill jroviding for more intensive gov srnment study of cancer. AJlotments to the various states vould be made by the Surgeon General upon the basis of popula ion, extent of the social disease iroblem, and the financial needs of he various states. The committee on interstate and oreign commerce, of which Repre sentative Bulwinkle is a member rill conduct hearings within a week >r 10 days, and favorable action is inticipated. In presenting the bill today, Representative Bulwinkle spoke of he pioneer trail blazed by North Carolina in eradicating social dis tases, and pointed to the $100,000 >eing spent annually in the State or their study, treatment and con rol as a result of an endowment stablished by the Reynolds family. MRS. SARAH FOUNTAIN Tarboro?Mrs. Sarah Alice Bryan fountain, 76, one of Edgecombe four.ty's oldest and best known itizens, died at her Tarboro home rhursday night after an illness last ng three weeks. She was the laughter of the late Sheriff and ilrs. Battle B. Bryan and was born tear Tarbord August 22, 1852, living ill her life in this county. She was the widow of G. M. T. fountain, who was a prominent at orney in this section, dying in 1923. ler late years were devoted to her hurch, the Tarboro Missionary Bap ist, of which she was an active md the oldest member. Funeral services were held at he Baptist Church at 3:30 o'clock foiday, with bArial. in the Green wood cemetery. ' V \ Dr. J. L. Peacock, pastor of the tarboro Ifoptist Chtirch officiated, issisted by Dr. W. R. CulJum of Vake Forest. Survivors are two sons, George if.'Fountain of Tarboro and the lev. R. E. Fountain of Weldoa; five laughters, Mrs. C. B. Baffin of lishonville, 8. C., Mrs. E. B. if Hamlet, Mrs. James Wflkersoif of Scotland Neck, Mrs. S. V. Lore of foraville and Mrs. A. S. McCutchin >f Lincolnton, and one sister, Ma. Jeorge Ffts. . ? - ?>? ; .?y 1 " ' " . 1 i ;U.- ': Craven fanja?$rwt usihg the new neat curing service of the Federat :