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t Patronize Our Advertisers, For | | They Are Constantly Inviting | | Ton To Trade With Them. t 1 f , ???????rHM??n?M"imni| SELL ? BUT and BANK | ? IN ? I FARMVIIXE I i i ? ? ?; I. H I.* VOLUME TWENTY-SIGHT v-??> ? ? ? ?,w S^V-;/: MSMVILLB. PITT CODNTT. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. APRIL * ' i, NUMB** TOOTT-NIW KMt&ma,, :.. ...-a. ?:?... -.?-,.-?^iitot.x-^;.:..-J-.-V .-? -???:-?; fflgggBg j j \ ; Miss Harris and Mr. Dixoa Married In Episcopal ChBrch Members of the Two Families Take Part In Wedding; Reception Held At Home of Bride's Grandparents, _____ The wedding of Miss Edna Foust Harris and John Daniel Dixon was solemnised in a ceremony character ised by beauty and dignity, at eight o'clock, Wednesday evening, in Em manuel Episcopal, church, with the Rev. J. R. Rountree, the rector, of ficiating. The church decorations were ar ranged with a background of ferns and long leaf pine. Calla lilies were used on the altar and Madonna lilies were in graduated effect in the sanc tuary. Cathedral candles were in pedestal candelabra in the chancel and nave. Serving as acolytes were John Harris, Jr., brother of the bride and Edward Dixon, of Wilson, brother of the bridegroom. Prior to the ceremony Mrs. J. L. Shackleford played a program of nuptial organ music. The vested choir used "The Voice That Breathed O'er Eden," as a processional; Mrs. J. Knott Proctor, of Greenville, sister of the bridegroom, and Mrs. J. W. Joyner, soloists, sang "Still As The Night," and "0 Perfect Love"; John D. and Elbert C. Holmes rendered "The Want of You," as a duet, and the choir sang the Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin." "To A Wild Rose" was played during the ceremony and Mendelssohn's Wedding March as a recessional. ? * V First to enter were tne usnera, Richard D. and ? David T. Harris, Robert Dixon and W. Hubert Taylor, of Wilson. Next were the junior groomsmen, James Edward Harris, brother of the bride, and J. Knott Proctor, Jr., of Greenville.. The junior bridesmaids, Miss Daisy Barnhardt Dixon, of Wilson, and Miss Alice Harper Parker, wore identical dresses of blue marquisette, fashion ed with ruffled boleros and pink vel vet bows, the flower arrangement of their pink maline veils being in halo effect. They carried arm bouquets oCHriareliff roses tied with pink and silver ribbons. Preceding the bride as her sister's maid of honor, was Mrs. W. Hubert Taylor, of Wilson, dressed in rose petal chiffon and wearing a veil made in halo mode. She carried an arm bouquet of Briarcliff roses and del phinum tied with blue ribbon. The flower girl, winsome little Blanche Louise Hartman, of Raleigh, wore a long frock of yellow marqui sette. Her hat was made in cap style and trimmed with flowers forming a halo. She carried a basket of yel low, blue and pink flowers. The bride entered on the arm of her grandfather, Mr. Joseph Warren Parker, who gave her in marriage. They were met at the chancel steps by the bridegroom and his brother, C. T. Dixon, of Wilson, as best man. The bride wra lovely in a wedding gown of white Duchesse satin, styled on classical lines and with train. The collar stood high in the back and was finished with points at the throat. The sleeves were made full at the top but fitted and came to a point at the wrist. Her veil of white illusion war caught at each side of a coro net with orange blossoms and Ml the length of her train. She carried a bride's bouquet of white roses show ered with valley lilies and a white prayer book, from which the minister miad the marriage ceremony. The grandmother of the bride, Mrs. Joseph Warren Parker, wore a blue lace gown and her flowers were taHd etan resea ted valley lilies. Mrs. Dixon, a young woman of un usual personality and charm, is the ?'?"g ****?? of Mr. John Thomas Har ris, of Norfolk, Va., and the late Mrs. Vivian Parker Harris, is descend ed from prominent Eastern Carolina families on both sides. She was gradrtaftvi from Farmville high school apd St Mary's 'School, Raleigh. She folds a secretarial position with J. H. State Legislature. fcjjadedOak Ridge School He was ceptea tse position as manager of tfie Cb. here. ?*^Va!ley, they wffl be at home in ? tttd. ? ? ?'v.'- I SJfcr travelling the bride wore a MMaaobb of liask with white ^ tininz. white hat and accessories and -- were Ming Evelyn Horton and Har old Soggs Askew. Mr. and Mrs. Har ry Cooke, of Mt. Olive, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lewis directed the way to the stair from the colonnades. At the -foot of the stairway were Miss Eva Mae Turnage and James & Lang; at the landing, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Smith, and at the head of the stair were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Paylor. Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Morgan, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Moore, Jr., were in charge of the register. Receiving in the gift room were Mr. and Mrs. J. Stanley Smith, Sr., of Virginia Beach, Va., and West Palm Beach, Fla., and Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Smith, Miss Mary Alice Seaman and Alton Barrett, of Greenville, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moore, Jr., Miss Geral dine Gardner and Hubert Register. Mr. and Mrs. Ted L. Albritton were at the door of the music room and in troduced the first receiving line, com posed of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Dixon, the Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Rountree, Mr. and Mrs. W. Hubert Taylor, Miss Alice Harper Parker, James Edward Har ris, Miss Daisy Dixon, J. Knott Proc tor, Jr., Miss Blanche Hartman, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. J. Knott Proctor, Sr., John . Harris, Jr., Edward Dixon, Mrs. Louise Dix on Harris, Richard D. and Mr. and Mrs. David T. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hartman, Mr. and Mrs. Hu bert and Robert Dixon. Receiving in the dining room were Miss Hazel Monk and Charles Ed wards, and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Eure, of Kinston. At either end of the dining room table, which was centered with a sil ver bowl of white roses, carnations and fern flanked by silver candela bra bearing white tapers, were Mrs. John A. Moore of Fayetteville, aunt of the bride, and Mrs. W. J. Turaage, aunt of the bridegroom, serving bridal ices and individual cakes. They were assisted by Miss -Ellen Parker of Washington, and Mrs. C. R. Town- . send. Serving mints and salted nuts were Miss Mary Etta Sugg of Snow Hill, Miss Novella Horton Capps of Washington, D. C., Misses Mae and Cornelia Knott and Miss Mary Ann Townsend. Directing guests in the hall were Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Fields, Jr., of Rocky Mount, and Mr. and Mrs. James M. Wheless, Jr. At the living room door were Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Allen, Miss Ver nice Lang Jones and Herbert Potter of Snow Hill. In the second receiving line, which was introduced by Mr. and Mrs. John B. Lewis, were the Rev. and Mrs. J. Q. Beckwith, Jr., of Wilson, the Rev. and Mrs. C. B. Mashburn, the Rev. and Mrs. D. A. Clarice, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Joyner, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Shackleford, Mr. and Mrs. John D. and Elbert C. Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley R. Willis, Miss Serene Turn age, Miss Mary Elizabeth Smith and (Continued on Page Six) Dr. Tawnsend Given Pardon President Intervenes To Prevent Serving Jail Sentence. Washington, April 18. ? President Roosevelt today pardoned Dr. Fran cis Townsend, old age pension advo cate, as he was about to enter the local pail to serve a 30-day sentence for contempt of a House committee. Townsend had already reported, to the district attorney's office and an nounced be was ready to begin service of the jail sentence when the presiden tial pardon was announced. The 71-year-old pension advocate was convicted February. 24th, 1987 for walking out on a special commit tee which was investigating his plan to pay |200 a month federal pensions to all persons older, than 60 years, Townsend was ?u the office of tJ. S. Marshal John Colpoys, awaiting removal to jail when the pardon was de&veied him. j I He emerged grinning broadly, with the pardon in hand. act of contrition on the part of Con A White House ? I Dr? TOffittOOu 18 && E29u 1&A& . . _ - . - ... - ?' " 1 1 .1 ? Become Brighter ? ? v;.: "*? ^ ^ ? v t Possibility of New Alignment to Stabilize Europe Follows Rome London Pact; France Makes More to Join Agreement London, April 17. ? The possibility of a new European alignment to pre serve peace was seen tonight in the wake of the Anglo-Italian friendship accord. France laid plans to extend that agreement, signed last night in Rome, into a tri-power pact by negotiating with Italy for settlement of Franco Italian differences. The general hope was that a Fran co-Italian accord on top of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's agree ment with Premier Benito Mussolini either would bring Germany into a "New Locarno" pact or furnish a strong barrier to possible further Nazification of Europe. The pact of Locarno of 1925, whereby Germany, France, Belgium, Great Britain and Italy mutually guaranteed the peace of Western Eu rope, was repudiated by Adolf Hitler March 7,19S6, when he re-militarized the Rhineland zone. There were no indications that Britain and France were ready to deal with Reichfuehrer Hitler now. His march on Vienna was too recent for that. Nevertheless, official circles in Lon don pointed out carefully that the Anglo-Italian agreement for ending long-standing differences between London and Rome was not directed against Germany. As a long-range policy, Chamber lain is determined to get a four-power pact He made this clear Feb. 21, the day after Anthony Eden resigned as Foreign Secretary in a break with the Prime Minister over the letter's policy of dealing with dictator states. County ChifnnM Harrell Names EMi Officials ? . ? **?? ?, J. H. Harrell, chairman of the Pitt county Board of Elections has desig nated registrars, judges and alter nates for each of the precincts in the county. The list of election officials with the registrar named first, the Dem ocratic judge second, the Republican judge third and the alternate fourth, follow: (In inSChnces where no Repub lican Was' suggested for judge, two Democrats were named). Ayden ? Larry Davis, Robert Wor thington, R. L. Johnson, Miss Kate Quinerly. Belvoir ? R. H. Parker, W. H. Hol land, J. T. Dupree, J. A. BelL Beaver Dam ? Robert McArthur, Brtfce Strickland, Ray Crawford, Mrs. <X E. Wflloughby. Bethel ? W. O. Watson, P. L. Andrews, X. E. Manning, Matilda BanihilL Carolina Township ? C. W. Roe buck, C. C. Little, R. L. Robertson, Howard BarnhilL Chicod (1) ? J. L. Outlaw, R. L. Little, Mayhew Godley, Robert Wil son. Chicod (2) ? Tom Tyson, Marvin Smith, Harvey Stokes, Bruce fytbh. ; Chicod (8MU CL Voters, Miss Odell Smith, Arthur Williams. Farmville ? Riddick Freeman, Cart Tyson, W. J. Moye, A. L. Taylor, Jr. Falkland?R. B. Tyre, Wfflie Bryan, Vernon A. Lemmons, Hugh Smith. . Fountain ?: W. D. Gaynor, P. L. Eagles, W. B. Smift, J. L. Peele. ^ v Greenville (1) - J> C. Tyson, Hugh Ragsdale, H. J. Sawyer, J. N. Hart ?l&s. Luther- Herring. ? Greenville t?)?L. A. McLawborn, P. J* Goodson, MooiSMjJp/ i Higgs. Greenville (4) ?? Mrs. ^^^Pleecep.Bur John Scarboro, Jade Ch^piQAO* ?. . . |\aimr> _ TMhee Mills S. A*1 I ITTT T Of| n\r MtH : ] .f^."1 v|',^,i'111 ;".i^^^lSSi!j (Hugo S. Sims, Washington Corres W \ $>&? : pondent). y-.:'.. te ." :v..- : i Economic Picture la Not Reassuring; Facta and Debate Fail to Blake Senae The failure of business to improve and the apparent inability of indus try to provide employment presents an economic problem to the nation. Recognizing the danger of a contin uous decline, President Roosevelt last week attempted to outline steps which the Government might take to help the present situation. Already Congress had authorized the RFC to use |1,500,000,000 in funds already appropriate in making loans to industry and indefinitely ex tending the period within which these advancements can be made. Under immediate consideration was the ap propriation for work relief. Congres sional and WPA authorities estimated the outlay for the next fiscal year will be around $2,000,000,000. Under discussion and awaiting the develop ment of national sentiment was the proposal to use $1,500,000,000 in a new spending program designed to transfuse public funds into the ar teries of trade and industry. Exactly how this "pump-priming" fund would be used was uncertain. , r It seem reasonably certain that any effort at "pump priming" will meet with serious opposition. The attack in Congress will be based on the opin ion that huge expenditures at this time will injure business and destroy confidence mid that further increases of the Government debt might lead to inflation if not repudiation. These arguments will be emphasized by business interests with a notable ex ception in favor of the use of Gov- j ernment funds to aid ailing indus-; tries, such as the railroads. . J Of course, there are two sides to the ( argument about Governmen spending. The spenders hold that the Govern ment must pour out its money to "fill the void" left by private capital. ThiB they say, will provide purchasing power and permit; consumers to'buy necessary products. As products are consumed, the need will arise for in dustry to make new products. This cycle, it is asserted, will lead to re covery. Opponents insist that the importance of a Government spend ing program is over-estimated, that even four billion dollars will add less than six per cent to the income of the American people, and add that ad ditional spending, involving additional national debt, will create uneasiness in the business community and fright en away many times this amount in private'capital. Meanwhile, it is Important to real-j ize that the county is not in the posi-j tion it was in 1982, and. early 1933. There exists a conference in the safety of bank accounts, farmers are assured of a reasonable purchasing power, WPA employment has re moved fear from the hearts of mil lions and there is no absence what ever of abundant capital resources. There is, however, one' must admit, a definite antagonism between Govern ment and big business. - The hostility between Government and business is extremely'interesting; It has been emphasised by opposi tion toward practically every reform advanced by the Administration. It has been accentuated by increased taxation and efforts on the part of the Government to use the tax wea pon to force business and industry to accept .its program of reform. lt?giiM? leaders, rebelling against this Government regulation, vigorous ly denounce Government interference with business and assert that, if let alone, private industry and capital will provide the means of successful ly 'combating the business recession. There are some strange angles to the picture. Earnings of many large corporations in 198? set new records. In yimy of the fact that these profits were made under regulations, restric tions, taxes, which, if anything have been lightened in 1938, the profits made in 1987 tend to disprove the al legation that the Government has wrecked business. 0? the other hand, some officials, ontably Harry L. Hopkins, asserts that monopoly and | J M1 1i ... r".? (I M *? it-rt program, oufiinsss, iiow6V6rf in too WW thlr flhi^Tnir twl m i nftlnrv of Mitr Judge Frizzelle Con ducts Court; Charges Against Two Officers Included In List of Cases For Grand Jury Action. . 'iff ? - ? I Greenville, April 18. ? H. F. Owens I; of Fountain was appointed foreman of the new grand jury drawn at the opening of a term of Pitt Superior J court here this morning to replace one discharged on a technicality by Judge Henry A. Grady at the last session. . The new body wilTserve only until July and this is the only criminal term scheduled before them. I The Grand Jury is composed of J, Foreman Owens, Carlton Jackson, WJ J. Whitman, Jack Watera, E. J. I Whitehurst, E. W. Wootten, L. W. Andrews, C. L. James, C. E. Cue, W. E. Beverly, Arthur Keel, L.,0; Gross, J. M. Hobgood, W. H. Wynne, W. C. Whitehurst, R. L. Bell, R. A. Foun tain, Jr., and G. T. Stokes. I, It was revealed that only one mem ber of the body, Mr.' Hobgood had ever served on a Grand Jury before. I, Judge Frizzelle's charge dealt en-1( tirely with the duties and procedure! of action to be followed by the Grand Jury. He explained the course to be : followed in considering hills of in-f: dictment and stressed the. importance I: of the task they had been chosen to , perform. He reminded than that I they were pledged to secrecy and ad- i ded any person inquiring Into activi- ; ties of the body was guilty of the gravest kind of contempt of court, < The jurist asked the name of any L person inquiring into the work of , the body be made known to the court , so proper action could be taken. .1 j The presiding judge said he real- i ized the members of the jury had a difficult JtaiBk and perhaps an unpleas ant one, but urged them to carry out I their duty with the sole idea of bring ing about justice, h Trafic Engineer Visions Future Of Motor World ] New York, April 19. ? W. A. * Duzer, traffic engineer, did some crystal-gazing toptght and said be saw motorists of the future prevented from passing red lights by photo- , electric. cells which would stop their t automobiles at intersections, He also saw ..radio .energy as a ] substitute for gasoline and express highways equipped with railroad-like block signals. Van Duzer, director of vehicles and traffic of Washington, D. C., told the i Greater New York -Safety Council at its ninth annual convention that some of his visions might come true within as few as five years; and, in 26 years, be as coflamonplace as radio. "I think the time will come," he ' said, "when motor vehic|ip wflt be ?eq^pjMdvWitn. samf lana ox aaarp Kskegs or blades that may be depressed I instantly so as to come in contact I with the pavementinsueh a manner as to eliminate vicious skids. II belieVe it is possible by the use 1 of photo-electric cells to prevent mo tor vehicles from runnning through: red lights or stop signs. It also may be, possible to control,the speed, to co-ordinate the movement of vehicles : on a street where the traffic lights I 11 M 11 ?~-- ? -s - ? ? ?? ^ iii aw arrangea tot progressive control, , and to warn drivers when they cross or get too close to the center line on hill crests. "I agree with Dr. Miller McCIin tock's suggestion that it may be pos sible to install a two-way automatic radio in ever year to sound warning tomat^l lighting controlled by photo electric cells to illuminate only those sections of road actually in use." ?/He predicted the rear-end engine to give drivers greater visibility and the three-wheeled automobile to per Exhaustion of petroleum, he pre Lindsay Wans# NaiffsdKsynDtar First District Congress man Gets Call for State Convention. ? Representative Lindsay C. Warren of Hie First Congressional District will deliver tie keynote address to the Democratic State Convention here May 19. Congressman Warren notified Gov ernor Hoey and Major R. Gregg Cherry of Gastonia, chairman of the State Democratic Executive Com mittee, yesterday of his acceptance. It will be Congressman Warren's first keynote address, although he is one of the most familiar figures in State Democratic Conventions?having pre sided over the sessions in 1930 and 1934 as pennant chairman. - Announcement of Congressman Wa.iuh's acceptance was made by Major Cherry in Gastonia, who stated that he had extended the invitation Beveral days ago and that Governor Hoey had joined him in urging Mr. Warren, who has been in the House since 1925 and is unopposed for re election, to accept Although, he has a conservative background and has always been identified with the conservative ele ment of the Democratic party in state politics, Lindsay Warren has been one of the outstanding spokesmen for die liberal policies of the Roosevelt administration on the floor of the House of Representatives. Me. Warren is on terms of the closest friendship with the President and administration leaders in Con gress and, in fact, is himself, regard ed as being one of those leaders and. Is being in line x>r promotion to po sition of titular leader. FEELS FINE; DIES ft Ionia, Mich. ? when asked how he pas feeling on his return from a vaca tion trip to Florida, Dewey Hammond, retired businessman was about to re ply, "Fine," when Be collapsed and lied of a heart attack. UNUSUAL RECORD * Washington, N. J.?Herman A. Pet ty has attended Sunday School every Sunday for the past fifty-nine years. He has been Secretary of the same Sunday School for fifty-one years. HALF OF LIFE IN JAIL _ ? Quebec, Ont. ?? Albert Moisont, 47, recently admitted that he had spent more than half of his life behind prison walla. He was recently sen tenced to five years more for theft trf jewelry. Announca For County Puts Clark For Treasurer; Porter and Cannon For Board. mrmmmmmmmtmarn 4__ , Announcement of candidates for three county positions today added speculation to the political situation in l^.JThe three to . announce were Amos 0. Clark of Greenville,'for treasurer; D. S. Porter of Simpson for com -i ? ?- *- Sm . ay . f 1 jf-i 'V i'V D118810B6P irom tne rourtu district, and Thad J. Cannon of the Ayden community, for commissioner from the fifth district. 1 r ~Mt. Clark is the first publicly to announce for the office of treasurer, now held by J. Vance Perkins, al though the incumbent is expected to 86Mr1Cteke(isa native of Pitt conn. . m. viftrSO w & native oi ritt coun ty, having been born in Belvoir town ship. When he was only , a child, however, hi. father, thai late W. L. Clark, moved to Black Jack* After olj^imesWnd/^bookkeeper and re mained with the firm until the own ers retired from business. He later accepted a position with Quinn- Mil He has taken an active part In church ZTJaZ* ^ fjr* - he h jiwt too wm Wqt to die. H;? 1..1. I _ ||?wi* HIJ. Miss Janie Lang DawsWeis C. M. Griffin In Private Ceremony i ^ ? ? ?-? ? ? Couple United Sunday Afternoon; Will lire In Wilson. "V'- *" :"7 fr''gPf In a private ceremony, impressive in its dignity and simplicity, Miss Janie Lang Davis, became the bride of Mr. Charles Millard Griffin, of Wilson, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Marion Davis, on Sunday afternoon at four o'clock, with the vows being spoken before the Rev. D. A. Clarke, pastor gt the Methodist church. Mimosa ferns served as a back ground for the altar, improvised in an alcove in the reception room, and for the baskets of Easter lilies, white snapdragons and carnations. Lighted tapers in tall standards and candela bra threw a soft glow over the scene. These were lighted by Robert Lang Davis, III, brother of the bride. Mrs. M. V. Jones played a delight ful program of nuptial music prior to the ceremony, the selections in cluding "Liebestraum," by Liszt, "In termezzo" (Cavalleria Rusticana), by P. Mascagni, and Schubert's "Sere nade." Jocelyn's "Berceuse" was played during the ceremony. The maid of honor, Miss Elizabeth Davis, sister of the bride, entered first. She wore a pink silk net dress over taffeta, tucked and trimmed with turquoise blue velvet, fashioned in a period style, and a Maiy of Scot land hat She carried an arm bou quet of Briarcliff roses and fern, tied with pink tulle. j The petite bride was never lovelier than in her wedding gown of white Chantilly lace, made in princess mode with semi train and trimmed with white violets around the neck line. Her finger tip veil fell from a cap designed with a coronet of the Chan tilly lace. Her only ornament was a diamond necklace, the gift of the bridegroom. She carried a Bible of white kid skin with a shower of gar denias and valley lilies, from which the minister read a closing passage froin the book of Ruth. Mrs. Davis, mother of the bride, was gowned in sapphire blue lace and wore a corsage of orchids. Following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Griffin left by motor for a trip to Charleston, S. C., and Sea Island, Ga. They will be.at home in Wilson at Verita Court Apartments after May 1. ? For travelling Mrs. Griffeft wore a smart costume suit of blao^ English wonted with a white ascot and sil ver fox. Her hat was a close fitting black model, and her shoulder corsage was of gardenias. Mrs. Griffin was graduated with honors from Converse College, Spar tansburg, S. C. Upon finishing her studies she spent some time in Eu rope and has traveled extensively in the United States and Canada. She has been quite active in the business . ' life of Farmville. Descended from one of the oldest ami most prominent . families in the State,* the bride is a niece of the late Robert L. and John R. Davis, the three Davis brothers being widely known as pioneer mer chants and bankers of Farmville. Mr. Griffin, who is the son of: Mr. C. M. Griffin, of Norfolk, Va., and the late Mrs. Griffin, received his edu cation at Wake Forest and the Uni versity of North Carolina, and has practiced law successfully since open ing offices in Wilsoh several years ago. The bride has been honored at a number of social affairs since the re cent announcement of her engage ment. " ? LIGHTNING. STRIKES IN FALKLAND COMMUNITY Falkland dtixens were almeef frightened oat of their wit* about 7 o'clock last night when a bolt of lightning struck in the center of the', town, but no damage was experienced. As told by one witness: "A loud clatter of thunder was heard and a ball of fire came down the highway. Ifeewet pavement was [dried by" the bolt. One woman was . put to bed because of the shock and *:. Jar, but she was up today and none the worse for her experience.." > Pert of the town was In darkness $ for a time after the bolt. < ? SURPRISES DOCTORS , 3*ri "aiy I>rf\v ^JjHWiWw