m ^ ^ ^ ^ a * * ^ , I Patronize On IMbol For ; I They An Cmtaafr ta?W* j I Too To Trade With Then. Tri-Power Armed AlHane^ Assured Por^Pm^ Front' Chamberlain Tells Com mons that Negotiations With Russia Nearing Contluiiiai. London, May 24 ? Negotiations for a three-power mutual assistance pact) among Britain, -France and Soviet Soaaia has advanced an far today that I Prime Miniate Chamberiain express- J ed confidence in fall agreement with-1 ? ? a in two weekq, ? F r In a two-hour meeting, the British I; 1 cabinet accepted a plan which For eign Secretary Viscount Halifax dis-f' cussed with Ivan Maisky, Russian I 1 delegate to the League of Nations, at j1 Geneva. The plan was said by in formed quarters to have been ap-11 proved by Moscow. After the cabinet meeting, Cham-J, berlain told the House of Commons] that "all relevant points of view have been made dear1* and that he believed ] he weald be able to announce con- j elusion ot an agreement with Russia when parliament reconvenes June 5, after the Whitsun recess. < Chamberlain was somewhat vague ' as to just what action the cabinet had ' taken, bat the foreign office spokes- j! nan later said Moscow's latest pro- M posals on the mutual assistance pact r had been approved in principle. Conclnsios ocf such a pact with Rus- ' ss would further extend Britain's al- j ] liances in Eastern Europe, where she], has reversed her former hands-off L policy. She first departed from this], policy by guaranteeing Poland's in- j, dpendence and. later made similar] guarantees to Rumania, Greece and]? Turkey. I1 Some details of the British-Russian j accord remained to be worked out, ( . but Chamberlain said bedhfnot an ticipate that these were "likely to give rise to aay serious difficulties." J Scope of Pact. ? ( Provisions of the proposed pact i have not yet been discloed, but in formed sourees said general prind- 1 " pies, already agreed upon, include: ' 5 v . A guarantee of mutual asafstanee 1 .among Britain, France and Russia 1 *fbr aid in the event that any one of ^ tion and military staff talks among 1 the three countries. j abuw^haT ^raTto'pe^ ] gurnards, Turkey and Cbreece, but it 1 is not known just what provisions c ? w& be made in this connection. ,-r - The Baltic countries will be left out, but Russia may give them her own 1 guarantees if she wishes. ( These terms follow closely the 1 original proposals of Russia* .which c Britain first opposed on the greobd that they were too far-reaching. It j has been generally known for several weeks, however, that Britain was.pre- j pared to gfclf ighost aay lengths to 1 line up Russia'Vifh the British-French 1 front ] r For ? j Stiafp. 7ii6 comnusatozwr iftiu yl6^00Q^0v*| * mry s6*6d6r boat ? I "* ?' ?n?Aw I a heavier trtad ramani ixxvaatiaeni ^6061^1 COIldltlOB rBIOI^Sf^ . I . _ j ???' ? %:. *- .i . _._ . ' , . - - - - ,' -1: ^Tfff-rrm^^ It^iigip w I ? - - yatt wwBTfiliwJillBro 'wrvT ^4} lvwj*vv -r' * >--?' ."^-. r>L^-v' " ?? ? X 2-! r; y'jgJ*' ?* *?" m - ?-. " ltl. y ' .'ij'^? . Stores To flee To BeginSummer Clos ing Custom Here Wed nesday, June 7th. ?" ? 1 ? i Practically all - of the business houses in Farmville will begin Closing their doors Wednesday afternoons, on Wednesday, June 7th,. following a custom adopted a few years ago of allowing a mid-week afternoon of rec reation for employees. The stores will dose at. noon Wed nesday, on the summer schedule which will be continued through August 16. . * ?? ' *i Tribute Paid To Mrs. Bertha B. Joyrier On Mother's Day ' ^'?"*>?"* The service of the Farmville "Meth xiist Church, which with other ^lurches of the town did honor to mothers of all time on the Sunday set aside as Mother's Day, was fea rured with a tribute, brought by R. ^ Jbyner in behalf of .his family, vhich paid special honor to his nother, Mrs. Bertha Barrow Joyner, vidow of the late R. L. Joyner, who a held in highest esteem in this com nunity, where she has \resided for nore than seventy-eight years, estab iahing a home, noted for i its hospi ality and Christian atmosphere, ?earing sons and daughter^ who have >ecome outstanding and useful citi zens, and examplifying throughout ler long useful Bfe the noble virtues if Christian womanhood. Her Son's words of appreciation in presenting a life membership insignia if an organization, to which she has riven loyal support for many years fellow: A tribute and presentation of a ife membership in the Woman's Mis nonary Society to Mrs. Bertha Joy ier in behalf of ait heir children >y her son, Richard A. Joyner. Mother: This is the greatest privil ege of my life to be able to reprf ieing with you today and through tee 'acilities of your Missionary Society ind your Church, present to yon this Kn, which leyrseonts a life Member* hip in your Womarfs Missionary So aety. This Life Membership Pin, combines hree symbols, tee star, tee croaSr ind the circle. The star reminds us if that star which pointed to Him vho is the light of tee world. The rross is the symbol of the atonement, hat He, bearing our sb9, offers unto is eternal life, and we have faith to >elieve can certainly-eieim the pro nise of everlasting life. The circle a symbolic of jCftritfr eternity, Hb, vho has no beginning or ending, He vho is from everlasting to everiast ng. The star, the cross, the drele? the star so httyht,jJ|miuhnpe, the uro8s on which we place our faith, and he circle which stands for him which s love?~ ? '? Itf? aL ^j I ^)ow yoQ' h&V6 0Q, loved? 1 Eirt A iwv^X k Qia qfrmxrttfi .vfT iu^ Telfc M e^ra Conspiracy Against America. , Washington, May 24. ? George Desthferage, ehtof WW Knights of the White GMliiiir tedey told toe House mwmhto* on un-American toe-'! tivities that he has bvied in the West Virginia hills two tons of docu mentspwnring an .'international Jew ish conspiracy to ^overthrow democ racy in the United States. Chairman Martin Dies, D., Tex., laid a committee investigator would be sent to toe - hiding -place with Bestheeage to cheek to* "evidehcfe" and present It before the committee if it seems authentic. Deatherage, whose organization ha* been accnaed of fomenting Faa cism, also testifled-that he had found ed the "AmfetknuiNationalist Con federation," which has no member ship as yet, bat hopes to consolidate ; all anti-dewiah groups in this coun try into a powerful.political bloc. The confederation, he said, has a swastika on its lettarheads. Commerce members sat dumb founded as-he-related a bizarre tale of international conspiracies, con-, ferteneee with German embassy offi cials, and contributions to the anti Jewish cause from American million aires allegedly frigntenea oy uxe im minence of Communism. K^He-eaid he " was. informed three months ago by Freiher von Gienath, whom he described as a German em bassy attache, that there is more an ti-Semitism in the United States now than then was" in Germany before the rise of Adolf Hitler. Death erage said he was so con vinced that a leftist revolution was about to sweep th country that he used his personal fortune of $26,000 to fight it, in addition to cashing his insurance. The Knights, he said, started with 200 dues-paying members, but found that plan unsatisfactory and now operate with 10-man ports which pay Anonymous contributions are receiv ed "occasionally," he said. r POST COMKANQSR JOYNER URGES COMMUNITY WIDE OBSERVANCE POPPY DAY ,s'.' ' .V>/ r?fyj'r l World War veterans of Farmville wen urged to remember and pay tri bute to /their comrades who died in the war by wearing a poppy on Poppy Day, Saturday. May 27, in an appeal Hiued by J. W. Joyner, Commander of the Local Post of the American Legion No. 161. "The poppy is the memorial flower of the World War dead,7 said Com mander Joyner, "and brings bade vis ions of tlm poppy-sMded fields of France and Belgium where so many our comrades gagp their lives in thenatkm's service. It is vary fitting theirUveaf**4 ^ which they pan eoune, wfll jote with thS: other pa triotic "Citizens in wearing tfT^poppy on "Popj^Dny^and contaf^tmg as to tfae> Welfare of tho?*>itoa at* ftm soffIjingr from toe-tow, the disabled, veterans, their familidiJAnd thB^fam" ' lia&jfc': '^j^-"**"'C*l>; ? t"' y_*JM fl^* fThiJrt) j?foli jiff m W t _ -_ _? ^* ;' \ #'* e * :* !'?L' <1 " -i. ? >! ? '*v ?^!yry>T'; ? ?~j?* ? "^ T~25?f|^r- !r; ' V-?T?r ? ? ? ? ,K5" ? t. ^ "J l-jBWMty* ii' ?* ,-f- .':? ?'.' ?>????* ? ?7 ^' ?->????.? j ?fir / - ^ ??:_.??i^aH? - " She's 19 ytar old Alice Hell, the i "Maid of Cotton," flying ambassador ' of the National Cotton Council. In 1 major cities frcin coast to coast she j is spreading the story of National , Cotton Week end the Cotton Carnival. < Outfitted with an ultra-smart ward- ] robe of all-cotton materials, she if i modeling cotton garments at cotton i Fashion shows, taking cotton on the j stage and over the air, TaHntjg ,pW. 4 sonal calls andappearaneiPln 2* & cities plus the New tort and 8m \ Francisco world fairs. She will re- 1 torn'to her home in Memphis tat the spelling of the South'* great cotton ^ party on May 9 Next to cotton she i is devoted to flying and amateur the- i atricals. v'-' ? . t : ,?;?,?_?,?; ?2 i i, - ? itiV Mini. ' ECONOMY DISAPPEARS. HOUSE VOTES FUNDS. SO DOES THE SENA5$fe^!'. - ' J NEW BUILDINGS GALORE. F. D. R. TO TRAVEL SOON. ] TO TAUK ABOUT POLICIES. * *' ? - ? T The much talked of economy is no- ; where evidenced in Congress. Here -j end there one runs across a legislator } who is insisting upon economy, bnt when the test comes, the votes are al- j ways, sufficient to pass appropria tions. In faet, the present Congress is appropriating much more money than the President requested. It will i always be the case. The only op- , portunity for economy in this country, so far-as we can see, depends npon 1 the leadership of an executive, ready and willing ,to veto excessive appro- i prjations by the Congress itafelf. | priation bill passed by the House last funds for flood control and riven and ltoproyaroe^its under the direction ^way of psnsifr of the -ni?BSTO?.'! In itiljU* ,J" ISrWM^rn W^MSSk ' ?rouo was too stronsr to be with** ?' I . . - ~1. , . MM I stood* In fact, students f American 1 rOtg-'-iiSwIyvfo ? 1^^? ________________ _ _ ?? . 4 Move To Advance ! ?^S-< , I Vote On Control; ??60 t :>_- ? ^- ?? .'- ii,"j?ii*i 'T' I4-T- ' B jflp /*ptir ftf trAlUA t/>%? ov^oM aotna- 'l>-y. J ?? .. -<* ?*.!??-^;4 ? I *'iff ^??'-?? ? ?-'rt.-. ???.. : ?'.a-i4?i ?? | Ifttown Resident ~I^^^:cy;: in hertfeep Monday night, after re aring at eleven o'clock in gpod health ?!00[death" occurred in the home of Mrs. George E. Moore, where she had resided for the last seven years, and ynift as * result of heart disease, from which she had suffered at inter nals. - ' Vta&eftl rites were conducted from ho Farmville Funeral Home, Wed lesday morning, at eleven o'clock, march,; or Greenvius^ jma interment y^X ?' ffct ? ~Vt HhSiSBfi 11 it' i?rtiv> ii I n mil ijRI;maai in lioiiywooo Cttnctcrj^ >,? I pall bearers were: Edison, 3eorge, Theodore and Fred Moore, ind Mr, Beam an, of Wilson, the last lamed a nephew. Floral bearers sere members of the Christian Science church. Sri Joyner, the daughter of the ate George and Louisa Blount Joy Mr was a descendant of pioneer fam Ues of Eastern Carolina. She led an ictive life, practicing osteopathy for right, years in Greenville and Farm ri&e^Jand wrms connected,^. with the ghflttsehooi .here as librarian at the drae of her death. . isl Intelleetual-aHd-of broad sympa The last member of -'heE immediate family, she la survived only! by a half rfater, Mrs. Mary Baaman, at Wil ton, andssessal nieeea and nephewa. ; In one of the most exciting Golf ouraatnentaever held on thecouree the Farmville Country Club, local {Offers came out victorious to tne MMMtf- n^twfecfe record, defeating tfewBemineaeho* threat four lomes. The tournament was playod on the 10 means :?? one-8Kieu matcii, as in w-holoa In one, ? ?T-*f-IV^ _.?'_}+ - - -^?^IT "?i ^TiiiTIT 'TL': ? ^?jy ??%?;: '4 ??nitii!.ii^OLii. I *rrv* or? ' *w^'vre**TT^ , . .rr*r Local Man Addresses Raleigh. 2 T; Thome, a member of the fozrd^Dinafogg of the North Cmo soeiation, delivered a compMbeBaivf and enlighteniag-siddress on the prob- ?. lema of King Cotton at the animal membership meeting of that organi sation, whfch wac held in Salrigh, on Excerpts of Mr. Thorns'* address follow: King Cotton ie proud of yep and me today?proud that after years of re treat before the onslaughts of his enemies we have made up our minds to fight Not to fight Iistieegly, hot aggrcssfroly-Mjonsistentiy intelli gently ? invincibly. Not singly and alone, but as part' of % powerful and determined, army of American cotton men?cotton mer. united few the ilrst time under a coir moil banner?cotton men who recognize that it is THEIR Job to save the crpp and the markets on which they and millions of their neighbors depend. ' The problem which we together are setting out to solve represents an ac cumulation of trends and events reaching farther into the past-than any of us hers can remember. I do not propose to review that past, for it is a story familiar to all of you?the first staggering impact of she mil lion uneducated workers transferred from servitude to citizenship over night the lung years of effort to ward economic rehabilitation and si multaneous social readjustment In a crippled and impoverished cotton belt ?the growing suction of an insidious and unbalanced tariff system?the in- . vasion of cotton^ fields by natural - pests and of cotton markets by^vir tual serfs from abroad whose entrance was made possible by domestic unin telligence. You know the result?an income so reduced and a standard of living so low that cotton belt today winces un der its designation as the nation's foremost economic problem, its econ omy, its manpower and its social structure forced to the verge of a bdgrftf desfetfctaicy. In one decade been-cut almost in haif, dridding from a billiort dollars a year in idtt tO ap proximately six hundred million to day. And the end is not yet -The pre diction is obvious that at"** does of it* eUtaent crop, year the world will have on handmore than fourteen mil lion bales of American cotton?a mil lion -bales more than haa ever existed as carry-over before! Impounded by the government alone will' be as much American cotton as a full year's normal production. - Export figures will set a near low of 8,500,000'bales as compared with the normal annual export of 7,500, 000 biles; and at the same time world consumption figures of foreign cot ton will show an increase in ten years from 10/100,000 bales to 16,760,000. And still the whole story is not told, for in the! last ten yeare alone the world price of American cotton, based on the gold (toller, has dropped.from approximately 18 cents a pound to" an all-time low of about 5 cents. ^These are the facts toad figures that vt stare at us today-figun* which can szxar"**? ' !^esp^iWy of late the fedcral.gov- - r ernment has. sought to stem the tide : ? (Continued on page 2) l"SaveTo Build ?Build To Save"