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Farm ville Enterprise
FAKMVILLK, N. C.
a ALEX SOUSE, Owner ft Mgr.
Eva Horton Shackle/ord
Associate Editor
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AINT IT THE TRUTH??
A friendly Kentuckian contributes
the folio wig bit of foolishness. Those
old timers who have been telling this
tale for the last decade will probably
laugh at its resurrection, and those
who have never heard such talk, can
skip it?if they don't like white mules.
Over the hill trailed a man behind
a mule drawing a plow. Said the
man to the mule: "Bill, you are a
mule, the son of a jackass, and I
am a man of God. Yet here we work
hitched up together, year after year.
I often wonder if you work for me
or I work for you. Verily, I think it
is a partnership between a mule and
a fool, for surely I work as hard as
youdo, if not harder. Plowing or
cultivating, we cover the same dis
tance, but you do it on four legs and
I on two. I, therefore, do twice as
much work per leg as you do.
"Soon well be preparing for a corn
crop. When the crop is harvested, I
give one third to the landlord, one
third goes to you and the balance is
mine. You consume all of your por
tion with the exception of the cobs,
while I divide mine among seven chil
dren, six hens, two ducks, and a bank
er. If we both need shoes, you get
'em.
'Bill, you are getting the best of
me and I ask you is that fair?
'Why, you only help to plow and
cultivate the ground, and I alone,
must cut, shock and husk the corn,
while you loek over the pasture fense
and hee-haw at me.
"All Fall and most of the Winter,
the whole family, from Granny to the
baby, picks cotton to raise money to
pay taxes, buy a new harness and pay
the interest on the mortgage on you,
and what do you care about mort
gage? I even have to do the worry
ing about the mortgage ? I even
have ungrateful hide.
"About the only time I am your
better is on election day, for I vote
and you can't. And after election
day, I realize that I was as great a
jackass as your Pa.
"And that ain't all, Bill. When
you ase dead, that's supposed to be
the end of you. But me? I've still
gotta take a chance on going to hell."
?Southern Farmer.
FOUNTAIN NEWS 1
(By MBS. M. P. YELVERTON) I
Miss Lorna Brothers is a guest at
a house party at Bay View.
Mrs. Mary Dee Patrick of Durham
is visiting Miss Jean Eagles.
Bobert Smithwick of Louis burg is
visiting Dwight and Gibbs Johnson.
Mrs. F. L. Eagles spent the week
end in Richmond, Va., with Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Eagles.
JR. A. Fountain, Sr., is spending a
few days at Virginia Beach.
Mia* Mary Elizabeth and Bobby
Horton of Goldsboro are visiting
their cousins, Ann and Jimmy Hor
ton.
Miss Helen Brown Jefferson re
turned Wednesday from Greenville
where she has been attending sum
mer school at E. C. T. C.
;r .. ATTEND FUNERAL
Several friends aid relatives at
tended tile funeral services of W. M.
Yelverton in Faro Wednesday after
noon.
Mr. Yelverton frequently visited
his son, L. P. Yelverton and step
sons, a M. Smhh and M. E. Smith,
in and was well known in
the community.
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MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS
The Ladies Missionary Society of
Fountain Baptist Church met Monday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. M; D.
ITnlvnvfATt
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Mrs. I* P. Yelverton as program
leader presented a -very interesting
program on Home Missions. Others
taking part on the program were
< Its. F. D. Turaage and Mrs. E. B.
TTnsstnj
-At the clone of the program tM
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Washington
Farm News
(Hugo S. Sim, Washington Cor
respondent.)
MONET FOR FARMERS.
RELIEF AN OLD ISSUE.
PARITY PAYMENTS.
TWO-PRICE SYSTEM?
LIMITED USE OF SUBSIDY.
f- Headlines about the record-break
ing agricultural appropriation bill
call attention to the $1,200,000,000
total, which includes $253,000,000 for
| such purposes as public. roads, acqui
sition of forest lands and weatiysr
forecast activities and metropolitan
editorial writers dwell often on the
idea that the government is "giving"
the farmers a big money bag at the
expense of the consumers.
Little is said about the 82,000,000
people who live on the farms of the
nation, or about the effect of national
policies, such as the tariff, upon the
welfare of agriculture. Forgotten is
the World War ruge to plant and
plant which opened up vast acreages
to crops that, coupled with foreign
nations' efforts to obtain self-suffi
ciency as a war defense, produced the
surplises that plague farmers.
The fact that the foreign markets
for much of the products of American
land have disappeared, due to the
causes mentioned above and to the
inability at foreign nations to buy
our farm products because they can
not sell their products here and thus
acquire the necessary exchange, are
politely ignored.
Farming in the United States has
been a precarious enterprise since the
deflationary period that followed the
World War. The discontent in the
farm belt led President Hoover to
summon a serial session of Congress
for farm relief. The Federal Farm
Board was created but its efforts was
confined to stabilizing prices by pur
chasing wheat and cotton at specified
prices. Between 1929 and 1981, the
Farm Board acquired 3,250,000 bales
of cotton and large quantities of
wheat in a program that cost the
Federal government around $500,
000,000.
The Roosevelt administration in
May 1935, adopted a Farm Relief
bill, providing processing taxes and
restrictions on production as a means
of getting rid of the surpluses. The
Supreme Court and the drought years
interfered with the program but in
February, 1938, a new Farm Act was
passed, which provided, among other
things, for non-recourse loans to far
mers and for acreage restrictions un
der certain conditions.
The present appropriation bill car
ries $225,000,000 to be used in making
farm parity payments, $203,000,000
for the purchase and distribution of
surplus agricultural commodities and
$40,000,000 for the farm-tenant pro
gram
These provisions will not solve the
farm problem. They assist the far
mer, it is true, and they tend - to
equalize, in a degree, the inequality
that exists under present economic
conditions. They should be consider
ed in connection with recent figures
showing that the exchange value of
farm products, now at 74 per cent of
pre-war figures, is the same as last
year.
Some observers foresee a two-price
system for cotton and wheat one for
domestic consumption and the other
for sale aboard. Under the present
act, the Secretary of Agriculture
must fix the level of non-recourse
loans on cotton, wheat and corn at
from 52 to 75 per cent of the parity
price when the supply is in excess of
normal requirements or when the '
price drops below 52 per cent of '
parity.
Under the clause, last year, the
lending rate on cotton was fixed at
8.30 cents a pound for 7-8 inch mid- <
dling, for wheat around 75 cents a
bushel, depending on location, and
corn at 57 cents. These were around
the ratnimnmft.
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Inview of the fact that the loans
are on a non-recourse basis, the lend
ing price, set by the Secritary, vir
tually guarantees that price to the
farmers and sets the dohestic price at
about that level.
Foreign prices at which American ;
exports, of wheat and cotton Yill be |
sold depend largely upon the amount |
of subsidy that is used. In addition
to the funds voted in the appropria
tion bill there is available certain ^
funds from customs.receipts, r J ^ g
Secretary Wallace re
CHURCHES
?'isp' ?
SUNDAY
BAPTIST CHURCH 1
Her. Bnford B. Ferdhsm, Pastor.. '
9:45 A. M.?Sunday School. G. W.
Davis, Superintendent
11.00 A. M?Morning Worship.
6:30 -P. M?Baptist Training Un
ion.
8:00-P. M?Evening Worship.
8:00 P. M. >? Wednesday. Prayer
Meeting. '
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Rev. C. B. Mashbarn. Pastor.
9:45 A. M.?Sunday SchooL J. O.
Pollard, Superintendent
11:00 A. M. Morning Worship.
6:30 P. M.?Junior and Senior En
deavor.
8:00 P. M?Evening Worship.
8:00 P. M?Wednesday ? Prayer '
Meeting.
EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. Jack R. Rountree, Rector.
10:00 A. M.?Sunday School. J. W.
Joyner, Superintendent
11:00 A. M.?First Sundays ? Holy
Communion and sermon.
11:00 A. M.?Third Sundays?Morn
ing Prayer and sermon.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. D. A. Clarke, Pastor.
10:00 At M?Sunday School Irvin
Morgan, Jr., Superintendent
11 .-00 A. M?Morning Worship.
6:30 P. M: ? Young Peoples' Group.
8:00 P. M.?Evening Worship.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ' 1
Rev. H. M Wilson, Pastor.
9:30 A. M.?Junior Choir.
10:00 A. M.?Sunday School. J. H.
Paylor, Superintendent
11:00 A. M.?Morning Worship.
8:00 P. M.?Wednesday ? Prayer
Meeting.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. J. B. Roberts, Pastor.
11:00 A. M.?Second SundayB?Morn
ing Worship.
^ CATHOLIC CHURCH
Father Howard V. Lane, Pastor.
Holy Mass
10:30 A. M. ? 1st and 2nd Sundays.
8:30 A. M. ? 3rd and 4th Sundays.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as executrix of the
estate of J. W. Parker, deceased, late
of Pitt County, North Carolina, this
is to notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased to
exhibit them to the undersigned at
Faraville, N. C., on or before the 14th
day of July, 1940, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please made immediate settle
ment.
This 13th day of July, 1939.
Mrs. Alice Harper Parker,
Executrix of J. W. Parker Estate.
John B. Lewis, Attorney.
Headache, Bad Breath
Tall of Mora to Coma
Just as Paul Sevan's famous rid*
waned of the Redcoat*' coming, so
Nature's messangan ? headaches,
biliousness, bad breath?often warn
of faulty elimination.
Negieetiag these signs may causa a
host of constipation's discomforts:
sour stomach, belching; no appetite
or energy; mental dullness,
Ifs so easy to waka up your lazy
inside*. Just take spicy, all vege
table BLACK-DRAUGHT. Its un
usual help comes from its principal
ingredient?an intestinal tonic-lax
ative which imparts tone to lazy
bowel muscles.
Millions of packages used testify to
BLACK-DRAUGHTSmerit Try it
I REPORT OF THE CONDIllONO^^^^^^^j
I THE BANK OF FARMV1LLE
FARMVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
At the close of business on Jane SO, 19S9
I 1. Loans and discounts (including I---1 overdrafts) 1 315,439.50 I
I 2. United States Government obligations, direct and guaranteed 71,025,00
I 3. Obligations-of States and political subdivisions 286,374.0811
I 5. Corporate stocks (including $. stock of Federal II
I 5. Corporate stocks (including $ stock of Federal II
and cash litems in process of collection .? 201,622,2611
? 7. Bank premises owned $23,046.95, furniture and fix- II
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I 12. TOTAL ASSETS 007,286.19 I
Il3. Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, 11
14. Time deposits of individuals, partnerships, j I
?15. Deposits of United States Government (including
I postal savings) ? 354.00 I
I 16. Deposits of States and political subdivisions 148,511.44 I
?18. Other deposits (certified and officers' checks, etc.)_H_ ? 800.6111
19. TOTAL DEPOSITS I $766,860.20 I
|24. TOTAL LIABILITIES (not including obligations I
I shown in item 33) $ 766,485.32IE
27. Undivided Profits JL I 40,799.8tJI
B i? 1' ii? j I
K9. TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNT -i? 140,799.87 j
fco. TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNT 907.285.19
* This bank's capital consists of common stock with total par value of 11
?31. Pledged assets (and securities loaned) (book value): A
I . (a) U. S. Government obligations, direct and guaranteed,
? pigged to secure deposits and other liabilities? , 60,200.0011
I (b) Other assets pledged to secure deposits and other lia
bilities (including notes and bills redisCounted and se
I curities sold under repurchase agreement) 102,000.00 II
32. Secured and preferred liabilities: ? i|
(a) Deposits secured by pledged assets pursuant to I]
requirements of law ? ,jr:ir-?' 148,511.441 j
(d) Deposits preferred under provisions df law but not
t|||| ?* assets ' 1A64.61 J J I
34. (a) On date of report the required legal reserve against I]
| S- . deposits of thie bank was . r ? 101,159.82
g. (b) Assets reported above which were* eligible as legal i
President nawd do lemnly ji
that the flbovfi statement Is true, and that it fuDy corrector represents j I
Dne true state ox tne several roatcexs anci set xorto? to me ? ?
T C TURNAGE Director * 11
W. A. ALLEN, Jr., Director. 11
GEORGE W DAVIS. Directo I
Appropriation for sti^el^ ^itary Current Tax L^ ?^$20,183.13 $21,87jMg
Sewer, Salaries Fire Dept., and Current Tax Levy 11,518.00 12,600.00
other General Operating Expense. Surplus ______ 4,885.18 845.97
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f86.086.8li $35,320.39 $86,036.31 $35,820.89
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Debt Service $18,808.00 $24,060.00 Estimated Revenue other than
and^Bond Interest - Current Tax Levy? $ 9,799.00 $18,505.00
tSSifSffiSL aKS*.1,11 ;0utrent Tax 9'00400
? I 11
$18,803.00 $24,060.00 4 $18,808.00 $24,060.00
Wntpr and Licht Denartment Estimated Revalue from Sale
water ana ? 1Q?^ 1RK49?, of Water and Electric Current ? $60,000.00 $65,000.00
Sewer, Water and Electnc Extentaons- 18^9000 18,5423A Estimated Other Revenue. 2,500.00 7,000.00
' Operating Exposes ?$80,554.00 $36,000.00 $62,500.00 $72,000.00
Less Amounts Transferred to
* General and Debt Service Fund $18,656 $22,457.76
$48,844.00 $49,542.24 $43,844.00 $49,542.24
. ' f *. ?? ?' ? . ?' i'-'r- ' : ??-. ' . v' ? ? : -
rotal Tax Levy _? ?$26,968.06 $26,789.05 Valuation 1938-39 ?$2,208,117.00
Tax Rate i 1-20 1.20 Estimated Valuation 1939-40 $2,188,668.00
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An Itemized Budget May Be Seen at Clerk's Office and any Question Will Be Gladly Answered; i
NOTICE OF SPECIAL SCHOOL
ELECTION AND NEW
REGISTRATION
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irnaer aumoniy uj. owu?u "721
of the School Machinery Act of 1939, |
a special election will be held be
tween the hours of 7:00 A. M. and
7:00 P. M., Eastern Standard Time,
August 4, 1939, at which there will
be submitted to the qualified vpters
of the Farmville School District of
Pitt County, which comprises the
territory hereinafter described, (a)
The opportunity to vote on the
question whether or not there
shall be levied in the Farm
ville District a special tax of not
to exceed eight (8) cents on the
one hundred dollars ($100) valua
tion, the precepds of which shall be
used for supplementing State and
County school standards, and es
pecially to provide for the expense
of a twelfth grade in the Farmville
School.
(b) And-or the opportunity to
vote on the question whether or ndt
there shall be levied in the Farmville
District a special tax not to exceed
twelve and one-half (12%) cents on
the one hundred dollars ($100) valua
tion, the proceeds df which shall be
used for supplementing State and
County school standards, and especi
ally to provide for the expense of a
ninth month for the Farmville School.
The boundaries of said Farmville
School -District are as follows:
Beginning at the Greene County
line at the junction of Winterville
Township and the Greene County line
at the junotion of Little Contenthea
Creek and Middle Swamp; from
thepce a northerly course along Con
tentnea Creek and Old Wohoan's
Branch to the Junction of the Falk
land and Beaver Dam ^Township line
to the junction of the Fountain and
Falkland district lines at California;
thence from California in a straight
line west crossing highway No. 258
and continuing in a straight line west
to the junction of two public roads,
one leading South from Fountain by
the Peele farm and the other from
highway No. 258 by the Jack Lewis
farm; thence South with the Greene
County line to the Plank Road; thence
southeast along Greene County line
to Contentnea Creek; the beginning.
If both propositions shall carry, a
buc not to exceed 20% cents will be
levied on all taxable property within
the Farmville School District suffi
cient for the payment of the costs
described above.
A new registration has been order
vote unless registered anew. The
ed and no one will be permitted to
books for such registration wijl re
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main open from 9:00 A. M. until sun- i
set on each day* except Sundays and
holidays, beginning July 6, 1939, and ?
closing Saturday night, July 22,19S9.
Saturday, July 29, will be Challenge
Day. On each .Saturday during said i
registration period said books shall i
remain open at the polling place. 1
The polling place and the names of !
the election officers, subjject to
change as* provided by law,, are as
follows:
Polling Place: Pitt Furniture Com
pany. Registrar: W. M. Rollins.
Judges: R. A. Fields, C. A. Tyson.
By order of the Board o.! Com.
nisaioners for the County of Pitt
J. C. GASKINS, Clerk.
ruly 7-14-21.
For the convenience of those wish
ng to register, the books will be open
it the office of Rollins' Cleaners and
Dyers on Wilson street, daily and
Saturday.
BOYS DIG DANDELIONS
Denver ? As punishment for
throwing firecrackers at a Denver
poice car, five youths were sentenc
ed to dig dandelions at the _ City
Park for five days each.
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