North Carolina Newspapers

| Patronize Our Advertisers, For | They Are Constantly Inviting ;; t Ton To Trade With Them. | ? ? - *? ?*. ?????*.. tt.lL ?. t. MH IM I ?MM4 + W*! VOLUME TfiBRTY PAMWHUfc PnT COUMTT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 19W. NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE ? ' ~-" ???'??" 11 1 "? ??'??."'?? . ? ??' ?? '* '. -.iJi^W*! wfr ' !<U?Q<WlH* ? lUK*"!'. '.II ?? ? ,^j.^u'^^^7!^''l..\'*:'-'.' ' ""*"*''' ' Farmville Market Leading Big 5 In Season Average ? * < Tobacconists Expecting Rush to Subside This Week and A More Or derly Marketing Pre vailing During Rest of Season The Farmville Tobacco Market ?according to Wesley R Willis, sales supervisor?continues bo have full houses so far this week, and from all indications, sales will be heavy the remainder of the week. The market had its best day on Modnay, selling 829,754 pounds for $164,581.80 at an average of $19.84, and through Wednesday had this week sold 2,277,820 pounds for an average of $18.41, with a season to tal of 19466,480 pounds for $2, 956^523.88 at an average of $15.43. From all reports so far seen the Farmville market is leading the big five markets in the East. It now appears that the rush is subsiding somewhat and it is the opinion of several tobacconists that beginning next week farmers will be able to find floor space without having to rush their tobacco to mar ket. The Farmville Warehousemen are extending & cordial invitation to all growers in Pitt and adjoining coun ties to bring the remainder of their tobacco to this market to be dispos ed of with all assurance that each pile offered for sale will receive careful attention, and that the top price will be secured for the same. Price Trends AreClieckeil Government ; Agencies Watch Developments Closely WVasilmgtoa,. 6ct- ? 25.?W a r abroad and a stepping up of demand at home have set the government departments to keeping a much clos er watch on price trends than they maintained in normal times. The Labor Department, for in stance, has put enough new cogs into its machinery and worked , out enough of the creaks to provide a 34-hour check of price changes. That is pretty fast work for any govern ment department Several other departments main tain price reporting systems, but most of than are interested only in certain phases of current conditions. The labor department is interested in all the factors that go into raising or lowering the cost of Using. Its point of view is that of the man who drives a truck in Seranton, works in a steel mill in Cleveland or makes automobiles in Detroit. It can tell the day by day changes in the price of navy beans in Boston, pork chops in Buffalo, potatoes in Denver, lard in Houston or butter in Loa Angeles.^. - Generally spieaking, retail prices have moved 19 more in Boston since tht war stated ten in other cities on the Labor Department chart Seven selected foods show an aflrer agu leap in coot of 16.8 per cart in te? Boston area since August 15th. Washington stands second with a jump of 16.4 per cent The list covers sugar, flour, lard, pack chops, hotter, navy beans, chuck roast, coffee, breed, potatoes and cocoa. Dearer stands third with a 14.7 per cent rise, and Ctevelaad fourth with 1A4. ? Houston, Tsx., has hod the small est im rsaas with &8 per cent far the 21 items, Detroit next with &2, New York (Sty tttrd lowest with M, and Lea Angeels fourth with an ev4n 10 SSome foods tew a decrease, but ? WasKinnrfftt. f\ nan nil ? ' 4 m wastuBgmt ana Denver, wnere tey all stood stffl or went up. ||1 Di H w- MATU im-fii rim.i'u ;-' ftfentile paralysis, Mre.. Gertrude jgMA|^rn 99 -z&vb birth >???? ????????? I Congress His A Spm Tire It's The House of Rep* resentatives, X u s t Loafing Along Washington, Oct. 25.?If all the representatives attending the sea* , sion of the House these days were '] put end-to-end, it stffl wouldn't be ; a good enough show to attract , much attention. With the Senate rumbling along \ on the neutrality issue, the House i for five weeks has been the spare j tire on the American legislative mar ; chine. . i About every fourth day some j member gets up and asks: "Why dont we do something?" < Rep. Rees (R-Kans) is the latest. ; "We've been here since September , 21", he wailed, "and all we've done , is pass an appropriation bill which will pay for our getting here.'" < To say the House sessions are ] poorly attended would be. an over- < statement?there is scarcely anyone present. i Most of the speeches touch on the neutrality issue and the European war, but many other subjects come up for consideration, too. Lately these have included the Alabama Tennessee football game, the Repub lican regime in Pennsylvania, David Lloyd George, and the Boy Scouts of j America. Procedure is streamlined. | "For what purpose does the gen- , tleman rise?" asked Speaker Bank- | head of Rep. Hoffman (R-Mich). ] " Speakaminutereviseandextend," said Hoffman, breathlessly launch- , ing into his subject What he should have said was? ^ "I ask unanimous consent to address the House for one minute and to re- , vise and extend my remarks in the , congressional record." Speaker Bankhead is benevolently letting many new members preside at various times. His benevolence reached a new high when he handed , the gavel to Rep. Martin of Massa- , chusetta Martin is a Republican j Bankhead a Democrat. However^ it's just a temporary ^ quiet on the south side of the capi- , toL Wait until the House gets the j neutrality bill from the Senate! OCTOBER 29TH SET AS J PEACE PRAYER DAY ' of The Farmville Ministerial As- i sociation, in cooperation with the ] County Union and all others, is < calling attention to October 29 as 1 a Bay of Humiliation and Prayer j < for World Peace. On this day the churches will be open from early in the morn- - in^ until late in the evening for ^ all who wish, to use them to pray for World Peace. We urge yen ] to use them. Some one has spoken of prayer as the unused power. We call upon every be liever to use tins day for ncaper. 1 Prayer will help us to kteep hate E out of our hearts, to be unselfish j and friendly. These we need in 1 this hour. And the worht needs [ the peace of Goditoday. Se let us pray that peace based on righteousness may come to all the world. ; C. B. MASHBURN. ?miMpMmHiamamari*MiMHmammmma| -l , j ? , llBLIIIMilllW III Jl Pari* ? Seventy tons of FdHtt ^old^reniov^l^ from Warworn tfis ^ ?f 1 ^ , . . - . ' , .. after the vessel shoved off, the Ger ctvate jrattUKd ker?? want* Ite* The little boat hung around the HBAVY-tttitlfly: ^ X . *. . tnAif MMNYV|\ otatx ho^i; IMiiili" fflpulj^iypH 4 'it ? ii. ?" A. .! ? ? ' flHSMh - j . ? Farmville Is Hit BrStJMIOftflia Steam Plant of W. B. Lea Tobacco Company Destroyed; Other Buildings Threatened Fire early Tuesday evening dee* troyed the Farmville tobacco plant operated by the W. B. Lea Tobacco Company and a half-million pounds of lea# tobacco in thebuilding. Theloes, which, included much ma chinery, was estimated at $100,000 by owners of the plant, A. C. Monk and R. E. Belcher. The loss is cov ered. partially by insurance. The flames threatened several storage buildings nearby, and for a time, it was feared that the confla gration would spread over much of Farmville. The fact that the night was still aided firemen in preventing & spread of the blaze. A call for aid was sent to the Greenville department, but local fire men succeeded in bringing the blaze under control before the Greenville company arrived. It was believed that the Are start ed in an elevator shaft. The flames l>urned rapidly, and the building was iestroyed in an hour and a half. nrcStowlfs M ClAMAAUiA IAIA Eg A Screwy War Paris ? Sporadic artillery Ire boomed along the western front Wednesday as small infantry pa trols skirmished in the cold and mud west of Forbach, where French troops still cccupy a narrow salient bn German soiL. ^ Through the sullen rumble of the suns, loudspeakers in the German front lines blared a monotonous re brain: "Frenchmen, lay down your arms and shake hands. The Germans ion't want to fight!" The French soldiers shouted back: "Change the record!" Silenced Speaker. Military dispatches said French machine-gunners silenced one loud speaker mounted on a truck behind the German lines. The French general staff summed up the situation in a terse com munique Wednesday morning, say ing that 'on the whole the night has been quit." The communique noted "patrol and artillery activity to the west of the Saar." - The lack of action spurred those: at horns to. call for new steps to bo rter the morale of the soldiers. The press insisted that radio stations change their programs to suit the taste of file troops, who have been mHlng- for more jazz music. It was disclosed Wednesday that Alfred Napoleon Beauvtais, 46, an American Legionnaire with two sons in the French army, had set out for the front with a volunteer ambu lance, minus orders or credentials. With his wife, Beauvais managed to reach a point- four miles behind the lines, where he remained for; two days before being sent back. In that time, he said, he trans ported 68 wounded orill soldiers to the*reaxw IMPROVEMENT Rising commodity prices, business improvement, and a high level of con sumptfoti of-dairy products are fac tors fodibating improvement in the" dairy situation. ? i' ?! hi. I'fai. "J. ? ?fl|R: llli^Bl . ?-? 1 O^Mient^f Anna Em* Washington, Oct. 25.?A leading opponent of anna embargo repeal conceded defeat today. as the Senate prodded by Vice President Garner, rapidly approached a final vote on the administration neutrality bill. Athougfa expressing hope that the House would uphold the embargo, Senator Nye, Republican, North Da kota, agreed with Democratic Leader Berkley that the Senate's decision would come late this afternoon or tomorrow, and added that repeal would get from 65 to 60 votes. Nye's estimate would give the opposition; from 86 to 41 votes- if all 96 senators were recorded. But Chairman Pittman, Democrat, Ne vada, of the foreign relations com mittee, co-author of the bill, gave ) opponents a maximum of only 28 votes on a prospective motion to j strike out the repeal section. He predicted that two or three of these would favor the entire hill, which contains a . "cash and carry" program of trade with warring na | tions. Borah's Admission As the vote approached, Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, co-leader of the opposition, told reporters: "If they are going to pass & hill based on the principle of this meas ure?cash and carry?it is about as good a bill as they can write. Bftt f course that is not to be considered as th principle I have stood for. Cash and carry is just as unneutral as repeal of the arms embargo." A decision by .Senator Vanden berg, Republican, Michigan, not to offer an amendment to embargo only "offensive" weapons eliminated one possibility of lengthy debate. This proposal had been advanced by former President Hoover and CoL Charles A. Lindbergh, but Van denberg explained that no one could be found to distinguish clearly be tween offensive and defensive weap ons. His announcement camp after Bsridey had called the Senate to meet an hour .early. Both sides had agreed yesterday to curtail debate; and Vice-President Garner, in one of the most talkative moods since he began presiding over the chamber, had told senators that he would stand for no slow "horse and buggy" action in offering amendments. In Foreign Vessels. It waa Gamer's fast - moving gav el and quick parliamentary tongue that helped the Senate adopt ten and reject three mncrflmtents yesterday after slightly more than three weeks of general debate had ended. HO AmW, however, that he was ra8* roading the bOl, which he supports., Under changes in ther "cash and carry" sections approved yesterday, American vessels could transport no anna anywhere. Such shipments to belligerents would havfe to go' in for eign vessels and would have to be paid for and title transferred to the purchsgfer before they left American' shores^'-; ' - . ^ '? ?. But non-military cargofes could be transported in American ships al mog?i?tewhere except to the ac tual warring countries in Europe. Title would not have to be transfer red until the goods wore delivered at thair .destinations. Trading with Canada. This exemption did ' not change another section vhieb bam create ^te jbelli^|P|j^g. stined to non-dangerous belligerent possessions wouid be "C. 0. IVHDv . WiUl IS6W awuBgWiyw fiowwn J_ . - ? 'm-tp' n ?_ ) J TtSnSSj New Gym Is Formally Opened at October Meet; PubBc School Musie to Be Sponsored By This Group. K Marking the formal opening of the I spacious new gymnasium was the! October meeting of the Parent Teacher Association, held Thursday! evening. The devotional period was] conducted by Rev. C. B. Mashburn, j and a cordial welcome extended via-1 itors by the superintendent Jobs H. I Moore. j Mrs. Claude L. Barrett newly-J ejected president was presented by I Mrs. D. R. Morgan, retiring leader, | who has served the organization I faithfully and weQ during the past j two years. In the business session to. motion! was made and carried that, public j | school music be sponsored in the lo-l | cal school by. this, organization; an-j nouncement was made that Miss! Margaret Lewis' room had won the I attendance record for'the month, and! that Miss Camille Staton's room had! the highest ppmentage of attendance! at this meeting. The High School Glee Club render-1 ed two numbers: "Grandfather's I Clock" and "Lil' Liza Jane," under! the direction of Mm. DaiBy H. Smith! ind with Mm. Haywood Smith as] accompanist The speaker of the occasion, Dr.] iHarold D. Meyer, Professor of Sod-1 ology at the Univenity of North I Carolina, was introduced by John B.l Lewis. A director of the Univenity Bu- j reau of Recmiation, Extension Di-j Vision, Education Chairman of the! Boy Scouts of Region Six, a member! I of the editorial boards of Safety! Magazine, Social Activities and! Youth Leaders' Digest Dr- Meyer's j experience and deep interest in the] sociology of leisure and youth and! recreation, qualified' him to speak] with knowledge and-authority on his] chosen subject for the evening, "Our ] Soda) Responsibility in the Demo-j cracy", and his message was fen-j lightening and, challenging- t? the] large number of parents and teach-] era in attendance. j , _ ? I Hallowe'en Dance fin Friday, Dev. 3 pP. A. B. To Sponsor Social Event; H a 1 Thurston to Finnish Music r I ' r . . #? % ^kl A social}, event, bong, anticipated with much, pleasure 1*3 the Hallowe'en dance, which is to be held on Friday evening,. November 3, from nine to one o'clock in the DA.R. Chapter Sends; ' * foe dance, wfcldr promisee to be an enjoyable affair, is being spon sored by the. Chapter, with Mrs. M. V. Jones as- chairman of arrange ments, and: local dancers bailed with delight the news that Hal Thurston and his popular orchestra will come to Farmvffle. again.. ^ Sandwiches, cold drinks and cof fee win be served Tickets at $1.00 a couple are now on sale. : isation is best inr|Si hIstor^>;^, ? [^,?^^.,,,,1,,Mm,,,, ? Moscow ? Russia. announces re lease of German prize crew interred isffcr, taktag; City, of Flint to Mur mansk; fate of freighter's American crew Stai a mystery.. ; Washington ? Secretary of State tivll presaing investigation of City of Flint details, conserved mostly. for jftp~ moment, over crew's whfcre nbmUn: _ Berlin - ?? Gerzn&ny inyeetisrstee City r of Flint s?iw<V reported to be Jasking Russia to let her have cargo, j Parisr-v German, force of l^W, 000 men reported massed <? north ern.flank of; Westwnc Frw^ poaai blj^/or attack. 1 Berlin ? Gacnaa military chiefs met. at Chancellery. an, newspaper jdim* to Marshd Goering declares time hps coma for "rain" of bombs Budapest ? Diplomats of opinion Rumania would offer little mist- . ance to Russian invasion of Besoarar bia; say Britain and Fmnee might not fight Russia In sndi event Romp ? Italy watching Russian Balkan moves closely, reported ready to - resist penetration . hjife Ttslivr sphere. Athens ? Italy and G.oece re ported preparing to negotiate non aggression pact - _ _ Episcopalians Hold ItanaalMMtHoe - Episcopal rectcra, laymen and lay women, representing, representing a majority of the thirty-nine parish organizations in the Convocation of Edenton, assembled in Emmanuel Episcopal Church Tuesday morning for the annual meeting of this branch of the Diocese of East Cam Una. A celebration of the Holy Com munion was held at 10 o'clock, with Rev. * J; R Rountree, rector of the Farmville Church, as celebrant, and the Rev. Mr. Latta, assistant. Following this service the women withdrew to the Methodist Church .where morning and afternoon ses sions *ere held with Mrs. Harry WaSter, of Washington, presiding. ' HflgWtghtjB ? of the morning pro gram, the theme of which ^ras "Go and TOl*, were inspirational addres ses by-Bishop Thomas C. Darst, Mrs. L. J; Poisson, president of the Dio cesan Auxiliary, and Mai Sallie Deane, of Richmond, Va. Bishop Darst and Miss Deane spoke aong the line of missionary endeavors, and the Deacon president discussed plans for thte year's work, and tile two-fold obligation of- the Auxiliary women, as members of the parish and as an organisation group wttWn the parbh. Mrs. Or N. Bostic sang a solo, j "Hold Thou My Hand, Dear Lord," prior to the noon-day prayer, offer ed by BishopDarst; Rev. John Grainger, rector of St. otepnena* iioiasDoro,v: orougnt news of the Thompson Orphanage; Rev. Wifiter Raleigh Nbe, executive some tary, news of the Diocese;^ Pic klesimer told of the Student work at E. C. T. a, Greenville, and lbs B. ,G. Coorrbad a letter from hetf-daugh- ! ? 'iff, . - ? 'i-'': uer, suss venena, wpo returned re cently to her missionary post in j I. --jifte^ a luncheon served tor the MrtM* . frcfefr to | I pteldsntlilj I i RpTlllhli^flnS*' "jlTrnlH*'' "ST.- VsTtflflttw hiwr ?d Tteimna V n?MV I, Dy*o USK* XUUHXRo U? X/CWBy* I ? ? .^- ? ???--?W-. S".: t ^Ssj^v l" TKAV tilftlv ? mioili^HAnAw vnili I i *11 >, lend tiwir cooperating Dy purciiaa IQl^ ?n0'' iWKiiPw^ HBfSftflt* GUAHu 11-^-^..^ v' T7> ?-, ? >T " '!??- ? '--- ? tfesana itreot sTO&spsfs will assist ri^ tife street? of the pops and Slldlfi 'V ;' V* - ? *'? j23&?^? All in ojj fkp, iwrt tjmh4c promises froySSsGslMNlMM^ H <%* an4 Guests /m *?- jim Jfj-j, 1 ]|f ? ? ?_ at umes7 Night Banquet ftdigiitful Program Marks Annual Social Event of Local Rotar : ians v Abit Nix, who had traveled by air from Athens, Ga., to attend the an nual Hallowe'en, meeting of the Farmville Rotary Club, when the dnh entertains the Rotary Anns and faculty, members, charmed every one ~ in attendance on Tuesday evening with his eloquence, keien wit and vivid accounts of personal experi ences in this country and in Europe. ; His text, had he: been preaching from the pulpit would have been "Am I my brother's keeper?" the theme of his comprehensive Rotary address was "Rotary's Community Service in Relation to Youth." 1 "Rotary," declared Mr. Nix, "not only develops friendship, fellowship and mutual understanding but in spires, its members to render a great service in the home, business and in educational cricles and in all the re lationships of life." In commenting on Youth Service, the Speaker referred to Rotary's present activities along educational and health-giving lines, and impress ed upon parents the responsibility to. their own sons as their most for cible obligation. "This interest in your own fireside," Mr. Nix declar ed, "will evolve into an interest in other children, many of whom are denied the privileges yours enjoy, and will caude you to give ready as sistance to thoae striving for an edu cation or seeking to regain their phy sical activity, "and", he continued, "will tend to make you lay a re straining hand on the boy who is un der evil influences." Glancing at his watch, the speaker enumerated, according to statistics, the appalling number of crimes com mitted during the thirty minutes he had been speaking, and to the fact that the majority of the criminals (with the exception of murderers) would be found among the youth of the nation. "Together with health and educa tion we must give the youth high ideals," the Rotarian stated, and in ringing tones declared that "the' ideals of this country must be chal lenged and raised, and we c^n do it" In concluding his address, the \ speaker made a final appeal to Ro tarians to bring to this age and generation a full conception of Paul Harris* ideal of service by; emulation of his example. ; Introducing the * guest spfeaker, Irving Morgan, Jr., program chair man,; and a past president of the club', spoke of their friendship form ed while the Farmville Rotarian was v District Governor, and of the active service Mr. Nix had rendered to ? Rotary since accepting its princi pes and ideals as a charter member * of the Athens Club nineteen years ag0,iS^"-: Ed Nash Warren, president of the local club, was master of ceremonies, extending, a cordial welcome, and in troducing out-of-town guests: Dis trict Governor Bill Kiker and Mrs. Kiker, of Reidsville; John Bragaw, and daughter, Miss Lalla, of Wash ington; Mr. and. lire.: Bill Reck of Springfield, Tenn., and D. H. Con ley/at Greenville. Miss Mary Dorcas Harding re sponded to the president's address of welcome. A delightful program, of mug? wag presented by Miss Nellie Butler, soloist, with Mrs. M. V. Jones as accompanist, and Elbert conducted the ensemble sins ing of spirited Rotary songs. Mar vin Lindsay managed a number con test, in which several prizes, were wb*. The evtot wag held in tije hew gjm,: which had been transformed into % banquet hall of striking and. colorful beauty. Fifteen tables were arrang# in about a huge Rota^r wheel, the hub of which, boag" n alorWod.. immnlriii in a fWtfintr oft corn stalky Each table was center- ^ . [BttBiL- . p$C^p3DUPfl., 01 - COyft^' offtllfa HIPA ,'r"*