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VOLUME THIRTY FARMYILL& PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15,1m. NUMBER THIRTY-TWO
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American Legion to Give
. Fireworks Display Wed.
People of Community
Invited to Be Here for
This Occasion
The Farmville Post of the Ameri
can Legion will give a fireworks dis
play FREE to the people' of Farm
ville Community on Wednesday
night, December 20th, at 7:30 P. M.
This is another of a series of
events to enliven the Christmas seas
on for the Farmville people and
merchants. Expense has not been
spared to make this display beautiful
and exciting.
The shooting of the fireworks will
take place on the west side of Town
in the vicinity of the Swimming
Pool and Golf Course.
This method of displaying fire
works is the safe, sane and correct
way to set off fireworks; we get
the excitement of the crowd; we
get the beauty of large and loud
fireworks; and yet we are absolutely
safe from their harmful effects, as
everyone will be at a safe distance
from them; these are fireworks that
all the kiddies would like to see and
should see. Everyone should and
probably will see it.
:
Handel's Master
piece Presented
The second rendition this season
of Handel's best known oratorio,
"The Messiah", in this section, was
given by the Festival Symphonic
Chorus of the Eastern Carolina Sym- (
phonic Choral Association in the
Methodist Church in Snow Hill Sun
day evening, the first presentation
being given that afternoon in Ayden. 1
The Church was crowded to capa
city with an appreciative audience,
many coming from distant towns for 1
the event.
"The Messiah" chorus, composed ?
of 125 singers from Ayden, Golds- !
boro, Greenville, Snow ffill and Rob
ersonville, has been practicing for
several weeks for this event," which ?
is to be given in the towns represent
ed in the choral personnel, as the '
.Association's contribution to the J
Christmas spirit in Eastern North 1
Carolina. Presentations will be giv- '
en in Goldsboro Sunday afternoon,
December 17 in the high school audi
torium at 3:30, in the afternoon, and
in Greenville at the Wright Memor
ial auditorium at 8:00 in the evening.
Robersonville will have a presenta
tion in January.
The Snow Hill members of the
chorus entertained the group at a
tea in the Community House Sunday
afternoon.
The soloists on Sunday evening
were outstanding in their presenta
tion of the theme of each episode,
and the ensemble parts were superb
ly shaded and finished, with the awe
inspiring chorus, "Behold the Lamb |
of God", being perhaps the most
perfectly rendered and the most im- I
pressive.
Soloists are: Mias Margarite Moye
Mrs. T. A. Early, Mrs. Knott Proc
tor, Mrs. Lewis Bullock, Aubrey
Tilley, James Kay Pittman, Jack
Fonvielle and Edwin Parkinson.
Accompanists are: Mrs. H. C. Sel
by, Miss Jessie Bullock, Miss Virgin
ia Belle Cooper, Mrs. C. W. Hearne.
Lewis Sidney Bullock, talented mu
sician, and the zealous director of
the Association, has through his
enthusiastic admiration for this mas
terpiece, been able to infuse in his
choral group his fids concept of the
dramatic fire and sacred dignity of
this work, and their interpretation
gives to their audience great enjoy
ment and inspiration. Mr. Bullock
has achieved signal success in his
endeavor along musical appreciation
Yhm? in,. tH# section since coming to
Hue hem and the Eastern Carolina
Symphonic Choral Association Ja ren
dering a magnificent service to art I
ta tiik 3lalc.
In pay?)ff tribute to lie director
??ne does not overlook tie untiring
efforts and keen interest of Mrs. Bul
lock, who is net only a soloist merit
tog commendation, but is an invalu
:
iUmben of the lUyfair Gob tn
gp*n? forward aatiripa
ftaa&m to be given on Tuesday eve
a, vice pnxidmt, R.
ps?y 37K2 tre&snver. ?
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New School Gym
To Be Dedicated
EiereisesTotright
On Friday night, December 15th,
1939 at 7:30 P. M., there will be held
the dedication of the new Farmville
School Gymnasium; the local school
board and superintendent are now
busy making plans for an informal
but gala occasion. The County
Board of Commissioners, the County
Board of Education and the Town
Board of Commissioners have been
invited as special guests for the oc
casion.
The new Gym and Agricultural
buildings were recently completed as
a PWA project at a cost of $57,000,
under which 45 per cent of the funds
were provided for by the Federal
Government, while the other 55 per
cent was supplied from the sale of
Farmville School District bonds.
Both buildings are a credit to the
community and will amply provide
for the educational needs of our com
munity for many years to come. It
is hoped that the citizenry of Farm
ville Township will be present to make
the dedication impressive and repre
sentative of our pride in this achieve
ment.
Immediately following the brief
and informal dedication exercises, the
girls basketball team of Farmville
will engage in a basketball game with
the girls from another. Pitt County
school, and this game will be followed
by a boys basketball game.
The local committee wishes to in
vite everyone to see the basketball
court, the new basketball goals, and
the comfortable bleacher seats; six
hundred people can easily be seated
on the sideline bleacher seats, with
plenty of room to place an additional
five hundred chairs on the sides and
at the end of the Court.
Every spectator will be comfort
able as the building is steamheated
from the central heating plant.
It will be the first home game of
the season for the Farmville boys
and girls. Everyone is looking for
ward to another big night for Farm
ville.
Mrs. M. F. Spencer
Laid toRest Here
Funeral Services Con
ducted Friday for Wo
man Held in High Es
teem Here
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Farrow Spencer, 84, wife of Alex
Griffin Spencer, were held from the
home of her daughter, Mrs. L, P.
Thomas, Friday afternoon at 3:30
o'clbck by her pastor, Rev. D. A.
Clarke, of the Methodist Church, as
sisted by Rev. B. B. Fordham, Bap
tist minister.
Favorite hymns were rendered by a
choir, composed of Mrs. M. V. Jones,
Mrs. A. Q. Roebuck, Mrs. D. E. Og
iesby, Mrs. A. W. Bobbitt, Mrs. Hay
wood Smith, John D. and E. C.
Holmes.
Interment was made in Hollywood
cemetery beneath a lovely floral of
fering, with members of the Farm
ville graded school faculty acting as
floral bearers.
Active pallbearers were: J. Y.
Monk, J. M. Stansill, G. E. Beck
man, J. T. Thome, A. Q. Roebuck and
Haywood Smith.
Mrs. Spencer, a former resident of
Washington, had made her home
with her only daughter, Mrs. L. P.
Thomas, for the past seven years,
making many friends and being held
in highest esteem. She had been a
loyal member of the Methodist church
sine* early girlhood, and exemplified
the attributes of Christian woman
hood throughout her long and useful
life.
She was the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Farrow, of Hyde
County.
Sraorhdng are her husband, Alex
Griffbi Spencer and a daughter, Mrs.
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CHRI STMAStJECOKXTIONS
The -^Merchants Association at
Greenville is arranging tor have three
judges to come over from Greenville
to judge the home (yard, and. inferior),
decorations of Faravffle; prizes will
The jwiging trill take flace on Wed
Any j?rson desiring to ester their
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War Conditions
Demand 3rd Term
Amtossader Says
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Joseph Davies Reviews
European War Crisis ;
j with President Roose
! velt
Washington, Dec. 14.?Joseph Da- 1
vies, American Ambassador to Bel
gium, reviewed the European war
crisis with President Roosevelt to- 1
day and on leaving the White House
reiterated that the safety of the Uni
ted States requires that the Chief
Executive be drafted for a third term.
The tall, handsome envoy called on .
the President after reporting to Sec- 1
retary of State Cordell Hull He told
Hull that in his opinion nothing short '
of a' miracle can save Europe from 1
a long and bitter war.
Davies returned from his listening
post in Brussells ostensibly to aid in 1
negotiating a renewal of the trade (
treaty with Belgium and to spend 1
the holidays with his family. His 1
first words, on debarking in New 1
York, were that international uncer- '
tainty requires that the President be
impressed for a third term. A sim- 1
ilar theme was voiced by Joseph P. *
Kennedy, Ambassador to London,
whose return preceded that of Davies'
by only a few days. *
"I don't believe the President <
wants a third term, but it isn't a <
question of a third term," Davies
told reporters. "This is not the time ^
to consider the personal wishes of f
any man. To say that he could have 1
a third term if he wanted it is put
ting the shoe on the wrong foot It 1
is not a question whether he wants ?
a third term but, who is the best ?
man."
The Ambassador said he thinks the 1
United States "is in jeopardy as it 1
has not been certainly in our genera- c
tion, and probably not since/ its in- I
stitution."
"Changes are coming so rapidly," t
he declared, "that it Is impossible to
have firm judgment The chances l i
are that there will again be surprises 6
of both a diplomatic and military 1
nature. Who would have thought 6 I
months ago that Htiler and Stalin j8
would be buddies?" |E
He declined to elaborate why he 8
believes this country is in jeopardy.
He said, however, that he had heard
it said that if the revised neutrality a
act had been passed last July Po- t
land would not have been invaded. <i
"It has beien credited with stopping b
the invasion of Holland and Belgium," I
he added. - t
According to Davies, the neutral- f
ity act has had a profound effect t
on both German and Allied morale, 4
although neither side expecttT The t
United States to get into the war. d
He praised Belgian neutrality, saying
it had been preserved "with greatest r
honor." a
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1940 AAA Program ?
AnnoHBced By Floyd:
I
Announcement by E. Y. Floyd, ^
Triple-A executive officer of4 State . *
College, of the 1940 Agricultural 1
Conservation Program shows impor- 1
tant changes in the rates of perform- a
ance and soil-building payments to < I
farmers for cooperation . in govern- j *
ment's effort's to conserve soil re- a
sources and stabilise farm commodity t
prices. *
Revision of the rates of soil-build
ing payments have been made for the *
following practices, which in 1940 yrill v
be: Seeding alfalfa, $1.50 per acre; *
seeding timothy and/or redtop; 37% 1
cents per acre; seeding other sped- ^
fied types of legumes and grasses, *
76 cents per acre; and turning under *
interplanted summer legumes, such 1
as soybeans, cowpeas, crotalaria,
and velvet beans, 87% cents per acre.
Floyd also announced that the rate
of credit for application of ground i
agricultural limestone has been made *
uniform throughout the State, at 1
$1.60 for each 1,600 pounds applied. 1
4 The new rate of payments for con- i
servation, or performance, payments >
are: Flue-cured and Buriey tobacco,
1 cent per pound; cotton, 1.6 cents <
per pound; peanuts, $2.60 pier ton; i
and wheat on commercial farms, k\
&ts per bushel
There was no change from the '89 <
program in pigments for needing les- I
pedeza, seeding winter legumes, turn-1
ing under green manure and cover Jl
crops, appatilimi of- phosphate, ten
stsiiofly btw _ jjjTMyfoy. Tftwrt trees.
for potatoes and vegetagfes i/Sg-1
Mrateis^
HealthProteets
Tuberculosis is a public
enemy. Science has drawn 4
up a serious indictment
against it. Here are
some of the charges:
?Cruelly deforms young
thilibiMt.
Ruins the ambitions of youth.
Saps the worker of his earning ca
pacity. -
Brings heartache into the house
hold.
Destroys life ruthlessly.
Threatens all people so long as ,
there is a single case of tuberculosis
in the community. ]
The ruin and waste of this public .
memy is not paid for only by those
vhom it attacks. All of us share in ,
the cost. . !,
Tuberculosis makes orphans. You {
md I must care for them. The care ]
>f the tuberculous sick is an expense ]
isually too great for the individual ,
sufferer to bear, so we, as a com- ,
nunity, must pay the bilL Yet the
noney cost is only part of the loss.
iVhat about the distress and fears j
ill of us must share in so long as j
;uberculosis hangs over US? ]
Protect Yourself ]
Tuberculosis is preventable. This j
memy romes by stealth, but knowl
edge warns us of its coming. The i
:ommon danger signals are? 3
A continuous tired feeling, loss of i
veight, a cough that hangs on, Indi- <
restion, pain in the chest, spitting of <
tlood. <
' These signals do not mean that tu- <
terculosis has; developed, but they t
ihould prompt one to visit a doctor 1
it once. i
Acting alone it is almost impossi- ]
tie to keep tuberculosis out of the
tousehold. By working together it j
an be achieved. This is what the i
thrase "public health" means?team i
pork among all citizens for every- ]
tody's health. ]
In this war on disease, the doctor j
n his private office or in the clinic j
tands in the front line. Supporting
dm are the health department, the 1
mblic health nurse, the sanatorium, t
ind the tuberculosis association. Wa <
teed them for protection against the I
.ncient robber. s
Hold the line. i
The protective line has been pat to
i strain lately... Hard times and to- <
lerculosis are allies. Moreover, un
ler the guise of economy, health
udgets have been seriously cat.
)oes that pay? A: few dollars may
e saved by closing a sanatorium,
or example, bat what about the pa
ients? Will they be forced to go
fbme, there to spread the disease to j
heir own and their neighbor's ehil- t
Iren? What about the future costs? (
Public health measure protect us j
iot only against tuberculosis but j
gainst all communicable diseases. ,
ife as we livte it today would be an
xtreme risk without the constant (
igilance of the health department. v
fet the cost of protection is surpris- j
ngly low. Do you know that less i j
han one cent out of each tax dollar
rhich is spent .by the people in the f.
Jnited States goes for public health? j.
Vhy then do we try to save money |
iy cutting health budgets? Because l.
lobody complt ins. Public health does *
iot advertise itself well and so long .
is no great epidemic threatens, few (
>eople pay any attention to the .
lealth department, the sanatorium
tnd other health protective devices, c
hough eevrybody, every day, is benr
ited by them. J
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ar. But there is a limit beyond
?hich ecenomy becomes not a saving '
rat an expense. False economy piles .
ip its bill with interest An| the
eorst of it is that little children who
tad no part in the scheme mpst help 1
or the health bankruptcy of a com- j
nunity. \
nOTw, T"?w'" W
leans to solve by college effort {
hose problems which cannot be met
>y individuals alone. See to it that >
lealth reconstruction in yonr com- }
o?nj^i? a part of economic recon- 3
traction. Find out what your com
iepartment and on the tuberculosis ]
I' ... -- "::m ? ]
ivuj you* TOoercuiosis association, i
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The Sariftt Eney
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Dome Hurriedly
New Ambassador De
parts for Moscow with
out Even Presenting
Credentials
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Home, Dec. 13?The. abrupt recall
and hasty departure for home of So
viet Russia's new ambassador to
Italy, whose 16-day stay in Rome was
made uncomfortable by the jeers of
young Fascists outside his embassy
windows, was disclosed tonight by
diplomatic sources.
The ambassador, Nicolai Gorelchin,
left Rome yesterday for Moscow, be
fore he even had had time to present
his credentials to King Vittorio Em
anuele.
Soviet embassy officials said they
did not know why he had been called
home. He left in such a hurry he did
oot^vait for the return of his charge
d'affaires, Leon Helfand, who is on
a vacation in Geneva.
Numerous Demonstrations
Popular feeling in Italy, exempli;
tied by a series of pro-Finnish, anti
Soviet demonstrations by. student
Fascists, had been sympathetic with
Finland ever since the Red armies
hvaded Russia's little neighbor.
Within four days after Cortelchin
irrived to take up his post, 3,000
iroung uniformed Fascists stood out
side his embassy and howled their
lisapproval of the invasion. Three
lays later, on December 6, Carabini
sri and other protective forces were
sailed out to turn student marchers
iway from the building, whereupon
he demonstrators massed'in front of
he Finnish legation, shouting "Fin
and, finish off- the Russians.'' _
These demonstrations were accom
panied by attempts by several thous
and Italians to enlist in the Finnish
'ighting forces, by reports that the
Finns were using Italian-madp
ilanes, and by warnings to Russiaj
n certain sections of tttp Fascist j
>ress to "stay out of the Balkans."
It is true, however, that there has
teen no positive indioation of any ac
ual strain in official relations be
ween Rome and Moscow, that the
Soviet ambassador had been officially
mubbed, or that Italy's government
s directly aiding the Finns.
CHRISTMAS
OPPORTUNITIES
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The following cases have been re
torted to R. A. Joyner, town clerk
his week. Citizens and organizations
ire urged to take cane of the need
elt by unfortunates in this commun
ty, and get in touch with Mr. Joyner
it once:
No. 1?Man and wife and two
hildren about 8 and 5 yean old. Man
inable to work. No income to fam
y except through relief. (Taken by
In. Irvin Morgan, Jr.)
No. 8?Man, wife and five children.
Nro boys and three girls. Man in
lospital or under hospital treatment
oost of the year, one child recently
u hospital" for operation. (Taken by
)pportunity Class of Christian Sun
ay School).
No. 8?Man, wife and foUr children.
Nvo boys and two girls. Man un
imployed.
No. 4?Man and wife and four
hildren. Three girls and one boy.
hop failure, very deserving.
No. 6?Man and wife and five
hildren. Three boys" and two girls,
failed to make expenses during year.
Pery needy, ?;
No. 6?Father, three small boys
nd three small girls. Failed to
aake expenses for 1939. Need any
thing.
No. 7?Man, wife and four chil
bren, all boys, 2, 7, 9, 11. Bather
vorldng, but unable to make suffi-j
dent amount for children's toys.
No. 8?Man, wife and seven chil
iren. Five small, 8 boys 2, 10, 12;
wo girls, 1H years and.baby four
nonths. Did not make expenses in
989.
No. 9?Aged couple, unable to
EUROPEAN
SUMMARY
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Montevideo ? Two British war
ships and Nazi pocket battleship,
presumably the Admiral Scheer, lock
ed in furious battle off Uruguay
within American - neutrality zone; ]
battle rages into night with outcome
in doubt
Geneva ? League of Nations
committee proposes condemnation of
Russian is aggressor, recommends
her banishment from Geneva and
proposes aid to Finland; League as
sembly acts today.
Helsinki ? Finns say Russians
halted on virtually all fronts. Re
port "great losses" inflicted on Reds
in counterattack. j
' Moscow ? R$d army reports new t
advances carry its forces to points ^
65 to 66 milefi from frontier.
London ? Britain hints at large ^
scale land offensive against Germans t
once allied air superiority is added j
to sea supremacy. ^
Rome ? Soviet Ambassador leaves Q
abruptly after Fascist anti-Russian
demonstrations.
dob Show j
Belter Business'
Labor Department and *
SE S N o t e Higherf
W a ges and Greater 8
Employment ?
Reports of increased employment
and rising payrolls indicated yester- b
day the most prosperous Christmas h
season North Carolina has experi- t
enced in two years, a
The State Employment Service re- tl
ported that private placements last n
month were 40 per cent over the cor- g
responding month a year ago.
Commissioner of Labor Forrest H. ti
Shuford stated that a review ot 974 p
concerns for the week ending Novem
ber 15 showed a 1.2 per cent in- d
crease in workers and 1.7 per cent u
increase in payroll over the similar F
? ? a i * ? ?
weeK m uctooer. employment is
considerably greater than it was a r<
year ago, while the "recession" was tl
on, ]?r. Shuford said.. : tl
The retail trade payroll increased h
442 per cent and the wholesale trade
payroll 242 per cent. . The cotton
manufacturing payroll gained 6.8 per e;
cent. i]
The lumber ' industry in North w
Carolina led all other classifications j
with a 10.1 per cent increase in pay- n
roll. *
For all industries reporting, the *<
average weekly paycheck for the n
week ending November 16 was 816.81,
compared with 816.24 for the similar p
week in October. &
Near PWA Peak. h
The most graphic contrast with
busihe?s conditions a year ago was g
furnished in the Employment Ser- tl
| vice report that public and private ti
placements last month were only nine
per cent below the total for Novem- t]
ber, 1988, when the PWA construct- 1
ion boom was nearing its peak. fc
Since then, public works place- g
ments have declined drastically, the fj
total last month being 40 per cent ti
under the corresponding period of n
1988.
As other indications of improving g
'business, S. E. S. Director R. Mayne'
Albright noted:* n
That the active file of jobseekers, it
as of November 80, contained 76,057 ft
names, fewest since* November, 1987,
and 56.4 per cent fewer than the to- ^
tal a year ago. ^
That the list of November appli
cants, including 11,498 new registra- v
tions and 19,188 renewals, was six
per emit below October and 26-per- ti
cent below November a year vago. v e,
In Commissioner Shuford's report a
the 974 covered concerns were cred- a
ited with 150,499 employees on No-' '
month earlier. The weekly payroll 0:
totalled 12,454,899, compared with 82,- h
418397 a month before. J:
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League May Give Finland
Against Soviet invaders
Assembly to Consider
Today Bold Proposal to
Arrange Material Help
for Struggling Finnish
Nation
delegates' Committee Injects
Weight Behind Move to Ex
pel Russia; League Would
Use Its Secretariat in Coordi
nating General Staff to Sup
ply Finland with Materials;
Resolution Also Suggests En
listing Aid of United States;
Action Seen as Strongest Ever
Proposed by League
Geneva, Dec. 14.?The League of
Jations leadership tonight pot up to
he assembly a bold resolution to
rand Soviet Russia an aggressor
gainst Finland, put weight behind
he drive for Russia's banishment
rom Geneva, and even turn the
league secretariat into a coordinat
ng general staff for war material
nd humanitarian aid for the strug
ling linns.
A committee of delegates from 13
ations, including Cheat Britain and
lance, approved and submitted the
esolution to the assembly for final
ction.
Action Today
The assembly will meet today to
Qte .on the resolution and since un
nimity is not required there, it was
xpected to be adopted without dif
iculty.
The overwhelming drive for expul
ion, which can be decided only by
he council, was given a strong push
y the' committee's action.
The resolution itself- was regarded
y diplomats as the strongest that
ad come out of the League since it
ried to crack down on Italy with
auctions in tho Ethiopian war. In
hat case, however, the League did
ot eject, but declared Italy the ag
ressor.
One of the clauses of the resolu
ion carried immense potential
unch.
After urging the member states to
o everything they could to give ma
irial and humanitarian help to the
Inns, the resolution continued:
The assembly authorizes the sec
etary-general of the League to lend
lie aid of his technical services for
lie organization of assistance to Fin
ind as outlined above/'
Enlist U. S. Aid?
One part of the resolution empow
ned the League secretary-general to
rnte the United States to cooperate
ith League states in helping the
'inns. The United States was not
lentioned specifically, but in Gene
a's official language the phrase
non-member states"-ia almost syno
ymous with the United States.
China's veteran League diplpmat,
Wellington Koo, whistled when' he
aw the phrase to coordinate League
elp for Finland.
"China got nothing like that," he
aid. Koo fought for the same
ling but got only a wordy resolu
on and little practical help.
The so-palled "authorization" to
le League secretariat will enable the
eague powers to turn the secretar
it into a coordinating committee or
eneral staff to aid in shipment,, ;
inancing and other activities in get
ng arms, planes and medical, sup
lies to Finland. ^
Tto6 Finnish delegate, Rodolph Hol
;i, commented:
"It could mean all or nothing?we
mst wait and see. As a resolution
is excellent, but we must see what
s execution amounts to."
Jacob Surita, Soviet Russian Am
ajisador to France, left Geneva and
ent back to Paris this morning.
His aide Baid he "saw the hand
Titinfr on the wall." r'
League procedure artists mean
me decided China will not be elect
d to her seat in the Council until
fter that body votes on the expul
ion of the U. S, S. R.
This would save China the embar
issmont of voting on, the expulsion
f a League member from whom she
as received aid in hter fight with
"The W tine dele"' 'te Rudolph