FarmviUeto Honor
President By Holding
flf m" ** JK m m
Junior Woman's Club
SiMBflftriiig Ball and
Campaign Here
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Again the noble cause of the cam
paign to secure funds to combat In
fantile Paralysis is to be presented to
people of this community among the I
1ZJOOO communities of this nation, to J
which, the challenge to "DOUBLE
YOUR EFFORTS IN THE FIGHT"
has been so unded.
Epidemics have again made their I
appearance in many states and have
raged far longer than the period dur- J
ing which these epidemics usually I
occur. The fear of ads affliction is I
gripping the hearts of the people of J
the United States and each individual
should be glad of the opportunity to I
help fight this merciless foe.
The Junior Woman's Club, of I
which Mrs, J. Leroy Parker is chair
man, is giving a fine demonstration
of public-spirited action in accepting
the responsibility of campaign leader
ship and furtherance of this move- J
ment in the Farmville community,
and every good eitisen will doubtless
rise to the occasion and contribute
liberally.
For the first time Farmville will
fall in line with other cities and
towns in holding a President's Birth-1
day Ball of its very own, which
promises to be the outstanding social,
event' of the winter season.
The Ball will be held in the high
school gymnasium on Monday eve- j
ning, January 29, from ten 'til two I
with music by Brookes Fryer's or- j
The March of Dimes is going at j
full force here at this time and the
Birthday Greetings campaign is meet
ing with a hearty response.
Heading the committees under the
Junior Woman's Club's president,
Mrs. Parker, are:
Publicity?Mrs. Lynn Davis, Mrs.
M. E. Pollard; Parade?Miss Dorothy
Fargie; tea room ? Mrs. Merette
Moore. Miss Marine Long; check
room?Mrs. J. L. Williford; decora-1
tions?Mrs. Lynn Davis, Mrs. R. T. j
? Williams; entertainment?Mrs. Mac
Caraway; tickets?Mrs. W. Alexan
. der Allen.
Work of Foundation
Outlined by President
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The organization of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
was sponsored by President Roose
velt, and the general purposes of the
Formation and ths need for its ex
istence ware set forth at that time in
a ststecacnt in whick he said in part
aa follows:?
"Am I hare said, ths general par
pose af the foundation will be to lead,
?direst, and unify the fight on every
phase of this sickness It will make
?fiff CEiJLort to ensure test every
responsible rs?rch agency in this
country is adequately financed to
carry on* investigations into the
cans* of Infantile paralysis and the
tnsthoda by which it may he prevent
ed. It will endeavor to eliminate
much of the needless after-effect of
this ftiswasn s ratings canaed by the
failure to main early and accurate
diagnosis of its pro?ice Ws all
knew that improper care during the
?SS OX eUiytlllh*ul(I uPO?ESIcDX% Or (lOWIi*
ngv nsgisfv ox my awansnt, siv
tMMreUdTss^ts
fwWQGQf pOWCXlOM OvuUI OOw? Audi
can be (toe along thsse lines right
vtfcit affliction. To
WATT PARKEB
Grifton Man To Head
New Pitt Grand Jury
Greenville, Jan. 22.?M. B. Hodges
of Grifton was named foreman of
the new Pitt County grand jury
drawn at the opening of a criminal
session of Superior Court here to
day, with Judge Walter Bone of
Nashville presiding.
Others named to the 18-man body
are: Caddie Jones, Harvey L. Craft,
J. S. Manning, John A. Karsnack,
R. E. Parker, E. Y. Beardsley, J. L
Manning, J. R. Chauncey, H. H.
Laughinghouse, W. J. Fleming, T. R.
Allen, Ben J; Dixon, Robert J. Mc
Arthur, L. E. Flowers, D. W. Wil
liams and Arthur Keel.
In charging the grand jury, Judge
Bone pointed out that the members
compose one of the most important
divisions of the judicial branches of
government. He added that the
legislative and judicial branches
could not function effectively with
out the cooperation of the judicial
branch, and that no two could pro
vide a satisfactory government with
out a third.
Contract Let For
New Baptist Church
B. M. Lewis, chairman, and C. A.
Tyson of the building committee of
the new Farmville Baptist Church an
nounced today the letting at a con
tract to Gannon and Shoe, general
contractors of Greenville, for the con
struction of a new and modern clwrch
building, to be located on the site of
the present building on the corner of
Wilson and Greene streets.
The heating contract was let to the
Goldsboro Heating, Plumbing and
Supply Co., as low bidders, and R. R.
Markley, of Durham is to be the
architect.
Construction of the new church,
which will cost approximately $35,
000 will begin at an early date ac
cording to the committee.
U. N. C. Lists 373
Do hllof Noatr
Fred Jones of Farmville
On Roll For Third tjfie
Fred Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs.
& A. Jones, and a member of fir*
senior efcas, was among the 37&.?te*
deats making the acholasHc roll of
honor at the Unfvmefty of North
Cooiina tha put quarter, according
to a report released Wednesday by
%^tha hom^S a ***
meat make aa avarage at B(9046)
as all comm. >"?lj
to wasigSw
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MnBi
For Walt Parker
? VI ffwft tBl It VI
mmm
opher, Laid to Resit Ip
Forest flffl! feMiefeiry
Final rites for WattPartor, 80,
"Uncle Watt* as Be waa&miliarly
called by young and old, a Spanish
American War Veteran, Farmville'i
octogenarian?poet, and higMj^ es
teemed as a pbflosopher and grand old
man, were held from his home on
Pitt street, at three o'clock, Sunday
afternoon, January'21, trfth a large
concourse of friends in attendance.
Her. E. C. Soper, pastor of 'the Bell
Arthur Methodist Church; and Revi.
IC. B. Mashburn, Christian minister,
> were in charge. Interment 'Wismade
in Forest Hill cemetery.
I Mr. Parker was bora, the son of'
the iate Jesse Speight and Sallie Ann
Nichols Parker on November 28,1889,
at his father's old hoihestead ten
miles west of Greenville.
His memoirs, which are to appear
in book form in a few weeks, stdte
that he attended Horner's Military
School at Oxford and afterwards be
came a teacher.
f He enlisted in the United States
Army September 5, 1888, at Fortress
Monroe, Virginia, Battery G, 5th
Coast Artillery, and having had ex
perience as a teacher, tire young
soldier was detailed he Post School
teacher for the children of tire en
listed men on the reservation, with 66
children of five nationalities' on the
roll.
During the summer of 1890 Mr.
Parker served as corresponding sec
retary for, according to his memoirs,
the first Y. M. C. A. organised in
the United States. He received art ;
honorable discharge from the Army
December 6, 1891.
He neenlisted August 9, 1898, at!
[Newport News, Va., Company D 4th
Virginia Infantry, for the duration
of the Spanish-Amlsrican War. In
November his company was "ordered
to Cuba, whore he remained until
January 1, 1899, which marked the
iinal surrender of the Spanish Army \
to the United States., He received an
honorable discharge April 27th of
that year.
He was very proud of his military
service and gives his reasons in a
chapter in his memoirs. In later years
he wrote:
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Now I am aged, nearly four score,
Too old to march or fight any more,
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But in my bosom lingers still,
A spirit for duty and goodwill.
Mr Parker was a faithful member ,
of the CaDtain James Thomas Smith
Camp, No. 17, United Spanish War
Veterans, and served the organixatttar <
as commander and in other official
capacities.
He was first married to Miss l^ry
Etta Flanagan, who prededsd him to
the grave. He married the seeofcd
time Mrs, Maggie E. Joyner, who wfth
several nekes and nephews survive
him. Both companions were help
meets in the trim-sense of the word
and lie was a devoted hnftfotE t
J* ***in
1981 of organhriag s unique group,
the Septuagenarian Society*- which
cqpe into existence^ May 28, 198J, at
a meeting held In the school m|!
teredi and has a distinctive mark in
that' It is' noh sectarian and nbn po
litical, only those 70 years or older
m eligible to membership and its !
motto is 44 to bestow honor where
honor Uea."
Of a genial, kindly natur^ Mr.
Parker hid , a warm Sympathy and
understanding heart, mid was^ever
I vt in donor* to I. l*jpt AMpil*8f
lUanchod to provide uniformB for the
J GHHs BtitotbsB T**m <rf tiie Itarm
Hi: HMkf ? wsMBlMMff HtOvf>; Finft*
AHi i I# Mortim ' |5# Ponders "Store'
Lost
?^Washington, Jan. 24. ? Advance
ment of the referendum on market
ing quotas for the 1941 tobacco crop
to a date prior to the opening 'of
the 1940 marketing season isplanned
by Secretory <rf Agriculture Wallace.
.Continuation of the loan program
enabling foreign purchases, if de
sired, would depend , entirely upon
the outcome of this early referen
dum, to be held probably in June
or July.
These plans were revealed by Wal-!
lace today in a letter Representa
tive Lindsay Warren of the First
North Carolina District, who declar
ed the devBtoptaent to be of "utmost
significance.** v ' "
Embargoes Nat Mentioned.
Not mentioned by Wallsee in the
letter is the affect of the currant
British embargo or the "dire result#
that would ^qUe*" if the embargo
is not lifted. The belief was growing
here today, however, that steps
would be token to "cushion" insofar,
as possible the shock that Is certain
to ensue , if the embargo continues.
Wallace disclosed his intentions' to
the North Carolina Congressman in
response to a letter written to the
Agricultural Secretary during the
first week of the Congress before, the
British embargo occurred, in which ?
Warren called attention to the fact
that -the option of the British com
panies did not expire until 1941.
The Secretary Was asked if he felt
there was sufficient authority to
make another loan in case the Brit- \
ish ftJf? ^ itr ^oftirc^ it
Warren urged that the question be
decided at an eariy date so that lefts* |
lation could be obtained at the preb- i
ent session of Congress if necessary, j
Removes Douw.
"This letter from Sercetary Wei-1
lace rtmovea all doubt and no new
legislation will be necessary," War
ren stated.
The status of the Commodity
Credit Corporation, through which'
the tobacco , loans were made, will;
not be determined until March 81,!
. ?93S* ? wpf ewfideMej
that Congress would keep the our-1
poratioh functioning lit its present |
strength at Isaat. !
"The advancement of the referen
dum date will mean a groat deal to
the tobacco grower,^'Warren said.
"If the embargo continues, It will
mean that . terrific readjustment
will havW to,be made in production
plans, having the referendum prior
to -ffie' marketing 'season will be of
help in this regard.*
Diversification of farming in the
flue-cured "tobacco sreas,'longurged
lees farmers meet the ^ emergencies
v^ch might rchnlt if the embargo
continues. - - ?<*: '' 1 <
It was admitted in official circle*
today that &Uu? to life the
barge may force fta*cured. grow.
er? to plant feed crops and eeek to
raise subsistence food crops in place
of t^aeoo aoreage which has lost
the important foreign outiot for its
production.
Ptam to aid tW? dtvttWMMWI
?km sUft, bat the belief li growing
Wallace's letter, however, confine#
Itself exclusively to the question of
an ;^inurHej| referendum.; and the
"favorable" proepocts for a lMO loan
Pro^ n ^ ^ letter to
riup-CMrea wpaooo oivtwvion,
ll||e ' PelWlaQIOilliVf ,flny tvWFU L:;,' JfH^
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Washington, Jan. 24.?C. L 0. Pres
ident John L.' Lewis today served
nonce 021 l/omocrnuc {inj leaders
that 'they most consult him on his
choice of a 1940 Presidential candi
date, believed by some to be Beau,
Burton JL Wheeler of Montana, if
they want his support in thecoming
fight. .'m -''l'-- .'r ' "
This was the interpretation politi
cal experts drew from Lewis' speech
in Columbus, O., in which he said
that President Roosevelt Would be'
"ignomniously* defeated if he sought'
a third term. This assertion and
Lewis' charge that the Democrats
had fafied to heap faith with labor'
indicated that the union leader, who
has been edging away from the New
Doafl tof mors than a year, has "taken
a Walk,"' - ? r I
Rivaling the Lewis blast In political
potency was a White House an
nouncement that the' President plan
ned to deliver'v^Mlo address to t
?arts* of "dirt farmer" dinners in the
heart of the film heft which will ba
the main battleground of the 1940
campaign.' The dinners, held nndair
the auspices of: the agricultural ad-1
justment administration, will bS1
staged in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas,,
Missouri aid Illinois.
? ; Hope For Change.
Democrats fkred'hadly in- some of
thcseetafcrln tfiel9S8*leciie?s, doe
to dfiitsife of the ifew Deal's hm
policies. '-r Republicans already"ere
claiming lUirioii,'Icwfc Kansas end
Nebraska. Democrats are counting
on 1&' Boosef^ife'tb change this pier I
two by hit ipeechss.
Speculation about the camp to
which Lewis would try to lead G. L 0.
unionists in the 1940 race began
whda-fte denounced Vice-President
John N. Garner, an avowed candi
date whether Mr. Roosevelt runs or
not, as a "labor-baiting, whiskey
drinking, poker-playing, evil1- old
man."* He said hd would oppose
Garner's candidacy to the ehd, "I*',
The ruddy-faced Tenw made no
a?, A01tsxsr. hu
campaign aides, however, did not ap
pear worried and tfudlenged Gar
ner's foes to prove that he opposed
at any timo constructive labor legis
lation daring his; long Service in Con
egress.,tfV- f j
After this attack, Lewis was re*
ported to have picked Wheeler as his
candidate.
i
O WlNTjaiNIOHTI
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0 wintry night, a* wild and aery
For those with nerves ittUBdd and
Li' weary, -.V
Top waii'wd ftoiekawuadthe house,
Wg nnn? udou thi briuro of doubts'
?*4 ?*???
m hezw to dean outdoors for you.i
planning' to ftttwd tii6 ' ^nnusl ! ni66t
ing 01 me wona wouna oocwty or
L?H fit jh IIMV" WAMUIt fVn^
I "w WvW^ifi
I UL ' jOlMlits mLa |> ^
Ik * w* * xi 1 jjj
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r Helsinki.?Strongest' Russian forces
yet thrown into any one battle since
?Bid' Army- Wrimh* started hurled
bade northeast of Lake Wogi with
great Slaughter, Firmsi announce.1
London-?Prime Minister Neville
Chaittberlain reveals British-French
do*
iare takes more British dips; British
ifff
value" aretfiEar sent to Germany by
:Hm sympathisers in thA United
g^^gbs.-iez s-ivw tv . !.-i ; ? ? w ij1
Western Front. ? Patrol clashes,
otherwise all quiet.
Bucharest.?Rumania to insist that
Rumanian oil companies owned by
?d Pr?A kB oil to G?
;; Pttifc-^sportit*r a>dd?; hw.
nude important economic concefaionfl
WMkny in exehange lor Nazi
consultation in Moscow Kjanung
Finland and
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Is Fined $50 In
Greenville, Jan. 24. ? B. Streefeer
Sheppard, prominent Farmvi% man,
was convicted in Superior court here
IXC&ing
was fined $50 and tared veith the
coats of'cobfL ' r
The defendant v originally waa
chargbd wit*a*auH with a deadly
weapon with intent' to kill following
if alleged ittadt' or Ws Wttaon,
?on o Wl H. M. Wilson, Farandlle
rreaDytenan ministar. Mr. oneppara
wis accused of TiaVing attacked the
young man for shooting firecrackers
dbbnt him on Christmas day. Mr.
? sffinpjtnfd jfontari that he attacked the
boy, daiming 'that a cane struck the
pastor's eon when the defendant threw
up his handa when a firecracker
bursted in hia face.
The charge waa amended to as?
sault wit* a deadly weapon, dropping
the "with intent to klllh portion. IA
jury returned a verdict of simple aaf
SatiHi*' a ^ i '.'V rrfrY}
True M)!s on serious charges were
I, .aril aYT :M t J? immlA *-*'? ' * : ^ '
Mupt in against two oezenaantSp
Oscar Edwards in connection with the
Tetterton wreck death in Bethel and
against Jarvis Harris on a charge of
rape, ^ .? :
Charlie Bridges and Wilbur Bridges,
colored, were' ordered to pay boats
and wine placed on probation for
thTee yeara after tendering pleas of
gMltytbforgery and false pretense.j
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Belgium Assured
W AM Actios
? v W..J'T! b<?r:<f ;?. i
Chamberlain Declares
^Lightning* Aid Will
ig? iflisr
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: t1?' ?wessmSS > r
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"lifhtriing ?tioi^e?l|i*d to thwart
any'1Q?rmcn inftitorf'fcf th? Belgian
0? BiMte. J
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'Great Slaughter' of Red
Army Fighters -Report*
e3 By Furnish Com
mandlnLake Ladoga
Sector; Soviets Have
Fai led To Pierce De
fenses ia Newest Of
fensive
; Helstaki, Jan. 24.?The strongest
Rmalsn forces thrown into say one
battle Binc&thestartofthe Bed
^z^s invasion eight weeks ' ago
have been h?Hed bsffr northeast of
Lake Ladoga with great; slaughter,.
military officials announced tonight.
, Since the invasion of. Finland was
unleashed on the morning of Novem
ber 80 with three; aerial ?; bombings
of Helsinki the are estimat
ed insomequarters to have suffered
?S^,2S^&tri^i.dead'
The Bnssfam offensive afc the last
, , P,. . T . R .
by the Finns to hays, cost the Russians
20,000 more casualtiesand at no
point, if is claimed, have the Finnish
daftnses been pterced to'anyreal
depth.
Tonight's military communique
said that, for tJur third successive
day, the Russians failed & their
?USpLlwmmMi r attempts to push
alotqr the iiortiaern1 stake of Lake La
doga with msssnd infantry, tanks and
planes and strike at Finland's Han
nerheim line .'ftaih the reer by
smashing the Finns?- left wing.
Bspoits abroad that two Russian .
divisions had - been trapped < at AR
tojoki above Lake Ladoga and that
the Russians were trying to iescss
them were discredited to- Helsinki
tonight }jo' fv> ?
X At 4he same time, the craummique . -
said, the Bed Army flung * strong '
T+tufk ajrainst.' the mmin Karelian
IsthumB highway, running through
the middle links oftheMannerheim -
line, in a drive spauheaded -toward
Finland's second largest city uf Vii
puri which threedaya ago fee But*
sians warned, over loudspeakers in
the front lines, would be captured
within4& hours. ?; ?. *V;
In addition' to the heavy misult*
northeast of Lake Ladoga ?^. in< the
center of the istfaumB near the Msh
way, the Russians tried Main i to
break into the Mamwrhctm line ,.by
attacking over the -iea of Ufee.lfeola
but were repulsed, the communique
said
? Again yesterday tha fierest fight<?
izq waaaround Kollaanjoki above
Lake Ladoga and in the region of
Aittojoki, 60 mRas further north, a
former base of Russian operations
which was captured by the Finns
Mseatly. .
At tinss points the fitting is con
tinuing unabated, it was-laid, and
day, bringing to 22 the number cop-,
tured or potent of commission since
ttm start of the new offensive.
Despite their lack of success with
tonka in the heavily forested and
|ucky, region where there are few
nadf, the- Russians continue to rely
fegrfly on them, scarcely ever ven
turing an infantry attack without
$u*s * i?. J
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dWWl **** * row mare days. tnero
may be a lull when the Russian re
mtvm of xnft&Dowir and raovdias an
> uH- ROflflillL C18UftltiMll thOI fflX if
^^otfe^ve uaoffici
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