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;? Patronise Oar Ainrtimxu, Far f Tfcej An Constantly faTtttef ? T :: Ton *? Tnufe Witt Thenu |v ^1 I I^9 ^h>i^LI %' w ;ilBtiiHiJt^kh^^ JBm^? '''tjjjjjb JifcJB^ ? ? T - **** ? ?>-.* Has Steady Growth Since Orgtmizationin *38 , mmmmmmmmmmmmrnrn -,wr Fantmlle Chamber of Commerce and Mer Scope and Becomes A Powerful Force In The Business Life Here The Farmville Chamber of Com merce and Mechawta Association, or-. gaaixed in July 1988, by a group of forward looking and progressive b axiom men, hm in this brief period experienced rapid and steady growth, j The promoting of another $1.00 J Shopping Days event, at which time j business firms fill offer special in- t ducements, will write a second chap- 1 ter in the business history of Farm- ( ville, and give coaarete evidence of the Association's purpose to bring j about s closer cooperation of its , members, whereby thtey can work as ] a unit for the promotion and develop- j raent af the business life of the town. f . Its aim to grow into one of the most ( serviceable organisations in Eastern ( North Carolina is being rapidly realised. Present officers are: T. E. Joyner, president; John B. Lewis, executive , secretary; Mrs. Hubert Register, act- . ing secretary; S. A. Garris, treasurer; j Composing the board of directors are } the officers and Prank Williams, L. < E. Walston, J. O. Pollard, George W. . Davis, H. M. Winders and W. R. , Willis. , Broadening its scope and activities { at a remarkable rate of speed since ^ organization the Chamber of Com- ( merce and Merchants Association, ( working together as a single unit , now include practically all of the ' branches of business life in the town, and boast of a strong board of direc- < tors, alert to the need for satifactory j working conditions, a better under- 1 standing between employers and em- ( ployees and cooperation with the buy- 1 ing public as well, and is rapidly 1 becoming a powerful factor in the civic and industrial life of Farmville. , The organization is to be congrat ulated on having bad faithful leaders, who have overcome the obstacles and difficulties besetting a new or ganization of any kind, and have , lent their united efforts to further , the growth of this cooperative trade ] modhwi, which was sorely needed ( here for many years. ] Members of the committee in charge , of the $ Days "Sellebration" report } that load mwibwls enthusiastically , tied in with the Parade of Progress j and are taking this opportunity to eoopegkte by offering customers , quality merchandise at greatly re- , duced prices. I LIGHTS I The Burst Electrification Adminis I tration estimatas that approximately I 1,700,000 farm homes received elec I trie euiiaat from central stations in 1088 and that 250,000 had their own I Kflfctlwy y>nl? LAJBOEB ? I .?# ijp? I H fli I in Jswe I jMgTfr gtffy of ]wypffl I afttfir gfttito <$#>!>? I ped as moehaa 80 inches hi the cave I Wp iodaj soma residents of the ., ? ,i _J fn |, ? I. ????I ?,,fl ,, n/ bmubb psri on uus cobhuioiv/ ox IBMbn^mnf fmimL ?????iIiHmb >mu4 ? ?PPf^"liP?w IBIwe AHIH?MM . tHUff ? ^^^?ggDF-'ir; -?. . ~ I BHHn 2jOOO ninfnrB I *V* . _ w ? - fcmljlm!?? MVlV I I Bifls w MHdU ?' I. vlUiflmPy j H Spring Days Bring New Requirements Merchants of Farmville Offer to Meet Needs of Community In Special Ways on March 7 & 8 . The son is rising: si an aarikr tour these days. Already the bwb ue beginning to swell, and the First Breath of Spring and other gay flowers are perfuming the breeses, ffhieh are being held in leash by the gentle hand of Spring. Spring brings with it new hopes, hat the land with its fruitfulness nay provide sustenance for all the people of the land, and that the [denting season may reonlt in that plenty, which is the birthright of ivery child . . . whether it be born >n a farm, or in a city where melons, .?orn and cabbages only grow' en rtalls. And so, like the farmers, the Farm rille business firms are greeting the lew Spring season with a new out ook, sew hopes, and stores full of lew things for their customers to snjoy. Dollar Days, March 7 & 8? lave been included in their {dans as he first Spring effort to renew the jest interests of their customers and hey are inviting them in this issue x> join with them in observance of his event, which promisee the filling yf the seasono's requirements for rourself, your family, home and farm it lowest prices. I Days must of necessity be herald id early this year, because of the ilarch 24th Easter date and if you vant to save, if you want to be up- 1 to-the minute with everything new hese days will bring yeu the oppor .unity. Warns Of Dangers From Kite-Flying ??? Greenville, March 6. ? Declaring hnfc aaoh year daring the kite-flying season several children lose their lives by kites and stringrbecomiBg ( jntangled in high voltage wires, t Martin Swartz, superintendent of the j Greenville Water and Light commid- J iion, today isaued a waning to aO parents to guard against ~such a i tragedy in this section. Mr. Swart* explained that an ?-?# iinary cotton string was . a conduc tor of electricity when wet. He said that numerous kites be same entangled in high tension wires with the strings left hanging to the ground. He declared that if it rain ed and the string became wet it would be serious or fatal to anyone who came in contact with it. Ho also said the tangled kite, and string were subject to . cause interruption, burning down the line. Mr. Swart* urged all parent^ to caution their children of the danger" gled in a line the parents should, notify the Water and Light Co?-j inisMnn offices at onee so Wat a service man could he-sent to the seene to remove it immediate!^ be fore any damage could beieaused or EF" MASONIC NEWS _ i. J *_ -fMaMtli * * PBifl ill ' ? of twenty-five yes* continuous mem for^ttro'years* <k> wn to^tteones who IfiP^enty five , . Finns RepOrT Russian FoOed By Guns I ! I '-?- . i .,v. . ? Helsinki, March &?The murder wert of Vlipuri halted and cut to pieces motorfaad ttnsihm columns which attacked two stragetk islands over the tumbled salt lor ?t the Gulf of Finland, the Finns reported today. Seizure of the islands, Haapaaaari and Virolahti, would have given the Russians a foothold for a dash to the ! south Knnishcaast, which if sac-, cessful, could be used to turn the en tire right wing of the Meenerheim line and vastly enhance conveivable Russian thrusts down the coast to ward Helsinki after the fall of Vii pun. ? | .j I Fortunately tor tae^rauis, >iueir? coast is the most heavily fortified in J all Europe. The-fiussians used light} tw*vmafctanka .and motorized troops - for the island. assault and these were drowned by shell fine. They fell bade, devastated. The double-edged attack on the islands was the moat-daring of the war. YinoMati*:efaeat40 miles south west of Viipuri was approached across 15 ihflea.ef ice from islands in the Koivisto archipelago. According to Finnish military officials, Haapa saari waa. attacked from the PinniA island of Souraaari, 18 miles south of Kotkm. With three other small is lands out in the 'Gulf of Finland, Suursaari was iudefensibla and was taken by the Russians early in De cember. Finnish military aateitisa be lieve this small-' group of islands has . since beeame the ba? far light ar mored columns which-ax%< able to operate against the eoMt ever the ice. The Finns have broadcast a warning to all coastal garrisons and batteries to be on the alert for future attacks from the sea. Violent Rnmriaif attacks on the western shore of the Bay of Viipuri, behind the new defease line which has been strengthened since the break-through at Smnma and Muo laajaervi, raged asslate\a? noon to day. It was denied that the Russians ban managed to cross the bay lb: Finnish field guns, tnougn out ranged by the Russian seventy-sixes massed on the ^eastern shore, have a beautiful field of fire across thrice of the bay, Rusaans have slowly driven &eir way from island to island while a constant drumfire of and aerial bombs naked this far Finnish shore. > Artillery and machine guns in is tad wrslapemenu oit havily into Russian tank bataDions and infantry . Most attacks were repulsed accord ing to tonight's communique. At two oapasr which, according to Finniri^ officers, are roughly six miles south I* will be held March 14 and IB. All Ja in ieadiness^&r They are ^wperaiLg with tLt E-aamaRRC and Nash Counties, respectively, in atagfag the Aow. Roth ^ttoEx -^targTgroup S I bid .on the- prize ?"i'mnln y -v - L . ? ??? ?( TWnlCJl Wili M r ^". -It' y ?S I} I'-? v Mfii " tfii' ""' ?? -ItI f J9H^ . ;..- J ? II I I I I 1 f t^uomg adjournment. ^! I Ft^3EMRSFAWJ<AI?MY' " The first weekof March finds con gressmen rand ^poUticS! ? <>bas*wj#. speculating about an adjournment in May orearly June. The House has proceeded with dispatch to dispose of mast -of the t regular appropriation measures, -trimming them severely in the nameof economy. 1 1 ?? What the Senate will do, in view of tbe^faet that it seems to be impressed with the need of economy,; remains to be . seen. The upper chouse increased by aboqt &5fiOOfiQO the amount voted by the House for the independent Offices. The, Senate made practically no reduction in the Treasury and Post Office Bills. Net reductions in these measures, the first two to be disposed of by both booses, amount to about $67, 000,000 compared with budget re quests. As leaders , discussed possibilities of early adjournment, -.,the general idea is that action .will be limited to the remaining appropriation bills, the measure to provide road aid au thorisations for the next two years, to amend the Nntfonttl Labor Rela- i tions Act and a conference report on t^e Wheeler-Lea transportation bill. Thia is the talk at preawtt, but the probability is that other items will be -included, and if -we we to judge by the past, adjournment will-be later than now hoped tor. One of the questions to be decid ed revolves around farm aid, with present signs indicating that the Sen ate will restore some of the funds . sliced from the agricultural program by the House. The lower body de- j dined to appropriate $212,000,000 for continued parity payments, $72,000, 000 additional funds for surplus crop disposal and $45,000,000 for farm tenant loans. ? - I 1m goat, fccMon i? ??* en*"*"* t* I ?SS?Ert? ssi.rflSw--. _ XTfind fimiU for ?? to"?; I n ugreaamen 9X9 disinclined to mis? ? fc??2?2l ftrfn# by te^ag additional t?w.| When Oa shouting md cl"^2 S SB ??1 I wtich the Near Peal was s clear-ctj^. I issue. Republican^ b*H tne ? r^^flSd *hr ttH&n will go in Aw I 1 rttrtri nf 1640 1 election -?- -- v I -. _r ' . ? *'. .,'^i -? ;,-' '.?* ?%.<<>' yftHiyif. y|/ . vtlw tiSes plaque is given to the school that throughout the basEfetljs^seaaMi and' $S determined by vote ?f players, coaches and prtndpals* ?. :|g|||g | Farmville girls were eliminated by Arthur In fthajiexw^^ altag de feating Pactolus and Stokes in the annual Pitt County tournament bald in East Carolina Teachers College gymnasium. : Farmville girl's team, composed of OUva Taylor, Frances; Carraway, Dorothy Clarke, Cornelia Knott, Mary Frances Greene, Mary Heath, Frances -Howard, Lillian Ha*J jfo Donie Jones, Rosa Reid Rosaelirj Mavis Leggett and Mary Ann Town send Has won a total of fourteen j games, lost five and tied one. Farmville boys have also had an I excellent year In basketball. They* played in the finals with Ayden inj the county tournament, were defeat- j bd. * Before meeting ^dyden, the Farmville boys eliminated Grif ton,{ Bethel and Winterville. The boys j have won a total of fifteen games, lost five and tied one. The following; boys compose the squad: Bobby' Rouse, Arthur Joyner, Jr., IBouglas Kemp, Billie Oglesby, Hume Paaehal, | Paul Parker, Tommie Willis, Bill Rasberry, Lester Earl Turnage, E. C. Carr and many capable substitutes. : E. F. Ooates coadies the girls and W. C. Harrell coaches the boys, Farmvilte's Affirmative aad Nega tive Teams were victorious In Sh Pitt County Debating Contest, Feb. 22, against WinterviUe, The Affirmative team is composed of Douglas Kemp and Frances How ard and Negative is composed . of Bobby Rouserand.Alice Harper Par ker, - v' . . The Query is "Resolved that ooufsii I in Home Economics and Agriculture should be provide for and required of all Pitt County high school stu dents.^'.v'- dx's I Friday night at 7:80, FhmiviUe^ affirmative wiB debate Grimesland negative in Farmville., and Faro* vale's negative team will motor to Grimesland to debate the Grimesland's affirmative, V Miss Ellen Lyles coaches the af firmative and Miss Mary -Boreas Harding coaches the negative. A A t- . _ ?If- A X J - - - M ?Mttenas soutn ot Ainateroam went ?into notion at 12:26 a. m. today, the ?roar: of their esplosioitfl^htiingtidff ?witt tte aoundsjrf heavy^gnatee iNorth Sea foiv more than an hour. | l Xl| VMAA LLJL f ufAMUllL ? 1 iji ii MHAMMIIMM l m vflvlv WSV JlQ 'TTrVfrTT'"vlyJI CvTlCTrfTU!|K j ?the identity of the foreign planes at ?which their shell* apparently were II M- mirir^r,y**w~* , la land at Zandvoort, a resort town west 1 I of Amsterdam, flashes of light could 1 ?be clearly seen illuminating the night I ^ I I Da far A AIIasi I ? iiDior finiifiii ? ? |.|V9|R| |J||.|||II| ? I Ull u DuOlU IIUfI I ma^Cer^g Question I that qneEtiona^atout^ personal Jigj census. > of fhp hplWTtra * , oi une neanngs. ?I Sort fAWMO/i fVa I B ; OcH. vlMA WAIIlW IdW ? d. a provide for re- j apportionment of Contfrearionalrep- ij reeentation on thejHuia of the 1940 eansus oeiore ine nooe cowu com- , mittee and declared that passage of ( his bill was ueisssary to carry out , the mandate of the Constitution. The law providing tot automatic reopportkmmexrt 'of representation 1 enactment of the. Morris amendment ] to- the Constitution . olfmfmtitif "lame duck" sessions of Congress. Warren urged enactment of the , bill, approved by PresMsftt "Bobse velt and by House-Democratic lead-1; ers, on broad national and constitu- j ,|.| a - * a <1,111 la | , .1 - A A rt uOOAl i/nmiMiB. KUlb mQIIllbLflQ TulML Xflfl Zfitre .|X tfiOlQf ^COwUUW 1WB1WW j that their states Wight lose aEepre senftatiyt as a rsault of the reappor tionment endangers chances sf: torn mittee approval, "If this bill is not enacted now, it certainly will not be enactedafter thacensus is takeot^hetoldtheccsn-t mittee, 'TWs iwould mean that no-action toward ? xvwpporconxnentji- as airectei . untifl9W?,4*;itton' 1 He pointed out that Congress had fafled bat ones to . provide for reap- 1 portionment, This lack of action in 1 1980, Warren said, led to the enact- 1 meat of the automatic -reapportion ment bill in 1929. which now baa iwen nullified - by the Norrfs eonitt tutional MMMtamt. ^ ? >* M flJ^NuBber. Campaignf has so mMAT cnm^ b ssssssnsrss themll-L ,, ,,,m|,.. J| .jMSS^SS^ nomination,.-Jiwi ' *?? ? ?ataJ .^w :. 3g?&r?air ???f ?WS1 n?h ??'Stnta'8^ of..EI^|Ld Foot have <il?d formally *?*,?? thai* fees: J. M. Broagbton, TttSZS* nmao form- - ? nouncement but have not yet paid ^i^Coopor, mayor of Wflming ton; Panl G~iy, Kenly f L. Gravely, Rocky MountjBryait Thompson, of Hamlet, I Hale. Leaksville farmer. I Latest to announce was Hale who brought out a wpeal of the sales tax, reducttan of tgxeri on homee expenses of i*h (date construction of farm to myu and elimination of 10 state - I # W^Bon^?^former Ameri can Pi^deait, now a M^robject, I dent u t candi I ^ney ? tlv) 8gpp66nti6nt8 ^ XUtiyaifU"' ^ Vf T P P f I 8. ?.T v-5 / T1* - it. pMaeManlf BPuOlIIv (u* 1 6. Caa^ ^^j^^wHh-j I Jl ? ?'.- - . ? m -. ^ '. ' 'Irl I | , _ njHvl 3# j._ London, Match 5^?Britain today defied Itely%'^pleasure by ?eiafcg|M coal and heeded quickly toward a i Rotterdam and it was preenmed they ilao would be seized by British war ihips enforcing tin AQfea* ooutra bod At " In the face of a strong Italian pro- . test note declaring Britain's embargo cm German' aa?T':''fllegat'^y/iionald^^ Cross, minister of economic warfare reaffirmed Britain's position and in dicated that a retreat by London was unlikely. He told Pariiment today that 'German eoid exported by way , sf Holland to Italy now is Ifeble to leisure as a nrise of war and an nounced that the first such seizures bad been made.f>; / P||lPP -Tbe Italian ships were escorted by British waiehipr to The Downs, Brft- - ish contraband control base off'Deal. Fhey must remain there untO a con- 1;H trabandcommittee decides their fate, normally announced within a few ' lays. The British Press Association laid the coal would be retained by Britain as a prise of war. Stoppage of Italian coal shipments was the hardest blow dealt to the trade of any neutral hation since the Allien netted their "reprisals? block- ; ade of German exports1 in Decem ber, an action they said.wms justified by Germany's^ submarine and mine warfare. Germany for yean has been shipping Italy bet?WK&000,000 and BiOOOJOCO tons of eoajl annually by Bea^nnd another 8,000,000 to 4,000,000 tons by ndboad. 'riBritainhawmt^SLd readyto soften the blow and ^ the Bane time- help h?r own economy by sell ing Italy British coal on terms.ac-. eepteble to Italy. Negotiations to sup plant German coal with the product of Welch mineji broken flown recently when Britain insistef ?m payment in airplane engines and munitions, Italy , offered to pay with limits and vege tables and Premier Benito refused to jeopardise his friendship with German -?4Stanca>oS% Aow ? ?hit ler by selling arms to the ABite. It was predicted today that Brit ain-sow may offer/to accept at least part payment in foodstuff*, and in addition would offer Italy credits if Mussolini waste them. > To spare Italy inconvenience, it waa said, Britain allowed the coal traffic to continue after the Decem ber'ban in the hope of an agreement whereby Italy would- obtain BhHtoh coal in rettm for Italian prodacts., When these negotiations broke down, and a tow days lat&. Italy sad G** many signed a new trade agreement, Britain cracked down on the coal V. . "J"*" ?' ?- - * '? TT ? trade, % -JL-jlu '??? .. ? c-M'v'imi i.iaSsS&V. -^'z-' Jki > a a | vnnnnmnr ndu/q ollUUUIIlg RqWo M lin - IvKS Jk III' I mm ?"' I |f nl - IV If W IF '? IF I * _ p||. lisilii QBHRh * y - . ?? <-.VJ> - 'v'rr '?cv*3? *