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VOLUME THIRTY-ONE FABMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY tt, 1940 (FIRST SECTION) NUMBER ONE
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Goodwill Supper Held
By Local Businessmen;
Many Guests Present
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Goodwill Supper Held
by Business Men
Here; Chamber of
Commerce and Merch
ant's Association Meet
On Tuesday night, the Chamber
of Commerce and Merchants Asso
ciation gave a Good-Will barbecue
at the Farmville Country Club House
to more than 100 persons, the chief
purpose of which was to introduce
B. D. Baker, owner and manager of
the new bakery located in Farmville,
and to the bread retailers of Farm
ville and the surroui ding communi
ty. There were several guests
present from Fountain, Pinetops,
Macclesfield, Walstonburg, Snow Hill
and Maury. Representatives from
each of these towns had a favorable
comment on the supper and the co
operation that they always enjoy in
Farmville. George W. Davis, Mayor,
extended a hardy welcome to the
visitors and requested them to make
Farmville their home.
Mr. T. E. Joyner, as president of
the organization, presided in a cred
itable fashion, explaining the purpose
of the meeting and introducing B. D.
Bak *, who expressed- his apprecia
tion for the way he had been received
in Farmville and his intentions of
making his bakery an asset to Farm
ville's business life.
A report of the activities of the
organization was made by John B.
Lewis, executive secretary, who
commented as follows:
Since last September 1st, Mrs. H.
C. Register and I have tried to serve
the merchants and business inter
est of Farmville as best we could; I
am certain that there is still much
room for improvement, *and I hope
that more improvement will be made
as time goes along;
"One thing that we have tried to
do through the bulletin and through
continuous advertisement is to get
the people of Farmville and the sur
rounding communities to trade with
the local merchants and business
men; pointing out advantages to
be gained by trading at home;
1?It helps to build up the local
payroll;
Z?it saves you tne ns* ox travel
ing on a dangerous highway;
3?It helps your neighbors and
your friends to build a better busi
ness;
4?It gives you a better right to
expect and ask for local trade for
your own business;
5 ? It helps to build confidence,
business and a better town for your
own home and family.
Dent think for a minute that the
little sales do not help; they do. If
you are traveling for a long distance
be sure to fill your tank with gas
before you leave and use only so
much on the road as is necessary to
get back home
If you desire some wearing ap
parel that our merchants do not
carry, try and see if someone here
can't order it for you; don't try to
fool yourself by thinking you can
get something cheaper elsewhere, for
you usually get about what you pay
for; then, too, why not trade with the
who pays the taxes, light bills,
and other expenses that makes the
wheels of business turn in your own
town; why go some other place and
place your money into* their town
treasury.
A few of the services we render:
1?A weekly bulletin gives you ac
curate and current information as to
the transfer for real and personal
property in both Pitt and Green
Counties;
2?This bulletin also carries in
formation of people moving into
Farmvilte and their new place of
residence; also the information of
removals within the Town of Farm
vffle.
3?For your membership in the lo
cal merchants association, you have
membership in the Stats Merchants
Association with all of its far flung
services, including a monthly maga
zine with timely and instructive ar
tides on phases of business activi
ties sad law affecting merchants oJ
North Carolina.
4?Also for your membership yoi
receive an average of three credi
reports each month, free, and ai
many more as you wish for the ex
pesse of djgiii ing annas. You should
sue this service more freely. "?
5?Theni&too, you have the satis
faetior of knowing that you are oo
?Mrdmnfta ?f y*or town in their ef
fort to build the town; to bring ne\
aboard that masts once ascfeyontl
the b?8inM
was ably supplied by Herman Joseph
of Goldsboro, who for 2? years was
a feature clown for Ringling Bros,
and Barnum and Bailey Circus. For
the past five years he has been lo
cated in North Carolina as repre
sentataive of the El Moro Cigar Co.
of , Greensboro, North Carolina. He
was a guest of C. W. Blackwood, one
of his distributors. Mr. Joseph told
briefly of the life of a circus man,
explaining the pleasures and hard
ships of the funny man in the circus.
He cracked several funny jokes and
sang his witty songs in a manner
that took the company back to their
boyhood circus days of fun. He was
well received and appeared to have
delightfully entertained the group.
The Farmville Chamber of Com
menjp and Merchants Association
was organized in July, 1938 with
George W. Davis, president, M.
Lindsay, vice president, W. R. Willis,
executive secretary, and S. A. Gar
ris, treasurer. There was much en
thusiasm for the organization,
though everyone knew that it would
take much time and cooperation to
see the effects. After almost two
years of fine cooperation and much '
hard work, the merchants and busi
ness men now fully realize what a
good active Chamber -of Commerce
and Merchants Association can do <
for them. The organization at this
time is headed by T. E. Joyner, pres
ident, John B. Lewis, executive sec
retary, Mrs. Hubert C. Register, ac
tive secretary, and S. A. Garris
treasurer and has forty-seven mem
wrx o.
The idea and purpose behind the
organization has been to bring about
ia better cooperation between the
people living in and near Farthville;
to secure for the merchants and bus
iness men of Farmville the patron
age of all the people in Farmville
and as many as possible of those
living within 10 miles of' Farmville;
to encourage- the new construction
of homes and commercial houses; to
encourage and invite the location
of new business enterprises in
Farmville; and to protect at all times
the interest of the people and busi
ness enterprises of Farmville.
Among some of its outstanding
accomplishments was the retention
of the railroad express service, the
retention of the East Carolina Rail
road which was about to be aban
doned, and the securing of a bakery
for Farmville. Other industries have
been 'contacted and effort made to
secure larger payrolls for Farm
ville. "
Perhaps the greatest single and
continuing service thus far render
ed is the solicitation of funds and
the sponsoring of the annual adver
tising campaign of the Farmville To
bacco Market and the Town of Farm
ville as a trading center.
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FARMVILLE SWELLS WITH
PRIDE
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Farmville Igrew from 2,056 peo
ple in 1930 to 2,980 this year, a
gain of 45 per cent, according to
preliminary census figures released
here recently by Area Manager, E.
A. Hughes.
The Chamber of Commerce is
very anxious to have at least 20 of
the people here, whom the census
taker failed to contact, to call
John. B. Lewis' office, 2576 at
once, so that Farmville's popula
tion will total -3,Q00.
Building; and Loan
Officers Invite Yen
To Newjuarfers
I One of the Oldest and
> Livest Institutions In
' Ifarmville Is A Neigh
: borhood Activity
l The new headquarters of The
Farmville Buiding and Loan Asso
* elation is in the new home of THE
f ENTERPRISE, and this organiza
tion takes the opportunity of fonn
i ally opening these at the same time
Tin: ENTERPRISE celebbrates its
r 30th Anniversary, Wednesday even
ing, May 29, from 8:00 to 11:00
j o'clock.
The officers and directors extend
v yon a cordial welcome to visit the
B. ft L. headquarters at this and
i- at any other time to discuss the
e starting of a thrift account or a loan,
i, Whether you are a borrowing or a
0 saving member, you are helping the
? progress of this community if yot
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FORCES UNITED I
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TO ENGAGE FOE
Action Called A Miracle
of Reorganization;
Engage Germans In
See-Saw Battle
Paris, May 23.?The French arm-1
ies, effecting what foreign military
experts called a "miracle of reorgan- I
ization", fought today with new fury J
to reunite their- northern and central
armies and shut off the long, sharp
spearhead which the Germans have
driven through northern France to I'
the sea. -
Pocketed with their British and
Belgian allies, the central French
army using tanks, planes, motorized
units and artillery, engaged the Ger
mans in a bitter see-saw battle be
tween Cambrai and Valenciennes, 25
miles away.
The battle jockeyed back and forth
along the Scheldt river with tem
porary advantages for both sides. At
one point the French, a military
spokesman said, fought their way
down to the outskirts of Cambrai,
territory from which they had push
ed earlier in the week.
Berlin, May 23.?Authorized Ger
man sources, although declining to
affirm or deny deports that the Ger
man armies have, taken Boulogne,
French seaport on the English chan
nel, added: "it is quite probable."
- Boulogne is on the lower end of the
Strait of Dover, 26 miles by sea from
Folkestone, England. It is some 45
miles northwest of Abbeville, which
a German dhny spearhead has en-r
gulfed.
Since reaching Abbeville Tuesday
the German southern spearhead has
been groping for Boulogne, while
the drive of the main German col
umns to divide and destroy allied
armies in northern France and Bel
gium has produced other evidence of
an imminent assault on England her
self.
"Thecal battle is constantly be
ing brought closer to Britain,"* said
DNB, official news agency, " but be
fore it can begin the pocket ip the
north of France- and- the Belgian
coastal area must be completely oc
cupied by German troops.
"In view of the strong forces' en
circled here it will not be done with
out heavy fighting." I <
GraveDanger
Faces Allies
Great Britain Fearful
of Invasion Through
Ireland; British Sol
diers in Paris Declar
ed to Be Embarking i
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The fall of Abbeville, 12 miles
from the English channel to German ;
shock troops blasting their way "
through to the coast, was announced
today by Prime Minister Winston <
Churchill.
"This country is in fearful dan
ger," declared Alfred Duff Cooper,
British minister of information.
Heavy fighting is raging around
Boulogne, Prance, on the channel,
Churchill said.
"It is too early to say what the
results of this coastal fighting may
be, but it evidently carries with it
implications of a serious character,"
he declared.
French reports yesterday said the
Germans had been "chased out" of
Abbeville, but once again the Nazi
onslaught has broken through to the
sea.
Simultaneously Clement R. Att
lee, deputy leader in the House of
Commons, disclosed that the govern
ments of both Britain and Ireland
were ' apprehensively "alive to the
possibilities" of an invasion through
Ireland.
As emphasized by Churchill, \ the
threat of a Nazi invasion was appar
ently becoming hourly more grave.
Possibly a preparation for this
heralded next blow in Hitler's "total
war" scheme, power-<iiving bombers
and German speed boats smashed at
channel communications.
A German break-through in the
fierce fighting for control of English
channel vports imperilled communica
tions, between 550,000 allied troops
"pocketed" in rfUrthern Prance ahd
1,000,000 French soldiers to the
South.
"There is a gap between the two
, armies," a British spokesman admit
ted. "The allied situation on the
, Western front is extremely grave."
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Eije JfarmMle enterprise
to pou on tfje occasion of our
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NEW HOME OF THE ROUSE PRINTERY AND
"THE FABMVILLE ENTERPRISE"
Also Headquarters of The Farraville Building and Loan Association.
THE FARMVILLE ENTERPRISE HAS
HAD THREE DECADES flf PROCTESS
rhe Rouse Printery to
Observe Birthday with
Open House Celebra
tion and New Office
Building and Lioan to
Be Formally Opened
Wednesday
In the late winter of 1910, a little
gToup of progressive' business men
of Farmville, interested in the stim
ulation of business and industry, be
gan to think about and discuss the
possibility of starting a newspaper
here to disseminate knowledge and
develop the business, cultural and ed
ucational life of the town and com
munity.
Thus in glancing backwards for
three decades, one finds the contri
bution of printing to Farmville's pro
gress made in May of that year
through the organization of a stock
company, The Enterprise Publishing
Co., with A. (X Monk, John T. Thorne,
R. L. and John R. Davis, G. A. Jones,
and W. A. Pollard as members and
probably others, whose names we
were unable to secure.
Mr. Thorne Manager
At this meeting John T. Thorne
was made general ^manager and the
members having heard of a promis
ing young editor and printer, George
Alexander Rouse, who was connected
with the Snow Hill Publishing Co.,
decided to secure him for ihe posi
tion of editor. This young man waf
under a yearly contract, however,
and so the first editor was Bfror,
Ford, who remained with the paper
for seyen months: Zachary Brought
on took over the job until Mr. Rouse*!
arrival July 1, 1911.
Paper Wei! Named,
A sinall frame building, on thx
Bite of the present Post Office, wai
rented and equipment, installed. Tbb
consisting of a Simplex newspapej
press and an 8x12 job press, run bj
a two horpe gasrline motor. Mr
Thorne and Mr. Monk secured sub
scriptions and Editor Ford busier
himself making up copy and solicit
ing ads for the first edition.
V Well named was the first littt
Sheet that brought the neijghborhooi
news in black and white, and whici
hitherto had been spread by ~ won
of^onth, TTtre E^BRgSE, rig
as editor, with A. C. Monk as gen
eral manager, Mr. Rouse, with great
enthusiasm set himself to the task
of building the goodwill of the com
munity for the paper, developing the
plant in its. usefulness to the com
mercial printing field and meeting
the needs of the business people here.
Buys Plant
' In 1912 Mr. Rouse leased the plant
and follcwing expiration of the
lease, purchased the- machinery and
goodwill of the stock company. He
was able to improve upon the primi
tive methods of printing, using good
quality paper and clear legible type
and expanding the job printing fa
cilities, bending every effort towards
keeping the printing standards high.
After some years the owner, man
ager, editor, printer, machinist etc.
etc. reached, the point where suffi
cient help could be employed to give
him time for proper management of
the business. The work is now hand
led systematically, instructions chart
ed and efforts made to satisfy every
customer on his first order and on
every order thereafter. '
, News of the good craftsmanship
of the Rouse Printery ,has gotten
around and a great deal of miscel
laneous job. work, circulars, business
stationery* and tobacco warehouse
printing is done here for firms in
nearby towns. <
I Office Personnel
j The Rouse Printery is one of the
> small four-person-shops, the force
i consisting of Mrs ? Eva Eorton
, Shackleford, associate editor, who
i has been with the paper for the past
? nineteen years; Thomas Bodie Bouse,
? b .'other of the owner, who is foreman,
i linotype operator and pressman, and
has been in the employ of the shop
for the past ten years; Charles J. B.
j Gayle, proof reader and printer, who
, has served the plant faithfully and
, well for the past 28 years. Miss Mary
. Friar Bousq, daughter of the owner,
r assists in special jobs, and Miss Dor
is Rouse, daughter of T- yB. .Rouse,
. operates the>atitcher during 4he sum
j raer months. Charles F. Carroll, ol
. Greenville, is on,call as linotypiat iz
the tobacco season or on rush jobs,
e New Home
1 When Farmville's business sectioi
l, took on city airs and the presenl
i brick buildings were under construe
?- tion, the frame building, the cradlt
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Company. For a time it was operat
ed in the R. A. Parker Motor Co.,
building, later in the Lang of
fices and in the brick building, now
occupied by the ABC store on Wil
son street. The plant was next moved
into one of the A. C. Monk stores
on Main street, where it remained
for a period of twelve years.
Following a fire in a grocery store
next door, in March of this year, in
which considerable damage was done
the machinery and stock by the vap
orized smoke of the composition roof,
Mr. Bouse purchased the two story 1
brick building on North Main street
from J. W. Holmes and the plant
was moved into its own new home
April 3. j
.And so THE ENTERPRISE for
three decades has brought world
events and local news of the rich
man, the poor man, beggar man,' ;
thief, doctor, lawyer, merchant and '
chief to the citizens of Farmville '
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eacft weeic, ana Dnngs ioaay news
it has been working for 30 years to
bring?news cf its thirtieth birth
day, and of the birthday party to
be held on Wednesday evening; May
29, from eight to eleven o'clock.
Come Right In
When guests call on Wednesday
evening to' take part in the Open
House celebration, t^oy will see onfe
of the best arranged small printing
establishments in the State, and one
of which they as citizens of the town,
may feel proud
As you enter the front door you
find sitting at the desk- on the left
the owner and editor and the Build
ing Loan secretary-treasurer, both in
the same energetic, industrious and
level, headed business man. This side
of the front office belongs to the
Farraville Building and Loan Asso
ciation and will be formally opened
at thip time. Additional equipment of
the Building and Loan Association is
a safe and filing cabinets and other
properties. A picture of Benjamin
Franklin hangs over the desk and
a framed broadside "Sayings From
Poor* Richard's Almanack" is near
by.
On the right as* you enter the
front office is the desk of the as
sociate editor,- Mrs. Shackleford Fil
ing cabinets and typewriter table
are the walls, and President
Franklin D. Roosevelt's photograph
occupies, a propiinent position on this
side. The picture _of a ship uncjter full
ppil hangs over th^desk and a friend
broadside 'TlieVTyy; Speaks ' is on (
the partition walir
A French door in the panelled and
Florentine glass partition opens ih
to the printery proper. Here every
available space is used to advantage;
the four automatic and open job
presses, designed to meet require
ments of any job, are arranged in a
row; there are several type and gal
ley cabinets, six imposing stones,
work tables, a stitcher, perforator,
punching machine, cardboard cabinet,
newspaper file, electric cutter, and
the Babcock printing press, with
inks, tools, lock up materials and oth
er press accessories nearby;. The
shelves contain stationery ana oth
er office supplies. This part of the
shop can be commended just now for
an" immaculate appearance, having
bee)' newly painted Adequate and
properly placed lights prove the
statement that these represent mon
ey well invested ?
In the back is the typesetting
room, which is equipped with an In
tertype machine, a proof press, a
lavatory, conveniently placed galley
racks, and a small enclosed space,
whete sawing of the metal is done.
An elevator in the back, cut off by
a glass partition, is used to carry pa
per stock and other supplies to the
second floor for storage.
Off from the elevator is the smelt
ing room (With a fan ventilator to
take fumes outwde)r where used me
tal is melted and refined about twice
a month. ; ? ? ,
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Mayfair Dance Is
.? Bjrilliap4 Affair
The May Dance of the Mayfair
Gob, held here, on Thursday evening
> in the gym, was one of the most de
? lightful social eventa of the Spring
1 season. Two hundred and fifty in
vitations were issued to out-of-town
? friends and members of the senior
1 class and their dates were special
' gueets.
i Jack Wardlaw and his -Boiling
? Rhythm orchestra. famished the
* music for the affair, which was in
? formal. Dancing began at ten and
? continued until two o'clock...
1 Billy Willis, Mr. Young, "Mo" Har
ris of the decorating committee, are
to be congratulated upon , their artisr
i tic and elaborate use of. the club
t colors, gold and white.
Chaperonee were: Mr. and Mrs.
i John H. Moon, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
i Joyiner, ^Mr.^d^Mn^ W. Lcsl'c
Billy Burke, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Wal
ston, Mr., and Mrs. J. 0. Pollard, Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Bradham, Sr., of
Rocky Mount, Dr. and Mrs. W. M.
Willis, Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Jonfes,
Mr. and Mrs. B. 0.'Taylor, Mr. and
Mrs. L. T. Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. R.
H. Knott, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Monk,
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Turnage, Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Joyner and Mr. and Mrs.
B. 0. Turnage. . _
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LOCAL GOLFUHS IN MATCH
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Match games Of the men's Inter
club Golf Tournament of the past
week, which aroused much enthusi
asm and interest, came to a close
on Sunday wi^h Slamming Robert
Rouses team hit winner* over that
of Senator Lonnie Pierce, by a soon
of 40 to 28.
The Victor's Dinner 'vat bold
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ested toward tho cloflo of the m&tch.
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HIGH SCHOOL FIHALS lit I UNO
UNDERWAY IN FARMVHJi NOW
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Rev. D. A. Clarke to De
liver Baccalaureate
Sermon; State S u p t
Erwin to Address
Largest Graduation
Class in School's His
tory Monday Evening
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With examinations behind them at
last, the teachers and students of
the high school are turning their
entire attention to events of the
week end and of next week, which
will mark the close of the first nine
months term taught here since 1931,
and one which will go on record as
being the most successful in the his
tory of the school, due in great
measure to the increased education
al and recreational facilities. An
other new record in graduates will
be made too, as there are forty-six
students in the senior class.
The Home Economic girls under
the direction of their teacher, Miss
Verona Lee Joyner, presented a
lovely and creditable Fashion Show
in Wednesday afternoon of this
week. The Primary Operetta, un
der the direction of Miss Annie
Perkins, Miss Mildred Vann, Miss
Margaret Hester, Mrs. W. B. Carra
way, Miss Margaret Lewis and Miss
Elizabeth Elliott will be given in
Perkins Hall tonight, Friday, at
sight o'clock.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered on Sunday evening, May
26, at eight o'clock by the Rev. D. A.
Clarke pastor of the > Farmville
Methodist Church. The Rev. Mr.
Clarks, recognized as an outstanding
Bible student, well informed as to
current events in the nation and
world and deeply interested in
routh, will doubtless bring a message
)f great inspiration to the young
graduates, and make a fine oontri
jution to the finals program. The
ligh school glee club,, of which the
school and community is justly
iroud, wiU sing at this time
Mrs. Haywood Smith as accompan
st. -
On Tuesday evening at eight
j'clock the piano pupils of Mrs,, ?.
Saywood Smith and Mrs. C. W.
Rogers will present a recital pro
gram of musical masterpieces in
Perkins HalL ? ?
The senior play, "June In Janu
iry" win be given at eight o'clock
rhursday evening, 30th, under the
direction of Miss Ellen Lyles^. The
:ast is reported to be well "chosen
md trained in their roles, and a de
lightful innovation in "the finals pro
gram is being anticipated by patrons
>f the school on this occasion.
The' closing event, the graduation
?xercises, will take place on Friday
night, May 31, with State Superin
tendent Clyde A. Erwin as the "prin
cipal speaker. Dr. Erwin is well
known here and will be cordially re
vived, having been chosen as the
nain speaker dn account of his pop
ularity in this section and as a man
familiar with activities in education
ill circles. Superintendent J. H.
Moore will introduce the speaker.
Marjorie Lee Parker, daughter of
:he late Mr. and Mrs. Jim Parker,
will be valedictorian, and Bill Pol
lard, son of Mr. and Mrs. J* 0. Pol
lard, will be salutatorian.
Marshals have been chosen as fol
lows: Juniors?Dorothy Lewis, Ruth
Parker, Boots Thomas; Sophomores
?John Parker, Alice Harper Park
er, Cornelia Knott; Freshman?Lois ?
Jones, Marie Gregory, Annie Ruth
ryson.
Diplomas will be presented by D*
P. E. Jones, chairman of the school
board; the seventh grade certificates
will be presented by J. I. Morgan,
Sr.; .the P. T. A. prize will be de
livered by the president, Mrs. Claude
L Barrett, and other prizes for out
standing achievements, will be pre
sented by John B. Lewis, newly
elected member of the school board.