'^r? I MAY, 19101 * " 11 ' ' ?'*' .. ___ VOLUME THIRTY-ONE FABMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY tt, 1940 (FIRST SECTION) NUMBER ONE ' 1 I * ' j" ' ^ ~~ - ? Goodwill Supper Held By Local Businessmen; Many Guests Present ' i 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. ? I ? I .??M.I ' FARMVILLE SWELLS WITH PRIDE ? ^? p*. . . i 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 , FORCES UNITED I ' $ V'-.: I 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 - i 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- 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 I 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 ' ' ? 1 ? .? A J I 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. ; ? ? , / a 1 ? 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. . _ . \ . LOCAL GOLFUHS IN MATCH i 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 || ested toward tho cloflo of the m&tch. ' . . :' ? - 'ft ? i ; ' ? , . - HIGH SCHOOL FIHALS lit I UNO UNDERWAY IN FARMVHJi NOW ? 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 c . ? 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.