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1 j'illtert!.' Cte' Mrwi^'^: fjp|^^ f f .tSC ' SBLL ~ 81,1 *"^ BAI? I' ~ l-?mmfm^mmmmmmmmmmmmma _ VOLUME THIRTY-ONE FARMVILLH WTP COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1940 NUMBER SEVENTEEN ^ 1?i?-JZ- ? . . ' .'. ?-<?'??** *s-j*?*F**a;' ^ ?.*? , -.' ? .jL-xl??gt:rav?' ?. ? ? .7?''.!^'- ? '?" '"".v.;-'' ' ???? .JL,..,. ., ii. - .' ...in'. ? .. ' ry... '..?:??>?. ?? . ' Many Sales Advantages Found On Local Market Block Sales Eliminated <j Under New System; Warehousemen And Employees Pledged To i Give Customers Satis-, faction By BENNETT HOOKS * When the Farmville Tobacco mar- ^ ket opened it's 1940 selling season last week it upheld its reputation as being t a FRIENDLY and PROGRESSIVE ? market, "and the market that always t paid highest prices, grade for grade, 1 This is substantiated by the fact that a several persons buying op other mar kets are in Farmville, and . making1 a good profit. There has been I a lot of ballyhoo about the averages [ on the border markets being better than the averages made in Farmville. If this has impressed you, investigate, find out the reason. The growers who went down to those border markets ?> picked out their best grades to sell J because they needed some money. The common grades they left at home because they could sell them close to home at little expense for transporta tion. Anyone who has seen the sales can readily see that the farmers have been , selling the very worst in their j entire crop here. The whole thing d can be summed np in just a few words c of proof: No person has ever made any money buying tobacco in Farm- I ville ynd soling it somewhere else. Every person who has tried to buy t tobacco in Farmville and sell it on a another market has always gone f broke trying to do it. On the other hand those who have bought tobacco I on other markets at that market's j phice have almost always made money e when they resold it in Farmville. e Just ask the ones who have tried it f both ways, and you will find that this is no idle chatter. s All the warehouses in Farmville t have the best light that it is possible t to furnish. All the sales forces are s trained to put every farmer's lord i of tobacco in the light that it will 1 show up to- the best advantage. Every I employee of every warehouse is < pWig?d to see that every customer is < satisfied to fit his particular needs s and desires. As soon as a farmer j drives into Farmville he can feel a < friendly spirit even on the streets be- 1 fore he gets to a warehouse. Every ] person living in Farmville is pulling for Farmville and the Farmville To- ] bacoo Market. Then when the farm- j er unloads bis crop he can still feel 1 that friendly courteous treatment ] that he is accorded right on until ] after his tobacco is sold, and right on < until he is ready to go home. While his tobacco is sold he can see very ; plainly that splendid feeling of co- i operation that exists between the warehousemen and the buyers. This j co-operation guarantees every grower the highest possible price on every pile of tobacco sold in Farmville. Hundreds of tobacco farmers from more than a score of counties who have sold in Farmville year after year have been convinced that Farm ville offers more advantages than they can get elsewhere, and they will not sell anywhere else. If you sell tobacco in Farmville one time you will be sure to come back. The friendly feeling of understanding ex isting between the businessmen, the warehousemen and the buyers in Farmville this year is more sincere rh?n ever before, and so you can be assured of better prices and more complete accommodations that you have ever been offered before on any market. The way that sales are handled in Farmville is unique, different than any other market in the bright BeH Whenever a warehouse shows a firs, sale on the sales card, that ware house is sure to start sale at nine o'clock on that particular morning. This eliminates all block sales. Farm ville welcomes every tobacco farmer, and every grower is guaranteed high est prices, courteous treatment, and a pleasant trip always. - ? WHO KNOWS? 1. How doc* the'population of Germany, before Hitter, oompare with acquisitions since 19321? 2. What is the area of London ? I. What *?? the bate* of Bul ?gria's to southern Dobruja? 4. How many <*rfom*teda did the Ut H have in the World War? fu How many airplanes are provid ed for in the $5JXX),000,000 defense bitf? ?. How United States? iL&M 4) Season's Leaf Totals, On TobacCb Market The Farmville tobacco market ex >erienced good sales this week with he highest prices of the season pre ?ailing. While many heavy tips were n evidence and common tobacco de pressed the price average, smoking grades showed a sharp ris? An ad rance was seen towards the middle of he week. ? Official figures for the season hrough Wednesday, as released by Sales Supervisor R. A. Fields, give he sale of 2,472,278 pounds of the eaf for the sum of $415,861.74, at an tverage of $16.82. Sovermr Calls Special Election First District To Elect A Representative For Two Terms on Novem ber Fifth I Raleigh, Sept 12.?Governor Hoey resterday fixed November 5 as the late for a special election of a suc essor to Representative Lindsay C. iVarren of the First Congressional Jistrict. Mr. Warren resigned effective Oc ober 1 to accept the President's ippointment as Controller General or a 15-year term. The special election will name barren's successor for the term ex )iring January 3, 1941, and the gen ;ral election on the same day will ,lect a First District representative or the following two-year term. Herbert Bonner, Mr. Warrens ecretary, has been nominated by he Democratic executive commit ee for both terms. John A. Wilkin son of Washington was nominated n Republican primary for the regu ar term, but the State Board of Slectiens has received no Republican :ertification for a short-term can iidate. Secretary li. C. Maxwell said the party probably would be jiven an opportunity to name a sandidate, but he added that the ballots must be printed and distri buted by October 5. In c??mg the election Governor Hoey also addressed to Mr. Warren in acknowledgement of his resigna tion, which came to the Governor t>efore it reached the Speaker of the House. The Governor warmly prais sd the Representative's record. "I cannot let this opportunity pass," the Governor said, "without expressing to you my sincere ap preciation of you as a man and Con gressman from North Carolina. You have won distinction in Congress by reason of merit. Your sptendid de votion to the interests of "your con stituents and to the common good of our entire country has attracted the atttention and won the commendation of the whole people. "North Carolina believes in you fully and is very proud of the record tVint. you have made and of the achiev ments which you have to your credit. You have added lustre to the name and fame of your beloved State. The present Congress probably will adjourn before the November special election, but Mr. Bonner's election at trims for the remainder of this term will give him the same seniority of any representative who took office at the beginning of the term. Delegates Are Named For YDC Session Here Greenville, Sept 10. ? Thirteen delegates have been named to repre sent' the Pitt County Young Demo cratic Club and the Young Demo cratic Club of East Carolina Teach ers' College at the annual conven tion of the Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina in Raleigh. Representing the Pitt County Club are T. Eli Joyner, Jr., of Farm ville. and L. a Skinner, Hoover Taft, Patsy Davenport and S. O. Worthing ton, all of Greenville. . Delegates named by the college group are Nancy Dardsn of Hertford, Frances Roebuck of Washington, Betsy Hutchinson of Bladenboro, Jessie Thompson of Goldsboro, Kath erine Davenport of Greenville. Jam Copeland of Ahoskie, Mildred An drews df Enfield tod Helen Taykn of BetheL ? The Pitt County Chih is. hsadsc by Sam a Underwopd, and Jama Whitfield is FMrfdait ?f the YDC si East Carolina Teachers College. ___ Tfc. hontin race indudw a nOBobo: f renter who do not tUBCf ra. Firm Bureau Official Urges 20,000 Mm Shaw TeHs Wilson Or ganization That Con tinuous Campaign Is Needed Wilson, Sept 10.?R. Flake Shaw of Greensboro, newly elected execu tive secretary of the North Caro lina Farm Bureau, told members of the Wilson County Farm Bureau this afternoon that "It is up to us farmers not to take 'No' for an an swer when it comes to agricultural t problems that confronts us in the i future." He pointed out "the policy < of the Southern farmer has been < never to do anything except when < an emergency arises. 1 Shaw asked for-a 20,000 member- 1 ship in the State, pointing to the \ need for organization among farm ers, and explained that at a meet ing of all agricultural agencies in j the State with Governor Hoey last j Sunday they had gone on record as j agreeing to cooperate With the Farm \ Bureau in every way they could. \ At the meeting here today, J. H. j Lane of Stantonsburg, was elected ; president of the Wilson County ] Farm Bureau, to succeed A. D. Wil- , lians, J. T. Boyette was named vice- j president, and J. A. Marsh, secre tary-treasurer. Farmers To Bet Here Moms; < Raleigh, Sept 12. ? Agricultural, } educational and industrial premiums : totaling $17,500 will be offered ex- , hibitors at the 84th annual State Fair , to be held at Raleigh, October 8th , through 12th, Dr. J. S. Dorton, mana ger, announced today. Premiums will be limited to North. ( Carolinians in keeping with a policy i established in 1937 when the State ( Department of Agriculture took over ^ management of the Fair following , operation for several years under ( private management. Prize money ( will be larger than in 1939. j The 1940 State Fair will have 19 t divisions: County progress exhibits, field crops and farm exhibits, horti culture products, livestock, beef cat tle and sheep, dairy cattle, - swine, , draft horses, poultry, women's de- , partment, boys and girls 4-H clubs, ( bees and honey, educational departr . ment, vocational education, fine arts, , farm machinery and tractors, horse , and mule pulling contest, ham and bacon and federal departments. Mrs. L. L. Stevens of Shawboro, W. Ivan Bissette of Grifton and C. S. Young .of Shelby, members of the State Board of Agriculture, compose the board's Fair committee. W. Kerr Scott, Commissioner of Agriculture and ex officio director of the exposition, said that "advance reports indicate that the number of exhibitors this year will be even greater than last season." A steady increase in the number of exhibitors has "been reported for the past three years. An unusual array of entertainment features will be presented during Fair week, including nine grandstand acts under the direction of George Hamid, the World of Mirth Shows on the midway, Lucky Teter and His Hell Drivers, harness, auto and motor cycle races, and fireworks each night. Six Men Are Taken On Whiskey Charges Greenville, Sept 10. ? Five white men and a Negro are charged with "liquor law violations following their arrests by ABC officers, assisted by members of the sheriffs department Ernest (Keg) Mills and James Ed* wards, Negro, are charged with il legal possession and selling non paid liquor. Officers found SO gallons and as many pints near Mills' filling station, about seven miW east of Ayden. Mills was, rsiosimri under a $200 furnished boxuL 1 The Negro is being held in default of bond. Snodie Smith and A. J. MeLaw ' horn of Swift Creek township, near ; Gardner's Bridge, are charged with transporting. ' Officer J. M. Ward ? said McLawhorn smashed a container of whiskey on the gearshift of the i automobile in which he and SmSfc ' Charlie Andereo% ?e charged with illegal possession after being ar '$ rested qukifcof liquor jafc c the home of Botavia Tingee on the I Behrobraad north of Greenville. More titan the usual amount of e yearjS mnngg Br HUGO SJ SIMS (Washington Correspondent) SAFEGUARDS THIS COUNTRY. MOST AMERICANS APPROVE. LABOR fcAY SPEECHES. BASES FOR DESTROYERS. GREEN FOR A. F. L. LEWIS FOR C. L O. ROOSEVELT'S ADDRESSES. WILLKIE'S STATEMENT. 1,000 PLANES A ifONTfl. J CALLED TO THE COLORS. vF . i The announcement last week that lie United States would acquire sites tor eight air and naval bases from Sreat Britain, in exchange for fifty >ver-age destroyers, moves the outer iefenses of this nation far to the east ward of continental areas and serves x> safeguard the sqpthern approaches jo the Panama Canal. i ? Bases in New Foundland and Ber muda were not involved in the swap for destroyers because the British Tor some reason preferred to grant hem freely and without compensa aon. The other bases, including that h British Guiana, on the coast of South America, will be of incalcula ile benefit to this country in the ivent that we ever have to face a foe en the Atlantic ocean. . " ? | In addition, the State Department announces that it has been assured that it is /'settled" British policy not to surrender or destroy the British fleet, regardless of what happens in the present struggle, and that the naval might of the empire will leave England, if necessary, to protect the jther parts of the empire. This is reassuring to the strategists of this nation who have wondered what would happen if the Germans are ible to acquire important units of the British fleet , - While there are critics of the ac quisition of the gases and the trans fer of the over-age destroyers to Gireat Britain, most Americans ap prove the trade, both as'to improving die defensive establishment of" this country and also because it serves1 to strengthen British resistance to Ger man attacks in Europe, which is re garded as a form of protection to the United States. $ " The celebration of Labor Day in this country was marked by many speeches in praise of the contribution of the worker to modern society and was marked generally by an attitude, on the part of the workers and public alike, that is far different from that which has featured Labor Day cele brations in many other countries of the world William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor, in his address, condemned the German, Rus sian and Italian dictatorships, urged all aid short of war for Great Britain and warned the United States to build up its internal defenses against pos sible invasions by the dictators should they conquer England. Mr. Green advised workers and employers to avoid strickes by being "calm and patient" and, while criti cizing the Burke-Wadsworth Selective Service Bill, he asserted that his group would not oppose conscription if it can be showm that the traditional method of voluntary enlistment has failed. Deploring the chronic condition of unemployment and admitting the new employment opportunities provided by the national defense program, Mr. Green said that it is incumbent on the G<mtrnment to find a permanent cure and solution of this troubling problem. John L. Lewis, President of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, in his Labor Day address, insisted that a secure state of national de fense requires the solution of the problem of unemployment and the better distribution of the national in come. ?3' Declaring that his organizatior was ready to take its place in the defense of the nation, Mr. Lewis in sisted that there wort men in big! places who did not want labor to par tidpate inthe national effort Thej spread the "falsehood," he said* tha< Ipbor prevented France fsom beinj adequately armed when it was reallj the industrialists who were to blanu in Francs. He attacked advacates oi peace-time conscription, saving the] sought to create an atmosphere o: hysteria to their ends. Mi Lewis held that an adequate arm: enliskneut if proper inducements ar offered and denounced peaee-tita conscription as "one of the majo planks in the platform of reaction. *i!S* Hold Labor Gains President Says Industry Should Be Drafted For Defense If Not Co-Op erative; Assails False 'Friends* Of Labor; Union Endorses Third Term i - - i Washington, Sept 11. ? President Roosevelt tonight promised that the New Deal will not abandon the'gains it han made for labor as a re sult of the intense rearmament pro gram, and he endorsed measures to give the government power to force cooperation in the defense drive from any industry which refuses. Making his first major political address since he was renominated for a third term, Mr. Roosevelt spoke before the A. P. of L's. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauf feurs, Stablemen and Helpers. A few hours before the speech, the union voted to endorse the Presi dent for a third term. Seeking to hold the vast labor electorate which aided his 1932 and 1936 victories, Mr. Roosevelt said the cause of labor has advanced more in the past seven years "than at any other time in our history." He reiterated his determination to "do all I 'can to keep war away from these shores for all time in our his tory." He reiterated his determination to "do all I can to keep war away from these shorers for all time" and assert ed that as long as the nation now is adopting the principle of ^"selective universal training for its young men . . . no reasonable, person can ob ject to giving the government power to acquire the services of any plant or factory for adequate compensa tion" if any owner refuses to co operate in defense needs. All Cooperating. "Capital and industry as well as labor and agriculture are respond ing, and I know will continue to re spond. "It is only in the rare,. isolated case that the owner of a plant will refuse to deal with his government in a fair way. But if and when such case does arise, the government can not stand by, helpless in its efforts to arm and defend itself. No business is above its government; and gov ernment should be empowered to deal adequately with any business which tries to rise above its govern ment. "In all of 4hese plans-for national defense, only those who seek to play upon the fears of the American peo ple, discover an attempt to lead us into war. The American people will reject that kind of propaganda of. fear, as they have reje^d similar' types which are 'occasionally* spread at election time. They know that against the raging forces loose in the world the best defense is *he strongest prepardness ? fighting men and equipment in front, and fighting industry and agriculture be hind the lines. No Foreign Wars. "Weakness in these days is a cor dial invitation to attack. That is no longer theory;. it is a proven fact?* proved in the past year. "I hate war now more than ever. I have one supreme determination? to do all I can to keep war away from these shores for all time. I stand, with my party, upon the plat form adopted in Chicago: " 'We will not participate in for eign wars, and we will not send our Army, Naval or air forces to fight in foreign lands outside of the Americas, except in case of attack.' "Let us have'an end to the sort ? of appeasement Which seeks to keep us helpless by playing on fear and be indirect sabotage of all the prog , ress we are making. 'Appeasement is a polite word for misdirected pAr { tisanship. "During the past weeks, in several i sections of the East, I have been in , specting Hie progress of our national . defense," said the President, "through it all there was the impressive con . viction that America is rising to i ..ieet the ever-growipg need for an j adequate physical armed defense of . the country. i Labor All Important. "Tonight in a very real sense, I r feel as I stand here that I am visit t bog another type of national defense, t equally important to ite owu w r iin meeting the needs of the times. i Enduring strength to a nation and f staying power in an emergency dsf l finitely call for an efficient and de f itermined labor force carrying on the , processes of industry and trade. And r whan I speak of a labor force', 3! very I ? 'in industry. Teamsters will be the r to a?ert ttat farm** labor f of a I pendent labor unions,"-continued the : President. ?,{ "In country after country in /other lands, labor uioas hare ^disappeared as the iron hand of the dictator hac taken command. When union workers can, assemble with appointed to office IN FORTY and eight Dr. Milton R. Gibson, Grande Chef de Gare, of Grande Voiture of North Carolina Forty and Eight, has ap pointed John Hill Paylor, of Farm ville, member of Greenville Voiture No. 1198, as Chairman of committee on constitution and By-Laws in the Grande Voiture of North Carolina, for the year 194.0-1^41. Greenville Bids For NYA Center City Hopeful of Obtain ing $80,000 Center For Training 200 Youths Greenville, Sept 10.?"It is almost a 'certainty that the resident train ing center of the National Youth Ad ministration planned for Eastern North Carolina will be located in Greenville," -declared Junius H. Rose, who hn? just completed a conference with NYA authorities in Raleigh. ' Commenting on the project, Rose explained the program conducted in the NYA training center could be correlated ^ith vocational work of the high school and make its accom- j plishments twofold. John A. Lang of Raleigh, State NYA administrator, will come to Greenville in the immediate future to survey what the city has to offer. I Rose described the conference as encouraging. - ? Under the proposed set-up the National Youth Administration, which has such centers established in Durham, Asheville and Greens boro, would offer training to some 200 young men in eastern North I Carolina. The center, which would cost an estimated $80,000, would be up-to-date in every respect for voca tional training. I Last Rites Held For W. J. Teele Last rites for Willard James Teele, 60, well known and highly regarded Farmville citizen, who died following an attack of angina pectoris early Friday morning, were conducted from the home Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, by Rev. D. A. Clarke, pastor of the Methodist Church, and Rev. C. B. Mashburn, Christian minister. In terment was made in Forest Hill cemetery. i ( . ,U choir, composed of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert C. Holmes, Mrs. A. W. Bobbitt, Mrs. L. P. Thomas, Mrs. Haywood Smith, J. H. Bynum and C. F. Bau com sang favorite hymns at the home 1 and at the graveside. Mr. Teele was the son of Mrs. Bet tie ? Teele, of Williamston, and the late James Teele. He was a mem ber of the Methodist Church and the Masonic Order. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ruth Carr Teele, two daughters, Mrs. D. E. Oglesby, Jr., of Elizabeth City and Mrs. A. B. Mewborn, of Golds boro, and a son, Robert Teele, of Farmville; his mother, Mre. Bettie Teele, of Williamston; two brothers, R. H. Teele, of Boston, Mass., and Val Teele, of Williamston. Mr. Teele had been associated with Monk's warehouse for a number of yeare and a majority of the pall bearers were tobacconists. ' Active pall bearers: J. Y. Monk, Sr., J. Y. Monk, Jr., Robert D. Rouse, -Everett James, IL.E: Belcher and R. H. Knott. ? Honorary: Johnnie Carlton, L.- P. Thomas, John B. Joyner, R. L. Smith, Ralph Bowen, James Walston, Lynn Davis, James Smith, Elmore James, Seth Barrow, Jack Rogers, W. S. Boygter, Pat Baffin, Bep Vernon, Bob Fuiford, Bennett Tyson, J. N. Edwards, E. M. Grimsley, R. E. Pickett, Denny Moore, R. A. Fields, Haywood Smith, Eugene Hobgood, ifrm Gay, W. R. Burke, Richard Harris, M. E. Lixon, Leroy Parker, Lath Morriss, Dr J. M. Mewborn, B.' O. Taylor, Dr. P. E. Jones, C. L Ivey* Frank Harper, J. M. Stansdl, Ed Nash Warren, & A. Garris, D. E. Ogiesby, Sr., Fred Smi*, W, ?** berrv. T. E. Joyner. Louis Cowan. ^N. HoW^d, Powerful British Barrage Drives Nazis From London M ' r i Anti-aircraft Fire Of Terrific Proportions Keeps Invaders From Central London; Ger man Rage Boils Over Fierce British Attack On Central Berlin London, Sept 12.?Unpredecented anti-aircraft fire that showered tne metropolis with deadly sharpnel ear ly today hammered waves of Nazi bombers out of the skies over central London during the fifth night of Adolf Hitler's mass siege with its toll of more than 5,500 dead and wounded. The blazing fire of the "Archies," far more furious than any ever heard in London before, appeared to have beaten the bulk of the raiders away from the heart of the city a few hours after Prime Minister Winston Churchill rallied the bomb-wracked people against a "full-scale German invasion" which he said may be launched within a week. Up to. midnight at least 90 German planes had been shot down, accord ing to an Air Ministry communique raising a previous figure of 73 enemy planes bagged Wednesday. The night's air attack on London had been under way five hours at 1.36 a. m., and few bombs were fall ing on central London. The authoritive press associa tion said "there appeared to be a new anti-aircraft barrage" over Lon don, whose 8,000,000 people were cheered as four nights of bursting bombs gave way to the thuds of "archies" blasting away at barely one-second intervals. Resume Attack. During last evening, in the early stages of the fifth raid on the (day beginning at 8:36 p. m., the raiders swept across Central London drop ping incendiary bombs that sowed fire and flaming death. On the previous nights, they came in terrific foice, bombing at least two- parts of central London,.includ ing one section to the west which appeared to be beyond the already bombed fashionable West End. Eleven other sections, including nine suburbs on the south and southeast, felt the heavy ? Blows of bombs which started fires. The night of siege by bombs start ed out to be what Churchill, "in his radio, address to the people late Wednesday, called Hitler's "cruel, wanton, indiscriminate bombings that are, of course, a part of his invasion plan." The sharpnel of bursting anti-air craft shells fell like great pieces of hail on rooftops in the heart of London and widespread outlying areas as the "Archies" thudded hour after hour like huge doors slamming in the wind. Strangely, not a single search light beam pierced the skies as on other nights. The sky was clear blue in the moonlight In the blacked-out - streets one - could hear the steady fall of sharp nel. on rooftops and see the flashes of the gunfire reflected from win dow panes. All around the me tropolis were great purple flashes of gunfire. " ? | ? At midnight, when the raid was in its third hour, seven German planes succeeded in penetrating the murderous barrage and came over London dumping bombs, then dis appeared. ( Not So Frequent But there was an absence of the constant crash of bombs hualijig into office buildings, homes, streets and taking lives. Dining the four daylight attacks of Wednesday the.Nazi raiders en gaged in hit-and-run attacks and directed a great part of their at tack against the London docks, but the Air Ministry said only a few . of them were, able to break through to bomb their objectives. When the fifth, assault came at\ 8.36 p.- m., it was in heavy force with enemy planes sweeping in from all idrections, criss-crossing overhead. , From the roof of the Unitec Press building just off Fleet Street fires were seen licking the evening sky at spattered points. The raiders met the fiercest anti aircraft fire ever heard in London, streaking through a sky filled with bunting shells and bombing right ittri left r t ? INDIAN RELICS DUG UP ; ? ... Knoxville, Tepn.-Excavation work dam, Igve mjay bunal ground 01 vnst# proportions. TTnitroraifv r\T TOTinAflMA wio obatlTl6Q _ finest collections of I"1'*" pne wa mm? _ ^rtifiaca ^ thie eounfay.. .