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TOLU1C! THHHT-ONB FARMVUXS, PITT COUNTY, NOBTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1911 NUMBER FORTY-NINH I
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The United States Defense. Sav
ings Bands and Posts] Savings
Stamps will be placed on sale in tits
Pest Office here at the opening at
bastes on Thursday. May 1, as part
of the national effort to make Ameri
ca imiaagnaWfi
Postmaster B. O. Tnrnage an
nounced today that plana are nearly
completed for this community, along
with thousands of ?others from coast
to coast, to do Its foil part at the
opening of the. savings program. It
is expeetod that the Mayor and Other
civic lenders will be among the first
purchasers of savings bonds and
stamps here.
Postmaster General Frank C.
Walker, in a letter to Postmasters
throaghont the country, said tha the
help of local posmastera would be "a
real service to the country." He
transmitted the thanks of Secretary
of the Treasury Morgenthau for the
help that local postmasters had al
ready given in the aale of United
States securities, and also Mr. Mor
genthan's thanks in advance "for the
cooperation which he knows you will
give to this new effort."
The new Defense Savings Bend is
to tiio familiar "Baby Bond*"
of which more than, free billion dol
lars worth have been bought by more
than two and half million Americans
since 1936.
A Defense Bond my be purchased
May 1, or thereafter, for $18.75. In
ten years, this bond will be worth
$25.00. This is an increase of 33 1/3
per cent, equal to an annual interest
return of 2J) per cent, compounded
semi-annually. Any time after sixty
days from the date of purchase, the
bond may be redeemed for cash, in
accordance with a table of redemp
tion printed on the face of the bond.
To spread investments widely
among all the people in America, a
limit of $5,060 has been set on the
amount of theae bonds to be bought
by any one parson in.one year. The
boads are in denominations of $25,
$50, $100, $500 and $1,000, all of
which are soM for 75 per cent of
their maturity ynlue and all of which
mature in ten years.
For larger investors who can af
ford to purchase up to $50,000 worth
of hoods a year, the Treasury De
partment has issued two additional
kinds of Defense Savings Bonds, bob
theae will be sold only through hanks
and by direct mail from Washington,
D. C. They are intended for associa
tions, trustees and corporations, as
well as individual purchasers.
For tim smaller investor who
wants to buy a Government Bond on
an easy payment plan, the post of
fice will have a new series of Postal
Savings Stamps, at lOe, 25c, 56c, $1,
and $5. Each purchaser of any Sav
ings Stamp higher than 10c will be
given, free of charge, tat attractive
. pocket album in which to paste his
stamps until he has enough to buy a
$26 bond or one of higher denomhm
tion. Thirty million of those albums
are neW-)|eing pa&pared. I
The eover design of the aftuni is
in color, featuring a United States
battleship and an eagle bearing the
American flag. On the tack cover
statote^by^Darfii ^Cbester French,
, y* l ? .I,..I,, -v? ft, , a ,n ,,
wmcn symooiiMS w flnwyigin ciu
ban seer alert in defense ?f his coun
try. The inscription is "Aroerieacn
Guard."
Secretsrj MiSgwnllmi said : that
seen a bey or htat who saved 10c to
boy a Saving Stamp would help die
country. Be added that "yon can
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iwanct weet a pro ow
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White O** Gamp No. *17 will en*
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was jestedto the ^^MtiTrrS^fteraw^^Tlwrta
appropriate eereatames attended hf members ol r;
larye number of friends. Former Superior Cbart Judge Albion
Dunn made the address of presentation and the portrait wae receiv
ed by Judge J. Paul FrixxeUe. W. J. Bundy presided over the
" program and abort talks were sado by otbera present.
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Presented Pitt Court
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J? Lloyd Horton Honor
ed At Ceremonies In
Greenville April 18th
A portrait of the late J. Lloyd
Gorton, , of Farmville, former mem
ber of the Pitt comity bar and Su
perior Court judge, was placed on
the wall of the court room in Green
ville and officially presented to the
Pitt county bar in appropriate cere
monies Friday afternoon attended by
members of bis family and a large
number of friends from throughout
the county.
The exercises were presided ovefr
by W. J. Bundy, president of the
Ktt County Bar, John B. Lewis,
former mayor of Farmville, read a
letter from Comptroller General
Lindsay C. Warren, who expressed
regret at not being able to attend
the exercises and make the presenta
tion address of the poxttpit- of Mi
former dose friend. John T Thome,
of Farmville, paid tribute to Judge
Gorton describing him., as an out
standing lad be had been privileged:
to teach in school and later watch
ed grow into an outstanding citizen
and one of die state's most abfo
jurists.
In his address of presentation for
mer Judge Albion Dunn declared it
was hit "pleasure and honored priv
ilege to memorize the name of a
good friend, a wise councillor, a
zealous advocate, a strong lawyer, an
able judge, a devoted husband and
father?and above all?a man's
r. *
man."
Jadge. J. Paul FrizzeHo, ^bo ac
cepted the portrait on behalf pf the
Pitt County bar was high in . Ms
praise of the life and public services
of Judge Horton. Clerk of Court J.
F. Harrington, also spoke of a close
friendship with Judge Horton and
paid tribute to his memory.
Joseph Lloyd Horton was born in
Farmville in February, 1894, the
son of M. T. And Dora Askew Horton.
He received his early education in
the Farmville schools where he
graduated at the age of-JL6 .ax?d en
tered the University of North Caro
lina. After two yean at the uni
versity he^ completed his .study of
Jaw. at Washington and Lee in the
spring of 1914 and in the fall of the
same year passed the state bar ex
amination six months before he had
reached : th? legal age of 21 years.
Upon being gaated his license to
practice be opened his offices in
Fannville and became the youngest
member of the' Pitt County bar.
Later he served as solicitor of the.
Pitt County recorder's court, to be
followed by being .elected solicitor
of the Fifth Judicial District. At the
age of 26 he was elected Superior
-Court judge in which - capacity he
seived until 1925 when he resigned
to become a member of the lay
firm end Jones and Jones in Raleigh.
Judge Horton died a year later in
July, 1926.
In addition to large numbers of
friends and relatives in attendance
at the presentation ceremonies, mem
bers of his immediate family includ
ed his mother, Mrs. Dora Horton
Keel, of Farmvflle; his wife Mr*!
Sallie K. Horton, his aon, J;'Lloyd
Horton, Jr* his daughter, Miss Jean
Horton, a brother, Marvin V.-Hpr
ton, all of Farmville, and two sisters,
Mrs. Madeline Rountree and Mrs.
NovetlaCappa, of Wodungtem, D. C.
n.iu iroMWTtii; ;? t
(By JUDGE ALBION DUNN)
with sentiments both*of
aetmfegtion and of Borrow.
'The ancient BBd bwmifnl custom
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l^yory juoa tnroujni out ins snortj
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at the of hie?
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pkftsoi^ <&nd Miwwl^ prfvlteg? to
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Parmville on tii6 Sixfcidk-y of Fobusry*
\ ?tfilll IlAvfAYI TTinfM" iia orumf Mil
AiKflw aorvon -r inere ne ?wuv w?
from tS^Wrii school At ^
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^.; '^pt/ki. Ji#IN JLfo Ut Si ? a. JL s&Ajmj*
inVflMnyv OI "rffirTitT 1 QvSIKDCm VO pre*
^ ^Pir^irfnt r??-China vby,
conqueaL^ahich would mean, in &he
Jkn>g^^-?ri^meni?f pre-!
fonntisi rights tor thecowitry tak
ing paaeeskm of the territory. ,
When Japan initiated im
into Manchukuo In 1931, the United
States ajtetfflxffofc ifc ;>support ? <*
f, . ,a m ^ x n *| * mf f __
UIQBO TfluiliTiMiTM PflliClDKak nflTury
L. Stirasoh, then Secretary of 3tate
under President Hoover and now
Secfiltary ?if War under President
Eooeereit, placed the United States
on zeoord by dytorihit* that this
country would not recognise any ter
ritorial-advantages gained by Japan
through use of force. His effort
$o secure British cooperation against
Japan did not succeed.
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K|jhe present crista in the Far East
litems from the well-known ambition
of Japan to dominate the entire re
gion. Following the Manchukuo in
cident, the Japanese set up a quasi
independent state and a few years
later, as a result adf a clash of sol
Bpps near Pekin, began the "present
war against Orfna. Ultimately,
Japanese ambition eciibraees the ac
quisition of extensive territory in
the South Pacific, including French
Indo-China, The NethetendA^East
Indies and, pomMy, Singapore and
the >hfli?in*
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While neither the. United
nor Great Britain has undertaken to
stop Japanese expansion by force,
the threat of force, the trend of
events hi the past few year* has
brought abofUt an increasingly grave
situation. Tokyo statesmen recognize
that the opposition of the Anglo
Saxon nations is the only barrier that
nllraent a thegjc^ml tmanu ?
Consequently,' Japan, adhered ?m I
the Bome-Beriin Axis, in a pact
which would aeon to be aimed at the
United States and Russia. It provid
ed that if Any nation not now engag
ed: in the wars jp Europe and Asi*
entered the coirfKct^ihe signatory
powers would oome to the aid of each'
other, ^' threat i^tost thd Unit
ed States arose from our activityfin
sending aid to Great Britain.
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6V?fioi uh&fc Russia involved in
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SlStUlg" OX OTlcJC 100 CT63l&f iiOUSteu
l<dM? wh?? Mraet wre drawn
trm m#m*tux^^mgred
prizes given, by had business firms
Utmdry and Cleaners; Basket of
groceries, Miss JElizabaih Davis, Pen
der's Grocery andlltotojSf 'iShampoo
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hose, Mr* Hardy Johnson, Fountain,
Tnrwge Dry Goods Department;
Gift box, Mrs. LaMdtr, City
XbLKL.
t o eu..?il. sm. xkii.
Furniture Co.; Dresser scarf, Mrs.
Frank Iindsay^-Gladioli
bulbs, Mrs. Frfcnk Harper, Farmville
Flower Shop; C^ffee*c^er/i?i^f^i',;
C. Trevathan, Western Auto Art*fr
osts Store; Five gallons Easo, Mrs.
Carlos Walaton, Walstohburg, R. J.
Wainwrightj Free passes to theatre,
Mrs. Leonard Joyner, Mrs.- R. T.
Wniiamspfak T. W. Laag, Bartr
mount Theatre; Smock, Mrs. Flave
Darden, Belk-iyier Co.; Manicua,
Carr, Care's Grocery; Pair silk hose,
Mrs. A. -G, Cayton, fs tt; Hkrrisj
Beverage set, Bfra. Ray Braxton,
Rose's; Six-way floor lamp, bin.
Bryan Gaddy, Town of Farmville;
One car yrnsh, Mrs. W. R. Mercer,
Fountain," Motor Inn Service Station;
"Bowl filled with frwtj -Mrs. J. H.
Moore, Nicholas Fruit Store.
Food prepared during school: Mrs.
R. C. Copenhaver, Mrs,' J. K. Cobb,
Mrs. Joseph Batchelor, Mrs. D. G.
Allen.
Prizes for Wednesday afternoon:
Basket of Groceries, won by Mrs. H.
L. Mann, and donated by WflKams
Grocery and Market; Klne car wash
Moore's Service Station; Shampoo
and fingte^av*, l^ Ji^FnaJdc Har-'
per, Farmville Beauty Shop; ft?
silk htm Jin. #:|&fHar^.-N;
Thomas; Set of mixing bowls, Mrs.
W. E. Joyner, Dupraer's; Kitchen
towel set, Mr* Herarietta-Williamson,
Belk-Tyler Co.; Flowers, Miss Doria
Horton, Ba^o^The^; ^Ox?
SStre; Paraniaunt Theatre";^
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account for the hurried German iand
the Dardanelles. also -would ac
tS of'l^^to^Ls^e So
viet Union ?iatr'fhe moment"
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UP
The cost of living for wage earn
ers in the United States made its
fourth successive monthly advance in
March, according to thk National In
dustrial Conferene Board. 7 ^
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At a recent, meeting of the Farm
ville Post American Legion it was
decided to sponeor a Junior Baseball
team in Barmville this summer.
The Post solicits the interests of
all hoys' under 18 yean of age who
can-play -basehall and wish to try
out for a place dp thp team. If in
terested, see jhe, committee, compos
ed of Dr. W. ll. Willi. and B. D.
Rouse, as soon as possible. It is in
teresting toi?te that many stars in
the big leagues today get their star
on one of these teams.
It is the desire of the local Post of
the American Legion to give our
community the opportunity' to have a
sincerely hope that all baseball lov
-will; become' iirtsiajjlwli in
their endeavor and help ?' the team
win the pennant
S^Watch this paper for names of the
lucky players and schedule ofgames.
Women of Fifteenth
District Snonsor Series
*?
develop the stud^ side of * thc iiidui"
py^)r^^ will, ^ bp on the ^ air
?Yon 8X6.. uivitod to -^0116 Xn?- 1
Athens, April 23^-Britiah and
Greek troops facing the final-all-out
fury of the German" to
just north of ancient Athens, from
which King: George II and hi* gov
ernment with a pledge to "fight on
until final victory." I
The Gl-yacirohi monarch and his
?o??r*ment fled by ship SO miles
southwgttd to the TTilUsh fcfrailnl
Island ot Crete after the capitulation
of the main Grade amy of Epirus
?perhaps 260^)00 men?in a surren
der which the King, berated as un
authorized. ?
The government fled, after IB-days
of crushing blitzkrieg, as the steel
clad German tide ground its way
down through Attica, constantly
nearer to Athens, and droves of Nazi
bombers heaped havic upon cities,
towns, potts and ships leaving the
< ;;
Great waves of German bombers
today smashed at Grade ports, and
waiting ships,1 including the harbors -
of Piraeus, Attica, Salamia and Me
cara. and "caused fwwMwMii dam
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age; to- ships and harbor installi
toins," it was stated anthoritatively.
The Gulf of Corinth also was heavily J
bombed. j -;a ???'?: w ,
The withdrawal of the rear-guard'
allied forces back upon Athens in
still-stubbon resistance is "continu
ing in good order," it was said.
(The British radio announced that .
King George, Crown Prince Paal and
the Greek cabinet had arrived at
Crete Wednesday evoking "to con
tinue the struggle.") r.- ~ . -
Knockout Bhm.
The full power of the German
war machine had been thrown into
the "knockout blow" against Ath
ens tonight, bat the Allied forces
fighting a valliant rear-guard cover
ing action in the mountains wore
said to be inflicting "frightful" cas
ualties upon the enemy.
(Diplomatic reports in Istanbul
told of 270,000 ;Gfpn?n casualties
in Greece, including lOfiOO dead,
and travelers from Romania told
of Bucharest hospitals being filled
to overflowing and private homes
being requisitioned to care for the
wounded.)
With the Gre^k army of Spins
,|mocked> oiBfc ?f the w?r, . caught
between the fcJaws of German "pan
forces slashing, down through
Jariina toward the Gulf of Arta <_ r
and the Italians striking down from
the north, the Allied rwrrguand de
fenders north of Athens- faced the
full,strength of the Gentams.
7 More than 1,200 tanks, hundreds
of dive-bombers "Stukas" and waves
of infantry and freefedfooed young
German 'iTalitzmen" smashed ^nDon
the Allied line around historic
Thermoplyae Pass, 80 miles north
of Athens. ' > "
Still the British and Greeks took
military headquarters^said that the.
Una of resistance, although hard
j ^7' ,
pressed, remained - unDroKcn ttua
that MtoaOy imperial British forces
were consolidating in "new pori
ish and G(reeks, Iwwevar, Oat ^i?
situation can be only temooraryiAt'
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