with
>ignity and Honor
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> NOTHING UNDONE, ?
NOTHING OVERDONE!
DUKE-GARNER FUNERAL HONE
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W. H. DUKE DAf or NIGHT W. C. GARNER
386-1 416-1 468-1
FOR HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES
As | candidate for the House of Representatives subject to
the Democratic Primary May 25, I wish to promise the
people of Pitt County that if nominated and elected I will
devote every effort to the enactment of legislation for the
greatest interests of oar county and state as a whole.
Your Vote and Support Will Be Greatly
Appreciated.
FRANK M. KILPATRICK
VOTE FOR
Frank M. Wooten, Jr.
. ? fV v , N
Candidate For
State Senate
Oar dealers join u> in making this frank report to
THE FARMERS OF AMERICA
TNTONATIONAL Harvester is get
1 txng back into production with
all pnewbln speed. Extra shifts
ars being employed wherever coo
drtiona permit, to try to overcome
the production losses of the re
cent strike. Everything is being
done to get parts Mid machines to
yon.
While we and our dealers would
like to tell yoa that this means an
immsdiate end to the shortage of
? and tnecMnee, it is
accurate to say that it
i the beginning of the end of
it. If illness or bad wssthsr de
lays you seriously in the Spring,
yon know how much it throws
yon off your schedule. The strike
has thrown our schedules off bal
ance, too. There are many
We must do before new
i reach yon.
J
The preliminary
choree of getting
oar plante beck in
to shape for fttfl
production are fin
ished. But die
> &X,
duction effort* will mean that
your local dealer can expect only
a small number of part* and ma
chinea at a time. Since we must
play fair with all our customers,
there will be a sprinkle of parts
and machines all over the coun
try?not a downpour in any one
You will be glad to know that
all repair pari* production tched
ulet are far beyond normal.
No boarding
You may be sure
that every ma
chine will be ship
ped to dealers as
soon as completed.
We do not and will
not hold machine* off the market.
At the start of the strike we
had on hand at all our factories
and branches just 837 tractors of
all kinds?leas than two days''
production?and406of these were
not completed. Many of thoae
on hand had one or mora impor
radiator cores.?Most of the rest
represented the normal daily
"float" between die end of the
line the shipping
Naturally no tractors
i made during the strike.
i '
- We can report
to you that
our current
production
on TRAC
and we are ship
US
and DISK HARROWS is reason
ably good. On COMBINES.
MOWERS, HAY RAKES, ONB
MAN HAY BALERS, CORN
PICKERS and many other hems,
our schedules have been seriously
disrupted. Ws must in fairness
say that many ofour customers
are lilcsly to be disappointed on
delivery of these machines. On
MILKING MACHINES, STA
TIONARY ENGINES, and some ?
other small units we are hopefal
of making practically normal de
livery.
We know you will understand
the reasons why your dealer can
not fill your orders overnight. He
r would like to give you the kind of
delivery on machines you would
like to get, but bis situation is a
difficult one and not of his own
making. He is doing the beet be
panr
r \ ?
There ia one
thing you can be
absolutely cer
tain about: We
uiil NOT cut
cornert on qual
ity in order to in
to mo m*>
For yean we have said:
"QUALITY IS TUB FOUNDA
TION OF OUR BUSINESS."
Today we say it?and mean it?
?rSt H -
Ws know you need new ma
chines?and need them badly.
But we believe it witt pay you to .
wait just a little while longer H
you cannot pet all you want fcn
By waiting you can
WMM
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Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Brooks
the week end with relatives in Mob- |
roe, - I
Mr. and Mrs. R. _G. Fields and Mrs.|
George Bailey spent Friday m Rai
Mrs. Sam Jenkins, Miss IJllian|
Coi^t and^i Mrs. EdMr%yior
Joyce Rouse entertained
of the ninth grade Mortday
at a delightful weiner roast
Mr. and Mrs. Ray West Jr., spent]
Sunday with Mrs. West's mother,]
Mrs. Nora Baker, in Snow HilL
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Parker, of Ral
eigh, spent the week end with the]
letter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. W.|
Bailey.
Sam Jenkins and son, Bing, ar
rived home Monday from Fairmont
where they visited Mr. Jenkins'
mother.
Mrs. Tommy Heard, of Florence,
S. C., arrived Sunday to ?pend sev
eral days with; her parents, Dr. and
Mrs. W. A. Marlowe.
Misses LQlian and Jean Corbett,
Mrs. Carl Cobb, Airs. Lydia Walafcon
and Mrs. R. F. Holloman were Ral
eigh visitors, Thursday.
On last Friday night Mr. and Mis.
C. T. Hicks gave the glee dub a
most enjoyable weiner roast at the
swimming pool in Farmville.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray West Sr., and
Mr. and Mrs. Ray West Jr., visited
Mr. and Mrs. Earl West and Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph West in Tarboro, Wed
nesday.
Young people home to -spend Moth
er's Day were Misses Virginia Fields
of Carolina Beauty College; Ray
onelle Bailey of E. C. T. C., and
Pauline Dixon of Meredith College.
Banquet
The Men's Club gave a most en
joyable banquet in the school gym
nasium Tuesday night. They had aa
their guests the school faculty, Supt.
and Mrs. Davis, the boys basketball
team, the giris basketball team and
the club members wives.
Commencement! Exercises
Former Gov. J. Melville Broughton
will address the graduating class on
Thursday night May 23rd, at 8:00
o'clock. The graduating class and the
Walstonburg community feels fortu
nate in having Mr. Broughton to
make "this address.
The Rev. John M. Waters, head o?j
the Department of Religion of Atlan
tic Christian College, will preach the]
Baccalaureate Sermon on Sunday eve-1
mng, May 19, at eight o'clock.
The music recitals, under the direc
tion at Mrs. Carlos Wialston, will be
presented on Monday night May 20,
and Wednesday night, May 22. The
hour for the recitals also is 8 P. M.
A special
at thaMetho
Bp 1 ? Sn
?coot troop win given
girl scout troops in uniform,'*
in a body. ?
Earl Lang, chairman of ?o
ecutive committee, introduced FMd
Grimes, who talk
ed on
Ray Speight was made an Eagle
Scout, the fifmt of the local troop,
and the first to attain this honor. In
the county. ! . % *
Elbert Windham was advanced to
a Star Scout '
Billy Marlowe, Phillip Shirley, Jar
vis Beaman and Cameron Part
were advanced to life Scouts.
Henry Gray Fields, Joe Lee Craft;
James and Jarvis HoUaman and John
ny Whitley were advanced to 1st
Class Scouts. ,, ,r.
PUBLICATION OF* BONO
ORDINANCE
at *43,000 or ..
Town of Farmville for the
stent and ffilnniiln of
Supply System of the
?fflfc '
BE IT OftDAINED by the BomI
of Commissioners of the Town of
Farmville, u follows:
Section 1. The Board of Commis
sioners of the Town of Fsrmvillehas
ascertained sod hereby
that it is necessary that said Town
enlarge and extend the water supply
system maintained and operated by
said Town to supply water to ?aid
Town and its inhabitants, md that It
will be necessary to expend for said
purpose not less than *42,000.
Section 2. Said Board of Comr
missioners has also ascertained and
hereby determines that the purpose
hereinbefore described is a necessary
expense of daid Town within the
meaning of Saetion 7 of Article VII
of the Constitution of North Cstck
lina, and la a purpose for which said
Town may raise or appropriate
money, sad is net a current expense
of said Town.
Section 8. In order to raise the
money required for such purpose,
bonds of the Town of Farmville ere
hereby authorized end shall be issued
pursuant to The Municipal Finance
Act, 1921, at North Carolina. The
maximum aggregate amount of bonds
authorized by this ordinance shall be
Forty-two Thousand Dollars ($42,
000).
Section 4. A tax sufficient to pay
the principal of and interest on said
bonds shall be annually levied and
collected.
Section 6. A statement of the debt
of said Town baa been filed with the
Town Cleric and Treasurer of said
Town, as required by said Act, mi is
open to public inspection.
Section 6. This ordinance stall
take effect when approved by the
voters of said Town at an election to
be called and held as provided insaid
Act." 4 J
The foregoing ordinance was pass
ed on the 27th day of April, 1946,
and was first published on the 10th
day of May, 1946.
Any action or proceeding question
ing the validity > pf said ordinance
must be commenced within* thirty
days after its first publication.
... R. A. JOYNER,
Town Cleric and Treasurer of the
Town of Farmville, North Carolina.
PUBLICATION OF BOND
ORDINANCE
"An Ordinance Authorising the
Issuance of *8,000 of Bonds of the
Town at Farmville for the Enlarge
ment and Extension of the Sanitary
Sewer System of the Town of Farja
vllle. ;1 ? . " - ? - -,l '?'!
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board
of Commissioners of the Town of
Farmville, as follows:
Section 1. The Board of Commis
sioners of the Town of Farmville baa
ascertained and hereby determines
that it is necessary thai aaid Town
enlarge and extend the sanitary sewer
system maintained and operated by
said Town* and that it will be nsec
sary to expend for aaid purpose not
lees than $8,000.
Section 2. Said Board of Conunia
by determines that the purpose
in before described is a
pense of said Town wiihfa the
ing of Section 7 of Article VII of the
Constitution of North Carolina, and
is a purpose for which aaid Town may
raise or appropriate money, and is
not a current expense of said Town.
Section 3. In order to raisp the
required for each purpose,
of tea Town of Fwrmvfilo are
hereby authorised ">t ^ issued
pursuant to
Act, 1921, of North Carolina,
maximum aggregate amount of beads
authorized by this ordinance shall be
Eight Thousand Dollars, ($8,000).
Section 4. A tax sufficient to pay
the principal of
bonds shall be
collected. ?
Section 5. A statement of
of said Town
A. JOYNER,
Town Clerk and Treasurer of the
Town of Farmville, North Carolina.
PUBLICATION OP BOND
hi the Town of
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board
| of Commissioners of the Town of
nntnvffle, aa follows:
Section 1. The Board of Commia
oners of the Town of Farmrille has
?certained and hereby determines!
that it is necessary that said Town!
Improve public streets In said town
by trading said streets and by con-1
[ structint or reconstructing the sur
face thereof and by contracting or
reconstructing, where necessary, side
walks, curbs, gutters and drains, and
tbat it will be necessary to expend J
'or said purpose not less, than *230,
|ooo.
Section 2. Said Board of Commis
si oners has also ascertained and here
by determines that the purpose here
inbefore deecribed is a necessary ex
pense of said Town within the mean
ing of Section 7 of Article VII of the
Constitution of North Carolina, and
is a purpose for which said Town may
raise or appropriate money, and is
not a current expense of said Town.
Section 8. In order to raise the
money Required for such purpose, j
bonds of the Town of Farmville are
hereby authorised and shall be issued
Pursuant to The Municipal Finance
J Act, 1921, of North Carolina. Thai
I maximum.aggregate amount of bonds
I authorised by this ordinance shall be]
Two Hundred and Thirty-Thousand
Dollars (*280,000).
Section 4. A tax sufficient to pey I
the principal of and interest on said
bonds shall be annually levied and
| collected.
faction 5. A statement of the debt
of said Town has been filed with the
Town Clerk and Treasurer of said!
Town, as required by said Act, and
is open to public inspection.
Section 6. This ordinance shall 1
take effect when approved by the
voter* of said Town at an election to
be called and held as provided in said]
Act.*
The fbregoing- ordinance was paab- J
ed on the 27th day of April, 1946,
end was first published on the 10th
day of May, 1946.
Any action or proceeding question
ing the validity of said ordinance
must be commenced within thirty
days after its first publication.
R. A. JOYNER,
Town Clerk and Treasurer of the
Tewn of Farmville, North Carolina.
PUBLICATION OF BOND
ORDINANCE
'An Ordinance Authorizing the
nance of 1186,000 of Bends of the
Town of Farmville for the BMarge
?ent and Improvement of the Electric
Light System of the Town of Farm
rille. r
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board
of Commissioners of the Town of
Farmville as follows:
Section 1. The Board of Commis
sioners of the Town of Fannville ban
ascertained and hereby determines
that it is necessary that staid Town
enlarge and improve the electric
light system maintained and oper
ated by said Town to supply
electric light to said Town and its
inhabitants, and that it will be neces
sary to expend for said purpose not
less than *186,000.
Section 2. Said Board of Commis
sioners has also ascertained and here
by determines that the purpose here
inbefore described is e necee
pense of said Town within the mean
ing of Section 7 of Article VII of the
Constitution of North Carolina, and
if a purpose for which said Town
may raise or appropriate money, and
is not a current expense of said Town.
Section 8. In order to raise the
money required for such purpose,
bonds of the Town of Fnrmvilte are
hereby authorised and shall be issued
pursuant to The Municipal
Act, 1921, of North Carolina. Hie
authorised by this ordinance shall be
One Hundred and Eighty-six Thous
and Dollars (*186,000.
Section 4. A tax sufficient to pay
the principal of and interest on
bonds shall be annually levied
collected.
A statement of the debt
filed with the
Cleric and Treasurer of said
town, aa required by saW Act, and
Is open to public inspection.
Section 6. Has ordfaana
take effect when approved by the
rotera of said Town at an election to
and held as provided in said
The foregoing ordinance waa
1 on the
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