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Members of the local
Church and Sunday School are
ing forward to observing ^
September 22, as Home Coining and
Rally Day, according to the
Rev. E. R. Clegg, who said V
day, that the occasion promises to
be one of real fellowship and that all
indications point toward a large at
tendance.
The Rev. T. M. Grant, superintend
ent of the Rocky Mount district, will
be the featured speaker at the
o'clock hour and wilt preside at the
quarterly conference to be held im
mediately after this service.
Following the conference, a barbe
cue and pique dinner will be served
on the grounds.
All members of the Church and
Sunday School are invited to" attend.
Veterans Should
Contact VA Office
In Greenville
Application forms for use by Am
putee Veterans of World War II in
obtaining' cars at government ex
pense are now available at the Veter
ans Administration Contact Office in
Greenville, according to announce
ment made today by James IX Wal
ters, Contact Representative, in
charge of the office.
VA is charged with the responsi
bility of administering the new $30,
000,000 program set op by Public
Law 663 to provide automobilee or
other conveyances for disabled World
War II Veterans who are entitled to
compensation for the loss, or loss of
use, of one or both legs at or above
the ankle.
Full information is available at the
VA Contact Office which is located
in the National Guard Armory at the
corner of 2nd & Evans Streets in
Greenville.
Veterans throughout this area are
invited to make use of this VA Of
fice, not only in this connection, but
also in matters pertaining to the
Veterans Administration, such
pensions, educational benefits, medi
cal care, hospitalization, and in
surance.
News Regarding
Mashburn Family
With the desire of sharing recent
news regarding our friends, the
Mashbums, with mutual friends of
the community we print in part a
letter received from The Rev. C. B.
Mashburn, of Black Mountain, Wed
nesday;
"Enclosed find check to renew my
subscription to your valuable paper?
it is /no re treasured now than ever;
for it brings.me news of those I love
there.
"The Mrs. and I are getting ad
justed to our new way of life; but
honestly, it is harder to retire than
it is to continue to work. I still have
a flock (chickens) to look after.
They furnish me with plenty of eggs,
and we have some nice fryers?others
coming on. This flock never gives
me any bask talk!
"You should run up to see ua
sometime. We sit in our 'easy chair*
facing the Blue Ridge Assembly,
these cool evenings and watch the
leaves changing into a riot of beau
tiful colore; or the clouds wrapping
themselves around the shoulders of
Old High Top, and 'look at the laal
rays of the sun as it kisses the val
leys 'good night* Looking
these, we still dream of those we
and love even now?and wfl
the shadows gather around us, and
we Be down for dreams?eternally."
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Activities Of Local
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Ural Wnuo'i Cleat, Christian
Mrs. L. & Flower* was hostess Ra
day evening to the Loyal Woman's
Class of the Christian Church, which
was decorated with mixed
meats of fall flowers.
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I -<?***?. tx)ujae nams prraKiea ana
l-rilha Hovnimnal WfiQ r*s\n#liiM-su4 Kv Mm
aevouonai was conoociw Py sirs.
Ia. E. Tarnage.
Following adjournment the hoetess
served iced fruit juice and .cookies.
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FarmviSe Kiwanis
Club Actiye Group
At the Farmville Kiwanis Club's
?upper meeting in its ?
in the - Farmville High
School building Monday night, R. B.
(Bailroad) Bennett, former Pitt conn-,
ty form agent and now a tobacco spe
cialist with State College, made aiv
interesting talk about competition in
tobacoo growing in varies* countries,
especially Australia and China.
Edgar Barrett had as his guests the
boys of his "safety patnol" for school
children. They reported that
accident has occurred to the young
sters during foe put year. Barrett's
guests included Rodney Eilweids, /
bert Cannon, Paschall Barrett, Bob
Smith, Roy Moore and Howard Mur
phy.
Secretary Seth Barrow reported
that the recent street carnival in
Farmville, sponsored by the Kiwanis
Club, netted $1,430. This was ear
marked for' the Underprivileged
Child Fund. The cl<* will assist
some boys sud girls to go through
college.
Ed Rewl, president of the Green
ville Kiwanis Club, was a special
guest and spoke briefly, congratu
lating the Farmville Club for its
influential and helpful activities. Al
bert Lewis was a visitor.
The Smifofield Club will put on foe
program next Monday night.
The Club resolved to cooperate in
the sale of season tickets for the
school's athletic events.
President Charley Hotchkias pre
sided. The club, organized in Feb
ruary, 1945, now has 46 members.?
The Reflector.
Harry Burke To Be
Manager Pitt Fair
The Pitt County ft* opens on
Monday, October 21, under the new
management of Harry J. Burke, who
announces that he hopes to give the
Pair the biggest, cleanest and most
sntertainment midway ever, and that
all indications point to the best ex
sxhibits ever shown at a Pitt County
Pair.
J. H. Mobley of Wihterville, who
iras in charge of Department A (ag
ricultural products) last year, will
again have charge of that depert
ment.
W. E. little, vocational teacher at
(jrimeeland, will have charge of De
partment E, (junior department).
Miss Verona Lee Joyper, county
home demonstration agent, will be
raperintendent in charge of Depart
ment H, (housefurnishings).
Miss Lillian Hines, assistatn coun
ty home demonstration agent, will be
in charge of Department F, (4-H
Clubs).
Dr. John L. Winstead, president,
and the other officers and members
at the Pitt County Fair Association;
are doing, their best to give Pitt and
the surrounding counties, an agricul
tural fair which will be a credit to
the community.
Check Cotton Grade
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s<
When Marketing It
Farmers cannot afford to sell their
cotton this year witkettt knowing its
grade and staple, hocsnse of the.
great differences in price for cotton
9t varying graddb.
Dsn F. Holler of State College, Ex
tension cotton markatinir snecialist.
Bars that farmers hi oaiwvariaty Mv
Hons, whose cotton It MWlia ?t the
Government classing office in Rale
eigh under the terms of the ?mMh~
Doxey Act; should by all means wait ,
for the "green" car# before,, they i
market any of their aptton.
The carivrffl be retampd by t^
classing office in. s few days, and
it will carry information as to the
'
ength of the statf* nude of the
?$ton, andaiso Ha loan vglaa^g
in the field,
kalis attention to
for getting the cotton hi the
ilble condition before it is <
the gin. About one bale in
Mutt was ginned in North C*rotfna
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For Gam^ To Be
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Friday, ft**** M
App. School vs. Guilford, at. New
port news, Va. iij
Wi C. T. a n. 1
Point (night).
. V SgtJ"d?r. ?
Newberry vs. A.&T.C^ at
v VJC.L va. Cataudba* at Lexington,
AjC-C. n. Lenior-Rhyne, at
P
Eiskine vs. Davidson, at Dvakhon.
Thursday, U
? AjCLC, vs. Ekm, at Elan.
Boston College vs. Waka Forest, at
featon (night).
B.GT.C. vs. Pres. Junior College,
at GieenviUe. ' *?'
N. C. State vs. Duke, at Raleigh.
Va. Tech vs. Carolina, at Chapel
HUL r '
Emory and Henry vs. Guilford, at
Greensboro.
MilHgan vs. High Point, at John
son City, Tout.
Erskine vs. Lenior-Rhyne, at Hick
ory. % .
Carson-Newman vs. W.C.T.G, at
brisfiol.
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Criminal Intent
Raleigh, Sept 19.?In at-least fear
instances stones have been used this
s?Mon presumably to increase the
bright of tobacco piles on the ware
house floors, according to C. D.
Baucom, superintendent of the State
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I; Although refusing to give the name
?f tha warehouse or the town in
whfch it is situated, Baucom asserted
that a_ warehouse opeartor reported
rinding rocks, in four baskets. Bau
com said the rocks varied in weight
from six to 15 pounds each.
He said no warrants have been
drawn, pending other violations, add
ing that he had no definite informa
tion as to who placed the stones in
the baskets.
Conviction of this weights viola
tion carries a fine of $?,500, 80 day*
t? * year in jail, or both, according
to Baucom. 1
Corn Yields Are
Eaafly Estimated 1
An easy method of estimating eon
fields has been prepared by Dr. Enter-1
ion Collins, in charge at Eatenrion
Agronomy at State College. By the
use of this method fanners can |
? study of exactly what they are do
ing in corn production and why yields
par acre are not as large as they
iheuid be.
Thi plan is to weigh the shucked
Corn on fifty running feet of row at
tbout five or six places in the field
to get average conditions. Then mul
tiply the weight of corn for the fifty
reet by a certain factor, AtpwwHwg 0n
the width of the row, and this gives
the bushels of corn per acre.
Dr. Collins took into consideration
the fact that field corn is rather high
in moisture as compared with com
mercial corn and other such matters
in determining the "factor" to give
fe*hels per acre from pounds of
ihucked corn per fifty feet of row.
Here are the factors: Multiply the
bright of shucked* corn from fifty
running feet of row by-3rtS inches
for 42 inch rows; 2.95 for ? inch
roam; 2.76 for four foot rows; 2*1
for five foot rows; and
to wiB discover that it taki m^l
Si ^re,ti PrtKh,f* *****
yields, but if plants are increased,
food
avrower
||b the
_ 9*r
hybrid, he
barren
family
five
on the local
_ of tobacco
I. on the warehouse floor* for two
day* sales at the regular selling time
of five boors per da) and mors was
coming in to be sold. As usual, how
ever, the, warehousemen on the Ferm
rille Market rose to the occasion and
with the excellent cooperation that is
always displayed here, the.block WM
broken by Wednesday and activities
were going forward smoothly.
The new schedule Is backing op
the sales approximately two days and
is increasing the -pressure from the
producers' end. It is new certain that
grading work and marketing ot to
bacco must be slowed down because
the selling time has been reduced 40
per emit and some damaged tobacco
is making its appearance on the ware
house floors. No official announce
ment has been made about the con
tinuance of the new selling schedule;
but it is likely that it will be main
tained during a greater part, if not
during the remainder of the' market
ing season.
The Fsrmville Tobacco Market
through Friday, September IS, sold
10,561,418 pounds (ft tobacco for
$5,400,951.60. Since the three hours
limitation come on, ie. for Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week,
the market sold 1,888,222 pounds for
$681,912.46. The total poundage for
the season through Wednesday of this
week was 11,944^40, which brought
producers the gross sum of $6,062,
864.06, for an average of slightly
over $51.00 per hundred.
It is the opinion of most observers
on the market that with the congested
conditions now being relieved and
tobacco being marketed oil a limited
basis that prices will show an ap
preciable rise in the near future.
Fanners an urged to grada their
tobacco carefully, keep it in good con
dition, and to market ti gradually. |
Farmville continues its tins reputa
tion of the past in being the "Stead
iest Market in the State." '
Farmers Urged To
VacoxtateHoss Against
Cholera Outbreaks
Raleigh, N. Car., Special:?
Farmers were warned today to
guard agginst the danger of out
breaks of hog cholera-in the hazard
ous months of early fall.
This is one of the seasons of great
est danger from hog cholera, the
American Foundation for Animal
Health declared, and livestock men
were advised to keep a close watch on
their swine droves and have all pigs
vaccinated early.
Vaccination, along with sound sani
tation practices and proper feeding,
constitute the heat safeguards for a
mire pig crop, the Foundation point
ed out.
Because infection can be spread by I
a hog. coming down with cholera, even |
bpfore pronounced symptoms appear,
hog raisers were urged to keep a I
c|ose watch on their droves for signs |
of lover, loss of appetite, or weak
If evidence of illness appears,
spspect cholera first," the Founda
tion' statement said, "and have a
vptedinarian make a diagnosi# at
opce. sJMTi v., '::
"In the.meantime, if piga have not
been vaccinated, it is wise to have
this done immediately, makiing sure,
first, that they are in condition to
receive the immunization.
"it cholera does break out in the
* quarantine for it least
aaw livestock brought
And if it occurs on the
, notify neighbors so they can
tab. precautionary measures."
Raleigh, Sept. 17.?OPA has issued
{another list of items suspended in
definitely from price control, either
because of their insignificance in the
aoet of living, or because present and
expected supplies are enough to satis
fly p ndr ? "
The **?*? inrlnifas t*f following
?i' ^>1 ?' 'pv
Baby carriages, strollers and walk
s; dry batteries; fountain pens end
| aMp sets; ' razor
I ' m
Mat
play Arimd*
Sept. 20 at ??00
of both
time that either
admission will be 66c for adults and
26c for aehool cWMrem^ -J;
The FarmyilJe Kiwanis and Rotary
a season ticket
called 19m by
of these two elube to
a season ticket, dtisena will
the opportunity to give the
and cooperation by buy
Farmville schedule is as fol
lows 1
Sept 20, Ayden in Farmville.
Sept 27, Farmville in Plymouth.
Oct 4, Farmville in Mount (Hive. <
Oct 11, open.
Oct. 18, Farmville in Ayden.
Oct 26, Selma in Fannvtile.
Nov. 1, Farmville in Smithfield.
Nov. 8, Tarbore B team in Farm
ville.
Nov. 16, open.
Coach Harrell has been drilling the
following boys since August 16 and
they are reported to be in good form
and soiritft. -v- .*? >,r 1
Baelcfield: Jackie WUUs, Crits
HiHlard, Thurman Joyner, Edward
Allen* Claude Tyson, Harry Albrit
ton, Bobbie Brock, Frank Dupree,
Bobbie Smith. ^
Ends: Bobbie Russell, Robert Rol
lins, Ferd Satterthwaite, Joe $mith.
Tackles: Billy Gregory, Tommy
Ramey, Charles Joyner, Wilbert Mor
riss, Raymond Cannon.
Guards: Cedric Davis, Jay Flana
gan, Carl Creech, Wilbur Bennett
Centers: Bruce Darden, Dewey
Hathaway.
SUGAR
Spare Stamp No. 49?Rood for 6
pounds?expires Sept 30.
Spare Stamp No. 51?good for 6
pounds?expires Dec. 30.
Spare Stamps No. 9 and No. 10?
each good for 5 pounds.
CANNING SUGAR?expires Oct
31st. "
Eight-Week Course
Poultry Production
Raleigh, Septemper 19.?An in
tensive eight-week short course in
poultry production has been arrang
ed at North Carolina State College
between October 7 and November 29,
it was announced by Edward W. Bug
gies, director of the college Exten
sion Division. ; k ? ^ - i
Present college facilities make it
necessary to limit registration to 25
students, Ruggles said, indicating
that the first 26 applications from
qualified students will be accepted.
Requirements for entrance are that
the applicant be at least 16 yean of
age and have a good common school
education. There are "just ? few"
places now left for the course, the di
rector said.
Registration will take place in
room 216, Ricks Hall, on the college
campus, between the hours of 2 and
4 p. m., Monday, October T.jjje ?yjf'j
; .Specific subjects to be covered dur
ing the eourse^hich will be taught
by some of the college's top ranking
poultry experts, include the follow*
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Incubation and brooding, three
lectures and four laboratory hours
weekly; rearing chickens, two tec
tuns and two laboratory hours week
ly; preparation and grading of poul
try products, three lectures and two
laboratory honrs weekly; poultry
breeding, two lectures and two labor
atories weekly; poultry nutrition, two
lectures weekly; prevention of poul
try dipeaaea and identification of j
IT Vt
'Jjfffiv# No
the
H. Pay1"1' 0PA
forcemeat Attomey? j^T i
"With <*r p?*ucUon
? J^To^n. Of re-1
John Lewis, as program leader at
the Botary Club, Tuesday evening,
spo|a on tha topic, "Know Your
School," Mr. Lewis, a school trustee,
was well informed on this subject
and among other matters of interest
told of a revaluation of the school
property, made recently for the pur
pose of obtaining adequate insurance
coverage. The speaker also called at
tention to the urgent need of a new
colored school, and gave the present
enrollment of students in Farmville
schools as 789 white and 695 colored.
In closing, the speaker made a plea
to fellow Rotarian* for their support
hi activities tending toward better
Ma
Tof both schools,
developing his school program
further, Mr. Lewis presented D. H.
Conley, county superintendent, who
spoke on "Education as n Business,"
stating that modern schools are en
gaged in the food, accounting and
transportation business as well as in
teaching. Mr. Conley pointed out the
fact that it is the specific duty of
every citizen to safeguard the school
children and to report promptly any
circumstance that might tend to
ward endangering their lives or
characters. The county superintend
ent commended the county and toqro
school boards and the Parent-Teacher
associations throughout' the county
for their splendid work and coopera
tion. He stated that the school debt
amounting to more than $68,000
should be retired by 1961.
The attendance prize was won by
George Creekmur. L*
Visiting Roterlans were: Joe Jor
dan, of Raleigh; Herbert Acton, of
Danville, Ky.; Connor Eagles, Dr. B.
McK. Johnson and Supt. Conley, of
Greenville.
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Children To See .
State Fair Free
Raleigh, Sept. 19.?Dr. J. S. Dor-,
ton, manager of the State Pair, re
ports that he is expecting ?* un
usually Inge number of school chil
J 4. ? i 4 in J ?*.? ? fya? | ? BLi- a. V~
aren to sucna tnc otato Fur to De
held October 15-19.
^Although our poultry shows hare
been suspended this year, education
al exhibits will be much larger than
evew before," said Dr. Dorton.
He declared that Friday, October
18, has been set aside as Young North
Carolinians' Day. On that day
all school children in North Carolina
will be admitted to the fair free of
charge.
A total of one million free tickets
nill be issued within the next five
weeks through county and tity school
superintendents for distribution to
students.
On October 18, the gates will open
at 8:00 in the morning, with the
grandstand opening-at 12:80 p. m.
Horse races will begin at 2:00. That
evening the grandstand will open at
6:30 and the fireworks display will
occur at 9:80, according to Dr. Dor
ton. M; ?'
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RATHER ANEMIC
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Raleigh, Sent. 19.?Southern fried
chicken is going to be more promi
nently displayed on hoifae and institu
tional menus than ever befgore, ac
cording to the N. C. Agriculture De
partment's llarket News Bureau,
which released the following red iheat
0??s: I
Hogs Slaughter for the week ended
September 7 wag. estimated at 166,000
head, 76 per cent below the 666,000
head slaughtered during j&g proceed
ing week and 66 per cent below the
476/100 head for the same week In
IMS.
cattle under Federal in-1
the past week was esti
at 70,000 head, about 77 per
the 300/100 head a week
76 per cent below the
Beef pre*
!-*MM,000
im
in
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States Has No Idea of
Lasts Of?r Two Honrs )
Washington, Sept 18.?According
to the Associated Press, President
Truman silenced Secretary of Com
merce Henry Wallace tonight, while
keeping him hi the cabinet, and
rushed out a reassurance that thin
nation has no idea of attack^
Russia. J " f ''
Wallace, in a letter made puiic
Tuesday, said "a school of military
thinking' advocated a'preventive war
on Russia before the Soviets have
atom bombs. Wallace denounced each
thinking. .v
Two Steps
Mr. Truman took two derisive steps
in abort order late today:
1. He arranged for a gag on Wal
lace for the deration of the Paris
Peace Conference. Coincidentally, it
may last through much of the Con
gressional campaign as well.
2. Ha, got from Secretary of War
Patterson and Secretary of the Navy
Forreetal a joint letter completely
disavowing any such "thinking" as
Wallace referred to, aad had his
aides release it to newsmen imme
diately without comment.
The text of .the letter follows:
"In the letter of Secretary of Com
merce Wallace dated -July 28, pub
lished in the newspapers this morn
ing, the statement ia made that .'a
school of military thinking* ia -advo
cating 'a preventive war, an attack
on Rossis now before Russia has
atomic bombs.' "
"There ia no basis for this state
ment. There is no such military
thinking in the War and Navy de
partments. We know of no respon
sible officers in the Array or Navy
who has ever advocated or even
suggested a policy or plan of attack
ing Russia."'"''' ;:v '?
Mr. TVuman apparently told Wal
lace emphatically that he stands
four-square behind Secretary of
State Byrnes sad the methods
Byrnes is pursuing, which Wallace
criticised. -:".f ' - ::i.rS- :
Wallace, who favors more concili
atory treatment of Russia and who
has expressed fear that present
policies may lead to war, told re
porters;
'Confident of Peace.'
"The President is very confident of
peace with Russia.*
-Wallace returned a teroe "no"
to a question designed to fun down
definitely whether the President had
told him he must leave the Cabi
net if he could not keep quiet, Sk:"
Whatever the give-and-take be
tween the two, it took two hours
and 28 minutes. "
/tod Wallace's agreement to "make
no public statements or speeches"
made it Certain'that there will he no
voice with Wallace"h official stand
ing raised against Byrnes' policies
during the present critical phase of
diplomacy! To that extent It was a
victory for the Byrnes camp.
;Jn another sense it constitutes
only a truce, however, for Wallace
will be free to resume his fight
when the Paris conference ends. v:'
The terms of the agreement- were
embodied in one sentence pencilled
on a piece of paper and obviously
drafted in consultation with the
President. Wallace read it to re
porters with a grin:
"The President and the Secretary
of Oommi eroe had a mbst detailed
and friendly discussion after which
the Secretary reached toe conchy#
eion he would make no public
statements or speeches until toe
conference in Paris is com
TOBACCO LABOR i&jS
V'BO?<TLT nkkobd
in an interview with Prank E.
Brooks, of the U. S. Employment
Service, today, Mr. Brook* stated
that there is a serious shortage of
lahor ip the local tobacco processing
plants, and requests that landlords
and farm owners release as many I
male worker, a. ?n at
present to relieve
A recent survey indicates that meat
of the male workers in the town of
ParmvUie are now employj, hence
an appeal ia bring made to the people
in tke rural areas. ' -ia*.
Mrs. Mary Lee McAllister of State
College is the new district T
KHfiii for this