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VOLUME Tan . . V ? - ?<???.; ' " ' ' V-? '? ' ^V, . V . . . < " . ?? "?> K Own. Perry Y. Jackson, Native - to BeH Speakei Subject . Perry Yates Jackson, a sative of Pitt County, and a student of science, who haa attained di?thtc tidn im war service in Cuba, South ^*^^tte^Carribean, in the Navy th* Naval Academy^ A^p^il, il ff^ss&gz s ???Wa at the D. A. a Chapter Hduss, on Friday after Thanksgiv ing for the 26th annual meeting of th? Tysons and the 14th minion 8*herlng of the two-family organi ***?n- Th* Commander will be giv en a cordial welcome to Farmville add be honored as a special guest at thb time. The speaker has choaen as his rah jeit, "Science Tries To Save The W>rW," a timely topic, and one which will he doubtless heard with keen interest by the people of this com mnnity, outside the family group as wall as inside, as he is well qualified lead such s discussion, having de sires of Bachelor of Science, from ]JWce Forest College; Master of Science, University of Chicago and Dhetor of Philosphy (in Chemistry) University of Chicago. The Com mander served Paris College as Pro- 1 ttmsor of Chemistry for three years j aad was Professor and head of the department of chemistry, Norfolk Division of William and Mary Cbl lege for nine yean. He did graduate work Harvard University and at the University of Berlin. Commander Jackson is the eldest son of Mr. and Mn. William C. Jack son, of Wake Forest, the family mov ing from Ayden some forty yean ago. He is a descendant of the Mays through his mother, who was a grand daughter of the late William May, aad the only sister of the late J. R. and R. W. Smith, whose parents were Theophilus and Elizabeth May Smith. He was commissioned Lieutenant U. & Naval Reserve, in 1888, as spe cialist in codes and ciphers, promot ed to Lieutenant-Commander two J***? later and to Commander in 1842. / The .program will begin promptly at 10:00 o'clock with words of wel cdme from Mrs. Ellen Lewis Carroll. Mrs. W. H. Gillette, Jr, of Rich mond, Va., the immediate past presi dent of the reunion organization, will introduce Commander Jackson. Family reminiscences will be led by John T. Smith, of Wilson. Miss Tabitha M. DeViseonti, gen ealogical chairman, will give a re port, always an anticipated feature of the program, and introduce those attending the reuipon for the first tine. Hie invocation will be given by the Hev. E. R. Clegg, pastor of the Meth odist Church, who will also conduct the memorial service. <Mrs. J. W. Joyner will have charge of the musical program. | Officers will be elected during the business session. A basket lunch will be served at neon in the banquet hall of the Chap Mr Officers of the reunion are: Miss ffela May, Winterville, president; John T* fimith Wilson 1st viro-xm&iflontI C. V. Cannon, Ayden, 2nd vice-prest dttt; Mrs. Edward W. May,1 Fsrm vffle, secretary-treasurer. Committees, working with the ex ecutive board, towards making the re chairman, Mrs. J. W. Joyner and John B. Lewis; ai iangMuehtjU-C. A. Ty Mrs. T. E. /oyner, Sr., mid Mrs. J. H. Bjrnum; hrritatW-kfa^ N?h Warren, Mrs. C. F. Baocom, Mrs. Melton AUeo and Miss Mary Thorne Tyson; taW? lkity?Mrs. G. A. Invitations to of I not Planning Board To GiveSeHmra Gwtsid^ eration To Housing Dr. J. M. Mewborn, president of the Community Planning Board, stat ed today that private housing will be considered as the number, one prob lem of this group at the next meet ing, to be held, Tuesday evening, in (be office of J. W. Joyner. Dr. Mew born' desires to extend through thesf columns a cordial invitation to <U terested citizen* to Join in the dis cuasion of this need at the A to preeent any ideaa or tRms he may have in this The Board's president gave as hie vpinion that it will be imp??e to promote any expansion program here" until provision can be made to house w people, who wish to engage,in siness pursuits, sad from may expect impetus towards and greater acievements. The policy of giving special em lasis to the paramount need of the town will-"follow through" at future [meetings of this group, and the Board is desirous of having citizens attend these and and exhibit some of that cooperative spirit of Fhrm ville people, which must not remain mere cherished tradition but be demonstrated as a reality. E. C. T. C. - Pope Field To Meet In Thanks giving Day Game I The Greenville Junior Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Thanksgiv ing Da7 football game between East Carolina Teacher's College and the Pope Field Flyers, of Fort Bragg. The game will be played at 2:18 in the Guy Smith Stadium at Greenville. Proceeds froi^ the gate reoSpta and the advance sale of- tickets will be used to further the athletic program at E. C. T. C. This is the first year since the war that E. C. T. -C. has had a football team, but from their record it surely will not be the last. E. C. T. C. has won four football games, lost two and tied one. The opposition in the Thanksgiving Day game will be tough as the Popf Field Flyers are made up of talent from some of the best high schools and military teams in the United States. The Flyers have a record this ybar of winning five, games, losing one and tying one, having .played some of the smaller colleges and military teams m North Caro lina. The advance tickets for the game will be sold in Greenville and through your local high school. Prices of admission are $1 for adults and 60c for minors on advance sale. Prices of the tickets at the gate will-be $1.60 for adults and 85 cents for minors. A capacity crowd is expect ed at this game, since this is the only football game to be played in North Carolina on Day. HOMECOMING HELD AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH , Last Sunday was a great day for the Christian Church. It was rich in fellowship. Many old friends had an other good dinner together and every person did his beat to mate the day one to be remembered. Arch Flana gan, L. E. Turnage, Guy Baldree and Lewis Allen worked overtime to that every person had plenty to eat. I am truly grateful for the fine co operation and fellowship that made < the honwcomipg a great success. At the morning service Brother and Sister C. B. Mashbura of Black Moun tain, were remembered by the con gregation/ They could not be here .due to the ill health of the former pastor, hut the following telegtam ssii Mil by-them. "Greetings to all on your home coming. We are there in spirit. Ms, and Mm. C. B. Maahburn." 4"* v Z. B. T. COX, Minister. ? . :? - ?HIUB ^***>- - ? |> m a - * ? tS ? n$:' - $&-, * \*m ?' ?i i til >?' , ?.j ., i. . a & '? ' i ? ftn), vet* conducted, Tuesday mon iag at 11 KM o'clock, from the home on South Walnut street, by the Rev. E. R. Clegg, pastor of the Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev. E. S. Coatee, of the Presbyterian Church. . succumbed early y morning to a heart attack. in declining health for several years, she was ap parently as well as usual -when she retired Saturday evening but was stricken in the early morning hours, and her passing was unexpected. A choir, compoeed of Mrs. Alton W. Bobbitt, Mrs. C. R. Townsend, Mrs. J. M. Hobgood and Elbert C. Holmes sang "Have Thine Own Way, Lord" and "Nearer My Odd To Thee," and Mr. Holmes rendered "Crossing The Bar" as a solo. Interment was made in the family plot in Forest Hill cemetery beneath a lovely floral tribute. Active pallbearers were; Dr. Lee Cut, of LaGrange, Dr. John M. Mew born, Dr. M. J. Gregg, Herman Rouse, Haywood Slnilh, Lester Turnage, Jr., Roderick Harris and C. Hubert Joy ner. Mrs. Sheppard was born in Farm viHe, the daughter of the. late "Lorenxo DsVisconti and Addie G. May. She was a member of Good Shepherd Epis copal Church, Raleigh, where she re sided for several years. She had been prominently identified with ac tivities of the Major Benjamin May Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Earmrille Literary Club, the Woman's Club, the Garden Club and the Tyson-May Reunion organisation for many years, serving in varied offices and capacities. Her late husband passed away, fol lowing a brief illness in March of this yepr. Mrs. Sheppard is survived by an only sister, Miss TaWtha M. DeVis conti. G. P. C. Association Met In Snow Hill Greenville, Nov. 14.?Ten outstand ing fanners representing all sections of Pitt and Greene counties, who are members of the Advisory Committee of the Greenville Production Credit Association, met with the directors and officers of the association Wed nesday afternoon in Snow Hill. The purpose of the meeting was to review the contributions made by this cooperative credit organisation to agriculture In Pitt and Greene coun ties And to discuss ways and means of improving and increasing the use fulness of the association to its mem bers. . r- ? ^ Jno. K. Carroll, presidents the association, presided over the meeting. F. L. Little, Jr., secretary-treasurer, gave a report on the operations of the association and reviewed the progrMS made Since organisation. D. F. Hardison, director, led a discussion on complete farmer-ownership of this credit organisation and reported that the tmfiabers now own 76 per cent of the total net worth of this lending institution. J. P. Davenport, Blso a director of the association, ex plained to the group the credit fac tors considered by the association in Plans have been formulated to hold 1 explained by B. M. < ?? ? mil wagon was Used by an*B Club bdftk. Rip tVan Winkle, Fhter RabbH* Hitty, the hundred yew old doll, Red and Gretel, Winnie, the Pooh, Little Blaek Sambo, Bluebeard, the Pirate, the Ked Piper and hia followers, In dians, Pilgrims and several of the Mother Goose ehWhcters led by Hott er Goose herself along with Alice in Wonderland, the Brave Nurse tod Louise fflcott's "Little Women" were among'those parading in step to the maris whieh wws ittrftitted though the courtesy of the Fsrmville Radio Service. ? Leading the parade www a Boy and a Giri Scout bearing the American and Giri Scout flags. Two drummers took part WuhiWbto potows made by the Bird Club and other parttrtpniC* were scattered throughout the line. n^iHag at almost every step and being pushed and pulled by his own ers, Sue and Harold Flanegah, their calf, representing Ferdinand, the Bull, didht cars much tot his hsttlay attire and the parade. Dr. Mewborn Heads County Medical Group i The Pitt County Medical and Den tal Society held its regular monthly neeting in Fhrmtflle, ThuMday, No vember 14, pr. F. P. Brooks, the president, preriding, with Drs. J. M? Hewborn ard R. T. Williams? Heets| The scientific program was ea We subject, "The Control 6* Utesfee Hemorrhage, at Delivery/1 It wae presented in the form of a'moving pktttre of actual ?u^^ken frotn Dr. Joseph B. DeLee's Ofcfc, ^hfca^ The Pitt County HelBth Officer, Dr. Ennett, made Us regulttr monthly report showing for Octobwr 424 ifrs nunixations for dlptheria andtWhoop-. ^ ng cough and 3,596 JRUlttlW" ind inspection^ oi school children. The following officers were elected for the coming year: Dr. J. M. Mew ;orn, president^ Dr. B. McKay John ton, vice president; Dr. G. F. Irons, secretary-treasurer. Dr. R. O. Smith whs elected as a delegate to ;he State Medical Association, with Dr. D. L. Moore as ^lternate, J 1 Chamber Of Commerce Activities v-)? The Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association welcome* Into he membership the firm of N?w on't Exchange and extends its help t md assistance to this firm. This N "irm has the distinct honor of being he 100th member of the Chamber it Commerce. Secretary Sam he .h-thm oft* tt the North Carolina Iferthahti Association in Raleigh [he 1 . knell to cL^kl ^*e6<>n \ * E*PUl This opinion has keen expreaand by agricultural leaders la sevens!-sec tions of the State ?lurtng the part few days. In rtaManing the tobacco acreage control program which waa approved for the next three peace bp tobacco ducing ititcw Governor J. "M. Broughton, who la groupe, amid rfeoently that, la hie aid net abiuge this three-year contract which it now has. with the tobacco " | However, some agricultural lead era?and other attorneya?are not so sure. Broughton pointed out that he didnt know "what may happen after it* f just cant toU" ? -- As it now stands. North Ckrolin* and Ave other Southern states enjoy a virtual monopoly in the production of ftae-eursd **4*0, other words, if you lived lit Oklahoma, for instance, and decided te grow tobacco, you bortd grow ft all right, but 40 per cent of the 1940 average price received by farmers tafald llfrfo to be ttfcrfficpd by you for every-pound sold. If this average price waa 50 cents, then you would pay a penalty of.90 cents for each pound marketed. Of course, the same situation would hold if you were a new grower ifc Ndrih Carolina or in any other Stota, , And tiarffe how the tobacco-pro ducing states have something near a corner on the market , On December 1 of each year, the Secretary of Agriculture makes a study of tobacco conditions?and if the supply for tobacco exceeds the demand, he calls for qn&taa for the following year and sets them up for the tobacco groWers. Since 1940 he lias called for a quota each year, In 1989 there waa no control. That year tobaeeo averaged in this State tl&66 per hiiadred pounds. The to bacco crtfp that year waa the largest ip .to that In 1940, tobacco had been back ftid*r control, but we were still suf fering from dver-j-reduction in 1989,. nsd'tobakco averaged $17.27 per hun dred pounds that year. For the 1941 season, tobacco aver-1 iged $29.31 per hundred pounds; 1942, $58.40 per hundred; 1948, | W.20; 1944, $48.96; 1?46, $48.88. Had there been no ceiling for 1948,1 1944, andl945, tobacco would have | tone to a much higher price. G, T. Scott, director of the don and Marketing Administration n North Carolina, bdHevfes that 'Congress could pull tobacco from inder acreage control, but I doubt hat this will be done, before 1949, myway." Many hat any* would run into veto White House, i a two-thirds vote i Why School ?? The program was simple and im prtesfre wHh eqeh dignity aa W?fld * seome the stWtthg character and gh ideals of Mr. TfcbrWJ. The dsdiusllun service, at which Ftnlirtrsl tti 11 ? mini W*C wuu? tXnV*j DOHwl WU8 pre86ll[) was opened by a hymn followed by Rev. E. R. Clegg leading the ?ftngre gation in a few moments of rare rent prayer V*llttg attention to the noble gUfiftcMions which had endeared Mr. Thome to tin hearts of Mm people ?f the Mdttiodist Church. Anowier uymn wu suitg trwr wnicn the Rev. Mr. Clfegg stated that the Jdhn H Thorne by the dedication of the Men's atkle am to his memory. The pastor tMa discussed Mr. Thorne* many activities in the Meth odist Conference and his fields of en deavor outside the bounds Of his own rettfe. --if A. C. Monk, Sr., fold the congre gation some of the vfefy fine quall m and characteristics Which had ?de Mr. Theme a leader for Meth odism in our community. Mr. Monk reeeed the early days of the Church aid the part which Mr. Thorite play ed in the building of our preeent edi fiet, both ftom a physical and a spiri tdal point of view. Irving Morgan, Jr., discussed Mr. Thome's community activities and stressed the fins Christian character a ? V %'isrt | -sa - a a a - a_. ..'a. . i which always dominated ma Business and aocMl activities. Following these remarks, the en tire congregation stood for a few nioments in reverent and silent ac ceptance of the responsibilities and the obligations Imposed on the en tfce church by the dedication of the Bible Class to John T. Thorhe. f gbre After singing "Slept Be (he Tie that Binds" the members g of the Church School went to their respec tive classes from which they were dismissed. i ^North Carolina's ' Naitibw Ohe Need 3 ... Good Health j Durham, Not. ZS.?High school students today received an added in centive to enter the state-wide ora torical contest being SpdftSored by tke North Carolina Good Health Ae sbciation with the announcement that fbur RCA Victor console model radio phonograph combinations will be ehrarded as runner-up prises. The four grand prise winners will zbceive $600 college scholarships giv W huSw* <^??d Health Association. 8chohuSips holarships win he made payaBIe to any college of the winner's choice. than 10 ffltmna' dnrsticrnom the fc "North Carolina's Number eed?Good HAlth." ?jfbar handsortle radio-phono graphs, which are imdttg the first to come off the RCA* Victor post-war production lines, will Tie Swarded to the fWo runners-dp in both the white fend Negro division*. The instru inents are being contributed to the Good HealuL Association by the Southern Ryiio Corporation, of Charlette, through its fames P. McMillan. The Concern, "T}>e Carolina Home Vltthr Bog,? " " ' " M' Victor '< i 1 [ <?.* D. Handy, The Rsrmville ?r,,? wmcn nunr ^ pounds beyond the ? , -m, The niiitM ota the first three deys of this week sold 283,164 pounds which brought the season's total to 31,087,418 tor $16,496,760.31 tor an official season avenge of HMt per bdndn-i- ;^tbdH<iayJs sale igp Listed 1L e - ? AA AAA ; to nare iw,wu pouncra x>n as this paper goes to WltisndwH JM will reach 31,500,000 lbs. stop on Nestor ?. t aire urged to briug any tobacco now on hand and get it sold by Wednes day of neat week. Many have already closed and van are closing on Friday, Now. ?, however, the Famville market is te November 27, in dMer to give one time to get the remaining part of their crop sold at its Mfetory and this about bp the cooperation of Mends, buyers, warehousemen sari all ttnseluisL The ataataat wffl task re-open after Thanksgiving. ? in-' Diatrif* Governor Jim Butler Visits Local Rotary Club Tuesday The Famville Rotary Club we* honored Tuesday evening with a visit _ l__ ..a ? t - .' - - - tIj by its district govttnof, Jllti Butnr. Irvin Morgan Jr., presented the hon or guest, who is llso secretary Of Goldsboro's Chamber/ of Comtattoh and Merchants Association. Governor Jim had an optimistic to port in togard to the progress of Rqtary lh #very community he had visited, lie Mated that If he teen in terested in moving to a community ho would look at its industry and com merce, "institution. for educational tnd religious development and the recrc&uonsi iftciiiucn prnvtwo ior lis young people. He chaffed parents' neglect and indifference with the present juvenile delihqneney tritea Won and dfelaxed that if children were cared tor properly until school ige and then- given a good fnstfta tion to attend there would be vOry little delinquency to worry about , The governor heartily endorsed the proposal for a 20 per cent ih srease in the salaries for seMOt Leathers of the Stole. - ; He gave the churches credit tor shaping a community through the jettement of the idffivMiial and ?a he foundation on Which a commwi ty must huiM for solidarity, defili ng Rotary ?ta a practical appUce tion of simple Christianity and Us nOtto, "Service Above SWf," as the 1 ' WmfaMBLHUS" - Ium Sm? halt li hia nillHI ?ka HaV/v UWI Hoi IUB gUtWI IHti Sev. Z. B. T. Oax. Alex Altai was :he guest of Irvin Morgan, Jr., and Af The Kfwsitis Club . *. . 3 ? - . * Hubert Joyner, in charge of the Ki vanis program Monday evening, had is guest speaker Professor R. C. Deal, of E. a t. C., Greenville, who rave one of the most entertaining alks the ehlb has heard. All of Sr. Deal's ^ftikrks were on the humor >us side and the entire clnb was ;ept in a-state of UraghteT tlnoagh rut the program.'" **' "f Officers and board of directors for 947 were elected at this time: Ahtt tllen, president; Lewis William*, rics president; Seth Barrow, aecre ary; John D. Dixon, Ernest Pette vay, John Parker, Sam Bandy and Jen Lewis, new directors; Sam Lew s, fed Albritton and Howard Mo**, ?e-elected to the board. Ladies' Night will be held Fridkv ivening in the high school Umak 1 7 ^ . Ctab wij!^ nany additional 'or this portion of the l^era drill not ? he club n er 26. ?'T*
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