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BOOST H| FARMVILLE EVERY DAY! | VOLUME THIRTY-EIGHT FARMVILLE. PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 4, VOLUME THIRTY-EIGHT FARMVILLE. PITT COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JULY 4, 1047 NUMBER EIGHT Tentative Town Budget Calls For $1.35 Tax Rate and Increase In Pay for Farnmlle Employees * Costs Of Paving Streets And Expend ing Power Plant Exceed Esti mates And Necessitate Hike In Tax Rates Farmville Board of Commissioners Tuesday night ushered in a new fis cal year with a long-winded meeting which finally resulted in the adop tion of a tentative budget calling for a tax rate of $1.35 for 1947-48 and providing a 10 per cent increase for all workers employed by the town on a weekly or monthly basis. Since any or all of the figures tentatively adopted may be raised, or lowered before the budget is finally whipped into shape, there is nothing final about the Commissioners' act ion but it is generally agreed that an increase m the tax rate will be necessary to meet thq, costs. of pav ing streets and expanding the power plant. Both projects exceed original estimates. The new tax figure rep resents an increase of 25 cents per $100 valuation over last year's rate, <1.10. It was estimated that the street paving program would cost $280,000 and that amount was set up in the budget last year $310,000 is a more accurate figure, a deficit of several thousand dollars which roust be made up this year. Expansions to be made to the power plant were estimated at $186, 000 but escalator clauses in contracts with makers of the engines will add at least $16,000 to this sum and the executives shudder to think about how much more than $43,000, the amount originally budgeted, the new building for the plant will cost. The contract with American Loco motive stipuated that the company I would furnish the diesel engines, which will increase the plant's out put by- 75 per cent, for $120,000. The contract, however, contains an esca lator clause which gives the company the right, in the case of strikes or increased .material or wage costs, to raise this price by 10 per cent. It is. certain that the company will exer cise this option, in view of the fact that officials of the company have told Superintendent W. A. Mo Adams of the light and water- department I that the firm is entailing a loss of more than $40,000 on the Farmville contract. The contract for genera tors, placed with Westinghouse Elec tric Company, provided for an out lay of $23,000, with an escalator -Unm. of 20 per cent. Town officials are quite sure the company will exer cise its right. Mayor J. W. Joyneris recommen dation that all employees be granted a flat 10 per cent increase was the spark which set off the extended ses sion. He expressed a belief that an increase at the start of the new fisr cal year would ward off resignations from workers who can get more pay in other jobs. The action to adopt the tentative! budget, which, if flowed to stand, gives the requested increases, was on motion of Commissioner Curtis H. Fanagan and seconded by I Commissioner K O. Lang, Jr., after! it became apparent that the ovegall I increase for salaries amounted to I less than $2,500 tad, if Rejected, would not enable the town to retain its present tax rate of $l.l6. Commissioner John M. Stansill, I oldest member of the board in point of service, voiced the sentiment of I his fellow members when "e said j that he certainly hated to see any I upward trend in the tax rate because | it wee such a hard job for the b * to get it down to it#; present ? . level. He also stated that he thought] a full board should be present befor such major decisions were reachec All members were present except W. Alex Allen, who is in Chicago at the convention of Kiwahis as a delegate from the club. Walter B. Committees Named By Mayor Joyner5 Jones Is Pro-Tem| Mayor J. W. Joyner announced the following committee appointments of the Board of Commissisoners for the ensuing year: j Water and light committee?W. A. Allen, ?chairman; J. M. Stansill and R. 0. Lang, Jr. Recreation committee?Walter- B. Jones, chairman; R. O. Lang, Jr., and C. H. Flanagan. Street committee?J. W. Joyner mayor-chairman; R. O. Lang, Jr., and W. B. Jones. Cemetery committee?C. H. Flana gan, chairman; R. O. Lang, Jr., and J. M. Stansill. Finance eommitt&e?J,N M. Stan sill, chairman; W. A. Allen and C. H. Flanagan. Ordinance committee?R. O. Lang, Jr., chairman; W. A. Allen and W. B. Jones. Sanitary committee?C. H. Flana gan, chairman; J. M. Stansill, W. B. Jones and Chief of Police. $56,000 In Building Permits Issued ? * f Building permits for the month of Juno amounted to the handsome to tal of $55,850, more than half of which is attributed to the-six houses George E. Creekmur is constructing in Victory Park. Permits were issued as follows: R. G. Lewis, residence, $2,000; W. E. Joyner, repairs to residence, $500; George E. Creekmur, six homes at $5,000 each; C. B. Mashburn, Jr., residence, $2,000; Belk-Tyler Com pany, general repairs to store build ing, $5,000; C. A. Mozingo, residence, $2,500; Bennett R. Fields, storage building, $350; John B. Lewis, resi dence, $3,000; Lee Johnson, resi dence, $1,000; John B. Hardison, residence, .$2,000; G. A. Newton, res idence, $2,600; Hulda Fields, resi dence, $4,000; Joseph Batchelor, res idence, $2,000. At The Kiwanis Club Dr. Jack Gregg gave an excellent talk on the uses of DDT at the Ki wanis club Monday night and warned the members to handle with caution any of the preparations that are transparent. Ernest Petteway had charge of the program. Dr. Gregg gave the club the bene fit of his research work with the Army and explained uses of the.] various DDT preparations. He added, however, that three other preparations more powerful than DDT are soon to be on the mar ket ;ui Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Harris and daughter, Dail, returned Monday after a week's stay at the Ocean King hotel, Atlantic Beach. 189PF New Agriculture Teacher Elected; Seeks Home Here -? * S. P. Bass Of Beasfort Takes Over As Head Of Vacation*! Wert; | Graduated Frew State; Tatoght At Fair Biaff E. P. Bass, who has been working with the Federal Department of Ag riculture and has been stationed at Beaufort, has accepted a position as instructor of vocational agriculture in the Farmville high school and h?? joined the ever-lengtheing ranks of those seeking living quarters here. The election of Mr. Bass to the post, was announced by John B. Lewis, chairman of the board. Prior to taking the government position, Mr. Baas taught for sever al years at Fair Bluff. He is a graduate of State College. Mrs. Bass and their two children will join "him here as soon as he can find a residence for them. The board also expects to have _ history teacher and athletic director employed before the end of the week. The task of obtaining a well quali fied man for the position has been made somewhat easier by an appro priation of 11200 from the Board of Commissioners. This will be used as a supplement and the person so em ployed will serve during the summer months as recreational director in the town. When this vacancy is filled, the board needs only a second grade teacher to complete its list of ap pointees. No steps are being taken to retain the course qi public school music since it appears likely that the Parent Teacher Association does toot have the funds to finance this work another year. Bryan Family Has Annual Reunion Descendants of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bryan held their annuall family reunion June 29 at the muni cipal park in Farmville. The highlight of the- day was the bountiful dinner which was spread on the dining table picnic style. A centerpiece of fresh fruits was used on the table which was covered -with a white cloth. The menu consisted of fried chicken, country ham, bar becue, salads, sandwiches, homemade cakes and lemonade. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Andrews and drildren, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Andrews, Mr.-and Mrs. Herbert M. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hobgood and son, Mi; and Mrs. Roosevelt Bryan, all of Fmrm ville; Mr. and Mrs. Hadley Bryan end children of Rocky Mount; Mr. Mrs. W. B. Bocum and daugh ter of Norfolk, Vm Mr. and Mrs. H. P. liosenberger, Jr., and children of Carrollton, V*.; Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cobura and son of Portsmouth, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Brinson Bryant and children and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ange and children of Wilmington. N Friends invited to attend were Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Andrews .of Rocky Mount and Mrs. J. W. Norton, Jr. and daughter of Tampa, Fla. C. L. Langiey Tuesday returned from a trip to Philadelphia, Pa. Mc Adams Begins 29th Year As Head of Power Plant! When W. A. McAdams came to Farmville from Rocky Mount hi 1918 and accepted ' a Jwsition with the town's water and light department, power plant was operating on "moon light'' schedule which gave the town electricity from late in the afternoon antil 11 or IS o'clock' at night. On some -Saturday nights?stores stayed open much later In those days?the switch was pulled before the stores ware closed. Income from the department the first month he, was here totaled only 8528 and at one time, immedi-4| ataly after tjbe first World War, in come was not sufficient to pay the freight on ca^oads of coal, then used instead of 4d*ajp|K Source of for thj| Conditions are quite different to day, as Supt. McAdams nears three The electricity for oa Don Wabton Enters (J. S. Naval Academy! . II ? . I Walston, son of Mr. and FarmVille, ates Naval , Maryland. al C. i ITS, J j, r day in I Farm Till* Woman ID (My 10 Da; Her Work With Rural Churches In This Area Described As Mrs. Stella W.-Roebuck, wife of I A. Q. Roebuck of Faimville and a rural deaconess whose work withf I Methodist churches in this &r I been described by ministers i best of its type they had ever seen, I I succumbed Saturday morning in a | Wilson hospital to a cruel malady I I which almost overnight miatehad her | [from the ranks of the active forced her ir to the Great Beyond, lite suddenness with which Mr_ | Roebuck was stricken stunned her| I friends and acquaintances. Only Id ? days before-her death, she was in [the midst of ^ Daily Vacation Bible [Schools in the churched under her| supervision. The quality of the work she was | | doing in her field was recognised ber [ [yond the bounds of the Farmville I | and Walstonburg churches, -under [ whom she served. Stkte leaders were I [cognisant of it. Mrs .Roebuck had [been picked as a delegate.to a na [ tional convention in Nebraska this I [month. In one sense of the word, [the trip was a reward for the suc-j | cess which has attended her activi- [ | ties. ' ? ; A graduate of Louisburg college, I Mrs. Roebuck taught piano and voice I for a number of years at the Metho-1 dist Orphanage in Raleigh. During I World War II she was associated | with -the phyical therapy department I | of the hospital at Fort Eustis Va., land later held a similar position at I Duke Hoepttal. Two years ago shaj I accepted the work as rural deaconess I for Bell Arthur, Wesley and Lang f | churches. Funeral services were, conducted| I Sunday afternoon at Farmville ? Methodist Chureh, of which die was | la member. Rev. E R. Clegg, pastor,] I officiated, assisted by the Rev. Key I Taylor of Walstonburg, the Rev. M. Iy. Self of St. Pauls, and the Rev. I Wade Goldston of Evunsdale. Inter |ment was in Hollywood cemetery. Active pallbearers were M. V. I Jones, L. E. Walstan, J. I. Morgan, I Jr., Lath Morriss, Sam Chatidler, 1 Bill Fulford, Henry C Tyson and ?Lawrence White. Members of the I Board of, Stewards of the Farmville, I Walstonburg, ? Bell Arthur, Wesley land Largs churches were honorary pallbearers. Surviving in addition to her hus Iband are .her mother, Mrs. Delia ?Ward; two sons, Emerson and Al Ibsrt; .n daughter, Carolyn, all of the I home; two sisters, Mrs. Mark W. Joyner of Greenville and Mrs. H. N. cLees of Columbia; one brother, M. Ward 6i. Greenville. Family Barbecue Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rouse and | Mr. and Mrs. Ben M. Lewis enter at a family barbecue Sunday the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rduse | honoring Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy T. and family of Repeda, Calif., | who have been visiting here. Guests included the hosts and their families, the honor guests, and Mr. and Mrs. John B. Lewis and son, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ewell, Mis. S. E. Ewell, Mrs. Mary L. Lang and Miss Tabitha DeVisconti, all of Farmville; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brake and fam ily of Rocky Mount, Mr. and Mrs. Ben L. Rouse of Chapel Hill, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Harrell and children of Greenville, and Mr. And Mrs. Rob ert Lee Rouse of Norfolk, Va. Monday evening Mr. and. Mrs. John p. Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ewell entertained at supper at the Leyia home in compliment to l. and Mrs. Jimmy T. Lewis and family.' Those attending were the hosts the guests o: Mrs. T. H. Rouse Mrs. Ben M. mm and Escaped Convicts Are Recaptured, Turned Over To Patrolmen Fmrmville hurt Friday afternoon had more law enforcement officers a high class Western movie as members ? of ike State Highway Patrol converged here at the end of a successful search for two convicts, who overpowered and disarmed a guard on a Pitt county road gang, hijacked a laundry truck, held up and robbed a man, and stole two auto mobiles during a wild hour and a half break Friday afternoon. Immediately following the breakl by Paul York and John Weaver, I white, both serving long terms for breaking, entering, larceny and high Way robbery, -n alarm was sounded by the guard, which'was broadcast over the State Highway Patrol sys tem. It was picked up by. State Highway Patrolmen ,W. M. WBitley and G. W. Oakley, stationed in_Wil-1 son, who storted for the area in I which the copvicts. were reported to have been seen. Oakley 1 discovered the convicts'J car and gave chase. Whitley was ap proaching from the opposite direc tion. Thp convicts tamed off a main highway in tha vicinity of Sa ratoga and attempted to outrun Oak ley on dirt county roads. Whitley likewise .turned off on a dirt road, which intersects the one the convicts took. > - ' | The convicts,i hotly pursued by Oakley, turped into the road Whitley ?was traveling and were trapped. Whitley, believing - the approaching car was that of the convicts, stopped and alighted with his rifle aimed at the vehicle speeding towards him. The convict car slowed down and the convicts, recognising the patrol uni form, came to a stop with both men holding their hands out of the car windows. Whitley ordered them to get out and keep their hands up. Oakley roared up and * disarmed the men, who were armed with a .88 calibre pistol and a .12 gauge shotgun taken from the guard. At 5 o'clock,* the- escapees were turned over to Greenville patrolmen j here and were taken back to the pri son camp. Captain Lester Jones, in charge of the patrol in this section, said that York and Weaver would be charged with the theft of the laundry truck and two automobiles used in their wild dash for freedom, and the rob bery of a Rocky Mount man, whose car they took in addition to 843. - ?i BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fisher an nounce the birth of a son, John Womble, Wednesday, June 26, at Carolina General hospital, Wilson. Hw Fisher is the former Miss Ruth McCargo of Reidsville. VISITS PARENTS r A. C. Turnagp, seaman, first class, is spending a leave here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Turnage He returns to the Naval ? Training Station at Great Lakes, UL, next Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Burnette and son of Midway Park, Camp Lejeune, spent Sunday afternoon with rela tives here, p . ? Tour of Big 3^ HP -v.. Five members of the Seven Pines and Farmville Home Demonstration clubs will join other Pitt county members Monday for a six day tour to Washington, Baltimore, Philadel phia and New York City. Mrs. J. R. Lewis and Mrs. Bennett Fields of the Farmville club and Mrs. Lyman Heath, Mrs. L. E. Garris and Mrs. Bert T. Little of the Seven. Pines club will go on the sightseeing trip by bus. The first day thgy will go to Bal timore via Richmond and Washing ton aqd will eat in one of the famous seafood places. The night will be open for shows or other trips. Leaving Baltimore Tuesday morn ing, the group will travel highway 40, take the New Castle ferry over the Delaware river and enter New York over the Pulaski Skyway and through the Lincoln tfltanel. After arriving atNthe Hotel Taft in late afternoon the members Will take a tour through tlx television studio! New York. A special ate at Billjr Rosa's Diamsig'il HoraU&oe night club has been fixed so that the ladies may visit it if they choose. The second day's activities in New York wil include a trip to Statue of Liberty and station, a shopping tour of Gimbel's and other big department stores, a visit to some of the Fifth avenue shops, and optional attend ance at a big league ball game or a broadcast. "JHI - Friday the group lea delphia via Trenton, sightseeing and lunch in phia, they wfll go to C., and visit the C brary that evening. morning will be given - - Officers Eastern Star Pay Official Visit To Farmville Chapter Mrs. Nell Porter of Swannanoa, worthy grand matron, and Dr. J. Howard Brown of Tarboro, worthy grand __patron,, paid their official visits to the Famville, Kington and Snow Hill chapters of Eastern Star at a tri-chapter meeting held in Snow Hill, Friday evening. Othefc distinguished guests attending were Mrs. J. Howard Brown, past grand matron; Mrs. Maude Foy of Kinston, Who organized the Show Hill chap ter; Mrs. Florence Lewis of Green ville, district deputy grand matron, and ^r. Frank Duke of Washington, district deputy grand patron. Mrs. J. W. Parker of Farmville presented a white altar Bible to the host chapter and Mrs. W. W. Whlt tington, worthy matron, accepted. Mrs. Porter presented a 25-year cer tificate of membership to Mrs. Parker. In the absence of Mrs. Herman Baker, Mrs. LeRoy Rollins, associate matron, acted as worthy matron and W. E. Joyner, as worthy patron for the Farmville chapter. After the meeting, the host chap ter served lime ice and wafers. Those from Farmville attending were Mrs. Rollins, Mrs. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Joyner, Mrs. M. W. Rollins, Mrs. O. G. Spell, and Miss Mamie Davis and her houseguest, Mrs. Charles E. Rowton of Palatka, Fla. ? At The Rotary Club Tuesday evening marked . the be ginning of another Rotary year. The new president, Jim Monk, who had charge of the program, announced committee appointments for the year. The club voted to continue awarding $26 to the best all-round high school senior and to send subscriptions of "The Rotarian" to both school libra ries and to the public library. FIRST COTTON BLOSSOMS Luby Baker, colored tennant, who lives on the Mrs. Lynn Eason > and George Moore farm, brought the first cotton blossom to the Enterprise ] office, Saturday morning. The bud was picked Friday. Blaney Dupree.l colored' man, who resides on the ] Flanagan farm owned by J. H. Har ris brought one which was wide open, several hoars later. It Was picked Saturday. , MOVE TO GATESVILLE . Mr. and Mrs., W. C. Harrell and son, Bill, left Monday to make their home in GatesvOle where Mr. Harrell will be superintendent of Gates county schools. ' ) ??: Mrs. Serene Moore of Lumberton is spending the summer with herj daughter, Mrs. T. C. Turnage. > , Of 10 Cento Aa Act*, If Approved, WU1 Be Uoed To Bolster Export Trade; AH O rowers Urged To Vote ^ Farm leaders joined today in an all-oat appeal for a recond-brealring vote in the tobacco referendum Sa turday, July 12, when growers will vote on the question of investing 10 cents an acre on flue-cured tobacco to maintain an? develop an export | market that meant more than $182, 000,000 to them last year. Dean I. 0. Schaub, director of the North Carolina State College Exten sion Service, emphasised .that every flue-cured grower should exercise his (right of franchise and express him at the polls. "1 know of no elec that has as much long-tune sig |nificance to. the tobacco growers," Dean Sckaub said, adding that every grower should be sure to vote. "A. J gee it, we are voting on something a lot bigger than whether or not we will tax ourselves 10 cents (an toe on oar flue-cured crop," said R. Flake Shaw of Greensboro, presi dent of the North Carolina Farm Bureau. "We are voting on whether or not we will protect the $200 per acre we received from the tobacco that went for export last year. This. | |is too big a tiling for any tobacco grower to dismiss because he is huBy." Pointing out that this is the first time farmers have voted in a tobacco program where "we are going to do something for ourselves," Mr. Shaw said that "our whole tobacco pro gram wiH be weakened in the years ahead unless we show real strength (at the polls on July 12." Mrs. Harry B. Caldwell, Greens jro, Master of the North Carolina State Grange, said that "next to July jd, I consider July 12 the most im >rtant date for tobacco growers." Pointing out that over 40 per cent American flue-cured tobacco ts orted, Mrs. Caldwell said there every reason to believe that for ign consumption of American grown Sf can be further increased." The future-welfare and security of rnr nation and the peace of the orld, she added, "will depend to a rge extent uppn friendly coromer l1 relationships and trade between ntioTia 99 ' - -v ? T ?' ' lv Carl T .Hicks of Watetonburg, Ident of the Tobacco Stabilixa Corporation, reminded farmers "it is not so long bade to [1932 when tobacco in North Carolina old at an average price of only $12 hundred pounds. ' A "In that year, North Carolina sold 1474,000 pounds ot good, bright eceo for a mere pittance?$88, 1,000, an amount below what the gle county of Lenoir received last ear." Mr. Hicks said that one of the sons for the low prices in 1982 1 because "international ^trade was ?u, we must do a^Pin our power to otect end promote trade with oth er countries which last year meant cents out of every dollar received for E. Y. Floyd, secretory es, and a 1" ' called for ,r before" a! show the public 1 of Elm City, president