" BOOST “ " FARMVILLE EVERYDAY! *i FARMVTLLE, PUT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, ===== North Carolina fanners realised substantially less from their 1947 cash crops than they did in 1946, ac cording to a comparative calculation issued several days ago by the Feder al-State Crop Reporting Service . The comparisons follow: . TOBACCO Gross receipts from the 1947 to bacco crop—Nor$ Carolina’s prima ry source of agricultural income— showed a sharp drop of appnoximate ' ly 71 million dollars as compared with 1946. The 1947 crop grossed lo cal producers just over 386 million as compared with the previous year’s gross of more than 457 million. An extreme shortage of dollars in Europe along with dire needs for food- limited the export of tobacco and was a contributing factor in cut-, ting last year’s average tp.$42.20 per hundred pounds as compared with the 1946 average of $49.30. The 1947 crop was much larger than expected early in the season and totaled 915 millibn pounds against the record high of just over 927 mil lion in 1946. . - COTTON Cotton, the state’s second largest source of agricultural income, wad valued at 69.3 million' dollars in 1947 as compared with 71.7 million in 1946. Production totaled 440 thous and' bales, approximately the same as in 1946. Rain during the harvesting period cut the quality and the per acre yield of the 1947 cotton crop. The average price per bale showed a slight drop of $£75, at $157.50 in 1947. Cottonseed from last year’s crop more than made up for the loss from lint and was valued at 14.6 million dollars, an increase of approximate ly 2 million over the preceding year. PEANUTS Peanuts for picking and thrashing reversed the downward trend in gross valuation and totaled 38.4 million dollars in 1947 against 27.8 million in 1946. It should he pointed ojit, however, that this is a preliminary figure since picking of last year’s crop is late and the quality below LIU&t UI The yield per acre during last year showed a good increase of 250 pounds over 1946’s short yield of only 925 pounds, while the average price of £11.20 per hundred for last year’s crop was $1.00 higher than in 1946. POTATOES, COMMERCIAL CROPS AND FRUIT The combined irish and sweet po tato crop valued dt 30.3 million' in 1947 dropped approximately 1.5 mil ' lion from the previous year, while commercial truck crops valued at 8.6 million showed a loss of 1.7 mil lion dollars.. Snap beans, strawber ries and watermelons made up most of the losses in commercial truck, while cabbage was the only item to show an appreciable increase in total valuation. Peaches and apples, the state’s valuation, decreasing from 10 million in fruits, were off sharply in total primary producers of money income in 1946 to 6.9 million in 1947. Drops in production of the two leading fruits accounted for most of the loss ,jn income, while drops in prices caused the sha£p decline in overall re turns from commercial truck crops. Irish potato production was off rath er sharply with prices higher, while sweet potato production and prices Bhowed very little change.. LIVESTOCK AND MILK livestock and milk, two items that production is extremely short in/ when compared with consumption, showed a Sharp increase in valua tion. Hogs, the leader in commercial livestock, returned an average of $16.70 per hundred pounds in 1946 - and will show an increase of around $7.00 per hundred when fipel figures for 1947 are compiled, while cattle valued at $10.50 per hundred in 1946 and calves at $13.30 are also expected to show increases of $6.00 to $8.00 in 1947. Hog production m while cattle production show declines. GRAINS The valuation of the state’s grain crop made spectacular increases last year, with corn, the leader, valued at 143.4 million dollars, showing an in crease of more than 35 million, ap proximately one half the loss by tobacco. It should be pointed however, that most of the . com is purposes, while to is a straight source of money Wheat, oats, barley and soy in At The Rotary Club James B. Hockaday, guest speaker at the Rotary club Tuesday evening, related some of his experiences while serving aboard the-USS Scania, a car go attack vessel, in the Pacific dur ing the war. He was introduced by R. N. Freeman, program chairman. - The attendance prize was drawn by W. C. Wooten. Martin Swartz of Greenville was a visitarian. Activities Of Local Church Organizations Baptist , Mrs. John T. Walston and Mrs. Chester Outland were hostesses to the Annie Perkins circle Tuesday evening in the home of the former with Mrs. Piaul Vaughan leading the devotional study taken from Psalms 138 and Hebrews 13:7. Thanking God for- sixty years of royal service was the program theme used by Mrs. A B, Moore, who spoke of the beginning and growth of the Woman’s Missionary society and its affiliated groups such as the Sunbeams, Young Women’s auxiliary and Royal Ambassadors. This year has been set aside to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the, mis sionary society. After the report on the gifts sent to the orphanage at Christmas was made, the group sang its theme hymn for the year, “Jesus Shall Reign.” Individual chocolate pies, cheese crax and cdffee were served. Emphasis was placed upon the six tieth anniversary of the' Woman’s Missionary, society in the Baptist church at the meeting of this group Monday afternoon -with Mrs. A B. Moore, as program leader, giving a resume of “Sixty Years of Royal Ser vice." Basing her devotional upon Psalms 84 and 138, Mrs. W. J> Rasberry, stressed the recognition • of God’s glory and goodness. “Jesus Saves” was the opening hymn. Mrs. H. D. Johnson presided in the absence of the president, Mrs. J. R. Shearin. A solo, “Another Day Is Dawning,” was rendered by Mrs. El bert C. Holmes. Mrs. E. W. Holmes dismissed the society by prayer. Mrs. Florence Phillips was a visi tor. , Christian ' Mrs. R. D. Rouse was hostess to Group 2 Thursday night with Mrs. Z. B. T. Cox giving the devotional. The eight members participated in a discussion of “Hidden Answers.” Cake and coffee Were served. Thomas P. Inabinett, religious edu cation director of North and South Carolina Disciples of Christian churches addressed the Woman’s Council Monday afternoon on “Our American Heritage,” summarizing the early history of this chumh and giving part of Alexander Campbell’s' address in which he named 13* points for the new church body to follow. A trio composed of Misses Ruth Moore, Ann Bynum and Gayle Flana-' gan were introluced by Mrs. W. A' Pollard, Jr. They sang “Lo a Rose E’er Blooming” and Miss Moore sang Handel’s “Largo.” ' The opening hymn, “Open My Eyes,” was announced by the presi dent, Mrs. Ted Albritton, and was followed by a prayer led by Rev. Z. B. T. Cox. After the business ses-1 sion, the devotional entitled “Our! Church Heritage” was presented by Mrs. Aaron Tumage . ’ Repeating of the missionary bene — ■’1 ~ "» ijjiy—■■ 1 ";i ALL RACES REPRESENTED AT CLEVELAND YOUTH CONFERENCI (Editors note: The followup: article on the Methodist Youth Conference was written for The Enterprise by Miss Edna Boone, youth leader and director of ratal work for Methodists in the Famrville-WalstonbUrg area. Others from this section who attend* ed the Conference were Aaron Ty son, Farmville, Ramona Rouse, Margaret Fields and Phillip Shirley, Walstonbuegv) As I met with some 9,000 youth and 1,000 adult leaders in the public auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio, for the nation-wide Methodist Youth Con ference, never before had I realized so fully the challenge there is for the of today. The conference lasted- from December 30 to January % but we who attended this con ference shall remember it for many Bomber pla -S — . ** . dov.s Qormiijf)] into irere Norfolk To Service February h The State Utilities Commisaic Tuesday authorised the Norfo Southern Railway to discontinue pa senger service on its Raleigh-Norfo trains. The Norfolk Southern will co: tinue to operate the mail and expre sections of the suspended train, ■was explained, bdt ivill remove ti passenger coaches. The train no makes one round trip daily betwei Raleigh and Norfolk. R»rmville\ one of the stops on the schedule. Evidence presented at a hearing < December 22 disclosed, the Commi sion stated, that the passenger trai frequently has reached its stations I Raleigh and Norfolk during the pa year carrying only one fare-payix rider. Strong protests to its removal wm filed by representatives of railrd* unions and by chambers of common but none of the protestants present* testimony at the Commission hea: ing. Several months ago, the railroe company started a move to remox the train entirely but the attemi died aborning when strong protest were filed by towns along the line. Since part of the Norfolk Souther route extends thorugh Virginia, tl status of the Norfolk-Ruleigh ru beyond the North Carolina lir hinges on the decision of Virginia State- Corporation Commission. £ diction adjourned the meeting. Floe baskets of gladioli were used in th assembly room. Episcopal Presiding over the first meeting o the new year at the Episcopal avurili ary Monday afternoon was Mrs. R. C Copenhaver who was chosen presi dent in December. FdHowmg th scripture reading and prayer, she an nounced that Mrs,* John D. Dixo: would again serve as box work chair man and that Mrs. Will Jones, Jr would be Christian social relation chairman. Members were asked t bring their contributions for an over seas box to the next meeting. Miss Helen Smith, retiring presi dent, was presented, a gift by Mrs Alex Rouse from the auxiliary, afte which a short prayer closed the ses sion. Mrs. W. T. Candler, hostess, serve fruit cake topped with whippe cream, and coffee. Methodist Officers for 1948 were installed a the Monday afternoon meeting of th< Woman’s Society of Christian ser vice in the church. They are: presi dent, Mrs. R. D. Harris; vice presi dent, Mrs. E. R. Clegg; correspond mg secretary, Mrs. J. W. Parker; re .cording secretary, Mrs. M. W. Rol lins; treasurer, Mra. T. W. Lang local treasurer, Mrs. Wesley Willis secretaries—Social relation and loca church activities, Mrs. B. 0. Turn age; spiritual life, Miss Bettie Joy ner; mission study, Mra Berber Hart; student work, Mrs. S. G. Gard ner; youth work, Miss Edna Boone children’s work, Mrs, Sam Lewis literature and publicity, Mrs. Georgi Moore,-*-.; president of Wesleyaa Service guild, Mrs. G. M. Holden chairmen of Circles J-5, respectively Mrs. R. G, Ruffin, Mrs. B. O. Turn age, Mrs. W. M. Willis, Mrs. C. H Mozingo, end Mrs. J. Y Monk, Jr. communion service chairman, Mrs. E L. Barrett. Mrs. Clegg conducted the de votional using the theme, “Christiaj Stewardship,” with Malachi 8:8-10 a the scriptural reference. She urgei those present to take an inventory o: their lives and sea what contributloi of their time, talents And money ar being made to church work. For the missionary topic Miss Ed - ——i— .-» 1 '• *■' 'll—111'. l ecially for the conference by Done thy Clarke Wilson. Every missio: field of the Methodist church wa represented here, including 36 ns tionals from 21 countries outside th United States, and 16 missionarie from America. We heard such well-known speak era as XJr. Harold a Case, of Pass dena, California; Professor G. Baez Camargo of Mexico; Dr. Richar Raine of Minneapolis^ and Dr. Par Quit lan of Houston, Texas, - 3 a.» a- a a t b pb^ssit - b-t b-b :M: Both the State Department and t Italian Embassy in Washington a reported to , W». treate* with u concern the request from Rome f clarification of the January 2 a notihcemerit that the United Stat Navy is dispatching forcements to its squadron. , , - It is approbated in both quarte that the request, while formal, hi been forced an Rome by outbursts the left-wing Italian press, and th the implication in the request th the reinforcement may affect Italy wide of the marie. The official explanation of tl move is that it is a routine a^jti< to bring flte strength of ahips Mediterranean waters up to the no mal complement «f men. ■ Unofficially, the importance -of tl move lie^hot in that it has bee made, but in that it was announce This sort of thing happens all tl time in the Navy and Army overcei establishments. Normally such tram fers of men are not announced. 1 this case they were announced by tt Navy Bepartmet three days ,afU Undersecretary of State Robert lx vett bad issued a formal statemei warning any country, unspecifiei that recognition of the Greek guei rilla government would have "seriov implications." -■ The-net effect of the two moves i regarded in diplomatic quarters as quiet reminder to pay country Mm Fred C. Darden. Mm J. W. , Parker directed the program. Miss | Annie Peridns, president, read a ) poem about faith for the new year. Gifts sent to the inmates of the , Confederate Women’s home and . those df the Bessie Beal Reed beds , at tuberculosis sanitoriums were re ' ported and plans were made to re , member these people during Valen tine season. Miss Aubrey Gaylor- of Ayden ac companied by Mm John Coward also 1 of Ayden sang a number of selec | tions after which the hostess assist ‘ ed by her daughter, Miss Adelaide, served gelatine topped with whipped ’ cream, crax, fruit cake, hot toasted ’ pound cake and^coffee. Miss Gaylor, Mrs.. Coward, Mrs. ! Dunbar Lamar and Mm Mary Lewis Lang were special guests, Mm Da mar and. Mm Lang being welcomed j as new members. . [ Friends will be glad to learn that ’ Mrs. L. E. Jones continues to. im . prove, though slowly. > CHRISTIAN CHURCH DEDICATES * GIFTS IN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY 1 (tfy Mrs. uoya smitft) Sunday, January 4, 1948, was ob served as dedication Sunday by the Farmvi He Christian Church. , The chancel was artistically dec 5 orated with ivy and cathedral candles in the background, flahkedwith bas i kets of gladioli, presented by Mrs, s Winifred Lang in memory of her hus* » band, James Lang. J Donald Baueom, in the absence oi i Mrs. Henrietta Williamson, presiding i at the organ, and the choir, under the - able leadership of Mrs. W. A. Pol lard, Jr., rendered beautiful and in t spiring musical selections appropri r a At Hie Kiwanis Club * Sam Btindy, whose experience in * Kiwanis activities includes the presi 8 deney* of the Tarboro club and the 8 governorship ,of the Garohnas dis ' trict, Monday night installed officers 5 who will serve the Farmville dub' in f 1948. Louis Williams was installed as 1 president, succeeding Alex Allen, i who received a thundering round of - applause as he made his sincere, farewell address and turned the ga vel over to his successor. John C. . Parker replaces Louis as vice presi I dent and Jim Hoekaday succeeded John as secretary. Directors are Sam Bundy, John D. ■ Dixon, Ben Lewis, Ernest Petteway, Charles Edwards, Jake Fields, Earl ’ Holmes and Seth Barrow. President Lewis announced his , committee appointments as follows: , Program and public relations—John Phrker, Jim Hoekaday, Bob Fiser. j Attendance—Ernest Petteway, Bil-j ly Smith, Frank Harris. Inter-dub Relations and Educa . tion—Sam Bundy, Henry Johnson, j Jake Fields. Agriculture—Carl Hicks, Alex Al lien, Jack Lewis. - Underprivileged Child and Vocsir tional Guidance—Earl Holmes, Ben . Lewis, Zeb Whitehurst, Edgar Bar rett - Finance, Laws and Regulations— , Bernice Tumage, Jim Joyner, Dan ! Jones. Membership and Classification' — , Charles Edwards, Lewis Allen, John Dixon. House and Reception — Bill Gar , ner, Grady Gilchrist, Charles Quin erly, Roderick Harris. Business Standards and . Public Af ! fairs—Ernest Clegg, Alton Bobbitt, David Harris, Emerson Smith. Support of Churches — Hubert Joyner, Carol Modlin, Ferd Satter thwaite. Bdys and Girls Youth Organiza tion—Howard Moye, Ted Albritton* Rod Williams, Sam Lewis. Music—Zesely Cox, George Allen, Pratt Gaskins. Achievement Reports — Seth Bar row, Frank Allen, Louis Williams. The club’s . welfare fund was boosted by donations from Carol Modlin, Sam Lewis and Rod Williams, who celebrated birthdays recently. $655 Realized From Sale Of T. B. Seals Farmville and community contri buted $665 to the annual tuberculosis seal sale which closed the day before Christmas, foiling $34.50 short of the amount contributed last year. Coun ty-wide returns totaled $7,362. The high school contributed $65.02 and the colored Bchool tamed in $57. Professor H, B. Sugg, who was chairman of the drive in'the colored schools of the county, reported that $432.17 Was collected. In a letter to the Literary club, sponsors of the local seal sale, Mrs. Malcolm Simpson, of Greenville, county ehairaan, stated that plans are now underway for a mass X-ray survey in the next few months which will be free to every citizen of the county. Additional contributions will be ac cepted by „the Literary club chair man, Miss Tabitha DeVisconti, who says that some citizens may have •overlooked returning the money for J seals or bonds in the Christmas (rush. lgg 01 near snow of her mother, Mrs. memory of 3ai ks a deacon of Hammoad organ, for How to balance the food budget— that is the No. 1 household problem for 1948. Such careful analysts as Paul S. Willis, president of the Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc., Gordon & Corbaley, president of the American Institute of Foo 1947, 47 billion, dollars were spent for food, j compared with 43 billions in 1946 end 24 billions in 1939. This in cludes all food sales by restaurants, farms and stores. That the increased costs of food mean more discriminating purchasers is indicated in Mr. Gorbaley’s re port that people want fbod that “tastes right.” He notes that prices ' are more important to households than they were a year ago, but that tiie food products must be good. He expects keen competition and in- ' creased sales effort the next year be tween the manufacturers of known brands. In Mr. Corbaley’s opinion, the wise grocer will learn what his customers like to eat and reduce his stocks of of nonpopular merchandise. What is going on in meat produc tion is clear in the light of Mr. Cor baley’s statement that packers are so confident of diminishing supplies in 1948, that they are storing a lot of meat rather than marketing now. According to Mir. Willis, the ex pected 146-pu.ind average meat sup- • ply for each civilian in 1948 is 10 pounds less than 1947, hut 20 pounds “ more than the 1935-39 average. Possibility that price controls may be imposed apparently is not anti cipated with very great concern by the food industry. The fact that 1948 ip a-presidential election year will \f~ mean that the food situation may be diffused by political maneuvering, ob serves Mr. Willis. r Aiviii riLiJuu unvLiD SIXTH STRAIGHT VICTORY (Held aver from last week) Farmville girls won their sixth straight basketball game Monday night, defeating Grimesland by the score of 23 to 12. High scorers for Farmville were Faye - Corbett; 10, points, Jean Baker, 8, and Joyce Cqt bett, 4. Jean Bynum scored 1. The team work of the girls was unusual ly fine. Edwards led the Grimesland scorers with nine points* The Farmville boys also won over Grimesland, 27-20. Edward Allen and Sidney Carraway scored 10 points each. Dan Satterthwaite bagged 4, Carson Windham, 2, and Wilbur Ben nett, 1. Wainwright scored eight points to set the pace for the losers. On December 30 the Farmville alumni defeated the school team 34 to 24. Bob Baylor, Julian Smith, Bobby Butts, Bobby Russell, Jack'Willis, James Bennett, James Corbett, Thur man Joyner sum! Melvin Ellis com posed the alumni team. Playing on the regular team were Johnnie Barrett, Dan Satterthwaite, Dewey Hathaway, Sidney Carraway, Edward Alien, Wilbur Bennett and Frink Dupree. FARMVILLE GIRLS LOSE FIRST GAME* OF SEASON