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VOLUME THIRTY-EIGHT FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL SO, 1948 NUMBER FIFTY-ONE FAEMVIXXE EVERY DAY! (By Thompson Greenwood) BOILING MAD — Teachers are boiling mad at Charles Johnson, State Treasurer and candidate for Govern or, for his failure—and his wife’s and son’s failure—to register and vote for better schools in Raleigh’s special school supplement election held a few days ago. The vote carried by a com fortable margin, anyhow, but many an educational leader is now pro fessing dobuts about Johnson’s sin cerity when he talks of “more aid to education^” CONTRAST—By contrast, there was a special school election in Ala mance county on March 9. Kerr Scott, candidate for Governor, and members of the Scott family registered and voted for the bond issue for better schools. Scott went to considerable inconvenience to cast his vote for the schools, because he had other en gagements elsewhere in the State that day. But he made sure that he voted. He and Mrs. Scott were first at the polls on March 9. IN 98—The Charles Johnson head quarters announced last week that organization has been completed in all but two counties of the 100 in North Carolina. They say they are leaving Durham (Oscar Barker’s home county) and Alamance (Scott’s native county) alone. That’s a joke. One of the main laborers—Curly Sanders—in the Johnson camp in Ra leigh practices law in Burlington, has represented the county in the Legis lature. In this situation, it would seem almost impossible for the John son forces to overlook Alamance, no matter what they say. And, as for Durham, a little fellow over in Dur ham who is opposed to Barker has i made several trips from Durham to Raleigh to get placards of Johnson. Charles Johnson iB out to get votes wherever he can find them.'. . and any to the contrary is a lot of ring-around-the-rosy. THE MACHINE — Tom Bost, Greensboro Daily News writer, Lloyd Griffin of the N. C. Citizens Asso ciation, and others of their school of thought have made Remarks lately to the effect that “there is no such thing as a machine in North Caro lina.” Well, there is, whether they see it as such or'not. When you are a candidate and you have the State Highway Department, with it? hundreds and hundreds of employees, and the State Revenue Department, with its employees cov ering every section of North Carolina for you, brother, you have the ma chine with you. Another important wheel in this machine is the Governor through his natural influence and the appointments he has made and can make. Sandy Graham, head of the State Highway Department, is for Johnson, and so is Edwin Gill, head of the State Revenue Department. So is Gov ernor Cherry. And that, friend, is what people mean when they say that Johnson is a “machine man.” Johnson has said that he has a lot of wealthy men on his side. They con stitute another important portion of the machine. All of this machine is for Johnson. ACTION—Kerr Scott is known as a man of action. Well, he got it. Just a week after he turned the spotlight on Treasurer Charlie Johnson’s fail ure to get interest on $170,000,000 in State bank deposits, the Council of State, called by Governor Cherry, got , busy and put $16,000,000 of it out on interest That means the State will get over $150,000 per year extra to pay school teachers and other State employees without having to dig it out of the taxpayers. WAITING—W. Kerr Scott is still waiting for a reply to a statement he made some time back. .He said in a speech at Wilmington that excessive electric rates being charged by the Tidewater Power Company are eco nomically strangling 16 counties in Southeastern North Carolina. He has had scores of letters and some tele grams and telephone calls praising him for his stand on this situation. P. S.—At the same time Scot! Dental Delegate DR PAUL" E. JONES Has been chosen by the North Car olina Dental Society as its delegate to the National Dental Association’s annual convention. North Carolina dentists held their meeting this week in Asheville. Dr. Jones and Dr. Frank Harris attended the meeting. LOCAL M. Y. F. WILL ENTERTAIN SUB-DISTRICT The Farmville Methodist Youth fellowship will be host to the Wilson sub-district Thursday night, May 6, at 7:30 o’clock. Fellowships included in this sub-district, which holds bi monthly meetings, are Farmville, Elm City, Evansdale, Pinetops, Ken ly, Stantonsburg and Wilson. Officers elected recently who will be installed are John Moore, Wilson, president; Bob Morgan, Farmville, vice president; Pat Branch, Lucama, secretary-treasurer. A social hour will be held after the meeting, , JAYCEES will have dance IN GYMNASIUM MAY 8 The Farmville Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a dance in the high school gymnasium on Saturday night, May 8, at 8:30. _ tified—and so wrote him several years ago—at his regular attendance upon Sunday School and preaching services, and especially that he sel dom misses our monthly meeting of the officers. “He is an Elder in . our church— and a good Elder. He has been Dea con, Church Treasurer, has taught a Sunday School class, has been a Trus tee of the church since 1929, and Rul ing F 'der since 1933.” At all sessions of the Board of Ag riculture—■and. this is so unusual that it is pitiful in Ralegh—the meetings were opened with a word of prayer. NOTES — Scott is always preach ing for better rural churches. He says too many men grow up in the coun try, go to the city, become success ful, support the eity church and make it rich, meantime forgetting the lit tle church which nurtured them and kept them on the right track in the days of their youth. Several employees of the S&W Cafeteria were forced to remove their Scott buttons last week after the management received complaints from Johnson people, who also eat there. C. Sylvester Green, editor of the Durham Morning Herald, reported upon his return from Washington Fri day that virtually all the N. C. Con gressmen seem to be privately for Scott. He might have added that the dean of them all, R. L. Doughton, is also publicly for Kerr Scott. Raleigh hears that John Kerr, Jr., of Warrenton, is pretty sore about Tom Pearsall’s being put in line for Governor eight years hence instead of himself. Hookerton, Alonzo Edwards of Farm Bureau leader, member of the State School Board, and veteran ag riculturist and legislator, has real opposition this time for his seat in the House from Greene county. Op posing him is R. E. Mayo, partner in the Florence-Mayo Nuway company. The long-awaited history of the N. C. Agriculture Department may still be a long way off; Jim Robinson, who was employed to write it, work ed approximately 18 months on it. The material is already in type. But the powers that be in the agriculture department were a little skittish of it. They didn’t want a repetition of the Jule Warren affair, which kick ed up such a rucus. The material was turned over to a committee head ed by Dr. C. C. Crittenden, head of Farmville Church Is Host To Presbytery The 118th stated session of Alber marie Presbytery of the, Presbyterian church, embracing 26 counties in eastern North Carolina, met in the FTarm villa Presbyterian church on Tuesday, April 20, with the Rev. E. S. Coates as hoBt pastor. Dr. J. W.- Hassell, executive secre tary of home missions and retiring moderator, preached the opening ser mon on “The Decrees of God.” The Communion service was conducted by the host pastor and the elders of the church. The Rev. Paul Ausley, pas tor at Elizabeth City, was elected the new moderator.' The Rev. R. T. Baker of New Bern was named permanent clerk to assist the stated cSerk, the Rev. Lawrence Kessler, of Leggetts. The following new ministers were received into the Presbytery: the Rev. Claude G. Pepper, by transfer from Savannah Presbytery, Ga.; and the Rev. C. D. Patterson, by transfer from Atlanta Presbytery. The Rev. Mr. Pepper will be installed at the Pinetops Presbyterian .church and the Rev. Mr, Patterson at the Meadow brook church in Greenville. , James I. Lowry, a candidate for the ministry, was ordained by the Pres bytery. The Rev. Mr. Lowry will soon be installed as pastor of the WiHiamston group of churches. The Presbytery named the follow ing commissioners to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States which will meet in Atlanta in May: The Rev. Nor man Johnson of Rocky Mount and the Rev. Harold J. Dudley, D. D., of Wil son, as minister; and Dr. W. L. Hand of New Bern and R. L. Corbett of Macclesfield, as elders. Alternates were: The Rev. Sam Zealy of Wash ington, the Rev. Parul Ausley, J. T. Sadler of Tarboro, R. A. Perry of Wilson and Johnnie Mitchell of Ahos kie. ‘ • The Rev. Sam Zealy presented tne report on evangelism, showing that 866 were added during the year which closed March 31 on confession of faith and 369 by letter of transfer, nearly two hundred higher than the previous year. The nominating committee named the following committee members: Assembly's .training school, the B jv. Claude G. Pepper; sessional records, the Rev. James I. Lowry and M. P. McKeel, Washington; woman’s work, the Rev. E. S. Coates, Jr.; Farm ville; Negro work, the Rev. E. L. Oakes, the Rev. S. A. Ewart, and W. P. Adcock. J. Nat Harrison of Greenville re ported that $79,000 was raised by the Laymen’s Home Missions Campaign. Dr. Harold J. Dudley reported fo* the honie missions committee that nearly $£0,000 was expended during the year in this department. MRS. EASLEY SPEAKS AT WASHINGTON RALLY Misses Pat Corbett, president, Jan et Stansill, Elsie May, Gertrude Bundy, Lula Belle Moore and Nancy Lu Moore and Mrs. W. H. Moore, Jr., adviser; were among the 275 mem bers of the Presbyterian Youth fel lowships and their leaders who at tended the annual spring rally held in the First Presbyterian church, Wash ington, Sunday afternoon. Elsie pre sented the story of the year’s theme picture, “The Walk to Emmaus.” Rev. E. S. Coates, pastor of the Farmville Presbyterian church, assisted with closing communion service. Mrs. William Easley, adult adviser for the presbytery, made a talk at the Sunday School hour on “My Brother and L” She was the fourth speaker for the retreat which dosed with the 11 o’clock service. Present for the retreat, held at Camp Leach Saturday and Sunday, was Miss Elizabeth May.; Miss Jen Easley accompanied her mother to Washington. JUNIORS AND SCOUTS TO BUILD HUT JOINTLY At a called meeting last Monday night of six committee members from the Junior Woman’s club and three Girl Scout committee members, it was decided that the Girl Scoufs and Junior Woman’s dub would jointly build the Sbout hut. A rough outline of the proposed building was sub mitted to George Windham, builder, who, the following day at the Junior Woman’s club meeting, gave an esti mate of costs. The hut will have one large room with fireplaces at either end, two small rooms, a bath, storage closet and a back porch. Activities Of Local Church Organizations Christian Thirteen members were present for the meeting of Group 1 in the home of Mrs. Fred Smith Monday night. Mrs. Clifton Jones had the devotion id which was followed by a prayer of fered by Mrs. Sue Robinson. The dis cussion of “Hidden Answers” closed the program. In lieu of serving refreshments Mrs. Smith made a donation to the treasury. Completing the second half of “Committed unto Us,” mission study book for the Christian Woman’s council, was the review given Thurs day evening by Mrs. Z." B. T. Cox. Mrs. Ted Albritton, council presi dent, entertained at a social hour in the basement following the review. Lime sherbert punch was poured by Mrs. R. E. Pickett. Mre. R. V. Fiser served cakes, 'decorate*! with roses. Assisting in serving were Theodora Albritton and Mrs. Howard MOye. Pink peanuts and pink and white mints were passed. Pink roses flanked by pink candles formed the table centerpiece. In appreciation of her services, Mrs. Cox was remembered with a gift. Mrs. .Toe H. Moore was in charge of the “Hidden Answers” at Group 3 Tuesday evening. Corinthians 13 .was the basis of Mrs. Florence Thome’s devotional. The chairman, Mrs. Arch Flanagan, conducted the business ses sion when plans for supplying the church with flowers for the coming months were made. Strawberry shortcake and peanuts were served by the hostess, MrS. C. L. Ivey, to 10 members. Baptist The presentation of a certificate de noting that the group was rated A-l during the past year was one of the highlights of the Y. W. A. meeting Thursday evening with the president, Miss’ Myrtle Nichols, as hostess. She showed the certificate won for the Second consecutive year which was given at the Roanoke | association council meeting held early in the month in Rocky Mount. Miss Nichols, who along with six others attended the meeting, was elected vice presi dent of the Association. Plans wete made for the group to assist with [Bible school, to study the manual at. the business meetings and to support the Nursery department of the, Sunday school. , ’Prior to the business session, Mrs. H. D. Johnson, adviser, used the topic “Divine Life through Human Chan nels” as the devotional and read Pro verbs 24:10-12 and Matthew 25:31, 34, 36. Prayer followed. The hostess served lime ice, indivi dual cakes topped with green coconut and mints. The meeting was held in the home of the hostess’s sister, Mrs. Chester Outland. Episcopal Mrs. Frank Williams was hostess to the Altar guild Tuesday evening. The directress, Mrs. John D. Dixon, had charge of the devotional, open ing prayers and creed. With Mrs. Dixon as leader, mem bers discussed customs of the church. Coconut cream pie and coffee were served during the social period. Catholic Saturday, May 1, a high mass will be celebrated at St. Elizabeth’s church at 8:30 in the morning. The choir will be composed of young lad ies of the parish. Father Loyola O’ Leary will deliver the sermon. The topic of the sermon will be on the Blessed Virgin Mary in whose honor the month is dedicated. Sunday is the Fifth Sunday after Easter. The mass will be celebrated at 9:30 in the morning. FARMYILLE SOLDIER NOW STATIONED IN JAPAN Technical Sergeant John P. Batts, son of Mrs. J. P. Butts of 111 West Home avenue, is now serving with the Honor 'Guard of the 34th Infan try Division. The Honor Guard/ the troops of the.24th Division School Center, are hand picked men of the 19th Regiment, a unit of'the famed “Victory” Division. The 24th Divi sion now occupies the entire island of Kyushu, third largest, southern most and most scenic of the Japanese home islands. Butts arrived in Japan in January, 1947, and was assigned to the 19th Regiment. Since, his enlistment in the Army in 1940, Butts has been to seven different camps throughout the United States and was also at Port Davis in the Panama Canal Zone. Snow Hill Pastor Is D. A. R. Speaker At the Saturday afternoon meeting of the Snow Hill Colonel Alexander McAllister chapter, daughters of the American Revolution, in the home of Mrs. N. P. Palmer of Hookerton, members voted to give a scholarship to Crossnore school and agreed to bring used clothing to the next meet ing to be sent to this school in the mountains. Mrs. J. H. Darden, chairman of the nominating committee, read the fol lowing slate of officers which were accepted: Mrs. J. W. Parker, regent; Mrs. H. S. Taylor, Hookerton, vice regent; Mrs. Palmer, registrar; Mrs. P. W. Carroll, Hookerton, recording secretary; Mrs. Fred C. Darden, cor responding secretary; Mrs. J. I. Mor gan, Sr., treasurer; Miss Payne Ffciggs, Hookerton, chaplain; Mrs. E. j'Y. Lovelace, Crisp, librarian; Mrs. Ernest Hardy, Hookerton, historian. .. Summaries of newspaper articles on the national congress were read by Mrs. Parker. The chaplain’s service, conducted by Miss Suggs, was entit led “Broken Lives.” Rev. J. D. Young, pastor of the Snow Hill Methodist church, address ed the group on “Does America Live behind Venetian Blinds or an Iron Curtain?” He pointed out that people who live behind Venetian blinds can let the light in and see when a neighbor needs help, while those who live behind iron curtains cannot see out. Welcomed as new members were Mrs. J. M. Hobgood, Mrs. Kate Rey nolds of Greenville and Miss Annie Perkins. Special guests were Rev. and Mrs. Young. Strawberry shortcake, nuts and coffee were served' by the hostess who had roses and other spring flow ers in her home. SCOTT ft BRIGHT FORM NEW LEAF TOBACCO FIRM ( From Western Tobacco Journal) The Scott and Bright Tobacco com pany, to operate as leaf tobacco dealers in handling all types of Ame rican grown tobaccos, for domestic and foreign trade, has been formed by R. S. Scott of Farmvilld, N. C., and C. B. Bright of Louisville, Ky., both of whom have had more than thirty years experience in the leaf tobacco .business. Messrs. Scott and Bright until re cently were associated with the Falls City Tobacco company of' Louisville, of which Mr. Bright was vice presi dent, while Mr. Scott was in charge of the company’s bright flue-cured purchases. The new partnership will operate offices at 910 West Main street in Louisville and at 306 South Main street in Farmville, with Mr. Bright in chdrge of the Louisville division; and Mr. Scott in charge at Farmville. Mr. Bright started his career in ,the tobacco business with the form er Louisville Tobacco Warehouse com pany in the days of the hogshead markets, and later became vice presi- j dent and general manager of the Louisville Loose Leaf Tobacco Ware-! house company prior to going with J Falls City. Mr. Scott before joining; Falls City was vice president, of the A. C. Monk and Company, of Farm ville. ; T. P. A. MEETS TONIGHT FOR REGULAR MONTHLY DINNER Farmville’s unit , of the Travelers Protective Association will have its regular monthly dinner meeting to night (Friday) at Bonnie’s din ing room at 7 o’clock. All .members are urged to be present and to bring a new member. Members are reminded — a new member, a free meal. ' HAROLD ALLRED IS NEW MANAGER LOCAL THEATRE Harold Allred of Sanford has taken | over the management of the Para mount theatre, succeeding Ralph Bass, who is being transferred to an other town in which the Everett En terprises, owner of a 'chain of mov ing picture houses, has interests. Mr. Bass hrs made many friends in Farmville who regret that' business interests demand the change. Mr, Allred has been with the chain a number of years and comes to Farmville highly recommended. CAROLINA TRAIL,WAYS CHANGES SCHEDULES Carolina Tratways has Announced, effective Saturday^ May 1, schedule changes on its system which affect the arrival and departure time of some of the buses serving Farmville. This announcement is made by W. Glenn Humphrey, traffic manager of the coach firm. 1 Mr. Humphrey states that these changes are made to provide a great er spread "of service and more con venient departures as summer and vacation travel also states that At The Rotary Club . . The Rotary Club voted Tuesday evening to meet May 10 at 6:30 with the Kiwanis club to hear a speech by 3. M. Broughton, former governor. Manly Idles draw the attendance prize given by W. A. McAdams. C. L. Langley, program chairman, read long and tall stories. -- Local Students In Fashion Show The Pitt county home economics students are sponsoring Vocational Home Economics Day in Greenville at Wright auditorium, East Carolina Teachers college, on Friday, April 30, at 2 o’clock. Mothers of the stu dents and others interested in the home economics program are invited to attend Building for Better living will be the theme of the meeting, over which Irene McGowan of Chicod, president of the Pitt county chapter, Future Homemakers of America, wffll pre side^ The program, will be as follows: Devotional—Sue Jackson, Ayden. Group singing—Mrs. Leon Tyson, directing. ■ ' . Purposes and aims of Pitt county Vocational Day—Bethel and Grimes land classes. Panel discussion, "Your Family and Mine”—Greenville. Fashion show directed by Farm ville students, with students from all the other schools participating. Emblem Service of FHA—Winter ville. Seven high schools in the county have vocational home economics de partments. Directors and the schools in which they teach are: Mrs. Elsie B. Edwards, Ayden; Miss Nora Lee Hinnant, Bethel; Mre. Thelma W. Page, Chicod; Miss Ruth Parker, Farmville; Mrs. Edna James and Miss Alice Strawn, Greenville; Mrs. Elea nor W. Watkins, Grimesland; Miss Alya Rae Taylor, Winterville. Miss Taylor is chairman of the Pitt county group. GARDEN CLUB HEARS ROCKY MOUNT SPEAKER Mrs. C. B. Worrell, member of a Rocky Mount florist’s staff, speaking before the Garden club Monday after noon, told of current trends in cor sage and flower arrangements and demonstrated each. Some of the points she brought out in her talk were a list of annuals to plant now, how to plant and care for roses, azaleas and peonies, the best time to cut rose blooms and how to keep cut flowers fresh longer. In judging flower arrangements carried by members, die awarded f crystal vase of mixed flowers to Mrs. J. A. Mewbom for her bowl of American Beduty roses. Mrs. Claude Tyson, who was hos tess, used wisteria; peonies; red, cream and white roses throughout the house. The dining table was cover ed with" a cutwork linen cloth and centered with red ropes arid narcissus flanked by crystal candelabra holding white cafeifcs. Evergreens and red roses fijwre' on the mantle. Ribbdri sandwiches, pickles, olives, crackers,' salted nuts, mints and cookies were served. Mis. Worrell poured fruit punch. Special guests included ;Ben nett Fields, Mrs. Leon Jonfesi- JMrs. C. L. Langley and Mrs. Fred TSmith. Each person present Was presented autumn glory, oxalis and ageratum plants, clematis' vines and crotalaria seed. ! VETERANS WHO LOSE CHECKS SHOULD NOTIFY VA AT ONCE Veterans -who lose subsistence, pen sion or compensation checks should immediately notify the Veterans Ad ministration Regional Office at Win ston-Salem, James D. Walters, who is in charge of the Greenville VA office, has announced. He said an ex-serviceman losing such a check should write a letter giving his full name and address, his chum number and the date and the amount of the check. The veteran should also state what the check was for and the circumstances surround ing its loss. ' On being notified of the loss of the check, the VA determines first if it may have been found and returned to the U. S. Treasury. If so, the check will be re-mailed to the veteran. If not found, VA requests the Treasury to stop payment and take steps to reimburse the veteran. A veteran who finds his check after having, reported its loss should noti fy the VA immediately and hold the check until he has been advised by the Treasury On Sunday evening, May 2, at 8 o’clock Wesley Community Methodist church will observe its first anniver sary of the church and the fifth an niversary of the Sunday School. The growth of this Sunday School into what is now known as, the Wes ley church is very interesting. Many years ago there was in the minds of several men the idea or de sire that there might be some way in which the church could reach the people in that community, a few miles north of Farmville on Greenville highway, now known as the Wes ley community. With this thought in mind, a Sunday School was formed and it met for the first tune on the first Sunday in May, 1943. For four years the Sunday School > struggled against many obstacles, trials and hardships. The main prob lem to confront it was finding a place to meet, for the members con tinually found it necessary to move from place to place. It was during these years that, under the leadership of the Rev. Key Taylor of Waftston burg, plans were made to build a church to serve this community. With the aid of many interested persons,' such a building was begun, and on the first Sunday in May. 1947, this building was completed enough to have Sunday School here for the first time. At the quarterly conference held in Walstonbnrg in October, Wesley was officially established as a church, and in November, at the annual confer ence, the new church of Wesley was added to the Walstonliurg charge. The pastor, Rev. 'taylor, preached the first sermon in the new building on the third Sunday in November. Revival services were held in Decem ber and the names of 50 charter membra were placed oh the church roll. The following program is planned, for the anniversary service: - Prelude and call to worship by the choir, made up of members of the youth fellowship. Hymn—“The Church’s One Foun dation.” Scripture and prayer by H. C. Ty son.' Responsive reading and offering. Offertory prayer—Mark Mozingo. A, quartet composed of R. L., W. E. and David Fulford and Henry Ty son will sing. The Beginner, Primary and Junior departments of the Sun day School will sing and poems will be read by Archie Dawson Jones and Vividn Morgan. After special,music, Aaron Tyson will read the history of the church and the service will be closed by sing ing “Blest Be the Tie That Binds,” followed by the benediction. f MRS. BEECHER FLANAGAN IS • NEW PRESIDENT PITT NCEA Mrs. Beecher Flanagan of Winter ville bus been selected to succeed Mrs. Herman Baker of Farmville as president of the Pitt county unit, North Carolina Education Associa tion. Fodie Hodges of Belvoir school was elected vice president. The annual dinner meeting was held Wednesday of last week in the Wom an’s club, Greenville. Mrs. Baker presided. L. L. Mur ray delivered the invocation and the welcoming address was given by J. T. Biggers of Winterville. Dr. Paul E. Jones of Farmville, a member of the Board of Education, responded. Introduced by D. H. Conley, Eli Bloom of Greenville entertained the group and Sam D. Bundy of Farm ville spoke on “Teachers Should Know Better.” L’e was introduced by Mrs. Baker. EMERSON SMITH APPOINTED INSURANCE CLAIM ADJUSTER mm : D. Emerson Smith on Monday of this week took over his new duties as claim adjuster for the Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York. He has been assigned the northeast ern section of North Carolina, the territory between Elizabeth City and Difrhatn, and will have headquarters in Raleigh. Mr. Smith, who has been associated with the Pitt County Insurance Agen cy here, ia the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Leslie Smith. : : ? ■M - 'mzA a JACK FREEDMAN’S BROTHER OCAL STORE PARTNER IN LOCAL
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