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FARMVILLE, PTIT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1849
NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN
VOLUME THIErr-MNE
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Activities Of
The Legislature
The 1949 General Assembly ended
its second full week slightly ahead
of its immediate predecessor in
the number of bills introduced. It is
now entering the stage when bill in
troductions should reach their peak;
the sessions will be relatively short
and most of the work of the legisla
tors will be in the committees. It has
been a very quiet legislature to date.
There has not been the usual amount
of speculation, either public o? pri
vate, on the date of- final adjourn
ment, and such predictions as have
been offered differed greatly. Only
one pattern seems definitely to have
been set, and that is jhat all legisla
tion relating to alcoholic beverages
will go to the Propositons and Grie
vances committees; from there all
prohibition measures will have to go
to the Finance committees because of
their revenud features. The wide va
riety in the types of legislation in
troduced thus far will be observed
from -the comments appearing later in
this article.
On Monday night Governor beou
delivered his special message on]
roads to a joint session of the Senate (
and House calling for a $200 million'
bond issue to finance the hard-sur-j
facing of 12,000 miles of the state’s,
rural roads. He proposed that the
debt service on these bonds be met
by money to be raised by an increase]
of lc per gallon in the gasoline tax
and from amounts now budgeted to ^
pay the debt service on the old high
way bonds which will have been sub- ^
stantially retired by the time the new (
bond requirements become large. He |
also proposed that an anti-diversion
clause be written into the law which (
would prevent highway funds from
being used for any purposes except
those for which they are now used,
during the life of these bonds.
Shortly before the Governor spoke,'
advocates of increasing the funds al-,
located to cities for maintaining state.
highways within city limits put in HB j
54, which would give municipalities1
lc of the present gasoline tax, one j
half of this fund to be distributed on
the basis of population and the other,
half on the basis of state highway
mileage within the cities and towns.
SB 52 and HB 59, identical bills,
were introduced on Wednesday em
bodying the proposed $200 million of
20-year bonds to be voted on by the j
people of the state on a date set by
the Governor prior to July 1, 1949,
with the anti-diversion clause includ
ed in the bills. So far, these bills re
main' in the Roads committee.
Reflecting sentiments aired in dis
trict meetings of county commission
ers last'summer, SB 43 introduced on
Monday'night seeks to discourage old
persons from going on the relief rolls
if they have children able to provide
for their needs, or at least to give
the contributing governments a
chance to recover what they have
spent in Old Age Assistance if the
recipient owns real property. The
bill would create a lien against any
real property a recipient may own for
all Old Age Assistsance payments
received after October 1, 194®. To
safeguard against possible hardship,
it is provided that this lien cannot be
enforced so long as the property con
cerned is occupied as a homesite by
the surviving spouse or dependent
minor child of the recipient.
SB 22 and HB 22, companion bills
designed to have the state govern
ment provide assistance to those
needy persons who do not come with
in the statutes granting aid to de
pendent children and the aged, a
field presently left to the local gov
ernments, are still under Committee
consideration.
Under the present law the domes
tic relations court judge must inves
tigate concerning children whose pa
rents are involved in a divorce action;
HB 79 would transfer this duty to
the county superintendent of public
welfare and require him to report, his
findings to the judge, who must de
termine the custody question. The
same bill would reduce the waiting
period required for divorce from an
insane husband or wife from ten to
five years. Further protection of the
family motivates HB. 81, which would
make the abandonment of an adopted
child equally criminal with abandon
ment of a natural child, and make
criminal the abandonment of a wife
physically or mentally unable to sup
port herself, as well as the abandon
ment of a defective child even after
it reaches the age of 18.
Building on the foundation provid
ed lb existing law for segregating
youthful first offenders from hard
enad criminals in state prisons, HI
7# would convert the Prisoner ol
War area at state-owned Cami
kajtaw the age of 25 serving theii
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Bonnie O’Grady. S. of Arlington, Mass., drinking, from nature’s
own thermos bottle, enjoys the biggest five-cent drink in Puerto
Rico at Isla Verde, P. R. The vendor shows how he slices off top
of cocoanut with razor-sharp machete before serving the cool
drink with a sanitiry straw.
censing would be accorded farm trac
tors under identical bills, SB 54 and
HB 92, but to be eligible the tractors
would have to be used only in trans
porting farm implements, supplies
arid .products. r
The requirement that real proper
ty be assessed quadrennially received
attention iaS HIT'86 providing fhat it
may be postponed for the years 1949
and 1950, in the discretion of the
county commissioners. The present
law originally required reassessment
in 1941 and quadrennially thereafter,
but the Legislature has consistently
authorized postponements -^ince the
statute was enacted. The most prob
able interpretation of the proposed a
mendment is that a county may defer
the scheduled 1949 reassessment to
any year prior to the next mandatory
reassessment in 1963.
The week also saw the introdu<?
tioij, of the following bills: HB 82
creating a State Personnel Depart
ment, SB 42 authorizing the establish
ment of a dental school, and HB 114
amending the license tax provisions
with respect to theaters.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Proctor and
Sylvester Proctor of Raleigh were
Sunday guests of their cousins,
Misses Christian, Helen and Huldah
Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S| Schmus of
Portsmouth, Va., spent Saturday
night with Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Turn
age.
At The Ehranis Club
Jake Fields had charge of the
Kiwanis program Monday night and
liad as his guests Brantley Speight ot
Winterville, Dr. Emerson Collins of
the State Extension Service, and Mr.
Johnson of the State Extension Serv
ive. Dr. Collins, introduced by Mr.
Speight, spoke on the advantages of
using proper seeds and fertilizers in
order to produce greater yields per
acre of farm crops. Com and soya
beans were especially stressed as the
coming crops in North Carolina.
Frank Allen was winner of the at
tendance prize;
All members are urged to be pre
sent next Monday night when the
Greenville club will meet with the
Farmville group for the first in a
geries of inter-clfab meetings.
Mr. Beckwith of the John Deere
company was the guest of Frank Al
len.
ATTENDS BOARD. MEETING
Rev. E. W. Holmes, who was elect
ed to the General Board of the North
Carolina Baptist Convention in the
fall, attended his first meeting of the
board in RaleigK last Mo/iday and
Tuesday.
Mrs. Holmes* spent the week in
Marion where die helped the East
Marion Baptist church with an en
largement campaign.
Grifton Trips Farmville In
Upset; Bethel Series Divided
(By Charles W. Joyner)
The Farmfille Lady Devils dead
locked with a sharpshoofing Grifton
sextet at Grifton Tuesday night,
29-29. IJarmville’s Rae' Hathaway
led the way with 13 points. Braxton
of Grifton was second with 11.
Grifton built up an early advantage
of 8-3 in the first quarter. The visit
ing Farmville girls battled.up-hill to
tie the count early.in the third period
and then managed to,pudr out in
front on two long sftots in succession
by J. Morgan. The two teams fought
nip and tuck all the way to the final
minute when Dot Hathaway followed
up an attempt by Rae Hathaway to
give Farmville the lead. The lead
was short-lived, however, as Braxton
tallied in the final 30 seconds and
knotted the count, 29-29.
The scoring: Farmville1—Rae Hath
away, 13; Dot Hathaway, 9; J. Mor
gan, 7. Grifton—Braxton, Ilf Phil
lips, 10; Mumfosd, 7; McLawhom, 1.
The Grifton high school eager* Up
set the Farmville Bed Devils to Grifi
toifr Tuesday night, 61-47. Mumford of
Grifton led the scoring parade with
21 points; Carl King, was high for
the losers with 18.
After leading 20-8 at the dose oi
the first quarter and 26-16 at half
time, Farmville relinquished its lead
as Lewis followed up a rebound
Ewell then tossed, in a free throw and
Rogers \yas good on a long set shot
giving Grifton the load, 46-41.
giving Grifton the lead, 46-41. Tht
locaUteam’then protected this lead oi
four points for the rest of the con
test, thus completing the upset. >
Farmville FG FT PF TI
King 7 4 4 11
Morriss 1 0 0 ‘
Russell 0 1
Ewell
3 2 5 8
Rogers V' 2 1 1 6
Total * 19 13 19 51
The Farmville high school Red
Devils were defeated Friday night by
the strong Bethel Indians, 49-32. The
locals were never able to head the
visitors, holders of the State Class B
championship.
A strong lead df ten points cap
tured by Bethel in the opening min
utes of the contest proved to be the
factor involved in Farmville^ de
feat. Carl King with 12 points was
the individual high scorer and Wors
ley of Bethel with 10 was second. Al
though both beams are in the Pitt
County Conference, the game was not
official. , The Bed Devils still have
dropped only two' contests in regular
conference play this season.
The scoring: Farmville—King, 12;
Morriss. 6; Russell, 3; Dupree, 3;
Morgan, 1; Albritton, 6; Allen, 2;
Windham and Cannon.
Bethel—Worsley, 10; C. Keel, 6;
Hemingway, 4; House, 8; Smith, 6;
Wm. Keel; Tetterton, 2; F. Keel, 2;
Whitehurst, 6; Barnhill, 2; Bullock,
3; Manning, Anderson and Nelson.
Rhodes .
Jackson, J.
Barfield
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
The Farmville Lady Devils defeat
ed Bethel’s girl cagets Friday night
21-12. On the rebound from a one
point loss to Ayden last week, the
girls were led by Rae Hathaway with
15 points, fhe high scoring Farm
ville center has a season average of
19 points per game. ’
Moore and Crisp led the scoring
parade for Bethel with five points
each.
The locals were exceedingly accu
rate from the free throw line and thi*
£js§jp^ji.
Pitt county tobacco producers who
are eligible may injure for $266 per
acre this year as compared with only
$225 in 1948, according to the Pitt
County Crop Insurance Committee,
composed of B. M. Lewis, chairman,
W. A. House and W. L Biseette.
Mr. Lewis pointed out that the in
creased coverage reduces each insur
ed growers’ liability in the produc
tion of an all-important crop in this
county. An increase in coverage has
been the more frequently requested
change from approximately 2,000 to
bacco growers who participated in the
1948 program. It is true that all
farmers expect to get more then
$265 an acre for their tobacco, so it
is easy to. see that this coverage does
not guarantee the profit the farmers
hope to make; but it is sufficient pro
tection to assure them that “come
what may” in the. way of too much
rain, drought, hail, disease, insects
and other hazards, the growers will
not lose the cost of producing the
crop, or. $265 per here.
1948 marked the beginning of the
Federal Insurance on tobacco in Pitt
county. 1975 tobacco growers pro
tected their crop investments through
an all-risk policy the first time It
was available to them. Those parti
cipating in the program paid prem
iums amounting to a total of
$47,16- 82 of which approximately
olie-sixth or. $7,165.63 has been paid
back to the insured for losses caused
by drought, disease, hail, and drown
aj; various tunes uirougn uie
crop season, weather conditions seem
ed most unfavonable; however, pro
duction records indicate that it was a
pretty good crop year. Even so, as
stated previously, approximately one
sixth of the total premium income
was paid back to those who suffered
losses below $225 per acre. "This to
me,” said Bissette, “is an indication
of what program results would have
been had the unfavrable weather con
ditions lasted a little longer. • Hdd we
had in 1948 the coverage of $265 per
acre, which the Corporation has ex
tended to ite for 1949, the losses paid
to those ^unfortunate growers would
have been much greater.” •
Since the expense of operating the
program is appropriated by Congress
as a service to farmers, premiums not
paid out in losses will be carried over
as an accumulated reserve. Reserve
accumulations resulting .from favor
able loss experience in the county
would eventually make it possible to
reduce the cost of this protection.
Since each county stands on its oyfft
feet in tihs program, it is easy to see
that some reserve has been accumu
lated for Pitt. If Pitt farmers are
fortunate in producing good crops, the
reserve will continue to mount Re
ductio5t)in premium rate will be deter
mined by. Pitt county’s loss experi
ence and participation in the pro
gram. N
Federal Crop Insurance is a busi
ness proposition. _ "It isn’t for the
farmer who , wants something for
nothing,” House stated. Neither is
it for the farmer \rtio only wants to
protect his investment the year that
he feels the ehances are that he may
have a loss. It affords a program of
protection against -unavoidable crop
risks at a very reasonable cost
The committee agreed that, after
all, it is sound business to add a little
tp operating costs to make sure^that
the money and labor spent in pro
ducing a tobacco crop is protected a
gainst loss from causes that the
grower cannot control.
FORMER FARMVILLE RESIDENT
DIES Hi NEW YORK
Monday, will be held here. The body
will arrive this morning (Friday)
train in Wilson, according to word
received'by relatives here, and burial
will take place in Forest Hills ceme
tery. Services were.held yesterday
morning in New York and » brief ser
vice will be conducted at 3 o’clock to
day at the Farjnville 'Funeral Home.
Mrs. Cobb, a native of Puerto Rico,
met hor husband, the late Heber
Cobb, while he was stationed in Puer
to Rica during the Spanish-American
War. She made her home in Farm
vHte until about 10 years ago,* when
she went to her native homtf for a
visit and was unable to return to
America on account of the War.
Green-eyed heiress June Mil
larde, formerly known, as actress'
Toni Seven, created a front
page stir when it- appeared- that
her romance with Sen. Warren
G. Magnuson (D) of Washington
had made the senator late for his
work with the 81st Congress. -
Pictured at her home in Los
Angeles, Miss Millards blamed
“a Republican plot” for the pub
licity they received, and worried
about what harm it might do
the senator’s career. She told of
a recent trip to Seattle to meet
Magnuson’s relatives, but could
see no reason for all the fuss.
At The Rotary Gub
J. Y. Monk, Jr., had the program
at the Rotary club Tuesday night. If
a member failed to answer the ques
tion the program leader asked, he
paid a dime to the March of Dimes
fund and for each correct answer, Mr.
Monk contributed a dime. Collected
for the March of Dimes was $3.?0
with $1.90 coming from the members.
The attendance prize, donated by
R. A". Joyner, was won by G. A.
Rouse, who contributed it to the
March of Dimes.
SEWING SjHOP OPENS
The Ethel Kittrell Shoppe, featur
ing hand-made curtains, draperies,
bridal trousseaux, evening gowns and
clothes for al ages, opened Monday
morning at 105 N..Main street. Man
aged by Mrs. Ethel Kittrell,-who re
cently completed a week’s course in
interior decoration and who has had
many years of sewing and upholster
ing experience, the shop will fill a
real need in the community.
Formerly occupied by a beauty
shop, the building has been complete
ly remodeled and redecorated, with
pale' blue being used for the walls and
a dark red for the floor and ceiling.
On the left, as one enters, is the
show window in which a blue and
brown plaid taffeta evening gown, is
on display. Draperies hang on the
left wall, and a table holding fashion
magazines is placed opposite a dis
play counter. The right wall is used
as display spade for full-length and
short drapery samples. The cutting
eoupter placed' to the left of 'the door
way between the display arid'sewing
rooms, electric sewing machines, open
Shelves, a full-length mirror, storage
space and a small mirror over the
fitting stand complete the equipment
in the sewing room.
A fitting room, upholstery room
and’space for slipcovering chairs are
part oft the layout.
Approximately 100 samples of full
drapery lengths and slipcover mate
rial are carried in stock. About 300
upholstery -swatches -dhd taffeta
samples for dresses are car hand.
CdhdceB are used around the front
display counter and over the drapery
sample display. Scallops are re
peated in the trimming at the top of
the walls.
Congressman Bonner Given
Important Committee Post
At the request of the Speaker of
the House and the Majority Leader,
Congressman Herbert C. Boimer, of
the First Congressional District of
North Carolina, in addition to his
regular committee on Merchant Ma
rine and Fisheries, has been assigned
to the committee on Expenditures in
the Executive Departments of the
Government and was given a high
ranking spot on the committee. In
the Senate, Senator Hoey serves on
a similar committee. Such assign
ment as above is only permitted to
the Majority Party. >
The Committee on Expenditures in
the Executive Departments of the
deems necessary in connection with
these reverts; the study of the opera
tions of Government activities ait all
levels with a view to determining
economy and efficiency; the evalua
tion of the. effects of lavra enacted to
reorganize the legislative and execu
tive branches o# the Government; and
the study of intergovernmental rela
tionships between the United States
and'the states and municipalities,
and between the United States and
international organizations of which
the United States is a member. Also
the Committee from' time h> time is
authorized by the House of Represen
tatives to make studies ami reports
on activities and programs of the
Government m addition to those for
which it is specifically responsible.
U .This Committee has long been one
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LISTLESS LISTING
Monday is On doodling for list
ing property for county taxes, and
Mr. Luther Thomas. Uttar for this
township, isn’t at «d happy ' about
the nonchalant manner with which
F&rmviile citizens are shirking tikis
important duty.
Mr. Thonas haa the tax books
in the Town Hall and reminds
non-listers* they are running the
risk of being penalized if they fail
to list before the deadline.
Fannville School Again
On Accredited List
Sam D, Bandy, principal of Farm
viUe high school, announced today
that his school has been again placed
on the accredited list of the Southern
Association of Secondary Schools for
the eighth consecutive year. _
There are about 76 high schools in
the state on the accredited list of the
Southern Association and Farmville
is one of the few schools in a county
system that has been able to consis
tently meet the requirements and
maintain the high rating; Most of
the schools on the list arfe special
charter city schools.
The certificate of accreditation was
accompanied by a letter from Frank
Jenkins, executive secretary, com
! mending the school* upon its progress
in the past year. Among the items
for which commendation was given,
were the addition of a librarian, the
addition of public school music and
glee club, the addition of band in
struction, the introduction of a phy
sical education program, and a gen
erally enriched school program.
Plans Made For
DAR Dedication
The theme of the dedication pro
gram for the D. A .R. chapter house,
“This Land of Ours,” was decided at
a meeting of the Board of Governors,
Executive Committee and committee
chairmen at the home of Mrs. M. V.
Jones Saturday afternoon. Accord
ing to present plans, the date for the
dedication is to be Friday, April 29.
The brochure to be published will
be dedicated to the late A. C. Monk,
a fine friend and benefactor of the
chapter.
Mrs. W. C. Holstoh announced the
gift of a beautiful mahogany corner
cupboard for the banquet hall from
her sister-in-law, Mra Harry Keel, of
Winston-Salem.
Upon the suggestion' of Mrs. Ellen
Lewis Carroll' this group went on
record urging Gov. Scott and the
legislators to provide a larger appro
priation for East Carolina Teachers
coitefce that it may render better
service' aa,an educational center.
Mrs. Jones, assisted by her daugh
ter, Mrs. Dewey Fuquay, and by Mrs.
VernOssa Townsend* served orange
chiffon cake and spicwl tea. >
MALE CHORUS TO SING
AT UNION SERVICE
Men of the choirs will compose the
chorus which will sing^ for the union
services at the Baptist church Sun
day night at 7:30. Raymond Shear
in will be organist.
Rev. H. I* Davis, pastor of the
Methodist church, will preach.
Fifth Sunday night union services
are sponsored by the Farmville Min
isterial association composed of the
Baptist, Christian, Methodist and
Presbyterau churches. All people in
the community are invited to attend
the service.
The March of Dimes drive for
funds is in full swing this week and
many rooms at the high school are
reporting over 100 per cent of their
quotas, while others have not yet
reached the amount set for their
rooms.
Pitt county has a quota of $12,000
in this campaign, which means that
Farmville will be expected to raise
between $1,600 and $2,000. Pledge
cards have been sent to individuals,
business concerns, and organisations
in the town with the hope that they
would pledge some amount and re*,
turn the card to Dr. Leo Jenkins in
Greenville, chairman of the drive for
Pitt county. These canjs-will be re
turned to Sam U. Bundy here for col
lection and credit to the Farmville
goal. About 200 cards were mailed,
only a dozen have been returned. It
is urged that receipts of these cards
return them, stating the amount they
will give. Their pledge will be called
for, vftth due credit given to the com
munity.
Unless donations-increase consider
ably in size and number, Farmville
will fall far short of the amount ex
pected.
Individuals or business firms can
mail their checks to Mr. Bundy.
All contributions are deductible
from income tax reports.
DR. E. A. RASBERRY, JR.,
ON WILSON HOSPITAL STAFF
Officials of the Woodard-Herpng
hospital in Wilson have announced
an addition to their staff of- physi-^
clans and surgeons of the institution.
Dr. Edwin A. Rasberry, Jr., a na
tive of Snow Hill and- a' son of E. A. •
Rasberry, former state legislator,
and Mrs. Rasberry, will practice his
specialty, internal medicine, at the.
hospital, it was revealed. .
- He is the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. „
W. J. Rasberry of Farmville.
Dr. Rasberry was graduated from
the University of North Carolina in
1937 and received his degree in medi
cine from the University of Penn
sylvania in 1941.
He served as an intern at the
Woodard-Herring hospital during the
summer of 1940 and interned at the
University of Pennsylvania hospital
in 1941, receiving his license to prac
tice in North Carolina m July of
1941.
After receiving Iris degree, Dr.
Rasberry remained on the medical
staff of the University ,4f Pennsyl
vania until ha entered the Navy in
1943.
He was designated a Naval flight
surgeon in 1944 at Pensacola, Fla.,
and served in the Pacific theater with
the Marine Corps air units, being at
tached to the much decorated “Bat
Eye” night fighter squadron. He con
cluded his navy duty at the Philadel
phia Naval hospital add the Norfolk
Naval Air station. .
lit.- uasberry recelvea tne com
petitive American College of Physi
cians fellowship in clinical medicine
1946, serving as the associate and
assistant of Dr. T. Grier Miller, a
native North Carolinian and piofes- ■
sor of medicine at the University of
Pennsylvania hospital. V
Dr. Rasberry is a member of the .
American Hqgrt association;The Ame
rican Trudeau Society; The. Philadel
phia Physiological society; and a fel
low of The American Medical asso
ciation. He is a member of Alpha
Omega honorary fraternity and the
Phi Chi social medical fraternity.
Dk Rasberry has contributed sev
eral papers to medical literature.
from ti»e University, of Pennsylvania •
hospital where he has been on the
staff since his release from the Navy."
sr on peptic ulcer,
s, one on tropical
repared on war
comes to Wilson
HOOKEKTON UNION
Plans for a laymen's league were
discussed at a meeting of the Hooker
ten union last night (Thursday) at
Red Oak Christian church on the
Farmville-Greenville highway..
Features of the afternoon program
\tere an address by Mrs. W. Jesse
Hoye of Farmville on the “Impor-’
tance of Christian Women'* and a
talk by Sam D. Bandy on “The Im
portance of Youth in the Church.” $
Music was furnished bf Mrs. J.
Knott Proctor of Greenville and a
trio composed of Ruth Moore, Gayle
Flanagan and Ann Bynum.
At* 6 o'clock supper was served -in
the new recreation hall. The evening