VOLUME FORTY y
rf V.- - FARMVILLE, TOT GOUNI*. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JULY », 1949
NUMBER ELEVEN j
IN FAEMVUIE
Hie 7,826 Piti; county tobacco grow
ers who cast bipoto Saturday to the
tobacco referendum voted 96.6 per
cent in favor of continuing) tobacco
' acreage control for the next, three
years. . 'v -*■- - -v .x f
In the voting in North Carolina,
Pitt was second only to Stokes qpunty
in the number of votes cast in the
election.
Those in charge of the ftam pro
gram in this county had expressed a
hope that 10,000 ballots would be
cast There are 2800 contracts with
the program and it is estimated that
each contract represents at least four
persons eligible to participate in the
referendum.
A breakdown of the balloting to
Pitt county shows 7,*190 votes for the
' three-year program, 11 votes for one
year control, and 25 growers wanted
to abolish the control program in its
entirety.
In the vote on assessing themselves
10 cents an acre for Tobacco Asso
ciates, the Pitt county folks voted
7,474 in favor of the levy and only 74
against.
In a similar election in July, 1947,
a total of 8,525 Pitt county tobacco
growers voted in favor of the three
year acreage control proposal, 11 vo
ted for one year control and nine vot
ed against control of any kind.
Wyatt Highsndth, secretary of toe
Pitt county Agricultural conservation
association, said farm leaders in the
county are generally pleased with the
voting, coming, as it did, on toe bus
iest day farmers have had all season.
Farmville township voted 628 for
three-year quotas, 1 for one-year con
trol and 3 for no control. 623 voted
for toe Tobacco Associates’ assess
ment and 7 against. *
At The Rotary Club
The Rotations experienced some
thing new in the form of entertain
ment, at their regular weekly meet
ing Tuesday night.
Lynn Eason was in charge of the
program and presented a unique mus
ical trio which rendered selections
ranging from the ultra modern Be
Bop to some of the old timers like
“My Wild Irish Rose” and "Drifting
and Dreaming.”
Two of the trio, Johnnjp Holland at
the piano, and Billy Riggs, steel
guitarist, regularly WGTM talent,
were very ably accompanied by Ray
Riggs on the base violin in the ab
sence of the female member of the
trio.
Edwin Coates, program director for
August 2, brought to the attention of
the group that District Governor H.
A. “Ham" Marks of Wilmington will
meet with the club at that time.
Kiwanian Alton W. Bobbitt was
the guest of Paul Jones.
Alex Rouse received the attendance
prize and Ed Nash Warren will go to
the movies as the guest of the “Mys
tery Man."
Vice President Walter Jones pre
sided in the absence of President
Charlie Fitzgeralds
The board of directors of the Pitt
county Executives Club met an Tues
day of this week at Hotel Proctor in
Greenville. Officers elected for the
1949*60 season are; Dr. John Mes
sick of Greenville, president; Sam D.
Bandy of Farmvffle, first vice presi
dent; J. H. Waldrop of Greenville,
second vice president; N. C. Brooks
of Greenville, secretary-treasdrer.
Five dates were set for programs:
October 20, November 10,: January 4,
March 22 and April 18. One program
(By James B. Hockaday)
Father Loyola O'Leary, who has
been assiduously stumping this sec
tion of the state in bebilf of the
move to bring from war-tom Europe
to Pitt and Greene counties some of
the Displaced Persons, says that dur
ing the early stages of the program
a family, the head of which held a
doctor’s degree from a European uni
versity and had served therein as pro
fessor of English, was brought to
Kinston, supposedly to operate a to
bacco farm. The family was quickly
transferred to another section where
more suitable work was found for the
learned refugee. O’Leary adds that
now the program is so well organised
that all immigrants are screened and
another slip-up of tide kind is highly
unlikely. There is now little chapce
of Displaced Persons becoming Mis
placed, as was the case In Kinston.
The Catholic priest, to whom should
go the credit for whatever success the
program attains in Pitt and Greene
counties, states that Carl T. Hicks of
Wal8tonburg| has agreed to find
places for two families.
* * •
Farmville has long been known as
an excellent tobacco market and the
farmers in this section have long been
noted for their ability to produce,
year in and year out, some of the
finest' Golden Leaf offered for sale
on auction floors. FarmviHe’s repu
tation in the tobacco world is now
being extended into another realm,
that of making good curers. One of
the busiest places in the community
has been the Florence-Mayo com
pany's new plant, which, since its.
formal opening in February, has been
going at full blast to supply the de
mand for Mayo curers. Farmville’s
name win be carried with the curers*
wherever they are sold, giving the
town good advertising. The Mayo
firm is an asset to this community.
Trade streams in Farmville would be
considerably swelled if additional big
business firms could be brought here.
• * * -•
By attacking through the public
press two figures of national promi
nence, Francis Cardinal Spellman ap
pears to have killed any chances of
getting the current Congress to.. ap
propriate federal funds for education.
Several weeks ago, the Catholic
churchman called Congressman Gra
ham Barden of New Bern, sponsor of
toe bill which would prohibit—and
rightly so—the spending of public
funds for parochial schools, a Ingot.
Last week, Cardinal Spellman attack
ed Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt for, of all
things, .her intolerance. In her syn
dicated column, Mrs. Roosevelt had
expressed an opinion that public
funds should not be used for paro
chial Schools. In my opinion, Mrs.
Roosevelt is subject to criticism, but
certainly not for her intolerance. Nor
is Congressman Barden a bigot, sim
ply because bis opinions differ with
those held by Cardinal Spellman
whose violation of a prime command,
“judge not that ye be not judged,”
will mean that federal support for
education, has been delayed at leapt
another several months, and it is
needed badly, how.
COURSE IN DRIVER EDUCATION
WILL BE OFFERED IN SCHOOL
Sam D. Bundy, principal of Farm
vjlle school, is one of 26 school per
sons In Eastern North Carolina se
lected to attend the North Carolina
Institute in Driver Education being
held this week at ECTC in Green
ville. Other institutes will be held at
the Uni verity of North Carolina and
Western Carolina Teachers College, in
August ■
The institute is a five-day concen
trated course in driver education
sponsored by the North Carolina De
partment of Public Instruction and
mere working in Walstonburg with
Kbv. Taylor.
Dr. and Mia. W. A. Marlowe end
son, Billy, Sam L. Jenkins and Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Bullock of Kenly spent
the week end at Atlantic Beach. •
Mr. and Mrs. N. A- Lennox of,
Moultrie, Ga., spent several days re
cently with Misses Lillian and Jean.
Corbett Miss Jean Corbett accom
panied'-them home, stopping en route
for several days at Myrtle Beach, S.
C.
, Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Carr of Farm
ville visited friends in .and arbdnid
Walstonburg Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hicks were
the week end gpests at Bear Wallow,
JW. C„ Boy Scout camp where their
son, Tommy, is spending the sum
mer. From Bear Wallow the Hicks
went to Lake Junahiska for visit
Mr. andTMis. M. B. Taylor and
daughter, Gail, of Rocky Mount visit
ed Mrs. Ed Taylor for several days re
cently, spending Tuesday in Raleigh
Mark Lassiter of Snow Hill was a
business visitor in town on Monday,
Mr. and Mrs, Sun Jenkins and son*
Bing, and Miss Clara Jenkins spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Her
ring.
Jimmy Beaman of Raleigh spent
the week end at his home here.
Billy Marlowe and Henry Wheeler
spent hurt Thursday and FhSjay, at
White Lake. They were accompanied
home by Mrs. Henry Wheeler and
Miss .Doris Wheeler.
J. B. Peeler, principal of the local
school, Mrs. Peeler and Mildren Ann
■pent the week end hereatthe Teach
enge. The Peelers have been in
Chapel Hill for several -weeks where
Mr. Peeler has bdfen working on his
master’s degree. At a banquet held
in the Carolina Inn pn July 14, -Mr.
Peeler was initiated into Phi 'Delta
Kappa,, professional, education frater
nity. Mr. Peeler was sponsored by
Dr. W. E. Bosentengel, professor, of
education in the University of North
Carolina.
Misses Lillian and Jean Corbett
were the guests of Mrs. A. D. McLaw
horn in . Winterviile recently.
Mrs. Frank Holloman recently re
turned from a visit with her daugh
ter, Mrs. James Mayo, at Conetoe.
- Mrs. Eugene Lamb and children of
Lawndale and Mis. Harvey James of
Tarboro were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray West, Sr., Tuesday.
Miss Doris Wheeler spent Monday
in Kinston, the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. Myrtle Beaman.
Mrs, G. W. Bailey, who has been a
patient in a Wilson hospital for three
weeks, is doing nicely at home.
Mrs. F. L. McKee! and children
were week end guests of relatives in
Farm villa
Mrs. Carl Rogers of Chattanooga,
Tenn., and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bau
com of Farmville were the dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jenkins
Tuesday evening. —
Mrs. Clarence Jones wag a Wilson
visitor Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Vinson of Clay
ton were week end guests of her par
ents.
Mrs. Harold Bailey spent Monday
with her parents in Rocky Mount.
Elmer Loften and his sister, Inez,
from Ayden were guests Tuesday of
Miss Rayonell Bailey.
Circle two of the Christian Mis
sionary society met Thursday night
with Mrs. Clarence Jones as hostess.
Mrs. I. C. Gardner, president, urns in
charge, and also presented the pro
gram. During the business session
the'circle decided to secure recreation
al equipment for the CYF. During
the social hour the hostess served ice
mam and cookies. „ - %* ; ,
. Mrs. H. A. Liverman was hostess
Tuesday afternoon at a Glamour par
ty when Mrs. Annie Burke of Maury
demonstrated the Peggy Newton
Beauty Preparations.^ j
Assisted by Hie district supervisor,
Mrs. Williams of Greenville, Mrs.
Burke, using a lighted tester, typed
the skin of each person present, and
Thursday Night
; Presbyterians vs Baptists, (8 p. m.
; MECs vs Christians. -
(Games of Thursday,-July 21)
The MECs handed the ball game tc
the Presbyterians in the* first in
ning—six walks and one hit produe-.
'runs.
The box:
MECS AbRH
Teel, If . . 3 1 *
Wood, cf._.3 11
Darden, 3b ........
Gibbs, c ..L...
Speight, lb
Nichola, rf-p .
Brock, sf
Eason, 2b-rf .
Warren, p-ss-2b
Puquay, rf.
Totals
Presbyterians
Cannon, cf-rf
Smith, If .....
Two base hits: Candler, Beckman.
Three base bit: Bailey. Heme ran:
Bailey. Base on balls: Warren 5,
Candler 2, Nichola 1, R. Butts 1. Um
pires: Cecil Baker, Lath Morris.
;V Score by innings-^
MECs . .002 002 0—4
Presbyterians . 601 331 x—13
The Christians oathit the Baptists
in a, close game, 5 to 4, to win this
one by a score of 2* to 1. At the end
of three inning?, the score was tied
at one-all. In the fourth Monk led off
with a hit, Lilley walked and Quin
eriy came through with his second hit
to score Monk with , what proved to.
be the winning! run.
Baptists
Joyner, ss'....._.
Jones, ■ 2b . .
Outland, rf .
.Wooten, lb..
Harris, cf ..._:.
Brinson, If .........
Hathaway, sf _....._
.. 1
... g
... 3
s
Lee, c
Ellis, 3b
Hardison, p
Totals .
Christians
Ansley, 3b ....v. 8
Moye, ss ... 2
R Allen, rf ...-... 2
Monk, lb .....
Lilley, If .
Quinerl’y, 2b
Ah S B
3 0 0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
m
Ah B H
. 8 0 0
0 0
0-1
t 1
.. 3
.2
..2
. 2
25
Hilliard,
Paris, cf .
H^on. c .
Willoughby, p
. 2
23
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
0
0
0—1
x—f
Score by innings—
Baptists ... 010 '000
Christians .. 001 100
Two base hit; Hathaway. Base bn
balls : Wfflotfghby 4. Hardison 3. Um
pires: Paul Ewell, L " ^ *
.■«" :. ■ ..—
Churches.” The program follows
H. H. Settle. .
6:00—Fellowship supper. ;
-j v' i / -e^ ‘ \
tsvmtng
7:00—Hymn service, devotions by
Rabon A. Rose.
| 7:15—Business period. ' ‘ '
7:20—Laymen’s league reports.
7:30—Special music J>y Mrs. W.
Ma*
7:40—Panel discussions, Sam D.
Bundy, moderator, Clarence V. Can
non, Mark H. Smith, Mrs. B. L. Ty
son, Mrs. Jesse Moye. -’UZn# "
8:16—Concluding remarks by C. C.
Ware. ■'
8:30—Benediction, R. B. Hurt.
Rev. C. W. Bazamore, associational
missionary of the Roanoke Baptist
association, will preach Sunday morn
ing at 11 o’clock in the Fanftville
Baptist church. Rev. Bazamore will
be substituting for Rev. E. W.
Holmes, the regular minister, who is
on vacation.
(Chines of Tuesday, July 26)
The Christians beat the MECs by
collecting 13 hits, which included one
three-base hit , and three home runs to
increase their lead. Quinerly had two
home runs for the Christians and Idl
ley had one.
MECs . Ab.R
Eason, 2b ._...3 li
McDavid, C .._- 4 0
Gibbs, lf-ss .. 4 0
Jim Darden, 88-Sb ..—.. 4 0
Brock, cf ...:.. 4 0
Speight, lb .. 4 1
Nichola, rf. . 3 2
Barrett, Sb ..—.. 1 0
Oglesby, sf-lf ...'...*..— i 1
O'Leary, p .^ .... 2 2
Jack Darden, sf .- 1 0
Nll^....... 2 1
*-e-33 8
Baas, sf .
Totals _
Christians
Ab R H
4
-—•4
_ 4
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
Ansley, 3b ..■*- 3 3
Moye,• sb .: ...»—.........- 3 2
F.. Allen, rf-p .... 4
Monk, lb .
LiUey, If ..
Quinerly, 2b .—.
Milliard, sf .. 3
Davis, cf-rf ..:.....4
Hinson, c .... 4
WModSMtoKp -.. 0
H. Rouse, cf .. 4
Totals—.—— -tihU IS
.Score by innings—
MECs . 001 115 0—8
Christiana . 464 102 4—16
Two base hits: McDavid, Gibbs,
Speight, O’Leary. Three base hit:
Ansi ey. Home runs: Quinerly 2, Iil
ley. Base, on balls: Allen 5, O’Leary
3. Umpires: John Lewis and Lath
Morriss. |
The Baptists got 14 hits while the
Presbyterians were gptting 16 but the
Presbyterians won easily by a score
of 16 to 6 to hold on to.second place
in the standings. Bobby Butts dida
good job at the plate with four hits
for four times up, one of'which was
a home run in-the third; Hathaway
had three singles out of four trips
for the Baptists. Moms had a triple
and home run for the Baptists.
Baptists f Ah R H
Brinson, rf-ss .4 0 1
Wood, ss-c.-4 1 1
J^uten^lf.-.a 1 1
Hathaway, sf ..4 13
Ellis, 3b . 4 0 0
Outiand, p-cf .~. 8 1 2
Morris, cf ...:. 8 12
Hardison, p . 3 0 ?
Totals- 86 5 14
Presbyterians Ab R H
Butts, 88 .--—...... 4 3 4
fS)poi||Bobbitt,
Monday night at the Kiwanis club,
mterfuwd^gatt^ ^Loyola ^O’Leary,
today weare engaged in acold war.
Two contending foneea are fighting
for Europe. The present pawns in
this struggle ace the countries, near
and behind the Iron Curtain. We, too,
are In the fig#it and each citizen of
FarmviUe as he digs into, his pocket
to pay the ever heavy burden of taxes
shows that the struggle is not ah
easy one. . “
There is an increasing flow of im
migrants to the Democratic zones of
the democracies in Germany. The
success or failure of the Marshall
plan depends greatly on being able to
take care of these people. Some of
them must be and are being granted
a dole by our government and the
churches., However, there is a group
that we can take off the dole, litis
group is formed of people who not
only believe in freedom but have long
fought and suffered for it These are
known as displaced Persons or De
layed Pilgrims. 200,000 are allowed
by. law to enter this country.
Hie speaker expressed the hope
that the Farmville community will
reach out a hand across the sea and
bring a few of these families to this
section.
Delegates were elected to the state
convention in* Chapel Hill, Hug. 21,
22 and 23. ■*
Jobless Payments
Increase Sharply
Almost three timea.as much was
paid to unemployed eligible workers
in North Carolina in the first half of
1949 than was paid in the first six
months of 1948 in the regular unem
ployment compensation program of
the Employment Security. Commission
of North Carolina, it has been reveah
ed by ESC Chairman Henry Kendall
Under this program unemployed
workers received 29,048437 in bene
fits in compensation for 714,859 weeks
(or part weeks) of unemployment.
This contrasts with $8,104,133 in ben
efits, compensation for 293,701 weeks
of unemployment during the first six
months of 1948. In fact, for the en
tire year of 1948, benefits amounted
to only $6,849,783’, for 614,523 weeks
of unemployment, against slightly
more than $9,000,000 for almost 715,
00 weeks of unemployment in Hie first
six months of 1949, alone.
Under the Servicemans Readjust
ment Allowance program in the first
half of 1949, eligible veterans drew
$6,285,007 for 813,830 weeks of unem
ployment, as compared with allowan
ces of $4,551,305 for 318,830 weeks of
unemployment during the first six
months of 1948. During the entire
year of 1948 veterans drew $7,606,432
under the SRA program for 378,036
weeks of unemployment.
At the end of June, 1949, it was
found that 42,506 claimants in the
UC program were filing claims for
unemployment compensation, against
17,018 at the end of June, 1948, and
20,552 at the en dof December, 1948.
In the SRA program vat fire mid Sf
June, 1949, 14,699 veterans were fil
ing claims for allowances, against 7,
060 at the end of June, 1948, and 7,
4557 at the end of December, 1948.
Indicative of the number of work
ers laid off in the first six months of
1949, it is shown that 72^24 received
their first payments during that per
iod in fire regular UC program, as
against 80,621 in the first half of
1948 and 65,224 in the last six months
of 1948. In the first ludf of
.10,616 veterans received their
^Opening day’s sales on the Georgia
end Florida flue-cured tobacco mar
kets were marked by lower prices
than on the first day of 1948 and a
very heavy sales volume.
Markets in the Georgsia-Florida
belt opened Tuesday; sales in the
North Carolina and South Carolina
border markets will begin next Tues
day. ' £
' The United States Department of
Commerce reports that practically all
grades averaged below last year’s
opening day prices but the tobacco
offered on this year’s opening was of
lower qualities than the 1948 sales.
Chief difference in the offerings as
compared with firat sales in 1948 was
the great increase in the proportion
of leaf while there was a- correspon
dingly smaller percentage of cutters
and lugs. Although the crop as a
whole is reported to contain mofe
lemon colored tobacco than last year,
there was less on opening day. The
ratio of green marketings decreased
whereas there was more orange. Fair
to fine lugs and low and fair leaf
predominated sales.
■ Practically all warehouses were
filled to capacity and volume was the
greatest in many , years.
It was estimated that 8 to 12 per
cent of the offerings were received t
by the Flue-cured Stabilization Cor
poration under the government loan
program.. This wag a larger percent
age than on opening day last year.
CWly one grade averaged below the
loan rate—choice lemon lugs; \
Estimated general averages on sev
eral individual marks ts ranged from
$45.00 to $50.00 a hundred pounds.
Lpst year on opening day gross sales
for-the belt totaled 8,763,151 pounds
averaging $53.20.
Two Faculty Changes
Are Made Public
Principal Sam D. Bundy announces
that Mrs. Will E. Joyner has been
transferred to the sixth grade and
will fill the vacancy created by the
resignation of Miss Anne Lee Jones,
who has given up her local faculty
position pa become supervisor of ele
mentary education in Pitt county. -
Mrs. Joyner was employed to teach
the fourth grade but is now return
ing to the sixth grade, the class she
formerly taught
Mrs. James Mathis, a graduate of
Appalachian, will teach one section
of the fourth grade. She taught for
the past two years in the Walker
town schools of Forsyth county.
Mr. and Mrs. Mathis will make
their home here as he is employed by
Florence-Mayo company. >
lina continued on the upgrade during
June when 6,688 were sold in the
state* as compared with 4,011 last
year, the State Department of Motor
Vehicles announces.
Truck sales declined with 1,647
add this June as'compared with 1,760
last June. } ^ ^
Chevrolet topped passenger car
sales with 1,031. Plymouth was sec
ond With 748; Ford, third, with 690;
and Pontiac, fourth, with 537. Chevron
let also led in sales of new trucks with
683. .Ford was second with 270.
The largest number of new cars
were sold Mecklenburg cmmty—
close*?ourth' with 813. Ninety trucks
EPFIE WOOTEW;
Falkland" Wednesday afternoon. She
had been in poor health for sometime.
She waa the widow of A. H. Wooten,
who died in 1841. y :.
Funeral services were held from
Kings' Cross Roods Free Will Bap
tist church, of whicjh she was a mem
ber, bn Thursday afternoon at 4:80,