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VOLUME FOBTT FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NOBIS Y, AUGUST 5, 1949 NUMBER TWELVE Ewell said that he. has two i his place and that his total r in his place computed bj figuring toe meters sep arately rather than as one. ' The locker, he says, gets its favor * able rate without any additional expense such as the purchase of a transformer, and expressed the opin ion that he. should be treated likewise. Supt W. A. McAdams explained that it had been to the town’s advant age to give the locker firm a four wire service because to have done otherwise would have involved a loss of current Mr. McAdams also said that in all towns the published rates specify that the rates are subject to whatever services are available. Commissioner Roland Lang, Jr., made a motion that the Mard uphold a ruling of a previous board which, after an investigation, passed a mo tion stating that no discrimination] had been worked against Mr. Ewell. The Larg motion was seconded by J. M. Stansill. , 0. G. Spell stated that be felt, like something should be worked, out and that he bated to see toe matter set aside without more consideration. He voted for the motion after being told that the issue^could be re-opened at any lime. Commissioner Claude Joy ner voted for its adoption. Commis sioner Fred C. Moore voted against the ruling. At the outset of the lengthy dis cussion which involved much techni cal explanation and many details, Mr. Ewell stated that he had no grievance against the freezer locker because he felt toe locker was getting the rates it was entitled to get but he believed that he was not getting toe,, rate to which he was entitled. Dr. Frank Hama, who had charge of the program at the Kiwanis club Monday night, had Sam Bundy as his speaker and he gave a splendid re sume on the establishment of driv ing courses in high schools. Sam has -just completed a course at ECTC and qualified to teach the courses. Autoinobiles kill more people than any other single thing or disease. Statistics show that in centers in which driving courses have been given accidents have been reduced as much as 50 per cent, involved in accidents are less than 90 per cent of the automobile in volved in accidents are operated by males; 75 per cent of accidents oc cur within 25 Stiles of the drivers’ home. „ The five main violations in order are: (1) Exceeding speed limit; (2) (2) Did not have righ of way; (8) Following car too closely; (4) Wrong side of road; (5) Driving while fair toxica ted. Ben Lewis had as his guest Jimmy Lewis of Reseda, Calif. Bundy rioted that he expects io . install the course in the local school and that attempts will he made to obtain an automobile with dual con trols for use in the classes. ( Shown above, from right to left,are Mrs. R. S. Fergurson of Taylorsville, member of the board of directors of the Home Economics Foundation, Mrs. Grady Deans of Wilson, secretary oFfhe Associated Women of tine North Carolina Farm Bureau, and Mrs. Herman Baker of FRrmville, vice president of the Associated Women of the* North Carolina Farm Bureau, chatting after a session of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Workship in Raleigh. — Photo courtesy of Farm Bureau News George Williams Takes His Life At Home Of Daughter Farmviile was stunned and shocked Monday afternoon at news of the sud den passing in Washington of George S. Williams, 62, operator of the Cot ton Bonded Storage Warehouse here. Beaufort County Coroner Bonner Paul said that Williams took his own life by shooting himself through the temple with a .22 rifle at the home of Mrs. James Edwards, his daugh ter. * Mr. Williams was a son of the late George W, Williams and Luvenia Mobley Williams of Williamston. He had resided in Farmviile for many years but for several months has been making his home at the Proctor Hotel in GreenviHe. He was born in Martin county on April 19, 1887, but had lived in this section for 40 years. He had built many strong friendships and ties in the time . He was a member of the Farmviile Masonic Lodge, the Washington Elks and Woodmen of the World. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at Paul's Fun eral Home in Washington, with burial in Aurora. Rev. ~E, S. Coates, pastor of Farmviile Presbyterian-church, and Rev. H. L. Davis of the Methodist church officiated at the rites.’ Masons had charge of the buriaL \ Surviving are Ids widow, the for mer Stella Garkins of Aurora; two sons, Bill Williams of Greenville and G, S. Williams, Jr„ of Columbus, O.; five daughters, Mrs. E. F. Hatem of Shawnee, Ohio, Mrs. James Edwards of Washington, Mrs. G. C. Wilson, of Greenville, Mrs. J. B. Ellis of Farm ville and Miss Ruth Williams of Farmviile; one sister, Mrs. L. W. Godwin of Farmviile, and six grand children. MR. AND MRS. IVEY ATTEND CONVENTION AT VA. RESORT Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Ivey have re turned from the annual convention of the Home Security Life Insurance company, held recently at the Cham berlin hotel at Old Point Comfort, Va. _ • Mr. Ivey, by virtue of his leader ship in the sale of insurance, was one of Die honor guests at the convention and was seated at the main table at the banquet, highlight of the conven tion. He was awarded a portable ra dio at tiie convention. . Mr. Ivey says that he has been one of the company’s leaden in 13 of the last 15 years and in January of this LIGHTNING STRIKES CHIMNEY ■ r. ’ Town and Country (By James B- Hockaday) Any illusions^ new membere of the town board of commissioners might have had about their job being a ‘snap” swiftly went by Hie boards Monday night when Paul Ewell ap peared before them and stated that the power he-uses in his laundry and . -dry '■Wning plant costs him from 15 to 20 per cent more than the same amount of power would cost if he were charged on the .same basis as Farmville Freezer Lockers, and ask ed that an adjustment be raqde in his favor for the inequalities that have existed since the lockers were in stalled about three years ago. Both sides of the question have merit and the commissioners will, no doubt, con sider all the angles before taking final action. On the one hand, rf explained by Supt. W. A. McAdams, it was definitely to the town’s ad vantage (hence a saving to the tax payers) to give the lockers a four wire service, without forcing the company to buy a transformer or bal ancer, because it was the only cus tomer in that section of town requir ing such service. Mr. McAdams adds, however,'that should some other firm locate in that neighborhood the trans former would have to be tapped and the freezer locker would either have to purchase its own transformer or balancer if ^t expected to receive the same rate. On the other hand, Mr. Ewell feels that it isn’t fair for him to be assessed at a higher rate. The issue becomes involved in a mass of technical tape that must be un tangled. One thing must be remem bered: Owners of private businesses and merchants may charge whatso ever they please for'their wares and services but in matters of public con cern all have to .be treated alike, in sofar as their situations similar. * * * Eyes of the entire flue-cured tobac co belt wens focused Tuesday on open ing sales in the Border belt. Farmville whose market opens August 18th, watched anxiously, hoping that “com ing events cast V their shadows be fore.” Jack Moye, onejof tUs local warehousemen, who seems fully re covered from an attack of pneu monia he suffered several weeks ago, was in the group attending the open ing. He followed six sales on three different markets and wasn’t at all displeased with what he saw. He says that no complaints will be registered in this area if the prices paid on the opening prevail through the. season. . James Monk, another warehouseman, , shies away,from openings but says that he wants to visit the border, - after the excitement has subsided, and see what actually is happening so he will know what to expect when the sales season moves northward. . Charles Quinerly, who was pick ed to head the Kiwahis Exposition this year, has plans for an affair that goes far beyond the realm of pro viding nothing more than entertain ment. Charles has hopes- of an honest-to-goodness exposition, with booths and spaces for merchants and other businesses to exhibit their wares and Bhow the surrounding com munities what they are doing and have to offer. Thp club expects the exposition to swell considerably its scholarship loan fund, which is used to make it possible for deserving high education. This year, the club will have two young people in college. ' • • • p Cleveland Paylor, town clerk who doubles as office manager for the REA and "trouble shooter” for the MP MECs vs Baptist* (8 p. m.) Christians vs Pretfcyterians. . Tuesday night’s game in the Sun day School league were rained out but two games were played last Thursday night, games which resulted ip the Christians increasing their hold on first place to two full games. In the game between the Christians and Presbyterian a, Bailey hit a home run in the seventh inning give the Presbyterians the tying run but in the 'last of the seventh R. Allen trip led with one out ‘and scored on -an error. Bobby Butts continued his good hitting, getting four singles id four trips to the plate., Butts, ss . A Bondy, sf’.........-—-- 8 Tumage, 3b .-.— 4 Bailey, lb .. 4 Gilchrist, c .. 3 Yelverton, cf. 2 Smith, If ......:......... 2 Dupree, rf--- 4 Cannon, p ........ 2 Burgess, Jr., 2b..2 Totals j_,—^— |9 Christians Ansley, p ... Moye, ss....—.... 4 Quinerly, 2b ..—-- 8 Monk, lb . 4 Lilley,»lf L. 4 Hilliard, sf ... 4 R. Allen, rf . 4 Davis, cf ...... 1 Hinson, c ___1_1_ 4 Bob Darden, rf. 2 F. Allen, if . 0 S3 10 9 Totals __ Score by innings— Presbyterians — — 800 320 1 Christians — «— 620 200, 1—10 Two base hitB: Moye, Monk: Threts. base hits: Gilchrist, R. Allen. Home runs: Bailey, Quinerly. Base on balls: Ansley 8, Camion 6. Struck out: Can none 1. Umpires: John Lewis and Lath Morriss. Hie box: Presbyterians Ab R H 1 .1 1 2 1 i i 1 o 0 1 Ab s i 3 8 2 2 The MEGs turned on the Baptists with 16 hits, eight of which were for extra bases, to outscore the last-place Baptists, 18-6. McDavid, Gibbs and Speight were the big guns in the MEC attack. Wood mid Wooten col lected tWo hits each for the losers. The box : MECs Ab Eason, 2b ... McDavid, If ..._.... Candler, ss. Darden, 3b.. Gibbs, c ... Rrock, cf .. -Speight, lb .,..1.......... Bass, sf ....L__ Nichola, if.. O’Leary, p Barrett, sf Totals . Baptists bod, c . 3b -v,. Morris, cf .. lb R 1 2 2 1 --s 0 0 Wood, Ellis, ..-4! .. O 38 IS 1» Ab RH Outland, If ..... Satterthwaite, ss-rf .......... Johnson, p ..................._ Jones, 2b . Hathaway, sf .. Harris, rf . Brinson, Ss - Totals __;■. • ■ Score by inning*— MECs — -ri •— 226 Baptists — — — —910 4 4 4 4 4*. 4 3 . 2 ,v 1 .. 2 84 103 0—18 004 0— 6 Two base hits: McDavid, Candler, Speight 2, Bass, Wood, Hathaway. Three base hits: Eason, Gibbs, .Sat terthwaite. Home run: McDavid. Base on balls: Johnson 3, O'Leary 2. Struck out: O’Leary % Umpires: Paul Ewell and Lath Morriss. FarmviWe Trims Pine Tops, Gets Chance At Ormondsville Next Farmville dipped Pinetopa into second place in the Bright beef League Sunday afternoon by taking a 5-3 win and at the same time t1*4-* ening its hold on fourth plae^ M Mitchell led Farmvflle’s 14-h.. rage against two Pinetopa pitchers, wit* four for five. PoIIaid limited the losers to three scattered hits. - This week end, Farmville plays Or mondsville in a brace of games that will give the local ch|b a chance to strengthen its first division held. the teams play at Crmondsville Saturday afternoon end Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Sherwin and children of Whltevffle were the week end guest* of Mr. and Mr*. Paul Craft. Mrs. B. P. Gay, Mrs. E. L. Jones and Mrs. Marion Moore were Wilson VlBIbOTB roCwHI/i ~ yr)t Mr. and Mrs. Ray West, Jr.,' sad Mr. and Mis. Earl Ltag were the dinner guests of Mr. end Mrs. Sam Jenkins Friday evening. Miss Lillian Corbett was in Ra leigh on business Monday. * * 0 Miss Mildred WoM* of Laurel, Dela., and Mm. E. Paris Bounds of Richmond, Vs., were tike week -end guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Fields. Ed S. Taylor spent several days recently with Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Taylor in Rocky Mount Week-end guests of- Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gay included Mjn Easter Mae Gay of Washington, D. C., and Mr. and Mm. J. T. Bundy of Fmrmville. Sam* Jenkins attended the opening of the tobaeeo market Tuesday in Formant and. remained for a few days with his mother. ' . Mrs. I. F. Smith jipent several days recently with Hr. and Mrs. David Sanderson at Magnelif; , Mr. and Mrs. Will Windhai*, Hr. and Mrs. Albert Hinnant and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Speight of Snow Hill spent from Thursday until Sun day at Carolina Beach. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Brooks and Mrs. I. F. Smith spent Tuesday evening in Fountain with Carter Smith, who has been .quite 01 several days. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Letehworth and children of Farmville spent Sun day and Monday with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gardner. Mr. an Mrs. Bob Lang and daugh ters, Frances and Beverly, are spend ing the week at \Kitty Hawk. Cameron West was the week end visitor of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bay West, Sr. Miss Ramona Rouse of Greenville spent Wednesday feitb her parents, who entertained in celebration of her birthday. ‘^Woman's Clnb Meets Mrs. A. J. Craft was hostess to the Woman’s chib on Thursday afternoon. ,Mra. E. S. Taylor gave the devo tional, using as her subject, “For the Son of Man Is .come to seek and to save that which was lost." The de votional was taken from the Gospel of Lake. She closed her discussion with an impressive poem, "Do ' Yon Just Belong?" Daring the business session presid ed over by the president, Mrs. Sam Jenkins, reports wen heard from toe committee chairmn on a list of the standing committees for the new year were read. Mrs. C. H. Walston had charge of a very delightful musical program in which she presented Mrs. J. F. Smith, ih two piano solos, Mr. Jimmie Miller in two-vocal solos, and played with Mrs. Smith three piano duets. Mrs. Craft served an attractive dessert coarse of orange chiffon cake, and complications, passed away UtVn. In Governor, ai he foie the local dUb Paul Harris, in 1906, a lonely sould of Chle&go,had an would be heloful in On day, by the reta |ili hunger and thirst for feUow ahiR. This idea conceived by Paul Harris grew, and sombone dared to prediet that within 80 years, there would be 500 Rotary dubs in the United States. Actually, after 44 years, there are now 6,823 dubs located in 82 differ ent countries. Hie Fhrmville club is a member of an International Unit, a link in a chain, whose policies are set at the International Convention Jhjr dele gates. The various units divided into districts with a District Governor as the administrative officer. A training school for governors is located at Lake Placid, N. Y., and the governor ffont each district ,is ex pected to avail himself of the oppor tunity to attend. Mr. Marks said that at the assem bly this year 64 different countries were represented, all there at the “most important meeting in the world,” to know more about Rotary. Marin explained this statement by saying that this was a League of men, not nations, united in service, seeking ways to give something, and not to gel In setting out the Rotary objectives for the year, Marin stated that it was each members' responsibility to cooperate and work as a team so that the Esrmville Rotary club might become a strong link in the Interna tional Chain, and by the full realiza tion that citizenship is not paid with taxes, but with time, understanding, effort and talent, the goal, service shove self, will be achieved. Eight members were absent, ac cording to the report of the secre tory. . •’ . ; jg-;: " „ . The fellowship prize .went to J. T. Monk, Jr., and Elbert Moye was. on hand to receive the attendance prise. President Charlie Fitzgerald presided. Chief of Police L. T. Lucas Tuesday night asked lor and received the back ing of the town board in trying to correct some of the bad parking) habits practiced by dtisesns of the town. These practices include doable parking, faflmee to park the car with in limits that are marked off, and improper parking in front of the post office. Chief Lucas and board members were particularly concerned about the ing in front of the post office. Then, too, some drivers have the habit of not puffing all the way into the curb, when they stop for their mail, and leave part of the automobile protrud ing, thus blocking traffic and Causing W. D. MORTON TO PREACH M • IN LOCAL CHURCH SUNDAY W. D. (Bill) Morton, ministerial student at Union Theodoigpal -Semi nary in Richmond, Va., will preach __ Walter curing enforcement of a 20-year-old ordinance which reauires that nm nlng water and toilet facilities be In stalled in all homes within the city limits that am within 260 feet of the water and sewer lines. Supt W. A. McAdams said that since the sewerage systems were ex tended two years ago very few, if any, homes toe more than 100 feet from sewer lines and that all of the homes are within the distances speci fied by the law. Jones and members of the hoard expressed the belief that all property owners would be willing to cooperate in complying with the law. It was stated that in some cases financial hardships might result but that the improvements were essential. Janes cited as an example that the street paving program invoiced hardships in seme cases bat that the paving was a progressive step and that the enforce ment of the sanitation laws would be a step forward. A survey will be made to determine which houses come within the scope of the law. Letters will then he sent to the owners, citing the ordinance and stating that compliance is expect ed within a "reasonable length of time.’’ Jones said that he considered sfx months to be ample time for the owners to comply or at least show evidence that they are trying to com ply. - Local Beauty Operator Winner of Hair-Styling Contest In Wifeon In a hair-styling contest sponsored by the Wilson Cosmetologist associa tion Tuesday night in Wilson, Mrs. Grey Brummitt, whose hair was styled hy Mrs. Eddie Carrawuy, was declared winner and will compete with entries from the eight other as sociations at MoreheadCityon Aug ust 14-16 for the title of Miss North Carolina. Each member of the association was permitted to miter as many models as she wished. Mrs. Carra way’s ether entries were Mrs. C. H. Flanagan and: Mis. Audrey Byers. In the judging of the 16 models, Mrs. Cutaway's three, entries were among the five from whom the win ner was chosen. The other top two were entries of Mis. Carraway’s sis ter, Mrs. Bill , Bass, who is associa ted with Steve’s Beauty shop, Wilson, and Mrs. Peggy Dano, president of the association, who is with the Wil son Beauty shop. Both Mrs. Cam way and Mrs. Brummitt were stu dents of Mrs. Rano when she opera ted Peggy’s Beauty school. Mrs. Brummitt’s hair was parted on the left side and done in a casual sum mer style which featured bangs and a vertical line beginning on the'right side and sweeping around to meet a vertical line oh the left; Judging was on basis of suitability to figure, face and features, perfectness of hair-do and the ease with which model could care for it. ; v ; s ; Mm. Carraway, who to associated with the Vogue Beauty Salon, has been a beauty operator since April, 1936. She came to FarmviUe in Jan uary, 1987. Mrb. Brummitt, who is also a Vogjue operator, operated and owned Grey’s Beauty shop hi Hen derson before coming here in May. HISTORIC TYSON CHURCH HOST TO UNION MEETING -- ' Historic Tyson's Primitive Baptist church, located on the Joyner’s Cress Roads-Bell Arthur highway, was the scene Saturday and Sunday of the union meeting Of the Confentnea as sociation, composed of 16 churches in parts of Edgecombe, Pitt, Wayne, • Wilson and Greene counties. || _ £ ; Elder W. B. Barnes of Edgecombe county is the regular minister. Visit ing elders included Jessie Dunbar and J>. G. Staples of Mount Airy,. Mr. Keaton of Greensboro, E. L. Cobb of Wilson and J. B. Roberts of Farm ville. ' Approximately 260 were present Saturday and betwe en 800 and 400 wiwr on hand Sunday for the preen ing service in the morning, the pic nic dinner and the communion’ ser
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