Heart Ailment
Proves Fatal For
Farmville Lawyer
Richard Theodore Martin, Sr., 62,
Farmville lawyer, died in a Rocky
Mount hospital Satuday morning fol
lowing a lengthy illness of a heart
ailment.
The lawyer was born in Martin
county in 1887, son of the late Joseph
A. and’Laura Burroughs Martin. Me
was graduated from the Wake Forest
law school in 1912 and practiced in
■ Belhaven for two years before com
ing to Farmville, where he practiced
his profession until his health failed.
He was a member of Emmanuel Epis
copal church, -
He was married in 1915 t» Mamie
Tolson of Belhaven. To this union
was bon a son, Richard T., Jr., -of
Norfolk, ‘Va. In 1920, after the
death of his first wife, he was mar
ried to Josie Jones of Blackstone, Va.,
who died in 1947. i
Funeral services were held from
the Farmville funeral home on Sun
day at 1:30, conducted by the Rev, ’<
Jack R. Rountree of Kinston, rector <
of Emmanuel church, Farmville. In- :
terment followed in the Robersonville J
cemetery at 4 o’clock. Services at-the I
grave were in charge of the Rev. J. |
M. Perry °f the Robersonville Christ
ian church. ' (
Active pallbearers were R. J. Wain- I
wright, J. B. Briley, Jesse Carraway, i
Ed Nash Warren, Hubert Joyner and j
Jalmer Bynum. - 3
In addition to the son, Mr. Martin (
is survived by one pi^ter, Mrs. L.'N. 1
Vick of Robersonville. |
Activities Of Local 1
Church Organizations,
Methodist
Mrs. H. N. Howard had the de
votional at the Woman’s society of
Christian service 'in the Methodist {
church Monday afternoon. Her topic <
was “The Whole of Love Is Our An
swer.” She stressed the golden rule
as a basis of living. Mrs. J. I. Mor
gan made a talk on stewardship, re
minding the- members to be joyous '
Christians and to give more of them
selves for the Master during the com
ing year.
Mrs. W. M. Willis, president, dis
played a silver chest given by Miss
Bettie Joyner. *
During the social hour, Circle 5 i
served coca colas, pimento sandwich- 1
es, potato chips and cookies.
Dail Harris entertained the nursery t
group, serving ice cream and cookies i
to 14 members. Packages of chewing (
gum were given as favors.
Presbyterian
Mrs. James Hockaday was hostess
to Circle 1 Monday afternoon with
Mrs. E. S. Coates presiding.
After the opening prayer by Mrs.
W. H. Moore, Jr., the Bible study,
“The Pathway of His Passion,” was
presented by Mrs. Cherry Easley, in
the absence of Mrs. G. R. Smith.
Mrs. Garry Bergeron, program lead
er, talked about foreign missions.
Thoughts on the new year were giten
by the chairman.
Thirteen members and one visitor
were present and were served re
freshments.
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supremacy with sn expected speetLof 200 miles anhour.
At The Rotary Club
John Lewis, program director' at
he Rotary dub Tuesday night, made
tome .very interesting observations on
he natitorial economic structure as
t might affect our individual free
born. Said Mr. Lewife; the prevailing
Jtitude to let the g<n%rament pay is
til wrong and can’t go on indefinite
s'-. We must come around to the
hinking of saving, or we stand a
food chance of losing our freedom.
Quoting statistics, it was pointed
ut thatthe total expenditures of all
he presidents up to the Truman Ad
linistration was 179 billions, as com
iared with the 191 billions in the five
ear Truman Administration to date.
Constant spending cannot be jjontin
led without subjecting our. freedom
o those “handing out,” and it is
mperative that thrifty-minded people
e put in office. ' _4
Five members were absent, and it
ras reported that the attendance ave
age for the six-month period ending
lecember '31 was 91.97%.
Eldon Jones of the Dunn club was a
isiting Rotarian and J. M. Fitzger
ld was the guest of his brother,
lharlie Fitzgerald.
Eli Joyner received the attendance
rize, John Stansill the fellowship
rize and club president Charlie Fitz
erald presided.
Walstonburg News .
WOMAN’S CLUB MEETS
Mrs. Frank Shirley was hostess to
he Woman’s club at the December
leeting on Thursday afternoon of
ist week.
The meeting was called to order by
he president, Mrs. Sam Jenkins. She
ead a poem, “Faith,” by-' Edgar
luest, and followed with a prayer.
No,reports were gixten but atten
ion was called to the fact that the
immunity Christmas tree had been
eeo rated by the Men’s club and a
ote of thanks given to them in the
ndertaking, ind its succ'ess.
Mrs. Henrietta M. Williamson of
’armville was presented by Mrs.;
enkins. Mrs. Williamson introduced
fiss Louise Harris of Farmville. Miss
larrt* in a charming manner gave a
escriptive talk about her trip to Eu
ope last summer. She told of cross
fig the Atlantic on the Queen Mary
nd then described her trips into each,
own and country, highlighting it
nth personal incidents.
The hostess, assisted by Miss Mari
laire Shirley and Miss Marilu Burch,
erved orange chiffon pie, coffee and
Uts.
Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Marlowe re
amed home Friday night after spend
ng the holidays in Phoenix, Arizona,
[hey were accompanied from Char
otte by Mrs. T. V. Heard'1 and son
rho are spending the week here.
Mrs. C. T. Hicks took her daugh
er, Ann, back 'to Peace ^ junior col
ege in Raleigh, Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sadi Jenkins, Mr,
ind Mrs. R. G. Fields and Mrs. Henry
Vheeler were Wilson visitors Tues.
Mrs. Lossie Batten spent Tuesday
n Farmville.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryant pay, Jr., of
demphis, Tenn., have returned to
heir home after spending the hoii
lays with his parents.
Mrs. Ed Taylor returned from Au
gusta,1 Ga., Saturday. Her son, -ftfu
en, and his family of Rocky Mount
ipent Sunday with her in her new
tome.
Mrs. J.. C. Redick and mother, Mrs.
and Mrs. William Redick of
in were’ visitors here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jones and
Smily of Fountain have moved here,
Hr. Jones having accepted a poai
;ion with Sam Jenkino.
Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Craft have re
uned home after spending the hoii
layB in Miami, Fla., and points in
BUSINESSMEN, ECONOMISTS
SIGHT PROSPEROUS 1950
' The government will shape its poli
cies for 1950 on the, basis of good
business prospects for the coming
year.
'‘Prospects for our immediate fu
ture am good,’’ the White House has
just been informed by Secretary of
Commerce Charles , Sawyer, in an exr
tensive . report from Hie economic
front
The extent of the administration
interest in these trends is indicated
by the fact that Mr. Sawyer’s report
is based on the most exhaustive busi
ness survey ever undertaken by the
Department of Commerce, and one
which he conducted himself on a
15,000-mile, nationwide trip during
which he" personally interviewed
some .3,000 businessmen and 1,000
labor leaders and public officials.
While sizing up business prospects
as good, Mr. Sawyer at the same
time suggested to the White House
the “wisdom of a tempered, opti
mism.” He stated i& saf detftled re
port to the President’s assistant,-John
R. Steelman: “It is probable that bus
iness will continue at its present high
level throughout at least the early
part of 1950.”
He added, “certain factors, how
ever, .would indicate the wisdom of a
tempered optimism. Many small bus
iness men, although still operating at
fairly high levels, are suffering a
substantially reduced profit margin.
These reduced earnings 'make contin
ued expansion of plant equipment
somewhat less attractive,.. ”
But, he found among those with
whom he talked during his travels no
fears of any imminent recession.'All
expressed belief that “our economy is
essentially sound,” he said.
Mr. Sawyer reported “a general
plea for tax relief as a means of sta
bilizing costs and prices and as a
stimulus to business expansion.
‘'“Taxes most frequently mentioned
were_ the wartime excise taxes/’, he
said. These are the taxes on travel,
furs, jewelry, luggage, and other
items which were imposed during the
war either as a means of added re*
venue or to discourage luxury buying
and unnecessary travel.
On labor-management relations, he
found “an almost unanimous agree
ment that the interests of labor and
management tn» identical in main
taining tr prosperous and growing
American business.
“Many businessmen are increasing
ly concerned, however, over demands
for wage increases at a time when
profit margins are being cut and
they are trying to .reduce or hdld
down costs.. Small firms anticipated
difficulty in adjusting to wage and
pension patterns worked out between
countrywide unions and the larger
companies,.
“Next to taxes, uncertainty over
labor costs was the major deterrent
to plant and equipment expansion and
replacement. In some areas, labor
was concerned with the import of ag
ricultural workers from outside the
country. Labor leaders also pointed
out inadequqacies of present unem
ployment compensation benefits."
With regard-to government business
with business—Mr. Sawyer reported:'
“While it was generally agreed that
government contracts should be let
impartially to the •lowest and beet
bidder, certain suggestions were
made, among them that some leeway
be given, through legislation, in the
matter of negotiated contracts; that
large contracts be broken up so that
smaller firms could bid on them;,that
a longer period of time should elapse
ing of bids;
nouncing bh
nomic Coo;
interfering
D. H. Conley, superintendent of
Pitt county schools, wants fewer de
trations from basic school studies in
the\jtemester which started Monday
of^h^j week and has called on princi
palsand their teachers to get children
“down to bedrock” in classroom work.
In a statement issued last week end
Mr. Conley asserted the teachers in
the county school system were being
called upon to re-emphasize work in
the classds as a part of. an intensified
program fo' bring the schools of the
to the scholastic level they en
joyed before the war.
‘Classroom work has been sharpen
ed considerably,” Conley said, “but it
has to be sharpened more to get back
to what it was before the war. We
are going to call on the teachers and
principals to get the children down
to their classroom work. We don’t
want any studies to be lost sight ofj
in the other things the schools are
trying to do."
The superintendent'said tjie mem
bers of the board of education and
other leaders in the. county school pro
gram have taken steps to hold down
sports and to de-emphasize other
extra curricula activities which have
distracted a great deal ef students
from studies. He said the schools
have 'been instructed to hold their
basketball schedule to 20 games while
last year several of the county schools
played more than 20 basketball sche
dules. . "■ '
Conley said the teaching staff of
the county schools has been built to
above the pre-war level, and added
that the physical plants of the in
dividual schools are being constantly
improved.
“The whole program is to give each
diild an opportunity to come out a
jood reader, a good writer, and to
lave considerable instruction on how
to adjust himself to the economic
situation.” Conley said. “With inten
sive effort, through the rest of this
pear and next year, we should have
sverything back to the pre-war
scholastic level.”
BUNDY HEADS STATE
CHURCH LAYMEN’S LEAGUE
Sam D. Bundy, principal of Farm
ville high school, was elected as the
first state president of the North
Carolina Christian Church Laymen’s
League, at a state convention held
recently in Washington, N. C.
Several Christian churches have
local leagues and several of the dis
ticts have been organized on a dis
trict basis. It is the aim of~ the
church to organize local and district
groups on a state-wide basis in order
to effectively carry out men’s work
in the Christian church. - jvpy
Hie new state president is a mem
ber of the Farmville Christian church
and is supeintendent of the Sunday
School, as well as serving on the
board of deacons. His expeience in
working with organizations on a
state-wide basis includes a term as
governor of Kiw&nis International.
The new position automatically
gives Bundy a position on the Na
tional Laymen’s Commission and he
will attend'a meeting of the commis
sion tomorrow and Sunday in Indiana
polis, Ind. He will be accompanied
by Rev. C. W. Riggs of LGrange,
director of men’s work in 'Christian
churches of this state.
SENATOR-F
Humphrey, who'
political arena in
Huron. S. D, white Congress was adjourned, pa i
■ In' the business.
still a pajrtaer
FOUNTAIN NEWS
Mrs. F. S. Powell and daughter,
Margaret Ruth of Greenville, Mrs.
Bertha Crane, Mrs. J. W. Taylor and
Mrs. L. L. Ward of Bethel spent a
few days last week with Mrs. J. W.
Redick.
Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis Edgerton and
son, John, of Kenly were Sunday
guests of Mrs. J. W. Redick and Mr.
and Mrs. Carter Smith.
Pvt Alexander L. Owens left Tues
day for Fort Benning, Ga., after a
furlough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Owens.
Mr:' and Mrs. C. C. Howell and
children of Herald Harbor, Md., ar
ived /Sunday to visit relatives in Eu
reka, Fountain and' Stantonsburg.
Josephine Howell remained for a visit
with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Owens. Mr. Howell’s father,
John Howell of Eureka, accompanied
his son bhme Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Lum Jefferson, Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Bell visited in Jacksonville
Saturday and Mrs. Jefferson femain
ed for the week end with her son,
ivey Galloway, and his family.
Blackie Trevathan, John Fountain,
Jr., John Bishop Gay and Bob Foun
tain, III, have resumed their studies
Ett UNC. Others students who have
returned to their classes are'..Misses
Daphne Yelverton and Ann Horton of
Meredith college, Raleigh; Warren
Peele, Duke; A. C. Gay, Jr.. Wake
Forest, and Miss Melva Jean Baker,
Mars Hill. .
Mrs. W. B. Whitehurst of Conetoe
spent Monday with her sister, Mrs,
Jimmie Sutton.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Newton and
children of North Wilkesboro spent
the week end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Newton.
Leslie Yelverton, Jr., has. returned
to his work in southeastern North Ca
rolina after spending the Week end
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. P.
Mverton. ,* : ■- "
Captain and Mrs. R. L. Perley and
laughter, Lyn, of Ft. Knox, Ky., re
tuned Monday after spending a few
Jays with Mrs. Periy’s mother, Mrs.
J. W. Redick.
Mr. and Mrp. Johnnie Gardner and
children spent the week end: with his
mother, Mrs. Ada Gardner, who is ill
at the home of her son, W. B. Gard
ner of Farmville.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Eagles attend
ed the reception at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Herring, Sr., near
Walstonburg, honoring their son and
his bride, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Herring,
T. ' ; : ‘ ,
Mrs. John Fountain,'Sr., spent the
weak end in Lumberton with her
mother, Mrs. J. W. Baker. . . , .
Mrs. J. W. Redick and Mr. arid Mrs.
Carter Smith had as their dinner
guests; on Thursday night of last
week Capt. and Mrs. R. L. Perky and
laughter, Lyn, of Fort Knox, Mrs.
F. S. Powefl and daughter, Margaret
Ruth Of Greenville, Mrs. Bertha
Crane, Mrs. J. W. Taylor and Mrs.
L. L. Ward of Bethel, Mrs. M. D,
Yelverton, Miss Lucille Yelverton,
Wylie Yelverton, and Mr. and Mrs.
Hardy Hefcry of Thomasville.
Mrs. B. F. Speight spent Monday
with her mother, Mrs. I. W, Laaun,
who has been a patient at Woodard
Herring hospital in' Wilson since
Thursday of last week. '•
to his job Monday after spending the
holidays with his toother, Mrs. C. L.
Owens. . ' ; f-,.'
Richard Albert Bell left Monday
for Tennessee tobacco
Roscoe Bell returned ton
Kentucky belt.
Miss Mamie Nichols
Pa., is expected home t
an extended visit with
Mn. J. P. Nichols.
At The Kfwanls Club
lieutenant Governor Holloman of
the Seventh Kiwanis division installed
new officers Monday night at a meet
ing of the local club.
NeW officers are Frank Allen,
president; Ernest Petteway, vice pres
dent; Seth Barrow, secretary; George
Allen, treasurer.
New members of the board of di
rectors are Jake Fields, Jack Lewis,
Glasgow Smith and Alton Bobbitt.
Members of the board retained for'
another year are Garl Hicks, Lewis
Allen, Heftry Johnson and Billy
Smith. , i
The following perfect attendance
awards were presented: Sam Bundy,
seven years; Alex Allen, Frank Allen
and Lewis Allen, five years; Louis
Williams, Alton Bobbitt and John
Parker, four years; Jim Hockaday
and Carol ModUn, three years; Hu
bert Joyner, two years; Seth Bar
row, Earl Holmes, Henry Johnson,
I. 'K, Peeler and Fred Thomas, one
year.
Committee appointments will be an
nounced next week.
CENTIPEDE GRASS MAKES
IDEAL LAWN IN THIS SECTION
Centipede grass is being used in
several people in Greene county to
start a lawn. The grass makes an
ideal lawn in that it requires little
mowing and grows well on light soils.
To establish a lawn with this grass,
the soil should be plowed and the
grass set in rows 12 inches apart. It
helps to water the newly set grass
often until growth begins.
Mr. and lbs. Preston Jones of
Snow Hill started a lawn of centipede
grass in the spring of 1948. By the
second growing season, the grass had
made a thick sod. They are. well
pleased with the centipede grass, for a
lawn.
Farmers are preparing plant beds
for the I960 tobacco crop. Eight
farmers have purchased disease resis
tant varieties of tobaoeo to plant
their crops. The varieties being used
ire Dixie Bright 27 resistant to Gran
rille Wilt, and two combination va
rieties resistant to Granville Wilt and
Black Shank—-Dixie Bright 101 and
102.
A large acreage will be planted to
Oxford .1 where black shank is pres
ent
MRS. WHITE HOSTESS TO
BETHLEHEM WSCS MEETING
the Bethlehem
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T. H. LeCroy, farm relations offi
cer for the People's Bank in Rocky
Moupt, overall supervisor of the Pe
can Grove Dairy under terms a* the
will of the late John Tr^fhornX has
notified Paraville's Board of Com
missioners through Town Clerk C. M.
Paylor that the bank does not now
plan to install a pasteurization plant
at the dairy and therefore will put
out of _the local retail milk business
as soon as satisfactory arrangements
q*in be made for another distributor
to take over- the local route.
LeCroy*B decision is in keeping with
a gentleman’s agreement between the
dairy operators and the town boerd,
which nearly a /ear ago investigated
the advisability of adopting a muni
cipal ordinance preventing the distri
bution of raw milk and requiring that
pasteurized milk only be sold here.
Phe board conferred with J .W. Wil
kerson, manager Of the dairy, and
later with LeCroy, spokesman for the
bank, to ascertain if suitable ar
rangements qould be made without
additional laws. LeCroy told the city
executives that the bank would install
» pasteurizer about the first of I960,
if financial operating conditions of
the dairy warranted such an expendi
ture, or would withdraw entirely as
a retail distributor of raw milk in
Pannville. The motion for the milk
ordinance was tabled in April, pend
ing the final decision of the bank.
It has been estimated that an ex
penditure of from* $10,000 to $12,000
‘rill he required to install a pasteuriz
er that would requirements of the or
dinance contemplated by the town
sommissioners. It is believed that
the bank’s decision against such an
expenditure is based on the fact that
the business does not warrant the
additional investment.
Fears that Parmville will be left
without a milk supply are ground
less, according. to Manager Wilker
Jon, who added that several dairies in
this section would welcome the op
portunity to take over the customers
>f the Pecan Grove Dairy.
It is quite likely, however, that
the milk bill for Farmville families
will be increased, since pasteurized
milk in neighboring towns is higher
than the 22 cents per quart charged
tere now.
WESLEY NEWS
Aaron G. Tyson few returned to
Gtailford colleger alter spending the
holidays with His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Tyson.
Mr. and Mrs. David Puiford and
family and Bobby and Carol Hob
jood, sons of Mr. and Mrs. William
Hobgood, visited Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
[arson in Morehead City-Friday.
Mrs. Larson is Mrs. FuIford'S sister.
Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Madry of Ra
leigh and Mrs. D. M. Beardsley of
Charlotte are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
ft L. Fulford. Mrs. Madry is Hr.
Pulford’s sister and Mrs. Beardsley
s his aunt.
Mr. and Mm. R. L. Fulford spent
Sunday in Greenville with Mr. and
Mrs. Nelson Fulford. Mrs. Fulford
md son returned'for a week's visit,
Mr. and Mm. W. D. Andrews and
in Maysville Friday.