COUNTY
WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1931
VOL. IX
Grady-Outlaw
Clans To Gather
Will Moot At Outlaw’s Bridge
School; Several Thousand
Expected To Attend
The annual meeting of the
Grady-Outlaw Literary and His
torical Association will be held
this year at the Outlaw’s Bridge
School, sometimes known as Max
well's School House, Duplin
county, located about seven miles
fTeai Seven Springs, a mile off
Stats highway No. Ill on August
SB, It was announced this week.
The Grady-Outlaw Literary and
Historical Aasociation was found
ed on the 29th of August, 1930 at
Gw B. P. Grady high school in
Albertson township, Duplin county,
at the first reunion of the Grady
and Outlaw families, which at
tracted much attention as it was
the largest family reunion ever
held In this state and probably
the eouth. At this first gathering
there was estimated to be close
to MM people.
The purpose of the association
is te honor the memory of the
fwnily fathers, who came to this
country long before the Revolu
tionary War. locating first in Vir
ginia and shortly after moving to
At the first reunion JLudge Henry
A. Gmdr. the son of the Tate Con
_ B. F. Grady, in whose
the B. F. Grady high school
k elected president,
vice-president and
Grady, secretary. These
with an executive
elected ta serve
nu
_ .__ ‘of R. «•
St Outlaw** * Bridge
I to hold the
Friday
A tentative program
iDeludes the
of the day to be
by Needham W. Outlaw
will represent
of the elan. The
in the
by Mrs. E. L. Travis, Sr„ of
of the late
Grady, of Hali
The meeting place alternates
each year between B. F. Grady
high scbesl ami the Outlaw Bridge
eehaoL Per the first time it is be
ing held on a tract of land origin
aMr belsnging and being settl
ed by the Outlaw family.
N. W. HALL PASSES AWAT
AT «■ HOME IN PENDER
Wutha. Aug. 1.—N. W. Hall died
at bio bams Wednesday, July 29.
• at 2:99 P. H.
Mr. MaE was the son of the late
A. G. Had. of Wilmington, and
Mm. Rachel Ann Newkirk Hall
aad the great-nephew
of Pender’s
born August
county, where
Hfe.
Mbs Virginia S.
10. 1804, and of the
bora, six survive:
Edwin Hall, Eugene
Halt, dowel! Hall
i Hall, of Wallace.
by his wife,
Hall, of Pen
_Mi*. Motile Ca
mt Raleigh. and Mrs. John
sf LaGrange, and several
conducted by
P. L. Clark, of
was in
The active
Lee,
Rocky
Hall, Warsaw;
Hall. Wilmington;
Hall, of Pender. Honorary
K. B. Levs, Eu
P. L Watson, Raleigh;
R. E.
rg; LeRoy L
Or. W. I. Taylor,
Wilmington;
Black and J,
H. E.
unselfish, un
by
P. O. DEPARTMENT AWARDS
LEASE FOR NEW BUILDING
* Wallace’s dreams of « new
building to boose the Jocal post
Office were partly realised this
week when the Post Office De
partment notified Miss Eleanor
Southerland that her lease pro
posal, calling for a new build
ing to be erected according to
specifications furnished by th<
Department, had been accepted i
The building, which will bi '
25y,x6l feet, will be erected oi
the vacant lot on Main Street
adjoining, the Tide Water Power ,
Coin patty’s office, and will fill |. j
long-felt need for a modern
post office building. Construc
tion work will probably begin
at once as it is the desire of the
Department to be able to vacate
the old building by Nov. 1st
when the present lease expires.
Equipment for the new office
will also be new and will be built
especially for the new building.
LOCAL SCHOOL TO OPEN
AUGUST TWENTY - FIFTH
The Wallace Public School will
open on Tuesday, August 25th, it
was announced this week by Mr.
J. S. Blair who will again head
the school.
Op Monday, August 24th, the
hipli school teachers will meet at
8 vo’elofk a. m., and at 10 o’clock
a. atfKigh school students will be
exposed to be on hand to get
schedules arranged in preparation
for the opening next day. At 8 :00
p. m. the elementary teachers will
meet to make preparations for the
opening.
In discussing the school this
week, Mr. Blair stated that Wal
lace only lost one teacher due to
the stgte economy program. The
elementary school is the one effect
ed, the high school having the
! same jjum^er of teaphers as form
The local high school is expect*
ed to have the largest enrollment
in its history dne to the consoli
dation with Teachey and upper
Union township in Pender. The
enrollment in high school last
year was 121, whereas it is expect
ed to be at least 226 this year.
The number in the elementry
school last year was 386, which
is expected to be considerably in
creased this year. The local high
schooEprill probably have the larg
est ^siltaunt of any school be
tween Wilmington and Goldsboro.
The'following will make up the
faculty for the coming year:
Elementary school: First grade,
Mrs. Katie Breece, Wallace, Miss
Annie Maxwell, Seven Springs;
seco&d grade, Miss Allene Pittard,
Nelson, Va.; third grade, Mrs. E.
J. Johnson, Wallace, Miss Helen
McLauchlin, Maxton, N. C.; fourth
grade, Mrs. P. J. Caudeil, Mrs.
C. ■/Miller, Wallace; fifth grade,
Miss Mary Emily Carr, Wallace;
sixth grade, Miss Alma Puler,
Salisbury; seventh grade, Mr. E.
E. Wilson, Wallace.
High school: Mr. J. S. Blair,
principal; English, Miss Mary Lou
Wilkins. Rose Hill; Mathematics,
Miss Hannah Turn age, Kinston;
Science, Mr. M. M. Johnson, Fu
quay Springs; Foreign Languages
Miss >Gtetia Goode,, Greensboro;
History, Mr. H. M. Wells, Teach
ey; Home Economics, Miss Grace
Gardner, Goldsboro. ——
It is enteresting to note tnat tne
newly elected members of the
faculty represent some of the best
trained tehchersh to ever be em
ployed here. Miss McLauchlin is
a graduate of Flora Macdonald
and during her four-year course
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RAINFALL MENACES LIFE
AND PROPERTY IN SALISBURY
Salisbury, Aug. l.-^Soon afterl
midnight this morning rain fell1
in such quantities here that streets
were flooded, basements damaged
and life and property menaced.
Firemen were called out to rescue
two families whose homes on East
Liberty street were flooded by the
overlKty of a branch and means
of escape cut off. The firemen
also rescued a couple in a ma
rooned automobile in the same
section of town. . Nearly four
inches of rata fell. The downpour
was one of the worst in the city's
history.
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Jap Finds Comet with Home-Mad^fcgiescope^
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Vasaji Nagata, an obscure Japan
ese grower of garden trade, of Braw
rc’ ley, Cat, startled world metwomen
_j by finding a new heavenly body with
, a two-inch telescope he built himself,
d The comet will probably be named
u after him.
REPORT BANKS BURDENED
WITH MONEY ON SAVING®
Richmond, Aug. 1. — The
cumulation of funds in time'MP'
savings accounts in some bangj}
of the Fifth Federal Reserve dis
trict is "bceoming more or lees of
a burden,” the monthly review: of
the Federeal Reserve Bank of
Richmond says.
Increase in savings and tiork
posits, it is stated, is in same
measure due to the fact that in
vestment funds have been unable
to find more profitable outlets in
recent months. The member banks
themselves cannot invest all these
funds, with the result that pay
ment of the regular interest rate
on savings 4sposits is a burden.
A brightening ptm«!*'<
business conditions in the Fifth
Federal Reserve district, which
includes North Carolina, was the]
smaller number of commercial
failures. During June 112 of
these were reported, compared
with 135 in June, 1930. The li
abilities in this year, however,
were slightly larger than in 1930.
During the first six months of
1931 there were 048 failures #in
the fifth district compared Wth,
844 in the first six months of 1930.
However, the liabilities of the
1931 failures totaled only $19,986,
263 white those for last year’s
first six months totaled $22,165,
014.
One unfortunate phase of eco
nomic conditions reported on is
the status of the increasing unm
ber of unemployed. Those who
lost their jobs last year in many
cases had surpluses to carry them
through, but these surpluses have
been exhausted and the added
number of unemployed is increas
ing the problem, the report says.
This means more charity work,
and the call upon charitable and
welfare agencies are steadily in
creasing in number.
Puppy love often leads to a
dog’s life.
GAME SEASONS OPEN AND
CLOSE EARLU&t THIS YEAR
Raleigh, Aug. 5. — A general
trend toward an earlier ope,n sea
son and correspondingly earlier
closing is evidenced in changes in
game laws pade by the General
Assembly of 1931, according to an
announcement yesterday by the
Department of Conservation and
Development.
One group of outdoor enthu
siasts which is ejected to be
pleased is opossum ihd.eoon hunt
ers, who will be allowed to take
the field with dog and gun from
15 to 45 days earlier this fall than
last year.
Under the new seasons, racoons
and opossum may be taken with
M' x end dog after .October 1, this
being state-wide. *La*t year the
State was divided into two zones
with hunters of the eastern sec
tion being denied the privilege of
this type of hunting until Novem
ber 15.
Trappers, however, will wait
this year until November 15 to
take racoons, opossums, mink, ot
ter and muskrat. The season for
taking furbearing animals by any
method will close February 15.
In the place of two zones with
different seasons for squirrels, the
squirrel season this year is state
wide, extending from September 1
to December 31. Last year the
eastern section was from October
! 15 to January 15, and the western
season from September 15 to Jan
uary 1.
Deer season for this year has
been moved forward 15 days,
opening September 15 and closing
January 15 in contrast to a sea
son last year extending from Oct
ober 1 to January 15. Petitions
to extend the closed season on doe
deer for two years are pending
before the conservation board.
^s heretofore, bird and rabbit
seasons open simultaneously on
November 20. Game which may
be taken on and after this date in
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Locals- And Personals Gathered
_ In And Around County’s Capital
V _*_
Mr. and Mra. R. V. Wells also
Louise and Robert Carroll visited
relatives in Orlando this week
end.
Mrs. Joseph Wallace and Mite
Margaret Williams left here early
Monday morning on a bus trip to
New York City.
MiM Reba Pickett was among
the 4-H club members that left
here Monday morning with Miss
Carolyn Garrison to attend the
course at State College, Raleigh.
Misses Margaret and Virginia
Kornegay, of Goldsboro, N. C.,
also Edward S. Kornegay, of
Washington, D. C., visited their
sister, Mrs. N. B, Boney, here Sun
day.
Rev. and Mrs. F. L. Goodman
are spending the month of August
with relatives in Buena Vista, Vs
Misses Reba Pickett and Flor
ence Stokes entertained jointly at
the home of the former one night
recently. Bridge was played at
five tables. After several prom
sions Mrs. W. G. Pickett assisted
by the girls, served peach ice
cream and sunshine cake. Punch
was also served several times dur
ing the evening. Miss Mary Edna
Dobson proved to be winner of
the ladies high-score and Mr
Brantly Penny, of Warsaw, was
awarded Gents prize.
Mrs. Elwood Reed was hostess
to the B. M. G. Sewing Club on
Tuesday afternoon of this week
from. 4 to 6 o’clock. Prior to ad
journment the guests were served
ice cream sodas and cakes.
Miss Ruth Williams entertain
ed at 3 tables of bridge on Tues
day afternoon at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wil
liams. The occassioh was in
honor of her guests, Misses Belle
Hockadsy, of Lillington, N. C.,
and Edpa May Newton, of Wil
mington. At the conclusion of
the games, delicious refreshments
were served.
MAY BOOM JOHNSON FOR
lieutkNantShjvernor
News
in the daily^papers of the state
this week Mate that a hoose for
Senator Riven Johnson for
Lieutenant-Governor May be
stittS# in Eastern North Caro
lina at an early date. Demo
cratic leaders say’ he would
sweep the state andnst any 00**
position. lfr. Johnson is con
ceded to be one of the cleverest
parliamentarians and ’fw I eat
speakers in the dsnanij was
one ofr The outstaqdf^itydnbers
in the last legislator*. As far
as is known Mr. Jshnnaai has not
yet given any. indication of his
course, although R is under
stood he has been approached
by a ■ number of Democratic
leaders of this and adjoining
counties. • ’
SERIOUS WATER SHORTAGE
PREDICTED IN STATE SOON
Raleigh, Aug. 2.—FfiNwasting a
decided drop in the volume of
streamflow in the major rivers of
North Carolina thia Fall, the di
vision of water resource^ and
engineering of the Department of
Conservation and Development
yesterday cautioned municipali
ties and other large users, of water
to prepare for such a condition.
The division tHiaaa fftnur-jrtinn
du the drought of liiSOY^ -ph se
verely reduced ground
serves of the State apd the con
tinuation of rainfall deficiency in
the early part of the current year.
Rainfall of the laat few months
ia declared not to have* been suf
ficient to build up the depleted
A recent rainfall map prepared
by the conservation department's
engineering division presents a
picture of drought conditions of
while the extreme rangted irom
normal precipiation in the vicinity
of Elizabethtown (Bladen County)
and New Holland (Hyde County),
to a deficiency of more than 50
per cent around Mount Airy (Sur
ry County).
In spite of the general de
ficiency in rainfall as great or
greater than ever before, the di
vision points out, the flow of
streams of the State in general
did not reach new minimtan levels
because of “ground*-£gier” re
serves from 1928 and 192$, years
of high rainfall. *- • -
“This year,” says a report which
will outline conditions monthly if
conditions appear to justify, “we
are confronted with a different
kind of drought, a ‘streamflow
drought’. On top of the deficiency
of rainfall in 1930, although rain
fall has been heayyin a few
months this year, it has by no
means been sufficient*4o- make up
the cumulative deficiency existing.
Rainfall for the first six months
of 1931 for the State as a whole
was 5.27 inchgi below normal.
This is on top of a deficiency of
about 12 inches at the end of
1930.
1930. For the SJy
rainfall of’ apph&t
cent less than noi
“At present many parts of the
State are being threatened with
a serious water shortage during
the late Summer>£$dJrall, and it
is the purpose oitius notice to
give warning of 4he situation as
it exists today, to the end that
those concerned with the operation
of public water supplies and water
power developments, and the dis
charge of domestic and trade
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YOUTH BADLY HURT IN
BUYING AT WHITE LAKE
Elizabethtown, Aug. 1. — Earl
Westbrook, 16-year-old Erwin
youth, was probably fatally injur
ed this afternoon when his head
struck bottom while diving at
White Lake Beach. His back was
injured to the extent that he is
completely paralyzed from his
chest down. After receiving
medical attention here he was
rushed to a hospital in Erwin.
This was the youth's first trip tc
White Lake and itjwas upon enter
ing the water that he sustained
his injuries. He was accompanied
to the lake by a party of friends
several of whom were in tike watei
at the same time.
Border Marts Open
With Low Prices
Prepared For Small
__by Result In Georgia;
-Receipts Saul! On All Floors
Prices were low on border belt
tobacco markets Tuesday, opening
day of the season, but few tickets
were, turned. Farmers weref”" ^
parek'by having knowlbge of y
happened on the Georgia mar,
last week. Fairmont, large
North Carolina market in the Bo*. .
der belt, reported an average of
$8.44. The Fairmont average on
the opening day last year was
$8.71. Fair fluff had an average •
of 18.24: Cltfrkton’s average was
$MPt and Lumberton's $7.85.
The better grades of tobacco
were selling in some instances
better than they did last year.
The common grades are as usual
in little demand and in less de
mand this year^than usual.
Total sales on the - even border
beR mslrkets aggregated only a
bout half a million pounds. Far
mers are still busy curing their
tobaco and also apparently hold
ing back to see if prices will not
get better.
Unofficial or estimate^ sales
and price averages at some of
the markets in comparison with
last year’s opening were:
Fairmont—129,42<Upounds at an
88.40 average: last year 428,260
pounds at $8.74 average.
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Fair Bluff—100,000 pounds at
$8.24; last year 125,000 pounds
at $7.
Lumberton—128,894 pounds at
$7.85 average; last year 386,168
pounds at $9.30 average.
Whiteville —175,000 pounds at
prices ranging from1 $1 to $5.40 a
hundred: jgst year, 270,000 pounds ___
Chadboom — 42,614 pounds at
$7.10 average; last year, 150,000
pounds at $8.50 average.
Claltton — 28,000 pounds, at
$8.53 average; last year, 75,000
pounds at $10.50 average.
Tabor—15,000 pounds at $8.10;
last year, 60,000 pounds at $8.
MANY MILLIONS PAID TO
EX-SERVICE MEN OF N. C.
Charlotte, Aug. 1.—J. S. Pitt
man, director of the Charlotte
regional office of the U. S. Vete
rans Bureau, announced today
that loans amounting to $13,677,
300.72 were made to North Caro
lina veterans of the World War
during the year between July 1,
1930, and June 30, 1931.
Of the loans granted, adjusted
service certificates accounted for
51,305 and life insurance policies
of 1,022. This total number of
loans was 52,327.
The office also sent out 87,741
checks for compensation and dis
ability allowances. These totaled
$3,859,551.80, making the total
amount of money paid out through
the Charlotte office in the year
$17,850,095.10.
There were 11,270 new appli
cations received for treatment,
compensation and disability al
lowance during the year.
F*YTHIAN SINGING CLASS
TO EE HERE AUGUST 18
It was announced this week
that the Singing Class from the
Pythian Ophanage at Clayton will
give a concert at the local high
school auditorium on the night of
August 18th. The class is com
posed of sixteen young voices,
well trained and the concert pro
mises to be one of the best of the
year and it is hoped there will be
a good attendance.
Children Freeze to Death
Buenos Aires, Aug. 1.—Four
children were reported frozen to
death in Patagonia during the
cold wave which swept Argentina
this week. >.
Official telegrams reported much
suffering among the Indians of
southern Argentina as the result
of the extreme cold. Cast-off
clothing and other supplies have
been asked for them. -<
The weather moderated some*
what here today.