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S' PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEO PLE OF WALLACE AND DUPLIN COUNTY VOL. XIII. WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1935 No. 4 Sales Continue Heavy On Local Strawberry Market Approximately! 30,000 Crates Have Been Sold Here During First Three Days This Week. MONDAY AGAIN LEADS WITH OYER 13,000 CRATES Prices Holding Up Well De spite Poor Quality; Sea son Nears End. The local strawberry market entered its fourth week of the current season on Monday with offerings heavy and prices firm on good quality fruit. Of ferings have also been heavy each day this week and prices have held up remarkably well considering the poor quality which has been much in evi dence since the rain of Tues day, Monday's sales of 13,823 crates were only a little over a thousand crates under the peak day of the present season when 14,997 packages were auctioned off. Prices, too com pared favorably with those registered during the early season, better quality berries selling from $2.90 to $3.50; . Tuesday's ealea showed a de cline both in quantity and price, the. 8,054 crates offered on that day- selling from $2.60 to $2.90 for the better quality, .while some.few crates went as low as $2.25. However, ber ries, were in poor condition Tuesday, afternoon following a heavy rain, the first to visit this section in over two weeks. While sales yesterday were a few crates under Tuesday's mark, prices were much bet •ter,-Wie «<011 crates "which passed" through the auction, sited selling from $3.00 to $3.50' for the better quality. Sales during the last three days of last week were heavy. On Thursday 9,834 crates were auctioned off at an average of Close to $3.25 per crate. Fri ■ day’s sales were some lighter and prices were lower, the 9, 6(22 crates sold on that day bringing an average of around •$3.00. Saturday’s sales were 10,693 crates at an average of less than $3.00 per crate. Sales today have been fair and prices have been around the average for the past sev eral days. It is thought that 'around 6,000 crates will be of fered before the market closes for the day. ; The season is now nearing a close and it is thought that by -the middle of next week the i'bulk of the crop will have been moved. However, the market is expected to remain open for lome time yet giving growers opportunity to sell their satire crop. Juice buyers are coming active on the market _id will no doubt prepare to landle berries as Jong as grow irs care to bring them in. V. J. GRADY CHAIRMAN v BOARD OF EDUCATION W. J. Grady was elected chairman of the Board of Ed ucation at the organization neeting held in the County Superintendent's office Mon y. Mr. Grady is a hold-ov while the other two ihem jts of the Board, Robert M. ^arr and J. D. Bostic are both new men, Mr. Carr succeeding lire. D. Stokes Williams who vas filling out the unexpired term of her late husband and r. Bostic succeeding H. C. Sarlton. f As the new memhers oi tne aard'have not as yet received tieir official appointments, the natter of electing a superin* ndent of schools for the en suing two years and the ap nintment of local school com ittees was deferred until fay 20th. At 9 o’clock on that date a superintendent will be sleeted, while at 11 o’clock the sard will proceed with the election of local committeemen Dr all schools of the county, commendations for these po being heard sit that nnlftr^&ep5 Out j LOS ANGELES . . • Dolores Costello Barrymore (above), is in social circulation again. Recently the moved from the Beverly Hill mansion to. a home of her owta. following a long absence abroad of her husband; John Barrymore. KENANSV.ILLE TO HAVE | CLEAN-UP WEtiK MAY 13-18 Kdnansville, May 8.—The "Pop and Mom” Club of Ken ansville have designated the week beginning- May 13th as clean-up week. All residence and business houses of the town are being urged to coop erate in this movement to im prove the sanitary conditions of the village and at the same time enhance the general ap pearance of all premises, with the view to making the little County Capital a “Village Beautiful”. Special attention upil be given to the village park and the big spring be hind- the court house square. The recent installation of con crete walks around the court house and traversing the court house square have add ed much, both to the conven ience and appearance of the grounds. In addition to this improvement, the recent plant ing of evergreen shrubbery by the local Junior Woman’s Club and the County Home Demon stration Club, in artistic ar rangement about the square has greatly added to the at tractiveness of the place. MUST PILE CLAIMS TO SHARE IN DIVIDENDS Depositors of the closed Bank of Duplin, who have not previously filed claims for their deposits, will be given another opportunity to do so, H. H. Taylor, liquidating agent of the insY*tution stated this week. Mr. Taylor says that he is mailing out proof of claim blanks to all such persons with the request that they have them properly executed and return to him as early as pos sible in order that they may share in any dividend that the bank may pay. Questioned as to the likeli hood of the depositors receiv ing a dividend, Mr. Taylor said that in his opinion they would but declined to commit himself as to the probable amount. However, he did state that sev enty percent of the bank’s pre ferred claims had already been paid off, the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company and the North Carolina Bank and Trust Company had both been satis nea ana naa retumea me col lateral which they had been holding since the Bank of Dup lin closed. With this to work on he is in hopes that he will be able to work out something for the depositors. Mr. Taylor, who has been spending Wednesday and Fri day of each week here for the past several months, now plans to be h®re on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays until further notice. JURY LIST ANNOUNCED FOR JUNE COUNTY COURT The following have been se lected for jury service at the next regular term of General ^County Court wl|itch will be held on Tuesday, June 11th Warsaw township, H. E. Register, H. D. Southerland; Faison township, L. A. Ver non, J. E. Swinson; Wolfe scrape township, Henry Sul livan, Alfred L. Kelly, Lawton Outlaw; Glislson township, Duff Kornegay; Alberton town ship, Zack Williams; Smith township, J. O. Smith, Owen Kennedy; Limestone township, J. D. Miller, Joe Brinson, J. O. Sandlin, Ellis Turner; Island Creek township, Ross Teachey; Magnolia township, D. M. Wil kins, L. C. Pope. Shipman Reports On Work Of Legislature Past Week By M. L. Shipman Raleigh, May 9.—Two pion eers in making North Carolina bone dry Btemmed the wet tide and kept the state in the dry column for two more years at least. Both observed the am enities and their hand was on ly seen indirectly. Associate Justice Heriot Clarkson was occupied with his judicial du ties, but he counselled the younger leaders. A continuous dry barrage was laid down on (the Legislature. The final knockout was given by Ambas sador Josephus Daniels, vet eran dry. He couched his mes sage in an historical address to the Legislature in which he stressed North Carolina’s well known tendency to stand ag ainst the world for its con victions. He referred to North Carolina’s refusal to ratify the Federal Constitution until amendments were added, and its refusal to secede from the Union in 1860 until all hope of maintaining the Union was lost. That was only the set ting for . calling attention to the refusal in 1982 to vote for repeal of the Eighteenth amendment. IThree days after the Dan iels’ address to the Legislature the Senate turned down the li quor bill. The Senate had been counted on to vote wet. It would have voted wet had not enough of its members took stock of the political con endum of 1932. They knew that they would hear plenty when they got back home. None knew better than Ambas sador Daniels the political ef fect of his address. He was expected by the Dry forces to furnish the final knockout blow. He did it, but with such diplomacy as to justify his se lection for an important for eign post. He doesn’t cdnfine his diplomacy to Mexico. He used in North Carolina on many occasions. Diplomacy is his meat. He proved it in' thiB fight. None could offense at what he said. It was present ed in admirable manner. While the Legislature ex empted a few counties from the Turlington dry law, there isn’t a lawyer in North Caro lina that doesn’t know that the exemptions are unconsti tutional. They wouldn’t Btand a minute in any court, and the legislators who sponsor them know that it is so. They only seek to keep their wet records straight. None of the bills will ever get to first base. After months of debate and discussion, the revenue and ap propriations bills have been written into law. The notable thing about them is increased appropriations for schools and State institution;, but there are also increased taxes for the average man, and this means that economy will be the watchword more tWm * it (Continued on Page Six) Organize County Citizens Comm’e Kenansville, N. C.—Repre sentative citizens from practi cally every community in Dup lin gathered together last Fri day night at Kenansville high school cafeteria and enjoyed a delicious supper served by the ladies of the County Agent’s office, formed themselves into an organization known as the “Duplin County Citizen’s Com mittee.” The purpose of this organi zation is to foster cooperation between communities in the county and bring about a bet ter understanding of each oth er’s problems and needs. The immediate object of the group will be to ascertain what por tion of the near 5 billion dol lars just appropriated by Con gress for relief work, Duplin County is entitled to and what methods should be used to get this money for'the county. Aubrey Cavenaugh of War saw opened the meeting by ex plaining the purpose of the gathering. The group then went into a round table discus sion of the whole matter. It was decided that each person go back to his home, learn what their respective commun ities wanted and needed most and report at the next meet ing which is called for the first Friday night in June. L. L. McLendon was elected president or permanent chair man of the group. Mr. Caven augh was appointed to go to uoiasDoro ana taxe tne matter up with Mrs. Spicer who is head of the relief work for Duplin County. Mr. McLen don said he would write a let ter to Congressman Barden for more information on the sub ject. Two Tetters were read from Mr. Barden in which he encouraged the idea of organ izing the county as the group started out to do. The hope was expressed that the organization could be made a permanent one. JUNIORS TO HOLD DIST. MEET AT KENANSVILLE Kenansville is making plans to welcome a large number of Juniors on next Wednesday, May 15th, when members of the order from Duplin, Samp son and Bladen counties will hold their ^strict meeting with the Kenansville Council. There are thirteen Councils in the 26th district and each is ex pected to send a large number of delegates. In addition to the regular delegates a large number of members from each Council is expected to attend and participate in the splen did program which has been arranged for the meeting, which will be presided over by R. J. Hester, Jr., of Elizabeth town, District Deputy State Councilor. Among high rank ing state officers of the Order expected to attend the meeting are C. F. Tankersley, Jr., of Henderson, State Councilor; Monroe Adams, of Statesville, State Vice Councilor; Gurney P. Hood, of Raleigh, State Treasurer; E. V. Harris, of Tarboro, Field Secretary and Dr. Chas. E. Brewer, of Ral eigh, Past National Councilor. The business session will be held at 3:00 P. M., it has been announced, with a public meet ing being scheduled for 8:00 P. M. The Kenansville Wo man’s Club will serve a plate supper at 6:00 P. M., the price per plate being 35 cents. Special Service at Baptist A special Mother’s Day ser vice will be held at the local Baptist church on Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock, it was announced this week by the pastor. Rev. J. M. Page, of Raleigh, will deliver the ser mon and a choir will render special music. The public is cordially invited. Most people find ready ac cuses for not doing what they don’t want to do. * ' ' ■ £ 1? 'is** y ' .v> . • i . LIGHT VOTE CAST IN LOCAL TOWN ELECTION Little interest was manifest id in the biennial election held here Tuesday for the purpose of electing a Mayor and five Commissioners to govern the town for the next two years. Only one ticket was in the field and more than half the regis tered voters failed to visit the polls at all, probably feeling that it was entirely unneces sary in view of the fact that the candidates were sure to win. An official tabulation of the vote showed that only 108 persons participated in the election. Following is the list of of ficials selected to govern the town for the next two years: Mayor, J. A. Harrell; Commis sioners, William Farrior, Roy Carter, M. J. Cavenaugh, H. E. Kramer and W. G. Wells. The Mayor and the two last named Commissioners are new men on the town’s governing body while the first three Commis sioners were members of the old board, one of them, M. J. Cavenaugh, having served as Commissioner for a number of years. The new officials met in the town office last night and were administered the oath of office by the outgoing Mayor, J. R. Rose. They then held their first official meeting at which time it was decided that all de partments would remain in charge of the same men for the present, C. B. Adams be ing re-elected Clerk-Auditor and F. L. Boone, Chief of Po lice and tax collector. CHINQUAPIN TO HAVE ANNUAL TONSIL CLINIC The annual tonsil clinic will be held at the Chinqn^iofaigh school building on ''Friday, May 24th, it wa*s announced this week by Mrs. C. E. Sea well, who has charge of ar rangements for the clinic. As the closing date for applicants is May 18th, Mrs. Seawell is anxious that all those Interest ed in having their tonsils re moved at this time see h*r be fore that date. The way Congress is idling along you would think the share-the-work club had a lot of members. Large Number Cases Aired In County Court This Week HAMMOND, Ind. . . . Edward Singleton, 43, (above), wa* con victed four years ago of robbing a store. He went to prison to serve 10 years. Last week Ralph Har wood confessed that it was he, not Singleton, who was guilty of the crime. Singleton was given hie freedom. OVER $11,000 IN TAXES COLLECTED IN APRIL Despite the fact that the trucking season opened in this county last month, tax collec tions continued to lag, accord ing to the report of I. N. Hen derson for the month of Ap ril, which was filed with the Board of County Commission ers at their regular first Mon day meeting held at Kenans ville May 6th. However, much better collections are antici pated during this month as the trucking season advances and taxpayers in the trucking belt get time to take stock of their finances. While it will not be the big month in all sections of the county, May unexpected to be the biggest month of the year in all townships border ing on the railroad where truck farming is carried on on a large scale. Collections last month were divided as follows: 1926 tax, $56.88; 1926, $94.68; 1927, $107.02; 1928, $275.91; 1929, $1,246.43; 193 0, $1,729.56; 1931, $1,792.98; 1932, $1,550.80; 1933, $1,330.79, and 1934, $2, 799.25. Collections on Sched ule “B” taxes amounted to $41.25, making a total for the month of $11,025.55. State Music Festival Will Be Held On May Nineteen The State Music Festival, with a chorus of 5,000 voices, and a band of 200 pieces, in dicates a new deal in music for North Carolina. The program will be staged in the Riddick Field Football Stadium, Raleigh, Sunday af ternoon, May 19th, at 8:30. The festival occasion is be ing sponsored by the North Carolina Music Festival As sociation. Twenty-four towns and thirty-eight schools will have two or more groups each in the big chorus. This is one of the largest choruses ever presented in this part of the country. The program will have a variation of appeal that all can enjoy. Numbers will vary from the simple folk song, negro spirituals, to the most tuneful classics. A large woman’s chorus, singing “Calm as the Night’’ and Schubert’s “Serenade”,' will delight every listener. The! large combined male chorus harmonizing the tuneful spir itual “In My Heart” and “The Eagle Song” will be especially attractive. The State College Band, The Carolina University Band, and the Wake Forest College Band will all be combined in to one great band. Directors D. C. Kutschinski of State Col lege, Earl Slocumb of the Uni versity, and Newell Isobell of Wake Forest will each direct the combined band in a group of numbers. Professor Kut schinski will open the program directing the band, the chorus, and the great audience in the State song, “The Old North State” and the National An them. Governor J'. C. B. Ehring haus will be master of cere monies and his congenial per sonality will add much to the program. George L. Johnson, Nation ally known negro singer and choral director, will also ap pear on the program. His numbers will be a treat with in themselves. The people of North Caro lina have one of the greatest music thrills of all time in store for them. The program will be free to the public, no admission charged, no collec tion taken. Three Convicts Escape Three long-term convicts, all white, made a break for lib erty in the Teachey section on last Friday where they were engaged in repairing a road. However, two of them were not so fortunate as they had hoped to be as they were re captured the same afternoon in a wooded section west of Wallace. One of them was suffering from a buck shot wound in his arm which was inflicted by a guard when he saw them attempting to es cape. The third member of the trio was also thought to be wounded as the guard fired on him twice as he took to the woods. Whether or not he has been re-captured is not known at this time. Nine Defendants Draw Out* right Road Sentences Aggre gating Over Four Years. SUSPENDED SENTENCES IN NUMBER OF CASES Court Was in Session Better1 Part of Two Days; No Jury Trials Held. The regular monthly session of General County Court was held at Kenansville on Monday and Tuesday of this week when a large number of cases were disposed of. Monday’s session was an unusually busy one, the majority of the cases be ing disposed of on that day al though it was necessary for the court to re-convene on Tuesday to finish up its work. Nine defendants drew outright road sentences at this term while a number of others re ceived suspended sentences. No jury trials were heard. The following cases were disposed of during the two day session of the court: J. C. Payne, charged with as sault with a deadly weapon, pled guilty to simple assault and received a 30-day road sentence which was suspended for two years on condition he remain of good behavior and pay cost of the action. Charged with larceny and receiving, James Allen entered a plea of not guilty. Upon be ing found guilty by the Court he was ordered to the roads for a term of 12 months. Pleading guilty to a charge of carrying a concealed weap on, Fossie Pickett had prayer ink• judgment coni Charged with possession and transporting whiskey for the purpose of sale, Roy McGee en tered a plea of guilty and re ceived a 6-month’s road sen tence which was suspended for two years on condition he re main of good behavior and pay* cost of the action. He was al lowed to give bond in the amount of $100.00 for appear ance at the June term to pay the cost. ri 1 . ■ ■ A Charged with being a public nuisance, W. A. Harrison, through counsel, entered a plea of guilty and was sentence ed to 6 months in jail to be worked at the County Hotaie under the supervision of the County Commissioners. Gibbons Hicks, charged with assault on a female and being a public nuisance, entered al plea of not guilty. However, the Court found him guilty and he received a 4-months road sentence which was suspended on payment of the cost. Charged with assault with a! deadly weapon and assault on a female, Ed Allen entered at plea of not guilty. Upon being found guilty by the court he was ordered to the roads for a term of 6 months. — A nol pross with leave was taken in the case of Beatrice Edwards, charged with using profane language and public nuisance. A nol pross was al so taken in the case of Laura Fussell, charged with drunk and disorderly conduct and public nuisance. . Herbert Fennell, charged with assault with a deadly weapon, was sentenced toi eight months in jail to be. work ed at the County Home. Charged with cruelty to ani mals, Charlie Galspie was found guilty and received a 30-day road sentence. He gave notice of appeal to Superior Court. John Harris, charged with possessing whiskey for the purpose of sale, entered a plea of guilty on the possession charge and received a 6-month road senteqce. Judgment was suspended, however, on pay ment of a $15.00 fine and the cost. A nol pross with leave was taken in the case of El Mills, charged with aiding (Continued on Page Six)
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