— THE —
Wallace Enterprise
Published Every Thursday By
THE WELLS-OSWALD
PUBLISHING CO.
Wallace, N. C.
W. G. WELLS.Editor
H. L. OSWALD. Supt.
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In Advene*
Entered as Second Class Matter Jan
nary 19, 1923, at the Postoffice at
Wallace, North Carolina, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
Thursday, June 27, 1935
Habits are servants of men,
or masters; how about your
own.
Fishing is undoubtedly re
sponsible for much lying but
why abolish fishing?
Subscribers deserve great
praise when they remember to
keep their subscriptions paid
in advance.
If all the farmers raised all
that they expect the surplus
would be big enough to last for
decades.
Don’t wait for the neighbors
to take the lead in making our
community more beautiful.
You can improve your own
place.
Our own idea is that buying
at home will build up your
home town and increase the
value of whatever stake you
happen to have in it.
Any advertising expert can
tell a merchant why he ought
to spend more money for ad
vertising, and probably be tell
ing him the truth.
The world, we are willing to
admit, owes every man the op
portune yto work for aliving.
All that remains is to get ev
ery man to work.
PRICE NOT THE ONLY
FACTOR
Local business men tell us
that many people in buying,
consider only one factor in
trading—the price.j*. Losing
sight entirely of the * impor
tance of quality and without
appreciating the services ren
dered by the merchants in our
town some people glance
through a catalog and snap at
“bargains." After paying par
cel post, insurance and waiting
days for the merchandise they
do not come out as well as they
imagined.
This newspaper has never
appealed to its readers to trade
at home merely for “patriotic"
reasons. It has never blamed
any person for buying what is
needed as cheaply as possible,
although it has attempted to
demonstrate that local mer
chants deserve as much con
sideration as a stray catalog.
To stay in business our mer
chants must meet outside com
petition but it is obviously un
reasonable to expect them to
do more than this.
Local merchants very often
deliver merchandise on credit
but we know of few mail order
houses that run many charge
accounts in this section. Local j
merchants guarantee their
wares giving you many money
back guarantees, but we know
o' very few satisfactory price
adjustments effected through
the mails. Local merchants
give an adequate follow-up and
repair service on their sales
but, as far as we know, no mail
order house has ever sent a
man to our town to see why
its product is not doing all
that they said it would.
There is much more to a
trade than the price. Quality,
accomodation, service and per
sonal consideration come with
goods bought from merchants
of our town. There is no price
for these in a catalog because
a mail-order house cannot de
liver them with the goods—it
takes a local store to do so.
BAD HOUSING IN THIS
COUNTY
It would probably surprise
■ many residents of our county
to be told that one-third of the
population of the United States
is living in dwellings and nei
ghborhoods “of a character to
injure the health, endanger the
safety and morals, and inter
fere with the normal life of
their inhabitants.”
This is the verdict of the
Housing Division of the PWA
which has issued a report, with
supporting details, that six
million non-farm, and five mil?
lion farm homes are definitely
substandard, and that hous
ing conditions are so bad ov
er so great an area that the;
constitute a national emergen
cy.
The report points out thal
while the situation in the slum
areas of great cities it also
exists in farm districts as well.
Moreover, the conclusion is
“inescapable,” according t o
Dr. Edith Wood, that the evil
is impossible of correction by
private enterprise. The Gov
ernment hopes to embark on a
campaign of actual construc
tion, according to Horatio B.
Hackett, PWA Director of
Housing, not with the idea of
supplying the entire need of
the country but rather with the
hope to scatter outstanding ex
amples of proper housing pro
jects among the states and
thus encourage progress along
this important line.
While readers of this news
paper, as stated at the begin
ning of this article, may not
realize the actual conditions
that exist in the county we feel
sure that a little reflection on
their part will convince them
that much is needed along
housing construction here be
fore our people as a whole will
be adequately and properly
housed.
THEY TALK FOR BOTH
SIDES
We have been considerably
intrigued by the sudden rush
m the part of big business or
ganizations to proclaim the
virtues of the American Con
stitution and champion the
sause of state’s rights. These
same, or similar interests, also
loudly proclaim the doctrine of
state sovereignty whenever it
so happens that it is to their
nonetary benefit to do so.
We have also found it amus
ng to observe the eminent
statesmen, of both parties, who
widely proclaim their loyalty
;o the sovereignty of the states
ind urge the necessity of
ceeping them powerful. They,
nevertheless, seldom fail to
some to the front when the
Federal Government is passing
out funds, and so far as we
snow rarely miss an opportun
ity to bellow for Federal aid
to citizens of their state who
happen to meet with misfor
tune of any kind.
ine aoove ooservations are
made without intending to
throw any aspersions upon the
undoubted soundness of the
opinion that a nation as vast
as the United States must, if
it expects to continue, permit
as much local self-government
under the auspices of the states
as possible. Nor would we de
ride the undoubted virtues of
our Constitution which is in a
distinct safeguard of liberty
and freedom for cur people.
The point is, however, that
many politicians and business
men proclaim the United States
Constitution when it is to their
selfish interest to hide behind
that document, and in the next
breath prate about states
rights. People ought to pay
very little attention to argu
ments advanced by these shift
ing advocates of their own self
interest.
BRIEF; VERY BRIEF
President Roosevelt asks that
politics be kept out of relief.
Congress speeds up work to
ward July adjournment.
Norris asks an amendment
to ban 5-4 high court rulings.
Landis rules that “Alabama’1
Pitts may play league baseball
Freight loadings are up 11.6
percent in week, 2.3 percent in
year.
France asked to present
peaceable Italian terms to
Ethiopia.
Fingerprints on cloth are
revealed by new police techni
que.
'President Roosevelt, in ex
ecutive orders, sets up new
NRA.
Gen. Foulois is cleared, but
reprimanded b y Secretary
Dern.
United States saved franc in
recent crisis. Tannery reveals.
High Russian grain yields
forecast, strengthening crop
outlook.
Edward Filene says NRA
collapse will force wages down.
NEWS REEL, June Sports Releases— by A. B. Chapin
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race.
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BLUE EA6LE was ba<j<jod by a party of nin« heritor*
Ot> Hw Rjtomac ftwor oarly -H\i« month .
Sowo say'twM a pof shot; o+hors say 'Krasnt l
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lr Hus JvdVif.
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Old Msrn Experience is
■W»e fini*k jud^e.
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SUARPSVtOOTIWG
WEDFOQD^N.J.—*
Jim Jarwood claims state
ckamp'tonship in tK# APHIS,
Boss BUG- AMO JAPANESE
Beetle class.
STEEPLE CHASE.
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For U. S. Farmers
AAA Faces Attacks
75 Per Cent Parity
Editors Surprised
Farmers Must Decide
Farmers who feel that the!
AAA has helped increase their
farm incomes might as well
realize that it is under con
stant attack and that they must
be on. their guard all the time
in order to prevent losing what
ever has been gained.
Critics of the AAA, it seems
to us, lose sight of the fact that
the prize purpose of the act
w* <to tbring about a parity
between the prices of farm pro
ducts and those of industry.
To do this it is necessary to
reduce industrial prices or
raise agricultural prices. The
latter effort is the one upon
which most effort has been
concentrated.
However, it is not possible,
perhaps, to accomplish every
thing through tliis attack.
Chester C. Davis, in his recent
report, points out that farm
prices last year were still 25
per cent below the 1910-1929
relationship to industrial
prices and warns farmers that
further improvement in their
income will depend “on the in
creased activity, income and
purchasing power of industrial
groups.”
The chance that exports
might provide additional out
lets for agricultural products
exists but, it seems, is largely
dependent upon a willingness
on the part of this country to
permit other nations who buy
from us, to sell us something
in order to be able to pay their
bills here. The hope that some
system will enable us to dump
our surplus on the world mar
ket at reduced rates is vain, be
cause other nations will re
taliate against dumping and
probably erect new barriers to
protect their domestic produc
ers.
The Brookings Institution
has published a commentary on
the AAA and it worries some
metropolitan newspaper edi
tors to see that the report calls
attention to the risk that farm
ers who get crop benefits “from
the government will seek (a:
in the case of protective tar
iffs and pork barrell appropri
ations) to retain and enlarge
them.”
Well, now, isn't that a sur
prise? All that*Hhe big news
paper editors had to do, if thej
wanted that information was tc
read our comment several
months ago. It did not re
quire any prophetical sense tc
know that farmers, like every
body else, would want to keep
a cash increase.
The point is, however, that
agriculture was bled white in
the United States for years and
that the depression was caus
ed in a large degree by the ab
solute bankruptcy of millions
of farmers. Moreover, most
farmers and political leaders
today acknowledge that the
processing taxes, jvhich pay(
the benefits, are an agricultur-'
al equivalent t° the tariff, and;
the argument follows that if
one is surrendered the other
should be abandoned.
Last Thursday, June 20th,
Secretary Wallace delivered an
address at Harvard Universi-j
ty, in which he once more,
called attention to the choice
that must be made by this
country.
Mr. Wallace may be wrong
in his conclusions as to what
the choice should be, but he
states the possible courses of
action, we think, with commen
dable fairness: “Are we to take
an internationalists path, to
lower tariffs and to accept gra
dually increased imports, in or
der to restore the old level of
exports? Or, are we to go in
for self-sufficiency, shutting
out imports and thereby de^
stroying all hopes of restoring
exports? If not either of these,
paths, can we agree upon aj
middle path—lowering certain
tariffs a little, accepting a mo
dest increase in imports, and
restoring exports a little? Or
will we delay decision on the
issue by usinfj, government
money to subsidize exports, and
thus do with public funds what
our private loans did in the
seven years between 1922 and
1929?"
Farmers of our county along
with those in other sections of
the country might as well stu
dy up the answers, if they do
not know them. The issue is
near at hand and a decision
must be made in the near fu
ture.
1
WISE AND OTHERWISE
Gets Job; Kills Child
Duluth, Minn.—Edward Mi
ikiska, 28, was happy over his
I first job in more than a year
when he got employment as a
truck driver. Going home, af
ter his first trip, he did not see
his five-year old boy race to
meet him, and the truck crush
ed the lad.
Robbers Return Coins
Waterloo, Iowa.—Two rob
l bers held up August Bradley,
but finding only a few cents in
a pocket, handed him back the
change, saying: “We’ve got
more than that.” „ -
Only One
Hitler’s the only real dicta
tor in Europe. The rest are
married.—Cincinnati Enquirer
Just About
A new treaty In Europe is
like a new toy for the children
and lasts about as long.—
Nashville Tennessean.
A Taste
The storm troops, after
training as the hammer, are
now getting a taste of what it
is to be the | anvil.—Lynchburg
News.
Hoover at Stanford deplores
"governntjjnt bf flat”
CARDWELL’S
OLLMN
By GUY A. CARDWELL,
Agricultural & Industrial Agent,
A. C. L. Railroad Co.
BLAKEMORE VARIETY
FIRMLY ESTABLISHED IN
CAROLINA STRAWBERRY
BELT
The Blakemore strawberry
was first tested at the Coastal
Plain Station near Willard, N.
C., in 1928. In the seven years
since then it has Succeeded
each year in a wider region of
the country and the commer
cial success of the variety has
fully justified its introduction.
The U. S. Department of Ag
riculture and the North Caro
lina State Department of Ag
riculture both recommend it
as the best variety for North
Carolina except possibly in a
small region about Chadbourn.
Although the variety has
proven so successful general
ly, it has failed in the hands
of certain growers, and it is
believed that this may be due
to a lack of understanding of
the variety and its difference
from other varieties previous
ly grown rather than to local
or climatic differences. When
the variety was introduced it
was stated that it was very
vigorous, made plants freely,
and that care should be taken
to avoid having too many plants
crowded together in the. row,
The Coastal Plain Station al
Willard mailed with each lot
of plants sent out a circular
stating that the variety re
sponded excellently to the hill
system of culture in contrast
to the matted row system. Nev
ertheless, because the matted
row system has been so gen<
erally practiced in eastern
North Carolina the growers
have not always heeded this
advice. As a result they have
had small plants crowded to
getner , competing ior sus
tenance,. and yielding accord'
ingly a small crop of under
[sized berries which tend to b<
soft and to decay under th<
dense foilage. The largesi
yields of Missionary seem t<
some from the matted row sys
tern but with the Blakemor*
the plants must be kept wel
separated and distributed ii
the row if it is to be success'
fully grown*
The Blakemore strawberry
originated from a cross of Mis
sionary X Howard 17 (Pre
mier) made in 1928 at the Un
ited States Field Station neai
Glenn Dale, Md. Because th<
results of tests have so fai
shown many points of super
iority and no weaknesses ai
compared with the Missionary
it is recommended for growin{
in the eastern North Carolim
section.
The Blakemore has succeed
ed under a wide range of flelc
conditions. It has been growi
on a clay and on a sandy loan
in both New Jersey and Mary
land and on rather light, me
dium, and fine sandy loams ii
North Carolina. It may noi
succeed well on the liffatev
sandy loams, but it has grown
well on the other soil types.
The value of a new variety
may be most readily estimated
by comparison with the stan
dard variety or varieties of any
section. Hence, in this arti
cle the characteristics of the
Blakemore are compared with
those of the • Missionary and
to some extent with those of
the Klondike.
The plants are somewhat
more vigorous than those of
the Missionary, with foilage as
resistant to leaf spots. The
common leaf gpot sometimes
occurs on this variety but not
usually has it been serious,
while the variety is very re
sistant to leaf scorch which is
so serious on the Klondike and
at the end of the picking sea
son is sometimes serious on
the Missionary. Dr. George
M. Darrow, Senior Pomologist,
United States Department of
Agriculture, warn£ that new*
plantings should be set from
fields which were carefully
rogued the previous year for
the yellow plant. The rogue
ing should be done during May
and June in newly set fields so
that just as far as possible the
new plantings be set from
fields without any of the dis
ease. Apparently there is a
small percentage of plants
which sports to the yellow
plant each year, and if there
is an accumulation of the yel
low plant it may become seri
ous. Runners are produced ful
ly as freely as by the Mission
ary. The blossoms are per
fect the stamens containing
more pollen than those of the
Missionary. Neither this vari
ety nor Missionary produces
stamens and pollen as freely at
the beginning of the blossom
ing season as does the Klon
dike.
In North Carolina the Blake
more is earlier than the Mis
sionary, in 1929 being four to
six days earlier. It is also a
little earlier than the Klon
dike. Under conditions so far
tested in the Carolina section
it has been somewhat more pro
ductive than the Missionary
and much more productive
than the Klondike. The ber
ries are bluntly conic, not long
like the berries of the Mission
ary. There are far fewer white
tipped berries as are common'
in the Missionary under some
conditions. Moreover, the ber
ries color on the underside
better than either Missionary
or Klondike. The berries are
a bright light red, which does
not change on holding, as do
the Missionary and Klondike
colors. Because of this its
color is much more attractive
in the market than is that of
either the Missionary or Klon
dike, especially after the ber
ries have been held several
days. The berries are much
firmer, and the skin is not as
easily broken as is that of the
Missionary or Klondike and
Blakemore berries do not
shrivel on standing as do the
Klondike and Missionary ber
ries. Because of its firm flesh
and relatively tough skin the
Blakemore has proved consid
erably superior as a market
variety. It is easier to pick and
to cap than most varieties. The
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WANOCA PRESENTS EDDIE
CANTOR IN ‘KID MILLIONS’
(Continued from Page 1)
the late Professor’s common
law wife, and' her boneheaded
gangster boy-friend, played by
Warre nHymer. Ann Sothern
and George Murphy furnish the
heart interest.
Lavishly produced, for , re
lease through United Artists,
“Kid Millions” offers several
gorgeous girl and song num
bers, and the “Mandy” num
ber, in which Irving Berlin’s
| song hit, which Eddie intro
’ duced in an early Ziegfield Fol
‘ lies, is revived is staged with
terrific effect. “Okay, Toots,'1
"An Earful of Music,” “When
My Ship Comes in,” and “Youi
Head On My Shoulder,” arc
other tuneful hits you’ll /be
humming and whistling foi
months.
“Kid Millions” is a million
dollars worth of entertain
ment. See it and treat yourself
to the greatest film fun fest in
years.
A complete program and
coming events for this theatre
will be found elsewhere in this
issue. \"<
BARDEN GETS ASSURANCE
(Continued from Page 1)
150 families will be provided
for.”
The Penderlea project will
be purely agricultural. Live
stock, and poultry will be In
ALAS, ALACK and
Ancesters, the ebony imp
the overhanging lip has decii
ed to come back to work. Si
the market season began
Wallace this year the one
only h. o. c., Ancestors,
been raking in hard eai
money from unsuspecting
duce inspectors and those
er untried individuals.
’em up! Gi’ me one in de a
mutters the indomitable A:
cestors and the bones roll trui
“Shoot ye dis time fer quaata'
he invites when he wins. Bi
when he hits a losing stri
the curse of Cain beetles h
brow, retreats into the shad'
and scans the pages of a ma
azine, which he can’t read,
a few moments he borrows “fl’|
cent” and rolls or shakes anew,
Observers report that through'
out his career the lip-lugger
on the good side of the earn
ings. One day he traipsed ol
with a sizeable pot and forth
with invested it in two nevi
pair of shoes, a red tie, and
took one of the gal chilluns tq
a thrilling “melodramer”. In
recent sessions, however, his
luck has turned. Perhaps
was overconfidence. Nevertb
less he has sunk to the levbl
of playing on halves, and then
loses. Now the law has rulei
that sech carrin’ ons.are to be
ceased, or a .cellar will be dug
beneath the lonesome jail,
URELY
ERSONAL
IFFLE
PRODUCE INSPECTORS
are an ornery and puzzling lot.
Many of them have been school
teachers in other day® but it
was surprising to discover that?
one of the newcomers was not
only a school teacher but alf
so a member of the last legis
lative body. While his oppon
ents campaigned he was in
specting eorn. . -f
To J. M. POWERS, colored
farmer in the Wellstown sec
tion, goes the fur-lined pot for
bringing into this office Wed
nesday the first cotton blos
som. He also had the honor
of doing the same thing last
year. As additional award hf
gets one year’s subscription to<
the Wallace Enterprise* the
weekly paper “devoted to the
best interests of the people of<
Wallace and Duplin County.” ,
WHATDOESITMATTER but
Aunt Temp, who several yean
ago started a local movement
for better housing, now has
only to get one room of her
house covered. . . Saw a pla
card the other day which an
nounced that one Lew Gorger
ty and his orchestra would play
at a nearby summer resort. . .
sounds like a mouth wash. .
and there is a dog in town
named ‘Thirty Cents” ... A
facetious note to Bill: Anoth
er assuming penon said we fa
vored. . . Doesn’t A1 Jolson ap
pear to be knock-kneed. . ^
There is a dentist in North
Carolina whose name is Den
nis. .. Roberta is said to be un
doubtedly the best musical
show of the year. . . Irene
Dunne, one of the stars in that
show, used to be connected
with the Metropolitan Opera. J
eluded, however, along with:
crops. It was recently reveal
ed that 900 acres will be pur-:
chased in addition to the 4,500
acres already included in the:
project.
CELEBRATES 86TH
BIRTHDAY SUNDAY
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prominent in the public affairs
of Duplin County. Although
he does no actual fanning he!
still maintains an interest ini
agriculture. In his 86 years!
he is proud to admit that he!
reads his daily paper without^
benefit of glasses.
LOCAL WOMAN*C
(Continued from
Mrs. Steelman Carr »»v
report from the Lite!
department, which has
outstanding work toward
taining and expanding the
Uc library. A report
Home Dept, was heard.
J. S. .Blair submitted a
from the social e
A delightful social
lowed, the hostesses
J. D. Teachey, c
dames Alex Sout
Southerland, AR
R. Ward, and R
fron