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PER PUBLISHED IN DUPLIN COUN TY. DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEO PLE OF WALLACE AND DUPLIN COUNTY VOL. XIV. WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1935 ree-Day County Court Disposes Heavy Docket Assault Cases Predominate With Liquor Law Violations ^ Running Close Second. ADDITIONAL JURY IS EMPANELED FOR DUTY Many Defendants Draw Road Sentences; Others Let Off On Behavior | The regular monthly session of General County Court was held at Kenansville on the first three days of this week when a large number of cases were dis posed of. ; In an effort to get the docket cleared of a number of cases Ejf long standing another jury spd been summoned for this term although it was not the regular time for one. Having h jury present greatly expedit ed the work of the court and as a result there are but few old cases now remaining on the locket untried. > Quite a few defendants drew outright road sentences at this term while many others receiv ed suspended sentences. As usual assault cases predomin ated, with cases involving li quor law violations running a close second. Cases disposed of at this s session included the fol reek’i In bund the case of Weeks James, James and Winner Far ; charged with assault with deadly weapon on a female, actiim was dismissed as to James. Luberta h$*» guilty and had prayer for ent continued to the Jan term. Winnie Farrior wsb cquitted. Harry Lee Johnson was de clared guilty on a charge of tpssessing whiskey for the pur ►ose of sale and received a 90 ty road sentence. • PrayeiNfor judgment was con inued for 12 months on pay ment of the cost and good be tavior in the case of Tory She iard, charged with reckless Irivirtg. Judgment was the tame in the case of Alva Ma lady, who was charged with like offense. Glennie Lessine, charged ith reskless driving, was ad judged not guilty. Pleading guilty to a charge assault with a deadly wea ion, Jessie Carr had prayer for udgment continue d to the No vember term. Leslie Hardison was declar (Continued bn fcage 4) (EPT. TAX COLLECTIONS | REACH A HIGli\ FIGURE *—On | Tax collections in this county (bring September were the best i several months, according to be monthly report of the Tax Collector filed with the Board if Commissioners Monday. Dur pg the 30-day period, the re >ort revealed, $51,634.79 was iollected. While the larger part f| this amount represented col ections on the current levy, lack taxes helped swell the to al considerably. As compared 6 collections for the same per pd last year the month’s col ections are over $30,000 ahead. ; Collections during September vere divided as follows: 1935 £*, $43,659.51; 1934, $3,095.90; j&33, $968.69; 1932, $891.64; pi, $1,197.00; 1930, $923.79; p$29, $613.80; 1928, $92.21; ($27, $84.43; 1926, $19.71, and $25, $6.82. Schedule “B”, li pase taxes, amounted to $81.50 foring the month. OPLIN COUNTY MAN ON WATERWAYS COMMITTEE Included on a committee ap jinted by Governor J. C. B. biringhauH to represent North Ivlina at the 28th annual At Bticlantic Deeper Waterways Sraoiation which meets in FIRST FROST The first frost of the sea son visited this section Sun day night as a record-break ing cold wave swept down from the North, catching many people unprepared. Hastily erected stoves were welcome additions in most homes while overcoats, smel ling highly of last summer’s moth balls, were very much in evidence on the streets both Sunday and Monday. According to weather bu reau reports, Sunday was the coldest October 6th on re cord in this section. Frost was heavy on both Sunday and Monday nights doing some damage to hay and oth er crops which had not ma tured. Agent Advises On Adjustment Plan Cotton Growers Should Demand Due Premiums on Bet ter Product Cotton producers are requir ed to submit sales records when making application for price adjustment payments, {Courtty Agent L. L. McLendon stated this week and reviewed the ob jectives of the price adjustment plan, which is a return on the average of 12 cents per pound, using 7-8 inch middling as a basis for the 1935 crop sold-be fore August 1, 1936. The adjustment payment per pound to each producer Fill be judged by the official base price on the 10 designated spot mar kets. Should a farmer’s staple (Continued on Page 4) LAST RITES HELD TODAY FOR MRS. ADA E. CARR Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Ellsworth Carr, 73, who passed away at the home of her daughter here yesterday fol lowing a long period of ill health, were held from the home today at 10:30. Rev. W. P. M. Currie, pastor of the lo cal Presbyterian church, con | ducted the last rites assisted by Rev. E. L. Wells, of Teachey. I Interment followed in Rockfish cemetery.\ | Active pallbeatefS were: W. L. Byrd, W. B. Knowles, Almond Ofthteh, J. A. Harrell, H. B. Dunn, and A. F. Wells. Hoifor ary: Horace Pearsall, H. F. Farrior, J. F. Herring, D, It. Bland, F. E. Wallace/ C. M. Miller, B. F. Pearsall, and J. W. Farrior. (Continued on Page E-'ght) ANNOUNCE CHANGES IN LOCATION OF ROUTE 41 A pretty good indication that the contract will be let shortly for paving a section of Route 41 from Wallace toward Chin quapin is contained in an an nouncement from the State Highway and Public Works Commission to the effect that they have caused to be posted at the courthouse at Kenans ville a map showing the pro posed change in location. The map shows only three minor changes, two of these being made to straighten curves and the third at the river bridge where it is probable a different approach will be built. While the Commission has made no public announcement of the probable date of the let ting, it is generally understood that it will be some time this month. PTA DISTRICT PRESIDENT AND FIELD WORKER BUSY Mrs. J. S. Blair, Wallace, President of the Southeastern District of the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teach ers and Mrs. A. J. Flowers, Jr., of New Bern, field worker for the State Congress, have been meeting this week with various parent-teacher officials in this district. On Tuesday they were in Wilmington where they attend ed a luncheon at the home of Mrs. J. B. Sidbury and discus sed plans for the forthcoming district meeting. Another con ference was held in Jackson ville on the following day. Fri day the two parent-teacher workers' wilt. meet-wMfeethers in Lumberton. WALLACE NATIVE HELPS , IN ROSE HILL REVIVAL Rose Hill, Oct. 8.—Rev. Leon Hall of Aberdeen is assisting the pastor, Rev. P. 0. Lee, in a series of revival meetings at the local Methodist church this week. Day and night services are being held. The guest min ister is a native of Wallace, and he has many friends in this community who welcome him on his return. Everyone is cordially invited to attend the Services." NEW BABY STAR AND KAY FRANCIS ON WANOCA BILL I Sybil Jason is the little girl 'who reached Hollywood by the round-about way of London, 'from Capetown, South Africa, where She was born and where 'her parents still live. | Sybil is five years old and for three years of that brief life span she has been busy enter taining others with her music, her dancing and her mimicry. (Continued on Page Five) Announce Program Annual Parent-Teacher Conference The Southeastern District of, the North Carolina Congress of| Parents and Teachers will meet in annual conference in Wil mington, October 19, Mrs. J. S. Blair, president of the district, ! announced this week. Speakers on the program include Mrs. W. J5. Aycock, President of the State Congress, Mrs. Bess N. Rosa, parent education special ist from the Woman’s • College j of the University of North Car olina, Mrs. A. J. Flowers Jr.,| State Field Worker for the Congress, and Clyde Erwin, State Superintendent of Pub-' jic Instruction. Mrs. Blair will preside over the session, which opens in the Ne^ Hanover High School at 9:30 o’clock. The theme of the conference this year is “The Parent’s Part; in Education” which will be! discussed n the address* by{ Mrs. Aycock. Mrs. Flowers will' talk oa th# M&ff principles and,policies of parent teacher organization. Supt. Erwin will talk on parent’s knowledge of the school, while the parent’s knowledge of the child will be discussed by Mrs. Rosa. Early in the morning session Mrs. Blair will present her an nual report covering her acti vities as district president. Fol lowing this various speakers will be heard. Several confer ences pertinent to parent-teach er work will be held through out the day. Luncheon served by the New Hanover County Council, hosts for the district meeting, will preceed the address by * Mrs. Rosa. Reports and questions and election of officers for the ensuing year will conclude the conference. Counties in the Southeastern District under the jurisdiction of Mrs. Blair include 'Duplin, Pender, Onslow, Bladen, Bruns wick, ;; Columbus, Cumberland, Hoke, Jones, New Hanover, Ro beson, Sampson, and Scotland. ALL AMERICAN? Jim Hutcmns, picxureu above, is one of the big guns of the University of North Carolina football squad which, after routing Wake Forest, gave the strong Tennessee team its worst defeat since 1925. Hut chins, 200 pounds of power, is being closely observed as a candidate for All-American honors this year jLocal foot ball fans will have their chance to see him in action in Chapel Hill on Homecoming Day, Oc tober 26, when the Tar Heels battle Georgia Tech. Phone Gtatpany Start Wqrk Soon Will Rebuild System Here and Install New aid Modern Equipment Dial telephones replacing the old-fashioned seta now in use, together with equipment mod ern in every resppct will make their advent in Wallace some time shortly. The announce ment was made following a meeting of th# Town Board Monday night x|hich granted the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company the privi lege of extending its lines and rebuilding its equipment here. Early in Julyjft representa tive of the telephone company appeared before the Board and requested that it might be al lowed to develop its enterprises here along with those in other neighboring town*. Action was deferred Until thfe Board could communicate with the Utilities Commission regarding the pro posed rates. A recent report from the Commission affirmed the proposal and announced that rates were in line with those of other cities. Under the rate schedule business phones on a two-party line will be charged $3.00 per (Continued op Page 4) FARMERS LOSING MONEY Some farmers of Duplin stand a good chance to lose money as a result of their own negligence, a statement from the County Agent’s of fice revealed this week. Many Bankhead Cotton Tax-Exemp tion Certificated are in the Agent’s office and the right ful owners have been notified, but the certificates remain unclaimed. Appr oximately 400 cotton and tobacco land rental checks lie undelivered in the office also. These certificates and checks have been held for a reasonable period, and they must be returned to Washing ton if the owners do not re ceipt for them. Cotton Tax Exemption Certificates will be re-issued, but it is not known whether or not there is any chance to cash in on the rental chocks after they hate been retunftd to Wash ington. BUSINESS OUTLOOK ROSE HILL APPEARS BRIGHTER Rose Hill, Oct. 9.—There are some new business prospects for Rose Hill. For the first time the town is to have a beau ty parlor. It will be known as “Carolyn’s Beauty Shop”, and it will be under the manage ment of an experienced lady in the person of Mrs. Clyde Nance of Greensboro, Mrs. Nance is' ■a native of this section, her maiden name being Miss Car olyn Teachey. Assisting Mrs. Nance will be Miss Walker of Norfolk. The shop is now rea dy for work and it is located in the building formerly used by Dan Heath as a barber shop. A larger dry-goods store is in prospect for the town, and this is greatly needed. J. B. Fussell will direct a combina tion grocery and dry goods (Continued on Page Four) BOARD ORDERS SPEED OF SCHOOL BUSSES REDUCED The Board of Education, in regular session at Kenansville Monday, took action looking to ward further safeguards for :hildren riding school busses when it passed and ordered in to effect immediately a rule prohibiting loaded busses from being driven faster than 25 miles per hour. Heretofore the maximum speed has been set at 30 miles. This action fey the Board, it is understood, follow ed reports of reckless driving by some drivers in the county. The Board was in session on ly a short time Monday and nothing more than the regular routine business-was transacts ed. EVANGELISTIC SERVICES CONCLUDED AT ROSE HILL Rose Hill, Oct. 9—The recent series of« revival meetings at the local Baptist church, in which Rev. J. L. Hodges, pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist church in New Bern, , assisted the local pastor, Rev. J. H. Barnes, were a great blessing i to the church and community.! The guest minister, an evan-j gelist of spirit and power, won a great response from his au dience. There were fourteen additions to the church, and baptismal services were held Sunday evening. WALLACE GRID TEAM TO CHALLENGE WILMINGTON - *11— j The Wallace High School j football team will play the | New Hanover High School re serve team here Friday after-i noon on the high school field, Coach T. A. “Kit” Carson an nounced today. This will mark the first home (Continued on Page 4) Says There’s Still Hopfe*" 1 For State’s WPA Projects WEED PRICES UP The best week of the cur rent season, in so far as pri ces are concerned, was re corded on the local tobacco j market this week as better grade tobacco began finding its way to the market. High averages have been recorded each day thus far with pros pects bright for a heavy sale tomorrow. Some outstanding sates have been made here this week and growers generally who have sold in Wallace were more than pleased with prices they received. Sales are expected to pick up con siderably next week as farm ers finish harvesting hay and cotton crops and get more time to prepare their weed for market. Students Woman College Reunite Kenansville Association Hos tess To Alumnae; Meet In Wallace 1936 Former students of the Wo-! nen’s College of the Universit1 )f North Carolina, now resid-J ng in Duplin met Saturday af ;ernoon in the home of Mrs. N. B. Boney in Kenansville and held their annual alumnae meeting. This annual reunion1 of WOman’s £ollegfe aJumpae .ia regularly held in 'conjunction' with the Founders Day exer cises at the college in Greens boro. ; The Kenansville alumnae were hostesses to other alumnae in Duplin county. A total of 20 women were present together (Continued on Page 8) TOBACCO SIGN-UP TO BE CLOSED OUT SOON The opportunity for signing tobacco contracts for 1936-39, inclusive, will soon be gone, County Agent L. L. McLendon announced this week. Since September 18 Duplin growers have had the privilege of sign ing the new contracts, he stat ed, and after the closing date, which has not yet been an nounced, no regular contracts will be accepted. ( The County Agent revealed i that immediately after the clos ing date for the signing of the regular contracts those farmers entitled to Special Base Con tracts would be allowed to sign-up. Growers extended the Special Contract privilege are (Continued on Page Eight) County Police, Sheriffs To Attend District Conference The law enforcing officers of this and neighboring counties will a district conference in Lumberton, Wednesday, No vember 6th, to discuss mutual problems and lay plans for con certed and continuous effort in crime prevention and highway safety. A total of eight such confer ences will be held throughout the State in all. The counties forming this district are Blad en, Brunswick, Columbus, Cum berland, Duplin, Duplin, Hoke, New Hanover, Pender, Robe son and Sampson. The series is being arranged through the Law Enforcing [Officers Division of the Insti tute of Government by the lead ers of city, county, state, and federal officers in North Caro lina. The district conferences, plans for which were adopted at the state-wide School of Law Enforcing Officers here last summer, will be followed by ci ty and county schools. I The Institute of Government, it was announced today, has completed arrangements for the printing of 250,000 copies of its new guidebook on Highway Safety. These will be distribute ed to every officer, citizens group, and high school in the State, it was said, forming the basis for safety instruction and promotion by all three groupes. In the district conferences the morning sessions will be limited to police, sheriffs, and state patrolmen for the district. The judges and solicitors of the intermediate courts will join in the afternoon meetings. Each district conference will culminate with a buffet supper at which mayors, members oi the bar, and numbers of th« public affairs committees of th« various citizens’ groups will meet with the officials in the interest of co-ordinating the ef forts of- all groups in a state wide program of law enforce (Continued on Page 4) State Administrator Coain An* nounces that Tentative Was Unofficial. MANY DUPLIN PROJECTS LACK FINAL APPROVAJUjp Expect 12-15,000 Persons Will Be On Projects By October 15 A bouyant note was struck Wednesday when State WPA Administrator George W. Coan, Jr., announced that an assistant to Federal Administrator Har ry Hopkins assured him this week that the tentative quota of $8,650,000 announced Tues day for the North Carolina: Works Progress Administration was neither official nor final. When Administrator' Coan re leased that assurance he add ed that on Wednesday of this week 7,700 people had been as signed to work, and that by October 15, 12,000 to 15,000 people would be employed on the WPA program. The previous announcement of the tentative quota in Dup lin, for few of the applications for projects in this county have yet been approved, -and an nouncement of further appro vals have been expected any day. Duplin thus far has been the recipient of several projects bearing approval from Wash ington headquarters. $680/is to be used in a geode and it will benefit frpm an < 620 couan^ifty. ject. There STi plications for buiiding6~i as yet, have received no aj val. Coupled with the P ’ projects is a request for PllfA money in this county of VPhj&b $163,636.36 is needed for ih« construction of school building and repairs to old ones. ' IP In his statement Administra tor Coan said: “Our records In dicate that the State quota vri be considerably more than $8; 650,000 and that the last infos mation we had on this subject, about September 1, was •that out quota would be about twice this amount. “Of course, there may have been some scaling down of State WPA quotas, but we be lieve Mr. Hopkins and the Pre sident will adjust the Stait WPA allotments so Carolina will of WPA funds.” DR. GEORGE C. WORTH IS SPEAKER AT ROSE HILL Rose Hill, Oct. 10.—The Day Df Prayer pbserved by the Wo man’s Auxiliary of the 5th Dis trict of the Wilmington Pres bytern at Mt. Zion Presbyteri an church here on Wednesday was an outstanding religious endeavor. Over 150 ladies were in attendance. Mrs. R. H. Poole, district pre sident, presided, while Mrs. E McNair Johnson, Willard, serv ed as secretary. The local pas tor, Rev. S. G. Harness, led the devotional exercises. Featuring the program was the address by Dr. George CL Worth, a medical missionary to China, who is at home on a furlough. Dr. Worth gave a comprehensive report on the Kiangyin work in China.. His daughter, Miss Ruth Worth, al so gave an interesting discus sion. At the noon hour a plaite lunch was served by the local auxiliary of which Mrs. R. L. Carr is president.' The place of meeting for next year is Halls ville. DUPLIN COLLEGIATES AT CAMPBELL ORGANIZE CLUB Buies Creek, Oct. 9.—Duplin County students at Campbefib. College have organized a Dup* lin County Club here tfeis with McClure Rackley, Roser , (Continued from Peg* Four)
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