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WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1935
Cotton Growers Warned
To Keep Sales Record
Information Will Be Necessary
When Producer. Makes Ap
plication for Payment.
PRICE ADJUSTMENT PLAN
CALLS FOR 12c RETURNS
Payments Are Not to Exceed
Two Cents; Use Spot Mar
kets as Meters
All cotton growers are being
warned by the County Agent to
keep a record of their cotton
sales.
The objective of the price
adjustment payment plan of
the AAA is to assure produc
ers, insofar as possible, a re
turn of 12c per pound, basis 7-8
inch middling, for their 1935
cotton crop sold prior to Aug
ust 1, 1936.
The adjustment payment per
pound to each producer will be
the amount per pound by which
the official average base price
on the ten designated spot cot
ton markets is below 12c per
pound on the date of sale, but
in no case shall the adjustment
payment exceed 2c per pound,
it was announced. In case the
cotton is not sold by July 31,
1936, but is on that date under
the 10c loan, a similar adjust
ment payment will be made in
the amount per pound by which
the official average base price
on the ten designated spot cot
ton markets is below 12c per
pound on July 31, 1936, but in
no case shall the payment per
pound exceed 2c.
Payments will be made
throughout the cotton year,
based oh the amount of
sold up to and' includes Ju
ly 81, 1931, which is not in ex
cess of the producer’s 1935
Bankhead Allotment, to each
producer who is participating
in the 1936 cotton acreage ad
justment program, and who
agrees to participate in the
1936 adjustment program.
Producers who before Aug
ust 1, 1936, sell cotton from
their 1935 crop, but who do not
have a cotton acreage adjust
ment contract for 1935 or who
have not complied in 1935, may
make application for cotton
pr^ce adjustment payments,
based on the amount of their
cotton so sold which is not in
excess of their 1935 Bankhead
Allotment. But such a pay
ment cannot be made until he
has made and complied with a
1936 cotton contracr. All ap
plications must be made prior
to August 15, 1936.
All producers should secure
a sales certificate from the
buyer of - his cotton and bring
two copies to the County Ag
ent’s office when he wishes to
make bis application, ■says Mr.
McLendon.
OXFORD SINGING CLASS
RENDERS PROGRAM HERE
Presenting an interesting
program of songs and skit* the
singing class, from the Oxford
Orphanage entertained a large
audience in the local high
school auditorium last Friday
night. The program was spon
sored by the local Masonic or
der. Clifton J. Knowles had
charge of the arrangements.
No admission fee was charg
ed for the concert, and contri
butions taken during intermis
sion netted approximately $65.
This sum will be used in help
ing maintaining the Masonic
Orphanage in Oxford.
I Prior to the program a group
inf local musicians rendered
several musical numbers.
clothing cer
i by Mrs. Es
CLUB WOMEN WILL
m MEET NEXT FRIDAY
^Presentation of
locates and prizes by Mrs.
T. Smith, District Home
nitration Agent, Raleigh,
feature the annual meet
achievement day of the
-'Federation of
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ROCKFISH CHURCH HAS
EVANGELISTIC SERVICES
A series of evangelistic ser
vices began Sunday at Rock
fish Presbyterian Church and
will close this coining Sunday.
Rev. W. P. M. Currie, who has
been pastor of the church for
over 30 years, is being assisted
by Rev. L. E. Wells, of Teachey
and Rev. Eugene Carr, pastor
of Mount Pisgah Church near
Broadway.
During the past summer the
Rockfish Church has been un
dergoing extensive repairs and
remodeling and the revival this
week is commemorative of the
completion of the work.
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KRAMER’S TO DISTRIBUTE
SPECIAL CIRCUS TICKETS
Walter L. iviain, owner of
the big c i r c u c bearing his
own name which will exhibit
in Wallace, Thursday, Oct. 31st,
was in town Wednesday of this
week. While here Air. Alain
made special arrangements
with Kramer’s Department
Store to distribute special ad
mission tickets to the circus,
which will save spectators,
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MT. ZION PRESBYTERIANS
TO START REVIVAL SUNDAY
Rose Hill, Oct. 23.—Evangel
istic services will begin at Mt.
Zion Presbyterian church on
Sunday, October 27 and con
tinue through Sunday, Novem
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FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
IS OBSERVED LOCALLY
Howe B. Dunn, Secretary
Treasurer of the Wallace Vol
unteer Fire Department this
week notified Sherwood Brock
well, State Fire Marshall, that
all the specifications of Fire
Prevention Week, October 7-11
inclusive, had been carried
out to the fullest extent here
with town officials and citi
zens cooperating.
Mayor J. A. Harrell, former
fire chief, talked to an assemb
lage on Fire Prevention. Fol
lowing this, and without pre
mature knowledge, the students
responded to a fire alarm. The
grammar grade students left
the building, in marching or
der, in one minute and 30 sec
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STATE CAPITAL VISITED
BY ROSE HILL SENIORS
Rose Hill, Oct. 19.—The Sen
ior Class of Rose Hill High
School had a very interesting
ahd educational trip to Raleigh
Friday, Oct. 18. Besides the
entertainment of the State
Fair, the Senior Class enjoyed
a visit to the Hall of History,
The State Insane Asylumn, The
News and Observer and the
Museum.
The members of the Senior
Class who went on the trip
were Lillian Moore, Oscar
Beach, Kirby Harrell, Joe Riv
enbark, Holmes Murphy, A. J.
Rouse, Jr., Carlyle Williams,
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MRS. BONEY ATTENDING
PUBLIC WELFARE MEET
Mrs. Harvey Boney, Superin
tendent of -the Duplin County
| Wolfa-ff De^a^ment, is this
week in Chapel Hill attending
the sixteenth annual Public
Welfare institute being held
at the University of North Car
olina. Delegates from all sec
tions of the state are attending
the sessions which will close
Friday.
Many persons prominent in
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RED CROSS CONFERENCE
MARKS GREAT ACTIVITY
! A regional conference of
Red Cross leaders in North
Carolina was held recently in
Kinston and featured talks by
[A. J. Berres, Jr., Field Repre
sentative, Mrs. J. B. Sidbury,
■ Wilmington, Maurice Reddy,
Assistant Director, Red Cross
I Relief, American Red Cross,
! Washington, D. C., and a mo
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Nearby Territory Bought
For Forest, Game Refuge
Thirty thousand Acres of
run-down farm and wooded
lands in Bladen County, near
Elizabethtown and Fayetteville
are to be purchased by the
Administration for use as a
demonstration forest, game re
fuge and public recreation
ground, it was announced this
week by James M. Gray, Reg
ional Director of Resettlement
Land Utilization Division.
The purchase area, for which
an allocation of $124,000 has
| been made, is designated as the
Jones, Salter and Singletary
[Lakes project. Within the area
a number of state-owned lakes
making it admirably suited for
recreational development. The
project is viewed by Resettle
ment authorities as a demon
stration of the proper utiliza
tion of this land.
Options on approved acre
agge are now being accepted,
Mr. Gray said. Owners of the
land purchased will be paid by
the Government' when titles
have been approved by the of
fice of tiie Attorney General of
the United States. All land be
ing acquired by the govern
ment has been offered for sale
voluntarily by the owners. Thej
Jones, Salter and Singletary
Lakes Land area was selected
a demonstration project be-|
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cause of the low agricultural
fertility of the fanning lands
there and the adaptability of
the lakes and woodlands to re
creational uses. On other pro
jects of a similar nature now
being developed by the federal
government, the improvements
include telephone lines, roads,
trails, lookout houses, fire tow
ers, fences, bath houses, camp
grounds, reservoirs and vaca
tion cabins.
Preliminary develop ment
plans call for improvement of
a number of lakes aird the sur
rounding areas as recreational
centers, the reforestation and
restocking of the timber of the
area in the varieties of timber
peculiar to that section.
Those farmers living on the
poor land in the Jones, Salter
land Singletary Lakefc project
area who request aid will be
assisted by the Resettlement
Administration in locating on
better nearby farms.
Under the tentative develop
ment plans, the project will be
come self-liquidating through
the sale of hunting and fishing
permits and the production and
sale of timber and forest pro
ducts such as pulp mill stock,
telephone poles, veneering
**, shingles and naval stores,
ray said.
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TOUGH ON FOXES
Mrs. E. J. "Bogue” John
son stands a good chance of
getting a home-grown, but
genuinely u n d o m esticated,
fox neck-piece for Christmas,
or birthday, or maybe its for
an anniversary, for while re
turning from Wilmington on
Sunday night her husband
ran over and killed two foxes.
One, a full-grown speci
men, was run down near
Rocky Point, and the other,
which was somewhat smaller,
met a similar fate between
Wallace and Burgaw.
The postmaster has been
receiving congratulations this
week on his prowess, and
his opportunity to give the
wifie an unusual gift. The
stamp seller, however, grins
at the felicitations and ex
presses hope that the season
is not too early to prohibit
satisfactory tanning of the
hides.
MnstSignTobac’o
Pacts BeforeNov.
County Committee Sets Date
for Bringing Campaign
to a Close.
The Tobacco Control Com
mittee of Duplin County has
set November 1st as the clos
ing date for signing tobacco
contracts to be in force during
the years 1936-39 inclusive, it
was announced at Kenansville
this week. All tobacco grow
ers who have not signed their
contracts have been notified
that this closing date has been
set. That notice will be the
final one for sfgnirig+contracts.
#There can be no adjustments
or changes made in contracts
until all of those growers who
will sign have signed, it was
stated by the county agent who
also stated that there is no rea
son for delay in completing the
sign-up, whether or not an ad
justment has been asked for.
There are only a few con
tracts in the county that have
not been signed, but this num
ber is large enough to hold up
the completion of the campaign
it was said.
According to figures released
this week more than 85 percent
of those eligible to sign con
tracts have already executed
them. While the acreage runs
a little above this figure.
Wallace Woman
Again Head PTA
Mrs. J. S. Blair, Wallace,
was re-elected president of the
North Carolina Congress of
Parents and Teachers at the
annual district meeting which
was held in Wilmington, Oc
tober 19. Featuring the meet
ing was the election of officers
and the passing of resolutions
reguesting President Roosevelt
to make more PWA money
available for school projects
and advocating “a reduction in
the overlapping boards and ag
encies” now having charge of
the schools of North Carolina.
‘Principal speakers during
the session were Mrs. Blair,
who gave her annual report,
Clyde A. Erwin, State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction,
Mrs. W. B. Aycock, Raleigh,
President of the State Con
gress, Mrs. Bess N. Rosa, of
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AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL
PICTURES DUPLIN MAN
In the current issue of the
Carolina Co-operator is a pho
tograph of J. T. Albritton, of
Calypso, a director of the Far
mers Co-operative Exchange
which recently celebrated its
initial year of co-operative ser
vice to farmers in this state.
Mr. Albritton is known
throughout Duplin County and
North Carolina as a successful
farmer, having gained com
mendation through his truck
farming activities.
Wallace Woman heads
RED CROSS ROLL CALL
Mrs. James Livesay of Wal
lace, who is now acting as sec
retary to Mrs. Harvey Boney,
Duplin County Superintendent:
of Public Welfare, has recent
ly accepted the appointment as
chairman of the 1935-36 Red!
Cross Roll Call for Junior mem
berships in Duplin County. She
succeeds Mrs. Norwood Boney
who has served for several
years as Roll Call Chairman.
Mrs. Boney is vice-chairman of
Duplin County Chapter of the
American Red Cross and is ex
officio Chairman of the Junior
Red Cross.
The new Roll Call Chairman
is asking that the County Sup
erintendent of Schools and
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FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR ROSE HILL RESIDENT
Rose Hill, Oct. 23.—Funeral
services for Mrs. Sarah Han
chey, 72, widow of the late
Jake Hanchey, whose death fol
lowed a two weeks’ critical at
tack of a heart trouble, were
held from the North East
church, on Monday afternoon.
Ministers in charge of the last
rites were Rev. A. H. Carter
of Turkey and Rev. King Brown
of Burgaw.
Mrs. Hanchey is survived by
two sisters, Mrs. Everett Brad
shaw of Wallace and Mrs. Joe
Evans of Watha; two brothers,
Blane Batts of Hampstead and
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DUPLIN WOMEN ATTEND
DISTRICT CLUB MEETING
An address by Mrs. George
E. Marshall, president of* the
North Carolina Federation of
Woman’s Clubs, featured the
annual meeting of the second
district of the N. C. F. W. C.,
which met in Salemburg Tues
day and was presided over by
Mrs. John A. Gavin, Kenans
ville, president of this district.
The largest attendance thus
far recorded was present at the
meeting, as every club except
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WESTERN UNION OPENS
BRANCH IN ROSE HILL
Rose Hill, Oct. 23.—Western
Union has this week installed
a modern telegraph office here
in Miller’s Drug Store. The
equipment includes a new tel
egraph typewriter, said to be
the first of its kind ever in
stalled in a town of this size.
This office is prepared to give
good service, being open four
teen hours of the day.
Food, Feed Crops Show
Big Increase In State
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TEACHEY BAPTISTS TO
START REVIVAL SUNDAY
Beginning Sunday, Oct. 27, a
series of revival services will
be held at Teachey Baptist
church. The pastor, Rev. T. H.
Williams, will be assisted by
Dr. A. J. Barton of Wilming
ton. Dr. Barton is chairman of
the social service commission
of the Southern Baptist Con
vention and is well known for
his work with the United Dry
Forces. Services will be held
daily at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P.
M. The public is invited to at
tend.
Barents and teachers
OF ROSE HILL TO MEET
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The Rose Hill P. T. A. will
hold its second regular meet
ing Thursday, Oct. 31, and all
parents and other interested
boosters of the school are urg
ed to be present. The room
having the most parents and
boosters present is to be pre
sented a prize as an incentive
to increase and solidify the spi
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MAIDS BEGIN CONSPIRACY 1
AGAINST ELIGIBLE MALES
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Friday night, November 1st,
throngs are expected to turn
out in the high school auditor
ium and witness the arrival of
“Black-Eyed Susan” in Wal
lace. Susie will be supported by
a host of popular local char
acters and it is expected that a
large time will be had by all.
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Coastal Fair To Open In
Wilmington November 4
Wilmington, October 22.—
Sponsored for the first time by
the local American Legion post,
the Coastal Fair, scheduled for
the week of November 4, gives
every indication of being the
greatest attractior of its kind
ever presented in this section
of the state.
Entries already received for
the 571 agricultural and indus
trial classes in which the asso
ciation will award prizes indi
cate that the fair will be some
thing more than a “carnival”,
though its splendid entertain
ment features will assure plen
ty of clean, wholesome amuse
ment for the thousands who
are expected to visit the
grounds at Bellamy Park dur
ing the week.
Officials of the fair associa
tion have worked hard to pre
sent a well-balanced program
on which educational features
and amusement attractions will
be mixed in the proper propor
tions.
On the educational side, the
twenty departments have been
placed in the hands of experi
enced, .capable directors and
the finest group of exhibits e\v
er shown in this section is a: -J
sured.
On the amusement side the
fair has obtained outstanding
| “free act” attractions and a
(“Midway” which will far out
shine anything ever attempted
here before and which, at the
same time, is absolutely free
from “gyp” joints and “peep”
shows.
“The Midway at Coastal
Fair will be really outstand
ing”, said L. E. Mansfield, en-J
tertainment expert of long
standing who has been in I
charge of that feature of the
fair. “I have seen the state
fair and others this season and
I can sincerely say that the
Standard Shows of America,
which will be in Wilmington,
will show you a Midway which
is far superior to that at Ral
eigh or in any other city I’ve
visited this season.
Entries in the 571 classes of
the fair will be open until 10
o’clock Monday morning, No
vember 4, according to William
A. Peschau, secretary-treasur
er of the Coastal Fair, Incor
porated, to whom all entries
should be made on the printed
forms which will be made
available promptly upon appli
cation.
Preliminary Census
dicates More Than
Acre Increase in
REDUCTION IN TOBACCO,
COTTON IS RESPONSIBLE
Tobacco and Cotton Acreage wj
off 200,000 and 670,000
Acres Respectively
More than a million-acre in
crease in North Carolina feed
crops over that of five year* ^
ago is shown by the prelimin- ^
ary summary of the 1936 Farm 5
Census just released by the Di- |
rector of the Bureau of the J
Census, Department of Com*
merce. This gain covered prac-J
tically all the feed crops |
and most of the crops plant- |
ed for human consumption, and |
was chiefly the result of a re- j
duction of about 670,000 acres ,3
in cotton and 200,000 acres in |
tobacco.
Approximately 900,000 acres-'j
of this increase is represented |
by corn and hay, and about |
equally divided between. the
two. Nearly half a million |
acres of wheat were harvested |
in 1934 compared with abont «
350,000 acres reported for 1929.
Irish potatoes increased 62
percent, or about 32,000 acres,,
and sweet potatoes 68 percent*
or roughly 35,000 acres in the -s
five-year period! Notwithstand
ing the great change in cash
crops, cotton and tobacco, a
normal expansion of acreage is.
indicated by the increase of. .
crop, land harvested from 5jjs .
809,’i>l-t«?res fiye years^gsm^y
5,965,547 acres at the preh’enm^
North Carolina showed a de
crease of about 20,000 in the ■
number of horses but little
change in the number of mules.
There are 295,388 mules and
mule colts while there are on- J
ly 66,716 horses and colts. To
utilize the increased supply of
corn, hay and oats, there are
217,254 or 46.5 percent more
cattle in 1935 than in 1(530, of
which 124,753 were cows, and
about 108,000 more hogs. The
census reports 684,266 cattle,
947,143 hogs and pigs and 77,
044 sheep and lambs in this
state at the present time.
In other principal points the
report indicates North Caroli
na followed the trend of the
rest of the country with an in
crease of 7.6 percent, or 21,
250 farms, an increase in the
land in farms of about 10 per
cent, but displayed a decrease
in the gross value of 26 per
cent. In the state today 300,
967 farms are being operated
by 128,394 full owners, 29,717
part owners, 698 managers,
142,158 tenants, and 66,393
croppers, whereas the census
report reveals that in 1930
279,708 farms were operated by
115,756 full owners, 26,680 part
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WALTER L. MAIN CIRCUS
COMES HERE NEXT WEEK
The Walter L. Main Circus
which will exhibit in Wallace
for one day only, Thursday,
October 31, is said to be better
this year than it has been in
many previous seasons, and the
management promises there
will be no dull moment in the
lengthy, w e 11-balanced pro
gram, there being features and
novelties of the most pleasing
variety.
Outstanding features within
the three rings, each act being
followed by another, will be
the flying LeMars, whose dar
ing and thrilling work on the
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INQUISITIVE MISSES ON
SEARCH FOR HENPECKEfr
Members of the Kenansville
Junior Woman’s Glub, which is
beginning October 28, a con
test to discover the most hen
pecked husband in
county, issued this week ;
nal warning to certain :
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