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INTERESTS OK THE PEC PLE OF WALLACE AND DUPlS? COUNTY
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TWELVE VAGES TODAY ' WALLACE, NORTH^CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1936 TWELVE PAGES TODAY
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T eawcational
Hfet-up emphasizing the
, wrongs oi the North Carolina
public school system, Clyde A.
Erwin, State Superintendent of
a Public Instruction, spoke to
||22B school teachers Tuesday af
f ternoon in the auditorium of
the Kenansville high school at
> the first county-wide teachers
meeting held in Duplin County
during the present school term.
Erwin traced the progress of
education in the State ..since
1914, showing that- no other
State in the Union had advanc
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Reports Feature
* Last P.T. A. Meet
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New Officers Elected For Neat]
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irganized in
926 under the direction of Mr.
and Mrs. J; S.'Blair, with Mrs.
William Brice as the first pre^
sident and Miss Mary Lou Wil
sjkins as secretary. The associa
tion was recognized by the
State Congress in 1934, 1935
and in .all probability will be
recognized again this year.
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Storage Building
i Razed By Flames
Education Group
Inspecting Plants
The Duplin County Board of
Education and Count# Super-'
intendent of Schools, O. P
Tohnson, today are concluding
& two-day inapecion trip of all
Duplin schools with the view of
making necessary repaira prior
to their opening this fall. Spe
cial, emphasis is being placed
on the condition of the build
ings, furniture and sajiitary fa
cilities.
WALLACE MART BEGINS
SALE OF STRAWBERRIES
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The honor of selling the
first crate of strawberries on
the Wallace market, the
World’s Largest Strawberry
Market, goes to D. P. South
erland, Pender County man
who sold a crate of Blake
mores here Tuesday after
noon for $6.00. Miss Virgin
ia Powers, also of Pender
County, followed suit Wed
nesday aftetrnoon with a
crate selling for the same
price.
The first Duplin man tot
pick a crate of strawberries
was J. B. Wells, Teachey,
who shipped a full $?--quart
crate of Blakemora# to a
New York commissiftfi house
Monday night. Wefiw has a
five-acre patch of Blake
mores, sheltered by woods,
and expects to pick several
crates this week.
The Wallace markft will
officially open Monday, April
JEM* is stated. recent
freeze set the market back
several days and at a serious
cost, as latest scporte, state
that the Eastern Shore mar
kets will open at about the
same time as that of the lo
cal mart.
Autmobile Kills
Faison Bicyclist
While riding a bicycle on a
highway near Faison Friday
night, Frank King, colored,
was fatally injured as he col
lided with an automobile driv
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MEMBERS AND OFFICERS
PICKED BY BETA CLUB
The Beta Club of Wallace
high school met Saturday night
at the home of Bettie Blanch
ard. Three juniors were elect
ed as new members and eight
sophomores as pledges. New of
ficers were elected as follows:
Dorothy Farrior, president;
Joe Boy Bland, vice-president;
Vivian Horne,' secretary and
treasurer; Billie Carter, chair
hum of the program committee,
and Loleta Kenan, reporter.
A program on “Washington,
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Zone Missionary
Meeting Is Held
The Duplin'County zone of
the Woman’s Missionary Soci
ety, Wilmington district, met in
the Wallace Methodist Church
Thursday with Mrs. W. F. Muis
phy of Wallace, zone leader,
presiding. Representatives from
Six auxiliaries were present and
reported the progress of wo
men’s work in the Methodist
church. Warsaw was selected as
if meeting next fall,
included Mrs. W. G.1
ident of the local
Society, Mr*. Floyd
Whiteville, district
Mrs. Henfy J. Fai
Harvey Boney, Rose.
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North Carolina Employment
Service Representative Here
To Help Strawberry Growers'
For the purpose of taking requisitions from Duplin straw
berry growers for pickers during the approaching strawberry
season, officials of the North Carolina State Employment Ser
vice have announced that a representative will be located in the
Town Hall, Wallace, today and for sometime thereafter. The'
Service is free to growers and is part of an effort tb give North ’
Carolina's unemployed the opportunity to get work during a'
puruuu ui tue summer, at least.
The Service will make every
effort to be of assistance to
■both growers and workers dur
ing the coming season, it was
stated.
Representatives of the Ser
vice are now making a survey
of the1 berry pickers available'
at Wilson, Rocky Mount, Golds
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HAILED IN COURT FOR
TRADING PISTON RINGS
In a magistrate’s court here
Tuesday afternoon Archie
Batts, young white man of near
Wallace, was remanded to Re
corder’s court on charges of
stealing a set of piston rings
from Hubert Brown, a mechan
ic at the garage of Robert Cav
enaugh, near here, and subse
quently selling them to Hubert
Wells, service station operator
of Tin City. -
Batts pled guilty to the char
ges, £ut was unable to make the
$150 bond and was confined in
jail. He is said to have been
released from a reformatory
two years ago.
Duplh Populace
Shuns Sufferers
County Has Thus Far Contrib
uted Only $181.29 For Bene
fit Flood, Wind Victims
Duplin County contributions
for relief to flood and torna
do sufferers have amounted to
only $15.00 above last week’s
total, according to statement
yesterday by Capt. J. E. Jerritt,
acting chairman .of the Duplin
County Chapter of the Red
Cross.
Last week leaders of the
Duplin chapter were noticed
that the original quota of $300
had been increased to $800 as
ja result of the intensive de
struction, especially in North
Carolina. The total last week
amounted to $165.35, of which
Calypso contributed $60.50, the
Magnolia white school $9.14,
the Magnolia community $27.10,
and Wallace only $6.60.
The total collected to date
according to J?rritt, is onlj
$181.29.
^Congressman Poet Laureate]
El
rrwBnmKMm . . . Congressman
J S. McGroarty of California
' (above;, be given the title
of hope. poet laureate of
•the U. S. Representative
Monaghan introduced
1 the resolution.
Three Tried For
Rose Hill Thefts
Three Goldsboro negroes
have been given preliminary
gearings and two more are im
plicated in the case of the rob
bery outbreak in Rose Hill last
Week, at .which time an automo
bile belonging to the Rose Hill
mayor, Dr. C. F. Hawes, was
stolen, Hyman dry goods store
i was entered and robbed, and
other places of business report
ed attempted robberies.
1 Before magistrate C. E. Ste
phens in Kenansville Tuesday,
Lee Currie was charged with
j breaking and entering and
Phillip Perkins and Edna Ruth
Tiler were charged with dispos
ing of stolen property. The trio
is held in jail in default of
| bond for appearance at the next
term of Duplin Superior Court.
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Overhead Bridge
Bids Announced
8. H. & P. ,W. C. Opens Bids On
24 Projects In Part of Road
Betterment Plan
Although Capus Waynick,
chairman of the State Highway
and Public Works Commission,
advised the Duplin Board of
Commissioners, that the pub
lic hearing on the matter of the
overhead crossing at Calypso,'
slated to have been held last
Friday, would have to be post
poned, press reports today re
veal that the S. H/& P. W. C.
has evidently decided to do
without a hearing and con
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HOME EC STUDENTS TO
PRESENT FASHION SHOW
The Home Economics depart
ment of the Clement high
school will present a fashion
revue in the form of an oper
etta, “The Suzanne Shop”, Fri
day night at eight o’clock in the
high school auditorium. The
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NEGRO PAYS FINE FOR
GOING OVER FIRE HOSE
For driving a mule and cart
over a fire hose during the fire
here Tuesday, Eugene Stallings,
colored, paid a fine of $5.00 and
costs at a hearing before a lo
cal magistrate.
Politics Now Warming Up
As Candidates Announce
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TEN COUPLES PURCHASE
LICENSE DURING WEEK
Licenses to marry were is
sued to 10 couples, six white
and four colored, by the office
of the Register of Deeds dur-1
ing the past week. White cou-j
jples were Elwood Grover, Lil
lian Miller; Tommie Hawkins,
(Craven County, Junie. Lee, Len-‘
oir County; Clyde Williams,!
Mettie Brinson; John H. Ban
dy, Elva Herring; J. L. Raynor,
Nancy Brinkley; William N.
Rose, Alice Farrior.
Colored couples were Lewis
Bannerman, Frances Murphy;1
Douglas Miller, Lee Barden; Le1
Roy Brown, Virginia Bell Far-j
rior; Charles Conyers, Lillie
Mae Barden.
To Washington
A. M. Lansford, well known
'piano dealer of Wallace, left'4
this week for Washington, D.
C., where he expects to pur- j
1 chase considerable lew stock to ,
be brought here in the near fu
ture. A card received from j
him today stated that he and
President Roosevelt were among '
Hie more than 82,000 fans whoj'
witnessed the opening game be- |
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Visits Hero - i
Miss Dorothy Evans of N«w«
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Solicitor and Representative
Races Now Hold Spotlight
In County
With less than 30 days re
maining during which would-be
County office holders can file
notice of their candidacy, the
political waters are beginning
to ripple as prospective candi
dates begin feeling the politi
cal pulse of the electorate in
an attempt to see what their
chances are. Activity along the
political front this week was
very pronounced as several
candidates passed the guessing
stage and made formal an
nouncement of their candidacy
However, none of them have
dug into their pockets yet for a
filing fee as the books will not
be formally opened until mem
jers of the Board of Elections
meet at Kenansville Saturday
ind select a chairman. When
his has been done then would
>e candidates may begin to
>onder the matter of depositing
»ne-ha!f of one percent of the
nearly salary they will receive
i elected.
The position of Solicitor of
;he General County Court has
;hus far appealed to more mem
>ers of the legal fraternity than
iny other office. There are
hree definitely in this race
vith probably others to enter.
A Ward, Wallace, the
derlea Project May
Expanded By 6,000
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K< nansvillerinal
Exercises Slated
Clyde A. Erwin will make the
address at the commencement
exercises of the Kenansville
high school, as announced this
week.
The complete schedule is as
follows: Grade commencement,
April 17, B o’clock; Recitation
Declamation contest, April 29,1
8 o’clock; Musical recital, Mayj
1, 7:45 o’clock; Baccalaureate,
sermon. May 3, 7:45 o’clock, to
be delivered by Rev. C. B.j
Mashburn, pastor Farmvillej
Christian Disciple Church;!
Class night exercises, May 7,1'
7:46 o’clock; Graduation exer-1
cises, May 8, 7:46 o’clock, the]
address to be delivered by
Clyde A. Erwin, State Superin-[
tendent of Public Instruction.
PLAN OPENING BEAUTY
PARLOR IN ROSE HILL,
Miss Harris of Oxford andj
Miss Pearl Bowen will open a|
beauty parlor in Rose Hill, and
Miss Walker, formerly associ
| ated with “Carolyn’s Beauty
Parlor*’, will remain in Wal
lace, it has been stated. Last
week a Rose Hill story announc
ed that Miss Walker would re
turn there, but this has been
found in error. ;
Local Finals To j
Start Next Week
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Johnson To Preach Sermon and
Erwin To Deliver I
Address ,
! The first feature of the com
mencement series of the Cle
ment high school will be the
. annual baccalaureate sennon
Sunday morning, which will be
preached by Rev. Talmadge' C.i
.Johnson, pastor of the First.
Baptist Church of Kinston, au-j
thor of two books of sermons
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YOUNG PEOPLE HONORED I
AT PARTY FRIDAY NIGHT
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Miss Thelma Pierce of Wal
lace, Route 2, entertained with
a party at her home Friday
night.
Assorted candies were made
and served to the following;
guests: Leslie Batts, and Wood-1
row Wilson of Magnolia, Bart1
Davis, Miss Vermelle Prescott
and C. M. Prescott, Jr., of Sum
ter, S. C., Graham and J. D.
Brinkley, Shine Sandlin, and
Junius Atkinson, Misses Min
nie and Maggie Wood and Leo
na Brinkley of Chinquapin.
Also Thad Jones, Woodrow!
English, Edmond Blake, Morris
Williams, Ray Batts, Horace
Hanchey, Odell and Leroy Hen
derson, Clearance arid Raeford
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Seven Man CMTC
Quota For Duplin
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Duplin County’s quota for
enlistment in the annual en
campment- of the CMTC, which
will be held at Fort Bragg *"'n
August 5 to Septemb
seven men, according
nouncement mad s weelc|
The Pender quot three and
the Onslow quota, is four. |
Citizens Military Training I
-Camps by the War Department'
[under 'the National Defense]
act, the government paying the
expenses of those attending,
consisting of asportation to
land from the p, uniforms,
food, medkal ration, and
[other, necessary expenses.
Offered in these camps
g together high
ill see-;