I
OLDEST MEWSPA
PER PUBLISHED
IN DUPLIN COUN
TY.
Th e Wallace Enterprise
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS ok THE.PEO PLE OF WALLACE AND DUPIJNCOUNTY
VOL. XIV.
No. 34
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WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1936
JLarge Audience Take Part
In Strawberry Celebration
Every Night Develops Into Cel
ebrity Night; Gubernatorial
Candidate Opens Festivities.
FEATURE PROGRAMS ARE
PRESENTED l^ACH NIGHT
Special Dance Friday Night To
Honor Festival Queen
and Court
Continued increasing crowds
attest to the popularity of the;
* annual Strawberry Festival!
which was opened on Monday
night with an address by Dr.1
Ralph McDonald, and give in-!
dications of bringing into Wal
lace more persons from other,
cities and counties than any!
previous event held in this sec
tion.
A featured program is pre
sented each night along with
entertaining and educational
vaudeville acts and stage pre-,
sentations as well as dances
with music furnished by Hal
* Thurston and his celebrated or
chestra. i
Following Dr. McDonald s
address, at the opening, various
celebrities were presented, but
the management has discover-1
ed that every night is in reality |
a celebrity night for interested!
visitors of State-wide promin
ence continue to come to Wal-I
lace and attend the greatest,
celebration in honor of the
g strawberry.
Not only do the thousands of
visitors come to enjoy the acts
and scheduled entertainment,
' also apper^efctremely
inteif$t&tin the exhibits, both
commercial* and educational.
Represented are the leading
merchants and business men of |
this section, as Well as exhibits
pointing toward the propensity i
of the world’s largest straw-!
r berry mat lib l'
Featuring tWD festivities to-,
night will be Jhe public wed
ding of Miss Gladys Brice Sbef-,
fieW^^alf^e> *nd Mr* “GBliam1
Vance Parker, Lillington. Rev*|
J. E. Lanier, local Baptist pas
tor, assisted by Rev. W. P. M.;
I Currie, pastor of the Wallace,
I Presbyterian Church, will offi
ciate.
Miss Elizabeth Ward, who is
reigning as Queen of this year’s.
^ annual Strawberry Festival,,
and her court will be signally1
honored Friday night at the
“Queen’s Ball”. North Caroli
na’s most beautiful and popu-,
lar girls will be presented in1
Miss Ward’s court and dancers |
from all over Eastern North j
Carolina are expected to be I
present and take part in the af-l
* fair for which Hal Thurston
and his orchestra will play. j
Culmination of the week’s
festivities will come Saturday
night with the awarding of the
f 1936 Chevrolet Coach to the
holder of the lucky ticket as
well as other prizes.
Already presented on the
Festival program is the Cele
brity night, the Amateur Night
and Old Fiddlers’ Contest and,
the Style Show. Of these the
Style Show drew a great am
ount of praise *as members of
the Strawberry Festival Motor
cade, acclaimed by scores as
being the pick of Duplin’s fair-j
est daughters, modeled bathing
suits, sport suits, lingerie, and
* evening gowns from the stocks
* of local merchants.
REYNOLDS SLATED FOR
MEMORIAL DAY SPEECH
United States Senator Robert
R. Reynolds will deliver the an
nual Confederate Memorial Day
address from the asnpitheatre
in Arlington National Ceme
tery, Washington, pi C. Sun
day, June 7, at 2:#0 o’clock.
The broadcast will be, sent out
over the National Broadcasting
Company network, according to
an announcement from W. F.
99 CARS
In tabulating the totals
contained in the Federal
State Marketing Service re
ports for the period between
April 22 and ' May 15, only
crates shipped by truck were !
included in the resume of the I
strawberry season in last
week’s issue of the Enter
prise. Excluding the carload
shipments, Wallace shipped
out. near 107,000 32-quart j
crates, far exceeding the to- ;
tal of any other market. The |
99 refrigerator cars shipped |
from this market increases i
the season’s total to near |
130,000 32-quart crates. j
LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATE
IS HONORED AT MEETING;
The Nevin Music Club of,
Faison held its monthly meet-|
ing Tuesday at the home of]
Mrs. C. E. Weat-herby, withj
Mrs. Marshall Williams as hon-j
or guest.
The program consisted of
musical readings by Mrs. Ar-,
cher Williams, the William Tell
Opera by Mrs. McCollman and
Mrs. Witherington, and vocal
and instrumental solos by Miss,
Nell Parkin and others. The;
chief feature of the entertain-'
ment was the rendition of a1
song “Hurrah for Mrs. Mar-1
shall Williams”, composed es-J
pecially for the occasion by
Miss Sallie Hill.
Tax Collections
Up During May|
Total tax collections in the
County during the month of,
May amounted to $8,384.57, or
slightly above the April figure,
according to the monthly state
ment of I. N. Henderson, taxj
collector, which was filed with
the Board of County Commis-I
sioners Monday. While more!
^han half the total amount rep
resented collections on the 1935
levy, back taxes also helped;
swell the total along with li-.
cense taxes.
Collections by years were:,
1924, $30,00; 1925, $10.00; 1926,
$10.00; 1927, $73.85; 1928, j
$114.67; 1929, $134.63; 1930,
$303.81.81; 1931, $287.91; 1932,
$749.20; 1933, $743.19; 1934,;
$821.32; 1935, $4,929.24, and!
Schedule “B”, $176.75. I
NAVY RECRUITING QUOTA
FOR JUNE IS ANNOUNCED
The Navy Recruiting Station
at Raleigh, Headquarters for
Navy enlistments in the States'
of North and South Carolina,
has received information from
the Bureau of Navigation, Na
vy Department, Washington, D.|
C., that the quota of first en
listments for the month of June
will be 60 apprentice-seamen
and 5 mess attendants.
Tuis quota will afford the'
young men of this section an
excellent opportunity to be en
listed shortly after passing the,
required examinations.
The Bureau of Navigation,!
Navy Department’s report also!
shows that this district stands'
number 4 of the total in J>5 dis
tricts in this country, for the
number of applicants during
this year.
Announce Sunday Services
Rev. E. C. Maness, pastor of
the Rose Hill-Wallace group of
Methodist churches, announces
Sunday services as follows:
11:00 A. M., at Providence, j
preaching and communion ser
vice; 8:00 P. M., at Rose Hill,
regular preaching service. The.
pastor will fill both appoint-’
ments.
Hear James Alderman Pow-!
art, 6th Judicial District Soli-.'
Closed Season In
Northeast River
The waters between Weaver
Bridge and Sarecta Bridge in
Northeast River were closed to
fishermen Monday until further
notice, Dallas J. Williams, Dup
lin County game warden, an
nounced yesterday following
receipt of a notification from
the State Department of Con
servation and Development. In
terested fishermen asked that
the zone be closed, Williams
said, to promote spawning,
which means a more abundant
supply of fish. i
H. P. Seawell, local game
protector of Duplin County,
will have charge of the area.
Growers Approve
24-Quart Crates
Foster Adoption Smaller Crate
At Meeting In Rose Hill
Friday
Strawberry growers, crate
manufacturers and strawberry
buyers, meeting in the auditor
ium of the Rose Hill high
school Friday afternoon, went
on record as favoring the adop
tion of a 24-quart crate to re
place the present 32-quart
crate now used in this straw
berry area in the handling of
strawberries.
Meetings were also held in
Mount Olive and Burgaw, each
in cooperation with growers,
buyers, crate manufacturers
and .members of the State and
County Extension services.
| A committee* .composed of
two strawberly growers and a
crate manufacturer from each
shipping point was appointed
to meet similar committees
from Burgaw and Mount Olive
and discuss further the advis
ability of making the change
before another marketing sea
son.
Approximately 100 growers
attended the Rose Hill meeting
and heard discussions on
strawberry problems and the
24-quart crate as given by W.
H. Shearin, assistant Columbus
County farm agent, R. B. Eth
eridge, chief N. C. Division of
Markets, Guy A. Cardwell, Ag
ricultural and Industrial Agent
of the ACLRR, G. A. Meck
stroth, plant disease specialist,
Dr. Charles Dearing, director
of the Coastal Plains Exper
iment Station, and P. D. May,
assistant Duplin County farm
agent.
DUPLIN STUDENTS ARE
AMONG ECTC GRADUATES
Duplin County was promin
ent among the counties repre
sented at the 27th annual com
mencement of East Carolina
Teachers’ College Monday dur
ing which Josephus Daniels,
United States Ambassador to
Mexico, delivered the principle
address.
Graduating with the degree
of Batchelor of Arts were three
'Duplin girls, Elizahlsth Olan
dah Hines, Clara Mac Martin,
and Louise Elizabeth Wells.
Two-year normal graduates
included Josie Ward Hall, Ola
Auline Lanier, Etheline Parker,
and Dorris Sebelia Quinn.
•Miss Louise Hussey Farrior,
who obtained her A. B. degree
in March, was also among those
graduating.
EXTENSION BODY WARNS
OF REA RACKETEERING
b for wir
After col
at, the ex
they have
State College extension offici
ale this week warned fanners
of a racket developed as a re
sult of the rural electrification
program. In some counties
where power lines are to be
constructed, persons posing as
electricians have made
contracts with farmerc
ing and appliances, i
g a down paymei
' “ ‘als sta
County Court In
Session Monday
Fine of One Defendant Is Paid
With Bad Check; Court
In Short Session
A short session of General
County Court was held at Ken
ansville this week when the tri
bunal was convened for the
purpose of disposing of jail
cases and a few others not re
quiring a jury. The Court re
mained in session practically
the entire day Monday and
quite a few cases were disposed
of before adjournment.
A jury has been summoned
for June 15th when another
session of the Court will be
held when an attempt will be
made to clear the docket of all
cases, as far as possible.
The following cases were dis
posed of at Monday’s session:
In the case of John and Cora
E. Henderson, charged with
fornication and adultery, on
conclusion of the State’s evi
dence the defendants entered
pleas of guilty. John was sen
tenced to four months on the
roads, judgment being suspend
ed for five years on condition
he be of good behavior, not be
found in company with Cora
Henderson during said period,
pay cost, return to and live with
and support his wife and chil
dren. Cora Henderson receiv
ed an 18-months jail sentence,
she is to be committed to the
North Carolina Farm Colony
for women, where she is to re
main until discharged by the
Superintendent as provided by
law.
Pleading guilty on a charge
of possessing whiskey for the
purpose of sale, Sam McGee
was ordered to the roads for
feix months.
In the case of Dan Rouse,
charged with operating an auto
while intoxicated, the defen
dant tendered a plea of guilty
and drew a four-months road
sentence which was suspended
on payment of a fine of $50.00
and cost. He is to remain of
good behavior for one year, for
feit his drivers' license and not
drive an auto for a period of
one year.
In the case of Fred Hollings
worth, charged with assault on
a female, using profane lan
guage, and drunk and disorder
ly conduct, a motion to
dismiss as to the assault charge
was allowed. Upon being de
clared guilty on the drunk and
disorderly charge he was order
ed to the roads for thirty days.
James Rouse, charged with
fornication and adultery and
assault on a female, was de
clared guilty and received an
eight-months road sentence.
Pleading guilty on a charge
of assault with a deadly wea
pon, Roland Faison was order
ed to the roads for six months.
In the case of Sylvester
Stokes, charged with trans
porting and possessing whis
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2100FarmersSign
V oluntary Sheets
Duplin Farmers Favor New
Soil Conservation Program;
3500 Eligible
Of 3,500 Duplin farmers eli
gible to sign worjt sheets, a to
tal of near 2,100 have been re
corded, according to a report
this week from the office of the
Duplin County farm agent.
The signing of these sheets is
a necessary requirement in
getting the new soil conserva
tion program underway and is
essential for fanners aiming
to benefit from the voluntary
program. No fafmer can re
ceive payment uttler the pro
gram unless he pas signed a
work sheet and given informa
tion relative to tie acreage on
all crops grown cm his land in
1935 as well as to what he plans
to cultivate this gear.
Magnolia Acts To
Abolish Gambling
Magnolia citizens, long talk
ing pro and con on the isspe of
whether or not to allow the
continued presence of slot ma
chines and so called skill games
in Magnolia, made their first
constructive effort to abolish
them when a representative
group appealed to the Board of
County Commissioners Monday
and asked for advice and aid in
removing them.
A petition with 172 names
was carried by the Magnolia
party which included Mrs. Cla
ra Gavin, Miss Macy Cox, Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Howard and J.
P. Tucker, Sr.
Results are already being ob
tained from the Magnolia par
ty’s action, it is understood.
M’DonaldBerates
Machine Politics
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Gives No Indication of Being
“Dictator” In Address
Here Monday
Reiterating his proposal that|
the sales tax be abolished with
no additional state tax on land,
emphasizing that the State can
get necessary funds by taxing
dividends and incomes in the
higher brackets rather than
consumption and poverty, and
Ridiculing the present Demo
cratic machine, Dr. Ralph Mc
Donald spoke before a repre
sentative audience at the open
ing of the Strawberry Festival
Monday night.
The gubernatorial candidate,
the only seeker for a state office
to make a public speech in Wal
lace and the only candidate for
the Governorship to accept an
invitation to attend the Festi
val, was greeted by appreciative
listeners composed of farmers
and business men who roundly
applauded his brief discussion
of the machine and the present
economic status of the State,
i Dr. McDonald cut short his
address in order that the Fes
tival program might run on
schedule, yet in the short time
allotted him he impressed his
audience with his sincerity of
purpose and indicated that he
was no “Iluey Long” dictator
nor a polished and hoary-head
ed orator of the stump-jumping
variety.
“The group of politicians
who compose the machine have
reversed both the principle and
the platform of the Democratic
Party in North Carolina by im
posing the sales tax to protect
their own selfish interests";
McDonald declared in discus
sing the machine and its mani
pulations.
In relating his opponents’
support of the present machine
government he pointed out that
whereas they have advocated
that North Carolina schools
have benefited from the sales
tax, records prove that prior to
the sales tax scliociis were giv
en more funds on which to op
erate a six months term than
they are now given to operate
an eight-months term. This
'bore out in part the revelation
of Clyde A. Erwin who stated
in a recent address here that
North Carolina schools rank
next to the bottom in the na
tion.
Dr. McDonald was emphatic
in his argument favoring the
de-centralization of State gov
ernment and the change in
some of the principle office
holders connected with the ma
chine, stating that their remov
age is necessary if North Caro
lina is to progress.
New Guffey ibill is hurried in
Congress; has no labor sec
tions.
Townsend at hearing admits
plan to license farms to get tax.
Italy’s war costs put at fl,
000,000,006.
Baldwin .warns Italy on med
dling i® Egypt or Pahjfctine.
Record Vote Anticipated
In Primary On Saturday
SAMPLE COPIES
Extra copies of the Annual
StrawBerry and Festival Edi
tion of Duplin’s favorite
newspaper, which we blush
/ ingly quote scores of readers
as terming the greatest edi
tion yet published in Duplin,
are now available for those
who wish to copy the aims of
others and save for posterity.
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN TO I
RECEIVE PUBLICATION:
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Every Democratic precinct1
chairman in Duplin County and
the vice-chairman of the Dup
lin Democratic organization
will receive a subscription toj
the “National Woman’s Demo-'
cratic Digest”, a monthly pub-|
lication devoted to the interests'
of women in the Democratic or-1
ganization, Mrs. John D. Rob-1
inson announced following a^
subscription drive throughout,
Duplin County.
The subscriptions are fur-1
nished by various Democratic1
leaders in the county, among
those being Albert Outlaw,!
Faison McGowan, Dr. John D.'
Robinson, J. Lawton Miller,1
Fred J. Baars, Walker Stevens,
I. N. Henderson, Sheriff D. S.
Williamson, R. V. Wells, Robert
Carr, George R. Ward, Dr. R.
L. Carr, C. E. Quinn, W. E.
Powell, Heddie Blanton, Rob
ert L. West, Carl Smith, and
Judge A. J. Blanton.
MagnoliaWoman
Heads Auxiliary
Miss Mary Wilkins, Magnol
ia, was formally elected State
Councillor and other officers
named by the nominating com
mittee were approved in the
closing session Thursday after
noon of the 10th annual con
vention of the North Carolina
Daughters of America, ladies
auxiliary of the Junior Order
df United American Mechanics, I
which met Wednesday and|
Thursday in High Point.
The Duplin woman was nom
inated without opposition rflong
with a slate of other officers. 1
The 1937 convention will
meet in Wilmington, May 27
28 with the Cape Fear Council
No. 24, the convention decided.
BOARD EQUALIZATION.
REVIEW MEETS JUNE 15
The Board of County Com
missioners will sit as a board
of equalization and review on
Monday, June 15th, it was an
nounced this week. Property
owners who are dissatisfied
with present valuations, or
who have property which has
decreased in value since last
year by reason of fire, removal
of timber, etc., are requested to
go before the Board on June 15
and ask for an adjustment.
The Board is expected to re
main in session practically the
entire day.
Marriage Licenses Issued
Ten couples, six white and
four colored, secured marriage
licenses during the past two
weeks, according to records in
the office of the Register of
Deeds. White couples were:
G. V. Parker, Gladys Brice
Sheffield; Lewis T. Bullock,
Margaret P. Jones; George
Goodman, Lossie Bell Pate;
Owen Basden, Bessie Bowden;
Harry L. Davis, Minnie Lee
Lanier; John E. Brown, Nellie
Thomas.
Colored couples were Lottis
Mathis, Margaret James; Gen
eral Sherman, Ella McKay;'
Walter Newkirk, Emma Brown;
David Smith, Lena Taylor. 4
“It may be conservatively
said today, broadly speaking,
that America's production plant
4?*etbsolete."
Gubernatorial Race and
Contests Create Unusual
terest in County.
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OVER 4,000 EXPECTED
VISIT POLLING PLACES
Announce Returns Will Be Re
ceived at Kenansville On
Saturday Night
With a four-concerned gub
ernatorial battle to furnish ad
ded impetus to a political cam
paign which has already reach
ed fever heat in this County,
considerable activity prevails
on all political fronts as th«
respective candidates make a
last desperate drive to mar
shall enough votes to put them
across when the vote is counted
Saturday night after the Pri
mary.
Not in years has the County
experienced as hot a campaign
as this has developed into dur
ing the last few weeks. Every ;
office in the county is contest
ed with the exception of two.
Judge of the General County
Court A. J. Blanton and Regis
ter of Deeds A. T. Outlaw got
by without opposition. But not
so with the others, some of
whom have as many as two and'
three opposing them. Just what
the final outcome will be in
some of the races can’t be as
certained at this time as senti
ment this year has a habit of
shifting from first one to an
other which leaves everyone in
doubt, especially the candi
dates themselves.
With a red-hot gubern
ial contest on together with
bitter local fights it is g
ly conceded that a record
will be polled in the County
Saturday. New registrations
help bear out this prediction
even if the interest in local
contests was not at the height
it has reached. Two years ago
with no gubernatorial fight on
Duplin voters over 3700 strong
visited the polls to cast their
ballots. However, a bitter Con
gressional contest was being
waged at that time which help
ed bring out the vote. Even the
local contests were not bitter
enough to have much dr.
power. This year with three in
the race for Duplin’s seat in
the House of Representatives,
.three in the race for Solicitor
of the General County Court,
eight in the Commissioners
race, two contesting for Jftli
Sheriff’s office, and two seeking
the Coroner’s job, it is a fore
gone conclusion that a record
vote will be polled. It has been
freely predicted by those in a
position to know that more than
4,000 votes will be cast in thia
Primary. Another thing in fa
vor of a record vote is the fact
that practically all State office!
are being contested.
It has been announced that
returns from both County am
State contests will be receiv
I at the court house at Ke
ville Saturday night. He
fore it has been the custom f<
someone from each precinct
report the returns to Wa
where telephone service
available. However, now
the county seat town has
quafce telephone service this
made unnecessary. Repo:
will probably continue to be
ceived at Warsaw either b
or after they have been t
mitted to Kenansville.
Willard-Cox
The following annoui
which was taken from
day’s Wilmington
•will be of interest to
here where Mr. Willard
his home while a small
“Mr. and Mm. W. C.
Tabor City, announce
riage of their
Laurie, to Jesse lT .
Sunday, May 81, at
Mr. Willard is the
and Mrs. D. H.