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The WallaceEnterprise DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OK THE PEO PLE OF WALLACE AND DUPLm COUNTY fOL. XIV. WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1936 No. 86 ^Waccamaw Bank & Trust . Branch Opens In Rose Hill f Bank With Deposits and Assets of (4,000,000 Opens Doors Toj Rose Hill Community. ROSE HILL GETS FIRST I BANK SINCE DEPRESSION Duplin Citizens Instrumental in Securing Complete Bank* j P ing Faculties . Monday morning citizens ofr Rose Hill greeted the opening! of their first banking house in. * over five years when the Wac camaw Bank and Trust Com pany opened a branch with full banking facilities in the build- • ing formerly occupied by the Rose Hill unit of the Bank of Duplin, which closed its doors! December 2, 1930. . j Expressions of onlookers, ob servers stated, belied their ap preciation as they watched money being carried into the | vault, whereas on a cold morn ing a few years ago they watch- j ed it, their savings, being car-. $ried away. i Soon after the branch opened j n , Monday morning scores of de '■ positors, made up of business Hmen of Rose Hill and the sur r rounding territory, made depos it. ■ its and indicated that the bank has the cooperation of the whole surrounding community. Officials reported the first day’s activity as being “very satis* factory”. f The Waccamaw Bank and ^Trust Company organized and chartered in 1926, and dur ing the intervening years has maintained full bankfe facSIi-1 ■-■•ties in Whiteville, Chadhourn "*and Fairmont. Its deposits and assets are listed in the region of (4,000,000. K. Clyde Council is president of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company and J. N. Co-; burn is cashier. The bank was (Please Turn to Page Six) . BeanMovementln WallaceFavora’Iej Trading on the Wallace pro Jduce market this week has 'sorely reflected the scarcity of sufficient rains as growers and buyers alike bemoan the scar city of beans and corn as well m the lade of sufficient variety. * Prices, in spite of a decline in volume, have he^ UP we^ here and indications are that with a good rain farmers sel ling their produce locally will be able to swing the mart up to normalcy. During this week beans have enjoyed a* fairly good movement jwith the volumes ranging be tween 1000 and 1500 hampers daily. Receipts have done ex ceptionally well, ranging from 70c to $1.00, most beans selling in the region of 90c. » Cucumbers have held up with 150 or 200 crates coming in daily and selling from 50c to *1.25. The corn movement, held K back by lack of rains, has just started but gives indications of a fairly good season. DUPLIN V U. N. C. Note on Fishing Mr. Hoover says fishing is irely a state of mind. Bet Mr. Sosevelt has a different idea. srd promise the fish some* “OMEN ATTEND CLUB INSTITUTE Robinson, sec ond vice-president of the North Carolina Federation of Wo »’s Clubs, Mrs. W. G. Wells, Mrs. A. J. Cavenaugh, all Wallace, left Wednesday for apol Hill to attend a club in ate to be held there today tomorrow in cooperation i the University of North olinJtT j The purpose of the coopera meeting is to instruct indi iual members in more effici-{ service activities. LOCAL YOUTH IS VICTIM OF MYSTERIOUS ASSAULT Kenneth Currie, popular lo :al man, was mysteriously as* laulted late Monday night while isleep in his home here, and the dentity of the unknown assail int has left local police in a! luandry. I The young man, it was said,' was awakened by a stinging i sensation across his shoulders1 ind the pressure of some per son’s foot on his hand. So far is can be learned he did not see his assailant, who is under stood to have escaped through in open window in the room. Currie’s back and shoulders were slashed, police said, evi dently by a razor blade or a tnife. I — Typhoid Program Slated In Duplin - . - . i Health Department Plans Sche-1 dule Typhoid Vaccinations During July j The Duplin County Health Department, through the coop eration of local physicians in the county, will foster a pro gram of typhoid fever immuni zation sometime during the summer months, according to a recent announcement by Dr. R. L. Carr, Duplin County health " dUfrfcge the otflht^v&dtiH ations has not yet been decided upon, it is probable they will begin next month, Dr. Carr said. The schedule will be re leased after the vaccination period is certain. If Duplin citizens desire ab solute protection against ty phoid fever, Dr. Carr'said, they must not wholly rely upon vac cinations but also must main tain sanitary toilets and pri vies. Duplin residents are ac corded the opportunity of ob taining privies built under the WPA sanitary progam and in terested persons are asked to contact R. F. Hope. DROUGHT IS GRADUALLY BEING BROKEN IN COUNTY The drought, which has held this section in its grip since early in April, is gradually be ing broken according to reports from the different parts of the County. Many sections have already had good rains within the past week or ten days which have proven to be a big boon to crops, especially tobacco which has suffered considerable for the lack of moisture. Bonds Arrive Day Ahead Schedule — Wallace Policeman First East ern Veteran to Cash Bonus Bond Veterans’ bonus “baby” bonds arrived in Duplin county Monday morning, one day ahead of schedule, and anxious veterans beseiged every post office in the county for a packet of the $386,694.65 in bonds to be delivered in Duplin. Individual payments range from $60 to $1,500, Federal au thorities state. One Wallace veteran, however, is reported to have received bonds and a check totalling $1,531. The first veteran in Eastern North Carolina to get his bonds cashed was L. F. Jackson, a member of the local police de partment. A check for $750 was mailed him Tuesday, the local post office having certified his bonds and sent them to the Ral eigh headquarters by registered mail. The first local bonus re cipient was Clifton Knowles, local mail carrier. While Duplin County is am ong the higher bracketed coun ties in bond payments with a total of $386,694.65, Pender vet-' erans ‘get $172,796.98. Onslow ex-soldi^rs are slated to receive $168,423.63. Strange as it may seem, many Duplin veterans have not yet : made Applications for bonus ‘ payments, it was authoritative ly learned yesterday. Of those who hive applied for and re ceive*}, bonus payments, the ma iff*. bwM*’ aside for ttir ftiture. Few local veterans have complained of an error in the payment. i Abolish Office Of County Physician! The office of County Physi cian was abolished by the Dup lin Board of County Commis sioners Monday in the interests, of economy, as Dr. R. L. Carr will fulfill the duties in his ca pacity as full-time health offi-; cer. It is understood the office, would have been abolished a' year ago but at that time DrJ Carr was acting health officer., Following his selection as full time officer, however, he will .take over the cases at the Coun ty Home and jail. MARRIAGE LICENSE IS ISSUED TO ONE COUPLE j Only one marriage license ,was issued during the past iweek, according to records in the office of the Register of Deeds, and that to a white cou ; pie, D. Leonard Lanier and Vir ginia Grace Jones. Jury On Hand To Hasten 1 Trial County Court Cases1 Many Cases Disposed In Busy Sessions Duplin’s General County Court /One of the busiest sessions of Duplin’s General County Court held in some time is un derway at Kenansville this •week as a jury is kept on hand <to help speed up the work of the court. Convening Monday morning at 9:30 o’clock the Court has remained in session 'daily since that time and ad journment yrill probably not be reached before late this after noon or some time tomorrow. 'Quite a large number of cases have already been disposed of, in many of which a jury wasi used. Cases disposed of this week' include the following: Andrew James, charged with carrying concealed weapons, assault with * deadly weapon, simple assault, forcible tres pass and threatening bodily | harm, entered a plea of guilty (Please Turn to Pa AIR CONDITIONER BEING i INSTALLED IN WANOCA - ! The Wanoca Theatre is now installing an automatic atmos phere humidifier and air condi tioning machine in keeping with its plans for continued develop-■ ment in giving Duplin County its leading motion picture house. The electrically operated ma chine weighs 4000 pounds and has a silent mechanism. i; Factory representatives claim! it to be the fastest air condi-1 tioner made, as it can make a ■ complete change of air every six seconds. ! A Comeback Now that AAA depredations among them have ceased, little piggies sedm to be making a , comeback. A Kentucky girl was '] bom with fourteen toes.—Syra-'. cuse Herald. $4,201,869 Federal income tax returns were filed for 1984. Democrats Third District Lead In State Convention < Duplin Democrats Elected To Important Positions In Raleigh Saturday Democrats of North Carolina ! held their biennial convention Saturday in Raleigh with dele- : rates from the Third Congres sional district taking a leading part in the endorsements of the j Democratic party and the ad ministration of President Fran-i klin D. Roosevelt. The convention was in ses sion nearly four hours, lacking me minute of being exactly, that on the spot. J. M. Broughton, Raleigh at^ torney and President of the, State Bar Association, ridicul-i ed Republicanism, fired the au dience with a eulogy of Presi-( dent Roosevelt’s “human itari (Please Turn to Page Six) Blanton Enters Second Primary Will Be Only Local Contest; Three State Offices Contested Only one local political race s scheduled to reach the sec rnd primary stage according to mnouncements made this week jy others who could have re vested a run-off with their op ponents. George Heddie Blan fconv-TtinneiMiip to C. E. Quinn In the three-cornered House of Representatives race, has given lotice that he will enter a sec ond primary with Quinn on Ju ly fourth. In the first primary Quinn led Blanton by 309 votes with Mrs. Marshall Williams coming in third. In the two other contests the runners-up have conceded the nomination to their opponents. George R. Ward, candidate for Solicitor of the General County Court, was runner-up to Robert L. West but will not enter a sec ond primary. West led by a margin of 70 votes. Fred J. Baars, who was runner-up to J. L. Miller in the Commissioners (Please Turn to Page Six) Drouth Expensive To U. S. Farmers Dry Weather Covers Nation, But Centered in South ern States Although record drouth con ditions over the Southeast have taken a toll of hundreds of mil lions of dollars from the farm ers, hot weather was a factor in sustaining gains in retail trade to a substantially higher level than last year, according to na tionwide reports to the Depart ment of Commerce last week. In some areas, retail business gained sharply over the previ ous good week as Summer caus ed a flurry of department store buying, particularly in Eastern cities. There was some season al recession on the West Coast. While there were spotted drouth conditions throughout the country, the severity of the situation was centered in Geor gia, Tennessee, Alabama, the Carolinas, Kentucky, Virginia i n d Maryland. Tantalizing thundershowers skipped about in the affected States, but so far they have been insufficient » quench the thirst of parched crops that have been without noisture for more than sixty lays. Adding to the drouth lamage, heavy hail storms lash* »d crops in sections of Geor gia. Agricultural workers esti nated the loss over the drouth urea at $150,000,000 to $200, >00,000 and food prices have toared as illustrated by the ad vance in retail cabbage prices from one to four cents. I Limit Time For Cotton Payment i Cotton Adjustment Payments ] Range From 15c To More j Than $1000 While over 1600 Bankhead i :ontracts were signed in this|i :ounty only 859 applications'! lave been filed for Adjustment j Payments, County Agent h. L. i McLendon revealed this week ; n discussing the necessity for ] :otton growers to get sales cer- ; tificates when they sell their :otton. 'i Some of the amounts receiv id in adjustment payments are comparatively small, McLendon , Jointed out, while others run into considerable money.. The 307 checks received in Duplin to date have run from 15c to more than $1000 each. The time for filing sales cer tificates is limited, the County Agent said, and growers who have sold their 1935 cotton are urged to send in their certifi cates immediately. Price Ad justment payments are avail-, able to all producers unless the 10 designated spot markets • were above 12c on the date of| sale. A producer should sendi in his certificates regardless of) whether or not he received 12c or more, since the spot markets | are based on 7-8 inch middling' staple and cotton with longer, staple is entitled to a premium in addition to the Price Ad justment Payment. | McLendon urges all farmers who have already sold their cotton or who will sell before July 31, to send in their certi ficates in order that they may receive their adjustment pay ments. 4-H Activities On Rad i o Program The story of the National 4-H Club Camp will be told by 4-H club members, Federal and State extension leaders during two radio programs to be broad cast on Monday, June 22, and Wednesday, June 24. The na tional 4-H Club Camp, to which are eligible two 4-H club boys and two 4-H club girls chosen from each State because of their excellent records as club members, will be held in Wash ington, D. C., from June 18 to 24. The camp is held annually to help 4-H club members to become better acquainted with | the work and facilities of the 'Department of Agriculture, to study their Government, and tq confer with representative lead ers and members from all parts of the country. i Ickes urges government and | business cooperate on relief. 24-Quart Crate Adopted For Strawberry Industry IAIL, STORM STRIKES S. E. PART OF COUNTY One of the most severe hail storms ever witnessed in this section visited the extreme southeastern part of the coun y and the adjacent Pender ter itory late Saturday afternoon, iccording to reports received lere this week. The storm, re ports stated, seemed to be cen tred in the Walter Sholar mill section near the Mormon :hurch and did considerable iamage to growing crops, espe :ially tobacco. Fortunately the storm’s path was not very wide. During the height of the storm lail stones the size of guinea jggs were reported to have been plentiful and at one home they were of such tremendous size ;hat they pierced the roof. The hail was accompanied by severe ivind and a heavy downpour of rain. D. H. Williams Is ClaimedBy Death Prominent Farmer and Manu factured Passes At Home Near Wallace Funeral services for David Henry Williams, 69, prominent farmer and manufacturer, who passed away at his h0111® near here early Wednesday morning following a critical illness of three weeks,, 4were conducted from the home today at 11:0C o’clock. Rev. W. P. M. Currie, pastor % the deceased, con ducted the last rites, assisted by Rev. E. B. Carr, Broadway, and Rev. L. E. Wells of Tea chey. Interment followed ir the family plot in Rockfist cemeterv. Active pallbearers, all ne phews of the deceased, were: Paul Smith, James Murphy, James Thomas Boney, Marshall Carr, Kenneth Blanchard, Cur rie Carr, Robert Swingle, and | Jack Carr. Honorary pallbear ' ers were intimate friends of the 'deceased. I Although the deceased had been in feeble health for sever al months his death came as a ' distinct shock to the family and friends, and followed a stroke of paralysis and other compli | cations. Of a friendly, gentle disposition Mr. Williams had made many friends in this sec i tioon where he was born and 'raised, all of whom will mourn his passing. Surviving the deceased are the widow, the former Bathsihe ba Mallard Carr, three sons and three daughters, Edward Sid | (Please Turn to Page Six) House Constructions Give Rise Wallace Development HARRELL’S STORE COUPLE GIVEN BIRTHDAY DINNER Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rooks of near Harrell’s Store were de lightfully entertained by their, children Sunday with a surprise birthday dinner served on the lawn. i Those present included Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rooks, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Wells, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Bland, Mr and Mrs. Paul; Rooks, Mr. and Mrs. James K. Rooks, Mrs. A. W. Rooks, Mr. and Mrs. James Murphy, W. Raymond Rooks, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rooks, Mrs. O. C. Moore, Misses Frances Bland, Margaret, Udell, Gray, Velma, ■ Mary Elizabeth, Hilda, Doris and Christine Rooks, Messrs. James Stokes Hayden, Donald J and Dodson Wells, Serwood, Tommie, Lawrence, B e 1 v i n James, Sam Lorace and Shel-| don Rooks, Jimmie and Douglas Murphy and R. A. Bland, Jr., j Judith Ann Rooks and Dalton and Bobbie Moore. Building Boom Gets Underway In Both Business And Res idential Areas Not only is Wallace moved by the immediate construction of a new highway, the prospects of another outlet to Highway 40, but also by a building boom which promises to develop re sidential sections and also a portion of the business sector. Probably the most important construction is that planned by l. J. Carter & Son, which firm aims to tear down the frame building used by them on Main Street and replace with a two story brick structure. When the work will start has not been decided as yet. The firm also plans the con struction of a brick office build ing adjacent to the building bousing their offices at present. The R. E. L. Dees are rapidly nearing the completion of a two-story stone and frame home on West Main Street, to mark Strawberry Body Recommends Change 'After Discussion With Growers, Crate Men. SMALLER CRATE PROVED FAVORABLE Growers Advised Utilise Crates For HueUeberria*, Early Strawberries, Indications are that the 1937 strawberry season will growers of Duplin, Pender and Wayne Counties adopting and I using 24-quart crates exclusive, ly as the standard container, ! according to recommendations decided upon Thursday at a joint meeting of committees appointed to investigate and ascertain the possibilities of such a method. The use of the 24-quart con-, tainer has advanced favorably in the Columbus county area, [where buyers and growers alike (have stated their preference, : pointing out that growers are afforded a better pack and cor responding receipts and 'that the small crate is accordingly easier to handle. 1 Due to the small crop of this past season, the committee real ized that a great many 32-quart crates are still available in these three counties, therefore they suggest that the larger crates be used for handling huckleberries and in the ship ment of early strawberries next season. ' That the adoption of the quart.crate is,*' popUilst i ure is shown by the fact that ” the committee recommended the change after interviewing crate manufacturers and growers at all shipping points in Duplin, Pender and Wayne counties. Heavy Movement Rose Hill Market For the past two weeks Rose Hill, the huckleberry center of Duplin county, has been flood* ed with berries selling at a § range of from $6 to $7.50 per 1 crate and indications are that the huckleberry deal will con- | tinue for three or possibly four a more weeks. For the past two weeks period Rose Hill dealers have handled an average of 509 crates of berries per day. Taking a prominent part um- ' the deal are the famous "RaM** Hill Blues”, specially packed* - berries in cellophane-wrapped :f baskets. Dewberries on the Rose Hif market have been excellent, as cordina to information recent ed there, for during the pad awo weeks dealers have hana led near 1000 crates per day ah. an average of $2.50 per crate. The bean market has bees correspondingly heavy, ap proximately 400 hampers being sold Saturday for receipts rang ing from 50c to 90c. The volume during this week has registered a slight decline. Corn and cucumbers, suffer ing with other crops from si lack of rain, have been moving | slowly. CARR SLATED TO RE NEW ROSE HILL POSTMASTER Barring war, Wallace prosperity will obviate Murphy L. Carr, son of Dn R. L. Carr, County Health of* Seer, is slated to be the next postmaster at Rose Hill accord ing to information received at Rose Hill yesterday. A wira from Congressman Graham A* Barden stated that he wa« re commending young Carr for th# place and that his commission would probably be forthcoming within a few days. The new postmaster will succeed W. Heman Hall a as held the office for the twelve years.
The Wallace Enterprise (Wallace, N.C.)
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