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VOL. XIV.
WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1936
Political Battle
t Concluded With
Sweeping Vote
' Unofficial Returns Give Hoey
Comfortable Lead Over Mc
Donald. . I
INTERESTING CAMPAIGN
COMES TO CONCLUSION
Tabulation of Duplin Ballots
Show Graham Votes Went
To McDonald
Clyde R. Hoey, 58-year-old
lawyer and supporter of the
* Ehringhause administration, re
^ ceived near 264,000 votes in the
second primary Saturday to de
feat his youthful opponent, Dr.
Ralph W. McDonald, 33-year
old college professor and avow
ed enemy of the sales tax and
virtually assure his election as
the next Democratic governor
of North Carolina.
d While unofficial returns are
▼ not yet complete, indications
are that the Shelby lawyer’s
votes tower above those of the
runner-up in the first primary
» by about 50,000 ballots. 1,858
precincts are reported as giv
ing 263,718 votes to Hoey and
210,264 votes to McDonald. Fi
nal return*! are expected to
swell the winner’s total to ar
ound the 265,000 figure.'
In the other races for State
offices, Paul Grady, who led in
the first primary contest for the
Lieutenant Governorship, ap
pears defeated by Wilkins P.
Horton, the runner-up, and Sta
.# cey W. Wade, seems to have
lost his seat as Secretary of
State to Thad Eure. Out of
1,692 precincts reporting, Hor
ton has, according to available,
records, a total of 206,7,36 vote!
and Grady is credited with
198,456. Wade, who had a lead
of 48,000 votes in the first pri
mary, is given 183,395 votes by
1,696 precincts while Eure has
garnered 222,242 votes.
North Carolina politics this
year was a rank display of up
sets and the intervention of
new personalities. The aver
age voters’ interest was parti
cularly centered on the guber
natorial race where a hereto
fore unpredicted campaigner
was projected onto the political
I front, causing the most astute
‘ politicians to take more than
ordinary interest in the prob
able outcome. In other contests,
the co-called “administration”
(fj> (Please turn to Page Eight)
Teachey Library
Given Collection
Demonstration Club Sponsors
Receive Volumes From
Wilmington
“ The Teachey Home Demon
stration Club met at the home
of Mrs. E. G. Forlaw June 23
with 26 members and three vis
4 itors present. Mrs. J. L. Wells
presided.
During the business session
the club room was discussed
and plans made to hold the Ju
ly meeting in the club room.
The Library committee report
ed that the library had receiv
ed 60 books as a gift from the
k Wilmington City Library. It
was voted to start a pattern
collection and exchange in the
club, each member donating a
pattern.
Miss Jayme Martin, Home
Agent, gave an interesting and
A helpful demonstration on “Ta
ble Courtesies'’, after -which
the project leaders presented
their program.
Mrs. Fab Newkirk, president
of Duplin County clubs, was
present and gave an interest
ing account of the conference*
of the Associated Country Wo- j
men of the World rcently held
in Washington.
Mrs. Hubert Boney gave ai
brief report of the ^District
meeting at Carolina Hlach on
June 17, stating that Mrs. J.
*. I* Wells, president of Teachey
dub, was elected chairman of
the Eleventh District.
Announce Teacher Increase!
For Duplin County’s Schools
NEW SECRETARY OF STATE
Thad A. Eure broke a prece
dent in Saturday’s primary
when he won the office of Sec
retary of State over Stacy W.
Wade, the incumbent, who led
in the first primary by over 40,
000 votes.
CAME FROM BEHIND
Wilkins P. Horton is another
candidate who, did the unex
pected in Saturday’s primary
when he won the nomination
for Lieutenant Governor over
Paul Grady who had a com
manding lead in the first con
test.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
ROBERT STROUD MERRITT
Robert Stroud Merritt, 74,
died at his home in Magnolia
July 1 and was buried in the
Magnolia cemetery the follow
ing Thursday. Rev. W. F. Wal
ters, pastor of the Magnolia
Methodist Church, officiated.
Surviving are six children,
Mrs. L. J. Faison, D. J. and W.
J. . Merritt, Magnolia, Mrs. N.
J. Potter, Deep Run, E. J. and
Selma Merritt, Wilmington, 20
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
Pallbeaers were Ike Lanier,
James Elwell, Dave Whaley,
Jonah Howard and C. Riven
bark.
Three Additional Teachers In
Elementary Schools Allowed
For Duplin This Year.
CHARGE ERROR MADE IN
COLORED SCHOOL QUOTA
172 White Teachers To Be Em
ployed; Colored Schools To
Use 108 Teachers
An increase in the teacher
allotment for Duplin county
white schools was revealed this
week by the office of 0. P. John
son, County Superintendent of
Schools. The allotment for
negro school teachers was de
creased, however, and it is un
derstood that a protest will be
1 lodged with the State School
Commission.
Duplin schools this coming
I year will have four additional
teachers, based upon attend
ance records of the past year.
Three of these teachers will
jbe employed in elementary
school work, the other to be a
high school teacher. An addi
tional teacher will be in the B.
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jTeachey Suffers
Damaging Storm
Hail And Wind Raise Havoc
1 With Buildings, Oops j
Thursday Night
I ■ 1
Considerable damage to
buildings and growing crops
was wrought by a hail and
wind storm in the Teachey sec-i
tion early last Thursday night.
Striking *in the section just
southwest of town vthe storm
cut a narrow path through the
fertile farming area, uprooting
trees and demolishing tobacco
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BEN KRAMER HURT IN 1
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Ben Kramer, young Rose Hill1
business man, is recuperating;
from injuries sustained latej
Sunday night when the auto-1
mobile he was driving collided j
with one operated by a negro!
between Carolina Beach and
Wilmington.
Kramer was carried to a Wil
mington hospital for treatment
of his wounds and examina
tion. His automobile was de
(molished.
|
WOOD HOME DESTROYED
BY FIRE HERE SUNDAY
Fire, said to have originated
from a defective flue, destroy
ed the home and an inestima
; ble amount of furnishings and
! property of S. 0. Wood here
I Sunday at noon.
I Flames enveloped the home
| shortly after the fire was dis
i covered and efforts of the vol
| unteer fire department to com
Ibat the blaze were futile.
Eastern Carolina Tobacco
Markets Open September 1
Tobacco Association Fixes Op
ening Dates; Predict Rise
In Weed Exports
Hot Springs, Va., July 3.—
Members of the Tobacco Asso
cation of the United States
chose E. J. O’Brien, Jr., of
Louisville, president today, fix
ed market opening dates, and
heard W. T. Clark of Wilson,
N. C., retiring president, pre
dict an increase in tobacco ex
ports during the remainder of
193$,
Markets will open as follows:
Georgia Belt, August 4; South
Carolina Belt, August 13; East
Carolina Belt, September 1;
Middle Belt, September 22; Old
Belt, October 5; Dark-Fired
Belt, November 17.
F. N. .Harrison, Richmond,
was elected first vice president;
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LOCAL GIRL IN PHOTO
WITH MRS. ROOSEVELT
Scores of women have met
[Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
and a few of them have been
! seen in news photographs of
(the First Lady, but when one
shakes hands with the matron
of the White House, and is pho
tographed at the same time,
that's going some!
Miss Mary Currie, popular
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. W.
P.'M. Currie, recently attended
'a convention of Chi Omego sor
iety at White Sulpher Spring*,
West Va., and met Mrs. Roose
velt, one of the principal speak
ers.
A pleasant surprise today
was Miss Currie’s receipt of a
! photograph. You guessed it, an
enterprising photographer
snapped her as she shook hands
with Mrs. Roosevelt.
WINS DECISIVE VICTORY
Clyde R. Hoey, Shelby lawyer and Democratic Campaigner
extraordinary, won a decisive victory over his gubernatorial
rival, Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, in Saturday’s run-off primary.
Latest unofficial returns show Hoey led by over 53,000 votes.
Attack Of Nostalgia Brings
Duplinite To Gentle Gossip
'QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
TO BE HELD AT CHARITY
Rev. W. A. Cade, Presiding
Elder of the Wilmington Dis
trict of the North Carolina Me
thodist Conference, will preach
and hold the third quarterly
conference fot the year at the
Charity Methodist Church Sun
day afternoon at three o’clock,
Rev. E. C. Maness, pastor of
the Wallace-Rose Hill charge,
has announced. Officials from
every church in the charge are
expected to attend.
No preaching service will be
held at the local Methodist
Church Sunday evening, Mr.
Maness added, as the Methodist
congregation is expected to at
tend the opening of the reviv
al at the local Presbyterian
Church.
ReducedTaxRate
Levied By Board
Reduced Rate 10 Cents Less
Than Last Year; Budgets
, Approved
Approval of department and
school budgets for the next fis
cal year, levying of a $1.45 tax
rate to finance the county gov
ernment and its auxiliary agen
cies were outstanding events of
Monday’s meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners held
at Kenansville with Chairman
John D. Robinson, presiding,
and all members in attendance.
The new tax rate adopted
Monday is 10 cents lower than
last year when the rate had to
be boosted 15 cents over the
preceding year in order to take
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REVIVAL TO START AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Evangeline services will
begin at thiP Wallace Presby
terian Churn Sunday evening
vith Rev. Harold Dudley, Kin
ston, assisting Rev. W. P. M.
Currie, the pastor. Regular
services during the week will
be held at eight o’clock each
morning and evening.
A cordial invitation to at
tend the services is extended
the public.
Though Hot As The
' Area, Anonymous Reader
Yearns For Duplin
! .s.
| Next to the pay-check, the
most pleasant reward for
spending 12 njonths in New
iYork City is the annual two
weeks vacation trip back home.
'We refer of course to a few
Duplinites who are earning
their livelihood in this metro
polis. After the desk is clear
ed and we say “So Long” to the
j boss, most of us can't wait to
I catch the first method of con
veyance going South, hoping
the coming two weeks will lin
ger as did the two previous
ones. However, that is not us
ually the case, because we
must necessarily crowd so
much activity into such a short
time; and before we know it,
we are back at that same desk
—for another 12 months. We
are fortunate in that we never
have to face the problem of
:where to go as do our Northern
co-workers. Our only problem
is how much money we can af
ford to spend while we are
idown South.
I So, just for fun, we shall call
the roll and see how many of
these of whom we speak, can
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Escaped Convict Captured |
Within Shadow Of Wallace
r
Certify Duplin
Youths Fcr CCC!
One Youth In Addition to Quo
to Is Accepted As CCC
Enrollee
Due to increased CCC enroll
ment 11 Duplin county boys
were certified and ennrolled
for Civilian Conservation Corps
encampments, in Wilmington
July 1, Mrs. Harvey Boney, Su
perintendent of Public Wel
fare, announced this week. One
Duplin youth was certified on
another county’s quota as an
alternate, Mrs. Boney added,
thereby affording one enrollee
more than the Duplin quota.
Boys accepted as enrollees
in the recent quota include
Fred Herring, Ned Potter, Wil
lis James Walker, Stanley Eu
gene Powell, Felton Bradshaw,
Carl Ray Tucker, William Hen
r> Ray, Inman Wells, James
Edward Simpson, Odell Mc
Cann, and Henry L. Woodcock.
County Court Has
Lengthy Session
Many Cases Tried At General
j County Court Session
This Week 1
Despite the fact that the j
June term of General County [
Court was not held until the
middle of the month, and re-;
mained in session practically aj
full week, there were still plen-'
tp of cages on docket for trial*
when- ^re-court was afh»*coa
vened at Kenansville Monday.
A jury was on hand at this
term also and quite « few cases
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TAX COLLECTIONS FOR
JUNE TOTAL $3,820.66
- !
A total of $3,820.66 in taxes
were collected during the past
month by I. N. Henderson, Tax1
Collector for Duplin county. Of
this amount $209.25 included j
I schedule “B” taxes.
] The remaining taxes, by
'years, are as follows: 1925,
$1.68; 1926, $12.12; 1927, $5.00; i
1928, $103.20; 1929, $123.59; I
1930, $158.14; 1931, $273.68;!
1932, $367.51; 1933, $381.93;,
1934, $384.98; 1935, $1,799.58. i
, HUCKLEBERRY LABORERS
SEE PICTURES OF WORK
B. C. Crabbe, a New Jersey
i ite who operates a huckleberry
tfarm near Magnolia, entertain
ed friends and pickers on his
Tarm at a picture show Friday
night. Crabbe, who employs
only white labor, displayed
■ many scenes relative to the
! huckleberry industry, especial
ly as they revealed the activi
ties of helpers on his own
;farm.
! How They Voted July 4th
Precincts
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.Wallace -
Rockfish -
Rose Hill -
j Magnolia --
iKenansville -
TOTAL
236
116
45
71
64
113
121
208
68
92
77
187
120
38
91
272
316|
116|
115|
771
451
901
48
155
81
51
60
189
28
170
104
129
1919(1764
62
58
13
2
7
2
11
97
31
6
2
63
10
54
21
26
=
448
157
123
137
93
207
158
228
115
132
103
282
|135
135
166
358
257
106
75
101
72
104
123
192
77
123
51
180
121
94
121
210
243
112
62
36
22
72
46
128
69
12
64 j
1701
24 j
86
62!
168
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tichard Hall, Highway Prison
Camp Escapee, Taken Near
City Limits Last Night.
FOUR GAIN FREEDOM IN
BURGAW CAMP OUTBREAK
Dfficers Say Remaining Trio
Got Away In Stolen Truck;
Bloodhounds Used
Richard Hall, one of four
legro convicts who escaped i
'rom the State Highway Prison C
lamp at Burgaw Tuesday af
;ernoon, was captured within
500 yards of the Wallace cor- •
>orate limits late last night as
lis three companions stole an
lutomobile and sped in the di- t
■ection of Clinton.
Feigning sickness, the quar- j
;et spent the day in the prison 1
lamp infirmary, Hall said, and
after sawing their shackles f
with a smuggled hack saw '
jlade, pried loose two boards
and ran through a rear gate in
the stockade fence while the
steward was engaged else- 5
where.
The escaped convicts were J
sighted near here early Wed
nesday afternoon and officers
immediately began a search in J
a patch of woods near’ the
home of Snyder Carr on High- s
way No. 41. A bloodhound |
trailed Hall to where he rested !
in a patch of woods within 200 |
yards of the city limits last
night shortly after 11 o’clock.
Hall was sentenced f:
Guilford county June 17 for
term of from five to eight
for breaking and entering
larceny and receivini
other convicts still at
WiltllS HSgker, serving 'JB[\
10“yeare fwm Moore county
breaking, entering and la:
ny; Willie Gentry, senteno
from Forsyth county to" five to
10 years for robbery with fire
arms; and Slim Dawson, who
was sent up from Cleveland ,
sountv to serve three to five
years for setting fire to and
burning a barn.
As Hall was being placed in
jail here his three companions
made their way beyond Har
rell’s Store and stole a pick-up •
truck belonging to Bill Jo;
son, who lives near the inter
section of Highways Nos. 41
and 60. The truck was pushed
for some distance, officers
ed, before it was started,
truck was last reported
traveling in the direction
Clinton.
Hall said the escapees w<
trying to make their way
Fayetteville.
Dressed in a brown shirt
striped overalls, Hall
here that all the escaped con
victs had changed clothes,
took his overalls from a clol
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to
Council Meeting
Slated Tuesday
District Home Demonstration
Agent To Assist In Plan
ning Work
An important meeting of th#'*
County Council of Home
onstration Clubs in Di
County has been called by
Jamye Martin, Duplin Hoi
Demonstration Agent,
members are to meet Tu<
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at
Agent’s office in Kenai
Headlining the meeting wi
be Mrs. Estelle T. Smith, Dis-f
trict Home Demonstration
ent, who will assist in p
work for the coming year.
The necessity of the pi
of all officers and leaders
clubs in the county ws
asised by Miss Martin.
All 4-H club members
farm women who plan t
tend the Short Course,
will be held in Raleigh
the last two weeks in.
month, are urged to
names with
requests, vflj