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The W allace Enterprise - DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OK THE PEO PLE OF WALLACE AND DUPLm COUNTY \%L. XIV. WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1936 Morrison Slated To Speak *At Field Day September 17 Green Pastures Democratic Ral ly Makes Change in Date of Field Day at Coastal Plain Station. CAMERON MORRISON TO BE PRINCIPAL SPEAKER Former Speakers Expected to be $ Present and Make Anni versary Program The twentieth annual Field Day and Picnic at the Coastal Aain Experiment Station, Wil lard, will be held Seiftember 17, a week later than the usual date, Dr. Charles Dearing, As sistant Director in charge, an nounced yesterday. Former Governor Cameron Morrison will be the chief sneaker, Commissioner of Ag rreiilture William A. Graham has announced, adding that the selection is of unusual signifi cance as Governor Morrison has aljvays shown an interest in $fbt farms. In view of the fact that this marks the 20th observance of Field Day at the Coastal Plain Station, Dr. Dearing stated, speakers on previous programs are expected to attend and make the event somthing akin to an anniversary program. Plans for the usual features are already underway, these in cluding exhibits, demonstra tions, contests, and other fea tures in addition to the speak ing program and barbecue din ars. Grapes in tl^p Muscadine ,/ard are expected to be [y ripe at this time, it was led. The complete program idll be announced later. The change in date resulted, )r. Dearing stated, due to a onflict with the Green Pastures lemocratic Rally in Charlotte September 10, at which Presi lent Franklin D. Roosevelt is lated to speak. Many persons pho normally attend the Field lay, and especially state offi ials, are expected to be in at (Please turn to Last Page) ii Qood Report On Border Opening Sales Reported at Six liiteville Houses; Prices Appear to Be Good. Tobacco selling for an aver of $25.85 on the first row gai Whiteville warehouse was ed in a telegram on the jg of the Border markets 'Walter E. Pierce, sales sup er, this afternoon, erce estimated that be en 800,000 and 1,000,000 ids was on the floors of the Whiteville houses at the sing today; all of which blocked. Files were light on the whole, Maid, and many of the offer consisted of primings and erior grades. Some piles of tobacco sold for 75 and 85 per pound, Pierce said. BOYS TO MAKE TOUR OF WESTERN N. C. local youths, Horace and Willis Boney, will gasoline and hot dog ibution next week for a of Western North Caro I and Eastern Tennessee, plan to leave Wallace and travel with the of emulating the well . bear who journeyed a the better known moun couples only secured ;e licenses during the the office of the Re of Deeds has announced, couples included Harvey Lillie Bell Price; C. B. - B. C PRESIDING OFFICER fl i Ur. jonn D. Kobinson, Wal lace, president of the State As sociation of County Commis isioners and County Account ants, who is presiding over the meeting of that body now be ing held in Asheville. Merchants Band To Develop Mart Concerted Movement Underway to Develop Only Tobacco Market in this Section Plans fo the opening of. the j Wallace tobacco market, the only market within a radius of 60 miles, moved up several not ches this week with the. an* nouncement that local mer | chants and business men have started concerted efforts toward boosting the local market in an effort to make it one of the best in North Carolina. If whole - hearted approval and cooperation can be taken las an indication of the Wallace market’s future, sales this year will far surpass those of pre vious years. Throughout its history the local market has en joyed the reputation of afford ing good will and cooperation with the fanner. When the market opens Sep tember 1 townspeople and to bacconists promise that the best deal will be handed out here, and to back their faith in the local market they have be gun a goodwill campaign that is expected to be receptive to every farmer for miles around. i - Book Club Meeting i I The regular meeting of the ; local Book Club, slated to be [held Thursday, has been post poned to the following Friday, August 21, as the result of a conflict, it has been announc ed. The club will meet with Mrs. J. B. Southerland and Mrs. Alexander Southerland at the | home of the latter. I LAST RITES HELD FOR | BROTHER H. C. MARSHALL i - Rose Hill, Aug. 10.—Funeral services for R. D. Marshall, a brother of H. C. Marshall, were held from the residence in Porthsmouth, Va., and inter ment. followed Friday in Beth lehem church cemetery near the old home at Currie. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Marshall, who live | here, attended the last rites land were accompanied by Mr.j and'Mrs. Jesse Fussell, and Mrs.'L. A. Wilson. Other re-j latives or friends who attend ed the burial services and spent some,time in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall were Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Marshall, Mrs. Shore and Mrs. Doss, of Portsmouth, Va., and Miss Mary Marshall, of Raleigh. Returns Home William Brice, local man in jured in an auto accident re- ; centiy, has been removed from a Wilmington hoepital to bis Project Agitated By Federal Rule Homesteaders Want Teachers to Reside on Project Ra ther Than in Willard With plans being made for the opening of an elementary school for children on the Pen derlea homesteads project an organized fight to allow teach-j ers to be boarded on the pro-’ ject is underway. < Following the cessation of construction on the project! this spring federal authorities advahced a ruling that home-j steaders should not further their subsistence by keeping boarders and roomers, it was learned, but now that three teachers arp to be employed this fall in a school on the pro ject, homesteaders are demand ing that teachers reside on the project rather than at Willard, three miles distant. Tentative plans are that high school children will be enroll ed in the Wallace and Burgaw schools while elementary grade children will attend classes up to and possibly through the seventh grade in a temporary school on the project. A school bus will be operated for the benefit of homesteaders’ chil dren. The arrangement is slated.to continue until the permanent school building is completed, for which $150,000 has been allotted. Already selected is a school board of three members, J. S. Austin, W. W. Higgins, and J. Davis.*- While . the faculty has not yet been announced, it is understood that A. C. Ber geron, a homesteader and a teacher for several years, will head the school unit. Penderlea Work Now Advances Near Hundred Men Employed at First of Week on Ground Clearing Activity Employment for approximate ly 100 men was afforded Mon day when clearing work began on the Penderlea Homesteads project preparatory to the de velopment of the additional 6, 500 acres slated to be acquired immediately. Men are employed at present in clearing the remaining land on the original project of 4,500 acres and in clearing on the new territory. It is not known when mass construction will begin, but it jis assumed that numerous per I sons in Duplin and Pender counties will be afforded labor within a short time. Inquest Is Held In Girl’s Death Stomach Removed For Exam ination; Duplin Girl Said to Have Been 111 Treated The story of the sordid en vironment of a 17-year-old Dup lin girl, a step-child, began to be unfolded in Kenansvillt Monday morning with an in quest into the death of Carrie Murvin, or Carrie Koontz, whose death is believed to have been the result of foul play. Found dead in bed Monday morning following a drinking party in the Kenansyille sec tion, the ty>dy was Examined after Dr. G. V. Gooding, Ken ansville, and Sheriff p. S. Wil liamson deemed a Conner’s in quest necessary. Blue spots on and around the girl’s left shoulder prompted^ Coroner Carl Smith to ordejr the sto mach removed andf sent to state laboratories iof examina tion. Permission waL given for the body to be burns 1. A sister of the gir, sleeping (Please Turn to Lu t Page) Banking Change 1 Is Demanded By ! Merchants Body Merchants Ask Branch Bank ing and Trust Give Wallace UViit Full Banking Facili ties. PETITIONS SENT TO HOOD AND PRESIDENT OF CHAIN No Action Taken As Yet; Mer chants Slate Meeting Here Tomorrow Night >A petition asking that the Branch Banking and Trust Company gave the local banking unit, now operating under the Warsaw brarich, full banking facilities separate and apart from the Warsaw unit, has been forwarded by the Wallace Mer chants’ Association to H. D. Bateman, Wilson, president of the chain bank which has serv ed this section since Septem ber 1, 1933. A copy of the pe tition was sent to Gurney P. Hood, State Commissioner of Banks. Practically every local busi ness firm signed the petiton. No constructive action has yet been forthcoming from of ficials of the banking house, al though Jean C. Thompson, cashier of the Warsaw branch and head of the Duplin setup of the Branch Banking and Trust Company, made a hur ried investigation here Satur day morning after the petition .was received in Wilson. | It is said that the Warsaw branch is opposed furnish ing the local unit with full banking facilities as business reported at this unit is credit ed on the records of the upper Duplin branch. The petition stated, in part, that operating the Wallace unit through the management of the Warsaw branch presented diffi culties, noticeably to prospec tive borrowers in this section. It was pointed our further that after three and one-half years of cooperation with a subsidiary unit local merchants, business men and farmers were entitled to an independent unit and full‘banking facilities as a result of the business hand led through this unit l Local observers state that for some time Gurney P. Hood has been favorable to the estab I lishment of a bank here with full facilities and has asked that the Branch Banking and I Trust Company acede to the re quest of clients in this section. I The local Merchants’ Asso ciation will meet tomorrow [night to discuss the issue and | the developments. (RETAIL TRADE PASSES [ OFF SLUMP OF SUMMER Although the drought situa tion remained acute in some I sections of the cour.try and was j reflected to some extent in I wholesale markets, retail trade in general continued to ward (off the normal Summer slump 'and in many cities the volume I was greater than the previous week, as well as the 1935 per iod, reports to the Department of Commerce from all sections indicated. Pronounced gains ovet the previous week were attributed to increased consum er interest in home-furnishings and furniture, while there was some advance in Fall suying. Crop conditions outside the drought areas were excellent. Memphis, for example, re ported that the buying power of Tri-State farmers was great est since 1930. In Cleveland, it was said Ohio crops were better than normal with wheat 30 per cent better than the av erage. Minneapolis reported some improvement as a result of scattered showers with coun try merchants in drought area still optimistic. In the North west, fruit and crop harvests were progressing nicely, ac (Please Tara to Last Page) -- . Southerland Clan; Slates Convention! Southerland Clan History Dates Back to Time of Wil liam the Lion Rose Hill, August 10.—The Southerland Clan Association will hold its fourth annual meeting in the Rose Hill high school building Thursday, Aug ust 20. For the first time in the history of the Association a morning session will be held. A picnic lunch and an after noon session beginning at two o’clock follow. All who at tend are requested to bring food for themselves and one guest. The Southerland Clan Asso ciation is composed of the de cendants of Robert Souther land, I, 1722-1799, and those who have married into the fam ily. The family is a branch of the Scotch Clan, Sutherland, originating from County Suth erland in the Scottish high lands. The original Clan dat es back to the time of William the Lion, King of Scotland in 1197. 1 Representatives of the fam ily now reside in every South ern and eastern state, but chief ly in Eastern Carolina, j An illustrated pamphlet is ' being prepared by the histor ian's staff for distribution a1 l the meeting. A copy of the Southerland coat of ^rms will ■also be given to eatfh memOet’. The Clan officials hope to pub lish a pamphlet each year and [in this way eventally arrive at a complete Southerland history. 4-HMembersNow InMountainCamp Representatives Duplin 4 - H Clubs Parti cipating In Mountain Encampment | Over half-a-hundred Duplin ' 4-H club members now camp ing in the mountains of North Carolina at Swannanoa, near Asheville, are expected to be gin the return trip home Sat urday after a week’s stay. The group left Kenansville Monday morning by bus. Having charge of the activi ties are P. D. May, acting county agent, and Miss Jamye Martin, home demonstration agent, both of whom are advis ors for 4-H work in this coun . ly. Assisting are Mrs. Eula I Sanderson, Chinquapin, and ;Miss Hester Swinson, Pink Hill i» ("Please turn to Last Page) I Variances In Hay Cutting Revealed Specialist Notes Proper Stages i For Cutting to Get the Best Benefits The proper stage for hay cut ting in order to obtain the max imum nutritive value varies in the different sections of the United States, according to E. O. Pollock, extension hay spec ialist for the U. S. Department of Agriculture. General rules for cutting as advised by Pol lock, follow: Alfafa: when from one-tenth to one-fourth in bloom, or about the time first basal shoots ap pear. Soybeans: between the time the seeds begin to form and when they are half developed. Lespedesa: when i n full bloom. „ 1 Cowpeas: when first pods be gin to turn yellow but before any get ripe enough to shatter. Oats and Vetch mixed: When the oats are in milk stage. Johnson Grass: when the first heads appear from the (Please Turn to Last Page) Supervisors Starting Today In Checking Conservation Plan AT STATE MEET I ! F. W. McGowen, County Ac countant, who is this week at tending the annual meeting of the State Association of County Commissioners and County Ac countants at Asheville. I Sale Text Books j Starts Next Week i - Books for Use in County Schools to Be Placed on Sale Thursday Text books adopted uniform ly for North Carolina public schools will be on sale, begin ning Thursday, at the Kenans lW»!V high school, according t£ JSc. J. Dickson, principal. Books ; will not be sold in any other point in the county, it is under stood. j Similar text books may be' ; rented from the faculties of: I schools in the county. I These text books may be pur- j ! chased in the Kenansville high school building Thursday and 1 Friday, August 20, 21, between the hours of three and four o’ ;clock; and on August 29 from 10_to 11 o’clock. Books will thereafter be available each Thursday afternoon from 3:15 to four o’clock, and on Satur days from 10 to 11 o’clock. I To Hold Third Tonsil Clinic A tonsil clinic, the third this 'year, will be held at the Ken ansville school building Thurs day, August 20th. Dr. Bizzell of Goldsboro will proform the operations. Charges will be $15. Interested parties are re ! quested to see Dr. Gooding, : Kenansville, or Dr. Carr, Coun ity Health Officer. KENANSVILLE BREAK IS CONCLUDED WITH HASTE Red Taylor, who in spite of his youthful years has a long prison record, including three escapes from State prison, is | back in the Kenansville prison j camp after another unsuccess ! ful escape attempt Friday j night. ft was Taylor’s second at* ! tempt to escape from the Ken ansville camp; this time he slipped away while with a gang | of convicts. Taylor, whose jhome is in New Hanover, was i captured Saturday near the | camp by guards led by Camp Superintendent John Williams. | Taylor was serving 15 years [for robbery. He is about 20 years of age. TEACHEY NEWS Hallie Turner, of Pottsville, Pa., left Sunday after spending a week at home. He was start led on a trip which will take him ! as far as Montreal, Canada. He [expects to make several stops to visit relatives and friends on his way up North, and will resume work in Pottsville Mon day. H. F. Turner, of Pottsville, |Pa., and Misses Harriet and Lucille Turner, of Teachey, spent last Wednesday afternoon at White lake. I Duplin Work Sheet Signers Eli gible to Receive Payments Under Soil Conservation Pol icy. SUPERVISORS TO CHECK REDUCTIONS; PRACTICES Regulations of Program Must Be Adhered to Before Pay ments Are Available The first step in collecting federal funds for cooperating in the new Soil Conservation Program began today when 50 supervisors of the Duplin Coun ty Agricultural Conservation Association, assisted by work sheet signers, started a canvass of Duplin farms to procure re cords of performance. Such records are prerequisites to payments available for soil building practices and reduc tion in cotton and tobacco ac reages. Only work sheet signers are allowed to participate in the program and to these the coun ty agent’s office has asked co operation in order that the work be completed with a min imum of expense. Excessive expense will be deducted from the general allotment for pay ments. A work sheet signer is re quired, before payments can be made, to assist in measuring his fields and furnish detailed information to the supervisor; this information to consist qf *^umn»ry of his cropmiyt, syflfefe, j^yl building practices, and the division of crops among his tenants. An outlined sketch of fields should be available. Adherence to the regulations ef the program are urged by Oie county agent’s office as the amount of soil conserving pay ments and practice payments to be received will be determined, of course, from the number of acres of such soil conservation crops and practices shown on supervisors’ reports. ' Youth Wanted; Assault Charges I 9 Sam Bostic Wanted on Charges of Attempted Assault on 14-Year-Old I - A warrant for the arrest of Sam Bostic, young Chinquapin filling station and cafe opera tor, has been issued, the She ri fTs office stated yesterday, charging him with an attempt l ed criminal assault on Hazel [ Brown, 14-year-old Chinquapil girl. (The alleged attack is said t4 |have taken place last week, fol* , lowing which Bostic is said te have left the county. | Details of the case are mea gre and reports conflict, but it ' is understood that the alleged assault took place after Bostic .picked the girl up in his car [as she walked on a road near i Chinquapin. The girl’s father is said to j have sworn out the warrant. ! HEAVY DAMAGES RESULT ; AS BARN CATCHES FIRE I Rose Hill, Aug. 11.—Satur day night Jerry Cottle, a lead ing fanner of this section, suf fered losses estimated at $1,000 when a tobacco barn, a house for tuberose bulbs and a num ber of strawberry crates were destroyed by fire. (Tobacco in the barn was nearly cured when caught by the flames. The bulb house and the straw berry crates caught from the tobacco barn. Duplin Man Paroled David Fennel, given three to five years in Duplin county for manslaughter i n December, 1934, was given a parole yes terday by Governor J. C. B. Hi
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