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The Wallace Enterprise DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OK THE PEO PLE OF WALLACE AND DUPLIN COUNTY I VOL XV. WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, {THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1936 ... ■ - . - ----1_ Wilson Confesses Shooting t Of Wife; Claims Accident ■ * f - I Magnolia Farmer Says Wife] Killed When Automatic Pis , tol Was Prematurely Fired; j t Woman Found Dead Dec. 19.! CALLS FOR WITNESSES AND SIGNS CONFESSION Held Without Bond After Pre liminary Hearing Monday ' In Kenansville In his ceJJ •'in the Duplin 9* county jaiVin Kenansville Sub day afternooaf A. James Wil son, 22-year-old Magnolia far mer, confessed that he shot' his wife, two years younger add the mother of an unborn * child, and thereby supported claims of the sheriff’s office that the young woman’s death was not a suicide. Wilson made and signed a statement, in which the shoot ing was explained, in the pre sence of R. V. Wells, Clerk of the Duplin Superior Court, and Gurman Powell, a deputy sheriff. Wells wrote the state ment according to Wilson’s die-j dotation. The confession stated ^the shooting was accidental. was iounSTdlded^ Magnolia on night of December 19 with a bullet hole' in her head. A r 4 25-calibre pistol lay close by. ^Sheriff D. S. Williamson was notified, several hours after the’ shooting, by Dr. J. F. Quinn. •.»* Immediately following his arrest Wilson asserted that his wife committed suicide, but re peatedly conflicting versions Of the death prompted the sheriff’s office to hold him un til a proper investigation could be made. Will Farrior, a ne £gro involved in the case, is be ing held as state’s witness. In a preliminary hearing - . Monday before Magistrate C. f t B. Sitterson, it was ordered , Lthat Wilson be held without ? “bend on charges of killing his wife. He is scheduled to be tried during the January court term. Officers at the prelimin s ary heating testified that Wil son admitted he shot his wife. Wilson, himself, made no state ment at the hearing. f Wilson requested that Wells d Powell attend his cell Sun ay. He is said to have reveal d that he would make a state ment tn Powell, but wanted his Attorney* Rivers D. Johnson, to ' : Ac in attendance. In his state ment be asserted his wife’s death was the result of an ac cident, resulting when he was loading the automatic pistol. Jt .did not work well, it was ^ ‘ and a bullet was acci fired. rM*io wuc a wtuy qjrup the floor Wilson is said gone to the home of the negro involved In , and thence to the hahie of his father. He did not return to his home until Captain Bowen Dorsey, a IGWahuHle fingerprint expert, aided in the investigation. The funeral of the woman was held up several hours, up-1 the advice of Solicitor James * Sfriderman Powers, in order j ^that Dorsey might complete a. fingerprint investigation. Duplin officers, from the! /ygirtert, gave little credence to' L'Jfthe suicide theory, holding that / Wilson killed his wife in a fit feftf drunkenness or anger. Up her return from a Christ as shopping trip Mrs, Wil pPleassTurn to Last Page) -„-1 Funeral Held For Eugene G. Forlaw — I Teachey Man Is Buried In< Rockfish Cemetery Sunday Afternon Funeral services for Eugene G. Forlaw, 54, who died at his home in Teachey Saturday ev- J ening, were held at the home Sunday afternoon. Burial fol lowed in Rockfish Cemetery here. The deceased passed away after a short attack while seat ed at the fireside of his home. He had been in ill health for several years. Surviving are his widow, five children, three brothers, John W. Forlaw, Wallace; Lu cian B. Forlaw, Greensboro, and Elbert A. Forlaw, Mullins, S. C., and two sisters, Mrs. J. M. Wells and Mrs. E. D. Wells, both of Teachey. The pastor of the deceased, Rev. W. P. M. Currie, officiat ed at the services. Rev. L. E. Wells, Rev. S. G. Harness, and Rev. E. B. Carr assisted. ' '"QRwraf? psUbcftMM wftre J. fi. Kilpatrick, L. L. McLen don, H. D. McMillan, Willie Wells, D. H. Boney, D. S. Bon ey, Robert Wells, Dr. R. L. Carr, B. J. fPurner, and J. D. Mallard. Active pallbearers included W. H. Farrior, A. C. Hall, S. B. Wells, J. B. Wells, Currie Carr, E. L. Turner. Magazine Reports City T ax Feature Wallace One of Few Small Towns With Up-To-Date Map and Scroll The current issue of “Popu lar Government”, the official journal of The Institute of Government, has a short arti cle on the tax system used in Wallace. The story was sug gested by W. N. Rose, City Clerk and Tax Collector. rrhe article follows: “Wallace is one of the few smaller towns which can boast an up-to-date tax map corre lated with its permanent tax scroll. The town also has a tentative scroll for 1934 and prior taxes with debit and cre dit columns and with the to tal of all taxes due in the last column of each page. This avoids referring to each year’s scroll or abstract to secure a complete list for an individual. A card index file, which will it emize each parcel of real es tate alphabetically and numer ically, is now being added to the system.” TOMMIE WILLIAMS CLUB ‘ GIVES YULETIDE GIFTS The regular meeting of the Tommie Williams Club was held recently at the home of Mrs. Stokes Williams. Miss Sallie Murphy, program chair man, presented the following: Mrs. William Farrior, Mrs. Ralph Carlton, Mrs. Stedman Carr, Ethel Farrior, Mrs. James Murphy. The following visitors were recognized: Mrs. Hubert Bon ey, president of State Federa tion of Home Demonstration Clubs, Miss Thelma Mallard, head of the home economics de partment of Columbia high school, Columbia, S. C„ and (Pleas* Turn to IfstPage) Seal Sale Below Records Of Past Public’s Response to Christ mas Seals Less Than Re port of Last Year Hardly half the local persons lo whom were sent letters con taining Christmas Seals for the prevention of tuberculosis have been accounted for ac cording to a statement this week from Mrs. R. E. L. Dees, chairman of the Woman’s Club committee in charge of the an nual sale here each year. Receipts thus far are consid erably less than those of last year, Mrs. Dees states, and in dications are that local work in the prevention of tuberculosis will be decidedly lower than the standard set in the past. Commendable progress in sani tation was made possible in the local school last year through the sale of Christmas Seals. Of the receipts a small portion is relegated strictly to care of confined tubjbncularb, while the greater majority is used locally for preventative measures. in discussing the dnve this year, which, as in the past, has been -gopducted through the w ^personal tetters, the recipient being asked to refund either money or the enclosed stamps, Mrs. Dees asks that the remaining 81 persons answer the appeal. A total of 179 let ters were mailed. Among the contributors since the last publication are the following: Elizabeth Woody, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Blair, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. Al lan Boney, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Southerland, Mary Emily Bon ey, Mrs. J. D. Carr, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Farrior, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Osborne, Collins Department Store, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Boney, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Herring, Steve Mallard, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Carter, A. W. Rivqjnbark, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Ellington, Aleen Mew born, Elizabeth Keith, James Rose, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Sha piro, Myrtle Brigman, Lois Whitesides, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Campbell, Thomas Carson, Lucille Jones, Myrtle Mallard, Mary Emily Carr. Also includ ed was an unknown contribu tor. ROCKFJ6H CLUB HONORS RETIRING TOP OFFICER Mrs. Register Brice recently entertained the Rockfish Club in her new home, just complet ed. Eighteen members were pre sent along with several visi tors. An interesting Christmas program was given. On the program were Mrs. Starling, Miss Eloise Ward, Mrs. W. B. Register, Miss Ruby Johnson. A hat was passed and eaeh drew a name for Christmas presents. Two girls passed out the presents. The club presented the re tiring president with a lace scarf. Mrs. W. B. Register al so gave her a crocheyed pil low. Prior to adjournment a social hour was enjoyed. Toothpicks > . When food made of wood comes into general use, tooth pick chewing will come under the head of eating between meals'. — Wilkes - Barre Times | GREETING THE NEW YEAR Above is pictured but one of America’s Queens who will greet the New Year, 1937, this Queen, from a throne of roses. Miss Nancy Bumpus, college junior of Pasadena, Calif., will rule the realm in the annual Tournament of Roses-at Pasadena on New Year’s-day. After Greater Emphasis On Soil-Building In Farm Polipy _. if- |- -* Education Board Meets Next Week . ... m Body to Consider Routine Bus iness At Meeting In Ken ansville Monday The Duplin board of educa-| tion will meet in regular ses sion in Kenansville Monday at 10 o’clock. Routine business will be transacted, as nothing of especial interest is due to be brought before the body. Regalar schedules in all Duplin schools will be resum ed next week after Christmas holidays averaging near two weeks. ' Firms Will Have Regular Closing Schedule In 1937 Wallace Firms To Begin New Year Closing Doors At Sev en O’Clock, Agreement Was Reached At Meeting of Mer chants’ Body. __ I Beginning tomorrow, the first day in 1937, members of] the Wallace Merchants Associ-j ation will observe regual clos ing hours, according to an ag-j reement reached at a recent1 meeting of that body. This schedule is to be observ ed throughout the year, it is understood. The observance of half-hol idays during the summer months will be considered at a later meeting. It is assumed ithat action will be taken to close stores and businesses here each Thursday afternoon during the approaching months of July and August. Some local firms enjoyed such a practice last summer. During the new year stores will close at seven o’clock on week days. They are to close at 10:30 o’clock on Saturday evenings. Chance for Revenue Maybe the Federal debt could be wiped out by a tax on straw votes. — Burlington Hawkeye Gazette. To Discourage Money Crops In Preference'to Food and Conservation Crops Soil-building will be given greater emphasis in the 1937 conservative program, accord ing to Dean I. 0. Schaub, of State College. Farmers will be encouraged to grow fewer money crops and more crops for soil-conserva tion and for providing food and feed for home consumption, he pointed out. Larger soil-conserving crop bases will be established, he added, and there will be strict er regulations regarding the minimum acreage of conserv ing crops required. The minimum payment any farm will be allowed to earn has been increased from $10 to $20, and it may be earned by carrying out soil building prac tices or reducing cash crop' acreage or both. T|he rate of payment per acre for carrying out soil building practices will be in line with those paid this year. Cotton diversion payments will remain the same, five cents a pound on the average pro duction of land taken out of cotton, up to 35 percent of the base acreage. Tobacco payments will also continue at five cents a pound, but a grower may divert only 25 percent of his total basej next year instead of 30 percent as in 1936. The amount of pea nut diversion has been reduc ed from 20 to 15 percent of the base, but the payment rate will remain 1 1-4 cents a pound. Growers will not be encour aged to divert their base acre ages of other soil-depleting crops, but when considered ad visable, county committees will authorize them to do so. Pay ments for these diversions may be slightly less than they were this year. Soil-depleting crop base acre ages for each farm this year ttill be carried over into 1937, with such minor adjustments as may be necessary to correct in equities. More consideration will be given dairy farmers, truck growers, and orchardists, the dean also pointed out. Annual Inventory Gives Farm Value __ Farm Inventories Show Pro gress As Well As Depre ciation An annual inventory of farm property and equipment, to gether with a statement of lia bilities, will show the farmer where he stands, said Dr. G. W. Forster, agricultural econ omist at State College. The difference between the assets and liabilities repre sents the equity or net worth of the farmstead, he explained. Inventories taken the first of each year will also show the progress made from year to year as the farm is built up and improved, and will show the depreciation of buildings and equipment, Dr. Forster added. Often a farmer neglects his property and equipment be cause he does not realize how fast they are deteriorating. Annual inventories will help focus his attention on the de preciation resulting from neg lct, Dr. Forster pointed out, and will thus serve as a stim ulus to taking better care of his property. In case of losses by fir^vt carefully prepared Inventory “will reveal the value of the assets destroyed. Such a re cord will be an aid in obtain ing the proper adjustment from the insurance company, when the losses are covered by insurance. An inventory already pre pared is an aid in securing (Please tuna to Last Page) Trade Contest Is Brought To Close Cash Prizes Given At Conclus ion of Rose Hill Trading Feature Rose Hill, Dec. 29.—N. M. Marshall won first prize of $100 in the Rose Hill trading contest concluded here Christ mas Eve. The contest was con ducted by Dalis Herring through the sponsorship of the Boosters’ Club. Winners were determined by drawing. A large crowd was in attendance at the strawber ry shed, where the drawing took place. Reid Fussell won the $25.00 award, while Mrs. J. A. Tea chey received $10.00. Prizes of $5.00 were given Miss Vir ginia Alderman, James Brown, and Herman Teachey. Miss Ruth Murray is presi dent of the Boosters’ Club and was assisted in the trading feature by Mrs. C. F. Hawes and Miss AJnnie Louise Her ring. HOEY AS TOASTMASTER AT MUNICIPAL BANQUET Raleigh, Dec. 30.—Governor Clyde R. Hoey has definitely accepted an invitation to serve as toastmaster at a banquet of lawmakers and municipal of ficials to be held in Raleigh on January 18, Mayor George A. Iseley of Raleigh, president of the North Carolina League of Municipalities, announced to day. Sponsored by the League, the banquet will be the second biennial affair at which mem bers of the General Assembly and municipal officials will get together for an evening of fel lowship and discussion of problems of mutual interest (Please Turn to. Last Page) , Postpone First Week Of Duplin Court Calendar Sinclair Scheduled To Prerid* | At Civil Court Term Begin- i ning January 11; First J Week Is Postponed. The Court cases, __ January 4 but the s< begin Jan as previoi Judge ! etteville, court as v this distri Cases l Branch BI Harward enaugh a augh (Pr» gister Co. ghan; J. Hill, et a vs. O. ( Sandlin vi L. T. Kn lace, et a! ; VS. W. B. Owens vi George I. Vtfe In*. L Miller Co. (Perempt) i son, Admr. et Co. (Perempt) vs. J. H. Holt den vs. W. B. B. Parker vs. J jal; J. F. Will J. S. Matthis i
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