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£",rH The Wallace Enterprise DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS ok THE PEO PLE OF WALLACE AND DUPUN COUNTY 1 ■ ' ' ' ' '*' "" ^^———————————— ♦ iS VOL. XV. WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1937 ~ Nn l4 '■s=ssa^c=^= i ■"■ «■ J" ■■■■'■"■■ ■ ■ " "' -■■■ ■ ___ First Lady Favors Bid From Annual Strawberry Fete Mrs. John D. Robinson Heads Committee Extending Invita tion to Mrs. Roosevelt; Sup Ijprted by Senators. WILL ATTEND PROVIDED NO ROOSEVELT CONFLICT Suggested That Mrs. Roosevelt Drive Down and Inspect Penderlea President' and Mrs. Franklin] D. Roosevelt are taking under, advisement an invitation the First Lady received Monday to] attend the third annual Straw berry Festival here in the world’s largest strawberry market next June. The invitation was made by J. Aubrey Harrell, mayor of Wallace and general chairman of the annual strawberry festi val, through a committee head ed by Mrs. John D. Robinson, Wallace, and supported by Governor Clyde R. Hoey, Sena tors Bailey and Reynolds, and Congressman Graham, A. Bar den. Mrs. Roosevelt indicated she would attend the event, provid ed President Roosevelt has not made previous engagements which will prevent her attend ance. The First Lady was inter viewed by Mrs. George E. Mar shall, Mount Airy, president of the State Federation of Wo man’s Clubs; Mrs. R. H. La eration Director; and Mr* tbam, Asheville, General - Fed *msou»l Chairman of Districts of the State Federation. Con gressman Barden obtained the interview for the committee. “Mrs. Roosevelt said she would come if the President did not have previous engage ments which would prevent”, Mrs. Robinson wired Mayor Harrell at the conclusion of the interview at the White House. It was indicated that, in the event she accepted the invita tion, Mrs. Roosevelt would drive down in her own automo bile and thereby would be en abled to conduct a personal in vestigation of Penderlea Home steads, the homesteads subsist ence project near here. Mrs. Roosevelt, after asking the committee to furnish her I with a tentative schedule of the dates of the annual strawber ry festival, said she would consult President Roosevelt i and see what his plans for the period were. When Mrs. Roosevelt will make her final decision was not indicated. Governor Hoey informed Mayor Harrell Monday he was writing Mrs. Roosevelt and he and Mrs. Hoey would attend with her. He had previously related that he would attend the event regardless of wheth er or not the committee was successful in obtaining the presence of the First Lady. “You will have a great oc casion for all that section of North Carolina,” the Governor said. LANSFORD LEAVES HERE | FOR SPRING HOPE JOB A. M. Lansford, well-known . and popular Wallace resident * for the past several years, left i here this morning for Spring ^ Hope to manage a new motion picture theatre being opened there next week by P. J. Cau dell and R. T. McGowan. Lansford has been favorably known here as a personable business man and citizen. He came here several years ago from Warsaw. ———■ii ■■ i. i — T» Secrets A secret is something which’ lyou find out by reading the gossip columns.—Paducah Ky. Sun-Democrat. BARDEN RETURNS TO CONGRESS :- 4 While the above is a photograph showing Graham A. Bar-] den, congressman from the third district, bidding good-bye to Speaker of the House William B. Bankhead as Congress ad journed early last summer, the scene could easily have been re-enacted at a caucus of Democratic leaders in Washington immediately prior to the opening of the 75th session of Con gress. Barden is known in Washington as well as in his home dis trict for his undeniable support of President Franklin D. Roos evelt and the wishes of his constituents. As a tribute to him I and to his district other party leaders have placed him on im portant congressional committees, including those on rivers and harbors, education, patents, and the library. The congressman from* the third district is moving into his new offices in the re cently completed House office building. Wallace Building Boom Is Sound Development Proof “My Day” In her daily syndicated j column recording the events in her day that are suitable consumption, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt com* j mented as follows Monday ; evening upon her invitation ; to attend the third annual | Strawberry Festival in Wal- | lace. “Then my next appoint ment, three very charming ladies from North Carolina ; who want me to come to j their part of the State the | latter part of May for their j strawberry festival, and to j visit the homestead projects j down there at that time”. _j Basketball Wins Duplin’s Interest Popular Recreational Activity Is Paced By Iron-Man Schedule Duplin has long been known as a basketball county and the Clement high school teams are doing their part in mak ing it more basketball consci ous by playing iron-man sched ules. Not satisfied with play ing one or two games each week, they are taking on com ers /it all hours. Yesterday at noon they played the New Hanover high school teams in Wilmington, with both the local teams winning. The girls won by a score of 17-7, while the boys game was much closer, 13-12. An exciting and diversified program, worth anyone’s 15 cents, was presented here Tuesday evening when three games were played with Rose Hill (.<>ams. Tw o of the three local teams won, the Clement boys and the town team, by scores of 19-15 and 14-12, re spectively. The Rose Hill girls were victorious in a close and hard-fought struggle, 18 16. Wallace’s next games here will be with Kenansville Tues day evening. Beta Club Meets Jhe Beta Club of Clement high school, Wallace, met last week at the home of Virginia Blanchard at which time a pro gram, “Highlights of 1936”, was presented. Refreshments were served at the conclusion. Residential and Business De Developments Continue; Ex tensive Remodeling Under way In Trade District. If the building boom contin ues WaKac^ -vml -soon- have to look for another strawberry shed, for that’s the impression! one gets from the increased) building activity in the busi ness district. Work now, and that recently completed, supports evidence that Wallace is not only the world’s leading strawberry market, but aims at being a greater trading center than ev er before. In the past few months it has met an unprece dented building movement which, as yet, shows no sign of halting. Included are develop ments in, both the residential and business districts. While residential building appears to have ceased, except ing the construction of small frame dwellings for the em ployees of Longest Lumber Company, business develop ments continue. John Harmon Sheffield is having constructed a new cafe building alongside that of his present site, and R. E. L. Dees is having the former Bank of Duplin building, recently ac quired by him, remodeled. Af ter its completion he will move his drug store into the build ing, while Jacob Hurwitz will (Please Turn to Last Page) I Marriage Licenses Issued Licenses to marry were is : sued to eight couples during 1 the past week by the Duplin Register of Deeds. White cou 1 pies included Horace Groves, Mildred Parker; L. M. Bernett, Emma Lee Barnett; Chancey E. Nethercutt, Eva Herring; Edward Yancey, Lula Mae Hunter. Colored couples were Joshua W. Smith, Esther E. Al len; Henderson Nixon, Aretta Murphy; Robert Dixon, Lucy Moore Middleton. VETERINARIAN LOCATES FOR PRACTICE AT KERR " Dr. A. H. Kerr, a licensed veterinarian of many years’ ex perience, including seven years of work with the state, has an nounced the opening of his of fices at Kerr for the treatment of all species of animals. Dr. Kerr states he will answer calls from Wallace and the sur j rounding territory. Interested ! parties migh contact h i m through Z. J. Carter and Sons, Wallace. Delinquent Care Policy Discussed Speakers At P.-T. A. Meeting Stress Protection Due Idle Children The necessity of proper re creational facilities was point ed out at the meeting of the Wallace Parent-Teacher Asso ciation in the Clement high school auditorium Monday ev ening as a method of protect ing delinquent children, the topic of the program. Mrs. J. E. Lanier, president of the local Parent-Teacher As sociation, presided. Contributing salient and ob vious views on the program topic were Misses Lois White sides and Elizabeth Woody, both members of the Clement faculty. Care for delinquents, particularly the idle, were stressed with physical, mental and social activities being em phasized as the foundations for social development. Others on the program in cluded Mrs. J. S. Blair, who read a message from the presi dent of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, and discussed the goals of Parent Teacher associations, and Mrs. Paisley Boney, Jr., who point ed out that parents should back their representatives in securing passage of the State Congress’ three-point legisla tive program for the benefit of the school child. The propos ed program, for which the State Congress is currently stressing in the General As sembly, calls for restoration of adequate salaries for teachers, nine months and T2 grades, and stronger teacher require ments. Reynolds Opens New Farm Office Two of Three Office Spaces Filled In Roosevelt Agricul tural Building County farm agent W. D., “Peavine”, Reynolds moved hisj offices into the recently-dedi cated Roosevelt Agricultural Building Saturday, marking the second occupancy of the build ing constructed through coop eration of the Works Progress Administration to house offices for county farm departments and a suitable auditorium. The Kenansville Production j Credit Association was the first to move in, vacating their former offices earlier last week, and moving into offices rented them in the new building by the county. Miss Jamye Martin, home demonstration agent, has not moved into her new quarters as yet, but expects to change within the near future. The building, dedicated No vember 16 by Congressman Graham A. Barden, was con structed at a cost of approxi mately $10,000. Mother Sues For Damages In Death Faison Man Is Sued For $30, 000 Damages, Result Fatal Accident Hattie Stephenson, mother amd administratrix of Jesse Stephenson, seven-year-old boy, who was fatally injured in Mount Olive on the night of December 22 when struck by an automobile driven by Her man Taylor, Faison, has filed suit against Taylor in Wayne Superior court for $30,000 damages. At an investigation immedi ately following the accident it was reported that the fatality was unavoidable. WPA survey discloses an “alarming” rise in farm tenan cy. Steady Increase Egg Production Records of Past Nine Years Show Animal Increase of 27 Eggs Per Bird An average increase of 27 eggs per bird in the annual production of demonstration poultry flocks in North Caro lina has been noted during the past nine years. Some of the poultrymen keeping records on these de monstration flocks have secur ed much bigger increases, said C. F. Parrish, extension poul try specialist at State College. But the aevrage is held down somewhat by new producers who have started demonstra tion work within the last few years, he aded. When the work first started, the average was 132 eggs per bird. During the 1934-35 year the average was 152 eggs per bird, and the 1935-36 average was 159 eggs per bird. The poultrymen send reports on the flocks to the State Col lege poultry department every month, and the specialists make recommendations when ever they believe improvements can be made in the way the flocks are handled. The greater egg production is only one of the ways in which the demonstration flocks have been improved by the adoption of better practices, Parrish pointed out. The increase in the number of poultrymen who are keeping careful records indicates the growing interest in better me thods of breeding, feeding, and management, be also stated. The first year, only 5 flock owners made completed rec ords. In the 1934-35 year, an average of 176 owners report ed on 33,388 birds each month. During the past year, 287 own ers reported monthly on a to tal of 55,277 birds. During the year, these 55,277 birds consumed $97,617.73 worth of fed and’ laid eggs val ued at $206,729. COUNTY COURT TO BE CONVENED ON MONDAY The regular monthly session of General County Court will, be convened at Kenansville Monday with a jury on hand to help expedite the work of clearing the docket, which is a comparatively light one. It is understood that the court' will only remain in session one and a half days, adjourning Tues day at noon in order that court officials and lawyers who de j sire to do so may attend the in ! auguration of President Roos I evelt in Washington on Wed nesday. PLAY IS SCHEDULED FOR SHOWING IN CHINQUAPIN The auditorium of Chinqua pin high school will be the scene Friday night of a presen tation “Bound To Marry”, a three-act play given by the Be ta Club, student honorary or I ganization of Clement high school, Wallace. The feature is slated to be gin at 7:30. Nominal admis sion will be charged. “Bound To Marry” was shown here recently and elicit ed much favorable comment from those attending. WALLACE WOMAN’S CLUB TO DISCUSS COMPOSERS The regular meeting of the Wallace Woman’s Club will be held next Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Hugh Morrison, it' was announced by Mrs. Stedman Carr, the president. The music depakment will have charge and present a pro gram on American composers. Hostesses will be Mesdames Lee Dees, William Farrior, Ro bert Hursey, Jacob Hurwitz, J. Aubrey Harrell, and W. B. Jones. Board Of Health Considers Sex Hygiene Schoolf Policy HEALTH OFFICER Dr. R. L. Carr, pictured above, was re-elected Monday as health officer for Duplin and is slated to investigate the pos sibilities of introducing sex hy giene studies in schools of the county. Wallace Officers At Crime School Boone and Jackson Attend School Conducted At Uni versity of N. C. Chief of Police F. L. Boone and night policeman L. F. Jack ' son have been attending the ][ police school conducted at the j University of North Carolina, j Chapel Hill, by The Institute of Government. Jackson was present at the sessions Thursday and Friday of last week, while Boone at tended the classes Monday and Tuesday. On the speaking and teach ing schedule were state police officers and a representative of the Federal Bureau of Investi gation. Scholarship Open To Essay Writer Author of Best Essay On Co operative Program Is Avail ed Scholarship Raleigh, Jan. 11.—Plans for the 10th Annual Cooperative Essay Contest were announced here today by M. G. Mann, gen eral manager of the North Car olina Cotton Growers Coopera tive Association and of the Farmers Cooperative Ex change. The general subject of the contest-, which is open to any rural high school boy or girl in North Carolina, will be “A Well-Rounded Cooperative Pro gram for North Carolina”, Mr. Mann announced. First prize of a one-vear tuition scholar ship or the equivalent thereof in cash will be awarded to the contestant who answers best the three questions that go to make up the general subject, Mr. Mann continued, adding that the plan of asking ques tions as a lead to the contest ant was inaugurated last year and found to be highly suc cessful. Runner-up and dis trict prizes will also be award ed. I “During the past nine years the contest has been sponsor ed”, Mr. Mann said, “more (Please turn to Last Page) AUTOMOBILE IS STOLEN AND DESTROYED FRIDAY A Chevrolet coach belonging to L. J. Duet, Willard, was stolen froip a Wallace street Friday and recovered the next day at Sill’s Creek, Penderlea. The automobile was burned completely. Aim at Using Talks and Motion Pictures In Promotion of Sex Study in Schools of Dup lin; To Investigate. DR. R. L. CARR ELECTED TO CONTINUE ACTIVITY -i No Changes Made In Personnel of Duplin Health Board At Meeting Holding its first meeting of the year at Kenansville Mop day, the county board of health selected a health officer and nurse for the ensuing two years and discussed matters pertaining to the public health. Dr. R. L. Carr, who has serv ed as health officer for the past two years, was the choice of the board for this position and was subsequently appointed1, along with Mrs. Irene Huffman as nurse. The matter of fur thering sex hygiene in the schools of the County was dis cussed at some length and re sulted in the Secretary being instructed to contact the State Board of Health in an effort to secure assistance in furthering the work, it being the opinion of board members that a series of lectures or motion pictures dealing with the subject would be the simplest and most satis factory way to handle this im portant matter. The Board also discussed the common practice of soda fountains serving drinks in glasses and instruct ed the Secretary to ascertain if the state law required that pa per cups be used or if witbiat jjgl their pmyer Jo make such regSs lations ^ror this county. The executive committee of the board of health, who ap points the other members, made no changes in the per sonnel at their recent meeting and the same board will hold office this year. The members are: J. L. Miller, chairman of the board of commissioners, O. P. Johnson, county superinten i dent, J. E. Jerritt, mayor of Kenansville, who compose thfc executive committee, and Dr. J. M. Williams, Dr. R. F. Quinn, and Dr. A. B. Bland. Tihe chair man of the board of commis sioners is also ex-officia chair an of the board of health. NEWSPAPERMEN GATHER: IN PRESS CONFERENCE The editors and publishers and all other members of newspaper forces in this coun ty have been invited to attend the thirteenth annual sessions of the North Carolina Newspa per Institute in Chapel Hill and Durham on Thursday, Fri day and Saturday of this week. The Institute is being held under the auspices of the Un iversity of North Carolina and Duke University cooperating with the North Carolina Press Association. The sessions this year will not open until Thursday even ing, instead of Wednesday ev ening as heretofore, to suit the convenience of members of the weekly press, many of whom usually find it fits in with their working schedule better to be away from home the last three days of the week. The program is regarded as one of the most attractive ev er arranged. In the program will be R. B. House, Dean of Administra tion, University of North Car olina; Carl C. Council, Presi dent North Carolina Press As sociation; Clyde R. Hoey; Paul V. McNutt, Governor of Indi ana; Dr. George Gallup, Direc tor American Institute of Pub lic Opinion; 0. J. Coffin, Head of UNC Department of Jour nalism; Dr. Carl Ackerman* Dean Graduate School of Jour nalism, Columbia University* and others. __ . Yy1( P. A. Pitcher succeeds Fear-, on as Republican Senate lei er.
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