Wallace Enterprise
OP DUPUN COUNTY
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Wallace,. N. C._
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W. G. WELLS.Editor
K. L. OSWALD , . • , Superintendent
This paper does not accept responsibility for
the views of correspondents on any
question.
Catered as Second Claae Matter January If. 1923, at
the Poatofflce at Wallace, North Carolina, under the
Act of March 8, 1879.__
Thursday, January 14, 1937
Education, despite all theories to the con
trary, does not end at graduation but at the
grave.
Trade in our town depends upon two factors,
town loyalty on the part of buyers and mer
chandising ability on the part of sellers.
' Life is so arranged that the more you have
. the more you want; that’s what keeps man
going.
Hot tip: Some alert advertiser is going to
make some money through newspaper ink in
1937. Query to Merchants: Will that some
body be you?
GAINS 1889 PERCENT
One sign of better times is the great im
provement shown in the net income of the
Class 1 railroads of the United States.
In 1934 these carriers had a net loss of $16,
887.078. In 1935 a net income of about $50,
000,000. This is again of about 1890 percent
over the preceding year, which is what even
an economist would consider “some gain”.
PASSETH UNDERSTANDING
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^ ITIhere are undoubtedly in this county indi
" viduals who find littte pleasure in life. Count
" ing themselves 'as cogs in a machine that
grinds them to pieces but’, on the other hand,
•' there are many who take a keen relish in ex
V istence, recognizing the great inheritance from
the past and looking forward hopefully to fu
ture growth and development.
This latter class wiil probably be interested
in the world as described by the late John Bur
roughs, who said:
“A better world I have never wanted. I
eould not begin to exhaust the knowledges and
delights of this one. I have found in it deep
beneath deep, worlds within a world—an end
les series of beautiful and wonderful forms
forever flowing out of itself. From the high
est heavens of the telescope to the minutest
organisms of the microscope, all is beautiful
and wonderful and passeth understanding”.
As 1937 begins it would be well for those
who cannot agree with the great philosopher
and lover of nature to subject themselves to
self-examination. Maybe, after all, the trou
ble with the world is to be discovered within
the individual complaining.
MAKING .HIGHWAYS SAFER
The year 1936 probably established a new
high in the number of persons killed in ac
cidents on the highways of the nation, although
final figures for the slaughter have not yet ap
peared.
There was a day when the speed of auto
mobiles was considered the main cause of the
fatalities and the factor to be regulated for
safety. Speed is probably the chief cause of
death on the roads but little prospect of re
ducing highway speed is visible to the naked
eye at this time.
Recognizing this fact, attention is being cen
tered upon other measures, with considerable
emphasis being placed upon the observation
that our highways, built for 45 miles an hour,
are not suitable for the sixty and seventy mile
gaits of modern travel. Consequently, one of
the safety factors is the possible adaptation
and improvement of our highways for the traf
fic that they carry.
Last year more than $600,000,000 was spent
for highway construction, according to the
American Roadbu^ders Association. Some
ef this money was used to eliminate dangerous
* grade crossings and a part was used to pro
vide three, four, six and eight-lane highways.
Experience has demonstrated that safety lies
in such roads where the traffic is heavy. It
may be that the death rate will be greatly re
duced through such provisions.
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WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
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The statistics will be rather gruesome but,
in a few weeks, you will hear that the year
lt>36 set a new record in the number of lives
snuffed out on the highways of America, where
millions of sensible citizens ‘pursue the great
god Speed, when they sit behind a steering
wheel.
If all the editorials and all the speeches,
spoken and written on the subject of highway
safety, were collected in one pile the summit
would probably reach the height of the bodies,
collected in one heap. Neither broken bodies,
sorrowing hearts or warning words have been
powerful enough to stop the slaughter that
takes away one hundred Americans every day.
There was a time when we believed that
safety could be attained by strictly limiting!
the speed of vehicles but we have passed on.
As long as faster cars are built there will be
greater speed than before and as long as indi
viduals delight in telling of record trips in
belter time the laws on the books wi'l not stop
the death list from mounting.
“Laws on the books” are worthless unless
enforced and worse than useless if constantly
ignored. The laws of the land, attempting to
regulate the speed of motor vehicles, are vio
lated so many more times than they are en
forced that a speeder, caught by the law, is al
most regarded as an innocent victim of cir
cumstances. Even the driver, who kills, is giv
en the benefit of the doubt and dismissed, too
often, with the saying, "Well, everybody vio
lates the speed laws!”
This is no effort to solve the problem, mere
ly to impress upon all readers that the prob
lem exists. What are we going to do about it,
if anything?
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1937 IN NORTH CAROLINA
The News and Observer, Jan. 2, 1937
The only place from which a State or a peo
ple can begin is where they are. So North
Carolina can face the New Year intelligently
only as it knows where the Old Year ended.
Discovery of exact position is not always easy
for either a man or a State, and North Caroli
na’s position in any aspect of its life may have
altered before all the returns are collected and
reported. .But here follows the approximate
rank of the State among all the states in some
importantTmspects of it’s life.
First in .homicides.
Second in per capita debt and the percent
age of children in its population, and in rural
population.
Third in collection of Federal taxes and in
the percent of increase in high school gradu
ates. . r
Fourth In total developed water power.
Fifth in infant mortality and in .number of
children gainfully employed. •
Sixth in the number of farm tenants.
Seventh in value of mules per head.
Eighth in white urban birth rate.
Ninth in rape and in population..
Tenth in number of white farm tenants.
Eleventh in potential water power.
ITwelfth in number of little theatres.
Thirteenth in auto theft.
Fourteenth in percent of total income com
ing from agriculture.
Fifteenth in population per square mile.
Sixteenth • in automobile registration.
Seventeenth in burglary.
Eighteenth in number of mentally diseased
in State institutions.
Nineteenth in employment per 1,000 popu
lation.
Twentieth in average gross crop income per
farm year.
Twenty-first in number of chickens on farms.
Twenty-second in value per head of cattle
on farms.
Twenty-third in value of farm land and
buildings per acre.
Twenty-fourth in larceny and in number of
weekly newspapers. ^
Twenty-fifth in number of milk cows and
heifers on farms. - •••»■. —
Twenty-sixth in number of public libraries.
Twenty-seventh in the proportion of its pop
ulation in the productive years from 20 to 55.
Twenty-eighth in death rate.
Twenty-ninth in value of milk cows and
heifers per head.
Thirtieth in value of hay and forage.
Thirty-first in white rural death rate.
Thirty-second in average Federal income
tax paid.
Thirty-third in average number of gallons
per cow milked.
Thirty-fourth in number of horses and colts.
Thirty-fifth in number of sheep and lambs.
iThirty-sixth in percent of farms having elec
tric lights.
Thirty-seventh in percent of income from;
mining.
Thirty-eighth in average gross income per
farm year, in per capita per
sonal income of non-farm pop
ulation, in wholesale trade per
capita.
Thirty-ninth in pe cent of
gross income from all farm pro
ducts derived from milk
Fortieth in value of land and
buildings per tenant farm.
Forty-first in percent of
farms having piped water.
Forty-second ' in value of
farm property per farm, in per
capita personal income of farm
population, and in milk pro
duction in per capita gallons.
Forty-third in value of land
and dwellings per owned farm,
in percent of income derived
from sources other than min
ing, agriculture or manufac
ture.
Forty-fourth in number of
Mexicans in State.
Forty-fifth in retail stores
per 1,000 population.
Forty-sixth in average acre
age per farm.
Forty-seventh in per capita
expenditure per school child.
Forty-eighth in limitation of
the working hours of women
in industry.
CONVIVIAL IN-LAWS
We’re just the happiest bunch,
I know,
Of in-laws in the land.
We dearly love to get together
In every kind of weather.
We laugh and joke and have
our fun
Discussing many things,
While each one feels they owe
the rest
Something to give, their very
best.
We never grumble or complain
About the man we got.
But each one feels quite sure,
you bet,
She got the best looking Blan
chard yet.
Laura Jane has just come in,
Our happy band to join.
We welcome her, she brings
good cheer
And happiness throughout the
year.
When it comes right down to
looks,
The prize will have to go.
For Hazel has her share, you
know
Before I told you so.
Pearl’s children are a credit
sweet.
Theif match could not be found
Brought up by any mother dear
Without a darling daddy’s care.
And Mattie Belle, bless her old
heart,
She’s worth her weight in gold.
She never comes but that she
brings
Sunshine into our souls.
There’s Mary dear, she is so
sweet
And modest in her ways.
She always bids us welcome,
come,
And feeds us till we look like
buns.
A jewel rare, that’s hard to
find
Is Docia in her home.
I doubt you find it anywhere.
She’s worthy of a home up
there.
•
I am the*voidest of the gang.
But still I love my fun
And t?y- to chase the blues
away.
By doing some kind deed each
day.
Mrs. Cicero F. Blanchard,
Rose HilJ.
Wat ha
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By Mrs. J. M. Lee
The old year with its joys
and sorrows, its pleasures and
disappointments has passed
down the corridors of oblivion
"never again to be reproduced
upon the shifting canvas oi
time”, but the new year with
its promises and opportunities
has dawned to cheer and bring
energy and new life to all tha(
will accept it. Numerous good
resolutions are being made and
plans formed with the antici
pation of great things to b<
accomplished during the com
ing year. How many will be
fulfilled, time alone will tell,
God in His great wisdom has
withheld from us knowledge of
lhe future which is one of the
greatest blessings He has be
stowed upon us, for should we
know the misfortunes mingled
with the pleasures—for into
each life «ome rain must fall,
some days must be dark anc
dreary". We would always be
in suspense..
Christmas at Wat'ha wat
; greatly enjoyed by all, especi
j ally the children; the day wat
| beautiful with nothing to mai
the peace and happiness of the
the anniversary of the ChiK
Jesus. Strang how Christmai
recalls our childhood and in
t spires us with the wish to con
tribute to the happiness of all
with whom we come in contact;
it is a, season of giving and
making merry, both young and
old for the time being forget
their troubles and enter whole
heartily in the fun and frolic
of the season.
A great many who have made
their homes in distant states
return to their old home during
the holidays to cheer their pa
rents and mingle with relatives
and friends of long ago.
Among the many to visit in
Watha were:
Mrs. Mary Blake Arnold of
Mechanicsville, N. Y., Miss Lu
cy Blake, Powhatan, Va.; Gor
don Blake, Winton; Louis
flake, Chowan College, guests
of their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. G. Blake.
Mr. and Mrs. Granville Al
ley and son of Greensboro, the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Thompson.
Artnur Shackleford, Wilson,
Professor Denver Shackleford
of Atlanta, Ga., Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Amerson and sons, of
Wilson, Mrs. William Farmer
and daughters, Wilson, and
Miss Mary Daniels of Wilming
ton, who visited Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Kelly. J. T. and W. Y.
Thompson and Moses Daniels.
Mr. and Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee
and children of Scotts Hill and
Miss Jessie Peace of Wilming
ton, guests of Mrs. J. M. Lee.
Mr. and Mrs. David Riven
bark of Wilmington, guests of
Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Thompson
and1 Mrs. Ruth Rivenbark.
Mr. and Mrs. Cronley Han
chey and children of Akron, O.,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hanchey
of Detroit, Mich., spent' several
days with their mother, Mrs
Charlotte Hanchey.
Mrs. Cora Edwards spent z
week in Tampa, Fla., with hiei
husband, M. Edwards.
Miss Thelma B. Williams oi
Faison visited her cousin, Miss
Fanny May Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. H asset
of Rocky. Mount spent a few
days with Mr. and Mrs. J. I
Padgett.
Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Bullard
of Wilmington visited Mrs
Emma Anderson and other rel
atives.
Mr. and Mrs. Crowell Hal
and children . spent Sunday
with Mrs. J. M. Lee.
Worth Rivenbark of Norlirn
spent several days with his
family.
Miss Babe Rivenbark whc
has been very ill for quite z
while is much better.
Mrs. Rena IRooks who has
been quite sick is convelescent
Clyde Moore, Jr., of Golds
boro visited his uncles, R. M
and Ray Moore and other rel
atives.
John Murray continues quite
sick, she returned from Wil
mington Friday. She is receiv
ing treatment from Dr. John
son of Wiljhington.
Need No Bicarb
Dumb animats are the ones
that can satisfy their appetite!
without, taking something tc
stop the misery.—Buffalo Ev
ening News.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL OHM
NANCE, TOWN OF WAL
^ LACE, N. C.
Whereas, A Stricter supervi
sion oyer building and remod
eling within the incorporate)
limits of the Town of Wallac)
is necessary; and
Whereas, an ordinance here
tofore passed is not adequati
I to cope with the situation;
Now, therefore, be it ordain
jed by the Board of Commis
sioners of the Town of Wal
lace:
j Section 1. That any and al
parts of building ordinkncei
heretofore passed is hereby re
pealed, except as to that or
dinance setting out the fir)
/
WHO’S WHO IN MOVIES?
| For news of movieland am
radio read The Green Spot
light, the big section cramme*
full of interesting pictures an<
gossip. The Baltimore Ameri
can prints the Green Spotllghl
exclusively in this territory
Get your copy with the Ameri
can every week.—adv.
! zone.
Section 2. Any- person, firm
or corporation desiring to
build, move or repair any
. building within the incorporat
ed limits of the Town of Wal
> lace shall first apply for and
receive a. permit from the
Board of Commissioners of the
r Town of Wallace.
Section 3. No building shall
be erected within the incorpor
ated limits of the Town of Wal
lace which does not measure
up to the standards set out in
the North Carolina Code, which
has been adopted as standard
for this Town.
Section 4. Any person found
guilty of violating this ordin
ance shall be adjudged guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be
fined not less than 310.00 or
more than 350.00 and may be
caused to remove said building
immediately, it being deemed a
separate offense for each and
every day said building re
mains on the premises after or
der to remove.
Section 5. This ordinance
shall be in effect on and after i
date of ratification.
This ordinance passed and
ratified at a regular meeting of i
the Board of Commissioners of
the Town of Wallace
the Town Hall on the fifth
of January, 1937.
W. N. ROSE,
Clerk
Jan. 14-21-28 Feb. 4 -- —845
NOTICE OF SALE
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In accordance with the provisions of the North Carolina
Code of 1931, Chapter 5, Article 3, Paragraph 218 (c) Sub-sec
tion 7, the undersigned will on JANUARY 18, 1937, at 11 o’clock
A. M., at Branch Banking and Trust Company, Wallace, N. ,C.,
offer the following described properties for sale in good faith
as assets of the Bank of Duplin, Wallace, N. C., acquired from
the Bank of Rose Hill, but does not warrant title thereto, and
will sell all said notes, judgments and stock assessments with?,
out recourse subject to any and all equities and defenses which
may be pled against the same; including all offsets which, it
is understood, embraces the right and duty of the Commission
er of Banks and or his Agents to withhold any and all dividends -
on debtor’s claims to reduce the loss or losses sustained on s
their respective evidences of indebtedness, stock assessments
and or interst on either.
Right is reserved to offer the various items of assets in
dividually, in parcels, or as a whole.
Any and all sales made pursuant to this advertisement
are subject to confirmation by the Superior Court of Duplin
County, North Carolina.
Terms of Sale: Cash upon confirmation.
Total Notes___$ 8,321.98
Total Judgments _ 3,960.89
Total Stock Assessments_ 7,100.00
GRAND TOTAL_$19,882.87 ..
schedules: *
. NOTES ' , ..
J. A. Brown ___$ 320.00
Henry Barnhill_'_ 30.00
H. B. Best_____,_ . 40.00
S. R. Turner________ 679.49
W. R. and Etta Johnson_...___ 150.00
Cain McCuller and S, D. Bradshaw___ 252.09
W. B. Sandlin and Edw. Sandlin-+_ 150.00
Edw. Sandlin and W. A. Thomas_300.00
S. D. Bradshaw and J. L. Bradshaw_._r_ 650.00
Miss Minnie L. and Edw. Sandlin___ 300.00
E. M. Teachey and Son.__ 2,200.00
B. W. Southerland & Co., Inc._ 3,250.40 ^
$8,321.98 .
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JUDGMENTS
S. R. Turner and D. B. Tew_$ 132.41
D. M. Lanier_ 79.16 r
S. R. Turner ______ 300.00
W. M. Walker_850.00
Willie Sloan _ 32.46
D. B. Tew_ 32.46
Willie Sloan and S. D. Bradshaw__ 100.00 ■
Duplin Fur. Co., N. B. Sellars & T. Kilpatrick 400.00
Duplin Fur. Co., N. B. Sellars & T. Kilpatrick 1,205.00
K. L. Hill and E. J. Carr.___r 185.00
N. M. and Ollie Blanchard_;__ -784:40'
M. E. and Ed. Fennell _^_40.00'
C. K. Wilson, Edw. Sandlin and W. B. Dail__ 320.00
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,40$*':**: ‘ ^ f8.960.89
. STOCK ASSESSMENTS DUE
E. A. Benton ___5 ”1'
G. Wi Boney___1
Bessie, Eugene, Laura and R. B. Dixon_____ 200.00 '
L. C. Drew —--.-— 260.00
Henry fussel] —- odv.00 ^
'Jessie Fussell-800.00 I
Mrs. J. D. Fussell_y___ 500.00 .,
J. E. Harrell __i__ ' '85040 ^
D. B. Herring_____ 400.00
1 Mrs. Mary Johnson -_ 600.00**
J. C. Mallard_____ 700.00
W. B. Murray___ 800.00
S. B. Newton_ 800.00 ‘
! H. F. Pierce_ 100.00
D. S. Register--- 100.00
W. B. Southerland -_.L- 100.00 K
H. L. Stevens___ 100.00
Chas. Teachey _600.00
Maury Ward_ 800.00 *
J. T. Wilkins, Est._ lOO.OO
57,100.00 . * 1
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! The highest bidders will be required to deposit 10 per
cent of the amount of their bids at time of sale as a guarantee
of performance and bidding on no part of said properties shall
1 be deemed closed until such bidders have compiled with this re
• quirement. ♦
| This 17th day of December, 1936.
GURNEY P. HOOD,
Commissioner of Banks
E. L. COX, JR*
Liquidating Agent, Bank of Dnpli
Dec. 17-24-81 Jan. 7-14