The Wallace Enterprise
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OK THE PEP PLE OF WALLACE AND DUPLIN COUNTY
V0L- XV‘ WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1937 ======================= No lg ^
f Mrs. Roosevelt Signifies Her
Intention To Attend Festival
In Letter to Mayor Harrell,
First Lady Says She “Will
Attend If At All Possible To
Do So”.
4 GOVERNOR AND MRS HOEY
ALSO ACCEPT INVITATION
Definite Dates For Festival
Hinges On Mrs. Roosevelt’s
I Itinerary
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What could be termed al
most definite assurance that
Mrs. Roosevelt would attend
the annual Strawberry Festi
val to be held here in the early
spring was contained in a let
ter received by Mayor Harrell
this week from Mrs. Roose
velt’s private secretary in
which She stated Mrs. Roose
velt requested her to say that
she would accept the invita
tion recently extended her if
at all possible to do so.
The invitation in question
f w&B extended Mrs. Roosevelt
last week by Mayor Harrell,
who is also general chairman
of the Festival, through a com
mittee headed by Mrs. John D
* Robinson, Wallace, and sup
ported by Governor Hoey, Sen
ators Reynolds and Bailey, and
Congressman Barden. At that
time Mrs. Roosevelt expressed
her interest and appreciation
and stated that she would so
much love to visit this section
of North Carolina. Since that
time numerous people promin
jgBfiiKti'both the public and pri
A'vate life of the State have writ
ten her urging her attendance
and close observers are of the
opinion that her letter this
we^Mwas^quivalent to a gefin
It has been kndwn for some
tim|- that Mrs. Roosevelt was
interested in the homesteads
project at PendOrlea, which iB
located near Wallace, and al
so the colonization plan as be
ing developed at St. Helena and
Castle Hayne by Hugh McRae
and associates and since all
are easily accessible to Wal
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Fanners Slating
* Seed Exposition
New Deputy Tax
Collector Named
Miss Helen Hunt Succeeds
Miss Jenkins; Latter Joins
Branch Bank
A change in the personnel of
the Tax Collector’s office was
announced this week by Col
lector Henderson following
the resignation of Miss Betty
Jenkins who has served as of
fice deputy since the office was
established some three years
I ago. Miss Jenkins will be suc
ceeded by Miss Helen Hunt of
Calypso, Miss Hunt having
been appointed to the position
by the Board of County Com
missioners at their meeting
held at Kenansville Monday.
(The new deputy, who is a
school teacher by profession, is
admirably fitted for the posi
tion and should be able to con
tinue the efficient service ren
dered by her predecessor.
Miss Jenkins, it is under
stood, tendered her resignation
to accept a position with the
Branch Banking and Trust
Company at Warsaw.
Local Woman For
President Of Club
Mrs. John D. Robinson Boost
ed As Next Head of State
Federation
m a regular meeting oi tne
Wallace Woman’s Club held
today the club went on record
hf%iiaW»oo»ly ettdorsing'Mrs.1
John D. Robinson as the next
president of the State Federa
tion. Copies of the resolution
will be sent to the several com
mittees of the Federation
which will hold its regular
convention in Charlotte early
in April, and the local club
will make a determined drive
in Mrs. Robinson’s behalf. She
is at present second vice-pre
sident of the State Federation
and is a past president of the
local club and has been active
in club work for a number of
years.
Appearing before the Club
today Mayor J. A. Harrell so
licited the cooperation of the
members in planning the an
nual Strawberry Festival early
in the Spring which is expect
ed to be attended by Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and oth
er distinguished guests. He
received the assurance that
the club would cooperate in
any way possible to make the
festival a success.
Going into the business of
the meeting the Club voted to
increase its contribution to
the Sally Southail Cotton Loan
fund, appointed a nominating
committee to submit names for
the offices of president and
secretary at its next meeting,
and heard a very interesting
program on songs of American
citizenship and folk songs
which was presented by Mrs.
W. B. Jones, Mrs. W. H. Far
rior and Mrs. Clifton J. Know
les.
The meeting was held at the
home of Mrs. H. M. Morrison
with Mesdames R. E. L. Dees,
W. B. Jones, W. H. Farrior, J.
A. Harrell and Robert Hursey
a? hostesses.
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Local Boy Joins Navy
Don Rivenbark, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Don Rivenbark,
Sr., of Route 2, Wallace, en
listed in the Navy January 12,
and was sent to Naval Train
ing Station, Hampton Roads,
Va., where he will be given
3 months of naval training be-J
fore being assigned to duty ini
some ship of the U. S. Fleet.
Rivenbark was accepted for
enlistment at the Navy Re
cruiting Office, Wilmington. He
is 18 years of age, and is a
graduate of Clement high
school, Wallace. 1
Association Made
$168,000 In Loans
Stockholders o f Kenansville
Production Credit Hold
Annual Meet
Loans totalling $168,000
were furnished Duplin farm
ers during the past year by the
Kenansville Production Cre
dit Association, according to
reports made by officers at the,
annual meeting of stockhold
ers in Kenansville Thursday.
H. L. Gardner, vice-presi
dent of the Production Credit
Corporation of Columbia, S. C.,
pointed out in the featured ad
dress of the day that similar
credit associations throughout
the South made loans totalling
near $16,000,000 in 1936. Such
figures, he said, give evidence
of increasing number of farm
ers availing themselves the
opportunity of the short term
credit service. Through this
service it is shown that farm
ers are able to get money suf
ficient to produce and harvest
their crops ac costs as low as
M.ose avail rbie tor any indus
try.
Credit associations do not
lend Federal money, Gardner
emphasized, but discount their
paper through the Fr.leial In
termediate Credit Bank, which,
in turn, secures money from
private investors through the
sale of farm paper.
Reports were made by S. V.
Wilkins, president of the asso
ciation, and Garland P. King,
secretary-treasurer. Vance B.
Gavin, attorney for the asso
ciation, discussed the advan
tages of the cooperative cre
dit system, and Mrs. H. M.
Middleton was featured in an
address emphasizing the farm
woman’s interest in the organ
ization.
S. V. Wilkins and M. W. Sut
ton were elected to serve on
the board of directors along
with L. P. Wells, M. R. Ben
nett, and Eugene Carlton,
whose terms are not yet' due to
expire.
Complete and detailed re
ports, supplemented by charts,
were presented in which in
formation was given with a re
gard to the business done, the
cost of operation, the distribu
tion of expenses, and the net
profit.
Wallace Negro Is
Victim Of Attack
George Gore Found Fatally In
jured On A. C. L Railroad
Tracks Monday
Mystery surrounds the death
of George Gore, colored youth,
who was found injured on the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad
tracks in the edge of Wallace
early Monday -morning. When
found the youth was lying with
his head near the end of the
ties with several wounds on
his head. Although he was
not dead when found he later
succumbed in a Rocky Mount
hospital where he was sent by
railroad officials.
Officers, in an attempt to
trace his movements on the
night of his death, found that
he had not been home since
12:00 o'clock Sunday. How
ever, he was reported to have
visited the home of Andrew
Herring as late as 10:00 o’
clock that night and left there
apparently on his way home.
It was between his home and
Herring's that he was fatally
injured. On being questioned
his mother stated that on the
previous Sunday right he re
ported that he had been chas
ed by someone at the same spot
where he was fatally injured.
The assumption is that some
one set upon him again and in
flicted thej fatal injuries. This
is borne out by the fact that
the only injuries visible were
on the head and were such as
might have been made by a
stick or club. There was no
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[^jOnThe_Job^-ForFoiir More Years [
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WASHINGTON ... An informal, but a new portrait study, of Presi
dent Franklin Delano Roosevelt at his desk In the White House, shortly
before the inaugural ceremonies on January 20th, which
started ana mai team at the bead of our federal government.
General County Court Held
At Kenansville This Week
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Two and a Half Days Devoted
to Trial of Cases in First
Court Held Since. Eearly De
cember. * •- *
GOOD HEADWAY MADE IN
CLEARING THE DOCKET
Eight Defendants Sentenced to
Roads; School Bus Case
Is Aired
Two and a half days were
devoted to the trial of cases in
General County Court which
was held at Kenansville this
week for the first time since
early in December. While the
docket was not entirely clear-|
ed of cases, good headway was
made and quite a few actions
in which defendants requested
jury trial were disposed of. As
is usually the case, larceny and
assault cases predominated
with quite a few defendants
being up for operating autos
while intoxicated.
All told, eight defendants re
ceived outright road sentences
at this term with several oth
ers being left off with suspend
ed sentences. The much pub
licize! school bus shooting case
was aired at this term and re
sulted in the defendant, Cleve
Taylor, being acquitted by a
jury.
Other cases disposed of at
this term were as follows:
Alton English, charged with
larceny and receiving, entered
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Criminal Court
Begins Monday
Only One Capital Case To Be
Aired; Judge Sinclair To
Preside
The regular January term of
Superior Court for the trial of
criminal cases is scheduled to
be convened at Kenansville on
Monday with Judgt N. A. Sin
clair of Fayetteville, presiding.
While the calendar has not
yet been made up, it is under
stood that it will contain a
few cases. However, it is pro
bable that only one capital
case will be tried at this term.
The others will be mostly the
usual run of cases involving'
lesser offenses.
The capital case scheduled |
to come up at this term is that
of A. James Wilson, Magnolia
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Convict Breaks
Arm In Accident
White Convict From Kenans
ville Camp Hurt In Fall
From Truck
John Waters, white convict
at the Kenansville prison camp,
broke an arm Monday morning
when he fell off a State High
way and Public Works Com
mission truck while working
near Corinth Church.
The bone in the upper right
arm was completely broken,
medical examination at a local
physician’s office showed.
Crop Signers Will
Get Extra Money
Five Percent Diversion Pay
ments Due Farmers For
Conservation Work
An increase of five percent
in the rate of diversion pay
ments to North Carolina farm
ers who participated in the
1936 soil conservation pro
gram has been announced by
J. F. Criswell, of State Col
lege.
The increase will tend to
offset the cost of administer
ing the program, so that in
most counties farmers will re
ceive the full amount of their
payments as originally sched
uled, he stated.
Under provisions of the pro
gram, farmers were to receive
certain payments for diverting
land from soil depleting to soil
conserving crops. From these
payments, administration costs
in each county were to be de
ducted.
The administration expenses
in various counties range from
around three to six percent of
the growers’ payments, Cris
well added. This amount took)
care of the expenses of county
committeemen and of carrying!
on compliance work.
In counties where adinis-1
tration costs are only three or]
four percent of the total am
ount of payments, growers will
receive one to two percent
more than the amount origin
ally offered.
That is, if a grower was to
have gotten $100 in payments,
the five percent increase would
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Swine Specialist
To Visit County
County Agent Announces Meet
ing For Next Tuesday At
3:00 P. M.
H. W. Taylor, Extension
Swine Specialist, working in
connection with the County
Agent, will conduct a school on
hog management at the Ken
ansville high school on Tues
day, January 26, at 3 o’clock
P. M., it was announced at the
County Agent’s office this
week. This is a rare oppor
tunity given to hog growers of
Duplin County. Mr. Taylor will
show the farmers just what
damages are being done to
their hogs by worms and dis
ease, and how this may be
eliminated. Part of this will
be shown by moving pictures
which will show proper man
agement and feeding of hogs,
also disease and worm control.
Duplin county leads all oth
er counties in North Carolina
ir. the number of hogs grown,
and it would appear that there
should be no reason why this
county cannot lead the state
in the quality and profit from
hogs. It is estimated thatl
worms alone slow up growth
of hogs as much as 20 percent. |
This one factor will cause the
farmers who grow hogs to lose
one out of every five bushels of
com fed to them. It is hoped
that this school will show the
way to cut the cost of produc
tion and in turn increase pro
fits from the hogs to be raised
in the county by improved me
thods of hog management.
Everyone interested in hog
raising is urged to come out
and take part in the discus
sion. There will be no cost at
tached and the benefits to be
derived may mean many thou
sands of dollars to farmers of
the county.
FRANKLIN P.-T. A. HAS
INTERESTING MEETING
The Franklin Parent-Teach
er Association held its regular
meeting at the school building
on Friday afternoon, Jan. 15.
An interesting program of
songs and recitations was giv
en by the first and second
grades, and a delightful musi
cal reading “The Little Red
Rocking Chair”, by Marguerite
Bullard, who represented the
third grade. The grammar
grades gave a play in three
acts “Building Strong Teeth”.
lhe high school representa
tives were: “The Life of Ben
jamin Franklin”, by Jane Fis
ler, 11th grade; “Franklin As
A Leading Man in Philadel
phia”, by Mary Ezzell, 9th
grade; “Franklin’s Service to
the Colonies”, by Rebekah Her
ring, 8th grade; “Franklin As
A Scientist and Inventor”, by
John D. Brown, 10th grade.
At a business meeting fol
lowing the program a report
revealed the second grade to
be the winner of the Improve
ment Project sponsored by the
Welfare Committee of the P.
,T. A. A beautiful picture was
presented to the grade, and a
book, “The Story of Old
Ships”, was given to the school
library.
Reports from the grade-mo
ther chairmen showed that all
grades had been visited and
given treats and various gifts
since last meeting.
. The sixth grade was award
ed the prize for the greatest
number of room representa
tives present.
The president, Mrs. R. J.
Murphy, nam£d Mrs. Colwell
Smith chairman of the “Sum
mer Round Up of the P.-T. A”,
and read a letter to the organ
ization from county president,
Mrs. G. K. Savage of Roseboro.
The meeting was then ad
journed in regular order with
the date of next meeting set as
February 19th at 8:00 o’clock.
Senator Nye urges a consti
tutional amendment on neu
trality.
Roosevelt Takes 1
Oath Of Office •
For Second Time 1
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Dedicates Second Term to Wei*
fare of People by Pledging
Efforts to Raise Present |
Standards of Living
THOUSANDS BRAVE RAIN
TO WITNESS CEREMONY
Worst Inaugural Weather In
28 Years Fails to Dampen
Ardor of Crowd
! Washington, January 20.—
Franklin Delano Roosevelt be
gan his second term as 32nd
President of the United States
tonight with an emphatic pro
mise that the government will
carry on its fight to win a bet
ter life for more than 40,000,
000 underprivileged Ameri
cans.
He voiced his pledge after
taking the oath of office—29
minutes late — before thous
ands from all sections of the
nation who braved rain, sleet
and snow to gather on historic
Capitol plaza for the ceremo
ny.
Seated nearby as Mr. Roose- '
velt spoke were John Nance
Garner, grey-haired, ruddy
faced Texan who a moment be
fore had taken the oath as
Vice-President; members of
the cabinet; high government
and State officials; black-robed
United States Supreme Court
justices and sharp-eyed secret
service men.
Rain - soaked microphones
spun the President's crisp
words Into ntUlhans nf lwpni » .
he assailed special privilege, J
bespoke America’s desire for
peace among nations and
pledged that the New Deal
would carry on his struggle i
for the common man.
He stood bareheaded in the
worst inaugural weather of 28
years, refusing to disappoint
visitors by holding the cere
mony indoors because, he said,
“if they can take it, so can I”.
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Predicts Another
Leaf Spot Break
Solution to Combat Tobacco
Infestation Explained By
Pathologist
Infestations of angular leaf
spot are expected to break out
again this year, but the dis
ease may be controlled to a
considerable extent by treating
the seed, says Dr. Luther •
Shaw, extension plant patholo
gist at State College.
Seed produced in those areas
are probably infested with
germs of the disease, which is
sometimes called blackfire or
wildfire.
Dr. Shaw said that leaf spot
germs in the seed may be killed
by soaking in a quart of water
in which a tablespoonful of
formaldehyde has been placed.
A fruit jar is a good vessel
in which to place the solution
for use in treating the seed, he
said.
He suggested that the seed
be placed in a cheese cloth
sack and soaked for exactly 10
minutes. A longer period may
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LOCAL HIGHS MEET NEW
HANOVERITES FRIDAY
Two basketball games which
should prove to be the fastest
yet seen on the local court are
scheduled here tomorrow
night at 7:30 when the local
high school boys and girls
meet the New Hanover Highs.
In a previous encounter in
Wilmington last Wednesday,
the locals took both games and
the New Hanover lads and las- |
sies are said to be coming up
with the determination to turn
the tables this time. The games .
will be played in Blanchard's
warehouse.