Recorders Court
In Session Three
Days This Week
Thirty Cases Are Disposed oi
But Only Two Defendants
Draw Outright Road Senten
ces Upon Conviction.
WITNESSES SENTENCED
ON CONTEMPT CHARGE
Jule Wright Gets Five Days foi
Failure to Answer
When Called
A heavy docket as a result of
a large number of cases carried
over from previous terms re
sulted in a three-day session of
General County Court being
held this week as the regular
monthly session was convened
at Kenansville. A jury was or
hand and passed on several
cases in which defendants re
► quested this form of trial.
One witness, Jule Wright,
found that trifling with a court
summons does not pay when,
upon being called and failing
to answer, she was adjudged in
contempt and sentenced to five
days in jail. The defendant in
this case, Geo. H. Hicks, who
was charged with possessing
whiskey for the purpose of sale
and selling whiskey, was ac
quitted by a jury,
j, In all thirty cases were dis
posed of at this term with only
two defendants receiving out
right road sentences. Cases
disposed of were,as follows:
Leslie Hayes, charged with
possessing and transporting
whiskey, pled guilty and had
prayer for judgment continued
^J&.the March term.
gfas.Charg«i with assault with 4
•deadly weapon and disorderly
conduct, Lloyd Andrews enter
J ed a plea of guilty to the as
1 sault charge and had prayer
for judgment continued for two
years on good behavior and
payment of the cost.
In the case of James Boney,
charged with larceny ar.d re
ceiving, the warrant was a
mended to show temporary lar
ceny of an automobile and the
i i defendant had prayer for judg
ent continued to the March
| term.
Charged with operating an
auto while intoxicated and as
sault with a deadly weapon,
: William McClung was adjudg
ed guilty and received a six
months road sentence. Sen
tence was suspended, however,
on condition the defendant be
of good behavior for two years
and not operate an auto in the
State for one year. He is also
ito pay into Court on or before
March first the sum of $10.00,
and $10.00 on or before the
first Monday in each month
'thereafter until cost of the ac
E'lon and the sum of $75.00 for
se and benefit of Jakie J.
■Wells (the injured party) is
paid in full.
Jimmie Smith, charged with
assault with a deadly weapon,
entered a plea of guilty and
was sentenced to 90 days on
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FIRE DESTROYS HOME
Fire, as a result of a leak
, ing oil heater, completely
destroyed the two-story frame
^.dwelling of Dr. R. L. Carr
in Rose Hill early this morn
ing. Practically none of the
contents were saved and Dr.
Carr himself escaped with
out even shoes or trousers
‘which were left behind in
his flight together with ap
proximately $150.00 in mon
ey which represented his last
month’s salary as County
Health Officer. He also re
ceived painful burns about
|the face and hands in com
f batting the flames.
! The loss will probably run
Into several thousand dol
lars with no insurance cov
>rage.
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Why The Red CrossJAppeals
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School Children Respond To
Appeals Of Flood Sufferers
Duplin’s Contributions Surpass
Second Quota Mark Set
By Red Cross
Never touched by disaster,'
Duplin citizens have rallied to
the front of rural counties con
tributing financial and mater
ial aid for the benefit of the
American Red Cross’ drive to
alleviate the suffering of thou
sands of victims in the Ohio
flood territory. $1,491.79 has:
& collected in the. county
far, Captain J. E. Jerritt,
acting chairman of the Duplin
chapter of the American Red
Cross reported yesterday.
At the inception of the drive
for funds the quota for this
county was set at $200, and
soon changed to $1000. Citi
zens, both young and old, res
ponded immediately and filled
the quota within a short time.
Last week O. P. Johnson, su
perintendent of the Duplin
school system called for dona
tions from school children and,
according to his statement, has
“been overwhelmed by the li
beral response.” Johnson said
he had, at first, hoped for con
tributions totaling $287, for an
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Near Acquisition
Penderlea Funds
Senatorial Amendment Would
Have Nullified Assurance
Tendered Barden
Adoption of a particular
amendment injected into the
I Congressional scene Tuesday
and pertaining to the 1937 re
lief program would probably
have proved costly to the Pen
derlea Homesteads, resettle
ment project near Willard.
Senator Joseph T. Robinson,
Democratic leader, defeated the
effort of the Senate appropria
tions bill to reduce the amount
carried in the bill from $790.
I 000,000 partly by eliminating
$14,000,000 to be used by the
Resettlement Administration.
Senators Bailey and Reynolds
approved the cut.
Passage of that amendment
would have resulted in the nul
lification of assurances Con
gressman Graham A. {Barden
had received Tuesday regard
ing plans for the immediate
completion of the Penderlea ,
Homesteads project-, subject to
securing funds. Barden had
successfully obtained notice
that funds for the homesteads
project would be sufficient to
construct a $190,000 school
building and 50 homestead un
its, with 50 additional units to
be added later. Upon comple
tion there will be a total of 240
| units.
SIX LONG WEEKS
Without a shadow of the
well known doubt Gregory
R. Groundhog, most worthy
and venerable prognostica
tor of atmospheric condi
tions, caught a resemblance
of his shadowed self if he
ventured out Tuesday, for,
of all days since the miser
ably moist weeks of the past,
that was the day the sun
ebeae » ‘•Ml* brrlHantty.
Without further wordage
the public is reminded that,
according to tradition, we
will soon therefore be envel
oped in six weeks of murky
weather.
RoadClaimBack
To Highway Body
Duplin’s Claim of $574,000 Gets
Similar Response As Does
Other Claimants
Duplin’s $674,004.15 claim
against the State Highway and
Public Works Commission for
adjustment of highway inequi
ties was thrown back to the
highway body Monday by the
commission created in 1935 to
investigate county claims. Pen
der county entered a claim for
$370,118.02.
Not alone were these coun
ties, however, for 79 other
counties are in the same fix, the
total group asking for refunds
of approximately $53,000,000.
The investigating committee
advised that the Highway Com
mission be empowered with
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Hawes Describes
Louisville Flood
Ministerial Student at Home
As Seminary Buildings
House Orphans
Rose Hill, Feb. 2.—School
students and townspeople heard
a graphic description of the
Ohio River’s flooding in Louis
ville when Alva J. Hawes, a
student at the Louisville Bap
tist Seminary, spoke in the cha
pel program of the local school.
Hawes recently came home
from the flood region due to
the cessation of class activi
ties at the seminary, tempor
arily being used to house or
phans. The buildings of the
seminary are located in the
highest part of Louisville, he
said, and did not suffer from
the flood.
The local man JU a third
year student af^Mjjpfcaptist in
stitution. •’Vf
Makes Cash Bet And Then
Gets Surprise Of His Life
Club Members Show They Are
More Than Interested In
Their Work
“Man never learns,” they say,
and that’s why John Dail had
to fork over $1.00 in payment
when he bet his wife she would
be the only woman present at
a meeting of the La Place Home
Demonstration Club on a recent
rainy afternoon. Roads were
bad, as Duplin roads sometimes
get, and the pouring rain was
enough to make Dail thing his
bet was reasonably safe. One
can’t depend upon a woman,
however, for over half the
members were present-.
This is cne of the several in
teresting facts brought out in
Miss Jamye Martin’s report on
Home Demonstration work dur
ing January.
Sixteen adult clubs met with
a total attendance of 304, and
14 4-H dubs convened with an
attendance mark of 788. In
one of the worst days of the
month 43 women attended the
Winter Council meeting in the
Roosevelt Agricultural build
ing, Kenansville, at which time
important developments were
discussed and Miss Sallie
Brooks, food authority, was
presented.
Among the outstanding pro
grams arranged by 4-H clubs
was that of the Chinquapin or
ganization, in which a drill
based on the club pledge was
effectively presented.
Th home demonstration ag
ent traveled 1,011 miles during
the month. She visited 41
homes and assisted 22 families
through office fntemewfe.
Subject of study during the
January meetings was concern
ed with winter vegetables, em
phasis bing placed upon utili
zation of heretofore common
Winter vegetables.
Firms Promising
Immediate Move
Dees Planning For Most Mod
ern Drug Store; Other
Moves Approaching
Within this month three en
terprises familiar to many per
sons will close their doors and
re-open in new stands, all con
tributing to the business deve
lopment started several months
ago and not yet complete. Soda
fountains will predominate in
each local change.
R. E. L. Dees is rapidly draw
ing construction on his new
building to a close, and has
workmen engaged wjth install
ation of new equipment aimed
at making his the most mod
ern drug store in this state.
Featuring is a “streamlined”
soda fountain fitted with stain
less steel and designed to en
hance the beauty of the other
fixtures. New booths, chairs,
tables, and showcases will com
plete the building which has
been reno%’ated.
The new White House Cafe
is nearing completion, and will
also feature a soda fountain.
The eating house is to be locat
ed in an adjacent brick build
ing. The Friendly Grill is com
pleting renovations for a trade
of sites with D. B. Townsend
next door to its present site.
A soda fountain will also be
an attraction at the Grill.
FORMER WALLACE CHIEF
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
Frank Hayslip, Tabor City
police chief and former Wal
lace police head, lies in a
Whiteville hospital suffering
from serious wounds obtained
when a man he was attempting
to arrest cut him in the neck.
Physicians described his lacer
ations as serious but not fatal.
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Duplin Women In
Club Publication
Pictures of Mrs. Gavin and
Mrs. Robinson In February
Issue of Organ
The February issue of “The
Clubwoman”, official organ of
the North Carolina Federation
of Woman’s Clubs, features
district personalities and fea
tures, and gives prominent dis
play to two Duplin women,
Mrs. John A. Gavin, Kenans
ville, president of District No.
11, and Mrs. John D. Robinson,
Wallace, second vice-president
of the NCFWC and chairman
of districts.
Mrs. Gavin is presented in a
picture while Mrs. Robinson is
featured by a picture and mes
sage preceeding a section de
voted to sketches concerning
new district presidents. Mrs.
Gavin’s term of office expires
with the annua] convention in
Charlotte in April.
Date Agreed For
Democratic Feed
Indicate Barden Will Be Invit
ed To Speak At Jackson
Day Dinner
The Duplin County Young
Democratic Club will sponsor
a Jackson Day Dinner in Ken
ansville on the evening of
"February 27, it was announced
following a meeting of execu
tives in Kenansville Monday
evening. The decision was
reached following a favorable
vote equivalent to three-to
cne.
Discussion on the proposal
centered around the advisabili
ty of asking Duplin’s attend
ance at a state-wide dinner in
Raleigh around March 15. The
set date will allow for attend
ance at both dinners.
Duplin’s Jackson Day Dinner
last year was deemed one of
the most successful held in this
state. President Franklin D.
Roosevelt presented the organ
ization with a personally auto
graphed picture as a token of
commendation.
ROSE HILL GROUP WILL
PRESENT BENEFIT PLAT
Rose Hill, Feb. 3.—The Jun
ior class of the local high
school will present a play, “And
Mary Did”, in the high school
auditorium next Thursday
night- to raise funds for a Jun
ior-Senior banquet.
Those to take part include
Katie Craft, Bland Booth, Eve
lyn Teachev, Edward Beach,
Reba Rouse, Bertice Scott, Re
cie Lockerman, Ruth Fussell,
Mildred Teachey, and George
Bradshaw.
Edison Promises Ship*
f
WASHINGTON . . . “We must
build ships,” said the new Assis
tant Secretary of the Navy, Char
les Edison (above), as he settled
at his desk after being sworn in
on Jan. 18th. Mr. Edison is the j
son of the late Thomas E. Edison,
inventor. -
Quinn Helps Kill
| Child Labor Law
I House of Representatives Sig
nifies Rejection of Con
structive Measure
The third attempt at passage
of a resolution to adopt child
labor laws for North Carolina
went the way of its predeces
! scrs Monday when the House
of Representatives, aided and
abetted by Duplin’s represen
tative, C. E. Quinn, voted down
what would probably be the
second most progressive and
constructive movement taken
by the Legislature this session,
i being surpassed only by social
"si^SIRy* approval.
Quinn was one of the 58 gen
tlemen opposing the Child La
bor Amendment endorsed by
President Franklin D. Roose
velt, Ambassador Josephus
Daniels, Senator Robert R.
Reynolds and others prominent
in the affairs of this state.
“Industry” was blamed as
the cause for the proposed leg
islation’s third defeat, which
culminated the activity of
Western and Piedmont lobby
ists since the beginning of the
present session.
Of interest was the fact that
the representatives of the four
counties in this immediate sec
tion, Duplin, Pender, Onslow,
and Sampson, voted in opposi
tion to the measure, and in the
four there is no industry of any
importance in which child labor
could be involved. Lobbyists
or fear that the bill would pen
alize farming caused this local
vote. It can be pointed out,
however, that the American
Farm Bureau Federation en
dorsed the measure.
KOONCE REPORTS
Bruce Koonce, the lone
Duplinite in the flood zone
unaccounted for last week,
has ben heard from. His wire
received here today indicates
he is safe, sound, and able.
Rose Hill Is Selected For Next
Session Strawberry Growers;
Strawberry growers of Dup
lin have been called to a
meeting Wednesday afternoon
in Rose Hill to confer with
officials of the North Caro
lina State Employment Ser
vice regarding strawberry
pickers and other seasonal
laborers.
The session will be held in
the auditorium of the high
school there and is slated to
begin at three o’clock. Straw
berry growers from through
out the whole of Duplin are
expected to be in attendance.
Plans are that members of
the Chadbourn Strawberry
Board of Trade be present
along with Employment Ser
vice representatives.
A similar meeting was
held here Friday night, with
growers present from four
counties. On the discussion
program were I. Lee Parker,
state supervisor; R. C. Del
linger, manager of the Wil
mington district; W. E. Bon
ey, manager of the Kinston
district, and Miss Theda Tur
ner, statistician for the Kin
ston district, which includes
Duplin.
The North Carolina State
Employment Service is hold
ing these meetings to assist
growers id' getting pickers
from the most populated sec
tions of Eastern North Caro
lina. The Service maintain
ed an office here last straw- f
berry season.
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County Council
Subscribes For
Student Benefit
Governing Body of Home Dem
onstration Clubs Announces
Plans for Student Loan In
This County.
SPRING FEDERATION IS
SLATED FOR APRIL 9TH
Extension Specialist Present at
Meeting Held In Ken
ansville Thursday
Constructive movements de
signed to benefit the youth of
Duplin county were offered by
the Duplin County Council of'
Home Demonstration Clubs
meeting in a winter council in
the Roosevelt Agricultural
building, Kenansville, Thurad
day morning.
Mrs. Pearl Blanchard, vice
president, presided in the ab
sence of Mrs. F. F. Newkirk,
who is ill.
ine council aaopiea plans
for an educational loan fund,
whereby needy Duplin youths
can be aided in securing a col
lege education. Expenses of
two Duplin 4-H club girls will
be paid to act as pages at the
Farm and Home Week program
in Raleigh this summer, it was
also agreed. The two represen
tatives will be selected by the
school and extension officials
upon a basis of endeavor andi
accomplishment.
During the announcement of
features regarding home dem
onstration work it was learned
that the Spring Federation has
April. S,-at
will stage
song contests. The county
wide chorus will hold its first
meeting tonight at seven o'
clock in the Roosevelt Agricul
tural building. June 1 will mark
the date for the Duplin Kit
chen Tour.
Coming to Duplin from ex
tension headquarters in Ral
eigh Miss Sallie Brooks, assis
tant foods specialist, conduct
ed a leaders’ school.
Of special importance was
formation of programs for the
year, club leaders meeting with
their respective county chair
men. Chairmen are: food, Mrs,
Eliza Outlaw; housefurnishing,
Mrs. Stedman Carr; clothing,
Mrs. John Dail; health, Mrs.
H. D. McMillan; recreation,
Mrs. Hubert Boney; child de
velopment, Mrs. John Middle
ton; yard, Mrs. Paul Owens;
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Labor Shortage
Retards Project
Ten Men Answer Appeal For
175 Laborers; Engineers
Released
Plans for the doubling of
Penderlea Homesteads have
practically come to a standstill,
advices from the project indi
cate, with labor shortage be
ing given as the reason.
Several engineers with the
construction group were re
leased Friday, but no definite
reason has been ascertained
for their release. It is presum
ed, however, that preliminary
drafting is practically com
plete, thereby eliminating their
further employment.
W. H. Robbins, community
manager of the project, is
quoted as saying calls for 175
laborers during the past twv
weeks resulted in 10 applicants
for jobs. During this week he
issued a state-wide order for
100 laborers and only four re
ported.
Under existing regulations
all common labor must come
from relief rolls. Plans are
being made, it is understood, to
have the project released from
its affiiliation with the WPA
whereby it could then hire men
from unrestricted sources. -V;
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