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No. 26
VOL. XV.
WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1937.
Johnson Elected
To Second Term
As School Chief
Education Body Names O. P.
Johnson to Succeed Self as
Superintendent'of the Duplin
School System Next Term.
LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS
® ARE SELECTED MONDAY
Teachers Due Notices Within
30 Days After School’s
Cessation
The Duplin Board of Educa
tion, meeting i n Kenansville
Monday, re-elected O. P. John
son for another two-year term
as superintendent of Duplin’s
public schools, a post he has
held for the past two years,
succeeding J. O. Bowman. He
was formerly connected with
the public schools of Pender
r' and Onslow counties.
The education board ap
pointed school committees for
the several districts to serve
two-year terms and ruled that
the superintendent be vested
with the authority to hire tea
chers for the colored schools.
He will work with a local com
mittee hut no negro sub-com
mittee was named.
It was pointed out that tea
chers should be notified with
in 30 days after commencement
whether or not they had been
re-elected for another teaching
v
year.
R. M. Carr, the only mem
ber of the board to enter upon
a new term, was officially sworn
ih f«>i a six-year term.
The board endorsed A. McL.
Graham, of Clinton, to succeed
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Biair Announces
Finals Schedule
Few and Highsaiith on Com*
mencement Pregrain For
Clement School
The annual commencement
program for Clement High
School, here, was announced
Tuesday by J. S. Blair, princi
pal. The program will get- un
) derway Sunday afternoon and
be concluded on the night of
April 20.
Rev. E. C. Few, Raleigh min
ister who is conducting a re
vival here at the Methodist
Church, has accepted an invi
tation to make the baccalaure
ate sermon Sunday afternoon at
three o’clock, Blair said. This
is to be the only daytime com
mencement feature, all others
to be held at night.
Closing the commencement
* program will be the graduation
exercises on the night of April
20, featuring an address by J.
Henry Highsmith, director of
^ the division of instructional
service of the State Department
of Public Instruction. Over 40
seniors, the largest graduating
class of any Duplin school, will
be recognized.
Monday night’s program will
consist of a recital by piano
students of Miss Nancy Con
duff. An operetta, “Dream j
Boat”, is to be presented Tues-i
day evening by the primary
<1 grades, while a pageant, “100
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DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA
CONVENE IN MAGNOLIA
A district meeting of the
Daughters of America was held
Thursday in Magnolia at which
time 67 women, from Wilming
ton, Seagate, Southport and
- Magnolia, were guests of the
" Duplin Council. Both morning
and afternoon sessions were
held. Mrs. Kenneth Taylor,
district deputy, presided, andj
Mrs. Lena Shipwash, High
Point, was a featured speaker, j
PLAN FOR FESTIVAL
Preparations for the third annual Strawberry Festival here
early this summer are rapidly shaping up, according to J. Aub
rey Harrell, Festival chairman, pictured at left above. An in
dication that the event is becoming more national in scope is
the fact that George Hamid, pictured at right, is interested in
presenting a featured attraction. Hamid is termed one of the
world’s leading showmen.
Livestock Judging Contest
Held At Experiment Farm
I
Revamp Wallace
Strawberry Shed
Board of Trade Starts New
Auction Shed in Antici
pation Large Crop
Aiming at increasing the
marketing facilities of the
World’s Largest Strawberry
Mari#, the focal Strawberry
Board of Trade started today
tow'ard the erection of a new
auction shed with two concrete
runways. This method, it was
pointed out, will facilitate the
daily movement.
Indications are that the local
market will open around April
25, and while the production is
expected to be about 75 percent
of a normal crop local authori
ties look for as large a volume
as last year, when over 128,500
82-quart crates were handled at
the local shed. The 1936 crop
was below normal.
This year will mark the first
in which the 24-quart crate will
be used generally. The smaller
crate, it is claimed, will afford
a better pack and facilitate
handling.
Erwin Coming To
Rose Hill Event
Chadwick Announces Schedule
For Rose Hill Finals
Program
Rose Hill, April 6.—The sche
dule for the commencement ex
ercises of the Rose Hill High
School has recently been an
nounced by the principal, D.
G. Chadwick. One commence
ment feature, the music recital
by the Primary pupils of Mrs.
H. C. Marshall, was given last
Thursday evening.
The entire commencement
program follows: Senior high
school piano recital by' Miss
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS
NAMED FOR LOCAL BANK
J. C. Thompson, cashier of
the Warsaw unit of the Branch
Bank and Trust Company, un
der whose direction the Wal
lace branch of the chain bank)
is operated, announced this
week the appointment of a local
board of directors to serve the
Wallace unit. The local board,
which was appointed last week
by the Wilson office, consists
of Roy Carter, R. M. Carr, and
W. H. Farrior. This board, it
is understood, will work in con
junction with Thompson and R.
M. Browder, ca'shier, in handl
ing the local unit’s affairs.
;Local Vocational Student Wins
First Place in Competi
tion Tuesday
4 Livestock judging by voca
tional agriculture students was
ja feature of the district meet
ing of vocational agriculture
teachers Tuesday at the Coas
tal Plain Experiment Station,
Willard. Representatives of ap
proximately 10 counties were in
j attendance.
1 The Station under the direc
tion of Dr. Charles rearing,
provided for classes of live
stock for judging: a class of
mature dairy cows, a class of
hogs, a class of hens, and a
class of sheep.
The contest was to select
four vocational students to re
present this section at the an
nual state-wide contest this
summer. In preliminary school
trials two students had been
selected for the judging this
week. Students judged as indi
viduals, however, and not as
teams. A public speaking con
test was also held.
First place in the livestock
judging went to Harold Wells,
of Clement High School, Wal
lace, who amassed a total of
367.2 points. Second place
went to E. W. Woodell, Tar
Heel school, Bladen county,
with a score of 359.8. Third
and fourth places went to Mar
ion Darden, Piney Grove school,
Sampson county, and Ernest
Barnes, Fair Bluff school, Col
umbus county, respectively.
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New Soil Builder
At Willard Farm
Tests At Experiment Farm
Show Value of Crotalaria
As Soil Builder
Crotalaria is gaming recog
nition as a soil-building crop
in the sandy areas of the State,
said R. L. Lovvorn, agronomist
at State College.
This crop, he said, makes a
much heavier growth than most
of the commonly grown sum
mer legumes on poor, sandy
soils, and it is an excellent soil
builder.
At the coastal plain branch
experiment station at Willard,
he continued, a corn crop grown
in a two-year rotation with
crotalaria produced 39.9 bush
els to the acre.
On a nearby field where corn
had been grown every year, the
yield was 22.1 bushels of the
acre.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Smith
of Wilmington visited Mrs.
Smith’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Johnson, Sunday.
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New State Agent
On Program For
Federation Meet
Miss Ruth Current Will Make
First Trip to Duplin as State
Home Demonstration Agent;
Meet is Scheduled Thursday.
DEMONSTRATION CLUBS
TO STAGE FEDERATION
Mrs. F. F. Newkirk to Preside
Over Meeting; Full Pro
gram is Announced
The program for the annual
Federation of Duplin home de
monstration clubs, to be held
in Kenansville Thursday after
noon at two o’clock, was an
nounced yesterday by Miss
Jamye Martin, Duplin home de
monstration agent.
Mrs. F. F. Newkirk, Federa
tion president, will preside over
the program featuring the init
tial appearance of Miss Ruth
Current, in her capacity as
state home demons tration
agent, succeeding Dr. Jane S.
McKimmon. Mrs. Estelle T.
Smith, district home demon
stration agent, will introduce
the speaker.
Greetings will be extended by
Mrs. Hubert Boney, president
of the state federation of home
demonstration clubs; J. L. Mil
ler, chairman of the Duplin
board of commissioners; Mrs.
John D. Robinson, second vice
president of the state federa
tion of Women’s Clubs; Miss
Dula Hinson, of the Kenans
ville Woman’s Club; Mrs. Har
vey Boney, Duplin welfare sup
erintendent; and W. D. Rey
nolds, farm agent for this
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Marketing Group
To Be Perfected
Hog Shippers in Sampson and
Duplin (o Perfect Organi
zation Monday
Delivery of the last checks
arrived from the sale of swine
through the Duplin - Sampson
Livestock Marketing Associa
tion will be made Monday ev
ening at eight o’clock in War
saw at which time a permanent
organization will be perfected,
it was announced this week.
Temporary board members of
the association include Dewey
Potts and Johnnie Middleton,
both of Warsaw, and L. C. Wil
son, Clinton.
Six cars of hogs were shipped
from Warsaw Tuesday, the 415
hogs weighing a total of 85,
415 pounds. The shipment was
made to a packing plant in Al
bany, Ga.
CHINQUAPIN STUDENTS
WILL PRESENT RECITAL
Piano students of Mrs. W. C.
Smith, Chinquapin, will pre
sent a recital in the Chinqua
pin High School auditorium
Friday evening at eight o’clock.
Those to take part include
Shelton Quinn, Worth Lanier,
Lois Evans, Eugenia Quirni,
Nealie Sholar, Masie Lanier,I
Herschell Pierce, Margaret
Evans, Marguerite Flynn, Nola
Hollowell, Minnie Quinn, Helen
Blanchard, Sara Emily Parker,
Clifford Smith, Doris Judge,
Hardy Royal Parker, Dora
Houston Pickett, Edna Lee
Maready, Margaret Hayes
Wood, Hustin Pierce, Lena Hol
lingsworth.
Tinkham Again
Tinkham and his Tinkerettes,
local musicians, made another
broadcast Sunday afternoon
from Kinston’s radio staation,
and announce they can be heard
on the air again next Sunday
afternoon at four-thirty.
J
GREETER
A well-wisher is Mrs. Hubert
Boney, Teachey, president of
the State Federation of Home
Demonstration Clubs, who will
extend greetings to those at
tending the Duplin Federation
in Kenansville Thursday. Miss
Ruth Current, new state home
agent, is to speak.
Negro Children
Succumb In Fire
Four Warsaw Youngsters Burn
ed to Death While Lock
ed In House
A comprehensive investiga
tion into the mysterious cre
mation of four negro children
in the locked home of their pa
rents near Warsaw early Sat
urday night is promised by the
| office of Sheriff D. S. William
son, it was learned Monday.
Returning from Warsaw,
where they had gone for gro
ceries, the parents, James and
Alice Lowe, found their home
a mass of smoking ashes and
the bodies of their four chil
dren, charred beyong recogni
tion, huddled in what was once
a corner of their home. It was
evident the children had band
ed together for useless protec
tion.
The children, Thelma, Marie,
Hazel, and Vera Lowe, ranged
in age from one to six years.
Lowe is recognized as an indus
trious negro farmer, and had
recently completed construction
of his five-room frame dwelling.
I Several theories have been
advanced as to the cause of the
fatal blaze, reports state, but
no definite reason has been de
termined.
Birth Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Murray
announce the birth of a daugh
ter on April 6.
Employment Man
Makes More Dates
Representative Going to Rose
Hill Three Afternoons
Next Week
Strawberry growers of the
Rose Hill area wishing to coop
erate with the State Employ
ment Service’s plan of furnish
ing strawberry pickers this sea
son should contact C. B. Gil
liam there Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday afternoons of
next week, he stated today. He
can be found at J. B. Fussell’s
store between two and five o’
clock on those dates.
Plans are that an office of
the Service be established there
before the season opens.
Favorable reports from em
ployment offices i n Rocky
Mount and Goldsboro indicate
they can supply pickers this
season from their rolls. Des
pite the fact the service can
furnish hundreds of pickers,!
Gilliam warns that growers!
should contact his office im-|
mediately and place their pick-!
ing requirements.
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District Agent Speaks On
4-H Spring Rally Program
To Arrest Youth
For Fatal Crash
Patrolman States Manslaughter
Warrant to be Served
On Strickland
Charges of manslaughter and
reckless driving will be prefer
red against Rudolph Strickland,
21-year-old driver of an auto
mobile which crashed into a
truck here early Easter morn
ing and resulted in the death
of Miss Letha Brinkley, it was
stated today by D. O. Pearce,
highway patrolman in this area.
The warrant will be served
by patrolmen in the Wilming
jton area, he said. The young
I man is in a hospital there suf
| fering serious injuries. Two
j other persons in the fatal acci
dent remain in the hospital, al
so, it is understood.
Duplin Composer
Wins Club Prize
Mrs. G. A. Meckstroth Given
Award For State’s Best
Original Composition
At a luncheon session of the
North Carolina Federation of
Women’s Clubs today in Char
lotte Mrs. G. A. Meckstroth,
Wallace composer, will be
awarded a silver loving cup as
first prize for an original musi
cal composition submitted in a
contest conducted by the fed
eration.
She will play the number be
fore the assembled guests.
In this composition, “Pre
lude Number One”, Mrs. Meck
stroth has demonstrated her in
herent talent for piano compo
isition. Born in Missouri of
musical parents, she has stu
died in institutions there and
in Colorado. Several of her
numbers have been published.
Her husband and two children
also have expressed talent for
music, one of her little girls
composing a number when four
years of age.
The local composer appears
to resort to natural surround
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MacDonald Prexy
Speaks In Duplin
Flora MacDonald Head Deliv
ers Address at Annual
Church Day
Rose Hill, April 5.—Dr. H. G.
Beddinger, president of Flora
MacDonald College, was the
chief speaker at Mount Zion
Presbyterian church Sunday
when Annual Church Day was
observed. The speaker declar
ed that Christ should be given
preeminence and as a result di
vine guidance would be given
for future plans. The pastor,
Rev. S. G. Harness, presided.
A group of girls from Flora
MacDonald College gave selec
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WALLACE WOMAN BOOMED
FOR FEDERATION CHAIR
Indications this week from
Charlotte, where the North
Carolina Federation of Wom
en’s Clubs is in annual session,
are that the race for the pre
sidency of the organization is
now between Mrs. John D. Rob
inson, Wallace, and Mrs. H. G.
Etheridge, Asheville. The elec
tion is to take place tomorrow,
and while no conclusive predic
tion as to the outcome has de
veloped, it is understood the
local woman’s supporters take
pride in her commendable rec
ord as second vice-president
and chairman of districts.
Mrs. Estelle Smith Asserts Pen
sonality Paves Path to Sue*
cess; 300 4-H Members At
tend Meeting in Kenansville.
KENANSVILLE REWARDED
FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
King and Queen of Health. |
Are Crowned; Proficiency 1
Awards Presented / |
Personality opens the way ter
success, Mrs. Estelle T. Smith,.
| district home demonstration
| agent, told 300 members of Dup
j lin 4-H clubs assembled in j
Kenansville Saturday morning'
and afternoon in the annual
4-H Club Spring Rally.
Seven clubs were represent
ed, with Chinquapin reporting
the largest attendance. Demp
sey Simmons, president of the
Duplin 4-H club council, pre
sided along with the secretary,
Ellen Southerland. Greetings
were extended by Mrs. Hubert
Boney, president of the state
federation of home demonstra- -
tion clubs; J. E. Jerritt, mayor'
of Kenansville, and L. L. Me- -
Lendon, former Duplin farm
agent now connected with the
Resettlement Administration.
Ellen Southerland responded.
To have personality, and suc
cess, one must first have char
acter founded on good habits,
truthfulness; honesty to ones'
self as well as to others, de
pendability; courage, and am
bition, Mrs. Smith said in the.
featured address. Politeness:
and consideration of others and:
neatness in appearance are al
so Invaluable, she pointed out..
W. D. Reynolds, Duplin farm;
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Long Session Of
Court Underway
Officials Determined to Cleat
Docket; Road Sentences
Are Plentiful
What will probably be the
longest session of General
County Court held in this coun
ty in several months is in pro
gress at Kenansville this week
as a determined effort is be
ing made to clear the docket,
especially of those cases which
have been continued from time
to time during the past months.
Convening on Monday with a
jury present, the Court got
down to work with the result
that 27 cases had been dispos
ed of when it adjourned for
the day late yesterday after
noon. Nine out of the 27 de
fendants were given outright
| road sentences while several
! others receivd road sentences
i which were suspended on pay
ment of fines or other condi
tions. Of the large number of
cases reaching a jury every de
fendant was convicted except
one.
One case which attracted
more than unusual interest wps
that of W. E. Bowden, who was
charged with giving worthless
checks. When this case was
called the prosecuting witness
informed the Court that he
knew nothing about the charge,
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HENDERSON STATEMENT
REPORTS COLLECTIONS
Tax collections totalling: $10,
014.43, including $27.50 in
Schedule “B”, were reported
for last month by the office of
I. N. Henderson, Duplin tax
collector. The collections in
cluded:
1926, $10.30; 1927, $60.33;
1928, $63.67; 1929, $333.38;
1930, $201.08; 1931, $210.78;
1932, $239.87; 1933, $142.01;
1934, $475.05; 1935, $1,831.18;
1936, $6,419.28.