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OLDEST NEWSPA PEE PUBLISHED Of DDF LIN COON TT. ' The Wallace Enterprise DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OK THE PEOPLE OF WALLACE AND DUP* COUNTY OUK WILL APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS. VOL. XV. WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1937. No. 27 General County Court Sessions Ended Thursday One of the Longest Sessions 4 Held In Recent Months Dis posed Of a Record Number of Cases Last Week. FOUR DIVORCES GRANTED BY COUNTY TRIBUNAL Total of 35 Criminal Actions Handled In Addition to Divorces Granting four divorces and wading through the largest number of criminal actions handled in several months, the regular monthly sessfon of General County Court was fin ally adjourned last Thurs day afternoon after having been in session at Kenansville four full days. The use of a jury at this term for the first '* time in several months helped prolong the session but result ed in a large number of cases, which had cluttered the docket-' for months, being disposed of. j All told 35 criminal actions were disposed of during the time court was in session with nine defendants being sentenc ed to the roads. Several other defendants received suspended sentences while others were or dred to pay heavy fines in ad dition to court cost. Divorces were granted the following at this session: W. H. * Hines from Cherry Hines on the grounds of two years sep aration; Arthur Ferrell from Julia Mae Davis Ferrell on the grounds- of tvfo years separa tion ; Jerry Teachey from Ruby Teachey on the grounds of adultery; Janie Dixon from Isaac Dixon on the grounds of two years separation. Other cases disposed of and not reported in this newspaper last week were as follows: Thirty days on the roads with judgment being suspend ed for two years on good behav ior and payment of the cost, was the sentence imposed on John Miller, who was charged ■* with drunk and disorderly con duct, resisting arrest, using (Please Turn to Last Page) WARDEN CITES LAW ON ' SETTING WOODS FIRES Permits must be secured to burn any areas of woodlands under the protection of the State Forest Service between April 1 and June 15, and Octo ber 15 and December 1, it was reminded this week by C. D. English; district forest warden. Such permits may be secured, free of 'charge, from the State Forester or any of his authoriz ed agents.' ’* ’ Persons setting fire to an area will be guilty of a mis demeanor, according to the re cent legislation. f ' Baptist Women In MountOliveMeet Representatives of 39 Counties Attend Associational Union Over 150 delegates from 39. missionary societies in the Eas tern Baptist Association attend * ed the annual meeting of the Associational Union in Mount Olive Thursday. The program was featured by addresses, die 's,- cussions, conferences and a picnic dinner. On the program were Mrs. 3. L. Powers, Beulaville; Mrs. * George Pollock, Warsaw; Miss Macy Cox, Magnolia; Mrs. Hale Herring, Rose Hill; Mrs. R. C. g Foster, Warsaw; Rev. J. C. Powell, a missionary to Africa and a native of Duplin; Mrs. J. Clyde Turner, Greensboro, and Mrs. Edna R. Harris, Ral T eigh. Consideration Of Fatalities Asked Mayor Joins in Asking Public Thought on Highway Accidents Taking cognizance of the in creasingly appalling number of automobile deaths, Mayor J. Aubrey Harrell this week is sued a proclamation aimed at setting a time for all people, and motorists especially, to consider, too, the circumstan ces of highway fatalities. The official proclamation is as follows: “The appalling number of preventable accidents and creasingty appalling number of our community, State and Na tion has become a menace of major concern to all the people. Our beautiful threads of travel, designed for pleasure and trade have been converted by the (Please Turn to Page Eight) Will Bait Rats Here Tomorrow Approximately 200 Pounds of Poisoned Bait Will Be Used in Drive A determined drive to rid the town of rats will be launched here tomorrow when approxi mately 200 pounds of baited poison will b e. distributed throughout the town. The cam paign will be under the direc tion of the County Health' de partment and the Department of Agriculture who are asking that the citizenry arrange to be at home during the after noon to assist the workers in placing the poison in the most effective manner. In discussing the local cam paign today, W. D. Reynolds, County Agent, stated that the poison to be used was harmless to other animals but that these should be confined while the poison is out since the bait in which the poison is secreted is necessarily of the type that other animals like and conse quently would be devoured by them before the rats had a chance at* it. The campaign here follows closely on the heels of similar campaigns conducted in several other sections of the county and which have been very suc cessful. A series of meetings held throughout the county late in March at which the doctrine of rat control was preached by (Please turn to Last Page) ROSE HILL SCHOOL NOW HOLDING FINAL EVENTS Rose Hill, April 13.—Com mencement exercises of the lo cal high school are in progress this week. The senior class exercises were presented Fri day evening, the high school music recital Monday evening, and Rev. S. G. Harness preach ed the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday evening. Graduation j exercises are to be held Wed nesday evening of this week1 and at that time State Superin tendent of Public Instruction, Clyde Erwin, will deliver the address. WARSAW MAN LAYS CLAIM TO HITCH HIKING RECORD •Warsaw, April 13.—T. W. Waters claims the record Mileage for any hitch hiker between any two towns—21, 000 miles in a little over three years. Waters lives in Warsaw and works with the welfare department in Kenansville, where he has been employed since 1933. He commutes to and from his work by means of the thumb signaL Few times has he missed getting a ride all the way. Finals Clement High School UnderWay Here This Week Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday Afternoon Formally Ushered in Commencement Period for Local School; Recital, Oper etta, Pageant Already Held. DIPLOMAS BE DELIVERED TO GRADUATES TUESDAY Dr. J. Henry Highsmith Select ed to Deliver Address to Graduating Class “I’ll be somebody; I’ll aim at something high; I’ll do some thing, should be the motto of each individual,,” Rev. E. C.j Few, pastor of Edenton Street Methodist Church, Raleigh, told the graduating class of the lo cal high school Sunday after noon as he delivered the bac calaureate sermon to the more than 40 members and an au dience which overflowed the school auditorium. Using \as his Subject “The Challenge of a Big Job”, the minister point ed the way for the young man or woman just leaving high school as he admonished them that there was nothing too high to aim at or nothing too high to aspire to. “Make up your mind to be of some account to the world and the world will welcome you”, he said. The baccalaureate sermon formally ushered in the com mencement season for the local school. Monday night- Miss Nancy Conduff presented her music pupils in a recital which was w**ll, received by an appre ciative audience. Tuesday night CPIease turn te Last’Page) Cameron Writes Via Enterprise Informs Friends of News and Interesting Sidelights At Orphanage Beginning his letter with the note characteristic of most na tives npw living in other parts, Tom H. Cameron, formely of the Coastal Plain Experiment^ Station, Willard, but now chief i of the swine and dairying de partments of Oxford Orphan age, Oxford, wrote this week: “Prolong my subscription one dollar’s worth. We find The Enterprise aids in keeping us in touch with home.” A special invitation for Mas ons of this section to attend the pilgrimage of the Grand Lodge to the Orphanage on April 21 was extended by Cam eron, who added that Guy Lom bardo, nationally known orches tra leader, would play for an American Legion dance in Ox ford on the night of June 2. Miss Mary Emily Carr, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Carr, Wallace, will become a member of the faculty of Ox ford Orphanage next Fall, Cam eron said he understood. She is at present a member of the Atkinson faculty. In discussing his own work Cameron stated his department “killed, dressed and smoaked over 26,000 pounds of meat last Fall.” Approximately 100 gallons of milk are used daily by the institution, he added. REVIVAL AT METHODIST CHURCH IS CONCLUDED One of the most successful revivals conducted here at the Methodist Church was conclud ed Sunday by Rev. E. C. Few, pastor of Edenton Street Meth odist Church, Raleigh. Ser vices each afternoon and night were well-attended. Mr. Few’s presentments and logical analy sis were the cause of much 'fa vorable comment from those at tending. The pastor, Rev. E. C. Maness, assisted in the ser vices. FIRST LADY COMING? A news item, originating: m Raleigh and carried in to day’s Wilmington News, in dicates that Mrs. Roosevelt has definitely decided to at tend the Strawberry Festival to be held this season— Ac cording to the article in The News Mrs. Roosevelt will visit Penderlea Homesteads ajso while in this section. An elaborate program for her entertainment is now being worked out at the homesteads project, the ar ticle said. Additional Soil Checks Received Payments to Duplin Farmers Now Above Hundred and Sixty Thousand Mark Receipt of another batch of 115 soil conservation checks representing $9,189.85, was an nounced at the County Agent’s office today. This is the third batch of checks to be received in this county recently and far mers who are getting them are finding that the money they re present is coming in mighty handy in getting them started on another crop year. To date, according to figures released by the County Agent, Duplin farmers who cooperated in the soil conservation prog ram, last- year have deceived checks totalling $160,374.93. While this amount represents the greater part of the money due Duplin fanners for their cooperation in the program, there is still a few more checks yet to come in and these are expected shortly. SOUTHERLAND HOME IS DESTROYED BY FLAMES Fire from an unknown origin completely destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hyden South erland on Highway 40, east of Willard early Monday morn ing. Nothing was saved, ex cepting a radio, bed covering, and a few articles of clothing. The loss was not covered by in surance. Mrs. Southerland and three small children were alone at the time, as Mr. Southerland is employed at Carolina Beach. The blaze occurred around one o’clock. Arrange Dates In Rabies Campaign Health Officer List Places At Which Veterinary Surgeon Will Innoculate Dogs The annual drive to have dogs in this county innoculated against rabies in accordance with the law will get underway tomorrow, according to Dr. R. L. Carr, county health officer, who this week announced a partial list of appointments to be filled by a veterinary sur geon who will have charge of :he work. In announcing the drive this week Dr. Carr pointed out the' necessity of complying with the law, which carries a penalty for those found guilty of at tempting to evade it. He also emphasized the effect 100 per cent innoculations will have on stamping out rabies in the State, pointing to the results obtained in some foreign coun tries where comptilsory inno culations has resulted in rabies becoming practically unknown. Wholehearted cooperation on (Please Turn to Last Page) Fatally Injured In Auto Crash California Child Meets Death Within Few Miles of Grandparents’ Home Warsaw, April 15. — Cleo Jones, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jones of San Diego, Calif., died here early yesterday as a result of injuries sustained in an auto mobile accident on the Clinton Warsaw highway late Tuesday night. The child, who suffered in ternal injuries and was badly crushed when her mother’s ca-r overturned while passing an other car, was brought to a hotel here and died before she could be moved to a hospital. Mrs. Jones, wife of a seaman on the U. S. S. Milwaukee at San Diego, was en route to Beulaville, her former home, to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brinson, when the acci dent occurred. She was within 25 miles of her destination af-i ter a 3,000-mile motor trip. She lost control of her carj as she attempted to pass an-j other. The car swerved off the road and overturned as she sought to right- it. A trunk in the car struck the child as the machine overturned, crushing her body. Mrs. Jones was uninjured, as was a son, a few years older than Cleo. Funeral services for the lit tle victim were held this after noon from the home of the grandparents, and and Mrs. Frank Brinson, near Beulaville and interment was made in the family cemetery. —-si— Announce Finals For Chinquapin Edgecombe Official to Deliver Baccalaureate; Two Plays Are Scheduled The commencement program for Chinquapin High School, to begin Sunday morning with the baccalaureate sermon, was an nounced Monday by D. D. Blan chard, principal. The annual program will be brought to a close on the night of April 23. N. E. Gresham, superinten dent of Edgecombe county schools, is to deliver the annual sermon to those graduating Sunday morning at 11 o’clock in the high school auditorium. The high school play, “Romance in a Boarding House”, will be presented on the following ev ening at 7:30 o’clock. Those to take part include Bertie Hen derson, Oscar Brock, Viola Batchelor, Thelbert Fountain, Sadie Edwards, Wilbur Sholar, Jackson Andrews, Iris Brown, Libby Futreal, Haywood Cot (Please turn to Page Eight) TEACHEY COMMENCEMENT WILL BE HELD WED. NIGHT Commencement exercises of the Teachey school will be held on the night of April 21, at 8:15 o’clock, it was announced this week. R. R. Hawfield, well known attorney and former professor of law at Miami Uni versity, is scheduled to deliver the address. RECRUITING CHIEF IS HEARD HERE MONDAY Boys in the junior and senior classes of Clement High School,■ Wallace, Monday morning I heard S. S. Hagwood, chief of. the Navy Recruiting Station,! Wilmington, discuss retirement; benefits afforded by the United States Navy. The speaker, whose district includes Duplin and Pender, added that the dis trict quota for this month is five, but an increase is expected after July. The recruiting of fice is 337 in the Customhouse, Wilmington. Local Berry Mart Expected To Open Season Next Week Duplin Girl Wins In Music Contest Rose Hill Girl Scores Victory In District Meet; Eenter State Contest Rose Hill, Apr. 13.—Miss Anna Catherine Barden, pupil in the local school, was winner in a district contest in piano play ing, heid in Fayetteville last Friday. Miss Baroen, a music pupil of Mrs. H. C. Marshall, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T A. Barden. "Winning in the district con test entitled Miss Barden to participate in the state contest to be held in Greensboro at an early date. N.C.FarmBureau Arranges Meets New Bern and Wilmington Se lected for Meetings to be Held on April 19 Arran g e m e n t s have been made by the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation for two meetings relating particu larly to truck crops, it was an nounced by the County Agent today. The first meeting is scheduled for New Bern, in the courthouse on Monday, April 19, while the other will be held in Wilmington at 7:30 P. M. on the sanm. day. * Mr. Reynolds stated tlmt the lifftcr ^netting would be the one most gener ally attended by Duplin far mers. The meetings, it is under stood, are being arranged by E. Y. Floyd of State College who will have charge of the 1937 program and who is ex pected to be present. W. R. Ogg, national secretary of the Farm Bureau Federation, is al so scheduled to be present and address the gathering. In announcing the meetings it was stated that officials were particularly anxious that the county truck committee and as many other farmers as possi ble, regardless of whether they grow truck or not, attend the meeting. It was also suggested that the county truck commit tee hold a meeting in advance and outline any ideas that they may have relative to conditions of the industry. While notice of the proposed meetings has only recently been received by the County Agent, he stated today that in his op inion Duplin would be well represented at the Wilmington meet. PENDER COMMISSIONERS ELECT COUNTY MANAGER In accordance vith recent le gislation Pender county is now operating under a county man ager system, S. G. Hayes, mem ber of the board of commission ers, having been named to that, post. A law enacted during the last! session of the General Assem bly provided that the board elect one of its members to the effice. WHATSIT? Joe Savage brought to Wal lace Monday two red fungus growths of grotesque propor tions and design, which he plucked from a maple log in Rockfish Swamp a year ago. He first saw the sanguine fungosity 10 years ago, when half thei* present size. To day each resembles innum erably entwined fingers. . Board of Trade Sets No Deft* nite Date for Opening btit Stands Ready to Inaugurate Auction System When Neces sity Arises. FIFTEEN CRATES HAVE BEEN SOLD THIS WEEK Price Ranges From $6.90 to $10.25 for Offerings In 24-Quart Crates With a few scattering: crates of strawberries beginning to find their way to the local mar ket, indications now are that the movement will be well un derway within the next ten days if favorable weather pre vails. However, this is prob lematical and growers and buy ers alike are loath to hazard s guess as to when the movement will reach even a 100-crate a day point here. The first crate of berries for the 1937 season was sold hero Friday by T. S. English, the 24 quart crate bringing 35 cents per quart. Since that time 15 additional crates have found their way to the local market and have brought from $6.90 to $10.25 per crate. This is the first season that the 24-quart crate has been used here and indications are that it is beinjg favorably received. In discussing the market op ening today, local produce brok ers stated that the auction mar ket would be opened just as quickly as the movement of berries justified, probably bjf next Thursday. iTlnil nnuidTfl however, are of tb» ©piawfalhab auction sales would not be held before Monday week, April 26 The first date will be observed^ they state, if the movement cor responds to former seasons when usually there is less than ten days difference between tbs time the first crate appears and movements reach the point thaf auction sales become necessary^ This has been an unusual sea* son, however, it is pointed out, and the fruit might not ripen enough to justify auction sales (Please turn to Last Page) ROSE HILL P. T. A. HOLDS LAST MEETING OF YEAR Rose Hill, April 13.—The lo cal jP. T. A. held its last meet ing of the year on Tuesday night of last week. Mrs. J*. S. Blair, of Wallace, president of the Southeastern district P. T. A., was present at this meet ing. New officers installed were: president, Miss Mildred Stan ley; vice-president, Mrs. W. L Rouse; secretary, Miss Caro line Brinkley; treasurer, Mrs. W. B. Herring, historian, Miss Verna Teachey. The officers were installed by Mrs. Blair. TEACHEY MAN SUCCUMBS AFTER SHORT ILLNESS Funeral services for Paul Carr, 49-year-old Teachey man who succumbed to Pneumonia at his home Saturday after a short illness, were conducted at the grave in the Sloan ceme tery near Magnolia Sunday af ternoon at 2:00 o’clock by Rev. S. G. Harness, pastor of Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church, of which the deceased was a mem ber. Pallbearers were, Jfoseph Wallace, Johnny Dixon, J. H Mallard, Fennell Fufcureal, Er nest Dixon, and Johnny Kilpat rick. Surviving the deacesed la the widow, the former Eva Dixon, and six children. He is also survived by three sisters and ;wo brothers, Mrs. Josey Wells, reachey; Mrs. Roland Wells ind Miss Jenny Carr, Wallace; Rufus Carr, Magnolia, and J. J. Carr, Washington, D. C.
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