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DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OK THE PBO PLE OP WALLACE AND DUPLIN COUNTY
WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1937.
NO. 31
Special Edition
Enterprise To
Boost Section
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* Issue Will Have Wide Distribu
tion Throughout Straw
berry Balt
Encouraged by the progress
x already made in the plans for
the 1Strawberry Festival, and
appreciating the potential pos
sibilities of making the cel*
bration this year the biggest
and best of any preceding one,
the Festival Committee, as well
as the entire local populace, is
looking toward the event with
v j keen anticipation . of its being
' what they are endeavoring to
make it.and that, the
biggest highlight in Wallace’s
career.
In keeping with jts ever-ex
isting policy to foster, and help
promote every worthy program
* {designated for the civic and
industrial development of Wal
lace, Duplin County and this
section, The Wallace Enterprise
is again this year planning its
biggest and bfst Festival Edi
tion, to appear on June 3rd,
and to fully exploit and depict
the Festival and to give wide
publicity to ity
Work on the edition is now
well under way, and the res
iponse of enthusiasm and co
operation accdrded the efforts
of the publishers, far, is,
indeed, inspiring ' ari«# gives
» promise that thin gear's Annual
Strawberry and Festival edi
tion will be the best yet, dpd
will 'be a major contributing
} factor in giving proper publi-j
city to the forthcoming event,
which is so essential to its ul
timate success.
The edition, aside from its
various Festival Features, will
also exploit Wallace as the
World’s Largest Strawberry
Market; will give a resume of
the history and development of
the crop in this section and its
present enviable status in the
world of marketing and con
sumption. The issue will also
feature Walace and Duplin
County and their civic and in-j
» dustrial status and possibili-j
ties, and will contain a general
resume of Wallace’s business
and professional and indurate!
interprises, in a special editor*
A ial article.
The edition will be published
on June 3rd, just a few days
prior to the opening of the Fes
tival on June 7th. Thousands
of copies will be distributed,
covering Duplin and its sister
counties and going also into
channels designed to give the
jnaximum publicity bene% to
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Berry Industry
Shown In Photos
Wide Publicity Being Given to
Local Strawberry Mar
ket by Newspapers
A whole page of photographs,
depicting tbe strawberry indus
try in and around WSpRee, was
carried in the NeM and Ob
server the past Sunday. The
photographs were taken by a
special correspondent of the
Observer who was in Wallace
the past week and presented
the industry in an effective and
attractive manner.
Photographs were taken of
the pickers in the field, the auc
tion block, and other scenes.
One especially good shot was a
close-up of a crate of strawber
ries, behind which crouched a
little pickaniny.
Although long a familiar
sight to people of this section,
the many activities attendent
upon the production and distri
bution of the strawberry crop
is of grea interest to people in
other sections, if the wide pub
licity given the industry by,
many newspapers is any indi-j
cation.
Motorcade Goes
OnTourTuesday
| Twelve Cars And Sound Truck
Start On Tour of 56 Caro
lina Towns
I Next Tuesday morning, May
18th,. at 8o’clock, the motorcade
'which is destined to play such
. a big part in acquainting the
: I people of the state with Wal
'I lace’s great celebration, will
[iget underway with a full com
piemen t of twelve automobiles,
1 26 people and a sound truck foi
| broadcasting the program, ii
was today stated by H. B. Dunn,
Secretary and Treasurer of the
1 Festival.
f The procession will leave
* Wallace and return on the same
1 day of the 18th, but on the
’ 19th the group will go out in
the morning, travelling as fai
, north as Franklin, Va., where
1 its members will spend the
| night, returning to Wallace on
the 20. Then, on the 21st it
l will again set out to cover
1 towns to the south and west
1 of the strawberry capital, and,
1 its work completed, erturn fin
ally to Wallace.
’ The motorcade will stop a
’ short while in each town or
! city visited, and during each
stop Mayor Harrell will broad
cast an invitation to the citett
zry to attend the festival in
Wallace during he festivities.
The members of the group will
1 then entertain the spectators
with th official son an&ia&aic
broadcast over the sound truck
belonging to the Arcadian Ni
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Berry Markets
Have Busy Week
Local Market Handled 51,566
Crates in Six-Day Period
Ended Yesterday
Continued favorable weather
during the past week has result
ed in a steady increase in the
volume of berries being deliv
ered to the markets of this sec
tion, a survey of the leading
delivery points revqahed yester
day .. .
As is usually the case, Mon
days are thd biggest days and
the one just past proved no
exception. From early morn
ing until after dark vehicles of
every kind and description
formed almost a steady line,
sometimes blocks long, as they
awaited their turn at the auc
tion shed. A total of 12,364
orates were auctioned off on
the Wallace market alone on
ijjjfais day while Rose Hill, the
'o^j*er big market in the Coun
ty, disposed of 3001 prates.
While prices were not quite as
high as during the previous
week, growers seemed very
well pleased with receipts.
Deliveries on the Wallace
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Wallace Woman
Honored By PTA
Mrs. J. S. Blair Elected Third
Vice-President of State
Organization
eral years, is now serving her
fourth term as president of the
Southeastern District, a post
which she will hold until her
successor is named in October.
Her new position will place her
in charge of educational acti
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Sit-Down Strike Spreads To
Duplin Strawberry Fields;
Strikers Receive 30 Days
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Following their demand for higher wages and subsequent
threats made against their employers, a group of Winston-Salem
strawberry pickers this week found themselves faced with 30
day sentences on the roads of Duplin County. The road sen
| tenses wena handed .out to nine Of the negroes, while In the
{case of two others, a negro woman and i 10-year old boy, the
; woman mas given five days in |ail and the boy allowed to re
turn to his game.
The negroes, eleven in all,
had been employed as pickers
cn the strawberry fnrm of Ed
: ward and Norwood Williams,
near Wallace, and when it- came
time to go to the fields Monday
morning informed their employ
ers in an insolent manner that
i they would not- pick the berries
| ifor less than three cents a
quart. This unreasonable de
mand was refused by the Wil
( Hams, whereupon the spokes
‘men of the striking group de
Imanded in no uncertain terms
to be returned to Winston-Sal
em at once.
Later on in the day, the pick
ers threatened to kill Mr. Wil
liams if their demands were not
met without further delay, and
proceeded to smash up some of
the furniture in their quarters,
including an oil stove, beds,
chairs, etc.
Realizing that the situation
was steadily increasing in ten
seness and might very easily
turn into a really serious mat
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Patrons of Willard School
Protest Move to Penderlea
Would Rebuild Plant Recentlj
Destroyed by Fire or Go t«
Wallace; Money for Plan!
Available.
Voicing their opposition to
any plan which would mean
l giving up their school, appro
ximately 75 residents of the
i Willard section, in a mass meet
i ing held in the Presbyterian
church there last night united
in an effort to work out some
plan whereby they could main
tain thetr >jMnentary unit and
continue tne practice of send
ing high school pupils to Wal
lace as heretofore.
The mass meeting last nighl
was the result of the Pendei
County Board of Education’!
plan to consolidate the Willard
unit with 'the new school te
be established at Penderlea
Under the proposed plan boti
the Willard and Watha schools
would be abandoned and pupils
from these districts transport
ed to Penderlea.
It was brought out- in th«
meeting last night that a suit
able building could be erected
at Willard without additional
cost to taxpayers since th«
building recently destroyed bj
fire was covered by insurance
to the amount of $1,700.00, and
in addition the district had tc
its credit aproximately $2,700.00
which had been collected in
I taxes on an old bond issue for
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iWave Term And
Have Cases Tried
Several Defendants Sent to The
Roads This Week By
Judge Blanton
Several cases, in which de
fendants waived the term, have
been disposed of by Judge Blan
ton of the General County Court
this week.
Brought before Judge Blan
ton Monday, David Fennell,
charged with possession of
whiskey for the purpose of sale
and carrying a concealed wea
pon, tendered a plea of guilty
to possessing whiskey on which
the tax had not been paid and
not guilty on the concealed|
weapon charge. He was ad
judged guilty on the latter
charge and received a six
months road sentence. Willie
Brinson was tried on the same
day on a charge of possessing
whiskey for the purpose of sale
Dn which the tax had not been
paid, was declared guilty and
also received a six-months road
sentence.
On Tuesday Odock Brinson’
faced Judge Blanton on a
charge of operating an auto
while intoxicated. In this case
Jie defendant pled guilty to op
erating an auto on the public
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VIRGINIA MARTS OPEN
It was learned here today
that berry markets along the
Eastern Shore of Virginia
opened the past Monday, with
j receipts small, due to cold
and unseasonable weather
j throughout the Virginia
j strawberry belt.
Farmers began bringing in
l their berries to the auction
blocks at seven different
paints, and the prices were
said to be running fairly
high, or from $5 to $6.25 per
crate.
PenclerHea Scouts
Hold W eeklyMeet
Discuss Plan for Participation
In Pageant to Be Held
Next Month
The Girl Scouts of Penderlea
Farms held their regular week
ly meeting at the home of their
captain, Mrs. Bruno Van Ba
vel, Jr., last Thursday after
noon.
Three new members, Nell
Lefler, Maxie Carmichael, and
Carleen Prevate, were welcom
ed by the troop.
| Require ments for Second
Class badges were discussed,
three being discussed somewhat
j in detail by aid of the hand
book. These were nature study,
astronmy, and health. Signal
ing and the Morse code were
also discussed, along with plans
for the Girl Scouts’ part in the
pageant to be given in Mrs.
■Roosevelt’s honor June 11. They
will act as ushers and aid in
looking after the handicraft ex
hibit.
Scouts attending the meeting
were: Mary Ruddell, Edith La
! than, Marjorie Tyler, Esther,
■ Lois, and Iva Pearl Whitefield,
I the three new members, and
the chaptain.
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Harrell Appeals \
To Local People j
Both as Mayor of the Town
of Wallace, and as a private
citizen, I, J. Aubrey Harrell,
as a result of definite assur
ance that Mrs. Eleanor Roose
velt, Governor and Mrs. Hoey,
Governor Johnson of South
Carolina, Senator Robert- R.
Reynolds, Congressman Bar
den, General McCloskey, and
many other notables will visit
Wallace on June Eleventh,
do urge and request that each
and every adult and child in
our midst give, as I am sure
they will, unstintingly of
their time and skill in an ef
fort to properly place every
lot and parcel of land in and
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Test Farm Holds
Strawberry Day
Growers and Farm Workers
Given An Opportunity to
Study Work
Last Tuesday, at the Coastal
("Plain Experiment Station at
Willard, fanners from many
parts of North Carolina were
.given an opportunity through*
out the day to examine and
hear discussions on 200 crosses
of strawberries, any one of
' which could, quite possibly, re
volutionize the strawberry in
■ dustry in the strawberry belt,
I it was said.
The day was officially known
, as “Strawberry Day,” and en
, thusiastic farmers and exten
| sion workers from many sec
tions took full advantage of
jthis opportunity to walk
r! through the testing acres and
i view the work being carried on.
As they passed from plot to
plot of the growing berries, fed
eral experts, and the Hon. W.
Kerr Scott, Commissioner of
Agriculture, with F. E. Miller,I
Director of . Test Farms, gave
short lectures on the various!
activities as represented by the
strawberries being examined.
Visitors came and went all
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Negro Held For
Tin City Theft
Thomas Harris, Oxford Negro,
Steals Quantity of Mer
chandise
Thomas Harris, out-of-town
negro, was arrested last Satur
day in Wallace, by Patrolman
Jackson, and placed in jail in
Kenansville, where he is being
held for appearance before
Judge Blanton at the next term
of Recorder’s Court. i
Harris, who is from Oxford,
! stole a pair of overalls from
King’s store at Tin City. On
Thursday, again at Tin City,
the negro entered the store of
Arthur Raynor, and stated to
the lady clerk that he wished to
buy a few items of merchan
dise on credit. Being refused,
he addressed an uncomplimen
tary remark to the clerk, took
a bag and proceeded to fill it
with eggs. Then taking up a
sack of meal he marched out
of the store.
Saturday, the negro was spot
ted standing on a street cor
ner in Wallace as though no
thing had happened, and officer
Jackson made the arrest.
Appeal Made By
Security Board
■
Wade Asks Employers to Coop
erate With Agency by
Returning Cards
Employers having in their
possesion social security ac
count number cards were ad
vised today by the Social Se
curity Board that the cards
should be turned over prompt
ly to the individuals to whom
they belong.
The account number cards,
are the property of employees I
to whom they were issued, and!
the cards should be at all times
in the possession of employees,
who are cautioned to preserve
them carefully, Mr. Stacy W.
Wade, in charge of the Social,
Security Board office at Raleigh,!
emphasized.
Instances in which the cards
are being retained by employ
ers have been brought to the
attention of the Board, Mr.
Wade said. This has happen
ed, Mr. Wade explained, in
cases where employers held the
cards sent to them by post of
fices for distribution to em
ployees, and where new employ
ees have given their cards to
employers so that the account
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Arrangements For Festival
Are Rapidly Rounding Out
Vaccinate Dogs
Now Carr Warns
'New Appointment* for Coming
Week Announced by Dup
lin Health Gflicer
Calling attention to the law
which provide* a penalty foi
failure to vaccinate dogt
against rabies, Dr. R. L. Carr
of the Duplin County Health
| Department, announced this
, week that three more appoint
iments for various towns in the
I county had been made.
I On Friday, May 21, Dr. A. H.
Kerr will be at the following
places, and requests that own
ers of animals in those sections
tc be on hand with their dogs,
so that as many as possible may
be inoculated: Chinquapin, 10
12 noon; Halisvliie, 12:30 P. M.
to 2:00 P. M.; Beulaville, 3:00
P. M. until 5:00 P. M.
There is a charge of fifty
cents made for each vaccina
tion, it was pointed out, but
this sum is deducted from the
owner’s tax, provided a certifi
cate of vaccination, signed by
the vaccinator, is presented.
Since the danger of rabies
infection is much greater in
the warmer months of the year,
it should be a matter of ex
treme importance to every own
er of a dog in Duplin County
to have the vaccination of their
dog, or dogs, attended to with
the least possible delay.
freight Service
Restored Here
Shippers Notified of Intention
to Continue Fast Freight
By Coast Line
Following recent meetings be
tween produce shippers in this
section, Coast Line officials and
a representative of the Inter
state Commerce Commission,
local produce brokers were no
tified by the railroad Monday
that the expedited freight ser
vice was being restored immed
iately.
The service, which has been
in effect on this road during
the trucking season for the
past several years, was not
available at the beginning of
the season and resulted in a
storm of protest being filed
with the railroad and later with
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission who sent a representa
tive to this section to make an
investigation. Whether or not
restoration of the servics was
the result of his visit could not
be ascertained.
The protest meetings, which
were held in Wallace, were at
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! R. H. Stevens Dies
Of Heart Attack
-
Was Well Known Here As Li
quidating Agent For
Bank of Duplin
Stricken with a heart attack,
Rufus H. Stevens, liquidating
agent for the state banking de
partment, died at his Golds
boro home early last Tuesdayj
morning. Funeral services were
held yesterday afternoon.
The deceased was well known
in Wallace, as he was at one
time liquidating agent for the
Bank of Duplin, and hiB loss
comes as a distinct shock to his
many friends here. |
There was no one in the house,
at the time of the attack, his.
wife having been taken for]
treatment to a Goldsboro hos-,
pital, but Mr. Stevens was able
to phone for a doctor before
death claimed him. I
Mr. Stevens is survived by
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Individuals in Charge Of Van
ious Activities Are Fast
Smoothing Out TroubleeomS
Details.
SOUND EXPERT ENGAGED
FOR AUDITORIUM SYSTEM
Fifty Highway Patrolmen As>
signed to Duty in Wallace
During Week ;
| With the arrival in Wallaco
, today of the corps of assistants
for Fred R. W. Heh, engaged
. by the Festival Committee to
take charge of the decoration
for the Third Annual Straw
berry Festival, work of trans
forming the great Brick Ware
house into a showpiece of
splendor has gotten under way
with a vengeance. Decorations,
[consisting of flags, bunting,
| lights, etc., are already on
|hand, announced Chairman
[ Harrell, and things are begin
ning to hum.
wiring m the warehouse wa»
I completed the past week, space
laid off for booths, and the ac
tual work of beautifying the
structure and building the stage
is now proceeding at a rapid
pace. An office has been in
stalled in the warehouse, and
most any day now the genial
Chairman of the Strawberry
Festival may be seen there
busily engaged in attending te
the thousand and one detail*
ncessary to the successful stag
ing of the big show which starts
June 7th and lasts the entire
■_• - v
rams are also being rapidly
worked out, according to Mr.
H. B. Dunn, Secretary and
Treasurer of the Strawberry
Festival, and are under the di
rection of the following ladies
and gentlemen who are giving
wholeheartedly of their tint
and efforts: Mrs. Ger. R. War4
is arranging costumes and de
tails incidental to the crown
ing of the Queen on Friday
night; J. S. Blair and Robert
M. Carr will sell tickets at the
front door of the festival au
ditorium each night during the
festival week; Luther B. Pow
ell and W. G. Wells are to han
dle the reserved seat tickets;
and Mrs. A. J. Cavenaugh,
through the cooperation of
Will Rehder, Wilmington flor
ist, will furnish and arrange
the flowers for decorating the
stage Wednesday night and al
so on Friday night for the
crowning of the Queen. Mrs.
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To Visit In Duplin
Representatives of State Com
mission to Canvass Em- ;
ployers in County
Details of the various prog
Employment Men
. Field representatives of the
i North Carolina Unemployment
I Conpensation Commission are
at present engaged in an effort
to make a final cleanup of all
the counties in the State, Chair
man Charles G. Powell, of the
Commission, has announced.
During the first six weeks of
their actiivty, the field men vi
sited the counties containing
the largest number of indue-*
trial and commercial employing
units, such as Wake, Guilford,
Forsyth, Mecklenburg, and etc.
Completing their work in these
districts, the representatives
were then slit into two groups,
one for the eastern part of the
State and one for the western
portion.
Brooks Price, Waxhaw, and
Malcolm Young, Durham, are ;
the two Field Representatives,
assigned to Duplin and other
counties in this section, and
their work in this district was
begun the past Tuesday. It is '
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