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Entered as Second Class Matter January 19, 1923,
at the Postoffice at Wallace, North Carolina, un
der the Act of March 3, 1879. _
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1937.
You never can tell when a storm will break.
Hint to graduates: Service is the basis of
success.
Carbon copies are sometimes dangerous pos
sessions.
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Advertising, to be effective, must be where
people will read it; have you ever heard your
neighbors requesting somebody to let them see
a circular that was thrown into the yard?
When the residents of this section of the
State learn to work together for the develop
ment of their basic interests they are more
than likely to find themselves more prosperous.
Farmers, as we gather it from the metropo
litan press, were designed to supply cheap food
and raw materials—it doesn’t make any differ
ence whether they make money on their opera
tions or not.
Dueling Is Silly
The revival of dueling at a junior college of
Loss Angeles strikes us as being particularly
silly, even though approved by the college dean
aid some other brothers and sisters.
If there is any sense in a blood-spilling duel
the American people took a long backward
step some years ago when they outlawed them.
That a few young fools delight in the “risk”
and fancy it courageous and brave in the eyes
of the co-eds is not an argument for dueling.
WPA Workers Make Demands
Every once in a while the news comes from
metropolitan areas of WPA workers and other
beneficiaries of governmental assistance organ
izing to resist what are termed “unfair’ policies.
We have all the sympathy in the world for
persons who have had to depend upon the Fed
eral government for a chance to work but we
have no sympathy whatever with their assump
tion that what the government began as a re
lief effort must be operated under conditions
and upon terms outlined by the beneficiaries of
the undertaking.
When the government went into the “busi
ness of relief,” it was feared by many observers
that it would have difficulty in terminating the
experiment as economic conditions improved.
This, it seems, will be the case, but there is
no basis for believing that relief propects should
be permanent in the United States.
j Radio Advances English
| Hie coronation of King George VI was not as
remarkable as the transmission of the cere
monial rites to listeners all over the world
js through the medium of the radio or the experi
i mental television-broadcast of the scene to some
thousands in scattered homes.
The British Empire probably owes its exis
• tence today to improved means of communica
tion and its future is brighter because the peo
ples of the huge realm can be brought togeth
| er to hear and some to see, their King and other
events of empire importance.
' Radio experts estimate that the coronation
Was audible to four-fifths of the potential lis
teners in the world when the London clock
struck ten a. m. on the historic day. In this
| country on the Atlantic Coast, it was five in the
morning and, on the Pacific, two a. m. But
Wgardless of the hour there were people around
the globe intently interested i nthe spectacle
every British clime gave ear to hear the
story that came from London.
It is an Interesting sidelight to observe that
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English-speaking people could understand
what was being said and to speculate upon the
tect that such radio broadcasts will ha.e a
tendency to make English the language of the
mortd. With the United States and Great Brit
leading the nations of the world it is inevit
that those who speak other tongues willi
interested in the language on the air.
Do Net Forget the Millions |
The newspapers seem inclined to center their
undivided attention upon the freaks and abnor
malities that astound their brothers and sisters
by their unusual activities. This is not entirely
a criticism of the press because, after all, the
public buys the kind of newspapers that the
people want and if there is blame to be attach
ed it should be tagged upon those who support
the newspapers that publish this kind of ‘news.”
Recently the newspapers have given us cop
ious columns about a young woman who killed
one child and tried to kill another because they
were in the way, blocking her romance with
another man. They have given us the details
of the killing of a mother who interfered with
the romance between her daughter and a young
man. Countless other crimes have been duly
spread in black ink for the benefit of those who
delight in reading the details.
Thoughtless men and women, reading of these
affairs, mumble to themselves, convinced that
the world is getting worse and worse and that
people are fast drifting into demons. They do
not stop to think that, among 130,000,000 peo
ple, there are always many millions of earnest,
heard-working and devout individuals, steadily
going about the main business of the race—
making the world better for those who live and
making life larger for those who come later.
By FRANK A. MONTGOMERY, JR., Staff Writer
What Good is Publicity?
This week’s celebration in Wallace, which
will be climaxed Friday with the visit of Mrs.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, will have a far
reaching effect on Wallace and all this section
—an effect the results of which cannot be fore
seen at this early date.
There are times, of course, when all the
hubbub and confusion attendant upon the stag
ing of such a mamoth celebration are in full
swing, when local people become tired and bor
ed with the proceedings for a time. The bally
hoo is tiresome, and, too, familiarity always did
breed contempt.
But it is a fact that the Town of Wallace
through the efforts of Mayor Harrell, and other
local citizens, has been and is receiving wide
spread publicity—publicity of the most favor
able sort and publicity that couldn’t have been
bought at any price.
There may be a question in the minds of
some people as to what earthly good such pub
licity can do them; how it will put cash in their
pockets, in other words. One way it can do
it is by bringing people in town with money to
spend. But by far the most effective manner
in which it can help them is in the attraction
to this section of people who have real money
to spend: manufacturers who might wish to
locate here and who would never have heard of
Wallace or Duplin county had it not been for
the fesitval and the publicity it gave the town.
It’s alright to scoff and laugh at any sug
gestion that such a thing as a manufacturer
being attracted here as a result of the festival
can happen, but why laugh? It can happen,
and it does happen. And it probably never
would happen unless some such means as re
presented by the festival were utilized to bring
to the attention of potential businessmen the
fact that a place like Wallace exists.
Here’s the way it works: Some man with
capital is looking around, we’ll say, for a place
to set up a canning plant. He wants a location
where the so-called raw product is easily ob
tainable. This means that he wants a place
in a good truck growing section; a place where
conditions are favorable to his business.
If he is thinking about locating in East Caro
lina we’ll say, there are any number of places
or localities where he could to advantage locate
such a business—that goes without saying.
Where, then, will this individual erect his can
ning plant? There’s but one answer: He’ll build
in the section that is best known to him, all
other things being equal. And how can we of
the Wallace section best make our section best
known? There is but one answer: by eternal
ly plugging away at some sort of advertising,
publicity program.
The Strawberry Festival is an ideal medium
for accomplishing this. This is true for the
simple reason that such an event is news, and
as news will be carried as news matter in many
newspapers, magazines, etc., free of charge. It
will identify Wallace as the place where it is
being held, and thousands will tell other thous
ands about the town, and somewhere, some
one, among these thousands will be the man
who is interested in industry in some manner.
This may not happen in a day. or a week or
a year, but that it will eventually happen need
not be questioned. And when it does happen
it will mean payrolls for Wallace, new residents,
and,- in the final analysis, more prosperity for
he citizens of the town. So we say this: Long
ive the Strawberry Festival idea.
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MAGNOLIA NSWS
Miss Geraldine Harris, of
Greenville, is visiting Miss Ma
vil Smith.
The revival at the Free Will
Baptist church will begin the
3rd Sunday night in this month.
The Pastor, Rev. K. D. Brown,
and his 17-year-old son, Marson,
a ministerial student, will do the
preaching.
Mrs. Tom Wilson and two chil
dren, Rachel and Joe, are visit
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Baker.
Jessie Rouse, Jr., of Dunn,
spent several days last week
with his aunt, Mrs. J. A. Smith.
Mr. Murphy Carr, of Rose
Hill, was in town Friday morn
ing.
Miss Celeste Lewis, of Salem
burg, visited Mrs. F. O. Hollings
worth last week.
Messrs. Shelton and John
Hunter arrived last week from
Medical College in Virginia to
spend vacation with their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Hunter.
Misses Mildred Hamilton, Ma
vil Smith, Louise Sanderson and
Bettisue Heath are at home from
E. C. T. C., Greenville. Miss
Bettisue will return in a few
days to attend summer school.
Miss Elizabeth Sanderson is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Herbert
Horne, of Goldsboro.
Rev. and Mrs. D. E. Hill, of
Portsmouth, Va., spent a few
days in town last week. They
were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Taylor.
Mrs. J. H. Weeks and Miss
Hazel Joyner, of Faison, spent
Sunday with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Joyner.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Vann, their
aunt, Mrs. Bancaum, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Eppes of Rocky Mount
were guests of Mrs. Horace Gro
ves Sunday, and Mr. and Mrs.
Groves went with them to the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Parker, in West Mag
nolia.
Mrs. P. J. Heath and daugh
ter, Miss Bettisue, spent Monday
in Goldsboro.
Alsa Gavin, who was president
of the Royal Ambassadors of
the Baptist church before go
ing to college, led the meeting
Sunday night and gave inter
esting historical facts on Italy,
emphasizing its religions, the be
ginning of Christianity and Pres
ent day religious conditions. He
held the complete interest of
the group of large intermediate
boys.
Girl’s Auxiliary Meets
The girl’s auxiliary of the Bap
tist church met Sunday morning
at the church with the presi
dent, Miss Alline Wilson, in the
chair.
The devotional was taken
from Revelation, 12:20. The to
pic was “Italy.”
Those taking part on the pro
gram were: Misses Audrey Mer
ritt, Hilda Gaylor, Mary Emma
Parker,. Betty Register, Elma
Earl H o 11 i n g s worth, Miriam
Tucker and Ouida Lucas. Miss
Alline Wilson told an interest
ing story of “Pedro Lost and
Found.’
The meeting was closed with
prayer,
Miss Martha Daii is at home
from Mars Hill College for vaca
tion.
Mr. J. P. Tucker and family
motored to Kinston Sunday af
ternoon to see Mrs. Henrietta
Bradshaw, who has been ill sev
eral years.
Friends of Mr. J. R. Croom
will be glad to know he was able
to attend a special meeting of
the County Board of Commis
sioners in Kenansville Monday,
first he has been able to attend
since he had the misfortune to
break his leg and he is getting
along nicely.
Miss Melrose Gaylor left Mon
day to visit her sisters Mrs. J.
O. Andrews of Raleigh and Mrs.
J. H. Alpers of Richmond.
Dr. Frederickson of New York
preached in the Methodist
Church Sunday night. He is of
an Evangelical church and as
sociated with the American Bi
ble and Tract Society.
Mrs. Dora Cox Herrin returned
to Goldsboro Monday after
spending few months with her
sisters Misses Ella and Macy
Cox and Mrs. Hattie Cox Gaylor.
Mr. Jim Ritter and Marson
Brown were delegates to the
Tree Mill Baptist union Meet
ing from Magnolia Church Fri
day to Sunday. It met near Clin
ton.
Alsa Garris arrived from Wake
Forest College Sunday P. M. to
spend the week with his mother,
Mrs. Clara Garris. He will return
Saturday for Summer School.
Misses Mary S. and Josephine
Wilkins, Mesdames Kenneth
Taylor, M. F. Tucker and Lv E.
Pope attended the Daughters of
American State meeting in Wil
mington Wednesday and Thurs
day, May 26-27. Messrs. Kenneth
Taylor and L. E. Pope went down
Wednesday night for the ban
quet. Miss Mary S. Wilkins, who
is State Counselor, presided.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Camache
and daughter Kathleen of Wil
mington spent Sunday afternoon
with her sister Mrs. C. V. Joy
ner.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wiggins
and Cabbot Wiggins, of Golds
boro, spent Sunday with her sis
ter, Mrs. Clara Gavin. They
motored to see Mrs Gavin’s dau
ghter, Mrs. Jack Bostic.
Misses Macy Cox, Alline Wil
son, Dorothy Register and Mrs.
Daisy Quinn attended the mis
sionary meeting in the Baptist
church in Kenansville Sunday
afternoon. Miss Cox had charge
of the meeting and spoke on the
$100,000 Club to pay the debt
on the Baptist mission Boards.
After explaining the need and
plans, four memberships were
taken in the Woman’s Mission
ary Society of the Kenansville
church, to pay $1.00 per month
over and above other pledges.
Presidents of Johnsons, Rose
Hill and Hallsville Societies
were present and each promis
ed to take the matter up with
their societies and other organ
izations of the churches. Miss
Cax is doing this special work
in the association and Wilming
ton Division, and will speak in
any churches who need her and
will pay her expenses to their
church. The spirit in the meet
ing Sunday was thoroughly co
operative.
—Welcome, Mrs. Roosevelt—
James Westbrook, of Chapel
Hill, John Ruark, of Hartford,
Conn., and Henry Ruark, of Ra
leigh, were recent guests of
Mrs. H. B. Dunn.
NOTICE
State of North Carolina,
County of Pender.
IN RE: A. S. Batson, Individual
ly, and as Administrator, D. B.
N., c. t. a., of the Estate of Levi
Batson, Kate Batson, Leo Bat
son, and George Batson, and Am
erican Agricultural Chemical
Company, and Pender County,
EX PARTE.
By virtue of and pursuant to
an order made at the March
Term, 1937, of the Superior
Court at Pender County, by His
Honor, G. Vernon Cooper, Spec
ial Judge assigned to hold said
Term, the undersigned will on
MON., JULY 5,1937, at 12 o’clock
noon, at the Courthouse Door in
Duplin County, dispose of and,
sell at Public Auction for cash
to the highest bidder, the fol
lowing described real estate, be
longing to Levi Batson, deceas
ed, lying and being in Duplin
County, North Carolina.
Said tracts of land will be sold
subject to all unpaid Duplin
County Taxes, and subject to
confirmation by the Superior
Court of Pender County in Term
time.
FIRST TRACT: Containing
332 acres, lying on Mill Branch,
and known as the J. H. Fonville
tract and a part of the Buck Hill
Tract, belonging to the Estate
[of Levi Batson.
SECOND TRACT: Adjoining
the above tract, and bounded on
the West and South by the Da
vid Wright lands and D. B. New
ton lands, on the North by Dav
id Wright, and on the North and
East by the First Tract above/
containing 55 1-2 acres, more or
less.
THIRD TRACT: Known as
the Bennett Tract, near Union'
Cross Roads, containing 33 acres,
more or less, and adjoining ffie
lmxta of Barr. -
This June 5th, 1937.
A. 8. BATSON, Receiver.
Leon L. Motte and
Clifton L. Moore, Attorneys.
June lO-lT-M-July 1 —866
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