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Devoted To The Best Interests Of The People Of Wallace And Duplin County WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JiIlY 22, 1937. ■ „ -■ —■ ' -m.!. ..' ■■■■ ■— , _ Two Die As Result Of Highway Accidents In County Tins Week Two Children, 11 ffears and 18 Months Old Respective ly, Meet Peath in Separate Accidents on Highways. ONE KILLED IN CRASH, ANOTHER WAS AT PLAY Coroner’s Inquest Into Deaths Will be Completed On. Saturday Two dead and one seriously injured was Duplin’s contribu tion to the State’s highway fat ility toll during the past few days. Fred Kennedy, 11-year-old son of Marshall Kennedy of the Cab in section of the Codnty, died early Sunday afternoon of injur ies sustained Saturday when the car in,which he was riding with his fattier is alleged to have been struck by one operated by Her bert Branch, prominent negro of the Pink Hill section. The elder Kennedy was also badly injured but it is thought will recover. Occupants of the ne gro car were reported to have escaped injury. f According to reports of the ac cident, the Kennedy car-was be ing operated on the hard sur faced highway when it was struck by the Branch car which entered theh ighway from a side road. The car is said to have (Please turn to Laqt Page) LOCAL BO iSt T. H. F. Selected members from the lore than 800 girls and boys iho are expected to attend the ■H Short Course at State Col ;ge July 26-31 will broadcast heir impressions of the event ver Station WPTF, Raleigh. There will be no 4-H broadcast n Monday, July 26, the registra ion day, but on the four days flowing, club members firoml ll parts of North Carolina will] ppear on the program at 1:45 is expected that sufficient Isom turn to Last Page) Accompanied by their teacher, T. M. Fields, four members of the local chapter of Young Tar Heels Farmers left Tuesday for Raleigh where they, along with some 300 members from other chapters of the organizatoin throughout the State will hold their annual convention at State College. The convention, which opened yesterday, is scheduled to run through Friday. In discussing the convention Tuesday, the local instructor stated that according to advance information received by him, a very interesting program had been worked out for the three day meeting. .While it could hardly be considered the most important part of the program, the livestock judging contest which is slated to be held dur ing the convention is creating considerable interest among the delegates, since the winners will get a free trip to Kansas City, Mo., in the Fall where they will compete in the national con test. Harold Wells, of the local chap ter, is slated to represent dis trict number two in the judg ing contest this week. Wells won the right to represent the . district by virtue of his victory over teams representing the other nine counties in this group in the preliminary contest held at the Coastal Plains Station, Willard, early this Spring. Members of the local chapter who are standing the conven tion this week include, Harold Wells, Ernest Futreal, Hubert Dixon, and I. B. Teachey. Club Boys And Girls To Air Impressions Heads Auxiliary Mrs. Kenneth Taylor (above), of Magnolia, was signally honor ed recently when she was elect ed president of the Ladies Auxi liary of the State Association of Rural Letter Carriers at their meeting held in Greenville. Mrs. Taylor has been active in the work of the organization for a number of years. Training Camp Quota Has Been Increased The War Department on July 115th notified Major General Moseley, the Commanding Gen eral Fourth Corps Area, that the number of attend the Bragg, N. ( September 1, has been increased from 575 to 700. This means that 125 more young men are to have the advantages of this camp. Brigadier General Manus Mc (Please turn to Last Page) allowed to C. at Fort between Aucrust 3 Three Cases Tried By County Judge Defendants in All But One ' Case Ordered to Pay Cost; Sentences Suspended Three cases which were dis posed of out of term by General County Court Judge A. J. Blan ton during the past week re sulted in three defendants draw ing road sentences and an out right order of committment to the criminal insane department of the State Hospital for a fourth. Charges on which the defendants were tried ranged from aban donment and non-support to as sault with a deadly weapon and drunk and disorderly conduct. Robert Coley, charged with (Please turn to Last Page) " ' — ■ Sereda Boy Wins Short Course Trip Robert Jones Awarded Title of Outstanding Club Member of County Selected on the basis of his achievement and project activi ty and participation In other 4-H activities, Robert Jon'es, of the Kenansville 4-H Club, son of Mr. and -Mrs. J. P. Jones, of Serecta, has been designed as the outstanding club member in Duplin County for the year, and as a result has beeij awarded a free trip to the 1987 State Short the State College of Agriculture in Raleigh during the week of uly 26th to 31st. His record will be con sidered along with similar re cords from the other counties in the state for the 4-year scho larship which will be awarded (Please turn to Last Page) Thirty-Four Supervisors Begin Task Checking Crop Compliance * Receive Final Instructions Today; More Than 2,000 Farms to be Checked in Duplin, Says County Agent Thirty-four supervisors, who will be charged with checking compliance on those farms being operated in Duplin county un der the soil conservation pro gram, will meet at Kenansville today where they will receive final instructions preparatory to taking the field tomorrow in a checking campaign which will require from two to three months to complete. Information gathered by the supervisors will be used to de termine the amount of soil (Please turn to Last Page) TEEN AGE BOYS, GIRLS FILL JAILS Raleigh, July 20—A report re leased by the Division of In stitutions and Correction of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare shows that dur ing the first six months of 1937 a total of 724 children less than 16 years of age were confined in North Carolina jails on var ious charges. Of the offenders, 236 were white boys; 38 were white girls; 410 were negro boys, apd 41 were negro girls. One negro boy of only 7 years of age was jailed twice during a single month on misconduct charges. The greatest number, 252, were arrested for larceny; 124 for highway robbery, breaking and entering and larceny and receiving; 25 for liquor law vio lations; 30 for fighting, carry ing concealed weapons and as sault; 97 were held for other agencies, and 196 were charged with various other offenses. (Please turn to Last Pane) Demanding Payment Of Social Security Raleigh, July 21.—More than 40 demands for payment of pay roll contributions from North Carolina employers subject to the State Unemployment Com pensation Act have gone out of headquarters with notices that unless payment or protest is made within-15 days the amounts will be certified to clerks of Su perior Court to be docketed as judgments. Then, also, copies will be sent to sheriffs for exe cution. If payment is not made, the sheriff then seizes and sells personal property first and then real estate to satisfy the judg ments. Notices ol delinquency were sent out some time ago and most of the employers paid the amounts due. More than 40 others did not pay and legal ac tion was started. Rev. John Westbrook To Illinois Church Rev. John H. Westbrook, for several years assistant pastor of the Asylum Hill Congregational church in Hartford, Conn., has accepted a call vto the Central Congregational church in Gales burg, 111., effective September 1st, according to news received her this week by relatives. The new church which Rev. Mr. Westbrook will serve has a mem bership of 750 and is located in a thriving city of 28,000 popula tion. Rev. Mr. Westbrook is a na tive of this section, a son of the late Mr. and Mra. John West brook, and is a nephew of Mrs. H. B. Dunn and Mrs. W. F. both-of whom reside ■V i. LocalWaterSnpply Now Declared Safe Mixed Samples* Said to Have Caused Confusing Re portsTo Be Made Contrary to a general rumor which has been going the rounds for the past several weeks, the local water supply is entirely safe, according to reports re ceived from the State Board of Health following tests <• of sam ples sent them some time ago. Reports of the Town’s water supply being contaminated were circulated, it is said, as a result of confusion over two sets of samples sent the health board several weeks ago. On sample, taken from an open well, show unmistakable signs of pollution and the Board of Health charg ed the source to the Town’s sup ply and immediately started a drive to have purifying equip ment installed. New skmples from the Town’s supply were immediately forwarded for 'analysis with the result that re ports showed these to be free of pollution. Considerable trouble was ex perienced with the water sup ply here last Summer following installation of new pumping equipment when tests showed the water to be polluted and suggested treatment was immed iately put into effect in order to make the supply safe and has been followed since that time. REAL PROGRAM FOR FARM^IIJET Farm and Home Week Will Be Educational Vacation for Thousands Farm and Home Week at State College, August 2-6, will be an educational vacation for thous ands of North Carolina farmers and farm women. Along with the lectures and demonstrations will be plenty of entertainment to provide a good time for all, said John W. Good man, assistant director of the State College extension service. On the more serious side of the program, special attention will be given the soil conserva tion program, dairying and live stock, farm forestry problems, farm tenancy, farm organiza tions and cooperatives, farm fi nance, poultry production, and other timely subjects. The short course for women will cover numerous phases of home making on the farm, and certificates will be awarded to those who will have completed their fourth consecutive short course. Rural ministers of the State have been invited to meet at the (Please Turn To Last Page) Set Date for Field Day At Test Farm Annual Event to be Held This Year on Sept. 9; Hoey to Speak The annual Field Day at the Coastal Plains Station of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, near Willard, will be held this year on the second Thursday in September, accord ing to Dr. Charles Dearing, as sistant director in charge. In discussing this year’s Field Day, Dr. Dearing, who is in directly charged with arranging the event, stated that the pro gram to be carried out would follow very closely those of for (Please turn to Last Page) Aldermans Gather For Annual Meet Historical Association Meets At Moores Creek; Grady Principal Speakr Rose Hill, July 19.—The tenth annual meeting of the Alderman Historical Association was held at Moore’s Creek National Mili tary Park, Currie, on Friday, July 16. The president, A. B. Alderman of Snow Hill, assisted by the secretary,. Miss Ruby C. Johnson of Magnolia, presided. Mr. Alderman said the occas ion was not only a clan meeting but an historial association, and he introduced as speaker, Sena tor Paul I. Grady of Johnston county. Senator Grady appeal ed for strong, brave manhood, and he declared a rich family heritage should be dedicated to solve the problems of today. The historical meeting place (Please Turn to Last Page) l To Hold Court Emergency Judge Luther Hamilton (aboye), of Morehead City, will make his debut as a Superior Court Judge in Dup lin next week when he presides over the regular July term for the trial of criminal cases. The court will be convened on Mon day. Director Is Pleased With Local Library The local library, which was organized and operated by the Woman’s Club until it was turn ed over to the public just re cently, has one of the best col lections of books to be found apywhere in this section, ac cording to Mrs. Laura K. Spicer, Goldsboro, district director of woman’s work under the WPA. Mrs. Spicer visited the library yesterday and expressed much pleasure in the progress it has shown in recent months. (Please Turn to Last Page) Local Tax Rate Of $liO Is Ten Cents Higher Than Last Years Set Date for Typhoid Clinic at County Seat The annual typhoid clinic for Kenansville and vicinity will be held at the County Health Of fice at 2:30 P. M. on Friday, July 30th, August 6th, August 13th, and 20th, it was announced this week. These clinics, which are free to the public, are being held under the auspices of the County Health Department of which Dr. R. L. Carr is head. Good Consumer Demand Seen For Farm Products In Next Few Months Test Farm Road Is Under Construction Work of preparing the short section fo highway, which leads from Route 117 to the Coastal Plains Station, for the hard sur face treatment which it is short ly to receive is now well under way, according to information received here this week. A State construction crew is busily en gaged in' grading the road bed, ahd building culverts' and it is thought that placing of the hard surface will begin at an early date. The new road, which is to be of the sand asphalt type, will fill a long felt need, giving as it does an outlet for one of the States largest agricultural insti tutions. It is planned to com plete the project before the an nual Field tiy is held on the second Thursday in September. Department of Agriculture Reports Slightly Higher Prices for Farm Products With Possibility Of Con tinued Gains. Farmers during the next few months will continue to enjoy a good demand for their pro ducts, according to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics re porting currently on the farm price situation. Prices of farm products are a little higher now than a month ago; a further slight rise dur ing the ensuing month is a possibility. “Price declines as sociated with the transition from one crop season to an other are about over for some commodities, while for some others they will not occur un til later,’’ says the Bureau. Farmers’ cash income from marketings in June (to be re (Please Turn to Last Page) Bond Maturities and Increas es in Operating Expenses^ Forces Rate to Highest Fig ure Yet Levied Here. In order to meet bond maturi ties and interest and an increase in general government expenses, the local Town Board of Com missioners have found it neces sary to increase the tax rate ten cents on the $100.00 valuation, in accordance with the new bud get adopted this week, minutes of their meeting, held Tuesday night in the Town Hall, show. No increase in privilege and au to licenses is provided for in the budget but an increase of 20 per cent in current water rates was voted by the Board and the flat rate of $150 per month was raised to $1.75. The new water (Please Turn To Page Ten) SAMPSON BOY WINS CONTEST Raleigh, July 21. — Hartwell Dawson, of the Plain View high school in Sampson County, has been declared Southern District •winner of the 10th Annual Co operative Essay Contest from hundreds of contestants from the 16 counties in the district The announcement was made here this week by M. G. Mann, general manager of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Coop erative Association and the Far mers Cooperative Exchange, the two organizations sponsoring the contest At the same time, Mr. Mann pointed out that by virtue of his victory Dawson will come to Raleigh on July 30 to com pete with tour other district winners in the final contest tor the State championship and tost prize of a one-year (Please Turn to Last WU1 Mark First State’s History that WiU Not Have to Buy Books. HIGH SCHOOL BOG YET ON RENTAL No Provisions for Free I Books; Supplementary Readers Rentable ' For the first time in thg) tory of North Carolina, p entering the elementary ifi of the State this fall will have to purchase or rent ' textbooks. Under an act passed b5 last General Assembly, all books used in grades on seven inclusive will be ed by the State free of ci However, pupils will be responsible for the books In', charge and will be requin pay for them in the evei loss or serious damage. . ! school pupils will still con to rent or purchase their^ books under the same plf effect for the past two yeai Another plan which ts$ put into effect in the schof the State this year and sch ed to save the different ; considerable money, is which allows pupils to rest plementary readers from State. In discussing this (Please Turn To Rage T« Prominent Minister Pam In Hospital Following Short Illness Rose Hill, July 21.—F services for Rev. Calvin J.: 71, who was for many clergyman in the FYee Will ] tist church, were cor from the home near T« Tuesday afternoon, by Dr. W. 3 Carter, of Goldsboro, Rev. Aubrey Carter, of and Rev. W. P. M. Wallace. Concluding rites held at the graveside in fish cemetery. The deceased, who was esteemed by many friends, after a brief illness in a WiF»i mington hospital. The p« ality of the deceased was recognized as unique outstanding. Pallbearers were Julian and Albert Hall, of Wa Hyden Turner and M. L. of Rose Hill; Hubert Bonegr, D. Wells, H. M. Wells and seph Ward, of Teachey. Besides his wife the de is survived by ten ch Solicitor Leo Carr of Bu ton, Mrs. Furman Floyd of mont, Miss Maude Carr of mington, Carlysle Carr of ham, Paul Carr of Stokes, Hubert Whitson of Norfolk, Dewitt Carr of Dunn, Miss mi Carr of Lillington, Miss Ruth Carr of Vanceboro, CL J Carr, Jr., of Maxton. Two there survive, Dr. R. L. Carr, < Rose Hill, and Jefferson B. j of Teachey; one sisted, Valeria Williams, of Wallace. Five Couples Secure Marriage Licensei Marriage licenses were ia to five couples by the Du County Register of Deeds du the past week, records in office revealed yesterday. W couples securing a license a bered three while only two ored couples secured permit! Following is a list of tl securing licenses: white, £ Brown, Jr., and Miss MaTg Ella Pridgen; Joe Clyde D and Miss Nonna Aileea B Med Smith and Kiss Leona bertson. Colored 'ttiiiijimM Coley Pickett and. Mattie
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