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Devoted To The Best Interests Of The People Of Wallace And Duplin County
VOL. XV.
WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1937.
Local Tobacco Warehouses Are
Being Prepared For Opening Day
Both Houses Here Being Re
modeled and Repaired In
Anticipation of Opening of
Sales Season August 26.
ADDITIONAL FLOOR
SPACE IS PROVIDED
Blanchard and Farrior to Op
erate One House, Teach
ir" ey Brothers Other
Work of repairing and remod
eling local tobacco warehouses
in preparation for the opening
of the New Bright Belt on Aug
ust 26th, are now well under
way with indications such as to
Justify the prediction that mar
keting facllitis here this season
will be the best in several raars.
According to announcements
carried elsewhere in this Issue,
the old Bray Warehouse, oper
ated for the past several years
by O. C. Blanchard and William
H. Farrior, will be operated this
season by Chas. and J. A. Teach
ey of Rose Hill. Blanchard and
Farrior have leased the Brick
Warehouse -and will operate it,
succeeding W. M. Britton of
Greenville, Tenn., who* will not
operate a house here this sea
son.
In announcing their plans to
operate a warehouse here this
season the Teachey toothers
state that they will-iiifo every
thing possible to help build up
the market to its righttyl posi
tion among the New Bright Belt
markets. An experienced sales
manager will lib employed and
dther employes will be men with
considerable experience In '.the
tobacco game While thmcAk*
of the sales manager, has not
been announced, it is understood
which is to begin at the expira
tion of that imposed in the first
‘
Pleading guilty to a charge of
larceny and receiving, Rufus
Daughtry was sentenced to 12
months on the roads.
* In the case o$ Andrew Spicer,
charged with larceny and receiv
ing, on conclusion of the State’s
evidence a motion to dismiss was
allowed.
Charged with assault with a
deadly weapon, hit-and-run driv
ing, operating an auto without
proper breaks and without li
cense, Matthew David Bryant
entered a plea of guilty and was
sentenced to six months on the
roads. Execution is not to is
sue, however, if the defendant
pays into Court dost of the ac
tigp and a $25.00 on or be
fore adjournment of this term.
In the case of Moses Jones,
charged with aiding and abet
ting in assault with a deadly
weapon and hit-and-run driving,
on conclusion of the evidence a
motion to dismiss was allowed.
Charged with housebreaking
and larceny, Herman Nelson was
adjudged guilty by a jury and
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| AUTO AGENCY
if. i IN NEW HANDS
harden Motor Company of
Rosehill Purchases Lo
cal Ford Dealership
Announcement Wife made last
week of the change in owner
ship and management of the lo
cal Ford agency which has been
operated for the past two years
by R. L. Black under the firm
name of Black Motor Company.
According to the announcement,
Barden Botor Company, Fbrd
dealers in Rosehill, have pur
chased Mr. Black’s interests hjere
and will continue to operate the
The Bardens have had confrid
<able experience in the a^to
obile business, having held (the
end dealership in Rosehill |for
le past 16 years, and their-op
ring of an agency in Wallace
Five Couples Secure
Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses have been
issued to two white and three
colored couples by the Duplin
County Register of Deeds dur
ing the past week, records in
his office revealed yesterday.
White couples were, Egbert Foss
and Miss Laura Holmes; Mar
ion Hatcher and Miss Nurcey
Gray Heath. Colored couples
Included Winifred Carlton and
Sadie Filyaw; Richard C. Gil
mer and Ruth Merritt; Andrew
Gavins and Ruby Lee Boon.
Over 600 Duplinites
Attend Louisburg
Louisburg, July 27 — If the
number of students enrolled
during the life of an educational
institution is any indication of
the contribution it has made to
the life of the region in which
it is located—and it most un
doubtedly is — then Lpuisburg
College has rendered a major
contribution to the life of the
State of North Carolina.
Not only this but an analysis
of the number of students who
have enrolled from each of the
100 counties of North Carolina
indicates that th« SwvKe Louis
burg College has rendered to
each of these respective ccun
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ARMY WORMS
INVADE DUPLIN
Several Sections Already Suf
fering from Pests; Agent
Gives Advice
Army worms have invaded
Duplin county in several sec
tions and are doing severe dam
age to hay crops, pastures, corn
and other crops, according to
W. D. Reynolds, county agent.
Some farmers have reported
that the pests are devouring late
corn and hay crops like a drove
of hungry cows. The worms
seem to strike in spots and
travel in one direction, clean
ing up the crops as they go.
In discussing control methods
this week, Mr. Reynolds stated
that one effective way to stop
the invasion was to dig ditches
plow deep furrows ahead of the
line of travel. The worms fall
into these ditches or furrows
and seem to have a hard time
getting out. Poison hfiit sprayed
in the trenches will kill them
before they escape. Mr. Rey
nolds suggests the following as
an effective bait: 50 lbs. wheat
bran (or other bran), 2 lbs. Par
ish Green, 1 gallon cheap mo
lasses, and approximately 6 gal
lons of water. The bait should
not be made sloppy but just
moist enough so it will crumble
in the hand.
The County Agent is caution
ing farmers to keep a close check
on their fields at this time and
try to stop the worms before
they get a good start. As an ef
fective poison in the early stages
of infestation Mr. Reynolds sug
gests a spray made of Arsenate
of Lead.
Thirty Farmers From All
Sections of Duplin Take
Day Off to Tour and In*
spect Experiment Plots.
TEN DEMONSTRATIONS
VISITED DURING DAY
Farmers Vote Unanimously
to Make the Affair an
Annual Event
By W. D. Reynolds,
Duplin County Farm Agent
On Friday, July 23, thirty far
mers from all sections of Dup
lin County met at the Agricul
tural Building in Kenansville
for the purpose of making a
county farm tour. W. D. Rey
nolds, County Agent, and Assis
tant, (}. E. Jones,, along with E.
C. Blair, Extension Agronomy
Specialist from State College, ac
companied the farmers on their,
visit over the county.
The first Stop was made at the
Middleton Brothers farm near
Warsaw where members of the
touring party inspected a farm
tile drainage demonstration
which was, explained to them
by Mr. Middleton and the Coun
ty Agent. The farmers were
given a map of the field show
ing where the title had been
placedan dt he amount of tile
used, etc. They were told by
Mr. Middleton that'this was the
first year that a crop'had , been
grown on this land which was
formerly a swamp-like Wooded
piece of land; Mr. Blair estimat
ed that the’ corn produced, pn
this land would run forty bush
els per acre. The lespedeza de
monstration on this farm was al
so very good. Mr. Blair esti
mated that Mr. Middleton would
easily harvest two tons of fine
quality hay per acre, This crop,
Mr. Reynolds said, was produced
with very little expense and
labor. As the lespedeza was
sown in February along,with
oats, no other work will he
cessary for this crop unt& har
vest time, it was pointed out
that around one hundred acres
of lespedeza hid been sown In]
Duplin County this year in mo«t|
oases it is doing fine. )
Mrs. Henry Carlton’s pasture
demonstration was the object of ]
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Rosehill Woman Is
Honored on Birthday
Rosehill, July 27.—Mrs. Mar
garet J. Bradshaw was honored
Sunday on the occasion of her
eightieth birthday, when her
children gave her a birthday
dinner at the home of her son,
Hicks Bradshaw. A picnic din
ner was served on the lawn.
Two hundred guests visited I^rs.
Bradshaw during the day.
Children of Mrs. Bradshaw,
who were present with mem
bers of their families, were:
Hicks Bradshaw and Mrs. C. C.
Carter, Rosehill; L. B. Brad
shaw, Hamlet; Rev. Bradshaw,
Jacksonville; W. F. Sellars, Hope
well, Va. Other relatives or
friends present from a distance
were: J. D. Bradshaw, Rocking
-ham; Mrs. t>. F. Matthews, Wil
mington; I. C. Orr, Willard; Mrs
Sam Peterson, Burgaw; B. B
Morris, Rocky Mount, and Rev
Vance Davis, Willard.
State Club President
Honored at Magnolia
The Magnolia Home Demons
tration club entertained at tea
Wednesday, July 14th, at the
home of Mrs. Kenneth Taylor,
honoring Mrs. D. Hubert Boney
of Teachey, president of the
State Federation of Home De
monstration Clubs.
Mrs. R. f\ Quinn greeted the
guests at the door. Mrs. Ken
neth Taylori ntroduced the call
ers to the receiving line, com
piled of Mesdames D. H. Boney,
J. L. Wells, District President,
F. F. Newkirk, County Presi
dent, . W. F. Walters and C. E.
Chamblee, Those appearing on
the music program were Mes
dames F. N. Barden, M. T. Tuck
er, W. F. Walters, A. W. Croom,
S. B. Hunter, T. M. Rogers, and
ifta Francelle Barden.
Refreshments were served on
the lawn by Mesdames J. EL
rucker, 3. E. Hamilton, N. F.
Pickett, L. E. Pope, and Masses
Seven Units Have
Set Opening Dates
four Open on August 26th,
Three on 30th; One
Not Announced
Official opening dates for seven
of Duplin’s consolidated schools
have been definitely set, accord
ing to information given out at
the County Superintendent’s of
fice yesterday.
Heading the list of early open
ers will be Wallace, Calypso,
Faison, and Beulaville who will
open their doors for the 1937-38
term on August 26. Next in
order will be B. F. Grady, Ken
ansville, and Chinquapin who
will officially open on August
30th. Warsaw has not announc
ed its official opening date but
it is though that they will open
around the middle of Septem
ber if repairs now being made
to the elementary building are
completed by that time. Last
year they officially opened on
the second Monday in Septem
ber.
Kenansville reversed itself on
the opening date. It had pre
viously been announced that
August 31st would be observed
but the local committee, who is
invested with the authority to
set opening dates, changed to
August 30th.
In discussing the school sit
uation this week Superintendent
Johnson stated that apparently
an efficient corps of instructors
had been secured for each unit
and that he was looking for
ward to one of the most success
ful years in the County’s history.
A fleet of 15 new husses have
been allotted the Countyvtq re
place worn out' eqtdpmeast-hnd
should greatly add to the effici
ency of the transportation sys
tem, Mr. Johnson said. At pres
ent the County system uses 59
buses of -which three are for
colored children.
While the State School Com
mision has recently checked bus
routes in the County, no repoi*.
has yet been received of flny
changes which might be under
consideration, and Mr. Johnson
said that in his opinion no dras
tic changes would be made.
According to information rea
ching the County Superinten
dent’s office, the Pender County
Board of Education has definite
ly decided to provide facilities
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Budget Is Adopted
At Mondays Meet
Commissioners Place Appro
val on Budget Calling for
$1.65 Tax Rate
Meeting in adjourned session
at Kenansville Monday, the
Board of County Commissioners
formally adopted the budget for
this fiscal year and set the coun
ty-wide lax rate at $1.65 on the
$100.00 |^f values. The new rate
is 20 etogts higher than that in
effect during the past fiscal year
When the County operated on a
rate of $1.45.
While the rate of $1.65, set
Monday, is 20 cents higher than
that levied during the past fis
cal year, but for the fact that
plans have been worked out to
refund some $72,000 in road and
bridge bonds which mature this
year, the itate would have been
forced well over the $2.00 mark.
Compliance with the several
phases of the Sociay Security
Act is credited with being one
cause of the‘ higher tax rate in
effect this year. An increased
levy for school equipment made
necessary if schools of the
County are to remain on the
accredited list also accounted
for a part of the increase which
brings the rate to the highest
figure in several years.
The Irrtflgrt as adopted calls '
for revenue to be raised by taxes
ji the amount of $247,500 00. i
FOX HUNTERS
MET FRIDAY
Approximately 300 Present
for Annual Meeting of
Club at Clear Run
Approximately 300 members
and friends of the Rock Fish
Fox Club gathered at Clear Run
in Sampson County last Friday
where they transacted necessary
business pertaining to the Club,
heard several impromptu speech
es, and enjoyed a days outing
on the banks of picturesque
Black River.
For far and near the club
members and visitors came for
the annual meeting which is al
ways eagerly looked forward to
as a time when choice dogs can
be shown off and traded and
tall tales of the chase told and
retold. The display of dogs this
year was said to have been one
of the best in several years. And
while there were no prizes be
ing offered, there was no doubt
among members present but that
blue ribbon winners were there,
especially in the estimation of
the owners.
A very enjoyable part of the
meeting this year, as in former
years, was the string music
which was furnished through
out the day by groups of volun
teer musicians whose stirring
tunes were reminiscent of by
gone days when hard surfaced
highways, with their endless
flow of automobiles, were not
perils to be reckoned with when
the hunter took his pack of
hounds out for a chase.
A departure from the usual
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Poultry Flock Owners
Offered Free Service
Poultry flock owners in the
Wallace school district now have
the opportunity to have their
birds vaccinated against sore
head (pox) at no cost to them
other than the actual cost of
the vaccine, which runs about
one cent a head, according to
T. M; Fields, agricultural teach
i er in the local school. Mr. Fields
I is donating his services in mak
i ing the injections and asks that
anyone interested in having
their fowls inoculated please con
tact him.
According to poultry experts,
vaccination against sore head is
a very effective preventative and
is good for the life of the bird.
However, the treatment should
be given at once before chicks
begin their fall laying.
Recruiting Station Is
Now In P. O. Building
The Navy Recruiting Office of
Wilmington, which is the re
cruiting office for Duplin, Samp
son, Pender, Bladen, Columbus,
Brunswick, and New Hanover
counties, will be established in
: its new quarters in Room 210,
Post Office Building, Wilming
ton, after July 26. All who are
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Durham Woman Gets
First Old Age Check
Raleigh, July 28.—The honor
of receiving the first Old Age
Assistance check in connection
with North Carolina’s new So
cial Security program, goes to
Mrs. Betty Sorrell Adams, of 307
North Maple Street, Durham.
A check for $10 for the month
of July was sent to Mrs. Adams,
a 71-year-old native of Cary, and
she will receive a similar amount
each month. Her application
for benefits stated that her in
come amounted to only 50 cents
a week, which she received for
sewing.
J. A. Stewart, Auditor for the
Public Assistance Division of the
State Board of Charities and
Public Welfare, prepared the
check on special machinery in
stalled for that purpose. Stewart
said Durham County was the
first to send in certified appli
cations.
Local Theatre Will
Present Vaudeville
Deviating from their usual
straight program of first run
pictures, me Wanoca Theatre on
next Thursday night will pre
sent one horn: of vaudeville, ac
cording to an announcement
made this week by C. H. Caudell,
manager of this popular movie
house.
While the name of the com
pany to appear here was not;
announced, it is understood to
be a first class company featur
ing six pretty girls, black face
comedians, orchestra, straing
music, and everything that mak
es* a good vaudeville.
The vaudeville program is an
extra added attraction for the
one night only and is being pre
sented along with me regular
picture, . “Emperor’s Candle-,
sticks’’, in which William Pow
ell and Louise Rainer are start
red. There will be no advanogj
in admission prices.
Illumination of the 1939 Gold
sn Gate International Exposition
will extend from its Treasures
island site to the buildings that
orm San Francisco’s skyline.
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Judge Luther Hamilton, of
Morehead City, Makes Ini
tial Appearance in County
As a Superior Court Judge.
JAIL CASES ONLY ARE
TRIED AT THIS TERM
Busy Farming Season Causes
Bar to Make Request
of Judge
Making his initial appearance
in this County as a jurist, Judge
Luther Hamilton, of Morehead
City, opened the regular July
term of Superior Court at Ken
ansville Monday and quickly got
down to the routine work ne
cessary in connection with hand
ling the heavy docket which fac
ed him.
In a ringing charge to the
grand jury, which elicited favor
able comment from members of,
the Bar and court attaches,
Judge Hamilton cautioned this
body to diligently investigate
any matters brought befor them
and make presentments where
evidence justified. He also touch
ed on the matter of mutilated
records, in what some observers
believed, was a direct challenge
to the jury to go after the party
or parties responsible for the
mutilated records in the Clerk’s
office which caused a sensation
in this County a few months
ago.
Due to the busy farming sea
son the Bar recommended that
only jail cases be heard at this
term and the request was read
ily granted by Judge Hamilton
with the result that defendants
out on bond will wait until the
October term to have their cases i
aired.
When court adjourned for the |
day late yesterday afternoon the
following cases had been dis
posed of and decks cleared for
the James Pearsall murder case
which is scheduled to be taken
up on convening of court today:
Ollie Brinson, charged with
larceny and receiving, entered a
plea of guilty and was sentenced
to four months on the roads. In
another case in which he was
charged with housebreaking and
larceny, the defendant also ten
dered a plea of guilty and re
ceived a two-year rood sentence
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Pink Hill Negro and Wd
White Man Charged 1
Manslaughter Result A
Accidents Last Week.
CORONER’S INQUESTS
HELD ON SATURi
Jury Finds Evidence
ent to Hold Both Di
for Trial
SHORT COURSE
CALLS TWELV
Herbert Branch, colored
er of the Pink Hill
ordered held for the ne
of criminal Superior
der a $500.00 bond foil
Coroner’s investigation
circumstances
wreck in which Branch's 4
alleged to have struck on
en by Marshall Kennedy,1
dent of the Cabin
Duplin County, fatally
Kennedy’s yuong son.
At the inquest, which '
ducted by Coroner Carl
Kenansville Saturday
the jury empanneled to
evidence found that
ceased came to his death :
hands of Herbert Br
recommended that he
for investigation by the
jury. A preliminary
was given Branch
which time Coroner
ting as the committing i
trate, ordered him held
$500.00.
A. H. Carter, pror
business man, was
a manslaughter charge
grand jury in Sup
this week and was
ed under a $500.00
SradH
Superior Court.
Carter was the drit
car which ran over
Charles Bernard
months-old son of Mr.
Hallie Page last Wedne
ternoon as the child was1
ing in the road in front c
parents’ home in the
Store section.
A Coroner’s jury, inve
ing the affair at the inquesti
here Saturday afternoon, :
that “the deceased came to
death by a deadly we
wit, an automobile, in the
of Almon H. Carter”,
waived a preliminary
and his case went to the
jury who is serving at the
of criminal Superior Court ’
is now in session at Ke
Representing every 4-H club
the County, 12 Duplin boys ai
girls left early Monday mar
ing for Raleigh where they Jo!
ed over 900 others from dUR
ent sections of the State fOr II
annual 4-H short course bell
held this week at State Collet
Accompanying the represent
tives from this County was '
E. Jones, assistant county age;
an dleader of 4-H club activitlc
who will remain with the boj
and girls during the meetin
which is scheduled to contim
through Friday evening.
On the basis of two repress!
tatives from each active, cW
{Duplin was entitled to lent )