* *C*r*;f^ v'f ThcWallaccE n ter prise 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 (Please turn to Last Page) | 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 . 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 (Please turn to Last Page) 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 (Please turn to Last Page) 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 (Please turn to Last Page) 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. • - .s ' •• "'‘Ml 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 (Phase turn to tiut Pegs) 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 )