VOL. XV.
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Devoted To The Best Interests Of The People Of Wallace And Duplin County
WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1937.
LOCAL TOBACCO MARKET OPENS WITH GOOD PRI
Coastal Field
Day Is Expected
To Draw 10,000
Extensive Plans Being Work
ed Out for Accomodating
Large Throng Expected to
Attend Willard Affair.
ANNUAL EVENT SET
FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH
Gov. Hoey Heads List Of
Prominent Speakers Ap
pearing On Program
Nearly 10,000 farmers, their
wives, and other visitors are
expected to attend the annual
Field Day at the Coastal Plains
Station which this year will be
held on the second Thursday
in September, the 9th, accord
ing to Dr. Chas. Dearing, assis
■ tant director in charge of the
Station. -
Extensive plans are now be
ing worked out for accomodat
ing the large throng expected
• on this day and what is said
to be one of the best programs
yet arranged for an event of
this kind has already been com
pleted. It will include speeches
by the State’s Chief Executive,
Hon. Clyde R. Hoey, who will
be introduced by State Treasur
er Chas. M. Johnson; Dean I. O.
Schaub, director of the State
College extension service, James
\ M. Gray, associate regional di
rector, Resettlement Administra
tion; D. S. Coltrane, assistant
to the Commissioner of Agricul
ture, and Dr. J. S. Dorton, man
rAager of the State Fair. Hon
W. Kerr Scott, Commissioner of
; Agriculture, is also on the pro
gram for a short address.
Numerous contests for the en
tertainment of visitors have been
arranged and will be pulled off
at different times during the
day so there will not be a dull
moment for anyone. A number
of interesting demonstrations
will also be carried out by ex
perts, affording visitors an op
portunity to better acquaint
themselves with improved farm
1 ing methods, livestock and poul
try raising. Interesting exhi
bits will, also be arranged and
will be in charge of experts who
will give lectures on their work.
One of the interesting features
of the contest program will be
the tug of war which will be
participated in by six vocation
al agricultural students repre
senting the different schools of
- the section. These teams have
L. developed considerable rivalry
and the contest this year is ex
pected to prove very interesting.
The ladies will also show their
skill in a nail driving contest.
' A horse shoe pitching contest
will also be staged as a part of
the program.
i in addition to the above ath
. letic contests there will be three
f other contests of an education
I al nature consisting of questions
||and answers relating to live
-stock, soils and fertilizer, and
| field crops. Farmers especially
f will be interested in these since
£ they will afford a wealth of in
| formation. Prizes will be award
ed winners in each contest stag
ed during the day, except in the
r horse shoe pitching contest.
Hon. Charles F. Cates of Me
I bane, member of the State Board
| of Agriculture, will be chair
I man for the day, while W. H.
'‘‘• Robbins, manager of the Pen
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Painfully Injured
h In Fall from Steps
I Mrs. J. H. Evans was pain*
fully injured Saturday when she
['lost her footing and fell to the
ground as she was going down
\ ..the steps at her home here.
.She suffered a fractured hip and
Dwas badly bruised and shaken
up. Latest reports are that she
| to getting along as well as could
f|ie expected. She is 84 years
TWO NEGROES CONFESS RAPING WHITE GIRL
Coach Local Team
Robert Littrell (above) who
succeeds Tom Carson as athletic
coach at the local school, will
have his hands full when it
comes to putting out a winning
football team this fall. Many
of last year’s regulars will not
be back and there is a scarcity
of likely talent. Littrell is a
V. P. I. man with a good record
in football and track.
Last Rites Held
For W. B. Jones
Local Man, Victim of Heart
Attack, Buried Here
Sunday
Funeral services for William
B. Jones, who died suddenly of
a heart attack at his home here
early Saturday morning, were
held from the residence Sun
day afternoon at 5 o’clock. Rev.
W. P. M. Currie, pastor of the
local Presbyterian church con
ducted the last rites assisted by
Rev. J. E. Lanier, pastor of the
Baptist church and Rev. Leon
Hall of the Aberdeen Methodist
church. Interment followed in
Rockfish cemetery.
Active pallbearers were, J. E.
Jerritt, S. G. Jones, R. J. Rob
ertson, Roy Carter, John Scott,
Lloyd McGowen, C. L. Riven
bark, S. A. Carr, Dave Lane,
and A. G. Smith. Honorary
were, E. J. Robertson, John A.
Gavin, R. V. Wells, Dr. J. F.
Powers, O. C. Clanchard, Dr.
Chas. Dearing, W. D. Campbell,
L. L. McLendon, Lee Dees, Dr,
John D. Robinson, D. L. Wells,
W. L. Byrd, A. C. Hall, Geo. R
Ward, H. J. Vann, J. M. Jones,
Frank Boney, John Forlaw, L
W. Boney, Dr. Codington, Dr,
Sidbury, R. M. Browder, Dr.
Roy Kellum, L. A. Beasley, H.
L. Stevens, Leslie Boney, and
B. C. Boney.
The deceased, who was wide
ly known in the Carolinas and
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Road Head Will
Hear Delegations
District Highways Commis
sion Wifi Hear Road
Pleas Monthly
A. P. Powell, who was recent
ly appointed Road Commission
er for this district succeeding
R. G. Johnson, resigned, will
hear delegations on one day out
of each month, according to in
formation contained in a letter
received this week by the Board
of Commissioners from division
engineer Betts.
Powell has set the first Tues
day after the first Monday in
each month as the time when
he will receive delegations at
his oihce in Whiteville and asks
that the public please bear the
date in mind since this is the
only time that they will be sure
to Ibid him in.
Are Being Held
In State Prison
Two of Trio Arrested in Con
nectoin With Pink Hill
Crime Sign Written Con
fession of Guilt.
ACCUSED THIRD NEGRO
OF SUGGESTING CRIME
He Declines to Make Any
Statement; Others Make
Detailed Confessions
Lonnie Gardner and Apsom
Outlaw, two of the three negro
es arresteji last Thursday and
charged with criminally assault
ing Mrs. Clara M. Coe, young
white woman, in the Pink Hill
section of Duplin, have signed
voluntary confessions to their
part in the revolting crime, ac
cording to Sheriff D. S. William
son in whose presence the con
fessions were made. The other
prisoner, Sylvester Outlaw, told
officers “he had rather not make
any statement at this time.”
According to Sheriff William
son, the two negroes voluntar
ily confessed their guilt to him
and Deputy Guerman Powell
and in the presence of others.
A full confession was written
out and both men affixed their
signatures. Both are said to
have named Sylvester Outlaw,
accused jointly with them, as
being the instigator of the
crime, one of the most revolt
ing in the history of the Coun
ty. In their confession the men
are said "to have stated'that the
victim was a total stranger to
them, neither remembering hav
ing seen her before. It was, ac
cording to their statement,
while riding along the road on
the night of the attack after
passing the couple as they walk
ed along, that Sylvester Outlaw
suggested the crime in which
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Skull Fractured
In Tin City Brawl
Council Lanier, In Hospital,
Has Little Chance to
Recover
Council Lianier, resident of
Cypress Creek township, is in
a Kinston hospital with a bad
ly fractured skull and little
chance to recover and Gordon
Howard of Rockfish is being
held in jail without bond charg
ed with assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill as
a result of, what witnesses des
cribed as a drunken brawl
which took place at Tin City
early Saturday night.
According to witnesses, Lan
ier and Howard, both said to
have been drinking, engaged in
an argument at a Tin City fill
ing station which led to blows.
Not being satisfied with fists as
weapons, Lanier is said to have
opened his knife and started
for Howard after the latter had
knocked him down. Howard
arming himself with beer bot
tles, attempted to beat him off
and after breaking several over
his head without stopping him,
reached into his automobile and
secured a crank with which he
is said to have struck Lanier
a terrific blow over the head.
Lanier was at first not thought
to be seriously injured and af
ter receiving first aid lit a doc
tor’s office went home and to
bed. He was found in an un
conscious condition next morn
ing and was immediately rush
ed to a Kinston hospital where
X-ray pictures revealed at least
three fractures in his skull.
Hospital attaches hold out little
hope for his recovery.
Howard was taken into cus
tody by officers and lodged in
jail to await the outcome of
Lanier’s injuries.
Six Of County's Schools Open
Today With Good Enrollment
DRIVERS GET
LICENSE HERE
Applicants for drivers’ li
cense will have the oppor
tunity to take the examina
tion in Wallace each Thurs
day until further notice, it
was announced here today
by Robert Brock, an inspec
tor with the Revenue De
partment, who will conduct
the examinations. Mr. Brock
will make his headquarters
at the Town Office while in
Wallace. His hourse will
be 8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
Superior Court
Set For Monday
Judge Luther Hamilton Will
Presidet At Term to
Last Two Weeks
The regular August term of
Superior Court for the trial of
civil cases is scheduled to get
underway at Kenansville on
Monday with Judge Luther
Hamilton, of Morehead City,
presiding. Judge Hamilton re-i
places Judge E. H. Cranmer, of!
Southport, who will again be
unable to hold the courts in
this district due to illness which
has kept him off the bench for
some. time.
While the term beginning
Monday is scheduled to run two
weeks, it is doubtful that it will
last longer than three or four
days. Members of the Duplin
Bar met at Kenansville last Fri
day and made up the calendar
for the first week, setting cases
for trial on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday but
made no provision for the sec
ond week. There are a number
of important cases on the dock
et but whether or not they will
be reached is problematic.
In making up the calendar it
was announced that all cases
would be called in their order
when reached, except cases set
peremptorily, which would be
called on the day set for trial.
It was also announced that
witnesses would not be allowed
to charge except from the day
their case is set.
Business Is On
Up Grade Here
Flow of Tobacco Money Into
Section 6tarts Business
Revival
I With the opening of tobacco
markets in this section quite a
difference is being noted in
business conditions locally. Mer
chants are putting on new
clerks, stocks are being built
up, and all seem to be getting
their share of the new business
made possible by money being
released for the golden weed.
Saturday’s crowd of shoppers
in Wallace was the largest seen
here in several months and pro
bably exceeded some of the Sat
urdays during strawberry sea
son. Good prices being receiv
ed for tobacco has put smiles
on the farmers’ faces again and
they are not afraid to spend
some of their money on them
selves and family.
Mrs. P. R. Rankin, and Miss
Mary Elizabeth Shankle, of Mt
Gilead, were guests of Mrs. J.
D. Robinson Tuesday. Mrs. Ran
kin, treasurer of the N .C. Fed
eration of Woman’s Clubs, was
guest speaker at the meeting oi
the Junior Woman’s Club Tues
day night. ;
Wallace, Rosehill, Magnolia,
Faison, Calypso, Beulaville
are First Units in County
to Open New Term.
FREE TEXTS ISSUED
ELEMENTARY GRADES
More Than 50,000 Such
Books Already Distribut
ed In County
Six schools in the County
threw open their doors today
for the first time since Spring
and formally ushered in the
1937-38 school term which, it is
predicted, will be one of the
most successful in the County’s
history.
Wallace, Rosehill, Magnolia,
Faison, Calypso, and Beulaville
are the schools which opened
today to get off to an early start.
They will be followed by B. F.
Grady, Chinquapin, and Kenans
ville which will begin the new
term on Monday. Warsaw is
expected to get its school under
way some time around the mid
dle of September.
While official attendance fig
ures for the first day are not
yet available, the enrollment
was said to be heavy in each
school, with an increase in pros
pect for Monday when regular
class work will get under way.
At Wallace the enrollment was
[given unofficially as 425 in the
elementary department and 175
! In high school. D. D. Blanchard;
I principal, said he expected these
[figures to be swelled consider
ably by Monday when late ar
rivals begin coming in to catch
classes which will begin on that
day.
j In discussing the school sit
uation in this County yesterday
| Superintendent Johnson stated
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Baptist Women
Meet Thursday
Members of W. M. U. Will
Gather at Teachey
Next Week
Programs are out this week
for the twenty-sixth annual ses
sion of the Woman’s Missionary
Union of the Wilmington Bap
tist Association which will be
held at Teachey’s on next Thurs
day, beginning at 10:30 a. m.
Mrs. D. H. Boney, president,
will preside over the meeting
which is expected to draw a
large crowd of Baptist women
from this section of the State.
The complete program for the
meeting follows:
Morning Session
Hymn—Holy, Holy, Holy.
Devotional—Mrs. N. C. Mov
inger, Ivanhoe.
Address of Welcome—Mrs. A.
L. Hunt.
Response—Mrs. J. A. Stevens,
Wilmington.
Recognition of Visitors.
Special Music.
Our Record—Treasurer, Mrs.
"A. C. Jackson; Personal Serv
ice, Mrs. Oscar Applewhite;
Margaret Fund, Mrs. Ji D. Free
man; Mission Study, Mrs. V. L.
Andrews; W. M. U. Training
School,, Mrs. R. E. Williams and
Miss Vivian Grant; Stewardship,
Mrs. H. S. Strickland; Litera
ture, Mrs. A. G. Walton and
the W. M. S. of Wallace; Young
People, Miss Mildred Rivenbark.
Enlistment Through Standard
of Excellence, Mrs. W. H. Grant
Enlist Through Special Sea
sons of Prayer, Mrs. Wm. Brice.
“Taking Christ Seriously in
W. M. U., Mrs. D. H. Boney.
Appointment of Committees.
Special Music.
Address—Miss Mary Currin,
Young ePople’s Secretary, Wom
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FAIRLY HEAVY OFFERINGS ARE
RECORDED HERE OPENING DAY
Farm Group Head
D. H. Boney, (above), Teaeh
ey farmer and dairyman, was
signally honored recently when
he was elected head of the
State’s farmers at the annual
Farm and Home week held at
State College. Mrs. Boney is
the retiring president of the
State Federation of home de
monstration clubs.
Final Rites For
Accident Victim,
72-Year.Old Charity Han Is!
Fatally Injured By Auto
On Sunday
^%‘trtiefal services for *fl W.j
kurphy, 72-year-old Charity man]
who was fatally injured when!
struck by an automobile on thej
highway near his home Sunday
morning, were held from Wes
leyan Methodist Church Monday
afternoon at 5 o’clock. Rev. Mr.
Loving, pastor of the First
Wesleyan Methodist Church,
Gastonia, conducted the final
rites and was assisted by Rev.
Mr. Walters of Warsaw, and
Rev. Mr. Kiger, of Charity. In
terment followed in the family
cemetery near the home.
Active pallbearers were neph
ews of the deceased, T. R. Mur
phy, T. T. Murphy, A. F. Mur
phy, Marion Murphy, A. W
Whaley, and Jimmie Murphy
Honorary were, B. B. Teachey
J. E. Teachey, W. L. Bryan, S
D. Kelly, Francis Ludwig, Wm
Southerland, Charlie Batts, H
B. Bradshaw, J. W. Bonham
Herbert Topel, C. O. Harrell
and Carson Rouse.
Mr. Murphy was fatally in
jured when struck by an auto
mobile on Highway 40 near his
home early Sunday morning as
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Two Defendants
Given Hearings
Judge Blanton Passes Sen
tences On Drinking
Charges
Two defendants, who agreed
to waive the regular term and
plead guilty as charged in the
warrants, were given hearings
before County Court Judge A.
J. Blanton on Monday.
In one case Miles Lee Bron
son, charged with being drunk
on a public highway, was sen
tenced to 60 days on the roads.
Judgment in the case was sus
pended, however, on payment of
the cost.
In the other case, tame Her
ring, 61-year-old colored man, I
charged with operating an autoj
while intoxicated, was senten
ced to four months on the roads
and ordered not to operate an
auto in the State for a period
of one year. The road sentence
was suspended, however, on
payment of a $50.00 fine and the
coat
Common Types Pri
On Floors of Local Hi
With Some Better
Weed Offered as “F<
OPENING AVERAGE IS
HIGHER THAN TEAR AGO
Reports From Different Mu>
kets Indicate Growers
Pleased With Prices
LOCAL TOBACCO MART
OPENS; PRICES GOOD
With fairly heavy offer
ings on the floors of both
warehouses the local tobacco
market today swung into ac
tion along with some 13
others in the New Bright
Belt and before sales had
been under way very long
there was a strong indica
tion that prices being paid
for the golden weed were
highly satisfactory to the
growers who were making
their first sales on a New
Bright Belt market this sea
son and others who had come \
to watch the trend of the
market.
The Brick Warehouse, operat
ed this season by O. C. Blanch- .'I
ard and W. H. Farrior, drew :!
first sale here today and from
the time the auctioneer started i
his sing-song jargon on the first.
pile until the last one wa
knocked out to the highest bUk ;.
der, a crowd estimated at
eral hundred followed the pt&^j
ceedings with interest aa
sought ma^fcertato the
of prices iffiiji wt»l jMg)£K
much to them. While
cally all available floor space
was taken in the house, tha ^
piles were mostly small “fe«A
ers” and the poundage did not
reach the point it otherwise '
would have had the baskets)
contained ;he usual amount of
weed. Offerings for the day a*,
the Brick amount to 88,634
pounds of mostly common tygtpi
j which held the average down
below the point it would have
reached under normal nmol-^
the-crop conditions. The aveP-1
average for the entire sale was
$21.86 per hundred, which was
considerable higher than last
year’s opening average.
A second sale at the Farmers
Warehouse, operated this year
by Chas. and J. A. Teachey, held
the poundage down at
And while no figures
house.
are available at this time, it
is estimated that offerings them
were about half as large as at
the Brick. The day’s average
was not available at a late hour
this afternoon but judging from
observations made on the sale,
it will run right along with the
Brick’s with chances of a few
points variation either way.
With a first sale tomorrow offer
ings on this floor are expected
to be considerably heavier than
today.
The difference in prices being
paid for good tobacco and
those of the common type was
today, as usual, very noticeable,
with good quality weed com
manding fancy prices and the
real common types going off for
a song. The smoking types went
especially in demand and com*
manded fancy prices whenever
they were offered.
Press dispatches today front
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Services Sunday At ’M
Local Presbyterio0
Preaching services will be held
at the local Presbyterian churtP:
on Sunday morning at 11 o’clock,
it was announced today by th*|
pastor, Rev. W. P. M. CurrieyJ
While this is not Mr. <hm||j|
regular appointment, he is pH
ing the pulpit at this time IMM
I to the fact that he has been
vacation this mopth. It is ala*
fifth Sunday, an open dpp