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WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1946 10 PAGES TODAY
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Tobacco Market Will
Operation Despite Burning Of
Two Large Warehouses Tuesday
f Unofficial Reports Indicate
, Close To Million Pounds
SSold During Past Week For
Increased Average
BETTER GRADES
COMING ON FLOORS
Continue Three Hour Sales
Day For Local
Market
1 Although the aspirations of
' Wallace Tobacco Market for a
\ record season took a distinct
ttumbie Tuesday night with the
'burning of two of the market’s
; large warehouses, unofficial re
ports Indicated Wednesday that
' close to another million pounds
had changed hands on local
-floors during the past week.
Official figures for all sales
; during the week were not im
mediately available due to the
fire, but it appeared that the
average price for the week had
shown a slight increase over
previpns weeks as the grades of
fered on the local market im
U proved, according to information
given by buyers on the local
fiarket and incomplete reports
n sales.
the season with New Duplin and
Hussey’s No. 2 alternating sales.
Wh|le the available floor space
on iiihe market was cut it was
predicted that the remaining
houses could keep enough tobac
co on their floors to use up the
entire three hours selling time
each day for the local set of buy
ers.
With the tobacco sold during
the past week the total for the
season reached almost eight mil
lion pounds at an average well
over 52c h pound.
t We noted an unusual sign on
lithe Rose Hill Post Office win
dow this week as follows: “Bar
gain Sale—6c and 8c Air Mail
stamps now Sc” ... It Is the
first time we ever knew, the
i Post Office to run a clearance
sale . . . Glad to see Mr. Tom
Covington able to be back at
t work after a losing session at
j bridge ... we hear that E. R.
.Ackerman and Dr. Dealing en
■> joyed the supper very much . ..
?- A chili northwest breeze
'swept through the section Mon
day night and Tuesday bringing
“seasonable weather” . . . Sales
picked up on blankets, jackets,
1 and “long bandies" . * . the
- 3 weather man predicted , 11 g h t
1 frosts in central and western N.
Rumors have U that the Wal
l lace American Legion Post is
Manning an extensive athletic
•am for Wallace . . . includ
te building of a stadium and
istallation of lights .. . and
tps the construction of a
nut in the near future ... no of
ficial action on the matter as yet
‘ but, more power to them . . .
i Whit helps Wallace helps you..,
! and me . . .
The Wallace Bulldogs took a
real drubbing Friday over at
,La Grange . . . Duke was set
back at’the hands of N; C. State
'■Saturday in another football con
test . . . maybe we’re partial but
we ask you to keep an eye on
MWike Forest this fau in grid
.... Boston College which
fore the Deacons Friday
is reputed to be no push
meat
just'
be
carry
District Meet
Woman’s Clubs
Set For Monday
Mrs. Karl Bishopric of Spray,
president of the North Carolina
Federation of Women's Clubs,.
Mrs. John M. Council of Wanan
ish and Mrs. Charles G. Doak,
executive secretary of Raleigh,
will be guest speakers at the
Eleventh District meeting to be
held in Rose Hill Monday, Octo
ber 7th, beginning at 10 a. m.
in the Rose Hill Methodist
church. Mrs. E. L. Lanier, dis
trict president, of Rose Hill, will
preside at the meeting.
The district is composed of the
following clubs: Burgaw Wom
an's Club, Adelphia Club- of
Calypso, Clinton Study Club,
Clinton Woman’s Club, John M.
Faison and Sesame Clubs in
Faison. Kenansville Woman’s
Club, Rose Hill Woman’s Club,
Southport Woman’s Club, Wal
lace Woman’s Club, North Caro
lina Sorosls Club in Wilming
ton, Junior Woman’s Club in
Wallace and the Junior North
Carolina Sorosis in Wilmington.
District officers dre Mrs. E.,
feswawsssi
viile, vice-presid
James D. Fussell
acting secretary.
Mrs. H. G. Ward of Rose Hill
is president of the hostess club
and . she w$l extend greetings to
the district.
Trial Of Negro
In Houston Case
Now Being Held
Trying To Select Jury For
First Degree Case Wednes
day From Special Venire
Superior Court was in session
in Kenansville this week with
Judge Leo Carr of Burlington
on the bench. On Wednesday
the court was engaged in secur
ing a Jury from a special venire
to try Moses Artis, charged with
the first degree murder of G. G.
Houston, Rockfish township
farmer, early last summer.
During the first two days of
the week a number of minor
cases had been disposed of but
the Artis case was the chief one
on the docket for this term. Up
to mid-afternoon Wednesday only
eight Jurors had been selected
for the case.
Series Revival
Services Begin
Baptist Church
The Rev. Oscar Creech Of
Ahoskie Will Be Guest
Minister For Series Revival
Meetings
The Rev. Oscar Creech, pastor
of the First Bftptist church of
Ahoskie, N. C., will be guest
minister in a series of revival
services at the Wallace Baptist
church, beginning Monday eve
ning, October 7, and .continuing
through Sunday, October 13.
There will be a service each
morning at 8:30 and each eve
ning at 7:30.
The public is cordially invit
ed to attend all this series of
services.
Correction
Guest Minister
The Rev. Oscar Creech, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church
of Ahoskie, who will conduct
9 series of revival services
here next week.
TwoYonngNen
Seriously Hurt
InAutoWreck
Milton Ray Knowles And
Browder Parker Of Rose
Hill, Route 3, In Wilmi#g
tonHoanltal -
Head And Internal Injuries
Shown On Exami
nation
Two young men, Milton Ray
Knowles and Browder Parker,
of Rose Hill, Route 3, were seve
rely injured shortly after mid
night Tlesday morning when the
car in which they were riding
went out of control and turned
over just beyond the pickle
Slant just north of Rose Hill on
’. S. 117.
Knowles and Parker are both
in a Wilmington hospital in ser
ious condition from injuries re
ceived in the wreck. Knowles re
ceived head and chest injuries
and Parker lacerations of the
head, internal head injuries, and
a crushed left hand, according to
CpL R. J. Provo of the North
Carolina State Highway Patrol
who investigated the accident.
According to Provo the car
went off the road on the left
hand side and swung back across
the road, turning over as it did
so, and was evidently travelling
at a high rate of speed when the
accident occurred.
Number Injured
Result Of Fire
Tuesday Night
Crowell Hall, Watha Farmer,
Hospitalized Result Burns
Received Trying To Save
Automobile
Crowell Hall, farmer of Watha,
was severely burned Tuesday
night in the fire which destroyed
Hussey's No, 1 and Brick Ware
houses in Wallace and was sent
to a Wilmington hospital but
was not considered in a critical
condition.
Hall had his car, a 1942 Pon
tiac, and trailer loaded with to
bacco in the Hussey warehouse
when the fire broke out. He at
tempted to drive his car to safety
and failed to get it started.
Finally, he made a run for the
door and his clothing caught
fire before he could get out. His
car and trailer were lost
Civitan Drive
For Shop Fund
Gains Interest
Drive Closes With Drawing
For Refrigerator And Other
Prizes On October 15
REPORT MANY
TICKETS SOLD
Money To Be Used For Rose
Hill School Shop
Building
Interest is running high in the
Rose Hill Civitan refrigerator
raffle, Dennis Ramsey, publicity
chairman for the drive, said this
week. A large number of tickets
has been sold and the club ex
pects a still larger number to
be sold between now and the raf
fle drawing which is to be held
on Tuesday, October 15, on the
stage of the Rose Hill Theatre
following a free show for hold
ers of raffle tickets.
Rose Hill stores have contri
buted a number of other worth
while gifts for which tickets will
be drawn in addition to thos£
listed in the announcement at
the beginning of the drive.
The money realized from the
raffle will be used by the Civi
tan Club in building a shop budd
ing for Rose Hill High School,
to be used by students; both vet
erans and norvveterans in cours
Football Team
To Play Ay den
On Local Field
Friday's Game Should Be
Good, Overman Says; La
Grange Tramples Locals
52-0
Still seeking a taste of victory
the Wallace High School Bull
dogs will tangle with the Ayden
football team Friday afternoon
at 2 o’clock on their home
grounds in what should be a
good game, according to Coach
Thell Overman.
Last Friday La Grange hand
ed the locals their second set
back by the lop-sided score of
52-0. While the La Grange team
decisively whipped Wallace,
Coach Overman stated this week
that he was not dissatisfied with
the way his boys are coming
along. He expressed satisfaction
with the line play, reporting that
the visitors made most of their
gains by air and were never
able to rip the Wallace line to
shreds as they did in their first
game here.
The one Wallace scoring
chance in this game came in
the third quarter when Casey
blocked a punt and Wallace re
covered on the five yard line.
The best defensive players for
Wallace were Henry James, Earl
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Goerch, Barden
Chief Speakers
Church Festival
Penderlea Baptists Plan Har
vest Day Festival For
Thursday, October 10;
Money Goes To Building
Fund
The Penderlea Baptist church
at Willard is planning an all
day Harvest Day Festival to be
held at the church on Thursday,
Oqtober 10, featuring Carl
Goerch, Representative Graham
Barden, , and other visiting speak
ers.
The program for the day will
begin at 10:00 a. m. with the
Rev. E. ,C. Chamblee, mission
ary of the Wilmington Associe
Speaker
s
Honorable Graham Barden,
member of Congress from this
di^-ict, will be a featured
speaker at the Harvest Day
Festival to be held at Pender
lea Church on Thursday, Oc
tober 10.
Four Prisoners
Make Jail Break
At KenansviOe
Two Guards Fired For Negli
REPORTS INDICATE
Make Get Away By Sawing
Way Out Of Cell Block
At Camp
Four Negro prisoners sawed
their way to freedom from a cell
block in the Duplin County Pri
son Camp at Kenansville some
time before 3 a. m. Monday and
were still at large according to
reports Wednesday.
Simultaneously with reporting
the break on Monday, State Pri
son Director Clyde Robinson
stated that John L. Benson and
Richard Beaver, guards on duty
during the break, had been dis
charged for negligence, by Kyle
Matthews, prison inspector, who
investigated the break.
Robinson said that the break
was discovered at 3 a. m. Mon
day and a search for the escapees
was begun immediately.
The escapees were Elijah
Bragg, 20, sentenced in Robeson
County, 1946, from three to five
years for false pretense; James
Peoples, sentenced in 1937 to
serve 12 years for housebreak
ing, entering, and larceny; James
Robinson, Jr., 18, sentenced in
Buncombe County in 1945 to
serve from three to five years
for house breaking and larceny;
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towlhg Break
me Before 3 A.
Most Disastrous Conflagration
In Wallace History Did Damage
Set At $400,000 Tuesday Night
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Swift G. Boykin
Funeral Rites
At Rose Hill
Funeral services for Mr.
Swift Galloway Boykin, 64,
were held at Oak Plain Presby
terian church near Rose Hill on
September 20th at 3 o’clock with
burial in Oak Plain cemetery.
The Rev. F. M. Bain, pastor of
Mt. Zion Presbyterian church,
Rose Hill and the Rev. W. B.
Hood, pastor of the Wallace
Swift G. Boykin
Presbyterian church, conducted
the services. The short Masonic !
service at the grave was per- j
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VA Seeking Jobs
For Handicapped
Duplin Veterans
Next Week Designated As
“National Employ The
Physically H a n d i c apped
Week”
“It’s not what is gone but
what is left that counts when
an employer considers a handi
capped veteran for permanent
employment,” Mr. Clay B. Rich
manager of the local USES office
said today in outlining the ob
jectives of National Emplov the
Physically Handicapped Week
October 6-12.
Mayor Harrell has issued a pro
clamation setting aside this week
for observance by Wallace resi
dents. In his proclamation the
mayor cited the excellent record
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Eastern Baptist Association
Releases Program Annual Meet
County Men Join
Army, Board Says
The JJuplin County Selective
Service Board No. 1 has sent two
men, J* eph Whitfield Newkirk
and Ja nes Elwood Taylor, to
Fort Bi agg for induction into
the Ari*y it was reported this
week. %
nl addition, the following men,
eligible for induction, have en
listed in the Army recently: Ed
win I. Ennis, Willard W. Whit
field, George Davis Evans,
Bromley R. Pope, Franklin M.
Bain and John G. Powell.
From local Board No. 2 the
following men have enlisted re
cently: Floyd Casteen, Joseph
Edward Quinn, James Stephen
Murphy, Lloyd Earl .Swinson
and Hubert Harrison Brown.
LEGION MEETING SET
FOR FRIDAY EVENING
A meeting of the Wallace Post
No. 156, American Legion, will
be held Friday evening, October
4, at the Masonic Hall, replete
with barbecue supper, speakers,
..if <*lo be
announced
Associataed Meet To Be
Held October 8-9 At New,
Hope On First Day And
Mount Vernon Second Day
The theme “Christ Above All”
has been chosen for the meeting.
of the Eastern Baptist Associa- j
tion on October 8 and 9 at New
Hope and Mount Vernon Baptist
churches. This year, for the first
time, the association will meet
with two different churches,
meeting with New Hope on Tues
day and Mount Vernon on Wed
nesday.
On Tuesday the sessions will
open at 10:00 o’clock with the
devotional followed by a busi
ness meeting. At 11:00 Dr. R. F.
Marshburn will make a report on
state missions followed by an ad
dress by Earle L. Bradley and
the annual sermon by the Rev.
J. W. Lambert.
After lunch on the opening day
the devotional will be conducted
by L. L. Johnson, with most of
the session being taken up with
educational efforts of the
churches. Various phases of
church training will be discussed
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Hussey’s No. 1 And Brick
Warehouse Destroyed In '
Raging Two Hour Fire
Tuesday Night
FLAMES STARTED
IN FRAME BUILDING
Tobacco Fully Insured And
Buildings Partially
Covered
The most disastrous fire in
the history of Wallace complete
ly destroyed two of the town’s
tobacco warehouses, Hussey’s
No. 1 and the Brick Warehouse
on Tuesday night just before
midnight.
All that remained Wednesday
of the two large warehouses
were smouldering ashes and
crumbled brick walls as a result
of the fire which began shortly
after 11:00 o’clock in the wood
en Hussey’s No. 1, fronting on
Railroad Street and spread ra
pidly into the Brick Warehouse
which was next to it at the Col
lege Street end.
Within 30 minutes from the
time the fire was discovered and
the alarm turned in the large
frame building was flattened W v
the ground and the fire was be
ginning to break out in the end
ci the Brick Warehouse adjacent
to the frame structure. It appear
ed for a time that the entire
block of business houses might
be wiped out.
Loss in the fire, which destroy
ed more than one-half the square
block, with tobacco on the
floors said unofficially to be
valued at more than $200,000,
was estimated to run around
around $400,000, with full insu
rance coverage on the tobacco
which was awaiting sale on the
warehouse floors and partial
coverage on the buildings.
Save Hotel Building
The brisk wind which was
whipping the fire from the north
east carried the flames to the
old hotel building, now an apart
ment house occupied by a dozen,
or more families. The building
caught in a number of places on
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Mayors
Proclamation
On
National Employ The Physi
cally Handicapped Week
Whereas, Victory in World
War II cost us more than 2,
000,000 casualities and
Whereas, there are many mil
lions of handicapped persons in
the United States, many of whom
by their efforts were of great
aid in manufacturing munitions
or providing essential service
for the war effort, and
Whereas, all of those persons
including disabled veterans of
World War I and II deserve self
supporting, self-respecting jobs
in which they can make useful
contributions to our community,
state and nation . . . now, there
fore, I J. Aubrey Harrell, Mayor
of the City of Wallace, N. C„
do set aside the week of Octo
ber 6th to October 12th as employ
the physically handicapped week,
and I call upon all local offi
cials, all local employers, all
local civic organizations and all
citizens to assist in every way
possible, to the end that it shall
be brought to the attention of all
members of our community that
disabled veterans and other
handicapped civilians are fully
capable and are performing ef
ficiently, safely and reliably In
thousands of different occupa
tions.
And I further urge all employ
ers to place all. their job orders
with the United States Employ
ment Service so that dii ' ‘
veterans and other handle
workers may be given an
portunity to prove their value i
productive and self-r
jobs.
In witness whereof, I
hereunto set my hand and
ed the seal of the
lace to be affixed.;