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Subscribe to the Vance News-Leader $1.00 per year Vance News-Leader “r.nVKRS VANCE LIKE THE DEW” The Vance News Leader is drastically independent of politics. It is published for all Vance people. WE PROMOTE ALL MATTERS OF INTEREST TO HENDERSON AND VANCE COUNTY VOL. I 5c A Copy HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1931 Published Every Thursday NO. 5 LOCAL LIBRARY SETS NEW MARK Circulates More Than 57,000 Volumes During Year Closing On Tuesday MAKES ANNUAL REPORT With a total circulation of 57,527 volumes for the 12 months closing last Tuesday, the H. Leslie Perry Memorial library reached the high est circulation in its history, sui*- passing the record of a year ago, 43,147, which was the largest up to that time. These figures were pre sented in the annual report of Miss Mary Louise McDearman, librarian, to the trustees of the library in the annual meeting held at the library building Tuesday. The trustees re-elected Colonel Henry Perry as chairman and Mrs. J. H. Brodie as secretary-treasurer. Miss McDearman was reappointed librarian for the ensuing year and her assistants, Mrs. Leslie Perry and Miss Nannie Crowder were also re-appointed. There are Sreven trustees of the library, those serving for the city being Colonel Henry Perry, Bennett H. Perry and Mrs. S. P. Cooper; those for the donors, Judge Thomas M. Pittman and Mrs. J. H. Brodie, and Mrs. J. H. Plummer for the County Board of Education, and Mrs. E. O. Young as the appointee of the Board of County Commis sioners. The library is tax-support ed, $2,000 appropriated by the Hen derson City Council and $1,000 each from the county commissioners and the board of education, making a total of $5,000 as its operating bud get which continues the same as when the library began operation in September, 1924. On the same budget the library served more people during the past year than ever in its history, and at an annual percapita cost of 20.5 cents for each inhabitant of the county. The circulation gain during the year ending June 30 was 14,380 over the previous year. A total of 869 volumes were added by purchase the Perry library ^^oper and 122 volumes were purchased and 47 ad ded by gift, a total of 169 for the Dunbar branch. During the year 305 volumes were lost one withdrawn from the Peny library and 53 from the Dunbar branch. Fourteen vol umes were transfered from the Perry library to the Dunbar branch for Negroes, operated at the colored graded school. At the present time the Perry library lias 5,244 adult and 2,277 juvenile, or a total of 7,521 volumes in its collection, while at the Dunbar branch there are 738 adult and 540 juvenile volumes, a total of 1,278. This makes a total of 8,799 volumes in the two libraries and imder the same management. The total active membership of the Perry library is 2,164 adult and 1,003 juvenile, a total of 3,167, while at the Dunbar branch there are 213 adult and 545 juvenile members a total of 758. The library’s circulation during the year included 29,405 volumes of adult and 8,268 of juvenile fiction, a total of 37,673, and 4,048 adult SHERIFF HAS NARROW ESCAPE IN RUNNING GUN BATTLE WITH JOHN MAYNARD NEAR VIRGINIA LINE After a running battle in which nard warned him that he would he barely escaped serious injury from a pistol shot fired at him by Johnnie Maynard, alleged bootleg, ger of near Henderson, Deputy Sheriff G. N. Tucker finally cap tured Maynard a few miles across the Virginia line late Saturday af ternoon. The officer was forced to shoot Maynard in the leg to stop him after the latter had fled from his car when the sheriff blocked the road. The chase started near Henderson and ended near Clarks ville, Va. Maynard was brought back to the Vance county hospital for treatment and will be given a hearing as soon as he is able to attend court. Tucker ran across Maynard un expectedly as the officer was leav ing the home of a negro whom he had arrested on another charge. Maynara l aa been at large sin.^c ’ast Thursday when he escaped during a raid on his filling station on the Oxford highway As the fugitive passed the negro's house, the officer gave chase and May- shoot anj’one who followed. DiS' regarding the threats^ Tucker fol lowed. The fleeing man led the officer a chase out the Dabney road, up the Oxford highway, through O.xford, out to the north of that city, and up toward Clarks ville, Va. As the cars raced through Ox ford, W. T. Landis, of the state revenue department atid other officers joined in the chase. They were behind Maynard's car when Tucker drew near and attempted to pass him. As he did so, the man sent a bullet through sheriffs wind shield, missing the officer’s head only a few inches. Tucker finally got ahead of Maynard and block ed the road. Finding escape cut off both ways, Maynard jumped from his car and ran across field. Tucker shot him in the leg and effected the capture. The negro was stUl in Tucker’s car when the running fight was over and beamed with thankful ness that no stray bullet had wing ed him. Mayor Surmounts Legal Technicality By Adding A Day Crudup To Head Crabtree Council Of Junior Order and 9,853 juvenile volumes of non fiction, a total of 13,901. The total borrowings of adults amounted to 33,453 and juvenile 18,121 volumes, a total of 51,574. At the Dunbar branch 766 adult and 946 juveniles "volumes of fiction were borrowed, a total of 1,722, and there were 836 adult and 3,395 juvenile volumers of non-fiction, a total of 4.231. Total borrowings there were 1,612 adult and 4,341 juvenile, or 5,953 volumes tti all. Of the total circulation for the year 31.2 per cent was in volumes of non-fiction works. Revival Services End At Rehoboth Church The series of revival services at Rehoboth Methodist church last week came to an end Fi'iday night with a total of fifteen new mem bers, mostly children, added to the church rolls. The doors of the church were opened at the last ser vice. Rev. C. L. Spencer, the regular pastor, had charge of the services. Mrs. Lloyd and Mr. Tillotson sang several duets during the meeting. Mayor Irvine B. Watkins, pre siding over the local police court, finds little difficulty in getting around the technicalities of the new ruling of the state highway commission which exempts from service on the roads any prisoner under sentence of 60 days or less. The fact was evinced in police court Tuesday morning when George Richardson, charged with obtaining goods under false pretenses, drew a sentence of 61 days, the mayor adding the extra day to insure Richardson’s going to the road as the court intended. The wheels of justice in both Mayor’s and Recorder’s courts ground out a scanty docket this y/eek, ___with the handling four cases up until Wea- nesday and the city court hearing flvS. On Monday Tom Harris, charg ed with reckless driving and strik ing Mrs. Sallie Watkins, was ar raigned in Mayor’s court. He re ceived a three-month sentence and was ordered to pay $150 toward the hospital expenses of the in jured woman. He noted an ap peal and bond was set at $300. Jessie Jackson was fined $2.50 and costs for drunkenness, while the charge of giving worthless checks against R. Norwich, trading as the Henderson Shoe hospital, was dismissed. Felt Huff plead guilty to a charge of beating a ride on a Seaboard train and drew a fine of $1 and costs. On Monday charges against Ed Stroud occupied the entire morn ing session of Recorder’s court, the accused man facing three charges, while Clifton Gupton and W. T. Riley were Involved with him in the first indictment, which was transporting liquor. On this coimt Stroud was given six months on the roads, while judgihent against the other tWo men was continued upon payment of costs. Stroud also drew a four months sentence on a charge of abandon ment, while prayer for judgment on a bad check charge was con tinued until a later date. The only case to come up Tues- J. B. Crudup was installed as councilor of Raymond B. Crabtree Council of the Junior Order at the ’ast meeting, along with other of fleers who were recently elected to serve duiing the coming term cf six months. T, P. Gholson assum ed his duties as vice-covmcilor; C P. Tankersley Jr., recording secre tary; F. M. Harward, assistant re cording secretary; Horace M. Rob inson, conductor; Hugh A. Jordan, warden; Arthur Matthews, inside seiitinel; J. M. King, outside sen tinel; J. D. Massee, trv^tee; G. W. Furqueron, financial secretary and treasurer; A. W. Gholson Jr., chap lain. J. Ed Hamlet, councilor for the councilor. J. A. Albright and George Aycock were elected repre sentatives to the State Council meeting in Charlotte next month and G. W. Furqueron and F. M. Hayward were named as alternates. The new councilor will appoint the standing committees at the regular meeting tonight to serve during his term, and urged mem bers to attend at that time. It was learned yesterday that C. E. Jeffries of YoungsvlUe would be present tonight to speak to the members on the insurance feature. All members and any visitors de siring to attend are extended a welcome. Mr. Crudup is planning to have special programs most of the time during his term of office in order to increase the interest in the work and to induce members to at tend. MASTER HOME MAKER Mrs L E. Barnes Hender»oiL N C. Henderson Post Names Delegates To Morehead Meeting Delegates to the annual state convention at Morehead City two weeks hence were elected by Hen derson Post, No. 60, cf the Ameri can Legion, at its regular monthly meeting held Monday night in its quarters over the Page-Hocutt diug store. Some officers not se lected at the recent'"post election were also named and matters of interest to Legionnaires in general were discussed. D. P. McDuflee is 'thairman and Roy O. Rodwell secretary of the delegation of five who will repre sent the local post at Morehc.'id, the other members being J. W. Jenkins, S. N. Powell and Dr. H. A. I\ewell. Alternates named were Bennett H. Perry, S. C. Floyd, J. C. Cooper, A. B. Young, G. W. Fur- quei on. Ray Greisenheimer was elccied employment officer for the post during the coming ye":!^ and S C. Fl.-jjd, retiring pos^ comirandei. was chosen as membership chair man. J. C. Gardne; was choi;n IS gi'urdianslup officer. A report was made byfE-. F-a.-l terfon on the junio^e'l^^tjcr- ganlzatlon and outlined the com/^schedule of contest games, declaimg that he thought the Henderaon Legion team had a good chance to make progress in the tournament which s(xm gets under way. Various other matters of inter est to the club were discussed at some length during the meeting, which was well attended by mem bers, with more than ordinary in terest manifested. The State convention of the Legion at Morehead City will be held Sunday, Monday and Tues day, July 26, 27 and 28. STATE TO HONOR VANCE WOMAN Mrs. L. E- Barnes Named As Master Farm Homemaker; Five From Over State EXERCISES ON JULY 29TH A New Series Of Anti-Typhoid Clinics Is Started This Week A new series of anti-typhoid clinics was begun this week by Miss Elnora Mayhew, coimty health nurse, who has already completed one round of visitations throughout the county for the administering of anti-typhoid serum. ’The new series of clinics will run for three weeks. The first visits were made last day in Recorder’s court was that ’^“I'day, when Miss Mayhew was at of Victor Hedrick, who faced M. H. Stone, recorder pro tem, on a charge of beating a board bill. Judgment was suspended upon payment of court costs and the board bill. J. W. SANDER IS SPENDING VACATION IN S. CAROLINA J. W. Sanders, county farm agent, is spending this week in South Carolina, combining busi ness with vacation in connection with the work of his office. He is accompanied by his wife and chil dren, and they are at tfieir former home In Camden, and elsewhere during their absence. Oyster Good Any Month, Says Expert WASHINGTON, July 14.—The be lief that oysters should be eaten during the “R” months only is a widespread popular fallacy accor ding to J. M. Lemon, associate technologist in the Commerce De partment’s Bureau of Fisheries, who has just completed a study of the market for fresh oysters in fourteen cities of the United States. As a possible reason advanced for the growth of the popular fallacy that oysters are not good in the summer, Mr. Lemon pointed out that 80 or 100 years ago, methods of transportation and handling were not advanced to the modern level, and that, as a consequence, oysters were more liable to spolia tion. It was mainly on economic matter. Dealers did not want to keep on hand products that would deteriorate. Renn’s store, Watkins, from 11 o’clock until noon and at Parham’s store from noon until 1 o’clock. The treatments will be repeated the next two Mondays, July 20 and 27. She was at Corbitts at the Jackson and Wrenn store Tuesday and will be there again July 21 and 28. On Wednesday she was at Bobbitt and will return July 22 and 29. Dates have been arranged for colored people in the city at the colored graded school on Fridays, July 17, 24, and 31. All of the dates except those at Watkins, Will be in the afternoon from 2 imtil 4 o’clock. Pre-School Clinic To Be Held Here Today For the purpose of administering vaccination and other treatments required before school entrance to children planning to enroll in the Henderson schools this fall, a pre school age clinic will be held at the Clark Street school this afternoon from 2 until 6 o’clock. Parents are urged to bring their children for taedical examination and vacina- tion, so that these essentials may be attended to before the opening of school. Farm Boys And Girls Return From White Lake Camp A group composed of 52 boys and 48 girls and their chaperones, representing the 4-H clubs of Vance county, returned home Sat urday afternoon from White Lake where the clubs held their annual week’s outing. J. W. Sanders, county agent, and Mrs. Hattie Plummer, home dem- orjstration agent, acted as chief chaperones, w^hile Miss Elncrs. Kayhew, ccunlt nurse, attended end gave daily lectures on nealth and hygiene. She was also in cliarge of first aid work in the ccmp. The trip was made in school buse.3, the clubs paying the rost of thj gas-oline and oil U' . COUtily Vance Home Agent Attends Conference Mrs. Hattie P. Plummer, home demonstration agent of Vance county, is attending a conference of home demonstration agents at Springfield, Mass. She will be away about 10 days. Mrs. Plum- nier, who has been county demon stration agent for the past 15 years, is the only wora;in ever to hold the position she n ft fills. Mrs. L. E. Barnes of Henderson is one of the five North Carolina farm women who have been chosen fcr special recognition by State College on the night of July 29 for their contribution to the welfare of rural North Carolina. These women are to receive the title of Master Farm Homemaker, which is to be conferred with public cer— mony, as a special feature of the 29th annual session of the State Farmers’ convention. The other women who are to re ceive the honor along with Mrs. Flames are Mrs. E. L. Peele, Pike- ville, Wayne coujity; Mrs. J. F. Forbes Sr., Shawboro, Currituck county; Mrs. Annie C. Hay, Mays- ville, Jones county; Mrs. J. F. Knight, China Grove, Rowan county. These women are all good housekeepers, but housekeeping alcne was not the basis upon which selection was made, according to Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, state home demonstration agent. Each of them was required to answer satisfactorily more than 500 ques tions concerning the management of their homes, education and do velopment of their children, com munity work, and the health rec ords of the family. The score made by Mrs. Barnes in this ex amination was among the highest, the demonstration agent stated. Even though the oldest member of her family of five is only 15 years old, Mrs. Bames finds a great deal of time for community work. She is a member of five church and so cial organizations and an officer in each of them. Because she had no opportuunlty to attend school after she had been graduated from the eighth grade, she is now tak ing the course in foods and nutri- si'fatiSlf'aepa-ftfh^ftlf- ‘ipmoa- To guard the health of her neigh bors and of her own family. Mrs. McKnight promoted the draining of a swamp in her community, thus diminishing a mosquito menace. Mrs. McKnight is the mother of three daughters, one of whom is a home economics teacher, another is a primary teacher, and the third is a farm homemaker. Selling on a curb market her home canned fruits and vegetables has earned for Mrs. Peele a net income of 840 a year. In spite of all the work marketing and can ning requires. Mrs. Peele has found time to take an active part in com munity affairs. She has four daughters and two step-daughters. ‘‘If a home may be judged by the type of children reared in it, then Mrs. Forbes’ home is of the high est order” writes a neighbor in ncminating Mrs. Forbes for Master Farm Homemaker recognition. Mrs. Forbes has a family of eight, six daughters and two sons. Following their mother's example these chil dren are now leaders in the com munity in which they live. A widow since 1917 when the youngest of her six children was only eight years old, and the oldest was 20. Mrs. Hay has had to spend much of her time managing the 400-acre farm which she owns. She has managed so well that she has made it possible for four of her children to receive college train ing. This recognition idea is sponsor ed by The Farmers’ Wife, national farm woman’s magazine of St. Paul, Minn., cooperating with the home demonstration department of the college. The women were selected by a special committee from a large list of nominees. County Holds Surplus Estimated at $16,000 Mrs. S. P. Jackson Buried Ne'w Hope Methodist Church Funeral services for Mrs. Stella Paschall Jackson of Manson, who died of blood poisoning at the Maria Parham hospital in Hender son last Sunday morning, were held Sunday afternoon at 4:30 at the New Hope Methodist Protest ant church with interment in the church cemetery. The pastor, the Rev. J. W. Braxton, conducted the services. He was assisted by the Rev. R. A. Hunter, pastor of the Henderson Methodist Protestant church, and the Rev. P. D. Woodall, pastor of the Middleburg circuit of the M. E. church. Active pallbearers were Perry Ellington, Jerome Jackson, Perry Perdue, Herman Breedlove, Tliomas Paschall, Eugene Paschall. Flower girls were members of Mrs. Jack son’s Sunday school class at New Hope church, taught by Mrs. A. B. Paschall, the young ladies being Misses Edna Currie, Frances Pas chall, Helen Paschall^ Irma Pas chall, Louise Paschall, Irene El- imgton, Edna Paschall, Jennie El lington, Elizabeth Dowling, Jennie Dowling and Margie Hobble. Mrs. Jackson had been ill about a week. She leaves no children, but is survived by her husband, to whom she was married January 2, 1629; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Paschall of Manson; two brothers, C. M. Paschall, Jackson ville, Florida, and A. C. Paschall of Macon; tlu'ee sisters, Mrs. J. H. Shipp, Morrisville; Misses Rosa and Gertrude Paschall of Manson. She was in her 19th year, having been bom at Manson, November 16, 1012, She had lived at Manson her entire life, had been a member of New Hope church for the past 10 years, and was widely known in the community. T^rxcui^at Ke’^iL-.^Sit Leaves On Sunday For Camp Jackson Figures Represent Total Of Amounts Remaining In Various Divisions AUDIT BOOKS FINISHED Officers and men of the 105th Medical Regiment and of the Serv ice Company will leave Sunday morning for their annual encamp ment at Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C. The 105th Medical Regiment is commanded by Coloinel H. A. Newell the Service Company by Captain T. W. Evans. Capt. James N. O’Neil, command ing the general supply section of the Service Company, left for Camp Jackson Thursday morning with an advanced detatchment o-f twelve men. Captain J. H. Wheeler, com manding the Medical Laboratory section, and Captain W. H. Flem ing, commanding the Medical Sup ply Section will leave with the com pany Sunday morning. Staff officers Major E, F. Fen ner, and Major I. H. Hoyle will go by automobile Sunday. Divers Search Roanoke For Body Of Negro Woman STEEL BRIDGE CAFE, July 12. —Many people gathered here on Sunday as divers plunged beneath the muddy waters of the Roanoke in search of the body of Elizabeth Bass, young negro of Raleigh who was thrown into the river and d?owned last night when the car here. The girl, about 18 years old, her mother, Lillie Bass, Jonathan Austin, driver of the car, and an other negro man were driving from Raleigh to Baltimore when the ac cident occurred. Virginia authorities arrested Austin, who had sustained a fractured arm, after the accident. The mother was taken back to Ra leigh, her condition hysterical, but apparently suffering no badily In- ’juries other than bruises. Father Mrs. Buchan Dies At Farm ville JESSE LEE CLARK JR. BURIED AT ELMWOOD ON TCESKAY Jesse Lee Clark Jr., infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Clark Sr., died at a local hospital at 5:20 o’clock Monday afternoon after an illness of two days, convulsions having been the cause of death. The child was born last June 2. Funeral services were held Tues day afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence on Eaton street, with in terment in Elmwood cemetery. Rev. L. B. Reavis, pastor of South Henderson Baptist church, was in charge. DENNIS IS SPEAKER ‘The Rotary Club had a good at tendance at its regular Tuesday night supper. The program was mider the direction cf T. B. Rose, who presented H. A. Dennis, as the chief speaker of the evening. Mr. Deimis spoke on the history and growth of newspapers in the United States. The Rotary club accepted an in vitation from the Oxford Rotary club to be the guests of their club on July 23. DEED RECORDED A deed transferring two tracts of land in Vance county from the Eastern Carolina Service Corpora tion to the Carolina Ice (Company, was recorded in the office of the register of deeds here on Saturday. Ten dollars and other considtra- ticns was paid. News has been received in the city of the death of N. H. Whit field, 70, father of Mrs. George Buchan of Henderson, which oc curred at his home in Farmville last Saturday. Funeral services were held at the Farmville Methodist church Sunday and burial was made in the Farmville cemetery. Mr. Whitfield’s death, which was due to a complication of diseases, was not unexpected, as he had been in declining health for the past six months. Mrs. Buchan, her son, G>eorge, and her daughter, Ruth, attended the funeral services. Uses Alphabet In Naming 16 Children BOWMAN, Ga., July 15.—For family nomenclature Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ginn, who live near here, recommended the alphabetic sys tem especially for a family with 16 children. Relative ages, they find, are easily called to mind and all ele ment of error is practically elimi nated in giving a complete enum eration. Their children are named as 'TSI- lows: Brodie, Corbin, Dorcas, El mira, Fezzan, Gregor, Hassle, Ith- mar, Jessie, Kester, Lisbon, Man son, Nelson, Ornice, Paschal, and Quaver. Ten of the children have chil dren of their own. School Funds Not Included In Calculations; Are Handled Separately Vance county closed its books for tlie fiscal year ending June 30 with a surplus of about $16,000, it was tentatively estimated by the audi tors who finislied going over the books last week. These figures re present a total of amounts remain ing in various sections of the bud get, it was announced Tuesday by G. W. Adams, county accountant. Part of the surplus was in the highway fund and the remainder was in several other funds. The calculations excluded the school fund, as that is handled separate from other county affairs. The Walter Charnley Company Charlotte, who have done tlie audit ing here for several years, were in charge of the work. Their records have been forwarded to the Char lotte office of the company where the report will be worked out in detail and returned hei'e. The ex act amount of the su^'plus item will be determined when the final reiK)rt is made. It is understood that the surplus will be taken into account when the 1931-32 budget is made up. Bureau Finds Many Jobless In Carolina RALEIGH, ulJy 14.—Thirty thou sand and ninety persons sought jobs through the State-Federal employ ment service in North Carolina dur ing the year ended July 1, but only 9,528 of them were successful in finding permanent jobs. Unemployment was tempered for 6,686 of the applicants, however, as that number were placed in tem porary jobs either through civic ef forts to provide temporary jobs or seasonal job3 in the berry and crop districts. The service last year maintained five regular employment offices in Asheville, Charlotte, Badin, Raleigh, and Wilmlnton and three temporary offices established last December in the State-wide move to relieve un employment. They were at High Point Salisbury and Winston-Salem. Salvation Army Is Inspected By Damon Commissioner Alexander Damon, of Atlanta, who is in charge of the southern division of the Salvation Army, made a visit of inspection to the Henderson corps of the organi zation Tuesday. He was accompani ed by Colonel Smeeton, chief secre tary of the Southern division. They spent the entire day tn the city. While here they were guests of Commandant H. V. Anderson of the Henderson post. R. R. Pinkston, 92, Breaks Leg In Fall R. R. Pinkston, 92, one of Hen derson’s oldest residents, was re ported in a serious condition this week, suffering from a broken leg sustained on Saturday morning when he fell in his room at his home on South William street. Mr. Pinkston is well known in this city and is the oldest member ol the First Methodist church. His injury is considered serious, cn account of his advanced age.