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ASK WHAT YE WILL If ye]
abide in me. and my words abide in
you. we shall ask what ye will and it
shall be done unto you John 15 7.
Wt SHOULD BE ASHAMED
Virtually aU of um at one time 01 j
another, and many of us most of the :
t.me in the kgst three years have been
in the habit of complaining about
cur lot. True enough. the going is
harder than it was before, but. even
with all the difficulties we are facing
there is still much to be thankful for
Arakibald Johnson, in Charity and
Children, offers evidence to put us to
■bams When he wntes this:
‘Go through the hospital and ask
The patients what vs the greatest bless
ing and they will say ’health'. Go to
the Mind school and ask what is the
greatest blessing and the reply will
be the power to see’ Go to the deaf
and dumb institution and ask what
Is the greatest blessing and the reply
will be ’to be ab'e to hear and speak.’
Then go out on the streets and bear
men. wtvo can sec and hear and talk
and are in such perfect health they
never think of health at ail. complain
because they have none of the bless
ings of life.”
WHY NOT ENFORCEMENT?
The Nation, in Its current issue, re
veals its inherent enmity toward pro
hibition It says it “has been slow to
come To the belief that the repeal of
the eighteenth amendments is inevit
able and
having held the idea that goodness
should be legi.-lated into people, but
admits that “we have been among
thoee who felt that prohibition, in its
hirst years, bestowed untold benefit
upon the workirg classes and contri
buted a great deal to the post-wai
prosperity of the American people b>
depriving the brewers and distillers oi
their the purchasing power ol
th« notion' and turning it into other
and better channels." It despairs ot
bhe> pbefttollUy of irnguoving condi
tions, and calls Mr. Hoover “as much
of a hypocrite in the White House on
this issue as were Mr. Coolidge and
Mr. Harding.”
But listen to this: "We believe that,
given an executive who deemed law
enforcement a pi mie duty, and a civil
service of the honesty and incorrup
tibility of the Germans before the war
and of the British at this hour, it
would be possible to secure an en
forcoment which would practically do
the trick." But The Nation finds that
“ to <lay the President keeps up the
faJae pretense of enforcement, as he
misrepresented th? wet Wiskersham re
port, makes no effort to eliminate po
litics In the enforcement service, is
oblivious to growing corruption, grow
ing defiance of the fundamental law
and tihe Constitution itself." and adds
"There is no prospect that hia suc
cessor Will do anything else."
But why not try enforcement for a
while? Here la a journal joining In
the oUnor for repeal when it admits
that enforcement would do the trick.
Why doe* It not Instead, wax equally
an enthusiastic In favor of the plan
that wIH make possible what It ad*
rartts is a good thing? In days ol|
prosperity The Nation thought pro
hibition a good thing, but since hard
times have struck, it has changed Its
mind. Maybe it has slipped into the
pit of financial difficulties with the
rent of us, or just wants liquor bock
to out the tax burden down, regardless
the right or wrong or ths good or bad
of prohibition. A lot of folks art that
"V- . . ;
NOT HELPING THE CAUSE
Action of the Northern Method**
Ohurcto General Conference in adopt*
ing by such an overwhelming vote at
it did a resokukm refusing to boM
its conventions again in a city where
the color line is drawn in botete ami
restaurants Is to be deplored If an
improvement in racial relations was
tbs goal aimed at. rt will have a tend
ency to owing the pendulum la the
opposite direction. If the further
ance of unification between the*
church and ths Southern Method**
Church were hoped tor as aa end.
achieved by force. U bos. if anything,
driven the wedge in deeper
As great and as powerful a body
as Is the Northern Methodist Church
and as much aa any city prlxes the
honor of entertaining its quadrennial
sessions, it is doubtful if a city that
has any sort of segregation of the
races will throw that pokey into ths
discard merely for the sake of a visit
from the Methodist body. The con
Terence over-rates Us importance in
the estimation of secular institutions
when it makes its calculations after
that fashion.
AU good and well meaning citizens
of both races deeire more amicable re
lationships between the two. A de
nial of that aspiration is not being
made here. Rather would it be em
phasised. The point is that ths
Northern Methodists have been in too
big a hurry, and in their zeal for ad
vaneement in the cause have over- j
stepped the rate of progress to do j
hurt to and to delay the very purpose
n mind.
j
Conceding that the Christian church
should properly concern itself wRh
the moral and physical welfare of the :
* i
people, the Methodists have been a bit ;
ard in its criticism of wage cuts.
7very one knows that lower wages i
nean reduced purchasing power of the
working people, and that the more
,:uts there are the less ot the products
,f industry can wage earners buy.
Vet what else can business do than
ut expenses, including wages, when
.t has not the resources with which
o continue the high levels of the post
ieoade 0 Condemnation of that step
n the business wv>rkl by the Metho
ds* conference was likewise & piece
>f bad judgment arid reveals a lack of
ippreciation of economic problems
that are confronting all business in
•heee times. The forces that put that
through may be the same groups that
irew the virtual ultimatum from lay
Timbers to the church organizations
hat expenses within the church must
e curtailed if sound procedure is to
*- its policy in the nest few years,
.lie conference will get further along
nd accomplish more in the long run
>y a broader comprehension of oondi
lone that exist ilka a it has shown in
hese acts in the early vGages of Ms
;uadrenntal gathering.
RETURNING BUSINESS
Department store | merchants am
epresenlted as optimdsktc over the
crly return of better days for them
ltd when it gebe better for them it
.’ill likewise be better for other
•ranches of business for much the
ume reasons. They are wise enough
ot to undertake to fix a definite date
cr the climb to begin, but some have
laaarded the guess of late summer,
com the Durham Herald is taken
he following:
The department store merchants
.to optimistic, according to David
;vens, Charlotte depaßmertt atom
nanager, who hau just returned from
i national convention of merchants,
u-ld in St. Louis.
According to Mr. Over*, itie mer
•hants. while not wiHing to set a dofl
iite date for the beginning of renew
’d buying on an extensive scale, say
hat when it does come it will be one
>f the aharpeat recoveries in the hia
ory of the country. Many of them
hink that the middle of the sum
mer will wkneis this upturn, but
whether it Is then or later, they be
lieve it will come with a rush that
will make itself felt immediately.
As reported in the Charlotte Ob
server: 3
Representatives from the outstawF
ng department store* of New York,
Pittsburgh, Ric’unond, Dallas, Fort
Wayne, Milwaukee, 3t. Louis. Char
lotte, Memphis, Washington. Now Or
leans, Denver and St. Louis attended
the meeting.
As basis for their belief that a tre
mendous amount of business will km
mediately follow indications of nor
mal trading, k was pointed out that
all stores have been forced to moke
purchases in line with minimum re
quirements. As a result, stocks have
leached the lowest level, In com*
parison. of course, wtth ths normal
amount of trade.
l*ds is because the purchasing pub
lic has done Its buying on tbs lowest
possible scale. When retail trade ap
proaches normalcy, merchant* will toe
forced to moke almost unprecedented
factory purchases to bring their Mock
to their previous level.
Mr. Ovens believe*, along tgßh the
other HgchgmMßvth «b*t this **4-
HENDERSON, (N. C.J DAILY DISPATCH- TUESDAY, MAY I'D, 1932
cdpated upturn will mean an almost
avemlgbt era of sane prosperity.
Despite setbacks, department store
owners have not lost their nerve. They
have confidence in Amaxiaa and know
America Is safe. As a result, they are
fighting to meet the new problems
they have been caked upon to face
and are ready ft* the new era of bus
iness. They are no* filled with un
founded optimism that will causa
them to endeavor to load up with
goods they cannot sell, but they will
be ready to keep pace when belter
prices arrive.
Mr. Owens reported the trade trend
over the various sections to be oknoet
exactly the some, five percent
the greatest variance.
Purchases of the highewt prioed
commodities, such as furniture, have
been the hardest hit, wHh women’s
accessorise feeling the least effects
of the conditions. he said.
SUCK AS AN EEL
They may have the Steel trap on
foxy old Gaston Means, but if ao it
will be the first time save one when
such has been the case. H« has served
a term in the Atlanta Federal prison,
but no axmer war, he out than he was
jumping about at hie old haunts
again. % f
He says ne gave Mrs McLean’s
5100,000 Lindbergh baby ransom to the
supposed kidnapers, but the Federal
agents are not so sure about (hat, and
ore looking all over the country for
traces of the huge sum. with Mesne
a gneat, meanwhile, In the District of
Columbia jaH for safe keeping.
The former Department of Justice
agent has had a checkered career,
and it has been as Inter eating as spot
ted. He has been charged with or su
spected of various wrong-doings in hi*
career, from murder on down the line,
and every time but one be slipped
through the hands of the law like an
eel. It will not be surprising If he j
does the same thing now.
One so experienced with life as Mr*. ,
McLean should have known better
than to have turned over ao large a
-sum to one Mke- Gorton Means. The
amount is twice the aum reported to
Have bee n paid by the father of the
kidnaped child htmseif for the recov
ery of the infant, and by one who was
in no way directly concerned. The
wonder is that any ene in these days
should have so much idle caMi to
turn over to crooks without every
safeguard of it!s legitimacy.
TODAY
TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES.
1760—Rouget de Lisle, author of the
national anthem of France, the
"Marseillaise," born. Died June
26. 1836.
1789—Jared Sparks, noted historian
and president of Harvard, born
at Willington, Conn. Died at
Cambridge, Maas., March 14,
1866.
1808 Paul Tulane, New Orleans mer
chant and philanthropist, born
' near Princeton. N. J. Died there
March 23. 1887.
1818—Montgomery Blair, Lincoln's
Postmaster-General, born in
Franklin Co., Ky. Died at Sil
ver Springs. Md.. July 27, 1883.
1823 —John Sherman, Ohio, U. S. sen
ator, cabinet officer, statesman,
born at Lancaster, Ohio. Died
in Washington, Oct. 22. 1900.
1832 —William R. Grace, International
merchant, New York mayor,
capitalist, born in Ireland. Died
March 21. 1904.
1838 —James Bryce, celebrated British
historian and diplomat, born.
Died Jan. 22, 1922.
IB6o—Thomas J. Lipton, noted Eng
lish merchant and sportsman,
i born. Died Oct. 2, 1931.
TODAY IN HISTORY.
1775—Fort TiconOeroga captured by
Ethan Allen.
1857 —The great mutiny in India broke
out.
1869—The Union Pacific Railway com
pleted.
1927—Charles A. Lindbergh, then an
unknown aviator, hopped off
from San Diego for St. Louis on
the first lap of the flight which
was to end in France and make
him a world figure.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS.
Cutris D. Wilbur, of the 9th Fed
eral Circuit Court, former Secretary
if the ( Navy, born at Bonnesboro,
lowa, 65 years ago.
Dr. Howard J. Savage, staff mem
ber of the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching, born
*t Meriden, Conn., 46 years ago.
Admiral Richard H. Jackson, U. SL
N., retired, born at Tuscuojftla, Ala,,
66 years ago.
Rt. Rev. Robert C. Jett, Episcopal
bishop of Southwestern Virginia, born
in King George Co.. Va., 67 years ago.
Dr. Samuel M. Lindsay, noted Col
umbia University professor of social
legislation, born in Pittsburgh, 63
years ago.
TODAY’S HOROSCOPE.
You should be able in execution
with powers of resource; endowed
with a recaptive and diseective mind,
you should make a mark in the world.
There is an indication of indolence or
an inclination to depend too much
upon others: do not allow this to get
control of you, for it ie fatal to the
proper operation of your Inherent
Qualities. There is also an indication
of considerable means, without much
desire to add to them.
The Journal of the Rev. William
Marla, at Oxford, England, from 1887
U) 1844, furnishes us With our rarn«9t
knows weather date.
Bgg
C&MUBiilku’
By Central Press
New York. Jdwy ID -Bryant Park Is
quite a different place these days,
with the aprucy replica of Federal Hall
squatting jauntily where the loungers
used 1 o dream
away the bouns
behind the Pub
lic Library. Yet
this Bi-Centennial
gesture, ' admir
able enough. Is
no* entirely con
vincing.
The imitation
1 1 i
councfl halt of the Fathers is some
how a little too natty and self-con
scious. Maybe It’s the shadow of the
Empire State spire which dissipate*
the intended auia. You simply can
not imagine a gentleman in knee
breeches and white wig entering the
structure's portals.
Meanwhile thoee who used to find
lean sanctuary on the benches of the
pork wander past with tired and re
sentful eyee. Bui, after all. summer
is coming on and the library Isn’t as
necessary, as a wind-breaker, these
evenings. ..
SERVICE
A garogeman of my neighborhood
reports achieving the patronage of a
plutocrat with five automobiles be
cause he took time to blow up, with
air hose for tires, the toy balloon be
longing to Che gentlemen’s small ron
...They’d been driving around for an
hour seeking this service, which me
chanics wouldn't take time to render
-because the millionaire happened to
be piloting one of his inexpensive cars,
a station-wagon ffrom the summer
place..*
One of the saddeet sights the eyes
of & Madhattanite can behold is ‘ho
collapse of a one gay and profitable
night Club... The other evening I cat
in at the obsequies of a place which
used to be one of my favorites.. The
dance floor, which has been packed
with couples, supported two or three
mournfully inebriated pairs between
mechanical floor-show performances..
The master of ceremonies, a bright
and up roaring lad, was unable to
wreathe his features with a single
smile... After the final performance.
Ihe place prepared to close it-s doors
for g00d...
And. irony of ironies, as the attend
ants worked on the dismantling of
fixtures, around 3.30 a. m.. the sleepy
doorman was Married by the descent
of a party of 15 or 20 couples, the over
flow from a Park avenue soiree, an
xious to pay money into the club’s till
But It was too late.
TRAVIA
Centralized volume control made
hotel room radios possible... Otherwise
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Td m 19 m 20
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36 H 37 H3O
39 40 ~ _ “ |m|
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ACROSS
I—Separates
7—A passageway
11— Greater
12— Propellers
14 — Over and In contact
15— Destiny
19 —Character of ancient Teutonic
alphabet
17— Total
13 — Duration of existence
lit —A kind of (}ber
JO —A wading bird
11— A pronoun
12— Certain hairy growth on some
animals
13 — A Danish coin
14— Going forward by little and litUs
it —Lessened
Mr—The *loos!er StgXs (gbbr.)
to —On
H—An exclamation >. >; ;
v * ?
itewiV Gaelic language
15— Inclosure
Jfr —Craft
»*—Chief magistrate in Venice
18— Recfnhn
of the states of the United
'States (abtor.)
40—A prong
ll—>Ruch n»d no more
42—A woman Vns one .
48— Eeopn
DOWH
t —imagined
4 Anger
Prefix having the gxssrai gift*
down
6—To deux* ...
California Here I Come
the party next door wouldn’t be able
to sleep...ln the early days, before
the crooners could be nvuffled down,
the “radio in evi ry room” Mgn was
far from the drawing card it now has
become.. .Rudy Vallee is going to quit
his night club activities, concentrating
on the big comm t rcials. .They whisper
he’s worth the million he set out to
acquire...
Two Civil war generals are still alive
Major General Adelbert Ames, 95;
Brigadier General John Fred Pierson,
93... There is a theatre in New York
which has never housed a hit show, yet
which has never suffered from a mort
gage... Curio shops this year made a
nice profit from Mother's Day med
-Bls, rt-sembling SlO gold pieces, en
graved wiht a suitable sentiment and
retailing fore. quarter...
The sensation of a recent Block-Aid
benefit beauty contest was Helen
Wong, who entered as "Miss Shang
hai"... At another selection of pul
chritude in the Times Square area, a
disappointed entrant mumbled: *
“That jury should’ve sat on the
Mosaic case.”
7—Exist
*—A form of to be
9 Manufacturing center is
... i lllan province, Italy
10— Terminates
13 —Emmet
15— Renown
U—Pealed
17—Incite
l# —Collection of musicians
' —Persia
7* Posse salve pronoun
21—Reed Instrument
25—Meantr.;
28—Part of a ebureb
27 —A football team
••““■Completed
>o—lnslster
•2—A court messenger
11— Verbal
It— An eternity
16 — Combining form; equgl
37 —Confusion * y, .
•9—Tellurium (sym.)
<1 —Mountain (akbr.t
Answer to fraviovs Pan’s j
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OTHERS’ VIEWS
OBSERVATIONS OF A STRANGER.
To the Editor:
We have had an opportunity to
visit mo«t of the schools in Vsnco
icoun’v We find to our surprise, that
the Henderson high school building
is one of the most, if not the most,
inadequate building in the county.
We learn that this building is forced
to house in the neighborhood of 350
pupils when it is really built to house
around 200 at the most. This seems
to us to be a deplorable condition,
and one that should be remedied.
We learn that there is no city
school system, but one system for
•both county and city. It appalls us
to learn that the property valuation
in Henderson is nearly five times
that in the remainder of the county.
The question then arises why do we,
the people of Henderson, not have as
good advantages in our schools as the
rural population of Vance county?
Personally, we see no reason. We
would like for some of the candidates
for office to explain some of these
things for us.
It is sheer injustice to the children
and young people of the town not to
allow them the best of educational
facilities. There is absolutely no rea
son why they should not be allowed
them. It will take only a casual ob- 1
server to note that the class rooms
at Henderson high school are crowd
ed at nearly all times. We admit that
a science building has been built re
cently, but the structure and nature
of this building is such that it is
referred to by the students as "the
barn." Even at this, it is in better
condition than the main building. We
wonder if the people of this city
> lealiae that the school does not so
much as have an assembly auditor
ium. There 1r no space in the Hen
derson high school that is ample
enough to accomodate one-half of its
pupils in a body in comfort. This has
caused the school to have a lack of
the necessary spirit among its en
rollment. The faculty has done its
bes'., but even with ail the extra work
that they do they cannot give the
students the attention that they need
because of the lack of proper equip
mnet.
We wonder why so much of the
most valuable property of the coun
ty lies just outside the city limits.
7 his property should be taken in. Why
is it outside? If this property were
taken into the city limits and a city
school system instituted, the town of
Henderson could build the finest high
school building in the State. We
would like for a few of the politicians
to explain this to us aao.
R. A. WHITTEN, JR.
Henderson, May 7, 1932.
Noah first taught the rac how wise
a thing it iH to lay up something for
a rainy day. He laid up an ark.
NOTICE
Default having been made in the
payment of that debt secured by that
deed of trurt executed by R. A. Har
ris and wife. Bessie Harris, dated the
15th day of January, 1931, recorded in
Book 156 at page 426 in the office of
the Register of Deeds for Vance
County, N. C., and at the request of
tbe holder thereof, the undersigned
Trustee will offer for sale and sell to
the highest bidder for cash at tfaa
Courthouse door in Henderson, N. C.
on ThurwMy. May 26th 1932 at 12
o’clock midday, the folkradng describ
ed property:
Ail the right, title and interest of the
said R. A. Harris and wife. Beasts
Harris of every kind, nature and de
scription in and to that lease dated
the 22nd day of April, 1980, duly filed
for registration in Vance County,
North Carolina .executed by Dorsey
Hart and wife, Ekfee Hart, which said
lease runs for a period of five years
with option of renewing thf —ivy for
! five years, on mtm* six or savwa
: acres of land is Vanes County, Meath
.Carolina known u p%rt of tfca Dow
I Hart farm, adjoining T. H. Hitf*
I and others, and upon which land K
A. Harris has erected and does no*
operate a Planing Mill or Saw ku.
Together also with all the machinery
appliances and equipment now locavd
on said premises and used in Uie ope
ration and conduct of said busincs*.
said machinery consisting in pert of at
A-4 Yates Planer, a Berlin Saw. and a
Hardy-Tinea Oot lias Type Steam Er.
gine. It being the intention of this
instrument to convey all of the mi
chlnery regardless of whether the
same ie described herein or not. locat
ed on said premises. Together aliw
with all light, title and interest which
the parties of the first part may have
in and to buildings, houses and other
property which may have been located
upon the said premises or which may
hereafter be located upon said pre
noises, during the life of the store
said lease.
This the 25th tfcty of April, 19312.
J. H. ZOLLICOFFER, Trustee
FORECLOSURE SALE
By virtue of the power contained in
a certain deed of trust, executed by
Lena Mims Hill and Claud HiH. re
corded in the Register of Deeds of
fice of Vance County. In book 146 at
page 153, default having been made in
the payment of the debt therein se
cured, on request of the holder of
aeme, I ahull sell tor cash by public
auction to the highest bidder at tbe
court house door in Henderson, N C
on Saturday ithe 21st day of May, 1932
tbe following described property:
Begin at a stake on Robinson Street
Ed Turner corner, being 47 feet from
the edge of Kittrell Street, and run
thence along his line N. 88 W. W
feet to Turner Corner on an old road
and 47 feet from Kittrell Street; thence
S. 9 W. about 82 1-2 feet to a pin.
Kelly corner; thence along KeHy line
S. 88 E. about 170 feet to Kelly cor
ner on Robinson Street; thence along
said street North 4 E 93 feet to the
place of beginning. Being the Holtnee
lot after lot of 47 feet has been cut
off. For a more accurate description
of same see deed to Lena Mims from
S. G. Kelly, recorded in Register of
of deeds office of Vance Couqty, North
Carolina, in book 134 page 167.
Time of aale 12:00 o'clock M.
This 20th day of April, 1932.
J- M. PEACE. Trustee.
SEABOARD AIR
LINE RAILWAY
TRAINS LEAVE HENDERSON
AS FOLLOWS
No. NORTHBOUND
10*—8:48 A. M. for Richmond,
Washington, Now York, connect
ing at Norlina with No. 18 ar
riving Portsmouth-Norfolk 1145
P. M. with parlor-dining car ser
vice.
4 *:s* P. M. for Richmond
and Portsmouth, Washington,
New York.
192—0:48 p. M for Richmond
Washington a»wt New York.
•—8:28 A. M. for Portsmouth-
Norfolk Washington. New York
No. SOUTHBOUND
181—5:42 A. M. for Savannah,
Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, St
Petersburg.
8—8:12 p. M. for Raleigh. San
ford, Hamlet, Columbia. Savan
nah, Miami, Tampa, St. Peters
burg;.
187—7:55 P. M. for Raleigh. Ham
let, Savannah, Jacksonville.
Miami. Tampa. St. Peterabarg.
Atlanta, Birmingham.
5 A M. for Atlanta, Birm
ingham, Memphis
For Iniunnttan call on U E
Pleasants, DPA., Raleigh. N C
or M C Capps, TA , HsademP»,
N. C.