ASSOCIATED AMD CENTRAL PRESS SERVICE
Hawkins Building Blaze
Loss May Exceed $2,500
Early Morning Fire Start* in
, Vacant Room on The
Second Floor
IN REAFT BEAUTY SHOP
Bums Through to Pool Boom wn
First Floor; Noth Trucks Four
Streams >.»Building To
Stop Flames
Fire of undetermined origin early
today did damage that may aggregate
$2,500 to the Hawkins building on
South Garnett street and merchandise
and equipment in business establish
ments in the building. Fire Chief E.
T. Shepherd said today.
The blaze originated in a vacant
room on the second floor to the rear
of the beauty shop operated by Mm
Lee Gooch, nnd which was damaged
in the fire and by water. The flames
ate through the floor of the room
down to the first floor, where Charles
Tnador operates the Recreation Bil
liard Parlor, and did considerable
damage to h's equipment-
The alarm was turned in from Box
23 at the post office corner a few
minutes after 4 a. m. Chief Shepherd
eaid it was a difficult matter to lo
cate the fire, and the firemen had
ia hard time overcoming it, partly
due to the smoke. It assumed threat
ening proportions at one time and the
second truck wa.s called out. Streams
were poured into the building from
the front and from Wftll'am street
/across the Seaboard Air Line main
line tracks to the rear of the struc
ture. I
The fire ciiief estimated the dam
age to the building at SI,OOO, and
thought that damage to stocks and
equipment would run the figure to
$2,500 in all.
! The building is owned by John R
{Hawkins, prominent Negro of Wash
ington, D. C„ formerly of this city.
Jend is in charge of the Citizens Realty
;and Loan Company. The damage is
|understood to be fully covered by .in
■surance, and the tenants of the build
ing are also understood to be par
tially or entirely insured for their
■loss.
ENGINEER HURT IN !
! FAIL FROM BRIDGE
5
L D. Huff Sustains Painful
Injuries When He Slips
Near Here
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j L. D. Huff, State highway engincei
in. charge of the Construction of the
Louisburg-Henderson highway was
ipainfully injured when he slipped and
fell from a bride that was under con
etruction about four miles from here
yesterday it was learned today.
It was said that Mr. Huff fell om
hi 3 hip and it is thought that the
bones were dislocated. He was taken
to Mara Parham hospital last night
and was reported better today.
CAPTAIN KITTRELL
TAKES ARMY COURSE
Mrs. Kittrell To Accompany Husband
on Three-Months Stay at
Fort Benning, Ga.
Captain T. S. Kittrell, commander
of Company C, of the North Carolina
National Guard, located here, and
Mts. Kittrell will leave tomorrow for
Fort Benning, Ga., tvhere Captain
Kittrell take a three-months training
course at that army post. Mrs. Kit
treil will remain at the post with him
In his absence, First Lieutenant C.
B. Sturges will be in command of
Company C.
Major J. C. Cooper, of Henderson,
who has been at the army post at
Fort Benning for six weeks, was ex
pected back home today. He has also
'been taking a course there.
“CRAZY CRYSTALS”
AGENCY FOR CITY
Miss Clyde Hobgood, formerly of
Durham and Richmond. Va, but now
residing in this oily, has accepted the
local agency for “Crazy Crystals” a
m’jieral product for the making of
mineral water in the home.
Miss Hobgood has placed exclusive
ly with a local drug store, a number
of packages which are now on sale.
Bhe will also take phone orders and
deliver her sales.
The product is taken from the
water of a famous mineral spring in
Texas, and is said io have all the
health giving qualities of the wa<er
self.
CAROLINA I
—TODAY—
Tom Tyler—in
“Man From New (Mexico”
—also—
. Serial and Comedy
Admission 10-15 c
5 to 710 c
MONDAY amd TUESDAY
Dorothy Mackail
—IN—
“THE LOVE AFFAIR”
February 27 &fid 28
“STRANGE INTERLUDE”
Rouses Long’s Ire
Lv 1
Harley Bozeman
testimony of Harley Bozeman*
above, before senate committee
investigating election of John H,
Overton as senator from Louis
iana, aroused Senator Huey P.
Long so much that he hurled in
vectives at Bozeman. Senator
Long shouted denials of Boze
man s charge that Long, as gover->
nor, had ordered him, when he
was chairman of the state tax'
commission, to double tax assess
ments on three New Orleans news
papers which had opposed Long’s
policies. Senator Long later apol
ogized to the committee chairman;
for his outburst at the hearing in'
, New Orleans.
|E.mANS HERE
Class from Orphanage At
Raleigh at M. E. Church
For Concert
A class 6f children from the Mbth
odist Orphanage at Raleigh is to give
a concert in : the First Methodist
church here tomorrow evening,., it has
been announced, the program to dis
place the regular Sunday evening ser
vices at that church.
The children will arrive <in the city
.n the late afternoon, and will be
gqests of the church l in their hohies
for supper, giving their concert at
the usual hour, and returning o Ra
leigh afterwards.
The? public ib invited to hear the
children in their prograih, which is
to 1 be a sacred concert.
rrascoAT
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Lieut. C. B. Sturges Gives
Art To Company With
Official History ;
An oil painting of the coat of arms
of the 120th Infantry, North Caro
lina National Guard, was presented
to Company C, local unti of the or
ganization, last Thursday night at its
regular drill by First Lieutenant Con
rad B, Sturges. The painting was
done by Lieutenant gjturges himself,
and has been placed on the wall in '
the company armory.
Underneath the painting, which has
been framed, is the official history of
Company C. giving all the principal
evtns in which it has participated
over the long years of an honorable
'history.
AROUND TOWN |
No Licenses Issued.— There were no
marriage licenses issued % from the re
gister of deeds office yesterday.
Police Court Remains Idle.—No
teases have bee ntried in police court
before Mayor I. B. Watkins in the
past week. This is the longest con
tinuous period of time that the court
remained idle in several months.
One Deed Filed.—One deed was fil
ed at the register of deeds office yes
terday. that being the transfer of a lot
on Horner street by A. A. Bunn, trus
tee, to the Southern Loan and Real
Estate Company, for a consideration
of S3OO.
One Before Recorder. —Only one
case was tried before Recorder R. E.
Clements today. Norman Ramsey,
white man of Henderson, was fined
SSO and the costs on a charge of op
erating an automobile while under
the influence of liquor. He appealed
the case to superior court, and bond
w*aa set at SIOO.
3&titiersmt2lmlij Htspafrij
KMISOrai .
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Lt.-Gov. (Barker, of Durham
Speaks To Club Fri
, . 4 a y Evening
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The Kiwanis club met in regular
session on, Friday evening at the
Croatan club. The program was in
chargfe of Asa Hardee, W. B-
rison, J. C. Gardner, and Jack Tur
ner. y . , ■ * . '•
The special feature.of the program
was an address by District Lt. Gov
ernor Ralph Barker, of Durham. This
was his first official visit to the local
club- He spoke at length on “Kiwanis”
and the outlook for 1933. He said that,
a good year was' in prospect for the
organization. >
Barker succeeded J. C. Kittrell,'
Henderson attorney as lieutenant
governor. The other clubs in this di
vision are ' Durharix, Raleigh, Louis-:
burg, Mcbane, Burlington, ;<* (Shape!
Hill, knd Graham. < 5
Barker tjaid /that the Henderson)
club was the first in the district to
reach the ‘desired increase in mem
bership sos 1933
J. C. Kittrell notified the club of
an invitation from the Ahoskie club
for an in.er-club meeting in March.
It was not decided whether to accept
the invitation or not, but the matter
was taken under consideration.
The attendance committee reported
91 per cent of the members prsent for
the meeting.
DEAN POUND WILL
SPEAK OVER RADIO
Dean Roscoe Pound, of the Harvard
Unvercity LaW School is to speak
over the radio from 6 -t6 6:30 p, m.
tomorro won the ’subject; “Wftiat a
Lawyer Ought To Be.”'it watte an
no triced tfdlay, iby J. .H. Biridger.3,
president of the Henderson 'bhr.'. It
'is one of a series of addresses for
anvyers dteiiverd Sunday pver
the Columbia network. James
ton Rogers is ot speak Sunday even
ing, February 26, and oh J-Jumdia;#
March 5, Judge Samuel Seafoury, of
New Yirk is l the speaker. John W.
Davis, former Democratic candidate
for president, will speak later.
LOWER TRAILER TAX
WOULD AID FARMER
Believed Smaller Price Would Be Suf
ficient To -Put More Such
Vehicles In Use
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh. Feb. 18—(Paradoxical as it
may sound, the Wilson bill changing
the tax rales for semi-'..nailers towed
by automobiles, will be a boon to the
farmers of North Carolina and will
also increase the State’s collection of
revenue from tlhis source, according
to both tlhe revenue department and
the go-called Senate “farm bloc.”
The bail is assured of -final passage,
it has already passed the House, and
now awaits only a final reading in
the. Senate. No abjection was voiced
to the bill in the Senate When .it pass
ed second) readlirig, init' the fact that
it is a revenue measure precludes Si's
being given more than one reading a
day.
At present the revenue department
puts a (tax of $6 a year on these semi
trailers towed by automobiles. The
biggest users of this type of carrier
is, naturally, the farmer. However,
few of the farmers use tiheir trailers
the whole year; and a majority of
them are using them oully for a few
months out of the year, during the
harvest season, and are paying only a
quarter of tlhe license.
The Wilson bill would out the &n
--nfuiail license down to $2. This, it is
claimed, would 1 permit the farmers to
use the semi-trailers ithe year round ait
approximfately what they pay now for
using thorn .only a quarter of the year.
VALUED MANUSCRIPT
RECORDS ACQUIRED
. State Historical Commission Makes
Find in Upper Floor of State
Capitol Building
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Wnlter Hotel.
BY J. C. BASKERVILL.
Ra'leigh, Feb 18. — Manuscript rec
ords of great Value to the history of
jputblid education in North Carolina,
piled-dm disarray and covered With
dust and fallen plaster, have been
rescued from the upper floor of the
Capitol by the State Historical Com
mission and are now ready for the
use of investigators
These include over 1,800 reports of
common schools in 64 counties from;
1841 to JBB7, and more than 1,000 let
ters to.; the State superintendent of
public instruction after 1868 The re
ports cover the entire administration
of Calvin . H Wiiley, general superin
tendent ot common schools, 1853-66,
and the first head of the States pub
lic school system The reports consist
of large sheets containing such detail
about every school as the number of
students by sexes, the length of term,
the name and salary of teacher, the
rating of the teacher in each elemen
tary subject janjd the maintenance
cost.
This material is a valuable addi
tion so the commission’s collection of.
!, Educational records., Which include:
minutes of the Literary Boarrd 1825-
. ,68, and of the Board of Education
after 1868; about 75 volumes of the
■ letter 'books of the State superintend
■ dent after 1868; a large file of ori-j
- ginal letters received by the superin
l. tendent; and a record of the educs~
| tionai income from swamp lauds
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DETROIT AUTO EMPLOYES ENABLED TO CASH CHECKS
E&ffl MbIS JL 31 111 I m&yjk
r» it <» f i ah * i i* i i . i* .
Hundreds of . employes of the
Chrysler corporation in Detroit
are shown cashing company
checks at a cash disbursing office
Raps Brother Huey
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Eafl K. Long, younger brother of
Serfator Huey P, Long, Louisiana’s
celebrated “Kingfish,” is pictured
as he was sworn in before he testi
fied at the Senate Committee hear
ing into the charges of fraud in con
nection with the recent Louisiana
Senatorial elections. The L<ng
brothers caused a sensation when
the-word “liar” was tossed back ano
forth between the Senator and Earl,
whom the “Kingfish’* was cross
examining.
BULLDOGS DROP TWO
COURT TILTS HERE
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Roanoke Rapids Girls Tifin
18-16; Boys Get 16-14
Win From Locals
The Roanoke Rapids boys’ and girls
basketball teams won a doubleheader
over Henderson here last night; on
Coopetr’s warehouse court, taking both
games by a narrow two point margin,
the girls winning 18-16 and the boys
16-14. f
Both games were closely TJcntested
with the locals putting up a strong
fight for victory. At the Trait time
i'ntermrtssion, the visiting girls were
leading tlhe locals 9 to 8 and continu
ed- in the second half to outscore them
by one point and to get th e victory .
Velma Johnson led the locals’ of
fensive, looping 10 points through the
hoop i
Murray and Stansburg, a substitute,
stood out for the visitors, dividing 16
points equally.
Loug.hlin was best on the defense
for, t'he Henderson girls.
With the Bulldog five flighting hard
to avenge an easily season’s defeat at
the hands of Roanoke Rapd'ds; they
got' away to a first half lead of 8 to
4 and seemed well on their way to
victory. The visiting five ralKed in
the final half and scored 12 points to
forge aheiad and to victory, j
Mills, Clements and W. Davis, a
At The Stevenson—Monday and Tuesday
PpHHKg
ISM
S if ilaapW
established in downtown Detroit.
It was the first cash these men
and women had been able to ob
tain since the governor declared
$17,226 Os Federal Relief
Has Been Spent In County
Federal relief funds to the amount
of $17,226 have been received here
and spent since government cash b*-
gan to be distributed in the State,
it was learned today after a check
yesterday by Mrs. W. B. Waddill, wel
fare superintendent of the county,
who is in charge of the administra
tion of the funds. She was assisted
in making the check by Mrs. Lelia
B. Yancey, in charge of the relief
work among the colored people of the
city and county.
Approximately $3,000 of the Feb
ruary allotment ,to this counity has
not yet been received here, but is ex
pected daily from Dr- Fred Morrison,
of Raleigh, director of relief in the
Stato.
subs' itute, did most of Henderson’s
scoring with Allsbrook iT./* T. Dick
ens leiadf-ng the winners.
Summary:
Roanoke Rapids . Pos. llcnders» n
Murray Johnson
Right Forward
Mason Hester
Left Forward
Nethercutt Hlunt
Center Forward
Mil’U Loughlin
* Center Guard
Tudor Hardee
Right Guard
Moore Goodrich
Left Guard
ISubs:; Roanoke Rapids, Stansburg,
8; Jerrilgan,; Henderson, Kearney.
Referee, Merritt.
BOYS
Roanoke Rapids . l’os. Henderson
Alls. brook .............. E. Watkins
Right Forward •
T. Dfckens V?. Harris
Left Foiward
McCommons Clement^
Center
W- Dickens Mills
R : ght Guard
Brown W. Watkins
i Left Guard
Subs: Roanoke Rapidls: Newton, 3;
Henderaon, W. Davis. Referee: Mer
ritt. i ;
NEGRO CAUGHT HERE
AFTER FOUR MONTHS
iSkeeter Rogers, Negro was taken
into custody by Sheriff J. E. Hamie.t
this afternoon on a charge of shoo I ', itng
dance near here on October 15.
According to. information by G. N.
Tucker, it is alleged that Rogers was
trying t bring back the old cowboy
days by amusing himself with dances
provided by those vrithin range of his
gun. It was said that while Wright
was standing in tihei room, Rogers
politely asked hi'an to dance. When
<rhe refused Rogers attempted to en
force his request by th use of a pistol.
As Wiright flailed to comply w'iith the
request to shake hiis - feet;, t'he lelad
entered his foot, and serious injury re
sulted .
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1933
an eight-day bank holiday. Othei
large corporations established sim
ilar disbursing offices in Detroit
and other Michigan cities
Expenditures have been made in
excess of the $17,226 reported spent
and paid for, but the outstanding ob
ligiationss incurred will be more than
taken care of by the check that is
yet to be received, it was said.
No allotments have been made to
the State beyond February, but ad
ditional funds from the Federal gov
ernment are expected to be made
avaMalble shortly for the carrying on
of the work gfter March 1.
Local Seniors Are
To Present Annual
Play On March 3
Ihe senior class of the Henderson
high school has begun practice for
the presentation of the annual senior
play for the securing of funds to pay
the graduation expenses of the class.
The play to be presented this year
is “Be It ourself,” a three net comedy
with a oast of elecen high school boys
and girls, picked from the senior class
Several skits will be presented and
the play will be given at the Steven
son theatre on March 3, matinee and
evening. The rehearsals are under the
supervision of Misses Maxine Taylor
and Lily Kyle, both members of the
high school faculty.
The class promises a basketful of
laughs, and a full evening’s enter
tainment.
STEVENSON ss
MAKING WHOOPEE WITH LUPii
Matinee, 2to 7 |J|
Hotter and J| A Balcony, 7toll IS
peppier than m J| 20c
“IVhat Price LowcrF,o °r \ -
“The Cock • iKS llTl^rPff J^^
Eyed
uniforms for boiled shirts
sta S e
W W century for a hotcha mamma
moiv PEPPER
I WEdmund LOWE
the character* Quirt
and Flagg originally «mm
I created by Laurence rarapiA, Iff *
B Stalling* and Maxwell
I McLAGLEN
»i“P« Velez El BrendeM^
Directed by John Blystone ;
Pox Picture
Added Comedy—News Reel—Organ
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY and FRIDAY
Edmund Lowe Mae Wcst ,
Wynn Gibson Cary Grant—Noah Ikery
-IN-: t ( _ lN _
“The Devil Is “She Done Him
Driving” Wrong”
MIDNIGHT SHOW Atu?'»
A 'lmission 250 To A11_„,, 0 ~„t c. r mr, ICo only
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. _ _ - _ _ ' - ' ar3Ttt3
Nancy Carroll SCARLET
EXCESS EXPENSES
HELD TO LOW *
Few Items in County R,,j
ge* Overspent; Little *
Over $20,000 Left
County government expenditure .
this county continue well with], t 11
get appropriations, except a few
tered items aggregating ie .... ,, dt '
s34°, according to a statement* Wntl ' ll !
up today by G. W. Adams,
countant, and made public. ‘ ac '
The over-expenditure items Jnplll .
85 cents for supplies for the c “J*
cosisioners, $18.89 for supplies- for y
ing and assessing property; $42 11 f
supplies for the sheriff's office-' $9.%
for personnel services and $2335 f
supplies under the head ofeleoi
and primaries; $3.50 for an item undo
the heading of court house ,1
grounds; $136.35 for supplies for 'th
register of deeds office and $520 f
other expenses in that office
slo.4o for other expenses for the j a j
The aggregate of unexpended V
propriations is approximately s2oooo'
which must run the county foVi)'
remaining four months of the fp,'!
year.
The statement was made after <j e
ductions har been allowed for cu ,.’
rent monthly bills and expenses paid
at the regular monthly mcetin- as
the board of commissioners on th e
first Monday in th : s month. It Was
addressed to the board, and concluded
with the paragraph:
“Some of the balances are getting
rather lean .and will bear ’ close
scrutiny for the next four months un
less we exceed the amount appro
priated in our this year’s budget ”
DATES FOR FPL
SHOOT-OFF NAB
Company C Team Competes
With Salisbury Team 1
For State Honors ,
The date for the final shoot-off in
the State indoor rifle matches of the
North Carolina National Guard has
been set for Saturday of next week,
February 28, and Company C’s team
from this city will go up against the
infantry unit at Salisbury in the
finals. The teams from the two com
panies constitute the entries in the
finals, all others having been eliminat
ed- Each team, will shoot in its own,
home army and the records made will
be officially reported and compared
to determine the winner.
If the local team wins over Salis
bury, they will likely be entered in
the national competition, Lieutenant
C. B. St urges will be in charge of the
f’nal shoot here, which wilt be su
pervised by Captain J. C. Woodward,
of Durham, division instructor.