ASSOCIATED PRESS AND CENTRAL PRESS
Council Condemns Property To Widen Garnett Street
Specifications Set Up
By Aldermen At Meeting
Held Monday Afternoon
Widening of Street in Residential Section Declared
“Public Necessity”; Lewis Cooper I ells Council
Telephone Company Wishes To Cooperate
Driving straight ahead in its deter
mination to extend the utmost coop
euition to the State Highway Com
mission in the repaving of Garnett
stiect with Federal road funds, the
Henderson City Council at a called
meeting held at 5:30 p. m. Monday
adopted an ordinance formally con
demning property in the residential
section of South Garnett stieet that
is needed for the widening of the
street sufficiently to make it 50 ft-pi
in width from curb to curb.
The condemnation ordinance set
foUli the 'public necessity" that exists
in the widening process, and .specified
I iie amuout of land to be cut off pro
perty on bth sides of the street in
the four blocks involved. Already the
C< inioii lias voted permission to the |
highway commission t cut off such,
pm lions of the sidewalk in the busi- |
nr m district necessary to make the
street wider.
Six feet vvnl be cut off property in
th*■ two blockg between G»anite and i
Belle dieets and bet ween Belle stieet j
and Young avenue; four feet between)
Young avenue and Burwell avenue, j
and fiv.' feet between Burwell avenue j
an ! Spi ing street
All tjut two properly owners in the!
four blocks readily gave their con-I
sent to the use of their land for the
widening of the street, and they now j
stand alone in opposing the project.
But the condemnation proceeding In
stituted by the City Council is expect-j
ed to take care of that situation. The !
work is expected to proceed promptly, i
Mayor Irvine B. Watkins went to
Raleigh today for conferences with i
the State Highway Commission with j
reference to the proceduree here, and
took with him copies of the ordinance j
passed by the Council Monday even-!
ing.
Lewis G. Cooper, of Greenville, of j
counsel for the Carolina Telephone !
and Telegraph Company, appeared j
before the Council in informal man- I
im" and expressed the willingness of
the company to cooperate in every
way in the improvements contern
pbi'ed in connection with the paving.
The Council has ordered ail poles and
'.vires in the business district removed
i:i connection with the new paving j
I ogram. so that a modern lighting
sy item, or a white way. may be in
stalled The telephone company has
from the first sought more time in
which to move its poles and wires, j
with Ihe result that the Council last I
week took definite action calling on i
the company to move its poles and
wires not later than January J'). 193 i.
and provided a penalty of SSO for
each day after that date that com !
n'innee was withheld. It was also call- j
Hc-MOON-16c
TODAY ONLY
Jesses Matthews
(The New Sensation)
—IN—
“The Good Companion ’*
Also Andy Clyde Comedy
Don’t Forget Santa Claus
Friday
STEVENSON
TOMORROW AND THURSDAY
THE BROADWAY MUSI-GIRL HIT
“CAMPUS CO-EDS"
With a Delightful Oast o! College Boys and Dashing Co Eds, Featuring
Learned Seholar ol 'jSL \k JrtflßM CHIANNA
Acrobats Ii
THE MUSICAL TREAT OF THE SEASON
Shim Carlson and His Ten Sou -homers Stage Orchestra
On The Screen—Carole Lombard —Chas. Laughton
ill “WHITF WDM A NT” Matin™- »nd Mel.t
*-* yv V/IVI/-Yl> 10c and 36c
ed to the attention of the telephone
. company that its 30-year-old franchise
- granted in 1003 to the company ex
pired last September 29. and that the
. company is now operating in the city
1 without a franchise and without per
• mission from the city.
It is now expected that some agree
ment may he reached between I In’ city
| and the telephone company \vnerel>>
| the ends desired may be attended,
j The ordinance passed by the Conn
eil condemning the needed property
on South Garnett street was adopted
under a suspension of the tides. Alt
members of the Council except out
were preset for the meeting.
The entire project for the Gar
| nett stieet re-paving is expected t<
J gel under way early in the now year.
I The State Highway Commission is
1 now expected to lot the contract in
| January.
! WEATHER IS WABWI
! FOR THIS SEASON
| Temperature Up lo 70 On
Sunday; Rain To Bring
Cooler Days
Unseasonably warm weather for this
I lime of the year has prevailed here
for several days. On Sunday the thar
| mometer hit a high of 70 degrees, ac
i cording to John P. Renn, official
r weather Bureau observer here. The j
maximum was a trifle under that level
: Monday, however, and somewhat low
! er today also. It was expected that !
i today’s rain would end in a consid
erable descent of the thermometer in j
a few days, accompanied by clearing
weather.
The prut!acted dry spell of the past j
several months has caused many wells j
and streams to run dry or nearly so. ;
causing great inconvenience to rural
residents who do not have access to
the city water supply, which at no
time has bee nthreatened.
Freshmen Present
Plav This Kvenintf
AtC iC ntrai School
Tbe freshman class of Henderson
high ■ ehool will present it.-: first so
ii'ial plav. “ rhP Bird's Christmas
Carol" this evening at 8 oV-lock m
the Central School audito; iuni. it was
announced today.
The play is in three acts and is
said to he a. very good one.
Those taking character pa.rts a.r,
Mabel Parham. Florence Smith W
H. Newman. Stewart. Southerland.
Sylvia Coughlin, Willard Haithcock,
Frances Daniel. Mildreil Finch. Eu
gene /Patterson,, Maty Sue Newel’.
Betsy Patterson. Billy Dunn. Stanley
Norwich and Maurice Capps.
SALVATION ARMY'S
FUND OVER SI,OOO
Half Way Mark Toward
Goal of $2,000 for 1934
Budget Reached
NO WOMEN’S REPORT
j
Final Result Depends Largely on,
Them, It Is Said; Voluntary Cou
trihution of SIOO by
Lady Unsolicited
Basing his estimate upon reports |
received from various committees. Al.
B. Wester, general chairman of the |
1933 Home Service Appeal of the Sal- :
vat ion Army here, announced tolay
that t.lie total of cash contributions;
and pledges up to the preueul time is j
something more than SI,OOO. with'
much work yet to he done this week
Unless there is a more genreal re
spouse to the committees yet in t h*- ;
field, however, the $2,009 goal for {lie
1934 budget will not lie reached, Mr.
Wester said.
No report has been receive/! as yt
from the women s division, hut they
are still working it was said, and
the final success of the campaign was
declared today to rest laigely on the (
results /O' thei: canvass, and the can ,
trihutionr by school children. Kin I
vpes Mm re (list r ii’.nit ed in the >
schools yesterday and were to he I
brought back today by the children.
The results of that effort will not be
known before probably tomorrow.
A contribution of SIOO came to the
Army Monday from a well known
Henderson lady who had not even
been solicited in any way, and for
which the gratitude of the organiza
tion was expressed. Should there le
athers thus willing lo give who have
not been reached by workers, they
are asked not to wait for callers, hut
please to notify Mr. Wester at one*-.
It is planned to close the campaig .
toward the end of this week, and
those who will help in the undertaking
are urged to get in their contribu- j
tions or pledges at the earliest po.-s- j
sible time.
EIGHTEEN REPORT
FOR COURT TEAM
High School Cagers (Begin
Their Drills Season Opens
In January
Eighteen candidates have reported
to Coach Hank Powell to try out fo>
the Henderson high school basket
ball team. Six of the men have had
some experience on the eou’l but the
remaining twelve have little or n<
court experience.
Probably out of Bill 1 light, Leslie
May, Russell Ayscue, Roseoe Stain
back. Rudd Edwards and Rudolph
Teague will come the. first five will.
Ransom Duke, Edwin Wilkerson
Ralph Grissom, Edwin Beckham. Roy
Boyd. Tommy Cnidup Bobby Fur
man, Eugene Patterson, Biily Dunn
A! Wester, John Hughes and .1. B
Murrell, furnishing the reserve mat
erdal.
Out of this group Coach Powell
hopes to found out a winning five tbs
will open its season shortly aft pi
school resumes in January.
Henderson Daily Dispatch
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| Henderson Vulcanizing Company I
% DISTRIBUTORS For Vance, Warren, Franklin, and Granville Counties I
fi Phones 408 and 409 Henderson, N. C. I
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JE°SeD BYFIRE
| Blaze At 10 P. M. In Negro
Section Too Far t rom
Water Connection
Fire destroyed an unoccupied house
j on West Palmer street, back of the
Henderson Steam Laundry, in the Ne
| gro section of the city last nigh;
: about 10 o’clock.
Firemen answered the alarm and,
although the house was in the cit>
limits, were unable to reach the fire
with a hose line, the house being too
far away from a water connection.
Fire Chief E. T. Shepherd said tha.i
the house was the property of Mrs. A
J Harris Ibis city. The chief stated
he did not know whether the loss was
| coveted by insurance or not.
Veterans’ Families
Be Cared For At
Christmas l ime
Any member of the American L*
gum or tile American Legion Auxi
limy who wishes to aid any of sh-
W-uid War veterans' families that tlx
group;; have been helping in the past
at (’lo istmas time, is asked to get p, ,
touch with Mr.;. J. W. Jenkins or Mrs.
It A Newell by Thursday night Any
who wisli to make contributions may 1
do ; o to these ladies, it was said today, j
REV. J. W. DAVIS IS
INJURED IN FALL:
News has been received that Rev. 1
J VV. Davis, former pastor of North
Henderson Baptist church, sustained
two broken ribs when he fell, while
playing “tag" iootball with his school
children. His son, Raeford, who played
end ior Wingate Junior College, run-!
uor-up for the State Championship in
their class, sustained two broken ribs
during the past season. Rev. Mr. Davis
isics "Who said football isn't rough.’’
Police Warning of
Counterfeit Here
Chief of Police J. H. Langston
> today issued a warning to mer
chants of the city to be oil the
look-out for counterfeit money,
lie said he had heard of one in
, stance where a spurious green
back had been passed off on a lo
cal concern hut that it had not
generally been passed in Hender
son. as yet.
The counterfeiters are operating
with $lO and S2O greenbacks only,
he said, and they could he defect
ed by an examination as to the
text lire and “feeling” of the money
By holding it up the light the
absence of the silk threads can
also he shown, he said. The chief
was anxious that merchants he
appraised of the 'fact that the
Liiis are being passed in this part
of the State, having been report
ed in quantities in Durham and
some from Littleton.
FARMERS TO GET
FOUR CENT LOAN
l urcher Advance To Be
Madeon Option Cotton
Held by the Growers
, ( Official government applications n;
. which farmcm can get a credit of
| four cents a pound for option cotton
i hold by (hem at " -exported p, t.,. j,,
j r-p i "of I here shortly, and will I lien be
available lo growers County Agent J
j W. Sanders announced today. Option
| cotton is hold by growers under fhen
; agreement already signed for crop re
i duction in 1931.
The cotton thus serving as collateral
for loans would be placed in storage.
If ordered sold by the government on
a market that, would not yield suf
ficient returns to reimburse the gov
einment the amount of money it had
, advanced the loss would not fall on
. the farmer hut on the government
it is said. New crop reduction con
tracts for the 1934 crop are aiso to be
offered farmers soon after the first
of Ihe year. Mr. Sanders said.
TUESDAY^DECEMBERI9
U CROCKER DIES
I
Former Middleburg Man
Passes Suddenly of Acute
Attack Indigestion
John Turner Crocker, 52, died sud j
denly yesterday afternoon at -L3O
o'clock at his home at 1323 Hinson 1
stieet, Raleigh, of acute indigestion !
it was learned here today. He was ill j
only a few minutes. A doctor was call
ed but Mr. Crocker was dead upon
the arrival of the doctor.
Mr Crocker was formerly of Mid
dleburg, having moved to Raleigh
about 15 years ago, it was said.
Burial will be had Wednesday aft- i
ernoon at 1 o’clock in Middleburg
cemetery.
FIRE HOUSE TOWER
ALL DECORATED UP
One of the most beautifully d<•
corated spots in the city at this Christ
mas season is the tower at the fire
house at. the corner of Garnett and
Young streets. Christmas trees have
been placed in the belfry opening in
four directions, and all of them have
been illuminated. Brilliantly colored
streamers, all lighted .also have been
strung on three sides of the tower
and in addition red lights have been
put into place back of the dial of the
clock, which also faces four ways. Ah
in all, it presents a beautiful arrang*
ment.
SOME BAD MONEY
BEEN PASSED HERE
Watch your $lO bilis is the advice
of police officers of the. city. One of
the officers today pointed out that a
local establishment had been “fleeced ’
out of ten dollars by one of these bad
bills being passed on them. With the
Christmas shopping season at its peak
bills will be easier to pass than dur
ing a normal business day and the
officers have passed the word along to
look out for any that may be counter
feit.
SPECIAL OFFICER
GANGED BY #8
W - E ; W ' lso ". of S cs ho ard ,
N*ibs Pilferers of CoaJ
In Durham
special Officer VV. j<; Wii-
Henderson, one of the tm.tcri ° f
ol the Seaboard Air Line ;. rii]r | l(:ei;
•ganged” by a. "group of Ne gro
Durham yesterday, and as the r "
two were jailed. The Durham' M o?n
nig Herald today carried the follow
mg item relating to the incident
Two Negroes were jailed here
terday as an aftermath of
in the Hayti section of the C if v
which a group of Negroes "ganged-
- «• *
Seaboard Air Line railroad, arrested l
Negro whom be had seen pilfeim
from a car at the Ramseur stl l
crossing.
A group of other Negroes immrdi
ntcly surrounded the officer and Bt
tempted to wrest his prisoner away
from him. Some estimated that there
were 50 Negroes in the mob.
Wilson, who was alone at the tini*
fought off the Negroes for 30 minute,
or more before Police Detectives A;
M. Thompson and R, C, Brown hag
pened by and went to his assistance
The alleged coal thief. George w a r|
dell, 38, of 512 Colfax street. and hj
wife Mamie, 26, were jailed in con
need ion with the affair.
Waddell is charged with the lai
ceny of the coal and resisting an of
ficer. His wife is to face trial on a
charge of disorderly conduct and in
terfering with an officer.
SINGER SEWING MACHINE
OFFICE
Now Located In Old
WHITMORE BAKERY STAND
Full line of all new model electric and
foot pedal machines.
For repairing and adjusting all makes
—Call Phone 7
T. J. EVANS, Agent