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ASSOCIATED PRESS AND CENTRAL PRESS This Christinas Best Henderson Has Had In Years Cily Forgets For Time About Depression As It Feels Some Prosperity Beller I crling Is Written In Very Expressions of Most People This Season NEEDY CARED FOR BY LIBERAL HELP Sunday Affords Day of Re ins:afion Before Christmas Shelf Arrives, and Double Holiday Brings Needed Kent Front Business Rou line Christmas is generally con ce j C (I to have been one of »be best in •n;'nv respects that Henderson has experienced in many years certainly sine' the depression began four yeai? ago. For the time being, nearly every one forgot about the. depression am’ experienced some measure large 01 am aII of the fturvdnf: prosperity that lias come during the year, am' especially in the marketing of th< money crops in the fall season. 'that there was a better feeling w written on the very expressions o nearly every one. And that bette feeling found vent to some degree i Ihe carving for the needy people, win have not shared as largely as sonv others in the improved conditions It is believed that virtually ever; family in need was provided for i this city this Christmas. The Intel veiling of Sunday betwee the last shopping day and the arrive of Chiistmas day afforded an oppoi I unity for everybody to relax an lest from the rush In time forth pita' religious festival and holida,’ Shopping was out of the way and all that was left Sunday night was tc ■ Welcome Santa Claus and help him ni his mission of good cheer and hap piness for the children and adults aMke. The weather was unusually mile! both Christmas eve and Christmas day, with a warm sun shining most o' the time, and overcoats and wrap hardly needed for comfort. It wav almost an ideal Christmas in man' respects, and nearl yevery one agree.* v.as one of the best Henderson ha: had in many a year. FAIR ASSOCIATION MEETS WEDNESDAY A meeting of the new Golden Be Fair. Inc., is set for tomorrow affe noon in the court house, as which tin* plan-- for the fair in 1934 are to b pushed further toward completion s* far as that can be done at. this time finances will be a part of the dis <"i >ion at the meeting and it is hop e i” ytait the new organization o> tiv- wav toward success in the futur* ye us. This organization takes th place of the old fair association which was recently dissolved. Important Alert nig of 1 lie (ViumumJry, Uinmcil am! ( Imptcr. It. is iii’gcntly ii*M-rssurv Hint all uieiii bars ol these bodies hr present as 7 tonight. Ky ( )i ib*r of lhe E. <.\. T. I. M. & H. p. S. 11. Allen, Secy. & Recorder. DEPOSITORS ’ —Of The— Farmers & Merchants Bank Who did not receive their dividend checks last week may obtain them by calling at the Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Henderson, N. C. Fireworks Prominent In Holiday Existence ot a city ordinance for bidding Hie shooting of fireworks in the city limits was foregotten or ig noted by hundreds of person; over tiie week-end as they went about their own way of celebrating Christ mas. All day and all nigglil for the past several days the report of firecrack ers could be heard in various parts of the city. At night the hurtling ingers of skyrockets and the burst of Roman candles pierced the dark ness of the skies. Many went outside the (city limits to discharge their firecrackers. A few serious or less serious in juries were reported, but there were no fatalities. Police were helpless in endeavoring to enforce the ordinance and no arrests were reported as the esult of the violations. ’,400 PRiViES ARE ALLOTTED COUNTY WA Labor To Be Used In Improvement of Sani tary Conditions Plans for the election of as many s 2.400 new sanitary privies in this ounty have been approved by the "ivil Works Administration here, of vhich Mrs. W. B. Waddill is county director, and also by the. State offi -,es in Raleigh, it was announced to ’ay by Dr. C- N. Sisk, health officer. 'WA funds are available only for the labor, and it is estimated that, if ill the 2.100 are erected it will mean »n outlay of around $24,000, since the ost of each is placed at $lO for labor alone. Privies now in use that can be re >aired to conform with regulations *f the State Board of Health, which are to be the standard used, will be receptahle under the plan, it was -aid. Allotments will he made, any where in the city or the county, and those interested are asked to apply it once to Dr. Sisk. J. R. Nixon has been designated as ’irector of the work. The property owner must furnish the materials to e used, as CWA funds are appli cable only to lahot costs. STORE BURNS IN TOWN ASHEBORO Complete Loss in Bla/.e But Fully Insured; Bill Be Replaced Soon as Possible Fir*’ completely destroyed the Row 5. 10 ami 25 Con* Stores Company's Store at Ashcboro about 1:30 a. m. Sunday, a few hours after the store ’-ad closed Saturday night after the best Christmas business it had ever experienced. The exact value of the merchandise lost was no) learned, but T. R. Rose, Jr., secretary of the com pany here, said today it was covered by insurance. The blaze originated in Hie rear of Hie store, and is believed to have been caused by defective wiring or rom a cigarette. J. T. King if manager of the store. Mi Rose said today the store would be replaced as quickly as the build ing could be repaired. Henderson Daily Dispatch RALPH D. BURROW^ Well Known West Hender son Mani Shoots Him self Christmas Night WAS IN ILL HEALTH Had Been Su..eier Tor Several Months; llad Been With Corbitt Company 30 Years; funeral Vi e tines day Afternoon Appa. ently diiven to desperation by the in road;; <d a physical ailment that had seeming. y been, gaining headway again>;i In light upon it. Ralph J>. But mwa. 10. took his own life by sending a bullet from a 32- calibrc pistol through his right tem ple at bis home in West Henderson between 10 and 11 o’clock Chiistmas night. for the past several months he had suffered from Blight’s disease. His wife had treated him to ease his suffering a few minutes before the .shooting, and both had retired in limit separated bed rooms. Mr. Bur roughs suddenly rushed into ids wife’s room with the shout that lie was "go ing to end il all," and before she could get out of heal and reach him, he had fired the bullet into his brain. Death was almost instantaneous. Coroner E. O. Falkner empanelled a coroner's jury and held an inquest with the verdict, that Mr. Burrows came to his death from a self-inflict ed pistol shot wound. The jury con sisted of J. E. Hite, Jimmy Mustain, Gean Kelly, E. R. Nelson, E. M. Nel son and M. W. Britt. Funeral services will he held from the residence in West Henderson Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with interment in Elmwood cemetery. The services will lie in charge ot Rev. D. E. Earnhardt, pastor of the First Methodist church, of which the deceased was a member, assisted by Dr. L. W. Gerringer, pastor of the First IMethodist Protestant church, of which Mrs. Burrows is a member. Surviving are the widow, who was Miss Dora Edwards; one daugghter. Miss Helen Burrows, and an adopt ed son, Wallace Burrows; the moth er. Mrs. E. W. Burrows, of Wild wood. Fla. and two sisters, Mrs. P. S. Kearney, of Oxford, and Mrs. Chas. C. Cook, of La Belle, Fla. Mr. Burrows was a native of Wake County, hut had lived here the past 20 years. He was born Feb ruary 25, 1887, and was 18 years and 10 months old at the time of his death Mr. Burrows had for years been connected with the Corbitt Motor Truck Company of this city and was in charge of the stock room at the company’s large factories in West Henderson. He had been connected with the company for 30 years. The deceased was well known to many friends in the city. The declin ing condition of his health was not generally known, and his violent death last night came as a shock to acquaintances when it was noised about today. Fall bearers announced for the fun eral tomorrow are as follows: Active Cooper Ellis, W. F. Bailey J. E. Parks, William Brume, B. H. Nelson. E. M. Nelson, W. S. Corbitt, li. J. Corbitt, Jr. Honorary O. S. Falkner, John W. Hapes. W. R. Southerland, John Mundy. VV. N. Strickland, E. T. Shep herd, J. H. Langston, J. S. Albright, J. B. Fox. W. Z. Bush. E. C. Brame, Lutie E. Hicks, J. T. Crabtree, C W Johnson, R. J. Corbitt, J. E. Hite, P. J T. Rawlins, Sam, Oakley, J. S. Al ford, O. T. Faulkner, S. P. Dickerson. B F. Sanders, Roger Fleming. J. E. Hamlett, G. N. Tucker, E. T. Pearce, J. A. Davis. A. R. Perry, L. A. Jack son. W. M. Williams, Z. O. Woodlief, H. R. Johnson. W. E. Robertson, G. C. Morgan, F. M. Stainback, C. B. Strickland, J. F. Strickland, R. L. Walker. Lassiter Tiloltson, W. H. Caw thorne, I. M. Petty, W. E. Wilson. W. H. Grissom, John Grissom, D. L. Mc- Cailum, A. L. Holloway, M. J. Snell, 'Plummer Edwards. License 1 o Marry Issued Seven More Couples Saturday Marriage licenses were issued by the register of deeds Saturday afternoon to seven couples in addition to those in the forenoon, but not a single per mit to marry was issued on Sunday or Monday. Couples to whom licenses went Saturday afternoon were as fol lows. J. R. Finch, of Vance, and Mary Allen Rowland, of Franklin county, white. Waverly Lewis and Ester Mae Kings-burg, colored, both of Vance county. W. D. Rowe and Enid Kerley. white both of Vance county. Claude E. Stainback and Ruby Lee Dean, white, both of Vance county. Waite Brame and Rosetta Jeffreys, colored, both of Vance county. John Watkins and Rosa Henderson, colored, both of Vance. Sampel M. Jones, of Roxboro, and Nannie Mae Harper, ot this county, a white couple. Sign-Up On Tobacco Is Carried On Workers Hoping To Close Up Campaign By Paid of Week If Possible With about two-thirds of the land lord growers of tobacco in this coun ty signed for the 1934-35 acreage re duction plan, the campaign will be renewed here today and tomorrow with a view to getting in all of those who have not up to this time signed the agreements. The last official tab ula (ion, made toward the end of last week, and after the campaign had been In progress for almost two weeks, showed approximately 650 con tracts .signed, out of a probable 850 to 900 when all are in. The growers are not entering into the agreement this time as rapidly as they-did last September during the iooacco holiday in North Carolina, when I hey signed preliminary agree ment;; to cut their crops next yeai by not more than 30 percent of the aver age grown in the three years. 1931 33. Ibe exact extent to which the far mer;; in this county will in the end co upe! ale in Ihe present drive cannot he determined until the work is fin ished. and that is not looked for be fore next week, although it is hoped by some that the job can be completed by the end of the present week. Committees are working in all town ships of the county, waiting on grow ers and urging their cooperation, es pecially in view of the higher prices that have prevailed for the cron all the fall, much higher than a year ago, and much higher than they were be fore the sign-up campaign was put on last September. IVfERCHANFSHAVE^ Some Report Saturday Best Day In History for Organizations Taking: the entire community as a whole. Henderson merchants had a snti.'f iotory Christmas business, and tin. bvst most of them have had in stvc.ia 1 years, it was learned from roinersations with some of them dur iii-' the week-end. S'«‘ne reported the best Saturday business for any one day in the his to»y of their establishments. The local Rose tore had the biggest gross busi ness volume Saturday this or any other store ever had on any day in th; history of the large chain or ganization. it was said today. Slocks of merchandise were picked over, and many commodities ran short entirely at the last minute. It was estimated that the crowds n< town for the last shopping day before Christmas were perhaps the largest for that day in Henderson’s history. Sonic bought sparingly and others in large quantities, but nearly every one was doing some buying, with the re sult 'hat the purchases contributed both to the enjoyment of the people at Christmas and to the gross volume of the business people. MR. CATES ACQUIRES A NEW FIRE AGENCY W. C. Cates, manager of the Cates Insurance and Retail Agency, an nounced today he had been named local agent of the Northwestern Mu tual Fire Association, whose general agency headquarters is in Raleigh. He said the company had paid back to policy holders in the last 30 days over $18,000,000 in dividends, and has paid in fire losses and claims over $30,000,000. without ever missing a di vidend. It is a non-assessable com pany. reported writing the largest North Carolina, volume of any mutu al company. In addition to a number of mutual fir einsurance companies, Mr. Cates also represents the Merchants kire Assurance Corporation of New York, a stock company, putting him in pos ition to insure all si ze desirable risks CHRISTMAS CAROLS Wakened from a tired and intermit tent sleep by the shattering roar and the shrill, staccato, machine gun-like popping of fireworks, I am rewarded by hearing the sweet oices of the Carol singers (blessings on their faithful hearts) singing Christmas Carols of the Still and Holy Night and of the Herald Angels, and the coming of the Baby Jesus who was come to bring Peace to all men. IPart of a forgotten verse comes to me In the midst of noise and things. Always, always, something sings The voices of the Carol Singeis are growing fainter and fainter and faint er and faiter and sweeter in the dis tance, sleep comes again. S. H. ALLEN Dr. White Here. Dr C H White, former health of ficer of Vance county who is doing medical research work at Harvard, Boston, Mass., is spending the Christ mas holidays with relatives here. Options On Cotton Are Given Out Options on cotton are being dis tributed this week to farmers in this county who signed for them last spring in the government’s cotton acreage reduction campaign. The blanks were being sent out from the office of J. W, Sanders, county farm agent, and are going to a number oi glowers in this county. Cotton “outioned” by the farmers last spring during the campaign gave, the farmers the right to buy from the government a. certain amount of cotton at the price of six cents a pound, and to sell it later at the market price, all the margin over the six cents going to the farmers as profits. If the price fell below six cents, it would be the govern ment’s loss and not chargeable to the holders of the options. Cotton options cover government held cotton assiggned to th gerowers as part of the remuneration for the plowing up portions of their crop to reduce the size of the 1933 yield as the commodity. A meeting of county agents from cotton counties as to be held in Ra leigli Thursday of this week for the purpose of planning the 1934 cot to i reduction sign-up, and this cam paiggn is to begin next week in this county and in all others where cot ton is grown. Docket for Day After Christ, mas Light One, With Liquor Feature Seven defendants were tried before Mayor Irvine B. Watkins in police court today as the crop of violators rounded up over the Christmas holi day period. Most of them were charg ed with various violations of the pro hibition laws. Joe Jackson and John Moss, color ed, were charged with possessing li quor for sale and transporting liquor. Moss was fined $5 and costs for pos scssing liquor and Jackson was given three months on the roads for trans porting, and his automobile ordered confiscated and sold. Govan Russell, colored, wa fined $2.50 and costs for being drunk. Ed Vaughan and John Bates, color ed. were charged with assaulting and beating each other. Bates was dis charged, and prayer for judgment war continued for Vaughan on condition that he keep the peace two years and pay the costs. Joe Jackson, colored was charged with threatening to kill Alex Carter, but was discharged. Harry Ingram, colored, was chargee with possessing liquor for sale ano was fined $lO and costs and given 61 days on the roads, commitment not to issue on payment of the costs and on condition that he does not violate the prohibition laws for two years. At Saturday’s session of the court R. W. Gupton was fined $2.50 and costs for being drunk. NOTICE GIVEN OF Local Government Commis sion Advises Clerk to County Board Here Formal notice of the approval by the Local Government Commission in Raleigh of the $227,000 school bond issue for Vance county has been given local authorities, it was learn ed today. W. E. Easterling, secretary of the commission, advised Horace M Robinson, register of deeds and secretary to the Vance Board of Coun ty Commissioners, of the action of the Raleigh iboard. In his letter to Mr. Robinson, Mr. Easterung said certified evidence of the approval “will be furnished you upon final passage of the bond order by the Board of County Commission ers under the provision of the county finance act.” He also said four signed copies of the letter were being fur nished to Dr. H. G. Baity, State en gineer of the Federal Emergency Ad ministration of Public Works, at Chapel Hill, “to be placed with your application to the State Advisory Board, which 1 am advised has been designated as application No. 97. * PROPERTY LYING ON LYNBANK ROAD SOLD Property lying on the Lynbank road in Kittrell township changed hands in two deeds filed Saturday with the register of deeds. Ada J. Coghill and husband, J. W. Coghill, sold to L. W. Coghill, 4.9 acres for S4OO. J. W. Coghill and wife sold to Roy F. Coghill, M. W. and L. W. Coghill a lot on the Lynbank road for $lO and other considerations. MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1933 MAY START WORK 1 First of Jobs in Re-Paving of Garnett Street Ready To Begin CONTRACT TO BE LET No Mate Learned Here as Yet, But Expected To Be Early in Jan uary; South Garnett Flans Modified Preparations are to be started to morrow for the first of the severs ‘obs that are to be carried through n Connection with the early re-paving 01 Garnett street by the State Highway Commission with Federal road funds \ ; soon as W. M. Coffin, street so erinlendenl, returns to the city, pro Mhly Wednesday, excavations are to be begun in repairs to sewer mains under the street. Already a car load of pipe has been received for use li the repairs. Later the water main: are also to be repaired. The contract for the paving has no yet been let by the highway commis sion, but this is expected to be in a list early in January. It. is learned that the re-paving o ?outh Garnett stieet, a part of tlu project will not require the use of uy property other than what can b whittled ol'f the sidewalks on eac •i le of the street for the widening o he * fleet to’ forty feet. It had bee, ilalined to make it 50 feet wide, bu t was found that the available allot ,n;nt of funds would not permit tha TEDY CARED FOR DURING CHRISTMAS Scores of Families Rec.ipi ents of Generosity of People Here So far as could be learned today practically every family in this city »cully in need was provided for in some measure at Christmas by the more fortunate of the community’s populace. While no statistics were available, it is believed that 100 or more fami lies were helped. Nearly half a hun dred Were cared for by persons who took cases that were published in the Daily Dispatch, and the Salvation Army provided for a number of oth ers. in addition to the work that was done independently by other individ uals and organizations. There was a generous outpouring of the spirit of helpfulness and hun dreds of individuals were the recipi ents of this liberality. LOOKING FORWARD With Our Depositors In the spirit of this holiday season, we wish to thank our depositors, and other friends, for their part in the creditable record of service made by this bank dur ing the past year. You have helped to make management problems easier to solve; your friendly confidence and understanding have been stiong assets —all of which we deeply appreciate. Now we are about to enter together a New Year which holds real promise ot a turning tide in our economic and nation al affairs. There will continue to be ob stacles in the path, but with couiage and united effort, progress will be assured. Everyone in this bank joins in wishing you well-deserved good fortune in the New Year. R. G. HARRISON, Acting Vice President First National Bank In Henderson Vance County’s New Bank Christmas Lightings elaborate Probably More Than Ever Before; Eight, ed Cross Tops off Yule Displays Outdoor illuminations in the f orin of trees, doors, windows and other exiiibits were more general in Rend erson this Christmas than ever be fore in the city’s history. One 0 f Hie favorite pastimes of citizens was riding about over the city viewing the many brilliant displays that had been arranged by the residents C f every pari, of the community. Manv of them were really outstanding anil exceptionally beautiful. Towering high over all the other, and dominating the entire commun- Ity was the large electric cross atop lh seteeple of the First Metho% church. The generosity of a public spirited citizen provided the funds for the burning of the cross every milt the week before and the after Christmas, and the spectacle has been commented upon by nianv t eople in the city. The cross ordi narily is lighted only on nights when services are held in the church. But it has burned every night during the Christmas season until near the mid. night, hour, and lias been a constant reminder of the spirit of the Christ mas time and of the Christ who f ounded the great festival. CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR MR. EARNHARDT A heautifi’ 1 leather handbag u > ■■resented Rev. D. E. Earnhardt, pas ta r of the First Methodist church :iy the men of the adult Bible class at the n Ruler Sunday school meeting jf the class last Sunday morning The pastor is the (cachet ot the class. Th • presentation was oy 2 M. Rollins. The men's and women’s adult classes met together to hear Rev. Mr. Earn hardt in his Christmas talk to the class, and the presentation was had before that gathering. B. H. MIXON Contractor and Builder Building, Remodeling, Repairing Wall Papering, Weather Stripping Painting, Etc. Estimates Furnished on Request Offf.-.p i»pone 289 —Residence 476-4