ASSOCIATED PRESS AND CENTRAL PRESS
Two-Thirds
Os City Tax
Mow Paid In
$50,986.96 Received
of $77,218.28 Levy
For I h e Current
Tax Year
Approximately two-thirds of t lie
1931 tax levy for the City of Hender
son has been collecteq .-»o far, City
Clerk S. B. Byrxvell stated today. The
total levy was $77,218.28, and of that
amount $50,980.66 has been paid by
property owners and others, leaving
outstanding the sum of .$26,231.32 as
ye uncollected.
A penalty of one-half of one per
cent is being charged this month lot
all accounts settled at this time. Ac
counts were payable at. face during
iv eember and January, and otr De
cember 1 and prior thereto discounts
wore allowed. The penalty will grow
each month the account is not settled,
until the limit is reached.
CIRCULATION 5.425
FOR TWO LIBRARIES
53 New Volumes Added In
January; Perry Member
ship Is 3,821
A circulation of 1.709 for the Perry
library and 716 for the Dunbar branch
for the colored, or a total of 5.125
was shown for January in the month
ly report made public today by Miss
Mary Louise McDearman. librarian.
The average per day for the Perry
library was 181. of which 28»S percent
was non-fiction. The libraries were
open 26 days during the month.
A total of tt new volumes wore ad
ept! :it the Perty library, including 2'
t C fiction and 19 of non-fiction, anti
29 adult and 15 juvenile books. Tin
Dun' 'ir brunch had an addition of
nine volumes, all non-fiction, and all
juvenile but one.
Active membership of the Pcr»y li
brary was 3.821 at the end of January
which included 2 588 adults and 1.233
juveniles. During the month 72 new
names were added and 59 dropped,
making a net gain of 13. The Dun
bar branch had an enrollment of 89t.
including 2.? b adults and 661 juveniles.
Flight nexv names were added and
four dropped, foi a net gain of four
'The Townsville bland) of the Perry
library had 89 readers at the end ol
January and ye ireiilalion of 17 vol
umes during the month. The South
Henderson branch had a circulation
of 188 in January ami 107 registered
members at the end of the month.
Both branches are included it) the
figures foi the Perry lirary proper.
EDUCATION BOARD
HOLDS NO SESSION
No session of the County Board of
Education was held today, as there
was no business to come up for con
sideration, it. was stated at the office
of Superintendent E. M. Rollins, sec
retary to the board.
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Pnyt> Four
1. What is the name for #;i curve
which during its gradual regression
from a point winds repeatedly mound
it?
2. Where did Mine. Marie Tussand
have here famous waxworks exhibit?
3. F’or whom is the 1 city of Biloxi
named?
I. What oventd ocs the ballad
“Mulching Through Georgia" com
ntenioi ate?
5. Name the Biblical character, son
of Zcruiah and nephew of King David
and commander of David’s army.
6. Who was President of the U. S.
at the time of the “Missouri Com
promise’?
7. What word describes those wht>
think that communications are oc
casionally established between the
living and the dead who survive in
some other mode of existence?
8. How many brothers had Chris
topher Columbus?
9. What is bimetallism?
10. Name the capital of Poland.
A Three Days’ Cough
Is Your Danger Signal
Don’t let them get a strangle hold.
Fight them quickly. Creomulsion
combines 7 helps in one. Powerful
but harmless Pleasant to take. No
narcotics. Your own druggist is au
thorlzed to refund your money on the
spot if your cough or cold is not. re
lieved by Creomulsion. <Adv.)
Huilt-Up Roofing
Asphalt Shingles
Sky li gh ts-V en ti 1 ators
Heating,
Air Conditioning
TANNER
Roofing Co.
PHONE nO6
Attendance Seen
As Improved for
Grammar Schools
Atcndance was improving today in
the five grammar schools of the city
that were closed for a long time dur
ing January as the result of wide
spread illness among the pupils. Su
perintendent E. M. Rollins said he
did not have exact figures, but in
formation that had come to him was
that all of the schools were showing
an improved attendance since it had
been announced that the schools
would continue to tun after last Wed
nesday. when they‘resumed.
At one time nearly half the enroll
ed pupils were absent, and the shut
down was ordered. Warmer and fair
weather is believed to have brought
about a reduction in sickness among
the school children.
FARM CENSUS HERE
GOTTEN UNDER WAY
Enumerators Go To Work
Following Meeting Held
On Saturday
Following a meeting of enumera
tors here Saturday afternoon with
W. B. Myriek. supervisor for the
fourth district, the annual farm cell
ars for 1935 got tinder way through
out the county today. Mr. Myriek'.
office is in Raleigh, and he came here
’«• confer with tho corps of workers
who will visit all farms in the county
for the purpose of taking the data de
irod by the Federal government.
It is expected that the work will
require at least 30 days and possibb
more. An appeal was issued to tin
farmers to assemble the data desired
Mid to have it ready when the omini
Tutors call on them, so that the work
"an be done with a minimum of delay
It was emphasized that all data fur
nished is absolutely confidential am'
will not be divulged.
Each enumerator receives 20 cent,
per name foi all records made.
Enumerators, as announced today
were as follows:
Bandy Creek. R. H. Southerland.
Middlebnrg .and Xutbush townships
E. A. L.atta.
Dabney .and the part of I b'lidefso
west of the Seaboard Air Line rail
road, W. Y. Swain.
Kittrell township. Mr. Overton.
Townsville. A. R. Tarry.
Williamsboro, Miss Greenway.
Watkins. Miss Pleasants.
The eastern half of Henderson town
;hip was to have been looked after In
Mrs. Alpheus Thompson, but sh
has been forced to resign on necoun
of illness, and her successor has no'
ocen learned.
SEVEN IRANSFERS
OF FARM PROPERTY
Deeds Filed for Record With
Register o: Saturday
and Today
Seven real estate transfers were fil
ed for record in the batch announced
today at the office of the register of
deeds. All involved the transfer of
titles to farm lands.
F. H. Hicks and wife and T. W.
Hicks and wife sold to Pearl H
Woody, 36.3 acres in Williamsboro
township for one dollar and other
values.
F. H. Hicks and wife and T. W.
Hicks and wife sold to Eugene. T.
Hicks. 15 acres in Williamsboro town
ship for one dollar and other consid
erations.
T. W. Hicks and wife sold to F.
11. Hicks 18 acres in Williamsboro
township for one dollar and other con
siderations.
F. H. Hicks and wife sold to T. W.
Hicks for $1 and other consideration."
9.7 acres in Williamsboro township.
J. H. Goodson and wife sold to Cas
sia Goodson Pace for $5 and oth'r
considerations an interest in prop
erty in Kittrell township.
Cassic Goodson Pace and husband
and J. H. Goodson sold to J. H. Good
son and wife for $5 and other con
siderations. property in Kittrell town
ship.
Albert H. Cheek and wife sold to
William Hawkins and wife for slu
and other considerations, a half in
terest in two tracts of land in Sandy
Creek township, seven miles east of
Henderson, one tract being 67 arid
the other 58 3-4 acres.
INFLUENZA STILL
WIDESPREAD HERE
A prescription man in one of the
drug stores that were open Sunday
said Sunday night he had been as
busy as he could be all afternoon ami
up to that hour, which was after 9
p. m. He said influenza was still
widespread here, and that doctors
were of the opinion that there was
I perhaps as much of it as at any time
this winter. Many persons have had
the disease, but apparently new cases
develop about as rapidly as old pa
tients recover sufficiently to permit
their return to their daily duties.
AMERICAN LEGION TO
MEET THIS EVENING
The regular meeting of the local
post of the American Legion will be
held this evening in the Legion hall
tonight at 7:30 o’clock, it was stated
today. This will be the last meeting
during the membership contest, which
comes to a successful close tonight,
and all members of the post were
urged, to be present at that time.
Henderson Daily Dispatch
Commissioners To Elect
County HomeHeadFeb. 18
Applications Called For, With Possibility afn Assistant
May Also Be Chosen; Committee Reports on Pres
sent Set-Up At Institution
Notice was given by the Vance
Board of County Commissioners to
day that the board on Monday, Feb
ruary 18, would receive and consider
applications for appointment as su
per intendem of the county home. The
action was taken in connection with
the consideration by the board of the
report of its committee snowing just
what hospital and county nome equip
ment is on hand at the institution,
located on the eastern outskirts of
.he city.
Tip. committee consisted of Chair
man Samuel M. Watkins, Commis
sioner W. P. Parrish and County At-
Lorncy B. H. Perry. They had made
;i thorough investigation of the coun
ty home property after the board a
week ago decided that it should be
used as a county home instead of as
i county hospital.
The committee teported that at the
present time there are in the in
stitution three babies under two years
of age. one child six years of age, one
eight years old. one adult with paraly
sis and one with kidney trouble, all
considered as hospital patients, and
five adults properly rated as eligible
as inmates for the county home. It
was also reported that the capacity
of the institution amounts to 25 or
26 furnished rooms,- and that the
number of inmates that could be ac
commodated would be determined by
the number quartered in a given room
The hoard lias not determined just
how it will handle the indigent sicK.
Notice was given that applications
will be considered Monday two weeks
hence for a superintendent for the
county home and possible an asist
ant. Salaries have not been agreed up
on. and may not be until the meet
ing February 18. All applications must
be filed with the register of deeds.
The board had other matters before
it today, but much of the morning
session was taken up in consideration
of bills and other routine, receiving
the county home report, and the like,
A jury to serve during the March
term of superior court was to be
drawn this afternoon.
Edward B. Sheldon of New York,
playwright, born in Chicago. 49 years
ago.
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Financial Statement December 31,1934
From Annual Report of ASSETS
President Price Cash $ t,077,37*
Bonds
Policy owners will be pleased with United States Government 1.027.765
report of 19*4 operations. State, County and Municipal. . . 4.478 065
... r n i Other Bonds and Stocks 6,476,853
e have so lowtf our saint ( <»U Bonds carried on amortized basis. Listed securities at
servative investment policy, fetate, market values as of December 31, 1934.
county and municipal bonds bought eocenes
in 1934 have produced a verv satis- rirst Mortgage Loans 10,350,Ubb
factory interest yield and at the On farm property $620,469, on city property
I- $15,734,597. These loans wdre made on a basis not to
.amc time ha\e appreciated CO . exceed 50% of a conservative valuation,
orablv in market value.
Real Estate 8,049,165
♦ ... •* *
This includes our seventeen-story Home Office
United States Government BonrF Building.
ownfri by ‘he Company, lotaline Loans to our Policyholders 12,887.915
niOlf* Illall 1• ( )0.00 . and .4 1,1 " '■ Fullv secured bv the cash values of Iheir policies.
balance of $1,077,378. place us in
a highly satisfactory position from Premium Loans and Liens 4,597,494
the Standpoint of liquidity. Fully secured by the cash values of policies.
* * * Investment Income In Course of Collection ......808,301
W c continued our mortgage loan Premiums In Course of Collection 1,824,767
investments. Real estate holdings All Other Assets ». . . 305,393
are less than in 1933. : —;
* * * Total Admitted Assets ...... m _ ....... ...$57388,162
' Surplus and Special Reserve funds
were increased to $4,285,822, plac
ing the Jefferson Standard in the LIABILITIES
strongest financial position in it* ...
history. Policy Reserves $50,309,944
* * * This amount represents the reserve required by law
Assets increased $2,365,850. to assur<l payment of policy obligations.
* * * Reserve for Policy Claims . ... 293,674
Claims in course of settlement on which proofs have
AH of these very favorable factors no t been received. v l ?'- '
enable us to continue our unbroken _
record of paying 5% interest on Keserve tor laxes •
funds held in trust for policyhold Premiums &nd Interest P&id In Advance * i* 428,813
ers and beneficiaries. Policy Proceeds Left With Company . . ... „„ 2,182,076
* * * Reserve for All Other Liabilities 154,469
1934 payments to policyholders and Medical and inspection fees, bills not yet presented,
beneficiaries total $7,078,072, mak- policy dividends apportioned, etc.
ing total payments since organiza- ——*
tion $81,368,758. Liabilities .... • • •-•*«■» t> • px*l ** • • $53,602,340
* Dividends for Policyholders 460,822
'The total amount of new life insur
ance sold in 1934 was $46,666,600. Special Reserve LOOO.OOO
a 28% increase over 1933 sales. A fund to take care of depredation on
real estate and investment fluctuations.
* * *
Insurance in force $314,834,797. Capital • •:» 1„000,000
* * * Surplus Unassigned .-..j.,.—1„825,0G0
Our territory is admittedly the fa Total Surplus Funds for Additional
have every reason Vexpe^' greato Protection of Policyholder. 4,285,822
and more profitable accomplish- .><•• *
ments in 1935. »* Total $57,888,162
FRANK M BARNHART | | B. FRANK HARRIS
SPECIAL AGENT SPECIAL AGENT
224 Charles Street 231 Turner Avenue
Phone 30-.-J Henderson, N. C. Phone 309-W Henderson, N. C.
JEFFERSON STANDARD g£3S|
git LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF FAITHFUL nalli
TfWCO RAISE
Notices Sent Each Grower
Stating Amount He Can
Increase Crop
Tobacco growers in Vance county
have been officially advised of the
amount of extra acreage i*nd tonnage
they will he allowed to raise in 1935
under the 15 percent increase allowed
by the Agricultural Adjustment Ad
ministration, J. W. Sanders, county
agent, and director of the crop con
trol work in the county, announced
today. Notices have been mailed to
all growers apprising them of their
increases.
The county agent said new con
tracts arc being taken from the few
growers who did not sign agreements
last year, if they wish to get in on
the crop control program this season.
There are not many of them in Vance
county, but those few who have not
hitherto cooperated in the campaigns
have the opportunity now of doing so
in 1935. and contracts ma/ be obtain
ed and signed at the county agent’s
office. It is expected that cooperation
will he virtually one hundred percent
in Vance county this year.
At. first there was some opposition
in this county to the increase, but ef
forts have been made to explain to
all growers the advantages to be ob
tained by growing slightly more to
bacco this year than last year. It is
hoped that it will result in the re-
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1935
Farmers Prepare
Tobacco Seedbeds
For Year’s Crops
Throughout Vance county and this
section of the flue-cured tobacco belt,
tobacco growers are busy at work
preparing seedbeds for sowing in this
month byway of getting a start on
their 1935 crop. The ground is being
dug and softened and fertilizer will
shortly be put in for the sowing of
SCO (I
Giowcrs are expected to pay parti
cular attention this year to the qual
ity of seed they will plant, to the end
that the plants may be of the best
possible type and thus give the most
promise of good yields of the leaf
when the growing season begins.
Not only are the seedbeds being
prepared, but in many instances al
ready have been sown. The sunny
weather, with milder temperatures,
that have prevailed during the past
few days have afforded growers the
chance they had sought for getting
along with this initial work looking
toward the start of their 1935 tobacco
crop.
1842 George Braudes, Danish writ
er. born. Died Feb. 19, 1!(27.
capture of a portion of the foreign
tobacco trade that has fallen off since
crops have been reduced.
With good seasons, flue-cured grow
ers are looking for another good year,
both as to quality of Iheir crop and
the price it will bring when it goes
on sale on the floors of leaf ware
houses next fall.
WANTsSuSMID
Eighth District Conference
Held Here Saturday Night
Asks Payment
The eighth district of the Ami ne ~
Legion went on record here Salimh-'
night in a meeting presided over i.
H. E. White, commander as in f m ,'.
of the immediate cash p:\vnient of th!
adjusted service certificate, better
known as the soldier’s bonus. T'''
district is made up of Henderson
Warrenton, Oxford. Durham
Chapel Hill posts and representatives
were present from all of those po-d.-T
State Commander Hubert Olive m <|
State Auxiliary President Mrs. H M
Shumway, both of Lexington were
present and made talks to the -r. mt ,
of Legion activities and what tlio J>
gion is doing in North Carolina. Mg
Adams, secretary and treasurer es
State Auxiliary, of Raleigh, was afl
present at the meeting.
Mayor Irvine B. Watkins introduced
the speaker of the evening and .Mr-'
John Lee Wester presented Mrs. Sum
way.
The group voted to ask the eon
gressman from this district and the
senators of North Carolina to sup
port legislation in Congress relative 1,,
the paying of the bonus.
Ttje conference was preceded bv
“dutch supper” at 6:30 o'clock, ai d
was largely attended.