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About SSOO Is Given Here
Toward Promoting Route 1
H. M. Tschudy, Who Is Exploiting Advantages of Na
tional Highway, Says Traffice Lost to This Route
Can be Recovered; Fund Being Raised for Purpose
Approximately SSOO has been given
by local business people toward the
fund- being’ raised for the promotion
of traffic over the national highway
Route 1, and additional funds are
hoped for, said f-f. M. Tschudy, of
Richmond, who spent several days
here in the interest of the work after
a mass meeting was held in the court,
house one evening last week.
Mr, Tschudy made as many calls as
he could before leaving the city, but
said any others who wish to make a
contribution to the fund could do so
by forwarding it to Colonel ,J. W.
Jenkins.
The Richmond man. who has been
released, for two months from his
duties with a. Richmond hotel chain
for the purpose of putting over this
campaign, said the traffic that has
been diverted from Route I by other
competing highways between the
Notth and South could be restored
by the proper effort of the territory
affected, and declared that there was
much more to be offered in the way
of scenery than some of the other
routes. He also called attention to
the fact that this route is very much
shorter, has less traffic hazards and
is, therefore, much safer, and that it
has many places of historic interest j
to travelers. .
A compilation has been made of j
data, relating to places of historic in- |
terest in this city and section that I
would be attractive to tourists. This I
will be incorporated in publicity ma
terial to he prepared in connection
with campaign to recapture the old
volume of traffic for this highway.
Concerns listed as donating to the
fund, as announced by Mr. Tschudy,
ace as follows: Vance hotel, Hender
son Vulcanizing Company, J. VV. .Jen
kins, Captain Claude Bowers, Steven
son theatre, Coca-Cola Bottling Com
pany, Gateway Service Station Cit
zena Hank and Trust Company, Scog
gln Chevrolet Company, Clements
Motor Company, Serve-All Service
Station, Citizens Realty and Loan
Company, Industrial Bank of Hender
son; Sprinkle Oil Company. Mender
son Grocery Company, E. VV. Powell,
Seaboard Service Station. T. C. Tay
lor, Carolina Service Station. Aulbert
Service Station, C. O. Abbott, J. W.
Patterson, Henderson Daily Dispatch,
Dr. I. H. Hoyle, George A. Rose, Jr.,
E. G. Davis and Sons Company,
White Brothers Drug Company, Page-
Hocutt Drug Company, Parker Drug
Store, Woolard’s Drug Store, Kernel’
Drug Company, Mrs. A. C. Wiggins,
R. W. Norris, Motor Sales Company.
Mrs. S. V. Ellington, George O.
Lowry, D. H. Whitford, Busy Bee.
Case, Watkins Hardware Company,
Hester Motors, First National Bank,
Nehl Bottling Company, T. B. Rose,
Jr.
Following is the data on historic
spots of interest in this section which
waa furnished to Mr. Tschudy before
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VANCE Theatre
“Offering Henderson’s (ireatest
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TODAY and TOMORROW
BAPTISM BY GUNFIRE!
Hot lead pours from bis
Jwtgry six-shooters, to
teach murdering cattle ?M
>mtlers the fear of God !
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Paramount News
and Chapter No. 5
“The Roaring West”
Regular Admission Prices
iAdults 25c
Children 10c
.IVhJto Balcony 15c.
Colored Balcony 15c
he left the city:
VANCE COUNTY HISTORY ALONG
u. S. HIGHWAY NO. 1.
Site of the First Courthouse of
Granville County 1746 —The old coun
ty home about, two miles to the left
of the highway going from Raleigh
north and opposite the American
Tourist Camp, was the home of Wil
liam Eaton. Here court was ordered
to he held and was held probably for
ten years or longer.
The City of Henderson Founded In
Iglo—The Reavis family was the first
i to move to the present site of Hender
son. The town was to have been nam
ed Iteavisville, but this family re
quested that it he named in honor of
u distinguished neighbor, Chief Jus
tice Leonard Henderson. The Keavis
family .settled here because they had
at last found a spot free from malaria
The First Tavern in Henderson —
Just to the rear of the office of Ghol
son and Cholson is the old Beck
house. About 1850 Young’s Tavern
was the slopping places for the old
stage coach.
The Cradle of Probably the Chief
Art Store In The U. S.— ln the old
basement store near the old Dorsey
Drug Store the Hirshberg Art Com
pany of Baltimore had its beginning.
The' Oldest Railroad in North Caro
lina Stilt in Existence Built Between
IXBsl44—The old Raleigh and Gaston
Railroad, now the Seaboard Air Line,
along which this highway traverses,
at first, carried no covered cars. Um
brellas to protect against the sun or
i-ain sometimes caught fire from the
engine’s sparks. Then the train would
stop until the fire was extinguished.
At least this is a tale handed down
from a past generation.
One Ot‘ The First Graded schools
In North Carolina and One of tthe
Best— ln 1899 Professor J. T. Aider
man of the distinguished Alderman
family came to Henderson. An old to
bacco factory was converted into a
graded school, and under Mr. Alder
man’s able management it attracted
statewide attention. In Central School
the first of seven schools for the pub
lic education of white children of
Henderson, was built. This is to the
right of the highway and across the
railroad opposite the Industrial Bank.
The Henderson Post Office Out
standing For Agricultural Beauty—
Goodwin D. Ellsworth, a native of
Henderson, was in charge of the set
tlement of sites for public buildings
throughout the South when this post
office was built. Because Henderson
was his home he took special interest
in the design. Later he supervised the
appointment of 7,000 presidential post
masters and over 44,000 fourth-class
postmasters. One more promotion
came before his death in 1934.
Henderson’s First Post Office Near
Where Page-Hoeutt Drug Store Now
Stands— The Post Office was kept by
Misses Betsy and Sallie Reavis. In
the rear of this building the women
met and did canteen service during
the Civil War.
Tobacco: The Raising, Curing, Priz
ing! Storing, Selling and Manufac
turing of Gold Tobacco the First
Leading Industry— The firm of J. E
Pogue and Company, Tobacco Manu
facturers, was located on Andrew’s
Avenue about 1875 or 1880.
A Tavern on tlie Outskirts of Hend
erson Probably as Early as the Revo
lution—At Chalk Level, about a mile
and a half to the north of Henuerson,
near the site of the Fertilizer Factory
the road from Richmond to Raleigh
crossed the Hillsboro-Haiifax road, A
tavern was located there and stage
horses changed at that point.
A Resort of Note During and After
The Civil War— About where the Kit
trell Negro College now stands there
was a large frame hotel built before
the Civil War. From the north and
all through this section people went
to Kittrell Mineral Spring, as it was
called, to drink the water and for
tiie social gaiety for which it became
famous. The dances given there were
brilliant events.
Williamsboro, A Colonial Center of
Culture—Eight or ten miles to the
left of U. S. No. 1 going from Raleigh
to Richmond, turning off at the
Municipal Building is Williamsboro
of which Governor Josiah Martin
wrote in 1772. “They have great pre
emience, as well with respect to soil
and cultivation, as to the manners
and condition of the inhabitants, in
which last respect the difference is so
great that one would be led to think
them people of another region.” And
Dr. Archibald Henderson has had this
to say, "There soon arose in this sec
tion of the colony a society marked
by intellectual distinction, social
graces, and the leisured dignity of
the landlord and the large planter.”
Williamsboro was first an Indian
hunting ground, maybe battle ground,
and it is said was then known as the
“Lick,” later it was called Nutbush,
and sometime after 1779 was called
Williamsboro. This name was in
honor of Judge John Williams, who
with his kinsman, Judge Richard
Henderson had there the first law
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Pbwrr St Light Company.
Nettling to Buy—
Nothing to Sell—
Nothing to Collect'—
HENDERSON, (N. CJ DAILY DISPATCH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1935
Ezra’s Mission to Jerusalem ILLUSTRATED SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
v" "
Eighty years after Zerubbabel led the
first expedition from Babylon to Jeru
salem, Artaxerxes encouraged Ezra to
lead a second group of captives to return.
He even gave Ezra millions of dollars in
gold and silver to rebuild the temple.
school in North Carolina. About that
time Williamsboro was also the loca
tion of Springer Academy. This vil
lage, which is now almost forsaken,
was considered when a location of a
site for the Stale Capitol was under
consideration; and was likewise un
der consideration when the State
University was first discussed. Mont
pelier, the home of John Williams,
which was built with wrought nails
and “help Lord” hinges, was almost
destroyed by fire years ago. In a
burying ground nearby are the graves
of Chief Justice Leonard Henderson,
Judge Williams, and Colonel Robert
Burton, soldier of the Revolution. The
Nutbush Presbyterian Church, near
Williamsboro, is one of the four or
five oldest Presbyterian Churches in
North Carolina; and Saint John’s
Episcopal Church, the oldest Epis
copal Church in the Diocese of North
Carolina, is in Williamsboro. A mark
er has been placed on this church fcy
the Colonial Dames of North Carolina
and plans are on foot to restore the
old Church, and replace the high
pulpit and high-hacked pews.
The Grave of Judge Richard Hend
erson, Judge of the King’s Court—
Several miles north of Henderson and
seme distance to the left of the high
way going north is this grave. Rich
ard Henderson was the son of Samuel
and Elizabeth Williams Henderson.
He married Elizabeth Keeling, who
was tl?e daughter of Lord George
Keeling and Agnes Bullock his wife.
Richard Henderson with two others
of Granville County and six of Orange
along with Daniel Boone founded the
State of Kentucky, the Transylvania
Colony it was called, in 1775.
Scupernong Grapes: Luscious Gold
en Grapes, Bushels on One Vine, Sep
temher-October —Many scuppernong
arbors are found in Vance County. In
Williamsboro, on the Walter Bullock
place, which was built to house North
Carolina’s first law school, there is a
long vine. This, is said to be a daugh
ter of the mother of all North Caro
lina scuppernongs which is found on
Roanoke Island.
Did you ever see a tobacco sale,
Did you ever see cotton separated
from its seed and baled,
Did you ever see the barns and
methods of curing the finest tobacco
that goes into your cigarettes and
cigars?
Would you like to? Stop at the
Municipal Building for directions.-
Home of Ridgeway Cantaloupes
Grown for New York Marketts—
From Middleburg to Norlina lucious
cantaloupes and dewberries are rais
ed and shipped in carload lots to
eastern markets.
Kittrell: Once The World’s Largest
Market for Strawberry Plants. —The
naturalist, Oscar W. Blackna.ll, lived
in Kittrell. Ho found that this section
was preeminently suited to the grow
ing of the finest strawberries.
Kittrell: The Home of “Mrs. Joe
Person’s Remedy.
Middleburg: Manson Section: Thrif
ty German Settlements Here
This is good soil for farming. Many
farms prove this.
The Earliest Known Settle
ment in Interior North Carolina—
Four miles west of Kittrell in Gran
ville County the Peace family settled
soon after the Tuscarrora Indians
were driven out to join their Iroquois
kinsmen in 1713.
Rapid Settlement of This Region
Began After 1739—Settlers came from
Hanover and other Virginia Counties.
West of Williamsboro: In Granville
County, Signer of Declaration of In
dependence Lived—-About ten miles
west of Williamsboro is to he found
the John Penn Home.
Burnside, Mansion Near Williams
boro: Revolutionary War Period—
The carving in this stately old home
is one of the many features worth
seeing.
In Warren County, Montmorency,
A Colonial Mansion—Turn off the
highway in Henderson and visit this
home wifth its self-supporting cir
cular staircase.
In Warren County—The grave of
Annie Carter Lee, daughter of Gen
eral Robert E. Lee. The nearest way
to reach this historic spot is byway
of Henderson. The distance is ten
miles.
CHAsToiTYHAM
All-Star Grid Eleven Plays
Turkey Day Game There,
Losing 26-0
Henderson All-Stars, a football
eleven composed of high school stars
of this and other years, journeyed to
Chase City, Va., yesterday for a
Thanksgiving game, the only one for
the stars this season, and lost to the
Virginians 26 to 0.
The Stars threatened to score in
the first quarter but Eason dropped
a. pass over the goal line. The fii>
half ended 0 to 0 in favor of the Vir
ginians.
The journey of Ezra required four
months. The journey was a hard ami
perilous one. But it was accomplished
safely, because “the good hand of his
God was upon them”, guarding and
keeping them
Swine Specialist
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College Station, Raleigh. Nov. 29 —
H. W. Taylor has been appointed as
sociate swine extension specialist to
work with W. W. Shay in carrying
on the extension swine work at State
College and in administering the corn
hog adjustment program.
While doing graduate work for his
M. E. degree in 1926 and 1927, Tay
lor worked in the swine extension of
fice here and became familiar with
the office and field routine. He also
did swine sanitation work in South
Georgia in 1928.
In his youth, Taylor was a 4-H
club member in Duplin County, where
he was horn. After attending two 4-H
short courses at State College he de
cided to enter the college as an agri
cultural student. He graduated in
3926.
During the later part of 1927 he
was connected with the N. S. Agri
cultural Experiment Station while Dr
H. B. Mann, agronomist, was doing
graduate work at Cornell.
He served as assistant Beaufort
county agent for a year, then went to
Edgecombe County, where he was
county agent for five years. Later
in 1934 ho went to Washington to as
sist the AAA with the peanut adjust
ment program.
THE PRODIGAL GIRL.
Some poets have sung of the beauties
of homo,
Its comforts its love and its joy
How hack to the place of its shelter
ing dome.
Is welcomed the prodigal hoy.
They picture his father with pardon
ing smile,
And glittering robes to unfurl.
But never a poet has thought it worth
while,
To sing of the prodigal girl.
The prodigal boy can resume his old
place,
As leader of fashion’s mad whirl.
With never a hint of his former dis
grace,
Not so with the prodigal girl.
The girl may come back to the home
she has left.
But nothing is ever the same.
The shadow still lingers o’er dear
ones bereft.
Society scoffs at her name.
Perhaps that is why the prodigal
girl,
Gets lost of lifes devious trace,
She thinks on the lips that will scorn
fully curl,
And hasn’t the heart to come back.
Yes welcome the prodigal boy to his
place,
Be merciful, gracious and just.
But shut not the door in his frail
sister’s face,
Remember she too is but dust.
N. H. AYSCUE.
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Grid Schedule
j> NOV 30. 1935— <■
east
Home 1934
Team Scores
Boston College-Holy Cross 2-7
Columbia-Dartmouth DNP
•Navy-Army 3-0
Yale-Princeton 7-0
•At Franklin Field. Philadelphia.
SOUTH
Southeastern Conference
Florida- Alabama Poly 14-7
Georgia Tech-Georgia ..!!!! 0-7
Mississippi-Mississippi State .... 7-3
Tulane-Louisiana 13-12
Games
Langley Fieid-Carlisle Barracks. 19-C
Western Marykind-Ceorgetown .13-0
SOUTHWEST
Southwestern Conference
Rice-Baylor 32.*
Texas Christian-So. Methodist. .0-1 f
PACIFIC COAST
Pacific Coast Conference
U C.’L. A.-Idaho DNF
C*Vimght, 1955, by Central Prcft*
die ffpl&ett Cead
Ezra 8:22 “ike hand of our G«d is upon all them that seek him,
for good.”
Ezra’s Mission to Jerusalem
THE WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON J
(The International Uniform Lesson
on the above topic for December 1
is Ezra, Chapters 7 and 8, the Golden
Text being 8:22, “The hand of our
God is upon all them that seek him,
for Good.” To briefly summarize the
whole ministry of Ezra we quote the
chapter on Ezra from the author’s
Bible studies, ‘‘The Gist of the Bible
Book by Book” by Dr. Alvin E. Bell,
Toledo, Ohio, publisher )
By !>R. ALVIN E. BELL
Joromaith prophesied the 70 years
captivity and the captives’ return
from Babylon. He did this by his par
able of the vessel marred in the pot
ter’s hand, and related how “he made
it again another vessel.” The Book
of Ezra shows the divine Potter re
marking the Babylonian captives in
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Ezra made his journey an object of
prayer from first to last. He said, “I
was ashamed to require of the king a
band of soldiers because we had told
the king the hand of our God is upon all
them for good that seek him.”
to a nation, giving them the gospel
of the second chance to carry out His
divine purposes. The boo:t fails into
two parts around its two great men.
The first six chanters deal with the
first return from captivity under Ze
rubbabel, and of his work of rebuild
ing the altar and temple of Jehovah.
The last four chapters tell of a second
group’s return under Ezra, and of his
prosecution of the work begun under
Zerubbabel. Between chapters 6 and
7 there is a silent period of about 60
years.
Zeruldiabel’s Ministry.
“The Lord stirred up the spirit of
Cyrus, King of Persia,” so the hook
begins, to make a proclamation, au
thorizing the return to Jerusalem of
such captive Jews as desired to re
build the house of Jehovah and a
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Upon reaching; Jerusalem Ezra f uuilll
that those who had returned earli, .• ) ia ,|
neglected God’s law and fallen ini,, : j„.
lul ways. So E'zra read to them Cod’*
law and led them to repent
mQLDEN TEXT—Ezra 8:22)
remnant numbering about fifty lh()(
.‘.and, of whom nearly one-tem’h u! r
priests, returned under Zenibbab«-i
then tiist caie upon returning i,, || l( ,
ruined city was to restore tin
and all the offerings and feasts which
they had so shamefully neglect,.,! )„■-
fore the captivity. The foundation* „f
the temple were laid amidst niinp|,.,i
weeping of the older generation.- wh„
had seen the greater spender ~r Sul,,,
mon’s temple, and the joyous slunui,,..
of the younger generation.
Ezra’s Ministry
The second contingent of en|»ti
returned under the leadership (ls
Ezra, the scribe, about Ho years afi,.,
the return under Zerubbabel. Kz,,,
stands out as a great man of fain,
so sure of the protecting hand , f God
over that caravan of people and 11
sure, that he was ashamed to ask th,
king for a military guard after pro
fessing faith in the protecting hand
of God. The condition Ezra found in
Jerusalem among the Jews who had
returned earlier was distressing. Thu.s
Ezra took drastic measures to alia;,,
mixed marriages with idolotroiir
neighbors. And Israel was restored
Carolina Beats Virginia,
61-0; Davidson Wins, 14-7
and State Loses 8-0
College football curtain in North
Carolina was rung down yesterday a s
Carolina flashed back with a great
deal of power to crush Virginia, til-n
in their annual meeting at Chapel
Hill, Davidson, led by Pittman, de
feated Wake Forest, il-7, and N. C.
State hogged down on a muddy
Washington field, losing to Catholic
U.. 8-0.
The season has been one of the best
in North Carolina football for years,
and it also saw the south's largest
grid crowd, the 48,000 that witnessed
the humbling of Carolina by Duke,
25-0, in Durham.
Moon Theatre
TODAY and lOMOKICOW
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