PAGE FOUR HENDERSON DAILY DISPATCH Established August 12, I>l* Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by HENDERSON DISPATCH CO., INC. at 109 Young Street HENRY A. DENNIS. Pres, and Editor M. L. FINCH, Sec.-Treas., Bus. Mgr. TELEPHONES Editorial Office 600 Society Editor 610 Business Office 610 The Henderson Daily Dispatch is a member of the Associated Press, Southern Newspaper Publishers Asso ciation and the North Carolina Press Association. The Asociated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. SUBSCRIPTION PRICES Payable Strictly in Advance One Year Six Months Three Months 1 -" r Weekly (ny Carrier Only) 15 Per Copy 06 National Advertising Representatives FROST, LANDIS & KOHN. 350 Park Avenue, New York 860 North Michigan Ave., Chicago General Motors Bldg., Detroit Walton Building, Atlanta Entered at the post office in Hender son, N. C., as second class mail matter r -J. _ *>• «. '■‘Uii CHSIJ»r GOD HATH MADE ME: The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. — Job 33:4. y TODAY y TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES 1743 John G. E. Heckenwelder, Mo ravian missionary to the Indians of Ohio, recorder of Indian life, born in England. Died at Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. 31, 1823. 1758 —Jesse Lee, pioneer Methodist preacher, Apostle of Methodism in New England, early historian of Methodism, born in Virginia. Died at Hillsboro, Md., Sept. 12, 1816. 1795—-William Lyon Mackenzie, Ca nadian journalist and political reform er, born in Scotland. Died in Toronto Aug. 28, 1861. 1801 —Joseph Francis, New York in ventor-builder of life-boats, and life saving apparatus, born in Boston. Died at Cooperstown, N. Y., May 10, 1893. 1831—Clement Studebaker, one of the South Bend, Ind., brothers whose blacksmith shop started in 1852 on a capital of $68.00 grew into one of the largest wagon factories in the world, born near Gettysburg, Pa. Died Nov. 27, 1901. 188—-Adolph S. Ochs, noted publish er of the New York Times, born in Cincinnati. Died April 8, 1935. TODAY IN HISTORY 1638 —Delaware settled by two small shiploads of Swedes under Peter Minuit, at Christiana, New Sweden, now Wilmington. 1799—Revised postal law substituted flogging for the death penalty for stealing or robbing the mail. 1930 Canada’s Col. Baker, who had brought down 52 German planes in World War, died in Ottawa in crash of his new plane. 1932 —Ivar Kreuger, Swedish match king and arch-swindler, committed suicide. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Annette A. Adams of San Francisco lawyer, first of her sex to be a U. S. District Attorney and Assistant At torney General, born at Prattville, Cal., 59 years ago. Maj. Gen. George S. Simonds, U. S. A., Deputy Chief of Staff, born at Cresco, lowa, 62 years ago. Mayor Daniel W. Hoan, Socialist mayor of Milwaukee, born at Wau kesha, Wis., 55 years ago. Lewis B. Stillwell of New York, a noted electrical engineer, born at ! Scranton, Pa., 73 years ago. Col. Edward A. Deeds of Dayton, Ohio and New York City, president of the National Cash Register Com pany, born in Licking Co., 0., 62 years ago. John Henry Nash of San Francisco, master-printer, born at Woodbridge, Canada, 65 years ago. Stewart Edward White of Cal., nov . elist, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., 63 years ago. * TODAY’S HOROSCOPE Today gives a curious mixture, with a strong but conflicting mind. There is quickness of thought and action and great executive powers. The de termination will often bring results, but they are not always of the best. You should always work in a strong light and in dark moments do no! brood over perplexities. : fSTA\m This stamp was issued to com* memorate the fiftieth anniversary *. of Cyprus as a British colony. .The design features a medieval * map of Cyprus.. '•* i “ Today is the Day By CLARK KINNAIRD Copyright, 1936, for this Newspaper by Central Press Association Thursday, March 12; St. Gregory’s Day; 251st day, 160th year of U. S. Independence. Every day is a holi day somewhere. This is Moshoeshoe’s Day in Bastuland, and the Anniver sary of Sun Yat Sen’s Deat hin China. No weather saying is more unsound than the saying, “It’s too cold to snow.” Our worst blizzards have either commenced with a low tem perature or terminated with the tem perature near zero. The great bliz zard of 1888, which began March 12 started with a mild temperature and terminated near zero, which is us ually cold for this season. TODAY’S YESTERDAYS March 12, 1776 —Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope was born in London, daught er of the 3rd Earl of Stanhope, de stined to become one of the most re markable women of her time. After having served 10 years as private sec retary to the great Premier William Pitt, in a day when it was extraordi nary for a woman to have such a po sition, she became deranged. She wandered to Asia Minor, won the friendship and confidence of wild Arab tribes and became their queen. The crazier she became, the greater her power grew until she dominated Syria and Palestine. She died at 54. March 12, 1789—-A general postof fice was established by authorization of Congress, in consequence of a plea of the post-master-general, Ebenezer Hazard, that the new nation needed a federal postal system reaching every part of the country. He had some difficulties obtaining authorization, for private mail services were ope rating, and they usually were faster and less expensive than the U. S. Mail. March 12, 1866 —Memorial Day had its inception. In a letter to the Co lumbus, Ga., Times, Mrs. Mary Ann Howard Williams proposed setting aside a day “to wreathe the graves of our Martyrred dead with flowers,” and thus instituted the memorial day custom in the South some time before the decoration-day idea was adopted by the Grand Army of the Republic in the North. March 12, 1930—At Lowell Obser vatory, Flagstaff, Ariz., Clyde W. Tombaugh got man.s first sight of the planet Pluto. Percival Lowell had predicted the discovery 25 years ago before by mathematical calcula tion. FIRST WORLD WAR DAY-BY-DAY 20 Years Ago Today—The 10th British division, composed principal ly of Irish, had outlined the horrors of Sulva, in the Dardanelles. It had outlined the days and nights of ter ror and bitter cold on the Serbian frontier ranges in an abortive attempt to stem the German invasion. Now it was “fighting another war,” carry ing on a slow, punishing rear guard action in a retreat from Macedonia to Salonica. Thereby it was enab ling the Allies to withdraw stores ac cumulated for the Serbian campaign and fall back without disorder into Gree kterritory. The Irish saved the Allies from an other disaster comparable to the Dard anelles, though outnumbered eight to one. Teodorow, the Bulgar general opposing them, reckoned no loss too great if the objective be gained. Un der his whiplash orders the Bulgars charged again and again until the snowdrifts over which the successive What Do You Know About North Carolina? By FRED H. MAY 1. When was F. M. Simmons beaten by a Negro for a congressional seat? 2. What Orange county man was vice-president of the Republic of Texas under President Sam Houston? 3. When did the State own two thirds of a railroad and was not al lowed a representative in a stock holders meeting? 4. When was prize fighting outlaw ed in North Carolina? 5. What governors annulled the court proceedings of their predeces sors? 6. In what way did the Regulators pay their taxes in 1769? ANSWERS 1. In the campaign for election to the Fifty-first congress in 1889, Con gressman Simmons, who had served one term, was defeated by Henry P. Cheatham, Negro, of Henderson. Cheatham served two terms and was •beaten in 1895 by the Democratic can didate, Frederick A. Woodard, of Wil son. 2. Kenneth L. Anderson, of Hills boro, was vice president of the Re public of Texas in 1842. 3. Governor David Reid reported to the legislature of 1854 that the repre sentative of the state was not recog nized by tne other stockholders of the North Carolina Railroad, in which the State owned two-thirds of the stock. Tiie charter provided for a represen tative, but did not specify how he should be chosen. Governor Reid ask ed that this be cleared up. 4. In 1895. A penalty of $590, or peni tentiary or jail sentence of five years, was provided for any violation tne law which prohibited sparring mat ches, glove or fist contests for money or valuable prizes. 5. Thomas Cary, who became acting governor in 1708, annulled the court proceedings of Governor William Glover, whom he had ousted. Then Governor Hyde became the chief exe cutive in 1712 and he annulled the court acts of Governor Cary. 6. They refused to pay the sheriff of Orange county, but sent it to New Bern by Harmon Husband, represen tative to the assembly. In turning It over to Governor Tryon, Representa tive Husband is quoted as saying, “Here, sir, are the taxes which my people refused your roguish sheriff.” HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1936. MARCH SUN MON TUE WED THU FBI SAT 8 9 101/i 1 4 15 18 I 7 141 I «r)2l 22 28 24 2&S // 28 2» .’lO .* I battles were fought were black with the recumbent forms of men. But while the Connaughts, the Mun sters, the Dublin Fusiliers and the Inniskillings were saving Britain from disaster in the East, th« Irish at home were fighting it. Rebellion was reaching white heat in Dublin. IT’S TRUE Twenty-five states have steriliza tion laws. But of 16,000 operations registered up to the end of 1934, more than half were performed in one state California. The signature most often forged is that of a dead man, Antonio Strad ivari, violin maker. Unbreakable buttons, tougher than metal, are made from blood. There are musical fish in the Gulf of Mexico. Small fish called sirens sometimes make a tinkling sound sim ilar to the ringing of bells. It’s unlawful to trade mules after dark in Alabama. Sir Thomas Lipton, the late million aire Irish yacht racer, did his first extensive traveling as a street car motorman in New Orleans. And Knut Hamsun, the great Scandina vian novelist, was a street car con ductor in Chicago. Queries, reproofs, etc., are welcom ed by Clark Kinnaird. ANSWERS TO TEN QUESTIONS See Back Page 1. German metallurgist. 2. Two. 3 The monetary system in which both gold and silver are on the same footing as regards mintage, legal tender, and currency backing. 4. Denmark. 5. Alabama. 6. The Dipper. 7. In the Philippine archipelago. 8. Formal, written conveyance of a right to, or interest in personal property. 9. Sherman’s march to the sea, dur ing the Civil War. 10. Antwerp, Belgium, in 1920. eJcITP® * New York, March 12 —Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, who shepherded the Di onne quins into the world, turned out to be a dyed-in-the-wool gad-about during his last visit to New York. Tight lipped, with large quizzical eyes behind gold-rimmed specs, he likes parties and night life. I saw him at “21” that nice but rather ordinary restaurant which at tracts luminaries of the pen and foot lights at all hours of the day and night mysteriously. I glimpsed him emerging from the lobby of the “Follies” recently, the center of a large and happy group of stay-up lates. He even Dent an ear, I am told, to the purple jazziques of Leon and Eddie’s. News reached me that the good Doctor had a slight cold one day. I itched to ask him if it wasn’t the merest touch of “quinsy”—but never summoned the nerve. I went backstage at the Paramount to chat with Mr. Eddie Duchin, the young jazzmaster with big eyes and black curly hair who is the current | Golden Wedding g 1 fi/ies/ />/en