absentee repeal
SURE EVENTUALLY
Rllt Refusal of Democratic
Committee Friday May
Hurt Badly
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,1 j ; * Executive Com mit
,, i.i• iy in upholding tho ab
prnol ically as the law
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,,.ni prominent Democrats
willing to discuss tho mat
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•; v there was little or no
the attitude of any one.
l ' : "' ~ nrior to the committee
Th 0" - '' ' N • 1 *
1 , ~ , v , opposed to tho absentee
. w , ,> vigorous in their opinion
‘j' 1 . notion of the committee will
, i repercussions and that
ii,*! action of the committee will have
' , , j- reproeussions and that the
''j,. will he hurt as a result.
V,, mistaking of Sentiment
0n tin other hand, those who
( . ,m : j nd won the battle of ballots
naturally jubilant and are satis
, t: , no harm will come of their
actions.
There was no mistaking the feeling
. t ) v committee, the vote wasn’t
even ; e. t
l, sU , was first joined on a pro
po-al t adopt the recommendation
a mb-committee which proposed
u , tighten certain provisions of the
ahsontoe ballot law, notably by per
mittinu delivery of absentee ballots
on iv to the applicant or to a close
relative or by mail and by requiring
a voter who is sick to furnish a physi
cal.".' certificate with this applica
tion. \V. E. Harrison, of Richmond
county, moved as a substitute that
;r , absentee ballot be abolished alto
gether. but his motion met with quick
ar.J decisive defeat, a resounding roar
0 f "No" drowning out a scattered
chorus of "Ayes.”
Bailej Nullified Reform
Then Senator Carl Bailey, of Ply
jioth, offered amendments which re
stored th>' law about absentee voting
to ilnu-t exactly its statue under
th’ present statutes.
Those amendments were so over
whelmingly adopted on a viva voce
vote that no one even called for a di
vision or a roll call.
All of which officially placed the
Democratic party on record as favor
ir.c retention of the present system
of absentee voting, despite the storm
of protest which has followed every
Democratic primary of recent years.
The really surprising feature~of the
executive committee meeting was the
feeble -hewing made by advocates of
abolition of the present system. It
had been thought that a large per
centage perhaps a majority of east
members would favor changes, at
Repeal Must Come
Afrit or the session Mr. Harrison ex
." ■eed the opinion that there will be
herca-.d agitation on the subject and
pr-iicted that eventually the Demo
crat' party will be forced to repeal
ho absentee ballot law.
thought that the committee’s
1 Tolls the doom of current es
-1 secure passage of legislation
‘"“Tng or abolishing absentee voting,
wy first measure introduced in
House session was a bill
'■hoe Willie Bee Lumpkin to
■ai'ii-h absentee voting.
'“’ n 'Vho l ived Twice” at the State
Tuesday
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Break In
Tobacco Is
Light One
A light break of tobacco was on the
Henderson market today, farmers be
held back in bringing in their weed
by the bad weather over the week
end. There were no official estimates
as to the exact amount of the day’s
offerings, but official figures will be
available Tuesday morning.
There was still no further word to
day as to a definite date for the clos
ing of the season, but it appeared
fanly certain the season would run
into the early part of February.
mrsigJheeler
DIES AT AGE OF 24
South Henderson Lady To
Be Buried Wednesday;
111 Several Days
Mrs. Oneida Delbridge Wheeler, 24,
died at 6:50 o’clock Monday morning
at Maria Parham hospital after an
illness of about a week, and will be
buried on Wednesday. An infant son
born to Mrs. Wheeler last week, died
sevaral days ago.
Funeral services were announced
to be held from the home of Ernest
Gordon, at South Henderson, Wed
nesday afternoon at 4 o’clock, with
interment following in Elmwood
cemetery here. Rev. Mr. Richardson,
of Chapel Hill, is to be in charge of
the services.
Mrs. Wheeler, who was born in
Franklin county, had lived in Hen
derson for the past five years. Four
years ago she was married to W. G.
Wheeler, who survives, together with
one sister, Miss Ludie Delbridge and
two brothers, Robert and Raymond
Delbridge, all of Henderson. Her par
ents are dead. The family resides at
South Henderson.
WRECK KILLS ONE
NEAR SOUTH HILL
Atlantic City Man Dies In
stantly in Collision
With Truck
William Goddard, 55, of Atlantic
City, was instantly killed, when an
automobile which he was driving, col
lided with a truck on U. S. Highway
No. 1 near South Hill Sunday.
An unidentified young man, riding
with Goddard, was removed to Mem
orial hospital, Richmond, Va., after
being treated in South Hill. His con
dition was said to be serious.
Robert Smith, of Winston-Salem,
driver of the truck, was held at South
Hill on a charge of involuntary man
slaughter, brought by State Officer
R. E. Bagley. He had not been able
to post a SOOO bond last night.
Around Town
Jr. C. of C. Meeting— The local Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce will meet
Tuesday at 7 o’clocq at Hill Top tea
room, it was stated today. All mem
bers were urged toattend .
Lot Is Conveyed.— A lot on Andrews
avenue was conveyed in a deed filed
Saturday with the Vance registry.
J. R. Nixon and wife sold to Letty
F.nch Payne for $lO and considera
tions a lot on Andrews avenue.
Taxes Paramount
With Legislature
(Continued from Page One)
fronted with prospective record ap
propriations and a party pledge to
modify the sales tax, will not meet
until tomorrow.
The sales tax sub-committee met
preparatory to making its final re
port. The intangibles tax sub-commit
tee will meet this afternoon. The
chain store tax sub-committee will
meet tonight.
The joint appropriations commit
tees, which have heard requests to
boost record budget commission re
commendations of $70,000,000 annual
ly by $6,000,000, not including a re
quested $5,000,000 for permanent im
provements, will begin executive ses
sions tomorrow. Besides the finances
and revenue committeec, other groups
will be busy during the week.
House Judiciary Committee No. 1
will hold a hearing Thursday on thq
various liquor bills proposed during
the session.
The Senate Constitutional Amend
ments Committee will take up tomor
row a proposed child labor amend
ment to the Federal Constitution.
The joint agricultural committees
will resume consideration tonight of
the tobacco compacts bill, which will
allow Nort Carolina to enter into
agreements with other states to curb
production. „
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HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1937
Trial Pension Spender Has No Trouble Spending
The spender’ in that practical test of the Townsend pension plan at Chelan, Wash., C. C. Fleming, retired orchard
1St ’ dlscusses h,s P urch ases with his wife and Isom Lamb, center, Chelan county Townsend manager who put up
the original S2OO. Fleming, who is having no difficulty spending the S2OO in a month, now is receiving plehty
of fan mail giving not only advice but contributions. —Central Press.
Practicing Food Conservation in Germany
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Here’s a peek behind the scenes in Germany. In line with the national program to conserve foodstuffs, the
country celebrates one “one dish” day per week. The gentleman gazing pensively at his bowl of soup is
Chief of Staff Lutze of tho German Army, who joins with his family in doing their share.
(Central Press)
Congress Is To Aid
Flood Areas Soon
(Continued from Page One.)
prevent such floods as that in the
Ohio valley.
The House received a deficiency re
lief appropriations hill recommend
ing an outlay of $899,717,318. It lacks
funds especially earmarked for flood
work.
The Senate Civil Liberties Commit
tee, turning its attention to labor re
lations of the Chrysler Corporation,
hoard from an official of a Cleveland
“efficiency engineering firm” that the
corporation paid his company $72,000
in 1935 for services which he describ
ed as “harmonizing relations between
workers and employees.”
President Roosevelt named John
Page, of Nevada, to be commissioner
of reclamation. Page had been acting
Nfew Texas Coach
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Dana X. Bible
Bald-headed Dana X. Bible, one
of the topnotch coaches in the
nation and head grid mentor at
Nebraska for the last eight years,
is the new head coach at the Uni
versity of Texas. Bible was hired
at a reported salary of $150,000
for 10 years.
commissioner.
In the midst of a busy day, the Pre
sident signed a measure extending
until June 30, 1939, his authority to
reduce the gold content of the dollar
and protect it in international ex
Six Fee* Eight
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Louis Freiberger
They come tall in Texas. Louis
Freiberger, above, center oh the
Texas A. and M. basketball five,
i 8 six feet eight inches tall.
—Central Presa
changes through use of the $2,000,000,-
000 stabilization fund.
Motor Strike May
Delay New Buses
(Continued from Page One.)
early summer. Grffin indicated.
“I think it is a very fortunate thing
that the General Assembly appropriat
ed this $600,000 for school buses now,
however, since if we had had to wait
until July to buy them, the chances
are that the cost would be greatly
ncreased, also that we would not have
been able to get delvery by the time
the schools open next fall,’’ Griffin
said. “Prices are already advancing
and if the strike continue;-? much lon
ger, indicatons are that there will
be a very heavy increase in prices.
Roosevelt Is Not
Mediocre Official
(Continued from Page One.)
as to a method of arriving at his ob
iective.
COULD NOT PARTICULARIZE
The criticism of the antis does not
amount to much non-partisanly speak
ing.
Os course, the Presideht geleralized.
In a talk which necessarily was limit
ed to thirty minutes h:e naturally
could hot even outline a program in
volving days or weeks to enunciate in
particularity.
Details will have to await subse
quent messages to Congress.
The President undoubtedly assum
ed that his hearers would have
enough sense to know that.
MERELY A START
The nub of the address undoubted
ly was that democracy must adapt it
self to “a suddenly changed civiliza
tion.”
However, can it do so in the short
space of another presidential term?
black-draught”
For Clean, System Helps
To Prevent Sickness
One of the advantages of Black-
Draught is that, if it is taken at the
first disagreeable feeling of consti
pation, one or two doses usually
bring relief. Prompt relief, such as
that, is well worth while. Constipa
tion is too dangetous to be neglected.
“A dleart system for health” plan
has saved thousands of people much
Useless sickness. They keep a pack
age of Black-Draught in the family
medicine cabinet and take this pure
ly vegetable laxative at the first sign
of constipation. They say the relief
it brings is mighty hard to heat.
Find out, by trying it, why so
many people prefer Black-Draught
when it comes to buying a laxative.
It may take generations.
But that is not the presidential fun
eral.
A preface to a start is all that F.
D.’s message professed to amount to.
NEW TYPE PRESIDENTS?
What the message does suggest is
that a new kind of president is called
for.
Past presidents—with the exception
of Washington and Lincoln—have had
no duty except to keep things going.
Now seems to be the time when presi
dential initiative is essential.
Maybe Roosevelt is the requisite
raw material.
But will the next one similarly fill
the bill? Or a whole succession of
next ones?
F. p. K. HAS “IT”
president have done in
the past.
As implied by this presidential mes
sage, mediocrity will not do now or
for a long time to come.
Whatever charges may be made a
gainst Mr. Roosevelt, he is not me
diocre.
He is no more mediocre than Hitler
or Mussolini.
He rhay not have what we consider
their bad qualities, either—but his
personality, compared with theirs,
may be democratically invaluable.
AYCOCKTOPLAY
WILTON WEDNESDAY
Doubleheader Set for High
School Gymnasium; Good
Games Promised
Aycock and Wilton high schools will
offer two basketball games here Wed
nesday night in the Henderson high
school gymnasium, Coach Carruth of
Aycock stated today.
Two fast games are promised, and
hackers of the teams are expected to
turn out to witness the clashes.
“CRAZY RIDGE RUNNERS”
STATE THEATRE TODAY
“The Crazy Ridge Runners” will of
fer their Hill Billy frolic at the State
again tonight. Plenty of laughs and
entertainment is assured every one.
A western feature picture is also
offered tonight.
1868 —'Antonio Scotti, beloved bari
tone, the “grand old man” of New
York’s Metropolitan Opera, horn in
Italy. Died there, Feb. 26, 1936.
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Baby Mary Ann Muelica of Jersey
City, N. J., is only three years old,
but performs the most amazing
feats of memory, correctly naming
capitals of countries, states, and
personages. She can repeat ver
batim anything she hears.
(Central Press)
NOTICE!
We wish to announce that we have
taken over the
Pure Oil Service Station
Near the Seaboard Depot on Garnett St.
We will handle Pure Oil Products and are
in position to give you quick and prompt
service on washing, greasing, and servic
ing all makes of cars. The station will
be in charge of Geo. Reid and Wilson
Robertson with Willie Green as car
washer.
If you have been trading at this station we
will appreciate you continuing to give us
your business, if not we will appreciate
any business you give us and see that you
get prompt service.
Clements Motor Co. , Inc.
PAGE THREE
ROXBORO IS COMING
10 MEETTHE HIGHS
Person County Aggrega
tion Always Formidable
and Tough for Locals
Examinations have forced the post
ponement of the game with Middle
burg Tuesday night by the Henderson
high school hasekelball teams, hut
the aggregations will swing into ac
tion tonight against Roxboro as sche
duled.
The Roxboro will invade the local
court tonight for two games, and Ihe
first appearance of a Roxboro team
here this year. Tuesday night, Hender
son will stage a return game wrth
Middleburg. Middleburg has whipped
both Henderson teams in a prior
meeting.
Roxboro usually puts strong teams
on the hardwood, and it is freely pre
dicted that Henderson will he pushed
to get the edge over the Person coun
ty teams.
STEVENSON
“PERFECT SOUND”
THEATRE
TODAY TOMORROW
Extra Added—Short Subjects
in Technicolor
“Popeye Meets Sinbad
The Sailor”
Plus NevVs of the Day
WEDNESDAY
Eddie QuiHan Charlotte Henry
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Special
Jack Pot Notice
Wednesday, Jan. 27
SIOO.OO
To the person answering the
first name drawn
If first name drawn is not pre
sent, we will draw until some
one answers for $25.00.
Every Wednesday There
after The
Jack Pot
Will Be $25.00
Names will be drawn until some
one answers.
The STATE
Phone 817
Prices 10 and 25d
TODAY ONLY
On the Screen
Black King—in
“RIDDLE RANCH”
On The Stage
“THE CRAZY RIDGE RUNNERS”
TUESDAY ONLY
™t MAN WHO
LIVED TWICE
Ralph Bellamy!
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