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TRIBUTES PAID TO
MOTHERS OF CITY
Flowers, Candy and Other
Gifts in Addition to
Church Services *
Tributes were paid to mothers both
in churches and in homes of the city
Sunday on the occasion of the annual
observance of national Mother’s Day.
Sermons and music were appropriate
to the occasion in many of the chur
ches. and many mothers were present
for the occasion.
, Besides that, however, many sons
and daughters rememoered their
mothers in the homes. In many in
stances children from other cities and
sections were here for visits to their
mothers, and those who could not be
here sent letters and gifts of one kind
or another.
Those whose mothers still live wore
red flowers and those whose mothers
are dead wore white flowers in their
honor.
TAXDiEBIiS
CITY MORE MONEY
Citizens Respond In Liqui
dating Accounts In Ar
rears for Week
Some much-needed money has al
ready been realized by the City of
Henderson from the tax drive started
the last of the past week, and con
tinued today, it was said by city of
ficials. They could not say exactly
what amount had teen collected be
fore making a tabulation but were
hopeful of realizing sufficient funds
from the remainder of the collection
drive to ease, at least temporarily, an
acute need for city funds.
An appeal was made to delinquent
tax-payers through the paper last
week. City officials in person took to
the hustings, too, to wait on large and
small property owners who have not
settled for their 1936 taxes.
The money is needed to run the city
until the start of the new fiscal year
July 1, and some thousands of dol
lars will be required for the purpose.
POURING CONCRETE
IN UNDERPASS ARCH
That and Intersection About All Left
Except One Block on the
West Side
Pouring of concrete under the arch
way of the Church-Charles street un
derpass was started today. That and
the interesction area on the William
street side of the railroad were all
that remained of the concrete work
except one block on the side jutting
out into Garnett street.
It was expected that a large portion
of the concrete work remaining would
be completed by the end of the pre
sent week if the weather is favorable
for work during the entire period. It
was doubted if there would be so fa
vorable a break as that, however, in
view of the good weather all last week
The work, however, is rapidly mov
ing toward final completion, and a
few more weeks will probably see the
underpass open to traffic.
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Memorial Day Is
Observed by C. of C.
The Orrin Randolph Smith Chapter
of the Children of the Confederacy
met today, Memorial Day, to place a
wreath on the Confederate monument
on the Courthouse grounds and to de
corate the graves of Maj. Orrin Ran
dolph Smith, designer of the Con
federate flag, and that of Miss Jessica
Smith his daughter and the Confed
erate square.
Later in the afternoon members
met at the home of Miss Mary Lou
Cooper, president of the Orrin Ran
dolph Smith Chapter, for refresh
ments.
The regular Memorial Day meeting
of the Vance County Chapter of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
had been postponed and will meet at
some future date.
SOIL CHECKS ART
YET TRICKLING IN
Checks in payment to farmers in
this county for cooperation in the soil
conservation program last summer
are still trickling in a few each day,
County Agent J. W. Sanders, crop
control director in the county, said
today. He said he expected a few to
be received almost every day until
the last are sent from the AAA in
Washington. The county is entitled
to, receive around $123,000 in all, to
be shared by some 2,600 landlords and
tenants. More than two-thirds of the
amount has already been received
hqre.
TWO REALTY DEEDS
FILED SATURDAY
Two lealty transactions were plac
ed on the record books of the Vance
Registry Saturday.
Sf. C. Kittrell sold a lot on Rober
son street to Mollie Thomas for S3OO.
sirs. C. F. Whitted purchased a lot
in cemetery from the City
of Henderson for $l2O.
REGULAR SESSION
J*: O. S. A. BE TONIGHT
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The Patriotic Order Sons of Ame
rica will convene in regular weekly
session tonight at 8 o’clock in the
Anjerican Legion hall with President
C. -Si White urging a full attendance
to • hear the important business mat
ters -to be brought before the group.
Arrangements of delegates to the.
State, convention in Charlotte will he
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A survivor of the Hindcnburg, suffering terribly from burns, his clothing burned from his body, is led to safety.
TRAFFIC LAWS ARE
BETTER OBSERVES
Captain Farmer Says His
Travels Convince Him
of Improvement
Dally Dispatch Bnreaa,
la the Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, May -v'—Definite improve
ment in the observance of the traffic
laws on the part of drivers in the
State is being noticed, Captain Chas.
Farmer of the State Highway Patron,
said today, especially in the rural sec
tions. He believed the chances are
good for another material drop in
accident fatalities this year.
“During the last three months I
have been doing more driving in all
parts of the State than in several
years and have had an excellent
chance to observe drivers and driving
habits,” Captain Farmer said. “As a
result, I am convinced that as a whole
drivers are observing the traffic laws
more carefully than at any time in
the past and that we are making
some real improvement in highway
safety education.
“The biggest improvement has been
in drivers staying on the right side
of the road and in tfife reduction of
middle-of-the road driving. Drivers
are staying on the right side of the
center lines better than ever before,
with the exception of the tourists
from other states —most of them still
insist in straddling the center lines
and in driving too fast. The drivers
of out-of-state trucks also give us a
good deal of trouble, as do some of
the truck drivers right here at home.
But the truck drivers are showing de
finite improvement, both in driving on
the right side of the road and in driv
ing at slower speeds. The campaign
which the paf’-olmen waged against
speeding true! is having its effect.”
The highway patrolmen are con
tinuing their drive against drunken
driving and this will be still further
intensified when the state highway
patrol radio stations get in operation,
since it will then be much easier to
“spot” drunken drivers and to send
patrolmen to bring them in, Captain
Farmer said. For as soon as a drunk
en driver is reported, a description of
the driver, car and approximate loca
tion will immediately be broadcast
and the patrolman nearest to the lo
cation ordered to find him and ar
rest him.
“We are going to make it increas
ingly unhealthy for the drunken driv
ers it/ North Carolina,” Captain Far
mer said.
Tax Problem Nightmare to
Congress;New Levy Coming
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make a dent in expenditures. The un
balanced budget, which is Causing
some uneasiness, would most certain
ly become an unbalanced nation if
five or six million of these folk were
handed blue slips on pay day.
PULL
As an evidence of what happens
when a government employe is nudg
ed out of his job take the 900 who are
out in the AAA, because the job for
which they were hired “fulfilling con
tracts farmers on crop control and
the government), is ended. The in
fluence which got them the places in
the first instance is now engaged in
finding nooks for them in some other
Federal setup. A good many will be
found and that’s just as certain as
taxes.
It is a cockeyed game anyway you
look at it. Smith leaves one govern
ment job, toeplugged out in the inter
est of economy and appears on the
payroll «f another the next day, for
political reasons. It don’t add up to
anything but a headache now for sen
HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, MONDAY, MAY 10. 1937
ators and representatives and a back
ache for the citizen who had managed
to keep afloat during the depression
by his own efforts.
The President’s delay in issuing a
revised budget message indicates a
shift in procedure and Congress will
have the job of untangling the back
lash caused by the over-run when ex
pectation exceeded fact in the first
estimates.
A “HOT POKER”
Already there are sharp divisions
in both Senate and House. The Su
preme Court enlargement act in the
former and the anti-lynching bill in
the latter for example.
And now comes a poker, hot at
both ends. An increase in taxes is go
ing to blister many congressional fin
gers and increase in unemployment,
to evade the necessity of a tax, would
blister a good many more.
LOTTERY?
A national lottery has been whis
pered as a solution, but no one enter
tains, seriously, that as a possibility
yet. Though some recall the impor
tant public works accomplished ear
lier in our history by this means. The
Lancaster turnpike, between Philadel
phia and Lancaster, which was the;
first improved highway in the col
onies, was financed by a lottery There
were many others in the Quaker state
which tided it over rough financial
difficulties.
ANOTHER SOURCE?
Yet- another suggestion includes
radio instruments as a possible
source. In England they bear a part
of the excise burden and the tax ap
pears to be agreeable, or at least tol
erated without too much squealing. It
was some years after the automobile
became common before it was shot at,
byway of a fuel tax, and now see
what it pays.
But all these things are taxes, re
gardless of the names they may be
called by. None of them is painless.
NEW TYPE BUTTON
State Licenses This Year To
Be Metal in Form of
Popular Fish
Licensed North Carolina fishermen
will at least begin their outings this
year under a good omen in the form
of a new type of permit button shop
ed like a fish, the State Department
of Conservation and Development an
nounced today.
The State fishing license buttons
this year will be of metal in the form
of a bream, one of the most popular
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of the game fishes in North Carolina,
according to an announcement today
by J. D. Chalk, State game and inland
fisheries commissioner.
Last year, an innovation in the
form of the first metal license button
was issued for the State hunting and
fishing license. This special feature,
according to Mr. Chalk, stimulated
materially the sale of this type of li
cense, and similar results are expos
ed from the new type of fishing
license.
new plate is bronze colored a
bout two inches in length and one and
a quarter inch in depth. At the top
it carries the year far which it v/as
issued me a faosi nue of the State
seal, in the center Kre the words,,
“North Carolina S f ate Resileni Fi=n»
ing License,” with the number of the
tag in the bottom center.
Fishing, interrupted for the spawn
ing season in Eastern North Carolina,
will be resumed cn May 11, and the
season for warm water fish will be
gin cn June 11 in Western North Car
olina counties. Trout fishing in West
ern North Carolina which opened on
April 15 will continue until Septem
ber 1.
According to Commissioner Chalk,
the most complete cooperation ever
extended by the public in the obser-
I vance of the closed seasons has been
evidenced this year. Already, he con
tinued, a substantial increase in the
sale of fishing license, the receipts
from which support entirely the op
eration of the various hatcheries and
make possible an extensive program
for maintaining the &|pply of game
fish, has been experienced.
You're Telling Mel
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By WILLIAM RITT
Central Press Writer
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Fish can talk, according to Prof.
Karl Frisch, a noted German zoolo
gist. That’s fine, Herr Professor —
what opinions do they express on
Adolf Hitler?
As soon as Sister Susie, who is
beauing, hears about this we fear the
living room gold fish bowl is doomed.
And the next time you who always
let them get away go trout fishing
you’d better stuff your ears with cot
ton to avoid hearing a frank discus
sion of your technique by a couple of
speckled beatuies on the floor of the
stream.
Professor Karl says they can hear,
too, hut we refuse to tiptoe around
any pond.
The good professor also claims he
can make fish come to him at a whis
tled command. It couldn’t be, could
it, they come to the surface to enjoy
J the spectacle of Herr Frisch imitat
ing a mountain canary?
Thanks to Herr Frisch we now
have a new simile to add to the col
lection: “As deafening as a whale’s
whisper.”
Until recently Herr Professor
Frisch studied the language of bees
only. In fact, he did it for 25 years.
No one knows why he gave it up un
less he became tired because their
talk sounded exactly like a lot of
monotonous buzzing.
Judging by the number of battle
victories reported by both sides in the
Spanish modern generals
can crowd more action into 10 months
than took place in the Hundred Years
war.
Bseball managers should be inter
ested in signing- up some of these gen
erals. According to their press agents,
they never come up to bat without
scoring something or other, including
“moral” victories.
The above is especially true of Gen
eral Franco, who recently made a
dandy home run—in the general di
rection away from Madrid.
The Spanish war press agents do
a dandy job of it. We almost believe
them. The one hitch is that both
claim victory in the same edition and
on the same front page.
A little system might be injected.
Let the rebels win their battles ex
clusively in the morning newspapers
while the loyalists do their stuff sole
ly in the evening editions.
It’s hard to believe, but those Span
ish generals actually seem to think
} that telling lies to war correspondents
/ will bring their defeated armies back.
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at Lakehurst, N. J. The huge ship is seen breaking in two.
A Survivor’s Joyful Reunion With His Family
Still dazed by the enormity of the disaster in which he escaped death, Joseph Spah, American actor known
on the stage as Ben Dover, is shown with his wife and children in their Douglaston, L. 1., home. Spah suf
fered an injury to his foot when he leaped from the blazing Hindenburg. Left to right are, Mayhan, Rich
ard. Mrs. Vera Spah. Joseph and Gilbert. (Central Press)
An Injured Survivor From Hindenburg's Crew
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inquiries were launched into the cause of the explosion that wrecked the German queen of the air a few hun
dred yards from her destination. (Central treat)