PAGE FOUR Eailil Sisjratrlj Established August 12, 191* published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by fIENDEKSON DISPATCH CO., INC. at 109 Young Street ' HENRY A DENNIS. Pres, and Editoi M. L. FINCH, Sec.-Treas., Bus. Mgr TELEPHONES Editorial -Office 500 Society Editor Business Office •* * * ° "’he Henderson Daily Dispatch is a member of The Associated Press. Southern Newspaper Publishers Asso ciation and the North Carolina Press Association. . The Associated 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 , JT Three Months •••••••* Weekly (by Carrier Only) Per Copy . • • | National Advertising Representative FROST LANDIS COMPANY 250 Park Avenue, New York 360 North Michigan Ave., Chicago General Motors Bldg., Detroit 1413 Healey Building, Atlanta Entered at the post office in Hender eon, N. C., as second class mail maUer WISDOM IS MORE THAN INFOR MATION: vVisdom is .he principal thing: t/Lerefoiv. get vv'lidom: ant. with all thy getting get understand ing.—Proverbs 4:7. LIVING THE LIFE ETERNAL NOW: This is life eternal, that they j might know thee the only true God, j and Jesus Christ, whom thou nast st, t. —John 17:3. S | t#iDA V > TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES 1795—Thomas Carlyle, English his torian-essayist, born. Died Feo. 4, ISSI 1816 —Benjamin Silliman, noted chc paist, son ot Yale's noted cnemisc-geo logist, born at Lew Haven. Died ihere Jan. 14, 18S5. j 1855-—William J. Henderson, New j York’s noted music critic, born in Ne- > wark, N. J. Died June 5, 1937. 1861—Lillian Russell, comic opera star and ge beauty, born at Clinton, , lowa. D d in Pittsburgh, June 6, 1922. j 1865 Luther H. Gurlick, specialist] in physical education, born in Hono lulu (of American missionary parent-' age). Died in Maine, Aug. 1?, 1918. 1865 Edith Cavell, the English j nurse executed as a spy by the Ger mans in the world war, born. Died Oct. 12, 1915. i TODAY IN HISTORY 1783 —Den. Washington bade fare- i well to bis officers, in New York: ] “With. a heart full of gratitude j shall be obliged if you will come and take my hand.” , 1808 —Napoleon enters Madrid with j his army. <*. 1837 —'First regular session of the 25th Congress meets. 1867 —National Grange —Patrons of Husbandry—organized in Washington. 1915—Ford’s Peace ship leaves New York Harbor to get the boys of the trenches by Christmas. 1918—As American Army of Occu pation penetrates into Germany, peo ple seem more astonished than alarm ed aV sight. 1932 Seme 2500 hunger marchers ar j rive in Washington. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Deanna Durbin, singing star, born 15 years ago. Rev. Charles C. Morrison of Chi cago, editor of the Christian Century, born at Harrison, Ohio, 63 years ago. Dr. Charles Herty of Savannah, Ga., noted chemis’, born in Georgia, 70 years ago. Maj. Gen. Walter L. Reed, U. S. A. born at Ft. Apache. Ariz., 60 years ago. Roy E. Tomlinson, president of the National Biscuit Co., born in Chicago, 60 years ago. Dr. John W. Kerr of Washington, D. C., retired public health official, born at Grand Rapids, Ohio, 66 years ago. Today’s native will be compassion ate and passionate. The mind may be given to gratification of the senses, or the-.pushing of a sel f ish idea: to the degree that will rer . them finally delusive. There sec ns- t 0 be r some ambition for position a wealth, perhaps mair.lv for selfish reasons, 1 and yet there is a good heart under neath. /loah Numskull >; A»tch > here DEAR. NOAH-13 THE. DRIDE L_ED TO THE ALTAIC BY WAY OF THT BR.IDLE: PATH ? S.A.OAKER. PAT-' g-tN C- Today is the. Day By CLARK KINNAIRD Copyright, 1937, for this Newspaper by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Saturday, Dec. 4 Remember: Only two more Saturdays before Christmas. Mercury and Moon in conjunction. Zo diac sign. Sagittarius. ONCE UPON Dec. 4TH Exactly 150 years ago today, Rufus Putnam’s party of 24 New England farmers and artisans left Ipswich, Conn., to push their way over the Al leghanies to the new frontier, the Val ley of the Ohio. In April they were to reach the junc tion of the Ohio and the Muskingum rivers, and to establish the first per manent settlement in the Northwest territory. They named it Marietta, in honor of Queen Marie Antoinette of France. Today, in a reenactment of that his toric journey, make-believe pioneers are to start from Ipswich and retrace the trail of Putnam’s brave band. 1918 —'President Wilson sailed for Europe to attend the so-called peace conference at Versailles, on the third anniversary of the departure of the Henry Ford peace mission to Europe. 1936 —'Premier Stanley Baldwin seal ed Edward VIII’s fate by announcing that the king could not legally con tract a morganatic marriage. SNDAY IS THE DAY II Sunday in Advent, Dec. 5; Shaw wal 1, in Mohammedan calendar; Te bet 1, -5698 in Jewish calendar. Children in Teutonic European coun tries hang up stockings for gifts on St. Nicholas’ Eve. which is Dec. 5. instead of Christmas Eve. The gift-exchang ing custom began in connection with the calendar day of St. Nicholas, whose name was corrupted to Santa Claus, ago in Germany, but What Do You Know About North Carolina? By FRED H. MAY 1. Which of the county offices was the first to be filled by popular vote’* 2. What leader for Vance for Gov ei nor in 1862 defeated him for the J. S. Senate ?n 1872? Q What was a leading opinion about . ..’ic schools in 1829? Have offices ever been forced on 1 rsons in North Carolina by law? 5. Name the eastern counties that: voted for the prohibition convention :n 1932? 6. What recognition did the legisla ture of 1921 give Woodrow Wilson? ANSWERS 1. The office of sheriff since 1829 ha- been filled by popular vote. The constitution of North Carolina pro vides that the sheriff’s term shall be two years. The office is practicallv independent of the county commis sioners. It is more under the control of the superior court judge who may remove the sheriff for cause. The coroner is the only county officer who has authority to arrest a sheriff. 2. Augustus S. Merrimen, who ser ved one six-year term, which ended in 1879. He was not a candidate to succeed himself and Vance was elect 3. One writer who published an open Istter to the legislature said that it was doubtful if schools were “pro ductive of much real benefit. Would it not redound as much to the ad vantage of young persons, and to the honor of the State, if they should pass their days in the cotton patch, or at the plow, or in the cornfield, instead of being mewed up in a school house, where they are earning nothing.” 4. During colonial days constables and some others were appointed or elected to office without their con sent. Heavy fines were provided to be levied against those refusing to serve. In some cases constables have been jailed for refusing to serve. 5. Beaufort, Craven, Currituck, Halifax, Martin, New Hanover, On slow, Pasquotank, Pitt and Wilson. 6. Upon his retirement from the presidency at the end of his second term the North Carolina legislature adopted a joint resolution, expressing the appreciation and thanks of the State for his “unselfish devotion to the principles of right and justice,” and wishing him health and hap piness. EXCUSE IT, PLEASE! o 3 as fi “I don’t know what size collar my husband, takes, but. my finger* just neet around his neck.'' HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4,1937 DECEMBER SUN MON TUB WED THU fW SAt ~~ I-I 1I 2 |/^\ 56 7 8 12 13 14 15 10 V** J 1 O 20 2 1 22 23 SWS 2627 28 20 30 (111 eventually passed in western countries to Christmas. The roly-poly Santa Claus, the rein deer legend, the ornamented Christ mas tree and most of the other Christ mas customs and trappings popular in this country came to us with German settlers, at a time when Puritans from England regarded Christmas cheer as sinful! Observance of Christmas was forbidden at one time in New England. AMERICA AT WAR DAY-BY-DA\ 20 Years Ago Today—Congress was in session, beginning the longest sit ting —354 days—in its history. Presi dent Wilson’s message was a restate ment of war aims which did not jibe with secret agreements the Allies had made concerning what they would do if they won the war. He knew of the agreements but wasn’t sharing his knowledge with the people who were fighting and paying for the war. Next day, the president advised that war be declared on Austria-Hungary. Same day, Gen. Dukhonin, com mander-in-chief of the Russian armies when the Reds came in power, was killed by being thrown from a train. ANSWERS TO TEN QUESTIONS See Back Page 1. Ph.D. 2. 1865. 3. Labor. 4. Datum. 5. Yes. 6. Barong. 7. Golden rod. 8. Rabbits are rodents and do not chew a cud. 9. It is one of his hobbies. 10. Ernest Simpson; others Views' DENIES RUMORS To The Editor: Will you be so kind as to allow me space in your paper to correct certain false rumors that have been circulat ed to damage my character and stand ing as a minister? Reports have come to me in the last few weeks concerning rumors go ing the rounds in Vance, Warren and Franklin counties that I was recently arrested, tried and jailed in Hender son on charges of mis-conduct unbe coming to a minister. I deny these rumors and brand them as false and untrue, and ask the good people in the communities where I preach to be lieve me when I say that I am inno cent of any wrong doing, and that I have never been arrested, tried nor jailed in Henderson or any other place in my whole life. I invite those who are circulating these rumors against me and all others who may be inter ested to inquire of the clerk of the court, any judge, sheriff or officer of the law in Vance county if I have ever been arrested, charged or tried for anything in Vance county. I beg you to ask them and find out for your self that my record is clean and that I am telling you the whole truth. REV. J. W. BURWELL, Colored Minister. Henderson, Dec. 4, 1937. 1937 Boom In Building Over State Dnily UlNiifltch llureitii. In the *>ilr Wnlter Hotel. Raleigh, Dec. ? —North Carolina has enjoyed a substantial building boom for the first ten months of this year. Figures in the Department of Labor show that through October 31 building operations of all types in 21 cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants increas ed more than one-fourth over the cor responding period of 1936. And in the matter of new resident ial construction the increase was even more substantial, reaching slightly more than one-third. For alterations and repairs the in crease in expenditures was greater still, reaching 36 per cent. In the matter of projects undertak en only residential construction show- THE SHOPPING SEASON! ed an increase, as business construc tion and repairs projects totalled sub stantially less than in the first ten months of 1936. Residential projects through Octob er 31, 1937, totalled 1,848, costing $7,- 031,854 against 1,579 projects to cost $5,253,242 in the corresponding period of 1936. In non-residential, or business, con struction there were 879 projects in 1937 against 906, but this year’s cost $4,255,792 as compared with $3,910,446 in 1936, and increase in cost of 8.8 per cent. The 3,339 repair and alteration pro jects in the first ten months of this year called for the expenditure of $3,- 349,241, against $2,462,790 spent on 3,- 917 projects for the first ten months of 1936. The grand total cost of this year’s first ten-month building of all sorts was $14,636,887 or 5,866 projects com pared with $11,626,478 spent on 6,402 projects between January 1 and Oc tober PI, 1936. Figures for November of this year are unavailable yet, but are expected to compare favorably with those of the penultimate month of 1936. 21 Armories Are BiVlt for State i Continued from Page one.) sign with the exception of the one at Durhami The armories are, of course, primar ily designed to quarter local units of the National Guard, but they have been so constructed as to lend them selves to a variety of uses. In their construction a total of $677,- 000 was spent by the Works Progress Administration and $229,000 by local governmental bodies, making the en tire cpst $906,000. Construction provided work oppor tunities for the needy unemployed. They are owned by the various cit ies or by a combination of city and county, and so they will be available for civic and social affairs of all sorts, as well as for housing and drilling units of the North Carolina National Guard. Dancing and assembling feet will be heard in them iust about as often as will marching feet of soldiers. Warning to all young bridegrooms- Make certain now that your bride will not, in the future, wonder whether ‘he name “spou-'e” shouldn’t be cor ectly pronounced “souse.” NOTtce OF SALE. Under and ’ y of the power and autho-py confa‘ne