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Established August 12, 1914
Published Every Afternoon Except
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SHE OFENED her mouth, with wis
dom; and in her tongue is the law of
kindness. —Prov. 31:26.
« today > anmversaj lES
1741 —Benedict Arnold, the revolu
tionary general forever infamous for
having betrayed his country whose re
ward was some $30,000 cash and some
unprofitable land in Canada, and
scorn from the English themselves;-
whose life after the war was a con
stant plea for more reward money,
born at Norwich, Conn., great-grand
son of a Rhode Island governor. Died
in England, June 14, 1801.
1806—Matthew F. Maury, naval of
fic -r, retired for lameness due to an ac
cici nt at 33, a.-d then confined him
self *") study l o improve the navy; be
coming ih ’ test oceanographer in
cur hiotor\ >■'.d nonored for his work
by the nation- of the woild, born near
Fredericksburg, Va. Died at Lexing
ton, Va., Feb. 1, 1873.
1863—Richard F. Outcault, comic
artist, creator of the “Yellow Kid” and
“Buster Brown,’’ first of the “funny
paper” cartoonists, born at Lancaster,
Ohio. Died Sept. 25, 1928.
1870 —Jeremiah Smith, Jr., Boston
lawyer who, under the League of Na
tions saved Hungary from financial
ruin after the war, born at Dover, N.
H. Died March 12, 1935.
i ODAY IN HISTORY
1697 —Judge Samuel Sewali, one of
the judges sitting in the Salem, Mass.,
witchcraft trials cf 1692 which sent
enced 19 to death,, stood up while Bos
ton’s Old South Church’s minister
read his public confession of guilt and
error—colonial legislature had made
this day a fast day to atone for witeh
c’aft wrongs.
4 1790—Secretary of th*» Treasury,
Alexander Hamilton, presents the
House his plan for the “adequate sup
port of public credit.” He had want
ed to read it but some feared his ora
torical powers and made him put it in
writing. Immediate plans adopted,
setting standard which made country’s
credit best in world.
1873 —Two rival legislatures meet and
two governors installed in Louisiana.
1922 —Irish Free State formally set
up.
ir6—lt first becomes generally
known that 476 men died of a wasting
disease building a mile-long tunnel in
West Virginia.
1937 —Truce agreed on in auto strike.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Hendrik Van Loon of New York,
popular historian, born in Holland, 56
years ago.
Huigh Lofting of Madison, Conn.,
author-illustrator horn in England, 52
years ago.
Miss Marion E. Martin of Maine,
Republican state senator, born there,
38 years ago.
Dr. Henry B. Smith of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, noted philoso
pher, born in Philadelphia, 56 years
ago.
Bebe Daniels of Santa Monica, Cal.,
actress, born at Dallas, Tex., 37 years
ago.
Dr. Raymond M. Hughes, lowa
State College’s president emeritus,
•born at Atlantic, lowa, C 5 years ago
Thornton V7. Burgess of Spring
field, Mass., -tho", born at Sandwich,
Mass., 64 y<- ago.
TO" *, j HOROSCOPE
The kej -.> l l- of to'ay i« Sincerity,
and the native will be orderly and use
ful. ‘There are many paths leading to
success, and the vein of mysticism
that runs threurh the ten days on
either side of this date will have its
climax here..
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
.. See Back Page * .
1. No. ‘ * 1
2. Damascus. 1 i : ! • , t A.\
3. Tudor. >
4. Florida.
5. Lethal gas.
6. Not earner than four weeks, and
not later than fifteen days.
7. Frank Hague.
8. Famous French painter.
9. In 1917. ,
10. Westminster Abbey.
Today is the Day
By CLARK KINNAIRD
Copyright, 1938, for this Newspaper
by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Friday, Jan. 14; observed as New
Year’s Day in Palestine and Syria.
Mocn in Perigee. Zodiac sign: Capri
corn.
ONCE UPON JAN. 14th
There are only two naval men in the
long roll of those elected to the so
called America’s Hall of Fame, at
New York University. One is Farra
gut. The other is Matthew Fontaine
Maury, who never engaged in a battle
and in fact, refused to fight when
war came!
Maury was born in Spottsylvania
county, Virginia, 132 years ago to
day, the son of a naval officer, and
entered tihe Navy at 19. At 25 he
had become captain of a sloop-of-war,
and had composed a book on naviga
tion that was adopted as a textbook in
the Navy. It was only the first of
many books, for thereafter his inter
est ran to science rather than to na
val strategy and tactics.
Maury was responsible for the first
measurements of the flew of the Mis
sissippi liver; for the inception of the
Great Lakes-to-Gulf waterway; for
first charting of direction of winds
and currents in oceans; for first iden
tification of the Gulf Stream; for
laying out specific courses across the
Atlantic and Pacific for ships; for in
stituting the system of deep-sea
sounding; for suggesting the system
of cable communication between con
tinents; for the system of world wide
crop reports.
When he resigned from the Navy
in 1861, rather than fight the Con
federacy, three European govern
ments offered him high posts.
No other American’s scientific
work has been so universally ac
knowledged and honored abroad, yet
Maury is scarcely mentioned in some
school histories, is ignored in most.
AMERICA AT WAR DAY-BY-DAY
20 Years Ago Today—British avia
tors made a raid into Germany, bomb
ing the steel works at Thionville and
the railway junction at Metz.
"WhaTiDo _ YoiT
Know About
North Carolina?
By FRED H. MAY
1. What did it cost to maintain the
governors office in 1936?
2. What early method of preserving
fruits was generally used in North
Carolina Courts last year how many
convictions were secured?
3. Os the total of 44,735 cases dis
used of in The North Carolina Courts
J■ year how many convictions were
. /-cured?
4. When was Polk county formed
and what was the name of the first
epunty seat?
5. What North Carolina county has
the most dense population?
6. W T hy was land ownership limited
in 1669?
ANSWERS.
1. Including the governors salary
and the sa’aries for his private secre-
and two assistance, telephone and
telegraph expenses, and various other
items of expense the total cost was
$21,222.
2. 'Aside from drying certain fruits
the obly method known was distilling
into brandy. It has been within com
paratively recent years that canning
has been known.
3. A total of 9,681 covictions were
secured in the superior courts, and
24,935 in the lower courts, making a
total of 3‘,529 convictions including
the su : missions.
4. Polk county was formed from
Henderson and Rutherford by an act
ratified January 18, 1847 and was
named for Colonel William Polk, fa
mous Revolutionary War soldier who
moved from Charlotte to Raleigh. The
first county seat shall be called Schuy
wicker, the act provided.
5. Forsyth county: with 287.8 per
sons per square mile.
6. The assembly of that year passed
an act which prohibited the granting
of more than 660 acres to any one
person except persons of certain
ranks. This was done to keep those
with small financial ability from pro
curing larger tracts of land than they
were able to develop.
EXCUSE IT, PLEASE!
g^'-~2^aasaEazsrazasHß
WVftiCHf. 19,’S, KINC FEATUaeSSYNOIC^tJ^
- Hands up or I’ll shoot!
HENDERSON, (N.C.) DAILY DISPATCH FRIDAY; JANUARY 14, 1938
JANUARY
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The Russian government sent an
ultimatum to Rumania, demanding
that military activity against Bolshe
viks cease. Next day, Bolshevik and
Ukrainian forces fought a battle in
the streets of Odessa, as Ukrainian
resistance to Red rule continued des
pite an armistice signed the previous
week.
A pro-German group of Mexicans,
sent south to work up German suip
por t in other Latin countries, arrived
at Buenos Aires after having been
barred from Brazil.
Piloted Death Plane
ti: I
Nick B. Mainer
Among the 10 victims of that
Northwest Airline plane tragedy
near Bozeman, Mont., was Nick
B. Mamer, pilot of the ship which
crashed in flames. Mamer’s home
was in Spokane, Wash. The
plane, a new-type Zephyr, recent
ly put into service, was flying from
Seattle to Chicago.
—Central Press
UTILITIES PROVIDE
CUSHION IN STOCKS
Market Is Somewhat Nervous and
Activity Is Moderate, But
Gains Make Headway
*
New York, Jan. 14. — (AP) —Strength '
in utilities provided a sedative for a I
somewhat nervous stock market.
While activity was moderate, early
declines' running to a point or So were
converted into gains of as much in j
most cases. High grade bonds re-,
•. ived.
American Radiator 13 1-8 j
American Telephone 148 1-2 ,
American Tob B 71
Anaconda 34 5-8
Atlantic Coast Line 25 3-4
Atlantic Refining 21 3-8
Eendix Aviation 13 7-8 '
Bethlehem Steel 63 1-2
Chrysler 59 1-2 *
Columbia Gas & Elec Co 9 1-2
Commercial 9 1-8
Continental Oil Co 9 7-8
Curtiss Wiright ... 4 7-8
DuPont 117
Electric Fow & Light 13 1-3
General Electric 44
General Motors 36
Liggett & Myers B 99 1-2
Montgomery Ward & Co 34 3-4
Reynolds Tab B 44 1-2
Southern Railway 12 5-S
Standard Oil N J 49
U S Steel 59 1-2
Dean Noe Con
tinues His ‘Tast*
(Contiuuej trom **08? ~r.e. 1
rle next Thursday.
The dea i subsisted last year on
: ' iges alone, giving up water last ;
February. He rays he has had .neitjy* 4
cr oranges nor water since January 2.
Th° u'Hmate goal of his fast is to [
provide living proof of immortality, ;
demonstrating it “from a purely biolo- '
gical and medical standpoint from
that new approach to which all the
NIAGARA!
Throng Attends Services for Child Blast Victims
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Top, start of the funeral procession; below, a doll owned by the Gouge children, blown on a rafter.
More than 10,000 persons attended funeral services
at Eljzabethton, Tenn., near Knoxville, for the three
little daughters of Harmon Gouge, killed when their
home was mysteriously dynamited. It was the
largest funeral in eastern Tennessee history. In
the explosion, said t.i have been a "vengeance” plot.
leaders of medical science have not
I fully comprehended.”
ATLANTA EPISCOPAL DEAN
DISAPPROVES OF FASTING
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 14 (AP) —Dean
Raimundo rr of Phillip’s
Episcopal cathedral, questioned today.
l he value of a fast undertaken
NOTICE!
To The Shareholders Os The Home
Building & Loan Association,
Henderson, N. C.,
The annual meeting of the Shareholders
of the Home Building and Loan Associa
tion will be held in the office of the Asso
siation Tuesday, January 18th, 1938, at
7:30 o’clock p. m. All shareholders are
requested to be present.
Joel T. Cheatham, SecV*-Treas.
in Memphis, Tenn., by the Very Rev.
Israel Noe, dean of St. Mary's Epis
copal cathedral.
In response to a query by the At
lanta Journal, Dean de Ovies describ
ed Christ as “a great diner-out”, and
said he felt Dean Noe’s experiment
could be of value only to the faster
himself. m
Gouge’s wife also was seriously injured. Gouge is
at liberty under SIO,OOO bond in the slaying of
Arnold Tollett. Four persons, including Tollett’s
sister, were held for questioning in the dynamiting.
Photos show a doll, owned by one of the Gouge
girls, blown on a rafter and funeral procession.
Central Press
LEARN A TRADE
HIGH SCHOU-Li GRADUATES: Print
ing offers many opportunities for
advancement to ycung men. Skilled
workmen in this industry are in de
mand. THE SOUTHERN SCHOOL
OF PRINTING’S facalities for
teaching the mechanics of the trMe
are the best. For particulars write
to V. C. Garriott, Secretary-Treasui
er, 1514-16 Sout'i Street. Nafrbvtlh
SAVE AT
BILLER'S
Clearance
sale
I have a supply of
1938 Calendar
refills
For the Calendar thermometer
combination bearing my name.
If you care for one, kindly call
by the office for it.
AL. B. WESTER
Insurance Real Estate
Property Management.
WANT ADS
Get Results
FOR RENT: ONE FURNISHED
room. Man and wife or two youn«
men. Fhone 310-W. 14-2t'i
HURRY TO WEBB’S HENDERSON
Shoe Store Sale. All shoes greatly
reduced. 13-2 ti
WILL BUY ANY NUMBER OF LIVE
hens at best market prices. Place
your order now for day old babv
chicks, deliveries twice each week
H. B. Newman. 7-11-14
THE HENDERSON BUSINESS COL
lege invites you to enroll NOW and
join the new class just beginning.
All subjects of a full commercial
course are taught. 13-3 ti
i'am no LONGER CONNECTED
w'th Ciiy Cabs Co., but I am now
with City Taxis. Tom Hardie. 14-it.
OUR PRICES ARE LOW BUT
quality high. See us for that next
printing order. Henderson Book
Co. Mark H. Stone in charge print
ing department. 11&14
CHILDREN AND GROWN-UPS
learn to dance. Enroll now at the
E. Uc.Uo of Dance for instructions in
‘ap, toe, ballroom and acrobatic
dancing. Phone 758-J for informa
.lon. Dickie Mitchell, Instructor.
12-26 ti
FLORSHIEM MENS SHOES AT
$0.97 and Ladies Vitality Shoos at
$3 97. Webb’s Henderson Shoe Store.
EXPERIENCED SALESMAN an7j
saleslady as extras for shoe and
clothing department wanted at
once. Only experienced need applv.
Biller’s Dept. Store. 14-lt
YES, WE ARE “GOING TO TOWN”
in our printing department thij
year with Mark H. Stone in charge.
Henderson Book Co. Phone 110.
, 11*14
ON ANY OF OUR USED
cars selling above S2OO we
will give 1938 license free.
Legg-Parham Co. “You Can
Get A Better Used Car From
A Buick Dealer.” 120 Wyche
St. Phone 65. 31-ts.
LOST A PAIR OF LADIES BROWN
kid gloves. If found please call
Helen Teiser, phone 568-W. 14-1
YOU’LL FIND PLENTY OF ROCK
shoes SI.OO. $1.49 and $1.99 at
Webb’s Henderson Shoe Store. 13-2 t
FOR RENT 6 ROOM HOUSE,
large garden, poultry .pen, orchard,
and out buildings, known as Phinns
n’ace. Mrs. W. D. Rose, MiddP
burg, N. C. 11-14-18
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL GRAND
piano in your Community that will
have to he repossessed. The piano
is in perfect condition, one of th?
best makes. Anyone may have bv
paying the unpaid balance of $285 no
on small monthly paymenrs. Credit
Dept., Bex 262, Salisbury, N. C.
:4-at*
, i -
NOW IS THE TIME TO INSULATE
your home, more comfort with les*
fuel, no muss, no fuss. We rlo the
average job in one day. Call us for
estimate. Tanner Roofing Co.
tuos-fri-tf
IF YOU NEED ANY ASSISTANCE
in closing last year’s business, filing
income reports or installing new
records, call M. N. Nordan after 7
p. m., phone 952-J. 8-8 t
FOR SALE EARLY JERSEv WAKE
field cabbage plants. W. T. Taylo”,
408 Rock Spring street, phone
| 987-W. * 14-1 ti
! RADIOS ELECTRIC AND BAT
j trry, Service and repairs to all
makes—Parts and batteries. Electric
ranges, refrigerators, washers and
oil circulating heat ors. Stewart’s
Everything Electrical, opposite
Legg-Parham Co., phone 880. 19>-tf
WE ARE DISTRIBUTORS FOR
the famous Vita-Var paints. A bet
ter paint for less money. Tanner
Roofing Co. tues-fri-tf
PROCUREMENT DIVISION Puh
lic Buildings Branch, Washington, D.
C., Jan. 6, 1938.—-Sealed bids in dupli
cate will be publicly opened in this
office at 10 A. M., Jan. 28, 1938, for
construction ’of new concrete side
walk, curbs, etc., at the U. S. P. O. at
Henderson, N. C. Drawing and speci
fications, not exceeding one set, mav
be obtained from the Custodian of
the building or at this office in the
discretion of the Assistant Director
of Procurement, Public Buildings
Branch. W. E. Reynolds, Assistant
Director.
NOTICE.
Having qualified as Executrix of
the Estate of W. H. Fleming, deceas
ed, late of Vance County, North Car
olina, this is to notify all persons hav
ing claims against the Estate of said
deceased to exhibit them to the un
dersigned at Edenton, N. C., on or be
fore the 10th day of November, 193?,
or this notice will be pleaded in tv r
of their recovery. All persons indetV ed
to this Estate will please make im
mediate settlement.
This the 10th day of December, 1937.
MARGARET BOND FLEMING,
Executrix of the Estate of
W. H. Fleming.
Oldest Insurance,
Real Estate and
Rental Business in
This Section
Citizens Realty & Loan
Company.
JOEL T. CHEATHAM, Pres.
Phones 628—629.