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Charity never faileth: but whethei
there be prophecies, they shall fail,
whether there ce tongues, they shall
cease; whether there be knowledge, it
shall vanish away.—l Cor. 13:8.
, 10JDAY
TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES
1832 —George Washington, born in
Westmoreland Co., Va. Died at Mount
Vernon, Dec. 14, 1799.
177 g—Rembrandt Peale, celebrated
portrait and historical artist, son of a
noted artist, born in Bucks Co., Pa.
Died Oct. 3, 1860. *, ,
17gg —(150 years ago) John Stuart
Skinner, Baltimore postmaster, pub
lished of the first successful agricui- (
tural journal in the U. S., publishei J
of the American Turf Register, first J
of its kind, born in Calvert Co., Md. ,
Died March 21, 1831.
1788 —Arthur Schopenhauer, German •
philosopher, born. Died Sept. 21, 1860. ■
1819 —James Russell Lowell, famed
New England poet, editor and author, j
fodemost man of letters in his da>,
hod.n at Cambridge, Mass. Died there,
Aug. 12, 1891.
1838 —(100 years ago) Margaret E.
Sangster, New York’s noted juvenile
editdr and author of books, born at
New Rochelle, N. Y. Died at Maple
wood, N. J., June 4, 1912,
1857—i Frank L. Stanton, Georgia
poet laureate, author of “Might Lak A 1
Rose,” born at Charleston, S. C. Died j
at Atlanta, Jan. 7, 1927.
TODAY IN HISTORY
1819 —.Treaty signed with Spain by
which United States acquired Florida.
* 1847— Beginning of two-day battle of
Buena Vista—Americana defeat Mexi
cans.. : •
.1856—Republican Party organized in
Pittsburgh and arranged for first
national convention.
1891 —President-elect Lincoln, on
way to Washington for his inaugura
tion, secretly slipped away through
Harrisburg, Pa., to avoid a possible
attempt on his life.
1879—Frank W. Woolworth, 27,
opened his first store at Utica, N. Y.
on borrowed SSCO.CO. Unsuccessful
and closed in three months.
1934 —Snow, never before seen in
African Libya, caused natives to pros
trate themselves in awe at the “blank
et of Allah.”
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Maj. Gen. William D. Connor, form
er West Point head, who today reach
es the statutory age of retirement,
born near Bel’.oit, Wis., 64 years ago.
Clyde B. Aitchison of Oreg., Inter
state Commerce Commissioner, born
at Clinton, la., 63 years ago.
Edna St. Vincent Millay, poetess,
born at Rockland, Maine, 48 years ago.
Fanny Ward, actress, born in St.
Louis, 66 years ago.
Samuel Ward, actress, born in St.
Louis, 66 years ago.
Samuel Seri aiy of Now York City,
noted lawyer, t orn there, C 5 years ago.
Dr. Charles M. Andrews. Yale’s fam
ed professor emeritus of history, born
at Weathersfield, Conn., 75 years ago.
Lt. Gen. Sir Robert Baden-Poweli,
English founder of the Boy Scout
movement, born 81 years ago.
TODAY’S HOROSCOPE
Today gives good ability, with intui
tion and a taste for high living and
the luxuries of life. There is a tend
ency to petulance, with some disposi
tion to be headstrong, and you are
likely to be misjudged which will be
a mistake, for your instincts at bot
tom are good.
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
, See Back Page
1. Crown Prince Tsugu.
2. Western meadowlark.
3. The science of .d.ugless healing, in
-contradistinction to the tieatment
of disease by surgery or medicine'.
4. It is an Iroquois Indian word for
r river.”
5. Bangkok.
6. 1619.
7. American musician and composer.
8. They are variant spellings of the
same word.
9. Five Aces.
10. Amethyst. 1
Today is the Day
By CLARK KINNAIRD
• Copyright, 1938, for this Newspaper
'' by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Tuesday, Fefb. 22, natal anniversary
of George Washington, under the new
Calendar. He was actually born on
Feb. 11. This week’s morning stars:
Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune; evening
stars: Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus.
ONCE UPON FEB. 22nd
If we observe Washington’s birth
day on Fe!b. 11, there’d still be a great
man to honor on Feb. 22.
John Stuart Skinner was born 150
years ago this date in Baltimore,
where he established the first farm
magazine, The American Farmer, and
the first outdoor sports magazine in
the country, The American Turf Reg
ister.
It is also worthy of note that he was
Francis Scott Key on the mission that
suggested the latter’s • "Star Spangled
Banner,” and he was chosen by Mar
quis de Lafayette to manage t'he 200,-
000 acre tract of land given the latter
by Congress.
But his great achievement was in
improvement of the postal service.
In its early years, the postal service
in America was “a loose, disjointed
fledgling, buffeted alike by court fav
orites, violent patriots, zealots and
just plain crooks,” as one historian
puts it. The idea of Federal authority
over anything was new. Perpetrators
of postal frauds and misappropriation
of funds usually went unpunished.
As a postmaster of Baltimore, which
has been the birthplace of the first
Continental mail service, Skinner
changed all that. He put his post
office on a busines basis. He intro
duced the idea of postal inspectors
and helped get central authority es
tablished and accepted. He insisted
~WbTD7You~
Know About
North Carolina?
By FkED H. MAY
1. In what county were ihe commis
sioners indicted for allowing the jury
to convene in the snow?
2. Wheie was the first Methodist
conference school in America estab
lished?
3. How much will our highway in
debtedness be decreased this year?
4. What was the penalty for theft
qr for mis-branding cattle in 1741?
5. What are North Carolina’s oldest
and youngest counties?
6. How much power did the con
stitution of 1776 give the governor?
ANSWERS.
1. In Iredell county in 1899. The in
adequate facilities of the court house
fnv C ed the jury to convene outside,
’he grand jury brought an indict
n-nt against he i ommissioners rnd.
"t ced the building of a new court
’on e which is :n use at '.he Present.
?. On the west side of the Yadkin
ver in what is now Davie county.
The school was established a short
time before 1793, and was named
Cnkp-ibit—* r< -hor>t '-.nrir- of Dishor
Thomas Coke and Bishop Francis As
•'ury, the first two Methodist bishops
:n America.
**. A total of $9,851 ”92 will be paid
v July Ist on highway indebtedness'
This sum is divided aw "allows: in
./.ercst on bonds $3,82f sinking
fund installments $500,009;, redempfc
lon of ben-s $5,000,000: rnd ‘epay-.
nent of county loams $520 159. j
For the fi~st offense len pounds
proclamation money plus the value of
< he animal. For the second offenst"
lie sgmo vine .nd cos's plus forty,
.’ashes and the :otter “T” branded in.|
he left hand with a hot iron.
5. The oldest county is Chowan
formed :'n 1672 from Albemarle which
was the first county or precinct es
tablished, now extinct. The youngest
counties are Avery and Hoke formed
by the legislature of 1911
6. Aside from pardoning power
•hore was very li+tle pew-r given him
by the constitution of *776. William
Hopper, member of the convention
from Wilmington, s- d that the gov
ernor was given “Only power enough
to sign a receipt for his salary.” Later
constitutions have made very little
change in this respect..
.SALLY'S SALLIES
6<QW MAN 1 / A feM'd YOlT)
Two rites caji make a wron*. It is called—bigamy*
HENDERSON, (N.C.) DAILY DISPATCH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1938
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that even though the higher posts
were political gifts, that the rank and
file of postal employes be competent
and efficient. He started the move
ment for better mail service to the
rural districts. To him our postoffice
department owes much.
AMERICA AT WAR DAY-BY-DAY
20 Years Ago Today—lnfantry and
machine-gun elements of the 42nd
“Rainlbow” Division entered the front
line trenches for the first time. This
was along the Luneville sector, at a
point north of Celles-sur-Plaine,
through Neuviller, Ancerviller, the
eastern edge of the Bois Canal, to the
eastern and northern edges of the
Foret de Parroy. Elements of the 42nd
artillery brigade entered the Domhasle
sector the same night to receive their
first taste of combat war affiliated
with the French 41st Division. The
42r.d had trained in Lorraine with vet
eran French outfits.
On the 22nd., the State Department
had before it a cable from Vice Con
sul McNally at Zurich:
"The German Spring offensive is be
ing held back by the influence of the
Kaiser who urged that the terrible
slaughter which must , follow should
be withheld as he is certain that
Lloyd-George, the only person now pre
venting peace, soon will be deposed.”
The dispatch was not, of course,
divulged to the American people, who
were paying for the war with their
money and lives. Very little of what
goes on in their State Department
has ever been revealed to the Ameri
can people.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
In February there are lots of birth
days.
But to me, there’s a special one,
He was a great man in history,-
His name was George Washington.
He chopped down his father’s cherry
tree.
He confessed, he said "It was I.”
O father you may punish me.
But I cannot tell a lie.
He was president for eight long years
He was good to his country too.
I hope when you read this poem,
You will love him as I do.
—Thomas Powell. Age 11. !
WINTER EVENING. j
The dark pine trees i
Bow their heads j
Outlined, against an evening sky
Os slowly sinking sun.
One. by one, the evening stars
Come out and twinkle;
And wild night-birds scurrying by
Know the day is done.
A full red moon j
Slowly rises
From behind the leafless trees
(Lonely, dark, serene)
Silently casting across the earth >
White and silvery beams.
And all is still; and all is quiet,
And all the world does dream. 1
By ALICE CAUDLE.
Grange Favoring
Telephone Survey
(Continued r ,g* On.-
and even total miteUg:, Ml* h;. t • S.'•'«/■
wag there a separation q? ti J ; ■
urban telephones. The REA was
ly devoid of any information v/ha'evcv
on the telephone situation, w’ l ieh n
parently does not come within i!?r
jurisdiction. r V
There seems to be no doubt that J h j
rural telephone situation is doplorabl I
from almost every point of view. An/
one who has attempted to talk on ill j
lines of some of the smaller compani es
is ready to testify that the s*- /vice is *
terrible. Utility Commissioner Stanley
Winborne recently thi’eatened to take
away the certificate of public necev- :
sity from one of the smaller coin-,
panies because of its failure to giv >
even moderately satisfactory service •
He says there are at least a scor.?
more which ought to be treated the
same way, and which will be if im
provement is not shown.
‘‘The situation is almost parallel to
the rural electrification problem be
fore the State REA was set up. Noth
ing was done toward rural electrifica «
tion until a survey was made and tin
same thing will be true of the rura',
telephone situation.”
BORN AS MOTHER DIES OF BURNS
Saved by Caesarian birth as mother dies
Borirjby a Caesarian operation as its mother lay dying of burns, this
baby boy is held by a nurse in Valley hospital, Sewickley, Pa. The
mother, Mrs. Anna Haus, 25, of nearby Coraopolis, Pa. became a
“human torch”'when her clothing was ignited by an explosion of
floor wax which she was melting on the kitchen stove. Neighbors
rushed ,her to the hospital, where she died five hours after smiling
■' - «■ and touching her healthy new-born son
LONDON READY FOR AIR ATTACKS
ift# Ip,
British gas-masked sentry
A gas-masked sentry stands guard behind sand baas in Lmufan
during demonstration of air raid precautions given at
barracks by members of the Greater ans Ctoldstream^GuaTds
Bomber on Stand
«_££ am
ii if £m
"“""" , " 1
Lester F. Barlow, Stanford, Conn.,
inventor and first man to use bombs
in aerial warfare, is pictured on the
stand before the House Naval Af
fairs Committee in Washington. He
urged drastic revision of the naval
expansion program, and said he had
developed an aerial torpedo with
which “we can hit Chicago fifty
times a minute from
(Central Press)
Wife Preservers
gs JS| 11 HHg
To macedoine food means to
cut it up or dice it, such as chick
en. for instance.
NOTICE.
Having this day qualified as admin
istrator of the estate of Tom Morris,
deceased, of Vance County, North
Carolina, before the Vance Superior
Court Clerk this is to notify all per
sons holding claims against said es
tate to exhibit them before the un
dersigned on or before the 25th, day
of January 1939, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settlement.
Tnir. the 24th. January, 1938.
1/. F. McDUFFEE,
Administrator.
Body and Fender
Repair
On All Makes of Cars
Every Job Guaranteed to
Look Like New
Most Reasonable Prices. j
Ask Vs for Estimate.
Scoggin Chevrolet Co.
Henderson, V. C.
18. H. MIXON |
(Incorporated) *
Contractor and
Builder 1
“Builds Bette* Buildings ”
Also Wall Papering, Painting,
Roofing and Termite i
Extermination
Phone 7
WANT ADS
Get Results
apartments for Rent rnr
nor Chestnut and Orange streets at
hospital. See Mrs. M. j. O’Ne ll / '
appointment, phone 130 o*> ls bv
“DIVIDEND DAY” STARTs' wpn
Mar. 2, 1938 at the Steven,?
Theatre. Registered now in our \,T
by. For children and adults r ,
old “Jack Pot” and new registration 1
will be used. ™
—_____ 19 ' 9t i
FLOW POINTS SI.OO DOZEN-WAKP
Forest Champion and Dixie p oint *
less than dozen lots 10c each 3 t
25c. Watkins Hardware Co. 2‘>-3 > t l j
ALL .STATE LICENSED ~BEArTY
operators. Phone 200 for r>pp o i n f
ment. Your patronage appreciated
Bndgers Beauty Shop. l4 _ t j
FcAN MAKE
beautiful with quality paints and
first class workmanship. Quotations
gladly furnished. J. B. Knight Gen
eral Contractor. Phone 683-W. 22 it
YOU HAVE RODE
now ride the best-New Hudson
Taxis. Phone 366. 9 19 ,.
EXTRA HEAVY PLAnFbed
canvas, 32 x 28, 10 yds. wide
3 l-2c square yard. J. c.
.Penney Co. 22-lt!
TRY GRADE A GUERNSEY
by Boxwood Dairy, a premium milk
at regular price. Call 797-W. before
10 a. m. for delivery. E. L. Watkins
Pr °P- 19-6 ti
WANTED EXPERIENCED~BOOK
keeper for full time position. Ad
l dress “Bookkeeper,” care Dispatch.
| _■ 32-2 ti
CAR SEED FOTATOES JUST AR
j rived. Place your orders now*
J Prices right. Also garden seed and
j fertilizer. Kittrell and Harris. 17&22
, 2c PER YARD PLANT BED CLOTII
, —Close out 2c per yard, several hun
| dred yards at this ‘price. Watkins
j Hardware Co. 22-lt
Plant Heel Cloth
Lespedeza,
Seed Oats
We Have Them
Rose Gin & Supply Co.
FOR RENT—TWO FURNISHED OR
unfurnished rooms. Apply at 150
Burwell avenue, or call 238-J. 22-1
JESSE CRAWFORD WORLD’S
greatest organist with his
Hammond Organ will appear at the
Stevenson Theatre—One day—Wed.
Feb. 23, 1938 —Matinee 30c, night 10c
—Henderson’s outstanding attrac
: tion, direct from the Paramount
I Theatre, New York. 15-B.i
| CAUL 248 FOR TAXI SERVICES
> Riggan Taxi, A1 Riggan ovnor and
\ operator. You will find oil" driven
; courteous, prompt. Give us a ring,
; Call 2-8. 22-23-25&2S
RADIOS ELECTRIC AND RAY
tery, Service and repairs to nil
! makes —-Parts and batteries. Electric
i ranges, refrigerators, washers and
oil circulating heat ers. Stewart’s
Everything Electrical, opposite
Legg-Parham Co., phone 880. 19-!?
FOR SALE—NICE LOT OF FRESH
ly threshed lespodeza seed, 6e
pound. See John H. Bullock, route
’ 5, at Williamsboro. 22-lt
WANTED—TWO SINGLE MEN 20
to 26 to travel, salary, transporta •
tion furnished. Write Mr. Gil ert
! West, Gen. Del., Raleigh, N. C.. giv
! ing age, experience and education.
21-3 U
I DIAMOND EDGE AXES SPEC I AT.
! . at $1.50 each, Mauls 10 Us. $1.75
j each, wedges 39c and 50c, plow
i points SI.OO dozen or 10c each. Wat
i kins Hardware Co. 22-2!::
i
WIN SIO.OO—GUESS HOW MUCH
money is in glass case in lo b/
Stevenson Theatre. No obligation—
Just register your guess. 19-9 L
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Having qualified as administrators
of the estate of G. Fred Finch, de
ceased, late of Vance County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of
said deceased, to exhibit them to the
undersigned, on or before the 26th day
of January, 1939, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate payment.
This 25th day of January, 1938.
MRS. LULA FINCH,
MELVIN B. FINCH,
Administrators of the Estate of
G. Fred Finch, deceased.
A. A. Bunn, Attorney.
FOR SALE
Reasonable Price
Easy Terms
7 Room House Gholson Ave.
6 Room House Gholson Ave.
6 Room House Chestnut Street
' —See—
AL. B. WESTER
Phone 139
Oldest Insurance,
Real Estate and
Rental Business in
This Section
Citizens Realty & Loan
Company.
JOEL T. CHEATHAM. !*«*■
Phones 628—629.