ASSOCIATED PRESS aND CENTRAL PRESS
Tobacco Market Over
Golden Belt Fair Will Open
Here On Next Monday Evening
Exhibits To Be In
Place; Amusements
Organization To Set
•Up Monday After Ar
j riving In City Tomor
row; Large Crowds
Expected for Week
' Final preparations were gotten un
der way today for the start Monday
evening of the 23rd annual Golden
Belt Fair. E. L. Fleming, president,
and C. M. Hight, secretary, the active
ifianager.* l were optimistic over the
outlook for the week’s exhibition.
Exhibits are to be in place by Mon
day night, the opening time, and in
dications today were that all booths
in the exhibit hall would be occupied.
Concession stands on the ground have
been let and will be put into operation
probably by Monday night.
- A record attendance was in pros
pect, according to the managers, ii
the weather man gives the fair a
break for the week.
Wednesday will be school day. All
white schools of the county will have
half holiday to permit them to attend
the fair that afternoon and the even
ing. Free tickets may, be had by all
o£ the children from their teachers.
This applies to schools of the sur
rounding counties of Franklin, War
ren and Granville, and also Mecklen
burg county, Virginia.
West’s World Wonder Shows will
furnish the Miday attractions. It ia
the second successive year this or
ganization has been engaged in this
way by the fair organization. There
will be 20 solid carloads of shows
rides and other attractions, accord
ing to announcement. There will be
free acts and fireworks every night,
and the Henderson high school band
will give a concert every evening. The
Queen’s Contest will be held Friday
night. Cash prizes have been an
nounced for Thursday night.
The Midway is announced as the
largest ever seen at the Golden Belt
Fair, with more rides and more shows
than heretofore.
The free acts will include the Aerial
Cowdens, featuring trapeze artists,
swinging ladder and comedy aerial
Stunts. The Merrill Brothers and
the stage. The Merrill Brothers and
Sister, premier equilbrists, gymnasts
and wire performers are likewise in-
24-HOUR SERVICE
We Are Pleased to Announce That
Williard Wilbourne
Is now connected with us, and we will remain open
24-hours a day.
Telephone 78 for Service.
Searboard Service Station
C. D. RIGGAN, Prop.
Get Ready For The
GOLDEN BELT FAIR
MONDAY
October
Fair Opens Promptly At 6 P. M. Mondav, Oct. 3
FREE ACTS! FIRE WORKS!
Free Acts Include Such Performers As
THE AERIAL COWDENS
Featuring Trapeze Artists, Swinging Ladder and
Comedy Aerial Stunts.
MERRILL BROTHERS AND SISTER
Premier Equilibrists Gymnasts and Wire Performers
The Big Midway Attraction Will Be
West’s World Wonder Shows
The Largest Ever Seen at This Fair
20 SOLID CARLOADS OF SHOWS,
RIDES AND OTHER
ATTRACTIONS
High School Band Concert Every Night
Wednesday Is School Day
All school children admitted Free. Get tickets from
<*• your teacher.
Thursday Night 1 F •. ,
Cash Prizes I Fr,day Nl S ht
Awarded j Queen’s Contest
Come and Bring The Family
Admission 25c Day or Night
Officials Os Golden Belt Fair
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E. L. FLEMING,
President.
eluded, in the free outdoor attractions.
Fireworks will be in keeping with
the displays of other year?; always an
interesting feature.
A low admission price is announced
for day and night activities at the
fair.
The management plans that every
thing shall be in full sw.g by the
opening Monday night,'an*. the public
is invited to visit the fair every after
noon and evening, assured of inter
esting and attractive exhibits, good
amusement programs and thrills at
every performance.
REV. d7a. petty
WILL PREACH HERE
Rev. D. A. Petty will conduct the
services at the first Methodist Epis
copal church Sunday evening at 7:30
o’clock, in the absence of the pastor,
Rev. R. E. Brown. Mr. Petty is pas
tor of the Middleburg Methodist
charge, where Rev. Mr. Brown is
holding a revival.
mettHersrm My ©fepafrf?
C. M. HIGHT,
Secretary
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ALFRED PLUMMER,
Vice-President
°GAie?fIXFORD
Vance - Granville - Warren
Group To Hear Dr. R. N.
Wilson Oct 14
Alumni of Duke University in
Vance, Granville and Warren coun
ties will hold their annual dinner
meeting in Oxford the evening of Fri
day, October 14, it was learned here
today. The annual meetings alternate
between Oxford and Henderson. The
Warren association is not as large as
those of either the other two counties.
Separate county organizations are
.Ucuuained •b> the three units, but
they always hold their meetings to
gether. Last year the meeting was
in Henderson.
Dr. R. N. Wilson, of the chemistry
department at Duke, will be the
speaker. Arrangements for the meet
ing arc being made in Oxford by Dr.
James S. Bradsher, of Stovall, presi
dent of the Granville county oraniza
tion. The dinner will be served in the
dining room of Lyon Memorial Metho
dist church in Oxford, and will be pre
sided oper by Dr. Bradsher.
Henry A. Dennis is president of the
Vance county association, and today
called on all alumni of Duke to' notify
him at once as to whether or not
they could attend. Frank Gibbs, of
Warrenton, is president of the War
ren county association.
Duke University this year is ob
serving the centennial of its found
ing in 1838, and a program with vari
ous events continuing for an entire
year is being carried on at the uni
versity. The annual dinners of local
alumni groups are being held earlier
this year so as not to conflict with
a special program that is to be held
at Duke in December. Ordinarily the
dinners are on or near December 11,
the anniversary of the signing by
James B. Duke in 1924 of the inden
ture that .made the larger Duke Uni
versity possible, along with the Duke
Endowment and the vast hospital pro
gram in the Carolinas.
CAN YOU ANSWER i
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four. 1
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1. What is a pulmotor?
2. In wlpch river are the famous
Whirlpool Rapids?
3. Name the ranking No. 1 tennis
player of the U. S.
4. What is d meteorite?
5. What was the political status or
Finland before the Russian Revo
lution?
C. In what country did the celebra
tion of wedding anniversaries ori
ginate? „ .
7. Which contains the largest quantity
4-5 of a quart or 1-5 of a gallon.
8 What are homophones?
9. What is a campanile?
, 10. Where is Columbia University?
Million Pounds
Sales First Two Weeks
Are 5,339,636 Lbs. Here
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Payments To Growers $1,084,160.12 At Average Os
$20.30 Per Hundred; Week’s Sales 2, 042,096
Pounds; Improving Quality Due Next Week
Sales on the Henderson tobacco
market for the week ended yester
day ran the season total to 5.339,636
pounds, which sold for $1,084,160.12 at
an average of $20.30 per hundred, it
war, officially announced today by
Fred M. Allen, Jr., sales supervisor.
Sales for the past week were the
heaviest for any week of the season
so far, and amounted to 2,042,096
pounds, bringing $392,138.56, at an
average of $19.20 per hundred pound*.’
A noticeable increase in prices wa*
seen on the market on Friday’s sale,
by comparison with the rest of the
week. It was the highest average of
the week, and was $20.63 for 510,996
pounds, bringing $105,443.81.
Some opinion was that the passing
of the European war scare had much
to do with the increase in prices Fri
mSSplete
Remodeling Os Building
Has Been In Progress
Since January
A nim monins job of remodeling
of the Vance county court house, in
side and out, was virtually complete
today. It appeared that the only thing
left was merely the placing of a very
few light fixtures in some of the of
fices.
The repair job was started shortly
after the first term of court of the
year was held, that being the one
week criminal session the first week
in January. Now the job is being fin
ished on the eve of the opening of
the final term of court of the year,
the only one in the second half of the
year, which begins Monday mroning.
While little was done to the ex
terior, other than renewing of some
of the roof, and the cornices and a
paint job, the interior has been so
thoroughly and completely done over
as hardly to be recognizable as the
same old place. New floors have been
laid throughout, the walls have been
renewed everywhere, and the entire
interior has been painted. One new
toilet has been built on the main floor
and those in the basement have been
remodeled and renewed.
The court room was the first part
of the building to be worked over in
the late winter, and one or two terms
of court have been held there since
the work was finished. The rear stair
way to the court room has been
changed entirely.
Most of the work was done as a
WPA propect with government funds,
only a portion being contributed by
the county.
Judge Parker Renders De
cision At Hearing Held
In Warrenton
In a friendly lawsuit brought by
the Town of Warrentoii in superior
court there this week, Judge R. Hunt
Parker, presiding, ruled that Hotel
Warren, owned by the Town of War
renton, should remain on the county
tax books and be subject to taxation
The case will go to the State Supreme
Court for final adjudication, as the
action before Judge Parker was only
preliminary tothat move, as had been
agreed upon by both the town and the
county.
Frank H. Gibbs, former mayor of
Warrenton, represented the town in
the litigation, and Julius Banzet.,
county attorney, represented the coun
ty. It had been previously determined
that, no matter what Judge Parker’s
decision, an appeal would be taken to
the State Supreme Court.
While 'of particular interest to at
torneys, the case was declared to
have been a vexing problem in which
Judge Parker was called on to rule,
due to the fact that the Supreme
Court is understood to be divided on
the question. Decisions by the higher
court on similar actions q.re said to
have been given in both directions.
Several new members of the court
have been named since the last de
cision of the kind was given, and it
is now desired to have a ruling by the
present high tribunal.
' The question of taxing the town
owned hotel has been one of discus
sion since the town of Warrenton
bought the property at public auction
several years ago. Prior to that time
it was a private corporation and was
on the county’s tax books, but after
it came* wholly into possession of the
municipality, some citizens expressed
the view that it should not pay taxes.
Warren county officials contend the
hotel should be taxed, and the town
authorities take the opposite view.
At the present time the town pays
taxes to the county in the sum of
$312.50 for the hotel valuation.
day, as buying for the foreign trade
was more evident. Some improvement
in quality also was a factor. Some bas
kets went as r*;h as the upper 40’s,
and the highest price reported for the
day was a huge pile that went at $55
per hundred pounds.
Mr. Allen said the tone of prices
was much stronger. Buyers seemed
to think better quality offerings would
predominate next week. Allen sai.l
the tobacco crop in this county had
suffered more from unfavorable
weather during the growing season
than that in adjacent areas.
The market to date is more than a
million pounds ahead of the total
sales at October 1, 1937.
Offerings were already coming to
"town today for Monday’s sale, and
some saw the possibility of the big
gest volume of the season to date.
Sunday School Is
Seeking 300 Sunday
A movement has been launched in
South Henderson Baptist Sunday
school to have an attendance of 300
Sunday morning at the school hour.
9:45 o’clock.
All new teachers were urged to be
present to take up their work.
Rev. John L. Coley, of Longhurst,
will bring the sermon message at 11
a. m., and baptising will be held at
Rock Mill pond at 4 o’clock Sunday
afternoon.
Rev. Mr. Coley will bring another
sermon message at 5 p. m. Sunday.
The public is cordially invited to
these services.
Good News!
By Popular Demand W e Are Continuing Our
Free Serving Tray Offer
Until December 1, 1938
Serving Tray
(One Coupon Packed In Every gpS
6-Bottle Carton).
Your Choice Os Two Beautiful Hostess Serving Trays
1— Veneered Walnut Tray With Maple Panel
2 Veneered Maple Tray With Walnut Panel
Both trays are beautifully designed and made from walnut and maple
woods, having a retail value of $1.25.
■ get your. and
I
Everybody likes and enjoys a good
" cold Coca-Cola.
BUY COCA-COLA FROM YOUR GROCER IN THIS HANDY r .6-BOTTLE CARTON
ALONG WITH YOUR GROCERIES. iUJN
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Henderson North Carolina
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1938
Ahead Os 1937
"SSi
Other Than That, Business
At Monday Meeting
Mostly Routine '
Consideration and acceptance of the
annual county audit appeared today
to be the chief matter of business to
come before the Vance Board of
County Commissioners Monday at
GOOD NEWS!
We Are Pleased to Announce The Opening of Our New
" Hat Cleaning and Rebuilding Department.
We have just installed the very best Modern Equip
ment for Cleaning and Rebuilding Hats.
In charge of the Hat Department you will find J. E. Parrish, with
good training and years of experience. All hats received will be
cleaned and rebuilt by him, you will be assured of a first class
job.
If you have been disappointed with hat cleaning, by all
means give us a trial and you will be more than pleased.
NEW BANDS PUT ON WHEN NEEDED
Bring or Send Us Your Felt Hats Now. Our Prices
Will be no more than others charge.
PHONE 373
Vance Cleaning Co.
J. P. HARRIS, Manager
Main Street In Block Next to Fire House
their monthly meeting for October.
The audit covers all operations of
the county, including each office and
department, except the schools. The
audit for the tax collector was the
first to be presented, and was handed
to the commissioners two weeks ago,
at which time F. M. Dorsey, collector,
was released from further respon
sibility, other than in collection of ar
rears, on 1937 accounts, and final and
complete settlement was made with
him by the commissioners. The new
1938 tax books were also turned over
to him for collection at the same
time.
So far as was learned today, other
business to come before the commis
sioners will be largely of a routine
nature.