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Golden Belt Fair Will
Come To Close Tonight
Queen’s Contest To Mark Final Night Os Exposition;
Crowds Brave Cold Wind To Attend Thursday
Night; Exhibits To B e Removed Tomorrow
The 23rd annual Golden Belt Fair
will come to a close tonight in what
in expected to be one of the biggest
evenings of the week, if the weathei
permits. The final night will be mark
ed with the Queen’s contest, in which
i young lady, from Henderson or the
rrounding territory will be desig
ted as queen of the,fair.'
/This contest alone is expected to
diflaw a large number to the closing
of the exposition. Friends of
the young women have been working
all week in their behalf, and every
one of the group has many well
wishers who will be on hand to as
sist them toward the success they
a H seeking.'
In spite of the biting wind that
blew up late in the day a good crowd
turned out at the grounds last night.
They braved the chilly blow to take
in ' the shov/s and the rides, and to
view the exhibits indoors and the
frde acts and the fireworks out in
thei open.
Three of the four evenings of fair
week so far have brought weather
that was not highly inviting to crowds
Lbw temperatures on Monday and
Tuesday nights and the biting winds
last night were not conducive to the
big crowds the fair management had
hoped for. But they were appeciative
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of the patronage they received, never
theless.
Wednesday was an ideal day, so
far as the weather went. And the at
tendance was declared by the manage
ment to have set a new record for
the Golden Belt Fair for any one
day. It was school day, and all
white schools gave half holiday to
permit students to attend. And they
came early and stayed late. They
took in virtually everything on the
grounds in the way of entertainment
and the exhibits. Many returned last
night and other large crowds were
expected tonight, if the weather per
mits.
TWO COU£i£Ss&JVEN
MARRIAGE PAPERS
at the Vance Registry’s office today.
The papers went to Willie Taltoii
Davis and Virginia Mae Thomas, both
of Henderson, and a colored couple,
Almetta Hargrove and Ethel Durham,
both of Middleburg.
Thanksgiving isn’t far away. This
year let’s not forget those two nice
big oceans.
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Leaf Prices
Show Fresh
Gains Here
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Thursday Average
Equals Season’s Best;
Still Higher on To
day’s Sales
Prices continued their upward
march on the Henderson tobacco mar
ket today following the sale of 249,-
088 pounds Thursday for $57,002.55 for
! an average of $22.89, only one cent
per hundred under the opening day
average of $22.90, highest single day’s
price this year so far.
In qjinpuhcing the data on the mar
ket, Fred Allen, sales supervisor, said
a heavy break was on sale today, but
that all floors probably would be clear
ed by night, without a block. He re
ported prices today still zooming, with
farmers well pleased with their aver
ages. He said the day’s average would
be the highest of the season.
Mr. Allen reported a sale of 180
pounds for fifty cents a pound in of
ferings put on by H. L. Gilliam, and
added that there were several sales
in the upper 40’s and 50 cents during
the day.
Coming of cooler weather and the
appearance of good quality leaf on
warehouse floors was given credit for
the risiqg prices, which are expected
to amount for some days to come.
While no definite figures were
available for today’s sales, indications
were that half a milion pounds or so
tvoud be sold, bringing the week’s
total to new highs for the year.
Continued high prices and lowe.-
temperatures were welcomed by mer
chants and business houses in the
expectation of a quickening in fall
buying.
Rural Churches
MIDDLEBURG M. E. CHURCH.
Rev. Dwight Jrr Petty, pastor.
Tabernacle church:
Sunday school at 10 a. m. Boyd
Brewer, superintendent.
Worship service, 11 a. m. Sermon by
the pastor. .
Woman’s Missionary Society, Thurs
day 3 p. m.
Drewry church
Sunday school 10 a. m. Felix Raines
sunerintendent.
Worship service 7:30 p. m. Sermon
by the pastor.
Middleburg church:
Sunday school, 10 a. m., Allen Hol
loway 1 . superintendent. lj ‘
Children’s group meeting, 4 p. m.,
instruction on Christian Life by the
pastor.
Cokesbury church:
Sunday school, 10 a. m., V. M.
Breedlove, superintendent.
F. M. Barnhart teaches men’s class.
Missionary society Wednesday at
3 p. m.
- Workers Council Friday 7:30 p. m.
Shocco church:
Sunday school, 10 a. m., J. M. Al
ston, superintendent.
Services in homes in Shocco com
munity: at J. B. Pritchard’s Monday
7:?0 p. m.; at Lonnie Dickerson’s
Tuesday 7:30 p. m.; Wednesday’s
meeting to be announced; at Charles
J. Fleming’s Thursday 7:30 p. m.
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Grand Jury Tells Court
Schools In Good Shape
Says Some Buses In Bad Co 'ndition, But Absolves Coun
ty School Authorities Os Blame; Court House
And Institutions Are All Commended ~
Schools of Vance‘county, with a few
exceptions, are in good condition, the
grand jury serving at the October
term of Vance Superior Court for
criminal cases told the court late
Thursday in its report on complet- ]
ing all duties assigned. School buses,
the report said, “are not so giapd,” but
“this is due to a shortage of buses
and is in no way chargeable to our
local school authorities.”
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The report reported the usual visi
tations to the court hot&e And other
county institutions, and found all of
them in good condition. Special men
tion was made of the “excellent”
manner in which the office of the
clerk of the court is kept.
Referring to thfe school buses, the
grand jury said many of the buses
are “old and most all of thehi over
loaded, having bp make two or more
trips a day, with as many as 78 to 94
children at a load.” This was found
due to a shortage‘of buses, and school
authorities here were credited with
“doing their best with the equipment
they have, wlilcti is inadequate."
The report said all bus drivers had
been found to be equipped with pro
per licenses. It rOcomjnended the ad
dition of a mechanic to the school
garage to assist M. J. Snell, chiet
mechariic noiv in charge of keeping
all of the fleet of buses in the county
in good condition, which, the jury
held, “is practically impossible for
one man to do.”
The report was submitted in open
court, with virtually all members of
the grand jury present, by the fore
man, W. K. Sturges, who signed the
document.
It follows in full:
To th Honorable R. Hunt Parker,
Judge Presiding:
We, the grand jury chosen for this
term, submit the 'following report:
That we have passed on all bills pre
sented to us.
We have examined the county jail,
the prison camp, the - county home,
the court house, toe city lock-up, ana
the public schools.. W’e find Conditions
in ail of these institutions good.
We have examined also the county
offices and’find, them in excellent con
dition, that of the clerk ol’
j the court. 5 >
In the matter : of-the public schools,
we , beg to xail attention to the fol
iowing: .11;
The colored school at Middleburg
has not been equipped with lights,
and the pump being out of repair
makes it necessary to bring water
from a distances We recommend that
this be remedied at once.
At the Ay cock there is no
stop signal where the road from Amos
Mill joins the highway, neither is
there a school zone sign on the high
way on the Henderson side of the
school. We wish also to call attention
to the road leading from Cokesbury
to the Hamilton :£>tewart place over
which the school buses have to pass.
At Weaver's where the roau
crosses, the- - bridge and road are so
narrow for a distance on either side
of about four hundred yards that it
is impossible for two vehicles to pass
without one of them going in the
ditch. This in bad weather is a very
dangerous condition and we recom
mend that something be done to
remedy it. ' r
At Philadelphia' colored school the
building is in very bad repair, but
we are told that this school is to be
discontinued.
At the Central colored school in
Henderson we recommend fire extin
guishers be placed on the third floor.
With these few exceptions we find
all the public schools in good condi
tion. T
In the matter of school buses we
we find that conditions are not so
good, many being > old and most all
of them overloaded, having to make
two or more trips a day with as many
as' seventy-eight to ninety-lfour chil
dren at A load; This is due to a short-
I age of buses and is in no way charge
able to our locctl sichool authorities.
They are doing their best with the
equipment they have, which is in
adequate. We ’fiKd that all bus dirv
ers have the required licenses.
In the matter of bus maintenance,
we recommended that the mechanic
who has all of these buses to keep in
good condition, be furnished an as
sistant. As it stands now, it is prac
tically impossible for one man to do
this work.
We have examined the accounts of
guardians and bonds of ifficers, and
find that all requirements in this re
spect have been complied with.
We beg also to recommend that
Royster Owen, a tubercular patient,
who is in dire need, be sent*to the
county sanatorium at once.
Noted Speakers To Be* On
List For One-Day Dis
trict Session
A district welfare conference em
bracing seventeen counties in the cen,-
tral part of the State is to be held
here on Wednesday, November 23, the
day before Thanksgiving, and plans
for the event already are under way.
it was announced today by Mrs. E. R.
Austin, Vance county welfare super
intendent, who is president of the
conference and who will preside.
While the program is only in the
making as yet, some outstanding
speakers will be included, and who
are expected to attract a large at
tendance, Mrs. Austin said. The State
Department of Welfare is cooperating
in arranging for the conference.
Mrs. Austin was elected president
at the annual meeting of the district
which was held last year at Warren
ron.
It has not been decided where the
conference will be held. This and
other details, along with the program
are yet to be worked out. Mrs.
tin said committees to have charge
of various angles of the arrangements
will be announced in a few days.
It has been decided, however, that
the program will be so constructed
as to have a decided appeal to civic
organizations, including the luncheon
clubs, as well as the women’s club
groups.
Mayor Powell Puts Heavy
Fines On Defendants For
Serious Assault
Three of five defendants in city
court today before Mayor Henry T-
Rowell were Convicted of assault. On 3
was discharged when tried for
drunkenness.
G. W. Harris, Negro, was sent to
jail for six months for assault with a
deadly weapon, a knife, commitment
not to issue upon payment of a fine
of SSO and costs, and showing good
behavior for the next two years.
The court discharged Earnest Tal
ley, Negro, when he was charged with
being drunk.
Lawrence Harris, Negro,' convicted
of assault with a deadly weapon, a
pistol, with intent to kill and carrying
a concealed weapon, was given six
months on the roads, commitment not
to issue upon payment of a fine of
SSO and costs.
Frank Harris, Negro, drew a 30 day
term on the roads for assault, commit
ment not to issue upon payment of
the costs, and showing good behavior
for the next two years.
A. W. Hawkins paid $1 and costs
for being drunk. He pleaded guilty.
Estimates Damage Fire Chief
Cooper G. Ellis today gave $125 as the
amount of damage done to the furn
ishings and to the apartment in a
blaze in Rose apartments Wednesday
morning at 2:15 o’clock. It was the
first fire damage in many weeks.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1938
Extra Term
Os Court Is
To Be Asked
Criminal Docket Is
Greatly Congested;
Judge Parker May
Preside at Session
An extra term of Vance County
Superior Court for trial of criminal
cases will,, probably be held sometime
between now aind Christmas to re
lieve the congestion of the calendar,
it was learned today in court circles.
Indications were that it had been de
cided to call a meeting shortly of the
Board of County Commissioners for
the purpose of making formal request
of Governor Hoey to call the Session.
Judge R. Hunt. Parker, who prob
ably would preside, is quoted as being
agreed that an' extra term is a neces
sity, and SoHcitotSE.jß: Tyler is.un
derstood to be iri ’ accord. Chairman
Samuel M. Watkins, of the commis
sioners, is likewise favorable, and so
is E. O. Falkner, clerk of superior
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court. B. H. Perry, county attorney,
has been absent from the city, and
his reaction to the proposal was not
learned.
Mr. Falkner said late Thursday that
the present criminal term of one
week will end tomorrow with probably
18 to 20 cases left on the calendar
untouched, some of them of such a na
ture as to require considerable time.
In discussions that have been had
as to the probability of the special
term, it has developed that Judge
Farker would be available to preside
the* week of December 12. Solicitor
Tyler could come at that time to pro
secute the docket. So that indications
now are for a special term just be
fore Christmas, as the governor would
in all probability accede to the request
of the county commissioners.
A regular criminal term is due to
be held the first week in January, but
there would be no hope of clearing
the docket then if no relief were had
in the meantime. Besides the cases
already awaiting trial, others will be
added from time to time to increase
the congestion.
A headline says “Man, 101, Marries
First Time.” Guess there’s a first
time for everything.
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