ASSOC IATED PRESS AND CENTRAL PRESS
Plantbeds
Have Plenty
Os Time Yet
While tobacco plantbeds in this
area have been retarded by wet, cold
weather up to this time, there is yet
plenty time for the growing of an
abundance of plants to supply all
needs ol' farmers, in the opinion ol
those who are familiar with the
situation.
So far as has been learned, no
serious diseases has developed to kill
the tender plants, and there have
been no reports of blue mold. Few
beds have progressed far enough to
admit of insects.
If the weather turns seasonably
warm, and if the sun shines for a
week or so, most plantbeds would
take on rapid growth, it is thought.
Planting time in this section is m
May or early June, and two months
is amply sufficient for plant yields
to meet all needs and demands.
In this immedite section, there is
little indication of a serious in
crease iij acreage and yield. The
weather is always an important fac
tor, and may make or ruin crops.
Last year’s tobacco production in
this section was of poor quality and
was short as well. Good quality
leaf, in whatever reasonable quan
tity, would result in more ready
cash in the hands of growers than
last year, it is believed.
While the crop is hardly startea
as yet, and certainly only so far as
plantbeds are concerned, prepara
tions for the season are under way,
and warehousemen are already dis
cussing the style of sales for the
coming season. This will be adopt
ed probably at the annual meeting
of the Henderson Tobacco Board of
Trade early in April.
Rose Suit
Is Mistrial
A mistrial has resulted in the $40,-
000 suit of Mrs. Claudia Blackwell,
of Granville county, against Rose’s
5-10-25 c Stores Company of this
city. The case, in which arrest and
false charges of shoplifting were al
leged, was tried during the week in
United States district court in Ra
leigh before Judge I. M. Meekins.
It was said the jury deliberated
some eight or nine hours, and stood
ten to two for some damages, the
amount not stipulated. The court
non-suited the Rose company’s
counter suit for $5,000 against Mrs.
Blackwell, it was stated.
Following the mistrial, the litiga
tion remains on the docket for furth
er hearing at the September term of
Federal court in Raleigh, it was said.
NEGRO MINISTERS
IN A SOLO CONTEST
On next Monday at 8 p. m. at Kes
ler Temple A. M. E. Zion chourch,
the following colored ministers will
appear in a solo contest: Revs. J. A.
Cotton, L. P. Gregg, W. L. Perry, G.
A. Gillchrist, J. H. Davis, J. F. Har
grove, G. A. Tharrington, P. T. Jones,
Peter Cook, William Mitchell, J. R.
Dungre, L. B. Russell, R. G. Cannady,
T. J. Johnson, L. F. Hicks and J. M.
Burgess.
O. T. Robinson, of Henderson In
stitute, will give an address, “The
Negro in Music”.
A prize will be awarded the best
contestant.
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four
1. What is ornithology?
2. With what Major League base
ball club does Bob Feller play?
3. Which actor and actress received
the Motion Picture Academy of
Arts and Sciences awards for the
best performances in 1938?
4. What is the correct pronunciation
of the word comparable?
5. Can a person be a citizen of a
State of the U. S., without being
an American citizen?
6 Name the capital of Afghanistan.
7. For what government agency do
the initials USHA stand?
8. What is the title of a student un
dergoing the course at the U. S.
Naval Academy?
9. What is a micrometer?
10. In which country is the Macken
zie River?
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MRS. J. D. STANCH
;
Sister of Mrs. W. W. Parker,
Sr., Passes In Rocky Mt.
In Morning
Mrs. J. D. Stancil, sister of Mrs.
W W. Parker, Sr., of Henderson
died at 7 a. m. today in a Rocky
Mount hospital after a long illneso
from a diabetic ailment and compli
cations. She was about 53 yeais old.
Mrs. Parker had been with her
'sister since Thursday. '
Mrs. Stancil is survived by her
husband and several children, and
three sisters, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Fur
man Barnes, of Raleigh, and Mrs.
Donald Lewis, of Rocky Mount. The
deceased was a native of the Rocky
Mount section and had lived there
all of her life. She was a member of
Calvary Baptist church there for
many years.
Funeral services were announced
to be held at 3 o'clock Sunday aft
ernoon from Calvary church.
Churches
FIRST M. E. CHURCH
Rev. R. E. Brown, pastor.
J. W. Sanders, supt.
Sunday school at 9:45. Classes
or all age groups.
Sermon • by pastor at 11:00, “By
looking to Jesus, like Him thou
ihalt be.”
Fellowship supper for Intermedi
ates and Young People, M. E. and
M. P. churches co-operating ali
young people welcome, time 6:30.
Sermon at 7:45 by pastor, “What
Christ offers Lhe believer.”
Religious Symposium Duke Uni
versity Monday and Tuesday, hear,
Bishop Ivan Lee Holt, Dr. A. K.
Chalmers, Dr. Paul Douglas, Dr. C.
C. Morrison, Prof. Emil Brunner, Dr.
G. A. Buttrick.
Prayer service Wednesday night
7:30.
FIRST METHODIST PROTESTANT
Rev. T. J. Whitehead, Pastor.
9:45 a. m. Sunday school—Clyde
L. Finch, superintendent.
11:00 a. m. Morning worship with
the sermon by the pastor: Sermon
subject: “Why Was Jesus Killed”?
6:30 p. m. Young people’s fellow
ship meeting at First Methodist
church.
7:45 Sunday evening worship with
the sermon by Rev. S. E. Madren,
pastor of Liberty Congregational-
Christian church.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
Rev. James A. Jones, Pastor.
9:45 a. m. The church school. J
Harry Bryan, general superintend
ent. Departments of worship and
classes of study for all age groups.
11:00 a. m. The morning worship.
This service will be in charge of the
Rev. M. W. Norfleet, Union Theolo
gical Seminary, Richmond, Va.
6:00 p. m. The young people’s
forum. Subject, “The Privilege and
Responsibility of Christian Steward
ship.” The discussion will be led
by J. Harry Bryan.
7:30 p. m. The evening worship.
Sermon by the Rev. M. W. Norfleet,
Union Theological Seminary, Rich
mond, Va.
HOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOPAL.
Rev. I. W. Hughes, rector.
Fourth Sunday in Lent.
7:30 Holy Communion.
9:45 Church school and Young Wo
men’s Bible class.
10:00 Men’s Bible class.
11:00 Litany, Ante Communion,
and sermon.
6:30 Young people’s service league.
7:30 Evening prayer and sermon.
St. John’s Mission, North Hender
son, 2 o’clock, church school.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL.
CHRISTIAN.
Sunday school service at 9:45 a. m.
under the leadership of John Allen
Hall. You are invited to attend.
Morning worship service at 11 a.
m., with sermon by the pastor using
as his subject “The Triangular Life:
Altar, Tent and Well.” You are in
vited to worship with us.
Pilgrim Fellowship Meeting under
the direction of Mrs. I. T. Vickery.
Time 6:45 p. m.
Evening worship service at 7:30 p.
m. The evening subject is “To Whom
Shall We Go?” An invitation awaits
you.
Appears as though General Fran
co won’t make much of a dictator.
Recent photos show he hasn’t been
able to work up even a second-grade
scowl.
Hrithcrsnu tUttly Dtspafrh
Odd Facts In Carolina By Carl Spencer
(19/6 flood) ' Ernest Dudley; Williamstcn,
HAD the MISFORTUNE of losing
One of His legs , TUus causing Montgomery county:
Him To use Crutches, recently
He escaped injury in An
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DRIVER / By Tony SoiomoN,
MISS JEANETTE BRITT IS EVERETT R COVINGTON LIVES AT
A REGULAR SCHOOL BUS THE INTERSECTION OF TRREE STREETS „
DRIVER/ NAMED EVERETT PARK AND
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Play Given By Kiwanis
Unique And Enjoyable
An audience that nearly filled the
main floor of the auditorium of Hen
derson high school attended the per
formance of “Dress Rehearsal,” a
local talent play sponsored and given
oy the Henderson Kiwanis club Fri
day evening. It was a “crazy cat”
plot, and made all the more inter
esting by the novel nature of the
production.
Members of the club took most of
the leading parts, but were assisted
by others who also had prominent
roles. Miss Watkins, representing
the producing company, was in
charge of the performance and train
ed the cast.
The theme portrayed the difficul
ties of promoters in producing a
play in a Broadway theatre. It was
inadequately financed and the num
erous clashes with the Jewish the
atre-owner in his demands for rent
payments provided many good
laughs throughout.
Henry T. Powell had the role of
the director. Gilliam Burleson was
the author of the play and made the
object of a ruse by the theatrical
company to feign a case of small
pox in the theatre so as to force a
quarantine to avert ejection by the
Jewish landlord, a part ably done
by C. L. Finch, whose make-up
though lifelike, was comical in it
self. Mrs. J. W. Sanders was in
the role of a woman reporter, who j
fell in love with the author of the
play, and by her publicity had much
to do with the box office sell-out.
A chorus of girls that appeared
several times was very good, and the
“fan dance” number by Miss Mary
Lou Cooper was a feature.
The chorus of men, in their bright
costumes, what there were of them,
was a general favorite with the au
dience. Their make-up was comical
in the extreme, and the appearance
of the well known business men in
such attire brought down the house.
They had to return for an encore.
There were others who worked
most creditably. Some thirty or
forty individuals appeared in the
performance, which was worked up
by Miss Watkins in a remarkably
i AROUND TOWN |
Brush Fire —A brush fire today at
noon called firemen to Parham street
and Young avenue. There was no
damage reported.
License Issued —A marriage li
cense was issued yesterday at the
Vance Registry office to a colored
couple, Benjamin Evans and Amy
Durham, both of Middleburg.
One Realty Deed —Samuel R. Har
ris sold Williard W. Harris two lots
on the Dabney Road for $lO and
considerations ip the only realty
deed filed with the Vance Registry
Yesterday.
Guilty of Drunkenness Jamie
| Thompson was sent to the roads to
day by Mayor Henry T. Powell for
l 30 days for being drunk, commit-
I ment not to issue upon payment of
I the costs and leaving Vance county
I'for a period of two years.
short time.
Between the acts, Dr. I. H. Hoyle
conducted a spelling bee, calling the
participants from the audience. First
he called up some 15 or 20 high
school students and then gave them
the words. Josephine and Jane
Newell were the sole survivors of
this match, and Jane lasted longest
and won a crate of Nehi bottled bev
erages. A long list of adults from
the audience were called for anoth
er match but none of them would go
to the stage. Then Dr. Hoyle called
for volunteers, and Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Vick were winners of a case of
Coca-Cola.
Net proceeds from the perform
ance went into the Kiwanis student
loan fund.
Old Belt Is
Again After
Early Start
Reports from the territory of the
Old Bright Belt indicate that a fight
again is brewing on the old question
of setting forward the opening dates
for the Old Belt. Last year at the
White Sulphur Springs convention of
the Tobacco Association of the Unit
ed States a determined effort was
made to make the opening dates the
same for the two belts, but it failed.
This year’s convention is to be held
probably at one of three localities—
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Hot
Springs, Va., or the Cavalier hotel ai
Virginia Beach, Va. That is the time
dates are set for all southern open
ings.
For a number of years the Middle
Belt has followed Eastern North
Carolina by three weeks and preced
ed the Old Belt by two weeks.
Tobacco men in this section- are
aware of the recurring fight for a
common date for the two old belts.
They are hoping that the result will
be the same as a year ago,’ when the
margin between them was left as be
fore. It is claimed that the crop
ripens and is ready for market ear
lier in this area than that further
west. The Old Belt claims, however,
that much of the leaf in that section
comes to the Middle Belt for sale be
fore the western markets start. The
Middle Belt, for that matter, says
the same thing about the Eastern
North Carolina belt.
Meantime, it is three months be
fore the tobacco association conven
tion, and the crop has not passed
the plantbed stage, has hardly even
got that far, due to cold and wet
weather. Weather conditions and the
type and size of the crop in prospect
at the end of June, when the conven
tion is held, will have weight with
the convention as to its action, it is
thought here.
kittrell to address
MEN’S BIBLE CLASS
T. S. Kittrell will address the
Men’s Bible class at Holy Innocents
Episcopal church Sunday morning
lat io o’clock. All members of the
> cJass and the public are cordially in
cited to her Mr. Kittrell.
TWO DEFENDANTS UP
BEFORE RECORDER
Two defendants were given hear
ings in county court today before
Recorder R. E. Clements.
George Bullock, Negro, convicted
of being drunk and disorderly, had
prayer for judgment continued upon
payment of the costs, and must not
violate any criminal law in Vance
REMOVAL SALE
I Starts
| Monday, March 20th
Heavy Hardware —Building Materials
Close Outs Plows, Farm Implements at old Loca
tion —Also Flue Shop Building.
I Large Stock Must Be Moved
I SALE FOR CASH—NO DELIVERY
H *
Plows Plow Handles Cultivators Plow Points
Planters - Plant Bed Cloth.
I 5 V Crimp Galv. Roofing, All Lengths
I SIO,OOO Inventory of Heavy Materials
I Reduced From 5 to 50%
Windows Doors Weatherboarding Galvanized Ridge
Roll Rock Lath —Closeouts of Paint.
Call at New Store For Information.
I Watkins Hardware Co.
I Phone 46 Henderson, N. C.
SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1939
county for the next twelve months.
Algie Henley was guilty of tres
passing, and was sent to the roads
for 90 days.
Here for Holidays
Landis Chavasse, a student at
Christ Church School, Christ Church,
Va., arrived today to spend the spring
holidays with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. R. Chavasse, on Orange
street. ’
Masons Hold
Open House
Masons of Henderson will be
hosts at an open house from 3 to 5
o’clock Sunday afternoon at their
new hall and club quarters in the
old Zollicoffer homeplace on Youn
street. Committees of the sever;U
lodges and of the Eastern Star will
be on hand to receive visitors, and
will show them through the" new
quarters, which have been altered
and remodeled to suit the require
ments of the fraternity. The public
is invited to attend.
Goes to Hospital
S. S. Parham said today he would
leave tomorrow for New Yorl t,
enter Doctors hospital there for ob
servation and probable treatment"
He said he was not unlike old shim
which, after long service, have to iy>
towed into drydock for overhauling
and having their bottoms scraocif
He said further that he is not unlib«
an old set of harness, in that which
mended at one place, it breaks loose
somewhere else.
ANY NAY!
Your auto may any day
meet with an accident or
some disaster—the fist of
fate may strike you a grim
crushing blow.
You can never tell when
this may happen. Yet
complete automobile in
surance from this agency
will keep you out of trou
ble—and save you from se
rious financial loss.
Phone today—you may be
glad you did tomorrow.
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and Loan Co.
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Phones: 628-629
823 South Garnett Street
Henderson.