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PAGE TWO Stores And Schools Get Easter Holiday Monday Virtually All Business To Come to Standstill for Day; High School To Have Good Friday Also; Time Lost Will Be Made Up i Business generally will halt here ’ next Monday for the Easter Monday holiday, it was announced today. It . will be one of the three or four vir « tually complete business suspensions * observed here in the calendar year, , and a full holiday will be taken by w. most concerns. Retail establishments will be clos ed for the entire day, along with the banks and other institutions. City ■ and couruy offices are expected to ?' observe the holiday. All white and colored schools of . the city and county will take a full * holiday for the day. At the Hender son high school Good Friday to - morrow will also be observed as a lull holiday. All time lost by the v schools will be made up before the term ends next month. A number of young people who are away at school are at home lor u a , i O to tj 2 e* ■*= tij *• r* >3 o h Q ’ ■§• « g 'J* So 3 3 l c s S bZ § ,£* t ife S 4 -S T l •a 3 *3 izm M g ol ju pJn 2£ z 2.a & « 2 £• & s d| £2 H mU o §qs rt o S« << "O 1 Q i O s ***** wt 4 j .-* »* * •-! .; « > .3r>• » . . . _ It Is Time Now To Prepare —FORTHE— GREAT HENDERSON EXPOSITION HIGH PRICE WAREHOUSE 6 BIG NIGHTS ONE FULL WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY APRIL 10-11-12-13-14-15 c- . > .. ft Li z 'J ■«>>,’■; t l.**t i ■ | * <■*# ; ; . r. The Henderson Lions Club —Presents — Polly and Her Polly Anns Broadway’s Newest All Girl Musical Revue Special Scenery, Lighting Effects with Glamorous Wardrobe —Songs, Dances, Comedy. # .■ . . .tiS.Vj Chorus of 30 Lovely Girls. the spring holidays, though many have already been here and returned to their college work. Start Drive For Band’s Inp lo rair The campaign' to raise funds for sending the Henderson high school band to the New York World’s Fair has been started, it was announced today by Mrs. M. W. Wester, presi dent of the Band Boosters Club, sponsor of the band. The band is to participate in the exercises of North Carolina day at the fair Mon, day, June 19, and will make the trip by train. The young people and their es corts and chaperones will have three days and two nights in New York, not including the night trips going and returning. The cost will be a bil'le less than $25 each for actual expenses. A concert by the band has been ai ranged for the night of Monday, April 17, in the high school audi torium, and some 3,000 tickets are now being offered for admission as a means of raising at least a part of the money needed to provide for the trip by the band. A meeting of a committee of the Band Boosters Club with the direc tors of the Henderson Chamber of Commerce was arranged for to night to discuss the request of the club that the chamber assume spon sorship of the campaign to raise the money. A ..meeting of the club was held last Monday night, at which it was decide definitely to undertake the trip. ' I StHERE Was Native of Chapel Hill and Resident of Hender son 35 Years Ernest H. Brown, 55, known to a host of friends as “Deacon” Brown, died at Maria Parham hospital here at 9:30 a. m. today following an im mediate illness of six days due to complications. He had been in fail ing health for several years, and for some time had been retired from his work as a clothing salesman. Mr. Brown was a native of Chapel Hill, where he was born October 28, 1883, but had lived in Henderson over 35 years. He was a member of the First Baptist cTiurch here. He was never married, but is sur vived by one brother, J. Lee Brown, of Connecticut, and two sisters, Mrs. l. J. Rogers and Miss Pauline Brown, both of Henderson. His parents have been dead more than forty years. Funeral services were announced to be held at the graveside in Oak wood cemetery in Raleigh at 4 o’clock Friday afternoon, in charge of Rev. R. E. Brown, pastor of the First Methodist church here. The funeral cortege will leave from the Barnes Funeral Home at 2:15 p. m. tomorrow for Raleigh, it was an nounced. Active pallbearers were announced as J. W. Gill, R. E. Van Dyke, F. E. Marston, R. D. Starkey, Sam Fox, Sr., Ed Powell, G. N. Gill and Thur man Hicks. POTASH PAYS ON «u crops .. *■ Mwiiiiia JOHN WHITWORTH, Waco, says: "Top-dress ing wheat with 50 pounds of MURIATE OF POTASH along with nitrate of soda gives me increased yields, plump grain and extra weight per bushel." R fl| inyp> iMMi 8L M mm §'% m BBb W W ill - & W&w jjap :■ BIIiMiMIIiLpWBK Mm 101111 1 W MBBBm W. C. GRADY, Kinston, says: "I am a firm be liever in plenty of potash as a result of handling and using fertilizers for 33 years and testing extra potash on my farm for the last 10 years. This year my tobacco gets 1,000 pounds of 8% POTASH fertilizer per acre at planting and a side-dresser of 200 pounds of NV SULPHATE OF POTASH-MAGNESIA. On my corn last year I added 200 pounds of N V KAINIT per acre to my soda application and made 40 bushels per acre." mil ■ *§BsL wv Jk. JraBsSSS HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH THURSDAY, APRIL.. 6, 1939 2 DAYS BEFORE EASTERN—k Buy and Us* Easter Seals IflWKij 1 / | oBMBBHBL H Help a- CRIPPLED CHILDREN Tbs: Mrs. N. D. Holloway Sings Solos, Spirituals Render ed by “Jones Boys” A musical program in charge of J. C’. Cooper was had at the regular weekly meeting of the Rotary Club last Tuesday evening at the Vance Hotel. Mr. Cooper presented Mrs. N. D. Kolloway in several solos, and there were spirituals by the “Jones Boys” a group of Rotarians, composed of Dr. I. H. Hoyle, R. J. Jones, J. C. Cooper, W. T. Smith and Rev. J. A. Don’t Forget Your Car Let us Dress-Up Your Car for Easier. We will WASH, GREASE, CHECK BATTERY, TRANSMISSION, TIRES AND j POLISH SIDE WALLS. A Complete Job For Only $1.50 We sell Sinclair Products, and Seiberling Tires. Frank Fuller will be very glad to serve you. Frank Fuller Service Station 0 : 1 Located at North End of Underpass, Garnett Street Phone 603. ■* j R. C. BROWN, R. D. 2. Rocky Mount (right), says: "Potash pays on all crops! For many years I have side-dressed my tobacco with NV SUL PHATE OF POTASH at 100 pounds per acre. This produces bigger yields of better quality tobacco which shows no disease. I have also used extra potash on my cotton with excellent results. Extra potash prevents rust and makes larger bolls and better lint. My cam gets an extra 50 pounds of N V MURIATE OF POTASH per acre. This produces increased yields and heavier ears of better-quality com. I have never used less than 10% POTASH in sweet potato fertilizer." ' D. H. JONES, Micro, says: "We top-dress our cotton with 150 pounds of NV MURIATE OF POTASH per acre. This prevents rust and produces more than a bale per acre. We have also side-dressed tobacco with extra potash and will use NV SUUPHATE OF POTASH this year." iMm FRANK GALLOWAY. Stantonsburg, says: "I won two first prizes and one second prize at the 1938 Tobacco Festival at Wilson. I have used extra potash for five years and top-dressed with NV SULPHATE of POTASH again in 1938. My yield from six acres was 9,658 pounds, which brought $3,000.00 or an average of about 32c per pound. My yield was 1,610 pounds per acre—representing about $500.00 per acre. Jnh TfiRATTA The Tobacco Research Ifi 71 IVDMLLU Committee recommends side-dressing tobacco with potash, equal to 100 to 200 pounds of SULPHATE of POTASH per acre, within 20 days after transplanting. The Committee states: "Ex periments indicate that the acre value of tobacco may be materially increased by additional potash." *. ¥. POTASH EXPORT MY.* INC., ROYSTER BUILDING, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Jones. S. T. Peace, Jr., of Corbitt Co., was taken into the club as a new member. Hughey Tindall, former Rotarian of Camden, S. C., was a guest of the club, as was N. D. Holloway. A committee composed of , the three immediate past presidents, J. W .Jenkins, T. B. Rose, Jr., arid J. A. Jones, was named to recommend a slate of officers for nomination, the terms to begin in July. ' Cokesbury News By MRS. ERNEST GlLfc ! Friends will be glad to knofw that little Ruth Ann Gill, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Edward Gill is getting along nicely (at her home after having her tonsils re moved at Maria Parham hospital Monday. \ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walters and little daughter Alice, Mrs./ A. R. Walters and Miss Grace / Walters from near Oxford were guests of Mrs. Walters’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Harris Sunday, March 26. Mr. and Mrs. Russell F. King from Greenville, visited Mr. and Mrs. rnest Gill and Mrs. B. W. Powell Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Gill and Mrs. Powell are both sisters of Mrs. King. I It seems we have gone for an other rainy spell. We had a severe electrical storm in our ctommunity Saturday night, followed j with lots of rain and a heavy shower of hail, but no damage was doneJ We usu ally have cold weather around East er so maybe we will have good weather this time. I Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stokes have recently moved in our /community and started keeping house by them selves for the first timel since they were married. We wish them much success and extend them a hearty welcome. i J. W. and Caswell I Smithwtck, '••• V'. ~ M $ JOHN SIDNEY LOCKE B. D. 1, Enfield, says: 'Tor several years my cotton has gotten 200 pounds of 10-0-10 top-dresser per acre. This produces healthier plants and there is less shedding of leaves. Peanuts need plenty of ?otash. My peanut fertilizer contains 10% OTASH to increase yields." >jy. V ; . ;; FULTON CARR, R. D. 1, Clinton, says: "I have been growing tobacco for 23 years. During the last eight years I have tested extra potash and side-dressed with 100 pounds of NV SULPHATE OF POTASH MAGNESIA per acre in addition to using fertilizer containing 6% POTASH under my crop. This gives me better quality and in creased weight." spent the week-enpL. with. i>iends v in Richmond, Va. p '■ Friends will be glad to kftoW that.; Mr. Conn seems very much im proved the last few days. He has a nice wheel chair now and will en joy getting out in the sunshine so much when it gets a little warmer. Mrs. Frank Vaughan spent Friday with her mother Mrs. Frazier at Afton. We are very glad to report that little Elizabeth Fleming is improv ing after being very sick at her home lot a few days. Miss Janie Gill spent Tuesday night with her classmate, Miss Re bessa Murphy at Epsom. zfecMvlmpk STRAIGHT BOURBON FULL 90 PROOF Jaa. Barclay & Co., Ltd., Peoria; Detroit; Niagara Falla, Ontario; Glasgow, Scotland ||jP . .>|: : : W. H. STEPHENSON, Angier, says: "Potash pays! For several years I have side-dressed with 100 pounds of NV SULPHATE OF POTASH per acre to improve the quality of my tobacco. I have also tried extra potash on corn, using 200-fcounds of NV KAINIT per acre. Kainlt certainly grows big yields of quality corn." The photo graph below shows Mr. Stephenson's beautiful home at Angler, N. C, JjQJI COTTON North Carolina Experi ’ ment Station recommends side-dressing cotton with 50 to 100 pounds of MURI ATE of POTASH, or 125 to 250 pounds of KAINIT per acre, on fields which have shown heavy Rust damage in the past and where the complete fertilizer treatment contains only 3% POTASH. EASTER FISHING IS ’ PERMITTED HERE Fishing is to be permitted here Sunday and Monday, according to Game Protector R. I. Burroughs, al though the fishing season closed at midnight March 31, and will remain closed until May 10. Lake Mattamuskeet, a fishing haven for numerous anglers in these parts will remain open ail the year, there being no closed season on fishing there. England’s grouse shooting season opens in July. The grousing season in America opened March 15.
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