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$25 Given To Band Fund
Sponsored By Dispatch
SI,OOO Needed To Send High School Group to
World’s Fair June 19; Public Asked To Send
In Contributions Immediately
A $25 voluntary donation to the
fund to take the Henderson high
school band to the New York World’s
Fair June 19 for the celebration of
North Carolina Day at the fair was
sent to the Daily Dispatch today by
M. Y. Cooper, prominent Henderson
merchant, with the request that the
Dispatch sponsor a movement to the
raising of the funds necessary.
The Dispatch opens its columns for
the receipt of such funds, and will
make public acknowledgment of all
such funds given. It is understood
that about SI,OOO is still needed.
A concert was given by the band
in the Henderson high school au
ditorium last Monday night, the net
proceeds to go to the fund for the
New York trip. The total fell miser
ably short of the amount needed, and
there was every indication that the
trip would fall through unless pri
vate contributions are sufficient td
assure it.
Enthusiasts of the band are con
fident the community can raise all
the money necessary to send the
band to the fair if it desires to do so.
So far as the funds this newspaper
is raising are concerned, they must
be sent to the newspaper, and should
be written Dispatch Band Fund. In
the event the band does not make the
trip, such money as is contributed
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“GOD BLESS AMERICA”
While the storm clouds gather
Far across the sea.
Let us swear allegiance
To a land that’s free;
Let us all be grateful
For a land so fair,
As we raise our voices
In solemn prayer.
God bless America,
Land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her
Thro the night with a light from above;
From the mountains to the prairies,
To the oceans white with foam,
God bless America,
My home sweet home.
—By Irvin Berlin.
Conditions in Europe as they are today,
we people who live in America should
be very thankful for our country and the
opportunities it offers.
First national Bank
Henderson, N. C.
All deposits up to $5,000 insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
New Banking Hours, Effective March'lsth,
9 A. M. to 2 P. M.
will be returned to the donors. All
| receipts will be acknowledged
through the paper.
Mr. Cooper’s letter today is repro
duced here in the hope it may be the
means of inspiring sufficient contri
butions to make the band trip pos
sible. It follows:
“I understand that the Henderson
High School band needs about SI,OOO
in addition to money raised by con
cert and donations made by parents
to take the trip to New York. In
my opinion, Mr. Hearne and the
members of the band have done
more to advertise the town than any
thing that has been done here in a
number of years. In view of this, I
would like to pay the expenses of
one member of the band to New
York, and therefore, I am enclos
ing, herewith, check for $25 to
cover same.
“Knowing that the Henderson
Daily Dispatch is interested in the
•growth and progress of Henderson,
i am suggesting that you foster a
campaign to.raise the necessary sl,-
000 needed by the band from the
business. people of Henderson and
other people interested in the prog
ress and growth of Henderson. You
will probably hear some people say
“Why don’t the parents of these
children send their children to New
But, you must remember,
some of these children’s parents are
not able to pay for the trip, as they
have already had to buy the instru
ments and pay for the music lessons,
so as to train these children to be
members of the band. And, in the
case of some parents, there are one
or more children in the band and it
has been a right heavy expense to
them to furnish instruments and les
ions to their children.
“After all, all the people in the
city of Henderson have gotten the
benefit of the advertisement given
idle city by the band and therefore,
as a civic enterprise, I feel that it is
up to the people in Henderson, who
’re interested in the growth and
progress of our city, to send this
band to the World’s Fair, so that
they may further advertise our town
and city to the people of the world.
“Please be assured that this is just
a suggestion of mine and if you
think well of it., I would be glad for
you to go ahead with the campaign.”
BIRDHOUSE CONTEST
CONDUCTED BY WPA
Henry Harris was winner in the
birdhouse contest, sponsored by the
WPA recreation project. The twenty
rive entries were judged by Mrs. E.
h. Everritt and Miss Elizabeth Fox,
members of Henderson Bird club,
Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock.
The contest was held at the South
Henderson community house.
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Coroner’s Jury Finds Pro
bable Cause In Mary Lou
Jones’ Death
A coroner’s jury last night re
commended that Melvin Baskett,
Negro, be held for the murder of
Mary Lou Jones, young Negress on
Easter Monday afternoon at their
home on Orange street.
Baskett has been in jail since his
arrest April 12 by Chief of Police
J. H. Langston and Assistant Chief
J. E. Parks.
The Jones wbman was buried in
Jordan’s chapel cemetery, in Frank
lin county, and later was exhumed
for a coroner inquest into her death
when it was revealed that she died
about 30 minutes after being struck
by Baskett
Dr. Carpenter, Wake Forest Col
lege pathologist, examined the wo
man here, and reported his findings
to the jury last night.
The jury found that the woman
came to her death through a blow
or shock, and recommended that
Baskett be held for Superior Court.
The hearing was held in the court
house, and was attended by a great
number of Negroes.
Big Still and Two Men Cap
tured In Midnight Raid
Just Over the Line
Vance County ABC Officers J. C.
Champion and L. A. Jackson, with
Deputy Sheriff E. A. Cottrell and a
Granville deputy destroyed a big still
m Granville rjkinty, just over the
line from Vance last night about
midnight and arrested two Negroes,
Duck Rogers and Early Moss.
The officers came upon the 100-
gallon outfit running in full blast,
and in the raid three other Negroes
made their escape.
The officers poured out 500 gal
lons of beer and one gallon of whisky
and wrecked the plant.
The Negroes were turned over to
Granville officers for prosecution.
SPECIAL SERVICES
AT SPRING VALLEY
A series of services will be held at
Spring Valley church next week, ac
cording to an announcement by the
pastor, Rev. J. D. Cranford. Services
will be held each evening at 8 o’clock
with visiting ministers delivering the
addresses.
Sunday evening Rev. J. P. Pegg
will speak on “Sabbath Observance”,
and Monday evening Rev. J. Everette
Neese, pastor of the local Congrega
tional-Christian church, will use as
his theme “Church Loyalty”. Rev. E.
Norfleet Gardner, of the First Bap
tist church here, will be the speaker
for Tuesday evening, at which time
he will have as his subject “Deeper
Consecration”.
“Youth and the Church” is the title
of the sermon which Rev. Dwight A.
Petty, pastor of the Middleburg
Methodist church, will preach Wed
nesday evening. Thursday evening’s
speaker will be Rev. R. E. Brown, ol'
the local Methodist Episcopal church,
and he will talk on “Church Attend
ance”. The final address will be
made Friday evening when Rev. T.
J. Whitehead, of the Methodist Pro
testant church, speaks on “Spirit of
Sacrifice”.
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Epsom Finals
Start Sunday
With Sermon
Commencement exercises will get
under way at Epsom high school,
near here next Sunday with the
baccalaureate sermon by Dr. A. Paul
Bagby, pastor of the Baptist church
in Louisburg. An even dozen seniors
are candidates for diplomas at the
coming finals. This will be the first
high school in this immediate section
to start its commencement.
An elaborate program for the oc
casion Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock
has been prepared. The service will
be in the school auditorium. Rev.
J. A. Martin, Methodist minister;
Rev. S. E. Madren, of the Liberty
Congregational-Christian church, and
Superintendent of Franklin County
Schools W. R. Mills will have part on
me program. C. P. Rogers, principal
of the school, is to preside.
Other events of commencement
will be held during next week. Senior
Class night will be Wednesday at
8:15 o’clock, followed by a musical
recital Thursday evening at 8 o’clock
Graduating exercises will be held
Friday evening at 8 o’clock, with the
address by Dr. Leslie H. Campbell,
president of Campbell College.
Following is the full program for
Sunday’s baccalaureate exercises:
Prelude.
Processional—Lead on, O King
Eternal!—Smart.
Invocation—Rev. J. A. Martin.
Anthem—Lord, We have Gather
ed in Thy Temple—Sykes—Seventh
Grade.
Scripture Reading—Rev. S. E.
Madren.
Quartet —Saviour, In Thy Presence
—Stairs, Doris Weldon, Odell Harris,
Dorothy Edwards, Alice Mae Lan
caster.
Introduction of Speaker—Supt. W.
R. Mills.
Sermon—Dr. A. Paul Bagby, pas
tor of First Baptist church, Louis
burg.
Hymn—Faith of Our Fathers—No.
17.
Benediction—Dr. A. Paul Bagby.
Recessional—Love Divine—Zundel
Seniors.
Elaine Ayscue, Janie Ayscue,
Juanita Rivers Ayscue, Robert E.
Eaves, Jr., Mattie Perry Fuller, Sarah
Gill, Mildred Smith, Juanita Thar
rington, Billy Weldon, Margaret
Wilder, Mattie Sue Winn, Margaret
Wynne. '
Marshals.
Junior Class: Chief, Lucy Perkinson,
Odell Harris.
Sophomore Class: Billy Fuller,
Alice Mae Lancaster.
Freshman Class: Joseph Rokland,
Miriam Ayscue.
Announcements.
8:15 o’clock Wednesday evening,
April 26, Senior Class night.
8 o’clock Thursday evening, April
27, Music Recital.
8 o’clock Friday evening, April 28,
Graduating Exercises and Annual
Address by President Leslie H.
Campbell of Campbell College.
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1. If a sentence ends with an abbre
viation is it necessary to use two
periods?
2. Name the British fortress and
Crown colony at the western en
trance to the Mediterranean.
3. Which is the lightest metal?
4. What will be the tonnage of the
2 battleships recently proposed
:'or ihe U. S. Navy?
5. What is an ophthalmoscope
6. Name the European explorer who
discovered the mouth of the Mis
sissippi River.
7. What, is the name of the science
which treats of coins and medals?
8. Name the two men who organiz
ed the regiment of Rough Riders
during the Spanish-American
War.
9. What is the correct pronunciation
of the word apex?
10. What is lineal descent?
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Last Quarterly Conference
for Charge Before Meth
odist Unity
The last Quarterly Conference for
Middleburg Methodist Episcopal
charge before the consummation of
the Methodist union will be held at
Drewry Methodist church Sunday
afternoon at 3 o’clock, at which time
Rev. J. H. Barnhardt will preach and
conduct the business session.
The Uniting Conference for the
three branches of Methodism will
convene in Kansas City on April
26th, and after that time there will
no longer be a Methodist Episcopal
church, South, but simply the Meth
odist church.
At the quarterly conference sev
eral items of unusual interest will be
acted and reported upon. A report
will be made of the recent effort for
the orphanage in which a consider
able sum was raised for that institu
tion. The progress of the young peo
ple’s work in the charge will also
receive attention, a cause that ha&
been making considerable progress
recently. Reports of the missionary
societies will be made, three of which
have been organized during the past
three years, and which are doing
fine work. Stewards of the five
churches in the charge will make
their reports. Sunday schools will
report any significant things that
they have accomplished.
All stewards, trustees, lay leaders,
Sunday school superintendents, mis
sionary society presidents, Golden
Cross directors, and missionary com
mittees, are all members of the con
ference. It is hoped that there will be
a full attendance.
REVIVAL SERVICES
IN HOLINESS CHURCH
A series of revival services has
been in progress at the Penticostal
Holiness church at South Henderson,
for the past three weeks, in charge
of Rev. C. E. Brim. The meeting is
said to have been very successful.
Wednesday evening’s sermon sub- '
ject was taken from Psalms 90:3,
“Thou turnest man to destruction and
sayest return ye children of men”.
Mr. Brim preached a very inspira
tional sermon, beginning with an ac
count of the fall of Adam, because
Eve had listened to temptation. He;
went on to say that the only true!
life is the Christian one, and that 1
those who have “set their hearts on !
wrong things” must turn back to i
God, and go His way.
Mr. Brim made a very earnest plea
for those in the congregation to re- !
turn to God’s ways, and to live a
righteous life. |
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MR. PERRY SPEAKS
AT SERVICE CLUB
B. H. Perry was speaker at the
Young Men’s Service club, which met
Thursday evening at 6:30 o’clock in
the Presbyterian church. Mr. Perry’s
subject was “The Changing Map of
Europe”.
The speaker had a map of Europe
as it now is, and traced the changes
made in it as he progressed with his
talk, which was said to be very in
teresting and instructive.
The club voted to mave the time
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To the Citizens of
Henderson:
In seeking re-election as Mayor of the City of
Henderson, I desire to remind you that I am now
completing my first term. The duties devolved upon
the Mayor of a City the size of Henderson are many
and varied. It is an office in which experience is of
inestimable value.
I feel that with the experience I have gained
during my first term, I am in a much better
position to render to the people the services required
of their Mayor than I was when elected, and as I
have had the office only one term I feel that I
should be re-elected.
During my first term I have tried to serve you
honestly and to the best of my ability. I ask you to
re-elect me, and my promise is that I will serve you
to the best of my ability, meeting each issue as it
arises, and acting in each instance for your best in
terests.
I will deeply appreciate your vote and support
in the City election to be held May 2, 1939.
Sincerely yours,
Henry T. Powell
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ONE DEFENDANT IN
RECORDER’S COURT
One defendant was tried i„ c „„„,
court today before Recorder R r
Clements. • b-
Joe Perry, Negro, was
with assault, but the proS?
witness, James Young, appeared "n
open court and withdrew the rh
He was taxed with the costs. ge ‘