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publishers In Greeting To Henderson Dispatch On Silver Anniversary ;iu , section ut today’s largo ll! ,n-o edit ion of the Daily , givetings 'sent to the ~n its 25th. or silver, an :v' trom publishers over the ,• Portion of the paper was ; , ( r;.l days ago, and since ' , diets have written send in .1 wishes. These arc us , ;| ;OS e is a letter following sent earlier by Charles : . . e ntanager of the New York 11 ,'the Mergenthaler Linotype ‘ 11 nv. the letter following: c ' 'her to be among those ex ili: !„' eongratulations to the Hen u!' l! ‘ t! " Dispatch on its 25th tu ' - n v I resorted to a telegram : \,f the engagements which ’'' V". e out of the office up to to , ! did not know just what day nbnnod to issue your annual ; v , edition and I certainly did ;o be represented in the issue , v,:U thought my message worthy i hnow that I was in Hender , the day that you started pub of the Daily and I have re • iu-d a keen interest in the success Ti.e Daily Dispatch for personal ,j sentimental reasons. I need not ci,i more than say that I hope the ;'ext twenty-five years will be much ca ’; lT than the first quarter of a cen v that you are just completing. \V th a lot for a new building I feel i tn: .t it will not be very long before vuu and your paper will occupy a no new building modernly equip ped. My very best regards and wishes. Another came from H. Galt Brax ton. editor and publisher of the Kin- s r ( ,n Daily Free Press, who wrote as I have just learned that you are to celebrate your 25th anniversary •n a short time and I wish to extend congratulations. The Henderson Daily Dispatch, un de. your direction, has been a force tor good and representative of the superior quality of journalism ex hibited in the small dailies of North Carolina. I believe the smaller field In this State is more developed and the newspapers generally in the cities have standards which outrank those in similar communities in other commonwealths. A> you know I celebrated my 25th anniversary as editor and publisher of The Free Press on May 1, last. I can attest for you that it is quite a -(jell and much water has gone over the dam. May I hope for you that the next 25 years will be much easier for you. Eric W. Rodgers, editor of the Scot land Neck Commonwealth, wrote the following: On the occasion of the 25th An niversary of the Henderson Daily Dispatch, I wish to take the oppor tunity of congratulating you on a long period of useful and construc tive service to the people of your community. Kipling in one of his poems said that the British Empire was built “precedent on precedent,” and so it is with a newspaper—its character is built year by year through steady, conscientious, devoted service to the people and adherence to the cardinal rule of newspapering, that the editor ball regard himself as a vehicle for informing the people of all that is going on in public life and shall not bow down to vested interests. I be lieve you have adhered to the ideal ism of newspapers which is so often attacked by those who would convert them into venal instruments to fur ther their own ends. At the masthead of my newspaper I have been carrying a statement at tributed to the great Adolph Ochs, the Southern Jew who went to New York and built the New York Times intu a worldwide instrument of good. This statement reads, “A newspaper gain nothing by bowing to special interests except to weaken the public confidence in its integrity.” You have at all times held high the torch of a bee press. The reward is the con science of your community in your integrity both personally and as an editor. On this occasion I wish to extend the congratulations of one. who is Doud to be numbered among your ‘bends, and to wish for you a regime 01 many more years. F Miss Beatrice Cobb, pub hshei and editor of the Morganton Xev -Herald, and secretary of the •/°rth Carolina Press Association; abo Democratic national committee “Rent” Mew Floors Hoor Sanding Service Complete Reasonable Rental Easy To Operate I-ow Cash Prices Watkins Hardware Co. Henderson, N. C. woman for North Carolina, came the i following: I have learned with much interest | that it is your intention to issue soon your annual tobacco edition, which will have the added attraction this ; year of a section devoted largely to i recording the history of the Daily Dispatch in observation of your twenty-fifth anniversary. Because it is an important anniversary year 1 feel sure that the edition will sur pass every previous effort, that it will be an achievement in which you and your co-workers take pride and that the citizens of Henderson will consider it a credit to your fine city. Hocutt Urges Safety, Sanity On Labor Day Daily 13'ispatcH Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Aug. 31.—Citing 1938’s gruesome record of 21 persons kill ed in North Carolina highway tragedies over the Laboi Day week end, Ronald Hocutt, director of the highway safety division, today ap pealed to all drivers of motor ve hicles to make this year's holiday a safer and saner occasion. “Labor Day was set aside to pay tribute to the splendid workers of the country”, he said. “It has become a national holiday, set for the first Monday in each September. Two days and a half away from work give most of us a chance to get away for a trip, a picnic, or family gather ing.” “Usually the abor Day week-end has provided the occasion for a heavy increase in automobile accidents (last Labor Day, for instance, took a toil of 21 lives in North Carolina), with resultant deaths and injuries. This; year the Highway Safety Division appeals to every citizen to join in a determination to make this the safest Labor Day in years. Let‘s give Death a holiday and leave all of our cit izens safe and sound.” He laid down five simple rules which he said will help make the week-end safer: (1) Keep your car in good condition. (2) Keep yourself in good condition. Don’t drive when you are drinking, tired or in a hur ry. (3) Drive carefully. Don’t take chances. (4) Practice courtesy at all' times. (5) Remember that it isn’t what you get out of your car, but what you get out of yourself that makes a good driver. • Mr.. Hocutt pointed out that no less than eight lives were lost in two crashes alone last Labor Day I holiday. Five died when a car cut in front of a bus on the Charlotte- Gastonia highway, and three perish ed near Hamlet when speeding on a wet road brought a skid that car ried the trio into the next world. The 21 lives lost on the week-end were one-fifth of all September, 1938, deaths. State REA Pushes Drive For Counties Dally Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. "Raleigh, Aug. 31.—The North Car olina Rural Electrification Authority has launched a drive to improve con ditions, insofar as rural electric lines are concerned, in the “ten worst” counties of the State in this respect. Already active steps have been taken in three of them, Jones, On slow and Tyrrell, leaving seven western counties still to be “crack ed”. This group, according to the REA listing, is composed of Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Madison, Swain, Macon and Yancey, rated as their rural electrification status as of July 1. At that time Jones was listed at the very bottom of the list as the very “worst” county of the State; a big change in status, it is pointed a big change in statzus, it is pointed out by J. M. Grainger, engineer for the State REA. Jones, together with Onslow, has moved up the list, well up it, as the result of organization of a Federally backed electric membership coop erative with the complete coopera tion of the state authority. Application for this project has been approved by the State REA, which took an active part in pre paring it for action, and has been forwarded to the Federal REA in Washington. The program calls for construction of 97.5 miles of rural lines in Jones, 135 miles in Onslow, serving approximately 725 customers who have signed up for service. It is estimated that another 800 farms can be considered prospects. Director Dudley Bagley is now ac tively working on Tyrrell county. Too sparsely settled to make a co operative feasible, the county's best chance, according to Mr. Bagley, lies in extension of service by the Vir ginia Electric and Power from the north and by the Pamlico Ice and Light Company from the south. Once this is done, the State REA will turn its chief activities westward into the group of seven already men tioned. Man links himself to the future by hopes, aspiration and plans. HENDERSON, (N. C-) DAILY DISPATCH THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1939 Hughes Has Large Stock Os Furniture Long a favorite source of supply for a great number of people of this vicinity, the Hughes Furniture Com pany prides itself in being better able to serve its large clientele of custom eis this lull than ever before. Many new articles have been added re cently and additional stocks will shortly be received in fresh ship ments to augment the large displays lrom which selections may be made. John M. Hughes, head of the busi ness, is perhaps the old-.t furniture merchant in this part of the State. He has been in this field for nearly a third of a century in Henderson, and through the years has made an acquaintance among the people of the community that is a prized pos session of any man catering to the Public for volume of sales. He has spent the best years of his mature life in serving the trade he has built up. The new stocks of merchandise have, as usual, been bought from rec ognized manufacturers of years of experience in the making of fur nishings for the home. Much of it has been acquired at advantageous prices and marked to share this sav ing with customers. There is a full stock of new ranges heaters, ’cook stoves, oil stoves and ranges, as well as oil burning heat ers, which are being featured in the fall sales campaign. Complete furnishings for all de partments of the home—the living room, dining room, bedroom, kitchen can be seen and inspected in mak ing selections at the Hughes Furni- Extends a Friendly Hand of Welcome to the Tobacco and Cotton Farmers FOR 98 YEARS Henderson Has Been The Meeting Place For The Farmers Os This Section Os North Carolina And Virginia And We Hope That This Year Will Be No Exception To The Long Record Every Official And Employee Os The City Os Henderson Extends a Most Cordial Greeting To Farmers Everywhere And Invites Them To Buy, Sell And Trade In Henderson Roster of City Officials HENRY T. POWELL nTHCR CITY OFFICIALS Mayor and Manager of Water Works Department JL JnlJElXm A A JT MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL 9. b. burwell cooper ellis ; FRED B. HIGHT M - W - ' VESTER w G. ROYSTER J. W. HAYES Mayor Protem C. M. HIGHT Asst. City Clerk Asst. Fire Chief M. Y. COOPER J. W. GILL J. H. LANGSTON J. E. HAMLETT Supervisor of Finance « fj I-llf' , l£Q Chief of Police Street Superintendent T. W. ELLIS T H trarTREF J * E ‘ PARKS A ' A ' BUNN Supervisor of Public Works T > H * LKABIKtt Asst. Chief of Police City Attorney Father and Son in Furniture Firm JOHN M. HUGHES ture Company. The company’s place of business is located at the comer of Garnett and Montgomery streets, with outlets on both streets, and complete and prompt delivery service is maintain ed in the placement of purchases. The experience of Mr, Hughes over a period of many years in the furniture business has given him a knowledge' of the trade that is rarely excelled. He knows quality merchan dise when he sees it, knows how to buy it, and then prices it to suit the customer. Satisfaction is guaranteed for all purchases from his store. Recently, Mr. Hughes has taken into the business with him his son, John M. Hughes, Jr. He is showing marked ability in adapting himself to the furniture trade, and already has acquired an extensive knowledge JOHN M. HUGHES, JR. of the business. He entered the store shortly after his graduation a year or more ago from The Citadel, national ly known military school at Char leston, S. C., where he made an en viable record in his studies and also in athletics and was active in many campus movements and organiza tions. His training and ability equip him generally in an excellent way to be of the greatest assistance to his father in the conduct of the store. Mr. Hughes has been active for many years in movements for the progress and advancement of Hen derson, and joins in the cordial in vitation of the community and all of its interests to farmers of this section to make Henderson their headquart ers for selling their products and for buying their requirements for the home. | CIVIC CLUBS JOIN AT POOL ROCK FARM The Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis clubs will meet in joint session Fri day evening at 6:30 o'clock at Pool Rock Farm, near Williamsboro. This meeting l'eplaces weekly ses- Special Introductory Offec.,., TUSSY LIPSTICK REGULAR $2 VALUE Now —the convenient new extra-supply size I I I Lasts weeks longer. Made on the superb C I II II quality soothing-and-smoothing cream base y I * for which Tussy lipstick is famous. Choice I of 8 fashion-correct indelibla. shades for TWO WEEKS ONLY day and evening. Parker’s Drug Store “THE REXALL STORE” PAGE THREE sions of the club during this week. * Deeds Recorded —A. A. Bunn, trustee, sold Robert R. Sneed, et al, a lot on the Kittreil road to tne south of the city for S3OO in the only realty transfer witn the Vance Registry yesterday.
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