ASSOCIATED PRESS AND CENTRAL PRESS
Rev. Mr. Reavis Is Heard
By Large Congregations
Rev. B. O. Reavis, new pastor of j
the Fir s t Methodist chur ch, I
preached to two large congregations
at his church Sunday, beginning his
ministry here. He was assigned to
tins church at the recent North
Carolina Conference in Fayetteville,
alter transferring to the east irom ,
the Western North Carolina Con
ference. He has just finished five
years as pastor of College I lace
Methodist church in Greensboro, the
Methodist denomination’s church at
North Carolina College for Women.
Rev. Mr. Reavis will move his j
fnmilv to Henderson Wednesday of |
this week, he told the morning con- j
gregation. Rev. R. E. Brown, re- |
tiring pastor, who has completed j
four" years as minister at First |
Church, is to leave that day loi j
Fayetteville, where he was assigned j
at the recent conference to Hay
Street church. Mr. Brown preached
twice there Sunday.
At the morning service. Mr. Rea
vis preached on the subject. " i lie
Scout Dinner
Next Monday
The annual Boy Scout banquet for
local troops will be held next Mon
day evening at > o’clock in the cafe
teria of the Henderson high school,
it was announced today by Eugene
Patterson, an official in the organi
zation. The purpose of the banquet,
he said, was to stimulate interest in
scouting and to form a closer rela
tionship between scouts and parents.
A program or interest is promised,
including a Court of Honor.
It was said the committee in charge
is especially interested in having the
parents of each scout present at the
banquet, and the public is cordially
invited to attend.
C. M. Calhoun, of Raleigh, district
Scout executive, is to be present and
is expected to speak very briefly, it
is stated.
One of the principal matters of
interest at the meeting is the elec
tion of new officers of tne Hcnc/o'on
Boy Scout Council. The new officers
are expected to take up their duties
at the meeting.
For the past year, M. W. Wester
has served as chairman of the scout
organization in the city.
FIVE MORE FINES
PAID BY MOTORISTS
E. J. Pendergrass, G. W. Frazier,
C. P. Rose, Jack Newton and L. T.
Adcock paid SI fines into the office
of the city clerk for traffic viola
tions, records there revealed today.
NOTICE! NOTICE!
jg Regular communi
if\ cation of Hender
son Lodge No. 229
A. F. and A. M.
will be held to
morrow at 7:30 o’clock in the
Masonic Temple. All Master
Masons are cordially invited to
attend.
C. 0. Seifert, W. M.
J. L. Wester, Secy.
gathers no moss, are you going through
life aimlessly, making no provision for the
future? • Slop and think this thing
through. If you don't provide for your
ow n later years, who will? Remember, your
earning years will not continue ior ever.
Now, while you have money, is the time to
adopt apian of making systematic bank de
posits. Your account will be welcome hero.
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, Art of Using What We Have,” and
I in the evening, “The Missing One.”
, He was greeted by large number of
members of the congregation at both
morning and evening services.
Other Methodist ministers here
met their congregations for the first
time Sunday following the Fayette
1\ i lie conference. These included
Rev. T. J. Whitehead, returned for
his fourth year as pastor of Christ
Methodist * church, formerly the
Methodist Protestant church here,
pud Rev. T. J. Worthington, of City
Road and White Memorial churches,
j R ev . o. A. Petty, for the past four
years pastor of the Middleburg
I charge, preached in three of his
five churches there Sunday, being
at Shocco in the morning, at Cokes
j bury in the afternoon and at Mid
dleburg at night. Tomorrow he goes
jto Roxboro, to begin his pastorate
•of Brooksdale charge, whose retir
ing pastor. Rev. T. W. Lee, will
cone to the Middleburg charge, and
will preach for the first time next
! 8 ; inday.
JOHN ?. Hiron I .
| PASSESBNSUNDAY
Funeral Services Conflicted
: This Afternoon for North
Henderson Man
i Funeral services for John Clay
Mitchell, aged 64, who died at his
home in North Henderson Sunday
morning at 2:45 o’clock, were hold
at City Road Methodist church this
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, with in
terment following in Elmwood
| cemetery. The Rev. J. K. Worth
l ington, pastor of the church, offi
oated.
! Mr. Mitchell’s death was attribu-
I ted to a complication of diseases, af
j ter his being sick for a few weeks.
I He is survived by Ills wife, of
Henderson: two daughters, Mrs. E.
J. Cisco, of Portsmouth, Va., and
(Miss Dolly Pitchell, of Henderson;
! and one son, Hollis, Mitchell, of
! Henderson.
Pallbearers and flower bearers
were to be selected at the service
this afternoon.
NEGRO GUILTY OF
DRUNKEN DRIVING
; Robert Evans, Negro, route 3,
Henderson, was convicted in coun
ty court today before recorder R.
E. Clements of a charge of drunken
driving, and was given 90 days on
the roads, commitment not to issue
upon payment of' a fine of SSO and
the costs of court. The court
recommended that his driver’s li
cense be revoked for the next 12
months.
Jessie Quinitchette, Negro, also
faced a drunken driving charge, but
was found guilty of being drunk
only, and was given 30 days, com
mitment not to issue upon payment
of a fine of $lO and costs of court,
and stay away from the places
known as P & G and Wagon Wheel
i for the next six months.
liruliersan Batly Utspafrh
All-Day Sale
At Good Price
For Tobacco
An all-day sale, with much leaf
over even then, was held on the
Henderson tobacco market today.
Fred M. AJlen, Jr., sales supervisor,
estimated near 800,000 pounds on
warehouse floors, with sates at 650,-
000 pounds. Prices were declared to
oe very good.
Sales last week, announced of
ficially, amounted to 2,628.346
pounds, for $456,246.33; at an
average of $17.40 per hundred
pounds. This ran the season vatai
to 18,517,626 pounds for $2,975,-
745.58, for an average ol’ $16.06 per
hundred pounds.
For ihe corresponding period of
the season a year ago, the :nar*:et
sold 12,575,712 pounds for an aver
age of $21.90, and for the I .ike
number of days—32—in the '937
season, the market had sold 13,943/
086 pounds for an average of $28.17
per hundred pounds.
Today’s sales were expected io
run season totals well over ihe 19,
000,000-pound figure, with an est : -
mated 65 to 70 percent of ihe crop
sold.
The local market, along with most
of the others in the State, will ob
serve Thanksgiving on Thursday,
November 30, and Friday, Decem
ber 1, reopening Monday. Decem
ber 4, to run for probably two weeus
before Christmas suspension.
67 Births In
October, With
19 Deaths
With no records included for
Nutbush and Dabney townships,
chore were 67 births and 19 deaths
ui Vance county in October, tne
Vance County Health Department
indicated today ip its monthly re
port.
All of the deaths but ore were
in Henderson township, eight ot the
18 being males and ten females, and
five white and 13 colored. The oth
er was a colored woman in
W'illiamsb oro tow ns h ip.
Os the 67 births for the county as
a whole, 39 were males and 28 fe
males, 45 were white and 22 col
ored, and 49 were attended by doc
tors and 18 by mid wives.
Births in Henderson were 19
miles and 19 females, including 30
white and eight colored, and but
two attended by doctors. The other
births included five in Williams
boro township, four each in Towns
ville, Sandy Creek and Watkins,
three in Kittrell and nine in Middie
burg. Four of the county total of
67 births were illegitimate children.
Nephritis led the cause of deaths,
with six, while two were attributed
jto pneumonia. One each was as
! cribed to diabetes, gall bladder trou
ble, tuberculosis, septic sore throat,
influenza, intestinal obstruction, ul
cer of stomach, acute gastritis, gun
shot wound, heart ailment and auto
mobile accident.
Only one death occurred under
one year of age, one between ten
f and twenty years, three between 20
i and 30, three between 30 and 40,
j three between 40 and 50, four be
tween 50 and 60, one between 60
and 70, two between 70 and < 0, and
one over 80.
DOMESTIC SERVANTS
! AVAILABLE FOR WORK
The local office of the North
Carolina State Employment Service
:announced today that they have a
j surplus of good domestic servants,
| ranging from nurse maids to high
ly experienced cooks, some of
whom are able to stay on the lot.
Since the opening of tobacco fac
tories several months ago, there has
! been a very definite shortage in do
t mestio workers in Henderson, hut,
according to the employment office,
the situation is much better at the
present time.
Housewives looking for good ser
vants are urged to contact the em
ployment office at once.
MARRIAGE PAPERS
THREE ON SATURDAY
Three marriage papers were issim'
Saturday at the Vance Registry of
fice Tor emo of the busiest days ir
''oc°nt months, records there reveal
ed today.
The papers went to L. Gary Gee
and Mary Josephine Shackleford,
both of Richmond, Va., Arch Clark
Hoyle, route 2, Henderson, and Jen
nie Southerland, route 1, Henderson,
and Albert Pendergrass, Henderson,
and Lee Allen West, of Norlina.
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Pape Foui
1. Name the queen who had the
longest reign in English history?
2. Which State in the Union ex
tends farthest north?
3. How many cubic decimeters
are in one cubic meter?
4. What is a mulita?
5. Name the United States Am
bassador to the U. S. S. R.?
6. Os which continent are the
West Indies geographically a part?
7. Who was Samuel Finley Breese
Morse?
8. What is the name of the science
which treats of coins and medals?
9. With what sport is the name
of Ival Goodman associated?
10. Does any State of the Union
permit the practice of medicine
k without a licence?
Old Gold Mine a Bonanza
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Major Graham C. Dugas, veteran prospector, points out his b°nanza gold
strike to Rufus James, at Dahlonega-. Ga. Prospecting m the old, aban
doned mine, Dugas discovered the streak of almost solid gold, assaying
$60,000 to the ton. (Central rresa/
Rachel Parham, Alex Francis
Held on Abortion Charge
Rachel Haley Parham, Negro wo
man, and Alex Francis, white man,
are being held in Vance county jail
in default of SI,OOO bonds each,
awaiting the outcome of a serious
illness of Ollie Mae Cooley, upon
whose body the Negro woman is
charged with performing an abor
tion. Francis is held for advising and
aiding and abetting in an abortion.
The warrants were signed by*
Mayor Henry T. Powell, who said he
understood that the Cooley girl was
in a serious condition and in a hos-
Negro Found
Dead Along
S. A. L. Tracks
Lonnie Braxton, 35-year-old
Greystone Negro, was found dead
alongside the Seaboard Air Line
railway tracks at Greystone Satur
day night about 11:30 o’clock, Coro
ner A. P. Paschail said today.
Coroner Paschail said the Negro
was found by Colonel Hawkins,
Benjamin Bean and Berry Getter.
A coroner’s jury composed of J.
D. Lane, D. L. Newman, J. P. Rog
ers, G. L. Bisette and Dan Reynolds,
held that the Negro came to his
death at the hands of a party or
parties unknown to the jury.
The coroner said that blood stains
were found at the side of the Grey
stone depot, some 100 feet from
where the body was discovered. The
man had a wound in the back of his
head, the coroner said, evidently
made by some blunt instrument. His
left leg and right arm were broken.
Coroner Paschail said that Brax
ton’s wife told him that Braxton
had been drinking earlier in the
pight.
SALESMAN OPENING
IN ISURANCE FIRM
There is an opening for an in
surance salesman with a Henderson
agency, J. S. Cude, of the State
Employment office, announced ’to
day, and those who can meet the
qualifications have oeen asked to
call at the employment office for
details, the director raid.
The applicant must be over 21
years of age, post a cash bond of
MOO, and no previous insurance
mles ability is essential.
Those interested have been
i.xked to contact Mr. Cude im
mediately.
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manufacture of news.
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depend upon to start and stop when you want it to.
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pital here.
Francis was taken into custody last
night in Roanoke Rapids by Assis
tant Chief of Police J. E. Parks and
Deputy Sheriff J. C. Inscoe. The
Negro woman was arrested by the
same officers here Sunday night.
Assistant Chief Parks said he un
derstood Francis and the Cooley girl
are former residents of South Hen
* derson, and that they had been re
siding in Roanoke Rapids.
The Negro woman lives in the
northwestern section of the city.
j WRECK ON FRIDAY
HURTS 3 PERSONS
i
i
j Miss Irene Dickerson, Last of Injur
ed, Leaves Hospital Sunday;
Auto Crashes Into Truck
Miss Irene Dickerson, of the Sandy
| Creek section, was discharged from
1 Maria Parham hospital yesterday
j afternoon, after being treated there
! for the past two days for injuries
! she sustained Friday night about 10
j o’clock when an automobile in which
she was riding, driven by Lewis
Dickerson, of Sandy Creek, crashed
into the rear of a truck near the fer
tilizer plant on U. S. Highway No.
1, a few miles north of the city.
Dickerson and Miss Marie Powell,
of Grove Hill section, were also treat
ed at the hospital, and later dis
charged.
Nat Moss and Rufus Moss, both
! of Kittrell section, and Miss Jennette
i White, of Warrenton, were also pas
! sengers in the car. They escaped
1 serious hurts.
! Sheriff L. L. Swanson said no
charges had been preferred against
| Dickerson, driver of the vehicle.
|
T. T. MARROW ESCAPES
INJURIES IN WRECK
I
Buggy Struck Saturday Afternoon;
B. A. Scott Bruised in Three-
Way Collision at Oakley’s
Store on Dabney Road
T. T. Marrow, well known Hen
derson citizen, escaped serious in
, jury Saturday afternoon about 5
I o’clock when his buggy and two au
tomobiles figured in a wreck at Oak
ly’s Store on the Dabney Road, a
i short distance west of the city.
B. A. Scott, of the Dabney section,
was bruised when his car was struck
by one owned by Joe Harris, also
[ of the Dabney section.
I Sheriff L. L. Swanson, who inves
tigated the accident, said the Harris
automobile struck Marrow’s buggy,
1 then crashed into Scott’s automobile.
1 Both cars were damaged consider
ably, and a buggy wheel was torn
down. The sheriff said the driver of
the Harris car fled the scene.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1939
Thanksgiving, Christmas
School Holidays Fixed
Thanksgiving and Christmas holi
days for local schools were announc
ed today by Superintendent E. M.
Rollins.
“Governor Hoey’s Thanksgiving,”
as some have called it, will be ob
served by the schools, with classes
suspending Wednesday, November
29, over the remainder of the week,
and resuming the following Monday,
December 4. It will be the usual
Thanksgiving period as in other
years, with two days at the end of
the month ordered.
Tentative plans call for Christmas
holidays of the schools to start on
Friday, December 15, to continue for
two weeks, with the schools resuming
Monday, January 1.
Heavy Court
Session Had
By The Mayor
Another heavy Monday session of
city court was held today, with
Mayor Henry T. Powell presiding.
As usual for a Monday session,
drunk charges predominate^.
Thomas Wynn faced two charges
of being drunk. He pleaded guilty
to being drunk, and was fined $1
and costs. In another warrant, he
, pleaded guilty to being drunk and
j Jailing to pay 50 cents for food at
I George’s Case. He was fined $1 and
i costs and required to pay for' the
food.
i Pete Turner also faced two charges
of being drunk. He pleaded guilty to
both, and was required to pay the
costs in one case, and given 30 days
in the other, commitment not to issue
upon payment of a fine of $1 and
costs of court.
Frank Bennett pleaded guilty to
being disorderly, and prayer for
judgment was continued upon pay
ment of the costs.
Felix Woody entered a plea of
guilty to being drunk, and was fined
$1 and costs.
Early Matthews was fined $1 and
costs when he pleaded guilty to
being drunk.
Frances Fuller, Negro, was guilty
of being disorderly, and drew a fine
of $2.50 and costs of court.
Johnnie Jackson was taxed with
the costs and required to pay a fine
of $1 when he pleaded guilty to
being drunk.
James Harris, charged with being
disorderly, failed to appear, and a
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Many of our customers getting in ’ iftieF
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of any time during the season.
FIRST SALE—WED. NOV. 22
A Sale Every Day For Rest Or Season-
Now you can sell your tobacco where
service is first consideration and prices
are most satisfactory. The care of your
tobacco is a prime factor with us.
WE ARE BEST EQUIPPED
We want to serve you and will do our
best to please you.
A. H. MOORE
Super Service And Satisfactory Sales
It was thought that
rural schools might cuiit ,
week immediately pi. cu,.
mas, running three or [ UU| ~
open either January ] ( ,
middle of that week,
today not to be delimu 1. ■ : "g l
day period for the c
an air of certainty a!.. ■ u . , i(i
boys and girls in " the
quently find jobs du.
preceding Christmas, an,; ,
cember 15 suspension u
them a full week lor JIKI
money for the holidays
If these dates are settled |„
finitely and finally, as
pected, there will'be oni\ '
weeks of school work
Thanksgiving and Chris ;
capias was issued and tii
tinued.
G. W. Frazier, route 1. H, ,
was not guilty of violating g'i
ordinance.
Douglas Fuller, Negro, was
guilty of a disorderly charge.
Kenneth Williams, Negro.' wa
of being drunk, had prayer lorVfi/.
men continued upon payment ui tin
costs.
Luther Allen, Negro, was g u ;it v (ll
being disorderly, and prayer ' id r
judgement was continued upon pay
ment of the costs.
Frank Turner pleaded guilty i>
being drunk, and was fined Sl'anl
costs.
Elie Myriek was guilty ot b, !; -r
drunk and stealing a tool
Charlie Moorefield. He \.. ■■ ~,
six months, commitment not to P ar
upon payment of a fine of sm ;mr |
[costs, $4.25 to Moorefield, and being
of good behavior for the next two
years.
Bick Alston, Negro, pleaded guilty
to being drunk and was fined S!
and costs.
Tom Wilson, Negro, entered a plea
of guilty to a charge of being drunk,
and was fined $1 and costs of court
The Morning After Taking
Carters Little Liver Pills