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For. brethren. ye nave been called
unto liberty: only list not liberty lor
an occasion to , e Eesh, but by love
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TODAYS ANNIVERSARIES
1800—Robert E. Rhett, South |
Carolina's noted congressman, sena
tor and Confederate statesman, a
storm center of Southern politics, j
born at Beaufort, S. C. Died Sept.
14, 1876.
1821—John C. Brant, co-founder
with brother and brother-in-law,
Henry B. Stratton, of the business
college chain, Buffalo, N. Y. school '
head, physician, born in England.
Died Nov. 6. 1901.
1829 — Laura D. Bridgman, Bos
ton's Perkm's Institute's famed ,
blind, deaf, mute, who, like Helen
Keller, made life's potentialities i
greater for those similarly afflicted, j
born at H n over, N. H. Died in s
Boston. May 24. 1889.
1830— Mary V. Terhune ("Marion
Harland") noted author, mother of
Albert Pay-on, born in Amelia
county, Ya. Dud Due 3. 1922.
1837—Joseph G. McCoy, pioneer
cattleman, who established the great j
overland cattle drives of the South
west, Abilene. Kansas mayor, born
Illinois. Died Oct. 19, 1915.
1849 James Lane Allen, famed 1
novelist, born near Lexington, Ky. 1
Died Feb. 18, 1925.
1854—Morton Prince, Boston j
physician-pathologi t. born there.
Died Aug. 31, 1929.
TODAY IN HISTORY
IS2o—The Pilgi'm Fathers land
at Plymouth. Mass.
1798—Historic Virginia and Ken
tucky resolution.-■ criticizing the in
creasing powers (.if the Federal
Government.
1807—The F-'-bargo Act passed by
Congress forbidding American ships
leaving port for foreign parts and
closing our port; to British ships
—British and French then at war ■
with each other and both seized i
American ships on high seas. t
1850— Historic Hulsemann epi- ]
sode—Daniel Webster, secretary of 1
State, writer message to answer ,
Hungary's envoy here, one Hulse- i
mann. affirming right of U. S. to
recognize any "de facto” revolu
tionary government.
1866 Sioux Indians massacre ‘
and scalp 3 officers and 90 privates : 1
at Ft. Philip Kearney, near Big (
Horn, Wyo.
1911—Lb S. abrogates treaty with 1
Russia in prote t of treatment of •'
in that country. ;
1919—More than 200 Communists ’
deported from country. I
1935—C01. Charles A. Lindbergh, 1
his wife an i ni• *! 1 son secretly L
board freighter for England at mid- ■
night. b
TODAYS BIRTHDAYS
U. S. Senator Lynn J. Frazier ol ' 1
North Dakota, born Steele countv j'
Minn., 65 y; air ago. ' ' :
David A. Reed ol Pittsburgh, (
lawyer, ex-senator, porn in Pitts- *
burgh, 59 years ago.
Edward Hungerford of New York, b
author, born at Dexter, N. Y. Ob'
years ago.
lienee Du Pont, officer in the !
noted company, bum ne ar Wil
mington, 63 years ago.
Albert Payson Terhune of New
Yoi k, noted author, born in New- I
ark, N. J., 67 years ago.
Di. Edwaid C. Elliott, president
of Purdue, Lafayette, I n d., born in
Chicago. 65 years ago.
Di. Hu mann J. ATullcr, noted
geneticist, born in New York 49
years ago. ”■*-
Henrietta Szold. American .Jew
ish leader in Palestine, born in Bal
timore, 79 years ago.
TODAY’S HOROSCOPE
Today endows with a somewhat
lavish disposition, which may
cause the native trouble. The mind
appears to have considerable force
and there is a strong turn for a di
rect and honest course in life; but
there is a twist in the condition
which, under adverse aspects, may
overthrow all the benefit that has
accrued from honest and patient
effort.
INSURANCE RENTALS
Real Estate—Home Financing
Personal and courteous attention
to all details.
AL. B. WESTER
Phone 139 McCoin Bldg
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
By FRED H. MAY
L On what two days of the week
' do most automobile accidents in
. North Carolina occur?
2. Who was the man of mystery
who designated the official seal of
’ Davidson College?
’ 3. How many rural churches have
’ been aided by the Duke Endowment?
4. What surprise did the British ad
-1 mit following the battle of Kings
’ Mountain?
5. When was an effort made to re
-1 quire members of the legislature to
. be vaccinated against smallpox?
6. Who was the Richmond county
. man elected governor of Connecticut
[ in 1866?
[ ANSWERS.
L Saturdays and Sundays. Ap
. proximately one-half of all auto
mobile accidents occur on these days.
Out of 97 fatal accidents in October
i 22 occurred on Sundays and 24 on
i Saturdays.
2. Peter Stewart Ney, a school
teacher*, believed by many to have
been Marshal Ney, in the Great
French war leader under Napoleon.
History says that Marshal Ney was
executed in 1815 in Paris. Many be
lieve. however, that he escaped the
| tiring squad through a ruse and came
I to America, and that he was Peter
! Stewart Ney, North Carolina school
1 teacher. About 1840 Peter Stewart
Ney was teaching school near Davd
son when a committee from the col
lege called on him and asked him to
design the seal. Ney died in 1846 and
I was burled at Fourth Creek Cnurch,
i Iredell county.
3. Donations totalling $1,063,112.66
have been made to 1.577 rural
churches.
4. Evidently the British officers
I had not anticipated any resistance
j to amount to anything from the west,
| and General Ferguson’s defeat at j
Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780, was I
a complete surprise. Lord Rawdon, j
I two weeks after the battle, wrote. “A
- army now appeared on the
; frontier, drawn from Nolackucky,
1 and other settlements beyond the
mountains, whos every names had
been unknown to us.”
5. In 1861 when smallpox was pre- !
valent in Raleigh during a session ot
the legislature.
6. Joseph R. Hawley, born in 1826.
After serving the term he entered;
the newspaper field. In 1873 Con- j
necticut sent him to congress.
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See Back Page
1. The science of law.
2. John B. Upham.
3. Lock and lake type.
4. George H. Dorn.
5. University of lowa.
6. Ak-sen'-et; or ak -sent-ed.
7. Eleven a. m.
8. Gulf of Mexico.
9. Joey Archibald.
10. James Madison.
Capital Gossip
By HENRY AVERILL |
Raleigh, Dec. 21.—Libby Ward,!/
Speaker of the 1939 House of Rep- 1
resentatives, was standing near the
entrance to the Sir Walter lobby as j
Lee Gravely, Rocky Mount contribu
tion to the list of governors-suspect,
walked rapidly by, obviously in a 3
hurry and with concern and deep •
thought written large on his face.
“I’m sure glad it’s him worrying
and not me”, smiled Libby, adding ,
less cheerily, “A year ago I didn’t
even know there was a Christmas.” <
At that time the Craven county j:
representative was neck deep in the
speakership race, which he won by
a scant two votes over Durham’s able
Victor Bryant. i
I
State employees got their cheeks:
yesterday; and some of them were |
just a bit nervous when they noted
that the non-cashable record end of ,
each was well smeared with red '
ink. There were versions of a treas- !
ury deficit, or the ‘‘pink slip”, or j
something dreadful, but, the carmine 1
color was due to this little verse on
each:
“A Merry Old Christmas to You—
George Ross Foil.”
Partisans of Walter “Pete” Mur- i
phv are suggesting that the incum- :
bent secretary of state’s slogan does
n 1 sound so good especially when
said right rapidly. Try it, “The Peo
ple's Man” Eure.
Gilliam Grissom, perhaps the
deepest dyed Republican in the State
and certainly one of the ablest and
quickest-witted, walked into the of
-1 fice of a South Carolina-born Demo
crat the other day, tossed down a
new nickel bearing the portrait of
Thomas Jefferson and began kiddin"
about it.
“Jefferson was the great champion
of the masses, and was a constant
advocate of minting small coins. If j
it hadn’t been for him we probably j
wouldn’t have had anything smaller
than a dollar —but you denied Demo- j
crats put his picture on the only
small coin he didn’t suggest, the five- !
cent piece. And you waited an aw
ful long time to do even that,” josh
ed Gilliam.
Slowly the Democrat reached into
his pocket, pulled out a penny and
j laid it on, the table beside the Gil
\ liam nickel.
“At that”, he countered, “I always
i knew one Jefferson was worth five
Lincolns, and if you don’t believe it
j just inspect these.”
J Here’s a novel but indisputably ex
HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1939
cellent Christmas dinner menu, as
presented in “Christinas Recipes”,
a mimeographed booklet of the
Virginia Electric and Power Com
pany ot Roanoke Rapids;
Grace
Conscience clear
Kindness Good Cheer
Charity Served with Discretion
Peace Love Truth
, Long Life Stuffed with Usefulness
Hearts Fond and True in Very Large
| Portions
Affection Happiness
Best Wishes for Absent Friends
Too much publicity on the exploits
; of North Carolina’s educated beav
ers who built a dam in the same
spot that men engineers had pro
■ posed one brought too many visitors
to the spot, with the result that the
beavers have suspended operations
' and moved further up stream.
Raleigh, Dec. 21. —State Senator
Tom Gold of High Point indicated
while in Raleigh Tuesday that he
j likely will run for the General As
sembly again next year.
He was quite prominent in the
• 1939 Senate as chairman of the Judi
ciary No. 1 committee.
The High Point law-maker said
there seems to be practically no
j chance that his home city will enter
a serious candidate in the sixth dis
trict congressional scramble next
spring; and which ought to mean
| that Greensboro's John Cal'fey will
get a thumping big majority in Guil
ford.
“But you know it’s absolutely im
possible to unite Guilford on any
one candidate for anything”, warned
Senator Gold.
Closest competition in many moons
marked sale of $413,000 in water re
funding' bonds of the city of High
Point by the Local Government
; Commission Tuesday. The successful
i bidder's offer bested the next by
(only $136.20 on a transaction which
j involved more than $700,000, con
sidering' both principal and interest,
j Which is much too close for com-
I fort.
Sources which are none too re
liable and which do not have the
complete confidence of this bureau
indicate a possibility that Clarence
Poe will not run for governor, but
.will announce his support of Com
missioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell,
j Could be. and there are some evi
dences of authenticity; but not too
many.
Item chasing in these days and
times in Raleigh is quite a difficult
job, so if the pickings appear very I
and exceedingly slim, blame at least j
part of it on old Santa and the com- j
ing New Year.
State Departments are more or less !
marking time, with employees all j
in a twitter over their Christmas
snopping and their approaching
holiday from Friday afternoon to
Wednesday morning.
Raleigh high school has decided to
drop boxing from its sports calendar
and program; ostensibly because
Coach Jimmy Gerow moved away
and there isn't anybody handy to
replace him.
As a matter of fact, boxing is
marked for erasure from the entire
North Carolina scholastic slate. Of
ficials high in the Department of
Public Instruction, notably Dr. J.
Henry Highsmith, are dead set
against it. Dr. H., for example, is
quite openly ol' the opinion that oox
ing is no part of a sport. He is
against anything which, as he says
“has for it's primary object the
knocking cold of an opponent.”
Jhe D. of P. I. folks are going to
have more and more to say about j
high school athletics as time goes 1
on, too. Appointment about a year (
ago of a physical education specialist i
lor the State was the beginng of a '
movement to take the sports pro- I
gram from the present hap-hazard j
methods ol the so-called “confer- ;
ences", and introduce something re
sembling a unified program which :
will embrace all schools; with equals ,
in various groups classified accord
in'? to enrollment.
When and if that is done, present |
meaningless “titles” will became
bona fide. 1
j
Republics cf America
Warn of Force Here j
(Continued F r urn Page Onci
Pnr>«, the United
j-jiri 'Tnwn th<* mvie
at, t?ie Fan-.* m°riea?i conference
in Panama last summer.
Amoiu the events occurring
within t*-e 7fin n . and thus H'«.
turbine; neutral nations, which
mav want to beep the war off
thefr doorsteps, are:
The Gennnn-British naval
battle off Uruguay; the pursuit
o? the German freighter Arauea
bv a British warsh'p into Fort
* verglad"s, Fla.; the scuttling of
the German liner Columbus
within gam* hot, of a British de
stroyer. and the helping of the
American Iwr Santa Rosa h.y a
French cruiser.
In London it was said the Bri
tish navy f It free to fight any
where on the high seas, hut be
lieved at the same tim- that if
asms of the zone could he made
! t(> work it would he to the ad
j vantage of the Allies.
Red Attack On
Isthmus Is Stopped
'Lontinned From Page One)
around the capital.
■v F vV? 1 bombs fe!l in the five-block*
■2S™ . area ', ll WHS the third su<:-
Ifnk'L„H ,y -°! ?. wial “‘tack on He!-
sink, and vicinity.
dmnnpH a n ?J d , not all of the bombs
ed P bni th bospital area explcd
struct L 1 dormitory, a five-story
bon hTi, USt3 J nod a di »'eet hit. The
two Hnn l apsed the roof and u PP f *r
W ° * loors ’ wrecked the back of the
CHRISTMAS WREATH,
building and tore out the front.
The clinic building, a five-story
structure, was damaged heavily, as
was the school for the blind, a build
ing four stories high and a block!
long. Most of the hospital patients
bad been removed, but ten were too
11 to stand transfer and ('lie of these
was injured seriously, while another,
was shuck by stone hot through,
a window by one bomb explosion.
The Soviet Rus iwi forces, stretch- i
ed on three sides like a great hand
trying to clinch were stopped on the!
Karelian 1 thrnus in the south and in
die southeast after raging battles, in
which the invaders used hundreds
of tanks.
Although temperatures 25 degrees
below zero stalled the Russian drive
in the far north, above the Arctic
circle, the Finns acknowledged they
had withdrawn.
In the southeast, where the Rus
sians apparently are attempting td
split Finland at her narrowest, in a
westward drive, the Finns said they
had taken the initiative and were ad
vancing.
Gravely Move Wailing
On Bill Fenner
•Continued From i*ace One)
that it would he practical political
suicide for both to get in.
Lee. it seems, has now received
assurance th-M perennially ambitious
Dick Fountain will not come out as
a nuisance candidate; but he has no
such as uranee about the Fenner fu
ture. and any candidacy by Bill
would be serious and bona fide, not
ourely to annoy because he knows it
teases, as the old jingle about the'
sneezing little boy goes.
So Gravely is still in the dark, ac
cording to the reports, although lie
lives almost across, the street from
Fenner.
B''" 1 ' : n the closing days of the
legislature there developed a right
sizable ■ Fenner for Governor” move
ment. one of sufficient power, in fact
to generate a dinner at which a num- ,
ber of the law-makers loudly ac
claimed the House? finance chair-"
man and proclaimed lbs availability I
and suitability for the State’s No. 1 I
post. i
Bill didn't say yes, but he didn’t
say no; and after a while the tumult!
and shouting died away to less than
the distant, rumble of a drum.
For several months now there has j
been practically no mention of Fen-j
ner as one of the hordes of possible
governorship hunters; but as the sit-
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Phillip G. Phillips
Regional director of the National
Labor Relations Board, of Cincin
nati, Ohio, Phillip G. Phillips denies
to House committee investigating
NLRB that he ever attempted to
suppress a news story derogatory
r . ( to the board.
nation develops more and more it ha§
become evident that this campaign
isn’t any part of a private fight, but
one open to any and all corners.
As a result, Fenner is said by some
who ought to know what they’re
talking about to be at least suf
ficiently intrigued by the possibilities
to prevent his giving Gravely an un
conditional green light as Rocky
Mount’s candidate.
All this, mind you, is political gos
sip and is not given to you as the
law and the gospel. It is, however,
not such nebulous speculation as to
be pure moonshine.
It is quite possible that even be
fore this gets into the papers, Grave
ly will have found out something and
will even have made his public de
claration of intention to run. Such
things have before this happened to
political writers who sat themselves
down and peeked out a piece which
they viewed as interesting, if no
more.
This possibility is increased by the
very fact that this are beginning to
pop with more or less unexpected
suddenness, despite the lull which
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COPR. 1939, THE OLD QUAKER CO„ LAWRENCEBURG, INDIANA
the holiday season ought to induce.
It is still quite Irue that among the
great mass of the Tar Heel populace
there has been no crystallization o
opinion—in fact there is .still little or
no general interest in the governor’s
race; but if you don’t think the po
litically-minded are beginning to
bestir themselves .just come to Ra
leigh and talk to oi; > or two of them
for as much as five minutes.
FOR SALE
CHEVROLET ’39 MASTER
DELUXE TOWN SEDAN
Equipped with -heater. 9,000
miles. Like new.
$595.00
Call 692-W —ask for Barber
WANT ADS
Get Results
HENDERSON OUSINK:
—New Term, Januar-.
not make any metal.,
a business training a
big mistake NOT to ~ ,
STEAMED OYSTEI
sauce, butter sauce, <
crackers, at Termm. a
and night. Phone 91 ;
FOR EXPERT I 3(
fender work, pair
bolstering, g la
ment, and radiate; e
and repairing, brim
car tv) Legg-Rarham
FOR SALE; ONE BO\
cycle. Telephone 8»i.
ALL STATE LICENS!
operators. Phone 2:
ment. Your patroin;;,<
Bridgers Beauty S'.-.p, ,
FOR SALE: MEI
land pony, old in.
Ideal Chri: tma g
over seven. Snduie
eluded. Phone 9'J
GET PRICES ON OCR
before you buy. E. <>. a
Douge and Plymouh ■
Chestnut street.
CARS WASHED :
until Dcct rn'x r . . . t „
*L2o. Legg-ParL m ;
PLENTY OF I KS- -
from sparkl. ,• , a( ,,.; a }
bombs. Get , r , m \ y
now. FireworU
tween Rrecrea . Hiil-nl
Parlor and Wir fj n ,„.
St ore. :U i
WE SPECIaLIZ : ] , [
kinds of body at: i CnT r re .
pair work. Motor (< o<
FOR SALE: FR V
Universal Electr : c ■■
for quick buyer. 1 i , _ ;
U-lti
WANTED AT ONCE ! fTj]
and reliable lady r. ' e, Xone
other need apply. Add •.
care Dispatch.
OFFICES FOR RE
Building— center >f ! •.. , l 0
stairs to climb fironv •■•! : w;; .....
Heat, light, and rrvice fur
nished. Apply Erie G. Fi-mnagan,
McCoin Building. tbur.—tf
WE HAVE 5000 SI.OO £
* Theatre ticket books 1■ s
We give one Free with cvny pur
chase or accumulation yeoa-cs
amounting to $10.0,). <. • ■ - and get
yours. Men’s Shop. Im, J. II
Tucker, Mgr. 19.4a
FOR RENT: 5 ROOM HOUSE. 7,ob
licoffer Avenue; 5 room F r<\
West End. Call 139. Ai M V\ ‘-i,
Insurance-Rental.-Real K.-t A
2<)-3ti
LOST: 1 WIDE ANGI E L
Wollcnsack- -mount' d in v.-o d !nv
board, marked property of \'k ■
Progress Administrat on. Tie
property U. S. Gove• am • ■U, Findor
please return to V. I) 11-'ffnev.
Henderson. 19-3 ti
FOR SALE: 200 C< )RDS \V< OD Al
ready cut and corded within one
mile of Henderson. AI. R. Wester,
Insurance-Rental -R< 1 K fate.
20-3 ti
FOR RENT: FAR : VHE
tobacco allotment near Renders"!!.
AI. B. Wester, Insuranco-Rentnl.s-
Real Estate. 20-3 ii
All keyed aus are strictly con
fidential. Please do not call
the office fo y their identity
NOTICE OF FORM 1,0 U RE S'U
Under and by virtue p* IVI1 *
tained in a certain deed "I trsst
executed by B. J. We t . mi T. A.
West on the 26th day of
1935 and recorded in i ’ F'U at
page 282, Vance County,
having been made in t
of the debt therein ecmv<
request of the holder of F
will sell, at public run.
highest bidder, far <" sh. .' ' r : ' L|lt ‘
house door in if nAr- a. Vance
County, N. C. at 12 < ’<!
Monday the 15lh dry oi a
the following describe 1 r 1 - "''y
Ist Tract: Fifty-five
on North by lands of 9 ’ *■: ■ n y
and Fratik Vauglrm, on ! i-
R. Abbott, on South
Champion, and on vr.-n
Daniel, being the tract-
J. C. West by David V
-15 page 105 and 43 page 235.
2nd Tract: Con tain big ten
bounded by lands of lUebdllc !L y
on north, Frank Spruill en 1 ‘ y
R. Abbott on south and ■
the 55 acre tract ab"
being bought from T. 5: evr
see deed book 79 page !i 9
3rd Tract: Conb’ini ;;
bounded on north by ;
Daniel, East by Wo!
South by William <■'
West by Hamilton Sfev.
lands bought of L. Bit
book 93 page 168.
This 14th of DeccmlK 1
T. S. KITTREI i.
14-21-28-4
B. H. *
<lncorporated
Cuntrartot ii <
Builder
“Builds B<tter Bui 1 ■Una ß "
Also Wall Papering
Roofing and Tern.de
Exterminat'd!
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