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ifpniteramt Satlii SispatrJj Established August 12. 1914 Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by HENDERSON DISPATCH CO., IXC at 109 Young Street HENRY A. DENNIS, Pres. and Editor \I. L. FINCH, Sec.-Treas., Bus. Mgr. TELEPHONES Editorial Office 500 Society Editor 610 Business Otnce CIO The Henderson Daily Dispatch is a member oi Hie Associated Press, Southern Newspaper Publishers As sociation and the North Carolina Press Association. The As.-.jc.a:eu Pi ess is exclusively entitled to a»e tor republication all news dispiiUi.cs credited to it or not otherwise iwdi'.ed in this paper, and also the luiai nev.s published herein. Aii rights in publication of *pecial dispatches hcivm are also reserved. SUBSCRIPTION PRICES Pajabie Mr;i tiy in Advance One Year $5 00 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.50 Weekly (By Carrier Only) 15 Per Copy 05 Entered at Hi*- p->st d If ice in Hender son, N.C. as ?«.cor.v{ diss mail matter WE .U'iTAl.i.Y HAY E A MISSION IX LIFE: Then a:d Jesus to them again. Pea*.-.' ce unto you: as my Father hate sent me. even >o send I you.—John 2":2I. Publicity Stunt That ..a- ..• .i publicity stunt pulled by • -.o Democratic organiza tion in S*.*. .:v. Ie county. Georgia, by holding . n.\-\ic;it:;»l preference primary all its own Saturday. It you ever i.ea.a oi the county anct its capital. 1 •. IIIe. we ven ture you had iv.g kt<.n it "until both broke into public >.;ut with their election—and on a good old Sun day publicity day at that. Little signlticanee wa> attached to the ou:eo:v.» oi the voting. Pres ident RoDsevtit -: :i away with it. of course, a.- any one might have Mipposed in advance. But the whole thing probahh >cas instigated tor it. publicity va!i.<.. And. from the standpoint o: c ty ami cvunty. it was first class. Why can't we pull a publicity stunt for our town and county? Wt can it the agitation tor the 1941 centennial celebration really takes root in a big way. Slot Machines Repeated elicits oi the legislature to outlaw si >t r. uciunes in tne State have proved L-ss than one hundred percent etfecue, and almost every where the devices, in one form or another, may still ue seen i:i opera tion. Which is testimony to the willingness ot ...any people io be made suckers ot. It is testimony. t.,"ther to the weakness ot U»w-::.;.!;;ng bodies in dealing with an adnutted evil. It poses the question. too. of just how far law-enforcing agencies will go toward making statute? effective, once they are enacted. One wonders it it is an impossi bility for an airtight measure to be enacted, or one without loopholes to permit escape- for tno>e caught in the meshes ot the law, and who are able to hire smart lawyers to defend them and free them from penalties. At several .e?siop.- of the State legislature laws were put on the statute books lor the purpose of regulating slot machines. In one instance, that <>t the Flannagan act. it was heralded l<"iuiy that a lool proof. ironclad law had been found. But it proved to be otherwise. More over. the la.-t General Assembly came back to tamper with that measure, and probably the 11 ses sion will have the problem to wres tle with again in some form. The evil can be gotten rid of if the law-makers, the enforcement officers, the courts and the public in general desire to be rid of it. The question is, do they? "Gott iMiVUns" Dictator Hitler tail- down the bles.-, ings of Providence on his "blitz kreig" over Europe and asks hi. submissive citizen- .1 they Hunk tin Almighty "would have blessed u; only to drop iu; now." He had the answer in the mouth, ot his Germans even oefore hi spoke. But it -night be answered too, with another query, namely, di you suppose Prov idence has blessee j ou even up to now? The reply t< that is that brute force, and not ; righteous God. is the explanation o rhe success up to now of the blood; decrees of this ruthless, maddenec ruler. It is as the voice out of the pas Of one whose wild ambition a quar j ter of a century ago instigated the holocaust of war from which humanity had in only small meas ure recovered when this modern egotist started it all over again. This latest version of "me und Gott" is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau. Old Kaiser William used to bellow and boast his "Gott mit uns", too, but t'he words echoed to high heaven as a j mockery of justice and right, and I ultimately were drowned in the victory cries of those who over came wanton ruthlessness in its twentieth century version, even if only temporarily. Who bi.t a totali tarian despot can believe that it v iil not be so again and that his tory will not repeat itself? Does It err Hitler dare suppose Providence can bless decrees that close houses of worship dedicated to the glory of the Most High God. and turn then; into establishments that dishonor him'' Does he think Providence can approve and bless the coid-blooded murder of innocent Germans. Czechs. Austrians and Poles, whose only crime was that they disagreed with him and resisted uie force of Lis might? Does lie suppose heaven can smile upon the work of giant bomb ing planes that attack ships on the high seas and send innocent men. women and children to watery graves without warning? Or that rain death and devastation upon helpless civilians in defenseless cities and towns? I Would this Hitler have his people j ; and the world believe that the God) I to whom at long last he prof esse. | tubmissiveness can find pleasure in ; the wholesale robbery, persecution and ejection of the race of people 1 which that God has through the aces been pleased to call h:< chosen? I I If that is the sort of God that j »tiles this universe .we want none of him. He is not the sort our Scriptures describe. Truth to tell. Aci -lf Hitler has preached this bunk so long that ho has come to believe it himself. -'e dishonors and discredits the God of the universe by presuming his approval and endorsement on ihe«e pagan acts. "Gott mit uns" is j : misnomer. The God of civilization I ivay use the insanity of an egotist I to serve his own purposes, but ho ' ! v on't bless the acts of a maniac. ! Speak, Mr. President [ 'I tie clamor for a irank and open ! statement by President Roosevelt as 1 to his third term intentions grows daily louder and more insistent, j i ir>t the demand came uom Repub lican circles, and later a few con > servative Democrats' dared to ven ture the suggestion. Now the impa tience with the President finds ex pression in high New Den I ranks in no less a person than Senator Sankhead. of Alabama. Bankhead's restiveness arises I from an interest in his brother, j speaker of the national House, who is talked of as a candidate, "if the I President Hoes not run." The sig-1 nificance ot his urge lie.- solely in j the fact that New Deal circles are | becoming vocative. There isn't a j | chance of the Speaker's nomination unless all the other availables J .-hould drop dead at the last minute. His geography is bad. his state is I ;ather small electorally :nd is not ! the least doubtful in the sense that ;• sop is nccessary to swing it to | the party •> ticket. Moreover, the J President knows he can continue j ilent in forty languages and still jutn no risk of alienating the affec tions or the support of the Alabama Hank heads. Though v the Democratic con vention is more than four months away, it is none too early for can didatorial declarations. If the Pres icient wishes a third nomination and intends to seek it. either openly or jas ively. he can quiet all potential opposition, except in one or two instances, by frankly saying so. If he intends to refuse it and to retire, he is doing an injustice to | those who aspire to succeed him. Mr. Roosevelt's attitude of sil ence- probably is part of a strategy | to slow down the momentum of op • pour nts, to weaken their cause by | prolonging the suspense, and thus j at least partially to nullify their (effort; to pledge delegates in ad | vanee of the convention, so that it will be the easier for his supporters at the psychological moment to >tat:ipede the gathering in his be half and cast him in the role of a hero as an indispensable leader in a time of great world crisis. There have been hints that the | Taylor assignment to the Vatican j and the Welles junket through war . ring Europe have been timed tc produce a peace complex in this country, lifting the President to the top of the heap as the only strategic infliier.ee that can save the world from total disaster and collapse and thus create the conviction he must j be continued in office for that pur- 1 pose, if for no other. If such speculation in reality is | genuine, the premises '• seeks to j establish are the purest tommyrot. j While the world is in a tough spot, j the emergency is not of such pro portions as to justify abandonment of the two-term tradition in Amer ican politics. Mr. Roosevelt, as great as he is, is not indispensable. He has said that himself. He has no monopoly un ability and brains. To say or assume that he is the only man in the United States capable or piloting the country through the war period is to admit the nation is bankrupt in leader ship without him. Strong indications now are that the President wishes and will seek a third term, and there is good prospect he will be elected again ii he is nominated. Indeed, the cer tainty in both directions is so great that both friend and foe of the President and his policies may with a fair degree of safety prepare now for four more years ol Roosevelt in the White House. Whatever his intentions, the Pres ident owes it to the country ;uui to his party to state them. Speak out, Mr. President. What Do V Oil Know About North Carolina? By FRKD I*. MAY 1. How many North Caroi'nian the United States army were uoi'iicl ed in battle during the World War.' 2. Under what circumstances was :i dead slave in 1774 worth more than a live one? 3. Wlvt was th^ name given t!ie act of 1931 which county roads under state control? 4. In what way was the constitu tion violated when .Judge William rJaston was appointed associate jus tice? 5. How many committee assign ments does Senator I^ t •.'»1 n 1 - have? 6. How v,a< the North Carolina Georgia boundary line controvers. -e tiled? ANSWERS. 1. A total of 3.764. according to >v ports of the War Depart men!. Of this number ?.'22 died. C 'suaities of North Carolinians in the Navy and Marine Corps not included. 12. In the case of a runawav : lave| belonging to John IMo. eiey. Mo-eley, advertised the runaway in the North Carolina Gazette, saying, "I will pay twenty pounds currency to any per son who shall produce his head sev ered from his body, and five pounds if brought home alive." 3. The Gardner Road Bill, passed as an administration measure of Gov ernor O. Max Gardner. 4. Judge Gaston was a Catholic and i as such was barred from "any oft ice or place of trust or profit in the civil1 department within this State." This was a provision of the Constitution! of 1776. The people of the State rec- I ognized Judge Gaston's ability, and! held him in such high esteem that1 the question was not raised. Two! years later the constitution was i changed. 5. He is a member of the following j committees of the senate: District of | Columbia, Foreign Relations. Mili-i tary Affairs, and Territor ICS el ;llu In-: sular Affairs. C. For years both states claimed] adjacent territory, both i suing land i grants. In 18C6 Georgia appealed to congress to establish the line. No ac tion was taken and in i8fi3 both states agreed to appoint a joint boundary commission with authority' to establish the line. The commission] established the line and North Car-i oiina accepted it. however, the State] of Georgia refused and again appeal ed to congress. A joint congressional committee investigated the work of the boundary commission, and was of th" opinion that the state should ac cept it. Georgia finally dropped the controversy and recognized the line established. SALLY'S SALLIES R.-c -.tcJ t' S I', -UilRRi Op' R£'5 CotAi^i —— - There's a bit of actress in every girl—even if her only role is the one in her stockings. (£syEJ?MAK ALL THE FACTS ABOUT THE WAR IN EUROPE ui i\ I r*/3v /far CW&,SH jr»•« IpWahce - wVeC > # /A J**Z^r G Jf1 v* Jkj y~ ty'Jfr-l ^ I / F?rA->. r^K?" PF "> </ O '^Vr ^3^ " £ /|J ^4^^ WAHNERHEM is ^l\AN «SSASS/N ' ^9\ TCtfS ««$*■ -M\ **&■ c»\v i ' v Mi^rfN f 0>/^—''/? ° S v 7-A^ I @<2ay jt j~ TODA V S ANN'i"Vi-" ^R** s archbishop. born in Ireiand. Died July 1 18'2.'3—Jo.-cph Le Conte. noted Southern : ! ! I niver.-ity of Califor nia gc«»I«'iji. I of his day, born in Lb. rtv < iumly. Ga. '3iod July (3. 182;,'- (» v. akl 1 ■'>it ndori'er. noted born in Germany. Died Dec. 15. !9!M). -832—John G. Nicolav. President Lincoln's private secretary, consul, co-author of a noted Lincoln bio graphy. hern in Germany. Died Sept. 2'J. 1901. 184('—U1 i.Tni F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill"), scout, guide and showman, horn in Scott county. Iowa. Died in Denver. Jan. 10, 1917. 1857—Thomas W. Lawson. Bos ton financier of frenzied finance fame, born in Boston. Died Feb. 8. 1925. 1859—Basil King, novelist. Epis copal ch rgyman and spiritualist, born in Canada. Died June 22, 1928. TODAY IN HISTORY 1811—Congress appropriates $50. 000 to establish the first naval hos pital in the United State-'. 1833—The Congressional Temper ance Society formed in Washington, D. C. 1877—229 Sioux Indians on the warpath surrender at the Cheyenne Agency. 1878—Destructive floods in Calif ornia cause the loss of many lives. 1885—Congress passes a law pro hibiting the importation of contract laborers. 1904—Fire in the business district of Rochester, N. Y. destroys more than three million dollars worth of property. 1920—All American hoops in Siberia withdrawn. 1932—Glass-Stegall credit expan sion bill passed by Senate. K BSKTHD \ YS Iv. Walton Moore, counselor ol the KM'—John nan's-lamed C --.Ml. Cincm lergymun and liihin1.; () Slaat-'-Zeitung, civic worker. U. S. Department o!' State, born at Fairfax. Va.. 81 years ago. Rev. Charles M. Sheldon of Tope It Kans., Congregational clergy man. author of the famous novel. "In His Steps." born at Welkville. N. V., 83 years ago. Dr. John Harvey Kellogg of Rat tle Creek. Mich., surgeon, born at Tyrone. Mich.. 88 years age-. Madeleine Carroll, actress, burn in England. 31 years ago. Archbishop John G. Murray of St. Paul. Minn.. Catholic prelate, born at Waterbury. Conn.. 63 years ago. Dr. Bessie C. Randolph., president of Rollins College. Va.. born in Botetourt county Va.. 55 years ago. Lewis W. Baldwin, chief execu tive officer of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, St. Louis, born at Water bury. Md.. 65 years ago. TODAYS HOROSCOPE Today bestows intelligence of a high order, with apparently a de votion to patient research. But there is beneath this a restless nature that will drift the mind into many chan nels. Therefore, cultivate concen tration of thought and effort, and weight all schemes carefully before going into them. ANSWERS TO TEN QUESTIONS See Back Pane 1. Clinch. 2. Boston. Mass. 3. Contraction of the pupil of th< i eye. 4. Under. 5. No: they are arachnids, fi. Patty Berg. 7. Chairman of 1 ho National La bor Relations Board. 8. Fifth cousin. y. Winter. 1!). Helsingfors is Swedish; Hel sinki, Finnish. Capital Gossip By IIEXKY AVEUILL. Raleigh, Feb. 26.—Suggested sign ! to hang on door of Department ot Revenue's personnel committee: No Brewers Need Apply." And this doesn't mean Col. Edgar Bain or Claude Ramsey, either. As Lynn Nisbet, quick-witted, sharp-tongued one-time associate in this bureau puts it: "I'll bet Dr. Brewer, former presi dent of Meredith College, couldn't get a job with the Highway Safety Division. If he tries, he'd better change his name." Rob Thompson, State News Bureau head, reports that Raleigh is believ ed to have the only church in the United States to own and operate a bus for the special purpose of bring ing children to Sunday school. Each Sunday morning a large 18 passenger conveyance of the colored First Baptist church here goes on its rounds to gather up the "young uns." Under the generalship of Health officer Dr. Carl V. Reynolds there have been collected representatives of the ten important groups in North Carolina to push a program designed to improve the nutritional status of the people of North Carolina. Reci tation of the list indicates there will be real action in the matter. Cooperating are: Department of Public Instruction, Duke University school of Medicine, Rockefeller Foundation, Department of Public V Hfnre. Department of Agriculture, Slate College Extension Division, North Carolina Medical Society North Carolina college ior Women, uni versity oi iSiortn Carolina a.id tils, btaie Board ot Healtn. j Paul Grady, Keniy candidate for Governor, has torn a ieai lrom uie iinain Jennings ±Sryan notebook anci gone in ior me lamea common er's style of oratory. nere s a quote lrum Grady's Rocky Mount speecn last week: I ••'iney shail not seil democracy on an auction block oi' gold. The Eco nomic Royalists and Barons of Pre catory wealth shall not combine with Political prostitutes to sell American Democracy short. (Note—the capi tal's are those oi Grady's press man) 1 lie people are awake to the insidious 'campaigns to gradually remove the government from their control and place it in the hands of a few seli perpetuating, self-serving politicians who are in turn controlled by a few organized selfish and predatory business interests." i Quite reminiscent of the "Cross of Gold" speech ol 1896. except Bryan probably would never have split an infinitive—for instance "to gradual lv remove.' ! * Last year's burned over acreage and total damage in some counties not protected by cooperativ e Federal State-County forest fire agencies in clude: ! Alamance 10 fires, 42 acres burned. iSI04.00 loss: Cabarrus, 5 fires, 85 'acres, $181 loss; Camden 2 fires, 10 j acres, S20 loss; Catawba, 17 fires, 937 acres, $6,396 loss; Chowan. 12 fires, 150 acres, $200 loss: Cleveland. 6 fires, 970 acres. $2,910 loss: Cur rituck, 6 fires, 12 acres, $20 loss: j Gates 16 fires, 855 acres, $1,930 loss: New Hanover 48 fires. 5.806 loss: Pamlico, 35 fires, 55,000 acres, $ 110, 000 loss; Pasquotank, 8 fires, 230 acres. $300 loss; Rockingham. 2 fires, 1120 acres, $450 loss; Rowan. 8 fires, 11,243 acres, $2,688 loss; Tyrrell, 35 ] fires, 15.000 acres, $30,000 loss. Farm Accounting Contest Offers $4,350 In Awards College Station, Raleigh. Feb. 26. —The 1940 National 4-H Farm Ac counting contest, offering $4,350 in i cash awards, is expected to create ■ considerable interest among North Carolina club members, L. R. Harrill, 4-H Club leader at State College, announced today. The contest records will be classed in three groups and judged on a national basis. The separate groups •are: the farm account phase, the I home account phase, and the crop I enterprise phase. To compete for | awards, club members must have their entries in Harrill's office at State College by April 12. WIDE DIFFERENCE IN FARM INCOMES Murphy, Feb. 26.—Farm record books for 1939 reveal startling dif ferences in income abong Cherokee county farmers, says D. C. Snod grass, assistant farm agent. The records indicated that grow ers who have the largest incomes are those carrying out a well-diver sified farm business. These farmers keep livestock, a commercial poultry flock,-use a balanced cropping sys tem with pasture and meadow, and grow truck crops as a source of ready cash income. The summaries further indicated that growers who do not keep live stock or sell dairy productes or poul ly 1,000 hogs have been vaccinated :holera epidemic NOW UNDER CONTROL Monroe, Feb. 2G —_ y 1,000 hogs luipc luring the past iioir • 'pidemic of chwlera •eporls T. M. »\la\ • ■■ arm agent. Considerable da jecn caused in M lisease being spread • _ ;ord highway and in N ..ocal veterinarian. .isting in bringing v • . :ontrol. WANT ADS Get Be m IF YOU LIKE T< > Si i Come to the As: ■ Thursday. ! •!>. :*:t body invited, ij.-;;., Band will l'urn Ladies free. Adnn BIG HUG VALUED ci., Smith Fioor . 27x54 inches : derson Furniture Co. WE SPKCLw.:7 ".u kinds of body atul ■' pair work. Motor S;U1 * JUST RECEIVED A ' of wood si iRgk* ; ' "T! , ; ; ,, , Value-." Alt S. V,';.!. WE DEFY ANY< ]\;r price I'M cji.irt'i'y i« work. 2 l-h<.ur i ■< wrecker scrvitv. O'Latv'.. j.h-.»>.» 470-J. CLOSING OUT \ • ! AV Disrr,^. tinucd rugs ; S")3.5i! to go :.t 'i-i j count. H-ncle. I- : •• bargains I.N new • i si.i> furniture, a lev. go-.« >.!*,. • •«,. also do furniture i bolstering. Sattenvhjte i . Co.. next to Ford piatr. .1 i. ^ I A J h LI( - ..>•••., ,:i A . V operators. Phone *2« »(i for ;i;>p. n«"!l. Your palror.a-t .sj■; in Bridgets beauty Si.'.i FOR SALE: PI RE-BI shire pigs. Price r«- .. Currin. route 2. He!.d<. • GE'l PRICES QS on: V.ihl; - .: s before you buy. E. \ Z. . t. , Dodge and Plymouth Chestnut street. nn-if FOR RENT FIRS!' KL OR A . ment. bedroom, d: . • . v ■ I with sink ar.d g.< . ... ed or unfurnished. v " « • : • Also large room with . lavatory attached. - •!:<!.:< : housekeeping .1 dc.-ava. C:.>>■«. Phone loO-.j. SAMPLE RUGS GOi.\< . . Price. Size 27x54 ... Hu you want a bargain. liendpix-n Furniture Co. '2'.ik2C I CARD TABLES-IMITATK XGRAI? 1 leather tops. word ir.o.es. guv or red. wood supports in : (i'i.-. folding leg:-. We bough*. tht... cheap. While they lust i#7c. Ao.' - Richards Furniture C« •: S. Garneti Street. .Wxi lu Toe - i 26-6;. A GOOD WORK ML I K TAKKX I.\' debt for sale lit .*ir. (."tam.ce Finch's Stables. See him ;>t "V.re before sold. J. II. Bridgcrs. A "v. 1 24-L't ! FOR SALE: PIANO. KEIA'IXATOR I refrigerator, gas range. - I ed, Coca-Cola box. pice.iin. L"•: . - : wood typewriter. coal and •..•"d I heater, al! priced reasonable Ap ply at 332 Winder treet. COMELLIA JAPO X ! CAS. iiK.'J. White. Pink, varigalcd: Ind:i Evergreen Azalea.-. lud. Wk.'r. Pink. Orange, Flame ode eait: Scotch Broom: !\It. Laurel.-: Sp .•■ and others 10c e.icii. Mi>. Ii £• Hendricks. Taylor-. S. C. A FEW DlSCONTlXI/iiU PA"' terns in 9x12 rugs to rinse out ;<t a discount of 33 i-3 pereen' dis count. We have only a iVv: ('•• early if you can i;se i-ih'. son Furniture Co. 23&-6 KINDLE FIRES WITH OLD Xt'WS papers—they are 60 per on;' wood, quick burning. K'c p< bundles for 25c. Oct tin :i; ;»t D. i> Dispatch Office. -7*1* All keyed ads are strictly con fidential. I 'lease do not call the office f<»>- their identity NOTICE. Service B.v In Superior ( run t. State of North Cai n! n < County of Vance: Lcnoru I). U'»ns. vs. Bark Lc»y The defendant at:"'. < n-.r • take notice that an ..it <•' as above has been < ■■■■•■ Superior Court. <■! Vatice 0 - N. C. for a divorce grounds of two year- -ef the said defendant v. ' notice that he is :• « before the Clerk of Vance Countv in ' e-'i. " Henderson, N. C. on « March, 1940. to an>vv; ■ <i«' the complaint in -aid till will pray lor the ,-!t in said complaint. This 12th dav 0! > 'E. O. EALKNt'" Clerk of Superior CVii'! Vance C«»j:i'y. J. M. Peace. Attorney 12-19-26-2 - - UKVTAI> INSl RANC I Real Estate- Hon e ' Personal and cot. t to all detail. AL. B. ^'KSTKR B|d, Phone 139 M<(