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SpniirrHim Sat hi Sispatrfy Established August 12. 1914 Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by HENDERSON DISPATCH CO., INC at 103 Young Street HENRY A. DENNIS, Pres. and Editor M. L. FINCH, Sec.-Treas., Bus. Mgr. TELEPHONES Editorial Office 500 Society Editor 610 business onice 610 The Henderson Daily Dispatch is l member ot The Associated Press, Soutnern Newspaper Publishers As sociation and the North Carolina Press Association. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to u-e for republication ali news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise eivur.ed in this paper, and also the local news published herein All rights oi pi'^lieation of special dispatches herein are also reserved. SUBSCRIPTION PRICES Payable simuy in Advance One Year $5 00 Six Months ... 2.50 Three Months 1.50 Weekly (B> Carrier Only) 15 Per Copy 05 Entered at tin- post office in Hender son, N. C. as s» i\>nd einss mail matter -,, .< .. 1^'|<>R CHRIST YOU WILL LK WELCOME: Let u. therefore come boldly unto the throne of ^racc. that we may obtain mercy, ana una grace to help in time oi need.—Hebrew- 4:16. S. B. Burwell Now ana a .nan is found in public lite who ha.- devoted many 3 ears oi faithful, unselfish service to the people: who has labored in j large measure or tut love of ser- , vice itself. and eeitamiy not entire-| ly tor mercenary considerations. Once m a while such a man has worked through tnesc long periods with but lew enemies to his credit. And that is a noteworthy, commen dable and enviable achievement. Such a man was S. B. Burwell. known to countless triends and ac quaintances in the affectionate term of just • Spot." For about a quarter of a century in all. and at difierent times, Mr. Burwell was connected officially with the City o; Henderson. He be came city clerk away back in 1912. nearly twenty-eight years ago, and held that oltice for two or three years and was elected a member of the City Council, known at that time as the board of aldermen. In that capacity he served fr>r several years, and then went into business with his brother, but in 1918 re turned to the municipality as city clerk, and continued in that capac ity until his death. Mr. Burwell probably served the city as long, with possibly one or two exceptions, as any citizen of Henderson ever did. He probably knew the citys al fairs more inti mately than any one ei^e. though in the past few years, because of failing health, much of the work had been shitted to others who were younger. In the period of Mr. Burwell's connection with the city. Hender son grew from a small town to the larger and more prosperous munic ipality it has come to be today. i-/m IIlvi^ llltfl 1.111 »•_- UU ULll^illLU 111 attending t<j it- aftairs and study ing municipal activities and opera tions. He was city clerk under scores of men who came and went as aldermen and councilmen, and had opportunity t<> study men and methods In the conduct of public business. Never was there the faintest shadow upon his ofiicial acts. Ik was faithtul ti> every trust and hon est and industrious in his relations with councilmen and employees of the city, as with others. Of him it can be said that he lived the major portion of in active years as a ser vant—one who was capable and efficient. And with it all, he was a friend to every one, and probably had as many friends and enjoyed the respect of as many citizens as any man in the community. Mr. Burvvell lu'vU his own epitath. And with his g'.ing. there are many who feel the loss of a kindly, per sonal companion, one whose sin cerity, frankness and congeniality were as much a part of him as the breath that he breathed. The world would be better oil if it had more people like him. Road Program Governor Hoey has wisely made available some two million dollars of highway funds for immediate and urgent repairs to the roads of the State that were so badly dam aged in the freeze and heavy snows of late January- The money is to be spent where it is needed most, rather than apportioned to districts according to population or road mileage, except in the proportion that mileage bears to the extent ol the damage. This money is from the surplus accumulated over and above over head charges and the reguiar pro gram 4>f highway maintenance anc construction. It is not new money in the sense that it might com< from new or different types of taxes or bond issues. Fortunately, the State has this money to lay hands on for this purpose. Otherwise, it might ex perience difficulty in meeting thi present emergency arising from the extreme weather. The first job ol the highway department is- to main tain the roads we have, and witl the heavy traffic" that moves ovei most of them the wear is terrific and the necessity for constant re pairs always exists. But with that, the revenue from gasoline, oil and license taxes in the past few years has furnished a reasonable amount of money foi new construction. This would seen to be the wiser course for handling the State's vast system of nuden highways rather tnari the spending of fifty million dollars lor new construction. It would be impossible to have too many good roads for the service and convenience of the people, bul this, like other public activities, should and must be projected on a basis of tne ability ot the people u unance u. 'I Me more roads there are the more money that will be required lor maintenance, a n ci naturally so. That consideration should not be oberlooked in talk oi additional building. Moreover, it seems to us the wiser proc.diu'e would be lo pay off the present debt as last as pos sible. rather than to defer it by refunding maturing or unmaturing bonds at lower interest and for lon ger periods so as to increase costs, debts, maintenance and what not. even if these things were desirable. Taxing Of Officials With income tax deadlines ap proaching. one hears renewed talk about and opposition to Federal and state emp:<jyee.s having to pay in come taxes on their salaries. The courts have held that such levies are proper and permissible. And why not? The average worker on public payrolls is more certain, barring politics, oi his job than the man or woman in private employment. State and Federal workers * know ! that their jobs are continuous, and they know that checks will be on hand regularly without any worry as to where the money is coming from, or whether or not it will come. Theirs is not a concern over meeting payrolls. Why there should be any ques tion as to an individual paying a tax on his income, regardless of the source of that income, is a strange sort of an argument. He enjoys the same privileges of citizenship as the man in private life, if indeed not even more. Why not. then, assume with the rest of us, the responsibil ities for maintaining the govern ment? OTHERS' VIEWS POEM ON THE FARMER. ! To the Editor: In behalf of the "Little Farmer' i I dedicate this little rhyme. It' any | one needs help, lie surely, surely does. [ By great guns and great swords! | The devil stood at the cross-roads. | Up came a little tobacco farmer, | Said the devil. "You better take this thing a little calmer." j I have appealed to Sir Henry Wal lace To extend to you his deep concert and solace. Think once: think twice. If you bu keep his advice, He will with speed, help you out it this great time of need. Crct down on your all-fours, Go borrow the money that is alread; yours. Be2 and whine. Pay interest all dowi the line Until you become like a cucumbe out of brime. Woik every day. Work until yoi drop. Make an abundance of every low priced crop. You il never pay or get your dues Jntil you drop off in the haw-gews Qucth the devil "Little fellow we go you going. Where, I'm not the only one in th knowing. Hump up your crooked back Plunk 'em right on down the track. 'By seeds already sown, The big farmer hopes to take car of his own. Hi.s taking advantage has just begur He is a hard-dealing son-ot'-a-gui The big boys higher up Who never wielded an axe or plow, Will squander and waste the "nor mal abundance," Wallow in it like a sow. Little man, .1' you but say a word The soldier's outfit you'll yird. It we cant manage you by fan control, We'll see that you get into some deep hole. We will tax you and gouge you "world without end." Keep you worried with disaster that impend. Put your children within hell's grasp. Shut your mouth with lock ant! hasp. If you don't behave We will make of you, a veritable slave. Ah! said the little fellow, Without a hint of yellow, "The Lord is on our side, He will, for His own. provide." When on earth He establishes His throne, "You poor cusses" will weep and moan, As before His judgment bar you stand And are sentenced to "eternal de struction's land." Then by His grace Before His loving eyes and face He'll bid every "little farmer" To enter into a life, that is sweeter and calmer. RAY A. ROWLAND. Kittrcll, March 5, 1940. ANSWERS TO TEN QUESTIONS See Hack /Vi<f 1. Edna Best. 2. Dr. Roberto M. Ortiz. 3. About one-l'ourth. 4. Rome. 5. Eamon de Valera of Ireland (Eire). H. Franklyn Waltnian. Jr.. Repub lican; Charles MieheLson, Demo cratic. 7. Twelve. 8. Yellow, biue and red. I). Montieello, the homo ol Thomas Jefferson. 10. Chest and abdomen. What Do Vou Know About North Carolina? By FRED H. MAY 1. Who was the Orange county rc-! presentative expelled by the assem bly in 1769? ! 2. How much property is ownec! | by the State Hospital at Morgan ton'.' 3. What class of convicts are dis qualified as voters? 4. How much cotton tax did the federal government collect in North Carolina after the end of the War Between the States? 5. When did North Carolina ask Tennessee for a joint consideration of building a railroad across the two states? 6. How does North Carolina rank with other states in native born population? ANSWERS. 1. Herman Husband, agitator and1 leader in the Regulator movement a few years before the war of the Re volution. He was charged with libell ing Judge Maurice Moore, and was ' expelled from that session. Later he ! was elected to the session of 1770-71, | but never took his seat. Husband was born in Maryland, coming to North I Carolina about 1750 and locating in j the Deep River section of Orange • county, now included in Randolph. | While he took an active part in the ; Regulator movement he rode off on the morning of the Battle of Ala I mance and never took part in the 1 conflict. 2. The report to the last legislature j shows a total of 3.857 acres oi land ' valued at $257,90(1. and build;ms and other improvements, $3,833,864. Total $4,091,764. This apprasial does not include value of recent build ings. 3. Only those who have been con victed, or have confessed their guilt in open court, after having bef*n in dicted, for any crime which is punished by imprisonment in the State's Prison. 4. A total of $1,959,704.87. This amount collected after the fall of the Confederacy for taxes levied by the United States on cotton beginning in 1862. At times this tnx amounted to two and one-half cents per pound. It affected all the cotton producing a tci tea. 5. In 1868 the legislature of North Carolina by joint resolution asked Tennessee for a conference between the two states on such a proposition. 6. According to the last census North Carolina ranks first with 90.3 percent native born whites. In Negro native born population the State has 88 per cent native born, and is out ranked by Arizona which has 88.1 per cent. Foday y s TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES 1724—Henry Baurens, noted Sou In Carolina merchant, planter, patriot, president of the Continen tal Longres and diplomat, born Jiinrlf. ton. Died Dec. 8, 1792. 1797—Gcrrit Smiln, noted New York philanthropist, worker m me causes of anti-slavery and temper ance, born at Utica," N. X. i^-ed Dec. 28, 1874. 182;.—Robert Fletcher, eminent American physician, medical tcnolar ana writer on the subject, born in iingla.iu. Died Nov. 8, 19:2. ^ 1831—Philip H. Sheridan, famed t"nion general of tne Civil War, Jcncrai of the Army in ! 8G9, born n Albany, N. Y. Died at Nonquit, Vhus., Aug. 5, 1888. 13.,0- Adoiph i.indtnkohi1, U. S. _\>a>t rnd Geodetic Survey's oceaa >Siapiitr and draughtsman for near y 5 ■ ,v ars, born in Germany. Died aine 22. 1904. 187ii — Robert Von Moschzisker, .awyer, juri.-t, chief justice of the Utle of Pennsylvania's Supreme Joint, born in Philadelphia. Died >iov. 2!, 1939. 188.!—Ring Lardner, humorist, •olumnist, snort story writer, born it Nile , Mich. Died in New York, .X'pi. 1:5, 1933. TODAY IN HISTORY lP3(i—Fall of the Alamo. Texas :ctlli i -soldiers, who had retired to ihe Air mo, overpowered and massa cred L>y the Mexican- James Bowie Hid D.n ie Crockett among slain 18.5--Mexico's Minister in Wash ington protects the admission of Texa; into the Union and demands .lis passport. 1857-- Historic Died Scott decision handed down by U. S. Supreme •Jourt. 18"-S—Papal decrec issued organ izing the Tviioionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle (Paulist Fathers). 11)16—U. S. Supreme Court de ?iacv British steamer Appam was rought into American port by Ger man prize crew in violation of American neutrality. Austria, ifi ropiy to United States, seeks to jus ; ) U-boat ruthless warfare . 10! j—Ar..».rican troops reported iciding four and a half miles of ront in France. 19.'':?—Col. Londbergh asks two nd.rworid characters to act as go oiweens with kidnapers. i 933—Fir.>t c. ational Bank Holiday. TODAY'S- IDAYS Surah Wambc Mass.. economist jf ii 10 League > incite Cominiss nati, 58 years a George D. > olis. noted mere er, born at CI 83 years ago. Judge Harolc M Stephens of the U. S. Court of \j nlo for the Dis trict of Coluiri -s born at Crete, Nebraska. 54 y--jvs ag . Herbert Kau'mm Tarrytown, N. Y., noted eo:tor-a hor, born in Washington, D. « . t'L: /ears ago. Prof. Soloman S. Huebner of the University of Pennsylvania, noted authority on insurance and finance, born at Manitowoc, Wis., 58 yean ago. TODAYS HOROSCOPE Today indicates an ambitious and sensitive nature, with great powers of determination, producing a plan of life carefully laid out and per sisted in. Somewhat aggressive and obstinate and a little irritable, ef fort should be made to avoid of fending others, easy in t.his degree. Fond of travel, which may lead you !o remote places. Capital Gossip Bv HENRY AVERILL. Raleigh, March 5.—Notes on Jus tice—or is it? (1) A "Medicine Man" who sold a perflcctly harmless, if ineffective, pain killer for external use, is sen Cambridge, imo member s Saar Pleb l in Cincin of Minneap l civic work -1 rings, N. Y., SALLY'S SALLIES Rffc»r::rcd U S Patent Offict It takes lots of set-ups to upset some fellows. Di»li ibul«*4 by K»n* F«»tur«>. S> a takes lots of set-ups to upset some fellows. "RING AROUND THE ROSIE!" tenced to serve 90 days by Raleigh's city court judge. (2) All over the state bootleggers I who deal in rotgut so vile it is al-1 ! most a deadly poison, are let off with j j comparatively light lines. (3) Raleigh theatres run wide open i ; on Sunday, with police and other I j city officers often in attendance, and ] nothing is done about it. 1 (4) In the same Raleigh, the mer 1 chant who sells a loaf of bread on . Sunday is yanked into court and ' j court and fined. ! i I Raymond C. Maxwell, state elec-1 i tion board secretary, reports that his! 1 proposed "bargain sale" on political! I entry fees has been a complete flop so far. j He warns that the deadline is Sat j urday. March 16. and that fees must I actually be received before 6 p. m. [that day. Mailing or sending them1 doesn't count. ! i North Carolina has recently re ceived much fine publicity from a I series of articles on the South, writ- J ten by R. H. Markham, a staff cor- j | respondent for the Boston Christian' I Science Monitor. j In one he summed up the state I thus: "North Carolina is pre-emi | nentiv a state of transition, of , adaptation, of evolution, of the mid-! I die way." j . Former State Senator Henry L. J , Ingram, who was in the 1937 Gen- i eral Assembly but out in 1939 by I reason of a rotation rule, may try I for his old post from Randolph coun I ty this spring. I Here on Tuesday, he said he had I not made up his mind definitely, J but is giving the matter considera | tion. The argument about how much the! Greater Albemarle road project will | , cost, and how much of it Commis- ; sioner of Revenue Allen J. Maxwell i really intended to endorse when he spoke in Hyde recently still rages with apparently unabated fury. About all that can be said with safety is that the Albemarle wants —and probably should have—a good deal more than it is going to get. Speaking of highway, it is planned I to build a sand-clay road six-tenths of a mile long to connect the Fort Macon State Park's new bathing beach with the present surface high way from Atlantic Beach to Fort Macon. There will also be at the new pro ject a parking area of 10,000 square yards. Two frame picnic shelters, two outdoor fireplaces and several picnic and benches are also to be provided. That Guilford county row in the Democratic executive committee is the fieriest in North Carolina in a long time. Tom Hoyle who has been ousted as county chairman by what .iC cl ims was a "dump" session, has often been mentioned as a possible state manager for Lee Gravely's gubernatorial campaign. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE. By virtue of power contained in a Deed of Trust executed by Warner Evans and Minnie Evans March 24th, 1937, recorded in book 196 at page 116, Vance County, default having been made in payment of debt there in secured, at request of holder of -ame, I will sell, by public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the court house door in Henderson, N. C. at 12 o'clock, noon on the 16th day of March 1940 the following property: Begin at Chas. Savage Corner, run thence southward along railroad 100 ft. to pin, thence eastward parallel with N. Wortham line 297 ft. to pin, thence along Giil line northward 100 ft. to Savage back corner, thencc along his line westward 297 ft. to beginning. This 14th February, 1940. T. S. KITTRELL. Trustee Committee Speeds Work Daily Lusuatcn Bureau, ill Hie Sir Watc«r Hold. By HtiMi Y AVLiilLL Raleigh, Iviar. 5.—Activity ol th.; brewers and North Carolina Beer Distributors Committee, heaued uy Colonel Edgar H. Bain, appears to be growing more intensive as the seventh montn ol its "Clean up 01 Close Up" campaign opened in North Carolina on March first. As a starter lor the month the committee secured revocation ol eignl licenses, bringing to 56 the number secured since September 1 last year when active work began. Exactly one quarter ol' the hundred counties ol tne state were involved in these re vocations. Indicating the intense drive to come is the fact that there are now pending in six counties petitions sponsored by the committee and call ing for the revocation of 16 more li censes. The counties in which these have been liled are Craven, Ciay, Rowan, Alamance, Rutherford and Davie. Public hearings will b£ held in Craven March 16 on four; and in Davie on April 1 on one. Clay and Alamance county commissioners are awaiting the outcome ol court cases; while in Rutherford the petitions have been referred to the county at torney for investigation. Licenses revoked already this month were in Edgecombe, Cleve land, Martin, Pasquotank and Tran sylvania counties. In addition to the revocations se cured the committee has warned 70 outlets since September 1 and has inspected more than 400 in all. Inasmuch as the present license period is near expiration, there is likely to be something of a letup in the matter of petitions filed between now and the beginning of the next license year; but it would not be at all surprising if the committee makes a stern effort to prevent issuance of licenses for the next fiscal year to millets which have been found not to comply with the standards it sets. The British Isles have gone on daylight saving time. This tjivos n Britisher an hour more in which to worry about the cost of the war. NOTICE. Wc have this day qualified before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Vance County. North Carolina as Exocutors under the Last Will and Testament of our Aunt, the Late Miss MolJic P. Hargrove, and this is to notify all persons holding claims against her e- tate to present the same to us or to our Attorneys, within one year from this date or this notice will ic pleaded in bar to any recovery. Persons indebted to said estate are requested to make prompt settle ment. This the 20th day of February, 1940. ROBERT B. TAYLOR, WILLIAM M BELLAMY. EMMETT H. BELLAMY, Executors under the Last Will and Testament of the Late Mollie P. Hargrove. J. P. & J. H. Zaflicoffer, Attorneys. I 1-28-6-13-23-27 James C. Cooper Real INSURANCE Service Phone 204-J Henderson, N. C. (WANT ADS | SALE — SECOND HAND SPUING clothes, dresses. coals. Ii.it.-. .Lor. I 157 Bunvcll avenue. ' EXTRA SPECIAL EARLY JERSEY I Wakefield cabbage plants. 75c jx-r 1,000. J. A. Mumlord ." Plant Form, j Louisburg, N. C. 5-4i: I FOR RENT: FIVE ROOM HOUSE on Andrews avenue extension. ;.ll modern conveniences. Call 139. A. I B. Wester, Insurance. Rentals. 5-3t. WE SPECIALIZE IN ALL kinds oi' body and fcrnltr re pair work. Motor Sales Co. ! DANCE—AMOCO HALL. FRANK linton Friday night, and every Fh : day night thereatter. Admission J 35c. 6-2ti CHICKENS, CHICKENS, FINE buttermilk fattened tryers all sizes. Call us for chickens. Brd I gers-The Florist. 5-6:i [COLONIAL SOFA: ONLY ONE IX stock, regular price $78.50 tu cio.-e out S52.50. Henderson Furniture ! Co. 5-21: A SMART NEW HAIR-DO OR ANY j of our other beauty services will i do wonders for your appearance, j Phone 200 for appointment. Bria I gers Beauty Shop. 5-ti | SPECIAL—EIGHT PHOTOS. l"c. i two poses. Tyler's Studio. 4-6-8 ! _ « _ LET US REBUILD YOUR COTTON or felt mattress. We also build in nersprings and m.*ti:e lecher mat tresses. Call us 827-W. Henderson Manufacturing Co.. Henderson. .»• C. 6-It: GET PRICES ON OUR USED CARS before you buy. E. iV- Z .Motor Ca. D'jdge and Plymouth dealers. Ill Chestnut street. 4-eod-tf CLOSE OUT—ONE TWO PIECE suite covered in Red Frieze of highest quality. $127.50 marked down to $85.00. Only one suit* I Henderson Furniture (.'«». 5-2ti CLOSE OUT— QNK C1KCK j suite covered in wool Frie/e, i $112.50 for $75.00. Only one suite, i Henderson Furniture Co. 5-2ti KINDLE FIRES Wl'i H OI D NE^ papers—they arc 60 per een! wood, Quick burning. 10c per bundle: 3 bundles for 25c. (Jet tliem at Ua;iy Dispatch Office. 27-tf FORECEOS I R E N OTIC 'E. By virtue of authority in me ve-t ed in a deed of trust executed by Blake Eaton Feb. 15 I!# 1 ti. 'tcordid in book 75 page 254 Vance County. default having been jr.:ide in IW" ;it utlauu IIQ> iuh . ment of the debt therein secured. ;;j request of holder oi > I v. .. • by public auction to the highest b;d • U. . t request of holder ol i by public auction to the - der for cash at the court house c«'■■ in Henderson. Vance Comity. X <-• at 12 o'clock, noon on Monday. -Vj! • 1st. 1940, the following rcnl proj)e: t.v: Being lot number 23 <-i_the \ Turner property. fronting IW'L Walden St., and running hack u(" tween. parallel line s 2i.» less, long known «is W: c h;i' : home place. See plot in b* k 14 '®c a96, Vance Count v. This 28th of Fo'»r."TV. OQ „ J- C. KITTRELL T 28-6-13-20 INSURANCE — RENTAL Real Estate-Home Fni^ Personal and court:'' u <••• to all details. AL. B. WESTER . Phone 139 «m Bl°"