Officials Of Election
To Be Named Tomorrow
Board Expects T o
Make Few Changes in
Set-Up Anywhere in
County; Filing Time
Ends Week Later.
Registrar4 and judges of election
in each of the !3 precincts of Yanct
county will ho named by the Vane*1
Board of Elections at a meeting set
tor II o'clock tomorrow morning at
the court house here.
A. V.\ Gholson. Jr.. chairman of
the board, said today he did not an
ticipate many changes in the per
sonnel of the precinct groups, with
those who have formerly served be
ing named again in most instances,
unless there have been removals of
residence or death-;. Naming of the
elections officials will constitute the
only business in propect before the
meeting, he said.
No changes in voting places are in
prospect, and no new precincts will
be set up. so far as was learned.
At its organization meeting sev
eral weeks ago. the board ordered a
new registration of voters through
out the county, with separate books
used for Democrats and Republicans,
ana a third book used also for regis
trations for the general election in
November. New registration books
will not. however, be delivered to
election officials at tomorrow's meet
ing. the chairman stated. These will
be supplied to them later, but well
before the registration books open
on Saturday. April 27. The books
are to be open for three weeks, clos
ing well in advance of the primary,
which is set for May 25.
The county board of elections con
sists of Mr. Gho!--on as chairman.
kiwanis Guest
DR. IIAL K. PITTARD
Dr. Hal K. Pittnrd. of Oxford
lieutenant governor of the fifth di
vision of the Carolina* district of
Kiwanis International, will pay an
J official \ isit to the Henderson club
this evening on the occasion of the
club's weekly dinner meeting at 6:30
i o'clock.
Dr. Pittard succeeded Jasper D.
Hicks, of Henderson, as the division
officer. He is known as a forceiul
speaker, and his interest in Kiwanis
makes tin's his favorite subject.
;
J
I \V. B. Daniel a> secretary, both Dem
[ ocrats. ;md John F. Hicks, the Rc
i publican member.
WE SEE BY THE PAPER
That the Men's Shop has just received a bi»
shipment of the famous
Fruit of The Loom
New Spring and
Summer Shirts
The nationally advertised
line of shirts at $1.65 to be
put on special sale—
Saturday and
Monday
At $1.45 or 3 for $4
*\u wimrs mciuueu iui uitr>c i \w iui*a
with regular or short collars.
MEN'S SHOP, Inc.
J. H. TUCKER. Manager.
OF COURSE WE
WANT TO LEND!
Lending* money is an
important part of our
business. If you want
a loan, come in and dis
cuss your requirements
with us.
This bank welcomes the opportunity to
make sound and useful loans.
First National Bank
Henderson, N. C.
All deposits up to $5,000 insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Banking Hours: 9 A. M. to 2 P. M.
Waterworks
Lake To Be
Dredged Out
Application h;is boon made to State
\VP.\ nilce:; in Raleigh for funds
with w!;if't t«» dredge the edges of the
\va!t i\v>storage reservoir lake a
mi! ' <.:.,;i of ''u' city. Mayor Henry
•,* i',.' •• i! aid today.
Tin mayor said no specific amount
h.iii In" p. ashed for. but estimated
that iiu Mti $10,000 would be neces
:i.. Hi-- job. lie estimated fur
l ]•! f|i««-»iel->
job- h>r about fifty men for around
loi.i- nii'iiiiis or virtually nil 01 me
SI '"111- I".
The dredging planned would in
i ,i, i c ■ >. 'i.••):« i!i. i would deepen |
the l.'Ur ;! le.' st two feet all around I
llr- e.'v. . iul greatly increase the I
< >; t ip.eiiy for water supplies.]
While il is expected the grant will I
be r.ao ■. definite action has not yet :
; en t....;!. by WPA authorities, as!
iipplii* i nas onLly just been filed,!
tiie may.u explained.
G. 0. P. Meet |
I
Is Tomorrow j
Republicans of Vance county will
meet in convention here tomorrow
aftcvioon at 12:30 o'clock to clect
county officers and to name dele
gates to the congiessional and State
conventions.
H. !•'. White is county chairman.
The State convention will be held
in Charlotte Wednesday. April 17,
while the congressional convention
wiil be in Rnicigh on Saturday, April
13. at I! p. in.
Mr. White has been named a mem
ber of a group that will meet with
Senator Charles P. Tuft of Ohio when
he visits Greensboro early in May.
Tuft :• a candidate for the Repub
lican nomination for president.
Temperance
Film Shown
An audience estimated at around
s•.\v the presentation of the talk
in:* I'iim version of the old drama
"Ten Nights in a Barroom" in the
auditorium of the Henderson high
.-ch'.ui Thursday night. It was a tem
p- 'Yincv rally sponsored by the Hen-I
dersnn Ministerial Association.
O. G. Christgau. of Washington,
national fieid superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League, brought the pic
ture here. sp.»ke before the picture
was shown and explained the evils
of alcohol. He also talked to adults
on the economic effect of liquor, con-1
dltions since repeal of the eighteenth
amendment, and the new state and
national temperance campaigns.
Admission was free, but a free
will offering was taken.
The picture was a talkie, and was
seen by many in the audience for
the first time. Nearly* the whole of
the main floor of the auditorium was
filled by the large audience in at
tendance on the meeting.
...as you've always
wanted to use it!
We've solved the problem of color
schemes for your home and for every
room in it! A glance at the pages of
our new, exclusive Sherwin-Wil
liams Paint and Color Style Guide,
and you'll feel you can almost step
right into the rooms they portray.
You'll' 'know instantly how each
color and combination would look
in your own home! It's the quickest,
easiest and surest way of visualizing
paint and color in your home^ever.
offered you'. Drop in today.
Vance Coal and
Lumber Co.
Lumber and Building
Material.
^ 141 Horner St. Phone 30
Sherwin Williams
COLOR
ttEflDQUflHTERS
Army's Fund
Now Around
$1,300 Total
Totnl cash and pledges fr;-m lh«
rcccnt drive for funds to maintain
the local corps of The Salvation
Army for the remainder of 1!)1" now j
amounts to around $1,300, Sam A:
I'ord, chairman of the advisory board,
aid today. The goal set was $2,000.
and it had been hoped that at lea ,
$1,510 would ho reachcd. There are'
till >v»mo pledge cards that are out. I
but the. e are not expected to bring
in enough to put the total figure to |
$1,500. . j
The drive was held became the
immunity chcst, in which The Sal-!
vation Army shared for the past two j
years, is not functioning in 1940. If |
the chest is operated in 1941. and a '
drive for that purpose is undertaken
next fall, it is anticipated that the
Army will he included, along with |
other beneficiarics.
I
Youth Given
$499 Damages;
i
'
i
A civil action was before Kecord
er R. E. Clements today in county!
court.
Lawrence James Wilkins, six years:
old. through his next best friend,
Nathan Wilkins, asked $499 Irom
George P. Tarry, Jr., for injuries al
leged to have been received on Feb..
21. ln-;t. when he was struck by an;
automobile owned and driven by j
Tarry, after he had left a school bus;
and was crossing a highway between
Townsville and Clarksville, Va. I
The complaint alleged that the;
3'outh's right leg was fractured.
It was shown in court that Tarry i
had agreed to pay the amount ask
ed, and Judge Clements held it a fair
settlement, and ordered it paid.
Witness Taxed
With $10 Fine |
Mayor Henry T. Powell disposed oi |
two minor charges in city court to- j
day, and taxed a witness $10 for not;
being present for trial of one ol the:
cases.
Florence Shell, Negro, was not
guilty of being drunk and disorderly.
Claud Harris, Negro, who had been
called as a witness in this case failed
to appear. Mayor Powell ordered
Harris be taxed with a fine of $10
and a capias issued for him.
Prayer for judgment was continu
ed upon payment of the costs as to
Magnolia Mills. Negro, charged with
assaulting Sidney Mills with a dcod- j
ly weapon, a knife. The costs were |
ordered remitted.
Realty Deeds
35 In March
Real estate activity was greater
in Vance county in March than in the
same month a year ago. records in
the office of the register of deeds
showed today.
Last month there were 35 war
ranty deeds filed, the same as in Feb
ruary of this year, but seven more
th-m the 28 in March. 1931).
For the first quarter of 1940 the
toiai w»< 1" •> deeds. with
91 for the first quarter of 1939, or
a gain of 15 this year.
HAS OPENING FOR
DOMESTIC SERVANT
The local branch of the N. C. Kin
ployment service has an opening in
the country for a domestic servant,
it was said today by George Bonr
delat, head of the office. Good wage.;
will be paid and a good home 1n live
in. with a white woman who work
in Henderson, will be furnished, he
said.
Interested persons arc asked to ap
ply at the Employment Office.
PREACHING SUNDAY
AT DAVIS CHAPEL
Rev. Hunter Gale will pie-u-h a*
Davis Chapel Raniist chore^ Col
ored), on Chestnut street, Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, it was an
nounced today. The public is cord
[ ially invited to attend the service.
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four
1. Where is the Mataunuska settle
ment?
2. Must bottle-in-bond whisky bo
at least three, four or five years old".'
3. Where did General Lee surren
der to General Grant?
. 4. Does the San Francisco-Oak lane"
Bay Bridge in California have a sin
gle span, or six spans?
5. Name the Democratic Whip of
the Senate?
6. What is the nickname for the
small statuettes presented annually
to outstanding film players by the
Academy of Motion Pictuue Arts and
Sciences?
7. Has the United States ever is
sued uuee cornered postage stamps?
, 8. -What is meant by rococo?
9. Is the Cape of Good Hope the
' soother"mo«t tip of Africa?
I 10. What English mariner discover
ed v..uuua.'
New Books Placed On Shelves
At High School Library
New books put into circulation at
the Henderson high school library
during the past week include:
i_,iuic Women (Alcott), Complete
Novels of Jane Austen (Austen;,
Within This Present lUarne.-;, 10-*
Emigrants (Bojer), Sue Barton, Stu
dent Nurse (Boyleston), Bast Wind.
West Wind (Buck), Peggy Loietv.
the News (Bugbce), The Horse Steal
ers (ChekhovJ, Paths of Unvry
(CobD), Lord Jim (Conrad), l'iie
Complete Sherlock Holmes (c. 2;
(Doyle), Ocean Gold (til-ooig),
Marian-Hartha (Fargo). T.ic iroau
Highway (Farnol), A Dog at Hil
Heel (Finger), Miss Lulu Belt
(Gale). The Scarlet Letter (Haw
thorne), Java Head (Hergesiicimer),
Green Mansions (c. 2) (Hudson), To
Have and To Hold (Johnston), The
Trumpeter of K,->'
Westward Ho (Kingsley), Kim (Kip
ling), Puck Of Poorw S 111.I I t-.ip.<'•»>•
The Jungle Book (c. 2) (hip!i»v;).
The Second Jungle Book (c. 2) (Kip
ling), The Apprentice of Florence
(Kyle). Let the Hurricane Roar
(Lane), Main Street (Lewis), Young
Fu of the Upper Yangtze (Lewis),
The Call of the Wild (c. 2) (London)
White Fang (c. 2) (London), Sing
Applicants For
CMT Camp
Are Approved.
Four Vance ciimty yon"". •
have been accepted to attend the ( it
i/.ens Military Training Camp to be
held June 12-July 11 ft Fort Bragrr.
seven others have submitted appu
cations but have not yet completer
their typhoid shots, and there is s'iIi
one vacancy from thi?- county, it wa.
announced today by J. W. Sanders,
enrollment representative lor this
county.
Those who have been acccpled are
Kenneth Everett John: on. Kermit
We!don Ellis. Ernest Clovel.-nd Hunt.
.Jr., and Ashton Edward Warwick,
all of Henderson.
The men whose applications are
subject to completion <>l the typhoid
innocation are Adolphus Gill
White, Cal Winston Forsyth. Char
les Marvin Stewart. Clair Harold
Hunt, Ralph Murray, Gordon Ed
mund Allen. Jr.. and Aimer Garland
Nelson. Jr., all of Henderson.
Ears on county quotas will be
dropped in about two weeks, Mr
Sanders said, and alter that time as
many applicants as qualify will be
be accepted from any county, until
the camp quota has been reached.
52 PERSONS PASS
THROUGH THE JAIL
Sheriff L. L. Swanson stated to
day that 52 persons passed through
the Vance county jail during the
month of March.
The "herin pointed out th.-t thus'
in-rented and who gave bonds were
not committed to the j■ i 1. so tin tot;:!
persons hrtidied by his department
would exceed 52.
ing Sands (Moon), ana rypee (mci
VlilC).
Within another week the remain
der of the new books will be ready
lor circulation.
Kathleen Harte has charge ol" the
program to be given at library coun
cil meeting Tuesday. The program in
cludes: Scripture reading, Gladys
Reams; Prayer, Addie Catlette;
poem. Mary Frances Glover; jokes,
Mabel Neathery; book review, Mary
Allen.
Fine lists for the third quarter
were posted Monday, April 1. This
gives practically two weeks during
which students may pay lines before
report cards are issued at the end of
the quarter.
Spring cleaning began last week
with the washing of the windows and
will continue to the close of school
in May. There will be a more
thorough cleaning of furniture, shel
ving and books.
mm
"eeuEVE ft
0K/VOT"
*o6f.;/>L^
TONIGHT AND EVERY FRIDAY
10:30 P. M. C55S Stations
LANE NEIfl BOTTLING CO.
Henderson. N. t.
Citizens Realty & Loan Company
COMPLETE INSURANCE' SERVICE
Real Estate — Property Management
JOEL T. CHEATHAM, President
More Work, But It's Worth It!
I
"Pulling" the wheels is
another one of the checks
we make before we offer a
UsetT Car for sale. It's
the only way to make cer
tain that the wheels are
not defective; won't cause
trouble later when YOU
drive it. It all adds up to
give you a better Used
Car.
1939 Olds mobile To—-Two
door sedan with trunk,
radio, heater. Perfect con
dition—•
only
$695
1938 Plymouth DeLuxe
door sedan with radio. Lo\
mileage. Excel
lent condition
$545
1937 Pontiac DeLuxe 4
door sedan with trunk.
real
value
$445
Motor bales Uo.
Phone 832.
(Nomina £venti/
YOU CAN'T
AFFORD TO BE
WITHOUT IT/
4 ELECTRICITY
IS CHEAP...
it's TIME to CHANGE to an
It never pays to take chances—least of all
when there are children in the home! Investi
gate the new, dependable, sensational ELEC
TRIC REFRIGERATOR VALUES! New
conveniences, new fast freezing features,
larger storage space, low current consumption,
and EASY TERMS! You'll find a size and
style to fit your budget.
SEE VOIR EEEiTIIIC DEAEEIt
CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY