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Hfitforamt Daily J3tBpafrI|r Established August 12. 1914 Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by HENDERSON DISPATCH CO., INC at 109 Young Street HENRY A. DENNIS, Pres. and Editor M. L. FINCH. Sec.-Treas., Bus. Mgr. TELEPHONES Editorial Office 500 Society Editor 610 Business Office 610 The Henderson Daily Dispatch is a member of The Associated Press, Southern Newspaper Publishers As sociation and the North Carolina Press Association. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use lor republication ali news dispatcne.-, credited to it or not otherwise ci edited in this paper, and also the kvai news published herein. All rights ot. publication of special dispatches herein aie also reserved. SUBSCRIPTION PRICES Payable Strictly in Advance One Year $5 00 Six -Months 2.50 Three Months 1.50 Weekly (By Carrier Only) 15 Per Copy 05 Entered at the post office in Hender son, X. C. as seivnd >.iu>s mail matter BELIEVE AND LIVE: Jesus saith unto her. I a:-, the resurrection and the hie: he that believeth iti me. though tie were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and ue lieveth .n me shall never die.—John 11:25. Referendum of War An organisation designating itselt as ".Mother i>; tne United States of America is circularizing the press with appeais it: lavor of passage at this session ol Congress of a resolu tion to permit a national referen dum on conscription lor ioreign I wars. The resolution was introduc-, ed in the 11 use on January 8. and since trial i.:::e has been sleeping | nnvrK , piijtvmholes oi the i military committeee, where | it :s likely tu :v:uaiii unless blasted ■ f.it by other than routine procedure.; O: course, the idea is nut new, and. uniess our . :.t. .ory is tricky, is nut the tirst time a proposal of the kind . ha? been before Congress. But there . , . i has never oet-:i a vote, ana that is what is now .-ought by the mothers; organization, which headquarters in Detroit. Like other suggestions oi its kind, j this resolution would not require a j referendum on war ii the United; Slates were invaded. It applies only ' to loreign wars, ana is intended as j a safeguard against the stampeding | of Congress by tht' chief executive j or other influences into a declara- i tion against some great power that j wouid involve sending of American j soldiers away from home to fight. A national reierendum wouid be a cumbersome procedure. Great I damage to the American cause might j conceivably be done while the coun try were getting ready to express its mmd. On the other hand, a threat ening condition could become less I i inflammable during the period. It j might well be remembered, too, that the electorate is sometimes as gul lible and as submissive as legislative bodies, and as easily swayed. Yet 1. it came to a matter of fighting and J dying hazy brains might clear up i and take the sober view. America's freedom and her des tiny can be menaced, and seriously so, without tiie nation's soil being in vaded. That fact should not and must not be lost sight of. And if the emergency arises as it can, whcreir. our future is at stake, there could be things that are worse than death. Our forefathers took that view, and upon it builded here the world's mightiest ;md greatest government and people. The thing to be guarded against is that we shall not be maneuvered into war by those with axes to grind or with ambitions to be satisfied, whatever those things may be. Whether the issue be decided by the electorate or their representatives in Congress, Hies e considerations should never be lost sight of. The Lists Are Closed Camp followers w!io live from one bienniui:! to the next lor the litt they count on from primary election campaigns w:ll find the pickings slim this time. With the lists closed and decks cleared tor the races, the number of contests is the smallest in years, ana wholly lacking in some of the major offices at the dis posal of the voters. Three of the major full-time jobs will not be vacant this year at all. Those in which contests have deve loped otter compensation on a per diem or fee basis, and remuneration to holders of these ottice> is so scant as to make it hardly worth while tor candidates to spend lavishly in their search for victory. A few surprises developed in the last minute before the zero hour for paying fees Saturday afternoon, in several instances where announced candidates had appeared to have free rein, opponents popped up just in time to got under the rope. Even with these unexpected de velopments. though, the county ticket will be the shortest in long time. This should simplify and shorten the voting for that part of the ticket. But what is lacking there will be made up in the long list of aspirants for the governor ship, where seven men are seeking the State's No. 1 office. With some of the major local of fices eliminated, there is a very real prospect that the total vote cast will be below that of the past sev eral elections. Nothing entices citi zens to the polls like a big bunch of contests for major local jobs. There will be the added duty, too. upon every voter to register anew this time it' lie would exercise the right of the ballot. Unless there is some turn to the campaign that will perk up interest beyond the present state of doldrums, many people are likely not to be aroused to the point of go ing to the trouble .of qualifying. War's Aftermath Wars aiv not ended when arm istices are signed or peace treaties rati tied, li was not so in 15)115 and is not now. And it won't be, either, when the belligerents in the present day Europe >. \haiist themselves and have to >top tor the sheer want of the resources with which to carry on. There i.- ju.-t as much tragedy, hardship and suffering later as while hostilities are in progress, sometimes e\en more. Take the case of little Finland, tor example. Much of the interest in and enthusiasm in America for extending aid to the Finns Jagged when they surrendered to Russia. But tragedy, poverty and suffering still stalk that unhappy land in the wake oi the exactions by the So viets. Something more than S3.000.0u0j was raided bv tt.e relief committee1 headed by Herbert Hoover, and the money has been sent to Finland. But Mr. Hoover has received a ! cablegram saying 30.000 persons are! estimated to have lost their homes,' and there are 525.000 homeless re fugees from the territory ceded to Russia who saved only an insigni- 1 ficant part oi their possesions. They are, of course, a charge upon the al ready virtually bankrupt govern ment. which hasn't the resources to care for and rehabilitate tnem. This same message to Mr. Hoover said forty-six hospitals were de stroyed or damaged, that 15.000 to 20.000 men were killed or died of causes during the 100 days war, leav - ing 8,000 t<> 10.000 widows and 20, 000 to 30,000 orphans. It all adds up to the terrible after math of war. And when the ex- j perienee ot Finland is multiplied manvfold some idea may be had of what awaits Europe at the end of the present holocaust and that which is yet to come. Automobiles In 1950 A revolution that this country would welcome with open arms was described by Charles F. Kettering, a vice-president of General Motors, in testimony a few days ago before the Temporary National Economic Committee. He was referring to radical and progressive changes in I the manufacture of automobiles. The inventive process will add thous and of jobs fur America's unem ployed workers, he said. It was itti interesting perspective that the motor official gave to the committee, which consists largely of congressmen, headed by Senator OWIahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming, as chairman. He predicted the United States stands on the thresh old of vast new inventions and ma chine-age improvements that will change the picture of the nation's life. Another witness, Dr. Theodore J. Kreps, the committee's economic consultant, said that in the evolu tion process a careful balance must ue mamiameu between me jou .mu the machine .so that the benefits ot labor-saving devices can be passed «»n to the public without those dis location:: which he said cause busi ness depressions. Whereas some year.- ago the problem was to find enough hands to produce the things that waited to be developed, the need today is to find new things to occupy th«• millions of idle hands waiting to be employed, the motor executive slated. Mr. Kettering said the next ten years will see greater improvement in motor cars than the last ten years saw. This fact, he added, is established as clearly as anything in the future can be established. And it is likewise true, in his opinion, of every one of the industries which make and supply the materials for the automobile industry. The witness asserted that think ing men are driven bv a (Jod-given I j dissatislaction with present achieve , im'tits. and it is through such men I ;hat industries are revolutionized. ! Anil that is why Hie tempo of prog : ress is speeding lip. as American in dustry is cultivating ideas as iis rieh j est investment in the luture. ln : dustry is looking lor young Marconis. young Kiiisons. young ilclls. line of the objectives of present day research is solution of the fuel problem, since motors get only five percent possible efficiency from present fuel. The opinion was ex pressed that an automobile could make 400 miles fo the gallon if it could be glared to lull efficiency. Much has boon said in recent years of the machine-age. and of how in vention has thrown men out of work. That has been true teni por; l ily i" tields where old methods have been revolutionized. But with out the machine and mass produc I lion, the high degree of efficiency of | the modern automobile would be an impossibility. And it has furnished J millions of jobs that did not exist I before it came along. There is an abundance of men, | monc> ami materials in this coun I try. Kettering said, but a scarcity j.tf projects. Therein is the argu lucnl >>t die part-thinkers who would put a lax on machinery and inven tions. .Mankind had enough sense tn yet out of the cave, and he will have enough sense to stay out, as -ummg that he may have enough •sense not to commit suicide with the deslructi\e tilings li is inventive brain lias fashioned. Iu the meantime, one might spend s«> tie «>I his leisure pondering the tiling.1- lie will be able to do at less o'.-t with the revolutionized automobile of 1950. It will be dif ferent. as other tilings will DC dif ferent. If we can keep our heads clear and our feet on the ground, we shall not be submerged in the morass of present-day pessimisms. "COUNTING THEIR CHICKENS" \m l1W€'s WGS VTi "ETiHlOiy&AR'D. *WE* " GRFAT AMERICAN* TEAK-DOWN (By Edwin I). Canham. in The Christian Science Monitor.) Often somebody says: "Where are all the great statesmen today, the men we used to have'.'" The answer s being exemplified to ns daily and nightly: we tear them down as last as they show sign of being built up. The American public evinces all the ! attributes ol one of the more noisome torms ni animal life—it is beginning to eat its young. In a word, while j the divice.- ol modern publicity are vetv good foi a sudden (and lin kable) bui!d-i:p. 'hev are even bet ter for the tear-down. The historically-minded scholar! could compare the three leading Re publican candidates for the Presiden tial nomination today, or the Demo cratic candidates, with some past ••leaders." and he would find these | Americans not so very different from j our traditional and once highly re- i spected public men. Some of them I are relative newcomers on the na tional scene, but so were many lead ers of the past. Some of them are youthful, but not nearly so youthful, as America's Hamilton or England's Pitt. Some of them have largely local reputations, but no more narrowly restricted than many a President of the past. Yet ;ili These men lace today onel great handicap: They must blink in i the brutal limelight of modern pub-! licity. They must lick their lips and: stare into the pitiless lens of aj camera which shows every hair in their eyebrows. They must speak in to a microphone when every minute is measured off in tell-tale seconcis,; when millions are listening for the I least trace of diffidence or ignorance, when there is 1 i it le chance for in formality and homely approach. Their private lives are at tTie mercy of the columnists. Their spouse have to survive the public stage too, hold press conferences, tell their in-1 most thoughts, disclose their sea-1 sonal wardrobes. Their children arel torn from the nursery and fawned or satirized by feature writers, or .sensationalized in their callow youth ful follies. Their ;igcd forebears, their country kinlolk. are sought out in j their placid retreats, made to pose' l'or leering lenses, and shown to mil lions in their altogether too human informality. These things may unee in a while turned to the purposes of hero worship. But not vi'i'.v often. Usually they are part not of t:»e great Ameri can build-up. but of the great Ameri- ' can tear-down. Even if the dingy! detail of all this publicity is more or! less favorable, it is terribly intimate! and completely "human.* Public men | are shown in all the du.-tiness of the j common clay. The people, down, through the long yea:.- of democracy,' u.-ed to build a w istful picture around I their public men. These great ones, j they liked to think, were a little bit1 different, a little bit better, than j themselves. And if politicians started out as j common folks, the mellowing in-j fluence of time put a special haze j around them. By the simple process! ot tree-ripening, they became states men. Nowadays, there is no time for j all this. Men are hustled on and off { the stage, like the old-fashioned; amateur nights, before there is any! time for them to establish reputa-! lions. The mechanism of modern pub licity makes for premature boredom by virtue of its very intensity. Of course the build-up process does sometimes work today. Cordell Hull is a case in point, in 1933, nobody who didn't come from loyal Tennes see would have forecast him as a Presidential possibility. Familiarity has bred rcspect. largely because Secretary Hull has done no barn storming and high-jingsing, but has stuck desoite publicity and high water to his single objective of freer world trade. Hi^ case proves a point j by following the familiar old rules for making statesmen, now usually j honored in the breach. Other potential lenders have drooped and declined, blighted buds on the high-pressure tree. We know too much about their private lives. They were victims of the ruthless forces they sought to utilize. They never had time to develop. They were hot-house flowers who couldn't stand the klieg lights, boy-tenors whose voices changed over the microphone. It should be becoming obvious that if we expect to have great men, and keep them, we must alter our tech-j niques a bit. We are standing up too SALLY'S SALLIES R..-i-1-rr.l U. S. P.H-nl OT—. * -AHD I BCU0T IT V^A50^/ a NllCE. If \ tIo^eY When tbp wife buys a beautiful gown for a son* it. must he music to her husband .? oars close. We should give them a chance to grow. We should impersonalize our politics, and then perhaps some ui our politicians will cease to look to much like merely breathless hu man beings. today r / TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES 1814—John Lothrop Motley, lam ed historian, author ol' "The Rise ol' the Dutch Republic," born in Bos Ion. Died May 29. 1877. 1821—Joseph B. Brown, Georgia's noted Civil war governor ana cniei justice, railroad president and sena tor, born Pickens District, S. C. Died Nov. 30, 1894. 1837—Horace Porter, Union oi'l'i cer, New York City railroad head, noted ambassador to France, discov erer of the long-sought alter body of Paul Jones, born at Huntingdon. Pa. Died May 29. 1921. 1843—Henry Janes, lamed nove list, son and brother of famed Ame ricans, born in New York. Died in London, Feb. 28. 1916. 1859—Abbott Fuller Graves, noted artist, born at Weymouth, Mass. Died July 15, 1936. 1859—George E. Burr, noted artist and etcher of Southwestern desert scenes, born at Monroe Falls, Ohio. Died at Phoenix. Ariz., Nov. 17. 1939. 1861—Bliss Carman, New York's distinguished Canadian poet, born at Fredericton, New Brunswick. Died June 8, 1929. TODAY IN HISTORY 1840—(100 years ago) The Wil ; mington and Roanoke Railroad, N. . C-. 161 miles in length, begun in 1336, opens.—The mystic symbol. "O. K." first appears in print on the front page of the Boston Transcript. 1863—'(75 years ago) Dies—at 7:22 a. m., the victim of an assasin's bullet, President Abraham Lincoln, at the age of 56. 1886 — World's first successful trolley system begins at Montgom- - cry, Ala. 1904—Carnegie Hero Fund Com mission established with a $5,000, I 000 endowment. 1910—Census as of today gives' country's population as 91,972,200. j ' 1917 — Ex - President Theodore! Roosevelt asks permission to raise j an army division ior service in Eu- | rope. 1920—Shoe company paymaster and guard murdered at South Bra in tree, Mass., by 5 bandits—for which Sacco and Zanzctti arrested 20 days later. 1939—President Roosevelt ap peals to Hitler and Mussolini to pledge ten years of peace. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS William M. Leiserson. member of' the National Labor Relations Board, i born in Esthonia, 57 years ago. Dr. Arlo A. Brown, president of J Drew University, N. J., born in j Mercer Co., 111., 57 years ago. Dr. Fred Engelhardt, president of the University of New Hampshire, born at Naugatuck, Conn., 55 years ago. Gov. Luren D. Dickinson of Mich igan, born 81 years ago. Lita Grey Chaplin, actress, born 32 years ago. I samuci K. McKelvie of Nebraska, J ex-governor, born Fairfield, Ncbr., j 59 years ago. Rev. Dr. H. Lester Smith. M. E. | bishop of Cincinnati, born r.t Indiana, j Pa.. 64 years ago. James J. Jeffries of California, | rancher, onetime champion pugilist. 1 born in Ohio. 65 years ago. | TODAY'S HOROSCOPE Today produces a strong and in dependent character, capable of at- i tending to its own business, and ( very desirous of so doing. Opposi- ( tion breeds a tendency to be unjust and so it is better to let today's natives alone. If these natures are turned in the proper direction, they produce valliable results. ! - What Do You Know About North Carolina? Bv FRED H. MAY i ; i — 1. What type of manufacturing plant lead in numbers all others in North Carolina in 1831? 2. How many terms did Edwin Yates Webb, of Shelby, serve in Con i gross? 3. How many North Carolinians volunteered for service in the Mexi can War? 4. What difference in legislative representation allowed some counties in colonial assemblies caused much trouble? 5. What three definite attempts has the st'ito made to force prohibition? Who was the colonial governor who served the longest term as chief executive? ANSWERS. 1. Licensed distilleries. In 1831 there were more than 1500 in the state, a majority of which were in the piedmont and western part of the .-tr.te. He served nine terms beginning in 1903 and ending in November 1919 when he resigned to accept the ap pointment of United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, tendered him by President Wilson. 3. A total of about 1200 men, in cluding the First Regiment of Foot Volunteers, and two other companies included in the Twelfth U. S. In fantry. 4. The first counties in the North eastern part of the colony were al lowed five delegates while the newer counties were allowed only two de legates. 5. Definite attempts to force pro hibition in the State were made in 188I when a proposed constitutional amendment lost 48.370 to 166.325, and in 1903 when the prohibitionists won 113.612 to 69.416. The other at tempt was the Watts local option acts of the legislature of 1903. (!. Governor Gabriel Johnston ap pointed governor 1734 and served un til his death in 1752, a total of eighteen years. Governor Johnston j was born in Scotland. Records show j that he was an executive of question- ' able ability. He allowed his salary to get in arrears for many years. ANSWERS TO TEN QUESTIONS See Back Page 1. Claude Rains. 2. Bucks. 3. Arizona. 4. South, or into rivers which flow south. 5. Port-au-Prince. 6. Full moon. 7. First syllable. 8. Secretary of Agriculture. 9. No. 10. On Lookout Mountain, near Denver. EXECTTRIX NOTICE. Having qualified as Executrix of the estate of Robert T. Robertson, deceased, late of Vance County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at the office :>f H. E. White, Attorney, Henderson, N\ C.. on or before the 7th. day of February, 1941, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. This the 7th. day of February, 1940. ANNIE BELL ROBERTSON, Executrix of the Estate of Robert T. Robertson. 3-15-22-29-7-14 WANT ADS Get Results STRAYED OR STOLEN* . Brown unci white . pi hound, will answer Shep. Finder please n.: Brewer. Herider.-on r<.i/ WE SPECIALIZE j\ aU. kinds of body and f< i. :. pair work. Motor Sal. ( ,, WANTED SIX OR SEVi::; house, in good location. . basis. Write "House", <-. patch. FOR SALE: SEVERAL L< well lotted cow stable , SI per load. II. L. Candler 127-W. FOR RENT: FURNISHED HI....: apartment on the Oxford )• C. Yovv. GET PRICES OX OUR L'hi i) i bel'ore you buy. E. & Z. ,\i Dodge and Plymouth dca Ches'nut street. -i-. BIG BARGAIN IN A Goo;, • Ford Sedan. See me at <>:. . Knott, phone 4304. MR. FARMER, MUCH i )i. : . ; on what you put undu v.. , . now. See us for your ferti!..•.< . have the kind that thi. needs, Hight Brothers. INVESTIGATE BEFORE Y< >t on the dotted line. \\V ui!< giant weight 12x!(i sliinpU- - to cover a square the DuUi, Method, or $7.T!i pei squ; •. regular way. We can lina:' roof job. No down payn.«-iit. S. Watkins, local distribute Bird Shingles. WANTED AT ONCE Si • ■ • hand 1 1-2 ton truck. Mu : !,<■ first class condition. Ijt : ■ price. At once. Apply to Box Underpass Garage. AMBITIOUS, RELIABLE V. ■ wanted to supply customer- -.vi*r famous Watkins Product.- in H«. - dcrson. No investment. Bumii established. Earnings aver,r_ weekly to start. Pay start diately. Write D. Ayliffe. < • shaw Ave.. Richmond. \ a. FOR YOUR FERTILIZERS, si: Ilight Brothers. Let us supp \ with your fertilizer. Our «•<,« ence has taught us the bc-t kind for this section. A SMART NEW HaIR-DO ()j; AXV of our other beauty sei vices wii! do wonders for your appearance. Phone 200 for uppointmcnt. Br.d gers Beauty Shop. ij-it WATCH YOUR HOUSE FOR Se mites. they are very prevalent, .n fact almost every house in tiii- -«r tion has them. If left alone tiu-y will ruin your floors and undc! work. Phone 250-6. or write \Y - ren Equipment & Spray Co.. N - Una, N. C. ir.oii.--r: All keyed ads are strictly con fidential. Please do not call the office fo* their identity NOTICE SERVICE BY PUBLICATION. In Superior Court. State of North Carolina: County of Vance: Brooks P. Wychc. Administrator of the Estate of Nellie Bra inc. de ceased. Vs. Fannie Brame. Widow. Itosa Duncan, et vir, Gurne.v Duncan, Ada >1;m Dixon, et vir. Ollie Dixon. Harluell Brame. et ux. Mary Etta Branv. Nellie Fulcher, Widow. Woodrou Brame. Single. Grace Brame. Sinsl*-. Pauline Brame, Minor. Lucille Brame, Minor. Georgia Braim*. Minor, Wharton Travis. Widow er Williain Travis, et ux. Vannic Tra\ i> Ben Travis, et ux. Jessie May TraxN Mrs. Frank Travis Ezellc. et vir. Frank E/.elle. Leroy Privett. >incl«' Zollie Privett. Single. Jasper I'ri vett. Single, Willie Sue I'rivett Sin gle, Lois Privett, Single. Hilda Pri vc-tt, Single, William Privett. <•( u\. Rose Privett. Zelma Privett De( trl«». et vir, Joe DcCario. Nellie Privett Pomasonoff. et vir, IVte Poma«oii off, James Harris, Widower. .! ' Harris, et ux. Mrs. J. C. Harris. Mr-. W. R. Brisks, et vir. W. K. Brills Arlene Harris Wright. et vir. Ilarrv P. Wright. and all other heir*. ii any there he, of Nellie Bratnc. de ceased, and Ben Brame, Deceased The defendants above nan < 1 especially Ben Travis. Ada Dixon, Ollie Dixon. Frank K/< Mrs. Frank Ezelle, Leroy IV Zollie Privett. Jasper Privet!. V Sue Privett, Lois Privett. Ililri . vett, William Privett, Rose i' Zelma P. DeCarlo. Joe DeOn lie P. Pamasonoff. Pete I'" off, J. C. Harris, Mrs. J. C. II will take notice that a Spec cceding, entitled as above. I commenced in the Superior (' • Vance County, N. C.. before Jl ' lor the purpose of selling a li« lot owned by Ben Brame and X' • Brame, deceased, and a di the money to be derived H« and the said defendants v II take notice that they are reo ■ appear before the Clerk o! S . Court of Vance County, in the < house in Henderson. N. C. 9th day of May, 19-10. to an < demur to the Complaint in tion, or the plaintiff will pray relief demanded in said co: • This 8th day of April. 191" E. O. FALK.X! • Clerk of Superior Court. Vance County. J. M. Peace, Attorney. 8-15-22-29 INSURANCE — RENT.M> Real Estate—Home Fin- ' - Personal and courteous ai'.i tiori to all details AL. B. WESTER Phone 139 MeC'oin Bids