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Bally Stfipafrly Established August 12, 1914 Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by HENDERSON DISPATCH CO., IN( at 109 Young Street HENRY A. DENNIS, Pres. and Edito M. L. FINCH, Sec.-Treas., Bus. Mgi TELEPHONES Editorial Office 50 Society Editor 61 Business Office 61' The Henderson Daiiy Dispatch is j member oi The Associated Press Southern Newspaper Publishers As ioeiation and the North Carolin; Press Association. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use lor republication al news dispatcne* credited to it or no otherwise credited in this paper, anc also the io,\u news published herein All rights c: puoiication oi specia dispatches herein ate also reserved. siBst Kirnox prices Payable Strictly in Advance One Year $5 0( Six Months 2.5i Three Months 1.51 Weekly (B^ Carrier Only) 1; Per Copy 0; Entered at the post office in Hender son, N. C. as second class mail matter FOLLOWIXlj .IKSl'S: Be ve kind otu to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another even as God tor Christ's sake hath forgiven you.—Epiiesiaiu 4:32. Aid For Holland Now comes Holland. latest victim of German aggression, tugging at the heart strings of America in an ap peal t»»r assistance in the hour ot her Gethsemane. Hitler creates the misery and suffering: we are asked to heal the wound she has opened. Certainly the appeal is a worthy one. Any undertaking to ameliorate pain and privation excites sympathy and a desire to help. In this case the town bully has again bludgeoned a helpless intant to satisfy greed and ambition. The local chapter of the Red Cross has been asked to raise $1,000 in Henderson toward a fund of millions sought in the nation as a whole to be sent to Holland and Belgium. Those who can and will contribute are assured by th> great national humanitarian organization that every dollar will be used for the relief of innocent sufferers. There need be no question a- to that so long as the Red Cross administers the funds. The response of the nation will be in proportion to its ability to give in the lace ot increasing calls of this kind—calls which will grow as Ger man barbarism is applied to other helpless peoples. School Tax Deferred By an ovefn Helming vote, citizens ot Oxford Tuesday defeated for the second time in two years a proposal for a special tax to add a ninth month to their schools. The issue was whether or not to add twenty cents to the city tax rate to finance the undertaking. Official returns showed the pro posal was beaten by i.2t)6 votes. Out of a registration of 1,699 for the School election, only 493 person voted in the at urinative, while the other 492 who took the pams to go to the polls balloted in the nega tive. There were 714 who failed to vote at all. but those counted a much again.-t the measure as it they had gone to the polimg places to register their objection. Oxford people, we are confident, did not mean by the result of the election thai they are not inten. ely intei t .-ted hi their chools. < )t course they are. It simply was the reflec tion of a severe ease of jitters with which they and millions of others are at'! I tried at thi moment. It wa distinctly a bad time to hold an election which ai any way involved highei la\e loi any local purpo.se not genuinely urgent or of the nature of an en ei gency. War :n I'.in ope, w:th the serious turn it has taken within the pa. t week, involving a.> it noes the pos sibility ot Tinted States participa tion in the not distant future, and with the con. equent burden ot c.\ {Jcn.se in meeting that undertaking, probably wa a big factor in the de cision of tin- vot'-rs. Oxtord. like Henderson and many other com munities in ttie State, very likely also had hi mind the uneertaiiities of the crop ilu.-itiou M« xt fall, and that no doubt wa- an itdhience. Many in Henderson who have been interc ted m ninth month and a twelfth grade lor our schools were watching tin re ult of the Ox ford special tax election with much interest. Had it carried it would have been a powerful weapon in their hands with which to carry on a similar campaign here. Hut, lacking the stimulus of a successful vote m our neighbor community, reeent agi tation here will likely lore a good deal of its force. II will at lea- I aro'Kf* sperulalion a- ti> Hie \v>-.d-.m of asking the voters for a larger tax levy for this or any other purpose m the immediate future, as much as it is desired to afford the schools the larger facilities which they so much need. The probable correct appraisal the action of Oxford voters is that ! they have merely deferred the pro gressive step that was undertaken. r In due season and at the propc! . time, Oxford—and Henderson as well—will provide these additions ) to their schools. ) ■ , One Man In Four i , Any one who doubts the hideous | ness of modern warfare will have his doubts removed if he will ponder r the statement of the Dutch toreign j- minister that one out of every tour i soldiers of the Netherlands army that , tried in vain to stem tne German ^ tide of invasion was killed in the five days of resistance before capitu lation came. Holland put its entire | army of 400.000 into the defense and i 100.000 of them met death in the I uitile stand made in the face of over whelming might. It was an abbreviated repetition of Finland's brav e resistance to Rus sia last winter. Both would have been better off had they surrender I ed in the beginning and sav ed their i youth from untimely graves. Vet it is the appearance ot cowardice to drop arms and run without any ef fort to protect one's own home and fireside. ! In the e. e of Finland, resistance [won a better peace perhaps—at least j for the time. In tne ease of the ! Dutch, thev i«>>t their entire country j for the (ue.-i'it. possibly forever, j littler uoubtie.-> will set up the ah!>i lit the necessity «• I permanenuy ' pro j tecting" Holland iroin the straw man I that created an excuse lor in-' I vasion. I Had tiie Lgures on Dutch fatalities j come iron: German sources, they j would have been open to question. ; But t!u- adMiv-ion is by the Nether lands foreign minister. It will be j noticed tiiat Berlin is silent in forty i languages about Xa/.i casualties, t which, .'. ere the truth known, prob- • j ably would be revealed as fully,j: I possibly twice, as much as the' Dutch fatalities. Whatever interpretation might be 1 placed upon the wholesale slaughter. , ! one cannot escape the conclusion of f the utter uselessness of the whole |' I business. Hitler and those sharing I with him the responsibility ol this ! holocaust of human life are but iit j tie concerned about the sac ifice. | I so long as they are secure in the I safetv of the German capital. So i ' | long as they are achieving their am bitions. it matters little to them. ; Their whole philosophy is that the! individual lives—and dies—but to i J i serve the state. It is the way of j, dictators. As American citizens, let us. above i all things else, be ever alert and on [ guard lest any man seize such abso-I I lute authority in tins nation. I | What Do You Know About North Carolina? By FRED IS. MA V 1. I low ninny y<■;irs li;is dueling I i>«•«.•!i b; lined by law m North t'aro I lin.V.' li. w.'is tin- North ('aroliniau 1 appointed i^>\i-rtior of tin- Territory i'"i New Mi '- ico in I;::>7? | Wh it :i|>|>i»i111mi<-i11 did President I I'olk. b<>rii in North Carolina, eon-; ler upon hi.-- brother? i I. i'nder the Stale's I'ir.t Coiisli i tutioii how miieh land did ;i person j have lo own In line hi- wa. eligible ; to clfctioii to the legislature'.' a. I low was it proposed to linauccj statewide public schools in I!!1!V fi. What is the result of North (ir— , ohn.r exchange ol citizens with Vcr- ( moiitV ANSWKKS. I. Since IJJOli. The legislature of that year adopted an act which pro vided the deaih penalty for the stir-I ; viving principal and oil persons aid- | I ing and abetting in a duel in a case where one of the principals was kill- ! Jed. II neither was killed then ihe principals and all others connected with Ihe duel we; charred Irom hold-| ing public office, and were also lia ble to indictment. 2 Abraham Kenclier. of I'ittsboro. born in Wake county in 179!?. ap j po nt. (I by President lUichanan. Gov j eriior b'encher served loin years, re tirmn ai I Mill. Prior to appointment ( Imvi 11ior Ijenclier had served North Carolina a congressman three terms Irom li'.li!) to 1and declined to be a candidate t«• succeed himself. Two years later he was a candidate and! was elected, declining another nomi nation at the end ot one term. Died in i .'{ lie appointed his brother, Wil liam Uawl.ui I'olk. born after the tamil> moved from Mecklenburg count) t>i Tennessee, minister to the Kingdom oi Naples, lf!-5f>-47. William llawkiu I'olk al"o served Tennessee one term a:; congressman, 1850-53. I bed in Nashville in I8K2. •I I'o be qualified for the senate a per:.on bad In own not less than I .'{'ill acres of land, for the house of ] representatives I Hi) acres of land. . f> The legislative committee on education \\ . authorized m a pre-. posed bill to. consider a lottery for raising a total of $^3t'.000. This sum would provide $1,1)00 for each ol the i>3 counties in the state. (i. There are Ml persons born in Vermont now citizens of North Car olina. according to latest census re ports. The same reports show that ihere are HI North Carolina born persons who have become citizens of Vermont. Today r ^ TODAYS ANNIVERSARIES I SOI—William 11. Seward, New York governor-senator, Lincoln's -real secretary of state, one of the :iu»st important personalities of his age.'born in Orange Co.. N. Y. Died Oct. b'- 1872. 1804—-Elizabeth P. Peabody, L>os tou teacher and writer, a pioneer in introducing iiie kindergarten to America, born at Billcrica, Mass. Died Jan. 3. 1894. li'.J'J—Thomas Picton, a soldier of fortune in France, Cuba and Nica a noted New- York journalist and .-ports writer, born in New York. Died there. Feb. 20. 1891. 11>—4—Levi P. Morton, New York banker, congressman, diplomat, 22nd \ iee president and governor, born at Shoreham, Vt. Died May 1(J, 11)20. 1824—Edmund Kirby-Sinith, army officer. noted Confederate general, professor of mathematics after the war. born St. Augustine, Fla. Died at Scwanee. Tenn.. March 28. 181)3. 1 j;i!T—Norman Jay Column, St. Louis agricultural editor-publisher, first secretary of agriculture. 1889, born in Otsega Co., N. Y. Died Nav. 3. 1911. : 1832—Philip D. Armour, noted Chicagi> pioneer meat packer and piiilanthropist. born at Stockbridge, Mass. Died Jan. I), 1901. TODAY IN HISTORY 17;:;: Presbyterians of New York .aid Philadelphia resolve to create a General Assembly which met the ne\t year in Philadelphia. 1—Edmund C: Genet. Revolu tionary France's ambassador, who was to cause so much trouble, en tluisiasiically received in Philadel phia. the nation's capital. 1840- ( 100 years ago) The New Vork packet ship "Poland," seven :!ay's sail from New York towards France, struck by lighting and burnt -all saved. 1850—Edson Adams of Conn, lo cated at Oakland. Calif.—first settler. 18(50—The Republican national ! /onvention opens in Chicago—choses Lncoln. a comparatively unknown uitional figure, on the third ballot. 1 }>i!T—I". S. Supreme Court holds. !i effect, that bootleggers must file ncome tax returns. 1 !•:::>—President Roosevelt invites >4 nations to begin disarmament. 1SWS)—Rochester. N. Y. begins first experiment in country in food stamps jy those on relief. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Margaret Sullavan. screen star, jorn at Norfolk, Va.. 29 years ago. Henry Fonda, actor, born at Grand island. Ncbr.. .32 years ago. Beck in ridge Lang, assistant secre ary of state, born in St. Louis, 59 cars ago. Dr. James E. West, the Boy Scouts >f America chief scout executive, jorn in Washington, D. C., 64 years j igo. Douglas S. Freeman of Richmond, i /a., newspaper editor, noted histor an. born at Lynchburg. 54 years ago. | Prof. Carlton .T. H. Hayes of Co- I imibia Univ., noted historian, born I \Iti>i). X. Y.. 58 years ago. I < )!,.cl«,n M. Reid of New York, news »aper publisher, born there 58 wars Igo. Pev. Dr. David de Sola Pool, min tser i>r th»* Spanish and Portuguese \vnagogue. New York City, born in 'Ingjnnd. 55 years ago. TODWS HOROSCOPE Today onflows with greal intui iou ;hkI ;i powerful. perhaps haughty lature You should make a place for /ourself in the world, but do not be o.i ;■ > i v ii it is to fight lor .justification, nit rather seek to Cain it l>v merit. ' v•••!-: IVionds as well as servants and \ i e your position to help others not • < fortunate, and remember that I n idr generally has a fall. Iv. <• inn: t liave heen the mod i l<-i liuialc of women. Iter cooking! i'.'.inever compared unfavorably to | that of mother-in-law's. I COMING OUT OF HIS 20-YEAR NAP „ ANSWERS TO fEN QUESTIONS See Back Page 1. He pitched a no-hit-no-run game. 2. Jenny Lind. 3. No. 4. Medai of Honor. 5. Argentina. (>. Ambidextrous. 7. Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Min nesota. 8. Prime Minister of the Irish Free State (Eire). 9. An organ operated by steam. 10. No. 5-10-20-25 Years — Ago — (Taken from Daily Dispatch Files) May 16. 1935. Very attractive embossed com mencement cards are being mailed by members of the 1935 graduating class of the Henderson high school. The front cover of the invitations bears an etching of the front side of the high school building. May 1(>. 1930. Three groups of Seaboard Air Lino officials were in session at the Vance hotel here today for a one-day con vention to discuss matters pertain ing to the railroad in the Virginia division. The division embraces all that territory from Richmond and Portsmouth to Raleigh. Mrs. Frank Fergerson entertained at a delightful bridge linvhcon Wed nesday morning, honoring her two nieces. Mrs. T. S. Kittrell and Mrs. Reginald Brothers. May 1(5. lf>!0. O. Max Gardner, lieutenant-gov ernor n| North Carolina, and candi date for the Democratic nomination for governor, spoke in the court house SALLY'S SALLIES RrguterrcJ U. S. Pnlrrit Office. - —r*—v , i (i'M our«* (OF ftrffER \*AM EVER'^IH^ »r)S I AM A—^ TO Cv * ? Hi & I i Ji'lriMi-a by King Fea!uro.« Syndlttl*. Ine. We can do without a lot of things—if our neighbors haven't got i hem hero Saturday night l<■ ;m audience : thai filled liu- court i-«»«»:n practical J ly to its capacity. May 1«. 191;". More than one 11 >< u-and inocula I tions again t typhoid lever have been Riy M in the county during the past four weeks. Seeri' of the ill-lded Cunarcl line steamer Lusitania. a victim of Mayj 7 ol a German submarine oil' Ireland, will be shown at the Prince:-;, theatre tomorrow evening. 400,512 Acres j Allotted For Wheat lo 1941 j i College Station. Raleigh. May It), j ! —North Carolina has been allotted .400,512 acres ot' the (ili million-acre j national wheat allotment for 194!.. Horace Godfrey. AAA compliance J officer o!' N. C. Slate college, an nounced today. There will be no I marketing quota proclaimed for! ; wheat this year, he said. | '"The 1941 wheat allotment, nri- > j tionaiiv. i.» the same as for 1940.'" Godfrey announced, "and this indi cates that the wheat farmers of the United States arc malting progies. in stabilizing supplies under the < AAA program. Alt! ;i!i«h marketing! quotas will not be in effect next year, i commercial wheat farmers of the Stale will receive acreage allot ments, and if they plant within these allotments, they will be qualified for the various other advantages of the farm program, such as conservation payments, crop insurance, parity payments if provided, and wheat loans if such loans are made." Godfrey also announced that 202 North Carolina farmers took advant age of "all-risk" crop insurance on their wheat in 1940, the first year that this service was offered to them under the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation program. The Tar Heel farmers insured 20,088 bushels of wheat produced on 2,013 acres. There are two types of road hogs, according to the man at the next desk. The fellow who insists on pass ing you and the fellow who won't let you pass him. NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS. That W. P. Parrish has made ap plication to the Board of County Commissioners for license to operate a pool table in South Henderson, on the old Gillburg Road. This 10th day of May. 1940. H." M. PiOBINSON, Clerk, Board of Commissioners. INSURANCE — RENTALS Real Estate—Home Financing Personal and courteous attention to all details AL. B. WESTER Phone 139 McCoin Bldg ook Straight Bourbon Whiskey Bottled in Bond This whiskey is 4 years old • 100 proof $ 105 I PINT $2®o QUART Hiram Walker & Sons Inc; Peoria, Illinois WANT ADS Get FURNISHfcD KOO'.J inent lor real. An,... Shop. FOR B U I L DL\(i paints, and rooting "The Place ol V quality toils and S. Watkins. Wi >i street. WE HAVE A LA Hi,!, of j^oocl cieau u-. prices ol *25.00 over our slock buy. Legtf-l'a;-!! FOR RENT: FOl'l! ed rooms, upsi;.ii able for light hw. . to business t-cctiun . FOR SALE TWu cows. Apply to j>. ;,! , No. 4, Hend- :.. kins Road, ph<>iu A SMART NEW HaiK-I oi uur other beauty do wonders loi v .1: Phone 2D0 lor «pj 11 • jj;;(j. gers Beauty bliu;>. FOR SALE: SEUiNu i...... ; • . ber ol house. Set .J. !.■ •. , G. C. Parrish nc\ 1 WANTED- - SMALL Quote luue. t hguiv Wl'ltC "bale care 1.' . ! 16-It; WE Sl'EUAU/lK i.\ ALL kinds oi body ami >>:i« i- i,. pair work. Motor :\;i. Co. FOR RENT: MOl>Ei;.\ moil, Oxlord I'i'.i i A < ,s HAVE YOU SEEN oi II i:»m All Fibre Tailor l it S«at Covers?—Coine in, i«; us show you. Jlendcr.'.ii Vul canizing Co. Tlmiv. GOOD VALUES IX PA! Prices for out.-idr ,n ; and $2.50 up in .S.'i.ll.i. A and price for nil. Alex S. FISHING TACKLE AT while savings. A1 •> i>: ■ soft bail equipment :.l !• Western Auto As.-ou > !»-1 i GET YOUR VITA VA1 while our special pi ic• - ICO',? pure. Highest q,.. !i;\ white only $2.4!J per I ner Roofing Co. PRINTING OF QUALITY 'JUA'i .S what you get when WYi;' cialty Printers do the job. 1a ' u your next job. Phone 52U-J.1 ;• . S. Webb. h-p;-:; FOR RENT THREE IJOOM O ■■ pletely furnished aparh • -n* !. water, phone and garaj;*- : <. . - ply at 566 Rowland stiv ' 642-J. i'-l'V OFFICES FOR RENT — .\icC-'»I.\ Building—renter o! b;i n» - • o stairs to climb—fireproof Heat, light, and janitor mt\ .a- : nished. Apply Eric G. FL:.: McCoin Building. COOK. BOIL OR WASH doors during hot .-ui • with a Charcoal Jurnan ' at local grocery .-tori thing for boiling, ir<<i..r ... ' washing, fish fry- ;.i:d Henderson Grocery c • .. only. NOTICE OF S.M.I (M l.\M» Under ;md by virtue of sale contained in *;..11 d> • executed by C'laivnee • Beulah Green as iec"iti< lice ol the Register o! !) ■ < County ill Hook Hi] at ; j on request of the h< l> secured thereby. <1. s , ; i • made in the pavn < i t •>' I *hall jidl for cash. i. bidder. ;it public ain ' House door, ;it 11! ■ > Monday. June HI. Illi«■ described land: Begin at a slake <•:: Howard Thorne baei. c Street, run tlienee Street towards Ea.-t .'. • to a stake, run thene< direction parallel to I-.;. ft. to an iron stake, rim wards Andrews Aven .< Eaton Street 51) feet t i line and iron pin: tli« ii< • ston and Howard Tl • • • • toward Eaton Street Street, the place ol i>< being a lot in the r< rhorne and It. E. M ' ing a depth of L'fiu i • >0 feet on Eaton St. I!< ' the lot conveyed h> Edr • J. R. Young. See Heed 538. Also Deed Boo 15' :ind Deed Book H)7 i .-u< The above described <old subject to a pr hereon for benefit >>! li k Loan Association. This 9th day of M ' S. H. WATKINs . 6-23-30-10 B. H. MiXON (Incorporated Contractor an<i Builder "Buihh Hrlfrr I! Also Wall Paper.:. Roofing and T Ex terminal Phone 7.