5,284 Register Here For
Coming Primary Election
211 of Total Are Re
publicans; 3,418 Dem
ocrats Registered in
Henderson Township,
With 103 Republicans.
A :.>t I ot 5.264 persons registered
fur the May 2f> primary during the
tu.> weeks the books were open, end
ing :.i sunset last Saturday. A. \\~.
(Jin-Nun. .Jr.. ehainnan of the Vance
County Board of Elections, announc
ed today. Xo figures were available j
to show the registration on the old
ln>.>:v-. out the total put on in this
new countyw.de registration is al
most as much ;i> the vote Vance
county ii.is cast in primary elections
for the past several bienniums.
Soiv.e believe that most of those
who registered will vote, as the
n; "v- i : :-.'d represent citi.ens who
; n now re.-idents in the county, and
who probaoly would not have quali
ficd had they n.intended to vote.
Of :!.e tot d iv:. stration. 5.0.">3 are
IX" ci.ts mcl I'll Republicans. In
Hi r.derson township, where five of
the ti . teen p>teincN in the county
; r-. ' >cateil. 3 418 IVmocrats and l'>3
Ke:-::!'I:c;m< registered. Separate
bo» • were v.-. iinta;n.ed for the two
p; . ty a fuiat' "•>. and a third book
v. - N- kept for »(>• registration of
independents. li there were any of
!'\ '■ 'ter. .Mr. Gh-L-on did not report
rl< ...
t!ie 13 precincts of the county,
the regNtration was as follows:
Fnviiut Prm. Ron.
X • l: nd- r. . . 52:-, 14
U" • :!• ruiei'Son ... 7X3 21
S-: Ilend. X>. I . f»J3 22
Si i ■' 1 i; j id. Xo. 2 . . . «S7i> «)
727 37
3."! 33
133 8
2"3 3
26 n
22.'; 20
. . 355 29
".a-r.-on
[) :., 17fi
\W.. '36
5.i'53 211
JUNIOR ORDER TO
MEET TONIGHT
of ting of the
evening at 8
or Order hall, ac
■ ur.cemont today.
.gram has been
•.vnibtrs are urged
-ev.*..
Political Notices
FOR HOl>F OF
RJ PRFSENTATIYES.
V- ••• :• .' ..i b.i.-inc.-s man This Time
Representatives. It will
• • ' 1
HERBERT M. JONES.
Speaks on Radio
CONGRESSMAN COOLEY
Zeb Vance's
Finals Begin
On May 23
Coiv.tnenrement exercises at Zel
Vance high school will begin or
Tin:. -I y night i>i next week, Ma\
23. at o'clock. according to an
nouncement by F,. C. Young, tlu
princip:!. t«»i. y.
The i ;: st program will be a musi
cal recital by the pupils of Mrs
Httir: ■ Coftin. This will be fol
lowed F: :d >y night by the class dav
e.\' ! v ~ »■: ti:c senior class.
(>:: Sur.j.iy af!ern< on. May 26, al
.'i:.*V> • ."f .. the baccalaureate ser
mon v.'l! ipieached by Itev. Mr
Kent. 1 i L< .asburg. Final exercise?
will 't hdd M< iKlav evening, Mav
27. at o'clock. at which time seniors
will receive ti.eir diplomas.
CV: menn ment marshals, choser
i»n a .choiavhip basis, are: Chiri
mar-h •!. Xeliene Edwards: tenth
grade. Margaiet Brummitt; ninth
_ a a. H:k:a Edwards. Shirley Stone:
•»:ghtn grade. Evelyn Pace and Grady
Tharrington.
FRANK YOUNG GETS
90 DAYS ON ROADS
F:ank Yot;:ig. Xcgro. was sent to
:he road> today bv Mayor Henry T.
?ov.oil in city court. after his convic
tion of loitering on the sidewalks
md failing and refusing to move
liter asked by a police officer, for
)0 days.
Citizens Realty & Loan Company
COMPLETE IXSCRAXCE SERVICE
Real Estate — Property Management
JOEL T. CIIEATHAM, President
Y
OU can always borrow Hers
against the cash surrender value of life
insurance policies, because such secu
rity is "as good as gold." Rates for life
insurance loans are very moderate. We
don't recommend borrowing simply be
cause you have a policy, but if you
really need funds bring your insurance
papers to us and we'll gladly arrange
for a low-cost loan.
Citizens Eank & irust
Company
Henderson, N. C.
The Leading Bank in This Section
1889 - Fifty-First Year - 1040
Banking Hours: 9 A. M. to 2 P. M.
All Deposits Insured Up To $5,000.00
Cooley Here
To Further
Candidacy
j Congressman Harold D. Cooley, of
; this district. was here yesterday all
. ernoon and evening lnoknii; alter his
campaign tor re-election. tie made a
' number ol falls ami discussed the
| situation with a number ol his
: n tends. He appeared to l>e \ ery op
| timistio about the outcome ol the
I campaign.
! Cooley is opposed tor re-election
• by former Representative liiiflin. of
i I.euisburg. who has serveil in the
i legislature, and who was a latc-eom
I er into the campaign. filing at the
j last minute with the State Hoard of
! Elections.
i Mr. Cooley will speak next Sat
! urday evening. May 18. at 8 o'clock.
| ever a network of the NHC. discuss
| mg the marketing bill he recently;
' ,nireduced in Congress, and which 1 if
.-aid has the lull endorsement of the
T. S. Department of Agriculture. It
! was announced that the speech,
which may be heard over WPTK.
Raleigh, is non-political, and will
deal solely with plans for better mar
keting services for the farmers.
I Hiring the past week or so. Mr.
Cooley has visited every county in
his district, from Nash, his home,
westward to Randolph. He has con
tacted many of his friends through
out the district, and is confident of
winning in the primary a week
hence. Saturday, May 25*.
Delegation
Will Attend
Convention
A large delegation of Vance coun
ty Democrats will go to Raleigh to
morrow to attend the Democratic
State Convention. The county is en
titled to 2.) delegates and 25 alter
nates. all of whom were named at
the county convention held last Sat
urday.
The county convention here in
structed its delegates to the State
convention to support a delegation
favorable to a third term for Presi
dent Roosevelt to go t'> the Demo
cratic National Convention in Chi
cago in July.
The same group that will attend
the State convention will also rep
resent the county at the congression
al and judicial conventions, which
will be held in Raleigh at the same
time as the larger gathering.
The county will have 25 votes in
the State convention, and C. S.
Wester has been designated as chair
man of the delegation.
Townsville
Board Names
Teachers
The Townsville school board mot
recently, and clected teachers for the
new school term, and took the occa
sion to compliment the teachers for
their splendid work during the past
school year.
David Gay was re-elected as prin
cipal. with Charles G. Fort as as
sistant. Miss Emily Midgette was
named as English and French teach
er. with Misses Bernadine Hurley.
Belle Graham and Mary Souther
land and Mrs. David Gay as grade
teachers. Mrs. C. U. Sam ford wa
named as substitute.
Mrs. K. B. Taylor, secretary of tlv
board, was mentioned for her good
records of the meetings.
i Principal Gay was praised for hi
work in bringing up the attendant*
at school, and Mrs. Gay for making
a success of tho cafeteria and bavin
such good food for thr Children.
The school board is seeking an ad
dition to the school, and reports t'o
"terrible" need of an extra teacher
FINCH BABY DIES
AT PARENTS' HOME
James Michael Finch, sevc
months old son of Mr. and Mrs. .1
Allison Finch died at the Finch
home on Chavasse avenue this aft
ernoon about 1 o'clock. The infan'
had been troubled most of its li'
with a heart ailment.
Funeral arrangements had no
been made at an early hour this aft
ernoon.
!( CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four
1. What outstanding feat did I»ol
Feller perform for the Cleveland In
dians baseball team in their firs'
game this season?
2. Who was "the Swedish night
ingale?"
3. Docs handling toads cause warts?
4. Is the Distinguished Service
Cross, Medal of Honor or the Dis
tinguished Service Medal, the high
est award in the United States?
5. Buenos Aires is the capital oi
what country?
6. Which of these words, ambig
uous, amphibitious, or ambidextuous.
describes a person who uses botl
hands with equal facility?
7. Who has been chosen to delivcv
the keynote speech in the 1940 Re
publican National Convention?
8. Who is Eamon De Valera?
9. What is a callope?
| 1U. Was 19l!U a Leap Year?
On V. S. Board
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IIENRV T. MORRIS
Henry T. Morris, for many years I
;i leading wholesale grocer of Hend
erson, has been named as a member
i»f the board of governors of the
United States Wholesale Grocers'
Association. Inc.. he was advised to
day by J. D. DcLand, secretary
treasurer, in Washington, D. C. The
i lection was held at the annual con
vention recently in Savannah, Ga.
The election is for the coming year.
Mr. Morris has Jong been an ac
tive member of the national associa
tion. He is head of the Henderson
CJiocerv Company, one of the largest
:ind oldest wholesale grocery con
cerns in this section of the State. He
's prominent and active in many
civic affairs in Henderson. ?nd is a
nn.-t State president of the North
Carolina branch of the Travelers
Pre>toct ivc Association.
The place on the board of govern
ors of the national association was
without solicitation by the Hendcr
<11 man or his friends, and is con
idercd a distinct recognition of his
long and active business career in
the field of his efforts. There are
twelve directors, or governors, of
the association, which is national in
scope.
Fertilizers To Be
Tested In Project j
At Bowen Farm j
Tost plots for demonstration of
lobacco fertilizing methods were put
Hit this week at the W. J. Bowen
Farm near Epsom, it was announced
today by J. W. Sanders. Vance coun
ty farm agent. L. T. Weeks, tobacc
pocialist of the State Extension
Service, is supervising the project.
Each test plot consists of 1-20 acre
Mr. Sanders said, and the tobacc
rjrown on each plot will be harvest
ed. graded and marketed separated
!o give definite results for compari
•"n of the value of the different ferti
lizers used.
H.AVC SFRVICE AT
MT. MORIAH FRIDAY
There will be an entertainment on
Die church grounds at Mt. Moriah
church Friday night. May 17. ac
cording to announcement made by
the psistor, the Row S. P. Cook. The
entertainment will be in the interest
:>f the church.
On June 2. a special rally will be
held on the church grounds at which
time Bishop L. \V. Kyler and other
officers are expected. Dinner will be
served on the grounds. The church
is trying to raise enough money so
that, with what thev already have,
they may complete the church build
ing at once.
The public is invited to attend.
Public Asked
To Report If
Not Counted
A number of families in the
city have been discovered who
have not been enumerated in the
1940 census, Mayor Henry T.
I'owell said today, and efforts
were being launched to have
each such ease called to the at
tention of the Chamber of Com
merce.
The appeal has been made to
all such persons, who have rea
son to believe they have not been
counted, to notify Secretary
Smith Young at the Chamber of
Commerce offices immediately,
and he will see that the proper
enumeration is made.
City authorities are very anxi
ous that every person to whom
the city is entitled shall he en
rolled for the census, to the end
that the count may be as large
as possible.
GREENWAY FIGURES
IN FOUR CHARGES
N. M. Grccnway figured in four of
the five chargcs disposed oi' at to
day's sc... inn of county court, with
Recorder II. E. Clements presiding.
Tried on a charge of being drunk
Grcenway was given 30 days, su
jjiiiued upon payment of the costs,
and not be convicted of violating the
prohibition lows of Vance county for
the next year. A su. pended term of
30 days was prayed by the court.
Grccnway was given 30 days on
the roads for giving a worthies?
check In H. LI. Daniel.
In another warrant, Grccnway was
charged with giving J. S. Grissom
a worthless check, and in this case,
he drew 30 days.
Charged with driving drunk and
driving after his license had been
revoked, Grcenway was found guilty
of driving after his lieer.?;e had been
revoked, and was given 30 days.
Pete Bobbitt faced the court
charged with trespassing and pro
fane language. He was given 6')
clays, not t-> issue upon payment of
(hc costs, and remaining away from
the prosecuting witness, Stanley
Medlin.
OLD DEED RECORDED I
DURING WEDNESDAY i
There were three realty transfers
recorded at the Vance Registry of
fice Wednesday, one of them being
made on August 21, 1899.
The old deed was a conveyance of
13 acres of land in Kittrell township
fo Luna .T. Edwards by M. W. Fuller,
et al. and the consideration was SI50.
Nettie C. Allen, et al. sold W. T.
Newer mb. et al. a lot on the Oxford
Road for S10 and considerations.
S. R. Watson and wife sold Henry
S. Moss a lot in the Carolina Buggy
Co., subdivision at the corner of
Oak and Maple streets for S10 and
considerations.
VANCE DAIRYMEN
TO MEET TONIGHT!
A. C. Kimrey, dairy specialist of
the State Extension Service, will
come to Henderson this evening to
attend a meeting of dairymen of
Vance county, when plans will be i
made for dairy promotion during (he !
month of June. which has be°n j
designated as "Milk Consumption,
Month.'' I
The meeting is to be held at 7:30 j
o'clock at the office of J. W. Sand- j
ers, Vance county farm agent. I
PREFERENCE IN SUIT
IS TO 'PLAINTIFF"
In the story in the Daily Dispatch
yesterday about the suit of R. H.
Pernell against the City of Hender
son, the word defendant was used in
one or two places where the word
should have been the plaintiff. The
inadvertence is regretted, and this
correction is made.
A. A. Bunn, city attorney, assisted
by J. H. Bridgers and Jasper B.
Hicks, will represent the city in the
suit. Mr. Pernell is represented by
Gholson and Gholson, and W. H.
Yarborough, of Louisburg.
qtWw MORE THAN PMCEtfo,
r, / /
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Here are a list ol' bargains that will gladden li •
housewives! Many not listed—conic in •
Branded
Chuck Roast, lb 15c
Branded
Hound Steak, lb 2:]c
Rib Stew Beef, lb 10c
Country I'urc
Pork Sausage, lb. .. 12 l-2c
Fresh
Pork Brains, lb 10c
Rath's Thin
Sliced Bacon, lb. .. 17 l-2c1
Skinless
Weiners, lb 17 l-2c
Veal Stew, lb 10c
Fresh Fish Daily
One Lij. I*]•.!'
Vanilla Waters j
and two j><»!;ih!>
j I
I^afiar-as
Both €><\ ]
For 1
iMraty
Vcill C ll'M;.', !!.. . .
SmithfieM Ham
Lai* • ' rtiM
CoKI Cuts
fi
: i
« • C'laranieca' F"t<h I
38c
3 Quart
* „
A\af>n
Sugar, 10 Hi. I>:iv
Lard, 4-Jii. ciii. .Ifv !
Meal, 10 Pi. Iia." ....
Coffee. Vesper. 1 }i=.
Jersey Cream Flour
12 lb. bag 35c
24 lb. baft 65c
48 lb. bag SI.30
98 lb. bag S2.5C
Salad Dressing-, qt. jar 19c
Dixie Special Flour
12 lb. bag 38c
24 lb. bag 70c
48 lb. bag SI.40
98 lb. bag S2.75
Matches, 6 boxes 15c
Strawberries
Fresli From Kittrcll
123 Horner St.
Phone 650.
E2HBT3T -T7T9,EwflbfJf
i CONCENTRATED ,1'
1 15c
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Is
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