Hrtt&ersmt
Daily Hispatrfy
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
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Society Editor 610
Business Office 610
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ETERNAL LIKE: Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all
thy strength, and with all thy mind:
and thy neighbor as thyself. This do,
and thou shalt live.—Luke 10:27, 28.
The Business Upturn
Announcement by the Commerce
Department that the business up
swing acquired momentum in Jtm<
and seems likely to quicken its pac<
in the next tew months, due to th<
heavy spending for national defense
is pleasing news for those section:
where is produced the ingredient:
that go into the building of a vas
war machine. But it means vet)
little to other parts of the country
and thi> is particularly true ot re
gions like our own. where agricul
ture is the basis of a large portior
ot the business structure.
Espcc.aiiy in the tobacco and cot
ton regions will the reaction to tin
department' statement be mereh
one "i looking on in envy and witt"
heartfelt wishing Preparedness pur
chase- will have little, if any. effect
en the marketing ot our tobacco anc
cotton, whose export outlets have
been virtually closed as a result ot
the war.
For the defense millions to read
out into our territory in sizeable
enough proportions to make mucr
ditference it would be necessary foi
the volume to increase to the point
that there would be a sort of slush
ing over ot real, sure-enough busi
ness momentum. It did that ir
World War No. 1. but it was due in
part to the fact that there was i
semblance of normal industrial pro
cesses in England and France. Now
France is completely out of the pic
ture for no one knows how long .and
the English people are so disturbed
by the imminence of "total war'
that they arc interested, and natur
ally so. in little else than in putting
up the best possible defense against
that might whose objective is U
annihilate them.
Always, of course, there is the
right to hope for the best. Tlu
months immediately ahead may bi
better than is now generally suppos
ed. Billions of dollars spent foi
national defense will benefit some
sections more han others, but it ii
not too much to expect that al
parts of the »:mtry will share ir
some Mieasurti . jnetits accruing
from the dumping of these vast sums
of cash into circulation.
The law of gravitation is thai
everything must come down. Maybe
that's the reason the world's supply
of gold continues to drop into those
Fort Knox. Ky., government vaults
The war in Europe is blamed foi
causing rainstorms here. And
Grandpa ppy Jenkins says lie':
mighty grateful that it's water we're
getting—not bombs.
Russia grabs two Rumanian pro
vinces. Hungary and Bulgaria seel
other Rumanian areas. The inter
national strip tease show is on again
Some people become so confuset
during an election year that the\
think a soap box derby refers to tlu
political campaign speeches.
Science, we rend, has now devel
oped a stingless bee. These are
terrible times in which to ask evei
an insect to disarm.
Some folks who live in the country
are bothered all summer long by
large mosquitoes. Others have visit
ing relatives.
The Balkans once were known ;i>
buffer states. Now. says Zaetok
Dumbkopf. they act more like bullet
states.
A Case In Point
The wave of excitement wliieh
swept the country Sunday about the
United States destroyer Barry being
sunk is a case in point ol wluit can
happen when rumors are given free
rein. The rumor in this particular
instance turned out to be little more
than that, but it had the nation, in
cluding the Navy Department, on its
ears for some hours until a direct
communication was received.
Mystery surrounds the origin ol
the message that created the stir.
It did not come over the usual navy
air channels, a fact which in itsell
attached a measure of doubt to it.
The conclusion, after the vessel was
definitely communicated with and
reported it was peacefully at anchoi
and in no danger, was that the re
port was the work of a prankster oi
more sinister forces.
This is no time for such pranks,
if it were that. Incidents of the sort
could have disastrous consequences.
It hostile groups or forces were re
sponsible. perhaps that may haw
been their intention.
No reason exists as to why a Ger
man submarine, as the first report
had it. should attack an America!
warship or merchant vessel, llitlei
undoubtedly reaSiy.es there is n<>
sympathy to; him or his cause here,
except among his own followers, but
he would prefer at this juncture o
his ambitions to have the official
surface friendship of this government
than its outright enmity.
Events of this kind may increase
as the German march continues. But
the United States will find it easier
to steer a course for peace if citizers
will refuse to become panicky and
will instead await an announcement
that carries some official color when
such rumors float about. The in
cident ol Sunday is an illustration
of the vital necessity for Americans
to keep calm and cool, whatever is [
gossiped about or may actually hap- '
Not Meant for Enemies
|
j When the Bill of Rights was in-,
j corporated in the American Consti
tution at the time this nation was
' born, it was never intended tnf.t these
priceless and prcclous guarantees of
I liberty should be extended to gangs
and groups bent on destroying the.
i government. And until rcceiv years.
• there never was a threat oi this kind <
to be dealt with.
j Provisions for free speech and the j
i right of assembly were not written j
into our organic law to shield cue- '
j mies of our democracy. Yet there,
! are Nazi bunds and Communist and'
\ Fascist organizations openly at work, I
| holding meetings, making speeches, j
conducting camps and saluting the |
' German swastika, the hammer and !
! sickle and dressing up in black or
! brown shirts or other insignia of!
i foreign isms.
There is even the hint that in our !
large cities the populace and con ti-j
( tuted authorities of the law are alike |
fearful of making too strong a show j
j against these enemies of our 1 ree- ;
j dom. Front page pictures show the j
j Stars and Stripes and the swastika j
j draped from the same speaker s j
I stand, but. unfortunately, omitting I
J utterances of the soap box orators. |
j As long as these things arc tolcrat
! tel. they will continue to grow and
1 spread, and adherents of foreign po
{tentates will become bolder and
| bolder. Americans arc nothing less
! than fools if they continue to allow
! these conditions to cxisT. Leaders
it rid members of these groups arc
not speaking and drilling and salut
ing the emblems and ide;ils of a
j Hitler, a Mussolini or a Stalin by
j way of preparing themselves for
military service with the dictators in
j Kurope. They are preparing for
that day when they hope to see these
theories of nationalism become the
highest authority 4 in the United j
States. Yet we ignore and tolerate
such activities which ultimately, if
not eliminated, will accomplish our
undoing and enslave this free people
j as peons of an alien power.
To arrest members of the bund and
free them under bond to wait an in
definite time for trial most assuredly
is not the kind of medicine these
,eoundrels need. II they are aliens
they should be sent away without
even the privilege of becoming
American citizens, because they
ivouid never divest themselves of
loyalty to Kuropcan masters any
how. If they are native #>r natural
ized Americans, life imprisonment
ought to be the utmost in leniency
allowed them, in any event, these
groups are aiming ;it nothing that
would mean the welfare or sanctity
of American liberties. And we are a
bunch of sups if we think lor a brief
moment that they are.
Men and women who owe and pay
allegiance to any other I lag than
that under which we live have no
licht to the privileges guaranteed
| by our Mill of I tights, and it is not
I an ;'l»rid"em«'nt ol Ih-'d Ireedom when
| the privilege denied to these
aliens, or alien sympathizers.
Most Americans, we believe, harb
or no genuine fear that Hitler or
Stalin will over attempt to invade
this country or to impose their au
thority over it, provided \vc carry
to speedy and successful conclusion
our vast program of preparedness.
L5ut ho that as it may. we shall never
be entirely safe until these foreign
isms and their adherents are dispos
ed of definitely once and lor all.
It is heartening news to Ameri
can citizens that a drastic alien
measure is now being rushed through
Congress that calls for questioning
and registering of all non-American
residents. It is cheering, too, to
learn that another piece of legisla
tion is being hurried along that would
require bund and communist organ
izations to report their activities.
Thai bill, however, does not go far
enough. It should completely out
law every one of these groups and
force them to disband, and provide
that those refusing or hesitating to
comply with the law shall be dealt
with in a firm and decisive—to put it
mildly—manner.
Members of subversive groups j
who come here to engage in their j
nefarious activities should be given j
the same sort of treatment that i
would t>o the lot of similar foreign j
groups that attempted to operate in
their homelands. This gang under
stands no language but that of force,
and that's the kind of English that
should be spoken in dealing with
them.
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
By FRED H. MAY
1. What is the total amount dis
tributed through social security in
Xorth Carolina during the past two
years?
2. What election law reforms were
recommended by Governor Glenn in
19119 V
3. What are North Carolina's three;
highest ranking tobacco counties?
4. What order was issued by Gen
eral Sherman to his army, on the!
occupation of Raleigh, demanding
respect for state officials?
5. What is the area in acreage of
the state park on Mount Mitchell?
6. When was it proposed to levy1
a special tax on persons who failed;
to vote? i
ANSWERS.
1. Approximately $29,143,2(50. Of;
this amount $12,610 7f>(> was paid in
unemployment compensation during.
1939. The remainder was distribut
ed in old age benefits and pensions, I
aid to dependent children, aid to the j
blind, and various other social se
curity services.
2. In his message to the legislature
he advocated a primary law. a secret.'
ballot, a strict report of all cam- 1
oaign receipts and expenditures, and
the closing of the polls promptly at J
four o'clock in the afternoon. Laws 1
covering each of these proposals, ex- '
cept the four o'clock closing time, ij
have been adopted during the past ,
few years. ! (
3. Pitt. Johnston and Nash coun-|
ties are the leading tobacco acreage
counties in North Carolina. These
three counties plant nearly 100,000 i
acres to this crop. <
4. On April 12, 1865. shortly after ]
occupying the city General Slier-J
man issued the following order: "A11,
officers and soldiers of this army are 1
commanded to respect and protect
the Governor of North Carolina and
the officers and servants of the State
Government, the Mayor and the civil i
authorities of Raleigh, provided no I
hostile act is committed against the i
officers and men of this army."
5. The state has acquired a total j
of 1224 acres, including the sum-j
mil of the mountain, and adminis-1
tors the area as a state park.
6. In 1928 such a law was propos-j
ed for all the states. The proposal!
did not reach any consideration on
action in the North Carolina legis-1
lature. I
C%
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Farm Leader
R.N BEL
One ol' the outstanding agricultural
eaders who will speak at Farm an(
iome Week at N. C. State Collcgi
ulv 29-August 2 is I,. R. Neel. above
Jr. Neel is associate editor of tlu
Southern Agriculturist, outstanding
(ublication. and superintendent o
lie Middle Tennessee Experimen
Station near Columbia. Tenn. Mr
tfeel will discuss "What Legume;
/lean to North Carolina" on an Agro
lomy program arranged for Thurs
lay morning, August 1, by E. C
ilair, Extension agronomist.
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See Back Page
1. Yes.
2. HuI'l'alo, N. Y.
3. Yes.
4. "E"
5. Dry ice.
6. A drink.
7. Billy Soulhworth.
8. George Washington.
9. Italy.
10. Gondola.
SALLY'S SALLIES
Reentered U S P.ifcnt Offur
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i'lMributfl >1J Kmc Features iSyndimc. Inc.;
* '* I
J^lost sailors prefer a lark on land to a night-in-gale at sea.
Capital Gossip
By HENRY AVERILL.
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
J Raleigh, July y.—J. M. Broughton,
[nominee for governor of North Caro
lina, is optimistic of the chances for
good business for the next few years.
He made this plain this morning
in an address to the North Carolina
.Merchants Association at Elizabeth
City.
"In spite of the horrible tragediies
of war daily being enacted and the
shocking consequences that ensue,
| there may reasonably be predicted
| for the merchants of this state and
nation a period of notably prosperous
business for the next several years",
| he said in a speech prepared for de
livery at the meeting.
| After adverting to the fact that
North Carolina has no munition, air
plane, tank or armament plants lie
added:
'"It does have hundreds of indus
tries that will be directly and bene- [
ficially affected by the enormous
program of expenditure for defense.
. . . ■. There arc, therefore, many
grounds for encouragement and even J
optimism, outweighing some of the j
discouragements and gloom that have i
resulted from the European collapse." J
j Outstanding speakers for the North '
Carolina Automobile Dealers Asso- '
ciation. to be held at Blowing Rock j
| July 22 and 23 have been announced ;
I by Mrs. Bessie B. Phoenix, executive !
|secretary, to include N. C. Dezendorf, j
vice president of the General Motors j
Acceptance Corporation; Chester II. j
iGray, director of the National High- j
way Users Conference; Pyke John- |
son, executive vice president of the j
Automobile Manufacturers Associa
tion; and James Dalton, editor of j
Motor magazine.
Even stocks of cigarettes and to
bacco actually on hand in retail stores
as of July 1 were subjected to the
increased Federal levies which went
into effect in connection with the
.new national defense taxes.
Many folks who had to pay in
.Tcased prices for their cigarettes on
the very first day of the tax thought
that the retailers were getting tlu:
extra profit for themselves; but the
Internal Revenue bureau here ad
vises that every retailer with tobacco
stocks on hand was required to take
inventory and pay the increased
taxes.
Speaking of cigarettes and tobacco,
figures show that six of the leading
tobacco companies spent $27,799,
j 856 in national advertising of their
products during 1939.
T!i:.; was piratically the equivalent
o| one-fourth the cash received by
North Carolina farmers for all the
tobacco they grew during that same
year. Value of the 1939 tobacco crop
in North Carolina was $123,868,000.
The advertising figures arc from
, the Bureau of Advertising of the
j American Newspaper Publishers As
sociation; the tobacco value figures
from the State Department of Agri
culture. *
Advertising figures from 1939
show that the following sums were
I spent in advertising the "Big Four"
of the cigarette field: Chesterfields
$1.152,058.
$7,776,207; Camels $6,752,735: Lucky
Strikes $4,213,988; and" Old Golds
POSTMASTER
The Senate yesterday confirmed
the nomination of Thomas Harris
to be postmaster at Louisburg, ac
cording to a dispatch from Washing
ton.
Stock Prices
Edge Forward
New York, July 9.—(AP)—Stocks
edged forward selectively in today's
market without the benefit of a great
deal of bullish inspiration.
Steels and motors got an early
start on recovery but failed to hold
best marks. Gains running to a
point or so were reduced or can
celled in many instances at the
close. Transfers approximated 280.
000 shares.
American Radiator 5 7-8
American Telephone 160 1-8
American Tob 13 77 1-2
Anaconda 19 1-2
Atlantic Coast Line 11 3-4
Atlantic Refining 21 1-2
Bendix Aviation 27 1-2
Bethlehem Steel 75 1-8
Chrysler 64
Columbia Gas & Elec Co ... 5 7-8
Commercial Solvents 8 5-8
Consolidated Oil 6 1-2
Curtiss Wright 6 3-4
DuPont 157 3-8
Electric Pow & Light 5 1-2
General Electric 31 1-4
General Motors 43
Liggett & Myers I) 97 3-4
Montgomery Ward & Co ... 39
Southern Railway 11 3-8
Standard Oil N J 33
U S Steel 51 1-2
Cotton Closes
7-30 Lower
New York. July 9.—(AP)—Cotton
futures opened unchanged to 5
lower.
Futures closed 7 to 30 lower, mid
filing spot 10.48. off 12.
Old contracts:
July 9.85 9.63
New contracts:
July 9.85 9.80
October 9.37 9.34
December 9.22 9.18
January 9.11 9.08
March 8.96 8.94
May 8.81 8.77
Closing Grain
WHEAT:
July 74 7-8
Sept 75 3-8
Dec. . 76 5-8
CORN:
July 61
Sept 58 3-8
Dec 55 1-2
OATS:
July 30 1-2
Sept 28 3-8
Dec 29 3-8
Sugar: 4.50.
REYNOLDS ADVOCATES
ISLAND ALIEN CAMP
Washington. July 9.—(AP)—Sena
or Reynolds. Democrat, North Cam
illa, advocated in the senate Monday
.'stablishment of island detention
amps for alien criminals.
The North Carolian said there
ierc 20.000 alien criminals "maili
ng this country from the Atlantic
□ the Pacific."
Expressing approval of the trans-'
or of the immigration bureau front
he labor department to the justice
lepartment, he asserted that in the I
ast the immigration laws had been
administered for the benefit of the
mmigrant, for the benefit of the
lien and have not been administer- |
d for the benefit of this country." |
The word "meteorology" is of
■reek coinage, meaning "the things
Dove.
"THE WINDY CITY"
WANT ADS
Get Results
EVERY PERSON NEEDS A v
business education. It is tin.
necessary education oi <>
Henderson Busiress Collet
Term, September 2.
TRY A PAIR WOLVERINE •
horse hide work shoes, 'j .
the best made. These si. ■
guaranteed to give long
Baker's Shoe Store.
FOR A SMALL APARTME.V
a room, close in. phone l.Vi-.i
PLENTY GLADIOLUS li!
Picardy and Elaming Sv.
sale. 35c doze n. 60.(10(1 bulb
ed. M. E. Pulley, U. S. .\.
Tar River.
A SMART NEW HaIK-IX' (
of our other beauty set vie. ». ,j|
do wonders for your app<.
Phone 200 for appointment. , j.
gers Beauty Shoo.
ACME SODA SHOP LEADS i!
made sandwiches, salads ,iti<
Try our chicken sandwiclu- i
tain service. Call, we deli\* :
FOR. SALE: TWO NICE V«
milch cows. S. R. Adam.-. '!
ville, N. C. !J-<
COME IN — LET US ttliOW
you how easy ii is to piu\h,
Goodyear Tires, Kxide
teries, and Motorola
on small weekly paynu
Try our easy pay plan. li< u
derson Vulcanizing Co.
Tues. t f.
FACTORY TRAINED TYI'EU ; .
cr, adding machine and ca>li >•
tor expert is now connected
us. All work fully guarant- • 'i.
Prices reasonable. Relief is;.«' . ,
furnished free. Estimate? j.
furnished on any repair worl; A -
lord's Printing and Office s.
Company. tuc-• :-*f
!I HEREBY FORBID A\Y<>\!
j hiring or harboring Junie <
and Willi*' Currin. 12 and 1 1 .
1 old. Mary A. Young.
j FOR PR<)MPT AND EFFI( il
I service on radios, rel'rigei •
I watches, ;>nrl clocks, call <t • •>
Petty & Mixon. Phone 532.
I WK Sl'KClAIJZK IN All
! kinds of body and fender re
pair work. Motor Sales Co.
j MODERN B R I C K APARTMI N'T
air conditioned, with hot and • .i<i
water, for rent. On Cooper avenue
If interested sec J. B. Gee. or eall
830-W or 8fi<).
FOR RENT: TWO ROOMS \\'l>
kitchenette, also three room ap.<
ment. Entirely furnished. modern
conveniences. Lights, water. pli<»rn*
and garage free. Phone 642-.J.
Rowland street. I»
ITS SO EASY AND SIMPLE TO
use our finance plan for repairing
your home, or to put on a new r<mf
| and paint up. Just a plain note with
j one to three years to pay, 5 percent
I interest. It's hard to believe but it's
true. Loans from SI00 to $2fi»o.
Alex S. Watkins. "Building Sup- '
j plies and Paints." 12-tf
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTHT.
Having qualified as Adminislnitxi
| of the estate of C. S. Catlctt. deriM -
I ed, tliis is to notily all persons Im -
' ing claims against the estate <>| ;nd
I deceased to exhibit them to the uti
| dersigned at Henderson, N. C.. <>n or
• before the 25th day of June. 15)41. • i
this notice will be plead in bar of
their recovery.
This the 25th day of June. 15M".
MRS. ANNIE CATLETT.
Administrator of the Estate of
C. S. Catlett.
J. W. Grissom, Attorney.
25-2-9-16-23-30
CREDITORS NOTICE.
I Having qualified as Administratrix
I ill the Estate of Thomas J. Ev.m .
deceased, late of Vance Ci'unly.
Nnrth Carolina, this is t<> n««tilv «H
j persons having claims against
Estate ill said deceased to exhii''
them to the undersigned, ur to I>•:
attorneys at Henderson. N. C.. "
I or before the 9th day ol July. 1!'!!.
or this notice will be pleaded in I -:
of their recovery. All persons ind< i -
ed to this estate will please ma:.*'
immediate payment.
This the 9th dav of Julv. 15)40.
MAGGIE II. EVANS.
Adinrx. of Estate of Thonuii
J. Evans, deceased.
Gholson & Gholson,
Attorneys at Law,
Henderson, N. C.
9-16-23-30-6-13
NOTICE TO TIIE IM BI.IC.
The Mayor and Hoard of AUien '
of the City of Henderson, N«>i t!i <
olina, hereby give notice that
will receive:
Sealed Bids for the fishing r:~i '
in the Henderson Water Works L
for the fiscal year 1940-1941.
All bids to be accompanied by
certified check for the amount <>!
bid.
Higlit to reject or accept any
all bids reserved.
Bids to be opened July 22. I'1:
at H o'clock p. m.
This July 2. 1940.
HENRY T. POWELL. Mayor.
W. G. ROYSTER, Citv Clark.
2-9
B. H. MIXON
(Incorporated)
Contractor and
Builder
"Bnildx Better Bnihlitifix
Also Wall Papering, Painting.
Roofing and Termite
Extermination.
Phone 7.