Long Drought Is Broken By Showers Sunday Night Many Sections Get Rain and Temperature Drops Sharply Around Midnight; More Rains Follow During Day. Tin- drought of ton days' duration, which was marked by some of the hot to:-1 weather over experienced here, was definitely ended, at least for the time being, by a hit;!', wind and ram ju>t before and after mid night Sunday. The night's rain was not heavy, being less than an inch, but was gradual. so that tull benefit was obtained from all of it. which soaked ;nt<> parched ground. At the Carolina Power & Light sub-station a rile west of the city, wlu .v U L. Aileti. official Weather Bure.u observer, has his instruments, the raintall was measured as .14 of an me!: but much more than that fel m ti:e city, and to the north and Wt >t ol town, and to some extent to tiu <..ist. there were generous show ers. The ram and tiie drop in tempera ture >li«'Wed another hot day Sun day. v. ::i :t the maxm um temperature wa> loL* .,t ;> p. m. The minimum for the ti.-lilt was a4. which was 14 de grees below the minimum for the tour p: evioi s nights, each of which had • reading ot tnS. At noo> today the : :ercury stood at 90. Generous showers in those sections! wi i i received them checked dete rioration ot tobacco, cotton corn and otiier crops as well as gat dens, all «: which were suffering greatly in :n the dry. h-'t weather. More ram came today, with a slow, dr . dov. npour lor more than! Two hours trom around 11:30 a. m. | unt:i uuer - o'clock tins afternoon. Tc.' ;>« aiurt's remained moderate.; v.: h no excessive heat such as has' pi\ v.alt d f<>r about ten days. U'hde the wcatner forecast was for' a resumption of fair and warmer wcatner. the drought was broken! here tor the time being. Crops have been saved temporarily by the rain an.i tailing temperature. LIGHTNING CAUSES BURNING OF STABLE Lightning set fire to a stable on the O. S. Falkner farm at Grey stone last night about 10 o'clock., burning the structure to the ground. A quantity of hay. feeds, harness and \ ng implements, and a nice yearling were burned. Males usual ly ktpt in the stable were not there at th» time of the fire. LADIES TO ATTEND MEETING OF ROTARY Tuesday evening. Rotary-Annes be guests of the Ratary club at its meeting tit South Lake Lodge at 6:30 o'clock for a barbecue and Brunswick stow supper. There will be no program. Large Supply Crimson Clover Priced Right Legg-Parham Co, Penney Manager \v. B. SHEARER Lumber Men To Hear Of Wages-Hours Alex S. Wat kin* president of the Carolina Lumber and Building Sup ply Association. embracing North anu South Carolina, today announced tin* mid-summer meeting of directors ol' the association will be held at Wrightsville Beuch next' Saturday. August 3. and that at the time „\Ia,ior A. L. Fletcher regional director of the Federal wage and hour division, will speak to the group on the ap plication of that law. Mr. U'atkins. one of the largest dealers in thi> section, said that the meeting Saturday will be held at the Ocean Terrace hotel and will begin at 1<> a. m. While it is not the annual convention of the association. t,he officials are anxious that as many lumber and supply men a< possible in the two states meet with the di rectors. Major Fletcher wiil lead the discussion and will answer questions on application of the wages and hours law to the lumber industry. K. M. Garner, of Charlotte, secre tary of the association, will make' his semi-annual report on the ac-1 tivities of the association, and pre-j liminarv plans will be formulated on j the 13th annual convention of the group, which will be held in Char lotte next January. The Wrightsville meeting is ex pected to attract a large number of J lumber and building supply men• from over the two states, and Major! Fletcher, in his discussions, will an-j swer questions pertaining to the op-' eration of the fair labor standards! act as applied to them. Africa is 3 1-3 million square miles larger than North America. PERSONAL LOANS lo fit YOUR NEEDS • Our Personal Loan plan recognizes the fact that each individual has a distinctly different problem, and requires credit shaped to his own needs. The amount you borrow and the period of the loan are determined only after a careful consideration of your needs. In other words we are interested in YOU. and want to see your situation solved in the most satisfactory manner. Your application for personal credit is always welcome here. Citizens Bank d Trust Company Henderson, N. C. The Leading l>ank in This Section 1889 - Fifty-First Year - 1940 Banking Hours: 9 A. M. to 2 P. M. All Deposits Insured Up Tu £5,000.00 Shearer Is Manager At Penney Co. W. B. Shearer, a native of Gayles .ille, Ala., and who has been with ho J. C. Penney Co. Stores for the >ast five or more years, is the man ger of the local branch of the big .•hain of stores. Mr. Shearer comes to Henderson .ighly recommended as a stt:"e man ager. He attended Caylesville schools, '■ethei College. MeKcn/.io, Tonn.. and ack^onville State Teachers College, Jacksonville. Ala. His first connection with Penney Stores ca: in San ford. Fla., re naming there 1!> months before bo ng sent to High Point. Ho came to Henderson from the High Point store. Mr. Shearer is unmarried, and is •osiding at 1(>0 Young avenue Fire Alarm 55 Means Fire Is Outside Limits When No. 55 in the cilv's fire alarm system was sounded last nicrht and the city firemen went to the city dump off the Towns ville highway. many phone calls cam'1 into the fire station to as certain the cause. Since Henderson's fire alarm • system lias heen in operation. "55" has been the ircneral alarm. I'nder the new set-up. "55" is the number run? for fires out of the city. Mayor llenry T. Powell said today. The Mayor pointed out ther" 'va* no ne»*d for « general :ilarm in the city. since additional ensrines respond to a second en 11 from the same box the initial engine has answered. As far as can be recalled, the last time "55" was sounded, it s»nnoi»nepd the deat'1 of Presi dent Warren G. Hfil'mr. Radios were not so nrevalent in those days, with flash news coming from newsnan°rs and nlaeed on bulletin boards at such offices fo>* the nonulace to read. Henceforth. when "55" is sounded, don't he alarmed for it i fire call beyond the city limits. Cotton Mattress Project In Vance Mai f the project in this county. Materials for the cotton mattresses are provided through cooperation of the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation and other federal and local agencies, and the families eli gible to receive the materials fur nish the labor to make the mat tresses under the direction of the county home demonstration agents, who are assisted by workers pro vided by the National Youth Admin istration. Mr. Sanders said that the project will be closed with applications for materials which are received prior to August 31. and that he is anxious to receive the remaining 20 applica tions earlier than that date if pos sible. Mattresses are being made at the rate of six daily, it was said. During this week Farm Security Administration clients arc working at the project headquarters, under the direction of Farm Security Admin istration supervisors. Swanson Attending Sheriff's Meeting Sheriff L. L. Swanson was in Hickory today attending the annual convention of the North Carolina Sheriffs Association, which con cludes tonight with a banquet. J. M. Broughton, of Raleigh, Demo cratic nominee for governor, will ad dress the banquet session. After a motor trip to the moun tains Tuesday morning with luncheon at Blowing Rock, the delegates will g<> on to Asheville to join in the convention of the law enforcement officers of North and South Caro lina Wednesday. Calcutta, India, is situated on the left bank of the Hoogly River. CAN YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS? See Page Four 1. What authority determines the frequency of American broadcast stations? . 2. Is matter indestructible? 3. Was Theodore Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland or U. S. Grant the young est President of the United States? 4. In what body of water is the island of Malta? 5. Where is Bucknell University? 6. What kind of worker uses an orange stick? 7. What is coke made from? 8. Can a person born in the United States be deported if he has never sworn allegiance to another country? 9. Where is the Civil War battle field of Antietam? 10. Rain on what day is supposed .c. r.ic-n i'sin lor 4J diy£ tiisisaitcr.' This Was a British Destroyer This photo, just received in the United States, shows what apparently is a completely wrecked destroyer. According to the Berlin censor-approved caption, it is a British warship which was surprised at its dock in a Belgian harbor by a flight of Stuka dive bombers. (Central Preti) Present Strife Will Not | Last, Minister Declares I J Present-day world strife, with hu manity terrorized by one or two dic j tutors, will not last, Rev. 13. C. , Reavis, pastor of the First Methodist j church, told the congregation in the J union services of five cooperating i Henderson churches in his sermon at : the First Presbyterian church Sun day evening. "The Man With the Hope" was the subject of the sermon, which was the fourth in the series of summer Sunday evening union services din ing July and August. The pastor of the host church, Rev. W. D. Mclnnis, presided at the service, and the benediction was by Rev. T. J. White head, pastor of Christ Methodist church. Special music was given by the choir, including an anthem, "Prayer, by Weber. It was announced that the union' services next Sunday evening would be at the First Methodist church, with the sermon by Rev. Mr. Whitehead. Mr. Reavis* text was from 1 Peter 1 1:3. "Blessed be the God and lather' of our Lord Jesus Christ, which ac- j cording to his abundant mercy hath, begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." The wor^ today is in changing, treacherous times, when no account ing can be taken of what a day may bring forth. But there is a purpose in present events, and there is the pri vilege of hope lor better days to come, with God working out his plans by what is happening, said the [ preacher. He cited the hopefulness that per meated the teachings and the life of Jesus. His whole outlook upon Iil'c w.'is one of hopefulness, even in the world filled with sin in which he lived. Even through the cross he kept ever before him the hope und the I'iiith born of lh;it hope Hint there would be ;;n ultimate fruition of God's plans for a better world. The Christian by reason of his faith in Jesus Christ, should be able calmly to view present changes in the world. The Pharaohs, the Caesars and Napoleon rode high for a time, but they came to their doom, and the nresent dictators face early downfall by reason of the tactics of their con quering methods, Rev. Mr. Reavis si:id. The Christian could find abun dant hope in his faith, and snould not despair, for the man who is with out hope is miserable beyond all others, s;iid the minister. He offered consolation in that faith. MAYOR POWELL HAS JUST THREE CASES Mayor Henry T. Powell heard il-rec charges at today's session of city court, all of them of a minor na ture. Joe Robertson pleaded guilty to being drunk, and was given 30 days, suspended upon payment of the costs. Ilnrold Martin. Negro, was guilty nl being drunk and disorderly, and was ^i\• im 1 the choice of 30 days or paying the costs. Lewis Watkins, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to being drunk, and drew 30 days suspended upon pay ment of the costs. intangible Returns For City-County Are Double Returns to the county ol' Vance and to the City of Henderson from intangible taxes more than doubled for 1940 as compared with 1939, ac-j cordmg to data lurnished the Daily; Dispatch today by the State Depart ment of Revenue. The county's intangible check will be $5,010.'.$. this year, as against $2, 4(i(i.08 in 1939, and the city will get 53.938.42 this year, as against $l,8(j8.-' 44 last year, the statement said. It was also stated that Middleburg's revenue from this source would be $4.48 this year, as against $2.G0 last year. Plant Spotted Early Satur day Morning, Then Raid ed About 8 A. M. Sunday A vigil of nearly 24-hours ended Sunday morning at 2 o'clock when Vance Counly ABC Officers J. C. Champion and L. A. Jackson, assist ed by W. S. Strange closed in on a large still site in the Bobbitt section of Kitivll township, wrecking the plant. The officers spotted the 200 gal lon submarine type plant, with about 800 gallons of beer Saturday morn ing about 5 o'clock. The outfit was not in operation, the officers wail ing, if possible, to snare the opera tors. No one appeared, and the of ficers closed in smashing the plant and its equipment. GIVE RECREATION PROGRAM TONIGHT A program in the interest of re creation will be presented this even I ing at 8:15 o'clock, in the United Presbyterian church. The public is invited to attend. Singing of the Negro national an them by the audience will open the program, after which the invocation will be by Rev. C. H. Williamson. The audience will sing "Swing Low Sweet Chariot". Prol. E. D. Johnson, will I give the introductory remarks. Mrs.' Esther Bruin, district supervisor for1 recreation, and T. I. Hines. district re- | creation supervisor, will speak. A uiano solo will be given by Wilton Bullock. The question, "What can we do to expand the recreation program?" will be introduced in a general discus sion, led by Charles E. Frazier. after which Dr. E. E. Toncy, of Oxford, will speak. Election of officers of the recrea tion council will conclude the pro gram. False Wedding Postponed Because of the storm last night, til" j false wedding at Davis Chapel 1 church, planned for last night, was ! postponed until a later date, it has i Veil announced. | Granted License—Almond K. Hul ev and Geneva Morton Anderson, both of Henderson, secured license to wed at the Vance Registry office Sat urday, records there showed today, j For li 10 past . ev»s has been making <•■... items, and lin n I.. Willi the cities i.nri proportion turned i year for the 1 I y. Intangible la ,<• bank depo;--it.». ><•;. property, which no . •. with cities and c.un: . ernment units reei>; <• enue from the were listing it. ew.n '■ has access io mhiic units did not tap. i . DEATH SUNDAY 01' MRS. RINGGOLD HART Friends and reiati.e sorry to learn o! !h<- u Ringgold Hart. oi Wa . yesterday in Wa hingt." Mrs. llart wa.- the d;. : late H. H. Ihirweil. o! ... and Henderson, and a • . J. Y. Landis. Funeral services will morrow in Washington. Mrs. Hart had been months and Mi Can < Ihis city, had been with early spring. SALVATION ARMY'S HEAD IS PROMOTED Lieutenant Graham Miil of the local corps »>l The s Army, was notified i<>d • t. . ritorial headquarter:- <>| lc Atlanta thai iie liad In < n p, . the rank of captain Tin n • was from Captain Kich ' i n ',, the Army's work here and i t a very favorable impre ■<»• !!. young man. and unina: • : mother living with him I.' ". •: he is assisted by a vome r the service, who i< training The Army's residence has U-< \ •• . ferred from Hailroad sti'et. i southern part of the city t«< 317 Breckenridge street, tun d" • n* Chestnut. KEEP COOL! Don't put up with ;i hot. t home! One of our power!'.! hit, will help you fight oft .it.y ■ and disconilort. I'nre.- :in right now! . 11icn Ian priced Hughes Furniture Co. Henderson. 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