North Carolina Newspapers

Urndrratw Uatly Siepatrljr Established August 12, 1914 Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by ■ENDERSOX 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 Daiiy Dist meir • of The Associated * itss, Souti n Newspaper Publishers As •ociai l and the North Carolina Press .-vssociation. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled '.o use for republication ali j news dLpaahes credited to it or noti Otherwise crelited in this paper, andj also the lo.-al news published herein. Ail rights of publication of special dispatches tserein are also reserved. SUBSCRIPTION PRICES Payable Strictly in Advance One Year $5 00' Six Months 2 50 i Three Months 1.50 Weekly (by Carrier Only). .. .15 Per Copy 05 Entered at iLe post office in Header-, son, N. C. i second class nia-a ..lattet i A SOUND GROUND FOR COUR AGE. WE DO NOT FIGHT ALONE: Let nut your heart faint, fear not. noi ;rembk\_neitner be afrighted. thetn tor tne. Lord your God is he! that goeth with you. to tight tor you j against your enemies.—Deut. 20.3-4. — One Federal Monopoly But for ihe fact that it is part a trend offensive to and feart so many people of the country. Federal government's plans tor es tablishment of its own munitions in dustry would meet with well nigh universal approval. It has long been the feeling of a large segment of thinking Americans that manufac ture of implements of war should be . an exclusive function of govern ment. At least it would remove much of the motive and incentive for war on the part of some of the large shareholders in those indus tries that hitherto have supplied the nation with its stocks of guns and explosives. These incentives lyive been overly magnified, but there is i every probability that they have fig ured in some degree in pa^t wars, j here or abroad. ( There is always the sickening i sight of the political factor in every ; enterprise carried on by the govern- : ment. A publicly owned munitions \ industry here would hardly be an exception, affording another de vice for patronage and providing an additional yardstick with which to, torture legitimate business. More- : over, assuming that it functioned at the very zenith of efficiency, so far ' as it went, it would still be weighed 1 in the scales and found wanting it 1 neglected t-> the extent the army. 1 navy and air force have been in re- 1 cent years, ri the fact1 of ever dark- 11 emng ciouus on me norizon. • In the present haste to prepare 1 a competent defense for America,: there will be ample need lor all the * output of private munitions plants J and a new government munitions;< industry, if established, for \.r- to' i come. And, barring a m ' the magnitude in international 1 reiat . private munitions concerns i would mid abroad abundant demand < for their output even after the I United States has caught up. i The business of making war is 1 exclusively that of government. But 1 the busine.-s of supplying the guns, ! the planes, the ships and the muni- : tions has not hitherto been that. And such a venture would involve the usual red tape, the indecision, the petty jealousies and the inefficiencies ■ of public operation, whether of war ( devices, power, or other commodities. But for some of these, t!,- ; nation today would be better prepared for defense and some nations of Eu- j rope would not be where they are, either as victor or vanquished. For i among the mightiest engines of de struction now being employed on tho continent some were sold there after they first had been offered to and rejected by the smart boys of our army-navy organizations. What i the pledge that a government w tions industry would change ways? German planes are dropping leaf- [ lets on British towns. Those Brit-' ishers who have read them report j the blitzkreig looks good—on paper. I A1 Capone. we read, now plays I a lot of golf. Wonder if he has any > better luck getting out of sand ' traps than he did out of Alcatraz? i A woman can get rid of that j gloomy feeling, writes a fashion ex- j pert, by buying a hat. And then it's her husband's turn to be gloomy. | A suco.>ful Japanese general, j says the man at the next desk, is j one who loses the battle but saves face. Blazing the Way Decision of trustees of the Uni vcioit\ of North Carolina to intro duce a military training program a the Chapel Hill unit, and until tha can be arranged to require compul sory physical education, puts the institution again in the vanguarc of American schools of highei learning. It is not the first time thi University has b rd a trail, anc in this instance, as in others, pros pects are favorable for attaining the goals announced. Effort is t> be concentrated on irai:.itsg i oOl) air pilots annually. Tj u - :ep "i the direction of per ha; lion's greatest defense neeu ..is emergency. Citizen. cannot be translated into soldiers, not even as infantrymen, overnight nor in the space of only a few months. But to train and equq men- to handle war planes efficient ly. both as to their personal safety and in service to the nation, is an even more difficult undertaking. Supposing the United States today had the war planes the Pres ident has fixed as a goal, most of them would be useless because of the lack oi trained men to handle them. So that by going in for devel opment ,of capable fliers the Uni versity i< doing the nation a big serv ice in a time oi urgent need. Information about action of the uu-Ues was not specific as to wheth er the new program, when inaugu rated. is to be a permanancv or mere ly an emergency undertaking. If hat phase of the proposal was ".bought of at all. probably the view ■ the board was that the bridge u.l be crossed when reached. The United States went in for war in a way a couple . f decades :tgo. so much so that appearance night have been taken as an indica tion that militarism was an end and itm. But all that was speedily aban doned when peace came. Whether t will be this time will be decided >ut !y by the outcome of the war. Yimany wins, our program will be e.\i- e.cl and quickened. If England ; victor, there will most ikely >e definite relaxation. But lot muc' thought is being given :ow u hese uncertainties of the uture. el when the time shall lave co: .e when we can study slack Mi our pace, these things may have leeon e so vital a part of our national ife as to be fastened to the political tructu. > . - inseparably as relief til- i eady is. War Or No War War or no war, Tar Heels do not; mend that frantic efforts at na- j ional defense shall inteil'ere with hat sport oi sports, and that game 1 )' games, the Carolina-Duke football .lassie, come November 16. We sub nit thai when a normal stadium ca )acity of 24.UO0 is sold out three nonth.t in advance, the sports fans. >1 the State do take their gridiron ivalries seriousiy. At least ten thousand additional cats will be provided at the Chapel lili arena u\ the day of the great ■lash. And it is a surety that if a ell-out ol the eoncrc'.e stands is al •ci''v t ■so.u.mplishcd fact, those i • ' «• 'v. .»;• their minds the last c i Miichand will be sufl'i- . rieti. bers to snap up the tem- i )orary bcnchcs as fast as they are nade ready. Football has come to be a trcnien lous industry in North Carolina. The state University and Duke Univer sity can properly be given the lion's hare of the credit for the recent de velopment. Many there are who can recall ioubts expressed when Kenan Sta- j lium was completed that it would be ong years, if ever, before it would ittract capacity crowds, liut it did iust that in a few years. When Duke in 1929 opened its ireat arena, with a seating capacity right at 40.000. the skeptics were ?\ i more numerous. Rut who does r. t remember the Duke-Carolina classics staged there the past Sev ern! years, especially that one with t nose count of 52,000 and more? And to cap the climax of them all. that ui: landing milestone in southern • "rts when in a blinding snowstorm .. ' late November day in HKIK saw i>' • defeat mighty Pitt before some i>2 • ' i insane followers of the grid iron, who cared nothing about the snow and th<* sub-freezing tempera ture. so long 'is Duke won and they saw the game. Should the present disturbed con dition of the world continue, and pro'v worse, its effects will be easily '•rnible in football and other sport- ,'i Ibis Stte and in the South —in ti. entire nation, for that mat ter. It will sap some of the greatest players, .-s well as the thinking of the nc: 1 \ to say nothing of the ter rific c'i. c 'ii taxes. Hut until tha time comes. Tar Heels ar** going to Iia' e their football, and have it wit! a vcr.g -unce. Glass Backs Off Senator Glass says he lias dccidcd I to vote the straight Democratic ; ticket in November—Roosevelt, third term and all—despite the laet that lie {lias been a consistent foe of the President and many of his policies, and in spite of the fact that it was he who nominated Chairman Farley for the high office at the Chicago convention. It is the fact that lie was a member of that convention, ind his loyalty to principles of de mocracy, which call for majority rule, that he will abide the decision of the convention and support its nominee. That will be the course ol' South ern Democrats in general who may be at odds with the administration for one reason or another. One | hears much buld talking now, but I there will not be as much bold vot | ing in November. That is one ol I the certainties of "politics as she is i spoke" south of the Mason and Dixon I line. I Senator Glass has refused to be i come a witness in behalf of the | Burke one-term-for-presidents con jstitutional amendment bill, on which i hearings will soon begin. But he did I say he would support the measure I on the floor when it gets there. While the Burke measure has pro 1 visions to commend it. and its gen eral purposes will be widely accepted, 1 it lacks a lot of punch that some who ' might otherwise favor it would de sire. What Senator Glass' views are about its details he has not stated j publicly, so far as we have seen. He ; has merely said he would favor it. The Virginian's support of the ! President is not surprising. What ever may be said of his lifelong j party loyalties, it may be there are i domestic considerations — that is, State politics—in the course he has announced. Southern Democrats have been and are brought up on the j theory that the party is sacred, and i w hatever it does most of them ac- j cept. To be sure. 1923 was an excep tion. but. as this newspaper lately i observed, third term tradition will not breed the resentment a distaste ful religious affiliation did a dozen \ years ago. Senator Glass has blazed the way 1 for a flock of dissenters, from high > up on down through the ranks. If he places party fealty above convic- j tions against men. traditions and pol icies. how can the smaller fry be ex pected to do otherwise? OTHERS VIEWS I FAVORS DRAFT To the Editor: More and more it unfolds to me how important it is to the national defense of America to enact at once the draft law for compulsory mili- , tary training. I was very much im- ! pressed Sunday morning when I 1 went down to the railroad station to , see the soldiers off for camp; not ! one foreigner did I see, no not one. ! And you will not sec any unless they are drafted. For they are too busy ; grabbing off every nickle that they i can get their paws on to care any- j thing about the national defense of j their adopted land. All they want to do is to get ricli and go back home j to their native land: and yet our! bovs have to fight for them; yet they enjoy all the freedom and privileges and protection of this government. Where else in the world can they J find the following principles tha'. I i list except in America. Equality for l every person—for every race—every i creed—guaranteed security of per- | son and property—individual free dom and full opportunity—Limited inly by your own ability and energy | —the right to help choose your own j government—free speech—a free press—freedom of assembly— and trial by jury—Basically that is ; America. They should love it or leave it. | The American Red Cross is the , most generous in the world. It stands 1 EXASPERATING, TO SAY THE LEAST r - —— — ACU/ ENGLISH BOMBER PESTS A6AH HERMANN/ VOT'5 DER MATTER mit Your meverscmittJ^^ ready at all times to extend a help ing hand to suffering humanity, in fact America gives to all the world u-ith lavish hands. We have no ter- 1 litorial ambitions but we will pro- | tect our own. That is why it is so ! fery necessary for national defense. \merica the land of the brave and ' the home of the free. She stretches j forth her hands filled with rare op- I jortunities and high ideals to all the | •cstlcss millions of her own and to , ••■t multitudes of aliens both who; liave been born anew within her j doors. So let's draft them and train | them that they may help defend | these sacred principles of America hat we all love and enjoy. JOHNNIE BECKHAM. Henderson, Aug. 7. 1940. What Do You Know About North Carolina? By FRED H. MAT 1. What is the most densely popu lated county in North .Carolina? 2. When was W. N. H. Smith chief justice of the North Carolina Su preme Court? 3. When were persons marrying in North Carolina required to make an oath of allegiance to the United States? 4. What relief did the state pro-j vide in 1863 for wives and children J of Confederate soldiers? 5. When was kidnapping in North j Carolina made a felony? 6. Who was D;miel Boone's hunt-J ing partner who became United| States senator from Tennessee? ANSWERS. 1. Guilford county in which the! cities of Greensboro and High Point is the most densely populated coun ty in the state. In 1920 it had ;i pop ulation of 287.8 persons per square mile. The new 1940 census retains Guilford as the most densely popu-! lated North Carolina county. 2. He served eleven years l'rom j 1878 to 1889 as chief justice. He died m Raleigh November 14. 1889. Chief Justice William Nathan Harrel Smith | was born at Murfrecsboro in 1812;; graduated from Yale University in j 183G ana from the Yale University' SALLY'S SALLIES Re Out e red U. S. Pntent Officc. looks llKL ^'5 BEEH feUREP I* -tUAT SU(T Some bathing suits ar«3 liiv.rr and uropcr—otlicrs arc just fii/.incr. law school two years later. In 1839 he began the practice of law at Mur freesboro. During the yea is that fol lowed he served the state in many capacities, including representative to congress for one term, ending in 1861. 3. Shortly alter the end of the win in 1865 such an oath was required. 4. The state provided an approp riation of SI,000,000 to be used for relief work among the families of indigent soldiers from North Caro lina. 5. In 1933 the legislature adopted an act making the crime of kidnap ping a felony and providing a penally of life imprisonment. Persons or firms implicated through any agents are subject to lose their rights to en gage in business in the State and to the payment of $25,000 fine. 6. William Cocke, a Virginian, who joined Boone on some of his hunting and exploring trips into the Ken tucky territory about 1768. In 1776 Cocke moved to Tennessee, then the western part of North Carolina. When Tennessee was formed into a state he became one of the first Unit ed States senators. At tho end of ln«i appointed term the office was still! ▼acant and he was reappointed to; succeed himself. ANSWERS TO TEN QUESTIONS See Back Pag* 1. Singlestick. 2. England. 3. Winnie Mae. •l. Faneuil Hall. 5. President James Monroe. 6. EigU- ^"t. 7. Kiel Canal. 8. Dorothy Dix. 9. Egypt. 10. Fifteen. 5-10-20-25 Years i — Ago — (Taken from Daily Dispatch Files* August 8. 1935. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Latin an nounce the birth of a daughter, Au gust 8, at Maria Parham hospital. With their swimming school open-; ing nt Camp Balanee Rock next Monday morning, indications were; today that the instructors v.'ouid have a capacity class. Erskine Cle ments, Jr. and James C. Mills will teach the class. August 8. 1930. The Henderson Business School on September 1 is to occupy six rooms >n the second floor of the Law Build- i ing on Young street. The school has h: d a large enrollment for the two): In iv; it has been open here, and has i niii forced to obtain larger quarters.! , August 8. 1920. Miss Myrtle Whitmorc left yester day for Farmville, where she will, it lend ;> house party. Miss Annie Lamb Walton, of | •Vadcsboro, and Mr. George Gilliam.) ] lr., of Franklinton, are visiting their i grandfather, Mr. G. C. L;imb, on | } Rurwcll avenue. Miss Elvh Leigh Hobgood. of Dur- 1 i mm, is visiting Mrs. J. K. Plummer. i it Middleburg. I | August 8. lnii*. | ( Work on the remodelling of the 2 :tore building formerly occupied by j j Mr. N. B. /I'homas is progressing i •cry rapidly. Carpenters are at work <■ 'very day. ( Announcement of two new dis- I jensary points for giving the anti vnhoid treatment in the county is nade today by Dr. D. C. Absher. Vext Tuesday he will visit Epsom or the first time, and on the next lay will give treatment, at Kittiell. \ £ Invited to Fight Richard Greene A bid to Richard Greene, Hollywood actor, to enlist was extended by Col. Ronald Kingham, commander of the lGth# 'Scottish Regiment, who accused Greene of "using the Cana dian Army for publicity." Kingham declared Greene hud applied lor a commission to the only army unit which was not recruiting, and had shunned those looking for men. (('■. iitral Press) Reynolds Favors Sending Men to Foreign Nations W'i' Au;l. ft. —£AP)—Sen .*11»si* IJrvnold^. Denver;'i North. Car olina. startled sonic of his colleagues yesterday during debate on the na tional guard liicnsiiro by saying he favored .-ending men lo foreign coun-: tl-ie<. "But ihe men of whom I speak are aliens." he added quickly. Then h" referred specifically to I Harry Bridges. west const maritime; labor leader who was born in A us-. tralia. "We've appropriated about 1*5 bil lion dollars." s;tifl the North Caw- ] linian. "and we are thinking of con- j scrinting two million men. The ap-t palling Ihing about it all is that with j ;itl . in- we ("'n't lick one man J —Harry Rridges. He's the worst enemy we ever had. or one of the worst, anyway. The American Le ction and the Veterans of Foreign Wars have led a drive for years to j jet rid of him and we can't do it. i FTe's still here." NOTICE. The property hereinafter described laving been offered for sale on the >7lh. of .Inly 11)40 at the courthouse loor in Henderson and a bid of i4] received and reported lo the :ourt. and thereafter increase bid nade and order of re-sale made. Now j herefore under and by virtue of au hority contained in the orders here-; oforc made in the proceedings en-' itled Carrie Pearson, et al. vs. Molliei I( iider-en. et als. the undersigned vi 11 offer for sale for cash to the, lighest bidder at the courthouse door J n Vance County. N. C.. on Saturday1 lv 24th. of August HMO. at mid-day,1 he bidding to begin at $455.40, the allowing described lands, viz: j All those two certain tracts or par els of land containing 9.41 acres and 9.35 acres, in aggregate of 38.76 acre; norc or less, subject to the dower by netes and bounds of 5.9 acres, same itualo new Groystone in Vance rounty of record Book 5 Page 1(1 and Jook H5 Pago 190 Vance Registry. This 8th. of August. 1940. T. P. CHOLSON and ; D. P. McDUFFEE, Commissioners. -15 WAN] ADs Get Results FALL THRU I less • to t!ii' IS1 it*'•' business tr;, never re«r<: ■ FOR RENT: steam lie;.;. • . Phone 2f)MV. RADIO Ai\:; : plies iinct :ejj.. v : men. Knov.Tia pairs save \ , Goodwvn .it v. LOST: HU.W Wedne day Finder pi patch 11! i ic . WE SPECIAL?'/. p- u kinds di imii; pair work. TORACC'O fa;. old pai>"i-. Daily i)i^pai Jos lot 2 lie. WE HAVE A I- i:;;. busiruvs for sober man \v!-<. ea.sh. For con 5.•'■ • O. Ron .r).'j<"ir). s: ,! JUST RliCFIYKi) merit of tin. c ■. and door knoe < kins. A SMART NEW ILUI; •• ot uiir other beauty , do wonders for v Phono 200 for app< j»er> iieaiity Sho;,. modern brick all hardwood i!• >.•: ed. five loom I month. I '> in' GET I'H I CIS o\ ill before vou buy. I. Docile and 1'l.vi', I Chestnut street. ! WANTED: Y» HWH ! ' lice work, hi:;!! i necessary. « •<{>«-ri« 111 ly requip-d. I' (»'Lary"*. HAVE VOL' SKLN' *:!;!• | All l'ili re 'i'ai-: : Covers'.'—Come | show yon. iIV ! Ciinizinv Co. • USE FA I! BO. 'Ill i 1 water paint. It v. •!: i difmrui' s,•i,r:.11 Jin• I Ht "The Plan- ■ V ' tul tints. Alex S. W: • I GET EVEN WARM I your stokers 'hi chock them for y i. <177. O'Neil Eleelrii WE CAN REPAIR AW . model of electric Prompt sorvi'v. .'an Phone 877. !J Willov IFOR RENT: ST.''' »M • apartment, line r •>> j private balli. privaa trance. Red room lie! sired. Mrs. Claud T. lv Chavassc avenue. PUT ON A NEW i:< v 1 lip IKi'.Vl U-«.' ol works !irlo,;;. easy monthly r: y ■ ,• •' ' Watkins. "Building H Paints." TOUACCO FARMERS CI old pa pet s I'nr j r Daily Di?p-.tcii les lor 25c. GRADUATES OF ! ■ \ - • Business Collect d . Service Examinai:> ■ Everritt imiiM diaa must be filed by A Full PROMPT AND !• '! service on radio.-, m l: watches, ;>nd dor!. Petty & Mi\on. Plim:'. SAVE MONEY -AM W!!!'i shoes, SI.7!): all $>'.{ ■>" wash pains, T.'ir and sole men's shot s r i > • TOBACCO FAb'.MI i; old papers I'nr Daily Di.-pateh <■: les for 25c. OFFICES FOR Ki.M Building—center ni ' stairs to climb !!"«!'• lleat. light, and i. ' nished. Apply Erie < McCoin L5iii!din«. i.kakn . n: iliwt SCHOoi, 011AI •! in,- uf'eis innny '• 1(lv;ill<'cllll'lll l<» V>; •A<>i uis: this irii :i:;ili'! 'f 15!'. SOI"l"ii' OF I'lIiXTl.ViTs (caching t!u> im-i-lin* me tin' In*-1. Km lo V. C. G.'irriott S< • er. 151-4-16 Sout'i *-1* INSCkANCr -- Ki '• ! 11 s Real Estate- II"im personal and coin!' to all di*t.'i AL. I>. \\l > !•' Phone 139 !■?!' "• . H. MiXON (Iiifor|ior;it< <! 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