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MAP A GREAT COURSE AN!
SULK TO IT: Unstable as water
thou shait noi excel.—Genesis 49:4
Riiles Aplenty
It >s a heartening development, ii
true, that Uncle Sam has thre" mil
lion or so rifles good enough Hwat
serv ice. ;;nd the country is just that
much more fortunate that, was gen
erally supposed. FU; • where were
those oif;cial< who now reveal all
this generous supply of guns while
so much has been said about the slow
pace of the preparedness program'.'
They might have been able to give
ettective answer before this to
charges freely made about the woeful
lack ot this and other sorts of equip
ment.
The important consideration is.
however, as to what portion of the
supply that now comes to lignt would
be efficient for 'modern warfare. It
will be much better than having
conscript drill with broomhandles.
but could American doughboys stop
a Hitler blitzkreig with them?
With these rifles, infantrymen
would be able to shoot, and a bullet
put in the right place would do what
is expected of it whether fired from
one of these old guns or the newest
type of firearms now being made
with which to equip troops. They
may be good enough for training pur
poses and possibly could and may
have to serve for that purpose until
better and more modern equipment
is provided.
At any rate, we have three million
rifles. The next thing in order is to
get a supply of them that are better
than the best possessed by any army,
and also to manufacture enough
machine guns, trench mortars, and
other arms that infantrymen need if
they are to perform their duties in
an adequate manner.
The Obliging Gayda
Britons are under obligations to
the Italian Editor Gayda tor his ad
vance notice that they "ain't seen
nuthin' yet" in the way of German
blitzkreigs until they experience
what is still in store for them. Well,
we must admit that, so far as the
censor has been pleased to be frank,
nothing has come that Britain has
been unable to withstand, or that
has shaken the morale of her people
or seriously impaired her r :sti->g
capacities.
Assuredly this is not to say
the Ns'ii peak has been reached. If
it has. Hitler is defeated. Moreover,
Berlin itself semi-officially reveals
that the first phase of the Battle of
Britain has ended, and new and
greater things are on the way.
Then there is the report that Win
ston Churchill said he would almost
welcome an attempt by Hitler to in
vade the British Isles. Talk is
cheap, 'tis true, but Churchill's firm
ness and audacity has given his
countrymen a new determination and
a fx-esh confidence in their ability
"to take it."
What the obliging Gayda has iri
mind the world does not yet know
It could be a further prrt oi the axi.i
war of nerves. It is not readily ac
ceptable that Hitler has been saving
up aa unheralded chest of horrors,
unless it be a greater or a more in
tense mass attack of war planes.
And so far the Germans have by ncj
means won the war in the air even;
and there is not much to indicate
that they are likely to in the v«_ v
immediate future.
The world's prize optimist is that
athlete who has started training foi
the next Olympic games.
The South American condor has
the largest wing spread of any bird.
Totalitarian eagles—take note!
Our Defense Experts
A predominance of army and navj
men in the panel representing this
country on the United States Cana
dlan Defense Commission shoulc
. provide such technical knowledge as
wil be needed. These men. whi
, make a cereer of lighting, or pre
paring for it. ought to be capable ol
. determining what is the best course
to pursue in cooperation of the twe
countries for their mutual advantage
Mayor LaGuardia. though a left
) winger through an1 through, give:
> representation to the greatest Amer
i icon city, which would be highly \ ul
. nerable in the event of an air at
" tack. For him and the people whose
' affairs he manages defense is as vital
r and of mueh real concern as foi
1 -inv part of ti c nation. He is in po
sition. too. to speak with authority
Jon the problem as it relate.- to othei
iI oioat titers of population on the At
lantic seaboard.
i chairman of the United States
'board. I.aCuardia will carry mucl
|| weight iis decisions. He is an m
l timate of the rresident and as such
1 will speak the chief executives mind
' which doubtless he understands bet
■ tor than any other man in the
. I group. The commission, of course,
like all the others in the vast laby
'Irinth of bureaucratic administration
j with which the country is now in
I tested, will. ?nd naturally, take its
! orders from Mr. Roosevelt, and will
Ibe little more than clerics dnng his
' bidding.
Assuming that there is general
realization throughout the nation of
j the wisdom of close cooperation with
Canada, the gentlemen serv'ng in 'he
effort to obtain the greatest poss.ble
efficiency and coordination along
that line must be conscious of the
i weighty duties that rest upon them.
Their act'otis should now and always
be upon the highest possible pat
' riotic basis, with no thought of any
thing else but the safety and perpet
uation of the future and welfare ol
I the republic. The mayor of New
York is a politician of the first water,
and at least one of the others is wise
; when mindful of his connections with
political ramifications, but the army
j and navy men. like the river, go on
forever until death or the age of re
tirement relieves them of their du
: ties. They enn think of other thing
I than the effect on potential voting
; influences.
i The work of the joint defense com
i mission is but one of many phases of
! the feverish preparedness program
' in th > country, but it is vital in e\ -
ery sense of the word. Gentlemen
: who are entrusted with the respon
' sibilities now theirs are offered a
' very outstanding opportunity to
! render genuine service to their
! countrymen.
i
Not So Impressive
Another one of those straw tabu
j lations has been published, and this
i one. coming a month after the first.
| cho\vs Wendell Willkie still a safe dis
tance ahead of President Roosevelt
in electoral votes, but neither with
a comfortable margin of support in
i individual states to satisfy hopes of
[ their supporters.
' Certainly there is not much of a
' decisive character about the latest
j showing. Percentages are too closc
| to the divid'ng line in so many states
that the slightest shift would give the
Republican candidate a distinctly
i better majority, or else would throw
I the Pre ident's column far out in
i front, v. t i !i both measurements
I of public stnti ent he has been well
! behind his opp< nent in the electoral
1 vote enumeration.
1 At that, however. th;> President
made substantial gains. That may be
i signifie:.nt. It may reflect a disap
j pointi:.< r • on the part of many pco
i pie with the Willkie acceptance
i speech ten days ago. And there is
| no basis for denial of the fact that
| some opinion is the Willkie of the ac
| ceptance address is a different man
! from the Willkie of convention and
; pre-convention days. Somehow there
I is a sort of sub-conscious feeling
that Candidate Willkie hasn't quite
the directness and the punch that
-eemcd so evident in the months just
before the Philadelphia miracle. Is
'he G. O. P. candidate of today the
i ^aine Willkie who wrote "Five
| Minutes Before Midnight"? Or has
] he been offered and accepted too
I much advice from old-line Itepub
| lican leaders?
j The campaign is on, but it hasn't
I actually generated a great deal of
i heat as yet. Some nine or ten weeks
! remain in which the big berthas on
! both sides may be hauled into posi
: tion and started to firing. Until
| then many minds will remain open,
i If there be any significance to straw
! votes, their greatest value will come
■ in the final month of the campaign,
! that is, in October. And if this
• method of sounding public opinion
| is credited with being vvoyth its salt,
it will still be any man's guess as to
who will win the election unless there
I is a decisive shift one way or the
| other from the present exhibits.
! Meanwhile, the safest course is not
to become excited or alarmed in eith
er direction. After all, the actual
vote count is what decides elections.
| Reading in oed, according to a
beauty expert, is bad for the chin
| and neck line. The resultant im
j provemcnt of the mind being of
course, of no consequence.
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We've no idea what ever became
: of that plan to make clothes out of
! skimmed milk. However, we've seen
: plenty of vests that appeared to be
! made up of vegetable soup.
German propagandists, we read
I are trying to humanize Hitler. Weil.
1 they'll have to go some to catch up
'on Churchill's smile and that cheer
: lullv burning cigar.
I Astronomers now report that the
• sun has begun to show an unusual
! number of small spots. Old Sol, it
'seems, has suddenly become partial
i to polka dots.
|
j France has changed the name of
| the chief official executioner from
i "Monsieur Paris" to "Mr. Algiers."
; But he's still unpopular.
i A newly invented air gun is said
| to be capable of firing 10,000 times
j a minute. That certainly is shooting
| off a lot ol hot air.
Wearing wet socks, we read, is a
cure for insomnia. Now all we need
I is a sure cure for the head cold
I which would result.
i These days when Greek meets
I Lireek they discuss Mussolini's latest
i threat.
I
' OTHERS VIEWS
FROM MR. WRIGHT
To the Editor:
Looking aown l'rom his capitalistic
i throne ot gold, Wendell Wulkie, m
■ins speech of acceptance, said to the
'iiity million poverty stricken peo
; pie in this country who were found
oy tlie New Deal, after eignty years
oi Republican rule; "in America we
'are not reduced to blood and tears.
| But we shall not be able to avoid the
! toil and sweat. In the montns anead
ot us every man will have to work
a little harder. Every housewife will
have to plan a little more carefully.
|l speak plainly because you must
not be deceived about the dii'ficul
i ties of the future. You will have to
jbe hard of muscle, clear of head and
'brave of heart."
• Those are the cruelist words ever
'uttered by a candidate for office in
•the United States. Mr. Wilikie speaks
not like one seeking office in a re
'public, but like an autocrat from
(whose rulings there is no appeal.
(Surely he is the American Hitler
j bulwarked, not by the people of his
.country as is the German chancellor,
but by the wealth of plutocrats who
jare the assassins of the peace and
'wellbeing of the great producing
class in this country.
j When Wilikie was nominated I
I said organized greed had by that j
'act thrown down the gauntlet to the !
wealth producers of this country,
,saying: We are not going to have any j
more New Deal efforts to aid the
man in the field, factory and mine j
1—uplift the plain people—but it shall
be easier for the rich to get more
■ wealth. With all my soul I hope the
people will take up the gauntlet,
thereby accepting the challenge of [
'the plutocrats and fight them at the
r ballot box to the last ballot, and if I
i needs be shed our blood to free our I
country of the industrial cannibals. ■
; Better l'ar our bones bleached on the !
.field of honor than our bodies rot
in poverty.
To some people what I have writ
ten may seem harsh words, but when
[one remembers they are written in
order that the people may see their
Host and ruined condition and unite
I to destroy the i.: eedy monster that
(hitherto has consumed the product of
jthoir labor, my words are not stern
enough.
JAS. H. WRIGHT. |
i Henderson. i
BACK TO SCHOOL AGAIN!
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Ivjltw v/ACATiO^
lasted
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
By FRED H. MAY
1. When was practically ali the
l'arm property in North Carolina be
ing offered for sale?
2. How long were North Carolina
seats in congress vacant during the
Civil War and reconstruction period?
3. Where was the first North Car
olina Methodist conference held?
4. What was the amount of graft
from railroad bunds distributed lo
members of the carpetbag legislature
of 1869?
5. In what North Carolina county:
was a man indicted for joining in
singing at a church?
6. Why was North Carolina called
the recruiting ground of the South |
during the Revolutionary War?
ANSWERS. |
1. During the years from 1825 to j
1840 there was a general movement
of people from North Carolina to;
the west and southwest. During those:
years it was claimed that nine out
of every ten families were offering!
their property for sale and planning
to migrate to some of the newly
opened territories. The building of.
railroads and other improvements!
aided in stemming this tide. Many'
hundreds of families moved away,;
however, before the tide was stop-,
ped.
2. Eight years in all, from 1861 to (
.1868, when the first senators and!
congressmen were allowed to be seat-'
ed in the national congress.
3. At the home of Green Hill, a
leading Methodist of the state, about
one mile east of Louisburg, Franklin i
county. The conference was held in
April 1785. |
4. A total of $241,713.31 was claim
ed to have been distributed among \
members of the legislature by George!
W. Swepson, president of the West
ern North Carolina Railroad. The;
legislature had adopted an act which j'
provided a large bond issue for this
railroad. !
5. Robeson county in 1833. William
Linkhaw, a church member, had j
indicted by other members, because
his singing was out of key and dis-1!
SALLY'S SALLIES
Kcnstcrcd U $ Patent Ofiicc
.. X ~\ will./
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Distributed by King Fca'ures Syndicate, Incj
Science savs that flies can go for days without settling—the
grocer says some of his customers go for months.
turbcd the congregation. The lower
court convicted him and the case was
carried to the Supreme Court where
a reversal was ordered.
6. North Carolina had a larger
population than any of the other
southern states and more men of
military age to draw from. This with
the greater willingness of North Car
olinians to fight for independence
made recruiting much easier in the
state. It has been stated that North
Carolinians were more interested in
getting in the ranks and lighting than
in being commissioned as officers.
i ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See Back Page
1. rne em 01 rugni*..
2. No.
3. Scandinavian Peninsula.
4. Yes.
5. An instrument used to extract
foreign bodies from the bronchial
tubes.
6. Business executive.
7. Below.
8. British West Indies, off the coast
of Venezuela.
9. April.
10. Julius Caesar.
TWO JOBS FOR JESSE
JONES ARE SOUGHT
Washington, Aug. 27.—(AP)—
President Roosevelt will ask Con
gress to permit Jesse H. Jones to re
tain his present post as federal loan
administrator after he becomes sec
•etary of commerce.
Stephen T. Early, the White House
oress secretary, made this announce
ment, and said Jones was "very j
anxious" to accept the commerce [
jortl'olio. He will succeed Harry L. j
rlopkins, who resigned last week to j
•ecover his health.
Jones' nomination would not go !
:o the senate. Early said, until the '
egislation allowing him to hold both j
lobs was passed. The request for the
authority will be made after Jones
•cturns next week from a vacation
n Michigan.
Present law forbids an individual J
o hold two federal positions at the j
ame time. Under the proposed leg- i
slation. which will mention Jones by |
lame, he would be limited to the j
;ingle $15,000 salary paid a cabinet
>fficer. He now receives 812,000.
Friends of Jones in Congress have
■xpressed reluctance to see him leave
he , leading post. His handling of
(illions of dollars in federal loans
las won him praise from both par
ies.
Early said the President asked the
6-year-old Texan to keep hir: pre
ent job at the time he offered the
abinet place to him.
PRISONER WITHOUT CRIME
New York, Aug. 27.—(AP)—The
ell door unaccountably slammed
ehind William Colton, a cleaner, as
e worked on a seldom-used floor
f Brooklyn criminal courts build
ig—and made him a prisoner. "I'm '
acked in," he shouted out the win- |
ow to a man across the street. "Get I
omebody to let me out." "G'wan I
ack and sit down," the man shouted |
ack, "you're crazy." Three hours
iter, Colton's cries brought a clerk
rho released him.
RETURNS HOME
College Station, Raleigh, Aug. 27.
-Fifty per cent of the students who
'ere graduated from N. C. State Col
?ge in the Class of 1940 with de
rees in animal husbandry and dairy
ig returned to their home farms to
pply their education to improved
vestock production, Prof. R. H.
tuffner, head of the college Depart
lent of Animal Husbandry and
•airying, announced today.
Heads Air Corps
Col. Millard F. Harmon
New commanding officer of the Gulf
Coast Air Corps Training Center,
with'"headquarters at Randolph
Field, Texas, "West Point of the
Air," is Colonel Millard F. Harmon,
former commander at March Field,
Cal., and instructor at the Com
mand and General Staff School,
Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
(Central Prest)
FONDA PRESENTED
FRANK JAMES GI'N
Residents of Bishop, California,
where a number of the outdoor
scenes for "The Return of FranK
James" were made, presented Henry
Fonda with one of the famous out
law's six-shooters upon completion
of the film company's work in the
community.
The gun had been given to Lee
Horton, Bishop's town marshall, in
1903. and carries the initials, "F. J."
"The Return of Frank James" is
due to open Thursday at the Em
bassy Theatre. Gene Tierney. Jackic
Cooper and Henry Hull are featured
in the picture.
DEAIS- NO A Mi - HCVV l-ON©
DOES IT TAKE- AN
UNEMPLOYED PICK
POGKE1T TOft6ET WIS
HAND /n''AGAIN ?
Joe SA\*L.TZ.
T»L£JPO, okIiq.
DETAF2. NO A A «= ON WHAT
TERMS WOULD XOU
Sell -a house: to a
TERMITE 7
JOHN C.OH.INS CHAELOTT^NC.
Postcabp a notion "TOKITE.
tKi-I■ In K>n« ftMW"•
TOBACCO
Monday, Sept. 2nd.—First Sale at
Dixon's Warehouse.. \
Tues. Sept. Srd—First Sale at
Dixon's Warehouse.
Thurs. Sept. 5th—First Sale at
Nixon's Warehouse.
Friday, Sept. 6th—First Sale at
Dixon's Warehouse.
Dixon's Warehouse
mullins, s. c.
C. O. Dixon, C. C. Dixon and Lee
Got)ch, Proprietors i
WANT ADS
Get He$uits
THE HENDERSON .
lege begins new %' '"'-'V 0I
Septembcr 2. C'aii • ''
this week ;md ;,K.i•' d«y
Fully accredited
WE SPEClALi/:. ; ;
kinds of body an.! . *
pair work.
ALL
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FOR RENT FUR.V
rnent closc in Pi
TOBACCO FAR ME!
old papers lor pat
Daily Dispatch o
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A SMART NEW H • ._Y
oi vjiir other beauty
do wonders i'oi y,ui
Phone 200 for a;,..
gcrs Beauty Sliou
GIVE ME YOUR
scriptions. Pron ■ >i
call Frank Johnsoi,.
derson.
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GET PRICES ON O
before yuu buy. L. L •
Dodge and Plymouth
Chestnut street.
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JUST RECEIVED M-Y
loads extra good ii.i-r
to sell, it will pay
before you buy. R. K. s
and Sons, near Fire .
YOU CAN REMODEL \
put on a new root Mid |.... •
now but pay iatei in
finance plan, ha y nuoV.
nients. No red tape. Alex •: \\'.:V
kins. <•
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before August .'11. Time, $
months, $2.07. . i (jn.w
er. 7 months, $l.<io.
ers Diirest and all other
magazines. Carrie Ihirtnn.
147. L'7-lti
CASH OR CREDIT. WHEN IX
need of tiles, tubes aii'i I
come to see us. We can <• y..u
money. Carolina Tire Store- and
Shoe Shope. cod-ti
$39.50 BUYS EXTRA NIC! \W\L
nut bedroom suite. Other "*;i.
just as }>'>od. Come see lur y«mi
self. R. E. Satterwhite iv Shi,- \"o;h
Fire Station L!3-tf
FOR SALE: 5000 FACE BRICK AT
$20 per thousand. Thomas (I Hor
ner. l'ri-tufs-lf
FREE DIRT FOR THE HAULING
See Henderson Grocery ( . once
if you want this dirt. Henderson
Grocery Co. JG-iiti
TOBACCO FARMERS GET YOUR
old papers 'or packing tobacco ;it
Daily Dispatch office, three bun
les for 25 c. 8-'.;
LEAKN A TRADE
HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATES: Print
ing offers many opportunities foi
advancement to youiij* men. Skilled
workmen in this Industry art' In de
mand. THE SOUTH FJ IN SCHOOL
OF PRINTING'S facalities fr
teaching ihe mechanics of the tr?fc
are the best. For particulars #ri*
to V. (-. Garriott, SeCietary-Treasiji
er, 1514-16 Sout'j Street N'h)>^vi,:»
NOTICE OF SALE.
Under and by virtue of the
and authority contained in a Heed "1
Trust executed by William 11. Green
and wife, Elna J. Green, recorded in
Vance County in Book 172. at pagt
617, default having been made in tin
payment ol' the debt therein secured,
at the request of the holder of the
note, I shall sell at public auction. t»
the highest bidder, for ca.-h, .it the
Courthouse door in Hcnder-on. X. C..
at 12:00 Noon on Monday. Septcii.bcr
9, 1940, the following desci bed
estate:
Begin at a stake on llushi -R
land Road or Bridget! S' l et. in the
Eastern Section of Henderson. Nor'::
Carolina. Carter's come:: mk: run
Westerly along Carter'- l::u !.tf
6 inches to a stake: thence N>;thc:iy
73 ft. 6 in. to a stake: tl < mi : " -
ly 156 ft. to a stake <>n H };hes-ii"*''
land Road or Bridget! Strei--: • • nn1
Northerly 75 feet alom; H - o*
Rowland Road or Bridyett Street, t
the place of beginning.
For more accurate description
Charles F. Foster plat v. he! duly
recorded in Register of I»e<d
Vance County. N. C. in Rooi; i ;,£e
598. this being Lot No. •
on said plat: also see Deed l> "~
page 103.
For further descripti<-r. :•: '
made to Trustee's Deed <
Carter. Trustee to T. P Glx
corded in Book 17u. . ■
erence is also made t" dt 'i
P. Gholson to Wm. H Green aril
wife, dated Jan. 29.
This the 6th day ol
T. P. GHOLSON. I'ru>tec.
6-13-20-27
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Personal and courts -
to all details
AL. B. \M S'I K!t
Phone 139 >1(l
B. H. MIXGN
(Incorporated»
Contractor and
Builder
"Builds Better !'
Also Wall Pap*-'
Roofing and !•"
Extermination
Phone 7.