Nearly $2,000,000 Paid
For Tobacco Sold Here
9,416,400 Pounds Are
Handled by Local
Market for Average of
$20.82 Per Hundred;
Estimate Half of Crop
Is Sold.
Nearly $2.01)0.000 I .nl born paid
growers who had sold tobacco on thej
Henderson market Through Friday.;
according to ofl'icia! figures an
nounced today by Smith H. Young,
sales super* isor.
Total season sates were 0.4W>.400
pounds, which brought $l.9f>0.(>78.99
for an average of $.0.82 per hundred
pounds.
For the week the saies amounted
to 2.114.520 pounds or "<427.Oo2.tiO.
at an averagi ot $20.20 per hundred j
pounds. The week's u>tal was for
four days, since the i:r . ket suspend- i
ed on Wednesday for the national
conscription registration day. and j
but for that probably would nave set
a new season rrc.-rci. as the actual
sales were only slightly under the
high mark of the previous week.
Friday'.-- sales were 475.178 pounds
for S93.960.4o t a $19.77 average.
Market nil c:.;ls be here approxi
mately halt •>! tl»e season total has
been sold. K ■ -ites have been that j
Henderson ho;-<- w. uld sell 18 to
20 million p and-, or two-thirds ol i
the 1939-40 figure when there was
a record crop. Th-- y> .ir's yield is a I
third or more nd; ■ last year.
Much o»' cho re-t tvpo> • »f leaf
have been marketed. so niueh s-> that
there wiii In enough medium or in
ferior tobaec«> <n side.- the next two'
months to aftcct the price average. I
Fred Kesler i
Red Cross |
Roll Leader
Fred Kesler has beei i med chair- ;
man o. the 194 > antu Red Cross
Roll Call for Vance c> ity. it was
announced today by S. Alt'ord.
chiarnum of the keal cha/it.-.
Mr. Kesler was designated by of- i
ficers of the chapter, who* had the •
authority to select the leader. Mr. I
Alford said.
No precise g< >a I has been set. as '
the national organization made the |
request that as many memberships ,
and as much money as possible be
obtained because of the increased
need for Red Cross services due to
war conditions.
The date for the drive is <et na
tionally as fro.n Armi-tice Hay. No
vember 1!. through Thanksgiving.;
It the goal has not been reached,
where there is a goal, the time may ;
be extended. L;i-t year the total |
asked here was $700. a slight in- |
crease over the S'joO sum requested •
in other seasons.
A meeting of the chapters board I
is to be held probably next week to |
arrange for any detail- that may be.!
necessary in preparation for the j
campaign.
Grows Worse.
The condition of C. B. Beckham. I
who is ill at Ids home on South Wil
liam street, continues to grow worse,
it is said.
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four
1. Nipponese means a citizen of,
Japan. China or Egypt?
2. Does lightning ever strike the
same object.-* snore than once?
3. Was the ground Hour of the U.
S. Capitol used a- a military bakery
during the Civil War?
4. Which New England State has
no coast line?
5. The reverse side of a Buffalo
nickel has a portrait of ?
G On which planet do some as-!
trnomers think there may be pos
sibilities of life?
7. A highway which intersecting
traffic must not enter without com
ing to a full stop is called an
highway?
8. The peak of unemployment in j
the United States was reached in j
1932. 1933 or 1935?
9. Does cow's milk contain iron?
10. What does the surname Smith!
mean? !
B. & L. Group
Will Attend
Raleigh Meet
Some 15 to 2U directors of the t\v
building and loan associations u
Henderson have indicated their pur
pose t oattend the semi-annual, meel
itig ot district three ot tne i\orti
Carolina Building and Loan Leagu
.:i Raleigh next Monday afternooi
and evening. .\>el 1. Cheatham. sec
retai \-ueiisurer ot tlie Home iiuild
ing and Loan, said today. He sail
14 directors ot' his association an*
live ot the Henderson Building an<
Loan had said they planned to at
tend the meeting.
The district includes fourteci
counties, including Vance.
The afternoon session will be ;
round table discussion ot appraisal*
minimum plans and specifications
and the effect of the national delensi
progn.m no the buiicUng and loan in
das try.
An address by Dr. Malcolm Me
Dermott. professor of law at Duk<
University, at the banquet session
will highlight the meeting. Othe
special guests on the program wil
uiclude: O. K.. LaKoque. president o
the Federal Home *Loan Bank o
Winston-Salem: George W. Cone
deputy insurance connnissioner o
Xorht Carolina, and R. H. Gregory
.fr.. of Rocky Mount, president of tin
North Carolina Building and Loat
League.
Henderson representatives at th<
meeting weir lM?d as loll >\v<: W A
Hunt. Joel T. Cheatham. R. L. Mus
':j» P F. Clements. R. G. S. Davis
E. O. Falkner. A. W. Gholson. Jr., J
B. Hick<. F. B. Robards. R. L. Oak
lrv. S. B. Rogers. \. S. Watkins. M
L. Wood and M. W. Wester, of the
Home asscoiation: Irvine B Watkins
A!. B. Wester. J. W. JenTiiR M L
Fmcii. C. P. Tanner, of the Hender
son association.
Colored Fair
Will Be Held
Coming Week
The 21st annual Vance Count}
Colored Fair will open Monday with
what Kobert Hawkins, manager, de
scribes as the best midway and mos
extensive exhibits in the long his
tory of the local event. The Davi:
& Parrott Shows will furnish th<
entire midway, with new shows, new
rides, and plenty of other attraction:
fot fun and entertainment. Free act:
and fireworks will again be a teatun
of each evening's program.
"Our purpose." said Hawkins, "i:
to build up the farming interests o
this section of the country." and h<
urged farmers to have their exhibit:
ready for entry at the opening o
the fair on Monday. Premium list:
have been distributed to growers an.(
others interested in setting up ex
hibits. and early indications of in
terest presage a large number of ex
hibits.
Wednesday. October 23. is to bi
school day and all colored schoo
children will be admitted free 01
presentation of tickets which wil
be distributed by teachers.
The local colored fair covers th.
territory included in Vance, Gran
ville. Warren, and Franklin eoun
ties in North Carolina and Mecklen
burg county in Virginia.
SEVERAL CHARGES
BEFORE THE MAYOF
Several charges were cleared fron
the city court docket today, witl
Mayor Henry T. Powell presiding.
Jesse Huff was guilty of beinj
drunk, and prayer for judgment wa
continued upon payment of the costs
P. W. Knott was required to pa:
$2 for violating a parking ordinance
S. M. Watkins paid $2 when hi
pleaded guilty to violating a traffi<
rule by parking too long.
J. I). Harris was not guilty of park
ing overtime.
An overtime parking charfii
against C. J. Fleming was noll<
prossed upon payment of SI.
Morris Winbulger and Robert Cos
tello were charged with assaulting
and beating eath other. They plead
ed guilty, and each was taxed witl
the costs of court.
Citizens Realty & Loan Company
COMPLETE INSURANCE SERVICE
Real Estate — Property Management
Joel T. Cheatham, President
Briny us your
TOBACCO SCRAP
Payiuy un to $3.50 per hundred
STAR WAREHOUSE
CLARKSVILLE, VA.
A SALE EVERY DAY
THOMAS ROYSTER and L. A. PITTARD
Chest Drive
Head To Be
Named Soon
At ;i meeting of the directors of
the Vance County Community Chest
Fridny evening, a committee consist
ing
Dr. Charles D. Rollins as
chairman. R. W. Bruin and R. II.
Hicks was named t«» make a recom
mendation lor a chairman for the
campaign >«>on to be undertaken.
It was decided that the entire
board would meet again next Wed
nesday evening to hear the report!
of the committee as to a chairman,
and at that time the budget for the
campaign will also be discussed and I
adopted. A date for the campaign]
will als-' !>(• agreed upon at the meet-I
' I in,f
1 The campaign probably will be be- j
"Itjii.. i iMo»
! Last right's meeting was the first
' i of the newly-organized Community j
1 ! Chest, and was held in the office of
'j Superior -urt E C). Falkner. chair- |
• | man •>! tlu- chest. Sam Ali'ord ex
1 plained the purpose of community
i ! chests in .general. and it was agreed
• that only recognized charitable or
i | gani/.atioiis be included in the chest
the coming year. It was agreed that
all charitable organizations file their
itemized budgets with Mrs. E. R.
Aih't before the next meeting Wed
nesday
Members of the board present at
the meeting werp; Mr. Falkner. R.
E. Clements and S. J. Lane. Jr.. vice
presidents: Mrs. Austin, secretary
troasurer: C. L. Finch. Mrs. E. F.
Parham. Mrs. W. 13. Hight. H. M.
Robinson. I>ob Pegratn, R. W. Bruin,'
B. H. Hicks. Dr. Charles Rollins, Sam i
Altord. j
Capital Gossip
liy UKNRV AVERILL
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In th" Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. Oct. 19.—Dr. C. C. Crit
i tendm. Secretary of the North Car
; olina Historical Commission, is to
: clay ■tniii'iinciny approval of a batch
i "I i'l.^ie.ay markers—featuring most
ly pla: I: i'ii d< and the famous Becht
j ler mint in Rutherford county,
j In all. tin' list includes eleven in
scriptions. dealing with plank
i roads, two with the mint and the
balance about persons and things
• varying from Marshall Ferdinand
j Foch to a whale fishery.
, The plank roads were forerunners
of the hard-surfaced highways of to
day. During the fifteen years prior to
the War Between the States a large
I number of these so-called "Farmer's
Railroads" were built in North Car
; olina. Fayetteville led in the move
I ment a:id from the Cumberland
• county scat they ran out in all di
! rcctions.
More than two million dollars in
j gold was coined at the mint which
i was set up in 1831 in Rutherford by
1 Christopher Bechtler. a German im
I migrant. It was in operation for
I about 25 years.
The inscriptions which have been
| approved, as announced by Dr. Crit
i tenden:
! "PLANK ROADS: Fayetteville was
| the focal point for five plank roads,
J chartered 1849-52. The longest was
j built to Bethania. 129 miles north
west." To be erected in Cumberland
county.
"PLANK ROAD: The eastern ter
minus of the Greenville and Ra
leigh Plank road, chartered in 1850
•Mid completed to Wilson by 1863 was
nearby." To be erected in Greenville,
Pitt county.
"PLANK ROAD: The western ter
minus of the Greenville and Raleigh
Plank Road, chartered in 1350 and
completed to Wilson by 1853, was
nearby." To be erected in Wilson,
Wilson county.
"PLANK ROAD: The western ter
minus of the Fayetteville and west
ern plank road. 129 miles in length,
longest in North Carolina, built
1849-1854, was here." To be erected
j at Bcthania, Forsyth county.
"BECHTLER MINT: Established
1831. four miles N. by Christopher
Bechtler. Later stood at this point.
Minted more than $2,250,000 in gold.
Closed about 1849." To be erected in
Rutherfordton.
t
No Round Dancing
Is Rule Set For
Square Dances
"Positively no round dancing al
lowed" is the rule Bobby Davis, <>i
the dance committee, has laid down
for the series of square dances that
are to be given at West End Country
Club, beginning next Thursday even
ing.
Windy Moore and Bull Clements
are to be on hand to call the figures
and instruct the dancers. "There's
really nothing to it". Mr. Clements
says, "all you have to do is follow
the leader."
Last year, during a scries of square
-BECHTLER MINT: Established
here. 1831." rest of inscription as on
• Rutherfordton marker. To be erected
' in Rutherford county.
"WHALE FISHERY: At Shacklc
5 lord Banks, six miles southeast by
• boat, was located a whale fishery in
i the 18th and 19th centuries." To be
erected in Beaulort. Carteret county.
"ALLEN JONES: Brigadier Gen
eral during the Revolution, member
of Provincial Congress and of the
Continental Congress. Site of home,
Ml. Gallant, 1-4 mile S. W." To be
erected in Northampton county.
"SAMUEL SPENCER: Member of
the N. C. court which, in the first
officially reported opinion, declared
a legislative act void as in conflict
with a written constitution, 1787.
Home stood 3 mi. N. E."' To be erect
ed in Anson county.
"PETTIGREW HOSPITAL: Site of
I Confederate hospital. U. S. Army
barracks, Confederate Soldier's Home
I 189 1-1938." To be erected in Ra
j leigh.
"FERDINAND FOCH: Comman-!
I der-in-chief of allied armies, 1913. |
r made a .-peech at the Union county!
; courthouse, on December 9. 1921."
T<> be crected at Monroe, Union
."'.inty.
Odd Facts In Carolina . By Carl Spencer
ill never forget
I the TIME 'WENT
EIGHTY YARDS
FOR A .
touchdown y
(WASNT YOU
r WINDED i J
S NAW, WE
GOT HIS ARM
i_A HUNG in A
,)( RIP IN THE
_ , V FULLBACK'S ,
JERS'
C//A/PL/E A/. A/C/A/A//S.
EAYETTEVLLLE, WORKS
WITH McGFE, BOARDS
WITH MC/VE/LL AND ,
ROOMS WITH AfCCA-LL '
fZo°r *
s»°iH
THE WIND
UNSCREWED AN
ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB
ON TOP OF A 38
FOOT POLE — IT FELL
TO THE GROUND
UNBROKEN, AND IS
STILL USED /
D& RAJ AYCOCK.
RZ/A/CETOA/.
A WHITE LINE. IS RAINTED ON
THE SIDEWALK TO DISTINGUISH
THE PEDESTRIANS FROM THE
BYSTANDERS /-SARA/ES ST
60LO5&0R0.
Af/?V/W?5 A.L. RO-5;
A/EWTON G&OVE. HAVE.
2 children in college -
CONE BOY AND ONE GIRL)
2 CHILDREN IN HIGH SCHOOL
CONE BOY AND ONE GIRL)
2 CHILDREN IN GRAMMER GRADES
(ONE BOV AND ONE GIRL)
2 CHILDREN IN PRIMARY GRADES
(ONE BOY AND ONE GIRL j
RIGHT IN \
ITHE LION OF \
FIRE ?
~U?
was&
<gf
• f
RED AND
^ PINK ROSES
Yf GREW ON THE *
' SAME STEM .
... N LUC HE SANDERS.
6&EEA/SBORO.
c^. /9-tO
HP BELL/5, 5AL/3BURY.
LOST HIS WATCH WHILE BURN
ING 3RUSH — LATER HE FOUND
IT AMONG THE, COALS OF THE
FIRE 50 HOT THAT IT 5C0RCHE.D
LEAVES WHEN PULLED OUT —
RUT STILL RUNNING / .
dances. many of the club members j
developed to a point where they i
could do some pretty complicated;
figures, however, it is expected that
most of them will need a little brush
ing up. and the simpler figures will
be tried Thursday,
Thursday's affair is a strictly in
formal get-together, with plenty of
. fim for all. but member.*, are caution
ed to be getting ready for the big
cu.iuiiu affair the "Farmer's Ball;
j on Hallowe'en night.
Visiting Grandmother.
Miss Elizabeth Hobgood. of Dur
| ham, is visiting hoi grandmother,!
Mrs. L. W. Hobgood. at her home!
on Zene street.
Program Sunday.
Tht Mt. Calviiry chorus, of Ox
ford. will render a program at the
Be neon Light Hall 011 Breekenridge
street Sunday afternoon at 2:30
•/clock, when 'he colored revival
will continue lor anothfi week. Rev.
V. T. Pope, 'il Knoxville, Tenn., who
Is doi:,g the preaching said.
I
Plumbing - Heating - Electrical Contractors
Oil-O-IMalic Oil Burners — Iron Firemen Coal Burner*.
WILSON ELECTRIC CO.
Phone 738 William Street
hood Crowd
Marks Final
Fair Night
Reports Not Yel Ready
on Week's Operations.
Greatly Interfered
With By Weather Con
ditions.
A good crowd mailed •
Friday night of 11k- !"•<•••. •
silver anniversary, oi r i
Bolt Fair.
No reports wore avail. '
to the results of Iho !.
operation, but it hud
from the weather man. !i
low temperatures and ov.
daily did this condition ■<;
crowd on School Day \\*d:
p , r h;>r' > c,>
on School Dny. the fair
offered '.rrec admissions !•
school children a«? comic
the setback of Wenn* o •
This yeai's fair had n ; ; •:
tions than in recent yo.r . • m
increased nuumber of rid
shows.
Agricultural, educational
exhibits were in greater nu
generally considered i
character than in a low nr.
Zacchini. the man sh't ;ro.
mouth of a '-annon over Iv.'-i K<
wheels into -1 . gave t» •
mance.'*. at a and 7 p. m.
•lay of the fair. Firrv■•»••!;• v.e < •
*«»ed a." •' "i'al ;is ITii t of the :
pi.-i-i
E. L. Fleming, president, ami
VT. H'rrht. ■ erreta'w-trcasMrer. • -
it-to 1m- able to report early ! < t
neek on the operations of fair v."
1.11 had no ■ latement too v
TWO CHARGES UP IN
RECORDER'S CC'JR'I
Recorder R. E. C'lemeni <i
ot" two charge.; today in em-Mi-. <
C. P. Ev«n*. alias C. I'. C. 1
was guilty of being drunk, v i.
or for judgment v.-a> continued
payment of the costs.
j Bob Small. Negro, was gu'iiy .
| being drunk, and was given
l days, rurprnded upon pivnien'.
■ and cost<. and not bo eon\ irte'S «
; violating any criminal law in Y,
county for the next two vcai .
I Traffic Fines—Traffic line,
i collected from three person- C. '
' Fleming C. Brantley Ovcrbv
, Roger Edwards, records at the
clerk's office shower! today.
SMOKING TOBACCO TUENS
to MONEY at
PLANTERS ~
»HENDERSON " c.
OUR SALES FOE ENTIRE SEASON OVER 21c
SALES AND AVERAGES MADE ON OUR FLOORS RECENTLY
Mrs. T. J. Richardson
and Moody
Pounds Priec
108 32
200 40
284 35
1 <!!! 25
404 30
154 32
46 IT
1384 $439.26
Average $31.73
Pounds
W. D. Foster, Jr 720
R. B. Taylor & John Person 556
Mrs. D. L. Kearney 83G
M. C. Woodliel' 284
J. A. Cooper and Wallace . .660
Gupton and Guplon 648
J. W. Ivey 758
Isiah Williams 664
Jesse Capps 318
Amount Average
$252.60 $35.01
219.44 33.60
289.08 34.50
95.5G 33.00
210.60 31.07
221.44 31.17
242.16 31.94
212.66 32.02
107.78 33.50
H. W. Finch
Pounds Price Amount
74 27 SI9.9H
24 20 4.H'>
30 33 !> I) i
72 35 2").2H
1H2 35 «::.7'i
lfi« 34 54.40
58 25 11.-vi
40 15 <>20
G48 $iy:;.(i::
Average $30.66
A SALE EVERY DAY NEXT WEEK
Sell With Moore And Currin For More Currency
A. H. MOORE a„d D. F. CURRIN