Man Dies Of
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On Saturday
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York, Succumbs at
Hospital; Unidentified
Soldier in Car Disap
pears; Dead Man Had
Been to Miami.
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Huffman Cleaners
Hospital Gets
High Rating
I
l.Iaria I';;rani ao.-pital in Hender-j
- : ... . i;ain :»«. v i! I'lit on the favor- ■
cd !:-t el hospitals id t!ie country ap-j
i ii vtd ! y American College of
Suigeiitb. Tiib recognition has been
txtuidec. u> tiic h< >pital lor a num- i
Th ■ . • v' rd announced today suvers'
the entire State, and shows the local!
;io>pital t«> have capacity for ;7 j
: rii'-. it i rated as a general ho.— !
pit.' under control 01 a board oil
:. >tees with community ownership. I
u' . avaie hospital in Oxford i> on
"he ! t a- .feting the minimum re-1
cjuirements.
Duke hospital in Durham is the I
-i.-t :. the State, with capacity <>! •
">7". v • the exception of the gov-'
cr:i:!n:.t hospital at Oteen. with a!
capacity tor iSj'». This is lor tuber-:
cm--:- ~ patient-.
Rutins of this sort bv the Americ n '
College Surgeon.* Cx's nut < flci ■
any financial assistance of any kind.
■ • i iy c.xtvn i:i'g a credited -tanoarrl
ot having met certi:in requirement-.
D.ike hospital is listed as one ofj
: y two tut: >n< in the State c !'
ductiaa approved cancer clinics. The
tiier ! t c » ciinic of the Gul
a>rd County Audtcal Society.
Bang 's Disease
Eradication
Work Starts
Work will begin tomorrow > n1
Vance county on the county-wirh
K. :u\> disea.-i «: ..dieation pfi.gr;
v •. eh v.'.i- p. <i--ci lor .Mime month
• . it v..i.- -1.1toci '.td iv i>y Dr. A. D.
Gi t county in. th ollicer. The
. ^ Lltl.'if tilt' joint .-p'll!;..|
-r.::> . t county health department
the county board of commissioner..
:i>*. i:11 «• a o! A: . ..1 Husbandry oi
■ e S: . • {)'. p; '*i e:;: o[ Agriculture.
.i i- i'r.'tea Statt Department o.
Al:. icul'ure.
Dr. X. B. Tyler and Dr. Robert (I.
Lt . \ * terinarians oi the State bi;
e Li i Animal Husbandry. arrived
:!• : •'! son if: - . >:n:ng to in
. ;'< the pi'oui and it is i»
. i tr.at the a-*u; testing of cat
■ ■!I begin ton ■: Dr. Lee v. ;!!
:;ih :;i the county until the pro
completed. and Dr. T\!er
• : en- lor the .-tart of the work.
L": ci- • the d>ea>e e .dieation pro
. a!i cattle six : months of age
'•r !cu-: will be tested lor Bang'.
i • -e and al! inlected animal wi,.
' i ndtmned ^4tid destroyed. Own
i ■ : condemned animals will be
« ind'.-:: nltv according t > a fixed
•>tvie.
D.. Gregg urged all cattle owners.
; .iiitv to be prepared for ti^o
vi.-it .. the inspectors and to give;
... po.«*iyk» assistance in the testing
oi' their cattle. j
T: ey have overnight sleeper planes 1
between the coasts.
Citizens Realty & Loan Company
COMPLETE INSURANCE SERVICE
ii< ;:i K«;;iTc — Property Management
•Joe! T. Cheatham. President
Till CHECK-WHY
is the easy way ®° PaY
Once you've paid bills by check
you'll never want to go back lo slow,
lisky cash payments.
Start an account here and learn for
yourself how enoriless paying by
checii really is.
t^diik & 1 rust
Company
Henderson, N. C.
'i he Leading Bank in This Section
1S89 - Fifty-First Year - l(J-40
Banking Hours: 9 A. M. to 2 P. M.
All Deposit - insured l'p To >T>,0(H).')0
Sub-Freezing
Temperature
Is rirst Here
1 i t brought the coldest
weather of the winter so far.
with a minimum ieinp?rature of
•27 i-.-i jKl'd at C a. in. today. II.
I,. official aiher Bureau
jihsff. :t here. aunnunerd. The
>haiv drop was accompanied by
a v- rv 'if tvy frost this morning.
It v..i- the first sub-freezing
Icjimerature «>t the season here.
T'.-" hiyhrM temperature of
Sunday was "»:J. and Hie mercury
slid !<> :• point almost exactly half
fiiat tor till* minimum of the
nklit
I.iiu temperatures prevailed
m!:si i.! I'st wv.'k in litis section.
S'sie- w.-re overcast, too. most
of th" time, and weather out
• :(!.• n.is very disagreeable,
liter;- wa very 1 til? rain, how
ever.
Snows that reae'-.cd well down
ii. Y"r'-ini.! d*d i:«l coma this far.
but '■•at' tiiey done so would have
s!-t ;i new record for early snows
here.
Heavy Break
C* r T* V
u i ooacco
Is Offered
< m • ill lin* ie..aviest breaks of the
se; .-on v ; reported on the Hemler
<•:. ; ; .-.••• ir '.et ! •• lay ,\v:tl\ :"ome
.Mn ; (i'H' l!i ii ."ltd pound, m leal
in -:!r. it \va-; 11<>t certain in the
Ii.m i:: whether i'. would be pos
sible- i-i clear .'I! floors or it «t before
cIom!H; luiiC at ■» p. 111.
I'lin-: v.t i reported to be higher
than at tin.' end o! l;..- t week.
Tin' •r;; las! Friuav the market
iih! . • d . iightlv more titan 9.400,0(10
pifiut.Jr ol it:: t for the season. and
• pet ;• »n- were e.\peeted to
i\;n tlie tot;d at least to ten million
pounds.
S- !i • i ;i i:. ies are that about half
<•:• o . , . little more than half
oi Hie . a It's have been made.
i'<hi>■»;. t? oi i season have betn
•'ta* ii lit rcieison market would
-fit Min t- i!> to million pounds.
Colored Fair
Opens Tonight
For One Week
Heralded a> "bigger and better
ti .si ever." the Vance County Color
ed Fair wiit open tonight, with it
midway offering ten rides and ten
sh<v.i-'iix-i-t Hawkins, manager oi'
tiie lair, announced today.
attractions aie f u r
ii i in ii by tin.- I J..i> Parrott Mam
Shows. I-i-atured are Roy
li<gt_t>' "Harlem Follies", starring 16
d. . c ti.u 141:1-. also Pardee's "Colored
H i.vaiian Revue" Trained animals
will perloim in tiie Davis & Parrott
circu- side .-ho.v. There will be a ten
in-oi.e show.
Hawkins announced he had book
id .-ome outstanding free acts, pre
ented by Captain Harry Bedc and
l.\ iiinic and Dolly, two of America's
lorem..st trapeze acts. This act will
appear Iree twice daily on the mid
way.
w'edne day will be children's day
at 111;• tair, and all scnooi cnildreii
'.vi 11 be admitted lree.
Black Beauty, the big wonder dog
oi .-•tage and screen, has been booked
lor the iair, and fireworks will be a
feature each evening.
Today was giit day, with a sur
p; 1. ( package offered the first 25IJ
pci.o." purchasing lickeK Tuesday
1.; rural organization day, Wednesday
cii'kiren's day, Thursday health day,
Friday athletic day and Saturday
premium day. ('a h awards will be
made to winning entries.
A penal feature will be the pub
lic wedding Saturday. The couple
will be married on top of the Ferris
wheel.
Hawkins announced today that the
v-.-liibit hall is crowded with beauti
ful displays, and six days and six
m^ji 1 ts ol entertainment for young
niid old are promised.
MARRIAGE PAPERS
TO FOUR COUPLES
K<.ur marriage papers were issued
Saturday at the Vance Registry of
fice. two going to colorcd couples.
Clyde Rowland Forsythe, 19, and
Small Francos Richardson, route 2.
\\-i: iiville, secured llcnse to marry
.V illain Wheeler Thomas, 19, and
ncy Mae Hayes, 18, both of Hen
der.-.on, also secured papers to marry.
'I'lie colored couples were Joe
i\i;-.r;-l>ury, 39. route 1. Kittrell, to
luinU r, Ui. i»I Kittrell; and Wil
li:.in flarlic, 39. to Alary Alston, 32,
/utii of Henderson.
Catches "Possum.
M>- . Will Goodrich has been miss
iv, chickens from her chicken house
• ti.v past several weeks. Friday
.-hi caught the culprit, a big
»p:).-suM. This is sweet potato time,
md .'opossum and taters are hard to
VenTset back growing buds
Guard Units
I Pass Here; |
|
lOne Remains
i
' Several hundred -oldiers :ind niorej
than 100 arniv trucks passed through'
Henderson Sunday auct Sunday night J
enroute t<> training camp.- in south
I ern states. One unit, a signal corps |
[ outfit, spent the night at the National)
! Guard Armory here, and continued j
on their way today.
j All unit* were foinier New York i
| National Guard. now a part of the |
regular army ful intensive miliUiryj
training. All were ol the old :27th I
Division that won lame during the I
j World War.
I Several hundred of the soldiers
were fed during the afternoon and!
| evening at the Capitol Cafe here.
Traffic lights were cut out on Gar
| r.etl street, the roule oi the national j
| highway through Hencleiv»n. ><> as:
not to slow down the movement of
the organization. In addition, how-1
v« r. Highway patrol cars piloted the!
motor caravan through the city.
D.liiculiv and delay was experi-!
cnced in finding an entrance into the
National Guard Armory. Mayor!
I HtT.ry T. Powell telephone and rani
e rrands for several hours during the •
evening to find some one with the'
keys io the Armory, which has not
been u-cd and ha- been clo.cd and
locked since the last of the loots7
guardsmen left here for Foil Jack-,
son several weeks ago. A Company,
C soldier home for the week-end'
I'ui nisiied tne solution to the i iddle
by going inside by way ol a circuitous (
route.
Mayor Powell had a water dc
paitment man turn on the water, but
the soldiers had no lights all night,
and there was no heat in lite Armory. ;
Officers of the outfit expressed
their appreciation for the courtesies]
shown tiiem here. They said they
were dehy.'d on their trip by sno\.- j
storms further north of here. The
units were ah enrouic to Camp Mc
Clellan. Anniston, Ala.
Eleven Are j
Arrested On !
W hisky Charge
i
I
Eleven persons are charged in coun ,
ty court with pos.sess.ny whisky for
the purpose of sale as re>ult of raids !
here Saturday night by ABC Officers |
J. C. Champion and L. A. Jackson i
with the assistance of W. S. Strange,
with most of the cases set for trial
before Recorder R. E. Clements Fri
day.
It is said that undercover agents
have been at work here for the pastj
several weeks gathering evidence of
illegal whisky traffic. :
Those arrested are Garland John- j
son, Walter Wheeler. Julian Carroll.
Johnnie Jarrell, Buck Stewart, Kit- ,
tie R. Grissom. Hershcy Stokes,
Mary Wheeler, J. C. Evans. George- j
Wynn and Grady Pully.
All of the defendants gave bond, j
IS. JOHN H. IKS i
IS BURIED TOOAV1
Services Conducted From
Holiness Church, Inter
ment at Rock Bridge
Mrs. Viola Dell Hicks, 48. died Sat
urday in Duke hospital, alter an ill
ness. and funeral services were held
(this afternoon at 4 o'clock from Holi
iness church, South Henderson, with
| interment in Rock Bridge cemetery.
! 'Flic Rev Jodie Leonard conducted
j the services.
Mrs. Hicks is survived by her hits
! band, John H. Hicks: three daugh
ters, Mrs. Cornelia Pruitt, and ML
Ises Lillian and Peggy Hicks, all of
Henderson; four sons by a former
marriage. Henry, Lee, Roger and
Norman Williams.
A sister, Mrs. Mary Betty Green,
also survives, and there are three
surviving prothcrs, .1. T.. A. G., and
A. J. Hunt, all of Henderson. Trtcre j
are eight grand children.
Active pallbearers were announc
ed as Sam Parrish, Alvin Currin.
Lewis Pruitt. Lee Harris, W. 11
Wilder and Johnny Martin.
JUDGE R. E. CLEMENTS
HEARS THREE CASES
Throe eases were disposed of at
today's session of county court, with
Recorder R. E. Clements presiding.
Mi!o C-lcaton pleaded guilty to be
ing drunk, and was given 30 days,
suspended upon payment of the costs,
and not be convicted of violating the
prohibition laws of Vance county for
the next two years.
Edward Pearce drew 30 days on
the roads for non-support of his il
legitimate child. He gave notice of an
; appeal, and bond was set at $50.
Frank Taylor. Negro, was guilty of
careless and reckless driving, and
jrayer for judgment was continued
upon payment of the costs and $25
lor the benefit of Will Hendricks.
MATTRESS FIRE IN
W. H. JOHNSON'S HOME )
A mattress in the linirie <>r W. H.
Johnson on Andrews avenue exten
sion. just across from the fairgrounds. |
'.•aught fire last night around 11 j
o'clock, with fireman answering a I
•;s]l there for aid. The damage vasi
•or.fined to 1 !>o r.yilt'vss. vi'Ii r<e'
»oom bcini ?n. >':<•: <• \ id<.-r;:'o!y, FK
Various Cases
Before Mayor
Routine Monday morning cases
were up in city court today before
.Mayor Henry T. Powell for hearings.
Lonnie Day, Negro, was charged
with forging the name of W. P.
Smith to a check of $5, drawn upon
Citizens Bank and Trust Co., and
cashing the same at U'oolard s. He
was ordered held for superior court j
under $300 bond.
Jim Alston, Negro, was charged !
with assault, but the prosecuting '
witness failed to appear. Mayor j
i'owell ordered the witness, when I
apprehended, to pay a line 01 S1U. j
D. Boyd Kimball, R. S. Young and |
J. E. Elrod. Jr.. charged with traffic
violations i a i led to appear.
Allied Goode Wimbish, Negro,!
charged with being drunk, failed to j
make his appearance in court, and
his case was continued.
ii. !l. B»v».-:\veli, route 1, Warren ton :
pleaded guilty to being drunk, and j
was given lit) days .suspended upon I
payment of the costs.
Eugene Williams, Negro, faced the j
court, charged wtih using profanity I
and trespassing. He pleaded guilty, j
and was given 60 days, suspended [
upon payment of the costs, and show-j
me good behavior for the next two i
years.
harry Hayes, Negro, was given the [
t'hoic" of going to the roads for 30 j
day or paying the (">sts when con
victed of being drunk.
"Aaron Ma lone was given 30 days,
suspended upon payment of the cost
for being drunk.
J. A. Riggan entered a plea of
guilty Jo being drunk, and was given j
30 days, suspended upon payment
of the costs.
,J;>el T. Cheatham was charged with
two violations of traffic rule-, and
was ordered to pay double fines, the
total cost; being $4.
Mark Green was taxed with the
costs when he peladed guilty to be
ing drunk.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
IN TEMPORARY PLACE
The desk sergeant's office of the
Hc.nders' n Police Department is now j
in the Vance County ABC officers |
licadquai tors over the law office oi
Z >llienrier and Zollicoffer. ne::t door
to the municipal building .
The desk sergeant's office will re
main there until repairs to the muni
cipal building have progressed to
such a point the police can return
in their original office in the city
building.
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Pnf/e Four
1. Name the Speaker ol' the House
of Representatives.
2. Camel hair brushes are made
from the tails of Siberian squirrel:;,
hair of the llama, or camel's hair?
3. The average American soiclici
in France during the World War had
-,\ days, six weeks or six months
training in the U. S.. before goin£
overseas?
4. How many stars a:'e on the State
flag of Texas?
.3. How many men have held the
office of Secretary of Commerce un
der President Roosevelt?
G. Who wrote. "Early to bod. ear
ly to rise, makes a man healthy,
wealthy and wise"?
7. William Allen White is a n.»toc?
newspaper editor in which city?
8. Is Doris Duke the first or sec
ond wife of James H. R. Cromwell.
9. Is the Trans-Jordan a river, hp
Arab state or a mountain?
10. Shiuld the American flag be
displayed during a storm?
Announcement
I am now associated with Mr. J.
M. Swindell of the
VANCE 'SIGN SHOP
(Formerly C• y Sis*n Shop)
In the capacity <il c niincrc'al s g:i
artist—your patronage will be
g rca t ly a pi a ccia t ed.
FRED A. JEWELL
VANCE SIGN SHOP
Vance Theatre Jjldg.
i TRI'STEP'S SALE OF I AM).
By virtue of Ihc power ;md au
thority conferred by that doeri «il
trust executed by T-=itST. \V:ird and
wife to Tasker I'«»11<. Truster. dated
Aug. 20. 1924. recorded in Ihc ofl'ic
of the Register of Deeds of Vancc
County in Book 107, P. 7(> e1 seq., and
by virtue of the authority conferrec
on the undersigned by an in::!n;
ment duly recorded in said Registry
substituting the undersigned as
Trustee in place of Tasker Polk.
Trustee, deceased, default having
been made in the payment of the
indebtedness secured by said deed nl
trust, the undersigned substitute
trustee will, on the 22nd day o!
November. 1940, at 12 o'clock. IVT.. i>>
front of the court house door of
Vance County, sell at public auc
tion to the highest bidder for cash
the land conveyed by said deed of
trust, lying in or near the town of
Middleburg. Vance County, N. C.,
described as follows:
Bounded on the North by Cedar
Street, on the East by North Jack
son Street, on the South by Pine
Street and on the West by North
Washington Street, and being the
same land conveyed to Stokes Allen
by deed dated Nov. 22. 1920. and
registered in the office of the Regis
ter of Deeds of Vance County in
Book 105. p. 24.
This the 21st clav of October. 1940.
MARY E. GRANT.
Substitute Trustee.«
Poll; and Gibbs. Attorneys.
Budgets For
Chest Asked
Immediately
Those agencies that lo .-hare
in funds oi' the Vance County Com
munity Chest were asktu iuda\ tj
prepare and present oy Wednesday
an itemized budget lur the causes
tiiey represent. K. U. Falkner, presi
dent of Ihe che .J. calied at:< ntioo
to the fact that directors will have
a meeting Wednesday evening at <J
o'clock in his oiiice in the court
house, at which time midgets wiil ue
approved or rejected.
At the meeting a cha.rman for the
chest drive will be named and del'i
nite dates fixed for it. The e:.act
budget will be agreed upon, any
final plans made for me campaign.
A committee consisting of Dr.
Charles Rollins, chairman, B. il.
Hicks and R. W. Liruin ' t<* present i
suggestion for a chairman.
In connection with tne adaption
of the chest budget, attention wa
callcd to a section of the bylaw.-, re
lating to the arra:i';e. a.: fel
lows:
"All application- for aid n • th-.
Vance County C"..imuni'.y Che.-;
shall be made to the board oi. d,
rectors in the form of an iivnizerf
budget, and if approved by .-aid
board of director.-, it mut b: an
nounced publicly in I >ca! n< ' ■
pcrs, or by other means of cq :a
publicity, at least ton day. pi or ' .
starting the annual drive for "und
otherwise application i-= invalid.''
ce':
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Don't experiment v '
l<> r< lievv ('in i i.
gentle way that
spicy, arom;-tie BLAC!'.
taken by the dirt-ei
mils a good night's re \ .
a thorough : i •
ing. You generally tev:
Whenever r < !i>ti::• •.
uchv. hi!!o ■ >. i ' .<
table BLACK-DRAUGHT.—
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indicated on each package, v/e
think you'll agree that "BC" works
fast and relieves in a hurry. Also
relieves headaches, muscular
aches and functional periodic
pains. Consult a physician when
pains persist or recur frequently.
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