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The Washington times., 1936-04-24
SeIassie Reported Ready
To Bargain With italians

Adds ABABA. April "a
UN.S).-A truce-directly nego.
tiated ,tween Emperor Halle Sc
lassie and Marshal Pietro Badog.
lio-became a possibility today as
two italian armies, after seven
months of bitter fighting, pressed
nearer to Adds Ababa.
Halle Selassie, under pressure
from his vanquiShed generals and
deserted by the League Of Nations,
was reported returning to Adds
Ababa to discuss with his minis.
tiers the ACCESSIBILITY Of seeking an
armisitce.
RaS Kassa, whose army was
shattered in the Tembien Noun
tains with q loss of around 5000
men, is understood to be one OF
the army and government leaders
who are strongly insisting tina,
serious peace negotiations be
started.
The Washington times., 1936-04-24
Robertson Tells Story
Of Long Imprisonment

MOOSE RIVER, Nova Scotia
April "a U.N.S.) Weak ant
wan but in good spirits despite
his Today imprisonment. DR.. D
E. Robertson today recalled his
terrifying experiences in the
Moose River gold mine. He said;
"MOre than once we thought
the end was at hand. When
the flare was dropped into the
tunnel by the rescue workers,
we thought the tiny, lockwood
fire we'd built for o signal had
ignited q loose stick Of dyna-
mite and we expected q sud.
den explosion to finish us.
Last Sunday water from
some underground source be-
gan dripping steadily, faster
and faster.
'Tt was then / told those at
the surface through the micro.
phone that we had only 10 or
IL hours to live. But, luckily
the water stopped dripping and
the danger Of dying like rats
disappeared"
Robertson indicated Magill
breaking under the strain, wen
beserk before death and mercifullI
ended his agony early Monday
morning. Robertson said:
"On Sunday MagiII could
hear the digging above us, but
he was too i'll to pay heed. He
couldn't even get over to the
micrOphone to talk with his
wife, waiting on the surface to
hear his voice.
"FOr hours held him in my
arms to keep him warm.
early Monday morning he
sat up suddenly. He was hys-
tericaI. He uttered several in.
coherent words. Then he STUN
bled backward. In two minutes
he was dead. In falling dead
he fractured his skull on the
rocky floor Of our underground
she'll"
The overpowering Joy tina
seized the entombed men, wher
finally they heard the rescuer'
Robertson.
"After those many hours of
silence we heard family the
blowing of a siren. We rushed
to the center Of our chamber
and there we discovered a dia-
mOnd drill hole had been bored
from the surface and that .
small pipe had been pushed
through to us.
"YOu can imagine our feel
ings when we realized cOmmuni-
cation with the surface had been
established.
"The next day we heard for
the first time the blows of the
picks and shOvels against the
rock and dirt that held us pris-
Oners."
The Washington times., 1936-04-24
League to Hear Collins

Ross Collins, former Representa-
tive from Mississippi, will speak
at a meeting OF the Democratic
League Of the District tonight at
8 D. m. in the Hamilton Hotel.
The Washington times., 1936-04-24
TOwn Gives Up
Charter AS Tax
Fear GrOWS

MARSHALL, Va. April "a.
This little town is q town no
longer-all because of a $1,000
works Progress Administration
loan and a $4,000 bond issue.
Residents complained the Fed
eral loan and necessary bond issue
designed to construct water SyS-
tenn would make taxes "unbear-
able"
Subsequently they asked disso.
luton Of the town charter. A ref
erendum this week voided the
charter IS to SO. The vote, in ad-
dition to establishing history as
the first town in the State to re-
linquiSh its charter, was the larg-
est polled in the town.
The Washington times., 1936-04-24
Back 10 the Soil
Movement Grows
International News Service

International News Service
A pronounced "back to the Soil'
movement in Georgia and Ken
lucky during the past five years
was reported today by the United
States Bureau of the Census.
Of the 1.405,944 persons living
on farms on January /, 1885, in
Georgia, 1882, or Al per cent
reported that they had lived in
non-farm residences five years
earlier. The number of persons
living on farms in Kentucky in
creased 131, 1872 between April /,
1880, and January /, 1885.
The Washington times., 1936-04-24
Senate Vote Sought
On AAA Benefit Bill
international News Service

InteFnatiOnaI News Service
Yielding to the insistence de.
mand of a bipartisan bloc, Sen
ate Democratic chieftains will
confer today to schedule for Sen
ate debate on resolution intro.
duced by Senator Vandenberg (R)
Of Michigan, calling for the
names of all Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration beneficiaries
who received $4,000 or more in
benefit payments.
Senator Robinson Cd Of Ar
kansas, majority leader, said he
will call Senate leaders together
in an effort to consider the meas.
ure early next week.
The Washington times., 1936-04-24
Governors Auto
Kills Lumbermar

BOISE. Idaho. April "a IN.S0.
Gov. c. Ben Ross last night killed
Norman Young, IS. lumber com.
pany elnploye, when he hit Young
with his auto. The governor was
eXonerated by investigators.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-09
Today is the Day
By CLARK KIf(N(AIRD
Copyright, 1886, for this Newspapers
by Central Press Association

A heavy rain fell on a strip Of land
30 feet wide and three miles long, be-
tween Gotham and Chatham, Eng
land, and nowhere else in the neigh
borhood.
Harry w. Hickey, Chattanooga,
Tenn, sets us straight: 1t was not
Lord Sackville, British ambassador
to the u S., whom President Cleve-
land had recalled for airing his poll
teal opinions, but Sir Lionel Sack
ville-West, British minister to the U.
IS.
And A. Graham, McKeesport, Pa,
writes: IT think your reference Gin
the World War Day by Day. to the
crew of the liner characteristic
watching the sinking of the War
wickshire' is wrong, because on the
first Sunday in July, 1919, sailed
from Liverpool, England, on board
the S. S. Warwickshire for Bombay,
India" It may have been another
'Warwickshire' or the sunken War
wickshire' salvaged. Lloyd's Regis
try shows Implications in the names
of British ships. For instance, there
is more than one Queen Mary
Queries, reproofs, etc., are welcom-
ed by Clark Kinnaird.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-09
TODAY. y
roDAv,S ANNIVERSARIES

17SS-Isaac Hardy, journalist ana
wainwright of Charleston, S. c., plo-
neer reformed Jew, born in Charles-
ton. Died in New York, Dec. H.
1928.
1SO1-Robert Dale Owen, son OF
the noted British Socialist, who set
tied here, Indiana congressman, social
reformer, spiritualist, author, born IN
Scotland. Died June "A, 1877.
1S1O-Thomas Bragg, North caro-
lima lawyer, governor, senator Con-
federate attorneygeneral, born at
Warrenton, N c.. Died at Ralelgn'
Jan. 81, 1872.
1825-Ambrose P. Hill, noted Con-
federate commander, born at Culpep-
per Co., Va. Died on the battlefield
April 2, 1865. !,
1856-John Temple Graves, noted
Georgia newspaper editor and orator,
born in Abbeville Co., S. c. DIED
Aug. 8, 1925.
1S73LlMarie DRESSER, the actress
who became movie star at 81 born
at Cobourg, Canada. Died near Holly
wood, July 3d. 1884.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-09
M';fNeN1
York
FT'o BY. g.
ReGiEEGNnEWN[IU

New York, Nov. 9.-Some theatrical
offerings hold up splendidly until the
individual members of the audience
are homewardbound. Then those of
ferings go to pieces with a loud bang
I think this is the case with "Red
Hot and Blue" the new musical star
ring Jimmy Durante and Ethel Mer-
man. The offering has everything and
never was Durante more roguishly
illierate or Miss Norman more hoarse-
ly melodious. Yet about half an hour
after the final curtain you begin to
wonder why you laughed at the
Durante sallies or dozed pleasantly to
Miss Merman's full-vOiced chanting
Or perhaps more accurately you
wonder why, during the progress of
the stage antics, you believed "Red,
Hot and Blue" was a fairly entertain
ing musical Perhaps the answer is
that both Durante and Norman are
deft performers, with a sense of tim
ing and a genuine gayety; and that
in the accompanying noise and spur
ious merriment you get the impress
sion that these jokes and SITUATIONS
may turn never and fresher any mo-
ment, and that the stars are really
holding out for a finale which will
lend meaning and enchantment to
all that has gone before.
That never happens. And unless you
are an unconstructed Durate fan
which 1 am not, or an indomitally adj
mirer of Miss Norman content with
the mere vision of her ample charms
etc MI
with turban, she is very cute, but I'm.
fortunately her garb suggests a heaG
nurse). you'll be disappointed. Indeed
maybe you ought to be virulent far
of the stars in any musical to get the
full enjoyment from your attendance
But the msot significant thing about
Red, Hot and Blue was the must
calls unhappy deflation of the fame
of Mr.. Cole Porter, the gilded young
songSmith, who wrote you're the
Top" and other lifting and intensely
topical songs. This time he is full Of
allusion to the King of England, tt
Mrs. Harrison Williams and all the
names, which encrust the blue books
of the world and the newspaper head
lines.
Yet the faint suspicion arises, while
you are listening, say, to Down il
the Depths on the Uinetieth Floor,
that when Mr.. Porter discovered thai
Mahatama Gandhi and Earle Sand,
made cute and memorable rhyme
and he must have discovered thi!
some years = ago-he Immediately
realized the dynamic possibilities O
his contribution to lyric poesy. There
was nowhere else for him to go. HI
was a forlorn Alexander. He was il
the spot, to tell the truth, where ear
lier song versifiers found themselve!
when they hit upon the moon-Jun'
combinatio
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-09

Miss Taggart came here with the Nc
Lean administration<Mr Mrs. Corbitt has
teamed with her. There is small like
ihood of changes there.
But even more interest attaches to
the position to which Mrs. John B.
Spilman is to he appointed. Mrs. Spill
man was Hoey manager for the wo-
mems division in the primary cam
paign and she is now vice chairman
of the State Democratic Executive
Committee n.M
| The opening for her is believed to
be in the offices of the executive Sec
rotary of the State School Commits
sion. That is much to her liking. Both
Lloyd Griffin and his predecessor
Leroy Martin supported Sandy Ora
ham in the governorship race, but
both went the limit for Mr.. Hoey in
! the second. Mrs. Spilman was with
him all the time. Her conspicuously
able direction of the Hoey campaign
in the violently anti-Hoey East help
ed the governor-elect to make a fine
showing down there. There never has
been any doubt that she will land
something important.
| But whether she will get the Secre-
| taryship or the assistants place va
Gated by Claude Gaddy, promoted to
the superintedency of Raleigh's
schools, is quite uncertain. Mr.. Gaddy
directed the transportation depart
ment of the commission. Mrs. Spilman
has a gift for school detail. She lived
in the Greenville East Carolina
Teachers College many years. Mr..
Spilman was bursar at the time of
his death nearly year ago.
Mrs. Spilman was the able cham
pionship of Senator Josiah William
Bailey for any possible position that
she might seek. She has run for office
but once and came near in 1884 win
ming the state senatorship in Pitt
county, one little inclined toward wo-
men officeholders. She made life
miserable for the Republican women
| who had to meet her womens organi-
cations during the late campaign.
There are many others whose as
pirations will find some help in the
new social security division which I'M
doubtedly will be created during the
Hoey administration and by his first
legislature which convenes here with
in 60 days. Only two women will sit
in that body, both former members
but there will be lots of lobbying for
greater recognition of the women
whose activity in state politics has
caused the amazing majorities which
the party has won since 1928. Similar
= ly, the women helped to beat Al
Smith in that year, punitive expedi-
ton which was not appreciated then,
} but in the light of the late Roosevelt
) landslide, quite satisfactory now.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-09
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Having qualified as admins
TRAITOR of the estate Of j. w. Ed
monds, deceased, late of Vance
County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceas-
ed to exhibit them to the under
signed at Henderson, N. c., on or
before the 9th, day of November,
1887 or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery All per-
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment.
This the 9th, day of November,
1886.
CITIZENS BANK & TRUST co.
Administrator of Estate of
j. w. Edmonds.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-09
ANSWERS

1. The amount written was $176,6OO
and no losses were paid.
2. The political upsets of 1885, the
reconstruction period following the
war and the fusionists period of the
nineties.
g. The act of the legislature of
H1-7e allowing unrestricted incor-
poration of railroad companies. This
act was passed following the lease of
the North Carolina Railroad to the
Richmond and Danville interests in
September 1871 for a thirty year pc
riod.
4. The 1909 legislature passed an
act providing for this change. The
first time the electric chair was used
was on March Is, 1910, when a man
from Robson county was executed.
5. Avery shows the greatest with
zoos percent increase, and the adj
joining county of Watauga shows the
smallest gain with Oh percent.
3. David Witherspoon, of Wilkes
county, wounded tory and took his
gun away from him. He discovered
the tory was chewing his bullets tc
make them rough so they would
cause more serious wound.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-09
TODAY'S YESTERDAYS

Nov. 9, 1824-Ehe Republican can
didate for President, Andrew Jackson
received SO electoral votes, to "a for
John Quincy Adams and 78 for minor
candidates, including Henry Clay, yet
he was not elected. The election was
thrown into the House of Represen-
tatives, and Adams was chosen. There
was a report published in the Column
bian Advertiser of Philadelphia, of a
"corrupt bargain" whereby Clay,
Speaker of the House, was to throw
his vote and followers to Adams in
exchange for the Secretaryship of
State. The false accusation helped
ruin Clay's subsequent chances of be-
coming President.
Four years later, after the Xenia,
O., Peoples Press had called Jackson
"blasphemer, card-player, dueliist,
slave-dealer, bigamist murderer, ILL
terate, adulterer and mulatto," he
again got the highest number of votes,
this time as a Democrat. And this
time "Old Hickory" for whom more
L. S. towns are named than for
Washington or Lincoln, was declared
elected; and Adams refused to attend
the Inauguration.
25 Years ago Today-George Claude
Frenchman, applied for an American
patient on his moon" tube, which
was to provide illumination for mil
lions of electric signs and make him
fortune. (The patent was granted
four years later.
Prof. Claude, for whom more wealth
has been piled up by synthetic am
monia and liquid air, is now at work
on process of extracting gold from
sea water Fifty milligrams and more
of gold per cubic meter of water are
present in the sea off California and
Australia, and varying amounts every
where.
20 Years Ago Today-The World
War: Theobald Won Bethmann Holl-
| veg, chancellor of the German en-
pire, threw sop to the members OF
Relchstag who were agitating for
peace: he announced that after the
war Germany would cooperate in an
| endeavor to find practical means OF
procuring a lasting peace by means
of an international league, i. e., a
| league of nations. This was nearly
two years before Woodrow Wilson
Advanced such an idea.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-09
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND.

The property hereinafter described
having been offered for sale On the
9Th. day of November, 1885, and a bid
in the sum of $2,401.50 received for
the same and reported to the court,
and thereafter such bid having been
raised to $2,521.57 and an order of re-
sale having been made by the Clerk
Vance Superior Court: Now pursuant
to said order of resale and under and
pursuant to the powers and provisions
of that certain judgment of Superior
Court of Vance County, North Caro-
lima, Entitled, T. S. Kittrell, ct ais,
VS.. Susan H. Evans ct ais, the under
signed commissioner will offer for
sale on Wednesday the 25th. day of
November, 1886, at midday, at the
court house door in Vance County, to
the highest bidder, at public auction,
for cash, the bidding to begin at
$2,521.57, the following described real
property in Vance County, North Car
Olina viz:
Beginning at red oak, w. B. G..
Sneed corner and Mrs. Scales corner
OF the nome tract, and run thence
along the Scales line N 50 IL deg.
w. l6 chains to stake; thence S
IL degrees w 1925 chains to stake;
thence s 81 IA degrees E $50 chains
to stake; thence S 40 3-4 degrees E
2O.25 chains to old road 40 IL feet
north from red oak on the east side
of the road; thence along said road
S Is degrees w 1880 chains: thence
y ~ degrees w ESQ chains to stake
on old road IA links east Of stone on
rid n q
degrees w 2l.65 chains to stake:
thence S So degrees w $50 chains to
sweet gum tree; thence N A degrees
w $50 chains to walnut; thence N
4 IL degrees E 20 chains to sweet
gum; thence west 1925 chains to mt
bush creek 10 feet beyond a horn
beam: thence down said creek as if
meanders to w. B. Sneed corner at y
fallen birch that is 25 feet from the
center of said creek; thence S So de-
grees E 1895 chains to sweet gum:
thence S IS IL degrees E 30 chains to
the point of the beginning, contain
ing 214 acres, more or less, and being
same land acquired by r. B. and M.
E. Henderson from Kate B. Scales
as appears in deed of record Book So
Page 485 Vance Registry, save and
except 613 acres thereof sold to r. e.
Scott February 1927 of record Book
l41 Page 481 Vance Registry.
Note: A recent survey made by s..
=. Jennette, Engineer, since tho first
advertisement recites acreage of
1901 acres.
This 9th. of November 1885.
j. G. KITTRELL,
Commissioner.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-09
FOUR VICIOUS WAVES OF
AIR RAIDS CARR ED GU

. Madrid, Nov 9 (AP)-Fascist aer-
ial fleets spilled great bombs on the
city Notifications Of Madrid in four
vicious waves today, while insurgent
shells ripped business streets and
buildings. f@8f
Determined grimly to open a path
for the Moors' legionnaires and Fas-
cist regulars, stopped by the last
ditch defense of the capital, five BIZ
motor bombing planes and a half
dozen pursuit ships flew low over the
new line of Notifications just inside
the city limits shortly before 3 p. M.
Red Cross data said at least 20 were
killed and many wounded in the new
est assault. These casualties were
added to 80 wounded in morning
bombardments, and between 100 and
200 killed or wounded Sunday by shells
and air bombs.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-09
NOTICE OF SALE.

Under and by virtue of the laws OF
the State of North Carolina pertain
ing to mechanics labor's and storage
liens, the undersigned will offer for
sale to the highest bidder at public
auction for cash, at O'Lary's Garage
Inc, in Vance County, North Caro-.
lima, at II o'clock noon on Thursday
November II, 1886, the following de.
scribed automobile:
One 1928 Model Whippet Four Door
Sedan, Motor No. 96,147406, Register
ed in the name of W. A. Wooley.
This the 18th day of October, 1896
O'LARY'S GARAGE, INC
Gholson and Gholson,
Attorneys.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-09
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Maud Howe Elliott of Newport, R.
l., author-daughter of Julia Ward
Howe, born in Boston, 80 years ago.
DR.. Florence r. Sabin, medical
scientist, member of the Rockefeller
Institute for Medical Research, born
in Central City, Colo, IS years ago.
Maj. Gen. Arthur w. Brown, Judge
Advocate General, born at Daven-
port, Ia, 60 years ago.
Edward F. Warner of New York,
consulting engineer, former aviation
editor, born in Pittsburgh, AZ years
ago. 81
Arthur o. Wharton of Chicago and
Washington, D. c., president of the
international Association of Machin-
lists, born in Kansas, SO years ago.
Burton E. Stevenson of Chillicothe,
O., librarian and author, born there,
"a years ago.
Florence P. Kahn of San Francisco,
defeated congresswoman, born in Salt
Lake City.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-09
FORECLOSURE SALE.

: Under and by virtue Of authority
conferred in a certain deed OF trust
executed by e. H. Grissom and Sallle
Grissom, his wife on the Doth day OF
December, 1888, which is recorded IN
the office of the Register Of Deeds
of Vance County in book 172 at page
333, default having been. made IN the
payment of the debt therein secured
at the request OF the holder OF the
same, 1 will sell, by public auction
to the highest bidder, for cash, at the
court house door in Henderson, Vance
County, n c., at II o'clock noon, on
Wednesday the 9th day OF December
1886 the following descrit ed real es-
late:
First Tract: Containing 1O2 acres
and bounded by the lands OF inc
Nancy Maynard estate on the Nofth
by the LANDS OF j. w. Davis on the
east, by the lands of John Floyd Oh
the south, and on the West ~ the
lands Of w. Percy Pulley, ana con-
tanning 102 acres more or less, same
being the lands drawn by Sally GTls-
som in the division of her father
estate.
Second Tract: That 81 IL acres Oh
land bought OF the Lewis Edwards
estate, which is bounded as follows
On the North by the lands OF w. L.
Harp, on the east by Mrs. w. L. Harp
on the South by the lands OF John NJ
Harris estate, and on the We It by
l.. Harp.
This 9th of Novemho". 1o'5
T. S. KITTRELL, Trustee
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-09
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
by FRED H. MAY

1. How much earthquake insurance
was written in North Carolina in 1882
and the losses paid?
2. What were North Cardinals three
political revolutions during the past
hundred years?
3. What is known as the "free rail
road act''?
4. When did North Carolina adopt
electrocution to take the place Of
hanging?
8. What two counties show tn,
greatest and smallest increases il
farm tenancy for 1880 to 1895?
6. Why did the Tory soldier a
Kings Mountain chew his bullets?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-09
IT'S TRUE

You're wrong if you believe that
the Sahara Desert is the dryest place
in the world. It isn't. The northern
coast of Chile, in the region of Africa,
has the least rainfall of any recorded
spot.
A press-agent, used to "paperine
the house." must live there: a dwell
ing in Pigeon Cove, Mass, is made
entirely of newspapers.
This is an appropriate time for our
annual reminder that the coolest in
habited spot in the world is Yakutsk
Siberia, where he gets to be 90 de-
grees F., below zero, and water pour
ed from pail freezes before it hits
the ground.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-09


the choice for the successor isn't to
be easy. There is publicity man Rob
ert L. Thompson who wrote the Hoey
releases both in the primaries and
in the general election. The former
News and Observer staff man did il
we'll. 1t has been assumed that Gov
ernor Hoey will promote Mr. Thomp-
son to the first position.
But there is Mrs. Edna Armand, of
Gastonia, whose friends have urged
her to put in her application. If the
private secretaryship is not available
there is the executive secretaryship
and if it is there is Miss Mamie Tur-
ner who has served through the
Craig, Beckett, Morrison, Mclean
Gardner and Ehringhaus administra-
tions. In the offices which look out
on Hillsboro street are Miss Walter
Bell Taggart and Mrs. D. L. Corbitt
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-09

Monday, Nov. 9; S13th day of the
year. Heshvan "a, 5697 in J. G. Faith
err and Son Week. Mars near Moon.
Venus in aphelion. Santa Lucia
Peacemaker's Day in British Guiana
and Windward Islands.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-09
TODAY IN HISTORY

6-Napoleon exacted a cash levy
of more than $1OO,OOO,OO0 from Ger
many.
18O9-Inhabitants of the village OF
st. Louis petitioned to be incorporat-
ed as the Town of st. Louis.
1S24-In presidential election, An
drew Jackson received plurality but
not majority of electoral vote and
House of Representatives chose John
Quincy Adams as winner.
1872-$75, 100000 fire in Boston
city's worst.
1914-German "Emden," after an
epochal raiding career in Far East,
destroyed by Australian Sidney" in
Indian Ocean.