davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-27

again married and this time it was one John
Pleasant, a former employee of the deceased
Smith. With him, she arrived in San Francisco
early in 1848. For short time they lived to-
gether, but soon he dropped out of her life,
probably because he couldn't figure very attrac-
lively in her plans for the future. 1t is known
that he died, and also that he was not mourned.
Shrewd as she was, it was only natural for
her to quickly take advantage of the many op-
portunities to make fortune that the early
gold rush days in San Francisco offered. Being
a splendid cook she in great demand and
it was not long before she was offered as much
as five hundred dollars month for her serv7
ices.
She decided, instead, to open boarding
house for bachelors. Finding house on Wash
ington Street. she lavishly furnished it, and had
as regular boarders and guests such men as
Newton Booth, Sharon, Broderick, Terry and
scores of other rising men of the moment Her
fame spread, and it was necessary as well as
profitable for her to open other houses of less
pretensions and less respectability For it must
be said of Nanny that she not only set fine
table but she also arranged with fnesse all man.
ner of entertainment-from cards and an occa-
sional highball to female companionshp She
knew the tastes of her male boarders, and sup
piled them quickly and efficiently. Through such
tactics she intimately knew all the private in
discretions of these wealthy and prominent gen.
tlemen all of which gave her tremendous
amount of power. Money rained down upon her.
1t was common gossip that Nanny Pleasant
had decided that San Francisco was not to be
a city without women. Hence many houses ca
tering to less elite and cheaper trade, were ac-
tualy hers, but which she openly did not
acknowledge.
While busy with her own fortunes, Nanny
had not forgotten the stipulation of her first
husband to aid the slaves of America. She had
a genuine interest in securing their freedom,
not only as a cause but also for the Negro as
a race. In 1858-10 years after her arrival in
San Francisco she went to Boston, met John
Brown and gave him check for $50, 900 which
he was to use toward obtaining arms and am
munitions and completing plans for the revolt
of the Negroes against their owners
Disguised as a jockey, sometimes in other
ways, Nanny went South, going from panta-
tion to plantation, from state to state, organ
izing and converting Negroes to the cause, help
ing them escape to the North and Canada, via
the underground railway, and giving them food
and money to get across the Mason-Dixon Line.
All of this effort went for naught. John Brown s
raid at Harpers Ferry in October 1859 was
with Nanny as he had agreed. He was cap
tured, tried and hanged and an active search was
made to find his accomplices Consequently,
Nanny was forced to flee to New York where
she hid out for time.
1T is interesting to know that Nanny could
| neither read nor write, although she did learn
to sign her own name. In one of John Browns
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

The textile school at N. c. State
College has announced the appoint
ment of Arthur C.. Hayes (above),
graduate of Brown University, as a
member of it's faculty to teach textile
chemistry and dyeing.
Prof. Hayes comes to State College
from Canton, China, where for the
past two years he has been conduct
ing textile experiments in dyeing and
printing of silk for the Bureau for
the Improvement of Seri-culture,
Kwangtung Provincial Department of
Reconstruction.
Hayes attended Wake Forest che
year before going to Brown where
he was graduated in chemistry in
1927. He did special work in analyti-
cal chemistry at the University of
Southern California in 1929-2C and in
1888 was awarded his master of
science degree in textile chemistry
and dyeing from State College.
Hayes was born in China, being
the son of a medical missionary, DR..
Charles A. Hayes of Canton, China.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
TODAY'S YESTERDAYS

Aug. %, 607-Bartholomew Cos
mold died in Virginia. He was the
navigator who explored the North At
lantic Coast and then went back to
England to organize the expedition
which made first permanent English
settlement in America, at Jamestown,
Virginia. He commanded the three
vessels which brought over the set
tiers.
Gosnold knew enough about the
country to realize that Jamestown
was an unhealthy locale for a settle
ment, and demonstrated with the
three military leaders of the settle
ments. Loud-mouthed, ignorant John
Smiths counsel prevailed. Gosnold
was one of the so to die that Autumn
in the plague which quickly confirm
ed his contention!
Gosnold was the first porter to
England from the American colonies.
Sassafras he found and carried back
in 1902 sold for three shillings Zap
proximately 75c) a pound
IS Years Ago Today-The most IA
nous art theft in history was COM
mitted: the painting by Leonardo da
Vinci enormously called Mona Lisa
was stolen from the Louvre museum,
Paris Not Mona Lisa Giocondo, but
Isabella d'Este was model for the
enigmatic portrait.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
COTTON PAYMENTS
$1,543,718 50 FAR
Money Distributed by AAA
20 Farmers Who Sold
Under IL Cents

College Station, Raleigh, Aug. o.
Cotton price adjustment payments to
North Carolina farmers had amounted
to $1,543,718 on August 20, j. F. Girls
WE'LL of State College, announced to-
day.
The money is being distributed by
the AAA to farmers who sold their
1895 cotton when the average price of
7-8 inch middling lint was less than
IL cents a pound.
The remaining payments will be
made as fast as the growers applica-
tions can be checked and approved.
Criswell added.
He also pointed out that where
there is to be division of the money
between landlord and tenant, from
"CAP-3, correctly executed and
showing that a proper division has
been made, must be received by the
State AAA office before any other
payments will be made to that farm
So far, payments have been issued
On 68,478 applications. Criswell added
that one application may cover land
lord and several tenants.
He also stated that a payment of
Is cents bale to ginners for extra
expense incurred in connection with
the Bankhead act last year is being
made by the AAh.
There are some LOO gins in this
State eligible for payment, he stated,
and the money will be sent out as
fast as the applications are approved.
County agents have forms on which
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
ANSWERS

]. Pool, of Pasquotank County. had
made a public declaration, that he had
sought and accepted public office in
order that he might injure the Con-
federate cause. He was in the State
senate in 1864 and 1865.
2. The news was relayed to North
Carolina from Boston in thirteen DAYS.
1t was more than a month before
Governor Martin had any official
news Of the battle, "too late" he said
ITO operate against the Infamous and
false reports of that transaction"
The Rattle was fought April 10, ITS,
and news reached Edenton May 3rd.
3. The State highway traffic census,
taken March 10, rainy day, shows
1905 North Carolina cars, 487 trucks.
2G2 foreign cars, SO trailers, Is buses,
3 motor cycles, 2 cars without licenses
and 2 horsedrawn vehicles. Total
1912.
4. At Morehead City, but these were
captured by Union forces Works were
established near Wilmington and at
Saltville, Va. Just before the Union
forces captured Fort Fisher the Will
nington works were moved to Salt
vile. The manager of the Saltville
plant estimated that it cost fifty
cents per bushel to produce salt. A
great trouble was facilities for dis
tribution. Salt reached a high mark
Of $40 per bushel in Raleigh and $40
in Wilmington.
5. The Doughton-Connor-Bowie act.
1t was championed in the legislature
by r. A. Doughton, of Allegheny, H.
G. Conner, of Wilson, and T. c.
Bowie, of Ashe.
6. Oliver H. Dockery, born near
Rockingham, August IL, 1880. Dockery
was a graduate of the University,
studied law but never practiced. In
1858 and 1859 he was in the legisla-
ture, served for short time in the
Confederate army, but withdrew and
advocating sustaining the Federal
government. Elected by the Repub-
leans to congress in 1866 and again
in 1853 being defeated for the third
term. In 1888 he was the unsuccess-
full candidate for governor against
Daniel c. Fowl.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

York
FE'. BY. III, :
kEQmcSHS@2Iu

New York, Aug. 22.-ThiS is the
most moral city in the world-a thesis
often hammered by your correspon-
dent against optimistic cynics. Skull
duggery here is almost wholly mono
polized by politicians and even the
gaudiest Investigations of 'Vice
Queens" and dope Kings" fail to
convince veteran observers that the
town, in comparison with London,
Paris or New Orleans, isn't imma-
culate.
The other evening an unregenerate
newspaper colleague from the Deep
South, vacationing in Manhattan.
pulled at my sleeve and drawled: "Ah
wish you'd take me to one of those
big New York gambling palaces. Got
a few dollars to lose, just for the ex-
perience."
There was nothing for it but to con-
fess that 1 knew of no "big New York
gambling palaces" He felt, I know.
that I was either holding out on him
or shamefully ignorant of the SIMS
ter byways of the city I'm supposed
to examine infinitely and without pre-
JUDGE, day after day.
l do know the location of a night
club, which runs in the summertime
and which is rumored to be equipped
with a couple of dice tables in the
cellar. But the last I heard of the
gaming activities there, the manage
ment was waiting for "the word" from
higher ups" and so far as I know
they are still waiting. Of course, I
don't gamble myself beyond an oc-
&c Ginno1 mil of ell 1T ~,
(and virtuous New York has, really
and truly, obliterated these one-arm-
ed bandits) because gambling is a
career, like vegetarianism or hating
Wall Street, and I haven't the neces-
sary time.
Still, you'd think that a man who
ferrets about the city weekdays and
Sundays would hear about gambling
palaces if they existed. The only con-
crete evidence I have seen that such
spidery premises do spring up from
time to time is what I read in the
papers: a bookmaker in a poolroom
has run afoul of the law, or a group
of eight elderly people are arrested
for playing bridge for a cent a point
in a penthouse. But the wide-open,
glittering Gambling Hells of the long
ago have completely vamoosed from
the local scene.
Recently "Thirty-Three West Thirty
Third Street" was sold to an antique
furniture dealer. This was the Bronze
Door of the early Observation-Disclosures
an address of lush and sinister charm.
The door was a replica of one orna-
menting the villa of a Venetian noble
man and inside a sweep of marble
stairs led up to the gaming rooms.
The opening was in the nature of a
society levee and The Branze Door
was Frank j. Farrell's bid for some
Of the mazuma flowing into the cof-
fers of the immortal Garfield.
Parenthetically, it has always seem
ed to me that Garfield, New York's
most famed gambler was one of the
unluckiest men that ever lived. His
downfall and final, unhappy days
may be attributed to an absurd con-
tretemps.
One of the young Vandebilts of the
tin.e-this was near the turn of the
century-went gambling one night
and lost huge sum of money. He
suspected monkey business and went
to District Attorney Jerome with his
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
NOTICE.
Service by Publication In
Superior Court.

NOTICE.
Service by Publication In
Superior Court.
North Carolina:
County Of Vance:
S. O. SpruilI, Admr. of Fannie Eva
Spruill; and .. o. SpruiIl and
Geneva SpruiIl
I Against
Sarah Spruill, Willie SpruiIl, Annie
SpruiIl, Eva SpruilI McGhee, B. C.
McGhee, Lee Spruiil, Ruby Spruill,
Paul SpruilI, Ida SpruilI, Hugh
SpruilI, Ella SpruilI, c. p. Spruill
Sadie SpruiEI, A. G.. SpruilI. Louise
SpruiD, Lilly SpruilI, Brownie
Spruill Ellen, John Elem, Frank
SpruiIl, Jeanette SpruiII, Il. 7.
SpruilI, Annie Spruill, Teiser B. Gill;
Ruth Gill, ]. S. Fulghum, Fanny
Parker, Sebastian Richardson,
: Sumpter Richardson, Claude Pope
Ernest King, Louise King, Edward
Pope, Jr., Mary Pope, Willie Rich
ardson, Evelyn Richardson, LOnnie
Richardson, Mildred Richardson,
Ruth Richardson, the last two be-
: ing minors and represented by their
Guardian al Item ID. p. McDuffee.
The defendants above named will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Vance County to
sell lands described in the petition
1.-TWO houses and lots in the city OF
Henderson, TO make assets for the es-
tate of Fannie Eva Spruill, and for
division among tenants in common
and the said defendants will further
take notice that they are required to
appear at the office of the Clerk Of
the Superior Court of Vance County
within the time prescribed by law,
and not later than September 21st.
1896, and answer or demur to the
in said action, or the plain
lifts will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
This 18th, day of August, 1886
e. 0. FALKNER,
Clerk Superior Court, Vance County.
xittrell & Kittrell,
for Plaintiff.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
Today is the Day
By CLARK KlNlNAlRD
Copyright. 1886, for this Newspaper
by Central Press Association

transportation to Spain for trial on
charges of venality and injustice.
Christopher was ordered freed, but
he insisted on wearing the chains
back to Spain.
Aug. %, 17S4-John Sewer was
elected governor of Frankland later
Franklin, the State which most Anne
ricans do not know ever existed. It
was carved out of North Carolina and
became in time part of Tennessee,
which Sewer was also the first gov
ernor.
Aug. %, 1S51-The original Jimmy
Valentine" first appeared in the
limelight in London. He an Ameri-
can lockmaker named Hob's, won a
$1,000 bet by picking open the famed
Bramah "burglar-proof" lock and up
setting the claim that the odds were
6,227 ,O19,O00 to l against anyone open
ing it without key.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
II TODAY
TODAy,S ANNIVERSARIES

1798-William G.. Schauffler, Ameri-
can-educated missionary to the Jews
Armeninas and Turks of the Near
East, born in Germany. Died Jan.
&C. 1888.
18O9-Albert Brisbane, social re-
former, father of the columnist, born
at Batavia, N Y. Died in Richmond
Va, May 1, 1890.
1817-John B. Cough, International
ly-famed temperance orator, born in
England Died near Philadelphia,
Feb. 10, 1886.
1834-Samuel P. Langley, famed
scientist in the field of solar radia-
ton, secretary of the Smithsonian
InstituteI pioneer expdrimenter of
flying machines, born in Boston.
Died Feb. 81, 1906.
1848-Melville E. Stone, newspaper
publisher, born at Hudson, Ill Died
Feb. Is, 1929.
1868-Edward H. r. Green, finan-
cier, son of Hetty Green, born. Died
June 8, 1896.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Daniel Frohman of New York, the
atrical manager, born at Sandusky,
o., SO years ago
DR.. Donald G. Balfour Of the famed
Mayo Clinic, born in Toronto. 81
years ago.
Edward A. Cudahy Jr., of Chicago,
packer, born there, 81 years ago.
Julia Sanderson, actress-sin ger.
born at Springfield, Mass, 40 years
ago.
Dorothy r. Parker, noted author.
born at West End, N J., 3 years ago.
U. S. Senator George T.. Radcliffe of
Maryland, born at Lloyds, Md, 50
years ago
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
By FRED H. MAY

l. Why did the legislature displace
John Pool, U. S. senator-elect, in 1866 ?
z. How much more quickly did the
North Carolina patriots receive news
Of the Battle of Lexington, than the
British governor?
3. How many vehicles passed over
the Greensboro-Burlingto road in
one day?
4. Where did the State establish
salt works during the "sixties?"
5. What was the highway act OF
1921 called?
6. Who was the North Carolinian
President Harrison appointed consul
general at Rio de Janeiro?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
can be mace.

application can be mace. r
This payment will be made only on
cotton which has been reported to the
internal revenue bureau office at
Greensboro, on form "GT-1O3" and on
which were used Bankhead certifi-
Gates or lien tags or on which the tax
was paid in cash. =.
Ginners who have not completed
their reports should do so at once,
Criswell said, or they may not be able
to collect all the money to which they
are entitled.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
FIRST WORLD WAR DAY :BY-DAY

Aug. 1928, 1916-U. S. Senate heed
ed the ever increasing pleas for pre-
paredness, passed record-sized
Army appropriation of $267, 500, $50.
French drove the Germans out of
Fleury. The Germans, forced to trans
fer divisions to the Somme and to
the Russian front, had had to relax
their pressure further. With Verdun
no longer in danger, the French were
able to undertake attacks on more
extensive scale.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See Back Page

1. VIM. Howard Taft.
2. Guenevere.
3. The revolution of 1S48, which
brought about the fall of the July
monarchy.
4. A small desert animal found in the
Sahara, which looks like a dini-
nutive fox.
8. Canada.
6. Countess.
z. Indian Ocean.
8. German philosopher.
g. Money made legal tender solely by
fiat or decree of the government.
10. James Madison.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
TODAY IN HISTORY

1S31-Nat Turner slave insurrec-
ton in Virginia.
1851 - Yacht America" 170-ton
schooner, won special cup against ~
other yachts at London's first World
Fair-marking the country's entrance
into the worlds sporting history.
91S-Government appeals TO public
to forgo non-essentials because of la
Dor shortage in country.
1919-Friedrich Ebert sworn in a
Germany's first president.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for Sacco
and Vanzetti in every large city the
country over and abroa5--ex ecuted
the next day.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
TODAY,s HOROSCOPE

Today gives kind and Eenevolont
nature, generally loving peace, with
much quiet ability, and unless other
aspects strengthen Tho position, the
ratiVe will gain a moderate degree of
fortune and the friendship Of MS fell
lows without Masking 4 rrsrked1v
nigh place in the world There are.
however, the germs Of success in this
degree
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

story Jerome promptly bounced up
on Garfield and from that time on
the gambler had lean days. Yet Van
derbilt had not been in Canfield's at
all, but in another house up the street
there were scores of them then
and in the heat of telling all to the
law he got his addresses mixed!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
SUNDAY is THE DAY

XI Sunday after Trinity, Aug 3d.
Venus is now less than one-half de-
gree north of Neptune This occa-
sion enables those who have a small
telescope to locate this planet, which
was considered the most distant of
Earth's planetary family until Pluto
was discovered.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

SALESMAN NATIONAL FOOD
Manufacturer requires man to
work retail dealers IN Henderson,
Oxford, Roxboro and nearby ter
ritory on, salary commission, and
81 expense. Address A-3c care of this
paper .stafings age and experience
and where YOU can be reached by
telephone after. six o'clock; 21-2ti
+. -. TX .i>f.tssf - " y
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

: THEATER TALKING
Manufacturers representative
will personally interview young man
eager to qualify for good position in
Television, Radio, Sbund.Picture in
dustry. State age, phone, education,
experience, if any, and present oc-
cupation. Write DEFORESTS, Box
235, Henderson, N c. 2Oand22
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
SfniSI -. A. "a. sON SEkISV
tfifl1]0|i5 SD
I'd ms ate n Ies, "a ss s.is n 1s-Pns no ~

CONSIDERING THE POOR: Blessed
is he that considereth the poor: the
Lord will deliver him in time of trou-
ble-Psalms ALL.
NO LAW AGAINST IT. Weakness,
temperance: against such there is no
law-Galatians 5:23.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
SUNDAYS YESTERDAYS

Aug. %, 1900 Christopher Column
bus and his brothers were arrested
in Hispaniola CHaitD upon the order
of the governor, Francisco de Bahia
dilla, and thrown into chains to await
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

FOR 1884 boDGE TRUCK
with cab,S dual tires, reworked, re-
painted and in good condition; with
!, out Y body; 1 pTice. 1925. 90. Corbitt
Motor. Truck Company i5's. :. 23-tf
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

LOST BLACK. AND WHITE SET
ter female puppy Wednesday, four
months old. Finder please return to
c. s. Finch Stable for reward 22-4t
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
WANT ADS

WHEN EVERYBODY LOOKS HOT,
feels hot, and.it is hot, stop at our
fountain and refresh yourself with
a cool. soda. Sonny's Soda. Shop,
Phone 1865. - 22-1ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

Saturday, Aug %; second primary
election day in Texas. End of saith
week of the year. Moon in apogee.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

GOLD SEAL 9x12 RUGS,
$5.95. 6x9, rugs $1.e5. Refrigerators
all sizes $3,95> and up. Home Fur
niture Exchange. :. Corner, Garnett
and, Montgomery streets. Phone 80.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

All keyed ads are strictly con-
fidential. Please DO rCt cali
tho office for their identity.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

MAN, RELIABLE, TO BECOME AN
automobile and accident claim ad-
juster in your territory. Insurance
experience unnecessary. No selling.
Write Associated Adjusters, Mil
waukee, Wis. 22-1t
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

LOST FRIDAY IN HENDERSON
folding key case containing several
keys. $1.00 reward if returned to
Dispatch office. 22-2ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

Mexican Chihuahua, weeks old.
Telephone 48.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

MEN ON RELIEF
not employed must report to the
Employment offices Monday for as
signment. w. M. Burwell, Mgr. N.
c. State Employment Service. 22-1t
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

WANTED TO RENT TO FAMILY
without children modern unfurnish-
ed five room apartment in the
Stpnewall. Heat furnished, incinera-
tor. Apply in person 215 Young Ave.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

FOR SALE-BY OWNER 1884 FORD
V-S Coupe, Al condition in every
respect Paint and tires like new.
Phone 27S. 22-2ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

FOR SALE NICE FRESH MILK
cow or will trade for dry COW,
I-rood SOW, or hogs of any kind. L.
o. Frazier, phone 2113. 2O-3ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

YOUR OPPORTUNITIES WILL
never be any greater than your pre-
paration.s Attend the Henderson
Business School for a thorough pro-
fessionai training. Fall term Sep
tenber Z. & a
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22
Bargains in Used Cars
Every Day at
Legg-P arhaln Co.

NURSE WITH HOS
pital experience desires position.
References furnished. Write Nurse
care of Dispatch, or call 656-W.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-22

SECOND HAND TIRES OF ALL
sizes, and makes. See us before
trading for new tires and let us save
you money with Firestone. Carolina
Service Station, Firestone ,Distribu-
tors, Garnett St. at Andrews Ave.
,~.e.-. .s.-. 12-tf
Evening star., 1936-04-18

ture for reducing, gaining, posture and
90 on. Illustrated with diagrams and
Evening star., 1936-04-18

mind. This, to quote Virgil, was the
beginning of his building his path to
Olympus"
1t will be impossible to read DR..
Manners work without fascination,
for, old as the story is, it will bear
countless re-tellings, and his is dig
nified one. Even in translation, there
is a pleasant formality in his prose,
and, while he has been content to
allow the irony of events to speak for
itself, he has known how to arrange
so as to lose no effect. Among a
recent great outpouring of books
about Rome, both of fiction and of
history, one can recommend this one.
THE HERITAGE OF THE BOUNTY.
BY Harry L. Shapiro. New York:
Simon & Schuster.
THIS is the story that begins where
the motion picture ended, the
story of what happened to the refugees
of the famous mutiny, after they had
finally slipped the chase and marooned
themselves on Pitcairn. 1t is the story