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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-01
TIDE OF BUSINESS
STILL RUNS HIGH
Monthly Bank r e wi e W
Shows Trade Volume
Continues Fast Pace

Following is the monthly business
review as furnished by the Citizens
Bank and Trust Company:
American business has learned to
look for the greatest industrial activ-
ity of the normal year in the months
of May and June The last six
months usually witness a distinct re-
cession. There seems real chance that
the accustomed trend will be revers-
ed in the last half of 1886.
Coal output has dropped sharply,
but not so low as a year ago. Threats
of labor troubles are keeping the steel
mills busy in the effort to build up
inventory. The cut of soft wood lum-
Der and the loadings of merchandise
freight have been we'll sustained and
the production of electric power has
advanced to new highs. Business has
closed the month at levels slightly
below those at which it closed the
second quarter but activity in every
line is we'll above the levels of a year
ago, and greater than at any time
since 1880. Neither drought, heat,
labor unrest nor politics has been
able seriously to check the advance
of industry and trade.
July's automotive output ran we'll
above earlier estimates and is now
believed to have approached $4,000
units. In June production reached
465 900 cars. If demand holds up well
into August, it will go far to offset
| the normal seasonal decline in in
dustry. Dollar volume of automobile
financing is more than 60 percent
greater than a year ago. The fact
that June set a new record for the
month and that factory shipments
for the first half year were the
largest for any corresponding period
except in 1929 leads automotive man
ufacturers to look for a 1886 total of
close to 100000 cars and trucks.
Residential construction for 1896
promises to exceed that of 1885 by SO
! percent and to run close to so percent
above the average for the five years
1875 The spread between 1885 and
1886 is declining every month, how
ever, since the last half of last year
showed a remarkable increase in con-
struction. The large number of old
properties offered for sale to pros
pective home owners, many of them
fOreclosed during the depression
years, tends somewhat to discourage
new construction in many sections. II
is pointed out, however, that the new
houses erected in the past five years
in the country's leading cities would
not accommodate more than half the
increase in population within this
period.
Early reports on July's department
store sales indicate a gain of from
10 percent to IL percent over che
totals for the same month in 1885
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-01
SATURDAY. AUGUST 1, 1896.

Chain store sales were also I'm h.,
their gains were not so large as tboUN
of larger establishments. Volume .,
business was kept down in SOW "
Mississippi valley cities nv ~
drought but the disaster to the fornl c
was not sufficient to offset tho -
crease in business in industrial oaI
tiers. 0il'
This country's exports in this fisoo,
year ending June Both last reacboa
value of 2413 million dollars IN !,
most a billion from the denraSo;ar
low of 1888. Imports for the cav,
period showed even gains. and ti
nations favorable balance of trado '7
only 1876 millions-was the smallaet !.
years. The export total was boost
by gains in shipments of Tobacco
lumber, machinery, iron and steel on5
airplanes. Imports of cane aurau
crude rubber, paper base stocks ons
furs rose sharply. General impolts ~
merchandise exceeded exports
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-01
Henderson Daily Dispatch
Three Defendants
Gwen Hearings In
County Court

Recorder r. E. Clements had three
defendants to face him at today's ses-
sion of recorders court.
John Barnes, charged with assault
was convicted of simple assault, and
was fined $3.50 and costs.
John d. Williams, Negro, was Civ
en- six months on the roads for non
support, commitment not to issue if
he pays $3.50 into the office of the
Clerk of Superior Court each week
for the benefit of his child, and pays
the costs of court.
G.. c. Morgan, charged with drunken
and reckless driving, was found gull
ty of reckless driving, and was fined
$40 and costs of court and his opera
tors license was revoked for one year.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-01

One Deed-In the only realty trans
action filed with the Vance Registry
yesterday, c. A. Pegram and wife sold
to C. Ollie Perdue and wife for $40
and considerations two lots on Park
er Street.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-01
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four

l. Name the capital of Minnesota.
3 What is the fandango?
3 Who was Robert Lee MacCame-
ron?
4. Where was Premier Benito Mus
SOlini born?
5. Name the five cities of the U. S.
with populations of one million or
more.
6. What relation was King George v.
of England to the former German
Kaiser?
7. In which city is Faneuil Hall?
s. In architecture, what is fan-trac-
cry?
9. Who was the youngest President
of the U. S. when he assumed Of
flee?
10. Who is the author of Brown
America, the Story of a New Race?'
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-01
LEGION TO DISCUSS
ERECTION OF A HUT

Consideration to the construction of
a hut for the use of the post will be
up at the monthly meeting of the local
post of the American Legion onday
night. The meeting will be held in
the Legion hall, and notices that it
is a very important session have been
mailed to members, with the urgent
request that they attend.
The proposal is for the hut to be
located near the site where a new
$4,000 armory is now being erected
west of the city for the use of the
several different National Guard units
stationed in Henderson.
The post Monday night will also
hear reports on the annual convention
of the State department, held this
week in Asheville.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-01
Around Town

One License-One marriage license
was issued yesterday at the Register
of Deeds office and it went to col
ored couple, Robert Smith and Emma
Terry, both of Henderson,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-01
TOM ROSE PASSES
IN SAVANNAH, GA.

News of the death of Tom Rose, a
railroad engineer, in Savannah, Ca,
was received here today
Mr.. Rose was formerly Of Norlina,
where funeral and burial will take
place, the body arriving there this
evening at 1920 o'clock, and funeral
will be Sunday afternoon at o'clock
with interment in Norlina.
The last argument of diplomacy
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-01
COMMISSIONERS TO
MEET NEXT MONDAY

Routine matters of business are to
come before the Vance Board of
County Commissioners Monday at
their regular monthly meeting for
August. The tax rate has already
been set, as we'll as the budget adopt
ed, for the 1936-37 fiscal year, and
that will not have to be attended to-,
but it is probable final arrangements
will be made for advertising the sale
of land for taxes on delinquent ac-
counts.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-01
Tickets Drawn at Playground

Names drawn this week at the
North Henderson Playground for the
picture show tickets were Helen
Strange, Stevenson Theatre Wednes-
day afternoon; William Pegram, Moon
Theatre Thursday afternoon; and
Hazel Arnold, Vance Theatre, Friday
afternoon.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-01
West End Tickets Drawn

Tickets to the picture shows were
given away at the West Erd Pay
ground as follows: to Ed Fox We'd
nesday to the Vance Theatre and on
Friday to Miss Martha Evans, to the
Moon Theatre.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-01

Christianity's highest realization,
salvation, does not mean the renuncia
ton Of any or everything, but the in
fusion of a new life into everything
The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-26
Contests and Contests

n o MANY contests have been sponsored
by radio networks on a near racket
- basis with wholesale entries for COM
paratively small number Of prizes that it is
not strange that interest in all contests has
waned.
It has been distinctly disappointing to
local institutions offering modest prizes but
with entries limited, when the number OF
contestants has fallen far below expecta-
tions Surely small prize with a good
chance of getting it should be more attrac-
tive than enormous prizes when the chances
of success are practically nil.
So many good purposes can be served
by local essay contests for children, partic-
ularly, that parents should watch such op-
portunities and encourage their youngsters
to enter the worthwhile competition.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-26
Machines Ahead Of Us

We well remember the days when no
car was started without twisting it's tail'
and on cold winter mornings it took plenty
of twisting. Today we would just as soon
let the dentist pull wisdom tooth as to try
starting via the crank.
Times do change.
Another pleasant recollection of those
good old days" is punctures. We never
started on trip of more than SO miles
without two or three extra tires strapped
on the sides and top, kit of patching ma
terials and half trunk full of tools. If a
trip of such length were made without pune
lures, it was major accomplishment and
showed great skill on the part Of the driver
who missed so many tacks, nails and sharp
stones.
Today we drive thousands of miles
without looking at tires and scores of motor
lists know as little of changing and patching
them as they do of astronomy or the Elm
stein theory of relativity.
If man had made as much improvement
in himself as he has in his automobiles dur
ing the last Is years, we would have no un-
employment, class strife or wars.-Sleepy
Eye Herald-Dispatch.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-26
THE GAZETTE'S EDITORIAL AND FEATURE PAGE
Builders Protection

WHILE the city council is in an ordin-
M ance-passing mood, it should consid-
" er one delegating the fire department.
powers to examine and condemn faulty
electrical wiring in old buildings and to in
sist that proper workmanship and materials
go into the wiring of new buildings. Most
owners do not know whether their wiring
would pass the rigid tests which most cities
require.
In some buildings the addition of new
electrical equipment from time to time
builds up load well beyond what was pro-
vided for when the building was wired. If
the owner is fortunate he finds hot wires be-
fore they make trouble, if not he may be
collecting from the insurance company.
Most persons who build homes are ex-
tremely green" on most phases of construc-
ton work and at the mercy of artisans. The
reliable tradesmen often are faced with less
scrupulous competitors who can underbid
them and by skimping on materials and
workmanship, still make profit. Much
could be said also for general building or
dinance providing minimum specifications
and periodic inspections.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-26
Campaign Expenses

John D. M. Hamilton, head of the Re-
publican national committee, has the head
ache of trying to collect money to pay off the
party's campaign deficit; and his labors in
this thankless task may well lead the citizen
ry to ask whether the high campaign expen-
ditures of recent years are really necessary.
Both parties spent vast sums this year,
and it looks very much as if the election
would come out just about as it did if they
had limited themselves to a tenth Of their
actual spendings. The money they poured
out must have been largely wasted; the
Democrats didn't need it, and the Republic
ans weren't helped by it-not so you could
notice.
It might be fine thing if the object les
son would lead to much more frugality in
political campaigns in the future.
ington Times.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-26
@Mary' S
Little foam
6y GENE CARR

employees it was broken.
: A mechanic obligingly towed ii
to the shop.
If
Students from freshman Eng
lish classes, studying newspapers,
came to the best in the west for
practical information on the sub
ject this week. Professor Schoen
showed them around the back
shop, explaining this and that.
He pointed out the job presses,
then took them to the basement to
see the big press.
''But where" asked an interest
ed youngster, "Is the Associated
Press?"
#
Friends and acquaintance will
be pleased to learn that Don
Coven will probably discard that
pair of almost pink trousers he's
been wearing. Other night Don
visited Lambertons attired in the
offensive pants. ''I've got new pa
jamas, too," announced little 10
Ann, eyeing him companionably.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-26
EVERYBODY'S HEALTH

Noise constitutes a serious pub
lie health problem in the opin-
ion of the medical associations
Public Health Education commit
tee.
Noise contributes definitely to
tension, restlessness and exhaus-
ton and these, in turn, play an
important part in the current high
death rate from heart and circu-
latory diseases.
The heart and circulatory dis
eases, often associated with kid
ney degeneration, are the result
of wear and tear on the body.
They are brought on prematurely
by over-exertion, too little sleep,
by anxiety and tension. Increas-
ing noise, especially in the cities
and towns, is considered by all
medical authorities to be a defin-
ite factor in wearing out modern
men and women before their
time.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-26

Clem Hillig returned from deer
hunting with some sort of a re-
cord-.--.the only thing you can't
call it is enviable.
The jewel of the jewelry busi-
ness says he saw II deer, fired
IA shots at one of them and had
to remain until Sunday to get a
little doe.
According to his loving brother,
Clarence, "He may be a rotten
shot, but he must have marvellous
eyesight."
#
Ken Daskam was such men,
ace to the animals that while he
walked through the woods, four
of them rushed out to the auto
mobile to seek protection from
his wife. Ken came back home
with nothing but his health.
-t-t-
Lucian's Payne lost him his doe.
#
Sometimes we wonder Just
what Redwood Falls is coming to
when one of its style authorities,
Mrs. I. M. Stensvad, goes to work
wearing two distinct kinds of
shoes.
#
And talk about strong-arm
methods! Perk Hassinger has
been high-pressuring Leo Kruger,
new barber in Daskam's shop, to
trade in his old car on a new
Ford. Other day Leo missed the
automobile and hunted all over
town for it, only to find it in the
Ford garage just waiting for the
deal to be closed.
Explanation of the cars loca-
ton is that young Billy Edwards,
6, and a playmate climbed into
the machine, parked near their
homes, attempted to. start it and
found it wouldn't go. So they
trudged up to the garage and told
The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-26
War In The Air

Ominous rumblings abroad give warn
ing of coming war that will dwarf the
world war for devastation and brutality. If
there ever was a time when we should prac-
tice stay at home policy it is right now. All
American citizens living under foreign
flag should be notified to be ready to leave
for home as soon as war breaks OUT, and Big
Business with it's many interests abroad
should also be notified that there are times,
that even selling property at low price is
a paying venture in the end.-Lake Wilson
Pilot.
1t rather surprised some Americans to
read this week that the United States is
considering closing it's embassy at Madrid.
Most people thought it had been closed.
Seems like one wise move in case of civil
war in another country would be to get all
Americans, including the diplomats, out at
once or have it understood that they remain
at their own risk
Approximately 125 large companies
have announced increased wages or bonuses
for their employees in recent weeks. We've
turned Mr.. Hoover's long talked of corner.
Among things to be thankful for: that
Europe is a long way away and we haven't
any inclination to get closer.
Fooling the neighbors is foolish, but
fooling oneself is tragic.-ex.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-26

According to recent figures
compiled by the life insurance
companies, the death rate from
the heart, arterial and kidney
group of diseases in the country
where the noise is less and where
people as a rule lead slower,,
quieter lives, is only half what ii
is among factory and industrial
workers in the cities and 1t is
much lower than among profess
sional men and women and
clerks, most of them employed,
also, in the larger centerS.
Noise automatically produces
muscular tension and irritation
even when the victim is asleep
and unaware Of it, according to
the doctors. In the day time it
makes concentration difficult. At
night it deprives people Of proper
rest and recuperation to with
stand the next days racket.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-26
Win or Lose

n EDWOOD FALLS will do honor to it's
TX great football team at a banquet next
Wednesday evening. A fine program
has been arranged and the youngsters will
be entertained in style.
Athletic banquets have been held here
for local teams, win or lose and this prac-
tice should be continued. It is unfortunate
to place too much stress on winning. While
every contestant, coach and fan naturally
aims to win, and sports would be nothing
without this aim, someone must lose and
there is honor and excellent training in
learning to lose manfuly.
Let us honor the victors but when fu-
ture teams are less successful, let us not
stint on the homage paid them for the game
well played, though lost.
"A Lie" says Herman Haislet in the st.
James Plaindealer, sis the staff upon which
the coward leans and the politician relies"
The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-26
FOrewarnings

n MENTIONING thrift in this day of in
MI flationary spending may be politically
AZ sacrilegious but as each day brings
bigger sales, bigger orders and bigger pay
rolls and wages, it is necessary that there be
some championing of the old-fashioned vir
tue.
While unemployment insurance, old age
pensions, stock market control and some re-
gulation of business practices may tend to
tighten the next depression, few will contend
that these innovations will be sufficient to
prevent another fall if we allow ourselves to
run wildly to another prosperity peak with
another splurge of credit spending.
Those whose memories are not too
short-lived will recall readily that it was the
man who was heavily in debt who suffered
most in those drab years Of 1881 to 1884.
Values dropped to the point where many
were paying, or were supposed to be paying,
interest and installments on property worth
less than the mortgage upon it.
They were further pinched when wages
were reduced more and more or in the case
of farmers, when prices of produce fell to
near the vanishing point Taxes, which few
had worried much about when times were
good, suddenly became burden. While the
cost of living tumbled too, it's fall was never
in proportion to the loss in incomes and ex-
cept for belated attempts to scale down
debts, there was little out for the man who
allowed himself to become too heavily in
volved.
This is not protest against installment
buying or warning against going in debt.
Few families could enjoy anything like their
present standards of living had it not been
for the pay -as-you-go plan and few men have
become wealthy or even comfortably fixed
without mortgages.
1t is, however, warning against "get-
ting out on the limb" too far. Few persons
have drowned in shallow debt-water but
when the waves are tapping around ones
neck, it is time to start back for shore and
take care against stepping into unseen holes
(which may engulf One.
Most guessers see several years of com
parative prosperity of which they are un
afraid, until the boom stage of the cycle is
reached. After that they expect history tt
repeat itself and warn the public out
The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-26
Beer Banned By
V. f. w. Post

Beer as refreshment was BAN
ned from future st. James Veter-
an of Foreign Wars meetings,
with the exception of the annual
meeting by F. r. Lenz, newly in
stalled commander. ''We have
much more important things to
do in carrying out our program
for 1887, than to sit around and
drink beer" Mr.. Lenz said.
There are many men who do
not belong to our organization be-
cause they do not approve Of this,
so now we can go and get them
all in. We are going to have a
New Deal for this post and the
corporation of every member is
essential"
The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-26
COunty's No. l Movement

THE SINGULAR honor accorded Miss
Florence Erickson, county All club
girl, this week is another in series OF
outstanding accomplishments of county
youngsters and while it is not surprising in
view of the splendid club activities of the
parents and friends, to club leaders and
members and to those civic organizations
which have contributed toward the progress
of the movement
Miss Ericksons record as reviewed
elsewhere in this issue has been so out
standing as to mark her as leader among
leaders in All club work. The honor accord
ed her as the foremost club girl in the entire
nation could not have been achieved without
unusual ability and effort upon her part, the
encouragement and guidance of wise parents
and the stimulating effect of strong competi-
tion with other All club members.
Without subtracting one iota from the
distinction earned by Miss Erickson, credit
is also due the county All leader and leaders
of local clubs, both members and adult lead
ers, who have made the program interesting
and attractive to so many hundreds of cOun-
ty youngsters, thereby providing this COM
petition.
We have said much from time to time
about the countys leadership in weed era
dication, commentator which we felt was
earned, but that phase of agricultural work
is certainly rivaled if not eclipsed in import
ance by what is being done for our young
sters through All club work.
No other movement will have more far
reaching effect toward the Improvement of
farming methods or the development of
agricultural resources and. prosperity than
All club work which interests the county's
outstanding youths in rural activities and
gets them started toward profitable farming
careers.