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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-14
What age do you think is the

.. WHaC age 40 you Lnlnk IL Cn0
best age to enjoy life? Ans: I
agree with Cicero, the Roman
philosopher. He says that when
one has served out his time in the
lists of ambition, what is finer
than, at what is called middle
age" to live in ones soul-seeing
the facts and things of life in their
true perspective.
10. In these modern times do
you think young people are as in
terested in church activities as
they should be? Ans: I think
the young people of these modern
times are a fine lot. They are not
interested in church activities as
they should be. Neither are their
fathers and mothers. One of the
most serious blunders made by
church folks is their failure to
provide trained and consecrated
leaders of youth as a part of the
church staff.
II. Do you think the colored
race, as a whole, is advancing?
Ans: Unquestionably.
IL. Who winds the clock up and
puts the cat out at night in your
family? Ans: My oldest son,
Newell, at the age of IL, stands
six feet three and weighs 215
pounds. He is the "man" at this
house. He actually locks up at
night, winds the clock, and an
nounces the agenda for the next
day as he closes in for the night.
IS. Where were you educated?
Ans: My grade school education
was in Missouri. I finished Wash
ington High School, Jacksonville,
ILL.,, with First Latin Honor and
Valedictorian, and won a four-year
scholarship to Illinois College.
This is the oldest institution west
of the Allegheny Mountains. I
am the first Negro graduate, with
degree Phi. B. My theological
training was at Payne Seminary,
Wherefore. William ]. Bryant
and Governor Richard Yates are
Illinois College alumni.
There was quite a turnout at the
party the Alpha's wives and
sweethearts gave the other eve
ming. In spite of the heat,
everyone enjoyed himself i'm
mensely. Those who were ro-
mantically inclined walked out un-
der the moon and stars, probably
to discuss the prospect of rain and
condition of crops. Tut! Tut!
BYRON DOTY was so busy
whispering different things in
gals ears that I bet he woke up
the next morning talking to him
self. =. Everyone should do at
least one good deed a day, so at
the next dance my good deed will
be to bring two or three pairs of
spy-glasses along and pass them
around so different sweeties can
keep track of each other and hub
bies and wives can find their long
1ooked for grounds for. divorces
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-14
Now Is Time
To Install
Winter Heat

The Twin City Furnace Co., 1451
University Ave., installed more oil
burners in the first six months of
this year than during the entire
year of 1885.
New house construction and re-
modelling of old homes means a
heating plant for every house.
The Twin City Furnace Co. has
installed thousands of oil burners
in st. Paul and Minneapolis. Such
installations should be made before
the heating season starts.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-14

Solicitors, Men or Women.
wanted. Opportunity for adj
vancement. Pleasant work.
Call at 800 Third St. South.
BR. 1896.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-14

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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-14

Wives and Sweethearts was a sue
cess, and I suppose that's the
It's usually amazing-how punch
served at a party can be so
thrown-together tasting. But this
punch was okey-doke.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-14
Personalities
By Nell DodsOu

There's always a slap-stick
comedy touch to the abrupt col
lapse of a chair under some sur
prised individual. Last Monday
night IL Of us were up in Moul-
denis celebrating because Earl
Burnaugh was home from Glen
Lake for a 36-hour leave. Don
Vernon was just about ready to
pick up a glass of beer from the
table when out of the clear blue
the chair he was sitting in sud-
denly busted and dumped him on
the floor. Mr.. Moulden looked
down upon Vernon decorating the
floor and said: "You shouldn't have
leaned back so far in that chair!
I could have told you it was go
ing to do that!"
"Huh!" grunted Vernon. "This
is a fine time to let me know"
Why is it that when somebody
gets too full of giggle-soup at a
party or in party the poor VIC
tim is put through a slow-poison-
ing process by well-meaning
friends? If there are a dozen diff
ferent people present there will be
a dozen different ideas as to how
to sober up the spiffed individual.
Usually all suggestions are tried
out. A cup of black coffee starts
off the slow-poisoning, and is fol-
lowed by tomato juice, milk, salt
water, ice packs, cold towels or
what-have-you. By the time all
of this stuff is crammed down the
poor PERSONS tummy, he is either
deathly i'll or has passed out worse
than in the beginning. There's no
black coffee or tomato juice in the
world sufficiently potent to offset
the effects of an evening of mara
thon guzzling,-and so, let 'em
sleep it off. They're gonna have a
head like a watermelon in the
mawning anyhow, so what's the
diff?
Here and There: Louise James
has a collection of good books,
likes to read, and is contemplating
taking an evening school course in
short story writing over at the
University this fall. Arnold
Walker is scheduled to return to
these parts in September. . Res
ervations have already come in
from out-of-town people for the
Homecoming weekend, so if you
have an extra room at your man
sion, hang onto it as accommoda-
lions will be scarce around the
Cities. Bill Gardner has coin
collection that is interesting. He
has been collecting coins ever since
he was a kid so he has quite a
few that are out of the ordinary.
=. Chicago will be the main stop
ping-off place for Twin City Labor
Day travellers. >. It's Andy Clark
and Harryette Walls these days.
Lloyd Shanks will probably
leave for Jack Harpole's school in
Georgia the latter part of this
month, while Howard Barksdale
will be due at his new teaching
position in the South around Sep
TENDER a. ,. It will soon be time
for brothers Porter, Berry, and
Grantham to return to the wilder
ness down at Iowa State College
at Ames, and for University of
Minnesota students to start con-
sulting class bulletins for program
schedules. The Alpha frater-
nifty brothers all over the country
boast about the number of star
athletes they have in the fold, Jess
Owens being the most celebrated
brother right now. Wouldn't it be
raw-ther ironical if Dwight Reed
should make All-American one of
these days-even if he is a Kappa?
All of the Alphas throughout the
country would be overcome by the
enormity of such thing. An ALL
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-14
Hello friends:


Hello friends:
My interview this week is from
one of st. Paul's most prominent
ministers, REV. WILLIAM E.
GUY, pastor of st. James A. M. E.
Church. He is not only well-iked
and well-known in st. Paul, but in
Minneapolis also, having held the
pastorage of st. Peters A. M. E..
Church in Minneapolis. He is hon
ored and respected by all, and a
great help in his community. I
know you will enjoy his answers.
1. Where is your home town?
Ans: I am a son of the parson-
age. My father was Methodist
ninister-for over so years. Be-
ing an itinerant minister, I have
never lived in any one town more
than seven years. My present
home town is st. Paul, MINI.
2. What do you think is the
best line of work for a young
man? Ans: That depends upon
the young man, his ideals and eff
cheney. If he is minded,
I would suggest automobile me-
chanics. If scientifically bent,
there is a fine field in laboratory
research. John Carver's fine
achievements attest that science is
not possessed of color-phobia. If
young man feels the call to serv-
ice of his fellow men, remembering
what J. Weldon johnson says of
the power of the Negro Church,
I would advise the Christian min
istry.
8. What part of your church
work do you enjoy the most? Ans:
I am happiest when I stand before
the congregation, having declared
the church door open, and am
privileged, in the name Of Jesus
Christ, to receive men, women, and
children, not merely into the
church but into the kingdom of
Christ.
a. What's your favorite radio
program? Ans: Edwin C. Hill in
"The Human Side of the News"
s. What first attracted you to
your wife? Ans: A certain
graciousness of spirit attested by
or expressed by means Of a must
cal voice that Gained and rested
me.
6. Who do you think is the
greatest man our race has ever
produced? Ans: Bishop Richard
Allen, founder of the A. M. E.
Church. You will recall that DR..
James Weldon Johnson declares
that the most potent instrument
the Negro race possesses for its
own self help is the Negro church.
The A. M. E.. Church was estab-
lished in Philadelphia a century
and a quarter ago by Richard AL
len. More than century before
Woodrow Wilson proposed "self
determination Of peoples" this
man Allen boldly denominated the
church and established the "Afri-
can" M. E. Church. It is the most
outstanding race organization,
founder of Negro newspaper,
magazine and business.
z. What do you do for recrea-
ton? Ans: I do not recreate as
much as I should. The Negro
minister has no trained office
helpers. More work to do than he
ever gets done. Most Of my
recreation I get by changing my
work. Occasionally I go to an in
structive movie. Usually I take
constitutional each evening before
retiring.
8. What's your favorite des-
sert? Ans: Although I eat them,
my wife does not bake me a cake
or pie by my request once in a
year. Am very fond of fruit
cooked fruit. My favorite is
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-25
MAKING PLANS TO
PAY BONUS MONEY
Bonds To Be Delivered To
Former Service Men on
Tuesday, June 16
MUST BE CERTIFIED
Postmaster Here VIII Give Receipt
and Forward Bonds to Raleigh,
From Where Checks Will
Be Mailed Out

Preparations for paying the sol
diers' bonus are going forward at the
local post office, through which the
bonus bonds will first be handled, and
it is expected there will be some 600
or 700 hundred of them.
Postmaster J. r.. league has been
advised of the procpC ure and is ar
ranging to give the veterans the best
possible service in the handling Of
their papers.
The bonds will come 10 them some
what in the form of regitered mail.
They will be delivered in person by
carriers of the post office, except in
instances where mail is delivered
through lock boxes in the office It is
understood that deliveries will be
made on Tuesday, June 16.
The holder of the bonds must be
identified by some one at the post
office, where a certificate will be
signed and attached to the papers, A
receipt will be given the veteran for
his bond, which will then be delivered
to tn postmaster, who in turn will
mail it to the Raleigh district paying
office. At that point government
vouchers will be provided and writ
ten and these will be mailed back di-
rectly to the veteran, who then may
cash his certificate or voucher, and
get the actual money for his bonds.
No actual cash money will be pass
ed out at the post office here, it is
understood. Special arrangements will
be made for expediting the big task of
certifying the bonds prior to their
mailing to Raleigh, where the vouch-
ers will be issued and mailed back
Any veteran who is to receive bonus
bonds and who desires more detailed
information as to the procedure in
realizing on his security, may obtain
the information at the post office.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-25
LOCAL PEOPLE TO
FURNITURE SHOW
Local Furniture Dealer One
of Sponsors of Big An
nual Pageant

A number of people from Hender-
son are going to High Point Friday to
see the historical furniture pageant,
Comfort in Search of Kings"
This is part of the Sixth Annual
Furniture Fashion Review, sponsor
ed by Henderson Furniture Co., and
a group of furniture dealers in four
states and held every spring in the
Tomlinson Exhibition Building IN
High Point.
This years Review has unusual IN
terest not alone because of its mag
nitude, but because the theme is a
practical illustration of the develop
ment of furniture design, construc-
ton, and comfort over period OF
more than four centuries, beginning
with the reign of Henry VIII and
extending down to the present time
Another feature of special interest
will be the display of authentic pup
pets of kings and queens dressed with
minute attention to accurate details
in the fashions of the period in which
they reigned. They are the work OF
Helen Stevenson West, sculptor and
teacher of Stage Costume, School OF
Industrial Art Philadelphia.
Henry VIII and his six wives, to-
gether with antiques of the period
and contemporary quotations, will IL
llmine the floor bearing his name.
1.-THE Floor of Queen Anne" and
1.-THE Floor of Victoria Regina" are
two others where the human qualities
of the period will be set off by the
sculptered namesakes.
The last is called 1.-THE Floor of the
Bachelors Choice" and is built around
the warm personality of the present
king, Edward VIII.
The exhibition is of an education
al character with timely themes and
every year is drawing a larger num-
Der of visitors from a wider area. Last
year they came from seven states and
included, besides housewives, teachers
of history, home economics, and in
terror decoration; club women; mer-
chants and others interested in anti
ques and the history of furniture.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-25
HEAVY VOTE FOR
PRIMARY LIKELY
Big Registration Indicates
Good Turnout of Vot-
ers on June 6

A heavy vote is anticipated by poll
tical leaders in the Democratic pri-
mary of Saturday, June 6.
The expectation is based both on
the heavy registration that ended last
Saturday after the books had been
open for two weeks, and on the in
tense interest in the various contests
for office.
There are a number of interesting
and spirited races for the nomination
to various offices, both on the State
and county tickets. These have result
ed in the registration of many voters
who might otherwise not have been
so intensely concerned, and are re-
lied on to bring out many thousands
of friends Of the contestants.
In the primary Of June 1884, a
trifle more than 800 persons voted
1t is expected that this years total
will be at least $500 and possibly
more than that
While many whose names went on
the registration books in the city and
rural precincts were transfers from
one ward to another, and will not be
out and out new votes, it is under
stood that there are hundreds of
names of persons who will vote this
year for the first time.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-25
|NSTN UTE FINALS
START WEDNESDAY
Series of Events Arranged
for Closing of Local
Negro School

Finals at Henderson Institute will
get underway Wednesday evening at
8 o'clock with the Senior Farewell
Prayer Meeting, and final examina-
tons will be held Thursday and Fri
day, and the annual baccalaureate
sermon will be preached in the United
Presbyterian church Sunday after
noon at o'clock.
Beginning next Monday, June 1, the
annual student prayer meeting will
be at 10 o'clock in the morning, and
class day exercises will be held that
afternoon at o'clock, followed by
the annual musical "Hulda Of HOl-
land at $3.50 o'clock that evening.
Commencement exercises will be
held Tuesday morning, June 2, at
1920 o'clock.
Patrons and friends of the school
are cordially invited to attend the
exercises.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-25
Henderson Daily Dispatch
Finals For High School
Will Begin Next Sunday
Churches Join in Sermon rogram at Baptist Church in
Forenoon, With Bishop E. A. Pennick Preaching;
Graduating Exercise s Thursday, June
.ation in North Carolina"

cation in North Carolina"
Ih:s years graduating class num-
bers 81 boys and girls.
The class day exercises will be held
in the Vance theatre at II a. M,
Thursday, June 4, and will be made
up of the usual finalities of gradual
ing classes. The program will be in
the form of play entitled, ''The Part
ing of the Braves" by Beulah Bailey
Woolard, and directed by Miss Evelyn
Buckley and Prof. S. M. Crowder, of
the high school faculty.
The final graduating exercises will
be held the night of June 4, and in
stead of the commencement orator
there will be several short addresses
by members of the graduating classes
dealing with the progress and devel-
Cpment of education in North Caro-
lima Diplomas will be presented and
various medals will be awarded for
excellence in achievement during the
year.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-25
DRUNKEN DRIVERS
BEFORE THE MAYOR
J. A. Day and Lawrence Alb
bolt Sentenced; Other
Cases Are Heard

Two drunken drivers were sentenc-
ed at todays session of Municipal
court before Mayor Irvine B. Wat
kinS.
]. A. Day, Greystone, paid $50 and
costs of court and had his license re-
vol,ed when he was found guilty of
driving intoxicated.
Lawrence Abbott, route 1, Hender-
son. was convicted of driving intoxi-
Gated, and was fined $50 and costs of
court. and he was found to be driving
without III topper license
Lcomis D. Matthews, Richmond,
Va. paid $3.50 and costs for speeding.
Dave Vincent was taxed with the
costs and required to pay fine of SIS
for being drunk.
Taylor Harris, Negro, was charged
with assaulting and beating Carrie
Harris, but the prosecuting witness
was allowed to withdraw the warrant
upon payment of the costs.
l.. s. Guerant, who was guilty of
being drunk, was fined SIS and costs.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-25
Mcdonald Still Leading
Field In Balloting Here
Weeks Returns Give Him 10, With Six for Graham
and One Each for Hoey and McRae Gets Five in
Warren and Graham On e; Last Ballots Mailed

five of the six ballot cards returned,
the sixth being for Graham, man
living in town. All McDonald's five
were rural and four were men and
one woman. All were farmers. Ora
dustrial worker.
On next Thursday the Daily Dis
patch will announce the returns in
another weeks voting in the State
wide poll. The final report on the
straw ballot will appear in this news
paper on Thursday, June 4. The last
tabulation locally for the Statewide
poll will be made on next Saturday,
May 80.
The last batch of ballots was mailed
to all counties by the % cooperating
daily newspapers on Thursday, May
IA, so that all of the ballots that are
be those that were mailed on that
final date or on previous Thursdays.
In this poll the 25 cooperating
papers had the entire State divided
between them, with a group of coun-
ties assigned to each. Names to whom
ballots were mailed were obtained by
taking the official registration books
and addressing each twelfth person
from start to finish. There was no ar
bitrary picking of names; they were
taken as they were reached on the
registration books. If the name of
dead person or one known to have
left the county were encountered, that
one, of course, was dropped and the
next one in line used.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-25

Commencement exercises of the
Henderson high school will get under
way next Sunday, May 81, with the
baccalaureate sermon to the gradual
ing class in the First Baptist church
at IL a. m. by Bishop E. A. Penick.
.! Raleigh, of the Protestant Ep;s-
~":,i.i Diocese of North Carolina IT,
c:T"r churches of the city will CA; off
:heil morning services to allow their
ministers and their congregations to
attend the exercises.
The finals program will continue
through Thursday evening, June 4,
when the graduating exercises will be
held. 1t is hoped and expected that
these HAY be arranged for the au-
ditorium Of the new high school build
inS, which would be the first time the
structure las ever been used for any
purpose.
The commencement theme will be,
One Hundred Years of Public Edu-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-25

Returns in the newspaper straw
ballot on governor continued last
week to show a continued predomi-
nance of sentiment for DR.. Ralph w.
Mcdonald in Vance and Warren coun-
ties, which are being polled by the
Daily Dispatch as part of Statewide
referendum conducted by this news
paper and "a other daiies. The mar
gin of the doctor was even greater in
Warren than in Vance, though only
one-third as many votes were cast.
In the past weeks voting in Vance
county. Mcdonald received ten votes,
A. H. SANDY Graham six, and Clyde
r. Hoey and John A. McRac one each.
1t was the first and only vote McIIae
has received in either Vance or War
rem counties since the poll was started
early in April.
McDonalds vote came two from the
town and. seven from the country, and
six were men, three women and one
unclassified. Graham's six were divid-
ed as two from the town and four
from the county, and five were men
and one unclassified. Hoey's only vote
was an urban male resident, put down
as an executive.
Of the ten voting for Mcdonald,
five were farmers, one merchant,
one preacher and two industrial work
ers and one unclassified. Graham s
six included two farmers and one each
listed as merchant, sales worker, un-
employed, and unclassified McRae's
lone vote Of the campaign was a far
mer.
In Warren county Mcdonald got
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-25
DROUGHT RETARDS
TOBACCO PLANTING
Growers Are Forced To
Water Sprouts Set In
Growing Fields

In spite of the continued drought,
planting of tobacco is well under way
throughout Vance county and this en-
tire section. Growers who are trans
planting are being forced, however, in
nearly every instance, to water their
plants as they go. And these young
sprouts will eventually die unless
needed rain comes in time to save
them.
A trip through the county last week
revealed that on most farms planting
was under way. In some instances
planting has been virtually complet-
ed. So far the stands for the most
part look fairly good. Watering done
at the time of planting furnished
moisture to sustain the plants for the
time, and farmers are hoping that the
weather man will bring rain in the
near future.
1t appears to be virtually the I'M
animous opinion of growers that the
crop certainly will not exceed that Of
1885, There are instance where cur
tailment has been decided on by grow
ers, but in other cases the two and
three-acre grower is sticking a little
AAIOI0, dIQ IIOW dItO LlcU d IdrIn is
found where tobacco is being placed
in small quantities where it was not
planted at all last year. Instances Of
this kind tend to offset whatever acre,
age cuts there may have been. But
wherever tobacco planter is engage
ed in conversation, his opinion is
given that this years crop in this
cection will not be any larger than
last year-unless the weather should
later develop more favorably than It
is at the present time
Moreover, reports from Georgia and
the border belt sections, as we'll as
Eastern North Carolina, are that the
drought is retarding the crop in those
sections, and indications at the pre-
sent time are that dry weather con-
ditions may be a factor in holding
down the crop where government con-
troll failed through invalidation of the
AAA by the Supreme Court.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-25
1000 Poppies Sold
Here on Saturday

From the sale of 1000 peoples Sat-
urday, which was National Poppy
Day. the American Legion Auxiliary
reported the approximate sum of 500
taken in.
Members of the Junior American
Legion Auxiliary assisted in the sale
and the three winning prizes for the
greatest number sold went to Miss 10
Newell, who sold 200, Miss Gracia
Harris, LAT and Miss Gloria VanDyke,
145.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-25
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four

l. Name the father and mother Of
Queen Elizabeth of England.
g. Who was the author of Nicholas
Nickleby?"
3. In what year was the war between
the U. S. and Spain fought?
Who was William Lilly?
5. Where is the Kittatinny Mountain
range?
6. What are vertebrate animals?
E. Which state is known as 1.-THE Cen
tennial State?"
g. Name the first womens patriotic
society to be organized in America.
8. What famous gold rush occurred
in 1896?
10. What is kleptomania?