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Evening star., 1936-10-09
YORK, HERO OF WAR,
MAKES PEACE PLEA
Marks 18th Anniversary Of Bat
tie Exploits With Speech
C0ndemning Conflict.

By the Associated Press.
PAIL MALL. Tenn, October "a
plea for peace yesterday was Alvin
Cuilum York's only recognition OF
the eighteenth anniversary of battle
exploits that made him an interna-
tional hero.
The red.haired Tennessee squirrel
hunter was . conscientious objector
before he entered the Army. and med
ais and h0nors did not dim his hatred
OF war.
1t was October 8, 1918. that the
lanky. awkward corporal practically
unassisted" conquered an entire ma
chine-gun battle in the ArgOnne. kill
ing at least IS Germans and captur-
ing 1872 prisoners.
York, now 4 4s-year-old farmer,
Evening star., 1936-10-09

said today "the only thing I can think
about now Is how thankful I am that
I'm not in the same trouble I was In
1918, and how awful 1t will be II we
get into another war"
I'm afraid we'll have another war
within q few years." he added, If
Europe keeps cuttin' up over there.
But just because Europe wants to
keep getting into hot water y no sign
we should follow them. Let then,
fight, but keep America out OF It,"
Evening star., 1936-10-09

dummy. and when East followed his
first inclination was to finesse, since
1t seemed inconceivable that West
would blank the queen. PauSing to
ponder for . moment, he rejected
that Of Vests six remaining cards
four were undoubtedly spades, the
NTH was probably the ace OF hearts
and the sixth was either a diamond
or q heart. DeclArer now went q
step farther. Would West, . fine
player. discard his last diamond In
order to retain the ace and q useless
small heart? Emphatically no. since
he could hold onto four spades and
the ace Of hearts, suficient to de-
feat the contract. Therefore. West
undoubtedly must have been afraid OF
an end play and hence held the last
remaining diamond, the missing
queen!
Having come to this logical con-
clusion, declarer went up with his
ace to make four no-trump and q
well deserved game.
,Copyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-10-09
VETERANS ELECT
Georgians Vote to Meet With G. A.
r. at Gettysburg.

" ut 0eVCySUUIB
AUGUSTA. Ga, October 9 (R.-
Georgia Confederate veterans elected
Brig. Gen. A. j. Womack, 90. of Ma
con their commander In chief yester-
day to succeed Gen. J. M. Nash Of
Atlanta.
Closing their annual reunion. the
veterans also voted to meet with the
Grand Army Of the Republic at
Gettysburg, scene Of the decisive bat
tie of the War Between the States, In
1898.
Evening star., 1936-10-09

The Four Aces will be pleased to answer
letters from readers IL stamped g.
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with each communication. II you desire
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13O West Forty-seeond street. New York
without any charte.
The next article in this series will
appear Sunday.
Evening star., 1936-10-09
CITIZENSHIP URGED
ouezon Urges Filipino Assembly
to Aid Harrison.

MANILA, p. l., October R.-
President Manuel Quezon asked the
Philippine Assembly wednesday to
confer Filipino citizenship upon Fran
els Burton Harrison, former Governor
General of the islands.
Queson said the former New Yorker
had expressed desire to become 4
citizen Of the Philippines, but lacks
the residence requirements to be nat
uraliZed.
Evening star., 1936-10-09

5 The opening spade lead removed
declarer's only stopper, and he i'm
mediately saw that he would have to
be extremely lucky to fulfill his con-
tract Leading up to the king of dia-
monds, he finessed clubs and was
gratified to see that he could take
tive tricks in that suit, which he pro.
ceeded to do. West was up against 1t
for discards. On the third and fourth
club leads he threw two hearts, but
the fifth lead was very painful. If he
discarded a spade, the canny de-
clarer might lead a heart and duck,
forcing his black ace, in which event
he would take but four tricks. He
therefore attempted to fool the de-
elsrer by blanking his queen OF dia-
nonds.
South now led a small diamond from
Evening star., 1936-10-09
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
Battle of Wits.

sDsvid MsT 0sTsis 5ss0sy ke world
lea0lne 'eAnn S0 m % a ia s n-' ~
Evening star., 1936-10-09

MOUTH was out on 4 limb. He
had contracted for three mo-
3. trump by what he knew very
- well was extremely optimistic
! bidding. However, not being vulner-
able he was perfectly willing to gam
bic as long as he was not doubled.
Had either opponent doubled. he
would have run to four clubs. hoping
that the opponents would let that
contract rest in peace.
The hand produced some excellent
play on the part of both the declarer
and the West opponent.
North, dealer.
Evening star., 1936-10-09

Remember-your hot is seen
first. Therefore it should be
small to be SNORT, and mode
Of fur-felt. Shown is q jounty
green with bow of some mo-
terioI ond rhinestone orno-
ment to top it off. included
in this group of new feIts are
jockey brins, berets. off-the-
foce. turbonS. Other trims--
fur, ornoments. feathers, wells.
Block. brown, navy. rust, wine.
eroy. Heodsizes n " to "a.
Down sfARs SfoaE.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-07-29
AN APPRECIATION.

Joshua Thomas Barnes was born
July 25th 1860, near Poplar Creek
church, Vance County. His parents
were Jane Adams Cheatham and Hill
man H. Barnes. Reared in this COM
munity, On the soil where his father
and grandfathers had lived, he attend
ed the schools of the community and
later Horner's at Henderson. He al
ways took the deepest interest in all
the activities of his community. He
was strong boy and vigorous man
and enjoyed what there was in life.
AS a Mason, he was attentive to his
Lodge and mindful of all the obliga-
tions, tenets and teachings of the or
der and practiced them in his daily
life.
We may not draw aside the veil of
his family life; there he was Of
course, the attentive father, the low
ing husband, the cheerful and witty
companion.
In the four and a half years of the
decay of the outward man, whom we
had learned to love so we'll, his own
gentle service for others in the days
of his ability, came back to him, like
bread upon the waters at the hands
Of his faithful wife, and in the earnest
willingness of many another to help.
Rarely has the passing of one life
been of so much of community con-
Germ.
He has gone beyond "the smiling
and the weeping and although we
had four and a half years of anxious
preparation, it is very difficult to
grow accustomed to the actual loss. 1t
is pathetic to watch the steady drift
ing away of accustomed faces. But
experience teaches that all life is
richer and fuller there, than here.
Death is inevitable and compelling
visitant, but though we walk through
the valley of the shadow of death, we
should fear no evil Death is but an
incident, in the spirits experience as
as it passes to fuller intimacy with
God. An opportunity to offer our i'm
patient life to patient God.
Father in Thy gracious keeping,
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping"
N. B. G.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-07-29
OTHERS VIEWS
SAY UNDERPASS FOOLISH

To the Editor:
In the old days before automobiles
were in use, the railroad crossings
in Henderson were doubtless very
dangerous and caused the death Of
quite a number of people. Trains
were probably more frequent and the
various crossings in the town had no
protection. Times have changed. All
railroad crossings are we'll protected
with signal lights and watchmen,
trains are probably less frequent, and
the hazard of the present day is now
the highways and street crossings,
particularly in the congested portions
of the city.
Therefore, it would seem to be
very foolish and useless expenditure
of money to spend as much as $780,
10000 for one underpass Which IN
reality cuts out only one railroad
crossing and creates, if the underpass
is used as much as the City Fathers
think it will be, a most congested spot
let down in the ground almost in the
center of our city 1 cannot think of
a much better way to create most
dangerous hazard, destroy valuable
property, and disfigure the city al
most at its heart, a useless waste of
money that could be used in other
needed ways and serve the public to
far greater extent.
1 never believe in criticizing any
move unless I think 1 can offer some
constructive suggestion. Therefore,
1 submit that if this money were
| l;oYD
Street, and il the railroad company
could be pre- 1ailed upon to cut out
numerous useless side tracks within
the center of the city Immediately
back of stores on Garrett Street be-
tween Spring and Montgomery
Streets, an alley twenty or thirty
feet wide back of these stores and
along the railroad could be had and
would do more to relieve congestion
on Garrett Street than any one thing
1 know of, and at the same time
greatly facilitate the movement of
merchandise to and from the stores
on the eastside' of Garrett street
Should the railroads contend that
these side tracks are occasionally
used they could be left in the ground
| just as street car tracks used to be,
and this service alley way could still
be used for the benefit of the stores
and the relief of Garrett Street, and
the railroad company could occasion
ally use them for unloading coal or
merchandise, as is very seldom re-
quired.
It seems that everybody is waiting
/ for George" to move nOtWithStand-
ing the fact that probably seventy
five to ninety per cent of the people
in Henderson are opposed to this fool
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-07-29
ANSWERS

1. o. Max Gardner, democrat, re-
ceived a vote of 1862 O09; r. F. Seawell
Republican, received 289,415, giving
Gardner majority Of 1854.
2. Congressional investigation plac-
ed the number of actual "visitations''
at 260 in the twenty counties where
the Klan was in operation. The Khan
first began operations in North Caro-
lima in 1867 1t was in operation about
two years before disbanding.
3. An account of a trip from Rich
mond to Raleigh in 1885 was written
by Harriet Martineau, a Frenchwo-
man. She wrote: "In the course of
several days Journey we saw, only
one vehicle besides our own. :" The
latest highway traffic census shows
that 1899 vehicles, from six o'clock
q. m. until midnight, passed over a
| section of the same road she travel
ed over.
4. For nearly fifteen years the leg
islature refused such a charter, be-
cause it was believed an east and west
North Carolina system would be bet
ter for the State. It was not until 1861
when President Davis called the at
tention of the Confederates Congress
to the Importance of this route. Short
ly afterwards the legislature granted
a charter.
s. A total of 5000, 756.27 for the fis-
cal year ending June 80, 1885.
g. He was first elected as WING,
serving one term, 1843 to 1916. He was
defeated for reelection, but two years
later he was the Democratic nominee
and was elected. He was reelected five
more terms to succeed himself. On
May g. 1853 he was appointed United
States senator to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Senator
Asa Biggs, serving until the beginning
I Of ihe wa.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-07-29
OPPOSES UNDERPASS.
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
Our honorable Mayor is my first
cousin, very warm friend, and he
has worked so hard to get this "un-
derpass" for our city, also thinks it
is such a fine thing, that I hesitate
to express my opinion on this matter.
But Happy, Healthy, Hustling Hen
derson" has been my "home town"
since I was two years old, so have
some civic pride in wanting it to con-
tinue "the best city in the world" For
many years, we have worked for
new high school, and at last we have
one, and in it we have an expenditure
of around 100000 by time all in con-
nection with it is considered. AS to
whether this was the best location
can not be considered now, it's there
and can't be moved.
The principal objection to location
was the noise from the railroad. Now
our "City Fathers are proposing to
route all traffic they can by it also.
William and Charles Streets are to be
lowered about twelve feet at the cor
ner, with a foot to 100 feet rise up
those streets.
In cottom will be a stop light so
that cars will have to stop and start
up again, and what a noise the cars
and trucks will make in pulling up
from this twelve foot gulley Again,
as some one has written about, many
parents bring their children to school,
home and back for dinner, and call
for them. You know something of the
congestion you have had at the Gram
hot FNfV hot
you will have here. And it will be far
greater because so many High School
students come to school in the family
cars. Beside the traffic to be routed
by it. Now what is that going to De
with the competition of this twelve
foot Gulley? Again as for general
traffic, who, coming in for instance
from Andrews avenue way is going
to use the underpass with a straight
road before them level across the rail-
road? Unless of course, they close up
the Andrews avenue and depot cross
ings so as to make people use the un-
derpass.
AS I see this matter, the underpass
should be at Andrews avenue. OF
course I realize that Bob Davis, Sid,
and others will raise a howl at such
thought, but thing like that can't
be put anywhere without threading
on some ones toes"
AS to whether Route 1 was lowered
so as to turn direct into the cross
ing, or side road from Aulbert's on
north, and from Marble yard on south
is a matter that could be arranged.
And on other side, the arrangement
would be similar to what is being
proposed for Charles street.
Of course, this would cost little
more but it would be a pass that
would be used, closing Andrews
avenue, crossing, also as most of peo-
pie that use Rock Spring street cross
ing have come from up at Andrews
avenue, that also could be closed.
What [ am interested in is that it
does seem a shame to put that twelve
| foot gulley in front of our fine new
school, destroying the beautiful view
OF 1t, making such a noise, and max
ing such congestion there in way of
people coming and going to the school.
JOHN B. WATKINS, JR.
Henderson, July 20, 1886.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-07-29
FIRST FORLD WAR DAY-BY-DAY

20 Years Ago Today-For the third
time in month, the battle of Bara-
novichi blazed up on the Carpathian
front, this time as an introduction to
a great Russian general attack north
west of Luck. For the third time,
the result was against the Russians,
In the first battle, late in June,
Russian attacks had failed complete
ly. Germans lost $50 men, the Rus
slams 1000. In the second battle, a
week later, the Russians hurled Is
divisions against 1-2 Austro-Hun-
garian and German divisions. The
blow fell heaviest on the Austro-Hun-
garians, and it fell back to second
lpoSitiont Germans hastily scraped
together battallions of service details,
wounded, every available man, to re-
Enforce their hardtpressed allies.
There were critical hours and criti-
cal days. But on the last two days
of the battle the greater part of the
ground captured by the Russians was
torn from them again. The Germans
lost 500, the Russians many times
this number.
1t is hard to give a coherent pic
ture of what was happening on the
Russian fronts in brief space. But
what was happening was the result
of the Spring offensive. Hasty pre-
parations in the hinterland, ruthless
urging on of enthusiastic and mex
perienced troops in the front line,
might suffice in the open-field shock
crisis of Tyres or Lodz but in trench
warfare of limited scope, under pecu-
liarly difficult conditions of ground
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-07-29
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Booth Harrington of Indianapolis,
famed novelist, born there, 67 years
ago.
DR.. William Beebe of New York,
marine explorer and naturalist, born
there SO years ago.
William Powell, screen star, born
in Pittsburgh A years ago.
F. Scott Mcbride, general superin-
tendent of the Anti-Saloon League of
America, Washington, D. C. born
in Carroll Co., Ohio, Cd years ago.
Don Marquis of New York, humor-
list and writer, born in Walnut, ILL.,,
So years ago.
James S. Woodwork, Canadian
Socialist chief, born in Toronto, 62
years ago.
Benito Mussolini Italys Premier,
born SO years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-07-29
II TODAY. y
TODAY"S ANNIVERSARIES

17e4-Thomas Corwin, Ohio circuit
lawyer, congressman, governor sena-
tor and secretary of the treasury,
born in Bourbon Co., Ky. Died Dec.
IS, 1865.
1797-Daniel Drew, spectacular
capitalist-promote of his day, I'M
poverished in his latter days, born
at Carmel, N. Y. Died Sept. IL, 1879.
l805-Hiram Powers, Cincinnati
clock factory worker, among Anne
ricas greatest sculptors, who lived
in Italy the last part of his life, born
near Woodstock, VT. Died in Italy,
June q, 1873.
1S2S-John S. Pillsbury, Minnesota
noted miller and governor born at
Sutton, N. H. Died in Minneapolis
OCT IS, 1901.
1S4O-Simon Baruch, Confederate
army surgeon, Camden, S. C. ana
New York City physician, father OF
a noted American, born in Germany.
Died June 81, 1921.
1S49-Max Nordeau, author, phllos-
opher. Jewish leader, born in Hun
gary. Died in France, Jan. %, 1928
Sylvester Scovel, engineer
contractor noted war correspondent
of the Spanish-American war, born
in Allegheny Co., Pa. Died IN Ha-
vana, Feb. IL, 1905.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-07-29
SOMEBODY'S BOY.
To the Editor:

y Tie
There were twenty-six letters that
conquered the world meet them
A B KLNINOPQRSTUVW
XYZ. The City of Henderson stand
in there, with it's different opinion.
Bring them out in bold type. You have
played checkers, make them Kings
Take the underpass that we hear so
much about at this time, how divid-
ed we are; how disturbed are we
about the chances to lose ones life
But they do MOI offer any solution
only II am just agin it or I am for
it." The writer is always frank to of
fer suggestions and ready, and 1 do so
now in little poem entitled:
SOMEBODY'S BOY.
Somebody's hoy was crossing the
street,
Innocent, young and fair
He hadn't the judgment of older folks,
He didn't see the danger there.
Somebody's boy had a song on his lips
But it died in an instant away
For a motorist ran the little boy
down,
And he died at the close of the day.
Will you watch for the little boys,
Drivers in the City of Henderson and
elsewhere
Really it's one of the greatest crimes,
To run little boy down.
Place this on a sign board at the
north and south approach to our City
and both approaches to the underpass,
and say twenty miles per hour and no
more to everybody and mean it.
G. F. TANKERSLEY, SIR.
Henderson, July 20, 1886.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-07-29
RESALE OF LAND UNDER
COURT ORDER.

An advance bid of percent having
been placed with Clerk of the Su-
perior Court upon that certain sale
made by the undersigned on Tues
day, the 21st day of July, 1886 and
pursuant to order of e. o. Falkner,
Clerk of the Superior Court entered
on the 18th day Of July, 1886, and
By virtue of the power contained
in a Deed of Trust executed by T. Fl.
Harris and Lucy G. Harris, his wife,
recorded in the office of the Register
Of Deeds of Vance County in Book
1872, at Page SO, default having been
made in the payment of the debt
therein secured, on request of the
holder of the same, l shall sell for
cash, y public auction, at the Court
House door in Henderson, N. c., to
the highest bidder, at 1900 O'clock
noon on Thursday, the 18th day of
August, 1886, the following described
property
First Tract: 1t is the tract of SO IL
acres being the home place of the
said parties of the first part and con-
veyed to the said Lucy G. Harris by
deed of Mrs E. M. Buchanan de-
scribed as follows: Begin at a stone
Harris corner, thence N s IA E 20.98
chs. to a stone in the Reavis line,
thence S 81 IA .E 1880 chs to stone
J. w. Buchanan corner, thence S 7
w 2O.27 chs. to stone thence N 80 IA
w III chs. to a stake, thence S IS IL
w 800 chs. to a pin, thence 70 81
w 2.55 chs. to stake at west edge
of abutment to bridge thence
80 IL w $40 chs. to stone in a gully
thence N IS 1-2 w HOO chs. to the
beginning. See Deed in Vance Regis
try Book 81 at page 329 for further
reference.
Second Tract: A tract of fifty nine
acres 500 adjoining the lands of Lucy
G. Harris, Bella Workman and Ed
ward Aliens heirs. See Deed of record
in Vance Registry of Saml w. Clark
for further description.
Third Tract: 1t being that tract of
thirty acres 600 formerly belonging
to j. J. Harris and still before to NJ
T. Harris It was recently conveyed
to T. H Harris by said ]. ]. Harris
by deed dated - of record III
Vance Registry Book - page.
Tract -Four: The tract of % acres
known as the Brame place, bought of
Pig Brame's wife bounded by the
lands of David H. Reavis. and the fifty
nine acres above described. See Deed
of record in Vance Registry for fur
Their description.
Bidding to commence at $2835.O0.
B. H. HICKS, Trustee.
Henderson, n. c.,
July 20, 1886.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-07-29
TODAY IN HISTORY

17S6-(15O years ago. First issue of
the Pittsburgh Gazette, first news
paper west of the Alleghanies.
Americans and French ad-
vance on 2O-mile front in Marine sal
lent.
192O-New York-San Francisco air
mail route opened-a New York State
grocer got two years for boarding a
vast amount of sugar.
1929-Enduranc plane, seven days
in the air over Minneapolis, crashed,
killing and fatally injuring both
pilots.
1933-Federal Narcotic Commission
at Chicago, announced that some 200
race horses doped within past year.
1935-New York Citys special grand
jury, headed by Thomas E. Dewey,
began racketeering hearings.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-07-29

ish expenditure of money for the UNI
derpass. However, it would seem. that
if the Mayor and the City Fathers
really wish to abide by the wishes
and desires of the great majority OF
the citizens of Henderson they would
stop, look and listen, and if necessary
submit the matter to public vote
before spending so much money In
the face of so much keen opposition.
VI course, any one who stops and
thinks minute would know that it
is not too late, regardless of what
has been done to void so serious an
error, and particularly to avoid some
thing that is so heartily opposed by
the property owners whom it will
most seriously affect, as well as the
great majority of the thinking pub
lie.
1t should not be forgotten by any
one in public office that they are
paid by the public to serve the public
to serve the public regardless of all
personal views and interests.
S. s. PARTIAM,
w. F.. GHOLSON,
S. H. WATKINS,
S. P. COOPER,
WIN. B. HARRISON,
M. Y COOPER,
MRS. J. T. JONES,
HENRY S. MOSS,
j J. STAINBACK,
c. E. HIGHT,
r. E. VANDYKE,
r. B. POWELL.
Henderson, July 20, 1896.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-07-29
TODAY'S YESTERDAYS

July 20, 177S-The fleet dispatched
from France under Rear Admiral,
D'Estaing, arrived in Narragansett
Bay, to report to Vice Admiral George
Washington. He had been given that
rank by the French King Louis so
that he might command the forces
sent to aid the rebel Americans This
was the turning point of the Revolu-
ton, for the fleet was to bottle up
CORVALLIS at Yorktown and force
his surrender.
Frenchmen who put up money
for supplies which the fleet brought
brought over to Americans were to
sue the American government after
the revolution to get it back! (They
received settlement after years of
bickerings).
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-07-29
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
By FRED H. MAY

l. How much did Gardner defeat
his Republican opponent for governor
in 1928?
2. How active was the Ku Klux
Klan in North Carolina?
3. How does traffic on North Caro-
lima roads of 100 years ago compare
with that of today?
4. Why did the legislature refuse to
grant a charter for railroad between
Greensboro and Danville?
5. What was the total amount the
Highway commission received from
the federal government last year?
6. When was Thomas L. Clingman
a member of congress?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-07-29
CREDITORS NOTICE.

HAVING qualified as Administrators
of the Estate of James Hartwell Ell
lington, deceased, this is to notify all
persons having claims against said
estate to file same with the under
signed Administratriy, or her attor-
neys, in Henderson, N. c., on or be-
fore July %, 1887, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of recovery. All
persons. indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settlement.
This 22nd day of July, 1886.
60 SARAH ELLINGTON,
Administrative
Gholson & Gholson,
Attorneys for Administrative.