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Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-21
NEGRESS KILLED IN
WRECK NEAR EPSON
Omega Ward Dies Almost
Instantly in Crash; Of
ficers Seeking Man

Omega Ward, 39-year-old Negress,
was almost instantly killed last night
about o'clock near Epson in a
head-on collision between two light
automobiles, and State Highway Pa
trolman T. E. Cooke, Jr.. said he has
issued a warrant charging Crowell
Overton with reckless driving and
driving drunk.
The Negress was riding in an auto
mobile driven by Beulah Brown, Ne
gress, who was not hurt to any eX-
tent. Richard Smith, 10 year old son
of Forest Smith, was said to have
been riding in the other vehicle. He
sustained injuries about the mouth,
his teeth being knocked loose or out.
OvertOn had not been apprehend-
ed early this afternoon as far as
was learned.
Coroner J. S. Albright empanneled
jury composed of G. NJ Gill, T. r.
Switzerland, E. C. Farris, w. H.
Windley, r. D. Starkey and Silas
Powell. and visited the scene of the
crash. The jury will probably meet
at the court house tonight at o'clock
the coroner said, to fix the blame in
the accident.
According to Patrolman Cooke, the
driver of the car in which the Smith
boy was said to have been riding, had
disappeared from the scene upon his
arrival there.
The cars were badly damaged in the
crash
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-21
COTTON MILL MEN
GO TO PINEHURST
5. p. Cooper Member of Board of Di-
rectors; Prominent Speaker
on the Program

The thirteith annual convention of
the North Carolina Cotton Manufac-
turers Association will be held at
Pinehurst on November 5 and 6, it
was learned today S. P. Cooper, pre-
sident of the Henderson and Har.
riet Cotton Mills of Henderson is a
member of the board of directors, his
term expiring in 1888. Harvey W.
Moore, of Concord, is president of the
association.
Among the chief speakers at the
meeting will be A. j. Maxwell, COM
missioner of internal revenue of the
State of North Carolina, and former
Governor o. Max Gardner, of Shelby
and Washington. David Ovens, a lead
ing Charlotte merchant, and former
president of the National Retail Dry
goods Association, will be the chief
speaker at the banquet Thursday
evening.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-21
TUESDAYS TOBACCO
SALE 376,552 LBS.
Days Average Is $24.57,
With $92,518.83 Paid
for Offerings

Tuesdays sale on the Henderson
tobacco market disposed of 376,552
pounds of leaf, for $92,51883 for an
average of $24.57, according to official
figures announced today by J. r. Nc
Duffie, sales supervisor. The days &C
Invites on the market cleared up a
big block on Monday
Sales were comparatively light TO-
day, with all floors cleared and ready
for other heavy offerings tomorrow
and Friday.
Some tobacco men estimate around
40 percent of the crop has been sold,
and do not believe that the market
will go far beyond the 100000 OO-
pound level for the season.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-21
LOCAL DEMOCRATS
PLAN GREAT RALLY
Several Speakers Expected
for Meeting Latter Part
of Next Week

A monster Democratic rally is sche-
duled to be held in Henderson the lat
ter part of next week as the only poll
tical gathering of the fall campaign
B. p Wyche, Democratic county
chairman, said today he was working
on plans for the occasion, and that
the meeting would be held in the au-
ditorium of the new Henderson high
school,
1t is planned to have several speak
ers in the interest of the party. Con-
gresham Harold D. Cooley is expect
ed to be here if he can arrange his
engagement list The other speakers
have not been announced as yet.
The chief objective of the rally is
to fan the fires of Democracy for the
county, not that there is any danger
of the ticket failing here, but in or
der to bring out the largest possible
vote.
Since the Republicans have no
county ticket, other than H. E. White
running for the State House of Rep
resentatives against J. NJ Peace
Democratic nominee, the Democrats
are confident of an overwhelming vic
tory in the county. The size of the
vote is the objective sought.
The rally will be held either on
Thursday or Friday night of mex
week, according to present plans, but
definite announcement will be made
later.
In recent elections, the vote has
run, in round figures, about 5000
Democrats and 500 Republicans, OF
something like ten to one for Dem
Ocratic margin.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-21
JUNIORS MEETING
SET FOR THURSDAY

The Raymond B. Crabtree council
of the Junior Order will meet Thurs
day evening at 1880 o'clock, and the
captains of the "sides," G. F. Tanker
sley, Jr., and T. E. Stegall, have call
ed upon the membership to be pres
ent Captain Tankersley's group is
leading.
Delegates and alternates will be
elected at the session to attend the
district meeting at White Level in
Franklin county Tuesday, November
10.
Application will be voted on, and a
speaker for Thursday, October 20, will
be announced at the meeting.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-21
CLUB SINGING IS
ROTARY'S FEATURE
J. r. league In Charge of
Program; H. P. Butcher
Tells of N. Y. Club

Club singing, one of the detectives
of the district governor, featured the
regular weekly meeting of the Rotary
Club last evening in the basement of
the First M. E. church.
J. R. league was in charge of the
program.
Jack Myers, of Oxford, Rotarian,
was a visitor of the club.
H. P. Butcher told of his recent ex-
pereience of attending a Rotary
meeting in New York City, where the
club had about 400 members, and at
the session Mr.. Butcher attended
there were about 100 visitors, includ-
ing about 25 from foreign countries.
Attendance at the session was very
good.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-21
- Year Old Man
Inbibes too Freely

They never get to old for their
"tOddy," according to Alexander
Jordan, 81 year old Montgomery
county man, who was fined $5 and
costs for being drunk in public
place in municipal court today.
Jordan had been discharged
from the road gang Saturday, he
slept Sunday night in the city
lookup for the lack of a better
place. Officers picked up the man
yesterday when he was too drunk
to help himself, and brought him
to the lookup.
Jordan has a long white flowing
beard, much on the order of Santa
Claus and was quietly pulling on
a very strong pipe in his cell in the
lookup this morning while await
transportation to one of the high
way camps to begin his sentence.
He could not pay SIS and costs, so
he must work it out in 80 days on
the roads.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-21

The crowds found the Bingo game
as attractive as ever, with extra valu-
able merchandise prizes offered.
1t would be impossible to undertake
to enumerate all the attractions Of
fered by the Midway, but the display
is the greatest the fair has offered
in years. There are a number of rides
not hitherto offered here, along with
many that have been here before, but
without which no fair would be COM
plete.
Just about everything on the
grounds appeared to be doing good
business this afternoon, and indica-
tons were that the night crowd would
be as good and better.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-21
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four

l. In which province of Canada is the
city of Guelph?
2. Who was Guido REM?
g. What is a gyroscope?
4. When it is O'clock, a. M, East
ern Standard Time, in New York,
whit time is it in Rome, Italy?
5. What does foot-pounds mean?
6. Where is Furman University?
T. Which planet of the solar system
is nearest to the sun?
g. In military formation, what is the
opposite of close order?
9. What is the estimated population
of the world?
10. Under which President did Will
liam Gibbs McAdoo serve as Secre-
tary of the Treasury?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-21
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER Fl, 1896
Handy Thing About
Black-Draught So
Many Folks Lii.

When It comes to the proDer -
dose of a laxative medicine. dif flne
ent persons and different ages nat
rally need different doses pr ma'u-
size doses thoroughly do the WOE,
expected without harsh purging "0'N
Black-Draught laxative is Drar..
ed in dry powder so the size ~ par g,
dose easily can be adjusted r. u tLe
needs of the person taking it ME- We
too much, but just enough tboron np'
ly to relieve constipation. sn-
Black-Draught is credited w.,
leaving the digestive tract more a ah,
to continue elimination, regularly
every day. Be sure to try it! "
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-21
Registration Books For
Election Close Saturday
Elections Board Prepares Fl nal SetUp for Baoting
Two Weeks Hence; No L ocal Republican Ticket
EXCEPT H. E. White INNING for the House
some newcomers to

Guiding probably some newcomers to
the city or county.
While reports have not been receiv-
ed from all of the precincts in the
county, a few that have been heard
from say that scarcely more than a
dozen names have been added for
each. Based on this record, it is es-
timated that hardly more than 100 to
$50 names have been registered that
were not already on the lists. There
are 13 precincts in the county, five
of them being in the city, and the
other eight one each in the eight out
lying townships of the county.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-21
REALTY TRANSFERS
THREE AT REGISTRY

Three realty transfers were record
ed at the Vance Register of Deeds
yesterday.
T. p Gholson, commissioner, sold
to Robert G.. Young and wife 1876
acres on Red Bud Creek for $86822.
w IS. Fox ct. al conveyed to Will
son o. Ellis for $40 and considera-
tions 4275 acres of land two miles
south of Henderson.
G. w. Woody sold r. B. Carter a
lot on North Garrett street for
$4,000.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-21
HenryE.W White
Republican Candidate For
House of
Representatives

solicit your vote and support in the
general election on November 3rd
Ny candidacy for this office is due
to my whole-hearted interest in serv-
ice to the people of Vance County,
and if elected 1 promise my best and
most sincere efforts in their behalf.
The Washington times., 1936-06-04
AUTO CRASHES
FATAL TO I

With two more persons added
to the traffic fatalities in Virginia
and several others seriously in
jured here, inquests into two Of
Washington's traffic fatalities were
to be held today at the District
Morgue.
Inquests into the death on May
81 of William w. Brookhart, g.
year-old grandson Of former Sen
ator Smith w. Brookhart, and the
fatal injury Tuesday Of Ernest
Easley, 54, when he was struck by
street car, were to be held by
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
today.
Young Brookhart died In George.
town Hospital few minutes after
he was knocked down by a car
driven by Mrs. Dorothy w. Ralph,
4565 Cathedral Ave. N. W., friend
of the boys parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith w. Brookhart, jr., STA
Chevy Chase Parkway.
Driver COllapSeS
Mrs. Ralph, who suffered a
nervous collapse after she took
Continued on Page 26, Col. q
The Washington times., 1936-06-04

John A. Koke, jr., 1908 Longfel-
low st. N. W., 40 miles.
Charles Kosloff, 2801 North Cap,
itol ST., 48 miles.
Mildred B. Mcpherson, 857 Van
Buren st. N. W., 40 miles.
Robert T. Miller, 80 K st. N. E.,
AZ miles.
Harry o. Murray, 57O3 Ninth ST.
N. W.. As miles.
Carey C. Nunnery, S14 Twenty
second st. N. W., IS miles.
Elton H. Sherry, 31O9 Thirty
fourth st. N. W.. 48. miles.
Charles H. Vowel, 1884 Mary
land Ave. N. E., 40 miles.
Is DAYS
Albert E. Belts, Arlington, Va,
38 miles.
Imire B. Braun, 1880 Biltmore
st. N. W., SO miles.
Lewis T. Karn, 1909 Bunker
Hill Rd. N. E., 38 miles.
George T. Latin, jr., 120 C st.
N. E., SO miles.
Bruce F. Luttrell, jr., 1923 D st,
N. E., SO miles.
Charles S. Miller, 3508 Thirty.
sixth st. N. W., 35 miles.
Boyd G.. Myers, TIA Thirty-firSt
st. S. E., IS miles.
CONTINUED on Page 26, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1936-06-04
Three I'D. G.. Motorists
Lose Permits

The driving licenses of three
Washington motorists were re-
voked today following their con-
viction for driving at high rates
of speed. The licenses of % others
were suspended for periods rang
ing from Is to As days.
Those who lost licenses were
Cecil A. Johnston, of 422 Florida
Ave. N. W., who was convicted
of speeding at SIS miles an hour;
Joe H. Mitchell, of 1884 Connecti-
cut Ave, so miles an hour, and
William B. Mayes, of 2119 K st.
N. W., who also was convicted of
driving so miles an hour.
The suspensions were:
As DAYS
Walter Nordlinger, 1886 Colum-
bia Rd., N. W., As miles an hour,
second offenSe.
80 DAYS
George ]. Aaker, 1903 Sixteenth
st. N. W., AZ miles.
Louis B. Hyatt, 458 H st. S. W.,
IL miles.
Louis Honigman, 1888 Warder
st. N. W., 38 miles, second offense.
Gertrude M. Kidwell, 1881 King
Pl. N. w., AZ miles.
Marcus L. KleaVer, lis Twelfth
st. S. E., 40 miles.
The Washington times., 1936-06-04
Ken Murray
Says:

NEW YORK, June 4.-WasH.
ingtOn is just recovering from o
bad case Of ZiOnShOck brought
on by that wild man from the
West when he Overindulged in .
cOncOctiOn Of his own called q
clipper" Il always wondered
how a person would act who got
caught in one of those things.
He even went so far as to
leave a gift of empty beer bottles
at the White House Quite q
change for the President! It's
usually the Supreme Court that
dumps those cases on his door.
step.
They say that the raving Rep.
reSentative is to be held for oh.
servatiOn, and If found insane,
may be committed to an inStitu.
ton. Very probably, the Capt.
tOI.
OF course, IncOngruOuSman
ZiOnCheck couldn't have been so
crazy when he suspected that
Vice President Garner might
know where his wife was hiding
:. After all, a Vice President
should know some good secluded
spots, the way they keep them.
selves hidden for four years at Q
time.
Copyright, 1895. McNaught
Syndicate, Inc.
The Washington times., 1936-06-04
CLERK
IS ROBBED

Right in the headquarters of
relief for destitute of the Dis
trict, an enterprising colored
pocketbook thief appropriated 81
Of "relief" for himself today.
Anne PallaS, clerk in the Board
of Public Welfare, was the victim.
The colored man appeared at
the building and occupied a
bench in a corridor outside the
office where Miss PallaS worked.
The bench normally is occupied
by witnesses appearing before
the District Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board and little heed
was paid him.
When Miss Pallas and another
clerk left the office, the man was
seen to walk in. When she re-
turned she discovered her pocket
book had been stolen from her
desk.
The Washington times., 1936-06-04
OFFICES MUST
ACCOUNT FOR
OVERTIME
Commissions Order Is
Hailed by Leaders Of
Clerk Unions

Standardized working hours
and strict accounting Of overtime
today were ordered in all Federal
departments, independent offices
and corporations by the Civil Ser
vice Commission.
The Commissions order, over
the signature of President Harry
B. Mitchell, was based on report
received today from the commit
tee on hours Of duty and over.
time, which has made an intense
study of Government working con-
ditions since passage Of the Rams
peck leave bills. The order af.
fects employees in emergency units
as well as civil service positions.
Three schedules of working
hours for as many classes Of en'
ployes were recommended, Mr..
Mitchell revealed. For the first
group, including office workers
in general, office messengers, la.
borers, professional and scientific
employees and persons connected
with the Foreign Service, it was
directed that the standard in the
future be seven hours day, with
80 hours per week.
A standard eight-hour day with
40 or A hours q week was asked
for professional and scientific
workers employed principally in
outdoor work." and for janitors,
cleaners, laborers, matrons and
those assigned to mechanical and
craft occupations.
Other S-HOur Shifts
Similar hours, not to exceed A
hours per week, were asked for Q
third group which includes Fed.
eral employees stationed in penal
institutions and hospitals, also
those on ships and river vessels
and surgeons, physicians, dentists
and nurses on Government pay
rolls.
In sending the order to various
Government units, Mr.. Mitchell
pointed out that legislation passed
by Congress on March IA provides
that the head of each department
and agency in the Government
must install standardized hours
and leave by June IA, three
months after passage of the leave
bills.
He also pointed out that over.
time must be strictly accounted
for, and quoted the committee:
"The records and reports Of
overtime shall be kept by de-
partment and establishment
heads, and reported under each
appropriation unit in two forms
each month"
One form, he revealed, will pro.
vide for estimating the yearly
cost of overtime compensation to
the Government, while the other
will reveal just how much over.
time is being required by depart
ment heads.
Government organizat t ions
hailed the action of the commits.
sion with unusual emphasis to,
day.
The Washington times., 1936-06-04

Inc movement developed almost
simultaneously in many parts of
the world-at crossroads, in small
villages and on big country estates,
country women started thinking
aloud about how important and
agreeable it would be to improve
their own homes.
g. Big Rich Ladies of the Manor,
wives Of haraSsed share troopers
and average farmers wives found
the idea inspiring. Almost uncon-
Bciously small societies were organ
lied into the large international
one.
The theme of the central organ
Lzation, if it has a theme, is sim
pie. profound and old. 1t is: "As
the home is, so is the nation"
The Washington times., 1936-06-04
FARM WOMEN
SHUN PEACE
RESOLUTION
Action Is Contrary to
Constitution; Good
Will Is Stressed

Organized pacifists will receive
little assistance from the third
triennial conference of the Associ-
ated Women of the World, Mrs.
Alfred Watts, president of the
organization, indicated today with
the explanation that specific reso-
lutions on the subject would not
only be superfluous but are for
hidden by the society'S constitu-
tion.
Anticipating possible criticism
of the omission of a peace reSo-
luton from the agenda of the con-
ference now under way at the Fed
eral Auditorium, Mrs. Watts in
formed the $500 delegates attend
ing from every Country of the
world that such action would
rather seem to be painting the
lily"
Goodwill Agency
The association members realize,
Mrs. watts declared, that the as
sociation and its conference are
intended to be active agents of
friendship among the country
women of all nations. She added:
"They believe that if as a
result Of the conference there
is no increase in genuine good
will, we should have failed in
our purpose.
1--WE have kept peace within
the scope Of our association
and we do not consider that
the word peace has any long
er any great rallying force; we
wish to go further and work
for active friendship"
Mrs. Watts laid most Of the
attempts to draw her association
into campaigns of one sort or
another to societies and indi-
viduals advocating specific meth
DDS, such as total disarmament,
for bringing about peace.
Banquet Tonight
Social activities eliminating in
a banquet in the ballroom of the
willard Hotel at p. m. will &C.
cupy the balance of today's pro-
gram.
The banquet will be attended
by 1,50O of the delegates and
honor guests will be the German
Ambassador, DR.. Hans Luther;
the Secretary of Agriculture and
Mrs. Henry wallace; Senator Ar
thur Capper; Mrs. Cordell Hull,
Mrs. Charles L. McNary, DR.. Lou
Use Stanley, chief of the Bureau
of Home Economics of the De-
partment of Agriculture, and DR..
c. w. Warburton, chief of the
Extension Service.
Earlier, the foreign delegates
will be tea guests Of the board of
directors of the Y. w. C. A.
and of Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr. To-
morrow, delegates from Canada
will be guests at a tea at the
Canadian Legation by Minister
Herridge.
True to its promise to keep
speech-making at a minimum, the
program committee cast aside
speeches today and devoted the
whole morning session to movies,
plays and sightseeing tours
through rows and rows of booths.
The movies, plays and the booths
were shown to illustrate to the
farm women Of the world the
methods by which the home
demonstration staff Of the exten-
sion service of the United States
Department of Agriculture oper-
ates in this country. The session
is being held in the Department of
Labor auditorium.
Marketing work was Illustrated
by the farm women of Maryland
who reproduced an actual farm
women's market in the auditorium.
The Washington times., 1936-06-04
LAYS
CHARGES TO
ENEMIES
AIexandria's M ayo r
Promises Fight to
Clear Name

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 4.
Undercover political efforts to
oust him from office were blamed
by Mayor Emmett C. Dawson, Of
Alexandria, today for the legal
proceedings instituted against him
which brought about his indict-
ment by Federal grand jury for
perjury and concealing his assets
during bankruptcy proceedings
several months ago. He said:
"There have been other at
tempts to force me from office
since 1 was elected mayor Of
Alexandria two years ago be-
cause 1 have tried to shake
things up a little. Now at least
my enemies will have to come
out into the open and fight. 1
have no fear of the outcome"
Charges Explained
The indictment of Mayor Davi-
son, nationally known for his af-
filiation with the international AS
sociation of Machinists as secre-
Sary, was the outgrowth of a
bankruptcy petition filed by him
last November.
The perjury Indictment, con-
tanning two counts, charged the
mayor with falSifying his accounts
and statements at the time of the
referees hearing, and with using
funds for other purposes after he
had stated under oath he had no
available assets.
The other true bill. containing
four counts, charged the mayor
with concealing and transferring
a checking account in his name to
those of his wife, Mrs. Laura L.
Dawson, and a daughter, Mrs.
Laura M. Heflin.
COncealment Charged
A second count charged that
the mayor concealed from the
trustee, Joseph M. Pancoast, a
portion of his property and estate
valued at approximately $4,10O.
The other counts charged conceal
ing various other parts of his
estate.
The petition for bankruptcy,
filed after Robert Baldwin, re-
ceiver for the Commercial Ma
tional Bank of Washington,
threatened to file suit to collect
a note allegedly placed in that
institution by the mayor in pay
ment for some bank stock, was
withdrawn in April of this year
and the account paid in full.
Mayor Dawson, bitter in his
denunciation of the charge
made against him, said today:
81 have been in ill health
for some time, but when 1 get
back on my feet I'll battle this
thing to the limit. 1 have
never knowingly violated law
in my life-and I'll admit there
have been temptations.
PROUD OF RECORD
"I have always been fearful
of doing something that would
make me appear small in the
eyes of my family and chill
dren. 1 have tried to be a
model for my children and I
am proud of what 1 have
done.
"Since becoming a public Off
cial / have become q target. I
have tried to shake things up
around here some and the COM
mon people are with me. Every
one knows that since 1 have
held office Alexandria's unem-
plOyment problem has dwindled
to practically nothing"
The Washington times., 1936-06-04
Street Remaining Voted

The House today approved a
resolution naming four streets,
on the Mall, as Oklahoma, Ohio,
Missouri and Maine Avenues.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-28
CITY TEACHERS REELECTED

Meeting last night the city school board reelected the pIesen
for the 1867 set the service
for S5 Sunday avoid conflict with Major Bowes radio anna
thanks the unnamed donor funds Will
the city park and to o. Y Brownee for having
directed the imprOYement work