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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11
Progress In Elec-
tricity Is Forecast
Continued from Page One.)

formation of a rural electric member
ship corporation in Franklin county,
due to the fact that while the county
was waiting for the REA loan to be
approved in Washington, the Carolina
Flower and Light Company, at the re-
quest of those backing the cooperative
in the county, agreed to build all the
lines that had been planned by the
REA and even more" Chairman Dud-
ley Bagley of the NCREA, said today
'"The Carolina Power and Light Com
pany has already built between 1855
and ITO miles of rural lines in Frank
lin county. as compared with the ap-
proximatelv 125 miles the REA pro-
posed to build and at charges consid-
erably less than would have been
charged by cooperative. Our infor-
nation here is that the officers of the
FranklAn county cooperative asked
the REA to cancel the loan on the
grounds that they did not need it,
The REA in Washington could have
avoided the trouble it has had in John
ston county and is now having in
Caldwell county if it had followed the
recommendations of the NCREA and
had obtained a certificate of conven-
fence and necessity from the State
Utilities Commission, it is pointed out
| here. But the Federal REA refused
to pay any attention to the State REA
and advised the cooperatives in John
ston and Caldwell counties to ignore
the State laws and regulations and to
proceed to build lines without getting
certificate of convenience and nee
essity. This threw the counties open
so that the power companies could ex-
tend their lines into contiguous ter
ritory without obtaining any new GER
tificate. Accordingly, in Johnston
county the Carolina Power and Light
Company went ahead and built some
100 miles of lines before the coopera-
tive there could actually get it's money
and start building lines. And when it
did, and started building lines parallel
to the power company lines, the pow
er company obtained an injunction,
so that to date the Johnston county
cooperative has not built a mile of line
A counter injunction brought by the
cooperative and backed by the Fed
eral REA, has prevented the power
company from turning current into
some of it's lines and from connecting
the homes of many customers who
want service.
A somewhat similar situation has
existed in Caldwell county, where a
county cooperative was granted a loan
of $430,000 with which to electrify the
county. At first the Duke Power Com
pany planned to let the cooperative
build the lines in this county, although
it is in Duke territory. But this coop
erative, on the advice of the REA in
Washington, decided not to apply for
a certificate of convenience and nee
essity. Since that time, the Duke Pow
er Company has been gradually ex-
tending its lines in the county and
building Ines where requested. Indica
tions now are that the Duke company
will get a good many miles of lines
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11
MARCH
sun NON rue WE'D IAV FRI SAY
81; J !; !; 3 !; ~
Todoy is the Day
- BY CLARK klF%@AIRD
Copyright, 1887, for this Newspaper
by Central Press Association

that his mother was delivered of II
children at one confinement, and OF
these only he lived the rest dying as
they were born.
We're asking readers to help us
with some of the queries that have re-
Gently come to this desk. Eli Gray,
Ten Mile, Pa, wants to know what
actress was popularity known as
'"Twinkletoes." H. Miller, Lansdowne
Pa, wants the birthdates of the fol-
lowing: Henri Clarke, Duke of Eel
tire; Jean Alright, Duke of Padua;
Gaudin, Duke of Valmy; Maret, Duke
of Plaisantia; Broncho Billy Ander-
son; Nell Craig, actress; Marguerite
Clayton, actress Ada Jones, singer, j.
J. Clark, Audubon, N. j. wants to
know if a copy of Boston newspaper
dated 1928 has any value. E. w., Phil
adelphia, wonders who married Henry
VIII to Anne Boleyn in view of the
fact he had been communicated.
C. H. Barnes denies his home town,
Philadelphia, was the first to illumi-
nate it's streets with gas, as stated
here, that Baltimore was.
S. C. Goldstein, San Diego, would
deny his fellow Californian ever the
credit he is due for having been war
time food administrator, insisting
hat the wheatless Mondays, meatless
tuesdays, etc., to which we recently
deferred, were Garfield days" But
Mr.. Hoover was the Federal food ad-
ministrator after his unforgettable
lervices as director of Belgian relief,
and after the Armistice, he devoted
-wo years to general European relief.
That was when Europe called us
Uncle Samaritan instead of Uncle Shy
ock.
c. r., San Antonio, quotes one Pad
Arlequi, as having written in 1877
hat it was the custom of Texas Anne
indians to force tribesmen who were
not warriors to go along on war cam
oaigns dressed in women clothes and
make them do women's work.
Harry L. Payne, Stafford, Ariz, and
many others have asked if Today is
the Day is available in book form.
Not yet, but soon
Queries, reproofs, ETC., are welcom-
ed by Clark Kinnaird
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

DR.. Vannevar Bush, Mass. Institute
of Technicology's dean of engineering
born at Everett Mass, AZ years ago.
Rt. Rev. Herbert H. H. Fox, P. E..
bishop of Montana, born at Montclair,
N. j., Sc years ago.
Homer Croy of New York, novelist,
born near Maryville, Mo-, 81 years ago.
DR.. Roswell G. Ham, president of
Mount Holyoke College, Mass, born
at Lemore, CAL, 46 years ago.
Whiting Williams of Cleveland, au-
thorlty on labor problems, born at
Lemore, CAL. 46 years ago.
crown Prince Christian Frederick
of Denmark, born 38 years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11
ANSWERS

l. Property loss exclusive of slaves,
$55, 526,902; loss of trust funds and
assets, $11,249,531; loss of slave pro
perty, $115,87O65o; and increase OF
state debt, $24, 1O8831 Total, $2O5, 1885,
814.
2. THAT unless American Griev-
ances are redressed before the first
day of OctoSer ITS, we will not after
that date directly or indirectly export
Tobacco. Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, OF
any other articles whatsoever. tc
Great Britain, nor will we sell any
such articles as we think can be ex-
ported to Great Britain From the
Resolves of the First Provincial Con-
gress at New Bern, August 25, 1774
3. In 1855 about the end of the first
100 years of the life of the colony, the
population has been placed at 200, 900
persons, or an annual increase of O.
900 persons
4. 1t was a suit brought by the heirs
OF Earl Granville to recover the Gran
Vile District, a strip of land IS miles
wide extending all the way across
North Carolina and Tennessee. This
property had been confiscated during
he Revolutionary War The suite had
been Instituted in the Federal district
court at Raleigh, and came up for
trial in 1904. The verdict was unfa-
vorable to the heirs and the case wa
appealed to the United States Su-
2reme Court where it never reached
hearing.
0. President Andrew jackson, born
the Waxhaw section of Union coun-
y served two terms as president, be-
INNING in 1929. Through the sales of
'uplc lands to homesteaders he paid
III the entire debt and had accumu-
tied a surplus of $40,O0O,O10 by the
% fiddle of 1886.
o.NSciomon Pool, who was elected by
ne reconstruction regime. in 1869.
during his term as president the in
'tltution was stripped of it's funds and
much OF its property was destroyed.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11
II TODAY 4
TODAY,S ANNIVERSARIES

1731-Robert Treat Paine, Massa-
chusetts signer of the Declaration OF
independence, jurist, born in Boston.
Died there, May II, 1914.
1737-(2OO years ago. Joseph Trum-
bull, first commissary-general of the
Continental Army when each State
disputed his authority, son of the
famed Brother Jonathan" and broth
err of the noted historical painter,
born at Lebanon, Conn. Died there,
from i'll health brought on by services,
July %, ITS.
1785-John Mclean, Ohio lawyer,
congressman, postmaster-general, u
S. Supreme Court Justice from 1929
to 1861, born in Morris Co., N. ]. Died
April 4, 1861.
1796-F'rancis Wayland, Boston BSp-
fist pastor, Brown Universitys noted
president, pioneer in welcoming
modern branches of learning, born in
New York. Died at Providence, r. 1.
Sept. 80, 1865.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11
IT'S TRUE

March has the highest, death rate of
any month.
Washington named his estate, Mt.
Vernon for a British admiral whom
he liked.
Chinese women and men make a
business of raising hair on their
heads as farmers do crops on their
farms over here. For there's a steady
demand for human hair over here, and
China is the source of most of it, For
instance, all the cottonsced oil used
for culinary purposes, is strained
through press cloth made of human
hair. It's longer, more elastic and
more durable than animal hair.
Matthias Golancevius, who was BIZ
shop of Uladislavia, Poland, affirmed
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
By FRED H. MAY

1. What was the direct financial
loss of the war of 1861-65 to North
Carolina?
q What ultimatum regarding ex-
ports did North Carolina issue to
England in IVA?
3. What was North Cardinals aver
age annual increase to population for
her first 100 years?
4. What was the biggest land suit
ever tried in North Carolina?
5. What native North Carolinian
was President when the United States
Treasury developed a surplus?
6. Under whose presidency were Ne
groes admitted to the University?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11
TODAY IN HISTORY

17O2-First issue of The Daily Cou-
rant, first daily in England.
1789-Act Incorporating the City of
Philadelphia passed State Legislature.
1811-First White House marriage
U. S. Supreme Court Justice Thomas
Todd and Lucy Payne Washington.
Revolutionary movement be-
gan in Russia day before Douma met
in defiance of Cars order of dissolu-
ton.
1918-President Wilson's message to
Congress of Soviets expresses SYM
pathy and states u S. will take every
opportunity to secure for Russia COM
plete independence and sovereignty.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11
TODAY'S YESTERDAYS

March II, 1302-The date fixed in
Veronese history and legend as the
wedding day of Romeo Montecchi and
Giula Capelletti at the Citadella
Church of Minorites.
AS Romeo Montague and Juliet Cap
ulet they are the most famous lovers
in history, and in the Campo di Fiera,
Verona, you may see-by paying 1 IL
lira-what is supposed to be the tomb
of Juliet; yet there is no proof that
they ever lived.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11

built along the routes proposed by the
cooperative before it ever succeeds in
getting any actual cash from Wash
ington or gets started building any
lines. This could not have happened
if the cooperative had obtained the
certificate of convenience and neces-
sity as it was urged to do by the State
REA.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See Back PUge

l. By the people of France.
2 Minneapolis.
3. A device for measuring the angles
of crystals.
/. DR.. Allan Roy Dafoe.
5. Daniel Defoe.
s. The Tiber.
Z. A steam sterilizer for surgican in
struments
3. Charleston.
}. Charles Town.
o. A naval officer appointed by the
President Of the United States.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11
TODAY'S HOROSCOPE

Todays nature is hospitable, with
considerable capacity, but liable to
wander into various projects that
seem to lead right back into the old
patch. The imagination is greater
than the powers of reasoning. You
nave ability, but should seek cam
paigns thai have steady, healthful
nature, and strive to keep your mind
well conferred.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11
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Dir 0@1JIllf 20 Sod


THE GREEN TREE: Blessed is the
man that trusteth in the Lord, and
whose hope the Lord is. For he shall
be as a tree planted by the waters,
and that spreadeth out her roots by
the river, and shall not see when heat
cometh, but her leaf shall be green;
and shall not be careful in the year
of drought, neither shall cease from
Welding fruit.-Jeremiah 17:7, 8.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11

THURSDAY, March IL; the 9th day be-
fore Spring. 26th day of Lent. Mana
Shivratri in India. Zodiac sign: Pls-
ces. Birthstone: bloodstone. New
moon tomorrow
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11

1854-Ebon E. Olcott, noted mining
engineer in the West, Mexico and
South America, born in New York.
Died there, June 5, 1929.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11

THE CLEANEST USED CARS
in town. Legg-Parham Com
pany Used Car Branch. OPP
posite Wester'S Stables on
Wyche Street.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11
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New York, March 1l.-Smal' Tales
The twire-told tales, after all are
best whe. the antcdc'es begin 10 fly.
7 like the one about the cake.
respondent gentleman in cut
away and top hat entered one of the
de lure Manhattan bakeshops and
confessed that he was in the market
for cake. He wanted no ordinary
cake, but something in the grand
manner and this shop, which 5pecializ
ed in large and costly orders, was the
one to dc the job.
He declared at the outset that price
was no object. The icing figurines on
the cake would themselves be a mat
ter for top-flight sculpting. He want
ed a cathedral and angels, with
cherubim and seraphim IN abundance
all in white icing. The bake hop
one of the ritziest in the world, set ar
fists to work on the project.
Three days later The man returned
and was chown preliminary .ketches
of his cake. He didn't like it. He
wanted the cathedral torn down and
the expression on the face of that
third cheru5im from the left made
much more beatific. The chef sugges.-
ed that he return in three more days
He did and the cake met his every
specification. He gloated over it.
Where shall we sent it?" asked the
toss
Send it? Why, nowhere. I'll jus;
eat it here
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11

SAVE! SAVE! AT OUR ASPHALT
Shingle Sale. March 5th thru 18th at
"The Place of Values" Buy Now
Alex S. Watkins. 9-4t
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11

MEN WANTED FOR NEARh
Rawleigh Routes of 800 famllss
Reliable hustler should start edr
ing $25 weekly and increase raplu ny
Write Rawleigh's, Dept. NCC-S',' y,
Richmond, Va. ~
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11

JUST RECEIVED CAR OF MAIN
grown seed potatoes, nice !"
Korean and Tenne see rs LespCuC'.
and seed oats. VIII buy any quaH'.gi
of white multiplier onion seI' =
B. Newman,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11

FOR RENT. TWO CONNECTING
rooms apartment, adjoining BATH
water, lights etc., furnished in new
brick home. 5 room apartment in
Hughes Apartment. Phone 341-W.
r. L. Mustian. 11-1ti
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11

YOU WILL BE PLEASED IF YOU
Call Webb's Beauty Scion, phone
524 for an appointment. Our serv@
can't be bettered. mon-wed'lH
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11

Also like the story of the old-fash-
toned Southern colored maid whose
name was Beauty.
Beauty went home over the holidays
for visit. While she was away her
mistress decided to do something nice
for Reauty-refurnish her room with
nice new dresser and chair and a
good mattress, to replace the hard and
ragged wafer Beauty had brought a
long to sleep on when she took the
job.
But Beauty's face grew almost ds
pale as member of the Sing football
team when she heard of the improve
mente. "Whahs NAH mattress?'' she
asked first thing.
II disposed of that old thing" said
the lady. Look at the nice new one
| bought for you in it's place."
"Lawdamussy!" Beauty exclaimed.
DAT mattress done gone wild all nah
money in it. All been sleepin' on nah
life's savin's-near about sixteen hun
dred dollahs-fer twenty years!
Distressed the lady spent the morn
ing tracing the mattress, found it in
a junk shop and, sure enough. there
was the money, in old DlllS. Beauty
was delighted. That evening the mas
ter summoned her and talked pretty
straight.
THAT ought to be lesson to you! I
urge you to go down the first thing in
the morning and bank that. money. 1t
would be a shame to lose it through
such methods"
Next afternoon Beauty reported she
had duly banked her savings.
Three days later the master was ap-
palled to discover that the bank he
had mentioned had collapsed Much
put out and not little embarrassed
he called Beauty in to say that he felt
to blame for her loss and was going
to insist on making it good.
Laws sake, sub, dom you worry!
didn't lose no money. Firs night after
trus' it to dem folks, / couldn't
sleep a wink. Been sleepin' wild NAH
money so long. So goes down bright
and early two days ago and draws it
out. All got it back in dat old mat
.ress now"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11

WE HAVE DAY OLD BABY
chicks coming in twice a week.
Place your orders early. Complete
line Of chicken wateres and feeders.
H. B. Newman. 10-11
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11

FOR SALE - A NASH SEDAN
driven only 28O0O miles, if you are
looking for a real bargain this is
one, for information, see O. c.
Jones, Dispatch office. S6i
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11

WANTED = HOUSEKEEPER FOR
three girls and father. Must be
white, middle aged, thoroughly re
liable, in fact home for one who has
none. Write ousekeeper" care
Dispatch. 1l-2d
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11

YES = WE HAVE PLANT BED
Cloth. Teiser's Department Store.
11-1ti
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11

STUDENT CENTER ANNOUNCES
delivery service on drinks, Tobacco
patent medicine, any amount, any
where any time. Phone 9123. 23-226
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11

SCRAP IRON-MIXED CARROTS,
auto, agricultural and industrial
scrap. Advise shipping point and
will quote best cash price f. o. b..
cars. c. E. Luttrell & Company,
GreenVille. S. c.. 4-14ti
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11
WANT ADS

FOR SALE FISH, SPECIAL PRICE.
Breedlove Produce Ill
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-11

PHONE 800 PEOPLES MEAT MAX.
ket and Groceries. Porter house
sirloin, and round steak, 25c ID. We
carry a full line western meats
Free delivery. Your patronage ap
preciated. 332 Winder street. 12!96t
The daily independent., 1937-03-08
Hemingway Thinks
Actor Killed Self
Through Jealousy

Paris, March T. W,H Ernest
Hemingway, American novelist,
said tonight that he believed JeaI-
ousy caused Frank o. Vosper to
commit suicide Friday night by
leaping from the liner Paris.
Hemingway said that the Eng
lish actor and his close friend,
Peter Willes, had been picker
ing" during the voyage, apparent
ly over the affections OF Murlel
Oxford, English beauty queen.
Jealousy apparently was be-
hind Vosper's act" Hemingway
said. All of us were up that last
night at sea. Anyone could tell
there was a party going on.
During the trip. Miss OXFORD S
two friends seemed to be VoSper
and WilleS as both were most at
tentive. To my knowledge there
were only the three of them IN
the party when Vosper, probably
in a fit of jealousy, jumped Out
of the window
Immediately the other Two
rushed out, calling for assistance.
The daily independent., 1937-03-08
To See Native Mill Workers
LandA Her "A Get Saturday
Year Absence Afternoon Off
Foreman DcrricksOn Ne
grocs Walk Out In Pro-
test and Win Point

Southern farmers and Negroes
have one thing in common; both
dislike working on Saturday after
moons. Negro employees OF the
Foreman-DcrrickSon Veneer Co.,
local veneer and barrel manufact-
urers, won their coveted Satur-
day afternoon leisure when they
staged a walk-out strike at the
mill Saturday.
Since the local lumber mills
scrapped the NRA, which was long
before the Supreme Court rule it
unconstitutional. FOreman-Der-
rickson laborerS have toiled 10
hours a day. six days to the week
going to work at TOO a. m. and
knocking off at 600 p. m. daily
except Sunday.
Weary of such long hours, en-
couraged by the success of Strlk-
ers in other industries, and de-
sirious of Saturday afternoon
leisure. a group of the Foreman
Derrickerson workmen decided
last week to try to do something
about the situation.
When the II o'clock whistle
blew at the mill Saturday, a crew
Continued on Page Three
The daily independent., 1937-03-08
Melon Marketing
Agreement To Be
Studied This Week
Meetings Will Be Held at
Both EdentOn and
Currituck

Currituck, March 8-Water-
melon growers of this and neigh
boring counties have been invit-
ed to attend meeting at the
courthouse here Thursday, March
II, at 1000 a. m, to study the
1887 marketing agreement and
consider members for the control
committee this year.
This is one Of eight meetings to
be held in eastern North Carolina
this week.
The agreement will be SubStan-
tally the same as in 1886, accord
ing to L. P. Watson, extension
horticulturist at State College, but
the u. S. Department of Agricul-
ture wishes to get the opinion OF
growers before it declares the
agreement to be in effect TINS
year.
The meeting will attended by a
representative of the U. 5. De
partment of Agriculture; Randall
B. Etheridge. of the Marketing
Division of the State Dept, OF
Agriculture; and L. P. Watson OF
State College.
A similar meeting is to be helo
at Edenton at 1880 p. m, Wednes-
day night. -.-
The daily independent., 1937-03-08
Ex-Slave, 81,
Has 38th Child
By 18th Wife

Brooksville, Fla, March L.
UP)-A A 38th child "a girl-"as
born today to Ambrose Hllliard
Douglas, 92-year-old Negro ex-
slave, and Minnie, his 18th Wlie.
The child, apparently healthy
and robust, was born Wlthout
medical assistance. A layettc
was furnished by the City WEI
fare Board.
Douglas oldest child now IS
sc.
Dignified and still active, the
aged Negro who was born III
slavery in North Carolina May
5, 1S45, lives in a shack of the
edge of town. He ekes out a llV-
ing for the IL children living
with him by gathering Spanish
moss and raising a few chickens,
a goat and razor back hogs.
The daily independent., 1937-03-08
Nick PaulOs Plans To Visit
Greece Next MOnlll-If
Nothing Happens

Unless something unforeseen
develops within the next few
weeks, Nick Paulos. proprietor of
Elizabeth City'S Central Cafe, will
visit his birthplace in Greece next
month for the first time since he
came to this country "a years ago.
I'm almost afraid 10 make
plans, said Mr.. Paulos last night.
Il have planned to so several
times in the past six years and
something happened each time to
prevent me from going. 1t looks
like I'm really going to make the
trip this time. tho, and 1 am look
ing forward TO it eagerly"
Nick PaulOS, whose name when
he came to this country from
Greece wa3 Nickolac Lyklardo-
paulos. was born in a small village
on the island of Cephalonia, which
is in the Aeolian Sea just off the
coast of Greece.
He came to this country "a
years ago. After being in the Coun-
try for about five years, he came
to Elizabeth City to visit his
brother. who was on the Steamer
Albemarle. He liked the town and
has been here ever since that
time. which was in 1918.
He is one Of the most popular
and influential Greeks in this part
of the country and is prominently
(Continued on Page Three