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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-12-03
Joseph A. WisdoHl, Early Northwest
Pioneer, Posses Away at Ills Home

Closing a colorful life, Joseph
A. Wisdom. SO passed quietly on
Monday NORM gat his home on
Union Avensse. His once erect fig
ure had become bent with the
years. but interest in the world
and the people in it burned vifor-
ously with an indomitable flame to
his last breath.
A familiar figure to young and
old, white and colored alike, Mr..
Wisdom went about the town Wis
iting where and whom he ohose.
calling many times upon those
younger than he who We're unable
to get about SO freely
Born in 1913 in Adair County,
Kentucky. the young Joseph Wis
dom began life as a slave on the
plantation Of his father-owner.
Though this mixture of blood was
apparent, 14r Wisdom was proud
est Of his Metro blood and lost no
opportunity to say 50. In 1861, the
young slave was sold for $400
Soon after his emancipAtion, the
young freedman turned his face
westward, and suns of As years
ago shone on him as he came as
a porter on the second train to
ever enter Portland. He worked
for the Astoria & Columbia River
railroad and liked to recall that
at that time the fare from Port
land to Astoria was only twenty
five cents.
Mr.. Wisdom was employed for
many years as janitor at the main
Postofftce building but worked
longest at the u. S. Customs House
where he spent Is years. Retired
from active service at the Customs
House on a pension, he enjoyed
keeping in touch with the friends
he had made among the white bus
inessmen, having easy entire to the
offices of many.
During his long years in Port
land, Mr.. Wisdom was staunch
member of Bethel A.M.E. chuhch
and was an honorary trustee there
at the time Of his death.
His wife, Cinderella, survives
him, as does one son, Edward, who
lives in indianapolis, Indiana.
Funeral arrangements were in
the hands of Miller and Tracey,
with Rev. G. r. Martin conducting
the service held at Bethel A. NJ. E.
church, Thursday afternoon. Inter-
ment was at Rose City cemetery.
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Vancouver, B. C.
By Miss ViVian Day


Morning services at Fountain
Chapel A.M.E. Church were con-
Quoted by the minister, Few. r. w.
Greene. He chose for the title of
his sermon, Prisoners of God" =
ACE. League met at $50 p. m.
with Miss Ellen Robinson as prin-
cipal speaker. The topic under dis
cussion was when conscience was
mans guide" = "Art weighed in
the balance and found wanting
was the subject of Rev. Green's
sermon at the evening services. =
The Dramatic Club will meet Wed
nesday at 1880 p. m. Miss Floy
King, president. = Choir rehearsal
with Mr.. ]. B. Wallace as the new
leader will meet at 7:30 Wednes-
day. - Those on the sick list are
Mrs. r. Nelson, Mrs. M. Powell,
Mrs. Estes and Mr.. Smith. II The
American Thanksgiving was duly
celebrated with dance and floor
show sponsored by the Youths
Fraternity in the spacious ball
room of Victory Hall. The dance
was a social as well as financial
success. The Mitchell sBrother
supplied the music while the fea-
stured artists of the floor show were
Sonny Fair, Leonard Gibson, H. C.
Phillips and B. Panky, and three
girls and a guitar: Misses Evelyn
Jones, Edna Pankay and Eleanore
Proctor, who were encored several
times for their novel and beautiful
arrangements of various popular
songs. The Youths Fraternity is
under the leadership of Mrs. Pope.
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Helena, Montana
BY HEX

The Thanksgiving season in He
lena was particularly conspicuous
by the absence of any appreciable
amount of social activities to invite
public notice. Here and there in
dividuaH dined with old friends,
but we have heard of no large ev-
erts as usually is evidenced in He
lena homes at this time. One house,
wife, on a previous week, was sud-
denly and unexpectedly besieged by
seven visitors, all unaware of the
approach to this particular home
of this mass formation. It was
dinner time. Unembarrassed, the
impromptu hostess proved equal to
the occasion by extending the din
ing table, increasing the number
of chickens to feed nine instead of
two and other viands were multi
piled accordingly. Did they have
a nice time? I'll say "we" did.
That moving mountain down in
California is likely trying to an
swer the long ago reckoning call
of a certain Moi aronedan gentle
man, whose former eorofnand was
disobeyed necessitating his travel
to the mountain
Growing interest appears in the
programs rendered by Mrs. Marie
Baker Mast each week over KPFA
She has been requested by the
First Baptist Church to participate
in a program of devotionals spon-
sored by its congregation. Hel
Brennan program for last Friday
morning was Let the Rest of the
World Go BY" Am I Dreaming,
Bye and Bye" and "Just a-Wear
ying." This week she sings 9TH,
World is Waiting for the Sunrise,
Little Pal" Without A Song,
80 Many Memories" and "A Per
feet Day"
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FULL GOSPEL PENTnCOSTAL
CHAPEL, 25th and Tacoma Ave,
Bishop E f. Morris. pastor.-On
last Thursday the Gospel bus filled
with members and friends went to
the Seattle Church and enjoyed a
great inspirational service. Sun
day, Bishop Morris preached to a
full house. Monday and Tuesday
a bus loaded with members and
friends went to attend the wonder
ful revival that Is now IN progress
at 10th and Fir, Seattle. Don't
forget that you have kindly well
come at The services on Wednes-
cay, Saturday and Sundays
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A two months trip behind them
Mrs. Nettie Watson and her daugh-
ter, Miss Betty Watson, returned
to Portland this week. Dividing
their time between Missouri, Ar
kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, they
are enthusiastic over the progress
the race is making In these states.
With Thanksgiving Day came
many gatherings of families and
friends to share the goca things
of the bounteous season.
Mrs. Katherine Grey was host
ess Thanksgiving for many among
her Mothers, Mrs. Eliza West,
group.
Guests of Mrs. Beatrice Marshall
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William Duncan Allen. Jr., pro-
fessor of music at Fisk University
win be presented in a recital here
December 80. Many Portland
friends of Mr.. Allen viii be de-
lighted to hear of his appearance
here. Professor Allen is giving a
series of concerts the most re-
cent of which was given in Wash
ington, d. C. He has studied with
the renowned masters in the ia
nous art centers of Europe.
Mr.. Allen was born and received
his secondary education at Jeffer-
son High School He is the son of
w. d. Allen, local hotel owner.
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NEW CLUB FORMED

The new vogue that has been
created by people all over the coun-
try writing through Lonesome
Hearts" columns Of publications
has resulted in the formation OF the
National Friendship Club.
This new club has headquarters
at 2132 Seventh Avenue, New York
City, and its purpose is to help
lonesome people enlarge their circle
Of friends. "
It Is a strictly confidential club
through. which only club members
are introduced. Membership in this
new club will bring you new friends
and thrilling experience. Any
one regardless of age may write
for free information.
NATIONAL
FRIENDSHIP CLUB
1882 SEVENTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19

zle.
1t is fatal for any industry in this
age of scientific progress to stand
still. Yet during the past two decades
the coal industry has done nothing to
eliminate such evils as dirt and dust
A recent survey of Cincinnati showed
that thousands of tons of SCOT fall on
the city every year. Has the industry
exhausted all possibilities of eliminat-
ing this unhealthy and wasteful nuis-
ance? The anthracite stoker, develop
ed by heating concerns, has shown
what can be done with improved
equipment. Only four years ago there
were six Oil-burners sold to every one
stoker. Today there are only two oil
burners sold to one stoker. In my OPP
inion, such basic improvements are
the best medicine for an calling" in
dustry.
In discussing the bill, it's proponents
will undoubtedly refer to the exper-
fence Of the coal companies under the
old MIRA. Huge losses were quickly
turned into startling profits. The same
results can. be expected today if an
effective bill is now passed. Regard
less of prices, certain concerns must
continue to use coal because change
overs TO other fuels cannot take place
overnight. Chronic price-cutting will
temporarily he eliminated. Wages,
prices and profits should temporarily
be better. Coal securities may be a
good buy, temporarily. Hence, the
first effects of the bill will seem ia
VOrable. But the ultimate conSen1len-
ces can be disastrous.
No form of NRA can save the coal
or any other industry from the effects
of stagnation in this technical age.
Natural, spiritual and economic laws
still rule the world. The simplest solu-
ton of many a "sick' industrys pro-
blem lies in rendering better service
to consumers
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19
IT'S TRUE

You can count how much fruit a
bearing-tree will produce in a season
before it even blossoms! On a peach
tree, for instance, figure out approx
mately the number of leaves it has
and divide by 40.
The area of national parks in the
United States is greater than the
whole of Belgium.
Silk was so rare and expensive in
the west in the time of Emperor Nero
of Rome, that a silken couch cover
cost the equivalent of $4,000.
Donkey milk is better for invalids
han cows milk. ct is easier to di-
yest.
Rule No. in flag etiquette is that
our national flag shall be displayed
)nly from sunrise to sunset; yet there
one place where it must fly 24-hours
day. On the Capitol at Washington.
It's an old saying that money won't
ouy you health. But whereas the
920 census showed a life expectation
IF about Sc years for men or women,
4 University of Wisconsin sociologist
igured SO years as the expectancy of
500 millionaires he studied.
The homeland:
Today more Jews live in New York
City than there ever were in Pales-
inc in all its history.
California fruits usually sell for less
in the Eastern States than they do in
The Middle West (Reason water
transportation is cheaper).
Best known product of Sweden
abroad is safety matches. Yet Sweden
imports the materials to make them
Easter Island tribesmen used to
choose their rulers through egg-hunt-
ing contests. The man who gathered
the most became king.
Well, another Winter has passed
and there have been the usual num-
Der of stories about travellers in wild
places being pursued and eaten by
wolves. But there is still no authen-
t1cated case of a wolf ever having
killed man!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

The undersigned having qualified as
Administrator of the Estate of Flet-
cher H. Moss, deceased, this is notice
to all persons having claims against
said estate to present them to the I'M
dersigned, or his attorneys, in Hen
derson, N. c., on or before the 25th
day of February, 1888, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of any recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate settle,
ment.
This the 25th day of February, 1887.
HENRY MOSS,
Administrator of the Estate of
Fletcher H. Moss, deceased.
GhOlson & Gholson,
Attorneys,
Henderson, N. C.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19
ANSWERS

1. Only since 1901 has the State had
general law against kidnapping The
penalty is at the discretion of the
court, not to exceed twenty years i'm
prisonment. The present legislation
has changed the punishment to death.
2. A bill introduced in the house by
Representative ]. D. Allen, of Wake,
would have made it unlawful for
barkeepers to accept clothing, wear
ing apparel ETC., in exchange for
whisky. 1t passed the house and was
sent to the senate where it was re-
ferred to the committee on PROPOSE
tions and grievances, which recon-
mended that it do not pass"
3. On January 2, 1847, the legisla-
ture granted a charter to the North
and South Carolina Railroad COM
pany. The act provided for the rail-
road to be built from a connection
with the Raleigh and CASTOR, at Ra-
leigh to the South Carolina line to
connect with the railroad from Cam
den, now the Seaboard.
4. Rev. James Moir wrote the So
ciety in London from Brunswick, N.
e., For two years and upwards I
have been endeavoring to recover by
course of Law my first years salary
but have not been able to obtain
Judgment and when l do they pay me
with less than third part of the real
value by over rating commodities
which the law obliges us to take in
payment of this years salary they
nave paid in rice at six shillings three
pence and it sells in Charles Town at
two shillings."
D. Peyton T. Henry, of Bertie Of
Tered the following, Resolved, that
IN the opinion of this General Assem-
ply no person in favor of secession or
dissolution Of the American Union.
ought to be elected to any office in
the gift of the people of North Caro-
ma" On motion of Samuel j. Person,
II New Hanover, which carried by a.
vote OF SO to 46, consideration of the
resolution was indefinitely postponed.
3. In 1879 when the federal govern
ment accepted the western territory,
mich was formed into the state of
tennessee, from North Carolina it
vas with the provision that slavery
mould never be interferred with in
nat territory. The provision was in
Guided in the act that ceded the ter
rltory, and was accepted on that
,asis.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
By FRED H. MAY

1. How many years has North Caro-
lima had law against kidnapping?
2. What protection against liquor
drinking husbands was offered in the
legislature of 1886?
3. When was the first definite eff
fort made for a railroad from Raleigh
to the south?
4. How did North Carolina treat
preachers in 1745?
5. What resolution barring persons
who might favor secession from state
offices was offered in the 1860 legis-
lature?
6. Why did Lincolns Emancipation
Proclamation of Sept. %, 1862, not
include Tennessee?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19
TODAY IN HISTORY

1850-Ona Of the most celebrated of
murder trials opened in Boston-that
of Prof. John W. Webster, Harvard
professor of chemistry, convicted of
the murder of DR.. George Parkman,
uncle of the noted historian and a not
ed Boston Physician.
1865-Confederate States Congress
adjourned, after listening to last ad-
dress by President Jefferson Davis
1851. S. S. Oregon, in anticipa-
ton of war with Spain, started from
San Francisco on the 14,000-mile trip
to Florida making the run in So days
remarkable record for the days be-
fore the Panama Canal was built.
192O-Cork's Lord Mayor shot, pre-
cipitating reign of terror in Ireland.
1923-Blizzard sweeps Mississippi
Valley States.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19
. TODAY 4
TODAY's ANNIVERSARIES

1734-Thomas Mexican, Delaware
lawyer signer of the Declaration OF
Independence, Pennsylvania chief
justice and president of delaware at
the same time, president the Contin-
entail Congress, born at Londonderry,
Pa. Died June "a, 1917.
1748-Elias Hicks, noted Quaker
preacher of Jericho, N. Y, who travel
ed the country over leader of a sepa-
ration movement, born in New York.
Died Feb. q, 1880.
1813-David Livingstone, English ex-
plorer-missionary of Africa, born.
Died May 1, 1873.
1S17-Seth Green, pioneer fish cul-
turist, born at Rochester, N. Y. Died
Aug. 20, 1888.
186O-William Jennings Bryan IL
linois and Lincoln, Nebr., lawyer, con-
gresham, three times Democratic
nominee for President, famed orator,
secretary of state under Wilson, born
at Salem, ILL.,, Died at Dayton, Tenn,
July 26, 1925.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19
MARCH
SUN MON Iul WE'D Thu sRl SAY
!; ]; !; !; !; !; !; /; Is
Today is the Day
" BY CLARK KlE(NAIRD
Copyright, 1887, for this Newspaper
by Central Press Association

er Hill were not. Let us face the
accomplished fact, admit that Geer-
many is at war with us, and in turn
we should wage war on Germany with
all our energy and courage and regain
the right to look the whole world in
the eye without flinching."
The State Department and White
House, shocked by news of the sink
ings, agreed that the United States
and Germany were near a state of
war.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See Back PUge

1. The War with Mexico.
}. Twenty-one.
g. Max, Siegfried, Sdolf, Otto Schmel-
ing.
4. Master.
5. Benjamin Franklin.
s. AS the designer of the first practi-
cal locomotive.
Z. 1t is a seaport of Ecuador.
8. The Constitution defines them as, a
natural born citizen of the United
States who has attained the age Of
thirty-five years, and has been for
fourteen years resident within the
United States.
}. French sculptor.
10. Queens College.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19
TODAY,S BIRTHDAYS

DR.. David Todd, Amherst College
professor emeritus of Astronomy, born
at Lake Ridge, N. Y, 80 years ago.
Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart, former head
OF the D. A. r., born in Cincinnati, SO
years ago.
DR.. Sydney B. Snow, president of
the Meadville Theological Seminary
Chicago, born at Winchester. Mass
90 years ago.
Judge Evan A. Evans. Federal Cir
cut Court judge in Chicago, born at
spring Green, Wis, 81 years ago.
Florence P. Kahn of San Francisco
eX-congresswoman, born in Salt Lake
City, 38 years ago.
Dr. William M. Wheeler, Harvard
professor emeritus of zoology, born in
milwaukee,, u years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of Ellen Reid, deceased,
late of the county of Vance North Car
DINA, this is to notify all persons hav-
ing claims against the estate of said
deceased to exhibit them to the un.
dersigned at Henderson, N. C. on OF
before the 10Th day of March 1898. or
this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted
to the estate will please make i'm
mediate settlement.
This 18th of March, 1897.
T. S. KITTRELL.
Administrator.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19
TODAY'S HOROSCOPE

knowledge is today's keynote. De-
pending On the hour of birth. success
should lie in medicine or serionc III
eaa'ure' lhere are unusual powers of
nlnd' and desire to dig deep into
tne neart of things, with an under
standing of the laws of ANALYSIS
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19
have chance of getting a foot of re-
cognizable picture

In stroll down Broadway from the
middle Fifties to Times Square re-
Gently, l noted that the professional
beggars l passed were the same old
faces l have been seeing for years. -.
No new recruits to Rialto panhand-
ling seem to be coming along. And
with this CHEEKY note, your rando-
muser signs off until tomorrow
daWnS
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19
M;fNeNs;1
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New York, March 19-Rando-mus-
ing: Now that the Income Tax-that
cruel and unusual punishment devised
by Demagogues out of Euphues-is
safely sidetracked (until the New
York State gouge occurs next month";
it is possible to enjoy a few free
treaths. .Free?. Well only sub
ject to the normal tax, with deduc-
tons for exhalations incurred in a
business way of course nothing as
simple, direct and equitable to rich
and poor alike as a Federal sales tax
is Imaginable: that would soak no.
body except, possibly, the bureau
Gratis. II think most of us Goats
(people who are neither rich nor
poor) have no objection to paying the
money involved in the tax but simply
squirm under the necessity of becom-
ing, each and every one, a certified
public accountant to cope with the
Observation-Disclosures complexities Of
the return blanks.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19

Burgess Meredith. the mime, is one
OF the sincerely anti-Broadway. fig
ures of the Rialto. . Which is to say,
he spends minimum of time in the
bistros and talk-taverns after hours
-. Instead he rushes to the country
every weekend and is clearing his
forty-acre farm single! handed, pre-
Daratory to Spring planting.. Also
he writes poetry, reams of it. but not
for publication. Katharine Cornell
is BUILDING two-rOc---- cottage on an
island off the Massachusetts coast
and will spend her summer vacation
in that nctuary-foregoing her US
ual jaunt to Europe this year. i am
told that many theater arrangements
are barring candid camera wielders
from their orchestra seat hobby-rid-
ing. The point was reached where
the lens bugs would stand up in the
middle Of the play, barring vision Of
the stage to those behind, and snar
away. The other night a gentleman
in the stall next to mine kept. his
home movie camera pointed at the
proseconium and whirring away thro
ughout most of the performance. -.
What really distressed me. 1 think,
was that, knowing a little about the
miniature movie-making machines. l
noticed that he had slow lens and
the light was bad-and that he didn't
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19

Friday, March 10; Feast day OF ST.
Joseph. a holiday in IA countries Ar
Dor day in North Carolina. Moon:
first quarter.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19
TODAY'S YESTERDAYS

March 10, 1734-Thomas Kean was
born in New London, Pa. He is lst-
ed as one of the signers of the Decla-
ration of independence, although MS
name was not appended until i've
wears after it's adoption. He served
as chief Justice of Pennsylvania ana
governor of Delaware at the same
time.
10 Years Ago Today Cos
den and Charles Correll who had lett
off an act as Sam n Henry to JON
another radio station, made their tlrst
broadcast as Amos n Andy The script
they used that day labelled the team
Jim and Charlie, and Bill Hay was
about to announce them thus, when
Correll signalled him to stall. He had
misgivings about the names catching
on wit hthe listening public. Hastily
he brought out a dictionary and both
actors scanned the glossary of names
hastily. They never got beyond the
AS There wasn't time. Gosden
pointed a finger to the name Amos,
Cornell to Andy. Hay hastily intro
duced them as such. The rest is his
cory.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19

PAPER SHELL PECAN TREES
for sale. have nice lot here. to-
! day. Large size and well rooted
They make beautiful shade. trees. If
interested see me at once. r A.. J..
Cheek. IL 1871
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19

We were Cabling the other evening
about the classic movie anecdotes.
And incidentally, fewer yarns about
the hilarious prodigalities of the West
Coast movie makers are trickling
East these days. Maybe the indus
try has come of age-or maybe all the
best stories have been told One
I've always liked concerns the young
New York writer who suddenly found
himself with a successful play and a
fabulous contract for flicker scriven-
ing. He went West and soon wrote
a letter to friend, somewhat as fol-
lows:
This is marvellous climate and
am working hard. What I can't I'M
derstand is why so many otherwise
sane people go hollywood and affect
all sorts of dress and hobbies they'd
never have dreamed of back home.
It's pretty disgusting to watch them
I can tell you. But thank Heaven I
am managing to keep my head None
of that for yours truly. Give my best
to my friends there. I must close now
for it's time to feed by. pet boa-con-
strictor''
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19
WANT ADS

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. G.. 4-14ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19
THE WORLD WAR DAY BY DAY

20 Years Ago Today-Three Ameri-
can steamers, Vigilancia, Illinois and
City of Memphis, were sunk by Ger
man submarines Fifteen members
of the first ship were drowned. Thu
captain said it was sunk without
warning.
Theodore Roosevelt barred his teeth
and declared: IF these are not overt
acts of war then Lexington and Bunk
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19
So 49,, ~ SESIST
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THE WAY TO GOD: am the way,
the truth. and the life: no man come
tn unto the Father, but by me.-John
14:6.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-19

All keyed ads are strictly c,n-
fidential. Please do not call
the office for their identity.