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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-17
FUNERAL SATURDAY
OF MRS. LASS|TER
Dies a.. Home Across Line in
Franklin County; Ill
for Two Years

After an illness of two years, dur
inc which she suffered from paralysis
and complications, Mrs. Lola Ayscue
I.assiter died at her home in Hayes
Vile township, Franklin county, at
3:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon. She
was "A years of age, and native OF
the section where she died.
Funeral services are to be held from
Liberty Christian church at Epson,
in which the deceased had held mem
bership for 60 years, at 2:3O o'clock
Saturday afternoon, with interment
in the church cemetery. The pastor,
Rev. S. E. Madren, will be in charge,
assisted by Rev. j. E. Neese, pastor of
the Henderson Congregational-Chris-
tan church; Rev. G. ]. Green.
Mrs Lassiter is survived by her hus-
hand, and by four sons, j. Lee Las
sitter, of Henderson; H. C. Lassiter, of
Henderson, Route 1; Staley w. Las
sitter, of Middleburg, and w. H. Las
sitter, of Vicksboro, Vance County; al
SO one daughter, Mrs. D. H. Hamm,
Henderson, Route i.
Mrs. Lassiter had lived all of her
life in the Hayesville township Sec
llOIl one Was d OduSIIcI VI OOlOIIIOIl
J. Ayscue, dead 40 years, and Louise
A. Ayscue, who died 35 years ago.
She was born June "a, 1868.
Pallbearers for the funeral Saturday
were announced as follows: Active, J.
F. Lasster, w. G. Ayscue, H. G. Ays-
cue, C. w. Harris, F. M. Ayscue, T. F.
Ayscue; honorary, H. F. Mitchell, c.
F. Moseley, ]. A. Boobitt, w. c. Rob
erts, r. G. Wynn, P. P. Jackson, DR..
r. T. Upchurch, D. L. Hamm, w. G.
Wynn, J. T. Weldon, G.. o. Eaves, c.
B. Hamm, w. P. Wrenn, L. L. Stain
back, DR.. J. o. Newell, G.. w. Macon,
w. C. Stainback.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-17
MORALS CHARGES in
RECORDERS COURT

Two defendants faced moral charges
in county court today with Recorder
r. e. Clements presiding.
Grace Ross, of South Henderson
was given two years at the Farm col
ony in Kinston for. bedding and coha-
biting. She noted an appeal, and bond
was set at $500, default of which she
was remanded to Jail.
George Harrington, Negro, was gull
ty of bastardy, and was given six
months on the roads, commitment not
to issue upon payment of $25 to Mollie
B. Fain, mother of the infant, and the
costs of court, and show good beha-
vior for the next two years.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-17
JUNIORS WILL GIVE
CHRISTMAS BASKET
Meeting Thursday Night Defers Ac-
ton on Sponsoring of New
Boy Scout Troop

Members of the Junior Order at
their weekly meeting Thursday night
decided to provide for several families
at Christmas time, and arrangements
weer made to take one of the Christ
mas Opportunities appearing in the
Daily Dispatch in cooperation with
the Salvation Army
The council also decided to defer
until after the first of the year it's
undertaking to sponsor a troop of Boy
Scouts. Most other business to come
before the council was purely of a
routine nature.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-17

mr. Matthews yesterday butcboros
a hog that dressed $50 pounds, and d' eu
the same day killed six others u,ba Va
aggregate weights were about Io ooe
pounds. 1'0OO
Inc big porker was three Years and
eight months old, and manv citia ",Iu
visited the farm to see the animoI @1 I
Iore and after it was killed. Mr. Mot
thews brought the hog to the citv VA
terday afternoon to have it we wei YES,
on cotton gin scales. 'sned
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-17
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See PGge -Four

1. Name the King of Belgium.
. What office in the federal govern
ment is occupied by Charles EVANS
Hughes? +ton
8. Is 2 meter longer or shorter tnali
a yard? ,a TIM
d Where is the longest railroad tuil-
mel in the U. s.? e.. IN.
s. When was the guillotlne Iiis'
troduced into France?
6. What is the plural of lens?
7. Name the Chairman OF the l1oo'o
Judiciary Committee
8. Where are the Juan FERNANDEZ -
lands? ,x.r.
9. Who played opposite Grace Moore
in zone Night of Love?' 100
10. What is the name for geomet.L ~,
plan figure with ten sides ana len
angles? - ~ ~
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-17
SCOUTS TO ENJOY
CHASING RABBITS

All members of Boy Scout troops 80
and 81, who are. going on the rabbit
hunt given by B. H. Perry, will meet
at the Episcopal Parish House Satur-
day afternoon at o'clock, it was stat
ed today. The boys are requested not
to bring firearms of any kind as none
will be allowed on the hunt.
Those who wish to go must be there
at 1 o'clock, as the hunters will leave
at that time.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-17
THREE TRIED FOR
LIQUOR VIOLATIONS

Three defendants in city court today
before Mayor Henry T. Powell were
there on some liquor law violations.
Bonnie Champion pleaded guilty to
being drunk, and was fined 81 and
costs.
w. A. Mcdowell was found guilty
of possession and transporting illegal
whisky, and was given six months on
the roads. He gave notice of appeal
and bond was set at $3.50, which he
gave.
Nathan Taylor, Negro, was guilty
of possession of non-tax paid whisky
for sale, and was given sixty days on
the roads. j. He noted an appeal, and
gave the $50 tond set by the mayor.
It is all right to be content with
what you have; but not with what
you are.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-17

fers from the cruelties Of unemploy-
ment in the country at large while the
money changers of Wall Street are on
a sitdown strike demanding tax con-
cessions from the man who said they
should be chased from the temple
continued:
1.-THE committee does not believe
that even the complete abolition OF
all taxes on industry and capital would
either revive economic activity or re-
store employment to the levels OF
April of this year."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-17
c. c. MATTHEWS HAS
$50 POUND PORKER
Many Citizens See Huge
Animal Before and Aft
er Killing Yesterday

The largest hog reported as being
killed in Vance county this season to
the Daily Dispatch was butchered yes
terday by c. c. Matthews, who lives on
the old Hughes place, a short distance
from the northeastern city limits.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-17

Grass Fire-Firemen were co,o,
East Winder street yesterday afto ~
noon about $50 O'Clock bv nne
IRE. No damage was reported 10,
Fire Chief E. T. Shepherd. W. ny
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-17

Humility and simplicity is ob,.
acteristic e all great souls
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-17
Steel Union Studies
Its New Policies

CONTINUED on Page Six.l
Evening star., 1937-03-08
Buffalo Bill an Italian?

Not often is a celebrated American
supposedly native-claimed after his
death by foreign land as a son. That,
however, is what has happened in the
case Of William F. Cody, best known as
Buffalo Bill" who died twenty years
ago at Denver, after a life filled with
adventure, romance and celebrity. The
accepted chronicles give his birthplace
as a farm in Scott County, Iowa, and
his parents as Isaac and Mary Ann
Geacock) Cody, both being from the
State of Ohio. That, in any event, is
the record given in the Dictionary of
American Biography" which is rated
as fully authoritative. The sources of
this sketch of the life of the eminent
scout, soldier, plainsman and eventually
Snowman include his autobiography,
published in 1879. and although the
sketch in the dictionary states that he
was an enthusiastically chronicler of
events" it is plain that this qualifica-
ton refers to his indulgence in fiction
in ampnfication Of his own participation
in stirring events, and not in any way
to his parentage and nationality.
Now, however, comes q story from
Bologna, Italy. to the effect that 1t has
Evening star., 1937-03-08
Jay Franklin Wrong on
Child Labor Situation

To the Editor of The Star:
In his column on February % Mr.. Jay
Franklin wrote a sad story indeed, He
implied that the crash of the Amoskeag
Mills in New England was due to wages
in the South; he stated that in Ten
nessee there is little horror at
the thought of 9-year-old children
working long hours at cotton Spindles,"
whereas the fact is that Tennessee has
the same legal working age for children
as do 35 other States. including Massa-
chusetts and New Hampshire, and he
also stated that under the textile code
under NJ r. A. wages in textile mills in
the South were about Is per cent lower
than in the North. The textile code
provided for a wage of Sl3 in the North
and s12 in the South in textile mills,
making the wage in the South only IT
per cent lower than in the North.
Also, while he states that Northern
factories are shipping their machinery
South and closing down whole towns"
it may be noticed that he does not name
or give the size of any of these towns,
and I have no doubt that he would be
greatly embarrassed if he had to do so.
ORA MARSHINO.
Evening star., 1937-03-08
Jumps Ahead of
Horse.and.Buggy COpyists

To the Editor OF The Star:
A Congressman was about 26 jumps
Counting a day as Jump in advance
of the streamlined model bureaucrats
of 1887 who went all the way back to
the horse-and- buggy days TO resurrect
a suitable vehicle TO transport such a
StupendouS assortment of laWyeriSmS.
This rampant crusader is a user of
plain words-Words explosively revealing
of the remedy without any ingredients
TO sweeten his prescription.
In a radio address January 10. 1887,
he told his hearers that even the Su-
preme Court must be made to follow
the election returns" He adds Cas his
forecast that if the court again sends
back certain measures there will be but
one course to- folloW-"pack the court.
lie, increase the number of judges from
9 to II. making sure that the two new
incumbents were pledged to favorable
action" on those laws. The whole ad-
dress is embalmed in the Congressional
Record. appendix, January 25, 1887,
pages 505-5O6D
Evidently the users Of the forecast de-
vice were not so optimistic as the Con-
gresham. They make provision for 6
more justices instead of 2-to be more
certain to make the Supreme Court
follow the election returns'-to have a
force bill' with 6-cylinder power, guar
anteed to work in reverse"
This latest New Deal model force
bill" be it remembered, went to Congress
without title. This advance guard
Congressman supplies it. 1t may be "a
bill to make the Supreme Court follow
the election returns" or "a bill to mack
the Supreme Court" Nice titles for New
Deal royalists?
But there was reason to expect some
method more up to date than horse
and-buggy device from minds grown
greater than the Constitution of the
United States by reason of intelligence
too vast to make laws in pursuance
thereof. JOSEPH w. CHEYNEY.
Evening star., 1937-03-08
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
Member of the Associated Press.
For an Adequate NAVY.

True to its intelligent and patriotic
record during the past four years in the
field Of national defense, the House of
Representatives has promptly passed the
nlppsT bill providing S526,555,000 for
iavaI construction and maintenance
during the ensuing year. With exception
of minor changes which may be amended
before the bill is finally approved by
Congress, the appropriation will enable
the Navy Department to carry out all
its recommendations looking to ade-
ouate American strength at sea, par
ticularly the progressive completion of
treaty feet by 1912.
The House rejected two amendments
designed, each in a different way, to
cripple the United States program of
maximum naval efficiency One of these
proposals called upon the President to
convene conference Of sea powers with
a view to checking competition in arma-
ments. With the spirit inspiring such
a suggestion there is no quarrel, but as
It was put forth without assurance that
the administration believes a conference
either possible or desirable, the House
properly declined to consider it, Amid
the tension. alarm and suspicion now
rampant throughout the world it is
foregone conclusion that attempts by
this Government, or any other, to bring
about naval disarmament at this time
would be wasted effort.
The other proposal wisely voted down
sought to compel the United States feet
10 confne its maneuvers to waters within
800 miles of our continental shores. The
purpose was to prohibit movements for
training purposes at distances approach
ing the territorial waters of other coun-
tries. Mainly in mind are the fleets
annual operations in the Pacific and the
wholly unwarranted fears that they
menace and irritate Japan. Were the
proposed restrictions imposed. the Navy
would be prevented even from prac-
ticing in the region of the Hawaiian
1slands-a palpably absurd proposition.
Large scale maneuvers remote from
home coasts are indispensable if the
Navy is to be kept fit and ready to
solve the problems posed by our far
flung defensive needs. Japan herself
carries out such operations in the Pacific,
and no one in the United States has
ever imputed ulterior motives to them.
Sooner or later this country must de-
ternine its final naval policy in light of
the colossal expansion which other sea
powers, notably Great Britain, have
under way. Senator Walsh, chairman of
the Senate Naval Affairs Committee,
does well to warn Congress that, in
view of the collapse of all limitation
endeavors, America must observe very
closely the policies of other nations, not
for the purpose of engaging in naval
race with any Of them, but to keep fully
informed as to their aims and objec-
tives" Meantime Senator Walsh urges
immediate construction of auxiliary
ships-mine- layers, mine-sweepers, de-
stroyers, submarine tenders and other
secondary craft with which the Navy is
notoriously under equipped.
Evening star., 1937-03-08

Of existence. In every respect he was q
builder-a physician who knew that the
conquest of "a sea of troubles" can be
achieved only by gradual progressive
comprehension Of the elemental causes
of the turmoil and the strife.
1t will not be easy to find successor
for DR.. White. None of his contempo-
raries surpassed him and few may be
said to have equaled him. But 1t is
helpful to believe that the institution
over which he presided will continue to
be endowed with the tradition which
he established. His name will endure,
and the example he set will be an in
spiration to those who take up the
task from which he has been called I'M
timely. Meanwhile, Washington bids
him farewell with appreciation and
heartfelt gratitude.
Evening star., 1937-03-08
Where Does New Deal Get
Charter to Insure Crops?
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
These days we read of the adminiStra-
ton proposing to insure wheat crop for
the farmers. This naturally brings up
the question where does the administra-
ton get It's charter to operate an in
surance company.
Years ago we had in the West any
number of insurance companies who
would insure anything against anything
except the final hell fire.
If the farmer wanted his property in
sured he went to insurance companies
engaged in that line of business and
paid for his policy out of his own pocket
and no thanks or obligation to any one
The farmer had an independence of
his own and when the insurance policy
he paid for was delivered to him he was
not expected to vote for the insurance
company.
Farmers have always cried hard times
so have others. The cry is inspired
by the want of better things of life-a
very laudable ambition. When farmer
loses his years crop through the tickle
ness of Dame Nature that year is lost
to him. If the Government steps in
Will lIS Clldll lIy dilu pay llIlil IOI Ilidt
years lost crop he suffers no loss while
the distant taxpayer to help pay that
farmer may have more real cause to yell
for help than the farmer.
The present administration seems to
think that by picking and choosing a
small group and Showering gifts on them
that that is benefit to the entire
country and in SO doing call themselves
Democrats carrying on a democracy, but
that is far and away from democracy.
On that particular question democracy
is ''the people supports the Government"
mot the Government supports the
people. Why should the citizens be
taxed and have the administration play
the part of Lady Bountiful? Dollars are
hard to get and the only way any one
can get an honest dollar is to work for it.
Labor is a marketable commodity and
when business and industry is hindered
and hampered labor is the sufferer. If
and when the Government helps in
dustry and business industry and busi-
ness will take care of labor
w. j. DERMOTT.
Evening star., 1937-03-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

motor car partly the result Of this
training?
May 1t not be that we, as . race,
now have a new carelessness and in
difference to the best welfare and hap
piness of others?
These, at least, were some OF the
thoughts of Templeton Jones, as he
looked with shudder at the dead cat
exactly in the middle of z street that
morning.
Dead cat
Dead cat might have been dead man,
1t would have been all the same.
Except that man would not have
been run over and rerun over, time after
time, until pressed to a pulp.
The same indifference, however, to
suffering
The same get out of my way" spirit.
Well has such a spirit not always
been part of the mixed heritage OF the
race?
Surely.
Alexandra Dumas, the elder, in cne of
his lesser tales, tells of the Cossacks at
q fair running down on their mounts
those afoot who did not get out OF their
way.
There is something in the very spirit
OF man-and that is where the psy-
chologist, or soul doctor, comes in, which
urges him on TO such deeds.
A four footed animal, or four
wheeled contraption-
A horse or motor car, each is some
thing on which he sits, four feet in one
case. four wheels in the other. but he
always in between, throughout the
ages
But always indifference, one of the
great spiritual maladieS OF the centuries.
Jones couldn't forget that it wasn't
the cat which killed itself.
II wasn't the poor old man of the
cross walk who killed himself
To want to get across the street, when
one is cats that worthy of death?
To be careless, especially when one is
old. and probably doesn't see Wells
that reason for killing a man?
Jones thought not and believed others
would have to agree with him.
Yet the penalties are exacted.
So
Surely. it will require a soul physician
to tell the modern world why and to
suggest a possible remedy or remedies.
1t is no longer solely matter OF
physics, of what happens when a steel
implement of destruction meets a fallible
human body.
What in thunder has the matter Of
carelessness to do with it, after all?
The manning. the killing. is IN the
hands of the manner, the killer.
No amount of words n'put the blame
on careleSSneSs of the person afoot, who
at no time has any way of hitting back y
He is the victim, and there is no fight.
There is something wrong. terribly
wrong in the minds and hearts Of the
present race of Americans, which permits
them to yell "careleSsnesS" at others
while they go right ahead running them
down.
Carefulness. Jones thought-yes more
and more. Heaven knows the pedestrian
needs it-but the motorist needs it as
well, and more, since he alone can hurt.
Evening star., 1937-03-08
A Ten-Dollar Repair Job
That Merits Attention

To the Editor of The Star:
While the United States Congress is
about to spend 100000 or more to
build memorial to Thomas Jefferson
couldn't we save $40 to repair the right
hand of Abraham Lincoln? You know
he was once President of the United
States. He had a birthday last month.
Maybe we could do this in celebration
of his birthday. refer to the broken,
puny statue in front of the United
States court house. SOL MINISTER.
Evening star., 1937-03-08
DIR. William AlansOn White

Washington parts with DR.. William
Alanson White with profound regret.
He was citizen who held the respect
and high regard of the community dur
ing third of a century. In his work
as superintendent of St. Elizabeths
Hospital he discharged with distinction
an exceedingly difficult duty The po-
sition he held so long and with such
notable credit was one which demanded
the qualities which he possessed. man
less skilled, less tactful, less kindly and
considerate certainly would have failed
where he conspicuously succeeded.
DR.. White was, in sober fact,
scientist. Common sense was the mott
waiting force of his career. Among his
gifts were devotion, good humor, hber-
ality of Judgment and an undiscouraged
optimism. Temperamentally, he was
evenly balanced. People instinctively
trusted him. Had he chosen the law
rather than medicine as a profession he
surely would have been a celebrated
ornament of the bench. His mind was
naturally equitable, his spirit just and
merciful. Hundreds Of individuals owed
to him their restoration to health. still
others were indebted to him for the con-
tribution he made to human progress
through his services to great number
of learned societies pledged to the
basic welfare of the race. AS writer
he reached universal public concerned
to read the riddle of intellectual and
emotional adjustment to the problems
Evening star., 1937-03-08

been discovered that Cody was not an
American, but an Italian named Clio
vanni Tambini, born in Barbigarezzo,
about 1910. six years earlier than the
date of his supposed first appearance
in human affairs. Apart from the fact
that heirs of the noted scout and Indian
fighter and later public entertainer on q
grand scale intend to bring suit to re-
cover "a large fortune which he left in
the United States interest attaches to
the claim from the fact that the great
hero now is proved to be typical Italian,
who was full of Fascist courage and
daring"
America is perfectly willing to share
Buffalo Bills" fame with Italy. If 1t
gives Italy any special qualification.
There will be no quarrel on that score.
Nor is there concern on the score of
possible seizure of his posthumous for
tune. On that point there need be
little worry. for unfortunately Buffalo
Bill lost practically all of the money
which he made through his enterprises.
He was not a thrifty person, having
disposition toward rashness in his en-
terprises and his personal expenditures.
There will be very small rewards for his
Italian heirs, if any should succeed in
establishing their claims.
Just why this picturesque figure should
be chosen for such a claim is hard to
understand. There was nothing alien
in Cody's makeup. He was typically
American in all respects Perhaps
genealogical sleuth has found trace of
resemblance between him and some of
the native sons of Italy. 1t will be in
tereSting to get the details. II the
romantic figure of the colonel has ap-
pealed to some obscure followers of II
Duce as suggestive of the characteristics
of the present actual ruler of Italy, we'll
and good. But the outcome of the re-
search and contest is hardly to be
doubted. Buffalo Bill" is too definitely
American in history to be transplanted