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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-04
Miller Thinks Local Units
Should Recall Government

function, he asserted, and govern
mental power was concentrated in
the Federal government.
Comparing the structure of govern
ment to an inverted pyramid, he told
the delegates to the municipal conven-
ton that cit used to be that the poll
teal unit over which you gentlemen
exercise authority today stood at the
base of the pyramid. There were broad
powers of government in the local
units. At the peak stood the Federal
government. =.
cit ill becomes any citizen of North
Carolina" he declared with emphasis,
ito complain of relationships and cen
tralized government ic Washington.
when virtually all government in
North Carolina has focused in Ra-
leigh. The time is coming, my friends,
when we must recall from our own
State Capitol, vital functions of gov
eminent which must be- should be To-
cally handled, if what I hold is true of
democracy to prevail and to endure
in our American commonwealth.
II have faith in that government
With all of it's faults and all of it's
follies and all of it's foi5les, democ-
racy remains to this good hour the
most perfect form of administration
that has ever been devised in the mind
of man, by which his personal liber-
ties might be saved. Unless America
has made up it's mind that it prefers
economic security to social and per-
sOnal rights, unless that conclusion
has been reached, America will re-
main committed to the democratic
procedure.
There are two things that America
cannot have at the same time" he
continued, economic security and
personal opportunity. /. The principle
of allowing a man to take his own
life and his own talent and his own
wealth and go just as far with it un-
der God as opportunity will permit, so
long as he keeps his feet off the toes
of his neighbor, that principle gen
tlemen, is in peril
Principle Goes Out.
whenever your Federal govern
ment or your State government
snoops around your business and the
offices OF the people, the cotton fields
of the farmers, and the stores of vour
merchant men, and the factories Of
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-04

your industries, whenever government
with a badge on, in the name of bu-
reaucracy, comes around with author
ity and with control and with police
power, to take surveillance of those
things, the principle of private enter
prise goes out.
"And on that principle, America
has become the America that it did
become" he concluded. "By reason of
that principle, I suspect that most of
you have come to be what you have
come to be. It may be that many of
you started at zero, with no capital,
nothing much but good mind and
a healthy body and determination
to get along. That was capital stock.
That has been the capital stock of the
men of this Republic throughout it's
whole history.
And I am pleading tonight, wheth-
er this is the proper audience or not,
Tor the preservation of that principle
py which American boys can do the
equivalent of others of this Republic"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-04
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
ARE ALL ERECTED
Trees Yet To Be Placed,
! However, and More
Money Is Needed

Illumination of Henderson's shop
ping district for the Christmas sea-
son was completed Friday and all
lights turned on during the evening.
They will burn during the evening
hours from now until Christmas and
probably several days thereafter.
This, however, is only part of the
full plan worked out for decorating
the city for the holiday season. Sam
Afford, who is chairman of the cam
paign fo~ raising funds, AMI for plac-
ing the decorations, said today that
not all of the funds necessary to car
ry out the project had been raised
and he called on merchants to re
spond to appeals made to them for
the purpose, Because of requirements
made necessary in completing the
lighting job, it will be necessary, MIR.
Afford said, to have around $500. Con-
siderably less than that has been rails
ed so far.
!. One of the biggest Individual por-
tions of the decorating scheme has
not yet been carried through. That is
provision for two large lighted Christ
mas trees. One of these would be in
the triangle of the Garnet street ap-
lroach Ito the Church-Charles street
underpass, and the other on. the pre-
misses of the American Legion hut.
These would be- at the extremes of the
area covered ~ the street lights, and
the white way on Garrett street, and
would cover the entire Garrett street
retail district.
There is also proposal to place in
dividuaI Christmas trees in front OF
business. houses up and down the
street, and additional funds are need
ed for this purpose. It is hoped, Mr..
Afford said, that all of the needed
funds could be realized and the en-
tire job finished sometime by the mid
die of next week.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-04
Season I Tobacco Sales c.
Above 20 Million 2 ound,
$3.50, 489 Paid by Buyers or Years Crop Sold uax
Far; Weeks Sale Is 914,1 38 Pounds for $18s on so
Well Ahead of Last Season 7'

With the close of sales for the past
week on Friday the Henderson to-
bacco market passed the 10000, OOO-
pound mark in sales for the first time
this season. Official figures announc
ed today by r. w. Mcfarland, sales
supervisor, showed sales 2O,O12, $50
pounds, for $5,35O,489.37, at an aver
age price Of $26.74 per hundred pounds
Sales for the week were 914,138
pounds for $18S,9O4.44 at an average
of $20.66 per hundred pounds. Fridays
figures were 281, 346 pounds, selling for
$50, 1861 at an average Of $2O.39 per
hundred.
To December last year the mar
ket had sold 1887 900 pounds for 81
$50, 1851 at an average of $25.46 per
hundred pounds. During the CORES
ponding week last year sales were OIL
1922 pounds for $196, 14O11 for an aver
age of $2152 per hundred pounds,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-04
CHRISTMAS CHECKS.
TO SAVERS $4,000
Industrial Bank Will Make
Distribution During
Coming Week

total of approximately SIT, 900
ill be distributed next week by the
Industrial Bank of Henderson to some
10 members of the banks Christmas
'avings Club, it was announced today
y M. w. Wester, cashier of the bank.
t is the ninth year the bank has
'onducted a Christmas Savings Club.
movement which is nationwide, the
)ecemt err payments have grown from
approximately $1,000 distributed for
christmas, 1929.
Checks are to be mailed to reach de-
ositors by Friday of next week, De-
ember TO- The largest will be $3.50
nd the smallest $3.50, these repre-
;enting weekly payments of SIS and 2r
cents, respectively. Other amounts
range between these extremes.
The aggregate of the payments is
about IS percent more than last year,
and there are about ten percent more
members of the. club this year, Mr..
Wester stated.
A new club for 1888 will be launch
ed next week. The plan is for pay
nents to be made weekly, money thus
set aside accommodating through the
year to a sizeable amount, whatever
he depositor wishes to make it, for
Christmas shopping or other purposes.
Many millions of dollars are keing
paid depositors all over the country
this month to members of Christmas
Savings Clubs, and many cash regis
ters are expectedSto jingle during the
next few weeks to the tune of por-
ton of the $4,000 being distributed
by the Industrial Bank, as Christmas
gifts or other items are purchased at
this time.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-04
BOY SCOUTS HAVE
PORTION HIGHEST
MIR. Biller Tells of Plans I'm
der WAY for E Expanding
Work Here

How the Boy Scouts of Henderson
will be able to expand their work iii
Henderson and plans ethat have been
mapped out for it, through funds from
the Henderson Community Chest, is
>u''incd in the following article by
r. Biller, recently named head of the
Boy Scout Committee of the city:
The success of the Community
Chest in Henderson will helm to ex-
lend the activities of the Boy Scouts
Of Henderson, district Of the Deco
ncachcc Area Council, by employing >
full time assistant executive for the
council so that small towns and ruraf
areas which have heretofore had little
or no Scouting may have direct touc:'
with headquarters and unified pro
gram.
The Occoneechee Area Council, with
headquarters at Durham, is under the
direction of an executive board of
representative business men from tn
various parts of the council, which in
cludes Harnett, Lee, Chatham, Orange
Granville, Vance, Warren, Franklin
Wake and Durham counties. The ex
penses of operating the council an
employing Boy Scout Executive
Claude Humphreys have been largely
paid Nv Wake and Durham counties.
Several of the counties, including
Vance, have made small annual pay
ment on the expense while some OF
the counties have had no share at all.
A plan has been recently worked
out to raise a fund of $4,000, which
will be provided by the counties out
side of Durham and Wake, and which
will be set up as a budget to employ
an assistant executive, who in adj
ton to Mr.. Humphreys, now the onl}
Scout Executive in this area, will ex
tend the services of the Occoneechee
Area Council in it's character-build-
ing, citizenship-training program to
the boys of Vance county as well as
the other counties of the Council
The Henderson Community Chest
committee has agreed to share in this
fund, setting aside $500 of the chest
objective. Harnett county has already
raised S525 in cash toward this fund,
Lee county $500, and Granville county
$500. Other counties are being or
ganized and are laying plans to have
a share. AS soon as the entire $4,000
is raised, the new assistant will be
employed and training courses will be
held to train leaders for the numer-
Gus Scout troops which will be or
ganized While there are only two
troops in Henderson at the present
time and about fifty Scouts, there are
more than nine hundred white boys
of Scout age in Vance county, who,
according to surveys, indicate by a
large majority that they want to be
Scouts.
Following the tragic death of r. G.
Brake, Jr, recently, the local Boy
Scout committee selected ]. r. Blllel
as temporary chairman: He is now
busily engaged in selecting men u
serve as leaders of the various phases
of Scouting and to help organize
troops and Lone Scout tribes so thai
every boy in Vance county may navs
the opportunity for Scout training
Men are more important than money
and if the Community Chest will pro
vide the money, we will search FOL
the men to serve so that in a year W.
NAV have two hundred Scouts insteac
of fifty in Henderson.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-04

Mr.. Mcfarland said the m.r,
shade stronger FRIDAY m net was
every grade. nearly
The Henderson market will susn
for the Cbristmas-New Year bo onpend
on Wednesday, December Is an Ouay "!
reopen, according to schedulo viii
Tuesday, January II, 1898. It is ayros on
ed that something over one nai,u
pounds more will be sold heforo '' !.
holidays, and that around oooo t 0ae
pounds will remain for sale aft to,'' w
first of the year. No dates have IN 'iie
agreed upon for the close of tho aa"
son, but it is expected to be aroMus
the end of January or the fire. ' :.
February. Last year the season endOs
on February 5.
Sales to date this year are wpn
head of year ago at this time and
total money paid is nearly a mllinn
dollars greater. The average TO dota
is around a cent and a half higher
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-04
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See PGge Four

1. What is the abbreviation for the
degree Doctor of Philosophy?
q In what year did the American Civil
War end?
3. What is the largest item in the ope-
rating expenses of railroads?
A.. What is the singular form of the
word data?
5. Can the U. S. Government be sued
in cases involving contracts and
claims?
6. What is the native name for a
sword with thick back and thin
edge, used by the Moros?
Z. Name the state flower of Kentucky
8. Do rabbits chew a cud?
9. Does Premier Benito Mussolini play
the violin?
TO- Name the former husband from
whom the present Duchess of Wind
=. sor obtained a divorce in order to
marry the Duke.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-04

Pictured of the Henderson, probably
of
community today They bottom left right Ed
Muscovtch
Rolins w. L.
H: scoumaster, William Wadden
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-04

no operators license.
&c. G. Morgan was charged with
drunken driving, but was found puiltv
of public drunkenness, and was given
30 days on the roads, commitment NOT
to issue upon payment of a fine of
SIS and costs. The court recommends
that his drivers license be revoked for
a period of six months.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-04
MRS. w. P. FOURNIER
DIES AT HOSPITAL

Mrs. w. P. Fournier, 20 daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Hall, died this
morning at 1910 o'clock at Maria
Parham hospital with double pneu-
monia.
Funeral services will be held in Fay
etteville, where the body was taken
today, and interment will be in Cross
Creek cemetery.
Mrs. Fournier is survived by her
husband, two sons, one sister, Mrs
F. w. Burris, of Henderson, and her
mother and father.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-04
PHYSICAL ED CLASS
BEEN DISCONTINUED

The Mems Physical Education Class
which has been conducted during the
fall months at Henderson high school
by L. L. Miller and his assistants, has
been discontinued until the first Tues
day night in January, due to the
Christmas season. Members of the
class were requested to take note of
the fact.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-04
Community Chest Drive
To Be Conducted During
Next Week In Henderson
rl e $s 2sn Il Set for unnort of Nine Different
Agencies Sharing in Gifts of Community; Dinner
Monday Night To Start Campaign

highly gratifying, and those in charge
of the program are confident the a
mount asked can and will be realized
if the response is as liberal as 1t
should be.
Mr.. Jenkins is anxious that all pros
poets be seen as rapidly as possible
and he hopes the goal may be reached
and the drive brought to successful
conclusion early in the week.
Items in the Chest budget are as
follows:
Salvation Army local
relief work Observation-Disclosures. $500
Boy Scouts, extension
and promotion ............... 800
Girl Scouts extension
and promotion .............. 2Oo
Cripple Children fund .......... 2Oo
Vance County PIT. A. milk fund 3OO
vance county recreational work 2oo
Federal child welfare fund 600
County Emergency relief $3.50. 5OO
Operating expenses ........ ooo
Total -. :. :. o'ooo
The Washington times., 1937-03-29
RENTAL HUNTING
With Barbara Holmes

II you are interested in anu OF
the places described beloD, Drite,
phone or call on Barbara Holmes,
1919 H st. N. w., District $500
or District 1000.
The Washington times., 1937-03-29

Mrs. Helena. life reader. can help and
advise you in all affairs in life. Hrs. to @.
637 F ST. N. W.
Opposite Hechts Dept. Store
The Washington times., 1937-03-29

the yard. Unfortunately, some Of
us don't have a house so we can
do all those pleasant things, so the
next best thing is an apartment
with porch. In this particular
one there are several other reasons
why it is especially inviting. Loca-
ton is the main one, for from this
modern building you can walk to
the downtown theatrical and shop
ping center in about 10 minutes.
There is also an excellent dining
room on the premises. The apart
ment has two good sized rooms,
kitchen, bath and, of course, the
porch, and rents for SOS. All mod
ern conveniences will be found in
this unit.
The Washington times., 1937-03-29
Bids and Proposals

COMMISSIONERS. n. c., Washington.
March 25. 1g37-Sealed proposals will
r. received at Room 500 District Building
r-tI 90 p. M. April l. 1887, and then
p hHcly opened, for furnishing in place
certain piping alterations, etc. TO the
Water system at the D. c. Penal lnstitu-
mons, OCcoquan. Virginia. Apply Room
4G7 District Building for proposals and
- Ltntna
The Washington times., 1937-03-29
MEN (3)

MCIN \OJ
We have vacancy in established route
for good men willing to work eight hours
per day in D. G.. and suburban territories: :
experience not necessary. WE TRAIN
YOU. Good income. Apply 61S K st..
n. W. 9 to IL a. m.
The Washington times., 1937-03-29
Announcements
PSYCHIC MEDIUM

Personals
The Washington times., 1937-03-29

EAST RIVERDALE Lots 5Ox140. $500.
$40 down, SO month. Call Mr.. Wells,
Greenwood 1854.
The Washington times., 1937-03-29
Special Notices

OLD PICTURES Of all kinds reproduced:
Made into lovely miniatures or larger
sss bv washington's CoDy Specialists.
! nNINNSTON STl- DO 1233 2 ST. y. w.
The Washington times., 1937-03-29
NEW APT. BUILDING:

NEW APT. BUILDING:
This is another one of those at
tractive new apartment buildings
that has Just been completed. 1t
has two types Of units, varying in
size from two rooms, kitchen and
bath to two bedrooms, living
room, kitchen and bath, ranging
In price from $55 to $40. These
apartments have all the ultra
modern appointments and are
beautifully decorated throughout.
Individuality and efficiency are
shown in the kitchens, which have
everything needed to make meal
preparation a pleasure. You will
find all kinds Of stores, schools
and transportation close by.
CLIFTON ST. N. W.:
Every time I have visited this
apartment building I have mar
veled at the size of the rooms.
Rarely do you find such spa
clous ones in units of this
type. The one room, kitchen
and bath unit is especially
attractive and can be rented furn-
lshed or unfurniShed. The build
ings occupy an entire block and
have switchboard and elevator
service. Another apartment that
should prove interesting is bache-
lor unit Of two rooms and bath;
one room furnished as a sitting
room. You need have no fear of
transportation worries, as the
Fourteenth Street car is at one
corner and a downtown bus at the
other. Don't confuse these with
the average furnished apartments.
They are really different.
1900 BLOCK 10TH ST.:
Parking troubles seem to be one
of the main worries of today, but
they need not bother you if your
choice should fall here, for this is
a downtown unfurnished apart
ment, located on Sixteenth Street,
between @ and R Streets. You
could easily walk to work in
about IS minutes, that is, of
course. providing you work in
one of the centrally located Gov
ernment buildings. The apart
ment is a front one, consisting of
two rooms, kitchen. dinette and
bath, with all modern conven.
fences. There is plenty of good
closet space and the apartment is
in splendid condition. Rental SOS.
DOWNTOWN APT.
WITH PORCH
The weather man doesn't seem
TO agree with me about Spring
however, this is the time of the
year when we are restless and
want to plant flowers and work in
The Washington times., 1937-03-29
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DOWNTOWN APT.
WITH PORCH

The weather man doesn't seem
TO agree with me about Spring;
however, this is the time of the
year when we are restless and
want to plant flowers and work in
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-10-07
DEATH OF MRS. EARL Nj. TOM

Mrs. Edna nj. Tom, Al, wife OF
Earl r. ToLl, we'll known funeral
director and auctioneer of Cumber-
land. o., died at $3.50 o'clock last
Thursday morning at the family
home in Cumberland. She was the
victim of lingering illness. Mrs.
Tom was lifelong resident of the
Cumberland community. She was a
daughter of the late William and
Josephine Humphrey, and was born
on a farm four miles north of Cum
berland. She was married to Mr..
Tom Aug. 80, 1911.
The deceased was a member of
Cumberland Presbyterian church,
and was active in all it's organiza-
tions. For a number of years, she
was teacher Of the primary class of
the Sunday school She also was
past worthy matron of the order of
Eastern Star at Cumberland Sur
viving are her husband and three
daughters, Lois Marie, Rama Eloise
and Edna Kathleen, and one son.
jerry William, all of the home;
three sisters, Mrs. Melissa Few and
Mrs. Laura Gillogly, GAINESVILLE, and
Mrs. Wilma Martin, Rural Dale, and
two t, brothers, b. Vernon Vernon Humpthrey' t g
Funeral services were held at
2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at
Cumberland Presbyterian church.
the pastor, Rev. e. W. Lodwick, Off
ciating, assisted by DR.. W.T.. Patter-
son. of Norwood, o., former Cum
berland pastor. and Rev. William
Phillips of Cumberland NJ. f.
church. Burial was made in the
Cumberland cemetery.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-10-07
MRS. CHARLOTTE GEDDES
DIES IN MALTA

Mrs. Charlotte Ann Barnhart
Geddes, rs, whose illness with pneu-
monia, was reported in this paper
last week, died Friday morning at
1877 at her home in Malta. She
had been i'll for nine days.
Funeral rites were held at her
late home in Malta, Sunday after
noon at one o'clock, with Rev. Paul
/. Wachs officiating. Interment was
made in the Stockport cemetery.
The following sketch was furnish
ed by the family:
at Hooksburg, O., April 25, 1862,
and lived her early life in Windsor
township in Morgan county. She
was united in marriage to Joseph
Shannon Geddes, October of 1879,
and of this union seven children
were born. One daughter, Mrs.
Pearl Snyder, died Aug. %, 1921.
The surviving children are: Atty
Horatio Geddes of Columbus; Chas.
Lewis Geddes, of Pasadena, Calf. !;
Harry Guy Geddes and Mrs. Rosalie
Lamp of Columbus; Celia Huckins
of Arlington, Mass, and Lawrence
Geddes of Malta. She also leaves 16
grandchildren and one half-brothe-,
Frame S. Barnhart of Roseville.
Her husband was better known as
"Hank" Geddes. He died Feb. a.,
1914. Mrs. Geddes was known
more generally as "Lottie" Geddes.
She was the daughter Of Cecil and
Rosalie Barnhart, and sister of Will
liam Barnhart and Wesley Barn.
hart, deceased.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-10-07
DESSIE ROBERTSON BARROWS
VISITS OLD HOME PLACE

Mrs. bessie Robertson Barrows ar
rived here Monday from Moclips
Wash, where she owns a cottage
and where she resides part of tn,
time, and has been visiting amons
old friends, and making her head
quarters at the Kennebec hotel.
Mrs. Barrows is daughter of tho
late DR.. Charles Robertson, former
prominent resident and druggist III
McConnelsville, and who owned the
building where the Danford phar
macy now is, and which was, with
adjacent buildings, destroyed by fire
and who also was the author Of a
history of Morgan county. She is a
graduate of McConnelsyiIle high
school. She is the widow of DR.. F.
l.. BarrOws, to whom she was mar
ried in Colorado, and has herself d
diploma as doctor of medicine, be-
ing graduate of the University of
Michigan, at Ann Arbor, also Of the
University of Colorado, at Boulder.
She was for some years professor
of bacteriology in the University Of
Colorado After her marriage she
and her husband were located for a
time at Moscow, Idaho.
Mrs. Barrows leaves McConnels-
vile today for Columbus, O., where
she will be the guest for a few days,
of Mrs. A. j. Timberman She then
goes to Colorado where she has
business interests both at Boulder
and Denver, and where she will be
for while. She plans to spend the
winter in Auburn, California.