davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
From Durham.

Hubert Lewis, came today from
Duke university, in Durham, and will
spend Christmas with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Lewis, at their
home on Turner avenue.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
Leaves for Holidays.

Miss Edna Oliver, public health
nurse in the Vance County Health
Department, left today for Pollocks-
vile, near New Bern, to spend the
weekend Christmas holidays with re-
iatives
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
Guest of Sister

Miss Alice S. Haigh, of Fayetteville,
is the Christmas guest of her sister,
Mrs. |. w. Hughes, at her home on
Chestnut street.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
Visit Father.

Mrs Ethel H. Kirby, of Philadel-
phia, Fa., and Miss Mabel Harris, of
Westminster, Nd, arrived today to
visit their father, S. r. Harris, for
the holidays.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
Visit Here.

Miss Mary Hayes Blacknall, of Will
son, and j. j. Blacknall, of st. Louis,
Mo-, arrived today to be with Mr.. and
Mrs Willis H. Blacknall for the holi-
lays
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
Return Home.

Mrs. E. F. Fenner, Mrs. Ferebee
Fenner Cooper, and Miss Clara Fen
nar have returned from Richmond,
Va, where they attended the wedding
and reception of Miss Frances Samp-
son to Oscar Claiborne Gregory, at
st. Pauls. Mrs Cooper was one of
Mrs. Gregory's attendants.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
From Gafsucv.

Mr.. and Mrs. Il; H. Carson AMI
daughter, Martha, Of Gaffney, S. C.,
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. H.
Dixon, at their home on Garnett
street.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
From West Point.

Cadet Nicholas Cnavasse, of the
United States Military Academy, in
West Point, N. u, has come to spend
Christmas with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. r. Chavassc.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
From South Hill

Mr.. and Mrs. William Hunter, of
South Hill, were expected to come on
Saturday to visit Mr.. Hunters mother.
Mrs. Claude Hunter
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
From Washington,

Mr.. and Mrs. Cary Nelson, of
Washington, D. c., arrived last night
to visit Mr.. Nelson's father, the Rev.
E. r. Nelson, and Mrs. Nelson. Miss
Constance Nelson and Garland Mel
son were expected to come today.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
Arrive Today.

Miss Margaret Harris of New York
City, and Lawrence Harris, of Bel
Air, Md, arrived today to visit their
mother, Mrs. A. ]. Harris, at her home
on William street.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
Choir Rehearsal.

The Senior choir and the Young
Peoples choir of the Methodist church
will have a brief joint meeting to-
night at 7:30 o'clock at the church.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
Miss Hoyle Weds
CullOm Robinson

The following announcement has
been received:
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Hoyle
announce the marriage of their
daughter
Rosa Dorothelle
TO
Cullom A. Robinson
on December %, 1887.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
From PHILADELPHIA.

Miss Martha Everett was expected
to come today from Philadelphia, Pa,
today, to spend the holidays with her
mother, Mrs. w. Brooks Parham, and
Mr.. Parham.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
For Rocky Mount

Miss Mary Louise McDearman left
last night for her home in Rocky
Mount, where she will spend Christ
mas with her family.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
To Georgia.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. K. Phillips are
leaving tomorrow to visit Captain
md Mrs. George S. Beatty, of Fort
Screvens, Savannah, Ca.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
Returns Home.

1NCCUTUS E1OIIIP.
Mrs. P. H. Thomas returned home
last night from Washington, D. c..
where she had been visiting her
daughter, Miss Annie Thomas. who
accompanied her home to spend
Christmas.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
In washington

Miss Gussie Winstead is spending
the Christmas holidays with friends
and relatives in Washington, N. c.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Cary Lassiter and
Miss Minelle Rankin of Raleigh will
arrive this afternoon to spend Christ
mas with their parents; Mr.. and Mrs.
J. +, Rankin on Rowland street.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
From Southern Pines.

Mrs. L. j. Rux has returned to her
home and was accompanied by Mrs.
II. E. Thrower, of Southern Pines,
whom she had been visiting.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
Here for HOlidavS

Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Brewer, of FL
KIM are spending the Christmas holi-
days in the city with relatives.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
Visiting Here.

Willard Harris, of Wilmington, is.
visltlng his father, S. R. Harris, at
MS home on the Oxford road.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
From ChorIo@4o

MISS Kathleen Wakefield, of Char
iotte, is the guest of Mrs. L. D. Wall,
at her home on Hargrove street.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
MARRIAGES.
PARTIES
SOCIAL
ACTIVITIES
From StateSViIl0

Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Green and
little daughter, Edna Catherine, of
Statesville, are expected to arrive to-
morrow to spend the holidays with
Mrs. Green's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Goodrich.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
To GreenVille.

Mr. and Mrs Claude Harris left to-
dav for Greenville, where they will
visit friends.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-24
To MOrgantOn

Gllllam Burleson is spending the
auletlde season with relatives in
Morganton.
The Washington times., 1937-07-29

makers are so scarce and d.
vorcees are SO plentiful.
It ought to be news" when
a woman has her old fur coat
patched up, in order that her
husband may have a new suit.
1t ought to be news when a
woman marries a wild bachelor
and makes him over into a use
full citizen. and brings up his
sons to be gentlemen. And it
ought to be news" when a man
keeps his bills paid, loves his
own wife and doesn't play
around in strange backyards.
But it's only when a society
woman elopes with a prizefighter
or a millionaire marries hat
check girl, or some rich play.
boy gives his Cutie a black eye,
that the public begins to take
an interest in them.
Obscurity is the reward Of the
men and women who do their
work conScientiously, keep to
the straight and narrow path,
never cutin on other peoples
love-affairs or marriages, never
drive their cars while intoxicated
and never shoot each other up.
Yet, they are almost as unusual
as the man who bites a dog.
And that Is news!
Copyright. 1887, by King Features
Syndicate, InA.I
The Washington times., 1937-07-29

and tortured journalistic efforts
to reproduce as background"
the blunt and direct statements
that came from the Roosevelt
lips regarding the Senate's de"
cision to ditch his court bill.
Al HIS FIRST PRESS CON.
"A FERENCE in the white
House F. D. r. took all the old
line correspondents by surprise
by announcing that he would
conduct his meetings with news
paper men in the same fashion
that he had successfully followed
in Albany. You could ask him
anything. He would reserve the
privilege of answering as he saw
fit.
No President Of the United
States, no head Of any modern
government has ever attempted
. such a thing. Even the great
T. r. had failed because Of his
penchant for using one or two
Of his journalistic pets as a
means Of launching trial bal
looms and then threatening to
add to the membership of his
Ananias Club If the balloons
crashed. Wilson tried his best
but became snarled in the
Vaccinations of his pets and
the tangle of foreign affairs.
New Formula
For Quotations
The Roosevelt formula as now
defined is simple:
/. Direct quotes-to be used
only with definite authorize
ton.
2. Background-to be written
as coming from the lips of the
President but kept in the third
person.
3. "Information-Not for at
tribution."
This is a new category, to be
used but seldom, taking the
place of the discard back
ground and to embrace infor-
nation which may be used but
not directly attributed to the
President.
4. Off the record-not to DO
used under any circumstances.
From the N. Y. Daily News
The Washington times., 1937-07-29

With a long moan and screech,
a mile of mountainside gives
way-DOWN COMES THE
AVALANCHE!
All because a pebble disturbed
a bit of earth!
These Can Start
Avalanches
A careless pebble a care
less word they can both
start avalanches. Did you ever
try to trace just one of your
impulsive acts ever try to
see where a frown or tear may
end?
SUPPOSE" wrote one Of my
friends, Magnus Nelson, THAT
JUST ONE MAN PRACTICED
Feet SELF-CONTROL
FOR JUST ONE Day
REALLY OBSERVED THE
GOLDEN RULE RESISTED
EVERY TEMPTATION TO
GIVE WAY TO ANGER, HATE
OR GRIEF .. THINK WHAT
A VAST CHANGE IT WOULD
MAKE THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD!
'TT is IMPOSSIBLE TO
ESTIMATE THE CONSE-
QUENCES OF EVEN THE
SMALLEST ACT...A SMILE
OR A FROWN. A SNAPPY
ANSWER IN THE MORNING
MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
A SUICIDE BY NIGHT"
We're all so perilously
balanced. Our natures hang by
a hair above the abyss Of
savagery. In each one Of US,
there are disastrous impulses,
ready to be set in motion by the
slightest pressure.
Serious Consequences
Frequently Follow
Then along you come, with
your burst of temper or tears
and what happens? Plentyl
Each ones resistance snaps.
But follow it for yourself.
Five seconds loss Of self-control
on your part or mine viii set in
motion an endless chain Of
grief, anger, fear, hate, greed.
resentment. AND AWAY GOES
THE AVALANCHE!
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-07-29

II thought it would be a grace
full gesture on our anniversary"
explained this modern Sir Gala.
haC to the newspaper reporters,
who naturally Swarmed around
him. ut was also done in be-
half of the inarticulate, happily
married couples who never get
into the papers," he added, mod
estIy.
Occasionally, of course, some
good, meritorious wives do get
their names in the newspapers
usually in the society columns.
But the world is full Of devoted,
admirable women who will never
get a line Of public praise except
in their obituaries or on their
tombstones.
Any woman who has made
three or four husbands miserable
and helped to keep the trains
running to Reno, or has staged
a plate-throwing match in a
night club or helped herself to
some other woman's husband,
gets plenty of front-page pub
licity. But did you ever hear Of
a woman being given a spread"
because she was loving and
loyal, made her husband a
happy home and was a wizard
at making popovers?
That's not news" But it
ought to be, in these days, when
devoted wives and good home
The Washington times., 1937-07-29

energy and courage.
No man alive has played a
more significant part in the in
dustrial development Of America,
and so much on his own, from
the day he rolled out his first
Model T to now, when he can
reckon the value Of his plants
and business at three-quarters Of
a billion, not to mention his own
personal fortune and son Edsel's.
The story of the origin Of that
billion-dollar mountain Of solid
wealth cannot, I think, be
matched even in the romantic
annals of American industry.
There were twelve men in at the
beginning, and the beginning
was "a years ago, June Is, 1908.
The Washington times., 1937-07-29
Ken Murray
Says:

THAT University of California
l. professor said a couple of
mouthfuls when he announced
improper eating causes bad auto
mobile driving just as much as
liquor. His psychological finding
will have the alibi manufac-
turers working three shifts be-
fore the end of the week.
Can you imagine a guy being
tagged by a motor cop and
piping:
Honestly, officer - cross my
heart-but it's a steak SmOthered
in onions that made me drive
this way. Here, smell my breath"
Or a reckless driver blaming
his condition on some bad veal
he got In a chicken sandwich?
Or how's this for an alibi?
"Well, you see it's this way,
officer. I Just ate half a dozen
ears of corn on the cob, but 1
ate 'em from right to left. I
guess that's what made me go
the wrong direction in this one.
way street. And as for zig
Tagging, well, it was a worm i
swallowed in a lettuce salad that
made me 60 that way"
There's only one thing the
professor didn't make plain:
Does eating a Sunday dinner
make you a Sunday driver?
(Copyrisht. 1887. by Mcknight
Syndicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1937-07-29

even wider from now on.
Henceforth the famous "back-
ground information" which F.
D. r. has doled out at his press
conferences will have broader
base. It will be a more direct
line with the mind Of F. D. r.
than it has in the past. This
Is coming about because Of a
bit of sharp shooting by one
Of the newspaper gentry-a
slick and repeated gesture
which the White House CORE
Spondents decided was not
strictly kosher. The problem
was promptly tossed on the lap
Of F. D. r.
Until yesterday background
information" that fell from the
lips Of the President was sup
posedly disclosed to the CORE
Spondents for their information
in the fashion Of guide posts"
which pointed the direction of
the presidential course. It was
not to be directly attributed"
to F. D. r., or to the White
House.
But from now on, all that is
out the window. And wisely so.
Background. from the very
first was a twilight zone Of
White House journalism.
Out Of that twilight zone en-
sued many ill-tempered journal
istic scraps. In the face of a
polite Washington fiction which
invokes spats, o walking stick
and a touch Of the oxford &C
cent as essential decor to the
Capital scene it may be noted
that the old Nelson House in
Poughkeepsie and the cottages
of Warm Springs have often
rung with challenges to immedi-
ate and bloody battle among
the reporters, disputing among
than caI1,aO Sx,hof u1oc Daocove1f
background" and what was
proper to use as coming from
the presidential lipS-without
direct quotes.
Twilight Zone
Reporting Cleared
THE FRIGHTENING OF THE
L TWILIGHT ZONE came
when F. D. r. read the weird
The Washington times., 1937-07-29

"What nOnsense!" you cry. II
never did any of these awful
things-nO, not in my whole
life!"
DON'T BE TOO SURE!
CHANCES ARE YOU'RE RE
sPONsIBLE NOT ONLY FOR
THESE HE'D ACTS
BUT FOR SCORES MORE.
Ever watch an avalanche
start? High up on the peak a
pebble moves-disturbs a bit Of
earth. The earth slides-dis-
lodges a small boulder. The
boulder dropS-carrying with it
q mingled mass of gravel, shrub
berry, dried branches. The
moving mass goes faster
faster. A great tree, standing
in its path, trembles falls.
The Washington times., 1937-07-29
Tax BludgeOn

NHE threatened boost in real estate taxes carried in
J. the omnibus tax bill in conference is threat
against the most substantial elements of the town.
It is direct and dire threat aimed at those families
of modest which seeking stability and
some possession through the purchase of homes
The House tax bill provided straight increase of
twenty cents in the real estate tax rae the Senate bill
an increase of one per cent in the tax on land.
Whichever way the cat jumps between these two
points the home owner and the home buyer suffer.
There much ranting in the House and before the
Senate committee that these real estate tax increases
directed at the holders of vast amounts of realty;
at landlords who overcharging their tenants.
If the tax increases are really directed at the wealthy
land and the unconscionable landlord they will
miss their aim.
The worker with the two or three thousand dollar
year income who is trying to buy house. trying to
establish home and trying to obtain some security
for his old age and his children at DEATH will be the
one who is shot by the ildflying bullet
In addition to the specific increase in the home
owners tax burden through the increase in real estate
taxes it must be borne in mind that the same persons
will have to carry the load of the other taxes likely to
be embodied in the finished bill.
Since the entire tax increase proposal originated in
plea to save the home owner by broadening the tax
base it is the height of something other that as it
stands today the tax scheme will ruin the home
The Washington times., 1937-07-29

Eleven of them had money, but
the twelfth had an idea.
His contribution was his
four-cylinder automobile, his
engineering services and his
idea that a motor car could be
built cheaply enough to appeal
to folks with thin pocketbookS.
Thus was the Ford Motor Com
pany born, capitalized at $780,
900, with $4,000 paid in and
thus began the amazing career
of Henry Ford.
Ford Has No Use
For Wall Street
He was then 40 years old,
lacking just six weeks.
Henry has no use for Wall
Street. He was hard up one
time and went down there to
borrow money and they mighty
nearly took the gold out Of his
teeth, or tried to. So, ever
since, Wall Street and the devil
are synonymous terms. Now,
here's how he operates his
business, in his own words:
'First, an absence of fear Of
the future and venerati0n OF
the past. One who fears the
future, who fears failure. linn
its his activities. Failure is only
the opportunity to begin again
more intelIigently. There's no
disgrace in honest failures.
There is a disgrace in fearing
to fail. What is past Is useful
only as it suggests ways and
means of progress.
Second, a disregard of COM
petition. Whoever does a thing
best ought to be the one to
do it.
Third, the putting Of serV'
ice before profit. Well-cOnducted
business enterprises cannot fail
to return a profit, but profit
must and inevitably win come
as a reward for good service
It cannot be the basis, 1t must
be the result Of service.
Fourth, manufacturing is
not buying low and selling high.
It is the process Of buying ma
teriaIs fairly and with the
smallest cost, transforming
those materials into q consume
BILE product and passing 1t along
to the customers. Gambling,
speculation and sharp dealing
tend only to clog this progress
siOn."
Copyright, 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Ine.)
The Washington times., 1937-07-29


legislation so surprised the chair
man that he launched forth into
a long speech of his loyalty to
the farmer.
Right behind that came the at
tempt to put the anti-lynching
bill on the railroad bill, a sure
indication that the Senators
realize they haven't much time.
From now on political observers
will see the most peculiar kinds
of legislation tied up together in
an effort to get them under the
line.
Maybe that Senate official re-
porter who saw adjournment on
the way even before Senator
Robinson died knew whereof he
spoke.
An Attempt to Avoid
Rude Disillusionment
A SCHOOL TEACHER took
her class to the Capitol to learn
at first hand the fine points of
Government.
She obtained permission from
gallery attendants to allow her
group to stay as long as she
wanted them to, so they could
really find out what was going
on. They hadn't been settled
for more than a few minutes in
the House gallery, however, be-
fore she up and took them out.
She was asked why she left
in such a hurry, and she said:
81 had to get my children out
of there to keep them from be-
ing diSiIlusiOned about our
democratic government"
Perhaps if she had kept them
in there the children might have
grown up to vote against the
things that irked her so much.
"The Nine Old Men"
Still Interesting
TOWARD THE END of the
session In the House, Monday,
The Washington times., 1937-07-29

rived and he
quite calmly
a n n o u need
that the re-
cess hearings
had been de-
cided upon.
Opposition ex-
pressed by a
few Senators
in which it
W as limited
that someone
was trying to
hold I'D farm
The Washington times., 1937-07-29

Speaker Bankhead turned the
chair over to Representative
Otha D. Wearin.
A few minutes later reporters
leaned over the rail to see who
was presiding and noticed q
copy of THE Nine Old Men" on
the Speakers desk.
- Il
Nicely Has Made
Definite Announcement
SENATOR M. M. NEELY
seems to have his own personal
ideas about adjournment.
He informed the Senate that
he intended to vote against any
adjournment until an anti
lynching bill has been passed.
That ought to put the Southern
Senators on their guard.
The Washington times., 1937-07-29
The Human Side of the News
BIZ EdWin C.. Hill

MERICAS leading industrialist is IA today. And still
full of fight as John L. Lewis and the c. l. O. tell
you His Henry Ford hale and hearty at last accounts
and perfectly able will you know take of his
own of that which has created by his genius foresight
The Washington times., 1937-07-29
Keep This Pledge

RESOLVED: That It be The sense Of this convention
that committee should be appointed by the Congress
of the United States to make study of and to report
the granting to the residents of the District of
Columbia the right of suffrage. Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia,
June &c, 1886.
The Washington times., 1937-07-29
The Greatest Show on Earth
By Frank Miller Smith

ID EGARDLESS of the leaders, hesancy refusal to make
~ formal statement adjournment the action of Sena
tor Ellison D. Smith in proposing that his Agriculture Com
mtee hold hearings the farm bill during the
cess pretty definite indication that the time has
The Washington times., 1937-07-29
Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen ROlUL0vnd

HAVE Venice by moonlight, have Paris in
l. spring-and only yesterday I among the "Public
Notices. in New York newspaper paid announcement in
which PRAISED his wife for their six long Of
married happiness. Bring on the hemlock
The Washington times., 1937-07-29
Let's Home WHY?

THE Nation is hearing from various Senators, Rep
l. resentatives and commentators that it's fright
fully not in Washington this that even the
giant brains send to the Senate and House totter
occasionally under the strain of thinking deep thoughts
in such weather that Congress ought to let pending
legislation go to possible special session in o.
tober or the next regular session in January that the
giant brains can go home and think the great
tonal problems in privacy and GOODNESS. that if the
giant brains are held the job too long, fatal
mistake may be made and the Nation be plunged into
Chaos with a capital C.
This ingenious argument loses of its heart pull
when you consider it's source 1t is coming from Sena
tors and Representatives who helped kill the Presi
dents original court reform plan, and from
mentators who fought that plan the sideines.
Therefore, it seems to be fair guess that the mo-
tive is something other than desire to lot of
giant brains from undue strain and the Nation from
mistakes such overburdened brains might make. Our
guess that the let's go-homers want to go home be-
cause they hope times will be even better in October
January than now, and the peoples desire for lib
eral legislation correspondingy weaker The lets-go-
homers real hope, guess, is to dawde the entire
New Deal legislative program to death.
THE REST OF US CAN'T GO HOME
The rest of us-truck drivers stenos street cleaners
doctors, lawyers merchants, newspaper men-have to
go working in hot weather. We can't knock off for
two or five months and have our pay go
Stay On right on, as Senators and Representa-
The Job tives. Yet our problems are serious
to US the great national problems
are to the giant brains.
Another considerations This Congress- by killing the
original Roosevelt court reform proposals, made itself
extremely popular with the economic royasts and the
antRoosevelt newspapers and commentators but that
it made itself popular with the rank and file of Amer
voters is extremely doubtful Therefore, it might
be shrewd politics for this Congress to stay in session
long enough to enact of the liberal legislation the
President wants. at least try to look like liberal
Congress.
All in ALL believe the boys had better stay the
job while longer.
'FRONT.' NewY TX New
The Washington times., 1937-07-29
Capital 91STUFF
j 8N JOIN OOONlNELL
and DORIS ELEESoHa

THAT JOURNALISTIC DOOR where the of the world
are cooked catch the final syllable that drops from
the mouth of the President of the United States will swing