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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-04
SPRUNT FAMILY TO
ATTEND BIRD MEET
Gathering Tomorrow Night
To Bring Members of
Family Together

The coming of Alexander Sprunt,
Jr., of Charleston, S. c., to speak be-
fore the meeting of the Henderson
Bird Club tomorrow evening will vir-
tually constitute a reunion of the
Sprunt family in this city, where t. e
venerable DR.. Alexander Sprunt, re-
tired Presbyterian minister, and
father of the family, was pastor of
the First Presbyterian church for d
long while many years ago.
Alexander Sprunt Jr., will be the
chief speaker at the Bird Club meet
ing. He is director Of Southern Bird
Sanctuaries for the National Audubon
Society, and his lecture will be illus
trated, showing how iird sanctuaries
are maintained. The Henderson City
Council a month ago designated the
entire corporate limits of the city as
a bird sanctuary. That fact will be
formally and officially proclaimed by
Mayor Henry T. Powell at the meet
ing.
State Museum officials, including
H. H. Brimley, former curator, and
two of his brothers, together with the
president and secretary of the State
Bird Clus, and other Raleigh not
ables are to be on the program and
occupy seats on the rostrum. The
meeting will be in tbe Henderson high
school auditorium, and will re pre-
sided over by j. P. p. Council, presi-
dent of the. Henderson Bid Club, who
will present the speaker. Rev. James
A. Jones, Presbyterian pastor here,
will speak briefly il greeting to DR..
Sprunt as a former pastor of years
long ago.
Alexander Sprunt, Jr., the speaker,
will be guest in the city of Mr.. aid
Mrs. Alex S. Watkins at their Oxford
road home DR.. Alexa lGtr Sprunt. ST.,
will be guest of Mrs. /. B. Gary Oh
Charles street. Rev. James Sprunt.
pastor of Westminster Presbyterian
church in Lynchburg, Va, and Mrs.
Sprunt, will be guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. C. Gardner on Charles street. Mrs.
Sprunt is sister of Rev. w. G. Cum
ming, former pastor of the Presby-
terrain church.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-04
MRS. PEGRAM DIES
AT THE AGE OF II
Funeral From Her Home
Here at 3 O'Clock
Friday Afternoon

Mrs. Ida Virgins Pegram, II,
widow of the late G. L. Pegram, died
at 5:25 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
at her home on Carolina avenue fol-
lowing an illness that confined her
to he'd for the past two weeks. She
had been in failing health for about
one wear. since the death of her hus-
band She suffered from compllca-
ton of diseases.
Funeral services will be held from
the residence at o'clock Friday aft
ernoon, in charge of Rev. A. ). Hale,
pastor of the First Baptist church, OF
which the deceased had been mem
Der for 81 years. Mr.. Hale will be as
sisted by DR.. w. r. Cullom, OF Wake
Forest College, and Rev. 5. L. Nor
gan, of Creedmoor, a former pastor.
Interment will be in the Basket ceme-
terry by the side of her late husband.
Surviving are four daughters, Miss
Agnes Pegram and Mrs. David Pirle,
of Henderson, and Mrs. Lloyd Cook
and Mrs. T. M. Biggers, both OF Con-
cord: and three sons, Julian, George
T. and Elmus Pegram, all of Hender-
son. Also surviving are one brother,
E. T. Virgins, of this county, and
one sister, Mrs. T. F. Virgins, of Hen
derson, and nine grandchildren. Mrs.
Beulah Wester, a sister, died three
years ago.
Mrs Pegram was born in Vance
county July 25, 1860, and had spent
practically all of her life in the coun-
ty. She was the daughter of David
w. Virgins, of Brunswick county,
Va, who died "a years ago, and
Agnes Basket Virgins, of Warren
county, who died 80 years ago.
Palhoearers were announced as fol
lows:
ctive, Alfred Wester, Raleigh;
Avis Turner, Burroughs Virgins
Thomas Williams, Marvin Hight
Crawford Daniel and Bryant Wig
gins, alternate.
Honorary, N. T. Mitchell, Arlington
Davis, M. S. Fowler, G. E. GrissOm,
Rem Hale, K. L. Burton, L. G. Brink
ley, c.. J. Fleming, ]. H. Cheatham
Herbert Petar, Elliott Stegall, w. r
Turner, T. H. Crabtree, M. G. Evans.
DR.. A. P. Newcomb, c. B. Basket, J.
F.. Andrew, Arthur Virgins, =. M
Rollins, George A. Rose, ST., r. j.
Jones, w. H. Kimball, S. r. Chavasse,
w. F. Horner, j. E. James, II. M
Jones, C. T. Duke, c. E. Greene, r. q.
Carter, C. o. King, T. H. Crudup, n.
T. Morris; DR.. E. A. Misenheimer ana
Boyd Biggers, both of Concord.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-04
lated PRESS AND CENTRAL PRESS

were provided with clothing and hos
pitalization was arranged for one
person.
Six juvenile cases were handled IN
October and three juveniles were on
probation at the end of the month.
Two juveniles were on parole, and
there were 81 State paroles. Twenty
three child labor certificates were is
sued, and no Investigations and visits
were made. Five official trips out
side the county were reported, and
1850 miles were Travelled by the well
fare superintendent in the discharge
of duty.
Emergency aid during the month
amounted to $229.44 for food, fuel,
drugs, clothing, doctors services and
rent. Pensions amounted to So, and
Decentralization cost SCOTS. Outstand-
ing bills amounted to $45.84.
Fayments during June, July and
August to the blind amounted to
$14S.75; for old age assistance, ST.
1924 and to dependent children, ST.
OoO.O1, and for September and Oc-
tober payments to the blind were
S95Al for old age assistance, ST.,
853.74 and for dependent children, ST.
900. The 1878 budget provides $575
for the blind, $7425 for old age as
sistance and $4,000 for dependent
children.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-04

King Leopold III, of Belgium. born
SO years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-04
SOCIAL SECURITY
HELPING SO HERE
"a Aged, Seven Children,
Eight Blind, Mrs. Aus
tin Reports

Eighty-nine persons in Vance county
are receiving assistance of different
kinds under the social security, &C
cording to the monthly report of Mrs.
E. r. Austin, county superintendent
of welfare, made to the Vance Board
of County Commissioners last Mon
day.
Seventy-four of this total come I'M
der the head of old age assistance.
with an additional 20 recommended
but not yet approved. Seven have been
accepted under the head of aid to
dependent children, and not any are
pending in this classification. Eight
blind persons are receiving assistance,
and one has been recommended but
not yet put on the lists, the report
said.
Under the general county plan of
relief, 30 received aid during October,
and II were on the lists at the end of
the month Aid was refused to 80 APP
plicants. Eleven persons were in the
county home at the end of the month
and there were nine patients in the
Scott Parker Sanatorium for tuber-
culars During the month 81 families
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-04

October liquor sales at Vance coun-
tvs lone .ABC store were the fourth
largest the store has had in any
month of it's two and one-third years
of existence, according to the official
report made public today. The month S
business aggregated $50, 484.50, or
about $1,470 more than the $29,017.1O
for October last year, and by COM
parison with $18,5O6.25 in September
this year.
Only November and December, 1895,
and December last year had totals in
excess of last month. Sales for the
first ten months of the year aggregate
$171 1910, as compared with 1884,
3O9.73 for ten months of 1896, or a
gain this year of nearly $4,000.
Vances liquor store began business
July 49, 1885, under an act of the 1885
General Assembly.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-04
REPORT PRESENTED
ONDEMONSTRAT|ON
Home Agent Work Includes
Some Attention to Rural
Electricity

Mrs. Hattie F. Plummer, home de-
monstratiOn agent for Vance county,
told the Vance Board of County Com
missioners Monday in her monthly re-
port for October that it was hoped
all projected rural identification lines
could be completed during this fall
Mrs. Plummer reported a visit to
the county by Mr.. Jones, of State Col
lege, and. said he held two meetings,
telling the women about wiring their
houses. 1t was found many had al
ready wired and said two lines into
different parts of the county had been
completed since her last previous re-
port was made.
The report said Mrs. Morris, of the
State department, had given a demon
stration in the county during October.
and said one All club girl in the coun-
ty won a prize at the State Fair for
her exhibit. A booth by the Floyd
town club at the Golden Belt Fair
here consisted of tomato uses, while
the Bearpond club had booth of
childrens clothing. Both won prizes.
The Middleburg club used the road
side. market as their project.
Curb market sales have been off
slightly as vegetables become scarce,
ut fresh meat is expected soon to
help swell the total. Mrs. Plummer
reported a radio talk by Mrs. Clifton
Fuller and said representatives of the
county had been on the air several
times lately.
The county agent reported visits to
48 homes in October, and % days
spent in the field in connection with
her work.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-04

illegal whisky for the purpose of sale,
commitment not to issue upon pay
ment of fine of $25 and costs of
court, and the Fulcher filling station
operated by him on the Louisburg
Road was ordered closed by Nov. 10.
The whisky in question was ordered
confiscated and destroyed. He appeal
ed, and bond was set at $1OO.
P. L. Edwards was given 80 days
on the roads for, possession of illegal
whisky for sale. He noted an appeal
and bond was set at 500.
L. S. O'Brien was charged with as
saulting his wife, but the defendant
had been adjudged insane by the
Clerk of Court on June IA, and the
court held the defendant, was derang-
ed and could not stand trial. He
was committed to an institution
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-04
RURAL SANITATION
GETS ATTENTION

An effort is being made to improve
rural sanitation for those located out
side the sewer district by the health
department, and the department is
urging every family to be equipped
with septic tank or sanitary privy.
The privies are being constructed
by WPA labor without charge except
for the actual material used in the
construction, the report said:
1854-Jokichi Takamine, New York
Citys noted chemist, born in Japan.
Died July %, 1922.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-04
DISCUSS HIGHWAY
PROBLEM TONIGHT
Mayor Powell Calls Mass
Meeting to Hear u. S.
Highway No. l Talked

Mayor Henry T. Powell has called
a mass meeting of citizens interested
in U. S. Highway No. traffic for to-
night at 7:3O o'clock at Vance court
house to hear a director of No. 1
highway publicity campaign speak.
The meeting is called for the pur-
pose of deciding several problems fac
ing the group, make plans for the
future toward getting more tourists to
travel this main route to the south.
Mayor Powell said the purpose of
this meeting was not to raise funds,
and that none will be solicited.
Prof. Arthur N. Holcombe of liar
ward, professor of government, born
at Winchester, Mass, So years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-04
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See F0ge -Four

1. Where is Alcatraz Island Peniten-
tiary?
2. Name the most abundant of all me-
tallic elements.
8 What is a pantograph?
4. Who was Francis Turner Palgrave?
5. Name the principal river of In
diana.
6. Where were the famous Paisley
shawls made?
Z. What is the name for male fish in
breeding time?
8. Name the largest territory of the
United States.
g. For what degree does LID stand?
TO- What and where is Iquique?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-04
ALEX SNEED, 70, is
BURIED IN ELMWOOD
Franklin County Farmer !.
Victim of Heart Attack
Tuesday Morning

Alex Sneed, N years Of aoo
well known farmer of Franklin o anu
ty, died Tuesday morning at + o, oIun'
at his home, from a heart attoo1. 0'ock
Sneed leaves ten children. Ma W.
Sneed, Mrs. w. H. Cannadv w;ni
Anne Sneed, Kate Sneed vir "'liie
Sneed, c. w. Sneed, H. A. Snood 9l ma
Sneed, Richard Sneed. and Ho,o at
Sneed, and also one grandchild ~,
of Franklin county. '''
The funeral was held from tho bon,.
in Franklin county at 2:3O D. m wna
nesday, with Rev. A. S. Hale naston
of the First Baptist church. Honda
son, in charge of the services Tntor
ment followed in Elmwood cmrto,n,
Mr.. Sneed formerly resided j.
Vance county prior to MOVING -
Franklin county, and was well known
and loved by all who knew him
PallbearerS were selected from,
among his friends at the grave
Calvin Coolidge, of Mass elected
president; AL Smith reelected Now
York governor; ma" Ferguson If
Texas elected governor.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-04
Wednesday Sales
On Tobacco Mart
Were 1892 Lbs.

Sales amounted to 242, 1892 pounds on
the Henderson tobacco market We'd
nesday, and brought $63,891.76, for an
average of $264O per hundred pounds,
it was announced today by r w. Nc
Farland, sales supervisor.
This brought sales for the week
three days-to approximately 100000
pounds for around $288,0OO at an aver
age of approximately u cents per
hundred Sales for the season through
Wednesday amount to around 14,6O0,-
600 pounds, bringing slightly better
than 100000 at an average of a lit
tie over % cents a pound.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-04
WHISKY CHARGES
IN COUNTY COURT

Two of the three charges in county
court today before Recorder K. T..
Clements were for violating the liquor
laws.
Starkey Edwards was sent to the
roads for six months for possession of
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-04
Mr.. Parham Made
District Manager

Word has been receives from Lex
ington, Ky, that George II. Parlia,1
has been installed as district manager
of the Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety of the United States, his dis
trict to include central and northeast
ern Kentucky.
Mr.. Parham is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Y. Parha'n. of this city He
has served the Equitable for seven
years, and has been in lie, ingtoa 81,
a little over six nlonths.
Evening star., 1937-12-03
Regular Name of Queen.
Ovsternlen Store
Surplus Biralres
For Holiday Rush
Beliere Christmas Busi.
ness to Set Record for
Volume and Profit.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CRISFIELD, Md, Dec. 3.-Oyster-
men here looked out over the cold
waters of Tangier Sound and foresaw
Christmas business would set new
records for volume and profits.
High prices caused by cold weather,
. heavy holiday demand, and large
supplies of shellfish furnished by
newly opened bars were the ingredients
Of the watermen's hopes.
There was a rush to fill Thanks
giving orders (oyster stuffing for tur-
keys is an old Maryland recipe) and
the watermen now are piling up a
surplus for the Christmas rush, which
usually begins about December 18.
The oysters from the regular areas
are large and well favored, the tongers
and dredgers say, and prices are as
nigh as they have been in years.
The new oyster areas, closed for sew
eral years to permit the oysters to grow
will be opened December 10, in time
for the Christmas rush. One of the
bars to be opened furnished 10000
gallons Of oysters in six days when it
was last worked, in 1895.
The shuckers, the men who omen
the oysters brought in from the bars,
also anticipate a lucrative holiday
season. They are being paid 80 cents
. gallon for shucking, and will work
longer hours to fill the holiday
demand
Evening star., 1937-12-03
MONKEY MALARIA.
HELDPARES|S CURE
Treatment of Advanced
Syphilis by Use of Germs
Is Described.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 3.--A new
form OF malaria from monkeys In the
jungles OF India was described by
physicians of the Rockefeller Founda-
tion today as a successful treatment
for the general paralysis of advanced
syphilis.
This form of malaria is the first
ever found which is common to both
man and monkey, said DR.. Lowell r.
Coggeshan of the foundations inter-
national health division.
Speaking before a closing session
Of the Southern Medical Association
convention, he said physicians were
given new hope for the treatment Of
advanced syphilis and the study of
malaria itself.
Advantages Described.
This malaria germ. known as the
"Knowlesi" variety, has two advan-
tsges over other forms of the disease
bacteria. he said, because it cannot
be transmitted by mosquitoes of North
America, and its effect in causing fe-
yer to burn up the syphilis germs dies
out after two or three weeks.
Previously in the malaria treatment
Of paresis, the paralytic result OF
syphilis, the germs could not be close
" controlled after they were injected
into the body, DR.. Coggeshall ex-
planned. Now, however. it can be ad-
ministered in much the same way as
drug which is rapidly eliminated
from the body.
DR.. Coggeshall's report was supple
mented by others from Dr. Daniel F.
Milan, DR.. Ernest Kusch and DR.. H.
W. Kumm of the Rockefeller Founda.
tion.
New Treatments Effect.
Thus far the new treatment has
been applied to SO patients having
almost incurable syphilis, they de-
clared. Of these "25 per cent were
cured, so per cent were improved ane
the remainder received on benefit"
Medical approval of the use of castor
oil in clearing up some cases of skin
eruptions caused by distinction of the
intestines was given today by Dr.
Arthur G.. Schoch of Dallas, Tex.
Clearing up of many cases of cancer
Of the breast. which had spread to
other parts of the body by stopping
the secretion of female sex hormones
with radium and X-rays was declared
by Dr. George w. Wright Of Monroe,
La. to be "an astounding" forward
step.
Evening star., 1937-12-03

today ~ Spaulding endeavored to show
why Mrs. Allgeyer should pay him
100000
Spaulding, resident Of Greenwich,
Conn.,. and = son Of late executive
of the Curtis Publishing Co., testified
yesterday that he paid the 500, 900
part Of an original Million dollar
agreement--to assure her silence about
their marriage, performed in Milwau-
kee, Wis. in May, 1925, while he had
another wife and two children.
Mrs. Allgeyer, now the wife Of a
New orleans physician, contended she
had known nothing Of Spaulding's pre-
vious marriage and that, when she
Evening star., 1937-12-03
'WlFE.SWAPPING' PAIRS
WILL BE WE'D SATURDAY
Licenses Applied For by West
Coast Toursome--Is Third
Trade in Three Years.

OAKLAND. Calf, Dec. 3.-Two
California couples headed toward the
altar today and the third "wife-swap-
ping" on the Pacific Coast in three
years.
Divorced recently, Edward Shook
Evening star., 1937-12-03
GRAHAME-WHITE SUED

Former Mrs. George M. Cohan
Files Petition for Divorce.
LONDON, Dec. 3 (P).-Ethel Levey.
American-born actress and former
wife of George M. Cohan. yesterday
filed a petition for divorce from Claude
Grahame-White, pioneer British avi-
ator and member of Parliament.
Miss Levey was born November %,
1881. in San Francisco. Her marriage
to Mr.. Cohan was dissolved in 1907
and she married MIR. Grahame- White
in 1916.
She made her first appearance on
the stage in 1897 in San Francisco
and appeared in Mr.. Cohans produc-
tions from 190l-07. She then went
abroad, where her engagements prin-
cipally were IN London.
Evening star., 1937-12-03

and the former Mrs. Ralph Clark, and
Clark and the former Mrs. Shook. have
applied for marriage licenses. Friends
said they would be married Saturday
Mrs. Clark is 80, the others 81.
In previous West Coast marital
trades Mrs. William M. Werbe,
became Mrs. Roy Burnett and vice
versa, and Mrs. Harlan Peyton and
Mrs. Edward Burke married each
others divorced husbands.
Evening star., 1937-12-03

found out about 1t, he promised her
$1,000, 900.
Judge Kenneth O'Brien reserved
decision and proceeded to hear Spauld-
ing's countersuit.
6paulding, who asks return Of the
100000 he says he paid Mrs. Allseyer,
testified that she knew about his
other wife and that he married her
only after her argument that mar
riage laws are man-made, and that
We could get married secretly in Mil
waukee."
Evening star., 1937-12-03
Steel Walls booming Rats.

Steel men say that rats are dying
OIL In the large cities because man
has erected an armored wall Of steel
and tin between them and their food
supply.
Evening star., 1937-12-03

A eonservative creation Of much
character and beauty. Includes
hunet, china cabinet, extension
table and six uph olstered- seat chairs
All pieces are well eonstvUeted and
carefully finished In genuine walnut
veneers. Extra server II desired at
additional cost!
Evening star., 1937-12-03

Czechoslovakia's used.car problem is
becoming serious.
Evening star., 1937-12-03
FLYERS WIDOW WEDS
Lady Kingsford-Smith Is Bride
of Business Executive.

MELBOURNE, Australia Dec. 3 lP).
Lady Kingsford-Smith, widow of Sir
Charles Kingsford-Smith, famous
Australian long-distance flyer. and
Alan Tully, corporation executive,
were married here today.
Sir Charles, who disappeared in
November, 1885, while on projected
England-Australia flight, legally was
pronounced dead April /, 1885.
Regular Name of Queen.
Cleopatra was the regular name of
the Queens of Egypt in the Ptolemaic
dynasty.
Evening star., 1937-12-03
SPAULDING SEEKING
RETURN OF 100000
Testifies He Paid Sum to Ex.Wife
to Assure Her Silence About
Previous Marriage.

by (It ASSUCIHItU FIVSS.
NEW YORK, Dec. Another
chapter in the matrimonial mix-ups
of Howard E. Spaulding and Mrs.
Marion Gustine Allgeyer was unfolded
before State Supreme Court justice
Evening star., 1937-12-03

China O. ID Missionaries,
The activities of missionaries in
China were sanctioned by the Tientsin
treaties Of 1858.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-10
New York Day by Day

man BillingSley, youngest, most
successful and lrankest of the night
club nabobs. He admits there is
wide margin of profit in his busi-
ness and that is why he seldom re-
fuses TO cash a patrons check, pro-
Viding it is not too big. He believes
the Slight losses are far oVer-bal-
anced by the goodwill. Refusing to
cash an honest mans check When
he is having a night out will end
his patronage. Billingsley loathes
dance orchestraS but must suffer
them. But he has planned an escape.
He is cutting through to room adj
joining where food and drinks will
be served without music. He eX-
poets to spent most of his time
there. I was struck almost inarticu-
late while talking with Billingsley
by a passing fellow SO much like
the late Karl Kitchen, save for a
crop of hair, that it might have
been his twin. He was the crack ad-
vertising man, Art Kudner. What a
loss the shy yet enormously world
ly Kitchen and his fine companion
ship must have been to SO many OF
us Often we wonder if there isn't
great trush in Irwin Cobb's jest of
philosophy over the loss of a dear
friend: The trouble with most OF
us is-We live too long"