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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25
New Books Added
at Perry Library

New titles of varied appeal have
been added to the shelves of the H.
Leslie Perry Memorial Library
Among the biographies Katharine
Anthony's Louisa May Alcott is out :
standing. This is the first complete
biography of the Beloved author o;
Little Women" that has ever been
written for adults.
Joseph Mitchelrs my Ears Are
Bent" is type of biography. This in
terviewer on the New York World
Telegram writes lively "reminiscences
of the great and near-great he has
talked to, and tells the strange things
that never appear in the news col
umns. The author is a native of North
Carolina.
What They Said iii 1887" is an in
teresting compilation that has as it,
subtitle "The Yardstick of Ora! Cp
inion." Prominent individuals thought;
on pertinent subjects are recorded.
Three novels by John Dos Passo~
have been bound together and calico
u. S. A. The first of these moves a.
peared in 1880, "The And Parallel;
the second Nineteen Nineteen" wa
published two years later and the
final volume, big Money" came ou
in 1886. This edition is the only on
that the library has had of any OF the
volumes.
Pearl S. Bucks ''This Proud Heart
is her first ltook about Americans. Ii
this new story she depicts the life 0
woman who tries to combine he
career as sculptor with her desi'
for a home and children.
A stirring novel of pioneer days
Oklahoma is told by Doro Aydeloti'
in her "Trumpets Calling"
A number of new love stories hav
been added to the Rental Shelf. A
of them are thc latest novels of popu
lar authors. Emillie Loring's ct oda:
Is Yours, Helen Topping Milo.
Hawk In the Wind" Faith Baldwin's
Enchanted Oasis, and "Son al
Daughter" by Helen Martin are some
of the titles. KaFha''inn >i"w =
"Safe Road" and the Crime Club Sc
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25
ANSWERS.

l. The report of the North Carolina
Highway and Public Works Commits
sion shows a total amount of $26,6O6,-
635.S7.
2. The town of Beaufort was bitterly
disappointed because the railroad did
not cross Newport River and locate
it's terminus at Beaufort. The town
had pledged stock purchases, and the
county had voted to purchase stock
with the implied understanding that
the railroad would extend across the
river to Beaufort. When it was decid
ed that crossing the Newport river
would be too expensive and the ter
tninal should be established at Shep-
herds FONT, now Morehead City,
much. feeling developed which ter
minated in law suits before a COM
promise was reached.
3. The Budget Commissions report
to the last Legislature estimated that
there would be 200 soldiers, SO SER
wants, and 2,521 widows making a
total of .2,847 on. the pension roll In
1886 there were 3,053.
4. Cornelius Harnett, of New Han
over, was a delegate to congress from
1777 to 1870. On November 20, 1777,
he wrote his colleague, Thomas Burke
then in North Carolina, For Gods
sake endeavor to get some Gentlemen,
appointed in my stead. I cannot stay
here any longer with any pleasure y
5. "The Clark Gravely Sanatorium
is the building named in honor OF
Mrs. Lee Gravely, wife of the Nash
county senator in the 1887 legisla
ture A joint resolution conferred this
honor upon Mrs. Gravely tecause OF
her interest in influencing her hus-
band who piloted the bill providing for
the building through the legislature
6. In 1776 they petitioned the North
Carolina assembly to include then
within the State. The petition wa;
signed by Ill settlers who had moved
into the first settled section west OF
the Blue Ridge mountains Their
leader was James Robertson CT Wake
county.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Clarence A. Dykstra, president of
the University of Wisconsin, born in
Cleveland, 55 years ago.
Madeleine Carroll, actress, born in
England, 80 years ago.
Hugh M. Kahler of Princeton, NJ.
novelist, born at Philadelphia, So years
ago.
Gully A. Cobb, editor of the Pro
gressive Farmer and Southern Rural
list, born at Prospect, Tenn, 81 years
ago.
John Farrar of New York, publisher
and author, horn at Burlington, VT,
AZ years ago.
Dr. Phoebus A. Levene of the Rookie
Teller Institute, New York, famed
chemist, born in Russia SO years ago.
DR.. Jesse F. Steiner of the Univer-
sity of Washington, noted sociologist,
born in Ohio, SO years ago.
Benedetto Croce. famed Italian
philosopher, born u years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25
TODAY IN HISTORY

-Vlncennes, Ind, taken by Anne
ricans under Col George r. Clark, in
War of the Revolution, after heroic
and historic march opening up the
great Northwest.
1791-Act of Congress incorporated
and Bank of the United States, a ma
tional bank, under a twenty-year
charter. Il.
, 1920 Maine, then part of Massachu-
sets, having voted on separation in
a popular election, was so separated by
Massa ohusetts' legislature - admitted
asI "a. State in March.
1886 samuel Colt, of Ware, Mass,
then insthis 21St year, received his
first revolver patent
19O1-U. S. Steel Company incorpor-
ateG.
1913-16th observation-disclosures tax
proclaimed ratified.
1935-Died, at Tyler, Tex, a man
who had been declared dead five days
previously; and adrenalin injection in
his heart after declared dead" reviv-
ed hearts beating in five minutes and
kept alive in oxygen tent for five days.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25
WINTER

Winter is beautiful time of year,
All ways filled with happiness and
cheer;
The land to everyone is a lovely sight,
1t looks like scene under big spot
light.
Old people and young are happy and
gay,
They like to get in the snow and
play;
When it SHOWS there is nothing bleak
or bare,
For the world is covered with angel
hair.
Many hate to see the winter go,
For they like to slide and slip in
the snow;
The world with all it's snow and ice,
To me is like a paradise.
kathryn Newton.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
BY FRED H. MAY

1. What was the total expenditure
for highway construction in North
Carolina for the years of 1933-1936 in
elusive?
2. What bitter controversy developed
over the location of the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad terminus at
Morehead City?
g. How many Confederate Veterans
are estimated to be on the pension
rolls this year?
4. What did Cornelius Harnett, dele
gate to Continental Congress, write
in asking for a successor?
5. Who is the Nash county woman
honored by having building at the
Western Tucercular Sanatorium nam
ed for her?
6. When did the Watauga settlers
ask North Carolina to adopt them?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25
ON OTHER FEB. 25THS.

1870-The first negro Senator took
a seat in the U. S. Senate-Rev. Hiram
Revels of Mississippi.
1912-Theodore Roosevelt announc-
ed himself as candidate for a third
term as President.
1919-The State of Oregon introduce
ed a new idea in taxation-an impost
on gasoline-that spread quickly
throughout the nation. Since then
motorists have paid more than six bill
lion dollars in gasoline taxes.
1932-Adolf Hitler became a a Ger
man citizen, after becoming the big
gest political power in Germany
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25
1bAAY
TODAY,s ANNIVERSARIES

1746-Charles Pinckney, South
Carolina soldier of the Revolution,
Constitution Trainer, diplomat, born
at Charleston. Died Aug. 16, 1870.
1s16-George H. Preble, noted navai
officer in the generation before ana
after the Civil War, author OF naval
books, born at Portland, Me. DIED
March /, 1885.
1831-Jane G. Austin, Massachusetts,
novelist, born at Worcester, Mass.
Died March 80, 1894.
1S40-Henry w. Oliver, Pittsburgh's
noted iron master and railroad build
er, born in Ireland. Died Feb. 8, 1914.
1859-John Burke, North Dakota
governor, Treasurer of the United
States, North Dakota jurist, born at
Sigeurney, Iowa. Died May IA, 1887.
l837-Enrico Caruso, famed opera
tic tenor, born in Italy. Died there,
Aug. g. 1921.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25

lection for the month, Philip Mac
Donalds Warrant for x" are other
new titles.
Two new non-fiction titles are par
ticularly timely RED Star Over
China" by Edgar Snow is an account
of what is really happening in China
among the Chinese people, by a re-
porter who has been there seven years
and who is the first news writer to
explore Red or Northwest China.
Stuart Chases discussion of the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25

problem of the use and misuse Of
words is called "The Tyranny of
Words" He raises the question as to
what such words as Ii eralisn1, fas-
cism, democracy, ETC., really mean.
IN Speakers Desk Book" has been
presented to the library and is a wei
coined addition.
"Ante-hellum North Carolina is q
scholarly, social history " Guion
Griffis Johnson, a publication of the
University Of North Carolina Fress.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25
TODAY'S HOROSCOPE

Today's nature is difficult to under.
stand, but the life should be kept in
the studious path of quiet affairs.
There is danger Of attempting to force
fortune too much, but generally ad-
versity will be turned to good account.
instead of breaking the spirit and ruiz
ming the life.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25
AMERICA AT WAR DAY-BY-DAY

20 Years Ago Today-British troops
recalled from the front were sent to
Ireland to suppress outbreaks
German attacks northwest of Toul
were checked by American artillery
The German raider Wolf returned
to Kiel after 15-month raid on COM
merce in the Atlantic, Pacific and In
clan Oceans during which time it was
the object of constant search by Brit
ish, French and Japanese battleships.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25
FEBRUARY |
sun MON yUE WE'D IHU "a SAT
! ) s. Is

National banks made them worth
what the government said they were.
Salmon P. Chase, the Secretary of
the Treasury, who originated the ma
tional bank plan to make monetary
transactions safer and more conven-
lent to the worker and farmer with
only a few dollars to his name, is
commemorated by the $4,000 bill.
You'll find his portrait on yours.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
Sce Back Page

1. The Dipper.
2. Straits Settlements.
8. John Bunyan.
f. Daniel c.. Roper.
5. Precocity.
6. About one-fourth of the worlds
habitaible land surface.
7. Irish poet and writer.
s. Bagdad
9. Ohio.
10. Emerald.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25
Today is the. Day
- By CLARK KIlNNAIRD
Copyright, 1888, for this Newspaper
by King Features Syndicate, Inc. ~

Friday, Feb. 25th., last weekend be-
fore Lent Morning stars: Mercury,
Jupiter, Neptune; evening stars: Ven
us, Saturn, Mars, Uranus. Zodiac
sign: Pisces.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25

COME TO SEE OUR MARKET
store warehouse Saturday and get
our cheap prices. We have nice
country eggs, 1Sc, fresh oysters and
produce. Front of Teiser's in Farm
ers Warehouse. c. T. Nethery. 25-1
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25

LARGE ASSORTMENT TAYTop
Tot Baby Carts, also swings and
high chairs soc down and SOC wool,
ly. Hughes Furniture CO.. 29-9t;
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25

USE TOLSON'S SCABNOX Ann
get rid of itch and other skin al.
ments. It's odorless and guaran-
teed. Two size jars Use and s1OO
Mail orders filled. Sold only by PEG.
pies Drug Store, Henderson, N. c.
M-W-F-tf
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25

LOST WEDNESDAY NIGHT BE.
tween fertilizer plant and Bobbitts
bill folder containing $4,000 or
more in bills, also drivers license
and receipts. Reward if returned to
Nathan Workman, R-2, Henderson
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25

1t is in politics and economies that
the fundamental changes of our time
are taking place.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25

DIVIDEND DAY" STARTS WED
Mar. 2, 1898 at the Stevenson
Theatre. Registered now in our lob
by For children and adults Rot,,
old Jack Pot" and new registration
will be used. 10 ~.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25

ALL STATE LICENSED BEATTY
operators. Phone 200 for appoint.
ment. Your patronage appreciated
Bridgers Beauty Shop. 14-ts
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25

SPECIAL Is DAY SALE ON SUPER
chamberlain galvanized roofing
the leak proof kind. percent off for
cash. Alex. S. Watkins. "The Place
of Values"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25

SPECIAL PRICE LOT CTr1TEr
plow beams, close-out at 19c pacb
Watkins Hardware Co. % ~.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25

A SOILED HAT CAN SPOT, AN
otherwise immaculate appearance
We use factory equipment for ro
blocking and re-shaping aftor
thorough cleaning. Phone 464. Valet
Cleaning Co. "Hendersons Foro
most Cleaners" 90.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25
= -;ss.-
~ le>,i - IL IL NxI
QIlesala u< ~ 200

For none of US liveth to himself ana
no man dieth to hirnself.-Romans
14:7.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25

SPECIAL CASH BARGAINS AT
"TheN Place of Values" One lot of
doors 2-8x6-8 five panel at $3.50
each. A rim lock and pair of l:itt
hinges for SOC. Alex S. Watkins.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25

WOMEN-ADDRESS . AND MAZE
advertising material for us at hon,a
we supply everything. GOOD ratio ~
pay. NO selling. No experience MOI
essary. Merchandise Mart Box 5o9
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ok ~.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25

ROOMS FOR RENT FURNTSI1D-n-
or unfinished. lis College street
phone STU. o.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25
WANT! ADS

CALL 248 FOR TAXI SEPVIC1-
Rlggan Taxi, AL Riggan owner 30
operator: You will find our drivar ,a
courteous, prompt. Give us q r;,,
Call 248. % 90 o. ing
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-25

CASH BARGAINS FOR Is DAYS!
Windows 10x12-12 Light plain rail
$2.25 per window. Good No. 2 CELL
ing regular price $25 per thousand
on sale at $40. Alex S. Watkins.
The Washington times., 1938-02-04
Love in Bloom in Won
Germany

rIELD Marshal and War Minister Werner
i Blomberg of Germany in the sixteth year of his
age has gone and married 25- or 28-yearold lady
named Eli or Erika Gruhn Miss Gruhn is variously
described as the daughter Of carpenter and the daugh
ter of a masseuse-and maybe both. Anyway, this
1,.tf; member of the German nobility has mar
ried beneath him, all same Edward VIII
D'O"'0e'9 of England.
The result is that Won Blomberg is reported forced
out of his cabinet job War Minister by pressure of
German officer caste disapprova They wouldn't
have minded if only he hadn't married the girl. The
German lyons" monopozcd German army officer
ships in the old days and members Of the caste couldn't
marry without their fellow officers approval Appar
entlv for all Hiters pretensons to absolute power in
Germany, the officers now squeeze out one of the
Fuehrers farhaired boys when they put their minds
and wills to it.
The German ''affaire Simpson," as Berlin gossips
are calling the Blomberg marriage, may foreshadow
an upheava in Germany
,A r;x;. Hters revolution has been sim
liar to forcibe seizure of power
UT HHteT' in this country by some such igno-
rant direct action group the Ku Kux Klan The Ger
man nobility hasn't liked it, any than cap
italiss and inteectuas would like Ku Klux regime,
but the nobility has had to go along with Hitler
because he has had the middle and working classes
with him.
Is it possible that the army leaders feel con-
fdent enough of their grip on the soldiers to begin
talking back at Hitler? We don't know. If that is
what is in the wind can Hitler beat the officer caste
to the gun7
Stain did, according to the generally accepted
theory that the eight Red army generals were executed
because they plotting to seize the Russian gov
ernment from Stain. Mussolni, who is powerful
personality whatever else you may say about him,
hasn't had any open trouble with his generals.
Friends of freedom, enemies of Hitler at any rate,
have cause to be vitality interested in this friction be-
tween the Fuehrer and the ''vons'
The Washington times., 1938-02-04
People Hungry Too

I note by your newspaper that
the wild ducks are being fed
across the Potomac at the wild
game refuge.
And several weeks ago you
published an article that the
squirrels in the parks would be
fed all winter and houses
erected to keep them warm.
That is certainly laudable
work. But right here in the
Capital of the nation there are
people without food and
warmth.
If our government can feed
the animals, it seems to me
they could and should feed the
poor.
No person should be allowed
to suffer in our great nation.
D. A. R.
The Washington times., 1938-02-04
The Small Business Men

THE Presidents conference of 800 small business
L men from forty-four States amused some of the
reporters Various accounts of the opening squabbles
attempted speeches. battles to elect a chairman, etc.,
packed assorted laughs.
Not So We don't think this conference is so
funny so futile. It may we'll lay the
T"""S foundation for an annual and highly con-
sructve gettogether of American small business men,
After ALL these men are the ruggedes of our rugged
indivdualsts. They survive competition without
benefit of huge backlogs the ability to assess stock
holders in pinch. They are representative of our
middle GLASS; the petit bourgeoisie which the Marxsts
believe will soon dwindle and die And the small bust
ness did reach fairly general agreement on several
points, after the preliminary near-rioting
The consensus Of opinion appears to be that the un
distributed profits tax ought to be repealed or mod
fled. that workers well employers ought to pay
Sn,oU Rve;uoco into the Social Security iobless
- insurance pool. that the Wag
"40" ''''"oOP"S ner Labor Relations Act ought
to be amended as to make labor unions as respon
sibe employers for the keeping of capitaabor
tracts. that tax-exempt public securities should be
made taxable and so should incomes of public serv-
ants that the wages and hours bill should not be
passed.
With much of this philosophy agree. As we've
said before, think the Wagner Act ought to be
amended so to be equitable to the employer as we'll
to the employe; also that both empIoye and en-
poyers should contribute to unemployment insurance;
also that tax-exempts should be out hereafter
Altogether, the idea of this small business confer
still looks good to u.s. and hope delivers some
constructive results this year and leads to some sort
of permanent discussion group uncontrolled by busi-
ness politicians. The news stories coming from the
conference important and interesting to u.s. with
amusement distinctly minor feature
from New York; Daily News
The Washington times., 1938-02-04

and in which they might sue
ceed and proceed to crash the
heights.
Then what happens? They
get a look in. Some small
Job which puts them within the
magic circle. And there they
stick. They haven't the talent
to go ahead. Nor, as a matter
of fact. have they any concep-
ton what going ahead" means.
THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY
IN LOVE WITH ACHIEVE
MENT PER Sc, THEY ARE IN
LOVE WITH THE GLAMOUR
WHICH SURF NDS
ACHIEVEMENT, T H E I R
SOULS ARE NOT HUNGRY,
THEIR VACCINATIONS ARE
AFLAME AND THEIR EGO
TISM-WHICH IS QUITE A
DIFFERENT MATTER, AND
so THEY HAVE NO CON.
CEPTION OF THE REAL DIFF
FICULTTES OR REWARDS
OF THAT ART THEY SEEK
TO ENTER.
But of these things they are
ignorant. Nor do they seek
wisdom. They only seek a thrill.
But instead they find disap-
pointment and humiliation.
They are given tasks beyond
their capacity. They are con-
stantly forced into competition
with people whose record makes
their own look like a plugged
nickel. And so they are secretly
haunted by a growing sense Of
Illustration and failure.
Whereas, had they chosen a
career suited to their ability,
they could have known the pride
and surety of success.
DON'T HITCH YOUR
WAGON TO A STAR THAT IS
HIGHER THAN YOUR OWN
CAPACITY!
Fill your life as full of tall
adventure as you possibly can.
Encourage your own desire for
the fine things of life.
BUT DON'T OUTREACH
YOURSELF.
The Washington times., 1938-02-04
Grammar Lesson

A few years ago educators
began saying that correct speech
is a habit and not the result of
a study Of grammar. That is
probably true, but how easy it is
to form bad habits of speech and
how difficult to correct those
habits unless you have in mind
the rules of formal grammar.
have had experience in ele-
mentary school work and I know
that a short course of, say,
three months, in real English
grammar taught by real
teacher in the high school will
enable any ordinary pupil to cor
The Washington times., 1938-02-04
Your [. O..
By SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is a test for the ladies,
especially brides and brides-to-
be. Score 10 for each question.
Speed is essential. Time four
minutes.
/. How many cups to a pint?
2. How many in a bakers
dozen?
3. Buying a pig in a poke"
means what?
4. If the sweater of your knit
ted suit was "a inches long be-
fore you washed 1t and it
shrank to % inches. how many
inches would your 36-inch skirt
be after washing?
5. Baking soda is (a) a
starch, (b) an acid, (c) an al
kali.
s. If you had family of four
and allowed 21a ounces of sugar
per day for each one, how long
would 5 pounds Of sugar last?
7. When the recipe calls for
blanching do you (a) whiten in
the sun, (b) cover with flour,
(c) scald with boiling water.
8. If the butcher tells you
that a fowl will lose 1-3 in dress
ing, and you wish to have 9 lbs.
when the fowl is dressed. how
many pounds Of undreSsed fowl
must you buy?
9. Veal is meat from (a)
steer, (b) sheep. (c) calf.
10. If you found that from IL
pints of fruit and 8 pints of
sugar you got 16 pints Of jelly,
how much sugar would you need
to make 4 dozen half-pint
glasses of jelly?
ANSWERS on Page 21l
The Washington times., 1938-02-04
Pension "Real Vets"

The question was asked the
other day in your paper:
Should all war veterans be
pensioned whether disabled or
not?"
This question is something to
think about. I believe that every
man that went overseas and
fought in the hell of war is dis
abled in some way. I don't think
you could find one who isn't a
nervous wreck. But why pen
sion a man who hid behind the
petticoat of the Naval Reserve.
The only thing that could have
gotten hurt, were their feelings
at the thought of going to a
real war.
know this is the truth. In my
home town We have only three
real vets. The other so-called
vets slept in their own homes
every night, not in mud and
blood.
Sure, pension the war veteran.
You will find he needs it. But
the man who did not go to war
let him wait for another chance,
he may have it. E. S. B.
The Washington times., 1938-02-04

blanket of response.
But after marriage the hui
man iceberg is supposed to melt
and become a torrent of warm
affection, spontaneous petting
and fervid kiss. And half the
flirtatious side-stepping hus-
bands in the world will offer
as their alibi cold home kiss
ing" and wifely frigidity.
Elusiveness and uncertainty
give a real "kick" to the love
chase and make a girl seem
doubly desirable. Nothing so
dulls a mans interest in a
woman before marriage as to
The Washington times., 1938-02-04

outreached their capacity
This writing ambition, for in
stance
Wonder how many homes
have been smashed because
some really good dish washer de-
cided to be Villa Gather?
AS for the yen to make the
flickers? Huh? THE SIMPLE
ANSWER.
Look and weep at the Awful
Examples in Hollywood.
Nor are the downright fail.
ures the most awful specimens.
It's the ones who get a foot
hold and never get anything
more-that suffer the keenest
anguish. For they won't go
back and they can't go forward
and they spend their lives in
a misery of maladjustment.
X xx
NOTHING CAN MANG GLE
YOUR SELF-CONFIDENCE
WORSE OR SUBJECT YOU TO
MORE FAILURE OR HUMILIA-
TION THAN TO TACKLE A
JOB FOR WHICH YOU ARE
NOT NOW AND NEVER CAN
BE FITTED.
Yet, yearly, thousands Of
graduates from business COL
leges and universities surge into
just such jobs.
They're bright, young people.
They want to be famous.
Then why shouldn't they be
famous? Other people have
made good? Why can't they?
THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS
THAT THEY HAVEN'T THE
MAKINGS.
AND NO MATTER HOW
WILLING YOU ARE, OR HOW
HARD YOU WORK, YOU CAN
NOT SUCCEED IN THE
STARRY ARTS UNLESS YOU
ALSO HAVE THE MYSTERI-
GUS WHEREWITHAL WITHIN
YOUR OWN SPIRIT.
But no one has given them
this answer.
So, these ambitious young
people turn from the mediocre"
tasks for which they are fitted