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The Washington times., 1938-03-02
0. of G. to IndOrse
Police Station Plea

:. KENSINGTON, Md, March 2.
The Kensington Chamber of Com
Snerce Is expected to endorse a
movement to obtain a State police
sub-station for Montgomery county
ct Q meeting in the elementary
school here tonight at 8 o'clock.
Annual election of officers will be
held.
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
.Giant Air Program
!. Rushed by British
!. To Be Ready in '30
More Than Billion Dollars to Be Spent and
Personnel Boosted to $4,000
By CHARLES A. SMITH

LONDON March 2 (LN.S.).-Wth vast increase in pro-
jected outlay Britans aerial rearmament will be
Substantially completed during the coming fiscal year. Wis.,
count Swinton air minister announced today
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
ROANOKE POSTMASTER

ROAM OKE, Va, March 2.
John w. Wright has been ap-
pointed acting postmaster Of this
city, Postmaster General James
A. Farley announced today.
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
'LUNGHA| R DAD
NEAR CAPTURE.
BY JAPA N ESE.
Key City on Vital Line
Is Threatened

SHANGHAI, March 2 U.N.S0
A speedy surprise thrust by the
japanese army south and west
from the Tientsin-Nanking rail.
road, resulting in the capture OF
Kiatsing, today presented the
strong possibility of japanese seiz-
ure of the Lunghai railroad, end
ing one of the most vital phases
of the war.
The Japanese now threaten the
important railroad city o. Kweiteh,
capture of which would give the
Nippenese their first foothold on
the Lunghai line, "jugular vein"
of interior China, for which the
invaders have been struggling for
weeks.
RETREAT CLAIMED
Also imperilled IS the left flank
of the Chinese defending Suchow
the city at the junction OF the
Tientsiu and Lunghai railroads,
towards which the japanese have
been thrusting from both north
and south.
Farther to the west, the Chinese
red armies we're said by the Japa'
nese nigh command to be in full
retreat in south ShanSi Province
The Japanese are likely soon to
be lining the great Yellow River at
major points covering a 20O-mlle
stretch.
The twisting streets of Shang-
hal meanwhile were the setting for
series of gruesome international
incidents.
MAYHEM INCREASES
French and Italian civilians
clashed in blood alley" in the
French concession, street lined
with dance halls, after a row over
the affections Of a White Russian
dancer.
One man lost his ear and several
others were severely injured as
fists and bottles flew.
Mayhem inflicted on Chinese
seemed to be on the increase.
Three high French police officers
received several packages contain
ing human index fingers. A note
was attached warning them to
cease investigating the dispatch
of the severed hands Of two
Chinese, who were allegedly re-
sponSible for publishing anti-Jap-
aneSe matter.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24

Various reports have circulated
about the court house during this
weeks special term of superior court
as to turns the Fairbanks case might
take. One of these was that the pri-
soner had remarked privately that he
wanted execution or freedom. AnOth-
err was that he might be submitted
to lesser charge, and one even Mrs.
Good did not want first degree and
execution for the slayer of her hus-
hand. The latter was denied outright
and there was no outward confirma-
ton of the others.
Solicitor E. r. Tyler will be assist
ed in, the prosecution by j. P. and j.
H. Zollicoffer.
Today's arraignment proceedings
were very brief Fairbanks was call
ed to the bar, ordered to lift his right
hand, and the charges were read to
him by Sheriff j. E. Hamlet and Su-
perior Court Clerk E. 0. Falkner.
Through counsel, Fairbanks entered a
plea of not guilty.
Judge Williams tkcreupon asked if
the case were for immediate trial, and
Solicitor Tyler said it was not, and
Judge Williams then ordered it con-
tinued to the regular March term of
criminal court beginning March Z.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
LIONS TAKE NOTE
CLUBS. BIRTHDAY J
Register Speaks on Lions,
Tracing International's
Growth Since 1917

w. G.. Register spoke to the mem
bers of the Lions Club last evening at
the Capitol Cafe dining room on
Lionism, commemorating the 21st
birthday of Lions international.
The speaker traced the growth OF
the organization since it's inception
in 1917, relating that there were about
100000 members in nine countries
The speaker gave many interesting
bits of information concerning the
civic club movement in this and othe,
countries.
The program for the evening wa
n charge of Sam Afford, who hat'
Henry Young to tell of his trip to
Cuba, where he visited many places OF
historic interest. He was supplement-
cd by Henry Hight talking of his trl!
20 CQta.
Attendance was 1855 per cent, with
Joe Mayo winning the attendance
prize, and Sol Hayes took the drawing
Bill Hight was made captain of thu
Lions soft ball team, and the nig'}
of March % was set as the date o:
the annual ladies night. In the future,
ladies night will be held on Fet"
ruary 26, the date of founding of the
Lions organized in Henderson.
The club purchased a piano, and
voted to have it's signs reprinted. L.
b. Nelson and Mr.. McLain were
guests of the club.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
All Council Meeting.

The All County Council will meet
IN the Armory Saturday afternoon at
o'clock. All club members are ask
ed to be present.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
Farmers 10
Gather Here
Friday Week
Night Session A t
Court House Will
Explain New Crop
Control Act

A mass meeting of Vance county
farmers will be held in the court
house here on Friday night OF next
week. March 4, at 7:3O o'clock for
the purpose of hearing explanations
of the new crop control law as 1t ap-
plies to flue-cured tobacco and also
to cotton. The date here was included
in a list for other cotton and TOBACCO
counties of the State, as announced
from Raleigh by E. Y. Floyd, AAA
executive officer at State College.
Eighty of North Cardinals 100
counties are affected. The remaining
20 counties are located in the noun
famous section of the State, where
either little or none of the two crops
is grown, it was explained.
Either Mr.. Floyd or H. A. Patten,
of the State organization, Will az
dress the meeting here, 1t was statec
Floyd stated that office workers con-
nected with the county agent IN ad-
ministering the program Will meet
during the morning previous 10 tns
mass meeting to have provisions o.
the new act explained to them.
The cotton and tobacco References
will be held Saturday, March IL. On
that date farmers will vote for or a
gainst marketing quotas on the two
crops in 1888. If two-thjrds or more
of the farmers vote favorably fol
quotas. restrictions will be- clampee
on the crops this year.
For fiue-cured tobacco, the quote
will be set in pounds, and North caro-
lina's allotment will probably be be-
tween 45O,OOO,OCO and 5O0,OOO,OO(
pounds, Floyd said.
Cotton will be handled differently
North Carolina lint growers already
have an allotment of 902,525 acres
and will be allowed to produce all the
cotton they can on these acres with
out penalty.
J. w. Sanders, county farm agent
who is in charge of the control re-
gulations in this county, said Today q
meeting of the administrators and
helpers will be held in Oxford to,nor-
row for workers IN Vance, Granville
and Person counties, to instruct them
in the method Of procedure.
A meeting of growers is also to b.
held, in Louisburg On Saturday of this
week, under auspices of the Nortl
Carolina Farm. Bureau Federation, At
which time farmers will gather from
counties in wide surrounding ter
ritory to hear the farm law explained
They will lie urged by the federation
leaders to vote for crop control y
the referendum one March II.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
HELP
is MILES OF
KIDNEY TUBES
To Flush out Acids and Other
Poisonous Waste

Doctors say your kidneys contain 10 Miles 3S o.
blood and keep you healthy. Most people pass
, about pints a day or about pounds OF waste:
Frequent or scanty. passages with smartting
and burning shows there may be something
wrong with your kidneys or bladder. .,s
when due to functional kidney disorders, may
be the beginning of nagging backache. rheu-
matic pains. leg pains, loss of pep and energy.
getting up nights, swelling, puffiness under
Don't wait! Ask your druggist for Doans
Pills. used successfully by millions for over 40
years. They give happy relief and will help the
Is Miles of kidney tubes flush out poisonous
waste from your blood. Get Dosn's Pulls. i
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
DR.. MITCHELL HELD
GUILTY FOR THEFT
Colored Physician Convict
ed by Jury After Lengthy
Deliberations

DIR. Paul Mitchell, colored physician
who came here from New YORK last
year was convicted by a jury In
Vance Superior Court today OF having
stolen $526 from Mary Henderson
colored nurse. but Judge Clawson l..
Williams, presiding, deferred sentence
until later in the session.
The verdict of the jury came AFTER
celebrating all night, and was report
ed to the court shortly after the ses'
sion today opened.
After taking up more than two days
of the courts session, the case went
to the Jury about o'clock Wednes-
dav evening, following Judge vii
liams' charge. The twelve men dis
cussed the case all evening and until
one o'clock this morning, when they
went to bed.
Mitchell was alleged to have taken
the money after Mary Henderson
showed it to him while the two were
riding, it is alleged. When her money
was missing, she accused the doctor
of the theft and swore out a warrant
Marie Carter, laundry worker, who i:
said to have visited the doctor in jail
later posted 1915 toward $1,000 bon"
required of the doctor and he was re
leased. Later she came off the bont
and Mitchell was returned to jail!
where he has been since and until hi
trial. =.
The case was hard-fought, with abb
counsel on both sides. Two Negro at
torneys, one from Henderson and tn
other from Durham, were among tn
defense counsel. The trial attracte
considerable interest from it's start.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
NEGRESS ON TRIAL
IN HOMICIDE CASE
Elnora Bobbitt Charged
With Staying of Tom
Morris Last Fall

Elnora Bobbitt, Negress, went on
trial in. Vance Superior Court today
for the Staying of Tom Morris, also
colored, at dwelling just off Chest
nut street in the colored section, sew
eral months ago Indications were the
case would consume the entire day.
Morris died in jubilee hospital 2
few DAYS after he was shot.
: The State had completed its testl-
n1ony' at, the noon hour, and the de-
PENDANT had been on the stand in her
own defense.
The defendant claims Norris was
shot by the discharge of his pistol as
the two scuffled for possession OF the
weapon after he had grabbed it from
underneath his pillow. The State Of
Tered testimony tending to show the
Bobbitt woman shot Morris.
: Fire Chief E. T. Shepherd, who an
swercd the call that was telephonec
to the police sergeant's desk in the
fire house after the shooting occur
red, testified today that Morris tolo
him Elnora Bobbitt shot him, ana
also that the woman herself admitted
to him that she had shot MOTIFS
Neighbors also gave testimony intend
cd to show that the woman did tno
shooting. One said the woman CANE
oft bf the house after Morris when
he fled, and that he paused, or 1eH
and pleaded with her as she approach
ed with the pistol in her hand not &c
shoot again."
After the testimony is completed
the remainder of the afternoon wa
expected to be taken up in arguments
counsel and the judges charge.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24

mula feeds, open formula fertilizers
and seed of known origin.
M G. Mann, general manager of
the FCX, will be the principal speak
err, discussing the operating state
ment for the year 1887. He will also
discuss the new farm program. The
advisory board will be elected for
1888, and urge all stockholders to be
present, and all farmers who are in
terested in the cooperative are invit-
ed.
The present advisory members are
G. t. Robertson president, E. B. Par
rott, w. w. White, c. U. Sanford and
F. H. Spain, R. V. Hendren is man
ager of the local store.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
Fairbanks Is Arraigned
And Trial Set For March
T. S. Kitiren and A. A. Bun Named by Court 10 De-
fend Him; First Degree erdict Will Be Sought by
Prosecution; Ceremo ny in Court Is Brief

A. Bum, of the Henderson bar, to
defend the prisoner, who had no az
torney. Mr.. Kittrell defended him at
his preliminary hearing on January
81, in county court before Recorder
r. E. Clements, by appointment of
the recorder.
Fairbanks will be tal-en to an out
of-town Jail to await tr.; and his at
torneys will confer with him there.
He gave them today the names of GER
ain witnesses he wished to appear in
his behalf. Just what his defense
would be was not learned, though
thc~c was a feeling he would plead
self-defense, since he said in the con-
fession he gave officers the day after
the killing that he attacked Good and
the latters wife after Good had at
tackled him when they quarrelled over
Goods alleged treatment of a bird in
his ncnage-ie. Fairbanks was a help2
er for the Goods as they travelled
about the country in their truck
trailer giving their miniature circus
in schools and before other audiences.
They were scheduled to give a per-
Torrance in Henderson high school
thc day following the tragedy.
Mrs. Good was discharged from
Maria Parham hospital here only last
Saturday after being under. treatment
there since she was critically wound
cd in the same attack that proved
fatal to her husband. She is still in
the city, with he rmother, and will
wait here until Fairbanks is given a
trial. She is expected to testify as q
prosecution witness.
j. P. Zollicoffer, of prosecution
counsel, said the State would try for
a first degree verdict.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
TWO LARGE TRUCKS
WRECK NEAR CITY

Two large trucks were damaged
yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock,
and two men, Joe Parrish and
Grover Dickerson, both of Thorns-
burg, Va, were hurt to some extent,
when a truck, driven by Parrish, skid
ded on a wet highway and crashed in
to a truck of Martin Motor Lines, Of
Belmont, about three miles from the
city on the Oxford highway.
The Parrish truck was proceeding
toward Oxford, and was the more
damaged of the two vehicles.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24

Clarence Fairbanks, 24-year-old
youth, was arraigned in Vance SUI
perior Court today on first degree
murder charges for the axe-slayine
of his employer, Steve Good, timer
ant Snowman, here the night of Sun
day, January 16, and entered a plea
of not guilty through counsel named
by the court to dercnd him.
Trial was set for the regular March
term of superior court, opening on
Monday, March Z, during the criminal
session.
Judge Clawson L. Williams, presid-
ing, appointed T. S. Kittrell and A
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
VANCE fox WILL
MEET NEXT MONDAY
M. G. Mann, General Man
ager for State, Will Be
Speaker at Court House

+. The Vance Farmers Cooperative
will hold it's annual stockholders
meeting Monday at 2:30 o'clock at the
court house.
The cooperative is a branch of the
State Farmers Cooperative exchange
known as the FOX, and has complet-
ed its third year of operation, and for
the year of 1887, did approximately
three million dollar business.
The aim of the cooperative is not to
put private merchants out of business
but to regulate the margin of profit
on quality farm supplies, making it
possible for farmers to get open for
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS2
See Page -Four

1. On what river is Nashville To-
2. Name the Governor of Tennessni'
3. Which city of The Netherlands ~
the largest population? las
4. Name the state Dir dof Colorado
5. Who was Jean Marc Nattier9
6. Name the birthstone for April
Z. Who composed "The Flight Of tho
Bundle Bee?" 'ne
8. With what political party is son.
tor Robert M. LaFollette affilaita"1
9. Name the capital of Peru.
10. What popular nickname was
piled to President Zachary Tap OPP
during the Mexican War? ''Or
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
Harold Young Is
Given Short Term
In State Prison

Harold Young, 34~Eear-old Negro
charged in Vance Superior Court with
the theft of tires and other mer-
chandise. from the Adams filling sta,
ton on the national highway north
fthe city, was given not less than
year and not more: than five years in
States Prison by Judge Clawson L.
Williams today -
Judge Williams heard testimony be-
fore passing judgment. The Negro
mad no court record behind, him
which was in his favor with the court.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
UPSET ACID4STOMACH
NEUTRALIZED OTICK1

You can get rid of those stomaos
agonies caused by acid-indigestion t ".
simply taking a spoonful of Risn, W
Rex in glass of water. It is dol;":
Gus tasting and brings relief ~ >
minutes. Buy jar of so doses todo''
for SOC at the Rexall Drug Stor"
Parker's Drug Store.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-24
DEED RECORED.

Dallie Collins Rice, ct al, sold to
>. ). Edwards, Jr., lot on Andrews
avenue extension for $1Oc in the only
deed filed with the Vance Registry
yesterday.
Evening star., 1938-05-08

Ali Hand!
THESE doys ore busy ones oIons
the shores of the Potomac,
where onnuol spring overhoul OF
small pleasure croft belonging to
seoeoine Iondsmen is noisiIy
reochin9 its peck.
A hundred soils ore being oired
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-03-03

mendicant order of San francisco"
"Greetings to you, good Fathers, {"
replied Eulalia. "Will you not sit
down by my fire?"
They disposed themselves on the
ground and stared fixedly at the la
dy. Then they exchanged a long
look and nodded.
Eulalia was in her turn studying
them. They were young for friars,
and looked strangely alike, though
one, Fray Mariana, looked slightly
older. Their tonsures were quite
black, and their black eyes very
much alive. But Fray Mariano's
look was direct to the point of inn
pudence, and Fray Bartolome's
glances slid about indirectly. Both
had sensual mouths. but again with
difference; the lips Of one turned
up in sly grin, the other turned
down the corners of his mouth with
sanctimonious sheer. They were
silent, and Eulalia tried uncomforta-
bly, to open conversation.
"You resemble each other very
much" she said. care you broth
ers?"
"Ah, no, only brothers in God,"
intoned Fray Mariana. "My family
name is Rubi, and Fray Bartolome's
name is Gill"
IT see. And are you enjoying this
journey?"
This started a long TRADE from
Fray Mariana. They decidedly were
not. He complained of everything:
the escort, the trails, the food, the
tents provided for them, their mules,
everything.
Fray Bartolome coughed slightly,
and gave his companion nudge,
which the skeptical Angustias OBJ
served. The other stopped sudden
ly.
"But we are resigned" he in
toned. eyes, we are resigned. 1t is
Gods will we should make this pill
grimage, so we do not complain.
Do you think we are complaining?"
he asked Eulalia anxiously.
eff you do l am sure it is with
good cause" she replied.
Later, after the two priests de-
parted and Angustias was brushing
her mistress hair, she remarked /:
81 don't know how it appears to
you, but those do not seem true
religious men to me-"
'"They are strange. I can not I'm
derstand them, Angustias. Their
eyes! And how they stare. But they
are Franciscans, after all, and must
be but I don't understand
them. They make me feel uncom-
Portable, Angustias."
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-03-03
Interior Blasting of Marble Executed
Without Even the Cracking of a Window

Fifty blocks of marble, too tough
for the most powerful pavement
breakers to dent, were broken up by
small charges of explosives without
so much as scratching a window
pane in an unusual feat of indoor
blasting in San Francisco, notes a
writer in the Kansas City Star.
Some red, some green, the marble
blocks, left-overs from the construc-
ton of San Francisco church, were
purchased by company manufac-
turing a marble composition mate
rial. The so specimens of Irish Con-
nemara marble were moved into the
company's premises and hammers
were applied to break up the stone
into chips small enough to go into
crusher machines.
One hammer after another, each
one bigger and heavier than it's
predecessor, was tried, but all to no
avail Explosives engineers were
called in. They executed the feat of
blasting the blocks to pieces, the
blocks remaining the while in the
factory. So skillfully was the job
carried out that no damage to win
dows only few feet away resulted.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-03-03
CHAPTER IV-Continued

''Ha!" she said again. $50! This
beautiful land sends a scourge of
vermin to plague me! Very well. I
shall not weep-I shall not weaken.
shall conquer this California-or I
will die"
She summoned little Pedro to her,
and all afternoon, to the accompani-
ment of dismal sand-scattering
breeze, beguiled his imagination and
conforted her desolation with sto-
ries that began, "When I was a lit
tie girl in beautiful Barcelona"
For several days the ancient capt.
tai of Baja California stirred from
it's sun-and-sand-smitten lethargy to
prepare La Gobernadora, as they al
ready called Dona Eulalia, for her
long journey to Monterey in Cali
fornia Alta. But the troubles with
stubborn Indians trying to dispose
of more stubborn burros, the diff
Guilty in finding and buying salts
factory riding and pack animals, the
labor of packing and provisioning
food, water and clothing for trip
that would endure for months, con-
cerned the lady not at all.
When at last the long caravan left
Loreto, Eulalia was fairly comforta-
BILE on a white Spanish jennet.
1t was a strange assortment of
pilgrims which rode away from Lo-
reto that morning at sunrise: La
Gobernadora herself, hiding her
trepidation beneath a demeanor
carefully calm, but unusually pale;
small Pedro, triumphant on burro
almost as small as himself; Angus
Stias, her brittle bones boring her
flesh agonizingly before Loreto was
a mile behind, holding Chichi, the
monkey, who was as afraid of the
mule as the mule was of him. At
the head of the van rode one Capt.
tan Canete, serious, troubled by his
responsibility, seasoned traveller
and admiring friend of Pedro
FACES. There were cooks, mule
teers, water-tenders, vaqueros, In
dian runners and bearers, tortilla-
makers, wood-cutters, soldiers and
stragglers.
A little to themselves, heads with
drawn into the cowls of their Fran
ciscan robes, two priests rode, their
presence in the expedition an an
swer to Junipero Serra's prayers.
In the northern reaches of Cali
fornia Alta hurrying party of
horsemen followed the flying horse
of the Governor Of the CALIFORNIA;,
spurred and lashed by his rider as
the rider was spurred and lashed
by hot impotence.