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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23
BONDS FOR SCHOOL
WORK AUTHORIZED
Commissioners Approve
Middleburg Building
Program at Meet

An issue of bonds in the sum Of
$4,000 was authorized by the Vance
Board of County Commissioners to-
day to defray the costs of extensive
additions to the Middleburg school.
The sum of $4,000 will be issued at
once and the remaining $4,000 after
the start of the new fiscal year July
i.
With the authority voted by the
commissioners at today's meeting, a
special session held for the purpose,
the County Board of Education will
move Immediately to get work under
way on the new program, so that the
new additions may be completed and
ready for use when the fall term
opens in September.
The new project calls for four new
class rooms, an enlarged auditorium
an office for the principal and lib
rary quarters.
Plans have already been virtually
completed for the work, and bids will
be called for shortly, so that work
can get under way as soon as pos
Sible
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23
32,481 FEDERAL
BONDS SOLD HERE
City Tenth in Rank of First
Class Offices in North
Carolina

During the year ended last August
81, $50, 481.25 of government saving
bonds were sold to patrons of the
Henderson post office, Postmaster J.
r. league announced today. The dat :
used was in conformity with an ex-
hibit produced by the Post Office De-
partment in Washington, and which
has just been received here.
The record showed sales in Hender-
son sufficient to rank the local office
tenth among first class offices in the
State on a percapita basis of popula-
ton.
According to announcement by Sec
rotary Morgenthau, the value Ct Unit.
ed States savings bonds sold through
the close of business March z, 1888,
amounted to $1,584, 1862, 785. That is on
a maturity basis
This total was purchased Ey more
than 100000 investors, said the state
ment, and represents an average sale
for each business day since the bonds
were first offered, on March 1, 1895,
three years ago.
Many individuals are putting thei,
surplus funds in these bonds as a
means of saving and also by way Of
lodging taxes, the postmaster said.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23
TEMPERATURES ARE
FAR OVER NORMAL
February 5.3 Degrees Up;
Rainfall Off, but Heavy
in March So Far

Temperatures were far above nor
NAL in this section in February, and
continued the same way in March up
to the present time, according to rec
ords of the United States weather
Bureau in Raleigh, announced today
by H. l.. Allen, official observer here
The maximum temperature Tues
day was "a degrees, and the mini
mum was AZ degrees. Rainfall Tor
this month to date has amounted to
3.54 inches, or nearly three times the
1.25 inches in February, which was
far below the February normal of
3.87 inches of rain. A heavy deficiency
existed in February, but much of that
is being overcome by the rainfall OF
March. On March 16, week ago,
an all-day rain was 1.52 inches, or
more for the single day than for the
entire month of February.
The average mean temperature in
February was SD degrees above the
normal for the month, which was 48
degrees for "a stations in the State
reporting. The normal mean tenn
perature average since 1887 for Feb
ruary was 42.7 degrees, or 5.3 degrees
under the record for last month. The
February mean for Henderson was
47.8 degrees.
For 20 days of March the mean
temperature hasQ been 6.3 degrees
above normal, or even higher than in
February, according to the report.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23
NEGRO BOUND OVER
ON ASSAULT CHARGE
Peterson Given Six Months
Suspended Sentence By
Mayor Powell

Robert White, Negro, was bound
over to Vance Superior Court today
by Mayor Henry T. Powell when pro-
bable cause was found in a charge of
assault with a deadly weapon pis-
toll, with intent to kill and inflicting
serious injury, and bond was set at
5000.
Milton Peterson was convicted of
larceny of gasoline, and was given six
months on the roads, commitment not
to issue upon payment of the costs,
and showing good behavior for the
next two years.
Simon Pearce paid 81 and costs for
being drunk.
Dennis Mayo, Negro, was charged
with assaulting Myrtle Mayo with {,
deadly weapon a razor, but went free
when the prosecuting witness came
into court and withdrew the charge
upon payment of the costs.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23
Norfolk Southern
Petition Is Omen
Continued from rage 0ne.l

welt.
Utility Commissioner Stanley WIN
born pointed out that, lnasmuch DIS
he will be called on to decide the
nlea Of the road, he could aot ex-
press in advance any opinion on the
merits of the particular points raised
in it; but he left no doubt OF ms
general position that the railroads
are in a condition which demands re-
lief from some source.
He recently decided that the South
e1n Railway should be permitted 10
discontinue one Of it's trains daily pc
tween Asheville and Bryson City, an
indication that he will not rule ad-
versely to the N. and S. in the event
it can sl1bstantiate the claims of loss
made in it's petition.
Outstanding in the plea of the
road was it's contention that some
solution must be found for the
problem confronting the railroads..
"The ablest minds in our beloved
country, including President Roose-
vet, are greatly troubled to find
some solution" the petition recites.
Regret for the necessity of this &C
ton in seeking to discontinue passeng
CIR service is expressed in the petit
ton, but the necessity is stated to
exist "due to faster and more fire.
quent schedules of bus lines operat-
ing on the highways"
In the case of each of the eight
lines it is sought to discontinue the
road cited bus schedules paralleling
IFS lineS-SchaduleS and which gives
prospective passengers quicker and
more frequent service than possible
for the railroad to furnish.
Increased expenses of the rails are
laid to increased wages, and increas-
ed taxes, particularly social security
and railroad retirement taxes"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23
CLUB STOCKHOLDERS
MEET ON THURSDAY
Stockholders Asked to At
tend or Mail Proxies
to Secretary

An adjourned meeting of the stock
holders of West End Country Club
will be held Thursday evening at the
club house at O'clock and all stock
holders were asked to lie present, in
person or by proxy, to pass upon &C
ton of the present officials and make
their actions official.
West End Country Club has move!
from it's lowest membership in years
to the highest figure in the short
space of time the present officials
have been in office, but their acts are
unofficial until action by the stock
holders ratifies moves made by them.
All VINO can not attend were aske!
to mail their proxies to the secretary
Immediately IN order that a quorum
may be had at the meeting.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23
COTTON CUMMINGS
SHOW LARGE GAIN

Cotton production in this section in
1887 was far ahead of 1896, the gov
eminent statement received here to-
day indicated. Ginnings in Warren
county for the 1887 crop were 16,0O7
bales, and for 1886 were 1919. In
Franklin county, 1887 ginnings were
1921, as compared with 10,94O. For
ths >ctire State, ginnings were $780,
028 bales for 1887 and 606,681 in 1885,
No separate figures were shown for
Vance because of consideration given
to the fact that only two gins operat-
ed in the county.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23
LOCAL MASONS AT
PETERSBURG MEET

A number of Henderson Masons at
tended a Masonic meeting held IN
Petersburg, Va, so miles distant, Tues
day night, along with nua1ber OF
Masons from elsewhere in North Car
DINA as well.
In the party were Mayor Henry T.
Powell, ]. NJ Baity, Mr.. Mitchell, C.
l.. Mackey, H. M. Robinson, r. w.
Dixon, George A. Lowry, j. L. Wester:
E. o. Fall1ner, and Mr.. Robertson.
The lodge at Petersburg was giving
the third degree TO a large class OF
candidates, and the local Masons wer
invited to attend. They made the trip
in two cars, returning home late in
the night.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23
VANCE PEOPLE GET
DUKE HOSPITAL AID
1878 Days of Care at Cost
of $6,398; Hospital
Gave $2,268

Patients from Vance county who
were treated at Duke hospital dur
ing 1887 had 1878 days of care at q
cost of $6,398.48, according to data
from the hospital just received here.
OF the total cost of the service, pa
tients themselves paid $3,718.72. Will
the county paid $310.5O. Community
friends, churches and other agencies
and individuals paid $99.46. The cost
to Duke hospital was $2,26S.8O.
The report showed that patients
from 90 of North Cardinals hundred
counties and from 20 other states re-
ceived treatment at the Duke hos
pital during 1887. These patients re !
ceived a total of 111673 days of care
at a cost of 1851, 304.21
During the year, the report said,
1873 percent of Duke hospital patient;
were unable to pay the full cost OF
their medical care, making it neces-
sarv for the hospital to spend $154,-
SO4.51. Over $561,304 was spent by
Duke hospital in its operation during
the year. The charity work was very
costly.
Patients, who received a total of
111,673 days of care, paid $351 771.O6:
municipalities and counties contribut-
ed S29, 3O7.97, while churches, welfare
agencies, and others paid $25,42O.o7 to-
ward the care of needy patients.
Assistance of patients unable to
meet the full cost of their care came
from IA of the 90 counties, in amounts
VARYING from 1892 to $8,711.27. How
ever the funds contributed by coun-
ties was but So percent of the cost
of care of the patients Churches and
community friends contributed 40 per
cent, and the patients themselves pail
62.6 percent.
The report shows that of the total
spent for the cost of charity patients,
GIT percent was for North Carolinians
Al percent for patients from South
Carolina, and 81 percent for Vir-
ginians. Out of state patients paid III
percent, slightly more than their cost
of medical care.
An interesting feature of the report
is the analysis of costs. Fifty percent
of the hospital costs was for nursing
and care of patients, 31.3 percent was
for food, 1871 for heat, water, tele-
phone and maintenance of buildings.
and Sc percent for administration.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four

1. Name the capital of India.
g. Where was Alexander Graham Bell
born?
g. Who was flight commander of the
six U. S. Army planes which re-
Gently completed a good will tour
of South America?
f. How many degrees are in a right
angle?
s. What do the letters S. S. before
the name of a ship stand for?
6. Name the largest country in South
America.
Z. Who was Anton Stepanowitch
ArenSki?
8. From what country were the Vir-
gin Islands purchased by the U. S.?
9. What is the oldest organized sport
in North America?
10. Who invented the mimeograph?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23

Rehearsals for the big Junior Order
Minstrel that is to be presented at
Henderson high school auditorium
Tuesday evening, April are under
way and indications point to high
class entertainment, the proceeds Of
which are to be used for relief work
among the mill sections here, espe-
cially for the purchase of medical sup
plies and the like for those who are
ill.,
Every member of the big produc
ton is showing keen interest and en-
thusiasm, about so people icing in the
main cast, which is being directed by
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23

Continued Yrom c-sSe OneD
press and parliamentary lobbles OF the
possibility of new crisis opening the
wav to further efforts to form ma
tional union government of all parties.
The full Senate, which overthrew
the first Blum government, in June,
1897, by refusing financial decree pow
ers. was summoned to debate the two
measures. tomorrow, when the cham
Der resumes its studies OF the war or
gan cation Till. The latter measure
first discussed 16 years ago, was de-
.cI.oed IN opening debate yesterday
c. enSe AGAINST the danger OF
"swift, relentless" and undeclared war.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23
Rehearsals Underway For
Junior Order Minstrel

r. v. Weisenfluh, who is experience
in staging such productions
The minstrel will be packed with
jokes, songs, quartets, dancing and
everything that goes to make up a
successful production.
AS an added attraction, the South
ern Singers will appear on the pro-
gram in a special musical act.
Leading minstrel talent. in Vance
county is included in the cast, and
tickets that are now on sale are en-
joying wide spread interest, and in
dications point to a capacity house
when the show is presented.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23
SHARP LOSSES IN
THE STOCK MARKET
Heavy Burst d Selling Tumbles
Many Issues TO New Lows for
Year iii Trading

New York, March % (AP)-A heavy
burst of selling today tumibled many
stocks to new lows for the year as
hopes waned in speculative circles for
a. broad spring business pickup. De-
spite q moderate comeback, losses
ranging to more than five points were
widely distributed through the list
near the fourth hour. The crack in
stocks echoed in the bond market.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23
FURTHER DECLINES
IN COTTON MARKET
Liverpool Gables Sluggish and For
eign and Southern Selling
Aid in the Slump

New York, March % (AP)-Cotton
futures opened five to seven points
lower on Indifferent Liverpool cables
and under foreign and southern sell
ing. July shortly after the first half
hour was $780, and the list four to
seven points net lower. BY midday
July had sold UP from S.53 to 8.55,
leaving the list five to eight net low
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23
Chinese In Escape
Dash From French
CONTINUED from Page One,

hal.
In the field, Chinese said japanese
forced were locked in a BLOODY sto1'
mate, after nine days and nights =.
furious fighting as the Grand Cana
~ miles north of the vital Sucho,.
junction of the Lunghai and Tiont
sin-Pukow railways.
Japanese shock troops, supported l.,
bombing planes and tanks. thoyy
flanks harasse0 by guerrillas. wera
unable to crack General Tune-Yan,e
entrenched line.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23

Now we know why the shieks al
ways go around with their heads and
ears wrapped up in towels. They
must have anticipated the current
Anglo-Italian battle of broadcaSterS.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23

The government will spend S2oOo
900 in an effort to exterminatp ~.
grasshopper, the cricket and t tne
chinch bug. It's a promotion for t t,e
lowly chinch bug-now raised 70 t n'
rank of big league menace 'D'
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23
PRAYER Meeting.

Prayer meeting will be held at the
First Methodist Episcopal church this
evening at 1880 o'clock, with the pas
tor, the Rev. r. E. Brown, in charge.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-23
Blum Again Rests
Fate On Senate

Continued vrom .-.ge One-l
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
RADIANT LIVING
SENSING GOD
BY Rev. c. NJ. Griifeth
Methodist Pastor Of
Deals Island. Nd

John the Baptist is still up-to-
date. When standing one day by the
quiet flowing Jordan, he declared:
'In the midst of you standeth one
whom ye know not"
Has it ever occurred to you that
the lack Of any manifestation of the
presence of the living Christ is no
proof that He is absent?
Why doubt the presence of Christ
just because we are not conscious
of it?
Are we conscious of the presence
of the atmosphere in which we live?
Are there not colors about US that
the human eye can not detect? Are
there not sounds about US that only
the ear of d mouse can catch? Be
cause we can not see these eoIors
or hear these sounds is no proof
that they are not about us. In fact,
all that it does prove is that we are
insensible to their existence.
While you are reading this, the
whole atmosphere about you is filled
with music and eloquence Of which
you are wholly unconscious, until
you procure that sensitive instru-
ment, the radio. and tune in.
The Infinite God who fills all
space is utterly unperceived by us
until we procure that delicate in
rument-Spirituality-and tune in
10 a willing obedience to His will.
The presence of Infinite Love is |
not perceived therefore by the eye of
flesh but by the eye Of faith.
And when faiths interior eye is
,nce opened by the Spirit of God, it |
seems as though God himself steps
,ut into visibility!
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02

yestigaticn OF monopoly, the prob
lens to he considered are nearly all
contrary to the fundamental prin-
ciples of the American Government.
That may be due to the fact that our
methods of government have been
taken over by the witches. in such
case the monopoly investigation
might properly be regarded in a dif-
ferent light. There seems to be
sound reason in Senator O'Mahon-
ey,s statement of the purpose OF the
inquiry which he says SIS to give a
broad picture OF how industry func-
tions.b He adds. ''We have no inten-
tion to pillory industry; we win not
be interested in any law violations
we might find, as such: . this is
TO be an objective study directed at
no specific person"
Nevertheless, 1t is to be regretted
that the so-ca1led "monopoly-inves-
tigation furnishes very little hope
that it will either point. or pave the
way, to more orderly processes in
the confusing relations between
and Industries.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
Welfare OF Cosmopolitan
Classes

Watch the light cars that go by
carrying in their comfortable seats
nearly one-half Of the Nations pop
ulation in the more than I5,26O,0O0
automobiles OF the three leading
makes. Light cars suggest the trend
Of their owners towards economy in
their search for the more abundant
life. P. w. Litchheld issued an in
formative statement early in the
month telling how the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company Of which he is
president, shared with the American
rubber industry in developing i'm
provements and methods in the tire
industry during the past twelve
years that have brought to each in
dividual in cosmopolitan Glass A aY-
erage savings of 1880.
The most interesting part of Mr..
Litchfleld's study reveals what you
can do with $3.50 IN purchasing the
more abundant values of life.
You can pay a months rent with
it; a months interest on. the $3,400
mortgage on the new home that mo-
ther and the kids live it; suit of
clothes for yourself or a new outfit
for the Missis-and II you'll let her
do the purchasing she'll likely have
enough left over to buy clothes for
the kiddies; you can buy gas and
oil for a $500 mile auto-trip, or pay
the family grocery bill for a month
$517. 100000 of extra spending
money is the rubber's industry's con-
tribution to the direct welfare of if
teen million American families.
Well. how much is that in money.
you'll want to know nextI
The Litchfield answers are fur
nished in the following understand
able terms:
It is an avenue, almost 500 miles
long, lined on each side with newly
built homes in the $4,000 class. each
with fifty-two feet Of street frontage,
me hundred thousand OF these
ZONES or modern living quarters for
III OF the people Of city the size of
Ohio.
It is the total amount expended by
'ur national government during the
lrst sixty-six years of its existence.
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
! sACUTE MDIGEsTIONp

The taxpayers and Industries OF
this country have a vital stake in
the railroads. That Is the theme Of
an editorial in the Santa Fe New
Mexican, which says in part: Rail
roads pay huge chunk OF taxes
which keep up our public institu-
tions. More often than not the rail-
road is the No. taxpayer in any
county. The railroads have financial
difficulties. They are entitled to help,
but it should not be benevolent pa
ternalism on the part Of the govern
ment, nor should the government toy
with the idea OF going into the rail-
road business. It is to be hoped that
the railroads can work out some
plan whereby they can get financial
assistance without having to sell
their souls. It is becoming increas-
ingly apparent that If railway busi-
ness isn't healthy. most other forms
of enterprise have acute Indigestion.
too"
The retrenchment that has been
forced on the railroads, because Of
the failure of regulatory authorities
to permit them to charge a living
wage" for their product, has been an
important factor in prolonging hard !
times. Under normal conditions, the I
lines spend more than billion dol
lars a year for supplies. They pnr-
chase some 10000 dierent items. The
little manufacturer of. say, pins or
blotting paper. is a beneficiary of
this-as we'll as the large manufac-
turer of locomotives or air brakes.
And it is this vast purchasing.
spread throughout the 4s states. that
is normally responsible for hundreds
of thousands Of jobs-skilled, un-
skilled, technical and clerical.
The solution to the railroad prob
lem is basically simple. The lines
must be given rate increases sufi-
cient to pay costs and earn a profit.
in the method of regu-
lating them and their competitors
must be ironed out. Not until this
IS done. and our largest single in
iustry given a chance TO get back {
IN its financial feet, will industry at
arse be able to ride itself Of "acute
Milford chronicle., 1938-12-02
The Way OF The Machine

D.
An old negro was watching an ex.
perimental cotton-picking machine al
work. The late Alexander Legge
farm-machinery manufacturer, said
to him:
."Uncle Tom, what will happen to
your job If they begin picking all the
cotton with machines?'
The negro rolled his eyes in
thought. Boss he said, "ah don't
know. But ah knows dis: whatebber
t is, it CANT be harder dan pickin'
cotton"
Workers do not always have such
faith. Machines have lightened the
burdens and increased the output Of
consumer goods past all reckoning;
yet every important new machine
causes widespread fear. How many
Of US" workers ask, will be thrown
out Of jobs?" Sometimes efforts have
been made to beat the machine by
destroying it or denying it. Self
binders were burned in the harvest
fields by angry scythemen. Laws
we're once passed forbidding the use
Of machinery in making hats.
Machines are not beaten that way.
But the facts about chronological de-
velopment are slowly becoming bet
ter understood. Machines do throw
men out of jobs. But they make more
jobs than they destroy. When agri-
culture, barely a century ago, was
still largely an industry of hands, !
backs, and animal labor. only 25S |
out Of each 1000 persons were gain
fully employed; 215 were agricultur-
al workers. That was in 1920. in the
United States. In 1880, in the United
States. there were gainful jobs for
397 out of each 1000: but only IS
Of those jobs were in agriculture.
Farms had been mechanized. Men
who would have been farmers chose
other occupations. Thanks to the ma
chine invasion of industry. there
we're hundreds of occupations await
Ing their potential skills. This is sat
Styling TO know. But another fact
must be remembered. Machines make !