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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-30
NOVICES APPLY
FOR HANCMAN'S
JOB IN CANADA
'Mystery Man. in Post
Temporarily Since
Ellis Death

Montreal, September 80 (UP)-At
least 10 Canadians have applied for
the gruesome job Of executioner In
Canada left vacant by the death re-
Gently Of Arthur "Hangman" Ellis.
Ellis died destitute at the age Of
70 after officiating at the hangings
OF $40 murderers from coast to coast
during his 27-year career as Cam
ada's unofficial executioner.
The 10 known candidates for the
vacant post applied to the sheriff's
office here. 1t was considered likely
that scores of other candidates have
applied to authorities in other parts
Of the country.
The names Of the candidates who
applied to the sheriff's Office here
are being kept secret. It Is under
stood that most of them were
prompted to apply for the post be-
cause of reports that Ellis had made
y fortune during his career. None
Of the applicants, however, admitted
any other reason for wanting the
job than ito serve justice" None
tlaS lleu prevsouS eApetAe - 'AAs
esus.o o-ess
Earnings never Disc'osea
Neither authorities nor Ellis ever
disclosed how much the hangman
was paid for an execution. Varied
reports have had 1t that he was paid
$500 per hanging, plus expenses, and
that he earned 100000 during his
career. Ellis never seemed to have
much money, however, and he was
In state Of privation when he died.
Ellis death did not leave Can
ada without hangman. A mystery
man" who works under the name OF
"Bronchaud," OF whom little is
known, Is carrying on the work, and
1t h understood he has been doing
most Of the execution work in Can
ada in the past two years.
Ellis prestige as an executioner
began waning several years ago, and
he was seldom used IN Western Can
ada, the Maritimes and In Quebec,
since, two years ago, a woman whom
he was executing was decapitated.
DisIikes Early HanginFs
o,,a =, ~. stor,as to,d aho,,t
u.o.ohe,,a .hs "rovstarv exec',-
t,cnsY e that he insists that MIR.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-30
NeuDs Oddities


Chelsea, Mass, September 40.
Cup John d. Lindberg, 81, fathe1a
In-law Of Major Albert r. He8ellt
berger, co-pilot on the first sHceeAss
full trans-Pacific flight IA 1897
drowned today when he fell from a
gang-plank shortly after Relief ship
10 Of the lighthouse service dockeo
here. He was chief engineer on The
vessel.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-30
POPE OVERLOOKED

Vatican City, September 30.
(UP) = Pope Plus wept for Joy whez
his secretary informed him at mid.
night Of the Munich agreement, u
was reported today from Caste
Gandolfo. A prelate said "the Holy
Father then retired to his privatt
apartment where he prayed some
time, thanking God for miracle
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-30
CRASH is PROBED

Bridgeport, Conn.,, September 90
- CUP = Police today investigated
an automobile crash In which George
p. Morrill,, ga, Westbrook, was IN
jured fatally. The car he was drivr
ing sideswiped three other machines
and struck q pole, after havins
been out Of control for about =
quarter-mile he died enruute 70 Z
hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-30

In addition to being finished in full porce:
lain, these ranges are fully insulated, and
have newest nash burners heat indicator,
pull-out hroiler and All other improved de-
tails for greater efiieieney. DranticAlly re-
duced for this saiei
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-30
INDIA INCREASES IRRIGATION

Simla, India (UP)-The govern
ment Is steadily enlarging the field
Of cultivation in India by large
scale irrigation schemes. Areas
that are under state irrigation now
total 100000 acres, or one-eighth
of the total cultivable area Of Brit
ish India, as compared with only
10,500,000 acres In 1878-79.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-30
RLIND BOY sCOuT

Minneapolis (UP)-Louis Hender-
son, IA, refused to let blindness stop
him from becoming a first class
Boy Scout. He now displays his
badge. The may making test nearly
stumped Louis, but he rugged UP a
compass he could read with his
fingers. He made his map In braille.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-30
PROFITEERINC in
MASS. ATTACKED
Relief Officials Move Very
Quickly to Kill It; Dis
Sease Threat Met

Boston, Sept. 30-(UP)-Massa-
chusetts moved swiftly today to
stamp out profiteering end new
threat of disease resulting from last
weeks hurricane, tidal waves and
floods.
Director Richard Olney of the d.
vision of necessaries Of life began
an investigation of profiteering In
the repairing of storm-ravaged
dwellings and warned that profiteers
will be prosecuted to the full ex-
tent of the law" One complaint
was that a carpenter charged $2S
to replace 81 shingles.
National guardsmen and state
troopers have been requested to stop
all trucks carrying foodstuffs out OF
the Rhode Island storm area TO
prevent germ-lade1l merchandise
from entering the Boston market.
Already city and federal food In
spectors have destroyed large guam
titles of allegedly contaminated food.
Among the seizures dumped on city
scows and carried out to sea were
1912 pounds of butter, 80 cases OF
eggs, 8,750 pounds Of beef and 1900
pounds of fish.
Two warehouses filled with food,
cosmetics, toys and other merchan-
disc shipped from Rhode Island
have been padlocked.
Meantime, the fiow Of federal
funds into Massachusetts, to aid
In rehabilitation work began. The
WPA allotted $5,000,000 for emer-
gency relief work and assured state
authorities that other money would
be made available "as needed"
The farm security administration
and the Disaster Loan Corporation
announced that they Will make
emergency loans to farmers prior
to the arranging of standard loans.
With an estimated 100000
bushels Of apples on the ground as
result of the hurricane, some 400
carloads will be purchased by the
Federal Surplus Commodities Cor
poration, beginning Monday, for dis
tribution to the needy. Poultry also
will be purchased "if the price be-
comes too low"
New England timber owners, hop
ing for federal aid to remove over a
billion feet OF storm-felled timber,
now grave fire hazard, have au-
thorized President George M. Put
nam OF the New Hampshire farm
bureau to represent them In asking
Secretary Of Agriculture Henry A.
Wallace to call a conference Of fed
eral and state agencies to map out
a timber salvage program.
The American Red Gross doubled
its original 100000 disaster relief
quota after Aobert z. Bondy, ma
tional disaster relief director, COM
pleted a two-day inspection OF the
ravaged areas. He asked his work.
ers to concentrate on plans for aid
ing farmers who lost barns and
buildings housing harvested crops.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-30
FLYER rs Sued

Salem, Mass, September 30. :
Cup - John L. Polando Of Lynn,
who flew nonstop from New York
to Turkey in 1881, has been sued for
divorce by his wife, who charges
abandonment. Probate Judge John
v. Phelan yesterday awarded Mrs.
Polando temporary custody of an
1l-year-old son and $25 weekly
temporary support.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-30

gun and threatened to kill her. She
ran from her home and reentefet!
the La Croix home.
MY husband has gone mad" she
screamed.
Seconds later the rifle was poked
through window and the assailant
opened fire.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-30
VET TO MARRY

birmingham, Mass, Sept 3d.
CUP)--A Civil war veteran, Jonathan
Hervey, 80, who witnessed Lees
surrender at Appomattox. viii
marry Mrs. Martha Temple, So, to-
night. Hervey for more than so
years was employed by the New Ha-
ven railroad. His first wife died
three years ago as they approached
their 67thi wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Temple, a bookkeeper, has
been q widow for five years.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-17
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND

Under and. by virtue of the powers
contained in, and in execution of the
duties imposed upon me by, certain
Judgment and Order of the Superior
Court of Vance County, North Caro-
lina, entered in an action therein
pending to foreclose tax liens, and en-
titled Vance County VS.. S. D. Wright
and wife, Martha ct al" being mo.
556' on the, Civil Issue Docket of said
Court, will on Monday, the 7th day
of March, 1888. at IL o'clock, Noon, at
the Court House door of said Vance
County, offer for sale to the highest
bidder for cash the following describ-
ed land, to-wit: :.
80 acres Of land on Townsville Road
bounded by the lands of William
Green, Alma Harris, Martha Wright
and J. r. Young. See Deeds Book 147,
page 70 and Book 80, page 306.. Is IL
of the above At 1-2 acres sold to
Martha Wright.
!, Other terms and conditions will be
announced at the sale. 's'.-'~'
This 31st day of January, 1898.
r.. G. KITTRELL, Commissioner.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-17
ONCE UPON FEB. 18th

There is a popular impression that
the submarine is the most modern or
all naval warcraft, yet submarines
were used by Americans against Brit
ish in the Revolution. 1t is true that
they were not used with any notable
effectiveness until the Russo-Japanese
war, but rs years ago today SUD-
marine sank warship that was block
aiding Charleston, South Carolina har-
bor
The victim was the u. S. S. Housa-
tonic The submarine that made his
tory that morning was the Confede-
rate-built Huxley, manned by Lieut..
Dickson and crew of eight. She was
constructed CT boiler-iron. Propulsion
was provided by a crankshaft running
the length of the boat that the crew
turned by hand. There were two con-
ming towers, fore and aft, with an Of
ficer stationed in each. The ballast
tank was beneath the floor and water
was expelled from it by hand pump.
Her weapons were mines exploded by
contact.
The Huxley had sunk thrice, with
loss of all hands aboard before the
attack on the f1OuSdlOIllC. kAS II was
leaving it's pier for it's first dive, an
excursion steamer passed, setting up
a wash that passed through an open
hatch and flooded the boat. The sub
marine was raised, provided with a
new crew, and trials resumed. A few
days later, the boat became entangled
with some growth on the bottom, and
the manpower of the propeller was
not sufficient to back the boat out.
When it was raised a week later, of
course the crew was dead. In another
test, the officer in the forward con-
ming tower stumbled and pushed the
diving rudder control, causing the
boat to dive while the coming tower
was open, and again all hands perish
ed
It can be seen, therefore, that it re-
quired considerable intestinal forti-
tude for Lieut.. Dickson and his crew
to volunteer to man the Huxley in an
attack against the Housatonic. They
were a couple of hundred feet from
the Union sloop-of-war before they
were discovered, and a sentry gave an
alarm and fired at them. It was too
close for Dickson to sheer off, and a
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-17
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND.

Under and Ky virtue of the powers
contained in, and in execution of the
duties imposed upon me by, certain
Judgment and Order of the Superior
Court of Vance County, North Caro-
lima, entered in an action therein
pending to foreclose tax liens, and
entitled "Vance County VS.. Lucy
Branch and husband, and M. w. Yves
ter and j. P. Zollicoffer, Trustees"
being mo. 655" on the Civil Issue
Docket of said Court, l will on Mon
day, the 7th day of March, 1888, at
IL o'clock, Noon, at the Court House
door of said Vance County, offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash the
following described land, to-wit
L. A lot 5Ox20O feet on Andrews Ave.
Being one-half of lot No. 20 of the
Petree Flat of Young's Fair Groun
property as recorded in Book 10, page
$50. See Deed Book. 1874, page .467 and
Book 70, page 216.
2. A lot 5Ox2OO feet on East Ave-, adj
joining Arts and others. Being IL of
Lot No. IL of Young's Fair Ground
property. See Deed Book CO, page ILL.,
and plat in Book 10 at page $50.
Other terms and conditions will be
announced at the sale.
This 31st day of January, 1888.
r. G.. KITTRELL, Commissioner.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-17
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND.

Under and by virtue of the powers
obtained in, and in execution of the
luties imposed upon me by, certain
Judgment and Order of the Superior
Court of Vance County, North Caro-
lima, entered in an action therein
pending to fOreclose tax liens, and en-
titled Vance County VS.. L. T. Pegram
and wife, Maggie Pegram and w. G..
Hight CO.., being No IS on the Civil
Issue Docket of said Court, l Will on
Monday, the 7th day of March, 1888,
at II o'clock, Noon, at the Court
House door of said Vance County
offer for sale to the highest oloder
for cash the following described land,
:O-Wit:
"A lot fronting SO feet Oh the Hen
derson and WarrentOn Euollc fSoac
(Federal Highway No. - and extend
ing back $50 feet along the ilne OF e.
B. Stallings lot. See Deed BOOK o.
page 464. >,
Other terms and conditions VIII De
announced at the sale.
This 31st day of January, 1900.
r. G.. KITTRELL, Commissioner.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-17
NOTICE OF RESALE OF LAND.

The property hereinafter described
having been offered for sale on the
9TH day of February 1893 and bid of
twenty-five Hundred ($220O00) Dol
lars received for the same and there
after such bid having been raised to
Twenty-Three Hundred and Ten
($231000) Dollars and an order of re-
sale having been made by the Clerk
of the Vance County Superior Court
Now pursuant to said order of re
sale and by virtue of authority con-
tanned in that certain special proceed
ing, Docket No. $685. entitled Ola
Clark Ivey VS.. Winnie Clark Harris.
ct ais, the undersigned will offer for
sale for cash at public auction at the
Courthouse door in Vance County at
twelve o'clock noon on SATURDAY.. the
26th day of February, 1888, the follow
ing described property, viz:
Begin at stone, F.. E. Wilkerson
corner, on west side OF the Williams.
boro Road, and run along said road
N. II degrees West Is pol.s, North 2
degrees East, % poles, North 10 de-
grees East, So poles to stake in the
road, Frank Brame corner in Mrs.
Maggie Mcmillan Wells line, thence
West SO poles to a stone and pointer,
Mrs. Maggie McNillan's corner, in
Rowland Owens line, thence South 81
degrees West, 10 poles to a stone P.
e. Wilkersons corner, thence East
Sc poles to the place IF beginning
Containing Sc acres more or less, and
recorded in Book 5, page 426 Vance
Registry, same being the home place
of the late M. D. Clark and wife, Ida
F. Clark
This the 10th day of February, 1888.
5. r. WYCHE,
Commissioner.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-17
SNOW BIRDS.

Just watch the little snowbirds
AS they flutter here and there.
They seem so very happy
Without one single care.
am sure that God in heaven
Looks down on them with love-
He guides them from their cradle
hest
TO the blue skies up above.
You can hear their gentle twitter;
There is not a sound more sweet;
When on solid ground you are stand
ing
And they flutter at your feet.
Elizabeth Queen Norwood.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-17
Today's Church
Message
BACKING 1T Tip
BY REV. J. EVERETTE NEESE

AAAOAA24NO
The race needs religion. II needs
the ministry Of sanity men and wo-
men. 1t needs prophets and makers
OF ideals. It needs meditation. It
needs seekers after spiritual truth az
well as scientific truth. The greatest
scientists the world has ever known
have found Their faith deepened "a
their microscopes became more DOW.
erful and their tele :copes reached far.
Their and farther into the starry
heavens. Each discovery leads to new
mysteries, and reverence grows as
curiosity carries man further in his
search for the eternal. Down throuob
the ages the church has nourished
ideals of service and brotherhood. It's
ministers hare been friends of the
ignorant, the weak, and the sick. Tn
the development of character, God
and The Church cannot be left ont
Let us hack up our religion with
Christian life and others will be in
fluenc5d to do likewise.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-17
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Josephine D. D. Bacon Of New
York, novelist, born at Stamford,
Conn, 81 years ago.
Dorothy Garfield Fisher of Airing
ton, VT, noted author born at Law
renee, Kans., so years ago.
Bess Streeter Aldrich of Elmwood,
Nebr., noted novelist, born at Cedar
Falls, Iowa, 81 years ago.
Donald Brian, actor-singer born at
st. John, Newfoundland, 81 years ago.
Thomas J. Watson, president of the
international Business Machine Cor
poration, born at Campbell, N. Y, "a
years ago.
DR.. William S. cambridge of New
York, noted surgeon, born at Provi-
dence, r. l., 68 years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-17
NOTICE OF SUIT.

IVO41OE1 Gull.
In The Superior Court.
North Carolina: -
Vance County
Harry T. Mcintyre, Trading as Nc
Intyre Implement Company in be
half of himself anu other creditors
of Goodwin & Company, Inc. fur
nishing material or labor on the
road from Henderson Towards
Townsville, NJ c., in Vance County
described as State Highway Project
No. 469, who shall intervene, file
their claim i'm this action.
VS..
Goodwin & Company, Inc. and Fidelity
& Casualty Company of N. Y.
INTERVENTION.
In which suit Brantley Machine s
Welding Works.
Goodwin & Company, Inc. and Fidelity
& Casualty Company of N. ", In
tervene.
State of North Cardinal:
To all persons furnishing labor and
material used on Highway from Hen
derson toward Townsville, n c.,
known as Project No. 469 by Goodwin
& Company, Inc.
GREETING:
All persons furnishing labor and
material on the Highway from Hen
derson towards Townsville known
Project No. 469 are hereby notified
that the above action mas been in
stituted in the Superior Court of
Vance County on the bond executed
by Goodwin & Company, contractor
and Fidelity & Casualty Company of
New York, surety by Harry T. Nc
Intyre trading as Mcintyre Implement
Company, and E. L. Brantley trading
as Brantley Machine and Welding
Works to recover for labor and ma
terial furnished to said contractor on
Ibis Highway.
All other persans furnishing labor
and material are hereby notified tc
intervene in said action, file their
claims, and be prepared to prove the
same upon trial of this action.
This 18th day of February, 1888.
E. O. FALKNER,
Clerk Superior Court, Vance County.
Pittman, Bridgers & Hicks,
Henderson, N. c.
for Plaintiff and
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-17
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See Back Page

l. General Han Fu-chu.
2. One that feeds on flesh.
3. No, but they may become natural
lied citizens.
4. South Africa.
5. Henry Picard.
6. Roosevelt Field, Long Island, N. Y.
7. Bluebonnet.
8. Two
8. Denmark. i
10. Oregon.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-17
SAVINGS DEPOSITS
THIRD TO LOWEST
Only Arkansas and South
Carolina Under This
State; No Explanation
Datiy Dispatch, R,reau..

~ GRe -Sbp.S - 0tNoF htOtek.
Raleigh, Feb. 1f-Despite the fact
that savings bank deposits increase
nearly two and half million dollars
in North Carolina. last year, the
States per capita deposits of that kind
are still so low, comparatively speak
ing, that only two others in the Union
are lower. II
On June go, 1887, according to fig
ures compiled by the American Bank
ers Association, savings deposits in
North CAROLINA averaged 1923 per
capita, which left only Arkansas,
with $22, and South Carolina, with
ST., lower in the list.
The national average. reached .$191
per capita, while Massachusetts show
ed the highest figure of amy state.
1888, with New Yorks $565 taking
second place.
Asked if he could give any explana
ton of the very low figure for North
Carolina, Banking Commissioner Cur
ney P. Hood frankly confessed him.
self stumped.
Il know we've a richer state than
many-in fact most-others in the
South, and why North Carolina s saw
ings bank deposits should rank SO
low, I can't say. Maybe our people
just sShaven't, got, the habit of using
this form of savings"
He suggested that perhaps some of
the difference, at least, is due to the
fact that building and loan associa-
tioflss are very numerous in the State,
and many people prefer keeping thei
savings accounts with these associa-
tions rather than in the regular banks
The American Banking Association
figures included savings accounts and
all other time deposits in national and
State banks, trust companies, pri-
vate hanks, ETC.
North Cardinals time deposits evil
'enced ty savings pass books totalled
S43,3S5,711.T On December 81, 1887,
while other time deposits amounted
to $14,024,71 80, according to Mr..
Hoods annual reports.
When emotion and thought are sep
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-17

mand for the unconstitutional compul-
sorry control which has eliminated in
the pending bill that will pass this
afternoon, and will pass out upon the
first test in Court.
With all good wishes,
Very truly yours,
JOSIAH w. BAILEY.
Washington, Feb. IA, 1885, NV
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-17
OTHERS VIEWS
BAILEY PREDICTS COLLAPSE
OF NEW FARM BILL

To the Editor:
l am handing you herewith copy of
my letter to E. F. Arnold, Executive
reau Federation, which is a statement
of my position. Will be glad if you
will print it.
Very truly yours,
j. w. BAILEY.
Washington, Feb. IA, 1888.
Mr.. E. F. Arnold Executive Secy.,
N. G. Farm Bureau Federation,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Dear Mr.. Arnold:
Thank you for your wire.
IT the farmers are now Overwhelm-
ingly for passage of the Farm Bill,
predict that after a little experience
they will not be overwhelmingly for it.
It is my judgment that this Farm Bill
will cost the farmers of North Caro-
lima over thirty million dollars next
year. I do not think that after a lit
tie experience the farmers of North
Carolina are going to desire to be con-
trolled in their operations by the Fed
eral Government. I also think that
many farmers in North Carolina wish
to expand their production in hogs,
chickens and other cash food crops,
and they are going to resent legisla-
ton which prevents them from doing
this. 1 understand that many cotton
farmers wish to raise tobacco, but
they are not allowed to do so. On the
other hand, the Government is cutting
the cotton production down to about
100000 bales. I do not think the
farmers are going to like this. Special
privileges are esteemed by those who
are the beneficiaries of them, but if
we go into special privileges in Anne
RIGA, there is no telling what the con-
sequences will be after a little.
am for improving our agricultural
situation on the Soil Conservation
base. L voted gladly for the 1885 act.
With this for base, / am for pro-
ceeding to induce them to fall in with
a sound soil conservation program,
balanced production by conditional
gifts, first to improve soil; second, to
improve marketing; third, to develop
foreign markets; fourth, for aid in pro
duction and in marketing by loans.
Conditional gifts based on these fea-
lures will bring about sufficient vol
untary control.
This plan will help the farmers
much more than the present bill. 1t
will be constitutional and it will give
a fair opportunity for full farm deve-
lopment. 1 am, satisfied we are COM
ing to this and that we would have
reached it this year but for the de-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-17
ANSWERS.
1. Graham county.

l. Graham county
2. In 1772 they sent Christopher
,Rentelmann, of Organ church, Rowan
county, and Christopher Layrle, of
st. Johns church of Cabarrus county
Chen Mecklenburg). They received
much encouragement including a con-
trit ution from King George ILL., him
self
3. Including the central prison, pri-
son farms and all prison camps, the
total spent for smoking and chewing
tobaccos was $22,847.22.
4. General Gabriel j. Rains, Of
Craven county. General Rains held a
post in the United States Army and
resigned to offer his services to the
Confederacy For while he was in
charge of the submarine defenses on
the James and Appomattox rivers
Later when the torpedo service was
established he was made it's chief.
5. The report of the State Auditor
shows $43,164.55.
6. Edgecombe, Wayne and Colum-
bus in the east, and Rowan, Lincoln
Davidson and Yancey in the west.