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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-05
MERRITT ROAD
 INVESTIGATION
(Continued from Page D
Might Believe Whitewash

MlSHL DtllctC NulLcNdSh state capital authorities felt the pub lie might believe a "whitewash" was being made of the entire situation.
 The governor significantly sug- gested to reporters late yesterday they read up on the corrupt prac- ticeS act"
 A section of this statute provides that, upon complaint of a states attorney, any state referee, any su- perior court judge or judge of com- mon pleas court may investigate 8 situation concerning public policy.
 At the same time, the governor said he had complete authority to name committee or a single per- son to investigate the land deals.
 Either of these investigatory bod ies, the governor believed, would have complete powers of subpoena.
 Macdonald at Report
 The chief executive reported Com- missioner Macdonald was getting along pretty rapidly" in 8 report in which he has been directed to explain all details" surrounding each transaction for rights-of way purchase for the Merritt parkway.
 He added a reconstruction" of the highway department would be made soon regardless of outcome of the parkway situation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-05
ROWLAND IS
 SEEKING BOOKS
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\COUGlIlu6Q ITOIH rage 1J against his former chief, Daniel J. Leary.
 Dan Leary Left All Correct
 "Everything was all right when I left the office," MT. Leary replied to the new controller, in answer to query concerning two warrant books" said to be the check stubs showing payments by the city for work and supplies.
 While even the Republican new conner in the controllers post and his aide, the accountant he has brought up from Louisville, William J. Armstrong, admitted that the transactions of the city were com plete in the records of the city ledg- CTS, MT. Purcell insisted that the warrant books constituted most im- portant records"
 Entertain J. J. Bergin
 Behind closed doors, MT. Rowland entertained John J. Bergin, his as- sociate in business and campaign managers. Such others as George Towle and William Curtis, Fusion party campaigners from Bunker Fill, called on the controller.
 MT. Armstrong was party to con- ference after conference, with MT. Purcell acting as intermediary be- tween those who asked for audience and the controller.
 Twice the new controller left his office. Once, he went to the second floor office where Mayor Frank Hayes was signing the checks for city employees as prepared by the staff the controller has fired and re- hired on a week to-week basis. Once he went downtown" with MT. Armstrong, by way O. Leavenworth street.
 Next Steps Unknown
 What steps the controller will take to recover" the missing papers," he was not prepared to announce as a public official. MT. Purcell, ap- pointed in 1880 when George T. Gull hane was a Democrat, before the era of the Fusion party, likewise was uncommunicative. He deferred to MT. Rowland.
 Yesterday, Mr. Purcell said that he had received letter telling him that his tenure of office was at an end. Ten other members of the staff of the office likewise received mo- tices, with addenda to the effect that they would be appointed tem- porarily on a weekly basis, until final determination of the appeal now pending to the supreme court which seeks decision on whether it is the controllers or the mayors right to hire and fire in the formers office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-05
Confidential Report

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 5-UP)- Public Works Commissioner Robert A. Hurley announced his "confiden- tiar' report on the operating meth ods of the state highway depart ment would be delivered late today to Governor Cross.
 The report was expected to pro- vide the foundation for the highway divisions reconstruction" which was declared necessary last week by the governor as result of the Mer- ritt parkway inquiry.
 Other reports, dealing exclusive ly with the investigation into park way rights-of-way pure as e S through Fairfield county, were ex- pected late in the week from Comp troller Charles c. Swartz and High way Commissioner John A. Mac donald.
 All eventually will be turned over to the attorney general and Fair field county states attorney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-05
Balancing OfBudget
 Has Been Failure
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adequate flood control but for the time being limit rivers and harbors work substantially to maintaining existing channels and improve mentS.
 3. Cut reclamation appropria- tions from $69,0O,O00 to $6O,400,00O; defer authorization of additional projects until projects now under construction are substantially com- plete. Projects thus to be completed ultimately will require future appro- priations of $600000,000.
 4. Reduce public buildings appro- priations from $74,t0O00O to $53,- 100000 and except for federal and District of Columbia construction limit all building to projects where the capital investment will be re- turned through savings in annual
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-05
JAPAN GRABS
 RADIO SERVICE

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-05
What Causes Epilepsy?
 Is There a Cure?

A. booklet containing the opinions of famous doctors on this interest ing subject will be sent FREE, while they last, to any reader writ ing to the Educational Division, 55l Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y, Dept. J-191
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-05

rier from his belt, spilling all but $2.10 of the $1165 in it, and raced back to the stolen car. She handed the carrier to Miss Owens, drove back to Newark and abandoned the car.
 Police notified Mrs. Barhorst that her husbands slayers had confessed Trembling, she said:
 T am glad they got them so they can't do more harm. so they can't take some other husband or father away from his family"
 Miss Owens mother told police that she had plagued her family for more than year with neigh borhood escapades. She said the girl had been fascinated by Gun Molls" in gangster movies
 Both girls were sent to the re- formatory as delinquents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-05
CITY EMPLOYES
 WITHOUT PAY
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 missing papers," MT. Rowland?"
 No statements at all to make this morning." was the answer.
 What about the payrollS, MT. Rowland?"
 "No statements to make at all. I'm too busy" was the response.
 Which would indicate that the lone Republican office-houder in regular occupancy at city hall was "too busy"
 Controller Was Told
 Mayor Hayes had told the con- troller yesterday, it was reported, that the employees wouldn't get their pay on time unless the checks were ready for signing on time. The mayor and city clerk spent all of the morning signing the checks which, ordinarily, are ready hours ahead of time.
 Arrangements for this payroll had been made last month and the money was ready at the bank, ample funds. It was a different situation which confronted the city officials than when, in those days of tight money and thousands on the well fare rolls, there was question of where the pay could be raised.
 Never Waited Tor Leary
 "Never in the years that Daniel J. Leary was controller did we wait one minute beyond noon for our checks" many city employees com mented this afternoon.
 Policemen gathered at the sta- tion end waited. The firemen held conferences about the change in the conduct of city affairs.
 Employees throughout the city be- moaned their Christmas spending, visions of some tie-up between the non-arrival of their checks and the morning paper story about missing papers" in the controllers office, arriving to plague them.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-03
Feedstuff Prices
Advance Slightly
During Past Week

Raleigh, Dec. 3.-Feedstuff markets
advanced slightly during the last
week of November, influenced by win
try weather and strength in feed
grains, reports the U. S. and N. C.
Departments of Agriculture. Trading
however, was rather light as inquiry
was generally sluggish and prices of
by-products feeds did not follow fully
the advances in feed grains. Soybean
meal production was reported heavy
but supplies moved rapidly to feeders
since this meal was attractively pric-
ed compared with other oil meals in
heavy consuming areas. The Decen-
Der price became effective on gluten
feed. The index of wholesale feed
stuff prices advanced slightly to 81. 2
d935-26-10O) compared with 96,6 the
previous week, 96.3 two weeks earlier
and 92.8 the first of November. A year
ago the index stood at 1912.
After weathering the Thanksgiving
market in a steady position, in Wash
ington young turkeys sold easier while
old turkeys held steady Prices for
live young stock delivered Washing
ton for 10 to IL pound young hens
were % to % cents, down 1 to 2
cents; Is pounds and up young toms,
Is to 20 cents, down 3 to 4 cents, and
old hens, 18 to 20 cents per pound.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-03
St. Andrews
Crossroads News
By MRS. CLIFTON STOKES

]. r. Owens, S. H. Owens, and Miss
Ida Owens attended the morning SER
vice at Dexter Sunday.
Mrs. I. w. Ivey, who has been i'll
in the home of her daughter, Mrs. S.
H. Owens is able to be up in her
room again.
Misses Myrtle and Maggie Brame
and Evelyn Williamson were the Wed
resday afternoon guests of Mrs. Cliff
ton Stokes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Ivey and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. George Nuckles and
Mr.. and Mrs. Tommy Hope and fam
lily were Sunday afternoon guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Owens.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Stokes were
Friday night guests of Mrs. G. G..
S~okes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Owens and
-amily spent the day with Mr.. and
Mrs. j r. Owens Wednesday.
Mrs. G., w. Harris, grademother of
the seventh grade at Dabney high
school served them ice cream and
candy Wednesday afternoon.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-03
All-Inclusive Social
Funds To Be Sought
Continued frcrn Page One.)

Continued frcm Page One.)
great deal of influence in the Assem-
blythe has been too chameleon-like
in changing his political colors-and
it is not likely that his proposal will
get more than passing consideration;
especially in view of the fact that
the States revenues are tagging some
what behind those of the previous
fiscal year and the Legislators are
likely to assemble in a very "econom-
icaI" frame of mind
There may be more than a little sup
port, however, for some plan to re-
lieve the counties of the fourth they
now pay toward the assistance and
thereby secure uniform operation of
the social security plan throughout
the State, as we'll as relieve the hard
pressed local units of the need for
raising the revenue.
Statistics show that the average
paid in old age assistance and aid to
dependent children varies very wide
ly in the various counties of the
State.
Complete breakdown of statistics by
counties is not available for any more
recent month than December, 1887,
but in that period there was wide
difference in. the counties.
In old age assistance, for example,
the average Buncombe county reci-
pient was paid SIG. From that high
the payments ran progressively down
to the $3.50 paid in Yadlzin. In four
other counties the average per reci-
pient ran less than Sc. These were
Allegheny, $5.67, Hyde $685. John
ston $3.50 and Scotland $5.S8.
At the upper end of the scale there
were, beside Buncombe, sixteen conn
ties paying an average of more than
$40 per recipient. They were Ala
nance $12.52, Burke $11.12, Cabarrus
$1O.72, Cumberland $10.25, Duplin 3d.
OS, Durham $3.50, Edgecombe $10.33,
Forsyth $1429, Castor $10.71, Greene
S1O25, Guilford $1361, Haywood $10.-
As, Mecklenburg $12.31, New Hanover
S1263. Surry $1,000, and Wake e$11.22.
For the entire state the 20,976 re-
cipients received an average payment
of 1928 in December, 1897. Since then
the number OF recipients has increas-
ed to almost $4,000 but the average
amount is still less than $1O accord
ing tc latest statistics.
At the end of 1887 North Carolina.
was one of six states paying less than
$40 to the average recipient, with on
ly Arkansas 1918 and Mississippi's
$452 below it, Among the so units (46
states, Alaska and the District OF
Columbia) the highest average per
recipient payment was made in Colo
radio, with $39.61. The average for all
so was $1836, almost double the
North Carolina average payment.
The figures are from the Bureau
Report No. of the National Social
Security Board Bureau of Research
and Statistics.
Despite these figures. every effort
TO raise the amount of payments in
North Carolina is likely to break
down on the rock of economy and
lack of revenue, though it isn't bad
bet that there will be changes mace
in the direction of greater uniformity
throughout the state.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-03
Stock Trading
Is Very Dull

New York. Dec. SAP While
buyers nibbled at a handful of spe-
cial stocks in today's market, most
displayed notable lack of appetite so
far as the leaders were concerned.
Continuance of extremely light liqui-
dation was the principal encouraging
factor for board rooms. Transfers for
the two hours appropriated $4,000
shares, one of the smallest turnovers
for a single session since last Au-
gust. Final gains and losses were
about even at the close Wall Street
apparently took somewhat more
cheerful view of the foreign field, al
though the row of Italy and France
over French owned colonies was still
a perplexing development for the fin
ancial community.
U. S. Governments pointed higher
in the bond department and corpora
ton loans were fairly steady. Foreign
currencies were narrow in terms of
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-03
NOTICE

Under and by virtue of authority
contained in that certain Judgment of
the Superior Court Of Vance County.
North Carolina, entitled r. w. Hamm.
administrator of Ida G.. Oakley, de-
ceased, H. J. Hamm and wife, Nettie
Hamm, Virginia Harhm Raines and
husband, Johnnie Raines, E. p. Hamm
and wife, Cleo Hamm, r. w. Hamm
and wife, Mary Hamm, Ida G. Oak
ley, single, Louis Fenner Oakley and
wife, Oakley, Joseph Wester
Oakley, single, same being number
1921 upon special proceeding docket
in said court, the undersigned will Of
fer for sale at midday, on Tuesday the
Goth. of December 1888, at the court
house door in Vance. County, North
Carolina, to the highest bidder, for
cash. at public auction, the following
described real property, situate. lying
and being in Henderson township.
Vance County, North Carolina, viz:
All of that certain lot or parcel of
land in South-Henderson on Isaac
street. Beginning at stone, Bager
Jones corner in south edge of street
leading to Moses Croker property to-
ward the South Henderson Baptist
church, and run thence along said
Jones line S 3 degrees w 10 feet;
thence N 88 degrees w 1879 ,SE4 feet
to Isaac street; thence along Said
street on eastern side thereof N 3 de-
grees ITO feet to stone on street
first named; thence along said street
80 IL degrees E 200 feet to the be-
ginning, it being the property de-
scribed in deed of record Book 1874
Page 242 Vance Registry. Gevi
This 10th. of November, 1888. j 81,
D. p. McDUFFEE, Commissioner
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-03

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Pattern 1913 may be ordered only in
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Send Fifteen Cents in coins for this
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Watch for the Marian Martin Pat
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-03
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND.

BY virtue of the power of sale con
tanned in Deed of Trust executed
by j. H. Daniel and wife Emma l..
Daniel, and Fl. M. Daniel and wife
Mamie M Daniel, dated December
~, 1885, and recorded in the office
of the Register of Deeds of Vance
County, in Book 1874 at page 256.a de-
fault having been made in the BAY
ment Of notes therein secured. on re-
quest of the holder of the said notes.
| shall sell for cash by public auction
at the Court House door in Hender-
son, N. c., to the highest bidder, at
IL o'clock, Noon, on Saturday, the
;; 31st day of December 1898, the fol-
lowing described property: Tai
Being plats No. and 5 of the Nc
MILAN division, and more particularly
described as follows Begin at stake
Henderson and WILLIAMSBURG Road.
corner of lots Nos. and of the John
Mcmillan Estate Division, and run
thence West 1869 #. to a stake on
Ruin Creek, thence along Ruin
Creek as it meanders in a North
Easterly direction, (as shown on plat
of the division of the John Mcmillan
division, which plat is on file in the
office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Vance County, and of record
in the office of the Register of Deeds
OF Vance County in plat book A at
page 83), to corner of Plat No. 5, old
corner of John Mcmillan Farm,
Peace's corner, run thence along the
line of John Mcmillan Farm, South
81 degrees E % #. to a stake on old
Henderson and WILLIAMSBURG Road;
thence along said road, South g '1-2
E 674 feet to a stake, South 6 ~ E
1872 #. to stake, South 8 IL e 1872
it., South 6 IL w 88 it., South SO ga
w $40 it,, South "a 1-2 w 1859 #. to-
the place of beginning Being plats
No. and of the Division of the
John Mcmillan Estate, and contain
ing 1888 acres, more or less, as per
survey of John E. Buck, c. E., dated
February 9, 1927. See Deed Book 1874.
at page 256.
This LIST day of December, 1888.
r. G. KITTRELL, Trustee.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-03
Meeting On Monday
Of w. M. S. Circles

me circles of the W. NJ S. of the
FIRST Baptist church will meet Mon
DAY afternoon at $3.50 o'clock as fol
lows:
No. 1 in the Junior department n
the church, with Mrs. ]. G. Faulkner
and Mrs. j. L. VanDyke as hostesses
NO. with Mrs. AL. B. Wester aid
Mrs. E. H. Dixon.
NO. 3 with Mrs. j. H. Bum and
Mrs. w. M F5aithcock.
No. with Mrs. E. A. Jackson an
Mrs. c. H. Gilliland.
No. with Mrs. j. G.. Tolson.
All members are urged TO brine
their Lottie Moon offering for For
eign Missions.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-03
Camouflaging
On High Point
Power Issue
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir VSraItor -Jof..l

Raleigh, Dec. 3.-High powered law
yerS for the Duke Power Company
and adrioit attorneys for the City of
High Point argued earnestly and at
length this week over whether the
council of the Guilford city was in
contempt of court, or not But when
all is said and done, the whole pro-
ceeding was nothing more than
round of shadow boxing and will have
little effect on the long drawn out
power battle of Duke against the City
Of High Point
There were intimations from coun-
sci on both sides, and from the Su-
preme Court bench that no matter
what decision is handed down in the
instant case, the whole thing will be
back in different form later on.
The consensus of informed obser-
vers is that the whole contempt pro-
ceeding is just another move by the
power company to hinder and delay
construction by High Point of mu-s
nicipal power plant; just another
move in the unending' battle of pri-
vate utility against public operation
of power projects.
Chief Justice Walter p. Stacy in
timated quite clearly that it is ex-
trenely doubtful whether the. power
company has any standing in court as
appellant from a Judge e. G, Bivens
order that the city is not in contempt
of a Supreme Court injunction against
the project in the form it was last
before the high court. He gave the
Duke lawyers the right, however, to
submit briefs in an effort to remove
the doubt. He also intimated that he
saw little in the whole affair, won
dering why High FONT had to go into
court to secure the Bivens order, If
it's proceedings have been entirely
legal and it has violated no injunction
But after all is said and done, no
matter what the ruling on the irnme-
date question may be, the whole thing
will come back on appeal to deter
mine the real merits of the con-
:roversy.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-03
Mrs. Stause Tells
Story At Library

Between forty and fiftv o,,;,,,
Joyed story hour yesterSav . ne. en-
AZ the Il. Leslie Perry Memor riaio :
prary. Mrs Nathan Stra,sa ta,3, Ii
fsm go go. ior tne hour, the third in the
+S ~ se,ies at the library. France was
a"e suDJect for the afternoon. Using
NJ 'e ca giooe and tiny French dolls
on,,. oerause told something of the
" Country OF France, and the stories
tue Eau de Robec", bv Ida NJ NJ
mltners' and "The Blue Bird, .
french fairy tale from "Edno,,rd !,
Dulac's Fairy Book III =
mrs. John Lee Wester will tell tho
stories next Friday afternoon. De-
cember 8, at the library.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-03
FIRST BAPTIST
Rev. Albert S. Hale, pastor

Rev. Albert S. Hale, pastor.
A cordial invitation is extended YOU
to attend the services of worship OF
some church tomorrow. Come to ours
if you will.
sunday school 9:45 a. m. Come and
help us overcome the setback caused
by the snow last Sunday which kept
our attendance down to 224.
Morning worship service. The Lord :
Supper will be observed. This will be
the last Lords Supper during the
present pastors ministry.
During the morning service the
church will elect its Pulpit Committee
to make investigation and to recon.
mend a successor to the present pas
tor whose period of service comes TIC
a close December 31st.
The Friendly Forum will meet al
600 o'clock for the final meeting
until after the holidays.
Evening worship service 1880 p. m
The pastor will preach on the topic
.'Moses and Samson-Comparison and
Contrast"
The monthly church conference and
mid-week meeting will be held Wed
nesday evening 7:3O o'clock.
Note: A program of Christmas
music is being planned by the organ
list and choirs of the church for Sun
day afternoon of Christmas Day. In
addition to the choirs of our church
and the chimes it is hoped that we
shall have the privilege of the pres
ence of Miss Martha Everett who will
sing for us.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-03
MARRIAGES, PARTIES
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
UNNOTICED.
Nv Clara Aiken Speer.

I'D has never recognized its
times e.,s rvan+s ~
OF greatest la'' '''''
pour ,soouences as r;nos
}he chimes
~ -" sounds the bugle note forever
Mad scant notice from the
~ multitude.
rnn many flock round those who
Ill brief authority, the glib, the
conrtiers and kings, and those
whose touch is gold.
Few cared about Columbus, sailing
west,
~ Newton, studying the apples fall.
,,on wagered which swift runner was
The pest,
while near by famed luminous
words of Paul;
AID ewes were centered on the gar
denis bloom
while angels stood beside an empty
tomb.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-03

Continued rom Page One.l
= 'iis'.' ieiC f0t -fcfr~, : 50 g.
death today.
Hospital attendants said two, Rela
BeCkstead, Is, of South Jordan, and
Ann Webb, 16, of Riverton, were sink
ing, and the condition of two others
Wss very poor.
Three other victims less seriously
injured remained in hospitals, while
eight survivors were recovering at
their homes. Twenty-one pupils Of
South Jordan high school died with
their bus driver in the crash and
another student died yesterday.