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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
Schools OF
County Open
Next Monday

Schools of Vance county will re-
sumo regular class room work next
Monday with the close of the Christ
mas-New Year holidays. White and
colored children in the city and
county will return to their class
rooms for a renewal of the education
al grind.
A few of the rural white schools ran
three days last week through We'd
nesday before Christmas, so that they
could take advantage of that time in
closing a little earlier in the spring,
in order that the children could as
sist in farm work All other schools
including white and colored in the
city closed on Friday, December 16,
and had two full weeks for the holi-
day period.
Teachers who live away from Hen
derson will begin returning Saturday,
and by Sunday night all are expect
ed to be back to resume their work
in the class rooms.
Normal enrolment in all of the
schools is anticipated Monday morn
ing. No epidemic has developed to
cut down attendance, nor has the
weather been such as to offer pro-
mise of interference with the start of
class work as usual.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30

be the winner this year?
Who will be the young man or
young lady to receive these valuable
gifts?
Watch the Daily Dispatch closely
10r the announcement.
The following is a list of cooperat-
ing merchants and the prizes tina.
are being offered
The Industrial Bank of Henderson,
800 Saving Account.
M C. Evans, II cans of Heinz
Baby Foods.
]. c. Penney Company, $500 Bassi-
net.
Roses $40 and Csc Store, PeppereN
Crib Blanket.
Rawles Grocery Co., SO pound bag
of Sunbeam Flour.
Woolards, Baby Gift Box.
Cliristian-Harward Furniture Co.,
Baby bed mattress and springs.
Brookside Dairy Farm, 10 quarts
of BrOOkSide Milk.
Henderson Furniture Co., Baby
High Chair
Leggett's Department Store, A Re-
versble Quilted Taffeta Comforter
Stevenson or Vance Theatres, $500
book of Theatre Tickets.
Ray w. Goodrich, One Photograph
of the Baby.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
City Plans
Celebration
Of New Year
Nothing F Formal, How
ever, Merely Usual
Noisy Welcome To
1899 Tomorrow Night

The usual type of Few Years eve
celebration is planned in Henderson
tomorrow night to greet the new
year 1899 There will, of course, be
nothing formal or set about it. 1t will
lust be the spontaneous outburst of
noise making.
Since the old year goes out on Sat-
urday night, there will likely be more
than the usual number of celebrants.
The fact that the passing of the mid
night hour ushers in a Sabbath morn
ing will not make much difference
with the folks who will resort to
horns whistles, bells and fireworks
to give expression to their greeting
to the coming of another milestone Of
time.
Parties that are rather common
may be shortened or curtailed by rea-
son of the Sunday occasion.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
First Born OF 1899 To Be
Showered With Presents

Twelve Henderson merchants will
shower Vance County's first born of
the New Year with valuable gifts, the
full details of which are announced
elsewhere in this issue in q full page
ad giving the youngster a rousing
sendoff in this world.
All applicants for tho gifts mus
present properly signed birth certi-
Hcate at the Henderson Daily Dis
patch office not later than noon
thursday, January 5, showing the
exact date, hour and minute the birth
occurred. The winner will be given
letter of identification to the mer-
chants, who will be glad to present
the gifts offered. No application will
'oe considered if not presented as out
lined IN this paragraph.
A careful reading of the page an
nouncing the gifts will reflect the
valuable prizes of the cooperating
merchants, who are anxious to start
the youngster off on its Journey
through life in a fitting manner
A similar event was staged last wear
by this newspaper, and Miss Martha
Carolyn Smiley, daughter Of Mr.. and
and Mrs. Willie Pendleton Smiley, of
this city, was the lucky winner of
valuable prizes. She was born JAN
uary 1, 1888 at LOS A. M. Who will
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
CONCERT TICKETS
ARE MAILED TODAY

Tickets to the concert series being
presented by the Henderson Coopera-
tive Concert Series have been mailed
to members, according to an an
nouncement made today. Names OF
the artists to appear here and their
concert dates are very conveniently
printed on the membership cards.
Any member who has not received
his ticket by the early part of next
week is asked to notify Mrs. Jane
Vos, telephone 225, or Mrs. Henry T.
Morris, at 215J.
Three concerts will be presented by
the Association this winter On Jan
uary %, the Ionian Singers will APP
pear here, and Ezra Rachlin will fol-
low February 1. On March 3, little
over a month later, the third con
cert will be given, with Agnes Davis
as the artist.
This will be the second year of the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
GIRLS START WORK
IN GYM SATURDAY

Members of the girls basketball
squad have been asked to report
promptly at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing at the high school gym for tn :
first drill following the Christmas
holiday layoff. Coach Bob Harrison
will be on hand to handle the drill.
The boys will hit the training grind
again Monday, with FIarl Blose bach
to handle the session.
The teams play Franklinton a dou-
bleheader here Friday night, Jan. 6,
and must get in plenty of practice
before that time.
Franklinton has already begun it's
regular play for the season, and dope
from there has it that the school
boasts of pair of strong teams.
Plenty of work lies ahead for the
girls and boys with many key posi-
ions to be filled on both teams by
newcomers.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
ROUTINE SESSION
OF COUNTY BOARD
Commissioners On Monday
Hold First Meeting Of
Coming Year

A routine session Of the. Vance
Board of County Commissioners is in
prospect for next Monday, Chairman
S. B. Rogers stated today. He said
he knew of no matters of more than
ordinary interest that would come be-
fore the board for consideration.
There may be some discussion OF
plans for providing an additional
room in the court house for use of
the commissioners. The matter has
been under advisement since the first
meeting of the board as at present
constituted, when three new members
took their seats the first Monday in
December At the present time every
office in the court house is filled, AMI
the commissioners have nowhere to
hold their meetings except in the Of
flee of the county auditor.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
MAYOR POWELL HAS
JUST TWO CHARGES

Two defendants were in city court
today before Mayor Henry T. Powell
Johnnie Ragland, Jr., Negro, wa:
charged with stealing coal from the
Seaboard Air Line Railway. He plead
ed guilty, and was given 80 days on
the roads, commitment not to issue
upon payment of the costs, and not
trespass upon the property of the Sea-
board Air Line railway for the next
two years.
James Nelson was guilty of giving
a worthless check of 81 to C. P. Sci
lars Service Station, and was given
80 days. commitment not to issue upon
payment of the COSTS
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
Auto Plate
Sales Lag;
Zero Nears
Law Requires All Cars
To Display 1889 Ii
cense Tags After Mid
night Saturday

With the deadline fast approaching
for the purchase of 1889 State auto
mobile license plates, sales at the
local office of the Carolina Motor
Club, which is dispensing the plates
here, had dropped behind the similar
period last year, it was stated today
by w. c. Gates, manager.
Sales through Thursday evening a.
mounted to 5,OS2 sets of 1889 plates.
including 1927 for automobiles, 81
for trucks and Ala for trailers. To the
same date last year new tag sales
amounted to some $50 more than the
total at this time, Mr.. Gates said.
Under State law, no motor vehicle
can be operated legally on highways
of the State, if owned in the State.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
GRAHAM DANIEL, OF
GRANVILLE, PASSES
Related to Mrs. E. L. Bridgers, and
Was Prominent in County
for Many Years

Graham Daniel, 40, an influential
Granville county citizen, died at PAS
o'clock yesterday afternoon at hi:
home in the Berea section of that
county, following a short illness after
a stroke.
Mr.. Daniel is survived by his wife:
three sons, Howerton, Russell and
Tom Daniel; four daughters, Mrs.
Pete Murray, Mrs. Solie Adcock and
Misses Edith and Libby Daniel; four
sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth D. Butler, Mrs.
M. NJ West of Marion, S. c., Mrs. T..
D. O'Brien and Mrs. Thatus Wilkins
and two brothers, j. E. Daniel, of
Smithfield and T. B. Daniel of New
London, Conn.
Funeral services will be conducted
from Mount Zion Baptist church Sat
urday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with
Rev. w. c. Francis and Rev. c. L.
Gillespie officiating.
He was a cousin of Mrs. E. L.
Bridgers, of this city.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30

after midnight December 81 without
the new plates being displayed.
In Henderson there are many cars
that have already been equipped with
the new tags, but a large number still
appear on the streets bearing the old
yellow tags of 1888. The new tags are
not as easily read at any consider
able distance as the yellow and black
tags of 1888, but at least they are
more pleasing to look at. in the OPP
inion of many.
The local office has had to be sup
piled with two additional quantities
of 1899 plates since the sales began
It's total for a calendar year usually
runs around II 500 Most of these are
disposed of during December or early
in January, though several thousand
tags are taken during the course of
the year.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
MRS. SMITHS HOME
DAMAGED BY BLAZE
Fire Chief Ellis Estimates
$3.50 Damage Done By
Fire And Water Today

Fire and water did about $3.50 dam
age to the home of Mrs. P. B. Smith
on Winder street this morning short
ly after II o'clock before firemen ex-
tingusihed the blaze, according to
Fire Chief Cooper G. Ellis.
The fire, confined mostly to the
roof and attic, had made good head
way by the time firemen arrived, and
large hose line was required to
bring the blaze under control, the
water poured into the flames adding
to the damage.
Fire Chief Ellis said the fire evil
IDENTIFY caught on the roof, burned
down into the attic.
Whether the property was insured
or not, the chief would not say.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
RAY GOODRICH, JR.,
WINS SCOUT AWARD

Ray Goodrich, Jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. r w. Goodrich, has been award
ed six weeks summer camping trip
to the Boy Scout-Girl Scout Camp
Sycamore on Crabtree creek in Wake
county, it was learned today He won
the award by selling the most sub
scriptions to Boys Life Magazine, of
fetal organ of the Boy Scout move
ment in the United States, of any boy
in the territory of Occoneechee Coun-
Gil which embraces portions of Vance,
Franklin, Wake, Durham and Gran
vile counties. Ray has won the award
despite an illness which has confined
him to his home with an injured leg
for some weeks.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four

l. Who invented the mimeograph?
2. Which is the oldest organized sport
in North America?
3. Which is greatest, the equatorial or
meridianal circumference of the
earth?
4. What are the colors of the flag of
The Netherlands?
s. Name the new Premier of the sec
ond Czechoslovak government.
g. On which continent is the La Plata
River?
T. What do the letters S. S. before the
name of ship stand for?
g. How many degrees are in a right
angler?
8. In what ocean are the Horse Lati-
tudes?
10. From what country were the Vir-
gin Islands purchased by the y.
s.? ~
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
THREE CASES UP IN
RECORDERS COURT

Recorder r. E. Clements had three
cases in county court today.
Dewey Walker was given 80 DAYS
for failing to comply with court or
,,ers
The State took mol pros with
leave as to d. A. Matthews, charged
with reckless driving and no opera
tors license.
A mol pros with leave was taken by
the State as to j. L. Dunn, charged
with giving a worthless check.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30

existence of the Concert Association,
and it hopes for another successful
season such as that last year. Head
ed by Rev. James A. Jones, it's presi-
dent the association conducted it's
membership campaign recently, TAX
ing in about the same number of mem
bers as it had its first year.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
BUS PASSENGER HURT
BY A QUICK STOP

Miss Verna Hall, of New York City
was being treated at Maria Parham
hospital today for injuries sustained
Wednesday night about IL o'clock
when a southbound Greyhound bus,
in which she was riding, stopped sud-
denly near Norlina to avoid striking
IN automobile, throwing her from her
seat.
The extent of her injuries was not
learned
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
EDUCATION BOARD
TO MEET MONDAY

The Vance County Board of Edu-
cation is due to hold its monthly
meeting next Monday in the office
of the superintendent of schools in
the court house. No information was
available today of any business to
come up other than ordinary routine
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30

Lot COrveyed-A lot of .76 acres was
conveyed by A. ]. Smith and wife to-
John Eleby in the only realty trans
fer with the Vance Registry yester-
day
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
AROUND TOWN

Obtain License - William Henry
Henderson and Mary Ann Norvell
Negroes, both of Townsville, obtain
ed license to wed at the Vance Regis
try office yesterday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
Mrs. Bridgers Improved.

Mrs. E. L. Bridgers, who has been
i'll at her home on Andrews avenue
extension, was slightly improved tc
day.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-30
REV. S. l.. MORGAN TO
PREACH ON SUNDAY

Rev. S. L. Morgan, the pastor, has
announced that he will preach a new
sermon and announce plans for the
year at Rock Spring Baptist church,
near Townsville, of which he is the
pastor. Beginning with the new year
the church is to have preaching on
two Sundays each month instead of
only one, as heretofore. The public
is invited to the service Sunday morn
ing and throughout the year.
You'll know prosperity is here when
it's easy to obtain enough credit to
live beyond your means,
Evening star., 1938-03-27

plague, but which he pays for many times over
in blurred pictures.
With the ordinary roll-flm camera you can
also stand a portrait attachment for about
rs cents and hand flash gun for about 80 cents.
With or without the latter you might also sink
another dollar in one of these new might
snapshot" outfits including pair of folding
refectors which can be put on bridge lamps to
convert them into improvised studio lights.
Another luxury you'll appreciate for the few
cents involved is a wire-frame or direct-view
finder which can be attached to your camera
at any Photographic store and which will prove
infinitely easier to use than those "peep-hole"
finders they usually put on lower priced cameras
As indicated by subjects already listed. much
of this work will be done indoors at night -
which is the very time most parents have the
greatest opportunity for it. Night or day. how
ever, the indoor phase suggests artificial light:
a simple thing since the advent of the photo
food lamp and the fash bulb Where babies or
young children are involved. my preference is
all for the latter, even though. you need a
quarter bulb for each shot. However, always
take the precaution of using mosquito netting
screen in front of the bulb just in case it shat
ters- which one in thousand may.
With flash bulb in hand gun you can move
all around play pen in which baby is con-
fined in order to get the best angle or you
can stalk an infant who is free to creep around
the floor playing with the dog or what not. For
this sort of business l had an inexpensive
triangular platform made with three castors at
the bottom. on which the tripod legs fit securely
This is easily pushed around with the hand
holding the camera release while the flash gun
is always ready in the other.
For estimating the focusing distance the
safest expedient is to use stick cut to exactly
the length at which the scale is set - say six or
eight feet - and whenever the lens is just one
length from the subject, it is in sharp focus.
Obviously, this calls for third hand, so you'd
better let the wife help. TRY and stop her.
says youD And remember always to get the
stick out of the way before you shoot.
Technicalities, however, are of minor I'M
portance here for the average snapshooter: the
outstanding criticism of child pictures now Is
that 9Om of them lack human interest or story
telling appeal.
You achieve that simple element by merely
thinking out "plots" in advance, thus auto
matically discovering just how much real fun
there is in snapshooting the youngsters.
Evening star., 1938-10-29
HIT BROWN PATCH
BY DYE|NC GRASS
New Fungicide, Turned Out
at Small Cost, Is Boon
to Golf Courses.

Scientists have combined the prac-
tical with the esthetic in 4 new fun
gicide for the control Of brown patch,
a disease of lawn and golf grasses.
says The Scientific American. The
fungicide not only controls the disease,
but dyes the grass any desired shade
Of green. The United States Golf As
sociation, through its greens workers,
co-operated with the Department OF
Agriculture in the research work,
which was under the direction of DR..
John Montieth, jr.
The scientists found they could
match any grass with the proper shade
OF green by adding about half-and-
half Of malachite green and aura
mine o, q yellow dye, together with
about 2 per cent of crystal violet, q
red dye. This mixture is just as efYec-
tive as fungicide as the original dye.
A half ounce Of the mixture, costing
about 10 cents, diluted with 2 to S
gallons OF water, is suficient to spray
1000 square feet Of turf.
The fungicide keeps the grass green
from three days to three weeks. de-
pending on the weather. A rain be-
fore the fungicide has time to dry
washes 1t of quickly. Too, the color
will not stand up As long In hot sum-
mer weather as in the winter.
The fungicide may be applied with
an ordinary knapsack spray, or larRer
equipment If available.
Evening star., 1938-10-29
PUBLIC LINKS BOOM
HAILED BY EMP ER0R
Improved National Health Seen
by Bob Jones in Increased
Golf Facilities.

The promise of increasing national
health in the many public golf courses
now being built throughout the coun-
try under Government sponsorship
was hailed recently by Robert T.
Jones, jr, famous golfer and at
present the director of the American
Golf Institute.
Jones believes that the increased
facilities represent an investment
which will return growing dividends
in health and national well-being.
He stated that outdoor sports. and
golf in particular, because it promotes
sportsmanship as we'll as physical
sturdiness, are benefit in which all
should have chance to share. To
bring this to greater number Of
Americans is to promote Americas
physical and social well-being."
So great has been the extension in
the Governments work in constructing
courses that at the close Of 1897
w. P. A. workers had completed lo3
new public courses, including 1,l43
holes. Most Of the courses were OF
nine holes. In addition to new course
constructions. improvements were COM
pleted on l67 other courses having a
total Of 2,232 holes and covering l6, 500
acres.
Evening star., 1938-10-29

weeks this department has hshed the
same spot before storm, and once
the fish quit five hours before the
wind arrived and on the other oc-
casion they were hitting right up to
the moment the storm swept down.
Award Presentation Planned.
While the Izaak Walton League Is
planning a big winter season Of
activities and the Capital Casting
Club is angling for next years e.
A. S. A. C. tournament, several other
organizations as busy finishing OF
this seasons work. The Game Fisher
mems Association of Ocean City Is
having meeting Tuesday at Balti-
more at which trophies will be present.
ed for big fish caught during the
year.
Awards will go to Mrs. Ruth NJ.
Parsons of Wilmington. Del, for the
largest marlin, 1l8 pounds: to Nor
wood Shockley Of Snow Hill, Md, for
the second Target, ll4la pounds. and
to Maurice Myer, jr., for the third
largest, 1922 pounds. Several other
prizes for small marlin, captain Of
the boat bringing in the most and for
big channel bass also will be presented.
The Chesapeake Bay Fishing
Fair Association has elected
Louis N. Phipps. Mayor Of An
napolis, president.
He succeeds B. Frank Sherman.
The association also has voted to
hold next years fair at Annapolis,
and a meeting will be held there in
January to select the date and make
other plans for the affair.
Evening star., 1938-10-29
HARTMAN TO MISS
SK|N-DODCER FRAY
Injury Keeps Rook Passer on
Bench-Baugh, Edwards
to Start Tomorrow.
By BILL DISMER. Jr.

Because pulled muscle in his leg
has not responded to treatment since
it was hurt in the Philadelphia game
last Sunday. Bill Hartman-the pass
ing. running rookie quarterback from
Georgia-is not expected to play at
Brooklyn tomorrow when the Wash
ington Redskins meet the Dodgers in
a return game.
Before boarding the train today
Coach Ray Flaherty said he would
try to keep Hartman out of the entire
game in an effort to have him at top
shape a week from tomorrow when
the still-dangerous Pirates are en-
counted at Pittsburgh.
Loss Is Not Serious.
The complete recovery of Slingin'
Sam Baugh, plus the availability of
Frank Filchock, the Big Tens lead
ing passer last year, makes the tenn
porary loss of Hartman not serious.
Baugh, for the first time, is ready to
carry the ball as he did last year, in
addition to passing and kicking it. Fill
chock, as yet untested as a passer in
RedSkin uniform, has been looking
better every day and may give the
champions third standout HEAVIER.
Although Filchock completed more
passes for Pittsburgh than Hartman
has for Washington, his average is IA
points below Hartman's 81 per cent,
but the 40 per cent efficiency average
Of the Indiana product is nothing to
be sneezed at
Despite the recent rains, the Red
skins leave for Brooklyn without hav-
ing missed single practice. Again
this morning Flaherty drove his
charges through more than an hours
workout at Griffith Stadium and il it
is wet at Ebbets Field tomorrow the
champions will be accustomed to it.
Edwards Back in Line.
Capt. Turk Edwards will be back at
his regular position at tackle and
Charley Malone is another invalid re-
ported fit again. And because the Red
skins tied the Dodgers in the seasons
first game here without the services of
either Baugh or Riley Smith they are
confident the presence of those two
aces will bring them their nth victory
Of the campaign tomorrow.
A local sale of tickets indicates that
nearly 500 Washingtonians will be in
the stands at Brooklyn tomorrow.
Evening star., 1938-10-29
FOUR SCHOOL TILTS
POSTPONED BY RAIN
Georgetown Prep Beats Landon
in Only Game Played. 1870,
With Kuntz as Star.

-Four Of the five high and prep school
football games scheduled yesterday
were postponed because of rain and
were to be played today, tonight and
Monday. In the game played George
town Prep defeated Landon, 1870, at
Garrett Park
The high school championship series
tilt between Roosevelt and Central will
be played Monday at $50 at Central
and the Devitt-Catholic University
freshmen game at Brookland will be
played Monday at 2:30. Games moved
to today are st. Johns VS.. Washing
ton-Lee High School at Clarendon at
2:30 and Salem vs. George Washington
High tonight at Alexandra.
Star of the contest yesterday was
little Marty Kuntz. quarterback, who
scored both touchdowns for the Little
Hoyas. Checked in the opening Pc
Rod. Kuntz escaped in the second
and outran his own blockers to score
on 45-yard run. Eckerich convert
ed. In the last quarter Kuntz scored
on 25-yard sprint,