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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-31
Temperature
Rises Over
.Frigid Area
CBy The Associated Press.)

Wy AIIc ASSOCldIoO ffeSS.)
Rising temperatures brought relief
today to the cold weather belt as the
nation prepared to celebrate the New
Year
Sub-freezing Weather prevailed over
wide expanse of the middle west,
and some eastern states, but generally
It was mild in comparison with the
i'IEid climate of the past few lays.
weather observers predicted snow
q some of the northern stat4-; unG
POSSIBLY rain in Kentucky, Tennessee,
Virginia and the District of Column
oia, but said New Years Eve revell-
crs could expect moderate tempera-
lures tomorrow morning.
The mercury lowered near zero in
come central states. The gulf states
md the mountain states of the wesi
'nJoyed mild weather today. Two days
ago the temperatures in the Rocky
mountain area were below zero; today
they were over the freezing mark.
Cold weather prevailed in New Eng
land, but rising, temperatures were
predicted for tomorrow. A light snow
feH early today in New York City.
The nations metropolis was promised
slowly rising temperatures tomorrow
Three inches of snow fell at Cleve-
land, where the temperature was IS
above zero. There was a two-inch
snowfall in northwestern Pennsyl-
vania.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-31

not blow at all. They were out of
order.
It was logical enough to suppose
that one drier might suddenly
cease to function, but three!
I thought, the rich get taken
in" as well as the poor. Here Mrs.
Withersroon had paid out her good
money for an expensive apparatus
that got itself broken when you
needed it most. I made a mental
note to call Mrs. Greely's attention
to the trouble and turned off the
current and returned to my room.
At ten o'clock, just when was
beginning to get good and jittery
sitting around by myself, the phone
rang and jumped so high I almost
hit the ceiling. It was Mr.. Horace
calling from the library.
He inquired: "Could you come
downstairs for a moment, Miss Rit-
ter?"
I said that I could and he hung
up. had no idea Of the exact
whereabouts of the library, but I
would make stab at finding it.
went through the hall and down
the front stairs-I was not going
through the kitchen if I could
help it!
The front stairs was divided into
two parts through the medium of
wide landing halfway between
the first and second floors. On this
landing heard voices which came
from the corridor below. I could
hear the voices plainly, though 1
could not see who was speaking.
They must be standing, / thought,
directly beneath the landing. Later
when passed this place discov-
cred my surnise was correct. The
landing formed a sort of shallow
alcove in the lower hallway, and it
was from this shelter that the
voices came.
"You make me sick!" a woman's
voice came in harsh whisper, like
stage aside. "You haven't got the
courage of a rabbit! Your worries
are over now, big boy, and you'd
better think of that and stop your
bellyachingw
For Gods sake, leave me
alone" The second voice was male,
and very fretful. "You have what
you came after. Now get out"
always a pantywaist, Ell, sug-
arr" the woman sneered and
laughed, shortly. maybe you
aren't dry yet behind the ears!"
Get outw The mans voice rose.
"And soon-before I change my
mind and give us both up!"
Listen, dearie!" The woman was
mad, plenty mad. "We're even now,
and we're gonna stay that way!
One peep outa you and it won't go
so nice. I'm no chump, honey chile!
I got another ace up my sleeve.
How would, you know who, like to
find out" Her voice stopped
abruptly as if it had been stopped
for her.
Shut up!" the man said. "No
one is going to find out-not I,
have to"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-31

coughed discreetly. Listening
was not my game.
Someone's coiningw The man
sounded panicky. "Runw
I descended slowly, but as I
rounded the banister at the bottom
step I caught glimpse of a bright
blond head as it bobbed along at
the far end of the corridor. Unless
were greatly mistaken, and I did
not think was, had waved that
golden head no later than the day
previous. I recognized the sleek,
sculptured tresses of the girl
ToOts! Of her companion there
was not the slightest trace.
The library, which finally found
after what amounted to a Cooks
tour of the premises, was one of
those dark, dreadfully dreary
rooms which make one wonder how
anyone could willingly remain in
them for the pleasurable purpose
of reading. It resembled a church
with its mission furniture and it's
high, stained windows and Somber
velvet hangings. Mr.. Horace, who
admitted me, appeared smaller and.
slighter than usual mid such
gloomy grandeur.
"The coroner will be here short
ly," he said, placing chair for ma.
1T will be necessary, I'm afraid,
for him to question YOU"
'"The coroner 2" I was surprised.
r OIL
coroners dealt exclusively in MUIR
der.
He nodded. 'Dr. Richards, nv
personal physician, whom I called
last night, informed me that in the
case of sudden death, and where
the deceased had been medically
unattended, it is required by law
to have the body certified by the
coroner before BURIAL
II see." 1t all sounded very COM
plicated and red-tapey to me. Old
Mrs. Witherspoon was dead and
she had died Of bad heart, and
that, plainly, was that. Still, the
law was the law, and the whole
affair none of my concern.
tive been thinking matters
over" he continued hesitantly.,
land I've decided it best not to
mention the loss of the emeralds.
Publicity, you know" he added.
noting my lifted eyebrows. 1--WE
should have the house filled with
police"
"But how will you recover the
jewels 2" interrupted. was not
anxious to become involved with
the police, but I did want the emer.
aids found, and soon.
CT don know" He passed his
right hand before his face. "T'm-
I'm just bit confused, Miss Rit-
ter. You must forgive me. NY
mothers death has been a shock.
and there arc the-the funeral ar
engagements. If youAwiil bear with
me until after tomorrow"
"Of course" 1 felt heartily
ashamed Of myself. "Of course"
Thank you. There is something
else"
ITO Be COntinuAjl
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-31
CHAPTER TWELVE

HAD NOT entered the salon
since the evening before, but now
1 resolved to go there. was de-
termined to find the emeralds, and
the salon, it seemed to me, was
the logical starting point in my
search.
The lobby was untouched. Who
ever it was who cleaned the place
had not done so this morning.
There was the divan with the piled
pillows where I had lain and there
was the curtained anteroom where
Mrs. Witherspoon had breathed
her last. Fearfully parted the
curtains, more than half expecting
to see the dead, staring eyes of
the old lady peering at me from
the windows of the drier. But the
booth was quite empty. Quite
empty-and still Well, I shiv-
cred, all the while telling myself
not to be a silly goose. There was
nothing here to harm me. Moth
ing! To prove it advanced boldly.
The sound of my heels on the tiled
floor was like a lannon's boom.
There was a cushion askew upon
one of the chairs, and lifted it by
one corner and shook it furiously.
There was nothing concealed in or
under it. In turn I repeated the
performance on each Of the five
o,,cI,iO,,e ~, tho ,-rO,,o ~ Y,ooa+ +6o
same result.
On my hands and knees I ex-
amined every inch of the floor. I
did not find what I was looking
for, Of course, but I did find some
thing-a thin piece of paper the
size and shape of the tissues used
by smokers of hand-rolled ciga-
retes. It lay across the tiles from
the driers, half hidden by the
fringed tassels that dangled from
the silver curtains. From habit, as
one does when one comes upon a
bit of waste paper, crumpled the
tissue and stuck it in my pocket.
When had looked at every pos
sible nook and Granny without sue
cess and was about to call it a day,
had a sudden bright idea. The
driers! Perhaps the thief had
thrust the emeralds into one of the
unoccupied driers, intending to re-
turn for them at time when the
hue and cry over their disappear
ance had died down.
Exalted by my own perception
literally tore those driers to
pieces to find-nothing. I was so
disappointed I could have cried.
Half resentfully, half angrily, I
kicked the main switch that con-
trolled the current Of the four
driers. The familiar hum restored
my good sense and measure of
my good humor. T drank in that
noise as if it were a Brahms SYM
phony.
do not know how long I stood
listening before it came to me there
was something not right. Some
thing decidedly wrong! The hum
ming-it was fainter, thinner than
it should have been.
Puzzled, lifted the hoods one
by one and poked my head inside.
The second drier, the one under
which Mrs. Witherspoon had died,
blew. it's blast of hot air full into
Fny face. The remaining three did
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-31
Stocks Close
Year At Gain

New York, Dec 31.(AP)-The stock
market shuffled off the coils of 1888
today with brisk rallying celebra
ton in which selected rails, steels
and specialties were leaders Activity
was much more pronounced than u.s.
ual on the day before New Years.
transfers running nearly 100000
shares. In the closing session of 1888.
only 100000 shares changed hands.
Carrier bonds were again conspicu-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-31

:c' lions should exceed the estimates
That means there will be terrific
struggle to keep the friends of 1nli-
v;t' al departments, schools, agencies,
lie from poking holes in the budget
t.'rEet as brought in by the commits
sion. 1t will mean attempts at coali-
lions among and between II variety of
groups, IN The principle Of s'You vote
for bigger appropriation for me and
III do the came COR you"
Eut when all has been said and
done, it's fairly safe to predict that
North Carolina will come out with p
balanced and conservatively sane
budget fer the next two years.
NOW, doing just a bit of enumerat-
ing, here are some of the other things
the legislators will deal with:
Cd Schools, (2) roads, (3) labor.
(D agriculture, 60 conservation and
development, CO. liquor Cd election
reform, 90 department of Justice
% elimination of local legislation
lIC) social security, CID rural electri-
1loatlon and telephones, G2) reappor-
tlonment, G3) diversion, O4) home
good exemptions, (15) utilities. O6)
revision Of criminal laws, 1O PEN
SONS fer State employees, (1S) extern
sion c. thc city limits of numerous
cltlC1, Q9) revision of the taxing svs-
TEN CT counties and (2O) division of
intangible tax receipts.
This list has been iottcd down with
out the slightest attempt to rank the
issues IN order of Importance; but
even a cursory inspection shows sew
eraI among them which will call for
long, tedious study and considered.
careful action by the legislators if the
State is to he best served
The school question in itself could
occupy the time of the lawmakers for
several weeks and the membership of
the 1899 Committees on Education, as
we'll as those of Finance and APPROX
ration groups are going to be called
upon to make vital decisions.
The recent report of the commits
sion named by Governor Hoey to-
study public education in the State
submitted an 18-point report and rec
oramendation, for instance, and this
report will be the basis of much dis
,ussion.
The assembly will be called on to
determine just how many of the adj
mlttedly-to-be desired recommended
tons can be made into realities, with
the necessity for financing them as
the real crux of the matter.
Everybody, for instance, considers
desirable and worthy such things as
an increase in the teacher salaries,
the 18th Grade, a nine months State
supported term, adequate retirement
pay for teachers, better buses and
transportation system, an enlarged
vocational education program, and
the like; but everybody also realizes
that they cost money. One of the 1899
legislatures outstanding tasks will be
| to determine just which of these
things can be gained without Gripping
the State financially.
On the political side, there will be a
recurrence of the old fight of the De-
partment of Public instruction to get
control of spending school funds, a
function now guarded carefully by
! the School Commission.
And so it goes on down the line AL
most every one of the 20 issues has
ramifications that require much more
space than is here available.
Evening star., 1938-07-23

examined the ridge south of Cemetery
Hill with his glasses and saw that it was
unoccupied. Gen. Meade, who arrived
on Cemetery Hill at midnight, says that
in addition to the 1st and 1lth Corps, he
found the 18th Corps had arrived. and
during the night most of the Sd Corps
came up. The I'd and 5th Corps were
near and arrived between and 8 am.
The Federal line already stretched from
Culps Hill to Little Round Top.
According to DR.. Freeman, Lee didn't
see these infantry divisions, and appar-
emily he also failed to see the long line
OF Bufords cavalry, much nearer paral-
lellng Cemetery Ridge. Obviously, we
are not here dealing with history. 1t is
fiction and just as groundless today, even
when stated by DR.. Freeman, as it was
IN 1872 when Gen. Pendleton made the
same statements.
The truth is that Gettysburg was not
lost because of the absence of Stuart's
cavalry, nor because of the imaginary
slowness of Longstreet and his imaginary
disobedience OF an order which Lee never
gave. 1t was lost because Lee, swept
away by the victory of July l, decided to
attack Meade's much larger and better
equipped army intrenched in a position
OF wonderful strength. He gave Long
street 1900 men on July and about
the same number on July to attack
three times his number. The objectives
sought were far beyond his powers.
Why not now admit the facts frankly
IS years after these wonderful battles,
instead of trying to besmirch Long
streets unrivaled military reputation?
SEARS WILSON CABELL,
Treasurer,
Longstreet Memorial Associat ton.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

What fine big fellows they are! Their
mastery Of the airways is marvellous, and
their habits not as bad, we feel, as they
are painted.
It might be that If we had young corn
growing we might think differently. 1t
all depends, of course, on whose OK is
gored, as the saying has 1t.
There are three more reasons why
crows are not so plentiful.
The first is the evident Ill will Of man.
Crows are smart. They know as well as
any when creatures are hostile to them.
Our belief is that such knowledge has a
great deal more to do with the absence
of animals from any territory than the
actual drive against them. Animals are
not fools. They, know their enemies.
The second reason for absence of
crows is the killing of this fine bird
which has gone on all over the country
for many years.
The third is inimical weather.
All OF these factors take their toll, not
Of crows alone, but of them also.
4 X X X
Any great cataclysm, such as the bliz-
zard referred to, kills thousands, even
Exceptionally icy weather is held re-
bluebirds, which formerly were almost
as numerous as robins.
1t is only within the past 10 years that
these beautiful creatures have come
back to any extent, and still they remain
scarce, although, as reported in this
column many times, are yearly residents
OF certain tracts heYeabouts.
The size Of the crow, in length almost
reaching 20 inches, might seem to be a
protection to him, but probably he would
freeze as quickly as any other if his food
supply were cut off by heavy SHOWS.
X X X
1t is not generally realized that the
crow is a songbird.
His song" Of course, is not his call, or
cav, but a sort of warbling noise he
makes when he thinks only his kind are
around.
Only the most ardent of nature lovers
has heard this song of the crow; the rest
OF us must remain content with the
really melodious cav, cav caw' which
floats down to us.
The crow is claSsed as songbird, how
ever, not on its song, per Sc, but solely
on the scientific basis of throat forma-
ton.
Song birds, as a class, are notable for
having three or more muscles in their
syrinx, enabling them to make diversi-
fled and pleasing notes.
The wide spleen against crows is very
misplaced, many persons believe Though
it finds freshly sprouted corn to it's taste,
because the grain has been softened in
the earth, it more than makes up for it
by eating untold numbers of insects.
The extreme readiness of man to find
enemies among the animal creations
PROBABLY is due more to an inherently
nasty disposition than to any particular
hurt done him.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
Fatherly Talk.

The State Department knows how to
get rough with tough customers, as wit
ness the sternly worded demands sent to
Germany in regard to the Austrian debts,
but it also has the technique of talking
softly and meaning it, as witness the
note handed the Mexican Ambassador
Thursday, proposing arbitration of seiz-
ures of American lands in Mexico for
none of which compensation has been
made.
The note was masterpiece of paternal
advice from world power to one of its
satellites. Secretary Hull wrote like a
father would to a son, pressing upon him
the right course, and offering him per-
suasive arguments for that course. To
the last period the note was courteous
and friendly and bore stamp of sin
cerity which President Lazaro Cardenas
cannot fail to recognize.
There is much to be gained by the
adoption of such tone in international
correspondence, and particularly as 1t
is carried on with the nations within
the sphere of the good neighbor' policy,
for it is serious question whether that
policy can be preserved without winning
our neighbors to the South to the reali-
cation that it is by its very nature re-
ciprocal as Secretary Hull took pains to
point out. Good neighborliness cannot
be entirely on one side.
The form of the note is something to
study in itself. Leading off with recog-
milton that the Mexican government is
engaged in a program of social better
ment for its people, Mr.. Hull then draws
attention to the similar purpose of the
American Government and offers the
example of American practice in regard
to appropriation as something for the
Mexicans to copy. Then following
discourse on the international legal prin-
eiples involved and the facts in regard
TO the land seizures, he caps his argu-
ment with the words:
THE representations which this Govi
eminent has made to the government of
Mexico have been undertaken with en-
tire friendliness and good will and the
Mexican government has recognized that
fact. We are entirely sympathetic to the
desires of the Mexican government for
the social betterment of its people. We
cannot accept the idea, however, that
these plans can be carried forward at the
expense of our citizens
Arbitration was not demanded. That
would have been violation of the spirit
Of the note. 1t was proposed. leaving the
Mexican government free, therefore, to
accept plan of settlement rather than
to submit to demand. Acceptance of
the suggestion will be proof of the good
will Of the Mexican people toward the
United States.
Evening star., 1938-07-23

representing several States proposed the
construction Of high-speed road from
Washington to New York by utilizing
abandoned interurban line roadbeds.
Preliminary surveys showed there would
be only few gaps where new roadways
would be necessitated.
The use Of the w. B. & A. route
to Baltimore would form one link In this
more direct route, cutting In half the
burden Of truck trafic now borne by
the Baltimore pike.
The idea offers many possibilities.
Unless some means is found to correct
the financial evils confronting the major
railroads Of the country it may even be
possible to utilize one Of the main lines
for a road over which freight trucks
and long-distance passenger buses may
reach the cities Of the North more
quickly.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
Opportunity for Service.

Disappointed in previous efforts to
analyze problems of taxation in the
District, residents of the Capital never
theless look forward to findings of con-
siderable value from the pending study
under immediate supervision of DR..
Chester Pond.
Presumably this latest exploration into
ramifcations of the local tax structure
will be concerned less with comparisons
with other municipalities and more with
conditions as they actually exist here.
There has been little value, for instance,
in past determinations that the district
was paying either higher or lower
rate under certain classifications without
giving more comprehensive consideration
to Ethe true relation of these individual
ta3es in the entire structure.
actually, the arbitrary methods of
cohlparison used have usually left such
previous conclusions subject to successful
attack
hn more realistic fashion, the pending
inquiry is expected to explore the tax
sources existent in this unique munich
pahty and, in the light of conditions as
they actually affect such sources here,
arrive at some fair estimates of what
load each should and could bear.
Although DR.. Pond and the Joint Com
mittee on Internal Revenue Taxation
Evening star., 1938-07-23
HOmeward Bound.

Crown Prince Gustav Adolf, his wife
and third son are returning to Sweden
after four weeks in the United States.
They came to participate in the cere-
monies incident to national remem-
brance OF the settlement Of Delaware
three centuries ago. Illness prevented
personal appearance at Wilmington and
Philadelphia, but his royal highness
made use of the facilities of radio to
join IN the programs. And again at
the moment of his departure he spoke
to his kind hosts" in language graceful
and patiently sincere.
OF course, the prince was not thinking
of the visit Of King George and Queen
Elizabeth to France when he said good
by to his American friends. Yet there
were certain parallels of which he could
not have been altogether unmindful.
The relation between Great Britain and
France had been described as "unbreak-
able" Similarly, Sweden and the United
States are bound, as Gustav Adolf said,
In everlasting friendship" The peoples
OF both countries indorse that sentiment
without reservation.
Perhaps the hope of the world lies in
the hands of nations which are not too
self-assertive. Humanity may turn to
them when the noisier states have
failed. Meanwhile, it is encouraging to
know that there still are leaders who
do not wish to dictate, governments
which do not threaten, PHILOSOPHERS of
life which are not provocative OF vio-
lence. The royal family OF Sweden will
be welcome in the United States
whenever it may desire to call again.
Charming guests, they leave as well as
carry away "a multitude of pleasant
memories"