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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-06
LANES PRIZE DIES
AT HOSPITAL HERE
Funeral Services To Be Held
At Episcopal Church
Tomorrow

James Stuart Prize, 76, died at 1880
o'clock this morning at Maria Parham
hospital of a heart attack he suffered
three hours before at his home at $40
South William street. He was natlVe
of Canada, where he was born Juiy
il, 1862, and for the past several whit
ers had lived in Henderson, where he
had a number of relatives.
Mr.. Prize is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Bessie Badge Pirie; two daught-
ers, Mrs. Ernest Turner and Mrs. F
w. Carter, of L1a11,r,.c--..d, Ind, and
two sons, James c. Prize, of Lansing
Mich. and Francis B. Prize, of New
York City Also surviving are a
brother, Thomas e. Pirie, of Vance
county, and sister, Mrs. Emily P.
Reav-s, also of this county.
Mr.. Prizes father, Henry Pirie, who
died in 1908, was native of Scotland
and his mother, Margaret Mahoney
Pirie, who died in 1914, was born in
ireland.
The deceased spent much of his
life in Hammond, Ind, where he was
a member of st. Paul's Episcopa
church for fifty years. He was higS
in Masonry, being a member of ttt
Demolay Commandery in Louisville
Ky. Until six years ago, when he
retired, he was justice of the peace
for eight years. He was once for g
long time commercial manager of "a
do station WWAE at Hammond, Ind
Funeral services were announced tt
be held some time Thursday, the houl
to be determined after children have
! been contacted, and will be at Holy
Innocents Episcopal church here, ii
charge of the rector, Rev. I. w
Hughes, with interment in Elmwo5c
cemetery in Henderson.
Mr.. Prize was married April "a, 1895
| III Decatur, Ala, his widow survives
along with the four children.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-06
Commissioners Seek Data
On Cost OF County Home
Nav Provide Room in
Court House for Meet
ings; Selection of Re-
corder Protein Defer
red by Board Monday;
January Jurors Are
Drawn

Data on the cost of operation of the
county home will be assembled by a
committee of the Vance Board OF
County Commissioners and reported
back to that body at later date, the
board decided yesterday afternoon a
few hours after it was organized when
three new members were sworn in.
w. p. Parrish, a hold-over member,
and Henry B. Hight, new commits
sioner, were named to get the infor-
nation for the board.
What the board will do when the
figures are available was not learned,
hut it was understood some members
felt the cost was excessive in view of
the number of inmates, which aver
ages about dozen.
Another committee, consisting of
Mr.. Parrish and E. L. Fleming, the
latter a new member, was also named
to study the possibility or advisability
of cutting off an "eil' of the lobby to
create a room in which the commits
sioners may hold their meetings. The
board has no quarters of its own and
there are none in the court house. All
of them are occupied by various Of
fees.
Election of a recorder protein was
deferred until a later meeting. S. B.
Rogers, new member and new chair
man of the board of commissioners,
has served in that capacity for the
past few years.
The Citizens Bank & Trust Com
pany and the First National Bank
were designated as repositories for
the county's funds, as heretofore.
The board in the afternoon drew a
Jury to serve during the one week
criminal term of Vance Superior Court
in January.
During the forenoon Monday, inn
mediately after assuming it's duties,
the board elected Mr.. Rogers as it's
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-06
CAN, YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four

l. What does the word Ohio mean?
g. When the Joker is used as a wild
card in poker game, what is the
highest possible hand?
8. Name the u. S. No. l Davis Cup ten
mis- player, who recently turned
professional.
4. How many feet are in one rod?
5. Name the famous racing yachts
man who was awarded a silver cup
for being a good loser.
6. Who said, eff this be treason, make
the most of it?"
z. Of which mountain system are the
Green Mountains a part?
g. What is the correct pronunciation
of the word erOtic?
9. When did the U. S. become meEa-
Der of the World Court?
10. What is nephDscope?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-06
S. 7. Peace
Chairman OF
Chest Drive
Campaign for SIS, 900
Budget To Be Put On
During Week Starting
Next Monday

S. T. Peace has been designated rs
chairman of the annual Vance County
Community Chest drive, and the earn
paign will begin on next Monday, De-
cember IL, it was announced today by
Sam Afford. president Of the Con-
.curitv Chest.
Mr.. Peace already is busy selrc.ipc
his workers, and the full list will be
evailah,c later in + . we,l. 1t is OK
pected that final plans for the r:nn-
pa.on will be worked ont nv tic end
uf the week am, that everything will
tr ready for the star. o: the dive n.l
next Monday.
A steering committee that will work
with Mr.. Peace in conducting the
campaign consists of Rev. James A
Jones, J. r. league, Mrs. L. D. Wall
Fred Allen and Sam Afford
A budget of $4,000 will be asked
and citizens will be requested 20 IN
derwrite that amount. That is trifle
less than the $3.50 budget of 1888
which was more than raised just be
fore the holidays last fall.
Mr.. Afford said today that the 1895
budget was collected about SO per
cent, which was considered a rather
remarkable showing. All agencies par.
ticipating in the budget have been
paid nearly the entire allotments, and
amounts not yet paid are expected
to make it possible to pay all of them
in full.
Mr.. Peace is anxious that the Chest
campaign be begun and ended in sue
cess next week. He hopes to get the
entire task behind him by the end OF
the week.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-06

If you're tired of this modern music
be patient. Eventually even the PEN
dulum will swing.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-06
UNDERWRITERS Will
MEET ON THURSDAY

The Henderson Underwriters As.
ISOLATION will meet at the Vance
Hotel Thursday evening at o'clock
The meeting will be in the nature
of a Christmas party, with ladies to
attend.
An interesting program is being ar
ranged, and all members were urged
to be present.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-06

EDDIE CANTOR-America's great comic personality
each Monday evening the Columbia Network 73O pm
EST, $50 pm est, $50 pm MIST. 7:3O pm P. ST.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-06

county has paid off, or bought in,
many thousands of dollars worth Of
county debt obligations, much Of it
unmatured. Much of the money for
the purpose came from net receipts
from the county liquor store.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-06
SCHOLARSHIPS IN !
AREA GATHER HERE
Vance-Granville Groups To
Dine At High School
Next Monday

A dinner meeting of the Vance
Granville Schoolmasters Club will be
held in the cafeteria of the Henderson
high school next Monday evening at
$50 o'clock, it was announced today
by Prof. W. D. Payne, principal Of the
high school, and vice-presidcnt of the
association.
All superintendent, principafV and
assistant principals in Vance and
Granville counties are members of the
group. A. B. Starnes, principal of Will
ton high school, in lower Granville
county, is president of the association.
No announcement was made as to
the program to be had, but it is ex-
pected discussions will center around
school problems and possibly the
State education associations legisla-
tive program to be Offered to the
General Assembly meeting early in
January.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-06

chairman for the year, and named
Irvine B. Watkins as county attorney.
1t also elected Miss Clara Mae Ellis
as welfare superintendent until next
summer to fill out the unexpired term
of Mrs. E. r. Austin, who has resign
ed, effective December Is. 1t deferred
election of a prosecutor for the re-
corder's court for the coming year.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-06

Deed Is Filed-S. Allen Henderson,
ct al, sold Henry Hicks, trustee lot
in Middleburg township for $50 in a
deed filed with the Vance Registry
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1938-07-09
By EValyn Walsh Mclean

get this, because don't think it is very good
propaganda for Stain. in Russia ONE MAN
WOULD RIDE AND $50 WOULD WALK. In our
dear U. S. ALL WOULD RIDE.
And yet we are going to the dogs Well, that
makes me sick
The great harvesting machines can go over
acres and acres a day, automatically cutting,
binding, threshing and getting the wheat ready
for market, where before it used to take 20 and
80 horses hitched to one team to pull these ma
chimes, and many, many men,
Take our airplanes-one of the greatest fliers
in the country told me the other day the real
cause Of many Of these accidents was that most
of the planes were flown automatically now
adays. When there is a short circuit or some
thing fails in this automatic machine to control
the flying and the plane is thrown back on the
pilot, he, having depended so much on machin-
cry, is utterly at loss as he has not had the
experience and training to think and act for
himself.
haven't even begun to touch on the horrible
inventions they are preparing for war. they
ever do have to use them, they will blow this
civilization up pretty badly. I have been wonder
ing little if perhaps this hasn't happened many
times before in history. Men may have allowed
machinery and the terrible weapons of war to
overcome them.
Perhaps it is one of the answers to that mys-
terious monument, the Sphinx. or the Pyramids,
which have never been explained. They well may
have been the last remnant of some civilization
that, through not understanding the dangers of
a Frankenstein, allowed itself to be completely
destroyed.
Dangerous ground the world is treading on
and we want to beware and tread lightly, to try
to have a fuller understanding of the other
mans side and complete and absolute faith in
God.
The Washington times., 1938-07-09

The "Old Skipper" feels just
like a BUILDER at this stage of
the game and in order to weather
the storms we MUST have a solid
foundation.
Did you ever stop on your way
home to watch q bricklayer ?
One brick after another one
looks just like the one before. He
places them in just the same way
each time but each day when he
finishes, the construction is closer
to completion.
You may not realize it but
YOU are doing the same work
as the bricklayer. Each day your
house of knowledge Is more com.
plete. Henry w. Longfellow once
expressed the thought in this
manner:
g. for the structure that
we raise time is with ma
terialS filled our tOdayS and
yesterdays are the BLOCKS
with which we BUILD"
CONFIDENCE GIVEN
AS the "Old Skipper" sits
through each addition Of new
talent, we are not thinking OF
the professional side of the en-.
tertainment field. We are not
trying to lead these aspiring
youngsters into the theatrical or
radio business as a future liveli.
hood. True, some Of them may
follow their natural bent and
find themselves in a future spot
light, but in any occupation that
may fall to their lot they will
The Washington times., 1938-07-09
Less Revolutionary

A LESS revolutionary panacea
IA for economic ills is getting
started out West. It is founded
on the supposition that a good
cure for bad business, unemploy-
ment. relief and all that, is the
medicine of expansion, promo
ton, organiza a t ion and hard
work for new eSS. It
specializes the pills Of energy,
ingenuity and ambition instead
of restraint.
George Malone, well known
Nevada engineer is organizing
the movement. In on it are
public and private power inter-
estS (first time they have ever
been together), II Western
State governments, and the
Federal Government ough
WPA and otherwise.
The basis for it is, the II west
ern states will have 25 per cent
of the power resources of the
nation when present projects
are completed. They also have
natural resources that now are
being imported-chrome, tung-
sten, manganese. Malone's job
is to get manufacturers together
with the new power and the un-
developed natural resources to
make new industries.
1t Is a non-prof1t making VEN
ture called THE Industrial
West, Inc"
The Washington times., 1938-07-09
Says Boake Carter

conscience. cry: "All right, I'll do it,. You
feel guilty. =. but you salve your conscience by
clustering about your ilLhealth of late.
And So. through the winter. you feast on
anticipation. take long, arduous motor trips
to watch the hands of workmen fashion her
beautiful form. Gradually she takes shape.
your dream. and springtime comes.
Then your first sail. There never was such
vessel. "a veritable living thing beneath your
fingers that responded to every touch.
Start OUer Again
A ND so the warm summer days roll lazily on.
a and you meet other vessels. sailing by.
and they have just trifle more speed. than
you have. Your designer friend explains =.
that this is because they are this, thus and SO
so.. and you shouldn't expect it from your little
ship.
Then you find that old guilty feeling creeping
up the back Of your neck again if only. you
had made this little longer, that little beamier
1.-The mast, perhaps, a little higher. And you
suddenly realize that your dream ship is still in
your dreams. and while, of course, what you
have is far and away superior to the ship you
sailed last year. Still! and you make the mis-
take OF thinking out loud. L. and your designer
friend cuts in. and says he knows how he can
lengthen your vessel. to just the perfect length
E. and turn her from fantasy into actuality.
The dream ship come true and you go
through the same pangs. And you begin to con-
nive with yourself. and figure out what stories
to tell to justify your madness.
You make one or two last desperate struggles
=. like the poor fish about to be hauled out of
water and then again. you surrender.
Now she has the lines. and the speed. You'll
show 'em all now. and, though you are broke.
and the shipyards hound you to pay your bills.
yon don't care. your dream has come true.
The Washington times., 1938-07-09
Political Dangers

It could conceivably be used
to limit production and to oper-
ate planned commercial econo-
my. Up to now there has been
nothing but talk. This is the
first practical or impractical
method suggested.
It is known to have been dis
cussed. Whether it will be
adopted Is another thing. Politi-
cal dangers are involved, par
ticularly with a campaign COM
ing on.
It would mean a compromise
in the capitalist system, leaving
capital in private hands, but
control Management and opera
tionS only nominally in private
hands under quasi-dictatorial
supervision.
Carnegie was aging rapidly
when he made it.
The Washington times., 1938-07-09
Then the Automobile

FTNHEN THE automobile-of course there are
lot of mechanics and gas and oil stations, but
America has the automobile constructed so sim
ply now that it can run for months without being
touched except to be oiled and creased and filled
with gasoline and water, which any man or
woman can do themselves. Therefore, livery
stables, grooms and that whole class Of men have
been thrown out of work.
1t is interesting to compare the different num-
bers of automobiles in few countries. If every
one in italy suddenly started to move by motor
tomorrow, ONE MAN WOULD RIDE AND 20
WOULD WALK. In Germany ONE MAN
WOULD RIDE AND 10 WOULD WALK Now
The Washington times., 1938-07-09
"Has Son1ething''

GARNER studied statesman
"a ship under the elder Champ
Clark, Speaker Of the House. He
once referred to the father Of
the present Missouri Senator as
his inspiration in politics.
Senators have noticed when
ever Garner calls a luncheon
conference of his friends in
Goods room"-the private Of
flee of Col. Edwin A. Halsey,
Senate Secretary-he insists on
Clark being present.
Once he told a Senator that
any man able to keep Democrats
and Republicans for him as
Clark has in Missouri, has
something"
The Washington times., 1938-07-09
Sen. LeUiS
Warns of
Defense

CHICAGO, July 9 G.NSO.
Senator j. Hamilton Lewis of
Illinois today addressed to
foreign nations a plea they
mot invade our precincts
with propaganda, nor intrude
doctrines that undermine our
democratic institutions"
1--WE appeal to you," Lewis
declared in a radio address,
mot to breach our security
and open confusion amid our
foreign-born population.
1--WE proclaim to you that,
should you do such things by
your agents in secret con-
spiracy, we will drive them
from our shores. Or, if they
be our citizens, we will un-
frock them of citizenship and
imprison them as traitors"
Answering criticism the
United States never has
clearly defined its foreign
policy, the Senator said:
"Our policy may vary, but
fixed is our principle-which
is to do everything called for
to protect the United States"
The Washington times., 1938-07-09

delegation, and he will un-
doubtedly have a substantial
bloc of convention votes, larger
than in 1892. He will not ac-
cept the Vice Presidency on any
ticket.
1t now appears likely that he
may favor the choice of his good
friend Senator Bennett Champ
Clark of Missouri for first place
on the ticket, if the situation
gets around to that before or
during the convention.
This seems to be the under
lying substance of the Garner
stories that have been appear
ing from time to time lately,
regarding his disinclination to
run for a third vice presidential
term and the prospect that a
score of Senators are for him
for President.
The Washington times., 1938-07-09
SeotOfficers
/. o. D. F. Group to
Install Tonight

LEXANDRIA, Va, July 9.
New officers of the Potomac Lodge
of Odd Fellows will be installed
tonight by officials of the Reading.
Pa, Lodge, who were entertained
here on a sightseeing trip today.
The new lodge heads are Joseph
PancoaSt, noble grand: John Q.
Goodwin, vice grand; Elmore Mudd,
recording secretary; T. C. Gum
ingham, financial ecret ary:
George w. Bontz, treasurer, and
w. C. Cunningham, degree master
The Washington times., 1938-07-09

In Akron, Ohio the following have become cru
saderS: North Akron Board of Trade, Akron Tire
Dealers Association, Akron Merchants Associa-
tion, Akron District Auto Dealers Association,
Akron Real Estate Board, Akron Gasoline Re
tailers' Association, Akron Builders Exchange,
Akron Retail GrocerS and Meat Dealers Asso-
citation.
In Detroit a start is being made.
People in all lines-womens clubs church So
cietieS civic and patriotic and fraternal organi-
cations, agricultural groups retail outlets of all
kinds labor organizations Springfield, Ohio,
are vigorously supporting the movement. Mayor
Walter K Weimer is honorary chairman of the
Springfield Sales Mean jobs campaign. Sev-
eral pastors have called attention to the crusade
from their pulpits.
The Washington times., 1938-07-09
CITIZENS FIGHT
COUNTY'S TAX.
ON SECURITIES.
BY CHESTER R. vENEMANN

BY CHESTER r. VENEMANN
UPPER MARLBORO. Md, July
9.-Efforts of Prince Georges
county tax officials to collect bach
taxes on securities are causing pro-
tests from county residents own.
ing stocks and bonds.
Persons who have thus far an.
Swered the tax collectors call for
a listing of hitherto untaxed
securities seem to be willing
enough to pay taxes for the cur.
rent year, but object strenuouSly
to having to pay taxes for the
three preceding years.
Several months ago, tax authorl-
ties launched a drive to uncover
what is believed to be about $500 :.
900 in intangible assets that have
escaped the tax books.
Armed with duplicates Of Fed.
eral income tax returns, made
available to State tax collectors
under the Costigan amendment
by Congress, the county authori-
ties were able to find most of the
securities owned in the county.
Many bond and stockholders
are now attempting to avoid the
county tax on the ground that
they are not residents of Mary.
land, despite the fact that their
Federal tax returns list their
names in that State. Tax delin-
quent stockholders will be given a
hearing at the county courthouse
in Upper Marlboro, July 10.
The current tax rate on Securi-
ties is As cents per $100 of valua-
ton. OF the As cents, 80 goes to
the county and Is to the State
treasury. Half the county's allot-
- ;r.1@-1r1kAJ
The Washington times., 1938-07-09

have been reaped.
The national Salesmen's cru
sade, with it's "Sales mean
jobs" slogan, proves to have
been ideally timed. Manifestly,
dissatisfaction with pessimism
and inaction had reached a
high pitch. People were eager
and itching for somebody to
start something; they were
rarin' to go.
Hardly had the first gun in
In the campaign been fired by
Nash-Kelvinator at Lincoln,
The Washington times., 1938-07-09

sters in tn e
w a S h i n gton
Times and the
"Old Skipper"
is going to clear
the desk in the
pilot house and
take stock of
the W ork &C.
complished.
First of all,
we started to
build a ra dio
prog gram of
young talent in
order to give
an outlet to
the ma tural
The Washington times., 1938-07-09

throwing a switch, can do
what 100 used to do; when you
think of the new dial tele-
phone, where you simply pick
up the receiver and dial, the
number being automatically
rung; when you think Of the
automobiles that have flooded
the world; when you think Of
the new cotton picking ma
chimes that will soon be per-
fected; when you think of the
great harvesters-you wonder
where is this all going to end2
The Washington times., 1938-07-09
Air Fields
Available in u. ).

The Bureau Of Air Commerce
yesterday reported 1884 airports
and landing fields in service in the
United States July !. OF these, tbs
were partly or fully lighted for
night use. California led all other
States with 180 airportS and land
ing fields. Texas was second and
Florida third with l33 and 1872
The Washington times., 1938-07-09
My Say

WE ARE certainly living in machine age to-
day, as everyone knows. And the interesting
and puzzling question is-have we allowed these
great monsters of wheels and steel to get ahead
Of u.s. control u.s. and are they slowly but surely
turning on us and destroying our civilization?
When you think that one man now, by just
The Washington times., 1938-07-09
Powder Blamed
In Mine Tragedy

An over-charged shot Of black
blasting powder was blamed by the
Bureau of Mines yesterday for the
gas explosion which killed 10 men
in the colliery of the Volpe Coal
Co., at Pittston, Pa, June 2.
The Washington times., 1938-07-09
Housing Discussion

John Ihlder, executive officer
Of the District Alley Dwelling
Authority, will discuss the local
housing program at a meeting of
the Washington Building Con-
gress at the Lafayette Hotel,
4:3O p. m. Monday.
The Washington times., 1938-07-09

LOT TINS IOrgotIen Stanley cOmmIUIee TecOTu
of 1912.
Their interest has been headed toward
Page 2,347, where Andrew Carnegie made an
astounding proposal in relation to monopo-
lies.
The steel trust man recommended that the
Government create an industrial Federal
court to run business just as the Interstate
Commerce Commission runs the railroads.
He, having just sold out his interest to the
larger trust wanted this industrial court to
handle call questions connected with manu-
factnre and natural nrndncts y He snecifi-
The Washington times., 1938-07-09
A Prediction

MARK this down in the book
AVA as the way things look now:
Vice President Garner will be
a candidate for the Presidency
in 1910, although he has told
some of his most intimate friends
he will not be. His candidacy
will be put forward by the Texas
The Washington times., 1938-07-09

never own. because there is
no such boat. never was. q.
never will be. You no sooner
get a little boat. that is just
perfect. than you find i'm
perfectionS in her perfec-
ton. and dream anew. . of
a fresh love. But every time
you find. the perfect" boat
...is still a fantasy in your
imagination. You begin with
the perfect" boat. but find
that If you had six inches more
headroom. ..you could stand
The Washington times., 1938-07-09
Improves Morale of Citizens

CHARLOTTE, N. c., reports: "T11e crusade has
had a most wholesome effect on improving
the morale of our citizens. The general increase
in business the last three weeks has averaged
is per cent"
A survey by the New Orleans Association of
Commerce revealed the weeks business showed
1887.
This enthusiastic news comes from Milwaukee:
Comments from people in all stations of life in
dicate the Sales Mean Jobs idea is the most
universally accepted program that has ever been
offered"
All of which emphasizes the wisdom of the
age-old adage: If you try, you may; if you don't,
you WON'T"
Copyright, 1898, by B c. Forbes)