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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-22
To Sing Tomorrow

George Holland, OF New York City,
will sing at the II o'clock service at
the First Presbyterian church to-
morrow morning.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-22
With the Sick
MIR. Harris Continues Ill

Friends will regret to learn that
H. w. Harris, Sr. continues ill at
Maria Parham hospital, with little
change in his condition.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-22
Leaves for Beach

Miss Nancy Sampson has left for
her summer home at Virginia Beach,
Va, after visiting her cousin, Miss
Clara Fenner, for several weeks.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-22
VTSit, Mrs GarV

Miss Annie Haynes Collins, o.
Durham, and Guifford Collins, o.
Turkey, have been the visitors O.
Mrs. l. B. Gary recently.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-22

License Issued-A marriage Ii
cense was issued yesterday at the
Vance Registry to Robert Melton and
Marjorie Clark, both of Henderson.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-22
Tennessee Guests

Miss Mary Sue Parron and MISS
Lillian Prewitt, of Bolivia, Tenn,
are the house guests of Walter Al
ston, Jr., at his home on Chestnut
street
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-22
UndergOes Operation

Thomas White, OF Middleburg,
route 1, underwent an operation for
appendicitis at Maria Parham hos
pital, and was said to be doing very
nicely.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-22
LIVESTOCK SHOW AT. HEMP

Carthage, July 22.-FinaI plans
have been completed for the sec
ond annual livestock show, to be
held at Hemp, August IL, announces
E. E. Garrison, Jr., Moore county
farm agent
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-22
Glanor Girl, 1910?

. agent.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
2Good Games
At Creystone
ThisWeek-End

The Greystone Rockies, the hottest
ball club in this section, with a
string of % consecutive victories,
will meet a Durham aggregation
Saturday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
at the Greystone Park, and then
take on the Lucky Strikes OF Dur
ham Sunday afternoon at the same
hour.
The Rockies have one OF the best
semi-pro ball clubs seen in these
parts for many years, and fans are
i'm store for a real baseball treat.
The Sunday afternoon contest
should attract one of the largest
crowds of the season to the park
1t was the Lucky Strike nine that
went to the finals of the State Semi
Pro tournament recently held IN
High Point. This same team conquer
ed the Roanoke Rapids Owls, elem
mating them from the tournament.
Last Sunday, the Rockies showed
themselves to be a real ball club
by trimming Ca-Vel 9 to 3 in what
was fine ball game, with the eX-
ception of the initial i!l~ing when
the Rockies pushed over seven tai
lies.
Baseball fans here are looking for
ward to the weekend contest Of the
Rockies.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
PREDICTS
SOCIALIZED MEDICINE

Atalnta, Aug. 25.-Prof. John N.
Mcdonnell recommended yesterday
that physicians and pharmacists CO.
operate in forming "definite, COM
prehensive plans, equitable to all of
the professions" for a socialized
medical program.
A faculty member of the Phila-
delphia College of Pharmacy and
Science, DR.. Mcdonnell told dele
gates to the American Pharmaceu-
tical association convention some
form of socialized medicine 'will
come in the future, regardless of
whether we like it or not"
He declared there was need for
revision of present methods of
health care, but opposed national
program for all, declaring "those able
to pay should not be included"
"No one Denies" he said, "that
some provision should be made for
the poor and INDECENT. Too many
people cannot afford the present
high cost of medical service"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
PLYMOUTH YOUTH DIES
OF ACCIDENTAL WOUND

Plymouth, Aug. 70. - wilbur
Stubbs, 13, son of Mr.. and Mrs. T..
A. Stubbs, died in the Washington
hospital Wednesday morning as the
result of being shot accidentally
Tuesday afternoon while playing
with group Of boys on the porch
of County Agent w. V. Hayes
home three miles from here.
He was shot with a 30-30 army
rifle, which the boys thought was
unloaded, it was said. The hammer
clicked harmlessly twice before the
gun went off, according to reports.
Wilbur's first cousin, Wilbur Hall,
for whom he was named, died Of a
similar accident Is years ago. In
Tuesdays tradegy the bullet struck
the boys right foot at the front
part of the instep and tore through
the bottom of the heel. The boy
suffered large loss of blood.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
FIELD ARTILLERY UNIT
WILL STAGE REUNION

New Bern, Aug. 25.-All the for
mer world war regimental officers
of the 18th field artillery will be
invited as special honor guests for
the third annual reunion Of battery
A of that outfit t ODE held here Sep
tember Is at the country club.
Besides Maj. Robert M. Hares, OF
Winston-Saiem, war time commar-
der of the battery, who is president
Of the reunion association, those to
whom invitations are being forward
ed include:
Gen. Albert L. Cox, Washington,
wartime colonel, who was regimen
tai commander; Congressman A. L.
BulwinlIle, Gastonia, time major
in the regiment; Major Stem, Ok
ford; Major Albert Crayton, Char
lotte; Col. J. w. Joyner, Raleigh; and
Chaplain Ben R. Lacy, now presi=
dent of Union Theological seminary
at Richmond.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
Cro-SwiftsAdd
Second Game

Rain failed to cool off the hot
winning ways of the Gro-SWifts,
champions of the city sOftball cir
cult yesterday afternoon, as they
counted to l victory over an ALL
Star aggregation made up Of the top
talent of the various other clubs in
the circuit
The All-Stars drew first blood in
the fourth inning, pushing over a
run when Williams, All-Star pitcher,
singled and was followed by D.
Turner with single. Williams scored
on an infield out.
Abbott, Gro-Swift pitcher. was
never in trouble again until the sew
enth inning after two were out. J.
Watkins got a single and Stainback
doubled, but Watkins, pinch hitting
for Faulkner, flew out to end the
threat.
In the last half of the fifth, the
champs got busy. Kirk Woodlief
opened the inning with a triple Ed
Branch slapped out a double to
score Woodlief, and Pulliam doubled
to score Branch. Coghill flew out,
with Pulliam going for third after
the catch. A high throw to the bag
got away from Stainback, and Pull
liam scored.
Gro-Swift added another tally in
the sixth after one was out. C. B.
Woodlief was given life on an error.
Peoples was out, catcher to first,
and Champion came through with a
double to score Woodlief Kirk Wood
lief and Ed Branch divided the bat
ting honors for the winners, each
getting two hits. Stainback got two
to. top the losers.
Abbott got the better of the pitch
ing with Williams allowing five hits,
while Williams yielded nine
The teams meet again this after
NOON in the third game of the five
game exhibition series. Gro-Swift
hold two wins.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
WRITTEN FOR AND RELEASED BY
CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION

WHEN LORENA was about half
mile from the ranch house, she
told herself she was a fool. She had
already had one experience riding
around alone. In broad daylight she
had been kidnapped, so anything
could happen at night.
Or could it? Wouldn't it, she
asked herself, be actually safer to
ride alone at night rather than in
daytime? For one thing, she would
not be caught mapping again. Even
now she held her rifle. in front of
her as she rode. She could touch
a safety button, swing the muzzle
and shoot in not more than one
second. And then shoot again and
again. She loved to handle a rifle.
It's quiet deadliness gave her a
sense of security now.
She had never been to the east
ern edge of the Phantom range, but
she had heard the men discuss it
so much that she felt she could find
the way, and she wanted to get
there before dawn to avoid being
seen. She knew it was in rugged
country and that the pasturage re-
ferred to was about six miles away.
She just had to guess at the place
by estimating distance.
She wisely gave her horse free
dom in picking it's trail in the
night, and so he made good foot
ings. When she came to one deep
ening arroyo with some water still
lingering there from the recent
rains, and found a number Cf cattle
in it, she knew she was on the right
trail.
Uncle George and Shot had men,
toned this arroyo as the spot
where Apache Indians had massa-
cred a party of placer gold miners
in 1881. It was one of the historical
incidents that added credence now
adays to the Ghost river legends,
made the Phantom ranch both fas-
cinating and fearsome.
"Uncle George said you could
still see the remains of the miners
old rock cabins" she told herself,
riding. "I'd like to come and visit
the place in daytime"
In spite of herself, she was a lit
tie frightened now, purely from
imagination. Miners arroyo, she
knew, was just like any of per-
haps hundreds of others in Arizona,
but this one at least had cause to
be haunted. She tried to smile away
her fears and did reason herself
out of most of them. But in spite
of the stars intrusive brilliance the
arroyo seemed extremely dark. She
couldn't tell exactly in what direc-
ton she was going, but she kept
her horse pressing on. She had a
plan. She wasn't going to change it.
"Ho-o-o"
Shot Rogers lifted his hand and
spoke at the same time-signaling
the 10 men with him to stop. When
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25

they had gathered near, he an
swered their unspoken queries.
.Fellows," he began. Il have to
tell you now that we are going in
the wrong direction. AS you know,
we started toward the Hump and
told everybody that. But the truth
is, we are going to the east range"
CHOW Gomez" somebody asked.
"Yeah!" put in another. II
thought we talked all about coming
over here and"
That's just it, Shot resumed.
1--WE talked it. We talked it on pur-
pose. You see, men, there was some
cause to suspect maybe Escobar
had spies among the people at the
ranch, so we are trying to mislead
them. We said we were aiming for
the Hump today, and we started off
in this direction, SO If there was a
spy got onto it he would immedi-
ately send that word to Escobar.
But the east range has more COWS
and better cows, SO Escobar prob'ly
will see this as his chance to make
fat raid there. See ?"
"Whew!" breathed one Of the
men. 1--WE better cut back. them"
Right"
Shot led them in an abrupt turn
that pointed the column Of horse
men toward Crown mountain
"We'll have to push right along be-
cause Of the added distance" he
spoke above the rumble of hoofs
"And remember it won't do no
won't do any harm to keep our eyes
peeled even along here. Well cut
across the Blanco road in a little
bit, and it was there that Miss
Loreiia got caught by two of Esco-
bars men, remember. So he's got
spoilers around these hills every
where"
They rode at a slow gallop where
possible and at a fast walk when
they had to slow down. Theii
horses all were good ones, trained
to the rugged lands there, adept
at picking footholds in rock, grass
or sand. They dismounted once and
led their mounts up an extremely
steep incline, then down a similar
one on the other side of a jagged
rock ridge. The maneuver took
nearly a half hour, but it saved
two hours Of riding to go around
a longer way. Recent rains had left
abundant water holes for the
horses to refresh themselves in
and the men themselves stopped al
seven that morning when they
came to one clear pool in the rock
Might as well tank up" Shot
suggested.
He set the example by removing
his felt hat, cupping the broad brin
deftly in one hand and dipping Out
a half pint or so, squatting on his
hunkers to do it. Without q wore
the other 10 men did likewise. One
or two dashed some water on their
faces just to feel the zestful COO
| of it.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
CCC CAMP RETENTION
IN CRAVEN is SOUGHT

New Bern, Aug. 25.-A warden
system for combating fires in Croa-
tan National forest may be installed
during the dry seasons to replace
CcC. laborers when Camp Patter-
son has been abolished, it is pre-
dicted. However, the office of Rep
resentative C. A. Barden is making
every effort to hold the camp
within the national forest bounda-
rfes. The congressman expects to &c
to Washington soon to make a per
sonal appeal for retention of the
CCC camp to complete unfinished
work through the area.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
Parliament Of Sow
lets Is Summoned
CONTINUED From Page One)

Continued From Page One)
on the breakdown in military staff
talks here with Britain and France
for tri-poWer alliance.
Council members in outposts of
Russia's vast territory began their
journeys to the capital by plane to-
day in an effort to arrive by Mon
day. There were uhconfirmed reports
that Immediately the pact is ratified,
MQlotoff will fly to Berlin to ex-
change ratified treaties with the Ger
man government 81.
One stipulation of the agreement
was that ratification should take
place as soon as possible
Stain is expected to attend the
council meeting the fourth since es-
tablishment of new constitution ir
1887.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
TOWNSEND CLUB RALLY
SCHEDULED IN ROWAN

Spencer, Aug. 25.-Townsend
clubs throughout North Carolina
have arranged for an anniversary
rally and basket picnic at Happy's
Lake, eight miles south of Sails
bury, September 3.
A program beginning at 4. p. m.
will be in charge of National Rep
resentative Grant Lowe while DR..
j. Forrest Witten, of Salisbury, and
formerly of Mooresville, will be the
guest speaker.
DR.. Witten, who is an outstanding
speaker, is giving much of his time
to the Townsend movement.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25

From now on" Shot so;a
lets scatter out. Instead .u os tneh,
along single or double file lie lung u,ai;
spread over as wide territorw wen IL
convenient, say up to 50 50'O,y uy as
apart, and take in moro YARDS Saras
with our eyes. We might picl. 1.Vuno ,'r
sign OF some kind or See soa,o rp a
body" ' sone-
There's something dead o,.
yonder a half mile," one n1an over s
marked. Look at them hn]1.as , re-
a-hoverin'." "'AAdrds
cided. 0' ue-
In ten minutes they wAro =,
preaching the place, Shot leadinpe' rp'
He raised his hand in signal am,s' onnl
that they were to stop, but tbeS all al
edged up to the form they saw on az
the ground ahead of them. 0A
Good gosh, he's been dead ,orn
enough" one rider said, referrjnss
70 the unmistakable oGor. All IS
them now recognized the ran,a,u. ~, "
OF what had been a man. ''
mot much left but bones" Sho4
murmured, soberly, not even ' d;.
mounting. With the others he sb;ft
ed his horse around to windward
But those pieces of clothes--ai,ls
that his hat over yonder? Thav
show 1t was Mexican"
| I'D guess it was one Won and
George and Jasper got on Wednes.
day night" somebody suggested
wounded and made it this far
maybe. Judging by the looks and
smell" ''N'
Shot nodded. well, there.
nothing we can do for him now Ma.
ture has it's way"
They rode on, but the experience
had cast a definite sense of seri.
BUSINESS over the men, some Of
whom had been prone toward lev.
ity this morning. They all realized
anew that they had stern business
at hand.
"This draw leads into Miners
arroyo" Shot stated presentlv
guiding his horse toward the near.
est man and motioning the Others
to close in. well have to STICK
close together to ride up it."
They rode in silence for several
minutes. Shot had dropped bach
into third place of the single-filt
column. All at once, though, thu
lead man stopped.
"Hey, Shot" he called, not tot
loudly. "Look a-here! There's beer
a rider along here this morning
Here's horse tracks,"
They examined the tracks mi
nutely. They were leading eastwar,
also, and weren't but few hour,
old.
keep yore rifles ready and com,
one," Shot murmured, ominously
Don't take no chances, men. Re
member, they got four of us al
ready. If you see anybody, shoe
first and then ask questions"
ITO Be Continued)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
Wall Street
Is Cheerful

New York, Aug 25.-(AP)-Wall
Street saw faint chances of at least
a monetary European peace today
and traders bid up stock market fa-
vorites one to around four points at
the best. The conclusion of the op-
timists was tha some plan to settle
the Danzig controversy was in the
wind, although nothing definite was
forthcoming before the markets
close.
Transfers approximated 100000
shares. Final prices were under the
ton in the majority of cases
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
Cotton Lower
At The Close

New York, Aug. 25.-(AP)-Cot-
ton futures opened four to seven
points lower on selling by foreign ac-
counts, commission houses and scat
tered hedging. The dominating fac
tor was the sterling break, which
induced heavy foreign selling. Prices
at midday ranged two points higher
to four lower. October was unchang-
ed at 8.67 and December was up two
at $50, while July was off at 8.O1.
Futures closed six to 13 points low
er; middling spot, Gil.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
TWO SONS AND DAUGHTER
WILL SHARE in ESTATE

New York, Aug. 25.-(AP)-Two
sons and a daughter were left shares
in the estate of the late Mrs. Marie
E. Irwin, widow of General George
Leroy Irwin, in a will field today
for probate. Papers showed the es-
tate amounted to at least S195,OOO.
Josephine Irwin Wright, Of Wash
ington, was left one-half and the
remainder was divided equally be-
tween John Darcy Irwin, of Wash
ington and 1t. Col. Stafford Leroy
Irwin, of Fort Bragg, N. c.
The kingdom of Sweden as uni
fled state is 1900 years old.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
DAMAGE IN MYRTLE BEACH
FIRE ESTIMATED $4,000

Myrtle Beach, S. C., Aug. 25-
(AP)-The cause of a fire which
swept four cottages in the heart of
this resort last night remained un-
known today.
Damage was unofficially esti-
mated at $4,000.
The blaze started in Mimosa cot
tage, and spread rapidly. The near
by Toddling inn and Parnell cot
tages were not damaged.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
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PIEDMONT LEAGUE

Durham l, Asheville 0.
Norfolk 8, Winston-Salem 5 e in
nings).
Richmond 90, Charlotte 5-3.
Only games, played.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
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PIEDMONT, LEAGUE

Asheville at Durham e p. n.y..
Charlotte at Richmond.
Portsmouth at Rocky Mount.
Winston-Salem at Norfolk.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Cleveland 1O-17, Philadelphia 2-2.
Detroit 8, Washington /.
New York IL, st. Louis ).
Boston l, Chicago 3.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
CHATHAM CHURCH WILL
HAVE HOMECOMING DAY

annual homecoming day service
will be Aheld at Bethany Baptist
church, at Gulf, Chatham county,
with an all-day program. A picnic
dinner will be served at noon on
the church grounds.
Among the speakers on the pro-
gram are R. D. Covington, mormerly
Of Sanford, now on the staff of the
Mills home, Thomasville, who will
be heard at the afternoon services.
At that time music will be rendered
by a trio from the Mills home.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York at st. Louis (two).
Washington at Detroit.
Boston at Chicago.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Chicago at Boston.
Pittsburgh at New York.
Only games scheduled.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Brooklyn 4, Cincinnati 2.
Chicago 6, Boston 1.
Pittsburgh 4, New York 3.
Philadelphia 6, st. Louis S.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-25

This years crop of pullets will
soon be coming into production,
necessitating a change in handling
methods, says c. F. Parrish, extern
sion poultryman of State college.
Evening star., 1939-04-16

of Benedict Williams. They had cold hard
look, surprising in the easy-going countenance
the passenger usually presented.
These out-of-the- way places interest me"
he confessed. "Office man for ten years-taking
six months rest in out-of-the-way places ~
His explanation died out in a yawn.
In shore. the two Kaffir boatmen boosted
Rexford up to cane jetty which creaked like
hammock, and the young white man found
himself loose in what had once been an ivory
post The Kaffirs were smal-looking lot and
stared at him sullenly.
Presently, hurryng toward him down the
rain-cut gravel, was squat, gray-headed man.
He stopped short before Rexford, and then
edged closer The round face was thrust up to-
ward the stranger. He had red-rimmed blue
eyes under frosted brows icy and humorless
Some old torment was working in those eyes.
I'm Peter Brisben,' he said. IF Faulkes
Bay is business of yours 1t S me you want to
see."
I'm looking for rooms of some Sort"
Rex(ord explained.
You're not going on with the ship?"
mo"
Then come with me-.
Rexford studied the nervous tremor around
the Others mouth Hadn't better get settled
somewhere first?" he inquired.
A sort of hell showed in the old mans eyes.
yell come with me - no putin up with
these natives. kaffir boys don't like strangers
=. Yell come over to the island. We leave as
soon as get my mall
The delay for mail was trying. Not until late
afternoon did they cross the choppy channel to
the island called Malta. An elderly woman
stood on the landing as their boat neared. The
look of her gray frowning eyes reminded
Rexford of faces one used to see on back coun
try farms in the States - mind-maddened by
monotony and the life of the drudge. A large
collie dog, with cold, small eyes greeted Brisben
Evening star., 1939-04-16

as the settler stepped ashore and looked around.
''Down, Benny" said Brisben. ITO heel!'
The dog obeyed, glowering at the stranger.
The woman had not even raised her eyes. They
were fixed on the bundles now being handed
out of the boat. She caught up two or three OF
the smaller ones and started up the stony path.
The whole setting was designed to give anyone
blizzard of blues. Rexford felt.
Brisben's daughter met them in the shadows
of the room as they entered the long low
bungalow of natural stone. Her smile was the
first Rexford had seen since he left the Launceloi
She was tall black eyed girl with fling to
her walk and hard untameable look. She ap-
peared to be somewhat past twenty and less
in the fear and utter obedience to the old man
which the rest all displayed. The son skuked
in for supper. He was eighteen or thereabouts.
with a face unlit, undeveloped. From any part
of the room, no matter what the talk, young
Peters eyes turned to his fathers face. as if for
light to see by.
Brisben complained of the cost of shipping,
the poor land, the stealing of the kaffrs, inter
spersing his poverty complaints with questions
as to the business of the caller.
Business. that's just what I'm getting away
FROM Office man . years at one desk
chucked it all for ramble," Rexford drawled.
Actual night was in the room before candles
we're brought The Bible was called for. and
Brisben read droningly, with absurd pronuncia-
ton at times, chapter from Numbers, After
that he prayed on his knees two native SER
wants kneeling obediently in doorway.
Rexford saw the tall girl kneel also, her cheeks
coloring under his glance.
Later, in the room that had been allotted to
him, he sat in the dark for a long time smoking
his pipe and thinking.
Next morning after breakfast, when father
and son had departed for their work, the girl -
Dorothy - joined him for moment on the
porch. She looked as fresh as if she had just