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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13
BY NJ E. CORME
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Elsie Ritter, a beauty shop operator
taking the place of friend for a week
in the private salon of Mrs. Horace
Witherspoon, Sr., finds herself involved
In a murder mystery when first the
eccentric old lady and later her mid
dle-aged ,daughter-in-law are found
dead under the same hair drier Elsie
was attending each at the time, though
out of the salon for few moments be-
fore discovering the old lady's death.
A string of emeralds, belonging to Mrs.
Witherspoon, Sr., are strangely miss
ing. Certain members of the Wither-
spoon family, and some of the house
guests, strike Elsie as queer Phil Ben
son, newspaper reporter and close
launch their investigation. He imme-
ately phones for Mac Mcintyre, head
of the Chicago homicide squad, who
happens to be in town. Meanwhile
Richard and Daphne Witherspoon, chill
dren of the second victim, conduct
themselves oddly during questioning.
The chief of police continues his inter
rogation of all those at the Manor when
the two deaths occurred. Elsie, Ben
son and Mcintyre discuss the possible
suspects. No trace of poison is found
in the body of Mrs. Horace Wither-
spoon, Jr. Making a secret investiga-
tion of the beauty salon, Phil and
Elsie come upon bit of cigaret tissue
which has a smell of bitter almonds.
(NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY)
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afraid, and when he was afraid he
started to sink, crying out Lord,
save mel"
Jesus stretched out His hand and
caught him and said, "Oh, thou Of
little faith, wherefore didst thou
doubt?
This is one of the many lessons we
can remember all our lives. We must
have faith. We may not be able to
walk on the water We do not live in
the time of Jesus and we do not have
the physical presence of the Saw.
But if we believe that He can do all
things, and if we trust and work
hard toward a solution of our pro-
blems, we, too, can carry on, even
though our paths seem dark.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13

was there between the powder
boxes and that large jar of mas
sage cream! And now it's gone"
Phil said thoughtfully: $50 that's
what Daphne was after!"
was puzzled: what would she
want with that?"
Heaven only knows, Elsie, but
she must have wanted it pretty
badly to come sneaking in here in
the middle Of the night"
"And she arranged the articles
on the shelf so that the mask
wouldn't be missed!"
He shrugged: Another mystery
to add to our list. Scoot along to
your room, honey, before I douse
the light. I'll follow"
"All right" I tiptoed across the
lobby. 20. K, Phil, I'm herew
The light in the anteroom went
out. Phil started cautiously toward
the open door,, It was So dark
could not see him. I counted his
steps. One, two, three funny 1 had
not noticed before that his shoes
squeaked. I chuckled inwardly. It
was just like the big bum to wear
squeaky shoes upon midnight pill
grimage!
Four, five, six-mechanically ]
counted-seven, eight, nine-why
the squeaking had stopped! 1, was
counting steps that weren't Phirsl
''Phil!" I sobbed his name. was
running across the lobby. I was
sobbing and running! Suddenly
plunged forward. My feet had
tripped upon something large ano
limp there on the tiles!
"Phil!"
"That you, Elsie?" The some.
thing spoke; it groaned. My hanc
groped on the floor and closed or
cold metal. The pocket fash! The
light came on like a burst Of sun
Phil lay sprawled beside me, his
legs doubled under him.
phil! Are you ali right ?''
"Sur-re" He sat up and rubbed
the back Of his head. Where die
that ton Of bricks come from
baby?"
"Ton Of bricks 2" I thought hs
was delirious.
1.-The one that dropped on my
head! Boy, oh, boy, and did it drop
I never knew what hit me.
did you stumble and fall?"
He shook his head. CT" he be-
gan and clutched at his heart.
| "Phil!" I was so frightened
hardly knew what I was doing
"You are hurt!"
"Elsie, the papers
i "The paper?"
"The cigaret tissue! l had it il
my vest pocket and it's gone"
But how?"
4 ''The ton Of BRICKS" he sait
slowly, 'the ton of bricks!"
"Will you kindly explain in word!
Of one syllable ?" l demanded, re
| action setting in and making M
| cross.
! He smiled ruefully: Il was talk
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

BITTER almond?" Phil asked
when I said that's what I had
smelled.
nodded and yawned. I was get
ting sleepy. This prowling about in
the small hours of the morning
was not my idea Of fun. Let's get
out of this salon, Phil"
"Wait a minute, baby. Now
think! When you raised the hood
and Mrs. Witherspoon fell out on
you, did you sneeze 2"
"Uh-huh."
"And did you sneeze again when
you united Mrs. Horace"
MRS. Horace? Why, yes I did!'
I wrinkled my brow. Now what
was ne driving at? Whatever did
my sneezing have to do with MUIR
der?
"And both times it was this bit
ter almond odor that made you
sneeze 2" +,
Eyes, it was. It tickles my nose
and I have to sneeze. That was one
reason. T. hated to mess with the
beauty mask. It smelled like that,
too"
"It did, eh 2" He rubbed his chin.
"But Mrs. Horace didn't have the
mask on her face when she died,
did she?
"Oh, no! She never used the
mask to my knowledge" s3..4
Good! Baby, think we have
something! AS sure as God made
little apples this piece Of paper is
going to send someone to the hot
seat"
TITS clew?"
s"Nothing else! In the morning
TIL take it around to Taylor at the
drug store and, if he's half the
druggist he thinks he is, he'll know
what poison smells Of bitter almond
and is so deadly that it kills in
stantly and defies detection by au-
topsy!"
;s"Oh" I began to feel thrilled
myself. Fancy Phil figuring out the
whole business! won't Didmore be
surprised when you tell him the
rlews?"
He laughed: "He will that!
Carefully he slowed the paper tr
his vest pocket. Nov for look
into the second compartment, an6
then well call it night" II
THAT suits me-" I said ant
stiffied another yawn. 'Phil!"
froze to the wall. did you heal
anything?"
a4TIear anything?"
"I thought heard a noise in tn,
lobby"
we listened. Phil said: "All'.
quiet on the western front, baby
7'Nerves, ] guess" said.
"Sure, nerves!" He patted my
arm. We went into the second ante
room.
s'sWell, 1 can't discover a thins
that's missing!" I said wearily
Cream, powders, lotions and
oh!'' L gave a little cry.
''Eh 2" Phil turned to me. Fin,
something?"
"The bottle of beauty mask i
missing"
"No fooling ?"
"Lookw pointed to the tol
shelf above the dressing table. Il
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13
Many High School
Musicians Go To
Davidson Clinic
afraid.

Davidson, an. 13.-To the hundreds
of high school music students through
out North Caro- ina, South Carolina
: and Tennessee who will visit Davidson
January A. Saturday is "Clinic Day"
On that date will be staged here at
Davidson the first band and orches-
trial clinic ever to he held in North
Carolina. Prof. James Christian
Pfohl, head of the college music de-
partment, has announced that this
clinic will be held for students who
plan to compete in the state music
contests next spring. Outstanding
North Carolina collegiate musical or
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by leading North Carolina musicians
OIL the different instrumental groups.
THE WOES OF A DRUNKARD

Proverbs 23:29-32. Who hath woe?
who hath sorrow? who hath conten-
tions? who hath bafbbling? who hath
wounds without cause? who hath red
ness of eyes? They that tarry long
at the wine; they that go to seek
mixed wine. Look not thou upon the
wine when it is red, when it giveth
his color in the cup, when it moveth
itself Alright. At the last it biteth like
a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13

Water is good treatment for tenn
perature disturbances. 1t can be
used both externally and internally.
A hot bath and hot lemonade are
the best treatment for exposure to
cold and chill these winter evenings.
Cold water internally and exter-
nally is splendid treatment for fe-
yer. Indeed, in the treatment Of
many diseases the use of water
could well be exclusively depended
unon.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13
By LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D.

YESTERDAY we discussed the
wonderfully balanced mechanism OF
the regulation of bodily tempera-
ture. Much of this depends upon an
equally delicate mechanism, the
water balance of the body.
Of all the substances we take
into our bodies, water is the one
which remains the most stable. The
amount of water in the tissues hard
ly varies as much as drop. If it
does, if the body becomes dehy-
drafted from hot weather and too
much perspiration, serious conse-
quences follow.
AS for getting too much water
into the cells, that is almost impos-
sible. Experiments have been made
attempting it by drinking such
large amounts of water as to
amount to saturation so as to add to
the water content of the tissues, but
hardly as much as a teaspoonful
could be added. But even then very
serious symptoms amounting to
shock occurred from that small an
addition.
Many Functions
Water performs many functions
though on it's way through the body.
We are conscious of perspiration in
the summer time, but even on the
coldest day we have some invisible
perspiration occurring constantly,
the evaporation Of which helps to
keep the body in temperature equili-
brium. Water is used by the sail
vary glands and the mucous glands
of the nose and mouth, to keep those
cavities moist. Much of our hour
ly comfort depends on that.
And all along the digestive tract
the same fabrication occurs. Any
excess of water in the body is spilled
over through the kidneys, taking
with it some body heat which also
helps temperature regulation.
The regulation of water balance
is maintained So far as intake is
concerned by the sensation of thirst.
This is certainly one Of the most
sensitive functions of the body. It
regulates minutely how much water
is needed. Nobody knows where the
center of the sensation of thirst
lies, but it must be part of every
body cell. If the day is cold and not
much perspiration is needed to reg
;llate temperature, a man Of aver
age weight will drink about quart
Of water day. 1t is reported by a
medical officer of the British army
that in India the average intake
among men of a regiment is from 10
to 15 quarts day.
Every Cell Needs It
Thirst arises from the need of
every cell in the body, but the local
site which causes, the acute sensa-
tion is the mouth, and if the mouth
is kept moist, no matter how much
the cells need water, the sensation
r. L
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Wafer Balance
Keeps Us Going
This Delicate Mechanism Helps Regulate the Equally
Important Body Temperature

w. J. McGee, a geologist who has
had wide experience in the desert
region of the southwest, writes:
"Thirst is commonly relieved by a
moderate quantity of water; some
times fruit acids and other acid SUBJ
stances exciting a flow of saliva are
requisite for relief, and in the prac-
tical life of the range a pebble or a
nail carried in the mouth is often
ef6cacious."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13
Rural Churches
ROCK SPRING-DExTER

ROCK SPRING
Rev. S. L. Morgan, pastor.
preaching at Rock Spring Baptist
church Sunday morning at II o'clock
the subject being, Thought the Archi-
tect Of Character and Destiny"
Preaching at Dexter Baptist church
at night.
The pastor will preach both times,
and the public is cordially invited.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13

(The International Uniform Lesson
on the above topic for Jan. Is is Mat
thew 17:1-18; 2 Peter 1:16-17, the
Golden Text being John 1:14, 1--WE be-
held His glory, rs the glory of the
Only Begotten of the Father.")
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Reader: "Could a person gaining
weight possibly have tuberculosis"
Answer-Certainly. It is regu-
lar thing for patients under the rest
treatment to gain fifteen or twenty
pounds or more.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13

DIR. Clendehing will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13

I. F.: els it possible for a per-
son who has a calcium deficiency to
go to the other extreme by taking
an overdose Of same in the various
tablet forms? What is the best way
to get sufficient calcium for a person
other than the ordinary milk ra-
tion?"
Answer: According to Sherman
("The Chemistry of Food and Nu-
trition") "The ordinary mixed diet
of Americans and Europeans is prob
ably more often deficient in calcium
than in any other chemical ele-
ment." In spite of this authoritative
statement, there are few conditions
in which calcium deficiency can be
proved clinically, and 80 per cent of
those occur in children (rickets)
and nursing mothers. know of no
harm that excess of calcium can do.
It can be taken in milk or in pure
form-calcium carbonate-but is of
little value if parathyroid deficiency
exists. think you need doctor to
straighten you out.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13

EDITORS NOTE: Seven pamphlets BY
DR.. Clendening can now be obtained by
sending 10 cents in coin, for each, and 9
self-addressed envelope stamped with
ing, in care of this paper. The pamphlets
are: '"Three Weeks Reducing Diet, "In-
digestion and Constipation. Reducing
and Gaining, Infant Feeding, ''In-
structions for the Treatment of Diabetes,
Feminine Hygiene" and ''Ths Care of the
Hair and Skin"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-13
Every Cell Needs It

Thirst arises from the need of
every cell in the body, but the local
site which causes the acute sensa-
ton is the mouth, and if the mouth
is kept moist, no matter how much
the cells need water, the sensation
of thirst will be largely alleviated.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-23

American priests with their relatives
His Holiness spoke to them briefly
in English and blessed them and
their dioceses: The ten were ordain-
ed last Sunday by Bishop Ralph
Hayes, rector of the North American
College.
Vittorio Emanuele acknowledged
that events in eastern Europe had
brought uneasy times.
Europe has not yet and will not
have times which can be called easy
and the recent collapse of some of
the artificial political structures born
after the World War demonstrated
it," he said. But it is difficult times
(which reveal the character of peo-
pies, and it is for this reason that
no doubt clouds my mind with re-
gard to the future of the Italian peo-
pie, future guaranteed by the arms
and by the ever more united national
consciousness, tempered by the hard
tests of war and the no less arduous
duties of peace"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-23
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
WILL HEAR COOLEY

Raleigh, March 23.-With the de-
finite assurance that Congressman
Harold D. Cooley will be on hand
to- "put on the rousements", plans
for the fourth district Young Demo-
cratic Jeffersonian Rally are being
completed.
Staged at Memorial Auditorium in
Raleigh on the night of Friday,
March 81, the fourth district meet
ing will be an informal barbecue
rather than a formal banquet. The
date for this occasion was fixed a
little earlier than the real rally
period in order to catch the legisla-
ture in session.
Jeffersonian Rallies planned by
State President Gordon Gray and
General Chairman Tommy Gresham
are scheduled for every congress
sional district in the State during
the two first weeks in April. Dates
have been fixed so far for the Sec
ond, fourth and fifth district rallies
and others will be announced in a
few days.
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HENDERSON, IN CO. DISPATCH THURSDAY MARCH 2 1888 u

missioner of agriculture, the direc-
tor OF the North Carolina Expert
ment Station (Schaub) and the COM
missioner of agriculture.
This measure goes much beyond
setting up a board, too. 1t would
change the tax on fertilizer inspec-
ton from 20 cents a ton as at pres
ent to 80 cents ton, the increased
revenue to be allocated for the use
OF the North Carolina Experiment
Station and test farms.
Going still further, the bill would
reallocate to "hog cholera, Bangs
disease and other regulatory work, %
under the N. c. E. S. $4,000 now
allocated 10 seed improvement, $685.
$50 for miscellaneous use and S72,-
600 for expenses Of the test farms.
All in all, however, it just about
sufflces to say of the two bills that
the Department of Agriculture
wants 1913, Dean Schaub wants 376
and will have the backing of the
North Carolina Farm Bureau.
At the time of introduction of BIG
yesterday, 1913 had already been
favorably reported by the agricul-
ture committee and was on the Sen
ate calnedar, but on motion of
George Ward, of Duplin, it was sent
back to the committee because of
the Introduction of 376.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-23
SMALL BOY DIES IN
THE HOSPITAL HERE
James Abbott Ill Only One
Week; Funeral at New
Bethel Friday

James Arthur Abbott, nine-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lennie Alb
bolt, of the Townsville road, died al
Maria Parham hospital at tbs a. m
today after an illness of one week
He was born in this county Deem
Der 20, 1929. He was a student al
Central school in the city.
The lad was member of Sandy
Creek Baptist church.
Surviving besides the parents are
three brothers, John, Clinton and
ArWell Abbott, and two sisters, Eliza
beth and Shirley Jean Abbott, and
two grandmothers, Mrs. Matte Alb
bott and Mrs. Maggie Stevenson,
both of this county.
Funeral services will be held at
4 o'clock Friday afterrS2n at New
Bethel Baptist church at EPSON, with
interment following in the church
cemetery. Rev. Mr.. Barnett, pastor
of Sandy Creek Baptist church, will
heb in charge of the services.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-23
NOTICE OF SALE OF STOCK
OF C00nS

By virtue Of an assignment made
by The Children7s Shop of Hender-
son, N. c. and as directed therein
and as provided by law will on
Monday April 3rd at IL o'clock noon
at the store room of The Childrens
Shop on William Street in Hender-
son, N. c. offef for sale and sell to
the highest bidder for cash by pub
Tic auction alE that stock of mer-
chandise, fixtures and equipment
used in the operation Of said bust
ness. This stock is new and clean.
1t is made ; p of suits, coats, and
other childre as clothing. Sale is sub
ject to confirmation without notice,
successful bidder must Immediately
deposit 1919 of his bid to be held
pending confirmation.
This the 22nd day of March A. D.
1899.
JASPER B. HICKS, Trustee.
23-25-1
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Memel Talk Viewed
AS Assurances
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German Reich, so, too, we here want
to give expression to our faith and
our confidence in the word 'Sieg
He'll"
The fuehrer finished speaking al
2:39 p. m. 1888 a. m. eastern stand
ard time). Enthusiastic singing of the
Reich's national anthem followed.
While warning the world that nc
nation on earth could tear the unified
German nation asunder, Hitler de-
clared:
eve Germans have no intention OF
doing harm to the rest of the world
The damage which that other WORLD
did to Germany, however, had to be
repaired again. I believe that now
in the main, we have arrived at ar
end to this unique process of repara-
TONS"
This was interpreted as an effor-
to appease a nervous world, and es-
pecially Poland.
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Hines Given 4 to 8
Years In Lottery
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at least $4,000 annually to protect
this vicious racket, and in all pre-
vious cases of this type that have
come before me, 1 have been much
more stringent
Hines was pale and nervous as
sentence was passed. He adjusted and
readjusted his glasses. His lawyer
Lloyd Stryker, blanched, too, as SEN
tence was passed. Stryker made two
routine motions to dismiss. Both
were denied. He told the court Hines
had cooperated with probation Off
GERS to the fullest.
Stryker said: ''Mr. Hines has moth
ing to say
J. Richard Davis, lawyer for the
Dutch Schultz mob and big Harry
Schoenbaus, payroll man, named as
fellow conspirators of Hines, were
sentenced yesterday. Davis was given
year and Shoenhaus was given a
suspended sentence, with two years
probation.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-23

who inherits the Austrian legation
building on Massachusetts avenue?
Republican Spain also has gone
flooey. Ambassador Tornado de los
Rios likewise has gone in for Amer
lean education. But we haven't a
successor to him yet-or recognized
new Spain. Who acquires that en-
bassy?
Chinese Ambassador HUI Shin is
hanging on only by his eye teeth
He's likely to have an embassy to
put on the market shortly.
Now, Minister Hurban of Czecho-
Slovakia has an offering.
The diplomatic industry in Wash
ington, in short, is being CONSOLE
dated at rate that endangers its
prosperity. It's getting to be a trust
The anti-monopoly committee ought
to get into action.
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aW m New YORK.
But the embassy real estate?

law in New York.
But the embassy real estate?
For years it did nothing but stand
there, on Sixteenth Street, with no.
body but caretaker in charge. OF
the ambassadorial staff nobody was
left but Serge Ughet, who had been
financial attache. Yet he no longer
spoke with any authority. He lived
in Manhattan. The embassy was an
orphan. The caretaker himself
wouldn't come to the door. Russia
did, indeed, maintain a commercial
office in Washington under Boris
Skvirsky, but it was Independent OF
the former embassy; the quarters
weren't his.
I tried again and again to discover
to whom that embassy belonged; it's
worth about $1,000,000. All I could
learn from the State Department was
that it was like an estate, left by a
dead government, with ne heir.
Finally, however, we recognized
the Soviets, and Ambassador Alex
ander A. Troyanovsky came into
possession. So that's settled Troy
anovsly is in Russia on extended
leave, but Charge d'Affaires Con-
stantine A. Oumasky occupies the
premises. The place seems to belong
to Russia all right.
Austria, Spain, China?
Not long ago, as we're aware, Herr
Hitler gobbled Austria, which put
Austrian Minister Edgar L. C. Proch-
milk out on the end Of a limb. DR.
Prochnilk found a position as lee
turer in a big American education
al institution, taking care of him. But
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-23
TO THE CREDITORS OF THE
CHILDREN'S SHOP, HEN
DERSON. N. G..

Notice is hereby given that The
Children's Shop of Henderson, N. c.
has made an assignment to the I'M
designed trustee, and all persons,
firms, and corporations having
claims against said company are
hereby notified to present said
claims properly itemized and verified
to Hon. E. O. Falkner, Clerk Superior
Court of Vance County within one
CD year from this date or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their re-
covery. All persons indebted to said
company will make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned
This the 23rd day of March, A.
D., 1889.
JASPER B. HICKS, Trustee
23-30-6-13