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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-04
Pension Meeting
On Sunday Night

Plans for launching a program
10 obtain public support for liber-
ahzing social security laws will be
discussed Sunday evening when
members Of the Washington Old
Age Pension union convene for
business session Sunday at 6
o'clock in Eagles hall, 1t was an
noHnced Friday by Or. Alien
Emerson, president of the group.
A public mass meeting Is slated
TO get under way at 7:30 o'clock,
during which addresses will be
given by State Senator Kathryn
Malstrom and Representative Alex
Gabrielsen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-04

Most Of Americas tea Is sup
Piled by the black tea countries
o. Ceylon, India, Java and Su-
matra
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-04

Vashon Saturday evening to as
sist in the installation of the new
Vashon Island club. All members
wiz assemble at Fauntleroy ferry.
leave their cars there, cross on
the ferry and proceed by bus to
NaShOn.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28

places and sections of North Carolina.
A suggested itinerary was sent him,
and number of feature stories al
ready sent out by the bureau were
likewise forwarded.
This week the bureau heard from
Mr.. Hoppe taht he was "delighted''
at the wealth of material awaiting
him in North Carolina and that he is
looking forward to his coming tour.
He also indicated that he will take
his own pictures for the book as we'll
as write its text.
He said he intends to cover the
coastal section, the piedmont and
the mountains.
He is only one Of at least score
of writes and authors who have come
to North Carolina or who are plan
ming to come here as a result of the
interest aroused in the State by the
advertising program authorized by
the 1887 General Assembly tthe re-
quest Of Governor Clyde II. Hoey and
administered by the Department of
Conservation and Development, it is
pointed out by Director r. Bruce
Etheridge.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
HILLSIDE DEFEATS
PAINTERS TWICE
Girls Lose 24-21;. Boys De-
feated in, Overtime Bat
tie by Is to % Score

1he Henderson Institute Panthers
dropped two close games to Hill
side high Of Durham last night on
the Bull City court.
The girls were defeated "a to q
and the boys lost an overtime game
25 to %. e'''''O
The girls contest featured long
distance shooting by Brame, of Hen
derson and Pratt, of Durham. Brame
accounted for ID points for Hender-
son, while Pratt shot 19 for the win
nerS.r r"' - - ma -,
The Durham boys got off to an
early lead, and at half time. had
Henderson 13 to 5. The Panthers
found the basket with accuracy dur
ing the second half and moved into
a tie in the final seconds of the game
on a goal by Johnson.
In the extra period, Weaver sank
a goal for the Durham team in the
1lnal seconds of the game.
Knight led the Panthers, with nine
points. Weaver topped Hillside, with
IL points. W
The Panthers will journey to Fay-
etteville tonight to meet E. E. Smith
Dual State Champions.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28

Chapel Hill, Feb. 28.-The first
tripleheader championship h 6 h
school basketball contest ever held
in this state is set here tonight in
Woolen Gymnasium between east
ern and Western class A, B, and c
champions.
This unique sports attraction will
get underway at o'clock with Cary
and Mt. Airy battling for state class
B honors. Exactly one hour later the
high spot of the program, the Char
lotte-Rurham championship A con-
test, will get started. Pilot Mountain
and Conway will play for the class
C crown at $50 o'clock.
The spotlight will be centered to-
night on Durham high, which has
probably the most impressive record
of any high school team in the nation
during the 1888 and 1889 season. The
Bulldogs have won 81 consecutive
games in two years, have averaged
81 points per game and also annexed
the South Atlantic championship last
year. Durham's high scoring record
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
EPSON SPLITS TWO
WITH EDWARD BEST
EPSON Girls Lose 19 to Fl;
Boys Win, 1911; Teams
Play Here Wednesday

EPSON and Edward Best high
school basketball teams divided a
doubleheader last night at Edward
Best, the EPSON girls losing l9 to u,
and the boys won l3 to II.
Miss S. Harrington led the EPSON
girls with eleven points. Miss Jaunita
Ayscue got six and Misses d. Ed
wards and E. Smith one each.
Miss Sledd was top scorer for the
winners, with 16 points.
Eaves, T. w. Edwards and Medlln,
with four points each, paced EPSON
boys to victory. j. H. Edwards ac-
counted for the remaining tally.
Wells W. - 1T IL the losers,
with five tailles.
The teams meet in doubleheader
here Wednesday night at the arnlory.
This will be the final games. for
EPSON before the Franklin county
tournament, which gets underway
next Monday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
Girls Near Record For
Cage Sport In Henderson
Win from Middleburg
Wednesday Will Give
Lassies Undefeated
Season in High School
Play; Much Depends
on Henderson Guards

If Henderson high school girls
basketball team whips Middleburg
girls here tomorrow night, the ag-
gregation will have achieved a rec
ord unparalleled in the history of
the sport in Henderson, an unde-
feated season in high school play
The girls lost a. close game to
Louisburg College, this being an eX-
hibition test carded when Chapel
Hill girls cancelled q scheduled
game, leaving the lassies without an
opponent when the boys clashed
with the five from Chapel HILL
Along with the record of no de-
feats would go the best scoring rec
ord ever compiled by a single play
er on a Henderson team that Of
Miss Mary Florence Houghtaling,
who has bagged 396 points to the
present time, and holds the record
for individual scoring, getting 43
points against Middleburg here in
the first meeting of the teams.
Middleburg has two crack for
wards in Misses Ellington and Hen
bricks, one is just as dangerous as
the other. They bear the brunt of
0OOl llA5 IOA IllSlI lCotIll.
Tomorrow nights game will be
decided largely on the ability of
guards. If Middleburg guards can
stop Misses Houghtaling, Finch and
Falkner, then their forwards can
account for enough points to give
them verdict.
Henderson has quartet of guards
that are just about tops in the field
in this section. Headed by Captain
Carolyn Duke, the defensive side of
the court includes Miss Charlotte
Knight, Miss Marie Moore and Miss
Mildred Harris. Coach Bob Harri-
son is depending on them % hold
the Middleburg forwards veil in
check. They succeeded very well in
the first meeting of the teams, and
will likely show an. improved de-
tense Wednesday.
Henderson has a powerful, well
balanced basketball team, with
Houghtaling as the spark that sets
the machine in motion, which. usu-
ally ends in victory.
The boys have come a long wav
from their midseason slump. and
are expected to hand the Middleburg
lads another defeat when they. clash,
The goal shooting and guarding. as
well as. the floor work has improved
SO much, one hardly recognizes the
aggregation as the blundering five
that stumbled through several de-
feats.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
Work Is Started
On'TobaCcO Lab
AtOXford's F arm
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Rv TVNN NTSRET

Raleigh, Feb. Construction of
the 5000 Laboratory to facilitate
the study and control of tobacco dis
eases and pests has begun at the to-
baccO station at Oxford and will be
completed in seven months, accord
ing to announcement this morning by
F. E. Miller, director of the test farms
in the Department Of Agriculture.
The laboratory building will also
house an office for the station. Be-
sides there will be two or three other
buildings to be used as garages, tool
houses, ETC., all of which was made
possible by q congressional approp-
riation of 100000 some time ago.
The main laboratcr--- building will
be three stories high, built of brick,
and will house workers of the fed
eral bureau of Entomology and Quar-
antine, as we'll as state specialists.
Addition Of this modern laboratory
will greatly aid the work of the state
and the federal departments in pre-
venting and controlling diseases of
tobacco and will mean a great deal
to the farmers of North Carolina.
E. C. Moss, assistant director in
charge of the tobacco test farm, is
recognized as one of the leading au-
thorities in his field in the United
States. His work has been somewhat
handicapped by inadequate space and
equipment, condition which will be
relieved by the new laboratory.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
Travel Author Is
To Make Tour Over
The State Shortly
Daily Dispatch Bureau
In the Sir Walter Hotel

Raleigh, Feb. ga nationally
known writer of travel books, o. E.
Hoppe, will hop into North Carolina
soon in order to gather material for
fourthcoming book featuring the
Old North Carolina and its attrac-
tions
Coming of Mr.. Hoppe is the result
of activities of the news bureau Of
the State Department of Conserva-
ton and Development.
Mr.. Hoppe has written books deal
ing with his travels in Europe, Asia
and Africa.
Some weeks ago he wrote the news
bureau asking its assistance in map
ping tour of the State which would
take him to the more interesting
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28

ist Of the State College Extension
Service. These improvements in
clude the arrangement of grounds
and paintings, including the estab
lishment of definite walks and drives
the seeding Of lawns, transplanting
of shrubs, flowers and trees, and the
painting and Identification of dwell
ings and out-buildings.
During the past year, Harris re-
ported he visited 474 homes and
public grounds and drew 377 sketch
es to assist the public in landscape
architecture. In addition to this,
100 leaders schools and group meet
ings were conducted with a total at
tendance of 2,758
I'm North Carolina there has been
a rapid growth Of interest within
the past few years in more attrac-
tive homes and better living condi-
TONS, Harris said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
High School Cage Titles
To Be Decided Tonight

has even been more enviable this
winter than in 1888 In 10 conference
games Durham has averaged 63
points per game. On Saturday night
the Bulldogs nosed Dukes crack
freshman outfit 24-21.
Conway, Eastern class c titalist,
and Mt. Airy, Western class B Win
ner, will be making their first ap
pearances in a state championship
game. ConWay's coach is E. E. AskeW,
former Elon COACH Wallace Shelton,
formerly of Carolina, is Mt Airys
tutor 2~
Pilot Mountain, State class B
champion for the last two years, will
be cunning for honors in the newly
organized class c league.
Durham will be seeking its eighth
state title, Charlotte, its opponent,
will be endeavoring to win its fifth
high school crown.
Cary, which lost to. Dobson in the
1894 class B finals, will be appearing
in a title-settling game for the Sec
Ond time.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
Better Gardens
Week Is Planned
For the Negroes

College Station, Raleigh, Feb. 28.-
A Better Gardens Week for Negro
farmers will be held March 27-April
l, it was announced here today by
C. R. Hudson. in charge of Negro
work for the State College Extension
Service. The purpose will be to slim
ulate the growing of more gardens,
and better gardens with greater
variety of vegetables.
For several years the Negro di-
vision of the Extension Service has
promoted garden contests, but this
year it was decided to accomplish
the same purpose with a Better Gar
denS Week.
Between now and the date of the
event explanatory pamphlets and Cir
culars on the subject will be mailed
to persons who are expected to have.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
CHAPTER THIRTEEN

WHAT, Iona kept asking her
self all through the next six hours,
while the speeding train carried her
toward the grim prison hospital
where her father lay dying, would
she have done if this thing had
happened before she knew Jim :?
Back in the days when she was
alone, broke, jobless and friendless.
She shuddered to think of it.
For Jim had taken charge of
everything. He'd seen to it that she
made the first train south, and
made arrangements for a chair
when he found there was no Pull
man. He'd driven her to the station
himself in the same gaudy car
they'd used to picnic with in the
afternoon, and stood with her hand
in his until the train came Shrek
ing into the station. He'd even Of
fered her money. But she waved it
back deciSively.
"I've enough, Jim. Besides, this
is my debt. It's got to be MY
money. You see, don't you?"
"Of course, girl. I understand.
But if there's anything I can do,
you're to wire. You'll remember
that?"
"I'll remember, Jim, and
thanks for everything. You seem to
be always-helping me out" A lit
tie sob choked her, and she clung
to him as the warning bell on the
train sounded and he had to leave.
"Goodby, girl, and good luck. I'll
see Sanders in the morning and tell
him what's happened. Don't worry,
he'll hold your job until you get
back. And don't take it too hard,
girl. Maybe it's-all for the best"
With that he was gone, and she
was left alone to face the dragging
miles between her and her father.
Poor, patient Daddy! She realized,
as she watched the slow passage of
the light-streaked night outside the
car window, that in the back of
her mind there always had been
the hope that some day she would
have her father back again. That
she might be able to make up to
him for what he had suffered. That
hope was futile, it seemed. She laid
her head on the arm of her chair
and sobbed, as the grinding wheels
gathered speed. M .o,,
=
Dawn was breaking when she
stepped, finally, from the train into
the station at the state capital.
Northwestern Penitentiary," she
directed the staring taxi driver
in tired voice.
"You can't get in there now,
lady," the driver objected. "They
don't let nobody"
'It's an emergency" she cut him
short. "Take me to the warden's
Office"
The city was stirring as they
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
THIS FIRST,

READ THIS FIRST:
Disheartened because she can find no
work, Iona Ackerman, whose father is
serving a life sentence for murder,
finds some consolation after telling her
troubles to Jim Claridge. an acquain-
tance she has decided to trust. Aside
from Claridge, she is alone in the
world, jobless and broke, Jim gives
Iona lead for another job and she
applies at the Office of the Western
Realities company. Iona likes her new
work, sees more and more of Jim eve
,nings. On Sunday they decide to go
to a nearby lake for picnic. Avoiding
old friends who had snubbed her, Iona
plunges into the lake, infuriated, and
When Jim rescues Iona from drowning
after she had been seized with cramps,
she realizes they love one another. Re-
turning from their outing, she finds a
telegram from the prison warden stat
ing her father is near death.
(NOW GO ON WITH THE Story
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28

flashed through it; the busy, teem-
ing capital city in which her father
had lived for so many years now,
without ever having seen more of it
than she was seeing at this very
moment. The thought maddened
her, and as they approached the
gray stone walls Of the forbidding
group of buildings where were
housed the wards of the state, she
could have cried out at the unfair
ness of it all.
Out of the east the sun had come
up rosy and promising. How Daddy
had loved the sunrise! Was he see
ing it now, she wondered? Was he
still-oh, but he must be still alive!
He couldn't have-gone until she
saw him. The fear that had been
eating at her all through the night
still nagged her as she forced her.
self to speak calmly to the sleepy
eyed attendant in the warden's Of
flee. She HAD to tell Daddy about
herself and Jim! He had to be
alive!
She was trembling when the at
tendant finally raised the warden
on the phone.
"He says you're to watt" the
man told her. Hell be right over
and take you to the hospital"
"Oh, could you tell me fits
my father I've come to see. Could
you tell mellow he is ?"
The fellow shrugged. Dunno. Is
he real bad sick" Ills voice was
| disinterested.
"He's-they've sent for me-"
II wouldn't know about the sick
ones" He shrugged. "Ain't none of
'em died during the night, if that's
what you want to know" He
crossed his feet and looked at the
desk impatiently. She got the i'm
preston that she had disturbed his
rest and that he resented it. She
sat very still, after that, until the
warden came.
She had met Warden Lewis on
her last visit to the place, and re-
membered him as a big, gruff,
wheeling, kindly sort of man. His
lined eyes softened when he saw
her sitting there, and he came over
and took her trembling hand.
"1'm glad you got here, MISS" he
told her, his manner holding a
quaint, old-fashioned Difference she
would have found charming under
other circumstances. "He's been
asking for you."
"Oh, may I see him, please? +? How
is he?"
"You must be prepared for a
change in your father, miss. He's
been sick quite a long time, you
know"
"Sick a long time? And I didn't
know! left him here alone and
sick. Why didn't you tell me?"
"He wouldn't hear to it. He's an
unusual man, your father, miss.
You'll have to be a great woman to
be worth what he thinks of you.
It's shame, this pneumonia catch
ing him the way it has. Another
month and the board would have
granted his parole"
"Parole! You mean they would
have set him free? Sent him back
to me? And I didn't know!"
"Not the way you think, miss.
You see, your fathers lungs were
never very strong. He would have
had only a few months anyhow.
That's why we were going to pa
role him. But-he's got pneu-
monia noW."
"Is there no hope? ? Are you sure
Oh, if he'd only live so I could get
him out of herei Get him home
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
FAYETTEVILLE FARM
X. LEADS PRODUCTION

i' College Station, Raleigh, Feb. %.
The Cottonade Farm of William
Sutherland, near Fayetteville, heads
the honor roll of 54 dairy herds on
test with the Dairy Herd Improve
ment Association which produced
an average per cow of 300 pounds
or more Of butte Fat in 1888, it was
announced toda. by John A. Arey,
dairy specialist =, the State College
extension Service. Southerland's
~ Guernsey cows averaged 442
pounds Of fat each.
The Quail Roost Farm herd of
George Watts Hill. of Rougemont, in
Durham county, averaged 432
pounds for 1T Guernsey COWS.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
HEEL WRESTLERS WIN
FOUR OUT OF SEVEN

Chapel Hill, Feb 28.-North Caro-
lina's 1889 wrestling team, 1899 state
champion, won four of seven con-
tests this season. The Tar Heels de-
feated Virginia Tech, N. c. State,
Davidson and Duke, and lost to
Navy, Washington and Lee, and "
NJ. l. George link, l20-pounder, had
the best individual record. He won
six matches in seven starts
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
CONVICT SLAUGHTER
ENFO AR
BuNTA APR&SA ASSOC

with me. He could die, then, In
peace. You're sure there's no hope?
I'll do anything. Anything!"
"Well, of course, I'm no doctor.
We thought maybe seeing you
might"
"Take me to him! This minute.
What are we waiting for? Take me
to him! I'll make him live. He can't
die, not now! Not until I have a
chance to make up to him. He can't
die!"
But the sight Of her fathers face
against the hospital pillow, and the
sound Of his labored breathing.
made her frantic resolution wane
as swiftly as it had been born. He
was thin, so terribly thin. His hair
had whitened since she had seen
him, and he looked old and broken.
Daddy" She thought she was
crying his name aloud, but the
word came from her lips in a
shocked whisper. Daddy, it's
Iona" Humbly she went down on
her knees beside the narrow bed.
He looked up at her with star
ing eyes, uncomprehending.
"Lona," he brought out, in q
hoarse, changed voice. Iona!
That's my girl. You mustn't tell
her! Promise me you won't tell her.
She mustn' n't-know :"
Daddy! It's Iona. I'm here! I've
come
"she mustn't know. {. .. Iona
mustn't know :"
Daddy, please" she began,
her voice raising. But the prison
doctor caught her eye and mo-
toned to her with warning hand.
Don't you know me, Daddy? She
braced herself and tried to make
him understand. I'm Iona! I've
come to help you get we'll"
'I don't want to get well. She'n
be better off if I'm gone. Lona'N
be better off without me. Do
you know my girl? Do you know
Iona? 2" He tried to raise his tor
tured body on a thin arm and peer
at her.
Daddy! Oh, Daddyw A sob
forced itself through her lips de-
spite her efforts to be calm.
"You won't tell her I'm sick,
will you?" the hoarse voice begged.
"You won't tell her? I don't want
her to know. Iona mustn't know.
She's my girl, Iona is. My little
baby girl :" The voice trailed
off into a fit of coughing that
racked the wasted frame and
caused the doctor to spring for
ward. Warningly he nodded his.
head toward the door, and Iona
felt the hand of prison nurse at
her elbow, hurrying her outside,
pushing her away. I!
Unresisting, she went, trying to
gather together her scattered
thoughts. It was hard to believe
she was seeing him at last. That
pitiful figure was Daddy, her fa-
ther. When she had known him, he
had been straight and upright
with clear eyes. What had they
done to- him here in. this horrible
place.? She sobbed, suddenly, az,
the nurse pushed chair her way
and helped her to seat herself OUT
in the hospital corridor.
"You mustn't take it so hard."p
The nurse tried to comfort her.
"He's delirious, you know"
"Will he-do you think he'll
know me before-tl1ere's some
thing I've got to tell him."
well call you the moment he's
lucid" the nurse promised. There
is nothing to do but wait"
ITO Be COntinued)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28
5, 900 Farmers In
State Doing Some
Improvement Work

College Station, Raleigh, Feb. %.
More than $4,000 farmers in North
Carolina made some form of inn
provement in their home grounds
during 1888 as the result Of extern
sion work, it was reported today by
John H. Harris, landscape special
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-28

or should have, gardens. The pub
lications will stress the value of vege
tables in the diet, including fresh
vegetables and those canned and pre-
served for winter use.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-07-13

Mrs. John Larcombe and daughters.
Kathleen and Jacqueline, left Tuesday
to visit her father, Mr.. P. ]. Gallagher
In Milwaukee, Wis, for a month.
The movie, "Penrod", was shown
Tuesday night in the Auditorium here
to full house. There will be movies
each Tuesday night throughout the
summer at the same place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Moore left on
Sunday morning for Tampa, Fla. to
be gone two weeks, visiting Mr..
Moore's father who is quite ill,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. M. Perley accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Archibald of Washington, left Mon
day for stay of several days at
Ocean City, Md.
Rev. and Mrs. F. L. L. Hitler have
with them for the week their son and