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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

NJ EW YORK.-On August of this
: year, DR.. Gustavus Adolphus
Eisen will be 90 years old. It was
his research that established, so far
-. without authori-
Dr. Essen at 81 tative cha l.
Still DefUes Into lenge, the Chal-
Past and Future ice of Antioch
as the ''oldest
surviving record of the faith of the
Apostles. The chalice was exhib-
tied during holy week at st. Thorn
as Episcopal church, New York,
with the conjecture that it's inner
cup may have been the beginning
of the legend of the Holy Grail. In
a book published in 1926, Doctor
Eisen established the use of the
chalice in the Church at Antioch not
later than the end of the first cen
fury of the Christian era.
At the age of IS, Doctor Eisen
learned to decipher cuneiform
inscriptions, to write a treatise
on MesopOtamian cylindrical
seals, or glyptics. In 1886, he
published Is volumes summa-
rizing his research i'm legends of
the Holy Grail, and is now at
work on studies of early pOr-
traits of Christ and the apostles.
His eyesight and hearing are
still good and he puts in full
working day.
Doctor Eisen has published more
than $50 books covering his amazing
range of inquiry in a half-dozen sci
ences, including studies of earth
works, fig culture, archaeology, an
Gent grass, portraits of George
Washington and geological, zoologi-
cal and botanical subjects.
Born in Sweden, he was a frail
child, unable to attend school, fire.
quently in the
horticulture Is country, with
Modern Field tutors w h o
OF the Scientist stimulated his
scientific inter-
ests. In the University of Upsala,
he wrote a thesis on earthworks
which attracted the attention of
Charles Darwin. His correspond
ence with Darwin put him in touch
with Alexander E. Agassiz, the
American naturalist, and, when he
obtained his doctorate in 1873 and
removed to America, the two men
formed long and fruitful associa-
ton. For 40 years, Doctor Eisen
was on the Pacific coast, working
at times with the late Luther Bur-
bank on plant research.
Last year, the California
Academy of Science hOnored
him as the founder of the states
great fg-growing industry.
Smyrna figs frequently had been
taken to California, but there
was no yield. Doctor Essen
studied this problem and
reached the conclusion that the
failure was due to lack of fer
tiliZatiOn. Male trees were
brought over and California be-
gan gathering fig crops.
The chalice, which had been found
in the ancient ruins of Antioch in
1910 and placed in the Louvre, in
Paris, was brought to this country
in 1914, to safeguard it during the
war. Doctor Eisens conclusion was
that it had been made by a great
Roman artist, Appollodorus, who
lived from SO to 100 A. D.
Doctor Eisen's avid scientific
studies continue on, undated, into
his tenth decade. He is bachelor.
None has ranged farther into the
past, while pressing eagerly into the
future in his zest for knowledge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20
Europe

There are in Europe tiUo madnen
Hitler and MuSsolini. There are
in Europe too damn fools Uho sleep
Chamberlain and Daladier."
Such was the parting shot of AL
bania's King Fog as he fled Italian
invasion. Symbolic of British
French lethargy were Mr.. Cham
berlain's warships, which lay at an
Choir off Greek Corfu, within can
non range of the invader. One shot,
said Fog, would have stopped the
Italians. But one shot might also
have been the sendoff for a conflict
more frightful than the one which
started from pistol shot at nearby
Sarajevo 25 years ago.
When II Duce captured Albania,
a month had passed since Britain
and France dropped their futile APP
peasement policy for Stop Hitler
Stop Mussolini program. Poland,
Rumania and Turkey were fairly
well lined up with the democracies
but such Balkan states as Jugo-
Slavia, Bulgaria and Hungary knew
when they were well off. Align
ment with Britain would invite in
vasion from Italy or Germany.
Meanwhile Berlin's covetous eyes
began looking at Switzerland and
the Netherlands. while Herr Doktor
Paul Joseph Goebbels shouted from
his propaganda office a German an
sWer to the key question facing Eu-
rope today: Will Britain really fight
to defend any lesser European ma
tons independence?
Herr Goebbels said no, and many
an alert Britisher said the same
thing, wondering if aggressive Ger
many and Italy were not right in
maintaining that Great Britain has
passed her empirical peak and is
falling into decadence. Under the
appeasement policy it was only
passingly embarrassing for Mr..
Chamberlain to make repeated con-
cessions for peace's sake. But under
the new policy Britain at last faces
reality; Europe's dictators are OBJ
viously forcing showdown to dem
onstrate that Mr.. Chamberlain will
W P4OLCSl
fore the little nations had best beg
for mercy from Hitler and Mussolini.
Hence observers agree the worst
of Europe's recurrent crises-and
England's, too-may come within
the present month. Neither Britain
nor France have backed up their
new umbrella-waving policy in the
case of Albania, whose occupation
was direct violation of the Anglo
Italian pact of 1888. A swift Ger
man jab at Poland or an Italian
march into Greece would provide
the ultimate test; if Britain fails to
march in such a situation, then Eu-
ropean democracies are indeed de-
cadent and the Old World has new
undisputed masters in Hitler and
Mussolini. At the same time Mr..
Chamberlain's government would
undoubtedly collapse.
On the other hand, if Britain and
France act to block the next dictator
aggression, there is a pathetically
good likelihood of general European
warfare.
Trade
State trade barriers are usually
hrainchi1drap of nopiolrx, Jooro.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20

IN A cotton patch IN the high
- mountains of North Carolina, a
lad leaned on his hoe, and, in his
imagination, followed out in the
Gyroscope Aids train, in the
Lad With Hoe in valley far be-
Whirl to Wealth low. One day,
the lingering plume of smoke and
that is linked, in the long chain of
causation, with the Sperry corpora
TONS harbinger of one more spring.
The lad with the hoe, one Thomas
A. Morgan, president of the corpo-
ration, announces a net income of
81, 961 1893 for 1888, against $2,949, 1850
the year before.
He Joined the navy when he
hung up his hoe, qualified as an
electrician, and, running gyr0-
scope, sank his career in this
magic whirligig. That geared
him in with the Sperry COM
pany, and, just as the great war
was breaking, he chased the
Cars navy all over the far
eastern map to sell it gyro-
scopes. He caught up with it
and rang up a sale, in one of
the epics of free American en-
terprise.
Thereafter he planted horoscopes
on all the great fighting ships of the
world and sailed a true course to
the presidency of the Sperry cor
poration in 1928. He became one of
the grand panjandrums of aviation.
He says he got where he is by
thinking of today, and its demands,
rather than of yesterday or tomor-
row. He had ten months schooling
when he trailed the train in the
valley.
Consolidated News Features.
WNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20
Give q Thought to
MAIN STREET

For, in our town and towns
like ours clear across the country
=. there's a steady revolution
going on. Changes in dress styles
and food prices -. the rise of
hat crown the fall of furni-
ture prices-these matters vitality
affect our living :. And the news
is ably covered in advertisements
Smart people who like TO be
up-to-the-minute in living znd
current events, follow advertise
ments as closely as headlines
. They know what's doing In
America -. and they also know
where money buys most
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20
People

Invited, Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh, back home to help the house
foreign affairs subcommittee in an
urgent task, shaping an "idear' neu-
trality policy in the event of war.
Q Needed, a successor for Illinois
late Sen. James Hamilton Lewis,
age-concealing, sartorially elegant
Democratic statesman since the
1905.
. Facing trial, Kansas City's DEM
ocratic boss, Thomas ]. Pendergast,
on grand jury Indictment charging
income tax evasion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20

noting the session, came from Mis-
souri's Gov. Lloyd c. Stark:
''The point is this: If the states
try to get these additional revenues
at the expense of their neighbors
they are gaining only a temporary
advantage. They are laying the
groundwork for an unprecedented
economic breakdown and eventually
nationwide financial chaos which
will affect their own citizens along
with citizens of all other states"
Assents came from U. S. Solicitor
Gen. Robert H. Jackson and Fred I.
Kent of the American Bankers as
ISOLATION. Principal dissent was
from Arkansas Gov. Carl Bailey,
whose complaint about sectionally
discriminating freight rates was
finally included in the conferences
resolutions. Other condemnations
Cd discriminatory state alcoholic
beverage laws; (2) sales taxes and
"use" taxes, in states where no
"offset' provision is made for goods
produced in another state having
sales tax; 90 discriminatory out-of-
state truck permits.
Homeward bound delegates were
admonished to work generally for
uniform regulations among the va
rious states. If they must discrimi-
nate, it was decided to do it 'di-
rectly, and not by masquerading un-
der the taxing power" But every
delegate knew it would be tough
job-even political suicide-to de-
stroy the invisible barriers which
folks back home consider a justi-
fable protection for their states in
dustries.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20

EDITORS NoTE-When opinions are
expressed in these columns, they are those
of the news analyst. and not necessarily
of the newspaper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20
Miscellany

Total U. S. expenditures for the
fiscal years first nine months &C.,
764 1853, 436) exceeded income ($4,-
800, 7,312) by $2,374, 176,124
o Ninety-fve per cent of the voters
in Europe's tiny Liechtenstein (pop-
ulation, 10000 have signed a pri-
vately circulated declaration re-
jecting union with Germany.
Q The U. S. Steel corporation will
soon begin marketing completely
prefabricated steel buildings, includ-
ing residences for small towns.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20
agriculture

While congress wrestles with a
huge U. S. cotton surplus which
threatens to engulf southern plant
ers unless it can be dumped abroad,
department of agriculture officials
begin to see faint sunrise over the
huge mountain of wheat which con-
stitutes the other major part of
Americas farm problem. With win
ter wheat well under way and spring
planting estimates taking definite
form, the situation might be sum-
married as follows:
In 1888 the total U. S. wheat pro-
duction was 931, 000,0 900 bushels $751;
100000 in winter wheat, 244, 1854, 900
in spring wheat). But 1895 winter
planting is cut to 46,173,00 acres
compared with $685., 1000 last year,
and spring planting is dropping
about II per cent under 1888. Thus
1889 prospects are for slightly more
than 700, 1000, 900 bushels, only a mite
above normal domestic require
ments. This means the July / sur
plus of 275,000,000 bushels (com-
pared with 154, 900 900 bushels year
previously will be reduced if export
volume is maintained during the
coming season.
The eff remains a big fac
tor, however. U. S. delegates to the
forthcoming world wheat conference
can boast that America leads the
way in trying to slash SURPRISES,
but that accomplishment holds lit
tie satisfaction because pace-setting
U. S. farmers can find no nation fall
ing in line behind them. With most
European paintings bigger than last
year, with Argentina just harvesting
its second largest crop on record,
and with Canada almost certain to
offer a price guarantee, there re-
mains slight hope that Americas
carry-over from last year will be
rpdIIopI M otorsi o11u bx, colo oLrooI
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20

ON A cotton patch in the high
- mountains of North Carolina, a
lad leaned on his hoe, and, in his
Imagination, followed out in the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20

world the II:
train, in the
valley far be-
low. One day,
he did follow
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-20
Miss Ellis
Reelected
For 2 Years

At meeting or the Vance Board
of County Commissioners Friday,
Miss Clara Mae Ellis was reelected
welfare superintendent of the county
for a two-year term. She has been
in office since late fall, when she
was elected to succeed Mrs. E. r.
Austin, who resigned at that time.
Miss Ellis accepted the appoint
ment at first with the understanding
that she would try it before a per-
manent two-year term. She was to
fill out Mrs. Austin's uneXpired
term.
The election at this time, at a spe-
cial meeting of the commissioners
was done to permit her to make plans
to attend a summer school course
for social workers at the University
of North Carolina next month. She
will go to Chapel Hill about the first
of the month and will be there for
several weeks.
The salary of the office remains
the same for the two years, at 81 300
per year. There is, of course, an ex-
pense allowance for automobile use,
and the like.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-20
Council Faces
Busy Meeting

A request had been received today
by the local office of the North Car
olina Employment Service for 100
berry pickers for the dewberry har-
vest in parts of Vance and Warren
county. The workers are wanted for
early June, by which time the crop
is expected to be ready for picking
and marketing, it was announced to-
day by J. S. Cude, manager of the
local office.
Most of the workers are desired for
the vicinity of Manson, and Mr..
Guide said he expected little difficulty
IN obtaining the required help. He
said the growers will furnish daily
transportation to and from the fields,
leaving Henderson about daybreak
each morning and returning by early
afternoon. Workers will be paid by
the quart, and any able-bodied adult
Negro will be eligible for employ
ment, the manager said.
Guide requested that all persons in
terested in this form of employment
call at the employment office before
June l.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-20
FOUR CHARGES UP
IN COUNTY COURT

Four defendants were given hear
ings in county court today before
Recorder r. E. Clements.
Early Allen was given 80 days on
the roads for being drunk and dis
orderly, commitment not to issue up
on payment Of the costs of court, not
violating any criminal law in Vance
county for the next two years, and
remaining away from the home of
Mrs. Norman Ramsey indefinitely
Charlie Green, Negro, guilty of as
sault, was given 80 days on the roads,
commitment not to issue upon pay
ment of fine of $40 and costs of
court.
LORNA Robertson, white woman,
was not guilty Of being drunk and
disorderly.
James Ramsey was guilty of being
drunk and disorderly, and was given
60 days on the roads, commitment
not issue upon payment Of the costs
and not being convicted of violating
any criminal law in Vance county
for the next two years.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-20
PATTERSON FAMILY
TO GO TO WINSTON
Export Leaf Buyer Trans.
ferred to Promotion;
Here Eight Years

c. Glenn Patterson, buyer here fol
the Export Leaf Tobacco Company
Tor the past eight years, has just re-
ceivcd notice of his transfer, effec-
tive at once, to Winston-Salem
where he will have office dutie.
as we'll as buying activities on thai
large market of the Old Bright Belt
He will be succeeded in ~1ender-
son by r. H. Potts, Jr., of South Hill
Va, at the start of the coming sea-
son.
Mr.. Patterson has been active il
religious and civic affairs of Hen
CerSOn since coming here. He is a
the present time serving his Secont
year as president of the Henderso,
Tobacco Board of Trade. He ha
been active for years in the Hen
derson Rotary club, and is a mem
Der of Acca temple of the Masoni
Shrine organization in Richmond
He has for some years been mem
Der of the board of stewards of the
First Methodist church, and is also
director of the Henderson Cham
Der of Commerce.
Mrs. Patterson has also been
prominent in the Methodist church
having headed a department in the
Sunday school, and other organiza-
tons, arI is former president Of
the West End Parent Teacher Asso-
citation. Mr.. and Mrs. Patterson
and their three young daughters
have made numerous friends dur
ing their residence in Henderson
and many have expressed regret at
learning of their departure.
Mr.. Patterson said today he would
move to Winston-Salem about tn
first of July, and that Mr.. Pott
would move here as soon as h
leaves, occupying the residence on
Burwell avenue
Mr.. Potts is son of the late Dr.
r. H. Potts, once presiding elder
in the Methodist church in Virginia
He has four brothers who are now
Methodist ministers, also in Virginia
one of them, DR.. J. Manning Potts
of Richmond, having been a delegate
from his church to the recent Meth
odist Uniting Conference in Kansas
City. Mrs. Potts is an EpiScopalian,
and they have one child, a boy II
years old.
Mr.. Potts last year was a buyer
On the Fuquay Springs market in
Wake county. He has been in the
tobacco business for many years
Mr.. Patterson came to the Hen
derson market in September, 1881.
BESIDES his other affiliations, he is
member of the West End Country
Club here, and is a World War vete-
ran.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-20
PLANS ANNOUNCED
FOR BIBLE SCHOOL

A meeting in the interest of the
Union Vacation Bible school, which
will begin Monday at 8:45 a. m. at
the First Methodist church, was held
last night at 8 o'clock in the base
ment of the First Methodist church.
Rev. T. J. Whitehead, the director
OF the school, presided at the meet
ing, and presented the general plans
and aims to be accomplished. The
general theme of the enterprise is
"the Living Church." and efforts
will be made. to develop within Tie
children a fuller knowledge of the
program and function of the Chris
tian church and deeper apprecia-
ton of its service to the individual
and to the community
The school will be in session for
two weeks, and will begin each
morning at 8:45. The Vacation
Bible School is a cooperative enter
prise between the First Methodist,
the Christ Methodist and the First
Presbyterian Churches, and a cor
dial invitation to attend is extended
to all young people in the COM
niunity within the ages of 4 and Is.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-20
Want Pickers
For Berries

An ordnance restricting use of
wood shingles on buildings in Hen
derson is to be considered, together
probably with the matter Of the pur-
chase of new fire engine for the
city fire department, at the monthly
meeting of the Henderson City Coun-
ell Monday evening.
The wood shingle ordinance would
require removal of such roofs i'm
mediately when repairs amount to
as much as ten percent of the roof,
and all wood roofs would be banned
in twelve years.
Mayor Henry T. Powell, Fire Chief
Cooper Ellis and others visited Lii
lington Friday to inspect new fire
engine lately installed there, with a
view to familiarizing themselves with
the equipment.
Other business is also expected to
face the Council Monday evening
with a busy session in prospect
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-20
Talks Heard
At Kiwaniis
Club Dinner

A school recitation nrizo 49,:
and shop talk featured tho "nlher
ing Of the KiWanis club Fridav ni'oa meel-
ing. Mrs. A. S. Watkins suhstit''tl, 1Etn,
for her husband, who was olIt 'lt0tgu nf u,
city, in being in charge of tho ,.t s'ie
gram for the meeting. ~ tlo-
Miss Florence Glenn. who ,uo, .
board Of education medal At tbo un ule
cent city schools commemorate ic e.
the best recitation, was presented and no5
gave that recitation, entitled 1rL Tllo
mourning Cell" 1'e
Mrs. M. S. Gerber told tho oh,,
members of a day in her offico 0iuo
buyer for the Rose 5-10-25 Gtaua oS
home office here, where she hnys w. feS q
her department to supply 1O4 Storol rol
in the Rose chain. Mrs. Gerbpr n,i.
gled facts with lot Of humor. whinb
brought applause from the member l,rl
She ended her talk with reference
to her recent visit to the New Yo,J'
Worlds Fair, emphasizing partjcnlar
ly the educational exhibits e.
warned prospective visitors. bowpvor
against trying to see too much II =
single day. - "
The meeting was presided over br
President c. E. Greene, and attend
ance was 80 percent Of the mrmho'
ship.
Mrs. Watkins, Mrs. Gerber and
Miss Glenn were club guests, and and
Rev. S. E. Madren, pastor of Libertv
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES church u
EPSON, was guest Of d. T. Dickio
at the meeting. "''
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-20
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page -Four

l. OF what country is Moscow the
capital?
z. Where is Gatun Dam?
s. what are the three states of
matter?
1. Who was recently appointed by
PRESIDENT Roosevelt as Minister
to Canada?
D. what is the name for a struc-
ture that enables foundations to
be laid in a site which is under
water?
3. WHAT is the correct pronuncia-
ton of the word economist?
T. Under which President did Will
liam G. McAdoo serve as Secre-
= tary OF the Treasury?
o. how many Justices of the U. S.
supreme Court have been ap-
pointed by President Franklin
ID. Roosevelt?
y. In which country are the kings
named Christian and Frederick.
alternately?
lo' What is the opposite of albin-
ism?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-20
MARBLE WINNERS AT
GREENSBORO CONTEST

Douglas Lamb, of Clarke street
school, winner of the city marble
tournament, and Billy Thorn, of
Aycock school, winner for Vance
county, went to Greensboro to par
ticipate in the State contest. They
were accompanied by Miss Carrie
Draper, Of the WPA recreation pro-
ject which sponsored the tournament,
and c. o. Seifert, of the Coca-Cola
Bottling Co., which furnished the trip
for the boys.
The party is expected to return to
the city this afternoon.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-20
WHOLESALE GROCER
HEAD VISITS HERE

j. H. McLaurin, of Washington, D.
c., president of the United States
Wholesale Grocers Association, CAL
led here today for an hour or so on
H. T. Morris, leading wholesale
grocer of this city and section Mr.
Morris has known Mr.. McLaurin in
timately for many years.
Accompanied by his wife, Mr.. Nc
Laurin was on trip to the south and
far west, and will return to Wash
ington later in the spring. They are
travelling by motor
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-20
Sales Hours
Are Talked
At Richmond

Hours for selling leaf tobacco on
auction warehouse floors during inc
coming season were discussed at
;ome length by Henderson ware
louesmen and those from other sec
tons with members of the sales COM
mittee of the Tobacco Association OF
the United States at a meeting held
friday in Richmond, Va.
Attending the meeting from Hen
,erson were w. j. Aston, manager OF
the Farmers Warehouse; F. s. Roy
ter, of the Cooper and Banner
houses, and Fred M. Allen, Jr., sales
supervisor of the Henderson mar
ket.
Representative of all bright leaf
tobacco markets from Florida and
ieorgia, the CarolinaS and Virginia
we're invited to the Richmond con-
terence.
Wareousemen presented arguments
n favor Of continuing the same SELL
ng hours as prevailed last season,
emphasizing the protection thus af-
lOrded to farmers selling leaf on the
floors.
The meeting concluded after ex-
enSive discussion of every angle OF
he proposal, and the sales commit
tee was urged to use the utmost con-
sideration and to recommend plan
70 the tobacco association cOnven-
ton late next month that would pro-
.ect the farmer and enable him to
market his tobacco under the most
avorable circumstances.
A decision is to be reached on the
question at the coming annual con-
Jention of the Tobacco Association
# the United States at White Sui
)hur Springs, w. Va.