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Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
NATIONAL HEAD
AMER. LEGION
To Visit Delaware Next We'd
nesday - Wilmington
and Dover
BANQUET AT REHOBOTH

Arrangements are gradually be-
ing completed for the entertain
ment of our National Commander
who will arrive in Wilmington
next Wednesday morning, June
28th, for a visit in the State of
Delaware. The following is an
itinerary for this visit: National
Commander will arrive in Viii
mington 20.20 a. m. Daylight Time,
and will be met by the department
staff officers, Commander DR.. Sam
uel Engle Burr, Vice Commander
Samuel Green, Adjutant George T.
Lyon, Jr., Finance Officer William
R. Marvel, Chaplain Rev. Law
renee w. Mccarthy, Deputy De
tachment Commander Edward c.
Meginniss, Jr., Honorable William
E. Matthews, John p. Benson, Ed
ward E. Borten, John d. Hill, Dan
iel Conant and F. Allyn Cooch rep
resenting the department, and H.
Eugene Savery, Clark w. Nc
knight, Edward A. Mulrooney and
Robert H. Jackson representing
the Wilmington Kiwanis Club.
will also be present at the station
the Delaware Post No. i, Sons of
the American Legion Band. Com
mander Burr has appointed Super
intendent John r. Fader, of the
State Police Department, and De-
partment Finance Officer William
r. Marvel as the official transpor
tation committee. Comrade Mar
vel will be the official chauffeur for
the National Commander during
the length Of his stay. The fol
lowing schedule has been prepar-
ed: From Pennsylvania Station
upon his arrival, Wilmington po-
lice escort will be furnished to the
Hotel DUPONT at which point he
will be presented by the committee
meeting him to various legion
naires and members of the various
service clubs at a luncheon be-
tween II and 1.30 p. m, Daylight
Saving Time. Between 2 and q
the National Commander will rest
in a suite reserved for him at the
Hotel DUPONT. Between and 4.15
the official party will leave Hotel
DUPONT with a Wilmington police
escort east on 18th Street to the
home of Brandywine Post No. II
where a IS minute stop will be
made. At 4.30 the caravan will
leave this point for Dover, Dela-
ware, and will be met at the city
line by an escort of State High
way Police and will arrive in Do
yer about 440 Eastern Standard
Time, where members of the legion
in Dover will join the caravan
leaving Dover at 4.45. The party
will proceed directly to the Bel
haven Hotel, Rehoboth, at which
point they should arrive at approx
imately 5.45, Eastern Standard
Time. The National Commander
will be pleased to meet visiting
Iiegionnaires at the Hotel prior to
the banquet. We would appreci-
ate all adjutants communicating
promptly with the members of
their posts and advising Past Com
mander Daniel G. Conant, Reno
both Beach, Delaware, as soon as
possible the number of members
who expect to attend the banquet.
We would appreciate Post Com
mander William II. Brittingham
and the members of Henlopen
Post No. assisting Comrade Con-
ant in making the visit of the Ma
tional Commander in Rehoboth
Beach as interesting as possible
as the officers and members of
this post are in full charge of all
arrangements for the evening
meeting.
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
DEATH OF
MRS. DANIEL WELLS

sAIN.oF Lft4NIElL w FEIzI1.o
Mrs. Daniel Wells died at her
residence in Jersey City yesterday,
and viii be brought to this town
for burial tomorrow. She spent
the winter at the residence Of her
father, George ID. Collins, hoping
to gain her wonted health and
strength, but as is the case with
pulmonary troubles, was only a de-
lusion. She went back three or
tour months ago and while appar-
emily better few days at a time,
there was a steady decline of the
vital forces. She was a lady much
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
DEATHS

Kittle-On Wednesday, June IL,
at the residence of her parents, on
South street, Patty Kittle, aged Is
years. Her remains were taken to
Castleton. n ", on Friday for in
terment.
Wells-Mrs. Wilhelmina Wells,
wife Of Daniel Wells and daughter
of George d. Collins, died in Jer-
sey City, June 18th in her 31st
year, and will be buried at st. Pet
er's Cemetery, June 20th, from
Smyrna station on the arrival OF
the p. m. train.
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4
c. H. Register is lowering his
pavement to make it conform to
the nicely graded ones adjoining.
Esquire E. v. Cooper has opened
his office in the building formally
occupied by William Walker as a
shoe store.
Among the contributions to the
Johnstown's fund was $40 from
the Episcopal Church and S25 from
the Morning Star Lodge.
Messrs. A. c. Mounter and E. j.
Tyndall, professors in elocution,
will give an entertainment in Ken
ton N. E. Church, Friday evening
at s p. m. Proceeds for the erec-
tion Of belfry on the church.
The Smyrna Creamery Associa-
tion is putting in more new ma
chinery and making every neces-
sary improvement for the success
of the association. They paid out
for Mays milk, $1,000, notwith-
standing the low price for butter.
The Citizens Hose Company of
Smyrna has been invited to both
Middletown and Dover to spend
the Fourth of July, but accepted
the latter. as they had been to the
former place. They took the prin-
cipal hose carriage belonging to
the town.
Eight or ten members of the
Levy Court of New Castle county
came down yesterday to view the
proposed public way of Collins
Beach which the county is asked
to accept. Levy Courtman Roth
well met them and conveyed them
in carriages.
The wedding of Miss S. B. Col
Inns and S. ]. Reynolds of this town
is announced for Thursday, 9th
inst. The ceremony will take place
in the Presbyterian Church at
o'clock in the morning, the bride
and groom taking the express
train north shortly after.
FAIRIES & Orrell, near Brenford,
expect to commence picking Early
Harvest blackberries, tomorrow.
They have 5000 plants, nearly
three acres, thickly set with fruit,
and promising fine yield. This is
bringing the blackberries on nearly
equal time with the raspberry.
Sewell Moore, an industrious
colored man, had his leg broken
yesterday morning at the basket
mill He was standing with his
back to a wagon from which sec
tions Of logs were being Inloaded,
one Of which fell on him, knocking
him down and breaking his leg
Just below the knee He was con-
veyed to his home. DIR. Dwight
reduced the fracture.
Glenwood Cemetery with the aid
of the shovel, the pruning hook
and the scythe, has gone through
a transformation as creditable to
those having it in charge as it is
attractive to the eye. The walks
have been dressed up, the ever
greens trimmed, the grass cut
close and altogether it presents a
care and attractiveness equa to
the best in the county.
The Signal Service at Washing
ton, reports that the spring of
1889 will go down in local weather
annals as one which exceeds all
records since the Signal Office was
established, SO far as the amount
of rainfall was concerned. During
the month Of April more thar
twice as much rain fell in some
regions of the country as in any
other April since the Signal Ser
vice was established, and May was
fully as wet, and it might be add
~ luna if anrtLipo ic xuatfar
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22

c. H. Register is lowering his
pavement to make it conform to
the nicely graded ones adjoining.
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF JUNE 18TH, 1889

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date Of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
WORLDS MOST MODERN
OBILE ENGINEI

. Engineers and Ford owners alike ac-
claim the Ford V-type 8-cylinder engine
as triumph of MODERN ENGINEER
ING! It's the "Automotive Engine of
Tomorrow"-in TODAY'S Ford V-s!
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
BIGGEST HYDRAULIC BRAKEsl

been looking forl Wen give owS sDS DEMON
.asa .ns you can max. YOUR . OWN as,,.'. NEED
sTRATIoN. This Ford s,1 sr1,s ITSELF %
f.,. talk to sell lit Sell. s.IIIEl
aII-around QUALITY ana
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
TWO WEDDINGS OVER IN
MARYLAND

On last Wednesday evening, af-
ter nineteen years of untiring per-
severence in the f1owery fields OF
courtship John Newman and Miss
Annie Comegys were quietly mar
ried at the home of the brides
mother, by the Rev. r. K. Steph-
enson. AS soon as the ceremony
was performed they We're driven
to their future home, about a mile
from Chestertown.
Eldridge w. Downes and Miss
Mary Clements were married at
the M. E. Church South, at Ingle-
side, Nd, on Thursday. The church
was artistically trimmed with
fiofiwers and evergreen, of which
was made an arch which spanned
the chancel rail. In the center of
this was suspended a marriage
bell. Miss Addie Morgan rendered
Mendelshon's march to the music
of which marched the ushers
school examiner L. L. Beatty and
Medford Roe, who were followed
by the bridal attendants Miss Mag
gle Merrick and Hennie Neal, and
Messrs. j. Dukes Downes and Ed
ward r. Downes, who proceeded
the bride and groom. The Rev.
Mr.. Thrasher, pastor Of the church
performed the ceremony.
CLOUDBURST IN THOROUGH
FARE NECK Sunday was an ex-
ception to the season, being day
without rain, made up of sunshine
and warmth, but Monday made up
for it. A sultry day gave US in
the afternoon the familiar rumble
of thunder, lightning flash and
dash of rain-those great big
drops as big as marbles, but al
most close enough together to
form a sheet. The clouds seemed
to come from nowhere il particu-
lar, but could gather themselves
together on short notice at any
part of the compass and let them
selves 60 as if from an inexhaust-
able ethereal reservoir. Our streets
were pretty well flooded, but Thor
oughfare Neck got veritable
cloud burst. The small bridges
were fioated away, and the low
lands everywhere deluged. A farm
er was carrying some sheep in a
covered wagon facing the storm
which was attended with consider
able wind, reports that his sheep
liked to have drowned from the
rain driving in, and would if he
hadn't gotten out and let down the
tail board. We didn't think to in
quire whose nice mechanical work
manship this wagon represented
Another feature of the storm was
the lightning striking tree in
which was a fishing hawks nest
tearing it to pieces and killing a
large owl that had taken refuge in
its hollow.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-07
MIR. GATES ATTENDS
INSURANCE MEETING

w. c. Gates, local representative,
attended the semi-annual conference
of North Carolina agents and COM
pany officials of the Lumbermen's
Mutual Casualty Company, held at
Sedgefield Inn, near Greensboro.
Tuesday James S. Kemper, presi-
dent of the. company, announced an
increased dividend on automobile
policies effective June l, and adop-
ton of a personal accident feature
for automobile liability policies.
The Lumbermen's Mutual was re-
ported to have led all companies
in 1888 in automobile insurance
with more than $16,OOO,OOO of pre-
miumS.
In addition to automobile risks
the company also writes numerous
casualty lines. Mr.. Gates said Pres
ident Kemper praised North Caro-
lima agents for their work in pro-
ducing the high lDme of business
for 1898.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-07
PATTERN 9O87

Ginger" would be a grand name
for this new Marian Martin dress,
with it's snappy, vivacious air. Per-
haps it's the round, smartly collar
less neck, with its sun-ray tuck
and-button trim, that gives the dash
Again, it might be the smart flare
of the bias-cut skirt or the nice
angles of the pockets. Any way
you look at it, this dress, made from
Pattern 9087, has style! Equally nice
made with flaring cap sleeves or
unusual darted and puffed sleeves.
A style you'll have fun wearing
and even have fun making, with
the Sew-chart to show you the
quick, easy way.
Pattern 9O78 may be ordered only
in misses and women's sizes IL, a.
16, 18, 20, 80, 80, "a, SO, 38 and 40.
Size 16 requires 5-8 yards 35 inch
fabric.
Send fifteen cents in coins for
this Marian Martin pattern. Be
sure to write plainly your size, name
address, and style number.
Send your order to Henderson
Daily Dispatch, Pattern Department
232 w. 18th ST., New York, N. Y.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-07
Budget For
County May
Not Advance

Preliminary work is being done on
the new 1939-40 budget for the coun-
ty, Miss Dorothea Woodlief, county
auditor, revealed today, and a tental
tive budget is to be ready for con-
SideratiOn of the Vance Board of
County Commissioners at their re-
gular meeting the first Monday in
July. Adoption of the budget not
later than the first Monday in August
is expected.
Miss WOOdlief said she did not an
ticipate any increase in expenditures
during the coming fiscal year over
and above those for the current year.
Nor did she anticipate any increase
in the tax rate.
1t was impossible, however, to give
anything like a definite estimate, she
said, until all calculations and ad-
dltiOns have been made for 1889 tax
listings. All rural townships have
turned in their books, and scrolls
have been made for three of them.
Virtually all listing has been done.
Scrolls for Henderson township, lar
gest in the county, will be the last
to be worked up.
The 1888 tax rate was 80 cents
on the 500 valuation, including the
levy for all countrywide purposes. It
is not now expected this will have
to be increased during the coming
year to meet the county's fiscal OBJ
legations.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-07
z Henderson
Students Get
UNC Degrees

Chapel Hill, June 1.-The Univer-
Sity of North Carolina awarded ap-
prOximately $50 degrees at its 144th
Commencement exercises in Kenan
Stadium here early last evening at
an impressive sunset ceremony.
John Temple Graves, II, of the
Birmingham Age-Herald, distin-
guished author and lecturer, deliver
ed the baccalaureate address. Presi-
dent Frank P. Graham gave the
seniors a farewell address, and Gov
ernor Clyde R. Hoey presented tie
diplomas and spoke briefly, Admin
istrative Dean r. B. House presided.
The candidates were presented by
their deans, and with every diploma
went Bible as the gift of the State.
The following from Henderson
were presented degrees: Edmund
Brodie, Bachelor of Arts; R. P. Brew
er and E. C. Shaw, Jr., B. A., in
Journalism; r. E. Clements, Jr., J. J.
Rowland and R. C. S. Davis, Jr., B.
S. in Commerce; and Miss Charlotte
Wester, B. A., in Library Science.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-07
CHURCH SOCIETIES
ANNOUNCEMENT,
Free Gardner
OF kidnapping
Charges Here

Harry Gardner, 4O7 North Maple
street, Durham, one time minister,
was exonerated of a kidnap charge
in county court this morning before
Recorder r. E. Clements, when Lotha
Wallace, one of the two young South
Henderson woman he was alleged to
have kidnapped, testified in court that
Gardner had nothing to do with her
disappearance here several weeks
ago.
Gardner has been held in Vance
county Jail since May % when prob
able cause was found in county court
before Judge Clements to kidnap
charge. The missing persons were
not in court for the hearing The de-
PENDANTS bond was set at $4,000 de-
fault of which he was remanded to
Jail, and had been there until today
when he was eXonerated.
John A. Craft, life insurance agent.
charged with embezzlement Of $4OO5
from 7. c. Taylor of the A. J. Lewis
General agency, pleaded guilty. to
torcible trespassing, and prayer for
judgment was continued upon pay
ment Of the costs when it was shown
the court that Craft had made resti-
tuition to the insurance agency.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-07
GREGGS HOME AND
SHOW IMPROVEMENT
Health Superintendent and Wife
Were Hurt In Automobile Ac-
cident April 2

DR.. A. D. Gregg, county health
superintendent, and Mrs. Gregg, who
have been treated for automobile
wreck injuries in hospitals at Char
lotte and Oxford, respectively, are
now back in Henderson, and are
making satisfactory progress toward
full recovery, it was learned today
They were seriously hurt in a smash
up at CreedmOor on Sunday even
ing, April 2, as they were return
ing home from weekend spent
with friends at Liberty, in Randolph
county.
DR.. Gregg, worst injured, had a
broken hip and several broken ribs.
He had been in a hospital in Char
lOtte since about two weeks after
the accident, having been treated at
first in Maria Parham hospital here.
He is now at the hospital, having
been returned here in a cast and by
ambulance last Friday.
Mrs. Gregg, who had a broken
knee, was in the Oxford hospital
..e was returned last Friday from
there to the Gregg home on Young
avenue. She is expected to be able
to remove her cast very shortly, and
DR.. Gregg is now expected to have
his cast taken off the latter part of
J''--
Miss Edna Oliver, of the health
department nursing staff, accom-
panied an ambulance to Charlotte
last Friday to bring DR.. Gregg home.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-07
- L u II u ~
ANNOUNCE
Production Credit
Group Present At
Beach Conference

Officers and directors of the Hen
derson Production Credit Associa-
ton have returned from a group
conference of like organizations held
at Wrightsville Beach. In the party
from here were T. w. Allen, presi-
dent of the Henderson association
w. B. Gooding, its secretary-treas-
urer, and S. N. Hawks, w. w. White
and Calvin Fakes, director. Also in
the party was Miss Thelma Owens,
assistant secretary treasurer.
The Henderson association repres-
ents and serves the three counties of
Vance, Warren and Granville. Be-
sides this one, other groups repres-
ented at the meeting were AhosIie
Dunn, Fayetteville, Greenville, Louis
burg, Lumberton, Raleigh, Rocky
Mount and Weldon.
Reports at the conference were
that there are today 532 production
credit associations in the United
States, which, since they began op-
erations in 1884, have closed l,O78I3O
loans on which advances aggregated
$1,120, ,840,O34. Losses were less than
one-tenth Of one percent.
In five years the Henderson asso-
citation has made 4,053 loans for ST.
$4,000, and only $555 has been
charged off, Mr.. Allen, said, adding
that 1--WE were proud of the report
which we were able to submit"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-07
Moss Speaks
For Rotary

Eugene c. Moss, head of the To-
bacco Experiment Station, near Ok
ford, was the speaker at the regular
weekly meeting of the Rotary Club
last evening at the Vance Hotel.
S. T. Peace, program chairman,
was in charge of the program
Mr.. Moss told what the experiment
station is trying to do for tobacco
growers in this belt, and how it was
working with tobacco plant diseases,
fertilization and crop rotation He
related some of the progress that has
been made, and some of the pro-
blems that have not been solved. He
pointed out that the station was not
for tobacco growers. in Granville
county alone, but for the entire state,
particularly those in the old belt. The
speaker went into detail on some of
the diseases, control of which, he said
would lead to better yield.
A letter was read from the sec
retary of the Beaufort Rotary club,
telling of recent visit 4 to M. j.
O'Neil at Harker's Island, stating
that Mr.. O'Neil, who has been ill for
sometime, was showing considerable
Improvement.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-07
Start Clinic
For Typhoid

A schedule for the regular summer
typhoid clinics to be held over the
county is being prepared at the Vance
County Health Department and will
be announced as soon as completed,
it was stated at the office today by
Miss Edna Oliver, of the nursing
staff
AS in other seasons, the schedule
for the clinics will include all Sec
tions of the county. Members of the
department staff will visit these To-
calities to afford every possible con-
venience to citizens in taking the
treatment, immunizing them from
typhoid fever.
Nearly 1000 persons received the
treatment last summer, and fully as
many are hoped for this summer.
There are three serum injections,
given week apart, and recommend
ed at intervals Of not more than
three years.
The treatment is free to all who
will receive it, and health officials
are anxious for all persons in the
county to avail themselves of this
opportunity to assure themselves a.
gainst typhoid fever. Clinics will be
made available to both white and COL
Ored citizens, it is understood.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-07
Fort Bragg
C. M. TIC. To
Open June II

Several Henderson young men
have signed for the months train
ing course at Fort Bragg in the Cit
liens Military Training Camp for
this summer. The camp opens next
Wednesday, June IA, with some $50
boys enrolled for the period. Re-
ports from Fort Bragg are that
Ereat deal of interest has been
shown this year by the return of a
large number of men who have
attended the camp, at Wort Bragg in
previous years.
Extensive plans are being made to
make this years camp both benefit
cial and pleasant for the trainees. it
is stated. The camp will be organ
lied as regiment of light artillery
consisting of two battalions of three
batteries each. The batteries will
be equipped with the French 75".
gun, one of the finest weapons in use
during the World War. Supervised
athletics will be held for all men in
camp and numerous competitions
Will be held in such sports as SWIM
ming, boxing, tennis, volley-ball and
track.
The camp area is under the COM
mand of Brigadier General Dryden,
who is in command of Fort Bragg.
Lieutenant Colonel James A. Lester,
18th Field Artillery, will be camp
executive and, under his direction.
a small group of regular army offic-
erS and enlisted men will carry on
the administrative functions of the
camp, while instruction in military
subjects will be given chiefly by Of
tlcers of the 334th, 335th, and 336th
Field Artillery.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-07
MARRIAGES, PARTIES
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
RIVER MIST.

-. mist lifted silently from the
,.,ring 'ir it free--a clear and shining
thing
r.o mist lifted silently from the
I"' moving river.
,r,orc ON the low near-island saw
- the wing
:, Moron glance in the light as he
u Stood in the marshes,
r,,t unified, head facing into the
...a moving sparkle that lay on the
changing river
,.d fine clint of his feathers, newly
H' nrecucd, were one
,r;.b thc sheen of the slanting leaves
Of poplar tree,
,,ore one with the ripened wheat re-
fIecting the glcam
,,.iro in chcckered patches there in
- the bottoms.
Tho mist lifted silently from the
moving stream.
10 Bagot.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-07
Many From Here
atUNCGraduation at

A large number of relatives and
friends from Henderson and other
towns attended the graduating exer-
clses of the University of North Car
olina, at Chapel Hill, Tuesday even
ing, to see six Henderson boys receive
degrees.
Among these were: Rev. and Mrs.
|. w. Hughes, Mrs. Alex Cooper. Mr..
and Mrs. R. c.. S. Davis, John Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erskine Clements, Mr..
and Mrs. Julian Clements, of Char
lotte, Mrs. Lloyd Smith and Miss
Mamie Smith, of Farmvi11e, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. T. Cheatham, j. T. Cheatham,
Jr., Misses Elvira and Margaret
Cheatham, Mr.. and Mrs. Allison
Cooper and David Cooper, Mrs. w.
J. Aston, w. j. Aston, Jr., Mrs.
Harry Chavasse, Turner Workman.
Miss Ann Buchan, Mrs George Row.
land, George Rowland, Jr., Miss Nell
lie Jordan, Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Shaw.
Mrs. c. c. Shaw, Miss Elizabeth
Shaw, Mrs. c. S. Brewer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Brewer, of Elkin, Mrs.
B. T. Brodie, Mrs. r. T.. Upchurch.
Miss Ann Upchurch, Mrs. K. L. Bur-
ton, Miss Ruth Burton, Mrs. B. c..
Allen, Misses Virginia and Meta AL
len.
The young men from Henderson
receiving degrees were Robert Brew
er, E. C. Shaw, Jr., Edmund Brodie.
ABS, and James Rowland, Bobby
Davis, and Erskine Clements, B. S.
degrees.
William Watson Aston, of New
York, nephew of Mrs. B. c.. Allen
and Mis-. j. T. Alderman, received
an A. B. degree, and Randolph
Reece, of Winston-Salem, nephew of
Mrs. r. T. Upchurch, received a B.
S. degree
Miss Charlotte Wester, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. AL. B. Wester, a grad
uate student, received an additional
degree in Library Science.