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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02

And you're the very boy I want I added
 You're very kind, MT. Boyer said the boy, and I'd like to go to school and learn, but I'm too worried to study. Things aren't right at home I've got to go to work and earn money he whisp- cred in distress.
 T held his trembling hand tight and looked into his desperate eyes. You and I are going to stick together and find a way out of this trouble,' told him. Come bacl; in the morning and take your place in your class. When you get too nervous, rise and come out quietly to my room. The teacher will understand, and let the other boys know that you are doing something for me.
 The next day I went to the ten- ement house where the boy lived. No one answered my ring at the apartment of the boys family. The door of the next apartment was open and kind-faced wom- an who had heard me, came out. When l told her that I was inter- ested in the boy and wanted to see his mother, she shook her head and said in a low tone that she was glad that somebody was in- terested in him, and that 1t was a shame the way his father and mother neglected him: that they were both drunkards and half the time when the boy came home no one was there to care for him or get him anything to eat. She said that often she tried to get him to come and eat with them, but that he was too proud to do so.
 MT. Boyer went on to say that after a few days of mixing study with running errands he took the boy to the top floor, where he kept stock of boys clothing in a locked room.
 T want you to help me pick out a good serviceable suit of clothes for boy about your size," I said. "So look 'em over and let's see what a good selection you can make"
 The boy went about the matter In a businesslike way and brought me a sensible suit for my ap- proval "Very good" I said, "Now pick him out a pair of shoes and a shirt, to match and wrap them up in a neat package" This he did with great care and satisfac- ticn for the "other" boy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02

But when I told him that they were for himself, he shied away. "No, no, no," he said. T thank you, MT. Boyer, but I couldn't take them unless I could pay for them"
 You are going to pay for them "a thousand times over," as- sured him, and putting my arm around him and drawing him to me, I told him that 1t would please me very much if he would do as asked him.
 The look he gave me was beau- tiful when he pressed my hand and said, "Yes, MT. Boyer, I will" l" and after moments hesitation, asked: May l. put on the new clothes here and carry the old ones home in the package?"
 That's a good idea," I an- swered, land I'll go to my office and when you are through, lock the door and bring the key down to me-"
 You know I'm expecting great things of you. my boy" said confidently, as we parted, and he rewarded me with grateful boy ish smile and a look of grim de- termination.
 A few mornings afterward as got of the Amsterdam Avenue trolley near the school, "the boy" came running into the street to meet me-all excitement and en- thusiasm. "Oh, MT. Boyer, I've got something good to tell you. You know that drugstore man that you sent me to on several errands. Well, he called me in last night as I was going by, and got me to go on an errand for him, and when I came back he said that if you would back me up and say that I was an honest boy-he would hire me to do er- rands for him on Saturdays and evenings. And I've been thinking that I might build up a regular errand business--and earn the money to go to school. will you tell the drugstore man that I'm an honest boy?"
 "You bet I will-and I'll run you race to see who can get to the drugstore first" was my an- swer.
 "That boy did build up @ suc- cessful errand route that earned him the money to go to school. He took hold of his school work with such spirit that he was soon head of his class. He went from grammar to high and from high to Columbia. Today he is one of the most promising en- gineers in America, with a $10,- 900 position that is now taking him to the far west. You saw him a few minutes ago-but he was in such a rush that there wasn't time to introduce you."
 At the conclusion of his story, MT. Boyer earnestly expressed to me again his sublime faith in "boys"-"No, sir, I don't believe that God ever made boy who wouldn't turn out all right If we do our part faithfully"
 (Some of Edward Boyer's me- thods will be told in a later ar- ticle.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02

Waterville, Nov. IA business meeting of Court Welch, No. 84 Foresters of America, will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at Foresters Hall, with Arnold Keith, chief rang CT, presiding. A social and card party will follow.
 The Casper s. Davis, American Legion Fife, Drum and Bugie corps will hold & special meeting Friday night, at the club rooms on Thom- aston avenue, for the purpose of making plans for participation of members, in the Drum Corps com petition Saturday at an indoor meet in New Britain.
 The usual Bingo party, under the sponsorship of the Holy Name so- ciety of St. Michael's church. will take place tomorrow evening in the parish hall, with the following com mittee in charge: Patrick F. Shea, John Haggerty, Henry Wagner. Ed ward Gagain, James McAree, Will liam Cregan, William Brennan and Daniel Walsh. Playing will begin at 8:30 o'clock.
 Mrs. Arthur Twelves presided at the monthly meeting of the Ladies' Aid society of Grace Methodist church. It was also decided to hold a sewing meeting, Wednesday evening, November 14 at 7:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Arthur Twelves on Thomaston avenue.
 Members present at the meeting yesterday were: Mrs. Joseph Caron, Mrs. Charles Greene, Mrs. Ackland Wright, Mrs. Chester Brickett, Mrs Donaldu Mcintosh. Mrs. Elizabeth Jenny, Mrs. Alan Fairhurst, Miss Olive Dyson, Mrs. Eva Kott, Mrs. Frank Wilson, Mrs. Edward Zaugg, Mrs. Douglas Stephens, Mrs. Ar- thur Twelves, also Rev. Dr. Charles Robertson and Mrs. Robertson. The hostesses were Mrs. Kott, Mrs. Will son and Mrs. Twelves.
 Meeting Tomorrow
 The Junior Auxiliary of the Cas- per s. Davis. American Legion will AhSCU eOiAAOlAOW AlAeA1 at ONAOOh at Fraternity hall, with Miss Mar guerite Byrnes in charge.
 Funeral services for Mrs. Ger trude CParmelee) Cook. 69. who died Monday at her home. 18 Atwater street, West Haven, were held yes- terday afternoon in the Hall Me- morial Chapel. Riverside cemetery, with Rev. Dr. Charles F. Robertson, pastor of Grace Methodist church, officiating. Bearers were: William Burton, Albert Sheldon, John Byrnes, Clifford Northrop, George LaChance and Frederick Seidel. Jr.
 Mrs. Cook is survived by her hus- band, who is i'll with pneumonia in the New Haven hospital: two daughters, Mrs. .. Hazelton of West Haven, Mrs. P. Nelson of Utica. N. F., a son. Everett Cook. of eS staff ford street. Wasarvills and a sisler,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02

Mrs. Alvin Lawrence of Milford.
 MT. and Mrs. Cook were recent visitors in Waterville, at the home of their son, and friends of Mrs Cook were shocked to learn of her passing.
 Democratic headquarters have been opened up in the Carney building on Chapel street, and every one in Waterville interested in the success of the Democratic party, is requested to be present tonight at 8 o'clock, at the organization meet ing for workers of this district.
 William Dunlavey is committee man in charge of organization of the workers, and will be assisted by Pat rick F. Shea. It is desired that anyone interested in the Democra- tic party attend the meeting whether he is a worker or not.
 Women Meet Tonight
 A business meeting of the Ladies' Aid society of St. Michael's. church will take place tonight at 8 o'clock in the Parish hall, with Mrs. Leon- ard Gaugler, president in charge.
 Rev. Raymond M. D. Adams, for mer pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal church and Mrs. Adams, left yes- terday for Florida where they will spend the winter at Penney Farms, small town near Jacksonville.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02
Public School NO. v

Professor Edward BOyers Illustrated Story Proper Understanding of Case Savaged Splendid
 Character From Human Scrap Heap.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02

Waterville, Nov. "A business meeting of Court Welch, No. 84, Foresters of America, will be held tonight at o'clock at Foresters' Hall, with Arnold Keith, chief rang CT, presiding. A social and card
 party will follow.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-13
Third of Cotton
Ginned Promptly
On Being Picked

College Station, Raleigh, Sept. 13
Approximately 30 per cent OF the
cotton in the Coastal Plain area OF
North Carolina is ginneo Immediate
ly after picking, reveals a survey
made in four representative counties
Of the region.
The survey was undertaken by DR..
Glenn R. Smith, of the Experiment
Station at State College, and J. w.
Wright, of the U. S. Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics. Purpose of the
study was to get accurate informa-
ton on marketing of the lint.
Results of the survey have been
published in a new Experiment Sta
ton bulletin entitled Cotton Mar
keting in the Coastal Plain Area of
North Carolina" and copies may be
secured free of charge from the
Agricultural Editor at State College.
DR.. Smith and Wright found that
although approximately tWo-thirdS
of the crop land in the area is cul-
t.vated by croppers and tenants,
practically all landlords participate
to some extent in the marketing of
the cotton crop produced on their
land.
Cotton is generally sold in lots of
several bales, the study showed.
More than 73 per cent was sold in
lots OF five bales or more, and Is
per cent was sold in lots of more
than SO bales. Less than per cent
was disposed of in single bale lots.
Most of the farmers interviewed
IN the four representative counties
OF EdgeCOmbe Johnston TeniOr and
Robson did not consider themselves
competent to class cotton for grade
and staple, and only a few knew the
class of their cotton at the time of
selling
Over half the farmers interviewed
were interested in obtaining an ac-
curate classification of their cotton
and indicated a willingness to pay
a small fee for such a service.
" Through this study" DR.. Smitk
said, 1--WE hope to show the way to-
ward an improvement in the local
cotton marketing SYSTEM"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-13
Quotas Being
Allotted For
1910 Tobacco

College Station, Raleigh, Sept. 13.
County AAA committees are be-
ginning preliminary work in estab-
fishing 1910 allotments for flue-cur-
ed tobacco farms, E. Y. Floyd, AAA
executive officer at State College,
said today.
The county committee will estab-
liSh normal or base acreage for
each farm on the basis of its past
tobacco acreage and other factors
which affect the production of to-
bacco, such as the land, labor, equip
fment on the farm, and soil type.
Floyd explained that the past
acreage for the farm will be the
average acreage harvested plus the
average acreage diverted for the
five years 1935-39, with adjustments
for abnormal conditions affecting
production. The five-year average
will be adjusted to local conditions
on the basis of land, Labor, and 9TH
er factors, 10 an acreage Whicn the
committee considers fair and nor
NAL" Then the normal acreages Tor
all farms will be adjusted to equal
the 1910 acreage allotment.
National and State allOtments will
not be announced until the work Of
determining the normal acreages has
been practically completed. Allot-
ment figures will not be needed I'M
til after the normal acreages are
ready to be adjusted to bring them
within the allotmentS.
The farm allotments will be used
for next years Agricultural Con-
servation program and will be the
basis of a marketing quota program
If quotas are in effect in 1910.
A recent amendment to the mark
citing quota provisions of the Act
of 1888 provides that the quota for
farms shall be the actual production
of their acreage allotment. Under
this provision. Floyd explained,
farmers can sell all the tobacco they
produce without penalty as long as
they keep within their acreage al
lotments.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-13
FORECLOSURE SALE.

Under and by virtue of authority
conferred in the undersigned as
trustee in a certain deed of trust
executed on the 5th day of June,
1885, by Luna Alexander, Recorded
in Book 1874, Page 1856, Register of
Deeds Office of Vance County; de
fault having been made in the pay
ment of the debt therein secured,
and the holder of the note having
requested of the trustee foreclosure,
l will, on Saturday the 18th day of
October, 1889, at the courthouse door
in Henderson, N. c., at public auc-
ton, at IL O'clock, offer for sale
the following described land:
Same being 2 acres of land in Mid
dleburg Township, Vance County,
adjoining the lands of Mrs. Parrish
and others, and being the same prop
erty decided to Nathaniel Alexander
by deed of Lena Parrish dated 26th
day of October, 1927, and by deed of
Kiziah Durham dated September 6,
1917, and recorded in Vance County,
reference to which said deeds being
made for more accurate description.
On this property is located a dwell
ing house.
A. A. BUNN, Trustee.
13-20-27-4
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-13
FORECLOSURE SALE.

BY virtue of authority conferred
in the undersigned as trustee, in
certain deed of trust executed on the
18th day of August, 1885, by A. E.
Flynn and Phanie P. Flynn his wife,
recorded in Book 1874, Page l65,
Register of Deeds Office of Vance
County, North Carolina, default hav-
ing been made in the payment of the
debt therein secured, and the holder
having requested sale of the Sc
curity to satisfy said debt, | will ol-
fer for sale on Saturday the 9TH DAY
Of October, 1889, at IL O'clock, at the
courthouse door in Henderson, N. u
the following described real estate
Begin at Marian Miles corner OF
lot bought of L. H. Chesson on Cor
lege street; run thence along the llne
of Marian Miles parallel with Mlt-
chell street 70 feet to a line OF loI
No. "a; thence in a SouthWesterly
direction along the line OF lot NO. "a, y,
and parallel with College street, o.
feet and three inches to a stake;
thence towards College street ana
parallel with Mitchell street, 70 1ee'
to College street, thence along Col-
lege street 81 feet and three inches 10
Marian Miles corner, the place OF Oe-
ginning. ,o.
NOTE: This sale is made suolec'
to a prior incumbrance and recoIu-
ed in Book 1863, Page l2O, REGISTER
of Deeds Office of Vance County,
and the purchaser at said sale WIN win
be required to assume any oalall'e
due by virtue Of said mortgage
This 5th day of September, 1861
T. S. KITTRELL, IruStee'
6-12-2O-07
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-13
F ertiliZer Plans
For 1910 Tobacco
Being Announced

College Station, Raleigh, Sept 13.
&c. B. Williams, head of the State
College Agronomy Department, to-
day announced the Tobacco Re-
search Committees fertilization re-
Communications for 1910.
The committee, composed of lead
ing agriculturists of North and South
Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and
Florida and headed by Williams,
meets annually to study tobacco pro-
gress made during the year and to
make recommendation Tor the
coming year.
In growing flue-cured tobacco on
heavy or more productive soils, the
committee recommends that fer
tilizer analyzing three per cent total
nitrogen, 10 per cent available phos-
phorfc acid, and six to ten per cent
potash be applied at the rate of 800
to 1000 pounds to the acre.
For the lighter and less productive
soils, it is recommended that the
fertilized analyze three per cent
total nitrogen, eight per cent avail
able phOspnOric acid, and six to ten
pei CSIlC POCdSll dIlO C1dC IL De 6D-
piled at the rate of 800 to 1900
pounds to the acre.
Williams pointed out that expert
ments indicate the Importance of
potash in the yield and quality of
flue-cured tobacco. Where there may
be an apparent deficiency of this
ingredient, additional applications
should be made as side dressings
within 20 days after transplanting.
Tests, showed that fertilizers ap-
piled SO as to come into direct con-
tact with roots cause loss of plants
and retard early growth. Therefore,
the committee recommends that
fertilizers be placed in bands 3 to
4 inches to the sides of the row at
the approximate level of the root
crowns and the plants set between
these bands. Or the fertilizers can
be thoroughly mixed with the soil
in the furrow before bedding.
Copies of the recommendations
may be obtained from the Agronomy
Department at State College.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-13
OGfay
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES

1761-Caspar Wistar, eminent
Philadelphia physician, born there
Died january %, 1913.
1766-Samuel Wilson Of Troy, N.
y. meat-pacKer, The original Uncle
Sam, large, ciean-shaved, we'll
proportioned nan, born Arlington,
Mas. Died lily 81, 1854.
1817-John NJ. Palmer: Illinois
lawyer, jluist, onion general, gov
ernor and s-nator, born in Scott
county, KY, Died September rs,
1900.
1825-N lillian H. Rjnoiart, the
Baltimore narole-cutter appreH-
flee VINO became one Of our great
sculptors, corn near Baltimore. Died
OCTOBER 28. 1874.
1842-John II. Bankhead, Ala
bama congressman and senator,
born in Lunar county, Ala. Died
March l, 1920.
1851-W Reed, army sur
geon-bacteriologiSt. medical science
hero, wLose work controlled and
won over the scourge of yellow
fever, born at Belroi, Va. Died No
vemper %, 1902.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-13
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

General John J. Pershing, born
in Linn county, No, 70 years ago.
U. S. Senator Henry T. Ashurst
OF Arizona, Dorn in Nevada, IS
years ago.
Warden Lewis F. Lawes of Sing
Sing, born at Elmira, N. Y Sc years
ago.
Sherwood anderson of Marion.
Va, novelist, born at Camden. Ohio,
SO years ago
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. OF
New York, boln at Oyster Bay. So
years ago.
Jesse L. Lasky, movie producer.
oo1n III San Francisco, SO years
ago.
Dr. Irwin Abell of Louisville
KY, noted surgeon, born at L.
tanon, Ky, SO years ago.
Milton S. Hershey OF Hershey.
Pa, candy manufacturer-phiIan..
thropist, born IN Daupin county
Pa, % ycars ago.
Maud Ballinston Booth Of the
Volunteers Of America, New York.
born in England IA years ago.
Claudettc Colbert, screen star
born in Paris, 81 years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-13
ANSWERS.

/. From 12,7O3 in 1886 to 1866
last year. The total salary increase
has been from $12,363, ,443 in 1886 to
S16,526,53O last year.
2. Judge Romulus M. Sanders, OF
CasWell county, one Of the delegates
from North Carolina to the conVen-
ton which met in Baltimore in 1874.
Judge Sanders planned and secured
its adoption to defeat Martin Van
Buren and secure the presidential
nomination for James x. Polk, for
mer North CarOlinian, then living in
Tennessee.
3. The total tire and tube purchases
amounted to S214,884.
8. Aaron V. Brown Of the class Of
1914. Brown moved to Tennessee the
year after he finished college and
became the law partner of James K.
Polk. He served Tennessee as legis-
lator, congressman and governor. He
was member of President Buch-
anan's cabinet as postmaster gen.
eral, and as such established the
overland mail route.
5. The total for the fiscal year Of
1888 was S26,585. This was for an
average of about 10000 prisoners.
6. Brown, representative from Cur
rituck, was expelled October 5, 1853
for perjury He was then elected to
the next session from Perquimans
county. The assembly refused to seat
him because of the former charge,
declaring him incapable of member
ship in that body. A new election
was called and he was reelected and
again refused his seat. The next ses-
sion found him again elected by
Perquimans. This time the assembly
gave up and seated him.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-13

Heelia to the other means that he
IS going to run for any Statewide
llfice next year.
He doesn't mind indicating that
ne will try again for his House seat
Willie Lee Lumpkin, State sena-
tor from Franklin and leader Of
the so-called liberal group in the
legislature, couldn't get to Charlotte
or the Young Democrats conven-
ton because he was busy in court
all last week.
He is still sitting on the side
lines watching the gubernatorial
campaign with more that ordinary
interest. Like Libby Ward, it is
conceivable that he will enter, if
and when the times seem pro-
pitious. tor 5.
incidentally, the Miss Lancaster
who was elected vice president Of
the Y. DIS is a former secretary to
Senator Lumpkin. Reports from
Charlotte are that it was really in
triguing to see Governor Hoey's
secretary, Bob Thompson, Raleigh's
Tom Banks Ga Sandy Graham sup
porter in 1866 and Ralph McDon-
aid himself all lobbying and work.
ing actively for her candidacy.
1t was even more intriguing to
see Mrs. j. B. Spillman, who headed
the Hoey women forces in 1896,
working for Liz Terry "a Graha-
mite) on one side of the hotel lob
by, while Thompson was pulling
wires for Miss Lancaster on the
other.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-13
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
Nv FRED III. MAY

/. How much have persons IN the
employ of the State increased dur
ing the past three years?
2. What North Carolinian was re-
sponsible for the two-thirds rule in
the National Democratic convention?
3. What was the amount of motor
vehicle tires purchases by the State
highway commission last year?
4. What graduate of the Unlver-
sity established the first overland
mail service from Memphis to San
Francisco?
S. What was the expense Of fur
nishing tobaccos to state prisoners
last year?
6. What was the quarrel between
Francis Brown, of Currituck and the
general assembly?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-13
FORECLOSURE SALE.

By virtue of power contained in
Deed of Trust executed by r. L,
Blacknall and Mile Blacknall, his
wife, to B. H. Perry, Trustee, dated
March 21, 1882, and due November
l, 1882, recorded in the Office of the
Register of Deeds Of Vance County
in Book 172 page "a, default having
been made in the payment of the
debt therein secured, on request of
the holder of the same, | shall sell
by Public Auction, to the highest
bidder for cash, at the Court House
door in Henderson, at II o'clock,
Noon, on the 9th day of Septem-
Der, 1889, the following described
property:
10 acres Of land and house bound
ed by Hewitt Hunt and Estate Of
o. w. Blacknall owned by R. L.
Blacknall and Mile Blacknall.
B. H. PERRY, Trustee.
Henderson, N. c.,
August 26, 1899.
3O-6-13-2O
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-13
CAST OF "THE WOMEN"
1OO-PERCENT FEMININE
INCLUDING THE ANIMALS S

The one-hundred per cent femi-
nine cast of "The Women" starring
Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and
Rosalind Russell, is no joke.
The film, opening at the Steven
son Theatre for an engagement of
two days, Thursday and Friday, not
only boasts a human cast of 1876
females, but feminine animal cast
as we'll
All saddle horses, dogs and cats
appearing before the camera had to
be of the "gentler" sex, and some
twenty-five bluebloods of this va
riety were required.
Every animal in the picture is of
the feminine sex.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-13
YOUNGEST PUBLISHER
is VISITOR AT FAIR

Worlds Fair, N. Y, Sept. 13.-
Roger p Meekins, 9, believed to be
the youngest newspaper publisher in
the United States was visitor to
the fair today. Rogers paper, The
Sunnyside News, is published week.
ly in his home town of Manteo, N.
C. Typical news items are the fol-
lowing:
cit looks as if they are going to
have a war across the ocean,"
II went to the city Friday and got
some new CLOVIS"
''Bob Melton came down Tuesday,"
tSchOOl opened T."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-13
TO-DAY IN HISTORY

1759-Hdtt!e IF Quenec-British
under Wolfe take Quebec from the
French under Mortcalll, both COM
manders being killed in the en-
gagement.
18f4-Bombardn of Fort Nc
Henry, Baltimore
1859-Duei between David C.
Broderick. roted California political
figure, and Da';id S. Terry chief
justice Of the Jtate-Broderick died
on ,he 10th.
1906-America marines land at
Havana but withdraw in a few
days. ..'....-
1913-Americans take $4,000
priscrers and practically wipe out
ST Mihiel salient Prof Masaryk
opens Czecho-Slovak provisional
government headouarta in New
York city.
1929 Disastrous hurricane
sweeps Florida and Porto Rico.
1884 quartz. million march in
monster New York N. r. Il. Parade.