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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-26
Wreck at City Limits
On Townsville Highway
w. T. Richardson Meets Instant Death ANA
Mrs. Judson Knott Dies Later; Arnold r1uoef
Fatally Hurt; Others Serious.

Three persons were killed and seven others hur one 81
b ifcal and several seriously in the COLLISION apparently
b an Of an automobile and light pickup truck at Ine Guy
;;t ON the Townsville highway about nine O'Clock hlSlhfS
i ~ If the most tragic traffic accidents in the recent
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-26
ak Listing
Will Start
Next Monday

Listing Of taxes for 1910 will be-
gin here next Monday, January l,
and final arrangements for the start
Of the work were being made today.
Heretofore the listing has been done
as Of April and in the month OF
April. The change was made by the
1899 legislature.
Miss Dorothea Woodlief, county
accountant, has been designated as
supervisor Ct listing, and list-takers
have been named for each township,
being the same as those who served
last April, for the most part
Abstracts and other records are be-
ing furnished this week to ali list
takers, so that they will be ready for
their duties next Monday when the
work gets under way
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-26
c. 7. BURNETTE, G.,
BURIED At EPSON
Services Monday From Res
idence, With Interment
AT New Bethel

Funeral services for Charlie 7.
Brunette, 60, we'll known South Hen
derson man, We're conducted Monday
afternoon at o'clock from the home
in South Henderson. with Rev j. x.
Worthington, pastor Of White Memo
rial Methodist church, officiating, be-
ing assisted by Rev. ]. L. Joyce, a
former pastor, and interment was
made in the New Bethel cemetery,
near EPSON.
Mr.. Burnette had been a member
of White Memorial church for 81
years, and was active in church work.
He is survived by Mrs. Burnette,
one daughter, Miss Elaine Brunette,
Of South Henderson, a sister, Mrs.
Florence Rose, and one brother, Ed
Burnette, Of Franklin county.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-26
Post Office
Record Set
To Holidays
Receipts And Volume
Of vi all Handled
Greatest to Date in
History of Office,
Postmaster 7 e a que
Says.

An all-time record for holiday
volume of business was set at the
Henderson post office this season,
and present indications are that a
new all-time high will be made in
business for the office for the CAL
endar year 1899, Postmaster J. R..
league said today.
Most Of the Christmas rush was
ended by Saturday, which was a
comparatively light day, except
that parcel post trucks were kept
busy all day and up to late in the
evening dispo.ng Of incoming
packages. Some Of these were even
delivered Christmas day in order
to get them into the hands Of own
ers for Christmas.
Postmaster league had no ad-
ditiOnal figures on Christmas bust
ness, other than that announced
last Thursday, but said that new
high record for volume was set.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-26

history of this section.
William T. Richardson was m
stantlv killed and Mrs. Judson Knott
was fatally injured, dying few
hours later. and Arnold ". Huber,
who was an occupant OF the truck,
died as he was brought to Maria
Parham hospital, where ten persons
in all were taken after Delng re-
moved from the kreck
Mrs. Richardson was IN a critical
condition at the hospital this after
noon. with both knees and both LEGS
broken. one Of them in several places
ana ute nope Was neIo lol hef re-
coverv. Mr.. Knott was severely m
iured about one eye. was thought TO
have broken thigh and was be-
Iieved to have internal injuries.
Ten Figure In Wreck
ReOi3nan Knott. son OF MI ana
Mrs. Judson Knott, had a broken leg
but is expected to recover, other m
lures rot being serious.
Henry Duke and Lemuel lVey,
who were in the truck, had broken
legs ana cuts ana bruises, ollO DOIS0S
Williams was badly cut up. William
Harris was perhaps least seriously
injured OF the ten persons figuring
in the crash He had only minor cuts,
50 far as was learned.
The Richardson's and Knots had
attended a picture show in Hender-
son and had just started home.
Boys Returning to Henderson
William Harris said at the hOSpi-
tai that he and two companions had
been on a trip 10 Townsville, and as
they were enroute back home their
car broke down several miles from
Townsville back toward Henderson.
They were hitch-hiking back to
town with the driver of the truck.
All occupants Of the truck except
Huber were South Henderson men,
in their early tWenties, 50 far as
could De learned.
At first, only Williams, Duke and
Harris. aside from Huber, were ac-
counted for at the hospital, but State
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-26
CATLETT HAS
BIG DAY IN COURT

Clifton Catlett had recorders c0u
all to himself today, with Recorder
R. E. Clements presiding.
Catlett was charged in three war
rants, the first being drunk and as
sault, the second with trespasslng,
drunk and disorderly, and the third
warrant was for resisting an officer.
The defendant was given a year
on the roads in two charges, and a
nine months suspended term upon a
third, the suspended term to be pray
ed if he is found in Vance county
within the next two years. He must
serve the first year on the roads,
then leave the county.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-26

Rotary to Meet-The weekly meet
OF the Rotary Club will be held to-
night at $50 o'clock at the Vance
Hotel.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-26
City Council
Meeting Set

The regular monthly meeting Of
the Henderson City Council will be
held tomorrow evening, it was
earned from Mayor Henry T.
Powell. The time for the meeting
was Monday night, but because that
was Christmas. the meeting was
postponed two evenings. While lit
lie was learned of precise business
% come up, it was through that
there might be discussion of the
proposal for extending fire protec-
ion to adjacent suburban sections,
and also probably to the matter Of
ak listing Tor 1910.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-26
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four

|. How did the wintergreen plant
derive its name?
2. In which ocean is the island
Of Madagascar?
3. Who is Halvdan Koht?
q Which city in the U. S. was the
National Capital when George
Washington was first inaugurated?
5. What are the eight parts OIL
speech in the English laflsuase
6 In which country was Adolf
Name the great river Of north
avn India. formed by drainage of
the southern Himalayas?
8. Who wrote The American S
For which President Of the U.
S. was Tippecanoe a nickn MAJ
10 Which species of BIRD makes
the longest annual flight?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-26
Three Killed. Seven Hurt In Christmas Night Crash

State line in Virginia. are among the
most prominent citizens OF the
Townsville community. They are
widely related, ana amer lew NM
utes following the wreck and thro-
ughout the night and today there
were crowds of relatives or friends
from the Townsville section and the
city and elsewhere at the hospital
seeking to learn what they could
about the wreck and about the con-
dition of those injured.
Joint Funeral Wednesday,
Joint funerals will be held for
MI Richardson and Mrs Knott at
Rock Spring Baptist church at 80
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, and
both will be buried in the church
cemetery. Rev S. l.. Morgan, The
pastor, will officiate, and while
there will be separate active pail
bearers. the honorary pallbears will
be the same. Rev T. w. Lee, of
Middleburg, pastor Of the Middle
burg Methodist church, will assist
with Rev +. Norfleet Gardner, pas
tor of the First Baptist church, Hen
dersOn, and Rev. c. A. Upchurch
Of Raleigh.
Was Prominent Farmer.
Mr.. Richardson was q prominent
and substantial farmer Of the
Townsville community. He was II
years old and native Of Clarks-
vile, Va He had lived at his last
residence about thirty years, and
had been a member of Tabernacle
Methodist church near there for
sixty years.
Besides his widow, who is criti-
cally i'll at the hospital of injuries
in the same wreck, Mr.. Richardson
is survived by one brother, I. J.
Richardson, of Townsville, and who
is now i'll in a Richmond hospital;
and half-brother, Charlie Richard
son, of Rocky Mount.
Active pallbearers for his funeral
were announced as the following:
Henry and Hunter Green, Victor
Kim0all, K l.. Burton, George P.
larry. ST., and Bolie Norwood
Native of Virginia.
Mrs Knott was a native Of Chase
City, Va where she was born in
September, 1899. She was a daugh-
ter of the late Harry B. Pope, OF
Virginia, and Mrs Helen Pope, also
of Virginia, who survives, and lives
in Knoxville, Tenn. Also surviving
are her husband, seriously injured
in the wreck and now in the hos
pital, and two sons, Everett Jud-
son Knott, Jr, and B. Franklin
Knott; also two sisters, Mrs. Roy
Depue, OF Knoxville, Tenn, and
Mrs. Carl Hines, Of MaryVille, Tenn.
She had been MEMBER OF Rock
Spring Baptist church tWenty-eight
years, and was active in the mis-
sionary society, and was widely
known in her community.
Active pallbearers for her funeral
will be. j. S. Evans, M. G. Evans
viii larry, Charlie Epps, A. II
Moore and James Tilghman Weldon
Honorary pallbearears, VINO will
serve for the joint funeral, were an
nounced as follows: Dr. R. T. Up
church. L. B. Wilkerson, Lee Gooch,
Lee Averett, r. S. Johnson, r. g.
Taylor, w B. Hight, Henry Taylor,
John Matthews, Sam Adams, j. F.
Mills, A. T. McNeny, c. A. Crews,
T H. CroWder, r. 2 Thompson, p.
H. Smith, 7. H. Griffith, E. NJ.
Rollins, c. E. Page, O. S. Falkner,
w. A. Hunt, Dr.. j. H Wheeler, DR..
H. A. Newell, J. p ZOllicoffer,
John White, J. w. Jenkins, T. W
McCracken, S. B. BurWell, J. C.
Kittrell, Ed Norwood, A r. larry,
J. B. Purcell, James Raece. i. w
Keeton, f. B. Taylor, William Reed,
Fletcher Bobbitt
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-26
MARRIAGE PAPERS
TWO ON SATURDAY

Two marriage papers Were f..,.s
during the weekend at the raoo1
Registry office.
Theodore Allen Rocker and ~,
Mae Owens, both Of Henderson ~. d
Hugh Collins, Of Kannapol,s o'9
Esther Faulkner, Of Henderson, o'Q
cured the papers. st.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-26
THREE PERSONS PAY
FINES TO THE CLFRx

Three persons paid 81 traffic A..
into the office Of the city clor. |.'
ords there revealed To-Day.
Those paying for traffic .0a4o
were Robert Spruill, J. Il par<. XII
the Assistant Chief Of Police pa.
and r. ~ Gupt0n '''
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-26
TWO REALTY PAPERS
WITH THE REGISTRY

Two realty papers were recorded
Saturday at the Vance Registry Of
flee, both Of them covering small
plots of land near the city.
d. P. McDuffee, commissioner, solo
Luetta B. Hicks a lot in South Hen
dersOn for $500
r. c. Kittrell, commissioner, con-
veyed a lot on the Henderson-E Epson
road to W. P. Parrish for $3.50.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-05-12
Vacation Church
School TO Begin

LIMARev. G. ]. johnson, pas.
tor Of the Second Baptist Church
announces that the Daily Vacation
Church School will be held this year
from June s to July at the Sec
ond Baptist Church 1t will be held
daily from am. to IL noon.
be Beginners Department which
will be taught by Miss lone Jones
will st Idy from the book Pleasing
the Heavenly Father" The Primary
Junior Department course Of study
viii be Meeting the Test" Mrs
Blanch Thomas will be the teacher
Mrs. Irene Graham will again teach
the intermediate group which viii
study from the textbook Playing
the Game
Miss Bernice Watson will have
charge Of the handwork and Mrs
Lettd-ia Dt lton will teach Negro
History each morning to all depart,
ments. r. T. Woods will have charg,
Of the recreation.
Secretaries and assistant teacher.
will be chosen later. This Bible
School Is being sponsored by tn,
Sunday School Of the Second Bap
tist Church and is in charge Of Mrs
6. j. Johnson.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-05-12
Carries Chat About
Bellefontaine
By Carrie Belle Harper

laize tickle sunday evening at the
drawing al the Penthouse in Urbana
She was the recipient of i lovely
gold bracelet.
The Misses Ruth Johnson and
Carrie Belle Harper, Mrs. Katherine
Story Roy Clark Of Springfield,
Dorrance Banks and John Wilson Of
Delaware visited Columbus nitery
sa urday evening.
The Buccaneers soft Bt.ll Club
won their first game of the season
last Friday right. The Colored
Giants baseball team is organizing
under Manager Carl Eaos.
The Elks Lodge in Delaware will
sponsor an OK roast, Decoration
Day. plans are Icing made for af-
ter dark amusements.
Bill Whe sci a ppTular member of
the younger set is now employed IN
Urbana, nevertheless, Sunday, Bill,
Tee Kelley, Charles Waugh, John
Stanhope. Briggs Crosswhite and
Charles Howell all of Urbana were
Sunday visitors in the home of Miss
Jerry Hassel. Numerous members
Of the local smart set were present
also.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-05-12
EAST SIDE NEWS

LIMA--James Brown and Frank
Nichols Of Alger spent a few hours
here en- route to Toledo last Sunday
where they viii visit friends and
relatives.
DR.. and Mrs. u. S. Beam were
visitors in kenton and Marion, Ohio
last Sunday.
Mr.. Buttons retired army officer
who has made his home in this city
for the last several months has re.
turned To Marion. During his stay
mere he made many friends and was
al ardent worker in Second Baptist
Church. He played an important
role in the decorating Of this church
hich now looks like spectacular
lalace.
Mrs. Emmabelle Stone, tlrmer-
iy of Columbus, has returned to Al
ger. In the near future Mrs. Stone
will come to Lima and open a new
beauty parlor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Jackson, Mrs
l.. d. Brown, Mrs. Virggle Stewart,
daughters Barbara, Colene and sons
Kenneth, Dale and Franklin all OF
kenton and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A.
Payne and children Cleo and Jr. all
were weekend guests in the Payne
home on East Pearl Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Glasco, and
daughter Beatrice Of Findlay, Ohio
were Lima visitors last Sunday.
Mr.. Myrtle Brown, Miss Daisy
Gibson and Delmo Jackson Of Ken.
ton spent Sunday in Bellefontaine.
Miss Eunice Roddy of the Brad
field Center staff spent last week
end in Fostoria, O., visiting friends
and relatives.
Robert McDuffie was visitor in
Dayton last week.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-05-12

High School, the league will pressnt
in dramatic reci al, Mrs. Lillian
Watts Foster, graduate Of the Sclus-
ter Martin School Of Drama, assist
ed by Miss Georgia Il. Beasey, So
prano soloist.
We are soliciting your presence
and your offering on this occasion,
and requesting that you publicize
the prog fam in the group IN which
you are a part. securing Tor aa as
much support as you can in this ef-
fort. Persons unable to attend this
recital may send contributions to
w. A. Baker, treasurer and chair
man Of the Finance Committee, 222
s. Pierce Street, or to Mrs. A. A..
Dalton, chairman Of education COM
mittee, BIC w. Elm Street. Thank
ing you in advance for your sincere
cooperation, we remain.
very truly yours,
The Lima League for Civic
Improvement,
William Young, president,
Mrs. A. A. Dalton, chair Ed. Com
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-05-12

Mis- es Camille Iiamans and Ls
on hiac leH wera among the seniot
Gitis vito we're entertained by tic
0hio sta Nomen's Club, Wedne
cas- afl fHoon. 4 ten, All annual
custom 81 the club, i musical pro
gam and q guest speaker. Il senior
girl from Ohio state University was
special feature Of the entertain
mel
Dewey Newsome and Sam Perkins
wiine ed tho 65th running of the
kentaeky Derby u Churchill Downs
ii LOUISVILLE
MIS-. Burnetta Ayers Charles
Banks, Mss Il hel Justice. Frederick
Ayers, Airs. kathleen Ingram, Will
liam Brook Nh and Mrs. Billie
Walker and SON Eugene, Mr.. and
Mrs. s. Anthony, Miss Gova Pep
pefs, ] hn Waugh Miss Audrey
Napier and Donald Pepper and his
l4dy & al of Columbus were
guests u the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
Edgar Harper Sunday evening.
Ira sanford Hicks and son Paul,
and Mt Fred johnson returned to
their homes Monday evening fol
lowing 4 brief visit in Cleveland
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Lyman and
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-05-12
CIVIC LEAGUE
LETTER

Dear Friends:
As you can see by the letterhead,
this letter come to you from the
Lima League For Civic Improve
ment, which is composed Of Negro
citizens organized to promote gem
eral culture, better race relations,
and economic, industrial and civic
Improvement,
Because Of the large number of
worthy high school graduates who
are financially unable to continue
their education the educational COM
mittee of this organization has cho-
sen rendering assistance to such
graduates as one Of its detectives.
To secure funds for this purpose on
Sunday May 81 at 8 pm, at Central
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-05-12
Students Advised
To Get Social
Security Numbers

LIMA--As the graduation season
approaches, high school students
were advised today to obtain social
security account numbers before
seeking employment.
This recommendation was made
by William Al. Ashbrook, manager
Of the Social Security Board field of
fee in Lima, Ohio.
Many employers now insist that
new workers show their social Sc.
curity numbers before taking VI
employment Mr.. Ashbrook said
1t is much easier to get mum
Der before applying for work
whether temporary or permanent
than it is to have to 60 to our Of
fce later and get a card. Mean
time the job may be taken by some
one else. Numbers should be OBJ.
tanned even though there is no i'm
mediate certainty of work.
Any person VINO WORKS IN COM
merce or industry is covered by the
old-age insurance system, except II
few specific cases. There is NJ
age limit on the down side, 50 fal
as coverage is concerned. Worker
who reach age 65 no longer are GOV
cred under old-age insurance,as tn
social security law now stands ane
deductions from their pay cease a
that age"
The Lima field office issues socia
security numbers for the residents
of Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Har
din, Mercer, Putnam, and Van Weri
counties.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-05-12
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HEAD
PROTESTS SLUR AGAINST
COLORED MAIDS
Publication Said Negro Domestic
Workers Spread Syphilis Infection

parran gave his challenge to the
doctors Of this country to take NJ
the fight against syphilis and gonor-
rhea, it was our organized group, IN
the city Of philadelphia who first ac-
cepted that challenge and forthwith
appointed Commission on Syhilis
Eradication which is headed by DR..
.. w. Boyd, Norfolk, Va.
.We are most emphatic in our re-
sentiment against any implications in
any periodical from any social work
er or an other source that would try
to create the impression that gonor-
rhea is peculiar To Negroes, and Az
you have made it, to colored maids,
"You could very consistently have
said maids, and omitted 'colored,
because in my personal experience,
over i period Of over 80 years, my
dear Doctor, | have found that the
maids among your own racial group
are not immune to either gonorrhea
or syphilis.
1t might interest voc to know
that the surgeon-General has said
in his book, Shadow on the Land
The white man gave the Negro
syphilis and tuberculosis. | don't
wish to feel that you are purpose
fully attempting to prejudice the
minds Of white employers against
colored maids, but unless you are
willing to 50 advise the Executive
Board, (NMA), through me that
you have no such intent, il will be-
come our responsibility to bring to
the attention of the u. S. Public
Health Service the resentment IF
l3 million Negroes to this type Of
propaganda.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-05-12

YORK. pa. lANP) An unwar-
1anted Ia Nlsu4ing slnr against
colored women domestic workers IN
a recent issue Of a Baltimore publi-
cation Medical Information Tor
Social Workers was resented this
week BY Dr. George NJ. Bowles, this
city, president National Medical As
sociation.
DR. Bowles directed his protest to
Or. William M. Champion, editor Of
the periodical, published by William
Wood and Company. The MA.
presidents letter said, in part:
"As president Of the National
Medical Association, | wish to ex-
press the resentment of our organi-
zed grocp 10 a recent article IN one
Of your publications in which you
attempt TO stigmatize the whole ra-
cial group with which we are iden-
titled, in the following article, on
page 336, Of Medical Information
for Social Horkers.
This article purportlng to en-
Tighten he public as to the incidence
and the cause Of gonorrhea IN little
children, declared The infection IS
most commonly received from toilet
seats soiled BY infected members Of
,A I'D olseaod. such y colored
maids.
It Il this kind Of propaganda
that is not merely unwarrantcd and
unjust but Is capabla Of doing ter-
rife amount of damage to any pro-
rosed program for education Of the
public as to the true nature and
cacse Of yeneteal disease Il might
inte,est YOU to know that several
years ago when Surgeon General
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-05-12
FRIDAY, MAY II, 1889.
LIMA GIRLS VOICE
WINS PRAISE

LIMA--Miss Helen johnson, So
prano soioist in the Fourth Street
Baptist Church and daughter Of
MI. end Mrs. William johnson of
Norvel Avenue has been wining the
heard in the Fourth Street Baptist
praise and comment Of music lovers
in Northwestern Ohio. She may be
Church Sunday evening May 14th.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-05-12
GREAT FRIEND or RACE
ON PAROLE BOARD

LIMA announcement was made
this week by Gov. John Bricker, OF
the appointment of former Judge
Emmitt e. Everett widely known
Lima man to the new parole board.
The former Judge is great friend
of the Negro race and has always
given justice.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-11-15
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
BY Shepard Barclay
"The Authority Authorities"
KILLING A FETISH
ssThe Authority on Authorities"

FOR YEARS bridge books and
5sidge authorities have been in the
habit of saying that singleton is
Of no value if it is in the hand of
the player who first bid the trump
suit. For purposes Of counting up
your number Of winning tricks.
that pedagogy may be sound. But
for consideration u the late stages
Of the bidding ! s plumb hay
Wire. Frequently possession of a
singleton, with co@conitant abil-
ity to stop the mn Of that suit
early, produces victory out Of
what otherwise would have been
defeat.
Evening star., 1939-06-05
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. June ) lP,-Hogs were steady
to 10 cents higher IN fairly active market
todas: Very little was done in the cattle
market TO establish a trend
10000 and were 1000 less than expected.
heavy butchers The market topped at
Bidding was so cents lower throughout
the cattle list, and indications were that
choice and prime steers would show most
decline. Bulls were steady and vealers %
TO 90 cents lower. Cattle receipts of $4,000
in, the open. market were 1000 more than
advance estimates.
Early bids in the lamb market were un-
evenly lower
u s Dept. Ayr l-Salable hogs 1000
market fairy active; steady to 10 higher
lights hogs and heavy butchers; top, $50
bulk. good and choice 19O-o40 lbs. s 65-15
25o-2S0 lbs. 635-65: 200-35O-lb. butchers
few smooth butcher Kinds. 5 s5-s 90
Salable cattle 16 600: salable calves. 900
not enough done on fed steers and yearlings
through list: strictly good. choice and
prime steers promised to show most de-
Cline, with plain and medium kinds weak to
crop light heifer and mixed yearlines here: here
p lover cows acutely scarce. slow, steady:
sausage kinds: .vealers $3.50 lower; mainly
almost entirely fed offering but meager run
thin Stcckers slow at 135 to s rs: meaty
Southwest-bred 10o-lb, stockers 9.25: sew
early bids on these under 1900
Salaole sheep. 5000; trading very slow;
not enough done to establish a depend
able market trend; early. bids unevenly
one load around 9O-day shorn ss-ib led
lambs, S.75.