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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-12

and there you will see some .of
the finest mothers of this city.
This is a time of international
unrest, suspicion, hate an d
greed. Men with ambitions learn
cd at no mothers knee are with
word and deed endangering the
peace Of the world-a world arm
ed to the teeth and needing but
spark to set it ahame. One has
hut to think little to realize
that the hearts of millions upon
milliOnS of mothers are heavy
with fear and foreboding-and
with plenty Of real cause. But
t was ever thus. Men who let
ambition and the lust for gold
ana power blind them to the
things learned at mothers knee
will not be deferred after they
nave tasted of that which they
desire. One wonders just how
a dictator with territorial am
billions would celebrate Mothers
Day if such was a holiday where
they hold sway. Here in h e
United States of America this
fear is not so great but never
theleSS exists. How beautiful it
would be if those at the head of
the government could and did
assure mothers of America war
would not come.
Mothers Day is not just an
other Of those numerous days
no one pays any attention to but
is day which all men and wo-
men and children should pay
homage to their mothers with
out fail. She will remember the
day, be sure to evidence you
likewise are mindful of it, and
it will cost you nothing and will
mean much to her.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-12
MONEY

Only monetary experts. can
understand thoroughly the in
tricate pattern of law and eco
nomics that stands behind the
American dollar. Yet, as major
phase of our national life, it be-
hooves everyone to study the
subject at some length. A good
place to start might be the re-
port of t h e Republican house
committee on extraordinary
monetary powers of the presi-
dent.
Here is no mere partisan re-
port, simply critical of the New
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-12
Howard U Library is Given
Valuable Anti-Slavery Papers

Os wa d Gerrison Willard.
grandson of William Lloyd Car
rlson and until recently editor
of The Nation, has presented to
the Howard university library
a valuable collection of anti
savery papers dating back to the
days of the Abolitionists. The
papers will be added to the Moor
land Foundation, Towards col
lection on Negro life and history
Among them are 228 issues of
early antiAslavery newspapers :
several volumes of the Liberty
Bell, annual of the American
Anti-Savery Society; and a COPY
of Right and Wrong in Massa-
chusetts.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-12
MOTHERS DAY

Next Sunday, May IA will be
Mothers Day, one of the few
holidays worthy of universal
observance by all races and ali
nations, although it is strictly
an American day If your
mother IS living do not let the
day pass without letting her
know YOU are not unmindful of
The debt that YOU owe her, yea,
even your life. Great men of all
ages have delighted in honor
:ng their mothers. and no man
has yet over done it. 1t is not
necessary that a man o. woman
give expensive gifts TO mother
on this day, the things g mother
prizes are no more related t.
gold CT silver than the reasons
one loves his mothcr-.t is tie
spirit with which one honors the
greatest living person that is
considered. \ flower worn ae
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-12
Democrats and Republicans
Learn the Lesson of Charity
end Common Sense

with al of this harangue, now
Haunting itself all over the
country, and with d Spasmodic
desire at times to have some
peope believe one is better than
the other, take tip, my brother,
but a darn few of you are much
better than the other. You are
simply as good as you have sense
enough to be fair, conservative.
Who know who is right and
wrong? There are scme f w,
yea, very few, Democrats who
believe they are altogether
RIGHT. j,
Then when you come to many
Negro Republicans, these ewo-
faced, twisted, le-jointed,
box-ankled, cock-eyed lying Ne
gro Democrats by the gods who
ever made us or had a slate
marked with a sign on it, most
every Negro Democrat is so a.
shamed till he is turning his
picture on the walls. Yet, they
az honest. They tell you, while
we strayed, it was because the
heart was willing but the flesh
was weak" Now it is about settl-
eel once for all time that there
are some honest Democrats and
some dignified Republicans.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-12

Taxes in tn United States
took % per cent of the national
income in 1888, more than in any
year for which records are avail
able. last years taxes came
to s13,7oO,ooO, 100000, the large
st sum ever paid. .... The total
was described as representing
an average of $317 for each en-
i'loyed person. IN. Y. Times.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-12

Democrats and Republicans
are getting together. swearing
allegiance that pever again VIII
they allow hunger to make
enemies because if "Solar spot,
on the Sun" John /. Lewis may
be ever so much interested i'm
human welfare, the same a. ha,
been expressed by coal operators
who have fed their miners. but
tell us wherein comes the de-
pleated, the naked and hungry
miner for all of this New York
Stuff.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-12


The strike is in full bloom to-
day, Thursday the 18th. Nobody
knows what will be the next
move. Tens of thousands of
miners have been forced out of
employment for more than two
months, and nine-teths of them
can't answer intelligently why
they have tacitly agreed to re-
fuse to work at profitable
salary = sufficiently so to feed
and clothe their children.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-12

II T h e worldl has no room for
towards. We must all be ready
somehow to toll, to suffer-, to
die. And yours is not the less
noble because no drum beats
before you when you go out into
your daily battlefields, and no
crowds shout about your coming
when you return from your daily
victory or defeat.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-12

Who in the devil ever heard
of big white and colored men
agreeing to starye their families
for two months over a technic-
al problem, That has been done
during the last two months.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-12

Deal. ItiBIa considered dodil
n1ent whiciDclarifies one compli-
Gated part II the New Deal oper
atoms, pointing the way to a
more sound monetary base on
the road to recovery. 1t is typhic-
al of the Republican party in
hat it views the problem sanely
divorcing it from panacean con-
cepts of our natinoal economy
showered so long on the heads
of a suffering public. )meYo.
l2tOn promises that here, was
another way out of the depres-
sion, the President was given
the power to determein the gold
content of the dollar. The Re-
publican report says this power
should be repealed. The report
asks for joint Congressional
Committee to study the whole
question of moneary policy. 1t
asks repeal of the Silver Pur-
chase Act of 1884 and the re-
peal of other silver iegisla-
ton to simplify our metal base
situation. Equally, it asks re-
peal of powers held by the Presi-
dent to issue $3,OOO,OOO,OO0 in
unsecured United States notes!
and another 3 billion secured
only by government bonds.
Needless to say, these Republi-
can proposals were ignored
when the house took action. The
only point on which Republicans
were sustained was that which
required the Treasury to report
to Congress annually details of
the management Of the 2 billion
dollar sterilization fund. Even
here h e House majority was
following it's leaders and not the
COP proposals for the Republi-
can report suggested an even
more strict hold by Congress on
the manipulation of the fund.
The Republican report sum-
married. itself in concluding
paragraph with which all Ameri
cans can agree. 1t said that pur-
suit of the suggested monetary
program would without doubt
put an end to all unsound and
dangerous elements in our pres
ent monetary program, and it
would to an unreasonable de-
gree stimulate national recovery
in the United Staes, and it would
restore t h e confidence of the
American people in their govern
ment.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-12

Taxes are paid in the sweat of
every man who labors because
they are burden on production
and can be paid only by produce
ito. -FDR at Pittsburgh, Oct.
10, 1882.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-12
IsMtaRHssident lRoossfMt.. how

aeMtdRfssident iRoosRfMt.. how
matb3ongeHiwill S&iland your
political friends continue to keep
n e. innocent American people
at Washingto in the red? The
forty billion dollars appropriate
ed certainly should cease. Two
more years to go in the red
surely should be long enough to
ask to change this campaign.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-12
Squibs

Now that there may be in the
making if re-arranging political
campaign stuff, suppose we
suggest that a tip might not be
out of place to say "Seep light "
either one way or the other UNI
til YOU find out in whose hands
you are. -
Constable Henry Richards,
meeting an old-time Republican
colleague Of long outstanding
were see wailing and weeping
on the shoulders Of each other
over why and how it happened
that "Henry-then-AIarll Hanna
should have so long misled him.
They both agreed to never diff
fer again. Someone made the
statement that Henry made
no confession of mistake, but
still expressed love and adora-
ton"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-28
Council Will
Vote Tonight
Upon Budget

Adoption of the 1939-40 budget and
fixing of the new tax rate will be
the principal business before the City
Council at tonight's regular month
ly meeting, it was indicated today.
1t was anticipated that the discus
sion might last several hours. The
budget was before the council for
preliminary consideration at the July
meeting, and has been open to public
inspection since that time.
City authorities have indicated
there will probably be no increase in
the tax rate, which last year was
$1.4O per hundred dollars valuation.
There were reports that tobacco
men would appear before the coun-
Gil and ask resembling Of the ''no
left turn traffic regulation on Gar
nett street to make it easier for
farmers to get to warehouses, when
they come into town on Garnett
street. The request would not apply
to any other part or portion of the
new traffic regulations.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-28
FRED o. SINK DIES
ATLEXINGTON HOME

Fraternal order men here today
were advised from Lexington of the
death there early today of Fred 0.
Sink, prominent in the Patriotic Or
der Sons of America, the Junior Or
der and the Masons. No details were
given, either as to the time or cause
of his death or as to funeral plans.
Mr.. Sink was owner of the Lexing-
ton Dispatch, a semi-weekly news
paper published in Lexington. He had
suffered with stomach ailment for
years. He was past president of the
P. O. S. A. in the State and for some
years prior to his death was State
secretary. He was also prominent in
Junior Order and the Masons Word
of his death came today to w. r.
Fleming, a past president of the P.
o. S. A. in the State. Many local
citizens prominent in these fraternal
orders knew Mr.. Sink personally. He
was understood to be about SIS years
of age.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-28
YOUTH VICTIM OF
ACCIDENT BURIED
Methodist Church Filled Saturday
Afternoon for 15-Year-Old
Charles Vandyke Rites.

Funeral services were held at the
First Methodist church at 5 o'clock
Saturday afternoon for Charles Van
dyke, who was fatally injured early
Friday when his bicycle and Grey
hound bus were in collision on An
dreWs avenue extension. Rev. James
| A Jones, pastor of the First Presby-
terian church, was in charge of the
services at the church and at the
grave in Elmwood cemetery. in the
absence of Rev. r. E. Brown, pastor
of the church, who is out of the city
on vacation and could not be reached.
The church was filled, both in the
main auditorium and the balcony, as
sympathetic relatives and friends
! joined with the family in the final
rites for the lad, who met with a
fatal accident while delivering hic
newspaper route. A great array Of
| flowers was sent in tribute to his
memory and the esteem in which he
was held.
Charles was IA years old and would
have been a junior in Henderson
high school this fall had he lived.
He was member of the First Meth
odist church, and active in and a
regular attendant upon Sunday
school and other young peoples ac-
tivities.
The high school band, of which
the lad had been member for sew
eral years, attended the funeral in
a body in uniform, led by A. T.
Hearn, director. AS the service ended
at the graveyard, Mr.. Hearn blew
taos before the gathering of friends
dispersed.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. L. Vandyke. and younger
sister, Gloria Vandyke.,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-28

She's stepping out in high style
for busy day of shopping or work,
confident that her tailored frock is
right! Make Marian Martins Pat
tern 9096 of nubby tweed or one
Of the new ribbed or checked wool
ems so popular this season. Black,
mossy green and brown are all good
colors for fall and winter. Notice
the slim, classically simple lines
OF this style-the softness Of the
pretty scalloped collar. the easy
grace of the double-panelled skirt
the smooth fit about the waist.
Use the new long sleeves if you
make this dress for street wear.
Pattern 9096 may be ordered only
in womens sizes "a, SO, 38, 40, AZ,
"A, 46 and 48. Size SO requires 3
5-8 yards 80 inch fabric; 3-8 yard
contrast.
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
232 w. 18th ST., New York, N. Y.
Daily Dispatch, Pattern Department,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-28
PRODUCTION ADVANCE

Robert Donat, English screen star
today claims the distinction of play
ing the two most different charac-
tiers any actor on the screen has ever
essayed. From the earnest incisive DR.
Manson in "The CITADEL, he trans
formed his very nature into the
kindly schooImaster, "Mr. Chips" in
GOOD Bye, Mr.. Chips" based or
James Hilton's best selling novel
The picture is playing today and to-
morrow at the Stevenson theatre.
Donat's Characterization is ar
average of all British schoolmasters
He affected the percision of speech
and deliberation of the teacher. he
played the character at various ages
from "a to nearly 80.
The story, dealing with life
time passed by an earnest, ideal.
istic teacher in a great boys school
takes him through youth, marriage
the tragedy of his wife's death, or
to the cataclysm of the World war
boys grown up and sending then
sons to him. It starts in 1870 ane
covers 60 years.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-28
Drewry News

Mr.. and Mrs. C.. NJ. White, Jr., and
Charles White, Jr., have returned
home from visit to relatives in
High Point While there they attend
ed the marriage of Miss Dorothy
Bowen to Beverly Moss of Chapel
Hill.
Miss Lillian Watkins and Allan
Watkins returned Thursday from q
visit to relatives in Washington
West Virginia.
Mrs. w. L. Wilson has as her guests
her mother, Mrs. Mamie Nicely, from
Charlotte, and her sister, Miss Mamie
Lillian Nicely.
Misses Judith, Nan and Sue Hunt
Boyd visited Mrs. Henry White
Friday evening.
Mrs. Walton Watkins, Carlos Wat
kins and children visited Miss Eve
Watkins this week.
Misses Rosa Mae, Dorothy, -anc
Mamie Paschall, spent several days
this week with Mrs. Cleveland
Robinson of Norlina.
Mr. and Mrs. j. G. Watkins anC
children visited relatives in Gates
vile Sunday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-28
WILSON INFANT is
BURIED SATURDAY
Two Year-Old Son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Wilson, of Route 5. Died
In Oxford Hospital

Funeral services were held Satur-
day afternoon for Carl Daniel Will
son, two-year-old son of Mr.. anc
Mrs. John Wilson of Route 5, Hen
derson, who died at 4 o'clock Fri
day afternoon in Granville hospital
in Oxford. He had been ill only a
short while. .'N
The services were held at o'clock
at Salem Methodist church, and were
conducted by Rev. E. C. Usry, of
Oxford. Interment was in the church
cemetery. Music was furnished by
the choir of Salem church, assisted
by J. R. Perkinson, of Oxford, who
sang solo.
Surviving are the parents, one
brother, John Adams Wilson, and
two sisters, John Adams Wilson, anc
of this county. @i
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-28
Forty-Five
Boy Scouts
Listed Here

Figures on the proposed budget
for the year for maintenance of the
Boy Scout organization in the Oc-
coneechee Council area have been
received by Scout officials and spon-
sors in Henderson, and call for a
total outlay of $8,572.5O. The actual
Scout membership in the council is
listed at 1871, of which there are
only As in Vance county, smallest of
the ten counties in the district.
1t is proposed to raise one-third of
the budget from Durham county and
one-third from Wake, with the other
eight counties paying the remaining
third. This would mean a little more
than $4,000 each from Durham and
Wake, and a like amount from the
other eight counties, or about $3.50
each.
The statistics show cub and Scout
age population in one listing and
the actual number of Scouts in an
other, these showing by counties the
following: Warren, 1851 and So;
Vance, 1911 and As; Granville, g.
OO9 and 1O5; Franklin, 2,058 and 73;
Durham, 4.704 and 355; Wake, g.
629 and 672; Orange, 1,477 and 1O4;
Chatham, 1857 and 60; Lee 1,190
and 121; Harnett, 1888 and 153.
Budget figures call for a salary of
$2,7OO for the Scout executive and
$1,000 for the assistant executive,
both items the same as last year. The
office secretary would be raised from
$72O to 5000, and $500 each is allotted
to the executive and the assistant
executive for car expenses, the same
as last year.
When the Scout council of Vance
county will meet to consider the
county's share of the fund has not
been learned. The Boy Scouts, how
ever, have $500 allotment in the
Vance County Community Chest.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-28
Proposes Band Building
10 Honor Vandyke Youth

A proposal that funds be raised by
private subscription to erect a build
ing for the Henderson high school
band as a memorial to Charles Van
dyke, 14-year-old boy who was ac-
cidentally killed last Friday, was put
forward today by Eric G.. Flanagan
Charles was member of the band
almost from the time it was organiz-
ed, and an outstanding member.
Mr.. Flanagan said that if as much
as $4,000 were raised for the pur-
pose within six months, he would
give as contribution his services in
furnishing free Of charge plans and
specifications for the building. He
suggested goal of $4,000 to $4,000.
The Henderson architect said he
believed the entire community had
been shocked as he had by the tragic
death of the lad, who was fatally
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-28
MRS. FLORA FINCH
BURIED At CAREY'S
Died Saturday Night Fol-
lowing Illness of Only
Two Days

Mrs. Flora Dean Finch, 81, wife of
John w. Finch, died of a cerebral
1emorrhabe at her, home on Route
day night after an illness of two
days. She was a native of Wake
county and was born February 5,
1885.
Mrs. Finch is survived by her hus-
band and four daughters, Mrs. J. E.
Manley, of Upper Darby, Pa; Mrs.
]. A. Brummitt, Of Upper Darby,
Pa; Mrs. J. A. Campbell, Beckley,
w. Va; and Miss Frances Finch,
who lives at the home; and one son,
]. E. Finch, also at home. Surviving
also is one brother, J. w. Dean, of
Drexel Hill, Pa. Her father, J. w. c..
Dean, also survives. Her mother has
been dead some 20 years.
Mrs. Finch had been a member of
Carey's Chapel Baptist church for
the past ten years, and was active
in the affairs of the denomination.
Funeral services were held from
Carey's Chapel at $3.50 o'clock this
afternoon, in charge of Rev. S. W..
Roach, the pastor, with interment in
the church cemetery.
Active pallbearers for the services
were announced as follows: J. E..
Manley, J. A. Brummitt, DR.. j. A..
Campbell, Arthur Hoyle, Forrest Ell
,ington, Mr.. Oliver.
Honorary pallbearers were an
,ounced as follows: Dr. Vance B.
Rollins, DR.. Charles Rollins, David
1oyle, S. D. Brummitt, John T. Peg
am, Jere P. Zollicoffer, John H.
zollIicoffer, P. H. Rose, Richard
'uchan, Howell Steed, Clifton Steed,
..ichard Steed, William Best, Roy
JOrriS
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-28

CHURCH SOCIETIES
ANNOUNCEMENT

injured when his bicycle and a bus
collided. He suggested that possibly
"the people of the community would
be willing and would appreciate an
opportunity to show their sorrow in
concrete way by donating a fund
to erect memorial" to the youth. He
called attention that the boy was a
leading member of the band, and the
band has proven to be a great asset
to the community, land above all an
opportunity for wholesome occupa-
ton for our younger generation"
Mr.. Flanagan suggested that the
Dispatch launch the campaign, with
the assistance of individuals and va
rious organizations.
(Note-The Dispatch will be glad
to have the views of others on the
subject if they are interested in the
prOpoSal)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-28
Over Three
Inches Rain
Listed Here

Over three inches of rain
had fallen here by late after
noon since o'clock Sunday
evening, or in less than "a
hours, based on an official
reading by HI. l.. Allen, Weather
Bureau observer.
At 2:3O o'clock this afternoon,
the reading showed 2.85 inches
and the dOwnpOur continued on,
and by late afternoon rain was
still falling heavily.
There are no important
streams in this immediate sec
ton to go into flood, and there
was no particular damage i'm
any local reports. Information
from other parts of cast and
central North Carolina showed
heavy rainfall and rivers rising,
however.
Locally, it was one of the
longest periods of inceSSant
rainfall experienced in some
time.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-28
Mss Medlin Bride
Of Bruce Peoples

Mrs. Arthur A. Medlin, route 2
henderson, announces the marriage
her daughter, Helen Josephine
ledln' to Bruce Cooper Peoples, son
Nr. and Mrs Plummer Peoples, of
i1erton. The ceremony took place
On August 10, 1899, in Boydton, Vir-
gnia.
Mrs. Peoples is a graduate of Ep-
Sa high school, Franklin county
% sha Is also graduate of Westbrook
Slatorium, Richmond, Virginia.
NJ. Peoples received his schooling
d = Aiter-Elberton school and John
gfanam v high school in Warrenton
n. at Is now employed with Nehi Bot
.. Mr. and Mrs. Peoples will make
relr ne home with Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
eastwood ID at 436 Chestnut street
anderson, for the present.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-28
WRECK
ON OXFORD ROAD
No One Injured In Smash.
Up During Heavy Rain
Last Night

A four-way smash-up of vehicles
took place last night on the Oxford
road, near Country Club drive dur
ing heavy rain.
Sam Dart and Cleveland Hall, a
Negro, were in collision, with A.
a. Stainback, Jr. stopping at the
Gene to render assistance AS Stain
back was pulling one Of the cars
from a ditch with his vehicle, a
bus of the Greyhound lines, stopped
to render aid. Jesse Quinchett,
a negro, Sheriff L. L. Swanson said,
drove into the vehicles, passing
warning signs. Little damage was
done to the bus or Stainback's car,
the officer stated.
No charges had been preferred at
mid-afternoon by the Sheriff's Of
flee.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-28
DARE COUNTY CROP
OF FIGS RIPENINC

Manteo, Aug 28.-The peak of
the fig-ripening season is at hand
in Dare county, reports County
Farm Agent Charles w. Overman.
He says the crop is unusually good.
Although there are no commercial
plentings of figs in the county, sew
eral home orchards produce a sur
plus which are sold locally, Over
man states. They are bringing from
$3.50 to $500 per bushel, and grow
ers report that the demand far ex-
ceedS the supply.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-28
2 AUTOS COLLIDE
ON ROAD TO AYCOCK

A crash between two automobiles
on the Aycoclz school road, about
two miles cast of Henderson yes
terday resulted in damage to the
automobiles but did not injury the
passengers.
Sarah Lewis, Negro, of East
Grange, N. J. was driver of one
Of the cars, and Louis Richardson,
Of Warren county, was the driver
of the other. Sheriff Swanson said
no charges had been preferred.