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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-27
remarkably good one.
Royal Press Agentry.


The king and queen have been
their own classiest advance agents
on this side Of the Canadian border
British Ambassador Sir Ronald
Lindsay and Lady Lindsay (of course
unintentionally) did their best to
make their soverignS' call in Wash
ington unpopular. Sir Ronald never
has been a good mixer" among Yam
kee newspaper folk-men and wom-
en-. Still, he hasn't been so fierce.
It's a sad thing to say, but Lady
Lindsay is the one who has been most
extensively "snippy." The essence of
it is that Lady Lindsay, American
born, might have been expected to
know better
Anyway, Sir Ronald was clipped
off, that the embassy's attitude was
raising hades. He held ''press con-
ference at which he did his British
utmost to be sociable. He wasn't
much of success at it, but his in
tentiOnS evidently were pacificatory.
Far more to the point, King George
himself held that "press conference"
at Ottawa, to which Yankee cores
pOndents were invited. If the king
had sat up nights, thinking of the
right thing to say, he couldn't have
improved on the utterance Of one
of the American. reporters -"Your
majesty. You can take it,"
Briefly, Britain's real ambassador
here has been Sir Wilmott Lewis,
American correspondent of the Lon
don Times He told Britain where to
'get off att
Monkeying With Royalty.
Years ago, when the late King Ed
ward VII was i'll (not his last sick
don. | wanted the Glow down" on
his case, had on my staff an Amer
ican assistant, in England only a
week or two-Fred Boalt, later jour
nalistically prominent in this coun-
try.
He came into my office dressed in
a turtle-necked sweater and a hook
over cap-an ordinary coster. Only
he obviously was an American.
Freddie" said I, as casually as
could, "chase up to Buckingham
Palace and ask for Lord Nolles, the
kings secretary, and ask him how
the king is. understand he's sick
Freddie went out An hour later
he came back and began tapping a
typewriter. Standing it as long as ]
could, I asked, what happened?"
"Why," he replied, 81 saw LORD
Nolles."
"Well?"
81 told him what I wanted to know
about the king.
"'Ain't you an Americana" he ask
ed.
"'Yes,' said I. How about the
king?'
"And he told me all about it.
If he'd been an Englishman or g
sophisticated American, he'd have
been slammed in a lunatic asylum
of course. But he was too obviously
naive.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-27
TWO FUGITIVES ARE
CAPTURED FRIDAY

Raleigh, May 27.-(AP)-Two fug-
itives, C. B. Miller and Earl Cup
ton, were captured in Rocky Mount
last night, Oscar Pitts, superinten-
dent of prisons, said today. Pitts said
the two men stole guards car and
escaped from the Johnston county
prison camp Monday. The car was
found abandoned in Middlesex Thurs
day, Pitts said.
Prison records said that Miller was
serving a II months term imposed
for forgery in Wake county last No
vember, and Gupton was sentenced
in Nash last November to serve nine
months for embezzlement.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-27

each 33 children of average daily at
tendance. If, for example, the fig
ures could be changed (let's say by
giving high schools four teachers for
SO, instead Of 85, children) there
would be a remarkable difference in
the money required for salaries.
OF very small change of one in
the other direction Mr.. Griffin said
that to have an average of one teach
er for every 80 children would cost
the state $600,000 more per year than
the present one to 33 ratio.
There isn't likely to be any change
in the load levels, however; it would
cost too much money to decrease the
load much while on the other hand
it is recognized on all sides that the
existing load ought not, in justice
to both teachers and children be
increased even by one. s..v.
After the load has been determin-
ed, the next brain exercise for the
commission will be to make the ini-
tial allotment of teachers for next
year. That of course, will be purely
a matter of mathematics once the
load has been determined They'll
just take the average attendance fig
ures for this year, apply them to the
load ratios and let the fractions fall
where they may, they'll give the
schools just the number of teachers
that it figures in whole numbers. For
example, take high school with an
average attendance during 1889 of
141 daily. 1t will get four teachers
fnt t0 oIo -
lone for each additional 35" will be
applied. Which will mean just one
more teacher, despite the 81 remain
der, which is major fraction of the
35. 1t would be just the same for 154,
in which case the school would fall
just one short of getting another
teacher; because 155 would get six
altogether (four for the first IS, two
for the extra 70).
Mr.. Griffin and company are hop
ing that the 1889 daily attendance
figures will not show any marked in
crease over the point which would
require the present allotment of more
teachers than were employed this
year. Normally, there is a second al
lotnent Of from $50 to- 200 teachers
The commission secretary said that
if this years attendance figures ran
SO high as to require the allotment
in June of more teachers than fin
ished this year, there is going to de-
velop a really serious situation as
regards stretching OUT the money
enough to pay salaries. ss.<
These, then, are some of the things
that are causing such of the Com
mission as have full heads of hair to
begin shedding a bit of it. And there
hasn't even been mentioned what
many consider Headache No. L" the
matter of closing the salary gap
which exists between white and
Negro teachers in the State
This, thought brought in at the tail
end Of this piece, is going to be in
big, black headlines some of these
days, with suits to force equal pay
for teachers with equal certificates
no matter what their color-that is
unless there can be a quiet, peace
able adjustment Of the salary scale
satisfactory to the Negro leaders.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-27
Good Games
Coming Week

Christians and Kiwanis. two
teams fighting it out for the last
perch in the standing ladder of the
softball league will meet next
Monday to bring a week of fast ball
g7meS for the circuit. The Lions
viii also play Purol Pep, the game
being moved up from Wednesday.
Rose and Lions meet Tuesday in
a contest that will have important
bearing on the top rung of the
ladder. Purol Pep will entertain
the Gro-SWifts that same afternoon.
Rose and Bankers will get togeth-
er Wednesday.
Thursday will find Gro-Swift
meeting the Lions, and Rose taking
on kiWanis.
Christians and Purol Pep will
brlng the week to & close Friday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-27

to stay. Orchards must recognize
this fact. Unionism is all right, too,
when all business is organized. The
is unionized and part is not. When
an entire industry is organized, labor
leaders and workers will stop fight
ing employers and will try to help
them make money. The Wagner act,
however, must be amended to make
it equally fair to all parties. The pre-
sent law cannot succeed in its pur-
pose unless it is amended.
2. Social Security for Old Age: This
program, too, is all right in princi-
pie. 1T is great step in the right
direction. However, it needs Substan-
tial revisions 1t should be placed on
a "pay-aS-you-go" basis. This means
that it should be financed out of the
tax levy each year. Moreover, it
should apply to everyone. DR.. Town
send is correct in insisting that the
present reserve fund is a snare and
delusion. The huge social security
tax receipts piling into Washington
are simply providing the spenders
there with big fat pocketbook to
buy votes. To date the reserve fund
contains only bunch of government
IOU's, which later may not be worth
La tinker's dam if spending continues
Lat the present rate.
! g.. Unemployment Compensation:
This ;is, the bunk It is Just politics.
| If we Should go into "a real depres-
sion it simply will not work. 1t vio-
lates all principles of insurance. Fire
insurance is based on the theory that
one house out of certain number
will burn down. life insurance is
based on the idea that one person
out OF certain number will die. I'm
i employment, however, comes in huge
waves. Millions are out of work at
the same time. furthermore, if this
unemployment insurance is to be
continued, all employees should con-
tribute as we'll as employers A tax
OF three per cent on employers pay
rolls alone, as is the law in many
states, is terrific burden. It is react
ing against labor.
4. Wages and Hour Act. In princi-
pie, this says, ''You can have better
times by working shorter hours, pay
ing higher wages, and producing less
goods. Insofar as the wage act eli
inmates sweat shops, this is o. K,
but there is plenty Of "chiselling''
going on. fear the wage act may
bog down just as the N. R. A. codes
did. Employers may refuse to obey
it.. know Of companies where this
act at first forced the hiring of ad-
ditional help ;but the extra employ
ees boosted production costs - and
selling prices. The latter cut down
sales and plant activity and finally
brought on lay-offs that more than
offset the additional jobs created.
An Earnest Appeal
1 AS my mine operator correspon-
dent says: "The government can
make employers obey the social Sc
curity programs, the Wagner act, ano
the wage and hour act; but the gov
ernment cannot make employers re-
main in business nor engage in new
enterprises and thus create tax obi
cations which they are not able tC
pay. Many employers like myself are
tired of the struggle. They feel tha
whatever good they have done a:
employers is not appreciated. Since
they can have more left for them
selves and more leisure. and vastly
less trouble by simply quitting thar
they can by carrying on, it is inevita-
!. BILE that those who can will quit
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-27
CONTRACTS AWARDED
FOR HOSPITAL WORK
S1,OOO.OOO Worth of Expansion and
improvements at Negro In
stitutiOn Begun

Goldsboro, May 27.-(AP)-
Award of contracts for a $1,000 900
expansion program at the State Hos
pltal for Colored Insane was COM
pIeted yesterday at the final lettings.
Contracts let yesterday included
those for general construction, plumb
ing and netting of a superintendents
residence, two brick veneer cottages.
iour flve-room cottages and six
frame duplex cottages. The amount
involved was $55,258, bringing to
$996.258 the work under contract for
the program.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-27
Qualifying To
Start Monday

,,;,, west west End Country Club golfers
wiil Degin Monday turning in fheir
qualllylng scores for the ann',a1
cup championship Tournament
Whlcn gets underway Monday J,1ne
D. ana Will continue through fhe fol fol-
rHwlts 1;~,4s sunday. There will be
ii'gnits g lor men and for ladies.
lie me tournament committee is ex-
t" pecalng thls year to be the largest
tournament in the history of the the
Ladies will qualify over nine holes
Whlle men will turn in their scores
Tor 18-holes. 'ooi eS
mere will be prizes for low Quail
lying scores for men and ladies
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-27
King George Popular
With Reporters
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highclass murder or something to
break the monotony. But it's no use
Readers refuse to pay the slightest
attention to anything but that one
subject-plus its miscellaneous ram
ifications.
Just now King Georges and Queen
Elizabeth's tour on our side of the
Atlantic is this sort of a news yarn
Everything else is subordinated tc
it. . - y
Washington literally is crazy on the
topic. s.
The irritating reportorial part o1
it is that the scene changes So fast
The other day it was notorious thai
their majesties were getting shock
ingly ''bad press" in our capital
Barely overnight they're getting {
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-27
Stock Leaders
Some Higher

New York, May 27.-(AP)-With
steels well out in front, the stock
market put on selective forward
Push today that boosted favorites
fractions to point or so. Encour-
aging to the. brokerage fraternity
was pickup in volume as COM
pared with recent sluggish Satur-
days. Transfers approximated $780,
600 shares. Bonds steadied after
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-27
Gains Shown
For Cotton

New York, May 27.-(AP)-Cot-
ton futures opened one point lower
to three higher Trade houses
brought nearby positions and there
was scattered buying by Liverpool
and continental interests. Price at
the end of the first hour were 40
lower to five higher.
Futures closed two lower to Is
higher. SPOT. nominal: middlin9 Q77
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-27

NANCY HALL AND PORTO RICO
potato plants for sale. M. E. Faulk-
ner, route /, Henderson. 277-2t
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-27
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Todq8Gd1nes
CITY LEAGUE

CITY LEAGUE
Mondays Games)
Christians VS.. Kiwanis-(hs)
Lions VS.. Purol Pep-Qp).
PIEDMONT LEAGUE
richmond at Winston-Salem.
Norfolk at Rocky Mount.
Charlotte at Portsmouth.
Durham at Asheville.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia at New York. ! /.
Chicago at Cleveland.
Washington at Boston.
st. Louis at Detroit.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati at st. Louis.
Pittsburgh at Chicago. i
New York at Philadelphia
Boston at Brooklyn.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-27
AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York |; Philadelphia o.
Boston 4; Washington 2.
Chicago 2; Cleveland 1.
Only games scheduled
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-27
[I2eYYlfs:
SOFTBALL-CITY LEAGUE
Gro-Swifts IL; Christians O.
Bankers 4; Purol Pep 1
PIEDMONT LEAGIIF

AsheVlIIe 4; Durham 3.
portsmouth 6; Charlotte 4.
Norfolk Is; Rocky Mount 5.
Winston 4; Richmond 3.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-27
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cincinnati 7; st. Louis 5.
Pittsburgh IA; Chicago 5.
Only games scheduled.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-15
Mcdonald May Be Given
Office by Governor Hoey
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be expected to take the same active
interest that he did when he was a
candidate and before he became ILL.,
But lots of people wonder just why
he is so very reticient about express
ing his views on current legislation.
There are ancient political axioms
to the effect that eff you can't beat
'em, jine 'em," and eff they are
about to beat you, trade with 'em''.
Both Clyde Hoey and Ralph Nc
Donald are good politicians. McDon-
aid couldn't beat Hoey, but he all
most did; so it would seem that
"jining' and trading" is in order.
To this point the rumors are rath-
er definite. From here on they are
speculative and suggestive, but there
IS a wide field for speculation. There
IS a fine job waiting for some one
on the industrial commission. That
job needs a lawyer, and Harry Sam
pie, now head of the probation COM
mission, is believed to have the in
side track Of it. That would leave
probation open, and DR.. Mcdonald
would not be bad selection.
II the legislature enacts wage-hour
legislation based on either of the
pending bills, there will be at least
one good job and maybe more than
one, in the application of that law.
If none of these materialize, the
situation is still not hopeless for the
doctor, because with $75,OOO,OOO a
year to spend and more than twelve
thousand jobs of various kinds to
fill, there can always be found a
place for a good man if the search
IS prosecuted vigorously enough.
official confirmation cannot be
had,, but signs around Raleigh this
week indicate that DR.. Mcdonald
would like to have a job if he can
get it, and that he will be given one
If he will take it. There is but one
inevitable answer to a situation like
that.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-15
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND IN
TAX FORECLOSURE SUIT.

Under and by virtue of the powers
contained in, and in execution of the
duties imposed upon me by a GER
tain judgment OF the Superior Court
Of Vance County, North Carolina, en-
tered in an action therein pending to
foreclose tax liens and entitled
Vance County, VS.. Bailey Scott, be-
ing No. 919 on the Civil Issue Docket
of said Court, l will on Monday the
goth day of March, 1899, at IL
O'clock, Noon, at the Court House
door of said Vance County, offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash,
the following described land, to-wit:
That tract of about 86 acres bound
ed on the North by the lands of
James Scott; on the East by Marrow
BRANCH; on South by Joe Marrow; on
the West by Scott See Deed
Book So page 368 Book 70 page 500,
Book SO page 49,.
This 10th day of February, 1889.
r. G. KITTRELL, Commissioner.
221-8-15
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-15
Morgenthau Asks Tax
For Revenue Only
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on the House Ways and Means Com
mittee," he said, phosphorus mat
ches were the only kind we had.
The workers, engaged in the manu-
facture of these firesticks absorbed
a lot Of the phosphorus. 1t gave
them disease, known as 'phossy-
Jaw rotting their bones and dis
figuring them horribly The man.
tacturers insisted there was no al
tentative. But the Ways ann r,c
Committee slapped a prohibitive tax
on phosphorus matches. immediate
ly the manufacturers hit on a new
formula. We cured 'phossy-jaw' by
taxation"
Nobody is likely to find any fault
with the representatives prescrip-
ton for the cure of "phossy- Jaw"
Nevertheless, it wasn't very demo-
cratic
Democracy doesn't believe in such
indirectiOns, and Speaker Rainey was
an old-line Democrat. Republicans
did believe in the taxation system.
For example,:
Republicans always did indorse
keeping foreign goods out Of the
United States by levyil1g so heavy
an import tax on them that they
couldn't be profitably salable here.
The Republicans weren't after the
revenue-they sought to keep for
eign stuff out, getting no revenue.
The Democrats wanted revenue on
ly. The Republicans didn't want any.
It's basic principle.
TOday's Situation.
We have some such conditions at
present.
The administration plan looks all
right in theory-but how about
practice?
We have a lot Of corporations.
They make money, and their stock
holders ought to pay taxes on their
dividends. But they don't declare
dividends-the keep Item tled up,
untaXaDly.
The taxation scheme is to levy on
them anyway The notion is to jar
en- loose.
The drawback is that the corpora
tons may need reserves for further
development purposes.
This thought obviously IS percoIat-
ing through Treasury Secretary Nor
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-15
TOday*---
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES

17O7-Mather Byles, Boston Con-
gregational clergyman and among
our first native poets, born IN BoS-
ton. Died July 5, 1888.
1767-Andrew Jackson, Tennessee
lawyer, senator, jurist, soldler-herc
18th President, a stormy figure in 4
stormy age, porn near Monroe, N.
c. Died near Nashville, June o.
1845.
18OO-James H. Hackett, early
American actor of first rank, father
of famed actor, born in New
York. Died Dec. %, 1871.
18O9-Joseph j. Roberts, able first
President of Liberia, born at Peters
burg, Va. Died Feb. "a, 1876.
1839-NOO years ago. Edward
Payson Weston, noted long distance
walker of his day, born at Provi-
dence, r. l. Died in Brooklyn, N.
Y, May IL, 1929.
1859-Arthur H. Scribner, New
York publisher, born there. Died
July 3, 1882.
1867-Charles De Lano Hine, SOL
der, expert railway organizer of
his day, born at Vienna, Va. Died
Feb 10, 1927.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-15
OTHERS VIEWS
CITY EXTENSION

To The Editor:
Some weeks ago the Mayor and
his advisors faced the problem OF
extending the boundaries OF the City
of Henderson. A line was drawn.
It came to a vote, and passed five to
three.
The boundaries of Henderson were
no longer to be spoken OF IN terms
of yards, but in terms Of miles. The
population would be doubled, and
more than thirteen hundred acres
would be added to the great Metrop-
oils of Henderson, North Carolina.
Last night the citizens involved
were invited to attend the meeting
of the Mayor and his Council, the
purpose being to act on the final
draft of this particular question in
order that it may be sent TO the Cen
eral Assembly,
The meeting came to order few
minutes after eight o'clock, and it
was not long before lively discus
sion was underway as interested cit
liens were eager to question and ad-
wise the Mayor and his Council re-
garding this issue.
1t was brought to mind that it
would take many years Of heavy
taxation for the City of Henderson
to incorporate this area and supply
and equipt it with all the advantages
of a city. However, il took 100 years
and WPA loan before the city sup
piled Flint Hill with a water supply,
and have yet to supply it with a
sewage connection.
Why the council chose to include
an extension area in one section and
leave out the thickly settled portion
East of the Seaboard Railway, can
not answer? Also, l cannot see how
it is fair for an individual who lives
on the east side of the railroad be
exempt from tax; while the individ-
ual who lives six hundred yards
further from town on the west side
of the railroad is required to pay
city taxes.
AS was brought out in the discus
slons, there are some poor people
that live on the west of the railroad
as on the east. | wonder how MANY
times such land will be sold under
the hammer within the next 10 years.
In spite of all the arguments, the
Council held their same opinions and
carried the bill with vote of five to
three. The petitions with one to two
thousand signatures and the lengthy
debates seemed to be of little value
as far as the Council was concerned.
Now, this bill will 60 to the General
Assembly. If it passes there, it will
come back to us for a vote, and |
90 hope that the citizens Of Hender-
son will act wisely and vote against
this issue. When this is done allow
our leaders to try again to find a
more reasonable, fair and Just boun-
dary for Henderson.
Rome was not built in day. How
ever, the officials Of this city are try
ing to double the size of Henderson
IN few hours, and it cannot be done
without everyone suffering the con-
sequences.
ED. BRODIE
Henderson, March 15 1889.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-15
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND IN
TAX FORECLOSURE SHIT

Under and by virtue of the powers
contained in, and in execution of the
duties imposed upon me by certain
Judgment Of the Superior Court OF
Vance County, North Carolina en-
tered in an action therein pending
to foreclose tax liens and entitled
Vance County, VS.. r. E. Kimberley
and wife Laura Kimberley, T. P
Gholson, Trustee, .and the City OF
Henderson, being No. 921, on the
Civil Issue Docket of said Court. !
will on Monday, the 10th day of
March, 1889, at IL O'clock, Noon, at
the Court House Door of said Vance
County, offer for sale to the highest
bidder for cash., the following de-
scrlbed land, to-wit:
That lot fronting 172 #. on Chest
nut st. and 1O3 it. on Rock Snrino
ST., being the r. E. Kimberley home
place. See Deed Book 1856 page SIS.
Other conditions will be announc-
ed at the sale.
I Inns s 10th day Of February, 1899.
K: G. KITTRELL, Commissioner
22-1-8-15
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-15
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND IN
TAX FORECLOSURE SUIT.

Under and by virtue of the powers
contained in, and in execution of the
duties imposed upon me by certain
judgment of the Superior Court of
Vance County, North Carolina, en-
tered in this action therein pending
to foreclose tax liens and entitled
Vance County, VS.. James Martin
and wife Maggie Martin, being No.
927 on the Civil Issue Docket Of said
Court, l will, on Monday, the, 10th
day of March, 1889, at II O'clock,
Noon, at the Court House Door OF
said Vance County, offer for sale to
the highest bidder for cash, the fol-
lowing described land, to-Wit:
Being lot No. IL of Lincoln
Heights property said lot fronts 81
feet on Henderson-T Townsville High
way and extends back 212 1T. See
Deed Book 1873 page liz.
Other conditions will be announc-
ed at the sale.
This 10th day of February, 1889.
r G. KITTRELL, Commissioner.
22-1- 8-15