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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11
State Prison Heads
Defend Asphyxiation
Continued from Pare One.)

Continued from Pare One.)
gas chamber. He waved his right
hand to the witnesses. The gas start
ed. 1t was As seconds later that he
seemed deliberately to wave to then,
again. Bill Payne, they recalled, APP
parently clearly said, Lord have
mercy" a half minute after he start
ed breathing the gas fumes. Most
victims breathe and their faces 60
through contortions for at least five
minutes. 1t usually takes ten to fiji
ten minutes for the prison doctor to
pronounce the men dead after they
have started to take the gas.
Warden Hugh Wilson, Chaplain E.
c. Cooper, Physician Zelda Hightower
the technician Reid Willis and Psych-
ologist G. K. Brown, all on the pri-
son staff, contend that gassing is
more humane than electrocution
They say the gas death is easier on
the prisoner, does not burn the body
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11
TO-DAY IN HISTORY

1805-Territory of Michigan Great
ed.
-. 1S39LSevere earthquake in French
Martinique one of the Windward is
lands in the West Indies.
$ 1913 4So-called Weavers riots in
philadelphia, prelude to the native
American riots of the next year.
! 1875 Beginning of the great scan
dai-triaI of the century, in Brooklyn,
NY. Suit Of Theodore Tilton versus
Henry Ward Beecher, famous preach
err. Y, -.
1883 Beginning of the great biz
card in the Northwest States.
1910-Glenn H. Cur.iss makes new
flying record when he flew passeng-
ers at 55 miles per hour.
1923-A 123-year old man died in
Moscow
1938-Edwin c. Musick and his crew
of six die in Samoan clipper crash.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11
5000 YEARS AGO
(Taken from Daily Dispatch Fiies)
January IL, 1884.

Mrs W. H. Fleming was high scorer
at the regular meeting of the Bridge
Luncheon Club held Wednesday morn
ing at IL o'clock at the West End
Country Club.
Miss Lillian Williams has gone to
Lakeland, Fla, where she will visit
her sister, Mrs. Elnora Clouts. She
expects to visit other Florida points
before returning to her home here.
Rev. w. C. Martin, former pastO-
of the First Methodist church, and
Mrs. Martin, were visitors in Hender-
son for short while today, and were
greeted by a number of friends and
acquaintance. They are now living
in Rocky Mount.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11

he comedies, ought 20 be able to pay
interest, but they should not be ex-
pected to worry about principal.
1t sounds cuckoo to me.
Nevertheless, the government over
borrowed itself. It was done with a
view to relieving the national strin-
gency. 1t worked. It relieved the de-
preston. Then the government, in
tending to get back to nationality, be-
gan to retrench. Immediately, a ..c-
cession followed. Accordingly Uncle
Sam resumed over-borrowing. Times
improved directly.
1t is un-economic, but apparently
an un-economic policy is beneficial.
Will it stay so indefinitely?
Congress does not know. Neither
does anybody.
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New Theories Of Eco
Monies Gain Ground
Continued firm page One.)

do their own Independent thinking
They can not pick up volume by
Dave Ricardo, quote from it and have
every one agree, ~"Well, if Ricardo
says so, that's final" 1t would be like
quoting from Deuteronomy, the Old
Testament economist. If it were quot
ed, the general response would be,
mo doubt that was sound reasoning
in the period of Deuteronomy, but it
is out of date at present" So are j.
S. Mill ct al out of date in 1889.
The trouble is that Senators Har-
rison and Glass and Representatives
Doughton and Buchanan haven't the
prestige that Deuteronomy Nautilus
ct cetera used to enjoy. Formerly it.
would have been sacrilege to pooh
perfectly permissible, however, to say
"Phooey!" to the teachings of Har-
rison or Glass, Doughton or Buchanan
century or millennium hence may
be they will rate as the Malthuses and
Deuteronomies of the 10th Capitol Hill
session in Washington. They are not
so regarded here now, though.
They do not agree among themsel-
YES, either. For that matter, neither
did Nautilus and Mill and Ricardo
agree. But their disagreements are
forgotten. When our current econom-
lists disagree it is fresh newspaper
dope.
. Too Much Production?
Malthus' theory was that produc-
ton could not conceivably keep pace
with the increase in the earth's pop
ulation-that it was hopeless for folk
to try to feed all hands indefinitely
In short, it was automatic that every
one must toll ceaselessly from sun
to sun or there would not be enough
products to go around.
Mill, Smith, Ricardo and all the
rest of them Endorsed this proposition
Deuteronomy did not have to d.
much celebrating. The thing was OBJ
vious. HIS advice was simple enough
'Let's scrabble like fury unanimous
ly; there can't be an excess, and there
very easily can be a famine"
Yet it is evident that there can be
an excess; there is, in fact The chap
who tolls unduly is a curse to the hui
man race, because production is SC
dE1U ClIciL 1c ONGISIOChS Tic IldIhGI
and increases unemployment. At least
that is tho a~gument Farenthetically,
I am skeptical Of it. do not see how
there can be over-prOductiOn until
every one has more Of everything
than he wants, which must be never,
there is no lid on human desires.
Nevertheless, economists now as IL.
the past talk of over productions; not
of under-corSuvnN''c'
Is Soivency :. lie"
Deuteronomy and all later economic
experts, until very recently, have
mentioned solvency as a super-virtuc
private and governmental ability 20
meet financial obligations en- the nail
But Chairman Mariner S. Eccles
Of the Federal Reserve Board takes
issue with this concept. Big concerns
up to and including the government,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
By FRED III. MAY

/. How much has the Indian popu-
lation in North Carolina increased IN
the last thirty years?
2. Who succeeded Congressman W..
G. Hammer in 1880?
3. What salary does Governor Hoey
receive?
4. What are the two most violated
laws of North Carolina?
S. When was it first proposed to
furnish free school books?
6. Why did North Carolina repeal
the act of 1884 ceding the present
State of Tennessee to the United
States?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11

State agency collects it's 2.7 per cent,
making total of 81 per cent of the
payroll is almost a double pay
ment. The penalty will be imposed
on any part of the 1888 payroll tax
which has not been paid to the State
Commission by midnight to January
30.
Employers who pay the State tax
by January 25, when our payments
are due, will have no trouble, and
they must pay us by midnight Of
January 30, or the Federal govern
ment will exact the penalty" Chair
man Powell said.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
In Superior Court.
North Carolina
County of Vance:
George OVERLY, Plaintiff.
VS..
Harriet OVERLY, Defendant.
Notice Serving Summons By
Publication.
The defendant Harriet Overy will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in.the
Superior Court of Vance County for
divorce absolute and for care and
custody of minor children; and said
defendant will further take notice
that she is required to appear at the
office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Vance County in the court
house in Henderson, N. c. within
thirty days after the Both day of De-
cember 1888 and answer or demur to
the complaint in said action, or the
plaintiff will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in said complaint
This Goth of December, 1898.
E. o. FALKNER,
Clerk Superior Court.
Kittrell & Kittrell,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11
ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE. :

Having qualified as Administrative
of the estate of S. F. Crews, deceased,
late of Vance County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said de-
ceased to exhibit them to the under
signed at Henderson, N. c., on or be-
fore the 18th day of December, 1899,
or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons indebt-
ed to said estate will please make i'm
mediate payment.
This 18th. day of December, $685.
MRS. S. E. CREWS,
Administrative of the Estate of
S. r. Crews Deceased
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11
TODAY'S HOROSCOPE

Today may develop a guide or teach
er, one who will lead weaker minds
along the road to knowledge There
is a delicate conception and a mercu-
rial disposition. 1t favors a dual oc-
cupation, depending much on the trend
given to the mind in early days. In
any case you will dig deep.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11

IS A V E $3.50: AMERICAN
Magazine, Woman's Home
Companion, and Golfers, 3
for IA months for $500. Of
fer good until February 10.
Miss Carrie Burton, phone
lat. 11-1ti.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11

or the plaintiffs will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in said
complaint.
This Goth. of December, 1898.
E. 0. FALKNER,
Clerk Superior Court.
Kittrell & Kittrell,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11

and does not leave the body so stiff
that in some instances joints have to
be broken to straighten them out for
burial, as they contend electrocution
does.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11

SPECIAL VALUES! S DOZEN HICK-
DRY Axe handles, 1Oc EACH No. 661
Hames $1.00 pair. Good quality
plow lines, IL yards, Csc a pair.
Close out prices. Only two cook
stoves left, reduced to $500 and
$500 each. Alex S. Watkins. lit
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11

FOR RENT: TWO ROOM APART
ment, second floor, partly furnished
or unfurnished, Also one front room
on first floor. Call S86-W or Apply
303 South William street 1925
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11

FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN, CASH
or credit. 1 automatic Delco Light
ing Plant complete. Practically new
batteries charged 100 percent. w. P.
Gholson, Telephone Is or 242, Hen
derson, N. c. 9-11-13
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11

Russian refugees in Paris have de-
signated Grand Duke Vladimir as
Gar of all the Russians. That does
relieve one unemployment problem.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT.
room house, Rowland ST.; Two
room houses, Rock Spring ST., 3
room Apartment, Carolina Ave-,
room Apartment, Charles ST.. 6
room house, arcola heat. Oxford
Rd., 5 room house, Oak ST., Call w.
j. Powell at office of AL B. Wester.
Phone 139. 9-3ti
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11

ONE OR TWO ROOMS FOR RENT,
furnished or unfinished; lights,
water and heat included J. d. Peck
139 Belle street, Phone 979. 9&11
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11

FOR RENT: 2 HORSE FARM WITH
six room house, near Bobbitt. Mrs
Minnie K. Allen, Henderson route
l. 10-4ti
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11

WE SPECIALIZE IN BODY AND
fender repairs. Motor Sales Co. 25tf
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11

BE CAREFUL AND DON'T SWAT.
low the dollar for we will continue
to give away dollars until further
notice. Order Diamond Bread from
your dealer. Majestic Bakeries, Inc.
2tf
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11

RIFT KEEP IN THE FAITH: Hold
I'm nv goings in thy paths, that my
footsteps slip not.-Psalms l1:o.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11

IF THERE'S PAINTING TO BIZ
done? Visit '"The Place of Values.
A complete stock of Lowe Brothers
quality paints. 1t pays to use good
paint. Alex S. Watkins. "Where
quality tells and prices SELL" Ill
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
Sec Beck Page

1. Honduras
2. Thirty-two degrees.
3 Bigamy.
4. The Egyptians.
5 Bighorn.
6. Thirteen.
z. Huv'-er; not hover.
8 New York Giants.
9. The House of Parliament, London
England.
10. Huey P. Long.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11
WANT ADS.
Get Results

CAIC. SEABOMRD TAXI, PHONE
248 for day and night service. Bud
die Williams and Ollie Lufsev
drivers. Seaboard Taxi, phone 248
10-2ti
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11
January IL, 1919.

Final plans have been completed
for the annual meeting of the Hen
derson Chamber of Commerce, which
is to be held Monday evening in the
auditorium of the organizations own
quarters. Dr. E. c. Brooks, State Su-
perintendent of Public instruction,
will deliver the address of the even
ing.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11
January IL. 1929.

January IL, 1929.
New building done in Henderson
during the year 1928 amounted to
more than a quarter of million dol
lars, and was considerably more than
twice as much as for 1927, according
to statistics in the records of First
Chief J. E. Parks
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-11

Kittrell & Kittrell,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-24
HENDERSON, IN c) DAILY DISPATCH TUESDAY JANUARY a. 1889

mons politically because he had the
courage of his convictions and refus-
ed to support All Smith for the pres
idency.
Because All Smith bore the label
OF a Democrat and because some
Thought he had chance to be elect
ed and they wanted to be on the
bondwagon, with prospects for pre-
fcrred seat at the expected pie
counter, Smith was glorlfied while
Simmons was called q traitor and
devil and was so treated end retired
20 private life.
Time has more than once in these
eight years given abundant testl-
nlony as to who was right and VINO
was wrong; as to who was states
man and who an opportunist and a
demagogue. Al Smith has repeated
ly shown himself to be what so many
in 1928 said and thought he was, an
Eastside ,Tammany politician who
owed his two terms as governor on
New York to the then power OF the
New York City Democratic macnlne'
then and since and Almost always
discredit to the party with which IL
affiliated and which it so often tr1eo
to dominate
We would be the last to hold up
the former senator as a model OF
perfection as a political leader, but
his service to the party over thlro
OF century is as the giant to the
pigmy by comparison with that OF
Al Smith.
Adjournment of the State House OF
Representatives in honor of Senator
Simmons on his eighty-fifth birth
day is, to say the least, a belated
tribute to the old war horse, but a
puny apology indeed for the way he
was treated by his party for his at
titude toward a man whom the sell
same party has itself long since re-
plldiated. Yes, sir, times do change.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-24
nc place in the community.

nc place in the community.
Few institutions hereabouts have
acquired and held public confidence
to a like degree and over so long a
period as has the Citizens Bank &
Trust Company. It has stood as a
bulwark in storm, and stress, in good
times and bad, in panics and in high
tides of prosperity. It has we'll earn
ed the enviab.e position it occupies
in the commercial life of this com
nnunity and section.
And SO we extend Fluctuations. The
city, county and surrounding coun-
tryside are proud of the institution.
They have madewit what it is today
and will make # yet greater in the
days to come. We pay our sincere
respects to the bank and to the men
who have guided it so successfully
through the long, years, and have paw
ed the way for the opportunity to flu
ture services.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-24
Some Demands

Mr. Revenue Maxwell backstands
Mr.. Safety Hocutt in a demand for
$25,OO of new State money to ex-
pand the statewide program for
safety on our highways. The con-
servation authorities shout to the
heavens of the dire catastrophe that
impends unless an $4,000 item for
forest fire protection that was lop-
ped off by the budget-makers is re-
stored. And from certain Raleigh
sources comes the insistence for an
increase in the State Highway Pa
troll, now numbering 12O men, to
some say IT'S and others 225 and $50
members.
If highway fatalities were reduced
last wear bv nearly 200, with a cor
responding reduction in injuries, why
couldn't that much more be cut OFF
in 1888 with the same financing and
by the use of the same methods en-
ployed in 1888? One answer to that
is that there would be no additional
funds with which to hire more peo-
pie on the States payroll. ~
If considerable number of coun-
ties have all these years gotten along
without any forest fire prevention at
all, why does a. major disaster
threaten because of the withholding
of mere $4,000 =. =
AS for the highway patrol, many
people have long wondered what the
125 men now employed actually do
with their time when they are not
officiating at football games and fun
erals. One reason offered for an in
crease is that the highways could be
better patroled and made safer if
there were several hundred of these
uniformed men. Well, since the high
way patrol is to make the roads safe
for the public and enforce the traf-
flc laws, and since special officers
are being appointed here and there
to enforce the laws against illegal
liquor, what will be left for the police
and the sheriffs' men to do? About
the only thing would be to run down
the two-bits crap-shooters and ar
rest the few murderers who insist
on a killing now and then. ~
Oh, we'll, what chance do the poor
taxpayers have anyhow
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-24
NOTICE OF SALE.

Under and by virtue of the power
and authority contained in that GER
tain Deed of Trust executed by E. A.
Russell and wife Mary Russell to the
undersigned Trustee, duly recorded IN
the office of the Register of Deeds
Of Vance County in Book 1915 Page
90, default having been made in the
payment of the debt therein secured,
and at the request of the holder of
the notes secured by said Deed of
Trust, I shall offer for sale and sell
by public auction to the highest bid
der for cash at the Court House
Door in Henderson, N. c., at 1900
o'clock Noon On Monday the 9th day
of February 1889 the following de-
Scribed real estate:
Begin at a pine G. r. Whites cor
ner, thence North &c West 725 chains
to stone, e. G. Russell's (former)
corner, thence South 16 1-2 West 34.7O
chains to a stone on pond, thence
along high water mark to a stone C.
r. Whites corner, thence North 16 1-2
East 34.70 chains to the beginning.
Containing 25 acres for chain of title
see the following books in Vance
County Registry. Book SO Page 226:
Book 80 Page 1874; Book 118 page 1872:
Book 1876 page 1877 Same being the
present home place of the parties of
the first part.
This the oath day of January. A.
D., 1899
JASPER B. HICKS, Trustee.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-24
A Banks Birthday

Though a day late, congratula-
tions from this quarter to the Citi-
zens Bank & Trust Company on the
attainment of its golden anniversary
ere none the less genuine and sim
cere. The local institution has long
claimed the distinction of being the
second oldest bank in North Caro-
lima, and as such the second ever to
reach the hat century mark in this
State.
1t is a rare achievement and one
admitting of deep pride for a bank
to operate continuously, and espe-
cially in the same location, for full
half century. It's stock in trade is
almost wholly that of cash and Gre
cit. Most of the money a bank
handles belongs to other people. For
that reason it must exercise the
greatest possible caution and wisdom
in it's affairs, to the end that it may
both further the interests of the
community it serves by the extern
sion of credit and the building of
goodwi j, and assure safety and pro-
fit for it's owners and investors.
To lose the goodwin and the con-
fiGence of its patrons means that a
bank cannot succeed and that its
days are numbered. Unless it is
Wiling and capable of serving, it has
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-24
ANSWERS.

/. The general assembly of 1888 cost
the State $4,000 The 1887 general
assembly cost $184,421.87.
2. Tor it's failure to reimburse him
for the expenses of his trip to Phil
adelphia where he went to attend q
meeting of colonial governors with
Commander in Chief Loudoun, of the
British forces in America The meet
ing was called to plan a campaign
against the French and Indians. =
g.. A short time before the arrival
of the Union forces were expected
Governor Vance and Treasurer Jona-
than Worth to remove the archives,
first to Company Shops, now Burling-
ton, and then to Greensboro.
4. Three. John Steele, of Salisbury,
appointed by President Washington
as comptroller in 1896 served the re-
mainder of the term, all of the term
of President Adams and one year UNI
der President Jefferson. He was Of
fered the post by President jefferson
but declined to accept.
5. Twice. Senator Stone was first
elected congressman for the term end
ing in 1901. Following this term he
was elected to the senate from which
he resigned. He was elected to the
senate again in 1913 and resigned be-
cause state legislature claimed thu
right to dictate his actions.
.. Thirty years. from 1860 to 1890.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-24

BY. virtue of authority conferred up
on the undersigned as trustee, in
certain deed of trust executed by
Mary Dale and recorded in Book AZ,
Page 1877, at the request of the holder
OF the same l will offer for sale at
the courthouse door in Henderson, N.
g, at IL O'clock, on Thursday the
z5rd day of February, 1889, the fol-
lowing described real estate:
Begin at stake on the North side
OF East street, 100 feet from Pingston
street, Lee Williams corner; run
thence along Williams line North
ward 100 feet; thence parallel with
East Avenue as it runs, and where
II crosses Pinkston street, Is feet to
Lnorne's corner; thence along
Ihornes line, $50 feet to East avenue
or street, thence along East avenue
lzO feet to the place of beginning.
This 23rd day of January, 1889.
A. A. BUM, Trustee.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-24
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES


1754-Andrew El.icott, the survey
or who laid out the District of Co
lumbia and Erie, Pa, West Point
professor of mathematics, born in
Bucks Co., Pa. Died Aug. %, 1920.
1811-Henry Barnard Americas
great reformer of popular education,
prolific writer on the subject, first
U. S. commissioner of education,
born at Hartford, Conn. Died there,
July 5, 1900.
832-Joseph Choate, famed New
York lawyer statesman, orator, wit,
ambassador and vigorous citizen,
born at Salem, Mass. Died May Il,
1917.
1859-(1OO> years ago) William
Wells Newell, noted Cambridge,
Mass, scholar and folklorist, secre-
tary of the American Folklore So
ciety, born at Cambridge. Died Jan.
81, 1907.
1860-Bernard H. Kroger, Middle
West founder of one of the largest
chain grocery stores system, born
in Cincinnati. Died July 81, 1888.
1865-Horace H. Furness, Phiiadel-
phia Shakespearean scholar and son
of a noted Shakespearean scholar,
born there. Died April Is, 1880.
1865 Paul w. Bartlett, among the
countrys great sculptors, born at
New Haven, Conn. Died abroad,
Sept. 20, 1885.