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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-29
NOTICE OF SUMMONS.
In The Superior Court
Before The Clerk.


North Carolina:
Vance County:
Mrs. Pearl Stone O'Neil, widow;
Ralph f. Stone and Pearl Stone
his wife; Hunter Stone and wife
Wilma Stone; Marshall Stone and
and wife Elsa Stone; Mabelle
Stone Parrish and husband SilaS
Parrish; Lula Stone Pegram and
her husband Kenneth Pegram.
VS..
Eugene Stone and wife Cappie Stone;
Luther Stone and wife Mabel
SlOne; Leslie Stone and wife Irma
H. Stone; Millard Stone and wife
katherine c. Stone; John l.. Stone;
Marvin Stone; Moss r. Stone
Mhite' widow; Attic Stone; T. l..
snort, husband of Mrs. LOttie S.
snort Decd; Virginia Short,
mihoi; Helen Short, minor; T. l..
snort, jr., minor; Oliver Jackson
Short, minor.
me ne defendants, Leslie Stone, Irma
y r. ., o'one, Millard Stone, Catherine
b,,1p h. 9lohe, Marvin Stone, T. L. Short,
dosoahd do,I ot Mrs Lottie Stone Short,
y Tec H. Virginia Short, Helen Short,
Sho. - Short Jr., and Oliver Jackson
ioi tb"t above named, will take notice
act;a o4, d summons in the above entitled
eo,Il fonJ was issued against said de-
lq2o l9o'iltS : on the 22nd day of July,
COS, by /. O. Fall<ner CiorL of +no
N[peIiof Nopt p Court Of Vance County
rl tba u 'C..a,Eolna, in which said action
der % petitioners pray the C:urt to or
Kittra,S sale IL Of the land situated in
Nortt N.teli township, Vance County
petitil III carolina, for division: the
tenan3 traralleIs and the defendants being
Thn ,l'9 IN common of said land.
alqo nc uelendants above named will
ouirod JAKE notice that they are re-
sipned od 10 10 appear before the under
Of W. VIE CIorE OF the Superior Court
and 19nce an1 County, North Carolina
filed answer, II or demur to the petition
23rd Bird d lIa sald action on or before the
lief doy dpay OF August 1899. or the re. re-
demanded will be granted
r. 0. FALKNER.
B. H H., Clerk Superior Court
Attornan,l,lc and H. E. White,
22.2a' for Petitioners.
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u. S. Admiral Aids
Search for Slayers
Continued From Page Onel

H. M. Simons, commandant of the
navy yard, went walking in his gar
dens, blocked from the outside view
by the seven-foot wall. The garden
was not as it should have been.
Admiral Simons wanted to know
why and how his dahlias were tram
pied. From a gate-keeper at one Of
the three entrances of the yard he
heard that two men were seen seal
ing the wall on the night that F. P.
Jennings, 49-year-old Augusta, Ca,
salesman, had been slain.
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Mems Bible Glass

B. H. Perry will teach the Mems
Rible class of Holy Innocents Epis-
copal church tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock, it was announced today.
All members are urged to attend,
and visitors are cordially invited to
he present.
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CHRIST METHODIST.

Rev. T. j. Whitehead, pastor.
9:45 a. M, Sunday school, Clyde
L. Finch, superintendent.
IL a. M, Morning worship with
the sermon by the pastor. Sermon
subject: Loyalty to Christ Through
Evangelism"
p. M, Union service at First
Methodist church with sermon by
Bishop w. w. Peele.
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Would Peg Tobacco
At 18c Figure
Continued From Page One>

(COnCInuCO from rage OIAG
Georgia was the earliest to
open tobacco sales.
Roberts said the Virginia
official suggested minimum
price of 18 cents a pounds for
the 1889 crop was necessary to
give the grower reasonable
profit. Meek's proposal came as
Georgia bright leaf growers
planned to meet here tomorrow
night with Governor Rivers to
seek a remedy for depressed
prices at State markets.
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visit IN WarrentOn

~. 3. P. Terrell, Jr. and sons,
MIS-. - - and Andrew Page, have
Alva ~ vaTrenton. to visit Mr.. Ter
gone ll'. : ,,otber. Mrs. B. P. Terrell, Tor
oI daVS.
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pot,,ru from California

:, and Mrs. Bennett H. Perry and
NJ, aaTe we returned from California,
Son i,'t tbov visited Mr.. Perry'S SIS
VheI9 4. 'i,i ISsbella Perry, in San Fran
el. ~ Mr. Perry also attended the
clsv4, .,oo Of the American Bar Asso-
1..;on there.
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coeS TO WadesbOrO

,r.. l. D. Robinson left this morn
Nl9, 5or = her home in Wadesboro
ias ia!sr Spending a few days with with MRS MRS
ltlfI pponelJ on her way from Vlr-
D. poach and Norfolk, Va.
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I'm from Farmville

-, rpvde L. Finch and if5a children
Mrs. Cisos s"S,rrday from Farmville,
returned - ,isjted Mrs. Finch's
Fhete ere. Nh MIS-. J. NJ. Christman' 1or
~
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-29
Daughter Is Born

Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Gather Par
rot, Of Warrenton, announce the
birth Of a daughter, Gwendolyn
Anne, on July 81, 1889. Mrs. Parrott
before her marriage was Miss Mary
Terrell England, of Henderson.
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HOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOPAL
Eighth Sunday after Trinity.

Rev. 1. w. Hughes, rector.
9:45 Church school.
1000 Mems Bible class.
11:OO Litany, Ante-Communion,
and sermon.
The evening service will be omit
ted.
st. Johns Mission, North Hender-
son, 2 o'clock, church school.
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A Son.

Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Strause an
nomce the birth of a son, Nathan
Phillip, 3rd, at Maria Parham hos
pital today Mother and son were
reported to be doing very nicely.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-29
Birth of Daughter

Mr.. and Mrs. Berlyn Smiley, OF
Warrenton, announce the birth Of a
daughter, on Monday, July "a. Mrs.
Smiley is the former Miss Hazel
Ellington, of Henderson.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-29
rxncctcd 10 Come.

rni9 Hoyle. who has spent per
Miss Lo,s ,resk al Virginia Beach, va.
be pa'l a.,ed ~d 10 return to Henderson
eAt ,be veek-cnd.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-29

One nice thing about autumn when
= comes will be that it will end the
controversy over whether to wear
YOUR shirt tail in or out.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-29

sOUT HENDERSON BAPTIST.
Rev. J. u. league, pastor.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. M, with
F.. o. Falkner, clerk of superior
Court, as the principal speaker.
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At Hospital Here

E. T. Odom, of Warrenton, is being
treated at Maria Parham hospital
following an appendix operation
Mrs. Odom is with him.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-29
Enjoy Chicken Fry

The Philathea class of South Hen
derson Baptist church enjoyed a
chicken fry this afternoon at $50
o'clock at Kings Daughters Park.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-29
FIRST BAPTIST.

FIRST BAPTIST.
E. Norfleet Gardner, pastor.
9:45 a. M, Sunday school,
II a. M, Morning worship service.
Sermon by the pastor.
p. m., B. T. U.
p. M, Union service at the First
Methodist church, with Bishop w.
w. Peele delivering the sermon.
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The Washington times., 1939-01-23

colony and spent his whole life taking care Of
these poor souls has always been one of my
heroes
One day out of the clear came a delightful
letter from a DR.. Swift in California Enclosed
In the doctors letter were several photostatic
copies of letters written by Father Damien to the
elder Dr. Swift, the father of the young man who
wrote me.
We all know what a remarkable work this
priest did. When you read the following it will
explain more fully to you the real beauty and
indomitable courage of this wonderful man.
Dr. Swift.
Dear Sir:
Jobo Pinkham has been splitting blood from
yesterday morning Please spare moment to
60 and see him. at the second house after that
of Jack Lewis, and oblige. Your friend,
j. DAMIEN.
In the same houses you will find dying
The Washington times., 1939-01-23

He asked for planes. He asked fer men. He
charged procurement graft was rampant. He
accused the Government of accepting flaming
coffns," in which many promising young Air
Corps officer roasted to death. He produced
facts and figures to bolster his contentious.
The Government sneered at him. Because he
told the truth he was driven from the Army. It
Smeared hin1-and hastened his death. The
politicians called him "a crackpot."
Mitchell Ahead of His Time
N civilian life he continued to fight bravely,
.doggedly. He wrote of the day when America
would receive rude awakening in the air. He
1ectured often. Several times he spoke with
me dAAa national radio network He was always
good NPpy" for the reporters. But the stigma
with whiRh the politicians had branded him dur
ing the Coolidge Administration broke some of
the spirit ipGide him.
The stormy petrol" of the Army Air Corps.
the headlines labeled him-all because he was
The Washington times., 1939-01-23
Foiled to Reach Floor

Ever since the small-loan law
was passed in 1918, futile efforts
have been made to reduce the in
tereSt.
At the last session in 1888, a
bill was introduced to reduce the
interest to / per cent, but it failed
to reach the floor.
Next year. when another at
tempt is made to reduce the rate
support from every section Of the
State is pledged. Governor James
H. Price, it was understood, has
told friends that he believes the
rates are too high, and probably
will support legislation to amend
the law.
The ranks of legislators who
have long advocated reform of the
interest rates, has been swelled
by two Of the most influential
members Of the State senate.
Declaring that he believes the
present rates are entirely too
high" Senator BurkS, Of Lynch
burg, declared he is in favor Of a
downward revision of the law.
The same stand was taken by
Senator Rust, of Fairfax-who in
cidentally represents the section
where 10 loan companies are do
ing a thriving business.
Commenting on the situation,
Senator Rust said:
IT am unqualifiedly against
| the present high rate Of interest,
The Washington times., 1939-01-23


stantial forward movement have been disap-
pointed.
Commodity prices fluctuate little. Most farr1
products are still dragging at low levels the Gov
ernments expenditures at the rate Of half-a-bil'
lion year for the benefit Of farmers having
failed to lift agricultural purchasing power to
stimulating volume.
Industrial statistics reveal no decisive trend.
Retail trade is running below year ago, but
wholesalers report brisker demand Bank clear
ings make better showing than in last January,
but call for bank loans is sluggish.
Our railroads are carrying more freight than at
the opening of 1888 and also are doing somewhat
better financially.
HGnes Sees Long Period of Good Business
EVENTs and expressions at washington have
~ been far more favorable than unfavorable.
Undersecretary of the Treasury John w. Hanes,
The Washington times., 1939-01-23

woman have spoken to you about last night.
j. D.
Doctor at Death Bed
THERE is also the last letter Father Damien
wrote to DR.. Swift, when he was dying, and
the kind doctor went to him and stayed until
it was all over.
Then there is the little old lady Of IS who lives
out West. Her two young sons are facing the
electric chair for brutal murder. Her letter is
a tragic masterpiece of true mother love that
cannot and will not admit HER boys could be
guilty.
The little old lady is convinced her sons are
not guilty because she goes on to tell me- the cap
that was found at the scene of the crime was
tried on both boys in the court. and it was many
times too small for them. This was the pathetic,
slender thread my unknown friend was pirning
all her faith to.
wonderful thing, this mother love, and what
heights it can reach to try and save its loved ones
Would Will Life
ANOTHER poor soul wanted to will his life to
"A me while he lived so could give his body to
a medical school after he died, if I would give
him place to sleep and some work to do.
have always tried to answer every letter that
I receive but of course, was powerlesS most OF
the time and had to say mo" to everything the
poor souls were asking me to do and plnn1ng their
faith on my doing The way these people &C
cepted nv refusal and the answers to my letters
saving they understood and thanking me for just
my words of encouragement are rare and beautl
full documents They show the beautiful side OF
human nature and how often few words OF
hope will help in the darkest hour.
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there are 10. Gross earnings have
mounted from less than a million
and a half to more than two mill
lion dollars last year-and every
cent Of this paid by persons in
trouble or need who have been
forced to borrow.
With this rich profit en-
dangered, it is little wonder that
the moneylenders are worried.
They want to stay in business
and reap their golden harvest, no
matter what hardship the right
rate of interest entails on those
who must struggle to pay.
But the handwriting is on the
wall. The legislation now pending,
if passed, will spell the doom Of
the moneylenderS' high profits and
relieve the burden on those who
are forced to borrow.
Ito Be Concluded Tomorrow
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ahead Of his time and recommended for 20 years
what Roosevelt, Louis johnson and others are
bowling for today vast armament in the air
for America.
His rank before they stripped him even of his
we are now rushing to do at the eleventh hour
was brigadier general. His name was Billy
Mitchell.
States Push Economy Programs
ENLEVEN States, possessing new administra-
~ tions, are inaugurating concentrations. New
governors are firing hundreds of "drones" faS-
tened to the public rolls by their predecessors
and announcing the inception of programs look
ing toward cooperation with business instead Of
against business.
So-President Roosevelt reviveS two eaSy-money
projectS-the Passamaquoddy tidal scheme in
Maine and the Florida ship canal.
Some of the governors Of these II States are
interesting to say the least. ODaniel, of Texas
was flour salesman poet, song writer and radio
singer. Phillips, of Oklahoma, is multimillion-
a1re oil man. succeeding Marland, also an oil
man and former multimillionaire.
Hell. Of Wisconsin, rose from immigrant boy
to manufacturer. James, of Pennsylvania. once
breaker boy and mule driver in the coal mines,
rose to Superior Court judgeship
They are mostly men who started from moth
ing and worked themselves up to responsible
positions in their communities by hard work.
ambition and thrift. Those three characteristics
have been in popular diSrepute for the last five
or six years.
Copyright, Ledger syndicate)
(BoGke CGrter'S opinions are his oarn and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TinIesJ
The Washington times., 1939-01-23
Simple Arithmetic

1t is simple arithmetic to deter
mine that 312 per cent interest for
IL months amounts to ~ per cent,
and this is the rate that is paid by
those who, through unemployment
or other reasons, are unable to re-
duce the capital amount Of the
loan.
And the fact that many are un-
able to meet the payments, and
consequently must pay a high rate,
is shown by the report of a survey
made by the State corporation
commission acting under orders
from the legislature.
This survey, covering a four
year period, revealed that the
GROSS income from 1927 through
1880 averaged 1884 per cent, and
that the percentage Of NET
PROFITS ON CAPITAL ACTU-
ALLY EMPLOYED was 1912 per
cent.
The past five years has seen
the money lending business go
ing through a period of great
expansion. Five years ago there
were only 81 companies licensed
in the State, while today there
are "a.
Five years ago there were only
The Washington times., 1939-01-23
Article Seven
By CARROLL PEEKE

There is a glimmer of hope for the thousands
of Washington and Virginia residents who, in
the pitiless grip of moneylenders, have been
paying and paying.
Legislation is under consideration which
would reduce the present high legal rate of
312 per cent month.
Pledging their support to move to lower
the rates are State Senator John w. Rust, of
Fairfax, and Senator Charles E. Burks, Of
Lynchburg.
Fought By Lenders
In the District and in Virginia, efforts are
under way to amend the present laws and pro-
vide more equitable rate of interest-but
these attempts will be bitterly opposed by the
moneylenders, who do not relish the prospect
of losing their gross return which is in the
neighborhood of 80 per cent.
Last year almost $4,000 persons in the Dis
trict and Virginia were forced to borrow from
the moneylenders, and they paid back in in
terest alone MORE THAN TWO MILLION
DOLLARS!
No, the moneylenders don't want to lose this
profit, and they will fight to the last ditch to
prevent any reduction in interest or any at
tempt to liberalize the District law, which
would cut into their gains.
Previous Efforts Failed
| In the past, efforts have been made to amend
the District small-loan law-which at the pres
e2t time restricts interest to l per cent a
month-but these attempts have always failed
| bill introduced by Representative Leo E.
The Washington times., 1939-01-23
Family Broken Up
As Result Of Loan

High rates of interest
charged by q Virginia small
loan company have sent one
family into the divorce courts.
The parents borrowed the
money to buy Christmas toys
q few years ago for their
three children. When their
payments were delayed the
loan company became insist
ent in its demands.
Financial difficulties started
quarrelS between the husband
and wife-and now the case
Is in the divorce courts.
Yet the loan officials main
tain that they are "philan
thrOpistS" and seeing to aid
those in need!
The Washington times., 1939-01-23

Another State official who be-
lieveS the law should be changed
is M. E. Bristow, retiring Commits
sioner of Insurance and Banking,
who for the last Is years has had
direct supervision of the small loan
companies. Explaining his views
on the subject, he said:
"The rate Of 312 per cent a
month is enough to break a
Rockefeller.
What we need in the State,
I believe, is an expansion OF
the credit union and establish
ment Of a remedial loan or
ganization where those in need
can borrow at low rate of in
tereSt.
But to establish such a sys-
tenn, it Is necessary to have
great deal Of capital. Lacking
The Washington times., 1939-01-23

sands of men, I cannot help
but wonder how a man whose
friendship I was always proud
to claim must be shaking with
satirical laughter in his grave.
He was a man with foresight.
He foresaw the day would come
when the policies of nations
would be governed by the rela-
tivity of their strength in the
air. He was a fortnight man
and spoke his mind. He warned
time and again our military air
Strenpth WAS a tragic deluSion.
The Washington times., 1939-01-23

filling aimlessly on light trans
actions during the week, stocks
declined rather sharply on
Saturday without any apparent
reason except application by a
small Baltimore and Ohio
bondholder for appointment Of
q receiver. Government bonds
maintained impre S sive
strength.
Meanwhile, the general eco
nomic trend continues modest
ly satisfactory, although thus
far those who expected a sub
The Washington times., 1939-01-23
IN FAVOR OF REFORM

G0UcTnor Jam es II.
Price, of Virginia (at left
abOUe), uOith State Senator
Charles E. Burks, of
Lynchburg, cOnferring at
Council of State Govern
r1ents here last IDeek. At
right, State Senator John
w. Rust, of Fairfax. Burks
and Rust have announced
their support of the n'OOe
to cut interest rates on
small loans and the gOU-
ernOr is reported in favor
of the plan, alsO.-Times
Staff Photo.
The Washington times., 1939-01-23

on our journey through life.
For many years people have
written to me about their wor-
ries and their doubts. But,
since I started my column, the
interesting and often pathetic
letters from people all over the
world have been a Joy and also
q revelation to me of the sweet
ness and kindness in human
nature.
Father Damien, that great
priest who as a very young
man went over to the leper
The Washington times., 1939-01-23
M0mey/enderS' V1ctim:|
LAWMAKERS JOIN FIGHT ON LOANS EVIL
Virginiat1s Demand LOwer
Interest Rate

As result of conditions umearthed dur-
ing the investigation which preceded pub
lication of this series, The Washington
Times and Washington Herald hare dis
continued publication of advertising from
all personal Loan Companies" operating
in nearby Maryland and Virginia-Pub-
Usher, Washington Times and Herald.
The Washington times., 1939-01-23

such a system, those in need are
forced to borrow at the present
high rate"
Officials OF the moneylenders
association bitterly denounced
The Washington Times for "dis.
torting facts" relative to the rate
of interest they charge.
Maintaining that they are
really philanthropists, assisting
those in need and preventing
them from becoming public
charges, they asserted that they
do not charge AZ per cent a year
interest.
The Washington times., 1939-01-23

NEITHER business nor financial leaders are re-
AN spending demonstrativey to the encouraging
Developments at Washington. After backing and.
The Washington times., 1939-01-23

and I win give my fullest con-
sideration to a legislative pro-
poSal that will tend to make for
better conditions"
BrisfOGU's Stand
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11But''.

WHEN read the vehement exhortations Of
w Government leaders to build up our Air
Corps BY thousands of planes and tens Of thou
The Washington times., 1939-01-23
My Say

CHIPS that pass in the night! How well that
sentence describes the countless contacts with
unknown and unseen friends We all experience
The Washington times., 1939-01-23
World of Finance ByB c. FORBES

admittedly close to President Roosevelt, declares
that he does not believe the country has fully
realized the significance of the Presidents declara-
ton that the New Deal has substantially COM
pleted" its reforms
This Official one of the few having back
ground of practical business and financial ex-
perience, makes this optimistic statement: There
are signs that, barring unfortunate developments
abroad, we are now beginning to enjoy what
should be reasonably long and sustained period
of good business increased production and en-
ployment."
The Washington times., 1939-01-23

Wings of Spendthrifts Clipped
MY CONVICTION is that men of affairs can
AVA safely plan and act on the assumption that
the wings of radical spendthrift New Dealers will
be clipped by Congress and that legislative activi
ties will be helpful rather than harmful to busi-
ness and industry.
There is every likelihood that the widespread de-
mand that the unfair, strifebreedng Wagner
labor law will be sensibly amended The proba-
bty is also that Congress will not run amuck in
expanding social security until this vitally inpor-
tant problem has been given more mature con-
sideration.
This is not time for narrow selfishness, self
preservation; rather. calls for broadgauge, coura-
geous enterprise and risktaking.
Copyright 1899. by B. C. Forbes)
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, space belOlO on

"Pacnl Pard beOw
Tueday ThursdGy Saturday.
eBut" Says Boake Garter
The Washington times., 1939-01-23
10 Firms Operate

And that measure, if passed,
would spell the doom Of the loan
companies that have been estab-
lshed in Arlington county and
reap a golden harvest from the
financial difficulties Of District
residents.
Four years ago there was not a
single loan company in Arlington
county. Today there are 10. And
they are operating at rate which
gives them net return Of II per
cent! No wonder they are ready
to fight any effort to liberalize the
District law!
But their future is none to
bright in their own State, for
there is a growing demand in Vlr'
ginia that the interest rates be
lowered.
The Washington times., 1939-01-23

Allen of Illinois is now pending,
setting the rate at 2 per cent a
month on the unpaid balance, a
rate he contends would be fair to
the borrower and lender alike.
Appalled, by the facts that have
been presented by the Patterson
Newspapers, a number Of members
of Congress have indicated that
they will support the Allen
measure.
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By EOalw Walsh Mclean

woman have spoken to you about last night.
j. D.