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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-27
CORONER PROBES
DEATH OF NEGRO
Zebedee Wright, 65, Dies
Suddenly at His Home
In Kittrell Section

Zebedee Wright, Negro, said to be
about 65-years-old, died suddenly al
his home in Kittrell township this
morning about $50 o'clock, and
Coroner A. P. Paschall and Sheriff
L. L. Swanson were called to inves-
tigate the death.
Sheriff Swanson said Wright, who
has complained of his head hurting
him from time to time, was working
in field adjacent to his home ano
died there.
Coroner Paschall viewed the body
and deemed the man died from ma
tural causes, but planned to bring his
body to a local undertaking estab-
liShment for further investigation.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-27
Finals For
EPSON High
End Friday

Professor Leslie H. Campbell, pres
ident Of Campbell College, Buie's
Creek, will deliver the commence
ment address to seniors at Epson
high school graduation exercises
Friday evening at o'clock at the
school, it was stated today by C. P
Rogers, principal of the school.
Twelve seniors will be awarded
diplomas by Professor Rogers.
Friday evenings program is as
follows:
Invocation, Rev. S. E. Maddren.
Glee Club, Santa Lucia-Wallis.
Salutatory, Sarah Gill.
Introduction of Speaker, Rev
John E. Ayscue
Address, Prof Leslie H. Campbell
President of Campbell College.
Presentation of 7th Grade Certi-
ficates, j. l. Weldon.
Presentation of Awards, Mrs. S
F. JOurnagan.
Presentation of Diplomas, C. P
Rogers.
Valedictory, jamie Ayscue.
Benediction, Rev John E. Ayscue
Senior Class-Elaine Ayscue, jamie
Ayscue, Juanita Rivers Ayscue, Mar
garet Wilder, Robert Edgar Eaves
Jr, Matte Perry Fuller, Sarah Gill
Matte Sue Winn, Mildred Smith
Juanita Harrington, Billy Weldon
Margaret Wynne.
Marshals-Junior Class: Chief
Lucy Perkinson, Odell Harris.
Sophomore Class: Billy Fuller
Alice Mae Lancaster.
Freshman Class: Joseph Rowland,
Miriam Ayscue.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-27
DETAILED REPORT Of
/. EXPOSITION GIVEN
Sam Afford, General Chair
man, Tells Lions Of Re-
cent Big Event

A detailed report of the recent
Lions Club sponsored Greater Hen
derson Exposition was given last
night at the regular meeting of that
civic club at the Vance hotel by Sam
Afford, general chairman Of the ex-
position.
Plans and suggestions for the city
league softball entry of the club were
heard from j. T. Richardson, who is
co-manager of the club with Bill
Hight The Lions won the league
championship last year in a play-of
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-27
SHORT CIRCUITIN
WIRE AT PENDER'S

A short-circuit wire at Penders
Store on North GarnGtt street did
some damage, the total of which was
not learned from Fire Chief Cooper
Ellis, this afternoon about 2:3O
o'clock.
Considerable smoke billowed about
the store, but there was little actual
fire damage, other than to the wires
Firemen used chemicals to extin-
guiSh the blaze.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-27
THURSDAY, APRIL 27. 1899

OF speeding, and prayer for ;,,du
Of the costs. poS iiieht
Page Perkins, Of Wise, was puilt,
OF speeding, and prayer for i1oy i,'dr
ment was continued upon payme5t
of the costs. N'i'ienV
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-27
HrttnrrHnn @aily @tapstrlr

willingly and without charge furnish
good music for all occasions that your
services are needed. Now, cannot we,
to show our high appreciation for
this, get you to the Fair, and have
Henderson, N. O., so well spoken of,
l hope So"
New subscriptions:
J. Bailey Owens .$10O
Huffman Cleaners ............ 25
Today's total ............. 1925
Previous subscriptions:
M. Y. cooper ................S 70
Golden Belt Fair, Inc ........ 25
Vance Hotel .......... 25
Roses 5-10-25c Stores ........ 25
Total to date 1925
Balance needed 81, 1,275OO.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-04-27

with the Bankers, top place finishers.
The attendance prize was won by
Clarence White, and the drawing
went to Talmadge Hoyle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19
THOSE HIDDEN TAXES

ss According to the most careful esti-
mate, the people of the United States pay
combined national, state and local tax
bill of more than 1 billion dollars year.
YET large percentage of our people
never see tax collectors receipt.
They never see tax receipt because
63 per cent of this tax bill consists of hid
den taxes, which are included in the price
of everything the ultimate consumer buys,
according to the National Consumers Tax
Commission, which is doing commend
able service in educating the public to a
realization of what this tax burden really
means
This organization, composed largely
of women and representing practically
every state, is engaged in study of tax
conditions in various local communities
throughout the country, and is passing on
to the general consuming public the in
formation thus obtained.
One of its stated detectives is ''to
make clear the consumer side of every tax
proposal, in the belief that the American
public has the right to know what taxes it
pays, how and when they are collected
and where the revenue goes"
Commenting on this, the Detroit Free
Press says: 'These taxes will continue to
mount until farmers and city-dwellers get
together and insist on a stop being put
to it,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19
KEY WEST In DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Five Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today
AS Taken From The Files Of The Citizen

the hurricane which passed to
the west of the city about 3
o'clock this morning. No damage
whatever was done. in the city
as merely the fringe of the storm
touched Key West. There were
occasional gusts when the wind
reached 60 miles per- hour but
seldom were they over 40.
The pulpit of the First Metho-
dist Church will be- filled tonight
by the Rev. E. E. Ley, pastor of
Ley Memorial church,. The pub
lie is cordially invited to attend
the revival which is to be con-
Quoted by Rev. A. F.rTurner, of
Tampa, who will arrive tomor-
row. =
P. and o. SIS. Governor Cobb,
which left here yesterday morn
ing for Havana, wast ordered to
return to port after being at sea
for several hours. Inquiries at
the offices of the company were
answered by the statement that
the approach of the storm was the
reason for the return
Joe Massaguer, sports editor of
the Cuban newspaper Ell Mundo,
who attended the recent worlds
series baseball games,i arrived in
Key West this week and is meet
ing his many friends while await
ing the sailing of the ship for Ha-
vana.
Mrs. j. L. Knowlton and chill
dren. formerly of Key West, who
had been visiting in the city for
several days, and had a pleasant
time with relatives and friends,
left over the highway yesterday
returning to their home in Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19
AIRCRAFT FOR THE ALLIES

Manufacturers of aircraft in the
United States are speeding the construc-
ton of war planes ordered by the British
and French governments before the war in
Europe began.
A news dispatch says that Grated air
planes are gathering on the docks at San
Pedro, Calif..a and Baltimore and at ware
houses in New York harbor. Many planes,
fully equipped and ready to fly, are
stored in airports on both coasts.
In the year prior to the outbreak of
hostilities in Poland, American manufac-
turers delivered $50 bombers and training
planes to England and $50 assorted fight
ers, light bombers and training ships to
France. Now being stored in this country
and being constructed under contract are
755 warplanes, most of them said to be
light, twin-engined bombers, capable of
300-miles-an-hour speeds.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19
LETTING GEORGE DoIT!

Every two years the people of Key
West have an opportunity to weigh and
consider fresh batch of candidates for
public office Some. of them are good,
some are not so good and some are down.
right bad. Majority of those eligible to
vote can tell the difference, just as they
tell the difference between a fresh grunt
and an old grunt between sound fruit and
rotten fruit If they used their best judg-
ment as they do in buying fish or fruit,
very few rotten candidates would slip into
positions of public trust.
But the sad fact is that all those
eligible to vote do not vote. Still sadder
Is the fact that the straightest thinkers,
the men and women of soundest judgment
and those most interested in having a
clean and competent municipal govern
ment are the ones most likely to fail to
qualify themselves as voters. They take
what's-the-use and let-George-do-it atti-
tude. The result is obvious. Municipal
operations fail to keep pace with the de-
mands and desires of majority of the
often the loudest in their complaints.
There is only one way to qualify to
vote. That, as any school boy knows, is
to register. To register here it is neces-
sary to go to City Hall. On the ground
floorznear the fire chiefs office there is
registration desk. Give the registration
: clerk your name and address, raise your
hand and take short oath regarding the
length of your residence in the state and
city and go on about your business. It's
very simple. That's probably why the
simplest, most easily deceived and led in
dividuals are usually among those who
qualify early every election. 1t involves
no strain on the brain and doesn't cost
dime.
Some very fine men are running for
public office in this election. They de-
serve the support of the people of this
community They can't have your sup
port unless you take the time and trouble
to register.
If you let George do it long enough
you'll find the city government is run by
and for George, not for all of us.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Today's Birthdays

u. S. Senator Clyde M. Reed
of Kansas, born in Champaign
Co., ILL.,. SO years ago.
DR.. John H. Finley. eminent
New York Times editor and for
mer educator, born at Grand
Ridge, Ill, rs years ago.
Fannie Hurst of New York City,
noted author, born in ST. Louis,
so years ago.
Judge Joseph c. Hutchinson.
Jr., of the Fifth u. S. Circuit
Court, Houston, Tex, born in
Houston, go years ago.
Lewis Mumford of New York,
noted writer, born there, "A years
ago.
Rev. Samuel G.. Trexler of New
York City, noted Lutheran clergy
man, born at Bernville, Pa, 81
years ago.
Prof Walter B. Cannon, Har-
ward Psychologist, born at Prairie
du Chen, Wis, SO years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19
SALADS
Preparation of Fruits and
Vegetables for Salads


Greens
/. Select tender green's in the
early morning. Cut off roots, re-
move coarse leaves.
2. Keep them in a cool place
in a closed vessel or closely
wrapped in paper or a paper bag.
Sprinkle the lettuce head lightly
and place in a paper bag.
3. Wash leaves thoroughly in
two or three waters. Watercress
and lettuce need careful atten-
ton. Green insects often infest
them. Lift the leaves out of one
water into the other.
4. Crisp the green's in very
cold water for 1a-hour or less.
Acid Vinegar or lemon) added to
the water for crisping destroys
insects. Salt willis green's.
5. Drain, spread on a towel or
place in a covered dish and set
in cool place until serving time.
Shake dry.
6. Cut out the stem end or
core of head lettuce, about one
inch, and let cold water run into
the opening. Turn the head right
side up to drain. The leaves will
separate readily and be crisp and
dry for serving. 1877
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN
WILL always seek the truth and print il

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight fer progress; never be the or
gan the mouthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or class; Always do its utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounee vice and praise virtue.
commend good done by individual or organ
izs:ion; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that will elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19
FLORIDA FRUIT
AND VEGETABLE USES
COCKTAILS. SHERBETS
AND DRINKS
HORS D'OEUVRES

Orange sections rolled in toast
ed cocoanut.
Orange sections spread apart
like a flower and center with
fruit, mayonnaise and nuts.
Berries and small pear halves.
Roll in chopped mint.
Pineapple sections. Roll in
crushed nuts.
Banana sections. Marinate in
lemon or lime or sour orange
juice. Roll in. peanuts.
Lemon baskets: Fill with sailed
pecans and candied kumquats.
Papaya marinated with lime
juice. Serve in slices.
Curled celery. Radish roses.
Small yellow or red tomatoes
stuffed with celery and snappy
cheese.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19
FOR CHILLS
And FEVER
And Other Malaria
Misery!

Don't 60 through the usual Malaria
sufferingl Don't 60 on shivering
with chills one moment and burn
ing with fever the next.
Malaria is relieved by Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic. Yes, this
medicine really works. Made espe-
cially for Malaria. Contains taste
less quinidine and iron.
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic &C.
tually combats the Malaria infec.
ton in the blood. Relieves the
wrac king. chills and fever. Helps
you feel better fast.
Thousands take Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic for Malaria and swear
by 1t. Pleasant to take, too. Even
children take it without whimper.
Act fast at first sign Of Malaria.
Take Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic.
At all drugstores. Buy the large
size as it gives you much more for
your money.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19

At Freehold, N. j., town crier, re-
splendent in buckles, breeches and wide
brimmed colonial hat, cried the first town
meeting there in 20 years. He rang an
ancient town crier's bell obtained from
the Monmouth County Historical AS
ISOLATION in this New Jersey town. OF
course, it was all in fun. but if the news
papers continue further to be handicapped
with exorbitant wages, wage-and-hour
laws, social security, unemployment and
other onerous taxation, the attrition may
bring back the town crier.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19

According to the Dies committee
which is investigating un-American activi-
ties the agents of Germany and Russia are
trying to make it appear through their
propaganda that everyone who favors re-
tention of the existing Neutrality Law is a
sympathizer of Hitler and Stain. That is
a little crude but is nevertheless effective
in some quarters.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19
OCTOBER IS. 1884

GredL 0CClVlCy is nOLlceQ LneS0
days at the foot of Whitehead
street, where the activities in con-
nection with the new aquarium is
being carried on. 1t is the inten-
ton of the builders to have things
in readiness when the tourist sea-
son opens.
Some time ago Dan Navarro
said, when the bridges are start
ed it will be my treat" and to-
night he will make good by, clear
ing the floor of his automobile
showroom and having in attend
ance an orchestra which will pro-
vide excellent music for dancing.
Jose A. Mendoza, chancellor of
the Cuban consulate in Key West,
announced, today that Mrs. Maria
Gutsens will be decorated with
the Cuban National Order of
Merit this afternoon 3 o'clock at
ceremonies which will be con-
Quoted at Mercedes hospital.
B. M. Duncan, FERA admins
traitor in Key West, accompanied
by j. Lancelot Lester and William
w. Albury, administration at
torneys, left today by plane for
Miami to attend to matters in
connection with four miles of
bridges and eight miles of road
to be started on the highway
next week.
Ferry Monroe County will be
put into service on the Overseas
Highway water gap Sunday
morning to take care of addi-
tional traffic, which is expected
from this time on. This an
nouncement was made by Cap
tain Ed Sheeran, in charge of
ferry operations.
OCTOBER IS. 1929
Key West Electric Company is
heartily joining in the admirable
spirit of Lights Golden Jubilee,
celebrating the Invention of the
electric light. Monday evening
the Duval street whiteway will
be turned on. Monday, October
81. is the date of the great in
vention.
Every person in the city will
have a chance to suggest name
for the new park on Whitehead
street, which is being built by
the Key West Woman's Club.
Names submitted must be plac-
ed on a blank and sent in to the
office of The Citizen.
Leo Warren throws his hat in
the political ring today by his
public announcement for the city
council, to which he believes he
will be reelected. The candidate
puts his record before the voters
and sohcits their support.
Recruiting Officer Rogers OF
the state penitentiary at Raiford
announces that he will arrive in
the city next week to take in
charge several prisoners who are
to be turned over to his charge
upon arrival. He will leave for
the prison on the day following.
At a meeting of the county
commissioners last night the
names of 1000 additional citizens
were ordered placed in the jury
box. There have been a number
of important cases tried since the
names were placed in the box at
the beginning of the year
OCTOBER Is. 1924
Key West has safely escaped
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19
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Today's Horoscope

Today gives an artistic tenn
permanent, rather sensitive and in
clined to give way tothe feelings.
There lis, however, a spirit of
determination that will stand fast
in defence of the rights, which,
combined with the alertness and
caution given under this degree,
should lead to. victory in life.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19
ELEcr1oN.s COMING up ane

it'll be not time then, so let's
turn to peaceful things for our
interlude today. Eileen Hall.
who was born in the West Indies
and is now married to a New
York doctor, last year wrote,
1.-The Fountain and the Bough".
In it are some very good express
sions of beautiful things tropic
which might well be applied to
Key West. She will be in Key
West to spend the winter season
again this year.
MANY A FLORIDA KEY
HARBOH will be recalled by the
following:
Here noon is desolate and bright
And burns the black rock blue
with light,
Sleeps mangrove with pigeon
sheen
And clarifies the wave IN green,
Unravels purple in the shade
To match the scalloped pattern
made
On jelly-fish, that glimmering lie
Like full moons fallen from the
sky.
And descendants of Bahamas
will remember the sound of the
conch shell:
Far-off, where moons low cloud
is piled
Oh, cadence droning hoarse and
wild,
Oh, air with earth unreconciled,
Too sweet to lose, too sad to
The conch-shelPs blown across
the wave.
Lately, young mahogany trees
have been planted throughout
Key West. Here is the way a
mahogany tree impresses Eileen
Hall:
Forever summer shall enrich your
bough:
| And your cool festivals of green
and shade
With salt and melody the wind
-endow,
The ground-dove grieve forever
in your glade.
The peaceful philosophy of Key
West is a quality Northerners
marvel at. Perhaps it is a little
like this:
Admit no starry vile,
Ask nothing of Affair,
Orion will beguile,
And Sirius ensnare.
If you would comfort have,
Consult the grass alone;
If counsel, the incessant wave,
Breaking on stone.
/ Iii IAGy WCSt tilCAC - a SoOoecAi-
Itial negro population. Many of
them still have the thoughts of
Africa through them. Not very
long ago voodoo drums beat in
Key West. Listen to this negro
lullaby of the West Indies with
its 'obeah' undertone:
Buckra pic'ny, TEX yo' res,
De full moon waalkin' to de ives.
Dis night too quiet an too vile
Wha' mex you sech an own-way
chile?
A wha' you watch fa'? You too
n'young.
Wait till trouble tie yo' tongue.
Wait till you grown an gaan from
home,
Den wen you caal, a who goin'
come?
Dis night air blowin' very cowl.
1
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19
THE ISLAND CITY

Wha' mex dat darg begin flu
howl?
Fool neber 'fraid we'en moon look
bright,
Say, Grab and jumbo lub lark
night.
Jumbie like moon as well as Ne
Dey comm waalkin' from de sea.
Der foot tu'un backward we'en
dey tread,
Dey wearin' body ub de dead.
Dat fisher-bwoy dat wu'uk on
sloop,
He watch dem waalkin' from
Guadeloupe.
Dey walk de Channel, like it
grass;
Den, like rain-cloud, he see dem
pass.
Dey comm steppin' out ub He'll,
Wit burnin' y'eye an a sweet
smell.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19

Bundism is wholly alien and hostile to
the United States, and nothing more than
Naziism in disguise; it should be wiped
out completely, and now seems the ap-
propriate moment.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19

A Boston man some years ago
promised to retire when he had made a
million, and kept his word. We are some
times tempted to make similar VOW.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19

Mrs. F. ]. canon, of Walsenburg, Col,
bit into a homegrown carrot and found
gold ring she lost in the garden ten years
ago. Carats from a carrot.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19

From Missouri paper: Ray Har-
per was married last week We didn't
get the lady's name; but no matter, it's
Harper now"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19

A music critic says only two per cent
of the people can sing. A liberal estimate,
we should say
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19

Politicians with the itching palms
should beware and remember the crooked
politicians in Louisiana, and their fate.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19

From a funeral sermon: "Here lies
before us only the shell of man; the nut
is gone.''
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19

Few newspaper readers are ignorant
enough to qualify for jury duty.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19

KEY WEST will soon decide
when to celebrate its Thanksgiv-
ing. Thus far in the nation %
states have voted to follow the
Roosevelt date of November %.
Twenty-tllree state governors
have decided for the November
80 date. Mississippi as yet has
not decided. Celebrating both days
will be Texas and Colorado.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-19
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WESl
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

|. Water and Sewerage
2 Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning).
3. Hotels and Apartments
4. Bathing Pavilion.
). Airports--L md and Sea.
6. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-02
NOTICE OF SALE.

Under and by virtue of the power
contained in a. Deed: of; Trust execut-
ed by hnsD:s Peck and wife, Ruby
Pendleton Peck, recorded in the Of
flee of the Register of Deeds of Vance
County, in Book 1885, vat page 4l7,' de-
fault having been made in the pay
ment of the debt therein secured, at
the request Of the holder of the note,
shall sell at public auction to the
highest bidder, for cash, at the Court
house door. in Henderson, N. c., at
Twelve o'clock, Noon, on Monday,
August %, 1889, the following de-
scribed real estate:
Being all that tract of land known
as the Peck Farm in Townsville
Township, Vance County, N. c., con-
tanning 1925 acres more or less, now
in the possession of j. d. Peck, and
bounded on the North by the lands
of w. E. & r. "A. Walker and J. P.
Starlke, on the, East by the lands of
E. A. Lewis estate and M. B. Hunt,
on the South by the lands of J.. T.
Marrow, Abraham Sneed and Walk
er, and on the West by Walker and
Starke, being the same land describ-
ed in Deed of Trust securing the
Federal Land Bank of record, in
Book 161, at page 295, Vance County,
to which. reference is here made. !,
The above land will be. sold sub:
jectl to all prior liens of record. !
This the 26th day of July, 1899.
81 T. S. KITTRELL, Trustee.
26-2-9-16