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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22
Recorders
Jury Drawn

A jury to serve at the january 2
jury trial day in recorders court was
announced today by Superior Court
Clerk E. 0. Falkner. A total of 20
names in all were drawn, as follows,
by townships:
Henderson,. c. Mann, A. H. Har-
ris, c. A. Rodwell, Jr., L. w. Hob
good, w. H. Mitchell, E. C. Powell,
C. w. Knott, T. C. Fleming, c. B.
Sturges, C. c. Gupton.
Williamsboro-C. Y Harris, ]. S.
Norwood, V. E. Knott.
ToWnsville-J. D. Reece.
Middleburg-Willie Norwood.
Sandy Creek-J. M. Robertson, Toll
lie Smith, T. R. Allen.
Watkins-K. E. Parrot, j. W. Full
Ter
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22
Offices Will
Close Monday
For Holiday

City and county offices will all
be closed all day Monday for
Christmas day, it was said today at
both places. A full holiday will be
taken.
Monday night is the time for the
regular monthly meeting Of the
Henderson City Council, but the
meeting will be postponed until
Tuesday or Wednesday night, it was
learned today
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22
ONE CHARGE HEARD
IN COUNTY COURT

Recorder R. E. Clements presided
at todays session of county court,
and there was just one charge to be
disposed Of.
Monroe Patterson was guilty Of be-
ing drunk and disorderly, and was
given 80 days on the roads, commit
ment not to issue upon payment OF
the costs.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22
COCA-COLA GROUP
PLACES DECORATIONS

The Coca-Cola Bottling Company's
Christmas decorations have been
completed, and will be in operation
tonight, it is said.
Each year the bottling company
on the Raleigh road erects a dis
tinctive Christmas scene, and the one
this year is expected to surpass those
of past years, it is said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22
Closes for Holidays

The local office of the North
Carolina Employment Service has
announced that it will be closed
Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, in
observance of Christmas. The office
will be open on Wednesday as usual,
it was stated
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22
Negroes Plan
Emancipation
Event Jan. |

ans are being made by Negro
HerS in Henderson for observance
larger manner than usual the
nuaI Emancipation Day occasion
January |, it was announced by
Hal l.. p. Gregg, colored ministerial
cial The program is being spon-
ad by the local organization Of
rs ministers. he said.
Details were not announced, but
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22
Mrs HAYNES Improves.

Mrs. Nora A. Haynes continues to
show Improvement at Maria Par
ham hospital, where she has been
undergoing treatment for nearly two
weeks. following an operation there.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22
PAYS TRAFFIC. FINE.

Mrs. George A. Harris paid 81
traffic fine into the office Of the city
clerk, according to records there
Evening star., 1939-07-16

HAM N Eccs IN QUICK TIMEl
n, bro.r nl,ce slice Premium Ham Quick Serve
ye and Bo 45O F. inch from hame
allowing IN each side of ham, Fill tomatoes with
eggs and around ham, .
auo'Os'o lO""
VISIT THE SWIFT BUILDING AT THE NEW YORK WORLDS
Woach the smoking and packing Suits premium Hc"'
and Sliced Bocon making S,Ufs Premium
Franklin ~~
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01

He also wore his clothes we'll.
The first thing he did after being
elected President was to give an
order to his tailor for thirty new
suits.
President Mckinley told me,
soon after he came to the White
House, that to him the greatest
satisfaction he got out of his new
job was being able to afford a
pair of suspenders for every pair
of trousers. 1--WE never owned
more than one pair of suspenders
at once" he said.
COMFORT emancipation
Most of us ordinary Americans,
unless we have to dress in stiff,
formal clothes for special occa-
sions, wear much more comfor-
table attire than we used to. We
men haven't yet got our Summer
clothing down to the few ounces
which the ladies wear but we
don't wear such heavy clothes or
as many of them as our fathers
did.
Men in the South dress for hot
weather more sensibly than those
in the North, though it can and
does get as hot in July and Aug
ust in New England as in Texas.
Most of us wear ready-made
clothes, and I suppose there isn't
as much profit for the makers
and dealers in cotton goods as in
the wool they still try to clothe
us in in Summer.
We men have, however, achiev-
! ed considerable degree OF
emancipation by the general
adoption of the soft, unstarched
shirt with attached collar as pro-
per wear for all but the most for
NAL occasions. We still wear toe
many folds of cloth around ou1
necks in hot weather, but give us
time. We may yet be as free as
the girls.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
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grain was drilled, with complete fer
tilizer applied at seeding time, and
was top-dressed recently with Area
dian nitrate of soda. This is the IA
miliar American nitrate produced
at Hopewell, Virginia.
The crop, which will be harvest
ed in midsummer, Is creating much
interest on the part of visitors from
the South and other sections of
the country.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
688 Persons Are
Executed In Two
Months In Spain
$50 Persons Tried In Madrid.
Many of Them Are Con-
victed. New Govt.

MADRID, May 27.-It was Of
ficially announced tonight that
the nationalists' specially consti-
tuted councils of war and per-
manent military tribunals had
sent 688 persons befose firing
squads since the fall of Madrid
March %.
The councils, formed by Off
GERS of the Madrid army of oc-
cupation, condemned 1000 per-
sons to death, but the sentences
of 312 of them were committed
to prison terms by Generalissimc
Francisco Franco.
Officials of the military trib-
unals said in disclosing the fig
ures that daily trials contribut-
ing to "the total naturalization OF
the life of the naion', were Gin
dispensable for initiation of the
second era of empire"
Tribunals in Madrid have been
trying $50 persons daily accused
of assassinations, robberies, burn
ing and sacking of churches
treason, imprisonment of nation
alist sympathizers and other &C.
Invites during the time when
the republicans dominated the
city.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
State Purchases
Linville Land For
Parkway Route
500 Acres Bring $4,000. Ave.
rage $50 Acre. Most Ex-
pensive Yet Bought.

RALEIGH, May 26. - Charles
Ross, general counsel for the
state highway and public works
commission, announced the pur-
chase of 500 acres lying along the
Yonahlossee highway between
Blowing Rock and Linville for
use as right-of- way for the Blue
Ridge parkway.
The land was bought from the
Linville company for $4,000 and
was the most expensive single
acquisition for the parkway, Ross
said.
Final arrangements for the
purchase were made by Hugh
MacRae, president of the Linville
company, and the commission at
a conference today.
Strip 1000 Feet Wide.
Ross said the right-of-way
would extend about 500 feet on
each side of the highway. The
area includes a considerable
quantity" of original growth
timber, he said.
"While the price of $50 per
acre is relatively high as COM
pared with other mountain land
that has been purchased" Ross
explained, "this is the only area
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
N. C.. SEES Office
Has New Set-Up;
Changes M a d e
District, Abolished; Each Of
flee Is Separate Unit;
Handling Claims.

N. WILKESBORO, May 20 -
Several changes were made in
the set-up of the employment
service office this month, B. G.
Gentry, manager of the North
Wilkesboro office, said today.
The principal charge was
placing the duties of the Unem-
ployment Compensation commits
sion work in the hands of the en-
ployment servicve personnel.
The UCC personnel here was
reduced by two members on
May Is. David Ball was releas-
ed and Mrs. Annie Turner was
transferred to the Mount Airy
office of the employment service,
where she is serving as reception
list. Charles Parson, who had
charge of UCC claims here is
now a senior interviewer with
the employment service, which
is also handling claims under the
UCC.
Effective on the same date was
the abolition of the ten employ
ment service districts in the state
and each branch is now an office
within itself and of equal rank.
Prior to that time the office here
was a branch of the district Of
flee at Hickory. James M. An
derson, former resident of this
city who was head of the en-
ployment service district with
headquarters at Hickory, is now
manager of the Hickory office.
The office personnel here since
the changes which went into eff
feet May Is is as follows: B. G.
Gentry, manager; Mrs. Catherine
Lott and c. S. Parson, senior in
reviewers; Silas R Nichols, jun
ior interviewer; Mrs. Frances IN
derwood, receptionist
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
MAYHEM Manor
Opens June Is

Jack C. Craft, Lessee-manager
of MAYHEM Manor, Blowing
Rock, has announced June Is as
the opening date.
Mr.. Craft explained that the
circle from the village of Blow
ing Rock, to the Manor was now
being paved and would be COM
pleted at an early date.
Mr.. Mark Hanna, of Pinehurst,
will assist in the management
this year. Other additions have
been made, Mr.. Craft said, and
added that he was looking for
ward to a very successful sea-
son.
MAYHEM Manor will be open
ed family style" on June 10.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
DUKE POWER COMPANY
REDUCES POWER RATES

RALEIGH, May Is - Utilities
Commissioner Stanley Winborne
announced today that the Duke
Power company had agreed to re-
duce it's rates in the Carolinas,
saving customers $1,5O9,000 a
year.
The reduction, most of which
will become effective June l, as
the largest in the history of the
commission, Winborne said.
Duke rates in North Carolina
will be slashed approximately
100000 a year, and rates IN
South Carolina approximately
$5OO,OOO. The company has 1884,
275 electric customers in North
Carolina and 1894 in South
Carolina, he said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01

PAJAMAS nightshirts
1 don't know what proportion
of American men stick to the
old-fashioned nightshirt; probab-
ly more than one would imagine
if he tried to buy one in store.
PajamaS are very modern inno-
walton for sleeping wear in this
country. I never saw or even
heard of them until 1 was in my
thirties.
Pajamas, which are pronounc-
ed "pyamas" in the Hindu tongue
whence we get the name, origi-
mated in the hot lands of India,
where two simple cotton gar
ments, tied in the middle with a
string, are about all that anyone
can stand, even for dress-up.
The English administrators of
the Indian government adopted
pajamas as semi-formal lounge
clothes for strictly stag" affairs
in the hot Indian nights. They
came to America from England.
I don't know why any man
should prefer pajamas to the
more comfortable long night
shirt cotton in summer, cotton
flannel or wool in winter. I sus-
pect that very high percentage
of American men feel the way !
do; uncomfortable in bed with a
string tied around the middle. ]
suspect, in fact, that many men
still stick to nightshirts.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01

Farley pressed a button to start
the presses turning.
The stamp, depicting sandlot
baseball game, will 60 on sale
first June IL at Cooperstown, N.
Y, where Abner Doubleday is
credited with having founded the
game.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01

The Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation has reported that
10000 premium payments, rep
resenting about 100000 bushels
of wheat, have been received for
"all-risk" policies on the 1899
wheat crop.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
BASEBALL ANNIVERSARY
STAMPS BEING PRINTED

WASHINGTON, May 26.-First
printing of a special stamp COM
memorating baseball came from
the presses today.
At ceremonies attending the
'first rum, Postmaster General
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
Today
AND
Tomorrow
- By -
FRANK PARKER
S 7 o C X B RIDGE

HATS beavers
When the first colonists of New
England began to explore the ma
tural resources of the New
World, they found the most val
liable thing for export was bea-
yer skins There were plenty of
beavers, they were easy to catch,
and their furs brought high pri-
ces in England, for the beaver
fur turned out to be the very
best fur from which to make felt
hats.
A good beaver hat would last a
lifetime or longer. It would shed
water and was much lighter than
hats made of rabbit or cheaper
furS.
I haven't been able to find out
when or by whom the shape of
the hats worn by Englishmen was
changed from the peaked crown
to the flat-topped hat with out
curved sides, but it was some
time in the zoos.
Then Frenchman, in 1850, in
vented the silk hat, which is no
good at all as a hat except for
show. 1t spells in the rain and it's
a lot heavier than a good felt
hat.
But by the early 1905 every
body who had the price was
wearing silk hats. No politicians
outfit is complete without a silk
hat. Every stuffed shirt" wears
one. There are more silk hats
sold in Washington than any 9TH
er place in America.
WhSON dlgniIy
Shortly after Woodrow Wilson
had become Governor of New
Jersey I was talking with him
about the troubles of being a
Governor. He said that he had
been notified by the head of the
New Jersey National Guard that
one of his duties was to review
the state militia, riding a horse
and wearing a silk hat.
There's no position I look
worse in than on horseback" Mr..
Wilson complained, land no kind
of headgear 1 despise as I do a
silk hat l tried to get the Adju-
tant General to let me review the
troops riding bicycle and wear
ing an old soft hat I've had for
ten years, but he said that would
not be dignified enough"
BY the turn of the wheel of
fate, Woodrow Wilson became
President, and had to pose and
be photographed wearing silk
hat oftener than any President
before or since.
He never was really happy in
the stiff, uncomfortable topper.
He stuck to his old, brown soft
hat, however, whenever he could
get away from public view and
wear something really comfort
able.
PRESIDENTS pOmp
l have known, or at least met
in the White House, every Presi-
dent in the past sixty-odd years,
, beginning with President Hayes.
Most of them cared very little
for the pomp and circumstance
of their official position, and pre-
ferred to wear old clothes and
= old hats when not on display.
The two best-dressed Presi-
dents in my time were Arthur
and Harding. President Arthur
took great pride in being we'll
dressed. He was very handsome
man, and knew how to wear good
clothes properly.
Warren Harding always spent a
lot of money on clothes, ever
since l first knew him, when he
was a small-town editor in Ohio
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01

A recent survey showed 100
brood mares in Montgomery
County, and of so owners con-
tacted, only one was not inter-
ested in raising colts on his farm.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01

of any considerable size that has
the advantage of frontage on an
existing paved highway" The
land also has considerable de-
velopment possibilities. he add
ed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01

The wheat was planted late last
September under the direction of
the New York State College of Agri-
culture of Cornell University. Grow
er A. Whalen, president of the Fair
Corporation, and M. Lee Marshall,
president of the baking company,
presided at the dedication ceremon-
les.
Approved grain-growing methods
were followed throughout. The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
WPA CONGRESS
FIGHT HOTTER
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON - Sen. Claude
Pepper. D.. Fla, an ardent New
Dealer. today defied efforts OF
economy-minded senators to force
administration leaders to accept
the house approved 500, DOC. 900
emergency relief bill.
Il wouldn't compromise with
them for 40 cents" Pepper said.
"A matter of principle is in
volved in this business. If work
relief is right, we ought to get
along with 1t. II it is wrong, we
ought TO cut IL out"
He announced he will ask the
senate to approve the full $780,
100000 requested by President
Roosevelt to continue WPA work
through June.
The economy group has threat
ened to fight for an appropriation
of only $4,000, 900 or less. and to
expose" the administration re-
lief policy TO bitter controversy
unless the presidents senate lead
ers promise not to attempt to raise
the 500, 600. 900 figure.
Chairman Alva B. Adams, D.,
Colo. OF the appropriations sub
committee considering the bill. may
call a meeting this afternoon to
determine the amount to be rec
commended. The committee re-
lected, to 2. and attempt by New
Dealers yesterday to restore the
$50, 900, 900 cut.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
HEARING DAMAGE
ACTION OF GIRL

Seven men and five women
Jurors in the superior courtroom
presided over by Judge J. NJ.
Phillips Tuesday were hearing
testimony in the s3,313.s so personal
injury suit brought by Beverly Joy
Haugland. IA. through her guar
dian. Mrs. Augustine Haugland
against the Oliver Taxi Co.
The girl is asking judgment for
injuries sllegedly received May %,
1885. when she was struck by a
taxi assertedly owned by the de-
PENDANT company as she was riding
a bicycle at the intersection of So.
J and So. 10th SITS.
Judge Phillips. of Montesano, IS
presiding in the courtroom to
which Robert Evans. Tacoma at
torney. was appointed to serve by
Gov. Martin to succeed Judge ". o.
Chapman. who retired Jan. /.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
ONE-THIRD OF DRIVERS
MUST STILL TAKE TEST

About 65 per cent of Tacoma's
automobile drivers have passed the
state driving examination since
state patrolmen began offering the
test about Is months ago.
That means the other 35 per cent
will have to take the examination
between now and July 81, if they
wish to operate their cars after
that time.
Capt. Harry Snider, in charge
of the local state patrol office at
sth and A St. again reminded
drivers today that operator S
licenses will not be re-issued after
July 81 to those who have not
passed the test. The examination
is given without charge.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05

NEW YORK - Your correspon-
dents friendly banking informants,
who have excellent leaks" on
pending international affairs, say
that the department of state and
the people of our country are being
misled into believing that the
Rome Berlin axis is weak and that
Germany isn't solidly behind Hit
Ter. The inside information is that
there's nothing more unfounded
than these stories-which are be-
ing spread by Informed common
tators.
Moreover, 1t is said that the
moves being taken by the depart
ment of state can't help but in
volve the United States in the next
European war. The bankers are
so advising leading corporate Off
Gals. The warnings given are the
main reasons for the current slack
enine in industrial activities. And,
they account for the sluggish &C
ton of security and comomdity
trading markets.
Caution-There's no doubt busl-
ness sentiment continues optimistic
despite the game of politics being
PLAYED in Washington. The feeling
is that sooner or later conditions
will turn for the better. Not be-
cause of the administrators noble
assistance, but because of norma
underlying factors.
However. not knowing just how
soon the trend will start upward
the National Association OF Pur
chasing Agents is urging members
TO limit new buying 10 only cur
rent needs. Butt also reports
inventory positions are at sucs
levels that further reductions arenf
warranted.
Disappointing-Despite the fac
that first quarter auto sales raj
considerably ahead of the like pc
riod last year. volume wasn't near
IN as large as had been antici
pated. And there's unanimity o
opinion amongst the industry
executives that second quartz
sales volume win average below
prepared production schedules. Re
visions are now being made.
The decline in sales gains Is al
tributed TO business uncertsint
which was brought about by III
game of politics being played D
the White House and congress. an
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
BIDS FOR WIRE
OPENED BY CITY

Only two bidders out Of nine
had a different price for a carload
of copper wire than s7.s75 when
the city board of contracts and
awards opened bids Monday after
noon. Seven dealers quoted the
Identical price.
Hunt g. Mottet Co.. Tacoma,
were low, however. with a bid of
S7.762: another figure was second
low bid. 81 .s27 so, submitted by the
Gerrish Machinery Co. The firms
which bid at S7s75 were Love
Electric Co, General Gable Co.
Home Electric Co, ]. A. Roebling's
Sons Co. General Electric Supply
Corp, Washington Hardware Co.,
and Graybsr Electric Co.
The wire to be purchased repre-
sents the light departments annual
supply.
At the same hearing the board
opened an assortment of bids on
concrete sewer pipe In varying
specifications set up In four diff
ferent propositions. Bidders in
cluded Washington Concrete Pipe
Co, Harrison Pipe Co. American
Concrete & Steel Pipe Co, and
Howard Pipe Co. The bids are be-
ing analysed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
warren LODGE
TO VIEW FILM

Joseph Warren lodge Of Mssons.
insugurating series o. family
nights for their families and
friends. will present Wednesday
evening at Warren hal, 2e0sis 9Th
ave. the new sound motion picture
'Highhghts and shadows
Arthur NJ. Aneove. master. ana
Walter n. Savory. chairman an
nounced the regular lodge session
would start AT 40, the moving
picture at s:s5.
"Highhghts and Shadows is the
Eastman industrial film telling the
story OF photography. John Smith
will direct presentation Of the pic
ture.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
GUN STOLEN IN
1926 IS FOUND

Tacoma police today held a IS
caliber revolver which was stolen
in a local burglary 13 years ago.
Detective Capt. Cliff Osborne
said the gun was found by Seattle
police in the possession Of young
man in jail there for disorderly
conduct. The prisoner said he
bought il recently. Numbers on
the gun enabled police to trace it
to Tacoma.
Records showed the weapon was
one of four guns stolen Jan. "a,
1925. from the Service Hardware
Co. 1911 Pacific ave. Also taken
at the time were two watches, 70
knives and 100 rounds of cart
ridges.
Police were curious to learn
where the gun had been since its
theft. 1t appeared to have been
almost unused.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
Rehfnd The Stock Ticker
Business Trends a. Seen by Wall Street

overhanging European war threats.
As for auto sales during the last
six months of 1889, trade insiders
doubt whether the anticipated good
results will materialize.
Reports Are That-Bank shares
are being bought on belief earnings
currently at extreme lows with up
turn not unlikely Activity in
automobile industry beneficial to
Cleveland Graphite Bronze . .
Speculative positions retained IN
Crown Zellerbach - dividend ex-
pected TO hold . Increased build
ing activity spells out larger Nc
Graw Electric sales volume :.
Phelps Dodge first six month
volume to average a 40 per cent
gain over last year Current
Lynch Corp. bookings doing better
than insiders anticipated s.. There
was additional scale-down buying
of American Tel. & Tel. shares .
Machine tool orders currently al
best levels since September, 1881
American Encaustic Thing in
siders like this years prospects E..
Portfolio managers retaining po'
sitions in Briggs & Stratton on be-
lief dividend will hold Unior
Tank Car to show about so cents
a share for first six months
Scale-down buying reported IL
Newport Industries . And. thai
new French film law--if enacted
will reduce American film imports
by about so per cent of current
volume.