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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-05
Aid
By County In
Month SAL
Emergency Relief Is
Less A n d County
Home PopuIace De
clines; 275 Applicants
For Aid Are Turned
Away.

Relief expenditures by the county
iOf Vance on its own account includ-
ed during the month Of November
an item Of $441.69 for hOspitaliza-
ton a sum larger than the average
for some omnths, it was shown in
the monthly report OF Miss Clara
to the Vance Board Of County Com
missioners Monday at their regular
monthly meeting for December.
Anolner item was $225.94 as emer-
gency expenditures, including mills,
groceries, mtacIne, Iuel. cIolnIns
and medical care.
! Ola age assistance payments Wer1
SO16.69 IN November, nISnest Tor any
4nOntn OF Tie current fiscal year,
WnlIe $zoy.2U was paIu as ala to ue-
penuenI children, and 942.O3 as ala
To the blind. t'eQeraI ana State funds
account Tor most OF these tnreu
items.
MISS Ellis reported thu 33 fam
lilies were provided with commodity
cIOlAlns IN November, 81 received
aid ana 20 were on the aid list al
the END of the month. Hospitaliza-
ton was provided 1Or IL persons.
AT tie enu Oh tne mCnLn Inar,
were ten patients IN the county
home, which is below the average,
and II patients were in the tuber-
culOsis sanatorium, with II colored
tuberculosis patients in the Jubilee
hospital ward provided for that pur-
pose. A total Of Pts persons were
''SerViced but received no financial
aud" Seventeen were certified to the
WPA and six to the NYA.
A total of 264 individuals are now
on the old age assistance rolls Iol
the county, including four closed
during November; and 144 are on the
aid to dependent children list, in
GLIDING two certified during the
month. Aid to the blind includes a
list Of ten.
Thirteen child labor certificates
were issued in November, and los
investigations and visits were list
er, with ,442 miles travelled by the
welfare department staff in dis
charge of duties Six visits were
made outside the county.
Forty-three juvenile cases were
handled in November, with eight
juveniles on probation and two on
parole. State PAROLES numbered r.
Five adoptions are pending and one
child is awaiting adoption.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-05
265 Ladies
At Meetings
Rural Clubs

Twenty meetings of home DEM
onstratiOn clubs were held in the
county in November with an atten-
dance Of 265, it was shown in the
monthly report to the Vance Board
County Commissioners Monday by
Mrs. Hattie F. Plummer, home dem
3nstratiOn agent
Mrs. Plummer reported 80 homes
visited, and said she worked rs
Gays, all in field work but six. She
Travelled 875 miles in the discharge
Of her duties, she reported.
Planting Of shrubs was empha-
sized during the month. One days
work was had at the Community
House at Middleburg, with more
work to be done there when the
tobacco market closes.
Mrs. Flummer reported good at
tendance at club meetings through
out the year. Due to drysWeather,
fall grass soWings were delayed,
but paintings exceeded those Of a
year ago.
Mrs. Plummer and four club
women put on q gourd exhibit al
the district club meeting IL Rocky
dount.
Plans for December include work
in Christmas decorations.
Fresh pork was available at the
curb market all the month, Mrs.
Plummer reported, added that Mrs.
w. C. Watkins has led in curb mar
ket sales for the year, with her
aggregate exceeding $1,000.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-05
Annual Rush
Of Choppers
Is Starting

The local office of the North
Carolina State Employment Service
is preparing for the season rush fol
farm hands and share-croppers, J.
S. Guide, manager Of the office, said
today.
Mr.. Guide said the reduction in
tobacco acreage for 1910 will prob
ably make av.ilable many good
farmers and farm hands who nor
mally would not make a change.
He urged that all persons seeking
farm employment. and that all
farmers and farm-OWners who an
ticipate a need for farm help con-
tact the employment service as soon
as possible.
At the present time the office is
in interviewing appli-
Giants with farm experience and
trying to determine whether or not
they are interested in farm work
for the coming year. lie said de-
tailed information as to crop eN-
perience, the number in the family,
wages desired, willingness to move
to other communities and other
data is being secured and entered
on registration cards.
The Henderson office has rep
resentatives in Oxford all day each
Friday and in WarrentOn each
Wednesday morning, and that ad-
time would be allotted to
those offices as the need requires.
The local office serves the three
counties of Vance, Warren and
Granville.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-05
Same in Each Town
ship as Last Year;
Listing Earlier This
Year; Fire Protection
Arrangement Talked;
Taxes $12,679.

T,ist-takers to serve in the listing
of taxes for 1910 were approved by
the Vance Board of County Commits
sioners Monday at their regular
monthly meeting for December
There were no changes in any of the
townships from those who served IN
the 1889 listings last April and May
Miss Dorothea Woodlief, county ac-
countant, was named as supervisor
for listing. and she was asked to SUD
nit names of these to have charge
of the work in the nine townships
of the county. Her list was submitted
Monday and approved unanimously.
The list. by townships. follows:
Henderson-AIrs. Alpheus Thomp-
son and George t. Pegram.
Kittrell-J. D. Whitley.
WILLIAMSBURG H. Rice
Townsville-F. T Tucker.
Nutbush-W. W. White
AIiddIeburg-Fr H Spain.
Sandy Creek-AIrS c. 4. Collins.
Dabney-G W Norwood.
Watkins-R. G. CaWthorne.
Abstracts and other records and
be distributed to the workers toward
the end OF this month. and listing will
begin the first Of January. The
change was made from Chapel by
the last legislature in the hope. il is
understood. Of finding more property
to be taxed as of January l than as
of April l. The month of January is
designated as the period for listing
instead of the month OF April, as
heretofore
There was some discussion at the
meeting OF the commissioners Mon
day afternoon, following the fore
noon session. Of the arrangement
sought with the City of Henderson
whereby the city fire department will
furnish fire protection TO suburban
areas. The board already had a com
mittee for that purpose composed Of
Henry Hight, but Chairman S. B.
Rogers was added to the group Mon
day. The City Council has named
a committee also, and the two groups
are expected to have a meeting in
the near future to canvass the sit
uation in search of a plan acceptable
TO both sides.
F. M. Dorsey. county tax collector,
reported to the commissioners that
he had collected S12,6792O during
November on the 1889 tax levy. This
ran the total to approximately S62,-
600, including prepaid accounts Of
about half that, and some $4,000
received in October. In round fig
ures, the 1889 levy was $4,000 to
be raised from taxes, leaving about
$4,000 outstanding, with some 40
percent Of the levy now in.
The board drew a jury to serve
during the January cne-week Grim
lnal term of Vance Superior Court.
M Y. Cooper was reelected as
recorder protein for the county.
Chairman S. B. Rogers and County
Attorney Irvine B. Watkins were
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-05
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page FOW7

/. For what purpose was the
Lewis and Clark Expedition or
ganized and authorized by Con-
gress?
2. How long period is a pen
tad?
3. Which State bears the nick
1ame "SunfloWer tate"?
4. Name the capital Of Estonia?
5. Which country won the Davis
Cup for 1888?
6. What is the name of the Jap
anese art Of self-defense?
T. In what vicinity did the legen-
dairy ship, the Flying Dutchman' ,
launt the waters?
g. Can the President Of the U. S.
juspend or dismiss the governor Of
4 State?
g. On what three islands is New
York City situated?
10. What are herbivorous ami
.AalS?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-05
SCOTT BOUND OVER
ON ROBBERY COUNT
Recorder Clements Places
Townsville Negro Under
$500 Bond

James Scott, Negro, who was taken
into custody yesterday at Townsville,
and charged with the Sunday night
robbery Of TaylOr's store at Towns
vile, was given hearing in county
court today before Recorder r. f.
Clements. Probable cause was found
in breaking and entering and lar
ceny and receiving charge, and the
defendant was bound over to Vance
Superior court under bond Of $500
Scott was arrested Monday morn
ing at a Townsville school, and led
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-05
List-Takers Are Chosen
For January Assessings

named as custodians Of the county 5
sinking funds.
In the forenoon. Chairman S. B
Rogers was reelected to that office
B. p. Wyche as prosecutor in the
recorders court and MIR Watkins as
county attorney were all reelected
for year.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-05
Realty Deals
Some Fewer

Real estate transactions showed a
slump last month as compared with
November a year ago in Vance cotn-
ty, records today at the register Of
deeds office indicated Last months
total was 80, as against - in No
vember, 1888 For the first eleven
months of 1889, the total was 1928, as
against 1858 in the like period last
year.
October this year had 25 realty
deeds filed for recording in the regis
ter of deeds office.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-05

Deputies E. A. Cottrell and j. c.
1nscoe to a spot where he'had each
ed the loot from the store
Prayer for judgment was continued
upon payment Of the costs as to Char
lie Burton, Negro. who was guilty Of
being drunk.
Doc Tucker was charged with rob-
berry, but the prosecuting witness,
Lula Della Hight, came into cour,
and Withdrew the charge upon pay
ment Of the costs.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-05
TWO REALTY DEEDS
FILED ON MONDAY

There were two realty transfers
with the Vance Registry Monday, ac-
cording to records there.
Luvena 7. Morris, ct AL sold James
A. Taylor a lot near the city for $40
and considerations.
A church lot in Kittrell was sold
to c. B. Peace, ct al, for SIPS by DR..
L. B. Capehart.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-05
SIX MORE DRIVERS
PAY TRAFFIC FINES

Records at the city Clerks Office
today showed that six motorists bid
81 fines into the office for violation
Of traffic rules. Those paying the
fines were S. P. Brummitt, W ?
Mitchell, Earl SatterWhite, A. b
Peasants, Bertha Williamson, and
SilaS Powell.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-05

Japanese shells damage telephone
exchange in Chinese city-neWs
item Maybe the Jap commander is
just trying to get his nickel back.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-05

night at 1880 o'clock in the
Masonic Temple. All Master
Masons are cordially invited to
tend.
Work in Master Mason Degree
c. O. Seifert, w. NJ.
J. L. Wester, Secy.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-05

Home on the range doesn't seem
the same any more, with Tex and
Curley busily dropping two and purl-
inc one
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-05
NOTICE! NOTICE!

Regular commumi.
cation of Hender.
son Lodge No. 229
A. F. and A. N.
will be held Ia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-14

Attorney James Murray began his cross-examination of James F. Purcell this morning. The testimony was as follows:
 o. Before the Leary administra- ton, what did they call the warrant payable register sheets that were subject to the Board of Finance?
 A. don't know.
 o. Did you ever see any of those sheets?
 A. don't think so.
 o. Well, you looked up the rec- ords for 1929, didn't you?
 A. I have.
 O. We'll, at various times while you were in the controllers jf1ce, you consulted records for 1929. Didn't you?
 A. Yes.
 o. And 1928?
 A. I think so.
 o. Those sheets that were pres- ented to the Board of Finance in their bi-monthly meetings were not called warrants payable register sheets. Were they?
 A. don't know what they were called, but they served the same purpose.
 o. They were called at that time journal sheets. Weren't they?
 A. I believe they were.
 0. Now, in 1880 when the Leary administration came in, there was an essential change in the book keeping methods of the controllers office. Was there not?
 A. Correct.
 o. And what was that change?
 A. There were many changes in the records. One of them was the replacing of the journal sheet with what Is known as warrants psya- ble register.
 Exlains Differences
 o. If you would be good enough to confine your answer to the war rants payable register sheets. What was the difference between the warrants payable register sheet in Leary's administration and that of the preceding administration?
 A. There were not many clffer- ences. The new sheet showed the condition of the appropriations. The old didn't. The new sheet had a space provided on the reverse side for signatures while the old sheets were signed on the face.
 c. Well, now, do you know who suggested that new device on the warrants payable register sheet?
 A. I don't.
 o. Did you ever have any knowl-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-14
oks showing what the symbols

books showing what the symbols stood for? A. Did I rersonally hand him one, is that the question? e. Yes. A. No. e. Did you ever discuss such a book of symbols with Controller Leary? A. don't recall. e So, isn't 1t true from your own knowledge, that Controller Leary,' when he went to Board of F1- nance meeting, was as utterly in the dark about what these symbols stood for as the Board of Finance themselves?
 A. No. It was probable that he became familiar with them as time went on. Depended On Purcell o. Don't you know that he wasn't familiar with them? A. I wouldn't say that he was entirely familiar with them. o. Don't you know that he de- pended on you, as chief accountant of the controllers office, to take care of that feature of the accountancy? A. That's true, isn't 1t? | A. That is true. A. I think SO. It all depends on whether you mean he depended on me to put them on the sheets pc. cause I didn't do that, but to ;dd 8 new symbol y'len items appeared on the budget-yes. o. Who devised the new system for the new item? | A. No doubt I did in all cases.
 @. So that you take the responsi- bility for putting the symbols on foz new items. Don't you? | A. Yes. e. And you know that Controller Leary knew nothing about that? A. Nc. Well. the records were there in the office and I don't know whether he became familiar with them or not.
 o. supposing new item came up l in l934-you dug out the symbol for the new item, did you not? A. If you look at 1t i:l this way o. Did you or didn't you, MT. Purcell?
 A. I don't recall whether did or not.
 O. Don't you know that new items came in after 1887 and new sym- bols appeared on the warrants pay able register?
 c. And aren't you the person in A. Yes.
 the controllers office that gave those symbols to the subordinates?
 A. I think so.
 0. And you do take the responsi- hility for that, don't you? l Q. And the supervision of these warrants payable register sheets came directly under your jurisdic- ton, did it not? A. No.
 @. It didn't?
 A. No.
 | c. Well, you as the chief account Iant were responsible for the war; rants payable sheets items, weren't lyou?
 A. No.
 | &s WcIc yOu HI 40OV5 l A. In the early part of 1880. | @. Did you retain supervision and
 direction over the items to be put | on the warrants payable register
 sheets in 1880?
 | A. In the early part, yes. | e. Will you designate what you
 mean by the early part? l A. The first few months. | e. How many Inonths7 | A. Perhapes the first four months | e. So that, would you say, tta you quit your supervision in Apri
 Tor May of 1880?
 | A. Not entirely. II @. Well. did you still retain sup
 ervision over the warrants payabl' register sheets?
 \ A. Only insofar as that supervis ion was limited thereafter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-14

V. was there anyone that limited the supervision? A. It is only that part that would accept. Q. Was there anyone that limited your supervision over the warrants payable register after April or May 1880? Not Responsible A. No. decided not to be re- sponsible for them myself.
 @. You decided to wash your hands of 1t. Did you? A. Yes. o. And do I understand your position to be that after that, you took no further supervision over those sheets?
 A. Only to the extent of answer ing certain questions that might arise. c. Well now, for the first two years of MT. Leary's regime, Miss Tehan was in your office. Wasn't she? A. Yes. e. Well, in the room that you occupied. Isn't that right? A. I don't know whether you mean in the first floor office or how long she was the bookkeeping machine operator. e. Well, didn't she sit along side of you for long time-a period of months at least? A. Yes.
 @. And within a few feet of your desk. Isn'a that right? A. Not in the early part of 1880. She was in the extreme end of the room. Q. Well. how far away was hhe from your desk? A. About IS feet probably. e. We'll, twice month she typed the sheets for the B. of Finance?
 A. That was fairly a continuous operation. They were presented to the board.
 Twice A Month e. The seets were completed at least twice month for presenta- tion to the board of finance. Weren't they?
 A. That's correct.
 e. Well, didn't you give her, her directions as to what mateer was to be put on the B of Finance sheets?
 A. In the beginning. until the operator understood the procedure yes.
 Q. Weren't you constantly con- suited by her as to what was to go on the B. of Finance warrants payable register sheets?
 A. No.
 Q. Did she ever talk to you about 1t at all?
 A. Perhaps not.
 @. And if the occasion arose, to whom did she go in the office to get the instructions?
 A. It depended on what the question was.
 o. Suppose it came to a question of the symbol that was to be used for a certain item touching cer- tain fund-to whom would she go then?
 A. T-e symbol was fixed much earlier in the year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-14
Do This If You're NE RvOUS

Don't take chances on products you knop iothing about or rely on temporary relic, .onic ike time-pfoven Lydia E. Pinkham't Vegetable Compound, made especially fo' Donsp from wholesome herbs and roots.
 Let Pinkham's Compound help build UT more physicat resistance and thus aid in calming jangly nerves, lessen distress from temale functional disorders and make life worth living.
 For over 60 yearp one woman has told another how to 60 .smiling thru" with written in reporting glorious bcnefts@it MUST BE GOoDs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-14
Purcell Admits Shifting
 Responsibilities To Clerk

City Spends Witness Stand Under Cross Exa
 Witness l Former Conduct of Office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-14

c. Was there anyone that limited the supervision?
 A. It is only that part that would accept.
 Q. Was there anyone that limited your supervision over the warrants payable register after April or May 1880?
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-22
XMAS TREE MUSIC
IS VERY POPULAR
Fine Programs Are Be-
ing Rendered Afternoon
And Evening

The special Christmas music be-
ing rendered in connection with
the community Christmas Tree in
the Public Square is proving very
enjoyable. Loud speakers at the
tree spread the carols and other
Christmas music over consider
able area. There is a program in
the afternoon from to 2:30 on
this loud speaking system and a
broadcast over WEI every eve
ming from s to 9 o'clock, The
Christmas programs, sponsored by
the Elks Club and the Mayor and
Council of Hagerstown will con-
tinue through the holiday season.
The loud speakers operate through
the facilities of the Ridgeley
Sound Service.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-22
STATION MEMORIAL
CHURCH YEAR OLD
Plans Are Being Made to
Erect $4,000 Church
in Near Future

The Station Memorial Church is
new project started about year
ago in the Missouri Conference of
the United Brethren Church, in
Kansas City, Mo. 1t is named in
honor OF the late Rev. A. B. Stat
ton, for number of years pastor
of st. Pauls Church, this city, and
subsequently the superintendent Of
the Pennsylvania Conference and
Bishop of the Southwest District.
in which capacity he was serving
when he died.
The new church was organized
on December II, 1888. 1t has
prospered, having at present fifty
or more members and Sunday
School which near approaches 100
in attendance. Other activities Of
the church are growing.
A vacant storeroom has been
used by the congregation, remod-
eled for temporary use. Plans are
now being worked out for beau
tiful church plant to cost at least
$4,000 within the next few years.
A large and interesting anniver-
sary meeting was held on Deem
Der 10, with 80 persons present.
The new church site is on a wide
boulevard leading into Swope Park
and in a fine section of Kansas
City, as we'll as in a locality from
which there are great opportuni-
ties to draw.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-22
PEACE ON EARTH

In these troubIous times of
world strife, Christmas brings
home to us the realization
that "Peace on Earth, good
will toward men" is more than
an empty phrase. 1t is the
foundation of all the teachings
of Him whose birthday we
celebrates. May that spirit fill
your heart to overlooking.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-22
AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP

Richard M. Long, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Alebrt M. Long, $40 Vir-
ginia avenue, has been awarded
one of the j. Walter Engler schol-
arships for the current college
year at Juniata College. Hunting
ton, Pa.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-22
WARNING ON TREE WIRING

John B. Centrum, issues a friendly
warning to all the citizens of the
State to safeguard against fire
from faulty Christmas tree electric
wiring and from the dangers in
volved in electric toys. He re-
quests that all wiring he checked
carefully.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-22
CITY MARKET CHANGE

City Market will be held Holiday
week and the first week in Janu-
airy on Thursday and Saturday
only.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-22
PLENTY OF CASH

Local merchants report that
approximately 95 per cent of the
sales are made in cash. and that
comparatively few checks are be-
ing offered in payment.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-22
COWBOY EVANGELIST TO
CONDUCT MEETINGS HERE

]. e. Barbour, Cowboy Evangel-
list, is coming again to the Church
of God, this city, to conduct SER
les of revival meetings for the
18th consecutive year, assisting
the pastor, Rev. F. III. Snavely.
The meetings will open with an
old-fashioned watch meeting on
the evening of December 81.
The Pen Mar Amusement Com
pany will again have charge of
Pen Mar Park next summer.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-22
BUYS PROPERTY

Asher Edelman has purchased
the Reisner property on Broadway
and plans to occupy it in the very
near future.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-22
The Christmas Silence
BY Margaret Deland

flushed are the pigeons cooling
On dusty rafter of the loft;
And mild-eyed oxen, breathing
soft,
Sleep on the fragrant hay below.
Dim shadows in the corner hide;
The glimmering lanterns rays
are shed
Where one young lamb just lifts
his head,
Then huddles 'gainst his moth
er's side.
Strange silence tingles in the air;
Through the half-open door bar
Of light from one low-hanging
star
Touches a baby's radiant hair.
No sound; the mother, kneeling
lays
Her cheek against the little
face.
Oh human love! Oh heavenly
grace
IT'S yet in silence that she
prays!
Ages of silence end tonight;
Then to the long-expectant
earth
Glad angels come to greet his
birth
In burst of music, love and
light!
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-22
WITH VA. RADIO STATION

Charles e. Seebeck, formerly
with Radio Station WEI, this
CITY is now associated with Radio
Station WSvA, Staunton, va.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-22

MERRY CHRISTMAS
The Hagerstown Globe wishes
all a very Merry Christmas.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-22
Nv LITTLE HElSkELL
X y X y

Dear Santa:
You can skip me this year but
fill my stocking in Annapolis in
1912.
Yours,
Comptroller ]. Willard Tawes.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-22
MISS YESSLER ILL

Miss Sadie Yessler is quite i'll at
her home near Chewsville, from a
stroke of paralysis.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-22
WINTER BEGINS

Winter Officially begins TODAY.
Yesterday was the shortest day
Of the year.