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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-15
AbSENTEES C|0S!F
SCHOOL At DABNEY
81 of About 375 on Roll Our
Because of Various Kinds
of Illness

Another school here has been forood
to close on account of absentees ~
as not to pull down attendance and
jeOpardize teacher allotments nevt
year. 1t was stated this afternoon ~
the office of Superintendent E M
Rollins that the Dabney school IN
the western part of the county enc
pended Tuesday afternoon for the ro-
mainder of the week
Official figures showed 81 absoncos
of pupils on Tuesday, out of an en-
rollment of approximately 375.
Henderson high school closed for
two days the first of last week nm
account of absences, with about %
percent of the enrolment there ont
Influenza and colds are penorau,r
the cause of children being awav from,
their classes. While other schools have
had an unusually large number If
children out because of illness tho
situation has not become serious
enough in any of the other schools 10
make it advisable for them to close
Time lost now will be made IN at
the end Of the term, so that the full
year will be made.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-15
Budget More Unbalanced
By Sales Tax Exemption
CONTINUED from Page One.)


port of the subcommittee on rail
roads been adopted. This report call
ed for a slash to 70 cents on the ST.
OOO
In passing, it should be said that
10th these actions will be reviewed on
the floor of both houses of the legis-
laturc, and that the committees fig
ures and findings are not at all GER
tain OF adoption in the final writing
of the revenue bill
Result of the rail franchise cut will
be reduction Of the States annual rev.
euue from that source from 1882, ISL
(actual collections for the last fiscal
year, to something like 81, 152, 293 each
year.
In connection with the rail matter,
Commissioner of Revenue A. j. Max
we'll quoted figures which are cal
culated to dispel any impression that
the carriers have been given no re-
lief from taxation during the years
of depression.
On the contrary, the commissioner
pointed out that since the depression
set in some eight years ago, the rails
have had successive reductions in
valuation which has amounted in the
aggregate to about thirty-three and a
third percent-One third their total
prc-deprcssion values Of course tax
relief not only in amount of franchise
taxes paid, but also in the ad valorcm
levies paid counties and other local
units has resulted.
After it's building and rail actions,
the committee got into a beer argu-
ment, which it deferred until today
when it became certain that there
were possible constitutional objections
to course of action proposed by a
subcommittee.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-15
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1889
Duke Rose Bowl
Film To Be Shown
Here February %

A full length motion picture of the
Duke-Southern California Rose Bowl
football game of January is to be
shown in the auditorium of the Hen
derson high school the evening of
Tuesday, February %, it was announc-
ed today The picture will be sponsor
ed by the Junior Order council here,
it was stated, and there will be no
admission charge.
A representative of Duke Univer-
sity, which owns the film, is to bring
the picture here and will comment on
the scenes as it is being shown.
Included in the film are extensive
scenes of the Pasadena Tournament of
Roses parade that preceded the foot
ball game.
Many we'll wishers of the Duke team
in the Rose Bowl game are expected
to attend the showing of the picture
here. The Duke eleven was backed al
most to a man in Henderson, and sew
eral Henderson people made the trip
to the west coast for the gridiron
classic two months ago, which Duke
lost by the score of to 3.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-15
Jury CASES HEARD
IN COUNTY COURT
James r. Coward Convicted
on Two Traffic Charges,
Heavily Fined

Yesterdays session of county court,
with Recorder r. E. Clements prcSld-
ing. was consumed with the month y
trial of jury cases.
Willie Merriman, Negro, charged
with possession of non-tax PAID corn
whisky for sale, was declared not
guilty by jury.
Leon Perry, Negro, charged with
drunken driving, reckless driving ana
damaging property, was found guilty
of reckless driving only by a jury,
and was given 80 days on the roads,
commitment not to issue upon pay
;nent of the costs, doctors bill and
,.am2ges done.
Wa lace Riggan was tried without a
urN ON a charge of reckless driving
and transporting whisky. He was
given go days on the roads, commit
ment not to issue upon payment of
the costs and not being convicted OF
violating the prohibition law OF
Vance county for the next two years.
B. G. Barnes, Negro, tried without
a jury was not guilty of possessing
non-tax paid whisky.
James R. Coward was guilty of
drunken driving, and was given six
months on the roads, commitment not
to issue upon payment of fine of
$500 and costs of court and damages
done to Clinton Edwards automobile
to the extent of 81. His license was
revoked.
In another warrant, James r. Cow
ard was charged with reckless driv-
ing, damaging property and hit and
run. He was guilty of reckless driv-
ng, and was given 80 days on the
roads, commitment not to issue upon
Lay.r of the costs. The costs were
consoi dated with previous case.
A. today's session of the court,
three cases were heard.
James Foster, Negro, who was con-
victed on Nov. 8, 1888 of .reck ess
driving. damaging property and driv-
ing without an operators license,
and required to pay the costs and
d images to the automobile of r. G.
Young. He failed to comply with the
order of the court and was given four
months on the roads today.
Leonard Reddingfield paid 81 and
costs for being drunk
II. T. Paxton, of Waynesboro Va,
WIS charged with larceny of an au-
.omObile, drunk driving, and no ope-
rator's license. He was guilty of tenn
porary larceny of an automobile and
drunken driving, and was given IL
months on the roads.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-15

Farm Tract SOld-C. w. Holloway
sold E. p. Holloway tract of 41.9
acres of land in Middleburg township
for $500 and consideration in the only
realty deed filed with the Vance Reg
s.ry yesterday.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-15
Position of ICC
Nominee. Is Defended
T. Continued from page Cne.,

continued from page Gne.'
vas not noticeable. Mussolini how
ever, already. was registering. Appar-
emily he was developing certain sort
of order out off chaos in Italy On
trolley cars and street corners one
heard the query put, "Wouldn't a die
tato"ship be a good thing in this coun-
try likewise?"
1t was noticeable enough to have
stimulated me to ask a number of
outstanding Americans how much
they thought it amounted to. They
replied that they did not consider it
a foolish question.
Said Senator Henrik Shipstead, eff
we want to transform America into
despotism, let us consult Benito Mus
solini"
Said Senator Burton K. Wheeler
We've got Fascists, if they can get
away with it, but I don't believe they
can do it,
, Said Senator Marvel M. Logan, "A
dictatorship has to start with popu-
lar dictator and the candidate W.
have now is not popular. president
HoOver) The time is ripe but the in
dividual is not available"
That was the general verdict.
Somewhat Apprehensive.
These chaps were (and are) Demo
Gratis.
Still, they were (and are) appre
hensive That did not imply that they
were Cor are) anti democratic. On the
contrary. they're democratically on
the defensive.
AS democrats, they are as demo-
cratic as ever jefferson was.
But they are entitled to feel that
democracy is in danger of being I'M
dermined.
Senator Bennett Champ Clark can
say that he is a democrat and is not
afraid for democracy's future. And
Senator Logan can say that he is a
democrat but is afraid as to demo
cracys future. And Thomas r. Am
lie can say that he is a democrat but
is hopeless as to democracys future.
1t is a statesman's privilege to be
hopeless, if he chooses.
Not So Radical.
1t is not so very radical to assume
that our big public utilities ought to
be publicly owned governmentally as
to railroads; municipality as to street
cars, gas and electricity.
Nobody ever thought that that sort
of stuff was downright revolutionary.
~ have heard that kind of dope since
1893 or earlier.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-15
MIGHT OF JAN, TO-
IS SOPHOMORE PLAY
Presentation Built Around.
Suicide of 1vanI Kreuger;
From Audience

At the time OF the suicide of sIvar
K4reuger, Swedish match king and
financial juggler, revealing the COM
pllcated failure of his international
financial interests, it was rumored
that he had only faxed his death, and
really had departed to South Amer
lea to live incognito and in luxury on
fortune that he had established
there. This story is the basis of the
play selected for presentation by the
Sophomore Class of Henderson High
School, on Thursday evening, March
z, in the high school auditorium.
The subject of the play is a murder
trial, and an unusual feature of it is
the recruiting of twelve members of
the audience to serve on the jury
Night Of January 10Th" had long
run in New York, and has toured the
United States The late Percy Ham
n1ond, dramatic critic on the New
York Herald-Tribune wrote of it 81
have the word of no less an expert
artist and Snowman than George M.
Cohan that Might of January 18TH
alternately chilled and fired his blood
with the dramas agucs and fevers,
more than any other masterpiece that
had come within his experience"
Might of January 10Th" was re-
Gently given in Raleigh and was stag
ed in the Wake county courtroom. 1t
was very enthusiastically received by
the people of Raleigh, in fact, so en-
Enthusiastically received that late COM
ers could hardly find standing room.
"Night of January 10Th" is different
from any play you have ever seen.
Come and see for yourself. -----.~ -
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-15
Members Must Attend
Club Meeting Thursday
Program Drawn Up
By President j. w.
Jenkins and Commit
tee Must Be Acted
Upon Quickly; Scope
of Club Greatly Widen

OF utmost Importance will DE the
meeting of the members and snare
holders of West End Country Club
Thursday evening at 1880 o'clock.
President James w. Jenkins and his
board of directors have drawn up an
extensive program for the operation
of the club for the coming year, wide
ly expanding it's scope a program
that calls for enlargement Of tho or
ganization, giving wide and varied en-
tertainment to all members.
1t is necessary that the members
and shareholders be present Thursday
night to pass upon the program that
has been drawn up for action.
If the entire program is passed. as
planned, West End Countrv o. III
make a great forward step toward be-
ing a well ha'e"""
plenty'of entertainment for each mem
Der.
The program, as outlined, is the
most comprehensive undertaken by
the organization in nav years. and
calls for the cooperation of each
member to the fullest extent.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-15
Warren Trip To
Raleigh Starts Talk

Continued rom Page One.)
there was any significance to the re-
marks of Gregg Cherry administra-
ton stalwart, when he asked that
courtesies of the floor be extended to
the man he later introduced as North
Cardinals Congressman No l."
Addressing Libby Ward, House
speaker Mr.. Cherry said, among other
things:
He is a man we hope some day to
see occupying the same chair in Con-
gress that you occupy here, Mr..
Speaker" +"
Was or wasn't that an indication
that Mr.. Cherry (sure to be on the
inside of administration plans for the
future) feels that Congressman War
rem has not even a remote idea of
running for governor, but docs have
high hopes of some day becoming
speaker of the national House of Re-
representatives.? That's what the won
derers are wondering, anyhow.
Those who think all the way
through the many legislative actions
and activities of this General Assem-
bly,, however, are quite convinced that
the issues for next years primary are
being shaped and many of the sagest
among them are expecting the next
campaign to be on par with it's 1886
predecessor for intensity and bitter
ness.
But however that may be and how
ever far this piece may have strayed
from the subject matter of its open
inc 49, - -N;11
wondering what Lindsay Warren was
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-15

In the next war all who do not
take to the sir will sit it o'rt-un-
derground. That is, they hope.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-15
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four

ton?
2. How long is a fathOm?
g. Who was Wolfgang Amadeus
Mo. art?
4. For what government agency do
the initials FDIC stand?
5. What is the correct pronunciation
of the word mustache?
6 Name the longest river in Russia.
7. What is the name of the science
which deals with insects?
g. Where was the recent Joe Louis
John Henry Louis bout held?
0. Name the large university located
at New Haven, Conn.
10! Can professional athletes COM
pete in the Olympic Games?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-15
Around Town

Lions to Meet-The weekly meeting
of the Lions C ub will be held this
evening at Z o'clock at the Vance
Hotel.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-15
HUNTING, TRAPPING
SEASON IS ENDED
Game Protector Burroughs
Declares Licenses This
Year Exceed Last

The 1889 hunting and trapping
season ends at midnight tonight, and
Game Protector r. 1. Burroughs
warned a hunters to store their
guns until another season.
Game Protector Burroughs said
sale of hunting and trapping license
this season surpassed last years by
something over $500, giving the round
figures, at about $4,000 for the sale OF
these privileges.
The protector said there were less
violations of the law this year than
last on basis of captures and con-
victions of those who violated the
law in one way or another
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-15
RECREATION PROJECT
SPONSORS CONTESTS

Negro skating contest will be spon-
sored tomorrow afternoon at $3.50
o'clock by the WPA recreation project
on Rock Spring, street. There will also
be contests for scooters, tricycles, and
bicycles. Prizes will be awarded to
the winners.
In case of rain, the contest will be
postponed until Friday afternoon, at
the same time.
Friday night, there will be box
ing match at the Henderson Institute
gym, starting at 1870 o'clock. All
fighters are requested by the head of
the project to report at 7 o'clock.
1922-Permanent Court of Inter
national Justice holds first formal
session at The Hague.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-15
England and France
Painted as Defense
For United States
Continued from Page One.)

mcrcc subcommittee at closed ses-
~."Ns
REPRESENTATIVE Warren, Democrat,
North Carolina, was notified Presi-
dent Roosevelt had approved a $40
800 VITA allotment to Ahoskie, N. c.,
FOR construction of a water-sewer
system.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-15

The Young Republican federation
appeals for an honest count of cleo
ton ballots. That sounds as though
the G. o. P. is becoming a little more
Self-cOnfident
Evening star., 1939-03-02
A. A. BerIe 10 Deliver
Second CUTTING Lecture

Adolph A. Berle, United States
delegate to the Pan-American Con-
ference in Buenos Aires in 1885, and
to the 9th Pan-American Confer
ence in Lima last December, will de-
liver the second of this seasons
series of Bronson Cutting memorial
lectures at Constitution Hall next
Monday night.
The subject of his lecture will be
Democracy and the Lima Confer
ence" Following the lecture Mr..
Berle will answer questions from the
audience.
The chairman will be Ernest
Gruening, adviser to the United
States delegation at the 7th Pam
American Conference at Montevideo
in 1888.
Final lecture of the series will be
given March 27 by DR.. Gunnar
Myrdal of Sweden on the subject
Maintaining Democracy in Sweden,
Evening star., 1939-03-02

possible a $50 monthly age pension,
enable Kentucky to abolish the real
estate tax on private homes and
"rehabilitate" schools.
A few years ago Mr.. Porter pro-
NOTED a National Youth Congress"
with headquarters in Louisville.
Evening star., 1939-03-02
Kentucky Derby Lottery
Proposed by Candidate

BY the Associated Press.
FRANKFORT, KY, March ga
lottery sweepstakes based on the
Kentucky Derby was proposed yes
terday by w. E. Porter of Hopkins
vile as he filed for the Republican
nomination for Governor.
He said the lottery would make
Evening star., 1939-03-02
Model Plane Exhibit

The Terrell Boys Club will exhibit
model airplanes made during the
last six months at the school, be-
ginning tonight.
The exhibit is preparatory to the
first Negro air meet of model craft
here this spring under the auspices
of the Community Center Depart
Evening star., 1939-03-02
Lecture on Netherlands

Virginia Pearce Delgado will lee
ture on Tulip Time in the Neither
lands" before members of the Ma
tional Geographic Society Friday
evening at Constitution Hail.
Motion pictures illustrating the
lecture will be in natural color.
Evening star., 1939-03-02
Under the Shadow Of Totalitarian

States"
Tickets are complimentary and all
seats are reserved. Tickets for next
Mondays lecture may be had by
writing or calling in person at 1926
Jackson place NV. room IT. Re-
quests for 78 tickets to Mr.. Berles
lecture have been received from en-
bassies and legations while $50
tickets have been requested by men,
bers Of Congress.
Evening star., 1939-03-02

BY ringing 62 peals, Miss Sylvia
Bowyer, aged %, of Ipswich, won
the distinction of being England's
greatest bellringer in 1898.
Evening star., 1939-03-02
ment, Jesse Mccoy Hanson, in.
structor, declared.

ITO preach morality is easy" said
Schopenhauer, Ito find a foundation
for morality is hard
Evening star., 1939-03-02
THE EVENINGS HIGH LIGHTS


Indoor Tennis cornpe
titon is described.
Snfonietta
chestra.
900 pm-WMAL wieds the baton
Philharmonic Orchestra plays Schuberts symphony
No. 7 in C Major"
$3.50 prominent educators attending
ton of American Association Of School Admnstra-
Cleveland, Ohio, discuss Are Doing
Their Job?" during the Town Meeting of Air
1O5 A. Taft Republican, speaks
on Shield of Mnorites-the American
tion" during Howard University Day dinner.
SHORT WAVE PROGRAM
$3.50 concert DJD, 254 LIT
1880 pm.-ROME operas m
1RF sos m, 983
recorded concert TPB7, 252 1188 meg:
TPA4, I'LL
$40 pm.-LONDON Empire Orchestra, GSD 255 1l75
3 SO GSB, BIS M, 951
variety OIa4A, 253 m, II "a
pm-GUATEMALA CITY, marimba ensemble, TGWA 81
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-06-16

Hello Folks:
What with graduations, we'd
dings, etc. coming up, this week
hasn't been what we'd call an en-
tirely dead one.
Back in Town: LOUIS CASON
who just arrived from Fisk Univ.
(Louis will be leaving the Twin
Cities soon tho, for the Worlds
Fair :. PAUL MAYES also just
arrived from West Va. State Coll
eye, where he's been attending
school. BARBARA MALLORY
breezed into the Twin Cities last
Sunday from Spellman College, Ga.
DOROTHY ALEXANDER,
who's been mentioning down in
Chicago, just returned to the Twin
Cities. Friends tell me they
saw both THELMA SAYLES and
HELEN POWELL shopping down.
town, Thelma in Minneapolis and
Helen in st. Paul. They said the
two brides-to-be looked as happy
as two bugs in a rug. ('Tis said the
two Sonnys (Simms and Berry,
are both looking very groomified
(whatever that look is ike). {.
Quite a number of folks about
town are planning to attend the
operetta, Hollywood Bound" be-
ing presented at the Wheatley
House, June 18th. 80.
Did you know: ELIZABETH
WALKER is planning to spend the
summer down in Chicago (My, my,
who'll be missing her?) {.
CONKLIN SMITH is leaving soon
for Evanston, Illinois GEORG-
INA COLLINS and JAKE, Jr. will
also be on their way soon to Evan
ston, Ill. for a vacation.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-06-16

groes on WPA projects, especially
in supervisory offices.
A large number of Negro and
white women delegates met Mrs.
Roosevelt as she entered the U. S.
Labor Department auditorium
where the conference was held.
Her entrance upon the stage re-
leased an explosion of applause
with repeated waves of cheering
for period of five minutes.
Mrs. Roosevelt stressed the right
of liberty for all in democratic
America and "the chance for every
body to work for decent living"
She warned that the country was
piling up it's greatest debt in its
''under-fed children"
The keynote speech was made by
Davind LASER, National President
of the Workers Alliance, who de-
scribed the Right-to- Work Con-
gress as "a crusade for recovery
a call to action in the war against
unemployment and depression"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-06-16
INQUISITIVE SAL

Cupid Must Have Been Round
Somewhere: Cause we saw MATT
JOHNSON and BARBARA Nc
CLURE out riding round and
round the moonlit shores of one
of our lovely lakes Sunday.
Song of the Week: JIMMY
LUNCEFORD'S "Well, All Right
Then" is too mellow isn't it?
Did you hear about the man who
stayed in bed the other mite and
didn't come downstairs while his
wife wrestled with a burglar?
When asked how come he didn't
go down and lend a hand he said
GIVE had a number of tussels
with the old gal and I knew that
burglar had plenty of trouble
without my giving him any"
This weeks bombshell: Did you
know one of our prominent St.
Paul couples arranged a date
(blindl between a certain st. Paul
gal and Mpls. boy who had part
ed ways definitely about a half a
year ago? IT'S said the two faced
each other again; there was silence
for moment and then it appeared
as if a spark Of love was rekindled.
The latest out is that the two are
back in love all over again and are
planning to marry some time in
the fall. IF it lasts that long,
which we hope it does.)
AUGUST PIPER and JUANITA
WALLACE are seem one another
quite often these days. :. What
rawther prominent Mpls. matron is
quite daffy over what young st.
Paul collegian? Otis said the ma
tron is planning on securing a di-
vorce, but the collegian is laughing
behind her back, saying, mo need
of her getting a divorce, cause I
wouldn't marry her for anything.")
Do you place the individuals
IT'S said a number of gals were
trying mighty hard to make an i'm
preston on DICK DOBSON'S
mother, who was up here from
Iowa for a short visit. (Mebbe the
gals thought the way to a mans
heart is thru his mother.)
Well, folks, that's all for this
week so until next week don't for
get to give a thought to
Your old pal,
SAL.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-06-16

Something new has come into
the field of journalism in Phila-
delphia-The Tribunette, a news
paper for the employees of the
Philadelphia Tribune, which was
founded last December and is
edited by Girls J. Perry Bird, grand
son of the founder of the big Trib-
une. The little Tribunette con-
tains four pages and is designed
to promote a friendly and CO.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-06-16
Early Masks Horrible

Beauty and the mask have rarely
gone together. When ancient peo-
pies made their masks-and man
has been making them from print
tive ages-they were made as horri-
BILE as possible, says the Washing
ton Post. Their purpose was to pro-
tect the wearer from ''evn spirits"
No more beautiful are the masks Of
today. And there are many. Be-
sides the much publicized air raid
mask, there are padded leather
faces" to protect boxers during
training; smoke and gas guards for
firemen and policemen: sand-sifting
nose and mouthpieces for dust bowl
storms. and, Of course. the mud mack
for milady's complexion.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-06-16
Cleaning instructions

To clean pearls, first rub them
with a cloth dipped In alcohol dilut-
ed with warm mot hot) water, or
in a weak solution Of soap and
water, then dip another cloth In
clean water and rub the pearls until
they are dry. Be careful not to
cave them wet. Either salt, rice,
pearI-powder, or some exceeding
Iy soft substance may aid IN clean
ing them. but no abrasive such IS
ground pumice. electro-silicon. or
any powder that Is sold as a polish
ing powder. should be used.