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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-13
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RAPIDS GOLF TEAM
FAILS TO CCSf'

The Roanoke Rapids golf team
failed to put in its appearance here
Saturday afternoon for an announced
inter-club golf match with West End
Country club.
The local golfers have participated
in three inter-club matches thus lar
this season, winning one and losing
two
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-13
GREYHOUNDS GARNER
VICTORY ON SUNDAY

The Greyhounds whipped the Dean
.S!uggers at old North Henderson
baseball park Sunday afternoon.
Gordon Bobbtt pitched the victory,
~nnnire nine and walking three dur
ing the seven innings.
The Greyhounds have uniforms,
go licking games with clubs OF
like ability.
Greyhound players are: j. L.
Capps, 1b; Douglas Lamb, 2b; Shorty
.-.,n, 80; Maynard Adams, 80;
Fames Grissom, c: Edgar Smith, II;
Tenk FARRELL CT; MchauX Bobbltt, II;
and Gordon Bobbitt, Jr.. pitcher.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-13
ASS PARKER BREAKS
LEG SLIDING HOME

y. Y. May 13.-(AP)-
the Syracuse Chiefs OF
'.paal baseball league
aaav to take immediate
nptacjng in the lineup
.nc" Parker. who was left
Toronto (Ont0 hospital,
p. Il broken leg suffered
mere Saturday.
Ting Shortstop, was in
re was sliding home with
"un in the second game
header after getting
Sd Inc first game.
.a.'Dack at Duke univer-
played 10 years of high
.." and professional foot
80. only other injury suf-
athletic career was a
t IN his sophomore year
.-p planned to give up
..a-s he made good as 4
3Iavcr. will spend his
E Friday in the Toronto
.@ fibula and dislocated
.3 Parker in the Cana
Tor a week and out OF
'"0 months.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-13

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-02
81 PERSONS SPEND
500 DAYS IN JAIL

Fifty-Seven persons spent total
of 500 Jail days in Vance county jail
last month. according To a report
made to Sheriff L. L. Swanson by
Tailor J. F. Peoples.
At the end of July. there were l3
persons in the jail, the report showed.
The order to which frogs and toads
belong numbers about 1000 species.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-02
DIR. H. G. Lasslter
Dies At Weldon

Weldon, Aug. DIR. Henry Grady
Lassitcr, 40, prominent Weldon ply
stefan, died late Thursday in Roanoke
Rapids hospital as the result OF a
cerebral hcmorrhage.
He was born in Northampton
county, the son of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Stephen Lassiter. He came to
Weldon at the age Of ii and made
his home with the late DR.. r. p.
Morehead. He attended the UnlVer-
sity of North Carolina, later gradual
ing from jefferson Medical college,
Philadelphia, Pa. He located for prac-
tice in Weldon in 1918.
He was a member and trustee OF
Weldon Methodist church, past presl-
dent of the Halifax County Medical
society. Il member of the North Car
DINA Medical society, Tri-Statc
Medical society and Il fellow Of the
American Medical society.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Willie Blackwell LasSiter: a son,
James Alexander LasSitcr, one
daughter. Jane Spivey Lassiter, and
one sister, Mrs. J. w. AgneW, Of
Oklahoma City.
Funeral rites was conducted at the
Weldon Methodist church this after
noon at o'clock.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-02
School Board
To Discuss
Road Survey

Routing of the national highway
around the congCStCd district IN
North Henderson. a.: taking iii Il
considerable slice Of school grounds
including the baseball field, OF the
North Henderson school is expected
to be one of the matters TO come be-
fore the Vance County Board OF
Education Monday al its monthly
meeting for August.
The re-routing of the road has been
surveyed by engineers OF the State
Highway and Public Works Commas
sion. ana map has been posted at
the court house showing this routing.
School board authorities are under
stood To feel that damage will be
done to the school property by biScct-
inc it in this manner. So far as has
been learned. the board has neither
refused nor accepted the new rOut-
ing. and what it will do about the
project, if anything. has not been def
initely determined.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-02
Dickie Says Each City
Must Make Own Future

! has since then become one OF the
most powerful of the many govern
mental commissions. AT the present
/ time. he said. there are total OF
III boards, bureaus and commissions
: in the federal government, each with
the authority 10 make rules and reg
ulatlonS which have the effect OF law.
Not a single one of these III boards
| is responsible to the people, for the
members are appointed. not elected,
and their responsibility is to the
source which appointed them rather
than to the people whose taxes sup
port them.
Nh Dickie spoke especially OF the
Wagner Labor Relations Act, Great
inc a powerful board which lays
down rules and regulations, all with
the power of law. which affect every
person employed in industry.
Touching briefly on international
affairs. Mr.. Dicklc said that the day
Iot economic isolation is gone, and
that people living i'll this area partl-
.cularly realize the effect of the wa"
in Europe on the markets for tobacco
and cotton.
Prior 10 MI. Dickie'S address. J. w.
Jenkins. 4 member OF the board OF
directors OF the Chamber of Com
merce. spoke on "Cooper4fon say
ing that cooperation of businessmen
in d community is absolutely essen
tial and that every business in Hen
derSon should DC represented IN IL"
Chamber of Commerce in order to
accomplish the most good for the
city.
Mr.. Jenkins outlined briefly some
OF the recent activities Of the local
civic organization. mentioning efforts
to secure the Improvement OF L. 5.
Highway No. | north Of Henderson,
the educational meetings conducted
throughout the county in the inter-
est of tobacco control program, and
community advertising 10 promote
Henderson as Il tobacco and cotton
market and as trading center.
Throughout the dinner and during
pauSeS in the program Mrs. J. ".
Sanders gave flashes Of amusement
with her Information Please fea-
ttre. Speaking over the telephone at
her place at the table. Mrs. Sanders
acted a. the information bureau Of
the Chamber of Commerce. involV-
ing local personalities in revealing
and laugh-provoking circumstances.
Approximately one hundred person
including Chamber of Commerce
members. non-membcrs guests, and
ladies. attended
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-02
Liquor Sales
Less In July

For the first time in 1910, liquor
sales declined at the Vance county
ABC store in July by comparison
with the like month Il year ago, it
was shown today by the monthly re-
port.
Sales last month were Sll,507.70,
as compared with Sl2,645.75 i'm July.
1889, drop Of around SLIGO. The
figure compared also with sales Of
Sl2,030.30 in June this year, de-
cline Of around $500.
For seventh months Of 1910, total
liquor sales were Sl08.207.5U. COM
pared with S86,960.40 in the first
seven months Of 1889, d gain this
year of around $4,000.
Each month in the first half Of
1910 showed larger sales than for the
comparative month in 1889. Vance
county operates only one liquor store.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-02
Jurors Drawn
For Recorder

Jurors to serve at the jury day Sos
sion of county recorders court next
Thursday were announced today by
Z. O. Faulkner, clerk of superior court
Most of them were from Henderson
township. The list, by townships, fol-
lows:
Henderson, c. A. Workman, j. l.
Claiborne. Lee c. GooCh, S. M. Wat
kins, Elmus w. Abbott, L. l.. Wilson,
c. S. Wcster. c. NJ. Hight. Crawford
E. Daniel, A. B. Falkncr, d. r. Hale
f. NJ. Barnhart; WILLIAMSBURG, c. 5.
Averette, l.. S. Gill; Townsville, L.
U. Sanford; Sandy Creek, G. w
Frazier; Dabney, E. j. Wells, II. K,
Hester.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-02
National Chamber of
Commerce Executive
Speaks to Local Bus
inessmen at Meeting
Last Night.

ANY city must determine It's own
destination. and then the merchants
of the city must lay down the money
for 4 ticket 70 that destination. L.
p Dickic. manager Of the south
eastern division OF the United States
Chamber OF Commerce, told Hender-
son Chamber of Commerce members
and their guests last night at dln-
ner-mecting at the Vance hotel.
Communities. he pointed out. are
competing among themselves tor
trade lust as separate business eS-
Establishments within each community
are competitors. and each community
Must necessarily study It's po$Slolll-
ties and is attractions and advertise
these features to its potential Gus
toners. This community promotion
and advertising is the function OF the
Chamber of Commerce, Mr.. Dlckle
said.
The Atlantic executive Of the ma
tional Chamber Of Commerce organl-
cation made no effort TO outline
specific policies for the local or2anl-
cation. but spoke along general lines
of community development and en-
phaSized the fact that changed con-
GitjonS have brought neW local. ma
tional and international responsible
lities. His announced topic was
Changing Responsibilities OF BuSI-
ness
Modern highways which lead into
Henderson also lead away from this
CITY to other cities. Mr.. Dickie point
ed out. and one Of the reSpOnSiblli-
ties ut Henderson businessmen. work
ing through the Chamber Of Com
mCrCc. is 70 learn what attractions
in the city bring shoppers TO Hender-
son and what reasons induce them
70 use the highways for going to
other places.
Many projects for community de-
velopment he said, are longterm
undertakings which may not pro-
ducc results immediately but will be-
come evident as years pass. Among
these he mentioned community beau
tiSication. health Improvement, ac-
cideut prevention and fire preven-
ton.
OF national affairs. Mr.. Dickie en-
phasiZed that for several years the
national Chamber OF Commerce has
been using the slogan What Helps
Business Helps You." to call attention
TO the point that only by wages,
profits and taxes do we have the
god things that we have in Amer
lea"
In this connection ne called atten-
ton to widespread delegation of
powers by Congress within recent
years. The first delegation of such
powers. Mr.. Djckie said. was in 1889
when Congress created the Inter
state Commerce Commission, which
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-02
Land Use Plan
For Harnett

College Station, Raleigh, Aug =
Harnett has been selected as another
county in which unified program OF
agricultural activities will be at
tempted this year, J. F. CriSWell,
land use planning specialist oil State
College, announced today.
At recent meeting held in the
county. a committee composed OF 30
leading farmers and farm women
as well as Representatives Of various
agricultural agencies operating IN
Harnett placed their stamp of APP
proval on the plan. The prospectus
was offered by the State Committee
After accepting the unified effort
program for lettering the position
of agriculture in the county, the COM
mittee directed that land use planning
work be reorganized on the basis OF
communities rather than continue
operation on 4 township basis.
Following this decision. township
representatives accepted the respon-
sibility Of calling meetings OF their
committees and reorganizing them
so as to include representatives from
each neighborhood Of the community
CrisWell stated that the next series
of land use planning meetings VIII
probably be held in September ana
will be conducted on a community
basis rather than by townships as
has been the case in the past.
The move to change the plan o.
operation from a township to a COM
munity basis was prompted by map
submitted by the State committee
which laid out the work on a COM
munity and neighborhood plan.
The unified program will be pat"
termed after that of CasWell county
which has attracted much favorable
comment in the past few months
CriSWell said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-02
MRS. THOS. R. SHORT
DIES AT HOSPITAL
WILLIAMSBURG Lady Ill One
Week; Funeral Set For
Saturday

Mrs. Eula Matthews Short, 80, wife
of Thomas R. Short, died at Maria
Parham hospital Thursday evening at
$50 o'clock. Death occurred about
an hour after she was taken to the
hospital, following weeks illness at
her home in the WilliamSboro section.
Mrs. Short was a native Of Gran
vile county. but had lived most OF
her life in the WILLIAMSBURG section.
In addition to her husband, Mrs.
Short is survived by her parents, MI.
and Mrs. Thomas Matthew's: three
brothers, J. T.. R. B., and M. Y. Mat
theWs, all of the Townsville COM
munity: and three sisters. Mrs. Lee
Wilson and Miss Annie Mae Mat
theWs. both of Townsville township,
and Mrs. Jake Norwood, Jr., Of Pal
mer Springs, Va.
Mrs. Matthews had been a MEM
Der of Rock Spring Baptist church,
near Townsville, for eighteen years.
Funeral services will be held at
Rock Spring church at 3 o'clock Sat-
urday afternoon, with interment in
the church cemetery. Rev. S. l.. Nor
gan, of Wake Forest. the pastor, will
be in charge, assisted by Rev. J. S.
Kcnnison, Presbyterian minister Of
Townsville. She had been married
thirteen years, since 1927.
Active pallbearcrs were announced
as follows: Boyd and Ed Short, J. j..
Matthews, J. w. Matthews, Kemp
Matthews and James Reese; honor
airy, DR.. p. II. Winston and Dr..
Hoober, both of GAINESVILLE, Va: K.
b. Taylor, w. H. Proctor, A. G. Moss,
Walter Corey, Richard Reese, Will
liam Reese, j. G. Moody.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-02
Teacherage
Ready Soon

Work on the new tcachcragc for
the city schools is expected to be
completed by September !, it WAS
learned today at the office of Super
intendent Z. NJ. Rollins. Some floor
ing is yet to be laid, and some of the
doors are to be placed, but other than
that most Of the job is already finish
cd.
Furniture for the building has been
bought and is supposed to be dc
livered by September |. If the re-
mainder Of the work is carried
through according to schedule the
building will be ready for occupancy
by teachers by the time the fall term
in the schools begins on Thursday,
September II.
Work on the project was begun
around the first of the year, and the
cost is Approximately $4,000.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-02

Law can cmbody and realize the
conscience of the better half Of a
people. and can force the Worser
half uD to its standard.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-02
County Board
Meets Monday

The regular meeting of the Vance
Board oI County Commissioners for
August will be held next Monday,
but little business of outstanding in
tcrcSt or importance is expected to
come up. 50 far as could be learned
today.
The board has already adopted the
l94O-4l county budget and fixed the
tax rate at so cents, the same as for
several years past, 50 that these
items have been disposed of. Mon
days meeting is expected to be large
ly a routine affair.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-02
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page FoW

/. New Yoli'5 Mayor LaGua5.
is known throughout the country .g
the nickname "f "Pudgv." S
puss,' Little Flower" or Lite
Napoleon?
2. Do the common how ellie. arr
8. Under which %u.crm#ru' d..
partmcnt is the NatIona! Bureau Il
Standards?
f. Who wrote the nuVcl S, BIZ
5. Is the average length o., IL, BE-
crcaSing or decreasing
6. Is the Klondikc IN Ha.a .
Canada?
7. What is frustraliom'
8. The capital of lowe ]. Dguula
Iowa City, or DcS Moincs:
9. Which is longer, the Panama r
the Suez Canal?
10. Is vehicle with large wtrs.
easier to move than sIn.ia. &C.
hicle with small wheels?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-02
P. o. S. A. OFFICIALS TO
VISIT LOCAL CAMP

c. N. Spry, State president Of the
Patriotic Order Sons Of America will
pay visit to the local camp Mon
day evening along with other State
officers. it was announced today.
The State officials will be well
coined to the local camp by Z. O..
Falkner.
A barbecue supper will be served
at p. m. by the local group, and
all members Of the camp are urged
TO attend,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-02
STAR OF "HOWARDS
OF VIRGINIA" WILL
REIGN AT FESTIVAL

South Boston, Va, Aug. 2.--Mis"
Martha Scott of Hollywood, who will
play the leading role in the new
cinema production. "HoWards Of Viz
ginia" and who will reign as queen
Of the National Tobacco Festival in
September will have over 100 pretty
Young ladies to compose her official
court.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-02
Reported
Diseases Is

Malaria fever led all reportable
diseases in the county in July, &C
cording TO the report today from the
Vance County Health Department.
There were l3 cases of that ailmcnt.
The only other contagious reported
were six of Whooping cough and
one OF pellagra.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
OF
Schools Met Mon.
Caution Issued About Licen-
ses for Bus Drivers. 9th
er Matters Discussed.

All school bus drivers must
have drivers licenses and special
permits, Supt. Hash reminded
district principals at a meeting
held in the courthouse Monday.
He said that according to re-
ports some of the bus drivers in
the county have not met these
requirements and urged the
principals to check up on this
important matter Immediately.
The principals were also eau
toned not to operate buses when
weather. conditions made the
roads unsafe for travel.
Plans for supplementing the
supply of supplementary readers
in different schools to meet mini
mum state requirements were
discussed and various sugges-
tons made.
To meet these requirements, 10
cal schools will be asked to make
small contributions.
Announcement was made Of the
survey now being conducted
among all Of the teachers Of the
state by the retirement commits
sion at Raleigh. Information OBJ
tanned from this survey will be
used to work out a proposed
legislative program.
Each teacher in the county will
be asked to fill out one of the
blanks, giving detailed informa-
ton regarding number of years
taught and salary.
The principals agreed that they
would like for the Rotary Club
to sponsor a countrywide debat-
ing contest again this year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
COLD STORAGE PLANT

The approval of the REA cold storage
plant for Ashe county was not at all unex-
pected, but at the same time it was well
coined news.
In order that the Individual freezer lock-
ers may be extensively and profitably used
by members of the cooperative and their
families, we hope that no difficulty will be
encountered in securing location either
in or adjacent to the city limits of West
Jefferson the county's largest trading cen
ter.
It is also our wish that REA engineers
will come here at once, make their survey
and give our farmers some definite idea as
to how much storage space there will be in
the cold storage plant.
We are not advocating that record crop
of seed Irish potatoes be planted this year,
but the farmers should know about posi-
BILE storage facilities before planting time.
Unquestionably the new Sequoia seed po-
tato offers Ashe county and North Caro-
lima great opportunity. In time this pota-
to will become as famous and as widely
used as the Idaho baking potato. AS the po-
tato was developed here, this county should
receive major benefits from it and will if
planting, marketing and storage facilities
are worked hand in hand.
We appreciate the interest of the Rural
Identification Administration in Ashe and
adjoining counties and feel sure that in
time the REA officials will be proud of
the fact that they helped erect cold stor-
age plant in North Carolina and in Ashe
county,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
AAA OFFERS PAYMENT
FOR A HOME GARDEN

Farmers of North Carolina are
offered the opportunity to earn a
conservation payment in 1910 by
planting a home garden, announ-
ces E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive
officer of State College. One unit
of credit, of $3.50, is offered for
the planting of a garden consist
ing of not less than one-tenth of
an acre garden will suffice to
qualify for the payment.
Floyd said that the require
ments are that the garden be ade-
quately protected from poultry
and livestock. that good cultural
methods be followed, and that
proper steps be taken to control
insect pests. Irish potatoes, sweet
potatoes, corn, and field peas
may be planted elsewhere on the
farm.
The AAA. recommends that 3
or more different vegetables be
growing in the garden each,
month for at least eight months
of the year. Not more than one
fourth of the garden area should
be planted to any one vegetable
at any one time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
N lIts
AND
Kernels
By
TROY I.
JONES

I am no aviator, but ] "flu" in
last Friday afternoon. ~ >4la
assses@ - tses~s -, - -" sse,s,,7
feel powerful weak. y re ::
~ 80 ~.,r,4 .a
Parodox-Narrow-minded peo-
pie rarely advance only fine spun
theories.
If the Republicans ever get
back in power they will have to
use a lot of whang leather.
A man with $500 in his pocket
froze to death. That's what seems
to be the cold cash we hear of.
A wrinkle is a dimple stretched
out!
/ notice that doctors for their
own convenience have medicine
put up in different colors for diff
ferent diseases!
We talk about our civilization,
about half of our registration
books are written on marble
slabs.
Some of those persons who
stand apart from the crowd may
be beside themselves.
Now for real service: Let the
president try ploughing under the
present crop of wild oats and re-
duce the wages of sin.
The president appointed five
men from New York to impor-
tant positions. Mrs. Perkins made
"sex".
Ashe is getting a cold storage
plant. Now if some of the stuff
we are having could be canned!
The "flu" by any other name
would taste just as bad.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
To Hold Hearing
For w. E. Carmen
Alabama Man Charged With
Stealing Tools from Bur-
CESS. Others Tried.

w. E. Carmen, who worked for
the Melvin F. Burgess construc-
ton company here in Ashe coun-
ty, building REA lines. will be
tried today before Judge H. c..
Tucker on charge of stealing
tools from the Burgess office here
before it closed some time ago.
Cannon was arrested in an
other section of the state a few
days before Christmas and has
been in the Ashe county Jail since
that time. The defendant is said
to be from Alabama.
Other cases heard before Judge
Tucker include the following:
Lawrence Parsons, Paul Kelly
and Myrtle JONES were taxed
$40 and cost for driving without
drivers licenses.
Myrtle Combs, charged with
driving recklessly and on the
wrong side of the road, was fined
$40 and cost. Being unable to pay
fines and cost, was sent to Jail
for 10 days.
Carl w. Ferrill, who faced a
similar charge as above, was
fined $40 and cost.
Todd Shepherd was bound over
to superior court on a charge of
hunting on other peoples land
without hunting licenses and of
attempting to shoot at Ruth Hunt
and others.
A hearing for Carl Ellis, charg-
ed with driving a school bus
without drivers licenses, was
continued until next Tuesday.