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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-20
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page FOm

/. Name the capital of the Cn!o.
of Soviet Socialist Republics RUs
"ia)?
2. Do the glass knobs on telegram
poles serve as lighting arFeSte!>
spark gaps or insulators?
3. Where is Gatun Dam?
4. With what sport is Jorge BE-
cia associated?
5. What are the three states %
matter?
6. When heat expands a sHcc' o.
metal with a small hole in the cei.'
ter, does the hole enlarge, rei'.".
the same, or disappear?
7. What is the correct Dronuh''"'
ton OF the word economist
8. In which country arc the N'hI
name Christian and Fredcrich' o.
ternately? f.:
9. What is the opposite OF "I0'
nISm?
10. Retractablc landing gear j. .
feature of elevators, ocean liners We
airplaneS?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-20
Mercury At
9 In Worst
OF Winter
North Wind Adds to
Discomforts of Fr,o;tl
Season, With No e..
lief Promised Before
First of Week.

A minimum temperature O.. ....
degrees was registered here =, ?
m. today for the coolest wra,ro,
the winter. Once before ,h.- ,...r....
a minimum Of y has been rcan.,5
and once the low was Il.
Today's dip came on the hoc.. r..
drop early Friday, which bronze.
enough snow to cover the grcnra
and accompanied by HARD lrar,
The temperature minimum Frs..
was 20 degrees.
While most Of the snow ha@ r.
appeared today, the extremely r.4
weather that prevailed added e. r.
blocking OF normal ACTIVITIES. nd
motorists found their cars wg..,s
more sluggishly than usual
There were reports Of frozen ,a5
bursted water pipes in home, :.a
elsewhere.
The weather forecast was f., L.
lie change in the temperature ,-
night. but with slowly rising n..-
curry trends on Sunday, and WITT ~.
relief not promised before The IN
of next week.
Ii was the coolest spell of tho WIN.
ter or several winters, since the h..
winter Of 1934-35, when there %n.p
weeks Of extremely cold Wcathc.. n,
one long season when for three wcn..
the thermometer did not rise ere
as high as freezing except At .n
intervals.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-20
Production
Credit Assn.
To Meet

ARRANGEMENTS are Cnmplct" l"t INC
annual stockholders meeting OF nc
Henderson Production red.t ASS"-
citation, which will be in the court
House at Henderson on Wednesday
morning. January "a, at l0:3o clock,
according to T. w. Allen. preSic'el'
of the association. who said yeSler-
Iav tnat a mountaineering attend
once OF members is expected.
This will be the sixth annual meet
.ne of this farmers cooperative
short-term credit organization. wren
makes short-term loans Tor asflcui-
tural and livestock purposes 10 l;ir-
mers of Vance. Granville and war
rem counties. The association now
has 925 members and Mr.. Allen said
i was hoped that every memoei
would attend the annual meeting.
Complete and detailed reports on
the operations of the association will
be made to the stockholders, This
being cooperative organization,
said Fir. Allen. I'VE feel that the
members are entitled to know every
Thing about its operations and we
hope that every member will feel II
duty to be present at this meeting.
a representative Of the Produc-
ton Credit Corporation Of Columbia
will make an address at the close OF
the business session. A number OF
new features will be introduced INTO
the program this year.
Officers of the association are: l.
w. Allen. president; w. w. White
vice-president; and w. B. Goodlng
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-20
ILLEGAL DRIVERS
BEFORE THE MAYOR

Johnnie Taylor, Negro, was charg-
ed in city court today before Mayor
Henry T. Powell with operating a
motor vehicle without an operators
license.
Taylor was late for court, and
when Sergeant A c. Brown, OF the
State Highway Patrol, went for him,
he met Taylor enroute to court IN
an automobile driven by TaylorS
brother, James. The auto was halt
ed by the patrolman, ard he tounc
that James was operating the We
hicle without an operators license.
Both were hailed before the mayor,
and prayer for judgment was con-
tinued as to each upon payment OF
the costs and securing the proper
license.
The State took mol pros with
leave as to Fannie Thomas and James
DoWncy, Negroes, charged with pos
~o"";'oT and transporting non-taX
paid whisky.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-20
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1910
MRS, c. s. TAYLOR
PASSES IN COUNTY
Townsville Lady Ill Two
Years; Funeral To Be
On Sunday

Mrs Elizabeth M. Taylor, 81,
,,idow If the late C. S. Taylor, died
at her home al Townsville at d:
n today after a serious illness OF
,hirtv DAYS. She had been in failing
health for the last two years. Her
husband has been dead four years.
The deceased is survived by Two
daughters, Miss Margaret Taylor:
student at the Woman's College IN
greensboro, and Miss Allene Taylor,
u: also by two sisters. Mrs. Z: u
Sanford, of Townsville, and Miss
Annie Y. Taylor. Of Oxford.
Mrs. Taylor was born in this coun-
~ April 20, 1888, and had resided
il the county all Of her life.
She was d member Of Holy Trinity
Episcopal church at Townsville for
twenty years.
Funeral services will be held from
Holy Trinity church al o'clock Sun
day afternoon, with interment in the
church cemetery. The rector, Rev. A
=. Cole. will be in charge Of the ser
vices, assisted by Rev. ]. S. Kennison
'resbyterian minister Of Townsville
Active pallbearers Wert named as
"ollows: Henry G. Taylor, V. r
Adams, Will Daniel, Venable Nor
on, George Morton, John G. Nor
On. ,Tr.
Honorary pallbearers were named
s follows: John G.. Morton, ST., j
p. Purcell. F. T. Tucker, A. l.. TW1s'
dale, J. M. Baird, Francis Morton
lesley Morton, Edward Morton, E
?. Taylor, DR.. P. H. Winston, H. A
Davis, Albin larry, George larry
T. ]. Matthews, w. H. BurWell, H
B. White.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-20
MRS. JOHN JOSEPH
DIES At HER HOME
Funeral Services Monday at
2:3O P. M; Inte-ment
Near Vicksboro

Mrs. John Joseph. 50-years-old,
lied this morning at 9:l5 o'clock at
1er home in North Henderson, al
ter an illness Of several months
duration.
Funeral services will be con-
iucted Monday afternoon at 2:3G
o'clock at North Henderson Holiness
church, with the pastor, Rev. ). l..
O'Ham, in charge, and interment
will be made in the Ayscue family
cemetery, near Vicksboro.
Mrs. Joseph is survived by her
husband; one daughter, Miss Annie
Joseph, of Henderson: one son. .Ioh:
Joseph, Jr.; one sister, Mrs. Binnle
Harris, of Henderson,; and two
brothers, Tom and Jordan Ayscue,
of Warrenton.
Pallbearers were not announced
At an early hour this afternoon.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-20
Old Foundation Is
Found Deep Under
Railroad Tracks

While cutting ditch for 3
pump sewer line underneath tie
Seaboard and Southern Railway
tracks at the Spring street cross
ing, city wOrkmen struck a stone
foundation about three feet be-
meath the surface of the roadbed
of the Durham and Northern
branch of The Seaboard that eX-
tended about eight feet down.
The Seab0ard was put through
the city about 1910, and the road
bed under which the foundation
was found is thought to have been
constructed in about 1854.
Just what kind of building or
Just what stood OH the founda-
ton was not Immediately learned.
Workmen have completed their
task of putting the piping under
meath the SeabOard tracks, and
Monday will begin tunneling I'M
der the Southern tracks.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-20
METHODIST PASTORS
EXCHANGE PULPITS

The pastors Of Christ Method.
church, OF this city, and the Mc'aa.
dist church, in Oxford. will e%cha,..
pulpits Sunday evening. for Tx SCI,
vices TO be held al 1880 O'CLOCK.
was learned today.
The Rev. r. J. Whitehead, pastor o
the Christ Methodist church. vii. q.
liver the sermon for the evening SCI
vice at the Oxford Methodist chu.c
and the Rev. O. W. DoWd vii. preac
in the Christ Methodist church ne.
Sunday evening.
The public is invited to these SCI"
ices
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-20

According to legend, Chinese his
tory begins about the year $500 b.
C
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-20
MRS. BLUM NAMED
DEPUTY or GRANGE

Mrs. George 3. Blum Of Middle
burg has been appointed Juvenile
deputy OF the Grange for Vance
county. it is announced by Harry b.
Caldwell OF Greensboro. master OF
the North Carolina Grange.
In announcing the appointment OF
SO Juvenile deputies in the state Tor
1910. Caldwell emphaSized the I'M
portance of these deputies in train
ing future farmers in balanced agrl-
culture. avoiding what he termed the
ssone-armed' system. and in other
factors relative to agrarian welfare
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-20
MARRIAGE PAPERS
TWO WITH REGISTRY

There were two marriage pape
issued at the Vance Registry C:.'r
yesterday.
Julian T. Richardson and II
Elizabeth Hight, both OF HendcrSr1
secured license to wed. ana the
was one coiored couple. Vernon WI
liams and MAY Bell Mitchell. bon o
route 3, Henderson.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-20
Council Will
Meet Monday

The monthly meeting of the Hen
derson City Council will be held
Monday evening at 8 o'clock in the
Council chamber Of the Municipal
Building Mayor Henry T. Powell said
today he did not know OF anything
of outstanding interest or Importance
to come before the meeting, and that,
so far as he knew, the session would
probably be rather brief one.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-20
TWO CHARGES UP
BEFORE RECORDER

Two charges were disposed of al
today'S session Of county court win
Recorder R. E. Clements presiding
Harry Turner, Negro, was guilty
Of being drunk and disorderly ana
using prorane language. Prayer FOL
Judgment was continued upon pay
ment Of the costs.
P. L. Ayscue. charged with giving
& worthless check of SIG to Belfield
Coley, was not guilty.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-20

Peace is going to be tough en-
those European censorS. Gosh, how
they'll hate to give up the privilege
Of reading other folks mail.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-20

secretary-treasurer. Directors in adj
dition to the president and vice
president are E. H. Pinnell, 5. N.
Hawks. and Calvin T. Fakes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-11
Candidate Hull?

Growing stronger with each day are Washington
convictions that Secretary of State Cordel Hull will
be the Democratic standardbearer in the 1910 Presi
Dental campaign. Political observers base their
beliefs on the fact that President Roosevelt has con-
fded to visitors that Mr. Hull is his choice
for the Democratic nomination Naturally, Franklin
RooseveltS influence in the coming party convention
will be great.
Other considerations point to the selection of
dignifed Tennesseean, also. It is believed that he
would make ideal compromise candidate since
he is much closer to the conservative wing of his
party than any man in the present Administration.
Long before he became member of the Cabinet,
COrden Hull known Jeffersonian, reg
ular" Democrat Though he has served ably and
Loyalty SINCE he never has become a New Dealer.
His candidacy, therefore, should avert an imminent
party split which Democratic chieftains have been
fearing since the last regular session of Congress.
Indeed, he Is the only prospective candidate upon
whom Democrats of all shades compromise
Unselfsh, master of foreign trade statistics and
logged fighter for his own beliefs, Corden Hull is
of the best Liked politicians in Washington.
Rarely does he show anger and never does he have
much to say. Yet despite his sparing of words his
press conferences in Washington attract more cor
respondents than any except those Of the President
For Cordel Hull has made history.
Closer to his heart even than the Democratic
nomination in 1910 are his beloved reciprocal trade
agreements. For seven years he has preached the
doctrine that encouragement of foreign imports will
increase own exports. Since 1884, he has engi-
neered trade agreements between the United States
and 22 other nations. Several others now are being
negotiated.
To opponents of these agreements, the State De-
partment has pointed out that in nearly every case
exports to the country involved have jumped ire
mendously, while imports have increased only mod
erately; that while our agricultural imports have
increased the bulk of farm products brought in
were either those not competing with our own such
tea coffee rubber and bananas, items required
to supplement U. S. crops affected by the 1856
drought in this country.
Mr.. Hull faces fight during the present session
of Congress on the issue of these trade agreements
His friends have said he will not consider becoming
Presidential candidate unless he wins this struggle
and the principle of reciprocal agreements is kept
That probably is true At any rate, that measure
soon will be decided.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-11

whole circumstance rather con-
vinces me that maybe the law ought
to be tossed overheard. l doubt
that the federal government can
ever administer such law. There
probably is little possibility that any
such law ever can be made worka-
BILE on national basis. Some of
the dreamy New Dealers who con-
ceived it have faded out Of Wash
ington officialdom already and have
left their baby for somebody else to
nurse to maturity. The one service
they performed was to the New
Deal finances, because the original
program has brought six or seven
hundred million dollars into the fed
eral treasury-and it has been
spent.
Organized labor has its represent
atives on the scene in a big way.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-11
Fight For Freedom

From the Arctic wastes come an ever increasing
number of stories of Finnish heroism in the struggle
against Soviet invasion. Reminiscent of the tales
about the famed Lawrence of Arabia those telling
of small parties of Films skis who penetrated
deep into Russia to dynamite vital railroads.
The sSiers were gone for weeks at q time. They
could carry very little food because their chief burden
necessarily the dynamite needed to complete their
missions. Temperatures far below also made
the task difficult Yet, according to the Finnish
general staff several of the groups got through de-
stroyed miles of tracks and made their way back TO
their own lines.
tragic lack of necessary equipment was revealed
by letters of Finnish field officers 10 their families
and friends. Time and again the officers reported
that old revolvers had failed them had simply
fallen apart. They declared that they relying
upon knives their only weapons. But they
tainly making the best of such weapons they
possessed as testified by their victories every
front at the end Of last week.
Americans have less trouble than people of other
countries in understanding how the Firms are able
to win victories against such terrific odds they
facing. Soviet troops are fighting chiefly for the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of Joe Stain. Though they have
been deluged by phoney propaganda, few of them
understand why they must face death so far from
home. On the other hand, the Firms actually
fighting for their homes and, what is more important
their liberty.
Tales of the Finnish battlefront conjure up sagas
from history: suffering at Valley Forge, vic
tory against superior equipment at Princeton and
Trenton Free nations always have been the most
reluctant to go to war; Once their liberty has been
threatened though they have put up the best scraps
this world has seen.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-11
wNU servics)

WASHINGTON.-Abou the time
congress reconvenes each year. the
national capital Is deluged with
what have come to be known as
pressure groups" It is a poor de-
scription. I believe most Of them
can be called selfish groups" for
the reason that the self-righteous in,
dividuals who lead Cor promoted
movements OF causes or demands
for justice usually have jobs of their
own at stake.
They want to keep their followers
happy, especially the saps who con-
tribute hard-earned dimes or dol
lars 80 that their representative or
their delegation may put up = good
front in the city Of Washington.
Any way, 1t is the open season for
them, again. They are buster than
a hive Of bees. They are engaged
In the annual invasion upon senator's
and representatives and among the
numerous New Deal agencies, seek
ing justice. urging help for those
whose liberties are being trampled
into the mud. appealing for this and
that and the other.
There are the usual spokesman
for corporations and groups Of COR
porations. They. too, are seekers
after justice. They are no more
selfish than the lesser racketeers.
Those fellows. however. have . DIFF
ferent kind Of stake In the results.
The seekers after individual justice,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-11
May Be Just Tuning Up
For the Election Campaigns

There is, however, something dis
turbing about this years invasion.
1t seems to be utterly impossible
that so many new injustices could
have arisen within the last year.
There always has been a considera-
BILE amount of this low form of high
pressure around Washington, but
the increased number of seekers
after justice this year would seem to
prove that the whole country has
gone to pieces. 1t may be. Of course,
that they are tuning up for the cleo
ton campaigns.
Seriously. however, few persons
have been able to analyze the stu
alton. Some suggest that the cur
rent trek Of seekers after justice
results from the fact that the ma
tional government has become the
focal point for ''relief' from every
thing since the depression fell upon
US In 1880. Others feel that q sense
Of futility about life, itself, has crept
into this country from the lands
where dictators hold q human life
to be nothing more than q chattsl.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-11
On The Spot

Congress has just about all it can handle at this
session The budget with increased expenditures for
defense, constitutes the biggest problem. Other
Administration costs have been cut but revenues still
must be raised.
However, the legislators have horror of attempt
ing to create new taxes in this, an election year
They also fear reporting back to their constituents
with budget unbalanced even than in past
years.
Farm measures, the trade agreements and numer-
Gus other controversial issues scheduled for de-
bate. Congressman will hardly dare leave too many
of them unsoved, but they will not want to remain
long in Washington. They want to return to their
home states and counties TO start their campaigning
as soon as possible
Even if opportunity did knock at the front door,
lots Of wives would send him to the kitchen door
lSbcause his shoes were dirty.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-11

several years ago,
I want to recall that
I once feebly at
tempted to pin a
senator's ears back
for seeking legisla-
ton to make every
one register who
visited a senator or
a representative in
behalfof legislation.
He wanted to brand
each one as q lob
byist. That senator
was Hugo Black,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-11

Both the congress
Of Industrial Organ
izations, which is
headed by John L.
L e W is, a nd the
American Fedora
ton Of Labor, which
is headed by Will
liam Green, have
national headquar-
tiers here. What is
a poor politician 60
ing to do. however,
when Lewis and
Green ara fighting
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-11
PRESSURE GROUPS. BUSY

Harass members Of congress
with various causes.
May be tuning up for the COM
ing campaign.
Many movements will not get
very Tar.
Union labor and the American
Legion active.
Bruckart doesn't believe It II
possible so many new injustices
could have arisen.
Few are able to analyze the
situation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-11
Bruckarfs Washington Digest
Pressure Groups Already Are
Worrying Members Of Congress
New Deal Agencies Seekers After Justice and Promot-
ers of Various Movements Active as Usual; Old Age
Pensions, Unemployment Insurance Not Neglected.
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg, Washington d. C.

If either Of these answers is cor
rect, we have dangerous condition
on our hands. It is the defeatist
attitude.
1t represents . decaying civiliza-
ton and national leaders had better
wake up to what It means.
Now. lest someone charge me
with having changed my tune from
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-11
A Real Bargain

Some people believe there is
many German warrior who would
call the whole thing off for big
helping of spareribs and sauer-
kraut.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-11

who now writes binding legal opin-
ions as 4 member Of the Supreme
court Of the United States instead
Of blabbing for hours on the floor
Of the senate. I maintain that ev-
eryone has the right Of petition to
any government agency. What am
trying to do here. however, Il to
show that there are so many more
petitioners" now than heretofore
and to find the reason for It.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-11
Many Seekers After
Justice in WGshin9ton

OF course. most Of these move
ments will not get very far. They
will not get as far, in fact, as when
I used to crawl under the corncrib
for eggs out on the farm. But there
are enough dissatisfied and discour-
aged felix's throughout the country to
pay the freight-and the hotel bills
for an extraordinarily large num-
Der of seekers after justice in Wash
ington.
It Is astonishing to see the lengths
to which some of them will 60. For
example, there Is one great church
organization that sought to force the
census bureau to include in the
forthcoming census certain ques-
tons that would have given that
church a powerful leverage in the
future administration of government
affairs. according to well-authenti-
Gated reports. The church repre-
sentative tried for weeks to high
pressure the census officials into in
clusion Of three questions. He made
some threats about the conse-
quences Of their refusal. The gov
eminent attorney to whom the CEN
sus officials submitted the question
had the CUTS to say mo- and that
was the census bureau answer.
IL was . despicable thing, how
ever, and illustrates the dangers in
herent In the conditions have tried
to describe.
The old age pension movement
and the unemployment compensa-
ton movement and the other "wel-
fare" movements are represented
in fun force.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-01-11

each other and seldom, If ever,
agree upon what changes must be
made In the national labor relations
act.
The labor row may get more than
just an ordinary airing during the
session Of congress now under way.
! have written heretofore about
the special house committee investi-
cation Of the National Labor Rela-
tons board. Exposures by that COM
mittee already have brought de-
mands for the ousting Of Commits
sioner Smith and Chairman Mad
den. Commissioner Leiserson, ap-
pointed only q few months ago, ap-
parently is seeking to clean up the
sinking mess, but the Lewis fac
ton Of labor which has dominated
the board thus far In making Mr..
Leiserson's job pretty difficult.
There win be little consideration
for the Green faction II Lewis can
prevent 1t.
American Legion Can Really
Put on High Pressure
There is an offshoot of organized
labor's setup here known as Labor's
Non-Partisan league. don't know
what 1t is supposed to accomplish,
but It has a press agent and a staff
Of executives" and they all seem
to get paid regularly.
The American Legion is getting
active again. It wants more gov
eminent money for the ex-soldiers,
and make no mistake about it. The
American Legion can really put on
high pressure when it sets out to do
the job.
/ haven't scratched the surface in
naming the pressure groups that are
to be found here for the current ses-
sion Of congress. There are at least
SO business organizations and trade
associations. The purposes of all
are the same, namely, advantages
for them. The advantages may be
in the form of cash such as the PEN
sion petitioners and the Legion seek,
or advantages that can be turned
into cash after the methods Of bust
ness. In any event, they are all
headed down Washington-way. It
seems to bode no good at all for
the folks who are going to pay the
bill, including a national debt that
is now $45, 900, 900 or more.