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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13
Smithfield Dance
For Miss Moran
And Miss Wadder

One of the highlightS Of Smith
field social life occurred Monday
evening when Mrs. Edward W. Pou,
widow of the late Congressman Pou,
honorcd her granddaughter, Misses
Peggy Pou Moran. Of Henderson, and
Edwina Pou Walden, Of Washington
D. c.. with 4 dance IN the Legion
Hut in Smithfield from 9 to II. The
honorccS were the house guests Of
their great-aunt, Miss Matte Pou.
The guests were greeted by Miss
Catherine Martin and Robert Rose.
who introduced them to Mrs. Pou
and the honorces. The dance was
opened with grand march, led by
Miss Moran. with Robert Holding.
and Miss Walden. with Richard Holt
.Tr.. under the direction of Harolo'
Blandy.
The ballroom was attractVcly
decorated. the large fire place nav
inc been banked with crepe myrtle
In one corner stood table WIN
punch bowl and refreshments.
Other young people assisting MIS-;
Pou were: Misses Jean Sasser ano1
rAllcne Grier, with refreshments, ana
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13

Here's q neat-aS-a-pln frock that
will be useful from the first light OF
dawn to the last good night yaWn.
Pattern 95O2 by Marian Martin is
made in the princess style that
every dreSSmaker appreciates for
double-quick cutting and stitching;
that every matron loves for slim
ming grace. The collar is master
piece of flattcry-Why not set t off
in light contrast? Notice the dec
orative shape of the optional pock-
cts which may be in contrast too.
If you choose short sleeves. you may
trim them as we'll as the pockets
and collar. with gay ric-rac. Add d
back tying belt if you like, and sew
buttons on for trim. An caSy-to-
make style.
Pattern 95O2 may be ordered only
in womcn'S sizes "a, 36, SO, 40, 10,
IA. IS and IS. Size SO requires t Ia
yards 35 inch fabric and l-2 yard
ric-rac.
Send fifteen Genus IN coins fo'
Zach Marian Martin pattern. Thirty
cents (3Oc) for both. Be sure to
write plainly your size. name. ad-
ireSs, and style number.
Send your order to Henderson
Daily Dispatch. Pattern Department
'22 w. 18th Street. New York. N. Y
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13
Birthday Party
Is For Little Girl

Little Miss Mary Anne Peacock,
daughter Of MIR. and Mrs. Willie Pea
cock, celebrated her sixth birthday
Saturday from I until $50 o'clock
y entertaining number of her
friends.
Ice cream and cakes were served
the guests. The little honoree was
the recipient Of many attractive
gifts.
Those attending were NOlia JOY
ner, Elizabeth Joyncr, Jodie Mich
olson, Gcrtic Harris, Jewell Knight,
Offie PendergrasS, Alma Brown,
Ncltie Williams and Bill Adkins,
carolyn Pool, Garnet Taylor, Margie
md Clyde Murphy, Peggy Rocker,
Shirley and Nellie Owens, Shirley
Dunn, Alice and Virginia Ball, Bes-
sic and Joyce PendcrgrasS, Mike
Nicholson, Charles Joyncr, Alfred
Harris, Franklin Harris, Bunny Lit
Teton. Susie Gregory, Dicky and
Violet Smiley. Dorothy and Minerva
Nittrcll and David Ellis Peacock.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13
Economy Crop Of
Leaf Is Produced

Kinston, Aug. 13.-The tobacco
crop in this section is an ECONOMY
crop. planters said today. 1t cost
less per 100 pounds to produce than
any in recent years.
Several factors caused farmers to
cconomize in its production. Acre
age reduction under the quota plan
making a smaller yield than in 1880
certain, was the principal factor.
Also important was the wars effec;
upon export markets. Most Of the
tobacco grown in this area in some
years has been exported.
Growers were conservative" in
purchasing fertilizer and in employ
ing field and curing barn workers.
The fertilizer bills of many were the
smallest in years. A result was
careful cultivation. Leading grow
crs said the quality of the harvest
was satisfactory.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13
Business Girls
Circle In Meeting

The Business Girls Circle of the
First Baptist church held its regular
monthly business meeting at the
lome of Miss Margaret Bum, on
Charles street, recently, with Miss
Bum and Misses Dorothy and Grace
Woodlicf as the hoStesSes. There were
3 members present, one new men,
Der and visitor.
The business session was presided
YER by Miss Ellen Trogdcn, chair
nan, and reports were heard from
he secretary, treasurer and personal
ervice chairman.
Rev. Albert Simms led the devo-
ionals, and gave an inspiring talk
N Brotherhood Of Man."
The program topic, Firm
foundations for the Future" was led
~ Miss Elizabeth Garrett, with Lou
&c Nelson, Mrs. Lloyd Daniel, Mrs.
1. B. Garrett and Miss Thelma Owen
alling part.
At the conclusion Of the program,
he hOStcsses served a delicious ice
curse.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13
Harris Crossroads

Friends are sorry that I. Y. Harris
is sick.
Louise Johnston spent the week
with Frances Neathery.
Mrs. Sam Stevenson spent sew
eral days with Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Stevenson.
Katie Wade spent several days
with Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Owens last
week.
Katie Wade and Ralph Stevenson
were guests Of Frances and Pearl
Nethery and Louise Johnston Friday
evening,
Guests of Mrs. Eugene Stevenson
Saturday evening were Mrs. R. o.
Reavis, Mrs. w. G.. AyScue and
daughter, Mary, MI. and Mrs. Bill
Robertson, Sam Stevenson and family;
Sunday evening Mr.. and Mrs George
Nuckles and daughter, Helen; Mr..
and Mrs. S. H. Owens and family,
Mrs. Ed. Faulkner.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13
Meeting Is Held
By Baptist Glass

The Shaw Philathea class met
Monday evening at the First Bap-
list church with Mrs. c. D. Allen
the president, presiding. The meet
'ng was opened by singing Give of
Your Best to the Master" which a
fitting introduction to the theme of
the devotional: "Christian Growth, y
by keeping in daily contact with the
Master, effectively preSentedby Mrs.
Franklin Mills followed by prayer.
A large number responded to the
oil call. Minutes were read both of
he June meeting and of the one in
July.
After which the usual reports were
given, and notes Of thanks for per-
;onal service were read. Three men,
)crs present expressed their thanks
orally.
Plans were made for holding two
prayer meetings in the near future.
A slate of new officers was then pre-
sented by the committee and ac-
cepted unanimously.
The class voted to purchase new
cabinet and teachers stand for the
Philathea room.
Short reports were given by Mrs,
Marvin Davis and Mrs. J. F. Mills
of the account of the banquet given
in Greensboro by the North Caro-
ina Baraca-Philathea executive COM
mittee in honor Of B. V. Hedrick,
Worldwide President.
The following committees were APP
pointed:
Door: Mrs. c. D. Allen; room, Mrs.
Geo. Finch, and Mrs. G. E. Daniel;
sick, Mrs. Sam Patterson, and Mrs.
J. E. Stainback; personal service,
Mrs. Cooper Gill and Mrs. O. B. Nit
chell.
The meeting was then turned over
to Mrs. NJ. L. Wood, who presented
he following enjoyable program: In
;trumcntal duet from Rigoletto, by
Mrs. w. w. Parker, and Doris Den
his. A reading Queen Esther's Petit
ton" by Wilma Thompson. A song
jamie with the light Brown Hair"
4 trio by Frances SatterWhite, Doris
Dennis and Dolores Hinton. Delight
Jul refreshments were then served by
the hostesses Mesdames: Guy Hor-
ner. E. H. Dixon, M. e. Miles, Roy
3. Dixon, w. w. 'Prichard and J. T..
Alderman.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13
Broughton Sees
Prosperity Era

WrightSvillc Beach: Aug. 13.-
(AP)-North Carolina, sad Demo-
cratic gubcrnatorial nominee j. M.
Broughton, last night, is entering
upon an era Of great industrial ex-
pansion.
That, he said, is due to several
factors-thc states natural resources,
transportation facilities. leadership
and the high spirit Of the people.
He spoke before the North Caro-
lima Traffic club.
In the past, he went on. the inter-
tate commerce commission has not
given North Carolina the prominence
which it dcScrvcd, especially in de-
Gliding rate matters.
Utilities Commissioner Stanley
WinbOrnc and |. M. Bailey, both of
Raleigh, also spoke, mentioning the
progress which transportation con-
Germs were making in North Caro-
lima.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13

Despite repeated efforts 10 remain
strictly aloof from shop during the
two weeks off, your reporter weak
cncd on numerous occasions and did
a bit of political investigating in
parts visited.
For instance, while in northern
Virginia, there was meeting OF the
Orange County Young Democratic
Club. Your Raleigh correspondent
attened as the guest of his nephew,
the YDC club president Orange is
a strictly rural county, in the district
Of Howard Smith, rabid anti-Labor
Board and anti-NcW Deal Congress-
man. There wasn't evident any rip
roaring enthusiasm for Roosevelt, but
| it was the consensus that the Demo-
cratic national ticket will win in
| Virginia without much trouble.
Then there were several western
North Carolina counties: in which the
Republicans are beginning to show
more than ordinary pep; but even
in those parts there seemed no real
idea that Willkie can carry North
Carolina.
In east Tcnncssce-Gatlingburg, to
be specific, there was restaurant
keep who answered your reporters
What do you think Of Roosevelt
for third term?" thus:
"Hell, | never thought anything of
him for the first term!''
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13

Miss Dorothy Maroon and Ed Wood
all, with the guest list. The chap
croneS were Mesdames C. w. Grier,
L. H. Sasser, Clifton Beasley, A. HI
Rose, Il. p. Holding, X. X. Holt
Everett Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Lawrence, Mrs. NJ. F. Seton, and
Mrs. Virginia Fitzpatrick.
Approximately ninety guests en-
joyed the occasion.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13
Closs',s Column

An advertisement for water
sortener: AN exquisite delight . g..
new bath oil scent-sation".
A THRILLING ACCOUNT of an
escape from the Isle of Guernsey
after the Germans had captured it
appeared in the London Daily Ex-
press the three people who
escaped mended an abandoned motor
boat and left the island under cover
of darkness managed to get
through the harbor and mist help
ed to conceal them -. and then the
oil gave OUT Desperation sharpened
their minds . . they searched their
provisions . discovered three
pounds Of butter =. melted it on the
exhaust pipe -. poured it into the
pump. travelled ali that day on
three pounds of Guernsey butter -.
and were finally rescued by an Eng
fish cutter.
It was a most inspiring account
In fact it inspired this:
For d motors flutter,
There's Guernsey butter,
But given a choice,
Well take the cutter.
IS s. :: I:
Heard a lot of favorable comment
on Carl Churchill's poem Little
Red and a War Coin On" :. which
appeared as today's N. c. Poem re-
Gently . one person sent me a
copy
il Il :. -
"Chatter" defines a counter-irri-
tant as being some one who shops all
day and never buys anything -.
The publishers have changed the
name of Closs's Baby Poems" to
5,"Where's My Baby" -. hope you'll
get a copy after you've read
American White Papers, of course.
50 -
TRUE STORY: Two Would-be
sailors equipped with charts
land boat, of course, set out 1or
Gales creek recently said creek
being some fourteen miles away. The
tide was wrong and the wind was
wrong and somehow the sun went
QOWn too soon anc lhe TWO
sailors found themselves alone on
a large body Of water with which
they were only family familiar. They
followed the markers until it became
very dark. Then they consulted their
charts. At least that is what they
tried to do, but through mistake
the chart stopped several miles back
toward daylight. They saw another
boat, probably fishing boat, up
ahead of them, and they tried to
contact it for directions. The boat
ahead behaved most peculiarly. Every
time the two sailors tried to gel
close to it, it would speed up and
leave them. 1t finally disappeared
Since it was by now very late, the
two sailors decided the best thing
to do would be to take the neXt
sheltered cove and drop anchor I'M
Ill dawn When daylight came they
might be able to find Gales creek
and it was an important point Of
pride that Gales creek be found.
They found cove =. even went
ashore and did a little exploring
but nothing resembling civilization
could be found. So they went to sleep
, Early next morning one Of then
was Weakened by ire other saying
) "Hey, there =. turn over and give
me a good swift kick"
They had spent the night exactly
where they had wanted to go. They
were two hundred yards from the
: filling station of the man they want
ed to see. And the fishing boat they
| had tried to vainly to contact was
. peacefully anchored nearby -. the
fishermen had suspected them Of
being fifth columnists!
Eoo,o,,1, C~Op ~
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13

Med Robertson was reported very
i'll this morning at his home near
Louisburg. His sons, j. 7. Robertson,
of Durham, A. L. Robertson, Of near
Henderson, and O. w. Robertson, Ot
Raleigh, were called TO his bedside.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERILL
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Waller ItnIei.

Raleigh, Aug. l3.-VacatiOn's over
and it's back to daily grind-which
after all isn't as bad as it might be.
The taking off is fine and inc null
ing around is all right, but after
all the home bed and even the office
typewriter looked mighty good when
your reporter came back.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13
Condition Unchanged

The condition Of E. G. Breedlove
of Middleburg, who underwent an
emergency operation at Maria Par
ham hospital Sunday night, was re-
ported to be unchanged today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13

With more jacks being brought
nto North Carolina for breeding pur-
poses. the State will soon begin re-
ducing its annual Workstock bill tC
1ther states, says Fred M. Haig OF
State College.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13
3. i. W. Meeting.

- @- an important bust
.- 81. the Business and
-.. WrMcn'S Club this
- O'Clock in the home
i. =. Green. on Zene street.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13

Miss Lois Walters, of Washington,
D. c., arrived Monday evening to
spend sometime with her brother,
Ralph, and Mrs. Walters on Young
avenue.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13
With Tine SICK
At SanatOrium

Miss Jacquelyn Mcdonald is
spending sometime in Sanatorium as
the house guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Perry and Miss Janice Perry.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13
A. Vright>yille Beach.

Ills. =. Frank Harris are
-'.2v At WrightSville
s -.g-;S Of Rev. and Mrs.
.. ....- .. Charlotte.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13

Strip-cropping, virtually unknown
in North Carolina Il decade ago, has
now become a common sight in areas
subject to soil crOiSion,. states w. D.
Lee, N. G.. State College soil con-
NnlNnti0niS1
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13
Daughters of America to Meet

Vance Council No. 80 Daughters
Iol America will meet Wednesday
levenn.s: ut o'clock in the Junior
Order hail. All members are urged
to be present.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13
Guests Here

Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Gary and
little son, Of Spring Lake, N. j., are
the guests OF r!rs. tiate Watkins and
5. 5. Parham on Chestnut street.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13

This same hard-bitten Volunteer
mountainccr also sprung the story
Of the dictators-one which may not
be new to all the readers Of this
column, but one which struck your
reporter as well above the average.
1t seems that the worlds dictators
were gathered for discussion Of
which should be the dictator OF all
Idictators.
Il should", said Joe Stain, be
cause mine is the biggest country
and my word is law TO more people"
mo, l should, declared MuSsolini,
Il am the direct descendant of the
great Roman Empcrors who ruled
the entire known world. AS their
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13

- III - spending sew
r.du with relatives
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13
------- - M Oxford,

g. ....>l lett today tor
... .-.crd>.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13

heir l am entitled to be the Dicta-
tor of all DictatorS."
Il should, quoth Hitler, Because
God appointed me TO lead the world
into a new order"
Il didn't broke in Roosevelt.
North Carolina will be represent
cd by enough budding officers of the
naval reserve 10 form ii couple OF
football teams when the VI cruises
for embryo cnsignS start on August
i9 with the recruits aboard the bat
tlcships New York, Arkansas and
Wyoming.
The ~ Tar Heels who have en-
listed for the training which is ex-'
pected to qualify them for reserve
commissions are:
Arren G.. Ayers, Fairmont: James
Milton Bannister, Oxford; Garland
Everett Bell, Washington: Thomas
Porter Caldwell, Charlotte; James
M. Devane, Tomahawk; John B.
Flynn, Wdshington; James Daniel
Gillland Macon; John r. Gordon,
Winston-Salcm: William Henry Har-
ris, Jr., Norwood: George Henry
! Jordan, Cary: Thomas Green Lynch,
! Wilmington; Herman MEG. Kcnnc-
kell Fletcher; Robert H. Mann,
Washington; Preston F. Matthews.
Southern Pines: NJ. c. Stovall, Will
mington; Frederick |. Sutton, Jr..
Kinston: J. f. Tyler. RoXobel; Will
liam F. Ward, Warrcnton: X. w.
Wise, Stumpy Point: John Wyatt,
Hobgood; and Carver J. Peacock,
Durham.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-13
Birth nf Daughter

..... Eugene I. Stevenson
-.'u Of an 8 81 pound
.." Conncttc, on Fri
D. $40 at their home
Henderson. Mother and
.eDOrtCd doing nicely.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-14

Two Kinds of Fifth
Columns"
Sports Rsckets and the
c..zLzs p.:h:c
Jeanette Rankin Starts
Comeback
MOT 20 many months ago the
~ country was getting pretty
well worked up over the soealled
fifth column" menace. Lurk-
ing behind every post and under
every bush and circulating wher-
ever two or three persons were
gathered, was supposed to be an
enemy agent ready to make US
turn bitterly and aggressively
against democracy. Just how
that was to be accomplished We
were never told. but by some
mysterious influence. willy-nilly
we were to become converts to
commonism, nasism. fascism or
any one Of a number of other
isms. The whole thing was very
confusing. and some folks were
sufficiently alarmed to look un-
der the bed before turning out
the light TO see that a fifth col
umnist was not hiding there.
What for the time being intri-
gued the interest of great
many otherwise sensible persons
has now become a good deal of
a bore. II turns out. as might
have been expected. that there
is nothing new under the sun,
and the Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal remarks that when the
tumult dies the fifth columnist
will be found to be no more
than an old acquaintance, the
stool pigeon. in a new makeup.
Not 50 the California Newspa-
per Publishers association. That
group finds that the fifth col
umn Is real menace that thret-
ems democracy in America.
Marching In the column the
California newspaper men find
Unemployment" Inter group
Disputes" Dishonest or Inef-
ficient Public Officials" "Inade-
quate Housing" Insufficient
Health Facilities" "The Liquor
Traffic." "Cynicism and Disre-
gard of the Christian Religion"
Any one Of these fifth column
units II a bad actor, and working
together they can be of ines
Unable harm. To the extent
that they exist the NTH column
Is n menace In America.
Story from California says a
superior court judge has resigned
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-14
AN AppRECIATIoN
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE
BERRY PICKER
BLAMEs CANNERy

Can you answer seven of
these test questions Turn to
the woman's page for the an
swers.
l. Spotted fever is contracted
from mosquitoes, tsetse flies. or
wood ticks
2. Did Wiley Post make a
round-the-world sirplane flight
in the Spirit of st. Louis. Win
ME Mae or America
5. Which Is the largest sea
bird.
4. Where is the River Ganges!
8. The primary pigment col
ors are blue, red and -
8. What is the name for the
sign a.
Z. The greatest depth Of the
foundations Of some New York
City's skyscrspers is slightly
more than 200 feet, 100 feet or
so feet?
s. Are American citizens re-
quired to have passports TO en-
ter Canada >
2. Who wrote. The lady doth
protest too much. methinks ?"
10. Name the speaker Of the
L. S. house Of representatives.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-14

babies, all on the installment
plan; solid citizen, who joined
the national guard for that rea-
son; called for army service for
one year, when there is no war
and probably will be no war, and
draws S21 month; Mrs. Smith,
his parents, her parents. her sis
tiers and brothers and his sisters
and brothers chorus: Roosevelt
did this"
There are other variations, all
equally bad or worse. And yet,
says the president: Its my
duty not to duplicate France and
Britain. We've got to go through
with it," All the politicos can
do is to take another headache
powder - and conscript single
men.
Tennessee trader Cordell Hull
and his diplomatic aides learned
something at the Havana con-
ference. They caught an i'm
portant clue as to how Germany
has made heavy inroads into
Latin-American trade, while we
show little gain.
That clue was a major factor
in the decision to send a special
trade commission into Latin
America to promote U. S. in
terests.
The Latin American diplo-
mats, taking down their hair,
said the secret was Yankee sales
technique. The American sales
man, spec d = bent and blunt,
dashes into a Latin-American
town, with a sample case. He
covers" 10 merchants in two
days, calling at their stores and
introducing himself. His goods
are top-grade. set-priced. and his
attitude is take IT or leave it"
The Germans use the tech
nique Of the Spanish. Herr
Salesman may be in town q
week or a month. before he
meets a single merchant. When
ne does, it is socially at a club.
The merchant never knows his
business until the third or fourth
meeting. And then, 1t is the
merchant who brings up the
subject. The goods are lower
grade. the final price is subtiy
bartered. Latin style, but Herr
Salesman gets a big order.
State department heads see
diplomatic and political impli-
cations In the situation that
cause them far more concern
than the cash business. Trade,
they say. is the subtle and eff
fective channel which the Ger
mans have long employed to
infiltrate Nazi friendship. doc
trines, and even political IN
huence into Latin-America-
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HOROSCOPE
WEDNESDAY, AUG. IA

Conflicting planetary aspects
rule today. The early hours are
under adverse influences. but
later the rule OF the stars is
promising to jewellers on the
earth. Women should be eau
uous while this eonfiguration
prevails.
Heart and Home: This is not
a propitious date for women to
seek any public position or to
ask favors of any sort. 1t is a
time for watchful waiting. Calm
and careful thinking should en-
phasize the blessings and mini
mize the fears that assail even
the people of the United States.
The stars warn. however. that
the utmost thrift and foresight
should be guides in administer
ing domestic money matters.
Business Affairs: Although
astrology gives those who study
the stars reason to prophesy
changed conditions that affect
the whole world. the United
States is to be fortunate In wise
adjustments of trade and fl
nance which are lucky for bust
ness. Inevitably this nation
must reflect what war has &C
complished in other countries.
but there Is promise of slow pro-
cesses in alteration of estab-
lished financial methods.
National Issues; Caution now
should guide electors who must
realize that trained and expert
enced statesmen are most need
ed in a time OF world crisis.
The greatest good for the great
est number must be the aim as
the nation proves its power to
defend itself against all aggres-
sors. Kindness toward resi-
dents of the United States who
belong to enemy nations is en-
joined. True patriotism avoids
injustice.
International Affairs: Canada
continues under a sway that
seems to presage a great flu
ture. Rapid development of its
political and commercial impor-
lance. after severe test. is prog
noSticated. The dominion will
attract many distinguished refu-
gees who win contribute to its
future prosperity. Close rela-
tons with the United States will
be fortunate.
Persons whose birthdate ii is
have the augury of a year that
brings excellent opportunities.
Both men and women shouN
benefit.
Children born on this day
probably will be highly intel
lectual. practical and philosophi-
cal. Character as well as tai
ents insure success.