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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15
TODAY IN HISTORY

1840-Q00 years ago. The Will
mington and Roanoke Railroad, N
c.. 16l miles in length, begun in
1886, opens.-The mystic symbol,
20. X" first appears in print on the
front page of the Boston Transcript
l865-(75 years ago) Dies-at
1922 Il. m, the victim OF an assasn'S
bullet, President Abraham Lincoln,
at the age of Sc.
1886 - Worlds first successful
trolley system begins at Montgom-
cry, Ala.
1904-Carnegie Hero Fund Com
mission established with $5,OOO,-
600 endowment.
19l0-Census as of today gives
country's population as 9l,972,2OO.
1917 - Ex President Theodore
Roosevelt asks permission to raise
an army division Tor service in Eu-
rope.
192O-Shoc company paymaster
and guard murdered at South
Braintrce, Mass. by bandits-for
which Sacco and Zanzctti arrested
20 days later.
1939-President Roosevelt APP
peals to Hitler and Mussolini to
pledge ten years Of peace.
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lions in their altogether too human
informally.
These things may once in a while
be turned TO the purposes OF hero
worship. But not very often. Usually
they are part not Of the great Amerl-
can build-up. but of the great Amcrl-
can tcar-doWn. Even il the dingy
detail of all this publicity is more or
less favorable, it is terribly intimate
and completely ''human.' Public men
are shown in all the business Of the
common clay. The people. down
through the long years Of democracy,
used To build d Wistful picture around
their public men. These great ones,
they liked to think. were little bit
different, d little bit better, than
themselves.
And if politicians started out as
common folks, the melloWing in
fluence Of time put 4 special haze
around chem. BY the simple process
of tree-ripening, they became states
men. Nowadays, there is no time Tor
all this. Men are hustled on and off
the stage, like the old-fashioned
amateur nights, before there is any
time for them to establish reputa-
tons The mechanism of modern pub
licity makes for premature boredom
by virtue of its very intensity.
OF course the build-up process does
sometimes work today. Cordell Hull
is a case in point. In 1888, nobody
who didn't come from loyal Tennes-
see would have forecast him as a
Presidential possibility. Familiarity
has bred respect. largely because
Secretary Hull has done no barn
storming and high-jingsing, but has
stuck despite publicity and high
water to his single objective of freer
world trade. HIS case proves d point
by following the familiar old rules
for making statesmen, now usually
honored in the breach.
Other potential leaders have
dropped and declined, blighted buds
on the high-prcSSurc tree. We know
too much about their private lives.
They were victims of the ruthless
forces they sought to utilize. They
never had time to develop. They were
hot-hou&c flowers who couldn't stand
the klieg lights, boy-tcnorS whose
voices changed over the mlcrophone.
II should be becoming obvious that
if we expect to have great men, and
keep them. we must alter our tech
niqueS bit. We are standing up 100
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Oday II II
rrn.xr,c, Nr<rUErED Q aDTES

19l4-John Lothrop Motley, fam
ed historian. author of The Rise Of
the Dutch Republic" born in Bos-
ton. Died May 90, 1877.
162l-JoSeph B. Brown, Georgia 5
noted Civil War governor and chief
justice, railroad president and sena-
tor, born PickenS District, S. c. Died
Nov. 80, 1894.
1937-Horace Porter, Union Off
Ger, New York City railroad head,
noted ambassador to France, discov-
erer of the long-sought after body
Of Paul Jones, born at Huntingdon,
Pa. Died May 20, 1921.
1843-Henry James, famed move
list, son and brother Of famed Ame-
ricans. born in New York. Died in
London, Feb. %, 1916.
1859-Abbott Fuller Graves, noted
artist. born at Weymouth, Mass. Died
July Is, 1886.
1859-George f. Burr. noted artist
and etcher of Southwestern desert
scenes, born at Monroe Falls, Ohio.
Died at Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. II. 1889.
1861-Bliss Carman, New York s
distinguished Canadian poet, born
at Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Died June 8, 1929.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15

dissatisfaction with present achieve
mcutS. and 1t is through such men
that industries are rcvolutioniXcd.
And that is why the tempo of prog
rrSs is speeding up, us American III
duslry is cultiNating ideas us It's rich
est investment in the future. In
duStry is looking for young MarconiS.
Young Edl$onS, young Bells.
One OF the detectives of present
day research is solution Of the fuel
problem. since motors get only five
percent possible efficiency from
present fuel. The opinion was en-
pressed that an automobile could
make 400 miles 10 the gallon if it
could be gcared TO full efficiency.
Much has been said in recent years
OF tire machinc-age. and OF how in
yentIon has thrown men out of
work. That has been true tenn
porarily in fields where old methods
have been revolutioniZcd. But with
out the machine and mass produc-
ton. the high degree Of efficiency OF
the modern automobile would be an
lnluuSSibility. And it has furnished
millions OF Jobs that did not exist
before it came along.
There is an abundance of men,
money and materials in this Coun-
try. Kcitrring said, but Il scarcity
Of projects. Therein is the arSu-
mcnt of ,hc part-thinkcrS who would
put tax on machinery and invcn-
lions. Mankind had enough sense
to Gel out Of the cave. and he will
have enough sense 10 stay out, as
sumlng that he may have enough
sense not to commit suicide with the
destructive Things his inventive
brain has fashioned.
In the meantime. one might
spend some of his leisure bordering
the things ne will be able to do at
less cost with the rcvolutionizcd
automobile of 1880 1t will be dill
(ercnt. as other Things will be Diff
fcrcnt. II we can keep our heads
cIoa,. and our feet on the ground,
we shall not be submerged in the
morass OF preScnt-day peSSimisms.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15
GREAT AMERICAN TEAR DOWN

(Dv Edwin d. Canham. in The
Christian Science Monitor.)
Often somebody says: "WhcrC are
ali the great statesmen today. the
men We used to have" The answer
: being cNempliried TO lis daily and
nightly: we tear them down as fast
rs they show sign of being built up.
The American. public cVinces all The
attributes Ol one Of the more nOlSomc
forms of animal !ifc-it is beginning
to eat It's young. In 4 word, while
the devices of modern publicity are
very good for 4 Sudden (and un-
stable) buiid-Up. they are even bet
ter for the tear-dOWn.
The Observation-Disclosures scholar
could compare the three leading Re-
publican candidates for the PreSidCn-
tial nomination today. or the Demo-
cratic candidates, with some past
Headers" and he would find these
Americans not so very different from
our traditional and once highly re-
spected public men. Some of them
are relative newcomers on the ma
tionaI scene. but so were many lead
ers OF the past. Some Of them are
youthful. but not nearly so youthful
as Americas Hamilton or England'S
Pitt. Some Of them have largely local
regulations, but no more narrowly
restricted than many PRESIDENT of
the past.
Yet all these men face today one
great handicap: They must blink in
the brutal limelight of modern pub
Lefty. They must lick their lips and
stare into the pitiless lens Of a
camera which shows every hair in
their eyebrows They must speak in
to microphone when every minute
is measured off in tell-taIe SECONDS,
when millions arc listening for the
least trace of diffidence or ignorance,
when there is little chance for in
lormality and homely approach.
Their private lives arc at the
mercy Of the columnists. Their spouse
have to survive the public stage too,
hold press conferences, tell their in
most thoughts, disclose their sea-
Sonal WardrobcS. Their children are
torn from the nursery and laWncd
or Satirized by feature writers, or
| scnSationaIizcd in their calloW youth
full follies. Their aged forebcarS, their
country kinloik, arc sought out in
their placid retreats, made TO pose
| for lecrng lenses, and shown to mil
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15
Referendum of War

AN organization StcSlSn0lllS llSSll
* ~lIother> of the United States OF
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with apneafs in favor of massage at
This session 81 CONGRESS of a resolu-
,;o,, >, ,a,.,,,;. y na-ioraI referen-
G,,,, on conservation for foreign
u.ars The resolution WAS INTRODUCE
Cd IN me House on January s. and
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15
Automobiles In 1850

A revolution that this country
would welcome with open arms was
described by Charles +. kcttcrlng,
. (; vicc-pYcsidcnt of General Motors,
in testimony Il few days ago before
the Temporary National Economic
Committee. He was referring to
radical and progressive changes IN
| the manufacture Of automobiles. The
inventive process will add thous-
andS Of Jobs Tor Americas unem-
! ployCd workers, he said.
1t was an interesting perspective
that the motor official gave to the
committee, which consists largely OF
congressman, headed by Senator
G, Mahoncy, Democrat, Of Wyoming,
aS chairman. He predicted the
United States stands on the threSh-
old Of vast new inventions and ma
chinc-age improvements that Will
change the picture of the nations
life.
Another witness, DR.. Theodore j.
| KrcpS, the committees economic
/ conSuItant, said that in the cVolu-
| ton process Il careful balance must
! be maintained between the job and
| the machine so that the benefits oil
| labUr-Saving devices can be passed
on to the public without those dis
locations which he said cause bust
ness dcprcSSionS. Whereas some
years ago the problem was to find
| enough hands to produce the things
| that waited to be developed, the
need today is to find new things to
occupy the millions Of idle hands
waiting to be employed, the motor
executive stated.
Mr.. kcttcring said the next ten
years will see greater Improvement
in motor cars than the last ten
, years saw. This TACT, he added, IS
established as clearly as anything in
the future can be established. And
1t is likewise true, in his opinion, OF
every one of the industries which
make and supply the materials for
. the automobile induStry
! The witness asserted that think
ing men are driven by Il Gud-given
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15
ANSWERS.

l. Licensed distilleries. In 1881
1here were more than 1900 in the
state. majority Of which were in
the piedmont and western part OF
the state.
2. He served nine terms beginning
in 1903 and ending in November 1918
when he resigned to accept the APP
pointment of United States District
Judge for the Western District OF
North Carolina, rendered him by
President Wilson.
3. A total Of about 1900 men, in
Guiding the First Regiment Of Foot
Volunteers, and two other companies
included in the Twelfth U. S. In
Iantry.
i. The first counties in the North
eastern part Of the colony were al
lowed five delegates while the newer
counties were allowed only two de-
lcgateS.
5. Definite attempts to force pro-
hibitiOn in the State were made in
1881 when a proposed constitutional
amendment lost 1890 to 166,325,
and in 1858 when the prohibitionists
won 1852 TO 69.4l6. The other at
tempt was the Watts local option acts
Of the legislature of 1908.
6. Governor Gabriel Johnston APP
pointed governor 1884 and served I'M
Ill his death in 1852, total Of
eighteen years. Governor Johnston
was born in Scotland. Records show
that he was an executive of question:
able ability. He allowed his salary
TO get in arrears for many years.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15
Wars Aftermath

Wars are not cnoSu Wslen "''''-
iSticcS are signed or peace treaties
ratified. Ii WAS not 50 in 1918 and
is not now. And it won't be, either,
when the bellscrcntS in the present
day Europe exhaust themselves and
have to stop tor the sheer want OF
the resources with which to carry
on.
There IS just as much tragedy
hardship and suffering later as
while hoStIllticS are III progress
sometimes even more.
Take the case OF little Finland,
for example. Much OF the interest
in and enthusiasm in America for
extending aid to the Firms Jagged
when they surrendered to Russia.
But tragedy. poverty and suffering
still stalk that unhappy Iaho III inc
wake OF the eNactIonS py the 90
vietS.
Something more than S5,0oO,ooO
was raised by the relief committee
headed by Herbert Hoover, and the
money has been sent 10 Finland.
But Mr.. Hoover has received a
cablegram saying $4,000 persons arc
estimated to have lost their homes
and there are $4,000 homeless re-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
BY FRED H. MAY

!. What type of manufacturing
plant lead in numbers all others in
North Carolina in 1881?
2. How many terms did Edwin
Yates Webb, of Shelby, serve in Con-
grcsS?
3. How many North Carolinians
volunteered for service in the MeNl-
can War?
+ What difference in legislative
representation allowed some counties
in colonial assemblies caused much
trouble?
5. What three definite attempts has
the state made to force prohibition?
6. Who was the colonial governor
who served the longest term as chief
executive?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15
NOTICE SERVICE BY
PUBLICATION.
T.. C.-ap;nr Tn,trf
In Superior COul


State of North Carolina:
County of Vance:
Brooks p. Wychc. Administrator ol
the Estate of Nellie Brame. de-
ceased.
VS..
Fannie Brame. Widow. Rosa Duncan.
ct vir, Quincy Duncan, Ada May
Dixon, ct vir, Ollie Dixon. iIartwell
Brame, ct uX. Mary Eta Brame.
Nellie Fulcher, Widow. Woodro"
Brame, Single, Grace Bramc. Single
Pauline Brame, Minor. Lucille
Brame, Minor. Georgia Brame
Minor, Wharton Travis. Wido"cr
William Travis, ct uX. Nannic Travis
Ben Travis, ct uX. Jessie May Travis
Mrs. Frank Travis Ezellc. ct VIZ
Frank Ezelle. Leroy Privctt, single
ZOllie Privett. Single. Jasper prI-
vett. Single. Willie Sue Privctl SIN
gle. Lois Privctt, Single, iIilda ri
vctt, Single, William Privctt. ct ny
Rose Privett. Zclma Privctt DEE arlo'
ct vir, Joe DcCarlO. Nellie PrIvr1
PomasOnOff, ct vir, Pete PomaNon-
off, James Harris, WidOWcr J. T.
Harris, ct uX. Mrs. J. {. Harris. MIS-
w. r. Briggs. ct vir. w. X. Briggs
Arlene Harris Wright. ct vir. Harry
p. Wright, and all other heirs.
any there be, of Nellie Bramc. De
ceased, and Ben Bramc, Deceased
The defendants above named. ana
especially Ben Travis. Ada M.S
Dixon, Ollie Dixon, Frank EIc."
Mrs. Frank Ezclle, Leroy PrrC''
Zollie Privett, Jasper Privcii. ".t'
Sue Privett, Lois Privctt Hilda Pr
Vett, William Privett, Rose P"nr,'
Zelma P. DeCarlo. Joe DcCar!", A'.-
lie P. Pamasonoff. Pete P"m"-oi-
off, j. c. Harris, Mrs. J. G. Hams
will take notice that a Special I'."-
ceeding, entitled as above. has arna
in the Superior Court ''
Vance County, N. c.. before the C.r..
Tor the purpose Of selling a house ana
lot owned by Ben Bramc and Nr.-'
Brame, deceased, and a division ".
the money to be derived thclci."..'
and the said defendants vii! in"H'
take notice that they are required .'
appear before the Clerk Of Super.
Court Of Vance County, in the C"l.'-
house in Henderson. n. {. %" @'
9Th day of May, 1910. to ans"cG .
demur to the Complaint in sac ".-
ton, or the plaintiff will pray 70. ~.
relief demanded in said complain"
This 9th day Of April, 1850.
E. O. FALKNtR.
Clerk of Superior Court.
Vance County.
j. M. Peace, Attorney.
8-l5-22-29
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

William M. Leiserson, member of
the National Labor Relations Board,
born in Esthonia, 81 years ago.
DR.. Arlo A. Brown, president of
Dew University, N. j., born in
Mercer Co., ILL.,, 81 years ago.
DR.. Fred Engelhardt, president Of
the University of New Hampshire,
born at Naugatuck, Conn, SIS years
ago.
Gov. Luren D. Dickinson Of Mich
igan, born 81 years ago.
Llta Grey Chaplin, actress, born
81 years ago.
Samuel R. McKelvie Of Nebraska
ex-governor, born Fairfield, Ncbr.,
50 years ago.
Rev. Dr.. H. Lester Smith. M. E.
bishop OF Cincinnati, born at Indiana,
Pa. 81 years ago.
James j. Jeffries of California,
rancher, onetime champion pugilist,
born in Ohio, IS years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15
TODAY'S HOROSCOPE

Today produces a strong and in
dependent character, capable of at
tending to its own business, and
very DESTROYS of so doing. OPPOSE
tlon breeds a tendency to be unjust
ana SO 1t is better to let today's
natives alone. If these natures are
turned in the proper direction. they
produce valuable results
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15

close. We should give them chance
to grow. We should impersonalize
our politics, and then perhaps some
Of our politicians will cease to look
so much like merely breathlcss hu-
man beings.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See Back Page

/. Claude Rains.
2. Bucks.
3. Arizona.
4. South, or into rivers which flow
south.
5. POrt-au-Prince.
6. Full moon.
7. First syllable.
6. Secretary Of Agriculture.
9. No.
10. On Lookout Mountain, near
Denver.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15

INVESTIGATE BEFORE YOU SIGN
on the dotted line. We ol!c" Bird.
giant weight l2Xl6 shingles al >3G5
to cover d square the Dutch Ia0
Method, or $40 per square the
regular way. We can iinany" Your
roof job. No down payment A.oH
S. Watkins, local distributor tu.
Bird Shingles. lJ-lt
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15

FOR SALE: SEVERAL LOAD, gv
well rotted COW stable muu, A.,
ST per load. II. l.. Candle u.uro
l27-W. .E..--
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15

FOR YOUR FERTILIZERS. SEE
Hight Brothers. Let Us supply yog
with your fertilizer. Our cHpcI-
cnce has taught us the best Elnd.
for this section. 1871
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15

GET PRICES ON OUR USED cans
before you buy. E. & L. Motor G..
Dodge and Plymouth dcu,rg.. iii
Chestnut street. i-g..-.,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15

WATCH YOUR HOUSE FOR TER
mites. they are very prevalent. in
fact almost every house in tins sec
ton has them. If left alone they
will ruin your floors and under
work. Phone 250-6. or write Var
rem Equipment & Spray Co., Nor
lima, N. G. mons-'!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15

WANTED SIX OR SEVEN nl..-
house, in good location. ON .rr,.I
basis. Write House, ca.c d..
patch. ~.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15

FOR RENT: FURNISHED HEATED
apartment on the Oxford road 4
I. VOW. lift
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15

A SMART NEW HAIR-DC Or ANY
of our other beauty services viii
do wonders for your appearance
Phone 200 for appointment. Bird
gers Beauty Shop. 5-'t
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15

BIG BARGAIN IN \ GOOD USED
Ford Sedan. See me al once. C. ~
Knott, phone 1904. i5--.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15

WANTED AT ONCE -- SECOND
hand - ton truck. Must be- m
FIRST class condition. Best cas-.
price. At once. Apply To Box 81 o..
UnderpasS Garage. 1872,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15

AMBITIOUS, RELIABLE WOMAN
wanted to supply customers with
famous Watkins Products in Hon
derson. No investment. Bus.ucs-
established Earnings average 50
weekly to start. Pay starts ,~.c-
diately. Write D. AyIiilc. 3-IJ CT
shaw Ave. Richmond. Va. ,5-1u
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15

MIR. FARMER, MUCH DEPENDS
on what you put under yom crop
now. See US for your fertilizers We
have the kind that TIL, section
needs Hight Brothers. Ig-&.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15

BELIEVE AND LIVE: Jesus saith
unto her. | an. the resurrection and
the life: he that beileveth in NE.
though he were dead. yet shall he
1--we. And whatsoever IWeth and be-
uevcth III ne shall never die.-JOhn
ll:25,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15

WE SPECIALIZE ~ All
kinds Of body and fender f..
pair work. Motor Sales ca
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15
EXECUTRIX NOTICE.

Having qualified as Executrix of
the estate Of Robert 7. Robertson,
deceased, late Of Vance County,
North Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims against the
estate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned at the office
of II. E. White, Attorney, Henderson,
N. c., on or before the eth. day of
February, l94l. or this notice will be
plead in bar of their recovery.
This the eth. day OF February, 1910.
ANNIE BELL ROBERTSON,
EXecutriX of the Estate of
Robert I. Robertson.
3-l5-22-29-7-14
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15

All keyed ads are strictly con,
fidential. Please do not cali
the office for their identity
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15
WANT ADS
Get Results

STRAYED OR STOLEN N.urr,l
Brown and white spotted .n.''
hound, will answer +, .a.. 77.s-
Shep. Finder please no,.r g. ,r
Brewer, Henderson route : - :.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-15
SUBSCRIPTION PRICES
pnyahle Strictly in Advance

Entered at the post office in Hender-
son, n. c. as second class mail matter
Evening star., 1940-02-26
aAaY cHlcKs

ND. AND VA. STATE certified baby chicks
brooders, equipment. feed ana remedies
wv. Bolsiano Z Co. All N. Y. ave. ne.
All. 6411. GOT = st. NV, Natl. OO81.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
CATTLE 3 LIVESTOCK.
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