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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-30

put it on a shelf. She covered the
turkey with a large, white napkin
and put it in the window box that
served as a refrigerator.
"Well, that's done. For once
feel like I could never eat another
meal. Them Puritans sure had a
swell idea when they figured out
Thanksgiving. What'll we do to-
night? Play cards o. take a
walk?"
The newspaper fell over Kits
face. She blinked her sleepy eyes
and picked it up again.
Maybe We'll go to the opera.
Metzger is singing Carmen" and
Mimi Purcell is giving a party in
her grandfather's box in the dia-
mond horseshoe. Fran, did
you hear my social secretary men,
ton whether or not Mimi had in
vited us?"
mo, your highness, that must
have been when my masseur was
here. And who, if the question
amt too personal, is Mimi Pur-
cell?"
Kit passed the society page to
Fran, pointing to picture. Miss
Goldilocks in the ermine jacket"
she explained.
Funny" Fran said, knitting her
brow, IT don't seem to place her."
II do. She was one of the con-
testants the night I sang on the
Sembler program. She's a debu-
tante and her father is the utili-
ties king"
"You don't say! Is that the name
of foreign country?"
Kit laughed. Idiot! Utilities are
things that people need. Things
having to do with supplying light.
and power, and heat. and water.
And when you're A utilities king,
you have millions Of dollars"
Somebody shoul:; have told pop.
When he first came from the CID
country, he used 70 sell candles
and lamps, and poiS and rams
Utilities, huh?"
Kit regarded t!:o rictuce thought
Gully. Its funny the wy things
get divided up. and the way pc0-
pie aren't satiGie;; with what
they've got. Take this girl =
she's got security aud ,ooley am:
social position, and looks, and a
voice. Oh, what chance could
I have against = girl like that
You can't win with that kind OF
competition"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-30

poll TICAl
\ CAMPAIGNS
The Lincoln Campaign of 1860

| had the extra asset of a hard work.
ing organization. His followers
damned the convention halls gall
leries and applauded thunderously
when his name was placed in NOM
nation. On the third ballot, Sew
ards early lead had vanished, and
Lincoln had won the presidential
nomination.
The election campaign, more con-
cerned with issues than hoopla,
produced 10000 speeches for Lin
coin. Lincoln himself delivered
none. A half million Republican
"Wide-Awakes," dressed in glazed
coats and hats and carrying
torches, marched through the north
with the motto: "Free Soil for Free
Men," Douglas parades had 33
women on horseback, dressed in
red, white and blue costumes to
represent the sisterhood Of the
states. breckenridge Minute
Men" warned: "No Railsplitter Can
Split This Union"
In the election, Lincoln won no
electoral votes in Is states, not a
single popular vote in ten states.
Yet, sweeping the north, he beat
Bre ckenridge by 100 electoral
votes. Douglas got IL electoral
votes.
The south was not pleased. Said
the Charleston Mercury of Lincoln,
"a horrid looking wretch
sooty and scoundrelly in aspect.
Faugh!" Soon, with every con-
gresham going about armed, came
secession and Civil war.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-30

tempt to e-step the question re-
duced it to political insignificance.
When the Democrats convened
at Charleston, in April, 1860, slav-
cry lay between its northern and
southern factions like a ticking
time bomb. For week they wran-
gled before adopting Douglas
popular sovereignty" doctrine,
and it's adoption caused Do south
ern delegates to secede from the
convention. When a later, all
northern Democratic convention
re-convened to dominate Douglas
at Baltimore, tt party's southern
wing promptly nominated John G..
Breckenridge as its own presiden-
tial candidate.
The Republicans, lacking all
southern representation, assembled
at Chicago solidly opposed to slav-
cry. Their quickly adopted plat
form asserted slavery had no sane
ton except state laws; that con-
gress could establish it nowhere,
and must bar it from the terri
tories.
William H. Seward, eminent
statesman, was the favorite for the
presidential nomination. But he
had important enemies, among
them Horace Greeley, powerful Re-
publican editor. Even so, he might
have won the nomination on the
conventions second day, if the bal
lots had not my&teriously disap-
pcared. The caucuses that night
did no good, for the numerous
friends of Abe Lincoln began to
make strenuous bids for support.
Lincoln, respected for his debate
with Douglas, yet small enough po-
l.tica!ly to have no major enemies,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-30
Q MI, Q (: e.; S!@{::?!!1d

,ssslv as she used to; 1t wouldn't
he lone. before her starring days
were over.
"Instcad of changing it, let's go
hack I'll tell you what I'll do,
Howard I'll take all the RESPONSE
hilitv off your shoulders for the
Snmbler judgments. You just
watch nv signals and I'll do the
elccting.'
"Oh no. Won will! How about the
stronc-miNd2d madame?"
II can talk her down any day."
she retortcd. getting her arms into
ner sable coat.
xii had 10 unite the ribbons Of
her papcr picture hat to get close
nrouch to the pcephole in the bur-
Ian curtain 10 look at the audi
nncc N'hcr she stood on her tip
toes her hoopcd skirt rose to show
the ruffles of her calico pantelettes.
ANY likely theatrical managers
ont there waiting TO- u.s." Fran
asked pleasantly.
None that I would recognize,
but 4 woman has just come in
wearing 4 sable coat and bracelets
that knock my eye out"
Maybe that's the radio star Jake
was talking about. Do you recog-
nize her.
Kit shook her head" I think
that's 4 man with her that I've
seen somewhere before, but don't
place him"
Howard Ealch was saying to
Mana Harris. AT least I won't be
rccoonized here and asked to make
4 snccCh.'i
Kit skipped her gaze from che
Girl in the sable coat and saw that
row upon row Of shining faces
were turned NJ to the stage, each
face 4 mirror Of youthful anticipa-
ton
Overhead. partially concealing
the water stains on the ceiling,
restooas Of orange and black crepe
paper. left over fror. Halloween,
twined ana met in the center from
which was suspended a large red
papcr bell. making a neat meeting
of memory with the coming Christ
mas holidays. At the foot of the
small stage, mounds of also left
over corn stalks fankeG a table on
which reposed the trophies to be
distributed by Mana Harris. They
were three cromium plated cups of
varying sizes. a pair of boxing
gloves. a brace Of ice skates and an
autographed football.
Amateur stagchands were set
ting the scene for the girls act.
They placed white bench against
a painted drop hoWing a portion
Of an eXtravaGant garden purport-
cd to supply tho illusion Of a south
crn garden.
Fran already had posel herself
on the bench ard was arranging
her c"ctcnnc Sl-:"ts when Kit took
her place. starving back of her
with one hanl resting on her Shout
dor an& tho other lingering the
i::;boas oe Der hat.
Fran nodded to the amateur
Stagehanl to give a cue to the Or
cheStrG leader.
The curtain was going up.
The fatcs were picking up the
strand OF destiny that were
raarke@ for Kitty Reilly.
TO Be ContinueG
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-30
RCHNPTEE TEN


HONNkN bL-\Nt' S''''' ''>''
am supposed to say
Il hoped youG say No" t'e'Ce-So
a great spiritual change III me-
answered Mana Harris. h"'
would be from the results OF me
profound thinking I've been Gong
these last few days.
He inquired arN.ouSiy. "Ho" Go
you feel, Mana: Wy temporal
ture?"
How 10 7 feel Or what 60 l
feel like" Don't bother. Row
ard. III answer both. | fee.
healthy. happy l:,i wise. | fee!
like q person instead Of = person
alitv anu like x. L. fact. l feel
like a rather rice person. y kind
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-30

| So cents worth of pure fiat in the
minting. This appeal for free and
unlimited coinage of gold and silver
at the fixed legal ratio of Is to l
became, after 1894. the chief hope
of debtors in the Mississippi valley
and the south.
Apotheosis of the free-silver
movement was reached July 9,
1896, at the Democratic national
convention in Chicago. There Will
liam Jennings Bryan. 36-year-old
delegate from Nebraska. electrified
America with his Gross of Cold
speech. presenting free-silver so
compellingly that he won the DEM
ocratic nomination and his partys
advocacy of free-silver in its plat
form.
Though his opponents considered
Bryan radical and overly oratori-
cal. few questioned his sincerity
The Republicans. whose eastern
and western delegates fought like
the Democrats over silver. at last
came out for 1.-The existing gold
standard" This stand caused the
secession of 35 western Republican
delegates. and made gold versus
silver the dominant issue of 1896.
With the mighty backing of
Mark Hanna of Cleveland. o.. Gov
William Mckinley secured the Re-
publican nomination. Two minority
parties. the Populists and National
Silverites. named Bryan their
standard bearer in the free-silver
campaign.
Neither Republican leader Hanna
nor his workers expected any real
fight from 1.-The boy orator of the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-30
The Free-Silver Campaign of 1896

Platte" Their complacence began
to crack when Bryan. train riding
to all parts of the country, brought
an eloquent explanation of free-sil-
yer to the voters. Bryan. pleasant
and affable. won friends by the
hundreds of thousands.
Mark Hanna's feet slid off his
desk with a startled crash when he
saw Bryan beginning to cut into
McKinley's Ohio vote. Hanna took
prompt action. Thousands of
speakers and writer's were EN-.
ployed to attack Bryan's 16-to-1
theory: political banners. emblems
and marching clubs appeared
everywhere. and the G.. o. P. spent
enough money to outdazzle the
Democratic forces completely. An.
other Republican strategy was the
creation of a minor political party
to WOO Democratic sound money"
votes from Bryan. Ostensibly con.
trolled by President Cleveland. this
Blue and Gray" ticket of two Civil
war veterans was entirely manned,
writes one historian. by Mckinley
workers!
Hanna's lavish campaign over.
took Bryan in the home stretch.
THE Great Cornmoner" discovered
that many who had cheered his
speeches deserted him at the polls.
Mckinley carried all sections Of the
country save the mining states and
the deep south. In popular votes.
Bryan ran only 100000 votes be.
hind McKinley's 6,509.052. ;:
Tomorrow: The Bull Moose Cam.
paign of 1912.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-30

you must be looking for some
thing to worry about, Kit. Your
path and hers amt ever going to
cross"
That was where Fran guessed
wrong.
Kit said, "Oh, well :"
Fran studied the women's page.
After a moment, her eye rested on
an item and she said, Turkey
loaf! That's one I hadn't thought
Of. Now, who would that
be?" she demanded, as a sharp
rap sounded on their door.
A boy in uniform said crisply,
Telegram for Miss Reilly"
Kit signed the pad he held out
to her. Her fingers were nerveless;
telegram was an omen of ill
luck. She gave it to Fran.
do you mind reading it, Fran?
I-I-don't like them"
Fran slit the envelope and read
silently.
Here" she said, giving it back
to Kit. 1--WE gotta find Jake Spivak
and borrow a hundred bucks"
"a hundred! WHY?"
Read that, baby, and you'll
see"
Kits eyes SKINNED the mes
sage. At first, the lines seemed to
dance up and down. After little,
the words fell into place and she
read them slowly, unbelievingly:
The judges of the Sembler
addition program are happy to
inform you that you have been
unanimously awarded first
prize in the Sembler contest.
In addition to the five thou
sand dollars cash prize there
is a contract for you to star
on a new series of broadcasts
sponsored by the Sembler Pr
ano company. We will be
pleased to receive yoI at our
offices in the Consolidated
Broadcasting building at your
earliest convenience, tomor-
row, Friday morning, to dis
cuss all details. The heartiest
congratulations of the COM
nlittee of judges and the exec
utives of the House of Sem
bier and this agency are eX-
tended to you. Sincerely,
BALDWIN KANE.
Baldwin Kane Advertising
Agency, Inc.
ITO Be Continued
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-30
SHNCI JLS

READ Tlil.5 ..4nSI:
GEIll.NIi l break alter long at
tempt 10 reach the top,
KIT REILLY. young ballad singer
Is UCIrICnuCu by
VANCE uEALEY, prominent radio
sports announcer VINO gives her trial
IN the Srmblcr contest. The prize Tor
the winner is $1,000 and one-year
contract TO appear GU the Sembler pro-
gram as the successor Of
MANA HARRIS, noted songstress;
who is retiring. Kit and her friend
and partner,
FRAN LIE MAZE, are slated to do
their song and dance act in an ath.
lctic club program. Mana and Howard
Balch. critic and one of the Sembler
contest judges. are in the audience. but
do not know Kit is to appear on the
program.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-30
CHAPTER ELEVEN

TO THREE women present IN
that hall on that Thanksgiving eve
it was ever to seem more than
a coincidence that brought them
under the same roof, fate that
crossed the paths of Kit Reilly and
Fran and Mana Harris.
The orchestra struck up a lively
and slightly off-kcy version of
Dixie" and the curtains parted
jerkily. The girls picked up the
song and walked hand-in-hand to
the center of the minute platform.
From there they went into a min
uet in taps which was their double
number. The dance finished, they
bowed off stage.
Kit returned alone, having a lit
tie difficulty in achieving grace and
staying within the radius of a way
ering spotlight. The piano and vio-
lin gave her the opening notes Of
"Thcrc's a Girl in the Heart of
Maryland" in a low key. She sang
it slowly, husltily and sweetly.
Cheers and stamping feet greet
ed her. but Kit held out her hand
to the wings and Fran came on to
do a solo waltz before Kit joined
her in second song.
In the third row of the audience,
Mana Harris felt her breath catch
in her throat with wonder. my
soul and body" she breathed, so
low that only Howard Balch could
hear her.
VERY nice" he said.
"W-what?"
you are"
I'm talking about the girl. The
little heart of Maryland"
ITO skinny" he replied.
Take a long look" she insisted.
He did. ut doesn't do any good.
Too many clothes"
THE facew she whispered with
eringly. Don't you recognize it?"
Kit was taking a repeat on the
chorus of Lovely to Look At"
His face was blank.
"She was the girl on the pro-
gram several weeks ago who made
Old Man Sembler cry. Remember?
I wrote you a note about her. And
look around you they love
her! If tried to sing an out-dated
number like "Maryland," I'd get
laughed off the stage"
II wonder if we could get beer
here when this is over"
Mana clutched his arm. Did you
or didn't you-say that you
couldn't remember one contestant
from another?"
YES" he returned calmly, IT
did. But you said you'd take care
of all that"
Howard, do listen carefully to
what I have to say. That young
ster's got something! Remember
that little paragraph on the pretty
page of instructions the advertis-
ing people handed out to us
Judges? Remember the one about
considering the appeal that would
get through to the universal hu-
man heart ?"
He regarded her from a great
height. Like all artists, you are
q lousy critic" he said pleasantly.
And, if I remember correctly,
there were a lot of other things
on your pretty printed page about
tonal perfection. range, register
and all that tripe."
That's the word" she agreed.
Look, Howard, I'm going out to
my car. don't want her to see me.
See if you can fix it to have her
out before 1 do my stuff"
She slipped out, only half catch
ing his parting remarl: a!cl:t not /!
setting hcr heart on it. The res: j
of it had to do with the girls no;
having a chance.
Fran polished the last plate and /
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-30
Mite Preservers

Wash your swim suit thoroughly before
putting il away for the winter Wash in
iukewarm suds. even if the entlr.a suit is
not made of wool. rinse we'll in several
waters the same temperature as the suds
dry thoroughly and store in moih-proof
bag or paper
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-30

hINS GVUTSG II
His country at war with Italy,
King George II of Greece declared
in message to his people, with
faith in God and in our deStinies
the nation as a body and disciplined
as a man will fight for its hearths
to final victory"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-07
Movie Revues
I'm OLD MISSOURI is
OFFERED AT THE ROYAL

TN Old Missouri" Republic film
now showing at the Royal Theatre,
features a varied musical scene.
Both traditional and modern pop
ular numbers make up the pro-
gram, including when It's Lamp
Lighting Time in the Valley"
when You Wore a Tulip and 1
Wore a Big Red Rose" Cotton
and Cane, and go Down Death"
The story, features the Weaver
Brothers and Elviry," who made
a sensational hit in their previous
Republic picture, 'Jeepers Creep
ers" and Down in Arkansaw."
Among the supporting players are
June Storey, Allan Ladd, Loretta
Weaver, Marjorie Gateson, Thur
ston Hall, Willis Claire, Earle S.
Dewey, Forbes Murray, Maurice
Costello and Ed Mortimer.
Also on the program are the
latest chapter of 1.-THE Shadow
serial, Andy Clyde in "Boobs in
the Woods and the latest news
events. 2
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''OUTPOST OF THE MOUNTIES"
WILL MARK BIJOU BILL

The Mounties declare war on
killers!Songs fill the air as they
launch their f%iercest man hunt! Ac-
ton with a vengeance as Starrett
avenges a cold-blooded slaying!
There's no rest for these sweet
singin' fightin' men till the last
killers ended up in Jail!
A mighty story of the world
famed Mounties, Columbia's Out
post of the Mounties" will open at
the Bijou Theatre today Charles
Starrett, two-fisted action favorite
is starred as a daring sergeant
who tracks down and captures the
slayers of a trading post agent.
Iris Meredith is S%tarrett's leading
lady and the Sons of the Pioneers
head a large cast which includes
Dick Curtis, Edmund Cobb, STAN
ley Brown and Kenneth Macdonald
G.. C. Colemen, Jr. directed from
an original screen play by Charles
Francis Royal.
The current chapter of Flash
Gordon Conquers the Universe
and a Charley Chase Comedy,
The Heckler," complete the pro-
gram. z
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-HssL
Museum OF Art Opens
Gallery At Wrightsvile

America Through American Eyes"
is the title of the exhibition paint
ings which has opened at Ocean Ter
race gallery of the Wilmington MI
scum of Art. The exhibition includes
20 paintings by artists from WPA
Art projects in 9 widely scattered
states and gives a bird's-eye view OF
the american Scene" as it is be-
ing painted by native sons.
Several artists who have paintings
in the exhibit have been in the spot.
light this fall for winning some OF
the most coveted national and inter-
national awards. Aaron Bohrod OF
Chicago who is represented by a
large canva called "Halsted Street
Scene" a homeiy subject treated
with sympathy and caustic wit, won
Honorable Mention in this years
Carneie international and Honorable
Mention for his paintin in t h G
American section of the exhibition
at the San FranciNco Fair. Behrod's
lively treatment of American genre
was attracted considerable attention
during the past years while he was
working under the WPA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-07
FOR BEANS
STRONG IN ONSLOW
Holding Up On Jacksonville
Market Despite Letup In
Northern Demand

JACKSONVILLE. June g.
Prices for beans are holding up on
the Jacksonville market despite the
slack in demand at northern dis
tribution points.
Wednesday the local market av-
erage was $1.19 for 1850 four-peck
hampers. Most of the offerings that
day were of fair quality t
brought from $1.00 TO SIPS. Good
quality beans sold as high as $l.65.
and poor quality offerings as low
as so cents.
The decline in price was attribu-
ted to the slack in demand at
northern points. At the same time
it was partially blamed on hard
rains this week in the bean produc-
ing section.
The top average of the season
was reached Monday when 1900
hampers were sold for $1.73. The
average dropped 40 cents Tuesday,
but was still good at $1.33 for 1,400
hampers.
The highest price paid so far on
the local market was $3.50 for a
lot of four-peck hampers to B.
Wells, of Edgecombe. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-07
.'TYPHOOON" is FEATURED
AT CAROLINA THEATRE

Audience acclaim peaked like a
20 graph when ''Typhoon' in full
Technicolor and Dorothy Lamour
in less than ever opened at the
Carolina Theatre.
This South Sea romance roared
in with a storm and a shipwreck,
that maroomed little Dorothy on
an uninhabited island, far from
normal sea lanes. Scenes switch
to a nearby island, ten years later,
and to Robert Preston, derelict
sailor who was discharged from
Annapolis.
Preston's life is saved, when his
friend Lynne Overman shanghais
him aboard his pearl hunting SUBJ
marine after a bar room braWl
with a Polynesian Chief. Forced
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to flee the Chiefs vengeance, they
put to sea; but must abandon ship
Oil Dorothy's lonely Eden for lack
of oil.
Preston, away from his party,
is overcome with heat, and literally
captured by Dorothy Lamour and
her female chimpanzee, Koko. The
thrilling love story mounts hand
i'll hand with suspense, as j. Carol
Naish leads a mutiny, and as the
pursuing chief discovers the sailor S
hideaway.
Americas Youth - 194O'' is
an exceptional subject on Youths
problem today and is easily the
highlight of the program of shorts,
which also includes a Pop-Eye car
toon, Bowling subject and the
News reel. 2
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THE KILLER SPEAKS
Continued From Page Tenn

or blackmail. l was a different
matter.
He was coming across the street
now. I backed between two build
ings, into the same narrow alley
ehere he first had cornered me. l
remembered a loose board on the
fence by the garden gate. If 1
could jerk it loose and wait f o r
him in the dark 80.
l turned and a back to the
gate. The plank was loose, all
right. / jerked it half off and twist
ed to free the last nail. 1t broke
away with a rasping sound as
put ali my strength into it.
That sound must have covered
Calais approach. Something black
came down over my head. l strug-
gled helplessly in a heavy sack as
two arms clamped around me.
felt a rope drawn tight. !
(To Be Continued
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MAY CLOSE PROJECT

JACKSONVILLE, June 6 The
WPA sewing rooms in OnsloW
county will be closed as of July
l unless the relief agency amends
its request for a larger sponsors
contribution by the county for the
1940-41 fiscal year. The Board of
Commissioners this week declined
to enlarge the appropriation in
view of indications that the W.PA
intended to reduce the number of
sewing room project employees next
wear, z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-07
Mecklenburg Will Sell
Seized Liquor To Durham

CHARLOTTE, June 6-tY-Cut-
lar Moore, chairman of the N. C..
board of alcoholic control, author
lied County Accountant G. D.
Bradshaw today to send 1,799 pints
of confiscated tax-paid liquor to the
Durham county ABC store.
The shipment will net this coun-
ty $813.64 a, bringing receipts from
the sale of seized whisky up to ST.
$685. AZ since the county commits
sioners voted last fall to sell rath-
r. than destroy the liquor. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-07
NOTICE TO PUBLIC

All Advertising appearing In THESE
,oInmns is for reputable and reli'
sbs concerns, SO fa4 as we can
sscertaju from a careful ~investiga-
ton. -
roo that every firm that uses these
coinrnns is required to live up to
heir obligations. Therefore, should
ymI reply to any advertisement on
his page and services are not rem
isrpd as advertised. The Star News
wants to know it.
The U. s. postal regulations are
very strict in such matters as such
an act would be misuse Of the u. S.
mail and the Star.News will see
that any attempt to defraud is
promptly handled by the P. O. de-
prtnent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-07
Belden Is Exonerated
In Death OF Negress

A croner's jury yesterday exonerat'
ed Harold Belden, negro, in connec'
ton with the death Monday morning
of Cordelia Meyer, As : year old
negress, at her home at 4O6 North
Sixth street, Coroner Asa w. Allen
reported.
The coroner's jury, composed OF
w. B. Savage, foreman: George F.
Duke, secretary; Harry Hundley, I.
]. Baird, w. 6. Evans, and George
ruled the negress died OF
a cerebral hemorrhage, brought
about by causes unknown.