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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-02
Marriages Decline

Three marriage licenses III Feb
ruary is h,taerto unheard OF
monthly low III Vance county Tor a
quarter ot century OF more, and
is development 70 create interest
and speculation. il not some con-.
Germ, as to the reason.
Ever since the legislature last year
adopted rigid h4a!,h restrictions to
be complied with by all persons APP
plying for marriage licenses IN the
State. the number OF permits has
gradually been dropping in this
county. Presumably the same con-
dition has resulted in other coun-
ties lying along the Virginia line.
where il is convenient for those
shrinking from the required health
tests to drive d lew miles and have
the knot tied without these pre-
liminarieS
Compliance with these regulations
is a submission 10 aDridgenent OF
personal liberties But IL this one
instance especially it is a matter OF
public welfare. making for the
building OF stronger generations to
follow, with a tendency to weed out
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-02
ANSWERS.

|. The honor OF entertaining lie
President himself, ana serving nam
/ meal. BctSy'S family huu lcit h"lhC
,cVeral uuyS before 10 81 10 CluE-
.otte to see President Washington,
who visited that city in 1871, while
on his southern tour. Betsy was too
mall TO 60, so she WAS lett al nome
IN the care OF servants. The Bran l"il
home located ;tDuul ten mll'% .'dt
II SALISBURY was on the road Inc
President was to travel tOW1rN% ST.
r>bury. He stopped there iOl n" Il,
the BrandonS not having returned.
Betsy had the unexpected pleasure
of entertaining him herself.
,. Colonel Peter H;in&5urouGh Eel,
elected governor OF tnp STATE 81
ICXaS in l849 and again il 1881.
3. Thirty-one counties. S:nCc then
three more have come within thc pro
visions Of ti!c act. These arc ;otaniy
IN 1887 and Allegheny and WASH
ington in 1859
t. The legislature Of 1881 adopted
an act which provides II" dc@,n
penalty. lirior 10 1871 North Carolina
did not have any penalty Tor tins
crime, however, the legislature oI
that year provided Il penalty Of no;
over Il years imprisonment, at the
discretion Of the court.
5. II is believed they were first
manufactured by j. Hiram Thcmp-
son in 4 foundry he operated Il: Tyre,
Davidson county. Mir Thompson
opened a foundry at Tyre years DC
lore the War between tie tIteS. lie
manufactured ploWS and c,rnShel-
lerS. After the war his successors
moved tie plant 10, Lexington and
added woodworking uvpWtm"nt.
e. The total vote W;'s -:9.799 for
Jonas and 46,766 for BuIWinEie. civ
ing Jonas majority OF 3.U43.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-02

feel more at home on their visits
if they could see the Stars ana
Stripes floating above them.
1t would not make much dill
ference one way or the other SO
tar as the property itself is con-
cerned. If the Bermudas could be
coded in settlement Of the British
debt. however, it would be that
much more than we have at pres
ent, and msre. perhaps, than we
shall ever have otherwise, for there
is no probability that obligation
will be paid during the lifetime OF
any one now alive-maybe never
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-02
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
BY FRED II. MAY

l. What honor awaited Betsy Bran
don, Rowan county girl, left at home
when her family went to CharIolle
to see President Washington?
2. Who was the Warren county
man who served two terms as gov
ernor Of Texas?
3. How many counties declined to
be included in the 1885 act which
made the term of register of deeds
four years?
I. When did North Carolina adopt
the death penalty for kidnapping:
5. Who manufactured the Inst
turning ploWs in North Carolina:
6. BY what majority did Jonas de-
feat Congressman BulWnkl2 III
1928?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-02
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Having qualified as Executor Of
the Estate of R. S. McCoin, deceased,
late of Vance County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said de-
ceased 10 exhibit them to the under
signed at Henderson, N. c., on or
before the 3rd day OF February, 194l,
or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons indebt-
ed TO the Estate will please make
immediate payment.
This 3rd day Of February, 1910.
AL. B. WESTER,
Executor Of the Estate Of
R. S. McCoin, Deceased.
3-l0-7-24-2-9
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-02
TODAY IN HISTORY

l8j3-TcrritOry Of WNshiNgtln
organized out of Northern Oregon,
and known as the Organic Law:
first called Columbia in bill.
166l-Act OF Congress authorizes
the Southern Overland Mail Com
pany to run a mail stage line from
st. Louis TO Placerville. Cal.
l867-Orficc Of Education created
as a separate department at first.
nd made a part Of the Dept. of the
Interior the next year.
l9l8-Amcrican troops rcpulSc
enemy attack in foul sector and
along Chcmin dos DANES.
lI9-Scvcn billion dollar victory
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-02
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Alice toOte MacDougall Ol New
York, business executive, born Is
:, Sesla $50.
ineZ E&yncS irwin, author, porn
at mo dc Janeiro, 81 years ago.
katnlyn n. ADAMS OF Maipole,
Mass, educator, born 81 years ago.
John hamilton, chairman Of lie
Republican National Committee,
born at Fort Madison, Iowa, 10
years ago.
Dr. thomas p. Cooper, dean of
the University OF htn,ucNyS Agrl-
cultural College, born al Pellin, ILL.,,
50 years ago.
Dr. Alfred II. Upham, president Of
Miami University, Ono, born at
..atOn, Ohio, IS years ago.
Pope PIus AL, born IN Rome, 81
EGar$ ago.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-02

Loan Bond Bill passed by Con-
GreSS.
1929-Kellogg Anti-War Treaty
qualifications deposited by II ma
TONS IL aSnInStOn.
l932-World awe struck at NOR
ming news lnal LlndDcrSh baby
h.>n.uiJrI utSnI DcloiC.
iS,u--. ops i-!t,S lii elected.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-02
Aviation Lead
Stock Revival

New York. March 2.-(AP)-Buy-
ers renewed their interest in aria-
ton stocks today and the resulting
lift. joined by a few other issues,
steadied the stock market.
Trends were Irregular as the close
approached but an early downward
tendency seemed to be definitely
halted. Transfers were about 3O9,-
600 shares.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-02
TGHAY,S HOROSCOPE

Tudays nature is VentGrouS, with
a contempt for danger. The pursuit
of literature, especially through
travel or the broad view OF life.
Will be successful, and good fortune
may also be found in tie law. You
are little too impulSivc, but SYM
pathetic and aGiectionate.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-02
Cotton Trend
Downward

New York, March 2.--(AP)-Cot-
ton futures opened , 10 6 lower.
Prices around the end OF the Inst
hour held steady al net losses OF )
to + points. Bombay selling and COM
mission house liquidation EXTENDED
by to 9 point, recent declines IN
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-02
NOTICE.
Service BY Publication.
In Superior Court.
State Of North Carolina:
County Of Vance:
Lenora d. Wong.
Back LOy Wong.

The defendant above named Will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in the
Superior Court, of Vance County,
N. c. for a divorce absolute OH the
grounds Of two years separation; and
the said defendant will further take
notice that he is required to appear
before the Clerk of Superior Court
of Vance County in the courthouse in
henderson, N. {. on the 18th day of
March. 1910, TO answer or demur to
the complaint in said action, or plain
tiff will pray for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
This 18th day of February, 1910.
E. O. FALKNER,
Clerk of Superior Court,
Vance County.
J. NJ. Peace, Attorney.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-02
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See Back PGGe

|. No.
2. Minister to Bulgaria.
;. One hundred and fifticth.
4. Less power.
}. The United States.
6. Great Britain.
I. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pen
nSylvan!a, Virginia.
D. Chauscr'S "Cantenbury Tales"
3. Foolish
TO- Fort Knox, Kentucky.
In bad luck, hold out; in good luck
hold in.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-12
RADIO
W-J-E-J-PROGRAM

FRIDAY = JAN. IL, 1910
700 Sunrise Serenade
1855 News
500 Sunrise Serenade
$50 Morning DevOtiOns
S:45 Market Basket
9:15 Morning Varieties
1000 Gren-Pac on the Air
1915 Melodies of Yesteryear
1890 At the Console
HOO Civic News of the Air
11:15 Shoppers Guide
1900 Luncheon Melodies
12:15 Checkerboard Time
1890 Music and News
49, So News
100 Chambersburg Time
100 Western Mt. Rangers
200 Afternoon Varieties
2:30 Monitor News
2:45 WPA Program
500 Swing Session
3:15 Hank and Sue
$3.50 Tea With Bea
400 Mercersburg Program
4:30 Curley and his Ranch Boys
ASS News
500 Vocal Varieties
5:15 Supper Chat
5:45 Buyers Preview
500 News
sos Sports Parade
6:15 Mystery of Numbers
$50 Music Mart
GAS Dinner Musicale
6:55 News
700 Evening Melodies
7:15 Wavnesboro Band Wagon
100 Postal Oddities
7:45 Organ Melodies
SIS Lone Rambler
$40 American Legion
S:A5 Classic Melodies
900 A Song is Born
$50 Heralds of Destiny
GAS Let's Dance
1000 News
1915 Silent
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-12
HORSE AND BUGGY
DAYS =.
BY the Old Lamp Lighter

The Evening Globe carried an
account of the BrOWn-PiCkett muir
der trial and Browns acquittal by
a jury, which retired at 2: 40 p. M.
The court attendants remained in
Court Hall until II O'Clock and the
jury. having failed to reach YER
dict at that time, the hall was
closed for the night. The jurors
were served with meals and they
spent the night in the room to
which they were assigned. Con-
siderable interest was manifest by
the public. At an early hour in
the morning the more curious di-
rected their steps toward the
Court House and took positions to
renew the wait of the night pre-
vious. The suspense was termin-
ated at 10:45 O'Clock. A half hour
later the prisoner was brought
into the court room, accompanied
by his sister-in-law and two broth
ers. Pending the taking of the
verdict, the court admonished the
anxious crowd which filled the
room. that any demonstration
would be severely dealt with.
Clerk Oswald ordered the prisoner
to stand up. when the jury,
through their foreman, returned
a verdict of mot guilty" Upon
hearing the verdict. a smile spread
over the prisoners countenance.
The papers account said it learn
ed the jury took Is ballots before
reaching an agreement.
The case consumed three days
of the February term of court of
the year 1887. Judge A. x. Syes-
ter presided with Judge H. w.
Hoffman as associate in the case.
NJ l.. Keedy was the States at
torney Brown was defended by
Attorneys Edward Stake and Blu
canaan Schley.
The following composed the
jury: Albertus Spencer, foreman;
David Byers, William Chrissinger,
George B. Cearfoss, Jacob NJ
Hykes, Jacob Lakin of the regular
panel and Andrew K Harsh, Will
liam Knodle, John NJ. Friese. A. c.
Yost. James Fisk and Charles d.
Knepper talismen.
The News. published in Hagers-
town, told of the death of a prom
inent business man as follows:
George R. Bowman died at his res
'dence on broadway, aged II
years. He was surrounded by his
family but was unconscious for
some hours before his death He
was a good citizen, a kind parent
md a lasting friend. He COM
menced life at the bottom of the
ladder, but by his energy, pluck
and determination he amassed a
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-12
WHAT A DIFFERENCE JUST
A LITTLE DOT WILL MAKE

In the issue of The Hagerstown
Globe of January 5. it was stated
the Christmas offering at st.
Paul's U. B. Church to the Quincy
Orphanage was $3.50. This should
have been 1868 which was in ex-
cess of the amount the congrega-
ton contributed last Christmas.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-12

A North Carolina law prohibits
more than three persons from rid
ing in the front seat Of an automo-
bile.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-12

considerable fortune. His business
efforts could be emulated by our
young men with profit"
Records tell of a wreck on the
\. 4 w. Ry.. i'll which Alva Funk
and John Stouffer were killed. The
bodies of both men were taken to
Rileyville. Mr.. Stouffer had been
in the employ of the railroad for
II years. At the time of his
death he was conductor on the
through freight train, from which
he leaped. For some time he
made his home at the Beeler
House Mr. Funk was the son of
Philip Funk, councilman of the
Fourth Ward and resided on East
Church street. The men were in
the wreck at Chew's Switch, on
January 4, 1890. Mr.. Funk was
pulled from under a freight car.
along with Harvey Gardner who
was painfully but not seriously in
jured.
In 1911 The Hagerstown Bank
established in 1906. advertised
that on certain date the banl
would pay 3 IL per cent interes
on interest deposits. The capita
stock was given in the ad as $50
900 and surplus and profits as
$4,000 The Middletown Savings
Bank advertised: 'If your money
is not earning you per cent, it
will pay you to write for our free
booklet.
Samuel M. Shafer in 1911 adver-
tised as 1.-THE Mans Store 81
West Washington street. Huyler's,
Liggett's, Fernway's and other
candies were advertised by Rudy
and Meredith to be fine gifts for
Christmas.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-12
SUNDAY

S:45 Voice of the Gospel
900 Church of the Air
$50 Pentacostal Church
1000 Request Melodies
1870 Sabbath Melodies
HOO Church services
1900 Souvenirs
1915 Dinner Musicale
12:45 News
100 At the Console
1:20 Todays Candid Story
Las Classic Melodies
200 Church By the Side of the
Road.
2:2O Sunset Islanders
300 Revival Echoes
$50 Organ Melodies
400 Father Coughlin
500 Poets Corner
$40 Home Makers
5:45 Sports
500 Novelty Trio
$40 Musical Program
GAS News
700 Concert Duo
7:90 Church Services
900 News
$40 Organ Melodies
9:15 So Many Memories
0:20 Sketch Book Players
1000 Sign Off.
Tuesday. Thursday, Saturday to
II p. M. - Sunday to 10 p. M.
Boston police were informed
that a thief entered the home of
William Covington and stole SIT
from the pocket of his new suit.
The following night the thief re-
turned and stole the suit
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-12

yvu.5 04I> u LID -
Maryland
according from head
in Fidelity Building Baltimore They will the
which will be held January
campaign which being
Quoted throughout Maryland.
Wetzel, the William Baer
School The boy Richard kramp Cumberland Maryland
the William Ba School, Both received certificates
appointment signed by Senator Radcliffe and Keith Morgan National
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-12

Mary Butler of Chicago. report
in~ she had been robbed. told the
police the thief escaped to 1923
Diversy Parkway. The next day
she explained to the Judge: Il live
there and wanted a ride home.
She was fined SIS.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-12

Councilman Harold Stanley of
Munice, Ind, has ordered women's
shops to pull down the shades
while dressing the dummies in
their windows. explaining: "They
are lifelike and should not be per-
mitted in the window unclothed."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-26
Ladies Don't Carry Guns

Uncle Sam had better do something soon. We've just let an honest woman slip through our fingers. We're sending her back to Canada because she wouldn't agree, under oath, to bear arms for the United States. Mrs. Alice Signe Aune was allowed to enter the country under the agreement that she would file citizenship papers here. She said she would assist the government in any other way-even as a war nurse - but she wouldn't shoul- der gun.
 Mrs. Aune isn't the only woman who feels that way. Most of the others we've admitted wouldn't touch gun, even though they've casually said they would. And Uncle Sam would have to look long time to find corps of native-born Amer ican women who would shoulder musketS. The fact is, he doesn't expect them to. That question applies to men applicants for citizenship. In cases such as that of Mrs. Aune, the United States looks a little absurd. It will be a lot better to modify the immigration laws be- fore this sort of thing happens again
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-26
Length Of Life

Studies by two Johns Hopkins Univer- sity scientists indicate that medical men of the future may be able to determine the length of mans normal life by the rate of his heart beat. It is much too early to work out any mathematical table DTS. Raymond Pearl and w. Edwin Moi felt, the researchers, aren't even sure that the heart beat has anything to do with length of life. But in boring over insur ance records, they have Sensed possible relationship between the two.
 ; For the benefit of most of us, it might be just as well if the scientists just let the matter drop where it is. It is doubtful whether any good can come out of know ing how long one will live. It might be discouraging to know that you have exactly 30 years left, barring an unfore- cast plunge down the side of mountain or something like that.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-26

Miss Tallulah Bankhead, star of "The Little Foxes" that has had long Suc- cessful New York run, sees no reason why her producer and author of the play will not allow benefit performance for Fin nish relief. She says when the show opens shortly in Washington, D. C., she will give her weeks salary, which is sig able one, for this purpose Moreover, Miss Bankhead can't see any reason why the producer, who according to her did so much for the loyalist cause in Spain, feels constrained in the matter of Finnish relief. This is something to think about. However, to properly judge, one would have to hear both sides. Right now the cooperation in the matter of contributions for Finnish relief is more than generous, and there is no class or profession more generous than stage folk when the occas- ion demands. The Lunt-Fontanne com bination, when they arrive in New York shortly, will turn over their salaries in like manner to aid the distress in Finland
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-26
You Get What You Pay For

All branches of the building industry could do the public valuable service Ii they would only strive to spread the gos- pei of the economy of quality. The objective in construction should not be how cheap, but how good. There is vast difference between low costs and low prices. For materials, equipment or service that carry the lowest prices may, and in all likelihood will, in the end, be the most costly.
 We all are aware of the fact that cri- ticism of the building industry not infre- uuently springs from the evils of cheap construction. But cheap building mater ials as we'll The jerry builder and all his ilk are the arch enemies of the whole con struction fraternity. Cheap houses that soon reveal signs of falling apart, cheap materials that become obsolete almost immediately, cheap labor which simply makes mess of most of the jobs 1t under takes - these are among the real ene- mics of honest industry in the construc- tion and building materials fields.
 s It is unfair to allow the public to be victinized by the false doctrine that things that are cheap are the least costly. All of us who are in any way affiliated with this great and honorable vocation, whether we be architects, contractors, finaneierS, manufacturers, building edi- tors or artisans, have solemn obligation to perform in giving the public the full advantage of our expert knowledge. There are great traditions in the building indus ;ry that ever must remain inviolate. There no real economy in the shoddy and the .awdry even though the price may seem low. fs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-26

ance counsellors downtown named Gilbert and Sullivan. And neither can sing a note. While at the top of leaf in the phone book is listed the names of Crirnmins- Crook. This is the joker: Crimmir1s is crack New York detectivel
 The Fifth Avenue association is up in. arms against that new flicker, Remember the Night" because the merchants fear it may encourage shoplifters.
 I've uniform reply to queries which begin with Whats Your hobby?" My hobby is sleeping. Trouble is, there's never time enough to indulge in it.
 The present rush of presidential candidates prompts Joe E. Lewis to observe that time was when the office really sought the man-but 1940 is leap year.
 A GRAND
 AWARD
 I wonder if Brenda Frazier will be able to muddle through with the 5000 per week the courts just granted her.
 Bandleader Enoch Light sent an interesting note the other night. He was at college, he says. with Lawrence Steinhardt, the Arnbas- sador to the U. s. s. R., and the class prophecy fell little short of its mark. Light, popular meastro, was described as " the most likely to succeed in business
 because of his acusnend ametacl because of his acumen and execu- tive mind." Steinhardt was destin- ed ito make his way in the enter tainment world because of his wit and handsome features!"
 One of the Broadway cafes closed the other night with quarter of 8 million dollars loss, which will give you an idea of how speculative night life can be.
 There is playboy in Manhat- tan who pays a $20 food bill each day. for his dogs diet. Enzio Pinza, the handsome basso of the Metro politan Opera House, who rode six-day bike races in Rome to pay for his musical courses, usually takes daily practice around Gen. tral park and leaves his bike at 8 store on 57th street. v
 The other day a messenger boy approached him and queried: That's a pretty swell contraption, what outfit do you work for?" Pinza thought it over a second and with deadpan replied, T de- liver for the Metropolitan" And he wasn't lying, If you've ever heard his stentorian warbling.
 They report the reaction of Syd- ney Howard, the British actor, to the war in one of the London weeklies, as follows: "a dreadful exhibition" he commented, "cos- tumes-tasteless, lghting-shock- ing. It can't possibly run too long!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-26
. HIGHlIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Love Fantasy Welcome Relief From Reality

Fantasy at its finest. A delightful love story, delicately told, certain to find a charmed audience. A well come relief from reality.
 Robert Nathan's beguiling novel, cite, Portrait of Jennie" (Knopf: $2), is a1i this and more. It is the story of a love that transcends the limits of space and time, that ap- pears true in spite of its impossible ity.
 Eben Adams is a struggling paint CT, capable of fine works, but lack ing the driving force when he first meets Jennie, an attractive child, dressed in old-fashioned clothes, playing in the park. She speaks vaguely of her parents, a vaudeville team, appearing at a theater that has been torn down 20 years. Eben's first sketch of her, drawn from memory, starts him on the road to success.
 Jennie returns at frequent in- tervals, each time older, more ma ture, during the year that follows. It is when she was on the brink O1 WOIudIl1IOOO tAldV G1HOA P.AAto her portrait =. the painting that ultimately was to bring him fame. With each of Jennie's visits Eben comes to love her more deeply. They have brief mo- ment of happiness before Jennie goes to France, and one last meet ing before = but that is Nathan's story.
 Nathan has adroitly balanced his phantom heroine with real-life characters in the persons of Eben's landlady, his friend Gus, the taxi driver, and his agents.
 Portrait of Jennie" will make you pause, in the rush of everyday affairs, and wonder And you'll have a warm, comforting satisfac- tion for having read 1t.