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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-14

College Station, Raleigh, Aug. IA
The size and weight of lots of to-
bacco offered for sale is important
saws Lloyd T. Weeks, tobacco spec
ial;st of the State College Extension
Service, and generally speaking II Is
advisable to divide lot when II con-
tains more than $50 pounds.
Very large lots are sometimes re-
garded with suspicion" he said. "tlue
cured tobacco usually varies SO much
in quality and color that very large
lots of uniform quality are eXcep-
tional. On the other hand, very small
lots Objectionable to Warehousemer
and buyers, and may be Improbable
to the seller"
In timely advice to tobacco grow
ers. the State College man continued:
>No definite rule can be given as
to the minimum and maximum size
LOT of tobacco that should be offered
for sale. The size of the lot will de-
pend upon the range of quality,
color and length found IN single
curing of properly sorted.
There is no good reason for think
ing that a lot from the same tleld
and cropping, if properly and uni
formly classed, can be too large
However, such lots do not ordinarily
exceed 200 to $50 pounds, and larger
lots may create suspicion as to the
uniformity of the whole, or even sus-
picious as to nesting by some un-
scrupulous manipulation.
"From the other point of view, a
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-14
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when she was talking over her con-
tract when she couldn't go, either?
When she had you 60 with Terry
and some other people,"
YES" Miss Alderman said.
"Why?"
Because that night someone en-
tered my room and I smelled chlor-
oform. 1 found out from the janitor
that he had given Miss Nevins
pass key to enter Mr.. Barton's
apartment above mine-they are
old friends-she knew his uncle
well-and I've wondered.
You see, l traced her where
abouts and if she had been in the
group with Terry she couldn't
have reached home in time. But II
she wasn't, a quick taNicab would
get her there in time to answer
when I telephoned her"
Nina Nevins, the actress" one
Of the policemen was saying. But
she was glorious. You're all half
cracked! She couldn't do this"
A younger officer of the law cor
rected him. Better snap out of it,
Regain. Maybe you did keep her
picture in your mirror, but it looks
as though the old girl if off her
nut now"
The prosecutor was beaming.
His case was cracking wide and it
would mean a promotion on the
staff. You'll have to come along
to headquarters, Miss Alderman,
and swear to all of this" he said.
"And the rest of you, too. Every
body here. BY the way, where's
Barton? He should be in on it"
Robert wasn't in, but his man
had returned and promised to ask
him to come to headquarters when
he returned.
It was more than an hour later
when he joined the group. Nina
Nevins had been brought in and
sat in regal dignity, answering no
questions. Rob looked from one
face to another in questioning. His
eyes rested briefly on Linda's face
and he smiled.
Then he seated himself across
the room from her, but she knew
that he was watching her.
There were so many things that
she wanted to say, but there We're
so many people around and the
officers were asking for order.
Later, though :.
The telephone rang. Call for
you, sir" someone told Robert. "a
Miss Trent, calling from San Fran
CISCO"
"Oh, yes. I was expecting the
call and asked my houseman to
have it transferred down here" "
Robert answered as casually as
though Miss Trent represented a
line of hair brushes or flavoring
extracts.
Linda saw his gray eyes crinkle
at something that came from the
other end of the line.
The room began to spin like a
kaleidoscope. She knew that she
was slipping from her chair, going,
down, down, down :.
ITO Be COntinued)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-14
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE

FOR A MOMENT, a long mo-
ment, no one in Linda's living room
spoke as the bathroom door opened
and a woman emerged.
Then Sarah found her voice
But Sue Alderman went into that
room," she said wildly. And YOU
you're Nina Nevins;"
The prosecutor had motioned a
policeman to the outer door. Now
he looked into the bathroom, as
though he expected to find the Sis
ter of the murdered girl some
place in hiding.
When his search revealed MOTH
ing he came back. Miss Nevins,"
he began, where did you come
FROM"
The woman smiled, Mina's curl
Gus, impersonal smile, but did not
answer.
Are you and Nina Nevins the
same person." he asked, his eyes
popping in his round young face.
Linda answered the question.
mo, they are not. I've seen them
together"
Then how can Miss Alderman
be herself one minute and Nina
Nevins, the actress, little later?"
The woman spoke. Not in Nina
Nevins' voice, but in Sue Acker-
mans. Suppose you stop asking
questions while I tell the story"
Someone pulled the chain in an
other lamp as though the eerie
telling of the story was frightening
enough in itself without so much
Of darkness.
Sue began her story. She started
it with a question.
Did any of you notice that on
the night Clarabell Alderman, my
sister, was murdered, Miss Nevins'
voice was not as glorious as
usual?"
yes, I did" Linda answered.
"And Clarabell was a little disap-
pointed, too. Nina Nevins was an
idol of hers"
Did the voice sound like this ?"
Sue Alderman repeated few lines
from the play in such an exact re-
production of Nina Nevins' tones
that only those who were unusual
ly familiar with the rich, husky
quality of the woman's voice on
the stage, could see that these
tones were not so deep in quality.
Yes" Linda answered again.
"That is the voice Clarabell and I
heard. But how"
The woman nodded her head
slowly and raised her hand for ST.
lence. Back in Hollywood I often
was used as a stand-in for Nina
Nevins. She got to the top. didn't.
Call it what you will. Fate, life,
luck. Her voice was better than
mine, I knew, but I thought I de-
served better Q breaks than those
which I received.
"She used to hire me sometimes
to impersonate her when there
was bit to be done or she had to
make an appearance at a premiere
and didn't want to. She paid well,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-14

Samantha Bumgardner loves her
mountain music so well she has won
the banjo picking contest at the
Asheville mountain dance and mu-
sic festival for twelve years in a
row. Winner of contests in many
states, Samantha says her most APP
preciaaive audiences are in her OVID
Blue Ridge country
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-14
Tobacco Specialist Gives
Hints On Marketing OF Leaf

small basket of tobacco occupies as
much floor space as large basket,
and warehousemen object to very
small lots since they reduce the
poundage that can be placed on the
warehouse floor. Small lots also may
be Objectionable to buyers, as each
lot must be checked, weighed, and
identified with warehouse accounts"
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NOTICE OF SALE.


-.Es. and by virtue OF an order
he Superior Court of Vance
Cyu.v North Carolina. made in the
Sc-.., Preceding entitled Lena f.
C..-..-e and husband. J. L. Clai-
c..1s. Zine z. Pittard and huS-
cs.&. Hugh pittard; James Thomas
Claiborne and wife. Thelma D. Clai-
c..g. ua.,yH T. Hughes and wife.
-svt D. Hughes. Walter ". Hughes
s@t vile. Helen NJ. Hughes. Sarah
: 3..me and husband. Frank Brame.
md l. D Hughes. Us. Bertha E. Will
81. ..t husband. S. F. Wilson. Emma
: 0.se> ID husband, Ed F. Cakes.
- Il Blackwell and husband. c.
= Blackwell Clifford Hughes and
vice. Marie " Hughes. Jewel H.
SD u.d husband. Ernest Snead.
,'w Il. Hughes and wife. Thelma
c Hughes, Basil B. Hughes and wife.
lG-- 5 Hughes: James R. Hughes
end wife. Evelyn Fl. Hughes: Geneva
: SEES and husband. Augustus
$ .a,. A.unzo y. Hughes and wife.
4s--..t>, tl4S SSlLIIC DSIIS
a.s.-'eG in The Special Proceeding
J.--a, p the office Of the Clerk of
'-- >.a".5u" Court Of Vance County.
3" Undersigned Commissioners will,
a@ Monday. September IS. 1910. at
- ......., Noon. at the Courthouse
o.. . Henderson. North Carolina,
n--. .. sale 70 the highest bidder
- .- ne following described
..Es. wing and being in Vance
I ...". more particularly described
2s ....."s.
Tine, 70. l-3644 Acres: Begin
.a- .' stone in Mrs. Laura Evans
Inc. :. r. corner of Lot No. 4;
'.-.o" ) q - " Is chains 20 links
, ~'0@e. Mrs. Laura Evans cor
Per. '."ccc y 80 " 4 chains to a
.-. i. 7. Evans corner: thence s.
z " . chains 20 a stone. Burton'S
'.---" hence S SO f 10 chains 50
.. % " stake. Perry's corner;
1~.na y IS chains 80 links to a
,.." "a Lot No. 4: thence w 10I
.-.... - links to the place of be-
9..""-. containing 1914 Acres. This
."."l Lot No. ). in the division of
II" and Of r. A. Evans Estate, al
lied ~ The Commissioners to j. T.
U.o, ~. 2-ll4 Acres: In Will
..... 'a."' Township. adjoining lands
r.. j. I. Harris. II. T. Shanks, r. A.
. T.. 70 al. Beginning at a Hickory,
II. corner in Burton's line;
.rH". y 2 f about 10 poles to a
. ..." m Fans line; thence w about
I'D poles 20 d stone, Shanks' corner;
."ao" y p ID w 81 poles to a
:, ....'.. NaanNN, corner in Evans line;
@'''c" 30 f 80 poles to a Willow
p, ...., ,. /. Evans corner; thence N 81
-. =. - poles 70 a stone; thence S 3
q. NJ !. poles 10 a Sycamore; thence
%. =" y % poles to 4 Poplar in Har-
a". thence s Sc w SO poles to
-' a"so"ing. containing ia Acres,
....' %" less. Being the same land
r. .'.."E't 70 J. T. Evans and wife,
.........'. il. Evans by deed from r. A.
... -. s""orded in Book 8, at page
3d. ., vance County Registry.
''.s the ltth DAY Of August, 1910.
!. p. GHOLSON,
IRVINE b. WATKINS,
.,,. Commissioners.
80
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-14

While today's German text books
give Hitler credit for capturing II
Frenchmen in the first world war,
the history Of his regiment, written
before Hitler came to power, gives
the names and dates OF two similar
teats but didn't mention him.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-14
Cotton Closes
Lower

New York, Aug. 14.-(AP)-Cot-
ton futures opened unchanged to 2
higher
Around midday prices were un-
changed to 2 points lower, October
929, December 9.25, May 8.94.
Futures closed l to lower, mid
ding SPOT 9.97, off 7.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-14
Planting Of
Trees Urged
Toe Seedlings Now
,,'a;Ia6le From State
rorqss Nurseries at
low Prlce'


..,. Raleigh. Aug. II.
l. ..nc,, WaS issued to
~ . ..rHcrS today by h.
~" extension forester OF
.....s-c.
J. -wy ny making war
through forest tree
..s, trees rs wood
. E.U On idle acres III
''., ..s .@t provide materials
o.. ...... 4sa.n>; our enemies
... -..-cd out that orders
..: uaW through county
... .ar 'ree seedlings beng
... safe Forest Nurseries,
..: rs FL, Department OF Con-
.. ... Development Al Gay
Henderson county. Al
.... . uot be shipped out
.. " md spring. the ideal
sid .aa; several hundred
.-..a disappointed last year
enc s.vo,y At the nurseries
.>..,,c& before they placed
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-14
Stock Market
Holds Firm

New York, Aug. l4.-(AP)- The
stock market recovered its balance
today as steels and aircrafts staged
4 mild upturn.
A few shares got up as much as a
point, but minor gains and losses
were the rule as the list resumed Il
quiet drift after its sharp drop in the
preceding session. Transactions flat
tened TO about 25000O shares.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-14

The Chiness emperors traced their
ancestors to the sun, calling them
selves ''the son of the SUM-"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-14

The coolest part Of North America
in winter is the tract of land between
Hudson Bay and Alaska.
Evening star., 1940-03-30

ure applied inpartially TO all who live in
the District or who earn their living in
the District would feel very differently
about it.
Further. If the public services rendered
to persons living in the District were of
higher character, would. on that score
be less reluctant about paying the tax to
help in supporting those services. AL
though recognize that the District gov
eminent is not responsible for some of
the things in question, I should like to
mention few matters
Among the services which a citizen has
q right to expect from the municipality
in which he resides are protection of per-
son and property, sanitation and a cer-
tain number of civic conveniences.
The District of Columbia has one of
the worst crime records in the country.
1t is inadequately policed and is infested
with thugs.
1t has an exceptionally high tubercu-
losis rate 1t is physically dirty Soft
coal smoke from Office buildings and
apartment houses pours over the city
without any apparent check The side
walks are cluttered with papers and rub
bish. If there are any regulations against
these practices. they are not enforced.
Automobiles are parked indiscriminate-
~ in front of private residences and
business Offices. interfering with free
entrance and exit The streets are large
ly permanent garage Sidewalks and
lawns are being narrowed and shade trees
chopped down to provide for more auto
mobiles
The public parks are rapidly being
transformed into barren. ugly areas OF
concrete and bituminous mix.
1 should be much more enthusiastic
about contributing toward the expenses
OF Washington if I thought that my con-
tribution with that of others was going
to be used to help in creating safer,
healthier, cleaner and more beautiful city.
March 10. E. MCLEAN.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
A Constructive Vote

BY voting down the Pittman
amendment to the Hull trade agree
ments program, the Senate, in effect,
has acted to preserve the substance
as we'll as the form of the admin
istration's power to stimulate trade
by lowering tariff barriers.
Senator Pittman's proposal, If
adopted, would have required Senate
approval by a two-thirds majority
Of any new trade agreement. The
amendment obviously was designed
to deal death blew to- Secretary
Hull's program and the Senate was
we'll advised to vote it down. The
choice was clear: On the one hand
there was contemplated return to
the old log-rolling era of tariff max
ing; on the other continuation of
the authority which has enabled the
Secretary of State and the President
to negotiate for a freer exchange of
the worlds goods in a time when
the tendency elsewhere has been
toward the erection of higher and
higher trade barriers. Whatever the
shortcomings of the Hull program
shortcomings which have been ac-
centuated by the outbreak of war
in Europe-it remains virtually the
only undertaking at this time which
is designed to bring about that
normal trade relationship between
nations which is a prerequisite to
any lasting peace.
In passing it should be observed
that the vote in the Senate against
the amendment was uncomfortably
close, forty-four to forty-one. The
four Democratic Senators who were
targets of the Presidents 1898
purge" campaign voted to support
him on this issue, but not single
Republican vote was recorded against
the amendment. It may be inferred
from the unanimity of the Repub-
lican vote that an effort is being
Evening star., 1940-03-30

politically is unable to assert It's
rights, has steadfastly refused to
enact bill that is both equitable
and adequate and refuses, at the
same time, to increase the made
quate Federal payment.
Another and relatively unim-
portant example might be cited. An
effort was made on the floor of the
House yesterday to amend the Dis
trict supply bill to provide for adding
twenty-five urgently needed new
members to the metropolitan police
force. This motion was defeated by
vote of thirty-one to six. In other
words, thirty-seven of the present
four hundred and thirty-one men,
bers of the House voted on a matter
of considerable Importance to the
District.
Incidents such as this may be in
consequential in the national scheme
of things, but they speak volumes in
attesting the need for giving the peo-
pie of the District the full political
stature which, without the slightest
justification, Is now denied to them.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Writer CritirizeS
Circle UnderpaSses


To the Editor OF The Star:
Are the citizens of Washington awake
to the fact that the most beautiful ave
nue. in our city Massachusetts, is aoout
to be made unsightlv by the decision of
three men-the Commissioners?
The Thomas Circle underpass expert
ment was put through in spite Of the
protest of 80 per cent of the property
owners in the vicinity. The destruction
OF four rows of beautiful shade t. ees,
diminishing lovely lawns to mere patch
OF ground. and sidewalks made so narrow
for the forgotten pedestrian that they
can scarcely walk two abreast. Instead
OF beautiful lawns and shade trees there
are ugly fences giving the appearance
OF an antiquated railroad station. To
produce this unsightly engineering pre-
Ject there has been a year and a quarter
OF noise OF drills and steam shovels, mud
and inconvenience which should not be
tolerated by the residents of this beauti-
full section.
Depreciation of property and added
are what the taxpayer gets out of it..
And all of this for what and for why?
For automobiles, if you please. so that
they may not be bored by two or three
minutes wait at circle Many of them
are out-of-town cars and large per cent
are taxicabs. To delay these high and
mighty individuals is a terrible thing. but
to disfigure our beautiful city is a mere
bag of Shells to be decided by three
mere men paid by the taxpayers
But why should the pedestrian, when
having the right of way, be compelled
to wait until the death-dealing machines
cross their path? 1t is just too bad, isn't
it, that all the consideration is for the
automobilists who get there in a few
minutes anyway.
No, We don't need underpasses in our
city, but we dc need adequate traffic
regulations to take care of the Govern
ment clerks for an hour before and an
hour after Offices close. There could be
no left-hand turns at Massachusetts
avenue after 4:30, directing traffic nortn-
ward beyond the circles before crossing
town. If there is so much money avail
able in our city, let us spend it in taking
care of our criminally neglected insti-
tutions.
I am grateful that these three men, the
Commissioners are not the court Of last
resort. Let all who love our city for its
beauty and because it is different from
modern cities register their protest now
before it is too late.
A SUBSTANTIAL TAXPAYER.
March %.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Comments on Source of
"Character ErOdent."

To the Editor of The Star:
In his remarks of last night Mr. Dewey
is reported as saying that
THE erosion of character in this ad-
ministration began six weeks after it took
office"
This is an arresting expression. though
not altogether an exact one. Perhaps
Mr.. Dewey means that lack of character
began then to display itself.
Erosion after all implies an inherent
resistance against which the erodent will
act with diff1culty.
mentality which gauges a sugges-
ton by other standards than integrity
offers no resistance to an erodent. nor
indeed does it require its application.
Such a character is soluble in water.
It is true, however, that an erodent
having previously been developed, has
been applied during the past seven
years. Where was it developed? Where
did the idea, that the Constitution is but
a sacred cow and should be treated
accordingly by the elect. arise? Who
have been trained in the art of circum-
venting it? Who trained them? What
opportunity have they had to apply their
skills? How did they obtain it?
Incidentally the erodent is not a per-
feet character solvent, as witness its
failure to affect either Senator Glass or
Justice McReynolds
HARRISON TILGHMAN.
Easton, Md>
March %.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Member Of the Associated Press,
The New Commissioner

In John Russell Young the Presi-
dent has chosen for the District
commissionership a native Wash
ingtonian and a lovable gentleman
who will bring to his new position
sincere desire to serve the District,
keen knowledge of the city and it's
people and their problems and a rare
faculty for making and holding
friends. His associates on The Star,
whom the President so neatly
"scooped" with an appointment that
took them wholly by surprise, regret
his loss to the staff and rejoice in
the honor which has come to fellow
worker. They are hopeful that the
same characteristics which have en-
deared him to his colleagues will
bring him success In the new reSpon-
sibilities which lie ahead.
Mr.. Young, as Commissioner, will
return to the District Building after
some thirty-two years. Born in
Washington, and a member on his
mothers side of the fourth genera
tion of Washingtonians, he left the
city in his early youth to live in
Philadelphia, where he received his
original newspaper training. When he
returned to Washington, his first as
signment as young reporter on the
Washington Post was to cover the
District Building. and he remained
at that task for two years after join
ing the staff of The Star For the
past twenty years, as The Stars rep
resentative at the White House, Mr..
Young has been newspaper favor
ite with five Presidents. The late
President Coolidge offered him the
commissionership in 1925 and in de-
clining Mr.. Young reminded the
President that he was living then in
Chevy Chase, Md. which made him
Ineligible, as only Washington
resident could qualify under the law.
President Roosevelt's appointment
was doubtless Influenced by his warm
regard for a White House reporter
who had established himself in his
confidence as man of integrity and
honor and whose familiarity with
the District will be an asset to him
as Commissioner and adviser on Dis
trict affairs. Believing that Mr.. Young
will make as good a Commissioner as
he is a newspaperman, The Star con-
graduates the President and the peo-
pie Of the District on a fine appoint
ment.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
The Districts Case

Voteless residents of the Nations
Capital will welcome the vigorous
advocacy of their unanswerable case
for enjoyment of the full rights of
American citizenship which came
yesterday from Senator Capper OF
Kansas and Chairman Randolph of
the House District Committee.
These two men, whose efforts in
behalf of the District have given
them the fullest understanding of
the injustice and the impractical
hility of system which deprives the
people of Washington of any voice
In the management of the affairs of
their city or of their country, en-
ployed strong language in urging
prompt rectification of the un-Amer-
lean condition of government exist
Ing in the National Capital.
Addressing the National Legisla-
tive Council on State Government,
Senator Capper said: IF democracy
is right and proper for the Govern
ment of our States and of our Nation,
1t is right and proper that the same
system be established and main
tanned in the Capital, and there
should be no delay in removing this
dangerous political cancer from the
heart of the body polite" Giving
expression to similar sentiments on
the floor of the House, Mr.. Randolph
urged that Congress give the resi-
dents of Washington the right and
responsibility" of voting in presiden-
tial elections, for their own repre-
sentatives in the Senate and House
and for some form" of local self
government.
There is more to the case, however.
than the sheer injustice of the denial
of these rights, which are enjoyed
by citizens of every State in the
Union. In addition, there is an i'm
portant practical disadvantage which
is ever-present in the minds of the
disfranchised Washingtonians.
As an example of the disability
under which the residents of the
Capital are placed by their impotent
political status, one might cite the
current difficulty in securing con-
gressional approval of local tax bill
which, while heavily increasing the
tax burden of the local community,
was regarded as necessary in view
Of threatened deficits. The diff
Guilty does not spring from any un-
willingness of local residents to pay
necessary taxes, but rather from the
fact that Congress, for purely politi-
cal reasons and because the District