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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-11
Rudolf Ouffednlk

a nyni klidne dr1ma vecny spa
mex ma Narodn1m hTbitove.
Oci I've Sc navzdy zavTely,
IDA v srdci Sc rama kdy zacel1?
Odesel's ma vzdy, o jaky zal,
co nam bylo nejdrazsi,
nam osud wal.
V pamatku TvGj hrob zdobime
kvit1m, vzpomfnka Iva svata
krac1 naS1m zit1m.
Nehynoucf vzpominku Ii k
uctenl venuje:
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-11
Uhorela " autu.

We Lawrenceville, ILL.,, Mae
Hartman Vigus, % let stara u
hofela v malem vlecnaku, par
kovanem v residencn1m distrik
tn. Jejf manzel William VIVA
I'll S vaznymi popaleninami a
byl dopraven do nemocnice We
Vincenness, Ind. Bydlili v tom
to male voze asi pet mes1cu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-11
Phi pomoci synovi, utonul.

35lety Henry Risner z Kala-
mazoo, Mich, ma lovu kachen
utonul v jezere Fish u Orange
vile, kdyz Sc pokousel zachra-
niti sveho 14leteho syna Verno
ma. Hochovi Sc podafilo dopla-
vati Ike brehu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-11
Zajel 81 8 ohnem k hasicHm.

So. omazsky pravn1k j. j.
Kraj1cek jel do mesta. Phi j1z-
de otrepal cigaretu a pc civil
&c pozoroval, re mu sedadlo
hofi. Mlsto zavolanl hasicG,
zajel 81 k MIN ma stanici els. g,
kdez ohen byl uhasen.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-11
UkradIi celV plot.

V Memphis, Tenn, J. F. Ro-
berts opatTila vratka u sveho
plotu zamkem, ably zlodeji ne
mohli Ike staveni. Zlodeji ma to
ukradli cely prkenny plot.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-11
v z P 0 NJ N K A q.

Jiz opet nadesel pro mas ten
smutny den II. Tfjna neb Dude
tomu "a rokG co S Mani Sc roz-
loucil mas milovany manzel a
Otec
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-11
v Z P 0 NJ t N K A

S zalem pTihl1z1me Ike dnu
Is. f1jna neb jest tomu deset
rok1 CO navzdy Sc rozloucil 5
nami mas milacek
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-14
Heavy Clouds
Frightening
Early In Day

Henry threatening clouds han@-
ing low to the west Of the city
shortly after dawn today frightened
many early riserS, who feared the
imminence- of Il tornado or cyclone.
in d lew minutes after the clouds
looked worst, heavy wind blew
up, but no serious damage was done.
The high wind continued most Of
tho day, and at times assumed
rather violent proportions. In one
r tao instances trees were blown
down, and limbs were twisted off in
ether cases. No damage Of conSe-
qucnce was reported, however.
Weather predictions were for
another hard freeze during the
night. The forecast was for freezing
temperatures clear to the coast, with
Il minimum Of around 25 in Raleigh.
That usually means about five to
ten degrees below that in the Hen
dCrSon vicinity. -
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-14
jUN|OS 7. ADCOCK'S
FUNERAL THURSDAY
Well Known Farmer To Be
Buried at Cokesbury
Methodist Church

Funeral services were announced
today for JuniuS T. Adcocl to be
held at 3 o'clock Thursday after
noon at Cokesbury Methodist
church, five miles east Of the city,
with interment in the church cemc-
terry. Mr. Adcock. who was SO years
old, died Tuesday morning at his
home on rural route one, near Gill
burg.
A native of Vance county, he has
made his home in the county all OF
his life. He had been Ill about a
week and a half, but his death was
rather sudden and a shock to his
friends.
Surviving arc the widow, his
mother, Mrs. A. H. Adcock; one
on, M c., and Il daughter. Mrs. r.
y. Newton. ard a st"p-ttaughter,
Mrs. Fred Short.
Funeral services ut COkcSh'nv
will be in charge Of R"v. i IS:
Worthington, pastor of City Road
and White Memorial Methodist
churches in the city, assisted by
Rev. T. W. Lee, of Middlcburg, pas
cor Of CokeSbury church.
Members of the Patriotic Order
Sons of America will have q part ~
the rites, using their burial ritual
member Of that fraternity for many
years, aS nc was t;IsU 81 IOn"..>
church.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-14
Graduation
Exercises Al
Planned

Tentative plans lor the annual
commencement exercises OF IN c
Henderson high school. as an
nounced today by Principal ". ID.
Payne. are for the baccalaUreatc
sermon in the high school audi
forum on the night of Sunday. May
IS, and commencement exercises
and awarding of diplomas on the
night of Thursday, May 80.
Following the custom OF the
school. the baccalaureatc address
will be delivered by prominent
UNCONVENTIONAL speaker and the
plan OF rotation among the denoml-
nations calls for a Baptist church.
man toc this year. This speaker has
rot yet been selected, Mr.. Payne
said.
Senior speakers will conduct a
panel discussion on the subject OF
Vocational Education at the CON-
mencement exercises, it was stated.
The subject is listed in education
circles as the fourth objective of the
seven cardinal principles OF educa-
ton The senior speakers arc to be
selected at later time on a basis
of scholarship and general excel
lence in school work.
Approximately ninety students
are expected to be graduated from
the Henderson high school in the
class of 1910, Principal Payne said.
Last years class. the largest in t2E
history of the school, was composed
OF ll2 members.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-14
Large Suits
Planned In
Auto Deaths
$4,000 Each to be
Sought For Mr. And
Mrs. w. S. Richard
son And Mrs. Judson
Knott; MIR. Knott
And Son Also Sue.

SunmonSes have been issued in
three $4,000 suits and one for
$4,000 and another for $4,000
growing out of three fatalities and
two injuries in an automobile col
lision at the Henderson city limits
last Christmas night, it became
known today.
!. p. and J. H. Zollicoffer, attor-
neyS. will file papers in the cases
in the next few days, they said to-
day.
The actions are brought by G. w.
Knott rs administrator in North
Carolina Of his sister. Mrs. ". 5.
Richardson, and his sister-in-laW.
Mrs. JudSon Knott, and by E. j..
Knott, who qualified as admins
traitor III North Carolina OF the will
of Mr.. Richardson, all three OF
whom We're fatally injured in the
wreck, and each being for $4,000.
JudSon Knott, husband of Mrs.
Knott, is suing for $4,000 for
alleged permanent injuries he re-
ccived in the wreck, and their son,
Ben Knott, minor, is asking $4,000
for broken leg and other injuries.
The defendant in the case is the
Goodwin Poultry & Egg COmnnny,
Of Raleigh. The concern carried liza
bility Insurance, it is understood, on
their truck, which was in the crash,
and the supposed driver of which,
Arnold Hlibcr, an employee of the
company, was instantly killed in the
accident.
The two cars apparently met
headon on d curve on a hill almost
exactly at the city limits on the
Townsville highway about 8 o'clock
Christmas night. The Knots and
Richardson's had been to a movie
here and were nnroutc back home
The truck was headed toward Hen
dcrSon, and carried four South
Henderson men who were return
ing to town on the truck with HUI
bcr All Of the four were injured,
two of them with broken legs and
the others with less serious hurts.
Trial Of the suits will not be
reached before the June term Of
civil court, J. P. Zollicoffer said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-14
MRS HOCUTT MADE
DIGEST DIRECTOR

Mrs. ID. d. Hocutt has been APP
pointed director for Vance County
70! the Democratic Digest, d pub
LEGATION Of the Democratic National
Committee, and mas assumed hcl
dut!c; She succeeds Mrs. w. M. Bur
we'll, who recently gave up the
agency after achieving goals during
several years. Loca! county directors
nave as their aim the placing Of sub
yCriptinnS to the publication in the
hands Of as many Democrats as pos
Siblc, with u minimum Of at least one
copy in every precinct in the county
That was the goal reached by Mrs
BurWcll during her service.
Appointment of Mrs. HOcutt was
made by Miss Ruth Beck, Of La
Grange, Digest director for Eastern
North Carolina.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-14

In McCoin
Begun

Action seeking to recover on So
900 Of insurance on the life OF r. S.
McCoin, prominent Henderson man
and State official, mysteriously
missing from his home here more
than seven years, is in the stage of
negotiations, J. P. Zollicoffer, attor-
ney representing Mrs. McCoin, bene-
%iciary in the policies, said today.
Action has been begun in superior
court here for $4,000 for Mrs. Nc
On, the item representing the So
900 face value of several policies,
and claimed double indemnity for
the alleged accidental or violent
death of McCoin, with interest at
six percent since he disappeared
Mr.. Zolicoffer would not say
whether or not, he thought the
action ever would reach the stage
OF Jury trial in court, though that
may be resorted to to have McCoin
declared legally dead. and ~
effort to have it decreod that he
met accidental or violent death.
The missing man has never been
directly communicated with since a
day or two after he left here on a
business trip to his 1900 acre farm
rear Dewitt, Va, and to Richmond,
Va. Lapse of seven years was
awaited by Mrs. McCoin before be-
ginning action in the case, the
period of time that must pass before
a person may be declared legally
dead i'm this State.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-14
Only ~ Percent Of Vance
Farmers Qualify For
Conservation Payments

Only u percent Of Vance county
farmers have qualified lor payments
on their 1899 crops under the agri-
cultural conservation program, Il was
stated today by County Agent j. w.
Sanders.
The amount which the payments
will total is estimated 1T between
Sl5,0C0 and $4,000, to go TO APP
proximatcly six hundred farmers.
Failure 10 comply with the pro-
visions of the federal farm program
was given By Mr.. Sanders as the rea-
son for the decrease in the number
Of farmers eligible for payments, and
nvcr-pian;ng Of tobacco acreage was
given as the largest single type OF
Noncompliance.
Payments On the !J32 crop amount
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-14
THREE AUTOS SMASH
TO SOUTH OF CITY

Three automobiles figured in a
wreck Monday afternoon about $50
o'clock on U. S. Highway No. l
about a mile or SO south of the city
and in the vicinity of the Elrod
Lumber Co. plant. All OF the
vehicles were travelling south.
Sheriff l.. l.. Swanson, VINO lnVeS-
tipated the accident for the county,
said that an automobile belonging
to Margaret Frazier, tourist, was
driven by her chauffeur. stopped
suddenly to ask for directions. Two
vehicles following closely oenlno
crashed into the rear OF the 1lrSt
car. In the second car was John
Burgess, of Thompsonvllle, Conn.,
End the third vehicle was driven by
George W. Smith, of Pawtucket' H.
|, The second and third cars Sus-
tanned the most damage.
No arrests were made, nor charges
nrercrred, the Sheriff said,
Sgt. A. c. Brown, of the state
highway patrol, also visited the
scene Of the accident.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-14
Fund Drives
Outside OF
Chest Seen
Salvation Army Board
To Meet Friday Night
to Plan Course; Boy
Scouts Also Consider
Appeal For Funds.

Two campaigns for funds on when
TO operate were in prospect today
unless the Vance County Community
Chest decides on 4 campaign o. us
own in the next few days. The t'No
organizations concerned are Inc Sal
walton Army and the Boy Scouts
At a dinner meeting Monday even
ing, the Boy Scout board decided 1t
wait through this week to see II INC
community chest acts, and II 1t does
not put on Il campaign OF lis own
next week. Today, Sam Afford, pres
ident of the Salvation Army Advisor"
Board, said d meeting Of that group
would be held Friday night OF this
week to determine on campaign 10
be undertaken at once if the chest
falls through.
The Salvation Army meeting Will
be in the rooms Of Tic Henderson
Chamber Of Commerce II 8 O'Clock
Friday evening. Members Of that
board, in addition to Mr.. Afford as
chairman. are: Henry A. Dennis, sec
rotary, Henry +. Powell, c. o.
Seirert, Il. +. Sprinkle, AL. B. WcStcr,
Joel T. Chcatham, Mrs. l.. d. Wall,
Clarence E. Greene and Clyde L..
Finch.
Mayor Powell heads the community
chest, and has said he has experience
cd difficulty in recent weeks in get
ting the board together because OF
weather conditions part Of the time
and other causes on other occasions.
He said earlier in the week that he
hoped to have Il meeting next Friday
night. Now, the Salvation Army
board has also been called fer the
same time, and membership over
laps on the two boards in some in
stances.
The Community Chest operated IL
1888 and 1899, great success in 1888
but not so much so last year. No CAM
paign was attempted last fail for
1910 operating funds. The Salvation
Army, with half, the Boy ana Carl
Scouts and other agencies shared in
the chest distributions.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-14
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

by virtue Of power contained in Il
Deed OF Trust executed by Warner
Evans and Minnie Evans March oath,
1881, recorded in book 1876 at page
ITO, Vance County. default having
oeen made in payment Of debt there
IN secured, at request of holder Of
same, will sell, bv public auction.
to the highest bidder, for cash, at
the court house door in Henderson,
N. I. at II O'Clock, noon on the 10Th
day OF March 1910 the following
property:
Begin at ChaS Savage Corner, run
thence southwark along railroad 100
II, 10 PIN, thence eastward parallel
win N. Workman line 297 #. TO pin,
hence along Gill line northward 100
IT: to Savage back corner. thence
beginning.
Inns l4th February. 1910. =,
T. S. KITTRELL, Trustee.
a., 1i-Cl-2G-6
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-14
WASSERMAN TESTS
AGAIN BEING MADE

Dr.. A. d. Gregg. health superin-
tendant. announced today that the
State Laboratory Of Hygiene is again
taking the usual number OF Wasser-
mann tests from Vance county. The
laboratory has been engrossed in the
tasl: Of transferring to new builC-
ing in Raleigh fcr the past week c.
more. and during that time was I'M
able 10 handle the normal number
of tests requested. Those Interested
were asked by Dr.. Gregg TO present
their specimens as USUAL.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-14
MAYOR DISPOSES OF
TWO MINOR CHARGES

Mayor Henry T. Powell olspoSeu
or two cases in city court today, both
Of them to a minor nature.
Harold Kelley pleaded guilty to
heinp drunk, and judgment was sus-
pended upon payment of the, costs;
David Burroughs was cnargeo
with careless and reckless driving
ND running into a Greyhound BUS
IL vas moi gully.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-14
DENNIS VAUGHAN IN
TIBBETT ADDITION

Dennis Vaughan, son Of Mrs. Sallle
tioYSt"r FjLIs;,nn. - Iu>..
- he riv~', o:r--~.rr ~.''''; - -
Lawrence Tibbett, famous singer, on
me occasion ri his vis - .''''..
or an aDrc%rancn at Duke unlNtr-
SIty tomorrow evening. it was learn
~ today. Young Vaughan is a stu
|lnnt at the University of North Car
DINA. He will sing for the famous
vocalist two numbers, ''Bois Estase"
ana NON the Road TO MandalaY."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-14
ALEX s. WATKINS
AT VA. CONVENTION

Alex s. Watkins, president OF the
Carolina Lumber and Building Sup
ply Association, has gone to Roanoke.
Virginia. to attend thc,Vngin!a Build
ing Supply convention. MI. Watkins
was invited 10 be 4 guest Of the as
ISOLATION.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-14

ed to Approximately $4,000, the
county agent said.
Ii IS not known al this time when
agricultural conservation payments
will be ready for delivery in this
county, but M. Sanders sad that ali
farmers will be notified as soon as
their checks are received at his Of
flee. Many farmers, he said, nave
not yet signed their application
forms, although all who have not
signed have been notified a seconc
time.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-14

The purpose OF education is to
impart power rather than merely
give information.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-05-18

Caustic Epigram
One of the speakers at the Third
National Race Congress uttered an cpl
gram which the whole history of man
kind has confirmed. He said: "Those
who have least, while needing most,
want least; those who have most, while
needing least, want most"
Bishop Praises CLIO.
Bishop Benjamin G. Shaw of the
A.M.E. Zion Church, at the thirtv-first
,quadrennial general conference of the
denomination, threw pro-Roosevelt
delegates into CONSERVATION when he
bitterly assailed the President for not
declaring his endorsement of the Wag-
er-Capper-Van Mugs Anti-Lyncbing
Bill and for appointing Myron TAYLOR.
steel magnate, as special ambassador
to the Vatican. However, the Bishop
had praise for the CLIO, of whom he
said the following:
This organization has more than
four million people and every door is
open to colOred people. We, your chief
pastors, feel that we should encourage
all colored laborers to enter into all
open doors of labor unions that are
friendly to us, and that will have one
wage-scale for white and black alike.
1t Is a charming fact that the CLIO.
has but one wage-scale for all"
Einstein's Sympathy
Nearly every white man of real emf
hence and distinction is sympathetic TO
the aspirations of colored people for
full citizenship rights in this country.
Writers and scientists who have made
contributions increasing the sum total
OF human knowledge in every epoch.
from the great and gentle Darwin. who
found slavery revolving and had the
courage to say 50, to Albert Einstein,
greatest living mathematician, who is
reported to have declared, after listen
ing to an address by Walter White.
secretary Of the N.A.A.CP., that he
was deeply concerned over our struggle
for equal opportunities, the list of emf
nent men and women who have stead
tasty defended us is encouraginolv
long. DR.. Einstein added that he re-
garded our efforts as part of the world
WIDE struggle now being waged bv
minority groups against racist obscu-
rantism His declaration places him
the company Of Bernard Shaw and II.
9. Wells, whom | had the honor to
meet during his participation in the
Conference on the African Peoples.
Democracy, and World Peace, held in
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-05-18
REV. JACOB w. POWELL


1t is impossible to think of Rev
Jacob W. Powell without thinking of
the A.M.E. Zion Church of which he
is member and an active and domi-
nant figure. 1t is not an exaggeration
to say he is an example, or we might
say "a Model Christian Gentleman"
My first personal experience with
Rev. Powell was when, about two
months ago, / wanted to borrow his
books on the history of A.M.E. Zion
Church. That broad and genuine
smile and handshake of welcome will
remain a pleasant memory. My first
thought was-here is a Christian gen.
tleman. There were no offs" and
"ands", the books were all ready to-
gether with the program of the One
Hundredth Anniversary of his beloved
Zion Church, with the understanding
that I was privileged to keep them as
long as I needed them.
Since Science, Philosophy, Religion,
and Art are not confined to any one
race, the subject of my article today
bears out that statement in no uncer-
tain terms. To have accomplished so
much in the few years he has lived, and
under the handicaps which all of us
face, is proof of his genius. He is a
scholar, traveller, a lecturer teacher
and an author A fine trait of his is
that he is so generous that he is willing
to share those experiences with his
fellowmen. We know too little of "Our
Men" who have made valuable and his
toric contributions to American civil
cation and culture. His church activi-
ties would cover volumes.
Rev. J. W. Powell was born in Bos-
ton, March 10, 1866. Cradles in Re-
we're st. Methodist Church, he, however,
attended Trinity Church for a short
period during Rev. Phillip Brooks
time. In 1881 he joined North Russell
st. A.M,E. Zion Church, and was bap-
tized in the Charles River. This is
news, I'M sure, for the younger gen.
Grafton, but those of us who have seen
these emersiOns can picture them and
we know that was the way baptising
was done in those days, North and
South. He worked so zealously for the
uplift of Zion Church, that the late
beloved Miss Eliza Gardner appointed
him a teacher in Zion Sunday School in
July, 1888. In 1895 he moved to
Clinton, Mass. (near Worcester) where
he was invited to join with the ME.
Church since there was no Zion Church
in Clinton. He accepted the invitation
and served with honor as chorister,
Sunday School teacher, president of the
Epworth League for seven years and
was the leading tenor in the choir and
local preacher from 1900 to 1906. He
returned to Maiden in 1906, where his
activities continued as local preacher of
Maplewood ME. Church, tenor in the
selected mixed quartet, instructor of
Mission Study Glasses, and of a normal
class in which he prepared various
stewards" for their work in the great
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-05-18
banning
FIRE TRAPS

Mr.. c. W. Godefroy, cosmetic manu-
facturer of ST. Louis, Mo-, has pre-
pared for this paper the following
editorial, which we reprint In full due
to its significance. Mr.. Godefroy
writes:
"Two weeks ago you glanced at
newspaper headlines and gasped
at the story over 200 Colored men and
women had met terrifying deaths in a
flashing, cutting dance hall fire. Spell
bound and entranced you read line
after line of accounts by eye witnesses,
of noble sacrifices, or death-defvine
rescues, and the anguish and terror of
the burned and dying. A spark, a fash
and a roaring blaze and the merry
making of hundreds turns into the
terror of consuming fear.
but, what have you done about if ?
Have you asked your city government
to investigate all meeting places in vour
city? Asked that similar death-traps
be cleaned up and, of more Importance,
perhaps, opened so that there are
several means for rapid exit, rather
than a lone exit which can become
blocked with trampled, mangled
bodies?
"All doors on all public gathering
places should open outwards. All
dance floors, meeting halls, school
houses, churches, etc, should have
several means of entrance and exit
Eliminate chance for REPETITION of such
disasters In your own community by
informing your city government that
you expect it to take steps to "clean
up" and "open up" the places where
people gather to work or to play"
If you know of the existence of SINH
lar death-traps in your city, tell us
about them. Wen see that they are
reported to the city government.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-05-18
MrH. -. @. Griffith
HaHHFH

Mrs. Phyllis C. Griffith of 3O2 Dud-
ley St, Roxbury, Mass, devoted wife
OF James Griffith for 26 wears. who
had been i'll for some time departed
this life on April 80 and was buried ON
Sunday, May 9TH. Final rites were at
st. Cyprian's Church of which she was
faithful member for MANY wears
heV. Leroy Ferguson, Pastor, in very
impressive manner paid personal tri-
oute to her loyalty to the church and
her kindness, and urged his audience
to prepare for the appointment
(death) which sooner or later mnst
come to all. Mrs. Griffith was also a
member Of st. Agnes Guild a member
OF Phyllis Wheatley Temple of Elks
a member of the West Indian Aid
Association. Also a member of the
Foresters. She was also very active in
social and community work. INTER
ment was in Mt. Hope. J. B. johnson.
undertaken Mrs. Griffith is survived
by devoted husband, James Griffith.
three children Samuel Griffith. Oliver
Griffith and Leonora Griffith, a sister
Mrs A. Archer, 2 brothers Mr.. Clar-
ence Haynes, Mr.. Edwin Bellarnv of
Brooklyn, New York, many nieces and
nephews and hosts of other relatives
and friends.
Card of Thanks
The family of. the late Mrs. PHYLLIS
Z. Griffith wish to express its graft
tude to its many friends for their sim
eere expression of sympathy during
the recent bereavement through the
flowers and cards and the use of cars
and other expressions of sympathy.
Mr.. James Griffith, husband; Samuel.
Oliver and Leonard, children; Mr..
Clarence n. Haynes, brother; Mrs.
Aberdeen A. Archer, sister; Mrs. Ma
tilda Bostic, aunt.