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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
Epson News
BY MRS. FLETCHER FULLER

Friends of Mrs. Percy Duke and
Mrs. Walter Bowen Will regret to
learn that they are i'll III Maria Par
ham hospital, and wish for them d
speedy recovery.
Members of the All club Of Ep-
som who attended camp at Camp
Milestone last week were Dorothy
Collins, Anne Weldon, Mary Mitch
ell, Milton Fuller and Malcolm Girls?
Kathleen Lassitcr is spending this
week in Henderson. She is a guest in
the home Of her aunt, Mrs. K. Z.
Smith.
Mrs. Brookston EaVcs is to return
home today from Maria Parham hos
pltal after undergoing treatment
there recently.
Miss Dorothy Edwards, of Frank
linton, and Calvin Oakley, of Mcbanc
We're dinner guests in the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. c. @. Ilaves Sunday.
Mrs. f. l.. Fuller, of Bobbitt's,
spent the past Weekend with her
son f. b. Fuller and family.
Mrs. W. II. Ayscue, Miriam Ays-
cue, MIS-. .. r. ~JOJirnIgdn and chill
dren, Jean and Dianne, are SPEND
ing some time in Baltimore, New
Jersey, and Pennsylvania visiting re
latiVcs.
Miss Christine Eaves left Sunday
for a visit to Llon College, Mcbanc,
and Burlisgton. She expects to be
gone about Two weeks.
Sue Bartholomew returned home
last week after visiting her cousin,
Anse Langston, in Henderson, for
One time.
Miss Josie Burt Eaves returned
home last week after visiting Cath
crime Wilson for some time,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Vaughan, Of
Henderson, spent the Weekend with
Mrs. Naughan's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Harrington.
G.. W. EaVes had the misfortune
OF losing a food barn by fire Mon
day afternoon. The fire was caused
by lightning striking the barn.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE
All RALEIGH MEETING

The following young people from
the fvt Frcsbvtprian church are al
tsrdI12 the Senior Young People &
Conference at Peace college N Ia
leigh This week: Grace Bryan, Mary
Ware BrDun, Frances Hight, Barbara
BIal Laura Jane Crabtroc, ana
EI1anoth Laws.
In Rev. W. d. McInnis is teach
lnr q class ON worship and Is mus e
director tor the conference. ii" VIII
return this afternoon for the week
y prayer meeting. The Rev. Cecl'
Neil, Of S~mithfitld, will accompany
MN and viii bring the message oI
Inc evening. The congregation Is
urged 30 avail themselves of the OPP
poftrnlty of hearing this NlsltlhS
minister.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
YOU AND
II WAR
AND RUBBER

LrakN garden hoses will be in
fashion this year. And next year
And until the wal is won.
That precious rubber is going
to put tires on the carriage for
$500 "stVenty-fiVeS,', $500 81
nm. anti-aircraft guns and still
leave enough over to make 600
pOntoOnS for Army bridges.
The Army is going to travel a
long way on the garden hose you're
not going to get.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24

Vivacity, style and convenience
are combined in this Marian Martin
dress. Pattern 978o. The back but
tnnine is useful for quick dreSSlh9
and laundering. In front thereS d
"n'',d dart-trimmed neck. Ric-rac al
sleeves and Waistband is gay.
Pattern $3.50 may be ordered oniy
IN misses sizes -, IA, TO- 10: ~
s;ze 16 requires 3 So yards IS men;
Send FIFTEEN CENTS (plus ONE
CENT to cover cost of maillng) Tor
his Marian Martin Pattern. Be sure
70 write plainly your SIZE, NAME
A'DDrRFSS and STYLE NUMBER.
Send your order to Henderson
Dali, Dispatch, Rattern Depar'meh''
l32 ". 18th ST., New York. ~ \.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
Club Members Look Foruard
10 Attending "tBeach Club"

Members of West End Country
OIub are looking forward with a
great dcal OF anticipation to the
opening of the very sporty Beach
Ilup at the club house Friday even
ing from 9 until II o'clock.
with tire shortage and gas ration
ing, V~acatloncrs find it quite diff
lieut. IN Journcylng to the resorts
they enjoyed in years of peace. so
committees at West End have sci
about to bring the beach to clu6
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
Community Party
Given for Jessups

The Christian Endcavor society of
Liberty church at EPSON recently
red d community social in
# Mr.. and Mrs. T. !. .Jessr1p
and daughters, Faye and CAROLYN.
who FOR the past two years have been
a part Of the community and the
church, Mr.. Jcssup having served as
principal OF EPSON high school.
The party, given as a surprise 10
the honor guests. was held in tine
nome of Mrs. T. +. Av,cuc. and Mr.
and Mr.. OSman Gerard. Misses
Mary Nell and Christine Eaycs had
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
SOCIETY NEWS
SIMMER EVENING.

White moth ClingS
with Whirrlng wings;
Street light fllckcrS through.
Silver leaves
OF poplar trees
Draw the moonbCamS, too.
Breathing low,
The lilacs blow
Thoughts which lovers keep.
pIlintiVe loon
CRIES to the moon
Hush, The worlds asleep.
Marianne Robertson
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
Have Story Hour.

The second meeting of the sum-
mer vacation reading course being
conducted at Perry Memorial library
will be held Friday morning at 10
o'clock at the library, in the form
of a patriotic story hour. Officers
ere asked TO take notice of the mce;-
Ins and TO be on hand.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24

meMbcrs.
Members should come dressed as
they please, and there will be dane
ing, refreshments and an all around
evening of pleasure.
ms IS one Of the many features
planned at the club during the sum
mer months.
Already interest is running quite
nigh IN the clubs program, with the
annual championship golf tourna-
mcmt now holding the spot light.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
o.
CAPITOL SQUARE
BY BCR THOMPSON
Daily Dispatch Bureau
In The Sir Walter HOtel-Raleigh
LIQUOR PROFITS-North Caro-

LIQUOR PROFTTS-North Caro-
lina's wei counties and the State it.
self Will not profit from the expect
ed increase in the federal tax on Ii
quor, according to a recent definite
but unannounced decision of the State
Board of Alcoholic Control.
Although this represents a new
policy by the board, little objec-
ton is expected from the county
Abe boards. The present and past
policy of the board has been to set
the retail price of liquor at exactly
80 per cent above the wholesale price
which the counties pay. AS this
wholesale price included the federal
tax, it meant $3.50 increase in the
price per gallon for every 81 the
federal tax was raised. The present
federal tax is 81 a 100 proof gallon.
The plan is 10 increase it to Sc in
the pending tax bill. Under the
whole system. that would mean a 50
cent increase in the tax on every
qcart and a IS cent increase in the
retail cost. But as Jesuit Of the new
policy the price ncreascs-cxpcct-
ed TO go into effect by October |
will be 81 cents a quart, or %
cents a pint, only.
The new policy Will affect the
States revenue as we'll as that Of
the counties. The State gets eight
and a halt per cent Of the retail
cost. just as the counties have ben
DrotjtInp ON tho fFGrrHI tax 90 has
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
Vndersoes Operation

Douglas Lamb, Daily Dispatch car
rier-salesman, is in Duke hospital,
where he is to undergo an opera
the hospital for some time. Douglas
serves the west side of North Gar
nett street and inc NOrlina Road,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
McMILLAN-lf Roy Mcmillan, 7

McMILLAN-lt Roy Mcmillan, re-
turing state commander of the Amer
lean Legion, wants Il State lob he
probably Will have it without much
delay. In fact, he could have had it
before but he was Interested until
his term as commander was over.
When Mcmillan Was campaigning
for commander his opponents argu-
ed that there was little use to elect
him as he would resign to take a
State appointment in a short time.
estate commanders can't hold poll
teal posts under the Legion laW.}
Mcmillan said that if he was elect
ed he would serve out his term. He
Vas and did. Now the chances are
that he might be interCsted-if the
proftered appointment is '%intcrest-
ing enough.
Possibilities for Mcmillan include
a place with the growing OPA set
up, although that is a federal rather
than state post "A place in the about
electromagnetic Department Of
Revenue and a place in the attorney
generals office if First Assistant
Wade Bruton is recalled to tho
service as reserve officer, as he is
quite willing to be. If none of those
suit him, on if he suits none of them,
something else probably will come
along. Mcmillan is definitely in line.
OVERSHOES-Don't give that
extra oVcrshoc to the rubber sal
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
Have Chicken Supper.

The PhIlathca class of the South
Henderson Baptist church Will sell
chicken plate and Brunswick stow
At tire community house Saturday.,
june -. All who VIII are iutItcd
to attend.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
Visiting Relatives

Ms lncz Hines, of South Hill, Va.
VISITING her relatives, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. \. Hines, on route 4, Hen
dcrSen. ~
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
Go to south Carolina,

Nj. Lewis Gupton and Mr.. Maud
p. Gupton accompanied Mrs. Cup
ton daughter, who has been visit
inc her, to Mauldin, S. G., to spend
snnlN LInIC.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
Go to Norfolk.

Mr.. Clifton Abbott and daughter
Margaret Ann, LEFT today for Norfolk
Ia spend a few days there with MI
Abbott.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
Leaves Hospital.

{. 4. Grows, Who was a patient at
Maria Parham hospital for several
days, being treated for an infected
foot, has returned to his home on the
Oxford road.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
Returns from Visit.

Mr.. Robert Robertson has return
ed from Roanoke Rapids where She
ha, htcn visiting her sister, Mrs.
Jimmie Mills.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
Visits Mrs. Davis

Hugh D'Anna, of Tallahassee, Fla,
is spending the day with his aunt,
Mrs. r. G.. S. Davis. He is ON his
way to Fort BelVoir, Va. to attend
officers training school.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
Visits Mother.

Mr.. l.. G. Eaton, of M%auldin, S.
C..hl, been visiting her mother
bcre fur several days.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
4 a
WITH OUR BOYS
IN SERVICE
From Camp Gordon

Pvt, Merritt Scamstcr, OF Camp
Gordon. Georgia, is visiting his par
cnts, Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. S"amster.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-24
In Duke Hospital.

Mrs. f. II. Nelson is undergoing
treatment in Duke hospital, Dur
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-05
He Misses Meals N
AS He Talks Of Dad

He missed many meals because
he was called upon 10 recite the
biography of his father. just as he
was lifting the first bite of his
meal 10 his mouth. BY the time
he would finish, the meal was
done.
Another plebe might have rcn.
dcrcd condensed versions and got.
ten away with it. But not Mac,
Arthur. 1t was not that he likeC
the sound of his voice. especially
He simply wanted to hear full jus.
tice given to the great life his
father had had and was ther
living.
AS a plebe he had to be com
pletely Subservient. without being
craven; had to remain emotion.
ally unmoved through whatever
trick his official testers, or tor
mentors, chose 10 play on him.
He knew the penalty for acting
otherwise.
He knew the meaning OF Gov
entry" that dreaded ostracism inn
posed more often in those days
than since. He saw fellow plebeS
'and even upper classman thus pun
iShpd
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Macarthur Shown
Arriving at West Point

The picture taken Of him in
July, 1899 when he arrived al
West Point 10 undergo his Undue
ton as a plebe, shows him in the
rear Of an unmilitary looking group
of young men.
But il hardly needs the ident!'
fying arrow that is a part of al
such pictures. Douglas is unmis'
taxable. as if the cameraman that
day had ordered a retouch artist
10 point up that part of the picture
where Douglas stood.
He is taller than the others. anC
straight. and he is regarding the
camera with a look of boyiSh in
tensity that gives him an identity
of his own. His hat, inevitably. Is
set at a rakish angle.
There never was West Point
Cadet quite like Douglas MacAr.
thur. He initiated there lifetime
of "firstS" and, according TO more
than one of his old classmates, he
was the first man ever TO attend
the Point with his mother.
Mrs. Macarthur. who lived into
her sos, was i'll at the time OF
Douglas appointment. She came
along TO West Point with him and
established herself in an old hotel
whose chief claim to fame was
that Lafayette had stayed there
during his trip TO the Point.
The hotel accommodations
dated from the visit of the French
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johnson, 10 Others
In Salt Creek Club

johnson, on the other hand,
rounded up 10 boon companions
among the plebes and formed
what he called the Salt Creek
Club They delighted in jeering
at Douglas and Ulysses for EEK
tending themselves to come out
one"
They raised as much Cain as
plebes could safely raise; even
committed the objectionable West
Point crime of smoking cigarets
in remote corners of the academy
Their motto was, Never bone to-
day what you can bugle tomor-
row, which, in effect, means
Why study today when there's
chance you can bull your way
through tomorrow
The Salt Creek Club often
joshed Macarthur about his sober
approach 10 cadet life and his
habit of lacking a blanket over his
window at night and studying
until dawn lighted the Hudson
River below Macarthur took the
kidding in good spirit, but if he
ever envied them their good times
he never openly showed it. Mac
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-05

Arthur was at West Point to give
IL the best he had.
The more outstanding Douglas
became in his studies and on the
parade grounds the more a tiny
clique of particularly aggressive
upper clasSmep thought his cour-
age should be tested. These Older
men seemed unwilling TO accept
the fact that so much intelligence,
handsomenesS and aplomb could
be contained in one body.
One night a brutal handful OF
upper clasSmen marched into Mac
Arthur's quarters, ordered him To
follow them and took him 10 the
privacy of one of their rooms
There he was stripped On the
floor had been placed the jagged
remains of several broken milk
bottles. He was ordered 10 place
one foot on one side of the broken
heap and one on the other. SC
that ne stood directly over it,
Then he was ordered to eagle"
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an appointment 10 West Point
There was JOY unresualned II
the Macarthur household, which
BY that time had been reduced &c
Douglas ana his mother of went
a overwhelmingly expensive cable
10 his father. who was m The
Philippines fighting the same
Aguinaldo who, So many years
later. was Ia JOIN with the lnNad-
ing japanese IN an attempt 10
force The surrender OF Douglas
brave little army m Baiaan
OFF went word, too. 10 Ensign
Arthur Macarthur Douglas oldet
brother. who had graduated from
Annapolis several years before.
II was a great day for Douglas
and his mother. They were army
folks. Douglas path had led
toward West Point from the time
he could talk. His lullables were
the robust marching songs and
the sentimental ballads of his
fathers Indian fighters.
His bedtime stories as grow
ing child were his fathers dlSser-
tations on Civil War tactics. He
could rattle off Gettysburg casual
ties and gun positions at Mission
airy Ridge better than the young
Ster of today can reclte baseball
batting averages.
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Two Cadets Die
In Point Hazinq

There promptly began four.
year ladylike battle the likes OF
which West Point had not seer
before and has not seen since
Each mother was determined that
her son would be the outstanding
cadet in his class, and toward that
end they strove almost as might
lily as did young Macarthur and
young Grant.
MacArthur's plebe year was up
diluted hell. Grants was not much
better.
BY 1899 the practice OF hazing
had reached such a state at West
Point that il was to claim the lives
of two of MacArthur's classmates.
Upper claSsmen rode roughshod
over that class Of plebeS. Some of
the hazing was good-natured, but
in the hands Of group OF upper
IclasSmen who appeared 10 have
lost all sense OF propriety, some of
the hazing was brutal and sadistic.
To pass the stiff physical and
mental tests provided by the pro-
lfessors and drillmasters was COM
Iparatively child's play compared to
the tests imposed by that self-ap-
pointed board of upper claSsmen.
And Macarthur knew that it was
as important that he get a passing
mark from the upper clasSmen as
it was that he get one from the
authorities Of the
academy.
There was one phase Of his
treatment that Macarthur actu-
ally enjoyed. The practice of maxi
ing the plebe son of a soldier
father recount the deeds. tech
nique, transfers and public adj
dresses of the father was an old
practice at West Point by 1899.
Young Grant, though grandson
of the general. spent hours reciting
the adventures and utterances OF
his forebear.
Macarthur relished these COM
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Macarthur in Game
To Hear First Cheers

He recovered quickly enough
and was not again molested. He
had been tested, Sorely tested by
the cruel devices then in vogue,
and by the standards of that day
as IN this he was not found
wanting. The upper claSsmen
turned their attention elsewhere,
filled with honest awe and admira-
ton for the plebe who looked like
a matinee idol and took punish
ment like a hardy teamster.
The heroS mantle, which seldom
has left Macarthur since the turn
of the century, first descended on
him in the spring of 1900. He
was still a plebe, but by that time
one of such distinguished bearing
and gracious manner that. to out
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-05
Prefer to Quitting
To Cold Silence

He saw sturdy souls who could
stand any amount of physical pun
ishment quit the academy rather
than continue to live the So-called
walking death" of Coventry, y
wherein not a man is permitted 10
speak TO the accused, and wherein
groups of chatting cadets grow
silent when the socially leprous
person condemned to Coventry
passes by.
The lusty Iallopings, the horse
play and the endless recitals of his
fathers heroics were somewhat
alleviated in August of that first
season at West Point when there
arrived on the reservation a
tough, brazen, two-fisted NAV
erick named Hugh Johnson.
Apparently incensed (but prob
ably secretly pleased) by the
goodnatured cocksurness Of the
tough young westerner, the upper
claSsmen momentarily turned
away from testing" Macarthur
and Grant and went to work on
the young man who one day was
TO become general known as
odd Ironpants."
In the ensuing months, johnson
and Mac Arthur, though fast
friends. became the extremes
among the plebes. With his mother
admonishing him to keep his nose
to the grindstone-a precaution
she need not have taken-Douglas
soon began excelling in classroom
work.
He was always brilliantly pre-
pared for even the toughest prob
lens. The feeling ran around the
campus that he was extraordi-.
narily endowed with brains. and
as a result he had to prove all
over again-to upper classmen-
that he was no spineless book
worm
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-05

patriot. But Mrs, Macarthur had
shared he privations of her hus-
band during the long years when
the army forced into the West.
The important thing was that
she was living as close 10 Douglas
aS she could. Her window afforded
her a view of part of the academy
grounds.
once at West Point Mrs. Mac
Arthur'S spirits rose. And rose
comparatively. She quickly learned
that she was not the only cadet
mother in the. vicinity. The mother
of Ulysses S. Grant Ill had ar
rived with her Stalwart young son,
grandson OF the Civil War general
and eighteenth president of the
United States.
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of his studies and hazings was
telling on him.
But he dutifully went about the
nervc-wracking business of his
eagles" lie repeated the dan
gerouS bends without a word,
though in danger of serious injury,
if he faltered. On and on the ung
pardonable ritual continued until
finally Macarthur pitched over on
his face in a dead faint.
He had not uttered sound from
the beginning until the end of the
SadiStic business.
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lac ArfIlur'S Character Nodded at West Point

siders, he seemed TO be of the
graduating class.
However, il was not as a mill
tary man that he heard his first
cheers. IT was as a baseball
player.
Macarthur went out for the ball
club the day the notice was placed
on the bulletin board. He had
played the sport with soldiers as a
child around his fathers various
camps. At West Texas Military
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-05

Academy he had distinguished
himself as an all-around athlete.
But at West Point he decided 10
specialize. In his soidierly way he
dispaSsionately considere d his
merits and dement's in all the
sports in which he was proficient
and decided 10 stress baseball. for
he could play it best. Indeed, il
was said at the time that he could
have become big Lacquer if his
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mands. They might come at any
time during the night or day. But
he was always ready 10 jump 10
his feet. stand at attention with
his eyes lowered in the traditional
plcbe manner, and speak for any
length of time on the Civil War
experiences of his father-or on
the then current trails and tribula-
lions of the elder Macarthur in the
Philippines.
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Eagle Is Knee Bend,
Arms Straight Out

An eagle is a full knee bend
with the arms extended straight
out TO the sides. 1t is reasonably
difficult maneuver for a man in
perfect shape if any great number
of eagles" are called for, but
Douglas was not in exceptionally
good physical condition. The strain
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-05
Skill on Baseball Diamond
Brought First Taste Of Fame
History Made by His Appointment
TO Follow in Footsteps Of Father

douglas MacArhurs chaIacte moldng days as cadet
M West Point wildly described by Bob Consdne famous
magazine writer and coumnst the following fourth chapter
intimate biography Of the great American general whose
heroic stand on Bataan Peninsula the Philippines will go
down in history of tho greatest delaying actions IN
nlnHnr fln1CS
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II, BOB CONSIDINE

COW ~
Douglas Macarthur long. slm handsome boy playing
Texas Military Academy football team the
happv dav that he had been
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-03-28
The Facts In Our News
BY HORACE A. While

what Negroes are fighting for. II
seems to me that in view OF the
fact that the nation has been at
tackled that any other procedure is
a criminal procedure. First that II
VIC act in terms Of our wants with
out taking into account this fact,
We put all the i,egroes on the de-
fens.ve We 90 this by asking the
great majority OF Negroes who are
loyal with little question. TO trade
their loyalty Or social and economic
gains. The very nature OF this sit
ust on is impossible ami next il is
irresponsible leadership. It uses a
great source Of power that grows
from the fact that Negroes have
been .scriminsted against and OPP
pressed, 10 act and think negatively
n a nationalt crisis When the same
power ought 20 be channelled for
positive cnds in democracy Stated
another way the Negroes problems
and dcnsls Of democratic processes
must be dealt with in terms Of hte
greatest need Of the nation.
II Negroes are Disseminated
against in housing and war produc-
ton, Negro leaders must point out
that this defeats our nations effort
20 win war and that Negroes will
not tolerate discrimination and