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PAGE FOUR HENOERSON DAILY DISPATCH Mrnm*mt IE I*l4. ***** paiBUION dStaici CO. lid at >• Imm Hwt» ■btMMT A DENNIS. Pre*. an* Editor g. L riNC'H. IMo-TrtU sag Bo*. Mr. •MtatMl <fcfl«* t<4 |Mi«f Witor ...... 'ifk* R*Ml«r4on Da Mr Dlipttcli t* * ■taMr of the Associated Frasa. S»w»- mmi Rn»r>rtM South* are NeviMta Publisher* Aseoelatloa a (M Worth Carolina PreOh Aeeoela- TM Associated Press la nelartrtlf aatlttsA to see for r •publication all •etl dltpatchfl credited to It or aot at homes Cl edited In thia paper, and also the lotnl news published herein. sip rl*ht* of publication of special gasgdtche* hereto are also reserved. itnhimoji phm ku fapshie Sirbllr la Advance. ■aid Tear M.M Brt Months ...» *-*• Three Montbs ...» * 1 *• Per Uspv NUTII K TO KJIIiMIUBEM. levk at tbo printed label on your a*pbr Tbs data thereon shows when fee subscription saplrss. Forward •sat money In ample time for re* peual NotU* date cn label carefully aid If aot correct, please notify us at pared. Subscribers desiring the addles* sa their pu|>*r changed, please stats la feslr communication btlh the OLl< and NEW addradd ■lllMil Advert lUsg Hr are ere tat teen niOMT, LANUII 4k KOH.X ■dd Para Avenue, New York City; M ■gat Waiker Drive. Chicago; Walton Mllding, Atlanta; Security Uulldlag. Si. Uub. ■Stared at the poet office in Hander pas. If. C., as second class mall matter Bl»s«a»hm—»a»as.s*«>dfan«A— IhdiUte GENUINE PPAIS—Whoso offer eth praise glorlfieth me; and to him that ordeth his way aright will I shew the salvation of God.—Psalm 20:23. LOVE NOT THE WORLD:—Love not the world, neither the things that are In the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not In him. —I John 2:15. the tiger growls Tammany Hall Is said to be split for the first time In years over the question of Ms support of a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president. The lhctfcms *re grouped behind the triple leadership of Gov ernor Roosevelt, former Governor Smith and Mayor Jimmy Walker. The enmity of each of these three for the a. her appears to be at the bottom of the trouble, which may In the end mean the disruption of this century old political machine that has for many decades controlled the destinies of New York City’s government, and in large measure that of the State at large as well. A distinct coolness is reported to ex ist between Smith and Roosevelt on the one hand, and between Walker and Roosevelt on the other, and then between Smith and Walker. Neither has had his way entirely In the con trol of Tammany politics. Rooseveß has refused to take dictation from Smith, and has likewise refused to squelch the State Investigation into Tammany’s management of New York City, which has resulted in Jimmy Walker’s enmity toward the gover nor. That was brought forcibly into the open when the two refused to ■peak as they met at Great Sachem VoorhK funeral last week. Lesser lights are pondering the leader to whom they will throw their onpn influence and support. Smith’s Announcement that he would accept the nomination If offered is taken to mean that he is out to beat Roose velt at any cost, whether he Is him- 1 self given the nomination or not. In 1 view of that development, Roosevelt J certainly is not going to. rise in the convention and again nominate for president his predecessor l n office. There is even the hint that the Mayor Walker wing of Tammany will bring John W. Davis into the running In the event a deadlock develops. IJu. Davis, like Smith, has had hds chance. And to Ms credit it must be said that he knows that and has no aspirations in that direction again. He is one of the best qualified men In the coun try to be president and is a man of the type of Woodrow Wilson. Good ness knows there is need for another Wilson in this country today. Would God he would make his debut upon flhe stage at this crucial hour. But Davis could not make a successful “comeback” any more than could Smith. It Is our Judgment that Rooseveß has lost nothing in the long run by his refusal to give edmfort to Tam many when efforts are being made to bare its corruption ln the municipal management of the metropolis. We cannot see how the country at large, and the Democratic party in particu lar, would have anything to lose to apeak of If Tammrvy were mattered Into smithereens. It Is quite con ceivable that the removal of that in fluence would be helpful to both, and there will be lhtle loes of sleep as the result of the straits in which the big city organisation finds itself. This I* one time when the Tiger's growl will not alArm any one. AT THE SOtTJtrfc at POWER It vi! a humble, modert group of Christian people Who met in tbg lib rary last night and pldhned tot Week ly prayer meetings In thlf cdftunhflEf with the purse ln view of getting themselves and others closer to the Source of all power in ohe universe and more in ling wRh the Will of the Infinite. Movements that have shak en the foundations of the world have had equally as humble a beginning, and. although nothing of that sort is ln the minds of those initiating the movement, they must know that K holds great possibilities for those of this community who win lend thetr cooperation and. support. The organisation is non-denotnina tional. Os Kaelf, this group doe* not know there are denominations in ex istence. It is not concerned with that, ks great and only objective is to inspire a more intimate relation ship between man ahd hi* Baker; to get humans again on their knees and on speaking terms With their God, or at least more so .than they have been; and to foster the realization of man’s dependence upon the Almighty and of His power and willingness to relieve the distress of the world at this hour and to bring greater happiness to mankind. Considered In Its full mean ing. there can be no higher purpose. Those who are sponsoring this un dertaking are not setting themselves up as “goody-goodlea” They know their own failings and short -comings. They know there will be slips and haltlngs in their own lives, such as are common to all men. Bug they recognise the folly of Inertia, and are moved to lend their energies to a plan that certainly has the potentialities for untold good if given the right =ort of support from Chrirtlan peo ple. The idea in mind, moreover, is not to drive a bargain with God Almighty in that promise Is made to do thus and so if He will reciprocate in kind. The Master of Men said that even sinners will go as far as that. There are abundant evidences in Holy Writ however, of divine promises of mate rial blessings to the people under certain conditions. Good things ln such quantity that it will be a prob lem what to do Wth them are told of by the prophet, while Jesus said that if the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness is sought first, all these things wiH be added. Prosperity has made man forgot his God and caused him to place his de pendence in himself. Reverses of the lest two years, however, have demon strated in umntrtakeable manner how foolhardy such an attitude toward life is. A young man said .the oftier day he could remember When he walked ten miles to church, whereas today many people do not go when they live within half a mile of the ohurch and can ride even that distance. Are we to go back to the old custom, that old necessity, that faßh? If It re quires privations of that kind to sober an Intoxicated humanity, K may come. Men will decide for themselves whe ther the lash must be applied with such force. The world’s great need today Is to get back to the Source of aH power, and the only road to that destination is the way of prayer. This movement in the community may die aborning, but if It does M #lll not be because of a lack of worthiness but for the lack of vision, and Where there is no vision the people perish. ANOTHER PROHUHTIOft POtX The Literary Digest hds launched for the second time in two years a great poll on prohibition. Its atrwW ballot in 1930 was the cause of much difference of opinion and argument for advantage, and sniping was kept up at a running fire pace for months after the final reports were all in. This time the issue 1* clearer than before. Whereas two years ago there were three questions, for prohibition and against it and then one for modi fication, the ballots now being mailed make the Issue clear-cut, namely, for or against repeal of the eighteenth amendment. It 1s announced that twenty million ballots were being mailed. About that many were sent out in the former poll, and slightly leas than one-fourth the number were returned. Thin time, as before, there will probably be a great deal of criticism about the me thod of distribution. The dry* In particular, Whether with or without justification, will charge that the bal lots are going to a class suapeoted of being dripping wet ln the hope of In fluencing a verdict In favor of re peal of the amendment. But the fact remains, to our way of thinking, even as a dry, that prohibi tion has lost ground ln the hst three or four years. The friend* of tem perance apparently realize that and have set out to regain some of the vantage points they once field. The argument that the law is not being enforced may have some bttMs 1n fact, but that 1s not ln itafelf An evi dence that prehfbtfcloa 1* A failure. Has it Indeed had a flfclr chance? With all their qulcktfntd activity ( HENDERSON, TN. 0„T DAILY DISPATCH* SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13,1932 tEe dry forces are hot as aggressive as are the. Miemiee of their cause, the*’ are too prone to !« thing* drift along, While the wets Will aH©W no oppor tunity to edftape them to throw in a 1 ballot In the Literary Digest’s poll. Os course, the wets cannot be blamed for pushing forward their side of it. Whatever the result, the whole count will be on one side or the other. There will be no middle ground this time. It will be unequivocally one side or the other. Than is certainly one favorable aspect of the new ballot, for both factions. *1 JAMES ASWELLI^ By Centnll Frees New York, Feb. 13—On my latest i Winder pilgrJmmage to Coney Island ' —to me the most fascinatingly deso late place ln the neighborhood at this ■ time of the year —I viewed (the black ruin which used to be the Eden Musee. The fire which de r stroyed the fa mous waxworks wiped out, as K were,'* portion of America’s more lurid past. Threading among those creeplly life like statues in wax of Ruth Snyder, “Two-Gun" Crowley, Vivian Gordon and most of the other principals in the recent criminal dramas of the town, intelligent spectators were un certain whether to laugh or shudder. Next summer visitors will be denied a curious and memorable it be ing doubtful that .the exhibits will be duplicated. LATE SPOT "Hot Feet’’ is a Strange and engag ing hole-in-the-wall downtown in Houston (pronounced, Texans may be Interested to know, "Howston”) street. Immense, Jack Jdhnsonesque colored Waiters shuffle about in squads, and (he orchestra, bo we red in a sort of grotto, plays ceaselessly and slzzllngly. The atmoigrttere is full of primitive nervous tension, a Strange aura to find *o far from Harlem. RAt-TAT-TATTLE Joe ZelH is on hts way back to Paris, disconsolate with the New York night club situation and the dangers and difficulties attendant on breaking Into the game ... It is sid that Joe spent mo* of his personal fortune on the several ventures, including a play, which he undertook here. Will Oakland's Terrace boasts the most expensively mounted floor show in town, with a SIO,OOO investment ln costumes alone . . . Although florists make as much as 1.000 per cent on the flowers they sell, sotting up a bloom shop Is riskier than establishing a news stand, when proflts t reckoned on a percentage basis, are very low. Steins in many German beer halls bear likenesses of Mickey Mouse, and the cartoon rodent has drinking songs dedicated to him . . . According to the Thetth-e GutW magazine, David Keaelbr had a complete foor-dollar Kosher meal sferved Him on the stage every night hi "The Triith.” Food in night clubs is seldom of restaurant quality, but the Baltyhoo serves first-class eats . . . The Para mount Grill is know n for Its elabor ate melbas and souffles . . . The best pair of pork chops I’ve demolished in some time came, believe It or not, out of one of those Automat cases. NO FEATURE . The elderly father of a friend of mine was recommended to the show at a small and arty movie house in 58th street. A stranger in. town, he en tered the Trans Lux, an all newsreel place, nearby instead. Half an hour iaiter he returned home disgustedly tef remark: "Those frills and newsreels and In cidental features on the programs have always annoyed me, but this time I sat through a solid hour of such things I I finally got disgusted and left without seeing th* feature picture at all!” ACCENT The southern accent is growing fashionable again. Helen Morgan, It’s well known, affects one of those drawls that are as long as from here to over yonder, yet she sterna from a } northern clan. And Helen Hayes, the actress payed the part of the south ern lass In “Croquette” so long and so well that her speech still sounds diflnßely below-the-line. But your real Georgia or Alabama girl in New York often manifests a ghaat shyness about her origin and endeavors in turn to Imitate the speech of those Who are trying to imitate hers! PROBES ARE RED—” The information that you’ve always heard about Valentine’s day getting Its name from St. Valentine is just a kit of banana liquid. Here’s the low-down: There was an old Norman Word, “gelatin," frequent ly written “valantan,” Which meant” lover of the fair sex,” as nearly as It can be translated into our frigid tongue. Then the scribes grew care tfeee and the word began to be “val entin,’’ until It became eventually you-know-what. There were ait least five “St. Valen tines,” anyway, none of whose Uvea offlr any explanation for the origin of the day of sweetheart*. On the contrary. Government Circlet Announce Drive on Shanghai To Take Place Corning Week (Continued from Page One.) the withdrawal of the Chi nese within a stated period. Prelude Begins. Shanghai, China, Feb. 11.—(Ap) —Japanese airplanes and big gam pounded the wreck* of Chapel Mid Woosuhg today wfth the lw*>k*t bombardment since the fighting liegan two weeks ago and chdM ed that they had stopped a Chin ese counter attack. It was a prelude to the Mg Japanese drive which probably will begin early next Week. A* A blizzard swept aero** the Boo sting sector. Lt. General Kett wichl Uyeda, who will command the entire Japanese force, arrived at his headquarters and Issued a statement to the effect that he had come only to protect Japanese life and property and tha If pos sible he would avoid unnecessary hostilities. Chinese Prepare. Under cover of the storm the Chin ese prepared their army of 25,000 men to withstand an assault by the Jap anese force of about the same size. Promising reports of peace negotia tions through the medium of the min isters of the United States. Great Britain and France also Were shot to pieces wHen Nelson T. Johnson, American minister who arrived here yesterday with the British and French diplomatic representatives, said he knew of no such prospects. Americans Protest. The voice of 100 Americans resi dents of Shanghai was raised in pro test against the Japanese activities in a cablegram to United- States Senator William E. Borah, at Washington. Their protests was against what they called the violence of Japanese meth ods. They feared, they said, that if Japan were successful world reliance would again be placed on armed forces and the cause of disarmament would lose all it has gained since the World war. EXPANSION MOVE LIFE AND DEATH ISSUE FOR JAPAN (Continued from Pag* One.) the Pacific in my opinion including the ultimate acquisition of the Philip pines and Australia. "Australia of course Is thinly set tled—a field for the absorption of Japan’s overflow into the indefinite future. "The Philippines are not overcrowd ed as populations are reckoned in the Orient. The Japanese also need the archipelago strategically for fulfill ment of their policy. It is worth re membering that half the inhabitants o fthe world live within a 2,400-mile radius of Manila.” "In the meantime,” continued the Green Mountain representive, “Nip pon must intensify industrially to sup port its cramped 60,000,000. "Control of Manchuria i sessential to this industrialism, for the sake of a dependable supply of raw materials. A market for the output of their fac tories is equally essential and the thronging Yangtze valley affords an ideal one, if they can make it their monopoly. Shanghai is the key to it. "Thus far Japan’s method has been to advance step by step toward its objective, each step being represented, by about one brisk fight and a great deal of ensuing diplomacy." "Nearly 40 years ago,” recalled the congressman, "the islanders had a small war witr China, marked by the naval battle of the Yalu river. They won it easily and through the Inter- 1 national conversations which followed ' gained their Initial mainland foothold in Korea. "A decade later they had several important engagements during their war with Russia, but it was mainly by virtue of the treaty of Portsmouth that they extended their sphere of in fluence in northern China. "During the world conflict their only battle was with the German garrison of Kiao-chow, which, after taking, they lost, it is true, at the Washington conference, but not with out strengthening their Chinese ill treats otherwise in return for this temporary complaisance." "Juding from the past,” said the Vermonter, “it would be logical to as sume that their seizure of Shanghai was intended by the Japanese to be the climax of their present military activities, on their theory that what they get by force they generally man age to keep by negotiation. “There appears, however, to be a possibility that, in this instance, they will prove to h ave overdone them selves to an extent which will make it difficult for them to stop just where they probably planned to stop. "The chance also is to be reckoned with that Tokyo statesmanship de liberately has steered the country into what it knows to be a formidable for eign venutre, with a view to offset ting a state of domestic dlsconent Which is assuming alarming propor tions. "Predictions from excellent sources were made to me during my last sum mer’s stay in the east of a Japanese revolution within ten years at most, in. favor of a more liberal regime. "The launching of a foreign war would be a natural means, in such a situation, of consolidating public op inion behind the existing order.” WARRANTS AGAINST JUDGE HARWOOD ARE ISSUED IN RALEIGH (Continued from P*g* ON.) $4,828 from the state department of revenue by his daughter. Miss Lola G. Harwood and with obliterating, injuring and destroying certain orig inal documents’ pertaining to his daughter’s case. The warrant* were Issued by City Judge Wiley G. Barnes on the sworn complaint of Revenue Commissioner A. J, Maxwell. Complaint* v«rt ttfek ** both casks, but th* attached * Showing The Dr&fon’i Teeth—l 932 - warrant Was signed by Judge Barnes only In the former case. Police withheld service of the war rants on instructions of the attor ney general’s department following thdyconference at the governor’s man sion at which Governor Gardner, Judge Har4rood, Attorney - General Dennis G. Brummltt and Assistant Attorney Generals A. A. F. Seawell and Walter D. Siler participated. Governor Gardner declined to com ment on the conference further than to say that he will see Judge Har wood again at his office today. Judge Harwood, reached at a hotel here, following the conference, said he had not been told the warrants had been issued. He said it was a “surprise” to him. Judge Harwood was charged with being an accessory after the fact in the embezzlement charge against his daughter by “the manufacture or at tempted manufacture of evidence tending to prove her innocence." The judge issued a statement last night in which he said that when he went through the records of his daughter in the department of re venue some time ago he “found cer tain erasures and mutilitations and had been previously informed by the auditors that there were erasures and mutilations in the books.” He said he had examined files in the revenue office and had "found copies of letters purporting to have been written to taxpayers whose names appeared on the lists.” “Having been informed that audi tors had certain correspondence re lating to the Items, I concluded copies of the letters I saw in the files were copies they had overlooked. I made notes of the finding of the letters, copied some of them and reported to the attorneys (for Miss Harwood) I had also found copies of letters bearing on the items,” he said. Judge Harwood denied he had made any erasures, mutilations or altera tions in the records. “Certainly I have not made any alterations in the records,” he said. “Certainly I would make a denial to the charges in the warrants.” TODAY America Month. TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES. 1728—John Hunter, famous English surgeon, born. Died Oct. 16, 1793. 1808—David Dudley Field, a New York lawyer whose legal re forms influenced legislation the World over, born at Hadden, Conn. Died in New York, April 11, 1894. I*3l—John A. Rawlins, Illinois friper and„ ; charcoal-burner, ! la'i^ijr, ■ Union ' jgeneVal, Secretary** of ' War, born at Galena, 111. Di£d in Washington. Sdpt. 9, 1869. 1873 —James Sullivan, New York State historian, educator, au thor and lecturer, born in Bal timore, Died at Albany, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1931. TODAY IN HISTORY. 1741—First issue of the American Magazine by Andrew Bradford, Philadelphia the first in the country—followed three days later by Benjamin Franklin’s General Magazine—the first lasted three months, the second six months. 1778—First recognition of the Amer ican flag by a foreign govern ment took place at Quiberon, France. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS. Joseph C. Lincoln, well - known novelist, born at Brewster, Mass., 62 years ago. Victor Rosewater, onetime Omaha, Nebr.. newspaper publisher and au thor, born there, 61 years ago. Dr. John R. Turner, president of the University of West Virginia, born at Matvllle, W. Va., 60 ya&re ago. Waitsr S. Penfleld, internationally known Washington, XX C., lawyer,, born at Auburn, Ind., 53 years ago. Dr. Dugald C. Jackson, noted Mass. Institute of Technology electrical en gineer. born at Kennett Square, Pa., 67 years ago. TODAY’S HOROSCOPE. This day promises a person of con siderable mental ability, charitable, benevolent with deep sympathies for the unfortunate. Push, to make the personality felt, is lacking and this may cause some adversity when the spirit is weak and the pocket empty; but strong effort will give an impetus that will hold till a mark is made. NEW YORE COTTON (By M. F. Ciarx aad Co.) New York, Fe£. 13—Cotton futures closed steady. Open High Low dose January 7.52 7.57 7.51 7.55 March 6.75 6.77 6.71 6.71 May 6.94 6.97 6.87 6.91 July 7.10 7.12 7.06 7.07 October 7.33 7.34 7.28 7.20 December 7.46 7.51 7.44 7.46 NEW ORLEANS COTTON (By J«*. F. Clark and Co.) New Orleans, Feb. 13—The cotton market closed steady today: Opeo High Low does January 7.47 7.53 7.52 7.47 March 6.71 6.78 6.71 6.75 May 6.89 6.95 6.89 6.92 July 7.09 7.12 7.06 7.08 October 7.22 7.29 7.22 7.26 December 7.40 7.47 7.40 7.41 If you want to understand a sub ject, hear a man speak of it, whose business It is. If you want to under stand the man, hear him speak of something else. notice of Administratrix Having qualified as administratrix, with the will annexed, of the estate of R. A. Watkins, deceased, late of Vance County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims tgainst the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned, or my attorney at Henderson, Nferth Carolina, on or before the 9th day of January. 1933, or this notice will be pleaded In bar of their recovery. Any persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This the 9th day of January, 1932. ANNIE V. WATKINS, Administratrix, CTA. of the estate of R. A. WATKINS. % H. Hick*. Atty. S k If / East Coast Stages Special Rates to Charleston, S. C. Visit the Magnetia Gardens Round Trip $10.20 Sevea Days Rosea Leave Henderson at 2:M A. M. Arrive Charleston I! M Baaas Leave Henderson at 2:39 F. M. Arrive Charleston at IS MktttJfftt. For Information Gall 18. miOM BUS STATION A diffuse writer is wittily said (a le fond of “siting his vocabulary.” NOTICE Default having been maae in tw payment of those bonds secuied by that deed of trust dated the 21st <fcy of December, 1929. recorded in Bw* 151, at page 562, in the office of tl* Register of Deeds for Vance County. 11. C., executed by J. R. Grissom. Mrs Lillie Woodlief, Mrs. Effie Early, ite Rosa Robertson and C. H. Roberuoa. and at the request of the holder us said bonds, the undersigned Trust* will offer for sale and sell to thr highest bidder for cajdi at the Court house door in Henderson, N. C ue Saturday, March let., 1932. at 12 o’clock midday, the following desert* td real estate: Beginning in the center of the H*-o derson road at Thomas Cagehart? corner; thence N. 87 degrees W £ poles to a post oak, Capehart's and Overby’s corner; thence N. 86 1-2 de grees W. 157 poles to a blazed pirn-, Thomas Peace's corner; thence N. 83 1-2 W. 20 poles to center of old run of Ruin Creek, stake and pointers; 1 hence with old run of Ruin CreA N. 6 1-2 degrees W. 13 poles 4 links to center of Ruin Creek near an Ash thence N. 80 degrees W. 96 poles 14 links to center of Tabb’a Creek nest r\ large Ash on the East side of the Creek; thence down said Creek as it meanders 362 1-2 poles to mouth of Rock Spring Branch; thence up said Branch 119 poles to a large Holly nwr a spring on the north elde of the branch; thence S. 4 1-2 W 4 poH 9 links to a rock and gum stump cor ner of Glover or Kittreii acre; then* 3. 89 *l-2 E. 12 poles 16 1-2 links to a rock, Mrs. Hinee’ corner; thence N 1-2 degree W. 64 poles to a stake near a small white oak, Hines' comer: thence S. 87 degrees E. 18 poles to* pine, Hines’ corner; thence N. * de grees E. 26 poles to a stake Hie* corner; thence S. 87 E. 7 poles 15 links to a stake on Henderson thence along the Road N. 14 1-2 E poles to the beginning. Conlaininf 262 1-4 acres For further description aee deed from L. E. Grissom Execu tor, to parties of first part. This deed of trust is given to secure balance purchase money for said land. The timber sold to Burgess Lumber O by deed dated Dec. 18, 1929 is not in cluded in this deed of trust J. P. ZQLLI COFFER. TruMee This the roth day of January, I*®