Henderson daily dispatch., October 14, 1932, Image 8

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ASSOCIATED AND CENTRAL PRESS SERVICE
Legion Offers Cash For
Best Oration In Contest
Public Education In North Carolina Is Subject; White
High School Boys and Girla Eligible to Compete;
Rules For The Contest Announced
Two cash prises, the first for $lO
and the second for $5. were announced
today as the awards to winners in the
American Lesion's annual oratorical
contest in this county. Henderson
Poet, No. SO, will sponsor the contest
as part of a Statewide competition
under the auspices of tha North Car
olina department of the Legion, it
was stated by Alex S. Watkins, com
mander of the post.
All white high school pupils are
eligible to enter, and must be pupils
in the seventh or higher grades. Dates
for the eliminations were stated in
the announcement today, together
with other rules of the contest.
Local winners will be entered in
the Statewide eliminations, and the
best will receive a gold medal and
$75 in cash: the second best SSO in
cush; the third. $25 in cash, and the
fourth sls in cash.
Mr. Watkins s&ld that all high
school pupils interested in the com
petition should at once send their
names to C. L. Carter, the Ameri
canism officer of the locul Legion
poet.
Rules of the contests were staled
as follows:
1. As a part of its program to pro
mote Americanism and patriotism in
North Carolina, the American Legion
has conducted during the last four
years Oratorical Contests on patriotic
subjects. The subjects for these Am
ericanism Contests have been in I!*2S.
“The Citizen's Duty to Vote”; :n 1021*.
“Our Flag"; in 1930. "The America a
Legion”; and in 1931, "George Wash
ington—Citizen and Patriot.” The sub
ject for the orutions this year will be
"Public Education in North Carolina
lts Past and Ka Future.”
2. As during the four preceding
years, this Americanism project will
consist of two contests; one contest
will be open to the students of the
High Schools of North Carolina and
the other contest will be open to the
under-graduate students of the Col
leges in the State. These contests and
the prizes to be awarded therein will
be governed by the rules and regula
tions contained in this Bulletin and
any subsequent Bulletins that
be issued relating to said contests.
3. The following regulations shall
apply to the Contests among the H.gh
School students:
(a) Any boy or girl in the Seventh,
Eighth, Ninth, ’ienth or Eleventh
FOUR !TA*ts
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ALIXANDIR KIRKLAND
TOMORROW
"SON OF OKLAHOMA ’
With Bob Steel
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
BLONDIE OP THE FOLLIES
Stevenson
THEATRE
HENDERSON
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OCTOBER 15
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Sparks
TWO SHOWS 2 AND BPM DOORS OPEN 7 AND 7PM
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AND THE FAMOUS HANNBFQBD FAMILY OF /S/OS3S
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OWENS MORALES FAMILY
I MEXJCAN IMPORTATION
FILM STAE IN PERSON | SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT /
Grandstand Chain on Sale at Circus Ticket Office
Showday—lo:3o A. M.
Circus Grounds—Corner Williams and Maple Streets
Grade in any public or private scbooM
in North Carolina for white children
shall be eligible for the Orator’s Con
test; the oration must represent the
original work of the student and this
fact must be certified to by the stu
dent's English Instructor and by the
Principal of the contestant’s school;
the oration may be as short as the
student wishes; the maximum length
of the oration must be such that it
can be delievered in fifteen minutes.
(b) On November 11. 1932. there will
be held in each school participating in
the contest an Elimination Contest
for the purpose of selecting the re
presentative of each particular school
and each school must report the name
and mail address of its representative
to Cale K. Burgess, Raleigh. N. C., not
later than November 15, 1932.
(c* On December 2, 1932, there will
be held in each County an Elimina
tion Content; the representative from
each school in the County will par
ticipate in this County Elimination
Contest, to be held at the Seat
unless otherwise announced, at which
time the best speaker will be selected
to participate in the District Contest.
(d) On December 16. 192. the repre
sentative from eac3h County in each
of the twenty Legion Districts will
participate in a District Elimination
Contest, at a place to be subsequently
announced, at which time the best
speaker will be selected to represent
each Legion District in the State Con
test.
(c> On January 2D, 1933, the final
State Contest will be held in Ra
leigh. The Contest will be held at the
Hugh Morson High School Building,
at One o'clock, p. m.
5. The American Legion. Depart
ment of North Carolina, will provide
and award the following prizes to
the best speakers in each of the two
contests; a gold medal find $75 00 in
cash tc the best speaker: $5-V'oo in
cash to the second best speaker; $25.00
in cash to the third best speaker - and
S’VOO in cash to the fourth best
speaker.
Home for Campaign
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Returning from Europe after •
vacation Senator J. Hamilton Lewis
of Illinois is shown as he arrived
in New York on the S. S. Majestic.
Senator Lewis will campaign for
Roosevelt and Garner in bis home
state.
IftenberflOtt Baflg Btapafci?
Cowboy Movie Star With Circus
Bar
Buck Owens, cowboy film star, pic
tured above with his movie horse
‘Goldie’ will appear here in person
with the big combined Sparks man
aged Downie Bros, ircus when it
comes here for matinee and night per
formances on the William street cir
cus lot.
There are 20 cowboys and cowgirls
in the Owens, company all from his
original Hollywood companys who
have assisted him in the production
of his thrillers of the western screen.
Said to be one of moviedoms great
est riders this star of the wide open
spaces with his thorobred will give
exhibitions of thrilling cowboy stunts
and with the aid of his thorobred
‘Goldie’ the offerings in the flesh are
said he far more thrilling than
those of the screen.
Girl Scouts Meet
And Have Election
The Girl Scout troop met Wednes
day afternoon at their scout hut an
Gary street.
The meeting was called to order by
the leader. Miss Katherine Turner.
Followed by the Scout Laws, Promise,
Motto and several scout songs.
The business period was opened
with the election of Charlotte Wester
as treasurer. The scouts then played
several games out of doors. They then
had Taps after which the Court of
Honor was held.
Scribe. Nell Rowland.
SCHOOL CHILDREN
GIVEN FIRE DRILL
In compliance with requests for ojr
servance of Fire Prevention Ween,
which is now being observed through
out the State, children in the central
school of this city have been instruct
ed in making exits from the building
in case of file. Thus far two fire
drillq- Have been given, it was stated
today; by Mr. Frank Barnhardt, prin
cipal, arid the results were most sat
isfactory.
On Monday a drill was given to the
first grade, and on Tuesday the drill
■ was given to the entire school. In the
latter the entire student body of 481
pupils made exit from the building in
65 seconds. Time consumed for the
entire drill, that of getting the chil
dren out of their class rooms and on
the grounds, and getting them back to
their classes consumed about three
and one half minutes, it was estimat
ed.
It was also stated that drills will
be had at intervals in the future, with
their occurrence at least once a
month.
RUSH TROOPS TO BELFAST RIOTS
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Scenes such ms this have been
recurring in the streets of Bel'
fast, Ireland, ae police tried to
put down m rioting mob of 10,000
unemployed. British army troops
Sharing steller honors with the
movie star will be the Hanneford fa
mily of riders with George, the rid
ing clown, known the world over for
his inevitable red wig and hilarious!
comedy ahorseback, the Morales fa
fmlly a groupe of wire artists from
old Mexico. Marion Shuford. eques
trlnee beauty star of the 1832 innova
tion ‘Dhncing Horses' Senorita
Thressa, young Latin areial star, on
her first American tour, hosts of the
worlds funniest clowns headed by Roy
Lenhardt of vaudeville fame three
groups of liberty horses, herds of per
forming elephants trained ponies and
the big double menagerie.
The street parade all new and over
a mile in length has been revived and
will be the attraction at noon on cir
cus day.
Kindness Pays
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Eva RatmuiMn
Twenty-five years ago Eva Ras
mussen, then 14 years old, tort
up her petticoat and bandageo
tlie wrists of B. W. Strickner, a
stranger, of Cleveland, who had
been injured in an automobile ac
cident. When the stranger die«i
recently he left Miss Rasmussen
now h waitress in a restaurant at
Waupaca, Wis., SIO,OOO, savins
she had saved hi# life.
were rushed to Belfast when die
fighting w*s resumed after a
bloody outbreak. Photo shows s
riot scene in York street, Dahlia,
years ago.
Mil SPEECH
AT PRESENTATION
Made Address ai . Judge
Pittman Portrait Exer
cises Tuesday
The portrait of the late Judge
Thomas Merritt Pittman, the gift of
the late Jurist's family to the county
and the bar, was presented at special
exercises Tuesday afternoon in Vance
Superior Court by J. C. Klttrell, of
the bar. In his address, Mr. Klttrell
said:
“It is indeed befitting that just
after reading the Memorial of the late
Judge Garland E. Midyette, we should
pause a moment in memory of our
own Judge Thomas Merritt Pittman,
the only man from Vance County to
ever wear the Judical Ermine, and
the only Judge from the territory
comprising Vance County for more
than 150 years.
“Fifty years ago on the same week
three young attorneys located in Hen
derson, and cast their lot with Vance
County. The portriats of two of them
already adorn our walls. For fifty
years these three attorneys have taken
part in every important suit in our
oourts. Therefore, the Bar Association
of Vance County has earnestly asked
that the portrait of Judge Pittman be
likewise placed upon the walls of the
court house. Complying with this re
quest, his fidow. and two children
are today presenting a portrait, thru
me. to . the Bar Association of Vance
County, and all the people of this and
the adjoining counties. This portrait
will likewise be an inspiration to all
who lave the law, and especially to
young men who expect to follow the
profession. Judge Pittman loved young
men, and they loved him, and no
young httorney ever' went to him for
advice and left without a greater love
for the profession, and a higher re
gard for the wisdom and justice of
kludge Pittman. He loved alt that was
pure and perfect and beautiful, and
no one can look upon this portrait
without a realization of what his
death has meant to this community.
In hte name of the family I present
this portrait of our judge, Thomas
Merritt Pittman.”
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Dr. Poteat Speaks
To Students Club
A very large crowd of ladies, num
bering between seventy-five and one
hundred, were present yesterday aft
ernoon at the Parish House of the
Episcopal church to hear the first of
a series of lectures being sponsored in
the city by the Students and Alma
Clubs.
The lecturer yesterday afternoon
was Dr. E. McNeil Poteat, pastor of
Pullen Memorial Baptist church in
Raleigh. He gave a very interesting
and most illuminating address on
“Political and Social Unrest in China."
He began his talk by giving the char
acteristics of the race and those of
the Japanese, telling how the train
ing of the two countries in ths past
have made them what they are to
day. After the United States had in
vited Japan to foreign trade, he said,
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FRIDAY, OfTOBER'I4, I9Bt
Harold Cooley To Speak
For Democratic Ticket In
Court House Here Tonight
Harold D. Cooley, Nashville attor
ney, is scheduled to address the voters
of Vance county and Henderson at
a big Democratic rally in the court
house here this evening at 8 o'clock.
The address was arranged by the
Democratic executive committee of
the county, of which J. M. Peace is
chairman and Henry T. PowelJ the
secretary.
Mr. Cooley, who* is well known as
the Japanese sent the young men to
foreign schools, mostly to Germany,
where they learned the fnllitaristic
government and carried back to Japan
with them the thought that the only
way to expand was by war.
This plan was carried on in the re
cent Sino-Japanese War. he said, but
the thing that amazed everyone was
the fact that the Chinese withstood
the terrific bombardment of the Jap
anese army and well equipped navy.
He stated that if the western coun
tries, United States and Europe, would
reduce their arms and have a peace
ful attitude, then the Japanese would
be satisfied.
The lecture was a most enjoyable
one. it was said,- with the speaker
having a pleasing personality and a
thorough knowledge on his subject.
TEXTBOOK PROPOSAL
VIEWED BY SKEPTICS
lOontinueC from Pugs One.)
mfasioner Mafwell because of his ad
vocacy of a State rental system and
lower price* for school books.
Because of the fear on the part of
the publishers and distributors that
an effort will be made in the forth
’ coming General Assembly to set up a
State rental system of extbooks, a
number of observers here think they
have come out for free tetbooks, know
ing that the plan is virtually impos
sible of attainment. The book pub
lishers evidently believe that if they
seem to favor the free textbook plan
It will act as a smoke screen and
divert attention from the rental plan,
which could be put into effect with
much less expense than the free book
plan, it is pointed out.
There is no suggestion, of course,
that the School Book Commission is
in any way conscious that it has been
influenced at all by the textDook pub
lishers. There is every reason to be
lieve that the members of the com
mission are perfectly sincere in their
Interest in the welfare of the school
children in the State in recommend
ing free textbooks. It is also generally
agreed here that if the State could
find the money with which to finance
a free textbook system that it would
be an excellent tning for the school
children and their parents.
It is admitted by Dr. A. T. Alien,
however, that the commission has not
yet made any estimates as to how
much free textbooks would cost al
though the commission expects to go
a brilliant young attorn? -
county, ia to be introduced i v j 4 *
Klttrell. Mr. Peace as chh.in. v '
expected to preside at the ’
Band nutsic is also prim;- ...
a house full of folks is . " '
Mr. Cooley will speak fm
tire Democratic ticket, from
down to constable. Those vi y
heard him speak rate him
the best of the young ora'm
into the question of cost- , ...
official estimates are, hmv?*..
it would probably cost th?
least $5,000,000 to provide -h. . '
textbooks and supplies the : . ~._
and probably in excess of
year for new books and
for each succeeding year. it. h- ;
of the State rental plasi. ih> ,
first year would be about •}-„
But the initial outlay would 1.. •
form of a self-liquidating l<. . • „ . ft ,
schools to be paid off eventual # r
the rental paid by the school «nr.dre-
It is agreed that this would r
the book cost from 50 to 75 r ,--
in a great many instanre> Bv
cost of free textbooks wou.i s .
out and out expenditure.
The method persued by •*, „ c ,, a _
mission is similar to that
Representative A. D. Macl/an gQ( j
those favoring State support
llx months school term in 'hr jjjj
General Assembly in passing tt,< 13 ,
for State support before it w*
termined how much it would
where the money could be f ,und Tn»
legislature stayed in session f IV »
months trying to provide enough r»
venue to carry out the "Macl*en: ;*.»
and finally adjourned without Ar
able to find it all, having to
a 15 cents ad valorem tax to
for (4.500.000 of the six month- >rm
expense.
It is generally conceded
1933 General Assembly will lemvt
this 15 cents tax. If it doe.-, it
that R. will have to find $4.500 at, 0 »
additional revenue from som*> i/.tt;
source. If the free textbook- .-hc-u'j
be adopted, it would mean tmt *h*
General Assembly will have to
about (9,500.000 more for school-- f; -
indirect sources than it i? n -v pr„
viding, without taking into con
tion the (7,000,000 deficit th® £•*•»
wilt have.
This is evidently the reason y
textbook people feel safe in advner
ing free textbooks.
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