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HENDERSON DULY DISPATCH
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HOPE IN GOD: Wlhy art thou cast
down, O my souil? and wlhy ait thou
disquieted within me? hope thou in
God: for I shall yet praise him, who
is the health of my countenance and
my God. —Psalm 42:11.
REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE
If one may believe what he reads j
and hears in personal conversation. I
members of the General Assembly are
not representing the people of this
State in imposing upon them a gen
eral sales tax. There is no exaggera
tion in saying the people positively
do not want the sales tax. And there
is more to that opposition than mere
ly that it is an additional tax. It is
a vicious and unjust form of taxa
tion.
That the legislature Is looking to
the merchants to pay the tax out of
their own gross revenues, or to get
It as best they can otherwise, if at
all, is apparent. Hew they pay it
is seemingly of small concern to the
group of men who have resolved to
place this burden upon the retail busi
ness people of this State. An evidence
of that is seen in the refusal of the
House, before it finally adopted the
revenue bill, to insert a clause mak
ing it mandatory upon the merchants
to pass the tax on. That, of course,
would make the tax outrageously un
popular with the masses, who are the
voters, and would from the veiy be
ginning of its imposition start the
moulding of a determined sentiment
on the part of the general public to.
have the thing done 'awd'y with as
soon as possible.
There rs strong opinion in some
quarters that the imposition of the
general sales tax is but the first step
in the overhauling of the tax base
in North Carolina. Big interests will
get relief and the masses of the peo
ple will take it upon their own should
ers. Broadly speaking, it is not funda
mental relief, but a mere shifting of
the load. Those who shout so loudly
about their own personal opposition,
hut who in the next breath vote in
favor of the tax ,are not as much op
posed to it as they would have others
believe, else they would conform their
actions to ‘heir words. And voters of
North Carolina may this time prove
to have a better memory than they
have been credited with in times past.
Retailers who are going to have to
dig down into their own jeans to pay
this tax for the public could swallow
the dose with fewer misgivings if
the legislature had made it mandatory
that It be passed on, and if they were
not so thoroughly convinced that it
is a move to shift the burden and
1 o make it a permanent part of the
Sta’e’s taxing system. Once in the
law, it will be like other taxes in
that it will stick, and the worst part
about it js that in the future, instead
of reducing the size of the levy or
eliminating it entirely, there is grave
likelihood that it will, like the gaso
line tax, be increased and broadened
to take in other business concerns
and commodities.
If the legislators were so sincere
about this thing as they would have
the State believe, why did they not
make the levy all-inclusive, and slap
it onto every sort of transaction?
Why not on what the lawyers sell,
namely, professional service? Why
not on what the big fellows handle,
and why did it not touch numerous
other kinds and forms of dealings?
Well, it’& your guess now, and the
answer ought to be easy.
By the Imposition of the general
sales tax. the legislature, in our hum
ble judgment, is doing the State more
harm than good. Just at a time when
every eye is strained in the search
for a faint glimmer of better days,
business must be saddled with this
additional extra, load to cripple and
throttle and hold it back. If the gen
eral sales tax bankrupts so many lit
tle businesses that the net result to
the State will be less than before, the
legislature will have only itself to
blame.
Warning has been given that the
North Carolina Merchants Association
will carry the fight to the courts, and
we hope they do it and fight it to the
last ditch, and that they win their
case. If it cripples the State, the
blame cannot be laid at the door of
the merchants, but rather upon the
law-makers who have foisted it upon
the group of concerns that are the
backbone of the commercial life of
the commonwealth. Call that treason
if you will, but we are not alone in
the opinion.
OFF THE BEATEN PATH
At the risk of being called a goody
goody and of being charged with go
ing out of the usual sphere in which
a secular newspaper operates, we
wish to say something about the city
wide revival meeting that is now in
progress in this city. If there are
those who will sneer, it won’t be the
first time, and is not likely to be the
last.
Personally, we are not strong for
the professional evangelist—speaking
generally, that is, and with nothing
personal toward any good man or
woman. Years ago we became thor
oughly fed up on comedy and vaude
ville in the name of religion, and
have not to this good hour recanted
in that conviction.
But there is a place for straight
out, honest-to-goodness gospel preach
ing—and gospel living. Not only is
there a place for it, but there is a
crying need for it. There isn’t enough
of it in the American pulpit today, I
which may account in some measure [
for the waywardness of the American ’
people. There is need that people
should return to the fundamentals.
Most of us are too prone to restrict
our religion to lip service and to at
tending a single worship a week in
the church. We look pious in the pew
and next day and all through the!
week knife the fellow who held the
other side of the hymn book with
us on Sunday morning, to the end
that by some form of what is known
as shrewdness we may gain thereby.
Too many of us assume a holier-than
thou attitude toward our fellows, and
think we are just a little bit, and
sometimes a great deal, better and
that the neighbor is unworthy of
notice. A lot of people need a drain
ing off of what they consider their
aristocratic blue-bloodedness and a
transfusion of the pure red blood of
democracy and brotherliness. That
sort of religion is a mockery of
genuine religion and a disgrace to
those who practice it. Moreover, such
folks are not fooling any one but
t hemselves.
Before a revival of religion can be
had, church folks and professing
Christians have got to do some re
forming themselves- Neither a revival
nor the regular church service is the
place for curiotis on-looker's', who fre
quent such plafces to spy on and to
be it tie those who make St start in the
right direction.
This revival how going on in Hen
derson hasn’t gotten anywhere much
up to now because of the atmosphere
in which it is operating, meaning
by that the city as a whole. A cam
paign of this sort cannot be success
fully carried on in a town the size of
Henderson oftener than once
three or four or six years, because!
of the bigness of the movement. But
when it is undertaken it should have
the support and cooperation of the
public. We believe there is a desire,
and heaven knows there is a glaring
need, for more of us to get more re
ligion than we have. If this depres
sion is a visitation for the purpose;
of sobering luxury-mad Americans
and bringing them to their senses, it
has, up to now, failed in its designs
for a great many people.
More than a year ago this news
paper ventured the opinion that if
America unitedly would fall upon its
knees in humility before God Al
mighty in confession and intercession
i there would immdeiately be a change
for the belter, even in material
things. There lias been no reason
since then to change from that con
viction- This levival here is a move in
that direction, however insignificant
it may be by comparison With the
nation a* large. Whatever one may
think of the evangelist, the singer,
the preacher or any one else having to
do with the undertaking, the move
ment is under way and it righly de
serves and should have the full sup
port of the community, and especially
of the church people- It can be a suc
cess if given such, support, and it
ban never go as far as it should go by
any other method.
Wte hold no brief for any of those
in places of leadership in this re
ligious campaign. They are amply
able to take care of themselves and
will do so. What is said here is in
the interest of whatever of good may
be possible by united cooperation of
those who profess to follow after the
Great Leader. This may be out of
place in a secular newspaper; but
at least it is in this one this one time,
and ukinere without apologies, with
r HENDERSON, (N.C.) DAILY' iMSfcJ&CIi, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1938" : '
out any request whatsoever for it,
and withoutrany one''suggesting it ?
or knowing anything about it. The op
portunity to do good is lingering at
our doorstep, and Christians are un
worthy of the name they bear if they
fail or refuse to lay hold upon it
TODAY
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES
1599 —Oliveir Cromwell, England's
Lord Protector, religious leader and
soldier-statesman, bom. Died Sept.
3, 1658.. i
1769 —Sir Mark I. Brunei, Britain’s
great civil engineer, wih© worked in
New York city for several years, born
Died Dec. 12, 1849.
1781 —Justin Edwards, American
Congregational clergyman, originator
of the American Tempelrance society
writer of tracts wlhiich sold in the
ihundretdwthousjajradjs, bom alt West
ihampton, Mass. Died July 23 18fj3.
l&ll WlLHiiam U.
lawyer, congressman and governor,
bom in Yate® Qo., N. Y. Dieid
MJaroh 18, 1860 •
1826—William Deering, noted Illi
nois harvester manufacturer, born at
Paris, Maine. Died in Florida, Dec.
9, 1913.
1846 —Constance Cary Harrison,
noted author of her day born in Fair
fax Co., Via. Diield in Washington,
Nov. 21, 1920.
1856—Dwight Williams, noted art
ist and collector, born at Camillus,
N. Y. Died March 12, 1932.
TODAY IN HISTORY
.1719 —'First edition of “Robinson
Crusoe” published dn London.
1777 —Marquis de Lafayette, 19
year old. landed at Charleston, S. C.
to ,aid the Americans, having raised!
a corp s at his own expense.
1926 —Riza Khan, onetime trooper
in the Persian Cossacks crowned
iShah. ‘
1932--Hordes of billions of locusts
laid waste South Africa.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Prof. R. A. Seligman, inteirnation
ally-famous Columbia University pro
fessor-emeritus of economy, bor n in
New York City, 72 years ago.
John F. Stevens of Baltimore, fa
mous civil and railway lengineetr, bom
at Gardiner, Maine, 80 years ago.
Richard N. Elliott of Indiana, As
sistant U. S. Comptroller General,
born in Payette 6., Ind., 60 years ago
Leland Harrison, chairman of the
In.;;: relational Relations Division of
the U. S. Tariff commission born
:n New York, 50 years ago. >
Dr. Edlwin B. Wilson, professor of
vita lstatisti.es at the Harvard School
of Public Health, Iborn at Hartford,
Conn., 54 years ago.
Guglielmo Marconi, World-famous
electrical engineer and inves
tor of wireless, born 69 years ago.
Princess-Royal Mary of England
( Lascelles), (bourn (36
•years ago. ;
TODAY’S HOROSCOPE
Coupled with the disciplinary na
ture of yesterday are natural good
•will and a liking for hard work on
its own account*- It mlay carry a
’happydusposiit ion, content (with its
own lot in life; but is more likely to
be dominated with a strong love of
justice. It prodiuce s a leader of men,
whose following accompanies its
chief (through ; pure regard for bis
sterling qualities.
WOULD MAKE PARK
UPON HOTEL SITE
Dully DlMpateh Bureau,
In the Sir* Walter Hotel.
MY J. C. BASKERVfLL.
Raleigh, April 25.—Use of the site
of the old Atlantic hotel, State-own
ed property at Morehead City which
was recently destroyed by fire, as a
State Park, was suggested today by'
(State Forester J. S. Holmes.
Mr. Holmes expressed a belief that
the dedication of the site formerly
occupied by the historic old frame
■hostelry as a State Park and its de
velopment could be made an under
taking that would be a credit to the
iState and of permanent-value to the
people.
The State forester suggests that the
entire strip of property lying between
'State Highway No. 10 and Bogue
sound be dedicated to the use of the
public as a State Park.
.(Trial Nears Close
• Cyrus H. Neff
The first degree murder trial of
Cyrus H. Neff, wealthy lumber
dealer of Canfield, 0., charged
~ with killing his second wife, a for
mer war nurse, draws to a close
at Youngstown, O. Neff is shown
in th-: courtroom.
- : A :
IKES
Greater in 1931 Than In
1929, Conservation Fig
ures Indicate
; Dally Dispatch Bureau,
' • In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, April 24.—Cigars and cig
arettes accounted for virtually one 1
half the value of manufactured pro
ducts in North Carolina during 1931,
and constituted the only major in
dustry of the State which showed a
gain over the value of products, in
1929, according t 0 figures of the U.
S. Bureau of the Census released yes
terday through the State Department
of Conservation and Development.
The total value of cigars and cig
arettes turned out by factories in
North Carolina during 1931 was $511,-
431,000 compared with $480,039,000 in
1929, an increase of 6.5 percent, ac
cording to the census report. The sec
on largest industry, textiles, showed a
decided slump in value of products
between the years 1929 and 1931, The
value of textile products of the State
was only $280,474,000 in 1931 as com
pared with $452,625,000 in 1929, a de
crease of 38.3 percent between thq
two-year period.
The largest proportionate slump
among the ten leading'industries was
in lumber and planing mill products,
which experienced a drop of 62 5 per
cent in value of products. The actual
decrease in value of products in this
industry was from $57,640,000 in 1929
to $21,603,000 in 1931.
Furniture production for the recent
census year was 40.4 percent down in
1931 from the value of production
two years previous. The value of all
furniture products in North Carolina
in 1931 was $33,820,000 compared with
$56,737,000 two years before.
Considerable shifting in rank occur
red in the ten most important in
dustries between 1929 and 1931. Fur
niture exchanged places with lumber
and planing mill products, going inj
fourth place in order of value of pro
ducts to third. Printing and publish
ing went from ninth place in 1929
to sixth in 1931 while leather drop
ped from sixth to eight place.
Five QhocK£iißi£g%fe
CHAPTER 42
THE SHOCK to Merta Morris,
when her father’s dual identity and
activities were exposed,/' was inde
scribable. But after the first reac
tions of horror and grief, she pro
ceeded to re-establish her pride at
• any cost, recognizing that Philip was
her greatest ally .in the cause. His
loyalty .could do rjiore to maintain
her social standing in the face of
such overwhelming antagonism than
the support of scores of others. If
he, the bitter opponent of Minty
Doran’s activities and the discoverer
of Judge Morris as that same enemy,
stood by her as a. friend and even
married her, her position would be
made invincible.
Wisely, .she hafl not relied too
much upon his faithfulness at first.
Rather, her attitude had been one of
grieved wonder at what his treat
ment of her would be, and resigned
to any development which she was
powerless to prevent. Which atti
tude had won Philip’s ready sympa
thy more quickly than anything she
might have done. Had she appealed
to his mercy, had she dramatically
refused to expect her friends to re
main loyal, he might have been less
moved to protect her.
Os course, he realized as well as
she, how his attitude could sway that
of others, how his prestige could
make or destroy her future. But
throughout the whole grievous trag
, edy, it was Pierre’s comfort which
she sought. He had not ventured to
see her during the week which fol
lowed Judge Morris’ arrest. So, when
Phiiip assured her on Sunday that
be could not see her that day be
cause he was obliged to leave the
city, Merta dared to telephone
Pierre’s apartment for the first time.
The sound of his voice instantly
melted all the horror and grief of
the past week into relief and intox
icating hope. “Pierre, my darling,
why have 1 had no word from you?”
"Because I did not dare to try to
talk with you, knowing that you
would be very busy in all this con
fusion, my dear. What else could I
do?”
"I know. Perhaps you were right
not to communicate with me. But I
am quite alone for today, and so
lonely. Will you hurry right over
here, dear?”
”1 fear St isn’t safe; Merta.
Shouldn’t we wait to see each other
until this excitement subsides? Your
reputation is in danger enough, I
should think,” he reminded her bru
te II y, ’’and I do not wish to share
it.”
The pain stabbed her cruelly, but
she insisted gently. “It is quite safe,
Pierre. Philip is out of town, and I
have given orders that 1 wish to be
left alone to rest. This week has
been stich a wretched one for me
that everyone understands why I
•nant seclusion, But 1 want more
than anything else to see you.”
"All right, but I can't stay for
'long, today. I am entertaining for
a tea at 3 o’clock. I shall be right
over,” hut his voice was not solicitous
(ind tender as usual.
, Strange, thought Merta, that it
• should., be Pierre whose loyalty
should fail tier first, to whom she
had given so much and upon whom
she had depended absolutely if every
one else failed her. While Philip,
who owed her nothing and yet could
offer her so much, remained the most
devoted to her.
It seemed to Merta that she waited
an hour for Pierre to arrive. She
almost feared that he might not
come at all, even after he had prom
ised her that he would. She con
sulted her triple mirror a dozen
times, turning this way and that, to
ascertain how much her week of
it Pays To Advertise In The Daily Dwpatch
liif latioii, as tl|i4 White Collar .Man See* It
**l shall have to marry him now.**
anxiety and shock had affected her
appearance.
Her hands, which were usually so
calm and languid, fluttered nervous
ly; adjusting her hair, adding a
magnificent strand of pearls to her
jewels, removing them again. She
changed from a sleek satin afternoon
frock to a stunning boudoir robe of
black velvet furred with silver fox.
Merta could not decide whether she
wanted to personify to Pierre the be
reaved woman or the brave, defiant
woman who had surrendered her
past and faced the future with con
fidence. She decided that if Pierre
chose to pity her, she would respond
to that role; if he were indifferent
to her problems, she would react
with a dramatic resignation of her
past.
He was ardently possessive when
he greeted her, as if he would com
pensate for his recent negligence.
Her slender fingers stroked his
cheek in gratitude. “I could not
have endured it all, had there not
been you to remind me that there is
some beauty left in life. So long as
I have you—” her words were lost
in an eager caress.
“But what are you going to do
now?” he asked her. “Are your
funds protected, now that your
father is so involved?”
“I really don’t know, Pierre, how
everything will end. I know so lit
tle about money—where it ever came
fi’om and how to manage it. I sup
pose that lawyers and other fees will
involve horrible expense and there
are fines and taxes of all kinds which
I hear them talking about. That is
one thing which 1 wished to talk
over with you.”
“You can no longer help me?” he
seemed actually to withdraw from
her, even though he did not move.
“Not at all, darling. Why! I
should rather deny myself than to
fail you now, when my assistance
is really doing so much for your
work. And it is, isn't it, beloved?”
“Much more than you know, my
sweet.” His lips caressed her high,
smooth brow.
“So I must tell you now that,
i more than ever before, I shall have
’ to rely upon Philip Ha really has
been wonderful to me about every
thing.”
“He isn’t going to drop you, now
that the public knows your father
was his worst enemy while he pro
fessed to be his good friend?”
Pierre did translate her tragedy
into such words, she thought.
Perhaps he could not do otherwise,
being so sensitively expressive.
Everything which was not beautiful
and romantic to him, was cruel and
ugly. So she dismissed the thought
and replied. "I think it lias made
him even more devoted to me. Not
that I want his devotion, Pierre.
You understand that. But I need so
much, now, the support which he
can give to me socially. So you see.
I cannot consider for a moment giv
ing up Philip. I shall have to marry
him, now.”
“I had supposed that was your
plan all the time,” Pierre objected
with surprise.
“Os course, it was my plan. But
there was awhile when I had hoped
that I might change that plan. 1
had dared to hope that I might per
suade dad to settle on us a nice
allowance so that I could marry you,
darling.”
“But that is just what you decided
we should not do, that our romance
would endure longer if you were
married to Philip.”
"It will have to be that way now,”
Merta sighed. “I need the security
of Philip’s money, * and so do you;
but I also need the prestige of his
social standing. I don’t dare to jilt
Philip now, because everyone would
say that Philip jilted me. and I
couldn’t bear that after all the rest
that has happened. It has been so
horrible —you have no idea, darling.”
She turned her face against hia for
consolation.
“1 know, my dear, but it can’t help
you now to make me sad with your
trouble. I must be in a happy mood
for my concert this afternoon."
She nodded agreement, and smiled
for him radiantly. “Then, let us be
happy, my love.”
He bent over her. “Only you can
mal.e me happy, my beautiful oua."
(TO B& COM TIN UGW
SALE OF VALUABLE FARM
PROPERTY.
Under and by virtue of the author
. ity conferred upon us in a deed of
trust executed by J. J. Kittrell and
wife, Minnie Kittrell on the 23rd day
of July, 1926 and recorded in Book
146, Pages 67 and 68, we will on Sat
urday the
6TH DAY OF MAY, 1933
12 o’clock noon
at the Courthouse door in Vance
County, Henderson, N. C., sell at pub
lic auction for cash to the highest
bidder the following land to-wit:
Begin !<at a stone on Hawkins road
9 1-2; ft. from a nrnple corner of the
1 acre of J- Li Blanks, and run thence
along said road S. 87 3-4 E. 7.08 chs.
N. 81 1-2 E. 1.40 chs. to corner of the
30 acre lot 12 ft. from stone and red
oak; thence S. 29.54 chs. to a stake
in P„ (J. Gtitlj's line; thence lalong
Gill’s line S. 37 1-2 W. 7.30 chs. to a
stone and poplar; thence N. 88 1-4 W.
32.33 chs. along Edwards line; thence
'N. 993 chs. to a stone; thence N. 22
1-2 E. 13.26 chs. to a pine, F. and A.
N. 27 1-4 E. 7 35 chs to a white oak
stump N. 27 1-4 E. 5.12 chs. to a stone
corner of 1 acre lot; thence S. 82 1-2
E. 320 chs. to a. stone ;■ thence N. 22
E. 3.36 chs. to the beginning, con
taining 78 1-7 acres, • more or less.
This sale is made by reason of the
failure of J. J. Kittrell and wife, Min
nie. Kittrell *o pay off and discharge
the indebtedness secured by said deed
of trust.
A deposit of 10 percent will be re
quired from the purchaser at the sale
This the 3rd day of April 1933.
INTERSTATE TRUSTEE
CORPORATION.
Substituted Trustee, Durham, N- C.
B. H. Hicks, Atty.
FORECLOSURE SALE.
By virtue of power contained in a
deed of trust executed by Hughes-
Smaw Furniture Company recorded
in the office of the Register of
Deeds of Vance County, North Caro
lina, in book 127, page 93, default
having been made in the payment of
the debt therein secured, and a writ
ten declaration thereof made to the
said Hughes-Smaw Furniture Com
pany, and on written request of the
holder of the bonds therein secured.
I shall sell by public auction, to the
highest bidder for cash, at the Court
House door in Henderson, North Car
olina, at
TWELVE O’CLOCK NOON ON THE
lbth DAY OF MAY, 1933.
the following described property.
Beginning at a stake corner of the
Henderson Garage Company, in the
center of the North West End of the
South Wall of said Garage building
on South Easterly side of Main or
Garnett Street in the city of Hender
son, and running thence along Gar
nett Street in a South Westerly, di
rection forty-two (42) feet more or
less to a stake corner of Garnett and
Orange Streets; thence along Orange
street in a South Easterly direction
98 1-2 feet more or less to a stake in
Orange Street in the edge of the right
of way of the Durham and Northern
Division of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway, thence along said right of
way in a northeasterly direction
forty-two (42) feet more or less, to the
center of the said Sputhern Wall of
the garage building at its Sou'h
Easterly end on the edge of the right
of way of the said railway, thence
along the said garage companies line
under the center of its Southern Wall
ininety-eight and one-half (98 1-2>
feet more or less to the place
of beginning, embracing one half of
said garage wall with said land. Be
ing the land conveyed to the
Smaw Furniture Company by deed
recorded in book 78 page 245 Vance
County Registry.
This the 14th day of April. 1933
ANDREW : D. CHRISTIAN.
Surviving Trustee.
Pittman. Bridgers, and Hicks,
Attorneys.