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ASSOCIATED PRESS AND CENTRAL PRESS STREET IS CLOSED FOB PIPE REPAIRS Water, Sewer and Gas Mains Being Revamped on South Garnett Several! blocks on South Garnett istreet arc closed completely to all trriffic, except on sidewalks, as the city ami the g;is company' ai-c iuhk jug repairs to pipe lines underneatii the surface an din advance or th* .start of the paving of the street witn Federal money by Ihe State Highway Commission. Water and sewer mains arc being repaired ami re-eondit iimed or re plaec'l. where necessary, by the city, and the gas company is making change • in its gas connections. The labor is being done largely vviib CWA funds at least so far as the city is concerned, with city of ficials acting in .a supervisory cap acity. The process is lo continue on thro ugh tl\*! business section of tlic city, read will probably rc«|Uiro sevcra. weeks for completion before paving is stated at the. south end of tin felrc-’t. Old Deeds Filed, One Dating Back Nearly 39 \ ears Two very old real estate deeds wore filed here Tuesday with the register of deeds to be recorded. One of them dated back to August 17 1901. of nearly 33 years. The con fid"iai‘ ion was given as SIOO, covering five acres of land lying along the oi l Raleigh and Gaston railroad, now i the Seaboard Ai” Line, in Kittrell j lon Philip. Nf>za B. Ellis convoyed the j P" l'erty to W. W. E'lis. Another deed mere than 20 years I old ".'ns filed as showing the transfer o' Nora E. Stewait and husband. T. 1\ Ste'vai'l. to T. T. Ellis, of five aet.'s of land in Kittrell township for s•*(>»*, this also lying along the rail ,toad I rucks. It. was dated July 2, 1912.1 Around Town Trash Fire. A pile of trash and boxes in the casement of Scoggin Motor Company on South Garnett si;oet caught fire yesterday afternoon about 5:10 o'clock. Firemen were call td but no damage was reported by Lite ( hies E. T. Shepherd. Junior* To Mwt. The regular weekly meeting of the Raymond B. Crabs ce council of the. Junior Or th" will be held Thin day evening t" 7:30 o'clock in the aider's hail. C yde 1 4. Finch, ritii pc'lov, ■tn.tcfj in day that a very interesting program ha? been promised for the meeting end all membets possible arc urged to be present. A Cleansing Laxative For the relief of constipation troubles, Mr. L. R. Myers, of Jus tin. Texas, writes that he has ob tained good results from the use of Thedlords Black-Draught, obtain able at any store where medicines arc sold. "At times I feel tired, sore and out of sorts and my head will begin aching, '* writes Mr. Myers. “I know if T don’t get this trouble fixed, it will get me down. I take a dose of Black-Draught for two or three nights. It cleanses my system, and I feel fine.” • • Children like the new, pleasant tasting SYRUP of Black-Draught. (lot Your Spring Suit Now SCHLOSS BROTHERS Representative Will Be With Us WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY With a complete line of new Spring and Summer fabrics and ready to take your measure. Fit and satisfaction guaranteed. TUCKER CLOTHING CO. “A Quality Store at Moderate, Prices" ■ I ... ... | m 1 I NOTICE TO I I GAS CONSUMERS I In order to make necessary changes to ou? i**ip<ts for the Hi re-paving of Garnett street, Gas will bcut off of Henderson on H! I THURSDAY, FEBRUARY S I From 3 p. m. to 4:30 p. m. I Henderson & Oxford Gas Co. I h m Strike Victim Still at Wheel H ■:***s* |l 1 11 1 HEyH il ■ BM|* : ' - 1 IBiiii&aiinflrr s * I. t * V ‘ J&S&SW V ■■ 7. • &, l raft •** ' ' «. raim • Murder charge.- may develop out of the first fatality in the taxicab drivers' strike in New York City in which the cab driven by Owen Quinn was plunged into the Fast lliver. The cabbie is still at the wheel in the above picture showing t)ie car being hauled from the waters. • (Central Press) HIGH SCHOOL FIVE 10 PLAY CREEDMOOR Norlina Teams Come Here Friday for Doubleheader At High Price The basketball catu lor Henderson high school for the remainder of the week shows the boys journeying to Greedmoor tonight for a game with the boys team at that place. Friday’ night brings the boy’s and girls ag gregation of Norlina here for a dou rclehcader on the High Price ware house court, the first game getting under wav at 7:30 o’clock. The season, so :ar has been with out a victory’ for either of the locai teams but they expect to get a vie tory during this week’s play. Alfred Watson Is Held Upon Charge Os Store-Breaking Alfred Watson, white man, was given a hearing fcefore Recorder R. E. Clements in county' court today on a charge of breaking into and en tering a store north of the city' own ed by E. A. Latta. He was bound over to superior court under S3OO bond after the recorder found pro- Dable cause for holding him. Bond was furnished and the de.fendnnt re leased. On («nother charge Watson w:n charged witli being drunk, pleaded gu !‘l i y and paid a. fine of $L and costs. On most Scottish courses golf is not nlayct! Sunday. Henderson Daily Dispatch COLORED FARMERS' PLIGHI IMPROVING * Demonstration Workers Helping Farmers and Farm Women Over the State College Station, Raleigh, Feb. 7. Negro local and home demonstration j agents are helping many colored ! farmers and farm women over th - to improve their farming and living conditions, according to re ports received by John W. Mitchell, district farm agent, of the State Col lege Extension Sei vice. Exce-p's from some of the reports how the different kinds of work go ing on and the response made by the rural people. J. C. Hubbard, Gertie county agent, •tas held achievement day' programs for l-Il club members, organized an oithci cltif». and given several demon . (ial b»ns in killing and culling pork. | It. E. Jou'a’. cf Craven comity le •I •its lb- colored farmers there being | interested in growing more food | crops and he has encouraged them to use only the best seed available and fertilizer when possible. He said the farmers are enthusiastic about the AAA acreage reduction contracts. In Chowan and Perquimans corn, ties, Agent. S. D. Mcßae, assisted in the making of cheese and Dan Gor j don helped in the marketing of pc ] cans in Philadelphia markets for 35 i ic its a pound. Turkeys have been ( it! in Northern markets for aver ages of 20 cents a pound. S. T. Brooks. Robeson county a gem 1 icport: that his farmers went for tho j tobacco contracts in good spirit. Fourteen codored farmers in Ala mance county saved SSO a mule by pooling their orders ankl having Ageint J. W. Jeffries go to Missouri foi h’gh g-ade mules. By buying co-op j oral : ve)y and hipping the mules in I one car, the total cost was S9O per mule d'ilivcred. Tin Alsnvaiiee home agent, Carrie j A. Wi!sen, has been helping the farm | women make useful articles from in j exp. nsive materials found around the I Came. Similar work is being done in ! Buncombe county'. i The other home agents are instruct I ing gills in cookery and candy mak ! ong. Some of the girls have realized I email amounts of money from candy ! arid other things they were able to ! . icM. Food preservation work is also ! C 13'ing stressed One of Enumerators Quits Work for Another Post Under the CWA The t'cnsits o'" business enterprises in this city aid county, launched two vvc.ks: ago by the Department of Com moree ’villi CWA funds, has about been Cwi.ipr.eted it was learned to day. r l hreo men have been at work on the job, with E. G. Dorsey having •rhargo of listing ati cnwuccfims on the western .sidy of tin* .Seal oard Air Line railroad in the city, and C. F. Taju bcr.-ley, Sr, on the east side of the railroad in the city. All btwiwcns can cer ns our-id • tin* city, and incliidiug North and .South Henderson, wa» ho charge of W. M. Bur well. All. Dorsey has quit the census wo; k and transferred to another CWA pest known as safety engineer. His duties there will be to look after the safety of the larger numbers of m.*n on CWA payrolls by seeing tha . their tools arc in good condition, that men unfortunate enough to receive, injuries are properly attended, and imilar phases of the employment. ©.* .hundreds of workers on govern men. projects. DOEWELLTELLS^ Says Community Should Support the Organization; Plan for “Ladies Night’’ Good attendance was had at the regular meeting of the Rotary Club •had Tuesday evening at the Amer ican Tourist Camp Tea room with Di. H. A. Newell speaking to the club on “Boy Scout Week.” Dr. NowcCl outlined for the . club the milkman scout movement, tell •i;ig roa >ns why a community should uipport such a. movement among its boys. He told of the benefits that a bey may derive from being associat ed with such an organization’. The ■speaker went into detail in explain ing to the club members the value of stich an organization to teen age boys, how it tends to make them bet ter citizens. A discussion was had by the mem tiers on the approaching’ “Ladies Night,” to be observed by the club next Tuesday evening at the West End Country Club. Joe S. Evans is chairman of the arrangements for ibis annua! affair and plains to have <l, very interesting program for the. meeting. DISPATCH CARRIERS ARE NOW IMPROVING Billy Southerland son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Southerland, and Leslie Can-ilev, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Canister, two Daily Dispatch car riers who have been ill for the past several days, were said to Jae im proved today. Billy Southerland had an attack of pneumonia while Leslie Oau.-der has some form of bronchial trouble. Both boys are' recovering rapidly and a,re expected to be back on their job shortly. Lot of Talk About . Governor Speeding (Continued Front Rage One.) f«ur. “Red" Aldridge is an Albemarle boy. He succeeded to the manf-aom job after -serving a Him in prison and tli" executive family frunt,s him at> j : olob ly. Purveyors <’f town talk were I wondering if the warrant against th chauffeur was not Itn part the rcsul’ • .of some feeling against the likable young fellow, who may have felt a.n urge to get away from Albemarle a,r rapidly as possible. Suing Banket ' *\V m ***% pKj' . • m ■ w i jg M p K K. asm m A Jt wm- Esther Mae Gilbert Charging he broke bis promise te Z rt vy s he r» Miss Esther M*e Gil clmrlpff rA v entow ®' is suing for Ju eger » banker, , t 1 ?U J ){) ’ 00 0 heart balm. According F the i, 11l f ua . frie nd of the couple, j rnK ke /T s billing to wed Miss [ i Gilbert if she drops the suit. , I • (Central Pre sty HAS 114TH KITTEN sc*"jf|lj HI - Calico Kate never heard of the birth control movement, and it’.'- evident she couldn’t vers well qualify for membe.’ship. Kate, '•cognized as the most prolific cal i Cleveland and vicinity, has put veil birth to h i M ttli kitlo.i. Drys May Control 1935 Legislature tContlnuK* uom irage One.) the county and the Slate would go against prohibition Mr. Massenburg covered that coin. He discovered late in the campaign that the drys had the State and his county. The Polk member does not know what sort of dry legislation may be proposed, but one of the first things likely to have been offered had the vote been wet would have been the rcp-.it of th Turlington act. There ii> no more talk of it now. Little or no •sentiment for taking that measure (of tho books has been discovered since tho November election. The dry forces seem to be in position to get almost any sort of legislation they wish. But if there should be complica tions growing out of wet Virginia and Tennessee, there might I'oie some con cessions made to those states. Ten nessee officials have not joined the Virginians in asking protection from the sale of illegal North Carolina li quor in territory that went wet, but .some such legislation is expected. Virginia has called on Federal offi cers to save that State from this. Rioting Unabated as Ex- President Seeks New Peace (Continued from Page One.) ought, was turned into a barracks. Mounted troops and mobile guards weire hdld there in reserve instead of at the Place do la Concorde. The commanding officer of one de tachment. of helmeted mobile guards Tkb f.,H n ; n t 0 f Thl/L&XERt* You must buy the alcohol compound DIIDDIMr AI milAI a to get this offer but you choose any one J \ KUBBlrlla Al-bUnOL compound of the other four items. Mi 31 correct* and any one of these four items >ad breath. Rexall Milk of Magnesia I n \m- \~ neutralizes acid stomach., Rexillans K* ves you quick re- Jl Hwcstsst COD LIVER OIL oz. r/. amour ffl (jm«t Ci :.«i o [i«r Zu'Slpw -*a Ai ?L I*l Richest in Vitu^;i« P ri Cl wKw 1 >ocs not cause trrtta- am ”'rl 19c || Bimm, lift CORNS kilts dan- C OT *OOSO M| RIGHT OFFI nose and pu ■■ RB A No need to let y. gY KEMEND OUS ji j&ssn »*» a I K SAVINGS on JH SOLVENT 19c I Defender Atomizar w home m: and Mi 31 jv?s C&Q « il EE WSSW WC J k:i\ ViJ f!^! NS Solution value 98® HEM Pr EEa ••• children * g ButiSt3st m lr jam! castor oil mn I Ta tee like I Fresh and full strength. fl 'JX.mxtxkt- IC . honey. Rich Tasty as a fine salad oil. 6 “‘ -:g=r=S-8 in Vitamins o \ Q m HAZEL 97. SSS? A, B, (F and G) and Z * JL%rC AZEL mm & C D. Specially processed —1 ' c > n jnwwm. extract oi malt with cod liver oil. .*m, 3fej£2g Laxative feai BORIC liM . 1 Melo-Malt 79c | 16 Big Day*—February 5 to 20th Parker's Drug Store "l 1 he Rexall Store WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7,1934 Kate is shown above with Tiet lat est baby, and little Betty Klein, w* >is serving.as nurse for ?lie blessed event. Betty’s father, i.eo Klein, Cleveland delicti ov.-ti owner, obtained Kate 12 year* ago- ordered his men to sheathe theii sabres for the same reason. As at the Place de la Concorde most of the available military fore, which has been poured into Paris war. hidden in court, yards and on .siu< streets. They were ready to cmcrgi at any time. Darkness fell and the Place de 1-t Concorde suddenly became a seem, euch as when one army assaults an other in its camp. Huge bon tires like those of a hi vouackcd army burst into being •among the trees of the great square Tiie, flickering flames cast, strug gling shadows in long lines across tin place as the rioters and the polio, milled in ‘umult. The snarling mob actually was pushed up close to the deadly bar ricade against the bridgehead, whicu some cf the rioters crossed yesterday only to meet a burst of bullets fron machine guns placed on the steps ol the Chamber of Deputies building directly'’ across the river Seine. The temper of the mob steadily grew uglier as darkness became more intense. They were composed mainly of workers, with a large mixture c: communists. The stecl-helmeted mobile guards carried rifles, but up to 6 p. m. they had done no shooting’. They did not fire, although they were showered relentlessly with hur tles. stones and slugs of iron. The organized forces of the law. however, finally’ won out in the bat tie in the Place de la Concorde. Small Son 111. Ruben Hunter Fleming, small son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fleming, Spring street, was reported ill with pneumonia at his home. BOY SCOUTS HAVE WINDOW DISPLAYS Activities of Group Shown in bet-Up as Part of Bov Scout Week As part of the observance of n tional Boy Scout, a very elaborate T play of Boy Scout activities ) )Hs , v placed in the show window liCggett Department Store the post office. The display is j,, o '!' corner facing both Gam.tt . ° Windin’ strec.tus. There are various kinds or «t o| . and arrow bemln, example; 4J f’ k ying and wood carving, as wop . ; aim pi ys of numerous kind of w,< ,'r collected by (be l>o.ys in their Work S As jnairl. of the observance of , week also, members of the various iocai troops, starting this week • m ! running through Sunday, are we;,,, ‘ng 'their Scout uniform..;, eve« t( ' ( school 'and about town. Plan; at> under way for a wein'cr rca t f :> r the several troops Friday e von frig, and if :<s understood they are to attend church sendees on Sunday, fimhei details * of which will be ;wuiouncM later. There are prci'.ably more member;, of the various Buy Scon!, organiza tions in Henderson at this time than ever before, and large number* of boys are keenly initere.ted in the work of the several treeps and are enthusiastic over their training ana working hard for the merit badges hat are awarded at regular intervals r or passing off their tests. Fate Os Brevard Bankers Worries (Continued from Pago One.) the bank after he had been sentenced o the State’s prison. Gover nor Elrringhaus has a few more days to decide whether he win make any further order for clemency. The impression is almost universal that he will not interfere with tin sentence imposed until ;i. pm tion of hem has been served. Meanwhile tin 'pressure on the Chief executive dot not abat and' there will be further efforts to save the men from con finement in the prison. A stadium is a nucleus for college buildings. Children’s Coughs Need Creomuision Always get the best, fastest and tit rest, treatment for your cn ild’s cough or cold, prudent mothers more and more are turning to Creomuision for any cough or cold that starts. Creomuision emulsifies creosote with six other important medicinal elements which soothe and heal the inflamed membranes. It is not a cheap remedy, but contains no nar cotics and is certain relief. Get a bottle from your druggist right now and have it ready for. instant use.— «Adv.)