Henderson daily dispatch., August 20, 1934, Image 6

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ASSOCIATED PRESS AND CENTRAL PRESS
Rose Plans
New Stores
During F all
Will ,Open In Fay
etteville and Also
Re-Enter Winston-
Salem Shortly
Two new stores, one in Fayetteville
and the other at Winston-Salem, will
be opened this fall by the Rose 5, 10
and 25c Stores, it was announced at
the home offices of the company here.
The Fayetteville store will be No. 72
and that at Winston-Salem No. 73 ir«
the chain. About half the stores are
located in North Carolina, and the
others scattered in Virginia, South
Carolina and Tennessee. It is possible
others may also be opened before late
fall.
A new building is being erected
especially for the company’s store at
Fayetteville, and will be occupied the
latter part of October, with two sales
floors.
The Roxboro store is being remodel
ed and enlarged, providing about
twice the space now occupied. This
is the fourth -Icre that was establisn
ed in the chain, and one of the very
few of the original stores that have
not up to this time been enlargeo or
remodeled. This is in line with the
company's policy to keep etfl of its
stores up-to-date.
In connection with the announce
ment of the two new stores, ft wa
stated that the company's volume of
sales for the first seven months of
1934 is approximately 38 per i-mt ovei
the cot responding per.-oc: of 1933. It
was said prospects for the remaining
months of the year are most en
couraging.
W. [Mil, 70,
PASSES ON SUNDAY
Well-Known Tobacco Auc
tioneer Buried This Aft
ernoon at Rehoboth
William Edward Cawthorn. 70, for
many years a tobacco auctioneer on
the Henderson tobacco market, died
at his home In Kittrell township at
r.oon Sunday, following an illness of a
week. He had suffered with high
blood pressure. He was a native of
Granville county, and was born April
17. 1864. He was not married.
Mr. Cawthorn was a member of
Rehoboth Methodist Protestant
church in this county, and funerai
services were held there this after
noon at 4 o’clock, with interement in
the oburch cemetery. The pastor.
Rev. C. L Spencer, was in charge of
the funefal.
Surviving,,ate three brothers. B O.
Cawthorn, Henderson, Route 4; R. G.
Cawthorn, Route 3, Oxford; and W.
H. Cawthorn,-a&, West.„End, this city'?
and one sistei, Mrs. S. V. Floyd, of
Route 4, Henderson. His parents,
Charles and Sally Motley Cawthorn,
have been dead many years.
Pallbearers announced for the fun
eral follow:
Active—Vincent and James Caw-,
thorn, Henry and Melvin Grissom and
Frank and Clifton Floyd.
Honorary—W. J. Alston, Jasper
Parham. Lonnie Vaughan, “Pete"
Hight, George Tilley, John Moss, R.
F. Thompson. W. H. Greenway, K. E.
Parrott, Charlie Hight, Nolan Gat
rett, Willie Hight, Dallas and Ed
Sims, Dr. W. H. Furman. M. G. Evans.
Julian Pegram, G. W. Knott, W. B
Daniel, Jr., W. M. Young. Matt Par
rish, W. H. Grissom, A. R. Walters,
H. L. Wright, W. S. West, S. W. Hunt.
F. B. Robards, W. A. Hunt, E. R.
Breedlove, W. R. Kittrell, J H
Cheatham, George A. Rose, W. E.
Wilson, Daniel Mclntyre, l S. R.
Harris.
AGED COLORED WOMAN
IS BURIED TODAY
Susan Jerman, 70 year old Negro
woman, died at her home on Whitten
avenue Friday and was buried at
White Grove church in Warren coun
ty this afternoon at 3 o’clock.
The deceased was a native of Meck
lenburg county, but had been mak
ing her home here for the past year.
She was well known and respected
by both races. She is survived by
three daughters and iwo sons and a
number of grand children.
if WHAT GASOLINE GIVES
15%T0 20% MORE | Ml . 1
tiuc.in J
Middle Belt Will Open
Sept. 11, Knott Asserts
President of Belt’s Warehouse Association Clears Up
Apparent Confusion Existing Over The Date; Sche-.
dule Approved by Government Heads
Auction sales will begin in the Mid
dle Belt tobacco area in this State on
Tuesday, September 11, in accordance
with a schedule approved by the to
bacco section of the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration, G. W.
Knott, warehouseman of Henderson,
and president of the Middle Belt
Warehouse Association, announced
here today. Mr. Knott's announce
ment was made in order to clear up
confusion that has arisen over the
exact date of the Middle Belt mar
ket openings.
This first annual convention of the
National Warehousemen’s Associa
tion at Asheville in June fixed a slate
for the opening of the season, in all
belts. Later some slight changes in
these dates were ma.de by the To
bacco Association of the United States
at its convention at White Sulphur
PROTESTANTS VOTE
FORNEWMINISIER
Rev. L. R. Medlin Invited To
Serve Church Until Con- .
ference Meets
Rev. L. R. Medlin, High Point Col
lege graduate and ordained minister
of the denomination in this State, has
been invited to assume the pastorate
of the First Methodist Protestant
church here to serve out the unexpir
ed year of the late Dr. L. W. Gerring
er until the annual conference meets
in Greensboro in. .November. The
congregation of the church, at a
meeting Sunday morning extended
the invitation to Rev. Mr. Medlin, rati
fying recommendations of the
church's quarterly conference last
Wednesday night, when this church
was proposed.
Mr. Medlin taught school last ses
sion, but it is understood he plans to
take work in the active ministry at
the annual conference in November.
He is expected to accept the pastor
ate here for the three months until
*hat time. He preached here a week
ago.
ISJLSONILE
CALLED BY DEATH
Funeral Services To Be Held
Tomorrow, Interment
In Franklin County
Mrs. Blanche Rebecca Hale, 18,
wife of Wilson F. Hale, died at 1
o’clock yesterday afternoon at Maria
Parham hospital following the birth
of a child.
In addition to the husband, Mrs.
Hale is survived by the infant, and
by her mother, Mrs. F. H. Pernell;
five brothers. Frank, Cecil, Albert.
Henry and Tollie Fernell, all of Frank
lin county, and five sisters, Mrs. D.
R- Ayscue.i Mirs. Thomas Burnett,
Mrs. F. B. McFarlin, Mrs. O. T. Falk
ner and Miss Lula Bell Pernell.
The deceased was born in Franklin
county March 10. 1916, the daughter
of the late F. H. Pernell, and Mrs.
Annie Harris Pernell.
Funeral services will be held at 3
o’clock Tuesday afternoon, and in
terment will he in the Pernell ceme
tery in Franklin county.fr*
HOME SECURITY MEN
AT MOIZE FUNERAL
Representatives of the Home Secur
ity Life Insurance Company in this
city went to Durham this afternoon
for the funeral of the late A. M.
Moize, president of the company, with
home offices in that city. Mr. Moize
died Saturday morning at Wrights
ville Beach after a brief illness with
a hear attack. In the party attend
ing the services from here were A. J.
Byrd, district, manager E. J. Barbour,
assistant, manager, and E. M. (Sd
wardr., and possibly others. Services
were at the residence and interment
in Maplewood cemetery in Durham.
Henderson Daily Dispatch
Springs, W. Va., and that slate set
.the Middle Belt for Thursday, Sep
tember 13. This was not satisfactory
to the belt, and a meeting of manu
j facturers and Mr. Knott as president
lof the belt’s warehousemen, was held
lin Washington early in July, at
J which time the September 11 date
was re-affirmed and still stands. An
official statement giving the schedule
of openings for all belts was issued
by J. B. Hutson, chief of the tobacco
section of the AAA, and that still
stands and the Middle Belt will open
accordingly, Mr. Knott said today.
He explained that it was his infor
mation that markets in the belt are
proceeding on the mistaken idea that
the opening is on September 13, a”
that his statement was issued to clear
up that confusion.
POLICE COURT HAS
LENGTHYCALENDAR
Large Variety of Charges
Aired Out In Monday
Morning Session
,A lengthy docket was disposed of
in the regular Monday morning .ses
sion of police court L oday, with Mayor
Irvine B. Watkins presiding. There
were both' white and colored defend
ants, but most of the cases were of a
minor character.
Bishop Harris, colored, was fined
81 and costs for being drunk.
Dock Rue, colored, was sent to jail
for ten days for the theft of $10.02
from Mary Richardson.
Wyatt Dillard, white man, was
fined $1 and costs for being drunk.
Julia Walker and Helen Peoples,
colored, were charged with disorderly
conduct, and prayer for jugdment
was continued for two years, the costs
being remitted.
Lena Carr, colored, was charged
with assaulting Josephine Carr with
a deadly weapon and damaging the
property of the estate of Mrs. Poyth
ress to the amount of $lO. The war
rant was amended to include Jose
phine Carr, and prayer for judgment
was continued for two years on pay
ment of the costs and the damage to
the proyerty.
Hugh Perry, colored, was charged
with assaulting with a deadly wea
pon, Turner (Person, and the war
rant was amended to include Person.
Sentences of three months on the
roads were imposed, to be suspend
ed on payment of the costs and
keeping the peace.
Frank Evans, white, paid $1 fine
and costs for being drunk.
Plummer Roberson, white man, also
paid $1 fine and costs for being drunk.
A nolle pros with leave was taken
in the charges against Bogie Edwards
of carrying a concealed weapon,
namely, a razor.
Lewis Brame, colored, was charged
with an assault with a deadly weapon
on Lillie Mae Williams, and was fined I
$5 and costs and prayer for iudg-i
ment continued for two years on con
dition that he keep the peace toward
the prosecuting witness
Baptist Groups To
Picnic Wednesday
The junior, intermediate, young
and adult departments, of
the First Baptist Sunday School, are
to have a picnic at Balance Rock,
Wednesday afternoon, it was stated
today. Those of these departments
are asked to go and carry a basket
lunch, truck will leave the church at
2:30 p. m. to carry those that do not
have cars, those that have cars, are
asked to come by the church and
carry others if room in cars to do so.
J, H. Bunn, and Andrew J. Davis
will be in charge of the refreshments
serving lemonade etc.
John S. Milne, and Joe S. Evans
in charge of the transportation. Mr.
Evans to furnish the truck, and Mr.
Milne to attend to the loading and
the transportation of those attend
ing.
Those of these departments are urg
ed to attend and take part in the
swimming, lunch and have a good
picnic. Clarence E. Greene, superin
| ten dent stated.
Fine Program For
The Moon Theatre
A fine program has been announc
ed for the Moon Theatre for this
week.
Opening today for a two day’s run
is Will Rogers as “Mr. Skitch’* with
Zasu Pitts.
Wednesday and Thursday is a pro
gram so long and so exciting that
the theatre is going to serve to its
patron# Wednesday ice cold lemonade
to refresh them.
W"st on the program is “Midnight
Alibi" with Richard Barthelmess and
Ann Dvorak, the last episode of “The
Mystary Squadron” and the first of
Rin Tin Tin, Jr. in “The Wolf Dog”
yr&pjtie t>arro. comedy coxv
• plfca the lengthy program. *'.
TANeSLEYM
Henderson Man To Be Ele
vated to High Office Dur
' ing This Week
CONVENTION TO MEET
♦
Will Be Held at Winston-Salem
I Three Days, Starting Tomorrow;
Local Delegation To Be
In Attendance
A delegation of members of the lo
cal council Junior Order United Ame
rican Mechanics left here this after
noon for Winston-Salem to attend the
annual State Council of the order in
North Carolina. C. P. Tankersley,
Jr., of Henderson, State vice council
or the past year, will be elevated
without opposition to the office of
State councilor.
In the delegation goin£ from here
were C. L. Finch, J. S. Albright and
Waddell Gholson, official represen
tatives of the Raymond B. Crabtree
Council of this city, while Mr. Tank
ersley will, of course, be in attend
ance, as will also T. P. Gholson, State
attorney for the order.
The convention opens tomorrow and
continues through Thursday. Nomi
nations are to be made tomorrow for
State officers, and the election is to
be held Wednesday morning
MADRENTO REMAIN
FOR ANOTHER YEAR
To Continue Pastor of Lib
erty and First Christian
Churches
Rev. S, E. Madren has accepted the
call of the First Christian church of
this city and of Liberty Christian
church, at Epsom, this county, to con
tinue for the coming year as pastor
of the two congregations, he announc
ed today. The church here extended
him the call at a congregational meet
ing last Wednesday night, and similar
action was taken by the official board
of the. Liberty church last Saturday.
Rev. Mr. Madren has been pastor
at Liberty for several years, and is
now finishing out his seccmd year as
pastor of the church in this city.
Ministers of the denomination are
called anew eacn year by their con
gregations, and the action of the two
churches last week was in line with
customary practice in use for years.
Union Service Is
Largely Attended
On Sunday Night
Union services of five cooperating
city churches were held last night at
>h<* First Christian church on Row
land street. The sermon was given
by Rev. D E. Earnhardt, pastor of the
First Methodist church.
The congregation filled the main
auditorium of the church in one of
the largest'congregations of the July
and August series of summer services
of the churches. Rev. Mr. Earnhardt
preached on Jacob’s wrestling with
the angel and refusing to le;t him go
until he gave the blessi/ig the man
sought. He said that the way to ob
tain God’s richest gifts was by trust
ing Him and holding fast until the
reward came.
Rev. A. S. Hale, pastor of the First
Bapiist church, led in the prayer, and
the benediction was given b\y the
pastor of the host churfch. Rev. S. E
Madren. who presided at the service
A quartette from the First Methodist
church, consisting of Tobias Kearney.
H. L. Candler. T. W. Worley and I. D.
Smith, fuenished one number, and
there was also a male solo.
OPEN COTTON BOLL
. BROUGHT DISPATCH
Peter Young, Negro of near Mid
dlebiurg, came to the Daily Dispatch
office late Saturday afternoon with a
boll of cotton completely opened and
ready to be pickeG.
This is the earliest, according to
observers, that cotton has opened hare
for sometime.
The farmer said he had a number
of stalks that had open bolls on them.
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four
I. Name the principal city in the U.
S. where the manufacture •of gloves
is carried out.
2. Where are the Siedlitz mineral
springs?
3. What is the meaning of the term
persona grata in diplomatic usage?
4. Who was Jean Paul Marat?
5. Who wrote the famous old comedy,
“The Rivals?’
6. Who was Charlotte Crabtree?
7. What is a. Gnu?
8. Who wrote the novel, “The Wo
man in hite.?”
9. In which state is the city of Perth
Amboy?
10. o which country do the Faroe Is
lands belong?
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MRS. GEO. IORDAN
DIES ATHOSPITAL
Funeral This Afternoon At
Resdience; Burial To Be
In Reidsville
Mrs. Mamie Gertrude Jordan, 38,
wife of George M, Jordan, died at 3
o’clock Sunday afternoon at Maria*
Parham hospital after an illness of
a week.
Funeral services were held this aft
ernoon at 12:30 o’clock at the home
on South William Street, in charge
of Rev # D. E. EarnYiardt, and the
body was taken to Reidsville for bu
rial in Greenview cemetery.
Mrs. Jordan is survived by her
husband, three children, George, Her
bert and Louise Jordan, her parents,
' Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fawlkes, of Reids
ville; one brother, Charles Fawlkes.
and one brother, Charles Fawlkes,
and one sister, Mrs. Annie Powell, of
Newport News, Va.
The deceased with the family had
i lived here about ten years. She had
i been a member of the First Metho
dist church here for 12 years.
Mrs. ordan was born July 16, 1896,
at Winston-Salem, but the family had
moved here some years ago, Mr. Jor
dan being in business in this city.
Pallbearers for the services this
afternoon were not learned.
WILL PENDERGRASS
DIES AT HOSPITAL
North Henderson Man 111 Three
Years; Leaves Wife and Seve
ral Children Here
Will Pendergrass, aged about 70
died in the Vance county hospital
at 9 a. m. today. He had been at the
hospital the past ten days, and had
been in ill health around three years.
He is survived by his widow and sev
eral children.
Arrangements for the funeral had
not been completed at noon, and it
was not known at that time what
hour the funeral would be held
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MONDAY, AUGUST £O, 193*
Short Docket In
Recorder’s Court
At Day’s Session
A short docket was soon disposed of
in recorder’s court today as Recorder
R. E. Clements had only three cases.
Annie Bell Smith colored, was sent
to jail for 30 days for cursing and be
ing disorderly.
Judgment was suspended on pay
ment of the costs for Fred Foreman,
white, charged with reckless ano.
careless driving.
Alex Burwell, colored, was fined $lO
and costs for possessing whisky lor
sale.
LOCAL BOYS TAKE
HONORS AIJITCHEL
Month’s Encampment End
ed Friday; Cooper Broth
ers and Hobgood Winners.
The season of 1934, which closed
August 17 at Camp Mount Mitchell,
Burnsville, was perhaps the most suc
cessful of any year that the camp has
operated, according to W. D. Payne
who was instructor and has just re
turned to his home here. Among the
78 boys enrolled during the eight
weeks term were James C. Cooper,
Jr., Hill P. Cooper, Scott P. Cooper
and A. L. Hobgood, Jr. These Hen
derson boys were awarded a num
ber of merit certificates and the fol
lowing championships were earned by
them:
Senior golf championship—James
C. Cooper, Jr.
Tennis doubles championship
James C. Cooper and A. L. Hobgood.
Tennis singles championship—A. L.
Hobgood.
Heavyweight boxing championship
James C. Cooper, Jr.
Light heavyweight boxing cham
pionship—Hill P. Cooper.
Competition in all classes were er
ceedingly keen and the boys who fin
ally won the championships in the
various sports and activities were
forced to use every bit of their abil
ity, it was said. From the champion
ships awarded a. Targe ratio was won
by the four Henderson «-oys enrolled
at this camp.
2 Trains
Os Cattle
Pass Here
Two more trainloads of government
drought cattle from the dry sections
of the West passed through here Sun
day evening. Presumbaly they were
en route to the receiving station a (
Raleigh for inspection before being
distributed to grazing sections of the
State. Both trainloads of cattle were
being transported over the Seaboard
Air Line Railroad.
E. G. Dorsey, who is arranging for
receipt of several cars of cattle here,
said today he had received no further
advices as to a definite time for the
shipments to arrive here. He has al
leady made plans for them.
I. h. liras will
SPEAKAT DABNEY
Will Discuss New Proposed
IN. C. Constitution at the
School Friday 7:30 p.m.
J. Harvey Bridgers. prominent
member of the Henderson bar and a
man familiar with the proposed new
constitution of North Carolina, will
speak at Dabney high school next
Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock on the
new constitution, it was stated today.
Mr. Bridgers will discuss l , it at
length for his hearers, and all in
terested are invited to come out to
hear the noted speaker.
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