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ASSOCIATED PRESS AND CENTRAL PRESS \ SALVATION Ain Information Given in Con* nection With Drive Start ing Next Week REPORT 35 CONVERTS 140 Young People Enrolled In Sunday School; Many Baskets, Toys and Candies Are Distributed At Christmas Byway of informing the public or ihe work of the Salvation Army, in advance of the coming Home Service Appeal Sam Alford, chairman of that campaign, reviewed today the activi ties of the local corps during the past year. The campaign starts next Mon day, November 5, for a goal of $2,000. It was shown that 229 Indoor serv ices were held, or nearly five a ween, and 216 open air meetings weic con ducted. A total of 35 converts were re ported Enrollment of young people in Sunday school and training classes 1.1 140. The number of visits made by officers to homes of people In need of food clothing, mi.k, fuel and the like Was 1,359 and 562 hours were spent with the sick. Men. women and chLl drent given lodging were 569, and meals were furnished to 640, cloth ing to 168. 3hoes to 104. Five maternity cases wore sent to hospitals and two children were placed in home*. Thirty-five families were given baskets at Christmas, and toys, candies and baskets wore given to 250 children. lyir. Alford made this statement: - "Not counting the pennies, nicklea and dimes they collected during the year all of the above relief was ren dered for the. smnl, sum of $1,089, Which was raised in the Home Serv ice Drive and $122, which was donated during the year by friends of Die j Army. ‘‘Christmas baskets, clothing, shoos, j food, milk, toys, etc., given by the j Army to people in distress cost the • Army alone $789.59, besides having to ! pay rent for the home in which they | live, lights, water, fuel, etc. necessary j for a family, not to mention their J groceries and the car they are com- i pelled to have to render the services j they are called upon to do. ‘‘l consider the Salvation Army one Henderson’s greatest assets and I feel sure any one would feel the same as I do, if they would dig down into their work, as I have done. i “I heg e.-icn and every citizen of our Greater Henderson to support the coming Home Service Appeal drive to tile fullest extent. By doing so you will render your community a very great service, and at the same time having the satisfaction of knowing you have helped some unfortunate person. lug each and every organization o participate in the campaign by en tering their name now. The winning of the loving cup will certainly be an honor to any organization. * know, a drive of this kind o-v outside aid is more than Heretofore the ex by having a cam •vi ’uct he drive, y Thi year. I refuset i ) : the drive if this extra expense d therefore I must have 'f'. a e to have a successful 1 Don’t wait to be called, I 7n and i.ffer your eerv '■ remember, 1 a.so have a bus to attend to’’. WS TOBACCO AVERAGES $34.82 398,838 Pounds Sold For $137,452.85; Season To tal 9,829,720 Lbs. M' nday's sale of 391,838 pounds on tlie Henderson tobacco market aver aged s3l 82 p»-r hundred, and brought $137,492.85. to the growers, according to the official sales figures announced today by H. W. Stiga i, sales supervi- | sior. This brings the season suleh ere | te- 9.829,720 pounds, which sold for $3.- j 126,265.98, for an average of $31.91 per hundred. Mr. Stigalt estimated that today’s offerings would approximate 200,000 pounds, and said there was no change in prices of consequence either way. He said sales would be completed by early afternoon. Positive Relief for MALARIA! Sure End to Chills and Fever! Here's real relief from Malaria — Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic! Quickly it stops the chills and fever and restores your body to comfort. Many remedies will merely alleviate the symptoms of Malaria temporarily but Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic goes ; .lie way and completely rids youi ystem of the infection, Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic is a •eul corrective of Malaria because it contains two things. First, tasteless ruinire which kills the Malaria infec tion in the blood, Second, tonic iron which helps overcome the ravages of tin- ' hills and fever and fortifies against further attack. Play safe! w-fi-n O'-ove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. It now comes in two sizes—soc and sl. The $1 size contains 2 1-2 times as muchr as the 50c gives -you 25 per cent more for your money.-Q*t. bottle today at my drug store.. Witches, Spooks and Pumpkins Are Here Again ' lit ■Ht"jgSßjfck '-Cc - ' ; 1 Mm wmmmm W •- ■ jaagarafe Hi? arrsin *Ft I piflHBH 5 R WM H Rk jgm .r k tr^ni gp- IK M : w ' **" IH - t JHSii BUBHME- k £jm qll WSZr HP I jfJpß niffIHBBHIH HP Jfais'sySrjtSm RRRRiil&llib Merchants Are Prepared For Fall Business Here Coming of Cold Weather He ightens Demand for Winter Goods; Good Holiday Trade Anticipated; City May Decorate for the Christmas Season With November coming in after an other day, and with Christmas now only a trifle more than seven weeks vwa:, Henderson merchants have pre pared themselves for what they hope ind expect wih be a year-end wind-up of fairly good business. They have stocked up on merchandise of quality md with enough of it to supply de nands that are expected to be in ex cess of those of recent easons. The holiday business is looked to In he hope of exceeding volumes for any ecentf year. For one thing, and hiefly there is more money in the ands of the people. The farmers are jetting good prices for tobacco and otton and they arc putting it into irculation by paying off debts and back after hard race. The secret is, I {I think, that smoke Camel I RBI:Sft V Q arcttc"*says Al^^'^D Ci| ?’ I crs ’ Camels quickly refresh me and revive my m And it’s marvelous how smoking fl WL% §1 regl |f > energy. And Camels never upset my nerves.” Y~' "'■<*+*--Wlssm jIIttBRI Wk a Camel revives my energy.” ■■ un( i Thursday Night up to my neck in r W ||j|||p , (1 ; : - p|F work, smoking a $ H Bjr%»n|" ™w!m. 3.00 P.M. C.S.T. 7.00 P 1 .1. 8.00 1. M. C. S.T. 8.30 P. M. P. S.T. ■• , lßi simply swell! it refreshes my mm-: * • ||9HK $V * w Jil 3 ST ~]i iiii3iii!^^P""^M^flminMii^it»i.M,^^fi^mi^'# *j| ppik • Copyright, io:m, - k i ”ffi i <§fc *'iflßf' Wrfrmr 8. j. ItejnolJd Ti ijacru buying necessities of wearing apparel and household furnishings. They de sire and everyone concedes they are abundantly entitled to whatever of the luxuries they can afford. The coming of early winter weather has heightened the demand for winter goods and warm clothing for the co;<3 days is showing increased aies. With something like SIOO left on haind from the recent Greater Hen derson celebration fund that money and possibly some more that will be asked for if needed may »be diverted into'the cost of decorating the shop ping district for the holiday season. There is time enough yet for tmat, but it is being considered. Henderson merchants invite the Henderson Daily Dispatch people of their trading territory to look over stocks of goods in Hender son before bring bicewhcrp to do fall and holiday b-o nig this cat-toy. They are confidonct that they can meet all demands made upon them, or at least can get articles that are asked for. They are asking for the opportunity to serve the trade here this eason, and arep romising good merchandise, courteous service and prices in line with overhead costs and a reasonable profit. OUR NEW STANDARD CHEVROLET 4-DOOR SEDAN Fully equipped and delivered Cfi/S CDA Coach, fully equipped and delivered SCQC QC in Henderson for }D»/D»u3 (Plus N. C. Sales Tax $10.00.) CALL FOR DEMONSTRATION. Scoggin Chevrolet Co. Phone 707 SSIETING Last Regular Session Mon day of County Board as Now Constituted Members of the Vance Board of County Commissioners as at present constituteed will hold their last regu lar full meeting on next Monday. Three members of the board will re tire after the November 6 election, and their successor will take office the first Monday in December. Next Monday’s session is expected to concern itself largely with routine affairs. Members of the present board who will retire are Chairman S. R. Adams and E. L«. Fleming and S. B. Rogers. They will be succeeded by Samuel M Watkins W. W. Currin and H. B. Parrott. Members of the present board who two years ago were elected for four-year terms, and who will retain their offices for another two years yet, are W. P. Parrish and W, W. Grissom ihere has been talk that Sam Wat kins may be named as chairman of the new board when it takes office the first Monday in December. There i 3 nothing os yet definite about that, however. He is a business man of Henderson and resides in the city. PNEUMONIA FATAL TO MURPHY CHILD "Aft,er on illness of ten days, Hart well Clay' Murphy, seven, months and ten days old, died last, night at the homo of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Murphy., -Pneumonia was the cause of death. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 4:30 o’clock from the home, in charge of Rev. J. L. Joyce, pastor of City Road Me thodist. Episcopal church, assisted by Rev. John Edwards, pastor of the North Henderson Baptist church. In terment was in Elmwood cemetery. In addition to the parents, tiie child is survived by a twin brother, Horace Ray Murphy, and three sisters, Otelia, 10; Fannie, 7; and Cora Mae, 5 years old. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1934 Three Deeds Are Filed for Record In Land Transfer Three real estate deeds were filed yesterday for record at the office of the register of deed. a D. P. McDuffie trustee, sold to Joel T. Cheatham for SIOO a lot on Wash ington street. ; Joel T. Cheatham and wife sold to George and Emma G. Jones a lot on Washington street for $lO and othei considerations. B. H. Hicks, trustee, sold to Albert Uheek for $1,075 two tracts of 67 acres md the other 58 &-4 acres, both in landy Creek township. THOMAS H. S. ROYSTER PASSES ON SUNDAY Funeral services for the late homas H. S. Royster we.l known Ne rro resident and ormer case owner, /ho died Sunday, October 28, will be eld from the Episcopal church on . Vndrewg avenue Thursday afternoon it 3:30 oclock in charge Rev. I. W. dughes, rector of Holy * Innocents Episcopal church. Rev*. George C Pollarad and others will assist in the services, CAN YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS? See Faye Four 1. What body of water separates Cuba from the island of Haiti? 2. In which state is the city of Deer Lodge? J. Who sulci, "it. is best not to swap horses when crossing a stream”? 1. What large island lies at the en trance of Manila Bay, P. I.? 5. Who wrote the novel “Pride and Prejudice”? 6. Name the metal that the Romans I obtained from Britain. 7. Name the painting by Millet repre- j senting two French peasants stop- i ped in their field work for a mo- j ment of prayer at dusk. 8. Where is the Palace of the Louvre? 9. Who was Richard Kakluyt? 10. What is solder? GET YOUR PLYMOUTH NOW—FROM Motor Sales Company aSS m $24,000 Will Be Taken By First National Bank and Site Purchased It is expected that school bonds vov ering the new school building ’ gram in Henderson will be recciml here this week from the bond at tor ney s or printers in New York in tin-1 to deliver $24,000 of the securities* il the First National Bank in Header son, the money to be used for the r Ur ' chase of the site for the new Herder* ion high school at the corner of N„h u William and Charles streets. The bonds the bank take’s will ~11 be early maturities, running from about two to four year. The entire bond issue will be -nr $286 900, uncording to the grant from -he Public Works Administration v announced. AU of the Issue is’be ng handled through the Stare Loom Government Commission in Raleigh but the local bank is taking the small portion of the total in order to rnak« funds available for buying the school site immediately. Eric G. Flannagau, Henderson architect, h working on plans for the now- high school, and expects to hav»i them in shape in a few weeks to Per* rnit of the advertising for bids. The school board is yet faced with the task of deciding definitely on a location for the new schoo, to be built at North Henderson, which is to cost $34*500. Four room:; are to he added to the South Henderson school, but no ;ew real estate will have to be acquired Ihere. It appears now that work may ret nnuei way around the first of the year on the new high school. The bet ter part of a year is expected to be needed for completing the structure. jm-s checks COLDS life ODD f u** Liquid-Tablets Headaches Salve-Nose Drops in 30 minutes