Henderson daily dispatch., January 31, 1935, Image 8

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ASSOCIATED PRESS AND CENTRAL PRESS
CARTER TAKES UP
POST OFFICE DUTY
Begins Term As '1 emporarv
Postmaster Under Cooley
Appointment
.Hubert It. Carter, local attorney,
took over the responsibilities and
"xluties of tbe Henderson post office
this afternoon as acting postmaster by
appointment of Congressman Harold
D. Cooley, pending the naming of a
permanent postmaster after the ex
aminations in the civil service test j
He succeeds Postmaster C. P. Wright, j
who is* retiring after tin.' expiration of j
his four-year term last December 20.
There were no formal ceremonies
attedant on the transfer of the post
mastership. [Mr. Wright simply turnert
over the accounts and stocks of
stamps and other business, and Mr.
Carter signed for them.
A few friends were present for the
event, and is now Postmaster It. j
B Carter
Mr. Wright retires after more than 1
thirty years in tin* government postal j
service, and falls heir to a. comfort- j
able pension, which will be his month- i
ly ’for th<« last of his life by reason of ;
hist having attained the age of retire
ment and having in the service J
more than 3U years.
Postal authorities and Congressman j
Cooley .pave said Mr. Carter's appoint- j
ment is for the interim until a per- j
manent choice for the office can be •
made from lists of eligibles to be cer- j
tiffed by the Civil Service Cominis- )
sion in the applications that were I
filed on or before the dead line of i
January 2. Little or nothing has been j
heard from these applications since )
the last of them lauded in Washing
ton a month ago. It is expected tha.t !
several months will elapse- before the ]
list is definitely certified. There are ;
soijh who haye gone so far as to
hazard the suggestion that Mr. Car- I
ter may himself eventually receive |
the permanent appointment, but there |
has been nothing official on this j
point that has been given the public.
.Some possibility was seen that Mr.
Wright might remain in the service
litre for some week.-, at least for a
time until the new official familiari
zes himself with his new duties. The
matter has already been requested of
Congressman Cooley, hut no definite 1
insl met ions in th mat ter have b«en I
received from the Post Office Depart- j
inert.
JOS. R. ALSTON, OF !
TOWNSVILLE, DIES
I
Funeral ard Burial Arc Ileldj
Al Nutljush Presbyte
rian Church
Joseph U. Alston. 65, lifelong resi
dent oT Townsvill; . died at his homo i
Lherfe at S o’clock Wednesday morn-J i
ing’. and funeral services were held
this afternoon at 3 o'clock at Nut- i
bush Presbyterian church at ToWiis* j
ville. with interment in the church” j
cemetery. The pastor. Rev. J. S. Ken
ni.son, was in charge.
Mr. Alston had been in failing j
health for the past five or six years, i
but his death came as a shock to re- !
latives and friends.
Born at Townsville some 65 years .
ago. Mr. Alston had lived there all
his life. He was never married. He j
was the son of Joseph R. Alston and t
Sue Hunt Alston, both of whom have \
I*een dead many years. j
Surviving - are one brother, John G. j
Alston, of Townsville, and four sis- !
ters. Mrs. Henry M. Burwell, Mrs. J. 1
A. Boyd and Mrs. A. R. Tarry, all of j
Townsville, and Mrs. R. A. Davis, of i
Wilmington.
The deceased had engaged in farm
ing all his life, and was known as
one of the most substantial citizens j
of the Townsville section of Vance j
county.
Pallbearers lor the funeral hud not j
been learned this afternoon.
LIONS ASK RAISE
IN PAY OF TEACHERS
A resolution calling for an increase
in tin* salary to teachers of North
Carolina in order to bring *he edu
cational standards of the public
schools up to the levels of other states
in the union was passed at the re
gular m cting of the Dions club last
evening in the American Region hall.
Routine business was transacted by
♦ hee lub, and a discuaioji of the re
solutions took the time alloted for the
meeting.
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BEFORE SUCH A
SMOOTH SHAVING BLAPE
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Ready to testify that the missing
board from Bruno Hauptmann's at
, tic was removed to make a shelf ir
lhe cellar. Gustav Miller, Bronx
master plumber, stands out as ac<
witness tor the defense.
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BIG ATTENDANCE AT
METHODIST MEET
Social Evening Launches
Study Course To Get Un
der Way Feb. 6
Some 200 persons attended th<-
"Church Night" event at the First
Methodist Episcopal church last night
byway of a. fellowship mingling and
m inaugural of the two months cour- (
-es of study in religious subjects to
dart a week hence on Wednesday
night. February 6. with four different
murscs offered.
Dr. .1. M. Cnlbreth. thep as tor. pre
sided. and called on a number of
speakers, including in the order of
their appearance. Henry A. Dannis,
general superintendent of the Sun
day school: Frank M. Barnhart, chair
nan or the church Foard of Christian
education: the pastor himself: Dr. F.
B. Love, presiding eider of the Ra
leigh distriet. here on an official visit.
The four instructors in charge of the
courses to he offered also spoke brief
ly. including Dr. Cnlbreth. Mrs. Cul
breth. Rev. L. R. Medliu. pastor of
'in Methodist Protestant church, and
Miss Maxine Taylor, also of that
«*hurch and history teacher in the
Henderson high school. They told of
‘he general theme of their discussions. I
The Methodist Protestant membership
will furnish a number of entrants in
the classes.
The high school orchestra. ’ under
direction of Messrs. Denholm aiid
Miller, and accompanied bv Miss Hat
rison, furnished music during tho
evening, and Miss Mary Harrison
sang, while little Miss Virginia Hunt
recited.
At the conclusion of the program.
Indies of the church served coffee and
wafers, and the children and some of
the grown-ups took care of a peck or
so or parched peanuts in the shell.
The first quarterly conference for
the year was held by Dr. Love in the
ladies’ parlor of the church after Ihe
program had been concluded.
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
Stitt Pupa Fttvr
!• What species of fish is a sprat?
j-■ Who is regarded as the greatest
dramatic genius of all time?
i 3. What is biogenesis?
I. What does “surface tension” mean?
Who composed the opera “Jong
leur do Notre Dame.”
(). What is the word for intentionally
taking one’s own life?
7. Who was Claus Sp reck els?
jB. Who was Richard Mansfield?
j 9. What are biquadratic equations?
| 10. In which house- of Congress must
I all bills for raising revenue origi
nate?
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Henderson Daily Dispatch
IN 12 HOURS HERE
Firemen Ousted from Warm
Beds Before Morning;
One At Noon
Firemen answered three alarms,
each of them a fire, between 2 o’clock
this morning and noon today, two of
them of a minor nature but the noon
blaze being more serious and virtual
ly destroying a dwelling occupied by
a colored family on Flint Hill.
The firemen were twice routed out
of warm beds on a night when the
temperature minimum hit 12 degrees, I
and by their speedv work prevented |
serious damage to property.
The first alarm was at 2:45 a. in.,
and resulted from a fire in the Blue :
Uih’-on Bakery. Chief E. T. Shop- :
herd said a grate had burned out of j
a heater in | in- rear of the bakery, i
and the coals had dropped to the |
floor and burnt d through the floor.
Firemen wore forced to tear up a |
part of the flooring to get to the
lames, and damage from that was I
'bout as much as from the fire itself. '
The total loss, however, was said to
have been small, and it is understood
was covered by insurance.
Shortly -iftor 5 a. in., Ihe firemen
'■esponded to an alarm turned in
when a. flue-fire broke out in a pas- !
seoger conch on the Seaboard Air j
Line railroad siding opposite the pas
- eager station. Tin* coach was in use !
hi tho Henderson-Durham train ser-j
ice. Apparently a defective flue was |
he cause of the blaze, which came j
after n fire had been made in the j
love in advance of the day’s run. The
lam age was slight.
E. B. Taylor, of Townsville, owned !
the Flint Hill colored house that was
virtually destroyed by fire at noon fo
lav. Tt was a small three-room house.
Firemen had to lay some 900 fee? of
hose to reach the fire and the strue- I
ture was enveloped in a light blaze j
by the time the truck reached the !
scene.
The Flint Hill house was occupied j
by Nettie Williams, who had gone I
o her work at the Carolina Bagging I
Mill, and a fire in a stove is believed I
o have been the origin of the blaze. *
Chief Shepherd said Mr. Taylor did
lot have any insurance on the house, i
and he estimat'd the damage at a- i
ound 3300. Neighbors saw the fire
and broke in the door in time to get i
nost of Hie household furnishing out. j
i
MIDDLEBURG TEAMS’
ARE TO PLAY LOCALS 1
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Doubleheader Set For Fri
day Night 7:30 O’Clock
On High Price Court
Henderson and Middle-burg will J
clash on Hie High Price court here I
tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock in It
doubleheuder basketball card with the
Middleburg teams as the “home team”
it was stated today by athletic offi
cials of the local high school.
This is a regular conference game
for the, toys, who have not dropped
an encounter to a conference foe this
-season. They are expecting a plenty
of trouble Friday evening even though
they have tripped the Middleburg
team in a previous encounter. Mid
dleburg has won and lost a game to
Bethel Hill, while Henderson won the
only game with the Person county
team they ahve played. The local girls
have not fared as well as the boys in
court competition. Middleburg has al
ready defeated them once as has
Bethel Hill. They are not in the con
ic rence.
The games tomorrow night are ex
pected to be thrillers and a good
crowd is expected to attend. Season
tickets at the local schools will not
be honored as Middleburg is the home
team
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A lot of water has passed under th*
1 bridge since W. W. Waters of Seat*
tie, lead a “bonus army” into Wash
ington two years ago and tried to
force Congress to pay off tire vets in
full. He's now a clerk at the war
department in Washington, work
ing under General Douglas Mac-
Arthur, commander of the regular?
who expelled the bonus army forci
bly. Water* i* seen on the job.
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Retires As Henderson Postmaster
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Post master Wright retired from his
duties as head of tin* Henderson post
office today after serving in that
capacity for slightly more 'than four
years. He was appointed by President
Hoover in 1930 following the death of
Postmaster V. W. Far is, who had re
signed the office shortly before his
death. He became postmaster here
after serving in the money order and
registry departments for some ten
years, and prior to that time had
worked for many years in the Ra
leigh post office. He is known as
som what of a specialist in civil ser
vice matters, having, been local see
ret ary for the U. S. Civil Service Com
mission over a period or years.
His services as postmaster were ap
preciated by patrons of the office be
cause of his efficiency and wide ac
quaintance with tho workings of the
postal system, and that evaluation
came from citizens in general, re
gardless of the fact that he is a Re
publican and serving as an appointee
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community is of tin- opposite Demo
oeralie political faith.
Mr. Wright’s term was out last De
cember 20. but he has held on until
his successor could be appointed. He
hash een in the postal service over
30 years and retires with a comfort
able pension to his credit the rest of
his life.
GINNINGS GIVEN ON
NEIGHBOR COUNTIES
Ginr.ings of cotton of the 1933 crop
to January 16 for two neighboring
counties were announced by the De
partment of Commerce Census Bu
reau in a table just received here.
Warren county had ginner 14.145
bales to that date, as compared with
12.935 bales a year ago, and Frank
lin county showed ginnings of 12,672
bales to January 16. this year, as
compared with 14,508 a year ago. No
figures were given for Vance.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1935
s
State Officials of Both
Groups To Be Here for
for Evening Gathering
I ‘reparations were nearing comple
tion today for the eighth district
meeting of the American Legion and
the Legion Auxiliary, which is to uo
held in the Company C Armory here
.Saturday evening. The feature event
j of the occasion will be the visit of
| State Commander Hubert Olive and
j Mrs. H. M. Shumway, State Auxiliary
president, both of Lexington, who will
he here on an official call to the
local groups. Other posts in the dis
trict are those at Oxford, Durham,
. Chapel Hill and Wurrenton.
Henry E. White, of Henderson, dis
trict chairman, is in charge of pre
| pa rations and is to preside at the
meeting. A dutch supper will be ser
v'd in the armory and the conference
will follow that. -
A large attendance: is looked for
: from all posts and auxiliaries in the
distriet. and the event is expected to
take on the proportions of an out
landing Legion affair in this section.
MERCURY SLIDES
AGAIN 10 A LOW
'
Minimum Was 12 Wednes
day; Forecast For Warm
er Weather
January went out today with one
of Ihe severest cold snaps of the en
tire winter last, night, the mercury
dropping to a minimum of 12 degrees
above zero, according to John P.
Menu, official Weather Bureau ob
-1 server here.
! A brisk wind out of the north added
to the frigidity of the outdoor atmos
: phere and made things mighty un
comfortable for those who had to be
out in it.
The forecast today was for rising
temperature and fair and warmer on
Friday.
MAD BOG IS KILLED
BY POLICE TODAY
i
Chief Langston W a r n
Against This Menace;
Fear Others Bitten
Chief of Police .j n ( (
sounded a warning today t«*'
the lookout for mad <Jog> j„'' 011
vicious one was killed t o ,j., v , M ( . I y r; '
son avenue. The chief tat.’r U u ,?* tl'"
one killed today was . () vj.>j oi| "
he was biting trees and shrubC
m the yard of a Gholson nvonin |„„ ‘
H-e called on all dog owners t 0
their dogs muzzled or locked
protect people from them. h,.
warned children about pi a yi i: .. v ;f,°
stray dogs on their way to ‘mid f!
school. Although this is the fi r , Va',!!
killed here for some time with
the officer fears that th,. ,| o g ~..r
have bitten others before ],L
hillod.
GROUP BACK HOME
FROM WASHINGTON
Mayor Irvine B. Wutkin, m r
Pearce and Robert Gill Young return
*-d last night from Washington, where
they went on Tuesday on a matter
of business. In addition to the biisi
ness, which was not speejficallv stat
ed by them, they said it wa
as the dickens’’ up there, and that
I lie heavy snow. pi<-tur<-s of wliich
have been received here, had frozen
o\-er with a. Ihiek coaling of ice. Tina
were glad to get through with their
business and get back where i*-mper; t
lures were less severe.
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