Henderson daily dispatch., March 16, 1935, Image 8

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ASSOCIATED PRESS AND CENTRAL PRESS
Bids On High School Work
All Exceed Money In Hand
MUSI SCALE DOWN
BUILDING PROGRAM
Standard of Construction
Musi Be Up To Govern
ment Requirements
TABULATING FIGURES
C’oiicrrtc rroposilion To Hr Laid Be
fore School Hoard Won't I’m*
Ready Before Next
Work. It Is Said
Proposals for construction of the
n»>\v Henderson high school were all
in excess of the money in hand when
hid'-; were opened at a meeting of the
Vance County Hoard of Education 1* ri
day afternoon, it was announced by
school authorities today. I hat will
mean that the type of building con
templated will have to be timed down
very considerably ot more money ob
tained from the government to carry
out tiie program in mind, it was ex
plain' d.
Erie (!, Klannagan. Henderson ar
chiteet. who sat with the board and
.-upel vised the opening of the bids,
was still busy today rnuHififc tabula
tions. and it was said it would be
several days before the compilations
h id been sufficiently analyzed to per
mit of a definite proposition to be
laid before the school board.
Hr. 11 G. Unity, of Chapel Hill,
fit a t edireetoi of the Federal Public
Wot l> Administration, sat with the
board at the opening of the bids, and
wa v in conference with school offi
cial and Mi. Klannagan for several
hours after all proposals had been
sifted in a preliminary and casual
manner. There was some hint of the
possibility of obtaining a further
grant from the pWA to permit the
work to proceed. That might be an
out tight grant without the necessity
of the county assuming additional
bonded obligations.
Tin lowest bid on the high school
project was approximately $203,000.
exclusive of heating and plumbing.
Tin* figures for the new North Hen
derson school and those for the ad
dition of the four rooms at .South
Henderson weie said to be about in
line with expectations.
In the blond allocation of the $286.-
!»nn bond issue. taken by PWA. the
rough figures called for about $235.-
000 sot tiie new high school. $34.."00
for the North Henderson school and
Hn.non foi the additions at fsotifh
Henderson. A new site is being pur
chased at North Henderson, and al- i
lowance must he made fbr that.
' The approximately $235,000 set aside I
foi tiie high’school hath to,provide for '
purchase of the site, which is costing
around $22,000. which would leave
$213.000.in round figures. But in ad
dition to t,he ,c<gsj .of. t hc. • building arj.d 1
tin- plumbing, fvin dis, L m usl'be;, provided
ofr tin fin nishings. including
laboratory equipment and the . like.
And somewhere out of the gross $285.-
Poo must come the arcmrect’s fees.
And that is the status Os the. pro
gram at the present tin Ye.
In the set-up for the ihgh school,
tin-re were several alternatives in the
form of construction permitted. Op
tions as to types and qualities of ma
terial and equipment were allowed.
The compilations had not progressed
far enough today to determine just
how much these options figured in
tin- hids that wore received. It was
said, however, that it would probably
Vie several days before a concrete tab
ulation would be worked up in suf
ficient form to be laid before the
school hoard for its action. It is like
ly thai Di Baity and Mr. Flannagan
both will be called into consultation
before the contracts are awarded and
the work can proceed.
ISkeet Club Opening I
Tuesday, March 19 I
2 O’Clock P. M. I
U‘ ii!g your gun anti gel started in
“Skeet Shooting” I
You’ll Like It I
Hill Top No. 2 I
Service Station I
“Red” Taylor’s Raleigh Road I
MIDDLEBURG OFFERS
MUSICAL TEA SUNDAY
A musical tea to he given at the
new Community House at Middleburg
at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon prom
ises ail interesting program of song
and instrumental numbers, and the
public is invited to attend. Some of
the best known singers and accom
panists of Henderson and other sec
tions are to be presented on the pro
gram. which is in charge of Mrs. Stur
gis Collins.
A silver offering will be taken at
the door and will he applied to funds
being raised for equipping the build
ing.
TWO BIOS MADE ON
POST OFFICE WORK
i
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Both by Distant Concerns
and Both Arrc Forward
ed to Washington
When hids were opened in the of
fice of Postmaster Robert B. Carter
Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock for cer
tain repairs to be made to the post
office building here, only two pro
posals were received. Both were by
concerns from a distance, one of them
in Chicago and the other in New York
Mr. Carter said. There were no local
bidders. *
One hid was in excess of $3.00® aiid
the other a trifle under $2,000, ths
postmaster said today.
Both bide- wore forwarded to the
Treasury Department in Washington.
There they will he examined and an
award made. .Just when that will be
done and whm the work will he start
ed is not known here.
The work consists of certain repair*
to he made to protect the walls and
foundations of the building from ter
mite damage, together with other
work necessary.
EODR GO TO ROADS|
IN CHICKEN THEFTS
Raid on E. M. Harrison’s
Poultry Yard Aired In
Recorder’s Court
Four white men went to the roads, j
from Recorder R. E. Clements’ court !
today 014 conviction of having made h
raid on E. M. ? fTarrii»n’s poultry yard’
near the fertilizer plant north of the
city.
Reuben rtmiUv, Walter . Jan;elU t and |
..Georg.e •feobblit" wmte sent’tiff fort-four I
months each' anif Clelland Bobbitt got
six months. Jarrell gave notice of an
appeal.and liis bond was set at. S2OO.
This was the only case tried at to
day’s session.
LIST-TAKERS MEET
HERE NEXT MONDAY
Eight men and one women, one
each in the nine townships of Vance
county, will meet here Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock with G. W. Adams,
county accountant, to stu«iy proce
dure in the annual listing of taxes
for the county tor 1935. The work will
get under way April 1. The list-tak
ers were appointed by Mr. Adams and
were confirmed by the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners at a meeting last
Monday. Mr. Adams has written out
copies of instructions for the list-tak
ers as a guide to them in their work.
eEmrch
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Mistrial in Jenkins vs. Alston
Case; Suit Against City
Continued
The civil session of the March term
| of Vance Superior Court adjourned
I early Friday afternoon after a mistrial
I had been ordered by Judge W. A.
Devin in the action of J. W. Jenluns
i against Edward Alston. Claims of
damage growing out of a truck col
lision were involved.
The suit of C. M. Jones against the
i City of Henderson for $35,000 was not
reached on the docket at this session,
and went over to the June term. Jones
; claiming damage for injuries sustain
! cd when a bakery truck he was driv
ing ignited after dropping into a hole
on North Garnett street while tnc
’ street was being repaired last June.
The first week of the March term,
held last week, was for trial of crim
inal cases and lasted only three days.
The civil session went through the
entire week, lacking one day.
No further sessions of superior
court will be held in this county until
I the June term three months hence.
HENDERSON SEEKING
PLACE IN LEAGUE
I
Pahlman Attends Central
State Meeting in Durham
In Town’s Interest
Otto Pahlman, former minor league
baseball star and manager of a semt
pro baseball team here last year, made
an effort last evening in Durham to
enter Henderson in the Central State t
League at a meeting of the managers I
of the different teams.
Efforts are being made to make the !
league eight club affair playing two
games a week. Wednesday and Sat
urday. Another meeting or the group
will be held Friday at 7:30 at the
city hall in Durham.
League Park is in much need of re
pairs, and Pahlman will start a cam- J
paign here Monday to raise some j
money with which to purchase the
material to rebuild the grand stal'd
and bleachers and part of the fence
that was carried off during the win
ter for firewood.
Pahlman expects to round out a
fast aggregation from boys in this
section, and will have a strong team
to offer with the opening of the lea
gue if the negotiations now under way
are successful.
Germany Will Arm
To the Hilt Under
New Hitler Decree
(Continued trom r*age One.)
liu emphasizing that failure of other
nations to live up the reduction of
armaments called for in the Versailles
pact releases Germany from treaty
obligations.
He emphasized that Germany is
animated solely by peaceful intentions
but that re-arming is essential to safe
guard the Reich’s territorial integrity
and to command international respect
as a co-guarantor of European peace.
The Versailles treaty’s military
clauses, designed primarily to de
stroy Germany’s capacity for offen%
sive warfare, net the future maximum
of the German standing army at 100.-
000 men. and limited ammunition,
guns and war supplies in strict pro
portion to that figure.
Under the treaty, signed at the lit
tle French town of Versailles June
29. 1919, and broguht into force thro
ugh exchange of ratifications January
10, 1920, Germany consented to abol
ish conscriptions for army service,
and to adopt, long period voluntary es
tablishment of at least 12 years for
the men and 25 for the officials.
Military training outside the army
was forbidden and Germany denied a
large general staff.
Big Powers Are
Alarmed By Germany
(Continued trom Page One.)
vice to two years, approved by the
Chamber of Deputies early today.
In parliamentary circles, it was sug
gested that the Anglo-French proposal
to hind Germany and the former Al
lies into an inclusive security system
must be discarded and Europe again
divided into two armed camps, with
France re-furnishing her ring of al
lies surrounding the Reich.
GERMANY’S ACTION CAUSES
GRAVE CONCERN IN AMERICA
Washington. March 16 (AP) —Ger
many’s action today in increasing her
peace-time army to 36 divisions caus
ed grave concern in official circles
here, where it was immediately point
ed out such action was in violation of
Germany’s peace treaty obligations
with the United States, reached in
1921.
While the United States, therefore,
has the right, if it chooses, to object
to this re-armament action. State Dx
j partment officials today maintained
the strictest reserve on possible fu
ture courses, pending official word
, from Berlin.
Henderson Daily Dispatch
REV. JAS. A. JONES
IKES PASTORATE
Accepts Call To First Pres
byteriafnt Church Ex
tended Recently
IS NOW IN SEMINARY
Will Move His Family Here Shortly
After Visit Next Week To
Look Field Over; Visitor
Preaches Sunday
Rev. James A. Jones, who was re
cently extended a call to the pastor
ate of the First Presbyterian church
in Henderson by a vote or the congre
gation, today advised J. C. Cooper,
member of the pulpit committee, of
his acceptance of the call. He will as
sume his duties in the next few weeas.
Rev. Mr. Jones is at the present
time at Union Theological Seminary,
the Presbyterian training school for
ministers, in Richmond, whore he is
taking a postgarduate course. He is
expected, to come to Henderson next
week for two or three days to make
definite plans for moving his family
here at an early date.
The new pastor is a native of Scot
land county, and is prominently con
nected with leading families of Laurtn
burg, the county scat. He preached
morning and evening sermons at. the
Presbyterian church here on a recent
Sunday, and the call to the pastorate
was extended by the congregation
some two weeks ago.
It w'as announced today that W W.
Glass, senioi- at Union Theological
Seminary, will preach morning and
• evening at the First Presbyterian
) church tomorrow. The public is in-
I vited to hear hint.
The church has been without a pas-
I tor since the resignation of Rev. W.
[ C. Cumming became effective at. the
j end of October last year.
Around Town
Farm Land Sold—ln a real estate
deed put on record yesterday at the
office of the register of deeds, M. E.
Falkner and wife sold to C. W. Finch
3.70 acres of land for $lO and other
considerations.
Defeiidunt Discharged —John Hock
adav, colored, was charged in police
court today with beating a board bill
amounting to $3.95 from Maria Davis,
but the evidence did not convince
Mayor Irvine B. Watkins of the guilt
of the defendant, who was discharg
ed.
M. P. BIBLE CLASS
WITH THE M. E. MEN
Members of the Men’s Bible class
of the First Methodist Protestant
church are to be guests of the Men’s
Bible class of the Methodist Epis
copal Church at the Sunday school
hour tomorrow morning at 9:45
o’clock, it was announced today. The
visitors have been invited by the M.
E. group to be their guests. Dr. J. M.
Culbreth, pastor of the First M. E.
church, will teach the lesson, as us
ual. and the public is invited to at
tend.
Will Fight Hard
For Pay Increase I
(C ontilined from rage One.)
100,000 annually is enough to give
teachers a 25 per cent pay boost. In
this group in Senate Finance Chair
man Harriss Newman, who. at the
same time, declares that he will not
agree to give the teachers an increase
of less than 25 percent. If their con
tention is correst the total for the bi
ennium. if divided equitably between
the two years, would be sufficient.
However, a considerable increase must
be made for the first year over tha
second because of increases in en
rollment. natural increment in teach
ing experience which calls for higher
pay brackets, and increased cost in
school bus operations due to larger
numbers being carried to school.
Most observers agree that the [ire
sent appropriation is not enough to
guarantee to teachers a 25 per cent, j
pay increase for the first year. Leg
islative sentiment seems crystallised,
however, on the 25 per cent raise. |
It is highly probable that the hill will
he increased to do just that.
Pursuing the same line, the gene
ral Assembly is almost sure to in
crease other State employees' pay
checks by the same percentage. Many
legislators have declared that the j
same percentage should be applied to
teachers’ salaries and other state em- ’
ployees’ pay checks alike. The school j
forces are strong in the present legis- j
lature. In fact, the general assembly j
might well be termed a “public school 1
legislature,r although no observers
will concede that the legislature will
grant Superintendent of Public In
struction Clyde Erwin’s request for
$22,000,000 annually for schools. First
of all, thinks the legislature the teach
ers should be the first to benefit from
increased appropriation.
Elsie Janis. actress, born at Colum
bus, Ohio, 45 years ago.
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four
1 Where is the Champ de Mars?
2. What is a mosque?
3. Os what people was Bel one of the
chief gods?
4. Who wrote. “Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea?”
5. Who was Harriet Hosmer?
6. Near which city is Mt. Vesuvius?
7. Where is Lake Champlain?
8 Who delivered Israel from Egyp
tian bondage?
9. lYbei e was David Belasco born.
10. Who was Peter Ilyitch Tachaikov
skyt-
BUNN IS APPOINTED
PRINCIPAL IN EXAM
Alexander Dean Bunn, son of Mi .
and Mrs. J. Harry Bunn, Charles
street, has been made the principal,
and three others alternates by an ap
pointment from Harold D. Cooley,
Congressman from this district, to fill
a vacancy at the United States Naval
Academy, Annapolis. The examina
tion will be given April 17, and the
term will begin on July 1.
Bunn is a graduate of Henderson
high school and is now attending
Wake Forest College.
BUSINESSWOMEN’S
Mayor Calls Attention to B.
P. W. Celebration Set
For Coming Week
A proclamation setting aside the
week of March 17-22 as National Bus
iness Women’s Week was issued to
day by Mayor Irvine B. Watkins.
The Henderson Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club will have a
program of events during the week
in observance of the occasion, which
is sponsored by their national organi
zation. They will attend church to
gether tomorrow and on Tuesday
night will have a dinner at the Vance
hotel. Other events arc alto provided.
The mayor's proclamation follows:
It is a pleasure for me as Mayor of
this city, to endorse National Bus
iness Women’s Week, which is to be
observed from March 17, through
March 22 this year.
Women are contributing as never
before to the commercial, professional
ami civic life of the Community, and
they are availing themsetves of the
opportunity to assist in the solving of
the problems that this country is fac
ing. The Slogan for the week is
“Economic Security for All” and the
keynote is “Opportunity.”
Therefore it is a source of gratifica
tion to set aside the week of March
17-22 as National Business Women’s
VVcek and call upon all citizens to par
ticipate in its observance in so far
as is possible.
IRVINE B. WATKINS.
Mayor City of Henderson.
SHRINERS TO HAVE
AN OYSTER ROAST
Shriners of this city and sections
and their wives and ladies are to be
entertained at an oyster roast to be
held Wednesday of next week, it was
announced today. The oysters will be
brought up from New Bern by Char
lie Seifert, prominent Shriner of that
community, and the spread will be
arranged Wednesday evening, with a.
large gathering of members of this
branch of Masonry and their ladies.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1935
DR. BERCKMAN WILL
DE AT M. E. GHURCH
Noted Mission Worker Will
Describe Situation In
China Today
Dr. J. H. H. Berckman, noted mis
sionary of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, in China, will preach
morning and evening at the First
Methodist church here Sunday, March
24, it was announced today by Dr. J.
M. Culbreth, the pastor. Announce
ment of the engagement for the visit
ing preacher was contained in a tele
gram today from Dr. W. G. Cram,
general secretary of the church’s
board of missions at Nashville. Tenn.
Dr. Berckman addressed the Meth
odist Missionary Institute recently
held in Raleigh, and was heard with
deep interest, it was said, by several
from Henderson and from neighbor
ing churches’. Their interest in his
address there resulted in his engage
ment to come here.
Dr. Culbreth, in announcing the
coming of the noted missionary, said
more details would be given later.
Commenting on the work of Dr.
Berckman. Dr. Culbreth said:
“Dr. Berckman is one of the lead
ing evangelistic missionaries in Chi
na. For a number of years he served
as missionary in charge of institu
tional features at Carriger Memorial
church, Changchow, where he had a.
remarkably fine opportunity for ser
vice. He at the same time rendered
exceptional service in the teaching of
English Bible classes, in his itinera
tion into the rural sections of his dis
trict, where he preached to many who
had had no chance to hear the gos
pel. His Bible classes were attended
by students from government schools,
from private schools and other insti
tutions. Just prior to coming to
America for furlough. Dr. Berckman
served for nearly a year as director or
institutional work in Moore Memorial
church in Shanghai, which is one of |
the outstanding churches of the
Orient. Mr. Berckraan’s home is in 1
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DR. J. M. CULBRETH
TALKS TO KIWANIS
Club ALo Elects Deletes
to State Convention To
Be In May
Dr. J. m. Culbreth. uastor , r
First Methodist church. w«.< Ul / f
speaker at the weekly meeting nr „
Kiwanis club last night. Ho S p o ° k V u ‘
the subject of debt, touching upon t!
national debt and apply j, L
thought on down to the matter yf !*
individual obligation. He cited
business styles and customs
branches of industry, transport,
and banks.
for the evening u
in charge of Theodore Stainhack u
T. Dickie, president of the club ,
sided at the meeting.
In addition to Dr. Culbrcth’s i-n,
the club members heard several f i
tions from a Negro string band whirl
was declared greatly enjoyed.
R. H. Duke, Jr, representing u,
Henderson high school as
I Kiwanian for the month, was p r ~. ( ,,.
I for his first meeting since his chob,
by his class as their represcutHtivi
following the adoption of the pi ail 'J.
the Kiwanis club of having a
school senior at every meeting thrV
ughout the year, pach attending f,! t
four consecutive meetings*.
D. T. Dickie, and J. C. Gardner
were named delegates from the ci,,!,
to the State convention of Kiwanb n.
May, and C. E. Greene and M (/
Miles were made alternates.
The attendance prize for the meet
ing was presented bv Jack Turner to
George Leggett, and Rev. 1. \\r
Hughes reposed to the club that a
E. Flynn, member of the club, win,
has been critically ill with pneumonia
is now well on the way to complete
recovery.
Alalhama. He was educated at Van,
derbilt University, Nashville. Tenn.
and has served in China since tin
fall of 1921. Watch the Dispatch sot
more about this interesting man.”