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WEATHER
Fair Friday night and Satur
warmer Saturday.
GOOD AFTERNOON
The chap who used to flank in
mathematics U now getting set to
out.calcuIate the income tax col
lector.
VOL 52—No
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1933
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
1ST BALANCE
JiDGET, THEME
fflRNflUffi
Iroad Recommendations
To Legislature Deal
With Economy Plans
.UDIENCE SERIOUS
but gives applause
RALKIGH. Jan- r>- — John
"hrk-toph r<!'.uher Khringham.
ien:al son of the Albemarle sec- •
ion. a: 12::-3 p. ni. yesterday;
x changed his old black-and-yel
inv No. automobile li- .
«n?e plate? tor a couple of new
in(i shi:ty biue-and-white No. 1 's j
-ami beca.re North Carolina's i
iftv-fourth covernor.
ttan ar.<: nor yet recovered I
:o:i a of illness that kept'
, n • - ' tal almost to th;>
ve .if h;s in i.iifui at ion a.- sue-!
t^or to 0. Max Gardner, Mr. |
:hr:n?ha;:- was still able to be-•
to* that smile made famous |
lurinp the heated two-primary
a.TPai^n upon an audience that
iiied Raieitth's handsome new
Jetiorial auditorium and rose
r:th spontaneous applause to
Feet its new chief executive.
Chi-.Justice Walter P. Stacy,
o! the five justices who
»rr.?rise North Carolina's su
reme court, extemporaneously
i ::n:stered the oath of office
fr>: the governor-elect had been
inserted bv Governor Gardner,
e: the now governor at once
c.tired into the delivery of his
3-itirai address that lacked but
SI mutes of going a full hour,
lie address, true to the Ehring
>05 standards, was an eloquent
esentation from the .standpoint
If rhetoric and oratory, but the
luje audience—there must have
ken almost 5,000 persons at
tending—seemed to care little
for the manner of its presenta
m (>ut mther for what it said.
[Basim; his address on the
p. "the budget r.iu-^t he bal
■ced" and "the cost, of govern
Wnt" must come down, and that
uostantiallv" Goveinor Ehring
pii listed ten recommenda
""Reverently and in full con
: rawness of the momentous rc
ror.ibilities 1 take up the duties
f this great office." IOhringhaus
ud as he started speaking.
"To me it has always syrobo
:ed the ultimate in political
enlevement, but I find that the
ef a life's ambition
nngs only an overwhelming
'■'* responsibility and inadc
uacv."
After reviewing the years of
•rosi-erity. t h e depression and
he fact the state faces a $12,
00.00') deficit by end of the
urrent fiscal year, June 30,
Khr.ngha».< presented tne
Mowing recommendations:
1. Revaluation of property.
I Relief of the present prop
ter levy.
3. Substantial economy.
I. Reduction in operating cost
of the state government.
5. No new financial commit
rr®nts.
•). Reserve highway funds for
hieh.vay js«. and abandon all new
construction.
"• Kducation —economy, elimi
nation an(! consolidation.
8. Reduce the cost of local
IP>vernrrent.
■'•Discontinuance of unre
strained fee expenditures.
10- Agricultural improvement
commendation of Gov. Gard
ner > : v"-at-ho!n..' program.
Khringhaus concluded his in
a^ura; address with commenda
tion of »he General Assembly for
^nife. ting "a fixed determina-j
ton to hold down expenses and
^Penditures, and an appeal for
jTr.iony" in solving the prob-j
of the state.
. '-'nder the head of redu'*:on
'» operating coat of government,
Governor Khringhaus made the
following recommendations:
. »• Repeal the 1929 act grant
r"? the governor an entertain
ment fund.
•>. Abolish the office of execu
te counsel and give the gover-j
% authority to appoint a Par
Commissioner at a salary to i
fixed by the legislature.
, c- Consolidate the personnel j
department with the executive
apartment, having the work
handled by a clerk in the execu- j
*'ve division.
'1. Transfer the local govern-,
"*eot commission and its func
tions to the treasury department.
*• Consolidate the highway
*®d prison departments and nio
tor vehicle revenue collections.
f. Canvass the whole field of
?0vemmental cost to avoid d"p!i
c»tions and effect consolidations
>n,i eliminations.
The new governor made no
'Pacific recommendation for an
°ther cut in salaries of state em
Payees, although he recommend
ed economy in all expenditures,
'Muding salaries.
In addition to Khringhaus and
,r»ham, the oath of office was
(Continued on page six)
It was here that Chinese and Japanese forces recent ly staged a thriling engagement, with the Chinese
garrison of Shanhaikwan tor hours repelling the steady fire of the Japanese guns. The Japanese finally
occupied the city as tfiey did iast year when this pic ture was taken showing Japanese troops parading
across the Great Wall, during their invasion of Sha nhaikwan.
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DEMOCRATS AGREE THAT NEW!
REPEAL PROPOSAL TOO MUCH
LIKE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
REPRIEVE IS
GRANTED FOUR
BREVARD MEN
Sentence Stayed By Out
Going Governor, In
Banking Cases
RALEIGII. Jan. 0.—A 30-day
reprieve granted to four men sen
tenced in the Brevard bank cases
from Transylvania county was
among the final administrative
acts of Governor O. Max Gardner,
before he retired from office yes
terday.
The reprieve cited the action of
Judge N. A. Townsend in sent^nc
intr Thos. II. Shipman, J. H. Pic
kelsimer. C. R. McNeely and
Ralph R. Fisher, with agreement
that recommendation that their
prison terms be set aside in the
event that restoration be made to
the extent of $30,000.
It was stated further that s*ay
of execution was found necessary
in order that the case mipht be
propertly investigated. The action
was based on press reports, indi
cating that an agreement had
been reached.
Cavalrymen Sent
To Wilder Mines
WILDER, Tenn.. Jan. fi. (UP)
—Forty members of the ::tate
cavalry from Cookcville, were
ordered to return to Wilder mine
area following a conference be
tween officers of the national
guard and Governor Horton to
day. Adjutant General W .C.
Hoyd pronounced the situation
in that section "worse this time
than before" in his conversation
with the crovernor. It is hoped
to avoid further trouble between
union and non-union miners.
Senator Bell On
Four Committees
RALEIGH. Jan. 6.—State Sen
a'or J. O. Bell has been named to
four committee posts in the sen
ate. it was revealed in the ap
pointments made public here yes
terday.
Senator Bell was made chair
man of the immigration commit
tee and is an associate member of
the committees on comercial fish
eries, enrolled bills and game
laws.
DRAYMAN RETIRES
GRUNDY CENTER. Ia. (UP).
Henry Tschirgi, who has been in
the draying business for 50 years,
has retired. He figures he has
hauled close to 30,000,000 pounds
of freight during his lifetime,
Garner Declares Sub-Com
mittee Not In Line
With Platform
WASHINGTON, Jan. 0. (UP).
Democratic opposition today had
threatened to upset the senate
compromise on repeal. The sen
ate judiciary sub-committee re
peal resolution, approval of which
yesterday without a formal vote
was considered virtually a "favor
able report" and which is designed
♦o protect dry states and to out
law the open saloon met open op
position.
Speaker John N. Garner com
mented "that's not in conformity
to the Democratic platform."
Senators agree that the resolu
tion conforms more closely to the
Republican than to the Demo
cratic platform.
TARHEEL WINS
AIR HANDICAP
Crosman III Of Wilming
ton First In Miami
Pilots' Contest
MIAMI. Fla., Jan. fi. (UP)—
I Heron Crosman, III, of Wilming
i ton, N. C\, won the 250-mi!e
handicap race from Daytona
llcach to Miami for members of
the U. S. amateur pilots asso
ciation, all-America Air Race of
ficials announced last night.
Crosman, in a moth, left Day
tona Reach at 2:01 p. m. yes
terday and arrived here at 4:15
I p. m. He won the trophy offer
led by Henry L Doherty, utilities
magnate and $1,000 first prize.
Raoul Cote, Kankakee, 111., left
Daytona Reach at 1 :57 p. m. in
a Travelair and checked in at
4:17 to win second prize of $500.
Third prize of $260 was won by
j Edgar Woodhans, Manhassat, N.
Y., in a Waco.
Among the next J 5 finishers,
to receive $50 each was: Rob
iBuch, Plainfield, N. J., Pitcairn;j
| Frank Rail, Muncie, Tnd.; Rryan;
iSheedy, New York; Tete Jones,
Flaines City, Fla., Stinson, Jr.;
William Mitchell, Pittsb urj; b.
Starting out from Daytona Reach
Sheedy nosed over and broke the1
propellor on his ship. .He se
cured a new one, attached and
flew on here to finish in the
money.
Of 87 ships that left Hicks- j
ville, L. I., Tuesday, 53 were in [
Miami last night. Two were!
grounded at Savannah and one'
just below Daytona Reach. Fog
and bad weather delayed arrival j
of most racing planes and they,
will not arrive until today. More |
than 100 military planes are here l
and entertained the crowd, which .
was small, with maneuvers and'
aerial acrobatics Thursday after- j
noon.
EXCHANGE TO CLOSE |
NEW YORK, Jan. 6. (UP)—;
The New York stock exchange j
[and cotton exchange will be clos-j
I until noon Monday, because of
the funeral of Coolidge, '
SHANHAIKWAN
AREA IS QUIET
Jap Garrison's Desire To
"Spank Chinese" Was
Cause Of Incident
PEIPING, China, Jan. 6,
The Japanese military had consol
idated their positioss around Shan
haikwan inside the Great Wall to
day preparatory to a long: stay
while diplomats seek to settle the
"incident" which brought them
into North China.
The Japanese charge d'affaires
here. S. Nakayama, told the Unit
ed Press that there were "increas
ing: indications" that the hostilities
around Shanhaikwan would not
spread. He declared that Japan
has no intention at this time of
occupying Tientsin or Peiping:.
Nakayama in an interview in
sisted that even the Japanese mili
tary strategists do not regard con
trol of the Tientsin-Peiping area
as necessary to preliminary mili
tary operations in the Province of
Jehol.
He admitted, however, that the
Japanese had seized Shanhaikwan
as a result of what he said was a
long: pent-up desire by the Japa
nese border garrison to see action
and "spank the Chinese" whom
they had confronted without a
move for 16 months.
Nakayama said he expected dip
lomatic negotiations to settle the
incident now. but intimated that
there might be some delay. He
said his government felt the next
move for a settlement now was up
to the Chinese, and that it was a
local incident rather than one to
be settled by correspondence be
tween Tokio and Nanking.
Meanwhile, it was generally re
garded that Japan had practically
taken control of Jehol Province,
much in the manner that she
seized the three fertile provinces
of Manchuria, now Manchoukuo,
a year ago.
At Tientsin, Lieut.-General Ko
taro Nakamura refused to receive
a dispatch from the young Mar
shal Chang Hsiao-Liang, in com
mand >n North China, concerning
the incident. Nakamura said he
had no desire to enter into corre
spondence with Chantr. but had
merely wished to admonish him
pgainst any overt moves.
The young marshal insisted,
however, that the seizure of Shan
haikwan created a national emer
gency and placed his troops at the
disposal of the National govern
ment at Nanking. He awaited or
ders for future action.
REPUBLICAN ELECTION
EXPENSES ARE FILED
WASHINGTON, Jan. (5. (UP)
—The Republican National Com
mittee spent $2,070,652 in its
unsuccessful attempt to win the
last national election, it report
od today to Clerk of the
House, South Trimble.
RECONSTRUCTION
REPORT CALLED FOR
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (UP)
—The house todav without a
roll call vote passed the Howard
resolution calling up on the Re
construction Finance corporation
fo report on all its loan activi-l
ties, not previously made public.
CONFERENCE
AGREES UPON
INCOME TAXES
Democratic Leaders Meet
ing With Roosevelt I
Urge Economy
REDS BATTLE WITH
POLICE BEFORE HOME
WASHINGTON, Jan. G. (UP).
Speaker Garner announced today
that definite action on proposed
tax increases on smaller incomes,
discussed with President - elect
Roosevelt in New York last nifdi*.
probably will be held in abeyance
unAil th^ senate has acted on the
Collier beer bill.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 0. (UP).
A special session of congress sift
er March 4th is inevitable unless j
prohibition repeal, beer and farm j
relief legislation are enacted at I
this session, House Majority ;
Leader Rainey said today on his j
return from the New York con- ,
ference with President - elect!
f Roosevelt. i
NEW YORK, Jan. G.— (l)P)—.
Levying of new incomes taxes by
the present session of congress to
balance the budget was agrees!
I upon by President-elect Roose
velt and Democratic congress at a
protracted conference at ths
Roosevelt home here last night.
The normal income tax rale
would be raised, exemptions low
ered. and the present gasoline tax
continued for one more year, it
was decided.
The Democratic congressional
leaders pledged President-elect
Roosevelt their utmost co-opera
. tion in paring down the cost of
the federal government.
While economy was a para
mount consideration of the un
usual conference, the president
elect and those who must carry
*Otft' "Ms program discussed the
whole range of problems now con.
fronting the nation, including
farm relief, inflationary proposals
I which recently have forged to the
i front, thp tariff, unemployment
j relief, railroad legislation, beer,
and repeal of the 18th Amend
ment.
As the congressional leaders en
, tered the Roosevelt home they
I were reminded of tht distress in
I the nation bv a demonstration of
: Communists before the fashion
I able Roosevelt residence. This
'group, numbering about 50 at the
time, first went away when police
ordered, but returned later in
larger numbers and fought the
police detail. The policemen beat
them off with their clubs.
The 11 party leaders from
Washington, headed by Sena'e
j Leader Joseph T. Robinson and
I Speaker John N. Garner, were ush
ered into the library on the second
floor only a few minutes after I
their arrival from Washington at I
8:30 p. m.
j Economy, rigid retrenchment
i was the one subject on which all
agreed. On other problems there
was a diversity of opinion mani
fest particularly as to whether
; there should be additional taxes
at this session of congress to bal-1
ance the budget now.
There wr.s much speculation en J
route here as to the date of the [
special session of congress. All1
agreed that such a session is nec- •
essary, since President Hoover is '
almost certain to veto farm relief |
and beer bills, cardinal points in I
the Roosevelt program. They told .
Roosevelt that the main objective
of the present session must be i
economy.
Kiwanis Group Is
Given Shoes For
Aid Of The Needy
Time Left Open For Oth
ers To Contribute, It Is
Announced
The Kiwanis committee, Nor
man Miller, chairman, engaged in
(collecting used shoes to be distrib- J
uted to needy persons, announces
that shoes will be received for sev
eral days longer, at the store on
Main street formerly occupied by
Rozzelle Furniture company.
To date around 100 pairs of
j shoes have been received. Tho
' shoes will be given such repairs as
' needed by local shoemakers, and
i will be placed in good condition
for distribution to persons who
can use them. After being re
paired the shoes will be distribut
ed among the needy by Mrs. H. I.
Hodges and the Salvation Army.
— SENATE ADJOURNS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (UP)
—The Senate today adjourned
until noon Monday, because fo
Calvin Coolidge's death.
> —
Mourning Period For 30th
President Of U. S. Set By
Presidential Proclamation
DEATH SHOCKS NATION
Calvin Coolidge, only living ex-president of the United States, found
dead in his homo yesterday shortly after noon by his wife as she re
turned home from a shopping trip. Only his intimate friends had any
knowledge of his failing health.
"I KNOW MY WORK IS DONE"
COOLIDGE HAD WRITTEN IN
LAST OF PERSONAL LETTERS
A —
Wrote Another Friend He
Seemed Tired, Most
Of The Time
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (UP)
—A letter that seems almost a
prophecy of tragedy was receiv
ed Wednesday from Calvin Cool
idge by E. T. Clark, secretary
for years to the former presi
dent.
In it Mr. Coolidge discussed
the cominpr administration of
President-elect Roosevelt and the
vexing problems he must face. It
concluded:
"I know my work is done."
Half an hour before Mr. Cool
idge's death, the National Tress
club here received from the
former president a check for
$5.50—his dues as an honorary
member for the coming year.
The check will be framed.
When the National Press club
constructed its present building,
Mr. Coolidge, then president,
laid the corner stone and later
dedicated the structure. I»ascom
Timmons, president of the club,
received his last communication
from Mr. Coolidge three or four
months ago. The club was pre
paring a new year beek and Mr.
Coolidge along with other mem
bers, has asked to make any
necessary corrections in his list
ing.
Promptly the reply came back
and opposite his name h^ had
written: "Northampton, Mass.,
and glad of it."
WASHINGTON, Jan. fi. (UP)
—After learning: yesterday af
ternoon that Calvin Coolidge had
died, Col. E. W. Starling, of the
United States Secret Service re-J
ceived a letter from the ex-!
president in which he said he J
seemed tired most of the time. I
"He told me that lately he j
had never felt rested," added the j
colonel, who was one of Cool-j
idge's closest friends. "This!
country lost a faithful servant'
in his death and I have lost a
loyal friend."
It was Col. Starling who taught
Coolidge to fish and hunt.
PROPERTY IS
RECOVERED
jFour Arrested On Charges ]
Of Having Stolen Goods j
In Possession
Four people have been arrested
on charges of having stolen prop
erty in their possession, and furni
ture valued in the amount of be
tween $200 and $300, allegedly '
stolen, has been recovered by i
Deputy Sheriffs Zeb Corn and W.
L. Taylor within the past two ,
i 1
days. j
Ed Swangum, Florence Hughey
and Mr. and Mrs. Harley Taylor
are in the county jail in default ,
of $500 bond each, and will lac? t
hearings in the January term of j
the superior court. They wore
bound to the court by Magistrate
W. L. Miller.
On December 1 the home of
Mrs. M. A. Conley, of Woodruff,
S. C., located on the Haywoou
road, was entered and a quantity
of furniture removed. A part of
this was recovered at the house in
Druid Hills where Swangum and
Florence Hughey were living, ac
cording to Officers Taylor and
Corn. Other property was later
recovered at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Taylor, also in Druid Hills,
by the officers, and some of the
furniture is believed to have been
sent to South Carolina, according
to the officers.
C. R. McMANAVVAY LEASES
MEADOW VIEW STATION
Mr. C. R. McManaway has
taken over the Meadow View fill
ing station on the Flat Rock road.
Mr. McManaway has been in some
form of the automobile business
ever since he grew up. He first
owned a half interest in McMana
way's garage in Charlotte and
later was in the tire business here
for several years and is well known
in this line of business. c;
WASHINGTON
STUNNED BY
SUDDEN DEATH
Deceased Eulogized As
"High Contribution To
Welfare Of Mankind''
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (UP)
— President Hoover yesterday
ordered a period of 30 days offi
cial mourning for former Pres.
ident Calvin Coolidge after send
ing a special message to congress
eulogizing th elate chief execu
tive's services to his country as
"a high contribution to the wel
fare of mankind."
News of the tragedy in the
small New England town yes
terday stunned the nation's cap
ital. Congress adjourned quick
ly out of respect and the White
I House announced Mr. Hoover
[would attend funeral services
for his predecessor.
Soon after President Hoover
had issued a proclamation call
ing for the period of national
mourning, Secretary of Navy
Charles F. Adams ordered naval
flags at half mast and naval ami
marine officers to wear.' the
mourning badge when in uni
form. On the day of the Cool
idge funeral, Secretary Adams
said, colors will be at half mast
on all vessels of the navy and
at all shore stations.
A gun will be fired at half
hour intervals from sunrise to
sunset at each naval station and
on board flagships.
Word of Coolidge's passing
flashed thorugh the capital wifJi
the dramatic speed that marked
his rise to the highest office of
the land. President Hoover was
having lunch with Secretary of
State Stimson at the White
House when he learned of the
tragedy. White House employes
who knew and admired Coolidgi,
lowered the flag to half-staff.
By MARTIN KANE
United Press Staff Correspondent
NORTHAMPTON, Maw., Jan.
f>. (UP)—Calvin Coolidge 'lied
suddenly and alone in the bed
room of his Northampton home
Thursday. Mrs. Coolidge re
turning from a shopping trip
found him dead on the floor of
lis room.
The country lawyer who be
:ame 80th president of the Uni
ted States had succumbed to a
leart attack.
The nation, which knew little
)f his private life when he was
n the White House and less in
:he last six years of his retire
ment, was unaware that he was
11 until the shocking news of his
ieath came yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Coolidgre drove as usual
yesterday morning from his home
The Beeches, to the law office
le shared with Ralph W. Hcmen
.vay. He did not complain of
llness but after an hour end a
lalf at his desk he arose, called
lis secretary, Harry Ross, and
'eturned home.
Shortly before noon Mr. Cool
dge left Ro«s on the first floor
>f the house and walked up
stairs to his bedroom.
Mrs. Coolidge returned from
ler shopping tour a little more
;han an hour later. She went
ipstairs to see her husband.
She found his body on the
floor. He had taken off his coat
»nd vest but apparently had suf
fered a fatal seizure before he
:ould climb into bed.
Ross had heard no cry. Mr.
Ooolidffe, true to the tradition of
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