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VOL. 53—No. 225
HENDERSONVILLE, N. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1934
SINGLE copies, five cents
10CAL MEN AT
ROAD MEETING
IRE OPTIMISTIC
leturn Home Feeling State
I Scored Heavily On
I Scenic Claims
(oM£ GO TO RITES OF
COMMANDER PEYTON
I Henderson county's delegation
the national parkway hearing
'ore Secretary Ickes in Wash
ton yesterday afternoon Te
ned this morning in a fairly
fcmistic frame of mind over the
Lte's chances of obtaining the
Lrkway :Vom Blowing Rock to
U Great Smoky Mountains park.
The sentiment of some of the j
embers f the delegation was
a: North Carolina has about a
1-50 chance of getting the park- I
iy. As one member expressed j
mself. the >tate will almost cer-'
inly (ret the parkway if Secre- I
ry Ickes places a very great'
iphasis on the scenic features
the route.
Members r" the delegation said
Bt North Carolina's claims were
Jv expressed before Ickes and
L. .„e secretary gave close at
htion to the arguments.
■North Carolina's exhibits of
Kl of scenery along the
Bote far surpassed the Tennes
le exhibit, according to mem
Brs of the delegation.
■ It was the opinion of some
■embers of the delegation that
Icretary Ickes will visit this sec
fcn and make a personal survey
f boti? routes before making a
hal decision.
A number of the members 01
le delegation attended the fu
eral services of Lieut. Comndr.
kul J. Peyton, conducted with
>!! naval honors, in Arlington
emetery yesterday morning.
At the parkway hearing, Secre
iry Ickes listened intently while
dozen orators from North Caro
(Continued on page three)
Rotarians Offer
lachanan Thinks Park
[wijr Chances Are Good
At its meeting at tha Skyland
>tel today, the Rotary club heard
wrts of the activities of com
ittees for the first two months
f the current year.
Committee chairmen reporting
fit: R. L. Edwards, community
row; J. R. Sandifer, club serv
*; Bill Francis, rural-urban; J.
■ Flanasran, classification and
embership; G. J. Wile, fellow
ip and attendance; and H. E.
uchanan. boys' work and crip
e<J children.
Mr. Buchanan reported on the
tivities of the Henderson coun
delegation to Washington for
e parkway hearing yesterday,
[pressing the opinion that North
irolwa has a good chance of get
'hp parkway.
musical numbers were ren
ted by a trio composed of Misses
tomie Shepherd and Margie Mc
irs°n. and Mrs. Gus Staton.
wpre accompanied by Miss
Me Dotson at the piano.
'oodmen To Lay
onvention Plans
Plans for the district convention
' the Woodmen of the 0117
tick will he held here on Oct. 1
d 18, will he discuss®^ at a
ttting of White Pine camp on
ntnday nigh* at 8 o'clock.
Vll mmber^ are urged to pe
sent and take part in the dis
ta\on of plan.- for the coming
▼ention. I
I. M. Redden, Hendersonville
orn«y. *iU be present the
etirvg- and w^ll deliver th©--P**lv
le address of the evenimg. 4
• |j A ' * 1
MAGISTRATE LENIENT ^
|NEW YORK, Sept. 19. (Utff.
Tw0 hundred and eighty-Mv$n
iffic violators were glad that
R. Crossley and Clifford M.
ft* sat on the bench with
l*Kistrate Benjamin Greenspan.
W* magistrate eave them all
Upended sentences. Crosaley is
■*« president of the American
lutomobile Association and Sage
I editor of the Auto Review.
I acted strangely
1 Atlantic! ia., sept. 19 cupj
r^e' • A. Breeiiaf, Methodist
P^or, answered a doorbell to
N conf-onted by a strager who
sanded r.)rn an envelope and fled
>ifhout -peaking. The envelop*
frntain^d $25 and the unsigned
&°ie: ' Spend it as you s«« fit*'
AUTO ACCIDENT IS FATAL
TO REV. A. B. JONES, FORMER
PASTOR MUD CREEK CHURCH
Car Skids In Asheville, Crashing Into Post; Children
Reside Here; Fnneral Will Be At Andrews
Thursday
A. B. Jones, 55, agent of the
Southern Railway at Arden, was
fatally injured yesterday after
noon about 6 o'clock when the
car he was driving skidded on the
wet pavement and crashed into
a telephone pole on Biltmore
avenue in Asheville.
He was taken to the Biltmore
hospital where he died at 9:30
o'clock last night.
An inquest into the death was
scheduled by Dr. John Carroll,
Buncombe county coroner, for
11:30 o'clock this mortting.
Mr. Jones had made his home
in and around Henderson county
for about 15 years. He was a
former railway agent at the Hen
dersonville station and a former
pastor of the Mud Creek Baptist
church.
He is survived by his wife,
four chilren, Hugh, 12, Alden,
16, of Hendersonville, Jane, 14,
and Taisie, 8, two sisters and a
brother.
Funeral services will be held
at Andrews, his former home, at
2:80 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
CORDELL HULL
BANS BOYCOTT
Outlaws It Both As Econ
omic And Political Wea
pon, At Home, Abroad
By HOBART C. MONTEE
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. SeDt. 19 (UP)
—Secretary of State Cordell Hull
yesterday outlawed as a political
weapon the economic boycott
which framers of the League of
Nations conceived as a fearsome
bogey to compel nations to ob
serve treaty obligations.
Hull said the United States, as
a matter of general policy, could j
not subscribe to the use of the
economic boycott, either as a po
litical or trade union weapon. He
said that past experineces had
shown that the United States
would lose $5 in decreased ex
ports for evefy dollar's worth of
damage inflicted upon the power
against which the economic boy
cott was invoked. He explained I
this was because the United States [
customarily exports more goods
than it imports.
With this statement Hull laid
to rest efforts extending over a
period of years to have the Unit
ed States invoke an economic
boycott against one or another
foreign power. He also served
warning to certain private inter
ests and individuals in this coun-1
try who have been advocating the |
boycott that, economically, they
would be cutting off their noses
to spite their faces if their pro
posals were carried into practice,
i An economic boycott against
Japan was actively sought by a
number of college professors and !
private organizations in this
country three years ago as a
means of compelling Japan to ob
serve her treaty obligations with
regard to China. At that time
Japanese troops had invaded
Manchuria, in what was regarded
here as a violation of Japan's ob
ligations as a member of the
League of Nations; of the nine
power and four power treaties
and the Briand-Kellogg anti-war
pact.
Henry L. Stimson, then secre
tary of state, was known to have
toyed with the idea for a t;me
and there was considerable talk
in Geneva that the League of Na
tions might seek a universal eco
nomic boycott against Japan as a
treaty violator. The suggestion
(Continued on page four)
J. F. Cody Sued
In Florida Court
Defendant Brother Of The
Late Buffalo Bill
KISSIMMEE, Fla., Sept. 19.
(UP)—Trial of a $25,000 dam
age suit against J. F. Cody,
brother of the late Buffalo Bill,
began in circuit court here yes
terday.
^ Richard Hilton, Kissimmee high
gchpol youth, charged that Cody
l violated a contract to bear ex
penses of a trip he chauffeured
pjrom Kissimmee to Flint in 1930
and. expenses back home. Hilton
cJbarged that Cody dismissed him
at flint and refused to pay his
expenses back home.
Cody denied the charges and
stated that Hilton refused to ful
fill the duties assigned him.
Claim for damages were on
the grounds of mental distress.
MRS. JOHN K. SHIELDS
OF TENNESSEE DEAD
CLINCHDALE, Tenn., Sept.
19 (UP*—Mrs. Jfeannette Shields
73, wife-.of former U. S. Sena
tor John K. Shields, died of a
heart attack at her home here
Tuesday. . Funeral services will
be held" from the home today.
BIG SUPPLY OF
FOOD CANNED
Pellagra Found In 27 Fam
ilies In County; Diet
Instructions Given
The report of Mrs. Nelle Dot
son, emergency home demonstra
tion agent,, for August showed
that her department had served
551 white and 1$8 negro fami
lies. A total of 32 demonstra
tions were given 659 visits were
made, 27,958 quarts were can
ned, and approximately 106
pounds of vegetables and 162'
pounds of fruits were dried. I
Twenty-siven families were found !
to be suffering from pellagra, j
19 of which were given instruc-f
tions in food selection. These!
monthly reports require a writ- j
ten narrative and the following
by Mrs. Dotion shows some of
the problems, not only of her de
partment, but the local emer
gency relief administration.
The canning department last i
week reported that 5791 quarts
of fruits and vegetables had been >
canned by 106 families visited!
by the canning leaders during
the week. Apples took the first
place with 1570 Quarts. Peaches
followed and next in order were
tomatoes and beans. Twenty
one varities of fruits, vegetables
and preserved goods were em
braced in the list.
Mrs. Dotson's report on her
workin the county has been pre
pared as follows:
1.—I am following Miss Turn
er's plan of county organization.
The county is divided into six
teen communities. The workers
visit these in rotation checking
on the canning being done, possi
bilities for future canning and
offering suggestions and help if
needed. We call on each family
at least once a month, oftener if!
possible. Some of our families'
are in remote mountain sections
and can only be reached by walk
in* several miles.
I have only added one leader
to my group since taking over
the work. She was selected from
our relief roll. She has had
practical experience in canning
and is proving- h very capable
canning leader.
One of oifr difficulties is the
small amount of mileage allowed
the canning leaders. Three dol
lars a week does not pay for the
gas they use and does not begin
(Continued on page two)
Single Fire Door
Closed On Liner
Inspection Shows First
Precaution Not Taken
ASBURY PARK, Sept. 19.1
(UP)—Only one fire door on I
the ill-fated Ward Liner Morro
Castle was found closed yester
day when members of the federal
board of inquiry, investigating
the disaster of September 8th,
boarded the ship's hulk.
"Closing of the fire doors
should have been one of the
first duties of the crew," Dick
erson N. Hoover, head of thej
board, said after being brought
off the Morro Castle in a
breeches buoy. •
The ship is stuck in the sand
on the Asbury Park Beach front.1
LEGION AUXILIARY
CALLS FOR JELLIES
Mrs. S. W. Futrell of the
American Legion Auxiliary today
asked that all ladies of the auxi
liary who have prepared jams or
jellies for the welfare work car
ried on by the auxiliary, to leave
them at the insurance office of
J. D. Duff., op Fifth Avenue
West. Mr. Duff, she stated, has
1 kindly consented to mak6 his
office receiving headquarters for
I these supplies.
DEMOCRATIC
VOTE GAINS IN
WISCONSIN
Republicans Run Close
Third To New Party
Candidates In State
LA FOLLETTE TARGET
TO WIN OUT, IS BELIEF
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 19. (UP)
—The voters of Wisconsin, who
abandoned rock-bound Republican
allegiance two years ago to help
elect President Roosevelt, today
affirmed their faith in the Demo
cratic New Deal, incomplete re
turns from yesterday's primary
indicated.
Scattered but representative
tabulations showed the Democrats
under Gov. Albert G. Schmedeman
to be leading the Republican and
new-born progressive parties in
the total number of votes cast.
Schmedeman—chief target of
the LaFollette progressive—was
assured of renomination on the
Democratic ticket on the basis of
early returns.
The Republicans, although ap
parently failing to reclaim the
state from the Democrats, sought
to heap vengeance upon the pro
gressives who bolted their ranks
after 40 years of attachment.
The G.O.P. was running the new
party a close call for second posi
tion in both the gubernatorial and
senatoiial votes.
The new party, springing from
the left wing of the Republican
party, was established by the La
Follette brothers, whose family
dominated Wisconsin politics for
more than a quarter of a century.
It was designed as the basis of a
new national political alignment
attracting the liberals of both old
parties.
Former Gov. Philip F. LaFol
lette, trying to marshal the liber
als of the state and unite them
against the conservatives, was
without formidable opposition for
the progressive gubernatorial nom
ination.
Likewise his brother, Senator
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., had no
contest within progressive ranks
in his candidacy for return to the
senate.
Howard T. Greene, Genesee
Depot dairy farmer and choice of
the state organization, led the Re
publican field for governor.
John M. Callahan, former Dem
ocratic national committeeman
from Milwaukee, led the five can
didates for his party's nomination
to oppose Senator LaFollette in
the November election.
John B. Chappie, Ashland edi
tor, was unopposed for the Re
publican senatorial nomination.
Returns from 1267, or nearly
half of the 2915 precincts in the
state, for governor, were:
Democrat — Schmedeman, 62,
888; William B. Rubin, 14,155;
Richard F. Lehman, 1,628.
Republican — Greene, 36,701;
former Gov. Fred R. Zimmerman.
22,961; James N. Tittemore, 4,
724.
Progressive—former Gov. Philip
F. LaFollette, 58,022; Henry 0.
Meisel, 3,132.
(Continued on page four)
3—EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY PROVISIONS
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION
This is the third of a aeries of six articles reviewing thej history
and contents of the U. S. Constitution, in observance of "Consti
tution Week" and the 147th anniversary of the Constitution's
birth, Sept. 17, 1787.
THE Constitution of the United States divides the government
into three important branches, each devised to be what has
been termed a "check" and a "balance'' to the other two.
As against the legislative, therefore, stand the executive and
the judiciary. Article Two defines powers o* the president and
how he is to be chosen. The manner of choice has been changed
by amendment, but the original method was by means of electors
chosen by the various states.
The electors were to vote for two candidates, the one receiving
the greatest number of votes, if a majority, becoming president,
the second highest, vice-president.
Otherwise, the House of Representatives was to choose the
■ president from the five highest.
Article Two also makes the president commander-in-chief of the
army, navy and militia of the states, apd gives him power', with '
sensatorial consent, to make treaties, and appoint mkjor officials
^under him. "•»>.. r; j ■
Article Three vests judicial powers in a supreme court and such'
inferior courts as Congress may establish. It determines the scope
of federal jurisprudence, provides for trial by jury, and defines
treason.
Under Article Four, equal rights are assured as among the
citizens of all states, provision is made for return of escaped
slaves, and for return of escaped prisoners.
Another section anticipates admission of new states into the !
Union, and another guarantees to all states a republican form of
government and protection from invasion.
Article Five provides for amendments to the Constitution. Ar
ticle Six establishes supremacy of the Constitution -over all other
laws of the land and forbids any religious test for holding office.
It also accepts responsibility for all public debts of the Confed
eration.
The Sixth and last article provides for ratification of the Con
stitution by nine of the 13 states, to make it effective.
NEXT: The "Bill of Rights-' . ^ , , „ ,
AS THE ENDEAVOUR CREPT TO VICTORY
Maritime spotting history was in the making when this aerial picture was taken. For the Royal Blue
cutter Endeavour, British challenger, was slowly but surely creeping up on the defending Rainbow .to
win the first decision in the America's Cup series off Newport, R. I. The yachts are shown nearing
the half-way buoy. The .race was the second of the series, the first having been declared no contest.
Endeavour also won the second straight race on Tuesday.'
BANKHEAD OUT
TO LIFT ALL
COITON TAXES
Would Extend Tax Re
lease To All Of Crop
Harvested This Year
Congressman H. P. Fulmer,
representing the second South
Carolina district yesterday tele
graphed Secretary Wallace from
here, asking that the farmers be
permitted to sell or to secure
loans on ail cotton tax free, be
cause of the low estimated pro
duction figure. It is below the
10,000,000 bale figure provided
in the Bankhead act.
Fulmer took the position that
the allotments are unfair in many
instances, and that many farm
ers would not be able to meet
their obligations unless they
were allowed to sell, tax free.
JASPER, Ala., Sept. 19. (UP)
—Senator John H. Bankhead,
author of the Bankhead cotton
control act, last night urged that
allotments oj cotton that may be
sold without? taxation be increas
ed to cover all the crop harvested
this year.
The senator said he would con
fer Saturday with Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace on this sub
ject.
He pointed out that the total
(Continued on page four)
Edward Brenner
U.N.C. Instructor
Leaves For Post
Edward Brenner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Nathan Brenner, has
returned to Chapel Hill where he
is an instructor in the chemical
engineering department of the
State University. He was grad
uated there two years ago with
high scholastic honors.
SAYG^MANS
AMASS PLANES
Senate Committee Told
Reich Will Have Vast
Armada By 1935
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UP)
John W. Young, president of the
Federal Laboratories, Inc., of
Pittsburgh, tear gas makers, to
day told the Senate munitions in
vestigating committee that his
company paid an active United
States naval officer in 1933 to
inspect the bombs sold to Hon
duras.
Yesterday he testified ne naa
shipped tear gas to National
Guard units "all over the coun
try," but added, "I don't know j
whether it was all used."
He said an airplane carrying i
400 pounds of gas to the National
Guard in Rhode Island—scene of
j strike riots—was forced down
i and' guardsmen were compelled to
use rifles.
"If our plane had got through,"
Young said, "the loss of life in
Rhode Island probably would have
been averted."
"What effect would this gas
have upon strikers suffering from
malnutrition?" asked Sen. Homer
T. Bone.
"Far less effect th$n lead bul
lets," Young replied. ,
"I wasn't asking for your opin
ion on the merits of the strike,"
Bone said. "I want to know if
this gas would make a man phy
sically sick from lack of food,
sick for a long time."
"I don't think so," Young said.
Testimony revealed that Fed
eral Laboratories, Inc., were per
mitted by an unnamed Cuban
colonel to see official United
States quotations on guns and
'munitions so the private firm
could underbid the government on
'sales to Cuba.
Young testified he bought $300
worth of flare guns from a Phila
delphia man named Sedgley, and
Senator Arthur Vandenburg said
the man was known as "Sidewalk"
Sedgley because he sold machine
guns on the streets.
Earlier testimony revealed that
last month the state department
warned American munitions man
ufacturers that shipments of air
plane equipment to Germany
might be a violation of the Ver
sailles treaty.
Nye said he had evidence that
in April the United Aircraft Co.,
and its affiliates had six agents in
Germany soliciting business. The
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ORGANIZATION
SETUP FOR
COUNTY FAIR
, V . ".tf . . . ^
Popularity : Contest And
Baby Pageant Expect
ed To Draw Many .
Official headquarters of ' the
Henderson County Fair at the
Chamber of Commerce rooms at
508 North Main street, report
ed today that Secretary John L.
Loy has completed the organiza
tion that will assist him in the
many details connected with this
year's fair, which is to be held
October 8 to 13, inclusive, on
the- high chool grounds.
Since the formation of the
fair association last Wednesday
at the city hall, the subject has
been popular throughout the
county. Many people have ex
pressed enthusiasm over the fact
that the fair will be held this
year. One prominent business
[man said he knew of nothing
I that would tend to draw the peo
ple closer together and "get
them on common ground," than
a county-wide fair.
| uiic ui tuc tuuut) o muot f/ium
inent farmers remarked; "What
inducement have we farmers got
to raise fine specimens of dif
ferent things, if we don't have
anywhere to show 'em off?"
Housewives also are said to
be interested in putting up can
ned goods next to their neigh
bors' for comparison and maybe
a blue ribbon.
• Each day many feature attrac
tions will take place in addition
to the show midway, which is to
be furnished by the Krause
Greater Shows, an organization
of wide reputation.
There will be a "Mifis Hen
dersonville" popularity contest,
in which every girl of good re
putation in Henderson county
will be eligible to participate,
whether married or single. The
winner of the first prize in the
popularity contest will be given
a five-day trip to the World's
Fair at Chicago with all expen
ses paid. There will be many
other prizes offered. Young
ladies wishing to enter this con
test will please make applica
tion immediately at fair head
quarters, Chamber of Commerce
Building, 508 North Main street,
between the hours of noon and
1:30 p. m., 5 to 6 p. m., and 7
to 9 p. m. daily.
A Henderson County Baby
Pageant will also feature- the
fair and any mother with a child
from six months of age to five
years will be eligible to enter
her baby in this pageant : Mmny
beautiful prizes will be offered
the babies, and the mothers of
the winning babies will also re
ceive gifts of electrical equip
ment. On the day that the baby
pageant takes place, there will
also be a baby parade, and all
mothers will be given an appor
tunity of presenting their babies
in beautifully decorated vehicles.
The older children from five to
ten years will be allowed to take
part in the parade with either
a decorated vehicle or their pet
dogs and other animals. Prixe*
of every descriptions'will b« of
fered for ^the : best decorated
*** ,<A:: :
CHARGE MADE
HE TRIED TO
SEIZE RIFLE
Say Guardsmen Stoned
And Fired On By Bel
mont Picketers
MIUTARYFORCING
CROWD FROM MILL
FEEDING NEEDY UP TO
STATE RELIEF, SAID
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.
UP>.—The United Press to
day learned that Federal Re
lief Administrator Hopkins •
had placed the responsibility
of feeding • textile strikers'
families *n state relief au
thorities. •
BELMONT. Sefct. 19. (UP)—
National guard bayonets sur
rounding the textile mills of
three Southern ' states today
claimed tneir first victim when
Ernest H. Riley, 40, Mount Holly
striker died after being stabbed
by a guardsmen driving strikers
from the Knit Products company
mill.
Riley is the thirteenth southern
strike fatality b;a the first kill
ed by a guardsmen.
Colonel Don E. Scott, command
ing the guard unit, said tln>
guardsman killed Riley in self
defense, charging that Riley at
tempted to grab a soldiers gun
while other strikers stoned
guardsmen. -J. P. Brown, strik
er was also stabbed but not ser
iously. '
Riley last night was taken to
a Charlotte hoipital as a result
of the altercation between tex
tile pickets and national guards
men.
J. JV Brows the other picket
stabbed is of Belmont.
Pickets were said to have
started throwing rocks at the
' guards on duty at the plant,
about 9 o'clock last night. The
two men were injured when the
militia drove the pickets away
from the mill.
About 1,600 pickets were esti
mated in the crowd.
Major Paul Younts, of Char
lotte, who reportedly ordered his
men to charge the pickets, said,
"my soldiers have stood taunts,
abuse, and curses of pickets with
out a word in return while all
the time the people on picket line
were cooldng up trouble."
He added that they had even
gone so fir as to "fire on my
men."
Reports said that martial law
may be proclaimed here, and
that no one was to be allowed
on the stroots last night.
INQUIRY PLANNED
BELMONT, Sept. 19—(UP).—
Coroner George Riddle said today
that he would investigate charges
that National Guardsmen wielding
bayonets in last night's fighting
with strikers in which one was fa
tally injured, had been drinking.
ATLANTA, Sept. 19.—(UP).
—Six more Georgia textile mills
were reopened today through the
use of military force.
A high military authority today
told the United Press that he be
lieved'the force of the strike in
Georgia had been broken and that
first steps to demobilize the 4000
National Guardsmen on duty in
this state may now be taken in a
few days. "
T. M. Forbes, secretary of the
Georgia Cotton Manufacturers as
sociation said today that 84 Geor
gia textile mills are now in op
eration and 63 remain closed.
A survey of the etrike situation
in North Carolina received here
showed thit 175 mills continue
closed in that state and that 300
are in operation.
In South Carolina, 85 mills are
closed and 107 are operating.
RIOTING QUELLED IN
MAINE MILL CENTER
WATERVXLLE, Sept 19.—
(UP).—-A dosen persons were in
jured today in a textile strike
riot In which the, mill building
was stoned, automobiles over
turned and fences (f etaiolishe d.
A company of 120 National
Guardmnei) a»»<l a idozen state
troopers queflecf the which
2000 strikers participated,
FORCE ARBITRATION
OF S11UKE IN IOWA
DES MOINES, Sept. 19. (UP)
—The utility workers strike here
which last night plunged Des
Moines and seven surrounding
towns into an eight hour period
of darkness, was settled when
Governor Clyde L. Herring forc
ed rbttration .by threatening to
take ever thU Iowa Ljght and
Power company #pd run 4t.
at.
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