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F*if eh*"*6 WEATHER tonight and Tue.day; little temperature. (Tin* 2Ttnt£S - * GOOD AFTERNOON Hitler should hare Huejr Long helping him, to furniah the comic relief in the German drama. ■ al 53 No- 275 H'ENDERSONVILLE, N. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1934 SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS F. R. POWER SPEECH SEEN AS CHALLENGE A — /r a iOR UNREST llHES IN 3 El INDUSTRIES Lfiident Has Big Task Ijjead to "Team up" La V tor, Trade, Industry InnlnzK is I5TILL GOAL OF GREEN BtARTHI'S F. DeGREVE luted Pre»* Staff Correspondent 1934. United Press) WASHING TON. Nov. 19 (UP) .ear the surface 'Kx: in t-of the nation's os—steel, auto ar i ' ::i<i:ne—a* organized iC: leaders reported a definite business senti .ir tho New Deal, y-j -r :..v -urvey of business r the ir. Federation of j: r public 24 hours iV " : States Chamber fr-• \ had taken the in a:.v.- .1 iotormined effort to r: :he support of business, in-' jjtrv ar.. agriculture behind -eveit's recovery r~i"' >■ : • optimistic tenor of " ..Ports to the United :he steel, build jf, r: automobile industries il- • ••••••• that the adminis sr- - have to conquer Ten! hurdles before President wsevelt realize his hopes of , team composed of i: asiness and gov tz*:: work r.? smoothly in the ' ' a r d recover y. Tie Federation's report noted pr:r- :r. rr Auction of soft coal, K- cifctric power, textiles and n liin? construction. These ■ss. it was stated, were due *\r r ir part ta assurance by « adr.ir.i<:rat:on to business sr. ar: iarkers that recovery i3 precede reform. Business executives responaen hit a definite effort to improve ■siness sentiment and thus en pwe increased business activ ate survey stated. The labor i ifs declined to forecast how | these efforts will succeed In I milting business generally. A number of heartening recov-1 It facts were cited by the report, j |u: deposits have increased at' unprecedented rate and now j 29.7 per cent above March, buying power of workers farmers is higher than it was tfo time last year; department ? sales in October were 11 per t above last vear; sales in 18 store organizations were i 3ifher. The business world is in a bet position to go ahead at this J than it was at the same pe r. 1933,'' the survey noted, men coirld finance a i»r production increase by ■in? on their accounts, with 7 "le recourse to loans—an strong position." ■ Usor warned, however, that were 10,951.000 persons f- r-'-hout work in industry in Pf^'ber. The survey mentioned pw-y a "nationwide plan to in ** production with the help _JMera' euarantees" which the Fjknt and his aides were con pRcg in event private initia *iH is unable to lift business] of the depression. *°re ominous was the informa nt President Wiliam Green :he American Federation of _ B under pressure from P**rs in the steel and automo industries. The United Press that trade unionists in P .automobile plants are de the resignation of the la cations board for the indus £eaded by Dr. Leo Wolman. boar-! was named by Pres Roosevelt to adjust disputes P»een workers and the employ Efhen the White House was In to prevent a strike in ni'^try. I'nion employes are if'm* xv'"at they describe as ■^ure of the board to make in ca?es vjtja tQ organ abor - cause. ;*• workers are demanding ' ^reen fulfill the promise of r^P-oyes election which he e ear:ier in the year to pre strike in this industry. Pj.d.or department officials pri >• Pxpres< fears of discord in r nrl indu*try as the hous ■ri>j,ro?rarn moves forward and R" ,COn^ruction increases. .. e clashes is expect COrT10 in •Sew York where tne..C0'"',r*ctors have announc P W combat any demands Pr t^r ?u''ding trades workars f s"orter work week and r •I«;»Creas® recently obtained C?*1 employes. t inn unrest, too, in the tex fktF"V' ^n'on leaders have iHt,' textile labor relations *11 ° Possible strikes in 200 *&.r. • fif alle*ed discrimination . osf workers who parti hlkour ? recent nation-wide (Coi»r 'e*ders still hope 'Unt«nuod on page four) KNOCKS FOR KNOX Rare are photographs of Geoffrey George Knox, chairman of the League of Nations Commission governing the Saar territory. Here you see him (above)—in a picture just arrived in America—seated at his desk in his official residence (inset) in Saarbruecken, capital of the troubled region. His activities have led to verbal attacks by the Hitlerites. MRS, E. MILLER GIVEN BURIAL Rites Held Here For Moth er of Norman Miller, Who Died in Florida Six stewards of the First M. E. church served as pallbearers Saturday afternoon for the fun eral of Mrs. Elmira Miller, atje 80, widow of \V. S. Miller, who died Thursday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. A. D. Brown, in Daytona Beach, Fla., after a long illness. The services were held in the First M. E. church, with a large congregation at tending and the Rev. Claude H. Moser, pastor, in charge. Burial followed in Oakdale cemetery. N. W. Miller, Hendersonville business man, who had gone to Florida upon receipt of news of his mother's death; Mr. and Mrs. Brown and their daughter, Mrs. Ralph Jones and her son, Ralph, Jr.. accompanied the body to Hendersonville where Mrs. Mil ler had spent 3 years of her long and useful life. Other children present for the funeral were C E. Miller and Fred Miller, both of New Castle, Po. Other chil dren surviving are Mrs. Hugh McCreary and J. VV. Miller, also of Pennsylvania. The husband and father, belovedly known as "Dad" Miller, died here si\' years ago. The pallbearers at the funeral were J. D. Pullen, M. D. Coburn, L. R. Geiger, 7. C. Byers, A. L. Gurley and Roy Johnson. Willard Mack of Film Fame Dead I HOLLYWOOD. Nov. 19. (UP) J Willard Mack, 61, actor, author' and film director died at his Bev- i erly Hills home today after a sud den heart attack. As director, Mack filmed the first all-talkie melodrama, "The Voice of the City." JUNIORS^WILT HEAR i PAST N.C. COUNCILOR! Announcement was made today of a meeting of the Jr. O. U. A. M. council of extra interest to lo cal members in view of the fact that Past State Councilor B. C. Siske, of Pleasant Garden, will be a visiting speaker. Mr. Siske is a traveling representative of a school textbook publishing con cern. In addition to his address, degree work will be put on and refreshments will be served. The meeting will be held at the Knights of Pythias hall and will be convened at 7:30 o'clock. LEAPS TO HER DEATH CHICAGO, Nov. 19.—(UP).— Mrs. Theresa Naughton Ryan, 65, wife of a police sergeant jumped to her death from an 18th floor window of the Stevens hotel here today. It was the third such case here in a week. SCHALL HITS PENSION PLAN Hails That And Insurance As Meritorious, But Not by Federal Aid MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 19.— (UP).—Federal administra tion proposals for old age pen sions and job insurance legisla tion today drew the fire of Sen ator Thomas D. Schall, caustic critic of President Roosevelt. In a letter addressed to the President, Senator Schall said that any plan to have the federal treasury finance such legislation was doomed to failure, however praiseworthy the purpose. "Any plan to take monies to pay old age pensions and job in surance from the federal treasury . . . will never work and we as loyal Americans want a plan that • will succeed in ending poverty i and misery," Sen. Schall wrote, i 'Both," he continued, referring to the pension and insurance plans, "are meritorious and every thinking person joinr> with you in your desire for thoir successful incorporation into federal law. "Under the proper conditions both may be accomplished and at the same time an era of business prosperity can be created second to none in the history of our i country." 1 The money, however, he said, must come from profits produced by labor, manufacfacture and ag riculture. He proposed the stop page of importation of foreign products in competition with American goods to "strengthen the position of industry and ag riculture." Fruitland Names Honor Students 22 on Institute Roll For First Quarter Honor students for the first quarter at Fruitland Institute were announced today by Princi pal A .B. Murphree, as follows: First honor roll: Mary Grant Sims and Elizabeth Case, Hender sonville, route 1. Second honor roll: Edgar Her ring, Jacksonville, Fla.; Edgar Sinclair, Enoree, S. C.; Donald Bunce, Fort Myers, Fla.; Barbara Bennett, Jacksonville, Fla.; Emma Sue Grey, Etowah; Marian Sprin kle, Canton; Lewis Shelton, Jef ferson City, Tenn.; Wayne Dietz, Belmont; Lowell Griffin, Hender sonville, route 1; Horace Lanning, Hendersonville, route 1; Ruth | Harper, Hendersonville route 1; i Ethel Hamilton, Etowah, Agnes I Rogers, .Hendersonville, route t; I Margarete Spillerss, Spartanburg, IS. C.; W. M. Hamilton, Etowah; ' Lily Sumner, Hendersonville, R. F. I). 1; Fern Pittillo, Henderson ville route 1; Helen Merrill, Hen | dersonville, route 1; Ruth Mer , rill, Hendersonville, route 1; Iris 'Melton, Hendersonville, route 1. MOUNTAINEERS HELP TO BREAK LIQUOR RING Virginians Tell Jury What May Develop Into State Scandal HARRISONBURG, Va., Nov. 19. — (UP).—Virginia mountain eers emerged from the hills today to help United States treasury agents expose the nation's biggest moonshine whisky ring as the grand jury reconvened to hear more than a hundred individual stories of liquor industry, involv ing official corruption that has marketed millions of gallons of liquor in adjacent states. The grand jury is expected fo report by Christmas. Authorities predicted the find ings would cause a major Virginia political scandal. It is understood that evidence already gathered by the government indicates that the ring-leaders have reaped large; profits for the last six years while i holding illiterate mountain distil-' lers in bondage. The center of the industry is said to be Franklin county, which was cited in the Wickersham re port of 1931 as the nation's worst county for illicit distilling. Summer Home Of Joe Freeman Is Destroyed By Fire A fire this morning about 10:30 completely destroyed a summer home owned by Joe Freeman, lo cated in Rhodes Park Drive, just outside the city limits. The loss was placed at about $500 by Mr. Freeman and was not covered by insurance. The fire started from trash burning in the yard and the house burned in a few minutes. The fire depart ment answered the call, but the house was practically destroyed before the department reached the scene. Fire Department's Range Is Limited Chief Explains"Why Work Confined to City Chief Otis Powers this morning made a statement explaining the position of the city fire depart ment relative to the fighting of fires outside the city limits. Chief Powers stated that he and the department were always glad to be of assistance in cases of fires outside the city, but that there were certain limitations on the department's activities outside the city. The city, Chief Powers said, is forced by insurance regulations to keep on hand a certain amount of fire fighting equipment. When any of this equipment, which at present is just up to regulations, is taken from the city to fight a fire outside the city limits, it leaves the city without the neces sary and required protection dur ing that time. Inspections are made and this is one item aiways checked up on, ! he said, so that the city cannot make it a habit to fifrht fires out side the city limits, in spite of the fact that the department would gladly give its services at any time. SAYS TEXTILE EXPORTS FALL Less Than Tenth Former Bulk; Administration "Underlings" Blamed WOONSOCKET, R. I.. Nov. 19. (UP)—The textile industry in the United States will be de stroyed unless Japanese compe tition is met through trade agree ments with Central and South American countries, Congressman Hamilton Fish Jr., of New York, warned yesterday. Speaking in this hotbed of re cent textile-strike riots, Fish charged that "underlings" in the state department were ruining the textile industry through at tempts to put their free-trade theories into practice, and that President Roosevelt is unaware of the state of affairs. Export trade had decreased in value from more than $100,000, 000 to "not even a tenth of that" and jobs of 35.000 textile workers are in danger Fish said. OPEN SUPERIOR! TERM IN CITY Judge Warlick Is Presiding Over Civil Court Ses sion Here The November term of superior court of Henderson county con vened this morning- with Judge Wilson Warlick, of Newton, pre siding. The court will be in ses sio nfor two weeks and will hear civil actions. The court calendar was called and a number of judgments are U> be prepared and certified in ^jrder to clear cases from the doc ket. A number of continuances were also granted. The court granted two uncon tested divorces this morning. Mary P. Ramsey was granted an absolute divorce from Clyde T. Ramsey, and Mabel S. Miller was granted a limited divorce from Steve L. Miller. Continuances of cases were as follows: T. C. Gentry vs. Mrs. Emily Fitzgerald; Jennie Fox vs. W. H. Oates; Mrs. Callie Owens vs. Southern Fire Insurance Co.; Virginia McClellan vs. Dr. Jos. R. Sevier; W. A. and Ethel S. Leon ard vs. Southern Public Utilities Co.; Winston McClellan vs. Dr. Jos. R. Sevier. ! A. C. Smith Home, Damaged By Fire A fire yesterday morning about 9:30 o'clock did considerable dam age to the residence of A. C. Smith, in Druid Hills. The exact damage was not given this morn ing, and consisted prircipally to the roof. The fire started under the roof and was seen from the highway by a man from Hot Springs, whose name was not learned. The man from Hot Springs drove to the house immediately and, being a member of the fire department in his home town, assisted in fight ing the fire. | A crowd of neighbors assembled and most of the furniture on the lower floor was removed while the fire was fought with a garden hose until the fire department arrived as the blaze was practically ex tinguished. The damage was covered by in-, surance. j Federal Administration Of Relief Compares Favorably To Red Cross; Cost In Some States Abnormally High (Copyright 1934, United Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. (UP) —Costs of administering relief under the federal emergency re lief administration compare fav orably with similar expenses un der the Red Cross, a United Press survey showed last night, but in individual states the slice taken out of the relief dollar is abnor mally high. Arkansas is a notable example of the latter. The cost averaged 24.7 per cent for the period of May to September, inclusive. The FERA lists its own admin istrative costs at 11.3 cents out of every relief dollar. The Red Cross, reporting on three great disasters—the 1930-31 drought, the 1928 hurricane, and the 1927 Mississippi flood—lists administra tive expenses of 7.66 per cent, 4.44 per cent and 5.43 per cent respectively. The Red Cross, however, had the advantage in each case of a large personnel of trained physi cians, nurses, family workers and others who donated their services free of charge. During the drought many shipments of food frequent ly wpre carried free of charge. This makes the Red Cross fig ures compare favorably with those of the FERA, whose personnel is paid. FERA, however, claims to have no breakdown of its 11.3 per cent figure showing percentages in individual states. In individual states, according to United Press dispatches, in stances have croppni up where the cost of administering the re lief was greater than the money distributed. In Sterling County, Texas, it was discovered recently that it cost $628 to administer $125 worth of relief. Following discovery of this instance; however, a determ ined campaign was conducted to reduce the cost with the result that the figure for the state as a whole now is estimated at 11.7 per cent. It was instances such as the (Continued on page four) NEGRO ADMITS HE MURDERED 1 WHITE GIRLS Virginia Black Spirited to Unnamed Jail; Posse men Find Both Bodies ROANOKE, Nov, 19. (UP) j Philip Jones, 25. neero laborer to- j day confessed he killed Alice and j Ellen Hill, sisters, near Clifton ! Forge last night. Questioned af ter his removal from Clifton Forge, ones told officers he club bed the girls to death with a shot gun butt. Jones was charged with murder and immediately removed to an unnamed jail to prevent mob vio lence. ' CLIFTON FORGE, Va., Nov. 10. (UP).—The mutilated bodies of Alice B. Hill, 13, and her sis ter, Ellen, 6, were found today in a ravine by a searching party. The heads of both the girls had | been crushed by a blunt instru ment. Alice had been trussed with a rope. 1 Coroner Louis A. Houff said Alice had been criminally as saulted. Philip Jones and wife, John Pryor and Arthur Smith, negroes, were arrested and removed lo Roanoke for safekeeping. Feeling is high over the crime and offi cers said they feared mob action. The bodies of the two girls were found after an all night search, which began when the Kirls were missed from their home Sunday night. Their father, E. R. Hill, a pa-: per hanger, said that the girls had ; received a telephone call Sunday, asking them to go to Scott farm, ! nearby. It is operated by negro tenants. NORMAN CHILD DIED TODAY Funeral Services Will Be at Enon Tuesday A.M. The 11-year-old daughter of' Mr. and Mrs. Will Norman, of j Hebron street, died this morning about 2 o'clock. Funeral services will be held to morrow morning at 11 o'clock at Enon. The child is survived by her j parents and a younger brother j and sister. Presbyterian Men Meet Tuesday Eve The monthly meeting of tho Men of the Presbyterian church is scheduled for 7 o'clock Tuesday evening, in the church house on ; Seventh avenue east, according lo, announcement by Prof. F. M. I Waters, president of the organ ization. As usual, the men will enjoy a supper served by ladies of tho; church at 7 o'clock, and this will be followed by a program on church work. The subject for dis cussion will be "The Layman's Responsibility to His Church." The subject will be discussed by | several members of the organize-' tion. THREE ARE BURNED TO DEATH IN COLLISION ——— NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 19. (UP)—Three persons were burn ed to death, two more critically burned, and another injured, when two automobiles crashed and burned on the outskirts of New Orleans late Saturday. Trapped in one of the blazing cars. Martha Landry, 18, of Lutcher, La., and Myrtel Verte aud, 18, of Gonzales, La., were incinerated. Harold F. Bowman, also 18 of Lutcher, was so seri ously burned that he died within a few hours. Miss Mabel Hebert and Edgar Vernon, both of Lutcher, were critically burned about the body, and Van Rome, Grammercy, La., was cut and slightly burned. COSTON IMPROVING J. C. Coston was confined to his home today following an ad ditional operation he underwent last week-end in Greenville, S C. He was feeling much better to day, but said that he did not be lieve he would be able to be at his office before Wednesday or Thursday of this week. MARKET IS STEADY NEW YORK, Nov. 19. (UP) — Utilities were easy and rails were I steady on today's stick market. Waves Hatchet of Carrie Nation Another Kansas woman, Mrs. May Frazee, above, has snatched up the hatchet from where the mili tant Carrie Nation laid it down and is heading a brigade of fifty women pledged to keep the state dry, using hatchets on illegal bars if necessary, following the recent prohibition election victory. Mrs. Frazee is head of the Arkansas City W. C. T. U. BIG INDUSTRIAL PARLEY IS SETi DECEMBER 5TH Would Draft "Constructive Recommendations" For Recovery NEW YORK, Nov. 19. (UP).— New proof that financial leaders of the nation have determined on full co-operation with President Roosevelt to speed national recov ery was seen last night in an nouncement of the National Asso ciation of Manufacturers that 50 leading industrialists have issued j! a call for manufacturers to meet,! in New York December 5 and 6 j! to draft "constructive recommen-r dations" for recovery to be pre-^ sented the administration before j the new congress is convened. The announcement describes |j the meeting as Congress of Amer- x ican Industry which will formu-1, late industry's "recommendations for the road to recovery." Speak-1, ers will include Donald R. Rich-1 ] berg, Professor Raymond Moley, . former No. 1 "brain truster," Pro-1 fessor Neal Carothers of Lehigh university and former Governor Walter J. Kohler, Wisconsin man ufacturer. "Industry has before it at this j time a duty of imposing propor- ■ tions that must be met squarely," the announcement of the conven tion committee said. "Recovery problems confront the country. They demand the best thought and help of all the people. Elect ed officials who invite assistance are entitled to the full assistance of industry in working out a ! sound basis of co-operation which j will restore economic stability. "The major question is not '1 what has been done in the past but what new steps are necessary to bring recovery. What in the future should be the relation of j government to business?" Industrialists signing the "invi-| tation" which was sent all manu- j facturers of the nation, included C. L. Barbo, president of the Na tional Association of Manufac turers and chairman of the con-' vention committee; Alfred P. Sloan, president of the General Motors Corporation; L. T. Weir, chairman of the National Steel Corporation; Lamont DuPont of the DuPont interests; President T .M. Girdler of Republic Steel; President George Houston of the Baldwin Locomotive Wks.; Chair man of the Board C. B. Ames of the Texas Co.; Vice-President Au gust Busch of Anheuser Bush; President Alvan of Packard Mo tor Car Co.; President G. F. Swift of Swift & Co., and others. "Coming as the administration is presenting revised formulas for restoring economic balance and just before the new congress con venes," the announcement said, "the Congress of American Indus try presents the opportunity for a cross section of the manufac turing viewpoint upon present day problems." The announcement described the impending sessions as "one of the most momentous meetings of industrialists in history." Observers saw in the congress a continuation of the trend to wards co-operation between busi ness leaders and the President (Continued on page four) EARLY ACTION BY U. S. NOT ANTICIPATED Declares Government Can Show Industry Lessons In Operation presidenTat WARM SPRINGS TO DEC. 5 WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Nov. 19.—(UP).—President Roosevelt settled back today in his little White House awaiting reaction to fiis new creed of community op eration of power utilities. Close administration officials re Miss., speech as carrying a chal *arded the President's Tupleo, enge to private industry rath*" han early direct action. The speech was interpreted as neaning private companies must iither "play ball" in providing iheap power, or else. President Roosevelt arrived last light to stay until December 5. WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Nov. 19. (UP)—President Roosevelt irrived here late last night from Mississippi and Alabama. After i welcome at the station by a rroup of admirers, he motored to he little white house atop Pin-J Mountain. He will remain here until Dc ember 5. ABOARD ROOSEVELT SPE CIAL. En Route to Warm Spr ngs, Ga., Nov. 19. (UP)—Pies dent Roosevelt thrust back at op losition to federal power project< n the Tennessee Valley Sunday n two speeches in which ho orecast public ownership of lower utilities on a national cope; "What you are doing here," h', old residents of Tupeio, Miss., s going to be copied in everv tate in the union before we aic hrough." Speaking from the rear plat orm of his train at Birmingham, Ua., he said. "I am aware that a few of rour citizenry are leaving no tone unturned to block and larass and delay this great na ional program. I am confident, lowever, that these obstruction sts, few in number, in compan ion with the whole population, lo not reflect the views of the iverwhelming majority." "I know, too, that the over whelming majority of your buai lessmen big and little, arc in learty accord with the great indertaking of regional planning iow being carried forward." Mr. Roosevelt made his first peech after driving first to a lomesteading project on tho out skirts of Tupelo. There ne saw 25 houses erected with fedeia! runds and trim in comparison to he usual southern rural dwelling. Mrs. Roosevelt left the auto nobile at the project and in spected one of the homes, that, occupied by James Barron t»nd family After a two-hour visit it Tupe lo in which he conversed with Senator Pat Harrison, chairman )f the senate finance committee, the president headed for Warm Springs, Ga., where he will re main until December 4. He was greeted along tho route by thousands of persons who flocked in the railroad stations )f every city and town passed through. At Birmingham he ap peared on the rear platform of his car to deliver the *cconl speech of the day. "I know something of tin many difficulties under which you have been laboring in re cent years" he said. "I Well understand the problems of the heavy industries, such as iron, steel and coal—industries upon which you so largely dep?nd. They are matters of the keenest concern to the whole administra tion. "The great program of public works now in full swing calls for vast quantities of the iron and steel and other capital goods which this area produces. "Definite improvement has al ready made its appearance' a.< i» has in the coal industry. The success of the NRA Coal Code appears not only in the m«»rt or derly mining of coal but al«o in the more steady employment and the bigger pay envelopes of the thousands of miners who were In sor straits before the government acted." "Rugged individualism" re ceived the praise of President Roosevelt. But it was a left handed compliment, designed as a thrust at opposition to govern ment power projects in the Tenn essee Valley. "This is not regimentation", he said, ''it is community rugged individualism. "It is not the kind of rugged individualism that' allows art in dividual to do this, that or any other thing that will hurt his neighbor. He is forbidden to do (Continued on page four)