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WEATHER
„,h. "d
(thr (Tu it re
GOOD AFTERNOON
More than 2200 bills were ready
for congress before it convened.
Forecasting the coming of the
big wind.
COUNTY DRAINAGE PLAN IS DRAFTED
u ^ it x T ^ T * t t y ^ ^ ^ v £ a
m IS LAID
M SCHOOL
IMD NEEDS
j^cency and Desserts Are
Coil in School Work
Compensation
mCES maintaining
BALANCED BUDGET
RALEIGH, Jan. 11.—(UP) a
jU to abolish absentee voting
pitilefes was ntroduced in the
■uie aod referred to a commit
* 'bit morninj.
A blil to provide for state un
Bjlojrment insurance without
lit to the beneficiaries was intro
iced in the house and referred
i the committee.
RALEIGH, Jar. :: - Increased
- - .r notions
s i .ten era. w n em
has:s .'a; J or the nece« ty of
kore money for schools, opposi
ma to the d -way
mac-, ra-iricar : v .rid la
Eo" mmki " to the federal
■MHtitntion and enactment of
halation relating to Unemploy
ment :r.*:nr:- ,\ • > the
■ecomm-n-ia: Got. J.
E. B. Ehrnghaus, *hen he <feliv
i-ei/ io ilirtM to the
fgoiiture Thursday nijrht.
I More mvct?
|r
Decency as well as desserts."
tl» governor told the eathered as
ablymen, demand increased sal
ir~ for schor. t -icht and other
ue employes. The teachers, he
mi. should be paid adequate sal
i-:- in North Carolina, but, he
[ieiared. it should never be over
be pro
bud
■ma tnar :ne primary purpose
of such $alarie< should be to ob
it :rv*r-:ction available
for the children of the state.
Governor Ehrintrhaus paid trib
re to the work or' E. B. Jeffress,
of Greer^boro, retired state high
er chatrtr.an, '-n-fore he became
so . that rovciation from orTicc
tally took place, and he at the
arte t r.e expressed confidence in
1- ietfre-' successor. Capus M.
Ifayniek. of Hijrh Point.
Governor Ehrinjrhaus declared
I tint an "insistent public senti
a«n: ' for safety on highways is
f*en more needed than a bigger
aijrhway patrol or a drivers' license
a*, to brin«j about a condition of
ptater safety on the state high
wvernor E'nringhaus' message
]jw no: dea! specifically with the
Uidget That will be the topic of
Ik special mes.^age to be delivered
l*r. *eek. For this reason, the
jalt? tax was not directly referred
p '.is: rv.?ht. hut indirectly, he de
I tended enactment of the sales tax
!jy the last legislature when he
ittiared that nothing subsequent
ly had pointed to a better financ
plan than that adopted in
1933.
He took the position that the
still is "under the shadow of
■Kwsion" and declared that ne
"till exists for "cautious
•Continued on page three)
112,500 Worth of Im
provements in Sight as
Canvass Ends
Announcement that local resi-j
4ents and
property holders had
ltedftd to do $12,500 worth of
*"k as a result of the Better
canvass conducted from
October 29, 1934. :o January 10,;
•>33, was mafle today by the can
headquarters in the city hall,
wilding.
hi making the canvass, 1375
ly W*T* visii«u and 700 prop
,j*"1 owners were interviewed. Of
125 made pledges to make
•Pwements on their homes.
C. Bennett today called at
!*tv m connection to the
' that a list of all work proj
.have been pledged, and
ter names °f aU carpen-!
. s^and painter been provid-1
lho*e Participating: in this
offl J T and ma>* h« hAd at the
** 1* U* canvas.
Bvrns' Family Inspects New Office
tfis family shares with Joseph W. Byrns, new Speaker of the House
es, the joy his new honors have brought. They are
iJMfHjHMHMn his comfortable office in the Capitol building at
< to right are Mr. Byrns, his wife, his son, Joseph,
r iFyrofT^W^Bughter-in-law.
IIIUBLrgh ransom bills
SEEN IN COURT; EXPERT SAYS
HAUPTMANN WROTE NOTES
tARE SHIPPING
LIST CATTLE
FROM MIDWEST
Remainder of Those Sent
Here Will go to Augusta
for Canning
The last of nearly 800 cattle
shipped into Henderson county
last summer from the drouth
area of the middle west will be
shipped to Augusta, Ga., for can
ning purposes this week.
The number was recently re
duced to 200 cattle for Hender
son count>% and the best of these
were to be used as work steers
and milk cows f»T relief clients.
The latest decision to remove
all the government cattle from i
North Carolina was caused by the
fact that cattle in some sections
were found to be infested with;
scabies. This brought about com-)
plications between the state de
partment of relief and veterinary, j
and rather than aggravate the
situation, Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, I
state relief director, gave orders
to remove all the government cat-!
tie from North Carolina.
The cattle in Henderson county [
were first given pastures by I
farmers. Thev were later taken
to the barns and given roughage i
grown by the farmer?, and cotton ,
seed meal and hulls furnished by'
the government. • i
Mrs. O'Beiry announces that
her next cattle program will call!
for the purchase ,of dairy types'
for relief clients. This program j
has not been inat^furated.
FINE MULES ARRIVE
FOR FARM WORK
The government has shipped 25;
fine mules into Henderson coun- j
tv to be used in connection with
the farm program in Henderson,
Poik and Transylvania counties.
The government does not propose
to give these mules to relief cli-j
ents. The government is neither!
giving animals nor food. It is';
advancing these goods to clients I
who are unable to otherwise take I
care of themselves, and they are i
required to pay for these goods, |
whether thev be food, clothing
or farm aids. j
i
TO VISIT BAHAMAS I
NASSAU, BAHAMAS. Jan. 11.1
(UP).—The Duke and Duchess of
Kent, royal newlyw.eda, will arrive •
in Nassau Feb. 20, Gov. Sir Bedel
Clifford has announced.
Revenue Man Says no
More Ransom Bills Ap
peared After Arrest
FLEMINGTON, N. J., Jan. 11.
— (UP).—Bruno Richard Haupt
mann, his face a death-like mask,
this morning heard himself de
scribed as the author of the Lind
bergh ransom notes.
Albert S. Osborne, partially
deaf handwriting expert, told the
court that in his opinion, one and
all of the ransom notes were writ
ten in the same hand and stamped
them as Ilauptmann's, as proved
by Hauptmann's script in c her
documents.
Osborne called attention to the
repeated use of the word "sinera
ture" for signature and declared
that there were seven "or eight
"similarities and peculiarities."
BILLS TOTALING
$14,600 EXHIBITED
FLEMINGTON. Jan. 11. (UP).
The great pile of Lindbergh ran
som bills recovered from the
parage of Bruno Richard Haupt
mann in the Bronx was brought
to court this morning for the first
time and displayed and identified.
Of this ransom money. 996 bills
in a big red envelooe lyincr on the
table in front of the judge's bench
totalled $14,600.
It was by spendine: a ten dollar
bill from this hoard that Haupt
mann was trapped and arrested
by federal detectives.
The money was identified by
Frank J. Wilson, internal revenue
intelligence officer, who prepared
the original list of serial numbers
of currency, eiven the extortioner.
Wilson testified that since the ar
rest of Hauptmann, not a single
ransom note has passed into circu
lation.
Albert S. Osborne, noted hand
writing expert, testified; today to
his belief that the Lindbergh ran
som notes were written by Haupt
mann. Osborne qualified as a
handwriting expert by reciting his
authorship of famous books on
handwriting and testified that the
script of the ransom notes con
tained similarities and peculiari
ties which stamped them as the
handwriting of the Bronx carpen
ter.
FLORIDIAN MURDERED
PALATKA, Fla., Jan. 11. (UP)
The body of Thomas White, aged
resident of Interlachen, was found
floating in Lake Lagonda yester
day. He apparently had been beat
en to death. Dr. G. M. Zeagler
told a coroner's jury that White's
skull wac fractured, his jaw bro
ken and eye bruised. He. believed
the body had been im?nersed sincc
Monday.
BROAD SOCIAL
LEGISLATION
PLAN FORMED
T 1
Security Measures Forth
coming to Attack Prob
lem on Four Sides
AMELIA EARHART'S
FLIGHT IMPENDiNG
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. (UP)
—President Roosevelt's sweeping
social legislation plan contem
plates security for the wage earn
er, independence for the aged,
health insurance for the needy
and for children, the United Press
learned today.
This program was revealed in a
report of the sub-committee to the
cabinet committee, and goes to the
White House today.
The main points of this broad
program are:
1. Old age pensions of $50 per
month for the needy over 65 years
of age;
2. Unemployment insurance, to
which labor will contribute 1 per
cent of its wages, and industry 3
per cent of the payrolls;
3. A plan to give free medical
attention to those on work relief;
4. Extension of present work
being done to protect child health.
END ARGUMENT IN
| GOLD CLAUSE CASE 4
WASHINGTON.Jan.il (UP).
Justices of the United States su
preme court nounded government
counsel in the momentous gold
j clause cases with renewed ques
tions regarding the power of the
government to abrogate its prom
ises to pay bondholders in money
of value existing before the de
, valuation of the gold dollar.
' The government appeared so
I concerned over the persistent
j questioning of its position that
I Attorney General Homer Cum
mings returned to bolster up its
[arguments. Argument in the case
was concluded this afternoon.
MISS EARHEART MAY
TAKE OFF AT 7 P. M.
HONOLULU, Jan. 11.—(UP).
Amelia Earhart will take off at 7
| p. m. tonight on a 2400-mile flight
from here to Oakland, Calif., if
l the weather is favorable, the
j United Press today learned.
| No official announcement was
'made with regard to the time of
the impending flight eastward, but
the United Press source revealing
plans for the start was one which
i is considered reliable.
TANKER AGROUND ON
FRYING PAN SHOALS
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—(UP).
The 5,030-ton oil tanker Chilbar,
carrying a crew of 35, was report
ed aground on Frying Pan Shoals,
off North Carolina, by coast guard
last night. It was in no immediate
danger.
The tanker is owned by the
Chile Steamship Co., of New York.
It carries petroleum in bulk.
The coast guard vessel Travis
went to its aid from Morehead
City, N. C.
HOLD YOUTHS IN MURDER
ASHEVILLE, Jan. 11.— (UP).
Two youths. Warren Johns, 19,
and Kenneth Hamby, 17, are be
ing held here on a charge of mur
dering Frank Lakey, special agent
of the Southern railway last night
at a point near Ridgecrest.
Time Is Kind
To Pershing
; The years that have passed since
the Great War ended have taken
little toll of Gen. John J. Persh
ing, as this new picture vividly
shows. In his 75th year, he still
presents to the world a keen, mas
terfu fighting face as he goes
about his many military duties.
2BILLS WOULD
CUT TAG COSTS
Democrats Propose $5
Basis; Republicans
Flat $5 Rate
RALEIGH, Jan. 11.—The first
definite moves toward the reduc
tion of automobile license plates
in North Carolina were made yes
terday in the lower house of the
general assembly when two bills
proposing a reduction of these
costs were introduced.
Representative Palmer, Demo
, crat, of Cabarrus, introduced a
measure to put all passenger cars
not operated for hire on a flat li
cense fee basis of $5, with motor
cycle licenses at $2.
Only a moment later the Re
publican bill, which has been dis
cussed prior to the convening of
the legislature, and which was
prepared by a committee of Re
publican representatives and sen
ators, was offered in the house.
The bill provides for a flat $5 for
passenger cars and the measure
would make the act retroactive to
January 1. The present minimum
scale is $12.50 and fees are in
creased according to the weight
of the automobiles.
Further automobile legislation
was introduced when Senator Co
rey, of Pitt, introduced a measure
requiring; all drivers to be licensed
at a cost of $1.20 each and pro
viding for a radio communications
system between sheriffs of the
state. The drivers' license would
be subject to revocation for cause.
A measure proposing the aboli
tion of the absentee ballot law in
the state was introduced in the
house by Rep. Scholl, of Mecklen
burg.
Rep. Douglass, of W ake, intro
duced a measure in the house to
provide a tax on the manufacture
of cigarettes, cigars, snuff, and
chewing tobacco.
Senator Johnson, of Buncombe,
introduced a bill to enable the
state highway commission to ac
quire rights-of-way for the na
tional scenic parkway in this state.
OVER ONE-THIRD OF TAXABLE
PROPERTY IN CITY IS OWNED BY
OUTSIDERS SURVEY REVEALS
More than one-third of the tax
able property in the City of Hen
dersonville is owned by persons
and corporations having their
residences out of Henderson
county, according to the city'tax
books.
A survey of these tax records
shows that 37.3 per cent of the
taxable wealth of the city is
owned outside of this county. To
bo exact the taxable valuation
of all property in the city last
year was $0,066,000, and of this
amount, the books show, non-resi
dents own property valued for
taxes in the amount of $2,514,
711.
There are more than 700 list
ing's on the tax books of property
owned by people and corporations
who are not residents of Hender
son county.
People and corporations resid
ing in 23 states and the District
of Columbia own Hendersonville
property, the records show.
These states are North Carolina,
Florida, New Jersey, South Caro
lina, Massachusetts. Virginia,
Rhode Island, New York. Texas,
Illinois, Georgia, Kentucky. Mis
souri. Tennessee, California,
Maryland, Minnsota. Pennsylvan
ia, West Virginia. Michigan. Con
neticut, Ind?&na and the District
of Columbia, _ .
TO URGE FULL
Til HEALTH
OFFICER HERI
Kiwanis' Directors Name
Group to Confer With
County Commissioners
WILL ALSO"SPONSOR
GIRL SCOUT WORK
Declaring that an urgent need
exists for a full-time health officer
in Henderson county, the board
of directors of the Kiwanis club,
meeting- last night, asked its un
derprivileged child committee to
confer with the board of county
commissioners and with other
civic agencies on the requirements
for securing such an officer with
federal, state and county aid.
The board also approved the
expenditure of $20 by its voca
tional guidance committee as
prizes to city and county school
pupils for the best essays on the
selection of a life work, and rec
ommended that the same commit
tee, of which W. B. Sinclair is
chairman, establish a vocational
library at the city high school for
the especial use of pupils seeking
information on the many vocations
and professions. Books will be do
nated to the library by club mem
bers and other citizens.
For the boys and girls work
committee, 0. Y. Brownlee, chair
man, said a "hobby exhibit" will
be arranged early this year, and
that a Girl Scout movement will
be sponsored.
T. E. Osborne, master farmer
of Mills River township, was re
elected to honorary membership,
and David Mashburn, executive of
the Kiwanis Boy Scout troop, was
invited to continue meeting with
the club at its weekly sessions.
In adopting a resolution favor
ing the election Of a full-time
county health officer, club officers
and directors said that the action
would result in inestimable benefit
to the people of the county. It
was pointed out that many poor
people need the services of such
an officer, that the public health
Ill ai WUUJU UV UV..V..VVU, V.4HV
many counties are availing1 them
selves of federal and state funds
set aside for the purpose, and that
this county is losing its share of
this money. The county formerly
had a full-time health officer, but
Dr. J. A. Woodcock, the present
officer, is on a part-time basis.
The meeting last night was held
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.
M. Ogle, with supper preceding
the business session. It was the
first meeting of the club's new of
ficers and directors this year.
Those present were 0. Y. Brown
lee, Thos. H. Franks, T. D. Clark,
P. F. Sudduth, Dr. R. H. Brown,
Dr. J. G. Bennett, H. E. Mitchell,
Edw. R. Sutherland, F. M. Waters,
G. M. Flanagan and the host. S.
J. Childs, the remaining member
of the board, is in Florida.
Baptist Pastors
To Meet Monday
To Elect Officers and Hear
of S. S. Con/ention
Rev. M. L. Lewis, moderator of
the Carolina Association Baptist
pastors' group today called a meet
ing of that body to be held at the
Lewis house, of the First Baptist
church, Monday morning at 11
o'clock.
Rev. W. J. Keels of jLhe Baptist
church at Tryon wiJl rep'ort bn the
recent southwide Sunday School
convention held at Rakish. The
ministers' conf$*en<ce will also
elect officers for this ensuing year
at its meeting Monday.
This meeting was to hare been
held last Monday but was post
poned because of the weather, and
because of the illness* of Rev. Mr.
Lewis, who remains confined to his
home. His announcement of plans
for next Monday's meeting was
made through the Rev. J. M. Jus
tiPce.
REV. LINN TO HOLD
LUTHERAN SERVICE
The Rev. A. W. Lippard, pastor
of the Grace Lutheran church,
who was taken ill and unable to
conduct his services last Sunday,
because ol influenza, remains at
his horns » • ' '
Announcement was made today
that the Rev. J. A. Linn of this,
city will hold the usual Sunday!
morning: service for Jirin.
, BIG REHABILITATION SCHEME
REVEALED BY COMMITTEE AS
RESULT OF MONTHS OF WORK
Began Drawing up Project at Request of County Com
missioners Last Fall; Envisions Reclamation of
, Thousands of Acres for Agriculture and Increased
Wealth for Area; Is Tendered Government Agen
1 cies Following Their Request on Visit Here
A va»t improvement project for the drainage, reforestation and
rehabilitation of land* in Henderson and Transylvania counties,
which envisions the remoulding of these two counties into one of
the wealthiest, most prosperous and moat attractive agricultural
areas of all Western North Carolina has been drafted by a commit
tee authorized by the Henderson County Board of Commissioners.
A public statement of this proposal was authorised today by the
County Commisaioners.
The committee doing this work was formed and authorized to act
ir August of 1934. Since then it has been active. It has been visit
ed by a group of men which not only included repreaentativea of
federal and atate agenciea which would be intereated in the promo
tion of such a plan, but also numbered among its personnel, repre
sentativea of diviaiona of the Tenneaaee Valley Authority intereated
in drainage, colonization, and farm experimentation.
Thia movement haa not been publicized, the local committee act
ing under instructiona in thia particular from State and Federal of
ficiala. The project has now, however, reached the stage where the
county commissioners and the committee working on the matter are
STRONG AGAIN
HEADS C. OF C,
FRANKS IS AIDE
Yates Little Continued as
Secretary; Annual Meet
ing Will Be Soon
Milo W. Strong was re-elected
president of the Her.dersonville
chamber of commerce at the first
meeting of the new board held
yesterday afternoon.
I Thos. H. Franks was elected
first vice-president; 0. Y. Brown
lee, second vice-president, and
Yates W. Little was continued in
the office of treasurer.
Mrs. Katherine Weisman was
Riven the office of acting secre
tary and will be in charge of the
organization's office in the city
hall building.
The annual meeting will be held
within the next week or two, it
was decided, the date and program
to be announced as soon as ar
rangements can be made for a
speaker.
E. W. Ham, who served as vice
president during 1934 and who de
clined to permit his name to be
voted on for office, presided at the
meeting.
1 CHILDREN ON
BUS INJURED
School Vehicle Rolls Down
Bank in Collision Near
Pilot Mountain
PILOT MOUNTAIN, Jan. 11.
— (UP).—More than 30 children
were injured, several critically,
when a loaded school bus rolled
down an embankment near here
late yesterday after striking1 a
wagon.
The injured children were rush
ed by motorists to hospitals here
and at Mount Airy, where several
were said to be in an undeter
mined condition.
Will Give Name
Of 1st White Babe
|Born This Year
Prizes Will Be Given' by
Merchants in Annual
County Event
The name of the first white
baby born in Henderson county in
1935, as reported to The Times
News, will be announced tomor
row.
As has been customary for sev
eral years, a group of Henderson-;
ville business firms will present to I
this baby a number of valuable |
gifts. These gifts will include:
j Johnson baby kit, Scruggs Cut
Rate drug store; $1.00 with which |
to open a savings account, State .
Trust Co.; baby blanket, Lewis |
department store; pair of shoe*,;
The Leader; 500 pounds of coal,!
Richardson's Coal Yard; 24 quarts j
pasteurized milk. Kalmia Dairy;
250 pounds of ice, City Ice and
Storage Co.; electric heating pad,;
Southern Public Utilities Co., and j
three-months mail subscription to I
The Times-Newg. '
vai nueny io maite puDiic me ae
tails of the program as formu
lated, and ready for submission
to state and federal experts.
It is estimated that there are
approximately 40,000 acres of
highly fertile land which would
be drained by such a project. It
is also stated that frequent ovcr
jflow of rivers, creeks and tribu
taries has tended to break down
the initiative of the farmers in
the section involved while such i
an improvement would result in '
wonderful improvements in farm- j
in? properties and in increase:! j
activities for agricultural produe- ^
tion in this area.
Purchase of sub-marginal lands i
is anticipated as a feature of this"^
general scheme, and the delega
tion which was entertained bv »
Hendersonville men interested in .
advancement of such a program i
was so much impressed that as J
much of a field survey as wa< $
possible was made on the occa- -
sion of its visit.
It is explained that'the pro-f
gram has already been submitted »
to several Transylvania county >,
officials, and that it has the
approval of some of these, but ,
the committee is not undertaking
to speak for Transylvania coun
ty and only represents Henderso.i
county.
A comprehensive statement of ;
this program, as authorized by |j
the Henderson county comnii- -1
sioners, was made as follows by J
the committee today:
When C. A. Bock announced 1;
that the TVA had abandoned the
idea of constructing a dam at
Kent Creek, the board of county
commissioners of Henderson conn- j
ty considered a program for the*
development of the agricultural
interests of Henderson couniy.
In order to make this movement
representative they appointed a;
committee to make a study of the
situation with the view to enlist
ing the support of the Tennessee)
Valley authorities in a land plan
ning, and development program
for the French Broad valley and(
its tributaries. The committee'
made a survey of the situation 9
and photographed several sites 1
where logs, trees, and other 1
deb/is had clogged the streams, f
and necessitated the water taking 4
another course in several instant:- <
es. These photographs, together j
with data bearing upon agricul- \
tural development, and the neco-- j
sity for better drainage, were |
prepared and contact was mad" >
| with the TVA. The committee ;
i was advised that it would he
j necessary for the North Carolina
representative of the TVA to be
I fully informed of the situation,
| and that initiative on his part
would be necessary before the
TVA would consider .the subject.
This liason representative was in
vited to visit Hendersonville. HJs
previous work for several years
as an agent of the agricultural
extension work in. North Carolina
made him familiar with the lay of
(Continued on page six)
Woman's Club To
Mark Birthday
The Woman's club will cele
brate the 20th anniversary of the
founding of the local organiza
tion with a birthday- benefit
bridge at the Skyland hotel on
Friday, Jan. 18, at 3:30 o'clock.
The real birthday of the club is
on January 20, but that date
falls on Sunday this year. Mrs.
Claudia Holt Oates, now in Los
Angeles, Calif., was the founder
and honorary president of the
club, with Mrs. E. W. Ewbank
serving as the first active presi
dent. All of the past presidents
of the club are living except
Mrs. L. M. Colt. The president,
Mrs. John S. Forrest, and Mrs.
Arthur Redden, ohairpjan of the
party committee, hope to have all
of the past president* who are in
town to cut the- birthday cake.