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WEATHER
Partly cloudy with scattered
thundershowers tonight and
Thursday. Slightly cooler tumor
row.
GOOD AFTERNOON
Tke •udden Uitcding fad in
London caught the tattoo artutc
unprepared Needle** to »ay.
Largest Daily ' ^Ration of Any Newspaper i 11 North Carolina in Proportion to Population
VOL. 57—No. 202
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1938
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
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Large Appie Industry Growth Foreseen
<8* U.
APPLE MEN IN
FIELD DAY TO j
HEAR REPORTj
State Experts Make Sur
vey, Outline Plans for
Industry's Growth
COUNTY ONE OF FOUR
CHIEF PRODUCERS
Jleudersoii county's second an
nua! orchard field day anil picnic
j-- bein--r held today at K. L. Mar
shall's farm at Dana.
The meeting this morning be-!
gan with a study of demonstra
tions in the orchard of Mr. Mar- j
<hall under the recommendations
of the extension department of'
the State College of Agriculture
and (Engineering.
The results have been gratify
ing, hence the selection of Mr.
Marshall's orchard for the meet
ing.
The orchard observations were
discontinued f«»i a picnic spread
at the riuon hour.
Visiting speakers scheduled for
the program this afternoon in
clude H. R. Xiswonger, extension
horticulturist from State College
Station. Raleigh; C. K. Van De
man, who is in charge of the new
experiment station in the Brushy
Mountain apple district; Miss
Anne C. Rowe. district home agent
for VVpstern Carolina: and District j
Farm Agent F. S. Sloan.
One of the items for chief con
sideration was the 29-page report
of J. \V. Johansen, extension eco
nomist. who recently investigated
the apple industry of Henderson
county and the apple section
around Saluda. P'»lk county.
Mr. Johansen's report, which
was first released today, covers
the local apple industry at great
length. The hiyh spots of this re->
port, carrying many facts and sta
tistics. with recommendations on
better marketing facilities, follow
in part:
Henderson county had in the
spring of 1938 approximately
lOO.OOu trees in commercial apple
orchards of 100 trees and over. I
About 60 per cent of the trees
in commercial orchards were in
bearing.
Trees six years old and less.!
classed as non-hearing, constitut
ed above 40 per cent of the 100.
00U trees; those seven years old
and up to 16 years. 30 per cent:
those 16 to 25 years inclusive, 14 j
per cent; and over 25 years. 7 per
cent.
t>i - e ,• u...t 1
lieious. Koine Beauty. Stay man.
and Golden Delicious constituted
approximately 75 per cent of the
total trees of the commercial or
chards of the county.
The total number of bushels of
apples marketed from the 57.462
bearing trees in Henderson coun
ty in 1937 amounted to 222.550
bushels or approximately four
bushels per tree. There are many
youm? trees tinted as l>«-annvf
which were just coming into pro
duction.
CULTURAL rKALIItLS
A boat 85 per cent of the or
chardists used power spray equip
ment and 15 per cent used hand
power. The orevailinj* pressure
used by those having- power equip
ment was 250 to 300 pounds, and
100 to 150 pounds was the more
common pressure used hv those
having hand sprays. The fre
quency of sprays per season va
ried from one to as higrh as eight
with the most common number of
spray applications established as,
three to four.
The kinds of cover crops grown
jn orchards varied to quite an ex-!
tent, but lespedeza was either used
exclusively or used with some
other ccver crop in 73 orchards
out of a total of 100.
In 50 orchards out of 103, soda
only was used as fertilizer, with
the most frequent per tree appli
cation of 2 to 3 pounds: soda and
0-10-4 was used bv 29 but this:
combination was indefinite as to
proportions: two used ammonium
sulphate only; 18 used complete
fertilizers, some of which were
7-5-5 and 3-8-6 and 3-10-4 and
4-8-4: and three used Pomo Food.!
which is a complete fertilizer man
ufactured by a chemical manufac
turing company.
The application per bearing
tree varied widely for the differ
ent orchards and also for the va
rious kinds of fertilizer anplied.
SOME WOULD STRENGTHEN
GROWERS ASSOCIATION
Discussing the topic of distribu-:
tion of growers according1 to pre
ferred apple marketing: program,
the survey relates the following: !
Eleven growers out of the 85
reporting on this subject prefer
the merchant and grower-trucker
way of marketing which is the
present major prevailing system, j
(Continued on pa*e five) • J
Hitler Watches Mobilization
(NEA Tiadiophoto)
Actinu in his rapacity as commander-iu-chicf of the Gorman armies, '
Chancellor Adolf Hitler, holding field glasses, confers with the head
of the Keichswehr, General Walther von Brauchitsch, at Grossborn,
(iermanv, Per Fuehrer personally supervises the mobilization of
the Reich's armed forces. This photo was flown to London and
transmitted from there by radio.
Roosevelt Decries Republican Vote
Injected In Democratic Primaries
GOV. CONE IS
RESTING WELL
Definite Improvement in
Florida Executive's
Condition Noted
JACKSONVILLE, Flu., Au*.
24.—(UP)—St. Vincent's hospi
tal reported at 11:3(» p. m. (EST)
last night that Gov. Fred P. Cone j
was "resting comfortably" and ,
there had been no change in his
condition during the evening.
I»r. Stanley Erwin, the govern
or's physician, left the hospital
after reporting "definite improve
ment" for Cone, a victim of heart
disease and influenza.
Mark Byron, the governor's i
son-in-law, said Cone was "show- '
ing considerable improvement I
over his critical condition of yes- j
terday."
" This improvement has encour
aged us all a great deal," Byron 1
said.
"My plans for returning to Mi-1
ami are indefinite, but if the gov
ernor continues the good progress
he is now making, I hope to be
able to return tomorrow."
JAPS SHOOT
DOWN PLANE
Chinese Passenger Plane
Attacked, 13 Dead
or Missing
HONGKONG, Aug. 24. (UP) —
A Chinese passenger plane, pilot
ed by an American, was shot down
near Canton. Chinese announced
the attacking planes were Japana
nese and 13 were dead or missing.
Chinese said five Jap planes at
tacked the passenger ship, firing
machine guns. Pilot H. L. Wood
cf Kansas "was uninjured. ,
"Interference" Is Termed
Violation of "Political
Morality"
I
H\ DE PARK, N. Y.. Aug. '-'4.!
(LI')—President Roosevelt yes
terday struck sharply at critics of 1
political "interference" by brand-'
ing stampedes of Republican vot
ers to Democratic primaries, j
where Democratic party issues are j
concerned, as a violation of "po
litical morality."
The president's remarks, couch
ed in forceful language, were in
terpreted as a rebuke to the
"Tory press" which he pointed out
had overlooked such violations in
their criticism of current political
activities.
He said the invasion of one j
party's ranks by voters of anoth-1
er party—whether Republican or
Democratic—constituted the de
struction of a principle and spell
ed a return to the old boss-con
trolled conventions.
Although Mr. Roosevelt insisted
that he had a principle in mind—
not any individual candidates —
he referred to both the Maryland
and Georgia primaries, where Re
publicans have been urged to en
ter Democratic primaries to sup
port Senator Walter George of
Georgia and Senator Millard F. i
Tydings of Maryland, both de
scribed by the president as anti
New Dealers.
It was recalled that a similar
"invasion" of Democratic ranks
by Republican voters reportedly
took place in Idaho, where the
Democratic incumbent, Senator
James P. Pope, was defeated for
renomination.
In Georgia, and Maryland the
president has asked for the defeat
of George and Tydings, respce-1
tively, on the grounds that they
are politically hostile to the social
and economic reforms of the New
Deal.
Mr. Roosevelt, speaking with
unusual emphasis, told the confer
ence that the so-called Tory press
was watching this trend, which he
said was destroying an established
political process, without much
protest.
He cited the Idaho primary as
an example of what he was refer
(Continued on page eight)
15 CENT TAX IS
VOTED TO PAY
SCHOOL DEBT
I City Board Moves to Meet
Court Order But Would
Treat All ^like
DISTRICT CHANGE
RAISES QUESTION
As a steu toward complying
| with a lederal court order requir
| injr the City of Hendersonville to
show cause why it should n<»t levy
sufficient tax to liquidate bonded
indebtedness incurred in erecting
the hisrh school building, the board
of city commissioners last nitrht
voted a levy of 15 cents on each
.SI00 of valuation for the current
fiscal year.
The levy is understood to be
5 cents below the rate requested
by bondholders, including; the
Woodmen of the World, Catholic
Order of Foresters and other or
ganizations and individuals who
have already secured judgments
against the city. Whether the
court at a hearing set for August
2D will permit the 15-cent levy to
stand or order an increase was
one of several questions involved,
it was said today.
At the same hearing, Hender
son county has been ordered to
show cause why it should not fix
a levy in the new city schooT'dis**
trict. which includes territory not
within the city limits, for the pur
pose of helping to liquidate ihe
same debt. The county will reply
that since the old district incurred
the debt, the city alone should be
held responsible for payment.
At the hearing next Monday,
the city will seek to show that bv
levying 15 cents for school debt
purposes it is placing all bondhold
ers «>ti the same basis, and that
the levy is as much as the city can
stand at this time. Interest on the
school litv's bonded indebtedness
«>f about $294,000 has been in de
fault since 1932. The average
rate is about 5 1-2 per cent, it
was said; whereas under the city's
debt settlement plan the interest
rate on other bonded indebtedness
is only - per cent for the first five
(Continued on page eight.)
OPEN SALUDA
SCHOOLS SOON
Thursday, Sept. 1, Set as
Date and Teaching Staff
Is Announced
SALUDA, Auk. 24. (Special)
The Saluda schools open Thurs
day, September 1. John G. Mich
ael will take the place of M. H.
Randolph, former principal. High
school teachers are: Dexter D. Je
ter, mathematics and history; Mrs.
Jeter, languages; James M. Win
get, science.
Grammar grade teachers are:
7th grade, Mrs. Roy Baisden; Oth
grade, Mrs. Edna H. Leonard; 5th
grade, Mrs. Ruth Edwards; 4th
grade, Louise Glazener; 3rd ^rade,
Elizabeth Avant; 2nd grade, Faye
Glazener; 1st grade, Mrs. Baty
Hall. Mrs. Raymond Stephenson
as "primary B" teacher, will as
sist in the primary grades.
Last year the average daily at
tendance in the grammar school
was 290 which entitles the school
to nine teachers; they had only
seven during the school session.
The new principal, John G.
Michael, is a graduate of Ran
dolph Macon college in Virginia;
has had 15 years experience as
principal; is a World war veteran.
He has a wife, a 12-year-old son
and an infant daughter.
CORONER CHARGES 4 CONVICTS
ROASTED ALIVE IN CELLS IN
PHILADELPHIA CO. PRISON
I Asserts 25 More Would
Have Died Soon in Dis
ciplinary Measure
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 4. —
(IT). Two Philadelphia county
prison guards were arrested to
day on charges of homicide in
connection with the "roasting
alive" of four convicts who led a
hunger strike. The guards were
Alfred Brough and Francis Smith.
They were taken (o the city hall
for arraignment later today.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24.—
j < UP)—Coroner Charles llersch
I today charged that four convicts
were roasted alive in "Klondike
cells" of the Philadelphia county
prison as a disciplinary measure.
Hersch said that the men were
locked in cells and that someone
turned steam into radiators. The
convicts stood the heat for a
while by stuffing their shirts in
toilets causing the water to pour
on the floors.
Soon it was a question of one
man in esTch cell surviving.
The man strong enough to tight
off the others was the one to keep
j his face near the tiny slot in each
cell door and he able to live.
Hersch charged that 25 other con
victs had remained in the cells
another hour all would have been
killed.
< The disclosure followed the vis
! it of Coroner Charles M. Hersch
to the solitary confinement ward
where four convicts found dead
.Monday morning were confined
for leading a five-day hunger
• strike.
The circumstances surrounding
the deaths were suggested by
Coroner Hersch after his visit to
the prison and authoritative sourc
es later disclosed details of a
night of horror in the two tiny
"Klondike cells."
According to an earlier state
ment by Coroner Hersch, who de
scribed the cell> as "worse than
the black hole of Calcutta," the
men had been suffocated.
It was learned, however, that
Hersch was told in the prison that,
the four convicts, and two com
panions who survived, were con- ;
lined behind steel doors and the
radiators inside the two tiny cells
then heated to the limit.
The water supply to the lone
spigot which comprised the cell's
furnishings, hail been turned off
and the, men died slowly of in
tense heat and suffocation, ac- i
cording to Coroner Hersch's in- I
formants.
Verdict Against
Insurance Firm
Granted By Jury
! The August term of superior j
court. Judge J. V. Cowper presid
I in0-, was hearing this morning the
case of Jessica Maloney Harvey vs.
i The American Oil Co., a corpora
j tion, and S. J. Bryson.
I The plaintiff rested yesterday
and testimony by the defendant
j was being heard this morning.
A jury in the case of Pauline
P. Morrison vs. the Metropolitan 1
: Life Insurance Co., a corporation,!
returned a verdict in favor of the 1
plaintiff in the sum of $1,500 and
1 interest from Dec. 17, 1937.
The plaintiff was suing on a
life insurance policy.
STATE'S EVIDENCE
! NEW YORK, Aug. 24. (UP)—
George Weinberg, racketeer, turn
ing state's evidence today testified
that $30,000 in Dutch Schultz pol
icy funds was paid by James J.
Hines into the campaign fund to
help elect District Attorney Dodge
in 1933.
Will Unveil Marker Of Davidson,
Revolutionary Soldier, On Sunday
Sponsored jointly by the Joseph
McDowell chapter of this city and
the Waightstill Avery D.A.R. chap
ter of Brevard, the unveiling: of
the grave marker for Ben David
son, soldier of the American Revo
lutionary war, will be held at the
cemetery of Davidson River Pres
byterian church Sunday, Aug. 28
at 3 p. m.
Ben Davidson was an ancestor
of T. E. Osborne of Mills River.
Mrs. Tom Galloway, regent of
the Brevard chapter, will preside
and the speaker will be Mrs. Joe
Silversteen, also of Brevard.
Mrs. Ernest Boys., of Brevard..
a descendant of the sixth genera
tion, will be the soloist.
W. R. Kimzev of Brevard, also
a descendant, will read the bio
graphical sketch.
A wreath will be laid on the
grave by-Anne Osborne, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Osborne, who
is also a member of the sixth gen
eration, and the unveiling of the
marker will be bv Caroline Kinzey
of Brevard, another descendant of
the sixth generation.
Rev. W. S. Hutchison, pastor of
Mills River Presbyterian church,
will pronounce the invocation.
It C BOARD IS
ASKING LABOR
DAY HOLIDAY
Buchanan Announces Gift
of $500 From Theatre
Concern to Chamber
Director? of the chamber of
I commerce voted in their August
j meetinir last night to ask the en
tertainment committee to arrange
j a program of afternoon and eve
| ning activities for Labor Day, and
I went on record as favoring the
closing of stores for the day.
| At least one more street dance,
! on Monday night, August 29, will
I be held, it was announced.
A report by Mrs. Cathryn Wise
man, secretary, showed that Boyd
Park has been one of the most
popular entertainment centers this
summer. Receipts from fees at
the park, including shuffle board,
tennis and other games, have been
approximately $500, which is
somewhat more than the cost of
operating the park.
A gift of $500 to the chamber
of commerce by North Carolina
Theatres, Inc., operators of the
Carolina and State theatres was
announced by H. E. Buchanan,
president of the chamber of com
merce and manager of the the
atres. The board voted its appre
ciation and directed that a letter
of thanks be written to the the
atre company.
As the chamber's fiscal year
ends October 1 and many mem
bers are in arrears with their
dues, board members agreed to
make a canvass next Tuesday to
bring payments up to date. This
will be necessary, it was said, if
obligations for the current year
are met.
Results of the state's advertis
ing campaign are indicated in ter
ritory from which letters have
been received here, Mrs. Wiseman
said. Letters were read to the
board that were written »bv per
sons in New York, Illinois, Indi
ana, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, California and other
states, who wished information on
winter climate, farming conditions,
real estate opportunities, housing
conditions and the like—all with
the view of coming to Henderson
ville.
RAT ROCK H. S.
STAFF NAMED
All Pupils Asked to At
tend for Resignation
Monday Morning
Flat Rock high school will be-j
gin Monday, August 29. All pu
pils are urged to be present on
Monday so that registration and
scheduling of classes can be com-j
pleted.
Faculty for this year: E. L. j
Justus, principal; G. E. Justus, I
mathematics and science; W. B.
Sinclair, English; Miss Dixie,
Guill, English; Miss Katherine Mc
Coll. French and history; Miss
Gardenia Osteen, mathematics and
history; Miss Charlotte Turner,1
home economics; Mr. Howard Sit
ton, science and athletic director;
Mr. W. A. Franklin, agriculture.
The school committee for the
1938-1939 terms is: J. 0. Bell,
chairman; J. S. Jones, secretary,
and N. W. Walker.
Semi-Finals In
Mixed Doubles
Set For Thursday
Semi-finals of the mixed-doubles
of the Hendersonville tennis tour
ney will be played tomorrow af
ternoon at 4 o'clock at Boyd Park.
Miss Jenkins and Stevens will
meet Mrs. Ball and Cheves in this
match, the winners to play Miss
Meteer and Bob Anders in the
finals.
Finals of the doubles between
Anders and Stephens and Stokes
and Fain will be played on Friday j
afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Picture of Man
Being Care Free
Harry Bridge*, under heavy fire
in Washington as the Dies com
mittee investigating "un-Ameri
can" activities heard charges
that he is a communist, seemed
plenty nonchalant as he lighted
up at the first California CIO
convention in Los Angeles, just
i after his unanimous election as
i chairman of the meeting.
HAWKS KILLED
WHEN SAFETY
PLANE BURNS
One of Greatest U.S. Pilots
Defied First Safety
Rule, Ends Life
BUFFALO. N. Y., Aug. 24.-—
(ijp) —Captain Frank Hawks,
world famous speed flier and one
of the greatest pilots this countiy
ever pi'oduced, lost his lite be
cause he violated an elementary
rule of flying, it was said today.
Flying a small, cabin,type bi
plane, designed as the answer to
the need for an inexpensive plane
so safe anyone could fly it. Hawks
took off in a cross wind. ine
plane failed to gain altitude. Its
wheels tangled in electric light
wiring, dumping it to the ground
where it burst into flames.
Hawks' passenger, J. Hazara
Campbell, wealthy, Buffalo
sportsman, was thrown clear.
Hawks was dragged out of the
flaming wreckage by
died three hours later in Buffalo
General hospital and two hours
later, Campbell died. Both had
been burned severely and also had
suffered fatal internal injuries.
The accident occurred in yes
terday's twilight at East Aurora,
near here. Hawks had landed in
a polo field to pick up Campbell
who was an "aircar" manufactur
ed by the Gwinn Aircar company
of Buffalo, of which Hawks was
vice-president and sales manager.
Company officials said Mrs.
Hawks was informed of the acci
dent at her home near Redding,
Conn., but that she would not
come to Buffalo. Although fu
neral arrangements have not been
completed, they said the body
probably will be sent to Connecti
cut for burial.
There were no witnesses close
enough when the plane crashed to
provide a detailed story, but J. K. i
Nitterauer, treasurer of the
Gwinn company, said that the po
(Continued on page eight.)
isTparker
PASSES AWAY
Mother of H. W. Parker,
City Resident Dies Fol
lowing Long Illness
Mrs. Miriam Blair Parker, 74,
widow of the late J. R. P&rkerf
died at the home of her son, H.
W Parker, at 7:30 o'clock last
night after a lengthy illness.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday at the Friends Church
at Springfield, near High Point
Mrs Parker was a native of
Randolph county and is survived
bv two sons, E. W. Parker on Hen
dersonville, and R. B. Parker;
four step-sons, J. M. Parker of
Washington, D. C., rod A. S« D
R., and V. J. Parker, all of High
Point.
ENGLAND SEES
HER SAFETY AS
ENDANGERED
Change of Tide in Spanish
War Brings All New
Situation
MOSCOW TAUCS OF
'DIRECT ACTION'
(UNITED PRESS)
Spain's civil war today came
dangerously close to bursting the
bonds by which Europe sought to
isolate it beyond the Pyrenees,
A month of fierce fighting ou
the Ebro river front has sharply
changed the one-sided military pic
ture which insurgent Generalis
simo Franco's armies dominated
Loyalist troops have dug into
the solid rock slopes on Gandesa
front and have thrown back again
and again mass attacks of-rebel
infantry tanks and artillery.
Meantime, Premier Benito Mus
solini has frankly told the British
that he is sending reinforcements
or replacements to try to pull
Franco's army out of the mire.
Moscow is angry and making
indirect threats of action.
France sought to minimize the
developments and asserted ah*
would not reopen her frontier.
The future of Great Britain i«
becoming more at stake. Shf
might have to go to war if this it
necessary to keep Germany and
Italy from setting up permanent
bases in Spain that would endan
ger the British domination of t,h<»
| Mediterranean sea.
' Italy entered, if she did not en
: gineer, the Spanish rebellion be
i cause she believed that a leftists
i Spain allied with Soviet Russia
! and neighbor to then-socialist
France was a real threat to Home
I Mussolini definitely committed
himself to a Franco victory.
Six months ago he was winning
on all fronts. Franco was reach
ing- for his final goal. French
leaders most friendly to the Span
J ish loyalists were ousted. British
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
Jain at least was more sympathe
tic toward Italy than toward ex
i tremist Spain.
IS LAST BLOW TO
LONDON-ROME PACT
LONDON, Aug. 24.—(UP) —
The Italian government has for
mally admitted to the British
charge d'affaires in Rome that 11
has been sending new reinforce
ments of Fascist Legionnaires and
war materials to the nationalist
armies in Spain, it was disclosed
last night.
Italy said that "drafts" of offi
| cers and soldiers of the Italian
regular army have been sent to
Spain to replace Blackshirt vol
unteers, killed and wounded in
recent fighting.
Premier Mussolini's outright ad
mission of his increased military
participation in the Spanish con
flict served to rip away remaining
shreds of the fiction of "non-in
tervention" and threatened to de
liver a knockout blow to the An
glo-Italian pact of friendship.
Unimpeacnable sources revealed
that Italy's admission was made
by Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian
foreign minister and son-in-law ot
II Duce, to British Charge D'Af
faires Sir Noel Charles.
Italy's announcement capped a
crisis by Nationalist Generalissimo
Francisco Franco's rejection of
the 27-nation plan for removing
all foreign "volunteers" from
Spain as the best means of pre
venting the conflict from develop
ing into a general European war.
(Continued on page eight)
Hardin, Me., Has
$150,000 Fire Loss
HARDIN, Me., Aug. 24. (UP).
Hardin business section was vir
tually yestroyed today when fire
leveled 14 buildings in two hours.
The damage was estimated at
$150,000. Buildings in the three
block area were caught in th*
flames.
TARHEEL RAMBLERS
WILL GIVE PROGRAM
THURSDAY NIGHT
f - j.
Horace Peeler and his Tarheel
Ramblers winner of first pltue in
the recent folk festival and fid
dler's convention featuring the
Henderson county centennial, >»
the role of jug band)- were an
nounced today to appear, in a
Chamber of Commerce sponsored
program Thursday night at 8
o'clock at the city high school
auditorium.
The program will include or
chestral music, blackface-and tap
dancing features. . t -.v
The Ramblers have broadcast
over a number of Carolina radio
stations. A small admiMfen will
ba charged for tfaa entertahua^nt,'