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rotMPERSON, gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA. nineteenth year COUNTRY BEGINNING TO “RIGHT” ITSELF, PRESIDENT ASSERTS Hoover Addresses Audience At Charleston, W. Va., on Way to Detroit for Addre** tariff NECESSARY AS HELP. HE SAYS Tell* Audience Democrat* Plan To Lower Tariff Rate, and Destroy Com j mi*»ion; Say They Are At-| tacking Republican Policy j Fantastically Pre.nlential Special. Kn j r-u - ’ > «; > >i*. Oct. 22 t APi I p. H ver carried his rnm , ‘.| •<* .•icolmii mto the pivotal 'si-, / Ohio today for the third .j;. n - niar.v weeks after tolling W .* Vtrima audiences "the coun ... j h-xiirim; t.i right itself." and > • ■ itepublican tariff policies 4 e •- it\ factor" in the trend. At Chariest W Va.. the first ,« p hi* hurtled dnwn-to-dujk dash | • fv* > • f a i campaign speech to : <h - rh- Pre-iilcat told a throng [ the city's football field :*!)■ Lvm <t it . ptopose to lower it--- out destroy the Tariff C m-> - 11-' said they were at •.-4; h Republican tariff with i .1- hypothesis and a “fan u<*r . ie.» ||«H>\F.P >\YS HE ASKED TARIFF INVESTIGATION Ah i<l Presidents Special. En R-.'i * ■> De roit. Oct. 22 <AP>— S;-ik n; frrm an improvl ed plat- r. Laidley Stadium at Charleston. V Vi President Hoover announced Vdiv •? had risked tile Tariff Com* at -j'ti :o investigate whole tariff st'-Ju*,. to dr ermine whether many ccramod.ne.. were being given ad«- qmn* pTo*-rnn n “in the face of de p-ecia’ed fer?ign currency.** Th* Pr' d»nt left hie social train b- irar him t- Detroit for a campaign jr ’"n »hf In order to discuss *•'•* ’’t f' and difficulties of th- coal | rtjo-v h*fore a cheering audience i " hi isani; n the West Virginia cog- j H* *dv<vsr*>d litniled cooDerat'on tn [ jsv r.c r-a! an( j richer natural re-j: jr-.-M. •„ them rrom de- j r-jr? v « competition M-. Hoover ! *” -ho f*r*t president *o visit this j r." ..i r tv during his term in office i ,s '* Andr-w Jackson n 1832. British Textile Deadlock Flares In Fresh Trouble VJnch- cr. Eng . Oc f 22 (Apt— -1 ’'tur'ibed cotto n textile industry ! -dky fared another deadlock which j wn u d sff»ci lfin.ooo men. E ght days of negtf l tr>ons over had brought no ng -cement at t n when the mills cloyed as usual *■ • notice of i wag<> cut by the ow r°rs an not modified. A' A o'clock this morning repre of the owners, the unions I »nd *" i* ministry of labor ended a 17- -'■’i* ron sere nee At 10 o'clock they i P'"‘ , r , ‘i again. T-, m-irgm of difference between ! i» an< j the employers on i "as about one percent when I •n« r n; .f,. rpnc? was ,^g um?( ] j F ind Body Os Woman ! On Highway | Daughter of Well-to-j Do Lnion County I Farmer; Body Is I>adiy Mangled g.i’ r ; f yF*22-l'<AP)-The man -4 * youn ß woman. idenU <,• A au!in#» Carlton, 20 daughter f JT?+> farmer near here, was a d««rted automobile here early today. . ’ ""man fashionably dressed, r lO ** th * daughter of f r .._ v ,rlton who lives five miles M. r ! >n Charlotte highway. b I . !k ,/ K " !! wa -' crush-»d. a leg was -..1. 'J 111,1 ,he body was covered " r bruisea. P T .' ! "moiished machine which ap j . v cr »shed into a telephone ►,.. 0 # rted. and thn woman's Tv r « - s ' 1 • r to the rear of the Patht Btsrtafarh 'otth5 j SS«SSd?IBS{S* Crusader Turn* Wet §TjkoDjt av ;; H v EBB I |jL I m "" 3 M •\I m if j ■ || Myra McHenry Mrs. Myra McHenry of Wichita, Kas. f lieutenant of the late Carry Nation, the saloon crusader, is planning an immediate speaking tour of Kansas for repeal of the eighteenth amendment! It isn’t that she has changed her mind about prohibition, which she has championed for the past 40 years. She now simply is convinced that the individual states can enforce the dry law much more effective ly than Uncle Sam. Mrs. Mc- Henry, who is 84, was sent to jail 47 times in her battles against liquor. She is shown with a bot tle which she hasiust confiscated. onedeabinrioT AT PENITENTIARY IN NEWYORK CITY Prisoner Killed And Many Other* Injured During Disorders Among “Peacemakers** KILLING SIGNAL TO A GENERAL RIOTING 200 Prisoners of 1,660 Con fined on Welfare Island Participate in Disturbances Resulting In Greatest Po lice Concentration There In Years New York. Oct. 22.—(AP)— Ohe pri soner was killed and many Injured to day In rioting at the city penitentiary on Welfare Island, which started in fighting among prison “peacemakers” in the warden’s office. Two committees of peacemakers had (Continued on Page Three.) Socialist Vote Might Be The Determining Factor By CHARLES P. STEWART Washington, Oct. 22. -Prli ical cal culators. who, of course, sv.arm In Washington, are devoting * con sideration to the chance (In': So cialist vote will prove to be (he de- B- I Wraa flwaM* tie b&Uf* box record* this fell* ' ONLY DAILY elding factor In the November election. Many Republican forecasters profess to see such a possibility. To be aura. Demo cratic propheta scoff at the idea. Republicans prefer to believe In H. Dem ocrats prefer not to. They agree, indeed, that because of eco nom 1 c conditions, Norman Thomas may reasonably be expect ed to break Sociaßd- NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS, SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C., SATPRDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 22 1932 WARN DEMOCRATS TO BE CAREFUL IN MAKING PROMISES a— ■-> > Danger of People Thinking Depression Will End As Soon As Roosevelt Is Elected IT WILL TAKE TIME TO BUILD UP AGAIN Reaction From Failure To Produce Normal Condi tions Quickly Would Hurt Party's Future; State Head quarters Advises Candi dates On Question Hntl) Ulnpatrh Hnrrai, la tic t*lr Walter Hotel nV J. iIANKIOIt YILf.. Raleigh. Oct. 22-While it is re garded as more and more certain that Franklin D. Roosevelt will be pi eiktent and that the ent.ro State Democratic ticket will be elected by an overwhelming majority, many of the more thoughtful YVmocvatlc leaders see danger ahead as the result of some of the Democratic campaign tnc'ics;. Especially are they afrai 1 of ths im pression which some Democratic speak era are giving that the repression will b«* ended and prospe-i*y hev» again as soon as Roosevelt ia el“r;e l. It is agreed, of course, that there is every reason to believe condition.-- will got be’ter if Roosevelt Is elected and a Democratic administration in power. (Continued on Page Four) RAID JAIL TO GET MONEY, MUNITIONS Crookston, Minn., Oct. 22. (AP) In a raid on the Polk county jail, four men held up the night and day jailors and a third man. taped their eyes and mouth and fled with SSOO. twenty slot machines, a machine gun, 500 rounds of ammunition, several rifles and ptstols and a small quan tity of liquor early today. TO START FLIGHT OTTAWA TO MEXICO Ottawa. Canada, Oct. 22.—(AP) —James Wedelb American aviator, arrived here today at II o’clock to prepare for hi< projected flight to Mexico City tomorrow. Wed nil hopes to beat Captain James H. Doolittle’s flying time of 13 hours, 36 minutes to Mexico City byway of Washington. Woman Is Sought For Attack Upon 60-Year-Old Aunt Brookline, Mass.. Oct. 22. —(AP) Miss Agnes Murray, of Burlington, Vermont, was sought today for an at tack on her 60-year-old aunt, Miss Margaret Stone, Mias Stone told po i lice she had been attacked by her niece last night n>ith an automobile jack. She was badly beaten on the .head. Officials at a hospital, where 30 otitches were taken In the wounds on Miss Stone's head said she might be come blind from the beating she re ceived. Miss Stone told police her niece call ed upon her yesterday and that while they were riding in Miss Murray's au tomobile, the younger woman stopped the car saying she wished to show her aunt something. The niece got into the rear seat, Mias Stone said, and sud denly placed a handkerchief soaked tn what she believed a drug over her face. She said sbe struggled and tried to get out of the car and was struck on the head with a heavy piece of iron. It also is agrued by and admitted by the majority of Dem ocrats that the average ciUsen who casta a Socialist vote would, lacking: a Socialist candidate to vote for, be UkeUer to vote the Democratic than the Republican ticket. That is to say. the Socialist vote is recognised as largely a “protest vote” —a protest /gainst the existing situa tion. Those desiring to record a pro test can record it most emphatically by voting for Thomas. With no Thomas in the field, they still could protest, though with less vehemence, by voting for Govern or Roosevelt. Assuming a close balance between Hooverites and anti-Hbovejrttes, mani festly every vote lost b$ Governor Roosevelt to Norman Thomas will cor respondingly improve Hoov tCoatinnad on Page Threap, . BAKER ON STUMP FOR ROOSEVELT wgmWw wSUm W I H A|| H iSf g§ |g| J§ HP M B JBJ HH *H gßt By, sflj X - v ,7 Farley Raker Newton D. liakdr, at right, sccrc tarj- of war during the Wilson ad ministration. confers with James J. Farley, Deri»cratic national chairman, at the party headquar ters in Now York City, relative Many North Carolina Concerns Obtain Loan Reconstruction Corporation Funds Advanced In This State to Number of Banks and Building and Loan Groups $; 137,346,000 Loaned In September Washington, Oct. 22. (AP) - The Reconstruction Corporation was shown today in its report today Con gress to have loaned 4137,346,000 dur ing September. Is>ans authorized to Danks and trust companies “exclusive of amounts wlthdxawn or cancelled” during the month were listed ta Include the fol lowiags ‘ Nortn Carolina: Durham, First National Bank of Durham, 4350.000. . Gates villa. Bank of Gates, 410,000. Greensboro, United Bank and Trust Instructions To Roosevelt Crowd I i Raleigh, Oct. ?2.—(AP)—Captain Charles D. Farmer, of the Slate Highway Patrol, today issued an appeal to ril motorists who plan to see and hear Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt here Tuesday, as well as motorists nstng U. S. Route No. 1 tha. n.riln; tn follow instruc- ■ tlons of highway patrolmen to pre vent con fu-ion. Roosevelt’s special train is to 1 be stopped just across Route No. 1 from the State Fair grounds where a slight rise of clear ground on j each side ol the railroad will allow thousands to view the presidential nominee. Socialist Candidate Is In N. C. Winston-Salem, Oct. 22.—(AP)—An ticipating hts Democratic opponent by three days, Norman Thomas, Socialist candiate for President, came Into tra ditionally conservative North Caro lina few a whirlwind tour today. Four speeches In larger cities was the day's work for the party's head. Mr. Thomas was to speak at Win ston-Salem at 10 a. m„ rush to nearby Greensboro for an address at 12:15 p. m., then move over to High Point for an engagement at 2:30 p. m. He speaks at Raleigh tonight. daily”newspaplrs IN EAST SUSPENDED Edenton. Oct. 22.—(AP)—The Eden ton Daily News, founded in 1022. and affiliated publications, the Hertford Daily News, discontinued publication yesterday. The owners are the Eastern Pub lishing Company of New York. J. Edwin Bufflap was editor. Reasons for the suspension of publication were given as a lack of local advertising. HEATHER FOR NORT KCAROLINA. Fair tonight; slightly manner hi extreme southwest portxen Bm day; partly cloudy; slowly rising i.mi|>ii.stair ta interior. to the speeches that Baker is givi ing in the east to aid Gov. Frank !?» D. Roosevelt’s campaign. Baker was prominently mentlone4 as a Democratic candidate priolr to the Chicago convention. Company. $300,000. Pinehurst, Bank of Pinehurst, 430,- 100. Rocky Mount. Peoples Bank and Trust Company. 430,000. Loans authorized during September to building aud loan associations in cluded : North Carolina: Condor, the Candor Building and Loan Association, 48,000. Concord, Citizens Building and Loan Association. 478,683. Oxford, Oxford Building and Loan Association, $19,000. ! CONTROVERSY OVER TEXTBOOK CHANGES Argument On Both Sides, But Immediate Cost Is Having Its Weight — Dully Utapilrk ft nr* aa. la the Sir Walter Hatal. BY 4- V. HA«KKHVILL j Raleigh, Oct. 22. Two definite [ schools of thought have developed as 1 the result of the possibility of a re commendation for the adoption of a new geography textbook. The State Flcmentary Textbook Commisslbn is to hola a meeting in Greensboro Monday firrtner to consider the ques tion of whether it will recommend the adoption of new geography texts at this time. The eventual adoption however, depends upon whether the State Board of Education formally, decides to make a change. Those favoring making the change argue that the present books, pub lished by the American Book Com pany', have been in use for 11 years and are thus entirely out of date. They also maintain that by making a change at this time, much lower prices can be obtained than those now charg ed for the present books, so that over (Continued no Page Fogy) Full Inspection Os School Buses To Be Continued Dally Dlapatrk Barra*. I* Ik* S'r Walter Hate! ST J C. BnkKKH VIM*. Raleigh. Oct. 22.—Careful Inspection of all school buses is to be continued by the Stat« Highway Patrol through out the yeai In an effort to reduce the , number of school bus accidents still further. Captain Charles D. Fanner, commander of the patrol, sold today. No serious accidents involving school buses have yet been reported, Captain -Fanner said, but he pointed out that t the accident during State Fair week in wkichik number of school children were Injured did not involve a school truck but a private truck tha* had been loaned to bring the children, to the fair. i "Before echool opened, efjery school truck in the State was carefully In spected by patrolmen and * chocks were held bv the patrolmen for the school truck drivers, In which they were instructed in the highway law* and highway safety,” Captain Far mer said- "Wherever trucks were found to have any mechanical defects the school boards were notified and instructed to have tbeee defects cor rected.” , _ -.p*: - PUBLISHED cmr ATTUMOOM EXCEPT SUNDAY. G. 0. P. LEADERSHIP RUINS PROSPERITY, ROOSEVELT CLAIMS *‘ . \ Backs Roosexelt BE HIRAM W JOHNSON SENATOR JOHNSON TO MAKE ADDRESS TO AID ROOSEVELT California Progressive Lead* er To Speak to Mass Meet ing In San Fran cisco Oct. 28 DEMOCRATS MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT Meeting Will Be Under Aus-| pices of Roosevelt Progres sive League of California; Is First Indication of De finite Support by The ; Senator 1 San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 22.- (API Senator Hiram W. Johnson, of Cali fornia, Republican independent, will epeak in support of (he candidacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt for presi dent at a mass meeting here October 28, it was announced today by Maurice E. Harrison, chairman of the Demo cratic State Ceneral Commitee. The announcement, released thro ugh State central committee head quarters, said the meeting will be held under the auspices of the Pro gressive Republican Roosevelt League of California. Senator Johnson could not be reach ed for a statement, and the announce ment was the first indication he plan ned to actively endorse the Demo cratic presidential nominee. Tom Mix Injured When Buried As His Horse Falls Hollywood, Cal., Oct. 22 (AP)— Daredevil tactics of To mMix and his famous horse Tony to satisfy the ap petites for action of fUm fans have brought serious injury to the 52-year old veteran motion picture cowboy for tto third time In lesa than live year*. Tony was unable to negotlal-* a five foot embankment down whicn Mix had ridden at speed. Mtx was catapulated over the horses head and was buried beneath the horse’s body. He was taken to a nearby farm house, where a physician administer ed emergency aid. The horse escaped Injury. LaFollette Group Beaten, but Shouts Along Sidelines Milwaukee, Wts., Oct 22. -(AP>- A Wisconsin State political campaign without a LaFollette dominating tbe proceedings is drawing to a close. In the September primary. Wis consin surprised the notion and Itself by upsetting the LaFollette Progres sive organisation. But, crowded out of the center of the fight, the LaFollette faction Is coaching from the aide ijnes' and ■ shouting for Democratic candidates on national and state tickets. The perplexing question, political followers say, Is whether homeless LaFollette votes o£ going Republican or Democratic. Heretofore they have been in the Republican column. PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPS Not Only Inept, But Absolu tely Destructive, Demo cratic Nominee Declares MAKES ADDRESS IN LOUISVILLE ARMORY Disputes Hoover's Conten tion 'That Conditions Abroad Brought on Depres sion in United States; Cites Hoover Report on Preven tion in 1921 Louis\illc, Ky.. Oct. 22. (AP)-Gov ernor Franklin D. Roosevelt. In a campaign address today before a crowd which filled the big Jefferson County Armory herr, assailed the Re publican administration as 'leadership -hat is not only inept but absolutely destructive of the prosperity of A_n orica.” Taking issue with President Hoov ers contentlbn that conditions abroai led to the depression in this country, ne told his audience that failure of .he administration to check the boom jf 192 y caused the depression in this ouniry. and that the Mmoot-HawUy -ariif plunged the rest ol the woi.d -nto it. He cited a report on thp causes of depression widen he said President .ioover himsei' helped to prepare as .ecieiary ox commerce in 1921, and .aid the administration's subsequent unions under him did not conform o the theories expressed in the re port that the best method of prevent •ug depressions is to check danger .us boom tendencies. I AYS HOOVER, COOLIOGE THROWING TEAR BOMBS Louisville, Ky., Oct.' 22 (AP)—Gov ernor Franklin D. Roosevelt, arrived nert? today for a brief address en rou’e to Knoxville and Atlanta. The special train pulled into the station at 10 a. m., CST, where he was greeted by a throng of spectators and party leaders prior to the parade lo the Army auditorium. Governor Roosevelt left behind him at St. Louis the charge that Presi dent Hoover and former President Coolidge are attempting “to throw po litical and economic tearbombs among the people of the country.’* X In the same circular high-roofed 9t. Ix>uis Coliseum, where Preiid:nt Hoover made a campaign epcech four years ago, the Democratic presiden tial nominee told a near capacity au dience last night that “as a last re “Ort” the chief executive ad Vs pre decessor are employing “panic creat ing tear gas” in order to “blind you for tho occasion." “ a Many Persons In T Jacksonville, Fla., Report Floggings Jacksonville. Fla., Oct. 22.—(API- Four persons reported to the author ities here today they have been vio jma of floggers. bringing to ten the number who said they were beaten or mistreated by mobs recently. Five are women, Including a moth er and daughter; two are white men. and three are Negroes. Sheriffs deputies and police with held the names of those who reported today, saying secrecy would aid them In their investigation. N. C. Balance On Sept. 30 $5,389,817 About ROOO.OOO Os Sum Is Obligated, However, State ment Reveals Raleigh, Oct. 22—(AF)—The State of North Qarottna had eoah balances la the treasury on Sep tember M, aggregating BHMIL *4, of which some tt.iSS.SSt was obligated, the auditor's and trea surer's monthly import jUvmliJ today. The general fund, with wedph of SUS&JOftJS for the month ad September, and dlahma amenta ad 53,255.657.68 carried forward a bal ance of SSSMS6JM, as it had been SL2TSJSLS3 ahead aa September U j