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HENDERSON,
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
NINETEENTH YEAR
SEARCH FOR
House Declines
Further Cuts In
Agriculture Bill
On Two Measures Member
ship Refuses To Cut Be
low Appropriations
Committee Draft
BEER BILITcOMES
UP BEFORE SENATE
Will Get Consideration
There Next Week; Five-
Day Week Bill Also to Get
Early Consideration; To
Dispose of Philippine In
dependence Soon
W i.hmßion Pec. 28 i AIM Ade
• .•<* refusal to economize hevond the
• •mmendation* of the nnproprta
• - committee showed itself in the
H i e today as it pushed on toward
•<: Iv passage of the big agriculture
.-.ipiny bill.
On tw>. separate occasions the
member-hip refected proposals to
• un -ome hundreds of thousands off
i0.n00.000 appropriations mea-
One propo reduction was in
• ‘ ttnount for printing agricultural
7ubMcntiona. The other was $1,000,000
•he $4,381,000 tota.l of the Federal
< >iment for agricultural aid to
eand territories.
The House was at work alone, the
Senate remaining in holiday recess,
which again prevented action by its
’ ■ ticiary committee on legalization
of brer.
Chairman Norris set consideration
of the question for next Monday and
v»n«»«4 Hid opposition ’to holding
hnrings on the bill. He proposed re
•nr ting It to the Senate immediately
•r.ete are enough members voting in
Me committee to make its action for-
Norris also named a committee to j
v *rr work January son the five-day i
a. rk bill introduced by Senator Black j
Democrat* Alabama. Tltis measure
'• uld prohibit fix>m interstate coni
r et<*> merchandise in whose manu
: ‘lire employees worked more than
v hours a week.
disposition of the Philippine
. !< pendence bill was promised as
< . nnaan Hare. Democrat. South
« > iiia. of the House Insura! As
s - Committee, presented to the
it .i-e the compromise agreement
w • h ?he Senate calling for indepen
< u <:e in ten The Senate al
•• o|v ha* appro. _d and House action
• morrow or next day will send it to
President for signature or veto.
Taxation and nudget balancing
j : s of Democratic House leaders
appeared much disrupted as they
■ greed that President-elect Roose
vpM - disavowal of sponsorship of a
gcneial manufacturers’ sales tax had
killed any chance of enacting it now.
Waves and Means Committee hear
ihowere. will be started on gen
cial government financing i;rxt \Wd
nt.-day. . ? JpM
Mrs. Forsythe and
Durham Doctor to
Be Tried in Wake
Raleigh. Dec. 28. i AFi- Solicitor
1 C lat tie said today he would le
,t any move to prevent trial of Dr.
MiUe Kobetson. of Durham, and Mrs.
! K poi .ythe. of Raleigh, in Wake
"ipetior Court, on a charge of mur
<i<• r in connection with the death of
Mi-. Myrtle Gardmr. 29. Four Oaks
-rh-Ktl teacher, from an illegal opera
' I*ol.
Roberson and the woman were be
un |i*'|d in jail heie without privilege
• f bond, although R O. Kverett. Dur
b *m attorney for the physician, was
*\prc*ed Thursday or Friday to seek
• • procure his freedom on habeas
•oipus.
Japan To Enlarge Force
In Manchuria Immediately
Tokyo, Dec 28- 'API Plans to ■
'•“lsier Japan's military strength in
■Manchuria were announced today by
th*» war office.
Basic changes in the nation's en
tire military establishment and Us
administration also were tc be ef
fected. Modernization of arms and
equipment and the training of at
Uan lu0"00 officers and men in their
u>i' wtic important phases of the re
f»roi plan.
It was announced that, although
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°* TH* ASSOCIATED FRBSS.
Home from Geneva 1
wbL
Norman Davis, distinguished Amer
ican statesman, homeward bound
for the New Year, is’shown as he
arrived at New York from Europe
on the S.S Manhattan. Davis
headed the United States delega
tion to the recent disarmament con
ference at Geneva.
GARDNER RELIEVED
AT RELINQUISHING
DUTIES OF OFFICE
Governor Regrets To Leave
Raleigh, However, He
Says Week Before
His Term Ends
MANY EXASPERATING
RESPONSIBILITIES
Big Decisions Ultimately]
Get to Governor, Who
Must Be the ‘Goat”; Par
dons and Paroles and Bud
get Responsibilities Carry
Great Weight
nnllr l>l*r>n«rh Rnrnia.
In the Mir Walter Hotel.
BY J C. ntSKERVILL
Raltigh. Dec 28 —Governor O. Max
Gardner, witn only one week remain
ing of his administration, is experi
encing a feeling of distinct relief at
the prospect of dehnqulshing office
as governor, although in many ways
there is also a feeling of regret in
leaving public life, he said here today
‘lt aonie one had the power to of
fer me another four years as gover
nor. and would tell me that I might
remain here in ibis office for another
term, nothing in the world could In
duce me to aceopt it." Governor
Gardner said. "For. while I appreciate
the great honor that came to me when
I was elected governor, and while I
have enjoyed the four years I have
spent as gnven.oi of this great State.
II Is with a distinct feeling of relief
that I approach the end of my ad
i "
(Continued on Page Thrw.)
the number of units would be but lit
tle increased, the quality of equipment
of Japan's forces in Manchuria would
be greatly improved. More airplanes,
tanks, heavy guns and r>otorized
units and improved methods of com
munication would be provided.
The war office declared its purpose
was non-aggressive, and that Japan
was merely trying to close a gap by
which it hitherto had lagged behind
the military progress of other world
, powers. . »
HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 28, 1932
M’COIN SHIFTS
WILL HOOVER SEEK RENOMINATION7
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P|Ti>i<lvnt Hoover is reported a>
displaying an interest in reorgani
zation of the Republican jjirty i
sufficient to convince G 0 l - -a-n- j
a tors that he desires to he renomi
nated in lityt;. White House
source.* have intimated that Law
renee Hichev, one of the secre
taries to the president, l>» given
the task of party reorganization,
which would put the Hoover
forces in control. Old Guard and
Fight To Bring Instill
Back Will Be Continued
But Next Move of Chicago Authorities Is Big Question
Mark; Greek Law Prohibj ts Further Charges of Same
Nature Against Utili ties Magnate There
Chicago, Dec. 28. iAP» The fight
to biinc Samuel tnsull. Sr., hack to
the United St;>i« .> I*> face his ac
cusers is to go on. but there wa> a
big question mark today as to the
method r-f procedure.
This was indicated today by the
prosecution, which accused the for
mer utilities czar of larceny and em
bezzlement. on which the Grerk court
of appeals at Athens refused to or
der his extradition to the United
Stales on tlie ground depositions fail
ed to support he allegations.
There wa sn possibility that State's
Attorpey Thomas J. Courtney would
ask the State Department at Wash
ington to request the Greek govern
WILSON IS LAUDED
IN DANIELS SPEECH
Will Be Center of Epochal
Era, He Says In Birth
day Address •
Wilson. Poo. 2«—f APl—Wood
row Wilson will l»e the central figure
in "the mn*t ethical ora in modern
history." Josephus Daniels, former
secretary of the navy, told ihe Wo
men's Democratic Club of Philadel
phia today in a speech commemorat
ing the 76th anniversary of the birth
of tjie war presideht.
He quoted General lan Smuts’ ap
praisal of Wilson:
"Americans of the future will yet
proudly and gratefully rank him with
Washington and Lincoln, and his
fame will have a more universal sig
nificance than theirs."
“As we observe Wilson’s birthday."
Daniels said, “we rejoice that this
celebration comes on the eve of a re
turn of Democratic leadership in
America. It is not prophetic that we
stand upon the threshold of as en
during a period of Democratic ad
ministration as that inaugurated by
Jefferson, and which would have fol
lowed Wilson's two terms but for the
repercussions of the World War?
From 1800 to 1860 the Federal govern
ment was directed nearly all the time
by DemotjpiUc presidents.”
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Law relive lie |ie>
I'rogressivc Republicans alike aro
said to object strenuously to tijis.
Cdiarles D. Hilles, New York’s Re
publican national committeempn,
is said to be desirous of taking
charge of the party’s destines.
And Representative-elect James
W Wadsworth, former
senator and a wet,- A' leadmgl x
movement in Washington to wrfrst
control of the national committee
from President Hoover.
ment to deport Mr. Instill to some
country from which he might be ex
tradited. but he declined to give a
definite answer to this phase of the
case.
FURTHER ACTION ON SAME
CHARGES BARRED IN GREECE
Athens. Greece, Dec. 28. (API
Samuel Insull. liberated yesterday
after the courts denied a petition for
his extradition to America, returned
today to his hotel from the hospital
where he was taken short ly after his
arrest several weeks ago.
“Thank God, the truth was piov*-d"
(X-tDtinuod on Pag* Six)
HOOVER ABANDONS
FISHING A WHILE
Cruises Leisurely Dow i !
Florida East Coast To
ward Palm Beach
With President Hoover in Florida.
Inland Passage. Dec. 28.—< AP*
Abandoning plans for fishing before
Friday or Saturday, President Hoover
today decided upon continuing his
slow cruise down the Florida east
coast waterways, and starting his an
gling off Palm Beach.
Favored with almost perfect weath
er soince starting his cruise, the chief
executive awoke to another perfect
day this morning, after his flotilla
had heen under way since sun-up. The
small fleet, passed Daytona Beach
shortly before 10 a. m., without stop
ping.
The President, assembled a small
medicine ball cabinet on the top deck
of the U. S. Sequoia this morning.
WeaThlr
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Rain touight and poMibly
Thursday morning; slightly cold
er Thursday and in went portion
tonight.
TO MARYLAND CITY
Automobile Identified In •
Columbus, Ohio, And Search
Quickened More Than Ever
Anonymous Letter Tells
Os Man Killed Thursday
Also Leads To Location of McCoin Automobile In Co
lumbus, Ohio, Leading To Belief Henderson Man
Was Killed by Hold-Up Men Near Petersburg, Va.
Following is the complete text of
an anonymous letter bearing on the
mysterious disappearance last week
of R. S. McCoin. of this city. The let
ter was mailed in Chicdgo'-CfHrlstmas
night at 9:30 o’clock, special delivery
ind addressed to "The Supreme Judge
>f the Supreme Court. Raleigh, N.
C." Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy,
vho received the letter, yesterday
morning turned it over to Henderson
authorities. The spelling and gram
matical inconsistencies in th c letter
are according to the text, as supplied
in copies from the original. It follows:
Dear Judge:
I dont know you and you dont know
me but I must tell some one what
has just happened to me. I met three
fellows in Jacksonville last tuesday
they called one of them Jumbo one
Aged Bishop Dies
■ ■
BISHOP CHESHIRE
BISHOP CHESHIRE
DIES AI HOSPITAL
Venerable Episcopal Divine
Succumbs After Illness
In Chariotte
Chnrlulte. Dec. 28 Th e Rt. Rev.
losenh Blount Cheshire, widely be
loved bishop of the Episcopal Diocese
oi North Carolina, died at Charlotte
Sanitarium here at o'clock last
night.
Bishop Ciu'shne. who was in hts 83d
year, was brought to the hospital on
December 16 to und-orgo treatment
preliminary to an operation, but short
ly after hg entered he took a rapid
change* for the worse and th e opera
tion was never pevfornm d.
From tne first his condition was
(Continued on Page Six.)
AjWILL
Rogers
\7 *jgys:
Beverly Hills. Calif., Dec. 28.
So. "technocracy" wants to do
every thing by machinery. Well,
if they can Invent some machine
that will kill more people than
automobiles, why their plan will
work.
i Three hundred and eighty over
Christinas and prohibition not re
pealed. That’s more people than
died by pestilence during the
same three or four days In all the
countries combined where we
send doctors to teach ’em how to
be “civilized.”
So, machinery Is Just doing
fine. If it can’t kill you, it will
put you out of work.
Yours, WILL,
eUBLIIHID KVERT AFTIIMOOH
EXCEPT SUNDAY,
t Slim end the other one they Shorty.
They had a targe buirk sedan but no
money I had six dollars we agreed
i that 1 would spend rAy money for
I gass and cats and they would tiling
me to Washington. Wp started and
after breaking into two filling ata
| tions v/e reached Petersburg Va
i thursday about two Oclock money
I was gone and ga.ss was getting low.
We tried to beg gass but could get
j none.
Between Prtersbuig and Richmunc
Jumbo was driving he said there are
four of us and we must have gass the
| next'’ man I meet thats alone 1 wjj
I biush against hi.s car and we will
make him pay us damages enough
! pay gass and eats. The next car we
met was a Chrysler sedan with one
(Continued on Page Three.)
ENTANGLEMENTS IN
‘WRITING OFF' WAR
DEBTSJS FEARED
Some Guarantees for Future
Trade of United States
Highly Desirable
In Deal
RESPONSIBILITY OF
U. S. IS INESCAPABLE
Has Place in World Econo
mic Jam and Tariffs Must
Play Big Part In Negotia
tions for Restoration of
Normal Conditions of
World’s Trade
By CHARLES I\ STEWART
Washington. Dec. 28. Assistant
Secretary of Commerce Julius Klein
expressed himself exceedingly to the
point the other night, in a radio talk,
he sirid (hat thc United States is un
likely to progrr ss far toward world
trade's restoration, which many eco
nomists consider the main essential
to renewed prosperity, unless the na
tion makes some of the concessions
required to set the wheels of interna
tional exchange again in motion.
In short, it may safely be taken for
granted that Dr. Klein was hinting
at an effective use the United States
is in a position to make of a substan
tial part, at least, of its outstanding
war debts—by "writing them off" in
return for future profits and for an
(Continued on Page Six.)
Four States Searching
For Missing Local Man
Hagerstown. Md.. Dec. 28.—(AP)
Sheriff Bruce Downin. of Washington
county, accompanied by one of his de
puties. today began a search of the
area north of Hagerstown, in which
R. S. McCoin. Henderson. N. C.. at-,
torney is believed to have been buried.
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE IS
BEING DONE IN VIRGINIA
Richmond, Va.. pec. 28.—(API—T.
McCall Frazier. Virginia State motor
vehicle commissioner, and chief of
State police, today said hts men are
lending every possible effort In run
ning down clues in the case of R. S.
McCoin. prominent Henderson. N. C..
attorney.
Commissioner Frazier, who has
been asked by Governor Pollard to
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, TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
LANGSTON LEAVES
FOR HAGERSTOWN
TG JOIN IN HUNT
Police Chief Here And Car
vin Linthicum To Assist
In Search For Body
Or Clothing
CAR IS IDENTIFIED
FROM THE NUMBERS
Billfold, Glasses and Bloody
Glove Found In Chrysler
Located In Columbus Gar
age, as Stated In Anony
mous Letter Sent Chief
Justice Stacy
With the Chrysler Sedan of R. S.
McCoin. mysteriously missing from Tiis
home here since last Thursday, found
and definitely identified In Columbus.
Ohio, search for 'Mr. McCoin was
quickened and today In
following up clues given in an anony
mous lei ter received yesterday, and
which led to the finding the auto
mobile in a storage garage fn the Ohio
capital city.
The anonymous!, letter, which wan
rent to the chief justice of the North
Caroina Supreme Court, was received
by Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy and
turned over to Henderson authorities
gave directions for findings the car
and also said that the man from whom
it was takoii between Petersburg and
Richmond last Thursday dM' i irnon
was killed bv hold-up men and bis
body buried several miles oil ti > main
highway between Hagers 1 own. Md .
and Dniontown, Penn., after the cloth
ing had be<n stiipp. d ofi and depos
ed of.
The letter was signed ‘A (-•»•• in
Distress." and told of bow tin wntei
had gotten up with three of I i ; men
in Jacksonville. Fla., start m north
and run out of gasoline and f*»id. and
decided to sideswipe the lustL auto
mobile they saw with a ma:j tid ug
alone, and then stop and c|a ,u dam
ages. It said the man w«,s slugged
with a blackjack, but without inten
tion to kill, but that he dic«i a few
minutes later and the dead body whs
transported many miles inbo Mary
land or Pennsylvania before being
buried. The fact that the letter led to
the discovery of the McCoio car. and
that he was supposed to fc*e coming
south from Richmond the £*ime after
noon of the tragedy redded Itu, the
letter led the belief on Pse part of
many here who have read the letter
that Mr. McCoin had beem slain
After the letter was sen! here yes
terday by Chief Justice Stiu:y. brought
from Raleigh by M-iyor Ir? ine B. Wat
kins and M. cr. Pearce, .'local attor
neys. accompanied by John A. Liv
ingstone. librarian of the State Su
preme Court, the authority v in Colum
bus weTe communicated ’wilh by Al.
B. Wester, secretary-treal urer of the
Henderson Loan and Real Estate Com
pHiiy, which Mr. McCoin. headed, and
(Continued on Pag a Three.)
leave no clues wittiout investigation,
.said that his men today were busy
seeking witnesses fio an accident near
Petersburg, reported to have preced
ed McCoin s prof .able murder.
M. A. and L. fr\. Sltton, nephews of
McCoin. left he,ve today for Hagers
town. Md.. to p a rticipate in the search
for the body g traces of the clothing
of their uncle.
COLUMBUS fTNGERPRINTS
CAB POUND IN A GARAGE
Columbus, Ohio Dec. 28.—<AP>—
Police here today were ask id to ex*
- amine fing>y prints on an automobile,
apparently the machine driven by R.
S. McCoin. missing Henderson, N. C.,
attorney, Which Was removed to herd
i quarters from a garage where it wad
> left: by &R unidentified person.