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HENDERSON, GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. TWENTIETH YEAR MORGAN WITNESS BANES ******** # - * , * # # * * * * * * i “Get Fast Action, ” Roosevelt’s Final 72 Students Graduate In Largest Class In History Os Henderson High School DR. HAROLD MEYER DELIVERS ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES "Six Key Words of Modern Pioneering” Theme of Professor From State University CAPACITY AUDIENCE FOR FINAL PROGRAM 33 Boys and 39 Girls Receive Diplomas; Miss June Hardee Valedictorian and Miss Marjorie Gerber Sal utatorian; Rollins and Payne Speak Also Seventy two students, constituting the largest class in the history of the Henderson high school, were graduat ed last night at the final exercises of the 1933 commencement, held in the South’and theatre, before an audience that thronged the large hall virtually to its capacity. The address was made by Dr. Harold D. Meyer, of the Uni versity of North Carolina, whose sub (Ontir.uM on Page Knur) Acquittal Order In Holloway Bank Case Is Refused Durham, May 31. —(AP) Judge Johnson J. Hayes, in Federal court here today, denied a motion for a directed acquittal verdict in the case of W. J. Holloway, former president o fthe closed First National Bank of Durham, charged with embezzlement, and ordered the case to proceed to th<* jury. Arguments were immediately opened an hour and a half allotted to each side, and the prospect was that the case would be received by the jmy late today. HENDERSON LOBBY EXPENSES LISTED E. F. Parham and B. H. Perry Included in State ments Filed at Raleigh Raleigh. May 31. —(AP) —Preston Satterfield, of Roxboro, paid Nathan Lunsford, a luberman and L. M. Carlton, an attorney, both of Roxboro e total of $456.80 to lobby during the 1933 legislature, for a tow to shorten 'he seperation per.od necessary for divorce in North Carolina. Satterfield paid Lunsford $351.80, (Continued on Page Sight) WomanNowOnDeathßow For First Time In 17 Years Ra'eigh, May 31— (AP)— For th© fust time :n 17 years "death row" at State’s Prison here houses a woman prisoner condemned to die. Sarah Black. 28-year-old Negress, f l 'evicted of murdering her husband iri Wilson county, faces electrocution r >n June 30. Notice of papeal to the State Supreme Court was served in Superior Court in Wilson, but the Plea has not been perfected, so far as Warden H. H. Honeycutt, of the 5 11 on. knows. Ihe woman contends that Robei-t Co'lins shot her husband to death. at her trial Collins testified he thot Black once and that Sarah com limtltersmt Urnht Htspatrir uir the associated press. CLASS OF 1951 Henderson High School ROBERT GREENE, JR. I President JOSEPH FRANKLIN MILLS, JR., Vice-’President JUNE HARDEE Secretary MARJORIE GERBER, Treasurer MISS LILY KYLE, Sponsor MISS MAXINE TAYLOR, . Sponsor WILIiIAM LYON ADCOCK. HARRY STANTON ANDERSON. SARAH ELIZABETH BASS. JAMES HOPE BULLOCK ALEXANDER DEAN BUNN. WALTER BHODIE BURWELL. WILLIAM S. CHURCH. DAVID T. CLAYTON, JR. RICHARD ERSKINE CLEMENTS JR. BETSY HINTON COOPER. JAMES RUSSELL COWARD. t ANNIE MAE CULLEY. ’ ROBERT G. S. DAVIS, JR. GEORGE P. DIAMADOUROS. MARGARET LEE DORSEY. FRANCES ANN ELLINGTON. EDITH WOODLIEF EVANS. BEATRICE LEIGH FALKNER. EVELYN PENDLBV GARRETT. HAMILTON HICKS FALKNER. CLARA SAMPSON FENNER MARJORIE ELAINE GERBER. ROBERT GREENE, JRI. DURWARD HALL * JUNE HARDEE. NANNIE MAE HARPER. GARLAND HARRIS. EDNA MAE HOBGOOD MARIETTA GRANDY HORNER. DOROTHY PENDLETON HUNT. I Hessee Sentenced by Small; 'Negro Accomplice Sent enced To Die Durham. May 31-—(AP) Will H. Hessee was sentenced to life imprison ment in Statee’s prison today by Judge Water H. Small following Hessee’s conviction of being an acces sory to the slaying last February of J. N. Lasater. Hessee was convicted of offering S2OO for the slaying to Theodore Coop er, Negro, who was sentenced to die in the electric chair October 20 fol lowing his conviction of first degree murder. The State alleged that Hessee hired Cooper to shoot Lasater so that Hessee and his wife could benefit un der Losater’s life insurance, which named the Hessees beneficiaries. Prior to passing sentences, the de fense attorneys renewed motions to have the verdicts of yesterday set aside, but these were dnied, and the attorneys later gave notice of appeal. Cooper is not privileged to bail, but Hessee’s ball was fixed at $25,000. pileted the murder. Collins was con victed of having a part in the shoot ing and was sent to prison while the woman was sentenced to die. Sarah says she is innocent of the crime. Should the sentence of the Wilson court be carried out, Sarah would be come the first woman to he electro cuted in the State, though some 125 men have died in “the chair since it was ins'aled in 1910. The last condemned woman on death row was Ida Ball Warren, of Winston-Salem, whose death sentence was commuted by the late Governor Locke Crai gin 1916. „ : _ ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OP NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. ' 1 VELMA JOHNSON. KENNETH WILSON KING. LUCY ARMISTEAD KING. G. W. KNOTT, JR. ALBERT GLENN LANCASTER RUTH COSTELLO LOUGHLIN. ZAZELLE COSTELLO LOUGHLIN. MARY HELEN LOWRY FRANCES MARTIN. JOHN MacMILLAN. JAMES COBB MILLS. JOSEPH FRANKIftN MILLS, JR AMY MURRAY. EMMA LOUISA NOELL. MAMIE RUTH PARTIN^ ADELE POWELL. ELSIE POWELL. LUCILLE MINELLE RANKIN ETHEL JANE RIDOUT. LOUISE JONES RIDOUT. CHARLES EDWIN ROTH. JOSEPH PARKS SATTERWHITE ELSIE ELIS SAVAGE. THOMAS H. SMITH. ROGER DURHAM SPRUILL. WILLIAM CLARENCE STAIN BACK, JR. JEANETTE WIMBERLEY STAL LINGS. ANN SHAW STEVENSON SIDNEY SIMMS STEVENSON. JOHN WILLIAMS SUSTARE. MARION DORSEY TILLOTSON. MAXINE TILLOTSON. MARGARET PRISCILLA TURNER ETHEL CLAIBORNE TYLER. EDWIN G. WATKINS. WILLIAM THOMAS WATKINS JR,. DOROTHY WILLIAMS WESTER. JOEIi CLAUDE WHALEY, JR. GRACE LEE WHITE. POLLY ANNE WILLIAMS. f!idTm® ON APPOINTMENTS Designation of i {Revenue 'Commissioner Especial, ly Urgent, in View of Sales Tax MAXWELL EXPECTED TO BE KEPT THERE Harrelson Likely To Stay In Conservation Department, With Greatest Uncertainty Over Jeffresg and Pou for Highway-Prison {Post Yet To Be Filled Daily Dispatch Bnrenv, In the Sir Walter Hotel. «T .1 C. UASKKHVILL. Raleigh. May 31. —Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus may announce his slate of appointment® when he re turns here from New York on Thurs day or Friday, it was learned today. It is true that yesterday he again declined to give any indication as to when he intends to announce his ap jpointments. when questioned by news paper correspondents. But later he confided to a friend that he intended to work on his appointments while going and coming from New York and indicated that, he might have them ready to announce on his return here. “It was suggested that he go to New York by airplane rather than .by train,’’ this friend said. “But he said he preferred to go. by train this time since he wanted to utilize the time on the train between - here' and New York to work on his appoint ments. He evidently did not want to get up in the air when he made up his mind oil these appointments.” If Governor Ehringhaus does man age to make up his mind concerning who he is going to appoint to the va rious positions he must fill and an nounces his decision before the end of th te week, tons of worry will be lifted from the shoulders of the va gi (Continued on Page Four.) . HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 31,1933 AMERICANS LEAVE OPENING JUNE 12 Spokesmen and Aides Set Out To Translate Into Action U. S. Bid for World Concord rooseveltTstakes HOPES ON RESULTS Sequence to White House Conferences With Foreign Statesmen Recently Held Here; Prominent Leaders Make Up Delegation from the United States Washington. May 31. —(AP)— The United States delegation headed today for the world economic conference at London, w.th one final terse instruc tion from President Roosevelt: “Get fast action aud cut the speech es short.” On that the diversified group of spokesmen and techhical aides set out to translate into accomplishment Mr. Roosevelt’s bold bid for world con cord, stabilization of currencies, lower tariff barriers, higher prices, more credit, employment and business. Behind their campaign at the con ference, opening June 12, were the painstaking consultations with for eign eaders at the White House and State Department, upon which the President had staked much of his hope for success. Boarding an early morning train to make tt 2 o’clock ET sailing of the S. S. President Roosevelt, the group was heoded by Cordell Hull, secretary of stae. It left Washington at 7:55 a. m. The American delegation consists of -Secretary of State Cordell Hull; Sen ator Key Pittman, Republican, of Nevada; Representative Mcßeynolds, Democrat, of Tennessee; enator Couz ens, Republican, Michigan; and James M. Cox, of Ohio, Democratic can didate for president in 1920. Rotarians Close Their Convention At Wrightsville Wilmington, May 31. —(AP) — Two addresses, awarding of prizes and « farewell 1 luncheon today ended the 57th district convention of Rotary In ternational at Wrightsville Beach, near here. Cameron Beck, personnel director of the New York Stock Exchange, and Dr. Julian S. Miller associate editor of the Charlotte Observer, were the final speakers before the deleegates from the North and South Carolina. Red Springs and Greensboro clubs were awarded the attendance prizes and Greensboro, the only city to ex tend an invitation, will probably be awarded the 1933 convention. De finite announcement is to be made later. Beck urged a greater understanding of the problems of the youth of to day. Miller urged more interest in gov ernment and politics. He referred to tlie last North Carolina General As sembly as “typical of the shifting sands of sentiment,” and said that “many congressmen when they go home this summer will be able to consider the bills they passed.” Raleigh Side Show Shorts About the Political Situation In the State Capital Dally Dlapatch Bare**. In tlte Sir Walter Hotel. nv_j c. BASKEnriHi. Raleigh, May 31. —Rabbits and cat fish almost wrecked tbei game laws of the State and incidentally the State Department of Conservation and De velopment during the recent session of ihe 1933 General Assembly. The boys who have wanted to hunt rabbits when and where they pleased and to fish for catfish under the same con ditions have been riled ever since the State-wide hunting and fishing laws were passed. They had more strength and support in the General Assembly that just closed than in any previous assembly for several yelars and were determined to do everything possible (Continued On Page Four.) WfATHfR FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Thursday. MORE HUGE PROFITS * * * * * ****#***&% # Word To Economic Envoys RELEASE COST HER FATHER $30,000 m w Wt W T Jmbsg I * . <v > j This is Miss Mary McElroy, 25-year old daughter of City Manager H. F. Elroy of Kansais City, who is ing from her experience at the hands of kidnapers. After being held over night by her abductors, Miss McElroy, who is prominent in Kansas City so Senate Nears Vote On Pay For War Veterans House Rules Committee Approves Civil Service Investiga, tion; Air and Ocean Mail Contracts To Depend on Salaries Paid to Company Executives Washington, May 31 —(AP)-'The Senate neared a vote today on the half billion dollar independent offices appropriation bill nearly all of which goes to war veterans, while the House moved on to consideration of a mea sure setting up the new farm credit administration. Tihe J. P. Morgan banking invest igation again held major interest, but many senators also paid close atten tion. to controversy injected into de bate on the independent office s bill by reason of the cuts in veterans compensation. One of the admendments voted in the Senate debate would cancel air and ocean mail contracts granted by the government if the holders pay sal aries to executives in excess of sl7,r Armistice Now Signed In Far East Designed for Breath ing Space and Gives Up No Rights, Pre mier Says Shanghai, May 31 (AP) —A formal armistice in the North China warfare wtas signed today by mili tary representatives of China and Ja pan at Tangku. The truce provides, first, for the demilitarization of the area bounded by the Great Wall on the north, the PeipingLMukden railway on the east and the Peiping-Suiyuan railway on the west; second for the dissolution of the Chinese volunteer corps in this area ; third, for the resumption of rail (Continued on Page Four.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY,. MARY McELROY ci&ty circles, was returned unharmed when her father paid $30,000 ransom. Pol e were not informed of the kid naping until the younf woman was returned because of a threat to kill the girl if they or the newspapers were notified. 500. . ' - . ;I!| II I The House Rules Committee gave legislative preference to the Peyser- Wlagner measure setting up a nation al employment service by coordinat ing Federal and State services and) approved an investigation of the civ il service Commission. The object of the civil service probe if voted by the House, would be to determine whether members of Con gress have exceeded State quotas in obtaining appointments to Federal positions. At the request of President Roose velt, the Senate added $48,000 to the independent offices bill for American participation in the International In stitute of Agriculture at Rome. The House last week Tcilled an appropria tion for this purpose. NE savedfrommob Lone Day Policeman At Cal houn Falls, S. C., Gets Pair To Safety Calhoun Falls, S. C., May 31. (AP) —Two Negroes held in connec tion with the slaying of Miss Thelma Martin, of Spartanburg, were spirited away, to another jail (Abbeville) this morning when striking employees of the Calhoun mills threatened to lynch them. George P. Edwards, policeman said the mill workers congregated about this Abbeville county town’s small caiiboose, and made repeated threats against the Negroes. Edwards, the town’s lone day police man, was forced to handle the situa tion virtually alone. Edwards said he warned the crowds that the men, whose names! he said he did not know were held ony as suspects and argued with them against any violence. With the crowd quieted for a brief j time, Edwards arranged to have the L (.Continued on Page Eighty 8 1 PAGES , TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY FAMOUSPERSONS ARE AGAIN SHOWN AS BENEFICIARIES George Defends Practice as One To Dis tribute Risk of Under writing Stocks OVER 300,000 SHARES OF UNITED INVOLVED Woodin, McAdoo, Pershing, Norman and John W. Davis, Raskob and Lind bergh Named in Third Compilation of Individuals Profiting in Dealings Washington, May 31 (AP)—New tales of fabulous profits and. f ambus persons favored were unwound upon todays resumption of the Senate’s investigation of J. P. Morgan and Company. Upon presentation of a third list of persons allowed by the wealthy house to make inside bargain purchases of George Whitney, a partner of the bank, defended the practice as one to distribute the rick, of under-' writing. IN lames of celebrities, old and new, were contained o n this latest, the third such compilation, this one deal ing with the sale of over 300,000 units of United Corporation stock to al most 300 parties at some $7,000,000 below the market prices. Included again were William H. Woodin, now secretary of the treasury; Senator William G. MlcAdoo, General John J. Pershing Normlan H. Davlsi John W. Dav.s John J. Rttskob and Col. Charles A. Lindlbergh. A new name was that of Edigar Rickard, New York mining engineer. As to the list of customers selected for sales of stock, Whitney said crea tion of these “was on the theory of distributing risks that we didn’t con (Coutinued on page Eight.) Cotton Hits New High of the Year In $1.50 Advance New York, May 31.—(AP)—Cot ton pushed more than $1 a bale higher today to new record levels for the season and year. The market showed its widest swing and greatest activity at and shortly after the opening, when contracts were bid up from $1.40 to $1.50 a bale on strong Liver pool cables and in response to yes terday’s sharp advance at New Or leans. Late in the forenoon the mar ket eased slightly from the high est levels under traders' realizing. In later dealings the price range narrowed, although the market undertone remained firm* 11 Kansas Fugitives Uneaught Warden and Guards and Women Host ages Freed by Es caped Convicts Lansing, Kans., Mlay 31 (AP)— Eleven convicts, including three kill ers were at large today, but the six hostages they took" in their Memorial Day escape ffrom the Kansas State penitentiary here, were safe. Warden Kirk Prather who leaves office today, and two guards were re leased last night in the cill country of northeastern Oklahoma by s’? of the fleeing prisoners and Tetumec at 7:15 a. m. Three women whose car Was com mandeeied by the other five, report ed this morn'rig they were safe a: Pleasanton. Kans.. about 10b mile.' south of Lansing, near the Kansas .— 4 (Continued on page Eighty