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PAGE TWO Interesting N< Reported F By M. It. DCNXAGAX (Special Correspondent} Raleigh. N. C.? Josephus Daniels, ambassador to Mexico, and Mrs: Dan-' iels were honor guests of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and distin- j guished citizens from over the State : Friday night on the occasion of his first visit home since he went to the republic to the south more than a year ago. Also, it. was the occasion of his 72nd birthday anniversary. He j was born in Washington, X. C. on May 18, 1S62. At the "welcome home" dinner: Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus and \\ . ; H. Weatherspoon were the chief speakers, and H. B. Branch; com-, merce secretary, presented Air. Dan- j iels with a book containing congrut- i ulatory letters from 50 or 60 prom- | inent men of all walks of life for Air. ? Daniels. The first of these was from ! President Roosevelt, who referred to his eight years as assistant to Mr. Daniels while he was Secretary of the Navy in the Wilson cabinet, and also of his happy decision to appoint j his former chief as Ambassador to: Mexico. Others were from Vice-Pres- i ident J. N. Garner. Speaker Henry T.1 Rainey and a host of ether friends in ! Washington and throughout the na-' tion. Mr. Daniels addressed the gather- j lug feelingly, referring to Mrs. Daniels as his mentor and quoting a j friend that President Roosevelt had secured two ambassadors to Mexico! for the price of one. Among other j statements, he produced figures to > show that the bulk of the wealth of j the nation is owned by a small per- j centage of the population and pre-! dieted that in the future faxes would be so levied that there could be no} huge business organization. Business j ci:i be too big, he said. Popular Woman Killed In Wreck I Raleigh people were saddened the past week by deaths os the result of automobile accidents Of two beloved i yeyiat n ;C t ire city Ksi? cialiy li th j deplore death, of Dr. Delia Dixon-j C!.it*r< v'j. procl icing physician here far more than thirty years! usnl ??; "of Uwt I time physician at -V^rociirJi Co'lofpt. j She wiis a raC.Ubc<jj" tliat listii)-! gutsbea Dixon famiiy of Shelby -.yhii : ; gave the worUi Dr A C. D.xfti : renowtii'tl .livino, a.a,i l>r Thomas j Dixon, preacher, author aa-.l ioctuv- i Hffimmis""?. : - - I <-j . iiii; crrw.er, liOC so wei\ WMiifffip'U'** Holy. was Mrs; Will X. Coley. w: of the circulation mriiiKg-ei- of the j News aivi Observer, ar.-.i sisler or J severa l prominent men. Judge W. C. i Harris, Winder Harris, managing ed- j iter of the Norfolk Virginia-Pilot; L. S. Harris, director of the Motor Vehicle Bureau, and Charles U. Harris, Raleigh lawyer. May Extend Clemency to Lea Prediction Ls freely made- that within a short time Governor Ehringhaus will act favorably on the petition of Mrs. Luke Lea. Sr.. Nashville, Term., for executive clemency for her stepson and nephew, Luke Lea, Jr., for their part in violating State hanking laws in connection with activities thought to be responsible for failure of the Central Bank and Trust Company, Asheyille. in 1931. Hundreds of petitioners for clemency arc being received hv GoA'ernor Elhringkaus and Parole Commissioner Edwin Gill from high arid low, rich and poor, prominent and iowly, j TennesseeaDS and North Oarnliniar.fi Xone have been received opposing' clemency for the young man. who is considered as having been a dutiful sor. to a dominant father. Ke is suf- ; fering from a malignant disease, car.- i cer of the lower intestines, which lack of treatment might prove fatal, specialists state. Governor Ehringhaus has not expressed himself, but parole, at an early date would net be a surprise. The young man's plight seems to touch all heart strings Two Die In Electric Chair James R. Sheffield, 47, of Cantor., and Mike Ste/anoff, 47, Bulgarian, both white men, went to their deaths in the State's Prison electric chair Friday for murder. Sheffield denied his guilt. Stcfanoff wrote a confession which ia a sense implicates and involves others in High Point, including officials. They were numbers 134 j and 135 in the State's electric chair. | Sheffield was sentenced for mur-! der. from ambush, of Jame3 <Bud) j Miller, Haywood County, with shots 1 intended for another, who was also! injured. Stefanoff was convicted of j murder in connection with the bank t robbery a? Taylorsviile, in which T. j See Iron Fireman in operation. Ask the owner what be thinks of it; Then ask us how much money B| you could save with Iron Fireman bring. IRON E AUTOMATIC (j JOHN B. SI ROONE, NOB ews Items roin Raleigh | Kci'.tu.ckv Ciifl Wins " J 1.KXINUTOX, Ky Miss Clelft Moody, 10, (above), wins the prize trip "to KariiiH' ia the eighth annual la-ague of Nations competition for high school students of the United States, the second girl to win. C. Barnes, cashier, was killed and Solon Little seriously injured. Lester and B. H. Green, father and son, sentenced to death, are awaiting action on appeals, and K E. Black, all of High Point, was reprieved for three weeks. He was due to he electrocuted Friday, too. Stefanoffs confession mentioned athor robberies in which he and others were implicated. He mentioned Durham. Gibsonvillc, Denton and other jobs in which l>e, the Greens and others, he said, were implicated. He referred to several men, some officers, who had not been atrested in any of the cases. Teachers to IJ?*eei\v Pay Certifications of teachers to receive parts of their salaries from the ?500^/00 grant from the Federal Gover&fa-, ial were practically completed fov the entire amount last week by Dr. A; 1. Alien, and hope is expressed chat all such teachers will receive t-tioi- !.: : niia] month's pay within two weeks .-mo. of then 1 v the time the schools close. Others whose syivdols hare closed will thus have 1 oait two ni uossibly three weeks bo getting the last months' salary This, it is shown, is the only way North- Odrbor.a Could get the hr.U . million- .lobars for sellout purposes -I over nor EheifigUaui. who issuves the teachers some weeks ago thai they won!-! have their full salaries and about on time, stales that effort: were made to get the Federal author | Itiej to allow the State to pay sat ! arias in full and use the S500.000 Fo: reimbursing the fund. That, it wit found, could not be done, under tin . Federal rules. So it was necessan to delay tae pay ffoist Ctiwt io throi weeks in order to get the grant a. ail. Otherwise, teachers would ge their pay on the day schools close and many of them will anyway. Highway Fund to He Spent The first use of the 550,000 se aside as highway beautifieatioi funds from the $9,550,000 allotted ti North Carolina for emergency high way work will be used on Route 21 ] north ct Raleigh and connecting witl j the Lees vibe real to Durham, for ; ! distance of shout four miles. A beau j rification project is included m thi | ntgnwav jetting to bo held .June 5 j Tree and shrubbery planting, lurf&j red gullies and banks and removing unsightly objects will be included More than half a million dollars wi! be included in the June 5th letting when lfi or more projects will be ad vertised, or all of them that are ap proved by tlie Washington authorities. This will leave probably S1.225,000 to Si,500.000 or the emergency federal aid that was allotted tc North Carolina. The two Watauga projects prepared are widening and bitulitihn surface treatment On about half a mile of Route 28 in Boone, and vvid en Lug and bituiilhic surface treatment on 1.6 miles of Route 17 ir Biowing Rock. Allen May Head E. C. T. C. Dr. A. T. Allen, for a decade Stat< Superintendent of Public Instruction is mentioned as a possible succe3soi to the late Dr. Robert H. Wright a: president of the East Carolina Tea chers College at Greenville. Before heading the State department, Dr Allen's experience included teaching superintendent and a period in the department in certification of teachers. The salary would be PMAH COAL FIRING 'EELE, Dealer CH CAKOUXA WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?RVBR1 the SOEDe. but without the In per cent voluntary cut he is now taking. Clyde Erwin. Rutherford County superintendent. aii'i Guy B Phillips; Greensbom city .superintendent, past and present presidents of the North Car! olina Education Assocration, have been mentioned as possible successors to Dr. Allen, if he should resign Teachers Seek Employment j Public school teacher:-, because ol ! their greatly reduce t salaries the i past year, are applying in large numbers to the re-employment offices over the State for summer employment for the four months, until scauoes start again, \?*tpju? -m. vvuyn iclv, director for North Carolina states The- bad plight o: the teach era is judged by the large numbei applying for work. Mr Weyn.ck said Truck Garden Started One thousand acres of a 0,000-acn iraet of land in Onslow County, own ed by the State Board of Education has been leased for one year, witi the privilege of renewal for fiv< years, to the State relief ad minis tra tion. headed by Mrs Thomas O'Ber ry. The consideration 13 nominal, Sl( a year The land will be used to furnish unemployed with garden an< truck tract3 for crops .this year L order to reduce as much as possibh the direct, relief furnished such fam lies. Lapidary Wanted A lapidary, a person who cuts an< sets or deals in precious stones, i wanted in Ashev.Ule or tnat aectioi to take stones of various kinds fount : by tourist visitors and cut them s< they will bo attractive souvenirs, an< to cut and keep on hand for visitor: various kinds of attractive stone sou venicsj the Ashevillc Chamber o Commerce announces. S.33,000 Saving in Salaries About $33,000 wili be saved to th State this fiscal year if all of th State's constitutional officers refum the 15 per cent of their salaries, as i required of the non-constitutional oi ficers, under the first act passed b; the 1933 General Assembly. By a: oversight it was not ratified befor ; uie newly-elected officers were inac guraied, su does not apply to the cor ' stituttonal officers because the Cor '' rtifol ion prohibits lowering their sa ' j arieu during U'.fcil forms of cffic ' Governor F.hringhaus, Attorney Ge; - oral I.) G. Brummitt and State St pcrintendent of Public instruction t T. Alien have roturned their 15 pi i net each month. The resolution doi not apply to State Treasurer Charli 1 it; JuTn;3G;:, because of hie added at i t ie,s ns Director of Local Governmen : Secretary of State Slacey VV. Wae ' and Staet Auditor Baxter Duma - have not refunded any of their sa - nries, but may do so before the er r of the fiscal year. They would 1 5 within their constitutional rights n< i to, as the return can be voliintai ! only. To hhinliiijlti Toll Bridges t A policy of eliminating private owned toll bridges from the er.tii State highway system was adopli by the State Highway and Publ Works Commission in the adoptic t of a resolution requested by Govemi i Khringhaus at the meeting last wee' i Chairman E. B. Jeffrcss and tw - members will enter into negoliatio; , with owners ot' the bridges and csusi i ways between Wrightsvillc- ar 11 Wrigblsviile Beach: Morehead CI I land Atlantic Beach, and from Poir Harbro across Currituck Sound to . point near Kitty Hawk and if pro] I or purchase cannot be made, the ; wiil make plans for huilding bridge . and causeways necessary to the Stat highways. I-ater it is expected thi . the Genera! Assembly of 193S wi Be asked to take over the bonds ii - sued to build the bridges over Che wan River, near Edenton, and tt Cape F'ear River near vVilmingtoi ' and remove the tolls which now g > to pay off the bonds. Bankers Syndicate Formed : A syndicate of Morth Carolina bar i kers has been formed for the jiurpb! of bidding on the $12,230,000 now 1 short term notes when these func i are changed to bonds and offered f< sale between now and July ltith, whe these funds are changed to bone and offered for sale between now an July 16, when the b-.lik fall due. Aboi , thirty bankers met in the Governor r office at the call of Governor Ehi s inghaus and State Treasurer Charlt >1. Johnson to organize the synd i cate. North Carolina bankers, wt . now hold most of the notes, will tin , compete with New York bankers i< the bonds. Officials can get a 41 l -t per cent mtere. rate Primary Voters to Receive Aid The voter in the June 2nd primai "may be aided in the preparation < his ballot by (a) any election oft eial of his voting precinct, (b) an member of his family, (c) or any otl er person requested by the voter," A torney General D. G. Brummitt hole in an opinion. "In each instance th aid can be rendered only upon ri quest of the voter himself," he state adding: "No markers or assistant are to be appointed to aid voters i primaries." He also says that It i not now necessary to get the appri val of the election officials to a pet son the voter asks to aid him wit his ballot. He further says that vol ers of the precinct have the right t be present at the counting of th ballots in primary elections, but. cite thai eieetiOii officials may fix a spac iarge enough to carry or. the work c r THURSDAY?SOONE. N. C. Fulfilled Promise j j j '*' 1 t *4jj^PR "* | KOLIANVOGlTl -loan Blondcll : ?, \v;i< : Wsmpas sermon star \ .-ho. - in N'ow, three yard bit- . . *W is nwstrded the Achievement j i .) . v by tb s.d|c judged n* having j - .?] < I he greatest screen advancement since then. * counting the ballets. and prevent Oth ers not aiding from coining inside - such work space. j - DI TCI I SCUM HIT, TOUHY i (.AXGSTGK, (IOKS TO PRISON 1 2 Asheviile, N. C.?Ludkig (Dutch) , Cchmidt, Chicago Touhy gangster i convicted ot* taking part in the $105.- | 000 Charlotte mail truck robbery last j fail and sentenced to 32 years in At- j 1 lanta prison, was taken to that, place s j Thursday. 1 j Schmidt left by train for Atlanta j * j in custody of TJ. S. Marshal Charles j J ! E. Price The prison was designated I * by the attorney general in a telegram j s to Marshal Price. f Basil Banghart. convicted with, Schmidt, was started Thursday for the Illinois prison at Chester. III., where his Federal term of 3d years n will run concurrently with a 99-year ? sentence meted out after conviction ^ of e part in the John ( Jake the Bar' ber) Factor kidnaping in Chicago. \\ TIRE wo; I ALONG ON TDip i ilia Drop th before yt yi this we 4. U | flC-vt ?r 'yt re < d It's a lot safer, more In cheaper in the end to 'r new tires?particularlj i :o 11 are still so low ... And 1 e j 1 year makes the most \ yil lions?and so offers the yt ! ~ ey's worth at every pr 1_ wiser to choose new G n Gome and see why mo L0 I it' Goodyears tnan any ot )l 5_ name your price and Goodyear it buys! O * 21 Is IS XMSW id it 's | BRAKE LINING SERVICE 15 I - WASHING simonizing expert y lubrication | service f willard battery service one-stop service * is m ?i ,?i , ^ i _____ if;3nmiiaahrmnngmiii PHYSICIANS FROM THREE STATES TO ? MEET BANNER ELK " {op< f ;c. Cancer Clinic to Be Held I*rider the Cie Auspices of (jrace Hospital and the; Avery County Medical Association. j To Be Conducted by Charles De- / Forest Lucas of Memorial Hospital, ' Cornell University. Wll Banner Fik, X C Physicians from : ' three .States will moot at Grace Has- ! 1 pital and Pinnacle Inn, Banner Elk, ; next dune 4 and 5 for a cancer clinic; 1 held under the joint auspices of Grace th< Hospital and tht Avery County Med-! ' ica! Association, it was announced , isb Friday by Dr. R. H Hardin Dr. Har- j din is on the staff of Grace Hospital | dy and is president of the county asso-1 ciation. Doctors in North Carolina, ? in; Tennessee and Virginia have ocer. I asked to attend, and Dr Hardin ex-jsti peels about one hundred ami fifty to accept the invitation. fo The clinic will be conducted by Dr. Charles DeFornst Duces. clinical re- ue search fellow of the Memorial Hospital. Cornell University. New York ha .\mong speakers or me occasion j will be Dr. Wiley D. Forbus, profes- j sh s >r of pathology at Duke University; | Dr. W. T. West, Johnson City, Tenn.; ca Dr. H. \V. Bachman, Bristol, 'fd..- j Tenn.: Dr. Albert O. Ivern. KnoxvfJle; Dr. Robert II. Uafferfcy, Charlotte: i Dr. L. B. McBrayer, Southern Pines, I secretary and treasurer of the North; ! Carolina Medical Society; Dr. Owen j PJ i Moore Charlotte; Dr. Herbert Acuff, \ I of Kuoxvillo, Tenn.: Dr. Addison G. i01 I Brenizer, Charlotte: and Dr. C. C. ; [ Carpenter, professor of pathology at ! P< j Wake Forest College. Wake Forest, j Ot her speakers will be Dr. Deryl; I Hart, professor of surgery at Duke j University; Dr. G. Edward Campbell,;1'1 j of Johnson City: Dr. R. L. Gibbons. ; Charlotte; Dr. C. H. Cooke, Asheville, ; and Dr. J. T. Burma, High Point. }j' Most <?f tile talks, which cover all | RRIES ^ your ie lednesda? pleasant and ijj p^/1 f start out on /j ^ r since prices ^ ? jecause Good-^ with its many tire on the mar tl Hodges T Free Road Service? BOONE, NORTH Good Used Tires SI .00 Up III t MAY 24, 1534 3 sea of cancer, will be limited ta e aid many will be illustrated -with Lern slides. Dr. Lucas, conductor the clinic, will hold clinics and > x .onstratioiis at the close of the and day's pros ram. "he facilities of Grace Hospital are n to the physicians during the clinas well as the facilities of Pmr.aInn. 49 YEARS 4GO "o.-ty-nine years ago . . -"oiks boiled cofree and settled it Lb an egg. Ladies r.xlc on side-saddles. 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