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HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., MONDAY, JULY 31, 1933 _SINGLE COPIES. FIVE CENTS
PEL INDUSTRY CODE AGREEMENT NEAR
if. & if. »!• f f T 1* * * * «* f 1* «
Merchants Will Discuss Code Here Tonight
II CONFORM
) PROPOSAL
F PRESIDENT
etin? Called by E. W.
lam Not Limited to
C. of C. Members
OTHER MEETING TO
)NSOR OBSERVANCE
W Ham. chairman of the
- n-, -roup of the Chanibvr
-v ;. m c. has called a meef
•,1-1; •. "f employers in tho
guni: to discuss proposed
. • conform to the reque.sk
nt Roosevelt,
men in similar lines of
ie>. will find i,t necessary to |
tgir,>wn working hours so a* |
g conformity with each
r \[r. Ham requests that eni
grs study the documents re- [
pj from postal authorities last.
in or<i* r to be familiar with
retirements when they meet j
tr' in the court room of the.
W'u\at S o’clock. t
■t Ham stated that the meet-j
Kta» vr limited t%» members of
■ r'UT;>. v of Commerce. The j
■W groups of employers arc ,
to t:.\ their own working !
E he said, and cannot do this j
Ihi: discussion of some of the 1
•> things involved. It is likely i
[ the general meeting may be i
ken up into group meetings at •
I es.'ion tonight.
Tins niceimg.*' Mr.-Hanr yx-T
ned. "has nothing to do with
meeting to be hold later this
k • > organ i:'** a unit to create
lime’t in favor of the observ
e of codes adopted by employ
Our idea C to get in line vol
irily and at once before pub- j
sentiment ;s crystallized against
EACHERS FOR I
DANA CHOSEN
ganizalion There Com
pleted for Opening of
Fall Term
r.'i? netrlv elected Dana school
it posed of A. J. Mil
i S. V. r„rn> and H. C. Case
t Saturday nitrht in the office
?’JP‘ R. Anders and or^an
the election of A. J.
a chairman.
11‘winjr teachers were
:>> thi- faculty for the next
W year:
r ■“ rv principal, mathe
r ': M > Alletta Plank. Knc-!
Ifcft'i Latin; Miss Helen Wil
Fny h and history; George
an(j Coach of boys;
r '/Simons, Tth grade; Mi:>s
;r,n. Pay. Gth grade; Miss
ru.i< W ird, 5th grade; Miss
“nte* n Hoots. 4th and 5t’n
Miss Irene Mitchell, 4th i
Mi I>. H. Greene and L.
far* i . :Jrd grade; Miss Ma
3'* m I Miss Minnie Flynn,
Eleanor L. Plank
M Myrtle Pace, 1st grade,
ip new members on the fac
ar< Mr. Gibbs, Miss Ray and
F In addition to her
dot:., Miss Flynn will be
Frisbee will again teach
in agriculture, while
^ : -I Cunningham of the
Normal School will again
' '>r,. or two days each week
school music and the
of piano to those pupils
Garrett was unanimously
serve as building super
"i drivers were elected as
Carl Ramsey, Herbert
Raymond Pace and Rea
® Jackson.
• -dd of I). K. Stepp is ac
bs the state school com
he will again drive the
ar" bus from the Big Hungry
“ion.
d! 't hool children and as many
rrflls as possible, and other
'*s ''f the school will be urged
,.:\“<‘nd on the opening date,
" '■'ill be announced in the
Ur Future.
IANCHUS advance
AGAINST DOLONOF
J’KIPIXU July 31.—(UP).—
n--hf>uitUo soldiers have begur
j,: a<*vance on Dolo.nor to aus1
Klar;-S« it was announcer
Three Mates Die
For Girl’s Love
Jealousy over Mrs. Jewell Hasty
Bell, above, pretty 19-year-old
brunet of Kennett, Mo., has cost j
her three successive husbands.
their lives. Her first husband took (
his life three years ago because
she refused to live with him. lhe
other day Harry Bell, her third
husband, was fatally shot by her
second mate, Arthur Pruett. Pru
ett. critically wounded in the gun
duel, then killed himself.
Victory Plan of i
Methodists Here
To Be Followed
Rock Hill People Will Use
Scheme; Delegation 1
Here Sunday
Having learned of the success |
of the Victory Fund campaign of i
the First Methodist Sunday school
here, five representatives ot St.
John’s Methodist church of Rock
Hill, S. C.» came to Hendersonville
Sunday to familiarize themselscs
with the plan of organization and
operation. . .
Details of the financial plan,
which was inaugurated here early
last year by the Rev. Claude H.
Moser as a means of meeting tin-*
church building obligations, were j
explained to the visitors by B. H.j
Colt, secretary, and they were so
well pleased with it that they stat
ed that they would place it in op
eration in the Rock Hill chinch,
which is perhaps twice as large as
the local church.
Under the plan, a weekly pledge
is secured from every member of
the Sunday school, and when this
is paid the member is given credit
with a star on a large chart in
each Sunday school class room.
Emphasis is placed on regularity
of payment rather than on the
size of the pledge, this being
known only by the secretary. The
plan increased the Sunday school
collection here from about $8.00
wecklv to more than $30.
In the Rock Hill party were
J. C. Hardin, chairman of the
church hoard 'of trustees; A. C-.
Patterson, Sunday school treasur
er; I*. R. Jenkins, church treasur
er; W. <’. Holroyd, treasurer of
the building fund, and Mrs. R. M.
Massey, secretary to the pastor.
Mr. Patterson is a brother of Mrs.
J I). Pullin and Mrs. F. H. Kin
caid of Hendersonville and for
merly lived here.
Orleans Bakers
Reject New Code
NEW ORLEANS, Julv 31.—
(UP).—Master bread bakers of
this city Sunday refused to tall
in line with President Roosevelt s
blanket code for all industry, con
tending that to do so would auto
matically call for aa increase of
from 30 to 50 per cent in bread
prices. , , „
The announcement, made by t .
H. Daniel, secretary of the Master
Bakers' Association, followed an
executive session of the organiza
tion.
In refusing to sign the volun
tary agreement the bakers de
clared, “Ii, is the belief of the
* bakers that the mass of the con
suming public cannot at this time
afford to pay such prices foi
bread, and will not be able to dc
so until a great "number of people
are put to work and general wage*
are increased.”
TWO MEN ARE IN CUSTODY
SOON AFTER RELEASE GIVEN
KIDNAPED JOHN O’CONNELL
FLORIDA BLOW
MOVING WEST;
NO FATALITIES
Traveling Toward St. Pe
tersburg But Losing
Intensity
SARASOTA. Fla., July 31.—
(UP).—The Bahaman hurricane
which struck Florida east coast at
Stuart Sunday, swept westward
across the state today and was j
leaded in the general direction of
St. Petersburg, with apparently
rapidly diminishing intensity.
—
FORT PIERCE, Fla.. July 31.
(UP).—The tropical disturbance
that lashed this sector of the Flor
ida east coast with 60-mile-an
hour gales Sunday afternoon was
moving across the state last night
with apparently diminished in
tensity.
No casualties and only compar
atively minor property damage
were reported in the wake of the j
storm. The most severe damage ,
was inflicted upon citrus and trucK I
farms by the lashing winds and I
neenmnanvincr rain.
* Available reports indicated the
storm was moving across the pen
insula somewhat north of Lake
Okeechobee. Okeechobee City, at
the northern tip of the lake, re
ported shortly after 10 p. m. that
about 30 mile.per hour east winds
were blowing there, having de
creased in velocity during the last
two hours from 45 miles per hour.
Sebring, to the northwestward, re
ported 20 mile per hour winds.
More than 3.000 refugees evac
uated bv special trains and auto
mobiles‘from the Everglade sec
tion about Lake Okeechobee were
concentrated at Okeechobee City.
At no point were winds of hur
ricane velocity—from 75 to 8b
miles per hour—reported after
the storm struck the Florida pen
insula. The weather bureau here
described the highest reported
winds of 60 miles per hour, felt
here and at Stuart, as of gale ve
locity.
Shortly after 10 p. m. here the
barometer had risen within four
hours from 29.70 to 29.92 and
the wind velocity had decreased
to 38 miles per hour, southeast.
Vero Beach, a few milps to the
northward, reported southeast 40
mile per hour winds with a ba
rometer reading of 29.94.
The storm came in from tne
Atlantic ocean about midafter
noon, striking with its severest in
tensity between here and Stuart.
Both Fort Pierce and Stuart were
lashed by 60 mile an hour gales.
Power and telephone lines were
blown down.
North and south traffic along
the east coast was tied up for
three hours when a high tension
line broke at Stuart. Trees and
shrubbery were uprooted through,
out the small area, a few unsub
stantially built sheds were un
roofed and some business signs
were blown down in the cities.
Houses had been boarded up well
in advance.
SMOKY’S WILL PLAY
2 GAMES THIS WEEK
Because they }vcre rained out
in the game scheduled to be played
between them and Ponshurt at
Biltmore on Saturday, while the
West Asheville team won its
game, the local Smoky Mountain
I leaguers were shoved out of first
position in the league standing.
The local boys will have a game
on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30
with the Black Mountain boys
which, if they win, is doped to
give them a tie-for first place.
Louisiana Troops
Are Demobilized
NEW ORLEANS, July 31.—
(UP).—Two companies of Na
tional Guardstncn suddenly or
dered out under arms Sunday
were dismissed early today as
mysteriously and suddenly as
they had been called out.
The city was still alive with ru
mors that Senator Huey Long had
planned a coup to thwart an in
quiry into an alleged electior
; fraud in the voting of last No
1 vember.
Death Penalty for Mis
souri Kidnaper Be
lieved to Speed
Negotiations
ALBANY, N. Y., July 31. (UP)
Two unidentified men were being
held in custody here today, less
than 24 hours after John O’Con
nell, Jr., heir to the powerful po
litical empire of Albany was re
leased by kidnapers following pay
ment of $40,000, and authorities
announced they expected to
“break the case” quickly.
O’Connell was returned Sunday j
to the mountain camp of his j
uncle, Daniel O’Connell, after
$40,000 ransom had been paid to
kidnapers who held him captive
for three weeks.
The kidnapers, who first de
manded $250,000, reduced this
figure to $75,000 and finally ac
ceded to an offer of $40,000 when
the O’Connell family convinced
them this represented the maxi
mum they could raise.
Details of young O’Connell’s
return were guarded carefully.
O’Connell, a National Guard of
ficer, was physically unharmed.
The camp to which he returned is
about 15 miles from the state cap
itol where the O’Connell political
machine shares with Tammany
Ilall in the distribution of each]
<-•1-.it/I nnt.rnnaffp
Newspapermen, barred from
seeing O’Connell, were informed
bV friends of the family that he
was suffering slightly from nerv
ousness and shock.
This was considered an indica
tion that his confinement at the
hands of the kidnapers had been
unpleasant. Friends said that only
a shock of major proportions
could have shaken the youth,
known for his powerful physique
and vitality.
Participants in the return ne
gotiations said the kidnapers
showed a surprising compliance in
the last few days, presumably be
cause of the death penalty meted
out by a Missouri jury to Walter
McGee, abductor of Mary Me El
roy, daughter of the city manager
of Kansas City. •
Gov. Herbert H. Lehman last
night joined federal and local
police in the search for the kid
napers, pledging co-operation ot
the entire forces of the state to
“stamp out kidnaping and all
other forms of racketeering in the
state of New York.”
Fire Destroys
Saluda Cottage
SALUDA, July 31.—Fire total- j
ly destroyed a summer cottage
and furniture said to be owned
by Mr. Frank George, of Lexing
ton. S. C.. this morning about one
thirty o’clock. The cottage was va
cant and the cause of the fire un
known. This is the larger of the
two cottages formerly owned by
Miss Retty Price. It is understood
that the property was at least par
tially insured.
POWER LINE TO-COVE
CREEK IS AUTHORIZED
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 31.—
| (UP). The Tennesse Valley au
| thority today ordered immediate
'preparation of preliminary plans
for a power Transmissio nline from
Muscle Shoals dam to Cove Creek,
a distance of 220 miles through
the heart of the Tennessee Valley,
and also authorized immediate ac
tion to provide government power
'for Florence, Sheffield, and Tus
cumbia, Alabama.
Balfour Yard and Garden Judging
Contest Held and Prizes Awarded
A committee of ladies, inclun
ing Mrs. J. C. Morrow, Jr., Mrs.
J. E. Shipman and Mrs. John For
rest. members of the Henderson
ville Woman’s club today an
nounced results of the annual
judging held recently in Balfour
at the request of Balfour Mill au
thorities.
The following awards were
made in the various classifications
of beautification and improve
ments, according to the custom
which is followed there each year.
Mrs. B. I. Riddlehoover, most
genteel garden.
Mrs. Eveh .Dempsey, well plan
ned yard.
Mrs. J .A. Hammond, attractive
planting of flowers and shrubs.
Mrs. W. R. Wyatt, most inv
provement over last year.
Mrs. J. W. Erwin, best flowers.
Mrs. .Sallie I’ruitt, most im
provement with disadvantages.
Mrs. G. G. Kuykendall, good
collection of flowers.
The committee also gavo hon
orable mention of Mrs. Sam Wil
liams and Mrs. Ralph Gaillard in
doing extra work this year to
1 make Lane street the prettiest in j
the village.
Blake street was adjudged the |
second prettiest while Carter i
street was adjudged to have shown ’
great improvement over last year
by the planting of grass in sev
eral yards facing it.
The maple trees which wero
planted a feaw years ago are
showing up well this year.
I T
Secretary to Wed
Governor Pollard '
i
The engagement of Gov. John G.
Pollard of Virginia and Miss Vio
let Eliabeth McDougall, his ex
ecutive secretary, has been an
nounced by Miss MeDougall’s
mother, Mrs. Ellen McDougall, a
resident of Winnipeg, Canada.
Miss McDougall, shown above in
a recent portrait, is 44; the gov
ernor, 61.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba. July 31.
iillP).-t Governor , John Garland
Pollard, of Virginia, will marry
Miss Violet E. McDougal, his sec
retary,” some time after 2:30 p. m.
today”, the Governor said here
today.
The ceremony will be perform
ed in the First Presbyterian
church by the Rev. Gordon Mc
Lean after which the couple will
leave for Chicago and Greenbriar,
Va., on the way home from the
governor’s conference at San
Francisco.
Woman’s Heroism!
In Attempt to.
Save Mate Told
BENGAZI, Tripoli, July 31.—
(UP).—A tragic tale of a wife’s
devotion to her husband and her I
heroism in the desert was revealed
on the arrival here yesterday of
a camel caravan.
The caravan brought with it
Sirnora Rosalia Barresi, 24-year
old widow of Francesco Barresi,
who died of a viper bite in the
Cyrenaican desert. The widow
was rescued in an exhausted con
dition, after two days without
food or water bv the side of her
husband’s body.
An aviator spied the couple and
dropped a message promising to j
send aid. The woman said she had !
carried her husband on her shoul
ders nearly 40 miles over the
scorching sands, seeking rescue.
Barresi was a civil engineer.
JUNIOR ORDER WILL
MEET TUESDAY EVE
The regular meeting of the J
Junior Order, United American
Mechanics, will be held Tuesday
night at 8 o’clock at the Wood
man hall on Main street, it was |
announced by J. C. Coston, re-;
cording secretary, who says that j
as this is a very important meet
ing every member is urged to be .
present.
J. A. Brock Died At
Crab Creek Road
Home Sunday A. M.
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Was Prominently Connect-!
ed With Early Business!
Development and Po-,
litical Life of County
FUNERAL FROM HERE
AT 3 P. M. TODAY
J. A. Brock, 77, a resident of
Henderson county for the past 24
years, and former member of the
board of county commissioners,
died at his home on the Crab
Creek road Sunday morning at
4:45 a. m.
Mr. Brock had been in ill health
for several months and death
came as a result of a heart attack
as he slept.
Funeral services were being
held from the home this afternoon
at 3 o’clock and burial was to
Follow at Oakdale cemetery. Ser
vices were being conducted by the
Rev. R. V. Miller, pastor of the
Crove Street church, and the Rev.
Claude H. Moser, pastor of the
First Methodist church, of which
Mr. Brock was a member.
Mr. Brock was horn in Hender
son county. He was a son of the
iate Reuben Brock, a pioneer res
ident. of Henderson and Buncombe
counties. For a number of years
Mr. Broek*Hved ' in SportanhuEg
county, S. C., where he managed
large farming interests near In- j
man. He returned to Henderson- 1
ville in 1000.
He was prominently connected
with early business development
here and he and associates were
instrumental in organizing Iho
old People’s Bank, which later be
came the Citizens National Bank.
Mr. Brock served as vice-president
of this institution.
In public life he served as a
member of the board of county
commissioners about eight years
ago, and also served at that time
as chairman of the county road
board.
For the past several years he
had practically retired from busi
ness. but still gave his attention
to the management of his proper
ty in Hendersonville and the
county.
He is survived bv his widow.
Formerly Miss Nannie Bush, of
Spartanburg county, and six chil
dren as follows: Mrs. L. B. Met
calf, Hendersonville- A. F. Brock,
I’ryon; Miss Dahioniga C. Brock,
Hendersonville; D. D. Brock ot'
Spartanburg; Mrs. VV. B. Byrd,
Hendersonville, and E. E. Brock,
Hendersonville.
In addition he is survived by
two brothers, B. T. Brock of Lan
drum, S. C., and Pink Brock of
Candler,'and a sister, Mrs. Mattie
Lyda, of Candler.
MDOUGALD IS
NET CHAMPION
Stokes Wins Consolation
Match From Floridian
This Morning
Duncan MacDougald, of Bre
vard, Princeton University sopho
more, won the Hendersonville city
tennis tournament this morning
by defeating George Fain in the
finals, 6-3, 6-3, 8-6.
MacDougald had advanced thru
the semi-final round by defeating
Ernest Ewbank. defending cham
pion on Saturday afternoon, 5-7,
6-4, 8-6, 6-1, and by virtue of his
play against Ewbank he entered
the finals this morning as favor
ite. He was seeded No. 3 in the
tournament.
MacDougald was steadier than
his opponent this morning and
breezed through the first two sets.
In the third, however, he found
the going harder and finally pulled
thf set out after being down at
4-5 and 5-6. He squared the
match at 6-all and broke service
on the 13th game.
In the consolations this morn
ing, Pete Stokes, of Henderson
ville, defeated Arnold Rubin of
Miami.
CALL REHEARSAL
All members of the cast of the
play being sponsored by the Phila
thea class of the First Baptist
church, will meet Tuesday after
noon at 3:30 o’clock at the Lewis
lome to begin rehearsals.
Canon Ready to
Fire on Repeal |
_
fte. vgpiwSii&toBmi
to block repeal by legal procedure
is Canon William Sheafe Chase,
shown above in a recent portrait
study. Chase believes many state
repeal conventions ,which chose
delegates at large are unconstitu
STATE’S PARK
BODY TO MEET
To Proceed Tuesday With
Plans to Buy Remainder
of Needed Land
Th« Tlmet-New* Bui-mu
Sir Walter Hotel
RALEIGH, July 31.—The re
cently appointed fitate Park com
mission, of which W. W. Neal of
Marion is expected to be named
chairman, will hold its first meet
ing here Tuesday morning at 11
o’clock in the office of Governor
J. C. B. Ehringhaus. The first
thins: the commission is expected
to do is to elect Neal chairman,
organize and then to proceed with
its plans for completing the pur
chase of land for the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park
in the western part of the state.
The special committee named by
Governor Ehringhaus to make an
investigation of the disbursement
of funds by the old State Park
commission, consisting of Chair
man Neal, Foster Hankins of Lex
ington and State Senator John
Aiken of Hickory, is also expected
to organize and lay its plans for
conducting this investigation. j
Members of the commission in
addition to Neal, arc Foster Hank
ins, Lexington; John Aiken, Hick
ory; Thomas W. Raoul, Asheville,
and' Charles A. Cannon of Con
cord. . _
Neal, who was here Saturday,
said he expected to go to Wash
ington today and learn as much
as possible about the $2,300,000
which President Roosevelt has
made available from federal funds
to complete the purchase of lands
in the park area and to find out
what had to be done to secure this
money, also any other details he
could. . .
“Since the new commission has
not yet held a meeting, it is im
possible to say just what it is
going to do yet,” Neal said Satur-*
nay. “But I feel sure it is the de
sire of all its members to proceed
with its task of acquiring the nec
essary additional land in the parx
areas’ as rapidly as possible, so
that the National Park may be
come a reality in the very near
future. We shall do everything
possible, I am sure, to speed things
up as fast as we can.”
COTTON CONSUMPTION
NEW YORK, July 31. (UP).—
World consumption of cotton dur
ing the last 12 months was ap
proximately 14,132,000 bales as
compared with 12,506,000 bales
the previous year. The consump
tion was the largest since 1928
! 1929 when 15,226,000 bales were
consumed.
MUR WEEK
PRIVILEGE FOR
SMALL STORES
Against NRA Policy to
Work Hardships Upon
Business
STEEL TRADE WOULD
GIVE UP OWN UNIONS
WASHINGTON, July 31. (UP)
—The steel industry is willing to
delete from its code the provision
designed to maintain company
sponsored unions. Robert P. La
mont, president of the Iron and
Steel Institute said at the code
hearing today.
Powerful administration forces
were aligned with organized labor
today in its fight for the right to
unionize 500,000 steel workers as
the code for that giant of Ameri
can industries came up for public
hearing.
Dispute centered over a provis
ion of the proposed code by which
the steel industry sought to main
tain its system of company-spon
sored unions.
Organized labor, which in a bat
tle over many years has Jjeep able
to gain only a bare toe-hold In the
steel mills, claimed company un
ions did not give a fair voice to
workers.
By TUOMA6 L. STOKES -
United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1933, by U. P
WASHINGTON, July 31. (UP).
General Hugh S. Johnson, na
tional recovery administrator,
agreed last night to the first
modification in President Roose
velt’s voluntary blanket code in
approving a temporary code for
the retail trade affecting 5,000,
000 “white collar” workers.
Johnson acquiesced to the in
sistent demands that small retail
stores be permitted to employ
woikers up to 48 hours per week,
instead of limiting hours to 40
as the voluntary re-employment
agreement provides.
Representatives of the retail
trade, who were closeted for
several hours with Johnson Sun
day, agreed to the minimum
wage scales for the “white col
lar” class which range from $12
to $16 per week, according to
population of towns and cities.
The concession on hours, which
will permit a graduation up to
48 for smaller establishments in
small towns, was the first
“break” in the voluntary code.
This modification may open
the way for others.
The temporary retail code, to
be effective until the trade sub
mits its permanent code was
formulated under section 13 of
the blanket code which permits
an industry to substitute pro
visions of is permanent code for
the blanket code upon approval
of the NRA.
This is the first such case. A
number of other industries, in
cluding lumber, are seeking 4
similar “stop-gap” code. It would
constitute a sort of cross be
tween the regulation blanket
code and the permanent code and
may be adjusted to different
cases.
Johnson will insist that this
code covering the retail trade
dry goods, grocery stores, cloth*
iers, drugstores and the like—
does not establish a precedent.
He will take the position that it
fits in with the administration’s
announced intention to avert
hardships.
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