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v „ i ^ \ GOOD aFTERjvGGN Going to the bathing beaches these days shows yon where art ists got the idea for the comic ■ strip. HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1933 SINGLE COPIES. FIVE CENTS \ Declare Fogleman Not Guilty Of Murder Known if Governor jl^ived Message From Gastonia Lawyer uhed to him just PORE CHAIR DEATH M'T'AIA a up. 5.— (UP)- • [ JLjll .1. Purham. prominent j ufiia attorney, announced hero t. -a* 2o minutes before Olin Jp^Pnian was executed ves L Mr the murder of W. J. i ' (f Rockingham county fillir.p Lit operator, he had advised Ptovernor Khrinphaus t ‘»n youthful hitchhikers had JwM him here that they wit- I Li farter's death and that Lrai was not the man. Dui JjLi fhat he could not say fetkr EhnnphaU3 got the me* p RALEIGH. Au*. (Special). i -a - aeainst the death P*’ii t-^wcun as a reaction fro'nj , option yesterday of Ohn ; urtleman Rockinjrhani coun-. ,m convicted of the murder j i ,'. 'arter. operator of a fill-i r<*ron.. , _ ]fcsTv UlWeWVll HUM » •jrile. who defended the pris tr m the court trial and re-, B*«i with him until he was dead ■ r take the lead in the npht. j Glenn represents the Rock- ■ [ham district in the senate. Ho ■ er'irelv convinced that P oule- < , a w»' innocent. Mr. Glidewell opposed the death penalty. Stnneeiv enough. the only , nscner who ever has left a rec- ( H of opposition to the death pen fcr was Foreman. Most of its ittims havp believed in it. The i Kt that thpy practiced it in im- ; < aiB? it upon thmr enemies or I Her victims may have had some ip to do with their f°eline. I < he; of thorn have declared their ««:' n :t and particularly as it p’-«d • > their own cas^s. Fogle v tailed it “unchristian.** 7s created aeration that over £»i an individual ca<e canto It?-, when J. Tom Hairis was srr«i. He was a Mason and ivni :nt'> a prominent family, t nov«r made any statement, wt hi' case, but there was no . wbt of his euilt. Eye testimony *b aniiahle and used. But Fo ; conviction rested on the | Btimonv of a terrified woman 4ose identification of the pris *r ’acked much of absolute cer-1 ®ty. And Fojrleman within a w^nds of his death reiterat es absolute innocence. Mercury Vapor lamp Perfected ®roier Fruitland Student Worked on Project A new; dispatch from Cincin ,fi that a new kind of lamp has ^ perfected at the University f Cincinnati by two scientists, p: k*y Balinkin and 1>. A. *'**• It is described as a “rosy H mercury vapor lamp” and it **1 that it will he a s^eat con ation to more efficient Muni tion. ^*:s invention is of local in- I "*** on account of the fact that. It. A. Wells is a native of] ^ Carolina and was a student f nut land in 1916. He is re * p rt'* as a student there by • ® Sinclair, who was a mem °I the Fruitland faculty that Boyle’s Shop on 4th Ave. Robbed .j® and Tax Money Are 'aken; Stock Untouched ' shop on Fourth Avenue J wa> entered last night and /m of money taken. Entrance j.L *®Ined through the front door lT1" hy Use of a key lost some ‘ '"Uro or by picking the lock. ,kjPr°ximately $10 in cash was 0:1 and an uncounted sum of money kept apart from regu tn/"''°'pt>< was also taken. Con 4 the office desk were rifl in'! .none °f the stock was msted. T*i !' jobbery was being investi X the police department., Hestley Stepp Ends Life By Shot In Head! i Body of Building and Loan Association Officer Found in Locked Room of Bank Building; Had Complained of Bad Health Ends Own Life r ■ ■■■ * HESTLEY A. STEPP PITCHED FIGHT IN KENTUCKY INJURES TWOi _ I Over 500 Shots Fired: From Under Cover Be fore Election Day HARLAN, Ky., Aug. 5. (UP) —| Rival political factions engaged in ! i pitched battle at at precinct J headquarters of Harlan county early today, shortly before the national guardsmen arrived to supervise today’s Republican coun-; Ly primary. Over 500 shots were ^ fired, with one faction under cov-; ?r of a commissary erected forj militiamen and others behind con crete abuttments nearby. One per-; son had his finger shot off, an-1 other suffered a bad eye injury j from which he may lose his sight when a stick of dynamite tied to j a lump of coal exploded near here. _ j Intermitten fighting ended when state troopers arrived short ly before 6 a. m., when the polls opened. The men had been firing almost since 3 a. m. When Theo-j dore Middleton, candidate for | sheriff and three of his men came to the commissary he said he would work at the election as per; the agreement that both sides have representatives. Middleton said T. M. Gibson, ] superintendent of the R. C.Tway coal camp, the polling place, and Gibson’s men opened fire on him and his men when they approach ed. Middleton returned the fire of Gibson’s men in the commis sary. Soldiers disarmed all the men, carried Gibson and Middleton to Harlan where Adjutant General Denhardt dismissed them after they promised not to disturb the peace again and refused to swear out warrants against each other. Arrest Made in Tear Gassing of Stock Exchange NEW YORK. Aug. 5. (UP)*-— Eugene Paniell, .Jr., 32, broad shouldered, prosperous appearing Harvard graduate and lawyer, was formally arrested today, charged with "lacing two tear gas bombs in the ventilating system of the New York Stock Exchange sys tem yesterday, causing suspension of trading for the rest of the dav. He was taken into custody at St. Paul Hotel after quostjonine by the police. His arrest was ordered by Insj&ctor John Lyons. H « Hcstlcy A. Stepp, age 47, sec rcta»y-treasurer of the j.aborcv: Building and Loan Association, committed suicide about 12 o’clock noon today ia the toilet room of the State Trusst company by shoot ing himself in the head with a .32 calibre Smith & Wesson revolver. The body was discovered by Bruce A. Cox. who was called to open the door which was locked on the inside. When Mr. Cox en tered the room he found the body lying on its bac.k on the floor and the pistol nearby. Officials of the bank stated that they were all very busy incident to the noon closing hour when Mr. Stepp entered the building. Frank Edwards, who was in the bank at the time, told bank employes that he heard a noise, but little atten tion was paid to it at the time. Later the door was found to be locked and when no response was obtained from Mr. Stepp, Mr. Cox, an export locksmith, was called to open the door. Mr. Stepp was a native of Hen derson county and spent most of his life here. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Stepp. He first became connected with,the Build ing and Loart association in 1910 when it was associated with the old Wanteska . Bank, and about five years later was elected to the position which he held at the time of his death. He was active in the civic and business life of the community, being a member of the Kiwanis club and a former director, a for mer director of the First Bank & Trust Co., and a member of the Masonic lodge. He is survived by his father and mother, his widow and two chil dren in his immediate family. Mr. Stepp complained to friends last night that he had not been feeling well, and tjiis was ad vanced as a probable reason for his act. TOOMER GOES TO NATIONAL AMATEUR MEET Will Represent Local Golf Club in Atlanta Net Tuesday Jack Toomer, semi-finalist in the southern amateur golf tour nament, will represent the Hen dersonville Golf and Country club in the elimination round of the national amateur which will be played at Atlanta on August 8. Toomer will be one of 11 golf ers to play in the elimination round and three of the players will qualify for the national amateur. The elimination round will con sist of 36 holes to be played over the course of the Atlanta Athletic Club course. The 11 players to enter the elimination round are Charles R. Yates, Berrien Moore, Jr., Dan G. Sage, Jr., George Harris, M. M. Smith, Charles H. Black, Jr., and David G. Black, all of At i lanta, Billy McWilliams, Rome, Ga., Jack Toomer, Henderson ville, Carl Dann, Jr., Orlando, Fla., Mark A. Pollack, Jr., Ha vana. Baptist Pastors To Meet Monday — Organizing of Dry Forces Anticipated Then The Ministers’ Conference of ! the Carolina Baptist association will meet on Monday morning, August 7, at 10 o’clock at the i j First Baptist church. | It is the hope of the conference ] I to organise the dry forces of the| ‘association at this meeting. i INDUSTRIAL HARMONY FOR NATION URGED Roosevelt Backs Adminis tration Appeal for End of Strife ADJUSTMENT BODY SET UP IN CAPITAL WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. (UP). —The national recovery adminis tration today threw its weight against industrial discord during the recovery emergency, in lint; with President Roosevelt’s mora torium on strikes and lock-outs. Averting peril to the recovery program which was presented by the Pennsylvania coal strike in which a temporary truce was ob tained last night, the NRA creat ed a special labor and industrial hoard, headed by Senator Robert F. Wagner, Dem., New York, to handle all future disputes. The board swung into action immedi ately. HYDE PARK, Aug, 5. (UP).— President Roosevelt today com mended to the “public conscience” an appeal of industrial and labor : leaders for industrial peace dur ing tho recovery program, char- j acterizing the document as com-1 parable to Samuel (Jumpers’ mem-, orable war-time deman^l to pre-i serve the status quo in labor dis putes. RooseveU explained that in addition to asking for cooperation in the interest of the nation it proposed the creation of a trib unal to pass promptly on all cases I arising through interpretation of j the re-employment agreement. Dr. Murphree At i Fruitland Inst.j Recently Elected President! and Family at School Dr. A. B. Murphree and family, of Alabama, are now living at Fruitland Institute. Dr. Murphree having been recently elected pres ident of the Institute by the board of trustees. Dr. Murphree is a man of many years experience in the teaching profession and has served as coun ty superintendent, high school principal, instructor in State Teachers College, and as principal of the Ehenczcr Baptist Academy in Alabama. LAMONT SAYS STEEL CODE UNJUSTIFIED NEW YORK, Auk. 5.—(UP). The steel industry’s NRA proposal goes “far beyond anything that can be justified by present condi tions” and can only be justified to steel stockholders by “the realiza tion of hopes aroused by the ef forts of the national administra tion,” Robert P. Lamont. presi dent of the American Iron and Steel Institute said yesterday in a memorandum replying to ques tions regarding the code. __ Are Last of Local Groups to Take Formal Action Here Until Code Adopted for Druggists and Lumbermen ---— j Feed dealers of Hendersonville met last night and expressed their sympathy for tlm administration in the effort to work out shorter [hours, higher salaries to conform j to the blanket code and the em ployment of more people. Their meeting was the shortest of the various classes of business code meetings which have been held during the past week. They adopted 8 o’clock as the opening hour and closing hour at 6 o’clock except on Saturdays, when they will close at 8 o’clock or earlier, according to wishes of the indi vidual merchants. The new work ing h >urs will be effective nest Mond ry. Zel F. Byers was elected chair man. E. W. Ham. chairman of the merchants group of the Chamber of Commerce has called off tho meeting which on last Monday night was scheduled for the com ing Monday night. It was felt at first that after the group meet ings through the week merchants should meet Monday night to adopt uniform hours for opening and closing for the convenience of shoppers.' Mr. Ham feels that such would be impractical until all businesses come under the perma nent codes about the first of Sep tember, when a general meeting I will he called if such is considered advisable. I Groun meetings have been held by hardware and building supplies dealers, druggists, barbers, gro cers and meat dealers. The leading dry goods, dress goods, department stores and fur niture dealers adopted working hours after a general meeting the early part of the week. The lum bermen also have conferred, but, like the druggists, are awaiting the adoption of a specific code at Washington, under which they will work. The Chamber of Commerce an nounced that it didn't know of anv additional business groups that should be called but that the organization stood ready to he of service to any that might desire a meeting. The next meeting in connection with the NRA will be that re quested bv General Hugh S. John son, Monday at 4 o’clock, to form a permanent organization to fos ter the observance of the regula tions which the merchants have subscribed that they would con form to. I The following food dealers were (represented: Byers Bros., D. T. | Hart & Co., Houston Feed Stores, Shelton & King, and the Farmers Federation. PROHIBITIONISTS LAY PLANS FOR DRIVE AGAINST REPEAL ,2* __ PRECINCT DRY MEETING SET Fletcher Will Be First to Organize; Meet Mon day Night at 8 The first of the precinct meet ings announced by County Chair man Roy C. Bennett of the Unit ed Prohibition Forces of Hender son county will be held in Hoop ers Creek township Monday night at the Fletcher high school at 8 o’clock. At that time a mass meeting of citizens of that precinct who fav or the prohibition cause will be held and a township organization will be perfected. Chairman Ben nett and a number of speakers for prohibition will attend the meet ing, arrangements for which are being made by the “dry” leaders of the township. This meeting and all other pro hibition meetings held in Hender son county will be open to all citi zens, Mr. Bennett announces. They are not for prohibitionists exclusively, but for all rood citi zens who desire to be informed about this questiop and in posi tion to vote intelligently on No vember 7th. RECORD STILL SEIZURE FOR WESTERN CAROLINA SECTION WAS MADE FRIDAY IN POLK Biggest Outfit Ever Known, Together With 7000 Gal lons of Mash and 90 Gallons of Whiskey Taken; Three Arrested Seizure yesterday in Polk court-j t.y of what is declared to have; been the biggest still ever uncov-j ered in this section of the state, a 187-gallon copper outfit together with other items including 7,0<><> gallons of mash or beer and 9(J gallons of whiskey was reported this morning by W. W. Owens, prohibition raider. At the same time. Will Corn, Beauford Whitesides and General ^ Jones were arrested on blockading charges. The seizure was made in Coopers Gap township in Co Ik county and Mr. Owens said that the still was the biggest ever known in this section of the state. Occasionally, some of its size and even larger are used in the eas tern part of the state, he said, but outfits of this size have not here tofore been known in the moun tain area. | The stiH was found in the edRO i of a field, Mr. Owens said, and within 50 yards of the Jones harn. He said that it had been in opera tion for three weeks, or possibly a month. This is the second offense for Corn and Whitesides, said the prohibition raider. The latter de fendant, he said, was captured last summer with 330 gallons of whis key. An inventory of items taken at the still site was shown to contain the following apparatus and sup plies: One 187-gallon copper still, cap and worm; one set of connecting pipes; one upright boiler, doubler and cooler; 150 feet of iron pipe; 50 vat fermenters; 7,000 gallons of mash; 00 gallons of whiskey; five 50-gallon barrels; five 5-gal lon jugs; five 5-gallon demijohns; one 5_gallon keg; 10 1-gallon glass bottles; five buckets; three funnels; five rolls of tar paper; (Continued on page three) Rev. A. I. Justice Chosen Candidate; Roy Ben nett Chairman A meeting of prohibitionists of Henderson county held at the court house this morning at eleven o’clock, and attended by what the leaders regarded as a very satis factory number of men and wom en of the town and many country precincts, elected Roy C. Bennett as chairman of the county organi zation, nominated the Rev. A. I. Justice as the “dry” convention candidate, and made preliminary plans to thoroughly organize the county for the NdVember election. The meetinnr was called to or der by James F. Barrett and J. E. Shipman was nominated for chair man of the meeting by J. T. Fain. Mr. Shipman was unanimously elected, and his election was fol lowed by the election of J. T. Fain as secretary of the meeting. Chairman Shipman appointed, after the adoption of a motion, a committee to nominate officers for the county organization. This committee, with James F. Barrett as chairman, made recommenda tions which were unanimously adopted by the meeting and re sulted in the election of the fol lowing named officers: Roy C. Bennett was elected chairman of the county organiza tions of the United Dry Forces; Norman W. Miller was elected vice chairman; Miss Bessie Allen was elected vice chairman for the wo men and Mrs. W. K. Shipp was named vice chairman for the young people. The committee recommenaea that a “dry” candidate be named for the November election. The Rev. W. Herschel Ford placed in nomination the Rev. A. L Justice, regarded by many people as the foremost citizen of Henderson county. Mr. Ford said that Mr. Jus tice had been fighting the liquor traffic for sixty years and thatj he is a man of such character and t standing that it will never be nec essary for the prohibitionists to offer any apologies for the man or his record. The Rev. Claude H. Moser seconded the nomination of Mr. Justice. Mr. Justice was -unanimously nominated and several score peo ple in attendance at the meeting went forward and signed the peti tion which is necessary in order to have his name placed on the ballot for the November election. The Rev. Mr. Justice accepted the nomination in a speech pledg ing his most earnest efforts to the cause. Roy C. Bennett accepted the post of leader in the county in a talk calling upon all friends of prohibition to rally and fight and pledging his time and efforts to secure a prohibition victory in the county. M. R. Hillford, a field worker (Continued on page three) “I Loved .. “I loved Bill Costello . . and the I whole world will know of it” . . . A hushed courtroom • throng at Salem, Mass., listened to Mrs. Jessie Costello, shown above in a serene pose during her trial, .as she took the stdnd to make an im passioned denial of the State’s ac cusation that 'she poisoned to death her.husband. . WRIT HALTS 3 IN OPERATION OF RED FROG Temporary Injunction In volves Charges of Slot Machine Traffic Judge Michael Schenck, resi dent judge of the superior court, yesterday issued an injunction against Frank Kin" Walter Cox, Bob King, and J. M. Herbert re straining them from operation of the Red Frog, located on the Ashe ville highway at Druid Hills, and from transporting, selling, or de livering, or having in tbeir pos session or in the possession of SOLICITOR SHEPPARD others any slot machines. The injunction was asked by Solicitor W. R. Shephard, of the county recorder’s court and was supported by affadavits from a number of citizens. The injunction was made tem porary and is returnable before Judge Schenck on August 10 at 3 o’clock at the county court house; The defendants were further enjoined from removing any ar ticles of personal property, musi cal instruments, tables, or slot machines, except wearing apparel from the Red FVog. Solicitor Shephard, this morn ing took warrants before the Judge of the recorder’s court for King, Herbert and Cox charging them with conspiracy to carry on a general gambling business, with forming an establishment for the keeping and use of slot machines, with having in their nossession il legal slot machines, for knowingly having on property owned or rented by them illegal slot ma chines, and for carrying on a pub lic nuisance. Warrants were expected to be served this morning and Solicitor Shephard stated that he expected to ask for $500 bond in the case of each defendant. BASS JUMPED INTO BOAT SALTVILLE, Va. (UP)—While Chester Totten and a friend were rowing on the Holston river near here, a three-pound bass jumped into their boat. ORGANIZATION OF KEY G OUP COMES ! DAY Bids Are Out for Leaders to Confer at 4 P. M.; Canvass To Be Made patriotism”” basis OF APPEAL IN DRIVE In compliance with the request of General Hugh S. Johnson, na tional recovery administrator, the Chamber of Commerce has called a meeting of the "key" men and women of the community Monday afternoon for the purpose of fur thering the spirit and operation of the re-employment codea. General Johnson suggests a committee along military lines •with a general chairman, a man for general, a woman for lieuten ant-general, three colonels, seven majors, seven captains and 'i large number of privates with the work divided among the different groups. This organization will follow up the work that has been done dur ing the past week in helping the different mercantile groups work out • their NRA re-employment codes. It will be the work of this army to encourage those not un der the code to get under it not later than September 1; to canvass the residential districts and re quest in the name of patriotism the support of those who are co operating in the national re-em ployment campaign; to use pub lic gatherings, large and small, and the press for patriotic appeals for co-operation in the movemen ; to keep an eye open to any vio lations business men might make of the code which they have prom ised the national authorities they will adopt and operate under. The meeting will be held in the court room of the city hall at 4 o’clock. Invitations have gone forth in keeping with the follow ing letter from General Johnson: “Will you take the initiative immediately in organizing a cam paign committee in your com munity to be composed of the mayor, the official heads of the Chamber of Commerce, Clearing House Association, Kiwanis, Ro tary. Lions. Retail Merchants, Federation of Labor, Advertising Club, Federation of Woman’s clubs, Welfare societies. Ministe- f, rial association. Real Estate as- v sociation, and any other civic or ganization which in your judg ment is representative of an im portant element in the economic’ life of your community? "The function of this commit tee is to direct a campaign of ed ucation and organization which is to be a part of a national move ment to speed the return of pros perity through the expansion of consumer purchasing power in ac cordance with the principals set forth in the National Recovery Act* “It is an inspiring thing to be a part of a great national move ment to restore economic security to our people and I appeal to you to marshal all the forces of your community in one united effort to get rid of unemployment.” I i MACE, 88,1 PASSES AffAY Civil War Veteran’s Rites Will Be 2 P M. Sun day at Beulah Solomon Armstrong Mace, 88, died at his home in the Crab Creek section this morning at 7:50 o’clock. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Beulah church, with the Rev. C. E. Blythe officiating, and burial will follow in the cemetery there. Mr. Mace was a farmer by pro fession and a native of Mitchell county. He was a son of the late G. W. Mace and Mira Wright. Mace. He was a veteran of the Civilar war, having served as a corporal in the Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry. He is survived hy his widow, formerly Miss Elmira C. Blythe, and the following children: Mrs. J. W. Revis, Hendersonville; Mrs. B. B. Blythe, Hendersonville route 4; S. B. Mace. Reidsville; R. G. Mace. Belmont, and Mrs. J. B. Williams, Hendersonville route 3.. In addition he is survived by one ! brother, S. M. Mace of Hendcrr v, sonville route 4.
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