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WEATHER Rain tonight and Sunday; cold , ton'ffht jfcfetttS GOOD AFTERNOON Mae West may be all curves, but you can't deny she has her points, too. 0L 52—No. 264 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1933 SINGLE COPIES. FJVE CENTS FIVE GOVERNORS URGE PRICE FIXING I <8. a pes jr. XTORTIONIST fLOT FOILED an Admits Pen ning Kidnap Notes * lknTency for prisoner j;\S7 \ SALEM, Nov. 4. — , rfessed writer ot' rV -.-'tors to Richard .1. :••• r to tobacco mil v.. "a '.y charged with .. > to defraud under L, • \r\g in a prelimi •v . ■ . ' 'v m. today. 7,;\-; 'N-S A !.KM, Nov. 4. — : _. ;.anier. 33-year-old ::ician. confessed Sheriff Transou >yth county, that he : • - two letters in an ef • ?O.OOO from Rich j; R >. Jr.. tobacco multi : : threat of kid : V - P.c ynoids. time. Lainer ex :'e. Nonnie. of any • the affair which t a : yesterday when .*:es and two depart au'ents ttapped La r. ner of Third street i~. • avenue. ■ r'essed in Sheriff n the courthouse •urs of questioning:, .--s a ere written to Rey ii- .he week-end, and just ft*5 before Mrs. Reynolds r>r • -rth to a child. Lanier, j t".i in .:! health, de > • ::'c. who also had been - .. was innocent, li" ... ribed his attempt ■ a - 'Tis, savin? he 'vied at the Xo s • " federal court. i; • . . i last nisrht it !. d whether he - a preliminary 1He : n jail without ' Scot* said he believed 1 " '••as Jo years for such * '. -rate law. a: .- to a head in less ' ' Lanier was arrest ' F-iday morning. kn:>t the news a secret ie afternoon, work : an-Ie of it. Sheriff ! Lanier's confession _' " ' :.'J0 p. m. • * iettcr was sent Octo " n on coarse, ruled i not specify a time ; . the money. The two (lays later, nam • and Dunleith ave I ' alked into the trap. " p- .f justice agents at I the brown pa c -v package which Lanier T-vs course of action L" J. Edgar Hoover, • oau of investij?a '■nued on page three) ransfer of Fleet friendly Gesture Toward Japanese ^SHFXGTON^ Nov. 4. (UP). 4<•? the United States • Pacific to the At ; ' octan was viewed today in i circles here as a friendly ^ e to Japan and designed to "hatever apprehension *!<:* there over a likely rap between the United » an.! thP Soviet upnion. navy department announc that both the scout rationed in the Pacific r*° a-i thp battle fleet whose n *he Pacific would be '■"'1 to »he east coast next . ni>- 'ioth have been off the nc»» the outbreak of 'ubl* n the Far East two years _■ A -mail force will be left in pacific. - V,'h > House and navy de however, discounted in u '>n* replications and ex thai the plan is desigifed 'he fleet training off both Tia »!e bailors whose fam . ';•> «n the Atlantic coast an >nity to visit their homes. W, oo ou. t rlct .* construction com <0ub. ,0 e*»t of Rockf ^00,000 in flr$t hM Oct 0Ver »*mo period la»t Bearcats Calm Marshall Tornado After First Blast Nets 7 Points For Visitors With Two Regulars Out Most of Game, Hendersonville High Eleven Out-plays Visitors by Wide Margin TAX REPORTS BEING SOUGHT Clean Up on Sales and Professional Taxes Begins C. H. Felmet, deputy commis sioner of revenue said today that there are quite a few merchants who have not reported on the.r sales tax since July 1 and declared that it is essential that they either se- him at his office, second floor of the city hall, or write to Ra leigh. "The revenue department is de manding that they either report to its field representative, or an swer its letter from Raleigh, which asks them why they have not reported," said Mr. Felmet. Mr. Felmet also stated that the names of all professional men sub ject to state tax. including law yers, public accountants, real es tate salesmen, morticians, doctors, chiropractors and dentists, who! have not paid their taxes for 1933-34 will be certified to Ra leigh Monday, and that judgments against them for these taxes will be issued there. With reference to the sales tax, Mr. Felmet said that the majority | of these, especially the larger I merchants, have been paid up in j good shape, with the bigger mei-1 chants remitting their tax money promptly. He said the smaller merchants include those not heard from by Raleigh. Times-News dispatches from Raleigh today also pointed to in creased activity on the part of the revenue department, looking to ward collection of sales taxes, stating on authority of Commis- i sioner of Revenue Maxwell that j lists of delinquent merchants who , have not yet sent in their sales I tax collections on gross sales are! now being prepared by counties, | with a view to placing these lists in the hands of field deputies | within the next few days. The 56 field deputies in the state will be expected to call on each one of j these delinquent merchants be- j tween now and November 30 to find out why they have not made j their tax payments and to see that j they do make them at once, Coir-! missioner Maxwell said. Fo.» while i 17,000 merchants made sales tax . returns in October, there were j nearly 9,000 merchants who are registered who did not make any returns. Collections from the 3 per cent general sales tax on retail sales during October amounted to $549,603. It is believed that when the field collectors have checked up on the 9,000 merchants that , Hid not make any returns last month that the total will run well over $600,000. | "There are still a good many j merchants who do not fully un derstand the sales tax law, and who as a result have not sent in their returns as they should," Di rector Harry McMullan of the sales tax division said. "There are also a good many merchants, i we are finding, who have been i waiting for the deputy collectors to come around before making any returns at all. We have sent 1 out letters several times telling them the law required them t o send their sales tax collections in every month, if they amount to $10 or more a month, regardless ! of whether a collector come by or , • not. But there are some who: either do not read the letters or I pay no attention to them." It is believed that the 56 depu- i ty collectors in the field will be able to call on all of the 9,000 (delinquent merchants this month t and that as a result the collec i tions for November will show a | decided increase over October. Alabama Dairy Strike Is Called BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 4. (UP). — Dairymen serving the Birmingham market called a strike , yesterday that cuts off the milk supply of every pasteurizing plant -ill the city. Raw tnilk dealers who distribute their product dir^t to consumers were not affected. i »•,/■ The. dairymen demand an in crease of five cents per hundre 1 > pounds from pasteurizing plants. I mlaunted by an early 7-point load, the Hendersonville Bearcats demonstrated their ability lo "take it'' by rallying: in the fin:ii three quarters to defeat the Mar shal High Tornado 25 to 7 on the local field yesterday afternoon. Placed at a disadvantage be fore the game was a minute old, the Cats found themselves for tlu» first time this season on the short end of the score, but as cool as ice Coach Jackson's men settled down to play a great offensive and defensive game after the first period. I he Cats had a wide edge in statistics. They gained 188 yards on running plays to Marshall's 4(>, completed 2 of 3 passes for 77 yards, and made 11 first downs to 6 for the visitors. Marshall tried 5 passes and completed , one for' 25 yards. The visitors tried three other passes which were incom plete, but penalties were inflicted on these occasions. The visitors lost 55 yards on penalties to 35 for Hendersonville. Marshall kicked off. Edney on his own 10-yard line reached high ; for the ball, but it got through his ' hands and rolled back of the goal line. He retrieved it but was only able to get out to the five-yard line. Two cracks at the line failed to gain and Johnson went back of the goal to kick. He was hurried and got off a short kick which Cohn ran back to Hendersonville's 14-yard line. The Marshall backs in three tries made a first down on the 4-yard line and Cohn then crashed over for a touchdown. Redmond went off right tackle fo! the extra point and the Cats were behind 7 to 0. Just before the period ended the Cats on a punt exchange and j first down, went over into Mar shall territory and as the second quarter began were on Marshall's 46-yard stripe. On the first play Miller broke off his own right tackle, found himself in the clear, stiff-armed the safety man and went for a touchdown. An at tempted pass failed to add the ex tra point and the Cats were still behind 7 to 6. Before the period was over, however, the Cats had again crossed the goal line to take the lead. A sustained drive had car lied to Marshall's 12-yard line, and the Cats made a first down on the 2-yard mark. From there Miller went over on the first play and then droppped back to pass to Edney for the extra point. The Cats led 13 to 7 as the half ended. The visitors had scoring oppor tunities in the third period, but each time a stout Cat line and secondary stopped them dead. The first came early in the third pe riod. Johnson's punt was partially blocked and Marshall obtained the ball on Hendersonville's 30-yard j line. Two plays got a yard and a pass was grounded. Marshall punted to the locals' 8-yard line. Two plays got a first down and Miller added 15 and another first. On an attempted lateral, Sawyer recovered on Hendersonville's 18. Miller threw Cohn for a 4-yard loss, and Johnson intercepted a pass on his own 18. A moment later Miller dropped back to pass to Edney for a gain of 49 yards, placing the ball on Marshall's 13-yard line. Miller went over on the fourth play for a touchdown as the quarter end continued on page three) hibbi KIM TEST Smashing Victory Is Seen in Confi dence Vote PARIS. Nov 4~—(UP).—The new government of Premier Al bert Sarraut was given a vote of confidence by the chamber of deputies early today. The vote was 320 to 32, a smashing victory in the Sarraut cabinet's first request for sup port. Sarraut pledged his govern ment to a continuation of the policies of his predecessor, far mer Premier Edouard Daladier, but refrained in his general pro gram from detailing any new or constructive theories to meet the critical 1934 budget situation. The estimates so far indicate at least a 6,000,000,000 franc defi cit, or about $360,000,000 at cur rent exchange rates. The premier indicated his cabi net intends to seek to balance the budget by three measures:. 1—Economies in government, i 2-.—Elimination of tax frauds. 3—New taxes. Will Locate Monday At 3rd Ave. and Church St. The Henderson county relief of lief office is expected to reopen i next week and will be located in the Brooks building, at the corner of Third avenue west and Church street. Moving of the office from the courthouse to the new quarters was begun today and will prob ably be completed by Monday. Miss Pearl Weaver, district super visor, had not announced the name of the person to be in charge of the office, but stated that she believed that satisfactory arrange ments would be made. The amount of money to be available during the month of No vember for relief work is unknown at the present time. During the past month only about $500 was > available for relief work here, and most of this was spent in paying bills contracted for previous re lief work. The new quarters to be occupied will be rented and the county will be responsible for the rent. The quarters will afford office space i for clerical work and room for the storage of food and clothing to be : distributed. An advisory council has been named and will meet monthly to j check on the work done and the work to be done. Members of this j council will be Mrs. W. R. Kirk, chaiiman, Thomas H. Franks, sec-j retary, T. L. Durham chairman of 1 the county board. Mrs. John For rest, Mrs. W. E. Hamnett of Ed neyville. Miss Bessie Stedman of East Flat Rock. R. P. Freeze and P. F. Patton. Organization of the council was completed yesterday. Roosevelt Names New Chief For Home Loan Board By RAYMOND CLAPPER United Press Staff Correspondent Copyright 1933 by United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. (UP). Following- criticism of delay in ad ministration efforts to help mort gage ridden home owners. Presi dent Roosevelt yesterday replaced a politician with a business man at the head of the Home Loan Bank board and the Home Owners Loan corporation. William F. Stevenson, defeated former South Carolina congress man, resigned as chairman of both agencies and was replaced by John H. Fahey, a Massachusetts pub lisher and business man. Steven son remains on the board of the two organizations. The shift was sugared by a sug gestion that it was desirable to rotate the chairmanship. Around the offices of the board and the corporation it was viewed partly as a move to put more drive into the work of rescuing hard-pressed home owners and partly to fore arm the administration against ex pected criticism in confess two months hence. Stevenson has been criticized for favoring South Car olina friends, letting politics creep into his appointments, and nepot ism. The board issued a progress re port last night which showed; ap plications received to date for mortgage help, 500,000; loans paid out 3390 totalling $9,79G, 529. Of these $68,803 were paid in cash and the remainder in the corporation's bonds, given in ex change for mortgages. Of the 500,00 applications received, all except about 100,000 were thrown out as having been submitted un der a misunderstanding. An additional 98,445 mortgage applications have been tentatively approved at a total of $'277,755, 140. Postpone Calling of C.C.C. Recruits Henderson county recruits for the Civilian Conservation Corps camps will probably be called in about two weeks, a statement posted on the door of the relief office this morning- declared. In the notice F. S. Wilder of the relief office, declared that a tele pram from Raleigh had been re ceived to the effect that Hender son county recruits would be call ed later. «, n. The word later was interpreted by Mr. Wilder to mean about two weeks> according to the notice. Industrialists Named to NRA Advisory Board > Under the plan adopted for rotation of service, live leading industrialists from NRA's Industrial Ad visory Board were retired and five others appointed to take their place. The new appointees pictured here in Washington, are from left to right: R. E. Flanders, president of Jones & Lamson Machine Co., of Springfield, Vt.; Robert E. Wood, president of Sears Roebuck & Co.; Clay Williams of the R. J. Rey nolds Tobacco Co., and Pierre S. du Font of the E. 1. du Pont de Nemours Company. The fifth ap pointee, not shown in the group, is Myron C. Taylor of the United*States Steel Corporation. Chairman Bennett of Drys Makes Last Appeal In a final appeal to the voters of Henderson county issued today in preparation for balloting on the 18th amendment next Tuesday, Rov C Bennett, chairman of the United Dry Forces, Henderson de clared. "The 18th amendment will rn all probability be repealed but I hope not with the consent of the voters of Henderson county. I am calling upon you to vote No Con vention and for Rev. A. 1. J"?tic.e' our candidates against repeal, in this way we express ourselves against this evil whether the 18th amendment is saved or lost, am then too. we are informing oui representatives and senators with out the cost of another referen dum, how we stand regarding our state laws." , , Mr. Bennett s statement fol To the Voters of Henderson County:— .. , „ Next Tuesday we are called up on to voice our convictions again on a great moral issue. Shall v. e favor the return of legalized liquor or do we want t^e.c0"tin"J!" tion of prohibition w.th bettei en forcement? The 18th amendment will in all probability be repealed, but I hope not with the consent ot the voters of Henderson countj. I am calling upon you to vote "NO CONVENTION" and foi Rev A I Justice, our candidate, against repeal. In this way we ex press ourselves against this e whether the 18th amendment is saved or lost, and then too we ar informing our representatives and senators without the cost of an other referendum how we stand regarding our state laws. Verv few of those in favoi of the repeal of the 18th amendment favor the repealing of our state drv laws so they say. Then why not make this vote express our feeling as to the whole matter, firmlv believe that the major ty of the citizens of Henderson coun ty want to do the right in all mat t'ers but unfortunately a ld,re group have been misled as to the facts in the issue and consequent lv will vote contrary to the v,ay t'hev would ordinarily. 1 am ap nealine to vou who favor repeal to think seriously before you cast your vote, listen to the voice of vour parents, your mothe^,l" ^a questions: »W I net\e to Name that^come from repeal? Will l| not be guilty in part for ru.mne the life of many a man who year. a<ro gave up strong drink, but who . maynot be able to resistthetemp tations if put. m front of him atriin' In ruining the lives oi | ^hose ' young people who know Sfar'ifrisriehed out by t. drunken driver who by m was licensed to buy the • ^ sponsibile for the trage > • ^ My friends, you can not afford to take on this responsibility. io hose of you who have not decked how to vote I plead of you to take no chances. If you "hufyotinE lutely sure you are rig ^ for repeal you shou nnn't CTh«rwmele two'tickets, one for "No Convention" and one fo. a Convention-" OneUcket^fo Rev: AJ'i.- Justice, iepeal, | (Continued on page thiee) Proposes Mass Meeting on River Valley Project W. B. Smith Says Weaver and Burchard Would Attend A series of conferences was held here yesterday and today on plans for a mass meeting to con sider the attitude that Hender son, Transylvania and Buncombe counties will assume toward the proposed development of French Broad Valley under tho direction of the Tennessee Valley Author ity. Walter B. Smith, who is em ployed by the government in en gineering work, said he had ob tained the consent of Congress man Zebulon Weaver, E. D. Bur chard. chief engineer of the Geo graphical Survey, and others to attend, and that the meeting probably will be held next Thurs day evening at the courthouse, this depending on the ability of Mr. Weaver and Mr. Burchard to come at that time. If this date and other arrangements are con firmed, Noah Hoilowell, secretary of the chamber of commerce, will call the meeting and will invite chamber of commerce representa tives from Asheville and Brevard while T. L. Durham, chairman of the board of county commission ers .Mayor A. V. Edwards, the presidents of Rotary and Kiwanis clubs and other heads of local or ganizations and agencies will in vite similar representatives from Asheville and Brevard. Congressman Weaver was quot ed as saying that while French Broad Valley improvement funds could not be procured from the TVA, the project probably Could be included in the public works program if the people in this sec tion want the work done. About $20,000,000 would be required, it has been estimated. Bond for Garren Increased Today Bond for William Hoover Gar ren of Fletcher, who was bound to the superior court yesterday afternoon on a charge of slaying Ervin Towe of Fletcher, with a knife on Monday afternoon, was this morning raised from $200 to $5000 by Coroner J. F. Brooks. Mr. Brooks stated this morning that after considering the evidence in the case he had decided to raise the bond from $2000 to $5000. Garren this morning had not ar ranged to make the $2000 bond set yesterday and was in the coun ty .fail. His counsel could not be reached this morning for a state ment on the raising of the bond, and it is unknown whether or not the higher bond will be posted by Garren. The defendant was bound to the March term of the court yester day after a coroner's jury had de cided that Towc came to his death as a result of u knife wound in flicted by the defendant near Fletcher on Monday afternoon. Fullbright Will Speak Sunday C. S. Fullbright will speak at Valley Hill Sunday night at 7:45 o'clock, on the subject, "Prohibi tion That Prohibits." He will also speak on the same subject at Baker Heights at 3:30 p. m., Sun day. STORM MOVES NORTH WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. (UP). A tropical storm of slight intens ity was moving slowly northward last night with its centdr near Nassau. Bahamas, the weather1 bu reau cautioned. DKYS ANSWER FARLEY PLEA i N. C. Has 3 More Days to Decide How to Vote By ROBERT A. ERW1N United Press Staff Corerspondent RALEIGH, Nov. 4.—(UP).— Several hundred thousand North Carolina voters weighed in the bal ance today the words of Postmast er General James A. Farley, gen eralissimo of nationwide repeal forces, and the counteracting con tentions of dry leaders. Three days more remain of a bitter and intensive fight over the 18th amendment, preparatory to the state's referendum Tuesday 011 the question of whether to call a convention to ratify the 21st (re peal) amendment to the federal constitution. Farley left his mark on Raleigh and the state today, after a speech here Friday. His appearance was featured by deliverance of a per sonal appeal to North Carolina voters from President Roosevelt, a clear-cut statement of the repeal case, and his own disclaimer of any use of the alleged patronage whip over citizens of this state* The dry side was busy today re plying to Farley. The Rev. E. Mc Neill Poteat, able Baptist pastor of Raleigh, declared last night at Winston-Salem that the 21st amendment went beyond the Dem ocratic platform which called for temperance and against return of the saloon. The biggest firebrand of the drys, former Senator-Governor Cameron M. (Cam) Morrison, will answer Farley tonight in an ad dress in the city auditorium here, on the same rostrum where Farley spoke. Voters also had before them the counsel of the one-time Democrat ic czar of North Carolina, Furni fold M. Simmons, aging former senator who represented this state in the senate for 30 years. Simmons, at his home in New Bern, urged voters to cast dry bal lots. "I am an old man now, and the sands of my life are now running out. I have hoped and still hope evils, and with all their power to mine may never see saloons and (Continued en page three) WYOMING U. S. SENATOR DIES SHERIDAN, Wyo.. Nov. 4. — (UP).—John B. Kendrick, United States senator of Wyoming, died late yesterday in Memorial hospi tal. Uremic poisoning caused death. He had been in a coma since Wed nesday. Death came at 4 :20 p. m. for the former cowhand who climb ed to one of the highest positions in the state. Negro Sought In Sheriffs Death WINNSBORO, S. C., Nov. 4.— (UP).—Officers of two counties searched today for a negro known as John Watkins, accused of kill ing Sheriff Raymond R. Feaster of Fairfield county near here yes terday. The negro was said to have prabed the sheriff's pistol and shot him to death while enroute to jail after arrest on a charge of steal ing meat. The slayer escaped aa the sheriff's automobile rolled down an embankment;1' 1,1 * ' Sheriff Jamek G. Howzg of ad joining Chester cofctity^ and hid deputies are assisting- ' iti the search for the negro. FORD Uffllt ffnms TO KEEF CODE ! Johnson Says NRA Glad to Make An Exception MAGNATE STIRS OFFICIAL IRE WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. (UP). Mid-west farm state governors made a last minute drive at the White House for administration adoption of the price-fixing pro gram which will guarantee farm ers in their home states fair parity ; of price products. ; Governors Olson of Minnesota, Schmedeman of Wisconsin, Berry ; of South Dakota, and Langer of North Dakota, arrived at the White House at 11 a. m. but were obliged to wait before seeing Pres ident Roosevelt. He was engaged with the British war debt confer ees. Meanwhile they held in abey ance any announcement of plans for meeting the farm strike situa tio in their home states until they go home. They planned to leave after the conference. DETROIT, Nov. 4. — (UP).— Carrying out his promise of strict compliance with terms of the NRA Henry Ford planned to start lay ing of femployes for one week . each, starting next week, to bring their working hours within the 35- s hour week prescribed by the code. While Ford officials refused to comment it was presumed wages will be paid only for a 35-hour week average. The men previously worked 40 hours. ♦ WASHINGTON. Nov. 4. (UP). Layoffs such as Ford announced were said at the NRA offices to be entirely unnecesary under the automobile code of fair competi tion. NRA officials indignantly repudiated the intimation from Ford's Detroit headquarters that the code required such drastic ac tion. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. (UP). The NRA offered Henry Ford a means of avoiding the layoff which he announced for the Dearborn plant beginning Monday. In 'a statemet today Johnson said it is probable the reason of Ford's an nounced action for a seasonal slump of production. He said if Ford wanth to continue employing men the NRA will be glad to con sider an exception permitting him to continue them all in employ ment." JUSTICE RITES HELD FRIDAY Funeral services were held on Friday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock from Refuge Baptist church for Miss Josie Justice, daughter of Mrs. J. J. Justice and the late Mr. Justice. Miss Justice had been in ill health as a result of injuries sus tained in an automobile accident eight years ago. Complications developed which resulted in her death. She is survived by her mother and five sisters, Mrs. Dovie Jones, Mrs. E. L. Marshall, Mrs. J. II. Hyder, Mrs. A. J. Justice, all of Hendersonville, Miss Goldie Jus tice of Charlotte, and three broth ers, Alfred, John H. and Charles, all of Hendersonville. She was beloved by all who knew her. She was a member of the Refuge Baptist church, but joined the Macedonia Baptist church when 16 years old. THKE GUESSES WHO 15 THE U.S. MINISTIft TO CANAi* ? ^jmip weegfAu. « ,t;l (pPd7.!l, 1 WHAT 15 ) THE ' SALARY or thz i ' For coirect answer* to th«s< question*, please turn to page |
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