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weather i jv tonight and Sun I^V»ho*er>; S',ghtly C°°ler with »• j»y ,L 53—— GOOD AFTERNOON The laKtf Kab E«m eliminated from U. S. cavalry attire. Spurs •till are indispensable to keep officers' feet on their desks. HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1934 SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS IfOCKS BREAK HEAVILY ON WALL STREET I... » 9 9 f f « 9 * f 9 f « 9 9 9 9 9 9 *99 999 \ffill Resume Work On Unfinished Projects IF G ROOM Mre to Lav 7 th Ave. Lr, Water Lines Before Paving tc ON RELIEF JULY TO GET JOBS L will resumed on a sM projects in I. next week,' L . Noah Hollo local e«W*f relief , :i from Raleigh | the convention organization of i;< atui conferred with ,'v re iff iofficials. f; . well >tated that there ■* £l,„z oe any Santa connection with the fu~ ork program. He said it K altogether a relief pro ma that ii view of limited riv* on the relief roll k, jjivcn an opportunity k for"their needs from this | in ,»ther words, this will wuirement, said the ad itot. in the case of all jai persons. injects have been made work on the golf fj3u :n the sewing room, rfr part of the week. The * U regarded as an project, which is suf [for want of laborers to jj.iat:ng the greens. Work j jewing room wjll be re because there is a supply [trials on hand and it is j: vt the organization k: ust us many opportuni • women to work as pos itions are also being ) lay the sewer and water Seventh avenue so as to L- readiness for ring to be done bv the ngfiway commission. It is re of all concerned in the I of the street to have the finished before the tourist | opens. those on relief will be | employment, unless in a stances where great need ognized or where it is rr to go outside the relief order to find proper su p cents an hour will be, r run:. The minimum num [ hours required during any pr month will be 18. It is • v > •' :;;e local organi *o start on a six-hour-a F, Those working will be w the relief roll and will c' :ood, clothing, medicine, fertilizer, etc.. with their ■CATION RECEIVED V- BY TV A, PRESS ■ committee of officials and B eyed over to ■He to TVA prob ■ da h. with tho B Authority, was cordially by Kru'wiile official"5, men and others, as H* the TVA powers. ■ b xv,;;.. J iarnal the next ■•nuined a flittering story ■ pleikKd group • I!»*ndei>onville llnfMa • - <$■ Candidate In District Race I R. L. Whitmire, Hendersonville i attorney and former state sei.- I ( ator (aboveK is making an active ' < campaign for the nomination fori, 18th district solicitor in the June 2 primary. More than usual in- • terest has been created in the race by the fact that this is the ( first time in about 15 years th&t Henderson county has had an as- j < pirant for a district nomination. |; SAY WHITM1RE RUNNING WELLj Friends Assert He Will Receive District-Wide Support for Solicitor ] R. L. Whitmire, Hendersonville ] attorney, is making »*> active cam paign for the Demociatic nomina- . tion as solicitor of the 18th judi cial district, and friends of the |1 former state senator declare that |! he is receiving mucli support in j the counties composing the dis- ■ trict. Mr. Whitmire saH today that ■. it was his intention to campaign ' actively in all counties of the dis- 5 trict. In this connection he stat- j( ed that he regretted that it would j * i be impossible for him to see all of his friends in Henderson coun- ( tv because of the necessity of being in other counties a great j] part of the time, but he added ! that he would make an effort to , see as many as possible. i This is the first t;me in about j ^ 15 years that Henderson county] has had a candidate in a district 1 race, and large interest is being J aroused in this county. He is op- ; posing J. W. Pless, Jr., of Marion, present solicitor, and C. O. Kid- . I ings, of Forest City. Mr. Whitmire was born in Transylvania county, but moved to Hendersonville in 1912. He en listed in the army and spent 22 months in active service during the World war. He was in France with the 45st Coast Artillery. Af ter the war he attended the Uni versity of North Carolina and was licensed to practice law in 1921. He has been in practice here since. He has been city attorney, ' chairman of the county election board, chairman of the county 1 board of pensions, commander of the American Legion, president of , the Rotary club, delegate to the National Democratic convention ; in 1924, and state senator in ' 1927. Ml LAND institute will i I WARD 19 DIPLOMAS MAY » ■"Mcement Schedule Arranged With Baccilaure I ate Sermon May 13 by Dr. L. R. oore, I Mars Hill President I "•mencemont exercises at Institute vail be held "arsiliy evening. May 1~» ' o'clock, when 19 members ^ senior c\a~-i will receive t®45 P (MMMtmit program on May 12 with a ma I 'fcital un'l^r the direction F^s^va C. 9mm Tbe bacca senaos preached |fa( tt it 11 a. m.. by Dr. IT' t ••»• of Mars fc«0'''es?e y*ay 15 the Nan Miller con L ^r, Kirls viQ be told, and on EJ* oratorical and decla F*® content will oe held. Sen held under | lr*^um f Rumona Brock, sponsor, on the afternoon of May 17, and the annual trus tees meeting- will be held at 5 p. m. on the same day. The address to the graduates on May 17 will be delivered by Dr. H. T. Hunter, president of W. C. T. C., Cullowhee, and diplo mas will be presented by Princi pal A. B. Murphree. Members of the graduating class are; Ted Williams, Margaret Cody, Fernando H. Alfaro, Eloy F. Perez, Emma R. Smith, Evelyn Gillespie, Marie Perez, Mary G. Murphree, Mae Ashe, Ruby Cox-1 well, Theima Melton, Gussie A. Maxwell, Furman Drye, Leola F.s Griffin, Edward Hutchins, Kath leen M. Whitaker, Howard Pryor, Doris Newbrough, Carl Sprinkle. CITY ELECTION TO DETERMINE SUNDAY ISSUE Council Decides Populai Vote Shall Rule as to Shows and Baseball opposing"petitioners IN HEAVY MAJORITY Following; a lengthy session yes terday afternoon at the city hall the board of city commissioners did not take a vote on third read ing on an ordinance permitting Sunday motion picture.* and base ball, but decided to refer the mar., ter to the city voters in an elec tion. A committee composed of May )r A. V. Edwards, J. E. Shipman, ;ity attorney, and I?. R. Arledge, :ity clerk, was named to prepare for the election. This committee vill look into the matter of hold ng the election and select the late for such election. The action came in session of :he commissioners after an open session had been held for more ;han an hour and a half. Mayor Edwards opened the meeting and •ead a number of communications >n the matter. A letter from Mrs. I. Hodges opposed the ordi lance. A letter from the board )f deacons of the Mud Creek Bap ;ist chureh also was in opposition o the ordinance. The Rev. J. M. fustice, supply pastor of the First 3aptist church, was read in oppo sition to the ordinance. A petition to pass the ordinance vas presented to the board con aining 695 names. A petition igainst the passape of the ordi lance was presented containing 1041 names. A petition from the uniteu Missionary Society, composed of vomen of many of the city churches, was read in opposition o the ordinance. The Rev. N. B. Phillips, pastor >f the East Flat Rock Baptist hurch, declared that 350 people n his church had vcted in oppo ition to the ordinance, and he leclared that he wished to protest ;s moderator of the Carolina Bap ist association, composed of 47 hurches in Henderson county. Afterward a number of peo >le spoke, expressing: views on »oth sides of the question. H. E. Juchanan, manager of the Caro ina theatre, spoke briefly after eference had been made to the 5 per cent of gross Sunday busi less, which he had stated his com »any would give to an organiza ion to co-operate with the Cham ler of Commerce. Mr. Buchanan declared that his offer was not made by his ompany in an effort to secure >unday pictures, but was made ifter he had been approached and isked if his company would op iate on Sunday. He declared hat his answer to that question vas that his compp.ny followed he rule of 'operating on Sunday n towns and cities where the ma ority of the people wished the >peration of picture houses on Sunday. The meeting was attended by ibout 150 people, many of whom vere women. Commissioners present were >V. M. Sherard, J. H&rvey Riggan, 3r. Walter 0. Allen, B. L. Fostar md L. R. Geiger. Mayor Edwards stated this norning that no arrangements •elative to the election had been nade. The plans for the election will be announced as soon as pos sible, he said. MUSIC WEEK OPENSSUNDAY Sacred Concert Will Be Given at 8 P. M. at First Baptist Church Music week will be officiall; opened in Hendersonville tomor row night at 8 p. m. with i musical program at the Firs Baptist church, to which the pub lie is invited. The program will open with i hymn by the congregation an close with the benediction, an the program will consist of mus; cal selections. The chorus wi be composed of singers froi practically every church choir i the city. Miss Mary Brooks wi be at the organ. I UNDERTAKING ! BUSINESS FLAN i ROPER STATES • Williams of Reynolds Co., Accepts Chairman ship of Group i sentencfTburke CO. MAN TO DIE JULY 6 ■' WASHINGTON, May 5. (UP). Secretary of Commerce Roper said today that his advisory coun cil of (»0 important industrialists are undertaking a program of long-range planning for business. Gerard Swope, General Elec tric company head and council chairman, announced S. Clay Wil liams of R. ,T. Reynolds Tobacco company, has been chosen new chairman council. SPENCER WOMAN IS DEAD OF BURNS SALISBURY, May 5.—(UP). Mrs. Tilley Barnes, 45, of spen cer, died in a hospital here from burns suffered when an oil heat er exploded in the bathroom of her home. Her husband was burn ed severely but will recover. MUST FACE TRIAL ON ROBBERY COUNT DURHAM, May 5.—(UP).—J Lacy Davis, 10. and Jan}«| Uixoivl 17, of Clarksville, Va.^ wb<f Ma been at the transient home here for two week-; were taken to Lynchburg, Va., this morning for trial on charges of robbing the Brookneal, Va., store about twof months ago. Police said merchandise they had been trying to sell was iden tified as belonging to the store. I APPEAL WILL BE MADE IN DEATH SENTENCE MORGANTONT, May 5.—Dwight Beard, 25-year-old Lenoir man, heard a verdict of guilty of mur der in the first degree last night when a McDowell county jury re turned its decision 'n a trial grow ing out of the death of August Bounous, Veldese merchant, who ; was slain in February, 1932, in a $1,400 holdup. The defendant showed no emo tion when the verdict was brought in after c jury had deliberated for more than three hours. He was sentenced today to die in the electric chair on July 6. His at torneys filed notice of appeal. ; 9 PCT. RAISE WARDS OF STRIKE BY 4000 PARKERSBURG, W. Va., May I 5.— (UP).—Viscoe Company, tex-. tile concern, granted a wage in-1 crease of nine per cent to its 4, 000 employes today. The increase ended threats of a strike. 49 Graduates Receive | H. S. Diplomas Here Sureness of Attitude Toward Life One of New Objec tives in Education, Graduates Told by Hon. D. G. Brummitt; Tenth Grade Wins Scholarship Cup; Parker Voted Best Ail-Round Senior —■ ■■ ■ • Leads War Anew On Bootleggers As Deputy Commissioner of In ternal Revenue Arthur J. Mellott (above), of Kansas City, Mo., is slated to direct the revival of war on repeal bootleggers, illegal dis tillers and others engaged in il licit liquor trade. LARCENY OF CLAY PIPING CHARGED Joe Brooks, who resides just north of Hendersonville, was ar rested by City Policemen Ernest Thompson and Will Maxwell about 2 a. m. this morning, and is ch^ged with larceny of terra cotta pipe from the Gregg Bros. Hardware" Co. and larceny of plants from the rear of the build ing next door. He was at liberty under $100 bond and a hearing is scheduled in mayor's court next Monday morning. Mayor Proclaims Safety Week WHEREAS, the increasing loss of life and limb upon the public streets and highways of our state have reached enor mous proportions, and, WHEREAS, there is a great need for every citizen, man, woman and child to appreciate and assume their own indi vidual responsibility in preventing street and highway acci dents, and, WHEREAS, the week of May 7th to 12th "has been desig nated as "Safety Week" in our state, I, A. V. Edwards, Mayor of Hendersonville, do hereby proclaim the week of May 7th to l^th to be "Safety Week" in Hendersonville, and I hereby call upon all our good citizens of every race, in the interest of humanity, to lend their co-operation in the efforts now being made to bring about a reduction in highway accidents, not only during the week of May 7t'n, but throughout the year. This co-operation can be given by simply taking time to drive carefully, to observe all rules of the road, to obey all traffic signals and to practice the Golden Rule upon the streets and highways as they would in their own homes. A. V. EDWARDS, Mayor, Hendersonville, N. C. DRIVE CAREFULLY TODAY DRIVING IN THE RAIN "April showers bring May flowers"—they also bring wet pave ments, clouded and misty windshields, and "traffic ostriches"— pedestrians who bury their heads under umbrellas, forgetting traffic dangers. April showers bring children into the streets to play in the gutter puddles—another reason'for careful April driving.—Highway Safety Committee, Carolina Motor Club. The Hon. Dennis G. Brummitt, attorney general of North Caro lina, told 49 high school gradu ates and a large audience at an nual commencement exercises last night that he wants to see better support of the North Carolina schools commensurate with the needs of education and equal to the tasks of the new world. . Twenty-five boys and 24 girh received diplomas from Supt. F. M. Waters, who gave public rec ognition also to a large group of pupils for excellency in scholar ship and to Mrs. J. C. Morrow, Mrs. Bruce Drysdale. Miss Mary Brooks and Miss Kate Dotson for assistance given the school in in structional and other capacities. A larger percentage of failures than usual was attributed by Su perintendent Waters to the re duction of the teaching staff, shortage of equipment and the briefness of the school term, and he thanked patrons and others for their co-operation and under standing. The scholarship cup, presented annually, was received by Ger trude English, president of the tenth grade home room, on behalf of that grade, and in an election held by the high school graduates following the exercises, Donald Parker was voted to be the be.st all-round senior. Dorothy Kelly was the runner-up. The commencement program included the singing of America, directed by Mrs. Morrow; invoca tion, Rev. L. T. Wilds; Music Club chorus, "Peasants' Wedding March," directed by Mrs. Michael Schenck; address by Mr. Brum mitt; presentation of diplomas, Superintendent Waters; song by audience, and benediction by the Rev. James P. Burke. The audi torium was filled and closest at tention was paid to Mr. Brum mitt's address. It was to the new objectives of education that the speaker devot ed most of his address, the two principal ones diBcussed being the right use of leisure time and the building up of some sureness of attitude toward modern life. Admitting that economy has been necessary in the operation of schools, as well'as in other pri vate and governmental functions, Mr. Brummitt pointed out that support of public schools in North Carolina has declined from $28, 500,000 to $17,000,000 in three years and asserted that the schools have thus been deflated more than some other things. Pub lic education, he said, is responsi ble for 14.2 per cent of the state's indebtedness and 20 per cent of local indebtedness, but he declared that these figures are not out of proportion with the indebtedness j created by other functions and I agencies. I «Oimnnl.t nf +VlO Tmhl?f» Rfbools — « in the Aycock-Joyner-Mclver pe riod was largely based upon the conjoint emotional and material appeals," he asserted. "Parents were told that education would enable the child to burgeon out all that was in it and also to make more money, make a better living. That leadership, too, fixed and established something of the educational tradition and ideal of North Carolina. Forever was laid the thought that the expansion of the life of youth should be re stricted to the means that parents could concurrently provide. The duty of the state to educate be came not intermediary but direct. "The right use of leisure has constantly been one of the objec tives of the public schools. Today it has grown into an increasing importance. Once industry was accounted the foremost virtue in laying the foundations of charac ter. Work and labor were es teemed, not alone as the means of accumulating goods, but also as potent factors in the discipline of human beings. Today we are faced with the problem of mak ing an equitable division of the work of the world. No longer is it necessary for children of ten der years to toil in order that the family may make a living. Tha hours of labor are being reduced. Therefore, both for children and for adults, we must find the mora] equivalent for industry. "Within the year we have been (Continued on page three) Mother Jailed For Branding Convicted of branding her seven year-old daughter Esta (below) with a white hot poker to make h§r behave, Mrs. Lydia Keed (top) was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail at Lakewood, N. J. "That's the way my mother taught me when I was little," Mrs. Heed was reported as saying. URGE SHERARD FOR ASSEMBLY W. F. Justus and H. D. Peace Enter Republican Races in County W. M. Sherard, former Hen-1 dersonville mayor, probably will enter the race for the Democratic nomination for the lower house of the general assembly, it was said at noon today. At the in sistance of friends, it was said he was seriously considering fil ing this afternoon. Should he file, Mr. Sherard would oppose Ted Ray, a member of the last assembly, W. L. Miller and Victor Rector. The former mayor has lived here 10 years and is widely known for his ex ecutive ability and civic activi ties. He is a former mill opera tor and real estate broker and is at present serving on the board of city commissioners. Additional filings today, the last day to qualify for the pri mary election, created two ad ditional contests in the Republi can party. Announcement was made by Hixie D. Peace that he will be a candidate for the office of reg ister of deeds for Henderson county. He will oppose Clifford Field. Mr. Peace is a native of Henderson county and has lived here all his life. He is a grad uate of Fruitland Institute and atended Cecil's Business college in Asheville. For the past seven years he has been connected (Continued on page six.) EUGENE BLACK TO QUIT BANK RESERVE BODY Expected to Return to Business in Atlanta at Early Date RISING COSTS" WIPE OUT WAGE MARGIN NEW YORK, May R.—(UP)— United States Steel common anil a long list of other representa tive stocks were driven to new lows for the year in a period of heavy selling today on the stock exchange. Losses ranged to more than five points at lows. For a time tickers ran several minute* behind the market. Stocks were thrown overboard and stops caught on the way down. The de cline, it was said, impaired many margin accounts. BLACK TOQUIT RESERVE BOARD WASHINGTON, May S. (UP), Eugene R. Black was reported to. day to be preparing to relinquish his post as governor of the Fed eral Reserve board. It was be lieved Black would return to his home in Atlanta as soon as con gress adjourns and would take up his banking business and other in terests there. Black has consid ered the position only a temporary one and took it only at the in sistance of President Roosevelt. SAY LIVING COSTS WIPE OUT MARGIN WASHINGTON, May 6. (UP). The American Federation of La bor in its monthly report said to day that wage increases of the average worker have been wiped out by equal increases in the cost of living. The federation report ed that average weekly wages in creased 9.7 per cent from March 133 to March 1934, but living costs rose 9.3 per cent at the samo time. It said the corporation's dividends were nine per cent higher. RAIN FOR DERBY; TRACK STILL FAST CHURCHILL DOWNS, May 5. (UP).—A light shower fell here today while the crowd was arriv ing for the derby. The track, de spite the early morning rain was nearly dry and unless the shower continues long the field will hava good footing. Rain ended shortly after 1pm. (EDT) but the sky was still heavily overcast and ad ditional showers seemed probable. Dillinger Is Not Found On Ship ABOARD S. S. DUCHESS OP NEW YORK, May 5.— (UP).—• After a report that Chicago offi cials believed John Dillinger was aboard, a thorough search from stem to stern was made today. It failed to disclose any truce of the outlaw. The information was re ceived by wireless. SHERIFF'S DEPT. ROUNDS UP $2500 IN STOLEN GOODS Persons Allegedly Engaged in Systematic House En tering Held; 21 Recent Cases Reported; Officers Elsewhere Co-operate The sheriff's: department an nounced today that within the past several weeks it has round ed up a number of people, who, allegedly have been engaged in the systematic business of enter ing houses, feed stores, and oth er places, and taking their stolen goods to South Carolina and oth er points for disposition. The department announced that in the neighborhood of $2500 worth of stolen property had been recovered, involving the en tering of some 21 houses and business firms in the countv. The department reports thai while much of this property has been returned to the owners there is still a considerable num ber of small items, including blankets, bed spread*, sheets, bathing suits, victrolas, flash lights, and many other items the owners of which have not been located. The department states that it is always glad to have people who have lost property come to the office where property prop erly identified will gladly be re turned to the owners. The department is making a determined drive against larceny, and it was stated that there are many in jail awaiting trial in conection with house entering and larceny charges. Bufort Anders of Greenville, S. C., was recently apprehended and is alleged to have confessed to breaking into seven houses in (Continued on page six.).
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