North Carolina Newspapers

weather c|oudine»» followed or Frid»y; f^"T (Eljr ®tntes -Sterns Largest Daily Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population GOOD AFTERNOON It's hard to get • Spanish loy alist to agree that the Moor, the 5? 2^So. 254 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1936 SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CfcNTS LOYALISTS OPEN NEW OFFENSIVE * * * * * * * * * f ^ * * * * * * * * * ew Directory Lists 10,571 Population 1 NOT INSIDE IIS BUT ARE (COMITY It Locations More Def Kteiy in Latest ■ Edition ■fents of laurel Bk also listed H ■ • in H ■ ■ |^;v :: • ctorv lists the pop i«; H !*omriM at l ♦». . * r:tii'oiy eon i r rv nanus of •- n 10.000 people, v • . ".a> a classified •; ' 'f back of :-.'.-oinir^- Hir. *;<i« : >»>:' i-> I -a pt« face to i - >»?' thi- If. • ••:in-n». stato. . ■ v• ■ t"i::i• • ;r «• with other I •••: int'iii mativo 1 - v is t : ry i'c ; ' with . ... • | . _ -hows that in ■•••<« ho !ivi t ;:r.st." l ave born t . t v. > ' 1 t »v i » ;•>:<!*• tlu- city ' • '•;u - • in ' in Missing For Years Turns Up fo Claim Bonus v\\VII.LK. Talif.. Oct. 22. — ... Owen (lifford, 45, . iot" eijjbt years •rifd and acquit i • • 'ho past here to > veteran's bonus, a t Iv b«»en collected r IV* -burgh, Tenn. rj. v. ;k> d here for the yea• , driving a truck. * • •. »-d word of bis l"'• » :!<i> t; -ince ho dis 1 ■ - Aasru't. 'nie. and I ifht." bo de • v. "I ! • no? have any • ! : th< Tennessee ■ !. was ident'fiofl - a- <i a -car upon it d. *• ^ ■■'•'in... <.f Stevenson. <r a charge of ■ •- f1 •• x,.nn>i Oif • at -ho was hap ' srnat if ho lo . declared fha* CifTord * ' ■ '! u lench Ship Said loBear Supplies for War Is Fired I ut>.— ■ ■ ■ -V.nt ln ■ ■ ■ • tionally s°^ ■ 'i-iV.y B the left* ■ ■ -paper A*I K . ' ' ' *.,n vrss«»l. I ■ ■ m' ■ ■ ■ forced B H- its miH B ■ Ma7.«- was ' l\' -CI ■ . ship was B from foun R--'..' ,itinu«'<l to m- «>f * • was still A r.,ui fin B moke As Capital Sees Spain's Ex-Queen The regal carriage of ex-Queen Victoria Kuuenia of Spain is ap parent in this exeeptionally good picture of her. obtained as she strolled in Washington. l>. ('., with her hostess, l.ady Klizabeth Lindsay, wife of the l'riti;h am-1 bas«ador. DEATH TAKES Ff BERT SITH Brother of Dr. 0. P. Smith Will Be Given Burial on Sunday Kilfrf II. Smith. !♦>. son of .Mr. and Mrs. I!. S. Smith, and brother of I»r. O. I*. Smith, of Henderson villi*. <1 i« d yesterday morning at (»r« ' nvillc. .Miss., as a result of a sudden heart attack. lit* had been hi a hospital there about three weeks ago and it is believed that his death was due to , a blood elot. The r» mains will brought to Asheville and a brief service will be held at tie* Xoland-Brown fun eral h'»me on Sunday. Burial will follow in Riverside cemetery, Asheville. Services will be in charge of th«* l{ev. II. K. Camp bell, pastor of the First Presby terian church, of Asheville, of which the deceased was a mem ber. Mr. Smith was born at Hen dersonville and livtd here until he wu.< \~> years old. He also for merly resided at Asheville. lie served in the L\ S. Army during the World War. THOS. MILLS SHOWS CABBAGE SNAKE HERE A cabbage snake was brought to The Times-News office yester es on Cherry street. The snake was about I- inches long and of a thickness about the size of a small pin. It appeared to be transparent. I Mr. Mills said that these so called cabbage snakes were pre valent ut one time, but he added that they were not dangerous and were removed from cabbage with ordinary washing. ROOSEVELT IS CONFIDENT AS TO BAY STATE Gets Unprecedented Ova tions as Landon Charges Regimentation Ahead LATTER TO STAND ON "AMERICAN PLAN" Bv UNITEO PRESS President Roosevelt today made a personal bid for the vote in Con necticut, swinging south across thr statf from Massachusetts af ter a series of tumultuous recep tions in the state's industrial cen ters and at t'le state capital which were climaxed with a speech vijf oroii !y defending his tax policies. Ho believed that Massachusetts was "in the ban." following the great crowas and cheering with which he was received there. The Roosevelt reception in that state outstripped anything which he nas experienced in the election campaign to date. K<« ended the day Wednesday at Worcester with a radio address, in which he declared himself fa voring "democracy in taxation," declaring that his principles em braced the maxim "taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay." He said the budget would ne balanced and th«* national debt reduced and that no new or in creased levies were contemplated in order to effect this. Meanwhile. Governor Alfred I.andon was movinjr ea<t after charging last niirht that New Deal leaders are a waiting1 the favorable time to regiment the "homes, lives and jobs of everyone of us." I.andon said that he was taking his stand "on the American sys tem of government, against all comers." His physician today ordered Governor I.andon to remain in bed with a sore throat and to re frain from making rear platform speeches. He is scheduled to de liver a major address in Oklahoma City tomorrow. GREETED BY VAST THRONG AT BOSTON BOSTON. Oct. 22. (UP) — Greeted by what police described as the largest Boston crowd since the Armistice celebration. Presi dent Roosevelt late Wednesday lashed at 'rabble rouscrs" and as serted that "the day after elec tion, the American air will be cleaner and American Democracy will be safer." The speech, delivered on his toric Boston Common, was one of the high spots of Mr. Roosevelt's first campaign thrust into New England, which Landon support ers have regarded as certain ter ritory. Police estimated that between 100,000 ami 125,000 persons jammed the common. Pointing most of his speech di rectlv at New Knglanders, the president contended that New Deal measures have brought back a balanced recovery throughout the country and that, this has re opened markets for New Eng land. Holiness Baptist Group At Upward Obtains Ch urch The L'ev. .L W. Kelley. pastor, has announced that the Holiness i Haptist church has bought the old Methodist church building at l'p I ward and is planning to remodel the structure for its own use as a house of worship. ! i'reaching services will he held, llev. Mr. Kelley announces, on th«- first and third Sunday in each month. Sunday school will be held each Sunday morning at 10 o'clock and Young People's ser vices will be held each Sunday I night at 7 o'clock, j FULL BLOOM LAUREL DISPLAYED IN CITY Laurel in full bloom in the fall was brought to The Times-News office today from the home of Mrs. J. H. Stepp, Laureldale Farm, near Dana. Mrs. Stepp has a great deal of Laurel on her farm, and states that this is the first time she has ever seen it bloom ill the fall. I FIVE GENERATIONS HERE MIJS. Kli/.abclh Mix. 8.'J, ami her Krcat-Ki-eat-ffrawMaujrhter, little Ruby Loo Uutli. are anions those pictured he»'<* in the illustration which shows nvc generations. In the picture, reading from left to right, are: (front row, sitting) Mrs. Wiley M. Taylor, Mrs. Hix, and little Ruby Lee. Standing are Mrs. Nola Davis and (laughter, Mrs. Ruth Ruth, all of Mills River. Mrs. Hix, who was horn in Tennessee, spent part of her early life in Georgia, where she was mar ried at the age of l.r> years. She has been living in Mills I River for the past 'lit years. ! She has never been ill in her j life. Mrs. Mix has never ! voted, luit she finally yielded to "pressure'' and registered for the first time last Satur- ; day. She intends to cast her I firflt vote for Lamion. She at tributes her lonjr life to her motto, "Never worry." Mrs. Mix's husband died 11 years ago. Another daughter, Mrs. Klla Williams, resides in Spar- I tanburg, S. C. She has ten living grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren living, in addition to one uri'ai-jricai-pianacniia wnn wnom sno is piciureu ncrc. TABERNACLE CONGREGATION BUYS NEW LOT Fund For Erection of House of Worship The (lo.Hpol Tabernacle held its j voirular <|uarterly meeting las> ! Sunday. This congregation, now worshipping in the old rock build ing on Main street, has purchased a nice building lf,t on corner of Allen and Washington .streets, which is now paid for and has also started a building fund. The con gregation is also very much en couraged by the receipt of a me morial itift from a person outside the state for this projected build ing. The church is growing under the efficient leadership of Rev. liert Atchison, pastor. New mem bers are boinir received and the congregation hopes to begin the erection of a permanent home be fore long. LEGION DINNER MONDAY NIGHT Commander English Makes Request For Early Reservations Starts Building Announcement was marie today that the annual dinner of Hubert M. Smith post, American Letrion, will he held Monday night, Oct. 20, beginning at 7 o'clock, at the Home Food .Shop on Main street. Commander Paul Kmrlish is re cjuestinjr that all veterans who ex pect to attend this dinner make reservations at once in order that the number of plates necessary for the dinner may be known. A number of reservations have already been made and a nominal charge, it is stated, is being made for each plate for this occasion. "Queer" Youth Is Given 199 Years Term For Murder I CHICAGO, Oct. 22. (L'P)—A criminal court jury last nijrht fix ed at 1;»!» years' imprisonment the punishment of Roland Munroe, 15-year-old "uucer" youth who beat to floath Mrs. Alines Rof feis, P».r>, for approximately worth of jewelry. The jury, which was not ask ed bv the state to return a death penalty, received the case at X:0.r» p. m., KST, and brought back its verdict a little less than three hours later, Munroe who appeared impas sive during the brief trial, show ed no emotion when the verdict was read. As court bailiffs polled the jury on its verdict. Munroe grinned at each juror but made no comment. He sat in his chair during tin- whole proceeding FINAL RITES ARE HELD FOR i G.N.MOLAND Was Widely Active in Bus iness, Civic And Re ligious Life T'hial rites for George N. Mo-j land, 77, retired Philadelphia. Pa., business man, who had made I his home here since .January, 1924. and who died at his home on Ffth Avenue West on Mon day afternoon, were held yester day afternoon at H o'clock from j the late residence. The services were in charge of the Rev. L. T. Wilds, pastor of Presbyterian church, who was as sisted by Dr. J. R. Sevier, both men being close personal friends and associates of the deceased. • A host of friends and wealth of floral tributes paid tribute to the high esteem in which Mr. Moland was held by all who knew him in his adopted home. A number of employees of the Moland-Drys dale corporation organized by Mr. Moland and Bruce Prysdale, attended, and prior to the service a delegation of colored people, by whom Mr. Moland was esteemed for his kindnesses to them, called at the home to pay their last re spects. Mr. Moland was born in Phila dclphia of Quaker ancestry, the first niembei of his family in this country having come from Eng land with William Penn when Pennsylvania was founded. His father was William Moland, who established one of the pioneer| packing and provision houses of Philadelphia. Mr. Moland was connected with this first, and with his brother, organized the Phila delphia Warehousing and ('old Storage ("<■. He retired from ac tive business in IJVJ.'l and came here to make his home in 1924. Both in Philadelphia and Hen dersonville, Mr. Moland was held in high regard by his business as sociates and people who were as sociated with him in any way. He was a member of numerous char itable and civic organizations in hi* native city, and, after coming to Hendersonville, he continued his interest in any form of activi ty designed for civic betterment. He was modest and retiring by nature, but friends knew him as a charitable and public-spirited cit izen. He was always interested in young people, and for a number of years taught a large Sunday school class composed of young men in the Wakefield Presbyter ian church, in Germantown. Serving as active pallbearers (Continued on page five) MAN IN HOSPITAL AFTER ALTERCATION Hicks Dalton was in the Moun tain Sanitarium today suffering with severe cuts as a result of an altercation last night at Brown's i Cabins on the Ashcville highway near Brickton. Berman Brown, son and em ployee of the propietor, was ar rested last night and was to be allowed bond in the sum of $500 this afternoon. The sheriffs department said no details were known of the fight, and that neither of the two men were drinking. SPAIN'S CIVIL MR GROWS AS PEACE MENACE Expect Soviet to Denounce Non-intervention Ac cord Friday 3 COUNTRIES WOULD RECOGNIZE REBELS LONDON, Oct. 22. (UP)—The Spanish civil war today became the center of increased world diplomatic anxiety. As the Nationalists drove for ward inexorably toward Madrid new complications arose, making Spain a source of grave potential danger to the peace of Europe. Fascists were 4.r> minutes from Madrid by motor car. Civilians turned out in Madrid suburbs, without uniforms or arms, to drill for the fight that leader* said would extend into the city's streets if Nationalists1 reach the city. At London, the urgent insis tance of Russia resulted in the calling of the non-intervention committee for a meeting on Kri-1 day. Russia was expected to de-1 nounce the non - intervention agreement on the occasion of this meeting, it. being b» lieved that the Soviet will take her stand on th grounds that Portugal, Ger many and Italy have all violated the agreement by aiding the re bels. Russia is then expected to at tempt to get arms and munitions ' to the Loyalists, with the result that Italy, Germany and Portu gal would formally give recogni tion to the insurgent government. | France is preparing to aid mass evacuation of nationalist refug ees, who are now sheltered in the , ambassies of the Latin-American ' nations. NEW BIG STEEL ORDER GIVEN Rumor Birmingham May Have Second Tin Plate Plant BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 22. (UP)—A $1,200,000 order for steel rails, bringing an order back- ( log in the Birmingham area to, more than $5,000,000, was placed with a U. S. Steel subsidiary here yesterday by the Southern Pacific railroad. S. J. Brown, general agent for' the Southern Pacific, announced ho had placed the order for 29, 123 tons of steel rails, involving an outlay of approximately $1, 200.000. The order went to the Tennes kcc Coal, Iron and Railway com pany, U. S. Steel subsidiary which last week announced a $29,000, t>00 expansion program to handle the greatest rush of orders of post-depression years. Brown said the order called for delivery early next year. Fabrica tion of the million and a quarter dollars worth of rails will repre sent about 'one month's work in the steel mills here. Within the last two weeks, nearly two and a half million dol lars worth of orders have boon placed by major carriers for steel rails here. On the eve of an nouncement of the expansion pro gram last week, the Southern rail road and the Nashville, Chatta nooga and St. Louis railways placed rail orders aggregating well over $1,000,000, With a $5,000,000 backloe of orders on hand, the great Birm ingham industrial area faced a prosperous fall season. The $29,000,000 expansion program, which will provide great tin can mills here, already was under way. At Pittsburgh, Pa.. | yesterday, the Koppcrs company, I received contracts for construc tion of 146 coke ovens at Fair field, Ala.—representing the first step in the new program. In announcing the expansion here, Myron Taylor, chairman of the board of U. S. Steel, said his company felt the "rhythm ^ re covery has been re-established. Reports here-developed the ru mor that another steel ?°mpan.f may build a second tin p ate mil |l(,ri. in the near futuie. Couzens' Illness In Serious Turn .Vow complications in an involved serifs of abdominal ailments which Senator James Oouz'ens, above, of Michigan, has been fighting for a year brought new worry to the senator's friends. Physicians said Couzens was se iiou>ly ill but yesterday showed some improvement. Since Sept. 2<I. Couzens has left his sick bed l-ut once—to dine with President Roosevelt on the lattor's Detroit visit. MRS. SIMPSON WILL NOT WED EDWARD. SAID Too Proud To Accept Any Position Other Than Full Queen LONDON, Oct. 22 (UP).—Mrs. Wallis Simpson, who is expecting a divorce within the next few days is firmly opposed to the idea of marrying King Edward, close friends said. It was said she is too proud to accept any position as ! the king's wife other than full queen, which might be impossible. (Copyright by United Pre»«) LONDON, Oct. 22. (UP).—All England will learn tomorrow that King Kdward's American friend, ; Mrs. Krnest (Wally) Simpson, has sued her home-loving husband for J divorce. Two daring British news maga- , zines, Cavalcade and the Weekly News Review, will discuss, respec tively, the divorce and the possi bility of the king marrying a com moner. Both articles, however, have been written with restraint. Until now, the entire British press voluntarily bad refrained from mentioning the divorce suit, although it was the subject of avid gossip in exclusive Mayfair .cir cles. Cavalcade will say that a single American news agency sent more than 0,000 words about, the king and Mrs. Simpson on one night last week and that other Ameri can news organizations sent equal amounts "while not one word was printed by British newspapers the , next morning." Mrs. H. Lubow Of Brooklyn Passes Mrs. Harris Lubow, of Rrook l.vn, N. Y., mother of Samuel l.ubow, of Henderson ville, died this morning, according to word received hero. Mr. Lubow had left Henderson ville last night to be with his mother. DOESN'T LIKE HITLER; GERMAN ARRESTED i STRl'TTGART, Germany, Oct. i 22. (UP)—Secret police arrest ed I.udwig Schopp, proprietor of a beer garden, because he turned off the radio in his establishment during Chancellor Adolf Hitler's recent speech at Nuremberg and thereby prevented his patrons from hearing the address. It was charged that Schopp also made distasteful remarks about Hitler. He was placed in jail and his beer garden was padlocked. FIGHT RACING FOR STRATEGIC RAILWAY TOWN Madrid Boils With Enthus iasm, Prepares to Resist Siege RUSSIA, GERMANY DENY AID IS GIVEN MADRID, Oct. 22.—(UP).—A loyalist offensive was started to da^ against trained rebel soldiers just west of the strategic railway town of Aranjuez. The rebels counter-attacked, sending bomb ing planes over the government'.; lines of troops. Madrid was a boiling mass of enthusiasm today while the ci.il war was being fought almost on its threshold. Oblivious that the keystone of the city's defense. Navalcarnerno, had fallen, thousands paraded tb»> streets to urge every able-bodied man to go to the front. The capital prepared for a siege. Women touched off the spark that made the city realize for the first time that it really was in danger. Automobile and street car traf fic was halted for hours and every manner of frivolity was banned. The government rushed prepa rations to defend the city. Ft sought to organize every possible branch of defense, including both military and civilian forces. GERMANS SAY SOVIET CHARGES UNTENABLE BERLIN, Oct. 22. (UP).—Ger many yesterday denied she had aided Spanish rebels, as charged by Russia, and made a counter charge that the Soviet govern ment has aided the Madrid regime. A note to this effect was handed Lord Plymouth, chairman of th«* International Committee for Non intervention in Spain, in London by Prince Otto von Bismarck, German charge d'affaires, the for eign office here announced. The German note said the Rus sian charges were untenable and were rejected with the greatest emphasis. While a spokesman indicated that nothing could be published beyond the official announcement, it was assumed that Germany's charges attempt to document and expand semi-official press reports which included charges that Rus sian ships carrying "food and medicine" to Spain actually dis charged not only planes, guns and ammunition but Russian officers who now allegedly openly wear Russian uniforms in the street* of loyalist cities. These press reports also charge that hundreds of "Dynamiteros" fighting for the government re. ceived Communist training in Russia after the Austrian revolt of 1934. SOVIET SAYS CHARGE OF HELP "NONSENSE" LONDON, Oct. 22. (UP).—Un censored reports from Madrid yes terday said that the leftist govern ment received an unexpected ship - ment of army tanks, artillery and other war materials from abroad. (The Soviet government in Mos cow officially denied foreign re ports that the warship Ziriamniri unloaded war equipment at Bar celona, and characterized the re port as "nonsense.") The supply of foreign war ma terials was said to be so large that it will enable the leftist govern j ment to stage a big surprise when rebel forces begin their drive on Madrid. | BRITONS WOULD BAN ; POLITICAL UNIFORMS I LONDON, Oct. 22. (UP) The British cabinet yesterday do cided to seek legislation bannin;r j tho wearing of political uniform?; ' —a direct blow at Sir Oswald 1 Moseley's Fascist HJack Shirtr |usually informed sources said I" 1 night. Such legislation will be forecast in King Edward's speech opening Parliament on Nov. the report said. CABINET RESIGNS SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. 22. (L'P)—The entire Chilean cabi net resigned yesterday to permit President Arturo Alessandrf free* dom of action in reorganizing the government. The withdrawal this morning of three radical party ministers was followed later by remaining members. DEATH UNSOLVED SUMTER, S. C., Oct. 22. (UP) —His head nearly severed with his own butcher knife, Carlisle Tallon, 40, a meat cutter, Mas found dead in his store near hero last night. Police were investigat ing both murder and suicide theories.