WEATHER
cair with slowly rising temper
• • •*•» 1 4|_
Jlou^y and cooler.
tonight; Thursday partly
GOOD AFTERNOON
The Bureau of Standards has
just ok'd the average gas meter,
which will now continue to ko the
average breadwinner.
Largest Daily Circulation of Any Newspaper in North Carolina in Proportion to Population
VOL- **7—N°* 256
HENDERSONV1LLE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1938
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9
IRE !S STIRRED
BY TESTIMONY
IS TO MURPHY
rirphy Declares Attack
on Him Timed to De
feat Candidacy
£CION MANMAKES
ALIEN ALLEGATIONS
WASH IN ('.TON. Oct. 26. (UP) '
fcrr'' - ii-iiiiers today waited :
br action to President
1: >eve:* - ' Cv today that the
Jta:ocru:;c .r.rrittee. set ud by
JemociMfA* of representa
jtr#. r...trod itself to be
pr- • ar "• •■P' to influence a ,
-.••a..;. :a::t gubernatorial
.T.."
The president's criticism was
:: • ; a: the committee inves
un-American activities
r: ' were that it may
b:«> ' attic between con
erva::v-. ar.i New Deal Demo
ns.
Go-e- - Murphy of Michigan
|rpe'.: president's action. He
rd : runny before the Dies
rr-'t:-. . :::;.rging Murphy with
rwon. was a clearly timed "at
emot to n the election."
A that he is "disturb
ii" over testimony before the
•rr :: week that Murphy
n- . of "treasonable" con
luot i-:r.r.z the 1937 automobile
it-cowr. jtnkes, Mr. Roosevelt
Hnenbed the red-haired governor
Hit "treat American."
■ lie criticism of Murphy was
■triced bv CirTOif "Judge Paul \.
Kidoia. whom the chief executive 1
■Scribed as "disgruntled" and by
■ohn M. Berringer, of Flint.
V tazevd as "a discharged
■ten.. : >.ar.ager." Attack
■r- i m "lurid" and as
I Mr. Roose
■ committee for
making no to get at the
Brutn" of the allegations.
I "Moit fair-minted Americans
Hope that the committee will aban- i
Hon the practice of merely pro
Hiding a forum to those who, for '
Political purpose? or otherwise.
■ headlines which they could
Hot other' the presi
■or:t said. "Men opinion evidence
Has been barred in court since the
V jean system of legislative
H Indicia] procedure was start
B The attack on the committee
H*me a few hours after it heard
Hharges by Harper Knowles,
■nercar: Legion official of Cali
■CT.ia. that Secretary of l,abor .
■"ances Perkins is "coddling"
criminal*, and is guilty of
■poss malfeasance" of office and
H*reI:ct:on of duty" in adminis
H-"^ r. of immigration laws.
I T:e vehemence of the presi
attack startled capital ob
Bojers. I: was directed by a Dem
■^v.c president against a com
H&*-w preponderantly Democratic
was set up by an equally
Democratic house of
^p'esentatives. Only two Repub
ar- members of the group,
^PP^sentatives Xoah M. Mason,
Ki:noi«!. and J. Parnell Thomas,
New Jersey.
B&airman of the committee is
^PP^sentavve Martin Dips, D.,
^1^"' one or thi>
trrative Democrats on the
* rules committee which
&t unsuccessfully to pigeon
' the president's wage-hour
Nation. Other Democrats on
itommittce are Representatives
J. Denipsey, of New Mexico; I
*P'ti Stan ds, of Alabama; Har
' G. Mosier, of Ohio; and Ar
D. Healey, of Massachus
is.
Werve Officer
School Tonight
L " school for reserve
L lerson and Tran
■ wfll be held to
, ■ " :S0 o'clock at the city
I
r ' ;1! he given hv
I 1 -• Bragtr. of the
F® ' eld Artillery, and an in
E" •" v- -V ill be made by
M F:t7.Ditrick, unit in
RJ* of th 147th Infantry,
v " vrs are urged to
KENT is governor
CPON. Oct. 26. (UP>—King
■P® named his brother, the
Kent as next governor
of Australia as a means
j^itrthenine the bonda ofaw
E|J*as said today in royal
DR.D. E. CAMAK, NEW PASTOR
OF METHODISTS, NOVELIST,
TEXTILE INSTITUTE FOUNDER
Has Successful Career in
Ministry; Work at
Canton Progressive
Dr. D. English Camak, new pas
tor of the First Methodist church
here, author of the novel, "June
of the Hills," also is widely known
as founder of the Textile Indus
trial Institute of Spartanburg, S.
C.. and has had a successful ca
reer in the ministry.
Under his leadership, the Can
ton Methodist church, from which
he was transferred at the recent
Western North Carolina confer
ence in Charlotte, aud^d mon
than 175 members in four years
av.d the congregation is approxi
mately ->6.000 better off financial
ly, according to information from
Canton contained in <t feature ar
ticle on Dr. Cumak's activities
which was published recently in
the Asheville Citizen-Times urder
the caption, "Folks Worth While
in W. N. C." The article con
tinues:
"Dr. Cam?.k is very fond of th«
mountain region about which he
wrote so realistically in "June o>'
the Hills." a novel which won the
$500 prize offered 10 years aero
by the Junaluska Woman's club
for the best novel written with
Lake Junaluska as the .netting.
"Dr. Camak was born in Fair
field county. South Carolina. July
25, 1880. He graduated with high
honors with the A.B. degree from
Wofford college in 1U03. He then
DR. D. E. CAMAK
i (Picture by courtesy of Canton
Enterprise)
entered religious work near Union,
S. C., serving as junior pastor of
five churches in textile communi
ties. There he formulated a plan
: for educating worthy young men
and women while they continued
to work alternate weeks in the
mills. Unable to seci'ie the co
operation necessary to put his plan
fn effect, he finally borrowed $100
und secured a tenement building
f or a school home. There he open
| ed the Textile Industrial Insti
(Continued on page five)
CATS TO MEET |
ffAYNESVILLE
HERE FRIDAY
Stiff Battle Expected to
Mark Annual Home Com
ing Feature
With a season record of four i
wins and one defeat, the Render
sonville Bearcats are working hard
this week in preparation for the
traditional battle with Waynes
ville high, to be played on the
athletic field here on Friday after
noon.
On past performance the two
teams seem to be about even in
strength, and a close battle is ex
pected. Waynesville and Hender
sonville teams always disregard
past records and play close games.'
Coach John Stephens stated to
day that the Cats would be in
srood shape for the game with the
exception of Johnnie Magness,
veteran tackle, who is out with a
broken arm, suffered in practice
last week.
J. C. Coston, who was held out
of the Tryon game last week on
account of injuries, is back in
shape ar.d will play in the eramc
against Waynesville. Coach Steph
ens said.
The high school will observe
"home coming" for this game and
a large crowd is expected to at
tend. Support for the locals has
been better this season and is re
flecting in the team's play. Coach
Stephens said.
Jump Off Rock
WPA Project Is |
Assured, Belief
Modern Picnic, Tourist
Center Would Cost
Around $3000
Development of the Jumpoff
rock area, on Jumpoff mountain,
as a WPA project, into a modern
picnic and tourist center is prac
ticallv assured, Thos. H. Franks,
chairman of the Chamber of Com
merce committee working on the
project, stated today.
However, Mr. Franks pointed
out, no definite approval to the
expenditure of about $3,000 in
WPA funds on the project has
been given, either at the Asheville
office or in Raleigh.
Mr. Franks stated that Asheville
officials had indicated they were
behind the project.
Plans for the development of
the area call for construction of
outdoor cookin? places, a picnic
pavilion 40x60 feet in size and the
erection of a concession stand 12
•x!8 feet in size.
Bearcat To Win
Pair Of Shoes In
Waynesville Tilt
The Hendersonville high school
football player who is adjudged to
be the most outstanding in the
game with Waynesville here Fri
day will receive a pair of Fortune
shoes as a gift from Patterson's
department store, Edward Patter
son, store manager, said today.
The shoes are nationally advertis
ed at $4.
Selection of the player who will
receive the shoes will be made by
a committee to be named by the
high school athletic officials.
Names of the committee members
will not be made public.
The entire Bearcat squad was
told of the offer today, and every
member of the team expressed de
termination to win the pward, it
was said.
mierTrave
TO BE MARKED
Unveiling of Stone to Rev
olutionary Soldier Set
*or Next Month
The second of two grave mark
ers to be unveiled by the Joseph
McDowell chapter of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolut:on
in November will be dedicated at
the grave of Andrew James Miller
on Sunday. November 13.
Previously it has been announc
ed that the D.A.R. will mark the
grave of John Peter Corn on Sun
day. November 6.
Miller is buried in the cemetery
on the original site of the French
Broad Baptist church, about six
miles from Hendersonville on the
Havwood road. ^
Old French Broad, established
in 1789, was the first established
church west of the Blue R'dge,
and the old cemetery is the oldest
consecrated burying ground in
this county.
Andrew Miller came to Western
North Carolina from South Caro
lina after serving with Francis
Marion in his campaigns against
British forces in the Revolution.
He is credited with obtaining in
formation of a proposed Indian
attack aeainst Asheville from
friendlv Indians, and with using
this information to save the set
tlement. ,
The Miller family has long been
prominent in this section. A son
served as clerk of the court in
Buncombe county, of which Hen
derson was at that time a part,
and a grandson was the first clerk
of the court in this county.
I Robert E. Gash, Brevard attor
ney. will be the principal speaker
at "the dedication of the marker,
and the program will begin at
2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr.
i Gash is a descendant of Miller.
OUENCH FIRE
AS SHIPS RACE
TO AID UNER
591 Passengers Calm as
Blaze Fought Aboard
. the Deutschland
EMERGENCY~COMES
OFF NEW FOUNDLAND
NEW YORK, Oct. 26. (UP) —
Captain Karl Steincke, master of
the German liner, Deutschland,
wirelessed the owners that fire
which threatened the ship during
! the night had been extinguished,
and that the ship was proceeding
full steam to New York where it
will arrive Friday night.
The fire was brought under con
trol and extinguished after three
vessels raced through heavy seat
to aid the Deutschland.
Captain Steincke reported that
no one was injured and that pas
sengers had been utterly calm
while the crew ought to extinguish
the laze which started in number
two hold and threatened 601 pas
sengers. Most of them were
Americans.
The Hamburg - American lux
ury liner caught afire yesterday
in the stormy North Atlantic 200
miles off New Foundland and
three ships were immediately rac-,
ing to rescue her 960 passengers!
and crew.
The liner, carrying 591 passen
gers, radioed at 6:22 p. m., EST,
that fire had broken out and was ;
becoming ""dangerous."
"Help necessary urgently," the 1
message said.
Immediately, from points rang
ing from 75 miles to 500 miles
away, a German, Norwegian and
five American vessels reported
they were proceeding under fore-;
ed draft to the Deutschland.
The nearest rescue vessel was I
the Norwegian liner Europe,
which reported to Radiomarine
that it was 75 miles away, mak
ing a speed of 12 knots.
Meanwhile three American ves
sels—the American Traveler, the j
American Farmer and the United
States liner Manhattan—were in
(Continued on page three) (
GOP PLATFORM
IS DISCUSSED
Actual Drafting Left to
Candidates for County
Commission
Republican leaders of Hender
son county met last night in plat
form convention, discussed vari
ous issues, and finally agreed to
leave the actual drafting of a
platform to the three candidates
for county commissioner and Wilt
shire Griffith, acting as secretary.
The three candidates for com- j
missioner are E. T. Brown, L. L. I
Merchant and Bert J. Sitton.
A large number attended the 1
meeting last night and every pre
cinct in the county was repre
sented by at least one precinct
official, it was stated today.
A full discussion of issues and
pledges to be made in the Repub- ■
lican platform was conducted by'
James J. Pace, chairman of the ,
county executive committee, but
the actual drafting of the plat
form will be done by the commis
sioner candidates.
No indication as to the pledges
in the platform was given today,
but the complete platform will be
announced when drawn up.
| Where Japs Cut China's Life Lines
With the fall of Canton in South China, and Hankow, in the north,
China's sources of supplies for its armies struggling against Japan
were virtually throttled. Arrows on the map above indicate the
supply routes to the Chinese troops now no longer available.
Chungking, to the west, is the new provisional capital of General
issimo Chiang Kai-shek. Hong Kong, British island port and crown
colony is completely severed from communication with the Chinese
mainland.
Dies Countering
F.R> Charge Says
tie's Misinformed
Says Cabinet Members Aid
in Campaign of
Misrepresentation
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26—
(UP)—Chairman Dies of the
house committee investigating
un-American activities today
charged that President Roose
velt was misinformed concern
ing the inquiry, and that cabi
net members aided in a cam
paign of misrepresentation
against the house committee.
Dies' statement answered the
bitter criticism by the president
concerning the inquiry, espe
cially its testimony regarding
Governor Frank Murphy of
Michigan.
MIDGETS WILL PLAY
BREVARD THURSDAY;
TIE PRACTICE GAME
The high school midget football
team, organized recently, will play
the second game of the feeason
against the Brevard midgets at
Brevard on Thursday.
Last week a practice game was
played with the featherweights
from Blue Ridge school and ended
in a 6 to 6 tie.
The starting line-up against
Brevard is expected to be: Stew
art, center; Harrell and Hartzog,
guards; Foster and A. Johnson,
tackles; O'Neal and R. Johnson,
ends; Yelton, quarterback; Bomar
and Garren, halfbacks, and Fea
gin, fullback.
POLAND HONORS EDITOR
TOLEDO. (UP)—Grovo Pat
terson, editor of the Toledo Blade,
is the second American to receive
the Gold Cross of Merit of Po
land. Dr. Karol Ripa, of Pitts
burgh, consul general, presented
Patterson with the cross.
Koosevelt Says New IJeal, Employers
Can Make Hour-Wage Law Effevtive
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. (UP)
President Roosevelt yesterday ap
pealed to the nation's industrial
ists and businessmen to sit down
with the government to make ef
fective the wage-hour law, the
new deal's latest attempt to in
i crease purchasing power and in
spire recovery.
The plea was made at President
Roosevelt's press conference after
he had conferred with Wage-hour
Administrator Elmer F. Andrews
and during a general discussion of
I the new law.
Asked for his reaction toward
employers who closed their plants
rather than comply with the a?t,
j the president said it was unfor
1 tunate that the question of the
law's workability should have
arisen two weeks before the na
tional elections.
He said it would be'valuable if
those he described as reactionary
newspaper publishers and politi
cians would co-operate in making
the new project a success.
He bitterly criticized opponents
of the legislation. He said they
had given no help in obtaining
passage of the statute although
they maintained they favored de
cent wages.
When this group was asked what
might be done to raise wage and
hour standards, they generally
made the stock reply that it was
none of their business, he said.
(Continued on page five)
MEMBERSHIP
I DRIVE OPENS
! FOR C. OF C.
(Increase of 150 Necessary
to Finance $7387
Budget
Solicitors of the Chamber of
I Commerce were engaged today in
i the annual membership campaign,
1 with a total of 616 memberships
needed to finance a budget of
$7387 for the year.
The solicitors were working un
der instructions to call only on
| new prospects, on members whose
payments are in arrears and on
those who, it is felt, should In
crease the number of memberships
they are carrying. All current
memberships are automatically re
newed by signatures secured a
year ago unless thefChamber of
Commerce office is notified to the
/»Ar»fi*ow
It was explained at a prelimi
, nary meeting this morning that a
number of special gifts received
last year are not in sight for this
year, that as a consequence an in
crease of about 160 in the num
ber of memberships will be neces
sary this year, and that the board
; of directors feel that ail business
firms, profesisonal men and wo
1 men and operators of hotels and
boarding houses should carry at
least two memberships each. Each
membership represents a payment
of only $1 a month.
Last year's expenditures were
$7.387.08 against a budget of
$7,410.95. The largest single
item in the new budget is for ad
vertising, and of the fund set
aside for this use at least one-half
will be spent in an effort to at
tract new industries to Henderson
county.
DIRECTORY IS
ISSUED HERE
Valuable Additions Made
to Volume; R.F.D. Resi
dents Listed
A new Hendersonville city di
rectory, published by the Miller
Press, of Asheville, is now off the
nress.
The directory contains more
names than the last edition, ac
cording to the publishers, and has
been enlarged to include residents
on R. F. D. routes as well as city
dwellers.
A valuable portion of the direc
tory is an alphabetical directory
of streets, with location of houses
indicated, and giving the names of
occupants.
The R. F. D. portion includes a
description of all city routes with
names of box holders.
ARMISTICE DAY
PROCLAIMED IN
PEACE APPEAL
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. (UP).
President Roosevelt today made a
new appeal for peace and good
wili*«mong the nations of the
w4d|
, IhT'V proclamation calling for
the 6<*f^rvance of Armistice day
he saidf that the 20th anniversary
of thfArmistice should be ob
serve-l with suitable ceremonies,
manitfepung a belief that peace
can b^ attained only by non-ag
gression and that it can be made
enduring only by respect for the
rights of others, and good will
among the nations of the world.
wrA NURSERY
SCHOOL LOOKS
TO OPENING
Many Donations for Proj
ect Made; Some Equip
ment Specially Asked
Detailed announcement with re
gard to the work of the city WPA
nursery school which is to open
here on Tuesday, Nov. 1, have
been made, following the session
of the board of sponsors, held
Tuesday ft the nursery quarters,
and all zhembers of„ the board
visiting the rooms "have expressed
their satisfaction over the, loca
tion, as well as the suitable ar
I rangement of the rooms, which
have been acquiring in the Brooks
building.
The personnel in charge of the
school will be as follows:
Mrs. Juanita Williams, head
teacher. M. A. in Nursery School,
Teachers' college, Columbia uni
versity.
Miss Leary Jenkins, Henderson
ville, assistant teacher.
Mrs. Helen Shaver, trained
nurse.
Some assistance will be given
by girls from the NYA.
Mrs. Williams and her mother,
Mrs. R. C. Day, of Asheville, have
/ recently taken an apartment in
; the Brooks building.
Mrs. Jack Atkinson, member of
i the executive board of the school,
has guaranteed the rent of the
| quarters for one year and others
I who have made monthly pledges
^ to the support of this school in
! elude:
I » 1 t —n
nillCi Jtaii uv^ivii Mv.o...Mk J , VT w
mans Misisonary Society of the
Methodist church; Parent-Teach
er association; Jewish Ladies'
auxiliary, Women's Misisonary So
! ciety of the Baptist church, the
Rosa Edwards school. Mrs. M. C.
| Roberts' room and a number of
other organizations have express
ed a desire to help and are wait
ing for a business meeting to take
definition action in this respect.
The board also stated that a
number of local business firms
have assisted materially with do
(Continued on page five)
Auto Body And
Paint Shop To
Be Built Here
Arnette's Place Wilt Ad
join New Pure Oil
Service Station
Mingus Shipman and .fas. W.
Duff announce the erection of
quarters for the automobile body
and a paint shop of Kenneth
Arnette.
The new building will adjoin
the storage garage erected by
Messrs. Duff and Shipman last
winter in connection with the new
Pure Oil service station, garage
and sales rooms of the Shipman
Motor company.
The new brick building will be
of the same type of structure as
the storage garage, which it will
join on the east wall with a front
age of 27 feet t»n Seventh ave
nue and a depth of 75 feet, with
a covered shed to the rear 27x45
feet for outdoor work.
Mr. Arnette occupied the same
building with Shipman Motor com
pany for several years until the
latter moved to its new quarters
last winter. Since that time his
shop has been on King street.
Construction work was expect
ed to begin today.
[JAP VICTORY
MARCH HELD
IN HANKOW
Believed to Mark Winning
of War, But Consolida
tion Holds Peril
WAR MACHINE ONE
OF WORLD'S FINEST
CHUNGKING, Chinu Oct. 26.
(UP)—It was announced official
ly here today that China docs not
want peace and that Generalise no
Chiang Kai-shek is not going to
resign the leadership of the na
tion.
The statement was issued in
view of reports that Great ISritain
and Germany had engaged in a
joint effort to mediate the ( hi
nese-Japanese war.
It was said that Chiang would
not resign, regardless of any per.ee
proposals which the British em
bassador might bring to Chun g
king, the new Chined* government
emergency capital.
VICTORY PARADE
STAGED IN HANKOW
HANKOW, Oct 26. (UP)—
1 The Japanese army, and navy of
ficers today effected a model for
• mal occupation of Hankow.
Advance units of the army
which arrived yesterday, camped
in the suburbs, awaiting the cere
monious victory parade through
the city.
Japanese navy officers took
command in the city and cooper
ated with foreign colony leaders
in beginning the consolidation of
the Japanese victory and mopping
up Chinese army stragglers.
Twelve Japanese destroyers, pn
troled the Yangtse off the foreign
concession, but their guns were
covered andmnmaned.
JAP ARMY IS ONE
OF WORLD'S GREATEST
Br H. O. THOMPSON
(Copyright, 1938, United Press)
WITH THE JAPANESE ARMY
NEAR HANKOW, Oct. 26. (UP)
Japan has won her war with Chi
na but she still faces a great risk
in consolidating peace.
I That is the unanimous conclu
sion of neutral military observers
, who, with this correspondent, wero
: permitted to accompany the Jap
! anese army in its final drive on
I Hankow.
The neutral military observers,
! who have seen enough to be able
to evaluate the Japanese military
machine accurately, have reached
I these conclusions:
i 1. The Japanese have demon
I strated their ability to carry thru
! one of the great battles of world
history with excellent coordina
tion and to win against strong ob
stacles. It is estinfated that more
than 300,000 soldiers participated
in the Hankow drive which pre
sented peculiar difficulties be
cause of the succession of swamps,
rivers, mountains and lakes which
protect the Wu-han cities. Most
if not all of them were second
class troops—reservists of the old
er classes, lneir Denavior was in
scribed as "excellent."
2. The Japanese have shown
unexpected ability with their air
arm. Both army and navy fliers,
who have borne much of the
brunt of the Hankow attacks,
have performed well, but not bril
liantly, by American or European
standards. Scouting:, bombing, ai i
observation work of the air se -
vices—often in the face of hea\ r
and at times surprisingly accurate
(Continued on page five)
Legion's Annual
Toy Campaign Is
I Starting Early
Mayor A. V. Edwards today
callcd attention to the annual
American Legion toy campaign,
i the purpose of which is to collect
old or broken toys, which are re
paired and distributed to under
privileged children at Christmas.
The Legion is anxious to get an
early start on this campaign this
year in order that the need may
be filled, Mrvyor Edwards said.
He stated that people who have
toys to contribute may leave them
at the city hall or call 112 and the
toys will be collected.
MASONS TO CONFER
DEGREE AT SESSION
J. C. Morrow, worshipful mas
ter, today announced a special
communication of Kedron Lodge
387 A. F. and A. M., for Friday
night at 7:30 o'clock, at which
time the first degree will be con
ferred. Officers urge all members
to be present and visiting Masons
will be welcomed,
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