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IVOL- 57—No. 270
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1938
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
GROWS
.a
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US IN 20 YEARS?
ILLS RIVER
PEOPLE HOST
10 MANS
a?e Agricultural Program
With Report on Notable
Curb Marie! Growth
A 'v"Z> r. '>• of members of
p r! • lie Kiwanls club
d ■•>. together with
i ; - and a number of
. •n>. gathered at
t •" i ng in that com
s: :* y evening to par
it the famous Mills
i"- - >trved by ladies of
i . • . a- i, later, to lis
>.a:n presented under
i . • f the agricultural
ir.".•••> club.
: •••*•.: 4 • cafeteria-style,
:-er served by the
:. ia lies, the crowd
«.v • purpose of hear
program
talks.
Dr. J. (;. Bennett, president of
* 1 the program by
< M < Albert Drake to
P * :• asT.-e of the Ki
1 • i-uests for the
' in1, eting again in
•• I'r. Dennett introduc
v. Mr. Jones, pastor of
* church, who responded
* •. lunity. Mills River
' • M-esent were introduc
'J'S M"S. E. Greenwood. The
v.a- *hen turned over to
T Pain, •.-.airman of the agri
- J--ttee of the club.
'?•- chairman introduced
* members of the com
lttee-&:*. -J. S. Brown. Dr. W. W.
r ar.d D. \V. Bennett, and
Weedc :th the introduction
'Continued on page three)
FATAL
10 LAD OF II
Hllard Jones' Body View
ed by Jury But Inquest
Not Yet Set
' , r 10. son of Mr.
i 't'^n Jones, of the
L.'" ; mmunity, died at
■ ial hospital yester
' - »it 6 o'clock as
-hotcrun wounds re
p ~ • ::•« on Monday.
. • ucc A. Cox called a
'day afternoon and
' ' • " iiiy, but stated th"*
t he had not dee'ded
if" ' "nding a more com
j? ' '; 1 nation
!>,'. ,ro ilv was shot by
vard, IT. a neighbor.
^ ration of how to
5-. according to infor
>. r ri by ofTcers.
J. i; reported to have
oys were playing
• - in at his home and
hem to take the gun
I,* ise. The Howard
have told him the
s;. loaded. but it was
orted that he loaded
1 yard to show th"
^ r now to shoot a rabbit.
C arrangements had
day. Th" body wa<
J*-; Brevard undertaking
■ 1 He is survived by
| and seven brothers
FORCE GROWS CONTINUALLY !
AS DOMINATING FACTOR OF !
WORLD AFTER ARMISTICE
War Scars Still Remain
Through 20 Years of the
Post-War Period
By WILLIS THORNTON
NEA Service 5*j:ff Carr«<3>o<idr
Twenty wars ago a \Vcary,
bloody world was staggering to
the close of four years of World
war.
People were told it was the: end
of an era, the beginning of a
Brave New World.
And it was the end of an era.
But the new era that began then
was not the world visioned by the
muddy, bloody men in the trench
es.
Three million victims of 20
wars rot in their graves since the
War to End War.
The League of Nations, which
was to bring a new world order
of reason and peace, drifts like a
leaky and abandoned ship. De
mocracy is on the defensive in a
world which was never less safe
for it.
Everywhere the haunting fear
of insecurity sends men swarming
after strange causes, economic
and political. Children born since
1U18 have never known, may nev
er know, the independence of
Americans who used to say
"Shucks! I can get a job any
where !"
Force has become the prime
criterion, and might makes right
in international affairs. In per
sonal affairs, the idea that the end
justifies the means is more and
more generally accepted.
IF THE DEAD COULD LIVE—
Nevertheless, in the 20 years
since "Cease Firing!" sounded
across Flanders fields, a new
world has arisen. Every country
in the world would already seem
a strange land to a man who died
in that war, if he could come
back and see it.
In 20 years, the population of
nearly every country in the world
has increased by millions. What
(Continued on page five)
VOTE INQUIRY
PLEA DROPPED;
• - ... - . V.o*4 [
Hollingsworth Withdraws
His Request for Board
Investigation
Joe P. Hollingsworth, Repub- j
lican member of the county board
of elections, who yesterday asked
for an investigation in three Hen
derson county voting precincts af
; ter Tuesday's election, today with
I drew his request for the investiga
j tion, Chairman L. T. Dermid, of
j the board stated this morning:.
Mr. Dermid quoted Mr. Hol
lingsworth as stating that he had
become convinced there was no
necessity for conducting an inves
tigation.
Yesterday Mr. Hollingsworth
had asked for an investigation in
Hoopers Creek, Southeast Hender
sonville and Southwest Henderson
villc precincts. ,
1 In asking for the investigation,
he stated that he had been in- j
formed irregularities occurred,
and that several voters had voted
more than once.
MILLS RIVER AND
ETOWAH PLAN FOR
ORPHANAGE DAY
Next Sunday, November 13, is j
the annual Orphanage day at the
Mills River and Etowah Presby
terian churches, the Rev. W. S.
Hutchison, pastor, announces.
Mr. Gruver will preach and the
children will sing, at Mills River
at 11:15 a. m., and at Etowah at!
2:.'J0 p. m.
These churches are now getting
ready to gather the Thanksgiving
produce offering for the Moun-,
tain orphanage, he adds.
ONE OF SEVEREST TREMBLORS
OF ALL TIME IS RECORDED
Believed Near Aleutian Islands; Hawaii Has Tidal Dis
turbance; Mexico Feels Quakes
(UNITED PRESS)
The Hawaiian islands late yt-3
terday experienced a slieht tida'
irregularity which scientists be
lieved might have been caused by
a severe earthouake reportedly in
the vicinity of the Aleutian islands
of Alaska.
Commander J. H. Peters of the
U. S Coast Geodetic Survey re
ported that the tide went out
about half a foot and then cam'j
back at about seven-tenths of a
foot before receding again.
The earthquake—one of the se
verest ever recorded—sent needles |
of seismographs throughout the
world into wild pyrations Thurs
day.
Believed to be centered in or
near the Aleutian islands, which
extend for several hundred miles
across the North Pacific beginning
at the southwest corner of Alaska,
the earthquake climaxed a series
of temblors which have caused
panic in southwestern Mexico for
two days.
i The first shock was reported at
3:28 p. m. Tuesday when the nec
iles of nine seimographs at Ford-i
iam university. New York, were
:arred off drums 12 inches wide.
The epicenter was estimated at
3,700 miles away, south of Alaska.
Seismographs in London, Cleve
'and, 0.. and California also re
corded the shocks.
The epicenter of the Mexican
earthquakes was estimated to be
in the Pacific ocean, a short dis
tance off the coast.
The new earthquakes yesterday
rocked coastal areas in Guerrero
and Oaxaca states, in southwest
ern Mexico, to add to the panic
caused by three sharp tremors felt
Wednesday afternoon.
At Omtepec, Guerrero state,
many persons spent the nij?ht in
the streets and open fields, too
terrorized to return to homes they
vacated when the first shocks were
felt. Even hospital patients fled
into the streets. Soldiers at the
Omtepec garrison were pressed in
to duty to aid police in maintain
ing order.
All Democratic
State Candidates
Carry Henderson
This Vote Not Officially
Tabulated Until Late
Thursday Afternoon
v democratic state officers, most.
of whom wore unopposed, were
all Riven majorities in Tuesday's
election.
Due to the fact that these votes
were not officially tabulated un
til late yesterday, and that the
office of the clerk of the court
was closed today, votes for these
candidates were not available to
day.
State officers on the ticket were
as follows: For associate justice
of supreme court: M. V. Barnhill
(D) defeated Herbert F. Seawell,
Sr. (R); J. Wallace Winborne
(D) defeated Irvin B. Tucker
(R).
Democratic state candidates
without opposition were: A. A. F.J
Seawell, associate justice; Harry
McMullan, attorney general; F.
H. Shuford, commissioner of la
bor; Stanley Winborne, utilities
commissioner; C. E. Thompson,
judge 1st district; W. J. Bone, I
judge 2nd district; J. P. Frizzelle,!
judge 5th district; H. L. Stevens,
judge 6th district; J. J. Burney, I
judge 8th district; Q. K. Nimocks, i
Jr., judpre 9th district; Leo Carr, 1
judge 10th district; H. H. Sink,:
judge 12th district; W. H. Bob-;
bitt, judge 14th district; Wilson |
Warlick, judge 16th district; Zeb |
Nettles, judge 19th district, and ;
Allen H. Gwyn, judge 21st dis-1
trict.
U.D.C. Historical
Contest Planned
A prize will be given by the
Margaret Davis Hayes chapter
U. D. C. for the best essay on
"Early History of Henderson
County—Schools, Churches and
Homes." This offer is open to any
resident of Henderson county. All
papers must be handed in by Feb
ruary first to Mrs. J. S. Brown, j
or to Mrs. Lila Ripley Barnwell. I
I
PRESIDENT PLACES
WREATH ON TOMB OF
UNKNOWN SOLDIER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. (UP)
President Roosevelt last night re
turned to the capital to outline
further his 1939 legislative and
fiscal programs and to review this
afternoon with his cabinet the Re
publican upsurge reflected in
Tuesday's elections.
The President will meet with
the cabinet at 2 p. m. on his re
turn from Arlington national cem
etery where he will participate in
Armistice dav services. Escorted
by army and navy aides he will
lay a wreath on the tomb of the
unknown soldier.
HELD BY JURY
ASHEVILLE, Nov. 11.—A cor
oner's jury yesterday ordered O.
M. Bishop, 54, of Chester, S. C.,
held for the grand jury in connec
tion with the death of E. A. West,
Sr., 60, of Buena Vista, who was
fatally injured Wednesday night
when he was struck by a truck
1 driven by Bishop.
43 REFUNDING
BONDS RETIRED
IN 16 MONTHS
,\ ————
City Treasurer Ri^ean Re
. ports on City Debt to
Coir.rfiissicners
•
Forty-three refunding bonds of
the City of Hendersonville have j
been retired in the first 10 months
of operation under the debt settle
ment plan, City Treasurer J. liar-1
vey Riggan reported to the board ;
of city commisisoncrs at the No-1
vember meeting last nijrht.
These bonds, with a face value ;
of §43,000, were retired for a to
tal of $21,235, or an average price
of $493.83, Mr. Riggan reported.!
In addition, Mr. Riggan report- j
ed, interest on all outstanding
bonds has been met at the proper
time. Interest dates under the
plan are January 1 and July 1 of,
each year.
Under the terms of the debt set-:
tlement plan, the city may pui>
chase bonds for retirement on the i
open market from funds set aside
for debt purposes each year. The
city is required to make a call of ;
bonds when the funds in this ac-;
count reach $16,000. |
Mayor A. V. Edwards reported
to the commission last night that;
good progress was being made in
sidewalk construction through
WPA projects.
Property owners are cooperat
ing in these projects, which are
being built at no cost to the city.
E. F. LATT BUYS
LAMPLE Y HOME
Latter to Occupy Prince |
Residence; Mr. and Mrs.
Prince Take Apartment
Sale of the J. H. Lampley resi- j
dence on Oakland street to Emil
F. Latt was announced today.
The dwelling is of brick con-j
struction, has 10 rooms and faces
136 feet on Oakland street. It has
been owned by Mr. Lampley for
about two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Lampley have
rented the L. B. Prince dwelling
on Sixth avenue west for imme
diate occupancy and Mr. and Mrs.
Prince arc moving to the Garland
apartments. Mr. and Mrs. Latt
and family will move from their
present home at 910 Dale street.
THURSDAY
Maximum temperature—64 de
grees. Minimum—26 degrees.
Mean—45 degrees.
Day's range—38 degrees.
Normal mean temperature for
November—46.4 degrees.
Rainfall to date—2.88 inches.
Normal rainfall—3.11 inches.
ARMISTICE DAY OBSERVANCE
GETS UNDER WAY IN CITY
WITH PARADE AND SERVICE
<S>
2176 ABSENTEE
BALLOTS CAST
HERE TUESDAY
269 Because of Illness;
Rest Because of Absence
From County
A total of 2,176 absentee bal
lots were voted in Henderson
county in the election on Tues
day, according to the abstract of
the county election board.
Of this number, 1,880 were
voted under certificate A and
296 under certificate B. The A
certificates are those voters ab
sent from the county and the B
certificates for those sick on elec
tion day.
Fourteen absentee votes in
South Blue Ridge precinct were
certified as not voted for not be
ing signed on the back of the bal
lot by the voter.
Absentee ballots by precincts
were as follow^:
Precinct Cert. A Cert. B
N. Blue Ridge 71 2
S. E. H'ville ......265 36
Bat Cave 4 1
Raven Rock 30 21
N. E. H'ville 117 " 27 |
Horse Shoe 22 8
Etowah .......... 31 191
Rugby 18 4 1
Crab Creek .'. 43 . 7i
Flat Rock 91 0 '
Edneyville 36 11
Green River 90 28
Balfour-.^.; 28 11 !
S. Blue Ridge 52 20
Mills River 10 36
Clear Creek 72 15 I
Bowmans Bluff ... 51 8
N. W. H'ville 239 32
S. W. H'ville 372 10 I
Hoopers Creek ....238 —
Totals 1880 296 '
Lane Constable;
Kimzey Is Only
Justice Offering
H. B. Davis, Though Not
Filing, Elected Constable
in Green River
Preston Lane, Democratic can
didate for constable in Hender
sonville township, was elected
over Lloyd Laughter, his Republi
can opponent.
Lane was given considerable
majority in the eight precincts of
the township, but the official
vote was not available today.
Precincts in the township are
the four city boxes, Balfour, Rug
by, Horse Shoe and Flat Rock. i
Wess Rogers was elected con
stable in Clear Creek township.
Running on the Democratic tick
et, he was unopposed and receiv
(Continued on page six).
Rev. Inzer Chief Speaker;
Football Game and Dance
Also Will Be Featured in
Scheduled Diversions
The American Legion and Le
gion auxiliary opened the annual
observance of Armistice day here
with a parade this morning at
10:30 o'clock.
A patriotic service at the high
school auditorium, immediately
after the parade, football game in
the afternoon, and dance tonight
will be other features of the day's
celebration.
Chief Otis Powers led the pa
rade as grand marshal. He was
followed by the high school band,
led by the drum major, Emmie
Lou Wilkins.
The Legion color guard follow
ed the band and ex-service men
followed the colors.
Following in the line of march
were members of the Legion Aux
iliary, the Gold Star Mothers, the
Boy Scout colors, Scout drum and
bugle corps, Girl Scout colors and >
Girl Scouts, cars of tty; Daugh
ters of the American Revolution,,
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy, Confederate veterans, and
automobiles of Hendcrsonville
dealers.'
The patriotic service at the au
ditorium followed immediately af
ter the parade. The principal
speaker was Rev. John Inzer, pas
tor of the Asheville Baptist
church, and a former national
chaplain of the American Legion.
This afternoon at 3 o'clock the
Hendcrsonville Bearcats will meet,
the Brevard high Blue Devils in
what is expected to be a close and
interesting football game.
Thte Legion will sponsor a dance
tonight at 9 o'clock at the city
gymnasium, The proceeds will go
for the beneflfof the high school
band.
DEATHTAKES
T. J. NICHOLS
Rites for Mills River Man
Being Conducted
This Afternoon
Thomas Jefferson Nichols, 86,
rlied at his home in the Mills River
section at 3 o'clock Thursday af
ternoon. .
Funeral services will be held on
Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at Mills River chapel with the Rev.
W. S. Hutchison and Rev. Mr.
Jones officiating. |
Mr. Nichols was a native of this
county and is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. J. R- Harbison of
Dallas, Tex., Mrs. Cliff Foreman
of Plaino, Tex., and Mrs. Frank
VVoodfin of Campobello, S. C.; one
son, T. S. Nichols, of Horse Shoe,
ind 11 grandchildren.
NAVY MAN HOME
Hubert Whitaker, son of Mr. j
and Mrs. L. B. Whitaker of Bar-j
ker Heights is home on a two
weeks' visit from the U. S. navy. •
He is stationed in New York at J
present. |
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES ARE |
BOTH DEFEATED IN COUNTY
J
Extended Terms for Coroners, Sheriffs, Lost Almost 2
to 1; Justice Dept. Rejection Less Decisive
Less Decisive
Proposals to amend the North Carolina constitution by proviaing j
a four-year term for sheriffs and coroners, and to establish a depart
ment of justice in the state were both defeated by Henderson county
voters in the election on Tuesday.
The amendment to extend the terms of sheriffs and coroners was
defeated 4,038 to 2,413, and the amendment to establish a depart
ment of justicc was defeated 2,669 to 2,338.
Vote in the precincts on the two amendments was as follows:
To Make Term» of Sheriffs and To Establish a Department of
— P» V f a.! — _
Precinct
Bowman's Bluff
North Blue Ridge
Northwest H'ville —
Bat Cave
Raven Rock
Southwest H'ville
Southeast H'ville
Hoopers Creek
Northeast H'ville
Horse Shoe
Etowah a
Rugby
Flat Rock _*
Crab Creek
Edneyville
Green River
Balfour
South Blue Ridge —
Mills River
Clear Creek
For Agst.
45 116
60 215
338 304
91 52
17 122
450 335
280 411
102 352
150 198
61 40
76 132
40 56
101 201
22 53
76 250
120 343
92 89
81 294
145 213
66 172
Total
2413 4038
Precinct For Agst.
Bowman's Bluff 38
North Blue Ridge 69
Northwest 'H'ville 334
Bat Cave 65
Raven Rock 14
Southwest H'ville 429
Southeast H'ville 240
Hoopers Creek 108
Northeast H'ville 140
Horse Shoe 39
Etowah 81
Rugby 41
Flat Rock 99
Crab Creek 16
Edneyville 96
Green River 137
Balfour 95
South Blue Ridge — 81
Mills River 148
Clear Creek 68
Total — 2338 2669
NAZIS ASKED
TO SAFEGUARD
BRITISH JEWS
Echoes of Paris Assassina
tion Include Drastic
Jewish Measures
POLES EXPROPRIATE
GERMAN PROPERTIES
LONDON, Nov. 11.—«IJ P > —
Great Britain has made represen
tations to Germany to safeguard
the rights and property of British
Jews, it was learned today.
Representations were made in
Berlin yesterday as soon as the
government learned of anti-Jew
ish outbreaks. It was reported that,
a number of British Jews wcr«
arrested outside the British em
bassy in Berlin.
BERLIN, Nov. 11. (UP)-Nazi
experts are drafting ghetto law*
along medieval lines as the fir.it
official act of vengeance for the
fatal shooting of the German em
bassy secretary in Paris by a 17
year-old Polish Jew, it was un
derstood.
Under laws which may he an
nounced this week-end, Jewish
businesses and residences would
be restricted to prescribed dis
tricts. Stbres and apartments own
ed by Jews in Aryan neighbor
hoods would be expropriated in
exchange for stores and apart
ments in ghettos.
It is also understood that ex
pulsion of' foreign Jews is under
most careful examination.
Difficulty was possible through
reprisals by. foreign nations.
Nazi circles reported that with
in the last few days Poland had
Confiscated sufficient German
property ia Poland to pay the
costs' of caring for 10,000 Jews
whortt Germany deported to Po
land.
EUROPEAN PEACE
HOPES JEOPARDIZED
Br CLIFFORD L. DAY
(Copyright, 1938, United Pro**)
LONDON, Nov. 11.—(UP)—
Diplomats feared today—just 20
years after the Armistice ended
the "war to end war"—that thu
anti-Jewish riots throughout Ger
many had jeopardized seriously
recent hopes for a general Euro
pean appeasement which would
preserve peace.
The systematic Nazi riots in
creased and emphasized a sudden
cooling of relations between
Great Britain and Germany, which
was evident even before the Ger
man riots. The breach was be
gun by Chancellor Adolf Hitler's
recent speeches, belligerent in
(Continued on page five)
REPUBLICANS
GAIN 79 SEATS
3 Races in Lower House
Remain in Doubt; Hint
Senate Contest
NEW YORK, Nov. 11. (UP) —
President Roosevelt returned t<»
the White House last night as the
nation speculated whether lie
would regard sweeping Repiblicn
victories at the polls on Tnesd iy
as a sufficiently strong prot» <t
against New Deal policies to jo n
with party conservatives in pro
viding a "middle road" govern
ment until 1940.
The chief executive departed
from his Hyde Park, N. V., home
without commenting on the results
of the general election in which
Republicans dethroned 79 Demo
crats in the house, 8 senate Dem
ocrats and annexed 11 governor
ships.
Two Democrats emerged vic
torious in senate races with Re
publicans last night but their tri
umph was little comfort to the.
so-called "palace guard" of New
Dealers to whom Mr. Roosevelt is
reported to have listened in in
stituting his ill-fated primary
"purge" of party conservatives.
The victors in nip-and-tuclc con
tests were Senator Guy M. Gil
lette, of Iowa, and Senator Fred
erick M. Van Nuys, of Indiana.
Gillette nosed out former Ser a
tor Lester J. Dickinson, and Van
Nuys appeared to have won by
such a narrow margin that his
Republican foe, Raymond Willis,
threatened to demand a recou t.
The new alignment in congress
will be:
Senate—Democrats 69, Repub
licans 23, Progressives 1, Farnv r
Labor 2, Independent 1. Republi
can gain 8.
House—Democrats 262, Repub
licans 167, Progressives 2, Fann
er-Labor 1. Republican gain 79.
Three house of representative
races still remained in doubt.