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VOL 57—No. 274
HENDERSONVILLE, N. CM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1938
SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS
111. S. MAKES REPRESENTATIONS TO REICH
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C. Directors Ask Road Improvements
'ANT BREVARD
m SURFACE
«FINISHED
rerpass Survey for Ap
proach to Airport at
Fletcher Asked
(EQUESTSGOING TO
STATE COMMISSION
Throe resolutions relating: to
lijrhway improvements in this
#.c:: 'v. were adopted last night
> etors of the Chamber ox
werce an dwill be fonvarded
the state highway commission.
The rfrst resolution requests
£• - tion of the resurfacing
>: highway No. 64 between Hen
• > iville and Brevard, the sec
r .,es the hardsurfacins of a
nk of a county road from high
ly No. 280, commonly referred
. a* the Boylston road, to a point
n the Haywood road near the
>f L L. Merchant, and the
p r ub that a survey be made
t>r an overhead railroad crossing
> the Asheville-Hendersonville
urport at Fletcher.
H. E. Buchanan, president of
it- chamber, said he understood
:at the highway commission is
acceding with plans to hard
.rface other less important roads
efore completing the resurfacing
No. 64 to Brevard, which is
of an arterial highway, and
bat the commission is contem
ia::n^ a new approach to the air
fcrt from Brickton instead of
torn Fletcher, which is the closest
pint from highway No. 25. A
lilroad overpass at Fletcher
. uM. reover, be of greater
klvumage to the people of that
immunity, he asserted.
It is understood that the reso
Jt qs te i last night are in
It'-. with the wishes of the
■card of county commissioners,
r : tha* t board also will urge
&cir approval by the state high
rar commission.
Thos. H. Franks reported that
understood that the chamber's
pp/./.r.ion fnr a WPA project
I improvement of the site
|Jumpoff rock as a recreational
cter had been approved by the
jheville office of WPA and for
warded *•> the Raleigh office. Ke
|or.:r.gr for a special committee,
A. V. Echvards said that
| '0 metal plates bearing the
mie of Hendersonville had been
rdered for delivery late this
conth, and that the tags will be
Bid to motorists by the Junior
i'eifare club.
The i'oard appropriated $10 to
Kp defray the costs of an in
Bustrial survey to be made by Dr.
T.mert of Duke university, for
-e purpose of comparing North
Carolina's tax structure with that
D- V::-g;nia, and also set aside
HO to help equip a safety patrol
V the city schools. The remain
|*r of thi' $50 required to estab
lish the patrol will be paid by the
"iwanU and Rotary clubs, Bal
ftur Mills, Chipman - LaCrosso
hosiery Mills company and Caro
"r-a Motor club.
The trade expansion committee
wp.jseri of C. M. Ogle, Sam Ka
il" a": ' \. Brunson was asked
p jn*ke arrangements for pro
? a community-wide Christ
^ lighting contest, and the
w-will committee composed of
P* V. Edwards, C. L. Grey and
B. Crowell was given author:ty
arrange for a community
ristmas tree and program.
GIVEN better address
BOSTON. Nov. 16. (UP)— Su
Pfnor Judjre Frederick W. Fos
d:cK- 'victing Charles Loebel on
* var.<r y charge yesterday, sent
t> : • Charles Street jail for
** rv ••• , to give him a "more
i i'iress. Loebel had sriven
ad ■ as 20 North Grove
street—the city morgue.
loses vote, gets job
fORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. 16.
)V H. Mirike was ready
' .av to assume duties as justice
.n<> p, ace a]though he was sec
■ • m tho recent election. The
, "."•'dinner's court was unable
jjjnd one "Bill Zandt" who got
"tes to Mirike's 14. They de
l^ed Mirike elected.
pLEA UNHEARD
^IrfML Ha-. Nov. 16. (UP) —
the Alderman, chairman of
> k control board, yes
0f *a,; "°fused to hear the plea
" of milk producers that
r' **'1 milk prices in the
be maintained during
e Writer.
Named by F. D. R.
for Peru Parley j
Fi\e ot' 12 delegates named by
President Roosevelt to the De
cember 9 Yima, Peru, confer
ence of American Republics:
Top, Adolf A. Berle, assistant
secretary of state and key fig
ure in shaping of New Deal for
eign policy; center, left, Rev.
John F. O'Hara, president Notre
Dame University; right, Mrs.
Elsie F. Musser, Utah peace
worker; lower, left, R. Henry
Norweb, minister to Dominican
Republic; right, Laurence A.
Stein'nardt, ambassador to Peru.
JAP SOLDIERS
HURL ACID AT
BISHOPROOTS
Investigating Asserted At
tacks on Chinese Women
by Invaders
By ROBERT BELLAIRE
United Press Staff Correspondent
SHANGHAI, Nov. 16. (LT) —
Japanese soldiers threw a bottle
of carbolic acid at Dr. Logan
Roots, veteran American mission
ary, when he remonstrated against
their efforts to expel Chinese
refugees from St. Michael's
church in ^Vuchang, according to
messages from Hankow today.
The missionary, who is chair
man of the house of bishops of
the Chinese Episcopal church and
bishop of the Hankow diocese,
was not hit. but was jostled in
later . fisticuffs during which the
American flag was knocked
down.
United States consular officers
immediately protested to the Jap
anese consulate general.
Japanese authorities took the
protest under consideration but
refused permission for the Ameri
can consular officers to visit the
church in Wuchang.
Bishop Roots had gone to the
church to investigate reports of
attacks on Chinese women by
Japanese soldiers.
The incident occurred Sunday
but was not revealed here until
foreign radios came through from
Hartkow today.
Bishop Roots earlier had been
endaneered when the Japanese
took Hankow last month. He was
cut off in Wuchang, one of the
three cities in the Hankow dis
trict, for more than 48 hours.
(Bishop Roots, born in Illinois
and graduated from Harvard in
1891, has been in China since
1896.)
The incident was one of a se
(Continued on page four)
CUMMINGS TO
QUIT CABINET
NEXTJANUARY
Assistant Navy Secretary
Charles Edison May
Succeed Swanson .
ROPER AND MADAM
j PERKINS MAY GO, TOO
By LOUIS J. SCHAEFLE
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. (UP)
President Roosevelt announced
yesterday that Homer Stille Cum
mings, attorney general during
the five years of the New Deal,
will leave the cabinet in January
to fulfill a long-standing desire to
resume the private practice of
law.
Cummings thus becomes the
first member of the cabinet to
leave of his own volition. Only
previous changes were occasioned
by deaths of Secretary of the
Treasury William H. Woodin and
I Secretary of War George H.
Dern.
Mr. Roosevelt did not disclose
the identity of Cummings* suc
cessor but told his press confer
ence that Cummings asked to be
relieved of his duties last July
but was persuaded to remain un
til October. Finally the president
gave his consent.
Associates revealed that the
69-year-old cabinet officer has
felt the strain of public life to
an increasing degree. In the past
12 months he frequently has re
tired to Pinehurst, N. C., and to
the Wisconsin woods for rest and
relaxation.
f The president said that Cum
mings had not yet submitted a
formal resignation.
In eulogizing the work of the
justice department under Cum
mings' administration, the presi
dent paid high tribute to the at
torney general, citing improve
ments in the detection of inter
state crime and kidnaping and
wide betterment of the nation's
penological system.
| His departure is believed to
foreshadow other cabinet retire
ments. Secretary of the Navy
Claude A. Swanson, Secretary of
War Harry Woodring and Secre
tary of Commerce Daniel C. Ro
per are mentioned with great fre
quency as slated for withdrawal.
Mr. Roosevelt gave added
weight to the reports of a shake
up when he was asked if more
changes in his cabinet were con
templated. He replied there was
I none—as yet.
Insistent reports have Works
Progress Administrator Harry
Hapkins replacing either Roper or
Woodring. 'Hopkins, who was
slated for the secretaryship of
the new department of public
welfare which would have been
created had the government re
organization bill been passed, re
, cently has had his chances en
(Continued on page four)
Dramatic Club
Plans Carnival
Friday Evening
Will Be Benefit for Cos
tume Fund of High
School Organization
Sponsored by the high school
dramatic club, a carnival has been
announced for Friday night, be
I ginning at 7:30 o'clock in the
gymnasium. Funds will be used
to improve the costume wardrobe
J of the dramatic club.
A floor show, side shows, fish
' ing pond, and contests will be fea
tured entertainments. A small ad
mission will be charged.
Miss Catherine Goodman is di
recting the carnival. Carolyn Shipp
is president of the dramatic club.
Tobacco Grading
School Arranged
L. T. Weeks, assistant tobacco
specialist, State College Station,
Raleigh, will conduct a tobacco
grading school Saturday morning
at 9:30 o'clock. This grading
school will be at R. R. Peak's
farm, commonly known as the
"Cushing Farm," Fletcher.
Those wishing to go with the
group leaving the county agent's
office be there at 9 o'clock.
U. S. Population
Passes 130 Million
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. (UP)
—The Census Bureau today an
nounced that preliminary estimates
indicate a record population of
130,215,000 for continental Unit*
ed States as of July 1, 1938.
Will Sign British
Pact Tomorrow
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. (UP)
The state department today an
nounced that the long awaited
Anglo-American reciprocal trade
agreement will he signed late to
morrow at the White House. Th^
treaty includes reciprocal trade
arrangements with Canada, thfc
United Kingdom, northern Ireland
and the Colonial Empire.
CATSTOPLAY t
MARSHALL RS.
. .i
Last Home Game Friday;
Ridgians Also Play
Asheville High
Hendersonville football teams
face tough opposition this Friday
when the high Bearcats play the i
Marshall high team and the Blue
Ridge Hilltoppers tangle with
Asheville in Asheville.
The Cats will make their las 'J
home appearance and a larjuS-;
crowd of fans is expect/SiMp afc
tend. The Cats have expemVictxl
a pood season, losing only to Can-!
ton and Marion.
The Madison county team is one
of the best in Western North Cai*
olina, and is undefeated and un
scored on this season.
The Red Tornado has piled up
242 points this season to none for
their opponents, and on the basis
of performance this session will
enter the game here Friday as
favorites. . J
The Cats will be in fairly good
shape for the game and will be
seeking to repeat their 18 to 6:
win over Marshall last season.
The probable starting line-up
finds Dorn and Drake on ends,
Morris and Reese at tackles, Sims
■ and Coffey at the guards and
Yarborough at center. In the
backfield will probably be Quarles,
Chandler, McCrary and Miller.
The Hilltoppers will be handi
capped by injuries and other squad
losses when they face Asheville. j
The two first string ends have}
left school, Stewart, halfback, is
out for the remainder of the sea
son with a broken ankle, and
Gardner, fullback, is also out of
the line-up with injuries.
The Hilltoppers have dropped
two games this season, both by a
touchdown margin, to the David
son freshmen and the Richmond
Academy team, at Augusta last
week. Asheville has lost only one
game, to Charlotte by a touch
down margin. The Hilltoppers tied
Charlotte, the only team played j
j by both teams.
Squad losses make the Hilltop-'
j pers extremely short on reserves,
and one team played the entire |
game against Richmond last week.,
HITLER WILL
SPEAK AT BIER
OF VON RATH
Important Speech Forecast
at Nasi Funeral on
Thursday
SLAYER SORROWFUL
OVER RACE VIOLENCE
DUSSELDQRF. Nov. 10. (UP)
Fuehrer Adolf Hitler is expected
to deliver an important speech
Thursday at the bier of Erneit
von Rath, German diplomat who
was slain by a Jewish youth in
Paris and whose body today lay in
state in the huge Rhinehallc of
Dusseldorf.
Thousands of persons filed past
the catafalque on which the diplo
mat's body lay.
ASSASSIN BEING
EXAMINED IN PARIS
PARIS. Nov. 17. (UP)—Her
schel Ggvnszpan, 17-year-old Po
lish Jew who shot and killed Ernst
von Rath of the German embassy
liGrc, said last nij;ht durintr a lega!
examination that he was "pro
ioundl.v sorrowful'' that his act
had led to a;wave of violent anti
Semitism in, Germany.
Grynszpan denied German as
scrtipna that the shooting was a
"Jewish plot" and that others were
involved.
The youth was examined regard
ing his activities before the shoot
ing: at the German embassy as a
fecial French funeral train bear
ing von Kath's swastika-draped
casket left the Gare du Nerd at
10:60 p. m. yesterday for a mar
tyr's funeral in Germany.
Grynszpan said he acted entire
ly alone after receiving word that
his father and mother had been
deported from Germany lost
month in the Reich's mass expul
sion of Polish Jews.
"I didn't mean to kill anyone,"
he sobbed. "My sorrow was ter
rible when I learned that I had
killed von Rath.
"I will fast every Monday in
memory of the innocent man I
killed."
After lengthy , questioning of
the youth the examining magis
trate ordered a special commission
to go to Germany and verifv his
statements. The next questioning
will be devoted to the circum
stances of the crime.
Grynszpan said his parents, who
once owned important mills in
Hanover, were slowly reduced to
ruin and finally forced to sell^ out
their holdings after the Nazis
came to power.
Among those aboard von Rath's
funeral train as it left Paris was
the German under-secretary of
state for foreign affairs, Dr. Ernst
von Weizsaecker, sent here by
Chancellor Adolf Hitler to escort
the body of the 29-year-old diplo
mat back to Germany.
NEW DIVORCE PLEA
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16.—
(UP)—Fannie Rosenberg filed
suit for divorce today, charging,
among other things, that her hus
band refused to let her cook, in
sisting it was his job to prepare
the family's meals. It humiliated
her, she said.
C.I.O. ORGANIZED INTO NEW
WORKERS' CONGRESS WITH
! VAST AUTHORITY FOR CHIEFS
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 16. (UP)
The Congress of Industrial Or
ganization today unanimously
adopted its constitution vesting1
vast authority in the leadership
and imposing a sharp per capita
levies and pleading strict adher
j ence to the terms of the colloctive
bargaining contracts with employ
ers.
SWEEPING POWERS
VOTED FOR LEWIS
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 16. (UP)
The fledgling Committee for In
dustrial Organization shed its
swaddling clothes here yesterday
and became the "congress of in
dustrial organization"—a perma
1 nent new force in America's in
dustrial life.
John L. Lewis, granite-jawed
miner who fathered the CIO three
j years ago after a break with the
' American Federation of Labor,
1 immediately asked the organiza
tion's first constitutional conven
tion for sweeping powers to safe
guard the re-named unit and for
still greater per capita taxes to
finance it.
He asked in a constitution sub
mitted late yesterday for a
monthly per capita tax per mem
ber of 55 cents on CIO affiliates.
He proposed that the levy be fixed
at 5 cents per member on nation
al and international unions and
50 cents per member on local in
dustrial unions. The local levy is
higher because it costs more to
organize these units and because
they must be financed by head
quarters afterward since they do
not enjoy the local autonomy of
national and international unions.
The AFL levy is one cent per
member per month on national
and international unions and 35
cents per month on local affili
ates.
The constitution proposed that
the royal house of the CIO here
after be composed of a president,
(Continued on page four.)
ROOSEVELT'S BLISTERING OF
NAZIS COUPLED WITH PLEA
TO DEFEND TWO AMERICAS
White House Declares Attack on Germany for Treat
ment of Religious Groups Includes Catholics Also;
German Consulate, Shipping Are Guarded
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. (UP)
President Roosevelt's criticism of
Nazi Germany fpr its treatment
of religious groups applies to
Catholics as well as Jews, the
White House stated today.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16. (UP)—
' Police today guarded the German
consulate, home of the German
consul and German ships, at the
request of the state department
while demonstrations and protests
| continued against Germany's anti
Semitic campaign.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. (UP)
! President Roosevelt has circled
| the western hemisphere with a
boldly drawn deadline against
fascism and invited 20 sister re
publics and the Dominion of Can
ada to help the United States
against aggression.
Continental defense has super
ceded national defense in Ameri
can policy.
He coupled his defense an
nouncement with a terse and blis
tering comment on German perse
cution of Jews which followed
shortly the United States protest
against unwarranted Japanese vi
. olations of American property and
personal rights in China and
warnings to Italy to respect the
rights of American Jewish na
tionals.
Establishment of United States
defense on a continental basis in
partnership with 21 peoples who
occupy the western hemisphere
spotlights the forthcoming Pan*
American confercnce in Lima,
Peru, as meeting to bulwark the
new world against floodtides run*
ning riot in Europe and Asia.
Declaring that United States
security depends upon adequate
defense for the whole western
hemisphere, the president yester
day called upon Canada and the
20 Latin American republics to
join this country in a common
military stand designed to
strengthen and preserve democ
racy.
Mr. Roosevelt said at his press
conference that his rapidly ex
panding defense program, expect
ed to reach a record-smashing
peace-time high at the next ses
sion of congress, was being ap
proached from the standpoint of
continental solidarity against at
tack from abroad.
Asked if he referred to any
specific dangers from abroad, the
chief executive tersely suggested
(Continued on page four)
Kennedy Finds Britain Reluctant
To Colonize Jewish Refugees
a>. . i
U. S. Envoy Offers Plan
But Britain Wants Homes
Given Elsewhere
LONDON, Nov. 16.—(UP) —
United States Ambassador Jos. P.
Kennedy, undertaking a bold plan
to find new home abroad for many
of Germany's 700,000 terrorized
Jews, last night was understood to
have found Great Britain reluc
; tant to throw open her colonies to
large-scale immigration.
Informed pei'sons described as
i "disappointing" the results thus
far of Kennedy's efforts to induce
Britain and other nations to join
in a practical plan of freeing thou
sands of Jews from Nazi wrath.
Kennedy has been conferring
fwith Prime Minister Neville Cham
berlain and other cabinet minis
ters, including leaders of the do
minions and colonial offices.
Coincident with Kennedy's initi
ative the Netherlands appealed to
Britain, France, Denmark, Switz
erland and Belgium, to open their
frontiers to the German Jews.
Neither Ambassador Kennedy's
nor The Hague government's
| move aroused much optimism
among diplomats last night, how
ever, although the Anglo-United
States collaboration raised Jewish
hopes.
One well-informed source de
scribed the results of Kennedy's
proposal as follows:
The British government explain
ed that it would "gladly" give
temporary shelter to German Jew
ish refugees providing the United
States and other countries would
provide permanent homes for
them at a later date.
Kennedy, answering the British,
I pointed out that the United States
is able to offer refuge only with
in the limits of its immigration
I quotas which restrict German im
I migrants to less than 30,000 a
• year and pointed out that the Ger
i man quota for the year ending in
July, 1939, already is filled.
Kennedy then suggested that
Britain might accommodate many
Jews in the sparsely-populated
! stretches of the empire.
The British contended that their
1 ability to absorb refugees is near
I the "saturation point" and that,
although there are some facilities
in northern Rhodesia and Kenya
Colony in Africa, these possibili
ties are limited.
Australia has been quietly giv
i ing homes to groups of German
refugees but Canada, South Africa
and other parts of the empire have
1 refused to take them.
France, Belgium, Switzerland
and other European countries like
wise have announced that their
ability to take Jewish refugees is
at the "saturation" point.
FESTIVAL QUEEN
I LAKE CITY, Fla., Nov. 16—
(UP)—Dorris Griff is of Homer
ville, Ga., was named queen of
, the Slash Pine festival here last
' night.
DELAY PROBE
OF PROBERS
Witness Sought But Dies
Wants Poll of Committee
on Broad Plan
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. (UP)
A marshal of the House commit
tee investigating unAmerican ac
tivities today sought to subpoena
Henry Zon, a Washington corre
spondent, as the first step in the
unusual investigation of the Sen
ate Civil Liberties committee.
Never before within the mem
ory of parliamentarians has one
congressional committee under
taken the investigation of another.
Meantime, Chairman Dies an
nounced he would defer the inves
tigation into the Senate Liberties
committee pending a poll of the
full membership of his unAmeri
can Activities committee, whether
such probe should be conducted.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. (UP)
The Dies committee investigating
un-American activities last night
voted to undertake an investiga
tion of the origin of the senate in
quiry into civil liberties, headed
by Senator Robert M. LaFollette,
Prog., Wis.
Chairman Martin Dies, D., Tex.,
said that the committee had or
dered a subpoena issued for Hen
ry Zon, whose article entitled
"The Spy" in the magazine
"Fight," formerly published by
the League Against War and
Fascism, now known as the
League for Peace and Democracy,
discussed the alleged formation of
the senate committee.
The almost unprecedented ac
tion of the house group ordering
an investigation of another con
gressional committee came after
Representative Harold Mosier, D.,
Ohio, demanded such a move.
Representative Noah I. Mason,
R., 111., seconding Mosier's pro
posal, thought that "the people
should know" that a group of
"outspoken and known commun
ists" were present at the incep
tion of the La Follette commit
tee.
Dies said that the committee
(Continued on page four)
TUESDAY
Maximum temperature—63 de
grees. Minimum—25 degrees.
Mean—44 degrees.
Day's range—38 degrees.
Normal mean temperature for
November—46.4 degrees. Rainfall
to date—2.88 inches. Normal rain
i fall—3.11 inches.
TU. S. PROPERTY
RIGHTS ARE AT
STAKE IN REICH
All Powers to Seek Exemp
tion of Nationals From
Fines by Nazis
JEWS TO GET BONDS
FOR WEALTH SEIZED
BERLIN, Nov. 16. (UP)—Tha
United States today made formal
representations to the German
government regarding the damn 14
done to American property dun r<
anti-Semitic riots.
Other countries have taken <>r
contemplate similar action.
Diplomatic quarters cmplia.rze 1
that foreign nations not only 3
interested in forcing German r.r.
ognition of damage claims hut ,ilsi>
would obtain a definite ruling that
foreign Jews were exempt from
the tines which have been Ievit-1
on Jews as a whole.
Economics Minister Waither
Funk last night announced that
$800,000,000 of Jewish wealth, or
! nearly one-third of the holding* of
1 all German Jews, has been ta';on
from them in the Nazi drive to
eliminate Jews from the Reich's
economic life.
' The nation's 700,000 Jews, he
I said, will be completely obliterat
' ed from the business world.
Meanwhile Adolf Hitler's elite
1 "S.S." Stormtroop organization,
angered by American indignation
over the Reich's anti-Semitic
drive, warned that German Jews
will suffer further penalties if
anti-Nazi agitation continues hi
the United States.
Funk said the Jews will receive
German bonds as "indemnity" for
1 their business properties which
l have "passed into Aryan hand.*."
He said that, of a total Jewish
i wealth of 7,000,000.000 marks
(about $2,800,000,000) 2,000,.
1 000,000 marks has passed into
Aryan control, largely as result of
j laet woek't Violent anti-Semitic
: disorders.
"The Jews will receive German
j bonds as indemnity whiie the Ger
I mans will regain their property,"
I Funk said in an address to a Nazi
meeting. •
"All necessary measures will be
taken to maintain the value of the
stocks and merchandise which will
be placed at the disposition of the
population in a useful and reason
able fashion."
German authorities iniunuc.
the American consulate that, if
the United States would give vis?s
to Jews under arrest, they would
be released from prisons and con
i centration camps and permitted to
leave the Reich.
In cases where "immigration
facilities for the arrested person
are assured his release will be or
dered," the U. S. consulate was
told.
The Nazi assurance was be
lieved to apply to those Jews
whose visa applications are in or
der and who can be assured of
emigrating in the near future.
Funk warned against investment
| of funds for the "Aryanization"
of the Jewish businesses to such
an extent that the Reich money
market would suffer to the detri
ment of "other investments and
German loans."
Explaining the determination to
drive all Jews from German busi
ness life, Funk said it was "impos
sible to exclude Jews from the
nation's political life and still «1
low them to continue activities in
economic life.
"It has been established lhafc
Jewish wealth totalled 7,0Pn,0<"V
000 marks and 2,000.000,' 00
marks already have been trans
(Continued on page four).
Baptists To Vote
On Allowances
For Retirement
RALEIGH, Nov. 16. — The
North Carolina State Baptist con
vention in session here was sched
uled this afternoon to vote on
recommendations, informally sub
mitted yesterday afternoon on the
I project of establishing retire
ment allowances for Baptist min
j isters over 65 years of age.
Yesterday, the convention heard
M. A. Huggins of Raleigh, gen
j eral state convention secretary,
j whom it had re-elccted for an
other term, report that the state
I association this year had contrib
uted $10,000 to the state conven
tion and that the totaj income
this year is about 75 per cent
greater than in 1932.
The Baptists of this state I uve
led all other state conventions in
contributions to Baptist work dur
ing the first nine months of this
year, Mr. Huggins also r< ported.
C. B. Deane of Rockfngbam was
j re-elected recording secretary and
L. L. Morgan of Raleigh was again
chosen as statistical secretary of
the convention.