North Carolina Newspapers

HENDEUSON, GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. NINETEENTH YEAR BODY OF PROMINENT] ROCKY MI. MAN IS FOUND ON RAILROAD Police Investigating Came of Death of J. H. Daniel, Well Known Merchant body run over and VIRTUALLY SEVERED Police Working On Two Theories Regarding Mys terious Death—Wns Seen gy Policeman Late at Night n»cky Mount. Jan. 8. (API- J. H. Pnm*l a merchant, banker and real I oetate owner, was found dead on the I tailwnv trick'* In the warehouse see- , „f i:«>eky Mount today. { Holic- m.inched lnvc*tlgmtk*i» upon J tan iheurie*. one that Daniel was j Ulb-d and his body thrown on the; inu-ks l<» divert suspicion and the i nlker that he was a victim of an uc- ( ddrnt. pano-l was seen alsiut last mill-1 «a the businc** section of the . rti> b> Police Sergeant George j Wbtele** wh » said he told him he j vtu. on ht- way honw at Ihe time. He | noicr mu'hrd home and a search |>v member* of his family this I n<-rn:ng faulted in Ihe discovery of‘> ih<- N»ly. J Tli.- • "ini where the body waa found ■ l- •■\t-ial hundred yards from where; Rau:"l r poke to Wheel*** aiu! not on] his wav home. I lh. K*iy apparently had been run ! «. * - !«• n train and the u'lim wtu virtually severed. fVtroiMT J. E. I» Thomas, t»f Tur- Ikiih. call si »:i inquest. Unniel »>t*- r itit-d fosr >ns here, was president of the New Home Build ing and Loan association, a director of th- Tropics Bank and Trust Com pany and had extensive real estate holdings. He was about AO years old. His widow who prior to her marriage was Miss Mar)' Jones, and three j daughters, and two sons, survive. GARMENT INDUSTRY IN STATE GROWING State Department Announc es Attention Being Cen tered on Garment Trade Dnlif l>i»if»irk Rems. I- ikr »tr Hall-r H«tr«. nr J. r. KtRMiUv n.l. Raleigh. Jan 8 Continued develop nx-i.t of the garment making trades In North Cnrollnn attracts more attention *«• th*- State jls n market center for tin- ami other tv|*e* of goods manu f;ictuie«l in the Sinte. officials of- the Impertinent of Conservation and Do vi'l-.pment said today. Thy depart me lit Is encouraged by tin inetensed interest being taken In Ciriie nl manufacturing after having stre-sell this type of industrial de v-ti.ri for some time. ‘'"iiservation official-* |Mdnl to the rl*.f*»njr of textile manufacturing southward, and believe that garment treking will show this future trend, particularly In view of the predomin ance of the manufacture of cotton s "*l . Sled man Appointment Is (selling General Approval llnllr llnenlrl Harraa. • n Ik* -ir Unllor Hotel. n» j <*. nxtuKHvn.i- Rul-igh. Jan. N. Th<’ iippoirttfiient JtiliM I*. StedniHu. 37->for-old Ilu- Iqiokcr os Stat*' Treasurer by ‘kivernor O. Max Gardner, to succeed 'title C.iptHln .\;*th:tn O'Borry cumc ;« 'iMliurt Kur|>ri.-c l<< almost all of •"'•Rite officialdom here and especially' to Raleigh itself so that ft is still ■unewhat difficult to get a definite i "action to the appointment. So far tbeje has not been a very great en-1 Ui'tKia.'nt on the part of Raleigh and R-«i< igh people over the fact that one • t their «>wn citizen* wax selected for tin. |H,st. This nmy partly be due to the fact that as son a* one of it* cit i/*m gets a State office. Raleigh us •■;'by becomes exceedingly critical. Those whj really know Stcdman '■■‘■ll. however, arc delighted at the •'•l-pointanent und maintain that he is VV,, H fitted In every way to fill th« ''•Ricult office left vacant by the sud den death of Captain O'Berry and •bat as time goes on he will prove his a 1 ditty and hla worth. He was very’ i' ongly recommended for the poet by : number of hi* immediate aseo* '■••'<'>-*. and Mpccially by leading m«m> b* '* of the American Legion poet here 1,1 Raleigh, of which he was Com mander last year. The factor that probably had ntorfe to do with Stud bian * appointment than anything el**, •• we-.-e;-, ie that fact that Captain die try thought very highly at Btad Henileratm Hailit Hiapatch ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THI6 SECTION OP NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. r O^THM AwSciATilD PRmF* -k > ■ ( '"" v - f -• • > - I '- v •• k- -■ iMSPh/ 1 ■ j •fv- . »-y ,#t r I * H| * I * .. ■—'■■■' x • ... • - > : -•- In this little green cottage at Hous ton. Tex.. Harry and J.'nninj,.- Young 1 desperados sought in the slaying of six Springfield. Mo., officer-, ended ‘DEMOCRATS OFFER ' I FINANCIAL REPORT I Estimated Expenditures and Receipts For Year Told to House Clerk Washington, Jan 8 .API The Dem ocratic National Committee today re potted its expenditures in 1931 totalled $1.0304*6. and contributions, loaned , and other receipts amounting to sl.- I I 032.207. - ha-w RUM* «E*iiWlH>-Um Hum*c clerk, by James W. Gerard, treasur- ; cr. Tn eowipttmnce _ with the federal corrupt practices act, out stancfftlg'*>b* ; ligations totalled $787,717. or this $315,250 is due John J. Ras- J koh, rhnimmn for loans and $133,766 j I lo the County Trust company, of New j i Y<>ik. for borrowed money. ! lijipuhi bills were listed as amount mg to The report showed u balance of s<>.- 166 at the beginning of 1931 and $8,217 on January 1, 1982. Jonas Appointment Not To Come Up In i * Senate This Week * Washington. Jan. A—(Al'I —Ac- tion on the appointment, of < h»r --i j In A. Jonas as district attorney -j for the Western District of North -i Carolina can mil In* extaeted hc ; fore next week. Senator Thomas , I W alsh, l>cn»«K*r»t, Montana, said , | toJay. l! Senator Walnli is chairman of , I the NUb-eomnilttee apjwtnlerl by -1 the Senate Judiciary committee to I I consider objections to Jonas' con- I flrmatlon. man and hi* ability tiud several month* ngo -in August, in fact ten dered hi* resignation to Gvernor Gttrd ner and requested him to appoint S tod man in hi* place. Again in Sep tomlier or October Captain O'Berry asked to be permitted to re*ign and again urged Stedman a* hi* successor, on the ground* that he had a thorough understanding of the States financial problem* and of the measures needed j to handle them and that he was a looting man .able to bear up under I the nervous strain of the respon sibilities of the office. So in the ap pointment of Stedman, Governor Gardner knew he was carrying out the will and desire of the Grand Old Man from Wayne who literally gave , up hi* life in the service of his State and its people, more beloved to him than his own life. Because Governor . Gardner had as much regard and re spect for Captain O’Berry as for any * one in North Carolina and because ’i he relied almost implicitly on his judgment, he carried out his desire [ and named Stedman as State Trea t; surer. ' It is a ase similar to that In which . Elijah cast his mantle upon the i shoulders of the younger Elisha, with . tbe admonition that he carry on his t work, as hte old prophet was carried . up to heaven in the chariot of fire. The people were eomewhat skeptical I (Continued oa Page Seven.) Desperadoes, Cornered, Ended Li\ es Here their own lives rather than risk cap -1 ture when surrounded by Houston of fii'cts. Punl Young, a third brother, and a fourth member of the gang, w ho are believed to have fled to Tpxua i l)<'(ies # I»ov<‘riiiii4>iit » -i m sri. ; i. . .. | Hurling open defiance «* in-' new governmental elect limiting tht ; number v s clergymen who may fnnerion in the Federal District tc •• r for every oO.hOO inhabitants i * Voshop Pascal lilaz. Primal' I at" the Konia i Catholic Ch-irch in Mexico, hri issued orders to hit flock to ignore the new law. In prartire the edict would close 219 ■ of - ! baileyaskspTobe FOR POSTAL CASES; Asks Holding Up of 25 Post office Appointments In North Carolina Washington. Jan. 8.-(AP)— Carry ing his recently announced drive ngnlnst alleged Republican patronage evils in North Carolina to the halls of Congress. Senator J. W. Bailey, has asked the postoffice committee, of wtilch he Is a member, to hold up 25 postmaster appointments in his State. The senator has also asked the De partment of Justice and the Civil Ser vice department for a complete In vestigation of methods employed In handling Federal patronage in North Carolina. APPOINTMENTS FOR ; STATE ARE HELD UP Bailey Investigation Os Complaints Result In De ferring of Action Washington. Jan. 8.- -(APl—Senator Bailey, Democrat of North Carolina, has held up all postmaster nomina tions for the State pending studies of complaints made to t{ilm of “irre gularities in the appointments.” Bailey said he was making an in i quiry to ascertain the facts. Com plaints are before him also of “unjust discrimination against former soldiers in the making of the appointments.” The postmasters nominated by President Hoover whose nominations have been held up by Senator Ballej Include: James J. Hathaway, Battle 1 boro; Mary W. Yarborough, Louie burg; John C. Matthews, Spring Hope P-d-cmfwy petaoin ghrdiu cmfwypmt HUH! HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 8, 1932 i after thv wholesale killing of officers In th« Ozarks near still are sought by police. The slayings re sulted from an attempt to arrest Harry Young. MOONEY BILLINGS REPORT SUBMITTED - _ , Hitherto Unpublished Re port of Wickergham Group Offered Senate Washington, Jnn. 8. iAP> -''Flag- j rant violations” of California law by i l»olice and prosecution in the famous ! Moonc>-Billings case are charged in a | hitherto unpublislted report submitted j to the Wichertham commission. ; The document s«nl to the Senate b\ j the Justice Peparlpient in respynse to J ; a resolution requesting it. was never i accepted by the Wickershani commis i slon which contended it had no right | to review State's cases ! The report was .made bv Zechurla Chafec. Jr.. Walter H. Poliak add "Cart x ‘ S. Stern, research and investigation I ! experts <>f the commission. THREAT DENIED BY i YOUNG AT HOUSTON j Brother of Slain Desperado* Appears At Police Station j With Lawyer Houston. T''xas. Jnn. 8.- <AP) Paul : | Young, brother of Harry and Jennings | I Young, slain desperados, api'enred to ) day at the police station with his at- j torncy and denied he had made threats In connection with the trap ping by police of his brothers wanted for the slaying of six Springfield. Mo. peace officers last Saturday.. 1 , The brothers Harry and were trapped in a cottage near here last Tuesday by Houston police aiid either committed suicide or killed each other. NEGRO PAYS WITH LIFE FOR MURDER Atbury Respus Electrocuted At State’s Prison For Guilford Slaying Raleigh. Jan. 8 <AP>—Asbury Res pus, Negro, confessed slayer of eight persons, was electrocuted at State's | prison this morning for iho murder of Vera Leonard, nine year old Guilford county child. The Negro who was about 50 years old, entered the death chamber' 1 sing F tag. He was asked after b<< had i-cen strapped in the electric chair. If he was “ready to go." “Anytime." he replied. r “Anytime you all are ready." The first shock of current stopped ' a repetition so the statement. He wns given two one of two and a half minutes and a second of one minute and eight seconds. The '* first was given at 10:36. >- , ■ - i . ■ -a • WEATHER s FOB NORTH CAROLINA, y Rain aad aomeMst odder to p night; Saturday generally fair; h wider o* the ceast; moderate to s. freak shifting triad* keoeastag b nacthwaat. WHOLESALE BRIBERY OF COAST GUARD IS CAUSE OF ARRESTS I Twenty Enlisted Men Face Court Martial In Wash- , ington for Accept ing Bribes BRIBERY REVEALED IN NEW YORK ALSO Federal Authorities Begin Sweeping Probe of Coast Guardsmen Acce pti n g Money From Rum Runners' Washington. Jnn. 8. —<Al*l j Charged with having accepted bribe* from rum runner*, about 2* enlisted men of the United States Coast Guard, today faced court martial whch already has passed sentence on four enlisted ; men accused of accepting nione> front liquor smugglers. • l New York. Jan. 8.- <AP> Whole- i sale bribery of coast guardsmen by | rum runners In the the New York , dren .the total running to an e*tl- j mated million dollars, wns revealed today by Federal District Attorney ! Howard W. Ameli. Twenty coast guardsmen, he suid, | had been arrested and some confess- , *ed complicity. He said, "coust guardsmen have ad- j milted complicity in conniving to al low smuggling. We ore going to the bottom and unearth every bit of evi- \ dence. no matter how high it may i reach, before we go to tbe grand jury for may infer that J commissioned officers are involved." ' JURY GETS CASE IN ; CONSPIRACY TRIAL Fake of Woman and Two Men Now Rests In Hands Os Jury At Wilson 1 Jsip 'J'tAFI- The trial of | Mrs. Margaret M. Ramsey, and Alton- L. Jordan, of Norfolk. Va.. and R Clarence Dozier, of South Mills, on n charge of conspiracy to obstruct just ice went lo the jury in United Staves district court here today. Judge Johnson J. Hayes in chaig- , Ing the Jury’- *eid ° f *e person could not be guilty of a conspiracy and that It must find ali the defendants not guilty or convict at least two of the three. TWO YOUTHS DENY STORY OF SLAYING Repudiate Confession Os Setting Cabin On Fire Killing Eight Persons Gailipolis Ohio. Jan. 8. <APt Twy : youtlut, Albert Hamer and ElLsworth Mowyer. who Tuesday told Sheriff Charles Swanson they burned a father and his seven children to death in o . log cabin near here rcuudiuted their ; confession today The two boys previously had des cribed in detail how they went to the log house of James White. 59. during ' darkness and set the building afire after fastening the doors nnd window.- i They said they were revengeful against White who had beaten Hamct in a fight. Salt* of Passenger Cars In N. C. Drop; Trusks on Increase Raleigh. Jan. 8. (AP> Sale of new motor trucks in North Caroliha In 1031 exceeded sales of 1930 by 344 vehicles while sales of passenger au tomobiles decreased 6.670 the motor vehicle bureau reported today. There were 28.088 new automobiles sold last year compared with 31,758 in 1930 and there were 6,827 new trucks in 1931 compared with 6.483 the previous year. GOLDSBORO SHOOTING I» HELD JUSTIFIABLE Goldsboro. Jan. B.(AP> -A coroner's jury today held the fatal shooting of Ed Daniels. 36, by Joe Howell, 20. at Sauls ton filling station last night, was justifiable by reasons of self deefense Witnesses testified Daniels was in toxicated and attacked HoweU with a knife after accusing him of steailing his whiskey. t* - - PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON SUNDAY. U. S. Note On Manchurian Situation Is Delivered To Both Japs And Chinese Women Fliers Die j v 4 '*Vn, JB nfvfiwi m mm mm * After beinq untfport.-d foi hour*, the bodic* of Mr*. Hulh Stewart. Si Louis avlutrix. and her coinpunion Debbie Stanford, of Toronto. Canada who were on their way from St. Loui.s to New York to begin a flight to Bueno* A're*. Argentina were found in thy wreckage of then 'plane in tin* hills of Pennsylvania. The finding or their wrecked maihine and theii bo dies resulted after a watell by fliei* from many points in that section AUTO OWNERS TOLD ! TO SECURE STRIPS I i “Get Licenses or Park Cars, Highway Commission i Chairman Says Rnleigh. Jan. 8. (Alb E. 14. Jef ftes*. chairman of the State Highway commission, said today that motorists who have not secured their 1932 auto mobile licenses by Januarv 15 will be arrested. "Bu; your licenses before Tuesday, or park your ears." was the warning broadcast by Jeffreys. He added thul the highway patrol would be told fu lake out warrants in cases where li censes are not displayed after Friday of next week, but machines will be parked after Tuesday if plates are not i on them. Buying Power Os Dollar | Reaching formal Levels llallr llUpnlrh Hert-ne. In Ikr Mir Uiiltrr Mulrl. IIT J. V. HtkhKHVILI. Raleigh. .lan. 8. For (he first time i •dnre 1914. the dollar is again worth just, a dollar according to the leading ' economists aud financial expert*, with the exception of the farmer's dollar which as yet is worth only "2 to 72 cents as compared with the 15414 farm j . dollar, though the 1931 farm dollar is} gradually increasing In value. This return of the dollar to buying j ; power of the 1914 dollar is an excel I ' lent thing for those who still have ; I dollars and for alt those who work on I ' a salary or wage basis, according to j i Henry Buike. assistant director of the • j Budget Bureau here, but is not so . : good for the State of North Carolina. its many subdivisions and for other J j states that borrowed large sums of] ( money ten or twelve years ago. For j , in 1919 and 1920. a dollar was worth , I only 38 cents as compared with 1914 ! ' dollar. Now these dollars, borrowed , when worth only 58 cents, must now 1 be paid back when they are; again ■ worth a dollar. Mr. Burke points out ’ "As a result of the increase;in the value of the dollar until it <s now i j back at the 1914 level, the State of r i North Carolina will eventually pay t hack glmost twice as much, as the t i value receivWfrom the money it bor rowed when the dollar was worth only 58 cents." Mr. Burke said. "This i means that In spite of the fact that r the State is paying off matured bonds and Interest at the rate of about $14,- r O PAGES i|° TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY I | Ambassador Cameron For, | bes Hands Secretary Stim* son s Note To Jap For eign Office CONSUL AT NANKINCf GIVES CHINESE NOTE Chinese Foreign Minister Immediately Begin* To Draw Up Reply to Posi tion Taken by United States 1 Tokyo. Jan. 8 <AP» American Am baasadoi W. Cumerou Forbes pi paint ed Secretary Stimson'* note on the Manchurian situation to the Japanese foreign office late today and off.eiai 1 circles expieased the view that the ; military operation* In Manchuria are not of a nature to justify Interven tion by third powet*. Japanese Ambassador Debuchi also ca'ded a t<xt o» Secretary Stimt>on'» note which invoked ihe nine power i treaty and it was relteruied that Ja pan ha* made no demand ;n Man churia except with respect to bet treaty ri; v,, .a and that even In tin face of the representation* of othe|- j powrty there is little chance that she will mo<yfy her Mnnehurlan policy. In thL cennectlon it wa* eropha ' sized that any admiuiatratlve inb | grity of Ch.tia proper, in Manchuria ! pilot to September 18, 1931 was not ! destroyed by Jupaneze because it wus I Stated Nanking had never exercised any real authority whatever In the I province. S*-nt To (kiss Nanking. Jan. 8 <AP> U. 8. Consul ! General William Speck formally deliv ered the American note Invoking the J nine power treaty in connect ton wtth ' the Manchurian situation to Eugene Chen, Chinese foreign minister today Mr. Chen said later he was busy j preparing an answer to the note , which would be forwarded to Wash , ington a* soon at the Notional govern mint approve* probably on Saturday, While he di-ciined to reveal tbe na» I ture of his reply, it was generally be lieved that the attitude expressed by* i the I'niH-d States coDCernlug Man | chur.a would receive Chinas uuquati ' fled - approval and that the govern ment would reiterate Its position to* ; wards japan | ~ » Ban oa Mmgaziaea. Richmond. V'a., Jan. 8. -Four hu> 1 mor publication* .one of them a “best seller.” yesterday ware barred from 1 Richmond newaatands by police order. , The banned magazine*, all of which 1 were termed "obacena," are Rtollyboo, Tickle Me. Slapstick and Hooi^y. Apology Accepted. Washington. Jan. 8. Secretary' Stim son said yesterday that Japan's i apology ft the attack by Japanese - at Mukden on American Consul Cuk i ver B. Chamberlain had been accepted, t ’ The only point Co issue between Japan i and America n tbe Incident concerns the puntuhmeot of tbe assailants. . ( (ino.OQU n year that the State in one sense will owe more ntoney in 1935 ■ than it did In 1928. ft is this in equality in the matter c*f public debts that is today presenting one of tho biggest problems that can be found ill the world of finance." During the present fiscal year, the Stale will have paid off a total of 1 Sl3.ril7.inxi in mature'! bonds, interest land .inking fund requirements. Dur ' mg the next fiscal year, from July I 1. 1932 to June 30. the State alii have paid off another $14,102,000 in j bonds and interest. But on the basis | basis of the i»n dolflar, the State only ! received -57.839.860 wiorth of value from the 513.517.000 born.wed back in 1930 i or 1921. so <bat In addition to the in j ten'sl they havev received, the buy- I era of the origin: 1 1 bonds are getting > i back $5,677,000 if ore than they ex- f ] peetde to or th 1 1 much more' then J | they loaned, bet t use of' the Increase ! in the value of 1 he dollar during the j past ve*r or tvfo. likewise. the pey ! ment of $14.102.'H0 which will be made I on the slate's c'y-bt next fiscal year. Is | in payment f* m - ig value received of i only S 8 per cant of that amount* or f $8,179,160. I The remain in g stale debt at -the pre sent time, cot listing mostly of ga r*Mred highwt .y bonds. Is 177,609JJbu When this rn<* tey was borrowed, back , when a 1914 d >llar wee worth only ftft cents, it amoj ited to only $108,012^90. i ‘ iContloiMg OB Page SMMJ