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CAROLINA.
jJsets:nth year
NATION VIEWS
Revenue Os
state Near
Last Year’s
- ti .ipU In August Only
J 186.702 Below Those
For July, 1931, Max
well Announce*
rrNERAL FUND SUM
" near two million
- :
highway Receipt* In August!
Only $65,207 Under Last
Tear* figure, Revenue
Commissioner Say*; First
Two Month* Only SBI,OOO
Lnder 1931 ,
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• S' (•* of North Carolina i
; _ ■ w-:- ■•nlv 31iW.T02.t9 below
~ *. ■ 'he -ame month last I
, M ■* v* ■ commissioner ;
•• • r-* t today.. |
, i -• _• f trui collections were
L r.",.i.” t Sl2l 495.84 below the
k ~• l-C1 f -ture of *2.090.319.73. ;
I -i. , v •• cipts were $ 1.258.504 11 !
r ‘ • ■..< >han tne *1.323 711.-
—••m r »>t August.
; >t 'he first two months'
-•* fi-cai year were *3.306.- [
i«- .--neral fund, a reduction .
>v under last year s total j
• <i while highway col
•1 $2.5i..304 65, a de- !
-- ~e ’ < 372 99.
Iff fOR STATE j
SEE IMPROVEMENT!
j
Frower Say* Rising Price*
Conclusive Evidence of |
Better Days
I'it'i ithimlrh liireas, |
1» <lr W#ller Hotel.
I . It %*K HH V 11.1.
■ •*" A-.g 31—Business condi- 1
• :r proving daily with a cor- |
•> ’ ' t .ncr«ase in the amount of ,
: iS» .’ 2 i..ne not only in North
• :: many other states as j
■7-’ ■( mion of A. S. Brower, j
' 'he Division of Purchase j
•v' Prices of textiles end |
:• nave been advancing stead
■" rad 30 days or more and)
- sre that prices generally j
• * ' 1 sdvance from now on. he
J * a growing conviction j
-' i Ti-’.'ifacturers. jobbers, whole-|
*' 4 f 7 ii ’ributors generally that '
• ha- s' last started back up
' ! 3 "'t that present increased
• 4 ‘ r all commodities is
- ' ' '".‘m ie along with better
' “*"■ Brower said. Probably the
:a tea.-nn for this is that old
•-e nee n completely exhaust
‘he result that orders re
- w go back all the way to
'" a " .' ic'urers. For many months
•7“r were received could be
‘ ‘ >f existing stocks, so that
To Adjourn
Reichstag
R Needed
" ar r«int for Disband
me|it Already Sign
al By Hindenburg
* (>r on Papen
; v, 3- 51. —(AP)—The Junker:
•• " rr:, nz von Papen returned!
r ’COsi today with a blanket
v,., ' ' r,r ” for the new Retch-j
~ pocket and permission to
». , c . ' ihe minute the xov
■ ‘* r ' , nomtc program is threat-
was in the form of an
- b„7 > cree signed without data!
l i*n' f>aui von Hindenburg,
■ . . r ' infant parliament of
.. h .'i <M On the light of day.
V , - : > <nr«..io r came back from East
r, ' nf er with the cabinet on
itn!- whita contame
; k 2 more *500,000.000
■- 1 on the imminent return
,-t t v Employment would be
-> ■ -t, r |v two million men If
to he utilized complete-
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far off Japan came K. Hiryayama (left, to
t tdy the effects of the eclipse. The Japanese scientist
• ■ h ® , T" » t , Limerick, Maine, with Commander
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McAdoo Wins California
Nomination For Senate
1100 Drowned In
Floods In China,
Hy (TJgcM&r)—
Eleven hundred persons have been
drowned at Kun* Hung. In the
province of Hwangtung, 50 miles
east of Canton, since Sunday aa a
result of the flood of the Tung
river. Chinese dispatches reported
today.
FOUR MEN HELD IN
ROBBERY OF BANK;
rn .-- -
One Named As Hold-Up
Man In SI,OOO Theft at
Pine Level
Durham. Aug. SI.—(AP)—C. C.
Cole, teller, and W. M. Ervin, pa
tron of the West Durham branch
of the Fidelity Bank left today for
Smithfleld to view four men un
der arrest on the possibility that
they may have been one or aU of |
three men who robbed the Fidelity
Bank of 513,000 last Thursday.
Smithfield. Aug. 31—(AP)-Four
men were lodged in jail here today
charged with participation in the *l.-
000 robbery of the Bank of Pine "Level
yesterday.
One of the quartet. Ralph Car
borough. was said by Waverly Jones,
assistant cashier of the bank to be
the man who committed the crime.
Jones came here and identified Car
borough after he had been arrested
with John Hamilton at Ingold early
today.
Rupert Wilson, of Roseboro, and
Victor Wallace also were in jail fol
lowing their arrest not far from here.
The sheriff's office of Johnston
county said Carborough would be
charged with robbing the bank, and
the other three would be charged with
aiding and abetting.
None of the four made any state
ments about the robbery but Wilson
was quoted with saying that he was
with Carborough yesterday and that
Carborough stole an automobile in
Raleigh and the two went to Pine
Level.
Acquittal Denied
In Election Case
Trial In Wataeua
North Wllkesboro, Aug. 31— (AP)
The State today rested its case against
nine Democratic election officials of
the Cove Creek precinct in Watauga
county, and the defense began testt
mony tending to show that charges of
fraud in the 1980 elections are untrue.
Immediately after the State rested,
the defense entered a motion for a
directed verdict of acquittal but
Judge Johnson J. Hates denied It.
The State contends Democrats in the
precinct conspired to switch Repub
lican ballots to Democratic ballets,
and the defense claims these barges
are i, . —*
ONLY
DAILY NEWSPAPER
Senator Shortridge, Republi.
can, Apparently Defeat
ed for Nomination
On His Ticket
SMITH AND BLEASE
TO ENTER RUN-OFF
&>uth Carolina Senatorial
Fight Undecided in Tues
day's Primary, Though
Smith, Incumbent, Seeking
Fifth Term, Is Leader In
Field of Five
Columbia. 8. C- Aug. 31.—(AP)
—One thousand three hundred
twenyt-three of 1,446 perclnets
give for the United States Senate:
Smith, 89,900; Bleaae. 73.391;
Williams, 41,533; Harris, 37,672.
San Francisco, Aug. 31.—(AP)—Vic
tory for W. G. McAdoo. war-time sec
retary of the treasury, seeking the
Democratic senatorial nomination, and
a threat of defeat for Senator Samuel
Shortridge for re-nomination on the
Republican ticket, feature the returns
early today from the State primary
election yesterday.
State Senator Thomas Cubbs. of San
Francisco, a "dripping wet," had a
lead of more than pi, 000 over Short
ridge, a ttaunch supporter of the ad
ministration, from 8.022 complete and
incomplete precincts out of 10,531 in
the Slate. Cubbs had 169,146 and
Shortridge 149 562.
McAdoo, who started his political
come-back campaign after aiding.
Speaker J. N. Garner to victory in the
California presidential primary, and
later helped to swing the California
and Texas vote in the National Dem
ocratic convention, had a virtually
indestructable lead over the four other
candidates.
His headquarters claimed victory in
7.991 precincts. McAdoo had 167,335
and his nearest opponent, Wardell,
had 89.8Q5.
BMIT HAND BLEASE ENTER *
SOUTH CAROLINA RUN-OFF
Columbia, S. C.. Aug. 31.—(AP>—
Senator E. D. Smith and former Sen
ator Cole S Blease, once political
enemies and once in the United States
(Continued on Page Six)
FIVE ARE KILLED
AT GRADE CROSSING
Lagrange. Ky, Aug. 31 (AP)—
Five persona were killed today
when an automobile to which
they were riding waa struck by a
liwtorllle and Nashville passenger
train «* a crossing three miles west
of here-
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Pagtly dowdy to flight and
Tkanday, probably followed by
zhowars In west portion Thursday.
FOB HENDERSON.
gar 14-hour period ending at 1
p, n, today: Highest temperature,
HI; Irwaat, 74; no rain; northwest
wind; dear; temperature at noon
i MW. M* , fc.
PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 31 1932
PHENOMENON OF
torp, studying the driving clock u?ed by the scientist
photographers. Hiryayama is director of the Imperial
University Observatory in Tokio and one of the marry
I foreign astronomers is the eclipse zone.
Bally £1 is patch
Captain Mollison
Abandons Flight
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Atig. SI
(AP)—CapUtin J. A. Mollison eaitl
today he had abandoned Ills plau
for a trans-Atlant»c flight to Eng
land. and would sail home from
Quebec on September 3.
Dr Freeman O’Xeii, Cuptoin
Mollison’* host here, eal dtu had
recommended that the flier rent for
at least three 0 rfour weeks.
fUTconvention
LAUNCHES ROUTINE
Numerous Events on Pro
gram For Gathering
Held at State College
DIVERSIONS PROVIDED
More I’r *'* V* ' T 'nhaoc.o Growing Dis
cussed by Two Speakers at
Morning Session; Hold Ban
quet This Evrtiing
Raleigh. Aug. 31—(AP)—Hun
dreds of tobacco growers from
North Carolina today received In
structions in growing and hand
ling tobacco from several tobacco
experts attending the annual State
farmers convention at N. C. State
College.
Dr. W. W. Garner and F. B.
Wilkinson, both of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
and recognized aa outstanding ex
perts on tobacco, discussed grow
ing and grading the weed. Dr. Gar
ner illustrated his talk on plant
food deficiencies on tobacco with
natural color slides.
Dully Dispatch Barcas,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
nv j. c. n ask Kit v i i.i,
Raleigh, Aug. 31—The 30th annual
farm convention which opened here
formally yesterday morning with a
(Continue* Page Five.)
Farm Holiday Movement
May Be Bigger Problem
Than Bonus Army Threat
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Washington, Aug. 31.—1 f it is any
satisfaction to corn belt farmers to
know it, they are causing plenty of
worry, with their ‘‘holiday,” in ex
treme!) ly exalted quarters in Wash
ington.
The existence of bitter discontent
in the agricultural states has been re
cognized at the national capital for a
long time, but until recently the as
sumption here has been that it was of
a sort which, however vigorously it
might express itself through the bal
lot box. need not even he considered
In terms of actual physical belliger
ency.
The administration has reckoned
with the possibilities of urban disor
ders of a violent nature. It furnish
ed a demonstration a few weeks ago,
in its own show of armed force
against the bonus crusaders, of the
fashion in which It thinks rioting
GARDNER MAY NOT
SELECT SUCCESSOR
TO JUDGE MAM
Such Course Would Be In
Line With His Failure to
Fill Similar Vacan
cies Recently
ENDORSEMENTS OF
CANDIDATES MADE
Numerous Telegrams Sent
Governor; With Term So'
Near Ended, Gardner May
Prefer To Save The Money
Than To Build Possible Po
litical Fences
Dull; Dlaiiatrh lliircuu.
In the Mr M ullrr Hotel.
HI J. C HASH KM VIM,
Raleigh, Aug. 31. Speculation is
growing daily here aa to whether or
not Governor O. Max Gardner will
appoint another special superior court
judge to fill the vacancy caused by
the death a few days ago of Judge
Cameron M&cßae of Asheville. Some
think that Governor Gardner will fill
[ the vacancy within a few days. Others
1 are equally certain that he will follow
1 the course he has followed for the
past two years and not appoint any
j additional special judges. Governor
; Gardner appointed no successor when
Special Judge Tom R. Johnson, of
j Asheville, resigned about two years
i ago and more recently failed to ap
| point any one to fill the vacancy
j caused when Special Judge John H.
J Harwood was sent to the State Prison.
J Those who believe Governor Gard
ner will appoint some one to fill out
j Judge Macßae's unexpired tArm main-
I tain that It will be necessary to have
this additional judge in order to hold
all the terms of court now scheduled.
They further maintain that dockets
are congested and that litigation now
pending will be greatly delayed If an
other judge is not appointed. It is also
maintained that Governor Gardner,
who is already in none to good Stand
ing with the lawyers of the State be
cause be has not appointed all the
judges they wanted him to. will incur
the further dislike of the legal pro
fession if he does not make this ap
pointment now. Along this same line
it is pointed out that if this vacancy
is not filled, there will be only two of
the six special judges authorized and
that both of these two. Judge Clay
■ ton Moore of Williamston and Judge
j Vernon Cowper of Kinston, are from
the eastern part of the State. It is also
no secret that Governor Gardner Is far
from being popular in and around
Asheville, and that this mas offer him
an opportunity to regain part of his
lost popularity In Asheville if he
should select some popular Asheville
attorney to succeed Macßae.
There has been a large number of
"possibilities'' who have been having
their friends suggest them as succes
sor to Judge Macßae, of course. In
fact, it is agreed that there are pro
bably as many unemployed lawyers in
the State now as in any other pro
fession and that any of these would
be glad to get this appointment. For
it is about the most lucrative State
job that can be had. since it pays a
salary of *6,500 a year with an extra
allotment of *1,550 a year for travel
ing expenses—a total of *8,050 a year,
more thany any State official, and
much more than the governor gets.
Some 25 or 0 telegrams have been
received at the governor’s office her#
in behalf of different "possibilities,”
(Continued on Page Five.)
should be squelched in the cities.
But a rural uprising wax a develop
ment for which Washington strate
gists were unprepared.
The farmers' “holdiay” cannot be
regarded solely as a problem for the
states to solve, either.
For one thing, the states, or some
of them, may fail to solve it. In that
event th# federal government in
evitably vill fail heir to it. it never
would, do for it to remain indifferent
to what might grow into a widespread
Insurrection. h ,
Besides, the affair already has as
sumed interstate proportions.
Interstate transportation is inter
rupted. Not only auto trucks, but
railroad trains, on Itnerstate runs,
have been held up.
The charge is made (and with a deal
of plausibility) that the agricultural
(Ooktlnuod on Page Five.)
PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY
SUN’S ECLIPSE
Obscuration Os Disc Is
Around 85 Percent Here
At Hour Os The Maximum
Winner And Leader
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WILLIAM G. McADOO
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SEN E D. SMITH
William G. McAdoo won the Demo
cratic nomination for the United
States Senate in the California pri
maries yesterday, while in South Car
olina, United States Senator Ellison
D. Smith, seeking renomination for a
fifth term, led the ticket in a field
of five, but will go into a run-off two
weeks hence with former Senator Cole
L. Blease,
igwaTown fears -
FARMER INVASION
Real Trouble May Be Immi
“ nent; Governor Watches
Situation
Cherokee. lowa. Aug. 31.—(AP)
Every Vigilante in the vicinity gath
ered behind locked doors ntday to
map battle plans in the fear of a
wholesale invasion of Cherokee by
farm strikers to avenge the wounding
of 14 of them early today by gunfire
from an unidentified automobile.
The farmers were members of a 1
picket group on duty. Tear gas bombs
had been tossed from the automobile
preceding the shooting.
One deputy said it wfts reported the
attackers were led by a man whose
car had been stopped while returning
from a funeral.
The pickets are alleged to have
thrown logs in front of the machine,
which crashed into the obstruction, in
flicting back injuries to one of the
women occupants.
The driver, the deputy added, had
protested the obstructing of the high
way to Sheriff Tilton, who took no
action at the time.
GOVERNOR LOOKS TO LOCAL
AUTHORITIES TO CONTROL
Des Moines, lowa, Aug. 81.—(AP)
Governor Dan Turner today declared
he la keeping In touch with the farm
er* holiday situation in Cherokee
county, but that he expects, local law
enforcement officials to handle the
situation. ~ -----
FOUR KILLED WHEN
TRAIN HITS GANG
Und«o. ». i , Ao* 81 (AP)—
Four workmen were killed and
two taqared whew a Poiufiruu
railroad fast pesateiger train plow
ed through a road gang shortly
•Iter S *. m today.
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TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPH
j Smoked Glasses and Other
Devices Everywhere In
Evidence To Glimpse
Movement
i LIGHT FADES HERE
ABOUT LIKE SUNSET
j Scientists From All Over
I World Gather In New Eng.
, land; Eclipse Begin* On
j Thursday In September
| and Ends on Wednesday in
August at Sunset
i
After trembling in it« boot* !«at
a thick cloud which covered the
western *M«k half un hour before
might linger and spoil hopes and
expectation*, all Henderson this
j afternoon got a perf eot \ lew of the
eclipse of the «un. The marvelous
phenomenon of nature. In which
the moon moves in between the
sun and the earth. Is a rare event.
' It had been more than 30 years sinea
j there was an eclipse here so near
1 totality as this one, and that was the
total eclipse in this part of the world
In 1900. Many people recalled that
today, and wondered if they would be
, around when the next eclipse is visi
j ble in such proportions in this sec
tion about a third of a century henc*.
! in 1963.
i The greatest obstruction of the sun
j f his afternoon was observed at about
‘ 3 35 to 3:40 o'clock. It was at tbflt
! time about 85 percent of a total eclipse
, and exactly as scientists had predict
ed.
The irvo\ernent of the dark form of
the moon across the sun'a disc begin
■ about 2:35 o'clock, but at that time thj
I sun was behind a huge cloud, and the
beginning was not observed here. Tha
. last noticeable obscuration was about
4:35 p. m. From the lime of th«
; start to the last noticeable portion of
! the eclipse was about two hours.
| Some offices on shady sides of
houses found it necessary to turn ore
electric lights to proceed It w»i
about like dusk, wish a bit of bun’rghc
still peeping through.
! One very noticeable featur- of ('is
obscurity of the sun was an s-
decline in the temperature, vh.ch a
short while before had stn< 4
j where above 100 degree*, hut ■' tn#
time of the nearest totality the aatmos
! where outdoors «u fairly comfort-
I abl.
i Everywhere smoked glt'-es. old
' kodak film* and other devices wera
brought Into play to see Na’»ire‘s great
j phenomenon. Folks left tkzir work
to get outside for a glimpse and felt
many times rewarded.
Somehow observers looking at the
i eclipse erperienced a strange feeling.
j
tContinued on Page Five.)
| Industrial
| Strikes In
State Grow;
Additional Walk-Ouf
At High Point;
Union. Forming At
Rockingham
(By The Associated Pra**)
The n umber of clashing industrial
workers in North Carolina increased
t 0 approximately 3,100 when 300 Stehll
; silk mSll employees at High Point
olned ‘£oo others who struck last night
and ;»Yotestsd against a wage cut.
Last night the employees of th*
night shift of the milt relinquished
their jobs when a wage reduction in
stituted the latker part of July had
forced them to their action.
The additional walk-out took vir
tually every employee from the plant
which opened with a handful of
operatives back at their poets.
Meetings were held last night but
nothing accomplished, it was announc
ed, and a meeting was held again to
day to work out a possible plan of
campaign.
Ail was quiet at Thomasvi He. Or
ganization of a local union soon was
expected as the Richmond Textile
Workers Association strike continued
at Rockingham, announcing that 900
had joined.