North Carolina Newspapers

I HENDERSON, ' gateway to ! CENTRAL CAROLINA. Nineteenth year EQUALIZING BOARD WAIIIIS OF BUDGETS SENT IN ffl ONCE Unless In Raleigh Offices by October 6, Will Not Be Considered, Martin Announces larger cities are SLOW IN REPORTING '-om* 600 of 1,060 Special Tax District Budgets Also In Hand, About 75 Percent Approved Under Blanket Rule Allowing Five Per cent Supplement Sept 22—<AP>—The State F *•! i>? Equalization has warned j <■- authorities of the 96 special districts in the State that! •' 1932-33 budget set-up must be in i • f!tc* here by October 6. or they be considered. Leßoy Martin. I • • •* in. said today. ” • ••n Salem and Asheville are ■ - •*• the larger cities which have m budgets, while Raleigh and j -tte have recently filed set-ups; j i Wilmington sent in its set-up ] - ■•'.me ag.. noard also has some 600 of the j • ... -i—ctal tax district budgets in I r--l ad about 7b percent of them' •» I »>en approved under a blanket v i. l rule allowing a supplement of I • :oi cent above the State standard, j Reports Conflict Why Chair Co. Is Not In Operation ■ h WMkesboro. Sept. 23.—-<;AP> dieting reports were elrcuMlted ’ 'day following the ceaaathm qf era* mns at the Home Chair COm ? ■* r ' wh«*re 200 operatives were idle. A r>rk in the company office said •b. workers had been excused for the “tv :•< that they might go to • k ? N «rh Wllkesboro fair, but other «ajd the men were on strike bra'j-r mill officials contemplated a in wornlng conditions. Nelth « sf rikers nor officials would com n *n* on the circumstances. RESERVE OFFICERS MEET IN SALISBURY 1 State Con\«*itioa To Be bi Cenjunc- j lion With American Legion Installation Salisbury. Sept. 22 (AP) — The 2-' r.h Carolina Department of the P'-tr e Offlcera Association will hold •< Annual convention bore October 7 end 8. and officers attending will par t r in the State American Legion , .-.a igural exercises October 10 Bryce Beard, of Salisbury, newly j t - »d State Legion commander and c*-.*r legion and Auxiliary official i be induced into offlie here on the i Th** reserve officers asjoc'-tion will t 2 ian informal reception here Friday f* *h*. October 7. and business sea ' and a banquet October 8. Mem b«r» are expected to spend the week t"i here and attend the legion exer TWO MEN HOLD UP BANK IN KENTUCKY Hindman. Ky.. Sept. 22.—(AP)—Two 3 'n*d today held up two em t Yiu>7 of the Bank of Htndman and with between >4.000 and >5,- ;n cash- The robbers fled in an vi*>mobile. Directors Home Bank Selected Managers of Each of 12 Regional Banks Have Already Been Chosen ~m Washington, Sept. 22. —( AP)—The H im» Loan Bank Board has selected ' - ('ll directors tor each of the 13 ■kj in tis system, but is witbhold iiinouncement of the names until ••ptHncea have been received from *l>pointtees. 1 ‘ icgrams were dispatched yeeter • tc* the prospective dtrectore, but '' lie.-* have not been received in suf >t number to permit the board to - ■•ounce complete directorates. l^tthrrsiott *ol^ W- f 18L -. ~Mf B K> jßp. 'V v^Hk > -wMili3B3efeixT t . . • .lIL ' -fi’ P-J jP *■ Presbyterian Synod Is Not To Bind Membership On Prohibition Question H»« No Right And No Desire To Limit Conscience on Dry Issues, But Urges Obedience of Law; Not Tak ing Sides on Controversial Political Questions GraaavtL'e. N. C- Bept. 22 (APl—The Synod of North Caro lina UT tile Sbthbra ‘fiwbyterton Church today chose Greensboro as Its 1933 meeting place and adopted a resolution placing the church as a body on a non-par tisan attitude regarding the pro hibition question. The Synod re commended. however, abstinence from alcoholic drinks regarding Individuals. Just before adjournment, the Synod elected the Rev. C. M. Gibbs, of Ervin, as stated clerk or the second ballot over Dr. E. E. Gillespie, of Greensboro, and Dr. K. L Siler, of Max ton. Oreenvtlle, N. C., Sept. 22.-(AP> The Synod of North Carolina of the Southern Presbyterian church in ses sion here today adopted unanimously, and without discussion a resolution appealing for strict obedience of the OPPOSES REUNION fl. A. R. AND U. C. V. Confederate Commander Can't Imagine It; G. A. R. Leader Elected Memphis, Tenn.. Sept. 22.—(AP) General Charles A. Desausure, whose twinkling eyes and military bearings, belle his years, says he can’t even Imagine Confederate and Union vet erans marching arm in arm. The general is a retired coiriman- of th* United Confe4- erate Veterans, and he said today he was opposed to a joint review as pro posed to delegates to the 66th annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. “I hold no bitterness In my heart toward the brave soldiers of the North,” he said, "but I am stoutly against the suggeetlon that the men of the South and the men of the South and the men of the North join in a grand review before the Presi dent of the United Statee." CAPTAIN W. C. WRIGHT, 83. CHICAGO, IS COMMANDER Springfield, 111., Sept. 22 1 AP) Captain William C. Wright. £3. of Chi cago. today unanimously *a; elected commander-in-chief of the f-rand Army of the Republic, succeeding Samuel T. Towne. of Philadelph.a. THREE SCOONERS ARE UNREPORTED Halifax. Nova Scotia Sept. 22 (AP)—Three schooners have been un reported here since heavy gale* over the week-end. The wreckage of a dory bearing the of L A Dunton. found near Drum Head, haa aroused worry con cerning the Gloucester fishing •r of the same name, ti was pointed out the dory may Ave been loot in storm b£ {he schooner. i ONLY DAILY NEWSP HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 22,1932 prohibition laws, but at the same time, stressing that .the Synod did not w*h tq bind its members con stantly In the use of alcholtc liquors. Eight resolutions coming up on & point of special privilege were heard and reports from committees were adopted. They were the same as adopted re cently by the Synod of Virginia and were introduced by Dr. J. S. Foster, of Winston-Salem. The resolutions follow in parts: “That the Synod has no right and It haa no desire, to bind the< con science of its members in matters with reference to the use, distribution and control of alcholic liquors.” This statement was issued byway of suggestion and guidance “only," that the Synod recognlxes that the Presbyterians Synod, with reference to political issues, is rion-partisan and that the religious bodys does not take sides in controversial political ques tions. FORCES OF RELIEF LIKELY ACTIVE NOW Correspondent Interviews His 96-Year-Old Father On Depression (Charles P. Stewart, noted Washington correspondent, tonr ing the nation to observe politi cal and economic trends, inter views his own father A veteran of three depressions. The eider Stewart Is a resident of Siotuc City, la.) By CHARLES P. STEWART Sioux City. lowa, Sept. 22.—My fa ther, who will be 96 next birth day, considers that he has seen three major depressions—the depression of 1873, the depression of 1893, and tha present one. He recogn:2es a:3O several minor pinches and some severe panics, but only those three periods of prolong ed, first-class hard times. I recall the 1893, spell myself, but was too young then to estimate It with, any maturity of judgment. My father was In rather late middle life. In 1873, which was soon after I was born he already was nearing 40. H« was a business man of considerable prom inence In hia home community—a hardware merchant with a stock worth 340,000 or 350,000, which was substantial money In those days; a pioneer In the development of the fruit industry in southern Michigan; a large landowner, postmaster. My idea is to qualify him as a competent authority on conditions of that era. Not many folk can speak, from per sonal experience, of the depression of 1373, or compare it, of their own knowledge with the current one. “In fact,” my father tells me, •"I can remember a sharp depression of about a year and a hlaf in 1857 and ISS& “War was threatening and prices j£ intinucd on Page Sixj. ■ •• APER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. ♦ Baily Btapatch LEGISLATIVE FUN BEING WORKED OUT BY SCHOOL FOLKS Continuation of Pro»ent Sal. ary Schedules One Objec- • tive Before Gene, ral AJkembly. STATE-SUPpORTED TERM IS ALSO AIM Would Be Eight Months, With Salaries All Paid By State; Abolition of Equal, ization Board for Self. Perpetuating School Body Likewise Sought Dully Dlwilrk Burra*, I* the Sir Walter Hatel. nr j. c iiASKicKvii,i,. Raleigh, Sept. 22.—1 n 9pite of ap parent efforts to keep their legisla tive plans as quiet as possible for the time, being at least three measures of major importance will be sought by the school politicians in the 1933 gen eral assembly, according to reports | heard here. These three things are: 1. of the present salary schedule for superintendents, prin cipals and teachers with no further reductions and if pos-Kbte the restora tion of the 10 per cent reduction made in 1931. 2. A State-supported eight months school term, with State-guaranteed salaries for eight months instead of six months, as at present. 3. The abolition of the State Board of Equalization, with the centering of all educational control either in the State Department of Education or the State Board of Education, but preferably in an entirely separate and i self-perpetuating Board of Education. I There has been little i fany open discussion of these three desired leg islative objectives, from what dan be ! learned here, except in almost secret j gatherings of superintendents, prin cipals and teachers. But there is no I doubt that these three things are de- 1 sired more than anything etse. and i that the one of the three most de-j sited la tfi* abcfttthnr of The Board of Equalization. For while there is lit tle open antagonism to the Board of Equalization at the present time from the school forces, because this board Is literally the hand that feeds them, they nevertheless hate it. The reason for this dislike on the part of the school people for the Board of Equali zation is that it has reduced the cost of maintaining the public schools from aobut >32.000.000 a year in 1929 to >25.000,000 In 1932, or a reduction of about >7,000.000 in three years. Be fore the Board of Equalization was created for the purpose of checking the constantly increasing cost of the schools in the State, the school peo ple ▼••'re almost supreme and dictat ed school r--*- tax rates in many counties and districts, it is now agreed But since the Board of Equalization was set up. it has determined the nec- I essary cost of the schools and fixed j the budgets and the schools have had j to live within them. So it Is generafly agreed that the J educational forces would like to see the Board of Equalization abolished or shorn of its present powers ahead of everything else. Even ahead of a longer term and higher salaries. For the reason that if they could abolish the Board of Equalization and again get in control of the State’s school supervision machinery, they could soon get a longer term and higher salaries without any legislation, just as they did in the past. Indications are, however, that the school forces will have a difficult (Continued on Pag* Four) Germany’s Stand On Disarmament To Be Explained Berlin, Sept. 22.—(AP)—It was in dicated In official quarters that Ger many will not send an official letter to Arthur Henderson, the chairman of the conference, urging Germany’s participation in the conference. Instead Foreign Minister von Neurath will explain verbnliy why Germany bad refused to attend the negotiations. Think India Near Peace Poona. India, Sept. 33 (AP) — Prospect for a speedy settlement of kndlan electorate tones, which woald end Gandhi’s hunger strike, era* reported this evening by a special committee of caste Hindus and representatives of the best classes. WEATHER FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, probably occasional ■hiwars tonight and Friday; nto much change In tsmprratom. Disappointed in Life fe, * ,i nj B Ijjjj k. > R jpjg Deprived ol the screen fame for which she had hoped, Lilian (Peg) Entwistle, beautiful stage actress, brought her life to a dra matic close by leaping to death from the letter “H" of the 60- foot electric sign “Hollywood land ’, which graces the hills of the film colony. She was only 24. ROOSEVELT READY FOR HIS ADDRESS IN M’ADOO’S STATE Reaches Region Whose Delegates Made Possible His Nomination at Chicago In July NOMINEE GREETED BY McADOO THERE Charges Hoover Has Done Nothing Toward Regula • tion of Waterways Act, and Has Not Attempted To Block Purposes of Power Intereests In Nation Albany. N. Y„ Sept. 22. (AP) —Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will start west tomorrow to join the governor, now on a campaign trip. En Route ti Sat Francisco, fitept. 22.—(AP> -Afitr writing into the rec ords of the campaign ki3 views In a speech in P island on the regulation and control of electricity, Governor Roosevel wus today in California, whose support thrown from Speaker Garner assured Mr. Roosevelt nominutkm at. the Chi cago Democrntion convention. William G. Alt.Vr.i* who announced the swing on ihs fourth roll call on last July 1 had flown to Redding to meet the nominee and escort him through the state. McAdoo is the choice of California Democrats for the United States Sen ate. Mr. Roosevelt in Portland in the first of the major utterances he will make on his 21-day tour of the west, ; outlined his views on government ownership, public utility regulations, and referred to President Hoover, whom he called “my distinguished op ponent.” ‘‘Since 1928 my distinguished op ponent has done nothing to enforce the regulation of the Federal water ways act. “He has done nothing to block the financial operations incident to the great post war development as plan ned by his promoters. “My distinguished opponent is against giving the Federal govern ment any power to regulate utilities." Huge Diversion Os Insull Funds Believed Found Chicago, ffrpt. 22.—(AP)—Investi gators for the State's attorney said today that they had discovered evi dence of diversion by Samuel Insull, of between >75.000 and >300.000 from one of his utility companies to an other. Assistant State's Attorney Voyle Johnson announced- the discovery, but skid he had not determined “whether criminality was present.” He declined to htohe the companies involved. John and other prosecutors confer red today with hr the 96 companies in the Insull enterprises. Assistant State’s Attorney , John Hampton has left for New York to inspect ancillary receivership records on file them »* * PUBLJBHBD BVBRT AFTBBJfOOB BXCBPT SUNDAY. League Will Defer Hearing Os Report On Japanese Drive Davis on Trial 0 x W '•t* « 8 -v Senator James J. Davis United States Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania k shown in federal court in New York City during his trial for alleged viola tion of the lottery Law. The foj mer cabinet mpmber. seeking re election to the senate, was alleged by the piosecution, to have re ceived more than >IOO,OOO as his share of the profits of a lottery run in connection v/ith a charity fund of the Loyal Order of Moose. APPLICATIONS FOR LOANS DECREASING Bank, Railroad and Insur ance Borrowers of R. F. C. Diminishing TO MAKE FARM LOANS Agricultural and Livestock CiediU To Bear Seven Percent Interest, In cluding Charge* For Inspections Washington. Sept. 22.—(AP)— The number of applications for bank, rail road and insurance loans from the Reconstruction Corporation has drop ped off in the last tnonut. Wilson McCarthy and Gardner Coles, senior directors of the corpora tion. said today that the pressure on the corporation had lately decreased. This indicated, McCarthy said, that the unfavorable condition which pre vailed between January 1 and July 15 had passed. The board announced today that agricultural and livestock loans soon to be made will carry seven percent interest. This rate will include not on ly interest on the money but all in spection charges. In an effort to get the Agricultural Credit Corporation functioning with out further delay, managers of the 14 offices recently announced will confer here tomorrow with Ford Hoover, in charge of agricultural ac tivities. Poignant Appeal . For Rescue From , Chinese Bandits Ncwchang, Manchuria, Slept, 22. - ( AP)—Another poignant appeal for the rescue of herself and Charles Corkran, another British subject who was captured by Chinese bandits more than a week ago. was received today from Mrs. Pawley, who said the ban dits planned to shoot them In a week, after cutting off their ears. The note was received by Mrs. Paw ley's father, together with another ex orbitant. demand for ransom. The let ter wete brought by a servant at the family, who carried the father’s mes sage lo the brigands’ camp. “Get us out as soon as possible,” the note said. “They are going to cut off our ears an& I rather want to keep mine. For God’s satfl, be quick. We have .a week left before we are shot." 8 PAGES , TODAY FIVE CENTS COPS Review on Military Cam paign In Manchuria May Go Over To Its De cember Session ACTION TcTfoLIOW IS IMPORTANT IDEA Whether League Wil[/£n force Rules Against Japan And Whether Japan Will Withdraw From League in Face of Unfavorable Re port to be Considered Geneva. Sept. 2i—( AP)—Consider ation of the report of the League Commission of Inquiry on Japanese military operations in Manchuria, the dominating problem to come before ‘he Council of the League when it meets here today. The Council session, which begins hree days before the opening of the .egular session of the League Assem bly. will be president over by Eamon De Vallera, president of the Irish Free State. The Council will continue in •ccasional sitting during the assem bly seat;:oii and after the adjourn ment. The immediate questions which the Lytton report, forecast as unafovor ible to Japan, will raise are: 1. The problem of whether the Council or the Assembly shall pro ceed to employ the concerted inter national action described in the iea ?ue cabinet for enforcing the League a will. 2. Whether Japan will withdraw from the League if the League takes < firm position against her policy in Manchuria. In the opinion of many authorities .hoae are of the greatest importance for the future of the Leagugffutd for ‘he peace of the world. State-Fire Loss \ In August Larger . Than August, 1931 Hally Diiyatrk Rareaa, la the Sir Wattrr Hotel. BY J. C. BASKKII Vll.l. Raleigh. Sept. 22. The fire loas in North Carolina in August aggregated >273.322 from 157 fires, as compared with a loss in August, 1931. of SIBB.- 277 from 153 fires, according to tha report issued today by Insurance Com missioner Dan C. Boney. The report show* 123 city fires with an aggregate loea of >229.134. Os these 77 were dwelling fires with a total loss of >56.953. There were 34 rural fires with a loss of >44,188, of which 21 were dwelling fires with a loss ot $38,366. Os the month’s total of 157 firee< eight of these caused a loss of >151,- 115 or an average of >19,014 per fire, leaving for the remaining 149 fires m total loss of only >121,207 or an aver* age loss of only >Bl3 per fire. The heavier looses for single fired were as follows: Reidsville. tobaccd storage warehouse and dwelling, >65,- 615; Charlotte, three stores and con tents. >33,000; Louisburg, planing mill, >20,000. ■ f The following cltie* and towns re ported no fire loas In August: Aber* deen, Clinton, Ayden, Spencer, Selma, Leaksville, Siler City, Kings Moun tain. Benson. Nashville, Lincolnton, Pinehurst, Hickory, Gtraham, Mount Olive, Dunn, Marion, Lexington. En field Farmvtlle, Mount Holly, Clay ton and Edenton. Farmers To Parade On Hoover Day; Milo Rei*o Says Pres ident Is Responsible For Conditions Now Existing Des Moines, lowa, Sept. 22 (AP)— Milo Reno, national president of the farmers 2/otiday Holiday Association, which is conducting a ’’•trike” for high er price®, has asked lowa fanners to assemb\« here for a “pprotest" par ade October 4, when President Hoover is scheduled to deliver a campaign atf drees. He said be hoped 20,000 farm ers would take part. "We have a right to hold President Hoover responsible for existing condi tions." Reno told members of th* Itwa .fanners union. * ■