central
CAROLINA- |
twentieth YEAR
SEVEN ARE KILLED
Excessive Prices
Won’t Be Allowed,
l
Johnson Declares
NRA Chief Tells Retailers
T 0 Resent Big Increases
And He Will Back
, Them Up
RUNAWAY MARKET
WILL BE CHECKED
Retailers Present Their Code
Which Has Been Adopted
by Many National Associa.
tions; One of Biggest of;
ths Major Businesses Yet
Heard
Wuhnyron, August 22 'AP>— Ade
c'n'im thrt the Nat.onal Recovery i
Admr.s ilraticn would net count—u
an?? unreascnabe-1 price Increases
today by Hu?h S. Johnson
:n tMresrngr rcta.l dealers at the'
cp'tln? of i hearing on their code of j
ccaw’dion.
Tht reta 1 trade was urged by John,
r, to rgp'st pie? increases in the
rear future from obbers who supply
them v‘h their Roods.
I sav." Johnson said, “recent tjiese
price increases and w e will support
yru."
Th? recovery administrator assert
*hut so fnr as speculative price
rtf? w?t° concerned, his admnistra
ticn considered it “our dutv to see
thy th<"Te is no runaway market.”
He sa d th* national industrial re
ctrery act would increase prices t~
tree* m>w costs imposed in comtrdi
n?» wi s h trad n charters, but lift be
came c f this “thcr-e is no reason to
?r> wav beyond reason. If you do
this, you just kill the geos-? that toys ;
th eeolden r<:g. The house that we |
ere trying to build will collapse lake
hour- of cards.”
The ret a:' hearing was described by
Jctrr n 3? cn? of tha moat signifL
(>r » fnr held. The retail trad
eabracin? virtually all stores . and
shops, except drug end food, affects
mor employers and more employees
'hm anv cf the major business.
«K SHP.DU SHRD SHRDL SHRD
The code was presented and ap
pro-ei bv the National Retail Furni
ture Association. f hc National Retail
Association, the National
Prtfil D’ y Goods /Association, thp
Mai! Order Association, the National
Association of Clothiers and Furnish
t’: and Shoe Retailers Association.
It proposes in part:
A 4t-hour work week except for a
1'!- ur week nt peak periods and ex-
C! F"g tnos earning more than S3O
? w??k, registered pharmacists and
o:h«r professional persons.
That a store must keep open for 52
hours of operation unless it was op-
c ”’ , ed less than that prior to July 1,
1933.
Maximum hours in towns under 10,-
C f »i 'ecept wh»re the towns are not
r ,:> of a larger trade area) set at
■h hours for employees.
Cities over 500,000 (by 1930
fContinued on Puce Six*
COLUMBUS MAN IS
SAVED FROM CHAIR
Ed Deaver Gets Life Im
prisonment; Harnett Ne
gro Slated To Die
Aug 22—(AP)—Ed Deaver
“•-Par-old Columbus county white
hilled Isaiah Hester, far
‘‘"l an argument over a water
*" f ' had his sentence of death
‘ 1 fe,€p, r ic chair commuted to one
r *• imprisonment.
" .nar Ehringhaus, announcing
"tnency action through Parole
til?' : )nL ' r Edwin Gill’s office here
"j, " 'C' convinced Dfaver does not
' '' mental balance, even of a
lu, le child.”
r ! ! t 11) believe that he has the
4 f) ‘ n, ‘ 01 mental power to refrain
»hc/ ' rnt action when he is under
. 1 'hat an injustice has been
lit hm ’- ,lle governor wrote.
’ I'' , who WH ' 3 convicted in Au
* 11 • had been granted siy re
r.,,.,. b V former Governor
«!„, three by Ehringhaus
o, ;k office in January.
hew had been no recom
i ' : " r "r clemency in the case of
Harnett county Negro
!| JPd to die in the electric
hr the murder of Jacob
, '■' r t rocution as a result Is
• >•■ --ed without executive
imtitersnn 59 mitt 33 1 snatch
Coal Code Again
Greatly Delayed
Washington, Aug. 22. (AP)
The Reco\cry Administration to
day abandoned hope of completing
a. code for the bituminous coal in
dustry before tomorrow at the ear
liest.
A tentative draft has been com
pleted and is the basis for negotia
tions.
RALEIGH’S GOSSIP"
REFUSES TO DOWN
Ehringhaus* Statement
About Highway. Prison
Set-Up Aids Little
BOGEY MAN ~IS SEEN
Anti-Ehringhau# Group Feairs Huge
Political Machine i n Making; No.
body Talking About Reve
nue Changes
Dally UlNpnfrt Karen a.
In M»e Sir Wnlter Motel
3Y J r n t SKir.lt VIT.J
Raleigh, Aug. 22. —The declaration :
by Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus that
Chairman E. B. Jeffress, of the State
Highway and Public Works Commis
sion, is ‘‘both in name and in fact”
head of that organization, has served
somewhat to quiet the talk concerning
the recent reorganization within the
commssion and the claims of many
that Executive Director George Ross
Pou rather than Jeffress. was the real
head of the commission. There are still
a good many however who remain to
be shown that Jeffress rather than
Pou is really the chief motivating pow
er in the commissio nand who are con
vinced that more politics has been
played in the reorganization of the
highway-prison department than has
yet become known.
It is also being pointed out that
both Governor Ehringhaus and Com
missioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell
are continuing to keep eloquently
silent with regard to the activities of
Executive Assistant Commissioner of
Revenue Marcus Cicero Stephens
Noble, Jr., and as to whether Noble
or Maxwell is the chief in command
in that department. Ever since Noble
was appointed to his present position
in the Revenue Department, the op
inion ho ? been growing in anti-Eh
ringhaus circles that Noble rather than
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Tide Pours
Over Beach
Nag’s Head
Northeast Wind And
High Waters Near
Hatteras; Warnings
Still Hoisted
Manteo, Aug. 22. —(AP)—Cape Hat
ter as just before noon todfay reported
a, northeast wind and rain with a high
tide running over the beach from
Nag’s Head to Chicacomico.
Captain John Allen Midgett and his
coast guard crew were standing by
watching an unidentified four-mast
schooner anchored a mile off shore
three miles south of Chicacomico,
while a coast guard station cutter
was en route to ascertain if the craft
needed assistance.
STORM WARNINGS STILL
HOISTED ON THE COAST
Washington, Aug. 22. —(AP)— The
Weather Bureau this morning issued
the following storm warning:
Advisory 10 a. m. Northeast storm
warning continued, Boston, Mass., to
Cape Hatteras. Tropical disturbance,
attended by fresh to strong shifting
gales central about 350 miles west
southwest of Bermuda, and some dis
tance southeast, of Cape Hatteras. Di
rection of movement uncertain, but
probably will remain nearly stationary
next 12 hours. Strong northeast winds
[ probably reaching gale force off the
coast. , ,
ONLY DAILY
LEASED WIRE SHRVii-b.
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES*
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OP NORTH CAROLINA AND VU&IINIA.
HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 22, 1933
Aircraft Carriers Will Tour Globe
Y . |N OXU |.irrrnnnnnnnnnnfßm. ,
r hree ]P n i ted States Nav y airpla ne carriers which will take part in the round-the-world
the Lex?nvton f l,Tl?in! 1 0 W ® r tv, re G entl y reveal ® d ™ Washington. Upper is an unusual view of the bow of
R a n™? n iS • n nt t J S th u Sarat °S a Wlth a brood of eagles roosting on her deck, and at bottom the
son ffnU H f h 13 exr,e cted to be completed this Fall. The proposed cruise would involve stops at nearly
100 cities, where aerial maneuvers would be undertaken. This would be the first time since the regime of
tne b».x! President. Roosevelt that an American naval sauadron would make such a trip.
Mills Show
Big Up turn
Over 1932
Spinning Industry at
, 117.5 Percent Capa
city on Single Shift
Basis
Washington, Aug. 22.—(AP)— The
cotton spinning industry was reported
today by the Census Bureau t 0 have
operated during July at 117.5 percent
of capacity on a single shift basis,
compared with 129.1 percent in June
<hi3 y?ar and 51..7 percent during July
last year.
Spinning spindles in place .July 31,
totalled 30,893,970, of which 26,069.158
were active at some time during the
month, with the average on a single
shift basis being 36,285,617, compared
with 30 918.758; 25,540.504 and 39,917,-
475 for -June this year, and 31,708,510;
19,510,252 ami 16.390,587 in July last
year.
Active spindle hours for July total
led 8,127.978,275. or an average of 263
hours per spindle in place, compared
with 9.299,185,026 and 301 for June this
year, and 3,659,198 582 and 115 for
July last year.
North Carolina reported 1.848,103,634
active spind’t? hours and an average
of 301 hours per spindle in place.
PAY OFIIPALS
IS WHITTLED MOST
But More Teachers Are To
Be Promoted to Tha n
Was Case Formerly
Dally Ilkpatoh Bvreav,
In the Sir Wnlter Ilutel
nv j c. n vsKF.itviLL.
RaleCgh, August 22 While the new
salary schedule for school principals
carries a rrtudh heavier reduction for
principals than for teachers, the new
(plan of organization provided for by
the State School Commission pro.
vides foir agood many mor e principals
than the old plan, with the result that,
more teachers will be in line foir pro
motion to principals- it is pointed out
here. The new salary schedule ranges
from $95 a month for principals with
no experience in seven teacher schools
Ito $235 a month for principals in
schools having 50 teachers or more.
The old salary schedule for principals
started at $l4O for those in seven
teacher schools With no previous ex
! perlence and ranged no to $350 for
1 principals In schools with 30 or more
I teachers. Thus the maximum under
the old schedule was $2,800 for an
eight months term and $3,150 for a
nine months term. In city systems
these salaries for principal® were fre
quently supplemented to eve?r higher
amounts.
Beth the new salarv schedule for
r'- J ,nov“a 1 s is b-’erd cn the number of
teachers in each school or under the
(Continues on Page Six)
AT LUMBEATON GRADE CROSSING
Woman Kills Husband And
Mother And Then Herself
Three Killed Instantly, Oth
er Four Dying on Way to
or In Hospital; Five
More Hurt
ALL FROmIdEEP RUN
IN LENOIR COUNTY
Dozen Men and Boys Tak
ing Load of Tobacco To
Fairmont Market; Truck
Crashes Into Baggage Car
and Is Demolished; Ne
groes Waved at Truck
Gainesville, Ga., Aug. 22.—(AP)
—E. C. Palmour, 60, prominent
Gainesville business man. and his
m(\!:r-iii-lawv Mrs. Fannie Wil
son. 8 , --c- - shot and killed in
their sleep by his wife, who then
attempted to commit suicide early
today, the Acting Chief of police
said.
Gainesville, Ga., Aug. 22. —(AP) — E.
C. Palmour, 60, prominent Gainesville
business man, and his mother-in-law
Mrs. Fannie WiLson, 84, were shot and
killed in their sleep by his wife, who
then committed suicide early today,
■Acting Chief of Police J. H. Richard
son announced.
Police said they had learned Mrs.
Palmour, 58, had been in ill health for
a long time, and they expressed the
belief she was temporarily deranged.
Acting Chief Richardson declared
investigation showed she first fired
on her husband in his bedroom, and
then proceeded to her mother’s room
and shot her Then she shot herself
and died about 40 minutes later.
HA ™sed
Re - Employment Offices
Opened in More Than
Third of Counties
Dully DUpiiteli Riircaa.
)n tnc Sir Waller Hotel.
HV .1 r.. iIASKRRVIU,.
Raleigh, Aug. 22.—Half the popula
tion of the State is now being served
by reemployment offices, which have
been opened so far in more than one
third of the counties, State Director
of Reemployment C. M. Wavnick said
today. Offices are now open in more
than 36 counties, many of these the
more populous counties, so that fully
half the population of North Carolina
are being served by these offices.
Director Waynick is well pleassd
both at the manner in which those
who are unemployed or only partially
employed are registering with these of
(Continued on Page Six.)
WtATHIR
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
..Cloudy, probably with, rains in
central and east portions tonight
and Wednesday; slightly coo!«r in
northeast portion tonight.
Guard Kin of John D.
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Winthrop Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller, grandson
of John D. Rockefeller, wealthy
oil magnate, is being guarded
closely by agents of the United
States department of justice,
presumably against kidnaping
threats. While returning to the
east by airplane from Houston,
Tex., where he had been working,
young Rockefeller was met by
federal agents at airports wher«
the plane landed.
ROOSEVELT PLANS
A BOAT TRIP BACK
Hyde Park, N. Y , Aug. 22.—(AP)—
President Roosevelt will conclude his
stay here on August 31 and board the
yacht of Vincent Astor in the Hudson
River for a cruise to Washington.
FLOGGING HEARING
POSTPONED A WEEK
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»
Laurinburg. Aug. 22. — A pre
liminary hearing for six Scotland
county men charged with flogging
Douglas Monroe after routing him
from bed early in the morning of Au
gur! 13 was postponed today until
next Tuesday.
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY*
Tobacco Truck In
Crash With Train
On The Seaboard
Virginia To Drop
Beer Sale Bonds
Richmond, Va„ Aug. 22. —(AP)
—The provision of <he administra
tion fccor legist iazation bill riMjuir
ing a SSOO bond of persons licensed
to se 1 beer was eliminated and the
excise tax feature retained today by
the joint finance committee at an
executive session.
The committer, also struck from j
the bill the section allowing town i
•councils and county hoards of su- j
per visors to impose local res trie- I
liens on the sale of beer, in addi- I
tlcn to the general restrictions set j
up in the bill.
EXILED COLONELS ’
GEE BIG WELCOME
BV HAVANA CROWD
Mendieta and Tenate Were
Leaders of Revolution
Against Machado In
August, 1931
AT" DOCKS
ARE BACK ON JOBS
Few Minor Disorders Sup
pressed by Police Without
Arrests and Without Cas
ualties as Harbor Strike
Ends and Conditions Point
Toward Normal
Havana, Aug. 22.—(AP)— Forty
thousand persona gave a thundering
welcome to Colonel Carlos Mendideta
and Colonel Roberto Mendez Tenate
today when they returned to Cuba
from exile to which they were sent
fer leading the quickly-surprssed re
volt against <he Machado government
cf August, 1931.
The return of the two revolutionary
heroes shared importance with the re
sumption of normal activity in
Havana’s harbor, where business had
been paralyzed by a strike which start
ed before the ousting of President
Machado.
At 7 a. m., all port workers returned
:f o their jobs. There were a few smail
disorders at the Ward and United
i ruit Company doc-rs, but they were
quickly suppressed by the harbor po
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Ask Slash
In Tariffs
«
Upon Beer
50 Percent Cut in
Duty Requested By
Brewers from Tariff
Commission
Washington, August 22 (AP) —Im-
porters of foreign brews appealed to
day at a hearing befor e the Tariff
'Ccirrrissicn for a 59 percent slash in
the tariff on beer that would bring
tihe (iuty down from $1 a gallon to
half that figure.
Coupled with an assertion tlfat the
present, tariff was “intolerable,” tihe
commission heard pleas biased also
upon taste and sentiment.
Harris S. Radciiffe, 1 representing
William L. Howlitz Company, of
New York, put it this wayq
“To one who has tasted Pilsen beer
in Bohemia, nothing else has the same
♦appeal.”
He also described the "sent.'mentu!
exrer.'snci 3 ’’ cf dr nklng beer at Heid
f’borg. Domestic brands, he added,
(might well he preferred by f ho£« wb
i u '-d not cuKivaibd the “foreign tang.”
He contended the two were not in
competition. _ L ± _~ <,
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[0 TODAY
FIVE CENTS COPY
Mrs. E. C. Palmour, of
Gainesville, Ga., Believ
ed To Have Been Tem
porarily Deranged
husband isTsLain
FIRST, THEN MOTHER
Woman Then Shoots Her
self and Dies 40 Minutes
Later; Pair Slain as They
Sleep; Mrs. Palmour Had
Been in 111 Health Long
Time, Police Report
Lumber ton, Aug. 22.--(AP) Seven
(persons were killed today when a to
bacco truck carrying 12 men and boys
from Deep Run, Lenior county, crash
ed into a Seaboard Air Line passenger
train near here.
Three were killed instantly, two died
while being carried to hospitals and
tw odied soon after reaching hospitals.
The ether five on the truck were in
jured, four of them seriously.
The dead:
Jesse Davenport, 26.
Louis Davenport, 32.
Clyde Taylor, 12.
Walter Smith, 20
Burohard Smith, 23
Dick Harper, 19.
Wesley Davenport, 13.
All were of Deep Run.
The injured:
Haywood Smith, 27, severe lacera
tions.
Woodrow Taylor, 20. head injury,
| probably fractured skull, and frac-
I tured arm.
; Millard Davenport, 50, probable skull
j fracture.
Furnie Davenport, 53, serious head
injuries.
Zeb Brown, 27, serious head injuries.
All live near Deep Run.
The truck was owned by J. R.
Davenport, of Deep Run, Haywood
Smith was driving it, and the men
ware carrying the tobacco to the auc
tion market at Fairmont.
Smith said his view of the track 3
was obstructed by a horse and he dil
not see the approaching train a two
car unit drawn by a gasoline engine.
The truck crashed into the baggage,
car of the train and was demolished.
Bits of wreckage and parts of the
bodies of the dead men were carried
for several hundred yards down the
track. Several Negroes at the crossing
noted the impending collision an l
waved toward the truck in an attempt
to stop it, but Smith was unable to
stop the truck.
Three ambulances wore called to the
scene to carry the dead and injured to
Lumberton. Within a few minute*
hundreds of persons had gathered at
the crossing.
No inquest has been set. The train,
No. 14, en route from Hamlet to Wil
minton, was in charge cf Conductor
Buck Williams.
J. E. BAXTER, JR., IS
GRANTED A PAROLE
Raleigh, Aug. 22.—(AP)—Parole of
eight short-term prisoners was an
nounced today by Parole Commission
er Edwin Gill. Applications for cle
mency were denied 33 other prisoner#.
Among thhse paroled was J. E. Bax
ter, Jr., colored, Vance county, serving
six months for reckless driving.
BURKE MAN FREED
OF MURDER CHARGE
Magistrate Holds Jack
Walker Killed Shuping
In Self Defense
Morganton, Aug. 22.—(AP) — Jack
i Walker, filling station employee, waa.
| liberated here today following a pre
, liminary hearing, in which Magstrate
i W. E. Gilliam ruled Walker acted in
j self-defense when he shot to death,
i Woodrow Shuping during a fight at
1 the filling station yesterday,
j A half dozen witnesses testified that
j Shuping attacked Walker with a knife
! threw bottles at him and threatened
| his life.
j Magistrate Gil'iam ruled the slayiAg
j was a justifiable homicide. The as-
I fair stared wi'h a fight of several
j men near the- filling station. The m°n.
j then came into the station, wbf -a
j (Shuping attacked Welker. Walker
picked up a shotgun and fired at
[ Shuping, who died a few hour# later.