ASSOCIATED PRESS AND CENTRAL PRESS Farm Debt Group W ill Be F ormed Committee for Coun ty Is To Organize Next Week; $900,000 Debts Here A meeting of the Farm Debt Ad justment Committee of Vance county was attempted Tuesday afternoon, but was not carried out owing to the ab sence of two of the five members ot the group. It was decided to meet again on Wednesday of next week. August 29, to perfect the organization and prepare for the duties that will devolve upon the board. The members of the committee for Vance county are W A. Hunt, E. L. Fleming. B. H. Perry. J. H. Brodie and J. E Kimball. Harry F. of the State commission in Raleigh was here for the meeting Tuesday afternoon, and is expected to be back here for next Wednesday’s assemblage of the group, which will be at 2:30 o’clock in the aftermon. When the organization is perfected, the committee will have a chairman, vb’e chairman and a secre tary The purpose of the committee is to bring together in n friendly way the fair,, debtor nni his c.tailor. It is c:cnnr-l thnt ap*.:• > n stely $900,- 900 In farm it or.g. pc* art now out standing against land in Vance coun ty, or an average of $6 per acre. Some of it is duo and some of it is not. The figure includes obligations of farm ers to la ml banks, credit bands and the like. The figures were compiled by the Federal go\ ■rnment, and from the same source comes the advice that the figure for North Carolina as e. whole is $105,000,000. Application blanks on which a deb tor may iequ *-t a hearing of his ob ligations are now or file in the office of E. G. Dorsey at the county relief of fice. and he will be able to supply any who dfs.'rt/ tc. institute proceeding? looking to an adjustment of mortgage obligations. The committee is expect ed to be ready to function in a week or two, and cases for its 'considera tion may now be filed, Mr. Dorse;, said COMMISSIONERS 10 STUDY AUDIT MORE Meet Again Friday on Clerk’s Check; Has Cost. County $2,652 After hearing a report of their own committee and considering the matter at some length, the Vance Board of County Commissioners yesterday aft ernoon adjourned without taking any action on the voluminous aAdit of tht accounts and records of the office of the clerk of superior,,court during the last few years of Colonel Henry Perry's tenure of the office befor® he died la3t January. The committee of the board that had been/ previously designated to study the audit reported to the board that it had been over the thick volumes of the auditor's findings What they reported was not learned but it was said that the bdSrd had decided to come back on Friday of this week to go further into the mat ter, and that they had summoned John rwin, of the Walter Charnley Company of Charlotte, who did the auditing to come here and meet with them and elaborate on some of the findings and statements. This audit, which has been in pro gress much of the present calendar year, has cost the county so far a total of $2,652.25, all of which has al ready been paid the Charnley firm. Some months ago a payment or $866.56 was made, and more recently the re mainder of $1,785.75 was paid to the company by the county. P. A Smith has more recently been working on the records as the agent and reepresentative of the family of the deceased clerk. 666 vs MALARIA 666 Liquid or Tablets Checks Mal aria in Three Days. Sure Preventive. WHAT GASOLINE GIVES 15%T0 20% MORE’ I SINCLAIR ■ 11'.,.' .M. , 1 TWINS MIX UP THE VOTERS The Thomas twins of Erwin. N. C., are so much alike that Fred erick. member of the state legis lature from Harnett county, can use his brother, Edward, as his proxy at political meetings with out h»s constituents being the MUST PAY 5c FOR POFCICLE HE GOT Only one defendant was tried in police court today. Herbert Me- . Gh*M\ colored, was charged with I being drunk and cursing and abusing E. H. Gentry, white man. and refusing to pay for a popcicle that cost five cents, ana also charged with possessing liquor. Mayor Watkins decreed that the defendant was guilty, and ordered him to pay a fine of $2.50 and costs and to pay Gentry the fi\e cents for the popcicle he re insert to settle for. THREE HOBOES ARE GIVEN SENTENCES C. S. Wester, recently made a mag j strafe, today had his first experience n sending a man to the roads. De puty J. C. Champion nabbed two white boys and a Negro boy off a freight train here and charged them I with hoboir.g. They pleaded gui::y. I but couldn’t pay a fine of $1 and costs j each, which would have amounted to j about $6 to $7 each. So all three were sent to the roads by “hizzoner”. Their ! names were not learned. REVIVAL MEETING AT WHITE MEMORIAL A revival meeting has been in pro gress at. White Memorial M. E. church ; for the past few days with Rev. Carl W. Haley doing the preachsng. The services, which began Sunday night, have been very well attended. It was stated touay that the attend - ance was expected to grow through the remainder of the services which will coninue through August 29 The topic for tonight's ‘sermon is “Forgiveness of Sin” and the public is cordially invited to attend. Edward H. R. Green, American cap italist son of the late Hetty Green, born in England, 66 years ago. CAN YOU ANSWER ! THESE QUESTIONS? l See Pnge Four 1. What naval ollicer commander the American fleet at the battle of Lake Erie? 2. What does c. o. d, mean? 3. What bay lies just north of Atlan tic City, N. J.? 4. Name the strait lying between Al aska and Siberia, 5. How is the name Gloucestershire pronounced? 6. In which city is the body of U. S. Grant, entombed? 7. Os what sea is the Persian gulf an arm? , -» if «| 8. Who was the first secretary of the Treasury in Franklin D. Roose velt’s administration.? 9. What is the chief source of the es sential oils from which absinthe is made? 10. Under the Constitution of the U. S. where is the power to declare war vested? •» > Henderson Daily Dispatch wiser. It started when voters at a rally mistook Edward for Fred erick and demanded a speech. He complied without correcting them, and carried the meeting for his brother. Now their slogan is, "Get two Thomases with one vote”. Preachers Are To Choose President At Meeting Soon A new president, to succeed the late Dr. L. W. Gerringer will be elected by the Henderson Ministerial Asso ciation at the regular meeting on the first Monday in September, it was learned today. Dr. • Gerringer had been elected president last winter. During the summer months the pieachs have suspended monthly meetings, but the first of the fall meetings will be held early next month, at which time a president will be chosen. It was not learned today who the probable choice of the group might be. BRIDGERS TO SPEAK AT DABNEY SEPT. 14 J. H. Bridgers will speak at Dab ney high school Friday evening. Sep tember 14th. at 7:30 p. m., instead ot Friday evening of this week, it was stated today, on the proposed consti tution of North Carolina The public is cordially invited i.o attend the speaking. Communism Here; Not Serious Yet (Continued from Page One.) facturing—in fact, says he is oppos ed to permitting any individual to carry on private business—but never theless denies that he is a radical. The other 93 writers, more or less in this same classification, nre no*, quite so sweeping in their demands for governmentalzation mostly . in cluding utilities, such natural r« sources as water power and minerals, and, in some cases, banking, among the things of which they favor federal r»r local goervnmental acquisition. Several also suggest the support of all government and the liquidation of outstanding public obligations from the profits of government exploitation of mines, petroleum deposits and water power, and the government op-’ eration of utilities generally—the idea being to put an end to all present forms of taxation. J|s Jk Os the remaining 756 oi my answers the authors of 521 say. in one way or another, that they r consider com munism either no threat at all or a danger of little consequence in their widely scattered communities. One hundred and nine say that, in their respective neighborhoods, they do feel that the peril exists —or they are afraid that it does. One hundred and twenty-six arc non-committal. ; * * Many writers make the point th? while there may be an appearance of radicalism among their neighbors, they are convinced it will disappear with the first signs of a substantial : economic revival. Steel Magnate Rests uUhL Ull S E. T. Weir After a long; period of labor troubles and NRA worries, E. T. Weir of Pittsburgh, head of the Wa;rton Steel company, enjoys a test at Tuckers Town, Bermuda. FALL GARDEN WORK BEGUN AT MEETING Four Counties Represented at Conference Here Yesterday LOCAL MEETINGS NOW One In Each County Today or at Early Date; Then in Each Town ship, To Reach Ali Relief Garden Families Plans for intensive fall and winter gardening by rural families on relief rolls were discussed at a meeting here yesterday, whifch adjourned in the afternoon, of vocational agriculture v/t-rkers and relief administrators iron the four counties of Vance, War ren. Franklin and Granville. All four counties were well represented, with a tot il attendance of 28 officially re ported. Mrs May Campbell, of Chapel Hill, district supervisor of the FERA, at tended and spoke to the assembly. Prof. Randall, of State College, and Paul Shaw, both of Raleigh, were speakers and talked on the program of the rural rehabilitation bureau of the State relief office, under direction *>f George R Ross. Following the meeting yesterday, jocal coun't.v meetings are to be held in the four counties to acquaint th*, local workers with the program, and after that other meetings will be held in the different townships of each county, to be attended by the people on the relief rolls. Instructions will he given in the manner of cultivation of the fall gardens, canning of sur plus foods and the storing of these supplies until they are needed in the , winter. The local meeting for this county was held this afternoon at 4 o’clock in the relief offices in the Law Build ing. At that time plans for the town ship meetings were discussed and will be announced later. Governor Is Soon To Fill 2 Vacancies (Continued from Page One.) New Bern Saturday and who died Monday afternoon. The other will be tlie selection of a new chairman of the North Carolina Industrial Com mission, to replace Major Matt H. Allen, who has resigned, efective Aug ust 31. It seems that a governor never leaves for a vacation without some thing “breaking loose* ’during his ab sence. It was while Governor Eh ringhaus was trying to take a vaca tion last summer at Blowing Rock that the Highway and Public Works Commission reorganization was an nounced. in which Leslie R. Ames was dropped as chief highway engi neer and Waldrop advanced to this post. It was during this same period of reorganization that so much furore was raised to who was the real head of the highway division. Chair man E. B. Jeffress or Executive Di rector George Ross Pou, who now is no longer connected with the State government. I** "It required a spe cial statement from the Governor to convince the public that Jeffress cutive head of the new highway set and not Pou was the and exe up. Now, within a year almost to the day the governor must select or at least advise with Chairman Jeffress over the selection of another chief highway engineer. If the governor and members of the highway department act as they are expected to, however, the new chief engineer wil be selected from the ranks of the present engineering staff. Os these W. Vance Baise, assistant chief highway engineer, is next in line for promotion and many think he is very likely to be advanced to the post. He is probably more fami liar with the present construction program in the State than any other man and could carry on the present progra mwith less interruption than any one else, many here believe. How ever, others regarded as being in line for consideration for promotion to nhief engineer are W L. Craven, nior bridge negineer; R. Getty Brown ing. senior location engineer and the various division engineers in the five main operating divisions. Baise has been with the commission since 1920 and Craven has been with it since 1917. The selection of a new chairman for the Industrial Commission is by no means going to be as simple a task as that of selecting a new chief high way engineer, it is agreed in most circles here. For the post as head of the Industrial Commission is go ing to be fought for most bitterly by the various factions that want to seek control of it, especially betwee the lawyers and doctors of the State. Many of the doctors have been very bitter against the administration of the commission under Chairman Al len, because they think he has not been sufficiently liberal in approving bills submitted by doctors. So now that he is definitely out, the doctors are already making a very stronk ef fort either to secure the appointment of a doctor as chairman, in which case they would be clover from now on, or else the selection of some one known to be favorable to the doc tors and who would approve a larger fee scale and larger bills. For, while the doctors in the State have already received more than $50,000,000 from the industrial commission, or fully half as much 'as* those who have -eeeivert compensation, they, like Oli "#>r Twist, always seem to want some more.” The lawyers, however, are going to fight also for the post as chairman and they will undoubted 1 -}' have the support of the insurance companies, HE’D GIVE SONS PARALYSIS VACCINE W il Declaring the infantile paralysis vaccine he claims to have discov ered is harmless, Dr. John A. Kol mer, of Temple university, Phila delphia, says he would not hesi- low Sent Small When Compared To Total of State Prison Population Dnil.v ]>is|»iit<-li rtiirvim, In (hi* Sir Wtiltrr Hutrl, fly .1, tlii*kt*rville. Raleigh, Aug. 22.—Although 872 pri ;one.s escaped from the prison divi sion of the State Highway and Pubilc Works Commission during the fiscal year of 1933,34, 700 of these were re captured, leaving only 172 prisoners who were not recaptured which was only .66 per cent or two-thirds of one per cent of the entire prison popula tion of 25,995 prisoners handled dur ing the year, Director J. B. Roach ol the prison division pointed out to day. During the previous year of 1932-33, a tota' of 706 prisoners escaped, of which only 517 were recaptured out of a total prison population during the year of 23.308, leaving 189 prisoners who were not recaptured. This is .81 per cent of the total population. Thus on a percentage basis there were few er escapes this year than last, con sidering only the number never cap tured. On the basis of total escapes and total prison population and not taking into consideration the number recap tured. 3.36 per cent of the total prison population escaped during the year 1933-31 while during the year 193 i 33, only 3.03 per cent of the prisoners escaped. “Some of the reports printed in con nection with the 872 prisoners who escaped from the prison division this past year, indicate that this was as much as 11 per cent of the total popu lation,” Director Roach said. “Buc this is not the case, as the figures we have just compiled show The reason some reached this larger figure was because they estimated the percentage on escapes on the average daily popu lation of about 7,750 prisoners, rather than upon the total number handled for the entire year, which was 25,99 b. As a result, the actual percentage of escapes last year was only 3.36 per cent, while the percentage of those who escaped and were not recaptured was only .66 per cent, or two-thirds of one per cent". When it is further taken into con sideration that an average of about 2.000 prisoners are discharged and 2,- 000 new prisoners received each month, with ana verage of 6,000 a day worked on the roads, the showing is not so bad. Roach believes. or a very influential bloc of them. For the insurance companies know that if the doctors get control of the com mission that their costs would imme diately increase, which in turn would necessitate higher insurance premi ums. Thus they can also he expected to have the support of the manufac turers and employers in seeking the appointment of a chairman who will seek to carry on the same policies that have been put into effect by Chairman Allen, There is some talk to the effect that J. Dewey Dorsett. at present one of the members of the commission, may be advanced to chariman. But there are so many out for this job that the governoor is going to have a hard time to make a selection. A world cruise on one of the big liners covers about 25,000 miles and takes almost a third of a year. Eases Headache In 3 Minutes also neuralgia, muscular aches and pains, toothache, earache, periodical and other pains due to inorganic causes* No nar cotics* 10c and 25c packages* WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1934 tate to use it on his own sons, John, Jr., left, and Daniel, shown with their father above. The pic ture was made at Dr. Kolmers summer home at Ventuor. N. J. TO LET FOUR NEW HIGHWAYPROJECTS Two Others May Be Approv ed for Lettings Set For . September 6 Daily Dispatch Itnrcau, In. the Sir Walter Hotel, By .1. C. Ila.skerville. Raleigh, Aug. 22. Four projects have already been approved by the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads for the high way letting to be held here Septembe; 6, ’and it is hoped that least twe others will be approved, according t< W. Vance Baise, of the State Highway and Public Works commission. The four projects which have a ready been approved, and on whicl bids will beopened September 6, art as follows: Halifax county, six miles of grad ing, structures and bituminous sur facing on Route 482 from Littleton to wards Airlie. Guilford county, widening and pav ing of English street in High Point for about six-tenths of a mile. Wilkes county, five miles of grad ing, structures and gravel surfacing out Route 16 from Miller’s Creek to wards Glendale Springs. Haywood county, widening the 1& foot pavement traversed by Route If through Canton, to a width of 30 feet The two projects which it is also hoped to include in this letting, bu which have not yet been definitery approved by the Bureau of Public Roads, are as follows: Scotland county, five miles of grad ing, structures, sand clay and bitu minous surface treatment on one of the county roads not yet a part of the State or Federal aid system. Transylvtnia county, five miles of grading, structures, crushed stone and surface treatment on Route 280 from Brevard towards Mills River. These last two projects have already been submitted to the Bureau of Pub lic Roads in Washington and Baise is hoping to receive notification either today or tomorrow to include them in the letting with the other four projects already approved. Daniel Frehman of New York, dean of American theatrical managers, born at Sandusky, Ohio. 83 years ago. So many Irish have migrated to Great Britain that there are now al most as many there as in the Free State itself. WANTED Everybody to Eat Parker’s Ice Cream Much richer in butter-fat content Fresh fruits used when available No purer, cleaner ice cream can be made We have just installed a new Tuthill ice cream freezer, and in the future I °f our ice cream re /