I HENDERSON | diow within 40 days why ;i re- ! u hnuld no* he granted Thcfntm J Mooney in his 18-year campaign lo tpe -riving the reminder of his sentence for complicity in the '.•pi Sen Francisco preparedness day ’ I Thrcuph his attorneys, the 51-ycai «M San penitentiary convict | ■!; that he be brought to Wash i .• m in an effort to convince the ■. nr: at a hearing that he was con vfird on perjured evidence following I i'h deaths of ten persons and the in- ! liny of 11 in the bombings. '.L_declared the State admitted the I lciuc was pi rjured but was powei t.i sv ‘ aside the verdict if there * ad been no error of law in the trial, i Mct ney was originally sentenced to J ih. but was commuted to life ini- j i .-onnu lit following appeals from j 1 »* ident Woodrow Wilt jn and others Onet before—in 1918—the Supreme C art refused to interfere in the M aiiev case. It decline to pass on the ofusal of California courts to grant him a new trial. Mooney had sought unsuccessfully • i e tain a writ of habeas corpus be fore the lower court. Bailey To Head Big Committee Washington. Nov. 12 (API- A pro te.-s of elimination today put Sena tor Josiah William Bailey, North Caro I lina Democrat, in line for chairman | of the Senate Committee on Com merce in the new Congress. The position would be a promotion f or tin- North Carolinian, who is now 'hairnian of the claims committee. Bailey'.*- prospective promotion "■lnc- as u result of the defeat in the I'iimarit of Senator Hubert I). Step >" 0.. of Mississippi, by Theodore Ml- ( !"•. Stephens was chairman of the ‘ Committee in the last j Liquidation Is Complete (Jn 11 Banks State Bank Depart ment Mails Out $182,214 In Checks to 3,939 Depositors I»n il< lliw|>:il<-*h *liir<;i*, In (he Sir Waller Hold, l‘-> ./. ilt.isl.cn ill**. Bulcigli, Nov, 12.—Checks totaling • 1 ■*2.21 1.50, representing dividend pay to 2,939 depositors in seven d hanks whose liquidation has ; ' been completed have just been ' i '* ,, u and mailed out by the State king Department. Commissioner Banks Gurney P. Hood announced ’inlay. These checks were mailed to various liquidating agents over ' r "’ week-end and should be ready h d( livery tomorrow morning. In !l *l*Jiiion tq this. Commissioner Hood denounced that the liquidation of four othej banws had been completed. Pin seven banks for which checks tune been mailed out are: The Bank 1 ! Kalford, paying 7.5 per cent, di •dend to 212 depositors in the a r,“ unt of $1,234.61. This bank has al ":*dy paid the claims of its depositors nul other creditors in full, amount ing to $39,891 and these checks just mailed out represent an extfa di- V| d‘ nd or interest payment of 7.5 per * ,; nt on their claims. Bank of Lewiston, paying a nine cent dividend to 231 depositors m.d creditors amounting to $2,102.39. Dii.s bank has already paid its de positors and other creditors in full, (Continued on Pago Two) rt nu Mti.iORIAL lIBWAk> Hettfteramt TDatht Bistmtrh WIKB BERVICB OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS„ State Seeks $2,000,000 By Reynolds Estate Settlement SOUTH HEADS BIG COMJvii fTEES P*f£.V : r s | Ruchanan Dou K ht„ n Filling 16 of 20 important < li:ur manships in the house of represen tatives, the south will have a strangle-hold on the new con gress as a result oi the smashing Democratic victories in two suc cessive national elections. These Seeking Kidnaped Daughter in N. Y. New York, Nov. 12 (AIM—A. I). l)i**el hurst, of Nashville, Tenn., was in New York today hoping to establish contact with the kid napers of his six-year-old daught er, Dorothy Ann. missing for near ly two months. Disselhurslsaid at his hotel that he had come to New York City in accordance with ransom note in structions. He said he was awaiting further contact with the supposed kidnap ers, and that he expected some contact would be made today. — . ADVANCING COSTS OF LIVING SERIOUS Salaries for Most People Have not Kept Abreast of Conditions. Ity CHARLES I*. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington. Nov. 12. —Advancing living costs threaten to become a .se rious problem to the national admin istration and its supporters before b< 1931-’3j season has advanced much' farther. The government's bureau of agri cultural economics recently placed Lite increase at 9.6 per cent, but the upward tendency has continued since then, and Uncle Sam's forecasters predict that the rise will be uninter rupted at least until next year’s crops began to make their influence felt. Besides, the agricultural economies bureau concerns itself principally with prices of foodstuffs —or raw pro ducts. like wool and cotton, which sig nify to the ordinary consumer only -ifter they have passed through va rious processors’ hands; or tobacco, which isn’t eaten, in the generally accepted sense of the term, but never theless verges closely upon being one of life’s absolute necessities to a large proportion of the American people. Rentals count, too —and. in most lo calities, are mounting briskly. INCOMES Chairman Jesse Jones of the Re construction Finance corporation put (Continued on Page Four) Children Feast On Poison Syrup Put Out To Rats Denver, Col., Nov. 12.—(Al*) — A feast on poisoned marshmallow syrup intended for rats and mice had caused the death of one child today and another was cri tically ill, hut physicians believed they could save the lives of seven other children. Nellie Mueero, 17-months old, died yesterday after she and the other children had discovered marshmallow-lined barrels in the junk yard of a neighbor when they chased a pet rabbit there. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION include tin "log three” commit tees with the chairmen shown above: rules, William Bankhead, ol Alabama; appropr iati on s, | James P. Buchanan, of Texas, ami ways ami means, Robert L. ! Doughton, of North Carolina. Engineers I Urging New Road Work | •>- State Highway Ex perts Differ [With Motor Club Com mittee’s Stand Daily Dispatch llurcan, tu (hi; Sir Walter Hutrl, II) •». Mankcrvillc. Raleigh, Nov. 12.—While members of the .State Highway and Public j Works Commission and its engineers I are in agreement with the special sub committee of the Carolina Motor Club in opposing any diversion of highway funds to other than highway uses, ♦ here is considerable disagreement be i tween these two groups with regard i to the need for new construction. In making the report of the sud j committee on highway taxation before a meeting of the directors of the Cai ; olina Motor Club here last week, Pro j fesesor Malcolm McDermott, of the j Duke University law; school, chair j man of the committee composed of ! himself. Johnathan Daniels, editor of The News and Observer, and K. R. Curtis, superintendent of the Wilson county schools, said the committee was unanimously of the opinion that no more highway construction was necessary in North Carolina. The com mittee strongly recommended $lO,- 000.900 a year as the mininum shoulu ibe spent on the maintenance of the more than 60,000 miles of highways in North Carolina, as compared with the $6,000,000 a year now being spent on maintenance and pointed out that from now on the cost of niaintenace is going to increase, because of thi* depreciation in tlit: roads. But it strongly opposed by further provision for new construction. By opposing any new construction. (Continued on Pago Three* THREE RESCUED BY I STEAMSHIP AT SEA i3O-Foot Craft Strikes Un known Object off Coast From Charleston i. 11 Charleston, S. C., Nov. 12 (AP)— j Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Regana, of New j York, and Robert Velie, of Chicago, I were rescued last night by the Cylde j Mallory liner Henry R. Mallory after their 30-foot craft, the Departure, I struck an unknown object off Cape j Romain and came very close to sink i ing with the three still on board. A second officer observed the dis ! tress flag flown by the small vessel at 3:30 a. m., and informed Captain J. E. Wood, who ordered the Mallory about. She was brought to the lea. enabling the trio to get aboard by climbing the Departure’s shrouds. HENDERSON, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 12T1934 SEALE MAY SHARE WITH HUGE CUE IN TOBACCOFORIUNE Amount of Inheritance Tax Will Depend Upon Me thod of Division Among Heirs COURT IS ASKED TO DETERMINE RIGHTS Judge McElroy Signs Order at Winston-Salem Granting ing State’s Petition for an Intervention; Settlement at Early Date Is Regarded Likely 4 , Winston-Salem, Nov. 12—(AP)—The State of North Carolina today step ped into tile litigation over the s2g,- 900.000 estate of the late Z. Smith Reynolds, seeing to cut a huge slice o finhcritancc taxes from the fortune before it is divided among the heirs Attorney General Dennis G. Bru tu rn ill filed an intervention in Forsyth Superior Court on relaiton of A. J. Maxwell, commissioner of revenue. Judge P. A. McElroy signed an order granting the State petition. That a compromise settlrnent of the estate is near was indicated by the litigating parties. They joined in ask ing that the motion of the Cabarrus Bank and Trust Company be set for a hearing this week, and the court set Friday and Saturday, at which time all parties arc to be represent ed and their arguments heard. The amount of inheritance tax sought by the State will depend upon the manner of distributing the es tate. The court is asked to determine the right of the variobs parties, and the amount of taxes to which North Carolina is entitled. It was learned that the inheritance tax would amount to about 2,000,000 on a three-way division; that is, be tween Anne Cannon IT. Christopher Reynolds and Libby Holman Rey nolds. 541 NEW PROJECTS OF ERA FOR STATE Figures Are for September and in Addition to 816 Others. Dully Dist»iil«-I» Hurl-sin, ■ u tin- .Sir tVullcr MuD-l, Uv ,1. liuskervilli*. Raleigh, Nov. 12. —An analysis of work relief projects under the North Carolina Emergency Relief Adminis tration shows that a total of 541 pro jects were approved during the month of September and are now in opera tion. During the same month, work progressed on 816 projects which were listed as incompleted prior to Sept. 1. Projects that were started under the CWA and listed as completed dur ing the period from April 1 to Sept. 1 totaled 120. Propects that were started under the CWA and complet ed under the ERA during the period from Sept. 1 to Oct. 1 totaled 61. Man hours worked on the incompleted pro jects in operation during September totaled 712.328. The city of Asheville led in num ber of new ERA propects approved during September, with 19. Asheville also led in the number of incomplet ed projects worked on during Sep tember, with 28. Among the units, besides Asheville leading in number of new ERA pro jects approved during September were Cabarrus county, with 16; Robeson. 14; Lenior, Richmond, Union, and Vance. 13; Anson. Cumberland, and Perquimans 12; Halifax. Surry, and Raleigh, 11: and Chatham. Clay. Franklin and Moore. 10. There were 10 State projects in this classifica tion . Iredell, with four, led in the num ber of projects started under the CWA and completed under the ERA during the period from Sept. 1 to Oct. 1. Os the CWA projects completed un der the ERA from April 1 to Sept. 1, Carteret led with eight and Cleve land was second with six. Asheville, with 28, led in number of incompleted projects worked on dur ing September. Three counties were second under this classification. They were, Henderson, Iredell, and Lee, with 22 projects each. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Fair and continued cold with heavy frost tonight; Tuesday fair, with slowly rising temperature. OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIIFTNIA. FARMERS IN SLATE BENEFIT PAL 4 IN Tobacco Growers Get Half Amount Paid to Novem ber 1, AAA State ment Says OVER $101,956 PAID GROWERS IN VANCE $71,616.18 to Tobacco Farmers and $30,340.48 to Cooperating Cotton Farm ers Under Crop Control Act Washington. Nov. 12 (AP) North Carolina tobacco growers have re ceived one-fifth of the $25,285,531.47 the Agricultural Adjustment Admin istration has paid out in rental and benefits to farmers who cooperated iu 'he weed control program. Tor Heel weed growers, the admin istration announced today, have been paid more than $500,000 of the total, or more than 20 percent. Rental and benefit payments, total ling; $10,706,124.11, the department re vealed. had been paid to November 1 lo North Carolina farmers who co operated in the tobacco, cotton, eorn liog and wheat reduction programs. Colton farmers have been paid s|,- 891.184.01, while participants in North ■Carolina in the corn-hog program re ceived $108,711.09. Wheat growers, small in number, have been paid sll -for their cooperation. Edgecombe county farmers received a total of $334,801.80. of which $106.- 980.20 was for cotton benefit payments ami $107,818.01 for tobacco payments. Vance county received a total of $101,956.56 of which $30,340.18 was for cotton payments and $71,616.18 for tobacco payments. REPUBLICAN GAINS IN STATE PLEASING Democrats Wish They Had Gotten Still More as Check on Blocs. Hally Disimleh Unread, In (he Sir Muller Hotel, tlj .1 l), ltiiNkervHie. Raleigh, Sept. 12.—While they are not willing to be quoted and are not “telling the world,” a good many Democratic leaders here and else where in the State shedding no tears over the slight gain made by the Re publicans in the State legislature, in which there will be a total of 14 Re publicans—twelve in the House and two in the Senate—on the basis of latest returns. In fact, some the Deni ocrats frankly wish there could have been a few more Republicans in each house, on the theory that if there is a good sized representation from the minority party, there is less likelihood of blocs and factions developing with in the majority party. Back in the 1929 General Assembly for instance, there were 47 Republi can members. 35 in the House and 12 in the Senate. It is recalled that in that session the Democratic ma jority stuck together and worked har moniously and that it was not split up into factions and glocs, as was the- case in both the 1931 and 1933 session of the legislature. For when the Republican minority was that (Continued on Page Three) First Methodist Church Dedicated With Sermon By Bishop Paul B. Kern $60,000 Mortgage Burned in Presence of Congregation That Fills Auditorium to Capacity at Sunday Serv ice; Other Preachers Participate With Biship Paul B. Kern, of Greensboro, in charge of four annual conferences of the denomination in, the Carolinas, preaching the sermon, the stone edifice of the First Metho dist church here was formerly de dicated at special services held at the 11 a. m. hour Sunday morning. A congregation that filled the church to its capacity attended. The dedication followed payment last week of the last remaining ob ligation on a $60,000 bonded debt Element made at ithat time bejng owed Richmond banks, the total set -536,043. The money had been raised in a campaign the congregation had carried on during the past four or five weeks. Rev. D. E. Earnhardt, now closing his fourth year as pastor of the local church, who led the debt-raising drive was in charge of the services. In ad dition to the bishop, several preach ers of the North Carolina Conference PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. GREAT SMOKY PARK HIGHWAY IS ROUTED IN NORTH CAROLINA Reserve Board Head m mWB HjPh S v:j H Jill K '-x! % sate- Hi ft pHik : : SB : ■ hR. (fSSSIt : : : A-x’a> H >■ ! tt 'mMMI Marriner 5- Ecde» Youthful AUssistant Secretary of the Treasury Man iner S. Eccles succeeds Eugene Black as Governor of the Federal Reserve Board. He was Salt Lake City banker before appointment to treasury post, his first public office ARMISTICE BRINGS ~ FRENCH DISORDERS Renewed Outbursts Between Political Factions Mar Day’s Events SEVERAL ARE INJURED General Fight Occurs at Lille and ltiotiug Ureas Out at Sarboime; Demonstrations Against Heriot. Paris, Nov. 12 (AP) Armistice Day was a signal for renewed out bursts between rival French political organizations, their hatred fanned by the fal lof the Doumerkue cabinet. Gunfights in Paris and street brawls in several other centers and towns punctured the nation’s honors to her war dead. Several persons were in jured. There was a general fight at Lille when Nationalists jeered a parade of Socialists and communists forming an anti-Fascist affair. There was rioting in front of the memorial to war dead at. Sarbonne, with communists and their oppon ents exchanging blows. Demonstrations against Edouard Herriot, former premier, held respon sible for the downfall of the Doumer gue cabinet, occurred in Paris and elsewhere. SIX RESCUED FROM LAKE BY A CUTTER Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 12.—(AP) — Six persons suffering from, ex posure were rescued by a coast guard cutter today from their cabin cruiser the Sylvia, aground off Tutrle Island, about five miles from here, in Lae Erie. The Sylvia had been missing since yesterday and fears had been expressed for the safety of those aboard. wex’e present for the occasion, incluu ing Rev. T. G. Vickers, pastor of the Methodist church in Oxford, who was pastor here w'hen the new church wu.- launched ten years ago; Dr. F. S. Love, of Raleigh, presiding elder ol the Raleigh district, in which Hend erson is located; and Dr. M. T. Ply ler, editor of the North Carolina Christian Advocate. Other former pas tors of the church had been invited and were expected to be present, but they were detainer" at the last min ute. The dedication exercises were brief and simple. The entire service lasted a little over an hour and a half. After the usual opening service, including two anthems by the choir, came the dedicatory sermon by Bishop Kern. The pastor then called on J. H. Bridgers, who presented the cancell ed mortgage, and gave a brief resume (Continued on Paso Throe) 6'^pages TODAY FIVB CENTS COPY Secretary Ickes Overrules Board of Three, Which Had Allotted Route To Tennessee SIXTEEN MILLIONS PROVIDED FOR ROAD Connects Shenandoah And Great Smoky National Parks; Scenic Highway Reaches Down by Blowing Rock, Asheville and Way nesville Sections Washington, Nov „2 (AP) Secre tary Ickes announced today he had chosen the so-called North Carolina route for the southern section of the Bhenandoah-'Grqat Smoky Mountain National Park scenic highway. The secretary overruled ‘the find ing of a board of three, which recom mended the route suggested by Ten nessee. The selected route runs from Blow ing Rock, south along the Blue Ridge and the Mount Mitchell and Craggy ißilges near Asheville, N. C., thence into the Mt. Pisgah range, running sharply northwest along a line on that range west of Waynesville, with an entrance into the park as a. point where it will connect with the New found Pap highway near Cherokee. N. C. Tekes, who made known his decision iii letters to Governor Ehringliaus, of North Carolina, and Governor Hill Me A1 ester, of Tennessee, said his se lection was influenced by the fact that there is now an entrance into the Great Smoky Mountains Nation al Park at Gatlinburg, N. C. The scenic highway, to cost more than $16,000,000. will connect the Shenandoah National Park in Vir ginia and the Great Smoky Mountains National park in North Carolina and Tennessee. LURING H ALS AND BAILEY ARE EXTREMELY PLEASED Raleigh. Nov. 12 (AP) Governor Ehringliaus and Senator J. W. Bailey two of the leaders in the fight to bring to North Carolina the main en trance to the Great Smoky Moun tains National Park from the park to-park scenic highway today express ed themselves as extremely pleased when informed the State had won its 'battle. 1 he chief executive and senator were doing an Armistice Dav parade together when told that the route had been accepted. 1 hat is great, marvelous,” they both said at almost the same time. GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE VERY MiJCll DISAPPOINTED Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 12 (AP) Governor Hill McAllister today said lie was “very much disappointed” at the action of Secretary Ickes in se lecting the North Carolina route for the southern section of the Shenan doah-Great. Smoky Mountains Na tional Park highway. Carolinas Observing Armistice (By the Associated Press) The Carolinas today wound up a. three-day celebration of Armistice Day with parades, barbecues ami speeches, ringing with pleas for larger military forces. Because Armistice Day fell this year on Sunday, some of the celebrations were staged on Saturday and other towns and cities waited until today to have their celebrations. Special services were held in a number of churches yesterday, and in South Carolina Governor Blackwood, called for a two-minute silence over the State at 11 a. m. Sunday. ALABAMA SHERIFF Court Holds He Failed To Obey Orders in G. O. P. Election Probe Fort Payne, Ala., Nov. 12.—(AP>— Sheriff W. S< Pope, of De Kalb coun ty, today was cited for contempt of court by Judge A. E. Hawkins, pre siding in De Kalb circuit court, for alleged failure to obey orders of the court in an inquiry into last Tuesdays general election. Sheriff Pope was ordered to appear! at a hearing tomorrow morning at IQ (Continued vi* l*ugy Two) A