HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA TWENTY-SECOND year ROPER CHARGES MITCHELL WAS INEFFICIENT FORMER GOV. M’LEAN DIES IN WASHINGTON AFTER LONG ILLNESS HhiJ long and Distinguished Carfpr !» Public and Pri vate Life In North Carolina administration in STATE OUTSTANDING Inauguration of Business Sy stem His Great Contribu tion; W»s Noted Church man and Prominent in Democratic Party Councils Os the Nation Washington. June 21—(AP*—Angus w McLean, former governor of North Carolina, died today at Emer jency hospital. He w*a3 65. Dea*h «as attributed to a blood clot !r. hi? right lung. He had been ill for several (veeks. H* 1 was brought here on May 17 frcm Atlantic City in a coast guard ambulance plane. He was stricken April 19 while en route from Wash ington. where he maintained a law cffii'r, to Atlantic City. Mh? McLean came here from v rfh Carolina to with her husband. Hr was governor of North Carolina from 1925 to 1929. After many years of law practice and 'hanking at Lumberton, N. C., McLean came to Washington during the war as a director of the War Fi nance Corporation. Later in 1920-1921 hr was assistant, secretary of the treasury under Carter Glass. He held various other governmental posts be fore he entered the governor's office. He was president of the trustees of Flora McDonald College and a tru. ep of Union Theological Sem inary at Richmond. Va . and the Uni versity of North Carolina. The latter institution conferred upon him the degree of doctor of laws in 1926 dur ing his gubernatorial term. McLean held several high offices in the Democratic party. He was chair man of Hie presidential campaign committee both times when Woodrow Wilson was elected. He was a mem ber of the Democratic National Com. (Continued on P»e» Four) Rocky Mount Event Marred By Fatality Rockv Mount. June 21 (AP) —With the death in a local hospital today of Milton Robbins, 19. driver of a float n 'hcih exploded and burned during the annual gallopade yesterday, trabedy had maned the- effect of the two-day festival which began here on Thurs day morning. Robbins and a companion, S. E. S.vkes. 40, leaped from the flaming float with their clothes on fire. Both ’'ere badly burned. The condition of Sykes was said ♦o bp critical Tthe float represented a 'ocal floral company. Dedication of the municipal airport. "Ob prominent State and national fig ures participating, were features on ♦he gallopade program for today. mm aTraid OF MITCHELL PROBE Fe«r !t Has Consequences That May Be Heard in Coming Campaign By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, June 21 — Demoiratic leaders in Congress areu neasy con cerning the consequences which they th >nk may follow the receni ousting °f Ewing Y. Mitchell from his post a: assistant secretary of commerce. Lhey are none too sure that Mit cbell lacks the raw material for a suandal of sufficient proportions to uouni in the coming presidential cam paign. Phe readiness of the former assist ant .secretary for a fight alarms them Unless he has a strong case they it. hard to believe that he would be so willing to go to the mat with Hintiirrsmi DaiUt iHtßiratrir Ex-Governor Dies ■ ; MlMlfllilrr m SF- •: ANGUS WILTON McLEAN PARALYSIS SPREADS IN SPARSEREGIONS Crowds Restricted, but Dis ease Goes Where There Are No Crowds NEW CASES REPORTED Limited Success in Affecting Cures Gives Hope in Present Unpre cedented Out-Break Over the State ' > Raleigh. June 21.—(AP)—Infantile paralysis continued its spread in Eastern North Carolina today, with the State Board of Health getting reports of six new cases scattered from Wake county to Onslow. The additional sufferers from the disease swelled to 183 the number stricken since January 1, and pushed to 124 the cases reported in June. Wake, Edgecombe, Craven, Frank lin, Martin and Onslow each listed (Continued on Page Two) INFLATMA&D ( But Nation Has AH Ammu nition for Flood-Tide of Speculation By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer New York. 21. —There seems to De a general opinion now that the Unit ed States will not have currency in flation. The danger—as many see it—lie 3 in a channel not so readily observ (Continued on Page Fnofl Time To Forget Jitters, Babson Tells Business Should Forget “Washington” and Begin Expansions; Money Cheapest in History, and That Should Stim ulate Home Building: Returns on Cash Small BY ROGER w. BABSON, Copyright 1935, Publishers Financial Bureau, *ne. Babson Park, Mass.,i June 21. — Never before in history have money rates in general been so lonw. This is one of the reasons why I believe we are approaching an era of great industrial expansion- These excep tionally low money rates are a con stant appeal for business men to be gin expansion programs. Only the lack of confidence has prevented them from taking such steps before. Prncrt nqfi rvr»o 1 Ig 'L/ ONLY DAILY L, “^® bd WIRU SERVICE OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VI^MNIA. HENDERSON, N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 21, 1935 Rules On Liquor f" <- - j HR 51, KWBffjgfc WXv.yiplw®"" He . wH JUDGE CLAWSON L. WILLIAMS FRANKIN COUNTY LIQUOR BATTLE ON IN RALEIGH COURT Eyes of Drys and Wets Fo cused on Judge Clawson Williams to Watch His Ruling WILLIAMS KNOWN AS CLEAR HEADED MAN Drys Abandoning Injunction Efforts in Some Localities, Including Pasquotank, Where They Have Hopes of Beating Liquor Control in Election Raleigh, June 21 (AP)—On the eve of the first two county liquor refen renda in North Carolina, warring fac tors came to court here today on a hearin goji a: 'tbmporafy injunction forestalling the Franklin county li quor electfofi set for June 29. A temporary restraining order ob tained by Frank Ihi county dry forces a few days ago was returnable before Judge Clawshn Tv. Williams in Wake County Superior Court at 2:30 p. fp.. Votes in Wilson and. Edgecombe coun ties scheduled for tomorrow have not been contested in the courts. Judge J. Jaul Frizzelle, who had under advisement the question of the constitutionality of the act whereby New Hanover county seeks to hold a. referendum July 2, indicated he might render a decision tomorrow. On the. same day he is scheduled to hear arg uments on the Greene county elec tion at Snow Hill. In the Sir Walter Hotel, Hally Dispatch Bnrean, Raleigh. June 21—Every bone dry and seven seas wet will be looking at Raleigh today to see the outcome of the battle which began this after noon at 2:30 before Judge Clawson Williams to determine th elegal stand ing of the Franklin county liquor bill. The New Hanover hearing drew at tention first part of the week when Judge Paul Frizzelle listened hours to arguments for and against the hold ing of an election on the Cooper liquor control bill. The wets seem less dis turbed over that fight when over the one further up-State. The New Han over lawyer who drew that bill did a cleverer piece of drafting than the gentleman who slammed the sections of the Pasquotank measure together. The opinion lacks little of universality that the New Hanover act will stand m nor- PUBLISHHD EVERY AFTBRNOOi EXCEPT HUNDA.Y, Much Will Depend on Suc cess of Captain Anthony Eden’s Coming Visit To Mussolini BRITAIN DISCOUNTS WITHDRAWAL TALK Does Not Think Mussolini Will Get Out Over Possible Interference of League Council In His Dispute With Ethiopia In East Af rican Crisis Rome, June 21. —(AP) —The Italo- Ethiopian dispute raised again today the question of the future of the Lea gue of Nations, with the burden of an answer apparently falling on Britain’s Captain Anthony Eden. Well informed sources said that whether Italy carried out her virtual threat to quit the League may de pend on Captain Eden’s forthcoming visit to Rome and his conversations with Premier Mussolini. High quarters expressed a belief (Continued on Page Five) Extra Session May Be Forced Upon Governor By Social Legislation Dally Dispatch Bareas, In the Sir Waiter Hotel. Raleigh, June 21. —Governor Eh< ringhaus fared so well at the late General Assembly’s hands that he looks with positively no favor on any body’s proposal to bring the legisla ture back to Raleigh this summer or fall, but Washington legislation may make it necessary, for all the execu. tive’s indisposition, to have another seance. As the General Assembly adjourn ed May 11, Governor Ehringhaus (•pucbH + ° ldi 'tin 0 " 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY START JULY I TO PAY 115 MONTHLY TO NEEDY OVER 65 After Iwo Years All Such Payments Must Be Match ed by Equal State Payments CRIPPLED CHILDREN AND MOTHERS AIDED 100 Mil!io>n' Dollars To Be Appropriated for Purpose Next Year; Beginning In 1937, Employers and Em ployees Each Must Be Tax ed To Raise Money Washington, June 21 rAP)— The Roosevelt social security program, idministration leaders said today, even tually will cover more than 25,000,- 000 persons. Under provisions of the legislation— now betore the House for action on Senate amendments—the Federal gov ernment. would begin July 1 paying a maximum of sls to needy persons over 65 years of age. or to needy blind, pro vided the sum is matched by the State. For the first two years, how ever, states without pension laws would not have to match this sum, ac cording to the hills as passed by the Senate. The measure would appropriate $100,000,000 for such pensions next year. In addition, this money will be‘, used to aid dependent and crippled children, destitute mothers and for other welfare purposes. Just how many needy aged will be aided at this time is not known. Estimates are that there are about 10.000,000 persons over 65 in the United States, but not all of them require financial assist ance, Beginning in 1937, employers and (Continued On Pasre ffnur.) EOVIiIM Revision of PWA Order on Labor Content in Pro jects Is Sought In the Sir Walter Hotel. Dally Dispatch Bnrean. Raleigh, June 21.— Governor Eh. ringhaus has added his voice to those of Chairman Capus M. Waynick, of the State Highway and Public Works Commission and State Superinten dent Clyde A. Erwin in protest of the Washington ruling ns to the la bor content in units of the $4,8880,- 000,000 Roosevelt act recently passed by the Congress. This five billion designed to hasten recovery will send North Carolina’s big quota into highway) and other construction. In the highway work the unit is $1,400 and that amount lContinued on Page Fonr) some sort of temporary structure for the social security legislation then pending in Congress. Washington loafed and North Carolina’s legisla ture adjourned. On the last ray a batch of liquor bills went through and that complicated State legisla tion. But Governor Ehringhaus wu not going to allow that mess to worry rim. He did his full best to avoid it and got no help from the leading drys Besides, the drys seemed fairly well satisfied with these bills, believed by «in Pfl m