HENDERSON
gateway to
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY -SEC OLD TEAK
WILL BLOCK BONUS IS RIDER FOB TAX BILL
Offerings heavy
One Man Sells 21,700 Founds
far $6,295 on Nashville
Market During
the Day
growers protest
WAREHOUSE COSTS
Mass Meeting Called For
This Friday To Launch
Fight for Enforcement Os
New State Law; Ware
housemen H ave Obtained
Injunction Against Cuts
Valdosta. Ga.. Aug. 6—(AP) —Re-
fer? cf good offerings and satisfac
tory prices continued over the Geor.
gin'bright leaf tobacco belt today.
Warehousemen at Statesboro unof
ficially estimated total sales yester
day at 220.000 pounds, with an aver
age of $23.50 per hundred. One far
mer sold 7.49? pounds for $2,340.78.
they said, adding that the Statesboro
market is “far ahead of last year."
At Nashville one man sold 21.100
pounds for a total of $6,295. with the
or ices ranging from 25 cents for his
lower grades to 32 cents for his get
ter grades. Buyers said unofficially
that the sale probably was a record
one for the section.
GROWERS TO MEET FRIDAY
TO PROTEST FLOOR COSTS
Nashville. Ga.. Aug. 6.—(AP)—Cir
culars distributed here today called
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Preacher Better
After Bite From
Poisonous Snake
Tbomasville, Aug. 6. (AP) —Al-
though his arms were swollen and
black, Campbell Holmes. Ideal
preacher, who let a rattlesnake
bite him as a demonstration of his
faith, today still declined to re
ceive medical attention.
Holmes' condition was reported
as somewhat improved by atten
dants in his household.
Holmes attributed the improve
ment to prayers by himself and
members of his congregation. He
let the snake bite him at church
services Sunday night.
Holmes discribed himself as a
"sanctified holy” minister-
Zenge Plea
Not Guilty
Os Murder
Chicago. Aug. 6.— (AP)—Mandeville
Zer.ge young Missouri carpenter, to
day pleaded innocent to the charge
that he murdered Dr. Walter J-
Bauer. Kirksville, Mo., osteopath, by
mutilation.
The plea was first entered in
Zer.ge's behalf by his attorney, Joseph
Gre a n, when the prisoner was ar
raigned before Judge Justin S. Me
Carthy in felony court. Judge Mc-
Carthy then asked Zenge if he wished
to make a plea personally. Zenge said
be did. and pleaded, innocent.
He was remanded to the custody of
tbe sheriff and taken from State’s
attorney's officials who in five days
c f questioning had been unable to
shake his contention that he knew
nothing of the death of Dr. Bauer.
State Makes Collections
In Three Days In Excess
Os Entire August In 1934
llispatrh U«irea«,
In the SJt Waiter Hotel.
*. C. HASKERVILL.
Haleigh. August 6—North Carolina
-oLected the first three days of Aug
-Ist $517,000 more than the entire
mon *h of August, 1934 produced.
Fot the eight month of the calen
'y an d the second of the fiscal year,
he revenue division collected last
august $1,814,200. Up to Saturday
right the last available figures there
“ ad b =en received $2,331,811.63, or
■->■’l7,ooo more in three days than was
collected j r , August, j 1934. Every
mpttiterantt Daily Dispatch
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIIWHNIA.
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Belgian Officers Train Ethiopians for War
Officers from heroic Belgian army which staved off German tide until France and Britain could mobi
lize, now are whipping Ethiopian tribesmen into modern army to oppose Italian invasion in training
camps near Addis Ababa, as shown here. fCentral P --'
H. C. Hopson, Utility Leader,
Eludes Committee Once More
Relief Workers In
Kansas On Strike
Kansas City, Kans., Aug. 6
(AP) —Protesting a 67 1-2 percent
reduction in relief funds for the
next five weeks, 1,000 Wyandotte
county relief project workers and
unemployed persons gathered in
the county court house today and
proclaimed they would stay In the
building until given more adequate
relief.
Ihe protestants sent in a com
mittee to see Frank M. Holcomb,
chairman of the board of county
commissioners. The committee de
manded 'he issuance of more re
lief bonds. Holcomb told the com.
mittee a decision could not be
made until he had conferred with
other members of the commission
this afternoon.
NEW ‘WHITE HOPE’
OF G. 0. P. ARISES
Leaders /Looking Over”
Man Who Wrote Hot Tax
Bill Protest
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer
: Wash/ingfton, Aug. 6. —Within the
last few days Republicans have been
speaking of Representative Roy O.
Woodruff of Michigan as a possible
G. O. P. presidential "white hope.”
They began referring to him in this
fashion the morning after the appear
ance of the representatives' ways and
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sign about the revenue offices looks
to a record-breaker for this month.
The huge sales tax pick-up is due in
tts entirety. It may produce close
to a million. , .
The revenue offices do not pretend
that the entire credit is theirs, but
they are getting a much greater per
centage of what is due than they
Save been able to collect in many
what improved, but the State is in its
vears Business conditions are some
duH months. _Still the collections
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HENDERSON, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 16, 1935
Witness Teills of Conversa
tion With Gas Executive
Inj Washington
Last Night
SEARCH FRUITLESS
BY CAPITAL POLICE
More Taxes Demanded from
Properly Classes by Reve
nue Official; Lindbergh Is
Mentioned as Candidate
For President; Earhart
Makes Stiff Protest
Washington, Aug. 6. (AP) —A
fruitless search for H. C. Hopson, long
sought dominant figure in the Asso
ciated Gas and Electric systems, was
conducted today by Washington police
and investigators for two congress
ional committees.
It was started after B. B. Robin
son, Washington representative for
the company in its activities against
the utility bill, testified he talked
with Hopson last night at the Shore
ham hotel.
Police and investigators rushed
there but no trace of him was found.
It was said he had not been re
gistered.
The Senate went to work on the
Roosevelt tax bill, passed yesterday
by the House. Senator Robinson, the
Democratic leader, announced a de
cision to block efforts to attach bonus
payments and other issues to the
measure when it reaches the Senate
floor.
Before the Senate Finance Commit
tee, Robert H. Jackson, counsel for
the Internal Revenue Bureau, testi
fied that “the property class” should
contribute additional revenue to go
toward balancing the budget and
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YOU MIGHTQUITRACE
Son of Elder Abernathy in
Third District Wants to
Go to Congress
In tl»e Sir Walter Hotel.
Dally Dispatch Bnreai,
AY J. C. BASKSIRVILL.
Raleigh, Aug. 6.—Follow-ups to the
publication that Charles Laban Aber
nethy, Jr., of New Bern, is t 0 run for
Congress against Graham Barden
have been expected, but there is a
feeling here that Mr. Abernethy will
reconsider if he realty has thought
seriously of going into the third dis-
0
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FUTURE LAWYERS
Applicants Must File When
They First Enter Law
School Course
EDUCATION IS HIGH
Three Years of Study and Later De
gree Work Will Be Required
and That From Recog
nized Law School
In Ihe Sir Walter Hotel,
Dally Dispatch Bnreas,
BY J. C. JiASKERVILL.
Raleigh, Aug. 6.—Future lawyers
will find the rules of the State Bar
Incorporated, harder to crash, per
sons who have looked over the latest
of them announced today.
The general rules of the Supreme
Court, found in the 200 North Caro
lina reports, are made to govern ap
plications for law license, but there
are some notable differences to he
employed in examinations which fol.
low the August. 1935, and the January
1936. classes. The board of law ex
aminers has presented these rules and
they are now in effect.
The prospective lawyer shall file his
notice when he sets out to study law
and the board can then take notice
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Seems Impossible Now All
Schools Can Be Sup
plied by Opening
Dally Dispatch Bureau,
In (Be Sir Walter Hotel.
BY .* C. EASKERVILL.
Raleigh, Aug. 6—Book troubles
which the State’s representatives yes
terday discussed with the publishers
in Richmond were partially cured by
that verdict, but it is not yet certain
that the rentals will be available by
the opening of schools early in Sep
tember.
The State sent from Raleigh Super
intendent Clyde A. Erwin, of the de
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■"WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair', tonight and Wednesday;
&ot much change in temperature.
Cash Payment Now
Os Soldier Bonus
Sought By Legion
State Convention at Fayette
ville Goes on Record
Without One Dis
senting Vote
DANIELS IS NAMED
STATE COMMANDER
Raleigh Publisher Chosen,
and Asheville Wins Over
Winston-Salem for 1935
Convention*; Three - Men
Board Displaces State Ath
letic Director
Fayetteville, Aug. 6 (AP) —Jose-
phius Daniels, Jr., of Raleigh, today
was elected commander of the North
Carolina Department of the Ameri
can Legion by acclamation at its 17th
annual convention here.
Election of officers was the final
business of the convention, which
previously had srone on record for im
mediate payment of the adjusted ser
vice certificates and heard Frank L.
Belgrano. Jr., national commander,
promise the Legion would continue to
press for legislation by the present
Congress for payment of the certifi
cates.
Other officers elected were:
Junius Rose, Greenville: Burgin
Pennell, Asheville, and W. C. Dowd,
Sanford, vice-commander; Rev. Eu
gene Manchester, chap
lain: A. R. Newsom, Chapel Hill, his
torian; and Lewis L. Rochelle, Oteen,
judge advocate.
Mrs. R. Sam McClelland, Wilming
ton, was elected president of the Le
gion Auxiliary. iVce-presidents elect
ed were: Mrs. Morgan Revell, Wil
mington; Mrs. Herbert White, Fay
etteville; Mrs. Clay Hundley, Reids
ville; Mrs. C. T. Andrews, Charlotte,
and Mrs. C. M. Taylor, Oteen.
Other Auxiliary officers selected in
clude Mrs. J. L. Wester, Henderson,
sergeant-at-arms.
Daniels, business manager of the
Raleigh News and Observer, and son
of the ambassador to Mexico and for
mer secretary of the navy during the
World War, succeeds Hubert Olive,
of Lexington.
Fayetteville, Aug. 6. —(AP) —Imme-
diate cash payment of the adjusted
service compensation certificates was
asked by the North Carolina Depart
ment of the American Legion in a re.
solution adopted today at its annual
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Virginias
Paralysis
At Record
Richmond, Va., Aug. 6. — (AP) —The
State Health Department today re
ported 23 new cases of infantile paraly
sis, a record for any one day, dur
ing the epidemic as reports from
throughout the State showed a num
ber of recoveries from the disease.
SEVEN NEW PARALYSIS
CASES IN THIS STATE
Raleigh, Aug. 6.—(AP)—There were
seven additional infantile paralysis
cases reported in North Carolina to
the State Board of Plealth today.
There were four more typhoid fever
cases listed today.
ECONOMIC JAM IS
BREEDING HATRED
Nations So Barred Against
Each Other That Trade
Is Throttled
By( LESLIE EICHEL
Central Press Staff Writer
New York, Aug. 6—Better business
conditions, better crops and distrac
tions by emotional issues (such a po
litical and religious controversies?
tend to take the mind off the major
economic problems, some of the lead
ing economists are saying. The major
economic problems remain unsettled.
The majority of the large nations
of the world are living off prices peg
PUHLIBH HD BVRRi AFTHLNOO*
HXCBPT SUNDAY.
To Head American
Legion In State
JOSEPHUS DANIELS, JR.
MUSSOLINI CALLS
75.000 MORE MEN
INTO WAR DUTIES
Additional Summons De
clared “Consequence of
Heavy Ethiopian
Mobilization”
TWO REGULAR ARMY
DIVISIONS ASSEMBLE
One Black Shirt Division
Also Called Out; Makes 13
Also Called Out; Mokes 13
Divisions of Soldiers Al
ready Sent to East Africa
or in Training for Service
There
Rome. Aug. 6 (AP)—Premier Mus
solini today called 75,000 more men to
arms “as a consequence of heavy
Ethiopian mobilizations.”
Specifically, he ordered the mobi
lization of two regular army divii
sions and a volunteer fascist black
shirt division, and created two re
placement divisions.
The long expected “communique
No. 9” announced the new increase
in Italy's fighting strength.
The mobilization order brought the
number of divisions already sent to
East Africa or in training for service
there to seven regular army and six
black shirt militia.
New Deal Is Issue
In State Elections
In Some Sections
(By the Associated Press )
Mississippi ballotted today in a
State office Democratic primary as
Rhode Island voters filled a congres
sional vacancy in an election general
ly regarded as a New Deal test.
Kentucky counted last Saturday’s
votes, which indicated a necessity for
a run-off primary to decide the gub
ernatorial contest between A. 8..
Chandler and Thomas S. Rhea.
Soldiers To Admit Only
Workers At Pelzer Mills
Pelzer, S. C., Aug. 6—(API-
Four men said to be strikers were
charged with assault with intent
to kill in Warrants issued totay;
as union representatives prepar
ed to confer with Governor Olin
D. Johnston with regard to his
“state ofin surrection” order in
connection with the Pelzer Manu
facturing Company’s strike.
Union leaders charged the gov
ernor’s military control orders
were being used by the mill as «,
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BONUS IS TO HAVE
PREFERRED STATUS
IN NEXT KRESS
Congressional Leaders Hope
Thus To Speed Adjourn
ment for the Pres
ent Session
ROOSEVELT OKAYS
TOBACCO GRADING
Flannagan Said President
Stamped It With His Un
qualified Approval; Says
Executive Thinks Great
Good Will Come of It to
The Farmers
Washington, Aug. 6.—(AP) —A de
cision to block efforts to attach bontss
payments or other “extraneous” issues
to the Roosevelt, tax bill was reached
today by Democratic leaders.
At the same time they agreed to
give bonus legislation preferred status
at the next session of Congress.
Expressing hope that this would
speed adjournment, Senator Robinson
the majority leader, said many bonus
advocates felt a tax bill amendment
would not develop the full strength
that the proposal might muster if of
fered separately next year.
ROOSEVELT IS BACKING
TOBACCO GRADING BILL
Washington, Aug. 6.—(AP)—Repre
sentative Flannagan, Democrat, Vir
ginia, today said President. Roosevelt
stamped the Flannagan bill for free»
tobacco grading with his “unqualified
approval.”
The President, he said, expressed
his approval of the measure to a de.
legation of House members from Vii
ginia, Kentucky and North Carolina
who called at the White House to dis
cuss the bill, which now is before the
Senate Agriculture Committee, with
Hough approval given it more than a
weqk ago.
Among those in the delegation were
Rdpresfentatives Hancock and Cobley,
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Fund Is Allotted
To Make War Upon
Pink 801 l Worms
Washington, Aog. G. — (AP) —A
war on the pink boll worm, arch
enemy of the cotton planter, was
in the making today as President
Roosevelt approved an allotment
of $91,200 for the destruction of
wild cotton In southern Florida-
This plant is one of the prin
cipal hosts to the pest in the Unit
ed States.
Appeal For
Lea:ve Lost
By Mooney
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 6. —(AP)
—Tcm MooneJ’s offer to post $1,000,.
000 bail for tempoxgjy relief from San
Quentin prison today joined the fa
mous convict’s list of other unsuccess
ful attempts at freedom.
Half an hour after the application
was filed late yesterday by Mooney's
attorney. George T. Dav*s, the State
Supreme Court denied the request.
Mooney, convicted j?f the San Fran
cisco preparedness day bombings in
1916 has sought temporary release
that hem ight go east to be present
when depositions are taken in con
nection with the hearing of his habeas
corpus bid for freedom.
shield for the importation of what
they termed “strike-breakers.”
Pelzer, S. C.. Aug. 6 (AP)—Mili
tiamen set out today to keep every
one out of the Pelzer cotton mills ex
cept workers employed in the plants
or living in the mill village before a
strike began July 15.
The Slate troops acted in accord
ai a itn an order by youthful Gover
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