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HENDERSON gateway TO central CAROLINA YEAR WASHINGTON DENIES U. S. IS INTERVENING IN AFRICAN MUDDLE Stats Department Professes Igrorance of Purported Gerard Trip to Rome ETHIOPIAN OFFICIAL HURRYING TO TOKYO Reported Mission Is To Buy Munitions Supplies for War With Italy and To Open Legation in Japan; Ethio pia Seeks Economic Suffi ciency London. Aug. 9.—(AP) —Published ’•eports purporting to disclose that the United States is taking an active Interest in the Italo-Ethiopian oon trcversv preceded Anthony Eden’s re turn to London today to make final preparations for tri-power conversa. tions. British press reports said James W. Gerard, former United States ambas sador to Germany, was hastening to Rome at the request of the American government to talk over the situation with Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy. Ignoring the fact that Gerard re tired from the American diplomatic service 18 years ago, and presenting r.o positive authority for their state ment, the newspapers pictured Gerard as an unofficial observer and possible mediator. Gerard recently was in London, and has been vacationing on the French Riviera (State Department officials at Washington said they were not ac quainted with any order sending Ge rard to Rome as an official American representative to discuss the Italo- Ethiopian situation. Gerard served at Berlin until the breaking off of dip lomatic relations with the American entry into the World War, and has not been connected -with the diploma, tic service since then.) Although British government cir cles were looking forward to the Paris talks with gloomy foreboding, there were no signs of surrender of their determination to avert war by any means possible. They indicated recognition that the issue should be decided once and for nil Escapee Is Nabbed For An Attack Raleigh. Aug. 9. —(AP) —Ross Cline convict who escaped from the Alex ander county prison camp yesterday, and was alleged to have attempted criminal assault on a 14-year-old Alex, ar.der county girl, was being rushed to Central Prison here this afternoon after his capture. Oscar Pitts, assistant superinten dent of the penal division, said CTlne was caught near the Alexander-Ire del! line this morning, and was start ed here under heavy guard, due to high feeling in Alexander county. A mob had been seeking the convict, Pitts was told. Governor Ehringhaus ordered high way patrolmen to aid Sheriff Mayes, cf Alexander county, in protecting Cline. Pitts said Clinew as working as water boy at the Alexander camp as a trusty, and “walked off,” He was serving two years from Hickory for breaking, entering and larceny, and entered prison April 22. A T o details of the alleged attempt ed assault were known by Pitts. POLISSEENIN TEAM HE Every Member of State Board Except Governor Is Up for Election In tit* sir Walter Hotel. Daily Dispatch Rareaa, AY j. C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, August 9 —There is more ban sympathy for the teachers and a desi re to see that they get at least *7 per ce nt increase, back of the ac mn of the State Board of Education, which went the State School Commis sjon one better and promised the senool teachers the 20 per cent in f>Pase for all eight months, according observers here. The school com ‘imssion ge-ommended that the 20 ! .(Coatfrwoi ca Page Five.) iirniirrsmt tUtilit Dtsnatrh s'.® LEASED WIRE gBUtVICR OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Bares Third Party [jBB Georgi Dimitrov, Communist tried by Germany for the Reichstag fire and now a nigh official in the Com munist International, holding con gress in Moscow, tells delegates that a new third party is being formed in United States with Red backing and platform of opposition to banks, trusts and “chief enemies of the people.” (Central Press) Intruders Fire Bed Os Negro Girls Two Negro Men Held at Durham for One of Most Brutal Crimes on Record Durham. Aug. 9. —(AP) —Two Ne gro girls are at the point of death in Duke hospital and police are hold ing two Negro men for investigation in connection with what they sav is one of the most brutal crimes in th<» history of Durham. As Irene Williams, 17. and her sis ter. Ella Mae. 15, lay in bed at their home here at 3:14 o’clock this morn ing, some one threw gasoline on the bed from an open window and ignit ed it. Both were horribly burned about the legs and body before they could reach safety. Hospital author ities today held out slight hope for their recovery Police jailed John Poe, 33. year-old butler of W. P. Budd. and Floyd Hart, 22-year-old Negro, follow ing preliminary police examination that disclosed Poe had made an un successful attempt last night to get the older girl to go out with him, and when she refused, to have threatened to kill her. He is said to have per suaded Hart to' go with him to the girls’ home in another attempt to make a date with the elder, and again was unsuccessful. The fire was dis covered less than an hour later. There Is No Depression In The U. S. Oil Industry Babson Says Giant Business Is Breaking All Records; Production Under Control As Means of Conserv ing Supply; U. S. Produces 60 Percent Total BY ROGER W BABSON, Copyright 1935, Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Babson Park, Mass., Aug. 9. —Stim- ulated by the remarkable popularity of the automobile, “hard times in the oil in dustry haved isappeared. Even though fewer cars are register ed this year than in 1929, motor travel is the heaviest on record and gasoline consumption has hit a new all-time peak. Each day motorists use forty two million gallons of gasoline, or nearly two gallons for every vehicle in this country. , . We Produce Sixty Per Cent of World’s Oil I have just reviewed world oil pro duction figures for the first half of 1935. Despite the fact that business throughout the world is still fifteen per cent below normal, I was amaz ed to find that oil production had broken all records. Petroleum, of course, is a natural resource and its supply is limited. It took millions of years to create the present reserves and itw ill take millions more to re plenish them. Yet over barrels of oil are being taken out of the ground every year. Os th J s .^ ug ® total the United States contributes sixty per cent; Russia fourteen per HENDERSON, N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 9, 1935 Quits School Job WWS X Leßoy Martin, who has been exe cutive secretary of the State School Commission for a number of years, today resigned that position, effec tive September 1. to become associat ed with the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, with headquarters in Winston-Salem. TWOCOLORED MEN AfiE ELECTROCUTED AT STATE’S PRISON 1 Housto'm McMillan and Van der Glover, of Fayette ville, Make Part Confession COLORED MERCHANT KILLED IN ROBBERY Both Had Professed Inno cence of the Slaying Until Just Before Their Death; Each Talks While Seated in Chair; McMillan Was 19 and Glover 39 Raleigh, Aug. 9 —(AP)— Houston McMillan and Vander Glover, Ne groes convicted in Cumberland coun ty of murder, were electrocuted at 'State’s Prison here today. McMillan went to the chair first. The two men were sentence J to die for the killing of Robert Williams, a Negro storekeeper in Fayetteville, during an alleged robbery attempt McMillan said while seated in the chair that he struck Williams in the head with a bottle and got his money, which -was in a paper sack, but turn ed the money over to Glover wichout counting it. He denied he killed Wil liams. Glover was asked while seated in the chair how much money McMillan # Dr»r»fl»i»»orI An REPORT CAPTURE OF S. C. BANK ROBBER Columbia, S. C., Aug. 9 (AP)—Po lice of Columbia announced today they had been informed a man had been taken into custody at Fayette ville, N. C., in connection with the 'sllsoo .robbery of the Enterprise Bank at Smoaks, S. C., Tuesday. They said they did not know the de tails. cent; Venezuela nine per cent; and all other countries seventeen per cent. The rapidity with which we are consuming our petroleum resources has forced the Federal government to take a hand in the oil fields. All down through the history of the industry, the so-called “Law of Capture” has been responsible for the periodic up. heavals and terrific waste. Tftiis law, upheld years ago by the courts, re cognized no boundaries in the under ground pools of “liquid gold.” This meant that oil operators either had to observe some system of prorated production or they had to engage iq. a race to sink the most wells and pump the most oil in the quickest time. Because a few producers never obeyed the rules of the game, the en tire industry has been forced to go on periodic wasteful and costly sprees. Abusing a Natural Resource Unbridled production from a con servative standpoint is criminal. Where a pool is pumped too fast, millions of gallons of oil, which would otherwise be brought to the surface, are lost forever. I am not an advo cate of government interference in private business. I do feel very strong (Continued on Page Throe) TiJelSm Commission in Early After noom Had Made No Choice For Leroy Mortin’s Job TO EXPLAIN VIEWS ON TEACHERS’ PAJf Will Probably Accept Change of 20 Percent Raise for Full Eight Months Period; No Action Taken on Pay for City Superin tendents Raleigh, Aug. 9.—(AP)—The State School Commission early this aftei-. noon had considered only routine bus iness matters, and had not taken up the resignation of Leßoy Martin, its executive secretary. It was indicated that Lloyd Griffin, of Edenton. who was a member of the Senate during 1933 and 1935, would be named as Martin’s successor during the day. The commission also was scheduled to adopt a resolution setting forth its position on teachers’ salaries- The commission proposed a sche dule granting a 20 percent raise for seven months, with the pay for the eighth month of the State-supportea term to depend on available funds. The State Board of Education, re quired by law to approve the sche dule which is placed in effect, chang ed the proposal to guarantee the 20 percent raise for the full eight months The commission ai\s expected to ac cept the change. No action had been taken on city superintendents’ pay in mid-afternoon It was voted to allow additional teachers where justified by an in. crease in enrollment for the first two weeks of the session. TOLOWSTANDARDS Proposal for Penny Fractions to Pay Sales Taxes Has Sombre Side By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Washington, Aug. 9.—Opponents of midget money advance against it the point that living standards are low in all countries where such money circulates. William A. Du Puy, a recognized authority on coinage and author of a standard book (“Money”) on the sub ject, ventures the guess, however, that midget money is not what causes low living standards but that low liv ing standards necessitate the coming of midget money; otherwise there would be no denomination small enough for the microscopic transac. tions to which most trade is restrict ed. American midget money advocates suggest the issuance of one-tenth and onehalf cent coins to enable buyers to meet sales taxation at its exact rate, or approximately so. That is to say, if there is a one mill tax on a 10-cent sale the vendor is likely to charge 11 cents; he doesn’t propose to pay the tax himself and there is no coin small enough to per (fVmHnuofl on Hasre Three) newlealMre^ .V “General Welfare” Clause of Constituti6ni Basis of AAA Victory By LESLIE EICHEL Central Tress Staff Writer New York, Aug- 9.—New Dealers are hailing the decision of U. S. Dis trict Judge John D. Martin, of Mem phis, Tenn., upholding the AAA pro cessing taxes, for a significant rea. son. The judge based his decision on the “general welfare” clause of the Con stitution. This is the clause under which the New Dealers contend all their legislation was passed. The clause in the preamble of the constitution, reads: “Wle. the people of the United States, in order to form a more pei fect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for tnu common defense, promote the gen (Continued on Page Three > "Weather FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and Sat urday; not much change in tem perature. . .. ... _ Roosevelt’s Tax Program Faces Senate Controversy As Other Disputes Flare i Big Sales, Firmer Prices On Border Tobacco Marts Unofficial Average For Thursday’s Opening Is Placed At Around 21 Cents Pound LUMBERTON TOTAL OVER 610,000 POUNDS Chadbourn And Taber City Have 250,000 Pounds Each for Second Day After Clearing Up Opener; Dillon Reports Ten Per Cent Jump In Average (Bv the Associated Press.) Sales continued heavy, with prices stronger, today, on the border belt tobacco markets. In view of heavy sales, few ware houses had figured exact averages for yesterday’s opening sales, but unof ficial figures put the average around 21 cents. Lumterton’s first day sales were reported officially as 610,054 pounds at an average 0 f $21.30 per hundrea. About 300,000 pounds were on the warehouse floors there today. E. I. Reardon, Dillon newspaper man, reported some grades bringing 10 to 20 percent better prices this morning than yesterday. He quoted low types at $5.50 to sls; medium to better, sls to $25, better to best, $26 to $38.50, with a few best up to S4O. Yesterday’s sales were estimated by Reardon at 100,000 pounds- Chadbourn and Tabor City, among others were clearing up yesterday’s block this morning, and each had re ceived over 250,000 pounds for sale today. Darlington reported receipts of 200,000 pounds and Fair Bluff 85,000 pounds. All License Cards to Reveal Cut in Costs to Motor ists of State Dally Dis,»nteJi flnrem, In the Sfr Waiter Hotel. BY J. C. BASKERVILL. Raleigh, Aug. 9—The motor vehicle bureau of the State Department of Revenue is just starting on the job of changing the license cost on the file cards of almost 500,000 automobile and trucks in the State, which means that a new addressograph plate has to be made for every one of these file cards, showing what the cost of the new license plates will be when they go on sale December 1, 1935 for the license year of 1936, Assistant Commissioner of Revenue M. S. C. Noble, Jr., said today. The 1935 General Assembly changed the license cost of passenger automo biles from a basic charge of 55 cents per 100 pounds to 40 cents per hun dred pounds and also made some changes in the licensing basis for trucks. As a result, the addresso graph plate for every automobile and owner in the state must be changed to conform with the new basis be tween now and the time the new 1936 license plates go on sale in No vember. This means that first the li cense cost must be computed on al most 500,000 passenger cars and iCnntiniiAii on Paar« ThT ** > School Commission Keeps Close Check On Spendings State Agency Sets Up Own Auditing System to Tight en Control Over Disbursements of Local Units; Auditor’s Office Expert in Charge Dally Dlßpntck Borea*. Sb tne Sir Walter Hotel, BY J C. EASKRBVILIi. Raleigh, Aug. 9—The State School Commission is not only allotting the money to the schools, as in the past, but is now releasing it in monthly installments and keeping an itemized check on how every penny is being expended, it was revealed here today for the first time, although this new system has been in operation for more than a month. The reason for this new procedure, under which the PUHLIBHICD KSVfIKi AFTKIKNOOH ■XCBPT »UNP*V * Republican Elected First “by-election” Congressional setback to “New Deal” occurred with victory of Republican Charles F. Risk in Rhode Island. Risk in tends to “Repudiate the Roosevelt Administration and its acts.” CCentral Press) Ohio Flood Toll Rises; 2 Are Dead Property Damage Is Put Above $3,000,- 000; Thousand Per sons Are Homeless Zanesville, Ohio, Aug. 9 (AF) —The toll of destruction from Ohio’s worst floods in 22 year smounted higher to day as the crest f the swollen waters here moved on toward the Ohio river. With two persons known to have drowned, another missing and three others dead as an indirect result of the floods and the series of storms that preceded it, unofficial estimates of property damage ranged upward today from $3,000,000. More than 1,000 persons who resid ed in the path of the floods now are homeless and other hundreds are un der orders to flee for safety to high er ground. Alleged Criminal Assailant Pleads Innocent of Crime Wentworth, Aug* 9. —(AP) — George France, alias Jake John son, Negro accused of a criminal assault upon a 65-year-old Rock ingham county white woman, was arraigned in superior court here today and pleaded innocent. After arraignment the Negro was removed to an unannounced jail to await trial tomorrow. A special detail of State patrol men accompanied the Negro here for arraignment as a precaution against possible mob violence. school commission is keeping a con tinuous audit of the expenditure or all school funds, just as the budget bureau keeps a daily check and audit on the expenditure of all State funds, is that the new 1935 school machinery act for the first time gives the com mission authority to release school funds as well as to allot them and thus makes it possible to keep an ac curate check on their expenditure. Heretofore, the school commission (Continued on Page Three) FIVE CENTS COPY SENATE GROUP HAS VOTED CHANGE FOR IHE NEWTAX LEVY Efforts Are Made To Patch Up Quarrels Over Hold ing Bill and Social Security ROOSEVELT SIGNS WILLIAMS OUSTER Orders Former Assistant Quartermaster General From Army After Convic tion of Obtaining Loan from Salesman; Would Block Unlawful Measures Washington, Aug. 9.—(AP) —Anoth- er time-consuming controversy be tween the House and the Senate-—this time centering on the Roosevelt tax program—was in the making today as efforts were renewed to patch up their quarrels over the utilities hold ing company bill and the social se curity program. The Senate Finance Committee vot. ed to change at least one provision of the tax bill passed by the House. Members declined to disclose its na ture, and indicated more revamping was in store before the measure is reported to the Senate floor. The conferees appointed to recon cile differences between the two di visions on the holding company 'bill had another peaceful session. An aft ernoon meeting was called to speed the project. The social security bill, stripped of an amendment which would have ex empted firms with private pension plans from taxes for old-age pensionji was up for final Senate approval. Turning for the moment from leg islative affairs, the President approv ed a courtmartial verdict of guilty against Brigadier General Alexander E. Williams, former assistant quar. termaster general of the army, and ordered him from the service. Wil liams has been found guilty of ob taining a loan from an automobile supply salesman. Other developments: A joint non-partisan congressional lCor»t)rm«rl on Papp Thrpe), Witness Wanted At Smithfield Is Taken at Boston Boston, Mass., Aug. 9 (AP) —Floyd H. Parrish, 23, of Smithfield, N. C. who, authorities said, was wanted as a material witness in a criminal case, was held in SI,OOO bond for removal to Wilson, N. C., by United States Commissioner Edwin C. Jenny to day. United States Attorney Francis J. W. Ford, said Parrish disappeared from the South after L. Durkin was charged with assault with intent to kill Theo Ellis at Smithfield on June 14. Authorities said they learned Par rish was the only witness to the al leged assault. Under a new Federal statute, mate rial witnesses in criminal cases can be arrested for unlawful flight. Par rish was located in a South End rooming house a few hours before his arraignment. Bankhead Thinks 12c Loan Sure Washinjsjon, Aug. 9 (AP) —Continu- ation of the 12-cents a pound loan to cotton growers on the 1935 crop was recommended to President Roosevelt today by Senator Bankhead, Demo crat, Alabama. He predicted an early decision. The Senator, who is author of the cotton production control act, said the government estimate of 11,700,- 000 bales for this year’s production, was too high. “It is my view that the crop will not be that much,” he said. “The government estimates conditions at the peak on August 1. The crop i 3 now deteriorating, and I don’t think it will amount to that much.’ The senator declined to give any reflection of Ihe President’s view oi the government loans for the coming season. .... _ ...... k
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