$2,000,000 MORE FOR STATE ROADS Governor Allots Funds Frotti Huge Surplus to Aid County Routes Raleigh, Aug. 2—Governor Hoey, in the most important financial move ciaeo he took office, allotted an addi tional $2,000,000 today for the main tenance of the state’s secondary road system. 4 ; .i,,. Announcement of the appropriation nie simultaneously with a report of the 'budget bureau that North Caro i na ended the 1035 37 biennium with t General tund surplus of $5,231,300, the° largest in its history. t To Use Road Fund The $2,000,000, however, will be paid fo m the highway fund surplus, which on June 30 totaled $9,213,382 including federal aid money. T| ie allotment, together with the $5,- 800.000 made available by the general \s-4mbly for secondary road work during the current fiscal year, will re-mlt" in more money being spent on county or farm roads during 1937-38 than in any previous 12-month period: The entire $2,000,000 the governor said, will ne spent “to aid in placing county roads in condition in advance of the winter season.” Keeps Promise •T promised when I took office I was going to do my utmost to bring the farmers out of the mud and to improve rural school bus routes,” he added. The general fund surplus at the close of the biennium was $2,000,000 more than that estimated by the gen eral assembly in drawing up a bal anced budget. and $4,519,256 more than the surplus at the close of the 1933-35 biennium. The highway surplus, including fed eral aid, was $2,914,773 less than the 1933-35 surplus of $12,128,155, also in cluding federal aid. The highway surplus of state funds was $6,218,490. The overflowing general fund coff ers, the governor said, assured no di version of highway money during the current fiscal year. He added, how ever, that highway money might have to be diverted for other uses in 1938- 39. In the past, diversion of $1,000,000 a year has been mandatory. The gen eral assembly, however, passed a Jaw that no highway money should be put to other uses unless the general fund was exhausted. VANCE GIRLS WILL ATTEND LOUISBURG Louisburg, Aug. 2. —Several of the more than 300 students who have already enrolled at Louisfcurg Col lege for the coming year are from Vance County and nearby territory. A total of two students have al ready enrolled from this area and two towns and cities are represented. These are Henderson and Kittrell. The names of boys and girls from this section who have indicated their intentions to attend Louisburg Col lege during the comjng year are Miss Evelyn Ayscue, of Kittrell, and Miss Jewel May Smith, of Henderson. MORRISON SPEAKER AT FARM-HOME MEET College Station, Raleigh Aug. 2 Former Senator and Governor Came ron Morrison has been scheduled as the headlined speaker before the an nual summer meeting of the North Carolina Jersey Cattle Club at State College August 4. The meeting, to be held as a part of the annual Farm and Home Week at the college, is expected to draw Jersey cattlemen from all sections of the State, declared John A. Arey, ex tension dairy specialist^ VANCE TODAY TUESDAY’ First time together for Dietrich and Donat, and are they a pair. LOVE...AND DANGER! DIETRICHioNAT ** lls Universal News and colored Cartoon: Summertime. i URQUHART PRINTERS PRINTING ADVERTISING ENGRAVING Phone 474 Day or Night WE GIVE YOU OUR BEST IN QUALITY AND PRICE TOBACCO BARN Flues and Flue Repairs Legg-Parham Co. Louisburg Dean ■K mat ■< \ PROF. E. V. PEELE Louisburg, Aug. 2. —: he n«v' ,jnn of men at Louisburg College will 1 e •Prof. E. V. Peele, who has beer; teaching English it Landor College, S. C., for several years. Peele will alro be head of the English depart ment at Louisbu'’^. Jit succeeds Doaa V. R. Kilby, who has been dean of men for several' years*. Prof Kilby will remain as head of the social science department. Dean Peele has his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Wofford Col lege, S. C. He is working on his doctor’s degree at Duke University. KROCHMALNY GROUP ARE FREED BY JURY Verdict of Not Guilty Returned In Pender Superior Court on Sunday Afternoon Rurgaw, Aug. 2.—(AP)—Verdict of not guilty in the Krochmalny slaying trial was returned in Pender superior court here Sunday afternoon at 5:45 o’clock. The jury returned its verdict after two hours of deliberation during which the jurors took but one ballot voting unanimously that the defend ants—Pete Krochmalny, his son, Paul Krochmalny, the younger, and Ervin Williams, Pete’s son-in-law —were not guilty either of a conspiracy to mur der or of murdering old Paul Kroch malny, Pete’s brother. The three defendants, their fami lies and many of the feminine spec tators in the courtroom broke into tears as the verdict was announced. Mrs. Jim Williams, of Winter Park, Wilmington, mother of Ervin, who had wept quietly as the jury filed into the courtroom, jumped up to throw her arms around her boy’s neck, re joicing at his escape from the gas chamber. Stella Williams, Ervin’s pretty bru nette wife, who maintained a smiling demeanor during the entire trial, broke into tears when the jury re turned a not guilty verdict on the conspiracy to murder charge and wept afresh as the jurors announced they found the three defendants inno cent of both the charges against them. FORESTRY MEETING AT STATE COLLEGE Will Be in Conjunction With Farm and Home Week for One Day, Next Thursday College Station,, Raleigh, Aug. Members of the North Carolina For estry . Association will convene at State} College • Thursday, August 5, for their annual meeting, R. W. Grae ber, secretary, said today. Farmers, timber owners, ftirofber men, sawmill operators, pulpwood users and foresters are expected to attend this meeting, which will be held in cooperation with the annual Farm and Home IVeek at State Col lege- Officially known as Fore*stry Day”, visitors will see exhibits and demonstrations dealing with forest resources, pulpwood, lumbering, forest ■practices, fores/t taxation, forest planting, and timber measurements, Graeber said. A special feature will be an exhib it and demonstration of sawmills and other timber handling machin ery and equipment. The exhibits will be on display in the Frank Thomp son Gymnasium and on the adjoining athletic field after today. SIX FROM HERE TO CMTC TRAINING CAMP Six boys, Vance county’s CMTC quota, will leave here tomorrow for Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort Bragg for a month’s stay. Those going are Billy Peace, Billy Alston, William Candler, L. W. Hob good, Jr., Linwood Lewis and Henry Mangum. The boys will be given military train ing, and a ful program of sports will also be available to those desiring to participate. ■ • . BAPTISTS TO BUILD Will Also Add New Lights in Church and Make More Repairs There Decision was reached by the con gregation of the First Baptist church Sunddy morning to pjoceed at once with the raising of funds for the building of a new church parson age, and also the rrtaking of needed repairs to the church edifice, as well as installing moderh lighting fixtures in the main auditorium of the church. The, entire outlay is to be around $15,000. Location of the new parsonage is not yet certain, but was left in the hands of a committee to make recom mendations to the congregation later. An offer was recently received by the congregation from one of its members to match dollar for dollar any amount that would be raised for a parsonage. It is planned to invest some SIO,OOO or $12,000 in the new home for the pastor, the remainder to go on the church building. Wlhether the parsonage will be lo cated on the property adjoining the church on Wyche and Orange streets is undecided as yet. If it is built there, however, it will likely be con structed of stone to match the church building, it was stated. Definite plans for raising the money will be worked out by a com mittee and the entire project will be laid before the congregation before construction work is started. GAME MANAGEMENT COURSE AVAILABLE College Station, Raleigh, Aug. 2. — A faur-year curriculum in game management will ;be offered State College students this fall, Dr. Z. P. Metcalf, head of the Department of Zoology and Entomology, announced today. Ross O. Stevens, recently added to the faculty of the Zoology depart ment, has already built up a course of study for students who register in that branch this fall. In addition to his duties as asso ciate professor of zoology at State College, Stevens will act as research biologist in game management for the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development. He was formerly employed by the Biological Survey of the U. S. De partment of Agriculture in charge of upland game management demon stration, and has also been with the U. S. Forest Service. Roosevelt-Lewis Friction Growing «... ~ (Continued from Page One.) eminently of Lewis’ allignment, jab bing back, says: “The federal government” (with President Roosevelt at its head) “has not displayed the slightest inter est in protecting the rights of the striking ajteel workers” (Lewisites) “which have been so flagrantly dis regarded.” Friction.? In other words, “Plague on you” is the administration’s attitude toward the Lewisites. Oppositely, the Lewisites demand that “national” particularly NATION AL, meaning Roosevelt)” authorities . . . bring to justice those persons wh< actively participated ... in the wan ton murder ...of . . workers.” It does not scud much as if Rooseveltians and Lewisites any long er are harmonious. “A plague on you” is the Roosevel tian attitude toward the Lewisites. Acquiescence in “wanton murder” is the Lewisonian charge against Rooseveltianism. Is a certain amount of friction in dicated? Strangulation Victim &*X*X*X*;"X^hX*^X - X;XxXxEv.x*x";*XyX%*>XsJ*J*K - I , £Xylv'vX'X;Xx'X"!"x'x*X‘ HBMK; «HBh mailt , =<j v - : Mrs. Florence Jackson, 37, of Jaqk son Heights, L. 1., mother of two children, posed for this vivacious portrait shortly before her death by strangulation. New York police say Stanley A. Martin, Jr., told them she had asked him to strangle her after discussing their unhappy • love affair. mt ~c RELIEF HENDERSON. (N. CJ DAILY DISPATCH,. MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1937 Scene From “Lost Colony” :kiHI>LZ*SA. i , l w i *** i, yp;!. y { i—JL Katherine Cale, English actress, as Eleanor Dare with her baby, Virginia Dare, in a scene from Paul Greene’s pageant-drama, “The Lost Colony.” This is one of many illustrations in the edition of the play just published by the University of North Carolina Press. Japanese Close Up Peiping Gates And Prison Foreigners (Continued from Page One.) Japanese troops mopping up in the area were being poured into North China, both through the Great Wall passes to the north and by rail on the Manchoukuoan border to the east. Troop movements completely disrupt ed all normal rail service throughout Hopeh province. Schedules were al most imperative to the north of the borden of Shantung province. Debate Will Last Only Day Or Two Before the Vote (Continued from Page One.) said overhead expenses of the Reset tlement Administration’s homestead projects were “astounding.” He said 175 home units for mountain people of Virginia would cost nearly SB,OOO each and a responsible contractor had sub mitted a bid to reproduce the houses in one group at S9OO each. After a vote on the Wagner bill, the Senate will take up the non-controver sial court procedure bill. Little oppo sition was expected unless some one Wife Preservers Read the labels on canned foods. Some tell the number of slices contained in the can, and others give useful information about the contents. |AON£NS£ 5 (v\pnrTfet2, \ -60. U - ) *oo^s uje. want Moße^ WooT tN T oQ*'* j*n Kiwanians Leader F. Trafford Taylor of Chicago, is* shown putting expression into his acceptance speech after being elected president of the Interna tional Kiwanians at their conven tion in the Windy City. (Central Prc»»X should attempt to revive the oirginal .Supreme Court Reorganization pro gram There were reports of sucha move but no confirmation of it. Senator Minton, Indiana Democrat, one of the leading reorganization Dem ocrats, has announced he will offer an amendment to require two-thirds decisions by the Supreme Court to in validate acts of Congress. Wife Preservers * l * /fWT\ Pans used in baking biscuits should not be too deep, or the biscuits will not brown evenly on all sides. A pan about one inch deep is just right. Wife Preservers If you bum your cake, let it get entirely cool, then scrape the burned parts off with a lemon grater. This makes it smooth and ready for icing. Wife Preservers If you have no place to put mops, brooms and other kitchen utensils, build a kitchen-aid clos et on the back of any door with celotex hardboard. AoAtt AfUMSKULV rgg* , - te&s.y-jsgf DEAE. NOAH= WOULD /YOU SAT A FURIKJEJa. OPERATED A SKIN GAME 7 MU-TON I—ELN6R.IN NE.W YORK./ N.v. DEAR NOAH*®DID OUR. WESTERN HORSES ORIGINALLY come from HORSETRAUA 7 VERNON BUPP PAYTON / O. . DEAR. NOAH*=AEE GiRLS WITHC WHITE FACES AS poßoCar AS THOSE with ©seen BACKS T ' JtttfclNlA BElias ALEXANDRIA, VA-_ HOwSthk time to MAu_vtxJg^_>oe>£ yWr- y\ _ ' /{OAK NUMSKUU. DEAR. NOAH* is the GB.EAT WALL OP CHINA FULL OF CHINKB? £STJSe.HUc£ t PSWtCH,6.PAK. Dear. ncaH=- if the ink WELL WENT DRV WOULD TUtr FINGER PRINT? MORSANTOWN.W.VA DEAE NOAH «IF THEY • TURN THE FLOtg -LIGHT ON THE STAGE,, WILL 'THE audience be: VICTOR. MAUD BRASWEL _ MtSS SBORO, N-C-_ COMC. ON FOUKf=-MAIL. YOUR. TO WQAH, CAggOg_Sils^sfi££&» ROSE AND BAPTIST WILL MEET TWICE Leaders of Soft Ball Circuit to Meet This Afternoon and Wednesday That long expected battle takes place in Soft Ball league this after noon at League Park, when the two top notch clubs of the circuit, Rose’s and Baptist, tangle for the supremacy of the top rung in the standing lad der. The Kiwanis meet the Presbyterians at Lassiter’s Field. Bankers and Methodists meet at League Park on Tuesday, while Wall Street and the Underwriters tangle at Lassiter’s Field. Wednesday finds the Kiwanis meet ing the Presbyterians again, this time at League Park, while Rose’s and Baptist come back again at Lassiter’s field. Wall Street and Underwriters meet Thursday at League Park, and Pank ers meet the Methodists at Lassiter’s Field. HENDERSON PLAYS ROCKY MOUNT NEXT Golfers Asked to Notify Captain If They Can At tend Luncheon Captain Nathan Strause today urg ed all members of Henderson golf club, who expect to take part in the inter-city tournament with Rocky Mount there Wednesday afternoon, to get in touch with him immediately and make reservations for a luncheon that is to be given by the Rocky Mount golfers to the visitors. The trip to' Rocky Mount is the high spot on the inter-city slate, and many golfers expect to go down for the match. Stafidjh&s PIEDMONT LEAGUE Team W. L. Pet. Asheville : 64 36 .640 Portsmouth 57 44 .564 Norfolk 57 45 .559 Charlotte 52 48 .520 Richmond 55 48 .534 Durham 50 50 .500 Rocky Mount 48 54 .471 Winston Salem 22 80 .216 AMERICAN LEAGUE Team W. L. Pet. New York 60 29 .648 Chicago 57 36 .613 Boston 50 37 .575 Detroit 51 38 .575 Cleveland 43 44 .4^4 Washington 39 48 .448 St. Louis ; .... 29 01 .322 Philadelphia 26 62 .295 NATIONAL LEAGUE Team W. L. Pet. Chicago 59 32 .648 New York 54 39 .581 Pittsburgh 48 42 .533 St. Louis . < 48 43 .527 Boston 45 48 .484 Brooklyn 37 52 .416 Cincinnati 37 53 .411 Philadelphia 38 57 .400 Remits PIEDMONT LEAGUE Portsmouth 5; Norfolk 6. Richmond 11-1; Asheville 5-0. Durham 4; Rocky Mount 1. Only games played. AMERICAN LEAGUE iSt. Louis 5; New York 14. Detroit 4-2; .Boston 11-2 (second game tie, Sunday law). Chicago 4-5; Philadelphia 3-3. Cleveland 11; Washington 2. NATIONAL LEAGUR New York 4; Chicago 5. Brooklyn 7-1; St. Louis 3-7. Philadelphia 1-3; Cincinnati 5-2. Boston 4; Pittsburgh 8. ATTENTION All Tobacco Curers Low One-Way Coach Fares To Canada £ -g +; . A 4 „ fits ££ C 4 jj o s OOq 53. SO' .•« O H SfS’O sis gl •g ®TJ • f h£ fi Q FROM TO 3 | Durham, N. C .....$16.25 $14.37 $14.37 $13.02 Crefdmoor, N. C • ■ 16.25 t 14.37 14.37 13.02 •Oxford, N. C 16.25 14.37 14.37 13.02 Henderson, N. C 16.06 14.37 14.37 12.81 Frarklinton, N. C 16.25 14.37 14.37 13.02 fjouisburg, N. C 16.40 14.52 14.52 13.17 Wake Forest, N. C. 16.25 14.37 14.37 13.02 Raleigh, N. C ; 16.25 14.37 14.37 13.02 Similar Low Fares From Other Points. COMPLETELY AIR-CONDITIONED TRAINS For Information See Local Seaboard Agent Or Write. C. G. Ward, DPA, 505 I. O. 0. F. Temple Raleigh, N. C. SEABOARD Air Line Railway. PAGE THREE Todaj^flmes PIEDMONT LEAGUE Richmond at Winston Salem. Norfolk at Rocky Mount. Charlotte at Portsmouth. Durham at Asheville. AMERICAN LEAGUE Open Date. NATIONAL LEAGUE Open Date. PHOTOPLAYS “AIR CONDITIONED” STEVENSON TODAY TOMORROW HE’D RATHER IT OUT THAN GO W 9i THROUGH WITH A DOUBLE-CROSS! fPlus: News Color Cartoon The STATE Cool Comfortable TODAY TOMORROW Eddie Nugent—in “SPEED TO SPARE” . News—Novelty Real Soon: Louis-Braddock Bout. Ydmission—All Times 10 and 25c Only Seaboard Tar them l '' *■**• DE LUXE RECLINING SEAT, COOL AIR-CON DITIONED COACHES /TQk Go in safety and comfort—by train-*, the safest transportation in the world One-Way Fares from Henderson Boston $13.25 Jacksonville 8.80 New Orleans 14.45 New York 8*65 Norfolk 2.00 Philadelphia 6.85 Richmond 1-75 Savannah 6.00 Tallahassee 10.10 Washington 4.10 Similar fares to all other points. See Your Local Seaboard Agent Or Write C. G. Ward, DPA., 505 I. O. O. F. Temple Raleigh, N. C.

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