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ImwtNTY-ra^ "3_J?fcg|L ' V >>W1Wna "" l,0ME NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE
hbbyi^ v;. ? i?
EhringhausTakes
Of State's Problemsm^d
Sounding
Thousands Throng Cap
ital Fo? Inauguration
of Governor ?
, i
Raleigh, Jan. 6.?In the hest
of the times, John C.
Of Elisabeth Ghy took J^Kiringhaus
64th GovernofM oath as the |
yesterday. Carolina here
; Thousands
Raleigh'scitizens thronged
Memorial Auditorium
*1 historic Fayetteville Street
well the first son of the
jTyJ,^marle to become the State's
"*3htef executive in more than a cen
tury. Many of them were his neigh
bors from the northeastern counties
reclaimed for North Carolina by the
great highway system that has been
built within the last decade.
In form the inauguration followed
tile pattern of inaugurations of hap
pier years, but in spirit it was weight
ed with the sombreness of the day.
Vnno evidenced this more than the
man chosen by the people of tEe
State by the greatest majority ever
accorded a Governor to direct its
destinies through a quadrennium
dawning in an economic crisis.
It was the beaming Biucher
Ehringhaus known to thousands in
the strenuous primary days who ac
knowledged the ovation of the mul
titude in the auditorium; it was!
still the genially smiling Mr. Ehring
haus who responded with a firm "I
do" to the oath of office administered
by Chief Justice W. P. Stacy of the
Supreme Court, but it was an already
care-laden Governor Ehringhaus who
outlined in his inaugural address his
conception of the problems of a State
at the crossroads.
Although directed specifically to
the rfCaSers of the General As
semjtfy, grouped in joint session
?inti^Mjlately before him, the in
tMghrzl message^cgpied to the 5,000
gathered for the first myognr^ttjo in
the new auditorium a note of -ccrSaWfj
and hope as Governor Ehringhaus
frankly took stock of the ciiris all
hand.
-sfln such an hour the plain un
varnished truth is best North Caro
lina knows how To take it on the
?' *-~i~ a.n<i;nlr fip
enin ana tclAt? lb SWUiUlUg i-fcm y ?? -
declared, and the audience ap
plauded.
The statement was eloquently ex
pressive of the temper of the peo
ple. They did not cheer. Their
hand-dapping was restrained. But
it was tremendously impressive, at
the intervals it developed. Applause
was not for flowery generalities tra
ditional to State addresses. It was
for concrete recommendations di
rected toward ? ringing order of the
State'* economic chaos.
Twenty-four times Governor Ehr
jaghau* was interrupted 1 use.
applause was /the
laft^svpart at thq tfie
Goverbof read, f<felowingv his manu
aeript closely. The speech lacked just
two minutes of being one hour in
delivery.
The first part, a review of the situ
ation as the new Governor finds it,
offered little opportunity for demon
stration. The picture was a dismal
one of deficits and decreasing reve
nnes, of distress and unrest. It was
? presentation of the "unvanished
truth," but the undertone was not
peaaimistic.
v Bather the address revealed ? a
iwaepflq; knowledge of the prob
lem* ahead?a knowledge centered
aljfeqilkthe emphatic statement:
Tke budget most be buESoT
I.
SPANISH-AMERICAN AUXILIARY
H
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be Spanish-Amerieal Auxiliary
held its New Year meeting on Wed
nesday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
xa . i ar^_ p a 4 tl iginwai o ' '_i
? > / ? ' ?' ' .. . 4*
Barrett to whom an tmopnin of the
I ? Pfff'M ?,?' 11^1 ? ??''? H -?????-. ? . .
* ' ' -., .; . _ ' .. -
years ago.
feamg . "&fy?q Waff PaAhf ^wnanwn1
ehringhaJF
jwus high spots
Highlights^!*
nade m the recommendations
Jlu^^P^Governor John Christoph
??^Gfer Ehringhaus in Ms inaugural
Undress on Thursday were:
1.?A balanced budget immediately^
2.?Levy of no new taxes. .
3.?Immediately revaluation of
property.
4.?Relief from the 15-cent state
wide levy for support of schools.
5.?Drastic curtailment in spending.
6.?Economy in general govern
mental set-up.
7.?Abolition of entertainment fund
for Chief Executive.
8.?Abolition of position of execu
tive counsel and granting to Gover
nor power to appoint pardon commis
sioner. t
9.?Transfer of Local Government
^TtttAnmiMr TlnnoytwQnf
OUUlIlllSdlVU W xxcaoui; vtuwtv*
10.?Consolidation of highway arid
prison departments. Consolidation o'f
all motor vehicle collections.
11.?EEmination of duplications in
governmental functions.
12.?-No new commitments involv
ing additional State money.
13.?No diversion of highway funds.
14.?No new construction of high
ways for next biennium.
15.?Broader supervision of local
governments.
16.?Consolidation of counties or of
counties and towns.
17.?Elimination or consolidation of
local government statutory offices.
18.?Interpretation of local salary
limitations to allow reductions.
19.?Supervision of local expendi
tures and tax levies.
20.?Extension of local debt ma
turity dates.
21.?Reduction in cost of tax fore
closures.
22.?Foreclosure postponement of
back taxes.
23.?Discontinuance of unrestrain
ed fee expenditures.
24.?Stimulation of livestock, (Jury
ing "??d. poultry industries.
_
Giant Stall
Is Cajrtnred
i -? .
Three Hundred Gallon
Plant Taken by Pitt
f\??Z~~
vincers
>? * 1 .
Greenville, Jan. 3.?County officers
today reported the capture of a giant
steam distilling plant three miles
southeast of . Greenville yesterday.
'The plant was not in operation, but
officers expressed belief it did its
part toward providing for the thirsty,
followers of John Barleycorn during
the holiday season.
The still, one of the largest cap
tured in sometime, had a capacity
of three hundred gallons at one dis
tillation. , Considerable parapher
nalia used in the manufacture of the
illicit beverage was also captured
along with the still .
This was the first capture of any
importance made by officers since
the Christmas hoidlays when scores
of members of the traffic fell into
the toils of the law. Some of them
were to receive hearing in the regu
lar weekly session of County Cour'.r
today, and it was eapeeted the ma
jority would find their way to the
roads while others probably will 5e
released on payment of fines.
MM Rill
On Thursday
\VorkwjllB<^m^ Soon
Washington, Jan. 3.?Democratic
leaders today set Thursday as the
probable date for the beginning of
farm relief bUl. ^
jority leader, said the measure would
seek to establish minimum prices on
. , ,v . t .|1 ft J
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^?L fli '??^lff^i^t'^'r ' ...
IS SaK^
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viissiasippi, who u fchalruW. '
j* Ways and Means Commit l.
Jdy of the beer bill over wu.c.?
Congress is sow battling.
i
Despondent Man
Takes His Life
The Entire Community
Saddened by Death of
James H. Hardy
This entire community was shocked
and saddened Thursday by the un
timely passing of one of its best liked
and most estimable young men, James
Hall Hardy, age 21 years, whose ill
health brought him to a state of ex- j
treme despondency resulting in sui
cide. For several years he had been
a sufferer from a kidney disease
which had grown worse for the past '
two months.
Young Hardy, who worked in his
father's office of the Hardy Trans
fer Co., returned to his home about
11:00, went to his room, seated him
self on tne bed opposite a mirror and
shot himself through the heart, press
ing the so pistol close to his body
that the report was not heard by Kis
mother, who later went to his room <
to call him to the telephone. . The
family moved this week into the John
Harris home on Church street.
Funeral services were held from
the residence at 3:00 Friday after
noon and conducted by Rev. C. B. ;
Mashburn, Christian minister apd \
interment being made in Hollywood
cemetery. The large attendance of i
friends imd beautiful floral tribute <
evidenced the high esteem in which
the young man was held here.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and :
Mrs. J. W. Hardy, three sisters; Mrs. i
Albert Bell of Fountain, Misses Reide ]
and Eva Mae Hardy, and two borth- :
er8, Malcolm and Bill Hardy.
Paramount Program
For Week of Jan. 9th ,
"The Phantom of Crestwood" one
of the year's greatest mystery thrill
ers is the opening feature on the
Paramount program for next week.
This picture is based on a radio play
broadcasted as a seriel sometime ago,
for which several thousand dollars
was* given for the best solution by
the r&lio fans. The scene of the pic
ture is in Crestwood where Jenny
Wren has been slain, and the search
is for her murderer. A series of
strange happenings take place before
the mystery is finally solved. The
cast contains such notables as Ricardo
Cortez, Karen Morley, Anita Louise,
and Skeets Gallager.
On Wednesday and Thursday "One
Way Passage," starring William
Powell and Kay Francis will be shown.
"One Way Passage" is the story of a
fugitive murderer and a society girl
with heart trouble who fall in love
with each other, although they are
awaiting death. If you like a drama
tic love story beautifully acted, don't
miss this show. [
On Friday and Saturday "Heritage
of the Desert" book by Zane Grey.
This is a new type of western with
Randolph Scott and Sally Blane.
On Thursday, Friday ard Saturday
there will be an added -attraction on
the stage. The original Page's Kid
dies Bandis madesap of children rang
ing from 3 to 17 years of age. All
talented musicians and professional
entertainers. They will bring to you
a new kind of Vaudeville entertain
ment that the whole family will en
Selected short subjects with every
change of picture; 1
?
Pitt County ta?Jk first place in the
' Grand Champion Sceer of 1932
a?.?.?? i ? i i > a ?????????~?J
' "Texas Special", 1200 pound Prince Domino Herford. won the grand
championship for.steers at the International Show at Chicago. He b!
Owned by Largent and Sons of Merkel, Tex., Miss Estelb Rothermel di
Chicago posed the champion for this photo. >
Many Liquor Cases
Heard Court
Judgment Suspended In
The Case of Mrs. May
beU Edmunds
Greenville, Jan. 4?With a new
judge and solicitor on the job, Coun
ty Court got down to business yester
day morning following induction cere
monies and disposed of twenty of the
thirty-five case docket. Work was
continued today and it was indicated
the remainder of the cases, consist
ing largely of violations of the prohi
bition law and larceny would be com
/hirino* the afternoon.
|nvwu umxmq
Judge Dink James and Solicitor
Jack Spain were administered oath
of office in impressive exercises,
marked by considerable oratory arid
the adoption of resolutions paying
tribute to the retiring judge, W. L.
Whcdbee.
Immediately after Judge James
had acknowledged the greetings ex
tended by members of the bar and
had pledged his best efforts to the
community, court delved into the
docket consisting of a number of
liquor cases which had been brought
over from the Christmas holidays.
Judgment was continued in the
case of Mrs. Maybelle Edmunds, of
Scotland Neck, charged with reck
less driving in connection with run
ning over and breaking the back
of Wesley Johnston, nine-year-old
son of Mrs. F. V. Johnston, several
days ago. ? . ? ?
The youth, who was crossing the
street on skates was hit by Mrs.
Edmnuds' car, knocked down and
dragged into a vacant lot as the car
swerved from the street. Mrs. Ed
munds admitted she did not have any
brakes and didn't have money at the
time to have them fixed.
She did not have money with
which to pay a fine in court, and
Judge James reserved judgments un
til the next sitting of the court.
Other cases disposed of were:
Pete Pitt, colored, assault with a
deadly weapon, four months on the
roads.
Mack McCullen, colored, larceny
of caps from a local store, ten months
on the roads.
Alfred Sumrell, driving drunk, $50
and cost and license revoked for
ninety days.
Jim Green, colored, assault with a
deadly weapon, four months on the
roads.
J. L. Mixon, driving drunk, $50 and
cost and license revoked for nintey
days.
Warren McLawhorn, possessing Ii-'
quor, $40 and cost .
Wiley Harris, carrying Concealed
nTAAMAM an/9 /*Aof
ncopuiif fuv auu wsv*
Stem Gorharo, colored, possession
of liquor, ninety days on the roads.
Jasper House, possession of liquor;
$40 and cost; appealed to Superior
Court. ?? ,
But Lee Hardee, possessing liquor,
pay cost.
James Moore, colored, possession
of liquor; sixty days. ;
Robert Arnold, possessing liquor;
pay cost and sentence suspended. '
Dave Norm, possession of liquor;
four months suspended sentence to
the roads on payment of cost.
Willie Corbett ,posseesing^ whiskey;
pay cost.
Archie Russell, possessing whis
key; $30 and cost of action.
Weeks Sheppard and Fannie
Moore, colored, immoral realtiofcs;
pay cost.
Herbert Webb and Charles Daven
port, possession of whiskey; sus:
pended Sentence.
Ssfel 1
Carroll James, a 4-H dub boy of
Haywood County produced 95 weighed
bushels of corn on 73/100 of an acre
during the past season.. ||| / -ft.
; '
Lock White of Sherrill's Ford keeps
f < . ? - ' '? -? .
Provide Home
For Officers
>
Board of Commissioners.
Invite Highway Patrol i
To Move to Sheriff-s ]
Office ? !
" ? . j
Greenville,, Jan. 4.?The local unit
of the North Carolina Highway Patrol .
which was deprived of quarters in the ,
Edwards building at the last meeting .
of the County Commissioners is no ^
longer without a home.
The commissioners in regular ,
monthly session here yesterday in
vited the patrol to share the office
of Sheriff Sam Whitehurst without '
cost, and arrangements will be made ^
immediately for moving the patrol- ^
men into the new quarters.
TViio htuq nno rt-f fho Rpvoral mat
A*UO *T MU VMW v*
ters considered by the Board in the
first meeting of the new year here
yesterday. Proposed changes in the
welfare, health and farm depart
ments were deferred until the next
meeting which probably will be held
within the next week or so. Al
though the farm department was
considered, it was stated that action
was not completed.
A movement to discontinue the
Home Demonstration Department
was defeated by a three to two vote.
The Board of Agriculture, com
posed of some of the leading busi
ness men and planters throughout
the county, was reappointed. The
board consists of the following mem
bers: W. M. Taylor, Grifton; M. C.
Speight, Winterville; J. T. Thorne,
Farmville; T. E. Jarker, Belvoir;
Marcellus Smith, Falkland; A. L.
Woolard, Stokes; Bianey SumrelT,
Ayden; J. C. Galloway, GrimeslanO;
J. P. Davenport, Pacldus; J. C;
Parker, Fountain; J. E. Winslow,
Greenville; F. C. Martin, Bethel;
Mark H. Smith, Beaver Dam, and
jj. H. Boyd, Greenville, representa
j tive-at-large.
Because all plans had not heen
completed for changes in the tax '
J department, R. L. Barnhill was con
tinued for thirty days. Hie was to
have.been relieved by Preston Pierce
the first of the month.
Dennis Dupree, negro demonstra
tion agent, was released. He received 1
a salary of $10 a month. *
Mrs. Neva Allen was employed as <
{matron at the County Home at a
| salary of $20 a month.
Although no definite, date wad 1
set, the board virtually agreed . to ?
meet again'within the1 next we?fc *
| or so to complete business not Reached 1
during the Session yesterday. '' *"v
t
Sees Success !
0! Democrats
Research%Bod^ Predicts<
Higher StaisdardOf 1
Achievement * t
. ? j
| New York, Jan. 3.?Thi ^bfSe&s 1
of a continuance of the DSBRHMhfic *
i regime with? higher ? standards & of *
achievement and with more contriv- *
ini? spirit" Was advanced by tKe Ptes- 1
ident's Teisearch.' Corfttoittee on social
trend in WlHillE
"Tfcf Teport^fecIared tha^ the fn: 1
ture will &?? for <4wide bold 1
periment station becattse ]
cial-relations crowding within-' gov- i
ernmental .influence and control. ' " |*
Hoover, the comn]?ttee. ?s?bted, by
over five hundred Ife&fctigatort, has 1
been surveying dej^eolpmeiits since 9
4hat time. ?
Dr. Weoley C. Mitchell, professor i
of economics at Columbia University,
William Ogburn, professor ot i
sociology of *he University, of Chi- i
Sudden Death of Calvin
Coohdjpfc Shocks Notion
Died Alone and Without
Warning; Body Found
By Mrs. Coolidge
Northampton, Mass., Jan. 6.?Cal
vin Coolidge died suddenly and alone
in the bedroom of his Northampton
home today, Mrs. Coolidge returning
from a shopping trip, finding him
dead on the floor.
The country lawyer who became
30th President of the United States
had succumbed to a heart attack.
Mr. Coolidge was 60 years old last
Fourth of July.
The nation, which knew little of A
his private life when he was in the
White House and less in the last
four years of his retirement, was
unaware that he was ill until the
shocking news of his death came
this afternoon.
Mr. Coolidge drove as usual this
morning from his home, "The
Beeches," to the law office he shared
with Ralph W. Hemenway. He did j
not complain of illness, but after an *
hour and a half at his desk, he arose,
called his secretary, Harry Ross, and
returned home.
Shortly before noon Mr. Coolidge
left Ross on the first floor of the
house and walked upstairs to his bed
room.
Mrs. Coolidge returned from her
shopping tour a little more than an _
hour later. She Vent upstairs to see
her husband.
She found his body on the floor.
He had taken off his coat and vest,
but apparently had suffered a fatal *
seizure before he could climb into
bed.
Ross had heard no outcry. Mr.
Coolidge, true to the tradition of
reticence, that followed him through
life, died without even a cry for
help.
Mrs. Coolidge, whom the former
President had married when she was
a young school teacher and he a
struggling lawyer, calmly summon
ed a dorctor.
Medical Examiner Edward W.
Brown said Mrs. Coolidge knew her
husband was dead when she called
to him on entering the room. He .
gave the cause of death as heart dis
ease. There was talk of an autopsy,
but Mrs. Coolidge expressed ,a - wish
none be performed, according to
Ross. -
" Stunning as'the news was to the
country which had enshrined Cool
idge as an almost mythical charac
ter, emboding the old-fashioned
New England characteristics of fru
gality, conservatism ? and "horse
sense," still more shocking did it
come to the townspeople who had
watched his climb to the pinnacle of
American politics.
Deeply touched was James Lucey,
veteran Northampton shoemaker
philosopher who had known Co olidge
since his student days at Amherst
College and who helped him win one
of his first political posts, that of
Northampton city solicitor.
LAST UTERANCE
New York, Jan. 5.?A New Yfear's
greeting made public here last Sun
day night by Claude G. Bowers, the
political writer, was perhaps the last
utterance of Calvin Coolidge.
"For the year 1933," said Mr.
Coolidge, "it seems to me that we
need cooperation and charity. .The -
resources of our country are suffici
ent to meet our requirements if we
use them to help each other. We
should cooperate to promote all kinds
of business activity. We should do
what we can in the way of charity.
If all that is implied in these two
words could be put into operation
not only would our world economic
condition begin steadily to improve
but our destitute would secure ample
relief. I can think of no better reso
lution for the new year than to work
in these directions."
Cairo rnllnn
jflja tvuuu
Outlook Good v
.
President of Natibnal
Manufacturers Seed
Encouraging Signs
Washington, D. C., Jan. 3.?Ernest
Hood president of the National Asso
ciation of Cotton Manufacturers' for
the cotton industry despite the unfav
orable conditions which surrounds the
United States.
Hood, in a statement issued to
day, reviewed the year just closed.4
He noted less severe suffering in the
cotton industry in 1932 than fn
many of the nation's other indus
tries despite the-fact that the cotton
industry operated 77 per cent nor
mal in 1931. His figures were on an
average of a single shift basis.
A group of farmers in Richmond
loan association to aid the farmers
in supplying their own financial ai^^
? ?-=^J
Calvin Coolidsb.
Hope To Obtain
Aid For Peanuts
Congressmen Told Of
Efforts to Include Crop
In Relief Plan
Washington, Jan. 4.?The domestic
allotment bill, for farm relief, now,
limited to cotton, wheat, tobacco and
hogs will be an omnibus measure
before it leaves the House. North
Carolina and other peanut growing
States demand that peanuts be in
Ponraaanfflfivo Wcrrpn flTld 1
r* UUVUt AVV|/& VUV? WWV& ? -w ? * ?*- ?
Kerr went before the House com
mittee on rules today and urged
its members to permit a liberal rule
for the consideration of the allot
ment bill so that an anfcndment to
include peanuts can be offered.
Rice and corn growers would in
clude their crops.
Messrs. Warren and Kerr believes
that if any amendment is added it
?rill provide for the inclusion of
E>eanuts. The rule reported out is
very liberal. Later today represen
totives from other producing States
met with Messrs. Warren and Kerr
md decided to offer an amendment
from the floor of the House to in
:lude peanuts.
UUia Pamliria momhprs tnid
AKV XIV* VH VM*W*uiW W
ihe rule committee that the peanut
s one commodity on which no price
:an be secured by the producers
it the present time. They argued
;hat if ?the present bill aas merit
;hen the peanut should be part of it
Mr. Warren has been asked by
Speaker Garner to preside during
;he consideration of this measure in
;he committee of the whole. That
fives him a distinction, for he pre
sided during consideration of the
)ther two important bills of this
Congress, the Reconstruction Fi
lance Corporation and the economy
neasures.
U. S. Deficit
Still Mounts
Government Ends First
Half of Fiscal Year
With Big Deficit
Washington, Jan. 4.?The govern
nent ended the firs? half of its 1932
13 fiscal year December 30 with a
leficit of $1,159,286,592.
In the six months 'starting last
fuly 1, the government tollected
Tom all sources $1,022,885,840 and
spent $2^182472^42. While* the new
rillion dollar t^c measure increased
niseell ineous internal -revenue $117,
>00,000;" tecoine'iatteff-dropped $272,
>00,000, more than neutralizing the
fain of the new tax levies.
In the six months miscellaneous
?evenue brought in $387360,027 as
lompared with $270,571,381 in the
lirct half of the previous* fiscal ye?f.
heome taxes fell off 'to $343327356
'rom the $615324342 collected in
;he same l>6ri6d of the previous
rear.
Tfce highest income tax levies in
he revenue bill has not- begun to be
?effected in the government' reve
mes and they Were-effective on the
i932 "iiteome and the first payment
?f "t&xeif for last" year will be* re
reived' ? by-' the 'treasury on next
darrh 15.
T -rv- , ?| ,?
^''Ceding- and Care of the Dairy |
it the lade of Extension Circu
if:l98>recentiy issued%t State Cal- !
ege as a practical "manual on dairy
ng. The publication was prepared by
rohn A. "Arey and A. C. Kiinbrey,
lairy specialists.
One argument in itavor of the new
^espedd^'Meviebs as Advanced ^ by
Rowan growersW tint the :v*riety
tthnds' dwught somewhat better than
;hb annual varieties.
leariy right War won't malie a peo
?le .tough, but grubbing to p<?7 for it
rill. 'II