LINCU.-NTON IS THE
TRADE CENTER
For More Than 86,000 People.
It Is Located in the Heart of Pied,
moht North .Carolina the lfoat
Prosperous Industrial and Agricul
tnral Section of the Entire Sooth.
$1.50 PER YEAR
“More Time” Is
Sought For King
To Make Decision
WM.R. CROUSE, 81,
PROMINENT CITIZEN
OF CROUSE, PASSES
Had' Been Critically 111 For
Past Month; Funeral Serv*
ices Conducted Today
William R. Crouse, 81, died Sun
day morning at 6 o’clock at his home
at Crouse. He had been critically ill
for the past month and prior to that
had been in feeble health for some
time.
Surviving are his widow and the
following children, Mrs. L. M. Nolen,
of Crouse; Mrs. J. C. Dumas, of New
Smyrna, Fla.; Mrs. Ethel Mauney, of
Crouse; John Crouse, of Texas;
Cleveland Crouse, of Crouse; ami
Harold Crouse, of Denton.
Mr. Crouse was one of the most
piominent citizens of the county and
was largely responsible for the es
tablishment of the community, which
bears his name. He was successfully
engaged foi many years in farming.
Funeral services were conducted
this afternoon at 3 o’clock from St.
Mark’s Lutheran church.
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1 NEWS"™-™ I
I .- BRIEFS
Killed In China
Shanghai, China, Dec. 5. —George
Newsome of Winston-Salem, N, C.,
has been shot and killed by unknown
assailants at llsuchow, in Honan, it
was announced today. He was an of
licial of the Shuchang Tobacco Co.,
and was formerly in the tobacco
business in North Carolina.
King Carol Awaits Hour
Bucharest, Dec. s.—(King Carol,
who knows what it is to sacrifice a
throne for love, spent most of today
close by a telephone, receiving news
bulletins from London. He is not
peimitling the Rumanian press to
publish the story of King Edward’s
differences with the British Cabinet.
Kentucky Solon Succumb*
Cincinnati, Dec. 6. —Congressman
Clover H. Cary, 61, of Owensboro,
Ky., representative from the second
Kentucky district, died at 9:25
o’clock (E.S.T.) tonight, from com
plications resulting from a pneu
monia attack last winter.
Maxwell Off For Meet
Raleigh, Dec. 6.—A. J. Maxwell
commissioner of revenue, left here
today for Indianapolis, Ind., to at
tend an annual meeting of the
national association of the state
tax administrators, of which he is
president.
Mule Cauaei Doth of Negro
Raleigh, Dec. i>. A runaway
mule caused the death today of
William Whitaker, 78-year-old negro
farmer of Wake'county. Coroner L.
M. Waring suid Whitaker’s skull was
fractured when he fell from his wag
on to the pavement after the mule
had started to run away. Death ap
parently was instantaneous, he added.
Auto Regiatration Gain*
Raleigh, Dec. 6.—Motor vehicle bu
reau officials, said today 548,366 au
tomobiles had been registered in
North Carolina this year, an increase
of 37,799 over the same date last
year. There were 512,176 automobiles
registered during all of 1935.
JOHN L. NELSON
DIES AT LENOIR
Lenoir, Dec. 6.—p John Lee Nelson,
84, retired textile manufacturer and
pioneer Lenoir merchant, died last
Thursday after a five-year illness. A
native of Caldwell County, he had
served in both the senate and house
of the North Carolina legislature,
was a trustee of N. C. State Col
lege, of the North Carolina. Col
lege for Women and chairman of
the Board of Davenport College.
THE LINCOLN TIMES
Mr*. Simpaon Flee* to France
And It I* Reported EdVard
May Join Her
London, Eng., Dec. C. —Britain’s
mg early today studied "certain
I'ocuments” handed .him in secluded
'ort Belvedere by Prime Minister
Stanley Baldwin.
What the documents were, or what
they portended was not revealed, but
authoritative sources said they might
he:
1. First drafts of voluntary abdi
cation papers.
2. An expression of opinion on the
crisis from his majesty’s dominion
governments.
3. New proposals from his cabinet
ministers.
Reports from Canberra, Australia,
that Edward might abdicate Monday,
were unconfirmed in London, where
officials asserted that the summon
ing of the British cabinet to meet
Monday afternoon showed there had
been no decision reached as yet by j
either the king or his cabinet.
These developments were disclosed
while a growing sentiment "to give
Edward more time” spread through
boll; supporters and opponents of a
marriage between the monarch and
ihe twice-divorced Wallis Warfield
Simpson.
Wallia at Cannes
The former Baltimore belle, mean
while, reached the Cannes villa of
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rogers, for
mer New Yorkers, after a two-day
automobile flight across southern
France.
Whether Mrs. Simpson would re
main with her old friends or would
avail herself of Mrs. Reginald Fel
lewes’ 70-ton steam yacht in the
harbor off Monte Carlo, no one pro
fessed to know.
There were some who thought Ed>
ward himself might join Mrs. Simp
son in the Rogers’ villa, but there
was no indication that the sover
t ign was considering such a plan.
With Mrs. Simpson safely se
cluded, for the time being at any |
rate, from the eyes of a startled |
world, friend’s urged the king to
play for time in what they said was
his continued determination to sur
r« nder neither his throne nor his
right to marry as he chose.
Churchill Champions King
The partisan support and opposi
tion to the match hardened more
stiffly throughout yesterday (Sat
urday) with at least one influen
tial statesman, Winston Churchill,
publicly championing the monarch
against the repeated demands of his
prime minister to choose between
Mrs. Simpson and the throne with
no alternative.
Baldwin, bitter opponent of the
king’s association with Mrs. Simp
son, held several conferences with
high government leaders on the
crisis.
Visitors to No. 10 Downing street
included home Secretary Sir John
Simon and Lord Chaigavon, Prime
Minister of Northern Ireland whom
Baldwin summoned from Belfast.
Simon has been said by authori
tative sources to be desirous of
avoiding a constitutional crisis
through too strong representations
against the king’s actions by his
ministers.
Keep Discreet Silence
Whatever went on behind the
closed portals of No. 10, no one
but the principal* professed to
know—and .they kept the most dis
creet silence.
There were some informed per
sons who said a decision by either
the king or the prime minister
might be forthcoming at any hour,
but the majority opinion was that
not until Monday would the em
pire know the destiny of the crown.
Mass demonstrations in the
itreets of Edward's personal popu
larity, and the whole-hearted pub
lic support of Churchill heartened
that section "of the British public
which would like to see the king’s
personal wishes prevail over the dic
tates of his cabinet.
On the other hand, those firmly
opposed to the prospect of a twice
divorced, American-born woman's
becoming England’s queen, believed
the fourth session between Baldwin
und the king in four days indicated
the prime minister would stick to
his guns and insist on a speedy de
(ConUnaed on png* two)
Published On Monday and Thursday
LINCOLNTON, N. C, MONDAY, DEC. 7, 1936
| College Tries Liquorless Night Club )
IOWA CITY r . . The newest educational experiment here at the Uni
versity of lowa is the liquorless night club. It was inaugurated in late
November with a complete floor show of student performers, student
waiters and student patrons. The idea upon which it is founded is "that
students will have home town entertainment and will remain off dan
gerous highways over the week-ends. * i'hoto shows the “Silver Shadow”
opening night diners.
Julius Carpenter, 83,
Claimed By Death
NEW MEMBERS
OF LEGISLATURE
TO MEET DEC. 10
Extraordinary Term Ordered
to Act on Social Security;
Speaker to Be Named
Ra!ei"h. Dec. s.—North Carolina
joined the ranks of States planning
to rush through unemployment in
surance legislation today when Gov
ernor Ehringhaus, in an unexpected
move, called an extraordinary ses
sion of the General Assembly. The
Legislature will convene at 11 a. m.
Thursday.
Telegrams to the 170 members of
the General Assembly were dis
patched from the Governor's office
this afternoon. Almost immediate
ly, registrations began coming in to
local hotels and State employes
started clearing committee rooms
of office equipment.
Although he is the only Governor
in the United States without veto
power, Ehringhaus did not pledge
legislators to consider only unem
ployment insurance measures, as
did Gov. George C. Peei'y of Vir
ginia.
Under the social security act,
States which have failed to com
ply with unemployment insurance
provision by the January 1 dead
line, stand to lose insurance bene
fits. Estimates have fixed North
Carolina’s share of the benefits at
upwards of $2,500,000.
Governor Ehringhaus gave no in
timation of his intention to call the
extraordinary session until his an
nouncement this morning. Pre
viously, he had maintained that the
Cherry act, passed by the 1935 Gen
eral Assembly, made this State eli
gible to receive the funds.
The special session, first to be
held in the State since 1924, will be
composed of legislators chosen in
the November general election. A
H. Graham, retiring lieutenant gov
ernor, will preside over the senate,
however, as his term of office does
not expire until January 1.
The regular legislative session
will start January 6, and Governor
elect Clyde R. Hoey will take office
January 7. Governor Ehringhaus said
an act conforming with the Federal
ruling “has been practically complet
ed and will be ready for presentation
on the opening day of the (special)
session, and can be quickly and fully
considered either by- special commit
tee or committee of the whole and
enacted in time for Christmas ad
journment.”
Finds ‘Taken’ Cash
Pinned In Shirt
Seattle, Dec. 5.- M. M. Kelly re
ported to Detective Captain Marshall
Scrafford that lie had been “taken”
for $36 in a poker game. Then he
went home to bed. Next morning he
returned, grinning sheepishly. He
had found the money, pinned inside
lua shirt.
Death Attributed to Stroke of
Paralysis Which He Suf
fered Last Friday
Julius Carpenter, one of Lincoln
county’s oldest and best known citi
zens, passed away Sunday afternoon
at his home on Route 4. Although he
had been in declining health for the
past year his death was attributed
to a stroke of paralysis which he
suffered last Friday. He was 83
years old.
Surviving are his widow, who was
before marriage, Miss Anna Hallman,
and four daughter-, Mrs. Walter B.
Mullen, Mrs. Frame P. Barkley, Mrs.
Gordon Huffman and Mrs. James
McCaslen.
Mr. Carpenter is also survived by
a twin brother, Calvin Carpenter, of
Lincoln county, and another brother,
John Carpenter, of Atlanta, Georgia
So much alike in appearance were tho
brothers, Julius and Calvin, that it
was hard for close friends to dis
tinguish between them. In their
younger days the twins attracted
considerable attention by their simi
larity.
Mr. Carpenter was born in Lincoln
county August 21, 1853, the son of
Solomon and Selina Carpenter. He
spent his entire life in this section
and for many years was one of the
county’s outstanding farmers.
He was a man of exceptionally
genial manner and on his frequent
trips to Lincolnton always received
a warm welcome from his nost of
frlends. In his immediate community
he was greatly beloved. He was a
devoted member of the Episcopal
church.
Funeral services were conducted
this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from
Salem church, the rites being in
charge of Rev. Boston Lackey, of
I enoir, former rector of the deceas
ed. Pall bearers were the following
grandsons, J. Lee Huffman, Everette
Mullen, Carl Mullen, Franklin Bark
:ey, Kenneth Barkley, and Columbus
T urner.
$300,000 in Scrip
To Go Out Saturday
To City Employes
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 6.—The ghost,
slightly dishevelled, will walk again
at City Hall Saturday bearing $300,-
000 in city scrip.
The second issuance of November-
Dtcember salary scrip to city em
ployes is scheduled for Saturday
morning, and Atlanta banks were
ready to cash it at par, City Comp
troller B. Graham West announced.
Through an arrangement made
ty Mayor-elect William B. Harts
tield, the Coca-Cola Company has
agreed to absorb $700,000 of the
city paper, and all banks have
been advised to accept the scrip
and place it to the company’s ac
count, replacing cash.
The company, however, will not
take the Noovember 20 issue of
SIOO,OOO, most of which w*as cashed
by employes through private ave
nues.
Do your Christmas shopping early,
|and be sure you do it in Lincolnton.
JOHN H. GIBSON IS
INSTANTLY KILLED
BY GUN DISCHARGE
Was Out Hunting With Party
Near Boger City When Ac
cident Occurred
John Harrison Gibson, 43, of Boger
City, was almost instantly killed
Thursday morning when a gun in the
hands of his eighteen year old son,
Harrison, Jr., was accidentally dis
charged while hunting near his home
with a party composed of his son,
Harrison, Jr., Charlie Beal and Vic
tor Beal.
No blame is attached to the son
for the shooting, which, according to
eyewitnesses was purely accidental.
The gun carried by the youth was
said to be somewhat “tricky” and in
some manner was discharged, the en
tire load of shot entering the elder
Gibson’s body just under tiie left
arm. He was rushed to a local hos
pital but died shortly after being
admitted.
Gibson, victim of the tragedy, was
ar. employe of the Boger and Craw
ford Spinning Mill.
Surviving are his widow, two sons,
Harrison, Jr., and J. C. Gibson, one
daughter, Miss Minnie Mae Gibson,
his mother, Mrs. Caroline Gibson, of
Mooresvillc and the following broth
ers and sisters, George Gibson, of'
Kingsport, Tenn., Clarence Gibson, of
Mooresvillc, Fred Gibson, Spindale,
Mrs. Dollie Pruett, Forest Shoals,
S. C.
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday morning at 11 o’clock from
Knob Creek church in Cleveland
county.
CONSTITUTION
MAY UNDERGO
MANY CHANGES
Amendment to Broaden Gov
ernment Control of Agricul
ture Is Planned
Washington, Dec. 5.—A host of
constitutional amendments —most of
them designed to keep America out
of war or to broaden Federal control
over agriculture and industry—will
be introduced in the new Congress j
convening January 6.
Senator Logan, (D-Ky.) announc- j
ed today he would ask approval of j
an amendment firmly establishing
Congress’ right to “control the pro
duction of any x x x product which
may move in or affect interstate
or foreign commerce.”
Another constitution change,
permitting the voters to veto any
declaration of war in a popular ref
erendum, also will be introduced
early in the session, Logan said.
A mope drastic neutrality meas
ure, forbidding the United States
to engage in any war or even to j
prepare for armed conflict, will be
offered by Senator Frazier (R-ND).
Senator Nye (R-ND) announced
he was drafting two proposed con
stitutional changes, one to prohibit
American participation in any for
eign war, and another authorizing
the conscription of money and fac
tories in war time.
Fifteen amendments to give Con
gress power to regulate agriculture
end industry or to establish mini
mum wage and labor standards were
laid before the last Congress, and
the same questions seemed certain
to come up again during the next
session.
♦ * #
Augusta, Ga., Dec. s.—James M.
Landis, chairman of the Feteral Se
curities and Exchange Commission,
challenged industry and finance to
day to accept responsibility for con
trol of recovery to prevent repeti
tion of evils of the last boom.
Addressing his first public speech
since the Democratic landslide vic
tory at the polls November 3 to
men who underwrite and sell secur
ities, Landis disappointed those who
expected him to set forth specific
administration post-election plans
in use of its financial controls.
Instead he told the convention
of the Investment Bankers Asso
ciation of America that business
should recognize its own respon
sibilities in light of the vote in the
presidential election.
“Any interpretation of our nation
al aims as looking for the return
of the shallow prosperity of boom
days is false,” said the SEC’s tense
nerved chief.
“You cannot forget that the last
recovery was your recovery and
(Continued on page two)
Mass Meeting to Be
Held Tonight to Plan
“Community Chest”
New M.V.A. Head |
™ V
ST. LOUIS . . . Arthur W.
We aver (above), former Governor I
of Nebraska, is the new President
of the Mississippi Valley Associa
tion. He was elected here at the
18th Annual Convention.
BRITAIN’S PROCTOR
CAN DENY DIVORCE
AND CHECK FUROR
Can Rule Mrs. Simpaon Indi
cates “Collusion" in Move
For Decree
London, Dec. s.—Tho one man in
the world who can solve the consti
tutional crisis between King Edward
VII and Prime Minister Stanley
Baldwin—and solve it with the sin
gle word, “No!”—faced a history
making decision Friday night.
Others may argue, pro and con.
The British parliament may
storm at Edward and demand the
throne as the price for his defiance
of constitutional law.
Edward himself, stung to des
perate measures by "mere £ clitics!”,
challenging- of his “divine right of
kings”, may dissolve that parliament
-—or abdicate.
But only one man, neither cab
inet minister nor politician, can
end the chaotic conflict tempo
rarily at least —< with a single
stroke.
He is the king’s own proctor,
Sir Thomas Barnes, holder of what
has sometimes been called “the
most unpopular job in England.”
Could Refuse Divorce
By the simple expedient of re
fusing to grant Mrs. Wallis Simp
son her final decree of divorce,
Sir Thomas armed with the full
authority to take such a step
could stamp a legal “finis” to the
dispute which has rocked the British
empire to its foundations.
While king and cabinet may fight
to the last ditch over Edward’s de
cision to marry the onetime Balti
more belle, Sir Thomas has the pow
er in his vole as king’s proctor to
snatch the “casus belli” from the
conflict merely by removing the lady
herself from the legally eligible mat
rimonial list.
For Sir Thomas, according to
high legal authorities, might rule
that the present furor arising from
Mrs. Simpson’s friendship with King
Edward offers sufficient proof of two
things:
1. Defiance of the office of king’s
proctor, which is designated by
British law to watch the conduct
of Mrs. Simpson during the six
month interim period between the
granting of her decree nisi and
the final decree, next April 27.
“Collusion” Intimation
2. Evidence of possible “col
lusion” between Mrs, Simpson and
her husband, Ernest Aldrich
Simpson, in obtaining the decree nisi
of divorce throught an "amicable ar
rangement” to permit Mrs- Simpson
to gain her freedom for marriage
with King Edward.
Under British law, such evidence
would entitle tho king’s proctor to
icfuse the final decree, thus making
marriage between Edward and Mrs.
Simpson impossible.
Closed For Year,
Silk Mill Reopens
Bergamo, Dec. s.—The silk mill
owned by Count Orst at Toinodisola
was reopened after one year’s closure.
An artificial wool factory is to be
opened soon at Larbata.
LOCAL MARK^
COTTON 13c pou.
WHEAT $1.30 bush';
CORN 80c bushel
EGGS 33 & 35c dozen
SINGLE COPY: FIVE CENTS
j Since the E.R.A. Was Closed
Many Needs Have Not
Been Met
The citizens of Lincolnt .n have
been called to attend a meeting to
i'c held in the court house tonight
at 7:30 o’clock at which time it is
expected that plans will be made for
a community chest or some other
method whereby the needy and un
lortunate in the community may be
cared for during the winter months.
All persons interested in seeing this
work go forward are urgently re
quested to attend the me.:'mg.
In connection with the gatheriw-
The Times has been asked to pubiis
the following:
An Appeal to the People of
Lincolnton
The spirit of sharing witn others
v.hose need is greater than yours is
as old as mankind and the basis of
civilization. Lincolnton’s former or
ganization of Associated Charities
served the community well and com
manded the financial support and the
\oluntary service of some of her
finest citizens. Unfortunately, how
ever, this organization ceased to
function with the coming of ERA,
und when ERA closed in December,
1935, Lincolnton had no organization
and no private funds to supplement
the county funds. As a result many
needs could not be met.
Purpose of the Meeting
To organize a guiding body to plan
a social welfare program for the
community to care for the needs of
unfortunates regardless of race or
creed. A co-ordination of u'l t'orci
in Lincolnton would eliminate dup
cation; prevent waste of time, enei_
and money.
The social service agencies are do
ing all they can to meet the needs of
the present; they could do a better
yob if funds were available for the
work. The aged, infirm and the chil
dren could be kept warm medical
care, hospital services extended" to
those who are unable to meet the ex
pense from their own funds These
me acts of mercy, without which no
community could expect to maintain
its own self respect—neoos which
must be met.
With returning prosperity, and
the renewed confidence which im
proved business and financial af
fairs has developed, it is reasonable
and right to expect contributions
sufficient to make possible these
services.
We are experiencing the best year
since Hie depression, and prospect*
for the future seem assured. What
better mark of gratitude than to
share to make Lincolnton a better
tnd happier community; to make
your own home more secure; to build
for a stronger, finer citizenship.
To what fate are we going to as
sign the afflicted men, women, and
child r*” J s need of hospital care?
To what late are we going to as
sign distressed, destitute families and
children who were kept together by
ERA and Lincolnton’s organization
of Associated Charities?
The answer is vitally important
many unfortunate men, women and
children, and is just as important to
the giver as to the receiver.
What is Lincolnton—what are you
going to do about it?
Hit By Truck, Die*
Hickory, Dec. s.—John Penland,
32-year-old Icard dairyman, died In
a hospital here of injuries received
Tuesday when he was hit by a truck
on an ice-coated highway.
JOE GISH SAYS—
Be sure that whoever
tells you tales -about oth
ers will tell others tales
about you.