Henderson Daily Dispatch (Henderson, N.C.)
October 13, 1932

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r HENDERSON, .jATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA. nineteenth year AL SMITH TO MAKE SIX SPEECHES FOR ROOSEVELT TICKET Fnsagements Tentatively Arranged For New Eng land, New York and New Jersey Cities FIRST TO TAMMANY ON NEXT WEDNESDAY Will Speak At Boston and At Providence, and Later in Albany or Troy; Final Ad dress Will Be In Buffalo; j Announcement Fro m t Smith s Office ,-k (V 13 i AP> A tenta r- tr.> under which former Gov- j K Smith would make j ,j.n hi- N-hilf of Democratic ;i i,i tickets in New i _ ~i,t New ,iei-e> anil New York u t ,iv-unced at h'’.' would be made, but 1 vi t s!v>ni\ followed by another! 'hit the whole program] v i.tCv tentative. speech under the ten mi will be delieverd in Halt. New York City, Oc was saul. The next date awaiting word whether rv can be obtained that tH'ober 24 in Newark. N. J. w >;,»vsinor Smith, is *ch?dul _ -i;> into New England on 2" making speeches in Boa s i'i ividcnce. R. L.. that day. •hi speech is to be made Oc .nn where in the Albany dis in Albany or Troy. The tilto listed in the announce -f sot Buffalo on October 29. ..in luncement, which was the iif the murder at A B. An (Jr*"-. of Sedalla, will he e'octre e'll*- I -'iiirrow at State's Prison tvn ~n V ,s there is a last minute han?e »»f time. bfr Ta>ior. executive counsel, ‘•■''l after bearing counsel for Lee tbm morning that nothing had arisen to lead him to recoounemad ri»-w«*w> for the man. Governor '•srilner has Indicated he wiH net interfere. j Ie and N'ord Donnell were i'intlv convicted of the murder of Iwlrrr, Donnell was electrocuted ">e n a report that 200 arikero 1 ided a bam with ammunition, i nrn from the barn, but uly all captured after an ex base over diVhee. hog wat t i hedges. Lliringhaus To Resume Campaigns l Notifies Rand o I p h I'arty Leaders He ill Be In Asheboro Friday Night r i r„. t 13,-fAI*. John C. B. -inti. Democratic gubernatorial ,r, much better today i*';«ck of chronic appendicitis f ,l decided to keep a scheduled :i k igement at Asheboro to w night. i.i the week, when he was '■’’d hi* bed here, under phy icis that he might not gft ‘■‘*k at all. Ehringhaus can h Asheboro date, but today h* hsndolph county party lea with plans, as ha r„. ihcte. Fhringhaus will speak Ip 'on m I>*xington, and at Mockivilie. henoi Hrniiprsmt Uaflu Sispatrh r o» L TK« A ?2E* riK amnviem OT THU AMOCUTRD PfUßß>. CABLE ,_ u?oer» w t gpktW’ESTERN SiSM UNION I -I October S, 1932 (jjTOW tDOM UKAI 0BY» HCUTH COOAIAF* Dt«i TOM WXJBV TDBVDTKAI AT IXttT DBXADdXJ J m wtuH. mot usuntt nr, n itm anr arr nugunwMS k This is one of the four coded i cablegrams sent to Samuel Insull t from Chicago which has been i presented to the Cook county i grand jury. It was addressed to Insult's son, Samuel, Jr., whose- j companied his father part of the way on his flight from Baris to Herriot And MacDonald Discuss German Claims At London Conference Chinese Slayer In Harbin Lynched i Harbin. Manrburia, Oct. 13. (A P)—An infuriated crowd last night lynched the Chinese bandit j accused of Idling Mrs. C. T. Wood- i rnfi. aa English woman, yesterday, as she tried to prevent tbe kid naping of her three children. The bandit was strung on a tree I where the kidnaping occurred. later his head was cut off and pat on a table as an example. EOTTMICr WITNESSES TAKEN; Got Away During “Sweat box Death 4 Trial In Jacksonville, Fla. Decatur. Oct. 13— (AP>— Two men Identified as escaped convict witnesses in the trial of two guards for the Florida prison “cause of death” of Arthur Maiilefert. were cap tured here shortly after 3 a. m. today in a stolen automobile by Dekalb county police. Officers T. N. Turner and C. T. Ford, who made the arrest after a chase of several blocks through the business section of Decatur, said the (Continued on Page Four) SAYS REPUBLICANS SEEK PANIC ALIBI Franklin- Ind.. Oct. 13 (AP>—Joee phtus Daniels, secveTary of the navy in president Wilson's cabinet, litre last ngiht deckled iwpwbdfcen campaign strategists were trying to*prove an alibi” for wihflt he called "the Hoover panic.” The RaleSgh, N. C. publisher irode his assertion in a Democraric campaign speech here. “In their desperation the cam paign reaches the home stretch the republican oratass, from C ir. C‘*oF Idge dawn to township spellbinders are speaking crver-Um* in 'r* hectic r(tempt to Drove they we- nv ‘here when the Hoove -pasrlc prjs’J c t ag riculture, industry arid cowjvers*. Daniels, in bis prepared A Shot Heard ’Round the World For It Disclosed the Loss of Millions Collapse of the Samuel Ml P*"* cau es wtththe collapee of toe Iv« Kr W r match empli*. To comP~ bend the moel fantastic flnanctor of modem time*. r*ad the story of Ivar Krcuger, intematScrial match king, whose bubble burst m dbe day he shot hm**if through the heart in one of his meny SF- apartxnesrta. The fUot of tfcme in— Discussion of the German government demand for equality of armaments, a problem which has became one of the major difficulties of the world disarmament conference at Geneva, was begun here today by Premier Herriot of France and Prime Minister MacDonald of Great Britain Where the discussion would end no one here would predict. The French premier arrived from Paris last night and was greeted by MacDonald, Miss Ishbel MacDonald, the prime minister's daughter, and the French ambassador. Norman Davis American delegate to the conference, will be on the side line to assist in any way possible. The only engagement he has at present for meeting Herriot, however, is a luncheon at the French embassy to morrow. Andrew Mellon will be a guest also. RACKETEERS KILL TUNNEY'S PARTNER John Gross Said by Police To Have Gone Into Racketeering Himself Past Two Years Mount Vernon. N. Y., Oct. 13. (AP) Bullets believd to have come from racketeers pistols killed John Gross, former sparring partner of Gene Tunney and Jack Sharkey, as he sauntered home from a dance early today. The killers assailed him on bright ly lighted Gramatan avenue and fled quickly, leaving him dead of four wounds. Gross. 2«-year-oid heavy- I weight, had entered racketeering in the last, two years, police said. He was on indictment of an assault charge I and would have been tried Monday. j with Greece. George a. say* no existing treaty! bet w. rn Greece and the United States, hut being negotiate!. This make- <*x tradition impossible. Advise dom icile there. Greek steamship is Gr< ek territory.” The messaga is dated Oct. 5. Enters Insull Case aSSm, Sir Bull Zaharoff Sir Basil Zaharoff, wealthy An glo-Greek financier, above, en tered the international melodrama which has involved Samuel Insull, deposed utility king, when Zahar off’s name was found in one of the coded cablegrams sent to In sult from Chicago to two Euro pean cities. Police of Athens, where Insull is held, thought the one-time multi-millionaire may have been urged to see Zaharoff in the hope that his influence might enable Insull to avo.d ex tradition from Greece. EQUALIZING BOARD HAS EXPLANATION Martin Tells How Stand ards for Schools Were Agreed Upon D*Or DlapMrt tliri-m. la tl« Sir Waller Haiti. BT J C. BAHKRKVILI,. Raleigh, Sept. 13.—Vigorous answer to a number of mis-statements with regard to the budget limitations im posed by the State Board of Equiza tion aa made in an an editorial In the Greensboro News of Monday. Oc tober 10, ic made by Leßoy Martin, secretary of the board in a letter to The News which he made public to day. The editorial states thtat what is known as the “state standards” of cost in the maintenance of schools, which is used by the board in determining budgets and in making allotments of State funds came into existence more or less accidentally as the result of thg efforts of the Board of Equaliza (Continued on Cage Pour.) WEATHER FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Friday; slowly rising temperature in extreme West portion- _; Personal Bankruptcy Suit Against Insults Probable As Creditors Seek Redress Bonus Army Delegation Is Received By Hoover “Gentlemen, 1 Am Glad*To* See You,“ Is President's Greeting to Group In His Office DEMANDS FOR HELP HANDED EXECUTIVE Clothing, Cots, Mattresses and Blankets, Plus 15 Cents Daily for Food Are Asked for Ex-Service Men; Shown Every Courtesy, Leader Asserts Washington. Oct. 13 tAP)- Presi dent Hoover today received personally a delegation from Ihe bonus expedi tionary force after its leader, Hoke Smiih. had conferred for more than an hour with one of the President’s j secretaries. Frank T. Hines, director of veterans affairs, siooo Oeslde the chief execu tives desk as the B. K. K. delegation filed into Mr. Hoover's private office. Those in the lobby outside could heat the President say: ''Gentlemen, I am glad to see you." Smith placed upon the President's desk a petition asking that members of the B. E. F. be given clothing, cots, mattresses and blankets, and a food allowance of not less than 15 cents a day. Two women were in the delegation. "We were teceived by the President and shown every courtesy,’' 'Smith told newspaper men as they left the White House. "We gave our petition to General Hines in th? presence of the Presi dent. We pledged our unswerving al- legiance to the Constitution and the ,'lag." Smith j MYSTEftY SHROUDS DRY AGENT'S DEAIH Body of Chicago Man Found; Shot Twice; Companion Held By Police Chicago On*. 13 (APi —A baffling nfyslery confronted (ho author!li«si today as ilhey sought furthei detain of a fatal shooting of which Carl H. ReOfC. 45. former prohibition agent, J and reputedly wealthy rac-; horse own- t er ami bookmaker Was the victim. Reese's body, punctured by two btil lets, was found near Libortyville Lake yesterday. Louis L. Howell, suburban politi cian. was held by I-sike county offi cials while they investtbated the af fair, Howell said he and Reese were forced to haU by four men in an au tomobile, and that the four fired sev eral shots at Reese. Tw 0 of the men Howell said, got in his car and forced him to aid in disposing of the body. The men. their own car following for ced him to drive to Chicago, he said, where the pair in his car got out and disappeared with their companions. Because of discrepancies n Howell a story, joJce sad he was hid for fur ther qeuationlng. College I’reM To Meet Wake Forest. Oct 13 <AP)~ The North Carolina College Press Asso ciat on will hold its annual meeting at Wake Forest college here October 27 to 29 with weakens including Dr. Thurman Kdfchin, Wake Forest pre.v identt, and Josephus Daniel of Raleigh scheduled. Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas Seem Sure For Democrats In Presidential Election (Ckarie* P. Stewart portrays the political picture In Arkansan, Oklahoma and Texas.) By CHARLES P. STEWART St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 11—Having completed consideration of politics in tihe trams missies ippl farm region, it is appropriate to take a glance at No vember prospects in Arkansas/ Okla homa and Texas. PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON EXCEPT FUND A w Educator Ends Life mjr HH A Dr. Simon S. B«Ur Search for Dr. Simon S. Baker former president of Washington J Jefferson college, ended in a field near Washington, I*a., where hi.? body was found, apparent ly a suicide. Dc. Baker resigned as president of W. J. in the spring of lU3I. after a five day strike by students, protesting hi? “autocratic” methods of ad ministration, His health failed after that and fiiends said he waa “broken hearted” over tiie student strike. PROGRAM BRIEFON ROOSEVELT’S VII Few Word* and Greetings To Be Given on Stop At Raleigh LEADERS WILL ATTEND Feeling of Disappointment Thai Dem ocratic Nominee Will Not He Abb- To Make Formal Address at Capital Dally Dlaiiateh nnreaa. In Ihe Sir tVultrr Hotel, nv J. V. fIASKKIt VllaL Raleich. Oct. 13. No formal pro gram is being planned by State Dem ocratic headquarters for the visit here of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt on October 25. Governor Roosevelt's spe cial train will stop in Raleigh only 15 minutes, from 10:30 to 10.45 a. m.. and will not allow time for any for (Continued on Page Three.) Madison County Slayer Suicides After Arrested Asheville. Oct. 13- lApi Death will keep Leo Franks. 22-year-old mining youth, from going on trial for the murder of his brothers 18-year old wife. Franks died in a hospital here last night from a gun shot wound he gave himself after, shooting his sister-in law in Madison county Sunday. Fear of mob violence resulted In his removal from the Madison county jail. From there he was taken to a hos pital. where an emergency operation failed. Farm Leader Milo Reno does not recognize them as “food states," for the reason, he says, that they consume edibles in volume equaling or exceed ing their production of them, instead of having a surplus, like Wisconsin, Minnesota- lowa, Nebraska Missouri, the Dakotas and Kansas. Leader Reno does to be sure, clasei J* (Continued on Pag* Two), 6 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPH GREEK GOVERNMENT MAY INQUIRE INTO INSOLL DETENTION Former Utilities Magnate May Have Been Held Without Proper Au thority In Athens HE MAY BeTsKED TO LEAVE SHORTLY He Is Believed To Have No Jntention of Returning to America Voluntarily; Con templated Creditors 4 Ac tion Here Would Prove Revelation Athena, Greece, Oct. I.V—fAPI SainuH tnaull, under indictment in Chicago in connection with the cot lapse of his utilities interests, refused to day to surrender his passports to the American con sul until after he had consulted his lawyer. The atiorney continued to re fuse any statement on the case lor publication. It was said at the American Le gation that the staff was without official notification in writing of Mr. Insult’s release from deten tion or the reason fw his release. Chicago. Oct. 13 <AP)—Samuel In sult Sr and his brother, Martin, rv day were faced with personal bank ruptcy acion a.- t. <-.s sought i.o (Continued on ~'age Two.) FOUNTAIN OFFERS HIS FULL SUPPORT Defeated Candidate for Gov j ernor Backing Whole Party Ticket Now Raleigh, Oct. 13.~Dick Fountain and Blucher Ehnnghaus reach rd out from sick beds today and tenewed l their pledges of allegiance to a united Democracy. It came in a letter from s Mr. Fountain to Chairman .7. Wallace 1 Winbome when the lieutenant gover- I nor found he could not fill the many I speaking engagements which had been booked for him at headquarter*. Ehringhaus and Fountain have been 1 in close communication ever since the* primary closed, and there never has been any bitterness in the heart of (Continued oo Page Two.) Stone Laid At Home Os High Court Hoover, Hughes and Bar Head Dab Mor tar on Marble; John W. Davis Speaks Washington. Oct 13„— (API —In she presence of a distinguished audience of the judiciary and the American Bar Association, the cornerstone for the new home of the United States Su preme Court was laid today, with President Hoover officiating. After he had bandied the tiny trove), while rain fell softely. he pass ed it to Chief Justice Hughes, who also dabbed mortar an the huge mar ble stone; and then stepped aside for i Guy A. Thompson, of 3t. Louis, pres)- dent of the bar association, to do the same. Beginning while John W. Davis was delivering an address on behalf of tbe bar and the Supreme Court, the drizxie continued throughout tbe brief cere mony. held across the plaza fronting the Capitol. All members of the Su preme Court, save Louis D. Brandeia, were present. Attorneys attending tbe annual meeting of the American Bar A?socla j tlon composed the larger pert of tbe audience that watched the ceremony at the partially completed structure.

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PAGE TWO ■Pre-War Lady CHAPTER Z.i THEY WERE pleasant to her. Short, dark energetic Monsieur Du play. who mss not his wife's social equal, but made up for it financially; Ma, tame Duplay, slimineil. groomed, with her Rhine le In flic same stiff modeled waves us French pompa dours had worn in wartime. She had a fay manner as hard, as unbreak able and armored as it was unchang ing. They hud Emilia down in the large salon occasionally. It was smartly furnished with the new angular fur niture. hung with pictures more modern than that: mostly amused caricatures of the art of the eighties. Queer, shapeless statues, stood about, stiff, amiable ancestors of tnadaine’s hung h*re and there, the oddest things in the world among Ihe rest Emilia brought the little girl down, sometimes, to talk to ft tends of her mother’s. Anais was lieing taught to handle |>eo|«le from the first: it was is much a inatb-r of course as her dancing lessons. Emilia sat quiet, waiting to resume Anais when Ma dame lhiplav signaled Hut she heard talk. She remendsTCd Kobiii. his red brown eyes alight, speaking proudly, passionately of the thing he fought for, “A world like one lug room. All the people in it happy and friendly amt playing games" The world was like one big room now Hut the people in it seemed to her herded in a tenement. They talked about a l!us*ta like a giant nightmare, a Russia ihui frightened her. 1> ing alone at night. Not the heroic Russia Rolen had written poems atmu;. to he freed, to lie noble. Emilia and \nais did well together, and Madame Pindar praised her. though It seemed to her she had es tablished ver\ little human ontr.'t with her pup.l There was a sear of this. Then ou> night there was to Is’ a big political dinner It was spring. an> 1 Emilia was more alive than she liked. ‘‘Mainan su>* oil are ro put on your demi-Toilette, the gray. Mt-cs Amelie. and 1 am to wear my new blue oreandy and we »an watch the people coming in from the tot* of the staircase above the entresol; anti If an>one sees me and sass. ‘Oh. that darling child. I must run up anfl kiss her.’ I don’t think Maman would make me ran away." Anais’ greatest joy was people, parties, social excitements of all kinds. This was not the first time they had watched from above. Emilia’s task to curb the exuberant child's intention to du.sh down into the middle of the party on any pre tense She smiled; the organdy and the gray crej>e were insurance In caae of a dash and rescue. She oversaw the maid who put the tbrtlled Anais into the blue organdy, dr eased herself In the ouiet governess PROTECT TOUR HEALTH BY DRINKING IBUCKHORN WATER I In Sterilised Bottles. I A Mineral Product of Nature A Light Pleasant Tasting Water Has Given Satisfaction for Over 25 Years .1 Delivered anywhere in Hend»rson, Fresh evefry Saturday B 20c per gallon in half gallon bottles and 5 gallon demijohns Analysed Every TMrty Days. Order Dir.-ct or from Page-Hoeutt Drag Company THOMAS ROVSTER, Salesman B Bullock, N. C. BIG SISTER Opnni£ Spjlfc the Beans By LES FORGPJWE TMEE? LtkCe. 1 “COl-t) InSOnaJ, LET OKI UVCH. vde YOM -SEE.^US*S -vAJS-TU'E: 'TRAX'sI'LIkO' YOU “TV4EIUE CO j VJAMT AAO OOWkJSmEAM SAMEA*S YOO'UMS. -rUAV I WAMTEpTO i THOrTHe. tViKD VAtO 1 NOHEKJ Tt> YOU IT ANAJAxV IKJ 'XVA' TVAOOA, jgS -Y'O.' -v V Xgf —T" -j *5 (30* AitO* \AJOIO"T LET J f rHE,GUM P S TH£ Y£ 5 H A'V* 7 T j v ._ _ t CIIXJJLJJL— r'NELL ’SEE wmat *rw(a BAT«H 'THE MORNIK(»X/AAIC-) f Y |AY- aaestaeviY 1! 1 J rrrA 7 YSI PMIS WT -j. i I A, LuwwrrX U*. ARE f V.H,—— I .u*. o. N,r I Henderson, (n.c daily dispatch Thursday October 13 lsa* costume sn« naa Botirm under nu dame's supervision, and prepared herself for the boring vigil at the top of the wide staircase's well. She took a firm hold of Anais' thin, brown hand under the bright light The hall below was blazing. The footman stood by the door. There was an excitement and tensity which even Emilia Itegan to feel. It was a very important dinner-party. "There arc Americana coming to dinner." Anais said, "lmok and see if you know any of them, inecs.’’ She laughed gently at the child. “Why. Anais, have you already forgotten the population of the Cnited State*. when we lutd it only yesterday? And I haven't been back since I wat> very young. It’s impos sible I should know anyone.” But underneath she whs shaken. W hether she liked it or not life was pushing her out of her twelve years’ dream, her twelve years’ hiding. They entered by twos and ones, glittering mire middle-aged women, erect, mannered men. mostly rib boned aneen away from America since before you were born, Anais. I have nobody there now.” “I wouldn’t stay from home as long as that.” said the French child. “I’d go Ivack home.” Emilia paced her little room after she had turned Anais over to her nurse. She had tried to mend, to study- she was a little shaky still in ail these Merovingians the French adored so but she could do nothing. Roger was not hers even in that range of dreams where she had lived. Nothing was tiers any more. And then she heard clearly, as ts it hud J>cen spoken aloud. Anais' phrase, "I’d go hack home." She starred short for a moment. Why not? “I will go back,” she said. She did not know- that she was flying from Roger In Paris. Roger! Married of course, to Abhy these many years. Children. Children that were—oh she could at least l>o decent enough to hope they were—a comfort to her father, making up for the children the war had taken. Riving in I he old Scarlett house, overrunning the green lawns where she and Roger and Robin had playe»L Madame Duplay was annoyed. She had expected Emilia to tie a fixture Dut she was an intelligent woman And she saw. too. that this Emilia shaken and overstrung, eye-circled and absent minded, was not the placid near-nun she had hired for her child. Something had upset her badly; she certainly would be bad for Anais if she did go to pieces. So she sped her politely, if coldly, on her way. “I’m pretty sure,” said Anais, “that she saw somebody in the hnll from America." But nobody pays attention to a child’s melodramatic Imaginings. (TO BE CQXTIXTJKTH Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas Seem Sure For Democrats In Presidential Election iContinued from Page one.) fy them a- agricultural, cotton being ,an agricultural product, but not a food. Indeed. Reno points out. Ar- I kansas cotton planters have suffered from rear-famine, through having fail ed to raise enough foodstuffs to live on, simultaneously with the fizzling of j their cotton crops. Moreover, Okla i homa and Texas are prooccupied lar gely with oil—and to some extent so is Arkansas. It scarcely requires Ihe saying that Arkansas and Texas are enormously Democratic, even though the I Star state did giv* a majority for the Republican national ticket four years I ago. I Oklahoma, while normally more Democraic han Republican still may j properly be rated as doubtful in or- I dinary years. This year virtually all j accounts agree in describing it as un questionably Democratic presidentially candidates notwithstanding which the Republican nominees are putting I up a stiff fight notably Wirt Frank lin senatorial aspirant against Senator DID YOU KNOW? &J- Scott_ £uMArPfcAv Elmer Thomas seeking re-election as a Democrat. In Texas Fergusonlsm is an issue overshadowing nearly all else within the commonwealth's borders but of no consequence nationally. Arkansas calls for little comment. It will go Democratic as usual. It can hardly do so by much more than its customary majority for the Demo cratic majority always is overwhelm ing but maybe they will surpass them selves a trifle. Os course Mrs. Hattie W. Caraway will be re-elected to the senate with little difficulty. This is of decided interest within Mrs. Caraway’s own party. It can only mean the collapse of the prestige of Arkansas’ other senator, Joseph T. Robinson, Democratic lead er In the upper house of congress. Senator Robinson did not openly op pose Mrs. Caraway's renominated with the eadvice and assistance of Robinson’s artfh foe, Senator Huey P. iLong of Louisiana (“butting in” from outside Arkansas' borders). The set ting of the seal of approval by the Arkansas voters upon so vociferous a disregard of the 1928 vice presidential candidate's voice in his home state’s politics is possible to Interpret In but one way -the total crumbling of his influence. In a strongly "Republican year” Oklahoma is not a bad bet for the G. O. P. It has been mighty persistently Democratic as to the governorship, but It has had as high as two Re publican senators at a time and it gave a majority of 17,846 to Mr. Hoov er in 1928 of 61.3,258 votes cast. From all signs, however, this is far from a "Republican year.” No critic disputes the certainty of a huge Texas majority for the Demo cratic ticket, but some forecasters set it down as "not so safe” guberna toriallv. The row, of' course, is over “Ma" Ferguson s nomination for governor. It is being attacked by Governor Ross Sterling, on charges of primary irregularities. That these irregulari ties ean be established is not generally expected, but it is a fact that the party split may throw a considerable number of Democratic votes to Orville Bullington, the Republican nominee. FOUNTAIN OFFERS HIS FULL SUPPORT (Continued from Page One.) either. They were united in the com mon cause, and ountain was making preparations tp launch an intensive speaking drive ein behalf of his for mer opponent. The fact that a sudden illness has prevented him prompted e ;of the finest letters ever ex changed between former rivals. "While I met in defeat in the pri mary contest,” Mr. Fountain wrote to Wlnoorne. “I am proud of the choices my Party made.” He was willing and anxious to take the stump in behalf of the nominees of his Party, but his illness stopped him at th? same time an illness stopped Mr. Ehringhaus. They went to sick beds on the same day, and out of that common misery has come a rare spirit of magnitude. Many counties were calling for Mr. Fountain to make speeches there. Chairman Winborne was fixing up a heavy schedule for the lieutenant governor wehn he was sent to the hos pital and the best Mr. Fountain could do under those circumstances was write a letter. This he did in grand style. Ehringhaus and the chairman ex pressed oeep regret over the Illness of Mr. Fountain and sent their felicita tions to the strickep Democrat. “To drive out and keep out Repub lican rule is glory enough for us,” wrote Mr. Fountain, and he added the i hope that he would be able to take 1 up the battles of Democracy before the campaign is over. "Even though for the present I am unable physically to join the forces of Democracy in the most beneficial and successful attack made on cor- rupt and unsympathetic Republican rule since an outraged public swept Woodrow Wilson into the White House, I am using this, my only avail? able method, to call my friends, young and old, up to the first line trenches of the battle front for the Democratic party everywhere. This is a Democra tic year. American self-respect has risen to its full height. To the call of Democracy I call my friends from every walk of life, for this is a Joint undertaking,” the lieutenant-governor wrote.

GREEK GOVERNMENT MAY INQUIRE INTO INSULL DETENTION (Continued from Page Om.) bring to light m branches of the bankrupt utility colossus. Louis Jacobson attorney for cred itors of the Instill Utility, Investments Corporation, involved in bankruptcy before Federal Judge Waiter Lindley, indicated he likely wouid seek person al bankruptcy for tnc Instills Such proceeding would enable credit ors to investigate holdings of the In sulls for the search of the assets. As the .•’.■-•re' LH";now stands, only assets of the company may be in vestigated. Two assistants of State's Attorney John A. Swanson stoou by with orders to leave for Washington for a presidential warrant for arrest of Samuel Insull. and then .1 proceed to Greece (o return him on the war rant Both Insulls are eha:ged with lar ceny and embezzlement in a burst of the uttli'y bubble. GREEK GOVERNMENT WILL INVESTIGATE DETENTION Athens. Oct. 13 (AF)— The Greek government today orderti an inquiry to establish Art,,,, y Craig, secretsry-trea. K uier of it., p ware Association of the Caioiina- day announced dates for nine meetings in the two stale-* ti n i. k latter part of this month nr,j r November. The itinerary is as follows Goldsboro, October 2-i. Washington, October 2r>. Edenton, Octooer 26. Rocky Mount, October 27. Raleigh, October 2*. Charlotte. October 31. Greenwood. S. C., November Anderson, S. C November Spartanburg, S. C., November A peculiarity of aii needlew. ik India is that the needle is pulled from, not drawn towards the >ki. Dispatch WANT ADS Get Results LATEST MAGAZINE BARDaI.n 7 McCalls and Better Hum-- Gardens. Both for $1 20 j Mrs. Wta. H. Boyd. Phot**- I'. j FOR SAGE— EARLY BLUE ROMA! Hyacinth bulbs at 40c dozen 1? s hundred. Mrs. J. M. Grissom Chavaece Avenue. 1. SATURDAY SPECIALS AT O H Produce Co. Buy while you -ru..- anile while you buy. O. it H :.n? bargain center. All y'-ar s* Wholesale and reta.i. Stall;- uu:- cious apples. 20c per peck; wir,*-«p applet 20c per peck; cranre- m.. axe 50c per peck, bananas, am -J --5c per lb^, grapes, 3 lbs. f„r celery 5c per bunch, nice t:s-r 15c lb. Fresh pan and round i select ar.i 1 a„-jj;.l iya*«r-. right. ,*1 FOR SALE -TOMATOES. OREL or ripe, cabbage plan'., rttawt plants and turnips. For qt.-r. and quality see W. T. Taylm L Grounds. Phone 889-W. 1.1- COAL. OAL. COAL I’JIdNF. 29. Quality Coal, i-om-'* tveifflit. Prompt delivery. 11. Watkins Yard Methodist Church. 7 it FOR SALE TRAILER. FORD ITU> his, four wheels. ejar there<f All persons indebted ot said cori»*t3- tlon will please make immediate tlement with the undersigned. This the Bth day of September l'-*32 Henderson, N. C. WADDELL GHOLSON. JH Truatee-Assigm e—

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Wolf pack Set For Deacon Invasion; Wake County Rivals To Meet In Annual Classic Neither Team's Goal Line Has Been Crossed This Sea son; Devils Welcome Alumni With Old Liner Tilt As Feature Os Reception r ji ('aifhni States undefeated V fpaek tomorrow starts its drive for Hor.ets xltin it plays Wake For undefeated Demon Deacons on R.Jd i k f.eld at 2 30 as a feature of i>- Fair and Home Conrung Day j s.ate College The S'age for an n r’lng «nd close game was set week. Wake Forest rolleu to a v.ear cut t»-»> win over a much favor ,a of South Carolina and i> ivn inued is v.clorious march ,;:i i s.A'hing 13-0 wm over Clem en H> claim to one of the strongest iet-r.'tv- temts in the state and i t’ coll* gr one of the best offensive ah.' Neither team's goal line has fettLng the ques'ion of ik- Fitests claim and also dis d- rVr.-.ve strength on part of •i- Woifpnck State has counted 60 t .n ’hive games and Wake Kor -ix r. two games. Hi* big qu-j n morrow >-t will the Kapt'st line b- sb.- to hold the 'Pack bacw^? Durham. Oct 13 Coach Wallace W id** .s ir.st ucttng his Blu- Di vils wk to watch the ball and watch carefully when they go up against »he Oxi l-.ners of Maryland in the ~U m n: horn?-coming gome a* Duke odium Satutda> The Old Lint rs w-l’ pie>ent one of the most deceptive j offensive attacks ever seen in this Saturday. Using basketball ac "he Maryland backfield has : this encounter than they were for the last game. Nick Laney Dukes tripie threat halfback, will re turn to I he team and Nick Porret:". »nd H Amlrarws, fine-men. will fuve n.ui tune to heal up their bruis r«. handicapped theca against Auburr. Pians are being niade Dy th-- iier.ts at Duke to have tht* ;-rj;ap-meetjig In the history of •hf -cr..«>; Friday night in pitpara '.uc for he some-coming of the alumni Chap* H Oct. 13 -Worried over the p> come to us." Langford said yed'etday after a. consensus of both coaches and officials to the Associat ed Pro* Indicated nation-wide ap proval of the new rules* except in minor Instances. “They asked that the rule declaring tbe ball dead automatically when any part of ithe ball carrier, except his hands and feet touch (tie ground, even though he is not Ln the grasp of a tackier be amended to read ‘except when the runner iis clearry ln the open' TAR BABIES FACING CAMPBELL ELEVEN Chape] Hill, Oct. 13.—Coaches How ard and Sapp will parade Carolina's Freshman material of 1932 and its prospective new varsity material of 1933 in a game with Campbell Col lege in Kenah Stadium here Satur day afternoon at 1 o'clock. The grid graph of the Carelina-Georgia var sity game Will follow immediately in Memorial Hall. The freshmen have been looking fairly good ln practice this week, but little Is known of the strength of the opposition Campbell College will af ford. foes respectTeft SIDE OF DUKE LINE Durham. Oct 13. —Duke foes are finding a hard time getting over the left side of the Blue Devil line. There's where they run into the powerful Freddie Crawford, tackle, and the knifing end, Pinkie James. James has improved as much this season as any man on the squad. All teams have the greatest respect for Crawford, who is making a strong bid for All-Southern honors this fall. FREETEXTBOOKS IDEA IS APPROVED Commission Endorses "Prin ciple 1 and Hopes to Have Cost Figure* IMIlr Dlmatrk Karma, I» the Sir Walter Hetrl. ET J C. BASKKHVII.L. Raleigh. Oct. 13.—The principle of free textbooks in the elemntary schools, provided “a satisfactory and reasonable plan can be formulated to pay for these books, was unanimously approved by the State Textbook Com mission. which met here yesterdSy The commission did not suggest any method for financing the plan, nor did it refer any way in its report to the suggestion during the primary cam paign by Commissioner A. J. Max well for State rental of textbooks. No estimate has been made as >et as to how much free textbooks would cost the State, according to Dr. A. T. Allen, State superintendent of public instruction, although the commission was directed to go into this matter of cost and report its findings at the next meeting. Another meeting will be held within ten days or two weeks, at which time it is efpected the esti mates as to the cost will be made public. Dr. Allen said. It is generally agreed that the initial cost would run Into several millions of dollars and that the maintenance cost would pro bably be in excess of 31,000,000 a year for new books and replacements. The commission agrees with the charge made by psmmissioner Max well that many children are befng de prived of th/ full benefits of the edu cational opportunity offered in the schools because of not having and not being able to buy the necessary text books. t LEE ROBINSON DIES IN COUNTY HOSPITAL Lee Robtasom. 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Rotoineon, died this morn ing at file county hospital following a Hour day illness with high blood pres sure. He was employed by the local cotton mill*. Funeral service* will be hs> -d)-Sl i Ban Diego va Oat OwiMttn,. 127-6 PAGE THREE mighty good on the defense. Coward, a new man at the local school, is steadily improving at his guard posi tion and looks like he will be one of hte outstanding linesmen on the Bulldogs. Their week’s work will be topped y>ff with a signal drill this afternoon and the team will leave about ona o'clock tomorrow for Chapel Hill. HANS WAGNERLOOMS IN BALL KINGDOM Cincinnati. 0.. Oct. 13—(AP) —Haas Wagner, basebadl hero of years ago, want a to get back into the game. Tbe great Pirate shortstop who re tired ln 1917 after 21 years ir the major leagues yesterday applied for the job of manager of Cincinaall Reds He motored here frogn Pittsburgh with a friend, &q confer with Sidney W'dL president of the club who took hit? application under advisement. Wagner, who is (rearing his 59th year, has been called by some the greatest player ln -th* game's hittory, and one of the moot popular. DEVILS ARE READY TO THROW PASSES Durham. Oct. 13 —With Nick Laney Captain Lowell Mason and Bob Cox in the backfield, Duke will be able to cut losße passes from all angles against Maryland Saturday. AH three of them can hurl the bait accurately. The return of Laney after having been out a week with an injury in sures Duke a better running attack than they had against Auburn last week. DUKEHOMECOMING TO DRAW THRONG Durham. Oct. 13,—Duke university's annual homecoming day program has been arranged for the throng of alumni and alumnae who will re possess the campus on Saturday. While the Maryland-Duke game in the afternoon will be the headline at traction. from morning until evening a series of other events have been planned in honor of the returning Old Grads. The program is under the di rection of Henry R. Dwire, director of public relations and alumni affairs. During the morning alumni will gather at the university Union and will register at alumni headquarters. Informal groups of classmates will be held thrpoghout the day. STATE HOMECOMING SET FOR TOMORROW Raleigh. Oct. 13.—Hundreds of for mer N. C. State College student* are expected to attend the annual fall Homecoming day to be held at tha college Friday. The principal event of the day will be the annual Fair Week game between State and Wake Forest Two of the campus honor societies, Blue Key and Golden Chain, are ln ohafge eof the arrangements and will make evrey effort to insure the horns coming alumni an-eh joyable time.

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PAGE FOUR ORNMM ino. Bgwtf niwin, pm. «4 amttoe M. L. riMR. Im-Ttmi and Bus. Her. alltesla* «lloe Bfla/gSK Tlm lltßdtnoß Dally Dtspatott la Malar of ta* Associated Press, N««»- M* b 12. 1929. «9BAT IN ffISTORY lOTA—White House cornerstone laid by Washington. JM9A—«U. S. aloop-of-war Wisp start «d on her memorable cruise. MHII Blaiih o the historic 'Lincoln- OMuglaa idsMateg held at Quincy, 111. M 31 —Spain separatee Church and TOiIATS BIRTHDAYK John G. Sargent of Verrom'i. At tomer General under Coolid„.- bc:n at Ludlow. Vt. 72 years ago. Ogden H. Hammond of New Jersey, cha rmsn of the N& iional Prison emergency Committee former Ambav sad's*. bom at Ky.. 63 years ago. 8. Parker Gilbert, memtoer of J. P. Morgan and Company, former Auier-. lean Agent-General for Reparations. born at Bloomfield, N. J., 40 years ngo. Ernest, Leg Jghncke, Assistant Sec-' Yetary o the Navy, born In New Or leans 32 years ago. Rear Atkatiral Montgomery M. Tay lor, S. N. t bom In Washington. D. C. *3 yearn ago. Prof. Wifi lam Z. noted Harvard University economist, bom in Medford. Mass. 65 yearn ago. Dr. Richard J. H. Gotlheil, noted Columbia Undvenity Semitist, editor V* author bom In England. 70 years Ago. iW(P U 8. Senator Frederick Sl.-iwer of Oregon, bon at Jefferson, Oreg., 49 years ago. TODAY'S HOROSCOPE A quiet, pleasure-loving person is indicated by 3he aspects ormimr to day. and psebeibly one who wi'l take much budrost In the study o religion, perbape a clergyman. Tf>e life may be aeeluded, certainly will be rather quiet, and the native will hold many firm powerful friends who win exert themselves for his benefit. He should only beware of lapsing into self-in dulgence. «w WATER SUPPLY FOR STATE 15 STUDIES Raleigh. Oct. 13 (APl—More speci fic knowledge of the supply of water; In North Carolina for Irtdtwtrlal unee la to be sought through studies to be made by a fellowship student at the* University of North rwiaw, Col. J W. Harreiaon, director of the depart- mast of cooservatton and develop ment. announced today. A fellowship tn chemical engineer!- tqg. Harrelson said, has been awarded to 4B V Cbdaoo, a gsdnele In eban i teal engineering and a resident of Badta. Mr. Ohriuoo’s —daftlou ban. lan afgiiinirnl My Dr. Frank Graham. i ill Bud «f the University. end the WilinwMM h being eartendod through Mm conservation dnpnHnaMKt's dhrl- Kmmt edUpe Non Dramatic than Insult's Bat Less Costly; Swedish Titan A Fantastic Man Lossto Americans Through Match K ing’s Manipulations “Only” Two Hundred Fifty Million Against Two Billion in Toppling of Power Dynasty; Story of International Capitalist '""Peg —o tanownwwe f mk\ lUhrll jjfcfc. tt. -m«Oi W^. (This is the first of a series of three stories on the rise and fall of the late Ivar Kreuger, In whose companies Americans shod to lose *240,000,000 This hi addition to tosses of approximately 000.000,000 in the Samuel Instill companies constitutes the largest lass ever suffered by American In vestors. My JOHN X>, GREENE New York, Oct. 13 —As dispatches from Chicago startle the world with estimates of lasses approximating $2.- 000,000.000 in the colla, 3© of Samuel Insult companies, the financial world again tries to compile t,h© losses occa sioned American "investors by the coi lapse of the Iva- Kreuger companies. It. is estimated that A.nericans and Canadians will be out *250 000.000 t hrough the Kreuger collapse Ivar Kreuger was a far more fan tastic man than S&muei Iniu'l. Kreu ger gambled with nation* Irsull gambled with power empires Kreu ■ger was the theme of romantic stories. Insull was a business m■'lurch. When a shot rang out in an. apart ment on the Champs JSlysecs in Paris cn March 12. 1032, few persons thought lie repercusaiona would be felt aroopd i the world months aft?rvards But the shot with which Ivar KTeuger. Swedish match king, ende>. his fife, ■not only rang out in that beautiful Harlei&n apartment but throughout •the world. And each day come new repercussion is felt. Nad Monopolies For Ivar Kreuger owed millions d|r i all comers of the globe. YYg his col lapse was not so complete £3 SaifPLel InmiH’a, for Kreuger'had monopolies 'granted by nations in several Instances end such monopolies always arc worth something. Kreuger pulled down po'Ulcal em pires. Insull although th« cause through heavy campaign contributions of an elected Illinois senator being re fused his seat had lttle political in fluence nationally. Kreuger reached out from the grave to destroy a cabinet. F months after he died. Premier Carl Gustav Ekman of jbeedegi bad to resign. It had became known that he had ac-. copied heavy campaign cuptributt'friß pecretly from Kreuger. And it Is said Kreuger hand s*ill may reach out from the giftve to de stroy other poltical careers, fort re ceivers of his companies have hinted at other political parties. On that fateful March 12, .1932, in 'hat Parisfwn mansion where Kreuger had hie apartment, (he had .apartmen** In several world capitals). Kreuger had an engagement. He was to meet bankers. They wore inquisitive Kreuger had just arrived from the the United States in ’nervous collapse He had needed a oan. because some of the bankers were becoming too in quisitive. In a few mkvtdea now he was to meet the bankers. They had been around the day before and thiro had %een a scene art. function, i Calmly and temperately they had |p bad Kreuger to explain a few details ft his vast flnancia empire. He had refused. In a ounbesl rage he had run from the mam. But in a few {derates he had come back. “Toaaocrosr. gentlemen”, h« had told tmb. -i wm pram np tccmmti. j »wmbiwqw, daiei biaearca thuesday October 43 i&a y Yes you may see them tomorrow. Good day. Kreuger was aone when he shot him self. That was typical. Throughout the 52 years o his life he had played a lone hand whenever he did anything of Importance. None of the exotical ly beautiful and smartly sophisticated women who graced his apartments in the capitals of the word had shared his business confidence. H© was a Croesus but a lone one. An.l he was DIED OWING *168,300,000 When the ate Ivar Kreuger com mitted suicide in Paris March 12. 1932 he not only was pennlcss, but I owed *168,300.000 personally ac- i cording to the Swedish committee which investigated his affairs totally alone when he sa, dowr. on his bed at 10 o’clock and sent a bullet through his heart. Thai*, was his answer to ti:3 inquis itive bankers. Financiers Panic. Stricken Wlhen they found him a short while later, the financiers were stricken with panic. The slightest act or the merest failure tto act might now send the weaker ones among them into the pit of utter allure. Wha*. would the j market do when the n.i.iket found colt? So that the market would not find out particularly bo that Wall Street would not find jvt that day. the bankers who hah gone t© Paris to megt Kreuger sat n his apartment l* hours, guarding the secret;! o hia omth —until the world’s ex changes. had closed. Since that time the world has been given, piecemeal the labyir.thian puzzle which was Kreugers career. All of the parts do not it together even yert. The fact is that this as tounding man controlled over a bil lion dollars’ worth of enterprises touching nearly every civilized nation —and yet kept: no books. In hie head he carried all the details as long as his brain held out. When he lost his unparaileed capacity for trickery and fraud be simply gave up the ghost. His Beginning Apd yet he began honestly.. It wm 1 not bditl] he Ibedanre the sedbnd rich-* fTt man hi Europe and one Vr'the six richest men In the world th*t he start ed slim-s laknxning. The dtary goes back to the early years of the present, cent j tv, These coincided pretty much, with Ivar 1 first adult years. He was 21 in, 1901. Shortly after he bttalned'his major ity—and they fttill teH the story of ft back in the little Scandinavian town of Kahoor—a lovely little Norwegian girt with lung, flowing blonde hair: and blue eye* died. She was a 'few years r*t~nior*’ than the pale Kreuger lad. ft tiny had ©curbed .thelr meet ings must have been oladert in e for none of the villagers knew of H But for days after her death I van- went' about sadly. Hfcs heaviness of heart may have been due to Other things than log* rauanw, however. One by ooa hie enterprises as a contracting engineer bad brought his failure. At any rate, he packed up and sailed. To India be went first. There be spent months in the sweltering heat of the Wig cities and mid *IW perils ad ths ungn. Nrert he up 'put mb «mrb Komi, on a 1 few weeks later in London. From London to Canada where be tried con tracting again, and with posoibly $lO in the bank, -hit Now York io 1905 Masterful Personality With thp masterful personality which wa* his and the reputation he brought from Camada. he had no great trouble making a connection. As a matter of fact he made a very g.oed connection with-a building firm which granted him the use of his own ini tiative and an incetive in the form of a profß-ahartng agreement. One of his first jobs was the building of the Archibald stadium of Syracuse uni versity. He might have become tremendous ly rich if he had s'ayed in New York But the pattern of his ambitions was world-wide. In 1907 therefore, ho went back to Sweden—llhis time to Stockholm —and met a tall, deter mined young Swede named Paul Toll Toll aJso was ambitious. Toll also thought ki wordwide berme. So at the age of 27 Ivar Kreuger founded the firm of Kreuger and Toll. Later Kreuger was to learn that a panlnershtp was not what he wanted. Later he was to split Krmger ani Toll into two units. One he was to. leave in charge of the practical part ner Toll. The other he was to heaci himself and run into a ho.din.;,' com pany for $1,135,000,000 of corpoi&iion assets. Krcruger then was not principally an engineer, -tout an. organizer Had Two, Small Factories Hie family had two Mttle mafeh factories. Old Ernst Kreuger lvar’s father, was heading them when lvar cacne back from'America in 1007 and ttey were in a bad way. i.i fact, all 'he match factories in Sweden were in a bad way. Having been to America Ivar was sura he know the remedy. He talked to his father. “There are too many match fac tories. Dad,” he said. “In America they mwrge. They get out of compe tition. and get bigger profits.” It was six years later —in 1913 —that all the* match makers of Sweden got together. Ivar Kreuger than 33, waa cn hand to Instruct them in the my w ter lee o mergers. After some doubts they were convinced. But who was to head the merger? Those old match maker* were stubborn and calous. Each one was willing to head the combine htmaalf, but none wanted an other ofd rival to the post of pow er Then someone suggested Ivar This wan something he had not looked for. But he laughingly ac cepted. The United Swedish Match Factories, Ltd. came Into being. WMsin few years Ivar. and all the okl manufadtuners who had foPowed hie advice, were millionaires. That was only a beginning. Tomorrow—another chapter of the amazing Use story of Kreuger. BOVS EQUAL GIRLS IN RALEIGH SCHOOL

Raleigh, Oct. IS.—(AfP)—The Un usual situatiqn of having the same number of boys as girls In a high school wHh neatly 1.960 enrollment was observed here in September. During the first month of school ■toil the enrollment of Meedhsttn BroiMhton high school was 477 bogrs and YT7 glrk. total zrr kH. rbe'‘Bed”Leav«eATeße«inamgToGo! J FAIR ATTRACTING GREATER INTEREST Exhibits Regarded Especial ly Attractive; State's Life Shown Dsllr DUpaieS Rar*«a. In the Sir Walter HaM. BY J r lUfiKKavux. Raleigh. Oct. 13—Groups of inter ested spectators gathered about the various exhibits at l/v North Caro lina Stare Fa4r todr.y indicated a healthy interest in the Stales natural resources on tn epa-t of the vielting public. On the midway the amuse ments were in full hia&t. Here and there the midgot short wave portable broadcasting set wes moved, giving the listening public through Station WP t'F at Raleigh, bits of music an! permftV ting them to listen as speiltrs called from the fronts of their te4its. The racing, already off to a good sriart drew increased oi*?iestt today while the crowds wore well in keep ing with, if not larger than the ord inary Thursday crowd. Vlith fair weather predicted for this section, th= attendance tomorrow is expected to run well ahead of that lost ye-r The county and community exhibits this year are regarded as especially attractive, as are those of th.* various state departments and institutions, in cluding the Department of Agricul ture. The Department, of Conserva tion Development, which is carrying on an educational campaign in behalf of the preservation of natural re sources and th© elimiination of waste, also has am interesting exhibit. State College, wl*h its various beneficial activities and other duy accredited agencies of state government, has a number of unusual exhibit. Tanks -of. live fishes dhow principal iyprt of warm water fish®: propagatea at the start* hatcherfe. iha basses and bream. Small fishes represent cul tural activities at the hatcheries. Th© State’s forestry program and other features of conservation -we represented by continuous motion pictures, stressing particularly the rtvils of forest fires and the necessity of con-truling this destructive agency for -fotnre Hjuber production and preservation of the many associated service* of the forests. A score of reels, with a liberal ftprinklirig of comedies made possible a varied mo tion picture program. EQUALIZING BOARD HAS EXPLANATION (Continued from FtfrOni) tion to stretch Hie amount of money appropriated by the 1931 General As sembly to meet to total expense of the si* nymths school term. The editorial refers to the amount as being inade quate and a 1 a “meager blanket, com pared to the oover needed.’’ Tire edi torial added that this “standard has grot itself established as a State stan dard to which all -expenditures of com munities for schools must be refer red.” In replying to the editorial pera- STapb hy paragraph, Mr. Martin says: “You are correct In defining the so called ‘state standard’ of cost tor the operation of the public schools as re gulations or standards used in mak ing the allotments or state funds. “You are hi correct in your state ment -that ‘this standard has got Itself eetabhrired as-a state standard, in ap_ proving the standard teem budgets for 1931-32 and in the emergency of the delay over which the Board of Equal teation had no control, the so-called standards were used in maftVig ap provals of supplemental budgets. But considering requssfe fa* bUppM ments for the present year of 1932-33. the Board has not made its approvals with reference to standards of cost de termined by the Board. The Standards for salaries used in alloting State funds are based on the State salary schedule as written into the law. These are ethe only standards which have been used in the approval of local school funds. In no sense has the Board of Equalization used the standards for distribution as deter mined by the Board, for the purpose of approving school budgets. In order to consider the requests for supple ments and extended term budgets fair ly, the Board authorized the approval of all budgets within a certain per centage above the standards of dis tribution. This action was for the pur pose of elimination and not for limi tation. Even in the case of salary sup plements, no definite percentage rule was applied in all instances.” The editorial stated that the Board of Equalization has held that tele phones and electric lights are “un necessary” and had failed to provide funds for these, also that it had fail ed to make allowances for the proper maintenance of plants, grounds and floors and that the allowances made for fuel were adequate to heat the buildings. It charges the Board is at tempting to regulate the amount which cities and towns may supple ment the State allowances for fuel. All of these charges are vigorously de nied by Mr. Martin. “xou state that the ‘standard of dstribution’ holds telephones unneces sary.” Mr. Martin says in his letter. "I reply that every request for local funds for meeting this cost has been approved in full without an excep tion and that this is sufficient proof •that the board does recognize the necessity for telephones when possible. The Board does not believe, however, that telephones are common enough to warrant the inclusion of their cost in the State budget at at the expense of those other items of cost that apply more nerly to ail schools in the State. “You charge that no allowance is made fbr the care of grounds. I re ply that the'law provides that this ,*ost must be ijnet as nearly as pos sible from sources other jthait state funds ahd that the Board of; Equal ization believes it unwise to eiftW in to a program of beautifying sehnql grounds with limited appropriations. The Board believes in this worthy en deavor and does not hesitate to ap prove expenditures of all available funds for it. In replying to the statement that the board has classed electric lights as luxuries and has refused to make any allowance for eelctricity, Mr. Mar tin says: “I am convinced you are not awmn. of the facts. The Board has made an? allotment of *82,023 for the item of electric power for the present school year (rom state funda) and the Greens boro schools are eto receive *1.840 of this amount. Furthermore »U ro posed supplements for this Rem have been approved.” In answer to the allegation that “The Board knows nothing about floors," Martin points out that the Board has made an allotment of *282,- 365 for the salaries of janitors of school building and that of this amount Greensboro will receive M,- j 640. The Board has also made an al-1 lotment of *61,225 for janitors aup-i plies of which Greensboro will re ceive *1,845. With regard to the charge that the Board further aggravates the problem of meagre allotments for fuel by re fusing to permit local authorities to. provide for additional needs is incor rect, Martin declares: “At no time has the Board refused to permit ample provision for fuel needs. Our records for the approval of all rural extended term budgets and move than 60 charter district budgets show that without an exception the requests for fuel have been approved In full." It is well known hare th-» the chargee made against the State Board of Equaliaartion ha this editorial have beep made against it in various ttaar ters for the peat two years. But ao far as s known, this is thp fn-1 n* these charges and atlegatiui. been printed. ESCAPED CONVICT WITN ESSES 1 A h 1N (Continued from Page OneA two gave the names of Cleo Drew I James W&rford. and readily adit.itr pointed Registrar for East Hend*-rs -r --precinct in the place and stead >'f C. 1 M; Cooper. Jr. This the Bth day 0 f Oct.. A. D 1&32 J. H. BRIDGERS. Chairman County Board of Elect.o? Sm 13696 treasury department Office of Comptroller of the Curmw t WaAlngton D. C., October I. Whereas by satisfactory evidrnre presented 4© the undorrigneri. it h toeen made to appear that “FIRST N A TTONAL BANK IN HENDERSON n the city of Henderson in the County of Vance and State of North Care, has complied wttto all the provi-ior of the Statutes of the United Sta?l.. of the Comptroller of the Cur* hteiqy. Currency Bureau, TisM'ury

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IBIKBIAOB PAlimk social itfnvm Confined With CekL Mis* Thelma O Brien is confined to her home with a severe cold. Geest Here. Averett Sledge of'Wake Forest Col lege waa lhe guest of R. A. Whitten, Ji yesterday. Guest of Mrs. Handera. Miss Emallne Gilman, of Norfolk, Va i* the house guest of Mrs Ran som Sanders on Belle street. Returns to Hospital. A L Ttllotson has returned to Duke hospital Durham for further treat nisnt it wax learned today. Auxiliary Meeting Cancelled. The Julian E. Ingle branch of the Womans Auxiliary of the Episcopal church, will not have its meeting Frt afternoon. it was said today. Members are requested to be at the Pr.n*h Hon** that evening at 7 30 nock instead. Mrs. McCracken Is Hostess To Club Mrs T W. McCracken was hostess ar 'ix tables yesterday morning at 11 ocluck at the regular meeting of the Bridge Lunobeon Club in the West End Country Club. Mrs E G. Glenn was winner of high score prize and Mrs. M. W. Wester won the consolation prize. A delicious luncheon plate was served by the hostess. Mrs C G Patterson is the hostess for ih October Ift. Bobbitt News B> MISS MARION WOODLfRF. Mr and Mrs Nathan Pace of Ra legh were the week-end guests of Mrs Pace.- parents Mr. and Mrs. W. N cmith Gill of Durham visited his pal er’- Mi and Mrs H. P Gill, on Fri ,'n r:eh* M u. l Mr- h h visited his cousin Hlck *a: l p,r, h at Maria Parham hospital, Sur.dai af’ernoon. Woodiief was the gueset of H:-knijr, Finch at Maria Parham hos p:’a Saturday evening. Mr- Josie Duke Woodlief, Miss Lem K Duke, and Mrs. R. O. Wood •*”f and child-en. Charlotte and Ann Maria were the dinner guests of Mrs. 7 J Keiley on Sunday. Mr- T. J Kerley. Mrs. R. O. Wood •iet Mi-s Luna K. Duke visited Mrs. Jan.e. Abbott .Sunday afternoon. Mi-- Ila Mae Young was the guest of Mi-- Hazel and Helen Woodlief Sur.dd\ afternoon. Mi-- Marion Woodlief was the guest Money, Time and Health with the new Vicks Plan (or better Control-of-Colds.

many Colds SOfHIFP HENDERSON SATURDAY a* f OCTOBER IQ [SOWHIE ss? DRoy: BIG 3 RING Ifjg CIRC Uf 5 a Spa2ks SSSBfiSfiSfiSSBI TWO shows Zand ß PH DOOKSTSPCN Tand 7 P.M. aeeoQE 3HCy%J?*I«3BaFCMR3D) AND THE FAMOUS Rl IPk* Owens xmarStor ’VBIXD -MBOCAN fUPOST AVON Vlm stab in PEBSON SPECIAL. EMtA6T**£HT t Grandstand Chairs on Sale at Circns Ticket Office Showday—lo:3o M. _ Circus Grounds—Corner Miami and Maple 'Streets SOCIETY NIWS £TTA KETT ~seo, NS Ueepcpc- Can She Pick a Winner? By PAUL ROBINSON HES OtEN WWE —I r 1 IN OTHHLWOBOT WESaswUI C-ff.T net «.0i OLD— i SlS*] Hi wRSSSteSSSfIS?*) fe^'^oT f ~i i r of Miss Enid Kerley Sunday after noon. Misses Margaret and Hallie Brown visited Mias Enid Kerley Sunday aft ernoon. Misses Margaret Brown. Hhllle Brown. Enid Kerley and Marion Woodlief were visitors of Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Pittman Sunday. Mlsa Madolyn Ellington and Paul Kerley were visitors of Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Pittman Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Young were the Sunday afternoon guests of Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Pittman Rev. R. E. Pittman is somewhat improved after a week s illness at his home his many friends will be srlad to learn. J. L. Woodlief of Winston-Salem was the guest of his brother, R. o. Woodlief, Sunday. Miss Alma Gill of near Henderson was the dinner guest of Miss Elizabth Young Sunday. Miss Enid Kerley and Miss Mary Allen Rowland spent Saturday in Ra leigh. Mrs. J. R. Ellington visited Mrs. Chacy Hight Sunday afternoon. Ronald Smith, little son of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Smith spent Friday with his aunt. Mrs. T. R. Smith. Mrs. Minnie Highl and children, Jessie Fuller, Betty and Doris spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Addie Young. Thee Young People's League of Plank Chapel church will meet at the church Friday evening of this week. Every member is urged to be present ar it is the first meeting since the change from an Epworth League. Visitors are welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Buchanan and little daughter. Rachel spent Sunday with Mrs. Buchanan's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Wynne. Mrs. H. P. Gill spent Sunday after noon with her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Ellington of near Henderson. Mrs. J. B. Ellington was the host ess to the Woman’s Missionary So ciety. at her home on Sunday after noon. There was a good attendance, most of the members being present. C. B. Woodlief had as his guests Sunday evening James Satterwhite and Rex Woodlief. Miss Folsom Smith of Henderson was the recent visitor of her aunt, Mra. Maggie Brown of this community Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Rowland visited Rev. and Mrs. Pittman Sunday after noon. Miss Kathyn Murphy of Raleigh, spent the past week-end with Miss Marion Woodlief. Mr. and Mrs. Otho May and chil dren of Henderson were the guests of Mr. and Mr 3. Thad Woodlief and Arch Woodlief, Sunday. Mrs. Thad Woodlief visited her mother. Mrs. J. R. Ellington. Mon day afternoon. Mrs. Etta Stric>.land visited Mrs; Josie Duke Woodlief artd Miss Luna K. Duke on Monday afternoon. Roy Moss visited C. B. Woodlief on Monday evening. Messrs. Dorsey Woodlief and Char lie Klttrell were the guests of Alex and Ries Finch on Monday evening. T. J. Pardue was host at an ice creath supper given at his home on Monday evening of this week. Delicious home made ice cream was HBNDBRBOR, 7H.C.J DAILY DESPATCH THURSDAY OCTOBER 13 198* Tztareokk p-by-*tep sewing instruc tions included with this pattern. To get*, a pattern of this model, send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in coins or etamps (coins preferred). Please write very plainly your NAME, AD DRESS. STYLE NUMBER and SIZE of each pattern ordered. for a complete collection of the smartest, most practical and easiest to-make styles, consult the MARIAN MARTIN FALL AND WINTER PATTERN CATALOG. Its 32 pages include beautiful models for junlorj and kiddies, as well a sthe best of the new season’s afternoon, evening, sportx and house frocks, lingerie and pajamas Exquisite items for gift sewing, too. SEND FOR YOUR COPY. PRICE OF CATALOG, FIFTEEN CENTS. CATALOG AND PATTERN TO GETHER. TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. address all orders to The Daily Dispatch Pattern Department, 232 West 18th Street, New York City. the direction of Epsom, driven by Roy Overton, who suffered a broken atm and bruises about the body. Thirteen individuals were riding in the two cars, find ten of them were injured in varying degrees. MRS. CLIFTON WINS IN HOSE CONTEST Mrs. Nellie B. Clifton won the six pairs of NoMend hosiery oiferei by E. G. Davis Sons Company ‘fo the one guessing nearest to the correct number of yards of silk thread con tained in a pair of NoMend hosiery. Mrs. Clifton’s guess which won the hose was 26.000 yards us silfc thread. The correct number of yards is 2J1.885. There were other emanates within 500 yards of Hhe correct number, WtUJe others guessed from 75 yards to one million yards, it was stated. This guessing contest, was offered by E G. Davis Sons Company two weeks ago as part of an advertis ing campaign conducted by the store to introduce NoMend hosiery to their trade. Another feature of the cam paign was a ftw pair of hose every morning to the woman who identified her picture in the show window of the store. The Gold Coast of Africa la prob~. ably the richest minral arfca known,- in proportion to its si*#. :HOGM 9 A. M. TO 12 NOON HISTORY QUERIES ME INTERESTING Reader la Invited To Try Hit Knowledge Os History On These In another city a few days ago eleven questions bearing on American political history were submitted to members of the Kiwanis club at one of its meetings. Readers may find it interesting to try a hand and see how many of them they can answer. Here is the list: 1. What are the qualifications as to age and birth for candidates for Presidency of the United States? An? 2. How many living Ex-Presidents of the United States are there; Who? Ans: What President served two non ccnsecutive terms? Ans: 4. What was the youngest President of the United States; the oldest? Ans: A Against what President of the United States were impeachment charges brought? Ans: 6. Who wax the first President to Lave the United States during his term of office? Ans: 7. What President of the United States have been assassinated while in office? Ans' 8. What father and son have both been Presidents of the United States? Ans: 9. What state has furnished more Presidents than any other State!* Ans: 10. How many Presidents has North Carolina furnished, and who were they? Ans: 11. What is the native state of Presi dent Hoover? Ans. Banquet Postponed By The Committee At a meeting yesterday of the com mittee in charge of the Father and Son banquet, which was to have been held Friday night in the Methodist church ii was decided to postpone the banquet indefinitely due so con flicting meetings and the Inability of some of the people taking part on the program being here that night. Those who have purchased tickets may secure their money by returning the ticket to whom it was purchased. Parker's Drug Store The Rexall Store Special*—Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday SI.OO Cotv Po\vd«*r QC.% sl.oo\Vampoles QOk* s It s|sVa ue j!' Frost ilia «WC Castoria oOe Ipana 94- /T/ lX _ •'>o. on 11 CO.- Spn.p C rative Cream OJe V JHftf 5 Dl9lioS With Fips 25c Mennen Baby Q yOUf CflOdCQ Os 40s 1 Pint Castor 9Q^ Powder IJFC nliwnliitn _ Oil 75c O. 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Sharing the spotlight on the pro giam with the Hannefords will be Buck Owens, cowboy film star, who appears in person with his original Hollywood company of movie cowboys and cowgirls, the Morales family, old Mexico's premere wire artists, Marion Shuford equestrinne beauty star of the 1932 innovation ’Dancing Horses' in which thirty of Kentuckys finest thorobreds are featured in a single number, hosts of the worlds formost aerialists, acrobats, gymnasts, clowns and equestrians, as well as three groups of liberty horses, herds of per forming elephants, trained ponies and the big double menagerie now the second largest traveling menagerie or. c arlh The street parad? revived by Char les Sparks, veteran manager of the show is all new and said to be over a mile in length, radiating with all PAGE FIVE GHU&OH BOOI2TXM *N*ouH a. m. The dcsri region of the United Elates e-overs about half a million square miles. This Woman Lost 45 Pounds of Fat "Dear Sirs: For 3 months I've been using your salts and am very much pleased with results. I’ve lost 43 lbs 6 inches in liips and bust measure. I've aken 3 bo ties- one lasting 5 weeks. I had often tried to teduce by dieting but nevir could keep it up but by cui t'ng down and taking Kruschen Ive had splendid results. I highly recom mend it to my friends." —Mrs _ Carl Wilson- Manion, Mich. To lcee fat SAFELY and HARM LESSLY take a half teaspoonful cf Kruschen in a glass of hot water in the morning before breakfast-- don’t miss a morning. To hasten results go light on fatty meats, po'a'oes cream and pastries a bottle that lasts 4 wreks cost but a trifle but don’t take chance*; be sure it's Kruschen- your health comes first get it at Parker's Drug Store or any drugstore in Ame rica If not joyfully satisfied after the first boV le menry back —Adv.

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ASSOCIATED AND CENTRAL PRESS SERVICE Vance Gets $1,500 Fund In First Allotment From Government Cash Relief None of It Will Be Distribut ed In Cash to Ne?dy Families, Mrs. Wad dill Announces MONEY MUST LAST SIX WEEK PERIOD Comes From $815,000 Ap propriation From Federal Government To State To Meet Emergency Until November 15; More Will Be Given Later On Vancr county receivd an allotment of $1,500 from the State's first distri butionn of relief funds front the $815.- 000 recently awarded to this State by Congress for that purpose throughout she county, according to figures an- Aounced today. inis money will be received In cash, but will not be in ca-=h it wa-s stated today By Mr*. W. B. Wad dill. welfare superintendent of the county, who will be in charge of the administration of the relief in Vance county. The allotment is for a two weeks period, she said, covering the time from October 1 to October 15. and will be utilized in meeting emer gency needs. It is expected that addi tional funds will be made available to this county later, and also to the State as a whole from the Federal govern ment fund as the winter progresses. Mrs. Waddill said no specific amount of money was asked of th: State relief agency in the report sent in from this county. That report cov ered relief activities of the year up to the time of the report, and estimated the total at around $30,000 to $40,000. including necessities distributed, cash provided by the city and county and that received from other sources. It is considered a certainty that at least that much will be needed during the coming winter months. Total allotments by the State agency fiom the $815,000 fund were $188,500. covering a perior of two weeks. In six weeks period to be covered by the Federal allotment. North Carolina would have utilized $582,500 of the total, or three times the first appor tionment. Allotments were made to Vance's neignbor counties as follows: Frank lin, $1,250; Warren, $1,500; Granville $2,500. The full list for the state follows Alamance. $1,800; Alexander. S9OO Alleghany. $550: Anson. $3,000; Ashe $700; Avery. SSOO. Beaufort. $2,250: Bertie. $1,600 Bladen. $1,500; Brunswick. $550; Bun bombe. $8,000.; Burke. $1,250. Cabarrus. $900: Caldwell. SI,OOO. Camden. $350: Carteret. S9OO, Caswell $1,200; Catawbn. $2,500; Chatham. sl. 500. Cherokee. $750; Chowan. $450 Clay. $400; Cleveland. $1,600; Colum bus. $1600; Craven. $1,500; Cumber land. $3,000; Currituck. S4OO. Dare $*00; Davidson. $3,000; Davie $700; Duplin. $3,000; Durham, $6,000. Edgecombe. $2,500. Forsyth. $12,500 V aricose or Swollen Veins —Bunches Ulcers You poor sufferers from bad lega What misery you have endured! Wha crippling discomfort! But here at last is help for you! Nc operations nor injections. No enforcer rest nor time off from work. A sim pie home treatment with Emerald Oi heals your sores like magic, reduce swelling ends pain and makes legs as good as new—while you g. about your daily routine as usual. Follow the >-asy directions and yoi are sure to be helped. Parker’s Dru Store won't keep your money unle.- you are —Adv. FOUR STARS

Today and Tomorrow A PASSPORT TO HELL Who PmA LANDI LUKAS WARMER OIAMD ALIXAMRIR KIRKIAM* •"I hmf it+w A loo: "Comedy” t*.id “Act” SteyensoN THEATRE Banker It Freed M Norman B. Collin* Held 12 hours after he had been kidnaped in suburban Wilmette, Norman B. Collins, above, pres ent of two Chicago banks, gained his freedom unharmed and, he told police, without payment of ransom. His wife, abducted at the same time by three men. was released and told to obtain SIOO,OOO ransom for Collins, which was later reduced to $5,000. Instead she notified of ficials. j_

Franklin. $1,250. Gaston. $4,500; Gates, $500; Graham. $350; Granville, $2,500; Greene, $1,000; Guilford, $12,000. Halifax, $1,500; Harnett, $1,500; Haywood, $800; Henderson, $700; Hert ford. $500; Hoke. $1,000; Hyde, SSOO. Iredeil. $1,750. Jackson. $1,000; Johnston, $3,000; Jones, 700. Lee, $1,000; Lenior, $2,500; Lincoln, SBOO. Macon. $450: Madison, $800; Martin, $1,750; McDowell, $750; Mecklenburg. $14,000: Mitchell, $750; Montgomery, $1,250; Moore, $1,600. Nash. $2,250; New Hanover, $4,000; Northampton, SI,BOO. Onslow, $700; Orange, $1,250. Pamlico, $450; Pasquotank, $1,000; Pender. $1,000; Perquimans, $550; Per son. $800; Pitt, $3,750; Polk, $450. Randolph. $1,250; Richmond, $1,800; Robeson, $3,000; Rockingham, $2,000; Rowan. $3,000; Rutherford. $1,750. Sampson, $1,500; Scotland, $750: Stanly. $550; Stokes, $900; Surry, sl,- 500; Swain, S7OO. Transylvania. s9on; Tyrrell, SSOO. Union, $1,600. Vance. $1,500. Wake. $7,000; Warren. $1,500; Wash ington. $1,000; Watauga, $500; Wayne. 2,250; Wilkes, s9oos; Wilson. $2,500. Yadkin $1,000; Yancey, SBOO. Total, $188,500. PUPILS DISMISSED i SLIGHTLY EARLIER Prof. Payne Explains New Policy Aopted at Hend erson High School Under a new policy inaugurated his year, because of the unprecedent ed congestion that exists, some high ichool pupils are being dismissed dur ng certain study periods instead of )eing detained at school, Professor W. D. Payne, principal of the high school announced today. In a statement, he he said; "This year we are so crowded for room and so few teachers that, in or der to lessen the congestion, we have permitted thoso pupils to go home who are without a class in the fourth period, just before the noon recess or the seventh period, just before the close of school in the afternoon We wish the parents to know that these pupils must come home or remain at school to study. We hereby petition each parent to help us to prevent the pupils from loafing the streets. We shall be glad to have any parent call at the school building to see if their child Is leaving school at either of these two periods. “We do not compel a pupil to leave, even though he or she may have either of these periods free. We keep a teacher on duty at these periods in the library, so that any pupil may remain here to study, if they wish to do s”-asexpressed M fl£— In f amous r °deo cry inspired falEfMlf hy the picturein the July issueof the m£MmjtiKSMH'M/mXdfr-*~ 4 it MM®B National Geographic Magazine M taken at the Ski Hi Stampede, Monte Vista, Colorado. "Nature in th£ Rau; Miid"—arul raw tobaccos have no place in cigarettes. No raw tobaccos in Luckies t ex P lain wh y fy in g process, described by the wl Bm s everywhere regard Lucky words—"lt’s toasted”. That’s M\JI Strike as the mildest cigarette. why folks in every city, town and The fact is, we never overlook the hamlet say that truth that "Nature in the Raw jdlt r for injuries growing out of an mobile accident on the Hender-i.n- Raleigh road in the early summer r.» last year. The jury’ verdict Wedi,e«: h afternopn was in favor of the dant, and held the plaintiffs weie a entitled to recover, it the case In which the fn-a a tioihat Batik wag plaintiff again?* Miss Mildred Purvis, admim.-trvnx of the late’-Shields M. Blacknali and others, went off the docket today ir. a non-euit, Laken partly for the it was understood, of clarifying Ihe matter, and wrlth the possibility that othe/ actions may follow. The .-.urn ..f .about $7,000 was involved, relating to payments made in the settlement of the Blacknali estate by Miss Purvis. Gases other than the few thst were tried, and in addition to a number which were settled by the signing of judgments, were continued until the next term. There will be no regular term of civil court In this county un til the March session next spring. EPISCOPAL LADIES TO HEAR ADDRESS Mrs. D. D. Tabor, of New York City, field agent for the Episcopal church, will address the women of Holy Innocents church at the Parish house tomorrow evening, at 730 o'clock. It is announced. All women of the church are urged to be present Mrs. Tabor is a native of North Carolina, and is said to be well fitted for the office she holds and has held for nine years.