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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
MISS CLARKE,
"a, THURSDAY
EdneyvilIe Resident Will
Observe Natal Day; Is
Still Active

Miss Martha Ann Clarke, a ma,
tive of this county and lifelong
resident. will celebrate her 94tf
birthday on next Thursday at her
home in the Edneyville section.
Miss Clarke was born in Hoop
ers Creek township on June %
1889. and at that time HoOpers
Creek was a portion of Buncombe
county. All of her life has been
spent in this section, and she now
makes her home with a brother
John Clarke, in the Edneyville
section. Mr.. Clarke is himself in
his 80th year.
Miss Clarke was a daughter oil
William and Mary Elizabeth
Clarke, her father being native
of Mcdowell county and a pioneer
resident here. Her grandparents
were natives of Ireland.
In spite of her advanced years
she is still very active, doing her
own house work such as cooking,
sewing, washing and ironing. Her
sight is still good, but she laments
the fact that she now has to use
her glasses when sewing. She
SAYS. however, that her family Ri,
BILE has large print and that she
does not use her glasses in her
daily readings.
She was one of 10 children,
only two of whom are living, and
through various family connec-
tions she has a host of relatives IN
this section to whom she is affec-
tionately known as "Aunt Mat,
tie" 81 guess l have relatives al
over the world by now," she says
AS to the reason for her long
life she has no answer, replying
to this question with: 81 don't
know why l have lived so long,
except that there must be a pur'
pose for it."
Times may be hard now, she
says, but she adds that those who
lived during and after the Civil
war period really know what hard
times are like. Reminiscing OF
this period of her life she recalls
that carding, spinning and weav-
ing was all done in the home, anG
that clothes were also made in the
home. We had no coffee, sugar
Continued on page A.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
Carolina B.Y.P.U.
Group to Gather

The regular quarterly meeting
of the Carolina Associational B.
Y. p. u. will meet on Sunday,
June rs. at the East Flat Rock
Baptist church. The meeting will
begin at 2:3O o'clock and close a.
4 o'clock.
An interesting program is be-
inc planned on the theme Look
ing to Jesus for Guidance in
Lies Choices" DR.. L. R. Scar
borough, of Fort Worth, Texas,
will be the principal speaker.
All Baptist young people are
urged to come and hear DR.. Scar
borough. Other talks and special
music will feature the program.
The president requests that all
associational officers, senior presl-
dents, district leaders, junior-in-
termediate leaders and directors,
come at 2 o'clock for a short
business meeting, at which time
plans will be made for the annual
convention.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
S. c. LEGION TO
HONOR WOMAN
Public Service of Mrs. Nc.
Kissick, Daughter of Capt.
Smyth, Recognized

Mrs. A. F. McKissick, of Green
vile, S. c., daughter of Captain
f. A. Smyth, of Flat Rock, has
been unanimously voted as the re-
cipient of the South Carolina
American LegiOn'S award in rec
ignition of outstanding service.
Formal presentation of the award
will be made at the annual Legion
convention at Spartanburg on
July 3.
Mrs. McKissick was born in
Charleston. June 3, 1870, and was
educated at Miss Murdent'S school
and Edgeworth School, Baltimore.
In 1881 she married A. f. McklS-
sick. of Union, S. c.
As vice-president and president
she served the South Carolina
Federation of Women's Club for
a long period of years. She also
served as chairman of the Re-
formatory or Industrial School
committee. which is responsible
for the school at Florence.
She has served as treasurer and
member of the board of the d. A.
R. school at Tamassee and Is now
an honorary member of the board.
She is serving her fourth term as
one of the trustees of the John
de la Howe State school and is the
only woman on the board.
She has been a member of the
American Legion Auxiliary since
its organization and has received
high local, state and national hon.
ors in this organization. She was
chairman of the veterans relief
committee of the Greenville chap
ter of the Red Cross for 13 years,
chairman of the bureau of family
relief for four years, and Is now
chairman of the Red Cross chap
ter at Greenvillc and chairman OF
the flour and clothing distribution
for Greenville county.
She was active in her work dur
ing the influenza epidemic during
the war and in canteen work dur
ing the war. In 1918 she was
county chairman for the ItrSt, sec
Continued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
FIVE WORKERS
INCINERATED
Sunday Morning Fire at
MOrganton Has Tragic
Sequel

MORGANTON, June 10. (UP)
Fire that destroyed a house in
the textile village here early yes
terday burned five people to
death.
The dead: Bill Smith, 72, I'M
employed textile worker; Alice
Smith, as. his step-granddaugh-
ter; Bill Smith, 27. painter, and
Bill Smith, Jr., 5, and Alice Will
son.
The wife of the elder Smith dis
covered the fire and got Paul Will
son, Alice Wilson and Margie Will
son out of the house. Alice went
back to arouse others but appar-
emily was overcome by smoke.
The 27-year-old Bill Smith and
his small son came here from
Lenoir. His estranged wife and L
daughter are living at Dallas, Ga.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
VETERANS TO
COME FIRST IN
GIVING JOBS
Policy of Employment on
Road Work Partially
Outlined
The Times-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

RALEIGH. June 19.-Who will
get the 5000 to 10000 jobs that
will be available as the result of
the $11,OOO,0OO allocated to
North Carolina for new highway
construction, and how much will
they be paid?
Unemployed war veterans with
dependents living nearest to the
various construction projects will
be given first preference under
tn" terms of the new industrial
recovery act, according to Chair
man f.. b. Jcffress of the state
highway commission. Those next
in line will be native citizens of
the state living nearest to the
various projects who are without
regular employment, while nat
uralized citizens of the United
States will rank third in the pref
erential list of those who can be
employed under this act. Fourth
in line are aliens who have APP
piled for naturalization papers
but who have not yet become
regularly naturalized citizens"
Chairman Jeffress believes that
most of 10000 men that will get
jobs on road construction prof.
ects in this state will come from
the first and second class, prob
ably more from the second class
than any other, since there are
not so many war veterans out of
work in the state at the present
time. Thus most of these jobs
will go to men living in the i'm
mediate communities where the
construction work is to be done.
None of those employed on any
of thse road construction projects
will be permitted to work more
than 30 hours a week, under the
new law. This means that con-
tractors must use two shifts of
men, working the shifts either
five hours a day for six days a
week or 10 hours a day for three
days a week. This has also been
the rule on all the emergency
construction projects started in
July. 1882.
1t is not known yet what the
wage scale will be on this new
work, but it is believed it will be
considerably higher than it has
been on the former emergency
relief projects, where it has been
only 20 cents an hour for unski}l-
ed labor and 80 cents an hour for
skilled labor. 1t may run as high
as so or 60 cents an hour.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
STORM DRIVES
ROOSEVELT IS
TOPORT TODAY
Three-Hour Battle With
Headwind Is Given up
as Futile
PRESIDENT IS BEST
SAILOR ON YACHT

NANTUCKET, Mass, June 10.
(UP).-Drenched by sweeping
Atlantic waves which blocked the
progress of his vacation schooner,
Amberjack III, President RoOse-
welt put into port today after bat
ting a northwest storm off Cape
Cod.
He was forced to abandon his
trip to Provincetown in the face
of a storm after trying for three
hours to- make progress toward
his next objective.
EDGARTOWN. ARTH AS
VINEYARD. Mass, June 10
(UP).-Muffled in oilSkins. PreSi-
dent Roosevelt drove his schooner
Amberjack II through stormy seas
late Sunday to this quaint little
port on the fringe of the Atlantic
near Cape Cod.
Dripping with the spray from
heavy combers that smashed over
the bows of the sturdy vessel. the
president remained at the wheel
for the greater part of the run
from Woods Hole, Mass, II
miles of turbulent water. The
weather which turned suddenly
bad after a beautiful morning
start from Marion, Mass, COM
PEELED the Skipper-chief executive
to relinquish a course originally
set for Nantucket Island.
The little Amberjack was IN
der shortened canvas, showing
only a REFER foresail and her fore
staysail on the cruise from Woods
Hole where a stop had been made
to allow Mr.. Roosevelt to visit w.
Cameron Forbes. former minister
to China, and an old friend.
Two destroyers, the Ellis and
the Bernadou. kept the AmberjacH
company. Later they were joined
by the U. S. S. CuyahOga, pa
troll boat.
Stormy seas failed to daunt the
good humor of the president. He
shouted a CHEEKY welcome to the
yacht carrying White House news
papermen.
"Are you all there" he laugh
ingly called out, mindful of the
rough trip that put some of the
amateur sailors in their hunks for
an hour or so.
"Pm having the time of my
life" he added. Amy dispatches
from Washington" he asked
Stephen T. Early, his secretary.
"No." Early said. Grand" re
replied.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
Give GROWERS
Two PLANS OF
COOPERATION
Cash Benefits May Reach
Total of $200,0O0,OOO
in Cotton States
LEASING TEN MILLION
ACRES CONTEMPLATED

WASHINGTON, June 10 (UP)
A comprehensive program for the
cotton growing industry, designed
to restore pre-war prices and draS-
tically curtail production of the
current year was announced to-
day by Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace.
The program contemplates the
leasing up to 100000 acres of
cotton land with payment of cash
benefits to farmers of between
S1OO,OOO,0O0 and S200,000,00O.
No definite action will be or
dered by the government until al
ter campaign has been conduct
ed among the cotton farmers of
the nation to secure agreements
to limit production.
In the event that a sufficient
number of pledges is secured,
farmers will be offered two varia-
tions of the acreage reduction
program.
One of these calls for cash pay
ment in consideration of co-opera-
ton, based on the productivity of
their land, and ranging from So
an acre for land with yield of
an average of around 100 pounds
per acre lint cotton to S12 for
land yielding 275 pounds Of lint
cotton, plus an option on govern
ment held cotton in an amount
equal to that which the producer
agrees to retire from production.
The second plan is for a cash
benefit without option on govern
ment held cotton. The amount OF
this benefit would range, on a per
acre basis. from ST per acre on
land yielding from 100 to 224
pounds of cotton to $40 on land
yielding 275 pounds or more to
the acre.
Wallace expressed confidence
the agriculture department CAM
paign for reduction pledges, to be-
gin during the week of June 70.
would be successful.
However, the burden of the
plan to restore cotton, basic agrl-
culture commodity, to prosperous
levels was placed upon the pro-
Queer.
In the event sufficient NUM-
Der of farmers accept the govern
ment plan, a maximum processing
tax to furnish funds for the cash
benefits probably will be enforced,
Wallace said.
The government campaign to
secure acreage curtailment agree
ments throughout the cotton belt
will extend over week. An ell
fort will be made to act definitely
upon offers secured within a week
or 10 days after the campaign has
been launched.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
St, James Men S
Club in Annua.
Outing Tonight

The annual business meeting Of
the Mems Club of st. James Epi2-
copal church will be held this eve
ming at the farm of j. S. Stroup.
Members of the club and their
guests will gather in front of the
church on North Main street to-
nieht .at $50 o'clock and VII.
leave at 6:45 for the home of Mr..
Stroup for their annual outdoor
gathering.
No formal program is before
the club tonight and the time will
be devoted to the election of Of
ficers for the ensuing year and to
the discussion of plans for that
period.
The Rev. w. C. Cravner, pastor
of All Souls church, Biltmore.
will be an invited guest this eve
ming.
A weiner roast will be enjoyed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
WAR ON CRIME is LAUNCHED
BY WILKES COUNTY CITIZENS
1000 People Take Stand
for Better Enforce
ment of Law

NORTH WILKESBORO, June
19.-Citizens of Wilkes county
yesterday organized for a war
against crime by electing Rev. j.
H. Armbrust, North Wilkesboro
Methodist minister, chairman, and
Solicitor John R. Jones, vice-chair-
man of countrywide organiza-
ton for law observance and law
enforcement.
Approximately 1000 people
representing all sections of Wilkes
attended the mass meeting which
was held at the county courthouse
in Wilkesboro yesterday after
noon.
In a surprise mo7e the large au-
dience voted almost unanimously
to request the board of county
commissioners to petition Cover
nor J. C. B. Ehringhaus for SUI
ficient terms of criminal courts TO
clear the docket, which Solicitor
Jones said is clogged with between
five and six hundred cases.
Impassioned appeals for an ed
ucational campaign to curb the
crime wave in Wilkes county,
which speakers said was greater
than that existing in New York
and Chicago. were made by some
of the leading citizens of the
county. Among them were Solic-
itor John R. Jones, P. E. Brown,
ex-sheriff and legislator, Linville
Bumgarner, former state senator,
representative and the present
deputy clerk of federal court, Rev.
C. w. Robinson, Rev. w. C..
Meadows, and T. S. Bryan. The
latter was temporary chairman.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
France Still Not
To Pay, Is View
Sharp American Note Fails
to Change Decision

PARIS, June 19.-CUP).-
Sharpness of the American war
debt note will not cause the gov
eminent to reconsider its default
on December Is and June Is pay
ments. it was indicated to the
United Press today.
The presidents refusal to dis
cuss war debts until France pays
her two overdue annuities came
as something of a shock Sunday
to the French.
The presidents note, Gliding
the French for defaulting again
on their word, was seen, however,
as indicating former Premier
Edouard Herriot, who repeatedly
insisted that France cannot expect
the same treatment as Italy and
Great Britain unless she repairs
her defaults.
The cabinet will consider a re-
ply to the Roosevelt note, prob
ably at a meeting Tuesday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
SEEK EpRE-WAR COTTON PRICE LEVEl
Toomer Playing
AS Local Club
Representative
Registered in Golf Tourney
at Atlanta as Country
Club Man

Jack Toomer, former Florida
state golf champion, and now a
member of the HendersonVllle
Golf and Country club, will rep
resent the Hendersonville club in
the southern amateur tournament
which opens at the East Lake
club in Atlanta tomorrow.
Toomcr is already in Atlanta
and was one of the leading play
ers playing practice rounds yes
terday. Since coming here he has
played stellar golf and has broken
the course record on the Ashe-
Vile municipal course.
The local course registered with
the southern association in order
that M. Toomcr might play as a
representative of the local club.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
ANTI-REPEAL
TREND IS Seen
Mcbride Confident Forces
Can Muster Is States
to Block Move
By HARRY FERGUSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, June 10. (UP)
The tide is swinging back in favor
of prohibition, and repeal of the
18th amendment will not be
achieved before 1884, if ever, F,
Scott Mcbride, general superin'
tendent of the Anti-Saloon Lea
que, said last night.
Although each of the II state:
in which the issue has been sub
mittcd has voted wet, he believes
there has been no accurate eX'
preston of public opinion be,
cause the south has not been
heard from.
Refusal Of Is states to ratify
can block repeal, and Mcbride
said he was confident the drys
could muster that much strength.
Cup to date" he declared,
mot one of the dry southern
states has voted on the question
of repeal. Three states, Georgia,
Kansas and North Dakota, have
definitely refused to provide for
elections. Four states, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi and Vir-
ginia, with no legislative sessions
until 1884, have failed to take
action providing for a vote, and
in two states, Colorado and Okla
homa. convention bills have been
vetoed by the governor.
"This makes nine states in
which the vets have made no
definite progress toward repeal,
while in two more, South Dakota
and Nebraska, elections will not
come until 1884. So there are
II states in which there is no
chance for repeal vote this
year"
Mcbride said by next year the
economic situation would be more
favorable to the dry side than it
is now, and added:
"The vets not only brought on
the elections as quickly as posi-
BILE to take advantage of the dis
content caused by the economic
situation, but they also fixed the
dates for the elections in the
wettest states first. BY 1884,
however, the battle ground will
have definitely shifted to dry ter
ritory and many other vitality i'm
portant changes may be expected
to have taken place.
"The drys will be much better
organized than was possible in
the short time preceding the cleo
tons already held. Party pres
sure to get out the wet vote will
not be as effective after political
appointments have been made"
Mcbride believes the legaliza-
ton Of beer is hurting the repeal
cause of mawless Importation of
beer into dry states which in
tensifies rather than diminshes
the evils Of the liquor traffic"
"These facts" he said, "indi-
cate that repeal will be roundly
repulsed, if the drys make the
best fight possible under the cir
cumstances to get the facts to
the people and the dry votes into
the ballot box"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
Presbyterian
Men to Gather
Organization to Have Sup
per Tuesday Night

The Men of the Presbyterian
church will meet at the church
house on Seventh avenue east,
Tuesday evening at 1880 o'clock.
Supper will be served by ladies of
the church, to be followed by d
program in charge of Thomas H.
Franks.
President c. F. Stonecipher. for
the organization, extends an invi-
tation to visitors in the city and
vicinity, who may be interested,
to attend the meeting.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
Renew Fight for
Custody Of Leas

ASHEVILLE, June 19.-(UP)
North Carolina agents went u
Tennessee for the fifth time today
in as many months to secure the
custody of Col. Luke Lea and his
son. Luke Lea, Jr. They are re-
sisting extradition on a habeas
corpus appeal scheduled for hear
ing tomorrow before the Tennes-
see supreme court.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
Senators Broaden
Financial Quiz

WASHINGTON, June 10 (UP)
A thorough inquiry into the New
York Stock Exchange investment
trusts and holding companies has
been decided by the senate COM
mittee of investigators, the United
Press was informed today. n1.eg
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
Theater Guild
Confers Tonight

Announcement was made this
forenoon by Miss Jane Truck, the
president. that a business meeting
of the Theatre Guild will be held
tonight at her home on Oakland
street. The meeting is set for 3
O'Clock.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
CONGRESSMAN KEMP
OF LOUISIANA DEAD

HAMMOND, La. June 10
(UP).-CongreSsman Bolivar E.
Kemp of the Sixth Louisiana dis
trict died today at his home near
here following a heart attack.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19

Fair tonight and Tuesday; not
much change in temperature.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-19
GOOD AFTERNOON

Unemployed St. Louis shoe
maker is writing an opera which,
probably, will contain some very
sole-ful music.
Evening star., 1933-06-23

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rooms nicely decorated and furnished, with
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