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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-10-27
COLORA

The residence of the late Mrs.
Frances (Thayer) Wilson, along the
Mt Pleasant-Liberty Grove road,
was burned down about ! a. m. last
Thursday morning. Mrs. Wilson had
willed the property to friend in
Havre de Grace. The house had not
been occupied for some time and the
origin of the fire is unknown.
A telephone has been installed in
the Samuel Keim home.
A square dance will be held here
in the School building this Friday
evening.
Colora Woman's Club quilted
three quilts last week, one top hav-
ing been donated by the late Mrs.
Mary e. Gray, who was member
of the club. Another was given the
Club by Mrs. Tatem, the other hav-
ing been pieced by members of the
club and put together by Mrs. Emma
Matthews. The quilts are for the
Needlework Guild.
Mrs. Harry Balling and Mis- Kath-
crime Yerkes, were Wilmington shop
pers last Saturday.
Jay Emrey, Donald Balderston and
Lawrence Virgins, hiked TO Port
Deposit Saturday.
Oliver Wilson, of near Farming
ton, and Noah Conner, of West Not
tingham expect to motor tC Floyd
county, Virginia, this week. The
formers mother, Mrs. Emma Wilson,
will return home with them, TO spend
the winter with her son and family.
James V. Reese, Wilmington,
spent Sunday at his home Mt. Pleas
ant.
Mrs. w. N. Wilson was Phila-
delphia visitor.
Miss Abbie Keen is spending some
time with her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Luth-r Hind
man, at Calvert.
Mrs. William T. Jenness enter
tanned at luncheon last Friday Mrs.
Ernest Rowland, Liberty Grove;
Mrs Swan Everist, Philadelphia;
Mrs. Harry Smithson, Port Deposit,
and Mrs. W. N. Wilson, Colora.
Misses Bertha M. Tyson and Ber-
tina Balderston were in baltimore
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Riley and
daughter Miss Mary, motored to
Middletown, Del, where they visit
ed Jean Shallcross.
Next Sunday, Oct 10th, will be
Rally Day at Porters Grove church.
A good attendance is desired.
A marriage license was issued in
Elkton last week to Aaron M. Love
and Miss Margaret Campbell. The
groom is a nephew of Lawson S.
Love, Cofora.
Mrs. Howard w. Pussy and Mrs.
Howard Pierce were hostesses of
The Ladies Aid Society of Mt. Pleas
ant M. E. Church, Wednesday eve
ming last week, at the home of Mrs.
Pussy.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Asnbrdge. of
Bay View, were Sunday visitors at
the S. r. Keim home.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-10-27
West Nottingham Presbyterian
Church
kev. A. H. HiSshmaD
PHI. d Pastor

kev. A. II. HlSshmaD
Phi. D., Pastor
Sunday School 1000 A. NJ
Worship 1890 A. M.
The subject of DR.. Hibshman's SER
mon for next Sunday will be 1.-THE
Proper Valuation of the Uncertain
ties of Time"
Young Peoples Meeting 1880 P. M.
You are cordially invited to all
these services.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-10-27

Every man has a lurking wish to
appear considerable in his native
place.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-10-27

six Honorary. IA Extension. making
a total membership of sc. Also
have 25 Kings Heralds, 20 Little
Light Bearers.
sUPT, PUBLICITY,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-10-27

The hardest job is to keep people
from making walks across the lawn
around a county courthouse.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-10-27

Did you ever, when you felt that
temptation was or your track, slow
up?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-10-27

We care not who makes the ma
TONS songs if We. could make the
laws to suppress some Of the songs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-10-27

1t still persists the notion that
one is to "holler" louder if i. is long
distance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-10-27

Better keep interested in the
progress of the world 1t keeps on,
while you quit.
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
"KNAVE'S GIRL" >"

was difficult in this pitching
sea. Again the ominouS boom.
Capture
we've got him." said the
Sergeant.
The Lazy Mary was slowing.
Her motors were sputtering,
and the next series of rolling
waves brought the launch
abreast her. There was a
scramble aboard the Lazy Mary.
The gunfire ceased.
Lay to in the name Of the
law" the Sergeant shouted.
This is a New York City police
launch"
Hooks grasped the rail of
the Lazy Mary and humping,
humping. humping, the two
boats came together. The Lazy
Mary's motors expired in
strange silence, but the Ser
geant was not yet ready TO
board. Three men, drenched
with rain, filed along the deck
of the fugitive craft with hands
aloft. While the Sergeant, rock
ing with the movement Of his
own boat, covered them, two
patrolmen clambered over the
rails nimbly, and clamped man
acles upon their prisoners.
Clark was now at the rail.
where's Bill McGee?" he
demanded.
Bill MCGEE gave his own
answer. They saw him round
ing the corner from the wheel
house. his sodden hair wildly
over his eyes, a gun in either
hand.
Come and get me-" he
Snarled.
Patricia never knew the de-
tails of the gun fight. She
never wanted to know. A pa
trolman carried her below,
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
800 CATHOLICS
At PARLEY

The ninth annual meeting Of
the Federated Colored Catholics
of America was held here yester.
day at st. AuguStine's Catholic
Church.
Nearly 500 delegates and
visitors from the middle and
south Atlantic States and the
East were in attendance. The
object of the conference was to
bring about a closer union and
better feeling among all colored
Catholics, to advance the cause
of education, raise the general
status of the church and stimu.
late a larger interest in racial
and civic affairs of the country.
The address of welcome was
delivered by DR.. Eugene A. Clark,
president of Miner Teachers Col.
lege. while the main address was
given by DR.. Thomas w. Turner,
president of the federation.
The Washington times., 1933-08-28

was crying now, but crying with
happiness. Clark was safe, and
that was all that mattered.
Clark was safe, and the rain
had gone and the stars above
the quieting waters of the
Sound were peeping through.
Not a casualty, lady" said
the Sergeant proudly when he
saw her. THAT is, no casualty
except MCGEE. Not a cop was
even clipped. And three prison
ers below. Your friend here had
the narrowest escape. His hat is
out there in the water some
where, and it's been drilled
through twice."
"Oh, Clark"
Confession
She caught at his hand and
held it tightly. His responsive
grip was comforting and sweet.
He seemed embarrassed, aWk.
ward, almost shy. He did not
wish to discuss his part. When
the launch had put about and
was swinging back toward the
city, Clark spoke. The man and
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
ADVANCES
TWO PER CENT

A 2 per cent rise in retail food
prices in Washington during the
month Of August has been re-
vealed by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the Department of
Labor.
A rise was general throughout
the country, and the increase in
prices here was slightly above the
average for the 81 cities report
ing.
During the previous month the
price rise average in the country
was per cent, and the food
prices have risen SO per cent
over August a year ago. Norfolk,
Va, was the only city reporting
in which a decline was shown
as compared to a year ago.
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
CHAPTER SIXTY

Suddenly a figure rolled up
to the Sergeant. A man spoke
silently. The Sergeant moved
toward the searchlight. The
brightness ceased its steady
circling, and a straight and
piercing gleam shot out to the
starboard and rested there.
The deck of a darkened motor
boat, now only so feet distant,
was alight. The light wavered,
dropped. Patricia saw white
letters outlined along the side
of the craft. She darted for
ward.
Its the Lazy Nary"
The Sergeant snatched a
megaphone and held it to his
lips.
stand BY" he shouted
through the rain and the storm
and the darkness. Stand by
There was a flash or red ana
then another. A burst of gun
fire had answered his hail.
And then the Lazy Mary, spit
ting bullets behind her, leaped
into life and sped into the
blackness of the Sound.
The chase was short. Bill
McGee's boat was fast, but the
police launch had come upon
him before his engines had
time to whirl themselves to
their full speed, and he could
not escape. Patricia lay flat
upon the wet deck-she had
been thrust there by Clark
when the bullets began to fly
half sick with the fearful mo-
ton of the boat and half ex-
hilarated by the unnatural ex-
citement of the night. Across
the deck, the police had lum-
bered a one-pound cannon into
action. Now she heard it
boom. Even close-range aim
The Washington times., 1933-08-28

tossed her into a neatly made
police bunk, and locked The
door behind him. She. heard
the pistols. she heard the roar
Of the wind and the pounding
of the waves upon the floating
and bound-together boats. But
she heard most loudly the
silence that came with the ces-
Sation Of firing.
Bill, his boat sinking under
him and all hope lost, fought to
the end. And then when the
laundering Lazy Mary-a hole
in her side-was almost ready
to carry the launch TO the bot
tom with her, he was brought
dying aboard and carried, with
more tenderness than might
have been expected, to tiny
cabin where futile emergency
treatment was given. Bill Nc
Gee, unshriven and unmourned
died with seven bullets in his
body.
1t was Clark who brought
Patricia to the windy deck. She
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
BUDGET DEFICIT
To CUT VALUE
Of FRANC

PARIS, Aug. % GN.S0.-The
suddenly increased possibility
that France may have to devaluate
the franc to balance its budget
worried Paris financial circles
today.
Grave concern was expressed
following the announcement of
Budget Minister Lucien Lamoureux
that he expected the 1884 budget
would have a deficit of 6,000,-
100000 francs (about $340,950,000
at current rate).
The budget head made no Sug-
gestions as to how the deficit
would be met, and this served to
strengthen predictions that de-
valuation of the franc would be
effected to achieve the end by
stimulating business and foreign
trade.
The newspaper LIE Temps said
the government had a difficult
task ahead. It declared:
ITO reduce to zero the diff
ference of 5000, 100000 francs
between the receipts and ex-
penSeS Of a country already
OVerburdened and whose eco
nOmy is suffering aSSuredIy is
not q small affair. 1t will call
for great sacrifices on the part
Of the citizens and great de-
Termination on the part Of the
government"
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
Treat Church Same
As Wfe,PGstOr Urges

The church should have the
same consideration from a man
he gives his wife, the Rev. Frank
L. Griffin, guest speaker at the
Chevy Chase Baptist Church,
said yesterday in his sermon.
He who shirks supporting the
church is as much to blame as
he who denies support for his
wife, he asserted.
Further. a man may dishonor
his wife by the way he speaks
of her and just so careless a
remark may put upon his church
a bad name, he said. Toward
the church, as toward a bride,
man should show fidelity,
charity and willingness to work,
he added.
The Washington times., 1933-08-28
BY JOAN CLAYTON

girl stood at the rail, their eyes
on the expanse Of grayish water
tightening in the coming dawn.
Clark gestured below decks
(Continued on 2nd. Comic PGgs)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-14
Nv 6. p. WERNER

Two broad viewpoints in the
development of our valley must
be considered:
|. In relation to the Tennessee
River plan and to the country out-
side the valley in general.
2. In relation to the lnterna!
development of it's resources and
potentialities.
The first of these viewpoints has
given rise lately to surmise thai
one of the functions Of the Upper
French Broad valley, contemplate
ed by the federal government,
NAV be to become the site of Il
large dam and storage reservoir
for the primary purpose OF con-
tributing to a steady flow of wa
ter at the Wilson dam at Muscle
Shoals, the site of one Of the ma
jor hydro-electric plants in the
country. Reports based upon
studies by army engineers midi
cate the possibility Of the crec-
ton of a dam, va. iouSly estimated
to be from 125 to 200 feet high,
across the French Broad, at a
point some seven miles above
ASheville, at the Long Shoals,
near the mouth of Bent Creek. 1t
may easily be seen that such a
dam would impound the waters Of
the valley to the extent of COM
pletely covering all of the bottom
lands along the river and some of
the uplands along the toes of the
mountain on each side, flooding
an area now devoted to fields and
gardens, embracing between 80
0OO and $4,000 acres, for the low
or figure, and between 10000 and
so 600 acres, for the higher, ac-
cording to height of the dam. The
imnounded water would also COW
or most of the railway tracKage
Of the Pennsylvania branch, and
several miles of the AsheVllle-
Spartanburg line, of the Southern
railway. at least three-fourths OF
the city of Hendersonvllle, mucE
of the town of Flat Rock, most o.
the towns between HendersonVllie
and Brevard, all of the environ;
of Brevard, and the town OF
BOSNIAN, with practically all OF tht
manufacturing establishments al
those places; many farm-h0mes
and other improvements; ana no
less than fifty miles of hard-Sur
I faced and secondary highways.
This possibility Predicates, Il
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-14
CALL STRIKE
AT HIGH POINT
Much Unrest in Two In
dustries: General Strike
Threatens

HIGH POINT, July 14.-(UP)
"A general strike In High Point
furniture plants was called last
night for Monday morning.
The strike will affect 5000
workers. 1t was called after la
Dor unrest had fared earlier in
the evening in High Points major
furniture and hosiery plants.
With strikes threatening in
other plants, Is employees of the
Globe Parlor Furniture factory,
one of the smaller plants here,
were on a walk-out.
D. V. Brantley, president of the
Industrial Workers Association,
said yesterday that unless de-
mands for a rs per cent wage in.
crease are met by manufacturers,
general strike will be called
Monday.
Representatives of laborers at
the Adams-Minnis and Diamond
factories advised Brantley that
operatives there would not parti-
cipate in the strike.
Fixers in hosiery mills are now
being paid between $25 and $50
weekly. The federal code, how
ever, will set the maximum at $18
per week by reducing the work
week from 55 to DO hours.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-14

Editors note: Writing under
the general theme, "Our Valley"
S. P. Werner, engineer who has
been associated with wOrld-known
induStrialists. began in yesterday
issue of The TimeS-News a series
of articles. informative and ana.
lytical, dealing with The industrial
and agricultural potentiaitics OF
the French Broad River valley,
and with the possible results that
NAV follow ultimate qualifications
of the federal governments Ten
nessee River basin valley plan IT,
this immediate section. Mr.. Yer
ner sees these results as potent
for good or i'll for this valuable
farming section. The second Of
this series of articles appears
here,)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-14
CONCERT SET
FOR TONIGHT
First Baptist Auditorium
Scene of Program
for Tourists

The second of a series of sum-
mer entertainments sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce will be
held at the First Baptist church
this evening at 8 o'clock and will
take the form of musical pro-
gram.
A. C. Hewitt, Jr., who was to
appear on the program is i'll and
a trio and duet will take the place
of his numbers.
The program will be as follows
Organ Prelude in F-----Petrali
Miss Mary Brooks
o, Lord Most Holy Marchetti
Mrs. H. R. Bobst, Mrs. O. A.
Meyer, Mrs. J. G. Morrow, Jr.
Romance-from Second Concerto
(Weiniawski)
Allegro - from Concerto in d
Trasquita -------- Kreisler
Miss Emily Sargent
Mrs. H. r. Bobst
Mrs. J. C. Morrow, Jr.
Concerto in A minor - Shumann
Miss Mary Brooks
Mrs w. T. G. Bates
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-14
By. J. c. baskerville

RALEIGH, July ID. - Details
of the organization of the field
+ force of the department of reve-
rue, that will collect all state
taxes as well as the new 3 per
cent sales tax, were announced
today by Eecutive Assistant Com
missioner of Revenue M. C. S.
Noble, Jr. The new field force
will be composed of 62 field
deputies, the present force of 18
deputies being increased by ID
new men to that figure. Letters
will be sent out within the next
"a hours to the ID new men that
will be appointed as deputies and
their names will be announced as
soon as they all are notified.
They will be asked to report for
duty Monday, July II. Ten ad-
ditional employees will also be
added to the office force of the
sales tax division here as soon as
possible, DR.. Noble said.
The state will be divided into
Sd tax collection districts, with
one senior deputy in charge of
each district and with from two
to three deputy collectors in the
larger districts, DR.. Noble an
nounced. The salaries of the lS
senior field deputies carried over
from the present staff will be
$500 a year and travelling ex-
penses; those Of the other SO
senior deputies will be $1,000 a
year and travelling expenses,
while the salaries of the junior
or assistant deputies will be 3d.
080 a year and expenses. These
field deputies will be subject to
transfer from one district to an
other at any time and must be
willing to serve in districts other
enlarged field organization, and
other division heads of the de-
partment. The new and old dep
uty collectors and the members
of the highway patrol will be
given detailed instruction in the
than those in which they reside.
These "a new field deputies
and 10 present deputies aud the
entire state highway patrol, are
being instructed to meet in
Chapel Hill Monday morning.
July II, to attend a four days
training school. This school will
be under the direction of Conn
missioner of Revenue A. J. Max
well. who will be assisted by DR..
Noble, Director Harry Mcmillan
of the sales ia division, Director
L. S. Harris of the motor vehicle
bureau, Captain D. Farmer. COM
CONTINUED on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-14
Vast Central Lake Not Needed
III River BASIN S Development
S. P. Werner Points to Two Broad Viewpoints 10 Be
Taken in Tremendous Federal Undertaking

realized, the conversion Of the val
lev into lake. huctuating in
depth according to the periodic
drawn-down. from its maximum
level to a few inches or even 10
complete dewatering. The Justltl-
cation for such a conversion IS
attempted along the line of al
lcped necessary sacrifice for the
benefit of the power-plant at Mus
Gle Shoals, of food-control in the
lower Tennessee Valley, and pos
sibly of electric power at the dam
site near Ashcville.
Two fundamental questions
raised by the situation then arise
| % Is there no feasible alternate
plan by which the foregoing three
detectives may be fully attained
without sacrificing the valley; 90
IF such an alternate plan would
not fully serve the purposes, would
it contribute enough towards
them while at the same time saw
ing the valley for fields, farms,
homes, industries and recreatlonal
sites, to make such an alternate
plan preferable, taking the broad
view of the best interest OF all
concerned? .
The purpose of this series of
articles is to try to demonstrate
that these last two questions may
he answered in the affirmative
Some of us who have studied the
subject for a long time-yearS
before the present Tennessee au-
thority was created-have been
convinced that floor-control, uni
formity of river-fow, electric
power, and several other obJec-
tives may be provided for our val
ley bv a plan not requiring the
creation Of one vast central lake
with its necessary destruction OF
so much property and its permGa!-
nent elimination of the potential
ties of the land.
This alternate plan. has already
been presented in its broad out
lines to Congressman Zebulon
Weaver for presentation to the
appropriate officials of the execu-
tive departments involved. and
has been published in condensed
form. The details will be set forth
now, together with certain obser-
vations about the intrinsic re-
sources and potentialities OF the
area under consideration.
In brief, the alternate plan TO
the central reservoir project IN
wolves the creation of number
of dams and reservoirs in the val
legs of the tributary streams to
the French Broad, up in the adj
iacent mountains, in such manner
as both to afford water-storage
| for the ultimate benefit of Muscle
Shoals. and at the same time to
contribute greatly to the develop
ment of the French Broad valley
itself, instead of practically elimi-
mating it.
AS these articles are intended
for the eyes of others besides our
own people, it is advisable to set
forth facts and conditions familiar
to us but possibly not very well
known to many who may have
much influence upon the destiny
of our valley under the plans be-
Continued on page four(
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-14
Roosevelt Family Under Special
Guard Against Possible kidnapping
Federal Agent, Leading Anti-Rackeeer Campaign, APP
peaIs to Public for Cooperation
By HARRY FERGUSON
United Psess Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, July ID. CUP
Joseph keenan,, a square-jawet
Irishman who has been drafted by
the federal government to rur
racketeers out Of business, plead.
ed yesterday for public co-opera,
ton in his battle to stamp out kid
naping.
His plea came at time when
it was learned that special guards
had been assigned to President
Roosevelt's grandchildren because
of the outbreak of abductions
within the last three weeks. Rus
sell Wood, the youthful secret
service man who guarded John
Coolidge when the latter's father
was president, has been stationed
at Rye Beach, N. H. There he
will guard Sarah, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. James Roosevelt.
Another agent, whose name
was not disclosed at the White
House, is at Little Bears Head,
watching "Sistie" and "Buzzie"
Dali, the children of Anna Roose-
welt Dali.
Keenan,, on the job as special
assistant to Attorney General
Cummings for less than a week,
told the United Press yesterday
he was devoting all his time to
the war against kidnapers. He is
charged with the general problem
of combating racketeering, but
he feels the kidnapping crisis is sc
acute that he must devote all his
time to it.
His office is bare-there has
been no time yet to install furni-
ture, rugs, and elaborate ashtrays
and Keenan, sits behind a bat
tered yellow desk that in the last
week has become the clearing
house for all criminal information
gathered by the federal govern
ment's far-fung agencies.
He talks blunt, plain language
that he learned as a cavalry of.
ficer in the World war, and used
later when he joined the Cleve-
land crime commission and de-
clared war without quarter on
racketeers.
well" he said yesterday, "the
racketeers have challenged us.
We accept. The federal govern
ment is equipped to run these fell
lows down and jail 'em and that's
what we're going to do. We've
got to have help and that help
must come from the people.
81 wish the people knew how
well the federal government is
fixed to fight kidnapers. We've
got the most elaborate fingerprint
records in the world. We've got
the bureau of investigation of the
department Of justice, which is
filled with as good detectives as
you'll find anywhere. We're ready
to jump right into a kidnapping
case as soon as it breaks, and
that's what we're going to do
keenan, paused and fastened
horn-rimmed glasses on his nose.
His eyes are steel blue, and his
mouth is tight and grim at the
corners.
81 don't like to say this" he
continued, "but there have heen
kidnapping cases in this country
where the police work was bum
gled. We hope we won't bungle
any. I think the power of the fed
eral government is feared in the
Continued on page A.