The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-01

Enforce Code
OnThurSday
Speakers Warn Trade to Fall in Line With Spirit Of the
Agreement; Will Be Invoked Temporarily Until
More Specific One Can Be Worked Out; Details
Yet To Be Determined Upon

In compliance with an order is
sued last night by Hugh S. John
son, members of the department
store group, including dry goods,
ready.to-wear and similar stores,
indicated today that they will go
under the NRA code Thursday
without waiting for other groups
that have not decided on opening
and closing hours.
The order made effective i'm
mediately the codes sponsored by
six retail associations representing
the furniture, hardware mail or
der, elothiers and furnishers. shoe
and dry goods retailers. A second
order put into effect shorter hours
and minimum wages of pay for
grocery and foodstuff dealers, al
lowing them, however, 4S-hour
weeks instead of the 40 hour
weeks for the other retailers.
II was considered likely that
other groups will join the depart
ment stores before the week is out,
thus upsetting the action Of the
meeting last night but complying
with the spirit Of orders from
Washington.
Meanwhile business men hurried
to the postoffice in large number
today to sign the pledge.
Hendersonville merchants voted
last night to adopt President Roo
sevelt's unemployment agreement
pending PRONUNCIATION Of the per-
manent N. r. A. code for retail
ers, and set next Monday night as
the time for another meeting to
work out the details for its oper-
alton here.
Meanwhile local retailers will
sign the agreement, present it to
R. H. Station, postmaster, and pro-
cure the Blue Eagle and the au-
thority to display it in their stores.
They also will work out schedules
of opening and closing hours for
the several groups as nearly uni
form as possible, with the eXcep-
ton that these schedules will be
placed in effect next Tuesday
morning. No one here is expected
to display the Blue Eagle before
next Tuesday.
The spirit Of the temporary
agreement was endorsed almost
without discussion or debate last
night after Noah Hollowell, sec
rotary of the Chamber of Com
merce, had explained its intent
and purpose, and a motion wa
then carried to make it effective
tomorrow.
Druggists had asked that they
be exempted for the time being and
this was allowed, and the meet
ing of more than a hundred merch-
ants then broke up into groups to
decide on opening and closing
hours. Fifteen minutes was allow
ed for this purpose, and when this
period had elapsed the spokesman
for the several groups began re-
porting. Department stores said
they favored $3.50 a. m. until 6 p,
M, on week days and $3.50 until
|1O on Saturdays, jewelers. decided
on 8 to 6 o'clock on week days
and 9 to 10 on Saturdays, and
hardware merchants indicated
8 80 until 6 on all days. With the
druggists already "out". groccrs
then reported they were unable to
agree on a schedule of hours. This
lied to a motion to reconsider the
previous action. and as a conse'
quence the meeting voted to allow
lmore time in which agreements
may be reached.
After the meeting, the druggists
were the first to call a group
meeting. This was set for 3 2. m,
Thursday at the city hall, and
every drug store owner in the
community will be expected to at
tend and fall in line with the de-
cision of the group.
E. w. Ham, chairman of the
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