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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-15
FRENCH BROAD
AREA RICH IN
P Utilities
Challenges Compa ri S o n
With Any Similar Sec
ton In World

Editors note. Discussing the
natural wealth of the Upper
French Broad valley and its out
standing value as an area for
the promotion of agricultural and
husbandry in contrast to the pos
sible loss that may come to it
through its use as the site of a
vast upland lake for the i'm
pounding of water in connection
with the federal governments
Tennessee River Basin develop
ment plan, S. P. Werner contri-
butes this. the third of a series
of articles which he is writing
for The Times-News under the
general title Of "Our Valley"
Mr.. Werner points out that the
valley and it's contiguous uplands
have already probably been saved
once, through the intervention of
George Vanderbilt, who blocked
it's denuding through the activity
, of lumber Interests.
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QUALIFYING ROUNDS START
SUNDAY IN LOCAL CONTEST
FOR ROTARY GOLF TROPHY
DR.. Bracket Is Defending Champion; All Of The 80
Or 40 Entrants Will Be Assured Of Three
Rounds, Under Arrangements

Prizes will be awarded in each
flight with the cup going to the
winner of the first flight. The
qualifying round will be Is holes
and matches will be Is holes, ex-
cept the finals in the first flight
which will be &c holes. Finals in
the other three flights will be foi
Is holes. -,
The tournament is open to all
Hendersonville residents or to all
visitors now residing in Hender-
sonville. Only amateurs are eEg"
IDLE however.
Visitors desiring TO enter the
tournament may apply to IN"
committee or at the club house.
Qualifying cards will be turned
in at the clubhouse on Sunday or
Monday. The committee is com
posed of C. X. Hoover, r. /.
Whitmire, o. P. Smith and W. +.
Andrews
Hendersonville players who
are expected to enter the tourna-
ment are R. L. Whitmire, DR.. W.
E. Bracket. defending CHAMPION
DR.. J. G. Bennett, DR.. R: c. Sam
pley, C. l.. Grey, DR. l.. I. Wilds,
Jr., C. X. Hoover, w. p. An
drews, w. B. Hodges, E. f. Lott
L. B. Prince, James Grey, E. a.
Continued on page A.
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Qualifying rounds in the anna,
teur tournament to be played
over the Hendersonville Golf and
Country Club course for the 10
tary Cup will begin on Sunday
and will continue through Mon
day. according to an announce
ment from the committee III
charge of the tournament. ,
The tournament will be played
in two divisions. 1t is expecteeI1,
that about 80 or 40 players VIII
enter and players will be classch
in the first or second division ac-
cording to qualifying scores.
In the first round those. play
ers who win in the first DIVISION
will enter the first flight, those
players eliminated from the first
division will automatically become
the second flight. Players VINO VINO
win in the second division WIN
become the third flight and play,
ers eliminated from the seconn
division will become the tour'h
flight. .o.u
Thus every player who enters
the tournament is assured OF
three rounds of golf out OF the
entrance fee. They will play inc inc
qualifying rounds the first rouna
and if eliminated will then get
to play in another flight.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-15
Absentee Votes
Barred In Repeal
BaIoting In N. {.

RALEIGH, July Is. (UP)-
Attorney General Dennis G.
Brummitt ruled yesterday that
voting by absentee vallot will not
be legal in the repeal referendum
of November 7.
"Nor will markers or assist
ants be allowed" he said. "Only
a person physically unableto en-
ter a booth or mark his ballot
can receive assistance, and only
from some election official"
The Attorney General said he
was issuing the statement be-
cause at has been stated that
absentee ballots will be permit
ted"
Registrars who served in the
last general election will serve in
the repeal election. he said.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-15
Gifts Valuable In
Treasure Hunt

A display of the articles of
gold, silver and platinum received
last Sunday from the members
and friends of the Methodist
church in the conduct of its
treasure hunt" will be made on
the church altar at the Sunday
morning service. Rev. Claude
Moser, the pastor, states that
some of these individual gifts are
valued as high as fifty dollars,
and make a beautiful exhibit.
Others will have an opportunity
to present similar gifts at the
service.
The articles will be sent to
Nashville, where the precious met
ais will be extracted and sold, the
proceeds to be used in the fur
therance of foreign mission actiyl-
ties. The church has expressed its
appreciation for the generous re-
Spouse to this call.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-15
STATES GINNERS
ADOPT NEW CODE

RALEIGH, July Is. (UP)--
DR.. F. V. Taylor. of Stanly, yes
terday, was elected president OF
the newly-formed cotton glnners
association of North Carolina
last of the southern states to
adopt a ginning code. :.
Two hundred North Carolina
and Virginia ginners met at
State college here Friday and
formed the association, adopting
the South Carolina and national
ginning codes and bylaws of the
Texas organization.
DR.. Taylor and Vice-president
N. L. Steadman, of Halifax, will
select the secretary.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-15
MERCHANTS IN
STATE DEBATE
TAX VALIDITY
Secretary Dowell Reveals
Attitude On Legality
OF The Law
FURTHER CONFERENCE
IS SET FOR FRIDAY

RALEIGH. July 15.-(UP).-
Willard |. Dowell, executive Sec
rotary of the State Merchants As
ISOLATION. admitted today that
there was a possibility that mer-
chants may refuse to collect The
per cent general sales lax put
into effect by the state July l.
Directors will convene here Fri
day to discuss the question Of the
legality of the law.
RALEIGH, July 15.-(UP).-
Executive councilmen of the
North Carolina Merchants Asso-
citation last night would not con-
firm or deny reports that Ferdi-
nand Pecora, noted New York
lawyer, will be engaged to contest
( the validity of the states two
weeks-old sales tax.
Reports here said merchants
throughout the state are being
asked to subscribe to fund to
retain the attorney for the SEN
ate's banking committee in the j.
P. Morgan and Company inquiry.
Meanwhile, w. L. Dowell, exec
utive secretary, disclosed that d.
rectors of the association will
meet here Friday. July 81, to de-
eide whether to launch legal at
tack against the. act of 1888.
The board was vested with au-
thority, to proceed with the con-
test. if it deemed a contest ad-
visable, after merchants expressed
dissatisfaction over the states
method Of collecting the tax at
the annual convention at Winston
Salem.
Dowell and the executive coun-
Gil conferred for three hours yes
terday with A. J. Maxwell, state
commissioner of revenue, and de-
manded a uniform system of pass
ing the tax on to the consumer
instead of the "bracket system
now in use.
The council, consisting of seven
immediate past presidents, asked
Maxwell to modify, simplify and
unity" the collecting system.
commissioner Maxwelps re-
Spouse was satisfactory" Dowell
reported.
In disclosing the states plan of
taxing the merchant, who under
mandate must pass the burden on
to the consumer. Maxwell said
that the plan would be subject to
substitution or revision after 30
DAYS.
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two PLANES Off ON FLIGHT
ACROSS ATLANTIC POSTS
TO lower World RECORD
Winnie Macs M a S t er
Bound For Berlin; 9th
er For Lithuania i
POST HAS ROBOT
FOR RELIEF PILOT

FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, n.
Y, July 15.-UP).-- Two flying
teams hoped off on trans-Atlan-
tic flights today, one heading for
Berlin on the first leg of a round
the-world race, the other steering
course to Kaunas, Lithuania.
Wiley Post, with a robot pilot
as companion. like James Mattern
who crashed in Siberia, set out in
the famous plane, Winnie Mae in
an attempt to lower the record of
eight days, Il hours and 81 min
utes for the round-the-world flight
set by he and Harold Gatty two
years ago.
The assistance of a robot pilot
will enable Post to devote much
of his time to navigation and even
to rest for short periods during
his flight.
The last item Of preparation for
the Winnie Mae was the loading
of about 900 more gallons of gas
cline on the plane, bringing the
fuel supply to the capacity of 659
gallons. This was done when the
plane was taken to the end of the
runway just before Post started.
Post retired in a Manhattan no.
tel at 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon and was awakened shortly
after II p. m. to read the latest
weather reports which indicated
conditions were not of the best
but fairly constant.
Post contemplates five scheduled
stops-Berlin, Novosibirsk and
Khabarovsk, Siberia, Fairbanks
Alaska, and Edmonton. Alberta
He hopes to complete the fight OF
approximately 15,4O0 miles in SIX
days. l-.,~.- !.x d. -
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-15
By S. P. WERNER

The favorable elements combir-
ing to institute a unit of de-
velopment in the Upper French
Broad valley are so numerous
varied and intrinsically valuable
as to challenge comparison with
any other of similar area in the
world. The writer has travelled,
resided and worked in many parts
of the best areas in four con-
tinents-North and South Amer
lea, Europe and Africa, and has
spent 40 years of intensive study
of the subject of economic de.
velopment in relation to natural
resources; and he knows of only
two such areas not already fully
developed-one in Central Africa,
one in the Chirigni Plateau of
Panama. In the Upper French
Broad the soil, elevation, topog-
raphy, temperature; rainfall, at
mospheric stability, the native
vegetation, minerals, game, fish,
adaptation to animal husbandry,
local water-powers, the location
in relation to other centers of
economic activity, and the poten-
tial qualities of the population,
all combine to produce a region
blessed by nature such as is rare
ly to be found anywhere on the
globe.
This fact was known to some
excellent judges a hundreds years
ago, to people who might nave
been termed eqicurians in taste
not only for food and drink but
for nearly all the other good
things of life. The highly cultur-
ed, widely travelled, and-for
those days--wealthy slave-owners
of the low-country of South Car
DINA found the valley all that
their hearts could wish a century
ago and proceeded to dot the
landscape with their villas, sum-
mer-seats, and pleasure resorts.
They took the trouble of travel
ing over the poor roads of those
days to get to their summer
places by carriage and coach
They planted orchards and clear
ed fields. One may see an &C.
casional relic of the former
grandeur of their establishments
today. The Civil war and its
consequences practically ended
The start those aristocratic south,
crners made in the valley. II
left the regions further develop
ment in the hands of the native
Continued on page SIX
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By GILBERT DRAPER
United Press Staff Correspondent

MONTREAL, July Is. (UP)-
Swooping out of an azure sky IN
souardons of six, the Italian air
armada of rs seaplanes came to
rest early yesterday afternoon on
the waters of the st. Lawrence,
the last scheduled stop before
completing an epochal flight from
Rome to Chicago.
Only one minor mishap marked
the arrival at Montreal, when a
refueling barge, manned by three
men, capsized in the harbor.
There was no loss of life though
half of the gas supply of 16,OOO
gallons was spilled into the water.
General Balbo, Italian Air Min
ister, led the first squadron to a
graceful landing as an immense
crowd, thronging the harbor
banks, sent cheer after cheer out
across the water.
Balbo's ship cut through the
calm river, throwing a dazzling
sheet of spray to either side, at
I1:15 p. m. The five additional
planes of his squadron followed
him while the six ships of the
second squadron circled overhead.
A band played the Fascist an
them as each squadron alighted
and TAXED with an impressive,
military provision to their moor
ings. -,
General Balbo said last night
that he could give no definite
time for taking off for Chicago.
He said the take-off must await
the arrival of the Italian Ambas-
sador to the United States who
will arrive here at s a. m. today:
It will he a nonstop flight and
the planes will land on Lake
Michigan, he said.
The "a planes left Shediac, N.
e., at 9:52 a. M. and completed
the flight in a minute Or two
under four hours over a distance
of about 500 miles.
Streamers and bunting were
hung in profusion at Fairchild
airport, where the filters were
welcomed. The Fascio club. of
Montreal, had a cheering delega-
ton of 800 on the river bank, to
give the Fascist salute to Gen
eral Balbo and his men, and there
were several groups of Fascist
girls in white hlouses and black
skirts. .f...
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-15
PRINCE AGAIN
| HEADSLECION
Freparations Made For
OPENING Of Post Club
House Soon

4 regular meeting of the HUI
peH VI. Smith post. American Ie-
|s,'n' was held Friday evening al
rer beautiful new clubhouse on
worth Main street, and the fol
living officers were elected for
0e coming year:
L, r. Prince, commander; P. j.
|y,onnSon, first vicc-commander
.nn Thomson, second vice-com-
u4nder; John 10y. third vice-com-
handler; Walter D. Stepp, adju-
SSnL; J. b. Creech, finance officer;
NNaInan Patla, service officer; W,
Lehman, chaplain; Walter AL
'NGn, publicity officer.
delegates to the state conven-
wv, mon are to be appointed by Com
mHn1er Prince, and the following
.enloerS expect to attend the
S 'ale convention in Wilmington in
TT' 8 Ben Prince. Sam Lubow,
h, h Creech. w. D. Lehman, John
'"OOmaSon and A. V. Edwards.
building of the concrete steps
NJ NJ the club house is nearing com
ZION and the other details
Dehd the club house are being
directed. Plans for the lorna,
H. Se"lng at an early date, probably
Fl Iatter part of next week are
ii the making.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-15
J. D. SEARCY IS
LAID TO REST
Well Known Retired Hen.
derson Farmer Died Un-
expectedly Friday

John Davenport Searcy died at
his home on Chimney Rock road
Friday morning. July Ia, at the
age of 76.
Mr.. Searcy had been in fail
ing health for several months,
but his death yesterday morning
was unexpected. He was stricken
with hear attack on last Sat-
urday. He is survived by his
widow, formerly Miss Alice
Brown of Rutherford county, five
sons, Robert, Samuel, Jeter and
John all of Hendersonville and
Ralph of San Diego, California
also four daughters, Mrs. Sallie
Metalf, of Rutherfordton; Misses
Maude, Lillion, and Blanche
Searcy, of Hendersonville.
Mr.. Searcy leaves twelve grand
children and a host of relatives
and friends here and in Ruther-
ford county where he resided un-
til about eight years ago when
he moved to this county.
Funeral and burial services weer
held this afternoon at the Ebene-
ger Baptist church. Rev. s. +.
Huntley, pastor of the church had
charge of the services and was
assisted by Rev. w. H. Ford, Rev.
John Guice and Rev. R. P. Corn.
Music was rendered by the East
Hendersonville quartet.
Honorary pallbearers were l..
Logan, Guilford Nancy. F. l..
Shytle, John A. Dalton, Charles
Dalton, Miles Flack, Logan Flynn,
William Flynn of Chimney Rock
and T. M. Robinson and Vernon
Blythe. of Hendersonville.
Active pallbearers were Pink
Shytle, p. B. Gibbs. Gray New
man, J. Y. Hudson, Obed Tay-
lor, Harrison Brown. Dock Will
liams, and J. w. Stamey, all of
Hendersonville.
Mr.. Searcy spent his entire life
on the farm and was the owner
Continued on page A.
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DR.. SANS, WELL
KNOWN EDITOR,
PASSES away
South Carolinian Dies Here
Following Stroke, Suf-
fered Wednesday

DR.. Stanhope Sans, II, veteran
newspaper man and associate edi-
tor of the Columbia. S. c.. State
died in the Patton Memorial hos
pital yesterday afternoon at $50
O'Clock following an illness of two
days.
DR.. Sans suffered a paralytic
stroke on Wednesday afternoon at
Bonclarken, where he had been
staying since June LIST. lie was
taken to the hospital Thursday st-
ternoon.
A snort funeral service was con-
Quoted at Tom Shepherds funeral
home this morning by Bishop K.
G.. Finlay, of the Episcopal Do
cese of Upper South Carolina, and
the remains were taken to Colum-
bia for burial.
His manifest vocation for writ
ing led DR.. Sans early into jour
nalistic work as a reporter on the
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. He was
! editor of the Atlanta Journal for
! two years, 1888-90. Later he was
a reporter on New York newspa-
pers-The Times and The Herald
serving The Times also as Wash
ington correspondent and for a
time was war correspondent III
Cuba.
He was an editor of Golfers
Weekly, and associate editor of
Gunton's magazine, devoted to
economic and industrial subjects.
In 1905, ne joined the staff of
the Columbia State as editorial
writer and literary editor.
After six years in this capacity,
he went to the Far East as editor
of the Japan Times, Tokyo, a
daily newspaper published in Eng
lish. He spent four years in ia
! pan, and in 1915 won civil ser
! vice appointment as commercial
agent in the Far East for the Uni
ted States department of com
merce. In this position he traV'
eled extensively.
! He returned to The State in
,1917 and continued on its staff
until his death.
/ DIR. Sans was distinguished as
linguist and as a literary man
outside the realm of journalism
Well grounded in Latin and
Greek, ne read fluently in Ger,
man, French and Spanish and
spoke these languages with con-
siderable fuency. While in Tokyo
| he learned to talk and read JaPa'
nese and became familiar with
MANY Chinese ideographs. He
knew Arabic and did research
! CONTINUED on page four(
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-15
LITHANIANS TAKE
OFF HOUR LATER

NEW YORK, July Is. (UP)-
Slightly more than an hour be-
hind Wiley Post, who left the
runway of Floyd Bennett field
at 4:10 a. M, the monoplane
Lithuanica set out to fly the At
lantic today. The filters are Copt.
Stephen Rarius, sc, and Stanley
Thomas Girenas, 81. Lithuanian
Americans. Without passports,
they had been instructed by the
United States department of COM
merce not to make the flight.
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PAY And.
|HORTER week.
MIL RESULT
been River Plant Alone
/, Adding $1,000 To Its
Payrole
REDUCTION COSTS
RISE 81 PERCENT

The recently approved textile
\ Is Of operation will be put into
h., in Henderson county textile
sins On Monday morning, accord
L. 70 announcements today from
kiour mills and the Green River
b.
ISra.emcnts from both mills were
4 The effect that no new employees
,nuld be added at present under
y new schedule of operations,
4 officials of both mills stated
h, the application of the mini
| Inn wage provision of the code
|Cnd result in increased pay en-
|elOpss for employees.
Al Green River it was stated
kat the wage provision would re-
In in an increase of approx
bs,elr $1,000 per week in the
|sUon. No definite figures were
lraiable for Balfour, but officials
Aa,ei that wages would be in
tsa;ei by a considerable sum.
According to the provisions of
be- code, workers will put in a
|lhom week with a minimum
tsge Of SIP per week. The only
1cept,ons to the minimum wage
re cleaners. outside workers and
'arners during their six weeks
premiership.
At Balfour where two shifts
re worked, the day shift will go
work at S a. M, have an hour
( for lunch, and work until 3
m. The night shift will go to
'ork at p. m, have half an hour
0r supper, and work until 1880
clock.
The mill will stand idle from
1870 p. m. until 6 a. m. the next
'Oming. and from 11:30 p. III.
'riday nights until 6 a. m. Mon
av mornings. The mill will thus
e idle on Saturdays.
At Green River the day shift
Fl 90 TO work at 7 a. M, have
IN hOuC for lunch and work until
Bpm. The night shift will go to
pork at 1 p. M, have half an
pour for supper, and work until
l23O a. M, of the following
norning. There will be no Satur-
Jay work.
The increase in production costs
pave no, been figured at BalfOur,
Put at Green River it was stated
|hat the reduction of the working
peek from 81 to 40 hours and the
Increase Of 35 to Sc per cent in
pages would result in an in
Creased production cost of ap-
fortunately 65 per cent.
Officials of both mills see a
tremendous increase in the cost
h cotton goods to the consumer
Trough the operation Of the tex
lie code and the processing tax
oe levied on cotton.
No indication was available to-
pay in the hosiery mills of the
'olnty, the hosiery code having
l0i yet been approved.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-15
ITALIAN FLIERS WELL ON
FINAL LAP TO EXPOSITION
Big, Colorful Ovation Is
Given Them In Last
Canadian Stop

COBOURG, Ont, July 10
(UP).-The Italian air fleet
passed over here at lis p. M,
Eastern Daylight time, today,
en- route to the Chicago EXPOSE
ton.
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u. S. DELEGATION is
READY TO ADJOURN

LONDON, July Is. (UP)-The
United States favors an indefl-
mite adjournment of the world
economic conference it was said
authoritatiYelY today.
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WEATHER

No,sJ doctor warns girls bath
against over-exPosure. Many
els L.,eb policeman has done the
same.
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GOOD AFTERNOON

Generally fair but for oeeas-
sionaI local showers Saturday
night and Sunday.