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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01
Bankers Killer
Is Pastors Child
Exonorates Him But Could
Not Live Without Him

MORRISTOWN, Tenn, Sept. 1.
Sam Bruce, 81
year-old brunette daughter of a
Lebanon, Tenn, preacher, killed
herself here Friday after shoot
ING to death j. C. Shelton, bank
president, because ''life to me is
meaningless without him."
Miss Bruce waited for half an
hour in Skeletons office at the
Hamblen National bank and when
he entered fired bullet through
his chest from a .S2 pistol.
Shelton staggered out of his Of
fee door into a corridor as an
other shot was heard from the of
fee. The girl was found dead IN
the Office. Shelton died shortly
afterward in a hospital.
Police found a note IN MISS
Bruce's purse which read:
at loved Jess better than NE
He was fine and honorable IN
every respect, but life to me is
meaningless without him. Please
notify my father, Rev. ". D.
Bruce, Lebanon, Tenn, by teie,
gram. Will you do it tactfully'?s,
Shelton was unmarried. He had
dinner with the girl at a local no.
tel Thursday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01
CALENDAR
Ut Local Events
chanEed by Mrs. Fred Justus,
OF Commerce. Hostess.
Telephone 474
Saturday, Septsmh.r !

n,S Saturday September i
Mn lance, city gymnasium, 9 p. m.
orchestra. ''iisS'oh "itN
Monday September ;
to 5p. m. +Aure' ArA'
,traa asE summer street dance, Main
avenues. Gnu run I'LL
sink labor @ Day dance, city gymna-
III III $50 p. M; music by O'Neill
0""uram and orchestra.
Tuesday, September 4
lar evans T club Keno party, Sky.
ana hotel S,:15 D. m.
IT, Coming
n thursday evening, Sept 6, Sis
am :, m North Carolina Symphony
eStra' high school auditorium.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01
GUARD KILLED
BY COMPANION
Used as Shield by Convicts
Fooled in Break at
Caledonia

RALEIGH, Sept .1.-(UP).-
Ernest Hulk, Caledonia state pris-
on farm guard, was killed yester-
day by the shots of fellow guards
when five convicts used him for a
shield in an attempted escape, 1t
was reported here.
The convicts, overpowerlng and
disarming Hulk, took a car belong
ing to E L. Shearon, prison can
merry worker, forced Hux to &C.
company them, and drove away.
l.. D. Hinton, assis ant superln--
tendent of the farm, and a guard
pursued the escaped prisoners,
engaging in a gun battle with
them. Hux was killed in the shoot
ing. All of the escapades were
apprehended.
The Halifax county coroner did
not designate either Hinton or the
guard as the one who fired the
fatal shot.
Prisoners attempting to escape
were: John McIver, serving 80
wears for murder and 10. to 10
for robbery with firearms; Ran
som Brooks, under 6 to 9 years
sentence for robbery with fire.
arms; Roy Adams, serving % to
30 wears for murder; Raymond
Rich, under a 5 to Z years term
for highway robbery; and Luke
Pennington, serving % IL to SO
wears for murder.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01
OPERAS HERE
HISTORIC FOR
ANNALS
Two Verdi Works Accord.
ed Highest Recognition
by Music Lovers
WAGNER FESTIVAL
GROUP HEARD TWICE

Musical history was made in
Hendersonville Friday when the
Wagner Festival Opera associa-
ton, a company of musicians
comprising opera singers and or
chestra men from the Metropoli-
tan Opera house, New York, gave
two performances of Verdi OPP
eras at the high school auditor
ium, under the direction of DR..
Ernest Knoch of the Metropolitan
Opera company.
The audience, not up to antici-
patton in point of size was en-
raptured by both performances,
and what it lacked in numbers
was amply compensated for by
! the cordiality of the reception,
which the masterful renderings
of these two operas was &C.
corded.
The afternoon performance
was LaTraviatia, the celebrated
opera of Giuseppe Verdi, which,
although lacking in text, is re-
deemed by the music of Verdi
which abounds in the finest mel
ody and in special features of
admirable quality.
From the moment when Con-
ductor Knoch lifted his baton to
open the ever lovely overture, to
the closing aria, the enthusiastic
audience was carried away by
the sheer beauty of the music of
this work.
In the opening scene of the
first act Annunziata Garrotto as
!Yipletta, the, frivolous beauty
first given to The world in Vic
tor Hugo's LA Dame Aux Cam
elias" captured the rapt atten-
ton of her audience with the
superb beauty and quality of her
voice, and her work throughout
the opera drew enthusiastic ap-
plause.
Myrion Duncan, American ten
or, was heard in the role Of AL
fredo. Lawrence Power, origin
ally scheduled for this role, was
heard last night in the role of
the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto.
Another change was made in the
cast, MARITIME Rossi, baritone,
taking the role of Germoti in the
afternoon while Rocco Pandisieo
appeared last night as Rigolette.
Mr.. Duncan entirely charmed
his audience with the quality of
his voice and when he appeared
with Miss Garrotto, particularly
lin the final act, his efforts were
greeted by enthusiastic applause.
Mr.. Rossi was possibly better
known to his Hendersonville aud
|ience than other members of the
cast on account of his radio and
concert work, and the richness
and power of his voice again
thrilled his listeners.
The entire cast was highly re-
ceived for a splendid, capable
performance which bore out the
prediction that the Wagnerian
company was as fine as any ever
heard on tour.
Conductor Knoch and his Or
chestra drew their share of the
applause, the rendition of the
beautiful overture being espe-
cially popular.
Lita May in the role of Gilda,
in the performance of Rigoletto
contested honors with Rocco Pam
diseio to whom had been assign
ed the title role after the pro-
grams for last evening had been
CContlnued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01
PUSHING CAMPAIGN
FOR NEEDY FARMERS

B.. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. CUP
President Roosevelt's campaign
10 make thousands Of destitute
farm families self supporting
spesded forward today under the
direction of the emergency relief
administration, huge new deal
spending agency. .
Since it started its so-called
rural rehabilitation program last
June, the administration has
poured more than S11,000,000
into states to help $4,000 tenant
farmers become land owners.
An investigation is being made
10 determine to what extent the
program can be expanded next
year. Many states already have
indicated a willingness to double
activities.
The idea back of the movement
is to enable needy farm families
to acquire land by lease from
states or non-proft making cor
pOrations and pay in cash, goods
or work over a long period. For
example, the first man in Ar
kansas to meet his obligations did
it with 900 cans of wild plum
preserves.
The program has developed
most rapidly in the South where
two out Of three farmers are ten
ants The majority of families
have been placed on farms leased
until the end of next year. They
viii be permitted to buy the land
on longtime payments if they
demonstrate fitness for ownership
when the present lease expires.
Lawrence Westbrook, assistant
relief administrator, explained
Yesterday that the government
was establishing prospects near
farms where men and women
could earn about 80 cents an
hour in time spared from farm
work. Community garden and
canning factories have provided
employment for many farmers, ne
Many Of these families have
been on the share all their
hTes," he added. Whether they
made a good crop or a bad one,
when the end of the year rolled
around 1t was all the same. They
nao nothing to show for their
years work.
NOW, with the administrations
ns'p, they are making crops
winch no matter how little, are
sSelr own. They owe the admin
Straoon for their animals, their
p i, and the feed and food they
use until their own crops are
VVontinued on page four)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01
NO DIRECT EFFECT
OF STRIKE SEEN HERE

ANY effect on Hendersonville
and Henderson county as q result
of the textile strike which has
been called for tonight by union
officials, is expected to result in'
directly rather than directly
Henderson county has two tex.
tile mills, the Bafour mill, and
the Green River mill, at Tuxedo.
It is understood that there is
no union organization at either
Of these mills, and employees are
expected to remain ut their work
after the weekend holiday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01
TO ORGANIZE
FAIR MONDAY
Kelly Urges Large Attend.
ance at Monday
Night Meeting

Attention was called today to
the meeting on Monday evening
at the city hall at 8 o'clock at
which time interested citizens will
perfect the Henderson County
Fair association and make plans
for a county fair this fall.
All Hendersonville people who
are interested in the organization
of the fair and in having a far
here each fall are urged to attend
the meeting.
H. B. Kelly, who is calling the
meeting, is especially anxious to
have Henderson county people and
vocational agricultural and home
economics teachers at the meet
ing.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01
Checker Match Is
Set For Sept. 9Th
Ate. Of {. Rooms
Gaffney, S. C., Bringing 6
Players, Kennedy
Is Advised '*

All good checker players Of
Hendersonville were asked today
to hearken the challenge by six
checker players from Gaffney, 8.
c., who will be in this city on
Friday, Sept. q, at z p. m, to
play in a checker tournament at
the Chamber of Commerce rooms
on Main street.
A beautiful silver cup will be
the prize, the cup to be played
for by checker players Of Hen
Jacksonville and Gaffney on the
basis Of the best two games out
of three for cup ownership.
Hugh Kennedy arranged Tor
the watch in, cooperation WIN
Tye MeAbee, Of Gafney.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01
LONG Goes TO
|. new ORLEANS
Under Armed Guard Is
Ready to Drive Out ~
Administration

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1. (UP)
Escorted by heavily armed militia-
men and nine chosen legislative
Investigators, Senator Huey Long
launched his first move. in an at
tempt to dislodge the city admin-
istration from office today.
Investigators are expected to
summon witnesses to testify re-
garding alleged graft and corrup-
ton. Long is to question wit
nesses.
Soldiers with bayonetted rifles
were protecting Long from his
foes ISA.! 80
Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley
promised to protect citizens from
the military forces.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01
Austrianls Will I
Admit Hapsburgs

VIENNA, Sept. 1.-(UP)-Of-
fetal circles said today that the
government intents to rescind the
Hapsburg exclusion law, permit
ting the Archduke Otto, pretender
to the Austrian throne, and his
mother, Ex-empress Zita, to re-
turn to the country from exile.
. It was pointed out that this ID
not . move to restore the mons
archy, but simply rsinstating 0t3a
and zita Is private cjazeAs -
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01
UNREST APPARENT IN
PIEDMONT SECTION

CHARLOTTE, Sept. 4. (UP).
Unrest was apparent here today
as the Piedmont area prepared
for the textile strike. Sentiment
was heavily pro-strike.
Workers will assemble at q
mass meeting tomorrow to hear
an address by Francis ]. German,
chairman Of the United Textile
Workers strike committee.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01
Issue Coastal
Storm Warming

WASHINGTON, Sept. L.
(UP)-The weather bureau to-
day warned small craft off the
south Atlantic and Florida
coasts Of a tropical disturbance
, developing ATS. miles east of
Cape canaryeel, Fla, ',.-H > e
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01
HUNGRY GEORGIA
STRIKERS TO BE FED

ATLANTA, Co., Sept. l. (UP)
Miss Gay B. Shepperson, state
FERA administrator, said today
that striking textile workers in
Georgia would be fed by FERA
eft they were hungry"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01

SHELBY, Sept. 1.-(UP).-
Plans to picket all local mile
with both men and women dur.
ing the strike were announced
by Paul Christopher, state pres.
ident Of the United Textile
Union forces claimed they
had gained more than 100 new
members this morning.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01
$4,000 PEOPLE !
now ORDERED
TO QUIT JOBS
Unrest Hits the Piedmont
as Plans Made for Men,
Women to Picket
NO DIRECT AFFECT -
IS EXPECTED HERE

HYDE PARK, N. r., Sept. I.
(UP).-The garment industry
threatening q strike unlsss Civ.
On higher wages and shorter
working hours, today carried
their fight directly. to President
Roosevelt.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01
AUTO CODE TO
Be RENEWED
To Be Continued Temper.
orily While Further
Studies Made

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Sept.
1.-(UP).-Extension of the
automobile code without change
until November 3 was ordered
today by President Roosevelt
after an extension was recon-
menIed by Administrators Hugh
Johnson.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. CUP
Renewal of the automobile code
will be announced before Tues
day, the United Press learned last
night.
The code renewal will contain
provisions for continuation of the
present code for either so or SO
days and will give authorization
for further study of labor's de.
mands for increased wages and
shortened hours and increased
wages and elimination of the
"merit clause"
Recommendations of NRA Ad-
ministrator Hugh S. Johnson fol
renewal of the code are believed
now to be on the desk of Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt at
Hyde Park, N. Y.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01
GOOD AFTERNOON

An investigator with little elss
to do finds that the blead d on
her way out. And that seraping
noise is the other sussts getting
up to follow her.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-01
WEATHER

r,;r and warmer tonight and
Sunday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12
HOW TO KEEP WELL
Associatio

likely to prolong life beyond the CLASH
cal three score and ten if the in
dividual comes of short lived family"
The years that medical science and
better living conditions have added to
the normal life span in the last 20 years,
have been added mainly through saw
ing of child life, the doctors point out.
Fewer people each year are dying in
youth from preventable diseases like
diphtheria, dysentary, tuberculosis, ty-
phoid fever and others. More people
are living to the age when degenera-
tive diseases begin TO set in and they
die from heart and kidney disease, ar
terioSclerosiS and cancer.
Much has been done in the control
of cancer by early diagnosis and surgi-
cal removal. Dietary regimen and in
sulin have already reduced the deaths
from diabetes.
Control of arterio-sclerosiS, medical
name for arterial hardening, is less
promising, though something can be
done by regulated living habits 10 slow
down aging processes" the bulletin con-
cludeS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12
is LOCAL GOVERNMENT
NOW ON THE DOLE?

"At time when many municipalities
and some of the states desired to CO.
operate with the Federal government
in inStituting programs of public works
to relieve unemployment and distress,
they were unable to do so because of
their own financial distress. They
could not finance themselves except
upon terms that might be regarded as
unreasonable, in the face of their own
financial dilemma.
These units, no doubt, needed funds
to alleviate local suffering, but because
of the meagre possibility of floating
bonds, eventually they were forced to
lay their problem on the doorstep of
the federal government, and today they
are in reality charges of the nation, and
are really getting dole.
Doesn't it seem clear, then, that the
restoration of this Self-dependence and
this prestige that the local government
has lost because of it's financial dis
treSS, must in future rest upon the
ability and the desire of the states and
the local units to put their own houses
in order? Who is to blame for the
financial crisis If the citiesa Surely
not the federal government. 1t is the
local people themselves. If improve
ment is to come, it is plain that home
government costs must, from now on,
meet the ends of sensible and prudent
economy" j p. Mcdonnell, president
of the Minnesota Taxpayers association,
points out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12
States Veterinarians
TO Meet January 25-6.

With a full two-day program and a
banquet on the, evening intervening, the
thirty-seventh annual meeting of the
Minnesota State Veterinary Medical So
ciety will be held at the st. Francis
Hotel, st. Paul, January Is and 26.
officers of the society are: president,
DIR. A. C. Spannaus, Waconia; vice
presidents, DR.. p. H. Radford, Slayton,
and DR.. P. H. Riede, Mabel; secretary
treasurer, DR.. G. P. Fitch, chief in vet
Urinary medicine, University Farm.
Speakers from out of the state who
will appear on the program are DR..
Reuben Hilty, practitioner, Olathe,
Kansas; and DR.. D. D. Baker, practi-
toner, Wabash, Indiana.
Speakers for the banquet, Thursday
evening will be DR.. j. A. Myers, Uni
versity of Minnesota medical school,
and DR.. w. H. Feldman, Mayo Founda-
ton, Rochester. DR.. Radford will be
POSTMASTER.
The annual business session of the
veterinary society will take place Thurs
day, January Is, beginning at 10. DR..
j. E. Thompson, city chemist and vet
erinarian is a member of the Society.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12
e. NJ. Snyder Chairman
of County Commissioners.

E. M. Snyder, second district COM
missioner, was elected chairman OF the
County Board at the organization last
week. John PaSich of Buhl was elected
vice chairman. Mr.. Snyder takes the
place held by Commissioner Pete of
the Fourth district for the past several
years
The new highway program of the st.
Louis County Commissioners in con-
formity with the state laws is being put
into effect as fast as some of the most
knotty questions are being ironed out.
The program was to have gone into
effect on January list but some delay
has developed because all of the or
ganization details of the new plan have
not been completed, but is being done
as fast as possible.
The board has re-appointed Sheldon
B. Shepard county highway engineer.
Mr.. Shepard now will be in full charge
of the county highway system under the
supervision of the county board as a
whole In speaking of the change,
Commissioner Pete was of the opinion
that this was one of the best moves
ever made in the interest of the county
highways and the board as whole.
Under the old plan the county ac-
tually had as many highway systems
as it had commissioner districts. Each
system was headed by the commissioner
of the district who was virtual die
tator concerning all road matters in
the district. He had the appointment
of a complete set of engineers, super
intendentS, purchasing agents and in
the final say in all machinery and sup
ply purchases therein. At the begin
ming of the year the board members
divided up the road and bridge funds
!among themselves and each one spent
/ his allotment as he saw fit.
This plan not only was regarded as
inefficient and costly but also violated
the state law which provides that all
highway activity should be in charge
of one highway engineer for the entire
county and that there should be only
one highway system in the county
This plan the county recently voted to
put into effect.
Among the reappointmentS confirmed
by the board to date are Commissioner
Anderson to the st. Louis County
Child Welfare board; DR.. c. A. Scherer
as county health officer; j. G. Helm
supervisor of assessments; DR.. B. s.
Adams of Hibbing, county poor COM
missioner.
As chairman of the board of county
commissioners, Mr.. Snyder automati-
cally becomes chairman of the county
board of education and the county
building commission.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12
Land OlUners Get
Pay for Forest Tracts.

More than $50 owners of land in the
Superior National Forest will receive
payments for tracts following the Janu-
airy meeting of the national forest
reservation commission in Washington,
it was indicated at the forest head
quarters in Duluth Monday. Of these
about eighty-five own tracts in the
larger and older divisions OF the forest
and about sixty-five in the Mesaba pur-
chase unit north of the Mesaba iron
range.
This is the number of tracts offered
by owners and appraised by cruisers.
1t is probable that a considerably
larger number of persons will receive
payments, as, in many cases, it has
been found, several persons are owners
of undivided interests in the same
tract. This is true of many tracts in
the area closest to the Mesaba and
Vermilion iron ranges.
Purchases by the government will re-
suit in the payment of considerable
sum in taxes, as titles are accepted only
on lands on which taxes have been
fully paid.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12
CAPITOL. News
(By A. I. HarriS.)

The State Department of Conserva-
ton and the United States Forestry
Service will cooperate in their forest
management program in Northern Min
neSota. This is assured as result of
recent correspondence between E. v.
Willard, Conservation Commissioner,
and E. w. Tinker, Regional Forester,
Milwaukee Both the Federal and the
State forestry service are to undertake
land acquisition programs to CONSOLE
date their holdings.
A House member at the special session
was delivering quite an grafton. just
as he reached his stirring climax (the
hungry mouths at home and what not)
we glanced over his legislative audience.
One of the representatives was having
a hard time of it over cross word
puzzle; a number of heads were buried
in the home newspapers; some dozed
and made noises doing it, while the
domed ceiling engaged the attention of
not few. What oratory! What waste
of effort
The number of applications denied by
the Commissioner of Securities during
1888 for the sale of securities shows that
all applications were carefully scrutin-
lied to prevent mulcting of the public
by wild cat stock statesmen. OF lis APP
plicationS made, 80 were denied, 81
granted, dismissed and 10 cancelled
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal
Apprehension is fast establishing
reputation for getting its man." The
latest man-hunt victim is Cyril Wool
ridge, bank bandit, captured in Mime
apolis by Operative William Conley
after a Six-month chase. Woodbridge
confessed to Melvin PaSSolt, bureau
chief, to bank robberies at Russell.
Ihlen, Chandler, Hampden, Atwater and
Sank Center, all during 1888
A total of AL banks in Minnesota
which applied for deposit insurance
through the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation have been accepted. This
means that deposits in this state total
ling 91tO,VOU,UUU are now July insured.
The big banks are not so shot" for the
insurance, but Commissioner of Banks
Elmer Benson is strong for it, because
it protects the little fellow. Deposits
up to $500 are insured against all
losses up to July 1, when this sum is
increased to $4,000.
The Minnesota Highway patrol will
make it its business in 1884 to welcome
every nonresident motorist to this
state. New courtesy tags have been
prepared by John C. Arnoldy. chief of
the patrol, to be handed to out of state
drivers cars.
The Temperance Educational bill was
the first liquor measure to pass both
houses. Most of the legislators agreed
that system of instruction relating to
temperance be taught in our public
schools. BY impressing upon fertile
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-12

young minds the dangers of liquor, we
will be doing much for the cause OF
After all this talk about diversion
of funds in the division of game and
fish, five state public examiners work
ing over the books and records of the
division for several weeks, failed to dis
cover any evidence to subStantiate these
loose allegations. TIE entire period OF
the present Administration was covered
in the intensive audit.
Minnesotans can feel proud of its
exhibit at the Chicago Worlds fair last
summer. The Minnesota display, along
with those of Porto Rico, Wisconsin
and Florida, were judged the 'clasS" of
the lot.