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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
CITY SCHOOLS
OPENING IS SET
SEPTEMBER 7TH
Only Pupils Not Previously
Enrolled Need Register
in Advance
PERSONNEL OF THE
FACULTY GIVEN OUT

Hendersonville's city schools
will open the 1936-37 session on
Monday, Sept. 7, it was announced
today.
Only pupils who have not previ-
ously been enrolled in the schools
will be required to register before
the opening date, Superintendent
y. M. Waters said. -
High school pupils who have not
previously been in school may reg
lister at the high school building
at any time during the week pre-
ceding the opening of school.
Elementary pupils not previous
ly enrolled may register with Mrs.
A. Z. Jones, principal, at the Rosa
Edwards school on Fourth avenue
west, during the week preceding
the opening of the session.
The personnel of the faculty
follows:
High school Il. X. Singley,
principal, Miss Edith Remine, T..
w. Valentine, Miss Katherine
Goodman, Miss Katherine Vaien-
tine, Miss Majorie Coleman, Miss
Garnett Shipman, Miss Mapde
Pridgen, H. M. Kolb, john w.
Stephens.
Elementary school-Mrs. A. E..
Jones, principal, Miss Mary Ew-
bank, Mrs. AramintayiLittle, Mrs.
Mabel Baughman, Mrs. M. c. Rob-
erts, Miss Winona Ewbank, Miss
Lucille Sales, Miss Alliene wilkins,
Miss Louise Perry, Miss Jessie
Nelson, Mrs. Bruce Drysdale, Miss
Connie Morrow, Miss Syretha Sos
samon, Miss Elsie Flicker, Mrs.
Ruth Shelton, Miss Leona Lane,
Miss Edna Sronce, Mrs. A. W..
Lippard.
W. M. Robinson will head the
colored school again. The state
schol commission has allotted this
school nine teachers for the COM
ing year.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
JONES bound
over INDEATH
0FP.BENNISON
Is Expected to Post $4,000
Bond in Case This
Afternoon

A coroner's jury this morning
found that Paul Bennison, 81,
came to his death as a result of
gunshot wounds inflicted by Ma
poleon Jones on the night of Aug.
9, 1886, and recommended that
Jones be held for the grand jury.
Coroner j. F. Brooks fixed bond
at $4,000 and counsel for Jones
said that the bond would be made
this afternoon.
Jones had been held in the coun-
ty Jail since the fatal shooting of
Bennison and the wounding of his
cousin, Jimmy Bennison, on the
Oak Grove road about 10 o'clock
Sunday night, Aug. 9.
The state represented by So
licitor C. o. Rulings of Ruther-
fordton, and R. l.. Whitmire, Of
fered testimony of DR.. j. S.
Brown, ST., Arthur Bennison, bro
Their of the dead man, Deputy
Sheriff Roy w. Owens, and Thei-
dore Stepp, and rested it's case.
The defense, represented by M.
NJ. Redden, offered no testimony
and neither state nor defense
argued to the jury.
DR.. Brown testified that Benni-
son died as a result of bullet
wounds in the left arm, left chest,
and lower right stomach. Either
of the two shots in the body would
have caused death, he said.
Arthur Bennison testified that
he and his brother attended Oak
Grove Baptist church, and, in
company with their cousin, Jimmy
Bennison, took three girls to theil
homes. Jimmy was to spend the
night with Arthur and his bro
Their, but decided that he shoulc
return to the CCC camp, and they
accompanied him toward Five
Points "a filling station on the
Spartanburg highway to board q
bus.
About 800. feet from Five
Points they encountered Jones
and three smaller boys. Napoleon
he said,. dropped back and got in
the ditch at the side of the road
He said that he and Theodore
Stepp exchanged greetings, walk,
ed on, and that Paul saw Ma.
poleon in the ditch and said: 81
heard some boys were going to
Continued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
USE TEAR GAS
ON STRIKERS
Steel Workers Organizing
Committee Activity
Is Fooled

PITTSBURGH. Aug. 10. (UP).
Strikers at the Corapolis plant of
the Standard Steel Spring Co.,
were driven to cover with tear gas
while battling non-striking en-
ployes marooned in the factory.
The battle opened the third day
of a strike directed by the steel
workers organizing committee.
Police stopped the battle.
No strikers were reported IN
iured but it was not known wheth-
er persons inside the factory were
hurt.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
Call Baptists For
Special Meeting

Rev. B. E. Wall, minister of the
First Baptist church this morning
announced a called meeting of the
board Of deacons, finance commit,
tee, Sunday school officers and
teachers, and class committees for
1880 o'clock tonight. It will be
held in the Hollowell Bible class
room. -
The purpose of the meeting, 1t
was stated, was to report on tne
current campaign to liquidate IN
debtedness. 49,, .L,.
at the mid-week prayer meeting 70
follow at 8 o'clock, discussion OF
the last part of Ephesians, chapter
2, would be taken up.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
BOMB REBELS
With GAS ON
NORTH FRONT
Government Buys Fighting
Aircraft From Three
European Countries
NON.INTERVENTION
EFFORTS GAINING
Copyright 1885 United Press

Copyright 1885 United Press
Today's development in the
civil war in Spain were:
MADRID.-The Spanish gov
eminent declared ruthless war to
the finish. Disaffection among
rebels is reported at Madrid in
Morocco. Water nations are cut
again in the beleaguered City of
San Sebastian.
A foreign legion regiment from
Morocco left for Guadarrama
mountains preparatory to attack
ing Madrid. ...-.
The total dead are now esti-
mated unofficially at $4,000.
Five hundred rebels were re-
ported killed today when loyalists
repulsed rebels in the mountains
north Of Madrid. 49,. .-laN
LONDON. - Britain has been
assured that Premier Mussolini
will cooperate to avoid war.
Yesterdays developments in
the Spanish civil war were:
The. Madrid governments admis-
sion that vicious fighting RACES on
IL fronts and rebel charges that
loyalists have resorted to use of
gas featured developments in the
Spanish civil war Tuesday. "a
international tension arising
from the holocaust in Spain was
somewhat relaxed by ,Germany's
conditional acceptance Of French
proposals for an international
non-intervention pact. Meanwhile
France and Britain brought pres
sure to bear on Italy, whose res
eryations delayed final negotistion
of the pact. - -,
Danger of international diff
Guilty, however, was contained in
British charges of huge Nazi or
ganization in Spain and in British
reports that 18 war planes flown
by Frenchmen, Dutchmen and
anti-Fascist Italians were deliver
ed to loyalists at Barcelona.
There was heavy loss of life
along the northeastern coast of
Spain where land, air and naval
warfare ragged as rebels intensi-
fled drives gainst San Sebastian
and Irun.
In Rome reports that Mussolini
was ready to use his aviation
forces to aid Spanish rebels if the
French persisted in aiding the
Madridapopular front government
were officially denied. ss=4
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
Futures In Corn
Highest In Years

CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-(UP;-
Corn futures doomed again today
in a fresh burst of speculative
buying on the Chicago Board OF
Trade. During the second hour OF
trading September corn sold for
S1.18X per bushel, the highest in
nine years.
It's price for September deliv-
ery passed that of wheat, advanc-
ing the four-cent limit to the high
est level since 1928, and cash
corn, operatig at less volume than
the futures market, brought the
highest price since 1925.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
SOVIET PLOT
TRIAL CALLED
Conspiracy to Assassinate
Stain and Others Charg-
ed Against Is
engagement

MOSCOW, Aug. 19.-CUP).-
Sixteen defendants were placed on
trial for their lives here today,
charged with a plot to assassinate
Josef Stain, War Minister Klem-
en- tiVoroshilov, and two other Of
ficials. ...
The defendants repeatedly con-
fessed completely in a plot to 9n-
dermine the influence of the So
Wet leaders but denied charges OF
plotting the assassination.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
DEATH TAKES
MISS WOODALL
Favorably Known Former
Resident Dies in
Delaware

Mrs. J. F. Brooks and Mrs. A.
E. Hart today were advised of the
death of Miss N. E. Betty
Woodall, which occurred in Will
mington, Del, Sunday night.
Miss Woodall will be recalled
by many residents here as a prom
inent figure in the city's CONNER
cial life before her departure from
here to make her home with her
sister in the east. She was sue
cessful store operator, a devout
member of the Catholic church.
and made her home with MRS.
Hart during her residence here.
She suffered a sudden heart at
tack on Sunday night and a physi-
clan was called at once but medi-
cal aid was Of no avail.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
"a FOREIGN PLANES SOLD
sPANIsH. GOVERNMENT

LONDON, Aug. 49, ofl..
Eighteen airplanes, including SIX
Dewoitine bombers and :, IL potez
combat airplanes, piloted by
Frenchnten, Dutchmen. and Itai-
ian anti-Fascists, have Arrived at
Rarcelona for loyalist Spanish
forces, the London News chron-
icle reported yesterday.
The planes, the newspaper as-
serted, originally were intended
for Roumania but were sold to
the Spanish government for $780,
900 in gold, - 49, ~,
The bombers are twin-engined,
all-metal nonoplanes capable Of
carrying / 8-4 tons Of bombs and
three machine guns. go
The, combat planes are two
scatter monoplanes. The pilots,
most of. whom will remain lNith
the Spanish loyalists 90 "instruc:
tors" and pilots, said the paauss
are as fast - any in Europe. 10
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
SOUTH CAROLINA
MURDER CONFESSED


GREENVILLE, S. c., Aug. 10.
(UP).-Tom Rouse, 20-year-old
negro, last night confessed he
beat, gagged and robbed Mrs. Jane
Batson, a middle-aged white wo-
man, at her farm home near here
last Friday, it was announced by
Sheriff B. B. Smith.
The negro was rushed to the
state penitentiary to prevent pos
sible mob action. He repeatedly
brutality beat and kicked Mrs. Bat
son when she refused his demands
for money.
A posse of officers and citizens
hunted the black assailant for two
days and nights.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
LOYALISTs RESORT
TO THE USE OF GAS
Convr;~ht 1Q3R limited Pres

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS,
Northern Rebel Army, Burgos,
Spain, Aug. Is. (UPj.-Popular
front fighters used gas for the
first time in the Spanish civil war
Yesterday to drive coughing and
choking rebels back from San
Rafael, near the Guadarrama and
Somasierra mountains.
Flying columns of government
fighters dashed down the noun
tainside and hurled gas bombs at
rebel outposts.
Most of the gas seemed to be
tear gas but it was reliably re-
ported some contained chlorine
which seriously injured the lungs
of it's victims.
Rebels fought back after the
surprise gas attack and fepulsed
the reds. Rescue squads carried
the gas victims to safety.
The gas attack was completely
UNEXPECTED and the rebels, not
possessing gas masks, improvised
protection with towels and hand
kerchiefs soaked in water.
Careful examination Of the VIC
Tins was being made so that a
complete report of the type of gas
, used could be compiled.
The report will be forwarded to
all foreign Offices the interna-
tional Red Cross and probably the
League of Nations, charging yio-
lation of the international law
prohibiting the use of gas in war
fare.
Gen. Emilio Mola, northern in
surpent commander, said he want
ed the world to know that the
rods first started the use of gas.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
IS BOUND OVER ON
ENTERING CHARGE

Magistrate Bruce A. Cox yes
terday afternoon bound Matte
Mae Nelson. alias Miller. colored,
to the Superior court under $1,000
bond on archarge of breaking and
entering the home of Ola cThomp-
son! ~ } .Ji.>o f, sa.1S g..
The arrest. was made by Con
stable Jerry Orr on Main street
Monday from a description OF the
negresS. >. -,
Bond was not made and the de-
PENDANT is being held in the coun-
ty Jail.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
PRAYER MEETING TO
BE UNDER REV. CARSON

Rev. Ralph S. Carson of Moores-
vile, son of DR.. and Mrs. H. ID:
Carson, of Hendersonville, Will
conduct the, regular "Wednesday
night prayer meeting at the Pres
byterian church tonight, Mr.. Car
son is visiting his parents here.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
Four Men Still
Trapped In Mine

MOBERLY, Mo-, Aug. 19.-
(UP) = Mine rescue crews, ha-
raised by water and poison gas,
today worked through tons of de-
bris attempting to reach four men
trapped at 10 feet below the sur
face.
Arnold Griffith, coal mine, in
spector, said it might be 48 hours
before the men are reached. There
was no indication that the prison.
ers are still alive.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
RIJsTLING CHARGED

WESTBURY, N. Y, Aug. 19.
(UP).-Peter Hollebrand, accused
of rustling cattle 10 miles outside
of New York City was ordered
held without bail for the Nassau
county grand jury.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
AND Itl MRS. SHIP
ANNOUNCE BIRTH

'Qacet5 S t5s ". K. Ship today
|Sho SaS inc birth of a daugh-
eele, on S Sa named Dorothy
b Pa ~ Sunday, August Is.
00 Memorial hospital.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
NE COMPTON

EgEVILLE. Aug. l9.-(UP).
Ear,. cOal-black body hunched
,l. Martin Moore, confessed
Of Helen Clevenger, sat on
klge of his bunk in Buncombe
n Jail last night reading a
Of adventure and mystery.
h he goes on trial for his life.
The 22-yearOld negro hall
q, the Battery Park hotel
/ the New York University
was slain last July Is was
ked he showed no signs.
.s taking place in the pulp
5 Of his magazine held all his
tiOn.
Oniay, Moore was indicted on
h degree murder count and a
b Of first degree burglary.
are punishable by death in
b Carolina. A few hours later,
! arraignment, he pleaded not
bile Moore read in his cell
|Eght atop the history court
and Jail. final preparations
Is tria. were completed. The
bad its briefS-eyidence with
L will attempt to convict
e-al. in order. Defense at
S however, continued to
On their case in an attempt
Pc the negro.
visitors were permitted to
o:rldOr where the negro read.
ae was arrested and confined
nan week ago, Moore has
alone. The only persons he
zen have been his lawyers
ae officers who attend him.
n the nth floor Jail one can
,s fashionable Battery Park
several blocks away, where
I.evenger was shot and her
battered with the butt of a
o'e told Sheriff Laurence E.
who solved the murder
Z? after almost four weeks,
ae Killed the girl when he
% ner room to rob it.
w. however, contends that
sro Went to the girls room
@eA her. He does not accept
story that he went there
!or robbery.
l1'y will be selected from a
Yenre of $50 residents of
,n0e county. Deputy sher-
e Yesterday completed sum-
,nem for jury service.
State will use upwards of
1sSseS, Solicitor Zeb V. Net
90. The defense has not dis
rs plans. 1t is expected,
to enter a plea of in
Moore was examined last
y alierists.
double indictment of the
J" three inch negro was re-
as a preCautiOn to assure
Moore would have no legal
-S'e oy which ne might es-
esaEh IN the only lethal gas
1 : east Of the Mississippi
IN az Ltu.
C'eYenger was found MUIR
i, n her hotel room here on
20 oy her professor-uncIe,
C.eVenger, of North Caro-
S'e College at Raleigh,
H.. que was visiting. Clevenger
4 i ' ss to be called as a wit.
d. confessed weeks after
IA S S1 when Banks TAYLOR,
os pantry boy at the hotel,
4 h. that Moore had a gun
Sens.,o, one used to kill Mis-
ST Ts Officers arrested the
kse, men Moore confessed and
EOgrapgst the crime for police
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
h. CONTEND
|RESS USED
KILLER
| 10 Argue Leniency
[Hsld Out to Slayer
| Of COED
|aL GETS UNDER
Way IN ASHEVILLE

kggvTLLE. Aug. 10. (UP)-
l. attorneys today said they
Vi 70 attack Martin Moore's
E3,l on the grounds that the
Lusr was obtained while
Il x,s held Illegally and the
& gsed duress and promised
1 nal opened this morning
/ saxon Of the jury.
L. 5 charged with the muir
FiE.tn Clevenger.
3 mis- uncle, Prof. w. L.
[,g.,. IS her only relative
br'
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GOOD AFTERNOON

After using his glasses seven
years, 4 New Yorker has just seen
his way clear to pay the oPtician
for them. $500,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-19
WEATHER

+, cloudy tonight and to-
grow
The Washington times., 1936-12-11
UP AND AT 'EM, MEN!

1t isn't the women who do
their holiday shopping late. It's
the men who wait until the last
minute to buy Christmas gifts.
This discovery by washington
merchants, as well as those in
other cities, led Edward D. Shaw,
secretary of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, to ad-
wise Washington business men to-
day to direct their advertising
appeals for early Christmas shop
ping almost exclusively to men.
His advice was based on the re-
suits Of a survey conducted last
year. Mr.. Shaw said:
The Washington times., 1936-12-11

"WOmen are much more ex-
pert in shopping, and Of course
devote much more attention to
the subject. As a result, when
the stores finally decided to
meet the demand for earlier
giftbuying and arranged to dis
play their stocks earlier in the
holiday season, women shoppers
were quick to take advantage
of it.
Figures show, however, that
the sweep Of the new movement
apparently has failed to pene-
trate the consciousness of most
men.
The Washington times., 1936-12-11

Hotel, no less a person than
dame Samaroff Stokowski,
former wife Of Conductor Leopold
Stokowski and an accomplished
pianist in her own right, today
bestowed her blessings on swing
music.
Blasting away volubly at "high-
brows" in music, Madame Stokow-
ski declared that swing music
could easily become a stepping
stone to Beethoven and Bach. She
declared:
Musical highbrOwS should be
deflated, and musical lOwbro'"S
should be inflated, and we would
The Washington times., 1936-12-11

Don't you be a meany, Mr..
Paganini-Swing it.
With doubts as to whether
apologies for the above quotation
should be directed to the great
Italian violin virtuoso or to the
song writer who recently popu-
larized the early Nineteenth Gen.
tury violinist's name, there is
still the factor that swing music
has achieved recognition by to-
days foremost musicians.
In confiding mood, while at
tending sessions of the First Ma
tional Conference on Educational
Broadcasting at the Mayflower
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have q happy medium. One set
of browS would get to under.
stand the other set, and there
would be a more general and
genuine appreciation Of good
music"
And above all, she emphasized,
the people should be given what
they want, whether it be Tiger
Rag or a fugue. AS a matter of
fact she generously offered to
make a fugue out Of Sing, Baby,
Sing" just in the way of illustrat.
ing connecting links between the
highbrow and loWbrow fields of
musical endeavor.
The Washington times., 1936-12-11
Death Of Woman
JaiIs Her Employer

BALLSTON SPA, N. Y, Dec. II.
GNSO.-George Blessing, so, Of
Factoryvillage, was held on an
open charge in connection with
the death of his housekeeper, Mrs.
Anne Clair, As, whose nearly nude
body was found on the floor in
his home.
Deputy Sheriffs were called by
Blessing, who told them some
thing terrible has happened" The
officials found the body Of Mrs.
Clair,
The Washington times., 1936-12-11
ANOTHER KING
DESERTED MD.
BRIDE

Once upon a time another Balti
more girl caused a worldwide
furore by marrying into one OF
Europe's royal families.
Her name was BetSey Patterson
and she married the pampered
profilgate Jerome Bonaparte, Ma
poleon's youngest brother.
But while Edward VIII gave up
his throne for his beloved, Jerome
gave UP Betsey Patterson to take
a throne and another wife.
For this, his name has been
without much honor through his
tory.
Betsey Patterson was the most
beautiful woman of her day, the
unrivaled Belle Of Baltimore,
whose great dark eyes looked out
of vivacious, mobile Grecian tea'
lures.
She had a figure Of which she
was inordinately proud.
She was 18, and Jerome was
1S. when the younger brother OF
Europes famed dictator set eyes
upon her.
On Spree in U. S.
At the time Jerome, lieutenant
in the French army, was on a
spree in the United States. He was
spending Frances money with
both fists. and was enjoying the
adulation of the simple Ameri-
cans no end.
At 18 Jerome was already a
man of the world. He had loved
quite a few Of Frances prettieSt
young girls, he had fought q duel,
and had seen active service with
the fleet.
When he reached Baltimore he
was entertained at the home Of
his dashing friend, Commodore
Joshua Barney, U. S. NJ, and 1t
was Barney who introduced him
to the gorgeous Betsey. Betsey'S
father, William Patterson, was one
Of Baltimore'S first citizens, and
he spent fortune aiding the
Colonial armies.
It is recorded that when Jerome
met Betsey, a length Of his
voluminous gold lace became
wrapped around her. The young
couple laughed. This was an
omen.
That they fell madly in love
there can be no doubt, and the
news of their love reached The
French Ambassador in Washing.
ton, who Immediately wrote Ma
poleon that something terrible
was about to happen to his
favorite brother.
Wed by Bishop
The Right Rev. John Carroll,
Catholic bishop of Baltimore and
afterwards .primate Of the Cath,
olic Churchan America. performed
the ceremony. The mayor dnG
many prominent toWnSpeople were
present.
Descriptions of the clothing OF
both parties was Scrupulously re
corded, and Jerome's wedding
costume may even be preserved
today, for BetSey, who lived to the
age of "a, kept it until her death,
His coat was of purple satin
laced and embroidered, with the
white satin-lined skirts extending
to his heels. He wore knee
breecheS, his hair was powdered
and diamond buckles adorned his
shoes.
Betsey wore a muslin gown, SO
flimsy that one of the wedding
guests remarked that her entire
costume might have been placed
in his pocket.
Every member Of Napoleon's
family except Napoleon wrote con
gratulatory messages. The con,
queror of Europe would not recog
nize the marriage. Because of his
unrelenting attitude, war very
nearly developed between France
and the United States.
Finally the brides father fitted
out a ship, the Erin, which SET
sail with the couple in a last at
tempt to win Napoleon's consent
to the marriage. When the ship
arrived in Portugal, Napoleon sent
an emisSary to Jerome with thi!
admonition:
"Miss Patterson will not be
allowed to enter France"
4 - y
The Washington times., 1936-12-11
MaCCabean Victories
Rabbi Metz's S Subject

Rabbi Soloman H. Metz will ad-
dress members of the Adas Israel
Congregation, gathered for special
Hanukah services commemorating
the Maccabean victories in the
course of religious freedom, to-
night at 8 o'clock in the Adas
Israel Synagogue, Sixth and I
SITS. N. w.
The Washington times., 1936-12-11

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DEATH OF GIRL
HOLDS MAN

GRAFTON, w. Va. April /.
William Pitts, AZ, was held by
police today for investigation
while they probed the death Of
Miss Marjorie Harmon, "a, who
was found shot to death in her
apartment yesterday.
Pitts admitted being in the
apartment at the time and told
police Miss Harmon ended her
life. She took a pistol, he said,
placed the muzzle against her
heart and pulled the trigger.
He said he made no attempt to
stop her because she made threats
before to kill herself and he
thought she was ''bluffing again"