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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-21
TVABROAlDE|NS
SOIL EROSION
PROGRAM HERE
Unlimited Community
Farm Improvement Work
To Be Undertaken
PHOSPHATE FREE TO
ALL PAYING FREIGHT

w. B. Ferguson, assistant coun,
ty agent, who has been assigned
to Henderson county by the iva
in its soil development program
in Is Western North Carolina
counties, today announced a wide
broadening of the project to hold
and build soil of farmlands in
this area. -. .
Mr.. Ferguson pointed out at
the outset that in its original soil
erosion program in this county,
work was undertaken on ten
farms and is now complete. To
carry forward. this work, 40 addi-
tional farms have been selected
for soil building and the preven-
ton Of erosion and that an un-
limited number of farms is yet
to be chosen for this purpose.
In order that these farms may
be selected community committees
have been chosen, and because
these committees should approve
applications by March Is, it is
pointed out that applications
Should be in thei: rhandst as early
as possible. Application blanks
are already now at the office of
County Agent G. D. White, on
Third avenue east, and may be
had on request. 81.
To advance this soil erosion
work, the iva is providing free
phosphate for all farmers, the on
ly charge being the cost of ship
ment from the factory, The phos-
phate allotments are based on
crop needs of the individual farm
er. !.
Watershed projects, explained
Mr.. Ferguson. will also be enter
ed into by the IVA with any
farmer or group of farmers in
terested in cooperating in these.
Those interested may apply to
County Agent G. D. White for
information. . 1921.
The purpose. of these watershed
projects is to reduce the rapid
flow of surface water into the
French Broa driver, through the
planting of cover crops, which will
retard its flow. 49,. .
1t is anticipated that this eff
fort to avoid flood conditions in
the French Broad river by the
quick flow of rainfall in Hender-
son county will affect rs per cent
of the acreage of any given COM
munity in Henderson county:
For this purpose, land is being
classified in the county for treat
ment in the following three divi-
sions: 49,.
/. Land which is severely erod-
ed, and is pas, the possibility of
cultivation.
2. Land that is susceptible to
erosion. 49,
8. Land which does not erode
Woodlands and others) which
Continued on page three)
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{. of c. Agricultural Com.
mittee to Confer on earn
Growing Contest =.

Approval of the bylaws of the
Merchants division was voted last
night by directors of the Cham
Der of Commerce, and as encour-
agement to the merchants it was
agreed that so per cent of the
proceeds from new or increased
memberships procured by the
merchants should be set aside in
a separate fund for use by the
merchants division in promoting
Hendersonville as a trading GEN.
ter and in reaching other Objec-
tives.
The executive committee of
the Merchants division had pro-
posed this distribution of men,
bership receipts rather than es-
tablishing schedule of dues for
members of the division. In their
solicitation of new memberships
in the Chamber of Commerce, the
merchants will call only on firms
eligible for membership in that
division. Merchants now members
of the Chamber of Commerce will
be asked to increase the number
of their memberships at 81
month, while firms not belonging
to the Chamber of Commerce will
be asked to join. Merchant men,
bers of the Chamber of Com
merce automatically are members
of the Merchants division, but
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-21
Roosevelt Wants
All Postmasters
In Civil Service

WASHINGTON, Feb. 81. (UP)
The president is in favor of
legislation placing postmasters of
first, second and third classes un-
der civil service, he said today,
pointing out that he stood for
such a program as far back as
1918. He expressed the hope
that there would be legislation at
this session. At present only
fourth class postmasters are un-
der civil service. First, second
and third classes take specified
examinations, but are political
appointees for a four-year term,
after which they can be removed.
President Roosevelt explained
temporary employees of Federal
agencies would come within the
Civil Service status if programs
Of those agencies would become
permanent.
He cited the soil conservation
program as an example and re-
vealed that tax legislation is still
in a formative stage; that he did
not anticipate presentation of a
bill until he returns from Hyde
Parke next week.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-21

eds Burn Churches In Spanish Riots
NEGRO QUADRUPLETS
BORN in COLD SHACK
RUSHED TO HOSPITAL

CHARLESTON, S. c., Feb. 81
(UP)-Sallie Glover. negress, SO
yesterday gave birth to quadrup-
lets in a primitive, heatleSs coun-
try shack without benefits of med.
zeal attention.
Carried an eighth of a mile
through a woods, the quadrupletS
were rushed 20 miles to a hospi-
tai here, wrapped in heated rags.
Physicians said all were in excel
lent condition and were doing
well.
Soon after the children were
born, Dr.. Leon Banov, county
health officer, arrived and super
viSed transfer of the bankruptcies
to the hospital.
The bankruptcies gave the ne
greSS a family of 10 children. She
had given birth to two sets of
twins previously.
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CROP
HERE PLANNED
Enthusiastic Meeting Held
Today; Cannery to Pay
$3.50 Per Ton

Tomato growers of Henderson
county held an enthusiastic meet
ing at the Farmers Federation
this morning to discuss plans for
the coming tomato crop.
J. X. Mcclure of the Fedora
ton was in charge of the meeting
and the farmers were addressed
by G. D. White, county agent,
and Floyd Miller of Asheville, in
charge of the federation seed de-
partment and cannery.
Contract prices on yellow toma-
toes will be the same this year
as they were last year, $17.50 a
ton; no contracts will be made
for red tomatoes but these will
be used by the cannery.
After the meeting the farmers
received a sample of the yellow
tomato juice produced in the cam
merry. Some of them had grown
yellow tomatoes for years but had
never sampled the juice.
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COUNTY ASKED
ITO YIELD IN ITS
.AIRPORTSTAND
c. Of c. Board Told WPA
Office Must Act Under
Instructions
HAS NO CHOICE In
STAFF PERSONNEL

Hendersonville and Henderson
county officials were asked last
night in a resolution adopted by
the board of directors of the
chamber of ommerce to with
draw their demand that they be
allowed to select half of the sup
ervisory personnel on the $780,
900 WPA project for improve
mentS at the Asheville- Hender-
sOnvlle airport near Fletcher.
The resolution was adopted af-
ter H. E. Buchanan, chairman of
the airport committee, had rep
resented that the Asheville WPA
office was required by govern
mental regulations to assign mem
bers of its own staff to the air
port project as engineer and sup
erviSor.
At a conference held yesterday
in Asheville, Henderson county
officials demanded that they be
permitted to name one of the two
supervisory officers and that one
of the two foremen, two of the
four sub-foremen and half of the
common labor should come from
Henderson county.
Mr.. Buchanan told the chamber
of commerce directors last night
that he had agreed with local Of
ficials in their stand until he
learned yesterday w. E. Breese,
eighth district WPA director. had
no choice other than to appoint
the engineer and supervisor from
the WPA office staff, and that he
believed now that Hendersonville
and Henderson county should
yield on this point rather than
permit the airport to project to be
abandoned.
Mr.. Buchanan was asked to
confer with city and county Off
Gals again today for the purpose
of re-opening the airport negotia-
tions. The controversy, he said
last night, was not with the city
of Asheville, which has not made
any specific requests with respect
to supervisory personnel of labor,
but was with the WPA office.
Aside from the engineer and
supervisor, all parties concerned
are agreed that Henderson county
should have half of the foremen,
sub-foremen and labor, it is un-
derstood.
Until yesterdays developments,
it had been felt certain that the
airport project would go through
Henderson county and Henderson
vile had agreed to pay approx
mately $4,000 in cash OF the
100000 purchase price and the
city of Asheville was prepared to
trade property valued at around
$4,000 as it's share of the cost
This plan had been agreed to by
(Continued on page three,
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Rebellion Within Own Administration
Brings Showdown For Talmadge

unsigned the governors warrant
for S139,804, which Talmadge
had sought to draw for support
of Georgia's eleemosynary insti-
tutions.
State Treasurer George B,
Hamilton joined Harrison in
blocking the course of Talmadge's
dictatorship, although the war
rant never actually reached his
hands.
The impasse placed Talmadge
in a difficult position. Scoring
to summon the legislature for d
special session, he has promised
to operate the state without bene-
fit of an appropriations bill. With
funds impounded behind a locked
treasury door, however, the pro-
cess of state government here
will grind to a halt quickly unless
the deadlock is broken immediat-
ely.
Observers who have watched
"wild man from Sugar Greek" IN
action before, believed he might
summon the National Guard, as
he did in a previous fight with the
highway department, and seize
state funds for operation of gov
eminent under martial law.
To a marked degree, his sue
cess in the unprecedented expert
ment in extra constitutional gov
eminent has bearing on his Pres
idential aspirations. Should he
bog down in the financial dictator
ship; New Dealers in Georgia are
certain to seize upon the incident
to diseredit him Jas a Presidential
prospect. JhEyu1 a.ai g.:
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-21
DEMAND BLOC
MEMBER help
.PENSl0NPROBE
Debate on Farm Bill Ends;
House Passage Is Ex-.
pected Today +
LEADING REPUBLICAN
AMONG SUPPORTERS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (UP)
Representation of the Townsend
bloc on the house committee in
vestigating old age pension plans
was demanded today by Represent
tative John Steven McGoarty, D.,
Calf, leader of the Townsend
congressional group. 81 think it
would be only fair to put one of
our SO house supporters on the
committee" he said.
Meanwhile, Speaker Joseph w.
Byrns considered a list of names
for the eight man committee.
Rep. Jasper Bell, DEM, Mo-, who
will be chairman indicated he will
call DR.. Townsend as one of the
first witnesses.
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ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 81. CUP
in his own admins
tration last night brough Eugene
Talmadge. Georgia's wild man
from Sugar Creek" to a show
down in the dictatorship in. state
finance.
Talmadge, who apparently hop
ed to further his Presidential
dreams by an example of budget
trimming through an extractor
stitutional dictator S n Up, W
brought to an impasse when state
officials blocked his efforts to
draw 1886 funds without an aP-
preparations bill. .,,
The showdown at home. forced
Talmadge, arch-foe of the New
Deal, to cancel a scheduled speak
ing engagement at Peoria, Ill,
where ne had planned to hre q
new blast in his "bust Roosevelt
campaign. =.
The governor embarked on his
course of dictatorship when the
last legislature adjourned in dead
lock without approving an appro-
priations measure.
Early this week, he resorted TO
government by proclamation IN
an attempt to utilize approximate
ly S7,000,000 in unexpended bal
ances from 1925 approprla-
tions to operate the state.
The showdown. came yesterday
when two state fiscal agents re-
fused to withdraw 1864 funds
from the treasury on a warrant
signed by Talmadge, Comptroller
General w. B. Harrison returned
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By ELMER w. LOWER
United Press Staff Correspondent

CLEVELAND, Feb. 81. CUP
Clayton Clawson, one of the
most desperate prisoners ever
jailed here, emptied a courtroom
yesterday when he suddenly drew
a tiny bottle from his shoe top,
stood on the witness stand and
screamed he would blow everyone
to Kingdom come"
Duck! Run for your lives"
shouted Judge Samuel Silbert. He
himself was yanked from his seat
by a detective and dumped into an
anteroom. Jurors scrambled wild
ly to get out of the box. Specta-
tors climbed over chairs and BEN
ches to reach doors. e
Detectives drew their guns.
Don't shoot" Clawson rasp-
ed, still holding the bottle aloft.
eff you want to come up and take
me-" IF z
Detectives opened fire. Claw
son slumped, three bullet wounds
in his body, one in his right arm.
The bottle crashed to the floor.
But there was no explosion. Only
ammonia fumes filled the, room.
1.-THE dirty bum," Clawson gas
ped, "that guy who sold me that
told me it was oglycerfhe. The
lousy bump' EsA -,
Astraddie, Clawson's chest was
Detective Albert Meier, against
whom the et6ughest prisoner ever
to be held in ,Cuyahoga county
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-21
Loss IN TAXES
WELL OFFSET
January Treasury Receipts
Show Decline of Around
$10,O00,O0O

WASHINGTON, Feb. 81. CUP
"A continued drop in receipts
from the defunct agricultural adj
justmentact was largely offset by
rise in other tax receipts, the
internal revenue bureau revealed
last night in its report on January
collections.
Altho ugh processing taxes
amounted to only $2,780,295 dur
ing the month, receipts totaled
$1S3, 765.650 in January 1886,
when the AAA was in full force
and $52,007,134 was collected I'M
der the various processing and
agricultural taxes.
Collections fell greatly from De-
cember when 1915, 4S7.041 was
taken in. At that time holiday
buying and payment of fourth
quarter income taxes increased
the usual monthly total.
Importation of liquor doubled
over January 1885, and receipts
from taxes on domestic spirits,
beer and wines rose, in part void
ing the processing tax losses.
Income taxes during the month
amounted to $38,060,9S9 as COM
pared with $22,32O,791 during
last year.
Total payments in chife tax
classifications for January 1886,
were:
Tax claSsifications Jan. 1886.
Income and excess
profits ------------$36,445,O 09
Liquor ------------ 34,637, 10
Tobacco ----------- 44,385,330
Manufacturers ex-
vice -------------- 32,241, IFS
Agricultural
Adjustment ------ 2,7sO,295
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-21
H. A. DRAKE, u,
PASSES AWAY
Willow Road Resident Will
Be Given Burial on
Saturday

h. Alexander Drake, II, died
at his home on the Willow Road
this morning at 3 a. m., after an
illness of several months.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday at II a. M, at the Pleas
ant Hill church.
He is survived by the follow
ing children: Elijah Neal, Julia b.
Charlotte, and Mrs. Frank Sum-
mey. Two sisters, Miss Sarah
Ellen Drake and Mrs. Naoma
Jones, and three grandchildren
survive. Mrs. Drake died two
years ago.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-21
Prisoner Threatening To Blow Up
Court Room Shot On Witness Stand

Jail" had carried a grudge since
Meier trapped him leaving town
January II. -.
"If I'D had my gun, I'd have
shot it out with you them" Claw
son told Meier. "I'll live long
enough to get even with YOU"
Physicians said Clawson, who
has been kept behind three sets
of special bars in Jail, was not
wounded critically.
Conducting his own defense
Clawson had just asked Judge Sill
bert a question when he stepped
to the witness stand and drew the
vial. 1t was after the noon re-
cess.
Detectives recalled that Claw
sons intro" stunt was part Of
the technique he used in holdups.
Although panic broke out, they
remained calm and coolly shot
Clawson down.
Suppose that stuff had been
'nitro'", Clawson said, as an at.
tractive blonde nurse dressed his
wounds. ..-
"Think of that dumb policeman.
Why the ambulances would have
been hauling dead people out of
the court all day.
81 really believed it was
nitro" Ri
Clawson said he would have had
only one regret had the bottle
contained nitroglycerin.
"That would have been that
Judge Silbert would have gone
along with the rest" he . said.
"He's a swell guy. He gave me
a break when Iswas up in front
of him five years ago." Il ,eGyr
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-21
BRUNO PLEADS
TO SEE JAFSIE
Joint Request Will Be
Made to Condor to Re-
turn For Interview

TRENTON, n. j., Feb. q (UP)
Bruno Richard Hauptmann to-
day begged from his death house
cell for a chance to cross examine
Dr.. John (Jafsie) Condor. Gov.
Hoffman and Haaptmann's attOr-
neys moved together to induce
Condor to return from Panama
where he is resting.
After a vaudeville tour, attOr-
ney c. Lloyd Fisher revealed he
had written Condor asking him to
return and explain the alleged dis
crepancieS between his testimony
at the trial and his statements
made since.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-21
FARM BILL VOTE g.
DUE IN HOUSE TODAY

"ADllNH1 YIN, rep. Il. tUf)
The house ended general debate
last night on the New Deal farm
bill, which it expects to pass today.
and Majority Leader William B.
Bankhead indicated that a tax
bill to raise about half billion
dollars to finance the program
would be forthcoming next. week.
This indication came when Rep
resentative Allen T. Treadway
(R., Mass. combined an attack
on the bill with a prediction that
a tax bill would be dumped on
congress about the time it was
getting ready to adjourn. '.h
Bankhead interrupted to in.
quire what led Treadway to make
such a prediction and the white
haired Republican replied that
was the strategy the New Deal
had used in the past.
A slim, tall young Republican
from Kansas Representative
Clifford R. Hope-yesterday put
aside political considerations and
urged the house to pass the New
Deal bill.
The spectacle of Republican
supporting q Democratic bill is
nothing new in farm debate. But
what made Hopes position unique
is that he is the ranking Repub-
lican on The, house agriculture
committee. If his party were in
power the house would be con-
sidering his tariff equalization bill
instead of Chairman Marvin
Jones measure to continue regu-
lation of farm production through
benefit payments to farmers who
retire certain Of their land for
soil conservation. e..
His speech came as the house
neared the end of debate in the
measure already passed by the
senate. Later Jones spoke for the
bill, stating that it would correct
"some of the disparity between
farmers and industry" He ex-
planned that, in addition to soil
conservation, the bill embraced a
domestic allotment plan to pay
premiums on that portion of the
crops consumed domestically, and
provided for expansion and crea-
ton of new markets.
After debate ended the house
adopted an amendment limiting
the farm program to 100000, 900
a year, and Chairman Marvin
Jones d., Tex, Of the house
agriculture committee substituted
the house bill for the bill the SEN
ate passed, which was under con-
sideration.
The two bills are very much
alike, but the senate added the
protection Of rivers and harbors
as one of the policies of the bill,
and made it possible for states to
set up AAA units before the ex-
piration of the soil conservation
program December 81, 1887. The
senate also limited the program
to not more than $500, 000,0 a
wear. The amount asked for the
first year is $4,000, 900. -
Hope explained that he did not
consider the bill perfect but. said
he would vote for it.: 's,a-
"There are basic and funda-
mental arguments which can be
made against this legislation"
Hope told the house. "Yet l hope
that we can consider it today and
tomorrow as a piece of economic
legislation-not as something for
the Democrats to laud to the
skies and for the Republicans to
kick around. The farmers are get
ting tired of that sort Of thing"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-21
SARRAUT Gets
STRONG VOTE
French Premier Calls For
Confidence Test in
Royalist Threat

PARIS, Feb. 81. (UP)-Pre-
mier Albert Saraut, today de.
manded and received a vote Of
confidence in the chamber of de-
puties when royalists sought to de-
bate a left front attack on Royal
list headquarters. The vote was
$50 to ISL in favor of the govern
ment.
Royalists made the demand pre-
senting three interpretations on
interrogations regarding the at
tack. Sarraut countered with a
motion for postponement on
which he received a confidence
vote.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-21
GLAD TO BE IN JAIL

RALEIGH, Feb. Fl. (UP)-
Raymond Regain, who a yeal
ago wrote Warden H. H. Honey
cult from Europe he would return
to complete a prison term inter
rupted five years ago by his es-
cape, waited into Central Prison
yesterday and surrendered. 81
walked out of a paradise" he told
the warden,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-21
MERCHANTS DIVISION BYLAWS
APPROVED BY c, OF c. BOARD;
AGREE ON HANDLING FUNDS

those not belonging to the Cham
Der of Commerce may become as
sociate members Of the Merchants
division by the payment of $25
annually.
c. of c. EDITION OF THE
TIMES-NEWS APPROVED
The board also appropriated
$50 for use by the city beautiti-
cation committee in its work this
spring, and authorized the publ
cation of a Chamber of Com
merce edition of The Times News.
The edition will be made up al
most entirely of pictures, and s.
900 copies will be supplied the
Chamber of Commerce for distri-
button among prospective tourists
and home seekers.
The Agriculture committee was
asked to confer with G. D. White.
county farm agent, on plans which
Mr.. White has for conducting 1
corn growing contest in the coun-
ty.
A report was made that the
Rotary club has spent $537.25 in
the last three years in advertising
Hendersonville.
President E. w. Ham presided,
and the following other officers
and directors attended: T. D.
Clark and DR.. ]. G. Bennett, vice
presidents; Mrs. Catheryn Wise
man, secretary; w. B. Hodges,
treasurer, and C. M. Ogle, G. c.
Richardson, o. Y. Brownlee, G.
M. Flanagan ,Thos. H. Franks,
Noah HolloWell. -.---- -----
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NOT COMING HOME
NOW is DECLARED

PANAMA CITY, Feb. 81. CUP
DIR. John f. Condor has no in
tention of returning Immediately
to the United States in response
to a renewed plea for an audi
ence by Bruno Hauptmann, his
daughter, Mrs. Myra Hacker, told
the United Press last night.
She said DR.. Condor has not
been following developments IN
the fight to save the condemned
man and therefore is not consider
ing answering four questions re-
lating to the case which New Jer-
sey's Gov. Harold G. Hoffman
wishes to ask him.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-21
TO DISCUSS SAFETY
OF TEXTILE WORKERS

GREENSBORO. Feb. Fl. (UP)
The textile committee Of the
National Safety Council will meet
here today to discuss methods and
practices in textile mills to pro-
mote safety.
The committee composed of
executives, engineers and indus
trial experts, also will hear re-
ports on safety devices from sew
eral members. - r'','' - ,,I''f ,
Committeeman from North and
South Caroline, Virginia; Georgia
and Tennessee are expected TO at-s
tend. J'lsa1
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-21
ELECTION YEAR OMENS

SANFORD, Feb. 81. (UP) -
Mack McFayden read ,omens for
the 1886 election yesterday in a
strange coincidence of the mails.
In one day he received letters
postmarked Franklin n. j., Del
ano, Tenn, Roosevelt, m. X, and
Democrat, N. C.. ",,tana
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-21
SPECIAL KENTUCKY
SESSION IS CALLED

FRANKFORT, Ky, Feb. 81.
CUP)-Gov. A. B. Chandler yes
terday issued formal call for con-
vening of the first special session
of the Kentucky General Assem-
bly, for Monday to consider sweep
ing revision of the state govern
ment.