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Evening star., 1937-03-31
new YORK COTTON

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 31.-Cotton
was irregular today, with near months
under pressure on hedge selling and
liquidation but new crop positions
held relatively steady on cold weather
reports from South Texas, where early
cotton has been planted.
July reacted from 1856 to IA SO and
at midafternoon sold at 144O, with
prices IS points net lower to l higher.
Evening star., 1937-03-31
COttOnseed Oil.

,pot quiet. middling. 1910.
Evening star., 1937-03-31

Bleachable cottonseed oil futures
closed steady. May. lib; July, 1923;
September, 1130-3l; October, lila.
Sales, 288 contracts, including 88
switches.
Evening star., 1937-03-31

Appointment of T. Stanley Holland,
trust officer, American Security &
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-22
IS
ABLE TO BLOCK
VOTE, BELIEF
Early Hearings Will Be Ar.
ranged by Senate Ju.
dietary Group
MAY OPEN DEBATE
WITHIN A MONTH

WASHINGTON, Feb. %. (UP)
Administration leaders planned
today to hurry President Roose-
velt's supreme court reorganiza-
ton program to the senate as
precaution against its destruction
by filibzuster.
They prepared to press the SEN
ate judiciary committee, probably
at its meeting today. for early
hearings on the proposal in an
effort to open debate within a
month.
An authoritative administration
source said that despite the ap-
parent fact that advocates of the
program are not sufficient to linn
1t debate in the senate, chances
of q successful filibuster would be
decreased If the measure reached
the floor late in March or early
in April.
Opponents of the plan, how
ever, encouraged by two senate
additions to their ranks over the
weekend, appeared to be concen-
trating more on trying to defeat
than to filibuster the measure.
The opposition, even II II
proves finally to be in the minor
ity, is powerful enough to debate
the bill indefinitely and keep 1t
from reaching a vote. The admin
istration would need q two-thirds
majority before 1t could obtain q
cloture rule, a limited sort of
gag" that would insure an even
tual vote.
But regardless of the opposi-
ton strength, the presidents sup
porters believe no group can fill
buster for six months. This idea,
they indicated, may have prompt
ed plans to move ahead now.
The nightly radio debate over
the issue continued, with Senator
Gerald Prentice Nye, R., N. D.,
previously unpledged, joining the
opposition ranks and Senator
Theodore Francis Green, D., r. l.,
defending the presidents pro-
gram.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-22
]. A. WO0DCOCK
EXPIRESINFLA.
Heart Attack Fatal to Bro
Their of DR.. Woodcock
of This City

Julian A. Woodcock, ST., prom
inent Asheville business man, and
brother of DIR. j. H. Woodcock. Of
Hendersonville, died suddenly last
night at Clearwater, Fla. Death
was due to q heart attack.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed today, but will be
held at Asheville.
He is survived by his widow;
one son, Julian A., Jr., of Ashe-
vile: one brother, DR.. Woodccck,
and one grandchild.
Mr.. Woodcock was born in Lin
colnton in 1875 and the family
moved TO Asheville in 1884. He
attended both Bingham and Davis
Military schools and finished his
education at the University of the
South at Sewanee in 1894.
Mr.. Woodcock was q director OF
the First National Bank & Trust
company, an officer in the Citi-
zens Hotel Corp, owners OF the
George Vanderbilt hotel, a men,
Der of the Biltmore Forest Coun-
try club. and head of the Citizens
Transfer and Coal Co., which he
organized.
He was a member and officer
of Calvary Episcopal church, at
Fletcher, a 32nd degree Mason, a
Shriner, and had served a two
year term on the Asheville city
council.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-22
FATAL
T0FIVE, MANY
AREHOMELESS
Blizzard Increases Suffer.
ing in North; IS Hurt by
Louisiana Twister
MANY HOMES LOST
in WEEKEND STORM

ROCKFORD, Ill.,, Feb. o.
(UP).-Five persons were dead
and several missing as flood wa
tiers in half a dozen north Illinois
and southern Wisconsin rivers be-
gan to recede. Thousands of acres
of lowlands are covered and hun
dreds of families forced to flee
their homes. A blizzard added to
the suffering.
Several hundred families were
estimated to be homeless in low
land districts.
Nine persons were injured, one
seriously, when three cars of the
Milwaukee railroads Southwes-
tern Limited were derailed in
crossing a food-damaged culvert
IL miles north of here.
Rivers which overlooked their
banks were the Illinois, Sheboy-
gan, Sugar Rock. Fever, Menomi-
ness and Pecatonica. Heavy SHOWS
and sub-freezing temperatures
brought added suffering to flood
victims.
Galena, Ill.,, on the Fever river,
was hardest hit. River bank dwell
lings were submerged to the Sec
ond floor and seven feet Of water
covered Main street in the down
town section. The water was re-
ported at a standstill last night.
William A. Sanderson, ST., As,
and Walter Bartell, 35, were
drowned there when a boat in
which they were being rescued
with three other men crashed into
telephone pole and capsized.
The victims and their compan-
ions had been marnooned in the
Farmers Service Station all night.
The other men rescued them and
were nearing safety when the ac-
cident occurred. The other five
were brought to safety after
clinging to fence for more than
an hour.
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T.W.VALENTINE'
TO REST.
here SUNDAY.
Rites Held at St. James
Church for Longtime
High School Teacher

Funeral services for Thomas
Woodd Valentine, native Of Aus
tralia, but resident Of Henderson
county for the past 81 years, were
held yesterday afternoon at 2
o'clock at St. James Episcopal
church. The church was crowded
to overlooking with those who
gathered to pay tribute to his
memory.
Services were conducted by the
Rev. James P. Burke, pastor Of
the church. The church choir was
assisted by Mrs. j. c. Morrow and
Mrs. o. A. Meyer. The rites at the
grave were conducted by Kedron
lodge, Masons, Of which Mr.. VAL
entine was an active member.
Pallbearers were: II. II. Ew-
bank, J. A. Hatch, John Melvin,
Harold Scheper, DR.. B. F. Cliff,
Harry B. Crowder and F. A. Ew-
bank.
The floral tributes were numer-
Gus and beautiful.
Mr.. Valentine was a son OF
Frank and Anna Laura Wood
Valentine. He was born in Aus
tralia and lived in England for a
short time before coming to this
country with his parents in 1883.
For a number of years he was
editor and proprietor of the Hen
Jacksonville Times. For the past
Is years or more he had been a
member of the faculty of the Hen
Jacksonville high school.
He is survived by his widow,
formerly Mrs. Kate Roberts Col
Inns, of Greenville, S. c.; a daugh:
ter, Miss Katharine, member Of
the high school faculty; three
brothers, F. H., of New York, j..
C. M, of Deland, Fla, and G. H.
Valentine, of Hendersonville; and
two sisters, Mrs. Annie C. Devils,
of Cleveland, and Mrs. j. G. Jen-
kins, of Summerville, S. C.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-22
REYENUEBI
ECONSIDERED
Liquor Bill Probably Will
Be Ratified AT Raleigh
Tonight

RALEIGH, Feb. 22.-The state
senate will resume its considera-
ton of the revenue bill this after
noon. after a weekend spent by
administration leaders in efforts
to whip trace-jumping senator's
into line and to get them pulling
together to eXtricate the tax meas
ure from a bog of amendments.
Having been passed by both
houses Friday upon the accept
ance of q conference report, the
county option liquor conrtol bill
"A death warrant for state pro-
hibition in it's 2Sth year-probab-
" will be ratified and formally be-
come law tonight.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-22
|.LEVERETTE
PASSES AWAY
eurt House Janitor iii for
ZONE Time; Rites Held
at Dana Today

- 'ysse Levere,te, janitor at the
y :'i ~ Use. died az his home at
S"4Saiagton street, at GAS p.
80 sunday. He had been in i'll
e. $50 'ot some time. and had
4, ~ y Sohhned 70 his bed for the
N ''@' weeks. lie was 60 years
~, -. Le'erette was born in Hen
s NJ. TrGanty and lived here all
\. ' -, lie had been employed by
/. i !, Tor the last six years.
b.. survived by his widow;
h, daughters, Mrs. Homer
49, r :: Pink Corn and Mrs.
II ia thompson; one son, Hill
|; ,, .,,ysi,eite; three sisters. and
- n.4aachlldren.
a. IRA. services were being
b. 49,, :. !, at 3 o'clock this after
- y ! ,he Blue House at Dana
- Y, Billy Jones. Active
boa W:,, We're: Scph Mccall, r.
|,ty MI NJ Clark. Manning and
El!sr, ''sI'aw: Honorary pail
por,,s.e we're; J a. Rusher, Otis
ev;, vs., Dave Howard George
|a4,ro. V. a Edney, j. II.
iS,,ss' !. l. Durham, w. A.
'aass., . T. Coston and Jerome
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WASHINGTON, Feb. %. (UP)
President Roosevelt today led the
nation in it's celebration of the
birth of George Washington.
The president will make two
public appearances. He will place
a wreath on the Washington mon
ument and later drive across the
Potomac river to Mount Vernon
for a tribute at Washington's
tomb.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 90. (UP)
Fife and drum players in an army
band that serenaded George
Washington during that dark win
ter of 1778 at Valley Forge were
the first Americans to pay him
public birthday homage.
Members Of Col. Thomas Proc
ter's banda small group of men
whose very names have been OBJ
scured by the mists of passing his
torv-aroused the spirits of their
Revolutionary commander 159
wears ago today, according to rec
ords in the Library of Congress.
TO reward them for this express
sion of goodwill, members of the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-22
HOLD 2-COUNTY
CORN DISPLAY
Henderson and Transyl-
vania Stage First Joint
Event Of It's Kind

The first corn show jointly CIV
en- by Henderson and Transylvan-
ia counties was held at Brevard
Saturday, and it was such a sue
cessful undertaking plans are al
ready under way for the show for
the 1887 crop.
The corn show was attended by
various state authorities interest
ed in the Improvement Of agricul-
ture, and the concluding event
was a banquet prepared and serv-
ed by the boys Of the agricultural
department and the girls of the
home economics department Of
Brevard college.
The banquet will go next year
to the county which furnishes the
champion corn grower, which was
the deciding factor this year.
Henderson and Pennsylvania
counties were we'll represented by
business men, farmers and boys
from the vocational departments
of the schools and the Al club
boys. There were about 126 in at
tendance.
G. D. White, farm agent for
Henderson, and J. A. Glazener,
farm agent for Transylyania,
launched the event a year ago
and have worked together on it
for a year and jointly presided at
the banquet.
The invocation was by DR.. E.
J. Coltrane, president of Brevard
college.
The speakers included: Profc;-
sor w. H. Darst, head Of the farm
crops department Of State college,
who spoke on corn improvement:
Roy H. Thomas, State director Of
vocational agriculture work, who
spoke on vocational agriculture,
saying that 800 schools in 70
counties now have vocational ag-
riculture departments and that 80
more schools will add the depart
ment next year; F. H. Jeter, ex-
tension editor Of State college;
Tai H. Stafford, district supervis-
or Of vocational agriculture: Fred
Sloan, district farm agent; Presi-
dent Coltrane, and ]. H. Stallings,
head Of the state and federal soal
conservation work, who gave an
illustrated lecture on soil conser-
walton.
T. J. WILSON OF NEAR
BREVARD GETS CUP
At the close Of the program, a
silver loving cup was awarded to
T. ]. Wilson, Of near Brevard, for
being high score grower Of the
Continued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-22
Two Are Released
By Mayors Court

In city court this morning,
Mayor A. V. Edwards released FL,
gin Hyder and Jess LYDIA, who had
been held since last Monday on
charges Of robbing jim Darweil
near the Southern station on Fri
day night, February IL.
Further investigation by OIL
GERS failed to disclose any evl.
dence against the two men, and
Darwell was not positive in his
identification.
Other cases heard were as fol-
lows:
G. G. Kent, drunk and disor-
derby, forfeited a $40 cash bond
Jim Darwell, drunk and disor'
derby, was assessed the costs.
Elmer Rhodes, drunk and dis
orderly, forfeited a $40 cash bond
Judgment was suspended in the
case of w. H. Hawkins, charged
with being drunk and disorderly.
j. B. Hudgins, drunk and disor-
derby, was assessed costs.
Henry McMinn, drunk and dis
orderly, was assessed costs.
Ed King. drunk and disorderly,
was fined $40 and costs.
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Nation Pays Tribute to Washington;
First Public Homage By Fife Corps

band were paid Is shillings on
generals orders" The current
equivalent is less than 81 but ac-
tual cash was rare among the tat
tered veterans of the second year
of the war with England.
Col. Proctor held an artillery
command under Washington dur
ing the Valley Forge winter which
is usually regarded as the most
trying in the entire war.
It is easy to picture the emo
tional effect on Washington when
a fife and drum corps appeared
before his quarters on his 46th
birthday to play some military
airs and then, when the comman-
der-in-chief appeared, wished him
we'll. Contemporary historians,
however, thought so little of the
occasion that the principal known
reference to it is in the financial
transactions of the Revolutionary
army during 1778.
The simple homage Of q SOL
diers' band was in marked con-
trast to the pageant which was
proposed for Mount Vernon in
CONTINUED on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-22
TWISTER HITS LOUISIANA

HUSTON, La, feD. ~. VIZ y
Red Cross and civic organizations
last night cared for 500 homeless
and Is persons injured by a tor
nado that swept a 25-mile strip
through Lincoln parish Saturday.
At least 20 residences had been
blown to bits, with nothing. in
many instances, to mark the sites.
The strip of destruction was gen.
orally 800 yards wide, extending
from the vicinity of Sugar Creek
on the Claiborne-Lincoln parish
line, skirting the western edge OF
Dubach, and lifting finally near
the Liggins school in northeast
Lincoln parish.
Near Sugar Creek, Is homes
were demolished or so badly dam
aged as to make them uninhabita.
BILE. Three white residences and
five negro homes were wrecked IN
the Hoods Mill vicinity. No inJu-
ries were reported in either Sec
ton, although about rs persons
were said to have been thrown
out Of their residences.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-22
BILL TO END
COUNTYCOURT
IN COMMITTEE
Assessment and Debt Set
Element Measures Are
Also Offered
MAY TAKE COUPONS
FOR 3 YEARS TAXES

RALEIGH. Feb. GA bill
providing for the abolition Of the
Henderson county recorders court
at the end Of the term of the pres
ent Judge Of the court has been
introduced by Rep. L. l.. Burgin
and referred to the committee on
courts and judicial districts.
The bill also provides that after
the passage of the act all cases in
the court shall be heard before
the judge and no jury shall be
summoned to serve in the court.
The bill is in line with recent
resolutions passed by the Hender.
son Bar association. The term Of
the present judge expires in De-
cember, 1888.
Another bill introduced by Rep.
Burgin would fix the salary Of the
court crier of Henderson county
at $1,000 a year, payable month
ly. This salary would be paid in
lieu of fees now allowed.
Other legislation relative to the
payment Of taxes and assessments
has been introduced in connection
with the recent debt settlement
made by the city of Henderson
vile.
The third bill would repeal chap
ter 1876, private laws of 1888, and
chapter 178, private laws of 1886,
and would provide: =,
"Section 8: That any and all
taxes due the city of Henderson
vile by any taxpayer for the year
1888 and previous years, may be
paid with coupons past due or
maturing through July /, 1887,
or with interest claims evidencing
interest now due or accruing thru
July /, 1887, on city bonds or
notes not represented by coupons,
or with refunding bonds hereafter
to be issued pursuant to a plan Of
settlement recently entered into
by and between tn Getty of Hen
Jacksonville and a bondholders'
committee, representing more than
a majority of the outstanding in.
debtedness of the city and dated
January A, 1887; and the city tax
collector shall accept the same in
payment of such taxes at their
face value; provided said taxes
are paid in such manner on or be-
fore July /, 1910, and provided
the bonds or notes from which
such coupons or interest claims
have accumulated have been de.
posted under the aforementioned
plan of settlement dated January
4, 1887.
"Section a. That the debt serv-
ice portion Of any and all taxes
due the city by any taxpayer for
the years 1884, 1885, and 1885,
may be paid with coupons past
due or maturing through July l,
1887, or with interest claims evil
dencing interest now due or ac-
cruing through July 1, 1887, on
city bonds or notes not represent
ed by the coupons upon the pay
ment of the other portion Of said
taxes in cash, and the city tax col
lector shall accept same in the
payment of such taxes at their
face value; provided said taxes
are paid in such manner on or be-
fore July 1, 1887, and provided
the bonds or notes on which such
Continued on page three)
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|srsoIr IS SCENE
Il nrNOSSTRATlON

|nrrROTT Feb. 22.-(UP).-
..,,;,;op Of the United Auto
IN. Workers was demanded OF
[. csr,ler Corporation today
b, , mysterious tear gas dem
L,,,tOr disrupted a union meet
|, allied to celebrate the latest
Isr to unionize completely the
s,o-oSile industry.
r., announcement was MADE
! gehrd T. Frankensteen. De-
n crcsnizer. after the tear gas
1T had thrown the crowd into
t.l1SOn. ,
| D..stiyes Albert Shapiro and
L,,st Hale said they found a
EsvCqrd bag Of powder near
!, d he intake pipes of the ven
E,trs system. Scattered through
\ hill the found numerous cleo
"a Eg., bulbs containing similar
sv3s, Which, they said, general
l ,sa! gas when exposed TO heat.
he bulbs had been opened and
b srts plugged with tar.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-22
CONCORD IS STRUCK HARDEST
AS TORNADO RIPS ACROSSN. c.
Charlotte and Other Cities
in State Suffer Wind
Damage

CONCORD, Feb. %. (UP).-A
tornado crossed North Carolina
from Charlotte last evening, ieav-
ing three injured near Green's
boro, several buildings demolished
at Charlotte, city dog pound de-
stroyed, several roofs damaged,
wires blown down and electric
power shut off. Property damage
was heaviest at Concord.
CONCORD, Feb. 22.-(UP)-
A small tornado roared northeast
ward across North Carolina last
night, striking at Charlotte, Con-
cord, and near Greensboro, where
it overturned a filling station and
left two persons injured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Casstevens
were injured when the twister hit
their gasoline station near Green's
boro and pushed it over The
building burned. Extent of the
Casstevens' injuries was not learn
ed Immediately.
The tornado, leaving q path Of
debris in its wake, skirted Char
lotte, 20 miles southwest. smash
ed through Concord, flattened
trees and signboards in Davidson
county, then hit near Greensboro,
scene of n disastrous tornado a
year ago.
The only person reported injur-
ed besides the Casstevens was j..
r. Simmons, whose leg was bro
ken when the wind caught him at
Charlotte.
Windows were smashed, CHM
neys knocked down, roofs dam
aged and electric wires torn loose
in the downtown area here. Few
BUILDINGS con. West Corbin street,
a main business thoroughfare, es-
capped damage.
After dwelling the city dog
pound and residence at Char
lotte, uprooting trees and tele.
graph poles and unroofing several
buildings, the storm bounded
cross-country to the Franklin mill
village on Concord's outskirts.
There the brick wall of a mill
building was pushed out Of line
so badly it will have to be rebuilt
and a house was topped from Its
foundations.
The wind rose. and roaring
deafeningly, descended in a negro
residential section where it wreck
ed a frame house before sweep
ing through town. Fallen wires
caused power company workers to
cut off all electricity in a portion
of the city for more than two
hours. Most night church services
were cancelled.
Portions Of the roof OF st.
James Lutheran church, in MD
town, were ripped loose. A few
yards away, the home Of l. H..
Webb, wealthy textile manufac-
turer, suffered similarly.
Concord residents heard the
roar of the twister five minutes
before arrival of the storm CEN
ter. A sharp drop in temperature
followed the storm.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-22
NEW DRIVE TO PASS
ANTI.LYNCH LAW

WASHINGTON, Feb. %. CUP
A coalition drive for early pass
age of q federal anti-lynching law
last night threatened to split the
heavy Democratic majority in con-
gross along sectional lines over
the issue Of state rights.
Sponsors of more than 40 pend
ing anti-lynch bills contend that
federal Intervention to punish To-
cal officers who fail to prevent
mob violence is necessary to stamp
out mob murders"
WASHINGTON, Feb. %. (UP)
The federal government may have
10 manufacture its own steel for
ornaments and munitions unless
the steel corporations discontinue
their apparent boycott of the re-
ouirements Of the Walsh-Healey
bill, Senator Gerald p. Nye, R.,
Y. d., said tonight.
The navy department, in the
midst of a construction program,
finds itself running low of steel.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-22
BITTER
NEAR MADRID
Madrid Dispatches Reveal
Greatest Battle of the
War in Progress

MADRID, Feb. 22.-(UP)-
Loyalist troops today loosed a ter
rifle general offensive all along
the Madrid front in the greatest
battle of the war.
Official dispatches reported
them advancing all along the line.
Rebels brought tanks into ac-
ton late in the morning but 10y
alists sent specially trained anti
tank units into the front lines. :,
They threw shells and blasted
the tanks and continued to ad-
ynncp
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-22
HOPING TO GET FOOD
10 PEOPLE SNOWBOUND

| GRAND CANYON. Ariz., Feb.
&. lrPl.-Fiftecn men, snow
|cgai since Christmas on the
or.h nm Of Grand Canyon today
band ,heiy way through drifts.
rv.a. Q; breaking a trail thru
fags Canyon. Rehind them in
rp we're II others, including
p women. vino have enough
tot ;oT three days.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-22
US. May Have to Make Own Steel
For Arms Unless Boycott Is Broken

Labor leaders have charged that
the large steel companies are at.
tcmpting to force the government
to relax the provisions of the
Walsh-Healey bill, which sets up
approximately NRA requirements
for government purchases, by not
bidding for government buying.
Nye said that if the present
deadlock between the navy de-
partment and the steel concerns
continues the only alternatives
will he TO submit to the dictates
of the corporations or for the gov
eminent to enter the steel busi-
ness itself.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-22
Home East
of Town Burned

Fire, believed caused from q de-
fective fiue, destroyed the home
of Merely Hyder, in the Happy
Hollow section, east of Hender-
sonville, this morning about 3
o'clock. ,
II was learned today that Mr..
Hyder extinguished a blaze this
morning about 2 o'clock. The FAM
ily was awakened this morning
about 5 o'clock and the house was
enveloped in flames.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-22
CRASH KILLS THREE

HOLLYWOOD, Fla, Feb. %.
OUP)-An inquest will be con-
Quoted today into the death of
three persons, who were killed
Saturday night when Florida
East Coast passenger train struck
their light sedan at a grade cross
ing near Ojus. The dead were:
Kurt jain, his wife and N. /.
STYLES, all Of Hollywood.