Statesville Daily Record from Statesville, North Carolina • Page 8

iMY.JANUARY 86 THE STATE3VULE STATESVILLE. N. KING'S COUSIN Lord Louis Mountbatten, cousin of King Seorge VI of Great Britain, and Lady Louis, as they arrived in New York for an American visit. They saw the Windsors in Paris, who they said were looking quite fit. APPEAL IS MADE FOR LOWER TAXES TO AID BUSINESS (Continued FYoni trrotot chinos on unempoyment, and the question of what nharo.

oj relief costs the federal, Htatc and local should hoar. Meanwhile, President Roosevelt continued his study of governmenl- buslnoBS relations nnd arranged for talks with small businessmen in the near future. The President also going ahead MARCUS ERWtN (Continued From Ffon: tenced to 29 and 30 lively. They are now confined Jn Alcatrafc prison. Another case.of local interest Is the case of John Brown of Catfish section of Catawba and several members' of his family, Who wore convicted about a year ago on charges of conspiracy to violate the Federal Internal Revenue Law.

They re. celved sentences ranging from five to fifteen years nnd are now confined in Atlanta. On the civil side of the docket his greatest activily with Mudy of public of tho docket lite greatcs-t activny Ofivornor Gordon Hrown-1 IT conducting condeni. Oovoron ing of Tennessee said Mr. Koose- nation suits on the part of the to dtacuba government.

thePiPofheo velt had asked him to dificubfl with federal power experts at tho White Hiouso Thursday Browning's proposal that state and federal nuncios purchase privately owned utilities in Tennessee. Wendell L. Wlllkie, president of the Commonwealth and Southern utility system, Decently Sug- Hcwtod nturchase of that eoneoyn as "a la-st resort in a desperate situation" caused, he said, by competition arising from the 'Tennessee Valley authority. Administration power the President had stressed, in talkn with utilities men from nearly every section of the country, a conviction that sound utilities oiikl find ready Investors for new building programs. Following 1 President Iloosevolt'a recent comment that Americans might well study the British laws governing labor unions, John P.

Froy, president of tho A. F. of L. metal trades department, said last night the, English system of regu- tating wages and hours might a way of ending; the "stalemate" in congress over such legislation. Under the British system, he explained, boards are set up to fix minimum wages, maximum hours, and working conditions for "sweated industries." TENOR recognition of 25 years with the Metropolitan Opera Company, Giovanni Martinelli, left, tenor, receives an illuminated scroll, signed by 64 members, from Perrar H.

Tows, president of the Opera Club. MAY Cantor, 19. one of the five daughters of Eddie Cantor, screen and radio comedian, and Jimmy McHugh, 21, bank-clerk son of the widely known song writer, whose engagement'was recently announced in Hollywood. They expect to be married in May. MARINER to succeed Joseph P.

Kennedy as chairman of the United States Maritime Commission, is Rear Admiral Emory S. Land of the United States Navy, above. He is a former chief of naval construction and is regarded as a strong advocate of a fast and powerful merchant marine. He was appointed to a six-year term on the commission last Apnl. MAYORS COURT Mayor Shelton's weekly police court last night was rather light, with only eight traffic violators cited.

They failed to appear, so their cash bonds- were forfeited. Delia Lambert a young white woman, charged with being drunk and dirforde-rly Was given thirty days on the roads, but the sentence was surtjH-ndt'd for six months. MASTO1O CASE jfcll Captain Edwin C. Musick, product of the wartime army air service and veteran Pacific flier, who was in of the Samoan Clipiw. Richard Chalk, Jr.

who resides with his- parents on the country club enUite who wan operated upon for Mastoiditis at the Davis- hospital a week ago has done BO well that he has been permitted to rot urn to his home. He is the son of Mr, and Richard Chalk. John Harvey Mason has return- oil his homo on Route 5 after undergoing an operation for ap- at Long's hospital. FORCED FEEDING BREAKS FAST OF REV. ISRAEL NOE (Continued from Front Noe visited him this morning.

Hal Buchanan, attorney and member of the cathedral chapter, visited the former dean last night and said he talked "Intelligently" but expressed opposition to the forced feeding. Buchanan! said he did not appear to be in a dying- condition. Physicians said, they considered condition tout not hopeless and that it might require three months to restore him phys-j iscally. The trip to the hospital ended an eventful day for the clean. Sunday he slipped quietly into the cathedral where, from an inconspicuous third row pew, he heard another man, the R'ev.

Royden Keith Yorkes of the University of the South, Sewanee, assail re- liuious "vagaries" from tho pul- pH he occupied for more than L7 years. Bishop James M. Maxon assailed those "vagaries" Thursday when he re-moved Mr. Noe as dean of the cathedral in a proclamation urging 1 him to abandon hie fast and return to his "normal self." "We shall hear more of these vagaries as time goes on," the frail clergyman replied by radio Saturday night. "If wo have a ministry without a parish, then, in God's grace, we may be given the world for a parish." Without food or water since Jan 2, his organic functioning yesterday' had already partly ceased.

His heart showed signs of weak- He suffered a nose-bleed yesterday afternoon. He walked with dit'liculty, left leg: dragging. WRAPPED BODY OF ACTRESS FOUND IN HER CAR (Continued from Paga One) window. He also said all of the windows were closed, and he ono throush which the hose ame was sealed with a robe. One of the sedan's fenders was cratched, and there was evidence jne of the garage doom had been licked he said.

In private life Miss Plnchot was he wifo of William Gaston, promi. nulls being to acquire lands for the National Forest and conservation purposes. There have been nearly one hundred milts instituted and concluded. TQie'So involved over two hundred thousand acres of wild mountain lands. The government has paid citizens of West, ern North Carolina for these lands may hundred thousands of dollars.

Senator Bob Reynolds and Mr. Erwin are distant cousins. They have been lifelong friends and com. panions, often associated in litigation and for thirty years intimately associated and always with each other in political contests-. Mr.

Erwin put Bob Reynolds in nomination at Waynesvllle in 1912 at that memorable convention which remained in session for six days Without nominating a candidate. On this occasion he was offering himself to the voters of the 10th district as a candidate for congress. He supported Reynolds in every race he has 1 ever made, and he has always been a personal friend and ardent political supporter in all his contests. He was at one time associated with Governor Locke Craig in the practice of law, 1914-15-16 after his re. tirement from the Governorship.

Mr. Erwin takes great pride In this fact that his first vote was in 1896 for W. J. Bryan whom he always refers to as that "peerless leader." I. have never regretted this vote and have since that time consistently voted the straight untarnished Democratic ticket.

Mr. Erwin believes that Franklin D. Roosevelt is the greatest man on earth today; that no man ever sat in the presidential chair who had a finer sense of human values, nor one who was more genuinely and passionately devoted to the welfare progress and betterment of the ephonigtoI the gunners how their shells struck. Note that they wear heavy clothing, fl-hting in the Spanish hills has, been in the midst of extremely cold weather. Timely Farm Questions STATE COLTjEGE ANSWERS TIMELY FARM QUESTIONS Q.

What Is the 'best way to protect tobacco plant beds from flea- beetle damage? A. The trap bed has given excellent results in the control of this Insert. Thi 'bed is made toy fitting boards closeli- around the margin of the bed and bank-soil around these boards so that the SOCIAL NORTH CAROLINA mass of the common people of our great nation. NEW LESSEE FOR THE VANCE HOTEL Announcement TO OUR FRIENDS and PATRONS On February 1st, we will be located in the former W. P.

BEAVER AUTO SALVAGE stand, East Front opposite McBride Re- treading and will continue our same line of business. WE ARE ADDING A NEW DEPARTMENT OF AUTO USED PARTS AND TIRES REAVIS BATTERY SERVICE Statesville, N. C. Miss Gaeton. "The motor tent lawyer.

Inspector Harold R. King of the Nassau county police issued a statement from the estate which said in part: "The body of Rosamond Pinchot Gaston, aged thirty-two, married and the mother of two children, William, nine and James, six, was found in a seat of a Buick eedan in a garage at her home on Val. entine's Lane, Old Brookvllle, Long Island, about 7:15 a. by Miss Ida Hanninen, a cook employed by was not running when the body was found, but ignition switch was on. In her career, Mrs.

Gaston was known Os Rosamond Pinchot." Miss Pinchot waa only seventeen when she starred in "The Mirale." French Ship Is Save4 From Another Marseille, France, Jan. The French destroyer Albatroa rescued the French steamer Prado today from another Ship, described as "Spanish," which stopped the Prado eight milea off Palamoa, Spain. The warship forced the Prado to veer off its course and follow it in a southwesterly direction but girrival ofl the Alba- tros freed the Prado. The Al- batros radioed that all board the Prado, safe. (Continued from Front Page) of this city.

The -lease which was executed by the owners of the premises Messrs. J. C. Steele'and sons, W. A.

Thomas and Clarence R. stimpeon will be- effective for three years from March 1st with the privilege of buying the property at the end of the three year lease. In 1S91 Mr. Corpening went with tho late John W. Gray who was operating the Cooper House Statesville, and was with him lor two years.

Then he was with the Carrolina Hotel, Durham, for four yeare; the next four years with the Grand Hotel, in Council Bluffs, Iowa; lor the next lourteen years he was with the Post Tavern Battle Creek, Michigan; then with the North Shore Hotel at Evanston, Illinois- for three and a half years. The next ten years Mr. Crpening 'was with the New Palmer House, Chicago. Since then, for the past four years has been with the Newcomb Hotel at Quincey, Illinois and Pairkside Hotel at Kewanee Illinois. Mr.

Arthur G. Corpening Is to be financially interested with his uncle in the operation of the Vance Hotel and will assistant manager. Mr. A. G.

Corpening, Jr. is now in business in Raleigh and prior to going to Raleigh, he was, connected with the La Salle and Hayes Hotels- in Chicago and with Hotel Charlotte at Charlotte. The- Vance Hotel is a moderr structure With around a hundred rooms many of them equipped will private baths. It has a ball roon and several dining rooms and a commodious kitchen on the mail lloor and a large ball room. Wheth or any important changes in th structure were contemplated the owners or the new lessee coul not be ascertained last night.

Mr. Jas. Gray, the retirin proprietor told a Record reporter beetles eannot crawl under them. A trap is then built at least' two feet around the ti.ght bed. This area is Sown with tobacco seed 4ind as soon, as the plants are up they should be kept well covered with poison at.

all times. Full directions for 'building a trap-bed for the control of flea-beetles as well as control measures for other tobacco insects are given in Extension Circular No. 174 and copies may be had free upon application to the Agricultural at College. Q. When should lespedeza toe sown on small grain? A.

This, of upon the variety seeded, but the usual is to sow in February or March. The Korean variety jjermiinates in about weeks and thp other varieties in from four to five weeks. Seeding- should be made early enough to become well established be-fore the hot, dry weather, but late enough to avoid freezes. If the seed are broadcast at least one bushel of seed (25) should be Sown to the acre. When drilled in, less seed is required, but the drill should be set to run very shallow and the seed 1 mixed with superphosphate, basic slag, or ground limestone for better coverage.

Q. Should eggs be candled after they are set for hatching A. Yes, eggs should ibe candled on the seventh dayi and all dead germs and infertile eggs removed. Care however, should be exercised in the handling. A fertile egg will appear 1 to contain a spider the germ representing- the body, of the spider while the blood vessels represent the legs.

An will be clear with the yolk slightly visible. The candling- should be done in a dark room or at FARM BRIEFS Oscar Phillips, county agent of Mecklemburg County, was elected president of the North Carolina County Agent Association at the recent extension conference at State College. Extension work was organized for the primary purpose of increasing the income of the Individ, ual farmer and that remains the purpose until this day, said J. A. Evans, speaking at the recen conference olf (Ndrth Caro Una Agricultural Extension Service THE N.

B. MIMAS' RECEIVE The steady stream of relatives friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. N. B.

Mills who called upon this well known and respected couple at their home on South Center street last evening- to offer their feliciatlons upon the occas 1 ocion of their sixtieth wedding anniversary, attested to the high esteem In which they are held by not only the people of this city and county but by many from elsewhere. Though no formal invitations had been issued all who came to extend congratulations were warmly welcomed and were made to feel at home. Mrs. E. E.

Little and Mrs. Lewis Thornburg entertained at Mrs. Little's home on North Oak St. last night in compliment to Miss Virginia Troutman, bride, elect. Mrs.

R. M. Rickert will be hostess to the Eclectic Club, at dinner at her home on North Center street at 7:30 his evening. D.A.R. DELEGATES CHOSEX Delegates to the thirty-eighth Annual conference of the North Carolina D.A.R., and to the ional congress of the- D.A.R., were Chosen at a.

brief business 1 meeting jf Fort Dobbs chapter Daughters if tho American Revolution, held Saturday afternoon. The State conference will be in Raleigh March 7, and 9. Delegates chosen were Mrs. W. Roy Plotf and Mrs.

W. P. Dillon. Mrs. G.

E. French was elected regent's alternate and Miss Christine Henkel and Mrs. James L. Preasly were Raleigh, Jan. 1,600,000 seedlings have beem sent out for transplanting from the state forest nursery, according toState Forester J.

S. Holm, es. Pinehurst, Jan. 36th annual United North amd South Open Golf Championship will fljfe Held here March 23-25. First prize, money will be $1,000.

Manteo, Jan, will begin' 1 here soon on a new $30,000 WPA community The city will also have a ground in the near future. Greensboro, Jan. Hamilton Fish, of New York, potential Republican presidential (nominee for 1940, will speak here at the ninth annual Lincoln Day dinner Saturday, Feb. 12, Pinehurst, Jan. Carolinians will consume 3,000,000 gallons of ice cream this year, according- to an estimate made at the annual meeting of the state dairy association here.

last night that he had no particular business plans in view and that he would probably make a. trip to Florida with Mrs. Gray and take things easy for a while. BETTY IAJTZ IXHNG WELL Betty Lutz three year old daugh. ter of Mr and Mrs.

G. E. Lutz of Newton fell into a tub of very hot water yesterday morning and was badly scalded. At the Davis hos, pltal where the child was taken for treatment it was stated by Dr. Holbrook last night that although the burns covered a third of the child's body her eye sight wbuld not be affected and she was showing improvement generally.

LOCAL CITY SCHOOLS START SPRING TERM With mid-term examinations, which were held this past week, a thing of the past, the local city schools eyetem started on their Second or Spring Semester yesterday morning. Midterm exarni- nations were held in the grammar grades throughout last week while the mind-teaSere were held at the high school on last Thure- day and Friday. The majority of the students, no doubt, hope to the second semester one I achievement and success. chosen as alternates to the two delegates. At the national-congress of the p.A.R., to be held in in April, the regent is.

the chapter's representative. Ten regent's alter, nates were selected: Mrs. W. P. Dillon, Mnl R.

R. Bretz, Mrs. H. O. Steele, Mrs.

Jack Dillon, Mrs. Karl Sherrill, Mrs. J. W. Mrs.

W. A. Thomas, Mrs. L. C.

Wagner, Mrs. Osborne Brown and Mrs. S. R. Holland.

SMITHEY'S SPECIALS MEN'S and BOYS' CHAMBRAY WORK SHIRTS AIL Si a spring and summer supply- I I LADIES' PRINT HOUSE DRESSES -V New spring patterns, absolutely fast colors- very I I 87c QUILT CtOTH Solids and yard- Scyd. I I Mrs. Anna Lee Plarrls, home agent of Richmond'County, ia th new president of the North Caro ina Home Agents Association. To know subject matter is not the county agent must also know human nature and hia work as varied as is the life of a county, says Dr Frank Porter Qra. mm.

Work with 4-H club members 19 the most important Job for the county home and farm agents at the present time, says Dr. C. W. Warburton, national director of extension work, Swine Influenza is causing- con. siderable trouble to farmers in Bertie County, at first it was thougrht the animals were infected with cholera but inspection by eral veterinarian showed the trouble to be "Swine I I Take that when your eon went to college foe was inoculated with the love of learn- Ing? Woogy but it didn't take.

In Trouble you have teeth much like pearls. 'brute- Are you hint, ing that' I have a mouth like an oyster? MEN'S SUPER IG BEN" OVERALLS Sanforized, 8 97c I I MEN'S $2.00 WORK SHOES And and cap I LADIES'HOSE I 5c COTTONSUPS i Pay a VUit and 1 for SMITHEY'S THE GREAT BARGAIN GIVERS Formerly, and.