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  • IONTY BATTLE (Continued from Page I) iard with the house conferees for aearly three weeks and It was evi- lent the house would never even jonslder to vote oh the plan. He mid it was plain the present hill must be accepted or else "It will spoil the plans for farm relief at-this ses* ilon." House Scored Karris declared the scheme of the '.icuse to avoid a vote would have the .ffect. of shielding members of the ouse from going on record on this iportant; matter. He said house ambers, "have no right to conceal m their constituents or from the j:.*w--,««i?j-- efc«-ij-ti -o«r girls' svidn." ■ ihomaa read to Norris the accept- ice spee.ch -of President Hoover in hlch Mr. Hoover was quoted as say- ig: "I shall use my office and InSu- bce to give the farmers full benefit if the tariff.'* Thomas argued the president had ibandoned that promise and con* rived to defeat the debenture. . "i do not wish to say where I think the responsibility lies," said "Sorrls. "But Mr. Hoover obtained thousands of votes upon that prom- se. I was one of those who did not ;hink the promise sufficiently concrete and I was made an outcast. (Norris supported Governor Smith), 3ut ft develops now the president la >pposed to this plan, which everyone mows would give the farmer benefit jf one-half of the tariff. Every one mew he was then opposed to the only nethod which has ever been suggest- :d of making the tariff for agrlcul- rure, the McNary-Haugen bill. Chance to Redeem "Now ta the chan.ee to redeem the jlatform pledge of the Republican jarty aad we do not find htm eug- ;esting any other method, although ie opposes these two. "Let them bring In their remedy. *i*a see what it Is. Stop this de- eptlon. I will vote for a better plan f they offer one. "The house conferees said the president would veto this bill. If hat has brought the defeat of this slaa then we aught to abolish confess and let the president legislate. V"e ought to have a Mussolini here. t^he should veto it, I think we could iassT another bill within a few days. Some close friends of the president iave told me they do not believe he ?ouI& veto It. He,ought to be like is. We never get all we want. We iave to compromise to legislate." Swanson and Tydings directed heir fire at the house. Swanson con- ended the constitution stated em- (faatfcally each house should take a ecord vote upon recommendation of ne-fiftb of the members present and hat the house by refusing to vote sad nullified that provision. Schall for Bounty "If we accept this, we are putting j,r stamp of approval on legislative bwsrdlce," Tydings said. i Caraway and McKellar asked about be truth of reports that there was Bft-rolUng and that promises of pat- bnage were being .made by the administration to kill the debenture Let Us Train Yon for Business— jrA field affording clean, dignified employment which always assures a favorable introduction, into the business world. It is too late to prepare after v a position is offered. Next en- Gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, on June 8, 1929 —C. C. Angel, editor." Tennessee Hikers On Way To Meet Explorers CSpedsl Dispatch to lb* Times) KNOXVILLE, Term., June 8.— Knoxville delegation in the Tennessee-North Carolina good will and exploration expedition left Saturday afternoon <m the first leg of its trip to CUngm&n'a Dome where It will meet the party from Asheville Sunday noon- Eight are making the trip sponsored toy The Knoxville News-Sentinel. They ate: Jim Thompson, president of the Smoky Mountain, hikers; Carlos Campbell, Luciah fir& i^> - Dvifrcfe--Roth-,—~W^~W«~-SfcaaUiy- and W. A. Anderson, Jr., of the hiking club. Lee Davis, News-Sentinel reporter and Bill -Pinley, staff photographer of the News-Sentinel. Brockway Crouch, injured recently in a plunge from a cliff near Mt. Leconte, decided, he would not be able to make the trip. However, Paul Fink, Jonesboro banker and perhaps the outstanding Smoky Mountain hiker, telephoned that after all he might be able to Join the Knoxville delegation in Gatllnburg. Pink had been counted out of the party because of illness In his family. The group carries a message from Governor Horton to Governor Gardner of North Carolina and also a homing pigeon which will be loosed atop Cllngman's Dome when the parties from the two Smoky Mountain states meet. Another Story Of Hall-Mills Murder Told DETROIT, Mich., June 8.—(UP)— Kenneth -Gl&deau, an es-convlcfc n°w In the county Jail. Saturday night declared he witnessed the shooting of the Rev, Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, near New Brunswick, N. J\, on September 14. 3.922. Oladeau. la held In the county jail here after having been arrested at Plymouth, Mfch% May 2, by federal authorities. The story told by the prisoner compares In many details with that of Mrs. Jane Gibson as she told it on the witness stand. The main difference Is that Gladeau claims to have followed the murder group and to have exacted .$3,000 from them to keep silent. plan. He read one account stating Schall had announced, he would switch* After both McKellar and Norris agreed they had no evidence to substantiate such charges, Schall said: "I made no such, statement— I believe the debenture provision Is the only part of the bill that will do what we promised for the farmers. I'm for the debenture plan and If the house had a chance, I believe It would vote for It." Watson Bears Brunt Senator Watson, floor leader, bore the brunt of the revolters^ attack just before the close of thes day of debate. Norris and Smith of South Carolina drew from Watson a statement that he opposed the debenture because it was as subsidy. They then resurrected the record, showing Watson had voted for the ship subsidy in 1922. "Why didn't you use some statesmanship and suggest something to make your high tariff effective for This map gives you an accurate Idea of the vast expanse <*f territory to be explored by the expedition sponsored by The Asheville Times and The New York Times. The operation of base camps and objectives are shown as well as the route to be traversed. To facilitate following the course of the expedition and keep In touch with developments The Times suggests that you clip this drawing and use lfc for reference. Festival Plans Provide Many Social Events <ContIna«d from Pas* 3. Section B) latest things In clothes at the Asheville Club for Women on Tuesday evening. The show is being given through the courtesy of the Bon Marche, and Mrs. Joseph Claverie is general chairman, assisted by Mrs. John Goocle, vice chairman. The style show will open with a showing of children's garents, and the young models will be playing, bathing, at the moving pictures, and attending a party, Mrs. Allen T. HIpps is chairman for the children's division, assisted by Mrs. Ray DeVault and Mrs. Prank Salley. The showing of garments for women will follow and a boudoir scene, a bridge luncheon, a bathing review, an afternoon tea, a dinner dance, a wedding, and travel scene- will be shown by twenty fair young models who will be selected Monday afternoon. Frank BidtUe, music director of the city schools and baritone singer, will sing during the wedding scene. Mr. Biddle is director of the choir of Central Methodist church, and the choir will sing the "Wedding Chorus" from Lohengrin during the wedding scene. Mrs. B. E. Blanton will preside at the organ, Mrs. Prank Biddle is chairman of the Music committee, assisted by Mrs. Bascom committee on arrangements, and the affair promises to be one of the most elaborate of the card parties planned for that eventful week. The regular Friday party will be given in addition and It Is expected that Rhododendron week win be a* busy one at the clubhouse with all the social events that are being planned. The Thursday bridge wit be one of the largest of the season with a number of prfizes, Mrs, Cona- heer said. The club will be decorated elaborately for the Rhododendron Festival and the society events which will take place there during the week. Mrs. Gary Hughes heads the refreshment committee .which Is preparing the menu for the Rhodendron party. She is assisted by Mrs. Ray Devault and Mrs. George Baler, Jr., Mrs. Thomas Allen Curry, chairman of the ticket committee, has not announced the personnel of the ticket committee, but activity on the sale of tickets has already begun. Funds realized from the Thursday bridge will be used in the same fund as the proceeds of the regular Friday bridge, which will also be held during the Rhododendron Festival, Mrs J. H. Spears is chairman of the reservation committee, assisted by Mrs. James Hay, Jr.. Mrs. Joseph Claverie, Mrs. W. J. Hunnicutt, Mrs. Gustav Llchtenfels, Mrs. L, E. Hunter, Miss Esther Kirk, Mrs. Fred Wal- ser, ana Mrs. C. J. Hawkins. Prizes win be under the chairmanship of Mrs. Malcom Piatt, assisted by Mrs. James Ware. Mrs. C. J. Hawkins, Mrs. c. C- Lants, and Miss Mary Mulvaney. For the Rhododendron Paaeant. chairman, Morris dancers from Weavervlile and folk dancers from Asheville take part. The Chinese rhododendron scene is being presented by Waynesvllle and Miss Dorothy Lane has been selected by popular vote to represent the Goddess of Mercy. Three young lawyers of waynesvllle, waiter Crawford, M. G. Stamey and T. N. Massey, "will take the part of the three wtse men. In the Rhododendron in North. Carolina, put on by Asheville, an Innovation this year will be the dance of the snow drops, done by students of Mrs. Carrie Denny, Marjory Pil- kins, Dorothy Clemens, Virginia White, and Mary Jean Maney will take part. Miss Mary Wheary will dance as the Big Blue Wind. Much interest is being exhibited in the Baby Parade, which will Include hundreds of children, in floats and afoot, at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning. Mrs. Jack Shops la general chairman for the parade. Among the popular innovations introduced this season is the ball which will be given by the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity at 10 o'clock at the Asheville Club for Women, honoring the state sponsors and the King and Queen of Rhododendron and the court. State sponsors and their escorts wiU be honored with a buffet supper during intermission of the dancing. A matinee party is also being planned by the women's division, honoring the court and state sponsors, although no date has yet been set for this affair. Dozens of private dinner parties will be held preceding the big Coronation an<t Rhododendron balls on Mondav and Sattir* 000 Acres. Square and Pattton avenue to Battery Park place where the street dancing will take place by a troup of gigantic grotesques. The Jester's stesd. a donkey, will be held by George Robinson, and William Ly&a has been appointed Keeper of the Jester's Wig, Jamie Mclver will act as Keeper of the Jester's Moonshine. Douglas Boone will act as the Jester's Jester. The women of the court of the King of Misrule are being kept a profound secret, and who will enact the roles of the Duchess of Dishpan, Lady Laundry Bags, count. ess Bargain Counters, Madam Rolling Pin and Princess Jazz Songs Is shrouded in mystery. Dan Hill and Roy Swartzberg are rehearsing stunt to be performed in the midst of the revels and this surprise stunt win be a part of the street revels on the evening of the Carolina Carnival on Friday evening. , »♦ » —— Review Club Holds Annual Picnic The Review club, of which Miss Jennie Phillips is president, held its annual picnic Friday night on the banks of Mills river. This is an annual event held by the organization at the close of each year's work. The next event will take place the first week in October in the form of an open meeting. Guests Arrive At Kenilworth Inn Recent registrations at Kenilworth Inn include the following: Mr. and Mrs. H. J. McCormick, Btr- mlgham. Ala.: Miss Lyda Studdert. With the start of the expedition that will officially explore and log the secrets of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, last of the eastern wilderness. Verne Rhoades, executive secretary of the North Carolina Park commission, Saturday explained the status of the program to create the park. The park, of course, was assured of ■establishment through the North Carolina and Tennessee bond issues and the Laura Spelman Roekefellow foundation gift of §5,000,000 which made & total of cash available for park purposes of approximately $10,- 000,000. The first area Is to be 423.- 000 acres with additional acquisition^ in jth aturejf_d^h,-.ahle. - :"Tne park 'to straddle the Gr „. Smoky Mountain range that traverses the boundary between Tennessee and North Carolina and will lie half In one state and half in the other. Toward North Carolina's acquisition of its 214,000 acres, the North. Carolina Park commission now actually owns In fee simple more than 35,000 acres of land and It has slightly more than 7,000 acres additional under option, awaiting acquisition as soon as the title to it is examined and approved. In addition to the 41,293 acres of land already acquired or under iron clad option, the park commission on the "North Carolina side, has instituted condemnation proceedings to acquire more than 50,000 acres more. These proceedings now are pa court and the land will be the park commission's as soon as the cases are settled. Tennessee, to start with, had acquired more than 70,000 acres of park lands as a part of its financial obligation toward the park. In addition to this, the Tennessee Park commission now has acquired about 20,000 acres of land in addition. When the entire acreage is acquired, the North Carolina and Tennessee Park commissions will turn over the land to the Government of the United States for administration and development as a national park. That will mean all lumbering operations will stop and that hunting also will be prohibited with the entire area turned into a great preserve to maintain Its present wild and untrammelled aspect. When the first 150,000 acres of the park Is acquired, Mr. Rhoades ealcl, this may be turned over to the government for administration and protection though development as a national park will not start until the entire area is acquired. DRV COUNCIL CALLED WASHINGTON, June 8.—(INS)—A dry "'war council" to perfect details of what the treasury characterized as one of the biggest prohibition clean up operations in several years—the drive against Canadian rum smugglers—was called Saturday to meet in Detroit next Monday. more. She was accompanied b~:ne by Mrs. Gilbert Carter of Ch!^.go who will remain as her guest for a I stay of two weeks. This week-end ' they will go to Blowing Rock. EDNA JUAMTA EDWARDS Funeral services for Edna Juanita Ed wards infant, diuifffttlea* *\t Mr ttnel As they are both closely affiliated with the same organization the entrance of Blalock means the elimination of Dr, Ktlgore. Other N", C. Men Mentioned Other North Carolinians prominently mentioned and endorsed Include Dr. E. C. Branson, professor of rural sociology, at the University ot North Carolina, and Frank stedmam Fayetteville banker. There is a possibility that the farm relief legislation may yet be tied up by a congressional deadlock as the senate may insist on a house vote' on the debenture feature, but the best guesses are that |t will finally get through early next week. President Hoover Is, expected to make appointment'- ! >f the board soon after pas*"' ihe act, and actfcr upor* delegations in & for appoihi ments to the bo. j tbut the NortL Carolina members o^ congress hav# not done so. They 'are awaiting passage of the bill betore presenting endorsements. [ P. T, A. MemBers' Hosts I To Faculty The Parent-Teacher association of the Asheville senior high school entertained the faculty at a luncheon Thursday preceding the class day exercises Thursday afternoon at the senior high school campus. The P. T. A. luncheon for members of th« faculty Is an annual event* and wa» marked this year by the presentation of a gift of silver teaspoons and salad forks to Miss Hannah Jones, who has been secretary to Lee H. Edwards, principal of the high school for several years. Miss Bessie Moody, who is retiring this year after teaching for tbitry years was also presented with a token of affection from her fellow teachers. The presentation wa« made in both cases by w. L. Brooker, superintendent of the city school*. Mrs. Hobait Allport, president of the P. T. A. presided at the luncheon. Covers were laid for fifty, and pink roses were used in profusion. Class day exercises In the afternoon followed the luncheon. St, John's. League Will Meet Monday Both groups of St. John's Business and professional Women's "Service League of Trinity Episcopal church will* meet at the parish house at 7:15 o'clock Monday evening, A sandwich supper, with member* bringing sandwiches, will be held r at 6:30 o'clock, preceeding the buslnese meeting. THE~E1GHT WAV TO TRAVEL 18 by train. The safest. Most comfortable!. Most Reliable. Costs less. Inquire of Ticket Agents regarding greatly reduced fares for short tripa, SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM Bids For * School Buses Buncombe County Board of Education will receive bids until 12:00, June 24, 1929, for five new school buses to replace five oM ones. These units are to be two ton capacity, approximately 165 inch
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