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FHE INDEX-JOURNAL The Leading Newspaper of Western South Carolina TM hMi um ti Mi. Mly ox traia. fc HI rM ihM I 'US Mly Iraf TM Aw-iata4 Fewa ui aweft Ml ') It I fl 4 Tl I4t i I TM" 111 I I I i II I VOL XI. NO. 31.

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Plar4 At Bins CbM Mklta At Th fUffV UiwoiiM. A l'4e AM Vt tlwt Il JUL SJ I JS PIUCJ5: nVE CENTO mm jury corns WILLIS- CRSE INDlCmmTS TlU WEATIirt; South C.ro-una: Fair and warmer famighl; Tuesday cioudy, prubably tuumkl by showers in went portion; moderate souUwriy wttuU. Led Demonstration DRY WITNESSES AT I IK A KING NAVY COIJEEDEfJCE M07JET PROBLEMS SMS rAFT FUNERAL RE BROADCAST OVER COUNTRY YORK. aHeth iOf-KuneraJ nerviees rUi William lU.wsrd taft in all Louis' Unitarian rliurrh. Washuigvui." mill I taUHrs4 over tlte romhlneU n4w4ks( tlte Nathnrftl Hi d-rs Mig Compimy (mm Ml to Si P.

r.trrn RUndord time tomnrrow. Tlie brmnlca i at I 40 ailh an in'rrdlrn by an an-rmuicer. A fVort n'M trvk-e will irvede Vdllng vt tha thui cli trU Rs the funeral neerit the rhurrh. mini start TIIIBDnY IFTRUE BILLS ARE IDE Bills Charge Rector, Moore And Rook -Sheriff avM GREENVILLE, March 10. (Al) Solicitor J.

G. Leatherwuod today banded the Greenville county grand jury IHU of lndictmetj- i I 0 SCAL irJD PARTY LAflD Rear "Admiral 9 Dis counts Value Of Feat Flying Over South Pole DUNED1N, N. Z. Mar. 10.

(AP) Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, American explorer, and the members of his Antarctic expedition, returned to Dunedin today after spendhij? more than a year in the acientific exploration of the froxen reyiona at me bottom of the world. AH Dunedln turned out to greet discoverer pf the Antarctic region which he named Marie Byrd Land In honor of his wife. Thls-dis-covery wai rated by Byrd aa tha most Important achievement of the I a death-defying flight to the South Pole evoked Just two eentencee of comment Asked how It felt to fly over the South Pole, Byrd tald: "Very much like flying over the Pole, except the North Pole waa bumpier." Byrd la the only man who hat flown over both poles. Re soared th South Pole November St.

1830. In the U1 -motored mono plane Bloyd Bennett, piloted by Bernt Balchen. and accompanied by Captain Ashley McKlnley, aerial eurveyor, and Harold X. June, radio operator. The flight waa made over the hazardous height from Little 'America, Byrd'a base.

On May 9, 1929. Byrd flew out of Bpttxoergen, circiea in Norm rote and returned. Among hi other ad- venturea waa a flight, which" ended wtOTT hl plane became lost In fog and finally cam down at the water' ed off the flldflD BP Mrs. Nellie before the Mrs. fclta A.

Boole, president the W. C. T. U. tni Barger (right) Miswwt were among dry witnetare hewse Judiciary eemmrttee kcartngs In Vihlnflon.

BOYDISAPP EARS SENATE lid AS 'THEUETul Twin Jinxes Of Appropriations Revenue To Be Thrashed Out COLUMBIA. Marxh10, (AF) Appropriation and rcvrnucH, t'lna of every legUUture, faced aenate and house as the two bodies began preparations for tha ninth week of tht second rersion of the seventy-eighth general assembly. Senator return here tonight to receive from tha finance commute tha annual appmnrtatUm bill aad probably will begin Siaie oa It aa soon as members have had aa opportunity to give It careful study. The House meets tomorrow at nooa, faoed with ravrnae fnaasnre and biennial eeaaloo Alter mora than a wart or rewriting, it la understood the appro- prist Ions bill will carry approxi mately tll.10o.0o0 when Introduced This is about (300,000 more than written Into It by the House, where tha bill was reduced about 000 from the total recommended by tha Ways and Means committee. Another Item put back Into the bill.

Senatora say, la the five-mill levy for State purr-tea on real estate and personal tangible perty. It waa voted nut by the House esrly In -the sneslon by large majority. Recent dpbste In the House baa closed, however, that many representative look with more favor on the five-mill levy -after Viewing some of the sub stitute revenue-raising bills Intro duced by the Revenue committee. Governor Richards Is known to fa rot elimination of the five-mill tax. Bills scheduled to ccrae up- la the- House are those placing a one- cent per pound las oa snsar and the, mwtstire increasing the poll tax from 1 to 2.

Other bills include those of Repreeenlative Harley, of Barnwell, providing for. Biennial Instead of annual aesslons of the Genersl Assembly. Girl Mysteriously Stabbed In Havana HAVANA, March 10. t.n Mys-terloits wounding of Miss Rose Oe Rose, socially prominent New York girl, who was found at her, hotel Saturday stabbed several times and bleeding profusely, has Havana police very much puzzled Some of the wounds are cut the young woman's back, In place hers it would have been most difficult for; her to have stsbbed hrr- self. Vet' she has Indignantly Insisted that she' inflicted the hurts herself' in an unsuccessful attempt fr commltt suicide.

Miss pe Rose was discovered by employes of the hotel Saturday morning lying wounded In her ex-, pensive suite. A pen-knife with ahlch she said she had cut herself was found ta the bath room. STRAUSS' WIDOW DIES VIENNA, March 10. Mme. Adele Strauss, 79.

widow of Jor-ann Strauss, composer, died here today. DELEGATES GRASP FIRST BIG 'CRISIS Consider France's Demand For Assur-uncc Of National Safety March 10. (AP) Chief delegates of America. Great Hritain and ej Prance to iht tmval confer- enro hr tackled the llrst jrrrat criU tt naval conference today-when thy faced each other across a table at t.j palace for ronskieraAion of France's demand fur ak guarsntee of security. It Is realty Uraat Britain which la vitally vtceroed In the Frnch demand for a aerurlty pact.

It Is understood-that 'Franca has not mads any propon! for mutual as sistance oa a five, power basis. M. BrlaiAl la aware that the L'nlt ed fltstes i opvoeed lo becoming entangled In any European nolltt ral understanding. What Brlsnd wanta la said be a psct of mu tual assistance which would give bia country the support of the Itrlt Ish navy In the event of war. Observers bar assume that France dsalrea to guard against any possible attack by a European pow er.

It la stated that In exchange for such guarantee France would offer Oreat Pritain suppoit under similar circumstances of war. But Oreat Britain doca not want any further facts of that sort and Prime Minister MacDonald credited, with the belief that the French already have sufficient guarantors of a potlHcal ttlnif fit ilia League of Nations, the Locarno Pact and the Brland-Kellogg Pact, This security proposal Is felt to represnnt a tremendously hard nut for the conference to crack. Optimism, however. Is still the dominant tone. Girl's Burning: Fag Causes Fatal Fire MEMPHIS, March 10.

VP) A lighted clgaret, dropping from the lips of one of tha young women as she fell asleep, is believed by fire department officials to have caused an apartment house blase hare early today that brought death to Miss Grace Carlton, 30 and Miss Myrtlea Boozier, 39. when firemen gained entrance to the room In which the two wo men were sleeping, they found Miss Carlton's body near a door and thnt of Miss Booster lying on the bed, burned Almost beyond recognition, Womait' Slays Her Husband In Night ASHKBORO, liTcl March 10. Arising from, her bed at 3 a. ra today Mrs. Ore Smith, 32, procured a shot gun and then shot her husband, Archie, 34-year -old farmer, as he lay sleeping.

The shot penetrated the heart and death waa Instantaneous, Temporary insanity and despon dency over ill health waa 'given as tlie cause by a coroner's jury which made an investigation. It was decided to take Mrs. Smith to the state hospital for observation. Pastor Fails Test Because No Booze TAMPA, March 10, Rev. Oeorge II.

Crutcher couldn't find any whiskey, and so hundreds of people who packed into his church hera last night to see him oook an egg in a class of liquor to prove harmful effects of strong drink were disappointed. He said ha asked prohibition authorities to lend -him the liquor and send an officer along to supervise the experiment, but they did not fulfil his request Great Falls Safes Blown By Robbers GREAT FALLS, S. March 10. () Robbers Saturday night blew open safes in the Seaboard Air Line Station and the American rail-sy Express office here. There was no money in the express office safe, but railway officials eatinuted from S40 to S50 was takes from thecta tion safe.

of of ooaat of rrance. Tumultoua enthusiasm held away aa the expedition, borne by the Barque City of New York and the steamer Eleanor Boiling, entered the harbor of.punedln. Dunedin we the last city to bid Byrd goodbye when be set out for the Ant-r arctic In December. 1938. Tbouaanda of persona lilted the waterfront to witness the rvturn.

Bands played The Star Spangled Banner- and The Conquering Hero." Scores of small craft scurried out and escorted the two ships to their docks. Byrd's comment on the accomplishment of the expedition was brief. He said: i "Surely th cuth Pole flight was i charuir-r former theriil Carl Hector, former 1 L'hrru'f J. llaraarl a.J P.ooVs, u-' jrro, wit'i nrJrr tf Sheriff Sam Willi ani with an tefgre ar.U after the fact The grand jury at expect! to report Uvli afternoon. Soucltcr said he hoped to be eUe ft try Ute ea-e ThursHsy.

ths grand Jury found a true bui. The bill of against the tufie n.u eociU.ned three count. Tlie first count elisrj-e SU With tcettr" to kU therlli WUiis J.U'e 13, 1337. The setfiind count cluugf Rooks with kUili.g encrirr Willi and 'al lege that luxor and Moot "l.lrt-t. procured and eotinseMai- ur.v kill him Tli third eouiit.

the arcewory af ter the fact Item thf killed tue that and Moore Vid harbor, receive, a aid and' aU-f Rock la p- in, Blieriff as hs entered h's t' nvl rr.lcu m'. or ju u. it wsa t'j -i'vej Ms acitvlt s.r-'.'x-t bbuUi irrs wis ol dss tor, however, his and lien ry Townsend. a artitt. They were twd and la September, 1S.7.

ast summer, P.ocks confessed lie had killed the il.erJr. Its sa.d be wsa hired ani shortl, afterward Moore was snw.ud. TrltJ of ta two began Ui January but it was declared a mkirUd because of remarks one of the Jurors mada. Rector was arrestfi immediately after the tfUl was Ultei. GAS C0Z3 GOOD FOR DOGS, BUT NOT CATCHERS tmmtrwrrk Tn4 aAK tit iM xne vogue gar jrger, nensr mors aclent! -catching may or mey not have stertedwlth the txplolUt of, Oeno E-jr-vt of has-reache i.

i 8kinno eonflueter. the local pou-1, elided that mond almo'J be seoond to none. leaet not second to Evanston, where the efficient Serf i oaught everything from Iron dogs to squirrels, ai Summer constructed a new aiul, Improved "dwi'Ji d-iunber" where dozen or more dog could be exterminated at one time, with gas. Vseterday was th big day. Tha new chauibcr coupletsd.

Summera picked out a group of doomed dogs, put them in the little room, tomml on the gas and waited. After about a half hour, Summers decided it should be all over by then and wwt In to collect the eorpse. Several hours letter a pollcomaa noticed a pair of familiar feet protruding trum the chamber. Itn found th dog catclter aaieep-gaas-d-ft nt, Uu dogs romping arouhd Plane Freight line Will Ba Launched LOS A-VOEtta March -Articles of iacorporaUon filed at Ptiosnix. Am, todf.y for tlte United State Aerial Express Lines, I td Initiating acoording to P.

Davis, of the Aircraft Finance) corporation ef America, the flrse step toward organleaUon of a niv- tion-wide airpUne freight service. Headquarters of thfl new llni will he at IvS Angeles. The era- pany will oter.e transoonUnentai freight systcni With Pacific atas6 terminal at Goaf. tie, San Fantiao. and Los Angeles, eastern terminals at New fort.

Boo ton a city in FKaldi. Coastwise from Florida to Kcw l'utk and Los Angeles to Sca'U alio aiJ i operated. Sheriff Office. At Elizabcthton Is Center Of Con- troyersy March 10 With tha Sherlfrs offloe Involved In a taagled eontroverey, a grand Jnry wsa called Into special eslon here today to consider poaslble arlioru against plrketera who bava stoned and stopped vehicles hearing textile mill employ es since the local of tne united Textile Workers Issued a strike call a week 1 Judge W. C.

O'Uriea has an nounced that tha Carter county court will meet Thursday to select a successor to Sheriff J. M. Moraland. The "sheriff has mads several statements, of which repudiated as a resig nation tendered Saturday, but laat night ha was1 quoted as aaylng he would retire from office todity. Jle first accused Judge O'Brien and District Attorney Oeneral Ben Allen of "trickery" In accepting a resignation Saturday which waa 1 dated March 10.

They said More-land, blmself as wail as officials and lawyers, was surprised by the disclosure pf the date on the docu tnent. No one "would accept responsibility for having so dated It. Moreland yesterday exercised at east technical supervision of the county deputies, who, he chsrged would have been required to "shoot 1 down" union pickets bad he followed the Instructions of these, according to his version, who are "trying to force roe out Heavy Ruins Again Damage Flood Area ACJEN. France March Just st soul item France luujl gut well started toward; reoonstruotioq work from the recent ftood, jorrenti-at raUu again, denornded-today at Agen, Moisssc and Montaunan, greatly hampering the program. The rain, if it does not lessen, threatened to make tlte water arise sgkln.

Little stationed at nearly, 'every, dowr pumping cellnrs, and making no headway as the water commenced to seep again. 1 The homeless nf MoissaO wre sheltered in an army barracks while those of Agen are being taken care of at the artillery school bulktlng here. proving living conditions' and mak ing "ef more- prosperous nation." i Ford sent a telegram last week urging retention of the dry laws, as did Thomas A. Edison. The women witnesses, led by Mrs.

Peabody, will present their testimony oa the drys' third day before the committee. Wets assailed prohibition and Its results In hearings on seven days. The drys will be given an equal length of time for their argument. The president of the Oeneral Federation ef Women's Mrs. John F.

Slppel of Baltimore, will be the dry's first witness Wednesday. Heads of other National Women's organisations will follow Mrs. Slppel. These will Include Mrs. F.

I. Johnson of New York, president of the Federation of Foreign Mission boards of' North' America: Mrs. Clarence Marshall Bttsch of Miami president of the National League of American Pen Women; Bertha K. Landes, a former Seattle. Washington mayor, and' president Mary WooHer of Mount Hofyoke eoDege.

TO union WlUntas Lawrence, Wadt-r la at- mplojed aVpMiwlntkn hi VVuV nigtee, s-reclulUtHI sUah with su wheat he attempted te climb White Haws fewe to speaa, IfJ WOVIE BLAZE 100 Injured In Fire Which Breaks Out, In Seoul, Korea, Theater SEOUL. Korea, March 10. T- One hundred and four persons were killed and more than 100 Injured today in a fire which broke nut at a motion picture show at Ute Chink! naval bsso in southern Korea. Mo! Of the victims were Jn.j-nese naval men and their wives ano. children.

Tlte film burnt into flames dur ing a special motion picture exhi bition at Shlnkal celebrating the 2fth annlvermtry of Ute battla pf Mukden ditrlng tlie Russo-Japanese The show was being tieud in a warehouse at the rtal base in ob- servsnoe of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the capture by tha Japanese of Mukden in the Russo-Jap anese war? The anniversary was celebrated throughout the empire today. The film, which Ignited and.caus ed the fire, waa a patriotic reproduction ct scene in tha Russo-Jsp-aneee conflict. About 000 persons were in tlte bulkfli when the film burst Into flames end fired the structure, Most of those who perished wore trapped In building. The blase broke out at 3' o'clock to Ute after-boon and raged for two' hour, The majority of the victim were children. Flume from thft ware house for a time threatened to spread to an ammunition magazine, The blue jacket fire renters barely managed to prevent this P.

N. HEADS GATHER TODAY IN GREENVILLE OREENVILLE. March 10 VP) Directors of the Piedmont and Northern railway were gathering here today for a meeting ihja after noon when the proposed extension of the lines is slated to be consider ed. Following a court rule, official of the railway Intimated they favored starting tlie proposed extension. The road now extends from Greenwood to Spartanburg In South Carolina and from Gaston 1 to Charlotte in North Carolina, The proposed expansion would connect Spartanburg and daefmta and would extend the line north from Charlotte to Winston -Salem.

The cost of the proponed expansion has been estimated at 11300,000, Snootv Speakeasy Raided In Florida WEST PALM BEACH, Fla Mar. 10, A book conUinlng names of 430 resident of Palm Beach and West P1ra Beach, many of them said tq be prominent In business and professional circiea, waa being held by federal authorities today after a raid on a reputed speakeasy hers yesterday. The place was known as ths Locker Club and patrons were list ed aa members and carried keys to the place, federal agenta said. The officers said they found a bar, slot machines and a quantity hqoor after two agents gamed entrance throttgh the locked and barred doors and made a purchasi Uquog prior to ths raid. 104 falEET DEATH ATCHAPEL HILL Morgan Moorer, Of Asheville, Freshman, Missing For Teh Days OUPKL.

HILL, N. Marrh 10 W-MirgD V. Moorer. 17. of Ashevllle, a freshman in the University of North Carolina, disappeared front the t'nlverftlty campus It daya ago and Unlvuraiiy officials sml members of bis family hsve Inntitttted a state-wide search for him, it was learned today.

University officials expressed fear that the youth haJ become mentally unbalanced. Ilia Instructors said be was of a solitary, er ratic disposition, and frequently was subject to moods of depression. Fodr negroes bava reported that they-aaw a youth answering the description of Moorer laat Wert non-day on ibe highway between Chapel Hill and Raleigh. It Is known that he recently applied for a position with a chain store in Char- Moorer is of slender Imlld. has dark hslr aad brown eyes, lie Is Six feet in height, weighs 130 pounds and when last seen here wore -a blue swge suit.

CAPPER PRAISES 'COALITION RATE a. uiuu WASHNOTON. March- liator Capper, Kan.sas. today thamitiopfd tlte sfwte tariff rates. wrttoDj, chiefly; ty, the; rvmocratic Reulaii-iidepeiKient coalition, a.sujiu'ior to tho' proposed by the ITlie senate" rates', the Kanwis Re-uubiican said in a'rsriU address, 'will benefit the manufacturing sec.

lions of the east as well as the agricultural mid-westr because the agricultural sections will st an Increased purchasing poweV that wll! more than offset the alight increas es in food prices that the manufac turing sections of the country will have to pay as a result of the readjustment of tariff rates." Asserting that the phrase "the ta riff Is a local Issue," was but partly true. Capper said that actually "the application of thcprlnciple through wilting" an entire tariff art may be either national or wetlonnl or local, depending upon whether or not the entire tariff set takes into consideration the needs, and Interest of the entire country er -merely certain ifohfts6n.City.Has Kt9 if t- JOHNSON1 CITY, March i 10. A'" stste health officer jwas summoned today to assist in! a A a TAFT IfJ RECESS Senator Smith 'O Committee To Represent Group At Funeral WASHINGTON. March 10.l-The senate at a five minute ae.4on this morning adopted a i-ewtutlon of regret ever tliTdeath of William Howard Taft and voted to adjourn until At tlie brief meeting it authoris ed Vice President Curtis to appoint a committee of twenty to officially represent the senate at the funeral. Mr.

Curtis immediately named this group whim win oe nraaed.by Sen ator Watson ct twJiana, KM Repub-lican leadtr. Other se- lected wrrt. Smoot of Utah, Bo-tab of Idaho, Jones of Washington, Noirls of Nebraska. Johnson of California, McNary of Oregon, 'Pitt-man of Nevada, BlwrtridK it California, Prss of Ohio, and MrCullorh of Ohio. Democrats: Overman of North Carolina: Fletcher Smith of outh Carolina: Swrnsnn of Virginia; Ashurst of Arizona; Bheppard of Texas; Rawdeli ol Louisiana; McKellar, of Ttnrtesee; Harris of Georgia and Trsmmell oi Florida.

t'; WVb! Taft Once Whipped i Editpr WASHINGTON, Malih ID! ft William Howard Taft worked on newspaper at one time; at anoth er he put, a publication but of bus- Ineaa by thrashing the edftof While he was practicing law Cincinnati, his father ran for governor of the sUte and was defeated. paper, described as a blackmailing publication, printed an attack upon Alptionso Taft Uiat aroused the Ire of his son. -r- DesjiiLe a reputation trie editor had as a prise fighter and leader of gang of hoodlums, young William Howard Taft went to the office and gave him a severe thrashing. The editor left Cincinnati that night and the paper never appeared again. A little earlier In his career he had been a reporter on the Cnlcln-natf Commercial Oasctte.

Sanford Is Buried At Tennessee City WASHINOTON. March 10, -Of) lfla native MI1 nt TmiwuM In. dav offered a laid renting nlara for Associate Justice Edward Terrv Sanford. While the body of a former eol- league and mperlor an the' su- 'tend tht, cereTnonles Prominent Women To Present Views Of Drys As House Hearing Resumes not more Important than the flight during which we discovered the new land to the Ea.ftTri the other side of the Rota dependency. "This have naineu marie ojiu wm.

,4 The six scientists Vlth us work-ed seriously and the results' should prove very usefulW surveyed '2Sf, 000 square miles of hitherto unmapped country." HONORS TAFT GREENVILLE. S. C. 10 Judge W. II.

vTpwnsend this morning paid tribute in Oreenville 4 county court of Oeneral sesnlons to William Howard Taft and ordered that court be adjourned tomorrow at one o'clock "in deference to the lata Chief Justice." FOWL SECOND TO LINDGERGH WILL REPORTS BEVERLY HILLS. Mar, 10. Say. this glider contraption of Lindbergh's looks like a pietty good racket. He n'eaU-up yes terday and competed with a but aard.

and the lowl gol second compeUtioii'wju going along about even till Lindy lost a wing and didn't even stop to pick It up, just kejrt right the old bird saw that, he got disgusted and withdrew and went back to original Lindy was telling ntc the' oilier night about these thing. He thinks they have a great future In men to fly. Cost is only $300 or $400. No engine, no gasoline. All you need is a high hill and a strong wind, and a few old boys to yank you out into space.

All sounds marvlous, out when 1 try it. it's golnv to be inside a room with the floor lin ed with feather-beds. Vourv WILL. i 4 WASHINOTON, March 10 OP) Prominent women from widely separated 'of the "nation will come to the defense of prohibition when the House Judiciary committee on Wednesday, resumes bearings on measures to repeal or modify the eighteenth amendment, In a continuous chain of three- minute speeches they will represent nearly a docen nations! women's clubs with a membership of 090,000. Among their number will be a former mayor, a foreign mis sion board chairman, and a college president.

Statements from women unable to attend will be presented. Among these Is one from Mrs. Henry Ford, sent to and made public by Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, of Boston, chairman of the Women's National committee for law enforcement.

In that statement th wife of the automobile manufacturer said the eighteenth amendment "has been Of untold benefit 4o the women as wen svto. the men of our oounuy in Im an effort to diegnose cases of par- perior court otnen, William how-tlal paralysis reported to authort- ard Taft. lay in Washington, that ties in Washington, Carter and Unr or the other jurist who had unex-icoi counties. jpectediy precede-i his friend in Dr. 8.

8. Moody, Washington death mas prepared for final rites, county health officer, who listed JJ late today at Knoxvllle. chw-v said he waa investigating! A delegation from the supreme "the possibility that poison alcohol i court constating of Chief Justice hi the cause." He said he had Charles Evans Hughes and Justices learned that several of the patients McReynolds, Butler and Stone Jour-: had been drinking liquor of doubt- neyed to the Tennessee city to at- ful quality,.