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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-26
THESE ARE MILITANT CHURCH
IEADERS

Regardless of what may be said in criti-
cism of the Baptist and Methodist churches
in reference to their position on the pro-
hibition of the liquor traffic, it cannot be
truthfully charged that the leaders OF
these denominations are side-stepping the
issue. They have the courage to announce
their convictions and fight for them. Some
of their followers may be lukewarm or
trembling in their tracks at the showing
of strength. made by the liquor forces in
recent months, but the leaders are out in
front of the lines.
In every Southern State the Baptists
and Methodists combined can lick the
liquor traffic to a FRAGILE, if they will get
together and do it. In any such commend
able effort they will have the hearty CO.
operation of majority of the people OF
the smaller denominations.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-26
WIS., ;Sp I ~ S;jH:-INGTON
.-XN-H-----A WHIT pONhEY Qi IICHER
WIFI RODNEY QUIGHEB

lratiOns and their representatives
had filed about 900 coal land en-
tries of 100 acres each in Alaska
dummy entries all. involving
what was then estimated as some
$1OO,OOO.OO0 of federal land. lie
got the evidence.
Richard A. Ballingcr, who had
been commissioner Of the Lana
Office until he took a year OIL III
which he represented some OF the
coal claimants, had meanwhile
been appointed secretary OF the
interior by President Taft.
He supported the validity OF
the claims despite the protests OF
Glavis-and CLAWS was fired al
ter he had obtained the support
of Clifford Pinchot, who was then
in charge Of the national forests,
in part of which the coal claims
were located. CLAWS published
his charges.
A storm of controversy broke
out over the country-whlcn
helped wreck the Taft admins
'tration. Louis D. Brandeis. now
supreme court justice, and Joe
Cotton. afterward assistant sec
rotary of state, were attorneys
for CLAWS at the investigation
and CLAWS stood successfully
against the. assaults of Senator
Elihu Root.
Pinchot was fired, but Ballin-
ger resigned and Taft appointed
"a successor who Cancelled all the
claims.
Copyright. 1893. NEA Service. Incl
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-26
(READ THE STORY, THEN COLOR THE PICIUREl
oeopGE SCAReo

something wrong. Here's where
tie footprints end, but there II
not soul in sight"
You're wrong" cried Windy
way up here they stagt again, sc
have no fear. | guess the giant
took lOkg steps and ran with al!
his might"
THEY travelled for On hour or
l. so. Then Quincy stopped and
shouted, ooh, what is that just
ahead Of us? That's where the
footprints. stop"
"Why, that's a gr:at big trunk
you see. Say, this IS strange as
it can be! l wonder what is In
the trunk. Let's open up the
top"
They gathered round the
trunk and then wee Scouty said,
Were stuck again. There Is no
lo.k on this old trunk and yet the
lids down tight"
Hey, wait" cried Windy. Let
me try to pull the stubborn lid
IN high" But he just couldn't
bulge it, though he jerked with
all his might.
Copyright, 1888, NEA Service, Inc.)
Quincy accidentally opens the
trunk IN the next story.l
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-26
CITY IDENTIFICATION CONTEST
Notes With Efforts of Womans Club and Chamber OF
Commerce to Make the Community More Attractive

'of workers shut up all day in Of
fees giving Us of their talent,
energy, and experience m order
that as the citiZenry Of Hender-
'sonville we may live in peace, pro-
lection health, and comfort. For
instance, there are the mayor and
commissioners; the chief of police
and his force; the tiremen; the
health officer and the sanitary de-
partment; the doctors; the force
that gives such efficient light ser
vice; the water department that
supplies all our delicious water;
the force that gives such cheerful
and splendid service; The Times
News editors and their assistants
who send to us day by day paper
with reading material clean, free
from malice, and high toned; a
wide-awake Chamber of Com
merce guided by Christian secrc-
tary who gives out true and hon
est information; and lastly, a su-
iperb ministerial body that guides
and ministers to the spiritual
needs of the people, while the cf-
ficient superintendent Of the city
schools and his splendid corps Of
teachers train the minds Of the
children to think along intellectual
paths.
When We think Of all that these
groups are doing how can we help
from giving them praise and CO.
operation? If we handed out only
roses there would never be time
to throw q stone.
"Warm the sun, and sweet the
rain,
Summer skies are blue again,
Birds are singing and we nod
Grateful tulip prayers to God.
Only mortals fret and strive,
We are glad to be alive"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-26
THOUGHTS OF
A FISHERMAN
By Ike Walton, Redivivuo

The hail-storm the other day
brought out an invention IN
Sans garden. Sam covered a
part of the garden. about SIX
hundred square feet, with the
most astonishing sort of roof
you ever saw. It is about four
feet high at the caves and seven
at the comb; and it is made up
Of lot Of little troughs set an
inch apart to admit the sunlight
when it's not raining, and to let
a certain limited amount of rain
in between the cracks. But when
there's too much rain or the hail
stones too big or plentiful the ex-
cess runs down the troughs into
a long tank below the caves and
when the tank gets a certain
weight of water in it, it moves
down, and works a device which
makes the troughs all turn over
and shuts off the rain or hail.
So the contraption works auto
matically and controls the amount
Of rain on the plant-beds below,
and does not require any hand
work at all. If hail-stoneS or big
rain-drops fall before there is
enough to work the tanks they
hit the sides Of the troughs and
glance down with their force
broken. Then the tanks have
small outlets which gradually let
out the water into a drainage
ditch below and SO they are
ready for the next rain.
I asked Sam how in Sam Hill
CHATS his name. even if it is
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-26
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Writer

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Il. CLAWS
w investigator extraordinary, is
hack on the job-nearly 20 years
after he was fired from the govern
ment service because he insisted
on saving the American people
$100,OOO,OOO.
His gift for self-concealment Is
en- remarkable that hardly any
one knew he was director OF the
Department of Interiors division
of investigation until it was dis
closed that he had unearthed the
evidence against two southern
mower companies which are now
accused of misusing and abusing
government power plants at Muscle
Shoals.
CLAWS has contributed to expo
sure of many of the major national
scandals of the last three decades
the Ballinger affair, the Teapot
Dome deals, the Mexican docu-
ments, the power trust" expose,
the Ku KluX Khan secrets, the In
dian Bureau scandals and various
others.
I CLAWS is technically a lawyer,
hut most OF all man with a pas
sion for investigating.
Twenty-Five years ago he had
charge of the Pacific Coast and
Alaska special investigating
agents in the division to which
he has now been returned In full
command. He found that corpo-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-26
A RECEIPT FOR COLDS

I was sick one day
In the same old way
That children have colds and
Group,
But | kept on the job
Without q sigh or a sob,
One said try red pepper soup.
So I worked away,
Was happy and gay,
But not so gay as a buyer,
I kept plodding along,
WhiStling a song,
Another said try alumni and
sugar.
Well, onward I went,
Glad and content,
Winding my own line so sure.
| got pretty huffey,
Felt so darned stuffey,
A man said try pneumonia cure
Well | didn't forget,
Tried not to fret,
Worked like a southern sculptor.
Well, the next thing | saw,
A man looked like kershaw,
Said try honey and sulphur.
Well this is not half,
But l sure couldn't laugh,
For so darned light and frisky,
Till a man came along
Says if you want to get strong
Try rock candy and whiskey.
I tried to abstain,
In fact, almost cracked my brain
To keep UP with this situation,
But l did try few
Till I got in stew
By this stuff that's prohibited by
the nation.
By Morris N. Orr.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-26

THE footprints that the TIMES
l. saw upon the sand filed them
with awe. I've never seen such
big ones" said wee Quincy. This
Is sad.
Somebody took the girls away
and gosh knows where they are
today. It's certaia something S
happened. Think Of wIat a scare
they've had."
Then Scouty said, Don't stand
and NOPE. Well search. That is
our only hope. Ny hunc.t is that
a giant left those footprints on
the sand.
"Who knows? He may live
right nearby. To find his home
we all will try. Then, if the girls
are captives, we will try to lend a
hand"
"a GIANT doesn't brighten
IA me-" said Copy. Some
are kind, you see. However, we'll
be careful. Come. lads, let's be
on our way.
"The footprints lead back
through the trees and we can fol-
low them with ease. If this were
not so serious, 'twould all be just
like play"
For quite a time they trailed
along. Then Copy said, There's
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80 ..' = - =
slang too) he. could make, that
roof pay.
at cost me seventy-five dol
lars, Ike. 1t ought to last at least
10 years. 1t covers about 500
square feet. That makes one
square foot of plants cost II 1-2
cents in 10 yearS-or just about
a cent a year for insurance on
each square foot against destruc-
ton or damage bv hail or excess
sive rain.
"Now / raise hundred to-
mato plants, for example, on a
square foot, worth at least 20
cents. One cent more for safety
is a good investment, Ike. The
trouble about most people is that
they look on such things as hail
and wind and rain as dispensa-
tions Of the Lord and won't do
anything about them. but ! think
the Lord wants US TO do some
thing.
| am glad Sam has so much
money. I like to see him use it.
The curious thing is that he
makes his investments pay, even
if he does do things that many
folks call crazy. They will be
coming 10 Sam for plants from
all over the county now. and he
will get his roof paid for in one
season, even if. it does not hail
again, because they want to see
that roof, and they can't see it
unless they buy plants. That's
the way he is. He's business,
even if he does help more poor
folks than any man in the county.
| suppose he will be getting up
some scheme 10 make bean-buGs
fly into his oil can next. saw
him looking at some bugs the
other day in a dreamy sort Of
way. and ! would advise the bugs
t. move TO Buncombe.
USE THE WANT ADS.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-26
THE CHURCH ACROSS THE
WAY

The following poem which was
written by Mrs. G. D. Hensley, a
member of the First Baptist
church, was read to the congre-
cation at recent Sunday night
service by the pastor, the Rev.
w. H. Ford:
| like the church across the way
| love to hear them sing and
pray.
They give the stranger well
come hand,
This little church is a friendly
band.
On Sunday morning bright and
fair
The house is filled, bench and
chair.
The pastor sows the 'seed, the
best.
Leaving God to do the rest.
After the sermon and all is DER
You will find him standing by the
door,
Shaking hands, left to right
Saying, "Wont you come back
tonight ?"
With encouraging words given in
time,
He keeps them on the firing line,
How they work, one and all
Big, little, great and small.
/ must confess, it is grand
To live so near this working band.
On Wednesday night they are
there
Praising God in hymn, in prayer.
Giving experience Of their kind
Clarifying Christ Divine.
| like the church across the way
l love to hear them sing and
pray.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-26
By MRS. WALTER GROCE

While the Identification pro-
gram IS being carried on all over
the city there are several groups
of wOrkmen who are helping that
deserve some praise: first the
group who went out and climbed
up all the trees on the vacant lots,
sprouted off the bushes on the
sides of the streams in and around
town; then followed the group
who carried off the trash and rub
bish; and those who sweep and
wash off the streets, and keep our
city clean and fresh; now the
Chamber of Commerce is sending
out a bunch Of men who come to
do the digging and spading for
the flower beds on the vacant lots.
You know it isn't every man who
likes to fix flower beds, but these
fellows have been so patient and
willing to do just what you wish
done. If the location Of a bed Is
to be changed there is cheerful as
sistance, and very often they are
able to tell you just how certain
soil should be prepared for that
particular plant. We wish to let
them know that we are most ap-
preciative of their help, and we
believe they have often learned TO
love flowers from this work with
them. hope we will always share
our plants with them to take home
for their gardens.
Then while we are giving out
some praise let's include other
city workers VINO are making it
possible for all departments Of our
city to function efficiently and
smoothly. Wonder if while we are
out enjoying the fresh air in this
beautiful outdoor world if we
ever think of the different groups
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-26
MINISTER DIES OF
POISON, BY ERROR

MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 20
P).-Poison believed taken by
mistake for medicine caused the
death here Of Rev. J. +. Gorsuch,
Crockett Mills. Tenn, Christian
minister.
Rev. Gorsuch formerly held
pastorate here, at Knoxville,
Tenn, and at st. Petersburg,
Fla.
He had been in i'll health for
several years. Relatives believed
he took the three drops of poison
which proved fatal through err
ror, thinking it was his usual
medicine. He died at Baptist
hospital, where he was taken I'M
conscious.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-26
THE HOUSE OF MORGAN

Federal investigation of the banking
house of ]. P. Morgan & Company is
bringing to light some things which the
public condemns as 4 violation of the
ethics of business They were crooked
deals" will be shouted vOciferously by
thousands of citizens. As matter of fact,
close examination of these business prac-
tees will disclose that they are to be rated
as sharp practices and during the boom"
would have been labelled by millions OF
people as keen business transactions,
showing their perpetrators up as having
exceptional business ability and aptitude
for making money.
The Times-News has no intention of de-
Tending these practices of the House ct
Morgan. This newspaper condemns all
shady business transactions. We are dl-
recting attention to the fact that Morgan
& Company have been trying to make
money and have not always been careful
about the methods and practices employed
in making it; and that is as true of mil
lions of other people as it is of the House
of Morgan. In the "bOom" days the prac-
tice was so common it attracted little at
tention: and if the evil days of the de
preston" had not followed, the methods
employed in business in those years would
not now be under scrutiny and criticism.
That is the difference between success
and failure. If the country had continued
On the road of prosperity and flOurishing
business, these tricks would have passed
nnOticed then and now. If Morgan &
Company and other big business men had
not encountered hard times, reverses and
failure, along with the country as whole,
they would have Seen able to go ahead
without Investigations, without disclosing
the facts about their private affairs and
without being compelled to publicly ac-
knowledge that they employed sharp prac-
tees and shady deals in order to make
money few years ago.
Morgan & Company will be harshly
condemned and soundly abused by the
common run of citizens who read about
the Senate investigation in the newspa-
pers: vet there are millions of them who
were as deeply interested in mOney-mak-
ing in the boom" period as were the big
bankers and who employed business tao
ties as reprehensible in a small way as
those employed by Morgan & Company
on large scale.
A poor man can be as crooked in bust
ness as a rich man. 1t may have whole
some effect on the future business devel-
opments and relations of the country if
that lesson strikes home to the consciences
of some tens of millions of American citi-
zens. * W" ~
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-26

A former mayor who now has job as
an elevator operator in the capitol at
Washington has just been made Ken
lucky colonel by Governor Lafoon. Well,
an elevator operator is used to ups and
downs.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-26

Quincy accidentally opens the
trunk IN the next storY.l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-08

These States are Florida. Idaho.
Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Ne
braska, Oklahoma, South Dakota,
Texas, Utah, West Virginia. and
Wyoming.a
OF these, however, Florida.
Idaho, Maine, Texas. and prob
ably Kentucky all have voted for
repeal in the current drive and
presumably will eventually follow
up this expression of sentiment
with some action to legalize
liquor. Wyoming votes next No,
vember.
The belief is prevalent that
eventually nearly all the States
will adopt some form Of legalized
sale. If for no other reason than
revenue. There is not State IN
the Union that is not crying for
revenue. If the experience OF
those States which first go wet
shows that State finances can be
rejuvenated by the sale Of liquor,
it will be a powerful temptation
for the dry States to follow the
wet trail.
U. S. to Wash Hands Of 1t
After December S the Federal
Government ceases to be inter
ested in the liquor problem, ex'
cept for the collection Of revenue,
the prevention Of smuggling, and
the protection Of dry States
against importationS from the wet
ones,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-08
U.S.WON' TDUNP
BANkASSETS

There will be no wholesale
dumping of frozen assets Of local
banks on the market. according
to Comptroller Of the Currency
j. r. T. O'Connor.
O'Connor's announcement was
reiterated formally today to allay
fears that the appointment Of re-
ceivers for the eight local banks
formerly in hands of conserva-
tors would result in such a glut-
ting Of the local securities market
that values would show a paralyz-
ing decline.
Offsetting this impression.
O'Connor declared the liquida-
tions will be orderly and con-
sentative, with I view to realiz-
ing as much as possible for the
creditors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-08
SUNDAY SPORTS,
REPEAL WIN IN
PENNSYLVANIA
Sabbath Laws Go With ProhI-
bition; Signal Victories Won
BY the Democrats

HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. 9
GN.S).-Flood-tide Of ballots
floated Pennsylvania from the
prohibition sandbar today and,
through legalization Of Sunday
sports, washed into oblivion the
centuries-old ascetic Sabbath Of
the early settlers.
Balloting in the big urban
centers of the State went as ex-
ected-overwhelmingly for re-
peal and Sabbath liberalization.
The great surprise of this greatest
"off-year" election in decades was
the strong support given repeal
and Sunday sports by the rural
areas.
The repeal vote from 3.443 pre-
cincts, nearly half Of the State
total, showed:
For repeal, 997,919.
Against repeal, 224,206.
Some Keep Sunday Law
There was no Statewide ballot
ing on notification of the 1874
blue laws. Each community con-
Quoted its own referendum on the
question and, while the majority
favored Sunday sports. there were
many instances where the voters
declared in favor of rigid obServ-
ance of the Sabbath.
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
baseball and football fans will
be afforded an opportunity Of
watching Sunday games as a
result Of the tremendous vote
rolled up in favor Of liberaliza-
ton in both cities.
Meanwhile, the steady trickling
in Of returns from municipal
battlefronts revealed the striking
Of blow after blow by the Demo
Gratis at hitherto impregnable
Republican strongholds.
Democrats Win Victories
For the first time in more
than a quarter-century, Pittsburgh
elected Democrat to the
mayoralty. With only a few
scattered precincts unreported.
William N. McNair was running
so far ahead Of Mayor John S.
Heron that his election was
assured. McNair will be the first
Democrat to head the city govern
ment since 1906.
The Democrats likewise tossed
wrenches into the usual smooth
working Ware machine at Phila'
delphia, where incomplete returns
indicate the Republicans may
have lost the office of city
treasurer and city controller,
coroner. and register of wills.
Another Democratic prize. an
addition to their majority in the
lower house at Washington, was
gained through the election Of
Oliver w. Frey, unopposed, as
Congressman for the Ninth
District,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-08

In its pages, Mr.. and Mrs. Ordi-
nary Citizen can learn whether
they are paying too much for
butter, or getting gypped on flour.
or whether their dollars are going
principally to farmers or to mid
dlemen.
Aids "PubIic's Watchdog"
AS the editor OF this unusual
publication, Miss Taylor is mem.
Der of the staff of DR.. Frederic
c. Howe, consumers counsel Of
the Farm Administration. whose
position has been described as
that Of watchdog for the pub
lic."
Mary Taylor is a born and bred
Philadelphia. She is a graduate
of Mt. Holyoke College and re-
ceived a masters degree from the
University of Wisconsin.
In her short life, she has been
assistant to the editor Of a ma
tional labor union magazine; has
spent one year in London study
ing labor conditions under a col
lege fellowship; two years in
Spain as head Of the Chicago Trib-
une news bureau there, and served
as the head Of the drug and toll
letries section of the chemical d.
vision of the Department Of Com
merce.
This is the background that has
enabled her to assist in the new
deal for Mr.. and Mrs. Ordinary
Citizen.
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CONTINUED from Page -

iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
New Hampshire, North Carolina,
North Dakota, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia,
OF these Is states, Iowa, Mass
achuSetS, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri. Vermont, and Virginia
already have initiated steps or are
about to do so for special sessions
of the legislature to repeal the
State laws and enact liquor con-
troll acts.
Thus, the prospect is that by the
dawn Of 1884, some 26 States in
all will have relegalized liquor in
one form or another. More than
half the country will be wet
26 StateS-as against the IS that
permitted liquor at the time the
Eighteenth Amendment was
adopted.
Ohio'S vote yesterday wiped out
the prohibition clause in the State
constitution, and a special session
Of the legislature will meet next
month to make the twenty-seventh
State where legalized liquor will
soon become a reality.
Twelve Have Made No Plans
A dozen other States have pro-
hibition riveted into their consti-
buttons, and no plans have yet
been made toward getting it out.