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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
"Swan Song"

The term, "swan song" is familiar
to all for farewell performance,
or the last creative effort OF an art
list. The allusion is to the song pop
ularly believed to be sung by Il swan
when dying. The origin of the met
aphor is found in the "Epigrams
of the famous Latin MARTIAL" prob
ably Marcus ValcriuS Martialis. who
is believed to have lived from the
year 10 to lOZ \. ID. And Il well
known use Of it is in Shakespeare 5
"NIerchant of Venice"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
Some Eels Have Scales

The COnger or sea eel is scale
less. The freSh-water eel is a fish
with scales. The scales are small,
linear in form, and embedded in the
skin. There were 639 scales ,ar-
ranged in lateral series on a a.
inch eel caught in the Potomac riy-
er and preserved in the National mn
scum collection.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
DID YOU KNOW THAT
OSCAR ECKHARDT, that

OSCAR ECKHARDT, that
" fellow who's on his way
TO his third consecutive Pa
cific Coast League batting
title. will quit baseball next
wear if he doesn't wear q
major league unie.
Bill Carey, resigned general
manager of Madison Square
Garden, is making his home
in Beverly Hills. Calif.. taxi
ing in the sights and
that there are some beauti-
full sights there, being so
close TO Hollywood.
The legalization of horse
racing all over the country
is going to result in a scar
city of horses and that
the breeders and studs are
going to cash in on the de-
mandS of new tracks Tor
horses soon.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
Bloodhounds as Trailers

Females, as a rule, make the best
trailers. Tney have more life, are
very ambitious and intelligent and
are the easiest to train. The male,
as a rule, has more courage and is
seldom shy in locating the person
being pursued If that person con-
ceals himself in a building or crowd.
Further, he quite often attacks II
the trailed person attempts to
escape after being located" asserts
trainer In the Washington Star.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
Befnuda Has No Snakes

The only country in the world
which can truthfully assert that 1t
has no snakes is Bermuda. They
are unknown there Bermudian chill
dTen think Of Il snake as an extinct
monster that lived in the Garden OF
Eden If they were to be shown an
American rattleSnake they would
probably try to make Il pet of it. But
lacking as she is III snakes, Bermu-
da has an abundance of birds and
flowers. More than 1SG species of
birds have been recorded in Ber-
muda.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
Daniel and Noah Webster

The relationship between Daniel
Webster and Noah Webster, If any,
has never been established. Records
show that Daniel Webster. the
statesman and orator. was born at
Salisbury. y. H., January IS. 1IS2,
and was descended from Thomas
Webster who first appeared in Wa
tertown. Mass, in 1923: and that
Noah Webster, of dictionary fame,
was born in Hartford, Conn, Octo-
her 1G. 175S, and was descended
from John Webster. one of the first
settlers at Hartford. in 1876. Hut
there is no known relationship be-
tween the two.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
BLANK.
OLD FORT nine
Simpson, In Fine Form,
Allows Foes Single Hit
In Eighth Inning

The HenderSonville S m o K y
Mountain team remained in the
running for league honors by de
feating the Old Fort team at Old
Fort on Saturday by a Is to D
score.
Simpson was in fine form and
allowed the Old Fort team but
one hit. which came in the eighth
inning. Albritton. Justice, Mace
and Crisp led the HcnderSonVlliG
hitters in an attack on two Oid
Fort pitchers that Melted 1G hits
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
Personality

Personality is not all in giving the
qualities one has TO the world, but
rests a great deal in its ability to
respond and be interested in the
other fellows problem. The person
who has sympathy and understand
ing cannot help but be a gracious
kindly soul with charm and warmth
that we call personality.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
dixie CRIDNEN
TO HIT TURF
New Southeastern Confer,
ence Teams Start Prac-
tice Next Monday
By GARRETT D. HORNE,R
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
ATLANTA, Aug. 29.-(UP)--
The blood-quickening soInd of
cleats digging into the turf OF
Scared gridirons will begin rev.
erberating over Dixie next Mon
day.
Call for practice to start on
Labor Day, Sept. 4, for the 1888
football campaign has gone out
from the colleges in the newly
divorced Southeastern and South
ern Conferences.
On that date, the Is teams that
withdrew last winter from the I'M
wieldy Southern Conference will
start training for the two-months
battle for supremacy in the new
Southeastern Conference.
In a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
contest, one would be inclined to
pick one of four teams-Louisi-
ana State. Tennessee, Auburn or
Alabama-for the preseason ia
vorite to win the first champion
ship in the Bakers Dozen Confer
ence.
L. S. u, undefeated and united
in the conference last season,
faces a sitter schedule than usual
but has material of such guam
tity and quality on hand that
Coach Lawrence (Biff) Jones is
willing to admit he has Gas good
chance as any" for the title.
The Warner system of play inau-
gurated by Jones last fall should
get to clicking in well-oiled fash
ion this year.
Coach Bob Neyland, whose Ten,
nessee teams have been defeated
but three times in the last seven
years, has a fine lot of seasoned
material from which to build an
, other winner. His greatest prob
lem is filling the tackle berths va
Gated by the graduation of Aitkell
and Franklin. Tennessee's success
depends upon how we'll reserves
come through for the tackle posts.
Auburn will be in good shape
to continue it's sensational come
back in the realm of Southern
football if the Tigers can over
icome the loss of their versatile
star, Jimmy Hitchcock. His pres,
ence on the coaching lines may
help Head Coach Chef Wynne's
efforts to fill his shoes. A capable
punter is Auburn's crying need
with seasoned men returning fOr
every position. It's backfeld prob
ably will be Dixie's speediest
again. Most Auburn followers en-
pect the team to be stronger than
last years, which would have had
a perfect season but for a last.
game tie with South Carolina.
Alabama will have to struggle
along without John Cain, but has
the usual host of material on hand
from which Coach Frank Thomas
may be expected to mould al
eleven that will be very much IT
the title race.
Georgia, with veterans at every
post despite the loss of such out.
standing stars as Buster Mot
from the backfeld and McWhor.
ter at center. should be moro
formidable than last year. Tht
Bulldogs will bear watching.
Coach William "A. Alexander
has more likely looking materia
to work. with at Georgia Tecl
than in some years and man,
Tech followers believe the Tor,
nado's prospects for a winning
team are brighter than since tho
golden era of 1928.
! Tulane is another team expect
ed to show improvement over last
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
Chicago Once Coral Reef

Chicago, known to the world as
the windy city, was once n South
Sea paradise" but that was 100000
600 years ago at least. This is The
claim which is advanced by the
Field Museum of Natural History in
an article in its bulletin, which de-
scribes ChicagO's site as once hav-
ing been q coral reef, submerged
under the water of Il great interior
sea.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
Garter Snake Habits

Although garter snakes are viyi-
parous. giving birth to their young,
the parent snakes are not concerned
with caring for their young after
they are born. They may be found
near creyice where their mother
Is summing. but this Is only coinci.
dence. Newly born garter snakes
shift for themselves from their
earliest existence.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
Inauguration Day on Sunday

Inauguration day has fallen on
Sunday only four times since that
date was fixed. 1t was Sunday for
President Taylor in 1919, for Presi-
dent Hayes in 1877, for President
Monroe in 1921, and for President
Wilson in 1917. Had March been
retained for inauguratiOns, the next
time it would have fallen on Sunday
would have been 1915.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
Not Athletic

Women of Italy are advised not
to compete in the more strenuous
athletics with the ''ungraceful but
better suited" women of the Anglo
Saxon race. Native women are said
to be delicate of muscle and senti-
ment, and are not built to compete
in the more violent forms Of exer-
else with NOrdic women.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
First Saxophones

Natives Of La Mesa Angat, a
town In Bulsean province on the
Island Of Luzon, the Philippines,
claim the horn invented by Anton
SAKE was copied from the bamboo
instruments devised by their fore
fathers. 1t looks like saxophone.
it's held Ike saxOphone, it's blown
like saxOphOne, and though it may
not tweedle precisely the same
tweets. the La Mesa Angatans will
rest their case on the prepOnderance
Of the evidence.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29

score Dy innings.
Hendersonville $40 230 O21-15
Old Fort 900 900 600 0
Summary: Struck out by Simp-
son Is, by Burgain 5, by Harmon
4. Bases on balls, off Simpson 2,
off Burgain 5. off Harmon 4. Hit
by pitched ball, Justice (2), Simp-
son. Sacrifice hits, Bryson. Sto-
len bases, Wilson, Mace. Two
base hits, Crisp, Justice, Wilkins,
Bryson. Three-base hits. wilkins.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
Conscientious Directors

During the World war men who
declined on moral or religious
grounds to serve in the combat
forces or who refused obedience to
military service acts on the ground
that the state has no right to force
the individual to perform military
service, were called conscientious
DIRECTORS"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
Eclectics

The name eclectics is given to
those-especially philosophers and
painters-who do not attach them
selves to any especial school, but
pick and choose from various sys
TENS, combining doctrines and
methods they find suitable to them
selves individually.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
Muskrats Are Pest

MuskratS, which were unknown IN
this country until 1923, are increas-
Ing so rapidly that they are becom-
ing q pest. A pair of these animals
will breed four times between April
and September, those born in April
having filters six months later
London Answers Magazine. 81,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
Clerks In Peru Get Sicsta

"White collar" workers in general
in Peru get three-hour rest in
their eight-hour working day for
their "siesta," or midday rest pc
riod in summer, according to a law
recently passed at Lima. The sicsta
is a ong-standing custom in Peru,
but lad not been legalized before.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
GIANTS CRACK
IN THE ninth
Corsair BatSmen Subdue
Quakers Garnering Is
Hits

NEW YORK, Aug. %. (UPl--
With victory meaning a tuH
game gained over the second
place Boston Braves, the New
York Giants cracked in the NINTH
inning, allowed the st. Louis
Cardinals to score seven runs
and lost the ball game yesterday
1913.
The Braves, still six games
behind the league-leading New
Workers dropped a 20 decision
to the tail-end Cincinnati Reds.
While the leaders were keep
ing pace with one another III
their section of the battle, the
Pittsburgh Pirates hammered out
a double-header victory over the
Philadelphia Philhes, 9-5 and
OIL, to 20 into a tie for fourth
place with the Cards.
The other National league
game. Chicago at Brooklyn, was
washed out.
Going into the ninth inning
with a one run lead, the Giant
pitching staff folded up and
Welded five hits that gave the
Cards their seven runs. Roy
Jarmelee, after giving q single,
was retired in nfaYor OF Hal
Schumacher who in turn was re-
place dby Lefty" Clark.
Bob O'Farrells homer IN the
ninth. his second of the day, that
drove in run and Joe Med
wick's triple with two men on
the bases. featured the Card
Lefty O'Doul hit a homer for
the Giant swho drove out II
hits off Carleton, Vance and
Dean. The Cardinals got thlr-
teen hits.
Red Lucas held the Braves to
2 pair of hits while Chick Hafey'S
bat scored the two winning runs
for the Reds. Big Ed Brandt
pitching TO rBoSton, allowed SIX
hits.
Pittsburgh's b 4 t s functioned
well in subduing Philadelphia.
In the first game the Corsars
gathered IS hit soft the combin-
ed deliveries of Elliott, Berry
and Liska while in the second
they got fourteen off HOlley and
Ragland.
Larry French BANKED the
Phillies for eight innings, yield
ing 81 scattered hits in the night
cap. In the opening game Swift
and ChagnOn gave the opposl-
ton thirteen hits.
The Washington Senators, al
though idle, increased their first
place lead in the American league
to eight and one-half games as
the second-place New York
Yankees dropped a 6-l decision
to the Detroit Tigers.
Vic Sorrell silenced the bats
of the once powerful New York
ers, holding them to four scat
tered hits. Two of them came
in the ninth inning and gave the
Yankees q run. Walker tripled
and Ruth drove him home with
a single. -,
The first hit Sorrell yielded
was a dauble by Lou Gehrlg IN
the seventh. Bill Dickey, who
became father of a baby girl
yesterday, singled in the eighth.
Johnny Allen and Danny Mac
Fayden were knicked for ten
blows The Philadelphia Athle-
ties scored a victory over the
Chicago White SOx in the only
other American league game. The
AS reached Jones and Lyons
for fourteen hits while Cain and
Peterson gave ten to the opposi-
ton. Four runs in the seventh
and a similar number in the
ninth enabled the Philadelphia
nine to come from behind.
BostOn-St. Louis and Washing
Cleveland were rained out.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
Perfected BEARINGS

Machine bearings have been so
perfected that one type even en-
aoles the large wheel of certain
machine to be set In motion by the
weight OF a silk handkerchief.-Col-
lier's Magazine. g.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
rIecrroscope r1naa NadIum

A lost tube of radium, valued nj
$3.50, no bigger than monograph
needle, was found in a fire pit in
Ontario recently by an clcctrOScOpr
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
AMERICAN IEAGuE

Detroit 6, New York l.
Chicago 5, Philadelphia 9.
(Other games rained out.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Boston 0, Cincinnati 2.
Philadelphia 81, Pittsburgh
80.
New York 8, st. Louis II.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
TOday's Games
PIEDMONT LEAGUE

Charlotte at Durham double
keader.)
Richmond at Greensboro.
Winston-Salem at Wilmington
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
Bounty on Parrots

A subsidy is paid for every kca
parrot killed in New Zealand. This
bird preys on sheep.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
Results
PIEDMONT LEAGUE

Charlotte at Durham, rain.
Richmond at Greensboro, rain.
Winston-Salem 3, Wilmington
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
SOuTHFRN ASSOCIATION

New Orleans s. Birmingham l,
Nashville at Knoxville, rain.
(Only games played.)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York at Detroit.
Boston at st. Louis.
Washington at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29

Guy Waggoner. SO, above, son of
w. T. Waggoner, Texas oil multi
millionaire, is being guarded at
his summer home in Colorado
Springs following disclosures that
he had been selected for kidnap-
ing by the Harvey J. Bailey gang.
Bailey was arrested in Texas and
his lieutenant, Albert L. Bates. in
he 7rver
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29

John Bata, head of the vast Bata
shoe manufacturing enterprises in
Czechoslovakia, is shown as he
arrived in New York with his
wife and nephew, Tom Bata, be-
low. for a visit in this country.
He is a step-brother of Thomas
Bata, founder of the famous shoe
company, who was killed a year
ago in an airplane accident.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29

Smith and Davis.
Fletcher at Mills River-post
poned, wet grounds.
SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY
Balfour at East Flat Rock.
Mills River at Valley Hill.
Fletcher at Boylston.
Fruitland at Green River.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-29
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at Boston.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
st. Louis at New York.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-06
TROOPS STAND
BY In STRIKE
OF FARM UNIT
ONE PICKET KILLED AND
SEVERAL INJURED WHEN
AUTOMOBILE CRASHED IN
TO FARMERS TRUCK
my associated Press,

The farm strike situation was q
seething tempest today with troops
standing by in Iowa awaiting a
call to arms as General Hugh S.
Johnson, recovery administrator,
turned to his middle west speak
mig tour.
One farm picket was killed and
several injured yesterday near
Dakota City, Nebraska, when an
automobile crashed into a truck
farmers were dumping.
There was a bright spot in the
picture, however, when John ID.
Moore, technical advisor of the
national labor board, said he hoped
that instead of a general anthra-
cite coal strike in Pennsylvania, the
miners would be back on their
jobs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-06
B. PEREZ NAMED
in COURT CHARGE
PUT UNDER BOND
ARRESTED FOLLOWING AFFI.
DAvIT FURNISHED BY PAUL
MESA CHARGING TAMPER.
ING WITH ELECTRIC WIRES

Benito Perez, alias Mexicano,
was arrested Saturday afternoon
by the sherifPs office on affidav-
it furnished by Paul, Mesa super
intendent of distribution for the
Key West Electric company. E
Perez is charged with having
connected wires to divert the cur
rent of the company TO prevent
the meter registering, and thus
avoid paying toll to the company
for the Juice"
There will be no preliminary
hearing of the case as the capias
on which Perez was arrested was
issued direct from the office of
County Solicitor ]. +. Busto.
After the arrest Perez was re-
leased on bond of 800 which was
fixed by Judge J. yining Harris.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-06
MANY LEAVE ON
ship FOR TAMPA
FLORIDA ALSO BRINGS So
PASSENGERS FROM
HAVANA

The Steamship Florida. of the
P. and o. S. S. company. arrived
Saturday afternoon from Havana
with SO passengers, 80 Of whom
were aliens.
The vessel sailed $50 o'clock
with SO passengers. Among them
were 80 Key WeSters taking adj
vantage Of reduced fares on the
line for an excursion of nine days
to Tampa.
Freighter Colorado Of the Clyde
Mallory Lines arrived 3 O'Clock
this morning from New York Aft
er dIscharging I60 tons of freight
the ship sailed lis for Tampa
and Mobile.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-06
Ford Motor Works Lays
Off Half OF Forces In
NRA Code ENGAGEMENT
Mammoth Concern Tries To
Bring Average Working
Hours Within Require
ments
tBy Associated Pre,.l

DETROIT, Nov. 6.-Half
of the men employed at the
Ford Motor Company's River
Rouge plant were laid off
today in accordance with a
recent company announce
ment that it planned to bring
the average working hours
within the NRA code of S5
a week.
Officials. while declaring
that half of the men are
being laid off" did not give
the exact figures as to the
total employment In the
plant.
Last week they said prob
ably 5000 would be laid off,
possibly for seven days.
The last official figure
given by the company for
the total employment at the
plant some weeks ago was
as, 900.
It was stated that when the
working hours of the men
laid off today have been
brought within regulations of
the auto code the rest Of the
employees will be given q sim
liar lay-off.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-06
R. RODRIGUEZ
FINED $50 in
COURT HEARING
DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH
VIOLATION OF INCOME TAX
LAWS: ENTERED PLEA OF
GUILTY WHEN ARRAIcNED

Judge Halstead L. Ritter. of
United States court, arrived in
Key West this morning over the
East Coast and convened the tri-
bunal this afternoon 3 o'clock.
Accompanying the Judge were
John Holland. district attorney, c..
N. Hildreth. Jr.. U. S. marshal /;
Harry Lowe, deputy U. S. marshal :
Earl Spriggs. clerk of court and
Charles w. Clark, internal revenue
investigator.
The case of the United States
against Rafael Rodriguez. charged
with violation of income tax laws
was heard this afternoon.
Rodriguez pleaded guilty to hav-
ing failed to make report on in
come received through the sale of
liquor. That he failed to make a
tax return on a gross income of
$2s, 793.sS for 1880 and he at
tempted to evade payment of 81 :
60O.il upon = net income for the
year. He was fined $50.
The indictment was returned
last month by federal grand jury
sitting in Orlando and is based on
records seized during a liquor raid
some months ago. on the place of
business conducted by Rodriguez.
Several other matters of import
anee are to be passed on by the
judge at this session of court. but
this Is the only case to be heard
IL Is said. Ne jury was Snhpocnaed
TO serve for the session.
On Wednesday applicants for
naturalization win he heard. and
the judge and officers Of the court
viii return TO Miami in the after
noon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-06
THIEVES ENTER
RODRIGUEZ HOME
SMALL SUM OF MONEY IN
CAN TAKEN; NOTHING
ELSE FOUND MISSING

Thieves last night entered the
home Of Mr. and Mrs. Francisco
Rodriguez on New Street and de-
parted with a small sum Of money
that vas Ia . can.
II is said b. neighbors that one
Of the mi@ereanss was a long. lean,
lanky lad while the other was q
short, stout perkoa, but II vas too
dark for either Of them 10 be rec
ognized.
IL was easy 10 gain access % the
residence. il was learned. ard aft
er committing the theft the eui-
pE5ts left the door open when
leaving the premises There Vas
between IS and 80 Ia the can. u
i s4id.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-06
DOLLAR
TAKES VERY Low
DROP in LONDON
OVER FUTURE
ACTIVITIES BELIEVED TO
BE CAUSE; VARIOUS QUO
TATIoNs STATED
tlly A.setIatea l.re..,

LONDON. Nov. 6.-The Amer
ican dollar skidded to new low
levels today under pressure be-
lieved prompted largely by
nervousness over its future which
at one time forced the quotation
of an extreme rate of 4.92 3-4 to
the pound.
Relaxation toward the end of
the session resulted in the closing
quotation of 400 ga compared to
opening of 4.86 liz.
The final rate was still the rec
ord low since England and Ameri-
ca slipped off the gold standard.
French francs also were being
converted into sterling in some
volume largely the result of bud
get uncertainties, but at the same
time all gold currencies were weak
er on sterling.