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The Washington times., 1933-05-04

both camps.
But it will be worth it, If for
once I can give my comeback
to that question: SHOULD WE
HANG A WOMAN?"
I'll admit right off that's a
lovely plea, and a smart one.
It may possibly touch the heart
Of the most fanatical Capital
Punisher when every other argu-
ment will fail. For of course,
there is something particularly
ghastly and pitiful about the
thought Of hanging a potential
mother.
Something more than a won1-
ans body will dangle from that
moose or writhe and roast in
that chair. The love we bore
our own mothers, the tender
ness we feel toward our own
babies, the sacred memories Of
our own homes will be wrecked
on that terrible bier. And so
the finest and most intelligent
citizens of our land cry with
horror against the hanging Of a
woman.
YET, AS A WOMAN, I RE-
SENT THAT CRY!
AND I HONESTLY BELIEVE
THAT, BEAUTIFUL AS TT
MAY SEEM, SUCH SENTI-
MENTALITY is ALLOF-A-
PIECE WITH OTHER BLOOD
LUST EMOTIONALISM
WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR ALL CAPITAL PUNISH
MENT.
For If we are to have hang
ings at all, why spare woman?
Why were women ever spared?
They were spared, in ancient
massacres, not because they
were more sacred than men but
because they were cattle, valu-
able as breeders. But women
have a new value now, and a
new duty. They are citizens,
possessing equal opportunity
and equal responsibility with
men, and, sacred and necessary
. Is their functions Of mother
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hood is, it is no more sacred
than their function as voters.
AND THE MAUDLIN ATTI-
TUDE WHICH WOULD DE-
PRIVE A WOMAN OF HER
RIGHT TO EQUALITY IN
DEATH AS WELL AS IN
LIFE, DOES NOT PROTECT
WOMAN OR REVERENCE
HER. RATHER, 1T SHOVES
HER BACK INTO THE CATE
CORY OF THE JUNGLE
CHATTEL.
Would I hang a woman?
YES: IF I WOULD HANG A
MAN, I WOULD HANG A
WOMAN.
AND, WE'RE I A MURDER
ESS, I WOULD RATHER TAKE
MY PLACE IN THE CHAIR
BESIDE A MAN THAN BE
SPARED THAT CHAIR Be
CAUSE I AM A FEMALE.
So, if we've got to have this
grizzly business of capital pun.
ishment at all, let's at least
think straight about it-see it
in it's full horror, without any
maWkish reservations.
Murder is murder whether 1t
be inflicted by one sex or the
other. If a bad man forfeits
his right to be a father, then
a bad woman forfeits her right
to be a mother. And if we, who
are outside the bars, have the
right to murder that potential
father, it is then our duty to
murder the potential mother.
so HANG WOMEN, BY ALL
MEANS, IF YOU'RE GOING
TO HANG MEN!
Give woman at least the
last grim honors Of this pre-
tended equality"
Hang her with the same
moose: roast her in the same
And, while you're doing it.
let the woman outside the
death house enjoy equal op-
portunity. She voted for that
moose, that chair. Then let
her see the result Of her bal
lot, Why limit execution
swoonings and retchings to
men only?
Throw open the prison doors!
Let us all see the result OF
our ballot! Let us see the
actual showdown of how we
really feel about this sacred"
business Of life!
cut out this pretty palaver
about our killings-thiS Salv-
ing Of our consciences by be-
ing so choosey with our stran-
glings and our roastings.
IF WE'VE GOT TO STILL
BE BLOODY JUNGLE BEASTS,
LET'S AT LEAST BE CON-
SISTENT JUNGLE BEASTS
NOT SMIRKING HYPO-
CRITES!
HANG A wONGAN2
I SAY, YES!
(copyright, 1893, King Features -.
SyndtcAtes Inch t..4l
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Be Your Are

A word to the old good fel-
low:
With younger men you want
to be a good sport and show
you are still "alive."
In your desire to appear
young you may carry this too
far.
You don't gain anything
with young men when you ap-
pear ridiculous.
At your age they expect q
certain degree Of poise.
In other words, they will ap-
preciate you more if you will
be your age.
When you are not, you lose
a certain amount Of respect
that they might have for you,
and you gain nothing worth
while.
While you have q right to
act as YOU please-no dispute
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A real diplomat is a man who

can remember his wife'S birth
day, but forgets how old she is.
The United States mint is
now planning to print hush
money in several tones.
Copyright, 1893, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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tails! But you
voted for it,
partner. So
you might as
well get used
to its discus
sion. Bad as
that is, it's a
lot e a S i er
than W h a t
you wished
on the other
guy.
An d tn i S
time I Sus-
pect I'm go
ing to get in
wrong with
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Efficiency Experts
A disappointed writer has
taken to selling alphabetical
soup and is now making the
public eat his words.
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Wonders Of Nature
Circus contortionists have to
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cry are, 1lnally opening Lne
eyes Of the American people
to the moral obligation and
the economic necessity of
eradicating from the house
hold Of the nation the hide
GUS evil Of child labor.
President Roosevelt's wise
and courageous Secretary of
Labor, Miss Frances Perkins,
voices the heartfelt sentiment
Of every devoted father and
mother under the flag when
she says:
"With millions of adults
unemployed, there is no
need for young children
to become Wage edrners.
Public opinion cries out
against employing them
as it neOer has before,
demanding that What feW
opportunities exist in
0oinfuI occunotion be
given to adult bread
Winners."
And the able and patriotic
president Of the American
Federation Of Labor, Mr..
William Green, speaks for
other loyal millions now IN
urgent need of work and un-
able to find it when he says:
"Ir fighting for the pro-
hibition of child labor in
all the States of the Union
on a uniform basis, labor
is fighting for the protec-
ton of children and for
the creation of uOork Op-
porturities for the bread
lvinner and the father"
Nine years ago our Federal
Government blazed the way
for the governments of the
several States to abolish child
labor. Congress approved
and submitted to the States
a proposed amendment to the
Federal constitution giving
to Congress full power "to
limit, regulate, and prohibit
the work of persons under IL
year Of age" "
Private Profits
Or Public Welfare?
This a m en- dmen; was
promptly ratified by the five
States Of Arkansas, Arizona,
California, Montana and Wis
consin. Other States, under
the pressure of special inter-
ests that put private profits
above national welfare, re-
iected the amendment. Then
came the depression and the
movement to ratify the
amendment was renewed. 1t
was ratified by Colorado in
1881, and this year it has
already been ratified by
North Dakota, Oregon, Wash
ington and Ohio.
These 10 States have set a
humane and progressive ex-
ample that other States Of
the Union will follow when
ever the power of public SEN
timent is organized and
brought to bear upon the leg
islatures Of these States.
To ratify an amendment
to the Federal Constitution
the legislative consent Of
three-fourths Of the States of
the Union is required. Ten
States having given their con-
sent, the oportunity is Of
fered to the other States to
be among the additional
twenty-six whose consent is
necessary to complete the
process Of ratification.
By ratifying this child labor
amendment now, in the midst
of widespread unemploy-
ment, our State legislatures
can clear the way for more
millions of un unemploy e d
adults to go to work than
by enacting into law any
other remedial legislation yet
proposed to Congress or the
States.
According to the last Fed
eral census, there were still
more than 100000 children
| 2
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MAYBE I'M WRONG!
By John P. Medbury

take plenty OF exercise every
day to keep themselves out Of
shape.
Eleanor Holm, the swimming
champion, went into her closet
the other afternoon and found
a moth where her bathing suit
was supposed to be.
Social Errors
Once upon a time there was
a wife who kissed her husband
good-by in the morning and
didn't ask for money.
Take 1t or Leave 1t
Many a mans motor car
trouble Is in the back seat.
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Put First Things First;
Save Child Workers
By James T. Williams, J.

ups now out or WORK.
First of all, the jobs now
held by children of school age
could be turned over to heads
Of families and other bread
winners who have been
thrown out Of employment
through no fault Of their
own.
Then thousands Of addi-
tional teachers now idle and
thousands of new school en-
ployes of other types could
be given employment as in
structors for this addition to
our school population.
Increasing our school pop
ulation by several millions
would necessitate the build
ing of new schools and the
new construction this would
require would give employ
ment to other thousands in
the building trades who have
been unemployed for many
months.
One Of the tragedies Of the
depression from which this
country appears now to be
emerging is the penalty it is
imposing upon hundreds of
thousands of future Amer
lean citizens who have been
compelled to abandon school
and go to work prematurely.
Number of Child
Workers Increasing
And many other children
have been handicapped in
their school work by poor
food, insufficient clothing,
lack of medical attention.
all because the breadwinner
in the family has been either
unemployed or on part time
employment for a long time.
Recent reports to the Fed
eral Department Of Labor
from New York, Detroit, Chi
cago, Philadelphia and other
large centers Of population
tell of an increase in the num-
ber Of boys and girls en-
ployed in domestic service,
in canvassing and in types Of
manufacture where the
breakdown of standards is
general"
Then, too, the age and hour
standards of employment in
many States are breaking
down because hasty budget
reductions are impairing the
effectiveness of factory in
spection and weakening the
enforcement of such child
labor laws as the more pro- .
gressive States have passed.
Secretary Perkins tells Of a
distressing condition of af-
fairs in a large eastern State
where half the children un-
der 16 years Of age are earn
ing less than SO a week in
the factories and more than
a fifth are earning less than
So a week.
Conditions even worse are
reported in the so-called
contract shops" and this
unscrupulous and wasteful
competition is making it all
the more difficult for en-
lightened and humane en-
ployers to maintain the safe
guards and uphold the stand
ards which public sentiment
has forced our legislatures to
write into law.
81 favor as a practical pol
icy the putting of first things
first, " declared President
Roosevelt in his heartening
inaugural address.
By ratifying without de-
lay the proposed amendment
to the Federal Co. titution
which would give the Con-
gress the power to rid this
country of the curse of child
labor, our head servants IN
the States and in the Ma
tion will be carrying out
this practical policy of a
far-seeing President.
For certainly, to bring the
children of the nation with
in the protection of the Gov
o,-vroa,o& oE %bn HooS+if1fion
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LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

Yes, We Should Hang Women If
This is the second article this
week on capital punishment.
Horrid subject! Revolving de-
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Ode Of an OsteOpath
The bigger they are, the
harder they maui.
The Washington times., 1933-05-04
A certain Broadway actor,
who is famous for being well
groomed, has found a way to

economize and still maintain
his faultless appearance. He
only has one hand manicured,
and keeps the other one in his
pocket.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-31
CAR INJURIES
PROVE FATAL
F. 7. Whitmire Hurt Near
Brevard Last Week
Died Early Today

BREVARD, Oct. 81. Especially
Fred T. Whitmire of Jocassee, S.
c.. died Tuesday morning at the
Lyday Memorial hospital from in
jurieS received in an automobile
accident near Caesars Head on
Thursday night of last week. The
body was taken to Walhalla S.
c., Tuesday morning and prepar-
ed fer burial. Funeral arrange
ment will be announced pending
arrival of a brother from Muske-
gon, Mich.
Whitmire was injured about
the head and shoulders when the
light roadster in which he was
riding is thought to have turned
completely over. crushing the
front of Whitmire's head and
fracturing the skull at the base.
He never fully regained consci-
business after being taken to the
hospital.
Surviving are the wife and
two children, Louise, II, and
Wade, Is. The father, A. L..
Whitmire of Jocassee, and the
following brothers and sisers also
survive: J. A. Whitmire, Muske-
gon, Mich; Homer Whitmire,
Jocassee S. c.: Mrs. j. T. Hinkle,
and Miss Lucy Whitmire, Jocas-
see; Mrs. o. K. Schweire and
Mrs. M. R. Phillips, Greenville
Mrs. S. D. Hinkle, Pickens, S. G.
A number of relatives also re-
side in Pennsylvania county.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-31
SEE INCREASE
in BLOCKADINC
Great Gain Seen in Rum
Running Craft Off
Atlantic Coast
WASHINGTON,

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81.
With the number of liquor SNUG
Cling vessels increasing along the
entire Atlantic coast line and
even doubled, off the northeast
coast. coast guard officials are
Interpreting this as spelling trou-
BILE with blockaders if the pro-
hibition amendment is repealed.
Not only are there more rum
boats to be seen along the coast,
but liquor supplies are mounting
at the home stations of these
craft.
On official declared that there
are now so rumboats, of varying
size, plying off the shores be-
tween Cape May, N. j., and Nan
tucket Island, Mass, which is
the greaest number to be OBJ
served since the coast guard
made it's campaign against them
in 1925. AS recently as three
months ago there were not more
than 30 of these craft, it was
stated.
Indicating the growing supply
of liquor at the bases OF these
rum runners, it was said that
100000 gallons of liquor had just
been landed at one of these rum
bases, recently. :.
Large profits, it was said IN
ooast 0uard official circles, to be
gained through the evasion OF
the tariff, is expected to increase
the efforts of rum runners, with
or without prohibition.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-31
Arnold Is Showing
'igns Of Recovery
INNER Resident of Flat
Rock Hurt in Florida

.';l was received in the city
S,lay 20 the effect that jeff
arnold Flat Rock summer
IN. and one of three Uni
e. OF Florida residents who
'een in a critical condition
an automobile accident sui
4 sunday. October %, near
4. @'iie. Fla. was showing
Of Improvement. although
VI had not regained con-
5Sa'ness.
Jung Arnold has a number of
J. s,S IN this section, having
y y d summer resident of Flat
n '9r several years past
:. details of the accident
-. ne suffered were not
! here, thought it is known
|, 7 re underwent a skull opera
!. ,1esday night to relieve pres
! , VA the brain from a concus-
! anu that although his cOndi-
Ss, Immediately afterward was
.or la more acute, he came
M the operation in good
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-31
PECGINC FARM
PRODUCTIONS.
IS CONSIDERED.
Food Embargo Idea Fails
to Win Backing in Des
Moines Farley
By HARTZELL SPENCE
United Press Staff Correspondent

DIES MONIES. Ia, Oct. 81
(UF).-A proposal to peg prices
of farm products at production
cost levels was evolving tonight
from a conference of five midwes-
tern governors and representa-
tives of four other states called
together to seek solution of agri-
cultures problems.
Advocated by Governor Floyd
B. Olson of Minnesota and the
Farmers Holiday Association, and
agreed to by a score of farm or
CARNATIONS, the price peg feature
broke down a demand of Governor
William H. LANCER of North Da-
kota for an out-and-out state EN-
barge on all farm commodities.
While masked farm strike pick
cts burned a produce truck and
freed the cattle of trucker near
Sioux City, Ia, and farm strikers
protesting against the prevailing
prices for their goods dumped
cream and ruined cheese in Wis
consin, the governors and their
representatives met here at the
call of Gov. Clyde L. Herring.
Instead of the round table con-
versation which had been antici-
pated, the governors met nearly
100 farm organization spokesman,
each demanding voice. Each
was given 10 minutes, and until
after dark the state delegates
listened to a recital Of mortgage
foreclosure. falling prices and
overburdening Indebtedness that
has beset the American farmer,
and methods of repairing the
structure.
il,,as a result, the parley will re-
Convene today to complete its
business. Present were Governors
Tom Berry of South Dakota, AL
fred Schmedeman of Wisconsin
Olson, LANCER, and Herring, and
representative from Wisconsin,
Kansas, Illinois and the Federal
government. John N. Norton, for
mer Nebraska congressman, was
observer for the A.A.A.
Governor LANCER prompted the
only demonstration of the 500
spectators when he made an i'm
passioned plea for an embargo on
ali farm goods. Such a project
for wheat is now in effect in his
home state.
The embargo idea was snubbed
by Herring, and Olson also spoke
against it.
Two views were in general pre-
scented by speakers. Charles E.
Hearst, president Of the Iowa
Farm Bureau Federation, asked
that the present program of the
federal government be given a
trial before other measures were
launched.
On the other hand, Milo Reno,
president of the National Farm
ers Holiday Association. asked for
an embargo, price pegging at pro-
duction cost levels, immediate cur
rency initiation and a mortgage
moratorium.
Governor Herring pointed out
as the days session adjourned
that the governors were not al
official body and had no authority
RI taka unitad action
"All we can hope to get out OF
this conference" he said, sis 8
clear idea of how we may proceed
individually in our several states
and what we will recommend In
dividually to the national govern
ment."
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-31
MILLIONAIRE
IS SET FREE
Kidnapped and Forced to
Open Safe at Plant
Monday Night

MARSHALL, Mich, Oct. 81
(UP).-Louis F. Brooks, million
aire manufacturer, kidnapped last
night by two men and a woman,
was found on his farm, two miles
south of here today. Brooks face
was cut and bruised. He refused
to make statements concerning
his abduction until he had con-
ferred with his attorney.
He said the men and woman
finally forced him to take them TO
his manufacturing plant here ana
open the door. They then seized
and tapped the mouth Of Night
Waterman Louis Waltz when ne
appeared to investigate the noise;
The manufacturer was then forced
to open a safe where a small
amount of cash was taken.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-31
TEN CONNECTS
WIN FREEDOM
Had Braved Sleeping Sick
ness in Efforts to
Aid Science

JACKSON, Miss, Oct. 81
(UP).-Ten Mississippi convicts,
who braved sleeping sickness in
| the benefit of science, wer' freed
! yesterday.
They were all minor offenders,
none of them having more than a
,, year to serve. 49,.
Six weeks ago, the encephalitis
plague was taking a heavy toll of
live in st. Louis, and was spread
ing to other sections of the coun-
try. Scientists struggled in vain
for cure. to find the carrier of
the germ. Some doctors believed
that mosquitoes might be the
agents. 1t was necessary to eX-
pertinent on human beings.
The convicts watched the news
paper accounts of the plague.
/ They conferred among themselves
and then with their warden. The
! governor was approached. The
executive approved the expert
ments but was unable to definite
ly promise the men their freedom
| if they survived.
The convicts volunteered any
how, confident that they would be
paying their debts to society. Dr..
T. w. Harrison. United States
public health surgeon, came to
Mississippi's penal farm, bringing
cages of mosquitoes that had bit
ten victims of the disease.
The convicts submitted them
selves. Their bare arms were
pressed against the wire cages,
while the insects bit them. Tiny
bumps appeared on the arms. but
/ itching was the only discomfort.
The convicts were put to bed
and physicians kept them under
close observation for four weeks.
None contracted the disease. 1t
was definitely established that
mosquitoes did not carry the dis
ease.
The plague had run its course,
meantime, and has practically
died out. Yesterday the convicts
received their reward. DR.. Harri-
son and Dr.. Felix Underwood. OF
the state board of health, report
ed officially to Governor Sennett
Conner that the convicts had been
released from isolation in the
penitentiary hospital. They rec
commended pardons for the men.
Governor Conner promptly IS
sued outright pardons for Mart
West of Gulfport and Kenneth
Trussel of Alderman. The re-
naming eight were given SIX
months suspension of sentence, to
enable them to comply with legal
requirements demanding publica-
ton of all petitions for pardons
in the counties in which crimes
were committed. All eight will be
pardoned at the end of the six
months. They are: Herbert Chill
dren, Laurel; John Castellulcio,
New Orleans; ]. F. Cummings,
Europa; Robert Kicks. Clarks-
dale; George Vickers, Rosedale
Willie McElwain. Rosedale; j. l..
Duer, Pontotoc. and Leon Hudg-
ms of Lucedale. iIo1
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-31
Finish Plans For
Series of Clinics

BREVARD, Oct. 81. (SpeciaD e.
Plans are complete for. holding
four diphtheria clinics in Tran
sylvania county this week, the
Brevard Kiwanis club underprivil-
eyed child committee being in
charge of the work. All INDECENT
children of the county between
the ages of six months and ~
years are being invited to take
the treatments.
First clinics will be held on
Thursday afternoon of this week
at Brevard and Little River
school, starting at 2 o'clock. On
Friday afternoon the same
hour clinics will be held at Ros-
man and Lake Toxaway.
Over 900 children were inn
munized last year through clinics
put on by the Kiwanis club, with
500 or more being expected to
take the first of the two treat
ments this week.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-31
ERWIN TOWE DIES EARLY
TODAY OF KNIFE WOUND;
MAN SURRENDERS IN CASE
VIM. H. Garren Being Held
Without Bond, Pending
Action of a Coroner's
Jury Thursday

Erwin Towe. age about 40, died
in the Mountain Sanitarium at an
early hour this morning as re-
suit of knife wounds suffered al
legedly at the hands of William
Hoover Garren, age about "a, on
the farm of Gus Garren, near
Fletcher, yesterday afternoon
about 1870 o'clock.
Garren. who was sought by
county officers during the remain
der of the night. surrendered 90
Deputy Sheriff Zeb Corn at
Fletcher this morning about 1880
o'clock, and was placed in the
county Jail without bond pending
the finding of a coroner's inquest
which will probably be held on
Thursday.
Garren gave himself up after
telephoning the officer as to his
whereabouts. He made no state
ment on giving up as to the events
leading to the death of Towe or
as to where he had spent the time
since yesterday afternoon.
According to information OBJ.
tanned this morning, Towe and
Gus Garren were working in a
corn field on Garren's farm when
Hoover Garren approached. An
argument was developed and in
the fight which followed Towe
was severely cut about the abdo-
men and Hoover Garren allegedly
was beaten about the face by Gus
Garren before he left the scene.
Coroner J. F. Brooks this after
noon empanelled a jury which
viewed the body at Tom Shep-
herds funeral home, and the in
quest will probably be held on
Thursday.