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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-17
A STRING OF CHINKAPINS
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

front door, rang the bell, and
when the neighbor opened the
door. fired point blank at his
abdomen. The bullet hit the
neighbor's belt buckle and glanc-
ed off, inflicting merely a brulse.
That was a deliberate attempt at
murder, and a disabolical kind Of
murder; for person, shot
through the intestines is not only
likely to die, but to die in I'm
gering agony. Yet, that would,
be murderer was merely fined
for the assault. Had l had the
passing of sentence on him, he
would have received the full linn
it of punishment for murder.
That asailant, | contend, was not
entitled to consideration because
a belt buckle diverted his bullet
fired with murderous intent.
I knew one man who IN the
course of his career had tried ur,-
successfully to kill twelve difffen,-
ont nprsons. On each OCCASION
hh was freed because he was nos
s en- in carrying out hiS
lSinoinal desire. My contention,
,,,,d ia-that lie sr---l-I--l;r
either been executed or s.'ft to
the penitentiary when he first
attempted murder. Had that
been done he would not have
ieopardizcd the lives of the ele-
ven others he tried to kill. I'm
doubtedlv he would eventually
have slain someone. had he not
heen himself killed by the
twelfth man he tried to kill.
Thus the inadequacy of our-crim-
inal lew or of the application of
it forced the twelfth man to be-
come an executioner.
There is a lot OF fiddling
around and monkey business in
the proceedings of American
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courts. The rights and the pro-
lection of the people are too OF,
ten set aside for the rights and
the protection Of the enemies OF
the people. At the same time,
vast sums taken from the public
treasures are spent in all sorts
of ridiculous hearings and re-
hearings and trials and retrlals
until sometimes it costs the peo-
pie a hundred thousand dollars
to bring a dangerous criminal to
Justice; even then he may get
Justice only because his money
runs out.
# we would be more severe
and exacting about the matter OF
intent on the part of would-be
lawbreakers, there would be far
less law-breakers.
1t is sheer judicial nonsense
to say to the criminals: "lf you
try it and can't accomplish it,
we won't do anything to you for
if"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-17
NOTICE OF SALE

By virtue Of the authority given
to the undersigned trustee in a
certain deed of trust executed by
jackson Finance Company, a cor
poration, dated October l, 1881,
and of record in the office of the
register of deeds for Henderson
county, North Carolina, in book
Of mortgages and deeds of trust
No. 81 at page %, default hav-
ing been made in the payment of
the Indebtedness thereby secured
and the holder Of the notes secur-
led thereby having requested the
trustee to offer the hereinafter
described premises for sale in ac-
cordance with the power contain
ed in said deed OF trust, the I'M
dersigned trustee will offer for
sale to the highest bidder for
CASH, at the courthouse door in
Hendersonville, Henderson coun-
ty, North Carolina, the following
described land at II o'clock noon
or Monday, March II, 1884, all
that certain lot on which there is
two-story brick building, situate
on the east side Of Main street,
in the City Of Hendersonville,
Henderson county, State of North
Carolina, described as follows:
BEGINNING at a stake in the
eastern margin of Main street,
said stake standing north II de-
grees west war. 1 degree 20
minutes) 56.2 feet from the point
where the eastern margin of Main
street intersects with the north
ern margin of First avenue east
and running thence with the east
ern margin of said Main street,
north II degrees west war. de-
gree 20 minutes) "a feet to a
stake; thence north 70 degrees
81 minutes east 140 feet to a
stake in the western margin of q
lO-foot alley: thence with the
same south II east "a feet to a
stake; thence south 70 80 min
utes west 40 feet to the point of
BEGINNINGS
pe!hS the same property con-
Veyed to Jackson Finance Cor
poration by deed from Sophie
Mlchalove ct vir dated November
II, 1881, and which deed is re-
corded in the office of the reg
lister of deeds.
This property will be sold for
cash and the highest bidder will
be required to deposit five per
cent of the amount bid with the
the trustee on the date of sale.
1894.
This the Sth dav of February |
David B. Harris, Acting Trustee
BY Harkins, Van Wrinkle g. Wal
ton, Attorneys. 2-1O-Sat-4tp
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-17
DR.. Mcdowell OF .
W'a:':y,,,inI,',e'::s'';v,,ille Dead : id
Heart Attack Fatal For
Native OF This County

WAYNESVILLE, Feb. l7-Dr.
c. Fl. Mcdowell. 70, prominent
dentist of Waynesville, was found
Scad in his office here at 3:oo
o'clock Thursday at t n Q 0 II H.
Dr. Mcdowell was born in Hen n
dprson county, October Is, 1861
and was educated at the univer-
sitv of North Carolina. he re-
ceived his training as dentlS )
at the University OF Marylah u:
After completing his course IN
dentistry he settled in Hender'
son comfy. but moved to Hay
wood u county in 1899. He prac'
iced his profession here from
that time until his death.
DIR. Mcdowell was a member
Of the Methodist Episcopal church
South, here. 49,, .,o
former Miss Isabelle Joscelyn' OF
pIvmouth, Mass; five daughters
Ms, Kelly Elmore, of Raleigh
Mrs Frank Williams, OF POM
Pleasant Plea N. J.; Mrs. James am G S};l:
den, of Tallahassee. Fla; M, MISS
Edwina Mcdowell, a graduate
student at the University OF
Moth Carolina; Miss Marion Nc
bowel a student at the Woman,;s
college, University OF Nortf
Carolina Greensboro; and one
brother, James. Winston-Salem,
Funeral services were arrang
ed for Saturdau afternoon at 4
o'clock the 1,ev. Paul Hardin OF
floating Interment will follow
in Green Hill cemetery.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-17
BEHIND THE SCENES IN
WAS LlINlGTON!

MA New DeaIcrS can quot
I'A from q large range o.
sources, but Secretary Wallace
is perhaps the only one who
consistently can cite chapte:
and verse from Scripture.
The last time he was asked
about compulsory cotton pro-
duCtiOn control, Wallace, who
opposed it in principle, replied:
"My attitude is that of SAM
mel, eighth chapter, first Sam
ucl. When the children of Is
rael told him they wanted
kings, he told them if the
wanted kings they could have
them, but certain things wouE
happen to them" .,s.
AROUND the War Department
\ they're feeling badly about
poor old Joe" Silverman, barred
from further dealings there aru
made an object of Department CT
Justice investigation.
Joe" chubby, ingratiatine
business man, has more friends
in army headquarters here than
any other outsider. For II years
he had a monopoly on purchase
of surplus supplies and bought
about $10,00O,O00 worth, mostly
clothing.
He had friends in Congress
too, who on at least one occasion
helped him dispose Of undercloth
ing thus bought to a relief agenc,
here.
He lived at the Mayflower
and gave select parties for ar
my. officers. He always chos? -
the right ones, never wasting
food or wine. Everyone in the
Quartclmaster Corps knew him
by his first name.
Finally the Civilian Conserva.
lion Corps came along and there
weren't any more army clothes tC
buy. Joe" turned to selling
once he attempted to sell back
ralncoats for about five time,
what he had naid the army.
De Then he turned to the BUSINESS
OF selling motor cars to the Wa"
Department and got in wrong.
Copyright, 1894, NEA Service. Inc
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-17
MAKE MOVE TO END
TRADE TARIFF WAR

LONDON, Feb. II. (UP)-A
motion to terminate the new
Tranco-British trade and tariff
war was approved in the house
Of commons last night. The vote
was 10y TO go, tahvrr-ufrv r-voil-
siderable critisn of the govern
ment's alleged "high-handedness. "
The motion was offered by
Walter Runciman, head of the
British board of trade. He sug-
gested negotiations be started
paving the way for new trade ac-
cords. The way should be paved,
he suggested, by removing re-
taliatory tariffs if France re-
moves the special turnover nego-
tiatiOns.
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the act attempted has always
seemed to me to be a distlnc-
ton without difference and a
niece of colossal inconsistence
quite in keeping with many OF
fhe other absurdities that, have
.S.-.-o-l.ato and becanre1 aSpart of
our system of criminal jurisprp-
dence. in
AS matter of crime, L never
could see the difference between
the man who shoots at another
and kills him and the man who
shoots at another and misses him.
The only difference l have been
able to detect in the two fore
going situations is that the man
who was missed was lucky; and
l never could figure out any
reason why his good luck should
in any way rebound to the 5ene-
fit of his would-be murderer.
On one occasion a man who
got angry with a neighbor about
something. went to the neighbours
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-17
By RODNEY DUiGttEts
NEA Service Stan Correspondent

NEA Service staT Correspondent
WASHINGTON.-Just as if NRA
didn't have enough problems.
seople now come along and tell it
hat shorter working hours don't
spread work.
1t seemed reasonable to believe
hat a factory substituting a 4O-
lour week for an S0-hour week
would have to employ twice as
many workers to produce the
anne amount of goods. Anyway.
hat ~as the theory.
But the experts who in pre-
NRA days used to insist that
shorter hours resulted in a much
larger output per worker now
are being heard from again.
Or Donald A. Laird. psycholo-
gist and authority on industrial
fatigue, recently asserted the like
lihOod that the level of industrial
production could be kept up or
improved with shorter hours and
no increase in number OF en-
ployes. He based that on studies
of factories under NRA.
NRA's own reports also are il
Illuminating. 1t has made public
letter from a southern dress
manufacturer who first lost. then
regained, his Blue Eagle and now
is very happy.
Since his workers went on 40
hours a week they are working
with more pep and some are pro-
ducing 25 to 35 per cent more
work. They are producing bet
ter work"
Presumably this employer ia
vors those who can produce the
extra % or 80 per cent. If he
has enough of them, he may be
able to operate with fewer work
ers than he needed before.
OF course-thiS factor doesn't
Inullify the shorter hour employ
n,ant gain. But lis another COM
IDlicatiOn for NRA as i considers
shortening its standard 40-hOur
week and realizes that it will be
increasing average production per
man when it does so.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-17
SITUATION IN FRANCE
BROUGHT HOME

CBY BRUCE CATION

Sometimes it is easier to understand
foreign crisis if we make an effort OF the
imagination and transplant the whole bust
ness bodily to our own shores. Maybe the
current French disorders will be less con-
fusing if we pretend the upheaval Is tax
ing place in America.
To do that. we must start by assuming
that -Ponzi, the famous old Boston SWIM
: dler, somehow had got on the inside Of
! sav-the RFC, and had both hands into
the federal till, clear up to the elbows.
: Let us say, further, that Andy Mellon
/ still was secretary of the treasury and was
conniving with him.
! Suppose. on top of all this that ten years
; ago we had been through disastrous pc
, Rod of initiation in which most of us had
: lost something like IS per cent of our
. money: and suppose that the federal bud
get remained unbalanced in such way that
!, another dose of initiation seemed almost
i inevitable.
Then suppose the president was forced
! Il, resign every time Congress voted against
, him, and that the Congress now SIttlSsiG
was not the dociie one OF 49,
, vided, hostiLS-a-@l kspss@s- ~ 0i'0 u y" y
Years ago. 49,
-Sunpose that the depression steadily was
getting worse instead of better and that re
man in public life, from the president down.
had our confidence.
Suppose the United States Chamoer Oh
Commerce loudly was demanding olcts-
+orsbip. that the Communist party was ~
times as large and active as 1t really Is
- +bat the American Legion was press
mo nilitantly for change IN government
Now with all this peculiar set-up by
,,,,,, of background, suppose that the
aforementioned Ponzi swindle, involving
ANDY Mellon and probably several other
cabinet members, suddenly was revealed
TO. a startled nation; suppose that Mr.
Roosevelt, whose position roughly CORE
! spends with that of French premier, had
! resigned in favor of Mr.. Garner, who pres
! emily had given way to Ogden Mills, who
| had been succeeded by Norman Thomas,
, who in turn had just two weeks later to let
: Senator Fess take his place.
Suppose initiation looked more and more
=. likely, and that there seemed daily less and
/. less chance that the government could do
/ anything to ease the depression.
a., Our affairs, in short, would be in an I'M
/, holy mess, and if the members of the
: Chamber of Commerce, the Communist
party, and the American Legion went oft
into the streets and started breaking
things, most of us probably would cheer
them on
! This little scene is fantastic, but it's al
fair reproduction of Frances situation to-
i dayr.,Is it any wonder the country is torn
by H0tS? &MaI
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that there was
no federal law
against attempt
ed robbery. 1t is
said that certain
government attor-
neys admit that
this w o u | d-b e
robber was cor
rect in his con-
tention.
The distinction
which our courts
commonly make
between the act
ao,,,,,,;+tnI n n a
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-17

Recently a man who had been
sent to federal prison for at
tempting to rob postal employees
filed a petition with the court
for his release on the grounds
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-17
THE woR1n DOES MOVE

l. = tho craftsmen listed by the census
tbui =: - toJ0 census were to come back they
wOtld be due for big H SRFphjse job Some Of
w y aaes and occupations listed then are
obsolete and others are rapidly being pushed aside
by the machine age.
1t is a hard matter to get horse shod these
days as most of the blacksmith shops have been
supplanted by garages. Ostlers, liverymen coach
makers and wheelwrghts went along with the
brawny blacksmith. Of course bellows makers
would have no market for their products as FORCES
are heated differently these days Milestone makers
would find no demand for their stone buhrs among
the great roller mills A few stone cutters still
exist but their services not always in demand
and they are never sure of steady job.
Manufacturers of homemade nails faced de-
Ginning market for their square handmade prod
ucts even in 1850, for the nail machine had been
invented and most people wanted the round shiny
ones. Maybe they could sell a few to the museums
as curiosities most people now, including a LOT
of carpenters have never seen a handmade nail.
The first blow was struck at whalebone work.
ers when men quit wearing helmets but the death
knelI was sounded when the gentle sex decided it
time to lay aside stiff corsets and such things
When the children read about the fairy and the
the meaning of that occupation. Yet there were
great many listed IS years ago. We may still find
lots of cobbers but not under that name. They
can repair shoes but they cannot be expected 10
know how to make pair of shoes ard the man
who made the little wooden shoe pegs for living
is gone and forgotten.
Gone, too, the matchmakers lime burners,
cork cutters armourerS and the harness makers
who registered up with Uncle Sam when he incluG-
ed occupations in his for the first time IN
1850. Yes, the world moves right along and many
Of the trades and occupations of today will be just
as hopelessly forgotten in 1920 A. D.-The Path
finder
Men get pearls from oysters; women get dia-
mondS from nuts.
Military training camps is the shrewdest war
propaganda.
Radicals start reform; conservatives put them
through
Never make merchandise of depravty
The model man is working model.
Too much contentment is as bad as too little
Pretty girls are made to behold, not to be held
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-17

Gohlsboro News-Argus makes reference
to the fact that it used to be fashionable
in this country to seek positions instead
efIooking for jobs The fashion of doing
sither has become obsolete, however. Now
Sserybody looks to the federal governments
tocare for them and they are neither seek
ing positions or jobs. "
ssIhe hope of the world is not in the con-
trSlAef impulses, but in the conversion OF
Essfaases
aSsl&Sess-.-.--
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-17

Men get pearls from OYSTERS women get dia
mondS from nuts
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-17

Military training camps is the shrewdest wa
propaganda.
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Pretty girls are made to behold, not to be held
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
BUSINESS IS ON INCREASE SAYS
 LYMAN 5. PECK

People throughout the country are not only greatly encouraged but business, itself, is actually on the increase both in the Eastern and estern parts of the United States" declared Lyman s. Peck Geenral Manager of the Pacific AL aska Airways, who is on his way back to his Fairbanks headquart- CTS after spending the last two months in the States, during which he travelled extensively.
 While MT. Peck was away he spent some time in New York City Washington, D. C., Philadelphia and other cities of the East, conferring with officials of the Pan-American Airways, of which the Pacific AL aska Airways is a subsidiary.
 We anticipate extending our Al askan operations and are increas- ing our fleet of planes with sev- eral new ones. Some of these have
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
CREDIT ASSOCIATION
 TO HAVE OFFICE HERE

Charles Waynor arrived in Ju- neau on the steamer Alaska yes terday and has opened an office in the Valentine Building for the Alaska Credit Bureau He has also been appointed Alaska representa- tive of the Collection department for the Seattle Association of Cred it Men, he says.
 For some time the various credit mems associations in Phoenix, Ari- zona, San Diego, Los Angeles, Oak land and San Francisco. Denver, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and oth- CT western cities, have recognized the importance of having their own source of information for credit re- ports and the feeling has crystal lized in the formation of new corporation called the American Credit Exchange, to compile and distribute to members of the Credit Mems Associations, reports on re- tailers engaged in business through out Alaska and states west of the Rockies, MT. Waynor said This cor poration is separate and distinct from any of the associations but is closely affiliated with them and they are, in turn, tied in with the National Association of Credit Men, he declared. MT. Waynor will be in charge of the compilation of credit reports for this new enter prise, in this district, as well as being connected with the Seattle Association of Credit Men.
 In normal times, Idaho residents market approximately million rabbit hides A wear
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
DEER STOCKING PROJECT TO BE LAUNCHED SOON
New CWA Project Will Transplant Deer to Dis
 trict Near Yakutat

Under the Civil Works program of the Alaska Game Commission a deer stocking proiecG will be carried out at YaktttaG, it was an- nonced today by F. M. Goddard, Acting Executive Officer of the Commission. The work will start within the next day or so
 The animals, Mir. Goddard said will be taken in the Petersburg district, chiefly along Wrangell Mar rows and possibly on kuiu Island. They will be transported to Yaku- tat and released there. Six men will be used in the crew, all In dians.
 They will use the Commissions tender Seal, Capt. J. c. Sellevold, which has been supply ship for the marten trapping camps for the past month. The Sea Otter left port today to replace the Seal in that work
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
CIVIL SERVICE
 EXAMINATION IS
 COMING MARCH {

The United States Civil Service Commission will accept applica- tions until March for the position of Principal Agricultural Explorer to fill a vacancy in the 2Nreau of Plant Industry, Department of Ag- riculture, Washington, D. c.
 The entrance salary ranges from $500 to $6,400 a year, less a de- duction of not to exceed Is per cent as a measure of ecoonmy and a retirement deduction of 312 per cent.
 The duties will be to plan, or ganize, and direct agricultural ex- ploration in foreign countries, es- pecially in Central and South Am erican countries, and in high alti- tude areas, for the purpose of se- curing new and promising crop plants; and to perform other re- lated duties.
 Full information may be obtained from Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Examiners, at the Alaska Road Commission, 3ll- Federal Building in this city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-31
BARRYMORE IS ! STAR OF FILL M FEATURED HERE
Lewis Stone, Elizabeth AL Ian, Phillips Holmes in
 Cast at Capitol

Any motion picture directed by Clarence Brown, who has filmed such outstanding photoplays as Flesh and the Devil Anna Christie" "A Free Sour' and Let ty Lynton," is invariably anti cipated by the knowing filmgoei as something above the ordinary.
 Looking Forward" Browns lat est effort, which opens tonight al the Capitol Theatre, more than lives up to the exceptional stan- dards set by this brilliant screen director. Depicting an intensely human story of the effects of the depression on rich and poor alike the picture is stirringly enacted by Lionel Barrymore in the starring role, and a distinctive group of supporting players.
 Two Families Involved
 The story of Looking Forward probes into the lives of two men and their families under the acid test of current business diversity One of these men is the head of a great London department store, the other is a plodding, honest, old worm, who had been employed by the firm for forty years as a bookkeeper.
 While the latter, faced with the loss of his livelihood, finds his fam fly rallying around him to make new and better start in life, the store magnate is deserted by his Mighty young wife and is on the brink of selling the store to a rival. When everything seems blackest his children come forth and by their courage and loyalty help him to pull through
 Lionel Barrymore offers one of the finest performances of his ca reer as the old bookkeeper, DOT trayal reminiscent of his character ization of Kringelein in Grand Hotel" Lewis Stone is outstanding as the department store owner, and the picture is further benefited by the competent work of Benita Hume, Elizabeth Allan, Phillips Holmes, Colin Give, Alec B. Fran cis, Doris Lloyd, Ha1liwell Hohbes Douglas Walton and number of others.