davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-11

Several grain fires in San Joa-
quin county recently were OF in
cendiary origin.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-11
CAT MOTHERS CHICKS

HUMBOLDT, Ia. W.P)-A cat at
the farm of L. A. Sorenson. near
here, mourning the loss of her
kittens, solaced herself by adopt
ing a brood of young chicks. The
chicks sleep with the cat every
night, except when the cat is out
on a midnight forage.
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WAITER RECALLS HOW
HE SAVED KING ONCE

NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. 10.
(UP).-A New Orleans waiter re-
called yesterday how during the
World war he once saved the life
of King Alexander I of Jugo-
slavia, who was assassinated Tues
dav at Marseilles, France.
He is Albert Feugas, 46, presi-
dent of the French war veterans
of New Orleans and one of the
four men left of the original
French regiment in which he en-
listed.
at was in 1916" Feugas said.
King Alexander, then a prince,
was visiting at the front in civil
liam clothes. He went down IN
the mud-hole of a trench, which
l, as sergeant, commanded.
"He started to climb over the
top of the trench to make a
speech to the German soldiers,
who were about % feet away. I
pulled him back and told him it
was suicide. Then we showed him
what would happen if he stuck his
head over the trench wall. A peri
scope was raised and the Boche
shattered it with bullets.
"The Prince decided | was
right. He stayed with us, belly
deep in water for about half an
hour, and then continued his tour
of inspection"
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DID HIS DARNDEST
Record.

General Hugh johnson may have failed in put
ting the NRA across with complete success but
one thing, he did his best and that's all any man
can do. This reminds US of story which we
heard told of colony of Westerners in the early
days. One of them died. His name was Bill.
There was preacher to perform the funeral
rights. There no hearse to convey the body
to the graveyard Poor Bill was carried in a
wagon to his last resting place and buried without
formahties. There was not even prayer offered
nor hymn chanted. Then his friends appointed
a committee to plant a simple slate stone to COM
memorate his memory. The question arose as to
what epitaph should be carved on the slate mark
err After some discussion the committee finally
carved this "Bil Did His Darndest." We do not
know of finer epitaph than that. Expressed in a
crude way, of course, it was But what world of
meaning. The same thing may be said of General
Johnson. He did his darndest and he should GER
tainly be spared some of the criticism which he
is receiving now that he is no longer head of the
NRA.-Mocksville Enterprise
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NEWSPAPERS OPINION
A HOMECOMING

Yesterday Edwin Jeffress was brought home, the
ending OF physical journey. His spirit stiil wan
ders IN what realm and what experiences no one
can contemplate. 1t is homecoming of hope, the
goiuen thread Of which had been strengthened by
the words Of an attending physician, that Just
prior to the setting out from Richmond, there was
more evidence of progress towards recovery than
there had been at any time in the long weeks
since illness began with all appearance Of total
lack of consciousness. The hope is that this re-
move marks another stage in the way of sentence,
towards full and communicable consciousness. For
that IS believed to be on the road back to health
and strength.
There is hope in the removal for it syrnbGlizes
that all has been done by special medical skil for
the time being, at least for which there is appar-
ent necessity. The medical function that remains
is that of observing progress; long there are
no eStfsordfhars new gaeEelopmsnts, it is o mugs
ing case. Nursing, and the manifestations OF Time
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One of the funniest things in the recent indus
trial racket, was statement in one of the Pc
rodicals that came to our desk, tina: farmers
should be forced on the six hour day. We Won
dered if the man who wrote that knew that a
farmer couldn't get his feeding, milking and rou-
tine work done in six hour day to save his life
We saw tobacco farmers burning barns on Sunday
and farmers getting hay in long after shutdown
this fall You can't standardize farm work, thank
the Lord, and that's why we are looking forward
to moving to a farm some time and following orr
individual enterprise all want to- The one
thing that bothers is, the fear that We won't be
'in the notion to work. when there is the most
to be done.-Caldwell Record
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GOLD POLICY IS
UNDETERMINED
Roosevelt Reveals He Is
Uncertain Regarding
Definite Plans

WASHINGTON, ct.13iit(UP u
Even President Roosevelt is TIN
certain whether there will be any
change in the governments gold
policy. = a.,
He said so Yesterday. Asked
whether any alteration of policy
was contemplated, Mr.. Roosevelt
replied that he was neither a
prestidigiatator nor an astrologer.
Speculation that further de-
valuation of the dollar was being
planned in an attempt to lift the
price level were rife after Prof.
George Warren, financial expert,
and Senator Robert j. Buckley.
D., O.. visited the White House
yesterday. On leaving, Bulkley
said he personally believed fur
ther devaluation could not be
dismissed as a possibility.
Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, D.,
ILL.,. expressed the belief that any
immediate devaluation of the
dollar was unlikely.
A commerce department report
revealed that silver imports for
the week ending October to-
tailed $2.542,462, compared to
exports of only $63,646.
Presumably. most Of this i'm
ported metal found its way into
the L. s. treasury under the sill
yer purchase act. Silver received
from the United Kingdom was
valued at $1,545,391 and ship
mcnts from China totalled ST.
.12G,S29.
Meanwhile the government
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One of the perennial beggars with which this
town is cursed, came to the office the other day,
and when she was referred to the county welfare
office declared that they wouldn't do mary thing
for her. We made it our business to find out how
much truth there was in her statement. She had
been aided in making crop this year to the tune
of $3.50. She has a COW, garden, and should have
corn, molasses and vegetables plenty. Members of
her family have refused relief work because it is
too hard. The records are there to show. We
wouldn't work either if we could get along with
out it and Mrs O'Berry is everastingly right when
she cuts off of the relief rolls rural folks who have
crops and will not work on the farm.-Caldwel
Record.
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North Blue Ridge

NORTH BLUE RIDGE, Oct. IS.
/, Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Bur
giss on September %, son, who
will bear the name Ambers Wiley.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Allen called
to see Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Hill
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Susan Stepp and son,
Brownlow, were the dinner guests
Monday of Mrs. Harlie Burleson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Allen and
daughter, Mrs. Stewart, also Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Allen of Campobel-
10, S. c., were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. c. n. Allen Sunday.
Friends will rgeret to learn that
Mr.. j. M. Jackson is very i'll at his
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley Taylor of
Boylston were the dinner guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Burgess re-
Gently.
Mrs. S. NJ. Cole had as her din
ner guests Sunday Mrs. Dock Case
and children Of near Henderson
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Hill and
daughmter Barbara visited Mr..
and Mrs. Dan Williams of Hender
sonville Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Griffin of
Fruitland, were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. J. D. wilkins last week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Allen and
children, Jimmie and Dixie, visit
ed the latter's aunt, Mrs. Sam JUS
tus, Sunday.
Mrs. MO. Higgins visited Mrs.
Arnold Justus Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Pace
called to see Mr.. and Mrs. d. E.
Jones of Flat Rock recently.
S. M. Cole and Willis Allen mo-
tored to Asheville Wednesday on
business.
Mr.. Jerry Boone of Spindale,
called to see his uncle, w. T. Will
lis, last Friday. 49,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Jusus Wis
tied the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. X. Justus, Sunday.
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had valuable dividend paying Sc
curities, but she knew not where.
He had made his home in Ashe-
Vile, but his business interests
we're in New York. Somewhere
in that great city were valuable
assets which by inhritance be-
ionped to her and her childrenj
hut she could not find them.
."Shortly before he died, she
told me, "my husband said that
we had enough to live on all our
lives"
"Did your husband leave a
will?" | asked. -.
"He told me he had made his
will" she replied, "but have
never been able to find it."
"Did your husband have a
lawyer?" | enquired.
"His lawyer lived in New
York" she answered. "He had
charge of my husbands affairs,
but he, too, has died. and l can
get no reply to the letters | have
sent his partner. Somewhere, .
She went on, "there is plenty of
money that my husband has left
| me. And l know there are per-
sons who know about it, but they
won't tell me. About a year
ago" she continued, 81 discover
| ed one man who owed my hus-
band a considerable sum. and !
was able to collect a thousand
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AT LOOSE ENDS
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

dollars from him."
Tell me-" she implored, "what
can | do?"
There is one thing you might
do" / suggested. Go to the Uni
ted States collector Of inherit
ance taxes; tell him your story;
tell him you want to pay your
inheritance tax, but you don't
know what it is. and you don't
know where the money is. Give
the collector the clues you have
given me, and ask the help of
the federal government in finding
its money and yours"
1t is strange in what bad con-
dition good business men will die
and leave their affairs. Men who
are careful to a degree about all
business matters and who love
their families devotedly. will
keep their personal business de-
tails in such shape that nobody
but a Philadelphia lawyer can
figure them out. And the history
'of inheritances prove that when
estates fall into the hands of
Philadelphia lawyers, God help
the heirs. The average estate
that has to be settled in that
way is so dissipated in the set
Ting that but a small part Of it
trickles through to those to whom
it belongs.
The man whose widow talked
So piteously to me, had dearly
loved his wife; yet he had not
thought while he was living to
make sure that she would be pro-
1ected, should he die. Perhaps he
| felt that somehow or other, he
could never die. We are apt to
feel that way. But all of us
must die some day. Today may
be that day.
1t is a serious thing for a man
to leave his affairs gummed and
snarled up. 1t is a risky thing
for man to leave the sole
knowledge Of his estate in the
head of somebody outside his
family, or in the head of nobody
inside or outside his family.
Right now, there are men with
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. dependents, whose wealth is con-
cealed in safe deposit boxes. the
whereabouts of which are known
only to themselves, and who have
not scratched line Of instruc-
tons as to what they want done
with their property when they
pass on.
A pitiful object is the woman
who is deprived of the love and
protection of her husband, and
who suddenly realizes that she is
not only alone in the world, but
penniless, or that she is so help
llesslv snarled w in a tangled
estate that she might as we'll be
penniless.
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BEHIND THE SCENES M
WASHINGTON

a prodigious organization can.
paign, netting hundreds of thou.
sands Of new members, he showed
up with but 600 900, which was no
more than his claim a year ago and
100000 less than he reported in
1881.
1t seems that John, like other
labor leaders, has been excusing
lot of the boys from paying dues.
Most astonishing Of all, the A. F.
of LIS Federal labor unions, de.
signed to catch workers in previ.
ously unorganized industries such
as automobiles, showed-their fig,
ures being combined with those for
directly affiliated local unions-a
drop from 71,000 to $1,000.
This despite the Executive Coun.
ellis cheerful report Of a virtual
uprising of workers for union
membership"
OBVIOUSLY, though the fedora.
~ ton still shows a decline of
nearly $4,000 from its 1891 mem.
bership, the labor movement and
the militancy Of workers are much
stronger than the figures indicate.
The textile strike showed that.
Hundreds OF thousands have signed
up for union membership, but don't
show on the Official count because
they aren't paying dues.
But critics of the A. F. Of l.. cite
the record to bolster their conten.
tion that the A. F. OF l.. shows
complete lack OF capacity for or.
ganization work, is largely in
charge Of members whose chief am.
bition is to hang onto their Jobs, is
operated or oratory and prefers
clutching to the administrations
coat-tails to standing on it's own
feet.
Union labor ganization is a
tacit factor in New Deal policy-at
least as long as employers are en-.
couraged to organize. But the ad.
ministration finds no easy answer
to assertions by industrialists that
the A. F. Of L. represents smaE
minorities and that workers don't
want to organize under it's banner.
Downright. 1894. NEA Service. Incl
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HAPPINESS OF BoYHOoD ENDS
ON A THRONE
(By BRUCE CATTON)


Little Peter Kerageorge, who becomes
king at an age when most boys are think
ing about schoolwork and games, seems
to be one of the least enyiable figures you
could find in all the world of childhood.
A great many stories have been told
about the good fortune of the boy who
lives in a palace. But there are several
million scrub-nosed kids in the United
States whose chances for happiness are al
most infinitely better than the chances Of
this little Serbian youngster.
The throne of JugoSlavia lies under a
shadow. That part of Europe is not called
"the cockpit of Europe" for nothing. The
greatest of all wars began there; if an
other one comes, it is very likely to begin
there too. To be king of JugoSlavia is to
sit amidst powder kegs, waiting for men
ace to take shape beyond the borders.
But if there is danger from without,
there is also danger from within. Since
the Serbs won their independence from
Turkey in 1904, the land has had eight
kings-and only three of them died nat
ural deaths while on the throne. Three
were assaSsinated, one was driven out by
revolt and another was forced to abdicate
by parliament. Alexander's murder is
only the latest in long series of violent
acts.
A turbulent land set down in troublous
and incalcuiable situation-that is Jugo-
slavia. And the 11-year-old boy who now
becomes king of this land l. one of the
most pathetic figures in modern history.
A king is apt to be prisoner of his
own palace, even in the happiest of lands.
The gold braid, the bowling functionaries,
the guards of honor and the intricate web
of custom and etiquet that surround a
throne usually cut off all chance for ex-
istence as a normal human being What
ever king may do for himself or for his
people, the one thing he cannot do is seek
happiness in the ordinary way.
And if this is true for a grown man, how
much more is it not true for schoolboy :?
Peter was in school in England when
King Alexander was slain. From an Eng
hsh schOolboy he now becomes king,
with court chamberhns TO wait on him and
plumed troop Of horsemen to attend his
coming and going. And the chances are
exceedingly good that he will never again
be as happy as he was before they fitted a
crown on his childish head.
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FREE SEED

The federal government, it is announced, has
no idea of abandoning its policy of giving away
free sedan announcement that will, of course
make the heart of your congressman jump for
joy. ,,
In the meantime, however, what about little
fertilizer to go along with them And what would
be the chance to chip in the labor required <te
work the crop? Also, what would be the further
prospect of getting government aid to harvest IT.
if any?-Julian S. Miller in Charlotte Observer.
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER

NEA Service stan Correspondent
w ASHIN N.-The many
w friends Of organized labor in
his administration are groaning
rather dismally while foes don a
suIercilious grin.
Figures on A. F. of l.. member
ship showing an increase in the
first full year under MIRA and its
encouragement to organize, have
arrived, with dull thud.
They offer little or no help to
an administration which is try
ing to educate employers as to
the rights Of labor-&nd having
a tough time of it.
The A. F, of l.. : Executive
Council has reported "a gain of
3SS,00O dues-paying% members
over 1898 and total member
ship Of 2,643,000. =
Disregarding President Bill
Green's rosy last-year vision of
a membership of 25,000,0O0, it
is the breakdown of the figures
which has had little for no pub
licity-that is causing glabor stu
dents to despair.
About $4,000 of the increase
was due to the entrance OF Sid
ney Hillman's Amalgamated
Clothing Workers into the feder-
alton. Another $4,000 new
members were reported by the
International Ladies Garment
Workers. Other unions showed
gains, few of them significant,
and there were a number Of ac-
tual decreases. +
THE United Textile Workers,
who had been claiming a paid
up membership of 100000, prior to
the recent strike, turned up with
a voting strength of 38,7O0 mem
bers, as against $4,000 last year.
And the Amalgamated Iron,
Steel, and Tin Workers, who were
threatening boldly to strike not so
long ago, reported only $500 mem.
bers as compared with 1900 last
year.
Although President John L..
Lewis OF the United Mine Workers
had been credited hereabouts with
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DEBT

Your government at Washington is going into
debt at a rate said to be $1,000 for every time
Your watch ticks minute off.
That might not be even worth noting if the
government were some day to be able to reach up
in the magic air and pluck from ethereal trees the
funds necessary to settle this account.
But when the fact is that it will some day reach
into the pockets of its taxpayers for that money
well, that makes you knit your brows.-Julian S.
Miller in Charlotte Observer.
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The Rhododendson

The rhododendron grows pro-
fusely in the United States in the
Blue Ridge range and other south.
ern mountains. In western North
Carolina the mountainsides are lit
orally covered with the plants.
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grievlng for him ;
for another thing
she was out of
money.
| had regarded
her husband. as
wealthy. S h e
said she knew he
was wealthy. but
she could not
find his wealth.
1t was some
where, but she
knew not where.
Somewhere h e
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BIBLE THOUGHT
GOD The FATHERS LOVE
'sHe doth not affliet willingly" (Sam. 1888

certain father found that his son OF TWO
wears had a twisted spine. To remedy this It was
necessary to send the boy away from home to
strange hospital where he was subjected TO the
most severe treatments Which do you think SUI
fered most during these treatments, the father OF
the child?
What must be Gods suffering when He has 10
hurt His children in order to cure them?
Before was afflicted | went astray; but no"
have l kept Thy Word FPS. 1l9:6D.
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Recently woman called to
see me. She was in deep distress.
For one thing her husband had
died not long ago and she was
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the great physician on whom all physicians great
and small, depend.-Greensboro Daily News
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Cranky, unreasonable and troublesome custt
mers: Those who didn't get what they paid for.
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BABsoN SAYS BUSINESS BETTER

Here are the views of Roger Babson, the Stats
tician and business forecaster, on the national
situation:
l. Business will be better because we have
passed the low point in the business cycle. Any
change from now on must be for the better.
2. Business is today improving throughout the
entire world.
8. Debts of all kinds, except government debts,
have been greatly reduced.
4. Replacement and obsolescence are bringing
about increased orders.
s. New building has at last begun to pick up,
especially the building of small homes.
6. Great new industries-such as air condition
ing-are beginning to develop.
z. The population is continually increasing.
8. There is great surplus of money awaiting
investment.
9. People are having change of heart and are
now anxious to lead honest, industrious and
righteous lives.
10. Finally, the present huge government ex-
penditures must add to improved situation,
even though the other factors would bring it about
without this printing of the pump."-Morganton
News-H Herald
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It's fast age. A boy dates girl once or
twice and the wedding is planned before he knows
it
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Correct this sentence: 81 have authority to act
an 'shis ss's said tbs I'll pass
the buck ito&nobody. ~ III ~ EsssssaSs#
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Guarantee: A kind of promise that serves
basis for a suit. .. &
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Juries don't object to capital punishment how,
ever, if it's corporations capital .. ..
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You don't really borrow from your insurane
company, but from your widow ~
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Northwestern models, in
navy blue or rust brown.
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With this column. this depart
ment will close until the recreation
season opens again next spring.