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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-07-06
cars are requested to notify Miss
Stella Dixon.
Guests AT BELLE
VIEW LODGE

Recent arrivals at Belle View
Lodge include Mr.. and Mrs. j. c..
Berks1esser and. son, Maurice
Berks9'esser of Manatee, Fla,
Mrs. S. H. Smell and daughter,
JacQualiRe of Arcadia, and Mrs.
Clarence. s Smith of Bradenton.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-07-06
Long Of Saluda
Killed in Collision
Was in Car Striking Truck
Driven by Britain

COLUMBIA, July 6.-J. F.
Long, of Saluda, was killed and
his two companions, R. B. McCar-
ty, of Watts Mill, and Ben Sam
pie, of Saluda, were seriously in
jured and stricken unconscious III
a traffic accident yesterday in
which the car occupied by the
three former men struck a truck
driven by Allen Britain, Brevard
business man. Mr.. Britain was
not injured but his companion on
the truck, Tom Mitchell, also of
Brevard, suffered severe bruises.
You'll notice, though, that the
pretty girl in the advertisement
has taken only one pull on her
cigarette.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-07-06

A two-fsted son Of the West g.
bringing you fearless adventure
and bIazing thrills!
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
THE SEASON OF HOPE

Why is it that people are always
more hopeful in the spring? The
poet said that in spring the young
mans fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of love" Not merely does
he feel the mysterious call of sex,
but he is more hopeful about the
possibilities of marriage, and the
idea of raising and maintaining
family does not seem so formidable.
So it is in other activities. People
feel more hopeful about their work
in the spring. They are more likely
TO start out on some new enterprise.
The impulses of the season AFFECT
our minds. We see the trees and
plants preparing TO grow, which
makes us feel that we too are able
to grow to better things. We see
farmers putting seed in the ground,
trusting TO the blind forces Of ma
ture. 1t makes people willing to run
some risks. We need the faith and
hope of the spring time, or we shall
sink out of sight in our old ruts.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
BALD HEADED PRESIDENTS

Some philosopher should tell why
the American people have had only
one President who could really be
called bald headed, and who was
John Quincy Adams, President 1925
to 1929. Most of the Presidents have
had rather good heads of hair.
Why have bald headed men lost
their hair? 1t is said to be usually
due to some disease or inherited
traits People of exceptional vigOr
may have a better chance to keep
their hair. so possibly the power
that lands a man in the White House
has also helped him preserve a well
thatched roof over his head. The
old jokes sometimes attributed bald
ness to the wife. So that il lady
wishes her husband to look like a
President, she should not play too
vigorously with his weaving locks.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
RUNAWAY CHILDREN

Small children have always run
away. In former days it was taken
as a matter of course Johnny and
Mary always had turned up from
their former escapades. and they
would this time. But since the
country has been shocked by the
CHASTITY story Of child kidnappings,
since We know what beasts in hu-
man form are prowling about, the
disappearance Of a child stirs a city
or a whole state. Parents every
where clutch their little darlings,
and wait anxiously for news of the
lost one. ~ o
1t is amazing how far the frail
little legs Of a three-year-old will
carry him. The spirit of adventure
seizes him, he desires to know
wider world, and soon. he is lost.
The good old time fence. with close
ly set stats and a gate that could be
fastened, had its merits. ... .
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
YOUR FUNCTION IN THE
MACHINE

A machine is made up of a great
number OF very small parts. Take
the typewriter on which you pound
out your letters. II is a marvellous
combination of hundreds or thou
sands of small parts. Some little
screw or cog may seem by itself to
be a very little thing. But II that
one screw or cog is missing, the
whole machine is defective, and you
may not be able to use 1t at all.
So it is with us. as to our individ-
ual parts in the processes of home
town life. The community looks to
each one of us to perform certain
function, largely ones daily work,
but the community has a right to
expect from all Of us, certain SER
vices needed for the public welfare.
II any one of us fails to perform
these services. the whole community
suffers.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
SKILLS OF THE ROAD

High schools throughout the
United States have an exceptional
opportunity to forward the accident
prevention movement by following
the example OF the secondary schools
of Bergen County, New Jersey.
Youngsters in this large and popu-
lous county have organized a
Skill of the Road" program under
the direction of the High School Y.
M. c. A. They are spreading the
gospel of safe and sane driving, and
are training themselves to take over
the responsibility of future high
way safety.
A skilled driver. according to the
young safety campaigners, keeps
in proper line; keeps inside white
line; does not hog the road; makes
proper turns; practices road cour-
tesy; recognizes that a child always
has the right of way; observes green
as the only go signal; looks and
signals before coming out OF a park
ing place; thinks quickly and ac-
cutately in an emergency"
''The 'skills Of the road move
ment is adapted to any high school
in the country" says DR.. Herbert J.
Stack. Safety Supervisor of the Ma
tional Bureau of Casualty and Sure
ty Underwriters, who has assisted
the Bergen County students TO learn
safe driving practices. High school
students of today are the automo-
bile drivers of tomorrow. They
should know everything there is to
know about safe motor vehicle oper-
alton. If we could train all the
in our secondary schools
20 be safe drivers, the question of
accident record would |
De answered-accidents would be at
/ minimum"
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
SPINSTERS BEST DRIYERSi

An insurance company which re-
Gently studied the risks existing in
insuring different classes Of auto
mobile drivers, decided that the low
est rates should be given unemployed
and unmarried women more than 26
years old. What reason is there in
the status of such women, why they
should be better risks as drivers?
Some people may say that there
are always risks in marriage, so
that the people who remain unmar-
ried have shown an extra sense of
caution. Or it might be claimed
that many unmarried women have
always lived at home. which may
tend to cultivate qualities OF pru-
dence. Whether there is anything
in those arguments or not, cautious
people are the ones who avoid acci-
dents. -- ..,. .s.
There is much debate as to.
whether women. or men are better
But the majority of women
are courteous. and courteous people
rarely get into difficulty.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
Milford, Friday, May IL, 1884
THE MOTHERS HOPES

II is a fine thing for people to
take Mothers Day as an occasion 10
testify to affection for living moth
er. and to recall very tenderly the
love which was given them by the
one that has passed on But such
tokens and thoughts, graceful and
beautiful as they are. do not touch
the heart of the occasion. Such
questions as these should be asked:
Am carrying out the hopes which
my mother felt for me? Have been
true TO her visions of my future?
Have ! done the work in the world
that she wanted me to do? Have |
been loyal to her ideals?
These are searching questions,
and too many people will have to
admit they have fallen short on all
of them.
The ideals of mothers are almost
invariably higher than those of their
children. Even If women have lived
lives of frivolity, or even of deceit
and selhshness. they want their
children to be better than they were.
Such ones have reached the point
where they see the hOllOwness Of |
false aims They have tried both |
kinds OF living. and they know which |
is the good way. and they want their
children to follow il.
If one is not living up to those |
high aims which a mother cher
ished, Mothers Day is the time TO
turn around and try to conform to
those better purposes.
Mothers spend their lives in loyal !
service TO their children, Ii the
children go wrong, and make nesses |
OF their dives, the mother will stick |
by them when all others desert !
them. A love that is so pure and
unselfish and loyal is the best guide
that life gives us. Let us prove
worthy OF that affection, and resolve
to live up to the standards which it
tried to establish for Us.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
UPS AND DOWNS

Among the people who took hard
blows through the recent depres-
sion, was a large element who had
had considerable money. but who
had always made It their practice
to take chances In business matters.
The highest type Of investments.
those chosen by the most cautious
people. did not pay the interest they
demanded So they took their money
and put It into more or less specula-
tive securities.
Such people have had to take it
on the chin. as the saying goes. Many
of them who had considerable for
tunes. have seen that money almost
wiped out.
1t is a severe test Of people who
have lived on the fat of the land. to
find their fortunes melting away like
a snowbank on a May morning. 1t
is hard thing to have to come down
to economies that are second ma
ture for thrifty people.
To many, such losses have been
a pitiful and even terrible tragedy.
Many of them never understood in
vesting money. They took advice
from people whose judgment proved
wrong. A good many of them, par
ticularly women, have no means of
earning a living. They are still
dazed and bewildered, like
folks who have been through a de-
structive earthquake, as they try to
plan their lives on some new basis.
Many of these losers. however,
have a cheerful and optimistic tenn
perament. They had a good run for |
their money in boom times. They |
waste no time now in vain regrets.
The same sanguine spirit that led
them to take chances before, will |
give them courage for new ventures.
They will strike out boldly, and |
many of them will soon be on top of
he wave again. Only next time, let
Us hope they salt away some secure
nest eggs where the earthquakes
amt shatter them.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
LIFE AND THE HOME TOWN

1t is the aim of all of US to get
the most out of life Some people
think they could get more out of it,
If they went to some other place,
usually some big city. They think
they would be thrilled in New York,
Chicago. or some other great me-
tropolis. But If they went there they
would find themselves unknown and
lonely. r.-- "'
). 1t does not make so much differ
ence where you live. There are, eK-
cellent people. and all types Of peo-
pie, everywhere. II you want intel
ligent and thoughtful. folks. yon find
them in any place. If you desire
jolly good times. you can find them
too. The people who seek friends,
who give themselves out, always like
life as it is in a good town or a city
like Milford. They do not need to
go elsewhere to find anything they
want. ,.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
POLITICAL ENTHUSIASM

The politicians are asking how
they can promote political enthusi-
asm in next falls elections. Years
ago it was done by torchlight pro-
cessions, red fire. band music. ora
tors who told funny stories, etc. But
those methods are worn out. How
are you going to stir the sophisti-
Gated modern crowd. so it will yell
for its candidates?
When the cost of living advanced
in former years. candidates used to
promise that they or their party
would reduce prices. But when
prices kept going sky high. people
lost faith in brilliant political prom
ises. The best way today is to look
at the record of candidates and par
ties. and ask what they have done
in the past TO justify their claims.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
@OUT OF HOOK"

1t was sign of better times the
other day, when member of the Los
Angeles police force reported that
people are not resorting so much 10
the pawn shops to borrow money.
Probably it will be found all over
the country, that the people are get
ting cherished possessions "out OF
hook"
The world is full OF startling
changes. Many a stylish lady who
glittered in high society a short time
ago. has had to take those shining
jewels and shove them up to your
uncle" to buy her bread and butter.
Cautious people don't like that way
OF living, but when pawned val
uables are being redeemed, it means
that a new stream of money is fiow-
ing through the community, and
bringing better times.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
No 80 DAY CURES

President Roosevelt told people
the other day, that they must not
expect the nations evils TO be healed
by 80 day cures. There are too many
people who think that their pet no.
tions would work a kind of magic,
and charm away the troubles that
have been accommodating for years.
The human mind moves slowly.
Your grandfather will say it moves
like the OK team he used to drive.
Prodding them and whipping them
would not get ahead much faster,
but if you were patient, you might
be able to find some better road over
which they would pull the load with
less difficulty Gradually we shall
find new paths and new ways of
pulling that load, but you can't make
people over in any 80 days, nor any
year
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
DEATH THREATS

There are altogether. too many
people who are clustering around
the country, uttering malicious
threats. The correct method OF
meeting such warnings was well
exemplified by the beloved singer.
Madame Schumann-Heink. When
she appeared on a New York stage
a few days ago to sing for an Anti
Nazi organization, she said she had
received a letter threatening her
with death If she appeared at that
concert. She told them she was too
old to be scared that way.
The dirty and scrawly letter which
is brought to your door, or the
ominous voice over the telephone,
may carry such a warning. Racket
eers are constantly using threats to
extort money. and they are probably
more common in labor troubles than
people realize.
Some people with defective minds
get a certain satisfaction out Of the
thought that they can cause anxiety
to some person wiser and better than
Such people ought to
be shut up in some tight place where
all their movements would be well
The greater part of such threats
are mere bluffs. People want to
accomplish a certain result, and
they think they can scare people.
Such ones are snakes in the grass
Of modern civilization, and will
have to be dealt with as enemies of
In some cases the threats are seri-
)usly meant. and the threatener is
brutal and cruel enough to carry |
,ut his warning. People who are
hus threatened should never try to
leal privately with these brutal
reatures. All such warnings
hould at once be communicated to
he police. and all possible infOrma-
ion given. so that these public enc
nies can be rounded up and put
where they belong.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
THE PUBLIC BUYS ANNUITIES

The annuity plan of insurance
whereby one purchases an assured
income for old age through partial
payments or one large payment
has long been popular in England
and other foreign powers. Its de-
velopment here has been compara-
lively slow.
Now, according to a recent report
the picture has been changed-by
depression. When sales of other
types of policies were falling, an
nuity sales were zooming. A survey
of a group of companies which have
written rs per cent of all life insur-
ance in force today, shows heavy
increases in annuity premiums from
1880 to 1888, inclusive, with the ex-
ception of 1882. Premiums almost
doubled in 1888, as compared with
the preceding year, and represented
gain of l5S per cent over 1880.
One of the most tragic of human
exigencies has always been depen-
dent, poverty-stricken old age-and
a heavy percentage of persons who
once had excellent incomes come to
that. The annuity, in one form or
another. is designed to make that
impossible. 1t is the best defense
against depression-whether depres'
sion be general or purely individ-
ual.
The appalling conditions of the
last few years have focused the pub
lie mind on protection against that
which cannot be foreseen. The fact
that more annuities were being
sought when the national income
was dropping rapidly. is a fine aug
lry for the future.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
LOVE TRAGEDIES

Love is said to be the greatest
thing in the world, but when this
grand passion goes wrong, il leaves
a terrible wake Of tragedy behind.
So we read of jealous people who
commit fearful deeds to avenge their
supposed wrongs, of people who end
their own lives TO put themselves
out of love torments. of pathetic
folks who go into a physical decline
because Of disappointment in love.
When marriage occurs. but one of
the welded pair conceives a fatal
passion for some third person. a
home is broken up. and the lives of
children in many cases are wrecked.
II is a strange and weird feeling
that can so master human life. You
see people going along happy and
cOntented. when suddenly someone
crosses their path, and little fame
OF passion is lighted. The people
thus hit by Cupid's dart soon become
uneasy and melancholy, and unless
that desire is satisfied, they see no
hope Of happiness again.
But when love runs smooth, it is
the. basis for happy homes, the
laughter of children, a sound and
sensible combination that gives US
solace in hours of sorrow and pro-
yides for our daily needs.
What can be said to those for
whom it does not run smooth, who
somehow have missed its true mean
ing, and who think this passion is a
fatal wound in their hearts? Well,
they say that time cures all wounds.
people have felt they
were going TO die of disappointed
love. But if they used common
sense. if they sought healthful diver
sions and useful employment and
new friends, these wounds would
heal. People should not get so des-
Derate about their love disappoint-
ments. The old saying has it that
there are just as good fish in the
sea as those that have been caught
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
CHILDREN NEED WORK

Two groups of children were seer
the other day on one of the streets
OF Milford. In one back yard, the
children were supposed TO be play
ing. but they were quarreling over
their games. Some OF them got mad
refused to play. the game broke up
and they parted company in bad
temper. 900 .- .-.
Around a nearby home. the chill
dren were working under the super
vision of a man who was cleaning
up his home grounds. He had sew
eral of the youngsters appointed to
their various tasks. One was raking,
another was gathering dead leaves
into a heap. and third was picking
up other refuse. The children
seemed happy and contented.
The contrast of those two groups
was a suggestion that children
should have a certain amount Of
work TO do. and that they enjoy the
activity. They like to be around
with older people who are doing
things, and it makes them feel their
own importance. They learn TO use
their hands with some degree of
skill, and find out about the uses of
things. They learn little from play,
unless the games are -rell super
vised to prevent disputes, and it is
not always possible TO give them
that supervision.
Child labor, when the children are
forced into factories at a premature
age, and made to work unduly long
hours. has done great harm, and
should be prohibited under such cir
But the little labors around the
home, the things that children can
do to earn a little money for their
own needs, are a part of their edu-
cation. Children who lack the op-
to do such work are apt
to form loafing habits. They get
the idea that they must be amused
all the time. and that idea often
clings to them until later life, with
harmful results.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
HEALTHY COMPETITION

Business men often complain about
there being too much competition
in their lines. II business man is
indolent and does not know his
trade thoroughly. he can well COM
plain of such competition. 1t will
reduce his returns, and may drive
him out of business. "
But If he is industrious, pushing,
and intelligent about his business,
he will survive any competition. He
will make so many permanent
friends in his trade. that he does not
have to worry. II he adVertises per-
sistently, he will create a perma-
nent good will, that will not be af-
fected much by the ups and downs
of his rivals.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
APPRECIATION OF MOTHERS

When Mother 5 Day was first eStab-
lished a number OF years ago, many
people thought it would be Just a
temporary kind OF observance, an
expression OF feeling that would
soon be succeeded by something else.
as happens in so many ways in our
rapidly changing American life
But ii has not proved 50. The Gus
tom has become apparently per
manent one. and each year is OBJ
served in countless churches, and
noted in innumerable homes.
Power is given to that feeling by
the general recognition Oh the part
OF the people, that they have never
appreciated their mothers as they
should. Children rarely realize
what their mothers have done for
them, or the extent of the sacrifices
they have made. They accept these
sacrifices, these labors, and this af-
fection, as a matter OF course, some
thing to be expected and not won
derful in any way.
In many young minds, the feeling
toward the mother is one of resent
ment. She is regarded as strict. too
prudent. not sympathetic with young
people. constantly holding them back
from things they want to do.
AS years go on. however. people
see how utterly selfish and wrong
that point of view was. They real
ize that the love and devotion which
their mothers gave them was some
thing marvellous and beyond the
power of words to express. As the
years, go on, they desire to express
this sentiment in some tangible way.
And so this custom has come about,
of observing the second Sunday in
May in this manner.
May it long continue, and may it
inspire all children, young and old,
to testify to an affection so deep |
that every mother will feel reward
ed for all the devotion she has Law
ished on her offspring.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
THE TOWNS SIDEWALKS

There is much agitation every
year about the necessity of street
and road improvements. The peo-
pie who drive automobiles complain
bitterly IL they are bounced and
jolted in road hOllows. They want
smooth and even surfaces; leveled
almost to a billiard table finish.
But meanwhile half the people own
no automobiles. and all the people
have to do more or less walking.
They depend upon a towns side
walks to get to and from their work
and their errands with comfort and
speed. Every town should provide
the best sidewalks 1t can afford. to
give the community a neat and mn
ished appearance. and to make the
town seem attractive to visitors and
strangers. ''
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-11
Is THE WORST YET TO CONE!

| Writing in Nations Business, W.
NJ. Kiukinger, well known economist,
says that this year the Federal gov
ernment is going easy on tax i'll
creases. but that next year it will
adopt drastically heavier leyies-
particularly on those in the middle
and high income brackets.
No matter what group you're in.
whether its the highest or the low
est, that will vitality affect your well
fare.
High cost of government-and
don't think of Federal but look at
your local and state costs-is now
delaying recovery. In the view of
many competent business observ-
ers. appreciably higher cost of gov
ernment might make recovery i'm
possible.
1t might keep up in a continual
state of depression, with unemploy-
ment an ever-present problem-be-
cause government was taking the
money that would provide invest
ments. industrial development and
jobs.
Shaping extortionate taxes on
corporations and sizeable incomes
amounts to damming the stream of
good times. When we confiscate pro-
ductive capital, we are confiscating
employment and opportunities. We
are closing factories and offices. We
are making 1t impossible for the
businesses that provide employment
TO continue to operate.
The result is to force money into
tax-free securities, issued by gov
ernment-and take 1t out of produc-
tive, employing enterprise.
20. Every worker. every home-owner,
every investor. must join together to |
oppose expensive, unwieldy, waste
full government. That is essential
if we are to have real and perma-
nent recovery.