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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06
DEARLY WON, EASILY LOST

/ 1t would be well if the American people would
ponder this statement by Stanley Baldwin, one OF
the greatest of contemporary British statesmen:
Our freedom did not drop down like mamma
from heaven"
On the contrary, the liberties which we in this
country, as we'll the people of Mr. Baldwin's
land, enjoy were won at the cost OF hundreds of
thousands of lives on innumerable bGttlefeds
we accept certain rights as the commonplace
heritage of all Americans, giving little heed ~
their history or their value.
To appreciate at what cost they were won we
must go far back into history; to the rebellion of
the serfs and the slaves the revots against feud-
allsm, the reluctant REIMBURSEMENT of crown alb
solutism by King John in the Magma Charta, the
Boston tea party, the American war of indepen-
dence the French reign of terror, etc, ETC.
There was a day when mans life was the
property of his sovereign, to be taken at will.
There was day when only the few ruled all
others were vassals
Slowly in bloody struggles, fought wherever man
aspired to liberty, the rights which freemen today
enjoy were gained. Our ancestors who bled to win
them were apprecatve. We who came by these
privileges through inheritance, undervalue them
But we have seen recently in Italy, Germany,
Russia and Austria how suddenly the fruts of
great martyrdom may be snatched away. In Italy,
germany and Russia today there are secret groups
OF patriots continuing and connivhg to win back
the rights of free speech and free press This
country, IN which these dearly won privileges still
endure, should take heed
Rights may be lost in single day by the stroke
OF dictator's pen that can be regained onlv nv
long years of sacrificial strife-Grand Rapids
Herald.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06
BEHIND THE SCENES m
NSEIIkIGTONl

be a farmer contented and hope.
full.
SENATOR BORAH'S lone.wolfish.
- ness has other aspects than his
political independence. His resolu.
ton for continuing the IS per cen,
federal pay cut wasn't his first
heinous offense OF the sort. in the
eyes of his colleagues.
Several years ago, when Congress
raised its pay from $500 to $4,000
year, Borah embarrassed them by
,, protesting loudly and by subse.
quently refusing the additional
$500 until his term was up.
pAILROAD Co-ordinator Joe East.
IL man assured Roosevelt there
wouldn't be any railroad strike
Some brotherhood leaders have
since felt their demand for restora.
tion of the 10 per cent wage cut
under which they've worked for the
last year-should be intensified.
following the vote Of Congress to
restore most of the federal salary
cut. But a strike continues to be
unlikely.
Strike sentiment Is confined
largely to the younger employees
and there aren't so many OF
them, as unemployment and Sc
niority rules have required that
older men be kept on the job dur
ing the long period of railroad
layoffs.
Nevertheless, Roosevelt prob
ably will have to settle the cur
rent dispute as between railroads
which ask still further wage cut
and unions which ask 10 per
cent raise, as we'll as the restora-
ton.
The result probably will be a
continuation of the status quo,
with a promise OF subsequent re-
adjustment.
fc"nVr'Sht- ioa4. NEA service- Inc,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06
BOWMARS BLUFF

BOWMANS BLUFF, April 6.
Mrs. Fred Gillian has returned
to her home at Edneyville after
a few days visit with relatives
here.
Miss Violet Bell who has a
position at Flat Rock, spent the
week end here with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H. Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Fletcher
had as dinner guests Sunday, Mr..
and Mrs. Doris Nichols.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Higgins and
little daughter Vienna, Of Hen
Jacksonville, spent Sunday here
with relatives.
Ray Williams has returned to
his home at Henderson, after
having spent several months here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Egerton Fletcher
and children Of Pleasant. Grove,
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr..
and Mrs. R. ]. Fletcher.
Rev. J. E. Blythe preached at
Pleasant Hill, Sunday morning:
Mrs. Otis Garren, and little
son, Dickey, and Miss Nuna Nor
gan, of Hendersonvillc and Mrs.
ID. Justus, Of Mud Creek, visited
relatives here Sunday.
Miss Annabell Raines, Of Bal
four spent Easter Sunday with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Raines.
Misses Gladys Blythe and Ella
Bell attended church at Pleasant
Hill, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. C. Fletcher,
had as guests Sunday afternoon,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Wilson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Wilson and
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06

fers to her snoring as Singing
to the sleep god"
If Nature should become in
terested in showing US what
really can be done in the matter
of crop curtailment, she might
soon have us yelling not only
Enough, but "TOO Much"
81 don't know how to classify
him." observed Scroggs Of Bloggs.
He hasn't enough sense for a
man, and he has too much for a
monkey"
A young woman who had APP
piled to ME for a position as
secretary had occasion in the
course of the conversation to re-
fer to what she called an "orange
yootin." She meant orang-utan.
The other day, Mary, report
ed to us that a man was at the
door selling "hoddy hot ranges. "
The man was taking orders for
hardy hydrangeas.
ale could hardly say it, his
SELF" defended Mary.
An Alabama reader referring
to an article which I wrote re-
Gently on the fitness Of the name
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06
Hello, darling"

TT is not so mach what he says
as what he does. A little gray
haired lady from Dubuque breaks
aXcitcdly from the crowds ranks
rs the hero appears. She toddlcs
up TO the Babe.
Hello, darling" says the
Great Man, placing an arm arcc-
tionately about her shoulders.
What caa ! do for the mamma"
The litut LADY wants her
nephew to take picture OF her
with the Babe. The nephew and
his tiny camerG are ready -
shoot. She stands happily look
ing up at the Great Man. He
smiles down at her, hugging her
clos" To him.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

Ncn oSiNiCc sum correspondent
WTASHINGTON.-Itisn't the heat
the humidity. or even the colo
weather. It's the pressure.
Everywhere you turn in this tur
bulent capital, you notice the pres
sure. 1t weighs heavily on the
president, on the New Deal head
liners. and on Congress.
Big Business and industry lead
In applying this pressure-against
the stock market. Wagner. Tug
well. tariff. unemployment insur
ance. munitions investigation. and
other bills.
Business and Industry are BY
far the most powerful force today
They forced revision Of the Wag.
ner. stock market. Tugwell and
tariff bills. made Roosevelt rebuff
the A. F. of l.. in. the auto settle.
ment. and sponsored the idiotic
Writ fuore.
They dominate NRA and balk
New Deal or brain trust efforts at
east once a week.
Political pressure Is execution.
ally strong on Congress. So MANY
members face primary or election
fights.
The high-pressure veterans loh.
by led Congress to administar
Roosevelt his first major lepislo.
tive defeat. Patronage pressure was
never heavier. Members even on
countered potent pressure from,
their secretaries and hencbman a.
federal Jobs when the issue Of 70.
storing the federal pay cut CANA
up. "s 'aii'e
Labor pressure seems we.t
though IL may yet Influence Con,
gfess Importantly. Farmer nras.
sure isn't up. to par, as for eyery
dissatisfied farmer there seems RI
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06
Hooks and Slides
The Season Opens

WHATEVER anybody else may
w tell you, the baseball season
is in full swing. | saw it open
mys-lf the other day in ST.
Petersburg, Fla, where the fine
full figure Of man (like a pOta-
to stuck on two toothpicksl wad-
died to the plate in Miller Hug-
gins field, swung at rookie
pitchers offering. and drove it in
to a remote lake in the outfclI.
It's like this:
The score Of cameras, mc"ic
sound and gti.i. have hoen planted
half hour before the Great Man
comes bursting from the club
house, his face wreathed in the
happy smile Of BOY. Twenty
i've ncwspapcrmcn stand in for
malion 70 await what the Great
Man will Sa,
The crowd, five deep around
he steps where he is to descend
rom clubhouse t.. dugout, stands
n hushed expectancy.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06
MUSIC CLUBS MEET

CHESTER, S. c., April 6. (UP)
Mrs. John Alexander Jardinc,
of Fargo, N. D., in an address
at the opening of the South Car
lima Federation of Music Clubs
convention yesterday, asserted
that the world is more Emusic
conscious" than in many years.
"There is not a question bat
that interest in music is increas-
ing and in the particular fields
whereits influence is most i'm
portant," said Mrs. Jardine.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06
A STRING OF CHINKAPlNS
Ry WICKES WAMBOLDT

for the job, sends me a letter
head of Ruff & Ready, Attor-
neys-at-Law, Ralston Building,
Miami, Florida.
Did you ever see a manuscript
returning? Well, | have.
Did you ever see a manuscript
burning? Well, ] have. And
more manuscripts return and
more manuscripts burn than ever
get printed by long sight. There
is one consolation that the low
Hest, most unsuccessful scribe
can have: His manuscript will
blaze as brightly as that Of any
other writer in the world.
A woman asked her husband
after she had answered the bell:
"Have you anything for the
dry-cleaner, this morning, dear?''
mo, my Own" was the reply,
"a previous city administration
has given this entire community
a dry-cleaning that will last for
fifty years"
Darling" POLITICALLY observed
Mrs. Diggenraik, "spring is about
here, and it is almist time to
sow Things"
my dear" replied Mr.. Digger
raik, "thc time to sew things is
when they need sewing"
"What do you mean?" cnquir-
ed Mrs. Diggenraik.
eff you will look at the lining
of my blue serge coat and at the
heels and toes Of some of ny
socks" replied Mr.. Diggenraik,
"you will get my big idea"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06
FIRST VISIT TO CITY

BURNS. Ore. April 6. (UP)-
L. C. Bradfield, who has raised
pure bred horses in southeastern
Oregon for more than so years,
had a thrill recently. He paid
his first visit to Portland, metro
polls of Oregon.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06
BIBLE THOUGHT
IN THE DARK

"uou, :. :, tina, We have no faith?" MARK 4:4o)
Two Christians were once speaking Of their ex-
periences, and one said, at is terribly hard TO
trust God and realize his hand in the dark pas
sapes of life" ''Wen, Brother" said the other
eff YOU cannot trust a man out OF your sight, ne
!, not worth much; and if you cannot trust God
in the dark it shows you do not trust him Mt all
Sunday School Times.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06

Sluefed II o II est
who won't steal
anything but an
election.
Why is it that
"a lady's slipper
sounds romantic
but t h a t "a
woman's shoe"
does not?
A Fl i e n d of
mine is so en-
amorad Of h i s
N,,,;sn +bS+ bn rn-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06
THE DEFLATION OF THE SCHOOL
SYSTEM


Hendersonville schools arc operating
this wear at around one-third the cost IN
the peak year of 1880. That looks like
deflation of the cost of public education.
It is deflation sufficient to cause the tr1enos
of the public schools to pause and take
stock.
The operating costs of the public schools
a few years ago were inflated. The lntla-
ton came with the boom and the accom-
panying rapid development of the school
system. School costs in the boom days
were not higher than other costs, not as
high as some others; but the schools could
have been operated at less expense IN
those days, and it is necessary that the
operating costs be less now; but rock bot
tom in school expenditures appears to
have been reached with the Hendersonvllle
costs at about one-third of the former peak
load. ..
Present conditions are highly satisfac-
tory to advocates of economy-and more
econOmy-in the operation of the schools
They point to the fact that the expense
account has been cut two-thirds and the
schools are still open-proving that their
theories are correct-and the argument
probably, preliminary to drive for addl-
tional cuts in expenses.
However, there are certain facts I'm con-
nection with present operations OF the
schools, here and throughout the state
which cannot be ignored. One fact is that
school teachers compose the foremost un-
der-paid class of citizens OF North caro-
lima. When everything is taken into con-
sideration, it is clear that school teachers
receive less for their services than any
other class of workers.
Another fact--as it relates tc the Hen
Jacksonville schools-is that our public
schools are still open and going, for which
the friends of public education are thank
full, but it is we'll known that the present
school system is not much more than the
skeleton of the school system at its best.
Salaries of teachers and all other costs
have been cut to the limit and the system
has been pared and curtailed and restrict
Gu III q way IHdL "Oulu HUI nave USSlA
thought possible few years ago. The ne
cessity for doing what has been done is
evident, and this newspaper is not claim
ing that it was possible to do otherwise {;
but The Times-News emphatically believes
that the time has come to stop the defla-
ton of the public school system and to be-
gin now the difficult climb back to better
conditions.
In school system that is State support
ed and controlled, Hendersonville, of
course, is in a position similar to nearly
all the other school districts of North Car
DINA, and what this newspaper is saying
is applicable to the others. One of the
next Legislatures largest and most serious
problems will be public education. In vot-
ing for representatives and State senators,
the people should keep this fact in view
ALegislature composed of majority OF
men opposed to public school education
or indifferent to it, or willing to sacrifice
the school system for the road system OF
other material considerations, will abso
Iutely wreck the North Carolina school sys
tenn in 1885.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06
Buried in Salt

The oceans contain enough salt
to cover the United States with q
layer more than n mile and a half
thick.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06

Nv idea of lost motion is the
average court room in action.
Each week. we have one day
of rest and six days Of wrest.
In some circles. g man is con-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06

Mats made of canes or reeds are being tried as
foundations for roads in one low section of Hol-
land where lack of enduring road beds has been
serious problem.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06

President Roosevelt has arranged to, plant SO :.
GOO trees of Is different species on his Hyde Park
estate in New York this summer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06

One of the roads on the island of Crete was
built about 1900 B. c., but still is good enough
for an automobile to run at 60 miles an hour, ar.
cording to a Michigan professor.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06

The U. S. Patent Office is beginning to
make money, which is more than can be
said for many of the inventions listed
sst9eHre9 u. ~.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-06
Answers to Previous Question.

Answers to Previous Questions
TILE first white bear to visit
America came all the way
from Greenland. and was shipped
to London after being exhibited
here. Calling obtained U. S.
patent for his machine gun on
Nov. q. 1862. 1t was able to fire
$50 shots a minute. Tie; Massa-
ch'isetts General Court granted
Edward Rawson 500 acres of land
for the erection of the first gun.
powder mill
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-28

r. the Townsend plan. In a spirit OF SYM
nathv for many of the countrys aged pe"-
nle who have been made to believe that
the Townsend plan will become the law OF
the land and go into operation IN less than
thirty days after Congress meets, we nave
nrinted some matter that was designed 10
nranare those who are readers OF TINS
newsnaper for the disappointment when
Is inevitable. That is certainly as lar as
The Times-News has gone in opposing the
Townsend plan.
The opinion of The Times-NeWs IS that
tho next Congress, or a Congress at some
time in the future, may tackle the old-age
nnnsion problem; or it may be that the
national legislature will leave the problem
entirely in the hands of State legislators
for future consideration and disposal i'll
which case it will be many years before
all of the States enact old-age pension
laws; and any old-age pension system SET
m by the federal government-Or systems
formulated by the StateS-will not go the
lengths proposed by DR.. Townsend; and'
no matter what system is finally adopted
# will not introduce the millennium INTO
the limited States of America or transform
this country into a Garden OF Eden.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-28
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
ppopAcANpA AND PUBLIC OWNERSHIP

To The Christian Science Monitor:
7 have been subscriber and reader OF the
Monitor for number of years. In your issue Oh
November 10 l read carefully two articles IRON
vour staff correspondent, indicating much symp"-
thv with the IVA proposition. Your editorial OIL
the same day seemed more reasonable.
Much has been said of propaganda put forth oy
the public utilities in defending themselves from
nolitical attack but can anything on that llhe
onuaI the pubicity that the President and his adj
visors are making in favor of public ownership !:
Referring to Mr.. Canhams letter, in the wall
Street Journal of November 20, is an interview
with Mr. Wilkie. president of the Commonwealth
and Southern Corporation, in which are set forth
statements which I would very much like to have
honestly answered by the proponents of public
ownership. offering in evidence details as to book
keeping basis and methods.
have yet to see any line of business handled
as economically and proftaby by the government
as bv individuals when the government bookkeep-
ing systems were properly audited and honest COM
parsons made.
A fair example is the recent statement put out
bv the Postmaster General that the Post Office De
partment is showing profit of about S12,OOO,OO0.
Other statements are that if the comparison were
honestly based. the department would be from
$50 900, 900 to $4OOOO,OOO in the red
My observation is that government propaganda
is as deliberately dishonest that put out by prl-
vate sources, and many people believe without any
doubt that the government must be infallibe. They
do not realize that many statements are made by
low-grade officials, although perhaps Endorsed by
some chief without careful thought.
The nursery business, with which l am conect-
ed, has suffered by such untruthful and misleading
attacks.
Even were statements correct as to Tupelo, Mis-
sissippi, the operation in a town of 5000 popula-
ton is not large enough to warrant its use as 4
yardstck.
I presume the truth is to be found somewhere
between Roosevelt and Wilkie.
Rochester, n Y. w. P.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-28
THEY GOT HIM
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

try when the federal government
decided to clean out the criminal
hordes and the organized banditry
that have plagued and pillaged
this country mercilessly.
Department Of justice agents
have a list of six thousand more
public Notwithstanding crimi-
nals-that they are going to get.
Think of it, six thousand evil men
with their minds and hands set
against the peace and safety of
the citizenry!
1t is great job the federal gov
eminent has undertaken for US,
noble project. If they will carry
it through to its completion, as
, they undoubtedly will, crime will
! become as rare in the United
States as it is in other countries
whose governments do not coun-
tenance crime.
There is a certain type Of man
who is not only immoral but I'M
moral. He will without qualm
do anything no matter how out
raegous, how devilish. He seems
to be entirely without a con-
science, and without the percep-
ton to distinguish between right
and wrong. He will go just as far
as he dares. But one thing will
restrain him-fear. Let him know
the fear of law; let him under
stand that retributive justice will
pursue him relentlessly to the bit
ter end and he will be good not
because he wants to be good OF
likes to be good, but because he is
afraid not to be good.
We should value honor and re-
ward the men who are willing to
undertake and accomplish the Vi
tally important work of making
the criminally-inclined. the unmor-
ally-minded, afraid not to be good.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-28
Latest Offer By
Libby Holman Is
Bitterly0pposed
Anne Cannon Reynolds
People Unsympathetic to
Settlement Idea

WINSTON-SALEM, Dec. 28.-
(UP).-Libby Holman, attempt
ing to find shortcut to settle
ment of the Z. Smith Reynolds eS-
tate, yesterday agreed to a &c.
100000 portion for her infant
son, Christopher Smith Reynolds.
The agreement yesterday came
in answer to a proposed settle
ment formulated by surviving
brothers and sisters Of z. Smith
Reynolds, allowing approximately
$9,OO0,000 to Christopher's half
sister, Anne Cannon Reynolds II !;
$6.000,00O to Christopher; 3d.
100000 to benevolent trust
fund, S75O,00O to Libby, and the
remainder to the State Of North
Carolina as inheritance tax.
Robert c. Vaughn, getting as
next friend of Christopher, filed
the answer in Forsyth county su-
perior court. The acceptance was
with the approval and consent OF
Mrs. Elizabeth Holman Reynolds,
who is the mother and natural
guardian" Of Christopher.
Vaughn said the compromise
was accepted because of the long
and tedious and expensive iitiga-
ton that could result from the
actual trial and final determina-
ton of the trust estate by law
and issues of fact.
Charges filed by Anne Cannon
Reynolds-Smith, first wife Of l..
Smith Reynolds, that her divorce
from and Libby's subsequent. mar
riage to the young tobacco heir
were illegal, and that Christopher
is therefore not a legal heir Of
young Reynolds, was unanswered
by Vaughn.
Libby will probably answer all
such charges in a petition to be
filed later by her attorneys, Benet
Polikoff and William Graves.
In case the court refuses to ac-
cept the proposed term of settle
,ment, agreed to in yesterdays
answer, Vaughn requested that
Libby's compromise agreement
not be used to prevent Christie
piers claiming a larger share of
his fathers estate.
Although the proposed settle
ment has met the approval of
Christopher's guardians, those Of
Anne Reynolds II appeared far
from agreement.
The Cabarrus Bank and Trust
Co., co-guardians Of Anne, have
accepted the proposal, but Anne s
mother and maternal grandmoth-
er, also co-guardians, have eX-
pressed bitter opposition to it.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-28
Liquor Import
Permits Not Used
.Racketeers Obtain Many
for Resale at Profit

WASHINGTON, Dec. %. (UP)
In the chaotic rush into the legiti-
mate liquor business following re-
peal, small-time racketeers OBJ
tanned import permits without any
intention of importing liquor, the
Federal Alcohol Control admins
tration revealed last night.
Their only motive, the admin
istration said. was the hope that
they could sell the permits for a
profit. Some did no busin, SIS.
Some even had no mail address,
aGd letters from the adn>inistra-
lion inquiring why reports had not
been filed were returned by the
post office.
These facts were made public in
connection with the revocation of
A liquor permits held by import
ers, distillers, and rectifiers.
Before prohibition, the FACA
said, about 60 firms had permits
to import liquor. Since repeal,
permits have been issued to be-
! tween 1900 and 1900 importers.
Many of those who lost their
permits were penalized because of