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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-13
NEW CONSTITUTION is NEEDED

There are some people who think that anything
new is bad and some who are of the opinion that
any new thing is good. The truth is that neither
is right The value of an idea does not depend
upon whether it is new or old. Other tests must
be applied to estimate its Importance There are
persons who are opposing the adoption of new
constitution for North Carolina, some of whom
know next to nothing about it, mainly because it
is new; some others may favor it for the same
reason.
The constitution under which North Carolinians
have moved and lived and had their being for
long time, was adopted in 1858 when the much
abused carpet bag" government was in power.
And now we behold the strang spectacle of people
who would not hesitate to vigorous crticise the
carpetbaggers, defending their handiwork-the
State constitution It is true that the constitution
has been amended somewhat since 1868 but in the
main it is the same that it was at that time. It
is but fair to- say that the constitution we now
have is great improvement over the one that
preceded it. And at the time it is not per-
feet and same changes in it needed.
In 1914 ten amendments to the constitution
were submitted to the people and every solitary
one was defeated. Very few people give them any
study whatever and as they knew nothing about
them they-the voters-thought the best thing to
do was to vote against the amendments The same
thing may happen to the proposed new constitu-
ton which will be submitted to the electorate in
November" 1t is hardly fair though for a person
to oppose thing merely because he is ignorant
about it. The best thing to do is to inform him.
self as to the nature of the proposal to consult
those who do know something about it. Our opin-
ion is that the proposed new constitution, while
not perfect, will come nearer meeting the neces-
sites Of our people than the old one does and it
should be adopted.-Beaufort News. -... .-
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business generally is afraid borrow against the future it
normal times
NEVERTHELESS the Loans Industry operations hardly
under and they're bound help small industry
tain extent Some hardup firms least will benefit The theory
that many have been beeagueed by increased
The authorized loans RFC
100000 available through Federal Reserve designed
almost entirely for payrols and materials needed
shortof working capital whose appeals
been turned down by the banks. .fs.a.
red tape has held loans but RFC has made
industrial loans toang $4SS0O0
applications, mostly The Aug Federal
showed only $4,000 agency
The RFC always considered tough virtually
life away to get
function.
FOR industrial loan, either
regional Offices of the IL Reserve banks
member bank Loans from either agency
and must mature within five the prevailing
rate-usually between per
In where commercial banks
recent earning records the RIG is willing to lend
really good highly consideration
proposed loan will maintain
FC reduce excessive corporations
should foego dividends to stockholders while
government ALSO RIG grimly enough
guarantee the government against loss.
~ Copyright 1884 NEA Service 1naa sg, ss,ssssE
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NOT HE'LL, BUT
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

came to a neat but inferior COM
munity.
"Here," said the angel, Give
the souls whose behavior on earth
was merely good enough to get
them by"
"H'm," unused the new arrival,
mot so hot, not so hot" Then
frightening up he added, BY the
way, where am I going to hang
out?"
"That is your home we are in
front Of now" replied the angel
gravely, and he pointed to a neat
but insignificant shack.
WHAT" squawked the new ar
rival. would you put me in a
joint like that? l never lived in
such a place in my life. I always
had fine accommodations on earth.
l can't live here. The place is i'm
possible.
81 am sorry" replied the angel
firmly, "but> you will have TO. 1t
was the best we could do for you
with what you sent up here"
Despondently the new arrival
enquired, "And what kind of job
are you going to give me?"
Don't feel too discouraged
about this" said the angel sympa-
thetically, "but you are to be one
of the street cleaners until you
have demonstrated your fitness for
something better" The angel con-
tinued, "Here every soul is given
his correct level according to his
real worth. There are no artificial
standards. There is no political
or financial pull. The position you
occupied on earth was a false one.
You took advantage of your fell
low beings. You betrayed the
trust that was placed in you. You
misused the powers that were
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spirit was surprised to see, Seateu
on the veranda of a particularly
beautiful home, a former garden
er of his.
'Does he work here?" the new
arrival asked.
"That is his home," replied the
angel.
"How in the world did he ever
get a home like that?"
"He earned it," answered the
angel. "The fact is that through
his sincere, honest efforts on earth
he sent on ahead of him the ele-
ments of which his house is con-
structed."
"And why is he so richly
dressed?" was the next story.
Because he is one of the high
officials of this realm" explained
the angel.
The angel and the new arrival
continuing on their way, finally
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-13
MILLS RIVER CHURCH
LADIES IN SESSION

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Mills River Presbyterian church
met with Mrs. T. T. Carson, Of
Holly Springs community, Friday
afternoon, August 10, from 8 to
5 o'clock. The Bible study was
taken from the 9Th chapter of St.
Mark and conducted by Rev. W.
S. Hutchinson, pastor of the Mills
River Presbyterian church. The
program was led by Mrs. Barnett,
the topic for discussion being
Foreign Missions" Others on
the program were: Mrs. w. S.
Hutchinson, Mrs. Lewis Young and
Miss Dera Allison. All the ladies
enjoyed discussing the topic and
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given you. You had a golden OPP
portunity through unselfish serv-
ice to mankind to earn for your
self royal robes and a palace in
this glorious realm. But you chose
temporary worldly benefits instead
of eternal, spiritual rewards.
Service" observed the angel,
'is the yardstick of greatness"
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SsscIene guasGetses sMooIHER PERFoRma.,,

probably will be held =, D,
on a date to be annomco I'''
Features OF the show Ivy,
were between Mint ' a. !; /
River, and Prince of D
Grove, hghtwcights; IittIo;DDtaII
Mills River, and Martin ,, oS ~
Grove. light hcayywcigatt.. y 4
ham of Mills River, and ~ "a, y
Of Balsam Grove. T%5, n'at
and "Baby" Gagrc,f ' ~ I
River, and kid WeasoI'' -
sam Grove, foathcrwcigb,,o "
The Mills River fig5," .,' .
under the direction Of iion., :
Hunt, while the Trao oa,.'
county campers were tr,;s. "
Ed Smith Of GrccnyiIic" '' |.
known here.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-13
Pennsylvania Tax
Rate Unchanged;
81 s. Per Hundred

BREVARD, Aug. 13.-Transyl-
vania county's tax rate for the
year 1934-35 will remain at $1.55
on the one hundred valuation, ac-
cording to action taken by the
board of county commissioners in
meeting here the first of the week.
Practically two days were taken
up by the board in discussion of
the various departments of the
county government, every econo-
my possible being made by the
board in an effort to reduce the
rate.
Levy is set out in the budget
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-13
A LESSON IN BANKING WE MUST
NOT FORGET 1853
(By BRUCE CATION

That famous Senate banking committee
got most of its headlines several months
ago. It's story is an old story, by this time;
most of us, being humanity forgetful, recall
vaguely that midget sat in ]. P. Nor
~ cams lap, and feel somewhat muddled
~ about the rest of it. .
However, the committee is reporting its
interesting reading. There are some things
we ought not to- let ourselves forget;
among them the the disclosures made by
this committee about the ethical code
which prevailed among the money chang
8 ers during the recent boom days
= The committee tells what it found out
about investment bankers, for instance. 1t
uses such adjectives as ''scandalous' and
s. shocking" and tells of practices which
violated ''the most elementary principles
- of business ethics.
1t recites the sorry tale of the preferred
lists" by which the big boys let certain
!; public servants in on various good things;
and it adds dryly that "the bankers deny,
Aperhaps too vehemently, that they expe It
any direct consideration" from these ben
-efciaries of banking benevolence.
1t asserts that in floating bond issues the
bankers used high pressure methods,
pegged prices so that they could unload
before the bottom fell out of things, and
filled their prospeetusts with fragrant
Misrepresentation and concealnrents."
1t tells how foreign bonds were issued
helter-skelter, with the investors interests
{" completely overlooked, so that the Amer
, can public was induced to shoulder mot
only the huge indebtedness of foreign III
l. dustry, now substantially in default, but
also the Indebtedness of foreign govern
=, ments.'
And it adds, as final cracker that
many of the abuses in investment banking
arose from the incompetence, negligence,
responsibility, or cupidity of individuals
- in the profession"
All this, to be sure, is ancient history.
We heard it all at the time the committee
was taking testimony Why repeat it all
now?
Because it is an Indictment which we
must never forget. A few years ago these
money changers were posing as oraeles
and seers. They told us what men were
fit persons to run the country and what
men were not '' .T" ." '"
They made solemn announcements on
the issues Of the day, and advised US sage
" on governmental policies. We listened
to them respectfully, and did as they sug-
kested.
II we keep this whole story in mind, we
shah be less docile audience in the fu-
ture-- which will be very good thing for
!, us indeed! - s."
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The story is told of a man rich
in worldly goods and high in poll
tical power who departed this life,
as all of us must eventually do,
and presented himself at the Eter-
nal City. He was cordially well
coined and one of the angels was
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-13

banks have an exaggerated passion for liQuidity.
" But hopes that industrial loans would be an
important factor in revival have been dampened
because according to private advices from experts
here, it is generally true that firms which have
good credit can still borrow from banks. Some
banks are trying to push loans what they
consider good risks. Most complaints come from
folks the banks consider poor risks.
Uncle Sam isn't taking any risks or playing
Santa Claus, either, thousands of would-be
borrowers are finding out. Most of the applicants
so far have been ineligible for loans or without
sufficient collateral or prospects.
The open secret of the credit situation is that
business has no fundamental confidence in re-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-13
MISS BR00KSHlRE IS
INJURED IN Writ

Miss Ruth Brookshirc. d, :;
city, was painfully injured !, :
automobile wreck near C,rr
Thursday night. Her comDario,
were all unhuIt. Tie car trm,
over three times and he rec.iva
decorations on the head and boJ,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-13
WHAT OF REPEAL?

"Since repeal, arrests for drunkenness have in
creased 21.4 per cent in Boston, 55.5 per cent in
New York City, 9545 per cent in Los Angeles,
1855 per cent in Denver, and 1853 per cent in
Portland, Oregon."--News item.
Repeal was urged for the sake of temperance
and sanity. Above is sample dose.-Rock ELL
Is. c. Herald, ~
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detailed to show
him about the
place. The mar,
Or rather all that
was left of him.
his spirit was
taken first by the
angel to the most
pretentious sec
ton Of the Heav-
emily sphere. AS
the two passed
residence after
residence, t h e
n WHY arrived
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-13

a friendly social hour of playing
games.
Those present were: Mrs. w. s.
Hutchison, Mrs. Alec Barnett,
Mrs. Lewis Young, Mrs. Lille AL
len, Miss Daisy Murray, Miss Ber-
nice Hollingsworth, Miss Enva al
lison, and Miss Dera Allison. Rev.
w. S. Hutchinson was present for
the Bible study.
Lemonade and waters were
served as refreshments.
Next month the ladies are in
vited to meet with Mrs. Edward
Brown on Mills River.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-13

To anyone who will work it, says a
noted manufacturer, the soil offers real
living. But how can farmers in tht drouth
earea work it when they can't even eaten
it, with winds carrying their farms into
the next county, ! -
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-13

survey shows more than 100000 persons on
Uncle Sans payroll, which is quite big handicap
for the Republican party.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-13
BEHIND THE SCENES IN
ASEIIN!GTON.
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON at last being direct
w manufacturer but not with the widespread
belief that they're recovery panacea.
theory being held up
banks stupidity refused lend to risks
and medum-sed Industries has mOdicum Of truth
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Boxers OF z CCC
Camps Give First
OF Bout Series

Boxers of the Mills River and
Balsam Grove CCC camps began
q series of events Friday night with
eight matches at Balsam Grove,
the home boys winning five of
the events. The next exhibition
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-13

If ne drops cigarette butts on hotel rug, he is
getting even because he is afraid to drop ashes on
the rugs at home. 49,,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-13

1t is easy to recognize scum. 1t is always
offensive when it gets on. top.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-13

LE o. B. Fish, New Yorker, is fighting NRA
|. Drder. Won't bite, he says, making light of
Ashreats to close his feather business.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-13

The ridiculed Bible Belt may have its little
faults, but it dida't cause any of the mess we're
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BIBLE THOUGHT
DOES PRAYER BRING RAIN?

7. The withholding of rain was revealed to the
nropbets as a mark of divine indignation against
national sins. There are many intinasions OF TINS
in the scriptures:
IF We shall hearken unto My commandments
will give you the rain in his due season
take heed g. . that your heart be not deeefved'
and We turn aside and then the Lords wrath
be kindled against you, and He shut up the heaV-
en-, that there be no rain. (Deut lf:13-f7
{See also 1 Kings s:35-2 chron. 7:13-Jer.
3:3-Amos 4:7-Zeeh. 14:17).
CONDENSED from Sunday School Times editorial
July q, 1880.
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infnow,
Evening star., 1934-02-16

Crickets, beetles, scorpions, cutworms,
insect eggs and smaller animals they
have been able to outrun or outwit.
There are usually six babies in each
group, several sets of children being
born each year. Though the family
is q large one. there are so many
enemies that only few live to have
families Of their own.
In the Winter you will find the
grasshopper mice very portly. Even
their tails are swollen with q layer
Of fat. They do not store food, ap-
parently, and as far as is known,
make no provision for the Winter,
except by the storing of fat in their
own bodies, as most alternating
animals do.
AS they are not so numerous as to
make themselves too much Of a prob
lem, and they do destroy so many Of
our pests, the little grasshopper mouse
has been studied, but let alone. Some
investigators have even suggested
that these little fellows be introduced
into greenhouses. They are gentle
creatures and love to be petted. AS
they do not care for our clothing
and are only interested in the things
we wish to get rid Of, here is a chance
TO give the calling mouse an oppor-
tunity to help us.
(Copyright, 1e34)
Evening star., 1934-02-16
N AT u r E. S
CHILD r. E. n
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
Grasshopper Mouse.

n N ANY names has this little
NU mouse, among them the scor-
WI pion mouse and the calling
4 "A mouse. His family roams
the fields after dark, and In
Dakota, Missouri, Nebraska, Okla
homa and Texas. though small Of
stature. their presence is made known
by their activities.
These little night prowlers are
stout bodied, with small ears and
rather short tails. They are clothed
in grayish brown, with yellowish red
sides and a tan color on their under
meath parts, becoming white toward
the center. The feet and outside Of
forelegs are very white. The taper
ing tail is black above and white
underneath. The middle portion of
the ear is black.
Probably these mice are least de-
pendent upon vegetation among all
the mice. They have adapted them
selves to the vast fields and plains,
and their feet show that they are we'll
equipped for burrowing. There are
is species and subspecies to be found
in the United States.
These wee rodents are most inter-
esting. They are highly carnivorous
and insectivorous. II is possible they
have established homes, but they are
great travellers, and their wandering
traits lead one to believe they make
themselves at home wherever the
food supply appeals to them.
Traps are their undoing. You
never know when you are going to
find a frightened little grasshopper
mouse, huddled into one corner Of the
| trap when you inspect it. AS a rule,
other animals have made themselves
such a nuisance that trap has been
set for them. The badgers, kanga-
roo rats, ground squirrels and pocket
mice are some of them. These ami
mails have definite places of abode.
and so the traPper knows just where
to lie for them.
Old burrows belonging to the prairie
dog. the badger and others are fine
hiding places of insects, and with
out hesitation or discretion the
grasshopper mice enter these tunnels.
Sometimes they enlarge the tunnel of
! the scorpion and many have been
found in the gopher's hideout,
Its shrill whistle accounts for It's
| name of calling mouse. Just at dark,
| from the cover of a sagebush. the
| thin. fine note pierces the silence
Of the desert. 1t is a lonely call and
one is not sure that 1t Is to warn
another brother or to converse with
! him. Once you have heard it, you will
never mistake It for the call of any
| other animal.
The food Of the grasshopper mouse
Is a very varied one. Grasshoppers
are not the only insects they hunt.
| 'eRAssHopetR MOUSE.
Evening star., 1934-02-16

Vt HAS been estimated that the
earth possesses seven trllllon
(7O0O, 900 0O0,000) tons of coal,
4 enough to last the human race
for more than $500 years at the
present rate Of use.
Every. continent has coal fields, but
North America leads them all. The
United States, with a coal area Of
close to 335, 900 square miles. has half
of the known coal reserves of the
earth. Canada has known coal area
Of 10000 square miles.
Only a small part OF the coal re-
serve has been worked.
Coal is best known as fuel for stove
and furnace, but men have learned
to take an amazing number OF prod
ucts from it.
Coke is one Of the chief products
of soft coal. 1t is a solid substance
which is left after coal is burned in
an oven or retort The burning is not
complete, and the coke has high fuel
value. It is used for furnaces in
many mills, and also In private
homes. 1t does not smoke or give of
$40 IAAC way cOAb Wal NOCOs
In former times beehive ovens" ESQ
called because Of their shape) we're
common for turning soft coal into
coke. They still are in use, but coke
plants Of a different kind have taken
their place to a large extent. Mod
ern plants save gas, tar and other by
products.
A ton of soft coal can be made to
yield 1,425 pounds of coke. along with
| 10,500 cubic feet of gas, 7 gallons Of
tar, 212 gallons Of crude oil and 10
pounds of sulphate Of ammonia.
Gas obtained from coal is employed
for cooking and for lighting.
The ammonia can be used in elec-
trio refrigerators and in the making
Of fertilizer.
Benzol, product of oil taken from
coal, serves as a base for the fearful
explosive, TINT.
Coal tar Is Of extreme Importance.
1t yields dyes through which colors
are given to cloth and other articles.
It Is used in road building and in
roofing houses. Perfumes sometimes
have a coal tar product in them, and
the extremely sweet substance known
as "saccharine" also from coal tar.
Saccharine is said to be more than
800 times as sweet as sugar.
Thus we see that a ton Of soft coal
has the power to become many things
besides fuel
Lest We worry too much about peo-
pie who will live 1000 years from
Evening star., 1934-02-16
EVERYDAY PSYCHOLOGY
By DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.

In general pretty much alike. At
least along certain lines Of activity.
What is called habit will account for
most Of this common activity. Habits
are acquired forms Of behavior. When
they are completely formed you can't
tell them from what the older psychol-
ogiSts called native traits.
These common activities are so
common that we pay very little atten-
ton TO them. Do you know which
shoe you take on first at night2 Do
you know what you had for lunch
the day before yesterday? Do you
know how many times in a month
you depart from your usual route
home from work? These are some
of the common activities. Call them
habits If you will, but they are
always some modification of some
trait that Is still more basic-some-
thing that is native. One native trait
may be the basis for a dozen or a
hundred specific habits.
(Copyright, l934)