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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-14
GOLD PRICE Is
BOOM TO RAND
Old Workings Reopened IN
Area Producing Halt
Of Worlds Supply
B. H. J.. PERCY
United Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, Feb. Il. tuP).-
President Roosevelt's dollar pol
lev has caused boom in gold.
It's bringing prosperity to South
Africa. the worlds largest gold
producing country.
Only few years ago the Rand
goldfields were threatened with
extinction. The official estimate
was that in 1913 the gold output
would be 2G,000,000 pounds
less than half the present output
and that in 194S it would be
only 100000 pounds.
Gold was then about 81 shll-
lings an ounce, and at that price,
the companies could work only
the richest gold-bearing ore. The
sterling price increased when
Britain suspended the gold stand
ard. A few hours after Presl-
dent Roosevelt announced his
policy early in January. it scared
to 131 shillings and nine pence
an ounce. Vast quantities of low
grade ore can be mined at pres
ent prices.
The mines are now making rec
ord profits. Already the govern
ment of South Africa has taken
over 100000 in excess profits
tax. The shares for which so du-
bious a, future was prophesled,
are now fought over by wildly
excited johannesburg brokers.
The old Rand is already one Of
the wonders Of the world. For
SO miles its gold-producing apa-
ratus sprawls over countryside
that so years ago was treeless
veidt. Every second of the year
a ton of rock is crushed in its
mills. In one day it produces
$4,000 fine ounces Of gold, worth
at par $4,000. \ Night and day
$4,000 Europeans and 100000
natives are working there.
One of the mines, the Robin
son Deep. is the deepest in the
world. Men and machines have
burrowed more than 500 feet be-
meath the surface, and, they are
still going down.
Six-foot fans keep the tempera-
ture at the lowest depths down
to about 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
but it has been established that
a native laborer loses five pounds
in weight during his shift, and
regains it before he starts again.
Above ground the most spectac-
ular features are the great sand
dumps, ''the Alps of the Rand"
They are dotted all over the
n1inafields, dazzling white, six
million tons of sand. residue of
the crushed and acknowledgement
ed rock. In the early days they
caused binding sandstorms. To-
day they are treated with binding
substances, including molasses,
and vegetation is growing on
tlrem. Recently it was suggested
that the top of one should be
used as A sports-field.
Out Of the $4,000, 900 worth
Of cold produced by the Rand. at
least 750,009,00e pounds has
beer spent on machinery, explo-
sives. coal and the other require
ments for working the mines.
Today South Africa produces
more than half the worlds output
of geld. The Doorer mines, the !
Cirderellss of the goId-fieId. with
large accumuIations of low-grade
ore, find hope Of new life now in |
the increased price.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-14
PLAN'NATURE CEMETFp,

LYNNFIELD, Mas. G.p
a back-to-nature ceua,ar~ =
the dead would rest in ,;... -
ed, monumentless graves. 10. -
established here on the ca. |. /.
wealthy Edith Pierce.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-14
A FUNNY THING, LIFE
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

Say. Steve" said Pete, "where
are you going 10 he this after
noon at ) o'clock? want to pay
YOU that money | owe you"
Il don's know where I'm gong
to be this afternoon at o'clock,
answered Pete; and he walked on.
why didn't you tell him where
you are going to be-" Steve was
asked by a friend who was ac-
companying him, so he could
pay you the money!"
He didn't want to know where
| was going to be so he could pay
me that money" replied Steve.
HE knows he is going to have
some money at 5 o'clock this aft
ernoon, and he only wanted to
know where I'll be at that time,
so he could know where not to be
at that time. If he doesn't know
where I'm going to be at D
o'clock, l may accidentally run
onto him and collect from him.
He: Modern progress is about
TO ruin Santa Claus. They've got
him going around in an airplane
now
She: He can make faster time
that way,
He: Does he make any faster
time than he did with his rein
deer"
Imagination knows neither time
nor space.
The man who harborS spite
against another is like a man who
would keep a colony of ants in
his clothes that they might per-
chance bite his enemy.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-14

was CONSIDERED
good policy and
good politics TO
give a part to
Percy SnooZer,
son Of the presi-
dent of the Bank
and Trust COM
pany. He was as
assigned a role
in which he had
to walk across
the stage and, as
the report of a
gun was heard,
exclai NJ: "My
God. I'm shot
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-14
DRY ADVOCATE FOUND

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - (UP).
America can not expect prosper
ity until it is dry again, accord
ing to Edward Everett Blake,
Chicago urohibitionist. who said
in an address here that the spirit
of prohibition "is not dead, but
merely sleeping"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-14

A stakeholder of defunct New YORK
bank, sued for share of the loss, pIeaos
he was insane when he bought his stock
Now, there's man who's sane enough u
admit it.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-14
HoARDER ABANDoNs GOLD

SNOQUALAIE. Wash.-(UP).
Someone afraid Of the govern
meut drive agHfast gold hoarders
left q sack full OF gold coins
worth SfToo on the porch of OF
to Reinig, SaeAualmie postmaster.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-14

Frills and coors will brighten men S
clothes in 1884, say fashion designers since
the women have begun to wear them.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-14
SURE ENOUGH SHOT

A play was being put on, and
the cast was of local talent. 1t
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-14

STEVE KNEW PETE
Pete met Steve on the square.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-14
There Is no substitute for
newspaper advertising.
BEHIND TIE SCENES IN
ASEIlNlGTON!

What, I" Shoemaker had
shouted, "Of our immoral
dead?" ....
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
Film Teacher
Ford Employs Novel
Sales instruction.

R. A. Hayes, manager Of the
Indianapolis branch of the Ford
Motor Company, announces a new
type Of sales training course was
introduced last week at a sales
meeting held for about 200 of
Ford dealers and statesmen and
their wives.
The course employs the use of
a slide film protector with sound
equipment which is supplied to
the dealers, with new releases on
films and records each two weeks,
bringing out new methods Of mer-
chandising Ford cars.
This is one Of the most unique
methods Of training dealer Or
CARNATIONS ever employed, Ford
men say. Dealers also will use
these machines for group meet
ings, such as business clubs and
schools.
The series released for the first
meeting was devoted almost en-
tirely to bring out advantages
claimed for the Ford V-8 motor,
which is used in no other car
priced under $1,000.
At this meeting also was started
the Ford national salesmen's cash
prize contest, which will close
March 10.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
BACK HOME AGAIN

Stolen automobiles recovered by police
belong to:
Earl stumpf. 252 East Southern avenue.
Buick sedan, found near 252 East South
ern avenue.
f. A Glepde. R R, II. Box "a, Buick
sedan. found at Frankfort, Ind.
Howard Sellers @, West, Henry street;
United Cab No. 80 Plymouth sedan. found
in front OF 100 East St Clair street.
Ray Kirk 1345 West Ray street Chevro-
let coupe, found at Division and Ray
streets.
Hoosier Cab Company, Hoosier cab No.
ga found in the rear of sos North Capitol
avenue
The Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology spent $4,000 in learn
ing how to make the most nearly
perfect cup of coffee.
King crabs are not crabs and not
even crustaceans, but relatives OF
the spider.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
BANKS TOLD TO
PLACE SURPLUS
IN CORN LOANS
Investment Offers Desirable
Outlet for Reserves,
SAYS Mckinley.

Banks and trust companies were
advised today by Richard A. Nc
Kinley, director Of the state depart
ment Of financial institutions, to in
vest surplus funds in the federal
governments corn loans.
About 100000 in such loans
now are being made in Indiana
Mr. Mckinley sent the following
letter to bank officials:
This office has received many in
quiries in the last few weeks con-
corning desirable investments for
surplus funds of banks and trust
companies.
'Lieutenant-Govern NJ. Clifford
Townsend has just called our at
tention to the governments new
corn loan program Of making loans
to corn producers secured by corn
stored on the farm This type Of
loan appears to us to offer a desir-
able and profitable outlet for sur
plus funds
Under the terms Of lending pre-
scribed by the government, banks
desiring to carry this type of paper
as an investment may obtain by
writing the Commodity Credit Cor
poration, Washington, an executed
contract whereby the Commodity
Credit Corporation agrees to pur-
chase this paper at any time prior
to July /, 1884.
"As you no doubt already know,
the loans may be made up to 45c
per bushel for eligible corn stored
and the rate is I per cent. AS a
very liquid secondary reserve, this
type of paper would have few equals
Therefore, if you are interested
in this program either from the
standpoint of an investment or from
the standpoint of furthering the
governments corn loan program,
write to the Commodity Credit Cor
poration in Washington, D. c.. for
further information"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
ANCIENT KIDNAP
STORY SPIKED
William Penn Tale Not So,
Is Claim; Document
Branded Hoax.

By JHlted Press
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2l-The
recent wave of abductions through
out the country has revived inter-
est in the legendary tale relating
the contemplated kidnapping of Will
liam Penn in 1882
But DR.. Albert Cook Myers, fore
most William Penn authority, de-
scribes the tale as a myth without
basis of fact.
The story had its inception in
1870, when a Pennsylvania news
paper published a letter purpOrting
to have been written by Cotton
Mather, famous Puritan clergyman.
The letter was dated September ye
Is, 1852" and was addressed to Eye
aged and beloved Mr. John Higgin-
SON."
The letter said, There is now at
sea a ship called the Welcome,
which has on board an hundred or
more of the heretics and malignants
called Quakers. w. Penn, who is
the chief scamp, at the head of
them
THE general court has according
ly given secret orders to way
lay the said Welcome and to
make captive the said Penn and his
ungodly crew"
The letter recommended selling
the hole lot to Barbados where
slaves fetch good prices in rum and
sugar"
DR.. Myers points out that the
word scamp" was unknown until
long after 1852 and that Cotton
Mather was but 10 years old when
the letter was said to have been
written. He points out further, that
James F. Skunk, whose newspaper,
the Argus, printed the letter, admit
ted later that the document was a
hoax.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
Whitney Straight May Be
Entry in Speedway Race
American Driver Who Won
Fame in England Gets
Contest Permit.

By ines special
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-Many
are the stories of the small town
lads who thumbed their way across
the nation to years later return as
the local boy who made good in
the big city"
But Whitney Straight crossed an
ocean to foreign soil to make good
in the automobile racing sport. And
now, several years later, he plans
to return to his native America as
one Of EurOpe'S greatest drivers.
When drums beat and bugles
blare next Memorial day, Straight
in all possibilities viii be in the
lineup of starters in the famous
50O-mile automobile race classic at
Indianapolis, for Whitney has just
received from the contest board Of
the American Automobile ASsOcia-
ton here credentials to drive in
American competition.
And" says Captain Eddie Rick
enbacker, chairman of the board,
"his drivers license and other nee
essary credentials will be sent i'm
mediately" to the American driver
who went to London, England, to
make good in the speedway sport.
Why Straight turned his exhaust
pipe on American racing courses to
teach the foreign sportSmen of gaso-
line alley few new tricks remains
a mystery to his friends in this
Country, except for the deduction
that they conduct the auto racing
sport in a different manner over
there.
In America, racing teams are pri-
vate enterprises of a cash and
carry" nature without benefit of a
corp of secretaries, auditors and
what not. But in London, Straight,
with the aid of his wealth, found
opportunity to turn his racing in
terests into the big business he had
always planned So he formed a
company, rented offices and today
on the door Of a preteptious suite in
a prominent London building can
be found the lettering whitney
Straight, Limited" And behind the
glass door is carried on a business of
automobile racing, the management
of a team of headline drivers and
fast automobiles.
What Straight plans to do in his
native America now that he has
captured many laurels over there, is
yet to be revealed. For he just
might be planning his homecoming
to teach his fellow countrynen a
few tricks Of the business end of
automobile racing-especially if he
is successful at Indianapolis May 30.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
ADVERTISING OF
PURE OIL SETS
NEW HIGH MARK
Expense Record Books to
Be Distributed in
Spring Drive.

officials Of the Pure oil Company
have testified 10 their confidence in
the return Of better business condi-
tons by announcing the largest
spring advertising program in the
companys history.
This campaign. unique IN that il
Is tailOr-made for each sales terri
tory in the thirty-tyo states in
which Pure OIL operates, has been
hailed by advertising men as a radi-
cal departure from the old type Of
national advertising
A special feature Of this campaign
is an expense record book, which
VIII be offered 20 every interested
motOrist through newspapers. This
book includes not only space for the
recording of all car expenditures
throughout the year. but also tWen-
ty pages Of practical advice to the
mOtoTist.
We know the public is interested
in the facts" comments A. j. COCh-
ran. district manager III the Indi-
annapolis territory. Sincerity and
helpfulness are the two cardinal
virtues of all product advertising.
and careful economy is the watch
word of this new era in business.
How many motorists know, for ex-
ample. that ten cold motor startings
use UP as much gasoline as four
miles Of ordinary driving? Or that
the temperature in the combustion
chambers frequently reach $500 de-
grees? This fact explains Why heat
resisting motor oils are so vitality
important
And do motorists know that their
batteries deliver only so per cent Of
their capacity in cold weather, or
that driving at thirty miles per hour
is several times more economical
than at sixty? Have they any idea
how easily their cars may be ruined
by incorrect lubricants III their
spring shackleS, or their free-Wheel-
ing units, not to say any part of
their cars?
Have they ever stopped to figure
out how much they are paying in
state and government gasoline
taxes? Because the car owner does
not generally think of these mat
ters. and because he will benefit by
this knowledge, we have sent out
hundreds Of thousands OF expense
record books. The mOtorist, we be-
heve, deserves a new deal "
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
Fire REPORTS

6:48 a. NJ. zoos East Riverside drive.
residence, $500
$50 a. m, Al East Legrande. residence.
8:48 a. m, 9O9 Blake. residence. $3.50.
11:12 a. m, 909 Blake, residence. small
loss
Ill p. NJ: Thirteenth and Roosevelt.
I:47 p m, Ii21 North Meridian. auto
laundry no loss.
4:33 p. H. 1908 North Tuxedo. store and
residence. considerable loss.
$50 p. m, Io48 South East. barber
sos p. NJ $50 South Meridian, iewelry
lo54 ,. m, Olney and Thirteenth, false
alarm.
T0:56 p. m. 1920 East Cornell. residence,
small loss.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
FILM DEPICTS
PROGRESS OF
AUTO MAKERS
General Motors Corporation
Picture Viewed by
City Group.

Representatives Of General Motors
Corporation held the sixteenth of
series Of shows before a large
audience Of their employees, dealers
and statesmen in the Murat temple
recently.
These shows are being put on in
all cities in the United States where
the company operates manufacture
ing or branch plants, and the meet
ing here was under the direct spOn-
sorship of the Chevrolet CONNER
cial body division of the corpora
ton.
The series is in celebration Of the
silver anniversary Of the corpora
tion and is intended to acquaint the
personnel with the growth and eX-
pansion of the corporation during
the last twenty-five years. Includ-
ing more than 1000 in attendance
at the indianapolis show, it was said
that a total of more than $4,000
persons had attended the shows.
Movies of Plants Shown
There were five films, showing
scenes at A Century OF Progress,
the G. M. c. research laboratory,
the Fisher Body Company, the Gen
eral Motors proving grounds, and
the actual manufacturing of the
cars. Music was provided by the
Chevrolet Commercial Body orches-
ira, and several vaudeville acts
completed the program.
The show here was in charge Of
H. F. Howard, manager of the Chew
rolet body division, who spoke
briefly of the history Of the COM
pany's activities in the city and of
the improvements made to the
property since it was acquired by
General Motors in 1880.
He also pointed out that While it
is not generally known, the division
here is one Of the city's leading in
dustries employing more than eleven
hundred persons and for some time
past the plant has been operated at
capacity.
Discusses Growth
w. G. Power, director of en-
ployeS relations for the corporation,
acted as master of ceremonies, and
told of the growth of the company
during the last twenty-five years,
and of its activities throughout the
world.
The Chevrolet commercial body
division produces in indianapolis all
of the commercial bodies used on
Chevrolet trucks sold throughout
the United States. Last year Chew
rolet sold more trucks by a wide
margin than any other truck manu-
facturer in the low priced field, and
this is significant of the fact that
Chevrolet's truck sales are in a field
that controls 95 per cent of the
trucks sold.
E. w. Berger, Chevrolet zone
manager, states that factories now
are running at maximum capacity
and also there are on record a
bank of more than 10000 preferred
orders that with the present pro-
duction scheduled orders now placed
will be filled in a short period of
time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
RECEIVES $4,000 GIFT
Present to Sir Malcolm Campbell
Result of Speed Record.

Sir Malcolm Campbell, who will
come to America again next August
for an attempt to break his world
land speed record Of 272 miles an
hour. receives an annual gift APP
proXimating $4,000. The donor is
Sir Charles Wakefield of England,
who established a fund in 1928 to
assure an honorarium at the rate
of 1000 English pounds a year, pay
able monthly, for each day during
which a drivers world record re-
mains unbeaten.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
TRUCK CAB is
Above ENGINE
General Motors introduces
Model Conforming to
Modern Trend.

A private showing Of. a cab-Over-
the-engine type Of medium and
heavy-duty motor truck was held at
the factory branch OF the General
Motors Truck Company at 81 West
Thirteenth street last week.
The host was H. J. Wasson, Lndi-
annapolis zone manager.
Pierre SchOn of the General
Motors Truck Company home office
staff, a nationally recognized au-
thOrity on transportation subjects,
discussed. the salient features and
construction of the models and gave
a short illustrated talk on THE
Trend of Motor Vehicles Legislation
and a New Deal in Transportation.
Advantages Shown
The advantages to be gained by
the use Of this type Of truck were
clearly shown. With shorter wheel
base. consequent Iessening OF over
all length, reduced turning radius
and practical weight distribution be-
tween front and rear axle, a much
greater pay load is possible-all
within the limits OF correct legis-
laitVe restrictions.
Driver comfort is enhanced by
wind tunnel cab cooling, ease OF
steering, gear shifting and braking.
Convenient accessibility is pro-
vided Tor both minor and major re-
pairs. Short wheelbaSe design per-
mits construction betterments such
as shorter drive shaft and more COM
pact braking mechanism.
Less garage space is also required.
1t solves to the greatest possible eX-
tent the difficulties encountered by
reason of congested traffic and mar
row streets, and is equally adj
vantageous under average or favor
able conditions.
Those in attendance manifested
great interest in the truck ana in
the remarks of the speaker. They
were impressed with the fact that
this type of vehicle seems to be in
line with the developments which
will be made in medium aid heavy
duty trucks to meet demands OF the
future.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
BLOWOUT MENACE CUT
Control Retained of New Bucks
With Half of Effort.

Actual tests at the General Mo-
tors proving grounds demonstrate
that in case OF blowout Of either
front or rear air cushion tires the
1884 Bucks can be kept under nor
NAL control with approximately
CHe-half the effort required with
conventonally sprung Buick cars
equipped with ordinary balloon tires.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
DECIDES LAW CAREER
THROUGH FLIP OF COIN
West Virginia Woman Thus Keeps
Intact Unusual Record.
BIZ United Press

BIZ JHlted Press
MORGANTOWN. w. Va, Feb %.
1t was a flip of a coin that per-
suaded TriXy Peters, a personal
friend of Ruth Bryan Owens. to
follow a legal careeT-and thereby
keep intact a record Of three gen
erations of lawyers in both the ma
ternaI and paternal branches Of her
family.
Miss Peters Of Blueheld, w. Va,
has been accorded highest honOrs
in the graduating class Of the COL
lege of law, West Virginia univer-
sity. She revealed that on her
graduation from Randolph Macon
college, her choice OF a career rest
ed between law and journalism. She
tipped a coin to decide which she
would choose.
She is president Of Kappa Beta
Pi, international legal organization
for women law students.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
Light Danger Reduced

Drivers of Terraplanes and Hud-
sons can dim the lights of cars
approaching from the rear. as well
as their own. A translucent rear
window curtain filters the glare
from lights from the rear, while
advising the driver Of the approach
of the other car.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
HOW OIL FILTER WORKS
Two Pounds of Dirt Collected in
5000 to 10000 Miles.

In 5000 to 10000 miles of driving
the oil filter removes as much as
two pounds Of dirt, sludge and other
foreign matter from the oil, thus
protecting bearings, piston rings,
piStons and cylinder walls.
It is important that the flltering
element of the oil filter be renewed
every 5000 to 10000 miles, as after
this mileage it becomes filled with
foreign matter taken from the oil
and ceases to function at highest
efficiency.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen
belong to:
Ed Davis. 1856 South Fourth street.
Beech Grove. md Ford sedan. 108-642.
from Fountain Square.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
PIumbinu Permits

| lures.
fixtures
Huber -Flaskamp, Southeastern and
State; six fixtures.
Huber FlaSkamp. Golden Hill Barnes
avenue eighteen fixtures
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21

Henry Ford set an unofficial world
auto speed record in the early
190Os, driving one mile in 80 2-5
seconds on ice.