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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-04
NO SUBSTITUTE

North Carolina will be helped over its hard times
by the artificalites now being provided by the
federal government.
But North Carolina will not regain prosperity
and continue to hold it until it strengthens its own
native controls to that end.
In word there is no permanent substitution
for the qualities upon which human progress IS
based-individual thrift and industry, economy,
planning and sane adjustment of life to life's earn
ngs
Let us not be deuded at this point
Some of these times the government bounty will
be cut off. The specter of federal authority IN
every area of human activity will vanish.
Uncle Sam will not be in the fields controlling
production by telling farmer how many acres TO
the mule he can plant and what he can produce
on those acres.
He will not be in the factories instructing indus
triaIists when to close and reopen their plants,
what wages to pay their employees and upon WHAT
basis they shall be worked.
He will retire from the banking business, from
the retail stores, from the counting rooms and mar
ket places
Just as soon as the present methods which have
been called into play because Of crisis shall have
wrought their good ends and the American people
are able to stand on their feet Uncle Sam Will
leave them to strut for themselves That, at least
may well be hoped by by every American citizen
who has been taught to believe, along with Jefer-
son. that the least governed is the best governed
1t would be wise. therefore, to keep steadily IN
mind the age-old truth that individual initiative
and thrift and enterprise are the essential elements
of personal wel-being rather than governmental
props-C Charlotte Observer.
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while the valuesof property confscated, which Was
being used Illegally estimated at $229,3O2,-
4649O.
Which represents total revenue of something
more than three hundred million dollars while the
total expenditures were $128,810,291.40.
There were other costs during the IA years Of
prohibition which cannot be passed over so lightly
as the one hundred and twenty-eght million dol
lars Ninety-two federal officers killed in the
line Of duty.
But even here the law-breakers got the worst o.
it, I7S Of them were killed by federal officers.
We are not offering this as proof of anything,
but it is something to think about-The Rock Hill
Is. c. Herald.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-04
THE LICENSE CURE

Governor Ehringhaus has become thoroughly
aroused over the number of deaths and injuries
caused by automobiles in this state every month.
In November alone 105 persons were killed and
E27 injured in automobiles, record, according to
the governor. which equals that of and
amounts to a public scandal and disgrace He has
ordered the highway patrol to declare on reck-
less and drunken drivers, and the head of the pa
troll has announced that it viii be up to the judges
to give fit punishment, for members of the patro!
will carry such drivers before the judges.
The patrol can do some very effective work. but
it will be hampered considerably by the fact that
there is no way of handling the problem in salts
factory manner. reckless driver may be brought
to court and fined but there is no assurance that
he will not do the same thing again soon as he
gets behind the wheel. Of course, the man who be-
comes involved in a serious wreck may be sufi-
GENTLY punished. but that does not prevent the
wrecks and the deaths. What we need is a preven-
tative rather than cure.
j. Paul Leonard, former executive secretary Of
the North Carolina Merchants Association, in a
recent letter to the governor suggests that the
problem can be solved by having the legislature
pass law requiring drivers licenses Mr.. Leonard
cites the fact that he lived in New York state for
period of three years and during that time he saw
fewer auto accidents than he does in this state on
one single trip of several hundred miles He at
tributes careful driving in New York to the fact
that drivers do not relish the idea of losing their
licenses for period of year more.
At the rate which people being killed IN
North Carolina it is positively dangerous to get
out on the highways. The citizenship of the state
should demand that the legislature pass drivers
license law during its next session, and this news
paper pledges itself to keep the matter before its
readers constantly. The candidates for the legisH
ture this fall should be pledged to the support OF
such law-Albemarle News and Press.
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MOUNT MORlAH

NOIrNT MORlAH, Jan. L
Mr. ond Ms. Clarence Laughter
and Tunior and Mrs. ". +. Max
am ni, rnre guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
+ |. Hill Sunday. o,
d. NJ n, Berry Laughter and son;
william, were guests of Nh. ana
Mrs, w. f. Hill Sunday,
" Mr. and Mrs. J. c. Dalton en-
4o,tained last Wednesday with a
corn rC shocking and a feast at
noon A large crowd was preSenI
and two cribs Of corn were musk
ca: Mr.. and Mrs. Sturgeon Gilbert
moved from this community 10
Point Lookout Saturday
Rev. and Mrs. Drye visited Il
number of homes here during the
holidays. .,,
interesting program was hela
here on Christmas eve night. a
large crowd attended and a spien-
did Christmas spirit was witness
ed.
Christmas holidays passed very
mIietlv and due to the warm
weather tho hunters had very lit
tie success :.
School opened after the hoh-
DAYS and all Of the teachers were
back at work again after their
pleasant vacation.
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BIG WILLOW

BIG WILLOW, Jan. "A nice
Christmas program and Christ
mas tree was held at BeuIah
church Christmas night. The pro-
gram was in charge Of Mrs F. NJ.
Higgins and was we'll rendered
by the small children and some
interesting talks were given by
the pastor, Rev. A. L. Edney, and
Rev. J. f. Blythe.
Wedding bells rang in this
community for Christmas. The
announcement of the wedding of
Linell Higgins to Miss Evelyn
Dalton on November II and that
of Miss Addie Corn to Edgar
Garren on December p was
made then. Friends in this COM
munity wish them all a happy
married life.
Beulah Sunday school elected
new officers last Sunday for the
coming year. J. /. Higgins was.
elected superintendent; J. +. WI
liams. assistant superintendent;
J. w. Cantrell, secretary ami
treasurer; Junius Higgins, Choir.
lister, and Mrs. Carrie Drake, Or
ganist. Mrs. ID. d. SeaDcy any.
children of StOney Mountain,
spent last Friday night with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. A.
Mrs. J. W. CantreiI spent last
Sunday night in Hendersonvillc
with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Higgins.
Miss Marian Williams, student
of Mars Hill college, who has
been spending The Christmas Holt
days with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. &. Williams, returned to
school Tuesday.
JuniuS Higgins and Walter
Gale and Miss Marcia Higgins
visited Miss Ira RushtOn last
Monday night.
Miss Rose Blythe has returned
to her work in PclZer, S. G., aft
er weeks visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. V. Blythe.
Rev. and Mrs. c. b. Holdings
worth and children of Pleasant
Grove were dinner guests of M.
and Mrs. Sol Cantrell Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. +. Carley had
as visitors Sunday from Green
wood, S. c., Mrs. Carley's father
and brother. Mr.. Morrow.
Miss Oleta Higgins is spending
the week in HenderSOnville with
her niece, Velma Higgins. who
has undergone an operation for
tonsils at the Patton Memorial
hosDital.
Mrs. Robert Drake and dauGh-
ter Jewell, is spending some time
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-04
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
yEA Service staff Correspondent

TEA Service staff Correspondent
JVTASHINGTON.-Congress - a
w fuzzy, stubby, bewhiskered
old gent, according TO cartoon
ists-soon may appear as hero
galloping 70 n maiden's rescue.
White Russians, relics OF deca-
dent Carbon, will figure as the
maiden. Hundreds of them have
been in distress since Roosevelt'S
recognition of the Soviet made
:. them doportable. They say their
return to Russia would mean
death.
Humane administration officials
won't bundle those folks Off. In
stead they'll probably ask Con-
gress to lcgalize their presence
here.
immigration Commissioner Dan
iel W. MacCormack quietly IS
studying the problem - wA.ch
everyone here admits it is. About
a thousand deportation warrants
are outstanding against Russians.
OuIy lack OF diplomatic rela-
tions between the two countries
heretofore kept them from Being
enforced. Fewer than a hundred
Of the deportables are Commu-
niSts.
This administration makes no
bones about its adherence to the
old policy Of not turning back pO-
litical and religious refugees.
81 =
A GUESSIN c game usually
- starts when elderly Speaker
Henry 7. Rainey makes a sensa-
tional public pronounccment. The
point is TO guess whether he takes
his cue from the White House.
Sometimes he does and sometimes
lie doesn't.
But you can be sure lie reflected
a Roosevelt viewpoint when he
slammed at the meat packers.
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THE TAG WAR

The automobile tag war goes merrlly ou'
Down in Charlotte it has been referred 10
IN the prcss as ''the tag rebellion so great
is the opposition to changing tags promptly
on the first day of the year. The contro-
versv is raging with more or less tlerceneSS
ON many fronts throughout the State Some
are supporting the State administration
position in the fight and some are opposing
if, There is, no doubt, room for arguments
on both sides.
It is a fact known to both sides to the
controversy. probably, that majority ct
the people who do not purchase tags
promptly hold off for financial reasons,
They do not have the necessary cash. On
the other. hand, there are some motor We
icle owners who will delay tagging indetl-
nitely, regardless of their financial condi-
ton, if given q little latitude in the matter.
The tag law is like all other laws. There
are people who are disposed to violate It,
and others who are determined to break 1t
by some hook or crook. Enforcement OF
the law is necessary. It is not self-enforc-
ing,
The ,common-sense way to enforce the
tag law is 10 insist that motor vehicle own
ers shall buy new tags with reasonable
pronptness, keeping in view the fact that
the law requires a change the first OF eacn
yerr,--or-that they shall not operate cars
without the new tags after the first OF the
year. Some people buy and use new tags
before the end of the year. Cars were seen
here Bearing 1884 tags two or three weeks
before. the end of last year. The majority
purchased tags before January 1St. These
two classes probably would not raise OBJ
jectiOns if some persons in financial diff
culties were given a few days of grace aft
er the end of the old year; but that does
not change the law or the fact that tag
changing time is January 1st
A matter of far greater Importance to
the people than the present controversy as
to the strict enforcement of the license law,
is the fact that automobile licenses cost too
much in North Carolina. The prices for
tags should be lowered. If cut in half the
1IIClIOu dUOuI Tag OuS my NOulu US UG-
creased, tags would be purchased more
promptly, the number of cars taken off the
roads around the first of the year would be
decreased, and the State would probably
have as much revenue at the end of the
year as it now collects. The revenue would
come through the gasoline tax by keeping
all motor vehicles running every day in the
year.
The next session of the Legislature can
do the State great service by lowering
automobile license taxes and, probably, BY
making other changes in the law that are
justified in business experience.
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NEWSPAPERS. OPINIONS
PROHIBITION COSTS AND PROFITS

Now thak&he prohibition is off the boards, that
moot question whether it was profitable to the
country, .aT an expensive experiment, can be CON
sidered dispasSionately, if indeed anything con-
neeted With the problems of the use the traffic
in liquor can be so considered by anybody.
It will probably be surprising to most people tc
learn that, according to figures compiled by the
Department sef Justice in Washington, prohibition
at least paid for itself during the time it being
tried OUT y
The departments figures show that total Of
$50, 337, O1277 in fines was imposed and collected
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-04

in Grcenville, S. c., visiting Mr.,
and Mrs. Otis Huggins.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. !. Orr Of
Jones Gap, visited at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Drake last
week.
Friends in this community were
sorry to hear Of Albert Gibbs OF
Ciab Greek getting accidentIy
shot on Christmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William CantreII
who have been vow iii are im.
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HE KNOWETH
the way that | take" Cob 23:lo''

Do look into the future? Is there much Oh u''-
certainty and mystery hanging over II. lrOS' ii','
All is marked out for me. Dangers VIII DC ~
hewildering mazcs will reveal themselves ~
terIaced and interviewed with mercy. lie ie"'9
sometimes darkIy. sometimes sorrowtuLy, most ire
quentIy by cross and cireuitous ways we oufSei'IS
would not have chosen; but ALWAYS wisely AL
WAYS tenderly.-Dr J. Il. MacDuH'
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There Is no substitute fD'
newspaper advertising.
BEHIND THE SCENES IN
WA -IINl7TO.>NI>>!

Roosevelt won't Commander the
plants and operate them" as
Rainey suggests, but the packers
are very definitely in his bad
books and he feels he may have
to license them under tn Agri-
cultural Adjustment Act.
MUST we decentralize CUR wealth
VI and cities or so the way Of
Rome? Secretary Henry 4. Wal
lace OF the Department Of Agri-
culture has studied carefully the
theory that intensive INFLAMMATION
and a rural slavocracy means ruin.
He frequently mentions =.
The history of civilization is a
Wallace hobby. The secretary Las
taken a special interest in Indian
civilization. His curiosity is to
know what makes civilizations
tick, what makes them die, and
the impulses that move them.
Wallace himself wrote the
speech he made to the Federal
Council of Churches. You mag
have noticed that he linked the
Protestant Reformation theory
the Darwinian theory of the SUI.
yival Of the !ittest, and the Man.
chester school Of economics
theory il his discussion Of the
position of the individual.
As an old-fashioned Democrat
-A Secretary Of Commerce Oar
Roper doesn't mind a left-handed
slap at a Republican cabinet
member now and then. He took
one at Secretary Of the Interior.
Public Works Administrator Harold
Ickes at n cabinet meeting, when
he urged allotment OF. $25N,000,-
900 Of the remaining $200,000,-
600 of public works money to the
Civil Works administration. Ickes
managed to squelch the idea.
Copyright 1884, NEA Service. Inc.D
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-04
HISTORIAN DIES

PARIS. Jan. l.-(UP).-Picr-
re de Ia Gorge, ST, famous ms,
torian Of the Second Empire and
the Second Republic and bog
rapher Of Louis XVIII and Ch2S.
X. died died here yesterday. lie
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proving slowly.
Rev. and Mrs. Arnold Edncy
were supper guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. = a. Drake Christmas
night.
Mis-. Otis Garrcn and little son,
Dickcy OF Hendersonville, spent
q few days last week visiting her
grandmother, Mrs. S. \. Mace.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-04

Rulers of nations don't say it, of course. The
just think it. eve can't tear the human race down
and build it over so what's the next best thing?"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-04

Yes Ethel, your chance of becoming a famous
musician is 80 per cent better if they can't spell
your name and So per cent better if they can
neither spell pronounce it.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-04

Lesson: In making loans national honor" should
not be accepted as collateral. Tuition: S19,5OO.-
100000.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-04

When child is born with a silver spoon in his
mouth it's two-to-one bet he'll choke on 1t.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-04

There's one improvement since the boom. Chill
dren are less harsh in training their parents.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-04

Your health is better now? And why not?
Thinking about yourself is what makes you sick
and you can't think about yourself and the wolf
at the same time.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-04

Still if they use bombs, germs and gases next
time that won't be a war at all. Just gigantic
suicide pact!
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-04

was .S1,Nears old. 10
elected to the French
1914. He had been
the Legion of Honor
ter Of q century and
NOTED to the rank %.
his deathbed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-04

Americanism All sorts of government aid for
producers of food for the body; little OF no aid for
producers of food for mind and soul.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-04

One reason for the decay of good manners is the
fact that people have less company" to encourage
showing off
The Washington times., 1934-01-11

OOia" HAuFha"e very mucne
My birthday was December 8. I
would like to have my letter and
picture in the column 50 the
children around here will know
I am a member of the club"
Milton Stevens, of Rockville,
Nd, sent us a cunning little
picture of himself and his sister
Mildred. Unfortunately it was
too dark to make a cut and we
had to return it. We hope he
sends us another one.
This is his letter:
"T Joined this club when I was
Etyears old. Now I am years
old and in the second grade at
school. I am sending the
names Of two new members.
One is my sister Mildred. She
was 6 years old on Saturday,
December 8. The other is my
little cousin, Paul ViOlette, age
Is months"
!. Betty Collins. Manassas. Va:
II would like very much to
BECOME o member of The Times
Adventure Club. / read the col
unnn every day and I think it
6wOnderful. 1 am IL years old
ana in the sixth grade. My
birthday is November II. I 60
70 the Manassas School. My
teachers name Is Miss Chand-
Ier. She Is very NICE"
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Exciting Tale Of
War Espionage

She was thinking Of nothing
In particular. Letters and notes
and messages required by social
usage had been answered and
dispatched, marketing checked
up; handbook balanced; Con-
federate money in strong box
counted; servants paid; flow
ers, wine. fruit, books, papers
sent to hospitals. Not so bad!
That sunny tranquility, re-
sulting, possessed the girl with
the superior feeling that she
was prepared for anything the
day might offer her.
She was mistaken.
Sudden Terror
Trese came into view. loung.
ing in their saddles, the hand
some Mrs. Penn, Maria Lewis,
who was Maria Freeland; Betty
Miles, who was Betty Bierne;
DR.. LIE Conte, Of the powder
factory; Captain Ashmore, Major
Won Borcke and a younger Of
ficer whose careless saddle sup
pleness galvanized the girls
brain cells of recognition and
touched with exquisite fright
the sensitive nerve of fear.
At a distance, even, she knew
him for a certainty. though he
wore the Confederate gray and
scarlet of the artillery.
She drew bride and said to
John Scobell, without turning
her head: THE artillery officer
The Washington times., 1934-01-11
By Robert w. Chambers
By Tuthln

scobell at reconnaissance be-
hind.
Where oaks thickened and
the road twisted through the
sunny green duck of foliage,
the girl signaled slightly and
the Negro galloped within ear
shot behind her.
Walking her horse, she said
in a low voice, not turning her
head: WAS it all right, John?"
"YaS'm. Cap'm Gailliard
amt never knowed yuh."
mo; he didn't. I'm not
afraid Of him. But I hope
Chancellor is not here"
"I gwine find out, ma'am; ak
Mars GaSton's niger. Long
Dick"
eyes. find out There's
something about Chancellor
don't mean he frightens me; but
I don't like him. He brings bad
luck, somehow"
Mighty smart spy, dis hyar
Chance1er, ma'am.'
Hes a dangerous man." said
the girl. "Once I could have
killed him, or had him killed.
Sometimes I wish I had"
To Be Continued
nrnnrri~ht 1aa2 hv IntArnationa
Magazine Coz
Operator 10" 10 the type Of
story that appears regularly In
the Cosmopolitan MSN~~iAe.
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OPE PERATOR 13

Miss Cleburne's sudden return
when some blockade runner
slipped into Wilmington. With
this ever-threatening death war
rant in mind, she went about
her pleasures and her duties in a
role so perfectly befitting her
that insensibly the tragedy of it
invaded her; that she-WhoSe
business was their betrayal
should be so welcomed, trusted
and beloved by these gentle
folk. .....
Smashing Onward
But General Grant, hammer
ing at Lee, smashing his CORY
way toward Petersburg, wanted
information.
Bragg, with his tactless tenn
per, had gone. Willy Joe Johnson
had gone also, replaced by a
Texan, sad-faced Hood, ordered
to find and fall upon Sherman.
"We want to know" wrote
Colonel Sharpe, whether Lee
means to throw any troops into
Petersburg"
John Scobell took the answer
of Operator 13 to the Glendale
tavern, whence Jack Babcock
and his wiry horse, Gimlet, flew
northward with it.
On June 18 the First Maine
Heavy Artillery lost 10 per cent
of its men in seven minutes.
In q week the Vermonters lost
sixteen hundred out of two
The Washington times., 1934-01-11
Mr.. FuIIer's Pal?

To all of the debate on the
District liquor bill before the
joint session of the House and
Senate District committees, Rep
resentative Carl Weideman paid
the closest attention.
When the discussion was CEN
tered about that provision Of
the bill which would permit So
licitors to make house-to-house
ca nva sses, Representative
Weideman objected, saying:
II oppose this provision for
this reason. Should solicitors
be permitted, 1 probably would
answer some knock on my door.
There, instead of the we'll
known brush man. would
find a whisky peddler."
The Washington times., 1934-01-11

is John Gailliard," and a mo-
ment later they confronted her
with uplifted riding whips and
widespread hats and caps.
where do you ride, my pretty
maid?" called out Betty Miles.
Come back with us to julepS,
pompano and iced Chablis!"
Seasoned with DR.. LIE Conte's
best powder" added Mrs. Penn,
making her horse do some i'm
promptu dance steps.
Mrs. Lewis presented Capt.
Gailliard. When the boy re-
covered from his profound bow
he still carried his gold-laced
forage cap in his gloved hand.
Operator 13 looked him
straight in the eyes.
That he had not the slightest
suspicion concerning her was
ceratin: that he had been hard
hit at first sight by flower-dark
eyes with golden lashes gave
her a strange little pang. And
in that balanced moment,
weighed so delicately with life
and death, the girl felt her
cheeks flushing with growing
wrath.
There was a moments gath
ering on restive horses for a
hasty dish of gossip. a clatter
of parting hoofs, gay voices
calling back reminders Of
promises and rendezvous; and
Operator 13 galloped on, with