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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
ONE THING WE CAN DO

>r tbo+ the primary is over and nobody can
ooo,,sa nc of publishing it in the interest of any
o.t;or1or candidate. here's an editorial from The
State that might be of benefit in future voting;
Everybody knows that so far as our federal
toto county and municipal officeholders are con
cerned, there is lot of inefficency and ineompe-
tencv in connection with their work
r. Won don't believe it, ask any man on the
street The chances are that he'll grow extremely
vouble on the subject
cussng out public officials is one of our out
standing indoor and outdoor sports. In some cases
the criticism is unwarranted; in Others 1t unqueS
tionably is merited.
Here's one thing we can do to bring about
greater efficiency in the government OF our local.
state and national affairs:
Elect men to office who have some aptitude for
that particular office.
Take the job of sheriff, for example Ninety
ira sberiffs out of a hundred are elected because
thew have good reputation and because they
have friends who are willing to get out and work
for them.
Those aretnice assets to have-but they do not
,pa1;fv a man TO hold down the office of sheriff
Won v,ould not want to travel in an airplane that
mas niIoted by a man who his job because
of bis personality and friends. Why, them elect
a man as an enforcer of laws unless ne shows
some ability along those lines?
The same is true of register of DEEDS OF clerk
of the court Before electing candidate to either
of those Offices the voters should ascertain wheth-
er he knew anything about book-mork, accounting
or keeping records accurately.
The same also is true of electing men to the
state legislature. What does backwoods preach
er, or horse-doctor, the operator Of hitting
station know about legislating? Z
Not deg-gone thing. Y
Then why elect them to the office?
You answer that one.
When you call in physician you select man
in whom you have confidence and who has had
the necessary training. .-'
When you need the services of plumber, you
don't give the job to chap who is an expert
at shaking hands and kissing babies you call mp
a plumbing snop.
When you want to hear a good sermon, you
don't go around to the courthouse and talk to the
coroner; you go to church. 80.
All of which is admitted. -... t... i g
Why not then, use some of the same judgment
and discretion in electing mayors, our county
commissioners, our school superintendent, our
legislators, our congressman, and our senators?-
Marshvilie Home. ... .
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03
YOU'RE MISTAKEN, SIR
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

pay. you would have to wait UNI
til next week OF next month for
it. Likely you would have to
wait until next week or next
month anyway.
One reason there is so much
trout bic collecting taxes on small
homes and small businesses is that
governmental authorities do not
realize that twenty-five dollars a
year paid down in lump sum,
is in practise very much more
than fifty cents a week for fifty
two weeks.
There would not be so much
dissatisfaction with taxes and so
much delinquent tax, if the aver
age taxpayer could pay once a
month, every month.
What condition to you suppose
the telephone companies, the cleo
trio light companies, the grocery
stores, drug stores, the depart
ment stores and so forth, would
get INTO if they allowed their Gus
toners to pay once a year? They
would go broke if they had no
mroe sensible plan for collecting
their bills than have most gov
ernmental tax offices.
But" is the rejoinder, "the
government can take the proper
ties if the taxes are not paid
for taxes are first lien on prop
erty.
Quite so. But local govern
ments do not want to take away
peoples property. At least, the!
should not. What they want is
the money with which to meet
governmental expenses and obli-
cations.
Taxes coming in every month
would be easier on the taxpayer,
and more economical for local
governments, as they would in
sure a steady inflow Of funds and
would obviate the necessity of
governmental borrowings during
the period each year when the
tax flow dries up as it always
does when taxes are paid annually
instead of monthly.
"But it costs more to collect
taxes by the month than by the
year" 1t is always easy to find
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03
THE QUESTION

- The late J. B. Dukes fabulous fortune came
from the sale of dozen eggs in Durham, amount
+, cog 10 matter of only few cents That was
his first earned money .f
Consider what that modest transaction eventu-
ally came to mean not only to him, but to his Sec
ton and to his fellow-citzens.
T. Out of that mite he made the millions, more
than forty of which he at last laid back in the lap
Of his countrymen. "a
1T, all became possible because, in America, we
Nave been committed to the principle of allowing
individual initiative to strut its full stuff
Social implications today such as possibly
preclude the duplication of career like this.
But it is inconceivable that any rational social
organism could be built up that would annihilate
the one principle by which that same organism IS
FIRST crta ted and then maintained-namely; by the
wealth creators becoming the wealth-dIssemina-
toss.-Charlotte Observer. 40, -
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

ball team; he was Rhodes scho!-
ar from North Carolina; gradual
ed at Union Seminary; was an
overseas chaplain in the army
during the World war, and Is a
former pastor of Central Presby-
terrain church, Atlanta, Ga.
For the past few years he has
been president of Union Semi
nary, succeeding DR.. Walter W..
Moore. DR.. Lacy is still COM
paratively young man, n5t yet
having reached his 50th year. His
visit to Hendersonville on Sunday
morning is looked forward to with
eager interest by all who know
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEa SERVICE SfnR Correspondent

NEa SERVICE Stnn Correspondent
WTASHINGTON-If you haven
w grasped the significance O
these federally aided self-hell
colonies - industrial and agricul
tural-which have sprung up over
the country, it's because Harry
Hopkins and his Federal Emer'
gency Relief Administration
crowd are SO awed by the impli'
cations that they're reluctant to
discuss them yet.
Privately, many of the planners
in and out of FERA-admit that
development of these colonies may
lead to a new system Of national
economic life. Or, rather, to two
separate economic systems. They
see
One great group of the popula-
ton, the majority, operating in the
same old competitive system with
all it's incentives Of profit, advance.
ment, and luXuries. ..
I A second group Of millions, the
unemployed, living and working
outside the competitive system in
a giant cooperative whose men,
bers would be guaranteed comfort
able subsistence in exchange for
their labors in production Of goods
for mutual exchange under federal
or state supervision.
Citizens in each group would
have complete freedom to change
their status. Those in the non.
competitive system who might be
able to get jobs in the competitive
system could do so. And those who
lost out in the competitive system
could join the second group.
Eventually, it is believed, the
federal government would CO.
ordinate the innumerable self
help, non-profit farming and fac
tory, and bartering projects which
are to be found all over the coun-
try
A SEASONED veteran Of the
II Coolidge and Hoover admin
istrations. who keeps as closely
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03
BEHIND THE SCENES NJ
.ASE-ILNGTON

I'm touch with Republican al
and sentiment as anyone u
asked by a friend tie Other II
who the G. o. p would noni,,1|
"If it looks as if We haven,
q chance, we'll probably nam,
nate Ogden Mills" he rrul,J
But if It looks as il W.
might win, well pull Justine
Harlan Stone down of The M,
preme bench and run him.
Republican dope for lg'skh
from coagulated, but GA % An.
swer is in line with esoEt, .,
the best guessers. Son. gnng
big business backing iN CoN.
gresham James " Wa,yoeA
is reported, but there's it'll
doubt that the party will Lsy, = |
put up a liberal if il hopes 70 Z |
the votes. :
ONE Of the greatest fears ia q !
hearts Of Secretary Walls
and the AAA today is the pglt|
logical danger of the situali..
Reports to AAA indicate na
many farmers are CONVINCED L
the tdrouth was a divine Ts.&!'
ment visited upon thea IL
slaughtering little pigs, p!OE4
crops underground, and reilag
Many farmers have btd
writing to Washington about }
and so have some minister
Other ministers have bed
spreading the doctrine anon
farmers that the soil should b
titled to the utmost and that !
AAi doesn't stop intcrieHF
still worse retaliation irOI
Heaven is in prospect.
Wallace and the AAA are q
tain that their program must oa
tinue to call for crop reStrlctlE
despite temporary effects OF U
drouth. They fear they'll haW'
much harder time obtaining o
operation if this doctrine spFe'A
Copyright. 1894. NEA Service H
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

the ClIS III IilS
privilege of do
ing business in
the city was
too high. A mem
Der of the board
disagreed w i t h
the man and OBJ
served: "W h Y
that is less than
fifty cents a
week for the
year"
you're mis-
taken, Sir" re-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

The atmosphere around Venus, says a
, University of Michigan professor, is car
bon dioxide, or plain soda water gas. And
! that, if you ask the young man who treats,
goes for many girls not named Venus.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03
MUSIC CLUB WILL
SPONSOR MINSTp

=, The Music club Of Hen5.,.
vile will stage the Dixie U D.
bird minstrel at the hig5 ~ -
auditorium on August lS sr y 1
Mrs. J. W. Payne, chair NJ.
the club, and the cntrrt, .;aI
committee have compIe t%'j@;'
engagements for the proJD r
which will have a cast If ISs I
cal people. !"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

The latest fashion advice from Paris is
to tint your hair and enamel your finger
, nails to match your costume-if you don't
! care to have your friends notice your new
, dress.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03
Answers to Previous Questions

Hhs~ers to Previous Questions
HANSON was elected Nov. 5,
l7Sls by the First Congress
OF the Confederation and was
the first to whom the title OF
PRESIDENT Of the, United States"
was applied. Six others followed
Hanson before Washington be.
came president under the consti,
tution.S The dining car was in
service between st. Louis and
chicago Crackers appealed at
nrst because they kept !. better
than bread
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

- Norma Talmadge says she's too busy
-" being married to stay in films. That's
- funny, because so many others are too
busy acting in films to stay married.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03
BIBLE THOUGHT

Thew FIRST gave THEIR OWN SELVES to the
Lord. e Cor. $50. .. ,e,.s. . ,
''The money gift is easy, but better gift than
paH is To dedicate to service, not your money but
YOURSELF. ... ........ p.
For, though gold and silver are the things cause
demands .
No righteous dream can triumph without willing
hearts and hands. .... ...
And in every field of service that is known TO
mortal kin
You can hear the leader calling, not for money
but for men," .
From The Wonderful Word.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

Recently a man appeared be-
fore a city governing board and
complained that his privilege tax
the tax levied against him by
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

,"" Hear Senator Borah denounces the DEM
10 ocrats for fostering monopolies and the Re-
= publicans for not doing anything about It,
- and he's a monopoly all by himself.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

. A recent survey shows boys get to know
~. more words than do girls, by the age of s.
But the girls know better how to use the
.s few words they do know.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

:: "a, gangster in Cleveland, Ohio, commit
Or, ted suicide because of i'll health, although
-. it wasn't the police who made his life un-
.sdhealthy for him.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

an objection to doing anything.
Almost every line of business col
lects its bills by the month. The
improvement in tax collections,
the reduction of tax suits with at
tendant expenses, the improve
ment in the morals of the COM
munities, would more than offset
any additional expense OCCASION
ed by monthly collection Of taxes.
Two years ago, when l attempt
ed to have our former city coun-
Gil accept installment payments
of our privilege taxes, whose col
lection had been causing much
friction, | was defeated by the
argument that my plan would
seriously curtail the collection of
those taxes. Last year, our pres
ent city council authorized install
ment payment of privilege taxes.
As result, we have collected
more of these taxes than at any
time since boom time and with
very little difficulty and no in
crease of expense.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

Napoleon wouldn't have rated much in
Biblical history, says a professor OF the
~ Bible But we can't say he wouldn't have
tried.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

3 If Postmaster General Farley has any
=, love for a good Republican he might hand
= the man the job of postmaster at Little
: America.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

We've been hearing so much from Pres
ident Roosevelt-wasn't a viee-president
elected, too? ,..a..,.. 81.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

There are $50 languages and 5000 dla-
lects in the world, and practically all of
them are Just Greek to us,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

A New Yorker who bathed in the ocean
daily, through winter and summer, died at
the age of 49, The cold got him, at last.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

New York Stock Exchange has formed
a set of new rules, but none against losing
your money there. -. . -.....,.. ...
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

The Aztec name for the god of war IS
Huinzilopochtorntl. Still, peace is more
difficult to pronounce.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03

The sloth is the perfection delberaon Every movement
IS IN SLOW motion 1t has been estimated really oth
couo make mile in "a hours but it certain
made this record for the animal
t4uously for any length of jtimr e
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-03
DR.. Lacv. Head OF
Seminary, 10 Be
Heard On Sunday
Leading Presbyterian Di.
vine to Preach at Morn
ing Worship Hour

Rev. B. R. Lacy, D. D., presi-
dent of Union Theological Semi
nary, Richmond, Va, will preach
in the Hendersonville Presbyterian
church at II a. m. Sunday, Aug.
5. DR.. Lacy is conducting the b
BILE hour at the Montreal confer
ence and comes to Hendersonville
on the invitation of DR.. L. Z.
Wilds, the pastor, a classmate Of
DR.. Lacy.
DR.. Lacy is a graduate of Da-
wilson college, where he played
quarterback on the varsity foot
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-05-17
The WEDDING MARCH MURDER
Copyright 1888. by the Bobbs- Merrill Co.
WNU Services.

them have visited Franklin's apart
ment or officer | can't make that fit
mot unless Calls Shipley is the
woman In blue you've been talking
about" Kllday persisted doggedly.
"But she isn't" exclaimed Peter.
I'm sure of that. Think back, Kill
day. Our woman In blue went there
to prevent the wedding. Dan Bulls
heard part of her conversation with
Franklin. She only consented to leave
the church after Franklin promised
her that his marriage was going to
make no difference In their relation
ship. II Bulls told us the truth about
that conversation. and see no reason
why he shouldn't. then that woman Is
heartbroken over the murder. Does
Calls Shipley act or look like woman
who is grieving over Franklins death7
Not to me. she doesn't. Her one
thought. throughout the whole affair,
has been for Rylie Carmody. No, she
is not the woman In blue. And IL she
Isn't, then | say Rylle had no reason
for visiting that apartment. l have
another reason for being convinced
that he isn't the man with whom
struggled In the apartment. A few
minutes ago. the boy lunged at you.
here. In rage over question asked
OF Miss Shipley. You caught him by
the wrists and held him, easily. | am
sure you couldn't have done that with
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-05-17
SEENs-d HEARD
around the
National Capital
BY CARTER FELL

Washington. Much discouraged
over the failure of the various gov
ernmental policies to increase COM
modify prices, President Roosevelt APP
parently Is turning more and more to
another line of attack on the same tar
get That Is to reduce interest rates,
thus Tightening the burden on those
who are In debt.
The chief object of raising prices, 1t
will be remembered, WIS set forth as
cutting down the debt burden. partic-
ularly of farmers who had heavy mort
cages on their homesteads, and OF city
home owners whose equities In their
houses were proportionately very small
indeed since the collapse. That was
the prime object for restoring the 1926
price level
In fact. this idea of helping the debt
ors was almost the only concrete OBJ
ject of the desired price imitation.
Practically the only other effect was
largely psychological, though very Inn
P0i teAdA~ VA PSbPiC iNSA ~ oopSAohS
when prices are rising. even II their
own incomes do not quite keep pace
with the rising costs of living. Part
of this is the desire to buy quickly
when everyone thinks that IL enc de-
lays buying the price Of the desired
piano, radio, automobile or whatnot
may be higher.
The housing legislation desired by
the administration seeks to reduce sub
stantially the interest rates on home
mortgages. But that Is only part OF
the program. The desire of the admin
istration now Is to reduce all interest
rates-to make borrowing money much
cheaper.
One of the most recent moves In this
direction was the transfer Of some two
billion dollars of the profit" the gov
eminent made by devalulng the gold
dollar to special reserve This would
seem to be merely a bookkeeping tran
Baction, on the surface, but 1t is rather
significant
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-05-17
ITO BE CoNTINUED.)
Negro Tobacco Pickers

Travelling through the tobacco dis
tricts OF the South one sees many old
log cabins, through the corner Of which
runs fIue constructed of~rocks, mud,
cement or any other handy material.
In front, opening to the outside, II a
fireplace or stove of this same mate
rial, says a bulletin of the American
Gas association. When the tobacco
leaves are cut, the negroes hang them
In these cabins and fires are main
tained day and night until the tobacco
Is dry. These cabins are still used
and the night fires with the negroes
singing and dancing about are most
picturesque.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-05-17

the man ran up against the other
night That fellow was far more power
full. Whatever doubt fingered In my mind
about Carmody's innocence was dis
PEELED then. He is innocent. I'm as
sure OF 1t as | am Of this broken leg
of mine, and It's palning me lot"
III we accept this theory OF yours
1t looks as though we're farther from a
solution than ever" complained Kill
day. He drew moodlly on his stogy.
you've made good point" he adj
mitted, but II we follow your lead
we're right back where we started.
haven't even got good guess left.
Webster Spears was under arrest the
night of your fight in~the apartment.
RI that has place In the crime, then
1t couldn't have been him."
ut has place." declared Peter with
conviction, The man / fought was
the murderer. I'm convinced Of that"
He glanced at kilday, whimsical
smile playing about his lean lips.
Have you ever had to lie In bed for
three consecutive days?" he inquired.
TRY 1t some time. when you have
particularly knotty problem to solve.
recommend 1t. You can do lot OF
thinking"
The detective was not misled by the
apparent inconsequence of the nov
elist's remark. He leaned eagerly for
ward. Have you doped something
out?" he demanded.
II think | have"
"You mean you know who killed
franklin"
Perhaps declared Peter. "You
might call 1t guess, because | still
lack definite proof, but there's only
one person who could have done 1t. 1t
was the same fellow who helped me
along when ! took that dive through
the window the other night.
"You see, Sergeant" he continued,
I'VE have been hitting pretty close to
the truth almost from the first. Ever
since I've been lying here, I've been
going over the evidence, trying to
make 1t fit. | couldn't get away from
that woman In blue who visited Frank
lin In Doctor Abernathy's study, just
before the crime. The very fact that
she was the only one Of the visitors
that we couldn't locate, In spite of all
our efforts, made me doubly suspicious
of the part she played In the crime.
Still, that was only superstition, until
the night Frankllns apartment was
searched. The prowler passed up a
few jewels of value, while ransacking
the place. 1t seemed obvious that he
was no ordinary thief and that his
search had some connection with the
crime But we have been over that.
need only point out that our pre-
yious search OF those rooms made us
reasonably certain that nothing had
been found there. felt sure, then.
that the search would be extended to
the office. Whatever the murderer
wanted, he wanted pretty badly.
THAT was lucky bunch, although
1t nearly proved the finish Of me. And
II proved another thing-this waa a
hot trail.