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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06
AS WE TRAVEL ALONG
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

his orchestra" | stayed on the
station until l could hear the an
nouncement. =,
Yes. it was the crooner with
his orchestra that I had expected
to get, but there was something
wrong. He did not sound like
himself. His orchestra did not
sound like itself. The individual
ity, the personality, the peculiar
distinction, that had made that
crooner and his orchestra differ
ent, were gone. He was simply
a crooner, and his orchestra was
simply an orchestra, like one of
any number of croOners, and any
number of orchestras.
Something has happened to
that fellow" l unused. "He has
gone hay wire" Several days
later, | learned what was the
matter with him, He was in seri-
Gus domestic difficulties.
Nothing will smash man up
more quickly and thoroughly than
a serious disturbance in his ma
trimonial relations. The fault may
be his or it may be his wife's-
no matter. When a man becomes
matrimonially wrecked, he is like
ly to become generally wrecked;
and that goes for the woman,
too. The thing to do as a simple
matter of self preservation, is to
use every precaution to guard
carefully against being matri
monially wrecked by being wise
not only in the choice of a mate
but in the treatment of that
mate. By improper handling, you
can so spoil a good horse that
you can do nothing with him.
And you can do the same to a
good man or a good woman.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06
THE GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS

Members of the North Carolina congressional
delegation are reported to be more or less exer-
cised over the allotment by the Public Works Ad-
ministration of $525,000 for the erection of a
furniture factory at Reidsville, West Virginia.
The reason for this allotment; according to R. E.
Williams, Washington correspondent of the Raleigh
News and Observer is not so much the manufac
ture of furniture as to provide employment for
West Virginia coal miners who out of work
with no prospect that they will again be needed in
their former employment.
But North Carolina manufacturers of furniture
are fearful lest their own activities suffer ii this
financing of the construction of another furniture
factory shall be allowed to stand and become
precedent The furniture industry has not been
any too prosperous in recent years 1t is just be-
ginning to stage slow recovery, it is stated, and
any interference with the progress of that recov-
cry may be serious for the employees at High Point
and the other furniture centers.
This business of government assistance is not
as simple as some people think it is. You try to
help something here and Ind that you have been
acting to kill off something else over there.
In the long run, of course, the government is on
strongest ground when it takes of basic stua-
tions which are beyond the ability of individuals
or communities to handle and directs its energies
to creating conditions under which business gen.
orally can prosper
Business initiative can be depended upon to
search out the opportunities for making money If
confidence is restored that this is what is on the
cards for the future. Opportunities for making
money where they utilized, will also create
demand for workers. There is better feeling
throughout the country. Things have improved
What is needed now is to get business energized
again The first step in chat direction is that bus
ness shall understand just what it can reasonably
expect in the matter of governmental policies The
High Point furniture makers want to know for
example, whether they must prepare to meet new
and government-fnanced competition in addition
to that which they already have.-The Charlotte
Observer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06
THOUGHTS OF
A FISHERMAN
poNUs VERSUS BLUDGEON
BY
Ike Walton, Redivivus

BONUS VEKSOS bLObSLS
Well, here it is, Brother Fam.
You asked me for it. l freely
confess got it from my ola
friend, the country schooi-teach-
er He says he has used it for
years, and it produced the goods.
The question is how to get
universal force adequate to. com.
pei the adoption and exercise OF
measures to mitigate poverty and
promote efficiency. Ot course
such a force must be exercised by
a sovereign power-and govern
ment is the only such power rec
ognized in human activities.
When | said government must
be confined to police and reguia-
tory powers" the word "regula-
tory" is the one under which the
system of adequate rewards and
awards to effect the ends in ques-
ton is classified.
Henry Ford once said the day
may come, or ought to come
when a child would be paid for
going to school, and intimated
that he would also be paid in
proportion to his good conduct
and attainment. l am not one of
those who laugh at Henry Ford.
The man who has done what ne
has is entitled to a hearing eve
when he gets out of his car. The
principle he referred to is one of
the oldest and most just in
human experience. When JOSEPH
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06

UNDERPA
That Is View Of Aviators
in Regard to Services
He Has Rendered
By SWANEE TAYLOR
United Press Aviation Writer

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-(UP).
The fact that Col. Chas. A. Lind
bergh in 1928 received block Of
stock from the newly formed
Transcontinental Air Transport
Corporation in payment for the
use of his name and certain per-
sonal services was an item that
Chairman Black, DEM, Alabama.
dragged before his Senate airmail
investigating committee early in
the year. And in his zeal the gen.
tleman from Alabama even darkly
limited that mayhap our Lone
Eagle" might have at one time
roasted with certain larcenous
birds of prey. ..r..E
TO say that the good senator
was considerably out Of order in
his indictment of the American
idol is but to recall the deep gasp
of indignation that arose from
every pair of lungs in the land.
Such strength was attained by
the concerted gales that Mr..
Blacks words were blown right
back into his teeth. Not one per-
son Young or old, would believe
for a minute that Col. Lindbergh
could have had a part in anything
wrong.
The press and public, as we'll as
all aviators. are of one belief,
that whatever Col. Lindbergh did
receive for the use of his name,
it wasn't any too much. Hadn't
he passed up tempting stage and
screen offers. both of them strict
ly legitimate? Didn't he spare
our national intelligence in es-
chewing endorsement" of prod
ucts ranging from cold cure 70
steam rollers? How then was the
man to make a living for himself
and his family? By trade he was
an aviator, and aviation was quite
naturally his fit and proper field.
In aviation circles the feeling
runs much deeper about "Slim"
Lindbergh. Not only do we be-
moan the fact that he received
paltry $4,000 shares of TAT COM
mon, at SO par. but it is univer-
sally felt that he was side-tracked
when they relocated him to the
position of Chairman of the
Technical Committee" Many a
mistake would have been avoided
had a practiccd, practical flyer
been in entire command of the
airline operation.
No; Col. Lindbergh was in nc
sense of the word overpaid. A
fair evaluation of the name "The
Lindbergh Line" comes much
closer to S5,000.00O than to a
quarter of a million. Likewise,
his $4,000 a year salary can't DE
termed excessive. Any hardwork-
ing pilot comes fairly close to
that.
Speaking of Lindbergh, did you
know that The Spirit of st. Louis
hung for many months in the
National Museum in Washington
with the parachute flares ready
for instant use? They forgot to
put back the safety" on the re-
lease. Had some careless or in
quisitive hand pulled the ring
over a 100000 cardlepower cal
cium flare would have plopped
right out onto the floor of the
building. And water doesn't put
them out.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

NJASHING TOM The old
w fashioned one days rest in
even soon may come to be three
lays.
The working week: must be
hortened if everyone is to be en-
,loyed And in the higher councils
# NRk and other New Deal agen-.
lies concerned with the problem.
they're talking about Il. four-day
week of 80 hours.
Organized labor is demanding a
fve-day, siX-hour-day week of 30
hours. 1t might compromise on a
35-hour week of five seVen-hOur
lays in preference to the standard
iO-hour week of the NRA codes.
But liberal fnduStrialists who
have the administrations ear say
they would much prefer to work
their employees on the 32-hour basis,
because an eight-hOur. day is more
efficient and less wasteful than a
seven-hOur day
It's all still in the discussion
stage, despite General JohnsOn's
asscrtioh of the need for shorter
hours. Johnson has made no plan
for any definite action, though he
presumably will urge shorter hours
on the code authorities when they
gather here late in February.
IT takes rat catcher to catch a
l. rat, according to the organized
rat catchers, and amateur CWA rat
SatcReTs are only doing profes
sional rat catchers cut Of Their
jobs.
That's one of the innumcrablt
squawks which make CWA'S life
miserable, despite widespread de
mand that il continue operations
Use of rat traps, hundreds of thou
sands of which have been lait
by civil workers, IA condemned
roundlv.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06
BEHIND THE SCENES m
WASHINGTON,

.TIGARET smokers nave 1ouno
~ friends among newly articulate
consumer representatives here,
since the tobacco trust" raised
prices to retailers by 60 cents a
Thousand The increase means an
added cigaret rakeoff of S55,OOO,OOO
a year and is permitted under the
AAA nue-cured tobacco agreement.
Tobacco companies continued to
make huge Cigaret pro6ts during
the depression and their all-time
high price of $6.S5 thousand pre-
walled through 1881. Then the 10
cent cigaret became so popular as
Ito force a price of SIS through
1889 and 1888, though low prices
TO farmers and low wages still per-
mitted large profits.
Now the price has been boosted
to 500, a small part of the in
screase being due to processing tax
and MIRA costs.
Col. Wood AXton, manufacturer
of a dime.a-package brand, prom
iscd his company would absorb the
tax and increased cost so that ciga-
rets still might be sold at 10 cents.
In 1881" he sac, tobacco
manufacturers earned $1tS,000,000
net and gave the farmers only &c.,
OOO. 900 for tobacco. 40 wonder we
have 4 depression when they take
everything Il man has and still ex-
pect him to spend"
ADMINISTRATOR A. D. WHITE
"A SIDE increased his unpopular.
ity among employees of NRA's
Fourth Division when he sent down
an order that female workers
mustn't smoke in ihei- offices BE-
fore 6 p. m. The girls are sore:
1J Because they've been accus
toned TO their cigarets. (2) Be
cause Whiteside indicates he ex
poets them to work after o'clock
Copyright, 1894, NEA Service, Incl
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06
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threatened failure some ,in,s ''S'
he modified his system 70 't ~ az
tent of rewarding worth We ,. e.
by special inducement. and ygIi9a
by he gave away the who'll. ht's.
osophy of cast-iron COMM phi.
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ged; l whipped and | yociio ,u ~.
i coaxed and | cajolcd. Ola J'T a Cd;
just braced his feet and c 90 S9st
see it. ]. got an ear Of cory NUa'a'i
he cleared the ditch. al!
What is good for 4 ,o,l.
good for a man. We haya 'y i.
too many punitive laws. uro e a'i
ed and some unenforccahIo log 4
begin with whipping school W
dren with adenoids for n oO, GU
nunciation, we continue h.. p'.'
ing morons instead Of boSSSi.!Ra,
ing them, and We end M p''a. Wy,
shooting veterans under fl" WI;
of the capitol for misraIcnrru oa'
ercising a right youchsafn,55 q
the constitution. .
We must face about. Va
remember that the PROMISED !.
was more attractive than ~, =
flesh-pots of Egypt. We mn,, y =
wise universal means Of r r,. %
ing honest effort. Those wS ""' :
not then respond to dis "ro "v .
tory function may then bo ,S u
signed to the "policc" fnrc, ~
This is the key. We shall nroo..
to unlock the doors. ''''5
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06

can accomplish worthwhile things
while tie years are slipping
away. That is not only within
our power, but it is within our
responsibility and our duty.
We can spend our years as we
spend our money. We can waste
both. We can use both harmfully,
or we can utilize both, we can
employ both, wholesomely and
helpfully.
The years are slipping away
and there is much work to be
done. Each of us is given a
quota of years in which to do
work and show results. What are
we doing with those years? What
work are we getting done? What
results can we show? Are we
simply living along like grasshop-
pers, or like immortal souls pre-
pairing to take our rightful places
in an eternity of progress?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06
TWILIGHT ROMANCE ENDED

LOS ANGELES, Cal.-(UP).
Their twilight romance having
lasted only three months, An
drew Eikenuberrv. 80, Civil war
veteran. and Mrs. lily Howell
Eikenberry, II, each sought a d.
vorce here. Mrs. Eikenberry said
her husband failed to provide for
her; Eikenberry said his wife ar
pulsed his amorous advances.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06
FIND WHITE. SEAL

WEST CHOP, Mass.-T'p,
Joseph Perry and Henry -
saw what they believed f. / ~
sea gull off the shore Of T ~
small Martha's VINEYARD ~, V
but after investigation forr W. /,
was a white seal weighing ,S..
70 pounds. They caught i ', ":
received a SO bounty. ''.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06
ON THE. ROCKS

Recently l tuned in on what l
thought to be the program Of a
crooner and orchestra leader who
had several years ago risen to
sudden prominence.
"There is some mistake there, "
I thought, after listening awhile.
at does not sound like him or
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06

years are sllpP-
ing away"
Yes. the years
are slip p i n G
away. That is a
solemn declara-
ton. The years
are slip p i n g
away, and what
are we doing
about it?
We can not
stop the years
from slipping
away. To do so
is entirely out of
nO,,,a, Rl1t wa
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06
A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS

Yesterday in the lower House of Con-
gress only one man voted against the so
called relief" bill, appropriating $780,
100000 for. "reief and civil works" This
lone.s congressman is Terrell of Texas. In
voicing his opposition to the voting of this
hugs. sum, Congressman Terrell said that
the Eeeantry is headed for civil war, that
a revelation will be necessary to break the
hold which millions of citizens of the coun-
try have on public patronage and federal
charity
Congressman Terrell probably realizes
that he is voice crying in the wilder
ness. with only fellow citizen here and
there @to@agive even so much time and
thought to- the problem as is necessary to
read the, few lines carried by the news
papsfssin reporting his protest.
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HITCH-HIKED FOR ALIMoNY

Ell PASO, Texas. (UP).-In
order to file an application for
$75 per month alimony against
M. II. Toms. Mrs. Blanche Toms,
Of Santa Barbara, Calf. hitch
hiked all the way to Ell Paso, she
testified at hearing here.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06
Self praise, little merit.

Self praise, little merit.
Strong emotion, weaker thought.
Few buster things than idle gossip.
Character is the sum of the affections.
Don't tell your favorite story too often.
The most trusting are the most trustworthy.
Doubt makes mountains, faith removes them.
Persons of least merit demand most IN others.
Who feels for the poor should feel in his pocket
Bank references are not needed to borrow trou
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The less man knows, the longer it
takes him to tell it.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06

Where is my wandering girl tonight
Where, on, where is she?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06

The old Jew was right; there is always
sin back of sickness, violation of law.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06

The other day a woman said
% her husband: Darling, the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-06

Ideaf husbands hang things up; others
don't give hang.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-13
'Spoils System Is
Charged to LANCER

The present state administration
was charged with inaugurating a
"spoils system" unparalleled in the
history OF North Dakota, In a political
address here Tuesday night by For
mer Governor George F. Shafer.
The former chief executive, who
urged support OF State Senator James
p. Cain, Independent Republican can
didate for governor, said never before
in state history has state admins
tration been as politically minded as
the present one headed by Gov. VIII
liam LANCER.
Institutions which previous admin
istrations sought to remove from pol
itics have been plunged deeply into
politics by the present administra-
ton, he charged. The highway de-
partment. Shafer said. was placed
under the domination OF an expert
enced politician" instead Of an en-
gineer. and highway patrolmen. 800
strong" were organized into a strong
political unit, with attention to high
ways secondary matter.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-13

ment." He said he was paid fer the
work, receiving . check from sn'
emergency relief offices.
Lanier said the government sc0em
to show that testimony given BY Haf.
aid Mcdonald, solicitor for TIM
Leader" and one Of the defendants
that he saw . sign when he first -
licited the relief offices, Is inaeeur'
ate.
Mcdonald had testified that he be-
lieved the office 70 Be . state depart
ment. and not 4 federal office. being
guided by = sign which read "stats
emergency relief offices"
Phrene Junge, federal relief employe
was then called to the stand ana wa
asked II she had q voucher allowing
payment to French for painting tES
sien. She said she had the voucher.
Sign Was Not There
Objections were interposed BY the
defense, and l,anier told the ccure
he sought to show by Miss Junsai
testimony that Mcdonald had :cst!-
fled to seeing . sign but that "there
never was sign there" at the time.
Lanier said Mcdonald testified he
saw the sign In May, while With Miss
Junge's and French1 testimony the
government attempts to show there
was no sign at the time Mcdonald
made the solicitations.
Judge Andrew Miller said the testi-
mony would serve TO clutter up tha
records" and Lanier abandoned cues
tioning along that line.
Miss Junge was then asked about
a salary voucher for Mrs. Edith ScUtt
who had testified that when she fallen
to contribute five per cent Of her SAL
airy to THE Leader" her pay was re-
duced from $50 to $85 month.
Miss Junge testified she drew up
minutes Of the meetings Of the relief
committee; that she drew up . voucher
for 800 for Mrs. SCOTS pay. but that
she was asked by r. A. Kinser, then
secretary Of the relief committee, to
erase the 800 figure and make It 4e0.
Miss Junge testified that during the
committees meetings she heard no dis
cussion regarding reduction Of any
persons salary.
Then referring to testimony by Mrs.
Scott that she was absent about half
a day during the month that the re-
dLction in salary was made ana testi.
mony Of defense witnesses that she
was absent several days and "docked"
s., Lanier asked Miss Junge about
the employees absences.
Miss Junge testified Mrs. Scott vas
q hconf q ashorf S,orlnAn
WAS It three or four days7" Lanier
asked.
mo, 1t was not that long"
On cross-examination,, defense 1t.
torney J. M. Hanley asked Mas Junge
II her duty was to keep records Of
employees work, to which the witness
replied mo-"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-13

IIanley also asked that testimony OF
Frank Vogel, state highway commits
siouer and one Of the defendants. be
explained.
"vogel used the term old admins
tration In his testimony" Hanley
pointed out "That testimony meant
the old Republican executive commit
tee which was in charge Of the League
campaign In 1892. It does not refer to
the term administration as 1t has
been commonly used"
Judge Miller instructed the jury
that 'all testimony with reference to
two per cent collections Is eliminated
from this case. There is no evidence
before the jury with reference to the
two per cent collections"
Hanley seated himself, to be sue
ceeded by Thorp who renewed pre-
v:ous motions made at the close Of the
governments case-in-chief, that dis
Eissals be granted or directed verdicts
be given on grounds Of failure Of
proof.
Various overt acts alleged in the
indictment are to be presented to the
court Wednesday to show which Of
the % charged will be held as those
upon which the government will make
claim Of conspiracy. The overt acts.
Lanier said, will be limited to those
alleging solicitations Of federal en-
ployes. Others, according to previous
voiced agreements In court, will be
fer the purpose Of tending to show
conspiracy existed, but will not be
claimed as evidence Of an overt act.
Judge Ccnfers With Attorneys
Attorneys on both sides retired to
the judges chambers ct the conclu-
sion Of court to discuss questions of
isw relative to the theory Of the case,
which will be included in the judges
charge to the jury.
During the arguments for the mo-
tions, LANCER. his day In court on the
witness stand completed sat relaxed,
his head resting In the palm Of one
hand. Behind him sat vogel chew
Ing constantly on the butt Of cigar,
from which the fire had long since
died. Mcdonald and the others sat in
q semi-circle around the counsel table
listening intently to the voice Of the
attorney. Thorp appeared tired, and
slumped In his chair, while +. r. Sink
Ter, another defense counsel, sat
perched on the edge Of his chair as
the day ended.
L. m. French. employe Of the fed
eral emergency relief offices here, was
called to the stand as q government
rebuttal witness as Tuesday after
Moons session began.
He testified he painted two signs,
one with the words state emergency
relief committee, John f. Williams
secretary" and another ''civil works
administration engi- :ering depart