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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
MOST IMPORTANT FOR QUICK ACTION

Says a report of the Federal Trade Commission,
in part:
obviously the two most important opinion MAX
ing and opinion forming media are the press and
the school. The press leads in its direct effect upon
the present adult population. The school leads in
molding the opinion of coming generations"
We believe it safe to say that where direct eff
feet upon the present adult population" is men,
toned there is an implied meaning that the effect
is indicated by the action or withholding from
action of the grown people effected.
The report of the Federal Trade Commission
from which the paragraph quoted was taken con-
cerned itself with the spendings of large companies
for publicity, the purposes being to get business
and to protect existing business.
The same judgment might have obtained equally
we'll if the Trade Commission had studied the bust
ness-promotion expenses of small businesses of re-
tail stores.
For direct effect upon the present adult popula-
ton, no medium is more important than the press.
Nor is that all.
Those in school as we'll the adults out Of
school learn daily from the press.
1t is partly because newspapers are quick in re-
porting that they interest and bring quick response
from the people of tdoay.-Rock Hill, S. c., Her
aid
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hesitancy on the part of even the most honest re
lief workers to imper their jobs by reducing re-
lief rolls has conspired to set in motion this nsldl-
Gus tendency toward undermining the American
character of it's traditional best qualities The dan
ger in the relief problem which is becoming quite
obvious to the people generally is simply that bill
lions of dollars are being added to the national
debt without any real assurance that the New Deal
as whole can operate with sufficient success to
obviate the necessity of continued relief eXpendl-
lures But while this is the most obvious DANGER
the circumstance that the public is being taught to
believe that the government should support the
people rather than the people the government, IS
becoming more serious as time goes on
Whatever else must be done as quickly as pos
sible to restore gainful employment for these mil
lions on relief, the belief is growing that the fed
eral government must soon be compelled to admit
that the administration of this gigantic relief work
from Washington is superhuman task and that
same sort of decentralization is rapidly becoming
imperative If the relief problem could be brought
home to the people by endowing local agencies OF
government with more responsibility and authority
in prosecuting relief activities, then could eX-
pect the pressure of public opinion to purge relief
rolls of most of the parasites. We have inviting
" gone so far already in encouraging less hardy
Americans to swap sef-reliance for dollars that
it would be difficult enough today to stem this tide
of moral prostitution. But with each passing day
the surging waves of human unrest will make sal
walton more difficult to achieve.
The dangers in the relief program men
toned by Dale Miller are those which far
seeing citizens anticipated when the plan
was first put in operation, but the fact that
many citizens anticipated the dangers ana
pointed them out has not caused any no
ticeable change in relief policies. The re-
lief program has gone right on expanding,
with the cost mounting all the time. The
government is now in a position similar to
that of the man who was holding the bear
it can't turn loose-or it probably would
be more accurate to say that relief affords
a first class demonstration of the practical
operations of State Socialism. Having once
embarked upon the road of Socialism a
government finds it impossible to take the
back track Everything that is done makes
the necessity for doing something addi-
tional; and each step plunges further and
further into the morass of Socialism.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12
SWAPPING SELF-RELIANCE FOR
DOLLARS

Are We swapping self-reliance for dol
lars?" is the question asked by Dale Mil
Ter in The Texas Weekly, and in answer
ing he quotes from The Henderson (Tex.)
Times, as follows
Take any American city or community Usual
ly certain number of citizens actually need help.
The city or community, instead of taking care of
Them, knows relief money is flowing freely So
overzealous citizens in power paint the picture as
badly as possible to get as much federal money as
the story will pull. The home town chamber Of
commerce and newspapers then boast about how
much money they have been able to obtain. Not
only do the real needy crowd in for relief but
thousands of borderline cases appear with great
anticipation and pitiful pleas. They took care OF
themselves in the past when there were no federal
relief funds, but now, knowing that many millions
fof dollars to be spent, they suddenly decide
g, they can no longer do They are willing to
trade their sef-relianee, and often their self-re
spect and honesty, for few government dollars
THAT is the danger which l can see out here living
among the people love-"
= After quoting the Henderson paper Dale
Miller adds this comment on his own &C.
count:
s '"The illusion that the government has an lin.
exhaustibe pOsketbOOk', coupled with the natu
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12
THAT SURPLUS STORY WAS TOO
GOOD TO BE TRUE

When is a surplus not surplus? When
it is in the United States PoStotfice Depart
ment. Why is a surplus not surplus? Be
cause the Postoffice Department juggled
its bookkeeping to show a surplus, when
in reality it should have showed a deficit
of more than fifty million dollars.
1t is true that Postmaster General Far
ley claims that his department should have
credit for 100000 for service rendered
other departments of the government in
carrying franked mail and paying govern
ment subsidies for carrying the mails, but
in view of the fact that this considerable
sum comes out of the pockets of the tax
payers, the public wants to know, whats
the difference?"
Farley'S bookkeeping methods do not
relieve the government of the expense, do
not pay the bills, and do not make sur
plus of a deficit The people have to pay
the bills for the franked mail and they
have to pay the subsidies. Big Jim's'
bookkeeping is a plain subterfuge; but,
fortunately, somebody went behind the
scenes and exposed this attempt to fool
the tax payers.
The poor old Postoffice Department is
still losing money-just as it always has
lost money-and just as the government
printing office and all other government
efforts to carry on business have been los
ing financial ventures.
s The public, however, is not disturbed
about the deficit in the Postoffice Depart
ment; and is willing to give Big jim" all
the credit due, if any, because the deficit
is not as big as it has been many times in
the past. Postoffice Department deficits
are now accepted as a matter of course.
The tax payers have become so accus-
toned to them that they would not feel at
home in the United States of America
without the annual postal deficit
NO-the public is not worried about the
postal deficit-and it's certainty it is not
worrying the Postmaster General-so, let
the band play and the populace shout for
a surplus that is not a surplus, while the
tax payers are soaked to the tune of S52,-
100000 for carrying ranked mail (most
sot which is junk that ought not to be car
,fled at any price, and paying subsidies to
contractors for mail service.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12
MORE TEAM PLAY NEEDED
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

leave those conditions and to IN
cur the expense of the rent Of
another house without the author
ization Of the department of city
relief. The department was not
inclined to pay that rent and was
satisfied TO have the old woman
and her son put out Of the house
they had so ill-advisedly taken,
and be obliged to return to the
home they had left.
Some time ago I was told a
pathetic story Of a woman who
with her children and all of her
belongings was being moved into
the street, and that the depart
ment of city relief was cold
hearted about the matter. Invcs-
tigation showed that the father
and mother of this woman had
comfortable home in the country
to which she and her children
were welcome. But she didn't like
the country. She preferred city
life at the expense Of the depart
mcnt Of relief. She was put into
the street. Thereupon she did
move with her children and her
things to the home of her parents
where she is now living safely.
Some persons do not seem to
realize that there isn't an abund-
ance of relief money, that there
actually is not enough to 90
around. They should understand
that whenever they spend a dol
lar more than is absolutely neces-
sary, they are taking it from
someone else who actually needs
it to live. 1t is a necessary policy
Of the relief administration to
handle its work With all possible
economy. to house as many per-
sons as is practicable, under the
same roof, and to warm them bv
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12
BEHIND TIE SCENES NJ
NNSHIIklGTONl

some lckeS enemies, 100. Honest
Harold" straightway barged from
his bed into a cabinet meeting and
saved the day
The feud between General John.
son and Ickes was constant after
Roosevelt was persuaded to take
the S3,300,O0O,O0O of PWA money
right out of Johnson'S hands and
give it to Ickes. Johnson was the
one who cracked up and left the
New Deal
It's true Ickes hasn't spirited the
Forest Service away from Secre'
tary Wallace yet. but in the one
actual test of strength with agri'
culture. lckes kept Roosevelt from
vetoing the grazing act and then
grabbed administration of it away
from Wallace's department.
|1DAPA" is q good fighter, but the
secret of his victory habit is
that he nearly always sees the log
ical and the inevitable thing ahead
whereupon the situation moves his
way
The sO-called current fight be,
tween lckes and Harry Hopkins
isn't any fight at all. The two men
are alleged to be rivals for control of
the reorganized and enlarged work
relief program which has been dis
cussed at Warm Springs. But in.
siders know these two to be the
friendliest pair in the New Deal
and are convinced nothing will
separate them.
Infinitely more significant are
certain indications Of q major war
brewing between Ickes and "Assis.
tant President" Don Richberg.
Bad blood between these two big
New Dealers dates back manv years
to the dissolution of their law pSrt.
nership in Chicago. Although the
sharpshooters aiming at Ickes are
chiefly power interests, private con.
tractors. oil racketeers. and con.
servatives of the Moffett stripe. the
opposition to Richberg is assuming
even larger proportions.
Copyright. 1884. NEA Service Incl
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the same fire.
Sometimes persons on relief
would like more room. They
would like separate houses. They
can not be blamed for wanting
these things, but the necessities
of the occasion require them to
double up and economic and CO.
operate.
Again, the absence Of feeling
of responsibility for one another
on the part Of some persons who
are objects of relief, is sometimes
distressing. For example:
A family consisting Of a man,
sick wife, several young daugh-
tiers, and sister-in-law, all living
/ together, applied for relief. The
man was given work. The sister
in-law looked after the household
and all were protected.
The man found a better job.
The wife got well and secured a
position. Then the sister-in-law,
on whose shoulders had fallen the
entire burden of nursing the sick
wife back to health, Of mothering
! the girls, and Of doing much Of
the homework, had a stroke Of
paralysis. Immediately the family
notified the department of relief
to come and get the sister-in-law
and take care Of her. They said
they were not responsible for her;
yet the combined income of the
father and mother was sufficient
to meet the expenses Of all, and
the girls were old enough to wait
on the stricken sister-in-laW.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service staff Correspondent


W7ASHINGTON-Over in the
w large domain Of Secretary
Ickes-PWA, Interior, oil, sub
siStence homesteads and so On
the boys have Pal easy. confident
way of saying:
Papa always wins the fights"
Inasmuch as Papa" Ickes has
been in more fights than anyone
else in the administration and is
at the moment the target of nu-
merous attacks, it's worth noting
that such a thought has become
automatic among those in touch
with the conflicts.
Anyone can see that Ickes has
come opt on top Of Federal Hous-
ing Administrator jim Moffett
and there's new: current crop Of
rumors that Moffett won't last
very long. The Ickes ideas as to
housing and public works were
the ones considered at Warm
Springs.
THE list of Ickes fights is a mile
- long and you can easily remem.
Der some of them. You probably
never heard, however, that it was
Papa" who smashed the last large
bid for power by conservative Lew
Douglas, who recently faded out as
director of the budget. Douglas
had persuaded Roosevelt to issue
an executive order empowering him
to pass on all emergency agency
expenditures before they were
made. Three days later, IL an
astonishing reversal, F. D. re.
scinded the order. A grim, deter
mined Ickes was the man behind
he scenes.
Another bit o. unwritten history
concerns the period :ate last win
ter wien Ickes was confined to q
hospital bed. He heard on good
authority that his PWA funds were
to be raid:d fol another S4OO..
100000 for eva. Roosevelt had
been listening rather attentively to
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12
SANTA CLAUS"
BY Matte Byers, Naples, y. G.

By Matte Byers, Naples, y. G.
Let's be good and go to sleep,
So down our chimney Santa viii
creep,
And leave us lots Of books and
The way he does all girls and
boys.
If we are good, and won't be rude.
Santa will be in his Jolly mood;
He'll laugh and shout with praise
and JOY
To see such a wise girl and boy.
He'll leave q doll, a book and toy
For each little girl and boy;
Maybe he'll leave nuts and candy,
And a nice little sleigh would be
handy.
For in the snow we could slide
Off down the hill for a ride:
Now let's be good and go TO sleep
Before old Santa takes his peep.
And in the morn, when we arise.
There'll be presents, to our sur
prise;
Over in the corner, there we'll 81"
Another Santa perched in our
tree!
Let's close our eyes and say our
prayer,
For Santa will come at any hour:
He only comes just once q year,
But that's the best of all the
cheer.
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told, that old woman ana hef
sick son with their poor belong
ings, will be put out on the side
walk in the cold
When | investigated this case,
here is what l found: The son did
have heart trouble; his mother
was old. They were about to be
put out in the street. Why? They
had been living with the old wo-
mans son-in-laW, hale. hearty
fellow who said that he was will
ing to support them all if he could
be given work. The department of
city relief gave him a full time
job and everything seemed safe.
Then without any notification
to the department Of relief, the
old woman and her sick son pack
, ed up their things, rented d house
and moved into it.
The department of city relief
had provided for these two per
sons under conditions in which
| they could live. They chose to
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12
MOHAIR MARKET LIVELY

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec. p.
(UP)-The West Texas mo!lair
market, stagnant for IA months,
opened up when 100000 pounds
were solo in Uvaldc recently. TIL"
lot was sold to Collins and Ak
man of Bristol, r. |. Il brought
20 cents a pound for mohair and
80 cents for kid hair.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12

Answers to Previous Questions
THE 1874 tax lasted only two
years The first tobacco tax
under the interna! revenue sys.
tenn went into effect Sept. /,
1852. In the beginning, strikers
were treated as cOnspi"ators, but
convictions seldom were obtained.
Forks of the Tar River" was
formed originally in It'll by
James Bonner. who owned all the
hRHd on which it was situate
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day that a mar
suffering W t h
h e a TT trouble
and his aged mo-
Their were about
to be elected
from their little
h o m G because
they owed FIVE
d o liars rent
which the de-
partment Of city
relief had refus-
cd to pay. "TO-
morrow" | was
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12

Many persons who are on gov
eminent relief, do not realize
their personal responsibility to-
ward this entire question of re-
lief. Fer example:
It was reported to me the other
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12
AUTO DEATHS GO UP WITH REPEAL

The first detailed figures on auto accidents for
1884, Just made public by the Travellers Insurance
company, are exceedingly shocking During the
first 10 months of this year there has been in
crease of Is per cent in number of traffic fatal-
ties.
More than $4,000 people have been killed by
autos since January 1 the total for the year will
be upwards of 36,OOO-an all-time record
The first question to be asked is "How far is
repeal responsible for this?" The figures have not
yet been broken down and analyzed but at first
glance alcohol seems to have played an important
part in the increase.
There has, for instance, been gain of nearly
"a per cent in the number of intoxicated drivers
involved in accidents. Indications are that repeal
has made traffic problem considerably more
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Daily Gazette.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12

Who was the first woman to
be ordained as a minister?
When was the first U. S. loan
made to a World War ally?
Where was the first X-ray ap-
paratus exhibited?
Answers in next Issue.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12
CARRIED HOT MEAL.

PORTLAND, Me-, Dec. r.
CUT)-Baked beans, Goldfish and
potatoes, a typical New England
meal, were cooked here and, still
hot, served for supper in Portland,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12

That 13-year-old mother of Ezra, ILL.,, ought to
make plans for claiming the annual youngest grand
mother award about IA years from now.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12

The most dangerous are the halfway truth, tt
halfway drunk, and the halfway Christian.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12

Feeble-mindedness, epilepsy and some oth2
traits are hereditary; acquired traits are not
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12

The optimst the opportunity in the diff
Guilty. The pessmist sees the difficulty in the OPP
portunity
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Who abuses himself gains lot-but it's in thu
cemetery.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12

1t doesn't take big causes to make big quarre
and big wars
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12

The bigger the fish the more easily it gets away.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12

Cd The gift of HIS son to be our Saviour.
(2) The gift of HIS WORD to make the Saviour
known to US.
~ The gift of HIS SPIRIT to guide us to the
Saviour.
(D The gift of HIS DAY to remind us of the
Saviour The right use of these four perfect gifts
will constitute us blesSed-Dr. A. B. Marsh.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-12
BIBLE THOUGHT

GODS FOUK PENF EI OIF ID
Every good gift and every perfect gift Is fro"
above" (James laid.
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A Mad Empress

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-05
BANDIT SUSPECT
CAPTURED HERE
Michigan Man ConfesSeS
WestfieId Raid, Say
City Police.

Arrested early today as one of two
bandits who yesterday held up and
robbed the Union State bank, West
field. of $1,000, Raymond Tynell, 81,
Shower, Mich, was being held under
$4,000 bond on vagrancy charges.
Police, who claimed Tynell had
confessed, said they recovered ap-
proximately Sis of the banks loot,
adding that Tynell told them he
spent SIS of the loot to buy the car
he was driving when arrested by a
police squad.
Tynelrs case was continued until
Sept. IL in municipal court. In the
meantime. police were seeking Ty-
nell's companion.
Tynell admitted, police say, that
he was the man who held the
sawed-off shotgun during the hold
up yesterday. He said he threw the
weapon into a corn field during the
flight from the scene of the rob-
berry. according to detectives.
The prisoners arrest came as q
result of a phone tip to Captain
John Mullen that there was a man
in an automobile at Keystone and
Southeastern avenues with lot
of money in a suitcase"
The tipster, whose identity was
not revealed by police, said that
when Tynell stopped to fix fiat
tire, he inadvertently spilled out
and opened a suitcase containing
the money when he reached for 6
tool box.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-05
CITY SCHOOL CHIEF
LASHES AT POLITICS
Teachers Hear StetSon at
Conference.

Political interference and short
sighted leaders we're blamed fol
government financial problems in
an address by Paul G. Stetson
school superintendent, at the open
ing of the three-day city teachers
conference today.
Approximately 1000 teachers at
tended the session today at Tech
nical high school preparatory to the
formal opening of public schools OF
the city Monday.
Financial problems confronting
our cities and states do not arise
primarily from lack of financial re-
sources, but from political interior
ence, outmoded forms of govern
ment, Anticipated taxation machin-
cry and the refusal of many leaders
to face the situation squarely and
frankly" Mr.. Stetson said.
The superintendent outlined
new teacher training plan whereby
successful teachers will be selected
to act as training teachers. He
lauded the spirit of the Indianapo-
lis teachers who have come
through this soul-trying period with
their high standards of private and
professional life unimpaired.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-05
BANK LOOTED BY
OFFICERS, CHARGES
RUCKER IN REPORT
S1,0O0,00O 'Embezzled,' Says Special Investi-
gator in Report to Judge on State
Savings and Trust.
BANK INSOLVENT IN 1925, HE SAYS
Claims Real Estate Subsidiaries in Red;
Assets on Closing of Institution
Were NOTHING,' He Asserts.

Prosecution officers of the defunc State Savings and
Trust Company which closed its doors April 25 $780, for
alleged embezzemen of the almost S5OOOOO then on de-
post in that bank demanded today by A j. Rucker Spe
cial bank Investigator for Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox
The demand coupled with suggestion that prosecution
might possibly await director, contained in the
final report of made by Mr. Rucker this cltys
deunct banks The report packed from beginning to end
with charges of dishonesty the part of the officers
Shortly after Judge Cox received Mr.. Fuckers report
and announced he would file it that it would be avail
able to Criminal Judge Frank P Baker and Prosecutor Her.
bert E. Wilson, Judge Baker summoned the grand jury be-