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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
OUR LIBERTIES AT STAKE
Record.

In one of his books, the late ex-President WI
son said 81 do not want to live under philan-
thropy. / do not want to be taken care of by the
government. | want only to have right and justice
prevail so far as l am concerned. Give me right
and Justice and | will undertake 20 take care Of
myself l will not live under trustees if can help
it. do not care how WISE how patriotic, the trus-
tees may be. have never heard of any group OF
men in whose hands l willing to trust the lib
critics of the American people"
Woodrow Wilson, before he became President,
was distinguished educator and historian, and
in that statement he ably reflects the true Ameri-
can spirt-the spirit that won our independence,
wrote our Constitution, and gave democratic
government That spirit is the direct antithesis of
paternaism It's base is in the solid rock of indi-
vidual sef-reliance. It's image is the typical Amer
lean who, like the war president, wants one 20
determine his destinies, and wants only, under far
conditions, to carve out his own future.
If we, as a people, lose that spirit, the word
Democracy will ring holloway indeed The nation
abounds with those who would have US accept pa
ternalism, fascism, communism-one form or an
other of dictatorship. They would have us surren-
der our liberties to group of public trustees
And by doing that we would, in the words Of the
old saying, be trading our inheritance for mess
of pottage.-Industrial News Review.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
THOSE AsHEVHLE FOLKS

yVber the citx Of Asheville, y. c., put under
r.o., = flock Of Uncle Sans hoboes, they started
.oroatbino There has been a howl Of protest
about holding the innocent, and on the other hand
folks who are unfortunate enough to have to live
adjacent to one Of these hobo camps have been
loud in their condemnation OF the men who lnhaoit
them.
When YOU gather lot of "transients," which
literally means bunch of hoboes and oums VINO
have been taken off the trains, and other"'Se
nicLed nm as Migrants, and concentrate them, yon
are going to have trouble. .-.... s.... ..
In at Rocky Bottom, in Pickens county, the
bum population got rampant several times. Unruy
individuals. and thew cannot be disciplined, pro-
ceeded to steal government property and swap u
for liquor. They got drunk and raised the usual
disturbance. No wonder that the folks around the
camp raised a row.
We have in mind particular case, where one
of these transients, having imbbed freely OF noun
tain corn liquor, proceeded to go places and 40
things He invaded private property and "heh
asked to leave declared that he was "one OF Uncle
Sans tramps, and he'd go where he dam pleased.
Unfortunately, the owner of the property was
one of the hard-boiled variety, and ne socked the
intoxicated transient aside the nOggln with bean
pole or something similar, loaded him in his auto
mobile and took him to camp. When the officer
there said he could do nothing about the case, ne
lust took him on to Pickens and threw him in jail.
The Pickens authorities didn't hesitate to sock it
to him, and that was that. .s
1t all goes back to the same old thing. The
more you do for folks, the more they expect, and
the sooner Uncle Sam gets off direct relief to
ableboded persons, and can furnish some plan by
which they earn what they get, the sooner the
country is going to be headed back to real pros
perity-not bought prosperity.-Anderson IS. c.
Record
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
IVA Numbered

Federal Judge Grub in his ruling on Twas
purchase of properties from the Alabama Power
company finds no constitutional right by which the
government may engage in the power business.
That, we imagine, will be matter for the SUI
preme court to decide, and we have no intention
of attempting to beat the august body to it.
But in other respects the judges decision IS
worth talking about For example, he says:
"A plan for the development of the Tennessee
River valley as social experiment is in no sense
related to the Improvement of the Tennessee
river"
1t Is possible, then, to experiment socially by
installing a family in house equipped with a
wood cookstove instead of an electric range.
Spring houses may serve in the lack of electric
refrigerators. Small industries may be founded
with some hope Of making the grade even if they
have to buy power from private companies instead
of from iva.
All of which bOils down to this: that in the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
PRIVATE INDUSTRY MAY HAVE
CHANCE TO JUSTIFY ITSELF
lRY BRUCE CATION

While electric power interests prepare
70 take the whole Tennessee Valley eX-
pertinent to the supreme court, to see
whether anything in the Constitution en-
abIes Uncle Sam to behave as he has been
behaving in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals,
a new proposition of even greater interest
is being made in connection with neigh
boring watercOurse.
This one is the MOnongahela Valley OF
northern West Virginia. There is already
an extensive industrial development in this
region-coal mines, steel mills, glass fac
tories. and what-nOt-and government eX-
perts have been looking at the possibilities
for a great power project there.
But this time, according to reports in
Washington, they are going to suggest that
the Job be done by private industry and
not by the government.
Many details are still to be worked out,
of course Whether the electric power
which can be had so abundantly in these
10 West Virginia counties should be gen
Grated by water or by coal is still an open
question.
The precise way in which housing prof.
ects, industrial organization, and power
distribution systems would be organized
has not been settled.
But the interesting thing is the sugges-
ton that this whole development be
financed and controlled by private capital,
with Uncle Sam doing little more than Of
fer suggestions and exercise general su-
.pervision.
With the social objects that are being
sought in the Tennessee Valley no one has
any quarrel. Better housing, rehabilitation
of backward rural areas, cheaper and
more abundant electric power, regional
plan which would eliminate waster effort
and give every inhabitant chance for a
better life-these are goals with which no
one can quarrel.
Objection to the program arises because
the government is doing these things leav-
ing little room for private initiative
=, =. The Monongahela proposal would be an
eASSlleiI CouHIeI-odldHCe. by lnlS plan,
private initiative would have chance to
show whether il can provide the same So
cial reforms.
If it should prove that it could-if the
ends sought in the Tennessee Valley can
be made available by private capital seek
ing prOft-then our traditional, profit
motive economy would justify its right 10
survival in the modern world.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
Behind TIE SCENES m
WASHINGTON

ern commercial stake far larger
than ours, aren't anxious to join
hands with US in a common policy
and a definite naval understand.
ing as to Japan.
But some OF the very best
guessers believe Britain won't
play ball. In the first place, our
negotiators couldn't promise that
we would join her in case she
were fighting Japan, as Congress
wouldn't stand for it.
TOR 10 years, England has been
l. balancing between France and
Germany, now favoring one and
then the other. This attitude OF
independence seems to be her
favorite role. And it's at least
likely that she will now let the
naval situation drift along, being
friendly to Us without antagoniz.
ing Japan.
Now as to our own position:
The American navy can easily
protect the coasts, Alaska, thu
Panama Canal, and Hawaii, in the
event of war with Japan. But no,
our interests in the Philippines
or the Far East.
OUR navy is far from strong
- enough to cross the Pacific
and successfully attack Japan and
no one has yet proposed an ex.
pansion program which would
give us that strength. (Whethe,
We would need a navy three OF
five times as strong as the Jana.
neSe TO fight so far away from
home is q matter OF argument)
Hence, parity for Japan wouldn,i
essentially change the situation.
State Department folks pri.
vately agree with this, exceot fo,
the msistenoe that the So ratio
acts rs a certain check on Japan.
III her raids on China. (Maybe
you hadn't noticed itD The ooep
Door policy, national prestige.apd
trade opportunities enter III.
scene at this point.
tCopyisht. '05i, NHA Service. Inc
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
iBA Service stan Correspondent

WA otTNfce sum Correspondent
WASHINGTON-The impending
" naval race will cost the tax
payers so much money that they
At least ought to know what
they're getting for it.
They won't find out In the off,
2idl reports from Washington or
he London preliminary naval con-
ference. But here's the situation:
Japan demands naval parity
with the United States and Britain
because she intends to have a free
hand in Asia. She is going to
dominate China and plans COM
mercial expansion over wide
sphere.
Although in case OF war she is
IN mo danger OF attack by an
American or British navy acting
alone, she fears that the two
English-speaking nations might
some day merge or threaten to
merge their fleets against her.
Such a combination now would
mean a 1913 ratio against Japan
Parity would mean only a 1O-5
ratio and Japan, thanks to her
geographical location, would feel
fairly safe with that. So she plans
10 bust the $3.50 Washington
treaty.
You can Just forget the story
that Japan's demands are inspired
by national pride.
OUR government is now making
~ strenuous bids for a naval
understanding with England. The
theory here is that we must have
that or embark Oh a huge naval
building program.
High officials in State and NAVY
departments were iittery as prit.
ain began making vague oomnro
mise offers to the JAPANESE NJ
London and are correspondence
eiated row that Japan has turned
them down. avg '"' ''eu
our admirals can't urderstard
"Ay The British, with u Far East.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
THEY ARE THAT WAY
By WlCKES WAMBOLDT-

thing. Finally he came to the end
Of his rope; committed suicide,
leaving his widow with two chill
dren and memories 50 frightful
that she is today, thirty years
LATER, a bitter, broken-hearted wo-
man. And how she does hate men.
She is convinced that they are all
two-legged devils.
"What about marriage, them"
you may ask. rs it so danger
ous?"
Yes, it is dangerous. very dam
gerOus. For that reason, it should
be entered into cautiously, only
after serious thought and with all
information possible about the
party of the other part.
But infatuation laughs at adj
vice. and SCOTS at wisdom. It
knows more without any knowl-
edge a all than all the rest of
the world with all Of its accumu-
lated understanding.
Infatuation IS a common cause
of unfortunate marriage. Infatu-
alton is mesmerism pure and sim
pie. In course of time, it ALWAYS
wears off; and real love must take
its place if the couple is to be
happv or even contented.
TnfatuatiOn is no sign Of real
love. 1t is no indication that two
people are meant for each other,
or can endure each other.
A strong argument for the long
engagement is that it gives in
fatuation where it exists. an OBJ
portunity to wear off before the
couple get tied mp in the grave
contract of marriage.
A woman / know had a young
daughter who became infatuated
with an undesirable man. a new
conner. a novelty. She was deter
mined to marry him; she was GER
tain she could not live without
him. The mother, to the astonish-
iment Of her friends. brought her
daughters beloved into her home
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03

Tudye,s opinion IVA has followed the fallaey Of
assuming cheap power to be the sine qua non OF
the better life. Actually it is no such thing
either to the householder, whose power bills are
no, one-twenteth of his other expenditures or %
manufacturing wherein by far the largest items
arc raw materials and labor. The Judge IN short
-os,,. 20 have accused IVA Of hiding public
power policy behind social experiment.-Char-
lotte News.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03

A husband is sometimes a pc
culiar creature. He will tell hs
wife that if she stays where he :,
he will kill her; then if she leaves
him, he will follow her up and tell
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03

her that II she
does not come
back to him, he
will kill her,
1t is very much
easier for a wo-
man to get tied
up to an unwOr-
thy male person
than to get loose
from him.
"B u t h o W.
asks a $ w e G {
young thing in
love with a two
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
AIMING OF POLICE OFFICERS

The gentle art of banditry is being practiced
more frequently in the Southeast in recent
months. Since the notorious hod-up in the streets
of Charlotte, which resulted most unsatisfac-
torily for the bandits, there have been many rob
berries of banks, and other concerns. 1t is evil
dent that the bad men of the East and Middle
west have their eyes turned to this part of the
country and it is not necessary to repeat the
warning that banks and large business concerns
should be prepared to protect their funds and
payrolls
During the political campaign in this county
last summer considerable criticism. of members
of the county delegation for approving the pur-
chase of machine guns, ammunition and tear gas
was heard from the stump. The Herald believed
then that such criticism was unjust and that the
purchase was warranted. The robberies and hold
ups that have taken place in the Caronas and
adjoining states since then confirm that belief
Banks and business enterprises are not robbed
with the assistance of pOpguns and officers CT
the law are not shot to death with them. The
machine gun is the favorite weapon of gangsters
and bandits and officers should not have to hunt
and face them with inferior shooting" IRONS
Spartanburg Herald
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
TO ACT SOON
IN BOND SUITS
Permanently of Injunction
in Hendersonville Case
To Be Argued

ASHEVILLE, Dec. Bond
default suits against Ashey.lIe.
Hendersonville and Burnsyille vii.
be heard here in United State
district court next week. Fedora
judge f. Yates Webb. Of Shelby.
who is holding court in Bryson
City this week, will return to hear
the suits.
The Asheville wate- revenue
herring is scheduled for Monday.
The Burnsville and Henderson
Vile suits will be called later in
the week. In the Asheville case.
the Bondholders Protective CON-
mittee seeks to impound the W.
ter revenues of the city or tn
grounds that the law restricts he
net revenues to payment Of pl.r-
cipal and interest on S6,O00.Uo0
Of outstanding water and sewrr
bonds.
The Equitable Life Insurance
promised that his party would
"meet each Of the issues raised
by the majority solely Oh It's
merits"
Republicans are interested in
the restoration of normal cond.-
tons in this country" Smell said,
"and ! am sure that they VII.
cooperate in every effort to
bring that about"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
500 ADDED TO
FEDERAL DRY
FORCE IN i. s.
1000 Others Told They
Can Hold Jobs Pending
Action On Pay
By JOHN r. BEAL
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. (CP).
One thousand federal dry
agents who can capture boot
legpers but who ''fiunked' a
test requiring them to define
complex" and "eldom" were
told today they might hold their
Jobs without pay in the hope
that congress would reinstate
them.
Attorney General Homer S.
Cummings made the ruling Sal
urday at the request of the
treasury department. The men,
members Of the internal bureaus
alchohol tax unit, are sorely
needed in the fight against boot
Logging, according to treasury Oh
ficialS.
Facing a holiday seaon IN
which bootleggers are likely to
be more active than ever, Secre-
tary of the Treasury Henry A.
Morgenthau, il. immedi y
asked Guy T. Helvering, COM
missioner of internal revenue, to
.rescind his previous order auto
matically Diminishing the 1000
Investigators yesterday, which
delivering did.
!, The treasury made it clear that
the men remaining at work did
so at their own risk, in case con-
gress refused to. reinstate them
or pay them. But since the de-
partment feels loss of the agents
would completely demoralize its
staff at time when it is grid
ing for a fight to wipe out the
illicit alcohol trade, it was ex-
lpected strong pressure would be
brought to bear in congress to
retaining the men.
Under the ruling the 1000 in
,vestigators may remain on duty
without pay, and 500 men re-
crUited to replace them will be
on the payroll.
Meanwhile promise Of aid in
the acknowledging drive came
from congressional quarters in
indications that there will be an
intensive fight for lower taxes
on imported and domestic liq-
uors Few things would discour-
age illicit alcohol distributors us
quickly, officials believe, as a
cut in the extra margin of pro-
.Git-non-payment of take S.
which now enables them TO oDer-
ate widely.
Chairman Pat Harrison, d.,
Miss, Of the senate finance COM
n?ittee revealed this week that
tax revenue is meeting eXpecta-
tons from alls ourccs except
liquor. Some experts believe
this is because the liquor taxes
are high enough to discourage
evasion.
Rep. Emanuel Celler, D., N. Y,
plans to introduce a bill in the
house calling for sharp reduc-
tons in liquor taxes and indica-
lions today were that the bill
will find strong support. The
present tax on domestic liquor is
~ a gallon. Imported liquor is
taxed an additional So a gallon.
Legislation of this type would
not encounter Republican OBJ
Structionist opposition it deve-
Ioped when Rep. Bertrand Smell.
H., a. Y, minority floor leader,
at every opportunity. She made
Daughter see plenty of him and
get well acquainted with him. In
a short time, Daughter soon be-
came so fed up with him she could
not bear the sight or sound of
him. But that plan will not always
work For infatnatinrn ,,,nu lnnL
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03

Scientists have announced the latitude and Ion
eitude of the Washington Monument, visitors
sailing three sheets to the wind n&y locate it.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03
"A NEW D
eth. Lord God reveaieth His secret unit
III, servants the prophets" (AmoS SID "-

The message Of the prophet Amos written 'oV
wears b. c. is as fresh if it had come from tne
press this week Read the book and see the parai-
Tel conditions. These are the things that we nave
witnessed and read in the daily papers. And We
Is individual citizens are partly responsible We
will never have new deal that amounts 70
ANYTHING until we get a etizenry.-Rev. H. =
Campbell d. ID.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03

Uncle Sam has sent out his annual bills for pay
ment of war debt instalments He might as wei
do so, or even Finland would forget TO pay.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03

U. S. secret service has issued instructions on
how to detect counterfeit bills of large denomina
tons Wouldn't it be better to tell US how to de-
tect the good ones?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03

A stadium, is nucleus for college buildings.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03

Who possesses most has least appreciation.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03

at every opportunity. She made
Daughter see plenty of him and
get well acquainted with him. In
short time, Daughter soon be-
came so fed up with him she could
not bear the sight or sound of
him. But that plan will not always
work. For infatuation may last a
long time-long. enough to seem
to be the real thing. That is why
women find themselves united to
men who threaten to kill them if
they stick around, and promise to
Kill them if they stay away.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03

When she's in fashion she's in little else
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-03

Empty stomachs are dangerous things.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-07-26
Mrs. Olaf Peterson,
Former MilrOy Girl,
Succumbs at MankatO

Milroy-Mrs. Olaf Peterson, for
merly of Milroy, died in st. Joseph's
hospital at Mankato Sunday at S p.
m. She had been operated on for rup-
tured appendix a week before her
death and was believed to be recov-
ering. She is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Cain and was born and
reared in Westline township. About
1918 she moved to Mankato with her
husband and four sons, Lawrence,
Vernon, Allen and Donald.
The funeral was held Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Ford of
Tracy were Sunday evening guests
at the Ed. Hickey home.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Welter Visited
the latter's sister, Mrs. Ed. Kobe at
Sleepy Eye Sunday.
Miss Hazel Kline spent Thursday
of last week with Miss Helen Kelly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zeph Trippanier and
family called at the John Dolan home
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Knutson were
dinner guests at the August johnson
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Howe were
Sunday evening callers at the Harold
johnson home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-07-26

John Molitor had thresher's meet
ing Sunday evening. He started
threshing Wednesday.
Mrs. Clifford Ahlness and children
Miss Thelma Lovald and Miss Bernice
Fredrickson were at Julius Ahlness'
for Sunday dinner.
A daughter was born to Mrs. Har-
old johnson Tuesday, July II. She
received the name of Ardyce Erma.
Mrs vidia Lake and two boys,
Donald and Merle, were guests at the
Olaf Lovald home from Wednesday
until Friday. They returned to the
Severt Lee home at Lucan Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Ahlness and
family visited the hail district at
Tracy, Sunday. They drove on to
Lake Shetek.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Welsh were
guests for supper at the John Molitor
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Knutson were
Sunday afternoon callers at the Har-
old johnson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zeph Trippaniner
went to Redwood Falls Saturday on
bushes.
Several horses were overheated last
week around Milroy and one Of them
died.
Mrs. Charles Penke, Mrs. Joseph
Saekel, Mrs. Charles Dunno and dau-
ghter, Irene. Mrs. John Morgan and
daughter, Gertrude, and Mrs. John