davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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mussels chung in millions to these rocks and at
low tide crabs and Holsters peep up at you from
every little pool.
From this cave Selkirk wore . path up the
mountainside to a notch near the top-his look
out-from which he could command the sea in
every direction. I climbed the precipitous trail
(kept clean by modern wood gatherers) and
reached the lookout Here, to my delight, I
found. 1000 feet above the sea, a bronze tablet
in English, 8 feet high and wide It reads:
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rels. iron stove, hammock, cooking pots, fishing
tackle, two guns and ammunition-and Adam.
the boats dog. Then my craft sailed of to
Trinidad and left me in solitary exile.
Straightway made my cave as homelike as
possible. hung my hammock fashioned Q crude
table and chair from bamboo and arranged the
tools and gear. Likewise, I made a calendar
with notches in a stick but also had printed
calendar to check 1t with. soon found that
the other side Of the island was thinly inhab-
tied with Negroes, living mostly in the town
Of Scarborough, some 10 miles away. To this
town went looking for a cat and parrot
Cats were plentiful. I was shoWered with cats
by the natives. But I kept my supply down to
a single gray kitten. AS for parrots. there was
only one available on the island. owned by an
old Negro woman as pet This bought for
dollar. The birds name was Susie, and this
name 1t shrieked at everybody. labored many
hours in the effort to teach the parrot to call
Continued on Ninth Page
Evening star., 1934-11-18

\k/E KNOW Defoe meant his hero's island
w to be Tobaso, for the author drives him
and his ship before the storm "to the coast OF
Guiana, on the north part Of Brazil beyond
the Amazones, across the mouth Of the Orinoco
River. Friday, Carib (bean) Indian, came
from what Is now the coast of Venezuela. From
a hilltop Crusoe also could see the three peaks
on the great island Of Trinidad"
Tobago is near the mouth of the Orinoco, and
only 20 - les from Trinidad.
ap..-~.. he'd Tobago in q manner dramati-
cally similar to Crusoe's-in q storm. My sail
boat. like Crusoe's, was driven past the mouth
Of the Orinoco-coming home from Devils
Island in French Guiana; and though I in
tended to land on Tobago, did not intend to be
pitched on the beach with such terrible vio-
lence. 1t was lonely but indescribably beau-
tiful beach, palm shaded. A chalk cave nearby
offered me Just the shelter needed to relive
as intended to attempt the life Of Crusoe.
From my six-ton sail boat I purchased all
the provisions and gear-sails. rope, tools. bar
Evening star., 1934-11-18
In Memory Of
Alexander Selkirk,

Alexander Selkirk.
Mariner,
A Natipe of Largo. in the County OF
Fife, Scotland.
Who Li'Ned on This Island In Complete
Solitude for -Four Years and -Four Months.
He Was Landed from the Cinque Ports
Galley. 96 Tons, Is Guns. AID. 1904,
and Was Taken of In the Duke. Pripateer,
18th Feb, 1909.
He Died LieutenGnt of H. N. S. Wep
Mouth, A-D. 1923; Aged ~ Years.
This Tablet is Erected
Near SeIkiTk's Lookout By
Commodore PotDeu and the
ONcers of II. M. S. Topaz, A.D. 1858.
Evening star., 1934-11-18

ECENTLY gave talk about my favorite
character in literature-Robtnson Cru
soc. stated that had lived month
on CruSoe's island. In the same manner
\ Gas far as possible) as he had lived. The
Island nh0SnY xuac Tnhano near Irini-
Evening star., 1934-11-18

IN THE beach where Selkirk went ashore
~ landed from my Valparaiso fishing boat,
The island today shelters q few poor Chilean
fishing families, who have little or no idea Why
their island Is famous.
found Selkirks cave easi1y-just q shallow
grotto worn In the rocks by the waves. But
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-13
u. S. Navy Fliers
Are Being Feted

HONOLULU, T. H., Jan. Ia
(UP).-Seven officers and p
men of the United States navy
air service who flew here from
San Francisco in "a hours, as
minutes, resumed yesterday the
routine of service life.
They slept late. making up for
the sleep they lost while flying
through a 14-hour night, relying
on their instruments and radio
contact to hold true course
through fog and against cross
winds.
Honolulu. however, was still IN
holiday mood over the success Of
the longest movement of military
planes over the open sea on rec
ord, and the fastest recorded
spanning Of the gap between the
mainland and Hawaii.
A large civic luncheon for the
80 fiers was planned for Monday,
when Rear Admiral R. w. John
son. commander o fthe navy's air
force, arrives in his flagship the
U. S. S. Wright.
In the meantime. business lead
ers and civic chiefs planned to
fete the fliers at a number of phi
vate entertainments. Lieut.. COM
mander Knefler McGinnis, COM
mander of the VP-10 squadron of
six planes that made the flight,
was the center of all social func-
tions in honor of the airmen.
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SAY RECOVERY PLAN
DUE FOR CHANGES

Continued from page one)
der way last night its program 70
build up state emergency organ
izations to handle code compli-
ance and coordinate recovery &C.
tivitieS. Heads of AZ state organ
iZatiOnS were announced.
In addition. the NRA is putting
on more and more pressure to get
remaining codes out of the way
so that it can concentrate on re-
visions. General Johnson already
has indicated that the average
hours may be cut from 40 to 80
so that industry can absorb more
of the approximately 100000
persons now either joblesS OF
working at government expense.
The agriculture department
Joined the trend toward action
with announcement of complete
reorganization of its important
licensing and enforcement section
Gin the interest of efficiency and
economy" Regional and district
branch offices will be discontinued
on January 20 when a reorgani-
zation of the field office system
goes into effect. 1t is expected 10
bring the AAA structure into line
with the new state emergency
council organizations.
One bit of cheering news Fri
dav was announcement that the
President had signed the liquof
tax bill, almost doubling spirits
taxes. In December. with 26 days
Of legal liquor sale. the govern
ment received S11,476,770 in
liquor revenues ana $7,568, 500
from beer. January figures should
be close to S1O.OOO,0OO higher.
The federal alcohol control adj
ministration moved to the relief
of drinkers yesterday by announc-
ing plans to call for complete
financial reports from distillers,
rectifers and wholesalers as a
means of ending profiteering.
The administration appears to
be relying upon a money move to
give another sharp impetus to
business such as that which ac-
companied the beginning of the
dollar depreciation program. The
gold price remained unchanged at
S34.06 Friday. and the opinion
grew that shifting the domestic
gold price has been abandoned as
a means of depressing the dollar
and lifting commodity prices.
Senator Thomas, DEM, Okla,
who recently announced his re-
tirement as unofficial head of the
imitation bloc. but has not reduced
his activities, called meeting of
leaders of all monetary reform
factions for Tuesday to agree on
a joint policy.
Congress was relatively quiet
yesterday. the senate concentrat-
| ing on the st. Lawrence water
ways treaty while the house pass
ed the Independent offices bill.
Miscellaneous developments:
American Railway association
reported car loadingS for the
week ending Jan. 6 at 499,939
cars. up 49,317 from the proceed
ing week.
President Roosevelt plans to
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-13
Karl Barth Gives
Views OF Reform

BERLIN, Jan. 10. (UP)-One
of the outstanding German theo-
Logan leaders opposing the Ger
man Christians, Karl Barth, dur
ing the church crises issued an
appeal to his followers not to
relax in their opposition.
Barth's appeal. which had a
wide repercussion among Prot.
estant churchmen, conde m n d
subservience of the church to
political powers, pointing out
that such decadence had existed
long before the Hitherto era.
"The attitude Of the German
Christians" Barth declared, "ls
nothing but a particularly drastic
sequel to the whole evolution of
Professionalism since 100; hence
our protest should be levellcd
against an alteration which had
for a long time prevailed in our
church, =,
Our protest" he d d e d,
"wouId be ineffective if we were
not aware Of the whole extent
of this alteration.
He explained that he combat
ted the German Christians be-
cause their teaching was false
and because they obtained lead
erShip in the church usurpation.
"The falseness of their teach
ing" Bart said, "is made evil
dent, not only by their rejection
of the Old Testament. or by their
support of the racial principal,
or by their adhesion to the Arlan
and Pelagian heresies, denying
Christ's divinity and the original
sin, but by the fact that the
German Christians recognize, be-
sides the Bible as Gods only re-
violation, another source of divine
contained in the his
tory and the present political
evolution of the German political
evolution of the German people,
thus unmasking themselves as
believers in "anOther God"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-13
Byrd Flies Near
Little America
In Latest Hop
Convinced All Land In
Pacific Quadrant Of
Antarctic Now Found

ABOARD S. S. JACOB RUP-
PERT, Enroute to Little America.
Jan. Is. (Mackay Radio) (UP)-
Rear-Admiral Richard E. Byrd,
back from the third daring flight
toward the South Pole, said yes
terday he was convinced that mo
land exists in the Pacific quadrant
here nearer than the coastal
fronts of King Edward VII and
Marie Byrd lands"
The admiral and his plane crew
flew within $50 miles of Little
America Thursday, Xpl / i n g
along the 152nd Meridian as far
south as lititude 71.45. and found
no land anywhere III that area.
~ saw no land" Byrd reported
on returning to the ship. st is
pretty safe to say now that no
land exists any nearer than the
coastal fronts of King Edward
VII and Marie Byrd lands. There
may be however. a few low is
lands-nothing more. 1t is just
ice-covered ocean.
SIN between. the pack was fair
ly scattered just south of our ship
and as we went south it was more
compact. Small floes gave way
to floes two miles across, and
large stretches of open water"
When Byrd returned. the air
was balmy and the temperature
mounted to 40 degrees in the sun.
The huskies lay painting on deck,
their tongues hanging out at this
abnormal summer" weather in
the Antarctic.
A few hours later the skies sud
denly filled with low clouds, and
before dark the air was filled with
a driving snow squat.
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500 Teachers To
Be Put To Work
The Times-News Bureau
Cir WnItpr H1tPl


RALEIGH, Jan. 13.-M o e
than 200 formerly unemployed
school teachers are already at
work in the state on CWA teach
ing projects, while approximately
600 are in training at the varl-
Gus state educational instltu-
tions in preparation for employ
ment on more CWA projects, Dr..
A. T. Allen, state superintendent
of public instruction announced
today. Not all of these 600
teachers now taking a special
two weeks training course with
all their expenses paid by the
CWA, are being guaranteed jobs
when they complete these courses
Dr.. Allen explained, since they
must then return to their home
counties, and organize classes.
But wherever a teacher can or
game a class of ten or more
under one of the five classified
tions approved by the CWA, he
or she can then get the job of
teaching it, provided the requir-
ed approval is obtained from the
city or county superintendent Of
schools.
The five different types of
classes which may be organized
under the CWA program for
which these teachers may be en-
ployed, are as follows:
/. Adult illiteracy classes.
2. Vocational training classes
for those who desire to learn
some new vocation.
8. Vocational education d
rehabilitation classes, specialize
ing in teaching some trade.
4. General adult education
classes, which include wide var
iety of subjects.
S. Nursery schools for children
of pre-school age, from three to
six years of age.
A large number of adult ILL
teracy classes have already been
organized, and these are prov
ing about the most popular or at
least the most numerous of the
various teaching projects, Dr.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-13
Development OF
Cardinals Park
System Is Urged
The Times-Ncws Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

RALEIGH. Jan. 13.-Develop-
ment of state parks with provi-
sions for wholesome recreation
for leisure hours and the building
up Of a more vigorous citizenship,
is a very definite part of the new
DEAF which President Roosevelt:
is giving the country, in the opin-
ion of L. A. Sharpe, district in
spector of emergency conservation
work for the U. s. Parks Service.
who returned Thursday from an
inspection of improvements being
carried on at Fort Macon State
park, across the sound from More
head City.
Mr.. Sharpe is cooperating with
the state department Of conserva-
tion in the supervision of work
nuder the civil works administra-
ton being carried on at the his
toric fort. which includes the
building of a road along Bogue
Banks to the old fertilization.
The district Inspector commend
ed the recent example Of Virginia
in the acquisition of state parks.
He pointed out that previous to
July, 1888. the Old Dominion
state did not have an acre of state
parks but before the end of the
year six had been brought under
state ownership. The state parks,
all donated by individuals, he con-
tinued, contain some 10000 acres
and are scattered throughout Vir-
ginia.
Once the owners Of land realize
the Importance of state parks. Mr..
Sharpe asserted. they will begin
to donate land in North Carolina
for that purpose as they have done
in Virginia and a comprehensive
system can be developed. What
is needed. he said, is for someone
to start the movement by making
the first donation. then others
should follow rapidly.
A worthy immediate goal, Mr..
Sharpe feels. is the acquisition Of
a system of parks so that no citi-
zen Of the state will be more than
100 miles distant from the near
est
! The Inspector expressed pleas
urc with progress that has been
made in the construction of road
to Fort Macon. He believes that
the value Of the fort is not fully
appreciated from its tourist posi-
bilities but thinks that it will be-
come more popular after the road
makes it more accessible to the
public.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-13
SHELBY SEES
FEWER DRINKS
Heavy And Sure Sentences
Cut Intoxication There
By 40 Percent

SHELBY. Jan. 13.-No longer
does recorders court Judge Joe
Wright face a headachy crowd Of
weekend wowserS when he opens
court here on Monday mornings.
The habitues and their pals have
decided that, though giggle water
is still cheap and potent, the legal
costs of a rousing drink are too
expensive.
During the past 40 days, the
number of cases in the recorders
court have decreased more than
40 per cent, Judge Wright said
yesterday. And. more amazing
still. he said that number of cases
during the holidays was SO per
cent below expectations.
On Monday of this week, he
had seven liquor cases, and not
ONE since. In fact, he has had no
cases and has been enjoying him.
self listening to Judge Oglesby
conduct court.
The sudden recession of the To-
cal wet wave is due, Judge Wright
said, to just one thing: the boys
have learned that heavy and GER
tain fines will be imposed. Fol-
lowing the dictates of the voters,
who went overwhelmingly dry,
the Judge has been making his
sentences heavy. and has been
particularly severe on drunken
drivers. Word has got around
that you'd better not get caught
drunk in Shelby.
Noted Bob Kendrick, oldest law
enforcement officer here in point
of service, added to the local crime
report the observation that Shelby
was now absolutely free of those
travelling sisters whose company
NAV be had for a price. Mr.. Ken
drick averred that Shelby was the
cleanest town in the state.
Besides the stern sentences I'M
posed recently. it is believed that
increased employment here, par
ticularly by CWA, has reduced
drinking.
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Tax Collections
Criticisms Met
The Timcs-News Buresu
Sir Walter Hotel

Sir Walter Hotel
RALEIGH. Jan. l3.-T h S e
who are actively opposing the 3
per cent sales tax on retail sales
are telling merchants over the
state that the department of re-
venue is paying its field deputies
minimum salary of $l75 Il
month just to check up on the
sales tax alone, a merchant from
Laurel Hill, in Scotland county
told Director Harry McMullin Of
the collections division of the
department one day this week,
and asked for accurate informa-
ton.
Here is what Director McMul-
, Ian told this merchant:
The department Of revenue has
81 field deputy collectors, who
not only check up on and col
lect the sales tax. but also the
income tax, franchise tax, license
tax and all other state taxes with
the exception Of the inheritance
tax, so only part of their time
is devoted to the sales tax.
These deputy collectors re-
ceive only from $50 to 1925 a
month in salaries, only those who
have previously been with the
department getting as much as
1925 a month. Not more than
ten of the deputies get this
maximum salary.
The cost of collecting the sales
tax is limited in the law to not
more than per cent of collec-
tons and so far the cost of col
lection, including the expense of
the field force and of the office
force here, has been considerably
less than this 2 per cent.
! "The amount of the salaries
paid to all employees in either
the sales tax division or any
other division of the department
of revenue is of public record
and can be learned by any one
at any time" Mcmillan said.
eve are glad to give any one
any information about salaries
and collection costs at any time.
As a result, we think it rather
unfair for those who are oppos-
ing the sales tax to misrepresent
the facts and to tell merchants
! that we are paying higher salar-
les than we really are and that
our field Deputies devote their
entire time to collecting the
sales tax, when they collect all
the other taxes as we'll"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-13
MOSELEY IN COMMAND

ATLANTA, Jan. II. IL
General George Van Horn Nose
lev, new commander of the
Fourth Corps area. arrived today
and assumed command at head
quarters at Fort Mcpherson here.
An informal reception by off
GERS who escorted him from tn"
train to the post headquarters
and the firing of official salute
of major general was the only
ceremonies incident to his COM
mo All other ceremonies were
cancelled out of respect to the
late Maj-Gen. Edward L. King
whom General Moseley succeeds.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-13
WILL INSTALL
S. S. OFFICERS
Annual Event For Presby-
terrain School Set For
Sunday

According to custom, the Off
GERS and teachers of the Presby-
terrain Sunday school are install
ed by the pastor at the close of
the II o'clock service on the sec
ond Sunday of the New Year and
This will be done tomorrow, DR..
l.. T. Wilds announced today.
The officers and teachers are
as follows:
Officers: Superintendent. l.,
H. Mckay; assistant superinten,
dent, J. II. Flanagan; secretary,
A. H. Hawkins; assistant secre-
tary, Claude Grant; treasurer,
VIM. C. Bangs; director of music,
Miss Lille G. Allen; pianist, Miss
Sarah Hudgens; assistant, Mary
Scott Wilds.
Cradle Roll - Superintendent,
Miss Emma Sample; assistants,
Mrs. j. H. Flanagan and Mrs. r,
c. Stuart.
Beg nners - superintendent,
Miss Emma Sample; assistants,
Mrs. John Peden, Mrs. R. V,
Williams, and Miss Jean Ran,
dolph.
Observation-Disclosures, Mrs
L. X. Singley; assistants, Mrs,
Frank Bly,, Mrs. 7. D. Mccall,
Mrs. H. G. Love, Mrs. julian
Beall, Mrs. S. w. Futrelle.
Juniors-Mr. +. A. Smyth and
Miss Sarah Hudgens.
Intermediates: Mrs. c. l.. Grey
and Mrs. J. S. Hunter.
Seniors: Prof. l.. A. Gossett
and Mrs. J. Z. Ockerman.
Young People: Mrs. l.. 7
Wilds, teacher; Miss Anne Weeks
president; Miss Allene Fluker
secretary treasurer.
Young Mems Class: Mr.. C.. c.
Oates, teacher; Oliver Brownies
president; Tom L. Smyth, secre-
tary.
Young Women's Class: Mrs,
j. Adger Smyth. teacher; Miss
Lille G. Allen, president; Mrs,
l.. H. Mckay, secretary.
Woman's Bible Class: Mrs. }.
S. Brown, teacher; Mrs. A. g.
Randolph, assistant teacher; Mrs.
Otis Powers, president; Mrs. +.
R. Black, secretary.
Mems Bible Class-Messrs. S.
L. Woodward. T. H. Franks, +.
NJ. Waters, O. Y. Brownlee,
teachers; C. L. Grey, president
+. R. Black, vice-president; L.
X. Singley, secretary and l.. A
Blair, treasurer.
Assistant teachers: Miss Mar
tina Willis and Scott Hunter, Jr.
Home department: Mrs. Otis
Powers, superintendent; Miss
Claudia Sample and Mrs. +. r.
Black assistants.
These are requested by the
pastor to sit together as body
in the church at the morning
service of the church. There Is
no more important work in the
church says DR.. Wilds than that
of the Sunday school and all
members of the church who are
at all interested in the work Of
the church. and especially all
parents, are urged to attend TINS
service.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-13
American Placed
Blue Eagle Upon
Imported Fish

SAN PEDRO, Calf, Jan. 10
(UP)-Hary Halfhill, head Of a
packing company here, admitted
yesterday that he placed NRA
Blue Eagle labels on 4OO-cast
shipment of Japanese canned
tuna.
Discovery of the labels on the
imported fish drew a protest
from the California Fish Can
ners' League and an order by
Gen. Hugh Johnson, NRA chief
for an investigation.
Halfhill said that his company
was an NRA member, as was the
Samuel Kunin company of CHI
cago, to which the shipment was
directed.
$50 I went to the N.Y.K. docks
and put on the labels" he SAID
Japanese tuna, according TO
American Gamers, has caused a
shutdown Of the California fish
canning industry and throw sew
eral thousand out of work IN
the last few weeks. A plea 10
President Roosevelt resulted in
a so per cent increase in duty
the maximum rise allowed under
the tariff act, but even with this
added cost the tune is landed
here, duty paid, for less than
Americans can produce it, pack
erS claimed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-13

announce the birth of son,
Walter Hershel, on Friday, Jan
uary u, at their home on Kan
uga street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey LYDIA had
as guests this week Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Lee Gardner. of Mills River
the latter before her marriage
was Miss Edith Mehaffey.
Mrs. Almonte +. Jones, Miss
nellie Jones and Mr.. Paul Jones
have moved to the AmbaSSado:
Adjustments.
Little Miss Lavinia Lee Smith
who has been indisposed this
week, is improving now.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-13
TREASURY ASSISTANT

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is. (UP)
Mariner S. Eccles. Og d e n,
Utah, was appointed assistant
secretary of the treasury yes.
terday, to supervise financial
and banking problems. He sue.
ceeds Earl Baltic, who resigned
when his tenure was criticized in
congress because of his past con-
nection with banking firm in
voIved in foreign loan flotations.
Beware Of the man who talks
much Of his honesty.
To a really big man authority
means only responsibility.