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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-08
VIRGINIA FLoUTs AN AMENDMENT

The senate of the state of Virginia has refused
to ratify the so-called child labor amendment to
the federal constitution.
1t is Just possible the reaction against this dan
gerous legislation has set in among the state legs-
latures.
Twenty states already have approved the amend
ment Sixteen more are needed to make it a law.
1t is doubtful if the 16 be secured if there IS
and subversive implications of this proposed adS-
ton to the federal constitution
All of us are irrevocably opposed to the exploit
tation of childhood for labor in factories and
sweatShops in place of adult workers.
But some work for children and youth, far from
being harmful. is probably desirable and necessary
for the proper development of useful manhood and
wOmanhood.
And to place the power of control over the ac-
tvites of childhood and youth which this amend
ment contemplates in federal bureau of possible
fanatics on the subjeCt-the sort of people who
have engineered this piece of communstic doctrine
to a place within the shadow of the constitution
making it possible to deprive the farmer of tho
help of his boys in the planting and cultivation OF
crops or doing the chores" about the barn and
farmyard; preventing the newsboys from earning
a few nickels and dimes in this traditional profes
sion of childhood and youth is an unwarranted III
vason of the state into the realm of the home and
the inherent right and responsibilities and obliga
tions of parents.
In spite of all the croakings of pessmists, the
business of being fathers and mothers in Amerca
has not by any means "broken down" Rock Hill
IS. c. Herald
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high school work would have the
envy of the other fellows and the
admiration of his teachers if they
did not know that he had gone
over that ground before.
Most of us have to stop and
study our impulses; we do not
dare to trust them; we have to
analyze them and think about
them before we dare let one go.
1t is noticeable that the older a
person becomes, who has given
sincere thought to conducting
himself properly, the more de-
pendable become his impulses. He
is more likely to move instructive
ly in the right direction than a
person who has not given serious
attention to sound behavior.
Experience teaches US what to
do. That is the reason for eXper-
fence. 1t takes a long time, | be-
lieve, to train a soul to perfection.
1t may not take long to convince
a man that he needs to have his
soul perfect; but it does, I think,
take a long time for him to get
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AMERICA HAS NO NEED
FOR ANY NEW ISM
(BY BRUCE CATION

Events of the last year certainly nave
given us an education in the uses to when
letters of the alphabet can be put, what
with the RFC, the PWA, the CCC, the
CWA, the Hole, and so on. But there Is
one group of three letters that has won
more publicity than any of these, and that
very proftably might be dropped now, for
while at least-the group ISM.
We have wasted enough energy, OF late,
arguing the pros and cons of capitalism,
socialism, communism, fascism and heaven
knows what other kind of ism, to bridge
the Atlantic. 1t has got us, as far as any
one can see, precisely nowhere, and it's
about time we turned to something else.
Prof. John j. MahOney of Boston Uni
versity hit the nail right on the head in an
address the other day before the National
Education Association in Cleveland.
at want to insist" he said, that the way
toward a better social order is a road to-
ward a better democracy. Democracy is
peculiarly the American way of life, and
has been. ever since the beginning. We
don't need to chase after any new isms.
Let's improve what We already have
What, after all, is a better social order?
Isn't it, as Prof Mahoney asserts, simply
an order sin which the people possess an
understanding of, and are actuated by
those motives which make for better Nv
ing together and for better management
of our democracy? And isn't that a goa
toward which we can all strive without
bothering our heads about isms?
1t is perfectly foolish to say that Amerl
can democracy has failed. We have hard
lv.so far, made whole-souled attempt to
make it work To let the troubles of the
last few years persuade us that we must
fad our salvation in some ism Or other-in
socialism, fascism, or what you please-iS
toatake the lazy mans way out.
It is to hunt for some formula which
win relieve us of the necessity of working
and sweating and thinking our way out of
the mess into which we got ourselves.
TO work together to improve what we
have, to find some way of working and
living together which will be the best
thing for the greatest number of people,
and at the same time developing all this
within the framework of our existing in
stitutions-here is cause worth all our
brains and our energy
If we try it intellectually, and fail,
then-and not before THEY'VE can start
worrying about the isms.
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NEWSPAPERS OPINION
CHURCH UNION IN AIR

There's about to be marriage in church circles,
a UNCONVENTIONAL mating among Presbyterians.
At%ieast, one is proposed and seriously threatens
or promises, whichever you choose to interpret.
The reason they have been apart was because
theone of them insisted that David wrote songs of
praise that could beat any human composition in
tha first place, and, beside that, instructions OF
the Word to use them, and nothing else but
Many faiths used to hold to that credal anchor.
EH have left it but one, the Associate Reformed
Presbyterians who are now about to strike hands
with the regular Presbyterans,-or irregular, if
you look at it from the other side,-and join in
singing with them the songs of the human masters
of divine melodies.
And so traditions and memories die after a long
and bitter and faithful struggle.-The Charlotte
Observer.
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ACTING ON IMPULSE
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

his soul perfect. What Is pack OF
it all l don't know, but what is
ahead of it all, 1 have an idea.
The human being is trinity of
body, mind and soul. Without his
body, he would not be here; with
out his mind. h would not know
what to do with his body; without
his soul, he would not know how
to distinguish between right and
wrong. A chicken has a body and
no mind; he does not know the
difference between right and
wrong and probably never will.
A chicken acts on impulse, and mis-
impulses are purely mental.
l have known men to be like
chickens; they had no moral guild
ance; if they had souls, they never
were awakened. Such men were
not immoral; they were immoral
An immoral man is a man who
knows better, who is more or less
ashamed of himself when he goes
wrong. An immoral man has no
sense of moral responsibility. He
will do abominable things without
any sense of humiliation. Such a
man is not harmed by breaches OF
morality any more than is a chick
en-, for he has no moral self TO
be injured. He can not be himself
hurt by his unrighteous behavior
until he develops a moral side;
neither can be get anywhere spir-
itually; he is simply a man-chlck-
en- or a chicken-man. He belongs,
l believe, to the class that may
eventually be cast into utter dark
ness. When his life ends, he goes
out. Why not?,
Most of us have to watch our
impulses, if we would tread the
straight and narrow path that
leads to broad success; if we do
not. our impulses will get us out
of the path and into the ditch OF
into the briars.
(Which way?" is a serious mat,
ter. Training our impulses is a
big job, very important job, and
a very necessary job, if we are go
ing to get ourselves into step with
harmonious orderly eternity.
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BY RODNEY DUICHER
NEA Service STAFF Correspondent

NEA Service STAFF Correspondent
WASHINGTON - Don't under
w estimate the Importance of
Leon Henderson's appointment as
NRA's director of planning and
research.
Henderson may not be ball Of
fire among economists, but he's as
competent as many other NRA Off
cials-and he has ideas. Those
ideas have to do with economic
planning and the danger of allow
ing the profit urge to wreck the
aims of the recovery act.
Current inside dope, as often
happens, is inaccurate as to the
Henderson appointment. From
liberal sources you hear that Gem
eral Johnson has wangled Hender-
son from his position as cru
sader by offer of a job, and from
conservative sources that Johnson
now has him where his squawks
for the beleaguered consumer can
be suppressed.
But you'll be hearing much more
of Henderson, who took the job be.
cause its function is perhaps the
most vital in NRA. Unless he is
sabotaged, he will gather the first
real data on what codes are doing
TO employment and purchasing
power and indicate the degree of
revision or control necessary to
achieve recovery and avert future
depressions.
If sabotaged, he won't be sup.
pressed. AS one Of few here who
don't profess to read Johnson's
agile, harassed, and perhaps fire.
quently foggy mind, don't pre-.
dict Henderson will be sabotaged.
The planning-research division
has been sterile under men with
Sbig business" connections. Hen
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POINT LOOKOUT

POINT LOOKOUT, March s.
Rev. R. NJ. Dry will fill his regu-
lar appointment at Mountain
Home Baptist church, the second
Sunday in March. Every one is
invited to attend.
Luther Ledbetter was through
this section last week on bust
ness.
Mrs. NJ. A. Nix of this section,
who has been i'll for some time,
is improving slowly.
Frank McCraw and Geary Will
liams visited Mr.. and Mrs. H. c..
Hoots Sunday.
S. C. Ledbetter called at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. V. C.
Laughter Sunday afternoon.
Ogram Lamb and Nathan Stepp
visited Clayton Nix Wednesday
night.
Nathan Stepp spent Sunday
night with Clifford and Thomas
Ownsby. ..s..F
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-08
5. RETICENT
ON WAR DEBT
France Fails to "Smoke
Out" U. S. Officials on
Amount Acceptable
By HOBART c. MONTEE
United Press Staff Correspondent

by HODANl =. NolN i EI
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 8. (UP)
Attempts by the French govern
ment to "smoke out" from Amer
i~an atrc ais an estimate of the
amount Of token payment
u.......y to restore the French
p. record to good standing have
failed. it was ascertained at the
state department yesterday.
These attempts have been made
by indirect rather than by direct
methods. So far, the French am
bassador here, Andre de La Bou-
laye, has not asked any state de-
paltment official for an expires,
sion of opinion. A number of un-
official inquiries have been made
American officials are maintain,
ing tight-lipped silence, holding
that France. as the debtor, must
make an official approach or ar
official offer.
Some observers here regard the
debate now going on in the cham,
Der of deputies in Paris over the
debt issue as being largely win
dow dressing to attract official re-
action from this country.
1t is generally taken for grant,
ed here that if the French govern,
ment decides to make any pay,
ment at all toward the two in
stallments now in default. it will
be a "token payment" such as the
British and some other European
debtor governments made last
June Is and December Is. Off
Gals here have taken note of
press reports emanating from
Paris indicating a desire by the
Doumergue government to make
some attempt at wiping out the
French default.
Although de LaBoulaye has
made several visits to the state
department recently, including a
visit to Undersecretary of State
William Phillips yesterday, both
he and state department officials
deny that he has discussed the
debt.
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SEA SERPENT
OFF ORLEANS
Three cold Salts" All De-
clare They Saw "Real
Thing" in the Gulf

NEW ORLEANS, La, Marcn o.
| GTP0-A sea serpent, somewhat
different from the variety now IN
vogue on several of the "orlu 5
waterfronts, but a real sea mon
ster nevertheless. has MADE us
annearance in the Gulf of Mexl-
CO. lust a few hours out OF Ne"
Orleans. 4Luoo :,
trenid and sober seamen OF I'M
impeachable veracity, who com
nromise the four to eight watch
aboard the good ship steel lnven-
/ tor. c,
Like true sons of the sea, the
witnesses refused to adorn their
monster.
at was a plain sea serpent,
take it or leave it. 1t didn't have
no camel's head, horns nor whisk-
ers. and it wasn't no whale like
they found of Cherbourg. 1t
wasn't no hobby horse like they
got excited about in Loeb Nees,
neither. Men and boys, we been
sailing the seas for 40 years and
we ought to know a plain sea SER
pent when we see one for the
first time"
monday morning it was" ex-
planned w. D. Day, mate,
"about three bells. l was on
the bridge and Guzman, ordinary
seaman, was at the wheel. We
were steaming ESQ miles south
of South Pass, when we saw him
dead ahead"
Somebody mentioned repeal.
"Listen," day retorted, eve
don't do no drinking on that
watch, because the old man gets
up and comes on the bridge to
look around, and if he smelled
booze, we'd see worse'n a sea
serpent.
1t was a plain, traditional story
sea serpent, according to the wit
nesses. 1t had serpent's head
and a "cold fish-like eye.' 1t
stared right at the men as it
coiled through the water, about
100 feet off the starboard bow.
1t mad a diameter of about two
feet and its scales were discs,
about six inches in diameter.
Only a few of its coils were out
of the water at one time, so it
was impossible to estimate its
length.
Day said that he sent Guzman
to his quarters, for a camera.
Skipper c. C. Boase, who had
commanded many voyage with
out seeing a sea serpent, includ-
ling the present one which began
September in New York and
took in England, Ireland, Canada
and the Hawaiian islands, then
appeared on the scene.
The skipper took one look at
/ the monster and said it was a
submarine. He looked again and
agreed it was a sea serpent.
at was a sea serpent all right, "
Day said, "and here's the picture
that Guzman took to prove it. 1t
didn't come out, as you can see,
but he wouldn't take picture if
there wasn't something to take a
picture of, would hep
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MERE FORMALITY

Popular interest has been sapped out of the
Forthcoming meeting of the State Democratic COM
mittee to name new national committeeman by
the announcement that the list of candidates has
dwindled to
The place will be given Mr. Shipping, of Green's
boro, without opposition let or hndrance, so that
the meeting becomes nothing more than a fo'-
mality whereas it had promised to develop lively
interest.
Mr.. Shipping was desired by Senator Bailey. He
was the man who started the whole movement
against Senator Simmons when the latter was po-
liticaly decapitated by Mr. Bailey who looked al
over his part of the state for some one to run
against the veteran senator and then failing to
find a prospective candidate with the daring or
desire to oppose Senator Simmons, shucked his
coat, jumped in and swan the currents success
fully
Mr.. Shipping, therefore, gets the credit for what
ever king-making there is about the enhancement
of Senator Bailey.
Naturally enough, the latter would like to have
him in the office of national committeeman, and
they will virtually control the important political
business of distributing patronage in North Caro-
lima.
If this job is artfully done, it can be of valued
benefit to Senator Bailey When ne races the elec-
torate again to succeed himself.
On the other hand if it is crudely performed
it can hurt him observation-disclosures Observer.
A love service is never done for appreciation 81
reward
To really big authority means only re-
sponsibility.
The remote control system doesn't work with
children
Love ressts competition. 1t gives all and de-
mands all.
The apartment dweller never knows what
nuisance lawn can be-unless he keeps mus
tache.
Don't try to ruin your enemy. Just get him
job handling public money and let nature take its
course.
Anyway, it's nice to read the auto ads and be
reminded how wonderfully well your old car is
made.
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do. There are
such persons. |
never cease to
envy them. | can
not account for
them except that
perhaps they are
older, more ex-
perienced, more
developed souls
than the rest of
us. Possibly they
have been this
way before. A
boy who h a d
OraviOuS1v done
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NEW RECOVERY SIGN

CLEVELAND. (UP).-A new
sign of economic recovery was
seen by courthouse officials here
in the marked increase of divorce
suits filed. In 1929, divorce ac-
tions reached a peak of 1888.
During the slump the figure de-
clined to 1855 in 1882. The 1884
divorce actions show decided in
crease.
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The person who acts on impulse
had certainly better be.sure that
his impulses are well trained or
naturally right. Some persons
seem born with good impulses.
Some persons have trained their
impulses to be right, while others
have impulses that can not be
trusted or are downright bad.
1t must be wonderful to know
right off the bat exactly what to
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WOULD-BE BANDITS SHOT

NEUNTIANA, AIa., MaTcH 0.
(UP).-A posse. formed on the
tip of a truck driver yesterday,
critically wounded Ralph Jacobs
and Jack Brooks in a highway
gun battle. The truck driver had
reported the two men held him
up and took his truck, telling him
they were going to use it to block
the highway and rob motorists.
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sEHIN0 TIE SCENES IN ,~
WNSElNlGTON

dcrson, former in,
Monies professor W.. 4
of a protesting con. "%S chain,
tee when johnson ' s coa,
him as a Special con- >. day..
viser.' "'1ner N
He since militaprr,
that codc-p"rmirrcd % %aS 'Rsa,
were accompanied hy " 81. ~,
restore employment au ''g'a /.
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deed, if you don't keep ahead of
her and provide her with activi-
ties a plenty.
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Anyway, it's nice to read the auto ads and b
reminded how wonderfully well your old car
made.
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Don't try to ruin your enemy. Just get him
job handling public money and let nature take il
course.
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tache.
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Love resists competition. 1t gives all and de
mands all.
Evening star., 1934-02-25
WOMEN Of LEGION
HONOR LEADERS
National Vice President and
Maryland Official Guests
at Luncheon.

National Vice President Miss Anna
M. Manion and the Department
President of Maryland Mrs. Rubie
Wheatley, of the American Legion
Auxiliary, were guests of honor at a
luncheon given by Mrs. Edythe M.
O'Connor, president of the District
of Columbia department, at the
Washington Hotel Mrs OConnor
was a recent guest of the Department
of Maryland at their annual banquet
in Baltimore.
A business meeting of the District
of Columbia Department Executive
Conmitte was held February IS in
the Board of Trade rooms, Evening
Star Building,
The national executive committee
woman, Mrs. Marie Dyer, rendered a
report on the recent National Exec
utive Committee Conference held in
Indianapolis, Ind, and reported she
had been appointed chairman Of the
Unit Activities, Community Service
and Trophies Committee for the
Southern Division and the District
Of Columbia.
The National Child Welfare Con-
ference held in Harrisburg, Pa, Feb
ruary 9 and 10 was attended by the
department child welfare chairman
of this department, Mrs. Mary E.
Kolhos She announced the exhibit
entered by the District Of Columbia
Department won second prize.
A wreath made by the James R.
Europe Unit was placed at the Lin
coin Memorial by the department
president, Mrs. O'Connor, on Lin
coins birthday
The department president an
nounced a cash prize of SIS to the
unit having the highest number in
membership gain by April l. The
District of Columbia Department now
has a membership Of 523. This de-
partment is now rated seventeenth In
the standing of the several depart
fnents throughout the United States.
The Vincent B. Costello Unit met
February 20 at the Cairo Hotel. Re
ports were made on the National
Defense and Child Welfare Confer
ences. The president, Miss Perrell,
announced a card party March | at
Southern Diaries.
The next regular meeting will be
held March 6 at the Cairo Hotel
The social will be at the home Of
Ada Murray, the Ontario.
Victory Unit held its monthly meet
ing at the Mayfloker Hotel. The presi-
dent. Mrs. August, presided. The
guests were the department president
and her staff Mrs. O'Connor and
her vice presidents were presented
with corsages.
The unit held an Americanism
program February % at the May
flower Hotel. with Col Grant and
Gen. Amos Fries as the speakers.
To increase funds for welfare work
among the World War veterans and
orphans of the District of Columbia
card party will be given by Henry
C. Spengler Unit. No II, the Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary. March at
8 pm at the home Of Mrs. John
Spengler, 1914 Euclid street.
Rehabilitation work is being car
rled on by a committee. with Mrs.
Rice w. Means as chairman. The
unit colors were carried at the cere-
monies on the anniversary Of Lin
coins birthday held by the Grand
Army of the Republic February II.
The colors were also present at the
Evening star., 1934-02-25

patriotic mass held at Immaculate
Conception Church February "a IN
honor Of George Washington.
Portraits of George washington
were presented with ceremonies to
the Phoebe Hearst School as another
tribute to his honor, this unit having
had the privilege Of presenting a
standard of national colors 20 this
school at the opening Of the building
more than year ago.
Department President Edith O'Con-
nor and her staff will make an official
visit to the unit February %, when
she will present a citation won by
the unit from the natIInal organi-
Evening star., 1934-02-25

held at the Colonial Hotel, where cov-
ers were laid for 100. The guests were
Department President Mrs. Edythe
O'Connor and Frank O'Connor; De-
partment Commander and Mrs. Rice
w. Means; National Executive Com
mitteewoman Mrs. Marie Dyer, Past
Department Presidents Mrs. Sue P.
Minis, Mrs. Irene Arnold; Capt. and
Mrs. Watson B. Miller, Mrs. Daniel
Miller, Chapeau $40 Miss Pauline
Paro, Department Vice President Miss
Edna Macintosh, Post Comdr. and
Mrs. Bailey Brewer. Mrs. Orlasky.
president Of Sergt Jasper Unit; Miss
Brophy of Mount Alto Hospital, and
Evening star., 1934-02-25

the auxiliary chairman, Miss Edna
Macintosh, spoke.
The national executive committee
woman, Mrs. Marie Dyer. brought .
message from National especially
stressing "Child Labor" and Child
Welfare" The post commander, Bal
ley Brewer, commended the unit on
the work they were doing in George
town.
Martin Dyer. past commander Of
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Post, and the first commander Of the
Killeen Post, Bernard Buscher, also
spoke.
The units 18th birthday party was
Evening star., 1934-02-25

many other past commanders Of posts
and past presidents Of units. Dancing
followed.
The unit will hold the next meet
ing March 7 in the Washington Loan
& Trust Building.
The colors of the unit took part in
the George Washington ceremonies.
Evening star., 1934-02-25
MoBsTER IS CONVICTED

Man Charged With Murder of
Detective.
SCHOHARIE, N. Y, February "A
R).-Leonard Scarnici, New York
mobster charged with the staying Of
q detective during a Rensselaer, bank
hold-up, was convicted of first degree
murder in County Court here yester-
day.
The verdict came two hours after
Eupreme Court Justice John r.