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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18
CONGRESS OF 1884

Washington.-The approach of the busy season
has impaired new life to the people and the es-
adjustments of this city. One encounters at every
step, the danger of collision with the whitewash-
er's brush or the painters kettle-the sound of
hammer and trowel comes rudely on the ear at
every corner, and he who. walks after the satrs
have lit their tiny lamps at the fountain of the
sun, may run fair chance of brushing against
some ladder left in a slovenly position. p
From all these evils however, the city will be
resurgent as the session draws nearer. A member
or two may be detected lurking about the streets
|. the officers of the two Houses are brushing
the dust from the faded carpets and moth-eaten
curtains. -. The arrears of the business of the
officers of the two Houses are nearly brought up
the clerks at their several posts the reports of the
committees, who have been acting through the re-
cses are prepared; and nothing remains but for
the spark to be applied to the explosive eoquence
which is to send the results through the country.
400 years ago. Charleston News & Courier).
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WAMBOLDT
Sentinp Him?

Could it be that God feels that
a thorough house cleaning is need
ed, that in fact a complete re-
building is needed and that He,
Himself is clearing away antiUuat-
ed and rusty machinery and un-
adaptable structures preparatory
to creating an entirely new set
up which will carry on his work
as it has never before, been car
ried on, and is not now being car
ried on?
"This church." declared an out
spoken minister ut a gathering Of
leaders in his denomination, "has
become merely a marrying and q
burying machine"
1t is undoubtedly true that the
Christian churches of the world
are today functioning with feeble
ness and timidity. They are prob
ably not developing more than ten
per cent. Of their potential power.
Many, many of them have got
into ruts. Many, many of them
amount to nothing more than re-
ligious, educational institutions OF
a perfunctory character which do
little more than hold religious ex-
ercises certain number of times
week. Their members repeat
certain formulas inside of the
nh IL
churcn DullGing ana leave those
ioriluiaS Dehiho them Whch lhcy
leave the church building.
IL should mean something Whcr
a man belongs to n church. u
should mean that he has become &
determined follower Of n Certain
course, a staunch adhcrcnt to Ger.
tain principlcs-insid" and out,
side Of the church building, OF
Sunday and on every other day il
the week.
WHAT does 1T mean TO you
when man is recommended tC
you, that it is said Of him: "H2 is
a member of such and such {
church" Does it make you fee
you can trust him to do the RICH
thing? 1t should if church mem
bcrship were made to mean wha'
it should mean.
What definite part do man!
churches play in elevating ,ant
strengthening the spiritual 'anc
moral life of their communities
Hoy firm an attitude do thcv TAX,
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ECONOMISTS TAKE THEIR PLACES IN
THIS TOPSY-TURVY WORLD

Charles G.. Dawes, a Republican IN good
standing, says that the depression Will be
over for sure by next June, and gives the
credit to President Roosevelt. On the same
dav Lewis W Douglas, Democrat and for
mer budget director, warns that Roose-
yelt's spending program is leading straight
to "gastly social and economic calamity.
Are things getting bit mixed? Very
likely; the rest of the days news is almost
equally confusing
A New Jersey widow asks for permits
sion to destroy the six-suite apartment
house that she owns so that she can be
eligible for the dole, complaining that her
tenants have paid no rent for two months
and that, as property owner, she is not
eligible for relief.
Psychologist j. McKeen Cattell cOIn-
plains that the administrations brain trust
doesn't use enough gray matter in APP
preaching government problems; where
upon he himself suggests q 100 per cent
tax on automobiles to provide funds to
care for the countryS children.
The president of Chicago bird show
says that people are breeding canaries IL
sing Jazz, police lieutenant in Mansfield,
o., is ordained as Baptist minister and
the children of La Grange, Ga, go into
mourning because Santa Claus broke his
leg in landing from an airplane by para
chute.
Meanwhile, an American world travel
err visiting in France, kills himself because
the automobile is displacing the horse
from the worlds highways, and Chicago
girl gets two boy friends to hold up her
father and rob him of S63 after he give%
her parental scolding.
A psychologist tells University of Viz
ginia scientists that a thoroughly tired per
son is really mildly insane, some NRA Of
fetal sends letter to firm in Toronto
demanding compliance with the National
Industrial Recovery Act, and Nathan Leo
pold, notorious murderer, is made censor
of books at the Illinois prison library to
see that the other convicts get no obiec-
tiOnable reading matter.
The principal organizer of Huey Long :
share-the-wealth clubs in New York turns
out to be a very dark Harlem negro, and
the New York police protest that the tear
gas they use to disperse mobs is making
all the cops who use it hoarse, snuffly, and
bleary-eyed.
And so it goes Say what you will, the
newspapers do manage to record some IA,
ther odd events these days.
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In Houston, Texas, at an exposition or
fair, the mothers of Clyde Barrow and
Bonnie Parker put on side-show by CIV
ing talks on why Crime Doesn't Pay"
One hundred thousand women appealed to
the city officials and they stopped the So
called show. The basis of the plea OF
Texas women was that they did not con-
slider the mothers of the dead outlaws
were fitted to instruct the public in crime
prevention or control There is logic in the
argument The two women certainly did
not make a success in the rearing of their
own children. They may see very clearly
now that crime does not pay. What a pity
they failed to get that lesson across tc
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker.
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Many persons arg greatly dis
tressed at what theyibelieve to be
the ungodliness Of certain nation
al governments which are display
ing evident antagonism and oppo-
sition toward the church and re-
ligion.
Could it be that it is God HIM
self who is working through these
SEEMINGLY hackSliding nations to
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makes public the opinion that scientific adj
vancements create more jobs than they de-
stroy. The Doctor could take the records
and prove his case. 1t would be long
story but one worth the telling.
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Win IUNS,
ERNEST ROGERS, JR.

Hendersonville, N. c., R. 3.
December -, 1884.
Dear Santa Claus:
| want a doll and a pair of
games and lots OF candy and
nuts. | have six sisters and one
brother. Don't forget them.
have a cousin, Margaret Saltz at
East Flat Rock. Don't forget
her. | am good little girl 7
years old.
DORIS DRAKE.
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WOULD BRING
BEEF CATTLE.
TO TARHEELIA
Plans Outlined at Gather
ing Held at Sylvia
This Morning

SYLVIA, Dec. 1S.-(UP).-A
detailed outline Of the plan for
bringing high-grade western becf
animals into this state was cX-
planned to Western North Caro-
lima farmers here this morning in
the Jackson county courthouse.
The principal speaker was Dr..
c. D. Lowe of the bureau Of ami
NAL industry at Washington, who
told of the situation in the drouth
areas of the midwest and of the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18

"Can a government ever produce pros
perity by the arbitrary Stacking of Ma
lures bounty?" asks The Christian Science
Monitor, discussing the Bankhead cotton
control plan. We pass the question along
TO the wise men in Washington.
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express his dis
pleasure and dis
satisfaction with
the church and
religion?
c oul d it be
that God is dis
satisfied and dis
pleased with va
riou5 sccts which
are tiraidly ant
feebly represent
ing Him and pos
sihly in many in
stances misrepre-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18
.ozsoAY, DECEMBER :, -.

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DC oee1 cattle for h., ,a.a:, IS =
at a low price. 'tssag n =
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the need f 3,S,e college S..,
Of Of 3 t5e animals IN II ii, 3 :,
inc 1smers who ' -. a9e 81
10 buy western care ore .iHsn$
u.o Many countv .c r.
western count:.. ss:H,
were in a.,cr .'f..s Q: h. |
/ ing and are or l.... On /. /
interested in tJo aging i
Case explsino5 .,o.ec.
made i. i Necessary m 3.a. !. |
s @en there .o.g 70 &.,, DO. he !
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Their,
Help him all you can.

help MN all you CALL
For who can tell what great
temptations
Press around the man.
He needs the help of Christian
friendship,
Give him ali you can.
Would you have home up
yonder
Where we'll never need a san
Do to others as you'd have them
Do to you, and can.
And when the Master comes for
jewels,
Searching through the land
He'll take thy weary faithful
spirit
Home to Beulah land.
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Hendersonville, N. c.,
Dec. 16, 1884.

Hendersonville, N. c.,
Dec. 16, 1884.
Dear Santa Claus:
I am little boy eight years
old. Ny birthday is February 8
and | want you to bring me a
pair of roller skates and some
building bricks and some fire
crackers, if that's not too much
to ask for. l go to the grammar
school and am in the third
grade. | live at 1913 Florida ave
nue.. | have a sister and don't
forget her. | also have some
friends and I don't want you to
forget them. Be sure to bring me
nuts, candy and fruit.
Yours very truly,
ALBERT JOHNSON.
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the second grade. live at 1928
Florida avenue. &.
Love,
BETH JOHNSON.

Dec. II, 1884.
Dear Santa Claus:
I've tried so hard to be good
this Christmas and l think you
should come to see me. l always
mind my mother and father and,
Just think, I'm only five years old.
I'm always helping my mother,
sometimes setting the table for
her. I want stocking full OF
candy, oranges, raisins, bananas,
nuts, and chewing gum. | want
a doll carriage for my little doll
that you brought me last Christ
mas. I've kept her so nice.
Remember all the rest of Vie
little boys and girls in the COM
munity. c,>
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Brevard, n. c.,

Brevard, n. c.,
Dec. II, 1884.
Dear Santa Claus:
l am a little girl six years old.
] want you to bring me a story
book and a doll and tea set, a
sewing box, a toy sewing machine
and guitar. And | have little
brother. lie would like some
thing, too.
Yours very truly,
CLESTE DUNCAN.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18

DR.. Karl T. Compton, President of the
massachusetts, Institute of Technology,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-18

Never give up. That old saying, "Pd like to
buy him at my price and sell him at his" is caus-
ing New Workers to roll in the aisle
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Edneyville, n. c

Edreyville, n. c.
December Ii, 1884.
Dear Santa Clause: A
| am in the third grade. Inere
are no girls in my room, just lit
file bows. ! would like for you to
bring ne q ball and knife, ar
difle and truck, some fire crack
ers.
With love,
ERNEST ROGERS, JR.
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HenderSonyille n q

IlehUeISNnVilIe, n. c.,
Dec. IS, 1884.
Dear Santa Claus:
| want a dol carriage and q
pair of roller skates. | will make
some candy to help you out. I
want some nuts and fruits and
candy, too, please. Please go to
see all the little girls and bows,
! am seven years old. l am in
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MESSAGES TO
SANTA CLAUS
Hendersonville. n. c.,
Route 2,

December IS, 1884.
Dear Santa Claus:
l am a very good little boy. |
live way out in the country and
the roads are awfully rough and
| know it will be late and cold
when you get here, but there are
just lots of little girls and boys
that are looking for you, so please
come and bring me a billy-goat
wagon, some nuts, candy and or
anges.
And I have a little brother,
Robby Charles. Please remember
him for his stocking will be hang
ing right beside mine.
Your little friend,
NrNT - ~
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Your little friend,
JIMMIE BURRELL HOOVER

I 3" East Flat Rock, n. c.,
Dec. 10, 1884.
Dear Santa:
| am a little girl nine years old.
| go to school. | am in the fourth
grade. Please bring me a new
dress and a wrist watch, a doll,
anything else you want to. | have
little brother. He is six years
old. Please don't forge to bring
some toys, candy, fruits, nuts,
too. Yours truly,
HELEN STEPP.
The Washington times., 1934-11-27
Federation of Clubs Adopts
Resolution Recommending
New D. G. LEGISLATION

sources of the taxpayers of the
District of Columbia"
Resolved: That the D. C.
Federation indorseS in principle
the draft of proposed legislation
which has been prepared in
the office of the Corporation
Counsel to mOderniZe and
humanize lunacy proceedings in
the District of Columbia courts"
Resolved: That the ID. C.
Federation urges amendment of
the District of Columbia laws
relating to gambling so as to
cover the numbers game and
to make possession of materials
which are used in any form of
gambling prima facia evidence
of unlawful intent"
A motion was placed before
the club commencing the news
papers and broadcasting sta
tions of the city for their CO.
operation with the Police De-
partment in checking the prog.
ress of the numbers racket
until prohibitive legislation can
be enacted.
E. Barrett Prettyman, Cor
poration Counsel, presented his
nine-point legislative program
for the District of Columbia.
Among the major bills which
Mr.. Prettyman said are now
being considered by the office
of the Corporation Counsel in
preparation for the coming ses-
sion of Congress is a bill to
regulate the powers of the
Commissioners and to state
definitely what these powers
will be.
Another bill pertains to the
procedure on appeals before
the Public Utilities Commission.
The next bill explained by
Mr.. Prettyman is the so-called
lunacy bill. This is a draft of
proposed legislation designed to
improve Inc prOCeeQlngS OF
lunacy hearings and commit
mentS.
Another measure refers to
regulating small loans in the
District. Still another would
regulate foreclosure proceedings,
enabling owners of property to
receive notes before foreclosure
and 80 days of grace before the
date of sale. Liquor control
laws, gambling laws, financing
the Municipal Center, and the
primary law for the District
also were discussed by Mr..
Prettyman.
Paul E. Lesh, well-known at
torney, spoke in favor of ma
tional representation for WASH
ingtonians.
The meeting was presided
over by Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley,
president. and the program was
in charge of Mrs. Horace ].
Phelps, chairman of legislation.
The Washington times., 1934-11-27
TIMES TABLE
TOMORROW
CIVIC AND SOCIAL

All Day-Donations received at
the Benjamin Stoddert School, for
Thanksgiving baskets.
1000 A.M.-Meeting, G.. W,
Chapter, Delphian Society, Shore.
ham Hotel.
1890 P.M.-Luncheon, Kiwanis
and Rotary clubs, Mayflower
Hotel.
1890 P.M.-Luncheon, Lion
Club, Mayflower Hotel.
100 P.M.-Luncheon, Sorop-
timist Club. willard Hotel.
800 P.M.-Meeting, Drama De.
partment of the Takoma Park
Women's Club, at the home of Mrs.
Hubbard, TAO Chestnut st.
800 P.M.-Ball, B. P. o. Elks,
Mayflower Hotel.
$50 P.M.-Bingo Party, M a.
sonic Temple, Eighth and F SITS.
N. E.
$3.50 P.M.-Play, IA Below" by
Mr.. Melcher, Pierce Hall.
900 P.M.-Thanksgiving Eve
Dance, Council of Jewish Juniors,
Shoreham Hotel.
900 P.M.-Dance, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Lafayette Hotel.
900 P.M.-Supper dance, Gam.
ma Sigma Phi Sorority Shoreham
Hotel.
900 P.M.-Dance, Kentucky So
ciety, Willard Hotel.
1000 P.M.-Dance, Big Ten
Roundup, Mayflower Hotel.
CODE HEARING
1000 A.M.-Hearing, Rayon
and Silk Dye and Print, Washing
ton Hotel.
The Washington times., 1934-11-27
TODAY
CIVIC AND SOCIAL

All Day-Donations received at
the Benjamin Stoddert School, for
Thanksgiving baskets.
500 P.M.-Meeting, U. S.
Treasury Post American Legion,
Willard Hotel.
800 P.M.-Executive Meeting,
Marietta Park Women'S Club,
Mrs. Stormont, 5000 Fifth st. NV.
500 PM.-Meeting, washing.
ton Passenger Assn, Lee House
Hotel.
500 P. M.-Meeting, Lodge
No. So, American Federation OF
Government Employees, Interstate
Commerce Commission.
800 P.M.-Meeting, N. F.. F. E.
Union, Adjutant Generals office
local 372.
800 P.M.-Meeting, Psi Lambda
Tau Sorority, Raleigh Hotel.
800 PM.-Meeting. Tau Epsilon
Phi, Lafayette Hotel.
P.M.-Than ksgiving card
party, benefit of the building fund,
st. James Catholic Church, Thirty
seventh and Rhode Island Avenue,
Mt. Rainier, Md.
800 P.M.-Dinner Dance, Phi
Sigma Tau Sorority, Shoreham
Hotel.
800 P.M.-Benefit Card Party.
649 K st. N. E.
800 P.M.-Play, Ladies of the
Jury" Drama Guild of Washing
ton, Wardman Park Theater.
800 P.M.-Regular Meeting,
Tap and Social Dancing Class,
Roosevelt Center.
8:15 P.M.-Meeting, Literature
Section, Park View Woman's
Club, at Mrs. Theo. Naylor, 1904
Park Place N. w.
$50 P.M.-Thanksgiving Dance,
Blue Triangle Club. Barker Hall,
Y. w. C. A., Seventeenth and K
$50 P.M.-Play, "a Below"
by E. S. Melcher. Pierce Hall.
$50 P.M.-Meeting, D. c..
Division Young Democratic Clubs
of America, willard Hotel.
$50 PM.-Dance and Card
Party, st. AIMS Church, Willard
Hotel.
$50 P.M.-Cocktail Party,
Alpha Zeta Sorority, Lafayette
Hotel.
TRADE BODIES
1890 PM.-Meeting, Brokers
Committee, Washington Board of
Trade, Lafayette Hotel.
1890 P.M.-Luncheon, Washing
ton Credit Mems Association, Ra-
leigh Hotel.
1890 P.M.-Luncheon, Building
Loan League, Raleigh Hotel.
1890 P.M.-Luncheon, Coal
Merchants, Hamilton Hotel.
6:45 PM.-Dinner, Potomac
Electric Power Company, May
flower Hotel.
800 P.M.-Meeting, Master
BARRIERS, Hamilton Hotel.
800 P.M.-Meeting, City Fire.
fighters, Hamilton Hotel.
The Washington times., 1934-11-27
ACTOR SLEUTH
SHREWD THIEF,

NEW YORK-On the stage,
Harry Fisher gained commenda-
ton as a shrewd detective. But
off the stage, police said last
night, he is a Shrewder criminal.
He was arrested recently as a
mail box thief, dexterous enough
to remove letters from mail boxes
in apartment houses without
tools. Fishers fingers are long
and tapering, detectives said.
Sue Sawtell. a buyer, of $40
East Fifty-fifth St.. reported that
three checks from customers,
totaling $142.92, were taken from
her mail box. Fisher was ar
rested in the cafe of Vincent
Bonnano at First Avenue and
Forty-ninth Street, where two of
the checks had been accepted.
He said he lived at the Mills
Hotel, but that Broadway knew
him as Harry Prev, the detective
in Within the Law" and other
crime plays.
The Washington times., 1934-11-27
BY MARY PADGETT

One of the most interesting
and stimulating meetings Of the
District of Columbia Federation
of Women's Clubs was held yes
terday in Barker Hall of the
Y. w. C. A., Seventeenth and
h SITS. N. w.
Six resolutions vital to the
civic and social welfare Of the
District, we're adopted and three
outstanding speakers were
heard.
After listening to talk by
Miss M. Pearl Mccall, former
assistant District attorney, and
now a member of the Parole
Board, who explained that lack
of funds had handicapped the
board ane resulted in its becom-
ing the target for recent criti-
cism, the Federation adopted a
resolution petitioning Congress
to appropriate $25,460 to be
used by the board for salaries
and other expenses.
Miss Mccall said:
"When Congress made the
Parole Board, which is COM
posed of three members none of
whom receive salaries, Congress
failed to appropriate either
money for necessary expenses of
the board, or for salaries for
personnel so that work of the
. board could be carried out"
Since the Federation is
deeply interested and eager to
: have this system given a fair
trial, a copy of its resolution
will be sent to the chairmen of
the Appropriation Committees
of the Senate and the House
and to the District CommiS-
SionerS.
Among the resolutions
adopted was one protesting the
action of the Commissioners in
planning the construction of a
sewage disposal plant which will
not remove effectively pollu.
ton of the waters of the Metro
politan area and calling upon
them to adhere to the original
plans indorsed by former Engi-
neer Commissioner Gotwals, the
special board of consulting
sanitary engineers, the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations,
and the D. C. Federation OF
Women's Clubs for construc-
ton of a complete activated
Sludge plant.
The Washington times., 1934-11-27
Structural Steel
Shipments Larger

Fabricated structural steel Ship
ments in october were the larg-
est for any month this year, ac-
cording to the American Institute
of Steel Construction. Bookings
recorded a seasonal decline.
Shipments totaled 94,215 tons
against 73,139 october, 1888, and
monthly average of 61,956 for
the first half of 1884. Tonnage
booked was 50,070 tons against
53,695 in october last year and
first half monthly average of 79-
GIG tons.
The Washington times., 1934-11-27
By JOHN DEAN MILLIGAN

The word mutual" in the term
mutual mortgage concerns the
insurance of the trusts by the
Federal Housing Administration.
When one of these new mort
cages is to be used for financing
part of the acquisition of home,
the yearly insurance premium
amounts to one-half of one per
cent of the full face value of the
mortgage.
When the mortgage is to re-
finance Indebtedness on a home,
such as existing trusts. taxes and
the like, the insurance premium
is one per cent annually on the
full face value.
This premium is to be paid,
with the exception of the first
premium, on july 30 of every
year in which the insurance is
in force. 1t is paid annually by
the mortgagor-the borroWer-to
the mortgagee-the private lend
ing institution that makes the
mortgage available-which in turn
sends money to the Federal houS-
ing agency.
The Federal housing agency
will create with the premiums a
sort of reserve fund with which
in effect. lending institutions can
be reimbursed for losses Sus-
tanned in the event mortgages are
defaulted.
Out of this fund will also be
paid all expenses of the Federal
Housing Administration.
In the event, however, the re-
serve fund is more than sufficient
to cover expenses and losses OF
the Federal Housing AdminiStra.
ton. the surplus amount in the
fund will be turned back to the
mortgagors under a complicated
system to be described later in
this series of articles.
The mutual in the mutual
mortgage" thus applies to the fact
the mortgagor shares in the ex-
pense of insuring the mortgages
and in maintaining the Federal
Housing Administration, and also
shares in any moneys left over.
TOmOrrow's article will con-
tinue this explanation of the
insurance features of the "mu-
tual mortgage plan"
The Washington times., 1934-11-27
China's S CHANGES
OfFashiion Felt
ByPawnshops

SHANGHAI.-The Pawnshop
Merchants Association has Pc
titioned the Bureau of Social
Affairs to reduce the time limit
for redemption of pawned ar
ticles from 18 to IL months.
The petition points out that
in most cases the articles ten
dered as security consist of cloth
ing and that fashions change
with such rapidity that 49,
month-old gowns are without
market.