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Evening star., 1935-12-25
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Christmas @. Z. ID.

A Christmas @. E. d.
The good old Saint, with garb so quaint
Has travelled on his way;
He cheered the spirit, growing faint,
Amid the toll and fray.
We've hurried to the crowded mart
And jostled through the throng
And joined again. with reverent heart,
A sweet, eternal song.
We smile again, and maybe sneer,
And with cynic pause
Some will remark, in tones severe,
There is no Santa Claus!"
And yet, with laughter frank and free,
We toll like busy elves.
A Santa Claus there sure must be,
Because he is OURSELVES.
Evening star., 1935-12-25

Radio Relief.
The radio, with great grandiloquence,
Will very oft disturb the nights tranquil
loquence
And tell of enterprises all nefarious
That render every human life precarious.
Back to the campaign we are boldly has
tening.
It may be rough, but 1t is often chas-
tening.
It will not greet the eager fireside gather
ing
with talk Of coffee, dandruff cure or
lathering.
"Is glad" said Uncle Eben. "dat desc
agriculture folks didn't do anything to
cause scarcity Of Christmas trees"
Evening star., 1935-12-25
Deliberations.

Deliberations.
"Some momentous decisions are being
arrived at in public affairs"
"True," said Senator Sorghum; land I
welcome opportunities to hear more from
the Supreme Court of the United States
and less from the grand juries."
Jud Tunkins says he won't insist on
hoss an buggy days, but he liked things
better when people were ringin' sleigh
bells instead of ringin' door bells.
Evening star., 1935-12-25
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By Frederic J. H0skin.

A reader can get the dnstper to any.
question OF fact BY iCriting The Washing
ton EuentHg Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Hdsktn, Director, Washing
ton, D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1935-12-25

@. Is there any danger of homes being
destroyed by the present flow of lava
from Mauna Loa in Hawaii?-M. D.
A. Despite the advance of the lava
flow, moving at the rate of approximately
$50 feet an hour, neither houses nor land
of any value is endangered unless the
flow is long continued.
Evening star., 1935-12-25

10 nave.
The unusualness of this biography lies
in the. fact that it is almost an auto
biography presented by John Fitch nlm-
self. Before he died he was urged 10
write down the history Of his steamboat
invention, together with a description
of his lonely, disappointed and curious
life He wrote a completely frank docu-
ment, but left with it an injunction that
it must not be opened until thirty years
after his death.
From this document and from other
papers and records in the Library OF
Congress and in the archives OF tine
Government Mr.. Boyd has almost liter
ally let the author of that strange ac-
count of human existence tell his own
story, with It's misspelled words ana
uueerly constructed sentences, OF MS
childhood, his bondage, his days during
the Revolutionary War; his capture py
the Indians and the long months OF hIe
as a prisoner; the full story OF his LIE as
a surveyor in the West; OF his dream OF
a boat propelled by steam, and OF the
sneers, sacrifices, discouragements and
failures to win the support and backing
which he knew his invention merlteo.
Benjamin Franklin, George Washing
ton, men of Philadelphia and New YORK
whose wealth and position could have
secured for Fitch the gratitude OF the
Nation instead of its scorn, turned deaf
ears to his pleas for funds and for faith.
He tells of his conversations with these
men, of their indifference to his scheme
and of their wholehearted support OF
James Rumsey, who later was proved to
be unworthy of the respect of any honest
man. Fitch built his boat. devised
steam engine that would propel it. and
made it run passenger service, yet he
died q broken, poverty stricken
man to whom Life had given little but
Evening star., 1935-12-25

Guidance.
We often say, in moral pride,
"Oh, let your conscience be your guide!"
Yet some of us, we must confess,
Are cropping in wilderness.
Conscience may be a guide for many,
But not for those who haven't any.
Suspicion.
"what is the principal business In
Crimson Gulch?" asked the stranger.
Lets understand each other" said
Mesa Bill. "Are you a drummer or q
detective?"
Evening star., 1935-12-25

@. How many Presidents have be.
loneed to the honorary fraternity, Phi
Beta Kappa?-L. H. S.
A. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is
the twelfth President to wear the Phi
Beta Kappa key.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-09
rs 1HE CHURCH WOULD SURVIVE

Every once in a while somebody arises to tell Us
that the church must do this or that II II Is u
survive IL
| Jobr HAYES Holmes, New York preacher, salo
RECENTLY that if the church is to survive, II must
espouse the cause OF n" common workers; II nuS'
taLe n mart in the struggle between the working
man and capitalist
D., which presumably, he means the church must
| turn communist 49,
! ITrfor+unateIy there are already many within
.bo churches who have listened to this false doc
trine so insistently being preached and VINO nave
ellen for il because they fear the charge that the
b,rcb has become an institution of the rich.
II tho church should espouse every cause which
: roposed for is survival by radicals and enthuSl-
ot and rattle-brained reformers, it could only be-
come a great political machine attempting to DOM
mate every phase of our political, social and spir-
itual lives.
The church certainly may not steer clear OF every
controversial social industrial and political question
in the nation
But that the church may properly take sides with
one class of the people against another is false and
vicious doctrine. ......
There can be no righteousness in any such posi-
ton.
The church may no more esponse the cause of
the workers against the capitalist, than the capital
lists against the understanding not even the
most rabid capitalist has considered possible.
Whether the church as We know it survives may
not be most important.
True religion must be maintained, and It GER
tainly is not to De maintained by chasing every
radical political or social doctrine OF the day
Rock Hill IS. c. Herald.
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GREEN GROW THE BUREAUS, o!

The old saying, AL thar goes up must come
down." seems somehow not 20 apply IN the case OF
the federal payroll The law Of grsvitation appears
10 De in some strange suspension where the num-
Der OF employees OF the United States government
is concerned Notwithstanding economic depression,
pledges Of economy and an adverse supreme court
decision, bureaucracy 1OurSheS.
The periodic repor, Of The civil service commits
sion shows that the government payroll in May coz
tanned 712,1l2 names, the greatest number OF
workers since war time. ard that the annual ex-
peAdiIure for salaries and wages is AZ the rate Of
more than $3.50, Q0e. 900. I: Is learned that the
morIbund NRA which was 70 have been reduced by
two-.hrGs has lost only l7e0 Of its 5000 employees
and thar $40 % those who have been placed IL
other government Offices. Further. Il Is said that
Dr.. Rsxfori c. Tug~sil under secretary Of agri-
culture. named head Of the new resetrlemeIt sd-
-srLS-racor. Vas embarrassed 20 learn that ne had
fallen heir 20 Some $4,000 employees. mostly in the
field. from ne subsistence homestead rural Eehab-
iicasicn and land policy sections OF the Interior de-
Vartusu5. FERA and AAA.
He WIS embarrassed TO the extent Of ordering
Inc roll eventually reduced 5y some 1905, Gat MS
embarrassment : rs nothing compared TO that Of
sae faithful in 5he office ef the Democratic national
esnrrrttse VINO now xiii have to scurry around and
ind new Jobs for the people dismissed For It
would never DO TO lose friend Of the party that
HST, u his Trends ErieuSs.-Christiau Science
h1aI-ur.
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YOUR FARM A GOOD PLACE

Bright young farmer lad Oas day last week asked
Ne what ca9ugnt loOG5 going TO college He was
Z higH schoal graduate
The Young fellows father Is 4 prosperous farm
err I suggested 20 the young that he Ell
ssrsG IN pFOfessas asi ae would find plenty
IF competition. But there IS world of elbow ROOM
On the fara- It appears 20 that Young fellow
er1Id Gs No better than to thoroughly lea-E 50 ME
phase OF agric1Ltzre and which would lneE1ds the
raising OF Evsst0ck-horses, mules cattle. chick
ems, tGrkeys-aud even oUftrQgs.
When say Thoroughly learn | mean that one
whe woah follow agriculture i career should
be sble AZ least 70 distinguish a weed from is-
ggre, and get the idea Of his head 5aas ne must
grow cotton In order TO suoslst.
A UGt9l. eeuntS.farm Is a most interesting place,
and when eQF people recognize this fact they will
become BETTER satisfied with their ot-Eugsne Ash
craft m Monroe Enquirer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-09
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
wSAT-s A CONSTITUTION,

Nav cones SensteS 0'dshoney, If Wyoming,
With proposal fOS something that looks Ike resar-
reSEsz % the MA. based or q system Of feSerNl
hcsuses for concerns engaging N Interstate eeFa-
mckee.
broad system ~ regulation Of business, IN saeh
matters wages, ReSrSs conditions Of work and
srsSe practices weusd spsarently De endowed ~
grating licenses" Only 10 esncezas that observe
ths s0xerHAent orders.
6ee wonders II shs Wyoming SenatoS has giyen
any thought to supreme cours DECISIONS which have
hs& tAst congress cannot exercise unconstitukSaSl
pStszs by <aeA Indirect devices which are obvi-
ouay designed to compel compliance Sieh rsgHka-
tSoks beyond the province OF the federal govern
msEk2 Several CASES As&r directly uroD this point.
and the device Of az interstate eomneres "lcsaSe'
to Soree unconstitutional regulations upon business
eodeerrs woald seem TO be very clearly doomed
Bat u may be rnst IN sAS New Era n has be
eoAs Gaits aRSsShiORsALs for congressman to give
aAy tAOGgat ~ the question Of whether 81 net 3
Measure Is Ia accordance with the provisions ~ the
Cefssisasisn II certainly looks 50, sometimes jpdg
ing BY same OF the measures that are seriously
SrfSS IN eSaSssssisRsl Aalk these Says,-Grsenr
YSlss IS. c. News
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TOURING CoMPuCATES HOME
SALES PROBLEM
jBy BRUCE CATTON

They were discussing the housing prob
lem-why more private builders haven't
binlt new homes during the last few years,
thus improving housing conditions and
bringing jobs back to long-unemptoyed
building craftsmen.
All the old considerations were threshed
out. the high cost Of building materials
and labor. low wages. nigh cost OF lots and
financing charges. and all the rest OF II
Then q very astute editor broke into the
conversation. Il think the biggest factor N
housing is not houses AT all, but the auto
mobile" ne sand.
He argued that = TSn with an average
salary below $50 year could not afford
payments on both house and ar auto
mobile. And that today this average man,
unable TO have both, prefers the auto 70
the hou>e.
The manner in which automobile sales
of 1885 have stood up all year long at the
highest point in several years gives strength
TO this idea.
I ,-Ould seem that men re-emPiOyed
an -ren beginning 70 ger out Of the Eea
haqe been buying automobiles, first, but Res
houses. Perhaps the houses will come later,
but il seems 70 De getting established thar
tha auto now GENES first
For in these days You can hive IN the car
most Of the time. Many u4a chooses III
fe5or housing plus a car IN preference ,
a 9ere comfortable home without 0Ge-
FMS was not said, CRITICALLY, bit N 10
hottest effort TO determine whether new
influences may not be az work eH the heVs-
ing situation which IS orIy in recent nousas
beginning fssbly to revive.
The day IS past when the automobile
MAS considered luxury. Under present
conditions Of life, Il may well De Thought
Of rs a necessity to most men. Therefore.
II Isl no ase 70 bewail the change in taste
If it is fact, it must De faced.
And the American WAY To face the issue
is % work for establishment Of such con-
6itiSnS that man need not choose betweea
= Decent home and an automobile. The
American way is to work for such a cordi-
ton that ne may have both That way
prosperity lies.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-09
CHESTNUT GROVE

CHESTNUT GROVE, Aug. ;.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. N. Williams ana
others Of this section have been
attending the revival at Liberty.
conducted by Rev. Raleigh VII
Iiams, Of Hendersonville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Justus caLlei
at the horne Of Mr.. and Mrs. T.
Justus recently.
Mrs. Z. P. Conner and sons,
Case motor. Mdan.L hrdln IN IA
Herman and Warren, and Mr.. L.
Case motored 70 Hendcrzonyi!le
last Saturday.
4 number from this community
attended the a!l-day singing 81
Hoopers Greek last Friday. Good
singing was rendered by al the
choirS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Collins, e
Dana. recently visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. z. P. Common.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. f. Cox and Miss
Margaret Green enjoyed the sing
ing at Hoopers Greek last Friday.
Miss Bertha Conner visited Mrs.
Mildred Connor recently.
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GOOD CUSTOMER

couple AZ eSlersd women met on the street.
"Yas looks EssAt 1OWas Sister Lula Annie Mae
said when she saw her,
Il is down" said Lulu, Il amt got ME no
clothes, AMI de Ian lord bout to run me suten my
house"
'SESsR xeI amt eatiR' regular and amt got no
clothes Asw come you doan &c. down to de relief?
They gives you sumpll' when you hungry advised
Anaie Mae,
she asked
~Eiit down at de FIRST National Bank building, -
Annie Nae told her,
Well aaap know" said LGlp. Give been CIV
ing de Red Gross my trade, and | kinder hates t0
change, Kansas Stoekmaa.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-09
new DAY ON FHE FARM

Littss Boy Blue, come blow your horn,
There's government agent counting your corn.
Another Sas is occurring the Old red sow
On the number Of pigs she can cave and how.
Pas gone TO town to find out what
he can do nexs month with che old meadow lot.
Mas NJ the radio, hearing then tell
How under the New Deal, there amt no hell
Aunt Names IN Washington, dragging down pay
FROM sAs PDQ or the AAA.
The hired man quit when the work didn't please
Apd got a lob trimming government trees
They'll De telling you soon, if YOU don't take care
Where yen can hive and what yea can wear.
How ufaeh you must pay for your pants and shoes,
So sAfs Is no tame - be taking yoar SRo0zs-
'Latls Boy Bsss may De aarisd deep,
Under red tape, but he's not asleep .- -,
-Batssyille, Ark, News Review
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Had His Wish
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
BY RODNEY puTcHER

would leap 30 DO CoDgtlin's bid
ding as seoR az the message had
been made clear.
But Congress paid very little AZ.
.tention. The bonus was pronounced
dead by WeILinforraed persons
nc1tns ago. What the House did
to the utility bill was just too bad.
The big test came on C0uzhlin's
central hank proposal, advanced AZ
an amendment 10 the banking bill.
Father" az his friends call him,
wrote it himself and it. was what
is known technically AZ 2 honey.
Providing that each state should
elect BIZ popular vote a member 20
a Federal Reserve Bank board,
which would then select an execu-
tive board to exercise supreme con-
troll over al money and banking.
it would have thrown the whole
works lao per c9rt into politics.
GOUGHLTN offered the bill 20
- Senator Elmer Thomas Of okla.
homa, his old pal and foremost
iaia ZIONIST. Thomas thew no his
hands in despair. Relations have
been cool between the two ever
since.
But Senator Nye Of North Ia,
kQGa didn't naiad Introducing 1t.
A2d it got 10 votes out Of SO cast.
Some OF the 10 senator's admitted
lat8r that they were voting for
something pretty awful just. be-
cause they favored the general
principle Of a central bank. ..
That broke the heart Of the
CoaghIiH Lobby. The boys at the
willard. after communicating with
Detrsft. began 70 sack.
Fhe pesplt had Indicated the fact,
it may se said, that $Ftbaush there
are men In Congress who admire
Fasher Coughlin and believe he has
made soTae paluahle contributions
in mshiing popular thoIeht, there
is hardly anyone in either house
wnu is willing 70 ralFow him
through any Old swamp or over
any did harricade.
cCnnvrfRsrr. ba&5 MES s"rvicA rne ;
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STROLLING THROUGH LIFE
By WECKES WAMB0LDT
THERE'S NOTHING NEW

Seneca. Roman philosopher and
writer. who was born before
Christ, said, We must be living in
the last days: for children no
longer obey their parents.
The last days certainly have
lasted.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-09
onnr G Cummingc SAYS:

Homer S. Cummings says:
IF there is anything that en-
RACES me it is the knowledge that
men OF my own profession, who
ought to hold its standards high,
zee fit to degrade them, to sell
them and, selling them, sell
America at the same time.
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PRAIRIE

Why do 50 many educated PEI
.sons-incIudir. certain radio an
.nouncers-pronounce Prairie IS
if it mad three syllables-puh-
.rar-ie-instead Of calling the word
correctly-prayer-ie ~
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-09

Should Know
sent 70 MS be-
trothed- W h e n
the young E01
man had read
the volume she
broke the en-
gagemenE-
And that makes
NE think Of the
parrot which was
walking around
in the front yard
when a dog came
through
Sick him -
sd u aw q the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-09

ONE Of the few presidencies tr
- South America that promised tt
continue unmolested by interna
'tYife was that of JerOnimo Car
ion Of Ecuador But his luck
Hdn't last long He crossed hi:
boss" politically powerful Ga
oriel Garcia Moreno. and had &c
'esign.
Carrion didn't do very much
rom the time he took office in Au
gust. 1865. up to his resignation
wo years later But when M
Jared to Join with Chile and PERT
n defensive alliance agatus'
Spain. and left politics generally r.
! friend who took advantage NJ nj:
position and became highly unp0p
Ilar. that was more than the Con
yress Of Ecuador and Moreno
especially could stand Moreno
Eho had been president before
again took active part in ECua
inrs affairs He gained command
If the troops and was on the vergs
If leading them in a revolt against
CarTfOn when. On vote Of cen
Hre by Congress, the weakling
PRESIDENT resigned
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CARRY ON

Never Stagnate. Observe the
condition of the stagnanC pool
Wan, like water, 20 avoid staS2a-
tor, must be constantly moving
forward
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your burned mouth. -
4 HAVE BEEN

He amt got no education, "
declared Uncle Newt. Hes al
ways saying, I seen for 1 have
saw"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-09

parrot.
The dog seeing nothing 10
sick but the parrot, attacked
the bird and was nursing him up
considerably when MS mistress-
attracted by his squaiLs-reseaed
hmm.
As the parrot was being car
ried to the house, ne observed:
Polly. you talk too much with
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER

NEA Service StTn (0CrcspC25cEt
NTASHNGTON.-Father Cough
w Inns washington lobby is
closing shop.
From the very beginning il WAS
one OF the most oyercoufdent end
Ineffective OF the thousands Of lob
1fes which have operated in this
lily Of milk and honey, and its
zeal. which was tremendous, failed
20 overcome its lacks.
II one Is to believe some q the
radio priests old friends, Father
CouShin began 10 build I'd an or.
sggsrstsd idea Of his power IN
Washington last FebrCary irst
after the Senate, partly driven oy
the food q adverse kilograms he
had inspired. rejected the World
Court.
The idea that Ccrghlin-was more
Influential than tAe president. who
had urged American membership
Ia the court. began TO percoIata
among his followers and was 70.
Hected IN the attitude of the TWO
earnest yorng men who subsp.
Quently opened headquarters IN the
willard Hotel and undertook 70
lobby the CoUghlir program
through Congress.
Those two were Louis s. Ward 2
Detroit attorney Of approximate
equal length and breadth. but wibh
No pseTioas legislative experience,
and youthful chubby, bespectacled
Mr.. Collins whose physical resem.
elaAse to Father CQughlin was ab.
Nio0siy a source OF great low "a
mr.. Collins.
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One stamp oi
Ecuador. lSSuec
in 1918. shows
a portrait ol
Carbon. 1t L
one OF a series
Of stamps Is
sued in honor
Of the countrvS
leaders
s-a IN
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HARD Blu WHOLESOME

F. 4 radio announcer while on the
air was asked by one Of the per
formers how ne felt.
ITO be frank with you" he re-
piled. Il don't feel like talking
But if I don't talk I don't eat.
There are q lot of Us who would
not work If we could eat without
working. Necessity IS as much the
mother Of industry as Of inven-
ton
Oae Of the worst things that
can happen to a person or to j
people is TO be relieved of the
need of work. Look at the natives
Of those sections of the world
where abundant foods grow wild
and can be had for the taking.
Had His Wish
I'D rather be a live so-and-so
than a dead hero" said Breen to
Bones.
We'll, you are" said Bones to
Breen.
LAWYERS TAKE NOTICE
United States Attorney General
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So far neither Of the tHo major
political parties has been declared
unconstitutional.
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LOST HIS GIRL

A practical young man had a
,oPy of What Every Bride
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Fait an Three ohiect;yes

THE VQushhn program they
pushed VAS: l. Central Bank
Z Bonus. 3, The Wheeler Rayburn
public utihty bin. "' =
No TWO boys were ever more on
eae Job ftrey haunted the offlces
~ SENATOR'S and representatives
SAS'staaate1H, no one could dis.
>NES Inair conviction that Congress-
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NEXT. What great capita
rivaIs Washington for beauty :
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-25
ROOSEVELT TO
GIVE FIRESIDE
CHAT SUNDAY
President to Interpret His
Works. Relief Bill Over
Radio.
FIRST SINCE SEPT. 30
20 Minute Talk to Nation
Will Start at 9 P. NJ,
Indianapolis Time.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, April 25.-Pres-
ident Roosevelt will address to the
nation another of his famous fire
side chats" Sunday night at 10 p. m.
g n. N. Indianapolis time), to in
tcrpret his works-relief bill, the
White House said today.
The President has not yet drafted
his f1reside address but it was ex-
pected it would run from 20 minutes
to a half-hour.
The speech will be largely con-
fined to the relief progra, it was
stated. Asked if Mr.. Roosevelt
planned to mention the Rev.
Charles Coughlin or Senator Huey
P. Long, White House Secretary
Stephen T. Early, replied:
mo, no, nothing like that"
Mr.. Roosevelt'S forthcoming fire.
side talk will be the first since last
Sept. 3d. At that time he reviewed
the industrial situation generally.
Meanwhile Mr.. Roosevelt prepared
to make public further details of
the work-relief administration. It
was expected that the White House
would reveal late today the part
Harry Hopkins, FERA head, will
play in administering the works
program.