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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-06
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service STAFF Correspondent


MISUNDERSTANDING the cleo.
" trical industry makes real
fight" said a powerful sSouthern
public utilities magnate IN a letter
recently received by an official
here, ut can command more influ.
ence than the American Legion
and the American Federation of
Labor and dozen other organiza.
tons besides"
That boast was put to a dra-
matte test in the industry's fight
against the Roosevelt public utili-
ties bill in the House.
For the power trust" was fran.
tic. It's lobbyists wouldn't stand
still to be counted. but there
seemed no reason to doubt a com.
monty accepted estimate that it had
assembled between 500 and 600 of
Their. to work upon doubtful mem
bers with every device known to
the lobbyists art.
bo" - Si -, pO"Sl SUlllpduy OlllCldlS,
bankers. and others had been
brought in from nearly every state
to bear down on representatives
from their home districts.
An unconvinced congressman
could be rather sure of suffocation
within few hours under bags Of
kilograms from constituents. Back
went the word from Washington
to turn the heat on him.
IN the galleries, tense, sat high
l. officials and agents of Associated
Gas and Electric. Commonwealth
Edison, Chase National Bank. Pub.
lie Service of New Jersey. the Edi.
son Electric Institute, and dozens
OF other utility groups.
They had spent millions of dol.
lars to beat Roosevelt's attempt to
dlVest the giant holding companies
OF management control over thou.
sands of local operating companies
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3 In Hospital
Following Fight
In Pennsylvania

EREVARD, July G.-Thrcc PEI
sons are being treated IN Lyday
Memorial hospital here, and two
men are being held by officers:
one in Jail and the other under
bond, as q result of a fight which
occurred near midnight Thursday
at the Manning Moore home IN
the Cherryficld section OF Tran
sylvania county.
Those in the hospital are: Oils
Moore, about 50, whose right leg
below the knee was riddled by
shotgun pellets; Mrs. Oils Moore,
about 30, who has some 20 shots
in her body; and Guyna Slower,
five years old, niece of Mr.. and
Mrs. Oils Moore, who received
four shot from the shotgun in the
left elbow. Mr.. and Mrs. Oils
Moore. whose home is at Gastonla,
arc reported to be III a serious
condition. -,
Those held in connection with
the case were Manning Moore, IA
Their of Oils Moore; Avery Moore,
a brother Of Oils; and Clifford
Slower, Manning MoOrc's son-ln--
law and father Of the little CIR!
who was wounded.
Manning Moore, shortly after
being detained by officers, was re-
leased from custody, no charge
being preferred against him. Sto.
YER was released under bond OF
$500 pending a hearing, the date
for which has not been set. Avery
Moore is still being held by Off
GERS.
Officers said Friday that at first
it was reported the shooting was
accidental, but that later they
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-06
ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE

Having qualified as adminis'ra-
trix eta. Of the estate Of !. R.
Black, deceased. late Of Iicndcr-
son county, n. c., this is 70 NJ
tify all persons having c!aIm
against the estate of said dccCa%
cd to exhibit them to tn" under
signed at HendcrsonvIllc, y T.
on or before the 18th da%
June 1886, or this notice WIZ
pleaded in bar Of their rcco%
This 14th day of June. 9%
MRS. RACHEL +. BLACA
Administrators eta, +. K. hISn
Estate. O-IJ-Hal'r
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-06

DOR more than century, while
Finland was under the yoke OF
Russia. a small group of poets and
writer's devoted their efforts to
writing down the folk lore of their
country in the Finnish language
which Russia tried desperately to
wipe out.
Led by country doctor, Elias
Lonnrott. these patriots went into
he remotest sectors of the coun.'
.ry and so succeeded. in perpetual
ing their language and their ma
tional spirit which might have
been forgotten in, favor of Russian
Or Swedish. So
They had established the Finnish
Literary Society in 1881. One hun
dred years later, in 1881
Is years fter her autonomy
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learned Avery Moore and O..
Moore had a fight on the Ia,
porch OF the home Of MANN,
Moore and that Avery Moore r
a shotgun. 1t was said that Ave,
jumped off the porch and Stns
attempted to take the gun ar
from him. 1t was also said ii.
Avery fired the shotgun, the nr
load from which struch o.
Moore in the leg. Some Of
shot hit Mrs. Moore and the
yer child.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-06
PRISONERS FLEE

LEBANON, Mo. (UP). - h
next time Mrs. Sam Allen, wIiCc
the sheriff, answers tie KNOCK 4
prisoners, she is going to proceed
with caution. The last time 90.
inmates knocked on the door a.
ing for food, Mrs. Allen oocrs
it. The pair escaped.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-06
BEHIND ALL DEFENsES, GOLD MUST
BE SAFE!
(By BRUCE CATTON)

Official announcement that most or
Uncle Sans huge gold supply will be
transferred to an underground vault at an
army post in Kentucky might lead one to
suspect that the enemy, if not actually at
the gates, is anyway at the house next door
and coming fast.
Caution is probably praiseworthy quaE
ity in any national government. But this
business of hustling our gold off to the in
land, on the ground that coastal cities are
subject to attack by enemy raiders, seems
to be carrying caution to fault.
We have been spending somewhere be
year on our navy, of late, and from all &C
counts it seems to be in pretty fair shape.
If our gold reserve remained in Washing
ton and we got into a war and the enemy
decided to invade the continental United
States-something which no enemy in his
senses would dream of doing, probably
it would first be necessary for this enemy
to sink our fleet, lock, stock and barrel.
The fleet sunk-and naval strategists
agree that there is no fleet in existence
that could successfully attack our fleet on
our own side of the Atlantic-there would
still remain our army air force.
You maylrecall that elaborate plans were
drawn up by the army not long ago for
concentrating our planes in such a way
4Lo& of
down out of the sky on any invader. Clear
", the enemy would have to bring some
thing like "a thousand fighting planes of
his own before he could get within shout
ing distance of the treasury's gold vaults
in Washington.
We have, also, certain coast defense
forts, on which much money has been ex-
pended. British experience at the Darda-
nelles in the World war showed that even
second-rate land forts can beat off an a1-
tack by dreadnaughts. Coming up the
Chesapeake with a fleet of troop ships
would not be simple task
Lastly, we have an army 1t isn't very
big, to be sure, but it is pretty tough, what
there is of it, and the time that it would
take to sink our navy, destroy our air force
and crush our coast defense batteries ought
to enable us to expand it pretty we'll to
form a good reception committee.
All in all, it hardly seems that our gold
reserve has been in any great danger
Digging pit for it at Fort Knox may pro-
vide someone with good exercise, and give
the garrison at Fort Knox feeling of i'm
portance, but it is little hard to see what
other really important end it serves.
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If you were the head of con- |
Germ employing a large number
of persons, and you should real
ize that your employees were
more interested in what they
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-06

could get out Of
YOU than in what
they could do
for you, what
would be your
attitude toward
those employees?
Suppose - day
after day-first
one Of y 0 u I
workers and then
another came to
you with, Boss,
can I get off
this afternoon?
"BOss, won't you
pay me more
uJt ror ,,aala
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-06
FREE-ONE SWARM OF BEES

WICHITA FALLS, Tex. (UP).
If you want to go into the bee
business, J. +. Tevis of this city
will give you a swarm for a start
er. The bees arrived about two
weeks ago and set up business in
Texts home. All Tevis wants is
someone to take the bees away.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-06

Brevity is the soul of wit, which explains
why they laugh at women's dinky hats.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-06

With those synthetic compilations, wom-
en- might be termed 'the vanishing race" "
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-06

There may be skin you love to touch,
but not skinflints. 49,. ..,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-06

Statistice reveal that the average man,
in one year, speaks 100000 words. Or
the equivalent of one Long flibuster.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-06

National righteousness requires RIGHTEOUS
AIMS With all our planning we cannot form
righteous objections apart from God.
''Where there is no vision Tor revelation from
Cod the people perish" prov. 29:1S). .....
What are we seeking for the future, as a nation,
Gods way or our own? Why is it, then, that our
national leaders refuse to call the nation to day
of prayer for Gods forgiveness and guidance?-
dSee 2 Chron. 7:14) John W. Lane Jr., in Sun
day School Times. oh - -
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-06

The parole systems it seems, allows a
criminal to pay his debt to society on the
installment plan.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-06

The remarkable thing about
any autobiography is the number
of words used without letting the
truth out
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-06

1t seems to be true that man can make his
wife happy, but he never knows how he did it.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-06

About all you can say for repeal is that it gives
wrecks legal odor.
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had been rec
ognized, Fin
land issued {
set of t W c
c o m memora'
tive S t a m p s
o n e with a
portrait of Dr..
Eonnrott, and
the other with
the seal OF tbs
society.
~ Service, Inc
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-06

In remote sections "dun" is
still considered an insult by those
who don't intend to pay.
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exalteth a nation: but sin is rePrOaeh to any
people" prov. 1880.
Evening star., 1935-03-27
STOMACH UPSET

Get at the real cause. That's what
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the real cause of the ailment-clogged
intestines or constipation.
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When the bowels are performing their
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Take one or two at bedtime for
quick relief.
Evening star., 1935-03-27
Dust Booms Broom Sales.

CLAY CENTER, Kans. R.-
Found! Somebody for whom an Ill
Kansas dust wind blows good. A
broom factory here reports an ava
lanche of orders from its territory,
most of which Is in the dust-ridden
Mountain States area.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-24
WORSE THAN SLAVERY

MYTH tragic futility. southern sharecrop-
w pers petition Washington officials to
right the wrongs of the plantation-tenant sys-
tenn. There is little the government can do
for them under a system first built on slavery
and then maintained by exploitation worse
than slavery.
They ask that the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration force landlords to share
the acreage-reduction payments with the crop
pers. This much the government can and
should do despite Administrative difficulties.
But their other just demands-fxed mini
mum wages prohibition of child labor, and
protection in organizing unions and against
the violence of armed vigilantes-must be
fought out chiefly in their home communities.
If the choppers had political power, they might
force their state governments to correct these
abuses. But, diSfranchised by racial discrimi-
nation and by poll taxes they are powerless in
state political arenas.
Even if they possessed political power our
southern troopers might find their efforts
largely frustrated by the economy of the
worlds cotton industry. To a substantial de-
gree, the purchasing power of the peoples of
the world and the wages paid in the cotton
fields of Egypt and India determine the liv-
ing standards of these who plod down the COT
ton rows of Georgia or Arkansas.
Mere reforms in the plantation-tenant sys-
tenn can not solve our cotton belts economic
and social problems The tenancy system it
self must be abolished if millions who toll il
Dixie are to have q chance at an American
living standard.
To destroy this system the government
should make it possible for impoverished ten
ants to become farm freeholders. The Bank
head tenant-aid bill-if strengthened and safe
guarded by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS way to some
economic freedom for the so per cent of cot
ton belt farmers now disposSeSSed.
The government can not move too rapidly.
fate worse than exploitation threatens plan
tation tenants. Those who have tested the new
mechanical cotton picker say it gathers more
cotton in eight hours than good hand laborer
can pick in four months. If that is true,
three million men, women and children will no
longer stoop and crawl over our cotton acres
They will be emancipated from that drudgery
But at the same time they will be cut of
from the landlords furnish" of salt pork,
beans and -four. Then-unleSs in the mean
time they get homes and small farms OF their
own-they Will be on the dole or starving.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-24
MAY as 1885
TOO MUCH

Il vas mo much 10 expect. but ne had VEN
tured faint hope that the Congress
which listened 10 the bonus veto message
might attune itself 10 the pitch the President
SCI when ne said.
"As I told the gentlemen who waited on
me. I have never doubted the good faith lying
behind the reasons which have caused them
enc the majority OF Congress TO advocate this
bill In the same spirit come before you
d.spassionately and in good faith TO give you,
as simply as I can. the reasons which COM
pei me IN give Il my disapproyal"
No. Too much 10 expect. Good sports
marghip may belong in tennis or golf. or in
The prize-rng even. But not in politics"
81 the answer was threatS-With where
are those men now?" From Thomas. leader of
the Senate debate Threats Of political re-
prisal TO those who in good faith" vote as
statesmen should vote their own judgment
and their own conscience.
The issue must needs be taken quickly
down from the high plane OF reason into the
DIT Of political coercion, and those to whom
Thomas referred. who dared play with the
dynamite of soldier legislation. be branded as
unknown and forgotten men" because they
dared oppose
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-24
INDIANA AND THE AAA

II washington TODAY are leaders of the
Indiana Farm Bureau and Lieut.. Gov
Clifford Townsend. there to urge Indiana
Congressmen-snd especially Rep. Louis Ludlow
to support extension Of the AAA. the New
DsaIs gift 10 American agriculture.
Too many Congressman have listened to too
much propaganda from middle men and others
opposed 70 the AAA and the legislators have
lost sight Of the tremendous benefits the AAA
has given farmers.
Indianas farmers may not have marched
On Washington with their brethren from other
sections Of the country to cheer President
Roosevelt and Secretary Henry Wallace. but
they are giving notice today that they. too.
stand Sohdly behind the AAA
For the first time in years the Indiana
farmer is now setting something for his
product.
rs UP TO Indiana Congressman to see that
they continue 10 set H.
Farmers are voters: lobbyists seldom are.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-24

nation, like the United States, can make money
by collecting less from debtors if they will re-
frain from large arms expenditures which it
otherwise must match. Similarly, ornaments
create budget deficits, currency imitation and
monetary warfare, which in turn increase trade
barriers and depression.
While statesmen agree that international
action is necessary. they disagree to the
proper time. Since the United States broke up
the London Economic Conference and Japan
smashed the London Naval Conference, states
men OF most countries have been saying, You
first dear CASTOR"
But last week Treasury Secretary Morgen-
than indicated that we will join in monetary
sterilization when others are ready. France
cheered this. And there have been similar
overtures in the British Parliament
Action is long overdue The way TO start
is to start and the best time is the quickest.
We hope the Tydings resolution passes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-24

THE Marion County Courthouse was not
u built as a playhouse for special privilege.
Yet The Times has shown that elected
officials have used their Offices for the priv
lege OF not paying their taxes, OF paying public
funds to friends for services that we're never
rendered OF allowing a man to be counsel
for a defendant at one time and his judge
at another. or shutting a man in and out of
Jail in an unlawful manner.
Yesterday this newspaper revealed that
fellow named Joel A. Baker apparently sets
hearings in appeal cases to be heard by Judge
Frank p. Baker.
Who is this Joel A. Baker? His name turns
Up in practically every unsavory transaction
We have discovered in the Courthouse. OFF,
cially he holds the pcayune Office Of probation
officer in Judge Bakers court for which he
receives an annual salary Of $1,000 a year.
His associates are largely smaI-bore poll
ticians. any one of whom is glad to tell you
how well the probation officer is able to do
on $500 annually With his North Side home,
MS two cars his frequent and pleasant out-of-
town trips.
Joel A. Baker was not elected by the people
to run Criminal Court. Yet he swaggers about
like young cockerel giving orders to defend
ants and attorneys, announcing Il" fixed bail
at thus-and-s so or 4" released the man on his
own recognizance. In fact. he has said Il am
the COURT"
IT is a nauseatlng spectacle to see Judge
Il Baker, elected by the voters apparently
turning over the solemn obligations of his
important Office to an individual of Joel A.
Bakers stripe.
Joel A. Baker handled the notorious
Barker matter. 1t was he who signed Judge
Bakers name to the order which released
Lee Barker from Jail after the Supreme Court
had said that Barker should go to Michigan
City for from one to two wears.
That transaction still remains unexplained.
We asked Judge Baker nine questions regard
ing it Is days ago. He has not answered
them Until he does he stands indicted at
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the wrongs and tries to correct the
various evils.
was a supporter Of Mr.. GroSsart
and also Of Judge Baker. but must
say that both Of these men should
resign after the exposure of their
actions. That is, I think Mr.. Gros-
sart should resign and Judge Baker
should also unless he can give
mighty good explanation Of his &C
tions.
Now, here is something I wonder
If YOU have the nerve to tackle
The number of cars on the high
ways using M" license plates is get
ting to be enormous. Isn't il a fact
that the M" license is only for the
purpose of giving the dealer the
privilege of demonstrating his car?
Have his employees any right to put
the dealer license or a car and use
it to go to the lakes on Sunday? If
this is permissible. why can't my en-
ployes use my license plates when 7
am not using them? The official
car" Of the indianapolis Motor
Speedway has license M-816. The
Speedway is a commercial enterprise
and feel should purchase a license
for its car the same as I do for cars
for my business. have to purchase
separate license plates for each car.
What is the matter with the IL
cense inspection department at the
Statehouse?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-24
CALL THE CONFERENCE

livery attemp, 70 break the war debt dead
II lock Is met With the statement the
Presidents hands are tied. it IS up TO Con-
greSs" That Is true. But nobody does any
thing about IL.
Nov comes Senator TyGings with a plan
for action. His resolution requests the Pres
ident TO cal an international conference in
Washington 20 deal with war debts. arms-
ments. monetary Sterilization and trade bar
riers.
No informed person doubts that these
problems were partly responsible for the world
depression and are now retarding recovery
Every statesman agrees that they must be dis
posed OF By international action before stable
peace and prosperity are possible. AL agree
that these problems are related.
The relation between debts and ornaments
Is close. debtor nation which can afford TO
enter an expensive armament race can afford
70 pay al least q little on It's debts. A crogttor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-24
AMERICANS ARE DIVIDED
INTO TWO CLASSES
BY a Reader.

BY a Reader.
Americans are divided into two
classes, rugged individualists and
partially civilized people.
The rugged individualist wants
things to just happen. He wishes
war, bitter competition and the hor-
rible methods of jungle life to de-
eide the deStinieS of men.
The unlearned among them think
that prosperity will return under
capitalism. Their press knows bet
ter. Their educated know that the
world of Coolidge is gone forever;
still, their dog with the bone in
stinct" urges them to hold on"
They wish to be left alone" But
they have no intention Of leaving
others alone.
The World War, this depression
and the worlds chaos are the fruits
of this rugged individualiSm.
Our partly civilized people wish
to see a planned and controlled
world. They wish to end war and
all destructive competition. They
long to see men motivated by high
err ideals than that of profit. They
fight the tremendous force Of mans
habits of ages.
They know that prosperity is not
around the corner. They feel the
responsibility of building new So
cial order. They hope that the
fruits of their labor will be enjoyed
by posterity. But, just as Franklin
could not see that which his electri-
cal discovery would give to us,
neither can our social scientists
visualize their gift to the world of
tomorrow.
Thus far, these partly civilized
people have saved our fragments of
culture from complete destruction
and our human family from abso-
lutte slavery.
Thank you for your civilized edi-
torials of May 81. 1t is no disgrace
for one to admit that one has been
mistaken.