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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24
THE NEW DEAL
IN WASHINGTON
BY RODNEY BUTCHER.

OPTIMISTIC, CHUNG 10 the peilet tIs'
private industry would rapidly alb
sorb the unemployed. He was
about the only person in Washing
ton who did 50 believe.
THE nations social work mech
l. ahisms were expanded at least
10 times by FERA and the lack
Of expert personnel to administer
this huge job and its quite new
technique was often painfully ap'
parent. ... -..-
Yet that fault Was somewha'
Offset by An eager enthusiasm O.
FERA men and womeE whc
worked as II they were on al
emergency job. (Some OF the
energy and zeal has worn of
Iately-one reason for the wa,
the WPA program has draggedo
FERA has received many
knocks. But Harry Hopkins and
his chief assistants, such as Jacob
Baker and Aubrey Williams, were
engaged in a Job unprecedented
in magnitude and type.
THE organization made grants
l. of slightly more than $4,000
100000 to the states in its fight
against starvation and suffering
exclusive of $S28,000,000 of
PWA money for the 100000
CWA workers..
Its peak load ic the task OF
providing food, clothing, and
medical care was q relief roll OF
20,654,0S4 persons In January.
1895.
IDRESENT New Deal policy
/ abandonment Of FERA and
direct federal relief. with creation
OF WPA-is based on the theory
that the dole makes buns" out
Of "employable" human beings.
Also, on Roosevelt's desire to re-
duce the drain on the treasury.
But WPA probably will have to
be supplemented by a renewal OF
direct cash aid for some states.
I downright. 1895. EEA Ssrvice Inr
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24
DIE IF NECESSARY
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

who gets hurt or killed.
In communities where the poll
ticians own and control the police
department. the sheriff's force,
the prosecuting attorneys, the
jury-selecting machinery and the
judges of the various courts, the
job of liberating the people, and
of securing and preserving their
rights, is doubly difficult. Never
theless, it is a job that should chal-
lenge the best, the biggest, and
the highest in every red-blooded
American.
Mussolini is urging his subjects
to save old newspapers to help
him win his assault on Ethiopia,
and his resulting conflict with the
League of Nations. Won't some
body please send Mussolini mark
ed copies of old newspapers con-
tanning accounts of Italy's solemn
covenants with the other members
of the League of Nations and
the other signers of the Kellogg
BRAND peace pact to outlaw war
and to submit international differ
ences to arbitration?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24
Inventors Aid
Thrill Seekers

CHICAGO, Dec. "a. (UP)-
Thrill seekers would cease their
quest for thrills if they had peek
ed into the convention of the Ma
tlonal Association of Amusement
Parks, Pools and Beaches, held in
Chicago.
Some 500 members of this body
met to analyze this strange pas
sion for thrills, which seems to
characterize the human being,
and to extract from it new ideas
Tor appeasing thrill seekers.
Most thrill-jaded people, tired
OF the conventional carousels,
merry-go-rounds and roller coast
ers, will welcome such new inven-
tons as a gadget which will lift a
person 200 feet in the air on a
dangling seat of a controlled
parachute-and let 60. Then
there is the new Loop-a-Plane, a
large diabolic looking basket,
which instead of going parallel to
the ground like a merry-go-round,
will go at right angles. And a
Blanc Shooter, which swings
around in large circles at high
speeds with a rudder-fin which
can control the direction.
These are only some OF the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24
LIQUOR SAYINGS ON THE ROADS

The Spartanburg Herald is authority Tor
!. statement that liquor was found in an
ftumobile involved in an accident IN that
gnty with a truck, in which wreck SIX
EsOns were killed. Of course, some peo-
{ nay haul liquor in their cars without
fnking it, but we do not believe that is a
tnmOn practice. As rule, where there
booze there is drinking; and it is a SCI
fdfc certainty that one drink OF liquor
Jay cause wreck, if that drink IS taken
the man or woman at the wheel.
Six people dead in a wreck, which one
the most conservative of Carolina news
|apers brands result of drinking liquor
mis- is only one of several large scale
Frecks in North and South Carolina IN the
|aSt few weeks which have borne all the
fsns Of having booze as the cause OF the
FOuble.
Liquor drinking is becoming more COM
FOn on the highways, since South Caro'
Ia and a part of North Carolina nave
Fen opened up to the so-called legallzeo
lie and general assault is being maue
along the line to break down not Only
last vestige of prohibition sentiment
Y the last vestige of opposition to the
using of the two States in flood OF a.
mol. The concrete results of this orgy %
|0Ozlng are to be found every day IN the
FeOrds of tragedies on the highways Of
|Orth and South Carolina.
comparatively few of the cases where
Foae is responsible for highway accident
10 deaths are, however, recorded in the
F"spaper accounts, as there appears e
very general effort on the part OF the
sS and their friends to cover up evidence
such accidents. Every daily newspaper
The Carolinas has evidence to supper
Is statement.
along with the shameful record OF Incl
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24
MUSEUM ANNEX IS
ERECTED TO HOUSE
RELICS OF JACKSON

NEW ORLEANS. La, Dec. "a.
(UP)-The Jackson house, where
legend persists, "Old Hickory
was wont to stop for a nightcap
on cold winter nights, is being
torn down.
Immediately behind the Cabildo
(now a state museum), the house
that supposedly contained a sa-
loon at the beginning of the last
century is being rebuilt by WPA
workmen. 1t will be connected
with the Cabildo and will contain
relics of the War Of 1872, the
Civil and Spanish-American wars
Relics of General Andrew Jackson
and the battle of New Orleans
will have prominent display.
The ancient building, in the
heart of the old French Quarter,
at one time was owned by the
Chalmette chapter of the United
States Daughters of 1872: Later,
it was purchased by the late ".
R. Irby, who presented it to the
Louisiana museum with the stipu-
Iation that the society would have
a permanent meeting place in the
building.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24
NOTHING TO CROW ABOUT

During the World war an average of 81 North
carolnians were killed each month soldiers
were actually engaged in fighting. An average OF
persons month lose their lives in this state due
to homcides. But the friendly and useful auto
mobile goes both war and crime nearly twice pet
ter by killing average of 81 persons month IN
this state. In slaughter on the highways N0rtn
Cnro1ina leads all other states in the union. That's
athar first to crow about, maybe.-Monroe En-
nuirer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24
THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM


One night in little Bethlehem
AS the moon shone through the
trees,
The swallows took their lodging
there
Beneath the stable caves.
A tiny, little sparrow meek
Sought it's shelter in the stall,
And perched upon the brace
which held
The manger to the wall.
A tired old nag was feeding with
Her wee colt close by her side ;
The stable door swung open and
The virgin stepped inside.
The virgins name was Mary, and
With a tired voice she said,
won't you take some hay, dear
Joseph, and
Make me some kind of bed?"
The man was strangely silent, for
Well he knew ere broke the day,
The Baby Jesus would God send
To that manger bed of hay.
How oft we've heard the story old
Of the Baby's humble birth;
But do we know the reason why
God sent Him to this earth?
As now we tell the story old,
Make the gospel clearly ring;
Remind the nations Bethlehem's
Babe
Is Saviour and coming King.
Miss Dahlonega C. Brock.
December 4, 1885.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24
BY RODNEY DUICHER
NEA Serylce SIM CorreAnondent

=
NEA Service Stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON - The switch
w board operator at the Works
Progress Administration still an
,wers Federal Relief" when you
call, but the Federal Emergency
Relief Administration-the FERA
is dead.
In the FERA work program a
government for the first time IN
history laid the pattern for estab-
fishing public or civil work with
q view to fitting Jobs to the skill
Of needy people rather than to com.
mLnity demands for construction
projects.
The Federal Surplus Relief Cor
poratlor. a branch working with
AAA, dealt in a big way with the
fact that people were starving In
the midst of big farm surpluses
when It spent $255,000,000 IL
buying, processing, and distribut'
Ing, 7O0,O00,000 pounds Of meat
(handling nearly 100000 head
Of livestock) ami huge quantities
Of surplus grains, vegetables, coal,
cotton, and other commodities.
THROUGH its transient relief
L system, FERA relieved and re-
duced a situation which had
reached appalling proportions
Many other things FERA did, In
GLIDING the rural rehabilitation
program some Of them strange,
new, and even bizarre. too many
TO mention here.
The worst mistake seen IN
FERA policy was in its lack OF
longtime planning and the insist
ence on a month-.o-month policy
The official view was that a
mere temporary emergency was
being handled and hence projects
were planned so they could be
terminated almost at once, which
meant considerable ineflciency, or
the theory that the amount OF des
titution couldn't be anticipated.
President Roosevelt. often over
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24
By CLARENCE HAWKES.
The Blind Poet Of Hadley, Mass.

BY CLAhENCC MA w hCS
The Blind Poet Of Hadley, Mass.
Through the storms of Gallilee
Christ comes walking to man.
kind,
Pleading with humanity.
With the nations. dumb and
blind.
Must He once more bear the cross
Up the hill of Calvary,
Shall we turn His gold to dross,
With our hollow mockery!
Christian nations, prating peace,
Beating war drums, planning
strife,
Have we more than Rome and
Greece, 49,.
In our cultural Christian life?
To the soldier and the state.
Comes this message, peace Be
Still"
IF a nation would be great,
It must learn the Heavenly will
Not in battleships and guns
Can we find stability.
Not all earth's heroic sons
Fighting, makes her people free
n, the creed of Christ will fill
All our Golfers, full with gold,
II we heed the "Peace Be Still,
Spoken to the men of old.
Peace that curbs the greed OF
state, =.
Peace that softens strife OF
race, 80,
Peace that proffers love for hate
And to ALL men gives a place.
This the pledge of Christmas tlme'
We will for the outcast care,
Make our own thoughts more sub
lime.
Live, for ALL men everywhere.
We will make the cross a power,
That will every nation fill. ,
Thus Christ speaks this day ana
hour,
To t. the {, nations "Peaee Be
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flclency, carelessness and criminal indiffer-
ence to consequences of their actions which
is being written by many persons who use
the roads of North and South Carolina,
goes down the record of the manner in
which the people of these States are per-
hitting alcoholic beverages to add to the
tragedy and horrors of the highways.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24

boy, there was in my home town
courageous publisher OF a
weekly paper who launched vlg-
orous crusade against the thievlng,
rascally politicians looting the
community. The head politician
who was the most under hre,
watched his chance; and one day
while the publisher was riding
down the street on his bicycle,
darted suddenly from the side
walk knocked the publisher from
his bicycle with a heavy cane,
shot him as he lay PROSTATE on
the pavement; then ran like a
hound-dog.
The publisher, though desper-
ately wounded, called to the cow
ardly politician to stop and turn
around. 81 don't want to shoot
you in the back" he shouted. But
the politician ran the harder. Just
as he reached doorway, the pup
Usher fired. The bullet caught the
politician in the spine and lntnct,
ed a wound from which he died
year later. The immediate pres
ence of physician who quickly
tied a severed artery, was all that
saved the publishers life.
1t is always the duty of genu-
inc patriots to resist to the deaIn
if necessary, any force that woulo
harm their country. Our foreign
foes are of small consequence
compared with our domestic. Toes.
The hook up between politicians
and criminals, and the hook up De.
business and professional l. men ne J..
means a deadly and devastaelng
assault on the peace, the sateey
and the welfare of this country,
that must be stopped-no matter
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24

cnlndClOUS Is HO
reason for the
fight for political
decency to cease.
If our nation
were to be invad-
ed by a foreign
enemy, we should
expect our patrl-
otto citizens to
oppose the inva-
sion at the risk
or at the cost OF
their lives. 1t
would be their
duty to do that.
When | was a
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24

Just recently in Minneapolis a
weekly newspaper publisher who
had been opposing a political out
fit, was shot from ambush and
murdered.
Because a man or many men
get killed fighting political ma
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24
FACTORY BUILT OF GLASS

TOLEDO, o. (UP)-What is
said to be the worlds first all
glass structure is nearing compile
ton in Toledo. It is a two-story
laboratory, built by a glass fac
torv with glass-blocks. Factory Of
ficiaals report boom in the glass
block industry during the past
three months. -. '-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24
OLD MEDICAL BOOK FOUND

SIBLEY, Ia. .(UP)-An early
treatment for insanity. as reveal,
ed here in book printed in 1893
bv DR.. Henry Wilkins, an early
American surgeon, follows: Let
the patient eat nothing but ap-
ples. Keep his head shaved closely
and wash it with vinegar.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24
CHRISTMAS NIGHT

Santa Claus comes to my house
on Christmas night.
He brings me toys both new and
bright.
Around the house he will creep
To see if every ones asleep.
Down the chimney, happy and
free,
Bringing toys for you and me;
And when my stocking is full and
tight
Again he leaves while it is night
By Little Vestie Nix.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24
A SONG FOR CHRISTMAS

Editors Note: Clarence
Hawkes. of Hadley, Mass, poet
and naturalist who has been total
w blind for more than half q cen.
tury, has written for the United
Press the following Christmas
poem:)
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Society women raising spuds to defy the
Federal Potato Act are warned it takes
bit more of doing than raising an oppon-
ent's bid.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24
r. CHILDREN PLAY IN THE STREET

"Please don't let the children play IN tne Street
This plea is rising all over the country from po
lice officials and traffic officers.
1t is being emphasized all too frequently by the
tragic results of the violation OF wnat snoud De an
invariable rule of the famlly.-hoeK Hill 10 W
Herald.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24

Conviction of George w. Norris after
running against Senator George w. Norris
conflicts with the general opinion that the
Senate could do with lot of Senator Nor
rises
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24

The Italian plan of campaign may prove
an insidious one. If so, after building those
roads, they'll sell Philippians motor cars.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24

new thrill rides which, it is hoped,
will attract new throngs of Gus
toners to the amusement parks
next summer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24

In view of japanese aggressiveness,
there may be something prophetic in the
fact that the sister ship of the China Clip
per is the Philippine Clipper.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24

A Western department store Santa was
found on the federal relief roll, which, af-
ter all, is not bad way to brush up on
ones technique.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24

Hoover, head Oman, says people are
most apt to murder when the weather's
hot. The revelation may help deter the
'hot-enough-for-you?" greeters.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24
TEXAS HONORS
NOTED RANGER
Capt. McC ormick Succeeds
Tom Hickman as Units
Senior Officer

SAN AUGUSTINE, Texas, Dec.
"a. (UP)-Law and order prevail
ed in this historic east Texas town
again today-thanks to a former
st. Louis baseball player and his
Texas Rangers.
The story of wholesale clean
up is as nerve-tingling AesAAy OF
the glamorous tales 4ding
the Texas Rangers. TIT vf a
clan of gun-toting Akers
here was broken, buy 3shot
was fired. -.H{fa
The former ball plSS lang
er Capt. J. w. Mc0 new
head of the Texas a 9fety
department ey Y.
He was a fo6t
Baptist collste VI s
ter college, hg{ M
Cardinals as D.
returned to Texas and became po-
lice chief at Wichita Falls.
One of McCormick's few gun
plays was at Wichita Falls. A not
ed quick-draw rodeo performer
was reported to he boisterous:
Unawed, Mccormick placed hand
on his shoulder and announced.
you're under arrest"
QUICK ON DRAW
ARREST, HE'LL" and the rest
was drowned in the bark of Nc
Cormick's revolver in the quick
shooting which followed.
Another instance of McCor-
mick's colorful career happened
during cleanup of a Panhandle
oil boom town. Mccormick, who
had already beaten one man to
the draw, waited for his partner
to come through q swinging door.
He did-with a shotgun in his
hands. Mccormick felled him with
blow.
"You're too young to shoot"
he told the subdued shotgun WELD
er.
James v. Alfred of Wichita
Falls had Just been elected gov
ernor when San Augustine decid-
ed to declare its independence:
Sheriff.elect H. S. Sharp asked
Alfred for Rangers to help him
restore order.
CHOSEN FOR HARD JOB
'T decided if it was to be done
without unnecessary slaughter,
Mccormick was the man to do
it." Alfred said recently.
San Augustine officers today
tailed 16 members Of the gang
who have received penitentiary
sentences for acts ranging from
murder tn candalism, and moon
shining. Before Mccormick NOV
ed in. their reign of terror had
spread over several months. Lo-
cal citizens contrasted this Christ
mas eve with last years, when
three men were shot in a down.
town gunfieht.
Alfred became governor Janu-
arv is. 1895. the San Augustine
crime wave had reached his atten-
ton weeks before. Shortly after
the inauguration. Alfred ordered
Rangers to San Augustine. to re-
store order without violence if
nossible.
RANGERS TAKE EVIDENCE
The first move of the RANGERS
was to notify known lawbreakers
that their dav was over. Then
Mccormick. with Ranpers leo
Rishon and Dan Hines. hepan tax
inn evidence. This trio carried
with the-, portable tvnewriters
whom Calling on prosnectivn wit
ressas. Witnesses smoke freely
when promised protection of the
I.Ranoers.
Mccormick and his aides did
not fire 3 shot. Int tS nersons
were arrnsted. indicted. tried and
ser+nnced in tan-nnonth period.
This month the Rangers left
San Anoretinn.
Aftnr his San Auenstine SER
!. vice. MrGorprick was pronnted TO
senior Ranee- cantain. He nIc.
ceeded Tom Hickman, noted Ran.
ger and rodeo star. ~
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24

lsadore Gastanaga, Joe Louis next OPP
ponent, says he'll stop the Bomber in three
rounds. Evidently the talented Spaniard
can initiate traffic signal.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24

The stomach Upper, fitted on Chica-
goan after an operation, may appeal to
that European surgeon who recently left a
towel in his patient.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-24
BIBLE THOUGHT
.orNEMBER JESUS CHRIST"
e Tim. 2:S)

,,c,, church bulletin last Sunday the re
? Christmas morning 1t suggested also the
Christmas carol and word of thanks
F~c 81 for his unspeakable Gift" q Cor. 9:15l.
" W ,,.s on the suggestion, trusting that many
! - mon it and thus give 'preeminence" (Col
= ~ rrto Him whose birthday We celebrate.
~ VT rs EXALT HIS NAME TOGETHER
FPS. 34.S)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-11-29
Dismemberment Threat TO China
Uniting Canton, Marking For Defense

Chang worked desperately for
an agreement with South China
leaders which would assure their
full support if he is forced to re-
sort to arms in the north while
the Japanese consolidated their
military positions south of the
Great Wall and assumed virtually
full control of the Peiping and
Tientsin regions as well as the
demilitarized zone slightly to the
north.
1t was apparent the Kwantung
army, for the time, was GIVING
full support to the eastern Hopel
autonomist government establish
ed by Yin Ju-Keng. Yin had selz-
ed all revenue of the former de-
militarized zone and was recruit
ing troops, who will be trained by
Japanese advisers, at TungchoW
his Capital" near Peiping.
Japanese patrols were advanc,
mo southwark towards the Vel,
INV river and establishing ad.
vance posts. They, carried field
telephones and radio equipment
similar to that used in the oceu,
patton of Jehol. ..1 ~,
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Manila Prepares Big Welcome For
China Clipper Due To Land Today

An area $50 yards long in front
of the admiraPs landing dock on
the Luneta, waterfront boulevard,
was fenced off for occupation by
the official party that will welcome
the Clipper and its crew. Two
arches of trees, and flowers were
built over the landing enclosure.
Inscribed on them were the words:
"The Filipino people welcome
the China Clipper as the dove Of
peace and good will 'Mabuhay'."
(Greetings).
Opposite the Luneta was a huge
sign. 25x5O feet in size shaped
like a gridiron scoreboard. On It
was a small model plane, which
was moved to show the position OF
the clipper as it passed every 80
miles along its course between
Guam and Manila.
Loud speakers were installed to
carry welcoming speeches and de-
tails of the landing ceremony to-
the crowd. u. ;aL -, H.' - :,
>, Anchored 800 yards off short
was a landing barge trimmed in
Continued on page three)
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FORM UNIT TO
AID FARMERS
Will Seek to Get Adjust
ment Where Foreclosures
Are Imminent

To promote the welfare of
debt burdened farmers in this
section, a debt adjustment COM
mittee was organized here today,
with the following personnel:
H. B. Kelly, l.. H. Mckay,
Frank FitzSimmons, Noah Hollo-
well, o. E. Corpening, Joe S.
Stroup and Wade M. King. Mr..
Stroup was made chairman, Mr..
Corpening vice chairman, and
Lawrence Mckay, secretary.
The debt adjustment commit
tee will function by trying to
bring debtor and creditor togeth-
err in the adjustment of farm in
debtedness, whereby a farmer is
in danger of losing his place
through foreclosure by reason OF
overburden of indebtedness, il
was explained by the committee
Any farmer who is in distress
from an overburden of debt may
apply to any member of this com
mittee, or at the resettlement OF
flee, or to the county farm agent
in making application for such as
sistance, it was explained, and re
ceive the help of this committee
without any cost to him.
The committee organized by T
A. Holcomb, district specialist fol
the farm debt adjustment unit OF
the Resettlement Administration