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Evening star., 1935-08-31
Agrees With Critic of the
Z. u. C.. and Car Companv

10 the Editor OF The Star:
I read the letters of Bernard l., Hem
ming and Joseph A. Richardson pub
lished In The Star recently and found
them very interesting It seems to me
that Mr.. Richardson completely mis-
understood Mr.. Hennings letter. I am
a cab driver and I have known Mr.
Henning for years. have read many
OF his letters published in local papers
and I have never known him to advo-
cate reducing wages. He has ALWAYS
opposed the zone and rental system of
cab operation. He is an advocate of
operating cabs on the taximeter basis.
But, as he pointed out in his letters,
which Mr.. Richardson evidently mis-
understood, he wants cab rates in
creased in a way that will be of benefit
to the cab drivers and owners. He
does not want the cab business regu-
lated strictly in the interest of the
Capital Transit Co.
As Mr.. Henning stated, the P. q. C.
order for cab drivers to charge for
extra passengers will result in cabs
losing popularity. A ride of only one
block will cost as mucR as so cents.
Many short-trip cab riders will quit
using cabs. They are the only kind of
trips on which local cabs make a profit.
On the other hand, the p. u. c. or
dered cab drivers to transport one or
two people from the Navy Yard to
Decatur and Macomb streets for 80
cents. The p. U. c. members know that
such trips are dangerous and proftless.
Therefore, Mr.. Henning is right in
saying that the p u. C. rate order was
apparently issued to aid the transit COM
pany. OF course, I understand that Mr..
Richardson, being a stock holder in the
transit company, will not agree with
me or Mr.. Henning when we suggest
that the local transit monopoly" should
be made to reduce the "notoriously high
prices" it is charging for the poor service
it is giving car and bus riders.
There Is no doubt that the company
has been spending money lately like a
drunken sailor" Even Mr.. Richardson
admits 1t in his letter. If it is not max
ing an enormous profit how can 1t do
this? Let Mr.. Richardson, stoekholder
in the corporation, explain. Unless and
until he can do so fair minded people
will be inclined to agree with Mr.. Hen
ming when he says that local car and bus
fares are too high and should be reduced.
CLYDE B. CANADAY.
Evening star., 1935-08-31
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
PLAYING the Streets

He raced through the town in boyhood
And put glory in his play
Where streets Of finance enthralled him.
He visioned himself some day
Buying and selling where big men
compete
Though only lad in the city street.
In time he became o power
In Wall Street, the Bourse and
Strand:
Ambitions of youth were realized,
He threw with o winning hand
And won by retaining the ardent Joy
OF the street-game played when q
racing boy.
Evening star., 1935-08-31

as play occurs among adults. Individual
play patterns consist Of running, Jump
ing from one branch to another, stand
ing sti1l and jumping up and down,
swinging from limb and playing with
sticks and other objects. Young spider
monkeys may chase each other for hours
over circuitous routes, or may catch and
bite each other. Wrestling is prom
inent form of play. This frequently
occurs when the young ones are swinging
by their tails. Once four were sean
swinging together from Q limb and
wrestling violently" a.
Evening star., 1935-08-31

Few men are too old to run for the
presidency. A period Of four or eight
years is not long and anxieties have
been SO familiar that the satisfaction OF
an ambition is not likely to shorten rea-
sonable expectancies.
Evening star., 1935-08-31
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Gentle Philosopher.

Gentle Philosopher.
I'll help to rear monument
Unto that good old friend
Who was with homely phrase content
And smiled unto the end.
His bright career was free from fear
His fortune he'd redouble,
He spoke his mind with honest cheer
And still kept out of trouble.
He had no theories strangely wise
To change our way of thought.
He never brought some grim surprise
BY doctrines that he taught.
He never undertook to show
This world is but bubble.
He's one that we were proud to know
He never looked for trouble.
Evening star., 1935-08-31

Photographs as well as microphones
might be employed in Congress SO that
IN hours Of calm reflection statesmen
may pull switch and ascertain exactly
how it all sounded.
Evening star., 1935-08-31

Values cannot be destroyed. but the
methods of estimating them make more
and more work for the expert account
ants.
Evening star., 1935-08-31
Swift Journey.

6WHS VUu1HCJs
1--WE never went so fast before we had
airplanes." said the speed enthusiast.
eyes," answered the man with horse
and buggy. EVEN when your time comes
to 90 to your eternal home you can
travel at the rate of two or three hun
dred miles an hour"
Evening star., 1935-08-31

Purity of Thought.
Unrighteous theories may grieve
In marble halls or attics.
My daily problems shall leave
Unto pure mathematics.
know that it would not be nice
To throw eggs or tomatoes.
I Just keep figuring on the price
OF pork chops and potatoes.
Evening star., 1935-08-31

Youth must be depended on to assume
burdens, but as education proceeds it is
just as well to have good scoutmaster.
Evening star., 1935-08-31

Weather delays Abyssinian conquest.
Even a war may have to be postponed
on account of rain.
Evening star., 1935-08-31

The word international may sug-
gest the difference between local in
fection and an epidemic.
Evening star., 1935-08-31

Mediterranean Sea may be referred to
in definition as small body of water
surrounded by traditions of conflict.
Evening star., 1935-08-31

There are two kinds of diplomacy-one
working to avert war, the other threat
ening it.
Evening star., 1935-08-31

Russia has a language hard to under
stand. So are some Of the diplomatic"
ideas it expresses.
Evening star., 1935-08-31

Soviet diplomacy scarcely goes so far
as even the formula, yours received
and contents noted"
Evening star., 1935-08-31
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Evening star., 1935-08-31

Mysteries.
"Are you willing to tell all you know?"
said the friend.
Perfectly" said Senator Sorghum.
"But my constituents are not satisfied
with that. They want me to tell them
things that nobody has found out"
Evening star., 1935-08-31
Protosoa.

ProtozOa.
Into the forest depth he went
Upon vacation days intent,
But there he heard, though quite alone,
The jingle of the telephone.
The radio in rythms grave
Reminded him he ought to shave.
We sacrifice in spirit meek
The privacy we vainly seek.
Conditions we cannot control.
We're living In q goldfish bowl.
And as through some small drop we
grope
We're studied meath microscope.
Evening star., 1935-08-31

"we always .sympathize with folks dat
gifts caught in an earthquake" said Uncle
Eben. ''but when dey gifts caught in .
war We jes' keeps . score card"
Evening star., 1935-08-31

Jud Tunkins says everybody ought to
mind his own business, hoping that
taxes viii leave him some business to
mind.
Evening star., 1935-08-31

@. How much do the tires of Sir NAL
colin Campbells racing car coSt?-N. j.
A. The tires, which have life of three
minutes at top speed, are specially built
from Egyptian long-f1ber cotton. They
are very thin, to resist heat, and cost
500 each.
Evening star., 1935-08-31

O. How much money is spent yearly
for fishing by Sportsmen?-E. r. C.
A. There are in the United States at
least 100000 anglers, and if a con-
servative estimate of IS per year is made
for the expenditures of each angler, this
amounts to $50000,000 year.
The Washington times., 1935-08-06
Hitching Post Busy

CHARDON, Ohio d.N.s0.
While automobiles in most Sec
tons Of the country have made
the horse and buggy a novelty,
this condition does not prevail in
Burton, east of here. The large
Amish population still uses the
one-horse shay. Because of this,
Burton council has erected new
hitching rails in the rear of the
village bank. Automobile drivers
are warned to park away from the
hitch rail area.
The Washington times., 1935-08-06
William D. Hoover
Wed in New York

News has been received here of
the marriage of William D.
Hoover, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam j. Hoover, formerly of $500
First Street N. E., and Miss Max
ime Earle, of Saratoga, New York.
The ceremony took place at AL.
bany on August 3.
The Washington times., 1935-08-06
Police Stop Ho|dup,
| Thug Killed, | FIees

B BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 6
U.N.S).-One thug was killed and
a second escaped today when q
policeman interrupted a holdup at
the Broadway Distributing Com.
pany plant here. The dead mans
identity was not Immediately
learned.
The Washington times., 1935-08-06
90 Years Young
ABERDEEN, Wash 1N,

ABERDEEN, Wash, G.N.sO.
Ninety-t'lree years of life haven't
dulled the young ideas held by
John McMaster school janitor.
McMaster attended school picnic
and enjoyed himself more than
any of the pupils. He took his
first airplane ride, and waxed en-
thusiastic. tits great sport-this
flying" he said. You know, I'd
like to own one of those contrap-
tons"
The Washington times., 1935-08-06
"Cut Rate" Fines

NEW YORK, Aug. 6-Yester
day was "cut rate day" in Mag
istrate Jacob Eilperin's Brooklyn
Court. Fines of IS cents each were
imposed on four unlicensed ped.
dlerS because times are hard"
The Washington times., 1935-08-06
Esperanto Session

ROME, Aug. Still hoping
to make Esperanto a uni.
versally used language $500 dele
gates to the twenty-third world
Esperanto Congress arrived today.
The Washington times., 1935-08-06
World Of Music
3#57zl#=H#EHg@9E@
Themes From First Movement Of "SY
by TschoikowskY

Tempo vany but
The Washington times., 1935-08-06
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The Washington times., 1935-08-06
2-Pc. English Living Room Suite

English Lounge Sofa and Lounge Chair covered in
durable materials Do not let our low price fool
you; this suite will give you real service. GIFT
GROUP FREE No Money Down!
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-21
COUNTY AUTHORS AS FARMERS

No matter how far they go, they always remain
Cleveland county boys.
At Columbia university largest in the world, a
professor of the drama delivers learned lectures
on Ibsen and George Bernard Shaw with cultured
accent and authority. Between classes, he writes
plays. One of them, "HeI Bent for Heaven won
a Pulitzer prize.
That's Hatcher Hughes, who was reared on a
Cleveland county farm and who went North after
brilliant work at the University. But with all his
classical work, Hatcher missed the rural scene and
the rural touch he knew as boy. He bought a
small farm in Connecticut and set out to raise
chickens. Great was the gee and many were the
jibes among his fellow profs when he, the former
farm boy-and named Hatcher-failed to hatch a
single chick The project sad failure.
Then there was Tom Dixon Another Cleveland
er nurtured close to the soil. His waterloo was
cantaloupes. He raised em all right, but the au-
thor of "The Birth of Nation" forgot to plant
them at timely intervals, so that when they all
ripened at once, they all persisted before they
could be plucked.
Hatcher and Tom-tops in literature yet not so
good at farming. But when they reached the
heights, they tried to be Cleveland county boys
again. We, who never will write best-seers, take
some comfort in that.-Cleveland Star.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-21
HIGH TAXES

Talk high taxes to a group of almost any in
discriminate rs people you meet on the streets
and chances are that 20 of them will walk out on
you. .f,..
Not interested, they say!
Strange that any man is so uniformed as TO
feel that because he owns property, mas no
income high enough to pay tribute, has no business
that must meet a dozen different levies, ne pays
no taxes.
Everybody pays them, the lowest, humblesS,
obscurest along with the industrial magnate.
multitude of citizens may never go to the
tax-gatherers windows nor ever see government
collector local, state national, but they catch
the brunt of the tax-levying force all the same.
They are the victims of the passed-on-tax-in
what they buy at the grocery store, in the rent
they pay in the clothes they wear, in the cars they
ride-whenever a dollar comes out of their poe
kets, 25 per cent of it is representa- in taxes
garnered by the governments.
1t is this class that ought to prick up its ears
in the presence of any discussion about high taxes
instead of nonchalantly walking off and laconcally
reminding you that ats nothing to me."-Julian
S. Miller in Charlotte Observer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-21

one Of the worst sins which could
be placed on any people. A. q
stora~o dam it wilf5probabiv n,V-r
be needed, and peoples rights are
taken from them without 2 r"ln&'
Of conscience from government
we are endcavoring to support.
Our rights as citizens Twins II
pcaceablo possession Of on homes
seem about done. We q farmers
and rownspcoplc desire to live on
unmolested and il possession If
our homes in this val.rv t3r j. !.
q valley protected from cyclones
and storms. and free from mo-
ou.loes and malaria; = most de-
sirablo place to dwell.
We do not think that a more
hair-hraincd plan for destruction
could have been concoc.cd b. any
Gathering Of men. This is not IN
tended to cas- any reflection on
our President. or Congress, fer
this scheme Of building this Ben.
Creek dam was discussed when
the Tennessee basin was sulNeNc-
several years ago, and even ta,"
was no. considered seriously, O..
the cost and destruction wa too
great to make it practical even as
= protective measure. As 10 the
benefit for the greatest number
of naoDla that can be accomplish
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-21

tive weapon than a bursted dam
with thousands of people living
below it to be caught in its flood
waters. This could easily be ac-
comDl.shed by dropping explosives
on it and the destruction and dis
astcr is evident. Il could be ac-
complishcd by a bombing plane so
high that it would be scarcely
discernible from the ground. It
would happen so swiftly that any
warning given to those below
would be too late.
This may have q rather vision
ary aspect TO those in favor Of
the dam but it is not visionary
end is well within the scope Of
possibilities. We think al sides of
this question so important that it
should be considered by the citi-
zcns Of this district. Other let
tiers relating to the area, g2oloGi-
cal formation and cost of con-
stluction have been given and can
be discussed by those who wish
to do go, but the intention Of this
letter is to call 10 the attention Of
the public some of the advan-
tages of improving and keeping
this fine valley from taking a dive
in the bottom o. q lake end also
to consider the danger to those
who live below it. If the dam is
built, those living above il. it
seems, will be dammed up and
those living below it will be
damned down, so there you are;
which of the twain is the worst?
Golfers has published an arti-
Gle and given a type of people
who lived down where some Of
those big dams Of the IVA are
being built, but it is very mis-
leading from the type Of man
given with his whiskers and hat
and all Of him. If the article and
pictures are to indicate the kind
OF people that live where all the
lakes are proposed, they are mis-
taken, for they are not the tyne
of people living in this district
Mrs. Roosevelt did not get to
see this part Of the country and
we think she missed the finest
place in North Carolina for beau
ty and as a prosperous agricul-
tural district for country homes
and farms.
The idea of drowning out this
country with a lake seems to be
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-21
ANOTHER WILD ONE
Bv WICKES WAMBOLDT

sacrificing.
Gamblers do not pursue their
calling for constructive purposes.
They are trying to get something
for nothing and the more they can
Get the better they ere pleased.
Gambling has no high plane. To
speak of gambling in the higher
sense Of the word, is simply tun-
ny. The gamblers hope IS to get
what the other fellow has without
giving anything in return.
The soldier who goes TO the
front for the sake Of protecting
his country IS not gambling; ne
is performing q service, regard
less of what it may cost him. He
is not expecting any personal re-
ward. The men and the women
who throw their lives into the
scales for the bcterment Of man
kind are not gambling. The1 are
simply offering themselves tc ser
vice. OF course they are taking a
chance that they may be Destroy
ed but it is not the chance ele-
ment that attracts him; it is the
opportunity for constructive
work. Does the nurse who takes
dangerously contagious case, do
so in tie spirit of the gamble
The preacher who likened
Christ, and others who work for
the welfare of mankind, to GAM
blcrs was, to say the least. faltaS-
teal in his reasoning. His mental
processes had temporarily slipped
a cog. Furthermore. he did rot
know his dictionary. The new edi-
tion OF Webster's international
Dictionary defines gambler as:
cone who CANDLES; specifically.
(a) Formerly, q sharper or fraud
ulcnt gamester. (b) One who
makes 2 practice of playing or fol
lowing games Of chance"
The gambler is attracted by
the element of chance, not by the
principle of constructive service.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-21
VIII Enter CONVENT

PARIS, Jan. q. CUP(-Prin-
cess Josephine of Belgium, g,
Youngest OF two sisters Of h"
late King Albert, soon will be
come Il nun at St. Lions convent
al Guntherstahl. She is one OF
the highest ranking princesse5 in
history 10 enter a convent.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-21

A member Of congress IS asking
that cur ambassador to Mexico be
recalled because said ambassador
does not do something about re-
licious freedom in Mexico.
What in the world has our am
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-21

a mans night to drink What ne
pleases is as inalienable rs his
right to worship as he pleascs.
One thing that ails our congress
is that we send so many men
there who are wholly uncquippcd
to be there. We Americans do not
use much sense as a rule, in SC
Letting our public officials. For
that reason we should adopt the
short ballot; the shorter, the bet
ter.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-21

has S&dOr TO 90
with the don1es-
tic policy CT a
foreign nation?
1t would have
been just as IA
tional for France
to recall her am
because
the United States
had prohibition.
There are Per
sons in France
a n d elsewhere
who believe that
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-21
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

NOTE-No unsigned COM
munications are published by
The Times-News. All letters
must be signed with the real
name of the author. No COM
munications signed with a fic-
titious name will be published.
EDITOR.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-21

That QUESTIONABLE the government has
sent to the farmers is so big, that the VIC
Tins are wondering why the government
didn't pillow under some of the questions.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-21
HOW RELIEF PROBLEM AFFECTS OUR
LIVES
(BY BRUCE CATTON)

(BY BRUCE CATION
The unemployment relief problem IS one
of the queerest puzzlers any society could
?, be asked to solve For when you work out
a solution, you are apt to find that you
have taken steps which will alter your
whole social and economic base in a way
you never intended.
a,-' An example is the subsistence-homestead
plan.
Recent Washington dispatches say that
the administration may develop this plan
on an elaborate scale this year. 1t is sug-
gested that nearly billion dollars may be
used to put 100000 families on 1O-acre
"'" plots of ground
Each family would be installed in COM
) -. Portable house and equipped with horse
!. = or COW and enough seed for years
:. planting. . ..-...
10 a Figuring four persons to family, gov
. - eunnenSfexper point out that in this way
5takes q, 900, 900 people off the
az = 81 r6l]s and feake them self-supporting.
The money, spent, furthermore, would not
~ be dead loss, since much of it would be
e laid out in the form of loans, to be repaid
in Is or 20 years with small addition of
interest.
rAt. Viewed from this angle, the idea is all
to the good Nor is there much doubt that
the individuals settled on these plots of
ground would have better time of it than
they have been having on relief. 1t is the
secondary implications of the plan that
y make one pause.
~ We are now engaged in an enormous
program to reduce farm production and
raise farm prices. How would creation OF
: million new farmers affect this? ~
1t is argued to be sure, that these people
would produce for their own use only, and
;. not for the market; but even this would
take a million potential customers out of
the market and, to that extent, would re-
--,- duce the demand for farm products.
: Then there is the industrial angle A
leading feature of the plan is that the
homesteaders would not be full-time farm
ers; they would supplement their earnings
by part-time work in local industries.
What sort of impetus would creation of
million part-time, small-town workers
give to the decentralization of industry?
What would it do to wage rates? Would
it not put new, unknown factor of meal
a. culable potentialties into our great indus
"a trial equation2 -+,..
The subsistence-homestead plan might
easily lead us into decisions of the most
far-reaching NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. which
:. would be taken, not because of any care
- fully planned attempt to revise our indus
ma. trial and economical set-up but simply as
incidents in campaign to solve the relief
! problem. SIR 20
: This is just sample of the way in which
Esas the struggle to cope with this relief prob
a. lem may have undreamed-of consequences
- on the whole fabric of our national life
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-21

A Minnesota man has won first prize in
a memory contest. He must have remem-
bered what had become of Upton Sinclair.