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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01

and your guests
or something of
that kind. Were
she to refer sole
ly to the friend,
she would SIM
ply S a y, you
must come to see
US "
Now comes a
letter from JOS
G p h Cummins,
Ashe Plantation,
Greensboro, Ala
bama, which de-
clares: COX, for
Asheyille dOuht-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01
AETERNA

Golden fingers of the setting sun
Lift the misty vel! that beauty
filings,
About a live oak tree and in its
heart s5%
The fairies hear the song the
centuries sing:
Gray moss swaying on its fern
strewn branches
Whisners to the south wind soft
and clear
Though seasons sweep the oaks
perennial youth,
Storms seek vainly in its heart
for fear.
-Maude Waddell.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01

Jew travellers see it; only an
occasional airplane flies over
head; trains rumble through &
tunnel 1000 feet underneath; YET
\ lone bronze statue of Christ has
been standing since 1904 on the
boundary line of Argentina and
Chile, as a mark of the peaceful
relationship these two countries
have enjoyed. Near the summit Oh
The Pass of Uspallata, in the Andes,
1900 feet high. this unique statue
stands &c feet tall on base about
The same height. 1t had been cast
from some old Spanish cannon by
The Argentine Sculptor Mateo Alon.
20, and, was offered to both ma.
lions by Bishop Benavente of Ar.
gentina
Spain could have chosen no bet.
ter subject than this for its issue
of 1880 on the occasion of the
Spanish-American Union in Seville.
1t appears also on an Argentine
stamp of 1884. ,.,, -.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01
ALTERATION CHARGE
IS CONTINUED TODAY

Charges of assault against Ira
Faulkner and John Fletcher, men,
bers Of the city fire department,
were continued this morning N
city court to next Monday morn
ing. They are charged with hav-
ing an alteration in the fire de-
partment last week.
Ewing Buckner and Theodore
Drake both forfeited cash bonds
on charges of being drunk and
disorderly.
James Fowler, colorcd, was
bound to the recorders court I'M
der $500 bond on a charge Of lar
ceny. He was arrested at McLe'-
lan's store on Saturday afternoon.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01

In new device which initiates the suns
motion, one gear turns once in every 49,
500 years. The inventor probably thought
of it while in the family car trying to get
to work on time.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01

The question artists: What has happened
to the old-time cracker-barrel philosopher
who used to whittle on lockwood at the
country store? The New Deal probably has
him cutting paper dolls.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01
NEWSPAPERS OPNl
PRODUCTION PAYS THE

To dispossess the greatly rich Tor IL Katel
rich and well-to-do-for it will conc - o
the ground that for private citize AmaS
wealth is immoral and inexpedent pposs
that is at least defensible. "a
There is logic in thh communism Mar
and Nicolai Lenn however some OF 3k tn
weight of the argument overwhelmins st ]
If President Roosevelt Senator Hug "a tn
Democratic congress, are out to exe <<R Tn
rich on the ground that they are wiz &V# WI
saw so with honest candor, The News and Courie
will have respect for them.
If they mean to say that this dispossession Q
the rich will substantially reduce the taxes of tn
moor. that it will considerably shrink the nations
debt, they are out to fool the people, They are on
with demagogica and hypocritical idea for tn
votes of the ignorant, the gullible.
1t is inconceivabe that President Roosevelt IN
AGNES that his 'tax the rich" plan will relieve tn
distress that high taxes cause. Takes are paid
the sweat of every man who labors because the
are burden on production. . If excessive the
are reflected in idle factories tax-sold farms, an
hence the hordes of the hungry tramping tn
streets Our workers may never see tax bill, Du
they paw in deductions from wages, in increase
cost of what they buy, or Gas now in broad cessa
ton of employment" Those are true words. The
are the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt-CharleS
ton News and Courier.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01
BIBLE THOUGHT
BREAD CORN is BRUISED"
lisa. 2S:2S(

Many of cannot be used to become food for
the worlds hunger until we are broken in Christs
hands. Bread is bruised Christ's blessing
oftimes means sorrow, but even sorrow is not too
great price to pay for the privilege of touching
other lives with benedetion. The sweetest things
in this world today have come to through tears
and pain. R. Miller in Streams in the Desert, >
compiled by Mrs Chas. E. Cowman.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01

Appeal to White House brings Arkansas
woman set of false teeth and JOB to pay for
them. The PWA will be glad to consider
other self-amortizing bridge projects.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01

Massachusetts, woman finds human skull
in golf sand trap. Moral: Give it up and
have your caddy pull you out after the
10O0th stroke.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01

The Republican river causes another
flood in Nebraska. G. D. P. notables are
reported philosophical; it might have hap
pened lust before the next election.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01

Prince Mdivani says his life with his for
mer wife, the dime store heiress, is a
''closed book" In time, European nobility
may have quite aIiesfg
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01

Actress terms Carlo "shy, frightened
fawn" 1t won't be long before this fawn
is attracted back to America by the dough.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01

Story of life: Forty years of deciding what
to do: Twenty years of coasting on accumulated
habits
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01

The giraffe has indigestion, too. You see, its
brains are so far from its stomach that it gets too
full before it knows what's happened. si
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01

Mr.. Hopkins says the govern
ment won't let a man starve lust
because he refuses to work. This
revcrscs the policy established
after the fall of Adam.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01

How silly to risk swindling people when you car
charge them SIS to join secret order to extermi
nate swindlers.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01

| Relief work is necessary in some cases. but a
cat doesn't hunt mice if you give it plenty of meat.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01

You can tell neurotic by his heroic effort tn
keep looking gloomy when something funny hap
pens
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01
EVN Ct IIIIINIIVs
OPERATING COSTS
WITHIN REVENUE

Had it not been for the nearly
$4,OOO,OOO,OOO of relief and re-
covery costs during the current
fiscal year, the governments IN
come would have balanced its nor
NAL expenditures. About $780,
100000 was spent for regular OPP
Grating costs, or about the same
sum as was collected as income.
Among the nearly $4,OOO,OO0,-
600 recovery and relief expendl-
lures, $1,25O,OO0,O00 went for d.
rect relief; nearly a billion for
public works; $40O,OO0,OOO for
emergency conservation work and
S35O,OOO,OOO for the Reconstruct
ton Finance Corporation.
READ THE WANT ADS.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01
u. S. FISCAL DEFICIT FOR
TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS

reached just after the World
war. 1t was $13,OOO,00O,000 above
the low point of $16,OOO,OOO,O 200
reached in the early days of the
Hoover administration.
In the II years up to June 30,
1880, the federal governments in
come in each year exceeded its
expenditures. This permitted the
pairing down of the public debt
Immediately after the war.
DEFICITS STARTED IN 1880
Beginning with the fiscal year
starting July l, 1880, the federal
government has had deficits for
five successive fiscal years. The
accumulated deficit in this period
has reached approximately S14,-
600,000,000.
The government in the current
fiscal year spent less for credit
and financial relief and more for
direct relief. Total relief and re-
covery costs. were slightly under
the S4,OOO,00O,0O0 layout for
these purposes in the preceding
fiscal year. The balance went for
regular government costs which
expanded sharply because Of in
creasing interest costs and a more
liberal attitude on the part of the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01

READ THE WANT ADS.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
Ne,v Deal Deadlock Is Seen
By Beard, Pointing Way Out
Historian Says Drastic
Domestic or Foreign
Moves Are Needed.
-
Doubts Debt Increase
Viii Prove Ans,Uer
to Situation.

BY the Associated Press.
DR.. Charles A. Beard, historian. says
"the New Deal is deadlocked."
II think it is going neither to the
right nor to the left" he told report
ers last night. II zee no evidence Of
activity here or elsewhere to break
this deadlock.
II do not think the N. r. A. has
accomplished its purpose. But ! do
believe the N. r. A. structure will
continue, whether the N. r. A. con-
tinue to exist or not"
But" he added, Il am historian
and you ask an economic question. I
am a cockeyed economist and what I
have said includes merely my obser-
vations, based upon historical back
ground"
DR.. Beard was a speaker at a din
ner arranged by the Independent
Legislative Bureau. He recalled the
Nations history to show conditions
today are similar to those in the past.
A dozen Senators and Representatives
heard him suggest that defeat of the
bill authorizing an increase in the
Army would be one way of helping
break the economic deadlock.
Sees Two Courses Open.
I'VE have had a series of such dead
locks in our history" DR.. Beard said.
when an economic deadlock is
reached, there can be two remedies
strong domestic policy or a beliger-
ent foreign policy to remove the pres
sure from within. Usually the states
men have chosen the latter course.
by a strong domestic policy, I
mean one which touches the equitable
distribution of wealth.
II do not believe We can recover
from this or any other panic by in
creaSing OUR debt"
IF I were President" DR.. Beard
said. I'D summon leaders of big
business and ask them If they could
put to work our potential Industrial
machine. I'd say, III give you three
months-then I'll use my powers and
the help Of Congress to take over
Evening star., 1935-03-07

these businesses and put this plan
into operation
Il see no alternative to that drastic
action except to founder about in a
series of crises and wars"
Tension throughout the world Is
great, he said, "and we have the Navy
Department announcing maneuvers in
the Far East as near to Japan as is
tactful. Certainly the department,
and perhaps the President, knows
that this is exactly what is desired
in Toxic to enable the militarists to
fasten their hold upon the people and
to increase the fear of the United
States"
Evening star., 1935-03-07
lETHERMAN'S MOTHER
WILL ASSIST DEFENSE
Story of Ill-Fated Romance to Be
Told-airl's Depth Held
"a Due to Fall.

BY the Associated Press.
GREENSBURG, Pa, March T.
The attractive. youthful appearing
mother of 25-year-old William Leth-
erman schooled herself today to tell
the story of her sons tragic love af-
fair in his trial for murder.
The defense announced 1t will call
Mrs. Blanche ,Letherman to relate the
progress of the ill-fated romance that
ended last August II, when the youth
carried the unconscious body of Viola
Dennis, %, into O doctors ofi1ce with
the announcement she had fallen and
hurt herself.
Letherman told the jury how he
and Miss Dennis planned to attend
q dance and on the way obtained q
Evening star., 1935-03-07
Soviet Store Clerks
Must Be Courteous;
Forks More Popular
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. March THE Off
cial newspaper Izvestia announced
today that Soviet shop employees
must concentrate further in de-
veloping store culture"-the
courtesy treatment of customers.
In many stores there are signs
reading: CLERK, be polite to the
customers; customer, be polite to
the clerk"
Statistics released today showed
o rise in orders for iron beds,
monographs, razors, tooth brushes
and table forks.
Before the revolution, said She
newspaper Pravda, only rs forks
were sold for every 100 knives,
but now every one who buys. .
knife also wants q fork.
Evening star., 1935-03-07

bottle Of whisky. He said he took the
bottle and threw it out, which angered
the girl, and she got out. He testi-
tied he followed Miss Dennis and saw
her fall over the nearby embankment.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-01-11

That Jessie Scott person who was
the talk of Minneapolis last winter
when she danced at the Apex, now
has New York in the palm of her
hand. Recently she married tits
said. Wonder how her Minneapolis
boy-friend feels these days. His
saxophone blowing is just as good
as it was in the days of, great
"Scott." On New Years Day
the street talk was that H. B. R.
and B. W., two northside figures,
had engaged in a street pistol duel.
Which was a lot of baloney. !.
Miss H. is not satisfied with two
single boy-friends, she is now play
ing around with a married man
and fire, girl! fire! One young
woman sends word that she at
tended the Diplomats Christmas
party and that she was perfectly
sober at the close of the party? (? !?
The Dips boast that no one leaves
their parties without a heavy
supply of liquid fluid. The Eli Rice
band will play for the Sunday
matinee dances at the Apex in Min
neapolis beginning Sunday, Jan. 13.
The st. Paul Elks are presenting
Rock CAM and his Cotton Club
bunch at the Elks' Rest, st. Paul,
Sunday afternoon. The VOL
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-01-11
Paul Lawrence Dunbar.

VERNE Club, Minneapolis, which
seeks permanent injunction to
restrain police from paying it
friendly" visits, is still open on the
temporary order obtained by the
club. Jackson, the Globe Trotter
boy, left a trail of broken hearts in
the Twin Cities. The Commu-
nifty Grocer, located near Dale and
West Central, and lot of other
ofay business concerns in sepia
districts want all of the Negro
earned dollars they can get with
out returning any of them. More
anon. Don't get scared J. I've
know you are "passing;" we
wouldn't tell on you for anything.
Hope your passing pays you well!
There is one man in st. Paul who
gave away $500 to families who
needed the money last winter. He
is railroad man, and seeks no
publicity-in fact shuns it. While
he is a Negro, some of his bene-
factions went to those of other
groups. It's hard to believe there
are any of us in this neck of the
woods with 500 bucks to give away,
but it's true.
l hope all of you win one of the
Dodge Sedans!
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-01-11
TWIN CITY TOWN
POST
LIFE

A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in,
A minute to smile and hour to weep in,
pint of joy to peck of trouble,
And never laugh but the means come double:
And that is life!
crust and corner that love makes precious,
With smile to and the tears to refresh us:
And joy seems sweeter when cares come after,
And moan is the finest of foils for laughter:
And that is life!
Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-15
MELVIN Bitch
IS FOUND DEAD
Prominent Charlesto MIA n
Survived by Brother
Residing Here

Melvin st. John Bitch, promi-
nent resident Of Charleston, S. c.,
and brother of Norman H. Bitch,
of Hendersonville, was found dead
in his automobile near Charleston
on Friday, according to word re-
ceived here.
He had been shot in the head
and a .38 calibre revolver was on
the seat beside him. His death was
pronounced suicide by Coroner j.
p. DeVeaux. Mr.. Bitch had been
seen on his farm about 1880
o'clock. He had been in i'll health
for some time.
Mr. Bitch was one of the larg-
est market gardeners in the South
east He first associated with. his
father in the trucking business IN
1907. His brother here is a we'll
known trucker.
He is survived by his widow.
two sons. Melvin st. John and
John D.. two daughters, Dorothy
and Emily Elizabeth; one brother,
Nor Norman man'i H., Of Hendersonville, and !
a sister, Mrs. C. R. |. Brown, OF
St, Petersburg. His son, John,
and daughter, Dorothy, are we'll
known here.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-15
AGED RESIDENT
PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Jerry Shytle, 96, TO
Be Buried Tuesday
P. M. in County

Mrs. Jerry Shytle, age SO, died
at 1910 a. m. Monday at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. o. r,
Taylor, at Ebenezer, and Will De
buried Tuesday following funeral
services at 8 p. m., at Whiteslde
Valley church at Chimney Rock
of which she was a member. she
would have reached her 9th BIRTH
day in November.
The widow of a Confederate
veteran, Mrs. Shytle was a native
of Rutherford county but haa
lived in Henderson county for ~
years. She was widely known ana ana
held in high regard for her maH
fine qualities of character, :x
In addition to Mrs. Taylor
deceased leaves the tolleNaslk|
other children: Mrs. N. lsnEt
of Ebenezer; f. L. 1SAytie. q ].
Chimney Rock; j. H hytls, sR
Asheville attorneys hy'le =, u
the state highway c9Dbnlssion' e WIG
also lives at AshsgiiAe;l +: ony-
tie, of Ebenexaf a5d 81. }. Shytls
of Bryson Gity Hefhusband d'eu
in 1915 .sfEtf
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-15
DUTCH AIRSHIP
CRASH KILLS 6
Motor Dies in New Type
Fokker After Take Off;
IS Persons Escape

AMSTERDAM, July 15.-(UP)
Six persons persisted yesterday in
the blazing wreck of a new Royal
Dutch air liner and 13 tumbled to
safety from doors wrenched open
by force of the crash into a dyke
near Shepol airdrome. Three were
injured.
The plane was a new 22.type
Fokker. A mile from the airdrome
lust after the take-off, the left
motor began suffering and died,
the huge ship slowly lost altitude
as the pilot banked and attempted
to glide to the field. A thousand
yards from a runway the Fokker
smashed into an old dyke.
Horrifed spectators saw the
plane burst into flames. They
feared all aboard were dead until
it was found the shock OF the
crash permitted all but two pas
sengers and the pilot, radioman
and two mechanics to ESCAPE
through the dislodged doors.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-15
Y, n. {. AREA
IS PARALYSIS
SAFETY ZONE
DR.. Reynolds Refers to
Mountain Area in Pub
lie Statement

RALEIGH. July 15.-(UP).-
Nearly three-fourths of the 364
cases of infantile paralysis report
ed in North Carolina this year
had passed the contagious stage
last night.
Each instance of the disease IS
considered non-contagiOus after It
has progressed three weeks. The
state health department disclosed
that only 100 of North Cardinals
cases were less than three weeks
old.
Regarding relative safety" of
mountain and coastal vacation re-
sorts, DIR. Carl Reynolds, state
health officer, stated:
"After consultations with off,
GERS of the u. S. Public Health
Service, who have visited that re-
zion. the xxx department CT
health is able to say that, while
no region in the eastern part of
the United States can be cOnsid-
cred entirely free from the dan
ger of poliomyelitis this summer,
Western North Carolina is at pres
ent relatively safe under the pre-
cautions which are being taken TO
guard against infection from the
endemic area. The same thing
can be said of the North Carohha
coastal area"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-15
RESERVOIR
IS NO BAR TO.
SANATORIUM N.
Book Writes Such Con-
struction Not Planned in
Near Future
LOCAL SITE WOULD
NOT BE AFFECTED

Construction of a reservoir on
the French Broad river is not con-
templated now or in the near flu
ture, and selection Of a site near
HendersOnville for proposed
state sanatorium may be made
without regard to any such reser-
voir which might be constructed in
this area, Carl A. Book, assistant
chief engineer Of the Tennessee
Valley Authority has advised T.
L. Durham, chairman of the Hen
derson county board Of commits
sioners.
Mr.. Books letter was written in
response to a request made by
Senator J. w. Bailey that local
authorities be advised as to weth-
er dam on the French Broad
river is contemplated so that fur
ther efforts could be made here to
induce the sanatorium site COM
mittee to decide on the old cOun-
try club property north of Hen
Jacksonville as the location of the
proposed state institution. Mr..
Brooks statement is believed here
to. remove the last obstacle that
might cause the site committee to
decide against the location.
"At the request of Senator Bal
| lev this Authority has made an in
spectiOn, survey and study of the
relation of the site contemplated
for a state tubercular sanatorium
near HendersOnville to any reser-
voir which might be installed in
that area" Mr.. Book wrote:
"The construction of such a
reservoir is not contemplated now
or in the near future. A copy of
statement by the Authority on
this subject, dated July IA, 1884,
| is attached hereto. Particular at
Continued on page two)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-15
II Dc is At Odds With General
Staff On War Strategy in Africa

observers surveyed Italy's chances
against Abyssinian warriors as
predictions grew that the next war
is less than two months away.
Experts believed. in event Ct
hostilities, Italy's initial dash
would be for limited detectives in
side the Eritrea and Somaliland
frontiers. That would leave the
italian troops still far from high
plateaus and from danger to con-
slant exposure to agile tribesmen:
Operations on the plains would
make possible effective use OF
Premier Mussolini's mechanical
forces such as tanks and motor
lied artillery. They would be sup
ported by airplanes and caterpll-
lar machine gun units.
Military observers considered
the Italians certain to advance
from both north and south to cut
4as(Continued on page two) ~
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-15
DEATH CALLS
MRS. HAMMOND
Illness Fatal to Wife Of
BaIfour Mills Super
intendent

Mrs Mary Bagwell Hammond,
20, wife of w. E. Hammond, su-
perintendent of the Balfour mills,
died at the Mountain sanitarium
on Sunday morning at 1880 q.
M, following an illness of about
IS months.
Funeral services were held from
the Balfour Baptist church this
morning at II o'clock and burial
followed in Oakdale cemetery. Flu
neral services were conducted. by
the Rev. Carl Blythe. .
Mrs. Hammond was a native OF
Pelzer. S. C. She was a daughter
of Alfred and Matte Bouldon Bag
well, She had made her home at
.Balfonr for a number of years. ,
She is survived by her husband
and a number of sons and daugh-
tiers. ' '... -"r e. -.'.'t'.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-15
Huger Estate Is
To Be Improved

The Justus Construction COM
pany announced this morning that
it had been awarded the contract
for improving and developing the
Alfred Huger estate in Flat Rock,
recently purchased by Sam Pick
ard of New York.
Approximately $4,000 will be
spent by Mr.. Pickard in improving
the estate, which is one OF the
Oldest in this section. Work will
be begun on Tuesday and Mr..
Pickarti states that he is planning
to- make this one of the show
places of Western Carolina. He
hopes to occupy the home by Oc-
tober l.