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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-05-03
BEHIND THE SCENES
I'M WASHINGTON
by RODNEY BUTCHER

ITHANkS to the TACT that there's
l. can monopoly, you pay more
for the can than for the food in.
side it.
Anyway, we have the word OF
General Johnson for that. In
generally overlooked section of his
NRA statement to the Senate, he
took up the case of the two big
can companies - American Can,
which sells about A per cent OF
the cans packers use and Continen.
tai Can, which does 26 per cent OF
the business-to show that price.
fixing exists in industries whose
codes have no price-fixing provi.
sions whatever. Johnson used
MIRA figures.
The tomato pack for 1884 was
about $35,S02,O0O, Johnson said,
with raw stock estimated at SS..
100000; cans-including cases and
freight for empty cans-at S14,.
100000; direct labor, $4,949,000;
and brokerage, overhead, etc., S..
sos. 900.
I'm other Words" the gem
eraI reported, 1.-THE cans cost
three times as much as labor
receives in wages--and about
75 per cent more than the food
ITSELF"
SUPPORTERS of the Costigan
~ Wagner anti-lynching bill in
the Senate, after recent poll, were
sure they had enough votes to pass
it in the upper house.
Since the impassioned outbursts
of Senators Cotton Ed" Smith OF
South Carolina and Walter George
of Georgia, they're not so sure.
Votes they counted on may be
swerved by the bitterness of the
fight or by filibuster threats such
as that of the celebrated Bilbo Of
Mississippi. Il
! tcopyright. 1895. NEA Service. IHc.i
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PEOPLE URGED TO PREPARE FOR
BUSY SUMMER SEASON

President Milo Strong of the ChamDer OIL
Commerce, back from Winter in FLORIDA
and the West Indies predicts that Hender-
sonvlle and this section is going to have
the largest and most satisfactory Summer
business that has been known since the
BOOM" A large part of this patronage
will come from Florida, but the people are
coming from all sections of the country.
Interest in the North Carolina mountain
country is widespread; Hendersonville adj
vertising matter is in great demand, and II
only fraction of the number of people
who are being reached visit here during
the Summer, the town and section will
have a difficult task in providing accom-
modations for them, according to Mr..
Strong'S estimate.
This probable condition was forecast
for our public several months ago by The
Times-News This newspaper then urged
that those engaged in the business of en-
PERTAINING visitors prepare for this rush OF
business. More hotel space, additional
boarding houses, more apartments, rooms
and residences, would be needed to accom-
modate the Summer population, was the
prediction of The Times-News. Mr.. Strong
confirms our views.
Unfortunately, very little has been done
to provide these accommodations. Presi-
dent Strong, seeking to place the town and
section in position to do the largest pos
sible amount of business and provide for
the largest possible number OF visitors,
suggests that it is not yet too late to en-
large our capacity for entertaining visitors.
1t is too late, of course, to erect new build
ings for the present season; but there are
MANY old buildings which can be repaired
and placed in first class condition within
the next sixty days. These buildings can
be made ready for use in time to do bust
ness for two or three of the peak months
of the season.
President Strong and The Times-News
unite in urging this viewpoint upon the con-
sideration of the people of Hendersonville
and the surrounding country. Let us pre-
pare to entertain the largest possible num-
Der of visitors. We do not want to be COM
PEELED to turn people away from the town
and section.
II anything is done as suggested, it must
be done promptly. The season is opening
this year at least month earlier than last
year. At this time there are many visitors
IN Hendersonville. By June first this place
will be filled with Summer residents and
visitors Our people who expect to do bust
ness this season must be prepared and such
preparations as are made to do business
unjust now be made at once.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-05-03
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
LETTING co OF A BEAR

In its silver policy the Treasury seems to have
a bear by the tail. Apparently it cannot let CO.
In fifteen months the price has doubled Going
back another twelvemonth, or to January, 1888, It
has trebled No wonder the silver belt is calling
President Roosevelt greater than Bryan The
great Common ,r merely promised action on silver;
Mr. Roosevelt is providing it. But the silver agita-
fion merely grows on what it feeds Representative
Dies. for instance is one of the many silverites in
washington who are freely predicting "1e to In
Two years ago the silverites were pleading that
something should be done for silver for the SAX,
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Editor, The Times-News:
Mrs. Gibbs says she answered
all nv questions but one and she
did so by lodging everything. l
asked her about the rich man and
Lazarus. Mrs. Gibbs, / asked yNl
what part of Lazarus was carried
by the angels to Abraham's bos-
som and what part of the rich
man lifted up its eyes in hell.
Did you tell me of either of
them? No, you did not. Why
not? Because you knew if you
did it would knock the props
from under your soul sleeping
doctrine, and if l should say that
/ had answered all the questions
asked me when | had not even
referred to them, what do you
think the readers of The Times
News would say? What would
you say?
l asked where Elijah went, and
you got him up to airplane
heaven. Now, if / had been you,
| would have done just like you
did about the rich man and
Lazarus that l asked you about.
| would have said nothing about
Elijah and called one a parable
and the other a vision. Poor old
Elijah, we will have something to
say about you later.
Yes, l had learned in all these
years that the New Testament
was written in Greek, and l also
learned some Greek words, and
their meaning. l learned that
the word hades in Greek means q
place of confinement. 1t may be
the grave or some other place,
The prisoner in prison might say
this is hell of a place and he
might be right for it is a place
Of confinement. Yes, I learned
some Greek. How much Greek
do you know? | am not going
to dodge the issues and call these
passages of Scripture parallels
and visions as you did.
Where did Elijah go? He went
straight into Gods presence. He
did not stop in airplane heaven
and this is true without bending
or twisting the Scriptures to get
there. And l say that Moses and
Elijah were both at the transfig-
uration. If not, Matthew, Mark
and Luke are all wrong and / say
that Moses and Elijah were there
with. Jesus before He died on, the
cross. Luke says they talked to
Him of His decease, which He
should accomplish at Jerusalem,
Luke 9:31. 49,.
But you say that Elijah had
not gone to heaven for Christ
said in John BIB "And no man
hath assembled up to heaven"
Why don't you quote the whole
verse. Oh, it might not be best
for then folks might see that he
was speaking of Himself, and
they might learn that every ref
erence from this verse refers to
Christ and none to Elijah, but of
course, they who translate the
verse were wrong.
You remind me so much of the
story of the negro preacher who,
when his church failed to paw his
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-05-03
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service stan Correspondent
Observation-Disclosures the rea'
w sons NRA will be continued is
he combined code authority budget
If Sal 100000.
Spread around in salaries, as
most of it is, this provides incen.
i've for an earnest, Woodworking
Iobby. A code authority executive
,ecretary on $4,000 a year can
frequently work up some gorgeous
mperlatiyes in preparing petitions
20 Washington for NRA's perpetu-
,tion. A dozen men are receiving
$4,000 or more a year in code au-
:hority salaries approved by MIRA
and 397 receive $4,000 or more. The
highest code authority executive
salaries approved are those of w.
J. Crichton and w. A. Richards of
he bituminous coal industry and
". H. Ferry of the hat malufac-
.urers, each of whom draws $50, 900.
Some of the biggest code author.
Ity budgets include:
Lumber, $4,O55, 900; general con.
tractors, S2,750,000; retail lumber,
H,S01, 600; general retail trade, ST..
$4,000; plumbing contracting, ST..
a59 5000; commercial relief printing,
H,o71, 900; and baking, 100000.
The figures given. do not cover
he code authorities supported on
voluntary basis, but only those
where contributions are mandatory
and NRA has carefully scrutinized
The budgets in the hope of avoid.
ing racketeering and criticism.
Both the budget and salary fig.
ares would be lot higher if NRA
hadn't slashed away at nearly all
Of them. Some proposed budgets
have been cut so or rs per cent and
quite a few gents, who were able to
sell their industries on $4,000 or
even $4,000 salaries found they
couldn't make MIRA see the neces.
itX.
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thing tnaC Cne
professional poll
ticians do, they
would rise up
and smash the
professional poll
ticians with one
mighty wallop.
F o lin G the
people, mislead-
ing the people
by issuing false
statements - by
telling part of
tho tr1lth and
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-05-03

theory of democracy is wrong.
But it Is not wrong. 1t is right.
In my years of service as a pub-
lie official, I have not yet found
public question that | was not
glad to have the people think
through. Invariably I have found
that when the people have been
given time in which to think a
thing through, they have been
wise and reasonable in their de-
cision. The only reason for not
letting the public know what is
going on, is that what is going on
can not stand the test of exposure.
If all the secret conferences
that machine politicians hold in
back offices could go on the air,
political ifrpttenness wouMad isaps
pear overnight. ri w 81,
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from which a moral is draw
In this case, the man Ia! a
he had ears, he had a mouth
had a tongue, and he hsdrs1
three of his five ssnse. a.,
hearing and feeling. IL n
man had a visible form 70 \
rich man saw him. He ht fyl
ers, and doubtless bad \, h
form Of a man. y.T ~ ar
that if it is taken !11l / b
hard to explain. lcmELvI
you to explain EaiI. | %
taking your own Laat. \
does represent y-s.nl ht-
which a moral is draw hA w
| demand, and many GAsn \
mand that YOU tel Us i!s "
it represents and what mona !
drawn from it. Tell all Of i, n
eyes, the ears, the mouth, Y
feeling. the flame, the drop 4
water. Abraham's BOSOM and th1
finger of Lazarus, according :
your own dtfInition, i NEAR
something. What does 1t msaE
Now | demand, and the resde
of The Times-News demand =
you tell us just what !sisn
targht. and the moral Z
drawn. That we want t4a
Don't begin by telling Us IN
man was a good man ant ID
a had man. as you impI. |
they were. Don't dodge ri
public is waiting for the ~
This is my last reply. h1
that wish their breath aM ! !
doctrine, | leave it vita '
| If any want to say thg ~
beasts | cannot help it, but
of a higher order Of 9eihk|
don't forget to tell the =
of The Times-News what "a
! drawn from the rich NIL
! Lazarus. ID,
T. c. HOLlA1
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-05-03
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

NOTE-No unsigned com.
munications are published Dy
The Times-News. All letter;
must be signed with the real
name of the author. No COM
munications signed with a fiG-
titicus name will be published.
EDITOR.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-05-03
THEY CAN BE TRUSTED
Bv WICKES WAMBOLDT

"The people can't be trusted" is
a maxim of the professional poll
ticians.
From their viewpoint, the pro-
fessional politicians. are correct.
If the people could know every
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-05-03

BECAUSE Of the enormous amount OF hail damage dam
crops on the small inensively cultivated farms Of sor
rope, "hail-shoong devices became popular with n, 80
ers. However. scientific commissions appointed Jy u nr
government conducted tests declared these methods I
Valns ~
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-05-03

No law is needed to take the profit out of war
The postwar slump and the tax bill tend To II
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-05-03

Inc lower classes have itch between the fingers
Nice people have it only in the palms. Gs
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-05-03

Take the profit out of war? Well, Russia took
the profit out of all industry, and now look at it.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-05-03

| When ne says, "This is what our country needs,
ne always means, "This would pay me profit"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-05-03

The bachelor has Sta.4
but think of having i ~:
listen when you wish !. w
Smyrna times., 1935-01-03
PLANT CLOSES DUE TO CODE
Topkis Factory Shut Down Throws
Over so Out of Work

The closing of the Topkis under
wear factory at fredericksburg, Md,
has caused encouragement to fifty
households of that locality from
which its fifty to seventy workers
were employed. This plant, form
erly operated by the Topkis inter
ests of Wilmington, had been clos
ed for three years until recently,
when it was reopened. At that
time it was permitted, under NRA
code, to open with a minimum
wage of S12 for experienced work.
ers and a smaller amount for be-
ginners, continuing to operate un-
der this plan until last week, when
some higher code official is said to
have arbitrarily ruled that be-
cause the same interests were
again opening the factory, they
must pay S12 minimum to all
workers. The enforcement Of this
order has made it doubtful if the
plant can be operated profitably, if
again opened after first Of year.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-03

900; receipts, $87,979.s3; expendi-
lures, $560,059.42, leaving a bal
ance at the end Of the year of
S566, ,951.96. The sinking fund, the
bulletin points out, differs radically
from the other funds of the State.
The others are known as admin
istrative funds while the sinking
fund is known as trust fund,
which, under the laws of the State,
shall be used for the payment of
principal and interest on the
States debt. "Habitually, how
ever" the bulletin states, "pay-
ments of principal and interest on
other bonds than highway bonds
have been made out of the general
fund. The receipts of the sinking
fund.-" it is stated, "easily could
and should be determined on a
scientific basis, what is known as
an acturial basis; that is exactly as
an insurance company determined
what premiums it must charge to
meet its expected obligations 1t
is asserted the obligations of the
fund can be determined
automatically to the last cent for
any number of years in the fu-
ture.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-03
FIRE DESTROYS
HUNTING LODGE
$4,000 Blaze Over on SasSa-
fraS River Takes Build
ing and Antiques
BELONGED TO E. DUPONT

The hunting lodge of Ernest du-
Pont, of Wilmington, situated over
on Sassafras River, was destroyed
by fire Wednesday with loss of
approximately 100000 to the build
ing and contents. The lodge, a
long, rambling building, one and
one-half stories in height, contain
ing IA rooms, was located on a
knoll, three miles south of Freder-
icktoWn, surrounded on three sides
by water. The fire is believed to
have started in closet on the sec
ond floor. Mr.. and Mrs. dupont
arrived at the lodge from their
home in Wilmington Wednesday
afternoon to entertain a party of
friends at trap shoting, and dis
covered smoke coming from a win
dow on the second floor as they
drove into the grounds. The Elk
ton, Chesapeake City and Middle
town Fire Companies were notified,
but before they arrived the flames
had gained such headway that only
a part of the building and a few of
the contents on the first floor were
saved. The flames were famed by
a high wind, which taxed the fire.
men to their utmost. The only
persons on the estate at the time
were four caretakers. The flames
spread so rapidly that within 20
minutes from the the time the fire
was discovered the lodge was a
ruin. A large quantity
of antique furniture owned by Mrs.
DUPONT was destroyed. The value
of the antiques is estimated at
about $4,000, although it could
not be replaced at that price. Mr..
DUPONT purchased the place several
years ago from Frank V. DUPONT
for about $4,000. Mr.. and Mrs.
dupont occupy the place during
Smyrna times., 1935-01-03
FORD DEALERS SEE MODELS
Representatives of Ennis & Dea-
kyne Join 27O Other Ford Dealers


Representatives of Ennis & Dea-
kyne joined more than 270 Ford
dealers, of the Chester Branch Ter
ritory, assembled at Convention
Hall, Philadelphia, to witness a
private preview of the Ford V-8
for 1885. A unique method of
presentation was employed to ex-
plain the parts of the new car.
Each unit, treated with florescent
paint, wove itself into picture of
rapturous color and brilliancy. Ac-
companied by the soft strains OF
Victor Herbert's Glow Worm, ma
chine parts of the automobile float
ed majestically down from the flies
of the auditorium stage. At the
close of the presentation the COM
pletely assembled Ford VS. rose,
phantom-like from the depths of
the understage. Presentation of
the new car was preceded by ad-
dresses by Mr.. Henry Ford, Mr..
Edsel Ford and officials of the
Ford Motor Company in Detroit.
The voice messages were made
possible by an international tele-
phone hook-up. A musical pro-
gram, provided by Fred Warnings
Pennsylvanians in New York, and
the Ford Symphony Orchestra in
Detroit, under the direction of Vic
tor Kolar, was presented over the
telephone connection. The two
musical organizations are regular
ly featured radio attractions of the
Ford Motor Company. At the con-
clusion of the day, guests were adj
mitted to specially decorated
showroom containing all of the
latest Ford contributions to land
transportation. Inspection of the
new cars was followed by a dinner
attended by Ford Dealers and offic-
ials of the Chester Branch of the
Ford Motor Company. The entire
presentation performance was
thrown open to the public on Sat
urday,
Smyrna times., 1935-01-03
KENT GRANGE
ANNUAL MEET
Will Hear Reports and Other
Things at Meeting in Do
yer Next Week
JUDGE WILEY TO TALK

The Kent County Pomona
Grange will meet in Dover to-
day, Thursday, January 8, as
guests of Capital Grange, in the
Dover M. P. Church. Ed. Willim,
of Capital Grange, will make the
address of welcome and the re-
sponse will be made by G. ]. Mere
dith of Trophy Grange of FELTON,.
The annual reports of officers will
be submitted after which the regu-
lar business will follow. The lee
turer's hour program, in charge of
Mrs. M. A rFazier, will open with
selections by the Pomona Chorus,
consisting of about 20 voices, fol-
lowed by a recitation by Mrs.
Adams, of Trophy Grange; read
ing, Mrs. Garrison, of Harrington
Grange; solo, Arthur Moff1tt, of
Smyrna Grange; address, Judge
Earl D. Wiley of the Kent County
Court of Common Pleas; solo, Miss
Hynson, of Smyrna Grange. Cap
ital Grange will install the follow
ing newly elected officers on the
night of January L: worthy mast
er, John Wideman; overseer,
Francis Rawley; lecturer, Mrs. M.
A. Frazier; steward, w Short; as
sistant steward, George Craig;
Ed. Willim; treasurer,
John M. Roe; secretary, S. ]. Hall;
gate keeper, Frank Moore; Ceres.
Mrs. John Wideman; oPmona, Mrs.
Harry Knots; Flora, Mrs. John N.
Roe; lady assistant steward, Mrs.
George Craig. The installation will
be directed by State overseer, Clar-
ence E. Jester, of Milford
Smyrna times., 1935-01-03
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
CONTINUED From Page Two)

dressing of evergreen, excelling
probably any former Christmas
tide in the beauty of its trimming.
A good audience was out at eleven
o'clock to hear the rector, Rev.
William B. Gorden, in the delivery
of a Christmas sermon-a dis
course in which there was not only
a beautiful grouping of thought,
but a chasteness of style, and i'm
pressiveness of utterance that
made it especially enjoyable to his
audience. At night the house was
crowded to attend the exercises of
the Sunday School. The exercises
consisted largely of singing, one of
the selections being a solo by Miss
Della Wilson, which was especially
well rendered.
The other entertainment of the
evening was the Meigs-Underhill
Combination at the Town Hall,
which seemed to be highly enjoyed
by nearly all of the large number
who attended.
The Independent Cornet Band,
colored, has always been in the
habit of giving a concert some
time in the morning and taking
"suthin", when invited, but the
Gen. Birney Fife and Drum Corps
ncf1
down the evening before as the
guests of the young Smyrna Fife
and Drum Corps, who were "chuck
full' of music, were on the ground
first, followed by the Smyrna Cor
net Band in their new bright uni
forms. The bands individually,
were complimented for making
good music.
The Americus Club had a "et
out" In their rooms in the Johnson
and the contents of the
richly loaded table were highly en-
joyed by both ladies and gentle
men. We had snow, in fact sew
eral of them, but not enough for
good sleighing The latter would
have made the season complete in
every detail.
PERSONALS
Miss Grace Quigg left to-day for
Milford to attend the wedding of
her friend, Miss Sallie Richards.
Abram M. Whittock and bride,
nee Matte J. Cavender, of Middle
town, are expected with others to
be guests at a New Years dinner
at John VoshelPs tomorrow.
Frank ]. Williams gave a party
to his young friends on Monday
night, it being his twenty-first
birthday.
Mrs. Georgia Sholler and son, of
Philadelphia, are spending the holi-
days with Mrs. ]. l.. Lavender.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-03
Announce Marriage of Daughter

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry E. Spencer,
of Bay View Beach, near Middle
town, announce the marriage of
their daughter, Laura v. to Mr..
Charles w. Carroll of Dover. The
ceremony was performed in Ekton,
Md, Monday evening. December
oath After a wedding trip to At
lantic City, N. J., Mr.. and Mrs. Car
roll will be at home in Dover after
January 18th, where he is associat-
ed with his father in business.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-03
The Word Impeachment"

The meaning of the word "im-
peachment" is accusation. and to
say that President was impeached
means that be was accused of GER
tain acts by a method laid down In
the Constitution. Andrew Johnson
was so impeached, but was ac-
quilted
Smyrna times., 1935-01-03
NOW ON DISPLAY

A New Ford V.8 That Brings New Beauty,
New Safety, and New Kind Of Riding
Comfort Within Reach Of Millions Of People
Smyrna times., 1935-01-03
sNcoME
EoIglNDLED
research in the
4 Bulletin Points
I'd conditions
N FUND SMALL

,sOOl fund during
|S' .s.rs has experienced
r. F,snus, as have We an nnt SO so
o ss - the general fund,
&i o. na.oarch League
|, its bulletin, "Dela, l >
l.i,l , problem %. 2"
DISCUSSION of the
\, highway fund and
W Relative to tne
y the bulletin shows
=, things, that lrolil
iss' 51s' appropriations rsa nz..fOf sOf
n ~ during the pre- prestn' 4nt
'liipg program have 70.
ss55S0. .S The high point
',.,s ~. If the school fund
''alrsd in 1881 when they
ptT,ss7.ss. At the close
!, ! fiscal year there was IN
',lnd a free cash balance
srN6s. In addition TO
'.,oOl fund, owned invest
,,rted by the state audi ldi
4 IN value of s1,926,4 Az.
= Z. IN the highway fund
ming Of the present fis-
!, ,sDorted in the bulletin
pp ss4l,5S3.S4. Receipts
c,lO.OO1.75, and expendi-
leaving a bal
!. end of the year OF
1, Resources Of the
find are used exclusively
'r,,tuction and mainten-
M state highway system
! entirely from the users
,,0lss, chiefly the gasoline
fees, drivers
raltles for traffic law
/ .tr. The balance at the
hi the fiscal year 1884 in
! fund was s1,147,O31.55;
d from this fund S1OS,-