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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
ABsURDITY OF TOWNSEND PLAN

IF couple of snakes going in opposite drec'ioi''
alamo q nath that brought them in direct COLLISION
could solve the problem of how to pass by agfeenH
70 swallow each other the Townsend plan would
nrobablv work out in economics as satisfactorily aS
+bat feat would solve the problem of snakes.
This pIan proposes virtually to spend what money
has already been created by spending 1t for tile
stimulation of more wealth-creatng.
r. would retire all persons from painful occupa-
tion who have attained to the age OF 6O years ana
navnent of 5000 to them monthly for their gra-
ciousness in quitting the small matter OF earning
their own living would be made with the under
standing that all of it be Immediately spent
II will take about 25 billions annually to pay
this bill which is half of the entire national income
today but the genial mathematician calculates that
this little pocket change can easily be recouped by
the stimulation which business will receive from
the amounts the pensioners spend
Then again his plan will put an end to unem-
poyment.
You can see at once how that will work out! In
other words the pseudo-economist would follow the
nathoIogca practice of injecting the diseased body
with serum of the same germ as that which is al
ready eating it up.
Doubtless he figures that if this kind of bust
SO
ern economics.
The Townsend formula of course, is unsound to
the point of being sheer fantasy and nonsense.
Ordinarily nobody but few wild dreamers
whose knowledge of basic economics amounts eX-
actv to zero would ever pause long enough to give
it a casual discussion.
But these are not ordinary times and the public
mind is not running in ordinary grooves. 1t is cas-
ily beset with phantasmagoria. Nothing has to be
logical today to gain fairly respectable audience.
In the flow and fux of current impulses and moods
and sentiments lot of uncanny Stiffness manages
to push its way to the front.
And so it has come to pass that so impossible
theory as is represented in the Townsend plan Is
being reported as so resurgent today that the major
political parties are perkng up their ears and al
lowing themselves to fret about the strength of its
following.
What they should do about it, of course, is plain.
The most elemental is to take it to pieces,
lay out on the table simply and as logically as
clear-minded analysts are able, reveal to the pub
lie its obvious weaknesses if not its utter mpossl-
bilities, inform the people as to all the probable
facts in its connection, and spare no effort to beat
it back out of the temporary mind where it has
found nesting place.
Certainly there should be no compromise with
it, no coddling up to the sentiment that has been
thoughtessly whipped around to support of such
an impossiblty no leading its way for expediency,
no grasping of the opportunisms of the moment.
There is but one thing to do with sinister phi
losophy like ths-expose it to informed and en-
lightened public sentiment and let that sentiment
gets to it's deadly work upon t!-Charlotte OBJ
server.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21
THE INDIANS SAID mo"

Those who conceived the route of the Parkway,
suggested that it enter the park from Soco Gap,
and then take one of two routes, or divide either
via Black Camp Gap OF the Cherokee Indian Reser-
walton. At that time, the state was completing
survev from Soco Gap to the Reservation for a
state road. The money had been appropriated and
the contract let, if we remember correctly, when
the decision was made to take the Parkway from
Soco Gap to the Reservation.
This seemed the logical route, as it would afford
the visitors glimpse of the Reservation, which is
the only land in Eastern America never owned by
a white man. we are told.
But with the restrictions which the federal gov
eminent made regarding the Parkway, in that nc
commercial behicles can travel on it, and that the
rght-of-ways will be from 500 to 1000 feet wide,
did not meet with the approval of the Indians.
They took the position that they could not afford
to give up strip of land 500 or 1000 feet wide,
which would necessarily be right through the heart
of their most fertile section. They also maintained
that the Parkway would do them no good as they
could not have shops along it from which to sell
their handiwork.
So, in view of all this, they have ignored the
pleas of the white men to grant them the right to
go through the Reservation, even upon payment
Tor the land used.
Eventually, there will have to be road from
Soco Gap to the Reservation, but there might be
some unnecessary delays as it was contracted, and
then recalled, as it is hard enough to get appro-
priations through once much less twice.
The Indians are holding out for state road
over which they use their trucks, and ever
teams. if necessary. In way they can hardly be
blamed for their attitude at the same time, We
have the feeling that the Parkway would have
meant lot of business to them, and parable
state road for commercial use would have giver
them ample road facilities, and at the same tim'
an avenue of tourist travel over the Parkway tina
| otherwise they won't get-The Waynesville Noun
taineer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21
BAT CAVE

BAT CAVE, Dec. 21.-Funeral
services were held at the Bat Cave
Baptist church last Sunday after
noon at 2 o'clock fer Mrs. Marga-
ret Selena Nesbitt Freeman, con-
Quoted by the Revs. Clamrock and
Luther KRISTEN. Mrs. Freeman
was 76 years old. She is survived
by the following daughters: Mrs.
Effia Moore and Mrs. Pauline
Sumner, of Bat Cave; Mrs. Sarah
Barnwell, of Edneyville; and the
following sons: Dewitt and Ben
iamin Freeman of Bat Cave, and
John Freeman Of Chimney Rock.
Mrs. Freeman's grandsons were
pallbearers and her granddaugh-
ters were the flower girls. She
was laid to rest in the Bat Cave
cemetery.
Miss Blanche Harris, resident
nurse here, is spending her Christ
mas vacation with friends and rel
atives in Cincinnati.
Mrs. Horace Garren one of our
grade teachers, is spending the
holidays at her home at Fletcher.
Miss Shook is spending her va
cation with relatives in Hender-
sonville.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21

MS PfOIecIlOH.
Yes, and it is the duty of every
man to see to it as far as is pos
sible that his family is protected
should he be taken away.
l am a great believer in life in
surance. l often tell life insurance
agents that they are in human
istic work, and that they should
not be discouraged by the rebuffs
they get. They should feel it their
duty to talk men with dependents
into carrying as much life insur-
ance as they reasonably can pay
for.
Particularly should the man who
has no accumulated wealth to
leave his family, carry life insur-
ance for them; while the man who
has accumulated wealth should
carry life insurance, because he
does not know when his wealth
may go aglimmerihg.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21
BEHIND TIE SCENES
IN WASHING'TO
BY RODNEY DuTcHEE-

Even Congressman Chester Bolton,
chairman of the Republican con.
gressional campaign committee,
has said "we're all sympathetic
with the philosophy of it and must
give it the most careful considera.
tion."
THOUGH Democratic politi.
N clans here feel the movement
is more dangerous to them than tc
the Republicans, the G. 0. P. itsell
is in a ticklish spot.
Accepting the support of conser
vative business men and the mil
lions which they are ready to con
tribute to effect Roosevelt's defeat
it is faced with the prospect thai
scores of its candidates for high
office will be flirting with the Town
sendites or openly espousing theil
cause.
Pledged to budget-balancing, they
wonder how you balance a budget
with a scheme which would cost al
least S1,5OO,0O0,0OO a month.
+
THE primary fact for the mo
l. ment is the general confusion
as to just what effects the un
known quantity-the wildcat
will have.
One thing you may be sure of
There will be some thorough sui
rosa Investigations to determine
whether the movement can't he
blasted as a racket"
Meanwhile, a Townsend Club is
being organized across the river If
Alexandria, Va. DR.. Townsend told
it the other night that the age
limit for the 5000 month would
soon be lowered from IS to 5o and
perhaps even ~.
And members Of Congress- arc bA
ginning to hear from enthusiastic
Townsendites, who say the nensior
must be $500 instead Of 5000, "sc
that every aged couple will receive
$1,000 a month.
! downright. 1895. NEA Service Inc
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21
HIGH LIGHTS
By W[CKES WAMBOLDT

And lust a word of caution to
those who buy life insurance. Re-
member this: There are two kinds
of life insurance companies. One
kind will take your premiums glad
ly-but when the time comes for
them to pay, they will employ
every trick and artful dodge to
get out of paying. The other kind
will be just as diligent and sincere
about paying claims as about col
lectinC premiums.
Before buying life insurance, IN
vestigate the company. See for
yourself what their reputation IS
for paying claims. The way to get
that information is to find out
how many claims and what claims
they have refused to pay, and
have resisted paying.
I . You don't want to trust the
welfare of your loved ones 10
some life insurance company that
is tricky, or that even resorts to
hair splitting in the matter Of pay
ing benefits.
/ have known life insurance
companies to do very lovely
things. And / have known Others
to do things that were very I'M
lovely.
The other evening l heard Ma
jor Edward Bowes say during his
delightful amateur hour, that you
can't make a silk purse out of
sow's ear. With all Difference to
the gracious and talented Major, 7
shall have to give him the gong.
Some years ago my friend, Ar
thur D. Little, the noted Boston
chemist who died on August first,
decided to prove that a silken
purse could be made out of a
sow's ear. SO he took number
of sow's ears, reduced them to &
paste by chemical action, and
forced the substance through 4
spinnerette, converting it into
thread-like filaments. These fila
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21
BY RODNEY BUTCHER


NEA Service STAFF Correspondent
WASHINGTON - Chances are
w that the Townsendite third
party ticket of 1886 will be head
I'd by DR.. F, E. Townsend him.
self.
The modest father of Old Age
Revolving Pensions has said, in an.
nouncing the forthcoming creation
Of such party for the presidential
and state elections, that he would
not be a candidate.
But some of those who have seen
him lately and are accustomed TO
analysis of the. CLEAN in a mans
aye are convinced that he would
not refuse to answer the call, were
1t urged upon him with sufficient
force.
DR.. Townsend is the logical cam
lidate of the Townsend party and
he is as much of a symbol to the
believers in his plan as Huev Long
was to the Share the Wealth move.
ment and as Father Corghlin has
been to his followers.
+
POLITICIANS of both parties aro
trying to think the problem ont
On both national and state lines II
is altogether probable that the a1ac.
:oral vote in several western statos
may be changed one wav or the
other by the entry of third nartv
INTO the field. y
Whether most strength is lkeIv
% be drawn from the Democrati[
D. the Republican ticket becomes :
question of Importance, especial,y
because the Townsend strength is
spreading rapidly through the mid,
1lewest and into the east (Tbo
cabinet, for instance, was recently
told that it was spreading like
wildfire" in Chicago.)
Senators and representatives who
year ago wouldn't have dreamed
Of Identifying themselves with tbe
plan are now endorsing it outrigb,
Or expressing great sympathy
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21
GREEN RIVER

GREEN RIVER, Dec. 2l.-Mrs.
H. w. Vernon is still on the slc!;
list.
Miss Bertha S. Ledbetter, Of
HendersonvilIe, visited her sister
at Osteenola last week.
Mr.. Clyde Capps and family
have moved into the nome of Dr.
and Mrs. A. L. Holmes.
Mrs. Haskell Osteen and Mrs.
Upton spent Thursday in Green
vile, S. c.
Mr.. Rice and family are visiting
relatives in Madison county.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21
Pharmacists Mortars

Mention Of m0r,ars is freQDen.
in the beginning of the history o
pharmacy more than 1000 year.
ago, Shuler asserts. They were
used widely in the days Of Moses
and Solomon. The American In
dian used mortars and p6StleS O
stone long before the white MAJ
came to America.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21
OTHER SIDE OF 1T

The conservative Union Times looks bit fur
Their ahead than some people do nowadays, while
the mad scramble is on for municipalities and
other political subdivisions of the states hurrying
to Washington to get money to build stadiums,
landing fields, fish ponds and other things, and
says: "Our people are going to learn that what
flows out of the treasury; must flow back into it
and the stream that carries back those dollars will
be the river of taxation" Correct, and by the time
the tax collectors begin whettng their scythes the
water will be fne.-Spartanburg Journal.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21

Darling" said woman to an
other woman whose husband had
Just died, "you must not think Of
John as dead. He is not dead. He
is merely in the world Of spirit. l
believe he is right here with Us
now in spirit. You should think Of
him that way.
eyes, l know. And l do te-
piled the widow simply. But the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21

pay check John
brought home on
Saturday night
where is that? .
And how can the
children and | get
along without it?
You know, dear"
she said to her
friend, "a woman
may grieve doR7
bly, for her hus-
band. She may
grieve not only
for the loss of his
companionship -
but for the loss Of
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21

ments dried with silken sheen
Then they were woven into 4
lady's purse.
And if you don't believe that,
Major, you might write to Arthur
D. Little, Inc, Cambridge, Mass,
for verification.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21
Overcrowdiae Old Habit

That overcrOwding ana Sub.ct
ting of buildings was a SOcia! prob
lem in England in 1892, when an act
of parliament was directed against
it. has been found in ancient tones.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21
First TO RatifY Constitution

Delaware was the first Of the
original Is states to ratify the Con-
stitution. Vermont was the first
state to BIZ admitted to the Union
after the establishment of the Unit
ed States under the Constitution.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21

9N dusty open space near the
AcrOpoliS. at Athens. where the
ancient kings of Greece presided
stands the Temple Of Theseus. best
preserved ancient Greek temple n
he world. Built during the Colder
Age. about 400 3 c.. this structure
is model of ancient Greek archi
lecture Its perfect proportions
its tall D0ric columns Of marble
and the friezes that encircle the
building make it an object of study
and admiration to visitors.
Dedicated to the mythical king
Of Athens, Theseus. who lived
about 1900 B c. and was famous
for his many heroic exploits. the
temple presents the stories Of the
most glorious Of his adventures in
the reliefS on the end walls. One
of these depicts the story of hi.
expedition against the Amazons
warlike women of Scythia. whose
queen. Antiope. he carried away.
The stamp shown here gives
splendid view Of the Temple o
Theseus as il appears today I
was first issued by Greece in tw'
forms. in 1927
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21
EFFORT TO AID ATHLETE MAY
RACKFIRE ON HIM


. college education has come up for discus
sion, due to the action OF SouthWeStein
Conference colleges in removing reStrlc-
tons on the giving of financial aid TO atR-
letes.
This action is both simple and logical
Hereafter an athlete in any OF the Is col
leges comprising this conference can re-
cpive scholarship funds on the same basis
&c q non-athlete. And when the belllgerent
sports fan sticks his jaw out and demands
"And what's wrong with that?" the only
possible answer is, 'Not thing IN the
world"
Not a thing in the world-except that 1t
contains the seed of an injustice which Is
usually visited on the head of no one but,
the athlete himself.
Back of it, of course, is the simple tact
that colleges are competing for football
PLAYERS. College authorities may let this,
that, or the other scholastic department
slip into sad diSrepair, they may permit
laboratories to go ill-equipped, and let
their wisest professors go to other tacul-
ties; but if the football team falls below
par and stays there, the authorities are
Immediately in hot water. So they go out
after the athletes.
Consider all this, now, from the view
point of the high school lad who happens
to be a fine football player. At the age OF
II or Is he finds exalted educational insti
tutions bidding for his exercise. He selects
ole of them, enrolls, and finds himself a
fagored person.
His expenses are taken care of, his health
isHooked after, he is put in way to make
many friendships, and he is given the best
possible instruction in his chosen game.
die has four pleasant years on the cam
pqs, and ifhe is unusually good he can win
nationwide fame.
But while all this is going on, does the
college make an equal attempt to give him
the education he is supposed to be getting?
Inxall too many cases it does not ..-.
The whole set-up tends to give him the
idea that he is in college to play football,
primarily, and only secondarily to get an
education. He is drilled ceaselessly in foot
bait; he is merely exposed to an education.
Sooner or later it ends, and he goes out
into the world. What then? Unless he
chooses to become professional athlete
which is sorry justification for college
career-he leaps from the top Of the heap
to the bottom. '-..
From being hero, he becomes just an
other young man starting out to make a
living; and he is likely to find himself less
we'll equipped for it than his classmates
who were not athletically inclined.
In other words his college experience is
apt to do him as much harm as good and il
is almost certain to do him less good thar
it should. He starts under a handicap; Z
handicap imposed by the very subsidiza
ton program that was supposed to benef
him.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21
The 'Iibesan Terrier

The Tibetan terrier. a dog r.
sembling the Skye terrier. was orig.
inally struggled from LhaSsa ir
Tibet.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21

1t seems unfair to call gamblers
professionals. Other people who
get their money on the sly are
amateurs.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS SERVICE
(Luke 2:S-15)

The CHURCH-"In the field"
Tho CONGREGATION-''She shepherds Keeping
watch over their flock by night. ,o4
Tho CHOIR-"A multitude of the heavenly hoS'
praising God" ,,-,. and
Tho ANTHEM-"Glory to God in the highest anu
on earth peace good will toward men,
Tho PREACHER-"The angel of the LORD
The sERMON-"Behold bring you good tlo'HsS
Of great JOY unto you is born this day III
the CITY of David, Saviour, which is ChrlSt '"e
Lord. Sunday School Times"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21

In a small town you can tell how important a
man feels by the degree of his indignation when
the bank tells him he is overdrawn. =
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21

All you need to win the worlds good will
and support is to reach the point where
you don't need it.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21

This will be remembered as the first time
in history when a revolution was achieved
by smile.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21

Bird lovers are people who enjoy a noise
that would drive them frantic if whist
ling boy made it. 3 - .s,-. s.s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-02
BY ART WRIGHT

Harry Foster detested any form of scheming. But he felt thai under present conditions he was justified.
 Five years ago he had married Verne; two years of that time they had been separated according te Harry's calculations. Not that they had gone through marital rift the two years apart had been dis. tributed over the five, several weeks at a time. during Verne'i too frequent visits to her mothers home in northern Michigan.
 And now Harry was alone again despite the fact that only month ago Verne had made one of hel periodic trips.
 Tt isn't right" he complained to the four walls. "A wife's place Is at home-and Verne is going to stay at home, or else <. :" During this latest absence Har- rvs routine didn't change. His pat termed existence included catching the 7:30 interurban in the morning to his office downtown where f1s earned $40 a week as a book keeper; back in the apartment by 6:30 at night; and, after a hap hazardly prepared bachelor dinner. the day was climaxed in the large chair with a newspaper, and later a book.
 Verne had spent her week away and the Fosters had been together only a month when, like clockwork. came the inevitable. Harry was reading his paper. Verne muffled the radio.
 Harry, darling" she began aa she had begun each time before, mother is expecting me for Doro- thy Reynolds party next week"
 And so--?"
 Well, I would like to go." She paused for an answer she did not receive. "Of course, it will mean a gift" hastily adding, but the trip will be lovely; it will do me so much good, and know you won't mind, dear"
 "Of course not" and, apparently closing the discussion, Harry laid the paper on the table. When are you going?"
 Verne's expression betrayed that she had not expected this genial ac- ceptance. "Well, the party isn't until next Friday. Wednesday will