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The Washington times., 1935-12-16
SPEECH PECULIARITIEs

There's no Pasadena Rose Bowl
for linguistic contests, but regional
professors work up quite a heated,
long-range discussion about sec
tional speech variations.
Prof. Harry A. Hall, physicist Of
Harvard, finds, after searching ex-
periments, that Midwesterners
talk very much like vacuum clean
ers. Prof. H. Miles Heberer, Of
Kansas State College, runs back
the kickoff with the observation
that New Englanders talk lik
buzZ-SawS.
Other professors, here and there
around the country, get in on the
argument in their own quaint,
parochial dialects, each Of them
understanding each other perfect
ly. Interest in this business Of
who talks like what, and why, has
been warming up in England and
America for the last five years.
England made a sound map"
covering all the Shires with pho
nograph records of indigenous
speech which, in Yorkshire alone,
recorded about 800 different dia-
lectS.
In 1881, the American Council
Of Learned Societies began a ma
tional survey, starting in New
England and working on down
South and West, which, under
stand. is still going on. This
writer is not quite clear as to just
why-aside from the obvious
academic and cultured interest Of
the project.
Politicians from any region,
packing a broad "r'' or a slurred
"r" can go to Washington and
mooch a job or an appropriation
just as effectively as if they all
talked alike.
WHAT, NOT HOW
It doesn't seem so important
how this highly articulate nation
talks: what it is saying sounds
more like something rating a sur
vey. A German settlement near
Holland, Dubois county, Ind, seems
to have stirred up the learned So
cieties more than anything else.
For 100 years the settlers had
talked a patois of their own, quite
unlike German or English, with
strange root words that went back
to early Indo-European origins.
The professors couldn't make
much out Of it and began talking
straight-away English. Why? The
professors went after the story
like bird song. This is what
they learned:
The automobile, the radio and
the movies had rooted out the
stubborn, ancient speech and
started the colony talking like the
rest Of America. This has been
the tendency all over the country,
first observed in the Indiana col
ony in its most extreme form.
This and other similar instances
drew scholastic attention to the
linguistic melting pot.
Print language hadn't brought
it to q boil. The spoken Ian
guage Of the talkies and the
The Washington times., 1935-12-16
The Human Side of the News ::

and that they all said wal, I
swan" and Il reckon"
When the charming and cul-
tured Amelia Earhart, who speaks
as good English as any oxford
don, landed in England on her
first transatlantic flight, the Lon
don Times ran a purported inter
view with her in which she was
quoted as saying. wal. I reckon
/ would like to meet a sure
enough prince" when she was
asked how she would like to
meet the Prince of Wales. There
The Washington times., 1935-12-16
Word

Only when a mans life conn
to its end in prosperity dare \
pronounce him happy.-AeSch
lus.
It is more disgraceful to tul
out a guest than not to adm
him.-Ovid.
A host is like a general; n
haps oft reveal his genius
Horace.
Stay is a charming word Ia
friends vocabularly.-A. B. Alcd
No critic has ever settled q
thing.-James Huneker,
The Washington times., 1935-12-16

Works Prog
resS headquar'
ters in washing.
ton are receiv.
ing complaints
by the hun
dreds but are
unable to make
any rulin g
which will re-
lieve the ten
sion.
Not only do
the contractors
protest tn a t
WPA force S
them to use
The Washington times., 1935-12-16
WPA COMPLAINTS

The protests Of contractors who
are forced to use relief labor on
WPA projects is increasing.
The Washington times., 1935-12-16

ETERNAL VIGILANCE is the price of liberty.
The distribution of accurate and Illuminating
comment through the daily newspaper enables the
citizen to observe the vigilance to preserve
his rights and to safeguard democratic institutions
The Washington times., 1935-12-16
OLD FAVORTTES
The Wife
-TheOdOsiG Garrison

Inc WHe H0U~UoOW 'OOWC
The little Dreams of Maidenhood-
put them all away
As tenderly mother would
The toys of yesterday,
When little children grow to
Too over-wse for play.
The little dreams put aside
1 love them every one,
And yet since moon-bown buds must hide
Before the MONDAY sun,
close them wistfully away
And give the key to
O little Dreams of Maidenhood-
Lie quietly,
If day in idle mood
l. searching
Through closed corner of my heart,
Should laugh to find you there.
ReDders nved to send to the editor their sugges
ons of old fGUorites among the poems for reprntg IN
this spoce)
Evening star., 1935-12-22

rived today from their home at Cor
dele, Ca, to visit Mrs. Barnelds
brother-in-law and her sister, Lieut..
Col. and Mrs. Walter L. Reesman.
Capt. and Mrs. Thomas Russell
Howard, Capt. and Mrs. Harold r
Henry and Lieut.. and Mrs. Bruce
Rindlaub jointly entertained about 40
guests at the Howard quarters Sat
urday evening, December IA.
Mrs. James r. Moore of Washington
will arrive tomorrow to spend the
holiday week with her son and
daughter-n-law. Capt. and Mrs.
Kenneth M. Moore. Representative
and Mrs. Frank Crowther of New
York will also be guests Of Capt. and
Mrs. Moore at Christmas dinner.
Capt. and Mrs. Moore will enter.
tain a company Of IL at supper and
bridge Friday evening.
DR.. and Mrs. Thomas J. Burke will
arrive Monday to spend the holidays
with their son-in-law and their
daughter, Lieut.. and Mrs. Robert B.
Lothrop.
Mrs. Margaret Fuller of Spartan
burg, S. c., spent the week with her
granddaughter, Mrs. Harrol ]. Skid
more, and Lieut.. Skidmore.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Philip F. KRONER,
ir., have announced the birth Of a
son, Philip F. KRONER, Sd, Tuesday, at
Walter Reed.
Mrs. Frederick G. Saint will give q
Evening star., 1935-12-22
Fort BelvOir
uiet,Awaits
Yule Gayety

FORT BELvOIR, Va, December
el.-The past week has been quiet,
with local hostesses occupied with
plans for the holiday festivities. The
week began with drag hunt Sunday
morning, followed by breakfast at
Mackenzie Hall.
Gen. Lytle Brown of the Corps OF
Engineers was at Fort Belvoir Wed
nesday visiting Capt. and Mrs. Doug
las H. Gillette.
Col and Mrs. william A. Johnson
will entertain their son, Cadet Will
liam A. johnson. jr., who will arrive
Tuesday from West Point, where he
Is in his second year at the academy
After Christmas day Cadet johnson
will be joined by his roommate. Cadet
John Healy. who will remain until
the first OF the year. Miss Jean Ack-
land of Pelham, N. Y, will also be
the guest of Col. and Mrs. johnson
during the last half of the coming
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Barfield ar
Evening star., 1935-12-22

tea in her home Thursday afternoon
in honor of Mrs. Gilbert Petit.
. A large party for children Of the
post will be held Tuesday afternoon
at the Engineer Theater, sponsored by
Chaplain John r. Wright.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Marvin L. Thomas
will leave early in the week to visit
Mrs. Thomas parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Govatos, at Wilmington, Del.
-. Lieut.. and Mrs. Staunton L. Brown
and their little daughter, Jean Delano
Brown, and Mrs. Browns sister, Miss
Alice Gidley, will leave tomorrow for
Meriden, Conn, where Lieut.. and Mrs.
Evening star., 1935-12-22

Brown will visit the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William C. Brown,
through Christmas week. Miss Gidley
will spend the holidays with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. r. Gidley. at
New Bedford, Conn, where they will
be joined by Lieut.. and Mrs. Brown
for q visit early in January.
Evening star., 1935-02-03
to establish a municipal power plant
in CIlnnherland

to establish municipal power plant
in Cumberland.
As member OF the House of Dele
gates last session Senator Kimble
sponsored an unsuccessful municipal
power bill. As a candidate for the
senatorship this year. Kimble made
the issue one of the principal planks
in the platform which elected him to
the Senate.
For the third time the Public Serv-
ice Commission has submitted rate
schedules to President r. Paul Smith
of the Potomac Edison Co., but they
have been rejected each time. Kimble
said he had been informed the pro-
posed rates were to be put into effect
in 80 days.
As result, he added, the Public
Service Commission will Immediately
begin preparation of rate schedules
and charges for the electric service.
Evening star., 1935-02-03
CARAL GIMBEL WE'D

PORT CHESTER, N. Y, February
2R.-Caral G. Gimbel was married
yesterday afternoon at the home OF
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
F. Gimbel, to Edward Lasker, son OF
Albert D. Lasker, former head OF the
United States Shipping Board, now Of
Lake Forest, Ill.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Samuel Goldenson of Temple
Emanuel, New York. Gimbel, New
York department store executive, gave
his daughter in marriage. Hope
Gimbel, sister of the bride, was maid
of honor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lasker will live in
New York City and Greenwich. e..
Evening star., 1935-02-03

The commission will distribute the re-
duction In the Edison revenue In
manner in which it feels proper, KIM
BILE said.
Senator Kimble said that he would
offer a referendum to the people OF
Cumberland to see whether they are
in favor of municipal plant.
Evening star., 1935-02-03
Twenty-Three Cars Jump Track.

CLINTON, Iowa, February Q (P.-
Twenty-three freight cars OF a Mil
waukee road train jumped the track
about four miles from Preston late yes
terday, ripped up half mile of track
and scattered food, grain and other
merchandise over the right of way,
No one was injured. Cause of the
wreck was not determined.
Evening star., 1935-02-03

be accomplished at q substantial say
ing over the 100000 which a new
one of like size and speed would cost.
II the MORO Castle Is too badly
damaged to be rebuilt, it will be sunk
or sold for scrap, Army engineers
said.
Evening star., 1935-02-03
POLICEMAN STRICKEN

BY staff Correspondent Of The Star.
TAKOMA PARK, Md, February q
-Seized with an attack Of appendi-
cities while on duty late yesterday,
Town Policeman Frank Lane was
rushed to Sibley Hospital in Wash
ington for an emergency operation.
His condition was said to be salts
factory tOday.
Evening star., 1935-02-03
CITY POWER PLANT
BILL TO BE OFFERED
Senator Kimble to Seek Legisla.
tion Allowing Set-up in
Cumberland.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, February 2.-Senator
Robert B. Kimble said yesterday that
in view of the recalcitrancy of the
Potomac Edison Co. to reduce its rates
to o fair level" he would introduce a
bill next week in the General Assembly
Evening star., 1935-02-03
WASHINGTON. NIGHT
BY MARY SYkON.

but reaching, reaching Tor more.
They were all grabbing for some
thing out of this jackpot OF Wash
ington, weren't they?
Continued in Tomorrowis Starr
Evening star., 1935-02-03
MORRO CASTLE SOUGHT
AS AIRCRAFT TENDER
Navy Plans to Ask $4,000, 900
Public Works Allotment to
Convert Burned Ship.

BY the Associated Press.
The Navy plans to ask a public
works allotment of 100000 to con-
vert the burned Ward Liner Morro
Castle into an aircraft tender II its
hull is still seaworthy.
Army engineers predicted that the
next heavy wind would make it pos
sible to refioat the liner, now beached
at Asbury Park, N. j.
Oficials said the conversion could
Evening star., 1935-02-03
"How'm | Doing?"
Asks Bureau Clerk
Who Lost Voice

BY the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex, February a.
Joe Henry, Al, a clerk at the
Transient Bureau, blew the last
notes of his harmonica.
He turned to friends and asked:
"How'm 7 doing?"
His friends gasped. Henry
gasped.
It was the first time he had
uttered a word since losing his
voice in an automobile accident
six years ago in Pennsylvania.
His voice continued to function
perfectly.
Evening star., 1935-02-03
Wages Rise Slower.

Workers in Chile are complaining
that wages have not risen as fast as
living costs.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-23
RECORDERS COURT IN
EEG SESSION MONDAY
- AAA[A


The county recorders court was
in session on Monday and several
cases were heard by Judge r. H.
Station. The docket was as fol-
lows:
The case of f. r. Cornwell,
charged with false pretenee, was
transferred to superior court.
Cases charging drunk and dis
orderly and assault against. Clyde
Lanning were rsmanded to magIs-
trate'S court ..... 49, 81,
Fred Plumley, charged with
driving car while drunk and
reckless driving, plead guilty to
reckless drying and Judgment was
suspended on payment Of, costs.
On charge of violating the pro
hibition law he was fined $50 and
costs. Secs
Cases against Spurgeon Bishop,
Homer King and Bill Bishop,
charged with seining and trespaSs,
were mol pressed.
In the case of r. C. Camp, con-
victed of using profane language,
Judgment was suspended on pay
ment Of the costs.
A number of other cases were
| continued.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-23
Courts In State
Need 0verhauling
Judge Declares

GASTONIA. July 23.-"If you
ran your business like the courts
are compelled to run in North
Carolina you would be in receiv-
ership in sixty days" Judge Will
son Warlick told the members Of
the CASTOR county grand jury in
his charge in superior court here
Monday. .
"The courts of the state need a
general overhauling,' said Judge
Warlick. Under the circum-
stances the grand jury is not
worth what it costs the county.
The grand jury is dependent on
the workings of the solicitor, act
ing when he sends in bills, and IS
powerless to investigate anything
on its own hook.
"You have had but little pow
en-" he told the grand jurors, "and
when your six months of service IS
over you will look back over it
and wonder what it's all about.
Restricted by our cumbersome
laws, the present day grand jury
is like a one-horse wagon IN an
age Of speed"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-23
Rhode Island:
Textile Industry
Subsidy Urged

PROVIDENCE, R. l., July %
.(UP(-A state subsidy for Rhode
Island, ailing textile industry was
urged on Governor Green yeSter-
day by Colonel Patric H. Quinn,
retired. lace manufacturer.
, Deploring the proposed $2,4O0,-
900 bond issue for a western
Rhode Island reforestation pro
ject, to be voted on IN a special
election August g., Quinn said.
f'Why not start the mills and
get the, men and women back on
jobs on which they have. worked
EaIl thers lives? If the nation and
state can invest millions on wild
Eschemes , for, reforestation and
parks, why notNsubsidize mills to
the extent of enabling them to
run under present trying condi-
tions?" ,.....,..,
Quinn said manufacturers would
approve such a plan. The amount
proposed fol, .reforestatiop would
if spent judiciously, carry the
mills through for at least two
years. he believed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-23
CALENDAR
TUESDAY, JULY %

TUESDAY, JULY %
Florida Club meets, high school
auditorium. 8 p. m.
WEDNESDAY, JULY "a
Dancing, Laurel Park Inn, $50
p. m.
Rotary Club, Skyland hotel l
p. m.
THURSDAY, JULY rs
Breakfast hike; party leaves the
Chamber of Commerce office at
g a. m.
Kiwa lis club, skyland hotel, 1
p. m. n
North Carolina Symphony or
chestra. direction Lamar String
field, high school auditorium, $50
p. m.
Dance, American Legion club
house, 9:30 p. m.
Dancing, city gymnasium; music
by Art Kassell and his Kassells m
the Air orchestra, $50 p. m.
FRIDAY, JULY 26
Chamber of Commerce enter
tainment, featuring pupils of Alva
Lowe, high school auditorium, at
$3.50 p. m.
SATURDAY, JULY II
Dancing, city gymnasium; music
by Jimmie Livingston and orches-
ira, 9 p.f m.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-23
NO GROUNDS FOR
ETHIOPIAN EMBARGO

LONDON, July 23.-(UP).-
The British cabinet decided al
Yesterdays meeting that there
was no ground to prevent British
firms from exporting arms t.
Ethiopia, according to diplomatic
circles.
Refusal to permit arms exports
would violate treaty obligations,
prejudice decisions of the cOun-
ell of the League Of Nations
which is to consider the Italian
Ethiopian controversy later this
month, and deny Ethiopia the
right for legitimate preparations
for self defense, the cabinet felt.
A statement to this effect is
expected to be made in the house
of commons in few days by Sir
Samuel Hoare, foreign secretary.
| However, he will emphasize that
in the event of hostilities Britain
will reconsider her decision.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-23
MILLS WIN
INJUNCTION

GREENSBORO, July 23.-The
Cannon mills Monday in federal
district court won 4 temporary
victory against the cotton pro-
cessing tax, but, pending an early
hearing of their suit to have it
declared unconstitutional, they
and al lother contesting mills will
have to put up surety that the
tax will be on hand if the mills
lose their case.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, after
nearly four hours Of argument
in a courtroom full of lawyers,
overruled the government motion
to dismiss for lack of jurisdic-
ton, and restrained collection Of
tax and penalties until the court
can hear the issues. The govern
ment, represented. bv the regular
district and NJ. Kitchin as special
representatives Of the department
of Justice, noted an exception.
The formal orders granting te
orarv iniunctions will be issued
Wednesday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-23
FORMER HIGH SCHOOL
TEACHER WILL WE'D

The engagement of Miss AleXa
Jewell Ragin and Mr.. Banks
Hardy Good. both Of Rock Hill, 5.
c., has been announced, say news
dispatches from that city.
Miss Ragin is the youngest
daughter of the late Carlisle Ra-
gin, of Summerton, S. c., and the
late Mrs. Luta Fewell Ragin. She
was educated in the Rock HILL
schools and at Winthrop College
and following her graduation she
taught in the HenderSonville high
school. Last year she was a mem
Der of the faculty at Tubman high
school in Augusta. Ga. Since the
death of her mother some years
ago Miss Ragin has made her home
with her maternal aunt, Miss
Marie Jewell, secretary of the
Rock Hill chamber of commerce.
Mr.. Good is the only son OF Mr..
and Mrs. ]. D. Good, OF Rock Hill.
He was educated in the local
schools and at Presbyterian Col
lege, Clinton, and is now associat-
ed in business with his father IN
Rock Hill.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-23
Stroke Fatal To
Rev. M'Lendon,
Noted Evangelist

BENNETTSVILLE, s. c., July
23.-Rev. Baxter F. McLendon,
IS, famed evangelist, known as
."Cyclone Mack" died suddenly at
his home here last night at 1880
O'Clock Of a heart attack.
He had just returned from Okla
homa City, Okla, where he had
been coducting q revival meeting.
Mr.. McLendon was about town
yesterday talking to his friends on
the street, and he seemed to be in
fine health. His death came as a
shock to the community.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Rena Ratliff McLendon, and
the following children: DR.. Sol
McLendon Of Columbia, Dana Nc
Tendon, B. F. McLendon, Jr., Mrs.
Ruth Nelson, Margaret McLendon
and Walser McLendon Of here.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-23
WASHINGTON HAD
ANTICIPATED STEP

WASHINGTON July 70, (UP)
Great Britain's abandonment of
the ratio program. for, the control
of naval ornaments had been an
ticipated here for a year - ever
since the London conversations
ended. ..
At that time it was explained
in an official communicate that
"it was never the purpose of
these preliminary conversations to
reach any hard and fast conclu-
sion, that the sole purpose was, to
prepare the ground for future ne
rotation and agreement" ~. "a
: The communique itself gave a
hint that the ratio plan might be
abandoned when it added: ..s.
although the three, govern
ments represented Great Britain,
the United States and Japan in
these conversations are in favor
of a continuation of naval limi-
tation with such reduction as can
be agreed upon by al powers con-
eerned, the principle and. methods
for achieving this in, the future
remain to be determined"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-23

CONTINUED from page one)
harvest is over, Wen reestablish
state relief. Until then, anyone
who doesn't work needn't look to
the state for help"
He brusquely announced that
"last night 81 farmers called me
saying they were leaving their
grain in the fields unshocked be-
cause they couldn't get help" He
added that his sons, who operate a
ranch in the southwestern part of
the state, had come, to Pierre to
recruit harvest hands. r.
Farm wages in the Pierre area
have been dollat and half a
day with room and board. ,..
The only relief projects remain
ing open last night were canning
factories, which are in the midst
of the vegetable season. All other
departments were closed few
moments after Berry issued his
order. -.... @ e.. y
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-23
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS

Mr. and Mrs. p. NJ. Dietz had
as weekend guests, DR.. and Mrs.
W. K. Gunter and son, William
Gunter, of Gaffney, S. c., and
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Collins, of
Chester. They spent yesterday
motoring to Asheville and points
of interest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Holden and
family, of Atlanta, Ga, are spend
ing this week as guests of Col. j.
c. Woodward at Camp Highland
Lake. Mr.. Holden is connected
with the Home Owners Loan cor
pOratiOn.
Mrs. Caro- Cameron, of Mobile,
Ala, is here to spend the remand
er of the summer at the home of
Mrs. J. NJ. Waldrop on Fifth Ave,
west.
Miss Sunshine Kirby left today
after a weekend visit to Miss AL
lene Fluker.
MesSers. A. H. Houston and
Joe LYDIA left this afternoon Tor
High Point to attend the furniture
show.
Van Cole, who has been in
camp since finishing his junior
year at The Citadel in Charleston,
S. c., arrived yesterday to spend
some time in Hendersonville.
Mr.. George Warner and daugh-
ter, Miss Peggy Warner, of Co.
lumbia, S. c., left this morning,
after spending the weekend at
the Skland Hotel. .......s., =.
Miss Sarah Frances Crosby left
yesterday for her home in Ches,
ter, S. c., after being the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. P. NJ. Dietz for q
week %.