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Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1935-12-12

Sourdourh Sam vas in from his cabin out in the ''oods yesterday and it vas here at the office he first heard Of the tragedy that be- fell the E1aberC family.
 Saddened as Ns s everyone else in the valley, he shook his old /? te head, and knowing him ve were pre- pared for some of his old back woods DhilOGO ODhy on the accident.
 Sam likes to think out causes and effects for himself, and after 8 few moments of thouehtfulness he started alone line that hadn't entered our head before.
 "Inr Gtie ience, ,H said Sam, "Is the caus, Of 2 lot of trouble in this world. rhv do ve all insist upon immediate results the minute we it it intuh our heads to do some- thin'? 'e all do.
 "F'rins 5ance, he continued, Not long ago got reg'l lar sash tuh take the place of that there candle{ reaeed floursack I bin usin' fer Ninder. That there colonist nei ah5or O. r-in5 driv clean out'n hi way to pick it up at Art Shon- becks and deliver it tuh mo.
 "C0urse, lie anybody else, I van ted to "0t it in rifht away and t TBS already citti1' dark. cut U--G LO, , tllA Ia J|)CO LII O IAll-IAo' franc, then found it was 3 little ieht. ell, tried to force it and busted two oH the panes. "an't rothin' in the world but imnatienc1
 "some with this here business Cf startin' 3 fire. See by the papers every onco in 11ilo 71hare someone it's bloW3d up. Some 14Ore of this here impatzence business. Kerysone to start ! fire! Jest another way of saTin' Yer in hurry!
 "NOV there ain't no country in !orld T:hero you Want good quick fire oft9nar'n yuh do rioht here in Ala ska and We never used coal oil.:'
 Sam grinned and closed one keen blue eye.
 "one reason ;" he chuckled, "'7as 'causo "e didn't have it. But we ct along jest the sare, and a bit of experience 1-ith ni2pod fingers and the like showed us how. You knOz7 that unWrOt5 la| ve have in the interior about not movin' away from (, trail cabin 'thout leavin' shavin's end dry kinllin' in case the next fellec nj 2lt be frizZ up bit. oll, that s the result,
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1935-12-12

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Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1935-12-12

How about those dimes and nickels you are getting from merchents in T0ur change?
 Thy not drop then into one of the handy Xmas Fund boxes and help the children nioy a biz tine?
 Member hO| even the most inex- 0ensiVe present thrilled you when YOU were 8 little shaver?
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1935-12-12

l-any sims of nearing Chri t1nas re aDDarent. The 2Ostoffice ran put of stam1s. PeOCle aro more in- 5erested in 7-hen the next boat is leaving, rather than when the mail ill be in. And many mothers gre laVing lees trouble getting 3onny to pack in the 1OO1.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-08

Iuctsnee of the house to accept it even temporary:
Economists have, from the hrst, opposed TINS
federal tax ON three main grounds First Its IN
nos;tion is an unwarranted inrasier OF long-rec-
ovnized field Of state taxation The tax originated
in Oregon, in 1919, and has ever since been us
most fruitful single source of revenue In several
aaItbs this tax brings in more than Az
,or cant of their entire revenue; and IN florlaa
:. Lo, boap running above 80 per cent STUDIES re-
- +hot there is point at which taxes on gas
~, diminishing returns. In Oklahoma the TAX
:. ~. - ,ae1 was raised from four cents Ito 'hE
ANA ~ nsediate result of decreasing the yled
100 Than II pef cent. ut should be borne IN
Gid too that in some jurisdictions the total tax
,non GAS is more than 40 per cent Of its baslceost
. tax which is we suppose without parallel excepS
:, rho case of alcoholic liquors and tobacco.
Tho second objection to the federal gas tax arises
from the fact that, owners of motor cars are al
-. ovarb,,rdneed bv taxation. From 1920 to
1898, inclusive, they paid out more than nine and
one-haf billions in taxes, Overland ABOVE Wiia' 'neE
would have paid had they been without them In
1884 alone, according to the best estimates' ther
tax bill ran well over one billion dollars between
60 and 20 per cent of our aatomoblles are owned
bv persons with incomes of less than three thou-
sand dollars year.
The third argument against the tax is that 1t
,nts an oppressive burden upon the automotlVe and
petroleum industries at time when restoration OF
heir former prosperity is most essential to our eco
mamie RECOVERY. The automobile industry directly
employs more than 100000 persons normally
and, indirectly near 100000 more giving total
which amounts to about one-tenth of the gainfuy
smployed workers, of the nation.-Saturday Eve
hing POST is .nou, nr"res. "a the .I'i J
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GREEN AND COMMUNISM

S Senator Capper, of Kansas, made the alarming
statement in speech against crime and Commun-
ism under the auspices of the United States Flag
association that Communists and other radicals are
spending $6,000Q0Q,as year to- pndGiegmlne ana
finally destroythef American system Of government.
The fact that Communists have been at work
in this country, for years is undeniable- and that
their activities have increased during the depres-
sion also is true, but it is news to those who have
not had the opportunity to- investigate to, be told
that the enormous sum mentioned by the Kansas
senator is being annually spent by them.
sour system of govern naents not perfect SAID
Senator Capper, nothing in this world is but as a
whole it has, worked remarkably we'll, Instead OF
foosbly even considering changing it, let US wisely
devote our time and energy TO 'perfecting 1T.
A few days ago President Green, of the Amer'-
can Federation of Labors sounded a warming against
the inftration of Communists into the ranks OF Ia
bor He intimated that the organization would be
obliged to start a house cleaning. That Commun-
ism has found an entrance into certain labor unions
is well known but it also is known that the large
majority of union men are unalterably opposed to
it. 1t will be for that majority to start from within
and purge the organization of these men who would
introduce in the United States the methods and
policies of the Soviet.
Communism has made its greatest strides in Rus
STA where the people have been abused and brow
beaten by government for centuries. When the
Czarist regime was overthrown the masses released
from their bonds and utterly ignorant of govern
ment were easily led by visionary, clever and de-
signing men into another form of bondage.
The greatest safeguard for the United States
against Communism is that the people have enjoy-
ed unrestricted freedom ever since the settlement
of the country. They have been able to come and
90 as they pleased, to engage in business they
desired, to worship according to dictates of con-
science Having enjoyed these privileges they will
not be willing to sacrifice them and substitute q
Fascist or Communistic form of government.
Nevertheless, the Communists have caused and
may continue to cause much unrest and uneasness
among those persons who, displeased with their
state, are willing to listen to the carefully planned
campaign of meddlers from abroad. Mr.. Green will
fnG ample sympathy outside the ranks of labor to
support him, in his efforts to drive Communism
from the ranks of his rganization.-Spartanburg
Herald. 49, go. :.-f :.
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~ - - 80. a..-1-, "a ID. oil.
JAMES HILL HOLMES

To wide circle in South Carolina the death Of
James Hill Holmes brings sorrow. In the years of
his business activity he made warm friends in many
places. They knew him as man of high charactec,
a devoted South Carolinian gentleman Of the old
school.
Always ready to do his duty as a citizen, he was
never in practical politics, his purpose being to
his town. his state and his country to the best
of his ability. In the World war Mr.. Holmes gave
Of his time and means in promotion of the Ameri-
can cause His circle of intimates esteemed him
for his steadfast friendship, his maintenance of
standards, his unfailing good humor-C Charleston
News and Courier
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BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
az RODNEY BUTCHER

,nese conferences are ana now
they operate.
Conferees are appointed to rec
oncile differences in more or less
similar bills which have been
passed by both Senate and House
The vice president and the speaker
appoint either three or five con-
ferees each and it doesn't make
much difference how many. as an
agreement requires signatures OF
a majority Of each group.
Agreements are usually a COM
promise in which the Senate re-
cedes on certain points and the
House on others. The agreements
are usually promptly ratified in
each body whereupon the bill
goes to the White House for sig
nature
Conferees are not supposed to
add new provisions to the meas
ure. but sometimes do as when,
two or three years ago-thanks
to power trust" lobbyists-con-
rerees shifted 3 per cent cleo
tricity tax from power companies
to consumers.
TT there's no agreement, the bill
l. just dies Because. of pro-
visions inserted by either Senate
or House and objectionable to the
other body's conferees and the
administration, the utility bank
ing economic security and IVA
legislation have all been more or
less seriously threatened with
strangulation in conference.
Administration leaders let the
Glass bill slip through the Senate
without fight, believing they could
get about what they wanted from
conference compromise"
If the banking conferees named
by Garner fail to concede enough,
the issue can be forced back on
the Senate floor for a vote.
After 90 days of inaction, it
is permissible to ask for appoint
ment. Of new sconferees.-. - :. ~ y
fcnnyrirht- 1895. NEA Service Incl
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POLITICIANS ARE oprIMisTs

There is one thing about the American politician.
He is bubbng with confidence in every measure
he advocates in congress and legislature. That is
to say, he says he is confident He looks upon all
sorts Of experiments panaceas for the ills of the
body polite. In Washington politicians are, Opt
msts in the face of rapidly increasing nationsl
debt and in the face of budgets which are sadly
out OF balance. .E....a
The politicians were confident, they said that the
'AAA schemes and policies would bring great bene-
fits to agriculture. The cotton farmer would profit.
SO would the breeder of swine, The consumer was
expected to pay mounting prices, with d smile, The
political, optimism has resulted in the Souths loss
of control of the world cotton market. But the
politicians are confident sssever-Charleston
News ana Courier a.
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Babies Mean Power


When Mussolini, Italy's dicta-
tor, began promoting the birth
of babies in already overpopulat-
ed Italy, it was plain to the stu
dents of government what he
was up to. .... ..-.
Mussolini isn't urging Italian
women to have babies because he
loves babies.
Every crop Of babies makes a.
certain number of men. Men
make soldiers. Soldiers make
war.
Mussolini has ambitions to be
dictator of more territory than
is now embraced by Italy. Ethio-
pia impresses Mussolini as a good
starting point.
Rumors Of fabulous wealth
come from Ethiopia. That would
come in handy in extending Mus
solini's Iutocratic power. Be-
sides, MusSolinia has sense
enough to know that a dictator
will eventually lose out unless he
constantly increases his power.
And he knows that to prevent
people from turning on him, he
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-08
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service STAFF Correspondent

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
Observation-Disclosures has a
w quaint way of passing bills
md then sending them into con-
terence in the hands of men who
will kill them if they can.
Lately this practice has been
confined to the House. Vice
President Garner staunch sup
porter of the administration, de-
cided he wouldn't appoint any
more Senate conferees who
weren't in sympathy with the bill
On which they must deliberate
Selecting five conferees to meet
with the Senate group on the
holding company bill. Speaker Joe
Byrns included two Republican
congressman who had voted
against the bill-Holmes of
Massachusetts and Cooper of
Ohio
Then when George Huddleston
81 Alabama. Democratic House con.
!eree. objected to the presence as
Senate, counsel of the two LAWYERS
who drafted the bill-Ben Cohen nj
The National Power Policy Com.
mittee and Dozier De Vane of the
Federal Power Commission - he
was able to get the eager support
81 Holmes and Cooper who didn't
care how long the bill was held I'm
and would have been happy If it
could have been stalled until il
lied with adjournment of Congress-
A LOT of monkey business is
sometimes perpetrated after a
bill has gone to conference. I"
Since large COB of the Roose-
welt program and some of its most
controversial points have ,lately
. been before conference commit
tees-including the utilities.
banking. and economic. security
measures as we'll as the IVA and
AAA amendments-itr is a good
'oea to have in mind lust what
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-08

THE integrity that was China.
for more than 1000 years was
symbolized by the unique wall thai
lined its northern border. Today
both China's steadfastness and thai
wall, which has been called the
eighth wonder Of the world" are
pierced by Japanese imperialism.
Once it had been started. in an
effort to keep out marauding in.
vaders from the north. the wall
rose almost to completion of fits
l5OO-mile length under the drivine
power of the Emperor Chin Shin
Huang Ii about the third century
3. c. 1t received its final addition
however, only 300 years ago.
Some OF the stamps Of China, as
Shown below, give clear picture
Of this wall, a line of masonry
about % feet high and 20 feet wide
crossing valleys and mountains re-
CARELESS of the difficult terrain.
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CARD Or THANKS

We wish to thank aH..
friends for all the faith"
ness and love shown om
daughter and sister. Ess. |
her long illness and deaf, 4
her last days it wa. he. : /,
wish that al hen. acror....
sincerely thanked TO. r.
her flowers and foods fr-'
to time. This was often ,...
of her talk. and We wish -.
known to her many f".rl
was constantly reminded q.
friendship by the aapos,,,
dinners, candle. and 2 .1S
roomful Of lovely flowers !
preciate all.
MR.. AND MRS. !. B. m
AND FANr
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HOLLYWOOD
FILM SHOP
By LEO BARON
United Press Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD. (UP).-George
Barber and Carrie Thatcher have
a formula for married life that
thew think will stand up even III
HOLLYWOOD. They say they have
followed it for years, enabling
them to rank as screendom's long
est-married couple. ,
Mrs. Barber, a descendant OF
Steamboat Builder Robert RuItor,
eloped with Barber many years
ago-how many neither will say
Both went on the stage-Barbler
to become the original Hunchback
of Notre Dame. They came TO
HOLLYWOOD four years ago.
Here's Mrs. BARRIERS prescrlp-
ton for all wives;
|. Never interrupt your nus
band while he is reading the news
paper. True love can't stand IN
terruptiOn.
2. Don't contradict his firm
opinion unless you can follow
through with a logical argument.
It's q mans failing to believe his
own opinions are the only ones
that pack their own weight.
8. Don't ever cook him a new
dish and then stand over him, dar-
ing him to make a face or COM
plain. A woman must be humble
and contrite about her cooking.
4. Follow these rules and your
marriage should last forever, even
in Hollywood.
BARRIERS advice to husbands is
this: 49,.
/. Be the man of the house.
. VICAR an umbrella when you
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-08

NEWSPAPERS OPINION

THAr cAsoLiN tx

The federal tax on gasoline is an unwarranted
levy. It-was originally intended only as tempoy-
airy measure of an emergency character and it was
written into the bill with honest reluctance. In
deed, the report of the finance committee of May
10, 1898, came out ffat-footedly and said: Your
committee is of the opinion that the gasoline tax
should pc reserved for the states after June so,
1884" -. . =. -.
Committees and subcommittee in the house took
the same stand, The chairman of the committee ON
way%sss MEANS Nj. DSaghtpa, expressed the re
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-08
FARM-CTTY CONFLICT FLARES UP
AGAIN --
CBy BRUCE CATION


One of the oldest of all problems, how To
reconcile the interests of men who!work on
farms and those who work in factories, is
coming to the front again. '.
Each group depends on the other, each
buys the products of the other, and you
would think their interests would be the
same But there has been, and is today,
definite conflict of interests. s." u. p ''
The current legal attack by professors
on the AAA is the thing that has brought
the Question into relief. Here is a law tax
ing tue consumer Through the professor
as colrect6ry to benefit farmers and give
them Ithe difference between low world
prices for farm products and the prices
that we believe an American standard re-
quires.
The big industrial professors and dis
tributors are now attacking this law as un-
constitutional Maybe it is Time and the
courts will tell.
&; But from Texas farmers, who have bene-
flied from the AAA program, comes a
counter-attack. "All right" say they, IF
you wreck the processing taxes which pro-
tect us from ruinous world competition,
then We'll go out to wreck the tariffs that
have protected you from world competi-
tion." ..... 3D.. -.'". -s.. '- '''.' ~
And of course the wages and Jobs %
American factory workers, as we'll as the
profits of the manufacturers, have been
protected by the tariff from foreign com,
petition ~" ..'s ...'
Thus the conflict. The farmers Nave al
ways paid higher prices for clothing and
tools, because they either paid the tariff
on the imported kind or paid to American
makers price equal to the foreign price
plus tariff. Now they say you city people
must pay prices for wheat and corn equal
to the foreign price plus processing tax
or else. b. -. Re-;
The difference between tariff and pro-
cessing tax is mainly this: the money col
lected in tariffs goes into the general treas
ary for the use Of ALL The money from
processing taxes is paid directly to farmers
for reducing crops. Thus there is appar-
emily difference in their standing before
the Constitution.
Buslfarmers are less interested in that
than in the simple give-and-take aspect OF
the proposition. They literally believe that
what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander. t- -. r,.g.-. F.
This is the essence of the problem al
stake in the present wave of professor suits
against the AAA, and in the counter-attack
on industry starting in Texas.
The supreme court decision on MIRA and
its Forthcoming decision on AAA may leave
the essential problem untouched, except
for broader study of it than the Amer,
can people have ever given it before.
= ..ss|,- -. =. ~.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-08
RIVER TO BE IMPROVED

BRULE, Wis. (UP).-Improve-
ment of the Brule river here,
where former President Calvin
Coolidge spent summer vacation
fishing, is planed on basis of Il
botanical and chemical analysis
and survey made in cooperation
with the Wisconsin conservation
department.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-08
DEER SPREADS HAVOC

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (UP).---
Mill employees and police joined in
wild chase after a young deer
which apparently swan across the
Acushner river from a wooded
section to the mill yard. Several
windows were broken and the lawn
uprooted before the animal was
CAPTURED.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-08
TURTLES oBSTRurr

COUNCIL BLUFFS
Turtles nearly STONED H. Z, 4,
of draining the mur;c;,',.1,s
ming pool here prclhaio..,,es. 2
struction work. Larga . a o
plate, they crawlcG nv, q, (.
inch outlet and snnnpr5 y
cacies washed their v,,. 100!
the flow. In a snr ~, ~ I
stretch the pool fer oo,.. a.
foot. al
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leave the Church. 90 =
last of the rice on, or 5 ~, /.
other day. J Wy &c,
He has no fool-rroot
guide husbands on Prio ','n
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III BIBLE THOUGHT

]. Intensive living. ,nI
if MORE ABUNDANTLY'' John 1O:lo).
Tfs above the common-an overlooking life
2. Extensive looking.
Look on the fields (John 4:S4. #.,
..Tbe field is the world" Matt 1889.
3. Expensive giving. --. .,t.t.....
"Tbev gave their OWN SELVES" q Cor.
2.s). Giving self to God is all inclusive and most
EXPENSIVE. These are three vital elements in the
true Christian life and the reality of aoChrstiaa
profession may be questioned where these char
aeteristics are not found.-Dr W. S. Martin ;oi
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-08
STROLLING THROUGH LIFE
By WECKES WAMBOLDT

Lord Baden-Powell says that
the average modern boy can not
see more than so yards on &C
count of living in city, and
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-08

must keep them interested and
entertained. =,
There is one thing that will
always keep the attention of a
nation off it's own annoyanccs
and troubles - WAR - and war
consumes men.
Hence, Mussolini's deep inter
est in babies.
Bear your babies, Italian wo-
men. Nurture them tenderly,
bring them carefully to maturity.
Mussolini will need them one Of
these DAYS.
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What a Comma Can Do


William Shakespeare makes
one of his characters in Hamlet
say:
. "There is a divinity that shapes
our ends, rough-hew them how
I'VE will.
s Mr.. So-and-So says that the
line would better express the
feelings of today Of a lot of US
Americans if it were punctuated
thus:
"There is a divinity that shapes
our ends rough-hew them how
we will.
According to Advertisement
There is no sense nowadays in
any woman's not being an en-
chanting beauty. All she has to
do is to buy, beg, or steal, three
five-cent cakes of So-and-So's
soap, and within three weeks she
will be a dream Of allover lowell
ness.
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'lHen and Maria"

HGII a no NIdEld
What is puz-
cling some folks
is why some add
mirer of Gen.
Chas. G. Dawes
has not named a
baby Helen Ma
ria.
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WHAT he WANTS

The president should be happy, contented in
aviduai, for once upon tine he said he welcomed
constructive criticism eiankp6hs Star.
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Edneyville. N. c.
August 7, 1885

Edneyvllle, n. L.
August 7, 1885
Editor, The Times-News,
Dear Sir:
wish to state through your
paper, and for the purpose that
our tax collector might see the
mistake he has made in advertis-
ing the tax payers.
The taxes Of Jacob L. Hill have
been paid. l have my receipts,
both for Edneyville and Blue
Ridge. 1884 taxes, and the check
also with Mr.. Ballenger's endorse
ment.
1t is a very embarrassing posi-
ton to be placed so that the pub
lie would believe | have been care
less enough to allow our land to
be advertised.
So | am ready now and waiting
for the sale.
Respectfully,
MRS. JACOB l.. HILL.
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

NOTE-No unsigned COM
munications are published by
The Times-News. All letters
must be signed with the real
name of the author. No COM
munications signed with a fic-
titiors name will be published.
EDITOR
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having no Oc-
caSion to de-
velop far-Vision.
Now viii some
body please eX-
plain why the
L h i n O C eros is
near sighted.