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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-28
FEAR OF sPoILS. HALTS CHANGE II
BASIC LAW ~:sa 49,,
CBy BRUCE CATION

(By bhOSCA SEniAS-'
The American people have an odd little
habit of carrying on earnest public discus
sions without ever mentioning one OF the
most potent issues at stake. .... ..
If we presently get into an argument
over whether we should amend the Constr
tuition, it is fairly safe bet that one OF
the urinary considerations will be passed
over in silence. e..
This primary consideration is the pOlltl-
cian-the kind of politician who rates the
adjective petty" In any discussion Oh
constitutional change. he is the Ethiopian
in the wOodpie, the joker in the deck He's
on everybody's mind, but nobody brings
him into the open. ... ....@
We are going TO hear good deal about
the need of a constitutional amendment
that would give the federal government
power to do some of the things which the
supreme court has recently said that it can
not do. Before he hears any of the argu-
mentS on this proposition, the ordinary
American tends to be deeply diStrustful OF
it. And the reason for his distruSt is the
politician.
Lay aside, for the moment, the question
whether such amendment is vitality need
ed, and consider what its first and most OBJ
vious effect would be-namely, TO increase
enormously the power Of the federal gov
eminent. That naturally would mean a
vast increase in the number of government
job-holders "a permanent, frorn-now-on
increase, ours through rain or shine,
through sickness or health, to cherish for
ever. -,-
Those jobs would be permanent, but the
job-holdets wouldn't. They would be
named by and for politicians, and there
would be housecleaning every time there
was new administration in Washington,
The bulk of them wouldn't be much
good. They might know how to carry
precinct K in ward for Congressman
Whoozis, but what they would know about
the administration. Of coal, mines or the
handling of farm SURPRISES you could put
in your Aunt Minnie'S left eye. ..,~ ..
That is the sort of thing that sticks in
the average Americans craw He thinks
of it, subconsciously, when this .constitu-
tional amendment is discussed He may
not talk about it, but he doesn't forget it
and he shouldn't forget it. .. ......
What it comes down to, then, is the SIM
pie fact that, before we can give our fed.
eral government new powers and respon,
slblhtieS, we must do away with spoils poll
ties. In its army, its navy, and its technical
services, the government employs thousands
OF men as single-minded, as efficient, and
as enthusiastically competent as any in
private industry. The same could be said
OF all its departments if the spoils-hunter
could be chased out. ....,
Congressman Disney of Oklahoma re.
Gently introduced bill to set up q great
training school for civil appointees to gov.
eminent jobs. He envisages government
service ruled by the same high standards
that now obtain in the military forces.
And That, Or something very much like
IT, must De the prelude to- any permanent
extension of the governments functions.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-28

asked which OF
the criminals at
large he raJed rs
public enemy No.
One.
eve don't ia t.
the yellow rats
replied Nh. Hoo
yer. But if you
ask me, public
enemy No. / is
Old Man Poll
tics"
j. Edgar Hoo
yer IS known to
be a brave. nan
and one of the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-28
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Wait
q
Minute,
Please
MRS. w. r. KIRK REPORTS
By
Noah
Hollowell

that there is sufficient profu-
sion Of roses of various cuIors ana
kinds at Woodfields in Flat Rock
to justify visit to the p'acv.
Mrs. Kirk feels certain that Mrs.
Annie D. Martin would welcome
admirers of the flowers to the
grounds, which are south Of the
Flat Rock school, on the west side
of the road and approached 10y
two driveways.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-28
iJY RODNEY DUIGHER
NEA Service STAFF Correspondent


WESTINGHOUSE thing be-
w comes clearer as the CAM
paign begins to crystalline
there will be no united Third
Party movement this year in the
sense of a big Farmer-Labor or
Progressive coalition.
The Commonwealth movement
of Representative Amlie has got
ten nowhere. The proposed Huey
Long-Coughlin-T Townsend union is
too late to be a factor. The Farm
er-Labor and progressive groups
of Wisconsin and Minnesota have
not even been able to get to-
gether with each other. The Com
muniSt effort to unite radical
parties in a combined cleft"
movement seems doomed to fail
ure. True, they may support the
Socialist candidate with the same
kiss of death that almost ruined
Dan Hoan in Milwaukee, but even
that now seems unlikely.
= Labor as a whole has SHE'D
away from labor party as such,
though no one can deny its greater
interest in direct political action
and the fact that a labor party
for 1910 looms larger and larger
as each month passes.
i = 1:
RUT the fact that labor will not
- have party as such does not
mean that it will not carry great
weight in the election this fall.
Here's how: certainly two Of the
critical states, with 80 electoral
votes between them Ga factor in
total of 53l) are New York and
Pennsylvania.
In the latter state, the United
Mine Workers are very, str-ng,
Iand Il is expected that john IseWis
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-28

The mother of that Los Angeles baby
who has been smoking for year must be
mighty proud. Imagine having child who
can blow cute rings for the company.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-28

Joan BiondeA is troubled about her con-
stantly surprised look. Undoubtedly, the
same trouble affliets the voters who elect
ed fioncheek. s,.- So. !. Z,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-28
CAPTURE Hi. iO

THE Germans were approaching
ArraS, when the French COM
mand decided TO break the enemy
lines and force a retreat. On May
3, 1915, the counterattack began.
The objective being Hill 140." five
kilometerS away; and the brIint OF
The fighting fell upon volunteer
legion Of Bohemian patriots, called
the NaZdar.
almost at the beginning of the
fighting, the Nazdar legion lost its
commander, then its standard
bearer, then some of the best OF
its men. But in 80 minutes, Hill
lao was captured, and the first
great step toward Czechoslovakiar
Independence was taken.
On this battlefield today stands
a majestic monument dedicated to
the memory of the Czechoslova-
khan patriots who died there. This
monument appears on the stamp
shown here, one Of two issued in
1855, on the Goth anniversary OF
this great battle. ....
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-28

DIS L TX E TO SEE a
freight train high hat Henderson,
vile and go roaring through even
without ii stop for a drink Of w
ter. 1t makes IrendcrsonvilIc seem
too hick-towny.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-28

Prof Tugwell opposes all forms of advertising.
1t does have its drawbacks For instance, asiyertis-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-28

Middle-class people are those
who wouldn't think of living in
one room unless it Z fastened be-
hind an automobile.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-28

improving rapidly, friends regret
to note.
Mrs. Helen Williams and niece.
Miss Lois Mahaffy, Of Chica~o.
have returned home after visit
with the latter's mother, Mrs. +.
J. Cairnes and other relatives. !
Miss Sally Green Allison o.
Biltmore spent the weekend a
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. 7. Allison.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-28

IN DESCRIBING MRS. FRANK
RandaIl's flowers. | overlooked
naming the three rose bushes at
her home near the corner Of md
and Washington street, which ar"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-28
LET'S BACK HIM UP
Rv WICKEy WAMBOLDT

After ]. Edgar Hoover and his iSlat
men had captured the unSpeakable II
Alvin Karpis, Nh Hoover was enot
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-03
COTTON MILLS MOVE
IN NEXT TEN DAYS
Offices To Be Transferred to South
Henderson Soon as Quarters
Are Ready

Transfer of the general offices of
the Henderson and Harriet Cotton
Mills corporations from the Mont
gomery street quarters to the new
suites at the Harriet mills will be eff
fected probably the latter part of
next week, or. as soon as the new
place is fully renovated and outfit
ted for the purpose.
The mills have maintained their Of
fices in the present quarters on
Montgomery street. which they own,
for some 25 or 80 years. More con-
venience and closer proximity to at
least one of the group of factories
will result from the transfer, it is
stated. The present offices will be
occupied by the Henderson 1920 Club
after September Is, and Rose Gin &
Supply Company will move in after
January 1.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-03

lite during August, the sharpest in
creases being in foods and textiles
General business, which was a bit
uncertain early last month, has re-
sumed the upward trend which be-
gan about April 1st
September begins with the country's
steel mills buster than at any time
since June, 1880, and with the trend
sun strongly upward. Six years ago
at this season production had enter
ed upon the decline which was to
carry it to a record low rate in 1892
The months cut of soft wood lum-
Der passed the May peak. Shipments
shrank a little but orders continued
to pile up. Car loadings continued to
increase, as they have since Feb
ruary. Electric power production was
off very little from Julys all-time
peak. Soft Goa production was Almost
at July levels. Sales of new auto
mobiles were substantially anger than
in August 1885,
Fedora relief expenditures last year
exceeded federal revenue in thirty
eight states of the Union. Only in
Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Ken
lucky, Michigan, New jersey New
York, North Carolina, Rhode Island
and Virginia did federal tax collec-
lions pass Emergency Relief and
Works Progress disbursements Au-
gust dividend payments passed 281
millions. Interest payments were 1853
millions.
Despite drouth and crop curtail-
ment, the 1886 income of the nations
farmers will be considerably larger
than that of last year. Government
estimates indicate a total of 1900 mil
hon dollars as against 6943 millions
in 1895. The Pacific Coast and the
cotton states have been particularly
fortunate. Even in the Northwestern
States, which have been hit hardest
by lack of moisture, diversified farm
ing, and sales of dairy products, meat
animals and poultry-which now &C
count for rs percent Of the districts
farm income-have averted a major
disaster. The 1886 corn crop is the
smallest in fifty-five years. Total pro-
duction of feed grains is, however, 8
percent above that for the short year
1884, and the hay crop is up eleven
million tons. Cotton crop estimates
now run close to II 1-2 million bales,
the yield being better than average
except in Virginia, the Caroinas and
Oklahoma
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-03
Moors Lead Charges
Of Rebel Band
(Co,oAinn1nd frnrnn Dnnrn GNx,n
Continued from Page One.)

government rifemen spotted the Moor
ish soldiers, who carried rifles strap
ped to their backs and a hand gren-
ade clutched in each hand. The gren-
AIDES were hurled through windows
into houses where government ma
chine gunners hid.
A dozen MoorS rushed the first
house by the side of the road and
disappeared inside despite a machine
gun trained directly on them from an
upper window.
Thirty seconds later the guns Stop
ped firing and the Moors re-appeared
to advance to the next government
post.
Fifty feet from the house the
Moors tossed hand grenades through
the windows.
When the smoke cleared govern
ment gunners were still at their posts
but some of them hung half out of
the windows with their legs and arms
blown off.
Anarchists were in charge Of the
desperate government defenses, and
until the Moors were thrown against
them they were able to block the
rebel advance.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-03
HEAT, DROUGHT NOT
HALT TO BUSINESS
Months Total Is Percent
Above August Last Year
Reports Show

Following is the monthly review of
business by Citizens Bank & Trust
Company:
Augustus heat and drought have
failed to check the increase in retail
sales which began before Easter. AL
Though final figures for the month
are not yet available, it now appears
that the months total will run IS
percent above that for 1885 Even in
the drouth regions dollar volume has
expanded steadily. Price levels rose 4
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-03
HAPPY RELIEF
FROM Painful
BACKACHE
Caused by Tired kidney.

.. Many of those gnawing naggins, painful
are often caused b Vi1 tred On colds or strains
be believed when treated in the right wa ,u AiAy
The Kidneys are Natures chief wav of fsL;n-
excess acids and poisonous waste Out IT. Of tb.
Ctooa' MOST people pass about 3 pints a day or
the 10 miles of kidney tubes and filter.
don't work well, poisonous waste matter stons
IN the blood; These .posons may start nas 9SS
. psSkacneS rheumatic pains lumbago leg pains,
ling, putiiness under the eyes, Headaches |a and
dizziness. a N0' anu
-. Don't wait! Ask your druggist for Doan's
rms. used successfully by millions for over 40
years; ahey give happy relief and will help the
waste from the blood Get Doan's Pills. ''OO'S
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-03
Must Save Resources
Or Perish
Continued from Page One)

tional planning for the Forthcoming
world power conference.
w. S. Finlay, Jr., president of the
Western Electric Company, discussing
planning in America, suggested that
damming streams for electric power
may result in economic distress, if
all facts are not developed in advance.
Stuart Chase, economist, cited New
Deal agencies like the Tennessee Val
ley Authority, the Resettlement Ad-
nlinistration and the Public Works
Administration as examples of con-
structive work going forward in
America today"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-03
With the Sick
Mrs. Wester Improved.

Mrs. John Lee Wester, who has
been ill at her home on Belle street,
was reported improved today.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-03
Mrs. Sprinkle Improving

Mrs. Reginald Sprinkle, who re-
Gently underwent an operation in Ra-
leigh, is improving at her home on
Granite street.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-03
Rev. Rankin Improved.

Rev. S. M. Rankin was reported i'm
proved at his home in Greensboro to-
day. He is the brother of J. r. RAM
kin, of this city.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-03

Our character formed by habit is
the present state of our will and
morally makes us what we are.
Smyrna times., 1936-07-16

tho Warner picture, is one of the
e,,rniest comedies brought to the
screen in many a long day. War
80 Rros. have a knack of selecting
unusual plots and unique situations
and "We're In The Money" is one
~ the most unique and unusual OF
+hapo all. Almost every situation
t,ro,,oht chuckles or riotous laughs,
r1b;le the romantic angle won the
sympathy of the audience when it
could stop laughing long enough.
Wednesday-Thursday-A spark
ling vivid new Jean Harlow, who
wiII be seen for the first time on
tbe screen in 'Riffraff." She was
dazzling as a platinum blonde, but
lean is even more lovely as a
obrownette," the new hair color
she has adopted for the virile and
sweepingly powerful role which
oives her the greatest dramatic
opportunity of her career. JeGn
likes her new hair 50 well she is
going to keep it, and only hopes
her fans will like her as well, if not
better. Starring with Jean in this
vital story of stormy romance on
the waterfront is Spencer Tracy,
who has never given a finer per-
formance than he does as her two
listed, staggering sweetheart.
Smyrna times., 1936-07-16
OFFICE BUILDING, DOVER
Citizens Pleased That Equitable
Life Ins. Co. Is to Erect One

Many expressions of pleasure
and qualification in the Dover
area, says the Delaware State
News, "that plans have been COM
pleted for the erection of a new
Office building in this community
by the Equitable Life Insurance
Company of Washington, DC. Ac-
cording to the plans, the new build
ing. which is to be erected on the
East Loockerman street plaza,
will house various departments of
the company which conducts an
extensive insurance business in
this section. 1t will be the first
non governmental structure erect
ed on the Loockerman street plaza
and its construction is expected to
result in the construction of other
buildingsc in this area. All of
which adds to the momentum of
Dover's 1886 building boom, al
ready approximately the size and
Importance of the boom which was
interrupted by the depression
which followed the 1929 stock
market crash. The tune of the
hammer and saw is again becom-
ing familiar to Dover residents and
sweet music it is to all of us"
Smyrna times., 1936-07-16
Three Escape Auto Fire

Mrs. Brooks Marvel, her baby,
and her mother, Mrs. John S. Smith
escaped injury Monday of last
week when the automobile in
which they were riding from Sea
ford to Dagsboro, caught fire. They
got out of the car after smelling
smoke and a moment later the
gasoline in the tank exploded Two
men working nearby heard the ex-
plosion and ran TO the women's as
sistance. Blades firemen were sum-
moned, and the fire was extin-
guished before the car was de-
stroyed.
Smyrna times., 1936-07-16
Jungle Beasts Are Less
Dangerous Than Captive

Houston, Texas.-Hans Nagel, di-
minutive curator Of the Houston
zoo. says stalking wild animals in
the jungles Of the world Is a tame
job compared with that Of keeping
them In captivity.
From 1904 to 1912 Nagel roamed
the jungles Of Africa In search Of
reptiles, beasts and rare fowls for
ZOOS. And in those eight years he
met with accident only once an
infuriated lioness Iacerated his leg,
but not seriously.
But wild life in cages-thats
different story. one that has meant
hospitals and suffering to Nagel. He
bears scars from head to foot.
A boa constructor once almost
squeezed the life out Of the cura-
tor. Caesar, the zoo lion, bit him
through the shoulder. A stork dived
from the top of the bird cage and
knocked the little man unconscious.
Rattlesnakes have bitten Nagel
louA llIuCo. ~ hduSdIOO has hlCheu
him to the ground and bitten his
arms.
Civet cats, lobo wolves, kinkajous
and monkeys have gashed his hands
and arms. Bobcats and hyenas have
attacked him. Elephants have trod
on his feet.
'Big Jim," largest of the zoos al
ligators, sent Nagel to the hospital
for 105 days In 1928 when the cura-
tor sought to halt the saurian's es-
cape.
But the zebra dealt Nagel his
most painful injury. The animal
kicked him on the right knee. Ma
gel spent four months in the hos
pital and was forced to use crutches
for many more months.
Smyrna times., 1936-07-16

aid the old age pension plan in this
state. The grant, it was announc-
ed, is for the quarter, July 1st
through September 30th, 1886.
Grants totaling S622,343.53 were
made in Washington by the board
Wednesday to New Jersey, Della
ware, Wyoming, and Vermont.
There was no other social security
grant made Delaware, except for
old age pensions.
Smyrna times., 1936-07-16
NO LOSSES BY
RIGID AIR LINES
All Passengers Landed Safe
Iy Even in Zeppelin's
Early Days
100000 WERE CARRIED

Washington.-Since Count Zeppe-
crude small craft, around the turn
OF the century, no single passen-
ger has been lost in commercial
airship service and about 100000
have been carried, including those
on short sightseeing hops here and
abroad. An airship, the Graf Zep-
pelin. has circled the world in q
days, and another, the Norge,
crossed the North pole.
On the debit side of the ledger
stand the spectacular losses of
huge military and experimental
ships.
The British started on an ambi-
tious airship construction program
of their own. The ZR-2, which had
been purchased by the United
States, fell into the Humber river,
just as it was about to be deliv-
cred in August, 1921, ca ssing the
death of "a persons. The R-34,
which had electrified the world by
her crossing the North Atlantic
in July, 1919, under command Of
Major G. I'll. Scott in 63 hours, to
blaze that trail for lighter -than-air
craft, was blown to pieces in a
gale while mOored at her mast at
Howden, in January, of that year.
Fortunately, no one was on board.
Crashed Into Hill.
The RICO, first of two proud
{ 100000 cubic foot ships to fly for
, England, made the North Atlantic
round trip in 1890, crossing to Can
ada and return. In October Of that
year her sister ship, R-101. crashed
into a hill at Beauvais, France,
when on a demonstration flight to
India and 46 British officers and
men, including some of the aviation
leaders of the empire, were killed.
Smyrna times., 1936-07-16

In Decembc., 1923, the French
suffered the loss of 81 lives in the
crash of the Dixmude off the ST.
Gillian coast while she was on her
way to Africa.
The Italia, carrying General Um-
berto Mobile and fellOw-explorers,
fell during a flight to the North
pole in May, 1928. and eight per-
sons were killed.
In the United States the record
of losses has been even greater.
The Roma. built in Italy but assem-
bled in this country and under test
for the United States army. dived
out of control when rudder cable
broke at an altitude of 1000 feet,
fell into high-tension wires and "a
lives were lost in the resultant fire.
In September. 1925. the ZR-1. the
Shenandoah. in commission for the
navy, broke in two during squall
near Caldwell. Ohio. and IA were
! killed
Akron and Macon.
The Akron, first Of the two $780,
0O0-cubic-foot airships built for the
navy by the Goodyear Zeppelin
corporation at Akron, in the worlds
largest building. was christened
August 8, 1881, and commissioned
October 81 On April 4. 1888. caught
in severe squalls off the New Jer-
sey coast, she broke in the sea and
was lost There were only three
survivors.
Less than three weeks later her
sister ship, the Macon, made her
maiden flight, staying up II hours
and giving an excellent account of
herself. But on February II. 1895.
she too was lost at sea, going down
in the Pacific off the California
coast. Fortunately. only two of its
company were lost.
On the favorable side of the ac-
count stand many fine flights by
rigid airships, however Both the
Akron and the Macon, while in COM
mission. made long flights, cross
ing the continent and flying along
the coast lines in ali sorts of
weather.
Meantime. abroad. the Graf Yep
pelin has been chiefly responsible
for the abiding faith which Ger
man experts and many American
authorities hold in lighter-than-air
craft
Smyrna times., 1936-07-16

in Talbot county to Max Miller, of
New York. This place has been
held for $4,000. Sale was made
by w. Clark Grieb, of Kent coun-
ty, Md.
Resident Judge Frank L. Speak
man last week announced appoint
ment of Harry B. Roberts of Odes-
sa, as a member of the board of
trustees of Odessa school, No. 81,
to succeed Emma R.Reynolds, who
asked to be relieved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Atwood, of
st. Georges, celebrated their SIND
wedding anniversary Tuesday of
last week. Relatives were present
at family dinner Mr. and Mrs.
Atwood have been residents of st.
Georges for the past IL years.
The Delaware City Fire Com
pany was called about TOO o'clock
Monday night of last week to the
farm of Herbert J. Morrow, near
Wrangle Hill, where for more than
two hours the company fought a
stubborn fire in hay stack. The
firemen prevented the blaze from
spreading to a barn about so feet
away and to a wooden barnyard
fence only about 25 feet away.
The decline of the sturgeon fish
ing industry in the Delaware River
in the past ten years can plainly be
shown by the decrease in the
pounds of sturgeon roe bought and
packed in Delaware City in recent
years. This past season witnessed
only two or three good roe sturg-
con caught and not more than $50
pounds of roe packed. During the
season of 1882, Joseph Anderson,
the single packer in that vicinity,
packed a total of 47O pounds.