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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-17

Middle Fork, S16.64; DO acres
Middle Fork, $2.78.
w. A. Pryor, 1913 acres noun
tain land, $11.S5; 249 acres Mid
die Fork, S27.29; 200 acres Mid
die Fork, SS.5S.
w. F. Pryor, ST., Is acres Mid
die Fork, 94c; Sc 1-2 acres noun
tain land, 1895; % acres Middle
Fork, 4Oc; % 1-2 acres Ditney
Mountain, $2.35; AZ 1-2 acres
Middle Fork, $3.50.
Mrs. Thomas j. Ramsour, l lot
Bat Cave Manor, S3e.
B. B. Reid, acres Middle Fork
Acc.
d. ]. Rhodes, 20 1-2 acres one
house mountain land, $1.03.
James Rhodes, A acres Bear
Wallow road, 1884.
Mrs. ]. W. Rhodes, 80 acres l
house near Mount Zion, $2.44.
Mrs. Leila Rhodes, 1 house and
lot Gerton, 12e.
Lee Rhodes, 8 acres 1 house
Edneyville, 1896.
Mrs. Paul Rhodes, 1 lot Bat
Cave, Soc.
w. v. Rhodes, 81 acres noun
tain land, $1.O5.
W. H. Hickman, 2 acres High
way No. 20, 1874.
Ray Rodgers, l lot, improve
ments, $1.3S.
Mrs. Arthur Rhodes Ruff, "a
acres l house off County road,
$7.24.
Mrs. Dorothy N. Sharp, Est,
SO 1-2 acres mountain land, S1.65.
w. A. Shimpock, 1 lot Bat
Cave Manor, Soc.
H. NJ. Smith, l lot Bat Cave
Manor, Soc.
R. H. Staples, 40 acres noun
tain land, s10.52.
State Trust Co., Guardian Dot
son Heirs, 1S acres Bat Cave,
$500.
B. P. Stepp, 169 acres house
Big Hungry, $13.08; 4 acres one
house Edneyville, $4.66.
d. r. Stepp, 70 acres Point
Lookout, S6.15.
G. " Stepp, Sc 1-2 acres one
house mountain land, $12.65.
DR.. Julia LaSalle Stevenson, 8
acres 1 house Edneyville, S9.S7.
j. Gordon Sumsrau, lot Ed
NEVILLE, 6Se.
Mrs. C. D. Sumner, l house and
Iot Rat Gave So so
]. NJ. Summer, l lot Bat Cave,
sec.
W. H. Sumner and C. N. Wren
shall, so acres Wilson tract, $3.50.
C. L. Suttles, 2 1-2 acres High
way No. 20, 29c; 1-2 acre High
way No. 20, $2.S5.
L. S. Suttles, 1-2 acre Highway
No. 20, S4.63.
o. F. Suttles, 5 acres off High
way No. 20, S6.S8.
A. H. Tumblin, ga acre and
improvements Hickory Nut Gap,
$685..
James Turbyfill, 1 lot Bat Cave
42c.
]. o. Wall, 81 acres Bear Wal
low road, $10.76.
NJ. NJ. and W. S. Wall, AZ acres
SEAS. 20
o. P. Whitaker, 90 1-2 acres 1
house Mountain Home, S5.12.
]. H. Williams, 1S9 acres one
house Sugar Loaf road, S16.S2.
S. ]. Williams, 10 acres Middle
Fork, $1.24.
Jessie B. Wilson, heirs, 1 lot
Slick Rock, SEC.
j. R. Wilson, so acres Grassy
Creek, S3.41; 2 acres Bat Cave,
S5.78.
D. C. Wright, heirs, lot Bat
Cave, See.
Miss Kathleen R. Young, 8
acres mountain land, 1896.
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Willard Brothers, l. house and
lot Lake, Summit, $4.73. . .-
Mrs. E. R. Wilson, 1-2 acre
Lake Summit subdivision, $1.02.
R. c. Wilson, II acres Spar
tanburg road, $1.39.
]. H. Yelton, lots Rocky Gorge
SAC.
Mrs. Nell Yelton, 70 acres two
houses Tuxedo, $500.
DELINQUENT
Mary K. homestead, 10 lots 2
1-2 acres Lake Summit, $5.6S.
]. D. Bowen, 6 1-2 acres Wood
land, SIC. s - ....'
Thomas B.. Butler, 6S acres
Guice land, S3.03.
J..H. Glover, lot Green River,
75c.
R. NJ. Hanna and Chesholm, 10
acres Green River, SIC.
W. A. Harevin, 7 lots Green
River, 1928.
John J. Jackson, trustee, min
ing rights and mineral concessions
on 900 acres Green River, $3.50.
A. o. Jones, Est, "a acres, l..
Baker property, 1928.
w. c. Miller, 2 lots Freeman
land, 75c.
]. C. Miller, Al lots Rocky
Gorge, $15.22.
William Moore, 4 4-1O acres
near Saluda, Use.
Mrs. Lula M. Pritchard, 4 lots
Green River, $1.49.
F. C. Putnam, 5 lots Rocky
Gorge, 3 lots Harling property,
1884.
R. H. Turner, l house and lot
Tuxedo, 1928.
B. C. Truluck, l lot Rhodes
land, 75c.
R. NJ. Hanna and Chesholm, 10
acres Green River, SIC.
w. A. Harevin, 7 lots Green
River, 1928.
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HooPERS CREEK TOWNSHIP

Mrs. Edith Anderson, 5 acres
home place, $500.
-. Hlllyard B. Atkins, Rec, 81
acres Naples, ,$S4.42. .
Glazener Bagwell, 1O4 acres
fletcher Route No. III $56,52.
). l.. Bagwell, 80 acres Couch
Mountain, $50.
W. c. Bagwell, l lot near Bun
combe county line, $14.93.
Mrs. j: E. Baldwin, l house and
lot Fletcher, $35.O2.
j. r. Baldwin, 8 acres Couch
Mountain, 1924.
L. L. Baldv in, Ia acres Fetch
er, $11.99.
Mrs. Muriel Joy Baldwin. 6S
acres Fletcher, $47.47. safgh ~,
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COLORED

Evans, heirs, 7 acres Buffers
bridge, $2.98.
Foster Gale, heirs, IL acres
Haywood road, $3.65.
Maria Leaks, 6 acres near But
ler's bridge, 2 acres Mills River,
$2.38. b..
Clingman Logan, IL acres Of
Ridge land, $40.
Henry Summey, Ia acres near
Haywood road, 1928.
S. B. Wheeler, 10 acres Butler
Estate, S1.S3.
James Williams, 1 acre near
Butler bridge, $1.18 bal.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22
NOTICE OF SALE

Whereas, default was made in
the payment Of the Indebtedness
secured by that mortgage deed
executed by J. C. Parker and
wife, s. Jane Parker. to Cuylei
Adams, dated February II, 1890,
recorded in Book 1913 at page 800,
Henderson County Registry, no.
ticc is hereby given that the UNI
dersigned Mortgagce under the
power Of sale therein granted,
will sell to the highest bidder for
cash at public auction at the
Court House door at Henderson
vile, North Carolina, on the 30th
day Of July, 1886, at ~ o'clock
noon, the land described in said
mortgage deed to-wit:
That certain piece or parcel of
land lying and being in Blue
Ridge Township, Henderson Coun-
ty, North Carolina; BEGINNING
at a stake at Collins corner in
j. G. Parker's line North Sc deg.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

ATTRACTIVE TOUR
FOR THE TOURISTS
Continued from page four)

Continued from page FOUR
by crossing the French Broad
river north of the Southern Rail
way passenger station in Ashe-
vile. About a mile and a half
from the bridge n. C. Highway
19l to the left is taken. The drive
is picturesque for several miles
up the French Broad. That sec
ton Of the drive in the French
Broad and Mills River valleys
about eight miles from Hender-
sOnville is one of the finest agri-
cultural districts in Western
North Carolina.
IN Ashevillc there are many at
fractions worth spending the day
to see.
The motorist will observe by
great contrast, the narrow, often
steep and winding streets of Ashe-
vile, where free parking space
will also he at a premium any
where in the business district.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22
GERTON

GERTON, July ga marsh
mallow toasting was given on Sat
urday evening by Miss Mary Sue
Bradley in honor of her cousin,
Miss Bcrnice Chapman, of Henri
eta.
Hiss Dorothy Nelson, who has
been visiting her aunt and uncle,
Mr and Mrs. Walter Stoner, left
for her home Friday.
Miss Thelma Scarcy, who spent
a week with her brother, James
Searcy, Of Fairview, has returned
home.
Miss Annie Searcy has accepted
a position in ASheville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harris and daugh-
ter, of Caroleen, Mrs. G. z. Brad
ley and sister, Mrs. f. H. Chap
man, motored to Recreation Park
Friday evening.
Miss Bernice Chapman, Of Hen
rietta, who spent the week with
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22
EXECUTORS NOTICE

Having qualified as executor Of
the estate Of S. E. Justus, de-
ceased, late of Henderson county,
n. c., this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate
of said deceased to exhibit them
to the undersigned at the office
of R. H. Station, attorney, in Hen
Jacksonville, n. c., on or before
the 10th day Of July, 1887, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons in
dcbtcd to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This 18th day of July, 1886.
Plato H. Justus, Executor.
7-S-Wed-6tp.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22
SWATTER DOWNS EAT

HEALDSBURG, Cal. (UP).-
Romeo Bcrchioli was awakened by
what appeared to be the over-zeal-
Gus EuzZing Of a fly. Surrepti-
tiously, in the darkness, he got a
fly swattcr and when the buZzing
came his way again. he swatted.
The victim proved to be a full
sized bat with wing spread of II
inches.
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rs. Thomas Laycock here Sun

Ms. Thomas Laycock here Sum
day.
V. A. byers was visitor at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hicks
Jones here Sunday.
p. +. Mccall of Upward, spent
Sunday night with Mr.. and Mrs.
J. F. Young Of this place.
Miss Aretta Master was a visi-
tor at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gather Pace Sunday.
The good showers of rain that
have been falling this week have
been very fine for the farmers
and the crops here are looking
fine.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

TOURISTS are rolling in. Do
they know where to find that
nice vacant room at reasonable
price? A for rent adv, -
words, would cost only 26c
and 13c for each subsequent
insertion. It's worth trying.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

MissMaYy Sue Bradley, has re-
turned home.
Mrs. Walter Stoncr, Mrs. Fay
Wall and Mrs. Laurence Huntley
mctorcd to Ashevillc one day last
week.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

R. T. DRAKE on Route No. 2,
Hendersonville, is getting ma
terial for his new home from
us. Why not let us supply you?
Rigby Morrow Co., Lumber,
Builders Supplies, MiIlwork:
Fourth avenue east. Phone 81
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

ARTISTS will find here a supply
of water color outfits, show
card cOlors, crow quill steel
pens, oil colOrs, drawing tab
lets, brushes, etc. Barber
Book Shareholders Art Gal
lery.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

SPECIAL SALE on kitchen cabi-
nets with all latest improve
ments for only $685.. 81
pieces china free. Reliable
Furniture Co., opposite court
house.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22
EAST BLUE RIDGE

EAST BLUE RIDGE, July %.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jean Merrell spent
Sunday afternoon with Miss Mol
lie Prince and mother of this
place.
Miss Lcota Lively who has been
working in Washington, D. c., fol
some time has returned to hel
home here.
Lath Williams of Point Lookout.
spent Sunday night with Mr.. and
Mrs. T. A. Young.
Messrs. Horace Gillian, and
Kelce Harvey of this place, We're
guests of Misses Gertrude and
Robena Stcpp Of Fruitland, Sat
urday.
Mrs. Alice jackson of Flat
Rock, spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. T. II. J. Hyder of
this place.
Lee Frisbce was a visitor of
Tommy Young Sunday afternoon.
T. H. J. Hyder Of this place,
had the misfortune of losing a
fine hog recently.
Eli Sumner Of Fruitland, was a
visitor in this community Satur-
day afternoon.
John Morris of Big Hungry,
called at the home of Mr.. and
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22
PATRICIAN HARDWARE in all

latest designs to make your
home more attractive. See us
for builders hardware, plumb
ing and interior decorating and
painting. Phone 100 and our
representative will call with a
complete line of samples. Hen
Jacksonville Hardware Co., Inc.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

VETERANS took advantage of
the help We extended pending
receipt OF their bonds. Others
preferred to wait until they
were in hand. Every facility of
our business is at your disposal.
Mllwork, lumber, paint, coal.
Hendersonville Supply & Coal
Co. Phone 500.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

SIMMONS Beautyrest Mattresses
The worlds best aid to SOUND,
refreshing sleep; S37 con
springs. Invest in health, tne
priceless possession. 81 weekly:
Bfunson Furniture Co.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22
l3-Merchandise

RUG MAKERS-We have a large
supply of fine white mercerized
looper clips and sock tops.
Louis Williams, 7th Ave. f. i
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22
I2-Radios and Service

COMPLETE line of radio batter
les and accessories. Midclty
Tire Co. Repair all makes. 4
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22
1S--Furnished Rooms

FOR RENT - Two lovely rooms
with private bath. Apply at AT
Ninth Ave. w.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

RCA VICTOR leads the world in
VALUE. No radio receiver can
equal the performance Of the
1887 RCA Yictors. See our win
dow for 1887 Models. BrunsOn
Furniture Co.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

MIAMI LODGE-Five miles south
of Hcndersonville on Green
vile highway. COzy cabins,
rooms and board. Meals at all
hours. Barbecue sandwiches,
chicken dinners.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

r Ado REVOLUTlONlZED-
RCA Victor instruments, Ma
gic Brain, Magic Eye, Magic
Voice, Metal Tubes. Call No. 6
for demonstration. Brunson
Furniture Co.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

STOMACH ULCER, gas pains, in
digestion victims, why suffer;
For quick relief get a free sam
pie of UDGA, a doctors pre-
Scription at Economy Drug
Store.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

LOANS-FHA will now finance
new construction. We invite
you to come in and get full de-
tails. We will be glad to assist
you in making out your apph-
cation. Hendersonville Supply
and Coal Co. Lumber, paint,
coal. Leuox Park. Phone 80O.*
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

WAMPOLE'S PREPARAT Q N,
Toe; pint Scuibb's mineral oil,
59c; pint Russian mineral oil,
zoe; Russell McPhail candies;
Eatou's stationery. Freeze Drug
COmDanY.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

RUNDRED9 CT PEOPLE are en-
Toying OscCola Lakes new
beach. One of the most modern
clubhouses in the CarolinGs.
Private lockers.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

SUMMER TIME is SPORT TIME:
We carry a complete line Of
tennis rackets and balls. Spe-
cial wholesale prices to camps
and schools. Phone 100 Hen
Jacksonville Hardware Co.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22
BY Williams

West 90 poles to a stake, Collins
corner in Harris line; thence
South 1 deg. West "a poles to a
stake in J. 2. Anders' line; thence
with his line South Sc deg. East
81 poles to a stake; thence North
4 deg. East 81 1-2 poles to the
beginning, containing Is 1-2 acres
more or less.
Being the same property here
tofore conveyed to the said j. c..
Parker on the 2Sth day of Sep
TENDER, 1908, by H. H. Reed and
wife, Frances Reed, and recorded
in the Register of Deeds Office
in and for Henderson County on
the 2Sth day of September, 1908,
in Deed Book 62, page "A.
This the 25th day of June,
1886.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22
10-Transportation
I1-Household Goods

FOR SALE AT SACRIFICE -
Piano and bench also Barvarian
China dinner set. Apply 322
Whitfield street.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22
SDecial Notices

HENDERSONVILLE In CIVIL
WAR TIMES, by Rev. n. Col
lin Hughes. On sale at Bakers
Art Gallery, Freezes Drug
Store, and by the author
Phone 215-J.
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f7-Houses
Furnished Houses

GOING TO RENT your home this
summer and board or do light
housekeeping? Many do this
regularly. Try a rent adv. for
a month for $500.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22
ROBERT M. ADAMS and
PAUL M. HALE,

Administrators C.T.A. of the Es-
tate Of Cuyler Adams, deceased.
Massenburg, McCown & Arledge,
Attorneys. 7-1-Wed-4tp
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

-, Two fresh Cows
b., ,., Years. old; Jersey:
MI aea Red Devon. Rob- 2of ,
ID road. ''~".ain Lodge,
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Lost and Found
42-Pets ord Livestock

STRAYED OR STOLEN-Black
male persion cat. Reward. Re
turn to Mrs. Herman Damn, He
bron road, p. o. Box 1884.
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32-Roons and Houses

WANTED - Three-room apart
ment. Furnished or unfinished.
Reasonable. Home Food Shop.
Phone 7l5-J.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

J cs al g.. bIoodcd Guernsey
SIS nm pl S.H-gallon cow.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

DEATH TO BEAN BEETLES
with Bari-cide. Farmers Fed
Grafton.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22
34-Transp0rtQtion

WANTED - Transportation to
Trenton, N. j., July Both. viii
drive car or help pay expenses
of car. Corporal w. Frank
Ballard, Flat Rock, n. G..
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VR SALE
ID" road.
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.'e'tock and Poultry

3r,i~''I u pigs for sale.
.i p. n. JAWS Station.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

Pesc"a' a "a good COW, see
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-22

SUNSHINE PLAY SCHOOL,
7O4 Oakland street. 2l5-J
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9-Personal Property

FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
baby carriage. Excellent con-
dition $3.50. Phone 6ST-R.
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6-BuSiiness Services

LAUNDRY SUITS Numbered and
reShaped 75c. White wash pants
25c. IIiller's Laundry G Dry
Cleaners. l29 Fourth Ave. +.
Phone 1913.
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5--Foodstuffs

OUR BARBECUE SANDWICHES
are the talk of the town.
Shorty's Pin N Whistle, S.
Main street. =
Evening star., 1936-07-19

by the temporary chairman Of the
convention. Representative Smell Of
New York, Rpubhcan leader of the
House. as permanent chairman of the
Cleveland convention, will perform for
Gov. Landon next Thursday night
Senator Three Long Years" Steiwer
of Oregon. temporary chairman Of
that convention. will notify Col. Frank
Knox that he has been nominated for
Vice President one week later. in
Chicago.
The Landon notification Is to be
made q great demonstration by the
people of the Middle West In &C
cordance with the demands of the
radio audience-and the desire for
greater publicity-the notification of
the Republican presidential candidate
will take place at night. For that
matter, the notification Of President
Evening star., 1936-07-19
Olson, iii, Promises
To Join Campaign
Nv the Associated Press.

Nv the Associated PreSS.
ST. PAUL. July l8.-Gov. Floyd B
Olson informed the Farmer-Laboi
State Central Committee. meeting ir
regular session here today. that I
will be physically well in ample time.
for the Fall campaign.
Gov. Olson. Farmer Labor nomines
for United States Senator. Is in
Rochester, Mimi, hospital undergoing
treatment for q stomach disorder. He
submitted to an operation Thursday
for insertion Of tube, through which
he Is being given supplementary
nourishment. into his small intestine
A hospital bulletin today said hi,
condition was very satisfactory"
II cannot join you in the campaign
for q while" the Governor told thu
committee by letter, but when tn,
battle nears its height, win be IN
it. Heed not the voice of gossip, noi
let Imagination bring fear. I will h
physically well in ample time. Tht
doctors have so assured me and the
coming struggle Is such that I musi
be well and be in it. The very destiny
of our country will be materially
affected by the outcome Of the na.
tional struggle as will that OF Min.
nesota by the State struggle
Evening star., 1936-07-19

Roosevelt in Philadelphia was staged
at night, before a crowd in Frank
lin Field estimated at 100000. with
practically every radio station in the
country hooked up one way or an
other. Plans are being made in Topeka
to care for a huge crowd. The sup
ply of hotel rooms was long ago
exhausted, and the citizens are taking
the visitors into their homes. Kan
sas City. Mo. and Kansas City. Kans.,
which are only a couple of Yours away
by rail. will care for thousands of
those who make the pilgrimage to
Topeka.
Incumbents' Notification.
White House incumbents. when re-
nominated, have sometimes decided
to receive their ofYicial notifications
in Washington. Taft, Coolidge and
Hoover all followed such a course.
Evening star., 1936-07-19
FIGHTING JOHN" REALLY
FIGHTS WITH TWO FISTS
Chairman of Landon Campaign Has Had
Meteoric Rise, But He's Battled
All the Wav.

llJOn man, FRANK fhuCke, Won C1e
nomination Landon still had the edge,
however; his man was elected in
1928, but Hamilton's was defeated in
1880.
Dire Time for Republicans.
Strenuous seasons passed, and the
fateful year of 1882, seemingly a dire
time for all Republicans, arrived. Kan
sas is historically Republican, but it
does have a faculty Of making light
ming jumps when prodded sufficiently.
Republican leaders we're in a quandary
to find a man who might lick Wood
ring, who later was to be named As
sistant Secretary of War.
Here was Hamiltons supreme oppor.
tunity. He was aggressive. we'll known
highly esteemed; he had the conf
dence of the people as an able legis-
lator. AS campaigner he was-and
is-a whirlwind. But he decided not
to run, perhaps figuring that the odds
would be better when the Democratic
hysteria had run its course.
Landon's judgment proved the better.
He had received his training as a po-
litical manager and governors secre-
tary during the gubernatorial terms of
Henry j. Allen. later United States Sem
ator. and had developed an uncanny
weather eye He made tour Of the
State to find out the Republican pros
poets and saw a real chance of vic
tory He consented to run. and his
election in the face of the Democratic
avalanche is now history.
Fate, which thus turned the wheel
In Landon's favor, was destined to turn
1t soon again-this time for Hamilton.
For on the day after Landon was
elected Governor. David Mulvane, for
many years Republican national COM
mitteeman from Kansas. died, and
Hamilton was given his post. with the
full support and blessing of Landon
This started Hamilton on his meteoric
rise to the craftsmanship of the Re-
publican National Committee, posi-
tion for which he is as emirently and
uniquely fitted as Alfred M. Landon is
for the presidency.
Landon Wins Again.
in 1884 the Democratic tide was still
running full-but not in Kansas. The
team Of Landon and Hamilton set a
pace for themselves-perhaps an omen
for ls36!-that won Landon his re-
election by majority of more than
$4,000. as against only 5000 in 1882.
Like Landon, John Hamilton is a
kansan by adoption, not by birth
He is a native of Iowa, having been
born at Fort Madison, on the banks
OF the Mississippi River, on March 2,
1892. When he was years old his
parents moved to Topeka, Kans.,
where he received his public school
education.
Young John then was sent to Phil
lips Academy at Andover, Mass, for
his secondary education; and here
he was graduated in 1918. He subse-
quently was graduated from North
western University in 1916, with the
degree Of bachelor Of laws.
Even in those days the lad showed
the indomitable traits that made him
an important figure In Kansas poll
tics before he was 80 years old. But
CONTINUED on Sixth Page.)
Evening star., 1936-07-19
Judge Ransom Attacks
Government Trends
p the Associated Press,

tbt ASSOC-alSu HIcSS
CHAUTAUQUA. N. Y. July 18.-
Judge william L. Ransom of New
York. president of the American Bar
Association, declared today that the
American public does not want their
Constitution expounded to them In
terms of law suits"
Speaking in the Hugh Ampitheater
here, Judge Ransom attacked the
trends and measures of the past 20
years that are depriving Americans OF
individual rights in economic and po-
litical freedom"
1.-The rank and file of Americans are
considering whether they wish radical
changes in fundamentals Of govern
ment, their institutions and laws and
the structure of business and employ
ment," he said.