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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-06
ALLEGATION
|EA MADE BY
lloyd GEORGE.
Esh War Time Premier
|uId Cure Sore Spots of
lmany, Italy, Japan
ass CONFERENCE
6N CAUSES OF WAR

bvDON. Feb. 6.-David
| .GeOrgc. Britain's wartime
| minister. made a dramatic
H. Parliament last night for
E;s.rjbutiOn of colonial pos
Frs otsEuropean countries
liz spot with Germany, Italy
Fayan. principal cause of in
SiCnal ill-feeling.
kaking in support of a reso-
BY George Landsbury, la
Nader, urging Britail to call
IN conference to deal with
sses of war, Lloyd-George
samatically:
. not believe there will be
in the world until you con-
ne mandates 1.-THE colonial
hes granted at conclusion
4 World War, when Ger
Is colonies were split up.O
Inn, with a small population,
he best part of German East
L and the whole of the Con-
Portugal got millions of
h miles. Holland is in the
! position. ,
fhese countries have tropical
tOries. On the other hand you
Germany with none; Italy
practically none"
added that Germany's
Is flor return of her colon
seemed sufficiently fhoder-
b make them the basis for
EiationS.'
(ndSbury, urging his resolu-
cited the necessity of all ma
for access to raw materials
markets in order to remove
the nations the incentive to
|Cg ornaments"
Iere has never been a period
} ornaments were of "such
|Sh description" he said.
Be House of Commons re-
I the proposal, however,
|hg instead an amendment ex-
Flng confidence that the ma
! government is taking prac-
steps possible for the pro-
un Of International prosper
and a better understanding
q all peoples.
le principal business before
session of Parliament is to
nd Britaln'S armed forces, on
and sea and in the air.
|o!d-GeOrge, now a simple
per Of the House of Com
F urged the government to
: new world conference to
IS reallOcation of colonial
nates administered by the
|le Of Nations.
am not in favor of giving
ot the British empire away,
alc, but under the Treaty Of
allies certain territories were
4 Us, not possessions but as
talOries."
: added that Germany had
excuse for violating the
y Of Versailles and rearming
use OF the Stresa Conference,
'nlch Britain, France and
pledged mutual military as
nee IN case either were at
believed t o
been aimed principally at
Germany.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-06
), G. c. CUTLER OF
ORANGEBURG DEAD

: b ana Mrs Jonathan Jackson
Ueen called to Orangeburg,
I'm VA account of the death of
rv SiaCk IS grandmother, Mrs.
sSa y Cutler. Mrs. Cutler
hum mother of Mrs. Frank w,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-06
City Commission
To Meet Tonight

The regular monthly meeting
of the board of city commission
ers will be held at the city hall
tonight at 1880 o'clock.
Routine business is expected to
be considered by the commission
erS.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-06
EX-SLAVE DIES AT 100

LEXINGTON, N. c., Feb. 6;
(UP)-Laura Goss, 109-year-old
negro, died yesterday. The ex-
slave was injured in a fall a week
ago. Relatives said she had re-
manned active since she passed the
century mark.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-06
R. R. ARLEDGE HOME
AFTER OPERATION

R. R. Arledge, city clerk, has
returned from Biltmore hospital
where he underwent a nasal oper-
alton several days ago. He expects
to be out again in a few days.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-06
SCHOOLS CLOSED

RALEIGH, Feb. 6. (UP)-
Schools in Pitt, Wayne and Nash
counties temporarily were closed
today because of bad roads.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-06
E PACE. Jr., BETTER

E. L. Pace, Jr., who has been
very il with pneumonia i IS I'm I'M
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-06
THREE SHIPS IN PERIL, JAP
FREICHTER GIVEN UP ASLOST
THE SAN RAFAEL is -
ONLY IS MILES FROM PORI

lost, with all her crew.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-06
WEATHER

.~obsbly mixed with rain
eror friday. Little change
temperature
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-06

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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-06
GOOD AFTERNOON

New Deal dirse: I didn't raise
my baby bond to be a soldiers.
Evening star., 1936-07-12

This building, which was at $50
Pennsylvania avenue. is said to have
once been . low dance house, then
an all-night drinking place.
At this time there were at least
four saloons in this block, including
the famous Marble Saloon at the
corner OF Ninth street, and there was
then a bar room-or had lately BEEN
on the first floor Of the new quarters,
which caused the mission to seek other
tenants, which 1t did IN the following
notice:
For rent-two large fine stores at
s28 and $50 Pennsylvania avenue
south side). These stores will be
rented at reasonable rates to good
tenants for one to f1ve years. Inquire
at Central Union Mission rooms
second floor of same building"
The Advisory Board seemed greatly
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CITY Y

soon proved inadequate, and in 1923
and 1924 it was replaced with the
present massive structure.
1t is just impossible to condense in
limited space all there is to be said of
the Central Union Mission, the many
notable contributions it has received
from q large number of generous peo-
pie; nor can We include the names of
all those who deserve mention for the
part they have played in the upbuild-
ing of this wonderful institution, such
persons. for instance, as Miss Jennie
Kimball, sister of Judge Kimball,
Charles W. Proctor and his daueh-
ter Alice; E. A. Stevens. j. w. Wach-
ter, Miss Matte Allen. Mr.. and Mrs.
Austin M. Cooper, Misses Lizzie and
Martha Brinkley, A. N. Robbins, Mr..
and Mrs. S. w. Goodson.
There are ever so many prominent
hingtonians-past and present
who have served as members Of the
board Of directors of the mission, Of
whom might be mentioned Percy S.
Foster, A. S. Pratt, j. c. Pratt, Clay
ton z. Emig, Daniel C. Roper, L. E.
Breuninger, Jackson A. Winner,
Charles w. Ray. James Trimble. E. l..
De Groot, jr., Merritt o. Chance. w.
X. Cooper, Harry Hoskinson and Will
liam w. Everett.
Maj. William H. Ramsey, who was
appointed TO the board in 1910, is still
serving, and he and Mrs. Ramsey are
two Of the strongest pillars in the
organization.
The same can easily be said for the
present superintendent of the mis-
sion, John S. Bennett, and for Mrs.
Bennett, Of course, for they both have
done wonderful work since coming to
Washington and to Mr.. Benefits
present position in 1915. Mrs. Ben
nett is probably the founder Of the
Mission Farm and Childrens Camp.
and here Mrs. Ramsey also performed
a service as president of the Womens
Guild by turning over to the board, in
1888, a check for $1,000 in part pay
ment for the children's farm, north
of Brookeville, Md, which the guild
had acquired, largely through the
efforts of Mrs. Bennett, who, on one
Of her visits to New York City, had
induced Seth Parker (or Philip Lord,
his real name) and Homer Rodeheaver
to come here and give several concerts,
which netted s12,500.
John S. Bennett, the superintendent
Of the mission, came here from Brook
lyn, N. Y, where he had been en-
ployed as a salesman in a large COM
mercial store of that city. He was.
prior TO this, convert of the Jerry
McAuley Water Street Mission of New
York City. The large new building
in Indiana avenue. designed by Apple
ton P. Clark, jr, which cost around
s217,000, only in part tells the story
Of his great success in Washington. He
is an organizer Of rare ability, and
his interesting broadcastS over Station
VOL are among the outstanding
worthwhile radio features of the Ma
tion's Capital.
Evening star., 1936-07-12
About Thurber
.UNNY things happen to humor-

TUNNY things happen to humor-
- lists. James Thurber's draw
ings of forlorn, fleeing men.
- exultantly pursuing women and
sympathetic rug-hounds are we'll
known today. but his first effort to
make the New Yorker" where they
are familiar figure, ended in failure.
His first submitted drawing, a seal.
not only was turned down, but two
staff artists, with pity for his blunders.
drew seals at the bottom of his pic
ture to show him what the animal
really looked like. For one thing, the
whiskers on his seal pointed the wrong
way.
One Of his best-known drawings is
of seal in a bed. 1t began as
seal on q rock. NThurber noticed the
rock resembled bed. SO he finished
it that way.
His "scratch-pad art" drawn with
all the abandon OF bored kinder
garten pupil, is the despair of editors.
1t also is the despair of fellow artists,
some of whom are bitter about com
peting with a man who Just dashes
off things. Thurber sketches quickly,
IN ink; the first result is the finished
product.
Tall, serious-looking, spectacled, he
might be y broker so far as app&r
ances 60, instead of a nationally
known humorist and artist, who walks
hatless about town with long strides
The ebullience sometimes associated
with professional funmen is absent
from his makeup.
Il started in as managing editor"
he says. Everybody starts In as
managing editor, and then works
down."
To this day, he adds, the magazine
occasionally turns down one of his
drawings, whereupon he waits two or
three months and submits 1t again.
He finds the technique works.
Once he drew a picture of q woman
looking at q hippopotamus.
what Is that animal?" he asked
his 4-year-old daughter.
That is hippopotamus," she re-
piled. ,
Jubilant, Thurber sent the drawing
to the magazine. 1t was filed:
Woman and unknown animal"
His career really began at Ohio
State University during the war. He
found himself on the staff of the Sun
Dial, undergraduate magazine, with
shortage Of artists due to enlist
ments.
Children have always liked his
drawings and write to tell him so.
Occasionally proud mama will send
him the work Of her offspring. But
one woman wrote to the editor: Il
want the drawings by that man
stopped"
Evening star., 1936-07-12

Mission has, from the beginning, been
the foster-child of the churches OF
Washington and Is . union Of Chris
tian effort, its work being carried
on by representatives Of the churches
and by philanthropic citizens Of Wash
ington. And in the Chronicles of
Calvary Baptist Church, published in
1914 by William Allen Wilbur, dean
of Columbian College, now George
Washington University. the statement
Is made, In his chronicles for 1884,
that members Of Calvary Baptist
Church have always been among its
strongest supporters.
However, the contributors to the
success of this institution, both in per-
sonal effort and through the contribu-
tion of funds, has included even a
wider field than it enjoyed in its early
days, and from the first it has been
ardently and literally supported from
Evening star., 1936-07-12
SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON.
INSPIRED SOULS HAVE MADE MISSION MARVEL OF CITY
Great Salvation Plant Valued Quarter of Million Has Been
Aided and Has Served in Association With Some of
Washington's Distinguished Personalities. "a.

meeting, and personal conversation
with the people discloses the fact
that many persons come there every
week, drawn by the desire awakened
within them for q better life. Many
of the mission converts describe the
emotions awakened in them by the
street meetings, and trace their first
conviction to these services. II there
is any flippancy or trifling in the
audience, it Is so far suppressed as
to be scarcely visible from the wagon.
OF COURSE, the gospel wagon
service soon became one of the
religious factors in the city, and there
are many persons today who took an
active part In making these services
both interesting and successful. Harry
G. Kimball, Washington attorney and
grand master of Masons a few years
ago. not only played the organ in the
early days, but later on. when the
mission band was organized, played
the clarinet. The cornetists were
Miss Yingling and Mr.. Paxton
Miss Alice Kimball, later a noted
organist, quite frequently also played
the organ. as did G. D. Fox Miss
Kimball is now Mrs. John w. Nc
Michael and resides in Portland
Greg.
Judge Ivory G. Kimball, father OF
the Kimballs here mentioned, was one
Of the leading spirits of the mission
and was instrumental in securing for
it considerable funds with which to
carry on the community work. He
was judge of the Police Court for
more than l9 years: was a Union
soldier In the Civil War and was
buried in Arlington National Cemetery
beside Mrs Kimball, who died in 1914
AS has been said, the Central Union
Evening star., 1936-07-12

An item in the Mission Bulletin. be-
fore referred to. tells of the pioneer
work of the gospel wagon and the re-
suits of one of its earliest trips. 1t
follows:
Last Sunday the gospel wagon made
its fourth trip and everybody says it
was the most successful of all. At the
wharf, chairs and benches were placed
on the sidewalk to accommodate a
part OF the congregation, and this
aided not little in concentrating the
audience. The attendance was larger
than on any preceding Sabbath and
the manifestations Of interest were
greater. Slips with some gospel hymns
printed on them were distributed in
the audience. and the effort to have
the people join in the singing was
quite successful.
"A show Of hands indicated the
presence Of more Christians than on
previous occasions, and inquiry showed
that news Of the meetings had spread
in the community and drawn out many
persons who have lived long in neg
lect of all Christian privilege, though
processing to be Christians.
THE simple recital by the speakers
of incidents Of the saving power of
Jesus in retaining the lost brought
tears to the eyes of many handbook
ing men, who caught at the promises
OF the Scriptures with eagerness. The
number of those indicating by the up
lifted hand desire to be saved was
remarkably large and came from all
parts Of the audience. The people
seemed reluctant to 60, at the close
OF the service, and hats were lifted as
the wagon drove away. One notice.
able fact of the meeting was the still
ness and reverence during prayer.
Hats were removed and heads bowed.
"A little later than usual, the
wagon reached the B. 81 O.. depot
There were no people waiting at the
place Of meeting, and when. the first
hymn was finished, few children
stood at the rear of the wagon, a dozen
or SO Of rough boys we're turnbling on
the grass, and at little distance on
were scattered about the same num-
bcA VI S1OWA pCOplC. n cCSO4lu AyluI
and the audience had doubled. AS the
speaking proceeded, they grew quiet,
gathered nearer to the wagon, and
then settled into an attitude Of at
tention and thoughtfulness. Before
the meeting closed, there were per-
haps 200 people following the remarks
carefully and evidently getting a new
idea of what the gospel could do for
men. 1t was the best meeting yet held
at that place, and at the close many
signif1ed desire for salvation by rails
ing their hands.
AT Market Space the people were
evidently waiting for the wagon, and
there were probably $50 or 200 people
assembled there before the first hymn
was sung. This number swelled to
500 or 800 in an incredibly short time.
Two hymns were sung, q passage Of
Scripture read. and then the men
removed their hats and bowed rever-
emily during prayer.
The audience Is not altogether
new each Sabbath, for many of the
same faces are visible there each
Evening star., 1936-07-12

many sources. It was not long after
it moved to 900 Pennsylvania avenue,
in 1885, that its quarters became too
crowded, and by 1886 the attendance
had so increased that some of its
meetings had to be held in the old
Dime Museum" Building, which stood
on D street. where is now the granite
building very recently vacated by
the Post ONCE Department when it
moved to its present quarters in the
block to the west. This was then
Evening star., 1936-07-12

considered one Of the tough spots Of
Washington, and continued to be such
for some years afterward.
THE first meeting in this building
was held on October 8. and the
Mission Bulletin gave notice of the
change of meeting place. saying:
The great pressure for room at the
mission meetings Sunday evenings
has forced the board to seek q larger
room for that evening. The Dime
Museum seems to be the only place
open for next Sunday evening and
hence the meeting will be held there.
There will be room enough for all"
The holding of these meetings in
the museum building proved to be a
step forward in the life of the mission,
for the attendance on the first eve
ming even exceeded the number ex-
Evening star., 1936-07-12

years only few people will recall the
wholesale houses along the north side
OF louisiana avenue and the retail
stores on the south side, and the
wholesale stores, again, on Constitu-
ton avenue. o, what q transforma-
ton to behold!
by January. $780," says the rec
ord Of the Mission, conditions at $50
Pennsylvania avenue became so serious
that the police were compelled to pro-
test because Of the danger" And the
Bulletin further states: There we're
900 people crowded into the room .
and We have turned away 200 and 800"
Manifestly something had to be
done: new building had to be Sc
cured; and so. on April 80, 1890, a
building committee was appointed
with Judge Kimball as chairman and
Mr.. Swartwout as secretary, the other
directors. being: T. A. Harding, treas
urer, Foundry NJ. E. Church; B. F.
Leighton and George A. Hilton,
Waugh NJ E. Church; B. H. Warner,
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church; A. s. Caywood, First Con-
gregational: A. s. Pratt. Ascension P.
E. Church; William Beldon Noble,
"Old" st. Johns; S. w. Woodward,
Calvary Baptist: George Ryneal, jr.,
Luther Place Memorial; A. L. John
son, Mount Vernon Place M. E.
South; J. r. Saum. Vermont Chris
tian; A. j. Bruen and r. H. T. Leopold,
Church of the Covenant; and J. J.
Darlington. Fifth Baptist.
Al THIS time 1t developed that the
building then occupied could be
rented for only one year more, with an
additional rental of s540, and it be-
came imperative that quarters be Sc
cured elsewhere. BY the middle of
August. 1892, the old Seaton Building
at 622 Louisiana avenue (now 624 In
diana avenue) was purchased for S56,-
600. the purchase being negotiated by
Theodore A Harding. who donated
mis- commission of $1,000.
This building, like Its predecessors,
Evening star., 1936-07-12

encouraged in its new venture, and
adopted at this time the following
resolutions:
Whereas the Central Union Mis-
sion has recently moved to new quar-
ters, therefore
Resolved Q) That the Advisory
Board heartily approves Of this
change for the following reasons:
First. The new quarters are more
commodious and equally well located.
Second. While the rent of the
new rooms increases the expenses,
this outlay seems wholly justifiable
in view of the growing needs Of the
work."
CLOSE by these resolutions in the
Mission Bulletin Of December %.
1885. Is an item Of much interest to all
old lovers of music. This item reads:
"A reception is to be given by the
Y. M. c. A. to the Christian workers
at the United States Jail next We'd
nesday evening. 1t is expected that
Gen. Foster, the president. will pre-
side; Mr.. B. H. Warner give the ad-
dress Of welcome, and Maj. Hilton,
Rev. Z. D. Bailey and Mr.. Joseph
Bowes SPEAK and the Misses Wells and
McNicol and Mr.. Havell sing"
Gen. Foster Is evidently intended for
John w. Foster. statesman, lawyer and
diplomatist, who was Secretary of
State during the administration of
President Benjamin Harrison and at
one time president Of the Young Mems
Christian Association. B. H. Warner,
who was then quite likely president of
the Y. M. c. A., was one of our fore
most citizens. Miss Macnichol-which
Is the way she spelled her name-was
noted Washington contralto Of by
gone days, and is the one the writer
wanted to call particular attention to,
for she was as delightful a personality
as any one would care to see act and
hear sing.
She was a native Of this city and
played here many times with the
Castle Square Opera Co. Back in the
COS the writer saw her in such operas
as "Olivette," Rob Roy" Billie Tay-
lor," Mariana" Carmen" Queens
Lace Handkerchief" Paul Jones'"
"Cavalleria Rusticana" and Pima
fore" Miss Macnichol studied under
Dr.. Kimball OF this city and made her
debut in Philadelphia in the part Of
Lazarillo, in Mariana" in 1888. She
died in August, 1899, and The Star
summed up her virtues in these words:
mo aspirant for honors on the operate
stage ever won more friends and in
spired more love for her womanly
and generous traits Of character than
Miss MacnichoL"
THE site of the building at $40 Penn
sylvania avenue Is now occupied
by the Department of Justice. and
only q recollection remains of the
many stores and business houses which
once occupied this block. Nor can the
present generation ever visualize the
stream that once crossed the Avenue
between Ninth and Tenth streets on
its way to Tiber Greek, that flowed
along Constitution avenue. No more
men will ever be killed in the Marble
Saloon, and Ford's Opera House will
never more entertain the great and
the near-great. Indeed, In a few
Evening star., 1936-07-12

pected, and was s66 by actual count.
Later on this number was greatly in
creased, until more commodious quar-
ters were found necessary and the
building at various times known as
'Melodeon Hail." "All-Night House."
chesapeake Bay House" and Turf
Exchange" was leased for five years at
$1,000 q year. Here the first meeting
was held on January l, 1887, and was
led by George w. Wheeler, one Of the
outstanding workers Of the mission.
Evening star., 1936-12-09
By NJ. Il. Tdpp.

writer could be heard behind his closed
door, ticking away.
It wasn't long before the two be-
came almost inseparable companions
in the hours that they were both free.
II the onlooker would have described
the pair as David and Goliath he
would have been guilty of faulty OBJ
servation. The combination was like
Damon and Pythias!
X X X
ON SATURDAYS, when Perkins had
half holiday, and on Sundays
they strolled in the park or took long
bus rides. Sometimes in the evening
they visited one or the other Of those
establishments where potables could be
purchased, and over their beer Bait
regaled Perkins at great length with
his fantastic tales.
Little by little Perkins managed to
draw him out about his hopes and as
pirations. his ambitions in life. The
petty soul Of the massive egoist gradu-
ally disclosed itself until there was
nothing left to be revealed. But when
Bait repeated himself Perkins seemed
just as interested, hung as closely onto
his every word.
Say, Perk," Bait said one day,
"aint it about time you're needing
some help with that book you're do
ing?" Perkins grinned shyly.
I've been blundering along after a
fashion. Bait" he said. ITS pretty
nearly finished now. and perhaps when
I get it all completed you might look
it over. I'd be happy If you would.
Even now, from the things you've been
telling me, I've noticed an improve
ment in my work"
II guess you would get an idea of
the right way to do it after I told you
how I wrote mine. But I still say
Perk. you've gotta live like a man If
you wanta have stuff to write about"
He beamed expansively. You can see
I didn't pick my stuff up outa the air.
you bet!" Perkins smiled thinly and
resumed listening without further
comment.
ONE evening month later Bait
found q small package and . let
ter at his place at the table. Mr..
Perkins left that for you" Mrs. Clancy
elucidated. Bait read the letter. Per-
kins had been obliged to 60 to an
other city on a job. He opened the
package.
1t was q book, and on the bright
jacket were the brave words: Board
ing House, A Realistic Novel, by
Thomas Perkins, Two hours later,
up in his room, Bait threw the book
in the waste basket and swore luridly.
The little guy had written q sordid
tale, the principal character q bluster-
Ing, vain, worthless character which
even Bait could not mistake for other
than himself!
Written on the final page Perkins
had scribbled, Thanks for the help,
Bait One does need to live to get
material. But you see, there are
various ways Of living
(Copyright. 1860