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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-23
Selected Poem
FRUIT CAKE


aura Mae Address in the Poets Column
Hartford Courant)
Have you ever baked fruit cake?
Well, If SO,
You know
How to
Stone the raisins,
Pit the dates,
Cut the citron
On blue plate
Wash those currants,
Dredge with -four,
Fruit juice sour,
Spices aromatic,
Golden butter plastic.
Six eggs we beat
Yolks so neat,
Whites a foamy heap,
Quite
AS though such a sight
Were not reserved for Christmas.
Grease your skillet,
Such fillipl
Then call for assistance
To mix that batter
With the fruit,
Let 1t spatter
On the sink
Thank heaven" we think,
It's In the oven.
Smell that aroma
That permeates our house,
Fruit cake baking
Making
Everybody sniff
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-23
Current Comments

Many children Of today are
over-fussed. -coddled. and prob
ably over-doctored. Largely as Q
consequence. they seem In q great
measure 10 be lacking IN those
qualities Of self-reliance which were
found more often in the harder
conditions Of life Of the past.
DIR. O. X. nowes. Bedford, Eng,
school doctor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-23
7 st Y o u e
Knowledge

Can you answer seven Of
these test questions? Turn 70
last page for the answers.
I. Name the British fortress and
Crown colony at the western en-
trance to the Mediterranean.
2. What Is q ghost?
3. What political subdivisions
comprise the United Kingdom2"
4. Must an alien In the u. 8. have
completed his military obligations
In his native country In order To
become naturalized In the q. 81
8. What Is the French word for
castle7
Q. Who was John Nearest
T. What do the initials d. r.. after
the city Of Mexico, mean?
Q. In the Faust legend. who d
Mephistopheles7
Q. How many members has the
United states supreme Court?
10. Name the capital Of Egypt.
throughout most ef tss early his
wsA3s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-23
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS
q 1884 NEA

New York, Dec. 23-Glance quick
ly around the big town.
There is Libby Holman, clad In
the inevitable ermine, hurrying
from a playhouse to the zebra
striped oasis, FL Morocco.
George s. Kaufman, who coins
more laughs than any other play
wright, looking melancholic as
he crosses Broadway.
Ray Bolger, the lank hoofer, plays
host to Piccadilly's Noel Coward in
a Latin night spot and instructs
him in the rhumba while at a
table adjoining, Count Covadonga,
son Of the exKing Alfonso, loiters
over a jigger Of tequila and beats
time to the music.
The 42nd st. hurly-burly becomes
Coney Island clatter at high noon
with three burlesque shows, a side
show barker, Prof. Heckler,s Flea
Circus, a half dozen movie grind
houses and an ear-deafening troll
ley.
Entering Dinty Moore's Steak &
Chop House-George M. Conan, its
most faithful patron.
Cold Drinks
Trust to the Rockefellers to pro-
vide Manhattan with the latest
Continental wrinkle.
Last summer, they opened in the
Plaza Of Radio City the most gar
gantuan sidewalk cafe In the city,
large and lavish enough to OUTSIDE
any outdoor caravansary In Europe.
Now they are adapting the Sunken
Plaza to the winter season. They
are putting an ice skating rink down
there, with tables surrounding the
ice, with figure skating walters and
with Prometheus, the man In the
fountain, disguised, I'm informed, to
look like the Snowman.
1t will, according to the de-
scription, be the nearest thing to
st. Moritz in the shadow Of the
9Th Ave. Elevated and the Fifth
Ave. buses. Someone has also
limited to the Rockefellers that
they install a ski slide but moth
ing has come Of this hint.
Good Old Days Return
The Warner Bros. have Just
opened their new Flatbush studios
over in Brooklyn and there was
more than one veteran at the dedi-
catory exercises who mentally hark-
ed back to the old days when
the modern, scientifically equipped
place was a dingy and ramshackle
dark room back in the Vitagraph
era. This was the studio where
when pictures were rapidly growing
out Of infancy here in the East,
Anita Stewart, the late Earl Will
liams, Lillian Walker, the late
Mabel Normand, Norma and Con-
stance Talmadge. Maurice Cos
tello and his daughters, Helene
and Dolores, Alice Joyce and
Paul Kelly made their initial
flicker appearances.
Most Of them are out Of the
limelight now or have passed
away. And the original appearance
Of the old Vitagraph studios has
also vanished. It Is the Warmers
notion to bring Hollywood stars to
Flatbush for screen appearances
and they are calling this Brooklyn
niche Little Hollywood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-23
Answers To
Questions
By Frederick NJ Kerby

@. Which spelling is correct, en-
close or inclose?
A. Both.
@. Is 1t all right to address letters
to New York city without naming
the state? ''. ~
A. The post office prefers the fol-
lowing form: New York, N. Y.
q. Can the vote Of presidential
electors in one state be split be-
tween two parties?
A. The vote can be split, but 1t
rarely occurs. Generally, II the
presidential nominee Of one party
receives q plurality of the popular
votes In a state, 1t results in the
election of q solid bloc of electors,
but sometimes there are exceptions,
due to the fact that the candidates
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-23

Don't worry about England. The Brit
ish Empire will still stand as long as Lon
don, when there's fog in the Channel,
in forms the world that "the Continent
is isolated"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-23

Yes, straws show which way the wind
is blowing. And judging from the straw
votes we had in 1886, the wind was blow
ing from every direction at the same time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-23

The colleges have recovered, too Look
how football doomed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-23
Daily MNo~.vC .Do,u,r9
Washington w.. = = - - -
ONE-TENTH OF EMPLOYERS
DEFY SIS REGISTRATION
: ~ DREW PEARSON and ROBERT y ALLEN

WASHINGTON, December % A few days ago the
Social Security Board announced that more than
21OOOOOO workers had registered for oldage pensions
It's statment painted a very rosy picture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-23
A Thought for Today

The fool hath said in his heart, There Is no
God. They are corrupt, they have done abom-
Unable works. there Is none that dOeth good
Psalms A:L
No one is so thoroughly superstittious as the
goddess man. Life and death to him are haunted
grounds, filled with goblin forms of vague and
shadowy dread-Mrs. Stowe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-23

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Never say, "John hadn't but
one suit; say, "had but one
suit"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15
UNITED PEACE
PLAN OFFERED
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CONTINUED from page one)
collective military action and oc-
cupation of the aggreSSor's terri
tory.
Costa Riea, FL Salvador, Guate..
mala and Nicaragua, members OF
the Central American bloc which
has urged an American League
of Nations. were believed ready
to support such an association.
They already have notified the
conference secretariat Of their In
tention to back any project 1of
creation Of an lnter-Americah
court of justice. &c..
Meanwhile, agreement was re-
ported among the delegates TO
present a united project for CO.
ordination of existing treaties
and neutrality to the conference.
Efforts to- harmonize divergent
views resulted in Il delay. by the
neutrality committee to take up
the Joint proposal earlier ana
forced postponement until wed
nesday of the plenary session
scheduled for today.
The united project was expect
ed to set up the most etfect've
machinery for maintenance oi
peace ever achieved in the west
ern hemisphere. Joining the TWO ,
proposals, delegates Sald, VIII
strengthen the all-Americas unit
ed front against war ana auu ~
their effectiveness which woulu
be handicapped if they were sep
aratc pacts.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15
SAY ASHWORTH
KILLED SELF
Sef-lnflicted Wound Caus,
ed Death, Verdict in
Brevard Tragedy

BREVARD, Dec. 15.-Edward
Ashworth, Is, came to his death
as the result of a self-infiicted
gunshot wound, a coroner's jury
held here yesterday.
The body of the l5-year.old
high school student, who was the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Ash
worth, of Brevard, was found near
the town limits Of Brevard last
Friday afternoon by Joberry Nc
Junkins, who had been rabbit
hunting in that vicinity.
Young Ashworth had been miss
ing from his home for three days,
having been seen last by Mrs.
Walter Ledbetter about 5 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon when he went
to the home to borrow a shotgun
with which he said he intended to
kill a rabbit, she testified at the
inquest.
The boy had been more or less
respondent and moody for some
time, teachers at the high school
said, but otherwise seemed to be
an average student in every re-
Spect.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15
Recorder Court
Continues Work

The County Recorders court
continued in session today. The
court is hearing a number Of jury
cases during this weeks term.
The case of Ella Brown, charg-
cd with SANDER, was dismissed on
payment of costs.
Raymond Smith was given a CO.
day sentence for carrying a con-
cealed weapon.
Judgment was suspended on
payment of half the costs in the
case of Buford Shipman, charged
with larceny. -,
The State took a mol pros with
leave in the case Of Brownlow
LYDIA, charged with SANDER. .
Willis Talley was convicted OF
driving u car while drunk and sen.
tneced to four months. Drivers
license was ordered surrendered.
J. C. Capps was convicted OF be-
ing drunk and disorderly and SEN
fenced to serve 80 days.
Glover eagle was convicted OF
assault with deadly weapon and
fined $25 and costs.
Paul LYDIA was convicted OF
driving a car while drunk and sem
fenced to serve 60 days. License
was ordered surrendered.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15
See Five Billion
Christmas Retail
Shopping Trade

NEW YORK. Dec. Is. (UP)-
The National Retail Dry Goods
association last night predicted a
SIS, 900, 100000 Christmas shop
ping season and reported that re-
tail sales during the first 10 days
of December were 10 per cent
over the same period last year.
The association said that tor
rental rains in some sections had
hindered shopping, but that a ma
tion-wide survey showed II per
cent increase in the midwest, i
per cent in the far west and nine
per cent in the south.
The association asserted that
the present Christmas shopping
season would be the best since
1880 and in numerous individual
stores sales were running lat a
pace unequallcd since 1929
The nationwide gain of 10 per
cent in department and dry good
store sales in the first part Of De-
cember this year compared with
a gain of approximately eight per
cent in December, 1885, over De-
cember, 1884. If December sales
this year reach an anticipated IL
per cent increase over last De-
cember, the association said they
will be only Ia per cent below
the 1929 peak.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15
.DRIVEWEDCEIN
FASCIST LINES.
international Brigade Re-
ported in Successful Move
North of Madrid

MADRID, Dec. 15.-CUPl-
The International brigade today
drove Fascist troops from the
strategic town Of Pozuelo, north
west Of Madrid and drove a deep
wedge into the enemy's line OF
communications. .,
Loyalist military leaders said
the victory, which came after
fierce hand-to.hand fighting be.
tween the foreign volunteers OF
the International brigade and reb-
ell Legionnaires, was a major blow
to insurgent preparations for a
big offensive against the capital.
General Francisco Francois reb.
els, struck simultaneously at Po-
zuelo and Valdemorillo along the
highway to Escorial.
Soldiers-of-fortune Of the In
ternational brigade, holding the
southern portion Of Pozuelo,
withstood q violent two-hour bonn
bardment and met surge OF reb-
els with machine guns, mortars
and grenades. =,
After repulsing the attack the
brigade staged counter-offen-
sive and, according. to the war
ministry, drove the rebels from
the town.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15
BAPTIST MISSIONARY
MEETING HELD

The Woman's Missionary So
ciety of the First Baptist church
met there yesterday afternoon
with the president. Mrs. w. L,
Swanson, in charge. Mrs. o. J,
Smith offered prayer after a
hymn. In the count of the circles
the pin went to the Lottie Moon
circle. Mrs. j. T. Hill, leader.
Mr.. w. b. Sinclair, superinten-
dent of the Sunday school, and
Mrs. ]. F. Brooks made talks on
the Importance of the home de-
partment and the care of the
shut-ins. Mrs. Swanson spoke on
the Standard of Excellence and
the women voted to take tive
paid-up subscriptions to the lO0,-
900 club.
The Martha Sullinger circle had
the progra mon Peace" inter-
mingled with the Christmas les
son. Mrs. w. C. Powell gave the
devotions. Mrs. W. X. Shipp gave
a reading on "The First Christ
mas" while Mrs. J. +. Brooks
played "Silent Night" softly.
Mcsdames Smith and Swanson
made talks on the subject. The
leaders drew the names for next
years circles. The dismissal pray
err was made by Mrs. l.. +. Jaec-
kel.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15
SAYS EDWARD NOW
in HIGH SPIRITS
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love-"
His view is that his alternative
to seeking Mrs. Simpsons hand
when she obtains her final divorce
decree would have been a loveless
marriage which he angrily COM
pares to the breeding of pedigreed
animals.
He argues that such marriages
are immoral, unnatural and disas-
trous to the dynasties which insist
on them as well as to the individ-
uals concerned.
He feels that his romance with
Mrs. Simpson is a proper. one and
that his love for her is hardly less
sublime than his love for his moth.
er as q child; that frankness and
honesty in high places are much
to be preferred than hypocrisy for
the sake Of appearances, as ne
put it. He considers divorce in
lovelesS marriages to be natural
escape from a situation he re-
CARDS as both immoral and de-
grading.
AS for churchmen who have at
tackled him, his viewpoint is said
to be that the men who have at
tackled him have only damaged
their own institutions.
1t is insisted emphatically that
the duke will remain here over
the Christmas holidays and that
he and Mrs. Simpson do not in
tend to meet until after her di-
vorce is made final--possibly as
late as the end of April, though
it may be speeded by dispense
ton Of the British high court.
But it is learned that he likes
to discuss plans for his marriage
with his hosts, Baron and Baron
ess Eugene de RothSchild, who
know Mrs. Simpson well.
Indications are that the we'd
ding will be a private one at
place yet to be selected.
Although it was reported that
Edward planned to see a Vienna,
specialist shout ear trouble and
nervousness, those close to him
said he appeared in the best of
health and was recovering from
the nervous fatigue caused by the
strain of his abdication.
Yesterday, Baroness Rothschild
sent him a note asking how he
had slept. He called her on the
house phone and replied: -.
az never felt better in my life
OR haDp.el."
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15
LONDON AMERICAN
COLONY INDIGNANT
OVER RADIO ATTACK

Continued from page one)
ton he has for such wholesale
condemnation
Those most prominently identi-
fed as friends of Edwards in the
DAYS since, the World war are
LADY, Cunard, whose musical eve
nings are famous and who reput-
edly is one of the few friends
from whom the headstrong mon
arch took advice; Lady Mendl,
who formerly was Elsie de Wolfe;
Make Elliot, whose house on the
French Riviera the king leased
for the summer; Lady Furness,
his favorite dancing partner for
several seasons; Henry Cannon,
MP, formerly of Chicago, who
married Lady Honor Guinness;
Lieut.. Col. Piers Leigh and his
American wife; and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ted Bate of the National Broad
casting company.
Leigh is the only one of the cir.
Gle who has accompanied Edward
into exile. The wife of Baron
Rothschild, at whose home the
prince is staying in Austria, is also
an American-the former Kath-
crime Wolff Of Philadelphia.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15
CANDLE LIGHTING
SERVICE TOMORROW

The candle lighting service,
sponsored by the Wednesday Mu-
sic club, of which Mrs. George +.
Wing, Jr., is chairman, will be
held tomorrow afternoon at the
First Baptist church at o'clock.
This will take the place of the
December meeting. Acting as ush-
ers will be MeSdames Wing, G. c.
Richardson, o. Y. Brownlee and
Miss Tommy Shepherd, all MEM
beers of the executive board. Serv-
ing on the decorating committee
will be Mesdames John S. Forrest,
Albert Durham, T. c. Jowitt, Ar
thur Redden, II. A. Stepp, Roy
Station and Fred Sudduth.
Mrs. j. c. Morrow, Jr, who
trains the school children so beau
tifully for this service, and Miss
Mary Brooks were chairmen OF
the December program, the latter
will serve as the accompanist.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15
CIVIC CHORAL CLUB
REHEARSAL IS SET

Attention was called today to
the second rehearsal of the Civic
Choral club. which is being spon-
sored by the Wednesday Music
club, and which will gather for
rehearsal at 8 80 o'clock Wednes-
day night at the Presbyterian
church house under the direction
of Alva Lowe. -
II is announced that the new
music on which work by the eho-
rms is definitely to begin, has ar
rived and it is believed that 1t
viii be found most attractive.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15
SECOND
GUESSING
By M. M. QUARTERBACK

The all-conference team select
ed yesterday is a nice aggregation
Of high school footballers. While
the conference only placed ii men
on the first three teams Of all.
western selections it must be re-
membered that the all-western is
chosen from teams of both high
schools and prep schools and that
Asheville high belongs to no con-
ference and therefore has no con-
ference regulations.
Which brings us to q little dis
cussion of why the Maroons, with
out a doubt the strongest team in
the state, do not belong to the
state conference. Each year Ashe-
vile claims the state champion
ship and each year their claims
may be justified, but why not
ioin the conference, follow its
rules and regulations and win the
championship? The other large
high schools of the state belong, to
the conference. Why not Ashe-
Vile?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15
MISS EASLEY STILL
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT

LITTLE ROCK. Ark, Dec. 10.
UJp,-The condition of Miss
.Iavpee Easley, 26-year-old artist
S suffer- from streptococcus in;
lection of the heart, is reported
'.ncb better last night, according
Two weeks ago when an ,, ex'
nected shipment of the rare Vim
rpent,s serum arrived from. Paris
I I,,ance two days later than eX,
nacted attending physicians all
but gave up hope of recovery Tor
'"e widespread interest had been
aroused in The case for str sI?to.
c &C viridans is of the deadlie es
of blood infections. Vineent's Sc,
rum is the only efficient method
of treatment.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15
APPEAL IS TAKEN in
SECURITY TAX CASE
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an act of the 1885 assembly
whereby North Carolina would be
assured of 100000 to 100000
from the PWA for building i'm.
provements at the University and
State College. This bill, not d
revenue measure, will go to the
senate today.
Declaring Sentiment in my sec.
ton feels that this bill is a cruel
disappointment" Sen. Hill. veter.
an member Of the upper unit, chal'
lenged that washington wants to
keep its hands in the bill' where.
as the money should be handled
and used for the benefit of 1.-THE
home folks"
The county always has been the
unit of government, he asserted
adding that the payroll tax fund
should be retained in the respec.
tive counties "where it justly be.
longs" instead of being sent out
of the state. ,,,,
ut is our money" Senator Hill
continued, land we should handle
II in our own way. That is democ.
racy and common sense"
Hill made it clear that. while
he was not in agreement with
many of the provisions Of the act,
he would vote for it as a matter
of expediency and in order that
the state might comply with the
federal regulations in time to
gain benefit of S2,500,000.
While Senator Hills attack on
the bill was extemporaneous, the
Mccklenburg senator presented a
carefully prepared denunciation
in which he upheld states rights.
He. however, also declared he
would support the bill lat this
time" go,
81 am supporting this bill as a
matter of expediency," he read,
"and to save the state the million
or more dollars that will other,
wise be forfeited to the federal
treasury if this bill does not be-
come a law by the 3lst OF Deem
Der, 1886.
"But in so doing, want to reg.
lister my protest, as q member OF
the general assembly Of North
Carolina, to the right in congress,
as in this social security act. to
levy a tax upon the people of a
sovereign state. under pain and
penalty of confscation. until and
unless the state should pass a law
as prescribed and conditioned by
congress. -,
"God save the state in its right
of self-government, if congress
can hold over the legislative back
of a sovereign state the whip OF
taxation to force the COMPRESSION
al will and bidding upon SUCH
state. =,
81 do not mean to impugn the
motives or purposes of congress,
but this penalty feature of the
social security act is such a blow
to the principles of states sover-
eighty that | cannot support this
bill in silence, and without pro-
testing that the general assembly
of North Carolina should have the
sacred right to legislate for its
people free from any hope Of re-
ward or the fear of punishment
from the federal congress.
As the senate convened, leave
of absence was granted F. p. Ba-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15
Violence Breaks
Anew In Strike

READING, Pa, Dec. Is. (UP).
Violence broke out again yester-
day at the strike-besieged Berk-
shire Knitting Mills and ID per-
sons, including a police chief were
injured in the disturbance.
Three strike sympathizers, two
of them women, were arrested
following the riot, which started
when a group of workers attempt
ed to walk through the picket
lines.
The non-strikers were met with
a barrage Of bricks and stones,
but none was seriously hurt. One
of the injured was Police Chief
Benjamin Wilson. who was struck
BY a brick.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15
@0CietU

the Oteen boys, and greeting
cards to out of town members and
Gold Star mothers. A report was
given on the recently organized
Girls Auxiliary. The telephone
committee appointed consists of
Mesdames J. A. Mclaughlin, w.
A. Howard, and Miss Gena Brad
burn.
During the social hour Mrs.
Howard read an interesting
Christmas story. Mrs. Mingus
Shipman, on behalf of the chap
ter. then presented the retiring
president, Mrs. Ed Anders, with a
pin. The hostesses, Mesdames A.
A. Mccall, Mingus Shipman and
L. A. Gossett served cake and
coffee.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS

Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. d. O..
Satterield will be interested to
know they have moved to lOl5
North Main street.
Misses Sara Hudgens and Julia
Smyth are expected home tomor-
row after spending several weeks
in New York City with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Meyer and
son, Oscar Meyer. have moved to
the Wells home on Oakland street
which they have bought. and Mr..
and Mrs. David Wells moved yes
terday to the Meyer home.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15
BATHROBE IS MADE
OF DISCARDED HOSE

A crocheted bathrobe made OF
strips. cut from discarded stock
ings was exhibited today by Mrs.
Mary McCarson, 727 Oakland ST.,
as q demonstration of what may
be accomplished in making Christ
mas gifts from materials that
might otherwise be thrown away.
Mrs. McCarson said the robe was
easily made at practically no cost
and that she would be glad to IN
struct anyone wishing to make a
robe or similar garment