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THE horse of the great Gear is sup
ported in its rampant position by rest
ing on its hind feet with the aid Of
the unsightly contrivance of extending
between its legs a serpent, which, by
the bend in the body, connects with
the tail of the steed and is fastened
to the pedestal.
THAT of the great Prussian mon
arch, designed to appear in motion,
has one foot before and another be-
hind fixed to the pedestal, third
lifted and supported by prop to as
sist in sustaining the weight and but
one left free to give the semblance OF
life and movement.
THE rearing steed of the Duke Of
Wellington, like that of Peter the
Great, maintains its rampant position
by the hind legs and tail being riveted
to the massive pedestal.
what a wonderful triumph has our
untaught countryman achieved over
these renowned trophies of European
art in the hot and fiery charger, leap
ing so proudly as if he disdained the
ground self-poised and self-sus-
tained on the single point whence he
derives his motion! Nc props, no SER
pents, no unnatural contrivances are
here Nature, which has taught the
impetuous sUeed to poise his weight
and gather his strength to spring into
the air, has given the genius which
fashioned this group the power to i'm
part grace and energy to the finely
balanced attitude, which makes the
weight that others prop and hold by
rivets furnish to the work its strength
and stability.
"RUT the real power of the noblest
monument consists in moral
grandeur of the recollections it recalls.
The exquisite beauty of the statue of
Nero, by its contrast with the monster
it brings to mind, makes the heart
recoil as from the shining folds Of a
polished serpent. How different the
beholder in the presence of the august
form before us! The image of the
restless hero, who drove the last in
vader from our shores, turns back our
thoughts to the eager boy who shed
his STRIPPING blood in the Revolution,
and to the resolute sage who with
stood the corruption and frenzy of his
times, and to the patriot statesman
whose life and deeds mark most
eventful era in our national history.
Let me glance at some of the
events in his glorious career and close
with a view of him in his retirement
at the Hermitage.
In the year 1765 a smal vessel
arrived in the harbor of Charleston,
with number of Irish emigrants on
board, who had fled from tyranny and
persecution in the Old World to find
peace and freedom in the new. Among
them was family by the name OF
Jackson, consisting of Andrew and
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being closed, large concourse OF
people, amounting to many thousands,
witnessed the ceremonies"
Indeed, not only were the exercises
held under the auspices of the Jack
son Democratic Association of Wash
ington, but it was this organization.
established back in 1928, that ordered
the statue and guaranteed $4,000 for
its payment. But this amount prov
ing insufficient, Congress subsequently
appropriated $4,000 to compensate
adequately the sculptor for his losses
and as reward for his labor and skill.
THERE are two replicas OF this
statue in this country, one in the
city of New Orleans, unveiled Febru-
airy 9, 1856, and the other in Nash
vile, Tenn, where it was unveiled
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memory of Andrew Jackson Downing,
stands in the grounds to the north
Of the Arts and Industries Building,
United States National Museum.
Probably, due to contention of
ownership, substantially no improve
ments were made to Lafayette Park
Originally called the Presidents
Square, until the 30s, when it was
surrounded by wooden fence and a
few trees were planted. Up to this
time it was an open common, with
few trees upon it, and it is said
that clothes lines, laden with linen,
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sometimes appeared in the northern
part of the square.
Sessford, in his annals for the year
1888, praises the work Of these early
landscape gardeners, for he makes this
reference:
The groups south of the Presidents
house further improved; Lafayette
Square beautifully laid out and in
closed by an iron fence, which, with
the Jackson statue, is much admired. u
THERE are four statues in La
fayette Park in addition to the
Jackson statue, one at each corner
of the square. These include the
statues of Lafayette, by Alexander
Falquier and Antonin Mercie; Rocham-
beau, by F. Hamer; Won Steuben, by
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Albert Jaegers, and Kosciuszko, by
Antoni Popiel.
1t is true, as has been said before.
that Lafayette Park does look as If a
windstorm had struck it; yet, after all,
one must admit that it is little too
early to judge just how the changes
will look when they are finished, and
perhaps We may be quite pleased, who
knows? But We do hope that the
statue of Andrew Jackson will not be
disturbed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
BENNY. HOWARD CONSCIOUS
AFTER BENDIX RACE CRASH
Los Angeles Air Speed
Events Get Off to a
Bloody Start
CROWN POINT, New Mexico.

CROWN POINT, New MEXICO.
Sept. 5. (UP)--The chances of
Benny Howard, Chicago sports
man flier, to recover, improved
considerably this morning when
he regained consciousness II
hours after he and his wife, Max
inc, were brought to a hospital
here after their plane crashed in
the Bendix air race. Mrs. How
ard suffered fracture of both legs
and internal injuries.
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LOS
ANGELES, Sejt. 5. (UP)-Two
curly-haired young ladies-Louise
Thaden of Wichita, Kans., and
Laura Ingalls, of New York-last
night hogged the field in the Ben
dix air race, finishing one, two,
against a field of four men and
one woman.
Driving her blue-green Beach
craft racer over the continent in
Il hours, "a minutes and 40 Sec
onds. Miss Thaden, a Depart
ment of Commerce airfield check
er, became the first woman ever
to win the classic $4,000 race.
Finishing last in line, but sec
ond in elapsed time, Miss ingalls,
whipped her black vendetta plane
over the airfeld at 5:54:2S p m
(PST) just inside the time limit
and ahead of the entire male field
Benny Howard, Chicago airline
pilit who won last year, was fan
ahead when he reached Kansas
City in his stream-lined "Mr. Null
ligan," but crashed in New Mex
leo, wrecking his plane and crit
cally injuring himself and Mrs
Howard who flew with him.
Miss Thaden won $4,000 fol
first place and Miss ingalls, won
Continued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
Will
BEPARTLAL IN
CITY MONDAY
Bank Closes All Day; Post.
office at Noon; City
Offices Closed

No formal program has been
arranged here for Labor Day,
next Monday, and only partial
holiday will be observed.
City and county offices will be
closed all day with the exception
Of the county accountants office,
which will be open as usual.
The post office will be open I'M
til noon. There will be only the
morning delivery of mail, and
there will be no rural delivery.
The State Trust Co., will be
closed all day. Merchants and
business houses do not plan to
close for the day.
A Labor Day dance will be Civ,
en- at the city gymnasium Monday
night, beginning at $50 o'clock
The Buccaneers Orchestra, Of
Asheville, will play for the dance
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
ROOSEVELT SAYS FEDERAL
FINANCE BASIS SOUNDEST
Assures Drouth Sufferers
Government Twill See
Them Through"

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Sept. S.
(UP).-President Roosevelt, near
ing the end of 5000 mile drouth
inspection tour, yesterday assured
the nation that "the finances of
the government are on a sounder
basis of credit than ever before in
history"
His observations were made to
a cheering crow d, thousands
strong, who welcomed him to this
state capital for conference with
Gov. Henry Horner and other Of
ficials on drouth and allied prob
lens.
Standing on the rear platform
of his private car, the president
observed that he had just finished
a long distance telephone call with
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., secretary
of the treasury, in Washington
and added:
81 just talked with the secre-
tary concerning the financing of
new federal obligations. might
say that the finances of the gov
eminent are on a sounder basis of
credit than ever before in his
tory"
The presidents statement, COM
ing on the heels of his tour into
the sun-baked prairie lands of the
West, where millions of dollars
of federal relief money is being
expended, was regarded by many
as particularly significant and an
inferential reply to charges that
certain New Deal policies are
threatening the country's financial
structure.
Horner, when he joined the
Roosevelt party at Hannibal, Mo-,
yesterday morning, said the DEM
ocratic party would sweep the
state in November.
On leaving the mansion, the
president spoke briefly from the
front balcony, assuring the drouth
farmers of the nation that the
government proposes to "see them
through"
eve are not only going to see
them through" Mr.. Roosevelt
said, "but we are going to try to
make it possible in the days to
come that this country will be a
better place in which to live"
Mr.. Roosevelt paid tribute to
Governor Horner, getting a laugh
when he observed that "your gov
ernor is not only a delightful host
but he serves a good meal as
WE'LL"
He complimented Horner on the
mass of drouth information mace
available here by experts, race
tiously declaring that some people
might refer to them as praiii
trusters."
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
Indy DESIGNS
TOURING ship
Will Be Fastist Light Craft
Ever Built in England,
Declared

NEWARK, N. j., Sept. 5. CUP
F C. Miles, head of the Phillips
and Fowls Aircraft, Ltd, of Read
ing, England, today revealed that
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was de-
signing what he described as the
Easiest light touring ship ever
built in England" for use on
flights throughout Europe.
Miles said he was helping the
Colonel in drawing up plans TOR
the ship which will be built by his
company and known as miles
Mohawk" The Mohawk, although
extremely light, will do 1,OOO
miles nonstop at 200 miles an
hour, Miles said.
Mrs. Miles, one of England's
best known woman pilots and the
only qualified woman aeronauti-
cal engineer in the world, also was
taking part in planning the new
ship, her husband said. They were
en- route by plane to Los Angeles
for the air races.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
CITY SCHOOLS
TO OPEN YEAR
HERE MONDAY
Enrolment Expected to
Surpass Last Years,
Waters States
ANNOUNCEMENT ON
TEXT BOOKS MADE

Hendersonville city schools will
open the 1936-37 session. on Mon
day morning at 8:45 o'clock, and
indications today were that the
enrolment for this session would
be slightly above that of the past
year, Superintendent +. M. Waters
said today.
The preliminary registration
for the school opening shows
about $50 additions in the elemen-
tary schools and about % or 80
additions in the high school. This,
however, does not include any
losses and is not a net total.
Children will report for instruc-
tions and book lists will be distri-
buted on Monday morning, but
books will not be distributed I'M
til Tuesday, Superintendent Wat
ers said.
In this connection instructions
were issued this morning as fol-
lows:
Most of the text books will be
handled this year at the schools
where they may either be bought
at the office or rented from the
teachers. Most of the work books
will be sold, as formerly, at Bak-
ers Art Gallery, and the public is
asked to remember the following
rules '''- ~
' Books can be sold only for cash
and checks can not be accepted.
Books bought cannot be returns
ed or exchanged,
No books can be reserved for
anyone.
Those handling books will do
all in their power to accOmmo-
date everyone, but the public
should understand that most of
the books are the property of the
state or the state book depository
and are handled purely as an ac-
commodation to the public under
contract and according to the law;
The public is requested to avoid
telephoning in regard to school
books as hundreds of people will
be waiting and the entire clerical
force will be kept busy serving
them.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
PANISH RED
FABINET HAS
FIRST SESSION
Government Move
fengthens Resistance
7 to Revolt

| |9S,ORID, Sept. ;. CUP)-
f. E.. Ill, 9'st actQa, Red govern
D;, s,t rs hrst cabinet meeting
n, asS IT. It was secret.
5.S SSOcIaliSt-Communist cabi-
E5sTsssaSu by Francisco Largo
- So 67-year-old former
i r,s... GenQuestionably discuss
ESsI ' rl resistance to the
\ o, i Sscist armies slowly clos
] eva, @aar'd, for the slogan of
/ S s.,eme Leftists consistently
/ jes,5 - no quarter; fight to
/ o ss.,5 pnqqestioaablv Red Cabi-
I, F Fun. power when the non
p Ci T.; government headed nv
'nej Io, Ferewa. a chemist, re-
/ RebeeyT.p the fall of Irun to
Pa, COMMUNISTS ss2.nists were in the
b IN g Cabinet, and socialists lists
haent '"S minority of that gov
conDi Now the two parties rites
|Eanp,i.Hs Hernandez. 2S-vear-oId
he New minister of education
4 lights iS5G;.::eirnment, attended
'o'iDe a initial session coatiess,
En-, ca,. GLUE shirt and a red
II; ''Se belt and revol-
lCoatippgs'eSJo Today. after the cab
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
LABOR RANKS
SPLIT TODAY
Thrown Into Two Hostile
Camps as CT. O. Sus-
pension Effective

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. (UP)
The ranks of organized labor
today were split into two bitterly
hostile groups. The solid labor
front for SO years credited with
gaining great advances for work
ers was shattered when 10 inter
national units, with a combined
membership of 100000 workers
were suspended from the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. The
suspension was effective one min
ute after midnight this morning.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
Home Sought For
31-2Y r. Old Girl

A curly-haired girl of three and
one-half years needs a home.
The county welfare department,
whose office is on Third avenue
east, told The Times-News today
that the girl is attractive in APP
pearance and bright in intelli-
gence, and that any good family
that wishes to take her into their
home may do so with the posi-
bility of adoption. The parents
apparently have abandoned her
permanently, it was said, and well
fare officers do not wish to place
her in an institution if such a step
can be avoided.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
RICHMAN AND MERRELL SET
TAKE OFF FOR RETURN FLIGHT
TOU. s. SUNDAY AT DAWN

terday. Disaster almost overlook
the fiiers as they landed in pas
ture near Llandilo, in Wales, on
account of fuel shortage.
Merrill said in taking off they
were nearer disaster than at any
time during the flight. A news
reel man was in the path Of the
plane, and Merrill pulled back the
stick, taking off and missing the
man by few inches.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
DuBose Hayward
Made Delegate To
Poets Congress

COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. s.
(UP).-Appointment of five rep
resentatives from South Carolina
to the Congress of American Poets
now in session in New York City
was made yesterday afternoon by
Gov. DIN Johnston.
Those named are DR.. BuBose
Hayward, Flat Rock, N. c.; Miss
Josephine Pinckney and Miss Ell
len M. Carroll, both of Charles
ton, S. c.; DR.. Julia Peterkin, Fort
Motto, S. c., and DR.. Archibald
Rutledge. Mercersburg, Pa.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
Defer Opening OF
Nursery School

Opening of nursery school as
a project of the recreation divi-
sion of the WPA has been post
poned from Monday until Tues
day, Mrs. Fred Justus, director,
said today. The postponement Is
made because Monday is a hoii,
day. The school will meet at S;So
a. m. in the Sunday school build
ing of the First Baptist church
and is open without charge TO
children of pre-school age.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
SUMMER Rain
IS DEFICIENT
2.6S Inches Below Normal
for Entire Period;
Heat Excessive
By T. w. VALENTINE
Local u. S. Weather Observer

The main temperature for the
month of August was 1.3 degrees
above the August normal, and the
precipitation was 0.S6 inch above
the August normal. The month
was uniformly warm except the
first and last days. The lowest
temperature for the month was
40 on the 31st, and the next low
est was 81 on the 1st. The rain
was well distributed through this
month; measurable amount fell
on nineteen days. (The term
measurable amount" means l
per cent of an inch or more.)
The summer, as a whole, Chat
is, the months of June, July and
August) showed the temperature
well above normal and precipita-
ton below normal. June showed
a temperature 8 degrees above
normal, July 10 degrees and
August 1.3 degrees, the average
excess for the whole summer be-
ing almost exactly two degrees.
Rainfall showed a deficiency of
4:O6 inches in June, an excess OF
O.52 inch in July and an excess
of O.S6 inch in Adjust. This leav-
e sa net deficiency of 2.6S inches
for the summer.
For the first eight months of
the calendar year. the tempera-
ture has averaged within a de-
gree of normal. The precipitation
shows an excess of 5:94 inches.
The greatest departures from
monthly normals were January
ian excess of 6:55 inches), April
tan excess of $50 inckes), May
"a deficiency of 1926 inches), and
June Ia deficiency of 400 inch
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
j. B. Riddle, Jr.,
Hurt In Accident

MORGANTON, Sept. 81.
Bennett Riddle, Jr., attorney and
president Of the North Carolina
Young Republican Club, was SER
iously injured in an automobile
accident near Black Mountain on
Tuesday while enroute to Hender-
sonville for a speaking engage
ment. -r~ -A''i.r t.'''1l.'i' :"
Dale Austin, Of Statesville, who
was picked up on the road by Mr..
Riddle, was slightly injured. jns
Riddle is in the Mission hospi-
tai, at Asheyille. go
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
Police Judge, His
Daughter And Her
Husband Are Slain

ODESSA, Mo-, Sept. 5. (UP(-
T. l.. Gam, Odessa police Judge,
his daughter, Mrs. Annette Neil
fish, 35, and her husband, A. W.
McElfsh, 35. were found shot to
death in their home here. Author
tiles believe it was a double muir
der and suicide by McElfsh, who
was recently arrested on his
wife's complaint.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05

LONDON, Sept. 5. (UP)-Har,,
ry Richman and Dick Merreli saiu
today that they would take OH al
dawn tomorrow for the return
flight to New York is the weaIne a
permitted. The big monopian.ji
Lady Peace, was refuelied anu th
conditioned preparatory Tor 'he
return flight. ,,os
The fiiers reached London yes
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
CURB DONATES
TO HOSPITAL
Officials Appreciate Gift
of Flowers, Food, From
the Market

Appreciation was voiced today
by the personnel and members OF
the board of the Patton Memorial
hospital for donations of flowers
vegetables, fruits, pickles, jeIlIes
and chickens, made by the Hen
derson County Curb Market on
Thursday afternoon.
Such generous acts and the
spirit of cooperation make 1t pos
sible for the hospital to serve the
public in a larger and more bene-
fetal manner, a spokesman for the
hospital said.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
FEDERAL
Home
RON ISLANDS
L.b.,n Victory for Reb-
d VIII Strengthen
Madrid Assault
hi GOVERNMENT
I MAPS NEW PLANS

4 =, 1856. Urised Press)
81 S''-r;sa Civil War develop
L @iay included;
k,vr JUAN DELUZ. France
En- Daniel Garcia ManslIla,
t.. ~, ambassador to France
H. o: the committee OF am
- today announced that
l refused to agree to
- for humanizing the
4, 1.alan government today
t,..r5 that LoyaliSt forces
-, withdrawn from the IS
1. a; Na,Iorca TO reinforce
|.,,~ n. forces on the main
Egy 4YE-RpbelS swept last
ross o.. LoyaliSr resistance
/ rrr and advanced steadily
=. Ear. GaudelOupe and San
,s.iar. capturing the heights
Pima and Zebe'uzo enroute.
m -. D. orE nypr are mob
4 4, San Sebastian to with
d the attack.
I3DglD - The government
,gs military civil planes of &C
covering all fronts and terri
behind the lighting lines.
.vIEDO-The city is short
1a.sr as Loyalists mteStify the
I "A. drop hand
over Oviedo appealing to sol
les and civil guards TO over
I'm officers.
.lSBON-A Madrid wireless
lived here says LOyaliSts pene-
,ei the Alcazar at Toledo,
BED Rebels with hand grenad-
I'd forced them TO surrender.
ARCELONA - Police cOntis-
$500 900 in treasure at the
shaI
.$B0N-The eighth week of
ngycjlesS Spanish Civil War,
d began today, apparently
Sc the long-awaited decisive
4 on Madrid which may de-
me the fate of the unhappy
.uy.
!: Rebel armies. augmented
notorious insurgents freed
the northern front by the
o; hln, probably will find
!; resistance on the Madrid
ale 90 todrmation of the
>oc,a.lst-COmmunist govern
,s hrs. act of the new Red
ls, was to issue a declaration
i mad but one objective-to
. he 'eoe.,ion-and that 10y
would fight to the death.
nation Of the new government
Sl2ct.y a victory for fighters
e l. L.oyallstS armies, especially
- u comprised mostly &C
'Uon,'nUed on page ski
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
J. T. FAM TAKEN
ILL in ATLANTA; is
REPORTED BETTER

The condition of J. T. Fain, who
has been critically i'll at st. Jo-
seph's Hospital in Atlanta, Ga,
was improving yesterday, but doc
tors are still unable to state when
he will be able to leave the hos
pital. Mr.. Fain was taken i'll while
on a visit in Atlanta.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. A. Bowen, who
have been in Atlanta, returned
yesterday, but Mrs. Fain remained
with relatives there.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-05
McKinna- Simpson
Reunion Sunday

The annual family reunion OF
the McKinna and Simpson taml :
lies will be held at the nome Oh
w. T. Simpson, at Etowah; on on
Sunday, September 6, and al i
friends and relatives are lnViteu
to attend and bring picnic pas
ketS.