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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
APPRAISING THE POLL

Newspaper men, most of whom are for Hoey fo'
aoyarnor, defend the straw vote being taken in the
newspaper poll on the ground that it served to re
veal Mcdonald strength in time to put the oppos'-
tion 70 work. The campaign has been waxing warm
r;vslinp in intensity the famous political battles OF
the mast. Had the poll not been conducted the
Hoev. Graham and McRae forces would have MN
;mized the strength of the professor
On the other hand, it should be borne IN nina
that 40 per cent of the ballots sent out are not
returned It is believed that the majority of these
who disregard requests for a revelation OF their
attitude are Hoey supporters who are less vocfer-
Gus than Mcdonald followers '~
1t is anticipated, based on the huge crowds that
have heard Mr.. Hoey in the campaign, and his
strength among the women voters, the farmers, the
bpsiness men, the moral forces and the young DEM
oerats that Hoey will upset the straw poll percent
ace and come out with strong lead in the hfst
primary over Mcdonald.
such an outcome would be embarrassing to the
newspaper poll conductor, c. A. Paul, IN whose
mind the idea originated.
As the campaign has progressed and the voters
have BECOME Informed as to the impossible per-
formanee of the Mcdonald platform, the sentiment
for Hoey has grown Many who cast their straw
ballots early in the campaign would like to recall
them now and register their change for Hoey--
Cleveland Star. '-.s ''.' '
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them for years. ANA Wnen CHeS
come into bearing you find you
have been stung good and proper.
The varieties of fruit you got are
not the varieties you bought.
They are as worthless as interna-
tional treaties. And where is the
agent who sold you the trash? He
has gone where the woodbme
twineth.
The nursery racket is easy to
work because it takes long to find
out that you have been worked.
The agent himself may have been
honest; he may have thought he
was representing a reliable con
Germ; he may have been as badly
fooled as you-but that does not
help you.
1t is a good rule never to buy
plants except from sources you
know to be reliable. Every year
hundreds of thousands-yes, mil
lions Of persons, pay out their
good money for trees, vines and
other plants which are cheats and
decisions. If necessary, pay few
cents more to trade with honest
dealers.
And if some itinerant person
blows in and tells you in tones OF
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27
LINGUISTIC ATTAINMENTS

If someone says he can speak OF translate "prac-
ticaly al{ tongues, you can just put 1t down that
he is talking through his hat. According to an est
mate of the French Academy there are 2,796
languages, and quite a few more when dialects are
counted. There are 20 modern languages spoken
in Europe alone according to the Federal Society
Of Transators, though all are based more or less
on four kew languages, English, German, French
and Russian. As for knowledge of languages the
societys crack Translator is Wfred Stevens, 1or'
mer member of the state department, who knows
nearly thirty Paul Vogentiz of the post office de-
partment is credited with knowledge of nineteen
languages, while Burton Lahore OF the state de-
partment is credited with eighteen.-The Path
finder. % .. =
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27
THOUGHTS OF
A FISHERMAN
By IKE WALTON

| am going to turn reporter a
while and tell what other folks
say, instead Of my own coglta-
ton. Maybe it will improve my
column.
A Young fellow was growing
the other day about politics - a
common failing these days. He
said last election one of the dis
tributors of campaign funds
passed him up in the distribution
and this year he means to get his,
or else. He couldn't see why they
just take him for granted every
time. ..... 49,.
That sounds like the case of
South Carolina. The Palmetto
state has been taken for granted
for a hundred years or more. The
distributions" go to the doubtful
Thomases. If they beat Jimmie
Byrnes down there, after all his
loyalty and devotion, it can be at
tributed chiefly to the fact that
South Carolina has been said to
go mad every thirty years. 1880,
Notification; 1860, Secession
1890, Tillman; 1920 Please; but
since it is only 16 years since the
last cycle-year, she may be only
half-mad now, and her madness
NAV be divided pretty evenly, so
Jimmie may get through. =,
But Brother Farley may look
over his distribution list all the
same. A lick at Jimmie is a blow
to F. R.. as things stand now, and
that Stoney orator from the Bat
terry has never had his'n. Then
too. Johnson Hagood comes from
down there.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27
Wait
q
Minute,
Please
COUNTY. FARM AGENT Is
By
Noah
HollowelE

confident that he can, for next
season recommend a broodcr to
farmers which will in large way
solve the problem Of growing
chicks more economically, with
the fuel bill eliminated. At least
Mr.. White is nursing a brooder
about as attentivelv as hen
nurses her brood in order to learn
to his complete satisfaction wheth-
el. or not the brooder is practical.
Sam Picard, vice president Of
the Columbia Broadcasting sys-
TEN, who recently came into pos
session of the Huger place ON the
Flat Rock highway and on which
he has spent thousands Of dollars
in improvements, including the
poultry business among improve
ments and play things. asked Mr..
White to supervise the building OF
the house rs well as the brooder
equipment, order chicks, watch
them, etc, as q farm agent likes
to do.
The brOodeI', which is in the cen
ter Of a house l4X3G feet has Il
capacity for brooding 1000 chicks.
The brooder consists Of a brick
furnace the width Of three and
one-half brick lengths; depth Of
eight bricks lying fiat on each
other and a length of six bricks,
endwise. A 5-inch cement slab re-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27

WHILE scientists m other part
w of the world were con-
! templating a flight into the strato'
sphere. in May 1891. typlcallJ
abscnt-minded Belgian professor
of physics sealed himself with {
companion IN an aivAnlnum gon.
dola and waited aloft to the rec.
ord height Of Sits feet. nearly l(
miles The man was Prof Auguste
Picard. tall. high-browed. bushy-
haired. and nervous .. -.
1t was the fyst time human
beng had reached the realm be-
eyond the high atnogherlc layer
that enclrcles the earth Since
then several Others !. in Russia
Italy and The United States. have
made stratosphere flights by both
balloon and alrpfane; but PICARD
beat his former record wheM n.
August. 1882 he assembled to G
height Of 54.l2o feet. OF more than
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, CORN?

To Americans corn means but one thing, Indian
maize or its improved counterpart, which is native
to this country This is quite different from the
meaning of corn in ancient Rome which, according
to several Bible passages referred to wheat, barley
and other grains Even today, in Scotland corn
usually means oats, and what Americans would re-
fer to as a rye field would be termed corn field III
most of northern Europe. Likewise, many English
men speak of head of wheat as an ear of corn
The Pathfinder. &C.,. e., ...' ID" . .'. ..
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BEHIND THE SCENES
!. IN ,WASHING;TO
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

problems OF unemployment. pow
erty' and distress, it cannot sur
viye. If it does solve these prob
lens progressively, step by step,
giving the people reasonable hope
Of being able to plan a better life
for themselves, there is no need
10 fear the imposition of a dicta-
torship the technique of ma
iority rule is abandoned when
the majority loses faith in its
ability to rule"
That is the argument which lies
behind the effort 10 force definite
action on the Benson amendment,
but there is no chance of any ac-
ton before election, and little
enough until next session.
THE complete, composite, grand
L total public payroll, federal,
state. city and local. is now esti-
mated by the National Civil
Service Reform League to have
reached 100000. That is almost
one in 10 Of all people now gain
fully employed. ~
That doesn't cause any great
concern among the professional
here, for a great part of these are
school teachers, policemen, fire.
men, letter carriers, and all kinds
/ of workers at the most vital tasks.
| The only cause for concern lies
in the fact that the population of
the capital city of Washington has
increased Is per cent in the last
five years, and that the federal
establishment of desk workers
now reaches far out into Virginia
and Maryland, and even rents
Office space in Baltimore.
It's not the number of govern
ment employees that's important;
it's the usefulness of the work
they do, insist all students of gov.
eminent trends.
copyright. 1896. NEA Service. lnc,)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

. NJ Srr'1Vf ''"h S"'~P'"s
WASHINGTON. Pre- d G n t
" Roosevelt dabbled his toes in
he supreme court issue when he
made the famous "horSe and
buggy" comment after the adverse
MIRA decision. But he found the
water pretty cold. 80. .
1t isn't likely that he will plunge
in now to make it "a campaign
issue. Probably neither party will
have straight, out-and-out plank
saying that the Constitution ought
to be amended, or that it is per-
feet as it is. - ..
But that isn't going to prevent
the matter becoming ap issue. The
Socialist Farmer Labor Party
sponsored Benson amendment" is
going to get a real test of strength
in the next session Of Congress,
after the election dust settles.
This amendment to the Consti-
tuition would specifically give Con-
gress power to. pass wage and hour
laws {. on a national basis, and
closely regulate industry in other
respects. It also provides for the
orderly taking over by the gov
eminent Of any industry Judged
BY Congress to be of vital public
interest.
n
RECENT supreme court and
= other high court decisions are
gradually convincing labor organi-
cations, radicals, and even mild
liberals that the federal govern
rnent is without constitutional
power to deal with problems that
are obviously national in implica-
ton. ".'. - =
Just how serious is the growth
OF this feeling of helplessness is
indicated by recent statement by
The able commissioner of eduea.
ton, John w. Studebaker.
IF democracy fails to solve the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27
THE TERMITE RACKET

he lENNl Z NfhSNLi
The telmite flimflam is another
favorite American skin game A
man calls around and proves to
you that termites are eating your
woodwork. perhaps they have
been munching it for rs years.
Get those termites out today
cor you move out tomorrow" he
warns ominously. You become
frightened. You think your home
is in immediae jeopardy. The
agent feels for you. He wants to
help you. He yearns to quiet your
distressed spirit; to soothe the
suffering he has put into your
soul For two or three hundred
or two or three thousand dollars,
depending on the size of your
domicile. the dimensions of your
pocketbook and the extent of your
gullibility, he will chase off your
termites and keep them off.
With a heart so full of relief
that you give thanks to God, you
sign a contract with this savior Of
your home. This person actually
does exterminate your termlteS.
But any reputable paint concern
or honest building contractor IN
your locality would do the same
lob for about Is dollars.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27
WATCH DEFIES ELEMENTS

FINDLAY, Ohio. (UP).-A Sc
we're winter apparently did not
impair the watch which L. J.
Crawford lost in his yard last fall
and found this spring.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27

and spreads out
before you an
intriguing array
of highly colored
portraying mouth
watering fruits Of
e cry descl'ip-
ton. Trustfully
you place your
order for this
kind of peach
tree and that (;
for this kind of
grapevine a n d
that. The plants
arrive. You set
them out. Tend
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27
ROMANS NEVER PUT UP A 'oUoDDY
~ PROJECT ,..Y,,.,
(By BRUCE CATION

Whenever an ardent patriot wants 10
paw his America the supreme compliment
he looks about at its great construction
works and announces that Americans are
the greatest builders since the ancient Ro-
mans. ass. =.
1t is a pretty thought, and such things
as RonIder Dam and the Panama Canal
Justify it. But it has remained for the pres
ent administration to go the Romans one
better by sinking pile of money IN a
building project for which the country has
no earthly use.
This has happened up on the rockbound
shores of Maine. where the tasteful white lite
houses of Quoddy Village CLEAN in the
morning sun and cause one to wonder what
in the world the country will ever do with
them. 8. .
Quoddy, orphan child of Uncle Sam, is
as charming a village as You would care
to find. It's houses represent million dol
lars in cash and vast amount OF loving
care, the evidences of which are to be
found in maple love seats, colonial candle
sticks, grandfather's clocks, and other sam
Piles of the interior decorators art.
1t was built to house workers in the great
tidal power project. This project has late
Iy been counted out by Congress. The
workers presently will scatter to the four
winds, the tides will rise and fall unvexed
by machinery, and the beautiful village
will remain as a lasting memorial to an
age that could build to perfection, but to
no good purpose.
Consider, for just a moment, the topsy,
turviness of the civilization that built
Quoddy. 49,. 49,.
Every city in America has its .desolate
disease-breeding, crime-incubating slums
They lie across the land like ugly, filthy
sores, costing US stupendous, sums in i'll
ness, in bad citizenship, in general human
misery.
In three or four spots the government
has moved, timidly, to .rebpild-under
set-up which makes it certain that the for
mer slum jewellers cannot afford to move
into the new houses being erected to re
place those being destroyed.
UP at Quoddy, where there never wa
and never will be housing shortage, w
show the sort of dwellings we can put VI
when we set our minds to the job; dwell
lings that are pleasant, airy, substantial!
homelike, inviting, fit for race of fire.
men and women. But and this is tn
point-haying built them, We have no US
for them. ....-. =.
The Romans, those other great builders
were superstitious and unenlightene
people in many respects. But when the
set out to do a job of building, they at leas
figured out what they really needed-an
then built it where they could use it. 80
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27

III 70 m ! ! e s
B OF h flights
w ere m a d c
over SwItZer-
land
So on after
the IS G C o n d
flight. Belgium
issued a spe-
clal stamp pic
turing the bal
loon and. COM
IN e m o + atlng
hath .nuarotc
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27
THE NURSERY RACKET
Ry WICKEy WAMBOLDT

One of the easiest rackets to
work and one of the hardest to
catch up with is the fruit tree
racket.
An agent calls at your home
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27
STARK TRAGEDY

clarence Darows seventy ninth birthday last
Saturday was not without an ,eement of drama.
The famous criminal lawyer marked his natal day
with a~declaration that the law is "horrible
business" that it partakes of 'black magic and
that there is no such thing as justice in or out of
court. .o.. 49,
!. mf, Daffows sOmbre philosophizng2 was climaxed
Dy the statement that religion lis the belief in
1uulre lie and IN God, / don't believe in either
M v. man Of Mr.. Darrows intellectual and pro-
1essionai attachments approaches the end of life
with no more hopeful or helpful message than this,
ne 70 De sincerely pitied He is figure of stark
Inquirer. s.,,. <,.t
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27

aenaefsOnVlIle, N. c., is without doubt, pleas
ant place 10 be- 1t is place of mountains rocks,
fis waterfalls, palatia estates, modern log cabin
ana bungalow homes, handicapped lawns, parks, and
areas, and up-todate business buildings and resort
areas set high in the mountains of North Carolina.
MIS-: Mae Michel Rundell, ex-Hillsboro resident,
sends the editor copy of The Tmes-News, pub
llshed IN pictorial style at Hendersonville, to set
forth the attractions of the city and surrounding
country, which are described "a year round re-
sort in the land of the sky."-Hlsboro, ILL.,, News
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South Cardinals legislature ordered a
mental examination of a college man
whose writings displeased it. No provision
has yet been made for the hanging of
witches. ,.-.s- -. .~,.s;
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27

The typical American cares little about
the flavor of food. He always swallows 1t
before his mouth finds out how it tastes.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27

alarm that your trees are being
attacked by this, your vines by
that, your flowers and vegetables
by some other things, and that
they must be treated Immediately
to save them and that he is the
boy that can do it and has the
stuff to do it, forget him and call
in some local person whose horti-
cultural advice you know you can
trust.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27

Correct this sentence: 'fWhen I pay a
doctor, for advice" said the man, Il do ex-
actly what he tells me to do"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27

There are different forms of slavery Voluntary
slavery is to buy something which you can't afford
on the ,installment plan.
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lc6pyr,ght. 1856 SEA Service, Inc,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-27

Who are we TO say that some sins are gross ana
some are not? In the sight of God every SIN Is
hateful When you read the category OF the SINS
Of the flesh, you viii see what God couples "ltn
those things which We eal grOsser sins, There Is
ANGER, and ENVY, and JEALOUSY; and in the
siobt of God they are just as bad as those things
which come out of Observation-Disclosures Calendar.
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Too many cooks win spoil a political pudding.
Evening star., 1936-08-19

ticket was elected with the exception
of two delegates to the national con-
vention.
Debate on Rules.
Intense interest in the election was
evident at last nights opening session,
which debated for more than two
hours on rules governing the conven-
ton eventually denying units the for
mer privilege of instructing delegates.
Rivalry was increased by the fact
that this year, for the first time, more
than two candidates were seeking the
Office of president.
Mrs. Killeen is a charter member
of the Killeen unit. Her son was the
first American boy to die in Italy.
An indirect attack on the political
activities of Rev. Charles E. Coughlin
was seen in a brief address before the
convention by Col. Julius I. Peyser.
Though he did not call Father
Coughlin by name. Peyser urged
withdrawal of citizenship and de-
portation for foreign-born citizens
who attack the American form of
government and high officials in the
government without just cause.
Past Comdr. Fred Frazier also ad-
dressed the meeting.
Elected to Office with Mrs. Killeen
were:
Miss Irene Sheehan, Mrs. Ruth
Turner and Miss Lou Warren, vice
presidents; Mrs. Ada Carver, histo-
rian; Mrs. Evelyn Copeland. chaplain;
Mrs. Blanche Cory. sergeant at arms;
Mrs. Sarah Johns and Mrs. Emma
Warren, color bearers, and Mrs. Har-
riett Epps property custodian.
Six Delegates Named.
Six delegates were designated to at
tend the national convention in Cleve-
land next month with the national
executive committeewoman, as fol-
lows: Miss Perrell, Mrs. Killeen, Miss
Reagan, Miss Minnie Mae Hardie, Mrs.
Sarah Johns and Mrs. E. Louise War
rem.
A collection of $50 to help send the
Sons of the Legion Drum and Bugle
Corps to the convention was raised
from the floor.
Sessions were held in the District
Chapter House, American Red Cross.
Evening star., 1936-08-19
A. B. c. OVERRU[ED
ON NL|QU0R POLICY
Commissioners Hold Mag
genti Entitled to Further
License Consideration.

The District Commissioners have
overtnrown. in one case at least, the
policy of the Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board. which heretofore has
banned reissuance of a revoked liquor
license until five years after the re-
vocation.
After upholding action Of the
board in revoking the license of
Oirillio Maggenti of the Mayflower
Lunch, 1923 Seventeenth street, the
Commissioners ruled that the board
must consider an application from
Maggenti for a new license February
/. if he makes the application.
Sunday Sale Conviction.
Maggenti lost his license after con-
viction of selling liquor on Sunday.
His customers we're two policemen,
the date June 81.
Commissioner HaZen, however, in
sists the action does not establish a
precedent.
Confessional Provision.
"I don't believe in precedents, ="
said Hazen. I'VE did not establish
one. I believe each case should be
considered on its own merits"
The five-year rule had been adopted
by the board on the basis that Con-
gress, in framing the liquor act. in
cluded a provision that persons con-
victe6 of prohibition laws could not
be granted permits until five years
from the date of conviction.
Evening star., 1936-08-19
Sunday Barbering
In Beauty Shop
Charge in Court
abuse of Sunday La,o
Under One of T,Co Per-
nlits Is Question.

A barber shop on one side of the
room and a beauty" shop on the
other presented a nice technical prob
lem today to the Police Court jury
trying George Robinson. colored on
charges of barbering seven days a
week.
Assistant District Attorney Arthur
Mclaughlin brought out evidence that
Robinson obtained two occupancy per-
mits for his place at 14l7 New York
avenue. one for a barber shop and
the other for beauty shop.
1t was contended that Robinson
shaved customers on the beauty
shop" side on Sunday. while the bar
ber shop side was technically closed.
1t was testified further that no
women customers patronize the place.
The trial before Judge Isaac r.
Hit opened yesterday and probably
will be concluded tomorrow. The
hearing attracted about so BARRIERS
as spectators.
Evening star., 1936-08-19
CITY YHEADSAPPR0VE
new FIRE HOUSE
Station at Rhode Island Avenue
and Brentwood Road North.
| east Will Cost $4,000.

The Commissioners today approved
plans for a new fire house to be built
at Rhode Island avenue and Brent
wood road northeast, for which Con-
gress made available $77,24l in the
1896 District budget.
Capt. H. S. Bishop. Assistant Engi-
neer Commissioner in charge of the
construction program, was instructed
TO call on contractors for bids at an
early date so work could be started
Is soon as possible.
The new truck house will be known
rs No. IS. OF the total sum available,
k73,741 is for building construction,
$500 for a fire alarm system and the
remainder for furnishings.