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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
SPEAKING OF LIBERTY

NIOW that the American Civil Liberties Union
has joined the American Liberty League in at
lacking the activities of the Black Lobby Commit
tee maybe the League will join with the Union in
behalf of certain similar causes.
Defenders of the peoples liberties is unfamiliar
role for the League, which apparently hasn't yet
learned to distinguish between the prerogatives and
privileges of wealthy few on one hand and the
human rights of the common man on the other.
But before this Lobby Committee scrap is over,
the League may pick up few points from the
ACLU, which has been upholding the bill of rights
long enough to know that assaults on liberty have
to be met head-on wherever they crop up and re-
gardless of whether the alleged victim is prospec-
tive slush fund contributor or just man in picket
line
To counter an attack of the Liberty League
Senator Black could take the offensive with re-
cital of the Leagues record in allying itself with
wealth and privilege. But the protest of the Civil
Liberties Union that "the procedure of your commit
tee is on par with tapping the telephone wires of
private citizens" can not be turned aside by such
from the feshpots, but from the front lines in the
battle for human rights where frequenters of well
warmed and well stocked clubs" do not go
Defending sharecroppers from eviction because
they dared to organize to protect themselves in an
uneven contest with landlords defending the rights
of strikers to picket peacefully defending freedom
of thought and teaching in universities dominated
by reactionary regents defending the right of the
unemployed to organize and petition for redress of
their grievances defending the right to fair trial of
accused men who can't afford high-priced lawyers
protesting the lawlessness Of police third degree
lynch mobs and vigilantes
Senator Black may contest the premises but he
can not question the motives of such an organiza-
ton.
N7HILE waiting for the Senate to complete the
" evidence in the Lobby Committee case the
Liberty League might well take a look at some of
the other causes in which the Civil Liberties Union
has already interested itself
There are the Mccormick military disaffection
and the Kramer antisediton bills designed to muz-
zle civilian free press and free speech There is
the Dobbins postal censorship BILL which would au-
thorize prosecution for sending objectionable"
matter through the mails in Jurisdiction of the
prosecutors own choosing There are the humiliat-
ing teachers oath bills in various states
In these times of unemployment and unrest
with repressive measures widely advocated bv Fas
clst-mnded groups, the liberties of the people are
threatened as they never have been in the memory
OF living men, war years excepted. There is ample
work for the Liberty League this field if it desires
to make good its pretentions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
1886 MODEL JUSTICE AND JUSTICES?

TINE Supreme Court in the past often has caught
- up with the changing times. Atty. Gen. Cum
mirgs recently listed 10 instances in which it has
reversed previous constitutional interpretations
along with the three notable instances in which the
people by constitutional amendment reversed the
court The painful Civil War was a part of the
process that overturned the courts ideas of chate
slavery, too.
Now the court is about to hear arguments on the
validity of the Guffey Coal Sterilization Act Fed
era regulatory law which trade practices and
working conditions
In the MIRA and AAA decisions the majority
justices made it clear that they hold such condi-
tons outside the Federal pale In the AAA case
an industry just as basic as mining specifically
assigned to the states for regulation.
BY this same reasoning, the Gufey Act would
seem earmerked for the discard.
But several of the coal-mining states have just
entered the picture in a manner which the justices
can not disregard In their semi-sovereign capacity
as states they have filed with the court statements
of their obvious inability to control the industry
with effectiveness or with the uniformity necessary
in a national industry.
In this case, in the other New Deal cases, the
phrases of the Constitution involved vague and
general There are adequate precedents in the form
of previous Supreme Court rulings on both Sides
Precedents very dear and necessary for judgeso
We like the precedent of Justice Roberts opinion IN
the Nebba milk case in which he said
1.-THE guaranty of due process, as has often been
held demands only that the law shall not be I'M
reasonable, arbitrary or capricious; and that the
means selected shall have a real and substantial
relation to the object sought to be obtained"
The states by their action have gone far to eStab-
1;sb that "due process" has been complied with by
Congress in enactng the Guffey Act.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
The H0osier Forum
disapprove of 1Ohat yom sag, but I aOiU defend
to the death your right to sag it.-Voltaire.

| ilton makes this frank confession
II never expect to see perfect work
from imperfect man. The result of
the elaboration of all collective
bodies must necessarily be a COM
pound of the errors and prejudices,
as well as of the good sense and
wisdom, of the individuals of whom
they are composed. The compacts
which are to embrace Is distinct
states must necessarily be COM
promise of that many dissimilar in
terests and inclinations. How can
perfection spring from such ma
terials?"
Hamilton then quotes from the
historian Hume the following words:
ITO balance a large state of society.
whether monarchical or republican,
on general laws, is a work of SO
genius, however comprehensive, is
able, by the mere dint of reason or
reflection, to effect it. The judg-
ments of many must unite in the
work; experience must guide their
labor; time must bring it to perfec-
ton and the feeling of inconven-
fence must correct the mistakes
which they inevitably fall into in
their first trials and experiments"
In view of these things, the voters.
of Indiana can not escape from one
or the other of two conclusions:
Either that Senator VanNuys has
some private reason for attributing
to the Constitution a perfection to
which the trainers themselves did
not pretend, or that he has no
feeling of inconvenience" at the
present plight of his country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER, ASK THE TIMES!

Brown was exhibiting a French
dueling pistol and accidentally
dropped a lighted match on the
cap, causing the pistol to discharge,
and the bullet hit a mahogany
dresser and ricocheted. hitting Co.
Jumbo just above the eye and en-
tering his brain.
Q-How much longer can Hitler
continue to exercise full dictatorial
legislative power in Germany?
A-The German Reichstag passed
the law abdicating for four years all
its power in favor of Hitler on
March %, 1888. The law expires
April /, 1887.
Q-Who was Thor?
A-The Scandinavian god of war,
thunder, and agriculture. He was
the son of Odin and lord, champion
of the Aesir, and benefactor of man.
He was the implacable foe of the
giants, whom he slew with his magic
hammer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14

ADVISES VANNUYS TO
READ 'FEDERALIST

BY George Gould Hine
cts great world" says Charles
M. Schwab.
cts a successful SYSTEM" says
Senator VanNuys, and in effect
calls upon five million graduates of
high schools and colleges to recog-
nize it as perfect, even though they
can't get jobs.
"It. must not be tinkered with"
says the Senator and calls upon 20
million reliefers to agree with the
Supreme Court that their condition
is local problem, as was said of
the farmers.
cit is final, as far as T am con-
cerned,," says the Senator and lays
down for the count of 10. He
admits the Constitution is perfect.
But while the Senator is resting
on his back he might refresh and
strengthen himself with the
thoughts of the founders. Let him
read the "Federalist."
He will find that Alexander Ham
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14

in the morning and tea at noon or,
if he desires, tea both times.
TOFFEE always should be con-
~ sidered as representing so much
caffein. When a person is sick, it
should not be taken late in the aft
ernoon or evening, as it may cause
Just sufficient stimulation to pre-
vent sleep.
During fever, digestion is i'm
paired. At the same time, because
of the greater demands, there may
be increased appetite. For this rea-
son, long continued infections re-
suit in under-nutrition and loss OF
weight.
If a child is undernourished when
the infection begins, it is likely to
become seriously undernourished
before the infection has progressed
very long.
In children, infections of the ear
and of the kidney, and occasionally
tuberculosis, produce the worst
effects in this direction. Under such
circumstances, the child may need
not only a quart of milk each day
but a diet rich in nutritional SUBJ
stances, to keep its weight and blood
up to par.
If the forcing of fluids, necessary
because of the infection, makes ii
difficult for the child to take the
amount of milk recommended, the
use of powered milk, evaporated
milk, or a similar preparation viii
serve the purpose.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14

rural districts, and often they are
forced to collect part of this pittance
by boarding around" with the farm
ers, as backWoods schoolmaSters
did in pioneer days.
The new plan would unite seven
or eight of these districts and con-
struct central school to which
children living at distance might
be transported. Competent teach
ers then could be employed at rea-
sonable salaries, and modern equip
ment installed at a total expense
not greater than present costs.
If the proposal is adopted and
works in Michigan, it is new dead
for rural children that no state can
afford to pass up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
LAUDS SELECTION OF WEST
AS FUND HEAD

BY J. F. C.
The choice of Harold B. West as
general chairman of Indianapolis
Community Funds seventeenth an
nual fund campaign next fall is a
signal honor to this young business
executive, long active in civic affairs.
1t also is happy choice so far
as the fund is concerned, because of
Mr.. VESTS demonstrated ability in
fund work.
And the selection of Arthur v.
Brown as the 1886 honorary member
of the fund was specially appropri-
ate because of Mr.. Browns long rec
ord as a civic, welfare and financial
leader.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
RURAL SCHOOL PLAN
is PRAISED

By a Reader
States and communities suffer-
ing from small, badly equipped and
poorly stated rural schools might
well take a cue from Michigan.
DR.. Eugene B. Elliott, superinten-
dent of public instruction there, is
seriously considering a plan to re-
duce the number of Michigan
rural schools from 6700 to 700 or
300. He charges that the present
system is extravaganza and disgrace
to education.
Michigan, along with other states.
he points out, pays it's teachers as
low as $50 a month in the poorer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
SERENITY
BY MARY WARD

The depths of the sea are calm,
Even with tempests above
And storm does not alarm
The heart of a turtledove-
They have ways to us unknown
Fulfilling their destiny
Calm are the depths of the sea.
Trustful, serene is the one,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14


Q-What language is spoken in
Mexico?
A-The language of the country
is Spanish. About 100000 Indians
speak their own vernaculars, and
many of the 100000 mixed race
also speak Indian dialects as well as
Spanish.
Q-When and how did Russ CO.
Jumbo, the screen actor, die?
Ale died in a hospital in Holly
wood, Sept. 2, 1884. a few hours
after he was shot in the head by the
accidental discharge of an antique
pistol at the home of Lansing
portrait photographer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
SATURDAY. MARCH IA. 1895.
DEMOCRATIC MIRACLE

DEMOCRATIC Senate Leader Joe Robinson raises
the alarm that Herbert Hoover is apparently
trying to for himself the presidential nomina
ton" Isn't Joe little more wshful than fearful?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
DESIGN FOR DYING

RRITAINS war minister, Alfred Duff Cooper
says: With large numbers of young and active
unemployed men living on the dole, no better adj
vice could be given them than to join the arnv,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14

fTimes readers are invited to cypress
their Dieaos in these columns. religious
controversies erCluded. Make uour letters
short. so all can hare chance. Limit
them to ESQ aoords or less. Your letter
must be siGned. but names aoiU be
t0ithheld on reouest.j
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
DAILY THOUGHT

For it seemeth to me unreason-
able to send prisoner and not
withal to signify the crimes laid
against him.-The Acts XIV, 81.
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addressing any question of fact or in
formation to The Indianapolis Times
Washington Service Bureau. 1913 18Th
st. N. W.. Washington. ID. c. Legal and
medical advice can not be given, nor
can extended research be undertaken
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14

LIE who commits injustice is ever
L L. made more wretched than he
who suffers it.-Plato.
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Watch Your Health

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if he desires, tea both times.
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-26
Winborne Expect
ing Huge Lead
CONTINUED from Page One.)

the Democratic and Republican vote
in their county. Not enough answers
have been received to be the basis of
prediction but the early indications
are for a record-breaking Democratic
vote along with a Republican total
somewhat larger than the $4,000
which Clifford Frazier got when he
ran for governor in 1882.
But getting back to the chairman's
figures and those in the record book,
it is a fact that the Democratic vote
during presidential and gubernatorial
years is usually larger than the total
number Of Democrats who took part
in the primary. For instance, approx
mately 100000 Democrats voted in
the hotly contested first primary of
1882, while approximately 100000 vot-
ed in the general election of that year.
If that sort of thing happens again,
the 1896 Democratic vote will go far
above the record-breaking total Of
SIG, 900 votes cast for governor in the
first primary of this year, Any such
Democratic vote as that would swamp
the Republican under a majority of
over 100000, for few unbiased obser-
vers believe that either Gillian Girls
som or ALT Landon has a chance of
getting as many as 275,O0O North Car
Olina votes
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-26
THIS WEEK TELLS
TALE OF ELECTION
Most Important Week of
Campaign Winborne Says;
Asks Heavy Vote

Raleigh, Oct. 26.-"This week tells
the tale" declared State Democratic
Chairman J. Wallace Winborne. cit
is the most important week of the
campaign.
Reports from every section of the
State show that there are more Dem
ocrats On the registration books to-
day than have ever been eligible to
vote in any election in the history of
the State. But we must not forget
that there has been a great increase
in Republican registration, also, and
that the enemy is throwing more
money into this campaign than they
have in years. -, 5. a....s.
"The Republican command thinks
that it can use its money to stir UP
dissention in the ranks of the Dem
ocratic party-or, at least, it did
think so. Perhaps by now it realizes
that its efforts have failed. If not, it
will find that out a week from Tues
day.
IF the Democrats sustain their
drive, we will poll a record vote. If,
however, we take things easy, the
party's nominees merely will win by
a curtailed majority which will not
express North Cardinals confidence
in President Roosevelt, Clyde r.
Hoey and the Democratic party as a
whole
For that reason I call Upon every
Democrat to keep up the fight until
the night of Tuesday, November 3.
We must get out the vote. We have
a huge majority but the only way to
show it is to get the voters to the
polls and get the votes in the ballot
boxes.
I'm not worried about how North
Carolina Democrats will vote once
they get to the polls. I'm not worried
about any ticket scratching. My only
fear is an over-confidence which will
result in a failure to get out the full
vote in those counties where there is
no local Republican opposition.
"The Democrats in the close coun-
ties will deliver. I am calling upon the
Democrats in the Overwhelmingly
Democratic counties to do the same
thing. If they get out and work this
week, President Roosevelt will know
what North Carolina thinks of him,
his fellow nominees in State and ma
ton. and the Democratic party
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-26

fllcting serious injury.
w. O. Griffin paid $3.50 and costs
for speeding.
Robert Turner was fined $3.50 and
costs when he was convicted of
speeding.
Collie L. Wilson was dismissed
when tried on . drunken driving
charge.
George Williams, Negro, pleaded
not guilty to being drunk, but was
found guilty and was fined $40 and
costs.
Hubert Harris, Oxford, Route /. was
guilty of speeding, and was fined
$3.50 and costs.
George Johnson, Negro, pleaded
guilty to possession of illicit whisky
for the purpose of sale, and was sent
enced to the roads for four months.
John d. Vaughan, Jr., Negro, was
guilty of not having paid his dog tax
for the years $685. 1884 and 1885, and
prayer for judgment was continued
upon payment of the tax and one
half the court costs.
Benjamin MCGUIRE, Negro, was
convicted of engaging in disorderlv
conduct and he was fined SIS and tax
ed with the costs of court.
Sylvester Marrow, Negro, was con-
victed of failing to pay his dog tax
Tor the year 1885, and prayer for
judgment was continued upon paying
the tax and one-halt the court costs.
Sidney Harris, Negro, was guilty of
not having paid his dog tax for the
year 1882 and 1888, and PRAYER for
judgment was continued upon pay
ment of the tax and one half the costs.
Dick Mitchell, Negro, was also con-
victed of nOn-payment of dog tax for
the year 1885, and prayer for iudg-
ment was continued upon payment of
the tax and one-half the costs.
Another dog tax case, Ben Kearnev.
Jr, Negro, was required to pay the
tax on 1885 and one half the costs
when prayer for judgment was con-
tinued
Fred Lewis and Florence Mitchell.
Negroes, pleaded guilty to an i'm
moral conduct charge, and were fin
ed SIS and costs each.
John Owens, Negro, was charged
with assaulting Mary Hargrove with
a deadly weapon, and prayer for judg-
ment was continued for two wears
upon payment CT the costs and keen
ing the peace toward Mary Hargrove.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-26

robert Chavis, Negro, was convict
eo OF operating a motor vehicle with
out proper brakes and without a driv-
ers incense. Prayer for Judgment
was continued upon payment of the
costs and the securing of the neces-
sary permit to drive.
Dennis Mayo, Negro, convicted of
being drunk, was fined SIS and costs.
Bennle West was drunk, and drew
a fine of SIS and costs.
Owen Johnston, Negro, was found
guilty OF operating an automobile
without proper brakes, ana was fined
$40 and costs.
wallace Riggan, of Townsville, was
charged with reckless and careless
driving, and prayer for Judgment was
continued upon payment of the costs.
Lee Holloman, Negro, was fined $40
and costs for being drunk and dis
orderly or 80 days on the roads.
Willie Wimbush, Negro, was fined
$1O and costs when convicted of be-
ing drunk
Iollie Foster and Winnie Mitchell
both Negroes, were convicted of en-
gaging in immoral conduct, and each
was fined SIS and costs
owen Johnson, Negro, was found
guilty of being drunk and was fined
So and costs.
Frank Young, Negro, pleaded gull
ty to a charge of being drunk, and
was fined SIS and costs
Gladys Bates, Negro, was sent to
the roads for six months. when he
pleaded guilty to assaulting Jose
phine Howell with a brick bat and in
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-26
All PRIZE WINNERS
BID ON THE AWARDS

Statesville,, Oct. 26-At the Iredell
county All fair last week, winners
were given the privilege of bidding for
the prizes they wanted most.
BY a novel arrangement, the win
ners were paid off in coupons that
were valued at a dollar each, said A..
r. Morrow, county agent of the State
College extension service.
At the close of the fair, an auc-
ton sale was held and the winners
used their coupons to bid for various
prizes that had been donated by To-
cal business firms.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-26
so CHINESE KILLED
IN RAILWAY CRASH
Four Runaway Coaches Collide With
Train On Grade-Military Of
ficer Is Blamed.

Hongkong, Oct. Chinese
reports received last night blamed a
military officer for the worst railway
disaster in China in recent years, in
which at least so persons, including
So soldiers were killed
Four runaway coaches on the new
ly-opened Canton Hankow railway
dashed down steep hill and collided
with a train climbing the grade Oc-
tober %, said delayed dispatches from
Tengchatang, Human province, in
China'S interior.
Twentyfour coaches, jammed with
national government CNanking) SOL
diers returning along the Yangtse
river valley from the recent South
China rebellion, formed the train,
pulled by two locomotives.
The train stalled on a steep hill and
the engineers split it into two Sec
tions, each engine pulling IL coaches.
The second section was ordered to re-
main stationery until the first sur
mounted the grade.
When the first section was unable
to y axe the ascent, four cars were
sidetacked. The engineer planned to
return mad pull them ahead after TAX
ing the other cars to the nearest
Town.
Chinese reports said a military Of
ficer aboard the second 12-car train
forced the engineer to start the climb.
The second trains movement Jared
loose the four sidetracked cars laden
with troops and they sped down the
hill, crashing headlong into the ad-
vancing second train with the terri
fled soldiers helpless to avert their
own deaths.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-26

An unusually heavy docket was dis
,d of this morning in municipal
ppon1t with Mayor Irvine b. Watkins
r oossinq out fines and sentences to
nose coming before him.
Iohn Daniel, Negro, charged with
assault. was guilty, and prayer for
tndoment was continued for two years
mon payment of the costs and show
;ng GOOD behavior for two years
linn Lewis, Negro, pleaded guilty to
hejnp drunk, and was fined SIS and
costs.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-26
PEDESTRIAN KILLED
BY STUDENTS AUTO

Greensboro, Oct. 20 (AP)-Chariie
Swift, As, a resident of Freeman Mhi
road, near here, was instantly killed
about $3.50 o'clock last night when
struck by an automobile driven by
John Ramsey, of Salisbury, student
at the University of North Carolina.
According to witnesses, Swift was
walking along the High FONT road
about five miles from Greensboro
when he suddenly stepped out into
the path of the automobile, which
was proceeding toward Greensboro
He was rushed to Clinic hospital but
he died before the hospital was
reached.