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Evening star., 1936-11-14
ENVOY OF ECUADOR
TO LECTURE AT G. W.
Ambassador Named to Univer-
sity Faculty by President
Marvin.

Capt. Colon Eloy Alfaro, Ambassa-
dor from Ecuador, has been named
to the faculty Of the George Wash
ington University as professional lee
turer in international law, it is an
nounced today by President Cloyd H.
Marvin.
Capt. Alfaro has had long and
distinguished career in the diplomatic
service of his country and has been a
member Of the faculty of the Military
Academy at Quito. He has repre-
sented Ecuador at many important
international conclayes such as the
Pan-American Conferences, and is vice
chairman of the Board of Governors Of
the Pan-American Union.
His long acquaintance with the
United States dates from his student
days at West Point. Prior to attend
ing the United States Military Acad-
emy, he was a student at the National
College at Guayaquil and the Military
Academy at Quito.
Capt. Alfaro's appointment to the
faculty relates to the development Of
the work of the university's center Of
tnter-American studies.
Evening star., 1936-11-14
PICKUP FREIGHT
ToSTART AT ONCE
Court Refuses Temporarily
Truckers Plea to
Stay Rates.

A statutory three-judge court spe-
cially convened to consider the petit
ton of the American Trucking Asso-
Citations, Inc. for an injunction con-
cerning six major railroads and two
steamship companies from operating
pickup and delivery service" today
refused to stay temporarily rates Of
the service, which will become effec-
tive Monday.
This means that the door -to-door
service will be begun throughout the
East Sunday midnight.
Within 10 days the court will de-
eide whether an interlocutory in
junction should be granted, As
sociate Justice D. Lawrence Groner,
who presided, told the litigants.
Rates Set by I. C. C.
The new rates, which constitute
official approval by the Interstate
Commerce Commission Of the pick
up and delivery system" were ap-
proved October 80 and provide mini
mum charge of As cents 100 pounds
with rebate of cents if either the
consignor or consignee does not avail
himself Of the door-to-door service.
The rates apply to the so-called
''official classification territory" COM
prising all of the country east Of
the Mississippi and north of the
Ohio and Potomac Rivers.
Defendants in the truckers suit
are the I. c. c., the Pennsylvania,
No o.
New York, New Haven & Hartford,
Chesapeake & Ohio and Norfolk g.
Western Railroads; the Eastern
Steamship Lines and the Clyde NAL
lory Lines.
The truckers asked the court to
compel the I. c. C. to cancel its order
of October 80 and the proposed rates
and to enjoin the carriers from opera
ting under the rates.
They contend that the commission
handed the railroads a competitive
plum by permitting them to furnish
trucking service and absorb the charge
in the regular rail tariffs.
The railroads and steamship COM
panies should be compelled by the I.
G. c. to comply with the regulations
of the motor carrier act OF 1885 if
they are going into the trucking busi-
ness, the complainant told the court.
If the rail carriers are allowed to
operate without obtaining certificates
of public convenience and necessity
from the I. c. C. under the motor
carrier act, they will be able to avoid
requirements concerning insurance,
safety and labor, with which the
truckers have to comply, it was as
serted.
Roads Fear Big Loss.
Counsel for the railroads argued
that the pickup and delivery system
has been in operation for some time
and that to ban it by court order
would cost them many millions of
dollars.
More than dozen shipping in
terests and trade associations in
tervened in the suit on the side of
the railroads, contending that an in
junction would cost them in the
neighborhood of S15,000,0O0 a year.
Besides Justice Groner, who is oi
the United States Court of Appeals
bench, the court was composed OF
Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat and
Justice Jennings Bailey of the District
Court.
Evening star., 1936-11-14
TWO SENTENCED
Plead Guilty to Robbing Virginia
Hitch-Hikers,

ROCKY MOUNT, Va, November
IA R.-George Barr and Dallas TIL
ley were given eight years each in the
penitentiary yesterday when they
pleaded guilty in Franklin County Cir
cult Court to charges of robbing two
Salem hitch-hikers Of their clothes
October IA. Darr and Tilley were
brought here from North Carolina.
Blake Smiley and Henry willard
were stripped of their clothes and per-
sonal belongings on the road between
here and Martinsville after they had
been given ride. Barr and Tilley
were charged with threatening them
with a pistol
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s. to IS

The Oriena Woodcuts Etchngs Autographs from ohch
the nsade-are exhibited in of Street
,cindosUs-and displayed exclusively by us in Warrington
srA71osraY Anss o FIRST
Evening star., 1936-11-14

Exceptionoy lovely and distinctive of expressing Yue
tide spreoch cord this greatly vored group s itself
gift Many will undoubtedly be fromed to hong on their reopi
ents wo The ors-from the American Artists Group and
the DESIGNERS and Observation-Disclosures such foous
as Rockwell Kent Diego Rivera Grant Wood and Thomas r.
Benton Yet prices surprisingly low, ranging from
The times-news., 1936-06-05
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
OVERLAPPING GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES

| Records are not available and memory is fault,
enough to make it impossible to say just what be
| came of the attempt the part of Herbert Hoo
yer, when president, to simplify and consolidate
various governmental agencies.
The efforts of Mr.. Hoover are brought to MIND
by the Kleberg bill, recently introduced in the
house, which would transfer several bureaus from
the interior department to the agricultural depart.
ment Overlapping agencies and the confusion and
lack of efficiency resulting therefrom have done
much to triple many government agency So
much of absurdity exists that it is a wonder the
subject has not attracted the attention of congress
long before this The situation has existed for
many years but has grown much worse during the
present administration largely because so many
bureaus and commissions have been added to the
setup, Just as an illustration note the following;
There are thirteen agencies, in two different
departments, taking hand in the administra-
ton of 420 million acres of public domain
There forty separate agencies now con-
cerned in various phases of public and private
land policy.
Four bureaus have to do with reclamation,
and four administer grazing lands.
Eleven agencies are working on the problem
of erosion control
Five exercise control over homesteading.
Several agencies are making or planning soil
surveys.
Doubtless not a single government official will
defend such perfectly asinine arrangement Ger
ainly it would not be tolerated in any business in
'titution. No will attempt to say that it should
De necessary in government. Some of it has doubt
ess come about because of jealousy between Off
,als fighting for domination over this or that ac-
,ivity, but we should not put up with it in the
Is. d. Register.
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SHOULD BE VERY DISTURBING

Senator Rush D. Hollis complaint that he has
been stripped of federal patronage" because OF
his charges against the Public Works Administra
tion merely emphasizes the fact that there is some
thing going on in politics which ought to be good
deal more disturbing to the ordinary good citizen
of this nation than it appears to be-
There is nothing new about it, of course. 1t has
been drag upon the public service ever since the
constitution was adopted but it is especially ba-
tant right now.
1t is this business of political patronage but es-
peeially the easy way talk about it, as though
it was legitimate feature of the public business
and to be taken for granted.
Theoretically, public employe is chosen and ap-
pointed because he is capable of doing some par
ticular work which needs to be done in some divi-
sion of the public service.
In actual practice, the patronage system makes
these public service jobs simply pocketful of IA
vors, which our elected representatives or party
boss may pass around among friends and "deserv-
ng' politicians, in paying off obligations as re-
wards for party service.
Senator Hollis complaint, together with the wide
spread discussion of the present patronage situa-
tion indicates dsgraceful state of affairs in this
matter, which ought to be very disturbing to all of
us who are interested in good government.
This is not party matter. 1t is not a federal
matter. The facts of the matter are that we have
witnessed this abuse in local political affairs in the
past, in state affairs and in the nation And it can
| be found problem in every section of the nation
regardless of which party is in power But there
will be no Improvement until an awakened citizen
ship demands that craftsmanship and honor sup
plant cheap politics and selfshness.-Rock Hill, S.
| c., Herald.
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Skarnn >~w>
BY |. S. Klein

A ARRANGEMENTS finally have
n been effected for extension Of
he trans-Pacific airline to Ma
40, Portuguese colony in China
It the mouth of the Canton river
ind about 720 miles by direct line
rom Manila, present terminus Of
he clipper ships. The postmas-
er at Macao has offered to ham
lie covers for the first return trip
rom Macao to Manila, Guam, Ha-
vail, and the United States. Rates
Der half ounce are:
Macao to Manila, Is cents; to
Guam, so cents; to Hawaii, 85
cents; to U. S., $1.20. In addi-
ion, Macao local. postage in the
amount of z cents should be
added for each envelope.
Send covers, self-addressed,
with international money order
covering all COSTS. for both local
and clipper postage, to the POST
master, General Post Office, Ma
Gao, Asia. Plans for the west
ward flight will be announced
later.
King Edward VIII, although no
collector himself, will keep intact
The splendid British empire COL
lection of his father, the late King
George V.
Japan is planning to issue
new set of postage stamps to re-
place the present series, which
has been in use for nearly 2Q
years. Artists, archeologists, and
other experts are members of the
committee in charge of the new
stamp designs.
A new Mexican set of six stamps
commentaries the opening of the
international highway between
that country and the United
States. a.
Copyright. 1885. &EA Service. Incl
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agency to help him. The relief
agency was closed for the day.
So | called a dealer and told him
to send the man some coal and
charge it to me.
Some months later the man
called at my front door. He want
ed to sell something or other.
81 would take lot more inter
est in you," | said to him, "if you
had shown anything like the prop
er spirit about that coal | sent
you"
"Why, what did | do?" the man
asked in seeming surprise.
what did you do?" | rctOrtcd.
"You didn't do anything. You
didn't even take the trouble to
telephone me and thank me. You
were out of work-you had plen-
had had the right attitude, you
would have come to see me and
offered to shovel snow or do
something or other to pay for
that coal. But you were willing
to take the coal and give nothing
in return-not even a word Of
thanks.
The man was apologetic. 81 am
avfully sorry" he said. "It was
Just thoughtlessness in me. You
an perfectly right in feeling l
diln't do right. And just to show
yo1 that l am sincere about the
matter l will be back here Mon
dar and do anything for you you
want DONE"
That's fine" | said. "All I
waited was for you to show the
rigt spirit"
8 l bought some of whatever
he lad and he went his way after
agan assuring me he would be
bac Monday.
hat was months ago. I haven't
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BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
BY RODNEY pyrcI4ER.

| Iallacc has been foremost a,
cahet meetings in urging that
Roosevelt make anti-New Deal
deSions and the supreme court
cor ervative majority a campaign
iSse.
TIL HURJA, who runs the
- Democratic national commit
tee organization for jim Farley
hop no more newspapers viii
refdto him in headlines or 9TH
erWf as a "scer."
PA instances of that arise from
Hurts reputation as a political
elec0 forecaster. He has an
elabFte system of checks and
charawhich in the 1892 and 1894
elecbns proved astonishingly ac-
curaa
Peae have begun to write him
Tor Sadings" of their futures.
Most9f the letters are pitiful,
somelssperate. Some writers en-
close 1pney, but most can't afford
it.
.VERAlittle leaked out from the
rent Wednesday night ses-
sion a The White House to which
RooseAt u invited progressive SEN
Butt onespoint, it is known.
the pt$dent said he wanted .
strongHank in the Democratic
.platforH lon housing.
Scnef Bob LaFollette explod-
ed. 4. he demanded, could
RooseV have the nerve to put
IN sucf plank if he failed row
TO supMt the pending Wagner
Ellenbdeh housing bill?
RooS#lt's reaction was enough
10 causSnators Wagner and La
foletteo give private assurances
later tn the housing bill would
pass, tafkS to administration
supportn
But ers who talked to the
Presider &fterward were equally
sure thai wouldn't. ,.r.
itCoDyrigU 1886! NEA Service. Inc.)
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EAST BLUE RIDGE

EAST BLUE RIDGE, June s.;
Several from this place attended
the singing at Refuge Baptist
church Sunday afternoon.
Miss Fannie Belle Lively has ac-
cepte da position at Asheville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rector Case OF
East Flat Rock, were visitors at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
Young here, Sunday afternoon.
Messers. Bob and Lloyd Rogers
Of Fruitland, were visitors OF THIS
place Sunday.
Mrs. Laura Hyder and children
of this place, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Ellen Hamett. :,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jean Merrell,
were vfSIJOrS AT LIIr luImv vf Miss
Mollie Prince of this place Sun
day.
Miss Grace Maxwell of East
Flat Rock, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Gather Pace here.
Miss Lcota Lively and Brooks
Edney Of East Flat Rock, were
visitors at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Lively Sunday.
Mrs. Hicks Jones of this place,
was the dinner guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Furman Stepp of Big Hun
CRY, Sunday.
Mrs. M. M. Burgess was visl-
tor of Miss Mollie Prince and
mother, Saturday.
7. A. Young and two sons,
James and Thomas, Jr., of this
place, have moved their sam mill
to South Mountain.
Kenneth Maxwell of Fruitland,
visited friends and relatives Of
this place, Sunday.
John Ownsby of Dana, was
through this community Tuesday:
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank keyon OF
Oregon, spent the weekend with
The times-news., 1936-06-05
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

NEA Service Stnff Correspondent
WASHINGTON-Even before &
w candidate has been nominated
the Republicans have raised $780,
600 for the campaign.
This is revealed by William
Brown Bell, chairman of the
party's finance committee and
president of the Arterican Cyana-
mid Company, who is touring the
country to collect funds.
Sixteen thousand people have
contributed so far, according to
Bell.
Things won't really begin to
hum until after the convention, he
said, insisting that his appeals
were being made to typical citi-
zens' rather than to "big business
men and bankers"
do you agree that another
term of Roosevelt would bankrupt
this country?" the white-haired
industrialist was asked.
1--WE would be exposed to a
great danger" he replied. "We
have been a prosperous country
but doubt if we could stand
that"
SEcTSTARY of Agriculture
- Henry A. Wallace's forthcom-
ing book, to be entitled 'tWhoso
Constitution" will refer to tbo
supreme court justices as "ElSar
Statesmen" which MAY make
some Of them sore, because II i'm.
plies they are politicians ratbar
than strict Interpreters of 4ba
Constitution, as they profess to ba i
Wallace will insist that the ty court Dri
has become super-political BODY
IN the sense That it divides f,Inds
mentally on conservative-I;berai
lines. '''A' iiperai
He will dwell on the exten, -
Wnieh the court has freedom of If
cnoice IN making what il calie u, "
alclal reviews and point ont ' ,bat Ia
us real power comes from npl,i;o a.
affection and admiration. Which Gbif Il
might easily lose, IgTIn 1Vai, cn II
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HOW THEY TRADE

This United Press dispatch from New Orleans,
dated May 20, is frank piece of writing telling
about the relations between the Roosevelt govern
ment and state government .
The federal government today abandoned the
whole list of income tax cases with which it at
time had threatened to wreck the Huey Long ma
chine Criminal charges against IL men, including
several high political figures, were quashed, sealing
the new peace pact between Longs friends and the
national administration he had fought without
quarter during the last two years of his life The
new Louisiana administration, headed by Longs
protege' Governor Richard W. Leche is repeating
the spite laws that prevented the spending of fed
eral money IN the state. And more important to
the national administration, it is supporting Roose-
veit IN presidential election year. The United
States district attorney, Rene Viosca, asked for
dismissal of the income tax cases because there is
no reasonable hope of securing convictions in any
of them"
What are criminal laws among friends? The
twelve men IN Louisiana were accused of crimes,
and, had Huey Long not been killed, they would
have been prosecuted might have been convicted
Long was shot to death, his successors in control
OF LOUISIANA made up' with the Washington ad-
mnstratl0n, ceased firing and fixed Louisiana
for the denomination of the greatest president ever
the country has had.
For another political trade as unblushing and
bald as TINS between the Roosevelt managers anG
the political heirs of Huey Long one must seagcf
/ the records OF Carpetbag and Scalawag govern
tment-Charieston News and Courier.
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RUGGED INDIvIDUALISM is TAKEN
SERIOUSLY . .@-
lBy BRUCE CATTON(

One of the worst bits of luck the United
States has had since the war is the fact
that the term rugged individualism" has
become the catch-line for a bad-ratured
laugh. .,..
The expression has been used by the
wrong people and in the wrong way; so
much so that when you try to make use OF
it now, the ordinary man at once suspects
that-you are weeping over the plight of
some poor, put-upon billiOn-dolar indus
trial giant which isn't able to pay its presi-
dent bonus of more than half million
for his years work.
But when you clear away all this accre-
tion.of toryism, the term remains an excel
lentthing. 1t stands for something we have
always priced highly in the American
character; a quality of sturdiness and in
dependence which had led Americans to
believe doggedly that they could work out
their own salvation without relying on
someone else to carry their burdens.
This trait is about as much worth keep
ing as anything we possess. And it is en-
couraging to see it blossoming, of all
places. on a cooperative farm in poor
corner of the Mississippi cotton belt.
Here is farm where "a southern fami-
lies are making an experiment in co-opera-
tive effort These families came from the
bottom of the -heap-ex-sharecrop and
down-and-out tenants, who had reached
the stage where they might be expected to
go running to the nearest relief station for
permanent places on the dole.
Sherwood Eddy is the man who is guild
ing this group back to self-support and
sturdy citizenship The little group has
bought its land at SIS an acre. Getting free
lumber and the use of a sawmill, it is put
ting up houses at cost of S33 apiece. As
money becomes available, it hopes to buy
the nucleus of small dairy herd, establish
hog and poultry farms, and get some looms
with;which the members can weave cloth
For the present, of course, the project
is being supported by voluntary contribu'
tions; from outside sources. Ultimately, il
plans work out as Mr.. Eddy hopes, it will
be entirely -self-supporting; more thar
that,kit will establish new way of life
with its members standing sturdily on theil
own feet, meeting their own problems, pay
ing their own way, and lifting themselves
out Of insolvency and despondeney to self
respecting citizens.
1t may seem strange to find rugged indi
vidusiism on cooperative farm; yet that
in itSpurest form, is what, this venture is
These southerners are not asking the erec
ton of great, paternal government to SCI
that they don't go hungry. Given littl
help just at the start, they aim to take car
of that themselves.
They are putting,the old American spiri
to w&k in new way. In their work ther
is broad hint that the ordinary America
will be fully able to work out his own sal
vation if he is given half a chance. -
~ = ssrrs
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JONES CAP

JONES GAP. June : ~
Mrs. }. T. HIackwcII yim'It. ,il;, I. g
J. :. Greer Sunday. ''s'''' Sa
Mr.. JON Blackwell, rI. ,
been at lIilIgirt at worg "To b
turned home for a few T., G,.. las h
Rev. II. II. Mace doIirss.>,, S%s>
very helpful and Interest," ,,S,,'
mon at Jones Gap cbrrcS' b,,I.' = Y
"a. After the service .a i. VI
crowd gathered at his bon. a. y
surprised him with \ nico o,''T I: !,
day dinner. Every one so sesroI o.!a /.
enjoy the evening. Nr. Ysce ;c.., :,
80 years old May %, " "
Mr.. Fred SuMmcy and a.,
visited Mrs. SummcvS r,S.., ,al
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Il. Owcr5S, VS. +
day, May p. . q
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A PAGE FROM LIFE
Ry WICKES WAMBOLDT

II see," says Sister Sally, "that
a king named Victor Emmanuel
has been made emperor of Eth
opia. Who is Victor Emanuel and
what is he king of"
His Majesty Victor Emanuel is
king of Italy, Sister Sally.
The times-news., 1936-06-05
Wait
q
Minute,
Please
By
Noah
Hollowell
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW


the business districts Of your
town? Where is Maple street?
What business or professional
houses are located on Maple?
Make a broad guess. | knew you
would miss it, if you don't opcr-
ate on it? So here you are:
Turn southwark off North Main
near the juncture of Hyman ave
nue.. First are residences, then the
combination residence and office
of DR.. Saxmann at 1918. The first
business place is the dimension
plant of O. L. Cope and Son,
which manufactures dogwood
timber into sticks used mainly for
shuttle blocks. The plant is closed
at this time, perhaps only tcmpor-
arily. Next in line is the Superior
Laundry and Dry Cleaners, Inc.
This is the only laundry plant in
Hendersonville but agencies are
operated here for Asheville laun-
dries.
The Hendersonville Lumber
company comes next. Near the
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. II. j. Hyder here.
They are enroute to New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hicks Jones spent
Wednesday with Misses Sarah and
Rhodia Jones here.
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"Oh," says Sis
t er S a lily, 81
thought a person
named MuSSolini
was k i n G o f
Italy"
A natural er-
ror, Sister Sally.
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seen him since.
One of the things about. pres
ent conditions is that we are edu-
eating a considerable element OF
our population to have no more
self-respect than jack rabbit.
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abled to perpetrate the mos
deadly and devilish Of all his
crimes, and cause heavy expense
and dire distress, because an Okla
homa judge paroled Karpis when
he was sentenced to four years
in the penitentiary, after having
shown clearly by a long list OF
crimes that he was a chronic and
dangerous criminal.
Misguided judges who turn
habitual criminals loose to prey
on the public are more response
BILE for the deviltry those Grim
inals do than are the criminals
themselves.
The times-news., 1936-06-05

Going hatless was handicap to the
married man. Walking out after quarrel
wasn't impressive if he couldn't pick up his
'
hat.
The times-news., 1936-06-05

Not more than two per cent of the S,OOO,o
lspers in the world are in leprosariums
The times-news., 1936-06-05
COLE GETS COAL

COLE GETS COAL
At dusk one bitter cold day
last winter a man telephoned me
that he hadn't lump of coal in
his house. He besought me in the
name of mercy to get the relief
The times-news., 1936-06-05

Blow-up or bad actor fires are the ones whic
cause the most trouble in our national forests.
The times-news., 1936-06-05
KARPIS ON
PAROLE

Alvin Karpis,
notorious public
enemy recent v
capIRI eu after
many years OF
purcuit was en-
The times-news., 1936-06-05

Patriotism, like other virtues, is dan
gerOls vice when it becomes the absolute
boss.s
The times-news., 1936-06-05

1t is going to cost over $50, 900. .OOo.OoO to pa
the pensioners of Americas past warss
The times-news., 1936-06-05

For that matter, fake prophet ISM
seen except in his own home. .----