davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1936-11-21

Anne was going to be brides
maid for her friend, M a J or1e
Powers, and though Edith made
as much fuss over it as if her
Anne were to be the bride, it
was fun to help. They made the
dress out of peach taffeta-rayon
taffeta. 1T has nicer texture
than the silk taffeta," Anne said.
Dorathea and Evelyn laughed
about it, but they enjoyed help
ing.
With her needle in the taffeta,
Evelyn woud pause, think sadly
that it was too bad it wasn't Dor
athea. Dorathea would have been
so lovely in the dress. An n e
would look sweet, but the dr. o p
shoulder effect showed her bones
too plainly.
But why didn't Dorathea have
girl friend? Why had she gotten
herself into this stupid mess with
the Rogerses? Why had she ever
rented the beaStly apartment to
them in the first place? If she'd
just done as Peter told her and
not taken people with children,
she'd have a good paying tenant
now, and there wouldn't be any
Bennie to worry about, nor the
Lyons living there rent free.
Why couldn't Dorathea be more
like other girls? But how could
the child! With no background
no money
Tears flooded Evelyn's lovely
eyes. She wept again, with self
pity. How could Tom Keith have
failed his own children so. And
her own brother, and David-Da-
vid most of all!
For David was never in town
when she needed him. He was
travelling. Going from office to
office, even to the agencies in the
little towns that he had never
bothered with before.
II have to-" he told her. "Busi-
ness is rotten. I've got to keep
at them-keep watching. The ship.
ping business isn't what it used
to be-"
Even David was worried.
Where would it all end,
II guess you miss Lowell" Eve
lyn would say, sympathetically,
at least once each evening to Jan.
"Yes-yes, I do" Jan would
murmur, politely, vaguely.
isn't it about time you had
q letter."
''Not quite. But rather soon
now, I think"
Gracious, what is the matter
with the child? Hasn't she any
natural affection? Evelyn would
wonder, family worried, disap-
pointed because Jan had nothing
to say.
There she'd sit, her nose in a
schoolbook, studying - studying.
When Evelyn was her age she
wouldn't have been able to study
at all. The whole family h e
whole world-would have known
that she was waiting for a letter!
But nobody knew what Jan
thought. She didn't give herself
owQV
The Washington times., 1936-11-21
NOW READ ON
By HAZEL LIVINGSTON

She went upstairs and wept.
But they weren't all black days There were days whe1
she ran down Edh Edith upstairs in the after
noon and they coffee and cinnamon toast and ate thick
crunchy slices, laughing, gossping, happy.
The Washington times., 1936-11-21
when You DstubinSly Interesting Family Dran
Modern Working Mother
OF Two Debs Faces
Old Problem
WHAT HAS HAPPENED---

Quitting officer husband quarrel EUelyn Keith
Nth her daughters Dorahed 49, and JAM 15
for tqnnilyS old home California.
On her GiOa San Francisco she learns that the old home
the financial mother Sn1H,
shabby h brotFe Peter FGley still has
money is too stingy to oiUe much help.
stranded" sends onettme
o Dad giues her $500 but oWs tendency to
TeviUe the old
the old Mill Valley estate the Ketths 0elcomed
LoDeH attracted TO
the JAMS cousins Grandmother FGey
tS stricken Utth q heart attack uhich tGtdL
Family chickering's jeuouSies Wch haze been beng now
into the
then she and Bennie Rogers married
tell Heer Oe that they're to begin neW Hte ana
DiH for her and the tWo Rogers children.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-11-13
POPULATION PEAK i: ].
DUE AROUND 1850
birth Rate In u. S. Has De-
clined IS Percent Dur
ing Past 10 Years

c.r.go station Raleigh, Nov 12-
NV. ,rnulation of the United States
n,ar Iscaably reach it's peak around
,oso according to estimates of the u.
. recruitment Of Agriculture.
,rro Agricultural Experiment Sta
..., If state College has received re-
ar on studies made by the De-
ppo,+,,aat of Agriculture which show
fFa+ .hp birth rate in the nation has
declined . per cent in the past 10
years ., .o oo.+;,uo, - 10
o,i,e in the same proportion during
wa next Is years, it will probably be
shont cqual to the death rate by the
rniddle of the century, it was pointed
out
,;n,e tbe population will diminish UNI
loss there is an increase in immgra-
ton.
10 only a third as many children in
.ho nation as at the present time, and
onlv half as many women of child
Barring age. There will BE nearly
,hree times as many old people, it is
estimated.
Many unemployed urban people will
cook shelter and substenance with re-
latiyes and friends on farms. Many
will start little farms and never re-
urn again to the cities to live.
While millions of farm youths will
migrate to cities, other millions will
begin farming, mostly on farms va
Gated by the death Of aged farmers.
There will probably be an increasing
number of tenants, it is believed, with
much Of the land owned by people liv-
ing in cities
These various developments can be
retarded. in the opinion of sociolog-
ists and economists, by decentraliza-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-11-13

Wading through a maze of strong
competition, the Johnston County
All seed judging team pictured above
has established itself as the top
ranking team in it's class in North
Carolina.
The team members, reading from
left to right are: Ralph Goodwin,
Selma; Sapiro O'Neal, Glendale; S.
c. Winchester, assistant county agent
and coach Of the team; Albert Coates,
Smithfield; and Carlyle Batten, Micro.
During the recent N. c. State Fair
in Raleigh, Carlyle Batten proved
himself to be the outstanding mem
Der of an outstanding team as he
walked away with individual sweep
stakes in seed Judging. The team also
captured the sweepstakes prize in
the competition.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-11-13

No. l ranking poultry judging team
among 4-H Clubs of North Carolina is
the Johnston County group pictured
above, the superlative title being
gained through many contests and
eliminations.
Individuals of the team, reading
from left to right, are: D. B. Durham
Jr, Archer Lodge; Buck Marrow,
Smithfield r. NJ Holder, assistant
county agent and coach of the team;
Ivey Batten, Micro; and Roland Vann,
Micro
As an illustration of their ability,
the team entered the poultry judging
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-11-13

competition during the annual N. c..
State Fair and walked away with
sweepstakes honors. Roland Vann
made a perfect score in individual
judging with Barred Rocks, as did
Ivey Batten and D. B. Durham with
White Wyandottes.
During the past year, Johnston
county has made tremendous strides
in all phases of improved farming
and the record of it's All club mem
bers is at once the despair and envy
of other club organizations in the
State, declared L. r. Harrill, All
Club leader at State College.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-11-13

ton OF population industrv ana. cou-
fa $500, ~ me Spread, of part-time
rs ana ny a growing realization
o ne me part OF the middle and upper
classes that the have a responsibility
1or the welfare of the nation and the
reproduction of the race
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-11-13
Hiring Hall Is Is
sue In Sea Strike
Continued from Page One.)

inter-coastal liner Pennsylvania was
cancelled as an cutgrowth of the
strike
In Los Angeles a Federal marshal
was ordered to show cause why he
should not carry out a Federal court
order to unload cargo of perishable
products.
McGrady said he would present a.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-11-13

A0mlrai william D. Leahy
Appointed by President Roosevelt
to the post of chief of naval op-
erations, the topmost in the navy
high command, Admiral William
D. Leahy," above, will take Office
Jan. 1 when Admiral William H.
Standby retires. Admiral Leaffy
has been commander of the battle
force, second highest command in
= the fleet.
Central Press
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-11-13

ship owners a guarded proposal for
control of water front hiring. halls,
which both union and employers seek
to operate individually
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-11-13

The great phosphate deposits on
Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean
is worked by the Christmas Island
Phosphate Company.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-06-17
ON THE PLANET EARTH
Rv WICKEy WAMBOLDT

That being the case it is the re-
sponsibility of capitalism to make
the economic affairs of this ma
ton sound and satisfactory. Cap
italists, as a matter of simple
self-protection and self-promo-
ton, see to it that their own en-
terprises are kept properly gear
ed and tuned up, and that their
organizations are kept smooth
running. If the capitalists-indus-
trial and agricultural-would get
together and pull together ear
neStly and sincerely for the wei
fare of this entire nation, they
would make our economic life
successful and satisfactory-and
they would at the same time -
believe it or not-thus promote
and protect their own interests.
Capitalism has had a wonderful
opportunity; it still has it. How
long capitalism can retain its Won
derful opportunity will depend
entirely on what 1t does about dis
charging its great responsibility
which goes along with its won
derful opportunity.
The possession of wealth and
power entails a terrible obliga-
ton. An obligation disregarded
usually means a privilege forfeit
ed.
CUT OFF
Some months ago the taxicab
organization in my city increased
fares substantially in the expec-
tation Of increasing net revenues.
But a number of taxicab drivers
declare they are making less mon
ey with the higher fares than they
did with the lower fares. Many
persons who used to patronize
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-06-17
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
THE sPEAkERsHIP OF CONGRESS

| The almost sudden passing the past week Of
Sneaker Joseph w. Byrns, of the House of Repre-
santatives leaves only one living former occupant
If that post Vice President John Nance Garner
saws The Union Republican.
| From 1889 to 1886 the speakership has been
filed As times but on two occasions the place was
/ filled by the same man.
F. A. Muhlenburg of Pennsylvania, was the first
sneaker taking office in 1889 in the first congress.
He served two years and later again was named
and served another two years
Henry Clay, of Kentucky, who barely missed the
presidency and who said when told that stand on
certain question he had taken would result in his
defeat for the highest office in the land replied Il
had rather be right than be President" served at
three different times as speaker, from 1911 10
1914, from 1915 to 1920, and again from 1923 to
1925.
James Knox Polk, of Tennessee, was the only
speaker ever to gain the presidency. He served
from 1885 to 1889 and was Ozark horse IN the
convention at Baltimore in 1914, when ne was
nominated for President.
An interesting bit of history in connection with
the Polk administration is that David r. Atchlson
a u S. senator, from Missouri, was actually Presl-
dent of the United States for Sc hours though ne
was not sworn in and never attempted to exercise
any of the functions of the office.
Missourians claim (you know they are from the
"Show-Me'' State) that Folks term of office ex-
pired on midnight March 8, 1S49, and that Atchi-
son. who was president pro tenn of the senate was
actually President until noon of March 5, 1849,
when Zachary Taylor was inaugurated. 1t is as
serted there was no president vicepresident dur
ing this 36-hour period
James G. Blaine, who was speaker from 1869 to
1875 was the Republican candidate for President in
1884 but was defeated by Grover Cleveland by less
than 1000 votes in New York State.
Speaker Schuyler Colfax of Indiana, 1S63-69
was vice-presdent with General Grant and has been
noted above Speaker John Nance Garner, 1925
is the present vice-president.
Joseph Warren Keifer, of Ohio, speaker in 1881
SO made comeback half century later and was
a member of congress.
In addition to Henry Clay, several speakers have
barely missed being presidential nominees, notably
Thomas B. Reed and Champ Clark.
Three speakers have of late years died in office,
Nicholas Longworth, Henry T. Rainey and Joseph
W. Byrns Frederick H. Gillett, of Massachusetts,,
who was speaker 1925 and afterward served a
long term in the senate, retiring two years ago,
only died last year.
North Carolina has never had but one speaker,
Nathaniel Macon, who served from 1901 to 1907
The new speaker, William B. Bankhead, of Ala
bama, is from longtime office holding family of
that state His father was in the House and later
in the Senate from Alabama and his brother is al
senator at the present time
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-06-17
UPWARD

UPWARD, June 1.-THE farm
ers of this section were very hap
Ply over the rain which fell a few
days ago.
D. G. Jackson has purchased an
automobile.
This community was saddened
by the death ofMrs. Case.
Miss Anna Jackson, Richard
Jackson, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Wal
den and son, Houston, called at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. David
Duckett last Wednesday night.
The singing which is being held
each Sunday night at the Upward
Methodist church is progressing
nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Jackson of
Union Hill, was in this community
recently.
Mrs. E. C. Hoots and children
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Orr of
Landrum, S. c., Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Orr of Union,
was a caller in this community
Sunday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-06-17
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
by RODNEY BUTCHER

ticians insist on nominating d nlau
whose position on public ques-
tons is unknown, that's their own
fault.
T ANDON'S personal friends pre-
IL dict that he will make further
interpretations" in his campaign
speeches and that he will publicly
declare for other proposals which
he had hoped to get int the plat
form.
Those proposals included:
A balanced budget within ID
months after election day.
A federal housing program.
Recommendation for congress
sional jurisdiction over reciprocal
trade agreements, which the plat
form denounces in toto.
Authority for the president to
veto specific items in appropria-
ton bills.
Some endorsement of crop con-
troll.
Landon's ,insistence on tackling
the issues he has espoused does
not obscure the fact that the Re-
publican platform still fails to
suggest specific remedies for some
of the nations most vital prob
lens, and generalizes almost ad
nauseam. ...
DEMOCRATS will pick the dor-
- uument to pieces and ask, with
respect to the methods by which
it promises to achieve re-employ-
ment-what restrictions on pro-
duction" the party plans to re-
move; what. New Deal policies
that raise production costs, in
crease the cost of living, and
thereby restrict buying" it will
abandon; what "hindranees to
legitimate business" it will re-
move; what government compe-
tition with private payrolls" and
what unnecessary and hamper
ing regulations" it will abolish;
and what "such other policies as
will furnish chance for individ-
ual enterprise, industrial expan-
sion, and the restoration of jobs
/; it will adopt.
ifcanYright. 1886. NEA Service. Inc,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-06-17

daughter had occasion again to
ride in a jitney bus. AS they got
into the vehicle, the driver look
ed at the child closely and said,
Little girl, when l gave you your
change this morning l beat you
out of a nickel, but l didn't mean
to do it." And he handed her five
cents.
"That left nice taste in our
mouths" said the woman telling
of the incident.
Truly it can be said that an
honest man is the noblest work
of God. Since in that manner it
is relatively simple for men to be
the noblest work of God, why
don't more of them be it?
PRIVILEGES CARRY
RESPONSIBILITIES
This is a capitalistic nation.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-06-17
HOME CONFIDENCE

The Winston-Salem Journal, staunch supporter
of Dr. Ralph McDonalds candidacy for the COVER
norship, was either bit hasty or used bad math-
ematics when it stated after the primary that he
received a larger vote of confidence in his own
home county Saturday than any other candidate
received in any other county in North Carolina on
that day."
Had the Winston-Salem editor considered his
statement little more carefully, he would not
have made it. 1t is quite true that Forsyth county
the third most populous county in the state, polls
large vote. 1t is also true that his adopted county
gave the professor large vote and handsome
majority. But quick glance at the other home
counties of the various candidates, will show the
Interesting results. r.
In Arson county, Mr.. McRae led the ticket. 1t
was the county in which he was born and his votes
were given him despite the fact that his old friends
realized ne did not have a chance to win the pri-
mary. His votes were personal tribute.
In Orange county, the home of Sandy Graham,
1000 votes were cast and Mr.. Graham received
1881 of them, percentage of 70. The votes
which went to other candidates from Orange coun-
ty notably Mr.. Hoey, were for some other reason
than lack of confidence in Mr.. Graham.
And here in Cleveland county, our candidate re-
eeived lO,755 of the 12,972 ballots cast, or S2
per cent OF the total Mr.. Hoey was not some new
! highly publicized young man, but man who has
lived in this county all his life.
When cold figures are compared, they show that
Dr. McDonalds support in his own home county
was only oO per cent of the total, as compared
with Mr. Grahams 10 per cent and Mr. Hoey's 80
per cent. Instead of being at the top of the list
as the Wlnston-Salem Journal states, DIR. Melon
| aid was at the bottom, and rather far down al
that-Cleveland Star.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-06-17

them, the drivers say, are now
riding the BUSES, the jitneys and
Shank's mare:
Business is not exempt from the
admonition, "Freely give and
freely receive" though probably
for business, the Interpretation of
admonition," Freely give and
! freely receive" though probably
for business, the Interpretation of
the command should be, "freely
serve and freely collect"
We human beings commonly re-
strict the flow of benefits to our
selves by foolishly restricting the
! flow of benefits from ourselves.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-06-17

destination a n d
the jitney had
gone on the lit
tie girl discover
ed ruefully that
the driver had
S h or t changed
her a n i c k e |.
"Well, Mother y
observed the lit
tie girl, "they
steal f + o m us
here Just as they
do back home"
Later in the
day the woman
and h er little
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-06-17

rious beauty spo., ~
me they have in ,t.;I Hea@r7
rides visited vario,, '''! 'Gy Il
traction and cnio,.. PAGES n:
I Readers have I% |sl ,aem.
to call attention - =, ai1d q.
not observed hv W. /? ',t"r Il
we have gladly irci. .. c1..lat :!
Our tourist ave '. .,. ,t.~
and it is the dgtv 90 wa Is %.
ity to keep then, NE corr'|
something-touy< I'M ,a.,erea,5
you help extend ,b ,;'",.. &c Il
| have cOnduc.,s '..s ".'.a "A
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-06-17
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service STAFF Correspondent

NEA Service Stan correspondent
CLEVELAND The Republican
~ platform of 1885, like most
political platforms, would have
been another meaningless dud II
It hadn't been for ALT Landon. /
The Kansas governors dramatic
stroke in sending a telegram to
The convention just before his
nomination, declaring for a con-
stitutional amendment and the
gold standard, despite the fact
hat the politicians who wrote the
platform had turned down men
lion of either, established him as
man of vigor and courage who in
tends, at least, to be his own boss.
He took two hard punches at
the Old Guardsmen who inhabit
the reactionary end of the Repub-
ican house and two at Senator
William E. Borah at the other end.
The degree of Landon's inde-
pendence and courage-virtueS
which his friends have always in
sisted he had-is indicated by the
fact that mention of a constitu-
tional amendment empowering
states to regulate hours, wages,
and working conditions of WON en-
and children had been supported
by but one vote at the secret ses-
sions Of the subcommittee which
wrote the platform.
80, That was the vote of Landon's
spokesman, William Allen White.
7 ANDON'S telegram was also a
- defiance of William Randolph
Hearst, who somehow, early in
the afternoon, had heard of the
governors intention and thereafter
kept the wires to Topeka hot with
protest.
There is another viewpoint, of
course. Some will say that Lam
don was a bit too slick in waiting
10 make public his views on i'm
portant issues until it was too late
to do anything but nominate him,
and that he might not have been
nominated if he had spoken out a
week earlier. =,
Ra't il would seem that if poll
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-06-17
MEN WITHOUT A PARTY

Vow that the planks of the Republican
ramoaign platform are being more thor
ouchlv digested, and the party stand in the
coming campaign better understood, and
with the record of the present administra-
tion as a guide there are some people who
are waking up to the fact that they nave
become men without party.
What of the men who are opposed to
government spending for relief, and who
believe rather that the relief burden IS
purely matter of local government and
of the Individual communities? What Oh
the men who are opposed to the taxing OF
one class for the benefit of another? What
Of the men who are opposed to any form
. government interference IN business and
who believe that differences between labor
md capital are without the field OF gov
.rnment? And lastly, what of the men
Tho believe that social security is some
thing to be worked out through private In
itiative and not through government? Be-
lieve it or not, there are some few people
in this country who seriously take such
position. Believe it or not, they are now
men who can go to neither of the country's
two major parties.
The 1886 Republican platform, while in
sisting that relief should be locally admin
istered, declares for the granting of fed
eral funds for this purpose. The attitude
of the Democratic administration to this
problem is too well known to be set forth
here.
The Republican platform calls for di-
rect tax, widely distributed, for providing
social security. The Democratic platform
as matter of principle must stand on the
Wagner social security act
The Republican platform approves col
lective bargaining by responsible represen-
tatives of employers and employees, and
Governor Landon has gone even further
and declared for a constitutional amends
ment if labor laws cannot exist under
the present Constitution. The Democratic
party is certain to adopt such a plank and
may even go further if organized labor
ICpublISoll PlcIin SS StAN%O
ting out the outside organizer.
The Republican platform maintains that
thes present agricultural setup of the ad,
ministration is the Republican idea OF how
farm relief should be handed. As mat
ter of fact, conservation was developed un
der Republican administrations, and tne
retirement of sub-marginal lands was
part of the 1882 Republican platform. But
in either case, the administration of such
farm program can mean only that thu
other classes of citizens must pay taxes To-
the; support of the program.
The Republican platform recognizes "th'
existence of a field within which govern
mental regulation is desirable and salu
tary'' in regard to the regulation of bust
ness. The Democratic administration ha
exerted every effort to control business TO
theipast three and half years.
Evidently, some millions of voters VIII
still. believe in the American form of rep
resentative government and the old fash
toned principles of Democracy Cor old
fashioned Republicanism, for that matter
will have to take a stroll with Al Smit
and keep on walking until the country
redeemed from radicalism.