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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-07
A LUCKY BREAK FOR W. N. {.

As general rule, Western North Carolina fol
lows closely i'm the footsteps oft Florida. Wher
Florida went ''hog-wd" over real estate it wasn't
long before this section was just as wild. -
When Florida's boom went up, the same thing
happened in "The Land of the Sky"
A short time ago Florida decided that horse rae
ing and open gambling would bring huge profits t.
the state-most especially in the resort towns
The race tracks were installed. The gamblers
moved in ."1< .''''N
Several Western North Carolina counties-abou;
the same tme-had similar laws passed by their
egislators-following in the footsteps of Florida
Some of the business men fell for the idea. 9th
ers were slow to express an opinion. Bit the mat
ter was delayed by some of the counties-Hay-
wood did-while others went ahead. 4" '"'' ''''
Today, look at the picture in Florida. Business
men there scratching their heads and wondering
why in the world they ever advocated gambling
From authoritative sources, learn that the legiti-
mate business is suffering worse than at the peak
of the depression just because people spending,
their money at the race tracks instead of through
regular channels of trade. ~
Fortunately, Western North Carolina was lit
tie slow in getting the idea across. If we wise
to the way of the world, we will look at the Click
ing" Florida is taking right now, and thank our
lucky stars that we never got nearer horse-racng
than to have the right to establish it-Waynes-
VilleMountaineer. - -,
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A FARMER SPEAKS

In the Forum column of the Dublin Courier
Herald appeared eeentlya letter critical of Presi
dent Roosevelt and the administration. The criti-
cism was based on assertions which had nothing to
do with economic legislative matters, and which
has been made to arouse racial antagonism. The
letter OF Laurens comfy farmer. "A week later
the paper publish letter from the farmer stat
ing he had not written the previous COMMUNICATION;
that 1t had been written and signed by his wife,
and that the sending of it constituted as much Of
mistake as the error by the printer in emitting
the ''s'' from Mrs
with the domestic phase of the incident, the
public has no legitimate concern But the phrase
used by the Lamens county farmer in stating his
position toward President Roosevelt and the admin
istrstion IS as simple and as affecting as the cam
paign Of 1886 viii bring forth. ...s
Il could not say anything against the admin
lstfatioh, because it has helped me when
could not help myself
And that, in all probability, will be the attitude
OF many millions in the coming election The ora
tors may shout their criticisms and seek t, convict
the administration on economic, legalistic OF poll
tlcaa grounds, but if human nature has not under
gone a revolutionary change there will b., thou
| sands of thousands of plain American citizens
whose faith and featy will remain mistaken. be-
cause ut helped them when they could not help
themselves. Atlanta Journal. e
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LETTERS TO
TIE EDITOR

NoTE-No unsigned COM
munications are published by
The Times-News. All letters
must be signed with the real
name of the author. No COM
munications signed with a fic.
tisioos name will be published.
EDITOR
| Editor Hhe Times-News:
Will you please give space to q
message from me to all young
men leading a life of crime.
The first bad step is taking a
drink of whisky and drinking
whisky will lead you to lying,
stealing, petty larceny, W h C h
leads to larger crimes such as
highway robbery and bank rob-
berry and murder and the death
chamber, which is the end.
The first offense that you build
among hardened criminals leads
you on to bigger crimes. My adj
vice is that being a prisoner has
made a hardened criminal out Of
me. But | have made a change
to better life. So take warning
from me that crime doesn't pay.
You had better quit your drinking
and rowdy ways before it is too
late.
After / pull this hitch from two
to five years in states prison /
hope to come back to my native
county, Polk, and live as respec-
table citizen the remainder of my
life. | waited until it was too late
before l changed my rowdy ways
and now is the time for you all to
change your rowdy ways before
it is too late and a prison turn is
hanging over your head, such as
mine.
NV first term in states prison
made q criminal of ME. | tool:
the blame when two other youths
were as guilty as me. But | have
taken Christ as q guide to a better
life and now is the time for you
all to change before you spend
one half of your life behind phi
son walls. .
So take warning from one Jhat
knows that crime doesn't pay.
RAYMOND PACE,
Saluda, N. C. Now in Jail at
Hendersonville.
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bloody and brutal. In most
places it is bloodless, as yet. The
threat that the whole world may
once again be splashed with blood
before the thing has run its
course is not so remote a posi-
bility as to be utterly out of the
question.
eve believe in this system
democracy in politics and capita
lism in economics) and wish to
preserve it We ought to UNI
derstand that it faces today its
greatest test in history.
at remains to be seen whether
we shall have the wisdom so to
regulate our system, making of it
an instrument of greater social
justice and economic efficiency,
as. TO be able to cope with COM
munism and Fascism. 4. The only
justification for any social order.
lies in the highest possible well
fare of all the people who live
under it.
Zone can think Of no previous
period in history when greater
Christian Youth Movement was
more needed or more possible
than it is today A movement
of petty piety, committed to
small platatudinous aims they will
Scorn.
:"The Christian Church has an
opportunity now which, if she let
slip through her hands. she may
never have again.
"The social ownership of all
wealth and it's socialize ddistl'ibu-
ton is noble theory, but who
will administer that social owner
ship, production and distribution?
The experience Of the human
race with powerful bureaus and
bureaucrats is not reassuring
We see the danger of rugged and
ruthless individualism, but it does
not appear to US to be as dan
gerous in it's potentialities for hui
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NEWSPAPERS OPINION
THE NEW TAX PROPOSAL

The new tax measure proposed to Congress ~
President Roosevelt lends fsencto question.
First of all, it flavors severely of discrimination
AGAINST a selected group of the nations taxables
In the second place, its economic soundness is
unimpressive
On the face of it, the proposal is designed not
only against corporations alone, but against only
one class of these
The measure aims to bear down upon such cor
noratons as make it business policy not to dstri-
bnta their profits as these currently earned but
"a Law aside surplus to take care of any possible
emergency or for purpose of future expansion.
corporations that follow the other policy of
building no SURPRISES, but of paying out profits
thsv are annually earned, are not to be touched by
the new weapon of taxation proposed
obviously. this narrows the base of such cor
n,orra+ion tax to small minority Of the taxable
nro,arties and interests of the American people as
whole and TO that extent smacks of discrimna-
ton. .:.. .--...... o.,
The economic soundness OF the measure, how
ever, is even more questionable.
The design of the proposal is to tear down the
accumulated profits of corporations that have been
earned through the years and put away, as already
uncertain future may develop, or in order to have
the CAPITAL at hand in the event Improvement, cap
ta replacement or expansions are contemplated or
should be advisable by reason of increasing trade.
Manifestly, therefore, if the government steps IN
and heavily taxes such undistributed profits the
policy of building such reserves against the con-
tingencies of the future of whatever nature will
likely be largely abandoned by business and indus
try.-Charlotte Observer
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l.lIL.i....!.!.
Wait
q
Minute,
Please
By
Noah
Hollowell
By JIMMY FAM

In nv meanderings about this
morning picked up this old news
paper clipping from a scrap-nook
of Govan Hyder's. The clipping
was old and yellow and from what
paper it came was unKnoWn. But
t read somewhat as follows:
In Hendersonville, n. c.. is a
novel street car line. The track
extends from the residence Of Mr..
Pickens, who owns it, to the depot,
a distance of a mile and 4 half.
Rules are printed and tackled IN
the car as follows:
l. Passengers are requested
not to hang their feet on the
benches in front of them.
2. No drumming is allowed in
the car.
g. Invalids and helpless per-
sons are required to have guar
dian.
d. Passengers must not squirt
tobacco juice on the benches.
5. No passenger can bring
more than one piece of baggage
without extra charge.
The clipping then went on to
say that the car consisted Of a
plank platform body, a shed top
supported by two stout wooden
poles and having no sides or
front and back. Two small mules
supplied the power.
The car met all trains -four
ner daVl. and between times
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-07
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
~. v.,,.,.s StnfY Correspondent

By hODNCl LIZ lAllG1N
NEA Service stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Congress
w doesn't carry its hat in its
,and any more when 1t goes to
he White House.
The administrations lack OF a
legislative program for this ses-
sion comedies. not too oddly, with
he. fact that senator's and repre-
,entatiyes generally are far more
INDEPENDENT than in any other
Jession since Roosevelt took Of
ice.
In his current demand for more
han a billion dollars of taxes,
Roosevelt had intended to include
requests for inheritance taxes and
increased levies on higher bracket
income. His congressional lead
.rs baked and told him he would
oe licked on it. .-.....'r - Is
Congress hates new taxes in ain
election. year, though it still loves
% spend money, II Roosevelt
gets any more "soak-the-rich"
legislation from this Congress, it
will be only through a miracle Of
strategic manipulation.
Authorization of Senator Harry
3yrd's proposed investigation of
,ederal government, its expendi.
lures and overlappings, couldn't
lave happened before this year.
Nor would any House committee
lave refused funds for administra-
ion political projects such as Pass.
s.,aaQuoddy and the Florida ship
.anal-or for the shelter belt. .
The flareup over the War Depart.
nent's punishment of General Ha.
good for his wisecracks against
WPA before the military affairs
committee was unusually vigor.
ous,. Any federal agency will tell
you that congressman are likely to
be- tough these days when they tel.
aphone for information. Senator
Bachman of Tennessee, seated near
chiefofoStaff Maiim Craig at q, din
ner tbs ether might bawled the
latter ont zfor the Hsknhd incident.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
BY RODNEY BUTCHER.

|''We'res finished WIN tnls Dureau
cratic and departmental domino
ton of Congress" he announced
Several reasons for all this The
pie has about given out, both the
patronage and project varieties.
There's a natural tendency to swing
back from previous marked sub
servience to the administration
often to resume normal subservi
ence to-. special interests which
usually help elect md control mem
bers. Most congressman are. con
additionally self-assertive; decline
of administration prestige make!
administration support seem less
important to them than in 1884
ETHE American Youth Commits
l. sion, financed by the kockefel
Her Foundation, is out with q pre-
lliminary report, which says, among
lother things:
"In recent years the exposure!
of fragrant violations of public trust
by the leaders of internationa
finance, by the munitions manufac
turers, by high government Off
Gals, and by leadership generally
ihave all but destroyed the bases OF
moral character and citizenship II
American society :.
/ Before any program of citizen
ship or character educatio.t cal
have any real value, government
and business aid industry mus
vastly improve their ethical foun
! dations the failure Of you'll
ito find high qualities in their lead
ers is the primary cause of St
much cynicism and radicssisn
among our youth :"
Such sentiments have been heart
here before. But they have beef
attracting special attention be
cause Mr.. Newton D. Baker, lead
, ing corporation lawyer, Is chair
man of the American Youth Com
mission, and because Mr. Owen D
iYoung, chairman Of General Elee
!fftc, and prominent in many tothe
is the vice ehairmap.ac
! ycAnyrssnkqlsse. NEayserEide. Ifs
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man tyranny and enslavement as
the dictatorial powers of Fascist
and Communistic bureaucracy.
"a church which does not deal
forthrightly and fearlessly with
the problem of social justice is
not sticking to the gospel -. 1t
is an open question which is worse
"a social order that is anti-reli-
gious or a religion that is anti
social.
"Many of the greatest sins of
our day are not the sins men
commit as individuals but the
sins men commit when they act
in groups.
"If our world economic con-
ferences continue to fail US as
they have in the past, our world
disarmament conferences will con-
tinue to be the fiascocs of futility
and Hypocrisy they have gener-
|, ally been in the past. r "
III We fail to attain greatness
asa peStie ours will be the great.
est Ifailufe iotff history. No people
1 eyer IRsda better thante. pnltt,l
lg1IH -, y IIV.ZNalyg JeITIE 'Iot.19
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North Blue Ridg.

NORTH BLUE rI0cr -,
Ms. Grant Pace rr D"t, ia, :
fer husbands 5Oth b5ii y,b Il
Sary last Sunday. win ,'. ' aRsir,.
d,nhe eT Those 7, present S SSea.6 d
and Mrs: T. D. Stem H.. Wee "
Gibson 6, Pace and d Ir, I1t, an55l
Mr. and Mrs. R. T Po n"',l' Ns5
ny, Mr.; and Mrs. j" 's i Fi "a
Mr.. and Mrs. Alforzo } D. Ei'ich,
Mrs. J. T. Pace. Mr.. and race li a.
mo.nd Pace, Mr.. and ill., r !, Rf
Jones and M. ana Mr. r,S' D. !
Harris and Mrs. Harris = . 'l1 :,
dersonviIle. - u he,
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymor5 ~,
tied Mr.: and Ms. Cav {, Co M. IL
Edneyville, last SUNDAY S r;.GI &
Friends are glad to wcIc rsa'' :,
and Mrs. J. II. Merrill '; an5 J.
dren in this community "'' e''
Messrs. Archie, Boyco and q,
lev Cole, of Spartan6H,%r ''% . " Z
were the dinner guest. S h, J. I
their brother, Mr.. and NJ, ';y
Cole. '''>' y !
Mr.. and Mrs. George Penn =.
son. Stewart, of BOILING ' SD.t :,
S. c., were the week era " y,
CT Mr.. and Ms. }. K, HT sue
Mrs. Grant Pace. and NJ =.
Mrs. r. 7. Pace, visited Ms u !
7. Willis Tuesday. aftcrr6or >
Rev. and Mrs. Gardner of u.
Jacksonville. were the 5 ,'s
guests Sunday, OF Mr, and I'M II.
w. X. Hyder. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond D..
visited Mr.. and hrs. B, S. .Jnt,
Sunday. Mr.. Justice is very III n
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HINES AND CULLEY
GO TO SEMI-FINALS

NEW YORK, Mar. I. UP)--
Wilmer Hines, Columbia. s. c.,
and Henry NJ. Cul'ey, Santa Bar
bara, Calf, rloved into the SEMI
finals of the mems indoor doubles
championships yesterday with a
6-3, Sc, 81 victory over John II.
Pitman, New York, and DR.. Lawr-
ence Kurzrok, New York.
]. Gilbert Hall, South Orange,
N. j., and Karl f. Schroede", Swe-
den, defeated S. AdelStein, New
York and f. w. Feibleman, New
York, 81, Ga.
Hines and Culley play Hall and
Schroeder; Gregory S. Man9in.
Newark and John Van Ryn. Phil
adelphia, meet Frank J. Bowden,
New York, and DR.. Euee ere Nc
Cauliff, Chicago tonights SEMI
finals. The latter teams advanc.
ed Wednesday. =
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THE SKY is RED
By eWICKEy .WAMB0LDT

In his straight-hitting book, "The
Sky Is Red" published by The
Bobbs-Merrill Company my yold
friend, Dr.. Jean S. Miner, pas
tor of the Second Presbyterian
church Of indianapolis, warns
that regardless of soothing and
encouraging statistics about the
size of church membership and
the extent of church activities,
Western, civilization as appar-
rently unaware of the fact that
we are suffering everywhere
from a threatened collapse Of all
religious faith" -'.'.''
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in their faith or have no faith
at ali, but who yearn for the com
fort of strong faith. He says
things which may offend some
fundamentalists.
Doctor Miner gives compre-
hensive picture of what is taking
place in the world and of what he
believes will take place.
Let as glance at these excerpts
from his work:
~For years we have heard wild
talk about the coming world re-.
voll1tion. The fact is the world
revolution has already come. We
are living in the midst of it now.
In some areas this revolution is
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-07
! RELIGIONS MUST UNITE TO
DEFEAT UNBELIEF
By BRUCE CATION

There was a sturdy dose OF common
sense in President Roosevelt appeal TO d"
religious sects and denominations Tor
united front in war on unbeliet.
Things that have happened in Europe re-
cently-outbursts of religious intolerance
that seem to carry us back to the Middle
Ages-have emphasized the sharp differ
ences among the various forms OF belief
But none of these differences is as great as
the difference between belief and absolute
unbeief; and it is on this front that tire
mendous struggle for the mind and heart
of mankind2is going on today.
The human race can be devided into tive
groups, ,.......
In one there are the people who look on
the life that we have here as prepara-
ton for something greater and better; peo-
pie who believe that there is higher court
than any on earth, and vaster destiny
for struggling man than any which this
workaday world affords. -.s ..
In the other, there are the people who
look on that sort of thing as sheer moon
shine and see in the grave the final, pitiless
answer to all the blind appeals and hope
full dreams of the heart of man. -..
Never before in all human history has
the second group been as numerous or ai
cocksure as it is today. ..c.-....... ....
You can hear it at work in, Russia, de-
nouncing religion as kind of narcotic
which must be abolished if the race is to
progress. You can hear it in your own
country, helping to shape the, arts, point
ing the path for theories of science and
misunderstanding h e. congregations
in church, in cathedral, and in synagogue.
The cleavage between these groups Is
deeper and more fundamental than that
between any other of the economic or poll,
teal divisions which split the race.
In the course of time the material prob
lens of today will be solved. Up one way
or another we shall find ways to provide
everyone with enough to eat and enough to
wear, with a workable guarantee of decent
health, with reasonable security for age.
with freedom from the fear of unemploy,
ment and want. r...
But when all that has been done, the old,
est of problems will remain. Each indivi,
dual still will have to ask himself: Whal
am here for, and where am l going? Il
my grave to be the end of everything, OF
the beginning? When / say goodby to 4
loved one over coffin, is it goedby for
ever or only for while? ..,....,.
Different religious groups, answer these
questions in different ways but they do al
least have answers for them, and for that
reason they all are, basically, in the same
camp. ~ :.
The most foolish thing we can do today
is to permit rivalry and hatred among the
subdivisions of that camp. We need al
our energy for the struggle with the Other
camp. .,
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deep, clear,
sincere thinker
and writer, Doc
tor Miner bold
iy explains ,cely
tain antiquities;
contradi c t 10 n :
and ineonsisten-
cies which cause
some persons to
lay t h e Bible
aside.
Doctor Miner
0 f feis enlight-
inent and conso-
lation to persons
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MADE NO CLASS APPEALS

Richard l. Manning never made class appeal
to workers in cotton mills, but It'll a fact that
more legislation of value to such workers was pu,
on the statute books of South Carolina during his
aammstrations than during all the other years in
which the cotton textile industry has been import
ant IN South Carolina That is proof that man
can 90 that which is night fof class without using
mas "sfgness to do it as bait for catching votes
LGreenViile Observer. f4.;,,; f,s, J, Ia ne"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-07

Charlie Chaplin has ambitions to play
Hamlet" but we doubt that he has as
GOOD Qualifications for the role as Jimmy
nuranAa has Tor Cyrano de Bergerae.
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Representative Sol Bloom says Paul Revere,s
ride was never taken, which helps to clear an a
long standing doubt that the British ever CANA
across. j.. e. .~e,,-.f~s tt', - :
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A new soap contains spinach yitamin.
1t may be difficult to get the youngster to
accept the latter even, if the taste is dis
guised. er - ~, -..
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Not that we're suspicious about war
censors, but we should like to learn wheth-
err those mountains the Italians captured
aren't really molehills
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old-timers mad fewer bad colds They kent the
house so cold the germs froze to death
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Men will risk jail to get money so long as money
can get men out of jail
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would. call for snvo, ~
the the, line, the waiting Ss 1' vi,
said person not +" Der.o:'s
hour. There was One c y&eeej =
line and the c!ippin,o curve o. :
the conductor inyas s IIcIeotds !.
aet out and push tb% ,@" o 4j !,
this CURVE. " VaF ssCr,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-05-01
Monday, May 4, 1886

being the first Monday in May, as
provided by the Law for years OF
Presidential Elections. The Pri-
mary will be participated in by the
Republican party and the Democratic
party.
And the Primary Election so to be
held is for the purpose OF nominating
by each of the above parties;
One person as member OF the
House of Representatives in the
Seyenty-fifth Congress of the United
States from the First Congressional
District of Maryland;
Four persons as Delegates to the
State Convention;
And also to ALLOW the voters to ex-
press their preference for a candidate
for President of the United States.
POLLING PLACES
The polling places in each of the
respective Precints or Districts shall
be opened at o'clock A. M. and
shall be kept open until Z o'clock
P M.
The polling places shall be located
as follows
First District-At Cecilton, in Jr.
o. U. A. M. Hail. on Main street, for
voters whose surnames commence
with A down to Nc, inclusive; at
Cecilton in Jr. o. U. A. M. Hall, on
Main street, for voters whose sur
names commence with N down to q,
inclusive.
Second District-At Chesapeake
City, in Odd Fellows Hall, corner of
Bohemia avenue and Third street,
for voters whose surnames commence
with A down to Nc. inclusive; at
Chesapeake City, in Odd Fellows
Hall, corner of Bohemia avenue and
Third street, for voters whose sur
names commence with N down to q,
inclusive.
Third District, First Precinct-At
Elkton, in Council Hall, on North
street, for voters whose surnames
commence with A down to F, in