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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-20
Only Three Big League
Pitchers Topped $4,000

Without going into historic incl
dent when an American league pitcher
(not with the Yankees) took such esti-
mates OF salaries as correct, called his
business manager liar and then was
forcefully persuaded to apologize, there
Is competent authority for the state
ment that only three big-time hurlers
ever have been paid more than $4,000
a season.
That | have II upon the same COM
pctcnt authority that one OF the hurl-
ers--and 1t Is not Hubbell--is not 4
matter OF particular Importance. Yet,
taken along with the swollen incomes
supposed to be earned by prize fighters
who, on the average, arc lucky when
they can make $4,000 year, II docs
provide some cause for thought
Naturally this thought will be lost
upon the professional sports people as
well as upon the promoters Of foot
ball universities who habltually over
estimate the size of their crowds by
10000 or so. and we. l have 4 sus-
picIon that this continued speaking In
boxcar figures Is an important indica-
ton OF one OF the very great Ills now
besettIng such enterprises.
So far as the performers arc con-
cerned, they grow SO accustomed to
reading about such gorgeous purses
that they must become discouraged
when they discover that really they are
going to BIO paid only such sane sun
~ tho traffic will bear. Il Is 4 point
II you will consider tho amounts tha
would have to be taken In at the CAT,
II such magnificent salaries were reall,
to Be paid, that does not need any con
siderable calculation.
Still, admitting that the main faul
perhaps lies with the newspapers,
am wondering whether the performer
and promoters who 30 ardently sur
mort ouch baliyhoo have ever consIt
cred the effect upon the ultimate col
sumner.
Possibly Just to prove that "the'
n has pits," Harry r. Sinclair VIC
more than $1,20o, 900 In purses durir
Als four years Of improving tho bres
with his Rancocas stable
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-20
Time for Everything

! limo Tor everything
Suftor-T wish to marry your
daughter, str.
Dad-Do you drink, young mani
Sultor-Thanks lot, but let's set
tie this other thing nrst--Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-20
Sure Enough

She What's that7 You say our
engagement is broken7 ! don't got
you.
He-Exactly That's IL.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-20

@Tell me the story OF the police
raidIng your fraternity
'Oh, that's q closed chapter now
Fifth Corps Area News.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-20

DR.. Piaree's FAvorite Prescription nakes
weak wemen strong. No alcohol. Sold
BY druggists in tablets n h4uid.-Adv,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-20

Viewpoints
MY husband must be I strong 81
lent man, full Of grit
what you want Is dumb dust
Hudson Star.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-20
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Newspapers Are Useful
A Leisure Class, Also
A Real American
Ofcnsc and Defense

The Supreme court says: The free
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-20
Bayer Aspirin
O.
Useful Humsr

Useful Humsr
Whenever you mind hnmor, you
will ind fidelity and pathos, for hui
NOR save us from ourselves. Van
Amburgh.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-20

Possibly Just to prove that "them
n has otis" Harry r. Sinclair won
more than 5000, 900 In purses during
Ass four ysars Of improving tho breed
Nth hIs Rancocas stable
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-20

ters, and 1t will have reason to crit
icize us.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
MY GUIDE

| To respect my country, my profession and my
self To be honest and fair to my felowmen, as
| expect them to be honest and square with me- 10
be loyal citizen of the United States OF America
To speak of it with praise and act always as a
trustworthy custodian of its good name.
To base my expectations of reward on a solid
foundation of service rendered. To be willing to
pay the price of success i'm honest effort! To look
upon my work as an opportunity to be seized with
.ioy and made the most Of, and not as painful
drudgery to be reluctantly endured.
To believe in my proposition heart and soul. To
carry an air of optimism in the presence of those
meet. To dspel i'll temper with chearfulness, Kill
doubts with a strong conviction and receive fric-
ton with agreeable personality.
To remember that success lies within myself my
own brain. my own ambition, my own courage and
determination. To expect difficulties and force my
way through them. To turn hard experience into
capital for future
To make study of my business. To know my
profession in every detail. To mix brains with my
efforts and use system and method in my work. 10
find time TO do every needfu thing by never let
ting time find me doing nothing. To hoard days as
n miser boards dollars. To make every hour bring
me dividends, increased knowledge or healthful
recreation.
To keep my future unmortgaged by debts 70
save as we'll as earn. To cut out expensive amuse-
ments until can afford them. To steer clear OF
dissipation, and guard my health of body and peace
of mind as a precious stock in trade.
Finally. to take good grip on the joys OF hfe'
To play the game like man. To fight against
nothing so hard as my own weakness, and endeavor
TO grow in strength, gentleman, Christian
So may be courteous to men, faithful to friends
true to God, fragrance in the path tread
Exchange.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30
AND STILL 1T MOUNTS

We sometimes wonder if the newspaper readers
of America don't get awful tired of the continued
editorials written in regard to traffic accidents and
deaths. 1t is, however, we think, part OF the duty
Of every conscientious editor to keep hammerng
away at the subject, because after all it is the hu-
man element that causes most wrecks, and even II
one tragedy could be avoided by making some care
less driver think hard enough to be careful, every
line that has been written would be worthwhile
What can we do about it?
There are great many things, from public
standpoint, and many more from an individual
point of view
As nation, we can build wider roads, safer
roads with lanes for various kinds of traffic Roads
divided into sections which allow traffic to proceed
only one way. We can build overpasses and I'M
derpasses at railroad crossings, and can use the
same precaution on our principal highway cross
inps utilizing the clOver-eaf form of road cross
ing We can prohibit excessive speed by law, but
those same laws will be violated. We can legislate
to our hearts content but that won't reduce acci-
dents much.
Personally, we can make resolve for next year
and stick to it, We can resolve to keep our car IN
better condition; to have good brakes, good lights,
substantial steering mechanism, good tires, and
keep the car in such condition as to reduce me-
chancal fault accidents to the very minimum.
And then, the cheapest and best plan of all,
seems to be to use little more common sense IN
the operation of our Carelessness is the chief
cause of wrecks Eliminate that alone, and 1t would
save the American people enough in property dam
age alone to pay for all the other preventive meas
ures necessary-Anderson Is. c. Record.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30

Editor, The Times-News:
There are two days in each
passing year which bring to me
thoughtful and joyful reflections.
Both of these days occur in the
month of December.
One is celebrated by devout
Christians all around the world
as the birthday of our Lord, and
is called christmas Day." The
other is my own humble birthday:
On both of these occasions |
have been receiving from friends
far and near congratulations and
good wishes. / should be glad to
acknowledge each one Of these
personally, but since this would
be a task too heavy for me, | take
this method of expressing my
deep sense of gratitude for your
kind words of cheer, and pray
that Gods richest blessings may
rest upon you all throughout the
coming year.
A. !. JUSTICE.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30
BY Noah Hollowell
THE BEAT, BEAT, BEAT

THE BEAT, BEAT, BEAT
and the bang, bang, bang on the
tough steak that made boarding
houses famous Cor infamous) and
served as q signal for rising early
in the morn, is about to pass out
Of style. Machinery is diSplacirg
the steak beating process and the
hammer or beatcr used i'm the
process will soon go into the dis
card.
PAGES Market and Grocery
comes forth with "cubc steak" as
Il substitute for beaten steak. As
the steak is sliced it is placed in
machine that cuts the steak into
cubes about a quarter inch across
the face, the depth depending on
the thickness Of the slice Of meat,
one side of which is not cubcd so
as to hold the slice together. This
gives the effect of rendering the
steak, cutting the tough iib!cs
without destroying the juice OF
nourishmcnt pockets and reducing
the time of cooking.
"Thc object of installing this
machine is To give customers the
latest possible service in improy
ing the quality Of their steaks"
says Mr.. Pace.
Just think of the horse power
(reduced to terms Of jaw power
this will conserve by decreasing
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30

night. The letters were put INTO q
large laundry basket, of which
one of our men took one handle
and | the other. We carried our
burden to the postoffice several
blocks away, but were unable to
get our basket through the re-
volving door.
A stranger standing nearby
said, Permit me to help you
He proceeded to remove the
braces which held one of the door
sections at right angles to the sec
tions on each side of it.
While he was in the midst OF
his work, up came the night
Waterman.
"Hey there" yelled the watch
man. "What are you doing"
81 am fixing this door," said the
stranger without stopping what ne
was doing, so these gentlemen
can get their basket of letters
through it,"
"Don't you know this is gov
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30
THE N EW d z a T.
IN WASHIN GTON
-RY RODNEY BUTCHER.

about Sl65 100000 a month. There
are now about 2,375,000 WPA
workers and no such reduction in
expense could be made without
dismissing at least third of them.
Harry Hopkins, the U. S. Con-
ference of Mayors, the WPA
workers and many members Of
Congress will vigorously resist
proposals to liquidate WPA. In
reply to assertions Of the budget
balancers that the pickup in BUSH
ness and industrial production
should be matched by correspond
ing WPA cuts, they say it just
doesn't make sense.
There are, roughly, about 4,000,-
900 heads of families or persons
receiving federal or local aid and
about 100000 others unemployed
who receive no aid. Most of those
being hired by private industry, it
is said, come from the latter
group.
THE budget-balancers insist that
the relief problem should be
turned back to the cities and
towns. Hopkins and his group in
sist that turning WPA workers
over to local politicians just means
mass misery.
Relief costs are coming down
gradually, they say.
WpA officials estimate unoff-
cially that they will need at least
$750,000,O00 to carry their pro-
gram through to July /. For
1878 they tentatively guess
close to S2,o0o,0o0,OO0. RooSe-
welt is understood to have told
Hopkins he would like to get the
cost down between $1,000, 100000
and Sl,500,000,000.
On the other hand, certain
members Of Congress are talking
of combined WPA-PWA pro-
gram to cost about $4,000, 600, 900.
One bloc already has been formed
to oppose relief slashes in drouth
states.
Copyright, 1896. NEA Service, Incl
NEXT: Neutrality and foreign
affairs. ,as- =.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

NEA Service STAR Correspondent
WASHINGTON.-The perennial
" twin problems Of budget-bal-
ancing and unemployment relief
probably will cause the 18th Con-
grcSs and the administration no
end of trouble.
Congress must appropriate
money to operate the government
for the fiscal year beginning July
and must also make deficiency
celief appropriation to carry the
Works Progress Administration
through 10 June 80.
Already it is obvious that the
1867 budget will not be bal
anced, although rising treasury
receipts from taxation indicate
hat it will come nearer to it than
:or several years.
Advance guesses are that the
president will ask Congress for
something like S7,000,000,000.
The one place where federal ex-
oenditures might be draStic2lly
tut is in the relief. category, and
he hard-hearted dget-balancers
and the soft-hearted humanita-
cians already are warning about
that. The first struggle will come
when Congress determines the
size Of the deficiency appropria-
lion to carry WPA for the five
months beginning with February.
u
ROOSEVELT recently intimatcd
~ at q press conference that he
,elt s500,0o0,000 would be enough
or tho appropriation. If he sticks
o that and Congress supports him
here will inevitably be a drastic
ut in the WPA srolls. That
would mean an average eXpendi-
ure of only .$l00,O00,o0o a month
.yhereas WPA has been COSTING
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30

not to mistake plain everyday in
fatuation for the grand and glor-
ious passion. 1t should always be
borne in mind that there is a mad
ness that masquerades as Love.
If such insanity were permanent,
its victims could continue in their
dclusion with more or less salts
faction: but in such cases there
is always the painful awakening.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30

The beginning of New Year is a call to Chrls-
tians to humble themselves before God ana seen
His blessing Thousands will be meeting in Nateh
Night services. Join them in seeking the welfare
of the whole church. MAKE WATCH NIGHT a
MEMORABLE NIGHT OF PRAYER. Without an
UPLOOK there will be no betterment OF Ooi-
LOOK Pray on Watch Night for Worldwide
reviyaly-The Great Commission Prayer League.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30
HOBBIES USELESS? ASK MAN WHO
HAS ONEi
(Ry BRUCE CATION


If we are slowly working our way into
an era of great leisure, as a good many
wise men seem to think we are, the ordl-
nary citizen is going to have to do some
thing about cultivation of a hobby.
One of the distinguishing marks of a
good hobby is that it always looks slightly
ridiculous to anyone who is not actively
following it. He sees it as a needless en-
uense, as a perverse return to childhood,
or as a dreary waste of time - until ne
himself gets a hobby, whereupon he Won
ders how he ever before filled in his spare
time.
: That this business of hobbies is mar
yelouslv: diverse and has some quaint sub
divisions was called to mind the other day
bv the news that hobby-riders have come
to the rescue of storekeepers of Vancou-
yer. B. C.
The storekeepers had stocked up with
divers souvenirs of the expected corona
ton of King Edward VIII. A sample was
a neat, glazed beer mug, bearing Edwards
picture ,and the legend, Edward VIII
Crowned King" Came the abdication, and
all this assorted junk looked like total
loss.
But the men who make hobby OF col
,lecting useless bric-a-brac came to the res
icue. These beer mugs and similar relics
immediately became collectors items"
To the men who have that particular hob
iby, they assumed value they never would
have had if Edward had not abdicated. So
these men charged in and bought them
,enabling the Vancouver shopkeepers to
'heave collective sigh of great relief.
/. Now if this business of collecting out-of-
date beer mugs looks odd to you, that is
only because nearly all hobbies look odd
unless you actually follow them yourself.
! Most honored of all hobbies, perhaps, is
that of collecting stamps. Kings, presi-
dents, and financiers have followed it. Yet
ITO the non-collector, nothing could appear
more Supremacy useless. Stamps, indeed!
What can you do with them? What are
they good for?
1t is perhaps the least odd of all hob
Ibies. We know of man who devotes a
good part of his spare time to collecting
lnvelopes-not stamps and not letters, just
tnvelopes-of the Civil War period.
A fairly brisk business is done in the
collecting of old-fashioned penny savings
banks. Some men collect metal tokens-so
much so that good share of the imitation
money issued by cities and counties during
the depression has simply vanished.
! There are model railroaders, who Duila
and operate marvelously ingenious repro
auctions of the real thing. There are men
who spend days and months building ca
thedrals of glued-together match sticks.
There are men who build working gasoline
engines small enough to put in a vest poe
ket. There are men who collect old-time
steamship timetables.
Are these pursuits useless time-wastersE
Ry no means. For the men who ENJOY
them, they are more like hfe-sayers. =
Any doctor will tell you that hoopy
Can mean better shealth-and any HOBBY
rider can tell you that it also means nap
piness and humble but enduring person
al satisfaction.
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first heard it in
30 s on twenty
years ago under
interesting CT T.
cumstances.
An organiza-
ton with which
/ was associated
had a force OF
employees W 0 L X
ing fur i o u S ] y
getting seve L Il
thousand letters
ready for mail
ing. The job was
completed short
lu after MI q.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30
JUST A MOMENT, PLEASE
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

crnment property" shouted the
, Waterman angri,y. Don't you
know you haven't any business
fooling with that door,"
Then the stranger without in
terrupting his work uttered with
utmost complacency the now we'll
known slang phrase, That's what
| wrote home
"What you wrote home" re-
peated the Waterman belligerent-
iy. "Well, you let that door alone
or I'll run you in"
BY that time the stranger had
completed his work. He folded the
section of the door back against
one next to it and said graciously
to my friend and me, "NOw, gen.
tlemen, you can get your basket
through" Then without glancing
ut the Waterman who stood glar-
ing at him, he restored the door
to it's former condition.
When my companion and | re-
turned to headquarters and rcclt-
ed the incident, there was consid-
cradle laughter and the express
sion, That's what | wrote home, "
caught the fancy Of our listeners,
who afterwards used it frequent
ly. Perhaps that is the way the
phrase got going. | don't know.
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AND THIS IT

life. The physician. -. 'Hs};
body by sections. On, ,.e ,e9]
up with yor.. ., ,,'' eao,te i
efficiency bu, '' o. !. a1 2. "a
hard for .I. A.t =
specially. ?" "@ al
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30

A series Of six articles on Con-
gress, its lineups, and the vital
issues which confront it has been
written by Rodney butcher, NEA
Service and Times-News Washing
ton correspondent. This is the
third of the series.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30

Russia has decided to adopt
the American plan of working a
huge number Of oil wells with low
output instead Of combining oper-
ations to high production wells.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

NOTE-No unsigned commu-
nications are published by The
Timcs-News. All letters must be
signed with the real name OF
the author. No communications
signed with a fictitious name
will be published.-EDlTOR.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30

A film actress tainted during Holly
wood cafe brawl. Maybe the realism was
too much of shock, after her day in the
studios.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30

How long has it been since girl was name,
Patience or Prudence?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30

Communists count on the blacks to make things
bright for the Reds in this country.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30

Possibly in the good old days it was the "hoss
that possessed "the boss sense"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30
"WHAT WROTE HOME"

Frequently one hears the slang
phrase, THAT is nothing to write
home about" or some variation Of
it. That expression has current
popularity, but it is not new. |
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30
NO PLACE FOR REGRETS

When one has taken an irrevO-
cable step there is no sense what
ever in being overwhelmed by
vain and futile regrets. The thing
to do is to make the best and the
most of the situation, whatever it
may be, and go on cOnstructively.
1t is remarkable what a person
can work out of if he has the
faith, the courage and the indus
try.
MADNESS CALLED LOVE
One should try to be CarCfuI
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30

Mexico seems to have retired permanently from
| the revolution business and the front page.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30
WHAT is THE REMEDY?

Sixty-fve men and women, charged with drunk
enness were booked by police for the recorders
court yesterday. These were Christmas DRINKS and
their cases had accumulated since the last sitting
of the court on the morning of Dec. "a. On the
docket were 35 other cases but the striking feature
of the docket was the number charged with drunk
enness.
The thought suggested by this police docket is
that most if not all the persons arrested for drunk
enness know how to drive q car and few OF them
would have hesitated to do while in an intoxi-
Gated condition 1t is probable that some OF them
had driven motor vehicles of some kind before they
We're picked up by the police.
There is no law against buying liquor but there
is a law against appearing on the streets in
drunken condition There is law against driving
motor car while under the influence of liqquor.
Many drunken persons drive motor cars, and in do
ing so they menace the lives and property Of
others Arrests count for little unless the penalty
| is serious and is enforced by the courts.
| The legislature is going to have the problem of
| automobile accidents to consider Too many per-
sons being killed and injured in them. The
situation grows more alarming each day and legis-
atures in all the states will be asked to consider
means to stop the slaughter.
| We daresay more people were killed on the high
ways of the United States during the Christmas
holidays than in the civil war in Spain on the same
| days. We look with horror upon the carnage over
there. We consider that on our streets and high
ways as neutrality-suspicious. Herald.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30

HIVIL war stirred Spain abou'
- 100 years ago, as it does today.
Ferdinand VII had tried to re-es-
tablish the Inquisition and had
scaffolds built in the public
squares Of many cities for the ex-
tcution of those who resisted him.
Defying this danger, Mariana
Pineda, 27-year-old daughter Of a
naval captain, worked actively for
lhe cause OF the Constitutionalists.
, One day, in 1881, the police OF
Grnada seized a newly embroid-
cred flag, which they said had
been designed for the revolution
airy army by this beautiful young
woman. ..r.
Mariana Pineda was imprisoned
and tired as a.traitor. But, unlike
Betsy Ross, her American coun-
terpart, her beauty, her sex, even
the brilliant defense of her attor-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30

A man is made by what is in him, not
by what is on him. u =, - .'''
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-30

ALTHOUGH the stars in the Great Bear 'ls NO. ...' 49,.
,nv ,yav suggesting bear the constellation has gone b. lbs @-
since the dawn of civilization. II was Known y ~ E
ASIA Egypt Greece, Rome, the far no..: ans wa" I'd
was discovered the Indians were found 10 u N-..S %
and the Hunters"