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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
HOW PARKER SERVED

General Parker, who led the famous "Fiehtine.
First division overseas and who is popularity known
in the army as the Flying General" will take over
the largest military command within continental
United States extending from the Atlantic Ocean
to the eastern border of California. In 1888, be-
fore he went to the Philippines commander of
the Philippine department, General Parker COM
manded the Third army, with headquarters in CHI
capo and the present transfer makes him the first
officer to become an army commander twice since
the creation of the present four-army plan.
Important large scale military maneuvers to be
held in the Southwest early next fall are believed
70 have been among the factors that led the war
denartment to name General Parker to the post.
As commanding general of the Third army he will
exercise supervision over all military activities in
tho Southern part of the United States from the
Atlantic to the Pacific excepting those of Califor
MIA, His command includes the Fourth Corps area,
with headquarters at Atlanta, and the Eighth
Corps area, with headquarters at San Antonio. The
Second division, war-famous fighting force, and
the First. Cavalry division consisting of some OF
the country's most celebrated mounted regiments,
are part of his Eighth Corps area command.
General Parker and General Douglas Macarthur
are the only officers remaining on the active list
of the regular army who commanded division
during the World War. General Parker. will reach
the statutory retirement age next September and al
few months ago he requested the war department
to assign him again to the First division, so that his
active duty would be brought to a close with mis-
wartime command He arrived from the Philip
pines on February 26 and resumed command OF
the Fighting First" at Fort Hamilton Brooklyn
Commenting on his new assignment, General
Parker said. yesterday that while he had hoped to
end his career with his wartime division, ne found
the transfer agreeable because of the many mill
tary activities under way in his new command.
native of South Carolina, General Parker was
appointed to the United States Military Academy IN
1890. Upon graduation in 1894 he was commission
ed in the infantry but upon his request was trans
ferred a few months later to the cavalry.-New
York Herald Tribune. . az s-s,s.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
11,12O,925
MIGHT AND RIGHT

In spite of all the serious and CONSCIENTIOUS et'
forts to promote fraternity of nations, there Is
good deal of reason for believing the idea that
might makes right" still prevails in the mlndS Oh
many of the men who are directing the affairs OF
nations.
II was the German philosopher, Johann Gotlleo
Michte, who best expressed this philosophy
He declared that in the relation of nations there
is neither law nor right, except the right of the
stronger" and that mot onlyare treaties not bind
ing but that deception the natural and necessary
course of things" and that government might
well adopt the principle, Promise peace that thou
mayest begin with advantage" ..'
There may be many who believe that Germany
has never forgotten this philosophy, and that Hit
Ter is at the moment planning to make it effective
But the experience of nations has shown nothing
more clearly than that it is just as false philosophy
for nations as for individuals, although there Is
even yet good deal of the disposition to apply 1t to
national conduct.-Rock Hill $50 Herald.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
1T MAY ENCOURAGE CRIME

The other day superior court
Judge declared that juvenile
courts can have the effect Of en-
couraging Juvenile crime. He eX-
planned that the juvenile court
law in his district prohibits juve-
mic offenders from coming under
the jurisdiction of the regular
courts, but that the Juvenile court
is without adequate facilitje for
disciplinnig juvenile dclinQucnts.
About all the Juvenile court
judge can do is to advise, lecture
or scold the juvenile dclinquents
and let them loose. Hayward
young people realize that situa-
ton and take advantage of it.
They deliberately continue their
law violations and laugh in the
faces of policemen.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
REALTY LIVELNESS

Continued liyeliness in local real estate circles
is heafteHing.. ..- ... ~
Agents operating in this field not only report an
increasing evidence of interests on the part OF
prospective purchasers, but also plans for the erec-
tielt. of new homes either by individuals or by
home building corporations, as we'll more noti-
ceable degree of interest in the purchase of prop
critics, for investment ends. ,-}
All of this .bespeaks return of at least a sug.
gestion of former activities in these vital fielsd
Charlotte, along with the whole of the country is
seeing silver lining these days in the clouds that
have for so long and in such an eneompassing fash
ion hung over the building industry and the real
estate business-Charlotte Observer 49,.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

enCc out OF surplus funds saved
from past profits.
That means that the 100000 part
owners Of the A. T. & T. receive
S43,OOO,OOO every three months.
More than half of them are women.
Sun, Life Insurance Co. of Canada
and Harvard College are among the
largest owners.
A r. & T. is a holding company.
~ 1t owns almost 80 per cent OF
the stock of "a companies which
actually operate the telephones in
various parts of the country, such
as the New York Telephone Co or
the Mountain States Telephone and
Telegraph Co.
It also owns the Western Elec-
trio Company, of which Edgar S.
Bloom is president. In giant
plants in Chicago and Kearney,
N. J., this company makes tele.
phone equipment, such as phones
and switchboards. 1t sells 90 per
cent of its product to the A. T & r
or other companies of the Bell Sys-
tenn. 1t also buys material for
them all. and holds priceless pat.
entS.
The A. T & T itself built and
owns long-distance lines connect.
ing the various regional systems,
ship-to.shore and transatlantic
telephone service, teletype systems
1000 leased wires for special pur.
poses, chain radio program hook.
ms, talkie apparatus. and picture
transmission by wire,
[ ::' - *fts j 80. !,
THE A. #. & r provides patent
i rights, special knowledge, stand
ardized equipment, capital and ex.
merit help to the regional operating
companies it OWNS. Those rela.
tionships are very complex, and
are one point the commission
wishes to understand better.
For instance, the large Graybar
Electric Co., a competing" maker
of electrical equipment, was sold by
A n & T in 1928, but long and
involved testimony leaves still
some doubt whether 1t is really
competing. ~
fconyright, 1896. NEA Service. Incl
{ s.t3! u; ssse
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
Hendersonuille, Route )

HENDERSONVILLE, Route 3,
March 31.-A number of beautl-
full pine trees around Kanuga
were blown down during the re-
cent storm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maloncy and fam
ily. of Wilmington, who have
summer home on Wolf Mountain,
above Kanuga, will be here some
time in April They have then
lovely home decorated most arts
tically in rainbow colors.
Mrs. Martha Drake and Miss
Sarass Ellen Drake visited Misses
Charlotte and Julia Bette Drake
.at.fhe "Dahla' Farm" recently.
Miss Mary Ella Honeycutt, OF
Asheville Teachers College, spent
the spring holidays at the nome
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. }. +.
Honeycutt. While at home she
had as her guest, Miss Mary Sta
ton, of GastOnia. d. na.
Newell Drake spent the week
end with relatives at Balfour.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Drake are
in Florida. Their daughter, Miss
Elsie, who is a student in the
East Flat Rock high school, IS
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Drake
during their absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ohio Dalton are
at home to their friends in the
attractive log cabin near f. NJ.
Higgins.
Mr.. and Mrs. jeff CantreIl have
moved from this section to the
Big Willow section. They are go
ing to farm this summer.
Miss Louise eagle has been Wis
ting Mr.. and Mrs. Thornton re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leighton Brown
have moved from the mountain
down to Hebron street. Their
daughter, Miss Dorothy. who has
been spending her spring vaca-
ton at: home has returned to the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service STAFF Correspondent


A MEXICAN TELEPHONE &;
ATELEGRAPH, the vast hold
ing company now being investi-
gated by the Federal Communica-
tions Commission. is unique. @ ,
1t is a monopoly, and admits It.
Of every 100 telephones in the
country, more than so are directly
controlled by A. T. & T. Presi-
dent Walter S. Clifford gets $685..
600 a year salary, pays 100000
of it in income tax. He cheerfully
admits the monopoly part.
But he argues that a national
telephone system must be a mo-
nopoly, that a lot Of small, COM
peting lines would be a nuisance.
He denies that A. T. C T. has
ever taken advantage Of it's mo-
nopoly position, but has used it to
develop the best telephone service
for the benefit of the most people.
The FEC is spending $750,000
to see whether this is true or
whether the company has used it's
position to keep rates up, exacted
unjust profits from its affiliates,
and competed unfairly with rivals
in other fields than the telephone
business.
'rhe A. T. & T. is the largest
company in the world owned by
private individuals. 1t has total
assets of more than $4,000, 900, 600.
But no one holder owns as much
as ] per cent Of its stock.
THE company controls the re.
! gional operating companies
which actually run the $4,000, 900
telephones that make up the Bell
System. But this Bell System also
connects with the phones of $500
smaller telephone companies and
$4,000 rural lines, so that practical
ly any Of the 17,350,OOO telephones
in the country can be connected
with any other one.
For every share of its stock,
A. T. & T.; pays out each year 50
in profits. For the last four years
il has mot made that much profit,
but it hesitated to, pay less to stock
holders. SOFT made up the differ.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
GERMANY AGAIN PROVES
VALUE OF u. S. VOTE
By BRUCE CATION

The American citizen who Is too lazy 10
go to the polls and vote would do himself
a good turn if he sat down and spent i've
minutes or so reflecting on the great "elec-
ton" which Adolf Hitler just put through
in Germany. -,
The non-vOter, you know, never excuses
himself on the ground that he is lazy. He
has good line of talk to show that voting
is a waste of time. 49,.
cav, what difference does it make? 20 he
asks. 1.-THE politicians are all alike, any
how. They'll rim you, no matter who gets
elected. Anyhow, the election is apt to
be crooked, and if l. do vote they won't
count it.
If Mr.. American could spend one cleo
ton day in Nazi Germany, he would get a
good idea of what things are like in a
country where it really does not make. any
difference whether he votes or does not
vote-where the election is openly and adj
mittedly fixed in advance, and where the
voter is completely and everlastingly pow
erleSS. -.
When a German citizen opened his ballot,
he saw the names of no Reichstag candi-
dates; merely the names of the government
tai big-wigs-Hitler, Goering, Hess, ct a..
There was no opposition to vote for; there
was not even a square in which he could
vote mo" Just one place for an "X,'' and
that meant submissive yes"
Nor was that ALL Suppose a voters
stomach turned, so that he simply deposit
ed blank ballot in the box. Was that
counted as an opposition vote? By no
means. 1t was simply thrown away. A
citizen voted Yes or he didn't vote. :.
and he had to like it, too. :,
If the non-voting American reflects OIL.
that German ballot for little while, he is
pretty apt to discover that an election IN
the American style is less of a cut-and-
dried affair than he has been supposing.
Granted that, all too often there is preci-
Gus little difference between candidates
granted that elections sometimes are sto-
len; granted. that choosing between two
politicians not infrequently is choosing be-
tween Tweedledum and Tweedledee; the
fact remains that in democracy you do
get choice, you do get chance to say
mo" if your government displeases you.
This farce that went by the name of al
election in Germany is something for every
American to think about. When We blithe'
ly stay away from the polls because we for
get about it, or are too busy, or just cant
be bothered, we are passing up a privilege
that good many hundreds Of thousands OF
Germans would undoubtedly give their
eyeteeth to possess.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
HOW BILLIONS ARE SPENT

How many individuals depend wholly or in part
on the federal government, is subject upon which
many have focused thought, study and attention,
especially in this period when so many billions
have been provided to carry out provisions of work
relief programs in addition to the regular army of
workers in government departments and institu-
tons, The National Industrial Conference Boar1
completed survey of this subject recently, and its
findings are that the number involved totals H.
120,925. That number represents about, one ouS
of every four gainfully employed In the onitea
States Such figures bring realization of the fact
that Uncle Sam has payroll of gigantic proper
lions and easily accounts for the demand for bill
lions to meet it.
Following table dicloses the number of persons
in various groups receiving incomes from leoel"'
funds, as of December 81, 1885:
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
OUR MAMA TONGUE

Said a radio announcer, speak
ing of a cough syrup, 1T clings
to the cough zo-un."
Where is the cough "zO-un"
The other day | heard another
announcer use the word Sword. /"
And, believe it or not, he sounded
every letter in the word.
Perhaps he got the idea from
President ROOScvelt's "of-tCn."
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
TUESDAY, MARCH a,


AsheVille Teaches CofIs>'
she Is a Junior this vna ,y'o' Va,
Friends here Of En ra'' y
W. +. Royal will tn', n ani J..
know that they hayr ',n u, :
Troy to their OLD bc,, n"yod IN
ingham. They have ., '''y N R,,
mer home in L ...I, It Lovely Lovely ~
they will open soon 4; "IS csS
saSs that they haze b. SI's' R,s.
winter and she l.. .I,J ', ~ q Fos.,
is here. '' That ~.
All b. Y. p. L. mmrh
section arc being rI,., .9's< in L
tiH,, ESicrn Z. Y. ?. L 10 a,ta
ton i1.;, at - sylvia, which will So',e
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
AND DISGUSTED

From the disasters, catastrop-
hics, and calamities afflicting vir-
tually every section Of this globe,
it would almost seem that the
Almighty is displeased with this
he has plenty of rea-
sons to be displeased.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31

keeper AFTER MS
wife passed on.
And that was
the end of her
biscuits. All her
life Jonas Bee
zer's housekcep-
cr had dreamed
of b G in g "a
lady" And her
idea Of being "a
lady was to do
no work around
the house.
Had Jonas Bee
ger kept h j S
he
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
GARDEN FEVER epidemic is

NAKDEN FEVER epidemic is
spreading in the Balf0ur mill set
Element. Joe Smyth, the genial
official Of the mill. says that every
available foot of land will be cul-
tivated by the employees Of Bal
four Mills. The mill co-opcrates
in getting fertilizer and seeds for
the convenience Of the employees,
getting delivery and managing
their credits. In addition to the
vegetable garden cooperation the
mill gives prizes annually for the
greatest progress in. flower grow
ing, thereby contributing to the
beautiful rs we'll as to tho sub
stantial Hihc- OF life.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31

AuthOress Pearl Buck has adopted two
small boys. After scrubbing their neeks a
few times, it is wondered if she will still
think it the good earth.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
Wait
u
Minute,
Please
By
Noah
IIolloweil

OBSERVATIONS:-Mrs. J. P.
Burke pruning the hydranGeas
planted last year in front Of the
Episcopal church. If we could
catch the hydranGca fever again
like we did last year we would
soon give this community a n.y.
drangca complex.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31

You can't tell Europe that the United
States isn't preparing for armed conflict.
Haven't they heard about all these train
ing camps?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31

JUST AS the Forsythia got full
ready to burst forth with its gold
en- cffulgcnco, Old Boreas, stuck
his head out around the corner
and just about ruined the first
real bright dash of spring. And
the Japonicas suffered likewise.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31

In the matter Of, politics, it seems, army
officers should be yes-men. Even the
radio major confines himself to "all right,
all right
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
ONE THING AND ANOTHER
By WICKEy, WAMBOLDT

To my surprise | found that what
/ was actually reading was the
trial, judges charge to the jury.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31

.A-yLsRdon' chef says the. younger generation
doesn't know soup. Which makes the score even
the y.g. always have contended their elders didn't
know beans.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
GOODBYE BISCUITS

"He married her for her bis
cults" it was said of Jonas Bee
Ger when he welded his house
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31

That allergic young lady who can't
stand emanations of silk, Dora thinks,
probably abkprs. rayon.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31

A PANTS BOSOM:-Dr. John
Condor Of "Jafsic" and Lindbergh
fame has coined Il new express
sion for the seat of his pants:-
The bosom of my pants"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31

A free thinker is reported to, have said, Il am
seventy years of age, and have never seen sueh a
place as hell after all that has been said about IT,
His little grandson of about seven years OF age
who was all the while listening, asked him, Have
you ever been dead yet?"
SIS. Times.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
WHERE THE JUDGE STOOD

WHERE THE JUDGE STOOD
Speaking of a certain criminal
case man said, II picked up the
paper and read at random into the
news account of the trial. |
gathered from the sentiments ex-
pressed that | was reading the
final plea of the defense attorney.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31

THOUSANDS of years ago, when
civilization was centered in the
Orient, the hooked cross known az
he swaStika was used as the sym
)ol of religious belief in China and
m India. 1t could be found in the
inconsistencies of Tibet. the temples
If China. and the Buddhist shrines
VI India.
Then, as people travelled west.
ward, they brought with them their
beliefs and the symbols of their
religions. AID so the swastika q,
moved with then. Today travel
srs may see this ancient cross in
The ruins of Troy and on the an.
Gent Celtic stones of Britain.
Most famous, however, is adOp.
ton of the swastika as the symbol
Of Nazi power in Germany AT
ifst it was merely the sign of the
Nazi movement, but when Adolf
Hitler became dictator of Germany
IN 1888, it soon became the symbol
Of German, or Aryan, culture. In
1885, the swastika was made the
central design of Germany's ia.
lional flag. AT the same time, Ger
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
SMOKE IN THEIR EYES

DR.. Frank Graham, progressive
president of the University OF
North Carolina, has been marked,
it is said, to have his hide gotten.
DR.. Graham is thinker, He
is fearless. He is honest. That
combination of qualities is parti-
cuiarly distasteful to politicians.
The University of North Carolina
is a state-owned institution; hence
it is under the influence of poilti-
clans.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31

m any issued g
new stamp with
the hooked cross
of the ancient
Orie mt, Of the
Greeks and the
Celts, as its cen.
trail design It is
shown here
Evening star., 1936-10-08
STEAMSHIPS.

BERMUDA VIA FURNEs6. $50 up. Fpgn
trio with private bath, Freuuent sailtns
direct TO dock OF Hamilton. Furnsss Ber
Evening star., 1936-10-08
Text of Landon's Statement
COP Nominee Charges Roosevelt Careless Win
Figures-Cifes Corn Price Losses After
Import Threat.

question Of the bonus itself, I would
like to ask: II the billion and a half
paid in bonus is not a future obliga-
ton, what Is IL? It was largely paid
in bonds and some day the Govern
ment will have to pay those bonds.
Sees ReckIessness Spread.
With the President himself being so
careless with facts and figures it is
not surprising that his cabinet men,
bers likewise are getting reckless.
An illustration Of the recklessness
that has become epidemic in admin
istration circles Is to be seen in certain
statements made In Iowa by the Presi-
dents agricultural spokesman. In max
ing these statements he has totally
ignored provisions OF the Republican
farm program which effectively safe
guard the farm and the farm family.
This same agricultural spokesman n
is well known to the farmers of the
Middle West for his prediction In Au-
gust, 1885. that abandonment of the
A. A. A. would mean q return Of "the
unbearable situation of 1892 and
1888"
Every farmer knows what has hap
Evening star., 1936-10-08
CR0SLEY DISPUTES
RADIO CENSOR|NG
Communications Commits
sion Told Time Not Refused
Townsend or Lemke.
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Powell Crosley, jr., president OF the
Crosley Radio Corp. of Cincinnati, de-
MED before the Communications Com
mission yesterday that WLW. the
powerful station it operates, mad
censored political programs.
Crosley's testimony was given at the
third DAVIS session of a hearing called
by the Communications Commission
to discuss reallocation of clear-chan-
mel assignments.
Obviously angered at suggestions
BY Commissioner George H. Payne
that WLW had rejected requests for
radio time from DR.. F. E. Townsend,
cofounder of the Townsend old age
pension plan, and Representative
Lemke, Union party presidential can
didate. Crosley replied:
Radio Time Not Refused.
1--WE have never refused radio time,
to my knowledge, to either DR.. Town
send or Representative Lemke. We
have leaned over backward to avoid
taking part in political or contro-
versial matters"
Frank M Smith. general sales man.
ager for the corporation, told the
commission WLW had delayed
answering a Townsend request fol
time on the air because the California
physician then was appearing before
q congressional investigating commit
tee. The matter was dropped. he
said, after the hearings were con-
cluded.
Questioned further by Payne, Smith
said WLW had rejected part OF
news comment series prepared BY
two Washington correspondents, but
said it was because some Of thu
remarks might have held the station
open to libel
Norris Assertion Denied.
Payne read into the record q lettel
from Senator Norris, Republican, o
Nebraska, saying he understood th'
Cincinnati station represented pow
erful business interests" Crosley de
MED the assertion, as we'll as sugges
tions by Payne that the station wa