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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04
A SORRY MESS

The straw poll conducted by the Hickory Daily
Record and "a other daily newspapers of North
Carolina was well worth while, even if the first
primary election failed to bear out the differences
which had been drawn in advance as to the results
of the voting
Every newspaper which participated found out
that the registration books are certainly best de-
scrbed it'll the phrase used by one of the partci-
pating publishers when he called them "a sorry
mess"
In Mecklenburg county alone more than 5000
corpses and non-residents are registered G. A.
Paul, Charlotte News staff writer, discovered This
astounding figure he says, represents about third
of the total normal Democrat vote there and ap-
proximatey one-seventh of the total registration.
Right here in Catawba county, where The Rec
ord attempted to send out approximately eight hun
bred straw ballots to Democrat voters, using every
twelfth registered Democrat, scores of ballots We're
returned by the post office with the notation 'un-
claimed"-indicating the registrants were either
dead removed to unknown addresses
One of the most fragrant violations of the state
law disclosed in practically every county including
CALDWELL Burke and Catawba, which were assigned
to The Record in the straw poll, was the fact that
the political affiliations of the registrants not
shown by the books although space is provided fOl
this and the statute requires it.
Unquestionably, whether the sad state of the
registration lists is due to carelessness because
the system is at present wrong, something ought
to be done to correct it.
1t is obvious that records which are so inaccu
rate as our poll books disclosed as being, prove
handicap and liability rather than help in keeping
| our elections fair and honest.
All citizens who want North Carolina to con
tinue responsive to the will of the majority, know
that the place to preserve democracy is at the
polling places.-Hickory Record.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
by RODNEY BUTCHER.

ana someIlmeS Hughes - will be
accepted somewhat as party dog
ma insofar as these men have
held certain New Deal measures
to- be constitutionally valid and
have accused the courts conserv-
atives of deciding issues on a
basis of economic prejudices
rather than on points of law.
UNLESS planned campaign tao
- tics are reversed, you will be
hearing that:
Justice Van Devanter is an eX-
politician and corporation law
yer, an attorney for the Union
Pacific Railroad in its land
grabbing days, who later, as
Judge, awarded the Union Pa
cific land along its right-of-way
worth millions of dollarS-and
has decided for the railroads in
every major railroad case be-
fore the supreme court.
Justice Sutherland was a Re-
publican senator, protege of
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah
and buddy of Harding, who, as
a3justice, has described as an
"extraneouS circumstance" the
fact that a woman employe
needs to get a prescribed sum
of money to insure her subSiSt-
ence, health, and morals"
1 Justice Butler was a lawyer
for the Chicago, Milwaukee and
ST. Paul Railroad, who, as re-
gent of University of Minnesota,
forced out professors who dis
agreed with his ideas about
valuation, rates, and municipal
ownership.
And, of course, Hughes was
counsel for Standard Oil and
many other big corporations
and so was Roberts, the latter'S
clients being the anti-labor
union Pennsylvania Railroad.
No one can say now whether
such line of attack will be effec.
tive. 1t might turn out to be biz
mistake 81.
tcoDyright 1886. SEA Service, Incl
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
THE SUBTLE MENACE TO LIBERTY IN THE
UNITED STATES

There is today world tendency to rob the COM
mon man of his hard won liberty. In Italy, In Ger
many in Russia, the common man is told what TO
do his days are planned out, and his farm, or MS
business is supervised. He no longer dares express
his opinion-spies surround him to report any sign
of nrotest a mysterious fear catches at him; ne IS
terrorized by politicians and government agents so
that he has lost his independence of expression
and of action. This all comes back because the
central governments in Italy, Germany and Russia
have become so powerful that they are coh'roiiiis
the daily actions of their populations
IF Won will think for few minutes you will
realize that our forefathers came to America TO
get away from this kind of government eoh'roi
They rebeled at the dictaton of government In
fact. the history of freedom is the history OF 'he
common people, little by little limiting the power
of government. Step by step the people separa'eu
the church from the government; separated Lie
press from the state, and separated the Judlciary
from the executive. In this separateness the MOD
ern progress of mankind has taken place, the enef-
gies of mankind have been Unbiased, ana mVen-
ton industry and wealth have grown at an amaz-
ING pace It has taken hundreds of years for man.
kind to achieve this freedom from government.
But TODAY, even here in the United States, gov
eminent is reaching out and increasing It's 1unc-
tions-trying to control business and agriculture
and all human affairs. And the deceptive thing
about it is that the who are leading this reac-
ton actually claim to be, and think they are, lead
ers of progress. This is the danger, that our lead
ers are leading us into the maze of bureaucracy
and back into that ancient order of things, when
the whole of mans existence his arts, his labor his
business, his conscience was at the disposition of
his Rulers.
From this tendency the American people must
shake themselves free, if we are to march forward
into new reaches of freedom. We need less gov
eminent, not more government We need to give
men and institutions free reign to develop the pos
sibilites latent with thenl-along this path free
dom and advance Hes.-Farmers Federation News.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04
BY RODNEY DUICHEh

BY RODNEY DUlCHEb
NEA Service Staff Correspondent
WIASHINGTON-Few other de-
" velopments, if any, stand out
IN retrospect after the Demo-
cratic convention as conspicu-
ously as the decision of a major
party to stress in its campaign
he distinction between the Con-
;titution and the U. S. Supreme
Court.
1t is the present intention Of
Roosevelt and his New Dealers to
hammer away on this line through
he campaign. The argument will
run like this:
The Constitution is great
and immortal document and
should not be tempered with
unless conditions obviously re-
quire and public opinion over
whelmingly demands.
But the supreme court is
made up of nine human beings,
prone to human weaknesses and
prejudices, including certain re-
dictionary gentlemen who are
neither abreast of the tineS ror
free of the background Of spe-
cial privilege and corporate ex-
ploitation from which they rose
to the bench through appoint
ment by Republican presidents.
THE implication which will be
l. stressed, more or less specifi-
cally, is that Roosevelt hopes for
vacancies on the court which will
allow him to appoint Judges of
liberalism as we'll as high stand
ing.
Privately, the president has
given serious consideration to the
proposal that he ask Congress for
the power to appoint additional
justices to the court, so that lib
eral majority might outweigh
what is now the conservative ma
jority, consisting of Justices Suth-
erland, Van Devanter, McReyn-
olds, Butler, Roberts-and some
times Chief Justice Hughes.
\, Opinions of the liberal minority
Of Brandeis. Stone. and Cardozo-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04
Over Six Million
Jobs Obtained
Since Mar. 1888

WASHINGTON, July 4. (UP).
Nearly 100000 American men
and women secured jobs between
March, 1888, bottom of the de-
preston, and June !, 1886, Prcsi-
dent William Green Of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor announc-
ed last night.
Basing his figures on govern
ment records, Green said 1885,
900 remained unemployed at the
end of May this year-a new low
since President Roosevelt took Of
flee.
Green pointed to figures show
ing that business activity was only
ST. per cent below normal in May
and warned, "at the present rate
of unemployment, industrial activ-
ity will have to rise far beyond
1929 levels to put the unemploy-
ed to work."
The net decrease in unemploy-
ment rolls since March, 1888, he
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04
Wait
q
Minute,
Please
By
Ns.o] :,
Hollowell

said was 100000 because the
number of job-seekcrs since then
had increased by 100000.
He also saw significance in the
fact that "in the first 10 months
of NRA. 2,35O,000 went back to
work, while in the first 10 months
since NRA, when business was
free from NRA regulations, only
100000 went back to work"
The month of May, said. Green,
marked the peak Of this year S
spring busy season, and he warn
ed that summer dizziness will see
many laid off.
employment gains in May and
June have been more striking,
said Green, sin building than any
other industry. Figures for build
ing in the country as a whole
show that employment increased
by 100000 from April to May,
making this month the highest
May since 1881"
The government records upon
which Green based his report
showed that the May figure of
11,259,OOO' unemployed brought
the total of those getting jobs IN
1896 to 1,5S5,000.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04
FREELY GIVE, FREELY
RECEIVE

The experiment tried for the
first time in this country of put
ting on Metropolitan Grand
operas at popular prices resulted
in such cooperation from the pub
lie that every available foot of
space in the theatre, including
standing room was occupied. Thus
again we see demonstrated the
principle that low prices with lib,
eral production bring prosperity
and happiness; while greediness
and niggardliness restrict the flow
of bounties, and dam up life and
dry up souls.
Many producers and distribu'
tors of things which influence hui
man life for good in this nation
still have great good lesson to
learn.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04
CONVENTIONS PAN OUT DULL
DISAPPOINTMENTS
(By BRUCE CATTON)

No one can look back at the recent
Philadelphia and Cleveland party conven-
lions without feeling that the time is just
about ripe for elimination of these stupid,
mishandled, wasteful, and utterly boring
affairs.
Nothing was done at either cOpclave
that could not have been done just as well
in one day by two dozen men in hotel
suite. In neither case was there any con-
test that had to go to the floor of the con-
ventIon. In neither case did the great mass
of delegates act any part but that of sweat
ing stooges.
There was a great deal of oratory, to be
sure-but nine-tenths of it could have been
left out to the vast advantage of everyone
concerned. The speeches of MIR. Hoover
and Mr.. Hamilton at Cleveland, and OF
Governor Lehman and President Roosevelt
at Philadelphia, were worth listening to-;
practically all the others might better have
been omitted.
AS to the nomination of candidates, there
was no contest in either case. There never
welt would be renominated; nor was there
a competent political writer in America
who did not know, before the Cleveland
convention was called to order, that Gov.
LandOn was in.
There was just little less certainty
about the platform. The two resolutions
committees did debate and wrangle about
them, for time. But in neither case did
the delegates as a whole play any useful
part. They took what was offered them
and swallowed it without stopping to read
it-knowing full we'll that, in the end, the
platforms for the summer would be what
President Roosevelt and Governor Landon
said they were, anyhow. ..
Add to all this the fact that the conven-
tions were unutterably dreary. Ward heel
ers and precinct stooges are not inspiring
sights, en- masse When they have nothing
to do but dance in accord with clearly visi-
BILE strings manipulated openly by'polltlcal
bosses, what little esthetic value they once
may have possessed is lost for good.
And so, to repeatedly have these con-
ventions? Or, if we must have them, why
not limit them to one day apiece? Why
conduct the profoundly important business
of self-government through tiresome and
meaningless ceremonies which do not have
the virtue of even being dramatic?
1t ought to be very easy to turn the nom
ination of presidential candidates over tc
the people, direct, through the medium Of
nationwide primaries. Candidates coulo
declare themselves in advance, make such
declarations of principle as they wished
and submit their names to the voters.
Platforms could be drawn up by small
committees-or, indeed, by the nominees
themselves, as is, to all intents and pur
poses, the case now. ~
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04

rapidly. l find powdered borax
excellent for any kind of wound.
1t is good for sore throats, too"
she added, "and for cuts"
| pass this information on to
you for what it is worth; for if
there is any small thing which
makes life not worth living it is a
vigorous canker sore.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04
WIND
INSTRUMENTS
An American

Wamboldt being entertain
ed in Paris, was taken by his hos
tess to hear a famous orchestra.
"There are more than one hun
dred wind instruments in that or
chestra," explained the hostess,
eve have an organization in
the United States" boosted the
American, "in which there are
five hundred and thirty-one wind
instruments"
"Mon Dieur' calculated the
hostess, "By what name is the or
ganization called?"
"By various Names" replied
the American. 81 may not tell
you all the names it is called, fol-
you, being lady, would not like
to hear them; and l, being a gen,
tleman, would not care to utter
them. But the official name OF
the organization is the congress
of the United States
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04

"Why?"
"She takes aft
er her mother,
and her mother
is an outstand-
ing member of
the O.D.W's."
"What is the
Cd. WIS.,"
"The Order of
Dominant WIZ
eS.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04
SIMPLE ENOUGH

A woman said to me recently,
81 had a terrible canker sore un-
der my tongue. l tried alumni
and everything else | ever heard
of: but it grew bigger and bigger.
Finally it got to be as big as a
dime and was so painful | could
not stand it. | went to a doctor.
He said to put ordinary powdered
borax on 1.-THE kind you can buy
in any grocery or drug store. l
did so. The relief was almost in
Simultaneous and the sore healed
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04
ARE YOU MOTOR-PROpHr

ARE YOU MOToR-PROPHE,
enough to tell when the Model
Fords will quit functioning9 II
Hellingsworth, plumber. prcacbs
and zodiacal consultant on DENT,
surgery, with the bonus rotnm
tucked away on his hip. ,urr%,
no his faithful engine and Il
out" for Hedrick, Iowa. to see ,
sister, Mrs. Porter, whom he hal
not seen in 20 years. \ mcsSaq.
from NJ. Hollingsworth rcvcalsi
the fact that he made the tr;I
safely.
A few months ago a Young mar
connected with the Tryon New
Bulletin struck out for the Pa
cific coast in a Model T. rcachir,
his destination safely.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04
PICKED AT RANDOM
Ry WICKES WAMBOLDT
A WILL, PLEASE

when there's will there's a
way" Yes, and the fellow who
fails to make a viii may fail to
make a way for his rightful heirs
to get their inheritance without a
lot of trouble and expense.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04

At last the identity of the group who
march off with grid goal posts is explained.
They're delegates keeping in midseason
trim.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04

+. NJ. Smith, Laredo. Tcx.. So,
a wolf trap to catch rats, bn
caught an even dozen 'poSsums-
a mother carrying II Young !,
her pouch.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04

Rudy Vallee is studying to be law
yer" An attorney who maintains my
Time Is Your Time" should get large
clientele.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04

In his escape, by leaping fence, Zion Zion
check again reveals that he's unique. Any
other congressman would have been
caught when, by force of habit, he strad,
died, - .ds'" ..a< =. =. sas .as
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04

According to an authority, the worlds
most important work is done by those who
give an impression of leisure. Maybe we've
misjudged the WPA-ers.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04

If she Black Legion revelations have &C.
complished nothing else, the more timid
citizens haYsssent their nightshirts to the
laundry.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04
AN ANCIENT ORDER

"Yes, she's sweet and pretty all
right, but the chap who marries
that girl will have his work cut
out for him."
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04

CHAMPS had come into use II
~ the United States the year be-
fore when, in l848, Zachary Tay'
lor. hero of the Mexican War, wa
to be notified of his nomination
for the presidency by the Wings
How was this notification to bt
sent? If by means of the new
stamps on their letter, the NOM
inee might deem it an insult tina
he could not pay, the postage
which used to be collect. If no
by stamp, he might not believe the
letter worth redeeming.
Perplexed, the nominating ccm.
mittee decided not to use the new
stamp and General Taylor re.
fused it! When the committee
failed to get his response, dele.
cation was sent to Baton Rouge
home of Taylor, and there they,
learned the truth. Taylor had mo-
known the unstamped letter he
had refused had contained hi.
notification. He accepted the nom.
ination, and was elected.
On July 8. 1850, a little more
than a year after he took Office
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04

What's the sense in writing about care
less driving? People who can't read stop
and ego" won't read editorials.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04

t,ton is muchginteHesteds in. gaD,
cocks and has had more oTJ"'
than he could fill for hatcbin.
eggs at SO and So per setting '
Is eggs. Shipments have bcsS,
made to many parts of the Uni,S
States and some sales have boe
made in Canada.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04
D. c. ORR TELLS OF AN Il

tercstiEg experiment his iatbe,
w. w. Orr of the Etowah Srctf,,
made in irrigating his potato fie,
drt'ing the drouth. A creek vi,
"a. gradual fall ran through h
field and Mr.. Orr with very Inn
effort diverted the stream an
controlled to his sati>racti"
the amount of water he d!ains
into the plot of about three acre
Mr.. Orr is expecting a bumper n
tato crop. He was so well pIoaSs
he has made up his mind that
would be profitable to irrig,,
his corn field rather than lei
burn up by drouth.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-04

however, Tay.
lor died, at the
age of sc. Or
the 25th ami.
versary of hi:
death, in 1875
t h e u nit e {
States issued {
scent st a m +
with his por.
trait.
lEA Service. Incl
Evening star., 1936-07-26
Two Conebackers Meet.

S THE situation exists today 1t
appears that Louis will start his
own comeback trail against Sharkey,
who is doing some comebacking him.
self. And if that happens, Comebacker
Baer may take on Braddock If the
Braddock- -Comebacker Schmeling does
not jell. Which requires lot of
figuring.
Sharkey has beaten Schmeling and
Schmeling has beaten Louis.
Baer has been beaten by Braddock,
but has in turn beaten Camera, who
beat Sharkey, who beat Schmeling.
To make the record still more COM
plicated, Baer. who was beaten by
Louis, once stopped Schmeling, who
beat Louis, who-but. why go on?
Later this year the smoke may all
be cleared away Maybe Braddock
will show himself to be one of those
old-time champions who held on un-
til his arches gave way and his teeth
began to drop out. If he does, he will
have the following championship rec
ords to shoot at:
1882-18s2-John L. Sullivan Go
years..
1892-1897-James J. Corbett (5).
1897-1899-Robert Fitzsimmons (2)
1899-1906-James j. Jeffries CD.
1906-1908-Tommy Burns (2).
19o8-1915-Jack johnson CD.
19l5-19l8-Jess Willard (3).
1919-1926-Jack Dempsey (D.
1926-1928-Gene Tunney ca.
1930-1931-Max Schmeling.
1932-Jack Sharkey.
1933-Primo Camera.
1934-Max Baer.
l935-James j. Braddock.
Evening star., 1936-07-26
HEAVYWEIGHT Championship Picture Is Seaked With Queer
BA RK S Kem
DOGDOM

pLANS for the Old Dominion Ken
mel Club licensed show on October
II are well under way. TtB show
will be the most Northern show with
Southern rating Of show points and
will be the first on the Fall circuit
1t will be followed by Greensboro on
the following Friday and Saturday,
and there is a possibility of a show
between Greensboro and Northern
Virginia on Wednesday Of that week.
The Old Dominion show will be a
one-day outdoor affair. 1t is certain
there will be at least three points,
both sexes, in many of the more pop
ular breeds, and undoubtedly there
will be a good sprinkling Of some
highly unusual breeds, as there are
many such to be found in Northern
Virginia.
ERED SHERRY Of Ballston, Va,
plans that there shall be no
dearth of Irish terriers in the land.
At present 26 puppies, all under 6
weeks, make his kennels interesting,
He says more are expected.
The Irish Terrier Club Of America
is bringing out new book this Fall
1t is planned as complete manual
recording not only the history of the
club and its members, but serving as
a guide to the breeder and the novice
interested in Irish terriers.
Evening star., 1936-07-26
D. c. TRACK, FIELD
SQUAD N|PS NAVY
Victor by a Point in Duel
With Second Class Team
at Annapolis.
special Dispatch to The Star.


A NNAPOLIS, Md, July 25.-With
n a big margain in the field
~ events, in which its contest
n ants took five of six flrsts
Washington Field and Track Club
defeated the second-class midship-
men here this afternoon, 6325s to 62ls
The visitors also registered firsts in
two track events, to make a total OF
seven, to six taken by Middies.
The quarter mile afforded a beauti-
full contest between Johnny Leis cf
the visitors and Jack Dalton, Nays
sprinting racer, who ran the distance
for the first time. Dalton was just
able to beat out final-lap sprint by
Leis, but the latter evened with Navy
by beating out Weymouth in the final
stretch of the half mile.
Dalton scored heavily for Navy, TAX
ing f1rsts in the quarter and 900, and
second in the 100 while his brother
George was first in the high hurdles
and second over the low.
Summaries:
Boan Navy. second: Looney Washing
tom; third bird, Tine s 4:S5;6 al :, ,.,,o.
Navy: Leis tWashington), second Lock-
wood Navy. third. Time. O:53.
100 YARDS-Won by Morgan Navy ;
J. Dalton Navy. second; Mccullough
Washington third. Time. 0:12.".
HIGH JUMP-Won by Chapman Wash
ington): McNally. Preheim tWashngton)
and Quade Navy tied for second. Height
feet.
Ieo-YARD HIGH HURDLEs-won by
G. J. Dalton Navy; Walls tWashingtonl. .
second; Morton Washington. third. Time.
0:16.
DIsCUS-won by sniscak washing
toni: Sviderski Navy second: Preheim
washington. third. Distance, 1891 feet
2eO-YARD LOW HURDLES-Won by
Newton Navy; G. Dalton Navy. second;
Vinock Navy. third. Time. 0:23."".
BROAD JUMP-Won by McNally Wash
ingtonl; Preheim tWashington). second;
Sniscak tWashington). third. Distance.
HALF MILE-Won by Leis washing
tom: Weymouth Navy. second. McCIl-
loch washington, third. Time. @:06.S.
JAVELN-Won by Guckeyson wash
ington>: Preheim WASHINGTON. second:
Zans tWashington). third. Distance. 1s4
feet inches.
SHOTPUT-won By Lynch NAVY: Pre-
helm tWashingtonD; second; Cuckeyson
Washington. third. Distance. A. feet
11l2 inches.
22O YARDS-Won by Dalton Navy:
Morgan Navy. second McCulloch tWasn-
ingtonb third. Time. Ga.
POLE vAULT-Forfeited to Wsshlnston.