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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-07
District Court Upholds Old Age Benefits
STATE SOCIAL
SECURITY ACT
BEING DRAWN

RALEIGH, Dec. 7. (UP).
The attorney generals office
today worked feverishly to
complete an act CONFORMING
with the unemployment in
surance provision of the Fed
eral Social Security Act.
Governor J. c. B. Ehring-
haus said the act was prac-
tically completed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-07
EHS TO MAINTAIN
llTAYS' S0LVENCY

I EHINGTON, Dec. Z. (UP).
ag;On K. Wheeler, Mon
1ened the inquiry into
financing methods to-
Segt!ng az the same time
[ AFeny OF the nations rail
rs, be maintained.
,ss.er is eo-author of the
G'Rayburn law, regulating
utility holding companies.
cheated he might propose
legislation for railroads
E neSt congress.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-07
\ JUDGE IN
Hing TODAY
IETAINS act
kic Proposals Drafted
Washington to Curb
| Ilien Investment
MAYS FINANCE
| INQUIRY is BEGUN

|'S-ON, Dec. 7. (UP).-Fed-
District Judge George c..
..y today upheld the eonsti-
,1l,y Of the old age benefit
Ss Of the Federal Social
,ry Act.
} ruling was made on a pc
| brought by George p. Davis,
E:raia me Boston and Maine
Fli from deducting contribu-
!rln employees salaries.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-07
ca, sChN 4. PARIS. JR.
yIyyi'ght by United Press

l,S' EAl STATE PRISON.
Z, , Occ. Z. (UP).-All hope
N sOne' Sad-eved, lankv Mar
+ ne Yesterday wished TO
Ca ne had never killed
"''nued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-07
ENEMIES SPLASH THROUGH
UNDERGROUND PASSAGES

WITH REBELS IN THE CASA
DE CAMPO, Dec. 7. (UP).-The
battle of Madrid went "under-
ground" Yesterday, being fought
in the sewers of the capital.
Fighting in Madrid's network of
drain pipes started when the 10y
Continued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-07
BURGlN TO TAKE OATH
IN RALEIGH THURSDAY

L. l.. Bmgin, elected as repre-
sentative in the lower house OF the
general assembly, will be sworn
in at Raleigh on December 10,
when Il special session is called to
order. .......- e.
Township officers. sworn in by
Mr.. Fletcher, were J. w. Redden.
constable for Henderson vii g
township; Edward Bell, constable
for Green River township; ID. l..
WorSham, constable for Hoopers
Greek township; Frank NJ. Hug
gins. constable for Crab Creek
township.
Prior TO the ceremony OF swear
ing in the officials, the address OF
Govcrnor-elcct Clyde X. Hoey was
heard by a crowd of about 200
people in the court room. NJ. NJ.
Rcdden, chairman Of the county
Democratic executive committee,
presided at this meeting.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-07
Think PONTIFF
CRITICALLY i'll
Special Prayers Asked But
Condition no Worse
Is Declared

VATICAN CITY, Dec. 7. (UP)
Pope Plus passed comfortable
night and his condition is salts
factory. Friends insist he is not
as seriously i'll as reported.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-07
new OFFICIALS
FOR COUNTY
Are INDICTED
Administered Oath Today
by George Fletcher Asst.
Clerk Of Court
BALLENGER TO TAKE
OFFICIAL OATH LATER

Henderson county officials,
elected on November 3. were
sworn into office this morning by
George Fletcher, assistant clerk
of the superior court. in cere-
mony in the court room.
Newly elected officers. sworn
in this morning. were w. +.
Davis, sheriff, who succeeds NJ.
n. Orr, and Bruce A. Cox, who
succeeds j. F. Brooks as coroner.
Officers who were reelected
and sworn in this morning were:
T. l.. Durham, G.. w. Justice and
J. A. RuSher, county commission
crS; j. {. CoSton, register OF
deeds; and G. B. Turner, county
surveyor.
J. ii. Ballcnger, tax collector,
who was reelected, will not be
sworn into office until next Oc-
,nha,.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-07
WEATHER

.l.,,bly colder tonighti
generally fair, slightly
IN the interior.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-07

Christmas in Madrid should be
a medley Of blasts and silent
Night" 80
The Washington times., 1936-08-29
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

Hafraid to go on-afraid to do diff
ferent, possibly dangerous, things.
We are all towards, longing for
safety
And grateful to anyone who can
make cowardice seem respectable.
Conservatives m a k e cowardice
seem respectable.
Conservatives m a k e coWardice
seem intelligent and smart.
They do not expose our timidity
and ignorance by their superior
daring.
So we admire Conservatives. We
are grateful to Conservatives. We
copy their conduct and quote
their conclusions. We gladly ac-
cept them as leaders.
WHAT WE FORGET
And, by the same token, we fear
and hate the Adventures and
Rebels-the people who insist on
growing, on changing, on doing
new and difficult things.
We are easily impressed by Con-
servatism. easily led by Con-
servatives.
But both we and the Conserva-
tiveS whom we admire forget one
dreadful fact
Life itself is not, cannot be con-
servative.
Living things cannot be con-
servative.
Living things must change, must
experiment, must risk, must ad-
venture. If they don't-they DIE.
Remember that when you ar
mire a Conservative when you
follow someone who believes that
"the old ways are best-what was
good enough for my father is good
enough for me-"
A man with such ideas is not
living-he is DYING. If you adopt
his policy, you also DIE.
Copyright, 1886. King Features
Syndicate. Inc9
The Washington times., 1936-08-29
The Human Side of the News

>American-born expert mixer Of the
Savoy bar. Said Harry:
Cocktails have been con-
demned unheard.. No evidence
at all in their favor was put be-
fore the commission. 1 could
give medical testimony that one
cocktail properly mixed is the
finest appetizer known"
1t would seem that Harry was
begging the question or it might
be that both Harry and the Kings
commission were correct. AS
Harry said, "one" cocktail could
be proved to be a great appetizer.
The commission was talking not
about lone" cocktail taken for the
Stomach'S sake, but about many
cocktails taken for just the sake
of the "kick."
CENTURY-OLD DISPUTE
The age-old dispute about alco-
holic beverages has a counterpart
in the century-old dispute as to
where the cocktail originated.
Almost every country on the face
of the globe claims credit for its
invention.
When it comes to authenticity it
may be an American drink to get
behind the official records of the
French Academy Of Medicine,
which has approved the findings
of a young scholar who said that
the drink was the one thing that
the Americans did not invent.
The very name, he contended,
came from the French "cocque-
tal," and the beverage had been
a popular one for centuries in the
hills of Burgundy.
AS to the American claims, there
is the quotation from Washington
Irving, who, in 1909, spoke OF
those recondite beverages-cock-
The Washington times., 1936-08-29

W DUNG men and women must convince them
selves that the road to success must not
- be cluttered up with postponed work.
The housekeeper who sweeps dust under the
bed or sofa and says, 81 shall give this room a
thorough cleaning tomorrow" is poor house.
keeper.
The young man who puts off the job until to-
morrow that should be done today will never make
a success in life. He is building up wall of ac-
cumulated 'put off jobs" that he will never be
able to climb over.
One of the worlds most successful men, John D.
Rockefeller, once gave valuable advice to
one Of his important employees.
Mr.. Rockefeller, by the way is not called one
of the most USEFUL men, because he happened to
accumulate in his lifetime of hard work, more
money, perhaps, than any one man has ever be-
fore accumulated by his own efforts.
Mr.. Rockefeller is referred to as of the most
useful men in the country because, having ac
quired great fortune by hard work. he proceeded
to spend it wisely for public welfare, for the well
fare of the country in which he made the fortune,
giving hundreds of millions to science, education
and health
One fine day when he was much younger, be-
The Washington times., 1936-08-29
Marry-Go'
Round
BY HELEN ROWLAND

Love is that paradoXical emo
tion which makes a woman prefer
to be miserable with one man
rather than to be happy with an
other.
Many a woman suspects that
the reason her husband is not a
bigger business success is that he
is always ready to sidestep Oppor-
tunity in order to shake hands
with Temptation.
If a woman could only take
an X-ray of her marital troubles
as she does of a bothersome tooth,
and find out just what is at the
root of it all, she would always de-
eide to try treatment" instead of
a divorce.
In fact a normal woman will try
anything, from facial surgery to
faith cure, to hold onto any fairly
good tooth-or any fairly good
husband.
When love dies, a woman closes
the door of her heart and locks
it IN, where she can suffer" over
it; but a man closes the door of
his heart and locks it OUT, where
he can forget it.
It's a good thing that society is
so shallow-or many Gt those peo-
pie who are floating around in it
would be drowned.
A man usually puts his emotions
in cold storage along with his
wedding coat. But a woman keeps
hers alive and aching by going to
the movies and getting her thrills
and torments vicariouSly.
Copyright, 1888, by King Features
syndicate, rnc.)
The Washington times., 1936-08-29
Secretary of War Dern

The passing of Secretary of War Dern is blow officially
and personally President Roosevelt who had developed
close intimacy with him. There is throughout the Admnra
tion at Washington feeling double lossthe departure
Of good friend and the loss of valued executive
George Il. Dern quiet and unobtrusive any
high official government could be- He tower of
strength the Army and great part Of its present progress
sve policies is due to his studious effort
He had learned efficiency in public service from his long
in the Utah Legislature and his two in the
Governors chair of that State.
When President Roosevelt called him service George
Dern had spent half his life in public administration Those
who have known him agree that he loyal citizen and
constructive force in public affairs.
The Washington times., 1936-08-29

Conservative people impress me.
Make me feel foolish and imma-
ture.
Though I have lived with con-
gervativeS for SO years, and know
all too well!-what most of their
Little Ways mean, I'm still over.
ewed by them.
Still 1 find myself envying their
self-control, admiringGheir caution,
thinking how strong and shrewd
they are, how superior to impulsive
mortals who plunge about making
reckless experiments with new
notions, new ways of living.
Which is, of course, an entirely
cockeyed attitude.
For the average Conservative
Person is neither Strong nor
Shrewd.
He's just Scared and Stubborn.
He's afraid to think new
thoughts
Or even to listen to them.
AFRAID TO LIVE
He's afraid to try new ways Of
living
Or even admit that they're
necessary.
In short, he's afraid to LIVE.
for living is the most changeable
performance on earth.
Life is NEVER conservative
Life must do something new,
something different, every min
ute. For Life means Growth
and you can't possibly grow and
stand still.
Life is gamble.
Conservatives are never gam
blers-
Conservatives are Fraid Cats.
Then why do we admire Con,
Servatives if they are 'Fraid Cats?
Because we are all 'Fraid Cats
ct heart.
We are all afraid to change
The Washington times., 1936-08-29

Journeys
TOURING THE WEST

u L
One of the worlds most fasci-
mating travel itineraries is to be
found on the American continent.
It is one that is attracting con-
siderable attention from foreign
visitors. We refer to the Western
lands, lands of scenic charm and
rare beauty.
The idea of making the trip in
special trains is becoming increas-
ingly popular, and agencies re-
SponSible for the tours have found
it necessary to make arrangements
for extra bookings.
The Grand Canyon is visited en-
route to Southern California. The
stop at Williams, Ariz., introduces
the great spectacle that is always
awe-inSpiring. Descending into the
abyss along the twists and turns
of Bright Angel and Yaki trails,
one witnesses the magic circle of
petrified forests and the giant
cliffs with their stretches of
painted desert.
From Ell Tovar, on the rim of
the chaSm, the expedition takes
the tourist to the canyon depths
and SUBMITS with their daily ex-
hibits of purple walls. Here is one
of natures wonders that has
never been glimpsed by some of
our people who prefer to spend
their vacations in crowded towns
and cities.
Coming up the coast there is
Santa Barbara and its smart sub
urb, and Montecito with it's Span
ish architecture and old missions.
The Washington times., 1936-08-29
By Edwin G.. Hill

. tail, stone-fence and sherry-cob.
bier"
James Fenimore Cooper, in his
novel, "The Spy" said that the
cocktail was invented by the wi,
dow, Betty Flanagan, who ran
tavern in WestcheSter county, New
York, during the Revolutionary
War. He wrote:
ONE VERSION
'Betty had the merit Of being
the inventor of that beverage
which is so well known, at the
present hour, to all people who
make a winters march between
the commercial and political
capitals of this great State, and
which is distinguished by the
name of Cocktail"
Betty'S concoction, so the legend
goes (and WeStchester is full of
legends such as the one Of Sleepy
Hollow, was a drink of eXtraordi
nary potency into which, as the
finishing touch, was thrust the tail
feather of barnyard fowl. Hence
the name cocktail.
The cock is a vain creature and
the drink named after his tail has
an appeal to the vanity Of men.
Be he poet, peasant or king, he
is privileged to invent one and
name it after himself, his friend
or his native city.
Give a man some liquor. some
ice and some fruit and he'll come
up with a new cocktail even as the
elder j. P. Morgan invented the
"AlamagooSlum" and Edward VIII
invented the still nameless potion
from Dalmatia.
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-08-29

one. Jim Watson
The first of next month Jim'S
book, "As I Knew Them" will be
published by the BobbS-Merrill
Company. Advance notices Of the
volume put it this way:
"Jim Watson has probably
had more fun out of his political
career than any other public
figure in history. Endowed with
a warmth, geniality and mag
nificent sense of humOr-hiS
memoirs are a political classic.
yarn spinner de luxe, he
runs the gamut of all the great
personalities from James G.
Blaine right down to the pres
ent. There is a lot Of history
behind-the-Scenes stuff told in
this book and it is alive with
anecdOte."
Jim'S book should be filled with
plenty Of material. While in Con-
gress he was noted for his hearty
good humor and his stories. Many
a session he held with interested
listeners while he poured out his
laughs by the shovelful.
AS for his behind-the-scene stuff
newspapermen found him a boon
when something mysterious was
going on. And, if Jim didn't know
what it was all about he soon
found out and let them in on it.
AS far as Washington is con.
cerned it looks like the book will
be a winner.
The Washington times., 1936-08-29
The People Pay

They Pay Every Cent That the
Raw Deal Throws Away
"Vhen lUe buy loaf of bread for ten cents, UCe
pay about eight cents for the bread. The other
tIUO cents go for taxes.
eff We smoke package of cigarettes a day We
pay $22 year in taxes So is in all our spending.
ave cannot buy stitch of clothing IVithOut the
Governments taking in taxes part of the money
IUe pay out We cannot buy ounce of food at
our grocery store Without being taxed to support
the Government.
"We cannot 90 to a mOUie or a baseball game, or
ride in an automobile Without this invisible tax
arm of Government reaching out and taking part
of the money spend.
"The more the Government IUGSteS, the more
money it has to take from u.s."
(From Governor Alfred NJ LGndon's speech at Buffalo,
August 26, 1867
If Governor Landon had made no other utterance dur
ing his speaking tour than the foregoing he neverthe
less would have done marked service to the American
people
He has summed up in words of one syllable, THE
VOTE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT OUT OF OFFICE
NEXT NOVEMBER.
The gay, irresponsible way in which the Roosevelt
administration takes money out Of EVERYBODY'S
pocket and throws it to the four winds of Heaven is
beginning to sink into the consciousness of the public
The public has been captivated by MIR. Roosevelt's
charm of manner by his many ikeable qualities
It has been willing to assume that he MEANT well
even though his performances did not check with his
promises and his wild experimenting showed dangerous
defects of balance and judgment.
But it is becoming evident to eUen the most
thoughtLess of our people that THEY are paying
for his three and half years of IUeird and UdntOn
extravaganza; that Mr.. Roosevelt is playing ducks
and brakes Nth THEIR money; and that the more
his Administration thrOUs G1UGy the less THEY
have to spend or saUe for themselves and their chill
dren.
All the hokum, hot air and captrap that out
Of the Administrations propaganda machinery cannot
disguise that simple truth.
Governor Landon said no more at Buffalo than all in
teligent Americans KNOW.
But he said it in words that anybody-intelligent
otherwise-s able to understand And in the belief of
many political Observers he has the election by this
honest commonsense statement Of the fact that the
Raw Deals bills are paid BY EVERY MAN AND
WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE COUNTRY.
The Washington times., 1936-08-29

The King of England steps up
to a bar at Dubrovnik, JugoSlavia,
and calls for the shaker, Dalmar
tian liqueur, Dalmatian cham
payne, olives and lemon peel. TAX
ing two jiggerS of the liqueur, two
jiggers of the champagne, a little
ice and some charged water, he
mixed them all together, shook
strenuously for a minute-and q
new cocktail was born.
The actual count has been
missed, but from sources not con-
sidered too reliable, the cocktail
of Edward III will go down in the
books of the barkeeps as the
7,528th cocktail in existence.
The cocktail, if you take the
word of DR.. Yandell Henderson,
professor of applied psychology
at Yale, is "in some respects the
most pernlcloUS ana numerous
of all alcoholic drinks" Most Of
us don't take his word for it. In
stead, we take the cocktail and it
cannot be denied that one or two
Daquiris or Martins give the feeP
ing of asking:
ooh, death, where is thy
Sting?"
COCKTAILS
A few years ago the liquor COM
mission of England went on rec
ord against the cocktail, saying
that it noted with apprehension
the growth of the cocktail habit
among younger people of both
sexes.
This prompted a defense of the
drink by Harry Craddock, the
The Washington times., 1936-08-29

fore his son, John D. Rockefeller jr., had taken
the load of responsibility off his shoulders, Mr..
Rockefeller dropped into one of his important
branch offices
There he found his assistant, holding an impor-
tant place in great organization, sitting before
a desk piled high with papers.
81 see you are very busy" said Mr.. Rockefeller,
quietly.
eyes," replied the important assistant, II am
busy, but I shall have all this cleared away in
day or two"
Very politely, and considerably, the older man
said to his assistant, 81 do not want to criticize,
but shall tell you how like to find really
important manager of Standard Oil when
come into his office. l like to find him with
everything cleared away, everything at
tended to and got rid of as soon as it comes
up. like, especially, to find him with
EVERYTHING DONE, leaning back with his
The Washington times., 1936-08-29

For AZ years
Jim was a IA
miliar person
age on the Hill
where he served
for that length
of time in the
House and Sen
ate. He was the
Whip in the
House and Ma
jority Leader in
the Senate.
E v er 20 n e
knew Jim and
he knew every
The Washington times., 1936-08-29
" VOMONNS%N
feet on the desk, thinking and asking himself
How can make money for Standard OH" "

feet on the desk, thinking and asking himself,
How can make money for Standard Oil?
That is story told by associates of Mr.. Rookie
feller but not guaranteed the writer of this edi-
torial did not hear it when it was said, IF it was
said
But there is solemn truth in it. No pottering
with papers, moving things from side of the
desk to the other, makes the successful man. 1t
is DOING QUICKLY AND PROMPTLY what
should be done and then think about what can be
done to IMPROVE on what has been done al
ready, that brings success. To finish one thing
and then, having thought carefully, to proceed to
attack the next probem-that is success.
1t is we'll for us to remember and apply to our
selves the question that Napoleon put to his gen.
erals when they came proudly, to report victory.
The greatest of all generals praised them briefly
and then asked, WHAT DID YOU DO THE
NEXT DAY2"
The Washington times., 1936-08-29

To get ahead of your competitors, get
your work done promptly, get it out of
the way, so that you may have time to
think how you can do better job
TOMORROW.
The Washington times., 1936-08-29
The Greatest
Show On
Earth
By Frank M. Smith
AS HE KNEW THEM

Bluff, genial Jim Watson, former
Senator, who has been seen in
these parts lately, Is all ready to
On lita-S--
The Washington times., 1936-08-29
NO DATA

At the office of Senator Angus
tine Lonergan Cd, Connecticut,
Chairman of the Senate Cam
paign Investigating Committee,
it looks as though it doesn't cost
anything to run for President or
Vice President.
Since the committee announced
that all candidates would have
to make report of their per-
Sonal expenditures during the
campaign only three have sent
in any report.
Vice President John Nance
Garner reports no expenditures;
the Socialist vice president the
same. Vice Presidential Candi-
date Frank Knox has made re-
port but his expenditures were
not revealed.
AS for the presidential candi-
dates, the White House has noti-
fled the committee that Presi-
dent Roosevelt will make his re-
port as soon as he stops travel
ing so they can get a signature
on it. Governor Landon has writ
ten that his report will be in
shortly and Lemke has notified
the committee of a return COM
ing in the near future. But, so
far the reports have been pretty
slim.
Senator Lonergan will meet
with the members Of his COM
mittee who are in town on Mon"
day and a formal meeting Of the
committee will be called for
shortly after Labor Day.
Another contributor who asks TO
remain anonymous has turned to
verse to express just how he feels
about the presidential candidates.
His offering is entitled The Sing
ing Speaker"
-Four long years ago I heard a
lot Of phrases,
They were spoken in a vibrant
voice, and clear,
And they fired my poor old weary
soul like blaZeS,
For they sounded like the stuff
IlOnged to hear.
"Ah, the tones the Speaker used
were sweet as singing,
AS he told us of The More
Abundant Life
Then he changed his tone tin
it was loud and ringing,
While he swOre he'd slash ex.
penSeS like a knife.
eyes, twas four long years ago
heard that chanty
And 1 guess I'm still the poor
Forgotten Man.
Only there's an added mortgage
on my shanty,
And I'm jittier than when the
song began.
"Once again 1 harken to this
Singing Speaker,
(Can it be, perhaps his song
has never ceaSed)
Anyhow, his vibrant tones are
surely weaker,
And they fail, this time, to
WOW me in the least.
"NOw, I hear at last, another
speaker speaking;
But 1 catch no music in his
earnest plea,
And his speech with no Utopia
is reeking,
Yet he's pointing out o way
that / can see.
"VVreathed in smiles, the Groom
ing Speaker still is beamings
And his favorite My Friends
is still immense;
But 1 think I'll trade his hot
house orchid dreaming,
For some plain old garden
nurtured common sense"
TRY that on your old accordion,
The Washington times., 1936-08-29

The Five Power Treaty argued about the size,
speed of these ships each trying to persuade the
others to hold back.
They are very impressive killing machines, but