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west of Redwood Falls. 1t is one
of number of flocks maturing
in this vicinity.
The gobbler business is largely
family affair with the Schmidts.
Mrs. Schmidt has charge of the
Matching and poults while they
are on the nursery table. The six
Schmidt boys who are at home
help with their care and assist in
dressing them and members of
the family truck them to Chicago
for the Thanksgiving season. A
few hundred will be kept for the
Christmas holidays.
Evening star., 1937-07-02
MRS. SYDNEY G. GEST
WINS RENO DIVORCE
Chilean, Wife of Former Official
IN o. S. Foreign Service,
CHARGES Cruelty


Mrs. sydney Grier Gest, beautiful
daughter OF rich Chilean, won
Reno divorce yesterday on grounds of
cruelty after more than 10 years of
marriage. Gest did not contest the
suit.
The couple maintained a residence
here at 1920 Hawthorne street as we'll
as IN Philadelphia, where Gest. who
until recently was an official of the
State Departments foreign service, is
now.
Gest met Maria Isabel Escobar in
Paris in 1928, few months after he
graduated from Oxford University. and
married her in the French capital on
June I, 1924. Mrs. Gest spent most
OF last Winter In Washington.
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NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
MIAMPS TROUBLES

From Miami. the Biarritz of Florida we have
story of a revolt of physicians and club women
against social conditions. Miami has grown to be
a large and beautiful city within very few years.
half century ago the site which 1t was located
was covered with palmettoes and was the resort OF
rattlesnakes, water moccasins, pelicans and other
water fowl. Today it has more hotels than any
city of its size in the United States Land has risen
from the water that residences and places of en-
tertainment might be built upon it,
Climate and beauty have attracted all sorts OF
people from all parts of the country. Al Capone
and men of his ilk came down along with people
of responsibility. Now the people of responsibility
are in revolt against the Influence of the Capone-
tes Club women and doctors are demanding that
the city authorities stop gambling, indecent exhi-
billions and sale of liquor to minors" The doctors
point to the increase of social disease One physi-
clan declared that he was burnt up with what l
see going on around me in what is supposed to be
a civilized community" Resolutions adopted urged
parents to ''wake up and do something"
Is the publication of the dispatch relating to
conditions in Miami damaging publicity? On the
contrary is it not credable to the better element
of the city which realizes the dangers that threat
en- young and old? The appeal to parents places
the responsibility where it largely belongs and
similar appeal might justly be made in all of our
cities.
Boys and girls are just they were fifty or
hundred years ago. They have not changed but
the conditions under which they grow up have
changed Their temptations are greater. Have par
ents changed? Do they take the same interest in
the training of their children that mothers and ia
theirs took in the old days. Are they careful to ad-
wise their children and point out the rocks upon
which their lives are likely to founder? Are they
setting the example for youth?
1t is evider. that many persons in Miami do not
believe these questions can be answered in the az
firmative. At late day they are attempting to
correct conditions that have made Miami famous.
Is it possible that what has happened in that city
has to a certain extent taken place in this city!
In Spartanburg liquor is sold to young people In
Sparatnburg cheap gambling has been permitted.
In Spartanburg places of questionable character
have been open to the public Now and then there
has been Cleanup spasm" but has it had the
backing, the aggressive support of fathers and
mothers? May not expect these conditions to
continue unless the public demands an end to
them ?-Spartanburg Herald
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WILSON WAS WILLING TO LET co

Emergencies do not last forever. 1t is to the
enduring credit of Woodrow Wilson that he recog-
nized this, and acted upon it. When the World war
ended his administration rapidly Invested itself Of
it's extraordinary powers and returned to the ways
of peace Our military forces were demobilized,
the contracts with makers of munitions were can
celled and the of colossal expenditures ended.
Though Franklin Roosevelt served in the Wilson
administration and had this good example before
him. he follows a different tack. The emergency
under which he sought and obtained extraordinary
powers in 1888 passed in due form, as many of his
own statements declared. But it is still "now now,
now" as his more recent utterances assert. He
keeps on piling up debts and deficits. He seeks
new powers, with one hand striving to supersede
the traditional control of congress over the nations
purse, with the other to make the supreme court
his servant And he goes ahead, adding jobholders,
who are also political workers, to the federal pay
rolls As legitimate need for their services lessons,
their number grows; it is now at an al-time high.
Some men don't know how to let go of anything.
Woodrow Wilson did.-Cincinnati Times-Star.
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A WEAKNESS

Announcement by the Yale and Towne Manu-
featuring company that it is abandoning its De-
troit division because of inability to operate profit
ably under present labor difficulties indicates that
present employe-empOyer legislation is not quite
complete.
Late in February this company bargained coHec-
lively with it's employees and came to terms that
were at the time, mutually acceptable But early
in March executives were thrown out of the plant
and sit-down strike was called as the company
says, "by group of men we had never hired nor
even known"
Now the company decides to suspend operations
and several hundred men are out of work because
they did not see fit to abide by their own agree
ment There is no legislation that can force Yale
and Towne, or other enterprises which may do the
same thing, to continue operations
And to make present labor legislation 100 per
cent effective, presumes, it will be necessary
to correct this weakness and make it unlawful for
a concern to quit the field even when its operating
costs are forced up to the point where it is i'm
possible to make ends meet.-Greenve News.
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they keep him awake nights.
ACCORDING TO LIFE

Why is it that most novels end
with the marriage Of the hero and
the heroine when it is then that
the complications really begin?
Anyone who can take our minds
off realities is in great demand.
Yet the underlying reason for our
being in this great sphere is to
learn and understand the realities.
However, relaxation now and then
If it doesn't go too far-is good
for us-like recess at school.
is 1T TRUE?
as that entirely true--If not,
how much of it is true?" is an
excellent yardStick.
A MYSTERY
How in the world did our re-
mote ancestors ever keep their
threats from getting raw ana rau-
cous without modern cigarettes to
smoke?
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ALESSoN FROM STRAW

The best seller, "Gone With the Wind" has been
the subject of vast deal of comment, both oral
and written. In The Progressive Farmer, Rev. DIR.
John w. Holland uses it as the text of a sermon
and says a...
Professionally throughout the volume you find a
sentence that fairly leaps up off the page. <a.y
Zone of these sentences came from the lips of a
southern woman She was one of the patrcian
ladies of the Old South woman of exquisite
character who had seen the fires of war burn over
everything upon which her home and society had
been built. Her words ran something like this:
Some people are like wheat straw. When the storm
sweeps over the wheat field, the stems break and
they cannot rise again. But some of us are like
buckwheat straw, which has life in it. When the
wind blows the buckwheat down, it will straighten
up again. We of the South are buckwheat straw
we will get up again.
"There is volume of truth in those short lines"
-Morganton News-Herald.
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THE NEW D E a L
IN WASHIN GTON
BY RODNEY DuTcHER--
BY RODNEY BUTCHER


rs. A few months ago the PfcSl-
dent told newSpapermcn that he
had made it q rule not to appoint
men over 60 to the bench. His
friends are saying now that he
was thinking about district judge
ships, but the fact remains that
at the time some Of his closest
intimates were spreading the word
that his remark meant that Rob-
inson would never be on the Su-
preme Court.
The big Senate bloc of Repub-
licans and Democrats which has
been bowling against political in
reference with TIN judiciary is
now bowling for appointment of
Joe to that sacred bench on the
ground that Joe deserves it because
he always has Loyalty supported
the President as Senate majority
leader, Grating and cracking the
whip for measures to which he was
personaiiy and Fundamentally OPP
posed.
A FURTHER lu1icrous sidclight
n on the erStwhile issue of
seeping the court out Of politics
comes if you suggest to any pro-
Joe senator that the fact man
is a popular partisan politician
perhaps shouldn't be the primary
reason for making him justice.
Then YOU receive the prompt re-
DIV that It's an old custom--that
Chief Justice Hughes left the
bench to run for President and
was put back on the bench large
" as a reward for powerful aid
10 Hoover in the 1928 campaign;
that Justice Van Devanter was Re-
n,,blican national committeeman
from Montana; that Justice Suth-
orIand was a lame duck Repub-
lean senator appointed to the
co,,rt Inv his good friend Harding.
The fact that Republican and
Democratic conservative senator's
are backing Robinson is else part
w due to a belief that he is more
conservative than other persons
Roosevelt has considerea, 'eao 70
n belief hat the Senate is en-
titled to more recognition
' ic5nyT,eht, 1887. NEA'seryics. IHc')
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ST. PAUL'S

ST. PAULS, May 29.-Mr. and
Mrs. Gay LYDIA called on Mr.. and
Mrs. R. n. Freeman Thursday
evening.
Miss Mabel LYDIA attended the
convention held at Grace Eplsco-
pal church, Morganton. Miss LYDIA
was the representative from St.
PauPs Episcopal church. 80,
The second Sunday in June VIII
be baptismal Sunday ut st. Paul s..
Rev. j. p. Burke will be- in charge
Visitors are welcome.
Frances and Allard LYDIA OF
Hcndcrsonville, spent the past
week with their grandmother, Mrs.
Mrs. Mary LYDIA.
Mrs. J. J. Freeman has return,
ed home after spending several
weeks with her daughter, Mrs.
Charles Lominac of Ashevllle.
Miss Lois George Of l"n0ir'
spent the weekend with Miss
Mabel LYDIA.
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II LOOKED GOOD
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

they can and do"
Perhaps the answer is return
to the one-man shop or the fam
lily shop where the proprietor and
his wife and children, uncles and
aunts, sisters and brothers, nieccS
and nephews, parents and grand
parents, work in the business.
/ remember when | was boy
the crowds went to Pablo Beach
by the sea on the Fourth of July.
Every shop and restaurant in the
place ran full blast all day long
until the last train left at night.
But those shops and restaurants
were operated by the owners and
the families of the owners who
were delighted to pick up piece
of money while everybody else
was free to frolic.
You never hear complaints
about working conditions from
the people who own their bust
neSSeS and do the work themselves
eight hours, ~ hours, IS hours,
six days a week, seven days a
week, the more the better for
them, for the more they work the
more they make. Besides, they
know whenever they wish a day
off they can take it. Therefore
they may not take it, such is hui
man nature.
The happiest man, | am inn
pressed, is he who runs his own
business and lives with his family
upstairs over the shop and whose
responsibilities are not SO great
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on those off days, hence they de-
sire the shops kept open, while
the folks who work in the shops
want their holidays along with
the rest, and want them at the
same time as the rest. 1t is no
fun to be at work when every
body else is off, and not so much
fun to be off when everybody
else is at work. And the little
shops which are run by their own
ers and which are at liberty to
stay open while the big shops with
paid employees must close, are
smoke in the eyes to the big shops.
unfair competition" say the big
shops" We can't stay open. but
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Stamp News
BY I. S. KLEIN

WHILE efforts are being made
w to discourage "stunt" flights,
Representative Ashbrook OF ONO
has introduced a resolution In
Congress providing for the carry
ng of stamped mail by other than
he regular carriers, thus per-
hitting private persons to carry
nail on special flights or exhibi-
lions.
Another resolution is one intro
iuced by Senator Copeland OF
New York, providing for lower
airmail rates and permitting the
use of postal cards in airmail at
. cents each. Another airmail
classification would be "letter-
grams" or regular size let
ters folded in and sealed without
use of an envelope. These would
be flown at 3 cents each. The
regular airmail rate, also, would
be reduced to cents a half ounce.
o y
Various foreign countries are
considering establishment Of phila-
telic agencies in Washington. Inc
only foreign agency Of that kind In
the capital is that of the Philip
pines.
The San Diego and Arkansas
stamps have been Withdrawn from
sale at the Philatelic Agency in
Washington. This leaves only the
Texas, Oregon and Susan An
,hony, and the Army-Navy series,
among the commemorative SUI
ON sala
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Observation-Disclosures oil
" Justice Van Devanter has
given Roosevelt perhaps the
meanest political problem he ever
had TO worry about. There arc
several ways of looking at the
probability that the President will
appoint Senator Joe Robinson OF
Arkansas, to the Supreme Court,
and in each Of them you can de-
tect more than trace OF absurd
ity.
The situation will become even
more farcical if it turns out that
this is the only seat on the SUI
preme bench which Roosevelt Will
have to fill for a long time to
come. If the net result Of four
months of historic hubbub were to
be the appointment Of Joe Robin
son. 1887 might well appear in
history as the year of the big horse
laugh.
Heavy pressure from the Senate
is the major factor inspiring belief
that Robinson will be named TO
succeed Van Devanter. Roosevelt
was considering the appointment,
however, even before that dcvel-
oped. ,Rumors that F. D. r. prom
ised the next justiceship to Joe
have been rife for years, but no
one can pin down. any man who
will say that either Roosevelt or
Robinson ever confirmed those ru-
morS. Reports that liberals close
70 the president. are urging him
not to appoint Joe, who desires the
post. may be discounted. They
seem to be resigned TO it
ID JOHNSON will be 65 years old
II in August and it will look like
silly business if he is appointed
by President VINO has called for
young blood in the court, and who
is still demanding a law whose
original purpose was to push JUS
tices over 10 off the court.
The new retirement act for
justices says they not only must
he over 20, but must also have
served 10 years before they can
retire on $4,000 year, which
means that Robinson would hard
" be likelv to quit until he was
L.
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AND WHILE AM REMINISC-

ing about childhood things when
in the country store flour was not
sold in cotton sacks but scooped
from the barrel behind the coun-
ter into paper bags, | wonder
what percent of the readers OF
this article remember when it was
not their privilege to sit down to
hot biscuits, or flour in any other
form. three times a day. If you
have passed the half-ccntury
mark. and especially if you were
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MISSISSIPPI STRIKE

McCOMB, Miss, May %. (UP)
Two hundred employees Of the Van
Dyke Knitting Milla--mcmbers of
the United Garment Workers
struck Friday afternoon for $l2
minimum wage and 4G-hour week.
The strike was voted Monday and
negotiations continued until yes
terday.
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l AM WONDERING HOW OLD

a person must become before he
gets as much or more JOY from
looking backward as he does from
looking forward. Perhaps age
doesn't altogether govern this.
A. J. Overton's quoting the price
of flour over phone twice, by the
barrel this morning while | was in
his Sffice reminded me Of the
days when a barrel Of flour was
an institution all within itself
not so many bags Of flour com
posed of multiples of 6, II, "a
pounds and so on to make 1876
pounds.
can't recall the price of bar
rel Of flour when ] was a boy but
can recall the time when my
father would take me in the cart
- two-whcelcd vehicle of that
community - to the community
store, roll in Il barrel of flour and
return home.
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AND ISN'T THAT THE PITY

of many things designed to help
us! The devitalizing force Of
things intended for our better
ment is deplorable. Poor man!
He was put here to have dominion
over the earth but the earth and
the things therein have about
mastered him, at least in many re-
spects as pertains to things We
once thought worth while.
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sTODAY'S WORD STUDY:

Morale (mo-raD; not stressed;
a as i'm ask with second syllable
stressed; that moral state which
makes men capable of endurance
and Of showing courage in the
presence Of danger; Il moral con-
ditiOn.
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other two days
in recreation and
education. A n d
all would be as
merry as a mar
l'iage bell.
But somehow,
as is often the
case with the
plans of mice
and m G n, t h G
scheme is hitting
snags. The per-
sons who have
two days off a
week wish to do
t h ir shopping
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When France put a fve-day
work week into effect the plan
was expected to have a Utopian
result. Everybody was expected 10
work five days and employ the
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A New Bern, y. c.. man was
father at "a, again at sc. and was
dead at 81, suggesting that proH-
pcriay and depression do run in
cycles.
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Salt Lake City may use the Unfinished
Symphony for its merry-go-round music,
but many customers will demand to hear
the whole thing for their nickel.
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reared on the farm, and bought
rather than raised your flour, you
are apt to have qualified to keep
my company.
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Anyone doubling that the government has gone
in for building may be convinced by glance at
its tax structure.
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I THINK THE RED CROSS

THINK THE RED CROSS
era, about six years ago, had more
to do with lifting the average
poor mans taste to the flour level
than all other forces throughout
the ages. And while the poor man
was having his taste elevated we
saw the backbone of his manhood
and independence weakened to
the point that the MORALE Of
many will never be restored to
normally.
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BIBLE THOUGHT

Luke 2:39-44.
The best antdote for the sting of suffering is
secret prayer. as any among you afflicted? let
him pray" (Jas. 5;l3) Comfort and direction
come by prayer. Let the suffering Saviour teach
you how to find strength through waiting upon,
God.
They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their
strength" lisa. 40:3D
Ernest NJ Wadsworth in S. S. Times.
Evening star., 1937-02-28

SuPfUSE WI1teI OF OeteCtiVe NC-
ton would begin this true expert
ence story in sensational fashion:
THE Great Steering Wheel
Mysteryr Why did the lady cry out
in the darkness? Who vas It who
prowled unseen through the blackness
of the African night?
But not being that kind of writer.
III just tell you what happened. in
words of one syllable.
Friends of ours who live in Tan
ganyika, British West Africa, drove in
their old-fashioned touring car to
some nearby falls for a picnic. They
parked the machine bit off the road,
under the trees, and with other ac-
quaintances, went down the steep
path that led to the beautiful grove
where they were going to spend the
day.
They were late in returning. and
the quick African dusk had fallen by
the time they reached the car again.
They put the empty picnic basket on
the floor of the rear compartment. slid
into the front seat, and called good
bys to their friends.
Suddenly. the man-of-the-house be-
gan making strange, groping gestures
with his hands.
Whats the matter? asked Friend
Wife. drowsily.
II can't find the steering
wheelr' he replied thickly. its ..
it's gone"
They fumbled with a cigarette
lighter. The small fame showed the
steering rod in its accustomed posi-
ton. But the wooden wheel itself
was not there! Only the spokes re-
manned
AS the light went out, Friend Wife
gave a shrek that brought everyone
running.
1--WE been bitten by snake! My
leg g..."
Someone flashed on an electric
torch. The illumination revealed {.
Evening star., 1937-02-28

"Ye-es. Seven years. I've been
away from Norway long time.
though. I've been going to sea-
"You have. How fascinatingl Don't
you ever get homesick?"
"Yes. Think III be going back
home one of these days"
The girl gave a start. you - you
ore going back, you say?"
"Yes, I'm going back" He studied
the silver spoon. When he raised his
eyes. the girl was watching him.
Yes, it's nice over there" Niels
said awkwardly. looking at the wall as
he talked. Il have cottage there. -"
He glanced at the girl. He cast an eye
toward the stove out in the kitchen.
Guess I'll have to put in more wood"
he mumbled. and rose and went out
and tended the stove. His face was
red when he came back and seated
himself at the table. in front of the
girl.
Tell me something about Nor
way" she asked him. What does it
look like? You have high mountains
there. haven't you?"
Eyes. And great fjords. and the
open sea. ). You would get nice rosy
cheeks there" he said. with an effort
to sound at ease. you would look
nice. :"
Waiting for you coming back from
the ford in your fishing boat" she
put in smiling.
Niels grinned, embarrassed. His
blue eyes twinkled.
II bet your folks will be glad to get
you back home" the girl continued.
He shook his head. MY parents are
dead. I've just a sister She's married,
and lives in another part OF the
country"
''Oh :" The girl thoughtfully let
her finger follow round the rim of her
plate. "Oh you've no one. But the
cottage - you have one. didn't you
say?'
"Yes "a really nice one. I'll be
fixing it up first thing get home"
The girl was absently turning the
bangle on her wrist. Niels looked at
the gold bracelet; his gaze travelled
stealthily over the girls fine clothes.
There seemed to be nothing to say.