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thing to be said for each side. to the
controversy. But unless Hitler Is reck-
lessly determined to provoke complica-
tions which could not conceivably be
confined to Germany and Spain, it is
difficult to comprehend why he has let
the guns of his warships bark SO pre-
cipitately and without the semblance Of
an effort at peaceful adjudication.
The issues at stake are so tremen-
dous-the possible consequences so Him
itable-that deeper causes must be
looked for in explanation of Nazi trucu-
lence. Berlin's formal plea Is that under
no circumstances can Germany tolerate
establishment of communism in Spain.
The implication is that she would
shrink from no extreme, not even war,
to prevent 1t. The Germans attitude
is such as to compel the belief that other
contingencies than the red peril under
lie it.
Is Hitler looking for diversion Of the
country's mind from economic woes,
which NaN leaders recently described as
"suffocating"? Is he under the compul-
sion of achieving some stunning success
emblematic of Teutonic might, to COM
pensate for the new Anglo-Italian-
French Mediterranean entente, the
Franco-Polish- -Czechoslovakian military
arrangement. and the rising unpopu-
larity in Japan Of the vaunted anti
communist pact with Germany? Unless
Der Fuehrer and his advisers are seeking
to turn their peoples attention from
domestic woes by fascinating them with
foreign adventures present Nazi machi-
nations are ineXplicable. Earnestly must
it be hoped that the fire will be put out
before Berlin plays with it too long.
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Do Nazis Want War?

There Is no room for doubt that acute
danger of war turks in the operations
which the German Navy is carrying out
in Spanish waters. Madrid formally de-
nounces them as "acts of war" wholly
unjustified in law and proclaims the
intention of "replyin g in fitting manner,
no matter what the international reper-
cussions may be-" Thus, if the Germans
pursue their declared purpose of con-
tinuing tactics whic b produced the I'M
passe, the ingredients of genuine crisis
will be at hand.
Conditions became suddenly compli-
Gated when German naval units seized
q Spanish freighter, and, with shell fire,
forced another merchantman ashore.
This action was designed to fortify
Berlin's demand for release Of Spanish
passenger and part of the cargo of the
German steamer Pal os, which was seized
o week earlier by a Loyalist cruiser on
the ground that it ca rried insurgent sup
plies. Later the-Palos was released, but
the passenger, accus ed of being rebel
agent, and the portion OF the cargo held
to consist of contrapand, were not sur
rendered. Thereuporl the German cruiser
Koenigsberg procedf I'd to take the law
into its own hands d nd resorted to steps
which the Madrid authorities contend
virtually declared war on Spain.
Admittedly tickli sh and technical
questions of maritii me rights affecting
belligerency and C ontraband are in
volyed In these incidents. Hardly less
certain is it that the Re is probably some
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Good News for Caddies

It is argued, and probably with much
truth and logic, that the great game CT
golf will improve rather than suffer from
the arbitrary pronounceirent Of the
United States Golf Association that, be-
ginning in 1898, golf will be played with
clubs mot exceeding fourteen in num-
ber." The game will improve because
the golfer will be forced to depend more
on his shots than on his clubs-if the
distinction is understood. Furthermore,
a notable advance will have been made
in eliminating cruelty to caddies.
But the ruling is going to take q lot
eS 10y out Of the lives of q great many
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

ukulele, or ukeke, as they sometimes
called it, could be made Of anything but
koa wood.
Probably all Of them would be willing
to admit now that other woods, notably
mahogany, can be used successfully.
It is question whether child should
be given an inferior ukulele. even as a
toy, because Of the lack Of true tone
quality.
The child who is taught piano on an
prived of something from the very start,
something which 1t does not even
recognize exists.
Of true musical appreciation. 1t is true
that musical genius in the making will
not suffer but will make its way despite
the handicap.
Most persons, however, are not
geniuses.
More can be done with three chords
in any key on a ukulele than on any
other instrument in the world.
Even II person cannot sing or
whistle very well, scarce can hum pass
ably, still he may mentally carry the
tune and will find that the drumming
Of the proper chords in accompaniment
gives him real musical pleasure.
The name Of the instrument, In the
native tongue, is said to mean skipping
flea" no doubt from the rapid movement
of the fingers over the strings.
Most Of the true motion is done with
the right hand, whose fingers operate to
stroke the strings.
Chord changes with the left hand are
done almost effortlessly after one gets
on" to them with as little finger motion
as possible. Some of the most effective
moCsllations are achieved by the mere
lifting Of finger from string. The
passing Of one chord into the next often
leaves "hum" in the air to mix with
the subsequent "hum," and these effects
are among the beauties of the instru-
ment.
Warning shoNld be issued once more
against laughing at this musical instru-
ment because of its size.
It is true that the sight Of very
tiny guitar in the hands Of a very large
man is somewhat comical. especially to
those persons who always look for some
thing to grin over.
1t is much the same as the small man
with the very large bass drum. He
creates laughter through exactly the
opposite combination.
Hence the ukulele is a home instru-
ment, in most cases, which is as it
should be, because of its possibilities
when played with the mandolin and
other favorite home instruments.
All stringed instruments are peculiarly
home instruments. The ukulele "goeS"
admirably with a mandolin, for instance.
Every one knows what sweet music it
makes with the guitar. especially played
in the slurring Hawaiian manner.
The lingering of the left hand is easy
to learn. The various strokes with the
right are easy. The combination of the
two is where the difficulty comes in.
There is something exotic about the
sound of the luke" which particularly
pfeases in its own Hawaiian music, but
since these are folk tunes the ukulele
will give an acceptable accompaniment
to such melodies the world around. Our
own organ Grinders Swing for in
stance, a true folk tune, may be played
with just two chords.
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Time cannot wither, nor custom stale,

Time cannot Wither, nor custom stale,
the infinite variety Of
Well, you would never guess.
Tho ukulele, Of course!
This little favorite instrument Of the
Hawaiian musicians comes into its own
every Christmas time, when thousands
of them are given as gifts.
Mostly adult persons tend to deprecate
them as serious instruments.
The standard male, in particular, tends
to look upon the miniature guitar-shaped
instrument as distinctly for girls.
The truth is that the ukulele. II
mastered. will call upon all the ability
Of q musically gifted person.
1t is small but mighty. both in tone
quality and possibilities.
-
The point is. however. that even II 1t
Is not mastered it Is . most pleasing
small instrument.
Any one can do more with 1t, with less
musical ability. perhaps, than with any
other instrument whatsoever.
The strumming Of few chords,
whether one sings or whistles well or
poorly, Is music Of q real type, as far
as 1t goes.
That 1t does not go very far Is not
against 1t. In one very good sense, but
rather in its favor, for all persons who
recognize their own failures as practicing
musicians are Just that much more ready
to recognize the abilities OF the real
musicians.
Musical listeners are only good listen
ers when they know, through some per-
sOnal experience, something of the diffi-
culties which real performers encounter.
The good listener Is as essential in
music as the good reader to writing.
Nobody who listens to music anywhere
ought to forget this.
Such listening, Of course. demands the
cooperation Of mind and heart as well
as just ears.
Merely to hear the sounds as they
come from the players or singers is not
enough.
More and more people are finding that
out today.
than nothing.
It is tiny thing. compared with most
stringed instruments. yet one to try
the temper and patience Of many q
performer.
Just four strings. with unique arrange
ment, in which the second from the
performer is lower than the first one,
yet these four strings often have most
perverse way of refusing TO get in tune,
and especially to stay in tune.
We think some unknown person must
have been q genius, indeed. TO take the
Spanish guitar and to conceive 1t as a
mere handful.
1t was another stroke of genius to
conceive the four simple gut strings and
the humming tone which might be
brought from them in simple chords to
accompany the most elaborate music.
The true beauty of the "uke" lies in
this steady hum, which at times can take
on almost q roaring quality.
This is a modulated hum, or tone. all
its own, and it comprises the distinctive
feature of the little instrument.
This Is why very cheap ukulele is,
in a sense, worse than none at all, be-
cause the tone will either be completely
fiat or absolutely dead, with the result
that the humming sound is entirely or
almost absent.
The natives used to believe that no
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Rate hx MailEPaya bic In Advance.
Member NJ the Associated Press.
MIR. Melloll rs Gift.

FOTIIltT ScCItIdly VI tIlC AASoouAy
Andrew w. Mellon has formally ten
dered his collection bf great works OF
art to the Nation, and President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt equally formally has
pledged himself to recommend legisla-
ton for the acceptance OF the gift. Thus
the elevation of Washington into pre-
eminence among the worlds esthetic
centers is assured.
But the social significance of Mr..
Melons philanthropy is perhaps more
important than the endowment itself.
offered at a moment when an age of
transition is reaching its apex in
veritable carnival Of change, 1t chal-
lenges the imagination of a public
keenly concerned about progress, but
not at all definitely committed to revo-
lutionary experiments ton.
OF course, it is c customary for pro-
fessional advocates of reform to claim
for themselves mo hopoly of idealism.
The Soviet regime in Russia not long
ago employed a leg endary characteri-
cation of Mr.. Mellon as symbol of
American capitalism. His personality,
tricked up in trapptngs Of greed and
arrogance utterly al len to his nature,
was used in a text be ok of rebellion cir
culated through the schools OF the Com
munist state. Yet coincidentally the
proletarian dictatorS were selling to the
object of their satirie misrepresentation
the priceless treasures of the celebrated
Hermitage Gallery!
The contradiction between theory and
practice illustrated in such footnote
to history ought not to be missed.
Rather, 1t should bel remembered with
constructive efficiently when agitatorS
who have vested lnterest in anarchy
invite the electorate oEf the United States
to indulge in radical adventure de-
signed deliberately to wreck the institu-
tions of democracy. Mr.. Mellon shames
the critics of civilization in America.
His princely generoSi answers their
contentious conclusiItely. No thought
full mind can fail TO understand the
meaning of a geStl Ire so liberal and
beneficent.
Moreover, Mr.. Nc lion has made it
plain that he merely seeks to set an
example in practical patriotism. He
stipulates that his name is not to be
attached to- the building his wealth Is
to raise nor to the masterpieces housed
therein. Instead, he speaks of his gift
as simply "a nucleus" to be improved
and expanded by others as successive
generations pass. Could socialism in its
fullest flower be more altruiStic, more
modest, more convincing? The question
Is its own rebuttal
But Mr.. Mellon seeks no applause
Those who know him best are familiar
with the temperamental sensitiveness
which prompts him to avoid thanks for
his numberless charities He would have
preferred to give his pictures and bronzes
and marbles to his country anonymously
had that been feasible. 1t just happens
that publicity was necessarily inevitable
The result, however, will aid in the serv-
ice OF the purposes which the donor
wishes to advance. it will advertise and
providentially demoGratize the instinct
which dwells in the heart of a people
still free, still prosperous and still
benevolent.
Evening star., 1937-01-04

According to Aviation Expert Charles
Lindbergh, the flying machine has rem
dered every man defenseleSs against q
malevolent neighbor. 1t may indeed
need a mechanical heart to be perfectly
secure against failure In such time of
stress.
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Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Melancholy Monopolist.

Melancholy MOnOpolist.
Good friend, beware, as forth you 60,
OF dwelling on your special woe,
For you will come, if you persist,
To think you're a monopoliSt.
Do not imagine that you can
Claim all the troubles known to man
And try to be the one alone
Who can make sympathy his own.
Good friend, forget your special grief
Aiding the others, that you may
Assist yourself to moods more gay.
Evening star., 1937-01-04

The New Year Is as usual described as
an infant and there Is the customary
curiosity as to whether in its magical
progress from nursing bottle to whiskers
1t will be revealed as q Tom Sawyer, O
Tony Lumpkin, a Lord Fauntleroy or
Just another Yellow Kid.
Evening star., 1937-01-04

The prayer of Tiny Tim is repeated
annually. 1t is an expression of faith
which is in itself an assurance that the
prayer is from year to year being an
Swered.
Evening star., 1937-01-04

Having planned an agricultural sys-
tenn which he believes will assure an
abundance of corn cakes, DIR. Rex
Tugweu turns toward branch of in
dustry that will guarantee a sufficient
and suitable accompaniment of molasses.
Evening star., 1937-01-04

Opie Read has written another book
in series of productions which point
to the fact that the longer a man lives
the larger his store of things worth re-
membering becomes.
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COsmic Speculation.

COsmic Speculation.
One Of these days, there's not a doubt,
The coal supply will have given out.
We don't say when, but the time will
come
When carbon is dearer than radium.
1t makes you shudder and hold your
breath!
One of these days we must freeze to
death!
One of these days, in blank despair,
We will look on landscape parched and
bare.
Where once the forest so nobly stood
There won't be enough for kindling wood.
Well pant expiring and sore dismayed
One of these days for the lack Of shade.
But in one of those days in ages past
This old world whirled in q fiery blast.
Yet it slowly tempered Its atmosphere
And we journeyed from somewhere else
to here.
So, maybe when we can't keep the pace,
Well move from here to some other
place.
ITO speak only the truth" said HI Ho.
the sage of Chinatown, would leave
many of us with but little whose interest
was worth the saying"
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greatest living son." The tree is 4
years old and already 13 feet tall. It
stands on commanding knoll overlook
ing Lynchburg, the Senator'S birthplace
and home town.
t0opyyisAk ioo7S
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Musical Impressions.

8NUSsC~H AHHPf CSS1UH1Ss
"You don't seem fond of music"
"Well," replied Senator Sorghum. Il
try not to harbor resentments. But
whenever I hear music I can't help
being reminded of the campaign funds
that are wasted in employing brass bands
in some elections"
Evening star., 1937-01-04

"Crime does not pay" is a good maxim
for general purposes. although it must
be admitted that kidnapers continue to
collect ranSomS.
Evening star., 1937-01-04

Pacifists have not yet developed line
OF persuasive quality that will rival the
primitive appeal of : Plutarch's Lives" or
"Dante's Inferno"
Evening star., 1937-01-04

N. r. A. is expected to reassert itself
in so many disguises that a Sherlock
Holmes department may have to be de-
viSed to take care of 1t.
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A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Heart Beats.

Heart Beats.
When sorrow hits the very young
They feel their small world shake;
Laughter must cease, no song be sung,
Because of their heartache.
When sorrow strikes maturity,
Instantly in its wake
Comes quickening touch Of sympathy
For the whole worlds heartbreak.
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Natural Elnnu~no>

Natural El0quence.
Oh, let me roar and shout things,
Nor chide my thoughtless way.
II I thought more shout things
might have less to say.
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IT can't help noticin'." said Uncle
Eben, dat Sanity Claus an his sleigh
goes out O. business mighty quick, while
de ambulance driver keeps comm around
regular Ill year."
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Attentive Readers.

"Yep," said Bronco Bob to the writer
of Western romance, II came all this
way to grasp you by your hand and talk
to you about your pieces"
"You have read them with INTEREST,""
"Sure. All the boys have. And they
appointed me sort Of committee to in
terview you and find out how your dia-
lect ought to be pronounced"
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taking part as agents OF the Government
in such administration.
$3.50
II the country has come to q situation
where only the Federal Government can
deal adequately with these economic
problems; If the sentiment Of the people
is for such control, then obviously the
people will have this kind of government.
It is within their power to amend the
Constitution-as they have before. They
have seen one amendment to the Con-
stitution-characteriz as q "nOble ex-
pertinent out and then cast
aside as q failure. The legal cure was
worse than the disease, the majority Of
the people finally decided. Certainly the
sentiment In the country today In favor
of having the Government dictate re-
garding labor and industry seems as
strong as was the sentiment for national
prohibition. II 1t is, the country Is in
for another experiment also noble in
intent. How 1t will work only time will
show.
At last the Federal Government Is to
have q big slice Of the wealth of the
greatest Secretary of the Treasury since
Alexander Hamilton" Andrew Mellon.
whose income tax payments have been
attacked again and again by Democratic
governmental attorneys and who has
been compelled to defend many suits,
proposes to give his art collection, valued
at SIC 900 900, to the Nation and to con-
struct out Of his own funds National
Gallery Of Art" to house these art treas
ures and others that may be later added
to it by whatever source. It u great
gift to the Nation and will fill . real need
In the National Capital. President
Roosevelt has expressed his approval Of
the gift which M. Mellon proposes 10
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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
Clevenger Wins
Tactical Point
In Damage Suit

RALEIGH. Feb. %. - The
North Carolina supreme court
yesterday upheld the decision of
SUPERIOR Court Judge f. Don
Phillips in refusing to allow the
case OF c. b. ClevcnCcr against
owners and operators of the Bat.
terry Paris hotel TO he transferred
to the federal district court.
The action. q $4,000 damage
suit, resulted from the murder of
Helen Clavcngcr. Staten Island.
y. Y, in the Battery Park hotel
last summer. Martin Moore, ne
gro, woas later executed for the
crime.
Defendants in the suit are
James II. Grover and the st.
Louis Union Trust Co., trustees
under the will of the late +. w.
Grove. the Knott Hotel corpora
ton, and p. II. Branch, manager
of the hotel.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
DRIVER LOSES
HIS LICENSE
Three Charges Of Assault
With Weapon Dismissed
in County Court

Three cases, charging assault
with deadly weapon, against A. J.
Clark were dismissed in county
recorders court Tuesday.
Cecil Case was acquitted on a
charge of disturbing religions
worship, ana the court held the
prosecution frivolous and malic-
Gus and ordered the prosecuting
witness. Ralph Newman, to serve
five days i'm Jail.
Ike Williams was acquitted on
charge Of larceny.
George Underwood was ordered
to servo - months for assault with
deadly weapon.
Marie Allen was scntened to
serve. so days for inquiry to pub
lie property. On statutory
charge she was sentenced to serve
4 months. Defendant appealed TO
the superior court and bond was
set Mt 5000.
Brodus Quinn was sentenced
to serve 4 months on statutory
charge. Defendant appealed and
bond was set ut 5000.
Willie Justus was give Z 30
day sentence, suspended on pay
ment OF a fine Of $25 and costs,
or charge of being drunk and
disorderly.
Mack Moore, convicted on driv-
ing while drunk, was given 60
days, sentence being suspended on
payment Of Il fine of SIS and
costs. Drivers license was sur
rendered.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
DAVIS STATION

DAVIS STATION, Feb. 25.-
George Horne, an accomplished
musician of Greenvillc, S. c., will
render special music at Shaws
Creek Baptist church next Sun
day morning. The public is invit-
ed to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alan Erwin, of
Jacksonville, Fla, spent Friday of
last week with relatives, en- route
to Detroit, Mich. Mr.. Erwin has
recently been promoted in the fire
department of Jacksonville 60
drill master. He will take training
in Detroit for three months be-
fore taking up his new duties.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Drake and
sons, Harry and Troy, are on an
extended trip to points in Florida.
DR.. w. o. Rouse of st. Peters
burg, Fla, is visiting his daugh-
ter, Mrs. F. d. Dalton. E
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25

to the issuing Of this Certificate
OF Dissolution:
Now Therefore, |, Thad Eurc,
Secretary of State of the State
of North Carolina, do hereby GER
tify THAT the said CORPORATION did.
on the 9Th day of February, 1897,
file in my office q duly executed
and attcsted consent in writing to
the dissolution of SAID corpora
ton. executed by all the stock
holders thereof, which said con-
sent ard the record of the pro-
ccedings aforesaid arc now on file
in my said office rs provided b.
law.
In Testimony Whereof, ! have
hereto set my hand and affixed
my official seal ut Raleigh, this
9th day Of February. A. d., 1887.
THaD EURE,
Secretary of State.
2-ll-Thurs-itp
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Letters To The
Editor
CONTINUED from page .wo)

Continued from page :wo)
er? | cant.
Would YOU want liquor to be
used in Gods house? No! Well,
why let it be used in Gods coun-
try? You don't want liquor on the
highways. Well, | wouldn't want
his liquor tax money or the high
way, if not his drinking his liquor,
For a few dollars don't see chill
dren suffer and see men die from
the cause Of liquor.
They have liquor in Greenvillc,
sc. / was there one day. On
the street a stranger asked me
to drink with him. ] said "NoH
That night | saw two CCC boys
on the highway about past going,
The worst of it all was that they
had q small boy. running him.
These are the fruits of opening
liquor doors. | saw close them up.
Teach men to go to church in
stead of drinking liquor.
BEN w. CARREN.