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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-01-28
House Members
Organize Bloc
BLOC FORMED
BY REPRESENTATIVES,

Washington, Jan, % (Special
Organization OF a public power
bloc among members Of the House
of Representatives was perfected
this morning, with Representative
John T.. Rankin Of Mississippi,
Chairman, and Representative
knute Hill Of the State Of Wash
ineton, as Secretary.
eve already have a large num-
Der among our membership and
expect to have a majority Of the
House within the next few days,
said Mr., Rankin.
They adopted q resolution con-
I~taiuiu@ tho fsloHia eltlinc Of
their policies:
Gas Individual Representatives
in Congress, we are banded to-
gether for the purpose of striving
to save for the American people,
now and for all time to come, the
hydro-electric power of the ma.
ton, one Of the greatest natural
resources in all the world.
eff we lose il now, it is gone
forever.
"We regard the hydro-electrlcl
power in II navigable streams
and their tributaries as public
property, national wealth, which
belongs to all Che American peo-
pie and should be used for the
benefit of all.
"Whoever controls the water
power of this country in the years
to come, will control the nation.
1--WE believe this power should
be made available to every home
in America at rates based upon
the cost of generation, transmis-
sion and disSribution.
eve believe the Government
should hold in perpetnty the
dams it now owns o. has under
construction, or in contemplation
should build and own the trans
mission lines to convey the cleo
trio energy generated at those
dams throughout the distribution
radios of each one, and sell it
wholesale to cities, towns, cooper
tive associations and other public
agencies at the minimum rates
necessary to amartize that part
of the investment charged to pow
err in forty OF fifty years, with
the district and specific require
ment that it be distributed to the
ultimate consumers at the yard
stick rates, or rates based upon
the cost of its purchase and dis
tribution.
eve believe in encouraging
and assisting, through Govern
mental aid, the counties, cities
towns, cooperative associations,
or other public units, in owning
ana operating their electric dlS-
tribution systems.
eve are u~nalterably opposed
to pooling the public power pro-
duced by the IVA on the Tenne-
ssee river, or at Boulder Dam on
the Colorado River, Bonneville or
Grand Coulee on the Columbia
River, or by any other Govern
mental project or agency with
that of any private power COM
pany, IT private distribution agen
CIV.
Continued on Page Four)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-01-28
Conservation Week
To Be Held in State
JANUARY 81 FEBRUARY 5
DATES SET

Schools throughout Mississippi
will observe Conservation Week
beginning Monday, January 81
and continuing through Arbor
Day, February s..
The program is being sponsored
BY the Mississippi Federation OF
Women's Clubs assisted bv the
Congress of Parents and Teach
ers. the Garden Clubs of he Sta
te, Mississippi Association for the
Conservation of Wild Life.
These organizations arc cooper
ating with the State Department
Of Agriculture and Commerce, the
State Game and Fish Commission
and State Forestry Commission.
The Governor has issued a
proclamation setting aside Con-
servation Week and asks that
during this period al citizens
consider carefully the many bene-
fits already received from our
, varied natural resources and en-
courage such efforts as viii assure
the continuation of these natural
fundamentals to the full success
of the future citizens Of Mississ-
ippi.
A letter to the teachers from
J. s. Vandiver State Superintend-
ant Of Education regarding con-
scrvation Week follows:
To the Teachers Of Mississippi:
We are hurry - cooperate a.
gain Will or9hees Of Conserva-
ton Week Committee in publish
ing this Important pamphlet.
] hone that tho teachers Of Mis-
sissipni win see to i that the var
ious pvoarams of Conservation
Weolr are observed in every school
W. need to think and to value
properly the opportunity TO teach
Al FIRST hand a Greater aDprocia-
tAspfar. flespera. birds aa ee
fish and Wild life of onr state.
Let's get our school children
into the attitude of approaching
more highly the valuable gifts Of
nature and of conserving them.
! trust that all the county sup
erintendant and the superintend-
ants and principals of all schools
will not only comply with the
law in observing Conservation
Week, but will FEATURE it.
May | suggest at least one public
program during that week to
which your trustees, patrons, and
friends are invited.
Conservation Week in Mississ-
ippi should cause our school child
rem and adults to cooperate more
FULLY IN preventinE further waste
OF our natural sources and in
treasuring more highly the wond-
erful blessings II left us BY .
most bountiful nature.
Thanking you for your hearty
cooperation in making this Week
an outstanding succcse, and with
every good wish, / am cordial,
yours,
j. S. VANDIVER,
State superintendent Of Education
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-01-28
KNOCK
KNOCK
By Hazel Brannon

AidDdfnd, ufy lOf Il years, Is
the only state in the nation which
prohibits the sale of all intoxi-
cants, including beer. Notice the
word prohibits. Actually in
toxicating beverages a be
bought in Alabama as easily as
in any other state. and cheap
er, too. they don't have TO pay
the tax.
Fred c. Kelly says "Don't be
too smart. Everybody likes a
man who makes mistakes or who
has pretty human weaknesses bet
ter than if he were too smart"
Governor White has set aside
January 3l-February 5 as con-
scrvation week in Mississippi
Land and natural resources NEAR
so much in Mississippi that we
should indeed give thought to
conserving these resources Tor
future generations.
The Mississippi State Planning
Commission has ~unearthed some
interesting facts regarding the
state and various communities in
it.
The work Of the Commission in
wolves a longtime planning pro-
gram for the state and is ia line
with the Presidents suggestion
hat the states coordinate their
programs Of development through
the creation Of planning boards.
Some of the most interesting
facts discovered, we pass to o
*s@
In 1880 the tenant population
of Mississippi was a47 900 or 400
Of the total in the state.
Asrial MAPS ase being used.
Successfully Tor fax equalization
purposes IN many states and in
some counties in Mississippi.
Mississippi has 10,23S youths
certified for NYA assistance.
while Oklahoma has 10000 and
Kentucky has over 81. 900.
In 1880, 72% Of all farm oper.
ators of Mississippi were tenants,
this being the highest percent of
any state in the union.
Last year, Jackson built more
homes than New Orleans, Atlanta
or Louisville, and constructed
three times as many houses as
Memphis, Tennessee.
There is available from various
agencies in the United States
over 5000 educational films. The
use of these films cost only trans
~portation charges.
On January /, 1886, the state
owned approximately 100000
acres of land exclusive Of road
beds, building sites, parks, etc.
All of the wonders Of a mod
ern civilization have been brought
into play in fighting the tremend-
Gus flood in u country now.
Were it not for a highly organ
lied machine fighting the ele-
ments of destruction, the suffer
ing of humanity would be twice
as much.
Evening star., 1937-09-16
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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-14

Eiphtvthree new industrial established work
begun on them in the cities and served by the Duke Power
company during 1886 the annual conducted by John Pau
Lucas advertising merchandising of the company re-
VealS
plants al established by new concerns ana
AZ were new plants additions built by existing concerns
during the showed very skgy
the continuing toward Investigation of Industries more IMAM
being represented in the survey Tor
the last year . ,...o, 49,
cities of the Duke territory industrial eN
total of IA plants and additions
Burlington second with r. and Charlotte had TO- Wsona
lem and Hickory Chester Hendersonvi and Marion
had Rutheroron and High Point had three each
industries represented III the 50 new pan
hosiery had substantial with 10 plants built by new concerns
by existing Textiles other than hosiery took second
place Six plants and ii by existing concerns rep
resented the expansion that field In the third place were 1000
plants with six plants built by new concerns
and six by old ones. ,
There were furniture and woodworking plants ana
plants There II and seven adal-
tons miscellaneous classification when ncuoe
chemicals garments machinery, betting mirror cigar stoVe ana
other manufactures.
Building the cities served by the Duke company
in 1886 reached total volume of $2O22I,56S.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-14

dollars were soent in the rehabil-
itation Of q portion of the plant
not used since 1928. At least one
other brick plant was operated
for u part Of the year.
Industrial leaders look for fur
Their expansion during 1887. The
outlook is declared bright by
practically all industrialists. One
concern which showed an in
crease Of about 80 per cent in its
business during the past year, ex-
poets about a rs per cent increase
in 1887. The textile outlook is re-
ported as good, and it was re-
ported that the present price of
textile goods is probably better
than at any time since 1926 or
1927. The demand for combed
yarns was declared better than
in the history Of the industry
here. Buying was reported rs
stronger in the hosiery field, and
all industries reported increased
business in 1886.
The Chipman-LaCrosse COM
pany's new unit at East Flat Rock,
which will be completed and in
operation this summer, will rep
resent an outlay Of about $4,000
when finished and equipped and
will employ about 100 people in
the manufacture Of ladies' full
fashioned hose.
On the basis Of expansion al
ready announced or anticipated
for 1887, it is believed that en-
ployment will be given an addi-
tional $50 people in industry and
that industrial payrolls will be in
creased by about $4,000 during
1887. Should the expansion ex-
coed anticipation and the increase
be as much as that Of 1896, in
dustry in Henderson county will
exceed the million-dollar mark in
1887.
Industry in the county is diver
sified and there are some dozen
or more plants in operation. The
hosiery industry is the largest in
the county and employs slightly
more than so per cent Of all work
ers. Textiles ale second and en-
ploy about 81 per cent Of the
workers in the county. Among
articles manufactured are print
cloths, fine combed yarns, brick
and ceramic products, paper box
es, hosiery Of all grades for men
and women, cords and window
sash, bedspreads, bath mats, beach
clothing, polishes, finishes, To-
tons, wood novelties, tool handles,
canned goods, flour, meal and
feeds.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-14

ly SHG9 n6O IN 1893 and more
than $3.50 600 in 1886.
Two new industries were start
ed in the county in 1896, while
one company. Chipman-La Crosse
Hosiery mill, has almost complet-
ed new plant at East Flat Rock /;
another, Becker's Bakery, has
erected u modern brick building
and has moved into it, while a
third, the Advance Cord corpora
ton, has moved to Hendersonvllle
and occupied Il brick building OF
considerable S'"e
Early in 1886 the Biltmore
Hosiery company purchased q
plant at Naples and started oper'
ations. This concern employs
about 40 workers and is engaged
in the manufacture of ladies' full
fashioned hose.
The Modern ProduX corpora
ton started operations later IN
the year and rs engaged III 'he
manufacture Of automobile and
floor nolishes finishes. a skin 10.
.;o, md o.hor rrodrcts Tho force
Is S"'"'' 1T present. '''
for increased business are goou'
officials report.
T. o1a;.;, ,ho Ch;nmorJo.
go 80, -.
1ioSse iio''e'' '" ~
East Flat Rock, expanded It's OPP
erations early in the past year.
The old Wetmur building. in Hen.
,.u ~ .o,,o,.od into
ue' 'o''''''e "
one of the most modern plants 10
be found in the nation. and an
additional farm of obour ,o0 neo.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-14

In North Carolina, latest available figures
tell us, income from Manufacturing has re-
turned more nearly to 1929 levels than in
any other state. And North Cardinals d.
versified economic background, you know,
has Manufacturing as one Of its major
elements.
For the country as a whole, income from
Manufacturing had risen in 1885 to IS
per cent of the 1929 total whereas, in
the prosperous Old North State, the 81 per
cent line had been reached.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-14
North Carolina Leading Nation
In Manufacturing Comeback

North Carolina, we remind, holds Dixie
leadership in the Manufacturing field In
come credited to this source in 1895 was
S215,O00,000 and the value of prod
ucts was $l,1l4,377,O54'
Facts you will want to consider, we be-
lieve, If you want to establish new in
dustry or expand an old one.
All data from National Industrial Conference Board
Bulletin covering the years ls29-ls35. and from
Manufacturers Census GUS. Bureau Of The Census)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-14
Expansion "a ! !: ; 10 J: Is
Continuing At
Rapid Rate
PayrOlls in 1897 Expected to Exceed
Million Dollar Mark in County

Industrial employment in this county showed an in
crease of slightly than % cent during 1886 over
the preceding year. and industrial payrols showed an In
crease of about 81 per cent painstaking survey has
revealed. Slightly than LOO were employed in in
dustry in 1885 and this number increased to than
1850 in 1886 Industrial workers paid approximate
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-14

liz lAIlVOA4NNVN VVV1SAAs
Edw r. Sutherland Company
Patterson's Department Store
Overton Cash Wholesale Company
Hendersonville Golf & Country Club
Hendersonville Hardware Company
Electric Service Co. &c. E. Hartnett)
Hendersonville Supply & Coal Company
Mayor and City Commissioners
Station Insurance & Realty Company
HendersOnville Chamber of Commerce
Henderson County Commissioners
Hendersonville Insurance Agency
Brownlee Insurance & Realty Company
~'~s'"sa-
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
CLERIC FACING
TRIAL IN DEATH
OF PARISHIONER
Illinois Pastor Pleads
Not Guilty to Charge

PTTTSFIELD, ILL.,, Aug. 10.-The
Rev. o E. Newton, of Paris, Mo-,
today had pleaded not guilty" he
fore Judge A. Clay William on a
charge of killing Mrs. Dennis e.
Kelley, a former pariShioner.
Trial was set for November Is
After the hearing the clergyman
was taken back to his cell, where
he is held without bond.
Defense Plea Denied
The judge overruled a defense
motion to quaSh the indictment
Defense attorneys argued Newton
had been kidnapped by authorities
from his home in Missouri. The
court held the Indictment was
legal and the grand jury properly
drawn.
After the pastors arraignment,
his attorneys filed a motion to
suppress the evidence of four pis'
tolls the police said they found in
his home. The lawyers commended
the search was made without a
warrant. Arguments on the mo-
ton were set for September 13.
ELIMINATION Opposed
A defense motion for an order
seeking the elimination Of Mrs.
Kelley's body was denied. The
minister's attorneys said they
sought only to determine the ad.
instability of such evidence for
they realized such an order would
have no effect in Missouri, where
the woman is buried
Newton was said to have signed
a statement, later repudiated,
that he struck Mrs. Kelley on the
head with a hammer and threw
her body into the Mississippi River
1t was found floating there, the
head crushed, July 10. Newton
was arrested the following day
and brought here.
Sought Aid in Flight
States Attorney Merrill John
ston said Newton told him Mrs.
Kelley had deserted her family and
sought his aid in her flight. A
letter the woman left for her
husband mentioned Newton.
The pastor was alleged to have
admitted the crime when he was
confronted with bills Mrs. Kelley
had withdrawn from a Paris bank
and which were found in his home.
Newton was quoted as saying the
woman had entrusted the funds to
him.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
D.C.FOCAL POINT
OF CELEBRATION

Plans were under way today
to make Washington the focal
point in the nationwide celebra-
ton of the one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the signing
and ratification Of the ConStitu-
ton and of the Inauguration of
George Washington.
Melvin c. Hazen, president Of
the Board of Commissioners, an
nounced the District you'd OBJ
serve the anniversary through Sep
TENDER II, this year, to April 80,
1899, with a series of events which
will be participated in by all
branches of civic, trade and re-
ligiouS groups.
The celebration will be initiated
with a concert at the Ellipse,
which will be followed by ad-
dresses by national figures.
Preliminary plans for the cele-
bration will be discussed at a
meeting at II a. M, Thursday in
the Commissioners office, to
which leaders of trade, civic, pa
triotic and religious groups have
been invited.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
Candid Arms
Vice Den Pickets to
Use Cameras

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 G.N.SO.
Armed with candid cameras repre-.
sentatives of the newly formed
Citizen Independent Vice Investi-
eating Committee will picket all
known vice denS" here, it was
announced today.
The committee announced its
gambling cleanup drive as it was
reported at the hospital that Les
Bruneman, "big shot" club owner
was near death.
Bruneman was shot in the back
three weeks ago. 1t was this as
saSsination attempt that brought
out charges Fasteners are trying
to muscle in on the gambling here"
and gave rise to the present vice
war.
Police, however, have asserted
that "all vice denS" here are
closed down tight.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
COlOred Dentists
Open Farley Here

Citizens have been invited to a
public meeting tonight at 8 o'clock
at the Garnet-Patterson Junior
High School as a feature of the
opening session of the twenty
fourth annual convention Of the
Negro National Dental Association
which opened today at the How
ard University Dental College.
Participants in the opening Of
the convention, which is being at
tended by more than 200 dele
gates included DR.. Jackson L.
Davis, president of the associa-
ton; DR.. John j. Mullowney, preSi-
dent Of Meharry Medical College,
Nashville, Tenn; DR.. James Pat
terson of the Meharry faculty and
DR.. Russell Dixon, dean of the
Howard Dental College. Sessions
will be held through Friday.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10

A conservative but smart looking suite in walnut
and gumwood. Very we'll made and ottroctivelY
finished. The buffet is 66 inches long-the china
cdbinet deep and roomY--the
extension table has folding leof 90 AFT
"a server and six fine large ~
chairs complete the group Unu- 4 IL
sudl value! August Sale Price,.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
Nightshirt Act
Ended by Police

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 10
G.N.S0.-After he had spent an
hour wandering about Seattle
streets clad in night shirt, Teddy
Enticnap, 16, was picked up by
police in a bus terminal.
The boy escaped from a hos
pital, after undergoing an opera
ton for removal of his tonSils.
while still partially under the in
fluence Of the anesthetic. He out
ran several nurses who attempted
to halt him, He suffered no appar-
ent Ill effects from his excursion.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
Kindly Judge
Spurns UIegGIity OF
Suicide Effort

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10.
Nineteen-year-old Evelyn di Marco,
of Camden, was ushered into Cam
den police court, a confused young
mother.
She had attempted suicide by
drinking poison because her es-
tranged husband had threatened
to take her two children away from
her.
Suicide is against the law.
Mrs. Di Marco shivered as Judge
Eugene R. Mariana looked down at
her from his bench. But her fears
were wasted.
Before the hearing was con-
cluded the young mother was free
and her husband, John, "a, was in
Jail for refusal to pay her support.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
Beautician Seeks Divorce

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (C.TP.S).
Nine. Helena Rubinstein, ply
sician to the face and figures Of
lady fair, fat and frail, has sued
for divorce. She's taught ten
thousand women beauty recipes
to lure and hold their husbands,
yet she confessed she couldn't hold
her own.
Suing under her legal name,
Helena j. Titus, NM, Rubin
stein accused her husband, Ed
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
mo Fix" Drive
Proves Fruitful

BOSTON, Aug. 10 QN.SJ.-Thc
"no-fix" tag drive during the past
four months has resulted in 30,523
traffic summonses to motorists,
police reported.
The greatest increase was found
In the Back Bay area where police
have given out 8,426 Summonses,
an increase Of ATT per cent over
the same period last year.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
IDEA BAcKFIRES

CHICOPEE, Mass, Aug. 10
HN.S0.-It was a good idea. But
it didn't work. Hoping to stop
speedSters in front of his home,
Theodore Kupiec dug a trench a
foot deep across the street. Much
to his diSmay, the first car to
come speeding by the house was
that of his son. Kupiec viewed the
auto which was virtually wrecked
and decided to stop digging
trenches.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
Read This Recipe
For Happy Home

LONDON, Aug. 10 QN.SO.-If
you want a happy home you
should have photographs of your
wife and children on view, in the
opinion of Judge Alfred Dumas, Of
Westminster county court.
The Judge decided photographs
were a necessary expense in order
ing a married couple, recently sep
arated, to pay a photographers
bill.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10

ward w. Titus, retired publisher
and litterateur, of a longtime af.
fair with one Mile. Mella Urech,
a writer with a way.
The action was filed in Su-
preme Court 20 years after their
marriage in London. For nearly
four years, she said, Titus has
lived at his French villa at
Cagnes-sur-Mer with Mademoi-
selle.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
Fire Alarm Abb
Fails Beaten Man

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 GNSJ.
Peter Holfswit, of Secaucus, N. j.,
began a Today stretch in the
hoosegow today because a magis-
trate refused to believe his ex-
PLANTATION of why he sounded a
false fire alarm.
Holfswit said two men assaulted
him, so he opened the fire box in
expectation it would bring police.
Carbon County news., 1937-05-28

material. These cushions are very
useful when you want to make a
chair higher, and are comfortable
and firm to sit upon.
Maple Oatmeal COOkies-Two
and a half cups fine oatmeal, one
cup maple syrup, one quarter cup
water, two and a half cups flour,
one cup shortening, one teaspoon
soda. Boil water and syrup to-
gether, add soda, then shortening.
Cool slightly. Add to dry ingredi-
ents and allow the mixture to cool
thoroughly before rolling out.
SOft-BOiled EggS-When soft
boiling eggs, put them in boiling
water, boil for one minute and
turn off flame, leaving eggs in the
water for another four minutes.
This prevents them from harden
ing and saves fuel.
WNU Service.
Carbon County news., 1937-05-28
Romans Loved Cinnamon;
Used Il in Their BaIms

The strong fragrance .aof CHINA.
mon greeting our nostrils, gives us
pleasure even before we eat the
food that it f1avors.
The human nose has always re-
sponded to this odor and the ancient
Romans held it in particular es-
TEEN. They used it liberally in
their ointments and balnas as well
as in their cooking. and as the ul-
innate mark of their appreciation
of this spice they set it apart as the
incense for sacrificial and ceremo-
nial fires.
When a god was to be appeased,
or the shade of a departed spirit
was to be honored, it was the per-
furne Of cinnamon waited heaven
ward on uprising clouds of smoke
that carried the message. No Ro-
man doubted that an odor so pleas
ing to man could fail to placate
the Olympian dieties.
The Roman media OF atonement
was not buns but bonfires, and
their theory was that the more Gin
namon consumed, the greater the
incense and therefore the greater
the pleasure of the diety or the
spirit who was being honored.