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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18
CENTRAL CONTROL GONE FAR ENOUGH

Governor Hoey is interchangeable in his state
ment that the State of North Carolina has about
reached the end of its rope in the matter of TAX
ing over the duties and responsibilities Of the coun-
ties.
In other words, Capitalization in North Carolina
has gone approximately as far as the traffic will
bear.
The State now finances and controls both of the
two largest functions that formerly lay in the lap
of the two counties, namely. those of roads and
public schools.
1t is hardly to be assumed that with all the argu-
ments that may be used against the principle of
Capitalization of political authority, the practical
phases of the case foreshadow the continuation of
the status quo as to these two departments.
The counties of the state are not now and will
probably never be financially able, in their en-
tirety to re-assume these local burdens.
But the governor will be doing good service if
he will throw his resources against further inva-
sions into the domain of local political RESPONSE
bility on the part of Raleigh merely because it
seems to have become popular to "let George do
it," said George, of course, being the State or the
Federal government.
Democratic government suffers serious impair
ments every time a step is taken toward such cen.
traiization as obtains today in both Raleigh and
Washington.
Democracy scatters and widely diffuses not only
the functions but the responsibilities of govern
ment-Charlotte Observer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18
elder brother eagerly.
LE0RLnCK<

elder brother eagerly.
"All right them" decrecd Dom
Paul; you shall divide the es-
tate" Then he added, "After you
have made the division your
brother Hans shall take whichever
portion he desires"
1t is needless to say the elder
brother sat up nights making sure
he divided that estate into equal
parts.
A man who is a laborer this
year may be a capitalist next
year. While the man who is a
capitalist this year may be a la
borer next year. So the only safe
thing to do is to adjust the bene-
Sts between capital and labor so
evenly that no matter in which
class a man finds himself he will
get a square deal.
Note: There is talk of Farm
er-Labor party. Though the farm
er is a laborer, yet he is also
capitalist if he owns his farm.
Thus the complexities Of our So
cial and economic life are so in
terwoven and interdependent that
the only safe and sound arrange
ment is the honest arrangement.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18
TALES AND DETAILS
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

turned his head in the first place,
or she never would have gotten
him. Commonly the wife who
ceases to turn her husbands head
does not try or she has lost sight
of realities and localities.
When a difference Of opinion
arises between husband and wife,
the average man will compromise
with his wife by doing exactly
what she wants him to, if she APP
proacheS the question sensibly
and reasonably.
There is many a divorced wo-
man out in the world working for
her own living who would today
be, living contentedly in her own
home had she given a fraction of
the thought and work to making
success of her matrimonial life
that she has had to give to max
ing a success of her commercial
life.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18

Hendersonville, Il. F. d. 3,
August Is.
Editor, The TimeS-News:
| highly commend the action of
the city commission of Henderson
vile in permitting the moving pic
ture theatres to open on Sundays.
The majority of pictures today
arc moral and more or less educa-
tional and ! note an Improvement
constantly in the quality Of pic
lures. which indicates to me that
the moving picture people are
making an honest endeavor to
give their patrons worth while pic
lures and the public is recognize
ing this by their increasing pat
ronagc of good pictures.
If good pictures are shown on
Sundays there certainly is no
moral issue involved in Sunday
movies and | see no reason why
those who want to go to the
movies on Sunday should be de-
prived of that privilege.
LAWRENCE X. CONE.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18

But" she contends, 81 don't
want to live in a trailer all my
life and bring my children up in
a trailer"
Who said anything about living
all her life in trailer and bring
ing her childreh up in a trailer?
Her husband might think he
wants to live all his life in trail
er but he wouldn't after the nov
city of the thing wore off.
Besides, almost any woman
glued to a mans side can ease
him away from almost anything
and to almost anything. He may
be the head but she is the neck.
The neck turns the head. She
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18
CoMMENDs COMMISSIONERS

Editor, The Times-News:
As a subscriber to your valued
paper: as one who has been visit
ing this fair city for the past six
or seven years in the summer sea-
son, and also, as one who has in
vested thousands of dollars in
this community during the past
four months building a high-class
tourist camp, / ask the privilege
of expressing through the medium
of The Times-News on behalf of
my many friends and myself, our
high appreciation and hearty COM
mendation of the progressive and
courageous stand recently taken
by the city commissioners in legal
izing the showing of moving pic
lures on Sunday afternoons and
evenings.
Moving pictures are an educa-
tional institution. Modern high
class pictures, such as | have seen
at our theaters in this city, point
out great morals and preach spir-
itual sermons as deeply impress
sive and forceful as those preach
ed from the pulpits. ameliorating
and uplifting the lives of large
numbers of people who do not at
tend our churches. Moving pic
lures do not fall within the cate
CORY of mere places of amuse-
rnent such as dance halls, roller
skating Kinks and the like; neith-
er can they be classed with idle
recreations such as baseball, golf
ing, fishing and so on, although
! can see nothing inherently
from page four) !.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18
thythhiic .rddhec 1ast Co..,

rftythhiic dance last Co.
for .Ae;;r 'ps'S ihd
They named their fin. !.
the negro night club. ' a'tef'
Here's how its done; Wa
square-dance style. a IoaJa, W. %
forward; the danccry form ''p
Gle and The music >,riJ, '''
Right foot in" calls bn -h.
a "CharleSton" stem +. W. .'ada:
ward the circles ccntrr lake. ,aIon %,
"Truck to the right ar %''a BAD;
it." All shuttle countrrgr;l e'tIe
the "Harlem strut" "S,"o,,so VIZ
right foot shouts ,bo ' lis
"Swing high" Shine Sr,; G.a'a;
Susie steps forward ror ' I've al
vidual Interpretation Of az IN,
the steps. The climax is wS S"S z
leader calls Praise AyI,5 I'~' u
the dancers rush .o the c". an
the circle with hands s," ",yr .
above their heads. '"'r
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18
T II e N E w DE AL
IN WASHIN
RODNEY DuTcHER--
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Staff Correspondent,

OTHER considerations included
" the improbability of confirma-
ton trouble, since the Senate
could hardly turn down ex-senator
or its southern members turn
against a fellow southerner. Chief
points against Black are that he
has a strong liberal record in re-
cent years, that he was originally
elected with Ku KluX Klan back
ing, that he failed to disclose any
thing like the full findings of his
lobby investigation which flared
so senSationally.
Although some are now calling
him wild and radical, and as a
southerner chairman of the Senate
labor committee he was incautious
enough to sponsor a wage-hour
bill on the theory that higher liv-
ing standards would revive the
south, Roosevelt is said to be i'm
pressed by his Sound, cautious
approach" to problems.
One also learns that Roosevelt
sought to lay at rest the DOGGY
raised by senatorial opponents
who insisted they would never
permit confirmation of any sena-
tor who had favored the court
plan.
lHEAVEN knows what the effects
- of his effort will be, although
there would be no such effort had
southern members been more ODE
dent to his Desires
+ Roosevelt's weekend trip with
the LaFollettes, his virtually
Scornful refusal to attend the
Democratic senatorial Harmony"
dinner and the appointment Of
Black all point to the same thing
that Roosevelt considers himself
the leader of his party and will
fight to purge it of those lesser
leaders who feel he is trying to
lead them into dangerous paths
and whom he thinks have no right
lin the party unless they follow his
leadership. The battle wakes hot
tier every day. g. 81,
Itconyfisht 1sa7,fsEAs Service. Incl
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18
"oPEN SUNDAY FIGHT ON AGAIN


day" fight in Hendersonville, this news
paper believes the reopening of the con-
test at this time by the action OF three
members of the City Council is untortun-
ate, but the action has been taken and the
contest will have to run its course.
Resentment against the action of the
majority of Council, as it has so far been
observed and recorded by The Times
News, is largely based on the fact that In
two past tests of strength the "open Sum
day. movement was defeated; it was
clearly demonstrated that majority OF
the citizens of the community opposed the
movement; and the people of Henderson
ville-at least the majority which opposed
the "open Sunday" that the
controversy was settled by the gentle
mans agreement" to submit the issue to
vote when it was contested two or three
years ago.
The opposition to the "open Sunday"
now takes the position that, in view of the
fact that the three councilmen responsible
for adoption of the ordinance permitting
were members of the Council when the
"gentlemenS agreement" was entered into
and the election held to determine the
matter, the three gentlemen were morally
committed to allow that decision to stand.
Discussion of this view of the matter
would be a disagreeable task for The
Times-News, which we prefer not to go
into at this time; but one hears more of
this view than any other in general discus
sion of the proposition and it is certain to
have unpleasant repercussions in commun-
ity affairs and on the course of future de-
velopments in Hendersonville.
To keep the record straight the history
of the controversy may be restated in a
few sentences.
When it was up for settlement previous
ly, having been initiated before Council by
the presentation of small petition of per-
sons favorable to the "open Sunday" it
was first agreed that Council would re-
ceive petitions from both sides and accept
the result as final and conclusive. Propon-
ents of the movement were heavy losers
Wneu p6tlIlONS vert HHdily piSSSh'SN "
Council. 1t then developed that they were
not satisfied and they proposed to submit
the issue in an election to the voters OF the
CITY,.
While there was no provision in law for
a referendum vote, and the result could
not be made to legally bind the action of
Council, it was agreed by both sides that
the result would be accepted as settling
the matter.
The election was held, the "open Sun
day" movement lost the election by de-
cisive majority, and the "open Sunday"
ordinance was not passed.
When the fight was made it was clearly
demonstrated that a majority of the peo-
pie of Hendersonville and the Henderson
Vile community were opposed to the move
ment. If there has been any change in
public, sentiment that would amount to a
change in majority views, this newspaper
is unaware of the fact.
The question of whether the views of
the majority are right or wrong does not
enter into the controversy at this time.
The Chicago quack who could tell a
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18
WHITE HERON
RY Maudo MnLlnn

A water scene is painted On -.
heart,
And down the vista of the vc,,.
] see a heron standing in 4.
marsh, w
Cost like in Il miSr of tears.
Tall green reeds against A., -,
phire sky.
Like fingers traced upon me- .,
The lines that beauty such q, rs,
must die.
And heron white and very fair.
Yet may they not I'm ma1,k,,
green.
Beyond their fading finite for
Find sanctuary where beauty All
where birds.
Seek refuge from the ravage o.,
times storm.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18

WAsHlNGToN.-senat0r Hugo
Blacks appointment to the
Supreme Court is RooSevelt'S
latest and most conspicuous chal-
lenge to the South's economic
political system and to the south
ern blocs in Congress which have
most persistently opposed his
1887 program.
The appointment was practi-
cally decided upon late in the
evening Of Aug. IL, but not finally
until the next morning; when it
was sent to the Senate. 1t was
kept a secret because Roosevelt
confided almost exclusively
throughout his deliberations with
Attorney General Homer S. Cum
mings, who is one of the best
secret-keepers in town.
Runners-up in the order named
were Solicitor General Stanley
Reed, Donald Richberg and Judge
Sam Bratton of New Mexico.
STANLEY REED, a Kentuckian
- probably would have beer
selected if there had not been g
Observation-Disclosures from
the judicial circuit whence Reec
comes. Blacks judicial district
contains six southern states with
population of 100000. The
fact that the relatively mild anc
courtly Reeds appointment woule
have been more likely to helr
along the resignation Of justice
Sutherland than appointment o
the aggressively liberal Black wa.
carefully weighed.
But in the end Roosevelt de,
cided that it would most advanc,
his cause to appoint the one mill,
family liberal southern senator, Il
encourage those in the south wht
want to reconstruct its economi,
system which some Southerner
and most New Dealers tend to re-
gard in part as an economic
sweatshop fets nsFthern capital,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18
THEY REGRET 1T

Several weeks back the management of the MARI
boro Cotton Mills at Bennettsville capituated to the
Textile Workers Organizing Committee handing
to the union the welfare of its business and its
employees.
Under the agreement which appeared to be far
too simple to be entirely real, the union given
the right to collect union dues through the mill
management, which in turn took the money from
the employees pay envelopes This is mildly known
as the "eheck-of' system.
Still later, group of employees who would ra-
Their handle their own money have secured an in
junction against the check-of Regret that the
management gave in to the Clio is reflected by
this action. &C.,
1t may be safely said that the Marlboro workers
are not the only that now regret giving in to
the tyranny of industrial unionism.-Anderson In
depedent.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18
MORE THAN A hilNIlr.

serve the space above TIN 10 W
Gus World" in which We sro ,1'-
posed to have You WAN 1 W.
ute" A reader of this JoS IN
ment says make them longat,- ',
his suggestion rs TO how ~ :
prove the contents of this coIn.s
How about your suggestion, ''
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18

seem to k n 0 W
what marriage is
all about. She
swore solemnly
before constitut-
ed author i t i e S
that she would
t a k @ her man
for b c t ter or
worse, , since she
couldn't do bet
ter; yet the mo
ment some little
idiosyncracy of
his pops up she
hotfoots it to the
divorce court.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18
DOM PAUL HAD SENSE

1t is said that two brothers in
South Africa who had jointly in
herited the undivided estate of
their father and who could not
agree on a division of the proper
ty, laid their case before that
grand old Boer leader, Dom
(uncle) Paul and asked his ad-
vice.
After scrutinizing the two boys
sharply. Dom Paul remarked to
the elder, you should be able to
divide that estate fairly"
"That is exactly what | have
been telling Hans" replied the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18
BETTER TIMES ROSES: Yes,

roses have their style as well as
other things. Better Times has
topped the list now for year or
more with President Roosevelt
running Il close second, says Mrs.
Rupert Jackson of the florist
shop; therefore, young man, II
you want to he a topnotcher say
ii with Better Times.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18
WOULDN'T STAND TRAILER

A young woman with one child,
suing for divorce, made the COM
plant that her husband wanted
her to live in a trailer.
That young woman, like many
others of this period, does not
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

NOTE-No unsigned commu.
nications are published by The
Times-News. All letters must be
signed with the real name Of
the author. No communications
signed with a fictitious name
will be published.-EDlTOR.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18

The case of the New York state woman,
who found a table leg sprouting branches,
will discourage apartment jewellers who
can't coax ivy TO grow insa six-foot win
dow box. a. a.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18
TWO. GOOD MOVES: The
BY Noah Hollowcll

Clark Candy company has moved
from Seventh avenue to Fifth
avenue east, occupying the build
ing erected for the Durham-Ed-
wards Wholesale company. The
American Drug company takes
opportunity to move from its
crowded quarters on Maple to the
vacated building on Seventh. Both
firms have more commodiouS
quarters than their former homes.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18

The Chicago quack who could tell a
''bad liver" just by footstep, shouldn't
have had trouble diagnosing the situation
when police walked into his office.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18
THE DANCE RAGE: Can you

do the Big Apple" over which
the dancing realm is having a
rage? .
Mrs. Pauline Cobb Griffin OF
the Morganton News Herald
staff, describes it as follows: :,
The negroes OF an abandoned
church in Columbia, S. c., evolv-
ed a combination of steps that re-
sembledthe Charleston" Black
Bottom" "Harlem's Truckin' and
the Virginia Reel all rolled into
one. Students from the UniVers-
ity of South Carolina saw the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-18

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.
c., was established IN 1896 4 IA
The Washington times., 1937-02-11
SEVEN FORFEIT
TRAFFIC CASH

HYATTSVLLE, Md, Feb. IL
Failure to appear before Judge
George B. Merrick in police court
here yesterday, on charges of reck-
less driving and driving while
under the influence of liquor, cost
oscar F. Thau, of Baltimore, Md,
$112.90.
Forfeiture of Thau'S collateral,
which he posted following his ar
rest in HyattSville February /, was
ordered by Judge Merrick, who
had granted a continuance of the
case from February until yes
terday.
Others charged with traffic vio-
lations. who forfeited collateral
yesterday. were Andrew Williams,
of the 1900 block Twelfth St. N.
W.. washington; Harry A. Stuhl
muller, Of Philadelphia; Harry E.
Gray, of Colmar Manor; Richard
E. Collins, of Landover, Md;
Charles P. Seay, of Hyattsville,
and Robert C. Fawsett, of Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1937-02-11
JOKER HIT BY FOES OF COURT BILL

, This construction was denied by
some adherents of the President S
plan, but the plain meaning of the
language of his bill was verified
by Department of Justice officials
The bill, after providing for ap-
pointment of an additional justice
for every justice who fails to re-
tire within six months after reach
ing the age of 70, reads:
"The number of judges Of any
court shall be permanently in
creased by the number appointed
thereto under the provisions of
subsection (a) of this section"
And a little later in the bill, 1T
specifically declares that "the
term judge includes justice"
Foes Flay "JOker"
Foes of the bill denounced this
provision as Joker" pointing out
the President had made no refer.
ence to it in his message Some
friends of the Presidents plan to
replace older justices with younger
men indicated they woulG oppose
giving the court a permanent mem
berShip of Is justices.
The President, meanwhile, kept
in constant touch with his leaders
on Capitol Hill. He plainly indi-
Gated he personally would lead
the fight for enactment of his bill.
One group of five "wavering"
Senators conferred with him at
the White House. 1t included
Senators McCarran of Nevada,
Hatch of New Mexico, McGill of
Kansas, Nicely of West Virginia
and Hughes of Delaware, all Demo
Gratis.
One Senator laughlingly referred
to editorials charging the bill
would create an American dicta-
torship." To this, the President,
with a broad grin, replied:
my only ambition is to re-
turn to my farm"
The Senate awaited the House
The Washington times., 1937-02-11

sbill, authorizing full pay retire
ment of Supreme Court justices at
70. 1t will be referred to the Sen
ate Judiciary Committee, which
meets Monday.
Van NuyS Fearful
Senator Van Nuys, leader of the
Senate opposition to an enlarged
Supreme Court, said:
Il hope passage of this bill
won't be construed as a vote of
confidence in the Presidents
plan. 1 also hope it won't be
construed a. a congressional in
vitatiOn to any justice to retire.
l favor the bill on its merits"
A second judicial reform bill,
tied up in the House, would author
iZe the Attorney General to inter
vene in any Federal district court
when the conStitutionality of Fed
eral legislation is aSsailed, and
would provide a direct appeal of
any adverse decision to the Su-
preme Court.
The tie-up was occasioned by a
desire of the Presidents advisers
to examine the bill.
The Washington times., 1937-02-11
ART GALLERY
BILL SPEEDED

Government acceptance Of the
art collection offered by Andrew
w. Mellon will be rushed through
Congress as soon as possible, 1t
was indicated today with the an
nouncement that public hearing
on a bill to permit the acquisition
of the collection will be held
next week.
Senator Tom Connally CD. Of
Texas. late yesterday introduced
a bill permitting the Smithsonian
Institution to allow construction
of the National Gallery of Art
by the Mellon interests to house
the collection.
The bill provides that the gal
lery shall be erected in an area
bounded by Seventh Street, Con-
stitution Avenue. Fourth Street
and North Mall Drive The ad-
joining area bounded by Fourth
Street, Pennsylvania Avenue,
Third Street and North Mall
Drive is to be reserved for future
addition to the gallery.
A, board of trustees for the Ma
tional Gallery of Art is to be set UP
consisting of the Chief Justice OF
the United States, the Secretary
of State, the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution, acting in
ex-officio capacity, and five trus-
tees to be chosen from outside the
Federal Government.