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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-21
OLD STORY

It's am old familiar story, this of revising budget
estimates in mildly and discovering that the def
cit is going to be larger than it was thought. a
favorite chapter in this StoEy tells how the Admin
istration is positively determined to clamp down
on expenditures for the rest of the year, and the
climax comes when the promise is made that the
budget shall be balanced-neXt year Sometimes
we feel like getting up in the midst of this rend-
ton, as people do in the movies, and saying, Isn't
this where we came in?"
This year the net deficit will run, the president
calculates. somewhere in the negAborhood OF
$500, 600 900. This is great deal more than the
January estimate of the deficit, which was S4lS,-
OOO, 900 But, la last years actual deficit of ST.
7O7 PAT 900 was u half-billiOn larger than mid
wear estimates; and the same was true the year
before, only more So
The remarkable, alarming thing about these per-
ennial deficits is that the governments revenues
are anywhere from so to 100 per cent higher than
they were in the latter years of Mr.. HooverS ad-
minstraton. The New Deal, with $3.50 millions oil
dollars to spend this year, is still going to cheek
up some 900 millions in the hole. And the worst OF
it is, we say that there isn't anything to be done
about it except to shudder and bear it.-CharIotte
News
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Devils Island
Prisonle rs Put
To Sea In Canoe
Given Food, Treatment at
St. Thomas But Not
Allowed to Stay

ST. THOMAS, V. l.. Oct. 21.-
(UP)-Denied permission to re-
main in the Virgin Islands after
a hazardous 77-day voyage from
the French Guiana coast, four
sea-weary fugitivcs from Devils
Island left here in an open boat
to resume their odyssey in search
of a haven.
Provided with clothing and a
supply of food and drinking wa
ter. Raymond Vaude, Paul Rcnu
and Francois Frcau, all French
men, and Giovanni Rattistoti, an
Italian, padded their canoe out
of the harbor whilo hundreds
cheercd them from the dock. The
men had arrived here Saturday.
unkcmpt and virtually naked, af-
ter voyage which began Aug. l
when they escaped from the noto-
riouS convict settlement. Blistercd
from exposure to the troDcal sun
and weakened from hunger and
thirst. they begged authorities not
to return them to the dreaded
prison. They said they preferred
the perilS of life at sea i'm an open
boat to Il return to the penal col
ony.
After two-day stay, during
which they were given medical at,
tention, the local government or
dcred them deported in the man.
ner i'm which they arrived here.
Their canoe. which had been dam.
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WASHINGTON - Postmaster
w General James AloySluS Far
ey will be out of the cabinet by
he end Of November
Says who?
Well, to be honest about 1t, this
Just one more of those sup
oosedly trustworthy tips from the
;o-called inside" Washington
correspondents with prophetic ten
iencieS have been sticking their
lecks out on the basis of such tips
,or more than three years, every
now and then.
Insofar as the last story con-
serning Jim'S future movements Is
concerned, it just won't come true
This was a very interesting yarn
promoted by others than those
who had a right to speak for Mr.
Farley The indication was mat
as soon as a certain reorganization
program and a certain issue OF Sc
,urities therein involved were
okayed by the Securities and En-
change Commission, Farley would
quit the Post Office and 60 10
work for the company inVoiVeo
with a large bonus OF stock
That story left the inference II
one is to judge from the gossip
about town, that the SEC mlgh'
naturally be expected to act Ia
vorably Diligent research re-
yeals two facts First, that the
SEC has indicated no intention 10
act precipitately, if at all, Sec
ond, that Jim Farley has SHOWN
not the slightest sign to SEC tha,
he believed it should.
Farley would like to quit a.
acknowledgement and jun
into business for awhile, he has
had no end of offers. but If one
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ties, for Immediately there would
be a new crop of crooked politi-
clans to take the places of those
who had passed on. The same
state of public mind which pro-
duccd our present supply would
produce q new supply.
The peace Of the world would
be no nearer achievement througa
the funerals of certain rulers, The
peoples of the nations ruled by
those rulers must change their
points of view before those ma
tions will cease TO menace the
peace of the world. II was no.
their leaders who created the
present sinister behavior Of Ger
tain nations; it was the peoples
of those nations that created their
present siniStcr-acting rulers.
Whatever the leader of PEG.
pie may be, he is the product OF
their thought and action or their
lack of thought and action. Just
the other day | heard 4 man say
of a political boss, 81 wish the
Scoundrel would diew Yet, during
the past twenty years, that com
munity has had several political
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OUR COCKEYED WORLD
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

bosses; whenever one dropped out
another dropped in. Each has
been a product Of the state Of
mind of the community. Should
the present political boss die, am
other, and perhaps a worse one,
would take his place. And so with
the six international pcrsonagcs
whose funerals and Photographer
believes would help world peace.
OF course if the several nations
whose rulers seem willing and
ready to plunge the world into
war should rise and Stay those
leaders, such act would have Il
beneficial effect on world peace
not because the leaders had died,
but because their people had re-
bcll,d sufficiently at their poll
cicS, to destroy them.
The natural death of danger
Gus criminal does not discourage
crime. 1t is only when he is exc
cutcd because the people have be-
come determined to have no more
of his sort of doingS, that his eN-
termination is beneficial! to the
public good.
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NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT 1T?

We wish to direct your attention to the recent
remarks of Gen. Summerall, commandant of The
Citadel. with reference to the great college game
of football He thinks the number of substitutes
and reserves should be restricted. A limit should
be placed on the number of players team can
send on the field.
In boxing match you do not see substitute
taking the place of firing comrade. You do not
see il in a tennis match You do not see a firing
mile runner in a track meet dropping out in favor
of a fresh man. Nor do you see it in swimming,
wrestling, baseball. or any other competitive game
except football. Says General Summerall:
Football. after all is u test of human endur-
ance. and when one team of ii men goes out to
play whole game against three or four teams
representing another college, there can be but
result.
The IL men are going to be defeated A hu-
man heart and body can stand so much | believe
there should be reserves, but not in the numbers
used by teams.
"Pd venture to say that the results of many
games would be different if such plan were fol-
lowed. 1t isn't fair to one man to have to play
throughout game against fresh from the
other side every few minutes.
Take other competitive sports, where individu-
ais face individuals. In boxing, for instance, there
can be no subSttutionS. The same is true in ten
mis- and other sports.
AS | see it, sport is just one man against an
other If one man has to compete against several
others, then it is not sport"
He said he expected to see the plan adopted
sooner later
We know some college teams, who could beat
some of their highly touted opponents, if there was
only one set of reserves, teams whose eleven men
would be match for any eleven sent against Them
but not against % or 23, as the might be. All
of us know teams like that. Wherein does the fair
ness consist in sending eleven men %, to battle
for two hours against 33 or A? Why not match
one team against another?
We recognize the injustice of the situation, but
we fear there is nothing to be done about it. Foot
ball has become too big. Part of the strategy of
the game among the big coaches is to 'have 'em
three and four deep" as the saying goes.-Gas-
tona Gazette.
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BEST SELLERS

Every once in a while dealers and book readers
arc amazed by the tremendous sales of some new
best seller.
One of these at the moment has the publishing
world practically agog because of sales OF almost
a million year.
But there is one book which is not newt is
the oldest printed book in the world-which has
been far and away the best seller for many, many
years. which no other publication has ever equalled
and which probably none ever will equal.
When the Georgia state board of education pur-
chased million copies of the Bible in one purchase
few days ago it brought sharply to our attention
the undoubted fact that such sale of any book
has ever been made nor will likely ever be made
In spite of every effort to make the Bible out
ofdate and obsolete it continues far in the lead
as the best seller month in and month out, year
after year, that there is no possibility any other
work ever will approach its selling record-Rock
Hill IS "e) HERALD. '...+
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THE NEW = Z. AL
IN WASHIN GTON
--sY RODNEY BUTCHER
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

C;tn Judge the man at al from
personal scrutiny, he is primarily
anxious to take on a job IN when
his executive abilities will be rec
ognized and given full SWING.
Rather than the sort of posi-
which might bring him SloV'ooO
a wear, more or less, and carry the
implication that Jim was being
paid for his influence and prestige
within the administration.
And TO 60 even further, as fan
as this writer can learn, Farley
would like to feel that he was be-
ing offered a job in recognition OF
his able administration OF the Post
Office Department and no'hlhg
else. 80 -,
So perhaps Farley will quit by
December and perhaps ne won I
If he doesn't, you can be larry
sure II will be because ne mas
a great yen to stick around long
enough to be able to make
better approach toward his ampli
( ton Of a postal surplus lnS'eao VI
the traditional postal deficit. FAR
ley is a sentimental IriShman,
more honest than many OF tne
men with whom he has been WILL
ing to associate, and he always
has taken that Post Office lot
seriously
Farley hasn't told anyone yet.
but il is widely supposed he wants
TO run for governor of New YORK
in 1893. And some of the hardest
thinking dopeSters are convinced
that he also has in mind the preSi-
dency of the United States. If he
really has been bitten by the pres
/; idential bee, one can only call at
tention to the fact that it's com.
tcnhVGshE 1871 NEA Service; Inc.
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NOT SO GOOD

Some modern books, magazine
and movies place men and women
on a level with beasts and birds.
With beasts and birds no emotion
is sacred and no act private. With
certain books, magazines and NOV
les no emotion is too sacred for
publicity and no act too intimate
for exposure or inference. And
radio is showing signs of getting
that way too.
Some persons make a great
point of frankncSs, as if to be
frank about all things is to be fine
about all things. But there is a
point at which frankness in some
things not only ceases to be Il viz
tue but becomes a vice.
The less we human beings think
about some things the better off
we are. The wrong kind Of frank
ness does tend to stimulate the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-21
TUXEDO NOTES

TUXEDO, Oct. 2l.-Mrs. j. +.
Pruitt of Balf6ur, spent the week
end with her son, Alonzo Pruitt.
Misses Mabel Morgan and Lois
Melton, students ut Asheville
Normal, were home for several
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garland Vaughn
visited relatives Sunday in Ruth
erfordton and SpindaIc.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Boys Of
China Grove, were weekend
quests Of the lattcr'S parents, Mr..
and Mrs. K. w. Boys.
Mr. and Mrs. {. l.. Nelson
spent Sunday with Mrs. Frank
Parker and Miss Myrtle Parker IN
Ashcvillc.
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FROST's AROMATIC CAPER:

FROST'S AROMATIC CAPER:
Do you know any plant that takes
on such delightful aromatic quail
tiles as the fig leaf when bitten
by frost? But that may not be a
fair question to mountameers to
whom the fig is exotic. The fig
is native to Chimney Rock and
Tryon but that is about as close
to Hcndersonville as it will grow
successfully.
Probably the hardest and most
protected fig bush in Henderson,
vile is that back of the Foster
house, where it is protected by
the brick wall Of the Thomas Mo-
tor company. Ii has an occasional
ripe fig if not winterkilled the
previous winter. When the frost
parches fig leaves they give out
4 rare and pleasing fragrance
that may be Smcllcd several feet
away.
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the general Pc
litical and social
welfare of man
kind. 1t is the
c h ang c in the
hearts of the liV-
ing which alone
can improve the
lot of mankind.
IF every crook
ed politician m
tn @ Unite q
States $ houl /
pass away today,
that would not
cause the purih-
cation of poll
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CANOEIsTS CROSS PACIFIC

CAPE TOWN. tUPJ.- Two
French scientists, Capt. Eric de
Bisschop and Joseph Tatibouet,
have arrived here in 32-foot,
l2-ton catamaran. or native ca
noe. In which they travelled 49,
UUl mile, from Honolulu.
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BIG BROTHER ROLE FAILS TO HIDE
GERMAN AIMS
lRv BRUCE CATION

The Scrap of Paper incident of early
World War days remains too fresh in the
memory of the world to permit much Gre
deuce i'm Germany'S big brother pledge
of Relgium's neutrality in event of western
European wan.
Echoes of war machines rumblng across
devastated Belgian fields drown out the
pleasant platitudeS Reich spokesman voice
i'm proclamng lasting friendship and I'M
diving faith with their western neighbOr.
Tacitly. seeking every advantage TO
protect herself, Belgium has accepted the
pledge somewhat tongue-in-cheek - but
awaits developments to test its fulfillment.
Not wholly altruiStic was Germanys
promise TO respect the territorial rights
of a neutral nation and 10 defend her I'M
threatened sovereignty.
Hitler eyes generously the lands of wes-
tern Russia. Ii Germany is to be deprived
of colonial possessions, on other continents,
more attractive lands are nearer, more &C
ceSSible With Belgium neutral buffer
between French and British armies and
her own western border, Der Fuehrer sees
opportunity to concentrate his growing
military machine on eastern detectives
Steadily q wedge of NaziiSm is being
driven toward that goal. Treaties with Po-
land and Austria assure neutrality, If not
COOPERATION, in moves against the Soviet.
Treaties bind France and Russia in case
of aggression, but Hitler discounts French
assistance if his ancient enemy is forced to
fight along the narrowed battle line be-
tween Belgium and Switzerland Frances
powerful Maginot line of fOrtresses is de-
signed to halt invasion, not to press an at
tack. and already Germany is constructing
her own defenSeS along the western bor-
der.
To check France and throw the man
weight of his army against an eastern
front is Hitler's all-too-apparent aim.
Turning to a policy of strict isolation
in future European conflicts, Leopold ILL.,
worthy successor to hero king, sees little
return from a devastating war that cost
Belgium more than $4,000 men.
Last April he asked and was granted re-
lease. from the LocarnO pact, by France
and Great Britain, retaining however obli-
cations of the League of Nations against
aggressor nations.
And herein lies the danger. For as a
member of the league, Belgium might be
obliged to enforce sanctions against her
newly found friend, in which case Ger
Misunderstanding to the terms of the latest
agreement in case Belgium should par
ticipate in military action directed against
Germany'-may again regard this treaty
as so much waste paper.
Placed in such precariouS position,
Belgium can we'll remember the ancient
warning of Greeks bearing gifts Germany
has been tested before and found wanting.
According to a foreign correspondent
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The microphone broke while General
Pershing was addressing a meeting OF
touring American Legion men in France.
The general had just spotted three ex-buck
rsivates who hadn't shined their shoes.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-21

Massachusetts, woman got divorce
when. she testified that her husband slap
ned her because she failed to serve spinach
for dinner. She has the sympathy and
good Wishes of every small boy in the land.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-21
FUNERALS WON'T HELP

\ paragraphcr says thaJ WHAT
is most needed now to promote
and preserve world peace is six
great big state funerals.
The demise Of men never helps
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TWINS, IT, NEVER TRAVEL

LENA. Ill. (UP)--Believed to
he the oldest twins in northern IL.
linois. Miss Harriet Hayes and
Mrs, John II. Horning, who have
nassed their 18th birthday, still
are living within block of the
house in which they were born
Rolf, are in excellent health.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-21

West coast astronomer says sun spots
prove we shall have severe winter. And
Just when the president is urging us all to
travel more, too!
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-21

According to foreign correspondent
What will Hitler do next?" is the ques-
ton in every European mind. Including
Hitler's?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-21

An oil well two and a nfth
miles below the surface, believed
the deepest producing well IN the
world. has begun flowing < IN
Louisiana.
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aged on 4 reef or T6rto'a Island - =.
% y: !. ,e ri g,s. i!EGyiy GsinN I &
10 The n Iastl Eea 81 EemE6lAShet HI

Mexican coast, 1000 miles acrossl
the Caribbean.
When they arrived here Satur-
day, the quartet told authorities
they escaped to Dutch Guiana
where they obtained 4 canoe made
from tree trunk by Indians.
From Dutch Guiana they padded
to Trinidad where natives forced
them to depart. After driving to
st. Lucia, where they were per-
mitted to remain l3 days, they
continued on to Dominica and An
tigua. In each Of the latter places
they were given IS hours to quit
the islands.
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ANOTHER FROSTY FREAK:

ANOTHER FROSTY FREAK:
Have you ever noticed the senSi-
tiveness 10 frost Of the Paulownia
(Japonica Imperilalis Arbrye),
commonly called the Catalpa, so
prevalent on Reedy Patch, Broad
River about Bat Cave and CHM
ncy Rock and Pacolet valley, with
a few in Hendersonville? AL
though it has leaves that are in
some instances about foot
across, and appear tough, but
tree will shed practically every
leaf within "a hours after frost.
ANOTHER APPLE INDUSTRY:
In connection with the movement
to organize the apple growers,
California'S dried apple industry
suggests another possibility for
our fruit growers. 4 late issue OF
the California Magazine of the
Pacific Coast says California last
year dried 1880 tons valued at
$l,92l,OO0.
More than 80 per cent of all
dried fruit produced in the Unit
ed States is produced in Califor-
MIA, with prunes leading, closely
followed by raisins. Figs, pears
and peaches follow the dried APP
pie output in financial worth, says
this magazine.
Dried apples, cider vinegar,
stock feed from pomacc, jelly and
marmaladc are all important by
products of the apple.
Henderson county should be
able to "cash-in" on more of the
possibilities Of the apple. We oc-
cupy a. middle ground-realizing
little from fancy fruit and prac-
tically. nothing in the by,product
line We rush them on the mar
ket "aS is," often accepting a very
low price g..
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BIBLE THOUGHT
THE UPPER FOLD

David perceived that the child was dead and
he .aid shall GO to him, but he shall not return
The daily independent., 1937-04-24

meeting at Sunny Side Inn Thurs
day night at seven o'clock.
The barbecue supper was served
after which a short business meet
ing was held with president Clay
ton presiding. the first key pre-
sented to Lion Clayton by the In
ternational Lions Association for
securing two members.
The Rev. Piephoff an invited
guest, made a very interesting talk
pointing out the Importance of
keeping things moving, Don't
park. always 60 ahead, and you
will see your organization grow,
he said. Although the meeting was
short it was very interesting and
to the point.
The daily independent., 1937-04-24
Personals

Ms. J. w. Smith spent the day
in Merry Hill with re ativeS.
MesserS Bob Everett and j. c.
Staten were visitors in Bethe.
TUESDAY afternoon.
Misses Elizabeth White and
Edith Smith of Windsor were
shoppers in this city Tuesday af~
ternoon.
w. C. Bullock and J. B. Bullock
of Everetts were business visitors
here Tuesday.
Mr.. B. Y. Morris of Raleigh was
in town on business yesterday.
Mr.. K. B. Crawford was recent
ly presented with Siv silver gobletS
by Mr.. P. ~. d. zones of the Act
ma Insurance Co.. Hartford, Conn,
for twenty-five years of service.
Mr.. Crawford has been in the in
Surance business in Williamson
for the past thirty-five years.