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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-10
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
FINAL PROOF OF BAD BILL

The Wilmington Star "the final proof that
the Black Connery bill is bad in the fact that Sen.
Pat Harrison of Mississippi made speech against
it on the floor of the senate. The Star says, "Pat
Harrison never spoke against good Democratic
bill in his life"
"When Pat Harrison rises on the floor of the
senate and speaks anent legislation in which he
has no personal concern, it may be taken that the
matter at hand is one of grave possibilities" COM
ments the Wilmington paper 1.-THE gentleman from
Mississippi spoke against the wage-hour bill, which
is sufficient evidence that the bill is bad"
Senator Harrison undoubtedly has fair idea of
what the measure may do to the South its textile
and other industries and its cotton growers and
other farmers.
It's pity all other southern senator's and rep
resentatives could not the danger as he sees it..
Some of them do-Charlotte Observer.
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among those guilty.
1t is easy to tell when musk
melon or contaloupe is ripe. If
it is mellow at the blossom end
which of course is the end Oppo-
site the stem end-it is ripe. The
softer the riper-if oversoft it is
overripe.
The watermelon is not so easy.
To tell how the watermelon is in
side without cutting it, requires
some practice. When thumped
with the finger a ripe melon
sounds muffled-like ones leg
when thumped between the knee
and THE thigh. When not ripe
the sound is sharp-like a thump
on the kneecap. And if really
green the melon gives off ring
ing sound. The more muffled a
watermelon sounds, the ripper it is.
The best way to select water
melon is TO thump dozen and
pick the one that sounds the
dulleSt.
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KILLING DOGS AND ENDANGERlNG
LIVES OF CHILDREN

C.. II. Roberts of Fletcher addressed
communication to The Times-News (puo-
lished Saturday, presenting the dog pol
soning problem which evidently is acute IN
that community. Mr.. Roberts concludes
his story by asking, what would you DO
in this case?" s...g..
AS the question is addressed to this
newspaper, we suppose Mr.. Roberts is eX-
pecting an answer from The Times-News.
Our advice to Mr. Roberts would be to
bring the conditions at Fletcher to the at
tention of the law enforcement, officers OF
Henderson county, presenting to them any
information he may have, and requesting
and urging that steps be taken to bring the
dog poisoner, or prisoners, to Justice; and
that citizens of that section be afforded all
the protection the county and State can at
ford them, not only in the protection OF
their property rights but in the protection
of their lives, which, clearly, in some cases,
may be endangered by dog poisoning OPP
erations. .....,....i ......
This. is the only course open to the ag-
grieved citizens of Fletcher community, as
far as this newspaper IS aware. 8.
Mr.. Roberts informed The Times-News
that more than hundred dogs have been
poisoned ip the Fletcher area; and in his
communication was detailed the manner
in which the life of his young son was en-
dangered by the operations of the dog
poisoner. o..
The situation at Fletcher is clearly one
demanding action. Talk is useless in this
connection, and the only good to be &C
complished in pubhcizing the matter in the
newspaper is to create public sentiment
against such cruel and contemplate con-
duct. ......,...,
Action by the authorities is evidently
needed at Fletcher and action, to be effec,
tive, will probably have to be based ON the
activities of smart detective.
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GAMBLING SHIP!

Poetic fitness in the news that the Leviathan
latter the Federal Government has sunk another
two millions in her) may end up as a gambling
ship, operating beyond the three-mile limit, with
night club cuties, streamlined bars, and nifty as
sortment of roulette wheels, dice games and what
have you.
From the moment the Federal Government took
the Leviathan, allowing the German government
S13, 6Ss 900 in war claims, this huge vessel has
been one grand gamble. Uncle Sam spent nearly
s10,OOOooo to fit her up for service.
And after the corporate craps games staged on
her decks and the political roulette in her hold,
Uncle Sam finally woke up to md that both his
chips and his ship had passed in the night
Sam had lost total of $24,O00,000 on ship
that cost him 2S,49S,ooO'
Now the final chapter in this maritime shell
game is TO be written. Having sold the Leviathan
to the u. s. Lines for $6,fs2,00O, with further
discount" of paltry SS,OOo,OOo, Uncle is about
to buy the rust-crusted ship back for $2,000,000.
This will make Uncle's total loss $26,000,OOO on
500 GOO O0O investment = and still leave him
holding the hulk! .,, .s
Since this latest deal is part of the program for
restoration of our merchant marine, well - let's
saw we'll and good. Though we would have pre-
ferred an outright subsidy rather than further toy
ing with the Leviathan
Gambling ship? Let's only hope Uncle Sam
doesn,t RIM her. The card sharks would take
him own the ship-and'b be wanting to sell it to
hina-again .NPhiadelphia Record
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HE NEW DEAL
IN WASHINGTON
RODNEY DuTcHER-
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Staff CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON. - Every ballo,
" box test which can be con-
strued as a measure Of Roose-
velt's popularity or unpopularity
Is being Scrutinized here with ut
most care.
At first glance il might seem
that Senator Harry F. Byrd, per-
sistent critic of the New Deal and
heretofore undisputed political
boss of Virginia, had just suffered
a crushing defeat in the nomina-
ton for governorShip of Lieut.
Gov. James H. Price by a vote Of
8 to !. democratic nomination
in Virginia means election.)
pRICE entered the contest as an
avowed anti-Byrd machine
candidate, and Byrd secured the
state for a man strong enough to
oppose him. Price also publicly
endorsed Roosevelt and his record,
as did most other Virginia candi-
dates.
But the picture is more compli-
Gated than that. Byrd never
could find a man, although he
tried out several, whose candidacy
he could get off the ground. Many
voters who ordinarily would have
voted with Byrd's machine voted
for Price because his opponent,
State Senator Vivian Page of Nor
folk, obviously couldn't win. or be-
cause there was no Byrd-endorsed
candidate. Voters who always
want to be with the winner piled
on the Price band-wagon.
But Byrd is now expected 10
approach Price and urge an alli-
ance which will still leave the
senator a political dictator in Vir-
ginia.
Meanwhile, however, it can be
reported that Harry Byrd and his
machine have been beaten for the
first time. =,
SOLICITOR GENERAL STAN
LEY REED is still the best bet
as the next presidential appointee
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to the Supreme Court. Reed
comes from Kentucky.
But Roosevelt may decide to
play politics with the appointment
and il he does he will not appoin,
Reed. If he decides he wants to
make bow to his Senate enemies
he will pick Circuit Judge Sam
Bratton of Albuquerque, a former
senator with liberal leanings.
Donald Richberg, who still re-
mains in the White House inner
circle of advisers, is by no means an
impoSsibility. This correspondents
judgment is that he has about the
best chance next to Reed.
Your correspondent, who laSt
February named Judge Joseph c.
Hutchinson, Jr., of Houston, Tex,
as one of the six men Roosevelt
would name to the court if he
had the opportunity, has some new
impressive dope to the effect that
Hutchinson hasn't chance now.
The White House thinks Hutche-
son has been lobbying for the job.
When Senator Tom Connally of
Texas publicly urged Hutchinson
upon Roosevelt, he just about
cooked Hutcheson's goose. Con-
nally helped conspicuously to de-
feat Roosevelt in the court fight.
A CORRESPONDENT in Georgia
Il writes that all of Senator Wal
ter F. Georges friends are advo-
eating Judge Gordon w. Chambers
of the City Court Of Richmond
county, a resident of Augusta, as
the best man to succeed Justice
Van Devanter. Judge Chambers is
said to be well pleased with the
idea.
Thus far the chief reason behind
the movement for Judge Cham
bers is said to be the fact that
il he doesn't get the appointment
he will run for the Senate against
George, an anti-New Dealer, next
year. Chambers won't be ap-
pointed.
downright 1917. NEA Service. Inc
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ON THE PLANET EARTH
By WICKES WAMBOLDT
| IN CAUCUS

in CAOSOo
"I'll tell you how we can get
him." said a member of a board
of strategy as they sat in the back
office of the political boss; 1--WE
can flatter him to death. Let's
start campaign of fulsome
praise of him and what he is do
ing; let's picture him as the great
| AM, running everything, driv-
ing everybody and everything be-
fore him, compelling everybody to
do this and that; let's give him
personally the credit for every
dadburned thing his whole crowd
does; let's picture him as the
smartest, bravest, strongest, driv-
INCEST man in the whole outfit. If
that doesn't turn his head and
make him destroy himself, it will
make his associates jealous and
sore, and they'll NOW him down.
If you fellows say the word I'll
instruct my reporters to get busy.
81 broke up my daughter and
a fellow that way once. | plaster
ed on the soft soap morning, noon
and night until she got so sick of
him she ran him off"
"Your scheme may have an
other good effect" said another
member of the board; at will
make his followers think we have
taken him over and are backing
him up; then they'ss get suspi-
cious of him."
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ed as to be unconquerable by at
tacks from without, but the very
character of our government
makes us sensitively susceptible
to attacks from within. Foreign
foes could not lay us low in a
hundred years-if ever; but do
nestle foes could wreck us speed
lily.
The individual mans spiritual
strength can never be destroyed
by forces from without, but by
forces within himself. Our nation
is made up of one hundred and
twenty million individual little
citadels each walking about on
two legs, talking and doing more
or less thinking. AS long as these
one hundred and twenty million
individual citadels do not go to
pieces spiritually within them
selves, our nation is impregnable.
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by an official of the National Economy
League, that for the last seven years the
government has been spending two dollars
for every dollar of income. 1t was predict
ed that unless the spending pace is greatly
reduced, the future will bring even greater
deficits. ....ra., =,
Taken altogether, these items stimulate
some vital questions. Why, if employment
conditions are back to normal, must relief
be more expensive? Why, if veterans just
last year were given millions in bonus,
should they need more now? And just
how do these first two situations bear on
the disastrous two-to-one public spending
policy?
By thinking these problems through and
forming an opinion, one way or another,
the newspaper reader not only is getting
the most out of the news, but he is also
performing one of his important duties as
a citizen-that of taking healthy interest
in what is going on around him. And, SIM
pie though it sounds, that is making his
tory.
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HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM THE
as. DAYS NEWS, .r ~
(By BRUCE CATToN(

A wondrous variety of items, recording
the events of the day as they happen in
China or on Main street, make up the daily
newspaper which nearly every American
family reads. --....
The newspaper is thus recording history
as it happens. But history isn't complete
until its basic facts are blended by the in
terpretation of the people. That's where
the newspaper reader comes in. His is the
privilege of clothing the facts with signif-
canoe. ..,. LIZ! nv a.: N r.
Instead of skipping through the paper
and tossing it away for, consignment to
service on the pantry Shelf try this inter-
esting game of jigsswing its separate items
into meaningful pattern. rrs. Is
For instance, on one recent day there
appeared three stories which, together,
form better commentary ON the state of
the nation than does any one of them in
dividusAy. ,
The first tells how Allegheny county,
Pain which Pittsburgh is located, is
spending two and half times as much for
relief, now as in the worst month of the
depression, although employment levels
now are equal to those of the boom year
of 1924 More than two and half million
dollars was spent on. direct and work reliei
in the area in July, 1887, whereas only a
little more than a. million was spent for the
same purposes in March, 1888.
Another story tells. of congressional
alarm that new demands by World War
veterans may saddle the. nation with a sys
teh of pensions that would cost an estfmat
ed 20 billion dollars by 1895. This, on tor
of the 121bllion-dohar share already allot
ted. to veterans out of the 60-billion-dollal
total cost of the war to the nation to date
The third item recorded the statement
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THERE is A HUSH ON

THERE is A HUSH ON
Third avenue east. The p. b.
Gibbs grist mill has not turned
since Pulaski Gibbs became criti-
cally i'll, ending in dying Sunday
night. enjoyed an occasional
chat with him. He was fond of
dwelling on the long ago and the
unknown future, the realm of
which Mr.. Gibbs is privileged to
explore. Mr.. Gibbs was wont to
deplOre the sinfulness of the age.
He lived his allotted three score
years and ten. The going of these
older citizens removes those char
acterS which preserved much OF
the spirit of long ago. 1t seems
a pity more of it cannot be re-
tanned to lcavcn the present gen
Grafton.
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SHIP DUCKS CHRISTENING

NAGASKI. Japan TIP, n,
'cials of the Osaka Sau.ur ri.
attired in moruiug .n.r, and +
hats, arrived here .or The r,,,..
ing of the 7.OO0-.0u Yam P n,
Maru only to find ,.a. urnr, NV ".
gwen way during 90. r.nb, 7.
the ship was already aIir. !.
the waters Of Naga,.s. Rav n
unofficial launchiuv naa been - -
ccssful, so the officials v..
through their dedication fmr,s
ties anyway.
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JUDGING FROM wu,r

see on Main street .y.r w. VI
are of the opinion tia, ,ho Z p
Carolina lad who rog,ir, Ng.''
but lost his liIo when h. ny ,a.' |,
into water Owe his head T., 81 s.5
his nakcdncsS from IN. la.i., .,.
out of kccpin" with The ,ni i. Va +.
the age. He w. born ano &
too late. Mode. .,m..,r.s.''' a
coming 4 lost yiU.u 10y D
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their p o W G 1
seemed absolute
ly irwin c i b ! e,
have gone down
to d G { e a t or
complete annihi-
lation. And in
most if not near
ly all such in
stances Of down
fall, the destruc-
ton has come
from within.
Our own ma
ton is so power
full and so stra-
logically situat-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-10

THE country which first fount
l. its way into history through
the campaigns Of Julius Caesa
has gone thoroughly modern il
the matter of advertising psychol'
ogy. The Netherlands has adopted
he postage stamp to place it
tourist attractions before tn,
world.
Ranking among the smalles
countries in the world, the Meth
.rlands embraces an area of onl,
1920 square miles. The popula'
ton aggregates 100000. It's prin'
cipal products are vegetables, fish
cereals. milk, cheese, roots anc
bulbs. No country exports Sc
many bulb plants. as does Holland
II is we'll named as the Land o.
The Tulips.
And because it is. an ancisn
country, Holland offers a touris
attraction Of picturesque quality
Here, in 81 B. c., Caesar begar
MS long and bitter struggle t
conquer the then native Belgat
tribes, a great warlike people. Anc
here in is B. c., Caesar finally
was successful in bringing the
Belgae tribesmen under Roman
rule.
Caught in the swift stream OF
world progress, the Netherlands
Today present a. mixed picture OF
ancient and modern. Its swiftesi
rains pass through ancient cities
and skirt the ageless tulip fields,
which are spotted with the now
immortal windmills. One of the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-10
WONDERLAND DOLLS

OKLAHOMA CITY (UP)-Al-
ice would have thought she was in
Wonderland had she attended the
fourth annual doll show here.
The dolls, and there were about
600. were made of nearly every
thing that a doll could be made
of, including peanuts, walnuts,
pipe stems, wax, fur, cloth, auto,
mobile inner tube, tin, soap and
rico
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GLADiOLUS SHOW

OSHKOSH, Wis. Gpl-r ,
Young, Oshkosh, secretary o., \
National GladioIus .g,v Vt.
nounced that the society, >.
tional show will bee hu.a .r c,-~
bus, o.. Angus, ~ ru d
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-10

VERON KAY DOESN'T SUB
scribe to the theory that peaches
are too risky as crop for Hen
derson county. He is marketing
about 20 bushels from 10 Carman
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The fact that postmastership went begging in
watauea county may be taken as definite proc,
that prosperity has finally turned the corner. 9th
erwise we couldn't account for the failure of those
eligible to make at least an attempt to get on
Uncle Sans payollss ~
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DESTROYED FROM WITHIN

When we study the history of
the world we see that the great
est of nations, the greatest of civ
ilizations, which at the height of
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-10
HERBERT JUSTICE, EXCEPT.

HERBERT JUSTICE, EhSET
ing one year, has rounded out "a
in service with the Hcndcrsonvllle
Lumber company, and has an m
innate acquaintance not only with
the personnel but lots of compli-
Gated machinery, which he keeps
in adjustment.
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A memorial planned in Washington would mean
removing the famed cherry trees Another school
of thought is, for chopping down some monuments
ana nlsnting flower.-san Francisco Chronicle.
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RIPE MELONS

Considering the widespread pop
ularity of muskmelons and water
melons it is strange that more
persons, particularly food ham
dlerS, caterers and cooks, do not
know how to tell the ripe from
the green; even farmers are
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-10

The first city directory is said to have been
nr;nted in New York in 1855, but our informant
fails TO reveal whether OF not the first started
the practice of exagserating the population.
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currently issued
to portray Hol-
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attractions pic
tur es one Of
III e S e ancient
windmills, The
stamp is dark
green, 2h cent
denomination.
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Evening star., 1937-08-19
IMPOSSIBLE HAPPENS
Man Bitten in Back by His Own
Teeth Explaina.

Teeth Explains.
ARAPAHOE, Nebr., August 10 (H,.-
Miles Lewis said it couldn't happen
to any one, but it did happen to
him. He bit himself in the back.
His false teeth got tangled in his
bed quilt the other night and he
rolled over on the sharp uppers.
Evening star., 1937-08-19


liam and Alfred received their musical
training from their father, Peter
Giacchetti, a graduate OF the Milan
Conservatory OF Music, later playing
together in the Marine Band.
After leaving the band, William be-
came a close friend OF the late Victor
Herbert and played at the opening
night OF every one of his Washington
shows
Born in Brooklyn, N. Y, Mr.. Giac-
chetti moved to Fort Monroe, Va,
where he became acquainted with his
future sister -in-law. Retired eight
years ago, he became an ardent base
ball fan. never missing a game here
until his recent illness.
Surviving Mr.. Giacchetti are his
widow Mrs. Mary Goodwin Giacchetti;
daughter. Mrs. Ernestine Harden,
and brother, Fred, all Of this city
Services will be held Saturday at
his late residence At $50 am. fol-
lowed by requiem mass in st. Pauls
Church. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Giacchetti. native of Balti-
more. is survived by her daughter,
Mrs. Lynden S. Helm Of this city. two
brothers. Nicholas and George Wolf
OF Norfolk, Va, and sister, Mrs.
Christine Trudewind Of Chevy Chase,
Md.
Funeral services will be held at her
home, OF South Carolina avenue
Northeast at 2 pm. tomorrow. She
will be buried beside her husba nd
who died in 1925, In Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-08-19
VERNON N. PIERCE
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Engineer Given Much Credit for
D. c. and Maryland High.
ways Succum bs.

Vernon NJ Peirce, 81, for 18 years
An engineer with the Bureau Of Pub
lie Roads, died yesterday at his Sum-
mer home at Hudson, N. H., 1t was
learned through the Associated Press
today.
A native of Boston, Mr.. Peirce was
graduated from the Massa achusettx
Institute Of Technology in 1897, later
serving with the engineering depart
ment In Boston. In 1905 he joined the
Bureau OF Public Roads and served
with that body until his death He is
given much Of the credit for the
present system OF roads throughout
the District, Maryland, Delaware,
Pennsylvania and Ohio.
He was An assistant to the chief
engineer in the War Department for
short time in 1899.
Mr.. Peirce made his residence in
Warrington at 24l5 Twentieth street,
and was 4 member OF the Cosmos
Club here.
Surviving him are his widow. Mrs.
Sarah P. Peirce; daughter, Prutia,
and sister, Miss Marian G. Peirce
all OF Boston. Burial will be in Boston
Evening star., 1937-08-19
SUBJECT TO TAX

The Internal Revenue Bureau ruled
yesterday that foreign corporal tions
operating apartments or other real
property, in this country for profit are
subject to = ~ per cent tax on net in
come from United States operations.
The bureau said. however, 4 non-
resident alien individual engaged in
similar operations is subject to \ tax
OF only 10 per cent on rentals, or SIM
ilar income, from this country.
The distinction between corporate
and individual operations, the bureau
,aid. was ma de in the 1896 revenue act.
Evening star., 1937-08-19

KTNC, BERTHA L. On Wednesday, fu-
gust IS 1887, al Freedmen's Hospital;
BERTHA L. KING devoted wife Of
BENJAMIN F. King, sister of. Clarence E,
D, King and cousin of Annie Bess both
of New York City Remains resting al
Trazier's funeral home, $50 R. I. ave
NV, until pm. Friday August 20;
thereafter at her late residence. 63l
Fsirmont st. NV. Funeral Saturday
August 81. at j pm. from the, above
funeral home Relatives and friends
are invited. 1nterment Lincoln NE
morial Cemetery. ~
Evening star., 1937-08-19

day At his home,
1903 Seventeenth
street. Deaf h
came only "A
hours after his
sister-in law and
childhood play
mate, Mrs. Their
esa Wolf Giac-
chetti, IS, expired
In row d ence
Hospital.
Mr.. Giacchetti
was best man
when the then
Miss Wolf mar
ried his brother ,
AlfrAI notk WI
Evening star., 1937-08-19
RITES FOR c. E. BURNS
TO BE HELD TOMORROW
Funeral Services for Folger Ii
brary Employe to Be at
st. Peters Church.

Funeral services for Charles E.
Burns, ST.. 81, who died Tuesday ut
his home. Fifth street southeast,
will be held at Q am tomorrow in st.
Peters Catholic Church. Burial will
be in Abbey Mausoleum in Arlington
County
Mr.. Burns, who recently had been
employed at the Folger Library, for
merly was in the grocery business on
Capitol Hill for many years, until
retiring from business about 10 years
ago. He began work at the library
about flve years ago. Mr. Burns was
. lifelong resident Of this city.