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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-18
WEATHER

Cloudy and colder tonight with
probable mist or snow flurrics.
Cloudy Sunday.
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GOOD AFTERNOON

Frances Juror about a Preten'
der to the throne must be giving
Italy a good Iaugh-Vietor Eman.
uel especially.
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sTATE.owNED RAILROADS


Only two countries have successfully resisted at
tempts to have the railroads owned and operated
by their governments. says P. Harvey Middleton,
secretary of the Railway Business association, III
his study of survey. These are the United States
and Great Britain. With total of $4,000 miles
of railways in the world these countries have one
third In all other countries there is partial or COM
plete government ownership of the railways.
lone of the favorte arguments of the advocates
of government ownership is that the world trend is
in this direction and therefore the United States
would do well to follow the example.
''It would be just as logical to assert that The
trend of all government is toward one or another
form of dictatorship, and therefore we should be
assured that democracy is on the way out.
1T must be concluded that neither public in
terest nor national welfare is to be served by any
set system of ownership, operation or regulation,
but that every country must appraise its own ply
steal, political and economic conditions and adapt
to its ascertained requirements the type of own
ershp suited to its needs"
Mr.. Middleton holds that it would be an unsound
national policy to consider the abandonment Of
private ownership of the American railroads. Con-
ditions in the United States not as they are IN
France, Italy, Germany and other lands where the
state owns and manages railroads In this country
a formidable political machine would not be long
in the building if politicians were empowered to
choose officials and employees.
Unless government gives the railroads fair
chance to work out their problems, there is danger
that state ownership will come in this country.
With government management the public would
be forced to meet deficits for government cannot
operate the railroads without heavy loss. Private
ownership has increased the efficiency of the rail
roads and increased their economical practices at
the same time Railroad executives say that at
this time they are not being given sufficient re-
turn There is need they say, for revision of rates
upward because of mounting costs.
State-owned railroads are without the initiative
of the privately owned systems Canada owns a
great railroad but it goes to the people for funds
whereas its privately owned competitor manager
to go forward on its own. The commonwealth of
Australia has lost heavily on its state-owned sys-
TENS If the American people wish their railroads
to be progressive they should be on watch against
politicians who are mindful of their own fortunes
in considering measures in congress and i'll legis-
characterization News and Courier.
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LOOK HOMEWARD, UNCLE
By WICKES WANB0LDT

Cking out a miserable existence
on an impoverished reservation Of
only 700 acres in South Carolina,
which is so barren that white men
don't want it.
So while Uncle Sam is overflow
ing with pity for a people many
thousands of miles away, ! should
like to sec him spill some Of it on
the Catawba Indians in South
Carolina. And, oh yes, Uncle,
while YOU are reprobating Japan
for d!Shonoring her treaty about
China, please consider That the
noble State Of South Carolina
owes those starving CGtawbaS
about seven million dollars for
lands illegally and immorally ap-
rropriatcd in violation Of treaties
made with those Indians. How
about getting a little Of it paid on
account right now 80 that pItituI
remnant Of unfortunate Catawhas
can buy some Irits, fat back and
long swccJcriug' before they
starve 10 death?
1t would be decidedly Cmbar-
RAISING If Japan should find ont
about this Catawba Indian bust
ness and bring it up at the inter-
national conference TO give China
"a square deal. at which Uncle Sam
l. tnllirC. how wicked il i for one
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To-. Lba necessity of getting this
work out of the way before the
Christmas rush in the postofficc
department, made an intensive
campaign necessary. That the
educational campaign was cifcc-
tive il indicated by the fact that
tclcgaphic reports from II typi-
cal cities show that the uncm.
ployment repor. cards were filled
out with such accuracy that only
/ per cent required call backs.
To this result daily newspapers
made n major contribution.
The editorial cooperation Of
daily newspapers was Likewise an
important factor in obtaining
public acceptance Of the impor-
tance to the nation. Of getting The
basic facts Of unemployment as II
preliminary step in a long range
plan Of unemployment.
Officially | acknowledge your
part in this great PUBLIC under
taking. and, personally, ! thank
you.
Very truly yours,
JOHN .. BIGGERS.
Washington, D. {.
Dec. !, 1887.
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TOBACCO IN THE PIEDMONT

Rutherford county, just over the line IN North
Carolina, may go in for the growing of hurley to-
bacco as an addition to its farm program. The sue
cess of Rutherford farmer, under the supervisor
of representative of the state rural rehabilita-
ton corporation on acre of hurley has attract
ed countrywide interest. Between 500 and l,ooo
pounds of excellent leaf were produced at total
cost of $31, which included fertilizer and labor
recent joint meeting of the Rutherford county club
and the Forest City Kiwanis club was devoted to
discussion of tobacco growing.
Before the Civil war considerable tobacco was
grown in Spartanburg county Many farmers to-
day grow small patches of the weed but tobacco is
no longer an item of the farm programs of this
part of the state. Experiments at Clemson may
have shown that the soil of the South Carolina
Piedmont will not produce commercial grades of
tobacco Rutherford county is so near, however,
that experiments made there will be carefully
watched by farmers across the line in South Caro-
Ina Cotton tobacco, corn and small grain apples
and peaches, legumes, hogs, cows and poultry
should make a balanced farm program and a prof
table one.-Spartanburg Herald
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THE NEW = EAIs
IN WASHIN GTON
nv aNDNsv DurcuFG

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. seven
" months ago the President
departed on his last fishing "trip
N southern waters. The cir
cumstances We're very similar 10
those Of today. RooSevcltS att"
tude-that he could take fort
night eff at critical time and
strengthen rather than weaken MS
position-was much the same.
The question naturally arises;
Has the President made the same
mistake twice?
The other fishing trip was a
mistake. ID. r. went at a time
when Congress was more rebel
lious than ever before, when his
Supreme Court plan was at stake,
when the rest of his program was
blocked. But he was quite conf
dent.
He thought he had the court
fight won. Probably he had--at
the time. Justice Van DeVanter
hadn't quit. Majority Leader Joe
Robinson hadn't died. But the ad-
ministration leadership was weak,
and in that fortnight the oppoSi-
ton gained strength rapidly and
the court plan lost ground.
Congress today seems even
more ballsy. The administration
leadership is still weak. Most
of F.D.R.'s program is blocked,
There is danger that some OF his
favorite laws may be repealed and
that Congress may stampede to
do something for business" much
more drastic than the President
wants it to do.
But once again the chief eXecu-
tive has gone away, believing that
Congress will stew around in its
futility, create bad impression on
the country and be virtually PIN
ing for his leadership by the time
he returns.
OBBYISTS for the wage-how
- bill, notably those representing
Labor's Non-PartiSan League and
CLIO. unions. received a bad
shock when Chairman John j
O'Connor Of the House Nules
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Jail sentence.
II that drunken driver had been
a cornfeld Niger instead of n
member of the state legislature,
would the governor have paid any
attention to his case? The Ques-
ton is, should a high PUBLIC oifi,
cial who debauches himself and
breaks the law, cndangering the
life of everyone he meets, to say
nothing of property, receive spe-
cially soft treatment on specially
severe treatment? Should his of
fee protect him from punish
mcnt? Or should the fact that he
dishoNorcd his Office and set an
evil example to lesser folk, entit!9
him to corresponGingly sterner
punishment? go
Note: The relocation for II
months of the license Of an auto
ist convicted of drunken driving
j. mandatory in my state.
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AVIATION POINTS WAY TO WORLD
WIDE UNITY
(By BRUCE CATTON)

(BN BkOCE NAl lON)
An important little anniversary skipped
by unnoticed the other day. Pan-Ameri-
can Always completed the second year OF
regularly scheduled commercial ocean fly
ing in the Pacifc-and wrote into the rec
ord books one of the most remarkable rec
ords in the history of aviation.
Simply to add up the statistics on those
two years is to miss the point of the story
Ii is interesting, of course, to note that the
third year of ocean flying began with the
163rd scheduled flight across the Pacific,
and that the Clipper planes have trans
ported more than 100000 letters, up
wards of half million tons of freight and
nearly 1000 passengers.
Yet these figures don't tell the story. 1t
is the less spectacular reports. which show
q group of skilled technicians getting a
tough Job down pat, that are really sig
nifcant.
One of these, for sample, is the story
of how the Hawaii Clipper broke the speed
record between Honolulu and California
and did il by adding $50 miles 10 the dis
lance flown.
They did it with weather maps, not with
mirrors PainStaking weather surveys had
shown that for this particular voyage, a
southern course far below the regular
great circle" would be advantageous. So
when the ship left Honolulu it swung off
in the general direction of Samoa instead
of passing Diamond Head and pointing for
San Francisco.
Passengers were confused, of course,
and the actual distance flown was 1850
miles, as compared with the regular 241O
miles But the trip was made in nine MIN
utes less than the previous time record.
A thing like that tells how ocean flying
has come of age, out in the PACING. IL
shows adventure being TRANSPORTED from
a casual acceptance of risks to scientific
exploration of the possibilities of wrestling
safety and speed from the hostile elements
And the whole performance, the two
solid years of it, is a tremendously encour-
aging sort of thing-even if aviation as
whole leaves you cold. For here, after
all, is one of the few solidly constructive
movements going on in the world today.
At time when mankind seems to be do
ing its best to split up into hostile camps,
here is movement that makes for unity
and friendly communication. At time
when the terrible destructive powers of
the airplane are being demonstrated with
grim frightfulness, aviation here is show
ing its constructive possibilities.
Our hopes for the future, when you stop
to think about it, rest largely on the chance
that the forces which tend to tie human
society into one united, compact whole will
prove stronger than the forces which are
tending to disrupt and destroy it. What
Pan American is doing in the Pacific is a
fine, heartening illustration of the vitality
which the former force can have, and the
intelligence with which it can be directed.
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Der of Commerce petition Uncle
Sam for extended city delivery
service to more Of the colorcd
districts in our city, that you in
stead, petition the City of Hen
Jacksonville, for better streets. II
successful in having the streets
made better, | assure you the
postofficc department is ready to
grant extended delivery to all
colorcd districts within the
bounds of city limit.
Il make the above statement
after having gone over the dis.
tricts referred to, with an official
representative OF the department
He very candidly told the post.
master here that he could not
recommend extension Of the scv
ice so long as the streets remain
in their present condition"
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committee announced nc woulul
sign the pctitios: to discharge inc
bill from his committee, where
Republican and southern Demo"
cratic members had held 1t tight
O'Connor'S previous promise TO
do all in his power TO get the
measure out OF the committee had
been cited confidently as evide:.cc
that the American Labor Party,
which polled $4,000 votes for
Mayor LaGuardia in the recent
New York City election, had the
chairman on the spot. But after
President Green of the y. F. of L.
had attacked the bill, C'Coanor
thought he would be safe i'll fall
ing to sign the petition for dis
charge.
Political reprisals against
,O'Connor in 1888 are now threat
ened.
CREENBELT, nearby Resettle-
" ment-built model community,
has its troubles. But they're mi..or.
A woman complained that lack OF
enclosed backyards and necessity
Of hanging undergarments on al
exposed clotheSline made her feel
as if she were doing strip-tease
act.
The management gave two an
swers, in effect: 81. Drape EN- an
the radiators. 2. You'll get used
to it."
| CHAIRMAN William o. Douglas
~ of the Securities md Exchange
Commission, who talks turkey to
stock exchanges where billions ci
dollars in so-called values appear
or disappear every day, got into a
poker game with some boy friends
! last Saturday night.
It was decided to play table
stakes and somebody suggested
everyone buy five dollars worth
Of chips.
Then it developed that Douglas
only had two dollars in his pocket
(He played 'em close to his Ves'
and only lost a dollar,)
! tCopyrishs 1887. NEA Service. Inc.
.aI F4f go. q
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NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
COAL BOOTLEGGING

The Bookkeeping or illegal mining and sale of
Pennsylvania anthracite has been problem of
grave consequence since 1882, says Jas. w. Angel
in the Independent Journal of Columbia Univers-
ity Last year the booteggers mined and sold
some 24O0 900 tons of anthracite, which was near
ly per cent of the total legal output; final con-
sumers paid Sl6,OOOOOO for this coal. The boot
leg industry itself employed roughly $4,000 men
last year"
This Bookkeeping of anthracite has temporarily
destroyed the whole structure of property rights
and their enforcement with respect to anthracite
lands" The governor of Pennsylvania, Demo-
crat. has refused to halt the bootleggers. By his
attitude he has encouraged the illegal mining and
sale of coal.
Professor Angel says that 65 per cent of all the
bootleg miners are working on the lands of one
company the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron company. 1t is required to pay taxes and
license fees, but it is given no protection against
the loss of its property. The nearest analogue to
this economic phenomenon lis perhaps the indus
trial sit-down, that paralyzng new weapon of or
ganzed labor. But here the resemblance is imper-
feet The bootleggers seize property, not as club
with which to cOerce reluctant employers, but as
something which can itself be sold and thus be
converted into food and clothing"
So far as the protection of property rights in
coal lands are concerned, the law has been abro-
gated. mo citizen, and no believer in orderly
democracy, can view this breakdown with equanim-
ity. Traditional legal right is with the coal COM
panes of course; few have ever questioned that
No one will defend trespaSs and stealing as such
Merely to say that the boteggers are thieves
and should be jailed, or merely to say that boot
Logging is the direct outgrowth of l-advised poll
ces of the coal companies in earlier years and that
the companies therefore deserve no present SYM
patty or help, is shallow thinking and of no USE.
In principle the Bookkeeping of anthracite and
the bootlegging of trees related Would the gov
ernor of South Carolina be justified in refusing to
enforce the law of trcspasS and theft on persons
who were stealing trees in order to convert them
into food and clothing? Coal is as definitely prop
erty as trees are, as growing crops are, as stocks
of merchandise are. The governor of Pennsylvania
has taken the position that the coal bootleggers are
supporting themselves and that he will not inter-
fere with Standardization News and Courier
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1t is fine that Uncle Sam is
taking up for China; like to see
him do it; | should like to see him
take up for every mistrSatcd peo-
pie. But while Uncle Sam is put
ting out sympathy, ! should like
to see him pass n SiZeable practi-
cal hunk to the Catawba Indians
in South Carolina.
The Catawbas used to own what
is now South Carolina, and then
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BIBLE THOUGHT
COME UNTO Me -.
and | will give you rest" Matt. ll:2S)

The mad rush of modern hfe-its relentless
drawing of US all into its terrific tempo-leaves US
dstraught. nervous, over-anxious. Let us lay down
the burdens of the universe for a bit and counsel
quietly about that almost forgotten virtue, rest.
Nowhere can the troubled spirit find calm of soul
as surely and as quickly as in Gods Word and in
the One revealed there for true rest is found only
in christ.-Harold L. LundQuist in The Moody
Monthly.
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GREAT CORN GROWER: J. D.

GREAT CORN GROWER: J. D.
Hooper. Il ninth grade li-ycar-
lod school boy, has set record
that gives not only the county
but corn growers throughout the
state something to ponder.
81. D." as he is called for
short, says nature was With him;
He cultivated we'll and fortified
highly, using commercial as well
as barnyard applications lie
planted good, pure seed, hol-
combc's Prolific. The seasons
were good and nature did her
best for him, producing l76
bushels and 80 pounds to the
acre, something never heard OF
for this county.
Farm Agent G.. u. White, who
has nurscd numerous corn con,
testants this year, says several
have grown in excess OF lOO
bushels. which is difficult to
grasp in the face Of an average
of about 20 bushels to the acre.
These lO0-buShel fellows ought to
be dined by these city dreamerS
who want to move to the farm.
Mr.. White expects to see tn"
yield climb to 200 bushels within
the next few years, if the con
test Isl continued. d"
,.r.,
p EXTENDED MAIL SERVICE:
Our suggestion Tuesday that the
Chamber of Commerce could pos
sibly render a valuable two-way
service by asking for more eX-
tended mail delivery to the col
ored. reducing the congestion in
the postoffice lobby from hun
drcds who call daily, and saving
the energy incident to a long
vain trip for the mail which they
anticipate. brought this prompt
suggestion from Assistant Post
master Roy Johnson:
"May suggest, after reading
YOUR Wait a Minute in yester-
days issue of The Times-News,
that before yo,t'have the Chanr-
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'DEVOUT' PRISONERS ESCAPE

GREELEY. Colo. (UP)-Two
inmates of the city Jail here es-
capped with j group that had con.
Quoted church services in the cell
block. The prisoners chattcd with
the group as they filed out and
were not noticed. Church services
in the cell block were banned.
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tribes as yearned with more or
less reason to get our ancestors
scalps. Also, their young men
helped us win the Revolutionary
war. For that service George
Washington gave the Catawbas a
fine reservation - Of what was
really their own land-in Eastern
North Carolina; but the greedy
pale faces took it away from
them. Gradually our ancestors
crowded the kindly Catawbas into
smaller and smaller territory, TAX
ing more and more Of their land
away from them, until today the
CatawbaS, or what is left Of that
once proud and mighty race, are
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WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Recently . member of the legis-
lature of my state was convicted
of driving while drunk and SEN
fenced to pay a fine Of 1925, TO
forfeit his drivers license for Il
year, and 20 spend thirty days in
jai. The governor cOmmutcd the
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CURRENCY is PUZZLE

WEATHERFORD, Okla. CUP)
Two druggists here. arc ready 10
admit that the man who sold them
2 piece Of Hungarian paper mon
cv for 50 was the best salesman
they ever nave encountered. The
salesman knew no English. The
druggists knew no Hungarian.
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some. Their vast
q O NJ a i II once
stretched fro m
the Atlantic TO
the Blue Ridge
mountains. Fur
thcrnorc, fro m
the first they
were the loyal
friends Of our
more or less hon
Orablc ancestors.
T h e y welcomed
5 aid ancestors,
gave them aid,
and helped them
FIGHT such Indian
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PLEASE: Mrs,

COMICS FIRST, PLEASE: Mrs.
Ningus Shipman says she agrees
with Ed. Patterson that many
readers first turn to the comic
strips, she is among them. We
wonder what comes last, which Is
not always least appreciated, but
left for more careful thoughtful
reading.
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Editor, Times-News:
The generous cooperation of
daily newspapers in the cduca-
tional campaign covering the IN
employment census proved OK
cecdingly helpful to the govern
mcnt. as we'll as to the many per
sons throughout the land inter-
ested, directly and indirectly, in
the success of this undertaking.
The voluntary nature Of the
census made il essential to obtain
a wide dissemination OF inrorma-
ton. The shortncsS Of time, due
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

NOTE-No unsigned eommu-
nications are published by The
Times.News. All letters must be
signed with tho real name of
the author. No communications
signed with fictitious name
will be published.-EDITOR.
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All that has saved Mussolini from ma
Tor war is the fact that no fearless oppon-
ent has yet come up with an order to "fire
when you see the whites of his eyes"
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GRAVES THE FARM: Farm.

GRAVES THE FARM: Farm
ers think they are lying when fell
lows in town say they would like
TO live on the farm advises
Farm Agent G. d. White.
Lots of city people dream OF
moving to the farm but unless
they are financially fixed for
loafing and riding hobbies they
know they had better stay where
the duties ere not SO laborous.
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Michigan police have device that reads
palms of suspects. It's greatest value is ex-
pected to be in locating criminal finger"
men.
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A film writer complains he wrote stead
ily for six months on a scenario which was
not used. Plainly, case of all work and
no play.