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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
WHAT ANDY JACKSON BELIEVED

Annually, the country celebrates Jack
son Day, i'm doing honor to the memory OF
this remarkable man who was one of the
great leaders in this country in his time,
Next week Hendersonville will witness a
Gathering Of members of the political party
10 which Jackson belonged, come together
i'm q Jackson Day celebration in this city.
What were Jackson's views of government
and public policies a hundred years ago
he served as President until 1837-what
were the principles of government Jackson
believed i'm and cOntended for as chief eX-
ccutive of the United States? 1t should be
worth while for all citizens of this day to
become familiar with the Jacksonian point
Of view. Many claim Jackson as one Of
their political fathers. Do they know what
Jackson believed; what his thoughts were
about the public problems of his day and
in regard to certain fundamentals of gov
eminent that have endured to the present
time?
Convinced that large majority of the
people know little of the principles Jack
son expounded and the policies he advo-
Gated, The Times-News will devote these
columns for a few days to the placing of
such information before its readers. We
urge that every reader of the paper give
careful and serious consideration to a
study of this presentation of the principles
and views of President Jackson, in his own
words. excerpts from his communications
to Congress, his inaugural addresses and
his farewell message. Watch for these ar
ticleS. beginning tomorrow in the editorial
columns of The Times-NewS.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
BY RODNEY DUICHEB
NEA Service stan Correspondent

,WJASHINGTON-The bitterness
" of older men against the i'm
piled insults of 4 younger man, is
a real factor in the supreme court
struggle.
There are young men on both
sides and old men on both sides,
but the fight is one between old
men and young men. If you
average separately the ages of the
outstanding protagoniStS and an
tagonistS.. you will find the dis
parity as great as that between
the 75-year average age of the six
justices over 20, and the age Of
Roosevelt, who is only SIS.
Everyone who is here on the
ground realizes that when RooSe-
velt-with a grin-aSSerted that
Judges over &c often served be-
yond mental and physical capaci-
ty while unable to perceive their
infirmities, he embittered many of
the old-timers. They otherwise
might have been able to take his
proposal more calmly.
n" #,*
THE age line of demarcation in
l. this fight seems to be about go
years. Men over that age have
been advised, in effect, by the
president at 2 press conference,
that he would appoint no sexa+
genarians to federal judgeships
That doesn't set well with some
who had hoped to end their ca
reers on the bench, or felt they
might depend on judgeship in
case constituents voted them out
Of office. Also the supreme court
retirement would permit justices
to retire with full pay at 70, only
II they had served 10 years.
Aside from the five conservative
justices over 70, whom, Roosevelt
wants off the bench, most con-.
,pieuous figures in the opposition
battalions include Senator's viii
! liam E. Borah, II; Hiram johnson.
90: Carter Glass. 70: George w
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25

of a number increases the power
of that number.
When a man declares himself
TO be a 100 percenter, has ne not
evidenced his unfitneSs to exer-
else the right of franchise?
1t was refreshing and encour-
aging TO hear President Franklin
D. Roosevelt say sometime ago
that we should be surprised if we
could know how many times he
had voted for candidates on the
other side.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
r II E N EW = EAL
IN WASHIM GTON
.Rv RODNEY BUTCHER

Norris, rs; Frederick Van Mugs
OF Indiana, 62; Alva Adams of
Colorado, 81: Ellison d. Smith OF
South Carolina, 70; William H.
King Of Utah, p; Walter F. Georgc
OF Georgia, 50. and Josiah Bailey
of North Carolina, 63.
Outside the Senate one OBJ
serves such opponents SaS Eaton
Summers, 81, chairman of the
house judiciary committee. who
might easily have expected to
wangle a judicial appointment.
He has beer distinctly luke warm
10 the Roosevelt program. The
Morgan lawyer, John w. Davis,
also had reasons to hope he would
wind up IS supreme court justice,
or perhaps even chief justice, I'M
der any conservative adminiStra-
ton. He is now 81.
= =
NOW as TO the men who have
~ thrown themselves conSpicu-
cusly into this fight for Roosevelt
A reasonably complete list in the
Senate would include Senators
Bob La Toilette of Wisconsin, 40;
Hugo Black of Alabama, so; Lew
Schwellenbach of Washington, Az
Ed Johnson CO Colorado, SO; Sher.
man Minton of Indiana, 46; Jim
my ByrneS of South Carolina, 81
land Bob Wagner Of New York, SO
The outstanding protagonist ir
the house is Congressman Ma2ry
Maverick of Texas, al. And 8
list of those who helped Roose-
welt work out the plan, or are
now plugging for it, probably
would include Assistant Attorney
General Robert Jackson, As; So
licitor General Stanley F. Reed,
81; Charles West. White House
liaiSon man with CAPITOL Hill, ~;
Jimmy Roosevelt, %; Donald Rich
berg, So; Ben Cohen, 80, and
Thomas G.. Corcoran, 81. These
ages stand out in marked contrast
against those of the six oldest JUS
tees.
tcopyrfrht. 1881. NEA Service. Incl,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
LIE LOO PERCENTERS

The MISUNDERSTANDING voter
is th6Sope for an honest-to-God
dcmoefucy. The 100 percenter is
responsible more than any other
influence for the failure of true
democracy to become effective
throughout our nation. The 100
percentcr is the individual who
always votes the straight party
ticket 100 percent, regardless of
who is nominated or why.
Would it not seem that the 100
perccntcrS must be reduced by
dcatnror reformation to such an
insignificant minority that they
can no longer be used as tools to
corrupt the ballot before honest
and capable government (the on
~ kind that can ever get us any
where) can become a reality?
When a man boasts that he is
a 100 percenter, is he not actual
ly indicating that periodically he
is nothing-that he will not take
courageous, self-governing stand
for public weal-that he is a po-
litical tool--a political cipher?
Yet it must be remembered
that cipher placed to the right
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25

view.
webster defines "puritanicap'
as morally rigorous Morally
rigorous attitudes introduced in
to almost any political machine
would wreck it by causing most
of it's personnel TO lose interest
in il.
"What the heck is the use of
the party" asks the political
spokesman, eff we are going to
make it honest?'
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
WHAT OE LIZ

Last month a member of state
legislature shouted with great
show of righteous indignation
when a bill was presented to pre-
vent corruption at the polls, "The
passage of this bill would accuse
every local election board in this
state of dishonesty"
Well, what of it? Would such
an accusation be altogether new
and surprising and at variance
with facts?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25

OF the legislators
lie p c d to his
feet and vehe-
mently caution
ed thei assembly
against "prudery
and puritanical
attitu d eS' in
"The Party
Evidently the
speaker cOnSid-
cred puritanical
attitudes obnoX-
ious. And they
are from the
mach inc politi-
clans point of
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
n E. W S
from -
Brownlee Insurance &
Realty Co.

RENTED: W. P. CLANCY, form
er manager of the Fifth Avenue
4. e. p. Store, has returned to
town after an absence ,of several
years and will make his home at
525 Whitted street.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25

Editor, The Times-News:
Will you give me room in your
paper for this please:
| saw a question in The Times
News. win LIQUOR be sold in Hen
dersonville? ." Yes. if we Chris
tians sit down and let it be voted
in. As / see II, we should not
have liquor here. Because our
tourists want it, do We want our
town diSgraced with that rotten
poison to mans mind! | don't!
What is q little tax money worth
when we have to pay II out for
officers and changing guards and
hospital bills TO take care of them
now?
As the question was, the tour-
list is said TO want it. As sec
il, our tourists use it with a mind.
We home folks let it use our
mind. Can't we use our mind and
let this rotten liquor stay in other
towns. II looks like il is hard 10
keep the drunkards out Of the
streets and highways now. When
they take it. in small amounts and
are looking for an officer, wha.
would they DO if it was on Main
street? Where my little children
and yours can start sucking liquor
bottles about rs soon as they stop
the milk bottle.
If the state would study about
what we have now, this IS enough
without just opening the gate to
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
A WISE WARNING

Just the other day Major L. P.
McLendon, chairman of the North
Carolina state election board, de-
liverei personally this warning to
the legislature: THE majority Of
college students are independents.
The only way you can attract the
Younger generation into the party
is by honesty
An independent, says Webster,
is zone who does not acknowledge
an obligation to support a party's
candidate under all circum-
stances. Mot bound by party;
exercising a free choice with eth
CT or any party
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25

How would you like a small es-
tate. Is to 40 acres, on the Hay
wood road? 1t has a beautiful
knoll, stream, wonderful trees,
and only two miles from the city.
Do you own pioneering!
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25

If it's speculation you want.
quick turnover, look at this, Six
room frame house, paved street,
two blocks from the high school,
5000. Spend 5000 more for inn
provements and have a $1,000
place.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
FELONS FED ON 6 CENTS

VICTORIA, Australia. (UP)-
How to keep fit on less than six
cents u day has been demonstrate
ed at Pentbridge Prison here. De-
spite the cheap diet, there were
no cases of illness due to lpelna,
triton OF lack of Vitamins.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

Recently when a bill calculated
to compel honesty in elections was
introduced into a state legislature
not a million miles from here, one
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25

Senate probe reveals Strike Mediator
McGrady was Swallowed. Remembering
McGrady's cross country. dashes, the wear
and tear on spies must have been terrific.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25

Florida's governor suggests that the ma
tional anthem be sung in theaters. All that
comes from the seats behind the tall men
now is 80 say, can you see?"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25

The veteran rounder, an ardent labor
man, has ceased weeping in his beer since
John Lewis asked that there be no moan
ing at the bar.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25

An actor refuses to gaze at himself on
the screen for fear of becoming sick of
himself And making it unanimous.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25

THE AVERAGE PERSON WHO
is again 4 progressive move
mcnt would be otherwise if ham
died Sympathetically by some
open-minded, unselfish person.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
1T IS EASIER TO TURN A

deaf ear to a responsibility than
to perform nobly, but sometimes
the former course bears heavily
and burdensomely on the con-
science.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
ToDAY'S WORD STUDY

Lest, pronounced with short e;
for fear that: as, "Take heed lest
ye fall" that; as, 81 was in dread
lest they should arrive too late"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
THE EIGHTH OF THE 10

THE EIGHTH OF THE 10
articles in the code of ethics of
the high school as sponsored and
printed on attractive cards by the
Rotary club says:
"To be willing and ready to
give my time and services to any
worthy person who asks it of me,
or to any worthy cause which may
promote the welfare of Il e school,
community or state"
Isn't that just little noble
and lofty, LEST you soon be-
come a community goat to bear
off the burdens others have shirk-
ed who don't accept the code as
their standard of service?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
T. J. WILSON, A oNE.ARM

champion corn grower of Tran
sylvania county, winning over all
in that and HENDERSON county,
works on !thesLLL basis. He says
successful corn growing comes by
way of livestock, lime and le-
gumes. BY this method he grew
l40 bushels to the acre.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

NOTE-No unsigned commu-
nications are published by The
Times.New.. All letters must be
signed with the real name of
the author. No communications
signed with a fictitious name
will be pxb!i.hed.-EOlTOR.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25
BIBLE THOUGHT

when these things begin to come to pass, then
look up and lift up your heads, for your redemP-
ton dra~eth nizhr' duke FL: 28)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-25

Out in the world-diStrust of one another,
And blindness 10 the warnings of their day;
Within the ycl--the glorious hope unfolding
The Bridegroom eometh," He j, on the way!
Ivy VI. Fordham.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-20
HIGHWAY TOLL OF DEAD AND INJURED
CAUSED BY DRINK DOUBLED IN YEARS

The number Of persons killed injured in the
United States in automobile accidents involving
drivers who had been drinking, doubled between
1893 and 1886.
In the same period the number of pedestrians
under the influence Of liquor. who were killed and
injured in traffic accidents, also more than doubled
All automobile accident deaths and injuries, ex-
GLIDING those in which drinking is known to have
been factor, showed an lis per cent Increase
from 1893 to 1886
These figures traffic experts claim, mean that
proportionatey there was nine times as large an
Increase in the number of traffic fatalities and in
iuries involving pedestrians and motorists who had
been drinking as m the casualties involving pedes-
TRANS and motorists who did not drink.
The pictogram above, based on the records Of a
broad spread of official state reports, shows that
the number of motor vehicle casualties from ac-
cidents in which drinking a factor, increased
from % 943 in 1893 to 1855 in 1884, increase
Of more than one-haIf. The number Of deaths and
injuries declined slightly in 1885 and then advanced
again in 1885, rising to total of 47,s2s.-united
States News.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-20
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT BEST

Alfred E. CAP Smith, home from month and
half in Europe, told the newspaper reporters
Europe is all notwithstanding and all that
but the American form of government is best"
That, practically without exception is the con-
cusion of every observant American who visits
Europe, and who has any opportunity at all of
getting an insight into affairs and conditions.
Even Norman Thomas, Socialist leader, who has
just returned from his first trip to Russia, where,
undoubtedly, he saw only what would give him the
best impression of the country and its government,
found grave evidence of rule by fear"
That comment, coming from man who might
well be prejudiced in favor of country under a
form of socialism, is nightly significant.
And the observations and conclusions OF these
two men, Al Smith and Norman Thomas, are about
all any of US should naed to convince US that we
will make big mistake If we do not adhere strict
ly to the American form of government.-Rock
Hill Is. Co. Herald.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-20
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
UNITED STATES AT THE CROSSROADS

There comes point with all governments where,
government is TO survive it must assert itself as
government or it must melt, wither and die in the
contempt Of civilization. It is not sufficient to as
sumo that dispute may be called liberal take
any other form and, because Of that, excuse the
invading Of those realms which threaten peace and
order, perchance the whole domestic security Of
the republic.
This nation is in great peril I behold America
as it now stands upon the eve of turbulence which
result in conflict inwardly very similar Co that
which preceded the Civil War between the states.
There is not state in our Union which just
now is not threatened with what may be called
form of riotous suspense. Everywhere there seems
to be conflict between what is called labor on the
one hand and employers on the other.
"Mr President, conditions cannot remain as they
are now. They bid too much danger that threaten
results too severe"
That il rot the assertion Of a steel magnate in
the strike area. Il is not the declaration of po-
Etical partisan. It is part of the plea Senator
lanes Hamilton Lewis made on the floor of the
United States senate Tuesday Senator Lewis
has been supporter of the president in most of
the ADMINISTRATORS program He is not given to
aIarmist utterances.
The senior senator from Illinois Is thoroughly
aroused to the seriousness of the possibilities in
yoIved in conditions that have developed in the
last few months The people apparently do not
realize what is happening. He assumes that even
those in authority do not appreciate the situation
and warns Of the danger that impendS.-Indian-
apolis Star.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-20
AS TO HISTORY
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

After reading the story of any
body's life or of any thing, | al
ways find myself wondering how
much Of what have read is true.
Since I find it difficult 20 get
the low-down on a man who lives
in my own time in my own city,
how can / hope to get it on some
chap who lived on the other side
of the world a thousand years
ago?
And on subjects which are con-
controversial, writer's commonly
dispute one another violently and
disagree Numerically. Who is
right? Anyhow if the story is
well told it is entertaining; and if
it deals with underlying prin-
ciples it furnishes food f 0 +
thought. If it is not true, it
might have been or perhaps ought
to have been.
But it is the part of wisdom
not to be too sure about what one
reads in history or biography.
Perhaps it was not so good or so
bad az pictured. Then again per-
haps it was better or worse.
NO THINKING WANTED
Socrates, noted Greek phil
osopher who lived twenty-four
hundred years ago, was condemn
ed to death by the political ring
of his time and place and sem
fenced to drink a deadly poison
made of hemIock bark. The
charge against Socrates was that
he disturbed the minds of the
people. What Socrates actually
did was to make the people think.
It is bad for the business Of poll
tical rings and others who exploit
the people if the people go TO
thinking. Hence anyone who
makes the people think is abhor-
rent to political rings.
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APPROACHING q, A NATIONAL SCANDAL"

Senator Byrd of Virginia continues to blister
the National Administration for its wastefulness Of
the tax revenues of the American people.
The senator is Democrat, but that does not
prevent him from speaking out in meeting when
he sees his own political household squandering the
money Of the people.
He reveals that the federal government is COM
pieting $50 homes at a cost of S14,00O,000 at
Greenbelt or "Tugwelton," Maryland. The cost
for each unit or home" IS TO be about Sl6, 1872.
This is a part of the Reinstatement Administra-
ton" In the fiscal year Just ended this admins
tration" called for the expenditure of S260,00O,-
900.
The homes in the Highstown project in New Jer
sey cost about $4,000 each.
Plenty of people in Charlotte, in North Carolina
and in the nation at large are paying federal taxes
to build these $4,000 and $1s, 1000 experimental
homes in Maryland who themselves live in modest
residences that are not worth the half of that
No wonder Senator Byrd brands such expendi-
lures of the taxes of American people as approach
ing "a national scandal"
Indeed it would appear that they have already
arrived there.-Charlotte Observer
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-20
EVERYTHING GOING UP, BUT
WAGES

It's no surprise at all to me, %
find the public RACES
Since everything is going up, yes!
Everything but wages.
The rich men all are getting sore,
because of increased taxes.
The poor man feeling most the
pinch, of course his anger
wakes.
1t surely is sorry world, with all
it's human wrongs,
And difficult to place the blame
Just where the blame belongs.
It's hard to get these profiteers,
their profits to dis-gorge
For everyone will shift the blame,
and put it back on George.
IF happy days ARE here again.
with prosperous times in view
Then the Public's share is mighty
slim, so it must be for the
few.
With foods all up, and rents ad-
vanced, some trouble it pre-
sages,
So you'll agree, I think with me,
It's time they raised our
wages.
-KEMPSTER.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-20
THE ISLE OF PALMS
lBy MAUpE WADDEL)

-y,y1s6Y M"NSt1I1; WAL
CIeaf against the western light,
A palm tree lifts 4 trond.
And paints the clouds Tor sheer
delight,
With natures magic wand.
Pink from off the roses bIuh,
And white Of lilies horn,
A painting done in CwilighJ's hush,
A rose without i thorn.
But on this island Of tn eSea,
Bright with the sunsets balm,
The eastern sky in rivalry.
Presents its own sweet charm.
In radiant glow It's BRILLIANT blue,
Finds answer in the waves.
Where tipped in white their sap
phine hue. ..
The western suSet braves.
The white sands shine. their hum
bic way
So like the great Of earth,
Clothed in humility, whose future
dav
Shows forth their glorious
worth.
Here clouds and sky and waters
blend.
And palms and flowers give
Their sweet refreshmenC % the
end
That it is JOY to live.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-20

Tor TACT.
How can a writer interpret the
thoughts, emotions a n d motives
Of a person perhaps dead a thou
sand years, when the chances are
he cannot accurately interpret his
own thoughts, emotions and mo-
tives?
And in the matter of reported
statements and actions, how diff
ficult 1t is TO know whether the
reports are accurate, since Cos
sip and rumor-with scant regard
for truth-play such an import
ant part in the stories of every
boys affairs.
Since the biol apher must
make his work more or less en-
tertaining if it is TO be readable,
hence punishable the temptation
to dress it up a bit may be press
ing.