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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24
HI, THERE, MACAULAYl WE HAVE
YOUR NUMBER!
(By BRUCE CATTON)

President Roosevelt, with his frequent
turnings to classical English literature in
his speeches, is going to give the country
an education in English literature, if moth
ing else. He set thousands to thumbing
through Milton when he christened Al
Smith, "the Happy Warrior" and his fire.
quent quotations from Alice in Wonder
land have made him kin to the many peo-
pie to whom Lewis Carroll is a minor
prophet.
In taking on Thomas Darlington Macau-
lay, as he did in his speech at Roanoke
Island, Mr. Roosevelt is carrying the fight
pretty directly into the political enemies
camps, for the famous Macaulay letter he
quoted at great length was widely circu-
lated against Roosevelt during recent po-
litical campaigns. Copies of it, in pamph-
let and reprint form, were published as a
direct attack on New Deal spending.
Those people whose first reaction is to
ask who is this guy Macaulay?" need
only to think back to school days to have
the rhyme come back:
In yon strait path a thousand may well
be stopped by three;
Now who will stand on either hand and
keep the bridge with me?"
That was Macaulay, and anyone who
has heard "Horatius at the Bridge" recited
by popeyed eighth-grader will remember
him.
Macaulay, 100 years ago, was an Eng
lish writer and politician. He was Whig
roughly equivalent today to a Liberty
League Republican. He wrote a series of
famous essays, and 2O-pound History of
England that was almost as popular in
that day as Gone With the Wind is in this.
Before he was eight years old, this prodigy
had written a Compendium of Universal
History, and poems in II books.
Macaulay's work was so highly es-
teemed that he was made Lord MacauIay
There seems little doubt that he believed
sincerely in rule by select, favored and
talented class; that pure democracy" or
as he called it, rule by "the poorest and
most Ignorant part of society,"" was doom
ed to destroy sooner or later liberty OF
civilization, or both"
at is quite plain" wrote Olympian Ma
caulay ,'that our government will never
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24

When the argument arises as 10
which nation has the war-guilt re-
sponsibility, look at the record:
Which side struck first? On whose
soil was the war waged? When
two men fight and are taken to
court, who is adjudged the ag-
gressor? The one who hit the
first blow. The same with nations.
And since fights between nations
are so much more terrible than
fights between individuals, the
family of nations should take
such steps as will prevent wars
between nations by sufficiently
Furnishing a nation which strikes
first and which invades another's
territory.
Every civilized nation should
boycott Italy and Japan and re-
fuse to have any dealings what
ever with either of them until
Italy withdraws her troops from
Ethiopia and restores that land to
its people and until Japan gets
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24
7 II e N EW DEAL
IN WASHINGTON
-RY RODNEY BUTCHER,
By hODNEl DUILiiI,n
SEA Service Staff Correspondent

" AS HING TON,-Lcss than
" three years ago the admins
tration fashioned a moose for its
opponents and rebels. Now the
same administration has found its
own neck in that moose.
Away back in Republican DAYS
the air rang intermittently with
Democratic bowls in the House
about the gag rules" which were
effectively administered by the
triumvirate of Speaker Longworth,
Majority Leader TilSon and Rules
Committee Chairman Smell.
The old Republican rules used
TO say that the House couldn't
even instruct a committee to let
loose Of a bill except by a ma
Iority vote, and in practice this
meant that the committee chair
man usually could pocket veto"
legislation if he liked, and that
practically no Unsatisfactory"
measure ever got by Smell.
Then the Democrats, who had
been screaming so loudly, found
themselves with a majority in
1881 and promptly liberalized the
discharge rule, requiring only las
signatures to petition to force a
vote.
In the next Congress Democrats
were completely in control and
under the l45-nameS rule insur-
gents began to get petitions on
"cash bonus" and other bills en-
barraSsing to the administration.
So what did the Democratic lead
ership do but jam through a new
rule requiring a majority-2l8
signatureS-to discharge a bill
from committee and onto the
floori
This bird came home to roost
just the other day when southern
members Of the Rules Committee
Joined with Republicans in refus-
ing to bring to the House floor
the wage-hour bill approved by
the Labor Committee almost
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24

unanimously and urged by the
administration. 1t would have
been easy enough 10 get las sig
natures for a discharge petition,
and probably, with enough time,
TO obtain 2l8.
But the House and its leaders
were in the main ycarning for adj
journmcnt and it would have
taken at least a month to get the
wagc-hour bill 10 vote, thanks
to other provisions Of the gag
rule"
ONE does not pretend TO believe
that the official House leader
ship was all hot and bothered
about getting the wage-hour bill
out of the Rules Committee or
broke their neckS in trying.
Speaker Will Bankhcad and Ma
jority Leader Sam Rayburn are a
couple OF southern gentlemen and
only a handful of members from
south of the MaSon-Dixon line
favored the measure.
Bankhead was considered def
nitely hostile to the bill by most
of those who talked with him and
observed him. Rayburn was Bit
ter at the unprecedented action OF
Democratic Rules Committee
memoirs joining with Republican
members to block the bill.
But Rayburn also. was deeply
impressed by the barrage Of argu-
ment against the bill from SOUTH
ern members who cornered him
every time they caught him any
where near a corner.
The four congressman credited
with blocking the measure after
it had passed the Senate and been
reported favorably by the House
Labor Committee were Rules
Committee Members Edward Cox
of Georgia, Martin Dies of Texas.
William Driver of Arkansas, and
Howard Smith Of Virginia.
GoDyrleht 1897 iSEA Service Inc.h
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24
ABOUT TAKING
LONG CHANCES

What did the recent adventure
and sacrifice of the worlds great
est woman filler prove?
1t proved nothing that we did
not already know; namely, that
flying vehicles are rreacherouS.
They always will be treacherous
for the reason that their operation
is a continuous violation of one
of natures most powerful and in
eXorable laws-the law of gravi-
tatiOn-the law which keeps this
earth from. flying to pieces as it
whirls in space at the terrific
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24
LEGAL WINERIES. Sim,

coming up the mountain whom y
comes, because jus, below u,
Tryon Daily Bulletin .arryir
the advertisement O.. .w. v1r"' '
les in the adjoin.n- eun,v d,
Polk, famous long a.. III. ur.
and grapes but more ..gr,,r ~.
grapes only. Just uyu. .a Star.
line its big brother lauium Z.
the nearest point for .,u,. wi.
ing to invest legally .g r.orn,.
things TryOn grape -,. for I,
cents in HcndcrSonviI,. and AN,
quoted at zoe at home in ,ac Er,
letin. larger basket. urrsar,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24
BLASTS NEAR BERLIN
KILL II, INJURE 81

BERLIN, Aug. 2i.-(UP)-
Twelve firemen were killed, one
was missing and 81 workers were
injured in two explosions at the
power plant at Untcrlucs, $50
miles west of Berlin, it was an
nounced officially today.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24

X El pOSSCSSlOil III Italy OElN
"a TO forge an African empire i
Eritrea, blazing hot desert Ian,
stretching along the western
shores Of the Red Sea. Through
his torrid area is being routet
he foreign trade of central italian
East Africa, and already hide:
and skins, brought to the coast b,
caravan, are showing up as th(
first Ethiopian exports.
Lying closest to Adds Abab;
and DeSSye, primitive AsSab. small
italian port of southern Eritrea
looms as the real center of thi.
smpire-building drive. Less tina:
10 years ago, an Italian shipping
company bought ASSab from a ma.
live sultan for $4,000 in debasec
Austrian coin, and today the
italians patrol no less than 600,.
300 square miles surrounding it
ASSab and then Eritrea were the
irSt steps in this vast march OF
colonization which has covered
more than six times as much ter
ritory as the mother country con-
.ainS.
Oppressive heat is the white
mans burden in this Italian CO.
onial drive. Even a dip in the
Red Sea off Eritrea proves none
100 cooling, since the water con-
SANITY runs a temperature in the
30s. And because of the climate,
the camel caravan continues ~
exemplify the one transportation
method. An Eritrean camel is
shown on an Erirea stamp issued
n 1884.
lCopyright. 1877. NEA Service. Inc
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24
HITLER'S BOOK POPULAR

BERLIN. OUPD-Taor m.lIo,
copies of Adolf Hitler, back
"Mein Kampf." IN which hc Land
down guiding principle, .o. Grr
man policy. have moss been ,.a
it is announced here.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24
CITY DEBT IN ERROR

ALBANY, Ore. (UP). - Since
1892 this city has had a $4,000
Indebtedness marked on its books,
apparently for sewers under one
Of the main streets. The city coun-
eli began to wonder recently why
no demand had been made for
payment. An investigation dis
closed that the city did not &C
tually owe the money-it had
been placed on the books by er-
ror Is years ago.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24

If you calmly analyze war yOE
will find nothing glorious about
it; it is simply a hideouS manifes-
tation of mankind's lowest, vileSt,
most vicious emotions.
There has never been a war
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24
SEE FLOWER SHOW. p

column has lots Co ,ar us
flowers; too much. VI. ''
friendly critics. Let u...... ~..s
by attending the f.ua.r ...p .lr
afternoon, tonight aW ..m.. "'
morning. You will b. amazed ~ ~
the wonderful f!owr. nm. .. /"
munity grows.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24

that was eXcuS-
able; there has
never been a war
that was not pre-
ventable. There
is no reason for
a nation to fight
except to protect
itself from inva-
sion by barbar-
ianS - and any
nation which in
vades another is
barbaric and to
that extent corr
posed of barbar-
ianS.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24

specd of a thousand miles an
hour.
OF course one must die anyhow
sometime: but proper prOlonga-
ton of life seems advisable in or
der to learn what we can from
this existence; therefore it would
appear to be the part of wisdom
to engage as far as practicable in
activities where the odds are in
our favor.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24

or day students. provided
can show good cause. "0'r
They are still making ...
women in the old-,su ~ and
Mars Hill and the ou..., ' az
commendablc. very
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24
BIBLE THOUGHT
SEVEN MARKS OF REAL PRAYER
flames 5:l3-lSl

(JameS 0:lo-lo)
/. Individual prayer-'let him pray w. 49,
3. United prayer-"et them pray w. l4)'
3, Believing prayer-"the prayer of faith w.
15).
a. Reciprocal prayer-"pray one for another
(v. l6a).
S. Efee,ual prayer-"The effectual feryen'
prayer" ". lob.
6, Earne,, prayer-"he prayed earnestly w.
~. 90,
Z. Continued prayer-"he prayed again W. io'
H c. Rodine in Moody Monthly.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24
LET'S LOOK AT FACTS
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

out of China and stops molcsting
the Chinese.
Women play a large and influ-
entail part in getting wars going
and in keeping them going. Usual
ly they are pictured as weeping
over wars and prospects of wars
and as expressing sweet, tender,
lovely emotions. But the bald fact
is they encourage their men to
fight and taunt them and scOrn
them if they hesitate to fight UNI
til by sheer force of their praise
and their contempt they drive
their men to war.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24
DROPPED FROM THE SKY

The recent frightful systematic
air bombing by Japan of China's
second largest city is not only
sickening but terrifying. Who
knows what the world is in for
now that the modern scientific
agencies of human destruction
have gotten into the hands of bar
barians who are cocky, capable,
constituencies, courageous and
cruel? Man employs the intelli-
gence God gave him to create in
struments for other men to kill
him.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24

Inc parachute jumper who leaped 220O feet into
bedroom window probably will provide nspira-
ton for future French farces.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24

'Snisning era note: Salt Lake City teachers will
NO longer be allowed to accept apples from their
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-24

THE Western Hemisphere obtains most OF It's radu IRON
Canada deposit the shores of Great Bear Lake Before
this discovered most Of the worlds supply came %
Belgian Congo and sold for $4,000 Or more thar
twice the present price.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28
NaZi Influence.

I'VE been talking with friend just
l. back from Germany. In old days,
| liked Germany as land flowing
with gemuetlich and good beer and
a superior line Of liverWurst. l Won
der whether I'd like it so well now.
Because this fellow says every
minute everybody must give the
Nazi salute and say, Hell, Hitler!"
If a citizen wants his eggs fried,
he says first to the wuiter, Hell,
Hitler" If he wants 'em turned
over, he says it twice-once for
each egg.
There's swastika flag flying over
practically every house. Absence
Of swastika flag signifies that the
folks who used to live there are now
in the hoosegow for failing to fly
same.
My friend may have exaggerated
somewhat, but, think, not much,
because while talking we came
abreast Of a Leiderkranz cheese in
a delicatesen store window and
involuntarily he said, Hell, Hit
ler!"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28
Nominating Barkley.

CANVASSES show Senate Leader
~ Alben Barkley gaining as pos
sible Democratic nominee in 1910.
It's high time we had somebody
from Paducah for President. For
hundred and fifty-odd years this
republic has fooled along without
one of our local boys sitting up
there in the White House, writing
messages to congress condemning
the use of sugar in cornbread and
proclaiming that, if any traitor
dares to pull down fried catfish,
shoot him on the spot.
With Alben on the job, we'll not
only have homegrown craftsmanship
in job lots, but silver -throated ora
tory, which, by comparison, would
make Patrick Henry seem like a
tongue-tied man suffering from
chapped lips. For Al can talk an
hour and never use the same word
twice or the letter ''r" once.
Nominate Barkley and that night
there won't be a dry throat in Nc
Cracker county. Elect Barkley
and-well, I always did think I'd
make middling fair Secretary of
the Interior; certainly nobody could
botch up the Indian bureau worse
than it is.
IRWIN S. COBB.
G-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28
Champion Crooks.

TRUST California to turn up with
l. a worlds champion Of some
thing. They arrested man on sus-
picion of burglary and forgery and
organizing training school for ju-
venile criminals and first one little
thing and then another.
Surely that would seem to be ca
reer enough, but this party had ad-
ditional claims to recognition. He
admitted he had been sentenced
to forty-nine terms in various jails
and penitentiaries, which in itself
would seem to constitute an inter-
national record, and said that in
forty-three of these cases he had
been paroled. He didn't explain
how the big hearted parole boards
failed to turn him loose before he
finished those remaining six SEN
tenceS.
1t must be profound regret to the
boys in Alcatraz and other bide-a-
wee homes conducted by the feder-
al government that, owing to the
cruel refusal of Uncle Sam to go
into the paroling business on a
wholesale basis. none of them, how
ever ambitious. has a chance to
equal this splendid showing.
The honor remains where prop
erly it belongs, constituting a mag
nificent tribute to the beautiful
mush-headed theory that a state S
prison should be a clearing house
and not a strong-box with a time.
lock on it.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28
Necessary Asset

why do you spend so much time
on the crease of your pants?" asked
the rural father of his college son.
1T is very important, dad, not TO
wear baggy trousers, he said.
important, is it? Did you ever
see a statue of a famous man who
didn't wear baggy trousers? ?"-Auto-
mobilist.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28
Idea of the Month

Inventor-Sir, 1 have here an idea
for making automobile tenders so
they can't be bent out of shape in
collisions.
Auto Engineer-That's impossible
unless you make them out of rub
Der, and we've tried that.
Inventor-Sir. my idea is alto
gether different. propose to make
them out of glass
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28

All people who suffer occasionally
from headaches ought to know
this way to quick relief.
At the first sign of such pain.
take two Bayer Aspirin tablets
with half glass of water. Some
times if the pain is unusually
severe, one more tablet is neces-
sary later, according to directions.
If headaches keep coming back
we advise you to see your own
physician. He will look for the
cause in order to correct it.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28

still be out of luck
because he'd be in
Jail.
Hundreds Of thou
sands of aliens are
on relief here. Many
of them slipped
across the borders
through leaks in our
immigration laws
and brought their
folks with them, al
so to be cared for
at the taxpayers
- @
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28
REMEDIES

introduce our Concentrated Health Foods,
we make this startling offer! Vegetable
Equalizers! General Tonici Alkalinizer!
100 Capsules 81. Hurry! Barry Pacific Co.,
Distributors, Box 26S. San Diego, Calf.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28

expense. Some are
avowed enemies of our form Of
government.
Steps to oust such parasites are
baked on the ground that to do so
would work hardships on their fam
lilies. You could say the same thing
for bedbugS.
We're starting to register these
non-residents. But it's to be vol
untary" registration, not compul-
sorry. Any person in the audience,
besides Madame Perkins, who be-
lieves the undesirables will come
a-running to list themselves, and
risk deportation thereby. kindly
raise the right hand.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28

When a girl wears her heart on
her sleeve, is it cali to arms?
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28
lU(At O
~ E2 u q IN
O.NI,>bb
NUvDb1 about
Relief for Aliens.

CANTA MONICA, CALF.
~ If an American were
dependent on public charity
in any continental country,
he'd be out of luck and out of
that country, too, as quickly
as they could throw him out.
If, in addition, he openly attacked
the government of that country, he'd
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28
Red, White and Blue,

Pretty Young Lady Doctor,
please tell me what to do for my
stomach.
Doctor-Dieti
Pretty Young Lady CATER mo-
ment of hesitation) on)-Er-what color,
doctor?
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28
His Idea

His Idea
Mrs. Snythe took her husband
to mannequin parade. An eve
ming gown worn by an extremely
pretty model attracted her atten-
ton.
"That would look nice at our
party next Saturday" she said,
hoping her husband would buy it
for her.
eyes" agreed Mr.. Snythe.
'Why not invite her?"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28
Take All

Take All
Old-Fashioned Girl-All my life
I've been saving my kisses for a
man like you.
Modern Young MAXWELL, pre-
pare to lose the savings of life
time.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28
Schools Out

Schools Out
Professor-Now if 1 were to be
dogged, what would that be?
Class (in unison)-That would
be corporal punishment.
Professor-But if I were to be
beheaded?
Class (still in unison)-That
would be capital.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28
First Step

"Today's my wife's birthday" "
said the manager to his assistant.
81 want her to be very happy
when I go home this evening. Can
you suggest anything?"
eyes, sir; I'd suggest you re-
move that lipstick from your
ear"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28

A scientist says that fish shrink
after death. Not when it's an
angler who lands them.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-09
School Benefit
Club Organized

Hover-Teachers' reception was
given at the Hover school Friday
evening. Following the program q
business meeting was held and q
Rtverview school benefit club or
ganized. Officers elected were as
follows; president, Mrs. Louis Cas-
sinatt; vice president, Carl Evans
and secretary, Mrs. Harry Benson
Meetings are to be held the second
Wednesday Of each month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Gilmore Of
Milton visited her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. G. Ashby Monday.
Mr.. Fred Fraser Of Seattle visit.
ed Harry Hampton Sunday.
Bud Mcintyre Is home from Yaki.
ma or q two weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bartholomew anc
daughter from California are visit.
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Num-
Dinner guests at the j. E. Coch.
ran home Wednesday evening, In.
cluded Reverend and Mrs. Vincen,
from Spokane, Reverend and Mrs
Hornibrook from Finley, Mr.. anc
Mrs. w. F. Ashby and Mr.. and Mrs
r. G. AShby.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-09
THE AGE LIMIT

The ALE LlMll .-a-. H., = =
The recent tendency among en-
ployers of labor to refuse jobs to
persons more than 40 years old has
become SO serious that even Pres.
Roosevelt is urging industry to give
a fair share of the new jobs to men
over 49," The practice of estab-
fishing an age limit, shutting out
all applicants for employment who
cannot comply, is certain to de-
prive industry of valuable human
material. There is need for healthy,
vigorous young men, it is true. But
there is also need for skill, steadi-
ness, experience, keen Judgment and
mature wisdom. These come with
age. The average man does not
realize life's responsibilities until he
reaches middle age. The average
Kennewick citizen beyond 40, for
instance, may have lost some Of his
strength and agility by this time,
but he has gained more than enough
in experience to compensate for
those losses. And what is true OF
residents of this community is true
of the residents of every section Of
the u. S. employers, who frown at
men over 40 not only work an in
justice to such men themselves but
frequently impair their own best
interests.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-09

Mrs. John Cochran had the mis-
fortune to sprain her knee Sunday
Robert and Wilbert Mills and
John Num- returned last week from
Twinlow. where they attended a
Nazarene young peoples conven-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McFadden
spent the weekend and Labor Day
in walla walla.
Mrs. j. E. Cochran held a fam
ily reunion with her children over
Labor Day. Those attending includ-
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Kelly and
daughters from Portland, Mr.. and
Mrs. Glen Kelly from Bremerton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Kelly from
Spokane and Mrs. Lane Bafur and
daughter from Spokane.
Miss Margaret Mccoy left Mon
day to spend a week in Portland.
Rex Ashby and daughters, Thel-
ma, Shirley and Ellen. and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. F.. Ashby motored to Pros
ser Sunday.
Don Moss from Umapine' visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Moss Sum
day.
Dick Lyons is employed at Pasco
Dinner guests at the w. F. Ash
by home Thursday evening included
Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Cochran, Rev.
and Mrs. Vincent of Spokane and
Rev. and Mrs. Hornibrook Of Fin
ley.
Charles Moss from Umapine visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Moss Mon
day. Il .s..H..
Larry Dimick started working for
Bill Blair Tuesday.