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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06
LENoIR NEWSPAPERS CONSOLIDATE

Announcement is made in LenOir that
The Caldwell Record, weekly published
there for several years, has been sold to
and consolidated with The News-Topic,
the old semi-weekly published in Lenoir
for the past 90 years.
Newspaper consultations, of course, are
not a new development-in fact in this
day of high cost of publishing newspapers,
and the many other difficulties encoun-
tered by publishers, suspensions, CONSOLE
dations and other business-hke arrange
ments for avoiding bankruptcy are of COM
mon occurrence-but the noticeable and
impressive thing about the Lenoir transac-
ton was the statements made by the re-
firing owner of The Record and the man.
agement of The News-TOpic. We think a
few paragraphs from these statements are
worth quoting.
For example, in his farewell statement
to the public, Sam S. Jennings, owner of
The Record, among other things, said:
ain view of the fact that Lenoir can best be
served by one good newspaper, we have volun-
tarily and upon our own voition, sold the Cald-
well Record to the Lenoir News-Topic, effective
with this ISSUE believing that it is to the best in
terests of the city and the county to consolidate
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06
MIR. JUSTICE BLACK

Saving that it was a sour Joke President
Roosevelt played ON the country and Hugo
Black when he placed Senator Black on
the Supreme Court bench. The Charlotte
News commented in part as follows when
Mr.. Justice Black took his seat on the
highest bench:
"For q halr.hour or more Saturday morning an
Associated Press teletypcr ratified out excerpt al
ten excerpt from newspaper editorials on Nh. JUS
lice Blacks foot-to-the- fire chat of the night be-
fore. From New York, Miami Richmond Buffalo,
Springfield. Chicago, Terre Haute, Detroit and
dozens of other places these comments came, and
the remarkable thing about them was that they
were unanimous in deprecating the whole business
of his nomination. confirmation and Klan state
mrnts a. lamenta0le. Their tenor ranged from
outrage to sheer embarrassment.
Even SO, their unanimous dsfavor toward Black
IS proof undeniaby, that he takes office today
with a considerable and articuate volume of pro
test ringing about his head; and that is bad
omen for the rest of the Roosevelt administration,
The worst of it is that the president apparently
went out of his way to play a practical joke on
the supreme court and the country, with the re-
suit that supreme court justice was made the
butt Of IT,"
lie address to the country in reference to
MS Ku KluX Khan connection, some of his
partisanS went to work to try to make the
matter a closed incident in the public 5
thinking. This attempt was failure. as
subsequent developments prove.
As The Charlotte News points out an
overwhelming majority of the newspapers
of the country were critical in their atti-
tude TO Justice Blacks speech-many of
them were severe in their condemnation
of the speech, and a number continue to
voice diSapproval of the man and his rec
ord, i'm addition to their disapprOval of his
Khan affilatiOn.
The country's criticism of Justice Black
however. is not confined to the newSpa-
pers A majority of the politicians and
public men who have made statements,
are on the side of the newspaper majority.
In the latter case, it should not be over
looked that among the SevereSt critics OF
Justice Black, and those outSpOken in con-
demnation of his appointment by PreS-
dent Roosevelt, are found some of the
leading new deal journals of the country.
Justice Black is on the bench of the
cOuntry's highest court, but there is moth
ing at present TO indicate that the storm
which has ragged about his appointment
has been stilled. In fact, it appears to be
fairly certain that it will continue to rage.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06
THE NEW y E a L
IN WASHIN GTON
BY RODNEY DuTCHER-
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
kEH Service StaH Correspondent

democracy is interested.
Ludlow's amendment wouldn't
apply in case the United States or
its territory were invaded and any
of its citizens killed. But other
wise. in case of threatened trou-
BILE no war could be declared I'M
less a majority of citizens Votea
ave on the question: shall lne
limited States declare war on -!
WPA rolls have hit bottom for
the current year and are now
expected to increase from moh'h
to month. ,
Number of persons employed
shrank from this years peak OF
.2l45, 900 in February to l,4oo'ooo
in mid-Septembcr. There were
still 100000 WPA workers at lhe
end of May and most OF those
dropped after that date were tax
en- off because Congress limited
WPA appropriations to Sl,5OO'oVV'-
600. iii,
The extent to which persons Wi,
be added TO the rolls as coIG
weather goes on is uncertain ahG
depends, according to unoilic'al
advices, largely on the extent u
which business continues 10 re-
cover and expand private employ
ment.
Congress provided that the APP
propriation be divided in twelve
parts but gave no directions as &c
how much money should be spen'
in any given month. The drastic
summer slash in the rolls WIS
meant TO assure enough funds foi
winter and spring, assuming puSi-
ness continued to improve. WA
NAV or may not be back at Capt.
fol Hill for more before the fiscal
year is out. ,,.,,, Inc,
copyright. 1897. NEA Service lne''
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A PUBLIC MENACE

During the month of August there were lOl
persons killed on the highways of North Carolina
by automobiles according to figures compiled by
the motor vehicle bureau. These deaths were the
result of 646 wrecks in which addition to the lOl
killed, there were 776 persons injured. Just think
of it. Nearly thousand in all. Should not such
staggering facts cause us all to realize more the
growing Importance of exercising more care on the
part of all? When will we open our eyes to the
cold fact that automobiles when eareessly or I'M
properly handled are a public menace?-Mocks-
vile Enterprise.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06
STORIES IN
S; = 4 kIp$$
.MeacA's AFRICAN

I Asst independent sovereignty
- OF Africa, picturesque Liberia
struggles today toward the same
Utopian dreams that brought 1t
into existence almost 100 years
ago. Covering 43 900 square miles,
the tiny state lies on the western
coast of Africa, between Sierra
Leone and the Ivory Coast.
Only place in all Africa where
the black man rules, Liberia is IN
fact an American "protectorate. -
The story goes back to 1871. Az
that time Thomas Jefferson had
advocated the gradual abolition Of
slavery by Acknowledgement, de-
portation and colonization. And a
great many Negroes subsequently
were freed. BY 1900 the number
of these free Negroes became
alarming.
So in 1916 the American Coloni-
cation Society tackled the prob
lem. With government aid. in
1921. a strip of African coast was
purchased and the work OF eoloni-
cation started amid great difficult
ties. The project survived, how
ever. and in l847 the little rcpub-
lie was formed and Liberia took
her place among the family OF ma
tons. The form Of government
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06
MORE ABOUT WORK: Anent

The subject Of WHO'S W0rkln",
here's an instance that simply
diSgusts me every time ponder
it. A mother and wife who has
had much easier days than she is
having now. leaves her home t."
accept work elsewhere to help
maintain a home and son-in-Iaw
and daughtcr-in-law while they
and her own children are finishing
AN education. When children sub
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06

W O rs [ enemies,
save the high
tariff. the south
ever had.
Now the Rev
crend Joseph IL.
Harvey, Of Troy,
Ala, informs me
graciouSly that |
have done Mis-
SiSsippi too much
honor and Ala
bama not enough
for it was pen
Grating minded
persons of En-
ter priS q, Ala,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06
STARTS NEW YEAR: The


Chamber of Commerce begins Il
new year with Harry f. Buc-
hanan, supremacy fitted for the
job, as president. Mr.. Buchanan
has been a faithful director. Civ
ing of time and going places for
the organization. He has a wide
acquaintance in North Carolina
and has Il way Of getting things
done.
The members must be well sat
isfcd with the 1897 organization
in that they did not drop Il single
one Of tn" old directors whose
names were submitted To them on
the printed ballot handled by mail.
With no internal strife and de
fcctionS the board stands in q
good position to get in some good
service for this section.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06

An instrument ha. been d.vrl-
oprd by United States govern
mrnt scientists to determine when
new concrete is dry enough for
wooden flooring to be laid oyer
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06
SOON BE PAVING: Road paw.

SOON BE PAVING: Road paw
ing will soon be in progress again
i'm our midst. Stone Is being UNI
loadrd IN mountain-lik" proper
tionS from the railroad on Fifth
avenue west, whence it will be-
placed on the new IicndcrsouyiIlr-
East Flat Rock boulevard. Our
ncighbor will then be about three
minutes distant and wen soon for
get just where We wanted the
speedway built.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06
OWED TO A BUG

Some time ago in this column
| mentioned that citizens in Mis-
sissippi had erected Il monument
10 the boil wccvil-onc of the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06

Two tiny specks off the southern coast of New
foundland the only remaining territorial pos
sessions of France in North America. They are
the islands of Miquelon and st. Pierre. s,,,F st,s.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06
RUSSIA AND GERMANY

An American electrical cnEl-
nccr who was called to Russia in
his professional capacity, said that
one thing impressed him forcibly:
Russians business is everybody
business. For instance, ut a con-
ference of experts to consider Il
strictly engineering problem. a
house painter horned in and had
as much to say about the matter
as anybody else.
In Germany a house painter by
the name of Hitler has more to
say about everything than any
body else. And what he says goes.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06
HERE AND THERE
By WICKES WAMB0LDT

the boil wccviI first M AIabma
Some persons thought the state
doomed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06

nit to such by a mother qucS-
ton the wisdom Of further edu-
eating them. It's time then to
root hog or die.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1913
BIBLE THOUGHT

HOPE AND WAIT clam ":Zo)
These all died in faith. not having RECEIVED
the promises" lfieb. ll:I3J
Have you ever stood in line at the window OF 4"
bank waiting to cash u check" Behold these Il"
Hebrews. chapter eleven! What a long proceSSio"
holding pronissory notes. The brain grows dizzy
10 count them Eve Abraham. Hagar, Jacob, Han
nah Samuel. David. Esther. Simeon. Anna, Zacha-
rims Elizabeth. and ON and on down to you and
nr: waiting, waiting, waiting.
(TO be- continued
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$4,000 FOR $500: Here's a

$4,000 FOR $500: Here's
recipe whereby any Western Car
DINA resort can invest $500 and
make $4,000 in the next 80 days.
There are no patents or copy
rights on the plan. Spend $500
for advertising in South Carolina
and Georgia newspapers, telling
them of the glories of our Indian
Summer and the colors Of the for
cstS upon which their eyes might
feast this fall. Invite our neigh
bors' 10 run up merely for the
weekend. rest overnight and visit
some outstanding nearby noun
tain peaks or scenic points like
Pisgah, Mitchell. Caesars Head,
Chimney Rock. or the Smokes.
This would turn the trick and
would prove golden harvest for
about three wcck-cnds in October
and November. What Il pity WcS-
tern North Carolina doesn't have
fund for such a purpose. cult
waiting "A field within n radius Of
about 800 miles.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06
A Belle of Yesterday
HORIZONTAL
~ a stage star

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of the 1905.
Is Arabian.
IL Chooses by
ballots.
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g VilhfeS.
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% Loss Of power
of motion.
a Southwest.
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clcctromOtlvc
force.
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% Banai.
81 Genus Of
evergreen
shrubs.
81 HeadStrOng.
81 Egg-shaped.
81 To come IN.
81 High.
Sc God Of war.
10 To dcvour.
IL Southeast.
10 DevihSh.
10 Per.
10 Measure OF
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06

W a s p a t.
termed after
I h a I OF
I'm i I G d
s [ a [ e s.
Typical Lii
b e r | a n
s I a mp is
that Of 1906.
shown here.
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all Of the time, but you can fool
enough of them all the time TO
make ring politics 4 puSh-oNcr.
TIME TO WAKE UP
4 canny Scotchman who came
to the United States when he was
a young man and who has been
in business in Boston for thirty
years, writes me in part: "Whcn
| came to this country The change
from our governmental methods
i'm Scotland to what | found here
was so great that it took me Il
wear or two to find out what 1t
was all about; and then every
thing looked so good to me that
| did not realize there was any
thing for the mere citizen to
think about or worry about in the
political field at all. Like a lot
Of other people | have had occa-
sion to revise that opinion"
Most Of us Americans who
have lived here all our lives do
not vet realize that there is any
thing in the political field for the
mere citizen to think about or
worry about.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-06
IN AMERICA

You can't fool all Of the people
all Of the time, but you can fool
enough of them all the time to
make ring politics Il puSh-oycr.
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Copyright. 1897. NEA Seryier. iDesA :s
The Western news., 1937-06-24

eral government alone, an increase
since 1916 of 80 per cent, the League
stated
The League forsees further in
crease since it is expected that the
administration of the social security
program alone will ultimately call
for 250,000 workers. a statement by
the League said. Forty per cent of
the employees Of the federal gov
ernment are now exempt from the
civil service law.
In the state governments there
are about 100000 employees. Their
annual pay checks total about S340,-
000,000 Yet only Il states operate
any sort of merit system. In the
county and municipal governments
there are almost 100000 employees
who receive more than $1,000 000,-
900. There are SIC counties in the
country. Only 40 operate under the
provisions of a civil service law.
There are $500 cities of over 10000
population. Fewer than 400 boast
any kind of merit system
The League added that of these
400 cities, the system was inef-
fective in about 200.
The Western news., 1937-06-24
Is YearsAgO InLibby|

(From the file of the Western News)
Four large lumber companies and
a company that vii lestablish a pulp
mill are now negotiating with local
forestry officials for timber upon
which to operate. There is every
prospect the deals will be made and
that several new mills will soon be
established in the vicinity of Libby
The Boy Scouts of Libby will
start on July to hike to Bull lake.
in the western part of Lincoln coun-
ty. where they will hold a Scout
tournament, which will consist
largely of hunting, fishing, swim
ming and studies in astrology. BIZ
ology and botany.
The people of Montana will pass
a direct primary law at the cleo
ton this fall, unless something is
done to prevent it.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Pier and Miss
Lenora Pier of Woonsocket, S. D.,
have been in the city during the
past week, having stopped off here
while on their way to the west
coast. Mrs. Pier is sister of Mrs.
w. H Gray and they have been
guests at the Gray home.
w. B. Jefferson, who has charge
of the lawn and parking at the
school house. now has the big lawn
in fine condition and it is one of
the beauty spots of the town.
Ed Mulcrone left Monday for his
old home in Butte.
Lew Spencer of Whitefish came
in Sunday, having accepted a posi-
ton here.
B. M. Thomas was in town Sun
day from his ranch on Rainy creek.
where he raises prize vegetables,
fruit and copper mines.
Mortified, Mimi, are here visiting
their son, Fred H. Keller, the jew
eler They expect to remain in
town for six or eight weeks.
Miss Arlene Harris went to Troy
Sunday to visit at the Whiting
home
Senator J. E. Leary has been in
California during the past week on
mining business.
Mrs. J. c. Friend and children
have been visiting in Gateway dur
ing the past week.
L. Fl. Faust and G. w. Millett left
Friday for Chicago to attend the
republican national convention.
A. M Hoffman and w. w. Blew,
Jr., spent the weekend at the rose
festival in Portland.
Attorneys w. H. Gray, J. w. Scott
and E. S. Booth are in Helena to-
day to appear before the supreme
court in the bond injunction case.
Paul Neils, manager of the Libby
Lumber company, has been appoint
ed to position on the Libby Com
mercial clubs finance committee by
President Gray, to fill vacancy
The new ferryboat at Libby has
been completed by Henry Schneider,
the contractor, and has been
launched.
The Western news., 1937-06-24
TOO MUCH DEPENDENCE ON
SOMEONE ELSE.

Are too many people being taught
today to depend on someone besides
themselves for social security
That is a question that arises IN
ones mind after reading circular
mailed out by l. M Brandjord, ad-
ministrator of the newly created
Department of Public Welfare, in
Montana.
Mr.. Brandjord says the Montana
Public Welfare act is based on the
national Social Security act 1t
seeks ITO provide for the general
welfare by establishing a system OF
federal old age benefits, and by en-
abling the several states to make
more adequate provisions for aged
persons, blind persons. dependent
and crippled children, maternal and
child welfare, public health, and the
administration of their unemploy-
ment compensation laws"
Brandjord follows that summary
of the law with this sage advise:
1T is likely that greater de-
velopment of home security would
aid nightly in attaining all of these
various and laudable purposes.
I'VE have thoughtlessly and
heedlessly overdeveloped the divis-
ion of labor and the dependence of
the individual and of the family up
on employment by some one else.
Too great a portion of our popula-
ton depends upon the weekly or
monthly paycheck for every item Of
food, clothing and shelter-even for
the payment of rent of chair up
on which to sit and bed IN which
to sleep. There is staggering
waste of time and human energy.
The evils resulting from this de-
pendence upon employment by some
one else, from this lack of initiative
and from this woeful waste of time
and energy, have spread like a
plague throughout the land. To
some extent we should retrace our
steps, we should encourage the in
dividual and the family to capitalize
their time, energy, and intelligence
in the direct production of food,
clothing and shelter for their own
benefit and enjoyment
In other words we should make
a man and his family more secure
in the possession and enjoyment of
small home where they may pro-
duce many of the necessities of life
by their own efforts and enterprise. 7
At present there is a very evident
fashion to spend freely and give
generously But it is well to re-
member that nothing a kindly gov
ernment can give will 80 well pro-
vide security for ones old age as
will ones own efforts.
The Western news., 1937-06-24

Il think you will not misun-
derstand me then when | say
that I have never known
thinking man who did not be-
lieve in God.
Il do not see how there can
be any sense of duty, or any
reason for altruistic conduct
which is entirely divorced from
the conviction that moral con-
duct, or what we call goodness,
is somehow or other worth
while. that there is Something
in the universe which gives sig
nificance and meaning, call it
value if you will. to existence
and no such sense of value can
inhere in mere Jumps of dead
matter interacting according to
purely mechanical laws. Rob
ert A. Millikan, eminent sci
enlist and Nobel prize winner.
The Western news., 1937-06-24
KalispcIi Flock Leads

BOHEMIAN. Heading all demon
stration farm f1ocks of 100 or more
hens for production during the
month of April was the flock of 466
White Leghorns and Rhode Island
Reds owned by Abraham Fl. Pres
tbye of Kalispell, according to Miss
FL. E. Cushman. extension poultry
specialists at Montana State college.
This was the second consecutive
month that MIR. Prestbye's birds
topped the list. His flock laid a
total of ll,458 eggs or an average
of 24.8 eggs per hen
Ranking first among demonstra-
ton farm flocks of less than 100
birds was the flock belonging to e.
Keith Ford of GaIlatin county.
His 81 mixed hens laid total
The Western news., 1937-06-24
ONE REASON WHY TAXES
ARE HIGHER.

An added direct cost to the annual
tax bill of $500,000,O00 and an indi-
rect added cost of the same amount
due to the growth of the spoils sys-
tenn in public offices, is claimed by
the National Civil Service Reform
League as the result Of recent
survey.
The League claimed a still more
serious cost was that caused by plac-
ing inefficient and incapable per-
sons in responsible positions and
cited as proof its discovery that 18
lifeguards on New York beaches
could not swim stroke. There are
now $4,000 employees in the fed
The Western news., 1937-06-24
FREEDOM F
BY Clayton Rand

The constitution guarantees US freedom Of speech,
the press and religion
This does not mean that politicians newspapers or
the church have any special freedom 1t means that
the people in their freedom are protected from the
possible tyranny Of all three.
Freedom may be taken lightly in this country be-
cause it has been handed down to us. Like in
herited wealth we may not appreciate the value of
it because we have not earned it,
And this glorious freedom is not permanent bless
ing-men gain and lose it. If we could part the
curtain of the future we would find that freedom
is something for which men will be forced to fight
over and over
(Copyrght)
The Western news., 1937-06-24
ENCOURAGING NEWS

The recent announcement that the
u. S. patent office has operated at
profit for the last three years and
now has on hand surplus of half
a million dollars is of far greater
importance to millions of Americans
than the mere figures involved.
For in these cold figures lies
proof that American investive gen
ius is more actively at work than
ever before-providing new jobs
for millions of workers and higher
standard of living for all of us
writing Americas future in the blue
prints on file in Washington
Great industries today were mere
drawings in the patent office yester-
day. Stainless steel, modern chemi-
Gals, safety glass, mechanical re-
frigeration, radio, air conditioning
today employing millions of people,
are but a step removed from the
laboratory of science and industry
And industries already great, by
research and study, are devising new
uses for their products which in
turn may encourage and stimulate
entire new industries. Oil, for ex-
ample, not only furnishes direct EN-
ployment for vast army of work
ers in the oil fields and refineries,
but by constant and costly pro-
gram of research to discover new
uses for oil and Improvements on
the product, have made it possible
for other industries to grow to enor-
nous proportions One need only
think of automobiles and aviation in
that connection.
Every patent granted holds un-
told potentiaIties for national i'm
provement. None can foretell what
the results Of industrial research
and production will be in the way of
new jobs and increased human COM
fort. That is why patent office fig
ures are SO encouraging. They
furnish fresh proof that science and
industry, teamed together, are on
the threshold of new marvels-
building a new America.
Some men smile in the evening,
Some men smile at dawn,