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FIRE ABOARD SHIP AT SEA-;
 sos FLASHED
Later, Radio Says Blaze Controlled, Steamer Pro
 ceeding to New York

NEW YORK. Jan 29The cap tain of the Clyde Malloy liner Shaw nee sent a radio at $50 o'clock this morning that the fire in the cot ton in number two hold is out aNa we are proceeding to New York.
 Shortly before o'clock this morn ing an sos was sent out from the Shawnee that fire was raging in the cotton and asked all ships in the vicinity to stand by Later came word the fire was being controlled.
 One Coast Guarder responded to the sos. Word was sent the fire was under control but as precau- tionary the Shawnee's captain asked the vessel to keep sharp lookout on 600 meters and will broadcast if we need you later"
 The Shawnee at the time the sos was sent out was 60 miles out at sea from Cape Henry, Virginia, bound from Jacksonville to New York and due here at II o'clock to- night.
 The Shawnee has 190 passengers aboard and a cargo of fruit, vege- tables and cotton.
 LATE ADVICES
 NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-The Shaw nee is beating her way slowly to New York according to radio advices late this afternoon. Heavy weather is slowing the steamers speed from IT to 10 knots an hour.
 Capt. E. A. Chelton radioed: Fire not out but under control We are delayed by stress of wealth Ier."
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STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Jan. 29. Closing quotation of Alaska -sIneau mine stock today is 14ss, American Can 1O8A, American Light and Power 14%, Anaconda 53, Bethlehem Steel 81ss, Calumet and Hecla IT, Com monwealth and Southern 3ss, Cur tiss Wright 7A, General Motors 68h Kennecott 58, New York Central AZ, Southern Pacific 46Ss, United States Steel 94is, United Corporation 7b, Cities Service 45s, Pound $489%.
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DOW. HOMES AVERAGES

The following are todays Dow, Jones averages: industrials l84'74, up 1.33; rails 5477, up -32; utilities 35.7l, down .l6.
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Memorials

The memorials were mainly for improvements. Nell Scott of the Third asks that bridge be built over the Karluk River, connecting old Karluk and new Karluk, to ac-
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Another Protest

Both Bridges and Lundeberg sug- gested that the mayors communi- cate the proceedings to Washington
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-09
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
WHITTIER ARE WE DRIFTING?

DR.. Virgil Johnson, noted economist, painted a
dark and deary picture of the America of the flu
ture in a luncheon club address recently.
Dark and dreary, that is, for all except those
who believe in national RECOMMENDATION or social
lied state.
"A completely socialized nation, which will be
the habitat of number bearing, dole-eating, tax
paying invertebrate animals" was the way he de-
Scribed it.
His specific objection expressed in his aSSer-
ton that: Persistent application of certain pro-
cesses by the administration is Transforming the
fundamental enterprise organization into system
of state capitalism under the ownership and man
agement of an absolute central government"
1t may be only fair, of course, to acknowledge
that there is wide disagreement of political opin-
ion as to whether there actually is that persistent
application of certain processes" DR.. Jordan talks
about, which will accomplish the transforming he
much deprecateS.
But that is the way it looks to many others than
Dr. Jordan, and that is the reason for the wide
spread fear of what may happen to our national
social organization if we continue along the pres
ent course.
Forty or fifty years ago an opponent of our
so-called "captastic' system wrote a book en-
titled "Whither Are We Drifting Nation?"
The question might better be applied to the pres
ent effort to revolutonize that system, which prom
Uses to lead us afar in the opposite direction
Rock Hill, S. Co. Herald.
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DRY VICTORY

Drys have registered victory in Mecklenburg
county in defeating the election there last Tuesday
to establish liquor stores under the control system
authorized by the last legislature.
The rural vote is credited with this victory, in
the face of strong and influential support given by
Charlotte itself.
The popular argument is these days. that the
blockaded and blind tigers menace to their
business, and that they really form the greatest
opposition to the wet forces.
This argument is heavily discounted in our per-
sonal estimate, real as this opposition may prove
itself The truth of the matter is that liquor and
fast automobiles don't mix very WELL and control
should relate to official activities against the blind
tigers and blockaders. The law has really never
exerted itself intellectually in wiping out this
form of evil; but that is not admitting that it can
not be DONE
Building character, creating civilization for
sobriety and integrity, and establishing safety on
the highways make Roadway under tax that
arises from any form of sale of intoxicantS, and
when resorted to as a measure this becomes in re-
atty stumbling block for future progress along
sane lines.
With all due respect to the influences voicng
themselves in Mecklneburg andselsewherc for the
establishment of liquor stores, we arc inclined to
give credit to the yet greater influence that dared
to vote "Nor-Albemarle News and Press.
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THE NEW DEAL
IN WASHINGTON
BY RODNEY DuTCHER-
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Staff Correspondent ,

Federal Trade Commissioner Will
liam E. Humphrey began to plug
for mo more Investigations
Protcgcs Of the oncc-powcrful cX-
Senator Reed Smoot Of Utah, still
cntrenched at the Budget Bureau,
have helped weaken the division.
And lately Commissioner Ewin
Davis, former lame duck congress-
man from Tennessee, has seemed
10 favor abolishing the division.
Originally the unit was expected
TO make Investigations on the
direction of either house Of Con-
gress, of the President, or on its
own initiative. That was Whitfield
to the point where a joint resolu-
ton of both houses was required
before the division could act,
Later the Budget Bureau ruled no
investigation could be made with
out specific congressional appro-
priation and that rule has come
10 mean that the President and,
the bureau must also approve.
THE crushing blow came this
L year when Budget Director
Dan Bell telephoned the ETC and
asked a resubmiSSion Of budget
octimatoc along certain lines.
"But that eliminates the eco
nomic division" he was informed.
1--WE know it." the director re-.
piled. ,,o
ployes, who earn an average OF
$4,000 a year. The relatively small
expense of its maintenance leads
observers to believe that there Is
more behind the elimination Oh an
appropriation for it than lne pui
pose of an economy gesture.
Apparently the only thing tnat
might save the economic division
from extinction would be passage
of the proposal TO investigate pup
lie utility propaganda, which ma; mas
been passed by the House, Oh 1o,,,s
passage of Congressman Withrow,s
resolution to investigate UNFAIR
trade practices, financing charges
and other phases Of the au'on'0-
bile industry.
IaanvrIsht. l927. NEA asrNisu' A"N''
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THREE French SCIENTISTS iedu'
J. ing a band Of South American
natives and pack animals up the
slopes of Ecuador, in 1876, set uF
a short base line not far IRON
Quito, from which the longest dis'
lance around the earth coulS DC
ascertaihed. For ten years they
surveyed the land and laid out tina
base. Then they erected two per.
manent pyramids, one at either
end, to mark the line.
But the pyramids were torn
down, and the president Of Ecua'
dor had them rebuilt. When Sci
antists came to view the achieve
ments of the early surveyors they
discovered that one Of the mark.
ers, when replaced, was several
hundred feet from its original
spot. The pyramid had been sci
up on higher location, SO thai
it could De more visible!
The original surveyors OF this
base line are portrayed on stamp
issued by Ecuador in 1886, on the
2O0th anniversary of this accom-
,>licbp,ant
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THE MOST OUTSTANDING

floral attractive of Western North
Carolina is the rhodotcudron
garden on Cragry, where the pmr-
pie variety rcigns supreme on
about 600 acres.
f.. X. Sutherland. who was on
Craggy Sunday said the blooms
were in abundance, running from
200 To- go to the bush. He
thought they would be in their
prime the latter part of this week
but advises taking the trip other
than on Sunday on account of the
heavy traffic. About 300 ears
were ON Craggy Sunday. He says
there are provisions for 800 ears.
Cars were there Sunday from -
states over Il CwO-way road. Pro-
vision has been made for picnic
parties. While the scenic effects
are good all the year Mr.. Suthcr-
land believes the rhododcndron in
such prorusi0n at this season east
" makes Craggy Gardens the out
standing point of interest in
Western Carolina.
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in the article referred to, in these words

in the article referred to, in these words
This is shotgun bill full of adroit obscurities,
jokers and legaistic devices-what the presi-
dents tax message called "clever little schemes.
There is room here to discuss only about one
tenth of them
1t pains this writer TO pan measure advanc-
ing principle to which he gave the extreme eff
fort of his lfe but it would pain him more to
see that principle go again to grotesque failure
Also slicker law-drafting pains him at least as
much. ......
In the foregoing Gen. Johnson proclaims
his devotion to the principle which the new
dealers claim underles this measure, but
the General detects what it will take the
public long time to discover (many citi-
zens will not see the point until it is ever
lastingly too late) and that is that this bill
is, as Johnson says, measure drafted by
"slickers," and its purpose is to fool the
people and take the longest step yet at
tempted in the movement to establish a
dictatorship in Washington.
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MORE TRICKY LEGISLATION

Gen. Hugh Johnson has been vigorously
engaged in ventilating the Black-Connery
bill, the new deal measure designed to en-
able the federal government to seize abso-
Lutte control of all industry and business.
Gen. Johnson has dissected this measure
in many of its details, but in his --latest ar
ticle he asserts that the bill has so many
dangerous provisions that it is practically
impossible to direct attention to all of
them. Gen. Johnson sums up the measure
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And capital cannot be blamed
for looking out for itself; capital
will go as far as it can in its own
behalf; that is but human nature.
In dealing with human beings
as a class you must restrain theih
with checks and balanccS-as our
wise forcfatherS provided in set
ting up our Democrat cform of
government; they knew old hu-
man nature had to be curbcd.
And of course capitalists are hui
man beings, afflicted with the
same weaknesses as other human
beings.
But whatever grievances the
people may have against capital,
they should have also a large mea-
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WAsHlN G T ON Attention
" would be called oftener to the
Screwicr phases of New Deal pol
icy conflict if the accumulation
If them had not long since tend
I'd to make the spectators Injured.
A few eyebrows may lift a bit,
however, when an administration
thoroughly committed to further
regulation of industry blithcly
junkS its only faCt-fnding staff
of expert accountants and econo-
miStS available to analyzc indus
tries, their problems and practices.
At the end Of a long period Of
seemingly calculated attrition, the
Economic Division Of the Federal
Trade Commission will be over
board after July l unless Congress
meanwhile assigns to it a special
investigation.
This is the division which
recommended legislation which
eliminated SqucezeS and corners
from the cotton market, the pack
ers and Stociyards act, and the
commodities exchange act.
In its recent milk investigation
it exposed combinations of pro-
ducers and milk companies. Once
its work did much to break up the
tobacco trust" 1t made the off,
cial study of the steel induStry's
baSing point system and few
years ago proved that the bread
industry wasn't making unreaSon-
able profits. 1t did all the cost
studies for the government during
the war
HIGH spot in the divisions big
recent investigation Of mid
dlemen and farm income is its
report on the worlds largest grain
market at Chicago. 1t found large
grain operators were able to ma
nipulate the market to their adj
vantage and the disadvantage Of
others, with squeezeS and even
close approaches to corners. 1t
showed that when wheat went up
5 cents a bushel one minute and
5 cents down the next, someone
was being squeezed.
Years ago. however. the late
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

sure of gratitude, for capital has
induStriouSly worked out valuable
plans which can be transformed
into efficient and constructive
measures for public good. Vital.
easily experiments have been car
licd on by capital which are of
ineStimable Importance to the
public. In furthering its own in
tercSts, capital has demonstrated
what should and what should not
be done, and how it should and
should not be done.
But it will be no simple matter
for the people to take over their
government and control capital
for any great length of time. Cap
ital is shrcwd and the prizes are
large.
Capital automatically attracts
the best brains to its side by re-
warding such brains handsomely.
The rewards for working for the
people are spiritually big but
otherwise small. Most men as
now constituted are not keen
about working for the people just
for the love Of the people, who
are liable to turn on them any day
and let them down hard. Capital
is loyal to its good servants. The
people are not.
One must have a sturdy, con
sccratcd soul to work unsclfiShIy
for the public, since the public is
tickle, whimsical, emotional, and
forgcts in ninety days.
So we can see that the matter
of making things fair and right
for the people must be under
taken by leaders who can see 50
far ahead that they will not be
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BIBLE THOUGHT
EVERY NEED SUPPLIED
THE NEW WELFARE SYSTEM


The Henderson county Welfare Board
and the Henderson county commissioners,
meeting Monday to elect a superintendent
to take charge of this project and to take
other necessary steps to inaugurate the
system, called attention to some vital facts
in connection with the plan.
1t was pointed out that what is common
" spoken of as assistance" under this new
law is in fact 'relief" under another name.
This assistance" is not pension to which
all persons over 65 years of age are en-
titled. 1t is simply a form of relief" for
persons over that age who are unable to
care for themselves and have no means of
support. The other provisions of the law
are fundamentally similar to this old age
assistance.
Under what is known as the social Sc
curity act, there is, first, an unemployment
fund. This fund is contributed by employ
ers in industry. There is, also, the old age
pension fund To this fund employers and
workers contribute in like sums. To bene-
fit from the unemployment fund one must
be worker temporarily out of a job. To
benefit from the old age pension one must
be over 65 years of age and must have
contributed to the fund until the time of
reaching that age.
The assistance" law is one under which
the county and State are linked up with
the federal government to distribute char
ity on nationwide scale, or to continue
relief indefinitely. 1t is claimed for this
plan that it will displace all other forms of
distribution of charity" the dole" or
relief"
The Henderson county Welfare Board
is composed of citizens of experience in
public affairs and men of business expert
ence and capacity. The Board has select
ed j. F. Brooks for the position of super
intendent of welfare work. 1t is the gen.
eral opinion that man better qualified
for the position could not be found in the
county Mr.. Brooks is thoroughly acquaint-
ed with the people of Henderson county,
with countrywide conditions, and has had
years of experience as public official and
in other contacts with the people.
With the present organization the plan
will be successfully administered in this
county. If all the plans of the State Board
are forced on Henderson county, undoubt-
eddy there is trouble ahead and an even
chance that the project will go on the
rocks or will provide an unbearabe tax
burden.
In particular we refer to the State Board
requirement that the superintendent must
be professional 'reliefer."
Henderson county has had ample expe-
rience with these people. We recall that
in the beginnings of the federal govern
ments vast experiment with "relief" one
of these gentlemen was made relief direc-
tor of the county. That was several years
ago, but the record he made is still fresh
in the memory of many of our citizens, and
it will last for long TIME. We are conf.
dent a large majority of Henderson county
citizens do not wish to have this gentle.
mans record added to by other profession
al '.reliefers." l.s.....,g. g.-.,..<ss
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THE DAY OF RECKONING WILL COME

Public officials, federal state and local, have
long been on spending spree.
For a limited time. free and easy spending is
POLITICAL popular.
Thoughtless people get a kick out of the tenn
porary exhiliration from huge governmental expen-
ditures.
But payday eventually comes.
Then high direct and indirect taxes on every self
supporting person tend to drag down the living
standards of the people.
In this country we have not yet begun to face
the facts.
Part of the cost of current spending is still hid
den by the insdious process of continuous borrow
ing.
If we were operating on a pay-as-you-go basis
the tax load would be tupendous.-Atlanta Geor-
gian -'' "
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disappointed and discouraged if
their reward is postponed to an
other world. Commonly the great
servants of capital live in com
fort and die i'm honor. As much
cannot be said of the great SER
wants Of the people.
The people should appreciate
their faithful servants: They
should be loyal to them. They
should not be ready to turn on
them and rend them when they
make an honest mistake or when
they are cunningly accused and
abused by the peoples cnemis.
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HOW 1T WORKS

1.-TWO million government employees hired through
loyalty to'a political party, are willing to consider
the duration of their jobs important than do
ing a good job" President Robert L. Johnson of
the National Civil Service Reform League told stu
dents of Bucknell university few days ago. He
charged that the "spos system" caused waste of
one billion dollars of public funds annually. He
also said that both parties practiced the "spos sys
tenn" .."
Mr.. Johnson is certainly correct as to both par
ties being guilty of putting politics above merit and
character in the public service-but it is the way
the game is played He is not far wrong either in
citing the colossal waste and extravaganza at
tributable to MISUNDERSTANDING Journal.
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capital has con-
trolled the gov
ernment; it has
written the laws
for itself a n d
had them enact
ed; it has influ-
enced the courts
it has dictated
currency polici-
es, interest poll
cies, bond and
$ t oc k policies,
and about every
thing else that
b G a L s on or
touches capital.
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Should capital control the gov
eminent and, through the govern
ment, control the people? Or
should the people control the gov
eminent and, through the gov
eminent, control capital?
For a long time in this nation,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-09
CHATTANOOGA HAS
MORE LABOR STRIFE

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June
9. (UP)-Chattanooga's labor
troubles spread to another front
last night with the walkout of 100
Williams and Morris Lumber com
pany employees who demanded
more pay and shorter hours.
A. b. Arrowhead. chairman Of
the strike committee, said the
workers did not belong to any or
ganization but they planned To
join the Committee for Industrial
Organization.
Meanwhile, 375 striking mold
crS and machiniStS ut the Hedges
walsh Wcidncr Boiler company
prevented employees Of the ship
ping department. from entering
the plant.
The moldcrs, on strike for two
weeks demanding Il card shop"
were joined by the machinistS yes
tcrday. One hundred men were
placed on a picket line. No viO-
lcnce had been reported.
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THIS COLUMNS PLEA FOR
BY Noah Hollowell

Il remedy to have cherries from
the birds was not in vain. ]. r..
Johnson was firsc to advise that
farmers were buying artificial
snakes from him o hang up in the
trees to brighten birds away.
Miss Bertha Lcdbcttcr wrote
from Edncyvillc:
Eat what you can can what
YOU can't" which sounds well fl
the birds would give person Il
fair start and not destroy them
while green.
Il. c. Washington of Fifth
avenue says he has seen owner.
i'm Washington, ID. c., famous for
its abundance Of Gerry blossoms.
protect the trees with mosquito
netting. He has tried LEASHING
Il cat to or near a cherry tree,
which sounds like the simplest
and most effective Of all recon-
mcndationS.
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USING A CAT AS AN AIDE

would be mighty cruel to our Per-
sian, which can be run to cover
any tim by an English sparrow.
It's wonderful how a cat can be
brought up to lose its tigcr-llkc
instincts and tendencies. But how
about man? Some of them seem
along way from the monkey stage
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.TODAYs WORD STUDY:

Icashing Occ-shin%), to tie to-
gcthcr or hold with a leash. which
Is thong'or leather or cord Tor
holding animals.
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Earl WN ADVISES

this department that a delegation
of evolutionary scientists has gone
into research again and is giving
the monkey real hy-out-test-
ing his emotions, the romance of
his lie, tragedy, joy, grief, work.
play, speculation, and everything.
While MIR. Brown doesn't think
much Of such mOnkcy-buSincss he
says the monkcyitcS feel that they
will find the missing link this
time between monkey and man.
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ALTHOUGH tcc gro cNcTi,aS = tho ruI" bea"I"
birds sci om have beautiful This of c3m@c IS only re'
c since rayy coorcd birds would be made move CONSPICUOUS
Inv yone Most Of the worlds brilliantly C"ocd birds content
themselves with a few notes
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The United States patent office
has operated for three years with
out costing the treasury a single
dime.
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Japan is reported camera crazy, with everyone
taking pictures. Psychologists may explain it by
saying that something in the Japanese mind "just
ccked.7 - IN
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while others haven't advanced
much.