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Evening star., 1937-03-01
Comparing Accommodations.

What is that very large building?"
asked the stranger in Crimson Gulch.
That's the court house." answered
Cactus Joe.
And the very small building next
to it?"
That's the jail"
apparently you do not have many
prisoners"
I'VE have plenty. But the judge likes
lots of room because he's there for life,
while most of the men in custody are
we'll satisfied with only temporary
lodgings"
Evening star., 1937-03-01

A statesman should not be too ready
to assert the privilege of changing his
mind. This privilege may imply an
assumption that his public was not taking
him very seriously in the first place.
Evening star., 1937-03-01

When another set of initials is pro-
jected into print there is new moment
of social apprehension. For awhile read
ers did not know just what C. l. o.
meant. Now it seems somehow related
to T. N. T.
Evening star., 1937-03-01
Happy Oblivion.

From the Owensboro (Ky) Messenger.
An Aberdeen, Wash, man who was
dead for five minutes says he expert
enced no sensation during that time
except rich contentment. Not one bill
collector called on him during the whole
tina,
Evening star., 1937-03-01

One of the most courageous elements
of human society is the Red Cross, which
has its foundation in America. There is
a popular impression that political con-
quest is a means of making more work
to be cheerfully undertaken by the Red
Cross.
Evening star., 1937-03-01

Many children are said to dislike little
bedtime stories. Aroused to a sense of
modern responsibility, they prefer the
privilege of remaining awake to hear
reports from the latest conference of
parents and teachers.
Evening star., 1937-03-01

An effort to promote a satirical atti-
tude toward the courts may call for re-
sentiment to an extent of inquiry as to
whether the title "Jedge" along with
by Kentucky in spirit of Laffoonery.
Evening star., 1937-03-01

At first a "sit-down strike" sounded
like something comparatively mild and
peaceful. When usefulness is to be
suspended there is no such thing as
polite sabotage.
Evening star., 1937-03-01

A so-called radio fireside chat" will
be welcomed by many old fashioned
persons who remember the blazing
backlog and the stockings hung by the
chimney in the belief that there really
is Santa Claus
Evening star., 1937-03-01
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Forever Dear.

Beloved, whom I hold forever dear,
What can my heart say when you are
not near?
Your presence warns my every vein and
breath;
Apart from you life is as cold as death.
Yet even absent it is life to know
That, soul to soul. in unison we grow;
Your thoughts meet mine, though you
are far away,
Questioning, answering, in an interplay
OF spirits that no miles can keep apart
For am I not, beloved, your true heart?
Evening star., 1937-03-01

India has been most cordial to Lind
bergh and would probably like to per-
suade him to linger and lend distinction
to the Durbar.
Evening star., 1937-03-01
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Evening star., 1937-03-01
Looking Forward.

The early robin will draw near
With faith in Summer and good cheer.
He conquers fear of new distress
And you and should do no less.
Evening star., 1937-03-01
Business Woman.

What would you say If were to ask
you to share my lot?"
I'D speak to father" answered Miss
Cayenne. He says it is surprising how
many lots are fearfully mortgaged now
adays."
Evening star., 1937-03-01
Mystery of the Old DAYS.

Our Nation from the first was strong.
Our purses we relax
And wonder how it got along
without an income tax.
Evening star., 1937-03-01

"Payin' too much attention to little
things" said Uncle Eben, lis like givin'
yohself black eye cause you WASH
satisfied to shoe mosquito, but wanted
To smash i'm"
Evening star., 1937-03-01

conventions, too. Senor Quezon became
a familiar figure as a proponent OF
Philippine planks in the party plat
forms.
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Evening star., 1937-03-01

ITO be wrong" said Hi Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, lis a misfortune shared
by many. It is a condition which may
be easily cured in time by those who
are willing to remain silent listeners"
Evening star., 1937-03-01
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The Washington times., 1937-01-05

at any time, been noted Tor eau
ton. And modern American
Youth is plain dynamite and Moth
ing Else but.
It'll undoubtedly choose subjects
which Nice Little Girls and Boys
are supposed to know nothing
about, much less discuss. Then
proceed to toss said subjects about
in a manner guaranteed to give the
Old Folks the Screaming Mea-
mica.
Yet, despite said twitters and
taboos, these subjects are the most
vital and pressing problems of our
day. Our future depends upon
solving them-and somebody must
discuss 'em whether we like it or
not. And American Youth has al
ready proved, by thousands of let
tiers already sent to this column,
that its seeming impudence is but
the bright armor of a deep and
courageous sincerity.
So-YOUNG AMERICA TAKES
THE STUMP! And, if you're over
80, what's your reaction? That's
what the editor wants to know.
Do YOU believe Youth (mean-
ing anyone under 3O) should be
given such q Sky's-the-limit Op-
pOrtunity to air its notions and
The Washington times., 1937-01-05
By Elsie Robinson
By MOntier

you think? Yes'm-yes sir-you
CAN! What's more-remember, I
won't see the letters unless YOU
choose to send me a copy, since
I do not work with the editor. So
here's priceless chance to get
hunk with me plenty, in case
you've been harboring any peeves
against the Old Gal.
Joking? Not bit of it! Run
ming a paper is a mighty serious
job. Generally speaking, the edi-
tor can buck the breaks alone. But
when he tackles an innovation as
dynamic as a free forum for
Youth j he needs YOUR help.
Needs it badly-and right away.
Does he get it? THEN GRAB
THAT PEN AND TELL HIM
WHAT YOU THINK OF GIVING
YOUNG AMERICA THE STUMP!
(ThiS column DelconleS and
requests comments. Letters
presenting personal problems
mag also be sent. All letters 1DiU
be handled contidentiGlIy and
GnSUered promptly it stamped,
addressed envelopes are in
CIuded.)
Copyright. 1885, King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.l
The Washington times., 1937-01-05

discuss or criticize the Other
Fellows?
DO YOU approve of facing
Facts-AS-They-Are and calling a
spade a spade? Are you for that
wholesale, let's go Gallagher
campaign against unfairnesS,
hypocrisy, SmugneSs and intoler-
ance which Young America will
undoubtedly launch?
AND IF YOU WE'RE RUNNING
A PAPER WOULD YOU GIVE
YOUTH SUCH A BREAK?
Or do YOU believe we're set
ting a dangerous precedent? And
would you enforce the old
maxim, "YOung Folks should be
seen but not heard" particularly
in public print?
Yes? No? In either case, the
editor of this paper wants you to
send him a personal letter telling
him where you stand and why.
And-just to prove I'm a good
sport. who can take it as well as
dish it out, you might also tell him
what you think of ELSIE ROBIN
SON acting as umpire in such a
free-for-aI. Is, or isn't, she quail
fled? Should, or shouldn't, they
let folks like her run around loose
without q license?
Can you say EXACTLY what
The Washington times., 1937-01-05
TWO TABLES AWAY

The Rev. James Shera Mont
gomery, chaplain of the House,
saw to it that his wife was seated
at a table in the cafeteria across
the street from the Capitol. And
then, summoning all the reserve
it takes to look dignified with a
tray in your hands and two orders
Of today's special Steaming under
your nose, he walked around to
the bitter end. Starting at scratch,
he left the line to seek the table.
Still operating under the proper
decorum, he began setting the
bowls, the plates and the silver
and the cups and the saucers
down in proper order. AS he
placed the last bit of china care
fully near the edge, he smiled at
his?
And, 10, and behold, it was a
beautiful young woman smiling at
him, and two tables away, a trifIe
amused, too, sat his wife.
The Washington times., 1937-01-05

ThlS opinion, most, II not all, OF the
recent legislation found to be in
conflict with the Constitution
could have been so drafted as to
come within its terms. 1t was the
haste with which some of these
measures were thrown together by
so-called experts outside of Con-
greSS which probably caused much
of it to be thrown out by the great
Tribunal.
Then too, it has happened be-
fore that the American people
have been asked to amend their
Constitution simply because some
few decisions of the court have
diSpleaSed certain classes or Sec
tions of the community"
These critics of the Court and
the Constitution have too often
fallen under the deluSion that some
particular object could be attained
only by curbing the Court or
changing the Constitution. They
have been reluctant to regard the
legislation they were interested in
as loosely drawn or ill-adviSed.
But the people as whole have
shown themselves far wiser than
some of their Representatives who
have urged haSty changes in the
Constitution.
Of the many proposed amend
ments that have been offered in
the last $50 years only 81 have
finally received the legislative con-
sent of the States.
The first 10 of these went into
effect two years after the Con-
Stitution had been ratified. These
were the 10 original amendments
constituting what is commonly
called THE Bill of Rights"
mo OTHER OBJECT"
Furthermore, almost all the
amendments to the Constitution
which have been finally ratified
have limited rather than in
creased the power of government.
Most of the proposed amend
ments which have failed to re-
ceiVe the approval either of the
Congress or the necessary three
fourths of the States to become
effective have had as their pur-
pose an increase in the powers
of the government.
The people in their wisdom have
remembered that, as William
Harper, of South Carolina, in
formed the Senate of the United
States on April IA. 1926:
"The Constitution is made to
control the government; it has
no other object"
1t is the remembrance of this
fact which is mainly responsible
for the rejection of most of the
many proposals that have been
made in the last $50 years to
change the Constitution of the
United States.
The Washington times., 1937-01-05

such laws is unfair to them and imposition on the
taxpayer.
AS duty to the citizens they represent and in Justice
to themselves devoves upon the Senators and Repre-
sentaves assembling here today to study the Federal
personnel and to determine what steps and should
be taken to place upon level adequate to the demands
made upon it.
Three means Immediately present themselves to
Congress which wishes to treat the Federal personnel
ntegenty and through this treatment to insure to the
taxpayers efficient government returning to the
hundred cents worth Of government
ice for each tax-dollar taken from them
These means are:
First: Enactment of law which would extend to all
Government jobs the merit system confined to rela
lively few appointments complete elimination of pot
ical qualifications consideration for getting and
holding job under Uncle Sam.
Second: Readjustment of salaries paid to Govern
ment employees in order that Uncle Sans workers may
be placed at least fair scale paid in private
business and on scale commensurate with that which
the Government insists enlightened private employers
will have to pay their employees if the Nation is to pro-
gress economically.
Third: Enactment of an amendment to the Social
The Washington times., 1937-01-05
GOVERNMENTS Success Depends on Choice and Pay of Workers

Security law extending the provisions OF that measure
to all Government employees who are not provided
for under the Federal retirement ac or extension of the
retirement act to cover them.
All three of these reforms are important from the
standpoint of the Government employe.
But they are more important from the standpoint of
the taxpayer who is interested in getting his moneys
worth in return for his taX-dollar.
The taxpayer realizes that cheap employees never have
meant real economy.
He realizes that employees chosen without consdera
tion of their ability to handle ob but simply because
Of friendship relationship, cannot and will not func
tion efficiently those chosen on merit
He knows that employees who spend their working
time worrying about their future cannot give their best
to their work.
These thoughts apply to the Government service as
we'll as to private business.
Summed up the program which Congress must adopt
is:
GET THE BEST QUALIFIED PERSONS INTO
THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE; PAY THEM WE'LL
AND RETAIN AND PROMOTE THEM ON MERIT;
AND INSURE THEIR FUTURE AGAINST WANT
AND PRIVATION
The Washington times., 1937-01-05
Greatest Show on Earth
By Frank Miller Smith

as I came around the corner. He
reached down and kissed her on
the nape of her neck. She felt so
good about it. that she was per-
fectly calm when I arrived to
wait for the elevator beside them.
He was so fused he blushed.
eve want to go to the DOME"
he told the operator.
"It'S closed" replied the
youth. "DO you want the street
fIOOr?"
Anything you say, guess"
replied the tall young man, still
blushing and still upset.
The Washington times., 1937-01-05

of our new week
ly Youth Article
plan.
AS you know,
we're turn i n g
over this space
to Young Amer
ica each Mon
day. To discuss
itself and its
problems . q.
air its views go.
say W h a t it
honestly thinks
of us, its elders,
and the world
we've made.
This isn't inst
The Washington times., 1937-01-05

day puts aside
a quarter of an
inch butt of a
G ood Havana
cigar and rapS
once on the top
of his desk with
an oblong piece
of ivory 148
years in official
u S e. Majority
Leader Jos. T.
Robinson deftly
flipS an almost
identic al-Sized
butt into the
waStebasket at
The Washington times., 1937-01-05

"a circulation stunt" It's Ameri-
can history. Never before, in this
or any other country. has Youth
been given the chance to say its
say, regardless, through that one
medium which enters every home
and office, every life.
No use pretending 'tisn't a risky
venture. 1t is. Youth has never,
The Washington times., 1937-01-05

the corner OF vice freSioent Oarner
his desk and arises:
"Mr. President"
Within a few seconds the cham
ber at the other end of the Capitol
reSoundS with:
"Bang, whang, bang, whang,
bang, bang, bang"
Each stroke getting stronger and
faster in tempo.
Speaker William B. Bankhead,
with a brand-neW gavel. is work
ing away.
And so the Seventy-fifth Con-
greSs opens on the sesiquicenten-
nial session of our national legis-
lative body.
In the office of Col. Edwin A.
HalSey, secretary of the Senate,
the Colonel poring over old jour-
nails of the Congress points to the
fact that this being the Seventy
fifth Congress and each previous
Congress having served its consti-
tuted term of two years, this year
launches our legislature on its
150th birthday.
The first Congress met in New
York March 4, 1889, and ad-
journed September %, 1889. John
Langdon, of New Hampshire, was
president pro tempore of the Sen
ate and Frederick A. C. Mullen
berg, of Pennsylvania, was Speaker
OF the House of Representatives.
ANOTHER TEST
Senator Langdon was elected to
count the first votes for a Presi-
dent and Vice President of the
United States. He did this on April
6, 1889, the first time a quorum
OF the Senate was present and
John Adams, first Vice President,
took his seat as president of the
Senate April 81, 1889.
The first Speaker of the House
was the preacher who made the
historic utterance from his pulpit
one morning in the early days OF
the Revolution:
"There is a time to preach
and a time to fight"
AS he uttered these words he
threw back his clerical robes tc
disclose the uniform of the first
colonial army. After battling
through the war he came to lead
his nation in its laW-giving.
In that House of Representa-
tives there were 106 members. To
day with 435 its membership has
more than quadrupled.
But scarcely a word has been
spoken on Capitol Hill today OF
the Congresses of the past, fol-
this sesquicentennial body with q
Democratic majority so large its
leaders are feeling qualmS has
started on session which they
claim will be the most memorable
in history.
The New Deal at it's halfway
point is facing it's most crucia
test and the 435 members of the
House of Representatives and the
So members of the Senate are toe
darn busy trying to meet it tt
bother about history.
The Washington times., 1937-01-05

Government can be no better than those who admins
ter it.
The Congress which cOnvcncs today will enact many
laws and depend upon the approximately million
men and women in the Federal service to administer
them and the laws already on the statute books.
THEREFORE, IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE
FIRST CONSIDERATION OF THE CONGRESS, IF
1T WANTS ITS OWN LAWS AS WE'LL AS THE
LAWS OF PAST CONGRESSES TO BE ADMINS
TERED EFFICIENTLY n d EFFECTIVELY,
SHOULD BE FOR THE PERSONNEL WHICH
MUST CARRY ON THE FUNCTIONS OF GOVERN
MENT.
Government employees who improperly selected,
who are poorly paid, and who left to worry over
provision for their future cannot give the United States
the kind of government administration this country de-
serves and needs
Employees chosen compensated, and so dis
tracted should not be asked to administer the multi
pcty of laws which go directly to the intimate details
of daily life of citizens and which have recently been
placed the statute books which will be written in
the next few months.
To expect employees Of this condition to administer
The Washington times., 1937-01-05
Listen, World!

The editor of this paper wants
a letter.
A personal letter from you-as
frank n furious as you wish to
make it-expreSsing your opinion
The Washington times., 1937-01-05

WILL De SS4cIOuSS Ile Will DC KIM,
he will try to be jovial-but he
WON'T be romantic or enthusi-
astic or excited about it! And
that's that!
All well, now that it's all over,
Dad can get out of that gorgeous
new houSecoat and slip gratefully
back into the old one with the
familiar border of cigarette-holes
down the front. Happy days are
here, agaln!"
A woman feels about a Christ
mas tree as she does about a love
affair. She hates to part with it
or throw it away until it is actu-
ally falling to pieces.
No girl really wants to break a
mans heart; but, after a scrap
or smash-up, it would be so
much more flattering if he would
just try to ACT "heartbroken "
until the front door clicks behind
him.
Now is the time, when a gener-
ous-hearted husband will buy his
wife a lot of expensive clothes so
that she can go down to the fash
lonable southern resorts and loll
around all day in pair of shorts.
NO use giving man a new pair
OF slippers for Christmas unless
you have first had the courage to
destroy all of his old ones.
The gods whom we foolish
mortalS most worship are those
who spend their time double-cross-
ing uS-Chance, Fortune, Santa
Claus and the tricky little boy
with the arrows.
You can tell a peSSimist from a
romanticiSt by the fact that the
flrst will remember this year 1886
as the year when war threatened
the world from Spain-and the
latter will remember it as the year
when romance rocked the world
from England.
Copyright. 1898. King Features
Syndicate Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-01-05
ACQUIESCENT

I saw him. And he saw me
and was his face red!
I mean the tall young man
squirting the petit young girl over
the Capitol who stopped at the
elevator on the gallery floor Just
The Washington times., 1937-01-05
observation-disclosures
By J. T. Williams, Jr.

ut is our propitiouS fortune
to eriSt under a government
that has, in the main, GnSWered
all the great ends for 1Dhich
governments are inStit ut e d.
enjoyed, in fact, a system of
regulated liberty more perfect
IN its past operations than any
1Ohich has hitherto eTiSted in
the 1Dorld. 1t is the part OF 1DiS-
dom to abstain from change,
until the actual existence or
threatened approach OF danger
is clearly and satisfactorily
d mon Strated. ."-George Nc
Duttie of South Carolina, in the
House, February IS, 1926.
The Washington times., 1937-01-05

On the eve of the national cele-
bration of the one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the adoption
of the Constitution of the United
States a flood of proposed amend
mentS to that organic law has
descended upon the Congress.
When the new Congress reopened
there were pending before the Sen
ate Committee on the Judiciary
no less than 81 proposals to
amend the Constitution. Other
proposals to the same end will
swell the total number before the
new Congress has been in session
a month.
"TINKERING"
For the most part, these pro
posals are nothing less than at
tempts to tinker" with the Con.
Stitution-that is, to say to amend
it for the purpose of seeking to
remedy temporary conditions in
stead Of abstaining from change
until the need for change in the
organic law has been convincingly
demonstrated.
One member of the Judiciary
Committee of the Senate has al
ready mustered the courage to
protest against such "tinkering"-
Senator Van Nuys of Indiana, an
independent Democrat and an
able lawyer. He has given out an
interview in which he says:
'1n order to meet passing con-
ditiOnS, believe that it is within
the wisdom of Congress so to
frame legislation that it will
meet successfully such Situa-
tiOnS, without change in our
basic law"
This was the view expressed by
Senator Borah of Idaho, independ-
ent Republican and one of the
ableSt Constitution lawyers of
modern times.
In an address delivered immedi,
htely after the Supreme Court of
the United States unanimously de,
clared against the constitutionality
Of the National Industrial Recov,
cry Act, Senator Borah said, in
The Washington times., 1937-01-05
Marry-GO-
Round
BY Helen RouInnd

There is no use trying to make
a man "Christmas-conscious." He
will be generous; he will be kind;
he will try to be jovial-but he
WON'T be romantic or enthusi-
aStic or excited about it! And
that's that!
The Washington times., 1937-01-05
OLD FAVORITES
The Golden Fish George Arnold

Love is golden fish,
Wondrous shy. ah, wondrous shy..
You may catch him if you wish;
He might make dainty diSh..
But L..
Ah I've other fish to fry
For when try to this prize,
Earnestly and patiently,
All my skill the rogue defies,
Lurking in Aimees eyes,.
30 you see,
caught and Love goes free!
TReaders invited to send to the editor their Sug
0estions of old favorteS among the poems for repntng
IN this spGce)
The Washington times., 1937-01-05
ON THEIR WAY


At exactly IL o'clock midday,
Vice President John N. Garner to-
The Washington times., 1937-01-05
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1887


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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-13
CRAB CREEK

CRAB CREEK, July lI:-lhe
Rev. Ernest Blythe filled ms reg
uIar appointment at Crab Creek,
SUNDAY and announced that on
the fourth Sunday in July ne
would begin a series of meetings
70 continue for an mdetinite
period. The public is cordially
invited to attend these services.
MIR. and Mrs. Ben Heatherly;
formerly of this place, but now OF
Travellers Rest, S. c., visited rela-
tiyes in this community, Sunday.
Next, Saturday, July II, IS the
day set apart by the chureh 10
cIcan off the church grounds and
cemetery at Crab Creek. All VINO
are interested are asked to meet
carly Saturday morning ana heip
!" Mrs. I Manson Hamilton and
daughter. Rosa. attended preach
nc services at Grab Creek, Sun
day. -, w n Hamilton
visited their daughter, Mrs. Essle
Fitzpatrick, of Little River Satur-
day. --------