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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-07
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
WAY MUST BE FOUND

The Record is in complete agreement with the
Shelby Star. which directs attention to the TACT
that although the last session of the legislature
enacted law requiring physical examinations and
health certificates for all domestic servants, there
can be no adequate enforcement until provision is
made for establishing practical way by which the
servants can comply with the act. .. .r....-
Everybody realizes the dire necessity Of requir-
ing health certificates from all domestic help, due
to the widespread prevalence of contagious and IN
fictitious diseases among the colored people, which
makes their intimate service in which homes ex-
tremely hazardous to the health of the family
and particularly to small children
The mere passage Of law requiring health
certificate, however, means little, inasmuch as
most of those who arc diseased haven't the fnan-
cial means by which they secure the necessary
medical examination. The employer in most in
stances hesitates to pay for the examination, due
to the fact that the maid cook who is armed with
a certificate financed by one family may change po-
sitions and take employment in some other home
at any time 90.
The only practical course open, as The Star
70 rthe required examinations through the health
department channels, so that the entire community
benefits and the cost is held at a minimum and
borne by the community. .s.
We join with the Shelby editor in urging our
people, in case the city and county governments
lag in taking steps toward enforcement, to take
the initiative themselves The matter might well
be handled through P. T. A. groups, civic clubs,
or service clubs, if they put their minds and hands
to it.-Hickory Record.
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UNANIMOUS

Newspapers of South Carolina have not been
hesitant in declaring their views the Clio.
The utilization of Communists and negroes with
the union organization has stimulated heated and
extensive editorial comment and much space has
been given in editorial columns in condemnation of
CI0 tactics in hating delivery of United States
mail, armed picketing intimidation of workers who
do not wish to strike and other moves bordering
on anarchy ...
If the attitude of South Carolina editors reflects
the feelings of their readers-and there is good
reason to believe that is so-the followers of Lewis
and his Communist helpers will have tough time
of getting workers in this state to wear the Clio
collar and use the password, Eyes, sir."-Anderson
Mail.
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HARD TO COMPREHEND

II is difficult to understand on what possible
theory, save that of practical politics, anybody
could feel that the new Supreme Court bill intro
duced by Senator Robinson has an excue for being.
II it was wrong, in the first instance, to attempt
to pack the court for the purpose of validating
legislation desired by the president, then it is OBJ
vious that to attempt to pack it smaller scale
is just as wrong. Surely. nothing is more manifest
than that the number of judges to be added has
exactly nothing to do with the case. To pack the
court with one judge is officially quite precisely in
the same category with packing it with fifty. Either
packing is wrong or it is rght-and there's an end
of it.-Charlotte News.
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LET US LOSE AND SMILE

eve spent sSOOOOO,OOO on the resettlement adj
mnistration and they didn't settle anything. -
Senator Tom Connally of Texas speaking.
That is an unkind remark to fall from the lips
of a Texas Democrat Surely Texas must have "set-
Elements like our "Ashwood" where farmers with
out money and without price may buy on thirty
years time farms and improvements that cost the
government $l1,50O for $4,000 or $1,000.
However, all taxpayers have stock in the real
estate concern that is their government and should
take their losses with smile-just the president
does Indeed, the president sets good example;
he takes the eighteen thousand million dollars loss
of the company in the four years and three months
that he has been the president of it with SMILE
Charleston News and Courier.
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THE BIGGER DISPENSARY

"a man or woman is very dumb who cannot look
around and see how ring politics is already boom
ing in the old age pension set-up where there was
or is to be no politics. The tune about whose
bread eat his song sing is lullabied by corps
of sonorous songsters" So the Calhoun Times says,
and that tune was quoted in letter brought to
light in the investigation of the South Carolina dis
pensary corruption. Before we shall be done with
the humanitarianism by compusion We shall re-
member the South Carolina dispensary frag-
rant flower. The American people are now on the
auction block and they have climbed on it with
tears of joy.-Chareston News and Courier.
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AT TAXPAYERS EXPENSE

Ten thousand copies of speech by Representa-
tive Maury Maverick of Texas are to be mailed out
by the automobile union under the congressmans
frank and this abuse of the Thanking privilege has
aroused much criticism.
=. Permitting members of congress to use the mails
free when correspondence is official is all well and
good but it was never contemplated that they
should use them for such purposes as this. .
1t has been done before and often, especially
during political campaigns, but the fact that it is
a habit with some congressman does not prevent
it from being fragrant abuse. -
Does anyone wonder that the post office depart.
ment's receipts are too small to permit return to
the two-cent letter ate?-Greenville Piedmont.
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ty members. When the compen-
sation for the college physician
and health officer came up, the
chairman of the board of truS-
tees remarked, eve needn't give
him an increase; he will stay no
matter what we give HIM"
What is holding the south back
more than anything else is that
she is so prcdominantly Democrat
ic that the National Democratic
party knows she will stay put
whether she gets anything or not;
and the National Republican par
ty knows she will not support
them no matter what they might
do. SO the south because she is
overwhelmingly Of one party and
can be depended upon to stay that
way gets little or nothing from
either party. The south as sec,
ton is sighted all round; and
that for scventy-fve years has
been n determining cause of the
south's backwardncss.
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do. In other words, everyone mas
the right to do what he pleases
if he pleases to do right. There
fore, if one pleases to do what
he should do, he can do as ne
pleases.
If an employee wishes to have
his own way about coming to
work and quitting work, ne can
have that way if he will choose
the right way; if his employer
says, "Our hours are from nine
to five" then it is the duty of
the employee to choose to be on
duty at nine and stay till five. II
he chooses to observe those hours
then he has his own way. If a
boy wishes to have his own way
about going to school, let him
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THE NEW EAL
= IN WASHIN
-RY RODNEY BUTCHER
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

writer's memory failS--of tcle-
phone rates in the District Of Co.
lumbia. The correspondents were
glad to get away from there when
he finished. OF course eventually
Coolidge was smoked out to the
point of asserting that 81 do not
choose to run"
ROOSEVELT was asked three
~ pointed questions about his
own third-term thoughts. Seldom
are correspondents so persistent
in putting him on the spot.
The first was as TO whether he
had any comment on Governor
Earle'S endorsement of Roosevelt
for 1910. He merely shook his
head.
The second. was a fiat one
Would he, if offered it, accept re-
nomination in 1910?
"My gawd, how hot the weather
Isl" correspondents seemed TO
hear him say, and then: "You 60
over in the corner and get a Ounce
cap and stand with your back 10
/ the rest Of the boys"
But then the first correspond
ent came back and asked if the
situation were covered by the
February Victory Dinner speech
in which Roosevelt said he wanted
to turn the country over to his sue
cessor in 1871 in better shape
than it was when Buchanan
handed it to Lincoln. Roosevelt
then made his second Ounce CAP
nomination.
The two correspondents joined
the general laughter. Mr.. Roose-
welt is usually conceded the
right to razz at these conferences
-or even to fib il he does it only
to duck a question, not misinform.
\ Just the same there's a certain
restraint in questioning, inspired
by the average correspondents
desire not to be criticized by COL
leagues or to "get in wrong" al
the White House. This has MOTH
ing to do with the Roosevelt
charm" which attracts some news
men, is ignored by many and def
nitely annoys others.
JCopyright. 1887. NEA Service, Inc.
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WASHINGTON. The white
" House press conference prob
ably is an institution unique in
he world. At least, in no other
foreign capital do correspondents
stand up twice week and fire
questions at MuSSolini, Hitler,
Stain, the King or Prime Minister
Of England or whoever else the
.op big shot may be.
The new style press conference
its four years old now-iS
Roosevelt's own. Coolidge and
Hoover used to have a system
whereby you wrote your questions
and slipped them to a secretary.
The President picked out the ones
he felt like answering and ig-
aored the rest. Roosevelt, how
ever, decided he would submit to
verbal questions and give direct
answers, information for back
ground or strictly "off the record"
replies.
Sometimes Roosevelt says he
doesn't want to or isn't ready
10 answer a question, that he
doesn't know the answer, that he
hasn't ready the statement, report
or newspaper story to which the
questioner refers, that the ques-
ton is an "if question:" or that
the question is best answered by
another question which he there
upon propounds.
pUT most important questions
- get asked sooner or later-em-
barraSsing or not-and so 1t was
with the question whether he
would accept a third term nomi-
nation il it were offered. Back
in 1927 newsmen kept slipping
written questions TO Coolidge ask
ing il he were a candidate for
denomination. Coolidge ignored
them consistently. Then one day
the fellows ganged up and each
individually wrote the same ques-
ton and saw to it there wasn't
another in the pile.
Coolidge turned them over, one
after another, until he reached
the end of them. And then he be.
gan l5-minute rambling disqui-
sihon on the subiect-unless thi:
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Hendcrsonvillc. n. c.
July &. 1897

July 6, 1887
Editor, The TimcS-Ncws:
Will you kindly give space in
your paper for the following ar
ticle?
The hope that rose high in the
hearts of the I'D people. Of this
state when pensions for the, aged
were discussed and approved by
the national government and that
of the state of North Carolina
has been dashed into abyss of dcS-
pair deeper than before this ray
of light appeared on their hori-
zon. All the people can't be wrong
is an adagc which applies in this
instance. The taxpayers and sup
portcrs of the old age pension
laws of this state of which we are
a part very definitely believed
and were justified in believing by
reading the public printed texts
of the meaSureS-that these mca-
sures upon becoming law would
assure those past 50 who were
depending upon relatives for sup
port or were unable by their own
efforts to provide a sufficient liv-
ing compatible with our standard
of living were to be given aid not
to exceed $50 per month, the ma
tional government experimenting
the state and county provision by
one-half this amount. People past
sixty-fvc owning homes might en-
JOY them and live therein in re-
spectability without the stigma OF
"paupcr" being applied.
If the application Of the law in
this county Henderson, is an eX-
ample of its application through
nnt hn Chin II L. only m nnllEmn-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-07
A QUESTION ANSWERED

"Who is your favorite author"
asks a reader. | have no faGorlte
author. like some of the works
of many authors. do not like
all the works of any author. And
| like none of the works of some
authors.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-07
ONE THING AND ANOTHER
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

adopt the plan worked out by
older heads after centuries of OK
pcrimentation; let him make it
his plan; then he can do as he
pleascs about going to school, for
he will please to go. If a motor
list wishes to do as he pleases
about the speed he travels and
the precautions he follows, let
him study and make his own the
traffic rules which have by sad
and tragic experience been found
necessary to protect life and
limb.
If any person chooses to go
through lite independent of all
restraint, let him ponder the adj
vices, rules and laws of social and
moral conduct which the ages
have proved to be necessary to
human welfare. Let him make
those advices, rules and laws his
own; then he can do exactly as
he pleases when and where he
pleaSeS.
The reason human beings are
restricted and restrained is that
they cannot be trusted free of re-
striction and restraint.
Summed up, choose to follow
the course you should follow, OBJ
serve the rules you should OBJ
serve, obey the laws you should
obey and you may go and come
as you please and do rs you
please.
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person S n y Il J q
not be his own
boss.
Of what does
being ones own
boss consist? 1t
consists of doing
as one pleases.
And why should
not one do as
one pl Il $ G s?
There is on | y
one reason why
OF because
one may please
to do that which
hp should n O /
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mcnt of the paupcr act and ,.,
apply only to that class of riri,.
who have always been Nor.
less public charges. The o.,
army of men and women ny
have been foremost citizen ,,-
ing living and cducatiny g,ms
les, who have now reached II
limit of their physical and Mon,
powers, must go down dcprndn-,
upon children and withou, Il
means to support the home. rl |
are to be taxed for the ,rpr-. J.
of welfare officers and a., m
or less wastrcls of the commas
We are already taxed i., III
support Of county homes and III
existing welfare board. Va II
agreeable to that. II this Inv
to be only "A glorificd par,..|
scheme under another namu. FL
add another county welfma Boz. i
which, BY It's own figures. viii ell
sumo in salaries onc-third OF Il
money levied for pensions? WI
create an additional board I'll
fund for paupcrs when these I'll
people who are totally Withhold
funds are already entitled 10 Al,
sistapcc from the present wvlls.
board?
If this state law ms passed :,
accord with its adminiSua'.un
this county, and we presume !, f,
it il the greatest Legislative bad
of the generation.
Too bad the victims nrr 'ho~|
who. in their youth, served lhg|
state and community with the I'll
strength Of their womanhooi ~,
manhood.
(signed) T. S. JACKSON
w. S. YOUNG
7. y. GREW
S. K. JUSTUS
j. NJ. DRAKE
J. c. GIBBS
Australia promises work for l.
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HUMBLE EVENTS OFTEN MAKE
BIGGEST HISTORY
(By BRUCE CATTON)

(By BRUCE CATT0NO
They have been having quite time late
" in the pleasant little village of Grand
Detour, ILL.,, celebrating the Tooth ami
versary Of the invention of the steel pillow.
Good-looking Illinois farm girls dressed up
in 1S37-style clothes, cumbersome wooden
plows of the pre-Steel era were dragged
around by patient oxen, and testimonial
to one of the really significant events in
western history was put on the records.
And this homely little anniversary de-
served all the celebrating it got. For we
make mistake when we think that it is
only the great events-the battles, the dis
coveries, the founding of great cities and
the birth of great leaders-that shape his
tory. The humble things can be far more
significant .E., .
When the human tide spilled over the
Alleghenies and went flooding westward,
early in the last century, one of the great
est natural granaries the world ever knew
was waiting for cultivation. The rich prai-
RE lands of the great river valleys were
deep with black soil, and grass as high as
a mans waist rippled in the breeze. The
newcomers could hardly believe in their
luck. ...... .. -.-.
For here, ready to be exploited, was
bread-basket that could provide the sinew
for the growth of giant. The American
nation was inspired from the beginning by
the dim notion that men on this continent
somehow would be able to work out way
of life in which the ordinary man would
have better time of it-would be freer,
would live better, would have few more
of this worlds goods-than was the case
elsewhere. And these rich middle-western
prairies promised the abundance that
would help make the dream come true. 1
But to exploit this rich land, men had
tools no better than the ones with which
European peasants had titled their acres
in medieval times. Something better was
needed = something that would cut the
matted soil more quickly and easily than
the clumsy implements of the age of scare
ity. And so some bright farmer i'll Illinois
got the idea of turning the soil with an all
steel blade. ,..r
Dimplc ueNlCe, VI COuISe-Uul Illlllllely
significant, because so much grew out of it..
Not only were the unnumbered millions of
acres of the rich west put to work to nour-
ish the swiftly growing nation; first step
had been taken in the direction of taking
the drudgery out of farming, of freeing
the farmer from his old slavery to unend-
ing toll. &C.
America was not merely to have abun-
dance; it was to have abundance at a
steadily diminishing cost in human labor.
Life was to be easier here, las well as
richer. .o.. 't.a
Is that reading too much into modest
little invention that someone was, bound to
make some time? Not at all; it is these
modest little discoveries that do the. trick.
We put up monuments to soldiers. states
men, explorers, but it is the quiet men who
find simple ways to make life easier and
richer who really have US in their debt.
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FoLLowE17 AE hAsEpp
As HEAp OF CEsMAhY

WHEN Kaiser Wilhelm II was
" forced to retire from Ger
many in 1918, after the World
War, his abhorred domestic enc
mics, the Socialists, came into
power. Elected 10 succeed the
exiled kaiser, this time as presi-
dent of Germany, was an humble
harness maker, son OF a tailor
Friedrich Ebert.
From early youth, Ebert had
been a Socialist. Born in Heidel-
berg, under the. wing OF aristo-
cratic scholarship, young Ebert
quickly took the opposing tack. He
went to Bremen and stumped for
the cause of socialism at night,
while he piled his trade as
saddler by day. He became
member of the Bremen city coun-
Gil in 1900, at the age of 20, and
IL years later was elected to the
Reichstag.
During the World War, how
ever, he supported the German
campaign, While thc more radical
Socialists, under Liebknecht, rep.
rimanded him for it. But, in test
i. NJ.
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An elephants trunk contains, 100000
muscles, with an estimated peanut power
of two dozen nickel bags performance.
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He pushed his car to So,
But 80 was his deadline; gru
He failed to round the curve alive
But he made darn good headline.
.......s Dudley Glass in Atlanta Georgian.
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Now that the circus has been unionized, Buffalo
Bills Wild West may follow suit as soon as the
Indians can agree to minimum hours for robbing
the age-coaeh.-New York Sum-
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.Thistles are preferred by cames, prob
ably on the theory that for desert journeys
it's best to eat something that will stick to
the ribs. -
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But now wherever three are gathered to-
gether, they are phoning for fourth to
play bridge.
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YOUR OWN BOSS

The desire to be his own boss
burns deep in the breast of near
iy every human being. And there
is no sound reason why every
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OF StTenBlIl, EUeII
was elected presi-
dent. Six years la
ter, in 1925, he
| died. His portrait
| appears on a stamp
| issued by Ger
lmany in 1928.
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BY providing nesting places for
robins and scissOrs-tails, garden
crs control the cutworm or army
worm" to marked extent.
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SCHOONER TO SAIL WORLD

MELBOURNE. (UP) - Peter
Sawyer, Il young American master
mariner, with his Australian wife,
has sailed for New York with the
intention of later completing a
tour of the world in his cotton
schooner Dolphin, now at Glou-
ccster, Mass. The schooner, which
has an overall Of 100 feet, has a
passenger capacity for IS persons.
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c. H. Sturgeon reckoned as the highest eomph-
ment ever paid him the words of an open enemy
who said: Here is a who has not moved an
inch forward in all of his ministry and at the close
of the nineteenth century is teaching the theology
of the 6rst century, and is proelaming the doctrine
of Nazareth and Jerusalem current eighteen hun
dred years"-Seleeted. r.s..
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ABUSED FIDELITY
The board of trustees of q GER
tain college were considering, the
question of the salaries of facul-
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Australia promises work for l1
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BIBLE THOUGHT
81 AM NOT ASHAMED

of the Gospel of Christ: for il is the power OF 10
unto .alyatino to every one that believeth.' (Ron
1:16) %
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""nvrighs 1891 NEA Service Incl
Evening star., 1937-10-08

fall. trap, to catch ants and other
things, of course" said Sammy. "a
lot of other insects and a lot Of ami
mails and most reptiles hunt theft
prey, but these things set regular
traps. I don't know Of anything else
that does excepting Man."
How about Spiders?" Tommy asked.
Sammy grinned. That's so," he
agreed, "A spider web is sort Of
trap. hadn't thought of that. What
lot OF things we see and don't think
about. Look at this pit over here! I
can understand how an ant or any
thing crawling around on the ground
might tumble into one Of those pits
and get trapped, but how anything
with wings can be stupid enough to
tumble In, don't understand"
Sue and Tommy looked. Sure enough,
there Ia that pit vas dainty crea-
Evening star., 1937-10-08

ture, with long, slim body and four
gauzy wings. It was like damsel-
fly, or dragon-fly in miniature. It
appeared that as yet nothing had
happened to It,.
II wonder if that old Lion in there
Is asleep or afraid or something, y
said Sammy.
Perhaps there isn't one in that
pit" suggested Sue.
"Yes, there is, but there won't be
long," said Tommy.
Just then out OF the little pit rose
the gauzy- winged creature and flew
away. Sue gave vent to Z little sigh
Of thAnkfulness I'm glad" said she.
1T Is too pretty and dainty to be
eaten by one Of those horrid Lions.
What did you mean, Tommy, by say
ing there wouldn't be one In that pit
hug7"