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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
BIBLE THOUGHT
WHEN RESTRAINT IS CAST AWAY
LAW OF AVERAGES

Old-timers may reckon as how the coun-
try is slowly drying up or gradually be-
coming land of perpetual rains, but the
fact is, as weather bureau records have de-
termined it, that the humidity of America
remains unchanged except for yearly fluc-
tuations which always even themselves up.
All signs fail in dry weather, but dry
weather never continues to the point where
it may be said the country is drier than 1t
was formerly. Neither is there more or
less rainfall over period of years now
than there was so years ago.
There has never been year within the
period covered by weather bureau read
ings when the rainfall for the entire Unit
ed States was above or below normal. Rela-
tiyely small areas have their record-mak-
ing rains and historic drouths but in time
these abnormal conditions balance them
selves.
Records for any given area will show
that a period of wet years will be followed
by number of unusually dry years, after
which the pendulum will swing back
again. These periods vary in length, some
running as long as IL years.
This would indicate that those states or
sections which suffered from lack of rain
fall during the last five years stand good
chance of having enough if not too much
rain this summer. And another section
which has been having too much rain may
draw dry summer in 1887. .s' ,..
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
PAINTERS PROTEST

The battle of the rouge may be recorded
in the history of the present session of Con-
gress. Women are rebelling against pay
ing the government more than $1,3oO,OOO
a month as taxes on necessary accessories
to achievement of present-day standards
of beauty.
Fittingly the champion contender for
women's rights will be congresswoman,
Mrs. Mary T. Norton, a New Jersey repre-
sentative. She has announced that she will
introduce bill to repeal taxes on toilet
preparations. Cosmetics" says Mr.. Nor
ton, ''have become articles of necessity"
Winning over several hundred congress
men to this feminine contention promises
a real parliamentary fight. Well-wishers
may urge in Cromwellian phrase: Have
faith, girls, but keep your powder dry"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
BABES IN THE WOODS

Agitation for ratification of the child labor
amendment is under way again. Led by President
Roosevelt and his crony, ex-President Hoover, the
boys up in arms
Those of us who view with misgivings any such
grant of powers to Congress, embodied in that
amendment, are placed in the exploiting class.
We are so many Fagins who would lead the tots
astray We are pictured by the "sob sisters as
melodramatic Williams who would chain babies to
coal mines and sweatshops and beat them until
their little bodies wracked with pain, breathed
their last
The publishers, in particular, have been accused
of being against the amendment because it might
deprive them of their newsboys. But if that were
the only objection, we would gladly support the
proposed amendment.
This year our social uplifters have studiousy
avoided statistics on child labor If they do burst
forth in figures trust they will explain the ma
ture of the occupations which are keeping the
youngsters out of the Kindergarten and driving
them into saloons.
And we further trust that they will give full
publicity to the fact that the vital clause of the
amendment is one which would take the child out
of the home and put it into sordid politics. This
clause reads as follows:
The Congress shall have power to limit, regu-
late, and prohibit the labor of persons under
eighteen years of age.
In short the amendment would permit Congress
to do anything with child but give birth to it,
Newsdom.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
ny RODNEY BUTCHER

-
NEA service stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON. - Mr.. RooSc-
w welt, as he moves toward some
action to curb the powers ne feels
have been usurped by the U. S.
Supreme Court, will undertake to
show that his attitude toward the
Constitution is similar OF that OF
the founding fathers who wrote
il and that members Of the court
are the ones who have miSinter-
preted that document.
In his first message to this Con-
press, the president urged all
hands to read the constitutional
debates. You can do that with
surprising results, because the
history Of the Constitutions ORR
gins is still unknown to the great
bulk of Americans.
Just how interesting such study
can be was demonstrated in
washington the other day by IT.
wing Brant of the st. Louis Star
Times. an authority whose storm
over the Constitution" is kept
handy around the White House
and in other important New Deal
offices. Il. ...
tFi IL could be proved that the
- trainers Of the Constitution in
tended 10 give Congress the power
10 establish mercantile monop-
olies, Brant argued in speech to
the Peoples Lobby, it would fol-
low that the government had con-
stitutional power to 60 far beyond
anything found in the New Deal
and could even take over the eco
nomic life Of the nation.
No answer to Brant's effort to
prove that government monop-
olies are constitutional is avail
able, because the American Lib
erty League, which was asked to
send the chairman of its lawyers
committee or somebody else to
debate the point, didn't accept the
invitation. .... o.
Three days before the consti-
tuition was signed, Brant pointed
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THE NEW DEAL
IN WASHIN
-RY RODNEY BUTCHER

out, one James Wilson OF Penn
sylvania told the convention: "As
to mercantile monopolics, they arc
already included in the power &c
regulate trade"
Wilson was the outstanding le-
gal scholar of his time and WASH
ington later made him one of the
original justices of the supreme
court.
pRANT finds further evidence IN
- the fact that George Mason of
Virginia gave as one reason for
his refusal to sign the Constitu-
ton that "the Congress may grant
monopolies in trade and COM
merce."
Elbridge Gerry of Massachu-
sets, also refusing TO sign, COM
planned that under the power OF
commerce, monopolies may be
established"
James Madison, often called the
Constitutions father" said that
"the power to regulate commerce
is indivisible and ought to be
wholly under one authority"
Madison also proposed in let
tiers to Washington and Edmund
Randolph Of Virginia: "Let the
national government have q
negative in all cases whatsoever
on the legislative acts'of the. states
as the king Of Great Britain here
tofore had. This I conceive to be
essential and the least possible
abridgment of the state sover-
eighties" .u
Madison further recommended
that states be reduced to "the
condition of counties" Alexander
Hamilton, meanwhile, was saying
that states, as states, fought to be
abolished a-
There were seven staunch de-
tenders of state sovereignty at
the convention, Brant said, and
all seven took a walk or refused
to sign. So how, he asks, can
anyone consider the Constitution
| states rights document?
! (copyrIght. 1897. NEA Service. Inc,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22

A NDREW JACKSON made his
n men fear and worship him.
So tough was he that they called
nim "Old Hickory" Swiftly and
mercilessly he had conquered the
Creek Indians in Georgia and Ala
bama Then, in 1914, he became
commander of the defending
American army at New Orleans.
Jackson had fewer than 5000
men. Attacking him were 10000
trained British soldiers and a large
naval squadron. Jackson en-
trenched himself behind strong
fertilization in the swamp land
outside New Orleans. The British
were routed, their general killed,
1000 of their forces were slain.
Jackson lost only II men.
THAI, victory New Orleans
and Jackson's later campaigns IN
Florida0against the Seminole In
dams. won him such popularity
that he was elected president in
1928. He retired in 1887, and died
in 1895, at the age Of 70.
The new two-cent army stamp
portrays the general, alongSo'
Gen. Winfield Scott.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
STEAMER AGR0UNn

SHANGHAI. Jan. -. n,
The Japanese vessel li,in b.
went aground today - miIs.J
Ningpo but is in 10 INN
danger, according To local n
Vessels will be sent from M
to remove paSScngCrS. RgsN
ports said the 2.S6G-,on =
carried 800 passenger.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
WHAT TO DO

WHAT TO DO
A woman who had lost her hus-
band early last December told me
she bitterly resented receiving
cards during theholiday period
Bearing the words merry Christ
mas" Happy New Year." and
similar sentiments. 81 consider
cd them an insult" she said.
One should never feel insulted
by an intended kindness. Never
theless it is not difficult to I'M
derstand how a deeply Sorrowing
person might react to the sugges-
ton to be merry and happy.
Furthermore, the anniversaries
are particularly trying to those
who have suffered bereavement.
Yet, when the yuletide comes
around and we are remembering
our friends, we do not like to
withhold expression from those
who are in distress.
A kindly act would be to select
a card without inscription, though
bearing a suitable picture not too
suggestive of the holidays, and
write on it. eve are thinking of
you today" or something similar.
Kindness should always be the
governing force in our dealings
with our fellows. If we stop and
ask ourselves, "What would be
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22

him." or should he have said, 1T
was he?" If we turn the phrase
around and say, eli mwas it," we
Immediately see that the sentence
should have been, at was he
whom Gomez succeeded" When
tempted to say, at is me-" turn
the sentence about and say Me is
it" and the error becomes appar-
ent. -.
Today / heard radio news re-
porter call Spokane, Washington,
"Spocane." The name of the city
isspelled as if it should be pro-
nounced that way, but it isn't; it
is properly called "Spo-can." The
last syllable is pronounced exact
~ like the name of thereceptacle
tinnedpeas come in. And the
same reporter sounded the second
"a" in parliament" whereas it is
correctly silent, like the second
"a" in carriage and marriage.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22

chirping its early ro,n. n
high tree top. maxim, y, '!o.
your imagination i'l %,|
here and there and r,,.r !r.]
ghtful spring song: Mug 4
enables us To catch , M
freshly uptuncd mellow "Al!!
the pungcnt odor of ,s'it 4
and hear the chug. Chm -.s
power spray in the r..,i,,' 1
orchard. Just turo In 'a'',II
sweet heralding or .nrir,, W. 1
it's farm activitics: VIC,
SEE US for prices on nina.
soda. fertilizer, lime . .S
arsenate Of lead. Llucs,o,,,' 20 I,
seedlings and seeds. feeds a
Turner & Co, Edrcyyilla w.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
TWINS PASS 80 MARK

NORWALK, o. (UP) = The
8Oth birthday celebration of Mrs.
A. B. Bratton and l.. l.. Kellogg,
twins, did not come as a surprise
to Norwalk folk. Their family is
famous for longevity. Martin kel,
logg, grandfather, died in 1872
at the age of LOG.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
sTODAY'S WORN

Har-bin-ger, pronounce W
are, as in gin, ger as H.
phasis on first syllable: w. w..
a messenger; forclUuncy. (.
blucbird is the harhir.''
spring; to forctcll, announ,.
or i'm.
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the really kind thing to do?" then
do what our hearts dictate, we
should rarely go wrong.
EAGLE ATTACKS MEN

LAKESIDE, Mo. (UP)-K. II.
Brewer and NJ. NJ. Odom were
clawed by an eagle with a 7-foot
Widespread as they struck at 1t
with an oar to keep the bird from
taking a fve-pound bass which
Brewer was reeling from the Lake
of the OZarks.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
ROYAL AUTO BRINGS $3.50

LONDON. - (UP) - The car
that was specially built for King
George V to travel over rough
ground on his Sandingham estate
has been sold for $3.50. Although
nearly seven years old, the car,
which cost $4,000, has been driv-
en- less than 1000 miles.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
AGED RACES CUPID

MARION, o. (Url-Following
a cyclonic two-weck courtship
August c. Ottmillcr, a 72-year-
old railroad Waterman, and Mrs.
Ella Smith, GO, a nurse, were mar
ried.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
PROVIDE MUSIC

RIVERSIDE. Cal. - I'D
Couples who provide muse !,
selves at their own wcddin, :
money. When Helen Veg. !.
Kermit Edwin llilcn Of The y,
ish TroubadourS' were ~,
they sang "Ah, Swcc, Mys.r'
Light" and 81 Love You III,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
WHAT ABOUT THIS?

The Bible is the worlds best
seller. But is it the worlds best
reader? If it were wouldn't the
conduct of the human family be
more creditably? Do not many
persons regard the Bible as they
do church membership and office
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22

Hunters have found II IN,
to drown n brokcn-wingcd y
long as the end oi the h.
bone is submerged.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
JUST A MOMENT, PLEASE
By WICKES WAlMBOLDT
so 1T SEEMS

Recently a fire in. substation
cut the solitary line which sup
piled electrical energy to Newark
and smaller communities in three
counties, leaving the entire sec
ton without current for five and
a half hours.
Hambone says that it is NIGH
ty poor rat that has but one hole.
And it is mighty poor power
company that has but one power
line into metropolitan area Of
five hundred thousand persons.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
:. yo,Jp ROOF HAS TURN.

cd all water it is a good one ana
if your cellar has no leaks It's
worth Dragging on. j. A. Rusher'
county commissioner, is about the
only man I've found to laugh at
a leaking roof. He employed the
w. d. Lehman company to repair
several roofs under guarantee.
MIR. Rusher is reporting the leaks
and MIR. Lehman is thinking the
openings.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
Id soILEY, REALTOR, says

when the weather clears up there
will be local real estate activity
not known for the corresponding
season since the good old days or
yore. Inquiries and advertising
seem to run to small acreage near
the city. Operations are weather
bound because it is not good real,
estating to take out a prospect ana
drop knee-deep in the mud.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
By Noah Hollowell
THE FARMER WHO HAS HIS

field SUBSIDIZED and full OF humus
has a bucket and chain with when
to draw up some of this surplus
water next summer when crops
begin to wilt and all signs say
1T amt gwinter rain no more
no more
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22

The national consumption of
beer is decreasing in England,
while the consumption of wine,
coffee. and tea is increasing.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22

Capital and labor cannot do good team
work if either hold back in the breeding
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
HIM OR HE

Speaking re-
Gently of a GER
tain Cuban per-
sonage, one Of
our prominent
news commenta-
tors said, at was
him whom Gomez
succe G d e d :"
Should the COM
mentator h a v c
said, at W $
. .aIa
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22

Temperatures in Tibet run the length of the
thermometer in one day. During the winter, in
some places, the mercury rises to ITO degrees at
midday and drops to 80 below at night.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22

BY order of the police department, a
suspicious looking character can't get into
a New York night club unless he is the
proprietor.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22

A postcard mailed q years ago in Phila-
delphia has just been delivered, but they
don't consider that fast in Philadelphia. .
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22

Politicians are more noted for what the!
fall for than for what they stand for.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22

Drink can break up home in more
WAYS than one. An intoxicated driver, for
instance, might wreck his trailer. -, ,....
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22

Parents used to be a gift problem to
their children before an 11-year-old girl
cut down her hat to fit her mother. ~.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22

A sit-down strike OF drunk drivers is a
thing we could bear up under. 80
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22
LISTEN 70 THIS FHARBIN-

ger of spring advertising; yes,
the first spring note and that not
from city advertiser but one IN
tba country like far-off robin
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22

The dogs of war are the grossest feeders
at public treasures. s .-, p.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-22

Too much industries rest causes indus
trial unrest. " .,.',r" ..',
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merely as a
badge of respec-
liability?
The Washington times., 1937-09-27
Warnings Band
For Capitol

The motion picture producers
have, in the past few weeks, I'M
looSened reams of bright copy
anent the bright pictures on
their way to the screens. That
local filmgoers are in for a big
movie year has already been
proved. But what about the
vaudeville fans?
They're also going to find
something to sing about, the
Loew's Capitol Theater manage
ment believes, and backs this be-
lief up with a list of stellar en-
tertainmentS that will grace the
Capitol stage in ensuing weeks.
During the remainder of this
month and Throughout Septem-
Der and october many formida-
BILE attractions will be presented
at the Capitol. Already the Cap
itol management has booked for
future presentation the follow
ing:
Little Jackie Heller, who will
return in a decidedly different
role than he has in the past, this
time as a singing master of cere-
monies.
Fred Waring and his famous
orchestra, recently seen in the
film Varsity" show, will make
one of their infrequent stage ap-
pearanceS in the Capital. War
ing, one of the master showmen
among leading bandsmen of the
nation, will bring a completely
new revue to the Capitol stage.
Dave Appellon, whose annual
extrava ganZa are deemed
among the brightest offerings
on the stage today, will present
a brand new crop of talent in a
gala revue.
The internationally famous
Salici Pupetts, who following
their sensational debut in this
country, a debut that included
an engagement in the Capital,
will also be among the new at
fractions the Capitol will offer.
The Washington times., 1937-09-27
Little Holds GiqIi's Feature

Forever Yours" which had
its Washington premiere last
week interrupting a two-year
revival policy at the Little
Theater, swung into a second
week yesterday, bidding to con-
tinue the popularity that shat.
tered records at the house dur.
ing its first seven days.
OF chief interest because it
introduces Beniamino Gigli,
hailed as the worlds greatest
tenor, to the screen, the picture
is filled with the magnificent
ariaS through which Gigli climb.
ed to become the top-ranking
tenor Of the Metropolitan Opera.
He sings no less than nine high.
lights from nine operas and, for
good measure, works in a Schu-
bert lullaby and a new popular
Serenade or two.
The story, which perforce is
secondary, is an unimportant
The Washington times., 1937-09-27

Susie @, rhumba and the in
dividuaI challenge, the "Shine."
In the latter each dancer had a
chance to show off in the part
he or she does best.
As demonstrated by a group
of its Central and Roosevelt
High School opponents it's moth
ing for those with hardening
arteries to attempt.
1t looks a little like a panic on
the Stock Exchange. 1t sounds
somewhat like a MOhammedan
meeting with it's praise Allah"
finish, and it looks very much, /
imagine, like the tail end of
tornado.
Actually the various steps of
the dance are called when many
participate, but Emcee SOmer.
vile did not try out this tech
nique, and Maestro Leon Brush
loft was too busy trying to
match his rhythmS with the
twirlerS.
BIG APPLE JUBILEE
Perhaps the best single fea-
ture of this dance is that there
are no wallflowers during a big
Apple" session. Everyone joins
the dance, whether it is prac-
ticed by a crowd on a dance
floor, or simply danced by two
people in the living room at
home.
Some of the more refined
dance palaces display the sign,
please Don't Big Apple Here"
and leader Barnee Breeskin, at
the Shoreham, has it among the
unplayed music in his library.
But when the SWanky Rainbow
Room at Rockefeller Center took
it up, engaged Dance Director
Arthur Murray to call off the
numbers, awards three quarts
of champagne nightly to the
best "Applers,' rhythm may be
said to have arrived" The
Dance Directors of America
have also given it official dig
nifty.
Managing director Charles
KurtZman of the Capitol Thea
ter was on the side lines watch
ing the Big Apple demOnstra-
ton Saturday night. He has
booked a Big Apple jubilee for
the F Street house beginning
Friday, when a group of Harry
CrOsIey trained dancers will go
through the routine backed up
by some hoOp-la SpecialitieS.
"Give me the Old-fashiOned
waltz" said one of the middle
aged COmmOdOres to me. "This
will die out faster than "Mu-
sic Goes Round and Round" /
wonder il he's right.
The Washington times., 1937-09-27
KELLEYGRAMS

aging-director. Before going to
the Rainbow Room to break the
long-run record, Miss Tyner
gave a season of salon concerts
at 24OO.
George, the apple and candy
man in front of the Earle The
alter, is the best checker-upper
on movie business. He tells me
that the departure of the 25-
centS-till-1-p. m. performance has
reduced the opening show at.
tendance, but business remains
normal through being spread
through the late matinee.
George has become so expert
at guessing crosses he can peg"
Fridays turnout and compute
within few dollars the weeks
business. His own gross fIuc-
tuateS in the degree that the
Earle screen has a hit picture or
SA0V 0O-oV HAVuuCbS
am chilled by a reader for
printing so much about pic
lures and theaters breaking rec
Ords. Well, everybody likes sue
cess stories. If you prefer the
others, make Way for TOmOr-
row" holds the low at LOew's
Palace with a $4,000 week. Too
much like a funeral for old folks.
And Universal has a million
dollar bust in top O. the
Town." But who likes to crack
the crippled cellulOid.
VOTE NOT GUILTY
Robert Hale was an innocent
man.
That is the overwhelming vote
Of the patrons who have seen
They Won't Forget" at the
Metropolitan Theater, where it
is the current attraction. Up to
date ballot count is 627 not
guilty, II for hanging.
Professor Buxton, head of the
business college where Mary
Clay was murdered, was
suspected by nine as being the
real murderer. One patron ex-
pressed belief that the prose
cutting attorney paid some one
to kill her so he could get in
office"
The picture which has aroused
all this interest is Mervyn
LeRoy's Elimination of Death in
the Deep South" much-diScussed
novel.