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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-25
Sponge Sale Conducted
Yesterday Nears Five
Hundred Dollar Mark

On the Municipal Sponge Dock
yesterday morning there were "a
lots of sponge, II of wool and Is
of yellow, of various grades and
sizes. offered to bidders.
The largest offering of yellow
had 81 punches which were sold
for $30.l5. The largest offering
of wool contained 100 punches
and sold for Split. The next
largest was of IS punches which
brought 5000.
The entire lot of yellow con-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-25
One of Various Anglers
Shipped Two Jewish
To His Home In Chi
cage

Campers on the Keys are not
meeting with ordinary success
bat are exceeding their former
experiences and are being 50 sue
cessfuI that they are able to ship
some Of their catches back home
10 LEI their folks realize what ihsY
are missing.
Charles Holy. last Friday.
shipped 10 mis- home in Chicago.
two jewish. one OF which weigh
ed l7s and the other eos pounds.
and both were perfect specimens
Il thai big denizsn of the deep.
which provides such sntieins
steaks and delightful chowder.
The fish were caught from the
bridge near summsrIand KsY.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank ]. Sullivan
and Mr. and Mrs. James F. chsl-
mers. who were visiting with Mr..
and Mrs. H. B. Renouf for a while
al their camp on summerland.
left Saturday after q delightful
time for their home in cleve-
Land Ohio.
They came one week ago for a
visit with the Renoufs. and now
they are fearful Of being branded
as disciples of Ananias. when they
reach home and begin the tales
Of the fish which are to be caught
from the Florida Keys; in fact
anywhere in the state. but prin-
clpally in the vicinity of the
Keys.
When the Chalmers and the
Sullivans arrived at the camp and
were greeted by their sister, Mrs.
Renouf. Mr.. Chalmers exclaimed:
No wonder VOC folks want to
come 10 this place. for it is more
like the tabled country of the
Fountain Of Youth than ever
expected to see.
He Is a mmeber Of the cleve-
land Press and said that swhen /
return home and ten them Of the
climate. ideal conditions for
camping on the Florida Keys, and
the fish. know that no one win
believe me. bat when ! tell them
Of my catching them. not one but
many. / know that many Of my
hearers and readers win say sAw.
them are nothing but fish sto-
ries : Then he continued. well,
70 tell the truth. ! would not have
believed them myself. had not
had the actual experience.
Dr. and Mrs. ]. Anderson and
DIT. and Mrs. c. Renouf OF Cleve-
land are expected 70 arrive the
latter part of February from
Kent. Ohio. arc expected TO arrive
at Summerland the early part OF
February. and join the camp
which Is now made up of the cars
and trailers of Mr.. and Mrs. II. 3.
Renouf. Of Kent. Ohio, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Holy, Of Mareneo.
III, and Mr.. and Mrs. o. F. Kane.
Of Penn.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-25

tanned les punches and the total
price was S56.8z. while the offer
ings Of wool. made Up of -
punches. brought s4sl %. making
a total for the days sales q
$4,000.
There are q number Of vessels
out on the sponge beds making
the late winter catches. and -
ports coming in are that some Ct
the vessels are doing wei and ~
pect 10 come in early in February
with good takes Of excellent
grade
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-25
CORRECTION

In the article concerning the
visiting officials az the Caballero
de h Luz. Inc. in yesterdays
Citizen. m interview with the
Odd Fellows was mentioned. This
was an error. Instead Of Odd
Fellows the organization should
have been cahalleros de Ia Luz.
the Key West group
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-25
TWO MARRIAGE
LICENSES ISSUED

During the week ending yester-
terday there we're bat two mar
rage licenses issued IN Key West,
as shown on the records In the
Office Of County Judge Raymond
r Lord
These issues permitted the we'd
dings of FideI Lopez and Mar
guerite Ia Pc. Berl Pinder and
Resale Saunders.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-25
Campers On Keys Meet
With Great Success In
Catching Fish Specimens
NZZZZZZN
SENATE CONFIRMS
REED AS JUSTICE
eBy Associated Pres.)

WASHINGTON. D. c-The
Senate unanimously confirm
ed President Hoossvelt's nom-
nation Of Stanley Z. Reed of
Kentucky 10 be associate JUS
lice of the Supreme Court
succeeding Justice George SUI
fherland who resigned.
Reed had been solicitor
general Of the United States.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-25
Wilcox Presents Bill
To Extend National
Monument Territory

Ifea FresBB
Congressman Wilcox said he
introduced the bin at the request
of President Roosevelt in order TO
provide new breeding place and
sanctuary for the rapidly disap-
pearing great white Heron.
The proposed extension would
permit residents of Dade. Mon
roe and Collier counties TO carry
On commercial fishing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-25

WASHINGTON. D. c. Jan rs.
Representative J. Mark Wilcox.
democrat of Florida. representing
the Fourth Congressional District.
a bill to extend Fort
Jefferson National Monument Re
servation. off Key West. 10 in
elude group of small islands and
reefs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-25

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-25
TEMPERATURES

Lowest Highest
last night last "a hrs.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
HOW MUCH DO FARMERS MAKE?

What are the comparative incomes of farm FAM
lilies and town families? AS Dean Paul W. Chap
man of the Georgia College of Agriculture points
out in The Progressive Farmer, most people work
for a living-and living is about all the average
person gets. If the average city worker makes
more dollars than the farmer, every time ne turns
there is call for cash" Dean Chapman continues
I'm Florida, California, Massachusetts, New Jer-
sey, and two three other states farmers make
more than non-farm workers. In the other states
farmers make less than urban workers. In Georgia.
city workers average making three times as much
as the average farmer The same ratio IS true IN
number Of other southern states. This does not
mean that there hgh-income farmers IN the
South; in fact, some of our farmers-malnly those
dealing in specialized farming-are among those
with the largest incomes in the nation.
"The income of any group where the worker Is
also the proprietor varies greatly. This is true, for
of persons engaging in merchandising. As
a matter of record, 35 per cent of the farmers OF
the nation earn IS per cent of the income. If you
were of the So per cent, your income would be
better than that of 90 per cent of the American
people. You would have an income far greater than
that of the majority of city workers.
1T is also fact that the average farm family
has more property than the average city family,
The average value of the property owned by the
farm families of America is $9,66s, contrasted with
IS, 100 for those living in towns and cities. Gas
tona Gazette.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15
TIDY SUM; WHO PAID 1T?

The social security board reports $6,6l9,5l2
collected in South Carolina for old age and unem-
ployment insurance. Tidy sum. Who paid it? Do
employers pay dollar that they do not collect
from the consumer? Tidy sum, we say-about
II or u per cent of the value Of this years cotton
crop, isn't it? About half as much as the general
assembly in Columbia wishes to appropriate. Who
maid it? All. but it comes back? You see 1t COM
ing? The board paid in December 81, 004 in old
age insurance an average of 1882 for persons
who had old age insurance and died. Who is get
ting unemployment insurance payments? Yes, there
is another side to this matter. If your government
did not collect vastly for social security than
it pays out the deficits would be greater? Who is
taking care of the deficits? "TaXes are paid in the
sweat of every man who labors." Franklin D.
Roosevelt said tfat. Was it wrong for him to say
it? We applaud him. Can the sum Of $6,619,5l2
be taken out of the pockets of the South Caro-
linians without them feeling it? Who minds little
thing like S6,619512? Christmas is coming. Every
day'll be Sunday by and by. Now is the time for
all good men to come to the aid of the party. eve
planned it this way. and don't let anyone tell you
differently" How many lawyers and other admin
istrators are fattening "social security? You'll
never know; you'll never hear their names From
South Carolina $6,619,512 has gone. Who got the
coon Standardization News and Courier.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15
RELIEF AND LIQUOR

In an open letter addressed to the liquor indus
try the American Business Mems Research Foun-
dation declared that the item has come to end the
nationwide debauchng of American citizens on re-
lief by the liquor dealers Since repeal there has
been widespread exploitation of millions of peo-
pie on relief. These are robbed OF their dole
through every method of allurement and high pres
sure solicitation by the liquor dealers lnVestiga-
tons in the state of New York show that workers
on relief spent in 1885 S37,0O0,000 for beer and
So 5O0,O 900 for distilled liquors. total of S45,OOO-
900 relief funds intended forNfood and clothing.
Taking this state as a of the trattlcs raid
on relief funds it would mean ttoal of S9OO,O0O,-
900 paid to the industry instead of to business.
Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith in her address at Chatta-
noOga, Tenn, said: During the past three years
of legalized liquor the sums expended for liquor
and for public relief are about equal. We all pay
tax for relief and receive in the boasted revenue
pittance. Much of the relief money is spent for
liquor as witness the sign in the windows OF such
places: Relief checks cashed here Christian
Advocate
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15
THE PARADOXICAL YADKIN

Maybe after all, Elder McNnch was right, May
be the Yadkin is navigabe. And so maybe the FL
der within the fact in ruling that the Alumni
mum Company of America would have to have the
Federal Power Commissions consent before build
ing its proposed S6,OO0O0O dam at Tuckertown-
even though that might very well mean that the
company would decide not to build the dam at all.
For, certainly, it appears from the story carried
in The News Friday that in the late fortles CT the
last century a certain Colonel Thompson, an engi-
neer in the Tar Heel country, gave 1t as his sober
and considered opinion that the stream was actual
~ navigable And that the Cape Fear & Deep River
Slack Water Navigation company did most deliber-
ately and automatically think of running boats all
the way from Charleston up to Wilkesboro Or,
anyhow, barges.
But on second thought we shall not, quite yet,
present our apologies to the Elder. For coming
that story closely, we discover that, neither the
engineer nor the company held that the stream was
navgable in its native state, but only that it could
be made navigable by loeks-and dams!-Charlotte
News.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15
HELP THE SCOUTS

Friends of the Boy Scout organization
in HenderSOnville and Henderson county
are endeavoring this week to finish little
lob for the Scouts. This is for the purpose
of rounding out the campaign to pledge
the money necessary to carry through the
local Scout program for this year. The sum
is not large-it has been reduced by sew
eraI hundred dollars from the figures OF
last year-and it is hoped the public will
respond to the solicitation of the commit
tee in a way that will speedily put this
worthy effort in the class of finished bust
ness.
Scouting is making progress in Hender-
son county. The Scouting center here IN
Hendersonville serves to focus attention
upon the organization and its work and is
the means of indicating city and county
wide interest in Scouting. The Henderson
county district merits and has the hearty
approval and backing of the regional or
ganization and leaders in its program.
If you believe the advancement of the
town and county along the best and most
important avenues of effort is worth while,
act promptly to give financial assistance to
the Scouts Remember that the boys of to-
day will be the men of tomorrow and this
country in the future will be what the
present generation and future generations
of young people make of it. Let the older
people give them all possible help in max
ing preparation an training and character
building for good citizenship.
Scouting is making large and enduring
contribution to the progress of the nation
in this direction. The Henderson county
organization is our local obligation and it
is our privilege to help Scouting to go for
ward in our own town and county.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15
COMMUNITY BUILDING AND
REPAIRING

One of the most important and urgent
needs of Hendersonville and the surround
ing country is in the field of building and
repairing and improvement of business
houses and residence property. This is es-
peeially true of business houses and of
property used in the tourist business. There
was much work done in this line in the past
yaer, but more remains to be done; and
if it is to be available for the approaching
Summer tourist season it must be done
promptly.
President H. E. Buchanan of the Cham
Der of Commerce estimates that 100000
ought to be spent for building repairs and
improvements in the city limits of Hender-
sonville in the next two or three months.
If the work is done in that period it will,
of course, be available for the approach
ing tourist season.
Mr.. Buchanan points out that, due to
the slump in construction which prevailed
here for several years following the boom
and in the depression" Hendersonville
has. lost ground and fallen behind in keep
ing pace with demands for the accommo-
dation of tourists. / 1t is. Also fact that
the! general demands of the community for
moaernization in both business and resi-
dence property have not been keeping step
with the progressive spirit during the past
several years.
The entire matter may be summed up
by saying that the general needs of Hen
Jacksonville, and the demands of the tourist
business, point to the imperative need for
an active movement along this line. Per-
maps greater than the need for new build
lngs is that for modernization and improve
ment OF number of the present buildings
IN the city, both business houses and resi-
depceS. This applies with particular en-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15
BEHIND THE SCENES
TN WASHINGTON
BY RODNEY BUTCHER.

would be more likely to get the
country into war is a matter of
speculation.
The program for ar $800,000,0o0
naval expansion policy-an annual
20 per cent increase in expendi-
ture-is part of the power politics
game. 1t doesn't mean any new
battleships within three Of four
years, so it hardly can be designed
to meet any possible immediate
crisis. The existing navy is more
than adequate for protection of
the observation-disclosures Canal
defense triangle and the Pacific
coast. The navy isn't strong
enough now to make a stand any,
where west of Hawaii, and even
the proposed increase wouldn't
come anywhere near being enough
to take any aggressive action in
that direction.
Naturally, Admiral Leahy was
somewhat handicapped by these
points in his testimony before a
congressional committee. But there
is reason to believe that the
most significant although not gen.
orally noted Leahy contribu-
ton was the admirafs assertion
that the countIy's Pacific naval
line of defense now stretches out
to Samoa, $500 miles beyond
Hawaii.
This seems TO make sense only
if YOU tie it up with Roosevelt's
secret pet idea of 2 joint British
American long distance blockade
of Japan. No agreement or I'M
Outstanding with England has.
been put on paper, but the Navy
has worked out a plan-just to be
kept handy for an emergency,
mind you-by which the United
States would put Is capital ships
and their auxiliaries on the Alas
observation-disclosures line to link up
with six British capital ships be-
tween Singapore and Borneo. -
copyright. 1888, NEA Service. Incl
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15

WASHINGTON. - ANY under
w standing of American foreign
policy and naval expansion pro-
posals requires knowledge of GER
tain facts which Roosevelt, Sec
rotary Hull and Admiral Leahy
aren't talking about.
So much depends on the result
of the administrations effort to
educate" the American people out
of a pacifistic, iSolationiSt antipa-
thy toward any monkeying in
Asiatic or European affairs that
this educational effort temporarily
may be considered as the chief
item OF such foreign policy as we
have.
The campaign has been going on
for months through solemn official
warnings of peril, persistent semi
official assurances that the Far
Eastern situation is tense" maxi
mum ballyhoo for the Panay and
lesser incidents, playing up of all
naval movements and many other
gestures designed for the effect of
swaying public opinion.
A navy is the most powerful
arm of diplomacy and the Ameri-
can navy now is being used as
exactly that. The State Depart
ment feels its duty is to play the
old game of power politics. This
means bluffins Japan and other
aggreSsively militaristic nations
or, as diplomats put it, "using
the prestige and influence of the
United States to stop international
brisandage and prevent war"
Available signs indicate that
Roosevelt and Hull, once re-
leased from the public opinion
hobble, would become very noisy
and yell louder than ever at the
relationships, probably with naval
fourishes. Whether this would
nave the desired effect Of making
Hitler, Mussolini and the Mikado
behave themselves or whether it
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15
ON THE PLANET EARTH
= By WICKES WAMBOLDT

Stay away from Their" hcrcaI-
ter" might be good advice for
Uncle Sam to give his ncphews
and uipccs who complain Of mis-
treatment in foreign lands. This
country should be large enough to
hold rs Americans. Anyone Who
docs not like ii here and chooses
to remain in some other country
should not expect our nation to
mix into any fuss he gets into
over there. If he doesn't like it
let him come home. And if some
nation does set about abusing our
people soiUurning in its territory.
why should We not call our people
home, and pack up and snip back
home any Of the offending ma
ton who may be living in our
country? For instance, if Japan
persists in mistreating our people,
what about calling our people
home and shipping every Japan
csc in America. back to Japan?
If you can't be nice to our lit
tie boys they shan't visit you, and
your little boys shan't come over
here.
If our people will insist on liv-
ing among these burned barbar-
ians let them take the conse-
quenccs. There is plenty Of bar
barism to be had right here il
the United States. 1t is not ncccs-
sary to go abroad to find il.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15
North Blue Ridge

NORTH BLUE RIDGE. Feb.
15.-Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Calrnes
of Etowah, visited Mr.. and Mrs
c. n. Allen and Mrs. S. NJ. Cole,
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Raymond Hill and daugh-
ter, Barbara, were overnight
guests Saturday of Mr.. and Mrs.
Claude Coston of EdncYville.
Mrs. Ernest King visited Mrs.
Hester King Friday afternoon
Little Mary Pace, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Gibson Pace, is con-
fined to her home with measles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfonzo Pace,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Allen
last SATURDAY. evening.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15

phasis to boarding houses and places where
visitors are entertained.
The financing problem is, no doubt, the
chief difficulty in the way of movement
to build, improve and make the community
more attractive for visitors and residents.
This newspaper will have something to say
later as to this problem.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15
MORE CORN PER ACRE: The

MORE CORN PER ACRE: The
big corn show and banquet next
Saturday is the talk of Henderson
and Pennsylvania counties. Mean
while Farm Agent G. D. White has
fixed a goal within the next five
years Of 200 bushels of corn per
acre. How can it be done? He is
adopting the hybrid seed corn
route. What is hybrid corn. How
is it produced? What are its SUI
pcrior merits? Follow this column
this week and we'll take you into
the secrets Of hybrid corn, a corn
field product on an important com
mcrcia! basis for only about four
years, yet taking the north-cen1-
trail belt by storm so fast the vol
umo of seed corn will not likely
supply the demand before 1910.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15
BIBLE THOUGHT
I'm THE MORNING

ye shall see the glory of the Lord. ihX' 1870
Like jewels upon a golden chain, these oeaut1ui
words run through scripture They everywhere
speak of light after darkness; deilVeranee AFTER
danger; recompense after trouble. 1t was morning
when Israel the corpSes OF the EgyptiahS
morning when Daniel was brought from the Den Oh
lions; morning when Jesus stood on the shore ana
called the weary. wet fishermen to breakfast
Weeping may endure for night, but JOY COM
eth in the morning" FPS 30;5l-MrS, Geo T.
Needham.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15

Wouldn't this globe be the high
est sphere to which we could ever
attain? Shouldn't we then have to
remain here forever and forever?
Would there be any way to get
out and go on? If this world is
the best that eternity holds for
me, l am disappointed right now.
| do not believe we are intend
cd to remain here too long! We
are students in this sphere and
the only way we can pass on to
a higher grade-to a better world
is by means of that change
called Death.
We could, however, make eat
ing temporarily a feature of our
religions and benefit ourselves
physically and spiritually.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15

physical body IS
intended to he
sustained by ma
t erial nuriSh-
ment.
II it were pos
siblC for US per
petually to main
tain our vehicles
of flesh by spir-
i Il al m G a n s,
should not we
mortals then be
immortals, with
no end to ogr
lives on earth?
Wouldn't TT Il / s
earth be the end
az an. in,1n,nnu2
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15
CHAIN SAVES MAN

MANSFIELD, o. (UP)-Thirty
nelghbors formed continuous
digging chain and rescued William
Denman, 54Y when "a well he was
digging caFed in, buryingrhim to
the neck, uN ,r,G -. Is....~ .,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15
"FLASHLIGHT EABY"

MARTINEZ, Cal. (UP)-ThIs
city now has q ''fIashliGht baby
When a man power electric line
blew out, plunging the city in
darkness. doctors at the county
hospital were in the midst Of a
maternity case. They finished it
with a fl&shlight held by the
nurse.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15
EAT TO LIVE

1t seems to ne that my old
friend Dean Israel H. Noe in his
sincere search for Truth has dem
onstrated cOnclusively that the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-15

But if going in debt and spending future earn
ings to cause boom nearly ruined US in 1929,
how in thunder could more of it make US rich
again?