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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-05

was still without transportation
facilities except such as were al
forded by stage coach and wagon
train. While plans were being
considered for a railroad, an en-
terprising citizen in an attempt to
help conditions, obtained a char
ter and secured skilled men to
build small river steamer to
ply the waters of French Broad
river from Ashevlle to Brevard.
Congress provided funds to clear
the river OF shoals and give the
vessel frcer passage. For some
time, this craft, the Mountain
Lily, made successful trips from
Hendcrsonville to Brevard, but
heavy rains, alternating with ex-
trcmcly dry weather, rendered
this an unfeasible venture and it
was abandoned few years later.
For several summers, this trip
over the river by steamer was a
unique feature of travelling in the
mountains on what it's promoters
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-05
BIG HITTING
TESTS STAGED
Ashevi!le Kelvinators Trim
B;ltmore DIARIES, Chip
man Loses to Canton

There was a bnmhardm"ut of
hits on all fronts of the Chapman
LaCrnSSr field last Night as the
North Carolina stat" Softha!
champions. KclvinatorS of AShC-
vile. celebrated tn" Fourth of
July by trimming Fillmore Diaries
- 10 10. In the prelude to thit
exciting contest the Chipman-La-
Crosse team hattlcd the Canton
AT Stars for 10 innings with tn"
All Stars winning . 30 !.
The fist game was Il pitchers
battle between ROBBERS and MlIIn"
of the All Stars and Kenneth Kat
remover of Chipman-LcCroSSc
Neither team could put across Il
run between the 18th and 10Th IN
ningS. I'm the 10th inning, how
ever. Canton scored > runs when
Anderson singled and then scored
on Shef'icld's hom" "un into rlght
field. These runs ciinchcd IN"
game.
The affair between the KcIvina-
tors and Biltmorc Diaries was ~
tirelv different. Both clubs pound
ed the ball hard and far Mt bat
and PLAYED rugged hail in the
field. The encounter was Hr,l.'d'
however, when Scarbow Int a
home run with the bases loaded IN
the sixth inning. This gave TIC
KclvinatorS a 5-run lead that va
never Overtaken.
Joe Justice Of the Riltmor"
team led the hitting with two SIN
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nut, Callahan, Old Indian and
other rough peaks to the low
break not far from where the
present highway crosses the State
line.
The State road has always been
renowned for the route it follow
cd along the ridges. From just
below Poinsett bridge to its cross
ing of the Enoree river, nearly 70
miles, it does not cross stream
larger than small brook.
A few miles below Saluda Gap
is the famous 40-foot rock span
which was built to bridge the
river, and named for Poinsett.
This is one of the finest examples
of the keystone arch ever seen in
this country. On its face it bears
the date "1S2O" cut into the
stone, which was shaped and plac-
cd bv Irish workmcn. There is an
old legend among the people liv-
ing deep in the mountains around
there that the spirit of one of
these Irishmen returns on certain
moonlight nights, to sit on the
parapet and Gaze again on the
majestic beauties of the surround
ing peaks. Travellers coming by
stage coach from the low country
to the highlands used to find add
cd thrills to their journey by
watching to sec whether they
were lucky in passing by at a time
when the son Of Erin would be
found perchcd on his outlook.
While the people Of South Car
DINA and our state owe much in
their upward progress to Poin'
sets interest in providing better
roads into the mountainous part
of the country, at Christmas time
people everywhere perpetuate his
name in the cvergrowing popular
ity of the poinsetta, plant which
he discovered and brought tc
America from one of his trips tc
Mexico.
When the people in the Blue
Ridge section were beginning tc
derive the full benefit from Pom
sets efforts in opening the turn
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pike over the mountains, he had.
passed on to the other fields
where his zeal resulted in a last
ing gift to the nation.
He was president of the Nation
al Museum of Natural History at
the time the Smithsonian lnsti-
tute was chartered in 1876. With
out the influence of Joel Poinsett
and his organization, the funds
beuueathed for educational pur-
poses might have been used for
some other project of far less
benefit to the nation in general.
About the middle of the 10Th
century, crop failures in the
mountains caused great suffering
here from a shortage of corn. 1t
could only be had at dollar and
half a bushel, at time when
dollars were almost unknown and
when crops in the east rotted in
the fields for want of market.
This brought a more poignant
realization Of just how greatly
any development of this country
depended on bcttermcnt of trans
portation facilities.
A railroad was completed from
Old Fort to Ashevillc, through the
Swannanoa Gap, about 1880, and
the line from Spartanburg, which
had been built as far as Saluda in
1879, was finished to Henderson,
vile about 1882. This road up
the steep Saluda mountain was
much delayed in its final compile
ton by the unusual cost OF the
heavy grading. For a year or two
after it came to Tryon, plans and
estimates were studied and revls-
ed, until by changing the original
route, it was finally finished.
Buncombc county had voted
bonds to build the section within
that county, and though they were
paying interest on these for two
years, the delay continued. When
steps were being considered to
have the franchise Of the road
cancelled, the line was built on
through to Asheville.
The upper French Broad valley
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DEVELOPMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
SECTION III

From the beginning of the l9tf
century, duclling was common IN
,mcrica. Whether it was approx
ID. il was pract. ccd,-onc OF the
most notable ducts being that be-
wccn Aaron Burr and Alexander
damlltOn. >. 49,.
Men Of North Carolina have
Usually settled their personal dlt,
rrcnccs by the good old skull and
st method, and ducliing has al
avs been frowncd OH by tht
ommon lruplc of this part OF tht
ate. In 1902, North Carolina
asscd law forbidding tn" send
2 of 4 challenge, OF the lighting
+ a duel. or aiding and abcttlng
! DONG either. No duel was ever
ought within the state, and no
r.orl was ever made 10 punish
INV principal, second or partlcl-
lant i'm such confhct,-on the
ground that the law of TINS state
lad not been violated unless the
lucl was actually fought on ITS
soil.
The few known combatS have
been confined strictly to a small
class of politicians and profession
al men. Among those vino desired
10 settle their scores on the field
of honor" and still respect the
laws Of the state. the difficulty
has been solved by sending the
from a point outside
the Sta,c, or by crossing over INTO
Tennessee or South Carolina.
The state line at the Sa'uda
Cap on the old Buncombe Turn
pike has offered Il strategic point
fer two Of the few known duclS
between North Carolina combat
ants. One Of these was the duel
between DR.. Robert BrHnks Vance
Of Euucombc, and Honorable
Samuel j. Carson Of Burke, in
1877. Davy Crockett, who had
married " Miss Patton of Swan
naroa. was present as friend Of
giles. two doubles, a triple and a
home run out Of six trips to the
plate. Besides ScarDow and Joe
Justice, MuIvancy and Anderson
collected round trippers.
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SOFTBALLERS
ENDING FIRST
half TONIGHT
Seasons Second Section
Starts July 19 With De-
ferred Games Between

The first half of th2 Henderson
county sOftbalI league will close
tonight with two games at the
Chapman athletic field, East Flat
Rock.
The schedule for tonight, begin
ming at 8 O'Clock. is as follows:
Chapman vs.. Rotary.
kiwaniS vs.. Grey.
\ number of postponed games
are scheduled to be played off and
the second half of the league viii
open on Tuesday night. July ~.
The Kiwanis team appears To
be firmly fixed in first place for
the first half. but playOtf of post
poncd games may charge the team
standings.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-05
HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS
EIGHTH Article in Series Leading up to Henderson
Ccrnty's Centennial Celebration, July 3l-Aug.
By SADIE S. PATTON

Carson. This duel was the out
growth of bitter campaign for
election to congress between the
two principals, in which Vance
was wounded, and died the next
day. at the nearby home of Colo
mel John Davis. where he was car
ricd after the conflict had ended;
Thirty years later, political
quarrel between Major Marcus
Erwin and Judge John Baxter
was settled in a duel at this same
spot. Their conflict grew out OF
an editorial written by Major En-
win, who was publishing a paper
in Ashcville at the time, and re-
ply from Judge Baxter, Il lawcr
of Hcndersonvillc, over the Ques-
ton Of states rights, and but lit
tie damage was inflicted.
No mention can ever be made
of this State road without paus-
ING to pay tribute to the man who
did so much to bring it to the
highest state Of perfection in his
dav, - Joel Roberts POinsett.
South CaroIinian though he was,
and one of the greatest public
bcnCfaCtOrS that state ever pro-
duccd. Western North Carolina
has profitcd by the services he
rendered even more than his own
home place.
Poinsctt was born in Charles
ton and after being trained in
some Of the best educational cen
tcrS of Europe, returned to Amer
lea to spend the rest of his life
working for the good of the en-
tire United States. While presi-
dent Of the state board of public
works in South Carolina, he spent
much Of his efforts on improving
general conditions. He travelled
to the upper part Of the state and
through the Saluda mountain re-
gion, aSccrtaininG the needs Of
the citizens. Here it was thai he
laid out and carried to completion
the works that were Of such hCnC-
fit to the pioneers Of the Eiuc
Ridge highlands.
Seriously impressed with the
need of good roads over tho
mountains, he and his board pro-
CCcdcd to extend the stat" road
from Charleston to Columbia, by
carving it up toward Saluda Gap.
winding up and down over Chest
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-05
Sharp Rise Here
In Water Patrons

As evidence of the fact that
there are many visitors in Hen
Jacksonville, the water department
today reported that water connec-
tons during the month of June
increased by 104 over May.
Connections in June Of this
wear totalled 1860 as compared to
1913 connections for the month
of June last year.
A land snail travels at a speed
of about one mile a month.
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Fruitland Nine
Trims Fairview

The newly organized FruitIand
baseball club enjoyed the 4th of
July on the local high school field
by trimming Fairview 10 to |.
OdcIl Griffin limited the Fair
view team to one hi, this being
a home run. He famed II bat
ters and only allowed TWO men 10
reach first base. Green and Sum
ncr with a home run each paced
the Fruitland batterS.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston 8-5. Philadelphia So.
Chicago So. St. Louis Al.
Detroit rs, Cleveland 3-2.
Washington "a. New York TO-
4 Csecon dgame tie, called end
| 3th, darknesS).
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SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
r f S u l. L S
PIEDMONT LEAGUE

Asheville As. Durham ST.
Richmond 1-2. Rocky Mount
SO.
Charlotte 14-13, Winston-Salem
2-7.
Portsmouth 1874, Norfolk 6-6
(sccond game Is innings).
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SALLY LEAGUE.

Columbus {. Spartanburg 1.
Augusta Is. Macon 5.
Columbia ,. Jacksonville 0.
Savannah 7. Greenville l.
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SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION

Memphis 6-6, Atlanta 4-2.
Birmingham IL 5, Knoxville
Al.
Nashville So. New Orleans 0-4.
Chattanooga 4, Little Rock >
FIRST night game).
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advertised the highest steamboat
line in the world, the elevation OF
the stream being $4,000 1eet
above sea level.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-05
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cincinnati 1-2. Pittsburgh 2-3.
Philadelphia $40, Boston 1912.
st. Louis 81, Chicago 4-3.
New York 3-16. Brooklyn OF.
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SALLY LEAGUE

Columbus at Spartanburg.
Columbia at Jacksonville.
Greenville at Savannah.
Macon at Augusta.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-05
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(Open date.)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
(Open date.)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-05

SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Nashville at New Orleans.
Knoxville at Birmingham.
Atlanta at Memphis.
(Only games scheduled.)
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GAMES TODAY
PIEDMONT LEAGUE

Durham at ASheville.
Winston-Salem at Charlotte.
Rocky Mount at Richmond.
Norfolk at Portsmouth.
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-. carrying the
Banner Of Freedom
for The Modern Housewife!

Tb. esprit of independence" brought up to dae These
modern "Reddys" carry their banner high and we'll they
may for it means victory for better living! Especially
this modern war against fatigue and dudgey fought for the
women of our generation With electricity for refrgerans,
cooking cleaning, washing ironing, heating and beautltyns
the home independence and leisure undreamed OF in
times past are enjoyed by them. There's more time tor
pleasure relaxation and the cultural things the victory
won for us all by these true patriots
And the cost Insignificant Each of the electrical appliances
used in the home cost only fraction of cent an hour to
operae-a proof that Reddy Klowatt your best and most
economical servant.
Evening star., 1938-02-16
CONFESSION CITED
IN 0'CONNOR TRIAL
Detective Says Girl Athlete Told
Him She Struck Child
With Fist.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 16.-The de-
tective who questioned Mary o'Connor
after her arrest for the killing Of
5-year-old Nancy Glenn testified at
her trial today Mary told him she
struck the child with her f,st."
Detective Capt. John T. Murphy,
who said he obtained statement
from the blond, l9-year-old girl athlete
telling how the child died last Labor
Day, said that Miss O'Connor told
him she and Nancy were walking in
a muddy lane near their homes. He
said Mary told him she slipped and
money fell out Of her pocket. She
told Nancy she would give her q penny
If she would help pick it up.
Nancy. Mary said, then started to
pick up and eat some berries" Murphy
testified.
Mary went on: I told her to stop.
Then she asked for a ride on my
bicycle and made q lot of remarks,
and I told her to shut up and not
bother me-
Il struck her with my fist. Mary
said, and she fell down on her back.
l thought she had struck her head
when she fell. I turned her over and
felt her pulse, but 1t was not beating.
Then. Mary said. she picked up a
piece of tin and placed it over the
child. Eventually, Mary said. she
went home"
Evening star., 1938-02-16
STREET is SPEAKER

Elwood Street. director of public well
fare. will tell of his experiences in re-
lief work in Cincinnati and Washing
ton in lecture on Poverty and De-
pendence" at 8:15 o'clock tonight at
Central High School,
Mr.. Streets talk will be the third in
a series of 10 free lectures and dis
cussions on national relationships
sponsored by the public night schools,
the Public Library. colleges, univer.
sites and newspapers of the city.
Other lectures in the series will
take up crime, national income, taxa
ton, higher education. the press and
other subjects of current interest. A
short reading list has been prepared
by the library for free distribution at
the lectures,
Evening star., 1938-02-16
MI R. B. OvERRUlES
OFFICIAL, ENDS SUIT
Complaint Against Hopewell
(Va.) Firm Dismissed Over
Examiners Findings.


The National Labor Relations
Board overruled yesterday recon-
mendations of its trial examiner and
dismissed complaints against the SOL
vay Process Co., Hopewell, Va. charg-
ing violations of the Labor Relations
Act
The complaint filed last July % ov
the Federation of Architects. Engi-
neers, Chemists and Technicians,
charged the company had engaged
in and was engaging in unfair labor
practices in that it had dominated
and interfered with the formation ALA
administration of a labor organlza-
ton know as the Salvay Workers
Council and had contributed financial
and other support to it,"
We find" the board said, tina.
the respondent has not dominated or
interfered with the formation or ad-
ministration of the Solvay Workers
Council or contributed financial or
other support to it,
The local union was an affiliate of
the c. l. O.
Evening star., 1938-02-16
S. E. c. CALLS HEARING
ON BARRING RAIL STOCK
Suspension From Stock Exchange
Trading Faces Two Issues
of Lines Shares

of Lines Shares.
BY the Associated Press.
The Securities Commission called a
hearing yesterday for March on the
question of suspending New York
Stock Exchange trading in two issues
of Missouri Pacific Railroad stock.
This action was taken. the S. E. C..
said. because of misleading and false
statements in Missouri Pacific's ap-
plication.
The commissions move was its
first use of this power under the Sc
curities Act against a railroad. It
said the registration statement failed
to disclose a $4,000 900 Liability "and
die not correctly reflect the true fin
ancial condition of the company
The stocks involved are the 5 per
cent cumulative convertible preferred
and the common, both of $l00 par
value.
The commission said the Sl4 200. 900
liability arose from a contract Mis-.
souri, Pacific made to purchase certain
stocks from Terminal Shares, Inc.
The contract was disafirmed by the
railroads trustee in bankruptcy The
road has been in receivership since
March. 1888.
Evening star., 1938-02-16
THREE SENTENCED
IN PERJURY CASE
0'Brien, Carpenter and
BerhIe Get Minimum
of Two Years..

Joseph E. OBrien, william R. Car
penter and Harry Berhle. who forgot
to remember" during the trial in De-
cember, 1896, of six men who shot
O'Brien in so-called bootleg war,
were in the District Jail today under
minimum sentences of two years i'm
prisonment imposed following their
conviction on perjury charges.
Justice Jesse c. Adkins meted out
the same minimum sentences to each
Of the three. but varied their maxi
mum sentences in order to allow for
time the men already have spent be-
hind bars. OBrien's maximum SEN
tence was set at two years and eight
months. Carpenters at two years and
seven months and Berhles at two
years and six months.
When they came before the jurist
late yesterday, he announced that he
had concluded sentence should be i'm
posed under the District perjury
statute, rather than the Federal law,
as their attorney had contended. They
are expected to appeal from their con-
viction
While being taken into the Jail
by deputy United States marshals,
OBrien is said to have lurched against
a morning paper photographer. break
ing his camera, and then to have ex-
claimed, "Oh, excuse me-
Six men, including the well-known
Charles r. (Rags) Warning, were
found guilty of assaulting O'Brien.
with intent to kill. despite the re-
fusal of the three witnesses to
identify them. Warning now is in
the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta.
The men shot O'Brien, a jury found,
as he stood on the sidewalk just op-
posite a cafe in the 200 block of B
street Sc. July 2l, 1896.
Evening star., 1938-02-16
M'NUTT HOPS FOR U. S.
Flies With Nine Others From
Honolulu on Clipper.

HONOLULU, Feb 15.-The Hawaii
clipper took of yesterday for Alameda,
Calf, with 10 passengers, including
Paul v. McNutt, United States high
commissioner to the Philippine Com
monwealth. Commissioner McNutt
was en- route to Washington to re-
port to President Roosevelt on Philip
pine affairs. He was accompanied by
Wayne Coy, his administrative as
sistant
Evening star., 1938-02-16

.
n YEW YORK. Feb. l5.-In quick
nj piping voice, Jean Kathleen
u Demers, 3-year-old prodigy of
Tracadie. Nova Scotia, ratified
off wisecracks and random facts from
an apparently inexhaustible fund Of
knowledge today.
Just ask me anything you like, :"
she said They call me the walking
book of knowledge"
She knew all the answers Boredly,
as though impatient for something
really hard, she replied glibly that
Paramaribo is the capital of Dutch
Guiana. that Lake Michigan is. the
fifth largest lake in the world with
an area of %, 460 square miles. that the
buffer state between Russia and China
is Mongolia and that the Suez Canal
was opened in 1869 and built by a
French engineer named Ferdinand
de Lesseps.
That's spelled with a small d and
capital L." she advised gravely, for
the benefit Of the jaw-hanging news
men.
She knew that the United States
bought Alaska from Russia in 1867
for $7,200,000," she added gratui-
tously-and that the longest river in
China is the Yangtze
A tot with red-gold curls and imp
ish dimples. Jean said that Babe Ruth
once was the best player in base
ball, that Joe Di Maggie is now and
that Jack Dempsey was the greatest
fighter in the prize ring.
Jean was accompanied by her moth
er. Mrs. Albert Demers. wife of a
machinist. who accounted for Jeans
startling precocity by her unyielding
inquisitiveness.
Naturally, she can't read yet, but
she picks up everything she hears
from the radio and when we read the
papers aloud" the mother said
The reporters finally gave up try
Evening star., 1938-02-16
63$E233t| 63|,||!1E| q; j: FL
Maybe This Is Why
You're Constipated

Perhaps the kind of food
you eat doesn't give your
bowels anything to work
on. Meat. potatoes and
bread don't form the kind
of soft, bulky mass that
will help move your bowels.
If so. a dish of crisp,
crunchy Kellogg's ALL
Bran for breakfast will
give you just the kind of
"bulk" your intestines may
need to work properly.
And in addition. it contains
the intestinal tonic, vita
min b. which helps to
tone them. If you want to
get at the cause of your
trouble, eat some Kellogg's
All-Bran every day-as a
cereal or baked in mullins.
And drink plenty of water.
All-Bran is made by Kel-
logg in Battle Creek. Sole
by every grocer.
Evening star., 1938-02-16
GALLlPOLIS RESIDENTS
MOURN FOR M'INTYRE
Services Planned From Remod-
e1ed House Columnist Never

services Planned From RemoQ-
eled House Columnist Never
Saw Tomorrow Afternoon.
By the Associated Press.
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio, Feb. 16.-The
carefree days when Dunk" Mcintyre
swung from a homemade trapeze
in McCormick's livery stable were re-
called today by mourning intimates
OF Columnist Oscar Odd Mcintyre.
Dunk was a regular guy" was
Banker Harry Maddy's description OF
the noted writer of Broadway high
lights, whose body was to be brought
back today to his adopted home.
But a little 83-year-old woman.
known to thousands Of McIntyre's
New York Day by Day" readers as
Aunt Emma expressed a motherly
belief that had he been more care
free in later years. his heart would
not have failed him in New York
last Monday, five days before his 54th
birthday anniversary.
Mrs. Emma Kerns, an aunt of Mrs.
Mcintyre, inclined toward the opinion
that clocklike punctuality that gov
erned the daily life of Mcintyre hast
ened his death by several years.
If fair weather prevails tomorrow.
brief funeral services will be held at
2 pm. at Gatewood, the house which
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcintyre remodeled, but
have never seen. Otherwise they will
be conducted ct the Methodist Church.
Evening star., 1938-02-16
Wallace Backs Bill.

Secretary Wallace urged yesterday
congressional approval of a govern
mental reorganization bill that would
leave the Soil Conservation and Forest
Services and the Bureau Of Biological
Survey under the Agriculture Depart
ment.