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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06
IS NOT GETTING
FLA CASH

Much dissatisfaction is being voiced in
HerdprSonvlle by citizens in regard to
aeyeopments in efforts to secure federal
housing loans.
The TimeS-NewS has gone into the mat
Ter somewhat and has heard statements
trom men directly concerned and in posi-
non to know how this matter is being han
died with reference to the applications OF
citizens Of this community. No FILA
,Honev is coming to Hendersouville, and
this i'm spite If the fact that perfectly good
applications have been forwarded to the
powers charged with the distribution Of
these funds
What is the answer to this puzzle?
Politics" IS the answer usually suggest
ID by our citizens who have commented.
The need of busineSs-like administration
and handling of this matter is believed by
some TO be the answer
1t any rate no FILA money is being
received here and a number of Henderson
vile citizens would like to know the rea-
son: and it is good bet they are going to
know before the matter becomes closed
incident
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
ABUNDANCE AN OMEN OF DISASTER

For the first time in the history of mankind
abundance has become the omen of disaster, It
got that way when bureaucracy set about to repeal
the laws of Nature and to create rules and stand
ards based upon reputation of the Government Of
Providence; government that ruled the universe.
according to an infinite plan, for cons before The
smoeba whence sprang the bureaucrat began slug
rishIv 70 procreatc itself in the of primeval
political quagmire. and promise itself that some
dsy ITS posterity would wear white collar and a tie
and assert itself as superior in stature and wisdom
70 the power which generated it into existence.
For the first time in the history of mankind
abundance preciptates a national emergency;
crisis of such desperate scope that it becomes nee
essarv for government Of men to denounce the
Gifts of the Almighty. seeing in them specter OF
economic evil: renounce the laws of the universe
that are consistent with the infinite plan of the
Author of balance: and forbid by statute this ma
tion's participation IN program that had ITS origin
under the omnipotent hand of the Creator
Faced by such surplus as has been equalled
but once in its history. what does government wa
bureaucracy do? II warns of the evil this neon
patibilitv of Nature threatens (heCause Nature did
not govern itself by the laws of 1898 cconomlcs>
and prepares to fix" the economic unbalance by
having the producers to withhold if not destroy
their crops.
To this end, with a third Of the nation III fed
according to their experts-they prepare to
pay 50 to 60 cents per bushel of wheat to keep this
wheat off the market; money raised by taxation on
the i'll fed and we'll fed alike; money which could
nut the wheat where it helongs-whcre the one
third i'll fed would have access to It.
They do this to keep the price of wheat so high
that foreign purchasers will not buy It. For that
is the result of such prce-fiXng by edict. And not
wheat alone. The is true of corn, cotton. hogs
and cattle For these, too. under the bureau
cratic thumb--and here, too. Nature has failed Il"
cooperate with the streamlined laws of economies
and substitute m economy of scarcity simply be
cause bureaucracy has concluded that Nature :
economy of abundance has erred.
Marvellous changes have been wrought, truly.
Statesmen of few generations past would not be
alone in their amazement and bewilderment, could
thew he privileged to glance AT us today They
rassed many laws, hut none designed to make null
and void the laws of a higher dispensatlon-Ihe
Nashville Banner.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06
MATCHSTICKS, COTTON, PANS, GAS,
AND BELTS
lRr RRI,CE CATION

Jaran'S matches are going to he shorter,
hereafter shorter by exactly 20 one-thou-
sandths Of an inch. Furthermore. Japanese
housewives are going to have to get along
without iron frying pans cotton clothing
will no longer be on sale, and Japanese
motorists will be able to buy no more than
two gallons of gasoline day.
These odd little items are part of a new
rln-the-war drive. Japan gets most of her
raw materials from abroad. and subduing
the willy Chinaman leaves little cash for
outside purchases. So the pennies have to
he pln2hed Shortening the matchstlcks,
for instance. will mean 4 saving of some
$500 900 year,
Al! ~ this comes under the general
heading of tightening ones belt,
That's an easy phrase to uSe--tighten-
ing the belt II creates a not-unpleasing
vision Of dauntleSs athlete settling down
TO 3 long crOSS-cOuntry race. What we
don't sec, until we stop to think about it,
IS the great mass Of patient, unCOmplaln-
ing people enduring discomforts and ma
tOf htlNdUonS, putting up WIN Il lp"Si
standard of living, permitting themselves
TO he shut off from the good things of life.
Yet that is precisely what it does mean,
It IS part of war. of the drive for en-
pire" hat ambitious nations indulge in.
During the last 20 years men have come
to accept the idea that any one nation can
prosper only at the expense of its neigh
bors. 1t must have raw materials, colonies,
room for expansion, trade outlets, mar
kets; it can get them only by taking them
from someone else. Consequently its peO-
pie must make great sacrifices in prepare
ton for the struggle-at the end of which,
of course. they will be rewarded by an
abundance Of the good things they have
had 10 go without.
This theory might make sense If the
good things of this world were strictly
limited But they aren't.
As a matter of fact, they are embarrass-
ing by their abundance. The world burns
coffee. grain, and other fOOdstutfs, shuts
down mines, lets factories lie idle, limits
the production of its fields and its forests
and then doggedly goes ahead and tight
ems its belt" does without things, and looks
ahead to the day when military triumph
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06

liaments. prime ministers ana
cabinets would come and 20. the
king. through royal succession,
went on forever.
The idea Of Il king, As now "m-
rIoyed by Sweden, England and
some other nations, does have its
advantages. This type of king
never mCsScS into politics; 50 he
makes nobody mad. lie symbol
ICES love, paternaliSm; his people
feel his love for them. He and
his family work for the social
welfare of the people; he holds
them together by his affection
for them and their affection for
him. No matter how torn up the
government may become, there
stands the king serene, paicrnaI,
permanent - point 10 rally
round. Truly, he is Il SYMBOL
good symbol, too. He is some
thing TO tic to. Aud he sets tn"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06
ABOLISH IT
Observer

The Agheville Citizen comes out edltorlally to
dav for the abolition of the absentee ballot law.
In view of the mass Of evidence which the State
Board of Elections has uncovered in its present IN
vpstigations all good citizens should now recognize
that whatever the justification for All absentee bal
lot law in the beginning, the evil which has result
cd from misuse of its provisions damnable
that there is no longer any argument for its re-
tention
We agree with the Asheve editor in his con
illusions:
"The purpose which the absentee ballot law un-
dertakes to serve is altogether praseworthy and is
in entire accord with sound Democratic practice
It enfranchises the citizen who through illness or
absence from his community is unable to present
himself in person at his voting precinct on
primary or general election day. 1t was enacted
originally--and at the eloquent insistence of Gov
Bckett-to take care of the North Carolina SOL
diers during the World war
"But no law however honorable in intent which
admits of such abuse and excites such suspicion
should be retained. The benefits which it under
takes to confer are not commensurate with the
evils which it produces. Hickory Record.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06
ROADSIDE QUALIFICATION

Three persons VIII" felt That
they had cause to complain be
cause of roadside work they
thought contrary to bcautIiIca-
ton policy. will be Interested to
know that the prison camp forces
arc cndcavoring to not only pre-
serve but to enhance bcautiflca-
ton. Recent complaints MENTION
ed in this column have been pIac-
cd before the forcmcn by the
prison camp authorities and stress
was placed on the highway policy
of Identification. f.. I. Hcndcr-
son, who works over the Hcndcr,
son county road forces, would
like to be informed over tele-
phone at the prison camp OF any
instance where due consideration
is not given the property owners
who have endeavorcd to promote
Identification or where the work
ing crews are apparently at yarl-
ance with such a policy anywhere
along the highways.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
nY RODNEY BUTCHER

PWA Administrator Hsrolc
lckes has lust Issued message OF
hope. He offers to help the up
stream TOWING build sewage dis
possl plants. and 81 relatively
small expense, to try to make the
Potomac within few years IAN
example to the nation Of what
can be done to restore streams to
their natural state and improve
health"
Washington's nearest hrSt-ClaSs
swimming hole now is the Atlantic
Ocean. over at Rehoboth Beach.
wher Donald Richberg, foreign
diplomats and much upper ano
middle class society have cot
tages, and Bethany Beach, where
Gen. Hugh Johnson and less
swanky Westinghouse week
end or vacation.
Way do,on the Potomac 1phere
salt Water makes 4 brdck'Sh
effect, and in Chesapeake Bay as
uou act dolDn a lDdy, the pdter
is safer but in summer usually
so full Of jellytish ,Dith StingerS,
commonly called sea nettleS,
that the Southern Maryland
peninsuld-fanked by those t'Do
bodies Of 1Dater--is spoiled for
pisitors ercept ,uhere nets are
put up to fool the nettles.
Not that there aren't Some
coy, secluded, shady swimming
holes in Difficult Run, a few miles
up the river toward Great Falls.
They're swell until. you and the
girl friend discover a coiled ~
foot rattlesnake summing itself on
the other side Of the big rock
And of course there are
numerous artificial pools in town,
but everybody can't get into
them at once.
II takes a lot of money to be
social success in Washington in
the winter time. In summer it
takes only enough money to build
a pool on your own place. Thus
equipped, notorious bores become
social lions.
copyright 1898. NEA Service Incp
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
EEA sex<tcs staH Tortespop tent


WASHtrjGTON.--For AT least
four months every summer,
what Washington needs most IS
swim. Although the local Board
of Trade hires fellow to make
charts showing the mean temper
ature to be lower than in any
other village above the equator,
ITS still mean enough that police
men must stand around Ia keep
statesmen from leaping into park
fountains with the SplaShrng
0airnS.
Alongside this lovely city flows
great, historic river, and if you
only know the Potomac by outside
equation or brief glimpSes, you
may suppose Washington goes
diving into it as soOu as goVernt
ment offices close. Actually only
the toughest fish and occasional
DRINKS swim in it, the former be-
cause they don't know and the
latter because they forget that
the stream teens with germs.
Curiously enough, this unhappy
state of affairs is in no wise at
tributable to the New Deal. Up
stream towns and cities of Mary
land, Virginia and West Virginia
vie with each other in pouring
sewage into the Potomac and its
tributaries. One of the worst
tributaries is pretty Rock Creek,
flowing through miles of mag
niicent park and parkway in the
District of Columbia. President
Theodore Roosevelt once encoun-
tered this creek, swollen with
rain, while tramping through the
park with French Ambassador
Jusserand.
Stripping himself naked, T. R..
plunged through. Jusserand fol-
lowed suit, but kept on his white
gloves and top hat. He figured
they might meet some ladies.
Today, officials warn that any
one even wading in Rock Creek
S likely to lose leg from infec-
lion.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06
TOO BAD

1t is too bad, isn't it? that i
man who has made a fine record
should proceed to knock The whole
thing gallcy-wcst lik" COW
which. after giving four gallons Of
milk then kicks over the pail
Take. for instance. that G-Man
who did such good job apprr
hending large group of foreign
spies - his achievement would
have opened the way for him to
goodness only knows what opnor-
turitics! Then he had 10 sell h'*
hirthright for a moss Of pottag"
by rcsigning his post $" he could
write the story to sell. We gods
We fellows who write stories 4"
scll-hnd he asked any of us
could have told him what a Jay
bird he would make Of himself,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06
WHY SCARE. THEM?

Who was it that was able to
talk the railroads into allowing
little signs placed at ticket win
dows cautioning the traveller TO
buy himself an accident policy be
fore setting out on his journey?
"A more disturbing bit Of
psychology could hardly he mag
med! II was employed before
there was such a thing as a pub.
lie relations counsel; any public
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06

will make these things available once more
Some day people will look back on this
present era as a time of collective lunacy.
They will find it hard to believe that stories
like this one out of Japan could really have
been true.
But there will he plenty of wars and
rumors of wars before that day comes.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06

recognized lhal
the arrangement
had certain VII
tues: Nv hen or
monarch is all
dressed up in his
robes Of state,
with his crown
on his head, we
know he is mere
~ one Of us; set
he Symholi2cs the
dignity. the no
bility, and the
permanently Of
our nation Hy
pcrnrancncy. the
.,,,,,l-,,s ~ ~ 4 N 4
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06
THE NEW DEAL PURGE
Rv ]. w. johnson

By ]. w. Johhsoh
The New Deal purge
Is an unholy urge
To AK all foes to die.
"This pie" is for us
That's why all this fuss
And the Doodle floating by.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06

could do it. Padcrwiski could do
ii, and Mrs. DuLancy did 1t
Thursday night in HendcrsonvIIIe
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06

SUCK EGG DOGS: Mrs. Clara
Pace wasn't getting the egg pro
duction she thought due from h'r
poultry enterprise and therefore
naturally lay the blame ON the
hound dogs Of her brother, Arthur
Pi,ilIo. who was cautioned re
pcatcdty about Keeping the dogs
enclosed So they could not pos
sihlv reach the eggs. Dcspll" his
care. the hounds horo tn" hrun'
of the hlamc for low egg produc-
ton. Meanwhile an cntcrpr1Slng
hen stole nest in the weeds OF
the dog enclosure, daily laid
therein until Mr.. Pace found
nest of IS eggs where the dogs
had access to them. Mcan"hlI'
Mrs. Pace is trying la reach the
conclusion that alI dogs dom
suck eggs. about the lowest 'ralt
the canine can cultivate.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06

Elizabeth Barrett married Rob.
r.t Drowning when she wn. Il
vrars old.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06
OLD VISITOR BACK: u. Sam

OLD VISITOR Rack: -. Sam
Cox. who made his first visit -
Hcudcrsouvillc in 1890, Was "n
the streets yesterday. Mr.. Cos
is widely known rs the author OF
Elackic Bear. which has been
published in book form and which
for years has been run aS = news
paper serial. with an especial mp.
peal TO children whose school
work is in the fourth grade.
Few summers pass without the"
face Of Mr.. Cox ON Main street,
for at least y day. II" is in A&hc
willie now and is Just back from
New York in connection with hr
journalistic work..
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06

Colorado was admitted to the union in the CEN
tennia year, 1876
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-06

HON E-GRO WN GRAPES
Henderson county grapes mad"
the local market this week. The
early varieties are seldom ripe
enough To eat before August !.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-15
Cabinet Official Desires 10 Return 10 Private Life,
 Personal Reasons
PRESIDENTS RE5pE(TS
 HIS WISHES, A((EpTS
Second Member of Official Family to Leave Position
 During Recent Months

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.--Presi- dent Roosevelt has accepted the resignation of Secretary of Com merce Daniel c. Roper, effective December 23.
 In a letter, the President said he knew of the "impelling personal reasons" that prompted Secretary Roper to ask that he be relieved of his duties.
 T accept the resignation with very sincere regrets, wrote the President
 The White House said Secretary Roper has wanted for some time to return to private life and attend to his personal affairs.
 Secretary Roper's letter of resigna- ton disclosed that he has expressed to the President on several occasions since March 4, last year, my desire to return to private life in order to give needed attention to my personal affairs which I am not able to do while in public office"
 Attorney General Cummings also resigned to enter private practice.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-15
FUR RING BROKEN
 IN INFERIOR
Graphic 1a1e UnfoIded in Apprehension of Five
 Men, Mi. Foraker

After a 60O-mile trek by ski and snowshoe and dog team into the forbidding, rugged and dangerous country lying between Lake Min chumina and the northwest border of Mount Mckinley National Park where the roaring torrents feed in the headwaters of the KuSkokwim, Wildlife Agent Jack Benson of McGrath reported to the Alaska Game Commission today the break ing up of an alleged illicit fur trapping ring, one member of which is alleged to have dared the Agent to come and get him.
 In a communication to Executive Officer Frank Dufresne. Benson re- ported the arrest and conviction of Archie Holstrom, 27, and Jim Sillib, 59, and the arrest of three others who are being taken into McGrath by plane to face trial on charges of preseason trapping and trapping marten on which there is closed season.
 Sillib demanded 8 jury trial, Ben- son reported, and authorities from Fairbanks were flown to McGrath to try the case. He was convicted by a jury of possession of Illegal marten and sentenced to 90 days in jail and fined $250. Holstrom, 27, pleaded guilty on similar count and was fined $100 and sen- tenced to 30 days in jail. The three yet to be tried are Bob Stone, and trappers by the name of AkerS and Wood, Dufresne said.
 Prior to the opening of the trap ping season, Stone is alleged to have dared Benson in AcGrath to come into the wilderness country where he and the others run their lines, Dufresne reported. Accepting the open challenge. Benson, accom- panied by Wayne House, around the first of October began his push into the rapidly freezing wilderness where no game agent had ever be- fore gone. A graphic tale of their battle with the clements, of push ing far up around Mount Foraker into Mckinley Park, over miles and miles of trap line to gather their evidence and, in the terms of the mounties ito get their men," is un- folded in the account Benson has submitted to his chief here. It is story of two months of match ing wits with hardy, rugged men, who knew their country and were alive to the circumstances of the chase, Dufresne said, in paying tribute to Benson and House for their work.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-15
HIT AND RUN ATTACKS NOW
 PLAN, CHANG
Chinese War Lord ConsoIi- dating F Forces with
 Communists, Report

KWEILIN, Dec. 15.-GeneraliSsi- mo Chiang Kai Shek has disclosed swing toward the political tactics of the Chinese Communists in a new program to combat the Japa- neSe invasion.
 Chiang has summoned a political and military conference in further ance of his plan, one purpose re- ported to be to purge the Govern ment of "defeatist elements" before embarking on the second phase of his hit and run attacks on the Jap anese throughout the occupied ter ritory.
 Chiang characterized the new po- litical program with slogan "Arousing the masses is more inn portant than battles"
 Chiang is quoted as being more confident of ultimate victory now than at any time since the war started.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-15
Xmas Decorations Making Appearance
 In Homes and Shops

The holiday season is being of ficially inaugurated here with ever. green bows appearing as outside decorations for practically every shop in the city.
 Colorful lights, silvered trees, off set by gift suggestions, adds variety to the window displays in Juneau.
 Lights on the Douglas Brige tells of the holiday spirit, with numerous wreaths of holly and greens making their appearance in many local home windows, and the usual Christ mas tree program, under the super vision of the Juneau Woman's Club, scheduled for next Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
 Juneau is ready for Christmas while all await, with anticipation, the weather mans report of snow
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-15
Almost Eight Hundred and Twenty Million Dollars
 for National Defense ARMED FORCES 10 BE
 INCREASED 10 LIMIT
Warning Is Given IfalY by Foreign Minister Bon-
 net in Public Talk

PARIS, Dec IS. = The greatest French Arms Budget since the World War was today presented warning to Germany and Italy she will fight to protect her Empire.
 Ordinary and extraordinary bud gets apportioned almost eight hun dred and twenty million dollars to the Nations armed forces. The sum represents 65 percent of the Govern ments estimated 1889 income The money will go to build the French Navy that will rival the combined fleets of Italy and Germy and in- crease the personnel, also speed up airplane construction, and buy better guns and improve fortifica- tiOnS.
 "Italy must understand" she never will have an inch of any part of the French territory. no matter what means she uses," Foreign Minister Bonnet told the French Foreign Af- fairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-15
PROGRAM FOR
 CONGRESS E
 SHAPING UP
Nof Believed Any New h- perimenfs Will Be .s z
 Launched

WASHINGTON, Dec 15-A broad hint that t4e Roosevelt Administra- tion may concentrate on existing measures in the new Congress rather than on launching any new experi- ments, came from Senator Alben w. Barkley, majority leader.
 Asked after a conference today with President Roosevelt, whether new legislative items will be offered at the approaching session. Senator Barkley said T doubt it. don't know of anything in particular ex- cept what might be done to existing laws in correcting them and amend ing them to make them better"