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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-05-19

was necessary to keep it
morally safe, or the making
of laws has become a habit
and a racket" there's no
way out of. 1t scarcely
seems possible that so many
human transgressions were
still at liberty after a century
and a half of law-making.
Thomas Jefferson, third
president of the United
States, once said: "That gov
eminent is best which gov
erns least" But we have
come a long way since Jeffer-
sons time. Are we any bet
ter off? Is the world any
better with its thousands of
laws than it was when it had
but the Ten Commandments
Surely the average taxpayer,
who has to go down into his
pockets for the cost of all
these laws, has an interesting
answer to those questions.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-05-19
IMPROVED '
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
CUNDAyl
CcHOoL Lesson
By REV. HAROLD L. LuNpo1J1sr
Dean OF the Moody Bible institufa
of Chicago
q Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for May g..
SERVING THROUGH CHRISTIAN
CITIZENSHIP

LESSON TEXT-Mark l2:13-17, 1884
GOLDEN TEXT-Thou shalt love thv
neighbor as thyself.-Mark 1881.
PRIMARY TOPIC-A Sermon on Penny
JUNIOR TOPIC-A Sermon on a PENN
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC.
Loyalty to God and Country.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Obligations Of Christian Citizenship.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-05-19
LET THE KIDDIES HELP

We are wondering how
many parents take their chill
dren into consideration when
they start in making their
annual garden. Somehow
many of us forget, as we
grow older, the things that
gave us happiness in our
younger years. Parents quick
~ lose sight of the thrill they
used to get out Of a few gar
den seeds and a few feet of
soil entrusted to their care.
Yet, when reminded of it,
they are as quick TO realize
that their own children would
find the same privilege
equally as thrilling. So
why not, if you have not al
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-05-19

ready done so, set aside a
few packets of seed and a
certain spot in the garden
plot for the children. Let
them feel that they, too, are
doing something to share the
responsibility of providing
the dining table with life
sustaining food? It isn't ex-
pensive, it is far from being
a waste of time and anyone
who knows the thrill that
comes to a child permitted to
have a hand in garden-mak-
ing knows it's value to them
in contentment and happi-
ness. Take the children into
consideration-let them have
a garden, too.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-05-19
A FRUIT FORECAST

- ISI1L.X
sylvania and Michigan report
considerable damage but still
an excellent outlook for
apples, grapes, peaches and
cherries. States bordering
on the Mississippi, also hard
hit by sleet and freezing tenn
peratures are not yet so sure
they are going to fare as
well. Through the southern
fruit belt, however, the out
look is far from gloomy, TAX
en- as a whole, and the south
may be counted upon, it is
reported, to make up any
shortage occurring in the
other states when the har-
vest is over.
SO 1t would appear that so
far as anything like border
ing on a famine is concerned,
local housewives will not need
to worry. Uncle Sans re-
ports indicate that there will
be enough for all, and with
out the necessity of fitting
prices. And that ought to be
pleasing news just now.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-05-19

Political questions may
continue to furnish the chief
topic of conversation where
more than one man may be
assembled at a time, but
when one or more women get
together it is pretty certain
to be the outlook for a big
fruit year and a good can
ming season.
That the country as a
whole was in for another
bumper fruit crop before the
severe and unexpected sleet
and storm struck a goodly
part of it in early April
seemed almost a certainty.
Since that disastrous bit of
weather, however, reports
officially made TO Washington
and gathered by newspapers
in various sections, indicate
that the damage was heavier,
and somewhat widespread,
than anticipated Immediately
following the storm. The
fruit belts of Vermont, north
ern New York, Ohio, Penn
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-05-19
THEY COME BACK

No one ever outgrows his
boyhood. If he was born
and grew up in a rugged, hill
country he will have traces
of that country in his soul to
the balance of his days. The
man from Texas can never
be like the man from Yer
mont-there are always boy
hood ties they cannot sever.
That's why residents are glad
when those who were born
and reared around here come
back for a visit. That's why
the hand of welcome is al
ways extended them we
know that there is something
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-05-19

worth while in a heart that
always retains a respect and
veneration for the place in
which childhood's days were
spent. Maybe we are not
growing up as fast as the
big cities in which they now
make their homes; but that
doesn't matter. The man or
woman whose heart is right
comes back to see the places
and faces they first loved.
Since it gladdens their hearts
and gives them happiness
then we are all glad, in a
way, that the place of their
birth hasn't changed so much.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-05-19

the respondents had not been al
lowed to tell their side Of the story.
There were cases, for example,
where the board had heard its own
Investigators testimony, the testi-
mony of several c. I. o. organizers
whose job had been to stir up
trouble-and where the respondents
had been informed that the board
had mo interest" in what they had
to say. There were other cases
where board investigators had gone
into factories and had used methods
taught the world by Dictator
Stalin's OGPU. Naturally, the board
tried to get out from under.
The boards lawyers, recognizing
the dangerous ground upon which
their cases in federal court were
standing, sought to withdraw their
request for court enforcement. But
Mr.. Henry Ford, one of those whom
the board and the c. I. O.-Lewis
labor group sought to punish, felt
that the case should be tried in
court, and he is insisting through
his lawyers that the proceedings
continue. The Ford lawyers happen
to be the lawyers who fought the
late and unlamented MIRA in the
famous Schechter case, and won it
which ended MIRA. They are going
after the labor relations board and
when they get through, it is possible
we will know how much power that
board has.
Along with the Ford case, the
board has other troubles. The great
Inland Steel company of Chicago,
and the Douglass Aircraft corpora
ton have decided they did not get
a square deal from the New Deal
board. They have asked federal
courts to review their cases and
decide whether the orders issued
by the board were in accordance
with the facts, and they have asked
also for ruling as to whether they
had been denied legal rights.
1t is made to appear, therefore,
that the board may have to undo a
III. lot of things it has
inns Board done. It may have
on the Spot to admit, also,
that in some cases
there has actually been malicious
ness on the part of some of its in
vestigators. Consider the Ford case.
for example. If the board withdraws
its original order, it will be saying
in effect that the facts upon which
it based that order were not the
facts at all. That will be somewhat
embarrassing, it seems to me. It
will be more embarrassing, how
ever, if it comes forth with a new
order which is based upon a differ
ent set Of facts. Either the first set
Of facts or the second of facts OBJ
viously is wrong-not facts at all in
one of the two instances.
There are other instances of other
boards and commissions which have
been exercising all too much author
ity for the good of the country, ac-
cording to the way l see things.
Few of them have been so blatant
about it, however, as the Depart
ment of Agriculture and the labor
relations board. Some of the agen-
cies, notably the interstate COM
merce commission, has never been
accused of unfairness, as far as
know. 1t may have made mis-
takes, or legal questions may have
been tested in court, but that agency
holds the respect of railway execu-
tlves, shippers and labor alike.
0Western Newspaper Union.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-05-19

1t may or may not be news to the
readers of this column to know that
there are upwards Of so agencies of
the federal government that have
authority to act as Legislative
courts" That is, they are fact
finding bodies and from the facts
thus found, the agencies are en-
powered to render decisions that
are as powerful as a court decision,
except that these agencies can not
render a final decision unless those
charged are willing to accept the
finding as final. That is to say,
the accused or those charged may
60 into court for a review of the
action taken or the order issued. In
"the Kansas City Stockyards case"
recourse was had to the court. A
precedent and guideline for future
orders by this flock of legislative
courts, therefore. has at last been
established.
And why was the Supreme courts
decision so important?
WIZ Inc answer is
why so that, in that one
important? decision, the high
est court in the
land laid down a rule of law that
again will insure the protection of
personal rights. It said, in effect.
that the action by Secretary Wal
lace had been a denial of consti-
tutional rights of the individual and.
being such, the secretary had acted
as dictator who recognizes no law.
The decision was the more impor-
tant for the reason that such large
number of these legislative courts
exist. They have a habit of ex-
banding and extending their pow
ers; they take action which con-
stitutes precedent, and in a SUBJ
sequent order 60 further than in the
prior one. AS precedent is built
upon precedent, it happens fire.
quently that after a period of years
such an agency is exercising
authority never intended by con-
gress. The authority has grown up
frequently because none of the re-
spondents have money to contest
the case further. It costs money to
prove innocence when you are &C.
cused by your government.
Again, as to the importance of the
decision from the standpoint Of it's
scope: there has been an imme-
date and vigorous reaction by the
national labor relations board. That
crew started running Immediately
after the courts opinion was read.
They tucked their tails between
their legs and went quickly into a
retreat from the bold and brazen
position they had held against all
who sought to challenge their au-
thority. To see the swagger and
braggadocio transformed so sudden
ly into meek and lowly attitude
well, any one with sense of humor
could hardly keep from laughing.
There never has been a federal
agency in my 20 years in Washing
ton that has relegated to itself the
arrogant authority, the dictatorial
authority, shown by the labor rela-
tons board. If the national labor
relations act were sound in every
respect, the personnel that is adj
ministering it would destroy what
ever chance it had of succeeding.
So, when the court ruling told the
legislative courts to be fair with
those accused or
Onty One charged, the labor
Side Heard relations b o d
smelled number
Of legal proceedings against it. Its
members recognized that there were
cases it had decided" that would
not stand the test in the spotlight of
a federal court for the reason that
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-05-19

Next years Golden Gate Interna-
tional Exposition on Treasure Is
land will be a city unto itself, COM
plete with theatres, restaurants,
night clubs, a railroad terminal,
ferrybOat slips, yacht harbor,
freight yard, docks, postal, express
and shipping Offices, warehouses
and U. s. Customs station.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-05-19


Oeclsr0n lance of a recent
Hits Us All decision by the
Supreme court Of
the United States. It is only nat
ural consequence if they did read
1t and then dismissed the matter
from their minds. That result would
obtain in many places because the
average person, concerned with his
own problems, would not pause to
trace the application Of rather
obscure principle of law even though
it is the expression of the highest
court. y
The decision to which I refer was
In the litigation that hereafter is
going to be known as ''the Kansas
City Stockyards case" An official
and legal title in court proceed
ing ordinarily fails to identify it.
So, "the Kansas City Stockyards
case" it is and will be. But "the
Kansas City Stockyards case" did
very much more than bring ruling
affecting the immediate parties to
that litigation; it applies to every
agency of the federal government
and, l suspect, its application even
tually will be broadened to cover
actions by agencies of states and
lesser subdivisions of government.
That is to say, the decision is of
moment to you and me and every
other individual in our nation. It is
fundamental.
Let us see, first, what the con-
troversy was in "the Kansas City
Stockyards case" The Department
of Agriculture, under 15-year-old
law, has rather broad powers of
supervision over public stockyards,
one of the greatest of which is the
marketing yards at Kansas City.
Under that law, the secretary of
agriculture is empowered to fix the
maximum rates of fees, commits
sions and other charges made
against shippers of livestock into the
yards. That is, the secretary may
establish those rates latter the facts
have been determined" and due
consideration has been given to all
rights and duties of the parties con-
cerned.
Several years ago, complaint was
made to the department that the
Kansas City stockyards was charg-
ing unreasonably high fees. The de-
partment had no choice other than
issue a citation, hold a hearing, de-
termine the facts and issue an order.
The law required that course. But,
according to the records in the case,
the hearing that was held was
something of farce. All of the
compliments were heard, and the
departments own investigators SUBJ
mitted their reports. 1t appears,
however, that the stockyards COM
pany was never allowed to pre-
sent its side of the case-did not
have its day in court. Well, the
secretary of agriculture, Mr.. Wal
lace, issued an order fixing new
rates; the stockyards company ap-
pealed to the federal courts and
the case finally wound up in the
Supreme court of the United States.
That court has now rendered its
decision, and that is the reason for
this discussion. The highest court
did not mince words in overturning
Mr.. Wallace's rates. 1t did so, it
explained, because Of the arbitrary
way in which he fixed the rates.
They may or may not be fair; the
court did not go into that question,
but the court very definitely said
that any respondent or defendant
was entitled to have his side of the
case presented and Mr.. Wallace had
not permitted the stoclyards COM
pany its opportunity for fair trial.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-05-19

Priceless carpets and rugs from
all parts of the world will be dis
played at the 1889 Golden Gate In
ternational Exposition in San Fran
cisco Bay.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-05-19
Sufficient unto the na,

Do not look forward to what might
happen tomorrow; the same ever
lasting Father who cares for you
today will take care of you tonor-
row, and every day.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-05-19
Living Wisely

Let no one think that the way TO
gain the next world is to despise this
one.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-05-19
Little Courtesies

In the stir and hurry of life how
careless we are of little courtee'"s
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-14
CEDAR GROVE

Miss Mary Bell Hawkins of Wood
field is the house guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. l.. Watkins.
Mrs. Harry L. Watkins and friends
have returned from a trip to Florida.
The Rev. Claude Brubaker will be-
gin his revival service at the Upper
Seneca Baptist Church on April "a
with guest speakers each night dur
ing the first week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Burdette had as
their guests on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
David Abercrombe, Mrs. Anna Moo
nan and Mr.. and Mrs. George Kemp,
all of Takoma Park.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-14
TICK SEASON COMING

Ihls is the time of year when ticks
come out of their winter hiding, climb
up onto blades of grass and catch hold
OF the fur of animals and other pass
ing objects. They cling to the shoes
and stockings of our youngsters, grad
ually climb up under the clothing and
after lingering for several hours at
tach themselves to the skin at the
back of the neck.
Occasionally a tick comes along
which has been infected with the virus
OF spotted fever or which has in
herited the infection from his ances-
tors. When such a tick bites human
being the virus within his system
after a few hours becomes activated
and passes into the body of the human
host. At the end of few weeks he
develops case of spotted fever.
Ticks are very common in Mont
gomery County and this county is in
approximately the center of the cas-.
tern spotted fever area. Fortunately
only a small proportion of persons
bitten develop the disease. The county
averages about five cases per year
In the eastern form of the disease 25
per cent of the cases are fatal.
Measures to eradicate ticks have
proven impracticable. The only effec-
tive means of combating this disease
is the use of spotted fever vaccine
(taken in the form of two innocula-
tons at the beginning of each tick
season., and careful inspection of the
body for removal of ticks during the
tick season. This should be done twice
day whenever there is likelihood OF
exposure. Ticks are slow in attaching
themselves. The virus does not pass
to the host Immediately thereafter
except in the rare instance in which
the tick has been recently infected or
its virus reactivated by biting another
host. Therefore, inspection of the body
is of great value even if delayed
several hours after the tick has been
picked up.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-14
NATIONAL AIR MAIL WEEK
SET FOR MAY Is TO u
Post Office Department Emphasizing Speed Of Services
Now Available To Distant Points History Of
Air Mail Service Reviewed

Atlanta, Georgia, Close 4:30 p. M;
Arrive 4:45 a. m. next day.
Chicago Illinois, Close 6 p. NJ; Ar
rive 3:O5 a. m. next day.
Kansas City, Mo-, Close 500 p. m.
Arrive 1852 a. m. next day.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Close 500 D.
M; Arrive 9:45 a. m. next day.
Portland Oregon, Close 600 D. m:
Arrive $3.50 p. m. next day.
Seattle, Washington, Close 500 D
M; Arrive 1855 p. m. next day.
Dallas, Texas, Close 600 p. M; Ar
rive 1926 a. m. next day.
Ordinary letters which reach desti-
nation by noon will be delivered same
day. Special Delivery Service is sug-
gested for letters which reach destina-
ton after noon.
Our Air Mail System will forward
anything that is mailable except mat
ter which is subject to freezing. Par
GELS may not exceed 70 pounds in
weight and 100 inches in length and
girth combined.
Air Mail facilities are available to
almost every portion of the globe
Canada, Mexico, Latin America, Ha-
wall, Orient, Europe, Africa, Asia,
Australia. 1t is suggested that you
consult your local Post Office fol
schedules and rates.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-14
WOODFIELD

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Burdette gave
birthday dinner in honor of their
daughter, Mary Louise on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah King were given
house-warming on Saturday night
by Mrs. Marvin Spooner and Mrs
Frances Kemp. There were about fifty
guests present and many lovely gifts
were received. a. II
The Wesley Grove Ladies Aid Soci-
ETY. met at the home of Mrs. Elmer
Green on Wednesday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-14
It Is Dangerous

It is dangerous to sell a SUBSTI-
TUTE for 666 just to make three or
four cents more. Customers ore your
best assets; loose them and you loose
your business. 666 is worth three or
four times as much as a SUBSTI-
TUTE.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-14

Rooster That Grows Loudest
Jud Tunkins says the rooster that
lust stood off and watched the fight
is the one who butts in on the VIC
tory and crows the loudest.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-14

Before Blackboards We're Used
Before the days of blackboards,
students studied astronomy by chalk
marks on the floor.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-14
Old English PrOverb

eff grain grows in January there
will be year of great need" runs
an old English proverb.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-14

Incidence Defined by Hi HO
"Indolence," said Hi Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, frequently mistakes
itself for patient and superior phil
osophy."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-14

Needles, Nails Made Of Gold
Sewing needles and nail heads
were often made of gold, by prehis-
toric South American Indian tribes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-14

Large Mahogany Trees in Spain
The Spaniards record having cut
mahogany trees in jamaica at the
end of the Sixteenth century that
were SO feet in girth.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-14

North Side Sunny Side
The sunny side of house is the
north side in New Zealand.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-26
ROYAL TIES BRING
S34l,75l CHECK TO
WYOMING SCHOOL

CHEYENNE. WYO-The state
department Of education viii begin
the distribution shortly OF 341.751.-
so to Wyoming elementary and high
schools out OF s6SS,5O3 in federal
oil royalties paid the state for the
last fiscal year.
This years allotment 10 the
schools will exceed last years by
SS3.905 Robert Outsen, deputy sup
erintendent Of public instruction.
said Tuesday. The ALLEGATION for
elementary school teachers will be
$93.72 compared with S71.22 last
year. and for high school teachers
it will be 1909 compared with
$106.S4.
The balance OF the total royalty
paid The state will go to the Univer-
sity OF Wyoming, state highway de-
partment and other state branches.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-26
POWER GIVEN

tContinueQ from rage OAel
ley oil field, should the board be
unable to stop waste Of gas in that
field.
The board created by special ses-
sion of the provincial legislature
is composed OF w. F. Knode, for
mer Texas consulting engineere;
Charles Dingman, former director
oil and gas division, department Of
lands and mines, and Fred G. Cot
tie, former accountant Of the board
of public commissioners.
Terms of the bill are sweeping,
giving the board absolute control
of the oil and gas industry. There
is no appeal to the courts from or
ders of the board, under the law.
The board is said to favor re-
pressuring of gas back into the field
after the gasoline content has been
removed. The gasoline absorption
plants have been forced to curtail
operations to halt the waste of gas
which has been going on since 1924.