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Evening star., 1938-04-30
LIVINGSTON STREET.

I'VE have been much interested In
your column, so thought possibly you
might be willing to give us q little
assistance.
I'VE have garden and may be con-
sidered as garden lovers. But we are
beginning to wonder If gardens, well
kept, are considered as desirable in the
District Of Columbia, or otherwise.
Last fall we put in bed Of 400
tulips and within two days found many
small holes dug all over the bed, so
we watched and discovered four gray
squirrels digging in the bed and enjoy
ing tulip bulbs for lunch.
$50 we put leaves all over the bed and
staked down wide chicken wire to hold
them in place Now what is left of the
bulbs are in bloom, but yesterday we
ground, cut of close at the end OF the
stem.
This morning three more were on the
ground, and when we watched we saw q
gray squirrel approach one Of the best
blossoms, stand up on his hind legs.
grasp the stem in his front paws and
start cutting the blossom of so he
could have the stem.
~ *
my friends who do not have gardens
say I am very hard-hearted that I
should begrudge few tulips to such nice
little squirrels, and that I must not
modest them in any way, no matter
what they destroy.
Last year our pear tree was stripped
OF every pear, and the ground covered
with small pieces bitten out Of the green
fruit so the squirrels could get the seeds
to eat.
Our English walnut tree was full OF
nuts, but before they were full grown or
anywhere near ripe, the squirrels in
vaded the tree, bit of the outer shell,
and took every green nut on the tree.
I'VE also have feeding station for
birds, which has been a great pleas
ure to us, but the squirrels, together
with the neighbors' pigeons, swoop down
on the shelf and clean it of, so the
little birds get nothing
rs there any means OF protection
against such pests?
WY u ulyy ". II.
Our correspondent is having more
than the usual trouble with squirrels.
Mostly these rodents content them
selves with making mild nuisances Of
themselves, so that their many interest
ing qualities far outshine the bad traits.
There can be little question that the
path of the garden maker is strewn with
difficulties
Wherever he is located, things will
come up he might wish did not come
up. Things of the animal kingdom
which come to his yard unlimited are
responsible for large part of this per-
turbation
Wherefore. there are always people
who like birds who decry cats; or people
who love cats who dislike dogs: or en-
thusiasts who want small birds but not
pigeons.
How to solve these problems?
There are two ways. of course.
One Is to take arms and summarily
begin warfare.
This method is often tried and ALWAYS
leads to more and more trouble, all
around.
Not only is i'll feeling created, but the
worst feeling is created in the breast of
Evening star., 1938-04-30

Washington, D. c., has grown so much
in population that 1t is often invited to
assume the manners and methods Of the
large metropolis when as matter of
fact it relies for its greatest prestige on
its long established reputation for con-
centrated craftsmanship. Much of the
frivolity attributed to this Nations Capt.
tai is only a holdover from the local
demonstrations depended on for effect.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
Can the Chinese
Stop the Japanese?

Important history is in the making on
the vast continent of Asia. You can.
not read the daily news dispatches from
this part of the world without an up-to.
date map to refer to. AS a service to our
readers we offer such map, which
shows In minute detail the cities, towns.
mountains, railroads, strategic lakes
and water routes of Asia. This map is
printed in five colors on durable paper,
and is 81 by % inches in size. The re-
verse side carries complete economic and
political data on every geographic divi.
sion OF the continent of Asia. Ten cents
postpaid.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
Patent Laws Discriminate
Against American Citizens
To the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor OF The Star.
In many foreign countries the way of
the inventor is hard. On the granting
of his invention he is forced to do a
certain amount of production and make
payments in the form of taxes, ETC.. on
his patents to merely keep them alive.
Why, then, should we allow foreigners
to obtain patents here freed from all
such obligations?
Our patent laws are primarily for the
protection of our citizens. If foreigner
can get patent here, why should he not
obtain it subject to the penalties he as
sumes in his native land?
ARTHUR HEMSLEY.
Evening star., 1938-04-30

Having paid visit to the White House,
Mr.. Henry Ford allows 1t to be inferred
that he came out with the same opinions
that he had when he entered. He might
permit himself to criticize the salad, but
that after all would assist in solving no
problems.
Evening star., 1938-04-30

1t is the privilege of Mr.. Einstein to
know all about stars and distances, but
when 1t comes to a question of banking
and interest rates it is his privilege to
preserve a discreet silence.
Evening star., 1938-04-30

The legal side of statesman's respon-
sibility is somewhat hindered by the fact
that the time approaches when every
man, regardless Of his political opinion,
feels that he would like to go a-f1shing.
Evening star., 1938-04-30

The pleasure yacht known as The
Corsair has a note in its name OF poeti-
cal piracy. 1t is hoped that no member
Of the Morgan family went into the
New York Stock Exchange too much i'm
pressed with the significance OF the title.
Evening star., 1938-04-30

Secretary Hull has been playing golf
and little tennis in North Carolina
There is no doubt, however, that Wash
ington, d. c., is the scene for the really
big game for Secretary Of State.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
Music Hath Charms.

do you care more for the words of a
song than you do for the music?"
mo" said Miss Cayenne. "A lot Of
popular songs have things in them that
polite company wouldn't stand for if
they weren't set to music"
Evening star., 1938-04-30

New York celebrated the 195th birth
day anniversary Of Thomas Jefferson
with the assurance that a good birthday
cake is better than doubtful memorial
building.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
Split Seconds.
From the Jersey City Journal.


The shortest interval of time known to
man is the time between the changing
Of light from red to green and the
footing Of the second drivers horn Ut
the slowpoke IN front Of him,
Evening star., 1938-04-30

School girls have organized q Robin
Hood archery tournament. Musical en-
thusiasts may offer a reminder that
Reginald De Koven wrote melodies
suitable to the event.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
Passing the Buck.

"Why are we delayed in attaining good
roads?"
"One reason" said Senator Sorghum,
us that people that need them most are
always thinking up reasons why some
body else ought to come along and build
them"
Evening star., 1938-04-30

At one time automobile jokes were COL
iected and printed. This was when the
motor was young in history. At present
its status is so serious as to permit no
frivolity.
Evening star., 1938-04-30

MANY a man flatters himself that he
hides his light under bushel," said Hi
Ho, the sage of Chinatown, when it
would be blown out If he didn't have
something to keep of the draft"
Evening star., 1938-04-30
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Evening star., 1938-04-30
MAY Have to Fight.

From the Charleston CIV. Va.) Mail.
If the Chinese continue annihilating
large groups of japanese soldiers, Japan
may have to declare war after all.
Evening star., 1938-04-30

Amateur theatricals never received so
much encouragement with a tendency,
however, to persist in putting the accent
on the amateur"
Evening star., 1938-04-30
ThouThtIessnesS.

How oft you'd like to sit and dream
The hours away meath placid skies!
It sure would be pleasant scheme,
II creditors would do likewisel
Evening star., 1938-04-30

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Not Qualified for Judgment.

The need for some measure to prevent
hasty marriages generally seems to i'm
press itself upon those who are or have
been married.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
Hindering PrOEress.

1x1HOCIIHk 1IV&ICDSs
This world with promise richly stored
Is like a train Of cars, they say.
II you don't want to get on board,
You mustn't try to block the way.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
Gloomy,
From the Atlanta Journal.

From the Atlanta Journal.
'The world will last billion years
longer" declares a Chicago physician.
Tut tut, doctor; this is no time for
peSSimism.
Evening star., 1938-04-30

Poverty has saved the life Of many a
young fellow" said Uncle Eben, who
would have bought himself . shotgun OF
q sailboat Il hs had had the money"
Evening star., 1938-04-30
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Evening star., 1938-04-30

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AUSTRIAN NEWS FOR AUSTRIAN

What do Austrians know of what is going for
ward in their country since it has been annexed by
Germany? Only what Adolf Hitler wants them to
know. Complete censorship has been imposed by
the Nazis over press and radio services
In Vienna, Nazi storm troopers stand guard over
the chief of Austria's principal news agency super
vising all his calls and information to foreign jour
nalists. News in Austria must conform to the Hit
Ter definition.
Under censorship news is propaganda. The cen
sor is careful to protect his superors from reports
which would disclose that things are not as they
are said to be- Their press being throttled, Aus
TRANS must rely on "the grapevine telegraph, for
information on many things.
Dictators need censorship. free press 1s a
menace to autocrats. If the United States were
without free press, bureaucrats would shut of
such information as that about the internal feud
in the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority
Charleston News and Courier.
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which actually happened.
A friend of mine married into
a family which was not only rich
and prominent but whose men,
bers were naturally dominating.
By the time the honeymoon was
over my friends in-laws began
telling him what to do and when
to do it. They were willing enough
to help him in a conservative way,
but they rather looked down on
him and poked fun at him because
he had never done anything to
write home about. What mad
matters more difficult was that
the young wife was inclined to
share her family's attitude toward
her husband. Now my friend
could easily have bec0lhe surfeii-
ed with that sort of thing, flare1
up and told them to go to. Pei
hapS he felt like it. 1 know that
every now and then l used to wish
he would slap one Of them down!
But he had a better plan
which was to use the power Of his
wife's family to assist himself b
succeed. He kept that thought in
mind and he kept himself in hand
Unfailingly he maintained an at
titude of quiet dignity, poise ant
kindly courtesy toward his in-laws
and that, by the way, was ex
cellent training for his soul.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-29
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
GEORGIA TO BE NAZIFIED?

Unlike the terrified Austrians who have bent
their knees to the will of Adolf Hitler, loyal and
hberty-lovng Georgians have been reused to arms
bv the dictatoriaI efforts of President Roosevelt to
punish political leaders of his own party IN this
state, who have dared to oppose some of his New
Deal policies, such as his Infamous court-packlng
proposal, and are deeply resentful of the asper-
sions cast upon this state and the entire South IN
his recent public address at Gainesville.
Georgians are mindful of their role of host, but
thew refuse to be terrorzed by any visitor who
comes in the guise of a Hitler or N1ussolin bent
upon subjugating an enlightened people and MAX
ING them subservient to his power. Singing under
the abuse hurled at them from Gainesville, they
rise to INQUIRE: Upon what meat has this our
Caesar fed that he has grown so great?"
Coming to Georgia on a purportedly friendly
mission the president has turned to bite the hand
that feeds him. His efforts to punish Senator
George and other opponents in the South were
plainly manifested in his utterances at Gainesville.
Instead of proving beneficial, his speech, which
might have struck more responsive chord in New
England or some other sections, has tended to I'M
settle the labor situation in the South by unfair
wage comparisons and stir up race ammoslties Dv
unwelcome suggestions of compromising modltca-
tons in the anti-lynching bill.
The Roosevelt speech at Gainesville is striking
example of how an individual imbued with lust for
unlimited power subtley attempts to pull the wool
over the eyes of people under the subtertuge and
pretence of pouring blessings upon them. But the
presidents efforts have not shaken the faith OF
Georgians in the judgment of such men as Senator
George who sees the falacies and the dangers that
Turk in such measures as the court-packing pro-
posal-Savannah Morning News.
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THE ROAD PROGRAM

In releasing 100000 in federal aid funds for
highways for the fiscal year. North Carolina Will get
little short of three million, beginning July l, and
this matched by similar amount from the state
should cause the highway department to perk up
and begin a program that already is mapped out
for it. It no longer has a convenient alibi behind
which to hide while it bids million dollar bridges
and negects the lateraS
Coming out of hard winter last spring, North
Carolina dirt roads were all but impossible. The
people were promised relief; the highway depart
ment was champing the bit to go places and do
things. yet it was late in the summer before work
got started, and then came the discouraging news
that federal funds might be withheld We have
only nature to thank for not being in as big a
mess this spring as we were last There have been
no prolonged rains and the roads have held up re-
markably WELL with only small credit due the build
ers and maintainers of our highways.
Now that road activities are to be revived on q
large scale, those who have the duty of administer
ing the funds and distributing the benefits as wide
" as possible as the federal government obviously
intends should steel themselves against the rush of
influential seekers for big drags for their respective
communities. Governor Hoey committed his admin
istration to policy of road betterment in the rural
communities, and these are looking for reasonable
fuflment of those promises. They will be arching
their brows at wide ribbons of cement that parallel
already comfortable roadways feeders for some
of our more populcus and progressive centers that
are able to bear down for what they want and get
it.
1t is a lot to hope for, lot to expect, but for
once let's make that six-million-dolar highway &C
tvity go as far as it will in consistent distribu-
ton of the benefits. 1t won't go far if miion-do-
lar bridges are made a part of the program-The
Statesville Daily
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LIFE DAY BY DAY
By WICKES WAMBOLDT'

And what was the result? The
result was that my friend through
his own efforts and the cooper
alton of his wife's family became
Independently wealthy. His in
veStments are so placed that look
Ing after them is but entertain
ment for him. He and his wife
spend much of their time in trav-
ell They are as happy as any cou-
pie ] know. Long ago my friends
relatives shy marriage ceased to
regard him rs. somebody to cor
ret and develop. When he alTiv-
&C they realized it and respected
him accordingly.
. .Nowf which of the men in this
Article was the more admirable?
1.-The one who flew off the handle
and repulsed those who could
have aided him, OF the one who
kept his head and kept his eye
on the main chance?
The person who will not "takc
anything off anybody" does not
thereby indicate fine qualities of
character. He has nothing there
of which to be proud. The lowest
types of human and animal life
easily become rebellious and re-
sentful. The balky mule and the
cocky cat are examples of what
l mean. Neither would cooperate
with anybody to gain heaven. Of
course it is bad to let anyone run
over us and beat us down and
damn our self-respect; but we do
not have to permit that kind of
thing no matter how much we are
bossed around; if we maintain
the right mental and spiritual at
titude we can preserve our self
respect under all conditions. The
point is that if some person or
persons can and will assist us to
get ahead in this world, we had
better not be too eXacting of them
and too finicky about the way
they treat us. And that goes for
the young people in their feelings
toward their parents too.
Another thing, all of us need
discipline - and we need it very
much: but most of us have not
the intestinal stamina to take it
long enough to profit by it.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-29
WAR ON JAPAN

The japanese aggression is more than a war on
China. 1t is more than assault on the rule OF
law and order among nations.
The army, unless it resorted to some coup, was
in fair way to lose that control Once before,
when its hold was slipping, it resorted to foreign
war in Nanchuria and twice since 1t has resorted
to political assassination at home, numbering the
liberal leaders who were opposing it, Now again
it has reverted to the device of all relationships
when they are in trouble at home, by starting a
war abroad.
Thus the real objective and the real victim are
the people of Japan their rights their liberties and
their self-gyoenment--L4o IN ~ Union
Sun and Journal. o.r = ''..'
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BEHIND THE SCENES
TN WASHINGTON
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

waec-hour proposal, the original
reorganization plan, the "seven
TWAS" idea and other F. d. r
proposals needs no repetition.
4
CERTAIN skeptical Tennessee
~ ans are suggesting that the re-
cent hubbub over the question
whether Chairman Sam D. Nc
REYNOLDS Of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee would run for
the Senate or stick to his present
lob was largely designed to help
Sam keep his present seat in the
House. McReynolds has opposi-
ton.
Mr.. Roosevelt, Secretary Hull,
Speaker Bankhead and Majority
Leader Sam Rayburn all joined
in unusually fervent appeals urg-
ing him to stay with the Foreign
Affairs Committee on the general
ground that the nation sorely
needs him there.
McReynolds has had the Roosc-
welt, Hull, Barkhead and Ray
burn letters photostated for circu--
Iation with statement by Ten
nesseeans that his first duty is to
the people Of his district. Since
personal verbal appeals would
have been more usual and at
Least as effective, the form and
wording of the letters suggests
they were written for public con-
sumption. 49,.
Other Tennessee politicians
whisper that McReynoldS looked
The senatorial situation over and
decided the going would be better
in the congressional primary. es-
pecially with such valuable cam
paign ammunition as the letters
provide. o.o AVA, s,. ,.o
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-29

WTASHINGTON.-A year after
" opponents of Mr.. Roosevelts
Supreme Court plan began their
Hateful attack before the Senate
Judiciary Committee, nothing is
more obvious than the curious ex-
change of positions by the Court
and Congress.
Twelve months ago The PreSi.
dent was believed to control Con.
greSS. But his legislative program
had been persistently nulhfied b,
a majority of justices. Congress
was liberal and the Court conserv-
alive.
Today the positions of the ju-
aieial and legislative branches il
relation TO the executive are al
most exactly reversed. The Cour,
with almost monotonoilS regular
ity> las been approving New Deal
laws ever since Roosevelt tossed
that famous bombshell. AMI
since the President made justices
Of Senator Hugo Black and So
licitor General Stanley Reed, tfr
Court has had an unquestionabh
liberal majority.
Congress, on the other hand,
not only has stymied nearly al
the Roosevelt program. but even
has been going back to repeal q'
threaten legislative ground gained
by the New Deal prior to the 1876
election. Most conspicuouSly, il
has discarded New Deal taxation
schemes.
Behind the demand for the IVA
investigation is much opposititn
to IVA itself and the feeling Df
many members that expenditure
OF hundreds of millions of dolla's
on such a project isn't JUSTIFIED
iva may suffer. EH1
q What Congress has done to the
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FRUITLAND

FRUlTLAND. Mar. 29.-Born,
to Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Rhymer OF
Half Circle Il ranch, son, on
March 25. He will bear the name
Floyd, Jr.
Mrs. Grant Laughter, who mas
been i'll for some time, Is slowly
improving. =,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Maxwell
have moved to this community.
All give them hearty welcome.
Those calling on Mrs. Tom Ded-
man Monday were: Mrs. HuggihS'
Mrs. Pittillo, Mrs. Gctz and Ter
trudc Stepp..
There have been several cases
of measles in this community.
The B. Y. p. u. broadcast a
program from Spartanburg last
Sunday. 1t was greatly enjoyed
by all who listened in.
Miss Gertrude Stepp had as DIN,
ner guests Wednesday, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. w. Gctz, also Mrs. jay
Pryor.
Horace Rogers recently spent
the night with his sister, Mrs. BILL
Westall of East Flat Rock.
Mrs. Ellie Bellew of lnman, 5.
c., is spending some time with her
sister, Mrs. Tom Dedman, who IS
very i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Stcpp were
dinner guests Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jay Pryor. ,,
KimScy Stepp of Union I'M
called on his sister, Mrs. Bud
LYDIA, Friday night. =.
Mitchell Laughter and Paul Led
better Of Edneyvillc were dinner
guests at the home OF Sam Stcppp
Sunday. -
Mrs. n. w. Getz made a bust
ness trip to Ashevillc Saturday.
Those visiting at the home of