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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10
AN INDUSTRY IN DANGER

Travellers to Florida from points north will re-
member the little city of SwainsbOro, Ca, in the
lower part of that state To them a news item will
be interesting which said that last Tuesday three
thousand head of beef cattle from seven Georgia
counties were sold at auction at the opening Of the
largest stockyard in that part of the state.
Not many years ago cotton was the chief cash
crop of the farms in the counties that contributed
those cattle to the Swainsboro auction. By degrees
the farmers have been getting away from the one
crop system of agriculture They planted peanuts,
peeans truck of various kinds and then discovered
that beef cattle of high grade could also be pro-
duced. The stockyard at Swainsboro is the result
of that discovery. And thereby hangs a tale.
Grower. of beef cattle in western states learn
ing of the diversified agriculture of South Geor-
gia and other parts of the cotton belt, could not
stand competition and have had inserted in the
new farm bill, now pending in the congress, an
amendment intended to prevent the increase of
that competition. The amendment would forbid
the use of land taken from cotton production to
produce crops that would sustain beef and dairy
cattle.
The amendment would stifle the new industries
of dairying and beef cattle production in the cot
ton belt. 1t is an atrocous example OF selfshnesS
and poor craftsmanship on the part Of the dairy
and beef cattle sections of the United Gates Nat
urally, congressman from the South arc up in arms
against the amendment. They hold that the cotton
of the South has been producing the money that
for years has been sent to other states to purchase
beef and milk products which ought To be produced
at home. They see agricultural independence in
pasture land, grain and hay crops, beef cattle and
dairy cows. Those states in which the South has
been spending its cotton money opposed to that
dependenc6.-Spartanburg Herald.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10
DOWN A MUSKRAT-HOLE

The supreme court having upheld the right of
PWA to make loans to local governmental units
for power projects, those who have been marking
time High Points Yadkin river reservoir prompt
ly get'busy making arrangements to spend the pro
posed $4,000, 900, while Greenwood county, South
Carolina Will no doubt hustle about Buzzard Roost
commensuratey.
If this decision of the nations highest tribunal
means that work is to proceed on the SanteeCooper
project estimated at $37,500,000, somebody will
wait long time before glmpsing the color of any
of the money sunk therein We can the point
in High Points demand for power plant of its
own; we might even suspect Greenwood county of
being at some later time able to justify part Of
its citizenshp's great expectations but what the
state of South Carolina will do with its $780,,
600 worth of projecting is hardly problem
atical than the doings at PassamaquOddy or the
Florida canaL-Greensboro News.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
ON THE BACKS OF THE MASSES

VIII the rich the poor pay for the pork-oarrel
spending Of the federal government? President
Roosevelt said earlier in his administration, when
he expressed desire for economy, that the burden
of government falls upon the masses. Undoubtedly
he is right.
The rich pay in direct taxes-the poor in indi-
rect taxes; when the buy a loaf of bread, gallon
of gasoline, modest furniture and clothing Hence,
the huge budget recommended to congress this
week should be of concern to the masses in the
great middle class-those not included in the six
ty. families" of wealth to which Secretary Ickes
referred in a recent address.
Grover Cleveland once said that the people
should support the government not the govern
ment support the people. The people are willing
to support an economically administered govern
ment but they rebel at the lavish expenditures for
things we could well do without.
All of the pennies collected from employers and
employees under the fancful Social Security act
and put into a huge trust fund and invested in
federal securities are bound to recede in value If
the national debt goes much higher than the 38%a
billion dollars at which it now stands. collapse
of the value of government securities can mean
nothing less than loss to the employees who have
been forced to surrender portion of their wages
for unemployment insurance.
Therefore, the great middle class of this country
who must pay the bill and the workers whose wages
are extracted whether they willing to it or not,
should be and are watching with growing concern
the mounting deficit, the climbing national debt
and the spending program for this year which
amounts to 10 million dollars and more daily
Shelby Star
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10
WHAT MAKES A JOB POSSIBLE?

In Washington it is stated frequently that in
dustry must provide more jobs We agree that it
would be fine if industry-or anyone else-could
And job for everyone.
But before we all join in the chorus that bust
ness must absorb the unemployed, let's take a
closer look. How does an employer go about find
ing more Jobs? Suppose he is the proprietor of a
butcher chop. Does he merely hire two more men
to work behind his counter and put another de-
livery boy on his payroll? In the case of the
butcher, it seems simple enough that ne does net
hire extra men unless he needs them.
Actually, the same rules Of sound business con-
duct prevail IA larger industrial organizations, al
though some people seem to think that big bust
; rs. - ~ y, -. . wan leME. out of a hs
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WHY BUSINESS is NERVOUS

1t should not be thought at all strange that bust
ness is nervous in the present political situation.
The attacks of three administration spokesman,
although ostensibly directed against industrial roy
aiSts" and "aristocratic anarchists" nevertheless
carry the plain threat of an attempt at government
regulation and control of all business in the session
of congress just now beginning.
There may have been time when monopoly
worked injustice and hardship upon the common
people, but there is little doubt that the evils of
any such practices in the present time very
greatly exaggerated if, indeed, they are not manu-
featured out of whole cloth, at least far the
prices of things are concerned which the common
people have to buy
Probably the most vicious piece Of legislation
proposed--we don't know what may be coming in
the present session of congress-is the bill to Ii
cense concerns engaged in interstate trade.
That it is designed to be big stick for a gov
eminent imposed upon the people from above
there can be no doubt. That there is even SEM
blance of legality for that sort of regulation GER
tainly is disputable.
The constitution of the UnitA States attempts
to give to the citizens of each state all the priv-
leges of citizens in every other state, and that GER
tainly includes doing business in every other state
under the same conditions as citizens of those
states
Business is likely TO continue to be nervous, with
its inevitable depressing effect, at least until it IS
definitely known what is going to happen and what
additional buAdens and restrictions are going to be
placed upon it in the present session of most I'M
certain congress-Rock Hill Is. c. Herald
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One large concern has just stated the in this
way: A customer, plus product, plus $4,000
capital of the most interesting ortons of the
which happened to be about General
Motors, was the back of every job in that COM
pany there is a $4,000 investment, the major part
factories, tools, equipment and mate
rails to make the job possible.
Business, both big and little, put thousands back
TO work in the post-depresson years. Business can
continue to provide jobs, not by the wave of some
ones hand, but by going out and getting enough
new customers to make additional jobs possible
If, during periods of recession there are fewer
customers, then there are necessarily fewer Jobs
.Lenoir News Topic.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10

your national defenses or YOU
may"
l cannot believe it was in the
program for the colonel to say
what he did, since all the rest Of
the talks were different - good
will stuff and that sort of thing.
Sometimes it is as necessary TO
fight as to eat. You may not want
to fight, but if you don't you vii!
be overrun and perhaps destroy
ed. Unfortunately there is al
ways the element that will push
you under and take what you
have if you prefer peace to every
thing else. 1t is the peace-at-any-
price attitude which gives folks
the dope habit-they had rather
have temporary peace no matter
what it leads to.
The trouble with the wrong
kind Of peace is that 1t is apt to
lead to worse than war. War IS
the lot of mankind; we must for
ever be at war-at war with our
'selves-at war with evil-at war
with dirt. Not to fight, should
never be our motto; but what to
fight and when and how much
1t is far better to die, to lose the
physical life, than the soul. The
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10
THE NEWSPAPERS

In statistical report evidently intended to shed
some light on the future Of the newsprnt indus
try the Royal Bank of Canada shows that the per
capita consumption Of newsprint in the world S
leading countries is determined largely by the de-
gree of self-government enjoyed by the people
The per capita consumption in the United Kingdom
is so pounds year; it is 81 pounds in the United
States, So pounds in Australia and New Zealand
and So in Canada These FIVE countries lead the
world At the other end of the table are Russia
Italy and Mexico with pounds EACH Germany
with IL pounds and Japan with l3 pounds. The
banks conclusions from these figures are as fol-
lows:
"The statistics of newsprint consumption IN the
countries just mentioned and in number of other
democratic countries such as Denmark, Sweden,
Argentina and the Netherlands, suggest that the
newspaper is an important instrument of democ-
racy II is true that where the people must make
economic, political and social decisions for them
selves there comes an almost automatic demand
for wider scape of information? Does 1t follow
that in democratic countries high-grade newspa-
pers, showing independence of all editorial opinion.
should receive the support of all those who prefer
the present form of government? That the public
of Canada and the United States maintained high
level of demand for newspapers even under the
adverse circumstances of depression IS sig
nifeant."
The reference to the maintenance of high level
of demand for newspapers under adverse conditions
of depression refers TO- another section OF the re-
port which shows that between 1926 and 1887, the
circulation of newspapers in ten large Canadian
cities increased from 12O5,967 to l,48S,526, while
the circulation in so large American cities IN
creased from 19,323,979 to 22,5S6,018. There was
drop of only about per cent in circulation dur
ing the worst of the depression, but 1t was over
come, and the increase for the period Is about the
same as the increase in population. In spite of new
forms of competition, the reliance of the people on
their newspapers remains mistaken.
Circulation is not, of course, measure of news
paper prosperity 1t does not figure largely in the
economics of the industry. Indeed, there are times
when a newspaper that is not faithful to its mis-
sion could profit by reducing its circulation News
papers suffered severe depression losses. There
were many suspensions and consultations But the
usefulness of the newspaper as servant and de-
fender of democracy remains great as ever
Indianapolis News
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10
STATES 6. 0. P.
ALIzIN'G,
Goes Slowly and Definite
ly Left; TO Meet at Char
Iotte in March

CHARLOTTE. Jan. l0.-Nolth
Carolina Republicans, slowly but
nevertheless definitely going left
and cspoUsing ''revita!izatl9n
program" will gather in Charlotte
enc day next March To select a
new state chairman. about -
members Of the state executive
committee. and nominate a state
ticket. from senator down on up,
it appeared today.
". G. Mcekins. If Henderson,
vile, state chairman, whose term
expires this year. told the Char
lottc News that sentiment among
members of the executive commit
tee favored Charlotte a. the pIacc
for the state meeting.
He vcercd to the silent side,
however, when asked whether he
would be Il candidate to succeed
himself. He promised 10 issue 4
statement within a few days.
From other Republicans camp"
the report that MIR. MeckinS would
rot seek reelection and some pre-
dictcd there would be Il scramble
for the office in the event Mr..
licckins decides that he should de-
vote the time he now uses in car
rying on committee work in bust
ness Of his own. Others said the
convention might have to draft
a man should Mr.. Mcekins return
fully 10 his law practice. He has
opcncd an Office in Ashcvillc. Both
schools Of thought. however,
agreed that Mr.. Mcckins could
continue in Office.
Contests may develop in cleo
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10
GREETINGS FROM THE COLONEL
By WECKES WANBOLDT

physical life must be ended some
time. regardless; it cannot be
preserved beyond a certain time,
no matter what we sacrifice 20
protect il; we cannot place too
much value on it-though mos
assurcdly We should place enough.
And there is one thing to bear
in mind in dealing with a certain
kind Of people: They cannot I'M
dcrstand anybody's being too
proud to fight-thcy do not get
the idea ut all; what they think
Of the person or people who vii!
not fight IS that they are too scar
ed to fight. The best way to pre-
serve peace with certain folks Is
to let them know you are ready
to fight any time a fight is ncceS.
sary. and that in case Of fight
between You and them, they will
get licked.
There is the type of person
who cannot understand courtesy;
If you arc too polite with him, he
thinks YOU arc afraid Of him, and
is emboldcncd to bully You. hau
that fact impressed on me before
| had been long in the far west
where | found things different
from Dixie.
One day | heard a man make,
in the presence Of sidewalk
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10

XVTAShINGTON.--lf the official
w estimates of the 1889 def
cit are neither more nearly ac-
curate nor less nearly accurate
than those for l937-S8. you can
comfort yourself with the asSur-
ance that next fiscal years deficit
ought not to be more than ST.
000,000,000.
OF course it might be worse
than that and it may be consider
ably better. The uncertainties of
the next 10 months make any
body's guesses practically nonsen-
sicai. All you can say is that
budget-balancing is out the win
dow for much further ahead than
anyone can see daylight and that
a period of heavy taxation is
somewhere off there in that fog.
A year ago January the PreSi-
dent pulled out his budget esti-
mates and spoke cheerfully of a
'layman's balance" for the 1887
SO fiscal year ending with next
June.
Now deficit of s1,O88, 10000
is expected because receipts
have been nearly billion dollars
less than estimated and expendi-
lures about S150,000,000 more.
There is at least a fair chance
that this deficit will be even
larger by July, when the govern
ment will have stopped incur
ring it.
Business being what it is, the
administration estimates a 1889
deficit of S95o,0O0,0OO, but Mr..
Roosevelt insists on pointing out
that this is drop of $l36, 900 600
from the presently estimated 1887
1888 deficit and that his deficits
and deficit estimates keep right on
dropping, depression or not.
So you can easily see that if the
guess for next fiscal year is as
good. or bad, as last January's
guess, which was off by somewhat
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10
THE NEW DEAL
IN WASF5lN GTON
.aY RODNEY BUTCHER

less than Sl,U68, OU0, 900, the ceAe;t
for the IL months beginning July
|, 1898, and ending June so, 1889,
will be at least a couple Of bill
lions.
Mr.. Roosevelt himself is the
first to warn you that you mustn't
put 100 much faith in the estimate
Of a mere $950,000,000 deficit for
next year.
He may find it neCeSSary-and
there's plenty of indication that
he will decide that it's necessary
to urge larger appropriations for
the navy and army than the pres
ent budget contemplateS. He is
also frank to suggest that if the
economic situation does not i'm
prove he probably will have to
ask Congress for more than the
billion dollars tentatively budgeted
for work relief.
Next fiscal years budget calls
for reductions, as compared
with the present fiscal year, which
permit F. D. R. to point 10 an
estimated saving of $539,000,000
in federal expenditures.
Congress may conceivably wipe
out most or all Of that intended
saving and, judging from past
performance, may even think o.
some new ways to spend money
For instance, no one now has NOR.
than a vague guess as to what thc
new farm program-whatever il
may be like when finally enacted
will cost.
Finally there is the fact thai
the Treasury, in estimating 1888
80 receipts at S5,S19,000,000 as
compared with 1937-38's $6,32O,-
100000 and as against estimated
1889 expenditures of $780,
100000, is assuming that business
for the calendar year 1888 will be
practically but not quite as good as
for 1887.
Copyright, 1888, NEa Service, Inc.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10
DEFICIENT SPELLING
FREES M0T0RN1

ST. LOUIS. Jan. 20.
Police Judge James 7. 49,.
missed a traffic chus.u
the avresting Office hal
Europe" a the brthu.#
defendant. The term. b.
too vague and indefinite.
"Wcll( whore We" ~.
Judge Magic asked tmo ...
after the case was di~a
an CZechcs!ovak;a. '...
Didn't you tell tina. o.. .
restinw officer"
Sure / did" the d.t..
piled. But he cou.dr',
cou.du'; either. sp p,
Europe"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10
SURPLUS OF BARREL
SLAVES SHUTS MILLS

WAYNESBURG, Pa, Jan. 10.
(UP)-Is Americas thirst being
Qucnchcd?
That was the question here af-
ter a Waynesburg barrel stave
mill, which had been in continu-
Gus operation tire last few years,
and another stave mill at nearby
Wing Ridge were shut down in
definitely because of an $4,000
stave surplus.
Most Of the slaves are used in
whisky barrels and wine kegs.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10
SIGN OF PROSPERITY: Eat

SIGN OF PROSPERITY: Eat
blacE-oycd peas and hog iowl and
be prosperous in 1885," advises
an advertisement in big bold type,
then quotes Il price Of IT ID
cents per pound for this delicacy,
which | was taught TO consider
pretty humble eating until | oh
served this price. Guess the adj
vcrtiscr was trying TO work up q
prosperity psychology and thereby
generate an appetite. After all,
a well seasoned and cured, smok-
ed pig iowL cooked with peas or
preferably boiled with collards or
turnip greens isn't anything to be
Snccred at. IN order TO renew
working mans taste, would pro
fer good slice cooked as pcr
above, with some boiled dump
liugS added, to a hunk Of ham.
Wonderful how we get away,
mostly through force of habit,
from the good old cats of pig
feet, pig iowl, hoghcad, sousc,
gatherings, cracklings and the
like.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10

perhaps you no
ticcd the star
Ting one from a
colonel in the
United S tate 5
marines station
ed in China.
Il hope said
the colonel, that
\ m CT lea will
never have such
a Christmas as
is now being cX-
oeric II ccd b y
China" Then he
4 d d e d signifi-
cantly, Look to
,lDf1,,rng 80, ,r,.,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10
BIBLE THOUGHT
FRET NOT"
Rest an the Lord" FPS. 81 :l-Y

o One Of our readers in the Eastern States, IN
writing of very remarkable prayer recently OIL
fered by her pastor, quoted this sentence; 20 GOO'
HELP US TO RELAX IN THEE"
Surely, this is just what every child OF God
should do in their hours of affliction, sorrow and
trial Just in the Lord stop fretting and wait
patiently for Him to dispense the clouds. Mean
while Let not your heart be troubled, neither let
il be afraid."-"The Messenger Publications" Rev
C H c. Jackson publisher.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10
MORE PROSPERITY: Tags

MORE PROPERLY ]: Tags
for about 5000 cars and trucks IN,
Henderson county have been sold
All increase over the previous
year and evidence Of more pros
poets for business among tn"
garages and filling stations and
two fine stations are now under.
construction, preparing for big
ger things.
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Perhaps you heard the Yuie-
tide greetings which came to us
by radio from Americans IN
Shanghai. on Christmas eve; ana
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10

| The president is tuning up for game in the
! Monopoly Bowl
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10

Has anyone heard the latest score, from the
Shanghai Bowl? :. ~
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ENGINEERS calculate that Tn" tropics, the &un lavsh "
single square mile during cgh-hcT day cir:@S ""'' "
that released by the combustion Of 1900 tons OF coal
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-10

4 new plant in Lozovac, Dali
malta, will produce 10000 tons
of aluminium annually.
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PAUL REVERE'S RIDE
ONLY II MILES PLUS

LEXINGTON, Mass, Jan. 10.
(UP)-Painstaking measurements,
with the use Of contemporary road
maps, reveal this paradox:
That Paul Revere. on his i'm
mortal Midnight Rride, covered
only II S6-8S miles.
Whereas William Dawes, the
little known express rider who
fulfilled a similar purpose over
different route the same night,
covered 16 61-88 miles.
The Nome nugget., 1938-04-15
Hospital Notes

Miss Madaline Paul, who re- gently underwent an operation for appendicitis was dismissed Thurs day evening.
The Nome nugget., 1938-04-15
Friday the Student Body met

Friday the Student Body me, to nominate officers for the con- ing year. As president Harry Lewis was unable to be present Vice President Ann Walsh pre- sided. The portion of the Consti- tuition pertaining to the qualifica tions and duties of the officers was read, and number of can didates nominated for each office.
 The purchase of ping pong set was discussed but vetoed, at least for the present, due to the rather unsatisfactory condition of the treasury.
 A spirited campaign for the el- ection of officers, scheduled for next Friday, seems probable.
 The S. C. T. (Student Commur istic Ticket) has already begun agitation for the support of their candidates and the Conservative faction is not far behind them ir plastering blackboards and bull, etin boards with campaign slog- ans and pledges.
The Nome nugget., 1938-04-15

The first and second grades are very interested in Indians. On the sand table is erected a full fledged Indian enoampSnent, com plete with highly-decorated tee- pees council fires, trees, a beav- CT dam and lodge, and even clay beavers in the lake and an h. dian chief seated in front of his wigwam. A large and realistic wigwam was built of stiff paper and decorated with calsomine. Each child chose an Indian name and made a headband decorated with name symbols.
 Friday they began Easter pro- jects, the first one being duck and rabbit Easter cards for their mothers and friends.