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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-07
ANOTHER CHRISTMAS IDEA:

| ANOlHER CHRlS MAS IDEA:
Even the cold, austere business of
selling tombstones has its selling
points during the Christmas holi-
days. BY chance, a letter from a
monument company falls into my
hands, and l pass on a selling
point. 1t emphasizes that the
loved ones turn their thoughts to
the old home firesides, where
some familiar voice and face is
missing. Memories are tender and
loved ones want the resting place
permanently marked. Here's the
concluding paragraph:
"You couldn't pick more
favorable time of the year in sell
ing monuments because the fam
lily is more receptive due to the
fact that the loved one is griev-
ously missed"
Statesmen, bear in mind that
Christmas is selling time for any
thing from turkeys to tomb
stones.
SACRIFICES TO LIVE HERE:
Would you ride 1913 miles every
week to live with your family a
few days in Hendersonville or
would you locate your loved ones
nearer to your work? |
w. C. Armstrong says he thinks
enough of living in Henderson
vile to run up from Atlanta
about every four days. He is a
railway postal clerk, working be-
tween Atlanta and Charlotte, serv-
ing long hours four days week,
then resting four, and he runs up
from Atlanta to have the pleas
ure of living in Hendersonville.
THE RPC'S WORK: Mr.. Arm
strong, while praising Henderson
vile as a place to live, and Dana
as a place to own a farm and
summer home, was juggling sew
eral thousand printed cardboard
labels used in labelling mail pouch
es, and having them cut into
shorter lengths by the Flanagan
boys for fitting label holders on
the mail bags.
These numerous tags reveal
something Of the duties of a rail- |
way mail clerk and what he has
to! know of the geography Of |
states through which he passes
also some of the more distant
ones. There were tags for all the
postoffices served by the star
route from Spartanburg through |
Hendersonville to Asheville. A /
separate pouch of mail is made up
on the train between Atlanta and
Charlotte for each of these Of
fees so they would go from the
train in shape that would not
require re-working in Spartan
burg. r
Signs and authorizations on
each tag tell whether handled by
motor trucks, railroads and their
names, etc.
The .RPC has to know his geop-
raphy and the means for getting
mail in the quickest possible man
ner to, old man John Doe.
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ENOUGH OF A THING

= An annoyed Mississippi farmer put this notice in
his county paper: - r.iva a.'
Positively no more baptizing in my pasture.
Twice here in the last two months my gate has
been left open by Christian people and before 1
chase my heifers all over the country again all the
sinners can go to hell"-Macon Telegraph.
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ACH! MEM PURSE!

The Nazi government is said to
be disturbed because the world
wide condemnation of their per-
secution of the Jews has substan-
TALLY cut down Germany's for
eign trade. Now that is the kind
of language those Nazis can un-
derstand! So thoroughly do they
appreciate it that they have de-
cided to show special tolerance to
those Jews in Germany who are
in the export business, and whose
influence on foreign trade is too
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METHOD IN HIS MADNESS

Can it be possible that Ruthless
Adolf is deliberately attempting
to force the civilized nations
in the simple name of humanity!
to give the tortured Jews in
Germany refugees in other lands?
And will the Catholics come next?
Then the Protestants? That would
be the practical, scientific Ger
man way of dealing with too
much population and too little
money; for, of course. the people
driven out must leave their pos
sessions behind them.
If you have power enough and
are ruthless enough, you can
clean up in this world - finan-
cially. But "You Can't Take 1t
With You"-while you must take
with you whatever kind of soul
you have cultivated in yourself.
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of God" 1t is easy to see what
kind of God the Nazis worship
a hideous god of torment and
slaughter. Such a god is the Chris
tian'S devil.
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lou can recognize the pure Aryan patriots in
Berlin, after an anti-semtic riot. They are the
ones with bullying pockets
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ISOLATION

ISOLATION
But as soon as it. can be done,
there should be a coalition Of the
democracies to protect the prin-
ciples of democracy. We of the
United States Numbered tragical-
ly when we refused to join the
League of Nations, and use our
power to make it work.
Now the world across both
oceans is in such a turmoil that
we are being forced into a state
of more or less isolation. l do
not agree with those who say we
cannot live in isolation. We can.
Suppose there were no other con-
tinent except the American con-
tinent. Could we survive? Of
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LIFE DAY BY DAY
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

valuable just now to be destroy
ed.
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Knudsen Upho|b.
Patent Schen,

WASHINGTON, Dee. : IA,
President VIM. hnudscp q, Y
eral Motors Tuesday wa, ~ 3 |
monopoly investigating cor,.,
that abolition Of the ps ,.',,
TEN would be bad for irS,;
generally. knud en- said rS. .e y
patents mean little in the iri',
at present their use had bc 81,
develop the motor car and ~.
ed its life.
The United States is the w..
chief producer Of wiro
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A MANIFESTATION OF EVIL
The Nazi government in its de-
liberate diabolical persecution of
the Jews, has turned Germany in
to first-class imitation of hell.
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Motor vehicle license taxes pro-
duced $359,7S3,000 in 1886.
The Washington times., 1938-12-17
STOCKS EASE,
TRADING DULL
BY LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, Dec. II G.N.S0.
The stock market eased a shade
further today. Declines were neg
ligible with trading dull, and a
few leaders eked out small gains.
Loew's continued to feature,
dropping more than 2 points at
one time on top Of yesterdays
break of 45s. Selling apparently
reflects Wall Streets nervousness
over stockholders suits against
the Loew's management for an &C.
counting.
Aside from the fluctuations in
Loew's, individual movements were
of little significance. First-hour
sales amounted to 220. 1000 indicat-
ing total turnover for the two
hour session of less than a half.
million shares.
Fractional declines were shown
by Anaconda, American Smelling
ChrySler, General Motors, Ameri
can Can and General Electric
among others. Johns-Manville and
Santa Fe were down a point be
fore meeting support.
Consolidated E olson, Boeing
North American and Standard Oil
of N. j. were slightly above previ
GUS closing levels.
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der roof. Born not very far from
the gigantic new Irwin works, what
education he contrived to get after
leaving public school had to be
masticated after doing long days
toll.
TAKES UP STEEL
BY the age Of is, he had quail
fled as telegraph operator for the
Pennsylvania Railroad. He plowed
ahead. When 81, he switched
from railroading to a steel mill.
He made it his business to ob
tain both office and factory ex
perience. Eventually, his con
Germ was absorbed by q. s. Steel
His rise continued. In 1882, hi
was elected president of Americas
first billion-dollar corporation anc
recently was elected vice-chair
man.
Twins successor as president oi
the steel corporation, Benjamin
F.. FairleSs, is the son Of q Goa
miner who worked at Pigeon Run
Ohio, where there was no school
When five, he was sent to JuStus
Ohio, to live with an uncle and tt
get schooling.
Gle was born Benjamin F. VIII
IiamS, but later was legally adopt
ed by Uncle FairleSS.)
TEACHES SCHOOL
He early exhibited both appe
lite and aptitude for studying. SC
much so that while still in hi!
early teens, he qualified to teach
country school. He saved enough
money to go to college, exercised
such industriouSneSS and frugalit!
that he kept on studying until h
graduated from Ohio Northern
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Martin Scott, come herel"
Smiling, handsome, but with ex-
asperating Incidence in his man.
ner, he came out to the car and
said, II thought all my old friends
called me Scotty."
"Friends!" snapped Jane, with q
toss Of her dark head. Listen,
Martin Scott, when Dad, because
Of his health, had to give UP the
store over there"-she pointed up
the village Street-"we moved up
to our little mountain place. But
we still had to live, Dad and L
That's why we've worked like dogs
trying to develop the mountain
place, the lake, woods and all,
into q summer resort"
"Why not?" said handsome
Scotty, smiling.
"Why not?" Jane'selips trembled
Just q bit. Because 1t isn't SO
easy, not with the little money
Dad had when he left the store
Too many people In this drowsy
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University with . civil engineering
degree.
Later he earned such distinction
as q leader Of men, as executive,
that his alma mater conferred on
him the honorary degree Of Doctor
of Engineering.
Like his predecessor, his business
career started on q railroad, then
he switched to steel. He climbed
extraordinarily fast. He demon
strated outstanding talent, not
only as q maker Of steel, but as q
seller Of steel and q handler Of
men.
when only IS, he was chosen as
president Of the Carnegie Illinois
Steel Corporation, the largest
single steel producing concern in
the world. A year ago, at Al, he
was picked as president OF the
worlds largest steel enterprise.
DONS OVERALLS
John L. Perry, the man who
takes charge Of the mammoth
irwin works as part Of his duties as
president of Carnegie Illinois Steel,
started aS'a clerk with q y. s. Steel
subsidiary on graduating from
high school. Sensing greater op-
portunitieS in the pro oduction n
branch Of the business, he donned
overalls, Notwithstanding that he
had won office promotion.
In 20 years, he became vice
president Of the company, Ameri-
can Steel & Wire. Two years later,
he was promoted to the presidency
of Tennessee Coal & Iron, U. s.
Steel's big Alabama plant. AT the
beginning of this year, he sue
ceeded Ben Fairless as chief ex-
ecutiVe of Carnegie Illinois.
FACTOR IN COMMON
Bill irwin, Ben Fairless, John
Perry, have important character.
istics in common. Not only had
they enough ambition to be will
ing to pay the price for forging
ahead, but each conSpicuous1y de.
lveloped the mack Of winning the
good will and confidence Of Su'
lperiors and workmen alike.
Not one has permitted success
to squeeze out one iota Of his in
mate democracy, straightforward
Iman.toman attitude towards fel'
How.workerS.
One moral is: "To get on
Ilearn to get on with men,"
i copyright. 1888. by B. c. Forbesl
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Washington Produce

inch minimum. S101.1O; 2%-inch mini
mum, &1.2E01.sS; staymaAs, 2A-inch
minimum, S5090c; 2h-inch minimum
$1.2501.s5; 2%-inch minimum, $3.50 o
1.sg; YOrks, A-inch minimum, 6O@SSci
minimum, nnninen mlMi si.1S@i.as: Y Delicious, ~.
minimum. $500 1.Ss: Golden Delicious.
nSh. n'A ,lssS i95nssn sneS 'aSh $inlna %ln
$1.4o01:5 Black Twigs. 2h-inch mini,
lis; sA-inch minimum, si.sS; Wine.
sapS 2Lnch minimum; Ia%g seq c:h &c; sAI1Sa 1Si
mum, S1.35;. Bonums. 9-irca minimum
soc: az inch minimum, 90c@&1; az
inch minimum. t1.2S. Boxes and car
tons: Pennsylvania and virginia De,
fancy. 113-iSss. $3.50 0 l.ss: SS-lOOs. s1.sd
/ 02.10; C Grade. 31.2S 1.s0, as to size
Fancy: Grimes. l13-11Ss. el.Se: iona
thsne. i12-less N.SogLis; HeaymSnss
Golden Delicious. 113-lsSa . 5e0L7si
'isTOc BTOccoIiMMarlet SIiMlt steady. No carlo,
arrivals; I unbrOksn ear On track. Cali
foPnIa, crates. e2022s.
Brussels Sprouts-Market steady. One
California arrived: broken and IN
broken cars on track. California %
ID. drums, S202.26.
cabbage-Market steady. Two New
/ York arrived; broken and ] unbrokeT
cars on track. New York. 6O-lb. sacks
/ Danish type, 40c; Virginia., IN -bushe
hampers. Florida. Dutch. packed locally
/ 50065c.
/ .CauliflOwer-Marketw weak. Three Cali
| fOrnia arrived: ] broken and unbrokeI
Il cars on track. California, crates. u. a
o..
| CarrotS-Market steady. No carlot az
/ rivals; . broken cars on track. Califor
| mia, western crates, punched, $3.50
4 Texas, half-western crates, punched
j $1SO@1.eO; Pennsylvania bushel baA
kets, topped, washed, 9Oc.
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JANE and her father
stared at the money Scotty
held out. De Wore had
paid him more than that,
he informed them. not to
marry the blond siren.
town owed Dad store bills-that
they can't and won't pay. 1nclud-
ing you'll"
"I'l pay that $40 I owe him
sometime"
"That's what you've said for a
long time, you husky loafer!" Jane
ccuntered Savagely. We'll, you're
paying it now, or starting co.
You're. coming up to Pine Lake
with me, right now. You're work-
ing that debt out"
"Hm!' said Scotty. smiling.
work, eh?"
'sYes-work! Go and pack some
duds, Scotty. Hurry up"
you've got me, gal. Be risnt
out" E
PLEASANT JOB
dad shouldn't allow you credit
lon your old store bill for running
that boat" Jane told scotty one
evening while he was helping hel
do the supper dishes. THAT isn't
work"
"Right on my street" He
chuckled. Especially when ! have
such charming companions IN
that old boat"
Meaning the beautiful blond
guest, Miss Sylvia DeVore.
did somebody mention my
name?"
Jane turned, saw blond. coquet
tish Miss DeVore herself STANDING
there in the doorway Of the Mere
dith cabin.
''Why, yes" Scotty said easily
l"Jane here was just saying vol
should be in HolIywood-with thai
smile" :,
"Oh, Scotty!" the New York CIR
laughed. "You just won't act .a1
all like the dull hired man you're
supposed to be. IL wonder 4
you wouldn't like to take me out
on the lake. It's such glorious
moonlight night"
Should he take his guital
Ialong?" Jane asked mildly.
why, yesl That would be de
lightful," said the blonde. "CaI
we go now, Scotty? Or must Vol
ldry diSheS?"
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"I'll can for you in five min
utes," he answered. ,..
There followed other moonlit
nights when Miss DeVore, pretty
blond veteran Of q dozen love af.
fairs, went out in the boat with
Scotty.
One afternoon Miss DeVore's
father, q bald, plump man given
to brusqueneSS came striding up
to the Meredith cabin where Jane
was painting window screens.
where's Scott?" asked Mr..
DeVore bluntly.
dad sent him up to cabin No.
five to tack some linoleum on the
kitchen floor" Jane replied.
"Ugh!" growled DeVore, and
headed for cabin No. 5.
The rich mans manner aroused
James suspicious. She sclrried
into q clump Of pines. Soon she
was near cabin five; near enough
that she could hear Mr.. DeVore's
angry voice saying:
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SEABOARD LINE
SLASHES COACH
FARE TO 11-2C CTS
New Rates Effective
Next Month

Seaboard Railway today an
nounced a one-half reduction in
coach fares to become effective
sometime next month, bringing
to one and one-half cents the rate
for coach travel.
The announcement followed a
meeting of the Southeastern Pres
tdents' Conference here yestreday
and was made by c. E. Bell, pas
senger traffic manager.
INTRODUCED CONDITIONING
Seaboard has long been recog-
nized as a leading line in the mat
ter of comfortable and econom-
ical travel. 1t introduced air
conditioning in the South in 1888
and later presented the tlrSt re-
clining seat coaches.
Within the past few months it
has added large Diesel-driven loco
motives and was announced that
in February, a fully streamlined
stainless steel air conditioned
coach train Will De III SeTNlCe'
INTEREST CHECKED
The Board of Directors of Wash
ington Properties, Inc, at Its
meeting today declared interest on
the company's general mortgage
income bonds for the six months
fiscal period ending october 81.
The rate will be 1895 per cent and
checks will be mailed February l.,
1889 by the Central Hanover Bank
and Trust Company of New York.
STOCK DIVIDEND
Commercial Industrial Loan
Company of Hyattsville Md. an
rounced payment of its fifth quar-
terly prefererd stock dividend as
Of December Is. Officers OF the
company are James Casbariar1,
president; Howard P. Foley, vice
president and treasurer; Bancroft
T. Foley, vice president; and Mar
tin H. Risting. vice president and
secretary.
Directors of the Arundel Cor
poration yesterday announced
payment of an extra so cent divi'
dend in addition to the regular
quarterly dividend of rs cents a
share. The dividends are pay.
able December q to holders OF
record December 10.
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bills, the abbreviation "Septent"
is spelled "SeptenS." The points
on the seal itself, on the fakes,
are blurred and uneven. On q
genuine IS bill, they are sharply
defined and regular.
Christmas shoppers are eau.
toned to examine every IS bill, as
the Secret Service officials feel
that extra quantities Of the fake
bills will be dumped" on the mar
ket during the holiday rush.
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Misbranding Laid
To Wine Concern

UN.SO-The Federal Alcohol
Administration today began pro-
ceedings to suspend the wine pro-
ducer's and blenders permit held
by Geffen Industries, Inc. Long
Island City, N. Y. The FAA yes
terday charged the company with
selling and shipping in interstate
commerce wine falsely branded as
blackberry wine and in falsely ad-
VertiSing the wine.
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A0WAb nSneS Will b QOlIh
buy when the payment is final!
made?
LINE OF REASONING
Personally, as a long-pull in
vestor, I reason as follows:
/. lido not want the security
of any organization, private or
public, which refuses to pay its
debts, and which goes on, year
after year. spending more than
its income.
2. 1 do not want any security
which merely promises q fixed
number OF dollars. If you can't
run the risk of owning property
or stocks, maybe you win have
to run the risk Of owning bonds.
But you may find that the dol
lars which you eventually get
out are worth only half what
they were when you put them
in.
3. Meanwhile, ,(even II they
eventually pay 100 cents on the
dollar), history shows that the
market for such bonds Is likely
to go through a period Of de-
cline. # so, you could buy them
cheaper. If you had to sell, you
would get less than par.
DOOM" A FALLACY
Detroit asks:
81 have a friend who belongs
to the United Automobile Work
ers and to Technocracy,' and
who believes that our capital
istic system is doomed in about
five years. He also says life in
surance companies will be bank
rupted by low interest rates.
What is your opinion?"
Answer: MARKHAM Socialist!
have been saying that capitalism
Is doomed for nearly 100 years
It is no more doomed than differ
ences among Individuals ar
doomed. Men are born different
They must have different rewards
What we know as human ma
ture" has been the same In thi
respect for many thousands o
years. One important part Of i
is a tendency to resent the recelp
Of rewards which are not IN pro
portion to efficiency.
But they will not long tolerat'
any other man who sets himsel
up to dictaJe what rewards oil
ferent people shall receive. RusSil
shows how Socialists differ amoni
themselves, how they squabbl
and slay and how tyrannical 1t !
to try to treat different peopl
equally.
DIFFICULT PERIOD
Our insurance companies, lik
all of us, are having q hard tim
to find good investments that WI
earn enougl. to meet their obligi
tions to policy holders. Thi
however, is the result Of the s.
cialistic policies Of the New Dea
| I believe that the American PEI
pie are seeing the failure Of tn
New Deal, and will cast it out l
time to prevent the bankruptc
of our insurance companies.
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work, it may be
in, S o m e meas
ure encourag-
in g to glimpse
at these t hire e
careers.
FirS t, take
william A. Ir-
vim, VIII o S e
name has been
given t h e
W orl DIS most
n o t q BILE steel
plant, with its
653 q ere s. site
and n1ile-l o n 9
b uil din gS Of
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(Prices Paid shippers-Net FOB.
WashlngtOnl

(Prices Paid ShipperS-Net FOB.
WashlngtOn)
BY the q. 8. Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics
Eggs--Market steady. Government
graded and dated eggs: Whites U. B.
extras, large. Ale: U. 8. extras. mediums
s3c; U. s. standards, large, 36e; T.. s.
standards. mediums, 2Shc: U. ;. trades
2Shc; pullets. zee. Nearby unsradsd
eggs: Current receipts. whites, 31@32c
mixed colors, 2S02S
Live Poultry-Market steady. Fowl
Colored, all Sizes 16c; No. 2S 10D12c;
roosters, 10c. Chickens: Virginia Rocks
broilers and fryers, all sizes. 1s@17c:
Crosses, broiIsrs and frycrs. al sizes
1S017c: No. e's, 12014c; mixed cOlored
fryers lac: No. ga 11012c. Capons
7 to . pounds. 20022c; slips. 1S01ec
Turkeys: Young hens. s4@2Sc: younl
Ssn. ssm ana siSsas sos .Ss SS snsss pouSS SS
and over. SOC . pair; under pounds
Z. c. L. Express Reesipts nj tSashlngtea
ID. c.. Saturday. December n. 1888
% IugS lines: 10 h-busheI crates llTnes
10 busheI baskets okra; Is 3z-Quar'
crates kumquats; 10 32-quaTt crates tan
gerines; - bushsl baskets peppers;
72-pint refregireators Strawberries.
California-45 1S-pound Iugs aSocados
Pennsylvania - IAS 3-pound basket
mushrooms.
Virginia-S barrels watercress.
North Carolina - - bushel basket
south Carolina - 10 So-pOund bag
Michiean-1s 2O-pound boxes mint.
| Unknown ortgin-40 crates mixed vege
tables-
| Apples-Market steady. No carlot Al
| rivals; / unbroken car on track. Bushe
| baskets, u. S. No. 1: Maryland, Penn
1 sylvania, virginia and West virgins
II Lu.a 4. lnlr AKA. 2A
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Citizens 10 Meet
In Georgetown

The December meeting of the
Georgetown Citizens Association
will take place at 8 p. m. Monday
in st. Johns Parish Hall, Potomac
Hall, Potomac and o SITS. N. w.
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It seems high
ly probable thai
t he Sc baby
b on ds" Ill
eventually pay
the number Of
dollars whic h
{ h e y specify
q nd promise
s o, doubtless
will many Other
kinds Of bonds
This aSsump
ton, however,
i e av eS unan:
|swered the queS
ton, how much
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description.
Described by the Secret Service
as "th; most dangerous and decep-
tive" work of counterfeiters, the
bills, nevertheless, have many flaws
by which they may be recognized.
The letter "E" on the counter
felt bills is larger than the serial
number following. On genuine
bills, it is the same size as the
numerals.
In the blue seal on the fake