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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
EXAMPLE TO BENCH AND BAR

Mr.. Justice Willis Van Devanter, retired member
of the United States supreme court, recently vol
unteered to sit as a federal district court Judge
in New York
From newspaper accounts of the proceedings we
suspect that the justice had in mind an important
contribution to both bench and bar. In one case
when an attorney, through adroit questioning, IN
simulated that witness had kept prisoner under
duress, the judge told the witness: "You need not
answer that You are not on trial"
When the lawyer asked the witness whether ne
knew the provisions of the United States code, the
former justice interposed, you need not answer
that. The code speaks for itself"
Again when a lawyer hectored witness the
justice demonstrated, mo, no, you must not call
out those questions in that tone of voice. You
must treat the witness with courtesy. He is pre-
sumaby gentleman"
Could it be possible that retired member OF
the supreme court sought opportunity to set
an example to judges and attorneys throughout
the land? Has he heard about badgering lawyers,
disrespectful toward witnesses, and about weak
kneed judges, afraid to set arrogant and presump-
tious barristers in their places?
Attorneys and judges may not be advised as to
the resentment in the minds of people everywhere
over courtroom tactics. Witnesses have been bull
dozed by swashbuckling lawyers. The practice has
grown because milklivered judges tolerate it. Law
yers have been allowed free range to violate every
decent privilege of witnesses and judges are as
much to blame for the disgusting spectacle as the
lawyers themselves.
We have not often agreed with the judicial view
point of Mr.. Justice Van Devanter but we certainly
give him hand on the example he presented IN
New York. Maybe the people would have more
respect for the courts of the land if the judges
everywhere protected witnesses from unjusti1ed
attacks by callous lawyers. 1t is possible that jul
rors would be favorably impressed by courtesy and
good manners even in a northumberland Her.
aid Observer.
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work, each of them expressed the
earnest desire to have a small
farm of his own in some locality
where it would not be blown out
from under him, where it would
be we'll watered, and grow his own
food, raise his own chickens and
have his own cow.
Situated that way, an industri-
Gus man cannot be starved OF
beaten down. Mother Earth is a
great friend to man. Close to her
bosom is where most men belong.
City life is unnatural. It's effect
is pestilential on a large percent
age of people. 1t can be lived in
comfort and security only by the
minority. The majority should be
on farms where, no matter what
happens, they will have enough
to eat, place in which to sleep
and to keep warm.
While today there is no free
land there is a better setting for
the man who would get his sub
sistence from the soil. Modern
conditions have made farm life
more agreeable and the market
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18

VTASHINGTON.--lt appears that
w there's as likely to be dis
elimination in favor of a pretty
face or a personal favorite in
the government service as there
Is in private business.
Senator Allen j. Ellender OF
Louisiana, who seeks an investi-
cation of civil service administra-
lion and the promotion system, has
been told as much. His informa-
lion came in numerous replies to a
QUESTIONABLE in which govern
ment employees are asked to tell of
alleged discrimination, and to
name people who have been pro-
noted ahead of them.
The response has been a queer
melange of protests against SEEM
ingly actual favoritism, and Of
spite answers from jealous and
embittered malcontentS.
Girl employees often are ad-
vanced for beauty, not brains, it
is charged. There are such COM
plants as one about "discrimina-
ton against the color of ones hair
or the shape of the nose"
Also, there's confederation of
the commonly-known fact that in
the vast federal organization are
numerous cliques which make
promotions a matter of back
scratching.
MEANWHILE, WPA sleushs are
~ making an investigation in
Louisiana of charges aimed partly
at Ellender. WPA has a rule that
no one shall be compelled to leave
WPA jobs to take private jobs at
lower wages than WPA is paying.
But it is charged that in Louisiana
Senator Ellender and others
brought pressure which resulted
In WPA workers being forced to
take jobs on sugar cane planta-
tons. '..
Most or these workers were
promised $I.50 a day. They were
paid as little as Us cents a day,
!, according to allegations, and COM
panY stores at which they were
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18
THE NEW D EAL
IN WASHIN CT o N
-ay ROONEY BUTCHER.

compelled to purchas. overcharged
them so that they had practically
nothing left.
Ellender has a large sugar PLAN
tation, wsich is said to have used
the largest number of the WPA
workers.
IMPORTANT item culled from
l. days Of anti-lynching bill fill
buster drivel-
Senator Reynolds of North
Carolina: "Asheville, N. c., sits
$500 feet above the blue waters
of the Atlantic, and it rests there
beneath the shadows CT Mount
Mitchell, the highest peak east of
the Rocky Mountains"
Senators Schwellenbach of
Washington: "Will the senator
yield?".
Senator Reynolds: 81 gladly
yield, if it will provide me with
an opportunity to say more about
one of the greatest states in the
Union-North Carolina"
Senator Schwellenbach: 81 re-
member we'll that last fall when
the senator was in Seattle, de-
scribing this gem city Of the
mountains, he said that Asheville
was 1900 feet above sea level"
Senator Reynolds: eff my dear
friend says that I said 1860 feet,
| he is right. / was speaking just
now of one of the lower levels OF
my city"
A NEWS camera caught Hatton
IA w. Summers, chairman Of the
House dietary Committee which
recommended him to Roosevelt for
the Supreme Court, with feet on
his desk and a large hole show
ing in one sole.
81 didn't suppose that hole
would show" Summers telephoned
the photographer. "But I've got a
hole in the seat Of my pants, too,
in case you're interested in taking
another picture"
Downright 1879. NEA Service. Inc!f
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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18
RIVALS DAVID HARUM

~, SAN RAFAEL, Cal.-(UP)-
The bartering instinct is still
strong in even some people as
advanced in civilization as Ameri-
cans. Refused permission by his
parents to keep a goat at home,
Mike" Stocking, II, was ordered
to take it away and trade it off.
He returned With tiite6o bales bf
hay, one Sack D8f,i BARLEY, Il pail
Of spurs, a rifle. scabbard, 4 Str
Of chaps 100 rounds Of @ahftilg -
mphitiohi and a RATA. Hiatj r@1s.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18
MAYOR GETS SURPRi'

NEWPORT. X. l.-(Ui.
"Spark," Mayor Henry S. "
81 accompanies Hose 10 !"
smcH.c to alarms. The othcr
he turned out for an alarm
TO hi amazcmcnt-tho ap
rUs halted in front OF his
"om". where there WAS =
chimney fire.
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ect, composed OF
destitute persons
and their famil-
les, is m We d
from place to
place where crop
gathering labor
is needed.
A number of
the camp men,
bers spoke dur
ing the broad
cast, and while
only about half
Of them had pre-
viously been en-
gagged 90 in lfaIm
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18
WHAT HELPS BUSINESS HELPS YOU

The truth contained IN the ABOVE Captloll
applies to every man, woman and chllo III
this country 1t applies regardless OF their
station in life, their material or other IN
terests, their wealth or poverty, their intel
Igence or ignorance, and regardless OF
whether they have or do not have any d.
rect business connections.
The foundations upon which the nation
rests are business foundations. How long
would the country last, how long could Its
people subsist and exist, without business?
A citizen does not need to be learned OF
keen witted to be able to understand that
if business ceased in the United States, CIV
iization would decay and disappear and
the entire area of the nation would be
turned into a wilderness more dark and
forbidding than the wilderness country dis
covered here by Columbus.
The country has reached its present
position in civilization, has attained what
ever degree of development is known, has
achieved whatever degree OF economic and
social progress that has been made, through
the operations of business.
Without argument it is admitted that
BUSINESS is not solely responsible for the
United States as it stands today; but there
is no room for argument about the fact
that if no business had been carried on IN
this country it would today be wilder
ness, desert country.
So we say that WHAT HELPS BUSl-
NESS HELPS YOU and we make no eX-
ceptions in the application.
The Times-News, however, would, in this
case, apply the statement to Henderson
vile and our limited area of North Caro-
lima which we commonly regard as the
territory in which this town does business.
What helps business in Hendersonville
helps all the people in Hendersonville; and
the help extends beyond the towns limits
to all the people in the county and, in di-
rect or indirect ways, all the population
of adjoining territory close enough to be
in any manner affected by business rela-
tons.
This newspapers interest is in getting
this knowledge firmly embedded in the
consciousness of the entire population of
IONu anu oSSlAOus ~ IIASaI IL VIII OSCOI1lC
one of the guiding principles in the lives of
all.
What helps the business of my town and
section helps me. Therefore, have a di-
rect, personal interest in business, all the
business of my town and section; in its
progress and prosperity; and in helping
business / am helping myself to better and
more satisfactory conditions and to increas-
ing progress and prosperity. This should
be the attitude of@eyery good citizen.
WHAT HELPS BUSINESS HELPS YOU.
Are you helping the business that helps
you, here in your own town and section,
by speaking a good word for our business
men and their interests, by giving them
direct support and patronage, by making
for yourself record as a good citizen with
vision, public spirit and the will not only
to push and promote your own interests
but also actuated,by the liberal spirit that
helps others?
What helps general business in our town
and section helps all of us as individuals.
About 80 per cent of Chile's copper is
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18
HOW SHE DID 1T
CITY ON TWO SITES

MINNEAPOLIS. (UP) - Min
neapolis is the only city in the
country, it is said, that has grown
up out of two territories. The
east side, including old st. An
thony, was part of the Northwest
territory. The west side of the
river was in the Louisiana Pur-
chase
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18

Why worry about the future of China |?
With Chinese armies destroying everything
as they retreat, and Japanese troops finish
ipg, the job as they advance, there soon will
be no China left to worry about.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18
REACTING TO PUBLICITY:

REACTING TO PUBLICITY:
How do you feel about publicity
that you occasionally get, and
especially as it applies to some
report. speech. address or sermon
you made?
Here's genuine sample OF
what you don't want, as prepared
by an editor about himself and
for his own newspaper, The Beau
fort News:
"Aycock Brown, editor of The
Beaufort News, gave 20-mln-
ute, but interesting talk to Beau
fort Rotarians.
Drown likes to write and talk
about himself, so he chose his
career as a newspapcrman for his
subject. He told about his per-
sonal career and talked for 20
minutes about himself, without a
one of his listeners walking out
on him. That was probably cour-
tcsy on their part because some
of the listeners had bored express
sions on their faces
Somewhat a sourcd critic of
sclf-made oratory CHI?
NEW SIDEWALKS: The re-
spouse to my selfish suggestion
to build the first one in front Of
my door and extend it from Fifth
east to Third east and the sugges-
tons Of others who might be
moro selfish than this have
doubtless amused the authorities,
but the cake should go to Sam
Corn, my neighbor on the other
side of the street. He said | failed
to state which side of the street
the sidewalk should be built on
and therefore he had requested
that it be built on the west side
past his doorsteps. Who else
wants one built in front of his
home?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18
BIBLE THOUGHT
WHAT MAKES A PEARL
GLORY in tribulations." (Read Rorn. oI-4l'

Somebody once said that "a pearl is garment
of patience wrapped about grievance every
pearl begins with an irritation within the oyster
shell.
Here is life lesson in this simple fact OF nature
Troubles, such as everybody has, may destroy Us
or enrich us The New Testament IS explicit III I'S
teachings about the mission of troulatlon
Even by our in6rnites and sriets' we would
bring forth virtues to glorify Thee U Ai-"lse LIS
penser of Life.-Amen.
VIM. T. Ellis.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18

About 80 per cent of Chile's copper is
produced by two big American companies.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18
BACK TO MOTHER EARTH

Did you hear the recent broad
cast from the Shasta Migratory
Farm Workers camp in Califor-
MIA? That camp, a federal prof.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18
LOOKING AT LIFE
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

ing of farm products more feast
bic. With federal aid an induStri-
Gus man should be able to acquire
enough farm land in a favorable
location to meet his needs and
should be able to learn to work
it profitably.
But the farm life calls for in
dustry and thrift. The farm won't
work itself nor protect its crops
and equipment.
HEELS
Many a person is limping
around with what he thinks is
rheumatism or neuritis that pains
him up to the knee or the hip,
when all that ails him is that one
of his heels is so run over as to
place an unnatural strain on the
muscles and nerves of his foot.
HOW SHE DID 1T
GLOW do you keep so happy?'
woman asked a servant.
"Two things keep me happy, y
replied the servant: when | live
right and do my work right | am
happy. l used to find my work
monotonous until l started in to
do it the very best / could; then
it began to get interesting. And
the better I do it, the more inter-
csting it is"
You don't have to go to the
great philosophers to get great
OhilOSOphieS.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18
NEEDS REVISION, BUT

Undoubtedly the social security act needs revi-
sion, but word comes from Washington that so
many matters are crowding in that congress prob
ably will not undertake revision at the present SEES
sion 1t is reported that apparently the disposition
in congress is to try out the present law further
before undertaking the complicated task of revis-
ing it.
The social security board has recommended ex-
tension of the law to include farm and domestic
workers. seamen and others excluded
The board also objects to abliton of the reserve
fund system of financing benefits. Claiming that
a majority OF American families now are scheduled
for benefits, directly or indirectly, the board con-
tends that unless the reserve fund is built up, taxes
will have to be increased later in order to meet
heavier drafts on the od-age provisions of the law
And that suggests the question, is the reserve
fund now actually being built up, what with all
the money collected for the purpose being turned
into the Treasurys general fund and used for gen.
eral purposes, only government bonds being issued
and held by the government to the amount Of the
fund that ought to be? In other words, the gov
eminent for general current expenses the cash
received and deposits its promises to pay itself.
Presumably when it needs the cash to pay the
benefit claims it will sell the bonds now being is
sued, to get the money, and then start paying IN
terest on the bonds and taxing the people anew to
raise the money to pay the interest and principal.
Yes, undoubtedly the social security act needs
some Observation-Disclosures Observer.
IF ONE is TREASON, WHAT'S THE OTHER?
Senator Bailey has been the victim OF sharp as
saults from Staunch New Dealers in North Caro-
lima because he has followed course of indepen-
dent judgment important issues confronting the
congress.
Perhaps, his implement has at no time been
quite so severe as when he associated himself with
few Republican senators recently, or they associ-
ated themselves with him, and together drafted a
ten-point program of principles for congress to
follow.
Some of his critics thought this was the most
insulting of all of the senator's alleged defectlons
from the party ranks.
1t must have warmed his heart, therefore, when
the President himself admitted in his jackson Day
dinner that he repudiated his own party's candi-
date for President 80 years ago and voted for the
Republican nominee, his own cousin.
If it is treason for Senator Bailey to hobnob
with Republican colleagues, how would such apos-
tasy the part of the President rate IN the minds
of the senator's more embittered critics!
! For our own part, there is no disposition to mo
fault with either for such exercise of independent
Judgment.
Nor, for that matter ever to be critical OF those
who vote for issues instead of men, Tor principles
rather than personalities for ideas and ideals and
not mere political labels and shibboleths.-Char-
lotte Observer
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HIGH speed motion picture cameras show that ca! can -
a1f IN tho air in less than two feet Of drop First me on W.
make the un and then the hind feet with the tail ac'i5 80
balancing mole
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18

IZn VEDALlA LADY BEETLE
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCH @
THE SUCCESS OF CALIFORNIA;
crrRl IS INDUSTRY IT FEED6 cS
ALL OF THE PEST IVSECIS
Evening star., 1938-05-29

:day to catch glimpses of Young in
Heart" picture which will revive
the all-star cast idea. an idea that
has not had much prominence in this
sector since Dinner at Eight"
Seated in a make-believe conti-
mental train compartment were five
of the all-stars Mr.. Selznick has as
sembled. They were, reading from
right to left from where We sat,
Roland Young, Janet Gaynor. Billie
Burke. Douglas Fairbanks, jr., and
Minnie Dupre. the latter the famous
old stage player who is out here, and
at her age, making her first motion
picture.
The all-stars were having trouble
getting the scene to come off just
right. So much trouble, in fact, that
we had no chance to get in word
with any Of them before it was time
for dinner for everybody, an event
which seemed 50 much more impor-
tant. We left the all-stars fumbling
their lines and, what is more, we left
the lot without once having men,
toned the momentous subject of
Gone With the Wind" with which,
to every ones amazement, Mr.. Selz-
nick has done nothing.
Evening star., 1938-05-29

CLINT in his eye, is playing Strauss.
He looks very well. and says he feels
fine. in the moustache he had to grow
for the part.
If L. B. Mayer ever knocks on your
door and offers to bet that Gravel
will not be the biggest surprise in
THE Great Waltz" in spite of the
fact that he, Gravel, will sing for the
first time on the screen, don't take
him up. Although she was not
around to be seen, the voice of Miliza
Korjus, Polish opera star, was over
in the projection room and hearing it
is sufficient to convince any one that
she will be the pictures outstanding
feature.
Miss Korjus already is kind OF
legend. In the first place, she does
not look like an opera star-judging
by the picture we saw of her. OF
course, it may have been retouched,
but, even if it has, there still is the
voice. Miss Korjus is the easiest
singer in Hollywood, they say. Where
any other coloratura has to 60 to bed
for three weeks after two tussles with
an aria that does not record well,
Miss Korjus keeps on singing until
strangers begin to feel exhausted for
her.
That, at least, is what they told us
and we believe every word we hear.
At any rate, we believe any words we
hear Miss Korjus singing.
MIR. DAVID o. SEIlZNICK Of the
A'A amazing Selznicks is at it again.
We went down to his studio the other
Evening star., 1938-05-29

the one in which Franz Josef sat and,
looking stageward, perhaps contem-
plated the humiliation Of his proud
queen.
The other is a reproduction of the
greatest cafe in Vienna, where Strauss
proved to the world that the tempo Of
romance was three-four times and
thus became the Benny Goodman of
his era.
Passing the exterior of the building
which houses the theater set, it struck
us that it would be far better to have
Newman Sudduth, who is Illustrating
this series of memoranda. out here
and us back there. Long rows OF
benches stretched to the distant
horizon, benches ornamented with
beautiful Albertina Rasch girls lying
with their faces pointed toward
Heaven. The ancient elegant who
first came to the conclusion that it
was rude of his Cor herr fellow being
to stare never contemplated such a
vista of sleeping or summing beauties.
If he had he never would have laid
down such a silly canon of refinement.
Even though he did make such rule,
we broke it violently and with a very
happy heart. We stared.
EERNAND GRAVEL, fully recovered
= from the public's shock Of his
last picture, Fools for Scandal" was
the only star burning brightly on the
cosmic stage of the picture when We
crossed it. Mr.. Gravel, an athletic
looking young man with a reckless