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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-08
TERRACINC,
SUBSOILING
IMPORTANT
Are Stressed in Relation to
Erosion Control and
Water Conservation
By D. w. BENNETT
Assistant County Agent

4.
OF all the mechanical means o'
soil erosion control and water
conservation there are none 50
Important as terrucirS and sub
soiiipp the land.
or the two mentioned. probab-
L. terrac,ng is the most popular.
4monq the different kinds Of
water diversion bitches built, the
broad base Mangum terrace is the
mos. important. This type of ter
race is about 20 feet vide and 20
inches high. The height, Of course,
means the vertical height from
the bottom Of the .loW line 10 the
crown of the terrace.
There are TWO types Of Man
cum terraces. One is called the
uniform grade terrace and the
other q variable grad" terrace.
The uniform grade jeuace has
the same fall the cnt:r, LENGTH Of
the terrace, while the variable
Grade terrace starts at the head
With practically no fall in the
flow line Cor the first 100 feet TO
as much ~ five inches il 1000
feet if it is - or - hundred
feet in length. OF the two types.
the variable grade terrace is most
desirable because il carries the
wafer off al 2 more uniform rate,
allowing. the water 10 soak I'm the
soil, and does not allow the water
70 break across the terrace as
badly as when the water is allow
cd To flow ut q uniform rate.
The distance OF snacinc the ter
races apart dependS on the slope
of the land. The vertical drop be-
tween the terraces ranges from
two and one-h3If feet ON gentle
stones 10 IS much as seven feet
ON stones with ) feet drops in
100 feet, however land should
not be terraccd with more than
Is feet drOw i'm 100 feet. Land
with more fall than this should
not be cultivated but nut i'm sod
crops.
Most of the terraces buiit Inv
the average farmer. are laid ont
bv evesigbt and lose too much
fan As = result the flow lines
soon form small oglIiaS shoy.ioo.
that 2 large amount of soiI is sill
BEING washed from Inc field In
governments conducted m thr
Statesville experiment station il
u.ac fonp5 tbot tn,,.oco. ,vish
omen outlets and no fall lost > :
tons of soil per acre annually.
while terraces with -four inches
fall in 100 feet lost four and one
half TONS pe,. mere and fbnsn With
six inches san nor 100 fart lost
10 tons annually Tbis Jata
proves thar terraces should paveT.
have more than six ircbes fall in
100 feet
SOM f.,.,,,.,- 10 cot lilo ,or
racing because il makes tbn land
harder 10 pet over with machin-
erv For these farmers snbeoiIing
is \ rood alternatr bnt i sborIJ
be remembered that nroncriv
built terraces that are well cared
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-08
HULL DENIES ANY
u. s. WAR ALLIANCE

Continued from page onc(
was dropped into the legislative
hamper shortly after Senator Hi
ram Johnson, R., Calf, Offered
resolution to force Secretary Of
State Cordcll Hull to reveal
whether the United States has
any foreign alliances or under
standings.
Later a house bloc, headed by
Representative Henry c. Luckey,
d., Ncbr., met and appointed a
steering committee to "round up"
witnesses who could clarity the
presidents foreign policy in tc&-
timony before the house naval af-
fairs committee, which has the
big navy program under cOnsid-
Grafton.
Luckey, who was named chair
man, announced after the meet
ing that members Of his group
were seeking information" re-
garding the necessity Of incrcas-
ing the navy's combatant strength
20 per cent. Other members Of
the steering committee arc Rep
resentativcs Gerold J. Boileau, p,
Wis, Caroline O'Day, D., N. Y,
Martin L. Sweeney, d.. Ohio. Her
man P. Kopplemann, D., Conn,
Ralph o. Brewster, r., Ne, Knutc
Hill, D., Wash, Jennings Ran
dolph. D., w. Va, and Bruce Bar
ton, R., N. Y.
Johnson proposed his bill while
Admiral William D. Lcahy, chief
Of naval operations, was denying
before the house naval affairs
committee that the administra-
ton has foreign commitments of
any kind, chiefly for joint armed
action in case Of war.
King Long has opposed neutral
itv legislation. He was against it
when first adopted in 1885 and
renewed his objections when the
present admcndcd discretionary
act was passed. He has a strong
congressional following and says
he will press for passage Of the
repeater.
"Thc neutrality act has shown
that it is disadvantageOus to
small and weak countries and that
it's repeal would help rcestablish
peace in the world" lie said.
Meanwhile d new attack came
from Senator Gerold p. Nyc, r.,
\. d., leader Of the senate man
datory neutrality bloc. He intro
duced resolution asking Hull to
determine the authority for a
dispatch in an Australian news
paper declaring that the United
States had supplied Great Britain
information on japanese fortifi-
cations.
Nyc said the dispatch was titled
"U.S.A. does Australia a secret
service" and was published il
Smiths Keekly on October 16,
1887. He said it purported to re-
veal that American naval planes, !
while searching for the lost Anne |
liza Earhart, obtained strategic |
,Japanese information which was
piven to the British admiralty. !
His resolution suggested that the
secretary of state ascertain
through such channels as may be
at his command, the authority and
responsibility Of the article"
Majority Leader Alben W.
Barley and Senator Tom Con-
nally, D., Tex, objected to intro
duction Of a facsimile Of the dis
batch. together with correspond
ence between Nye, Hull and Sec
rotary of the Navy Claude A.
Swanson.
II don't see how this kind of
stuff is going to help our foreign
relations" Connally said. Barley
added that he wanted to examine
the article before permitting it to |
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-08
CANADA MISSES SLUMP

MONTREAL. (UP)-Canadian
business is holding up well in
spite Of low purchasing power in
western drouth areas, according
to the last report of the Bank Of
Montreal,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-08
IS-INCH APPLE

HUDSON, N. Y. (UP)-An APP
pie measuring Is IA inches in
circumference was exhibited by
Nathan Larry, of Stuyvesant
Falls. Larry said he found the
apple in his fathers orchard.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-08
FIRE RUSHED TO FIRE

ELYRIDA, Q. NPL-
tl'Uch is on fine ,hoGtg
TRANS as Dennis E0a.a.
through downtown stre:
"i.now it," he yelled. "la
way to the ligc station"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-08
ARRE,'ST TD0
AFTER 'G91'
Drunk; Disordsrly CB,,
Preferred After ~
Turned Over

Two men w,.. ..u..
roI;co,,or 3.
Lt -, 90 -~. AZ,
"D :,, . ,''' % ...'a a.. c.,,
W." :. Dr,"% ".... and .-s
aIte I III '"."""a..e ,arI,
al inc c"I" 81. d.. Nors .
III IT,. az" u .~.'.'.a aVo..s
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-08
cITY'S CANNON DISAPPEARS

TWIN FALLS, Ida. (UP)-A
statewide search has been ordered
for a 3OO-pound cannon that for
merry graced the city park. 1t
was a relic of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-08

1T PAYS TO USE WANT ADS.
The Washington times., 1938-08-27
LOST FOUND
Other Lost Ads on Page One

SROOCH-Round. gold, moonstone center.
VIC Highlands Apts.; reward. NO. 4134.
nj Ak0
The Washington times., 1938-08-27

MATTRESSES
WASH. BUR, 226 BOND BLDG.
WOMES-Chance to earn a very good in
come at once and later establish own
small shop will furnish you with COM
plete stock of hosiery. lingerie and dresses:
liberal commissions: great opportunity.
If ambitious. see Mr.. Embree. us 9th
St n w
The Washington times., 1938-08-27

Double Duty circulation of the Herald
and Times produces twice the results
at one cost.
The Washington times., 1938-08-27

L. S ENGINEER OFFICE. 106s Navy
Building. Washington D. C.-Sealed pro-
posals will be received here until p. M,
September IA. 1885 and then opened
for furnishing labor and materials and
performing work for dismantling and re-
moving circular brick chimney and breech-
inE at Mcmillan Pumping Station. First
and Douglas streets n. W. Further in
formation on application.
The Washington times., 1938-08-27

CLAIMING ST. N. W., 56-3 rms, priv.
bath. porch, newly papered. Frigid., reas.
CONN. AVE. 1000, Apt. 4O2-2 rms.
kit. dinette. bath: ultrs-modern. WI. 1852
CONN. AVE. 1905 lge. rms. suitable
for business. Newly decorated. col. 1915.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26
ONCE UPON MAY Goth

Strange as it seems, one of the
,artoonistS who melodramatizes facts
until they are barely recognizable, de-
clared the other day that "Dawin's
nose nearly changed the entire face
of human history" In support of this
statement he explained that Darwin
almost lost the chance to sail on the
Beagle as a naturalist because the
skipper didn't like the shape of OAR
wins nose, and implied that if OAR
win hadn't made that voyage on the
Beagle the world wouldn't have heard
of evolutionary theory
That, of course is absurd. Darwin
didn't discover the theory of evolu-
ton. James Burnett, Lord Monboddo
Scotch jurist who died 139 years ago
today, advocated the theory that apes
and men had common ancestors in his
monumental, "Of the Origin and Pro-
gress of Language" published before
Darwin was born.
hypothesis essentially the same as
Darwin's natural selection were ad-
vanced by w. c. Wells in 1913, by
Patrick Matthew in 1881; indeed
Darwin's own grandfather, Erasmus
Darwin, suggested it in 1894. La
nlarck, Frenchman, likewise antici-
pated Origin of the Species to some
extent.
Simultaneously and independently
another Englishman, Alfred Russell
Wallace reached the same conclu-
sions as Darwin, and among contem-
poraries there was some question as
TO whether Wallace or Charles OAR
win had been first. Darwin himself,
when he saw an essay on natural Sc
lection by Wallace, whom he did not
know, exclaimed: Il never saw a more
striking coincidence. If Wallace had
my NC. sketch written in 1912, he
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26
ANSW us

1. 1t. Colonel John A. Young, born
in Iredell county, later moving to
Charlotte. Colonel Young was COM
missioned an officer Of the Fourth Re-
giment North Carolina troops.
2. In 1715 the assembly placed a
price of one shilling each on wild cat
skins. 1t made them legal currency
in the province. Whale oil, deer skins,
tallow and other commodities were
likewise given a definite value and
made legal lender.
3. Colonel I. NJ. Meekens, since APP
pointed Judge of the United States
Of Elizabeth City Judge Meekens was
an outstanding orator on this special
train which followed closely the spe-
cial of Wood low Wilson, Democratic
candidate, on a speaking tour through
he Western 5tates.
4. The legislature of 1925. The of
fice is an appointive one and subject
to the will of the governor. The first
| commissioner was H. Hoyle Sink, of
Lexington, appointed by Governor Nc
Lean April 1, 1925.
/ s. January "a, 1901, by Richard 3.
Raney as a memorial to his first
wife, Olivia Cowper Rainey who died
May !, 1896. t
6. Until 1917. Prior to that time all
land was taxed at the same rate per
! acre, regardless of it's value.
could not have made a better short
abstract! Even his terms now stand
! as heads of my chapters"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26

rotation agreement, but he is hope
f1l another try will be made.
The contention of Senator In~rayu
and those who agree with him is .ha.
the State could save it's S:.;,d;vision.
the counties. more than 100000 wear
by taking over insurance of school
Buildings.
The system would be simple enough
the counties would have accurate
appraisals made Of their school build
ings and other property and would
pay into the State Insurance Depart
neht the same premium they are now
paying to private companies. The de-
partment would pay fire losses just.
as any insurance company. That to
start with. At the end of three years.
Senator Ingram contends, there would
be such surplus that a revision Of
premium charges could be made, witt,
the revision sharply downward.
He pointed out that the insurance
companies are making be profits
from the insuring of school property
and that it would be possible for the
State to save these profits to it's coun-
lies.
The measure died peacef--'ly. Any
effort III 1889 probably will also.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26
W|NBORNE HELPED
RURAL ELECTRICITY
Bagley, State REA Director,
Says Utility Commission
er Valuable
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
I'm The SIR Walter

Raleigh, May 26-Utility Commits
Sioner Stanley Winborne has cooperat-
ed fully and cordially in North Caro-
lina's program of rural identification
which has resulted in building APP
proximately 100 miles of line and
extending electric service to approx
mately $4,000 customers since organi-
cation of the State Rural Electrified
ton Authority in 1885, Dudley Bag
ley, State REA director said today.
This authority has received splen
did and friendly cooperation from
Commissioner Winborne at every
STAGE" said Mr.. Bagley. "He has been
enthusiastically in favor of every step
in our program designed to extend
rural identification in North Car
DINA on safe and sound basis"
1t is the duty of the utility COM
missioner to pass on all applications
presented to him for the construction
of rural lines, whether built by power
companies or lhy cooperatives. Mr..
Bagley said that Commissioner Win
borne has given his approval to every
project upon which he passed final
judgment.
"He has approved every project this
authority asked MIN 10 approve, ana
the only project ever considered by
him and not approved was the Cald-
we'll county cooperative" said the
RF.A director.
even in this case the commissions
err did not decline to approve the pro-
ject. The application of the coopera-
tive was withdrawn voluntarily by
it's sponsors before any final decision
was reached" he added.
with Commissioner Winborne's as
sistance and cooperation we have put
North Carolina IN the very forefront
of progress in rural identification.
Figures show that this state has made
far greater strides than any other
Southern state and has been surpass
ed in total mileage added by only five
states in the entire nation" said Mr..
Bagley.
The REA directors statement was
made as the result of recent charges
by Winborne's primary opponent,
Paul D. Grady, of Kenly, that the in
cumbent has been unfriendly to rural
identification. Mr.. Grady in his Ashe-
vile speech said the commissioner
declined to approve the Caldwell.
project.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26

ingly that the 1889 Assembly will
adopt referendum bill.
They all insist sincerely, that tho
Drys are going to make every effort
to get a. referendum bill approved :
and nobody can or will deny that
but few, if any, will sincerely argue
that they expect to accomplish this.
1t takes. no politically ;nfallible
.soothsayer to point out that the Drys
have no real confidence in their sue
cess. If they had, there would have
been a serious effort to get a dry, or
referendum, plank in the Democratic
platform. It also takes no such person
ito scan the list of likely State SEN
ators and predict the drys haven't q
chance.
On the other hand, Gale K. Burgess
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26
II kODAY II
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES

17Oo-Nicholas L. Zinzendorf, Ger
man Moravian leader in Pennsylvania
born in Germany. Died there, May y
1850.
173S-(2OO years ago. Benjamin
Cleveland, North Carolina officer IN
the American Revolution, South Caro-
lima iurist, born in Virginia. DIED
there, Dec. 16, 1888.
1S67-Julius Stieglitz, noted Univer-
sity of Chicago chemist, head of the
department of chemistry, born at
Hoboken, N. ]. Died Jan. 10, 1887.
1S67-Robert TAFT Mckenzie, noted
both as sculptor and physician, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania director OF
physical education, born in Canada.
Died April %, 1898.
1S72-Joseph Urban, noted New
York architect and stage designer,
born in Vienna. Died July 10, 1888.
1S79-Robert 3. Harsche, artist, di-
rector of the Art Institute of Chicago,
born at Salisbury, Mo- Died Jan. IL,
1923
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26
Rebel Plane Base
Bombed By Mexicans
tContinned from rage One;
guarding the field.

guarding the field.
From Tampico came word that a
swift plane swooped low over tina!
port and let fall a shower of leaflets
propagandizing the cause of General
S. Cedillo, the rebel chieftain.
Other developments included the re-
port of two pitched engagements be
tween detachments of Federal and
Cedillista bands, one of them lasting
eight hours. and the decision by Pre-
sident Cardenas to send school teach
ers in the wake of his soldiers into
the small villages and towns to ex
plain his program to the peasants. De-
tails of the reported raids f-y Cedil-
lista aviators were not divulged by
General Avila. He said, however, that
Cedillo had foreign av;ators in his
employ, among them United State,
Tiers.
The government communique quot
ed him as saying Cedillo had only
three planes il his service, two o!
them designed for commercial use and
the other military plane.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26
House Is Advised of Speech
At One of Camps In u. S.
CONTINUED from rage Une.,

director testified before a congress
sional committee that Arthur E. Nor
gan, former IVA chairman, tried to
defeat and obstruct the Authority"
in litigation involving it's constitutions
atty. Lilienthal- took the stand to
deny charges made against him yes
terday by Morgan.
Earlier H. A. Morgan, the other
IVA director, told the ten-man in
vestigating committee that Arthur
Morgan conducted a Campaign of
dissent and obstruction" to discredit
the IVA program e II
Presenting his testimony in series
of prepared statements, Lilienthal
said the former chairmans efforts to
obstruct the Authority took place be-
fore court in Chattanooga. He adj
ded he would give details on that mat
ter and "the conduct Of Arthur Nor
gan in regard to the so-called Berry
marble claims"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Major Julia c. Stimson, U. S. r.,
superintendent of the Army Nurse
Corps, world war nurse head, born at
Worcester, Mass, 81 years ago.
DR.. Smaller Mathews, dean emeritus
of the University of Chicagos Divin-
ity School, born at Portland, Maine, Is
years ago.
AL Jolson, actor-singer, born in
Washington, D. c., 50 years ago.
Fred w. Sargent of Chicago, rail-
way president, born at Akron, Ia, 62
years ago.
DR.. Charles E. K. Mees, research
head of Eastman Kodaks laborato-
ries, Rochester, N. Y, born in England
Sc years ago.
Howard Davis of New York, news
paper man, born at Scranton, Pa, 81
years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26
FURTHER DECLINES
IN COTTON MARKET
Prices Move Upward After Start But
Again Meet DISTINCTIONS
ard Drop Further

New York, May 26.-(AP)- Cotton
futures opened off one to three points.
Lower Liverpool cables were partly
offset by an advance in the Bombay
market. Some local demand appeared.
and October recovered from S23 to
8.27, leaving prices shortly after the
first half hour net unchanged to two
points higher October quickly eased
from 8.27 to SIS by noon, when the
list showed net losses of seven to ten
points.
Futures closed 10 to IL points lower.
Spot quiet, middling 8O8.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26
TODAY IN HISTORY

1864-Territory of Montana created
by Act of Congress.
1868-Trial of President Andrew
Johnson, impeached before the U. S.
Senate, ends in acquittal.
1S76-Gainsborough's painting, the
Duchess of Devonshire, stolen in Lon
don-returned Is years later because
thief unable to sell it.
1919-People of Prague, Czechoslo-
vakia, set up gallows in streets, threat
ening to hang food profiteers unless
they took oath to lower prices.
1924-President signs immigration
bill setting up annual quota of 2 per
cent based on 1890 census.
1901. S. Supreme Court rules
buyers of liquor not violators of pro-
hibition law.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
BY FRED H. MAY

1. Who was the Confederate colonel
who made each of his HOO soldiers a
gift of uniform and cap?
2. When did North Carolina make
it lawful to pay debts with wild cat
SKINS?
5. Who was the North Carolina re-
publican who was a speaker on Presi-
dent Taft's Tariff Special train IN
1912?
4. When was ti,e osf'ce of commits
sioner of pardons created?
:. When was the Olivia Rainey Lib
ra"y given TO the Cny of Raleigh?
6. Until what time vas land taxed
by the acre?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26
MAY j
sVN M0N nus WE'D mo FRI SAT
!! ; ) ]; rs: 5

Without detracting in the least
from Darwin's reputation, it can be
said that Wallace is an equally i'm
portant figure in the history of natur-
alism.
It is many a mans vain belief that
his ideas are unique. We'd have had
radio broadcasting if Marconi had
never lived. If Einstein hadn't thought
of it first, some other name would
have been attached to his Theory. And
if Darwin hadn't made that trip on
the Beagle, history wouldn't have
been changed one whit.
AMERICA AT WAR DAY-BY-DAY
20 Years Ago Today-An Allied air
raid on Liege, Belgium, destroyed the
railroad station and killed 26 Belgian
civilians and German soldiers.
Italians broke through the Austrian
line at Capo Silo on lower Piave front.
A plea to Americans to save meat,
meat products, sugar and wheat was
read in church pulpits throughout the
nation. That day dispatches said cats
and dogs were commanding high
prices as food in Belgium Eggs were
16 cents each, coffee SIS a pound. I'm
derfeeding had increased tuberculosis
from so to 100 percent in France and
Belgium
Director-General W. C. McAdoo Or
dered wage increases and an eight
hour day for all railroad employees.
English transport Leasowe Castle
was sunk by submarine in the Medi-
terranean.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See Back Page

l The Thursday before Easter.
2. The mayflower.
8. A sculptured representation of 8
man on horseback.
4. Victoria Falls.
5 1000
6. Animals that live in the ocean.
Z North America.
g. Nhmismatics.
y 1t is French for pen-name.
TO- Charles J. Guiteau.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26
MORE. FIRMNESS IN
STOCKS FOR GAINS
Selected Issues, With Aircrafts, Show
Strength as Buyers Nibble
Moderately

New York, May 26.-(AF)- Selected
stocks, with aircrafts pointing the
way, took turn on the recovery side
in today's market. There was a quiet
slip at the start, but cuyers soon be-
gan to. nibble and initial declines were
converted into gains running to a
point or so. Bonds were uneven, hav-
ing a number of weak spots.
Transfers appropriated 100000
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26

and his forces aren't busying them
selves in every section of the State
just for the exercise and the amuse-
ment of it. They have dried up, even
to prohibition of wine and beer sale:
two counties in the State. They are
working like beavers to dry up more
by local legislation in 1899.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26
Today is the Day
By CLARK KlNNAIRD
Copyright, 1888, for this Newspaper
by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Thursday, May &c; Ascension Day,
a national holiday in 35 countries.
day of st. Augustine, Apos-
t4e who began England's conversion
10 Christianity. Zodiac sign: Gemini.
This is National Poetry Week; have
you written yours?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-26

ton of Eouor advertising, and per-
haps an extension of the State ABC
Boards police powers into dry coun-
ties.
No prominent dry will allow him
self to be quoted to the general tenor
and effect of the opening paragraphs
of this story but this correspondent
has likewise been unable to find one
of them who will categorically deny
the allegations and predict unhesitat-