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The times-news., 1938-12-17
, LOOK FOR THE COMEBACK

1t is possible, The News and Courier is not say
ing that it is certain or probable that in two or
four years the New Deal will be swept out of ex-
istence, that what the "hulnantarians' state yor-
shippers, pleased to call reaction" will triumph.
In that hundreds of politicians who have tenn
porized with the New Deal, who have compromised
sometimes with their better instincts and iudg
ment, yielding partial or complete adhesion to it.,
will be in sad plight Let no man imagine that in
the United States, in every state and county. are
not strong men not committed to the vagaries of
the last eight years in which both "great parties
have INDUCED. They may come to the front, and
if they do, many man will be put to it to wipe
out the tracks that he has made As long as we
shall have representative government in this coun-
try, federated republic of the states, will be two
principles at Observation-Disclosures and strong gov
ernmenti (all political parties are at the moment
believers IN it, and the strict construction Jeffer-
sonian principle. The comeback of the jefferson
ians is always possible There are young men that
one has not heard of. They are waiting. Some of
them will make fight for democracy without
counting the cost without trading any of their con-
victlons to get the otfice.-Charleston News and
Courier. '
The times-news., 1938-12-17
NEWSPAPERS, OPINIONS
THE MISSOURI DECISION

1t is possible that the doors of the institutions OF
higher learning IN many of the states of the South
may have to- be opened to negro students under the
recent decision of the United States supreme court
which in effect, ordered the state of Missouri to
admit negro law student.
Invoking the equality" clause, negro attorney
representing the Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, which carried the issue to the
highest court won his case.
That decision is pregnant with trouble for the
South For in the South white students will not
attend the same universities and colleges in which
eolored students are enrolled. The dissenting opin-
ion in the case, presented by Mn. Justice McReyn-
olds who is from Tennessee, declared that the de-
cisfop in effect would "damnify both races" -
Mr. Justice McReynolds is from the South. He
understands the problems of the South not the least
Of which is the race question. The decision, pre-
pared bv Chief Justice Hughes, will not work in
the South and for that reason alone it will cause
opeat and serious difficulty. 1t presents conflict
Of law and principle The principles of the South
among the leading negroes we'll whites, is di
reetv opposed to the intermingling of the races in
educational institutions particularly
It is conceivable under the decision that the sys
TENS of the white institutions of higher learning
may be altered backward rather than to allow ne
eroes to enter white schools Certainly that is to
he preferred It is possible that such systems to
avoid the terms of the decision, may be lowered to
the educational standards of the negro educational
systems in the southern sates thus depriving white
people with no gain to negroes in order to come
within the definition of equality Likewise it is pos
sibe that the standards of the negro educational
systems in the South may be elevated to that of
white people in order to meet the decision.
But it is practical certainty that the South now
nor in the future will admit whites and negroes
into the same schools regardless of the herculean
efforts of the Association for the Advancement of
Colored People-Sheby Star.
The times-news., 1938-12-17
PLANTERS MAP:
DRIVE TO END
COTTON SLUMP
Program Not to Depend on
Government for Price
RI Sterilization

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Dec. H.
'CUP) = The National Cotton
council has drawn up 1O-point
gram to increase consumption
of the staple and save cotton
farmers from ruin.
Oscar Johnston, Mississippi
planter and chairman Of the coun-
Gil, declared at a council meeting
here that the south no longer
must expect the federal govern
ment with its crop control meas
ures to maintain stable prices and
bring prosperity.
owe must go beyand that" he
said. eve must carry out defi-
mite program to expand the cot
ton market and halt competition
of synthetic fibers. Cotton mills
in the south now are manufac-
turing rayon. Every pound of ray
on displaces one of cotton. That
is our problem-to increase con-
sumption. We have devoted too
much attention to the problem of
supply"
The obiectives of the council
are:
Ito expand consumption of
cotton and cotton seed through
intensive advertising, improving
qualities of cotton, insisting on
use of cotton instead Of substi-
The times-news., 1938-12-17
BY JUhN l.. rLHNN
MA Service Stan Corresponder

AN architect In Washington
n writes to ask question. In a
previous article I said depres-
SIGN appears when we stop MAX
ing goods sold on long-term
credits. He wants to know why
He says he fails to see the differ
enee between goods made to be
sold on long-term credits and
those sold on short-term credits
or cash so far as bringing fresh
supplies of money Into the capi-
talist system is concerned. It all
seems foggy to him.
But it is the most important
thing to understand now And the
reasons can be made fairly clear
Here they are. First, when a man
comes into possession of money
from any source, he is the master
Of that money. He can decide what
ne will do with it. He may decide
to spend it or to save it. If he
decides to spend it he hands #
promptly enough to someone else
and that person hands it on to an
other. ,,..- " W ali
And as long as the fellow who
receives it decides to spend it, If
clrculates, makes business, makes
income. But if this man who re-
celVes income - money - decides
not TO spend it but to save it.
then an entirely different economic
consequence ensues.
When. a man saves money he
does not necessarily hoard it,
put 1t in tin box. He more prob
ably decides to invest it. That is
ne decides to put in into some
industry or enterprise, to open a
store, start a business, build a
mouse, lend it to a builder, buy a
newly issued share in some cor
poration, buy a new bond. All
'hese would be ways of investing
When a man invests that wav i
results in spending. The builder
The times-news., 1938-12-17

person Sh0ulQ cafeIully SudIol
against allowing his mind to close.
He can do so by persistently re-
fusing to think that he knows all
there is to know about every
thing, and by resisting the inclin-
alton to object to suggestions and
instructions.
Once a person has let his mind
close so that no one can tell him
anything, his mental development
has ceased; his value to the world
has reached its zenith and is
headed toward decline.
One reason for the belief that
persons over forty have shot their
bolt is that most persons over
forty have allowed their minds to
close, or to begin to close. A per-
son of forty would be more valu-
able than one of thirty if he
would keep his mind open. But
have you ever tried to direct a
person over forty? He is apt to
be as hard-headed as mule. He
is likely to think that what he
does not know is not t,worth know
ing-and that is particularly the
case if he is in a work with which
he is familiar. He may balk at
The times-news., 1938-12-17
WARREN AND THE RELIEF ROLLS

Two months ago the commissioners of Warren
county ordered that the list of relief benehciaries
in that county be published in county newspaper.
This followed the recommendations of the past
eral grand juries.
When, new board of commissioners took office,
the members agreed with their predecessors and
ordered that the list be printed The Inference is
that the county will bear the expense of such pub
lication.
And thus we have at least one county in North
Carolina bold enough to defy the urgent objection
of official Raleigh For this action in Warren was
said to be opposed by the state welfare department
and the Warren county welfare board.
- The position of this paper this question is too
we'll known to require restating. We have stead
fastly insisted that the best interest of the public
could thus be served without any justified embar-
rassment to the reliefers. And we have given what
We think is abundant reason for this attitude. '
Yet we met with the opposition from the
same sources and our effort to render what we
thought to be service, thus nulied. 1t is in
teresting to note then, that the Warren board,
without dissenting voice, DEGREES that the relief
list shall be published, and takes official response
bility for the consequences
We are predicting that there will be nothing to
regret but much to commend. Assuming that there
is nothing to cover up, the publicity will hurt no
one. Conversely the lack of this openness breeds
distlust whether it is warranted or not.
After all money spent for relief is public money
and the public has a right to know how and where
it goes Mighty few of those who receive this aid,
and desrve it. will be found objectng- -Statesve
Daily
The times-news., 1938-12-17
LIFE DAY BY DAY
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

wrinkles. You may be paying him
for his time, and willing to pay
him to do things the way you
want them done; nevertheless, he
may resent and resist your inno-
vations.
Watch the door of your mind.
Keep it open and you will keep
young. Whenever you find your
self beginning to REBEL at at new
ideas and different ways of do
ing things, be warned that your
mind is trying to close. Keep 1t
open!
Remember, if you let your
mind close, you are through cX-
cept for such knowledge already
gained as may fit into the opera
tions of the present and the fu-
.cdre.
Keep alive. Keep abreast Of the
times. Remember that ideas and
devices which you yourself ac-
cept today as a matter Of course,
were once frowned on by fellows
whose minds had closed, as new
tangled foolishness.
The world moves. We cannot
stop it. Either we go along with
it, or we are shunted off to one
side, with other out-moded equip
ment.
The times-news., 1938-12-17
PHONE EXCHANGE
: COVERS 1000
SQUARE MILES

ASHLAND, Me-, Dec. II, (UPl
The Ashland telephone exchange
serves nearly 1000 square miles
of farm and forest area.
Regularly employing three op-
orators, the exchange serves resi-
dents from the Oxbow Flats on
the south to the Plantation of
Nashville on the north--over 40
miles-and from Castle Hill to
Garfield in the other direction
Is miles. On the west the thin
thread of it's telephone wires is
web of communication for the
dozens of forest service men. =
Connected to the exchange are
three state lines leading into the
forest. The foresters, isolated in
cabins so or more miles in the
woods, otherwise would be cut off
entirely from civilization.
The times-news., 1938-12-17
. JOHN T. FLYNN

puyS materials, tns corporation
buys machinery, etc. But you will
see at a glance that the kind OF
goods man spends money on
when he is spending his income
is very different from the kind he
spends it on when he is investing
In one case he buys clothes,
food, theater tickets, radios, lux
uries, etc.-things which he con-
sumes himself In the other case
he buys materials which are used
in the manufacture of other ma
terials.
Now it is clear that when a man
who is saving money refuses to in
vest it, these kinds of materials
machinery, iron, lumber, cement,
ETC., which go into investment
goods-cease to be produced. The
failure of these types of industry
results from the failure to invest.
AS long as dollar paid to
man as income is spent by him
it moves and may go on NOV
ing through many hands. But the
moment someone in the chain de-
cides to save that dollar and puts
it aside as such, its spending days
are over They are over until he
decides to invest the dollar.
The dollar flows back into the
stream of spending. The only de-
vice in the capitalist system for
returning saved dollars to activ-
ity is through investment. If in
vestment ceases, dollars pile UP in
the savings reservoir an6 remain
inactive The great investment in
dustries lag and in turn the con-
sumner industries lag And we have
a depression.
There is more to it thar this,
however. Very often, a man in
vests money he has not got. He
borrows money from a bank to
invest. If he does, this is even
more potent than investing his
own funds, as bank loan Las the
effect of creating new money. ~
fCoDvright 1898. NEA Servire 1nn
The times-news., 1938-12-17
BYRNES IS CORRECT

Senator Byrnes is thoroughly correct about tne
average senator or congressman being little more
than a glorifed chamber of commerce secretary
whose biggest job is to get all he can from the
u s. Treasury for his district or state, as the case
may be. The fault is with the system, which puts
premium on certain type of politician and Jus'
about eliminates the statesman. Outside OF elgnt OF
ten in the senate, and possibly not as many inthe
house, the country would be just as'wel on today
without senate or house, so far as the broader
and bigger purposes are concerned. In the mad
rush for their share of the boode the average SEN
ator or representative can give very little consd-
Grafton to the more serious and weighty phases of
his iob.--Chester Reporter.
The times-news., 1938-12-17
TULAREMIA - An epicurean

TULAREMIA - An epicurean
who likes to chomp down upon
and crush rabbit bones and then
lick his chops for more, parboiled
or just fried, steWed or baked,
wants to know more about tulare-
mia, the. rabbit fever which made
it's way from the west to the east
coast about a decade ago.
Tularemia is form of fever
that mankind can take from rab,
bitkind by way Of infection. The
main danger comes about by
dressing the animal and letting
the blood come in contact with an
open sore OF fresh cut or scratch
on the hand. Then you are apt
to develop rabbit fever. Rabbits
we'll cooked are said not. to. be
dangerous as the disease is cook
ed out.
Tularemia might kill you just
as any other fever-but who
wants to die like a rabbit
The times-news., 1938-12-17

Il III u dcCepIlilS
new conditions.
But the clos
ing of the mind
can be prevented
by determinedly
keeping it open
to new ways and
means.
There is no
telling eXa c t | Y
when the mind
will try to begin
to close. The in
clination m a y
manifest its e | t
as early as twen-
ty-fve or thirty.
Every a d u l t
p-11 o.,,anl
The times-news., 1938-12-17

tutes, and h.. -
as;,s =, w ~ Il camDaigr
ea'', "f roaJ USE oi cotton in con.,.
u 20 io"rS y, and highways
o expand forria,,
Wy supporting rccmrHn..5"a 5"a
eatIes, downward tariff
feHeiop''l'h, e's s;,L al good viii rev
8, fon.,sn ,.',, nations toward ID
as,m : en-. pIooocls, and atnpo,. ,''y
t.,oats .ln,nt; l" "yNoIop q poI;c,.'
t'e'tn't1oha! y > IL harmony
. loSjrf and Suppo,.
tiiie e research 20 acvclon NJ, W..
The times-news., 1938-12-17
WENT UP IN SMoKE-Just

million dollars in cancelled Sc
curities of this burg went up in
smoke at the incinerator while
the authorities looked on. That
was token of the days when it
didn't take much pressure to buy
something for a million. Most of
us think we have more sense now
and that's exactly what ails us.
Our vision is circumscribed; our
ambition is on low register and
our courage is weak; in fact the
old carburetor will just not car
buret and we are not firing on all
eight.
The times-news., 1938-12-17
CHEAP ON THE RAIL-We

are to have cheap riding by rail
again. Rates are to go back to
one and one-half cents a mile in
day coaches. When there before
rail travel increased.
But something should be done
about that high Pullman rate
when you get tired and want to
take nap. There you not only
pay for the privilege of bed
but much higher price for the
ride than when mapping in a
coach.
The times-news., 1938-12-17
THREAT OF DICTAToRS IS MORE
MENTAL THAN MILITARY z -
(By BRUCE CATT0N)


The things that are happening at Lima
these days make interesting reading and
probably will be productive of a consider
able amount of good But any American
who is really worried about, the. danger of
European tyranny getting foethold in the
New World ought to remember that the
only real defense against that sort of thing
begins at homeland stays there. .r
We can build an invincible navy and air
fleet, cement mutual-help treaties from
Cape Horn to Hudson Bay, and make it ut
terly impossible for any combination of
powers to send an army or navy into this
hemisphere. But we can nevertheless lose
the battle unless we understand very clear
ily Just what it is that we are facing.
For the military danger is secondary.
The real peril is state of mind, way Of
,thinging, an emotional response to the
problems of world which has grown al
most unendurably complex and battling.
And against that peril no conceivable in
ternational conference can be of much
help.
1t is absurd to suppose that the menace
of the totalitarian state is simply the fa-
miliar menace of militarism gone mad. The
militarism is there, and it is dangerous, but
it is not the chief danger.
What makes this new kind of society so
frightening is the fact that it represents
the, abandonment of the old ideal by which
human society undertook to solve it's prob
lens by reason instead of by force. 1t
stands for an appeal to the feelings rather
than to the mind 1t calls on men to give
up the right to think for themselves and
demands the ruthless silencing of all dis
sent. -.4
That sort of thing can get past any army
and navy, if mems minds are receptive to
it. And if we permit that frame of mind
to develop in our land we are laying our
sleeves wide open to conquest - not con-
quest. by a foreign nation, but conquest by
way of life that is utterly foreign to every
thing the word American has stood for.
Suppose, for instance, that we dabble in
that most poisonous: of brews, anti-Semit-
ism. Suppose We permit religious preju-
dice to develop. Suppose We consent to the
denial of such civil liberties as freedom of
speech and freedom of the press, in order
to spare ourselves the pain of hearing doc
trines we do not like. Suppose we take
from business its right, to free market
free investment, and the self-government
which is traditional to our society; suppose
we take from labor its right to organize
and bargain collectively.
If we do such things, as these, then om
conquest by the totalitarians is half com
plete already -r ~., ,-
So our real defense is not a military mat
ter at all. It is something for each of III
as an individual to concern himself with
As individuals we can refuse those doc
trines admittanee to.our own minds anc
hearts;sas individuals, we can insist tha
our society similarly refuse them admit
tance. " :" '-'''f'F
If we do that, then our military defense
can easily be made effective. If we fail Il
do it, the preparedness program we ar,
paying for will be wasted.
The times-news., 1938-12-17
REVOLVING GRAND JURY

HICKORY. .(UP)-A "perpet-
ual grand jury, with six of the "a
members retiring at each court
term and six new members being
chosen at that time, has been pro-
posed for Catawba county. Per
mission to adopt the new plan will
be sought at the 1889 legislature.
The times-news., 1938-12-17

The closed mind is an afflic-
ton which is liable to come on
with age; and which prevents its
owner from absorbing new ideas
The times-news., 1938-12-17
REINCARNATED PERHAPS

The other day a radio news re-
porter told the world that in Chi
cago a 29-ounce baby had been
born and was being kept alive in
an "inkerbator." Once when |
was a small boy l heard an old
man refer to an incubator as an
"inkerbator," and l have had
many a chuckle over it. And that
radio reporter sounded like that
old man come back again.
The times-news., 1938-12-17
SATURDAY, DECEMBER II, 1885
BIBLE THOUGHT
mo ROOM FOR THEM
in the inn" Matt. 2::7)

There is little room for Christ today in our
POLITICS and GOVERNMENT. have often Won
dered what would happen if some powerful man,
dictator should suddenly decide to run his city or
state exactly Christ would have it run. Would
such ruler wink at gambling, prostitution, open
saloons? Would he endorse the dishonest methods
by which too many office holders secure their posi-
tions? EFa~f
81 am sure he would not!-Albert Linn Lawson.
Ito be continued Soc .. ,~...,
The times-news., 1938-12-17

A Boston Judge ruled man may slash
his wife's clothes to ribbons On further
consideration the judge ruled the husband
can't slash them while she is in them.
The times-news., 1938-12-17

Buenos Aires motorists are
compelled by the municipal auth
critics to keep their cars free
from mud.
The times-news., 1938-12-17

Jap families don't sit togetner IN not baths be-
cause they love cleanliness. It's the only way the
poor can keep warm.
The times-news., 1938-12-17

The government printing office,
worlds largest printing plant, reg
ularly prints and distributes more
than 70 daily, weekly, and month
ly publications with a total circu-
lation running into millions.
The times-news., 1938-12-17

March on, march on, We men of France
to victory and overtime. ..,.. ,.-
The times-news., 1938-12-17

Why should Roosevelt fear newly-eleeted Repub-
I..,,s lot of them won by promising to play
Santa Claus, too
Evening star., 1938-07-02
Driuers Told
Need of Care
In 4th Traffic

The Keystone Automobile Club and
the American Automobile Association
issued appeals yesterday to the gen.
eral public to drive carefully over the
Fourth OF July holiday period.
The Keystone organization warned
there would be many children Swarm
ing over streets and highways" and
said that only by exercising the utmost
caution at all times can the harrow
ing lists of dead and injured in traf-
fic which have characterized Fourths
Of July in the recent past be reduced. "
Through General Manager Russell
E. Singer, the American Automobile
Association issued a code of safe driy-
ing as follows:
Keep your place in the line of traf-
f1c and avoid weaving. Keep steady
driving pace and avoid spurts of high
speed.
Take plenty of time for your trip.
Get an early start.
Avoid passing on hills, curves and
at street intersections.
Take restful position at the
wheel. Grasp the wheel lightly to
avoid tenseness. Avoid eyestrain
caused by staring ahead.
Adjust the drivers seat so there
will be no strain in reaching the ac-
ceIerator and brakes.
Drive within your headlights at
night. Check brakes SO they will stop
within the distance revealed clearly
ahead.
Keep on the right side of the road.
BE sure the car is in good mechan-
ical copdition-brakes, tires and steer
ing wheel in particular
Evening star., 1938-07-02
FURL0UGH LOOMS
IN D. c. SCHOOLS
Step May Be Necessary in
1899 Due to Shortened
Personnel Fund.

Reductions in school personnel ap-
preparations in the 1889 District SUD-
ply bill may necessitate furloughing 4
number Of teachers. Librarians and
other employees before the end Of the
new fiscal year.
This was revealed yesterday by Supt.
Of Schools Frank w. ,Ballou in a re-
port to the Board of Education at its
final meeting of the school year.
The superintendent said 1t may be
found necessary for the board to ask
Congress for deficiency appropria-
tion If, by approximately February 1,
1899, it appears that the existing ap-
preparation is insufficient to pay the
salaries Of the existing personnel.
II a deficiency appropriation is not
approved, he said, certain employees
may be furloughed without pay during
any part Of the last two or three
months of the 1889 fiscal year for q
period Of time sufficient to bring the
expenditures within the appropriation.
DR.. Ballou recommended, however,
that the established personnel organi.
zation, as modified in the 1899 supply
bill, be maintained IN the usual way;
that undue postponement of the filling
Of positions necessary to maintain
existing services shall not be UNDER
taken in order to create . saving, and
that new positions provided In the
new appropriation act shall be filed
in accordance with the appropriations
made and rs the service requires.
His recommendations we're adopted
by the board.