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around the head from the bar, but

around the head from the bar, but
finally broke away and ran.
AS he ran before the scene, Mr.
Smith said he expected a shot in the
back. When Chairman La Toilette
ruled out this last statement, Mr.
White laughed loudly, but apologized
as the chairman called him to order.
Before leaving for the hospital, Mr.
Smith said he saw the guards smash
ing his car with bars and clubs.
Was Paid $500.
Eventually, the witness said, Repub.
lie paid him $500 to withdraw charges
against the guard, John M. Keefer, and
in compensation for damages to the
automobile.
Herbert E. Blazer worker in the
nearby Canton tin plate plant, passing
the Berger factory at the time of the
riot, said he saw the company guard.
firing toward the crowd with revolvers
saweG-off shotguns and tear gas guns
AS bullets flew over his head, Mr.
Blazer said, he crowded behind wall
but some of the Berger guards pulled
him to his feet. Despite his protests
that he had no connection with the
strike, Mr. Blazer said he was struck
by the guards, whom he described as
thugs"
Mr.. Blazer said he finally got free
and started to run away, but was shot
in the back and collapsed in a pile Of
cinders. The shooting was done by a
guard with sawed-of shotgun, the wit
ness said. and kept him hospitalized
for 18 days.
Company Paid $4,000.
Hospital records and X-rays were
placed in the record to substantiate
Mr.. Blazers testimony. Some months
later, he said, Republic paid him
$4,000 in settlement.
Charles Minor, Berger workman
who opposed the strike. followed Mr..
Blazer to the stand to corroborate
Mr.. Smiths testimony about seeing
children terrorized by the company
guards.
Il saw one little girl, she was about
II or 13. knocked down by one Of
their thugs with iron pipe. And when
a man tried to pick her up he got a
crack over the head, too."
George Pelay. owner Of the res
taurant where the children were given
ha int hic
place when he saw what was happen
ing, adding that he took them in d
back room as the guards fired gas
shells into the main part of his store.
Describing the gas as the "sickening
type" Mr.. Pelay said some of the
youngsters were i'll while in his store.
For damage to his store, Mr.. Pelay
testified, he later received about 5000.
Chairman La Toilette then sub
mitted Canton Hospital records of
13 other persons being injured at the
plant gates on the same day, with
eventual settlements by the company
totaling more than $500.
1T certainly should not have been
necessary" Mr.. White conceded in
connection with Mr.. Smiths beating.
Says Shooting RegrettabIe.
THAT was q most regrettable oc-
curTence," he added when pressed
about the shooting of Mr.. Blazer.
Later he said he wasn't sure Mr..
Blazer had been shot by company
man, but that it probably was
cheaper to make the financial settle
ment than to contest the issue.
On the Monday the strike began,
Lester Rice, union president, said
there was no show of force until 4:30
pm, when there was a change in
shifts and three armored cars. loaded
with company police came out of the
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plant The police were carrying guns
and tear gas. Mr.. Rice said.
No city police were on the scere
during the day, the witness contin-
ued. and nothing resulted from an ap-
peal by the strikers to the Canton
chief of police
Committee attaches said it was
expected that testimony on the 1885
Berger strike would be completed this
afternoon, after which the investiga-
ton Of the activities of citizens CON-
mittees in connection with the little
STEEL strike of 1887 would be begun
Riotous circumstances marking the
beginning of the Berger strike were
recited to the committee late yester-
day with considerable discrepancy
noticeable between the versions given
by different witnesses.
According to four bus operators
present on the morning of May 9, 1885,
armed company guards showed up at
the plant gates along with plant off,
cials. among them Mr.. White. De-
scribing Mr. Whites conduct Va
riously as "hysterical" and bull
DOING" the strike sympathizers said
he was responsible for the outbreak of
fighting.
Mr.. White denied this interpreta-
ton OF his actions. insisting he was
not present for the purpose of. creating
riot or making trouble, but rather
to urge the men to return to work and
to promise them protection from the
strikers.
One witness. Paul L. Hamilton,
stocky railroad brakeman who then
was bus driver, said he had to peel
Mr.. White one in self-defense" The
effect of the "peeling" was to knock
Mr. White down.
Two others, Clarence w. Hale and
Henry F. Kaufman, told of being in
jured by company police.
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prevent him from demonstrating how
he can flick his automatic from his
left hip "quicker'n than the other
guy" He explained he always carries
his gun in holster on the left hip
because he shoots left-handed.
He agreed with Mr.. Hoover's policy
Of having his G-men shoot only in
self-defense. Il never shot a man
until he started to draw his gun to
shoot at me-" he declared in an inter-
view,' but I always got my gun out
first. I've been hit twice-once in the
leg and once in the side-both times
by colored boys
Mr.. Levy said the toughest assign
ments he ever had were during the
Charleston earthquake Of 1886 and
after the World War, doing revenue
work" for the Federal Government.
He helped in rescue work during the
quake, sleeping at night on broken
bricks and debris. His work for the
Government. he said, took him into
attlesnake-infested swamps.
Il didn't mind bullets, but I sure
minded those rattlers," he empha-
sized.
Policeman Levy called himself lust
a hill-billy" He said he was born in
the mountains of Eastern Tennessee
and.went to Charleston in 1869. He
displayed badge on his chest in
scribed In Service Since 1877" He
said he formerly was chief detective
in Charleston, but retired from de-
tective duty in 1923 and was called
back Is days later" to patrol schools
and Fairgrounds.
He plans to visit friends and rela-
tives in several other cities, including
Annapolis, Newark, Del, and Bloss-
burg, Pa.
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HIT Mrntnrtant.
GALLAGHER; JOHN J. In m

GALLAGHER. JOHN J. In memory of
my beloved brother. JOHN j. GALLAGHER,
who departed this life three years ago to-
day july 10. 1885.
Forever in my heart
Are tender thoughts of thee
Kept fresh and fraerant by tears Of
memory.
HIS SISTER
MARTIN. JOSEPH W. In sad remem-
brance Of our beloved husband and father,
JOSEPH W MARTIN. who died two years
ago on this day, July 10 1886
Time will pass. but our memories of
YOU will last forever
HIS BELOVED WIFE. MRS. EMMA F.
MARTIN. AND DAUGHTER, MRS
DOROTHY M SAUNDERS
WOODEN. LORRAINE ESTHER. In low
RRANG 1NHry EsHER Fl our w6nbES danS bn da%sher
three years ago today. July 10. 1895.
AS some sweet bloHom droops and dies
She faded from before our eyes
And all too soon was lost
DEVOTED FATHER AND MOTHER Ey.
ERETT AND EVELYN WOODEN. 8
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ECONOMIST CONVICTED
ON LIQUOR LAW COUNT
Former Federal Employe Found
Guilty Of Selling Whisky
Without q License.

by Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, July 19.-Allen
Forsberg, 48. unemployed Washington
economist and former Federal Gov
ernment employe, was found guilty
Of selling whisky in violation of the
State alcoholic beverage control laws
here yesterday.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
The Smallest SNOWFALL
BIG WHEN ROLLED

Youngsters always have a great time
taking a tiny SNOWFALL and rolling it
down hill until it becomes gigantic
mass of sparkling white; at the bottom
of the hill they stop and inspect their
masterpiece; it's so big . {. so solid; and
they marvel as they realize that this
great avalanche had it's beginning at the
top of the hill in Just handful of loose
snow. From such a little has come so
much. It's amazing >. how snow grows
-. as it goes along!
Many small advertisers haze had the
same experience in running small ads in
a newspaper consistently; at the start.
returns uere fee, but as ueeks and
months rolled by the advertising in.
creased sales in leaps and bounds until
the small Investment produced buSi.
ness grOaVfh far beyond any e1becfa.
f0ns. The records of many small Star
advertisers verify that experience; they
prove that small advertising SnOa0balls,
once given start to roll, grou, rapidly
and eventually turn into an avalanche
of profitable returns; they also shov that
-. svhen little handfuls of snou, are left
on the ground and are not started to roll
someuhere they stay oChere they are
until one day they melt and disappear
entirely.
K Phone National 5000; your call will
bring an Evening Star representative
to help you with your advertising prob.
lens; he will show you HOW to adver.
tise more effectively, more economically
and with GREATER results.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
KIDNAPPING FEARED

PARIS, July 10 (P.-Attaches Of
the Trotskyist workers headquarters
in Paris reported today that Rudolph
Klement, secretary of the Trotsky in
ternational movement, disappeared a
week ago and was feared kidnapped.
Concern was expressed that he was
spirited into Spain since typewriter
letter over what appeared to be his
legitimate signature and mailed at
Perpignan, near the Franco-Spanish
border. had been received at the Paris
headquarters, the attaches said.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
1890 Tons of HOBS.

Czechoslovakia shipped nearly 1900
tons of hops to the United States in
the last year and wants to send more,
so has established special Hops Re-
search Institute to improve the quality
OF the malt liquor ingredient.
Evening star., 1938-07-19

The charge was based on the ale.
CATION that Forsberg gave whisky In
lieu of wages to workmen clearing
land for him.
Six charges Of selling liquor with
out license were brought against
Forsberg by his former employees
one white and five colored men. He
was found guilty and fined $50 and
costs and sentenced to 80 days in Jail
on each count by Police Court Judge
A. G.. Ritchie. Forsberg was rep
resented by State Senator John w.
Rust, who noted an appeal.
Boston, Mass, was the center Of the
AbOlitiOpiSt fnovapnapt
Evening star., 1938-07-19
Garn nf Thanka.

GILLIAN. JAMES HENRY We wish to
take this means of expressing our sincere
thanks and deep appreciation to the pastor
of the Zion Baptist Church, the choir,
pressons of sympathy and beautiful floral
tributes at the death of our husband and
brother JAMES HENRY GILLIAN.
THE FAMILY.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
Draths.

HILL, AMELIA, On Monday. July 1s,
i;,fs aMs1 At her Tr residence l3ll ird St n.y.
Cornelius, A. King sister of James Wood
land and Mary Price. mother-in-law of
Harriet E. King She is also survived by
There is no death! The stars, go down
To rise upon some fairer shore,
And bright in Heavens ieweled crown
They shine forevermore.
AND de ever near us, though unseen;
For all the boundleSS universe
Is hfe-there are no dead.
~, Funeral from her late, residence on
to Holy Redeemer Catholic icy church M Where Where
maSs nco, viii MsH Pc sung at 10 am 1nterment
9uA ments by NfaGliae McGuiae cemetery Affaa6e ae
HILL, AMELIA: The officers and mem
berSS, of. Forest Temple, No. 9. I; B. P.
@ E. Of W. are notified to attend a. sses-
at pm, at the Elks' Home 18th and
q ppaHshter p AMELIA HILL ~ SERVICES VII
st. NV "Wednesday. at 5 pm.
from TnnfEa Hoy Isy Church h n n 2 ave
between Ep SS 81 HcKL1N shs naaghter agf RULER
BEATRICE WEST, Financial Secretary.
HINES. NORMAN PHILIP. On Sunday.
5urs 5uy Md l's NoRMAN t N PG h2 aSE ssd
40; beloved husband of Mary Louise Hines.
runefal services wednesday July 20. at
10 am, at St LukeS Lutheran Church,
Redland. Md Interment St Johns Gem
etery. Olney, Md. ARRANGEMENTS by Roy
w Barber. Laytonsville Md 10
HURLEBAUS. CHRISTIAN G. On Mon
day. July IS. 1898. at his home; near
BAUS. husband of the late Louise Hurle-
hauS. Body resting a. the Warner E.
Pumphrey funeral home. S424 Georgla
ave. Silver Spring, Md.
Notice of services later
JONES. MARY PRICILLA. Departed
this life on Tuesday. July 10. 1888, at her
residence, l2S3 Linden st. ne. MARY
PR1CILLA JONES. beloved wife of Ham
let Jones
Notice of funeral later.
keller. HARRY E. On Monday July
Is. 1898. at Providence Hospital. HARRY
keller. beloved husband of Caroline
Keller tnee Dove
Funeral from his late residence. $50
End ST. Sc. on Wednesday. July 20 at =
Pm. Relatives and friends invited IN
terment Cedar Hill Cemetery 10
KNIBBS. JAMES JOSEPH. On Monday.
July Is, 1888 at his residence 432 Crit
tenden st. NV. JAMES JOSEPH KNIBBS
beloved husband of Alice McAtee Knibbs
Funeral from the above residence on
Wednesday. July 90 at 9:3O am: thence
to st. Gabriel's Church. where high re-
QUEEN mass Will be offered at 10 m for
the repose of his soul Interment Airing
ton National Cemetery Relatives and
friends invited. 10
Evening star., 1938-07-19

.BS, JAMES ]. Comrades of Rich
ard j. Harden Camp. No. >,
- United Spanish War Veterans
Al VIII assemble at 432 Crittenden
IL st. NV. at 9:l5 am. Wednes-
" day, july 20 1898. for the fu-
neral of our late comrade,
JAMES J. KNIBBS. 1nterment
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-14
THE BREACH WIDENS

North Carolina has not experienced a primary
this wear in which the favOrtlSm OF the PRESIDENT
was an ISSUE That is fortunate for the state for
in those states where that issue has been foremost
bitterness has been cngendered and wounds nave
been made that will take time and patience to neal
But North Carolina has not escaped entirely IN
scathed ReyetberationS Of the President" purge
efforts were heard at the state convention Of Young
Democrats held at Durham. Enough Was heard 10
indicate clearly that the young Democrats
the more liberal if you pease--weEe not 100 per
cent in favor of the Presidents activities this sum
mer In fact the usual resolutions took sort OIL
djs. at the Presidents purge" under the sugar
coating Of an expression Of appreciation Tor his
leadership.
Then Senator BAILEY who has often been on The
otf-sid, of the Presidents efforts III Washington,
spoke his mind a. he has way Of dong. coming
new phrase he suggested pointedy that political
missionaries from Washington and elsewhere Keep
their nose out of the state politics Of the South
and leave the South to solve It's own questions Of
official personnel
Straws in the wind perhaps, but at least they
show tn. direction Of the breeze which holds prom
,se Of developing into gale-Iike proportions # the
r,,rgino nrochyities Of the President continue.
1t IS hardly probable that in earlier years Of
the present administration Democratic party CT
ganization in North Carolina would have refused
to use the word commend i'll referring to the
President Yet that is precisely what happened
last week at the meeting of the Young Democrats
1t il reported that difficulty was encountered III
mentioning the President by name III the resolu-
lions A. it was. the President was mentioned only
in an expression Of appreciation for the good ne
has done.
few false moves and decided change can be
brought about III an amazingly short time-Shelby
Star.
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Approximately 555,O00 man-hours
Of direct labor with about 1872
500 hours of behind the scenes"
direct labor. making an estimated
total Of 1887, 800 man-hourS of
labor on and off the sites.
The cost of the st. Petersburg
project is estimated TO be ST.
OG5. 900 and it is calculated that
this vii produce u total Of l.
157.500 man-hours of primary dI-
rect and secondary direct labor.
In Tampa, the third Florida
city sharing in the sium-clcarancc
program. the estimated develop
mcnt cost Of 81 ,G93. 233 will mean
approximately I,707 man-houra Of
labor for work TO be performed
both on and off the site.
in addition. the USHA has ear.
marked funds for the following
Florida cities: Miami, $2,250,-
600: Pensacola. 100000; Day
iona Beach, 10000; Orlando,
&45O.GO0 and Sarasota, S2T0. 600.
USHA administrator Nathan
StrauS said $5I7,0Sl,O00 already
had been committed for l29 cities
and expressed belief that the re
naming %2&2,gI9.00O would be-
set aside by the end Of this year.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-14
BEHIND THE seen Els
IN WASHINGTON
ny RODNEY BUTCHER

$3.50, one half less than $l010 and
two-thirds less than $l450.
Economists suggest that since
twO-thirdS Of families and lndl-
vidualS have incomes Of less than
$50 a week, industry viii recog-
uize that one Of its chief problems
IS to gear itself 10 i loW-wage
market.
Both labor unions and employ
erS probably will use the figures
in wage negotiations.
Some politicians and reformers
will use them to argue for more
even distribution Of wealth.
Others will point out that if the
SO billions Of income received by
families and single individuals in
1885 were divided equally be-
tween l28,000,000 persons, each
would receive less than So week.
No such exhaustive study was
ever made before, here or abroad
About 1000 WPA white collar
workers were employed on it. The
best simplifed and comprehensive
summary of the recent report will
appear this month in the fifth an
niversary issue of the Consumers
Guide of AAA, which devotes It's
entire space to the study.
Family life is not disappearing
IS fast as some supposed. Ninety
one per cent of the population Is
included in families of two or more
persons. -
About 100000 families, only Is
per cent of the total, received
some sort of work relief or direct
relief during the year. Average
size of a relief family is As per-
sons, compared with the non-re-
lief family's average of SO per
cent The non-relief families re-
ceive SO per cent of aggregate in
come, the relief families 7 per
cent.
lCnupriSht iSS&. NEA Service inE.i
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-14

WHAT nave you. DlSiiilICN """
dizzy, the boy frantically Scurrled
through the crowd until he found
his father and confessed his pre-
Gicament.
Ppm sorry, Son." replied the
father; "but 60 like & man to Jcn-
ME and tell her you have been 4
fool and that you can't take her
to the show. I'd let you have the
money. but ! don't think | should
deprive you Of this valuable les
son about gambling. II is painful
to YOU, but if it teaches you never
again to do anything Of this sort,
it may be worth 4 million dollars
to YOU OF the protection Of your
family or the saving Of your Own
life. If Jennie Is the girl think
she is, she will forgive this dumb
act Of yours"
That father WAS unusual. The
average father kind enough to
have talked to his boy that way
would have been too SOft-heartcd
to withhold the price Of the show
and let the lesson do its conStruc.
tive work.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-14
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
YEA Service Staff Correspondent

SyJASHIN N.-Both MI.
w Roosevelt and Senator Cotton
Ed" Smith of South Carolina agree
hat no one could-Cr should
live On So cents d day.
But now the Presidents own
statisticians have informed hlm
that at least one-fourth OF all the
people in the United States-32,-
600 900 men, women and children
are living on so cents d day or
less, sometimes much less.
The National Resources Com
mittee in its report on Con
sumner Incomes in the United
StstSe" didn't put it exactly that
way. But it's what the figures
show.
Twenty-seven per cent OF
American families, it reported,
had incomes under $3.50 in the
relatively good years 1886. The
typical American family is one Of
four persons, SO that meant that
the II per cent were getting less
than 81 cents apiece.
Further figures show that IA
per cent of familieS--about 49,
100000 perSons-live on less than
81 cents a day. And about
4,500,000 do it somehow on less
than II cents a day.
Many other interesting, impor-
tant facts and figures are in
this notable report, a great new
gold mine for social scientists,
business men and government.
NRC already has publicized the
fact that 50 per cent Of the ma
tons 100000 families and TO-
100000 single persons, considered
as consumer units" receive less
than $500 a year. About 2 per
cent receive more than $4,000.
OnerthiId bad incomes Of less than
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-14
SHALL HENDERSONVILLE HAVE A
COMMUNITY BUILDING?

One of the outstanding needs Of Hen
Jacksonville is community building. The
Times-News calls attention to the matter
at this time, with the conviction that de
tarmined effort Of our population can md
= way to have this building erected
Oar suggestion IS that It might be both
q city and county enterprise. Many cltl-
Zens OF the town and county are giving
thought 10 Il movement which originated
during the recent centennial celebration,
having as its objective the founding Of 4
county historical museum here. com
munity building iii HenderSOnVllIe would
De the logical home Of this museum. That
would afford Il basis for county wide i'll
tereSt and participation in the enterprise.
There are many other purposes Tor
which u community building can be used,
both in serving HenderSOnVille and the
county as a whole. A number Of North
Carolina towns and cities have turned to
this development iii the past few years,
with the result that several commOdlOuS
and attractive community centerS have
been established From these places can,
no doubt be obtained information as to
plans and costs Of this type Of conStruc-
tion
The Times-NeWs thinks there Are sources
from which the cash necessary for tins
purpose can be obtained. Some OF the
sources are public and others are private.
This newspaper is thinking particularly OF
several residents of the town and county
whose active interest, we believe, might be
enlisted
A number Of women Of Hendersomvllle,
including the number active III making Il
success Of the centennial celebration, are
deeply and actively Interested III TINS EN-
terprise In addition, we are confident
that as soon as it takes shape, 1t will DE
warmly supported by the various clubs,
civic organizations and other organized
bodies Of the community. including the
Chamber Of Commerce.
The Tmes-NewS present the proposal
for the serious consideration OF the people
Of Hendersonville and the county. 1t ought
to be given consideration promptly, from
all angles, and with Il view to prompt ac-
ton, if anything is to be done toward ac-
complishing this end.
This newspaper will be delighted to give
space for i public discussion Of the matter.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-14
GOOD ADVICE FOR ALL

Again We urge the people of this county to pay
their debts and taxes, trade at home and boost
your home, county and state. If all our people
who could would pay their debts this week, II
would help business much. When you lose your
credit, or reputation for honesty, you have lost
something that will take years to regain. Balance
YOUR budget and live within your income" Save
few dollars for "rainy day 1t is sure to cone
-RutherfordtOn News
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LIFE is April.

by Aduu' w hui'4IJ
April with its light and shadow,
April with It's birds soft call,
April comes and with It's tear
drops
Washes old leaves from the
wall;
Hathes old wounds with spring
quick healing,
Softcns little spots Of ground,
With the throbbing, pulsing feel.
ing,
kaindrops bring in endless
round.
April comes and with it ycarnlng
For the springs Of other years,
When the fires Of high hearts
burning,
Were yet untouched by con
quering tears;
April comes with golden flower,
With bitter-sweet and rain and
rose.
With changes coming hour by
hour,
For life is April TO its close.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-14
LIFE DAY BY DAY
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

The really kind and wise father
does not withhold discipline when
necessary rs instruction, amy
more than he would prevent, or
halt a lirc-Saying operation mere
" because it is painful. Often
there is deep truth in that laugh
ed at remark, This hurts me
more than it does you" A trou-
bic is that too often the parent
does not discipline the child be
cause he cannot bear to hurt him
yelf--hiS leniency is not 50 much
in consideration Of his chiId'@ feel
ingS as Of his own.