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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03
DEFYING THE WORLD

There is something mighty significant in II Popoo
dItalias boast in an editorial last week about the
performance of Italian soldiers in Spain in the cap
ture of Santander from Spanish government troops
last August
For II Popolo d'Italia is Mussolini's own Milan
newspaper of which he was editor before the march
on Rome. This makes the boast official 1t is Mus
solinis boast Indeed, it is supposed to have been
written by Mussoni himself. .. a. .r-. .s "
And over against this is the fact that the Italian
troops in Spain Illegally under any sort of rules
of war, and without even technical approval OF the
Italian people or the Italian government
Which makes this boast an open and positive ex-
preston of Mussolini's defiance of world opinion,
international law and international decency, which
could be expected only from a power-mad, IRE
sponsible tyrant, who has about reached the point
where he conceives himself world dictator, with
a law entirely unto himself.
Not since the days of the Caesars has any man
except Napoleon presumed to arrogate to himself
such power over men and nations as this mailman
of Europe.
1t is to be hoped that he can be stopped before
he has succeeded in creating any such havoc as the
man or men he apparently seeks to emulate.-Rock
Hill (S c. Herald.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03
PLAIN TALK
reSS.

From the point Of view of the New Deal the
principle of packing the supreme court by the boss
New Dealer was and is sound and right, and the
New Deal dismiss President Roosevelt from your
thoughts, please for we are discussing permanent
principles and not mem cannot survive unless he
shall be allowed to pack the congress, too. This,
The News and Courier suspects, President ROose-
welt understands, and it is sure that men like La
Toilette, Maverick Bruce Bliven, Dubnsky, ali the
intellectual New Dealers understand it.
On the other hand, to the Farleys, Earles, Cuff
feys, Wagners Barkleys and the like the New Deal
means nothing more than device to keep the
"party"-which is to say themselves-in office and
to be discarded instantly that it won't work in vote
getting No honest man thinks seriously of that
kind of cattle except as part of the American
system commonly nuisance and occasionally use
full as preventive of worse nuisances In our rep
resentative and limited democracy nuisanees are
ineradicable and often indispensable.
So this is the question: Do you honest New
Dealers in South Carolina, you are not fools or
ignoramuses (some of you teachers in coleges),
wish the American form of government changed?
You will of course have in mind that Mr.. Roose-
welt, granting him to be the pioneer leader, is as
the slave whispered to the Roman conqueror, but
a man" and will pass with other
If the principles of the New Deal shall live it is
time for measures to preserve their life. "No
American shall starve" is not in the constitution
to the contrary the constitution leaves to govern
ment power to let Americans starve and in very
truth plainly implies that it is business of gov
eminent if they do-Charleston News and Courier.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03
DIVIDING PUBLIC JOBS

The person who argues that
everybody should have a go at
jobs, and that no one
should be allowed to hold such a
job longer than his share of the
time, has ancient precedent to
support his position.
During the period when ancient
Athens was a democracy, the pol
icy was to have every citizen hold
a public job at one time or an
other. And these public job hold
ers were rarely, if ever, re-elect-
ed or re-appointed. The jobs were
rotated and got around to every
body about once in every sixteen
years. According to history, the
plan worked well. While citizens
took public offices for which they
had received no special training
but must depend on natural abil-
ity, nevertheless, since every
Athenian knew that some day he
must give service to his city, he
took a keen interest in public af-
fairs from his youth and came to
maturity with a reverence for and
an understanding of government
which would have been missing in
him under different circumstan-
ces. The effect of this system was
that ancient democratic Athens
an unusually high type
of citizenry and produced more
men Of genius than any other
city-state of similar size.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03
Four Survivors
OF British Ship
Tell Experiences
All Declare Endymion Tor.
pedoed; Attacked With
out Warning
By VICTOR PAPWORTH
Copyright, 1888, United Press

CARTAGENA, Spain, Feb. 3.
(UP)-Four survivors of the
British steamer Endymion, torpe-
doed and sunk in the Mediterra-
mean with a loss of 10 lives, as
serted last night that the ship was
attacked without warning by Il
pirate" submarine.
The four survivors, who are re-
covering from their ordeal in the
Ioyalist military hospital here,
scoffed at suggestions that the
Endymion might have struck a
floating mine.
Stanley Thomas, mate of the
cOal-ladcn steamer, and William
Wood, her second engineer, said
they distinctly saw the subma-
rine's movements in the water
100 yards from the ship.
ut was a submarine, all right, j"
Thomas told the United Press
from his hospital bed.
Nearby were Wood and two
Spanish members Of the Endymi-
on's crew, named Garrido and
Galdeano.
The four men floated for 40
minutes before they were rescued
by a Spanish loyalist trawler
which brought them to Cartagena
after dropping depth charges
around the spot where the Endy-
mion was sunk, about l6 miles
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03

of the municipalities all over
these United States large major
tiles of citizens are being contin-
ually deprived of the right of
franchise by small designing pol
itical oligarchies which have seiz-
ed possession of local govern
ment, and which by fraudulent
use of the ballot and criminal
tampering with the ballot boxes,
completely thwart the will of the
majority of the voters.
In a ring-ridden community
where the local courts are ring
controlled it is as difficult to OBJ
tain a conviction in an election
fraud case as to get gun mol
to turn states evidence against
her man. The thing has been
done, but rarely.
For years, for instance, the
election practices in' Kansas City
have been a disgrace to common
decency; but nothing was done
or could be done until in recent
election the political machine
grew careless or over-confident
and tempered with the ballots for
national officials. That brought
the federal government into the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03
PUBLIC SPIRIT AND CRIME

That public spirit is one of the most potent
weapons with which citizens can fight crime, as j.
c. Newman, chief Oman, recently stated, Is some
thing we have long insisted upon as basic prin-
ciple of our contest with the criminal fraternity
1t almost goes without saying that we will have
only the degree and effectiveness of law enforce
ment which we as citizens may demand. ,..
The attitude we as body of citizens take toward
the enforcement of law and the suppression OF vice
and crime must of necessity determine the attitude
of those we put in places of responsibility with re-
lation to these matters. ...
There can be no effective fight against crime or
vice or any other public evil without the support of
this public spirit ..
Mr.. Newman is special agent of the Federal Blu
reau of Investigation but neither this position nor
the experience that must go with it are needed to
appreciate the necessity of this public spirit if
ever to get anywhere in our fight against crime,
either as a small community or as cur whole great
nation.-Rock Hill Is. c. Herald.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
A SOUND STATEMENT

Donald Richberg who at one time sat near the
end of the table in President Roosevets Brain
Trust, and was also NRA administrator for time
made statement last week which revealed wealth
of good common sense, something which is badly
needed in this nation today in the effort to straight
en- out some of the tangled affairs which were at
fecting business and industry generally. "The gov
eminent of the United States and the business of
the United States cannot live apart, ne said Gov
eminent and business, as we know them today, will
either work together and live together or they will
die together. Free enterprise and free government
will survive or, in the destruction of one, both will
be destroyed" ..r
That seems to to be the most sensible state
ment which we have heard in long time. 1t is
known fact that the Roosevelt administration has
not been friendly to business or industry for long
time, and it is known equally as we'll that the ma
Jority of industry and business has made no bones
about being bitterly opposed to the present admin
istration And anyone who gives the matter sim
gle bit of thought knows that cannot make prog
ress under such conditions
1t is high time that something be done about the
unfriendly and uncompromising feeling between
government and business and industry And the
people of the country are beginning to feel that
the administration is the one which should take the
first definite steps in clearing up the situation. Ot
course, there have been several steps made in this
direction, but none of them have given any assur-
ance of stability of policy, and subsequent events
have revealed that there was no stability in the
promises.
The Richberg statement is sound one, and one
which should have the active endorsement of all
citizens of the country-Stanly News and Prog
reSs
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03
THE NEW DEAL
IN WASHIN
-aY RODNEY BUTCHER.

Observation-Disclosures all the
" Commissions and contradictions
which continue to afflict everyone
concerned with the recent White
House conferences and utterances,
il is possible to brush enough de-
bris out of the eyes to see certain
elements of change in the govern
ment-business situation.
In trying to peer into the future,
which has become increasingly
difficult, most observers fail to as
say developments of the imme-
diate past. =
The conflict between the adj
ministration and Big Business"
which will continue regardless of
conferences and cooperative ges-
lures, has produced victories or
gains on both sides. The most
notable business gain has been in
the field of taxation. The House
bill modifying the corporate sur
plus and capital gains taxes is
painful to Roosevelt's less con-
sentative advisers, and it is likely
that the Senate will lean even
further toward demands for dras-
tic modification or repeal.
But some of the uppermost and
innermoSt New Dealers, although
chagrined by the tie-up of the
Roosevelt program in Congress
and recognizing the seriousness of
the depression, insist that on the
whole they are well pleased by
events and trends of the first
weeks of 1888.
The vociferous demand of BAL
ance the Budget!"-which was a
potent slogan. for RooSevelts op-
ponents-has not been heard at
all during the recent White House
conferences with business men.
Secretly, the President feels he
has convinced certain captains of
industry and finance that he can
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03
OFF THE RECORD
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

picture. Then about fifty political
rascals We're convicted and sen
fenced. But does anyone imagine
for an instant that those enemies
of honest democracy and of pub
lie welfare would have been pun
ished had their cases been tried
in local ring-infested courts!
Election stealing and jury
packing are two Of the worst dis
eases which afflict our govern
ment. Both Of these deteStable
evils should be relentlessly ex-
terminated.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03
GROUND HOG NEWS: Tom
WOULD PROPAGATE
ASIATIC GAME BIRD

EUSTIS, Fla, Feb. 8. (UP)-
Hunters may have new variety
of fowl to draw them to this sec
ton of Florida if the efforts of
A. D. and C. D. Miller, brothers,
prove successful.
The Millers recently received a
pair of chucker cartridges, game
bird from the Asiatic deserts, and
they hope to raise a sufficient
amount before next years hunt
ing season to stock the protected
areas of Lake county. "a
The chucker partridge, a drab
grey bird, usually weighs sabout
two pounds when fully developed.
The birds can live on almost any
kind of food, are easy feeders, and
can go several days without water
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03

beat them in any name.callina
contest, and that his popular fol-
lowing supports him in any attack
on big business.
NOTABLE progress is claimed
for the New Deal power policy.
Despite all the furore over the
Presidents subsequently modified
suggestion that all holding COM
panies should be abolished, the
net result is a rather striking
change of attitudes.
The celebrated death sentence"
in the public utilities holding COM
pany act now seems relatively
mild to the business community.
The IVA issue has shifted to a
question of how the government
will buy private power facilities.
The drive to shoot down IVA has
sagged, in other words, and now
the question is simply one of ex-
panding IVA.
Since most of the simon-pure
New Dealers believe that the
spower fight" is more important
than ever, these developments and
recent Court decisions favoring
administration power policies elate
them considerably.
+
TWO liberals have replaced two
l. conservatives on the Supreme
Court and a definitely liberal ma
jority holds sway.
That it is easier to appease con-
anti-New Dealers than
it was late last year was indicated
by this groups qualification over
the appointment of Stanley Reed
INSTEAD of some radical" Reed,
for all practical purposes, was
just as New Dealish as anyone the
President could have appointed.
tCoDyricht. 1898. NEA Service. Incl
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03
REALTY BULLETIN: Brown
BY Noah Hollowell

lee Bulletin, Vol. ., No. 2, has
found circulation among friends,
prospects and other real estate
dealers. 1t pertains to the Brown
lee service in the insurance and
building fields and enjoys visions
Of possibilities, a sample follow
ing: .... ..
1.-THE possibilities for some one
to open up a large first-class trail
er city near here are unlimited.
If you are not interested; maybe
you know some one who is and
who could and would put up a
plant that would be a credit to
Hendersonville."
Another sample: IF you rent
your home in the summer, you
owe it to your family to have a
place to go that, is nice and that
can be called home" Good logic
here, and then a recital of how
it can be done in painless form.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03
SPLENDID CIVIC WORK: N

C. Foster, who maintains a bill
board service in this section,
knows how to utilize his boards
to the community's advantage
when they are not in commercial
use. Two large boards carry the
advice: ATTEND Church - The
Foundation of Civilization"
Three boards say: "Patronize
Local Business and Industry for
Community Prosperity"
other boards philosophi2e:
what Helps Business Helps
YOU" and What Hurts Business
Hurts Me-"
That shows lot more commun-
ity pride than to let them be torn
ragged by stiff breeZes against
out-of-date advertising.
SAVING TROUBLE: The ap-
pie growers, who had lots of grief
along with lots of apples in 1887,
are seeking a way to help solve
their problems by forming an or
ganization. Such would likely
help.
GROUND HOG NEWS: Tom
Mullinax says the ground hog
that resides under the sidewalk to
the south of the State Trust COM
pany comes out and goes in ac-
cording to his pleasure, seemingly
with little regard for ground hog
traditions.
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off the coast.

off the coast.
"At 7:l5 a. m. Mondar TO-.
16 miles off the coast and ~ Wee
miles north of Cartarora :, r, "a
as said. 1--WE had arrived ao32
about an hours stcamrp di' Shat
Of Cartagena at ~ p. .. S;.SiEt
but did not enter the uou In ".as3
the captain though, +, .1 n.S't&
to await daylight. Nao;
"At $50 a. nj. order, WON.
en- to start the engine and ~
had been underway uu,r =" N|
time when we were s,rar. &sa
torpedo. H
Some Of the ships yn.,.
ready had been swung o.. w. a.
lowering as a prccaurion br , 20
ship heeled over 50 uIcgIr "a
the boats on one side r.,2i va
be used. VI
"The torpedo struck lis 49,.
starboard side and most 81 u q
crew rushed to the other sii. %
attempted to lower The boa, 'S az
the ship settled by the ho,. VI
quickly that no boat could h. y !;
use.
The captain and hi, wife IT,.
on the bridge when the Eudrr rS;
sank. "''
"There was bic hole ., :,
waterline and wood and / Ir,s ~
into the sea.
THE ship went down in f.,
minutes, with everyone ny 'gn
Wood and myself and We %s..
so far down when We icapc5 -.
II thought we ncvel would co ~s'
up again.
81 saw some pianss fc,.,,
close by and ] finally made ttar
as did Wood and the ,wo Sr,,
iards.
THE remaining 10 member, q.
our crew must have pcon dr,c,I
under by the sinking shin bccsr..
a search for them wa, Of M
avail"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03
STREETS CAN BE MADE SAFER
IF WE WILL
(By BRUCE CATION

Many and many a city has conducted
sporadic traffic drives to try to cut down
the terrible toll in dead and wounded that
automobiles are taking every day.
And many of them wound up at the end
of 1887 to find that, to their surprise and
horror, the toll was higher than it had
been the year before, despite all the cam
paigns and viewings with alarm.
But few other cities got different
answer, and it is worth while to inquire
why. Beaumont, Tex, furnishes one of the
most heartening examples of what can be
done by a community that really wants to
do something about the problem.
AT the close of 1886 Beaumont was
fourth from the top of the list of "killer"
cities. ..'.-
It's people were ashamed and alarmed.
They decided to do something about it.
AT the end of 1887, Beaumont had cut
off a larger percentage of its traffic toll
than any other city in the country. Acct
dents had been cut 62.8 per cent, from S81
to 341. Injuries had been cut 900 per cent,
from 254 to 2O1. Deaths had been cut 72.7
per cent, from p to 6.
That is a record of which any city might
be proud, but the best thing about it is that
no trick methods were employed, no spe-
cial machinery or facilities used that are
not equally available to any other city. -
A safety league was organized, and 1000
individuals signed up. A monster parade
opened the campaign, and support was en-
listed from practically every organization
in town.
Three lines of attack were launched at
once, all co-ordinated under direction of
the Safety League. The first was a giant
publicity campaign in which the newspa-
pers played a leading role, but in which
nearly 100000 pieces of printed matter
were distributed, and radio, movies, pic
lures, and posters used.
There were engineering studies and i'm
provements in signals, signs, elimination
of traffic hazards, and the whole mechani-
cal side of safety.
The police eliminated ticket-fxing, OPP
Grated a sound truck, specially investigat-
ed causes of accidents
None of these things is new. Most cities
have tried one or all of them. But where
Beaumont excelled was, first, in rallying
exceptional public support, and, second, in
pressing the campaign without a let-up
through the entire year. The two-week
campaign that has every rnotorist on his
toes and then is forgotten had no place in
the Beaumont picture.
1t can be done-this job OF cutting down
accidents. And it doesn't take any fam
tastic or expert measures. What it does
take is what Beaumont gave it and what
any city can give it. That is widespread
determination to cut the toll, and the de-
termination never to let up minute until
results are obtained.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03
GETS TWO GAVELS

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 3. (UP)-
Chairmen Of the Dade county
commission ruled here for 20
years without a gavel. Recently
members of the industrial class at
the county home gave J. Lamar
Paxton, current chairman, an oak
gavel they had made. A few min
utes later, Fred w. Cason, county
attorney, sheepthlg hAhdetf rPa&-
son second gavel he had ordered:
for the chairman.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03

In WRcn l shoulu
like TO see the
| &C a l citizenry
able to get fed
e IA ! assistance
and protection.
l should like to
see a national
law which would
give any citizen
the right to de-
mand and secure
federal investi =
cation and pros
ecution any time
there has been a
local election
steal.
In a majority
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03

A film actress will be given S1000-a-
week contract if she consents to bob her
hair. Just another girl whose hair will turn
O silver. 80 ;. .:-e-zsS,EHL.ss
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03

The Maine town which has neither a
Jones nor Smith in its telephone direc-
tory may be charged with being the most
un-American city in the United States.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03

Akron dry cleaners, in price war that
sent the price of cleaning suits down to 20
cents, complain there's no return on their
business in vestments. .r..... -, .
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03

The propeller has evolved from a carved stick
OF laminated wood into a carefully engineered
mechanism, built with meticuous precision.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03

Correct this sentence: Zone of my kids
tore page of your book" said the bor-
rover, $50 bought you a new one."
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03
HELP, UNCLE SAMUEL!

While ! do not believe in the
federal governments dabbling too
much in the affairs of the states,
yet there is one particular matter
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03

Greece's foreign trade in 1917
showed a marked gain OYER Iq5f
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-03
BIBLE THOUGHT
DO WE?

DO WE?
They received the Word with all readiness OF
mind" (Acts 171O
A Japanese in endeavoring to describe friend
of his to an American, seeing Bible, exclaimed
He believes this Book very much?'
Could your friends describe you in like manner!
Record of Christian Work
Smyrna times., 1938-09-08

al. The motion that Mr. Morford
receive the support of the Black
bird Hundred delegation was
adopted by unanimous vote. JOS
eph Hutchison, Jr., was endorsed
for the party's nomination of state
senator from the Seventh Senator
ial District. J. Delbert Steller was
endorsed for the nomination of rep
resentative from the Fifteenth
Representative District, by unan-
imous vote. The committee an
nounced the selection of the follow
ing delegates and alternates: First
District: John Owens, delegate;
James Corbit Reynolds, alternate.
Second District: William A. Wat
son III, delegate; Joseph E. Hazel,
alternate. Former Representative
Frank w. Schroeder and ]. Austin
Ellison were among the speakers.
They impressed the Importance of
party harmony and of presenting a
united front. Charles Beth, chair
man of the Blackbird Hundred Re-
publican Committee, opened the
meeting, which was held at the
home Of George Bradley on the
dupont Boulevard. Mr.. Watson
was chairman.
Smyrna times., 1938-09-08
MESSICK HEADS SPORTSMEN
Chapter of United Farmers and
SpOrtsmen Organize at MiddletoWn

Paul B. Messick was elected
president of the Middletown chap
ter Of the United Farmers and
Sportsnien of Delaware at the or
ganization meeting held recently
in Middletown Firehouse. Other
officers are: Vice-president, James
L. Stafford; secretary-treasurer,
Herman Cochran. Committee
chairmen are: Upland game and
water fowl, J. Frank Blackburn;
fresh and salt water fishing and
stream pollution, w. Lee Penning-
ton; fur bearing animals and trap
ping, Leo Hickey; fox and coon
hunting, Ernest Wilmington. The
chapter has enrolled 100 members.
Patrick Morgan, acting state pres
ident, and j. NJ Rhodes Of Viii
mington, assisted in the organiza-
ton