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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02
State Baptists In
Sunday School
Conference Soon

HIGH POINT, Feb. 2. (UP).-
Several hundred delegates and
many prominent Southern Bap-
fist leaders are expected to par
ticipate in the North Carolina
Sunday school Baptist conference
at the First Baptist church here
tomorrow and Friday.
The conference will be attend
ed by representatives of ~ Bap-
fist associations in the state. Fol-
lowing registration tomorrow the
opening address, will be delivered
by P. E. Burroughs, Nashville,
Tenn. Departmental conferences
for association officers will &C.
cupy the afternoon session and
speaker for the evening session
will be T. L. Holcomb, general
secretary of the Sunday school
board. .-.'.
At the Friday morning session
DR.. John R. Sampy, president of
the Southern Baptist convention,
will speak. The conference will
come to close at noon
The purpose of the meeting, ac-
cording to DR.. A. B. Conrad, pas
tor Of the First Baptist church
here, is to offer training for I'M
day school workers.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02
FEAR AND UNDERSTANDING

The Archbishop of Canterbury is urging Great
Britain to seek friendly understanding with
Chancellor Hitler, and strengthen her eo-operation
with the United States in order to further world
peace" ..,
The idea of Strengthening cooperation with the
United States is all right, but there is good deal
of reason to believe that friendly understanding
with Chancellor Hitler is merely a false hope.
What use is there in trying to have friendly
understanding with mailman?
The absolute responsibility of the man Hitler
and the whole Hitler regime is the chief character
istic of the government with which the Archbishop
would have friendly understanding.
Probably the only emotion which Hitler and the
German Nazis can understand is fear
And while it may be unwse to do r'say anything
provocative, what the world most needs right now
is some power which can tell Herr Hitler, Signor
MussoliM and Mr.. gSfalin whaS isswhat-and make
sthen Rock HiR7W T. ffMala: 81 1sssi
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP

Two recent proposals for government ownership
of industry give rise to more than usual amount
of speculation and peerng into the future.
The unusual thing about both suggestions is that
they come from the industry side of the fence.
One is the proposal of Wendell Wilkie, one of
the nations outstanding public utility executives,
that the government purchase the electric proper
ties of his company in the IVA area.
The other is the proposal of Governor Earle of
Pennsylvania, backed by anthracite operators them
selves, that the government buy and control opera
ton of the hard coal industry.
Presumably neither of these proposals will be &C
complished in the near future.
But supposing they We're Would the federal
government then purchase every other industry
which got into financial difficulties?
And if it did, would that be communism, So
cialsm, or fascsm or what?
It's something to think about.-The Greenville
Piedmont
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Tor the non1tAationy i'rs ai. S
of representatives aud <..,,
who will vote against r.or'' &c
who will provide an o,s.c,;., q
for law enforcement, 4 -. u
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to this destructive t,.f.pP@
we can elect Il general . 49, q
that will give H. rlyT...r".SsiS ,
and elect sheriifs. ,orri,aS "a
judges who will rn.~rr .o's {
laws. ~
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is right; and righi Digr INA "SS
To doubt this is To- keel. | t'.,2 d
God. With dctormn.,rin',' a
faith. we must ureani,a q
and win. vi
We call upon the friend.
temperance in every c.,r.a % {;
in every precinct to men, q.
diately and organic rm. Jug
pose of nominatinu and .r.. N
legislators and laU Dfor y.SS't,
officers who will clos. n, ,Vtsc:
shops and liquor stom. an5 va
the liquor traffic. moth ,r ,' ', p:
illegal, from the border, 90 .. ~
state. " 9
If we will organic ana r.,
we can win d glorious vir,,. "Et
our homes and oar state "a
GALE X. BURGESS
Raleigh. \ r
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
NOTE-No unsigned commu-
nications are published by The
Times-News. All letters must be
signed with the real name of
the author. No communications
signed with a fictitious name
will be published.-EDITOR.

|, Editor Times-News:
The tide Of battle has turned.
During 1897, the vets forced Is
county elections and lost 10 ei
them. They called these elections
in the counties where they
thought they could win most cas-
lily, but they lost in more than 80
percent of the territory selected
by themselves.
Furthermore, these Is elections
were held under the provisions OF
statute prepared by the vets
themselves. by legalizing beer up
to "a percent alcoholic content
and permitting transportation Nof
whisky into dry counties, this
statute impaired the effectiveness
of prohibition in all counties and
created situation that the vets
thought would enable them to
carry every county. But they lost
in 10 of the IS elections and
they have not been able to set up
liquor stores in any county west
Of Durham.
Now is the time for the friends
Of temperance to redouble their
efforts and wipe out the beer
shops and liquor stores that are
increasing human slaughter on
our highways and disgracinG our
state with drunkenness, deb&uch-
cry and crime. This goal can be
achieved if those who are opposed
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02
THE N EW p E AL
IN WASHINGTON
LAY RODNEY BUTCHER.

the stockyards is justly infamous.
"A lady who occupied the seat
in front of him had provided her
self with a vial of smelling salts
to repel the invasion of the COM
ing odor, of which she was fully
advised. As the first Whit at
tackled her nostrils, she opened her
vial of smelling salts and held it
to her nose. The odor got worse
and worse every minute.
Finally the farmer could stand
it no longer. He reached over and
tapped the lady on the shoulder
and said, I beg your pardon. I
dc not want to interfere with the
enjoyment of your pleasure, but
if you would just close that thing
up until / can get off, I would
deeply appreciate the kindness
THERE hasn't been a real flood
= in Washington since 1889-the
year Oh the Dig pllzZard-When
about two feet of water travelled
as far from the Potomac as Penn
sylvania avenue.
Nevertheless, the army engi.
neers are going to spend $4,000
for a concrete flood wall which
will extend from the Washington
Monument to Seventeenth street,
and from the west end of the Mu-
nitions building to the Lincoln
Memorial-just in case.
Each spring the alarm is spread
when the river rises. In 1886 the
Navy and Munitions buildings
were surrounded with a barrier
of sandbags. But the water only
flooded an area of park land.
Engineers insist, however, that
the time may still come when the
flood wall will save army and
navy officers from getting thei,
feet wet. -a ",aoa. I. ..,..
: tCopiright. 1898. NEA Service Incl
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WASHINGTON. - About $751;
w 100000 in money and
securities is housed in the Treas
ury buildings, protected by a
corps of guards who receive only
$1,000 a year each.
The guards also are more or
less burned up because they're
now officially known as the "Uni-
formed Secret Service" 1t sounds
rather silly to them, because how
can anyone be secret and uni
formed at the same time?
Secretary Henry Morgenthau
began to feel nervous about the
guards when he received letters
threatening his life. Protecting
Morgenthau'S lfe is one of their
Jobs, too. He had Secret Service
men investigate and at various
times they found some guards
asleep and others drunk. Three
Or four had criminal records.
So the guards were but under
the Secret Service, in command
Of an eX-army officer. They were
disciplined and required to APP
pear regularly for target practice,
and spruced up in new dark uni
forms and caps, black Sam
Browne belts and gun holsters.
But the 80 guards are urging
that something be done about
their pay, contending that a raise
would attract higher grade men.
One of them, incidentally, spends
his pay trying to raise a family
of Is children.
4
CONGRESSMAN HOBBS of Al
~ ALBANIA: ut reminds me of the
story of a country gentleman who
was riding on the elevated rail-
way through the stockyards of
Chicago. He was not acquainted
gaVitH the fact that thef3dor from
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02
BIG LITTLE PAPER: The
By Noah Hollowell

BIG LITTLE PAPER: The
Tryon Daily Bulletin (the worlds
smallest daily newSpaper) threat
ems to deprive itself Of it's most
boosted distinction by publishing
souvenir edition Of its 10th an
niversary, which consumed 7G
pages to tell the story of Tryon
and Polk.
1t is a most praise-worthy eff
fort, especially in the light of
limited editorial and mechanical
facilities, which have always been
taxed in producing the smallest
daily in the world, with pages
two columns wide and seven and
one-half inches deep.
This edition, sent out in large
numbers by subscribers at 10
cents a copy, will bring much ad-
ditional publicity to the small
publication. The Universal Film
corporation recently "shot" the
shop and its personnel for place
in the Stranger Than Fiction"
reel.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02
AN OBSERVER OBSERVES
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

many agencies Of quick communi-
cation and authentic information,
we are thinking. The effort gives
some Of us headaches; neverth-e
less, we are thinking. And the
more we thing, the more we are
led to think. We cannot help
thinking once we have learned to
think. After awhile we learn to
like thinking, and the headaches
vanish
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02
GRAND JURY PRORr

MIAMI, Fla. Feb. .. up.
The Dade county grand ina. = :
day questioned city ofg.ir,f. v y
Miami Beach, appagyngy IN in, -.
ncction with an alleged Vol" ~. .oI
attempt there IN June. lg3- - :,
recent sabotage ON q Miami p. =
hotel. "'"''
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02
A SURE CURE

If every time product be-
comes unreasonably high in price
consumers would boycott the item
by using substitute or by going
without it, the price would soon
become reasonable.
And it is not necessary to have
a consumers national organiza-
ton to achieve results, but merely
an effective determination on the
part of the individual consumer.
Whenever the consumers go on
strike something happens and
right soon.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02
STRANGE BUT TRUE

1t has been declared that no
warfare is so vicious as that be-
tween peoples of the same race.
And isn't that assertion being
dramatically and tragically illus
trated in the present wars in
Spain and China?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02

SPo4ilSii 'iNNN'
ter. No nation
has ever been
more brutal in
its treatment of
its enemies and
of those in its
power than has
Spain. True It IS
that the mills OF
God grind slow
but they grind
exceeding small.
We in America
should remember
that. SO should
c a pit a |. S 0
3 h 0 u d labor.
See how small
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02
PLANS FOR FAIR REVIVED

The movement Tor the ESTABLISHING hehe
of an agricultural fair has been revived oy
committees representing the Chamber OF
Commerce and the Rotary and Kiwanls
clubs.
Attempts to organize permanent talr
association and build fair here have COW
cred period of many years. A number OF
fair exhibitions have been conducted IN
past wears and some of these were credit
able enough, when the conditions under
which the promoters We're working were
taken into consideration.
The promoters, however, were working
under the main handicap of lack of cap
ital and the additional handicap of having
no home, or grounds, for the location of a
fair. Exhibitions were conducted here and
there! in buildings erected for other pur-
poses, in tents, and in locations without
the buildings and equipment necessary to
the success of any properly promoted agri-
cultural fair.
Attempts and efforts to carry on were
climaxed last year by series of handicaps
and hard luck" which made it certain that
never again will an attempt be made to
conduct fair here until plant is first
secured and an organization with the right
kind of business management has been es-
tablished.
The objective of the present movement
is to promote fair corporation, to secure
grounds and an adequate plant and equip
ment, and to make certain that the fair is
th af
there shall be no failure, in fact, no ques-
ton of the continuance and success of the
enterprise.
Committees of citizens will undertake to
sponsor and lead in the movement to plan
and shape the enterprise for presentation
Henderson and adjoining counties. The
plan contemplates the participation of at
least three counties-Henderson Transyl-
vania and Polk-in a fair association.
Other mountain counties which do not
have fairs may be invited to participate.
AS the movement originates here it can
not and will not be carried to success with
out the interest, efforts and cash of Hen
derson county people, of both Henderson
vile and the rural districts. That will be
sought and it is believed the people of this
county will rally to the movement. Strong
hope, is voiced by the promoters that ma
terial interest may be aroused and aid OBJ
tanned from other counties in this section
of the State.
To promote and build successful agri-
cultural fair ON an enduring and satisfac-
tory basis, requires years of effort, backed
by capital and sound business manage
ment. The fair now proposed will be start
ed right, with what it takes to make it a
success, or the entire fair idea will be
thrown into the ash can. Responsible citi-
zens sof the town and county do not pro-
pose to go ahead with this enterprise un-
less It can be done in a way that will guar
antee its success as an enterprise which
will arouse the personal interest and pride
of al progressive citizens of this county
and others which may unite with Hender-
son county people in the movement
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02
MANY SEEK ELECTION

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Feb. 2.
(UP)-The battle for places on
the state supreme court bench in
tensified last night with qualifica-
ton Of candidates making certain
fight for each Of the three JUS
ticeships at stake in this years
elections.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02
TIME AND PATIENCE: Judg-

TIME AND PATIENCE: Judg-
ing from the size of the crowds
seen in the welfare office, which
we had hoped would soon solve
the problems Of the aged and
needy, applicants for aid are
rushing" things to the extent
that they are calculated to gum
the works"
1t is a serious matter to load
onto Uncle Sans shoulders, prob
ably for the remainder Of our
lifetime, lots Of undoserving, so
applicants must learn to be pa
tient and wait until an over-work-
ed and far too small staff can
get to them and pass upon the
many details that must have at
tention before applications are
favorably considered.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02

A Pennsylvania mountaineer accepted
sc consecutive jail sentences rather than
allow his s-year-old son to be vaccinated.
There's man who has the courage after
his convictions.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02
GIDDAPi

If government, capital and la
Dor will work together in a spirit
of honest cooperation, the af-
fairs Of this nation will move
steadily forward. You couldn't
make any progress with three
mule team if each mule were pull
ing a different way; and but slow
'or Indifferent Roadway if one
mule were pulling against the 9TH
er two,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02

A psychologist says frst-class worrying
should involve such components as inevita-
bles, adjustables, negative apprehension,
and perfectionfsas. Most men do a pretty
fair lob with Itst money Matters tq york
on SsesEs7 NsssssSaSs'Essg
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02

Only about ha.f HE wo,s,.
recruits for the British arr 1'' !,
! passing the physical standard o.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02
TWO HELD IN DEATH

TUPELO. Miss, Feb. 2. (UP).
Douglass Webb, 80, and Ralph
Ford, 25, both of Saltillo, were
under arrest last Right charged
with. numbering, Cleveland Muir
ply, rs, Tupelo barber.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02

How much honor have you? Well, does
a pledge to the church seem as binding as
one you can be forced to pay?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02
BIBLE THOUGHT
MARK TWATN'S TROUBLE

Word of God is quick and powerful and sharp
.r than any t.o-edSed sword" (Heb. 4:12)
Mark Twain is reported to have said that he was
not bothered by the Bible passages he did not I'M
derstand but the passages that troubled him were
those he did understand.-S. S. Times
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02
CHICKENS COMING
HOME TO ROOST

There is something reminiS-
cent of retributive justice in this
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02

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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02
FACTS TO FACE

FACTS TO FACE
There is one thing capital
should bear in mind: 1t cannot
succeed in a large permanent way
without public support. There is
one thing labor should bear in
mind: 1t cannot succeed in a
large permanent way without
public support. So both capital
and labor to succeed permanently
in a large way must conduct
themselves to merit public sup
port.
WE ARE THINKING
The world has changed and is
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02

If a newt loses a leg or tail it
will grow again.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-02

Spain has been ground down
from the worlds once greatest
power, A power misused or abus-
ed is eventually a power lost.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
BELL TO HIRE STAFF
TO LOOK FOR WASTE
Gets $4,000 Boost to Employ
IS Efficiency Experts on
Permanent Basis,
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Acting Budget Director Daniel W.
Bell disclosed today he was setting up
permanent staff Of efficiency experts
to comb the Government service for
waste.
He obtained from Congress a $780,
900 boost in the Budget Bureau ap-
preparation to hire about IS per-
sons for the work. Some of them will
be employed here. but Director Bell
also expects to set up about five re-
gional offices.
The efficiency experts, he explained,
will keep a special eye out for duplica-
ton Of work by different departments,
but their work will not be connected
with the administrators legislative
program for Government reorganiza-
ton.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
TRAIN KILLS BOY
NEAR ROCKVILLE
5-Year-0Id Dies Instantly
When Struck at Unguarded
Westmore Crossing.
BY . staf, Correspondent Of The Star.

BY stan Correspondent Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, July Julian
Fate Jefferson, S, was killed instantly
today when struck by Washington
bound Baltimore & Ohio passenger
train at the Westmore crossing, mile
north Of here.
Julian had started from his West
more home with his 6-year-old BROTH
er Knoxie and a playmate to store
across the railroad tracks, police were
told.
The boys stopped at the unguarded
crossing. about 100 yards from the
Jefferson home, to watch a vest
bound freight train pass by. The
noise Of the passing freight drowned
out that Of the fast passenger train
approaching from the opposite direc-
ton.
Julian's brother and the other boy,
whose name was not learned i'm
mediately, saw the onrushing loco
motive in time to jump to safety. but
Julian could not get of the track be-
fore it struck him.
He was dragged 180 feet before
Engineer Norman Beck could stop
the train. Physicians said his death
was instantaneous
Montgomery County police said no
inquest would be held.
Julian was the son of Mrs. Bessie
Jefferson, a widow residing in West
more. She has been i'll for several
weeks and was near collapse when
informed of her sons death.
Julian was the second of nine chill
dren borne by Mrs. Jefferson to meet
a violent death. An older son, Clyde,
was shot to death in 1928 when he was
IL years old by a neighbor of the
Jeffersons, who then lived on a farm
about 9 miles from Knoxville, Tenn.
Mrs. Jefferson said the shot apparently
was intended for her husband, John,
who had been involved in an argument
with the neighbor over a dog.
The family moved to Montgomery
County five years ago and Mr.. Jeffer-
son died two years later. A month ago,
their 9-year-old daughter, Jean. died
of pneumonia.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
Electric Gables
ToVTginiaCut
Loose by Debris
High,Uay Bridge to Be
Closed Tonight
at Midnight.

Practically all electrical connections
between Washington and Virginia
under the Potomac River at Highway
Bridge have been torn loose, and the
draw span Of the bridge itself will be
out Of operation after midnight to-
night, as result of damage caused by
lodging of driftwood and other debris
under the bridge.
Army engineers, in an effort to clear
the channel under the north half of
the draw span, removed half . scow
load Of debris before discovering that
all the cables under the river north of
the bridge had been torn from their
places in the channel bottom.
The Potomac Electric Power Co.
has been forced to cut all its cables,
and has made temporary connections
over Key Bridge.
E. J. Merrick, jr, engineer in
charge Of the dredging, announced
today that the operating cables for the
bridge may 60 out of service tonight.
Arrangements have been made to open
the bridge at midnight and If neces-
sary, it will be closed by handpower
at am. tomorrow to handle morning
traffic into Washington
The span probably will be out of
operation during the same hours to-
morrow night.
Mr.. Merrick said that eight dead
cables had been fished up with the
debris yesterday and that four more
cables were taken up last night, one
of them carrying a charge of $4,000
volts. Mr.. Merrick said he had been
assured by power company engineers
that the fishing up of live cables en-
tangled in the debris would not en-
danger the lives of the dredging crew,
since provisions have been made for
grounding the current in event the
cables are broken.
Gables of the Chesapeake & Poto-
mac Telephone Co. and the Western
Union Telegraph Co., buried in the
river bottom on the downstream side
of the bridge, are believed safe.
Evening star., 1938-07-07
Tired Employe Is Suspended;
Read Water Meters at Desk

A tale of long-range reading Of
water meters by Water Department
employe who, apparently, was too
tired to make his rounds regularly,
came to light at the District Building
today.
The meter reader drew one weeks
suspension without pay and transfer
to night duty as pun;shment for bill
ing water consumers without single
glance at their water meters.
Complaints from q group Of con-
sumers to officials Of the Water De-
partment led to an investigation
which disclosed that the employe sat
in his ONCE and guessed how much
water was being used In homes as-
signed to his "beat."