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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-16
FINANCING THE IMPROVEMENT OF
=. HENDERSONVILLE

FILA Title / loans for modernization
and Improvement of family and business
property are again available, under an
amendment to the national housing act 1t
this assistance can be made available to
the people of this city it will be of great
help to them in making community i'm
provements as suggested in The Times
News yesterday. This is business mat
ter and must be considered and settled IN
a. business-like manner, but if way is
found to make cash available to our peo-
pie from this source it will materially aid
them in a campaign and program such as
we have mentioned.
This business matter is one for the
prompt and serious consideration of our
local business men, perhaps under, the
general sponsorship and leadership of the
Chamber of Commerce. The Times-News
thinks this organization and all interested
citizens of Hendersonville stand ready to
consider the problem and to cooperate for
its solution.
With special reference to Henderson
Vile, some new building is needed; and
there is much room for modernization, en-
largement, and for repairing of existing
buildings. This applies to business houses,
to family residences and to accommoda-
tions for the tourist business.
The financing of program as extensive
as the one confronting Hendersonville at
this tins is the outstanding difficulty han
dieapping procedure and progress. Where
is the money to be obtained? If it can be
obtained on fair and reasonable terms, and
practical plan can be devised for its dis
tribution among those able and willing to
meet business conditions, this newspaper
believes prompt action in response may be
expected from property owners interested
in lettering their holdings, building up real
estate values, and in better preparation to
bye and do business
{ A building and Improvement campaign,
which would be right in line with one of
the big drives of the national government
as now shaping up, would furnish employ
n1ent to the unemployed, stimulate bust
ness in Hendersonville, and forward the
town many laps on the path to lasting
Improvement and general community up
building.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
BY RODNEY BUTCHER.

WTASHINGTON.--lt has become
w almost customary for the
President to order watermelon,
only to have Congress hand him
plate of spinach. Heretofore this
mas not happened by prearrange-
nent.
Following his request for legiS-
lation aimed at prevention of
prohteering in time of war and
equalization of the burdens of
possible war;" however, Roosevelt
seems perfectly willing to accept
the Sheppard-May bill, which.
even il it aims at those detectives,
certainly falls long way short.
Majority Leader Sam Rayburn
says he expects early passage by
the House.
The bill alarms those who fear
the administration is moving Or
fumbling toward a war in which
American troops will again fight
overseas and it worries some who
fear creation of dictatorship I'M
der cloak of an alleged emergency.
It doesn't satisfy those who have
been most Jealous for prevention
OF wartime profteering.
AS revised by Chairman An
drew j.. May of the House
Military Affairs Committee, the
measure would empower the
President to fix prices, rents, rates
and, ceinpensations after Congress
declared war, to control at his dis
erection all material resources, in
duStrial organizations and public
services, to register and conscript
individuals managing or control
ling industry, to put all forms of
business under a licensing system
Except newspapers, periodicals
and books) and to establish pri-
critics.
The bill calls for wartime tax
system which "shan absorb all
profits above fair normal return
to be fixed by Congress-" But it
.1erely directs the secretary of the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-16
WHATS A SUPREME COURT FOR?

'My view of the Supreme Court is that like any
other institution of government it must ultimately
express the opinion and the interests OF the Amer-
can people = If that is heresy, stand guilty
Robert H. Jackson nominated Solicitor General
of the United States before the Senate judiciary
committee, February 10.
Under our federal Constitutional system the
principal function of the Supreme Court Is 10 see
that neither federal legislation nor acts OF 1eaeral
executives contravene the will of the people as eX-
pressed in the Constitutions provisions 1t Is not
the courts business to express that will. Much
less is it the courts business to express the peo-
pies opinion" or Interests"
It's business is to interpret the peoples VIII as
EXPRESSED in the organic law, whenever any one S
rights under that law are brought into question by
federal statute or federal administrative acts
1t is the peoples expressed will that Is IN It's
guardianship. 1t is for the people itself 10 express
it's opinion and it's Interests IN the manner IL
has itself provided in the organic law; IL Is ho'
the courts business to anticipate sueh eXpfeSSon'
There is all the difference in the worio between
the considered will of the people" and the opin-
ions of the moment, and it was the oennite Will
of the people in laying down the organic ID" "
see that the distinction is enforced IL was 1ot 'iiS
purpose that it framed the rules Tor inc Id"
amendment
The distinction is vital to the maintenance Oh
democracy in the proper sense of that word II Is
assuredly vital to the existence OF our American
democratic system. Nothing could more readily de-
stroy our liberties than could its abolition llhe
people can abolish it if it so desires by changing
the organic law; if so minded it can write into that
law an oriental despotisi. But until IT does SO II
is the first duty Of the Supreme Court TO see that
the distinction is observed and II Mr. jackson
statement is intended to deny that duty IL neresy
and heresy of the most dangerous hnd-espec'ally
in these days when demagogery has at lts command
weapons of such appalling etficiency'-"aN street
Journal.
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MY BOOKS

Nv hand goes out to the books on
the shelf
To lovingly touch each one.
And the light is low
And the soft fire-glow
Throws a CLEAN on the prize I've
won.
The essay | wrote was the knoWl'
edge I'd gained
From the books | treasure here;
Yet my heart stands still
And my eyes arc filed
With heartfelt grateful tears.
I've lived a life among my books
That stand upon this shelf
And the story they give
Is the life that | live,
SO I'm always changing myself.
| was Anthony in Anthony Adj
verse"
And suffered as only could he,
And my life was Smltten
As the tragedy written
For others to hearken and see.
In Gone With the Wind" ! was
the same girl
That was courage and temper COM
bined,
When in the cruel war
Twas the cause ] fought for
That stood uppermost in my mind.
But as | finger the long row OF
books
| come to the Ozark Of the Moon,
Then | remember
One night in December
The horrors | felt in this room.
SO | suddenly clasp to my heart
as Of old
"Rebccca of Sunnybrook Farm"
And l hold it close
While | drink toast
To the book that holds so much
charm.
Tho the Arabian Mites" was
spicy and bold
And my flights of fancy were free,
Yet "Real Dogs" by Zane Grey,
Was my favorite that day
When Rowdy came hunting for
me.
And "The Tales of Shakespeare"
is book that ! love
And "Alice in Wonderland" too.
But my fingers stray
And are wont to stay
On the back of "Will Rogers for
YOU
Yet of all my books that stand on
that shelf
The Bibles" the best of them all
Tho the pages are torn
With the handling it's borne,
1t lifts the burdens that fall,
The men and women who have .
written my books .
Have encouraged and lifted a soul. .
And Pm saying now
That | know somehow
It's part of their lives they've told.
So my hand goes out to the books
on the shelf,
To touch my treasured friends,
And the light is low
And the soft fire glow
Makes magic and beauty blend. !.
Edith Shipman.
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treasury TO keep formulating Sucnt
a tax plan, with provision that the
plan be effective in wartime if
meanwhile adopted by Congress.
Thus, it is contended by oppo-
nentS who will try to block the
bill, it really does nothing but
provide for military and eco
nomic dictatorship in event of
war. Congressman Ross Collins
of Mississippi, expert on military
affairs, says the bill makes war
profteering inevitable and would
make it possible to pay 100 per
cent profit to loW-coSt manufac-
turerS.
Meanwhile, any future Presi-
dent who could build up a war
psychology would have ready
made machinery for a dictator
ship. Even many believers in
next war" think there will be no
conflict this side Of Hawaii and
don't see the need of devfsing
such a straitjacket far in advance.
4
CENATOR William H. Smathers
" of New Jersey can thank Sen
ator Claude Pepper of Florida for
his beautiful new bride, who
comes from Mrs. Peppers home
town.
One day last November Pep
per noticed Smathers staring in
tently at the young woman, who
was his wife's guest in the Senate
gallery. sr
Her name is Mary Jim Foley
said Pepper, startling Smathers
with tap on the shoulder.
"My gawd, introduce mel" ex-
claimed Smathers. "She's the
loveliest-"
So they all had lunch together
that day and it was the beginning
Of a whirlwind courtship. Prob.
ably this is the first instance
wherein a member of Congress.
spotted his future wife in thu
gallery.
downright. 1888. NEA Service. Inc.)
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HYBRID SEED CORN: Ycstcr-
By Noah Hollowch

HYBRID SEED CORN: Yestcr-
day ] promised to tell the story
Of hybrid seed corn, by the use
Of which Farm Agent &. d. White
hopes to bring production up to
200 bushels to the acre in Hen
dcrson county within five years.
This is lesson No. on hybrid
corn. It is brief and only partial,
so, if interested, preserve for fur
thcr daily installments. Hybrid#
are double crosses or two genera
tons Of controlled field crosses.
Five to 10 years are required to
successfully produce them. There
are years Of inbreeding to pro-
ducc characteristics, such as dis
ease resistance, yield, storm re-
sistancc, root system, etc. Then
come the two years Of crosses. re-
Sulting in the hyblids and more
tomorrow.
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Editor, Times-News: ,
May | comment upon the Bible
thought" printed in your issue OF
February 14?" 1t is taken from
Romans 7:15, "For' that which |
do | allow not, but what | hate
that | do" This quotation is
quoted from "Morning by Morn
ing" and is intended to show that
the Apostle Paul was sinner
Continued on page eight
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With sweeping predictions as to the role
labor will play in America, John L. Lewis
joins the ranks of the miner prophets. He
opposes the major profits. William Green,
who speaks from authority as an honorary
member of the musicians union, thinks
Lewis often harps on a sour note. go.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-16

isolated I n z III
from the rest of
the world. Such
instances graph
ica'lly illustra t c
t h e change in
living conditions.
The time was
w h e n b c i n g
showed in was
no calamity to
the rural dwell
Ter; for his home
was a Self-Sus-
tanning unit. His
cellar was stock
ed with foods of
his own raising
and preserving:
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his Woodshed was fuII Of fueI OF
his own cutting; his barn full of
feed of his own growing. He
could do very well for long time
without contact with the outside.
Being snowbound then was
something of a lark-particularly
for the young folk. Read John
Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Snow-
Bound" for a jolly description Of
such an occaSionl
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-16

The chairman of the National Labor Re-
laSons Board says the National Labor Re
iations Board is all right Industry and
some dissatisfied labor units, cycling thou
sands of pages of testimony taken at NLRB
hearings and still no decisions. say the
NLRB is all write.
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THIS AND THAT
By WICKES WAMBOLDT
AULD LANG SYNE

Said a speaker recently, Aud
Lang Syne' thrills the heart of
every Scotchman"
1t should thrill the heart of ev-
cry Chinaman too, according to
Believe-It-Or-Not Ripley, who as
sertS that the air of "Auld Lang
Syne" was composed by a China
man twenty-three hundred years
ago.
The words Aud Lang Syne"
mean "old long Since" hence,
times long past.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-16
NEW YORK, OULTR

JADED: Dewey Sherman, buyer
Of poultry, said the drop came
when New Workers got faded on
hens with 22 car loads on the
tracks and no buyers there want
ing them. The poultry appetite is
said to be improving and The price
is expected to have healthier
tone soon. As the late o. O. Nc
Intyre would say, that's poultry
taste Day BY Day in New York, >
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SNOWBOUND

You have Moticed Of course
what a serious predicament many
of our rural jewellers were placed
in this winter when heavy SHOWS
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OFF THE RECORD

A woman telephoned her drug
fist, told him she was coming
down with cold and asked him
what to do for it.
The druggist was so choked up
with cold that it was only with
difficulty he could tell the wo-
man what to take.
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LOOKS FUNNY

LSONO OiNlN
Recently it was brought out
that the mayor of a large Amer
ican city was reported in a legis-
lativc inquiry to have bought
100000 worth Of bonds during
a period when his salary totalcd
only $4,000.
Public confidence in our gov
eminent demands that when a
public official appears to have
more money than the known cir
cumstanccs justify, he should be
required to show where and how
he got it. Possession by a public
official Of more money than he
can or will account for should be
prima facie evidence of malfeas-
ancc in office.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-16
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1888
BIBLE THOUGHT
HIS PROMISE
II will come again and receive you unto Myself
John 14:3)

These words come very sweetly and very gra-
eiously to the Christian heart. They are the prom
ise of Him Who died for US, the promise of His
own lips. telling us that He will come back for US
in His own good time and gather US Home-Dr'
James CulroSs, MA. .,.-..f .. So. -.- SO
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Life at its worst: The lonesome business
OF dying slowly with no one around except
the selfish and indifferent.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-16

Life is simple for the good party man.
He has his ideas delivered every day like
his milk and newspaper ....
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You can tell persons social ratlng oy 'he iehgth
of the word used by the skin speciahS' 70 aeSerloe
his itch
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European isms can't conquer America.
You'd never get all Americans to agree on
Just one or two foolish isrns.
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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.-EDlTOR.
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Won Loon says church bells originally
were rung to keep devils away They still
seem to work pretty we'll.
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AND NOW WHAT?

Whether we Americans like it
pr not, we have the responsibility
and the blame for the failure of
the League of Nations to estab-
lish and maintain world peace.
Had we thrown our support to the
League when it was organized the
international picture would now
be entirely different.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-16

Artificial spending to end hard times Is an old
idea. If getting drunk makes you feel oad get
drunk again to feel good
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-16

We hate to be in the wrong, SO we Always cru
city our great teachers before aom'e'ihg tney are
right.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-16

Dogs must have something like Our gold stand
ard They gather and bury bones they never can
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Whlther our surplr, .cq.r....
ITS final resting place. "s''
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-03
Visit Many Sections of the
United States; Once Called "Crazy Birds"

There isn't section of the United
States, from Alaska to Florida,
where there is bogland that the
jacksnipe doesn't visit, writes Ding
Darling in the Indianapolis News.
1t breeds from right up close to the
arctic circle through wide belt of
country down into New Jersey,
then spends its winters over an ex-
panse of territory that takes in
North Carolina, California and the
southernmost part Of Brazil.
With it's swift, weaving flight and
its plaintive cry of Scalp, scaip!"
as it takes wing, the jacksnipe is
the familiar sprite of the lowlands.
the damp pasture, the muddy shore
Of lake and stream.
The jacksnipe comes and goes
mysteriously on its migration jour-
neys. The farmer finds colony
of snipe busy probing in his mead
ow on an October morning where
he has never before seen snipe,
and as abruptly, they're all gone.
Crazy BIRDS" the old marsh
men used to call them; some days
they'd be tame and trusting, other
days wild and wary. In the spring
the jacksnipe does mating song
and dance act in the air, at night
mostly, and when you've heard the
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-03
OF-THE-DAY

If you are the nervous, high-strung
type of individual, why not learn
to relax your way to poise. Take
things easy. Rest Exercise to re-
lax only. Stop worrying.
It is never the thoroughly relaxed
person who suffers from insomnia.
Lack of sleep is usually a symptom
of harried mind or nervous dis
order. Much can be done to over
come insomnia.
Regular sleeping hours are quite
necessary. Make it habit to retire
the same hour and to arise the same
hour until you are relaxed.
Do not overeat or eat too fast.
Both are likely to give you restless
nights. You can skip a meal a day
if you wish. Or substitute for two
meals each day, glass Of milk ev-
cry four hours and glasses Of fruit
juices in between.
Do not resort to nerve sedatives
unless your physician advises them
for you.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-03

shaman. This summer the spirits
make medicine at the River of
Skulls"
The Naskapi instinctively started
and moved back as if fearing the
man on the ground would at once
set in motion some supernatural
power.
"a shaman!" gasped one of the
younger men. He says he goes to
talk with the spirits at the River of
Skulls"
why, leered the leader, ''if you
are a talker with spirits, did you fall
when we hit you? Why did you go
to sleep?"
when slept, l talked with spir-
it's" countered Alan, playing for
time while he worked the blood into
his hands behind his back. They
are angry with the Naskapi."
But the Indians were gradually
shaking off the panic into which
they had been thrown.
"Oh Shaman," one cried, "show
us you are a jessikid-a maker of
medicine. White men do not talk
with the spirits Of the Indian"
Lose my hands and feet and I
will show you"
IF you are talker with spirits
you will break the thongS!" derided
the leader, but Alan saw they were
i'll at ease. If he could only keep
them uncertain of what to do-only
gain a little more time-while he
worked at the thongs on his swollen
wrists!
The Naskapi withdrew beyond
earshot and argued excitedly. While
they ceased to watch him, he sucked
in long breaths and with all the
strength of his arms and shoulders
strained at the deer thongs binding
his wrists. Slowly he felt them ease.
The four men, evidently decided
on their course, returned. Rapidly
they trimmed with their knives a
stunted spruce standing near to a
height of six feet above the ground.
Then they gathered pile Of dry
twigs and branches. What was the
meaning of this move? Alan Won
dered. In the meantime, the thongs
holding his aching arms were
stretching. The circulation was flow
ing in his hands and their strength
had returned. He moved his toes
and feet. They were all right.
Then his twisting right hand con-
tacted something hard in the hip
pocket below his belt. His jack
knife! But what was the idea of the
trimmed spruce - the fire wood?
Then the realization of the sinister
purpose of the Naskapi reached the
bound man who watched them. They
were taking him at his word-had
decided to tost his powers as a
sorceror. His claims were to be
put to the proof-by fire.
The Indians were approaching
him. To Alan's surprise. the leader
bent and cut the thongs binding his
feet. keeping bis small eyes avert
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-03
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your common
cough, chest cold, or bronchial irri-
tation, you may get relief now with
CreomulSion. Serious trouble may
be brewing and you cannot afford
to take a chance with any remedy
less potent than Creomulsion, which
goes right to the seat of the trouble
and aids nature to Soothe and heal
the infiamed mucous membranes
and to loosen and expel germ
laden phlegm-
Even if other remedies have failed,
don't be discouraged, try Creomul-
sion. Your druggist is authorized to
refund your money if you are not
thoroughly satisfied with the bene-
fits obtained. Creomulsion is one
word, ask for it plainly, see that the
name on the bottle is Creomulsion,
and you'll get the genuine product
and the relief you want. (Adv.)
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-03

Victorian ideas in decoration that
has started everyone thinking OF
spool shelves.
We seemed to remember that
the shelves we had seen years ago
in old parlors were put together
with colored cords. We tried this
but the shelves were not rigid as
the cords stretched. So we used
wire and the result has been
substantial set of shelves strong
enough to hold reasonably heavy
articles.
A little less than 1912 feet of
wire was used for the shelves
shown here. Two sizes of spools
were used. Shelves, spools, wires
and all were finally painted to
match the brightest tone in the
room color scheme-in our case
it was peacock blue. There are
picture directions like these on ev-
cry page of Book No. 1-SEWING.
for the Home Decorator. If your
house is your hobby, it will be
full of thrills for you. Don't go
through the holidays with shabby
curtains or slipcovers. This book
illustrates every step in making
new ones. Book 2: Novelties and
Embroidery, shows how to make
dozens of Christmas gifts from
odds and ends of material. Books
are 25 cents each. If you order
both books an interesting quilt
leafet included free. Address:
Mrs. Spears, 21O S. Desplaines ST.,
Chicago, Ill.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-03

performance you've been right close
to the spirit Of the marsh. Wood
cock have a similar mating exhibi-
ton. In fact, woodcock and snipe
have lot in common. in appear
ance and habits, except that snipe
keep to open country and woodcock
haunt the brushy bogs.
Jacksnipe have sadly decreased
in the last quarter century due to
the craze for changing marshes
which once yielded profitable crops
of fur, fowl and fish into sour, un-
productive farm lands on which the
new crops were never able to pay
the drainage bonds.