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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-13
ULTIMATE REMEDY

Rev Walter F. West popular pastor of the First
Methodist church enlarged upon his theme of In
conceivable Indifference" in his Sunday address
from the pulpit and got right down to brass tackS-
up to q certain point--on the matter OF gambling
in the city of Salisbury.
According to The Posts report. Mr.. West speci
fled the local operation of the numbers racket
as an evil which only mexcuSabe Indifference on
the part of the good citizens of the community
permits TO flourish
1t is good TO hear such outspoken comment about
definite subject of public interest from the pu
nit At the same time it is dlsheartening to realize
that in touching on the evil aspects of gambling. OF
drinking or loose moral habits OF any of the ira
ditional social enemies which the church has beer
designed to combat, only the shallow surface OF
the master evil of all--public indiferencc-can be
touched.
Mr. West apparently realized this unhappy truth
in linking his indictment of local misfortune with
natural and international events of current times
which are permitted TO continue sappng at the
roots of those basic ideals which the Christian
church and the conventions of democratic govern
ment have alike enshrlned.
Christian education by its own name and under
whatever auxiliary supplementary guses 1t may
command appears. more and more. to be the only
remedy of any considerable scoops left to combat
the multiple Embellishments of man and the world
in which he lives--Salisbury Post.
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FARMING BY PHONE.

We read that one Maine potato field Is so extern
sive the owner uses telephone for directing the
workers Perhaps this need will be the future
measure of the Importance of these Aroostook
farms If one is really big, it is telephone size
This shows progress A century ago farmers used
other measures One had field with burrows so
long that it took two men and boy to see from
end TO end, neghbors said Such matters were
managed simply then No bother about wires
In still earlier days. when land was cheap and
steel tapes were scarce, certain man barganed
for as much land as he could measure by driving
an OK around it in day That should be a mile
or two square, for the common OK. But the buyer
had trotting OK that he rode, and which covered
sixteen miles of bounds in the time set.
Human rather than bovine, and still in effect,
are measures by hand span, and fathom, respcc-
lively four inches nine inches and six feet. These
are based on the fiat hand, the outstretched fingers
and the reach of both arms.
He who grows potatoes by telephone may pro-
gress further yet if the airplane and radio have
not been applied to his methods. But what kind Of
farms could they easure?-The Christian Science
Monitor.
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scene, the woman pointed at inc
chap who had manifested mirth
and ordered, "Officer. arrest that
person for laughing at me"
MADAM" said the officer,
there is no law against laugh
ing"
owe been laughing all my life. "
protested the Laughter" and I've
never been arrested for il yet"
"Then arrest that man there,
insisted the woman. indicating the
fellow whose fender she had musS-
cd up.
Madam" replied the officer,
IF | arrest anybody, must an
rest you, since it is plain you ran
into this mans car
"Officer," answered the wo-
man irrelcvantly, as she started
her motor. sis your soul Saved?"
I'D rather not discuss that
matter now" said the officer;
I'm here to sec about this acct
dent"
"I'm here to sec about this az
cident."
Il am more interested in your
soul than | am in this accident,
retorted the woman as she eaSed
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LIFE DAY BY DAY
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

in hor clutch and rolled away.
The officer slowly shook his
head and went back to directing
traffic.
Probably no guardian Of the
peace has more to get on hrs
nerves than the traffic officer.
"Ofriccr which way is east? "Of-
ficcr. there arc two dogs fighting
down back of the city jail. "Of-
riccr, somebody bumped into the
back of my car while ii was
parked over there on Walnut
street! What can d" about it?''
"OffiCCr. where is my little boy"
"Officer. n ucwshoy on the cor
ner of Haywood and College call
cd me a bad name because !
wouldn't buy a paper from him. y
a youngSter walked up to one
traffic officer. looked admiringly
at the officers feet and said,
"That's dandy shine you've got
on those shoes" "Thank you,' re
piled the officer. "GOu're wei
come" answered the boy; then he
spat on one Of the freshly Shned
shoes and was gone!
Aside from his various duties
and the business Of Keeping him
self from being run over, the traf-
fic officer docs large day
work merely standing for eight
hours in one place in every kind
Of weather.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
az RODNEY BUTCHER.

Iat;IIardla OF New York and
Democrats picked Vice President
Garner or one Of Gamers favor
ties such a. Senator Bennett Clark
Of Missouri, Roosevelt would be
likely to favor LaGuardi7.
I'VE fact that w. Lee O'Daniel,
the "biTcuit-paSsing pappy"
who campaigned with hill-billy
band, Is to be next governor Of
Texas is now being accepted with
Cquanimity by all sides.
New Dealers are content, they
say, because the ODaniel victory
was blow at Texas machine
politics and did Vice President
Garner no good.
Anti-NeW Dealers are beginning
to describe O'Danicl as "conScrva-
tive and sound" He proved that,
they say, by making 100000 in
the flour business and applying
the same technique to politics.
GEORGIA girls make valuable
" political advisers as well as
good wives, say Washington cor
respondents who have been cover
ing southern primary campaigns.
The wives Of Governor Rivers and
former Governor Talmadge, the
latter a senatorial candidate, are
credited with exceptional intelli-
gence and political intTition which
have greatly aided their husbands.
Gov. DIN Johnston of South
Carolina married Gladys Atkinson
of Atlanta. She managed his sue
cessful gubernatorial campaign.
Then two babies were born in the
executive mansion. Busy Mrs.
Johnston wasn't active in the re-
cent senatorial campaign. The
governor was licked by Senator
"Cotton Ed" Smith.
irnnvriSht ta2s NMA Sarvi"a. 1nco
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manded a dollar
for a three-inC
scratch on hcl
own fender, and
her female com
panion demand
ed a dollar tc
pay for shock to
her nerves.
A man stand
ing on the side
walk thought the
who ! Q perform,
ancc so ridicul-
us t hat h c
laughed. When =
traffic off icc
appeared on tho
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Mills River. \. {
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Mills River. \. {.
Sept IL. 1898.
Editor The Timcs-NCwS:
am enclosing you som" lines
written by my uncle lanes !.
Osborne, about our cousins death,
y. Nathaniel Harrison. They
were among the first soldiers Il"
leave Hcndersonville in Captain
Shipp's company, and Cousin Dock
was one Of the first to lose his
life. wounded at Gainesville and
died at Richmond
This record Of his death WAS
published then in the Henderson
vile Times, and my mother cup
ned it out. and il has been III hcr
Bible ever since.
His mother WAS WIDOW AN"
he an only child. and she got my
maternal grand father to =" T."
Richmond 10 nurse HIM.
He had been shot through the
knee. the old doctor attending nm
said he was getting on alrlgh''
and could soon come home. IN
his leg would always be crooked
a. younm doctor wanted to
strai~htcn if, hut the old doctor
n "i ~ i wonId kin him. And
, >i,r" t ',J, NV grandfathcr he could
come. which he did, but the next
J,v inc vouur doctor straiphIcn-
cd if and killed him.
. =. l.. ,,. Ni,"N A.. ~
tlhc lin'S I" Wl'' S, w. ~ .,,no
hoIn' r''''' ~ 'i'''
follow. } ~o,,s,r n nu
LINED YIN }" >'''''
The fret Of tho.o to meet the
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FOUNDER FLOPS

SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Me.
(UP).-Mrs. Carrie Joyce has
heard of flying fish,: but she was
nonetheless startled when a live
founder plummeted to earth be-
side an elm tree under which she
was sitting. 1t had been dropped
by a fish-hawk.
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ZIRCONIA

ZrRCONIA, Sept. 13.---42ov W
ZONES filled his regular appoint
mont AT ZION Hill SATURDAY. and
Sunday night. Rev. ]. {. Allen
of Spartanburg. S: e., delivered
real interesting message on sun
DAY morning. Every on" enjoyed
il.
Mrs. Vernon Waters wa the
pucsl of hen. parents, Mr.. and Mr..
!. G. Pace. on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jcthr" Morgan
and little daughter, FranclS. vI2lt-
ed her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. X. l..
Hcathriiy. Sunday.
Ernest and VIII and Wade Nc
Bee were in HondorsonrlIl" Mon
day.
\ son, born to Mr. and Mrs
Robert Miller has been named
Robert Marion.
Friends here are "orry TO hear
Mis- Martha Jones is III. \ speedy
recovery is hoped for. Several
from thi, section visited her sun
day and had prayer. which Miss
Jones enjoyed.
All were glad 10 sec Evans
KuvkcndaIl and children IN tins
community Sunday.
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MOTOR COP % YEARS

FL PASO. Tex. (CPD.- Willard
+. Schcrcr, county highway pa
trolman. claims the worlds record
for years worked steadily as mo
torcyClc officer. Forty eight
years old, he has spent 2% years
on motorcycle, patroling FL
Paso county and city.
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Fy NOAH HOL.OWELL

SAINTS OF OLD: The more !
see and hear some people the
more ! am reminded of IN" cN-
preston, the persecution of TN"
saints" Lots of people hear
mournful, doIcfu tales n their
supreme Joy.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-13

The other day . block from my
home. a woman driving an out-ot-
town car ran into mans car and
crumpled up one Of his Tenders.
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BIBLE THOUGHT


traveller in Switzerland, uncertain of his way
asked A small lad by the wayside where kander'
steg was. and received, he remarks. the most
significant answer ever given him. Il do not know
sir SAID the hoy, where Ksnder,tss ", but there
+, the road to it. There are great many things
J cannot tell about the life to come bu, know
where lie. tho roaa-From Herald and PreSbyter
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-13

A layer Of ozone, about 40
miles above the earth, absorb nj
ira violet sunlight which would
blind and burn humanity, were it
allowed to pass.
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

NOTE--No unsigned commu-
nications arc published by The
Times-News. AL letters must be
signed with the real name oil
the author. No communications
signed with a fictitious nsmo
will be published.--EDITOR.
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The green phalauTrr Of Aus
traIia is the only animal known T."
have green fur.
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DEPRESSING THOUGHT: The

DEPRESSING THOUGHT: The
more see the increasing mum.
bcrs hanging around the county
welfare office the deeper my con
viction that the "dcar people "
have this country by the tail on 4
down hill drag.
become NOR" sold every day
on Tom Shepherds idea that they
need closer supervision than can
be given them in present scatter
ed form and that colonization and
characterization is the only cure.
Enough has been spent in Hen
dcrSou county to buy the choicest
Of farms, build homes, farm
equipment and put them to work
improving the property and feed
iuc the dehilitatcd a. we'll as thoS"
able 10 work. And where are We y
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-13
ANOTHER PROBLEM. Jua

ANOTHER PROBLEM: just
what would YOU do # y"u had t"
face the fellows every Monday
morning that Mayor Edwards and
Judge Station have to contend
with? Some think u hard-hoilcd
policy might solve the situation,
but that usually leaves neglected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-18
Mayflower Help
Spurns ALL Aid

Service employees of the Hotel
Mayflower yesterday voted 125 to
LOT against representation in ne
gotiations by Local No. 80 of the
Restaurant and Hotel Employees
International Alliance, an ALL az
filiate. OF the 234 workers, all but
two voted, in an all-day ballot
conducted by the National Labor
Relations Board.
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Paul MRllOn Tuu any pup
Ular illusions by telling what
actually was said and done.
In the second, each of the
participants may have walked
down the gangplank a little in
doubt as to exactly what the
other fellow had in mind.
The explanation which Mr..
Roosevelt is understood to have
offered personally to young Bob
La Toilette for the invitation
was that he was interested in
finding out how brother Pills
third movement is going.
AS the President is a close
reader of newspapers, it is logi-
cal to assume he knows it is not
going at all. AS has been fully
reported, the La Toilette broth
erS have been disturbed because
the folks upon whom they
counted to rally around the new
emblem have failed to appear
the Farmer-Laborites, the Amer.
lean Labor party, the Go, etc.
y X X
Sen. Green "Scenery Prop"
A FURTHER tip to the wise
"A on the solution Of the mys-
terry lies in the selection Of
Green as third oar on the presi-
Dental yacht for this trip.
Green is described by his col
leagues as being "the only Dem
ocrat who might go along with
Roosevelt in forming a third
party" Whether or not he is
the "onIy" one, he is certainly
one. ..1H -,-, --
He is not just a Roosevelt
coattail-clinger, butsa dyed-in-the'
wooler who would change to
whatever color Mr.. Roosevelt
decides to be. He was taken
along not for the ride, but as a
scenery prop.
If anyone was taken for ride
It was Senator La Toilette.
La Toilette was of great bene-
fit to Mr.. Roosevelt as a guest
down the Potomac once before,
lust after the President lost the
Supreme Court fight. Then an
official rumor was spread in
Congress that La Toilette might
become Mr.. RS unofficial leader
in the Senate, but nothing hap
pened. This time the rumor is
coming to the Congressional
Democrats that unless they be-
have and do what is expected OF
them Mr.. R. will join the third
movement, and make it a party.
Indeed, there is some official
sanction for the Interpretation
that Mr.. R. knew what Brother
Phil was going to do all the
time or, at any rate, that he
is not displeased with anyone
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Newell Blair
at her house
in &c or g E.
t o W n . she
wore a good.
looking dress
that she had
knitted her
self, "just to
prov that
I'm an hon
est working
woman" The
dress was OF
two shades Of
b l u e j.. TIL e
blouse W q s
AnAnhinA IN
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parties for American tourists.
The legation butler plans for
guests for luncheon every day.
How many? he can't be told
until the last minute.
Every American who calls at
the legation is entertained in
some way. Mrs. Hartman asks
the people she doesn't know to
tea. She sort of reSentS the tea
hour, however, because every
warm afternoon at half past
four she hurries down to the
ford near the legation and goes
swimming. Norwegian luncheons
begin at 1880 and generally last
until tea time. So Mrs. Hartman
has to do her work in the early
morning and dictates her cor
respondence over her breakfast
tray in her office.
Roosevelt Admired
THIS summer Mrs. Hartman
l. expects to take a trip to
the North Cape and will visit
some charming Nor wegian
homes on the way.
asked Mrs. Hartman what
it was about the United States
that most interested foreigners.
She replied promptly:
Roosevelt"
She said that the President
had the admiration and atten-
ton of all of Europe.
The guests at Mrs. Blair's
luncheon included old Washing
ton friends Of Mrs. Hartman
who had worked with her in
the organization Of the Won.
ems National Democratic Club,
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, Direc-
tor Of the Mint; Mrs. Blair Ban
lister, Assistant Treasurer of the
United States: Miss Mary
Dewson, Mrs. John w. Herrick
and Mrs. Walter F. Chappell.
Mrs. Hartman called on her old
friend, General Pershing, ct
Walter Reed Hospital.
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do eS n o I
seem to be
much Of q
mystery at
all to those
who k n o W
the ways OF
the Potomac.
In the first
place, all the
p a r Elephants
have b e e n
90 W e IL
pleased by
the obvious
differences Of
the trip to
min a.nY nnn-
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match the eyes of Madame Min
iStsr. xThe skirt navy blue, slick
AM well tailored. On Mrs. Har-
riman'S head was a foolish
white straw hat (bought in
PariS) with a bunch of blue
flowers perched over one eye.
The general effect of hat, dress
and Madame Minister had none
Of that look of hard labor that
Mrs. Hartman is so proud Of.
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PRESIDENT FLIRTS
|WITHTHIRD PARTY
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
By PAUL MALLoN

Syndicate InO All Rights Reserved
Strictly Prohibted)
MOT much has been said about Mr. Roosevelt taking the
IN brother of the third party movement Senator La Fol
lete for cruise down the Potomac The parties OF the
first and second part have been emuatng Old Man River
So has Senator Green of Rhode Island party Of obvious
part who has been publicly assuming he just was invited
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Drinks to Health

CTORTES Of Norway, its people
~ and her diplomatic job rolled
loft the record" during the
luncheon from Mrs. Harriman'S
agile tongue. I liked the tale
for proper publication about how
she drank "skaol" the first time
with King Haakon of Norway
on a state occasion when 80
heads of missions were seated
at Q long glittering table.
Drinking "skaol" In Scandi.
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who wants to say he knew it all
the time.
A logical conclusion to be
drawn from these gestures, in
ferences and interpretations is
that they will probably work
out into exactly nothing again.
They seem to be serving merely
a temporary purpose.
Note "A Congressman who
called Senator La Follette's
office for Brother Phil's speech
found no copies available and
no printed material concerning
the third movement on hand.
The application had to be sent
out to Madison.
y \ 4
Whole Picture Changes
THE insiders in Congress are
l. currently fearing Mr.. Roose-
welt will use his revived force
to revive just about everything
he has lost in Congress, except
the Supreme Court reform bill.
The signs they have seen and
the things they have heard
have changed the whole inside
picture here lately.
Revival of the reorganization
bill (about which you were fore
warned) is being connected up
in the congressional mind with
the amendment which was PEN
ciled into the Spend-lend bill in
the House at the last moment
giving the President an appar-
emily minor right to veto spend
lend expenditures.
If he succeeds in reviving the
reorganization bill to supple
ment that amendment, he will
have more complete control over
expenditure Of the money than
ever before.
Outcome of the wage-hour re-
vival is still doubtful. The OPP
position will try in the House
next Monday to substitute the
Senate bill with Southern differ
entails, and the vote is apt to be
close.
But the most sensational re-
vival of all is the Florida ship
canal bill, which miraculously
has emerged from the House
committee with a 12.to-5 ap-
proval. The unannounced
truth is 3 Of the IL approving
members reserved the right to
oppose the bill later on the
floor if it seems to have a chance
of passing. Also two leading OPP
ponents of the bill did not par
ticipate in the committee vote.
One was transferred to another
committee and the other died
recently.
For these reasons they say the
bill has no chance, but you can
never be sure until the last
Congressman is out of town, and
the revival Is over.
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Dear Washington By Helen Es'1y

VXTHEN Mrs j. Borden Hartman United States Minister
w to Norway appeared in newspaper picture with knit
ting needles her hand Miss Mary W. Dewson said Its
fictitious pose. don't believe you did any hard work
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u. S. aide CITES
WOMEN'S RISE.
IN GOVERNMENT
Lucille F. MCMHIin
Stresses Ability

Consistent progress by women
in the Government service, plus
proven ability to hold down posi-
tons requiring outstanding ability
and educational training, are re-
vealed in a pamphlet written by
Civil Service Commissioner Lucille
Foster McMillin and released to-
day.
Tracing some of the unusual
positions now held by feminine
workers, Commissioner McMillin
writes:
1.-THE Federal service has
enough women holding unusual
positions to keep Sunday fea-
ture writer supplied with ma
terial indefinitely"
MANY ODD JOBS
Among the odd jobs quoted are
irrigation engineer, blacksmith's
helper, airplane mechanic, subma-
rine inspector nd lighthouse
keeper.
The pamphlet reveals there
are over $50 feminine rural mail
carriers, but library work, usually
believed q Woman'S field, includes
so men of professional grade in
the service against about ESQ
women.
LEGAL PROFESSION
More than a score Of women
are employed by the Government
as illustrators and photographers,
Mrs. McNGillin declared, and scien-
tific work, law and medicine have
drawn them increasingly. She
says the reason for so many
women engaging in legal work in
Washington is the large number
who, like many men, attend the
Capitals numerous law schools
after Government hours.
Steady raises in salary levels
were traced. Slowly but surely"
Mrs. McMillin writes, women
have raised the level of the posi-
ton that could be called the
highest salaried position held
by any woman in the Federal
Government
CLARA BARTON
I'm 1855, Clara Barton'S posi-
ton as confidential clerk in the
Patent Office at $1,40O a year
was the highest salary. By 1911,
there was one woman receiving
as much as $4,000 a year.
In 1925, when the Woman's
Bureau made its second survey
of women in Federal employ, the
highest paid woman was the
Civil Service Commissioner, who
received $500. There were 10
women with salaries Of $1,000 or
more, eight of them in admins
trative work, with only IS women
in the entire service who received
more than $500.
MADAME SECRETARY
"Less than a decade later, the
highest salary paid a woman
had increased to SIS, 900, the sal
airy of the first woman Cabinet
officer"
Touching on training opportuni-
ties for women wishing to enter
the service, Mrs. McMillin declared
that of 1900 examinations during
1896, only 200 required college
graduation, but that Government
standards are high when measured
by the standards Of private bust
ness.
Aspirants must prepare for the
jobs they wish to obtain, she
writes, adding:
"They must perfect them
selves in their speciality and
watch for the announcement Of
] suitable examinations"
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So when Mrs. Hartman went
to a most agrer able luncheon
arranged for her by Mrs. Emily