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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-11-17
VISITING IN TULSA

Mrs. Cora kennedy left Tuesday
for Tulsa, Okla, where she will
make an extended visit with her sis
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
THE MOUNTING rAx.LoAD

Americas tax bill is greater than its food bill
this year! That ought to drive home to the Amer
lean people an understanding of the burden the
Roosevelt administration has imposed This tax
load is increasing. 1t has gone up 80 per cent in
the last two years. and is still on the rise.
According to Washington Review, published by
the Chamber of Commerce of the United States,
"the figures are disturbing. In the current fiscal
year, it is estimated the eountrys tax collectors,
federal state and local. will dip into the national
purse to the extent of $l3,500, 600 900. Two years
ago the total TAX take was $1O,400,00O,O00.
at represents one-ffth of the national income
"a dangerously high percentage. In other words,
more than twenty cents out of every earned dollar
goes to defray the cost of government. Ten years
ago the ratio was twelve cents out of every dollar
The spending politicians care nothing for the
plight of business and industry, for the plight OF
the ordinary wage Garner They would be doing
something to ease the burden if they were think
ing as they should think of the struggle Of the
masses to keep ahead of the sheriff
This mounting tax-load nterferes with private
initiative: 1t consumes funds which would be pro-
viding employment income has not kept pace with
governments spendings. The Roosevelt admlnlstra-
ton, pledged to reducing the federal expenditures
is well aware of all these conditions. 1t is aware
of them, but it is maintaining its fences. .-
Who pays the mounting tax bill? The rich? No,
it paid by the consumer 1t is paid by the poorest
in the land. The lower the income the greater the
proportion swallowed by hidden taxes.-Charleston
News and Courier ..'
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO TESTIFY
(By BRUCE CATION

During questioning of an elaerly-look-
ing witness in a Cleveland court it turned
out that the man on the stand was 103
years old, and never had been in court
room before.
What pity that the newspaper account
Of the trial didn't go as deeply into the case
of the witness as it did into the case on
trial! He was not even asked what he be-
lieved to be responsible for his remarkable
longevity.
The answer probably would have been
that he had kept away from witness stands
for 1O3 years. That probably would have
accounted also for the fact that he still re-
tanned most of his hair.
More than one man has had his life span
materially shorteed by courtroom expert
ence thrust upon him as an innocent by
stander, and more than one man has grown
bald faster after permitting an overzeal-
Gus attorney to grab him by whatever hair
he had at the time.
The badgering of witnesses for the sole
purpose of attempting to make them ap-
pear incompetent is fortunately a practice
which capable judges are vigorous in fight
ing, but despite the cooperation of reput-
able attorneys such tactics continue to COM
pose the bulk of the courtroom repertoire
of the not-so-reputable
1t should be emphasized that serving as
a witness is one of the duties which the
privileges of citizenship carry along with
them, and exposure to the possibility of
courtroom embarrassment does not quite
constitute sufficient moral ground for
evading that duty But the bench and the
bar cannot expect anything like STAN
pede of the citizenry to the witness stand
while such conditions obtain Voluntary
submission to public indignities is not
among citizenship's obligations
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
SEEKING OH. IN GEORGIA

Georgians are interested in efforts to discover
petroleum in the lower part of the state. No oil
has been found in the state and the department OF
mines and mining holds out little encouragement
for the sinking Of successful well. Nevertheless
it is learned that one of the large petroleum COM
panies has leased about two million acres IN South
Georgia and that deep wells will be drilled IN the
leased area 1t is said that if oil should be discov
cred, it will be at depth greater than 5000 feet
A number of years ago prospectors for oil turn
ed their attention to Alabama because OF the large
coal deposits in that state The state geologst at
that time was DIR. Eugene Smith, a graduate of
Heidelberg and several American institutions.
When approached by oil men from Pennsylvania
aud other states, he advised them to go farther
west and not waste money drilling wells in his
state Not long afterward oil was struck on the
Texas Gulf coast and later the sands were found
in Louisiana and Mississippi.
No oil has been found in Alabama. If the Geor-
gia venture should result in finding oil, Alabama
no doubt would be in for great drilling activity.
Drilling for petroleum, like prospecting for gold is
a gamblers game, thrilling to all who take part
in it but ren1unerative to comparatively few
Spartanburg Herald.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05

Observation-Disclosures some
" one manages to diSSuade him,
President Roosevelt in the very
1ear future will pop long
awaited message to Congress on
monopoly which again will cause
him to be accused of disturbing
business"
The administrations victory
over the big public utility hold
ing companies in the Supreme
Court is just the sort of thing
most likely to encourage Roose.
welt in his desire to move against
other holding companies.
Although there is as Yet no GER
tainty about it, the presidential
message is likely to call for elin1i-
nation of bank holding companies.
an increased intelcorporate divi-
dend tax which would tend to
eliminate other holding companies,
tax exemptions for holding COM
pany systems undertaking simpli-
fed reorganizations, investigation
Of the concentration of economic
power, measures to assure COM
petitive bids for corporate financ-
ings, federal regulation of invest
ment companies and revision OF
ANTITRUST laws.
Some of those proposals may
not be in the message, but II Is
to be expected that the document
will be strong enough to estanlish
concentration of wealth and eco,
nomic power as major pollticai
issue of 1888 and 1910.
Chances are rather good that
Congress will be fighting over
the intercorporate dividend TAX
proposal before it adjournS. Inns ani
tax is a levy on dividends COL
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
ON THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY

In all humilty-for grievous have been our foi'
lies and our faiures-et us give thanks that we
live under democratic form of government
We are told by some of our own eitizehS '""'
Fascism would be good thing for America
Fascism, they say, is swift in action democracy
slow and halting. Fascism is "efficient,' demoe-
racy inefficient.
! Purblind men.
| The American democratic system is lndeed $40"
in its normal workings; it was intended to be. II
bogs down at times into seeming futillty. 1t mas
been betrayed and exploited-as what system OF
government has not een?--by men seeking pow
err and seeking gain. 1t is weakened by cor
rupt political machines-little Fascist areas OF
power-and it is plagued today as never before
by locust swarm of problems
Yet as we look at today's Europe, we should
thank whatever gods may be- for our democracy.
The homes and shops of people in America are
not being pillaged because they belong to pro-
seribed race.
Men are not fleeing from America, they are
not killing themselves or being killed. because OF
their race.
Men are not in concentration camps because
of their race religion.
Men can print and read free newspapers.
Men can assemble and petition the government
for redress of grievances
Men can criticize the policies of the government
they WILL in their homes and in public places
without the fear that they will be informed upon
and ruined
Men can pray as they please, or refuse to pray
Men can cast a secret ballot to remove their
elected leaders from power and substitute new
leaders.
Men run for office, are defeated, 60 unmolested
about their business
Men are secure in their persons and their houses
against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Men accused of crime have the right of trial
by jury.
Men are protected against excessive fines and
'cruel and unusual punishments."
Men have the right to strike against an employ
er, and they are specifically secured in that right
by acts Of Congress and decisions Of the highest
court -.
Men can appeal to the courts against acts of
aggression either by executive or by legislative
power.
Such are the blessings guaranteed to Ameri-
cans by the Constitution.
ave, the people," spoke through the Constitu-
ton. The people set up government to serve the
individual, not government to exalt the State
at the expense of the individual.
We accept as commonplace the civil rights which
the supremacy of the peoples Constitution through
$50 years has handed on to US. The fact that we
so accept them is measure of our good fortune.
Our democracy may be slow; it may be, by the
standards of the dictators inefficient But it makes
for common deeeney in human relationships, for
tolerance for free expression in the arts, for in
dividual self-respect-in short, for dignity in hu-
man iife
Let us then, while admitting the shortcomings
of our democracy and dedicating ourselves to its
Improvement, give humble thanks for bless
ings.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05

In reality there is no such thing
as international law since there is
no international legislature to
make international laws; no inter-
national tribunal to pass on viola
tions of international laws; and no
international agency to enforce
the DEGREES of an international tri-
bunal. To be sure, there are inter-
national customs; but no interna-
tional laws.
The nations of the world are
very much as your community and
mine would be if every person did
as he dared to do or thought best
to do and had to maintain his own
defenses and conduct his own Of
lenses. Each family would be an
armed camp. That was the way
things used to be before coopera-
ton for mutual protection was
found to be the only way even to
approximate promotion and pres
ervation of peace, security and
justice. Every now and then right
here in the United States we have
a war between law enforcement
agencies and lawless elements.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
SALUDA

SALUDA, April 5. Especially
Miss Carolyn King Upton was
married yesterday morning at 3
o'clock at the courthouse in Hen
Jacksonville to Drayton Gilreath Of
Saluda. Mrs. Gilreath's father has
been a resident of Tryon for
about fifteen years; he is original
ly from Massachusetts. The mar
rage is quite a surprise to the
friends of both parties.
Miss Clifford Wilcox, who has
been i'll for some time at the Pa1-
ton Memorial hospital, has improv-
ed so much that her sister, Mrs.
Arthur Tufts, of Atlanta, has ia
Ken her to her home to recuper-
ate.
Miss Mary Pagan Stems of
Jacksonville, Fla, has accepted a
position in Saluda's telephone OF
flee.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05

Editor, The Times-News:
am thinking of the summer
season of 1898, which is right
now upon US, and in thinking OF
this summer season, | am thinking
of all the summer seasons to fol-
low this years activities.
We have done well in the past,
but not nearly as well as we
should have. We can fill every
vacant house and spare room IN
the county this summer that IS IN
decent condition. Every tourist
who stops in the town and county
leaves some money, and every
dollar Of it helps someone here,
hence it is to every citizens IN
terest to aid in doing these things
which will help bring people here.
have been very much inter
ested in the cleaning up Of Hen
Jacksonville, and still have the
movement very much at heart. |
feel that there is no one who has
it more at heart than |, and !
would like to respectfully submit
the following suggestions:
FIRST: Property that is TO be
offered for rent or sale should be
put in good condition. The house
should be in repair, and the
grounds about the house should
be put in condition. Lawns should
be green, drives should be clean
ed, and Backwards should be spick
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
by RODNEY BUTCHER

lected by one corporation from an
other corporation.
The Department Of Justice for
some time now has had a definite
program for revision of the mo-
nopoly laws to make them work
better and to fit in with Supreme
Court decisions which have come
close to multiplying them. And the
SEC IS about to recommend regu-
lation of investment trusts.
=
THE Supreme Court eventually
L IS expected to pass on validity
of an act of Congress which for
bids demonstrations before foreign
embassies and legations in Wash
ington. The American Civil Lib
critics Union is bringing test case
following arrest of pickets who
paraded in front Of the German
embassy in protest against the
absorption Of Austria.
lust the same, Secretary Harold
y Ickes is able to conduct a one
man demonstration against Hitler
by refusing to permit export of
the helium Germany wants for
dirigibles, even in the face of tart
comment on his tactics from Sec
rotary of State Hull.
It's true, as Hull says, that the
interdepartmental board control
ling American helium supplies
voted to let Germany have helium
for peaceful purposes. But Ickes
is the official who must make the
contract and each day the contract
becomes longer. trickier and moro
unacceptable to the Germans
lckes will leave final decision in
IN helium matter to Roosevelt
4 oprriFht. 1923. NEA Service. Incl
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
1T is MR.. RoosEvELr's REcoRD

So newspapers are accused of distorting what
the Roosevelt administration says. As matter of
fact newspapers opposed to the Roosevelt adven-
lures quote. in the main. from Mr. Rooseyelts own
record. Mr.. Roosevelt went about the land in 1882
scattering promises and pledges He persuaded the
American people that the Hoover spendings and
bureaus were vitiating American wealth. He assur-
ed that, IN office, he would move to lop off the
spendings and abolish the bureaus He assured
tnat ne would preserve sound currency at all
hazards The American press in the main supports
Mr.. Roosevelt as he said he was when he campaign
ed IN lsS2.-eharleston News and Courier.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
Hendersonuille, Route 3
HENDERSoNVILLE (Rt. 81,

HENDERSoNVILLE (Rt. 81,
April 5.-Mrs. Volney Pace is on
the sick list.
Miss Dixie Gibbs is just recov-
ering from measles and whooping
cough. .
P. C. McDuffie visited at his
summer home, Butts Hill, here
recently. The barn at his place
having burned, he was here to see
about rebuilding.
R. L. Thompson mctored to
Greenville Saturday as the guest
of Miss Lavada Blackwell.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. V. Sentell Wis
tied Mrs. Volney Pace Sunday.
The new house which Robert
Capps is building blew down dur
ing q recent wind-storm.
Claude Pace made a flying trip
to Greenville Sunday, calling ON
Miss Lavada Blackwell.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
AUTHOR, EDUCATOR
FINISH UP TASK"
TOM SAWYER BEGAN

HANNIBAL, Mo-, April CUP.
Christopher Morley, noted au-
thor, and Carter Davidson, presi-
dent of Knox college, emulated
Tom Sawyer Sunday during a pill
grimage to the home of Mark
Twain.
They noticed an implanted Sec
ton of fence separating the
home from Mark Twain museum
and decided it was the spot where
Twain'S prototype, Tom Sawyer,
tricked playmates into whitewash-
ing Aunt Polly's fence.
Whereupon the two obtained
brushes, lime and water from Mrs
Markaret Lakin, curator, an d
whitewashed the pickets.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
By NOAH HOLLOWELL
DAMAGE APPEARS SLIGHT:

Assistant County Agent D. ".
Bennett, after an inspection Of or
chards in the Edneyville apple
district, says signs of damage
from the freeze and frost are not
apparent in a large degree, but
that injury may be worse than
appears at this time. The apple
growers occupy uneasy seats
throughout the month Of April.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05

ter not count on
our patience be-
ing unlim j t e d.
They had better
60 slow a b O u t
kicking England
a n d F "a n C e
a r gu n d or we
might become ir-
ritated and do
something about
it. In spite of all
our professions
of isolation it is
doubtful that we
would stand idly
on the side lines
and watch Enp-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
birds OF A FEATHER

Mussolini says he guesseS It was
all right for Hitler to grab Austria
since all countries in which the
same nationality predominates
ought to be under one govern
ment.
Well! Well! And was that why
Mussolini seized Ethiopia!!!
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
ALL BY OURSELVES

At one time our government had
the distinction of being the only
one of its kind in the world. 1t
may again have that distinction if
the rest of the world goes the way
it seems to be heading.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
ROLL EN- OUT: Three-quar-

ter year auto licenses are now
available and Roy Higgins is au-
thority for the fact that a car de-
teriorates more rapidly standing
idle over a period of months than
when in light use. He says a
freezing-up, rusting-out, gum
ming-up, corroding process sets in
on an idle car that often causes
great damage, so roll it out and
keep up maintenance by use.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05

Congressmen have been enjoying SAM
Piles OF the products Of other congressmen's
states, including grapefruit, apples, oys-
tiers, cheese and champagne But most of
them admit they still like political plums
best.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
INTERESTING IN N. Y: Carl

Shipman, down on his old stamp
ing grounds from the big Metro
polls where the tall columnists
flourish, says the "Wait-A-Min-
ute" comes in for its daily "wait"
much to his entertainment, so
here's to his daily moments
pause.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
FOREIGN POLICY

France excitedly - TO England
"Say, John, can Hitler have Aus
tria?"
England: HAS he got it?"
France: "He has"
England: "He can"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05

The candidate for the California COVER
norship who spent a fve-day Jail term
making speeches to fellow prisoners no
doubt regrets he can't always have an au-
dienee who will be sure to say with him.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
LIFE DAY BY DAY
By WICKES WAMBOLDT :

The way old human nature is
there must always be an overpoW-
ering force ready to deal with it
if it is to be kept under.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05

Of course we Americans do not
believe in entangling alliances;
and we are determined to stay out
of that European mess. But the
i i L L,i
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05

Germany provides marriage loans" so
that young couples may wed early. Prob
ably, in its economic stress, hoping that
two can hive as cheaply as ONE.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
LANDED GENTRY. DR.. Loui.

LfNDE.D NLIN N DTs LOUIS
+. Hesterly, between clocks, rests
in Brunson sidewalk rocker to
philosopher on the security Of
the business man who deposits his
savings in farm land. If it weren't
for day-dreams we coopedup chic
kens would spend long, dreary
hours.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05

Dad used to get credit for being gener-
Gus. Now he is merely the vague source of
the money that enables mother to be a
good fellow.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05

The strength of the church Of tomorrow VIII
come out of homes where fathers lead their lam
lilies in prayer, where mothers take time to teach
their children the truth of Gods Word, where the
BIBLE and the SABBATH and the CHURCH are
revered, where Christian faith is cherished ana
Christian virtues cultivated and where by preeePs
and example Christian parents lead their children
in the way of the Lord.-Henry Wade Du Bose'
DID, in Christian Observer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05

No course is wholly safe, but China
weakness invited pillage and America is a
much richer piece of loot.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
NO INTERNATIONAL LAW

land and france De OVeTTUH UY
ternational gangsters.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1888
BIBLE THOUGHT
A CHRISTIAN HOME

As for me and my house, We will serve the
Lord Josh. "a: 49,.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-05
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 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
La gaceta., 1938-02-26
STRIPP RECHAZO UNA
OFERTA DE RICKEY

Jose Medwick sera entrevistadO
Ell vicepresidente de los Car
denales de San Luis, club que
practica en- la vecina ciudad de
Winter Haven, hizo aver una O.
ferta de $500 a la tercera ba-
Sc Jose Strip, pero lie fue re-
chazada.
Strip demanda un sueldo de
$4,000 y estima que su actua :
.ci6n justifica ell aumento pedi-
do. "No jugare por un centavo
menos."
En- espera de que Ricney lie ha
ga otra oferta, Strip retorn6
a Orlando, donde reside.
Hickey tiene hecha va una CT
ia con Jose Medwick, ell notable
bateador.
Ell vicepresidente y ell batea-
dor son vecinos, pero Ell profile
ma del sueldo parece mantener-
los en- desacuerdo.
Medwick, que obtuvo ell titulo
de pelotero mas valioso de la Lii
ga Nacional, demanda $25,000
por la campana de 1888.
La direction de los Cardena-
les lie ofreci6 un aumento, pero
muy por debajo de la suma que
ell pide.
Una nueva conferencia entire
Ell bateador y Hickey sc verifica-
ra ell domingo por la manana, en-
Madeira Beach, donde los dos
! pasan ell invierno.
La gaceta., 1938-02-26
Los Ro;os comenzaron hoy sus /;
practicas en- Plant Field

Al mediodfa de hoy iniciaron
sus practicas en- ell terreno de
Plant, dorde para ellos Sc han
p.aDarado dos "diamantes," los
F.oios 3e Cincinnati
Anoche arrib6 Ell director Nc
Kechnie e Embellishments sc pu
so en- relaci6n con Warren Giles
quedando aprobado Ell plan de
|campaGa en- la Liga de Ia To-
roma.
Hank Gowdy, habil asistente
de McKechnie, lego pocas horas
antes que ell director.
Sc iniciaron los ejercicios de
preparation don los pitchers
Grisson, dos %hermanos; Jose
Cascarella, Joe Vitelli, AL Hol-
lingsworth, Clint Raper, hurry
|O'Flint, Johnny Wander Nicer,
Lakey Harkrader y Paul Gehr-
mann; jugadores de cuadro, A :
lex Kampouris y Arnold Gree
ne; catchers, Roy Easterwood y
Willard Hersberger.
Interrogado por los Periods
tas sobre la perspective para
1888, ell nuevo director de los
Rojos contest6: Puedo garanti :
Ear que los Rojos no terminaran
en- ell s6tano. Por 10 demas, POGO
puedo decir.
Sc que ell Cincinnati cuenta
con jugadores muy capaces, mu
chos de los cuales conozco bien.
Los novatos me son desconoci-
dos, pero deben esperarse bue :
mas cosas de ellos, conocida la
inteligencia de los "explorado :
res"
Del cuerpo de pitchers tengo
una magnffica impression v 10
mismo puedo decir del catch
ing Estamos obligados a 10 :
grar mayor e~ficiencia en- ell ma
nejo del bate. Necesitamos por
10 menos dos bateadores de 300