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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-14
CHESTNUT GROVE
CHESTNUT GROVE. April II

CHESTNUT GROVE. April II.
Rev. Ma. Sawyer of Inman,
S. c., filled his regular appoint
mcnt here Sunday morning at ii
o'clock. The message was greatly
enjoyed by all present.
Mrs. Vernon LYDIA Of Hcndcr-
sonville spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. jim Justus.
Mr.. K. K. Cox Of Inman, s. C.,
attended services at Mount Zion.
He also was the dinner guest Of
Mr.. J. K. Gilbert.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Conner call
ed on Mr.. and Mrs. Dad Wilkie on
Sunday.
Miss Pauline Common has re-
turn to school after being conlin-
ed at home with the measles. This
community and others have a
number Of cases Of measles. All
are progressing nicely.
Miss Edna Gilbert spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G.. NJ. Gilbert.
Mr.. J. NJ. Justus has purchased
a truck.
Mr.. Paul Freeman called in this
part Sunday.
Nelson Pedman of near Hen
Jacksonville spent the weekend
with Herman and Portor Common.
The Mount Zion Sunday school
choir attended the singing at
Hoopers Creek Sunday afternoon.
Good singing was reported.
Mr.. P. Justus Called Monday at
Mr.. J. M. Justus'.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carol Gilbert and
children spen the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. Dock Mckinna.
All fruits are reported destroy
ed.
The people Of this section are
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NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
THE PEOPLE NEED A FREE PRESS

Under the Roosevelt administration suppression
il practiced It is well known that the records of
the Works Progress Administration are inviolate
secrets, Senator's who have bean seeking informa.
tiOn, have discovered that Mr.. Harry Hopkins well
knows that itwould never do to let thepeopls know
how all the WPA funds have been spent WIN nre
the persons who have shared generously Newspa-
pers have been denied information at the source.
j. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau
al Investigation, has been stripped of his voice in
giving out news of what his G.nen are doing. All
such Information Is to come from Gordon Dean,
Gunmings. DIR. Hoover IS thus punished for hav.
ing made public the arrest of three persons accused
of espionage before thetsate department. issued its
statement This Is suppression at the course. II is
crude censorship. -~>~~r' .--..@
There exists why in which a free people. can
check the daily activities of government except
through the medium of newspapers unhindered in
their preservation of information. The founders
Of this country realized this essential function of
thr press and wrote its freedom into the constitu-
tion," says the New York Sum- " 80
Il" This public record Is mot the carefully edited
arranged and approved handout which highly paid
publicity agents OF. self-perpetuatins system in
Washington give 10 tina public its accounting
Che public record includes the whole truth, the
official blunders the Mistakes as well as the &C.
complishments. And all this is irrespective of the
treatment which different newspapers may give the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-14
ASKING CANDIDATES QUESTIONS

In 1896 The Herald asked candidates for IegsIa-
tive offices some pertinent questions relative 10
public matters. We thought we had normal rlght
as voters TO ask such questions for our own benehI
and for the benefit of our readers. county news
paper wrote an editorial in which the thought was
suggested that we were very presumptuouS IN ask
ing candidates any questions.
For the benefit of that paper and readers gen
orally we publish the following editorial from the
Spartanburg Herald in which it comments on this
issue az referring to comment by the Christian
Science Monitor.
The editorial follows:
An encouraging sign of the times as noted by
a Christian Science Monitor columnist is that
customary habit of politicians, either holding Of
fee seeking same, is being discouraged in GER
tain sections of the country. Organized groups
display determination to "srnoke candidates out"
An instance cited is the Ann Arbor (Mich)
Citizens Council which was formed for the pur'
pose of encouraging citizen participation IN
public affairs" Here is how it works: Candi-
dates in local election recently held were sent
QUESTIONABLE to elicit views on special issues.
The results amazingly efficient sin reveal
ing motives and aims and de-personalizng the
issue" --.- 49,. ..a.. 80. ..-.'
Some such system should be applied to the
approaching campaign this summer, prior to the
Democratic primaries In South Carolina the
voters will elect a governor, a United States
senator and new legislature, along with divers
county officers viii there be any effort or ac-
tion concerted or otherwise, to lay before the
states electorate issues or problems Of concern
to the citizenship? Will voters remain just as
much the addicts Of "fence straddng" when 1t
comes to drawing q candidate out, as the can
didate is himself? Getting time for the aspirants
for high office TO let the people know what prin-
ciples and issues they espouse.-Roek Hill Is g.
Herald. .E. A, ...'-i
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large scale housing program, un-
der government direction and
financed by government funds.
Hopkins always has wanted to
build houses with WPA labor.
Various ideas as to housing
as a part of the new spend
ing program are as far up in the
air as anything else, but signifi-
cant amount Of attention is being
devoted to possibilities Of large
scale erection Of pre-fabricated
homes.
Some government experts insist
that mass production of cheap
pre-fabricated homes represents
the only way to build cheap In
dividual houses. They say sew
eral production units are ready to
start off in a big way and that
WPA labor could be used to lay
out sites, streets, cellars and water
mains as well as to put the houses
together.
According to the pre-fabrication
experts, it's largely question OF
getting the public used to this
type Of house and il someone will
Just get a lot OF them up there
will be stimulus for a huge new
industry. ....
But this is only one idea among
many and opposition from build
ing trades unions, building mate
rails interests and other groups
is likely to kill 1t. Early indica-
tons are that pump-priming pro-
posals of whatever type will be
closely scrutinized in Congress
and perhaps subjected to consid-
cradle alteration.
The proposal to turn the public
works program over to Hopkins,
assuming that Roosevelt decides
he wants to do that, is one which
conceivably may cause an uproar
on Capitol Hill. g..
] Copyright. 1898. SEA Service, Inc
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district solicitor and tried by a
petit jury belonging to the same
ring.
Over and over again large ma
jorities Of voters are literally dis
franchised by an entrenched min
ority which steals the election
secure in the knowledge that the
things are so fixed that it cannot
be punished. Does anyone imagine
for a moment that the vote-steal-
ing henchmenn of the Infamous
Pendergast machine who recently
were convicted and sentenced in
Kansas City by federal authOri-
ties could ever have been brought
to justice in q local court?
As matters are now the feder-
al government cannot act in cleo
ton frauds unless a national cleo
ton is involved. But it should be
possible for a group Of citizens in
any locality to secure on petition
federal investigation and prosecu-
ton Of fraud in state and local
elections. q
One Of the worst threats to the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-14

Investigate and
the federal court
TO prosecute the
cases Of local
election fraud.
AS things are
now it is genert
ally impossible
TO bring election
thieves to justice
in state and local
elections s j n C g
they must first
be indicted by a
grand jury con-
trolled by the
outfit that did
the stealing, and
nrnennn,tnh hu q
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-14
LITTLE WILLOW

LITTLE WILLOW, April IA
Mrs. w. w. Orr and Mrs. Jones
Banning called on Mrs. Dewey
Orr last Friday.
Miss. Oda Orr visited relatives
in Hendersonville Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Picklesim-
err and daugher, Christene, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Columbus Orr Sun
day afternoon.
Miss Daisy Hamilton made
business trip TO Hendersonville
Friday.
Miss Carolyn Orr is spending
this week with relatives in Hen
Jacksonville.
Miss Helen Justus has returned
home from Charlotte where she
has been taking course in
beauty culture. o
Little Glenn Banning visited
little Miss Lucille Orr Sunday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. Nicholas Sentell made a
business trip TO Brevard Satur-
day.
Miss Theda Mccall was the
weekend guest of Miss Daisy
Hamilton.
People of this section are very
busy getting ready for corn
planting.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-14
SHABBY BUSINESS

A Connecticut man recently ar
rested and convicted for bathing
in a stream which provided drink
ing water for the community APP
pealcd his case to a higher court
on the grounds that he was en-
titled to battle in the stream since
it ran through his own property.
There is an instance of man
who is not yet fit for community
life; if he were, it would not be
necessary to tell him he must not
take baths in the water his fell
lows must drink-no matter
where it runs.
Liberty does not give a person
the right to disregard the rights
of others; or to make himself a
nuisance; or TO maintain a nui'
Sance.
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ISN'T 1T RIDICULOUS?

Three fellows who recently
smashed up another persons air
plane and who were arrested nm
der 4 state statute providing pun
ishment for any person unlawful
ly using another's vehicle, were
feed by a Florida judge who de-
creed that an airplane is not a
vehicle. Thus again we see the alb
surd length to which a court can
carry a legal technicality.
Brains and integrity should be
requirements for holding high
public office. Are we Americans
so deficient in those qualities that
we cannot find enough persons
possessing them to fill our public
offices?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-14

President Roosevelt's suggeS-
ton that congress require the G.
men 10 investigate lynchings rails
es the thought that it would be
fine thing for the public if con-
gress would require the Omen to
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-14
LIFE DAY BY DAY
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

success and the permanecy of our
democracy is the common prac-
tise by political machine Of steal
ing our elections.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-14

When couple becomes engag-
ed in Persia, an alimony agree
ment is drawn up Immediately. It
takes effect in event the marriage
ends in q divorce,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-14

man isn't suspicious. II ne is invited to
bridge party on short ho'ee' ne doesn't know he
= /. s,hs,itnte for somebody who couldn't como
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-14

There's always something State life insurance
would be cheaper, but thlnS OF the tax that would
he necessary to feed jobless agents.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-14
NEW APPLE MARKET

N < w A + + l. E Make
THEORY: We don't know what
Mr.. Johansen, State extension eX-
pert on marketing, will say after
his survey Of local orchardists,
but G. B. Hill, big apple grower
Of Edneyville, advances a theory
had not heard before. He says
we need more good summer ap-
pies to supplement the truck
loads of beans, cabbage, tomatoes
and other vegetables moving to
Southern points in summer. He
says a summer apple business
can be built up just as much so
as the fall apple trade; therefore
he thinks a greater future is
ahead for the Hoover, Wolf River
and Irish Bowl apples. Mr.. Hill is
not discounting the advantages OF
the fall apple, which keeps better
and doesn't have to be handled so
rapidly, but he does see a grow
ing future for summer apples in
connection with mixed loads OF
farm produce.
Mr.. Hill is hopeful about the
crop outlook this year despite the
freeze and frost Monday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-14

Grasshopper poison bait is un-
likely to kill many pheasants,
Judging by an experiment in
which Gagged birds refused poison
ed barley or ate very little.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-14
ANOTHER NAME: Hiteh.hik.

er's Paradise has been suggested
as the most appropriate name for
the new Spartanburg- Greenville
highway junction, the title being
suggested by one who daily sees
the thumbing experts lined up
near the Mud Creek bridge:
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-14
CONFIDENTIAL: (For me

CONFIDENTIAL: Cor men
only. When the women talk shop
and begin to rave about the hat
styles, there's no need Of being
dumb. Memorize this list Of styles
and you will rate 100 in up-to-the
minute conversation: Tams, Bowl
Brims, Sailors, Pillboxes, Bretons,
Bonnets, Merry Widows, Chin
Strap Charmers, Positions, Pro-
files and Mexican Rollers.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-14

EARLY TOURISTS HERE:
Henry Mitchell says the house
keeping class Of tourists is arriv-
ing, naming five families just ar
rived that he is serving with food
products.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-14
BIBLE THOUGHT
TIE LOVE OF GOD

Hereby perceive the love of Cod because
Ne laid down His life for US" Il John 3:l6)
Efr loved Judas ard sought to turn HIM from
his purpose He loved the Jewish rulers, and did
everything 10 win them He loved the soldiers ana
prayed Father, forgive them" He loved P1'ate
and sought to reveal him the truth. But we have
learned this lesson only if able to say with
Paul. the Son OF God WHO LOVED Me and gave
Himself for Me" (GaL 2:2O).-Robert c. Nc
Qukin, ID.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-14

One of the more important needs OF the State
for several years has been that-of improved sec
ondary roadS--eOmtnonly known as, farfn-to-market
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-22
Burley Tobacco
Prices Decline
Election Vote Is Blamed. Mar
ketS To Close Until Mon
day, January 2.

The prices paid for hurley to-
bacco on the neighboring mar
kets, as well as in Kentucky,
dropped during the past weeks
sales.
1.-THE majority of the grades
were lower, with Tugs and fiyings
showing the largest decrease"
the Department of Agriculture
reported.
deliveries on all markets con-
tinued heavy in volumne and the
principal offerings consisted of
fair and good quality" it stated.
One reason for the lower price,
some pointed out, was the fact
that the farmers voted against
marketing control, and thereby
losing their chance of controlling
production. Others said that it
w8s due to larger crop in the
"A states in which tobacco is
raised.
The markets are expected to
close today and to open after the
holidays on January 2.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-22
Christmas
A Year Late
BY Edith Kirkwood
.oMoRRow's Christmas
day. tomorrow's Christmas

n Y
day, tomorrow's Christmas
~ day." little Dorothy was
singing as she was prancing about
the dingy apartment. She'd stop to
roll up the sleeves that were con-
tinually slipping down over her
hands. No wonder they didn't stay
up, for the dress was one that Helen,
two years older, had outgrown.
Mother had meant to make it over,
but she was too tired when she got
home from cleaning house for other
people all day.
Hush up, Dorothy. Mother will
beecpming in pretty. soon. and she'll
cry lM We say any thing about Christ
mas Helen reminded her.
1T don't See why, ehristrnas is a
time to laugh, and not to cry. Dor
othy responded philosophieally.
TDon't you remember last Christ
mas, and how daddy didn't come
home with our packages?" Helen
couldn't believe that even SO little
sister as Dorothy should forget that.
For daddy had never been heard
from since that Christmas eve.
AS Dorothy started to reply, Hell
en- warned her: Ssh, there comes
mother" and the youngsters were
silent when she entered. Mrs. Bond,
tired and absorbed in her own anx-
ious thoughts, did not heed their un-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-22
Miss Margaret Davis, Mrs. Wood
row Burgess, J. M. Barlow.

Miss Margaret Davis, Mrs. Wood
row Burgess, J. M. Barlow.
A. A. Perry, Eula M. Hardin,
E. L. Stuart, Mrs. Leila Huney-
cult, Mrs. Lottie Huneycutt, Prof.
r. E. L. Plummer, J. F. Phipps,
Mrs. Ruby Mcmillan, Miss Thel-
ma Shepherd, Miss Marie Fran
els, Miss Hazel Dolinger, Miss
Odessa Baker, w. B. McNeill,
James Caps, Worth Miller, Mrs.
Fred Jones, w. J. Huneycutt, A.
D. Goodman, J. Charlie Goodman,
Mamie Smithey, Miss Calhoun,
Mrs. Ruby Bauguess, Miss Laura
Mcconnell, Miss Gladys Sturgill,
J. P. Miller, Miss Ruth A. Worth,
Mrs. Ruth Neal, R. R. Badger,
Guy T. Badger, o. D. Badger, w.
H. Worth, Joe Worth, F. N. Col
ward, DR.. & Mrs. D. c. Jones,
Joseph A. Martin, J. o. Blevins,
Victor Clark, Frank James, Miss
Gertrude Perkins, Mrs. Irene Nc
Cam, Mrs. r. F. Barr, Mrs. Ber-
nard Jones, Mrs. Ray Clark, Miss
Clara Perkins, Mrs. Stuart Cart
er, Miss Lillian Southland, Miss
Mildred Jones, Mrs. Claude Gam
bill, Miss Ruby Hudler, A. B.
Hurt, Mrs. A. B. Hurt. Glenn Nc
CURE, Miss Irene Eller.
Miss Willie Helen Crews, Dale
Atwood, c. CT Dixon, Beulah
Reeves, Mrs. Belva Mcmillan,
Miss Albertine Hurt, Mrs. Lucy
Waddell, Miss Minnie Hare, Mrs.
Ruth edward, Mrs. B. Vannoy,
Rev. T. A. Plyler, B. H. Duncan,
Mrs. lola Vannoy, Mrs. Robert
Barr, Mrs. J. F. Donnelly, Mrs.
J. B. Hash, Miss DeEtte Craw-
ford, Miss Elizabeth Speers, P. A.
Perkins, Mrs. w. D. Mcmillan,
Miss leila Jones, Oscar Houck,
Miss Mary P. McCarroll, Miss
Margaret Phillips, Mrs. E. B.
GRAPHICAL, Mrs. ANNA H. Ray.
James J. Miller, Evelyn Nc
Claim, Mrs. Jewel R. Miller, Mrs.
Ennis R. Davis, Ron Davis, Prof.
w. E. Eller, Ocie L. Sutherland,
Sue Oliver, Miss Ruth Price, Miss
Eleanor Baker, Miss LESSEE Jones,
E. V. Eller, Miss Hazel Wineset,
Miss Helen Ledbetter.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-22
EXECUTORS NOTICE

Having qualified as Executor of
the estate of America Bard, de-
ceased late of Ashe County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all per-
sons having claims against the
estate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned at Wag-
.oner, North Carolina on or before
the 7th day of December, 1889, or
this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. ALI per-
sons. indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment.
This 7th day of December, 1888.
l3S GEORGE BARD,
12-15-6tp Executor of deceased.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-22
Popular Christmas Carols

Probably the best known Christ
mas carol is 'Adeste Fideles, COM
posed in 100 and sung in Roman
Catholic churches ever since. It
was adopted in England in l841 and
sung in Protestant churches as 20
Come All Ye Faithful" Among the
more popular Christmas carols are
while Shepherds Watched Their
Flocks by Night" Christians
Awake and "Hark, the Herald An
gels Sing" ST. Ambrose is said to
have written one of the first Christ
mas hymns ii $40 Al. D. s',s.'.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-22
Dean Mcmillan
Wins Contest
AT Rotary Club
Interesting Gasoline and high
way Fund Contest Held
Last Thursday.
DIVERSION OPPOSED

Dean Mcmillan was awarded
10 gallons of gasoline as a prize
for winning an automotive taxa
ton contest at the Jeffersons Ro-
tary club last Thursday night, by
answering correctly three out of
five question.
Gwyn Gambill, chairman of the
Ashe county unit of the state
Petroleum Industries Association,
was in charge of the program and
Ira T. Johnston had charge of its
presentation.
Mr.. Johnston said he was op-
posed to diverting gasoline and
license. tag taxes to any fund 9TH
er than that for which it was set
aside; namely, the maintenance
and construction Of highways and
paying road bonds.
It was pointed out that these are
class taxes and that it is unfair to
divert the funds to general eX-
penses. He called attention to
the movement in state to pass a
constitutional amendment, pro-
hibiting diversion and declared
that he would like to know the
sentiment of the people in Ashe
county relative to this important
question. $751;
Of the 10000 miles of highway
in the state system, he said that
only $4,000 miles, less than one
half of the total have been sur
face treated.
"The trend towards diversion
of highway funds is so definite
that the federal government has
been forced to deny aid to road
fund diverting states on the COM
mendable grounds that if a state
does not need all of its revenue
for roads it does not need feder-
al aid," he declared.
The sentiment of the members
of the club was decidedly op-
posed to diversion and most of
them favored constitutional
amendment.
The unique question and an
sWer contest was:
l. O. What amount Of tax does
does the State of North Carolina
receive from the sale of each
gallor- Of gasoline? do NOT in
clude Inspection Fee.) A. &c.
2. Q. What amount of tax does
the State of North Carolina re-
ceive from sale of each gallon of
gasoline for Inspection Fee? A.
/ IA cent.
3. Q. What amount of tax does
! the Federal Government receive
from the sale of each gallon of
of gasoline? A. 1c.
4. @. What amount of money
was diverted from the Highway
Fund to the General Fund from
June l, 1888, to May 81, 1887?
A. $4,OOO,OOOOO.
5. O. What adount of money
can be diverted from the high
way Fund to the General Fund
from June 1, 1887, to May 81,
1889? A. Three per cent of the
retail sales OF gasoline, which will
amount to approximately $4,800,-
100000.
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APPLE ORCHARD

Some three years ago, H. l..
Kline of Concord, route 4, Ca
barrus County, set 528 apple
trees. Only eight of the trees
have died. The others now av-
erage about eight feet in height
and produced their first apples
this past season. The trees have
been we'll fortified and cultivat-
ed since setting.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-22
FARM
NEWS

ginner in the dairy business?
ANSWER: This depends upon
the amount of good roughage and
pasture on the farm, but five ami
mails is the least number recon-
mended. With less than FIVE
cows the returns will not justi-
fly the expense of the needed
equipment. The cost of delivery
will be practically double that
from herds of five to ten cows.
The amount of homegrown feed
available also will determine the
profit from the dairy herd and,
no matter how many cows are
fed, it is not profitable to use
bought fed when the products are
sold on a, secondary market.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-22

way. @
Her mother called her to the bed
side. ''Babs, darling" she began
softly, Christmas will soon be
here" 49,.
The little girls. eyes shone. ut
won't be the same this year, dar-
ling. There won't be any presents,
or well-anything.'
mo Santa CLAUSE"
mo Santa Claus"
''But why?"
you're going on five, Babs. Try
to understand. What we call Santa
Claus is really just the love peo-
pie have for each other at Christ
mas" Her voice trailed off in a fit
Of coughing. THAT pillow-there-
now I can breathe. It isn't / don't
love you, darling. I just can't do
things this Christmas. That lovely
tree last year-you remember it,
don't you, Babs?"
"Oh, yes, Mummy"
well try to have one like it next
year, if" She choked a moment.
IF I get WELL"
why, Mummy, you're crying!"
mo, no I'm not. See? Why don't
you run out and play bit? Get
your coat and rubbers." ....
Babs went out into the snow very
thoughtful. A group of children were