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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-06

Fervor For Vote
Reform Cooling OFF
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law for primaries and which throws
multiple safeguards around the alb
sentee for general elections; but
there seems no wild rush on the part
of upper chamber leaders and mem
bers to carry through with the other
half of the legislative action needed
to make this law =
The House, under the speel of very
practical politicians who want to
cling to every possible advantage
given by control of election machin-
cry, has SO far. refused to pass
measure designed to correct abuses
of the North Carolina system of Of
fetal markers. The bill rescued
from quick and permanent death on
ly by demand for roll call vote on
the motion to table. 1t was kept alive
IS to A and went back to committee
from which it has again emerged in
somewhat modified form. -
1t may get through, but if it does
it is likely to be in somewhat the
same category as the new absentee
law, which is to say will be really
effective only SO far as primaries 60,
thus taking the East to the dry clean
ers while leaving the western poll
ticiahs to laugh up their sleeves and,
to use very mild term, "maneuver''
the Republicans out in general cleo
ton contests. ~
Parenthetically speaking, this IS
one time the allegedly clever and
dominant legislators from the east
have by no means outsmarted their
colleagues from higher ground.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-06
Money Bills Practi-
cally Untouched
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less smoothly for a few minutes, al
though Committee Chairman Fen
ner experienced some difficulty in
making members understand just
what some of the items meant. 1t
was when a motion was made to
adopt Schedule B (the franchise and
license tax section) in its entirety
that the lid blew off. Frantic eff
forts of Speaker Ward, who had
yielded the chair to George Uzzell
for the committee session, of Chair
man Fenner and Budget Commission
Member Bryant to hold the boys in
line failed. Such veterans as John
White, Pete Murphy and Gregg
Cherry had caustic comment about
Hitlerish tactics, and the commit
tee of the whole arose and the House
re-convened in formal session. Net
total of time devoted to study of the
most important bill of the session
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-06
GRANVILLE WOMAN
SAYS POULTRY PAYS

Oxford, March g. Poultry pays
we'll when properly handled" Mrs
NJ w. Clement, a Granville county
farm woman, told c. V. Morgan,
farm agent of the State College Elk
tension Service.
Mrs. Clement has l12 blood-tested
Barred Rock layers, and each week
she sells 25 to 81 dozen eggs. Around
25 dozen go to a South Boston, Va.
hatchery at 40 cents dozen. The re-
naming 10 to IL dozen are sold
weekly on the local curb market or
to retail merchants.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-06
HAS BIG CROP YIELD.

Boone, March 6-Lee Swift, a.
demonstration farmer of Reese COM
munity, has proved that it does not
require large acreage to produce
a big yield of crops Harry Hamilton,
Jr., Watauga county farm agent of.
the State College Extension Service,
reported that Mr. Swift has SUBJ.
stantially increased its total yield,
despite the fact that he has cut his
soil depicting crops from 20 acres to
IA acres, and has increased his soil
conserving acreage from 16 to 81,
since 1885.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-06
as about thirty minutes.
S8O,OOO,OOO General Fund

The finance bill as reported out
Of committee will yield for the two
years about $8O,0OO,OOO. The ap-
preparations bill calls for expendi-
ture of $154,360,O0O. This doesn't
mean, however, that the budget is
$74,OOO,OO0 out of balance, because
the appropriations bill includes high
way and agricultural fund alloca-
tons, while the revenue bill levies
only taxes for the general fund AS
has been many times pointed out by
this correspondence, the budget for
the biennium will actually be near
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-06

off the books when it was included
IN the Great Smokes National Park.
The tax list dropped from $13,OOO,-
600 down to $5,5OO,OO, but there was
no corresponding decrease in costs of
maintaining courts, county officers,
and the other general expenses of a
county. Swain needs some relief and
a bill has been introduced authoriz-
ing the governor to name a commits
sion to figure out what to do about
it.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-06

General Capitol opinion is that the
measure hasn't much chance of pas
sage at this session, but it is accept
ed as indication of trend toward
specialization of water power.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-06
Capital Gossip.
BY HENRY AVERILL AND
LYNN NISBET
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Cir. XMnIknn IInAoI

Raleigh, March 6.-There hasn't
been time since its introduction to
make any positive predictions of its
fate, but there are indications that
the teachers retirement measure
dropped into the House law-making
machine Friday will start real bat
tie in the Genera1 Assembly.
There are several facts, too, which
make its enactment not at all beyond
the bounds of possibility.
To begin with, it has the right
sponsors to give it a chance. Such
legislators as Victor Bryant, Gregg
Cherry and Hugh Horton do not just
causually up and introduce bills they
know are doomed to defeat. Any bill
that bears their stamp of approval
starts with something in its fovar.
Then it is recalled that some weeks
before the assembly convened, julie
Warren, big shot of the North Caro-
lima Education Association, said that
Of all the things Of which the teach
ers are cOnIending, retirement is the
most important.
The Cape Fear Valley Authority,
proposed by Representative Lacy
McBryde for his projected hydro
electric giant in eastern North Caro-
lima, would be rather unusual in its
members terms. There would be II
Of them, appointed to serve for one,
two, three, and so forth up to eleven
years. Thus the term of only one
member would expire each year.
Every congressional district of the
State would be represented on the
Authority, under the bill.
Speaker Libby Ward didn't go
home on Friday this week, he is OBJ
viously concerned over slow pro-
gress of the assembly.
Opinions differ as to when the
General Assembly will adjourn, but
Representative Forrest Pollard, of
Durham, knows very we'll what the
deadline is for him. Other folks guess
at adjournment dates all the way
from March 25 to May l. Forrest is
quitting on April IA. He isn't con-
trary about it, and he doesn't mean
to run out on his job. But he has a
date with a girl and a preacher on
April Is, and he is going to keep that
date, even if the budget remains for
ever unbalanced Some Of his col
leagues are framing up to have him
named on conference committees, or
something, if the assembly is still in
session. But the only reason Forrest
won't keep that date on April Is will
be for the girl to change her mind.
There isn't much likelihood of that.
The unfair sales act" which Sandy
Graham put through the Senate
without a murmur Of opposition,
isn't getting by the House SO easily.
In fact some House members say
that senators have asked them to vote
against it, saying taht they passed
it just to please a former president
of their body. If it wasn't for play
ing politics with human misery" the
House boys would pass it, too, and
leave it up to the Senate to do the
that the representatives are going to
take the responsibility seriously and
apply the well known axe.
Just what can be done about it
nobody knows right now, but chances
are that commission will be APP
pointed to study the problem of
Swain county The county had more
than half of its taxable values taken
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-06

The annual Farm and Home Week
will be held at State College this
summer July 31-August 4, John w.
Goodman, assistant extension direc-
tor and secretary of the event, has
announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-24
Editorials and Comment
TUESDAY, JANUARY "a, 1899
TAKING THE u. S.
INTO WAR
San Bernardino Sunl

NodH b6i lldl UNIV ouHj
Millions of Americans believe that we
were dragged into the last World war
through propaganda.
Another World war may be in the
making.
Are the forces of propaganda already
at work to take the United States into
another World war?
1t is time to seek an answer to that
question.
Certainly millions of Americans al
ready have decided that Germany un-
Justly seized Austria and CzechOslovakia,
that Japan has outraged China and that
Italy would have no right in Seizing
French colonial territory. They are GER
tain that Japan. Italy and Germany are
aggressOr nations.
And President Roosevelt discussed ag-
gressor nations in his annual message to
congress.
At the very least. he says, we can and
should avoid any action or lack of action
which will encourage, assist or build up
an aggressor. We have learned that when
we deliberately try to legislate neutrality
laws may operate unevenly and unfairly
may actually give aid to an aggressor
and deny it to his victim. The instinct
of self-preservation should warn us that
we IlOl " ltl liiStI SliS nv
The president then, is ready to take
this country into policy of picking out
the aggressors and naming them.
Perhaps that is the policy the Ameri-
can people desire to adopt. Before they
adopt it, however, they should realize
it may mean war. When the day arrives
that the United States takes sides against
Germany Italy or Japan, then we will
be headed for war. Perhaps that will be
the desire of the American people.
But while we are making up our minds,
let us this time be sure that we are not
being propagandized into war, as we
think we were more than 20 years ago.
Senator Hiram w. Johnson, who had
something to do with keeping the United
States out of the league of nations, has
let it be known he does not approve of
the recent speeches by Ickes and Pitt
man against foreign dictators.
The California senator warns that un-
less the United States is ready to go to
war and desires to go to war, Americans
should do better job of minding their
own business = particularly Americans
in high places.
We are drifting into another World
war. Is that what we want to do?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-24
Bruce Cation Says
= Maybe Life Really Begins at Forty

ITS a young mans country" we
careleSsly say Youth will be SER
we'd"
But is it?
Not if the National Association
of Manufacturers is right. There
has been no decline in the percen-
tage of industrial employment at
the age of 40 since 1928. a survey
by the N. A. M. indicated.
Not only that, but the association
found that industry rates its older
workers very highly"
In 1888 percentage of workers
between 40 and 40 actually showed
a gain. OF total employees reported,
2O.43 per cent were in that age
group. Even between 80 and SO.
the older workers were still ac-
counting for 1043 per cent of total
employment.
Is it possible to get a new job
after 40? The same survey had
returns from $50 companies indi-
eating that workers of 40 and over
added to the payrolls in 1887 ac-
counted for 8.4 per cent of their
total employment.
"Steadier." more regular in at
tendance" more pride and greater
interest in their work" were some
of the bouquets tossed at older
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-24
ANOTHER ENEMY OF
THE IDEAL DEMOCRACY

For generations idealiSts have dream
ed of a democracy in which a thoughtful
people would select public officials for
their qualifications and in which public
officials would discharge their duties
to the best of their ability without bias
or prejudice.
Two things have stood in the way of
such a democracy.
/. Inertia Of public opinion.
2. Patronage systems in public affairs.
When we overcome those two obstacles.
democracy will reach a peak of perfec-
tion about which we Of today can only
dream. We shall reach them only
through education; not the education of
reading, writing and arithmetic, but the
deeper education of our collective minds
toward a point where we as individuals
are willing to lay aside personal desires
in the knowledge that the greater good
of all the people will automatically mean
our own greater good.
Which must be overcome first, inertia
or patronage? There are as many argu-
ments for either side as there are an
swers to the question whether the hen
or the egg came first. Inertia and patron
age are so linked in public life, however,
that we believe one cannot disappear
without taging the other with it.
Most Americans are inclined to smile
tolerantly at instances Of patronage, as
most of US did when we read this week
that the governor of Arizona is engaged
in no fewer than five separate patron
age battles in his state. If we realized
the insiduous weakness patronage brings
to our political system, we should not be
so tolerant.
The very presence of patronage in a
government structure indicates that ap-
pointive public officials are chosen not
so much for their ability to do their jobs
as for their ability to round up votes.
Naturally man who is placed in charge
of financial department or a bookkeep-
ing system simply because he controls
half hundred or more votes, and not
because he knows anything about financ-
ing or bookkeeping, is not going to give
the taxpayers their moneys worth.
Civil service has not answered the
need, because civil service has not sue
ceeded in remaining free from politics.
The only thing that will correct abuses,
we're inclined to think, is public indigna-
tion against patronage appointments
and public action at the polls to show
that Indignation.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-24
Famous Sayings

workers by the companies reporting
Any insurance company will YER
ify that people live longer. on the
avearge, than they used to live. ANY
social statistics will show that a
greater proportion of the population
each year is made up OF older
people.
Nothing could be more natural
than to find great numbers Of these
people between 40 and 60 still en-
gagged at productive work. But III
the meantime what is happening
to the multitudes of young people
who leave school every year?
Many of them are finding it hard
to get their first job Some young
men reach the age of % or "a with
out ever having had a regular job
or learned any trade.
The end of school, a couple OF
wears of loafing. a year at a CCC
camp. two or three or half a dozen
fiddling little jobs at which they
learned no skill, nothing of value,
and a young man is in his mid
tWenties before he has a start. His
grandfather was often a solid busi-
ness man or Well-grounded work
man at his trade by that time
Life begins later today than it
did for grandfather, but it also ends
later. 1t is just another of the re-
adjustments which apparently must
be made in a changing world
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-24
AN ALIEN SUSPECT
SPEAKS HIS MIND

That was grand timing in the news
dispatches Monday, when Secretary of
Labor Frances Perkins declared at Wash
ington that the Dies committee hadn't
ever proved Harry Bridges is seeking
overthrow Of the American government,
and Bridges on the west coast complain
ed to federal officials at Washington
that 'Nazi agents" with the cooperation
of employers and federal agents alike
are sabotaging airplanes manufactured
in two southern California plants.
Or perhaps it is our growing dislike of
both the secretary and the Australian
born labor leader which makes us see
significance in the coincidence.
So also might it have been a suspi-
cious nature which made US wonder if
Bridges, unnaturalized alien whose de-
portation has been delayed overlong by
the secretary Of labor, is not in his
subtle way attempting to breed in a Ger
tain class Of Americans distrust for their
own public officials.
That kind of distrust, active and vio-
lent, often leads to revolution.
So we cannot help wondering about
Bridges motives.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-24
AT LEAST THEY ARE
NOT PICKETING THE KREMLIN

(San FRANCISCO ChrOnlcIe)
The latest ruling on the wage and
hour law (Russian Soviet version) cut;
piece work wages IA per cent in the ma
chine trades and increases by 25 per
cent the minimum output required from
each worker. There will be no more tru-
ancy, loafing or walking about the plants.
For % per cent increase in production
the workers will receive an increase in
income (not wage rates) of seven and
one-half per cent. This increase is to
be temporary. Moscow is planning fur
ther wage cuts to bring production down
10 the growing technical level" Whether
this is pleasing to Soviet workers we
are not informed. They take it and like
it,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-24

from prescribing. He oruered MOI
pollltices day and night until the
infant shows decided Improvement
Well. the child did not show any
Improvement let alone decided i'm
urovement." Instead she went blind
Blind at the age of six weeks!
How hopeless the life of such a
person could be. But Fanny Cros-
bv's life wasn't hopeless. The years
revealed that she decided to ac-
complish something in spite of her
dreadful handicap.
She attended the New York In
stitute for the Blind, and, later
became a teacher there. Not only
that: in world full of discoura ge-
ment and trouble this remarkable
woman started in to give people
hope and to encourage in them a
braver attitude toward life She
was so filled with this idea that she
went on the lecture platform and
told it to audiences. And there she
stood before them. living example
of what she was teaching
Crowds thronged to hear her
Fired with the flaming ambition to
carry her message to those who
needed it. she decided that music
would prove an inspiration. So al
the age of "A, she scribbled down
q hymn. She had it copied and
sent it TO a publisher who accepted
it. This hymn she passed out
among the people who sang it with
feeling.
She wrote other hymns which be-
came popular She herself could
be in only one place at time, but
her. hymns could go everywhere
They were filled with the assurance
that there was another life and
that We must. all face our trouble;
with an unquaking heart.
More and more hymns came from
the blind woman's pen. In fact
in all. nearly 5000 That is equa
to writing "a hymn, every day fol
sixteen years. There were so many
that the publishers said they must.
Mt all be put out. under her name
So she signed her initials or usec
pen name. r2, -.--- -z
You have sung her hymns. Herr
are five of them: f'f.-.
Safe in the Arms, of Jesus.
Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine
An the Way MY Saviour Leads
Rescue the Perishing.
7 Am Thine. o Lord.
Even in old age and confined II
her bed people came to see he
because she cheered them and CAV
them hope. She never talked abou
her own troubles. That was on
reason why she was happy; and
was one reason why she lived to b
95.
Today. in the Fanny Crosb
Home. 80 elderly men and womel
are spending their last days, con
tentedlv and peacefully. due to Fan
ny Crosby's decision to make tn
most of her life.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-24
CALIPATRIA NOTES

The Mothers class Will serve
"iitney" lunch at the church on
Thursday, Jan. 26 from l1:00 to
1:30. The proceeds of the lunch
will be used for the work of the
class in providing food and clothing
for needy families.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Williams OF
San Diego were weekend guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs Paul Williams. The
two families spent Sunday visiting
the family of a brother, j. L. Will
liams in Brawley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Everett
were visitors at the home of H. H.
Brandt and j. l.. Williams in
Brawley Sunday.
Dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. L. Sperry Thursday evening
were Miss Julia Riley, Miss Loie
Montgomery and Mrs. Irma Nc
Cullough. The evening was spent
at bridge.
Mrs. Wiley Manning is in Los
Angeles this weekend combining
business with a visit with her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. B. F.. Byng.
A meeting was held at the Cali
patria Community church Wednes-
day morning in an effort to Or
eanize a PIT. A. Mrs. w. j. Mea-
ger president of Imperial Valley
PIT. A. conducted the meeting.
Mrs. Goddard, third vice president
of The state PIT. A. and Mrs.
Marvin, radio chairman, and E. L..
Hiteman. county superintendent Of
schools were other out of twon
visitors.
The aims and purposes of the
PIT. A. were discussed and Mrs.
Newton swain was delegated to
try to effect an organization in
Calipatria.
Mrs. r. l.. Mead and Mrs. New
ton swain were co-hosteSseS at a
cradle shower wednesday given III
honor of Mrs. Carl Bennett Many
lovely gifts were received by the
hOnoree
The hostesses served tea after
the gifts were opened and the re-
mainder Of the afternoon was spent
in social conversation.
Those present were Mrs. HartWell
Hoskins, Mrs. Joe Moore, Mrs. Joe
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-24
Photographs

Rice is the staple FOOD Of more
than half of the globes inhabl-
tants.
Western artists paint in order
that their work may be seen from
a distance. Eastern artists paint
in the small and often with a
brush Of the fineness of a single
hair. for careful scrutiny of the
individual observer. The greatest
attention is given by them to
every detail-not only the head,
hands, feet, garments and Jewels Of
the subjects, but to the beard mus
tache and eyelashas.
A group of women in Paris,
France, is endeayoring TO restore
traditional French courtesy. They
have formed the League for Polite
People. They say folk have grown
rude since the World war.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-24
Hints ON Etiquette

In acknowledging expressions OF
sympathy in time of trouble, close
friends and relatives must be
thanked with personal letters. If
there are a great many not SO close
friends and acquaintance from
whom expressions of coincidence
have been received, they may be
acknowledged by an engraved card.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-24
Mothers Class to Serve jitney Lunch
At CaIipafria Church Thursday Night

williams Mrs. Clarence Hibbard,
Mrs Phil Bussee, Mrs. Catherine
stout Mrs. J. l.. Love, Mrs. Ray
mond Rose. Mrs. Weston All MIS-.
C. O. Hoober, Mrs. D. M. COX, MIS-
charles Everett, Mrs. j. B. Leslie
Mrs W M. Corn, Mrs. ROBERT
Corn Mrs. Tom Porterfiield, Mrs.
Franklin Garret and Mrs, BEN
nets mother and sisters from III
Centre. Mrs. Bessie Coulter, MRS.
Frank Purcell and Mrs. Carl III
ton.
Pete Hoskins, brother of Hart
we'll Hoskins. was operated on 1or
appendicitis Wednesday at the
Brawley hospital. Latest reports are
that he is recovering nicely Hos
kins for several months has been
a clerk at Hightower's mems store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Corn re-
turned Wednesday night from
business trip to Flagstaff, Ariz.
A group of high school young
people who have organized social
club met at the home of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Harrison Martin Saturday
evening when their son Robert was
host to the group. The evening
was spent playing games ana de-
licious refreshments were served.
Those present were Margaret
Miller. Jane Watkinds, Carol Chill
ton. jeanne Huey Betty Gullett.
Barbara Plemons. Robert BedWell,
Bill and Tom SorenSon. Bob Writ,
Billie Gullett. Eddie Chaftin and
Robert Martin.
The Arts and Crafts section OF
the Women's club met at the home
of Mrs. w j. Young Thursday.
The date of the meeting has been
changed to the sirst and third
Thursday of each month instead Oh
the first and third Friday.
Place cards for the county
board meeting of the Federated
Womens Clubs were made during
the day.
Present at the meeting were
Mrs. Gladys Taecker, Mrs. Ethel
Garrett, Mrs. Thelma Smoot, Mrs.
Bya Sperry, Mrs. Frances Fowler,
Mrs. May McMath, Mrs. Alice
Reedy. Mrs. Bertha Clouse, Mrs.
Babe Becker, Mrs. Ralph Burdn
and Mrs. Bessie Young.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-24

men and women.
1t happened
this way. A good
many years ago
a child six weeks
old had an af-
Fiction of the
eyes. A country
doctor was call
ed in. He knew
practically moth
ing about eye
trouble. but that
did not keep him
Il, ArInpAl al ut
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-24
TOday's Horoscope

IF your birthday is today, you
may expect the year to bring sue
cess in business. At the same time
your love affairs may be complicat-
ed. A stranger to you now may
help you. Children born today will
be clever. They also may be too
romantic and extravagant and be
imposed upon because of their good
nature.
One Minute Test Answers
/. Angora, sometimes named An
kara.
2. The trumpet
3. Baltimore.