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(£h? ^ He«der»onTille New* Established in 1894 Henaersouville Time* Established m 1M1 Published every afternoon except Sunday at 227 North Main street, Hendersonvilla, N .C^ by The Times-News Co., Inc., Owner and Publisher. TELEPHONE 97 J. T. FAIN ———— iicmor C. M. OGLE - - lf»T»«g*ngi Editor HENRY ATXIN City Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Timea-News Carrier, in Hendersonville, or else where, per week 10c By Ma3 In Hendersonville, per year $5.00 Due to high postage rates, the subscription price of The Times-News in Zones above No. 2 will be based on the cost of postage. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office in Hendersonville, N. C. _ I THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1933 BIBLE THOUGHT MISERY NOT MERIT The Son of Man is come to s?ek and to save, that which was lost. (Luke 19:10). 4 <• # Remember that not your MERIT but your MISERY was the magnet that drew Jesus down from the skies. Remember that the fact that you are lost, and that nobody can save you but Christ, is the one thing: that attracts Jesus to come to bo your Saviour.—Dr. A. T. Pierson. DICTATORSHIP WITH A STRING TO IT (Uy BRUCE CATTOX) That ominous little word, "dictator," seems to have floated to the surface of American life pretty obtrusively, lately. We are told that Mr. Roosevelt will be u, dictator if Congress grants him the extra ordinary powers that have been suggested:! and, According to the emotions which the word arouses in our several breasts, we are either sitting back and shivering or hug ging ourselves in glee. But we haven't really stopped to figure out whether the word is really applicable. , A dictator, of course, is a head man whose word goes; a boss who doesn't have to worry much about getting everybody'.* consent before he starts something; a lead er who can map out a program and put it ( into effect without delay. Under that definition, Mr. Roosevelt elearly would be a kind of dictator, under the proposals advanced currently in Con gress. But a dictator, as we ordinarily use the word, is more than that. He is a chap who can't be eased out of his job without some kind of violent uprising; a man who will hold office as long as he can possibly ar range it, and who won't hesitate to use troops to extend his term, if necessary; a man whose powers suffer no check what ever. The powers suggested for Mr. Roosevelt! would not come under that heading in the[ slightest degree. Congress would still be able to veto any act of his that was pal pably out of line with the public good. His extraordinary powers would end in a defi nite time. If the electorate disagreed with! him it could discard him as easily as it has! discarded other presidents. In other words, this "dictator" business isn't so frightening as it might seem to be. A dictator whose edicts can be vetoed, in emergency, and who can be recalled by orderly processes of law, isn't a Mussolini.! Sitting by while an ambitious man wilfully] seizes power is one thing; voluntarily dele-1 gating power to the electorate's popular] choice, for a sharply limited period, is| something entirely different. If President Hoover's name is bandied around rather roughly after he leaves of-1 fice, it will be his own fault. He has auto graphed medicine balls for his cabinet members. The Massachusetts legislature is consid-j ering a bill to prohibit nonresidents from! digging fish worms without a permit. How-! ;ever, no obstacle will be raised to giving | fishermen the same old dirty digs. New impetus for the "share the work*'' movement—and from the most startling source! Roosevelt intends to make use cf the vice president. i \ J NEWSPAPERS' OPINIONS o — o AFTER AESOP What is it that has occupied more square footage of governmental consideration than any other sin 'gle thing Relief for the farmer. Who is it whose prosperity is agreed to be fun damental and most desirable? The farmer. Who has had five or more agencies set up in •business for the sole purpose of financing his op orations? The farmer. ; Who can make a borry when it doesn't rain •enough as well as when it rains too much? The farmer. Who is first in heart of every public man [ and every would-be public man? You say it. Contrasting the much that has been done for the farmer with the very little done for the labor ing: man, one would be entitled to expect threats of revolt to come from the laboring: man, who has nothing save a dole between him and starvation, > rather than from the farmer, who still manages to eat with some regularity. Further than that, farmers with mortgages to pay invariably are land owners, whereas the unemployed laboring man Js likely to own nothing more than a few ragged gar ments and a little bit of furniture that he may call his own mainly because it is worth nothing. The only possession he ever had to mortgage was his ability to earn, and that has been taken away from him. In the light of that contrast, it is more than ?trange to notice that the open threats of revolu tion come not from those wKo have nothing and are most creadfully up against it but from those vho have received more numerous governmental lavors than any other class. It is the landed farm er who threatens revolution, in proof of which you nave only to read the newspapers. The moral? If there is one it is probably this: The more you do for some people the more they want done.—Charlotte News. INCENDIARISM Incendiarism was responsible for a large part of the 1931 fire loss in North Carolina. It was the principal cause, in fact. It was the principal cause in a handful of other states, most of them in the South. We are indebted to the current issue of '"Safeguard America Against Fire" for the infor mation. Incendiarism was responsible for a fire loss of more than one and a half million dollars in this staie year before last, we gather. The state can take no pride in the fact, nor those other commonwealths in which firebugs ran wild after depression had gripped them. In times like these people should steel themselves to rise above adversity. But we seem to have lec conditions get the best of us. Integrity is badly needed in the country now. There isn't enough of it.—The Kinston Free Press. ANOTHER SEED AND CROP LOAN The appropriation of 00 million dollars for seed ind crop loans to be made through the federal de partment of agriculture has received the approval ■>f the president. The department of agriculture las had a tremendous amount of experience in landling such loans in recent years. The first of hem were confined to those who had suffered from *oods or drought. Later they were made on the ?asis of the r.eed of the applicant rather than the :ause of his need. Undoubtedly much of the sur alus cotton and wheat produced in 1932 could be :raced directly to government aid. That the department- should be bending every possible effort toward crop reduction on the one land, and be required to make loans to increase production on the other, is incongruous, is the? opinion of the Kansas City Star. Fortunately the secretary of agriculture is permitted to formulate rules JLo control the making of loans. It may bo possible to require a reduction in acreage on tho part of those who receive help. It may also be possible to insist upon a better balanced system of farming which would include the production of food for the families as one of the requirements. The theory back of these crop loans is that it may be better to give assistance in this form than to permit those who receive it to drift into the sities, thus throwing a still greater burden on char itable organizations. Certainly the loans cannot be made on the the ory that more food or more textiles are needed at present. If they could be limited to those whose need is attributable to causes over which they had no control and who, by temporary help could bo re-established as self-sustaining citizens, there could be little objection. However, when any large group of citizens looks to the government for help when ever they meet adversity it has a tendency to de stroy independent effort. The policy of providing seed and crop loans a? a general practice is one which cannot be ap proved. It has a tendency to encourage the use of marginal and unproductive lands, and furnishes unfair competition to those who are doing their best to meet the problems of production and prices of farm products.—Monroe Enquirer. A SURE WAY TO BUSINESS To The Christian Science Monitor: Since the change in business conditions ocurred in the fall of 1929, I have crossed the country by automobile, spending a time of greater or less du ration in a great many cities and contacting per sonally a large number of business organizations, big and little, in widely diversified trades. It has been my impression, based upon that ex perience, that most merchants are looking too far afield for a solution of their individual problem.*, while neglecting opportunities which not only exist within their own control but which, under general economic conditions, have assumed great impor tance. Nothing has happened to prevent sto-e owners and sales people from being kind and friendly to those with whom they come in contact. It is my experience, after years of study of such matters, that nothing produces a favorable impression on the part of a customer as quickly as friendliness. No individual on the payroll of a business con cern can possibly advance unless the concern itself is prosperous. In order to prosper, a firm must of necessity attract customers. It would seem, there fore, that a mutual purpose is being served when ever a sales person makes friends for the store by being kind and considerate and patient with the customer or by sending over the telephone a sweet, "smily" voice. Yet in many cases the opposite ex perience awaits the prospective customer when he conies in contact with the average business organ ization. I am convinced that the individual business which, ceasing to seek outside remedies, instills more friendliness and helpful consideration into its own personnel, will find the end of the depression, as far as it is concerned. The trial would cost nothing at least. P. E. CHAMBERLAIN, i Los Angeles, Calif. I'.':%? -tjtShr ' f 'jib. fc*" I " ' i Prof. Piccard Finds An Interested Audience ' PLAN fOV. \ RETURN TRIP i TO TrtE _or j STRAWSPHEkS -, BARLEYCORN What is the cause for crime in-j creased? i What makes a man worse than a; beast? What makes a father raging I mad ? What makes the mother and, children sad? What makes poor women all for-1 lorn? It is the stuff called barleycorn. What makes men's hearts as hard as stone? What makes poor widows weep and moan? What makes poor children cry for bread? What makes them wish that they were dead? Or wish that they were never born? It is that stuff called barleycorn. What makes poor wives so pale and cold? What makes them die before they are old? What fills the children's hearts with fears? What fills their weeping eyes with tears? What makes some. they are born? y, It is that stuff called barleycorn, j What makes men sell their bab-l ie's shoes To get the money to buy their booze? What fills onr jails with rogues I and rakes? What fills men's boots with squirming snakes? What fills our hearts with shame and scorn? That wretched stuff called bar leycorn. What makes a father beat his child? And curse and swear as if he's wild? What makes him hate his loving wife? And in his anger take her life? And fill our homes with hearts that mourn? It is that stuff called barleycorn. Oh, how can man with common sense Endeavor through a false pre tense To justify his wicked greed For money drawn from souls that bleed And eat his bread each night and morn That's bought with bloody bar leycorn ? J. B. THAYER. Flag Collections There is a partial exhibit of dif ferent United States flags sitae June 4, 1777. In the Arts and In dustries building of the United States National Museum in Wash ington, D. (.'. The United States Navy department also has a valu able collection, hut the Hags in this one antedaie rather than follow the year 1777. The Incalculable Chinese The Chinese are to all other peo ples an incalculable nation. Again and again throughout their history, in the midst of crushing, and some times by no means creditable de feats, they have suddenly turned upon their opponents and fought with astonishing courage and per tinacity.—The l'ress, Hong Kong. Title Too Co.-nmon In the United States the title "Honorable" is used loosely, being given by courtesy to almost anyone who holds or has held important public office. It is especially be stowed on members of congress, gov ernors, state legislators, judges of i higher courts and high federal ofli- I clals. First Piano The first pianoforte was made by ' Crlstofori of Italy and exhibited i In 1700. At almost the same time a piano was exhibited in l'aris and a similar instrument was claimed I to have been constructed by the t ier- j man, Schreeter. WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Jesus Teaching by Parables--The Growth of ihe Kingdom By MIGHT C. MOORE GoMen Text—The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Isaiah 11:9. The sermon of Jesus on "The Parables by the Sea'' which open ed with the story of the sower (our last lesson) continued in a presentation of the growth of the Kingdom as set forth in the revealing candle, the multiply ing seed, the developing mustard and other unrecorded parable.*} of progress. The multiplying seed picture.} the growth of the Kingdom through germination. How my sterious is life. We may know something of its processes, ascer tain its limitations and supply its conditions, but after all how in con.prehen^ibla a thing is life it self. The seed is cast into the ground. The sower sleeps and rises* night and day as lie goes about his toil. Hut silently, steadily, successfully, the seed springs up and grows, he knows not how. And after the mysteri ous germination follow the vari ous stages of development from the first edge of color in the blade to the ripe corn in the ear. And when the stage of maturity iias been reached then comes the harvest and the erstwhile sower puts forth the sickle and gath ers in the golden grain. So is the Kingdom of God in its sow ing, its germination, its develop ment, and its fruition. THE KINGDOM IN PROCLAMATION The enlightening parable, as given further and frequently by the Lord, pictured the Kingdom in proclamation. To the limit I of tlif people's capacity Jesus used the parable to convey and impart the truth. To his dis ciples when they were alone he explained fully the meaning of the parables spoken to the peo ple at large. In his great ser mon in parables reported fully j jin Matthew 13, he presented the i , Kingdom in germ by the parable Iof the Sower; in struggle by the Tares; in development by the, ] Muustard; in transformation by j the Leaven; in privilege by the Treasure; in appreciation by the] Pearl; and in outcome by the j (Met. In this one discourse, therefore, we have the manifes tation of the Kingdom from its, establishment in the hearts of s ! men to its consummation. IGROV/ j (1) Grow in Knowledge. "Aj candle." Keep the lamp on the j I lampstand. Receive the light; (enjoy it; magnify it; transmit it.j | (2) Grow by Doing. "On aj | candlestock." Exercise is essen-j jtial to efficiency. Development' in good deeds is development in-1 deed. Be good; do good; and thus become better. I (3) Grow by Hearing. "Take heed what ye hear." Ear-Gate: and Eye-Gate are highways into the mind. Therefore hear; heari only what is good; hear it in the ( best wav. (1) Grow bv Having. '"He that hath, to him shall be given." To him that hath shall be given, j But be sure that you possess your posessions, that they are; i worth bavin?;. | (5) Grow by Sharing. "With | what measure ye mete." The | ' measure which we fill for oth BEHIND THE SCENES IN i WASHINGTON i WITH RODNEY D.UICHEg ! I 13Y KODNKY DITCI1LU M-:A Scriiff Urili-r WASHINGTON—The latest, up to-i'.ate shipments from the mammoth Warm Springs dope factory, sent north just before the president-elect began liis vacation, indicate that Mr. Roosevelt is going to jump his first big official hurdle amid a chorus of huzzahs which will be qualified by few if any groans of disapproval. The correspondents, after months of trial and error, prob ably now are hitting dose to the mr»k in predicting the makeup of the next cabinet. If so, Roose velt is not only picking himself a cabinet with which neither the conservatives nor the liberals in his party can find fault—a feat heretofore regarded as virtually impossible. He will also have a cabinet distinguished for the recognized , ability and past achievement of its members. And even the Republicans will have trouble finding targets in it for prompt .attack. The slate now most common ly agreed upon picks Senator Cor dell Hull of Tennessee for secre tary of state, Senator Carter Glass of Virginia for treasury, Senator Tiiomas J. Walsh of Montana for attorney general, Miss Frances Perkins of New York for labor, Henry Wallace of Iowa for agriculture, Jesse Strauss' of New York for com merce, James A. Farley of New York for postmaster general and Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico for interior. Relatively speaking, it doesn't make much difference who becomes secretary of war and secretary of the navy, s $ * i^l'CH a cabinet as the one out ^ lined might be considered al most "impeccable. Those members regarded as conservatives arc men highly regarded by most progressives and the liberal pros t poets are in no sense ait.nucniii in tliu ordinary conservative. [There's neither ;i reactionary or a radical on the list, tliojgh llic slate is sure to draw some chters from eacli extreme. On the eth er hand, thorn's none among die eight whose appointment, woald carry great appeal to Wall Street or t lie biggest of Hip: Business. | Three statesmen—Glass, Hull | and Walsh. Hull, father of the income tax and possessed of a prodigious knowledge of tariffs, economics and world trade, is one whom thousands of thoughtful Democrats have wished could bo president. If we are to enter debt tariff-monetary-trade agreement* with other nations, as Roosevelt, desires, Hull is an ideal man fo? state. » * • LASS has been the loglcSi ^ treasury secretary from the beginning. At tiie age of 75 he remains the Democratic party's greatest authority on banking and currency. He gave the country its federal reserve act. Walsh, in the oil scandals aim against the public utility and aluminum interests, has s'/town his fearlessness in the face of vast corporate wealth without losing prestige as a constitutional law yer of sound principles. Past at« torney generals have been accused of failing to act against "trusts" in tiie public interest. Miss Per kins has devoted herself consist ently to social progress and. tlio welfare of wage earners. Cutting, a vigorous Republic an, progressive, also is a wealthy aristocrat to whom chief objec tion probably would arise among partisans in Roosevelt's own party. Farley is a super-successful politician popular throughout fio party. Strauss would be fiist secretary of commerce to lie picked from the tens of thou.sanis of American retail merchant*. THOUGHTS OF A FISHERMAN Bv Ike Walton, Redivivus ' When two such eminent mold ers of opinion as Brothers Fain and Latlian look at a big sub ject like Franklin's, dream at dif ferent angles, the matter ought to be investigated. Brother La than urges Asheville to get busy and be ready for another boom if Franklin puts his Tennessee valley 'vision across. Brother Fain does not like booms, espe cially government made one.-*. Brother Lathan says we must do pome watchful waiting awhile to see how it must be done; Bro ther Fain seems to be more im pressed by the need of watching, Uncle Sam when Ire starts to spending money than by the wis dom of waiting ou him. Well, boih of these counsellors arc on the right track. If Frank lin can manage that idea so as to enable the power people as veil as the public to get a fair shcire of the business, and il* he can cut out the possible graft and ers will be filled for us. Shar ing is saving. (6) Grow by Sowing. "As ii a man should cast seed in the ground." Mow germinant, re sourceful and multiplying is the seed of truth! Scatter it and succeed. Sow and grow. (7) Grow by Bearing. ''The full corn in the ear." Alas, sood seed may go seemingly to waste. The whole planting pro cess converges upon the harvest. Grow, then, in view of the gran ary. waste, (or atrleaft <■ u ^ j. minimum] then it «l«H new TrO in [).- uv..^h{ ■ of • Vosus,i. where A.-iuviiic A at one on<l, Chattanooga :n middle arid Memphis at ti,', er. To make a happy ValU of the present wa il my would he an experi - cut W; pur]>0!20 lit HMsit. J.ut itiothei- Fain eV(.j ingly right about the of almost unlimited indulge^ a spree with taxpayers'' m unless a new note can Ir. ^ ed in government pui.-n}ur;. government can act and economically; t ,j:.| so taiily in 'he case <,l the p^ Canal; and the its activity ;d«>n;* • >> „f lie works will b'-' lu >d reality of it= effoiMiw.n,'.,. economy. A now - his. »,j ,.s servants niu.*t K- devita Economies must jro and with engineering. One thin x l'i anhlin'^ ^ could '}>—it could v. :)»*_• i,ul, laria in Tennessee and xi Alabama; and in «U-:np; could probably atno pense of compli'iin^ Shoals i'1 'he im-re:- i <■•. and morale <>f a vni'.iii.n j*,. Hut mere dreams jm ^ King Albert of l'<\rium, courage and dev.-,i;t!( and whose t in 0 iank hii.i anion; • H: | living nen, :-aid voctni;-, need action n«»t word.-."' "if private bu?ino.- v.;i act, government nui.-i.. j> business i4 more di-i. ae ther Fair, is light aoou- ij but it must got <\ m- i>> nle v. ill .;oci:ii; ti. In of all our pleas an.I v..iir.b There is no substitute! | newspaper advertising. S T33 BY (iM StRVICC,'»c, R£G. U.S. PAT. OFT. 'W (READ THE STORY, THEN COLOR THE PICTURE)I fyTV goodness,'' shouted Scout:', irA «we are just as clumsy la •an be. We've ruiucd this fine ant jill. Now, what are we going to lo? "We never should have landed lere. AW1I have some trouble, now, | I fear. We really ought to fix Mie! int hill until it looks like new.''j A big ant then spoke up arid j said, "A pood idea! Go ahead. The hill you messed up is my horte. t Look! It's in ruins, now. "It won't take long to fix It right, if you will work with all your might. Just tell me that • jou're willing s>»id I'i| gladly bhov.'' Vou hov.V' j • • • i I ii/"i,F course ^"e are," said Coppy. • "'"You can rest aspired that's, * hat we'll dy. iJring on seme little shovels and we'll pile tho.sand up J !:ig>?. "C£ you we've played a real, mean trick. Before we're through,, it will look slick. We always do a real good job on anything we lrv." , "Oh, shovels will not he enough. > t'11 rnn and cet a lot of stuff.'' re-; plied the rui!. "Ju?t uv, r# here. It will iK;t take metaf The Tinies waited for a *:k Then each one h:- k out inac/ The ant draped wood and ta raers. My, it s. w.. ■ real t » I iiTT'IRST. bull-! .. scu': M 'if:: t lie It ill and from it ire u quickly fill in s.!i the .-and tb spread around,'" ti: l:t,!ea:/.(rii cried. "All right. got i>::-y!' k<X roared, "Here, somtnne !itlp : lift this board. We'll roak- u scaffold safe hy i<;:tt;ns down, side by side.'' it was a funny ;-i:ht to?* A whole bunch worlds niorrily 7 scaffold soon vas ■" *!w ^ sand was piled up Ki-ii- !■ ®iS very long until the ant tried, S work on the hill. !>' we much higher, it will : ': p iM' faky '* (C'op}-riy;r,w fu'.\ Servlt* i» (Scouty meets a fiddler «*' the next itorv.* THIS CURIOUS WORLD - THE- GIANT IRISH DE£&, A'.S» ANIMAL THAT &ECAMc E* TINCT IN THE 14 TH CENTURA HAD AN ANTLER. SPREAD OF TWELVE feet! WHEN j EXAMINE THE FUR. Gf- A fXE/ ARE NOT SEAKCHfNG rOfc Bin" FOR. ASijy SKIN S6C8ETK3HI K WHICH IS MUCH RE. !S"MEO 6V ■ THE DONKEY TRI3E. A WORKoS 5^ f CAN USE ITS S™"A«E3 OK'2 T.V.E/ THE B* (N STINGER P'J^5" °ZnA THE PLE.SH OF THE - resulting in^j; DEATi-i OF THE ^ 015^3 or *» ALTHOUGH the weapon cf a worker bee i* ve'y nevertheless, of little use 10 the individual owner. backward directed barbs on t^e stinsor, the i)ce is,.ul'.'*vUb it from the victim, so she leaves it in the wound. ' iaavea some o£ her vital organs, and death JoUc*'* »