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(5bt Sfotra-Smaa HendersonTiile News Established in 1894 Hendersonville Times Established in 1881 Published every afternoon except Sunday at 227 North Main street, Hendersonville, N. C., by The Times-News Co., Inc., Owner and Publisher. TELEPHONE 87 J. T. FAIN Editor C. M. OGLE Managing Editor HENRY ATKIN City Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Times-News Carrier, in Hendersonville, or else where, per week 12c By Mail in Hendersonville, per year $5.00 Due to high postage rates, the subscription price of The Times-News in Zones above No. 2 will b« based on the cost of postage. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office in Hendersonville, N. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1933 BIBLE THOUGHT "LOVE WORKFTH no ill to his neighbor.** (Rom. 14:13) "It is good . . . not to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is made weak." (Rom. 14:21). ♦ * ♦ If intoxicating liquor causeth others to stumble, or works ill to our neighbor, then Christian love demands prohibition of that thing for ourselves personally. It behooves Christians to press home Paul's standard*, which are Christ's standards for a 20th century world. Some think it is good to drink wine but all KNOW that it is good NOT to drink wine. The Christian's choice is clear. —Robert C. McQuilkin in S. S. Times. After this country recognizes Kussia n will really begin to get acquainted with the Communists and the revelations of the future will supply the jolts that are com ing to Uncle Sam in that connection. It is said that the United States govern ment will be able to recognize the Russian government by Friday of this week. It will take longer than that for the American people to recognize their own government after the changes of the past eight months. The Red Cross comes again for its an nual appeal to the American people. A large majority of the people of this town and county are disposed to respond fa vorably to this appeal. All public spirited citizens will be glad to contribute accord ing to their ability to the financial support of the Red Cross. Dr. Carl V. Reynolds of Asheville has been elected President of the North Caro lina Board of Health for a term of four years. Dr. J. T. Burrus of High Point \s the retiring President. Dr. Reynolds, who was health officer in Asheville for twenty years, has served as President of the Bun combe County Medical Society and the State Medical Society. A1 Smith made a visit to the White House yesterday and dined with the Presi dent. A1 told the newspaper men that it was a "social visit" and that politics was not discussed. That is piobably a fact, but the country will be slow to accept the statement at its face value. It is so easy for the country to believe that A1 and the President can't get together without con cocting political schemes. However, this is the "first "social visit" A1 has made to Roosevelt since the Preside.it was Gover nor iifif New York. They don't visit often enough to be regarded as old political chunks. Drunken drivers on the public highways are coming in for increased attention from the people who use the roads. One of the greatest known menaces to the safety of life And property on the highways is the drunken driver of a motor vehicle; and let it be remembered that one does not have to be violently intoxicated in order to be dangerous on the roads. Slight intoxica tion unfits a person for safe and careful driving of a motor vehicle. Even those who drink according to the rules of "tem perance" promulgated by certain of our citizens, cannot drive motor vehicles while under the influence of alcohol without menacing their own and the safety of other users of the highways. The dollar is lower today than it has been for 17 years, says Washington. But it's just as hard to get. Although the blue eagle has become quite popular, the turkey remains the fa vorite bird around this time of year. Italy is thinking of introducing an en tirely new form of government. But Mus solini, by any other name, still is Mussolini. Jimmy Durante, comedian, has filed his name for copyright. He wouldn't dare file _ i ; NEWSPAPERS' OPINIONS ' 0 — — * GOVERNMENT BY ALPHABET The American people have been yelling for years for simplified government, and they now have it, alphabetically at least. It has been initialed so generously that if one should miraculously be able to memorize all the first letters of all the bureaus and departments under which the government now operates, you would probably conclude that he was reciting the Chinese alphabet. The NRA and the RFC started all of this mis chief-making off, somebody having rightly intcro reted the American mood as being hostile to re peating the full name of these vital agencies of government and, therefore, in the interest of con venience and brevity, initial letters were chosen and are now fairly well established in the public mind. Nobody is referring to the National Recovery Administration or the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration—you could almost chop a cord of wood or \*alk up town before you can get those long terms away from the tongue. It is now NRA and RFC—just like that, and off you go to the main body of whatever it is you have to say. But the trouble is that the precedent has been carried to vicious extremes. They have got so now that every little tom-tit of a department in Wash ington takes its stand in line with the artistry of initialing and emblazons itself before the public in this abbreviated fashion. The practice has gone so far that long ago The Observer lost count and does not now pretend to parade the totality of the lettered agencies, but amon; them, at least, are the AAA, PWA, FERA, CCC, TVA, FCT, ECWP, DLD, FDIC, FFCA, FCA, F HC, FRSC, HOLC, OIB, SHD, ICC, FBR, BOIR, BOAI, FTC? And in addition to all of these, the western farmers are demanding that the government do something for them PDQ, while foreign govern ments continue to hand Washington their IOU's. —Charlotte Observer. BOOTH'S BIRTHDAY New York theatrical organizations held a mem orial service Sunday to inaugurate the celebration of the birth of Edwin Booth, the great American actor who was born Nov. 13, 1833. The birthday of Mr. Booth deserves to be observed in many cities in which he appeared with his troupe of ac tors. In the heyday of his career announcement of a date in American opera houses was hailed as an event. In the smaller cities he played one or two nights; in the large ones a week's engagement was not unusual. In those days the plays of Shake speare were read by the people and their presenta tion by Booth, Barrett, Warde and other tragedians always drew crowds of theatergoers. Edwin Booth may be said to be the foremost of all American actors and there were few opeia houses in which he did not play. Older residents of Spartanburg may recall his visits to this city when his Hamlet and other Shakespearean roles were greeted by the cultured people of the com munity and discussed days after his appearance. Edwin Booth was not only a great actor, but a great man and a loyal citizen, which is.proved by this annual observance of his birth 100 years ago. —Spartanburg Herald. BEES AND MEN An observer has discovered that bees .entering and leaving the hive, have adopted a system which prevents jostling, crowding and interference with work. Bees laden with material for making honey are given the right of way oy those which have de livered their loads. It was Solomon who admonished humanity to go to the ant and consider her ways. He might have included the bee and other insects and wild things in his advice to man. The bee respects one of its kind which bears a burden. Man as a rule ignores his fellow who has a load. The bee estab lishes traffic rules and obeys them. Man makes traffic rules and seems to take delight in breaking them. The bee looks ahead and prepares its budget ar.d lives within it. Ordinary man doesn't give a hang about budgets and often lives from hand to mouth. There is much for man to learn from the habits and customs of the bee and it has been so ever since the first man robbed a bee tree, but man has been slow to learn.—Spartanburg Herald. SPENDING IS SAVING NOW True economy is that which obtains the largest possible return for a dollar spent. Truer economy is to spend that dollar at a time when it will brin? the most. We have had a number of years of extreme de pression. Prices have dropped to unimaginably low levels. Buying power has been close to non-exis tent? There was money in the country—but per sons who had surpluses were afraid to spend. They went without needed articles in order to keep their savings intact. They permitted prosperity to fail into costly disrepair. If they pursue that timid policy any longer, thev are going to be literally out of luck. That hoarded money is going down in value now. The worth of the dollar depends entirely on what it will buy. Six months from now it will buy much less than it will buy today. In other words, if you keep money in a non-productive state at present it amounts tc throwing a certain percentage of it away. You can get maximum value from your money only by putting it to use. There was never a bet ter time to install a new heating plant, to repair or replace a roof, to build or rebuild, to paint oj to do a thousand similar things. Every dollar so sptnt will appreciate in value—what it buys will in a very short time, have a market value much in excess of what you paid. Think it over! True saving now is through wise spending.—The Manufacturer. A tunnel will be huilt between the White House and the State Department building in Washington, to permit officials to dodge the rain and embarrass ing questioners. Sidney Franklin, America's bullfighter, is re turning to New York. But too late for the elec tion campaign. —n— i WELL, LOOK WHAT NEW YORK DID! c OTY (Tu^ANl WHITE PLAGUE STUDIES MAKE BIG ADVANCE Dr. Stephen Maher Is on Verge of Discovery of Specific Formula SHELTON. Conn., Nov. 15.— (UP).—Dr. Stephen J. Maher, one of the world's foremost au thorities on tuberculous, yester day announced a new treatment *or tuberculosis. Speaking: before a group of 1, 800 Connecticut physicians. Dr. Maher described experiments in which he has transformed tested strains of tubercle bacilli into harmless cocci and diplococci. The findings, he said, are the result of a definite technique which, if ap plied to any full-grown culture of tubercle bacilli, will cause them to give birth to cocci and diplococci, that produce an acid harmless to themselves but full of harm to the bacilli from which they are derived. From the original strains, re ceived in 1908 from Dr. Leonard Pearson of the University of Pennsylvania, sub cultures weve made, Dr. Maher said, and in a few months he found cocci and diplococci mixed with the granu lar tubercle bacilli. Referring to the possibility of the finding of a cure for tuber culosis. Dr. Maher. who last year was awarded the Laertnre medal by Notre Dame because of his re searches in tuberculosis, said: "Despite ifs present accessibil ity. this new field contains, we believe, the long-sought and great ly needed specific cure for tuber culosis. Of course, the temptation to preserve silence on this work of ours until we can say, 'Here is the cure for tuberculosis,' han b?en very strong, but we have realized this temptation because we realize that, if we arc on the right track, the cure will be achieved much sooner if we im part oyr knowledge of direction to the whole world than it corld j be if we tried to find this cure j alone. "Once sighted, nothing, not1 even political scheming or lack of funds, would keep the world from ! securing immediately and devel- J oping the cure for tuberculosis, which is the greatest prize in 1 he ! world." j Dr. Maher, who is 73 years old, has studied tuberculosis for more J than 30 years. His research, pur sued quietly in his laboratory in ! New Haven, brought him interna-1 tional recognition when he was i selected as United States delegate to the international tuberculosis conferences at Rome in 1928 And I Oslo in 1930. He was awarded Notre Dame's Laetare medal last year. He is a graduate of St. Charles j College and Yale Medical School. | He had been chairman of the Con necticut Tuberculosis commission for many years. Dysentery Cases In U. S. Startling In Number, Said! CHICAGO, Nov. 15.—(UP).— Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, presi dent of the Chicago Board of health, announced last night that he had received reports indicat ing that there was a "startling" number of cases of ameobic dvs enterv throuehout the country. Dr. Bundesen disclosed last week that an outbreak of dysen-; tery had taken 15 lives. He said that it had been estimated by competent authorities that many people in the United States were infected with the organism that causes this disease. Bundesen said that many in-1 dividuals "apparently" have the' disorder without any recognition i of it. HARNESS BUSINESS BOOMED SALEM, Ore. (UP).—Return of genuine horse power to Willa mette Valley farms, replacing tractors, sent business of J. D. Oxley and C. A. Rockhill boom ing. Proprietors of a Salem hat - i ness shop, they have doubled the i size of their store as result of in- i creasing trade. Home Brew Malt And Hops Not Selling Rapidly Decline of 60 to 90 Pet. Is Noted in the Ashe ville Trade ASHEVILLE, Nov. 15.— The home brew industry has suffered a severe setback in Asheville since the coming of legal 3.2 brew last May 1, a survey yesterday re vealed. Most of the stores handling malt and hops report a decline in sales anywhere from 60 to 90 per cent. One store which formerly kept at least 50 cases on hand, now finds it hard to dispose of one. While some of the decline is a result of the cold weather, most dealers believe that the new beer dealt a death blow to home brew. Police report that they have made only one or two raids within the past month when home brew was found. Many look for a resumption of ihe "art," however, since the na tion has gone wet again. Most of the brewers of the better beers - are devoting their energies to-'i ward manufacture of six per cent beer, which will become legal in many states on December 5th. when prohibition is taken out oi' the constitution. Brew of only 3.2 alcoholic content may be sold in North Carolina, however. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks for the many expressions of sympathy and kindness during the death of our husband, father and brother; also for the many beautiful floral gifts. MRS. V. M. PARKS, F. C. KLEIN AND WIFE, II. E. PARKS and MRS. N. TOPPIN. ltp There is no substitute fDr newspaper advertising. 'worf SCENES IN \X/ASUINGT0M BY RODNEY DITCHER > u.v Mrrvirr Sinfi CorrmiMindrnt WASHINGTON—Two proclama tions will announce repeal But repeal will be*effective before either cull be made. The president, for the first time, will proclaim a new consti tutional amendment. The secre tary of state will do so as usual. The amendment is the 21st, tMcIi repeals the 18th. No question about when repeal Is effective. The supreme court decided in 1921 that an amend ment was in force immediately upon ratification by the 3t'tli state. A bootlegger had argued against convict!.m on the ground that his 'oflV-ns* had preceded the secretary or state's proclamation. Ordinarily, the secretary's proc lamation only certifies a state of I'act If anyone questions what's happened, vo<i can prove it by the State Department. Rut in the National Industrial Recovery Act you'll find that Con Kress specifically directed the presi dent to proclaim either the close of the first fiscal year in which the budget had been balanced or re peal—"whichever is the earlier." Kveryone knows which is the e'rlier The point in the president's proc lamation i* that on the first day of the ? ear beginning thereafter, several federal taxes are repealed or reduced, including a gasoline tax tut from IV- to 3 cent and elimina tion of the dividends tax. * * * '^T^HKItE'S been a lot of sickness lately." someone suggested to President Roosevelt a* N' the foreign liquor < I,ins that the las limitou** ■»«-ts to Medical rcfi'iirn^. Yeah." the prc^IJ** •i •"It's going to be a heaw ^ * <■ « " pRAMERR of t!,c !)1Jrk A had a time ii.. ^ to describe their irnhV^.''* h differentiate it ft-v., edy and other Irri , fl-t inent. 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