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$b?*®tm?a-Nftna JT Hender«onviIle News EiUbliiM 1194 f Hehd«rto«iTill# Tim* E.UiH.hed {« liSl i ■* ... Published every afternoon except Sunday at 227 North Main Street, Hendersonville, N. C., by The Times-News Co., Inc., Owner and Publisher. TiLEPHONE #. T. PAIN ! Editor C. M. OGLE Managing Editor JEIENRY ATKIN City Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES f!y Times-News Carjieiv in Hendersonville, or else where, per week 12c Due to^high postage rates, the subscription price of The Times-News in Zones above No. 2 will be bailed on the cost of postage. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office in Hendersonville, N. C. j TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1934 " BIBLE THOUGHT" |t A verse FOR MISSIONARIES '* "Behold, 1 lend you forth." (Luke 10:3) r ♦ ♦ * A young lady leaving for the mission field was sitting by a dear friend in the home church the Sunday evening previous. Suddeh, as if moved by a strong impulse, the friend took the young mis sionary's Bible and turned to John 10, and under scored part of the fourth verse: "And when He putteth forth Hi* own ihcep He roeU> before thenu" How many times during the years that followed, in days of darkness and difficulty, that promise wa3 a sodjce of power and comfort.—S. S. Times. CHEMISTS BRING HOPE, MORE THAN DESPAIR ■ (By BRUCE CATTON*) Tie chemist has been geting a bad name for himself lately. It sometimes seems as if he never gets his name in the papfer except when he invents a new kind of poisonous gas, or devises a new indus trial process which will put more men out of vork. It* is only fair, therefore, to remind our selves that there is another side to the ledger. Proceedings of the annual meet ing of the American Chemical Society, at Cleveland, show how these scientists are working steadily to make the world a hap-; pien place. For example: Two University of Penn sylvania men report to the society that they have discovered a new substance in the;bodies of men which seems to make human tissues resistant to cancer. It is suggested that it may be the presence of this substance in a healthy body which makes it free from cancer—and the ab sence of it which makes cancer develop. Not enough is known, yet, to enable one to say what importance this discovery may eventually have. But there is just a chance that the great war on cancer is appreci ably nearer final victory because of it. Another group of research specialists tell how they havfe developed a drug which deals out death to pneumonia germs. This drug, seemingly effective against all types of pneumonia germs, is a deriva tive of an earlier-known compound which, while fatal to the germs, was also very de structive of human tissue—and, therefore, too dangerous to use rtiedically. The dangers seem to have been over come; and, once ag&in, while it is too early to predict that the long-sought specific for pneumonia has been fouild, it is just pos sible that this dreaded disease may be on the verge of being conquered. Still another chemist reports that the use of copper and iron salts will cure nu tritional ariemia in infants. Another tells of a new dru& for the treatment of fat em bolism, a deadly congestion of the lungs whlfch sontetmies occurs after a major op eration. - • - -— - - a-L lu •' >«' j All of these things—some of which may have the most profound ififluenc;e oh the feffort to reduce humftjl suffering and mis ery—are simply part of the.oirdihary, day to-day. work which goes on in our teseafch laboratories. We seldom hear of this work. The chemist goes his Way unsung, ahid mbfct bf us connect his name chiefly with death And destruction. It is only fair to rfetflSirt-; bet thAt there is ait other side tb it. 1° newspaper? opinio* *j * —- ° Prlstare \$ b*ifcg bfrodgfcfc Vv fHni ihlft* (Jirectforto to halt the Sehatte's investigations of tha munitions traffic. This was to be expected. Through diplomatic, itiilitary, banking, and Business chan nels, both those responsible for the investigation and the geheral public are being told that the in; quiry will wreck trade and will imperil good ftttrr tiational relations, tfiat the chargfes arts irmpbh*. fclbly riiade and uhtriie. I>*fh&ps SOttie rash br evfeh incort-ect stkt^inents hare bfeen made by certain witnesses. That is un fortunate, but it is not as unfortunate as ^rbuM fcfe I returH to thfe stteitce under wWch thunitioii? groups iiave sowed misbn'defrstandihg aniong peo ples and reaped fortunes for themselva*. If th« TJYiiitfed States tnttst sttfffer a temporary loss ir . litin-Arraricah bade ^ecittse 6f th% current itfs closures, may not the rdWard cOme in overflowlnj measure if mose preying upon the public can be unseated? Let us consider the public! Only a little more than two years ago the Sen ate conducted another investigation into the meth ods of Amercian banking houses. It was disclose ! that certain bankers—like munitions salesmen went to Latin-American countries, particularly, and one bank vied with another to obtain the privilege of floating a bond issue for a country, just as monitions Arms vied with each other for business. The aim was profit in each case; not service to the countries involved, and certainly in volved no consideration whatever for the public. In the case of the bonJs, the bankers got the rich commissions which primarily interested them; j the .countries got the money or the credit—and probably spent some of it for munitions, the peo ples of those countries got large financial obliga tions to carry, and the American public got swin dled, for most of the bonds are in default and never will pay more than a few cents on the dol lar. The lesson in that Senate investigation was that the public must be protected frbm such fex ploitation in the future—and the result has been the Securities Act, bitterly opposed by the banker broker lobby. In the case of munitions, the intermediaries got the commissions, the purchasing governments got the goods, the munition^ makers got the money, and the public got a huge bill for taxes. Now is it not time to give some consideration to the public? Is it not time to curtail the munitiohs trade in the public interest? To be sure, this would be only a faltering step toward ""removing the causes of war itself, but any progress In that direction is desirable. Perhaps there may come from this investigation something comparable to the Securities Act, but applicable to the munitions trade in the United States, and pos sibly in other countries as well. The United States at present has less govern mental control over the manufacture, sale and shipment of war materials than any other impor tant munitions manufacturing company. In the last decade the United States, Great Britain and France together have accounted for between two thirds and three-fourths of the total world exports of arms and munitions. Let us ignore the cries of the munitions makers and their friends, and think only of the public which long has been the victim of their persons! thirst for profit!—Christian Science Monitor. LIBERALIZING LOANS President Roosevelt's move to liberalize bank loans comes at a moment when there is a decided improvement in this situation. Steady increases in loans have been registered for the past two months. The President is trying to speed the profcess up of getting more capital into action in order to stimulate business and thereby help the unemploy ment situation durinjg the coming winter. For the week endihg September 5th, member banks of the Federal Reserve system in 91 leading cities had $114,000,000 more in outstanding loan*, other than those on securities, than in the preced ing week. These banks had $216,000,000 less in reserves with their Federal Reserve banks. The loans on securities, which decreased $36,000,000 | during the week, are supposed to be primarily for speculation, and the other loans to be primarily for business purposes, although not necessarily for manufacturing. This great one-tfeek intrease In loans other than those on securities is all the more significant be cause increases, although much smaller, had been I shown itt each of the pr'etedihg six weeks. On Sep tember 5, the reporting banks had outstanding $230,000,000 more in such loans than on July 18, fcihd otily $121,000,000 less than a year ago. Thbste loans h&d begun to decline in Amount last Novem ber, and the decline Sad continued rather steadily until the latter part of July, 1934.* The decent expansion in bank loans other than those on securities is viewed with hope by many j economists. This group holds that; business recov ery is impossible without a marked increase in loans by banks to business men. Such An increase in bank credit mij^ht be a result of buslhe'sis recov ery, or one of its causes, or both cause-and effect. Also, many of this line of reasoning believe that bank credit expansion is the only fcigrtiflcant form of inflation. The recfentfy published booTclet of M^jor Atig&s, a London stockbroker, predicts that the facilities for inflation now present iti the tJnit ed States will lead 1ft the not distant fqture to a marked rise in the prices of common stocks.—the fcharlotte Observer. SOAklNG CAPITAL Thirty-four million peoplfe in this country worked for a livnig in 1932, the last year for which there are official statistics, abdlit 26,000, 000 of these working for others. Altogether this laboHng group, emtffoysTs fcrid employees together, eattietf $39,000,000,000, less th&ri half of what was earned in 19^9. Those Who workted for others took home $31, 600,§00,009 of the total earnings for that yeah After all the femjiloyes ih the cbiihtry had b'e%n pfcftl their ^art of this national income, there was left $7,8tf0,066,000> 6r about 20 per cent of the total, for the labor atid AianAtreiHeht of Everybody Ih business for himself, an'd to pay interest and <SlvWen<h bh all the' savings invested in aH the business of the country. „ Those who are Always procteedftifc on the thetiVy that the ftioife you so&k the rich, the better off, eVtr^6a^'ft; ihay find in these facts an indication thfit In 1932 Ihe rich Seetn to have b^e* rathfer! saul^ulty soaked*—Dr. Julian S. Miller m Char lotte Observer. | Mfrjofr Angas ie certainly Hght ab'dut Ithb cdfaing American boom—at least it's cothihg .to Majdr Ang&s. ♦ •,. ; > i. «i d 1 The hdstess isn't really bbfed to tears. What1 Wakes the tears Show is yaWriitig with her mouth shut. ■ " ••—:—i—* l'"' '■ That ft, $50 Worth Of siftVr Will wake lfc9 silver ] (Hollars—or 625 wedding presents. I —' — — *' : Asi&tiH are snAM.' They rt hout up prhni t tive people aVid teach them to be a menace. • > <-?•' *v- - * .n*y?S VW * WHISPERING PINES klAift SBQfe ^' WHAT STORYf SOLIDS , TO Mc UK£ a lot of W irtO J The Revised Constitution By JOHN J. PARKER Judge U. S. District Court of Appeals 2. The Method of Revision There are two ways in which the Constitution of the State may be revised. One is by calling a constitutional convention to con sider the matter. The other is for the Legislature to adopt proposed changes by a three-fifths vote of both houses and submits them to the people for ratification at the next general election. *The"i?9rf^ vention method is not satisfactory. The convention is a large body of men and does not lend itself to the calm deliberation with which changes in the fundamental law! should be made. We tried such a convention with very unsatisfac tory results in 1876. New York haci a very unsatisfactory experi ence with one about twenty years ago. When it became evident that a revision of the Constitution was necessary, we adopted the second method, which had been tried with success in our neighobring state of Virginia, probably the best gov erned state in the South. The Leg islature of 1931 authorized the ap pointment of a commission to pro pose to the succeeding Legislature changes in the Constitution. This Commission reported to- the Legis lature of 1933, which adopted its report with a few minor changes; and the Revised Constitution which is being voted upon by the people is a result of its labors as approved by the people's represen tatives in the Legislature of 1933. The Commission which drafted the Revised Constitution was not composed of impractical theorists or of representatives of special in terests, but of nine experienced citizens of the state all of whom had served the people in various capacities, and, excluding myself from consideration, were well known for their patriotism and sound judgment. The chairman of the Commission was the Chief Jus tice, of the Supreme Court of the State, who has given twenty years to the work of the judiciary. With him was Judge Michael Schenck, one of the ablest of our Superior Court Judges,- since elevated to the Supreme Court. Then there was the State Commissioner of Revenue, Mr. A. J. Maxwell, the fnan who.^nows more about state finance than any other man in this part«of tbf country. There were three of the State's practicing lawyers of outstanding ability, Mr. George E. Butler of Clinton, Mr. J. 0. Cari- of Wilmington, since appointed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, and Mr. Burton Ciaige of Winston-Salem. There was Hon. Lindsay Warren, a member of Congress and a wise and expe rienced statesman. And there was Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of the Progresisve Farmer and one of the State's outstanding liberals. The members of the Comniis-' sion worked on the revision of the Constitution from time to time for a period of 18 months. They en listed the co-operation of the law departments of the State Univers ity, Duke University and Wake Forest College. They heard dele gations of citizens as to various matters. They studied the experi ! enee of other states and had > studies made for them by the law schools. And the. revision which they finally proposed represented, not the idea.s or notions of any man or group of men, but the fruits of their study and the ex perience of other states. The Leg islature of 1933 studied their re port from January to May through a committee of its ablest members of which Senator Way nick, was chairman. It was fully debated by the Legislature and was finally passed by more than the requisite three-fifths vote. It thus repre sents, not merely the judgment of the Commission, but also that of the people's representatives in the Legislature. It is worth remem bering that the report of the Com mission, which was signed by every member, closes with these words: "The redraft of the Constitu tion is the composite work of the members of the commission, not their individual views, but the combined judgment of the entire commission. It is suz mitted with confidence that is contains nothing hurtful to the welfare of the people of the State, but much that may be discerned as beneficial to their interests. It is believed that the General Assembly can safely commend it to the people as preserving every substantial right and as worthy of sup port." Every one aomits that the old Constitution needs revision. The revision prepared in the manner above outlined is entitled to re spectful consideration at the hands of the people. For reasons which I shall set forth in subse quent articles, I think it is entitled to support as a great constructive improvement in the fundamental law of the State. .... JOHN J. PARKER. PUT PARTY WHERE? __By WICKES WAMBOLDT The President of the United States has recently been repre sented as not favoring: partisan ! politics as such. In other words, it would appear that the Presi dent, although a party man, does not put party privileges and benefits above p u b 1 i <r welfare and public happi ness. If you will an alyze most of the iniquities and the difficulties in gov Wamboidt eminent in mis coUhtrjr, ybli will find that they are the result of selfish, blind par tisanship. Notoriously bad local* govern ment is as it is because common ly, the'best people in the commu nities put the success of U)e party organization ahead of tb$ success of the communities. W It is to be hoped tha^the gen eration now approachingNrianhood and Womanhood will come of age ■with broader, more intelligent ideas of government than are pos sessed by their 'pWe^.and will cut slashing! y through^hfc" barriers1 ..to govermhentarv. an(l im provement hkbitvtny set up by partisan naT#wti'ess and preju dice. \ Today, when a political candi date is nominated and elected, what does thdt mean ? Does that mean that the people have chosan aVid fep'otaen? Not generally. Usual ly such nomination and election express merely the manipulation and the effort of a small organ itfeti political machine made up of political jdb holders and govern mental favor-getters, y>ho work diligently and shrewdly to per petuate themselves in office and in power. Peculiarly true is it that government ih this couhtry particularly local government, is managed and controlled by an ele ment which is in the work pri marily for personal profit and-pit-* '*jsiw • vate gain. Notably orir local governments do, not measure up to the require ments of their citizens. Equally notable is it that the citizens I usuallv do nothing- about the mat ter. They do not know what to do. Politics is purposely made and kept mysterious by machine poli ticians.* So the American people, i departing entirely from their pol icy of demanding the right to j think and act for thems^^s ip i all other matters, leave politics to I the politicians. Cincinnati, Ohio, has for the | immediate past six years been conducting a successful experi ment that many other municipali j ties ere preparing to cony. Cin 1 cinnati has made the important discovery that a non-partisan po litical organization can be created of citizens interested not in per sonal gain but in community behe fits, who will work as industrious ly, energetically, and persistently for community welfare as old line political machines work for per sonal and private gains. Cincin nati has found that she can draw | into her citizens' organization an j entirely new type of political worker, who scorns to be paid for . I his or her services except in the I knowledge that the community has I been implied. The Cincinnati j organization' is constructed exac^-' ly lilte Qle *oLd pplitical ring ma chine, but itl members are pa triots who give their services, or their moftey, or both, without be ing rewarded by political jobs or special pHviTeges. Cincinhatj has demonstrated that in a fair fight, her non-parti san, -artieteiii* citizen organization can whip the partisan, profession al political machine. Thus in six yeaVs, Cincinnati has been trans formed from the worst governed American city to the best gov % jT be necessary government, ionstrated its , ie,ncy in Shipman Will Be Constitution Week Kiwanis Speaker According to plans anhounced by President 0. Y. Brownlee. the Kiwanis club of this city will have a progi-a*i Thursday devot ed to the discussion ahd consider ation of the constitution of the United States, and the promotion of a better citizenship, joining: in with all the other 1800 Ki wanis clubs of the country in a nation-wide observance of the birthday of the constitution. The addresa will be given by J. E. Shipman. Constitution week is fixed for September 16-22, which includes the date of the anniversary of the signing oi the constitution on September 17, 178t. "Because of the many problems which face our citizens and par ticularly because of the questions that have been raised regarding the constitutionality of some of the aspects of new deal legisla tion," said President .Brownlee," "a consideration of these aspects was nevegr more important than at this tijrt^ The increasing so cial, ecoiflNprt and jjj&vfernmental problems 4''d^nany^, more solid thinking wjfcfre par J; of all citi zens; a a®}*?, intelliift'nt under standing oW thesis prt>bl"Ghis, and greater action ort. the part of mote people to help solve them, particularly as they affect our local conditions. Because of the long fought for rights which are guaranteed by the constitution, the duties of a militant citizen ship in. solving our own problems are great. » "We believe there never a more fitting time than the pres ent for our entire community to consider the various iispects of the constitution aild for Citizens to demonstrate-. their . patriotism ani %?r .dtj^enry " Dr. V\ J- Carhngton Atlantic ^w&New Jersey, .prtfirU dent of fcfMpanis Intemtttrenfafv urges thaTl 'W, Ktorani^|£lui^^fc»^-« citizens take, part iw 3VktM|MK*] Mrs. Anna Dall Will Have 'Nose To Grindstone' ' " " Doesn't JLead. Gossip and. Not Contemplating Mar riage, Sbe'States CopyiHfht, 1934, by U. P. WASHINGTON, Sent. 17. (UP). Mrs. Aiwia- Ro<x*eveIt Dall, who | obtained a Nevada divorce a short time ago from Curtis B. i Dall, refuses to read gossip col umns which hint that she is about to re-marry. She told the United Press she would resume her duties at the White House on October 1 and will "lead almost exactly the same life which T led last year." That means the tall, blonde daughter of President and Mrs. Roosevelt will write for mag azines and help her mother read and answer the hundreds of let ters that come to the White House. Gossip has reported Mrs. Dall plans to marry a Washington1 newspaper reporter. It also was ■ rumored she might be engaged to I Arthur Mullen, Jr., son of the, man who was Mr. Roosevelt's | floor leader at the Chicago con-1 vention; or Cyfc'us Wtishburn, | California swimmer with whomj week and give some thought to j the l ights and privileges accord-1 ed to all citizens by that docu-. ment and also roalize the respon-l sibilities they, have because of( those privileges. . • ' 1 • V, j V UUy hfir • in Isevada. n0r»etac^ . *)a!'; fill en is l with sayine that she- ,{,> the gossip column an,, 1 ^ expects to have i:er <? t^at ^ Lvnndstone" for s„lnp t'f to the ior some T.»»i The children «Sj ?*: Kpzzie," will retutV'tft ani1 111 separate schools wi!'"'J0 {^\ Inl..,.. It..- .. *«11V in A eaviv in f> tober. Mrs. 1 »all usually tffehi to school^ in her ».*n ^ and oftcfc ,.!l v ' home. " • \ Her recV'Vtion in Washing c.i. siderablf^Mimnitfijr the Whiu tiouse po>)Tt a few tie- dancw and dinner par- «■ with many of whom *•.->. t- childly friends; either in New York or in Washington din:"- the ptri . when her father was u>s>st*tr secretary of the navy. She attends mo- f the f0rifl. al White House « funrtictj. dancing at receptions, helpjJ entertain dinner . a>Mstii" in the planning o' mi al and \i formal parties. She is always children parties S.istie and I' ;/.zie ti\>. Mrs. • Pall attend- charity bails horse, sh?ws and a :<w lui^e din nets. ' Se took a ribbon with h« own horse. *'1 rue Li ve.' in ort horse show this yeai. Occasional trips v. New York or to other places t.» visit friends or participate in some philan thropic or social _event take h« away from her Wiite House rou tine. Mrs. £>all likes dancing bit finds that, beca j height, she has to paze down at tk» heads of *111') t o! her 'iatvinj; partners. Perhaps the fact that she chooses tall men. whenevtr possible.' to dance with has p\>„ rise to some of the t umors of as impending marriage. BEHIND THE SCENES IN NAASWINGTON of, multiof Daulioi'; «n» vaia tlori, Will*; Thornton will Write the dully Washington cnlanin. '' . *i„ ♦ »■ . i.. BY WILLIS THORNTON NKA lirrvlrf Sliilt CorrexpoiKlpiit Washington—the horror of the Morro Castle disaster has fanned congressional interest In just how thoroughly tne Com merce Department is enforcing chipping regulations. Despite Captain Warms' asser tion that he carried a full and ex perienced complement of crew ex cept In the stewards' department. Representative William Sutphln of New Jersey says he has informa tion that the crew was "new and undisciplined." The Licensed Offi cers' Association has also hinted that some American lines hire men of questionable competence. And Senator Homer T. Bone of Washington flamed up all over again about the ease of the Dollar Line's President Grant. The collec tor of customs at Seattle refused her clearance for the Orient in July during the dock strike, claim ing that she had only three able seamen aboard, while her papers required 19. Some of the men claiming to be able seamen on the Grant didn't know the difference between port and Starboard, Collector Saul Hass claimed. But, fumes Senator Bone, pressure was brought on the Com merce Department in Washington, which peremptorily ordered Hass to release the President Gront on prepayment of a $500 "bond." * ♦ » COMEBODY in Washington cares ^ what Herbert Hoover says. His first piece on liberty came 1 out in the Spturdav Evening Post: on Tuesday, on v, <<:ncsdr.v iiicr wasn't a copy to W had in Wa»h ington. By Thursday the distriba tors had six nu n scouring th* town to pick up just one ropy fa filing purposes. Hut 2.1.500 copies had sold out clean, ait increase ol 1500 over usual Washington tiunrrs Even If every reputed member of the Rrain Trust had boimht a copy to pick to pieces, it wouldn't ao count for that many. • ♦ * CPEAKING of the Urain Tru-f It's got to the point where even more people than ever doubt Its existence. Somebody in Philadel phia the other day mailed ?. let ter to "The Leading Thinker, Dis trict of Columbia Administration, Washington, D. C." Was the letter sent <hi.-ing over seas after Dr. Tupwell, or ru«hed to Prof. Moley's New Yurk saw turn? Not at all. The postoff.ee delivered it to Sk retary Daniel E. (large.i of th» board of commissioners which ems the District of Columbia. And Garges, blushing a deep pink stamped it "For the attention ol Commissioner Hazcn." * * * T^ESPITE the ballyhoo for tran* ^ Atlantic airmail service, pal down your bets that trans-l'acifle service will come first. Harllei Branch, first assistant to I'ostmas ter General James A. Farley, isnjl Iq Aliska for his health, lie's ljoking over the possibilities ol regular airmail from Alaska over the Bering Strait to Russia and Japan. It would connect at this end *ith regular seaplane service to Alaska, and -with the Chinese lines at tin otdi6r. Lindbergh didn't po over this route a couple of years ago for his, health, either. frtStivrrtrJir tV't VI*' : " !rf * ■ t: Japanese Statesman HORIZONTAL .1, 7 Who is the Japanese lead er in the pic ture? 11 Cotton seedini machines. 22 Feather. 14 Opposite of gain. 16 Queer. 17 To comply. 19 Type of snow shoe. 20 Play on words. 21 Perfched. 23 Dating device. 26 Cat's foot. 28 Compact. 31 Scripture. 32 Dogma. 34 Pitcher. 35 Frozen dessert 36 Waltzer. 37 Neither. 38 Tardier. 41 Pronoun. 43 Witticism. 44 Pillars. 46 Encountered. Answer to Previous T'kz/Ic AJN!SO'NL TMt[le_5 TTLjO'T LfgA R aEinsaH w ■ HE30W&J 47 Admonition. 49 Unit. 50 "VVar flyer. 51 Blemish. 53 Reverence. 55 What is his military title? 56 He.is now of Japan. VERTICAL 1 Young goat. 2 Finale. 3 Exists. 4 On. 5 Cognizance. 6 <To emari&ijate. 7 Rowing tool*. 8 Morindin dye. 9 Dower ' . property. 10 To query. 11 It Is his job to pain the of the world. 13 Kay. 15 Russia is al Odds with Japan over right*. j 7 Monsrtl. IS Insane. 20 House cat. 22 Golf deri«*. 241'.tr: acini* 25 Cravat. 2»; Writing implenieut. 27 Tiny 20 Northwest. 30 Southeast. 31 Sailor. 33 To attempt 3() Drone be*-. 37 Mesh of la« 39 To ra tify. 40 Clan symbrf 41 Small, mean • liousr. 42 Governtnf' tea! 44 Kodent. 45 Heavenly 4C Katite bird 47 Auto. 48 lly. 52 Second 53 Thro«-to»<l s'oth. 54 You and I.