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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1938
BIBLE THOUGHT
HAVE YOU TAKEN IT TO JESUS?
"Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall
tustain thee" (Ps. 55:22)
* * *
Have you taken it to Jesus?
Tis the only place to go
" If you want your burdens lifted.
And a solace for your woe; ;
Oh. the blessedness to nestle.
Like a child upon His breast;
Finding: ever as He promised
Perfect comfort, peace and rest! •
—Edith L. Hennessay in "The Life of Faith." j
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HOLLYWOOD DISCOVERED A
VANISHING TRAIT
(By BRUCE CATTON)
That Hollywood movie company that
went to a small town in Missouri to make
a picture seems to have learned something, j
Fresh from the land of make-believe",!
where everybody acts a part offstage as|
well as on and where the sorry old rulej
that it's every man for himself is followed
right up to the hilt, these movie people
spent a couple of weeks or so in a place of i
complete, unVorldly innocence.
The population of this little Missouri
town was increased by about one-third
when the movie people landed. Hotel fa
cilities, of course, were completely inade
quate ; the Hollywood visitors had to take!
rooms in private homes. The few restau
rants did a business such as their owners
had never dreamed of.
But somehow these back-country Mis-!
sou naps didn't see all of this as grand op
portunity to gouge the rich folks.
They insisted on looking on the great
mass of newcomers as their guests. The
movie people actually had to argue, and
argue hard, to get their hosts to take
money for their rooms. The restaurant
keepers never thought of boosting their
prices, but went right on selling chicken
dinners for 50 cents.
When home-town talent was wanted for
use in mob scenes, the townsfolk weren't
especially eager to take money for that,
either. They were glad to help out, of
course—but they didn't see any particular
reason why they ought to be paid for it.
And although people came from miles
around to watch the different scenes being
shot, they stayed put when the directors
asked them to keep quiet when the sound
cameras were turning—and proved infin
itely easier to handle than half a dozen
casual visitors on a studio set back in Hoi
lywood. %
All of which was something of an eye
opener to the movie people, who aren't
used to that kind of a world. And the rest
of us—who aren't any too used to it, either j
—may meditate on the incident and use it,
as a measuring rod to gauge the short
comings of our modern society.
For the innocent, unsophisticated friend
liness of that small town is the sort of
thing which once was all but universal in
this country. The books written by foreign
visitors in the last century prove that; so,
too, do the individual memories of a great
many living Americans.
But the way of life which was naturaf to
rural, small-town, horse-and-buggy Amer
ica is not at all natural to the complex, citi
fied society we have today. The pace has
grown too swift, the competitive struggle
has grown too keen; we rub elbows with
too many people, and are too constantly
obliged to remember that it's every man
for himself nowadays.
We have lost something, in developing
this modern civilization that we're so
proud of—lost something precious and ir
replaceable. \Ve may yet conclude that
what we have gained in its place does not
quite make it up to us for the loss,
i
Comes news that the Lithuanians, after
12 years of martial law, are deciding not
to call their condition a state of emergency
1 any more. Oh, they're just trying to be
1 different.
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A young couple who had sailed the
oceans together in a sailboat were divorced
the other day. The story in a nutshell:
From mess-mates to mis-mates.
NEWSPAPERS' OPINIONS
i :
THE PENSION PROBLEM
Any way anybody looks at these old-age pensioi
schemes all of them boil down to the same thing
They take money away from persons under 61
years of age and give it to persons over 60 years o
age.
With that as a principle they vary merely in th<
ways of taking, the ways of giving, and the exten
of the transfer. , ;
If we are committed to the principle that societj
owes aged persons something all that is left for u:
to decide is how much and how shall we make th<
payment.
The latter plan seems to have the most support
It would mean that you and I and Tom, Dicl
and Harry, would give $2 out of every $100 w<
earned to* the support of persons over 60 and thai
if we were farmers and sold $100 worth of tobaccc
or cotton that we would plank up the $2 just the
same. , ^ •
It doesn't sound like very much talking about it
like that, but lump it up once a year and add it tc
your normal income tax and your property tax and
see how well it sits.
And remember: this stands a very good chance
of being the most important piece of legislation tc
be discussed by the rising congress, because poli
ticians have found that it is a fine way to get votes
and they are running with the ball for all it is
worth.—Anderson (S. C.) Independent.
PUBLIC DEBT
Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of
Independence and the third president of the United
States, considered a large public debt, and especial
ly a continuing debt, as one of the greatest dangers
to be feared in this country.
"It is incumbent on every generation," he said,
"to pay its own debti as it goes. This principle,
if acted on, would save one-half the wars of the
world."
"I place economy among the first and most im
portant of republican virtues, and public debt as
the greatest of the dangers to be feared."
. We have come to look upon public debt in a very
different ilght in these modern days, and certainly
we have thrown his caution about economy to the
four winds.
But Thomas Jefferson was a very wise man in
his day, and he had a very clear conception of
what actually constituted Republicanism in a na
tion.
And while it will not now be possible for us to
pay any considerable portion of our public debt
within our own generation, we might begin to
exercise some of that economy which Thomas Jef
ferson considered among the first and most impor
tant of republican virtues.—Rock Hill Herald.
DOESN'T LOOK AS IF THE CHURCH
IS OBSOLETE
Ever and anon, you are hearing that religion has
fallen to pieces.
That organized Christianity hangs limp and
groggy on the ropes.
That the Church is another one of our more
cherished institutions that is on its swift way to the
scrapheap.
Well, you get no support for these views from
the statistics touching upon church membership.
The Christian Herald, which regularly makes a
Religious census of the nation, reports that church
membership in the United States is now at its great
est figure, both numerically and in proportion of
the population. Nearly one-half, or 49.9 per cent
of the country's populatios now is affiliated with
some church. In 1920, the proportion was 39.8
per cent, and in 1880 it was only 19.U per cent.
The total church membership of the nation now
stands at 63,848,094. This is an increase over last
year of 754,136. But the nation's increase in popu
lation last year is estimated at only 908,000, which
means that 84 per cent of the new population finds
its name on the church rolls.—Charlotte Observer.
THRIFT
One of the most important words involved in the
success of the average person is that of "thrift."
Many young people wonder whp they are not able
to get ahead in the realm" of business or commer
cial activity of one kind or another and yet one
reason it so clear that if they were not blind it
would stare them out of countenance.
Thrift on the part of many young people today
is practically an unknown dictionary word. Rather
does the young man and the young woman seek a
thriftless court in the ambition to have a good time
and enjoy life with all the financial means at hand,
and even to go into debt, borrowing for the fun of
the day in the hope of paying back tomorrow.—
Rock Hill, S. C., Herald.
WHERE NEW DEAL HAS FAILED
Where the new deal has failed has been its re
fusal to adhere to a program of relief, rehabilita
tion and recovery. It has become sidetracked Y>n
another program built around a new philosophy of
government, which has degenerated into the most
vicious national political machine this or any other
modern nation ever has. known. A program that
was conceived in a spirit of humanitarianism has
degenerated into one leaning toward hatred and
villification. A program that was conceived for
the purpose of giving relief to suffering humanity
by providing employment for the jobless has been
characterized by the most extravagant and waste
ful spending in the history of nations and stands
today as a monumental failure, with more people
out of work than at its beginning.—Florida Times
Union.
Nathan H. Yelton, director of North Carolina's
Old Age Assistance division of the State Welfare
department, is very emphatic in his condemnation
of wild-eyed schemes for paying tremendous pen
alties to old people. While Californians fell for the
"Thirty Dollars Every Thursday" program, of one
of the candidates for United States senate, Mr. Yel
ton says that he is thankful that only a few poli
ticians in this state are trying to "delude" the old
folks. Figuring on the California plan, Mr. Yelton
says that it would cost North Carolina a total of
$234,000,000 annually if it were put into effect
here. It's about time for all citizens to quit think
ing about getting something for nothing, and be
, gin to pay full price for what they have already
i been getting.—Stanly News and Press.
Remember those lovely old days on the continent
j when all that was troubling Europe was an omi
| nous quiet?
'Don'l Look Now, but—
■"W:
BUSINESS
cCI
| LIFE DAY BY DAY
By W1CKES WAMBOLDT
Politics is like a race horse—a
noble thing- but often employed to
evil ends.
And here is something to think
about: According
lO ItfCUiUS CUIII
piled by the
United States
chamber of com
merce, cities
which have been
tax - conscious
and tax - active,
% h o s e political
affairs have been
under the scruti
ny of a strong'
citizens' organi
zation, had tax
r^tes in 193G av
erag i n g more
man <h> ijer cent
Wamboldt less' than those
cities whose citizens indifferently
left their public affairs to the
mercy, of politicians.
And isn't that an argument
though, for a citizens' council in
every community, to make democ
racy work? If you would like to
see a citizens' council organized
in your municipality, write to the
National Municipal League, 309
East 34th Street, New York, N.
Y.
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
The expression that politics
makes strange bedfellows was
I never more startlingly illustrated
' than in the picture of England's
Prime Minister Chamberlain snug
) gling in with Germany's ruthless
i Dictator Hitler! Did you ever
think to see that day?—And what
i ~
i will come ox mai union, can any
thing genuinely good come of it?
WHAT BRAND PAINT?
A screechy - voiced Austrian
house painter stood the English
and the French governments on
their heads and cracked his whip
around their waving legs until
they came to his terms. There
certainly must have been some
thing in that paint!
WHAT NEXT?
When asked where he would
strike next if he were given
Mr. Hitler is reported to have said,
"Nowhere in Europe."
Where, then, outside of Europe
does Acquisitive Adolf intend to
.strike? Will he, after all England
has done for him and conceded to
him/idem^nd the German colonies
whicl\BKngland got hold of as a
result of the World war?
Or will the Ameycan continent
look more enticing to Hitler? And
if, as Mr. Chamberlain says, Eng
land and Germany are now bud
dies, wouldn't Canada and the
English possessions in the Carib
bean afford Mr. Hitler dandy
bases for operations against the
American republics?
Well, we turned England down
not long ago when she approached
us to see if she could count on
us in time of trouble. Perhaps
England is in the position of a
girl whose father had turned her
a cold shoulder and she thought
she had no place to go except to
the arms of an unlovely man.
On the other hand, England
I walked out 011 us when we ap
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
L—- RY RODNEY DUTCHFR
BY RODNEY DUTCHER
fc'EA. Srrvlce Stuff CcrrM|»oinUi»t
CV/ASHINGTON.—Wi'hout roly
" poly Howard C. Hopson of
Associated Gas & Electric, the
New Deal warfare on th^ pub
lic utility front would be as dull
as a Mae West picture with no
Mae West.
Hopson is the life of the party
whenever he's invited down here
to explain this or that about the
great Associated holding company
system whose assets he had pyr
! amided up to $642,000,000 in
1929. If he doesn't start a game
of hide-and-go-seek you'll find
him playing some kind of legal
checkers, always with the mis
chievous air of a kid having a
lot of fun.
Most of the audience consists of
Hopson's own lawyers—at least
seven of them—during his appear
ances before an SEC examiner in
proceedings concerning his Util
ities Employes Securities Co.,
which Hopson and his mates refer
to euphoniously as "Yooy-esco."
It's a small room and the chairs
are none too comfortable and
there's little of the dramatic ex
citement that attended Hopson's
celebrated appearance before Sc#i
1 ator Hugo Black's lobby commit
tee in 1935 after a long period of
hide-out and chase. But if you.
like brilliant legal sparring, here's
your place. The rather young be
spectacled SEC examiner on the
platform is Raoul Berger; former
concert master of the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra. The quite
young bespectacled counsel for
SEC with wavy hair is Lewis'
Dabney, Jr., Harvard Law School
graduate and an unusually bright
boy.
There's no mistaking Hopson,
with his short, lat figure, his bald
head, round fa^e, bird-like eyes,
coal-black eyebrows and grin that
often seems gleeful as he evades-—
Dr possiDiy answers—a queawuu.
Sometimes this spectacular pro
moter shakes and giggles until he
gets red in the face. He makes
you forget the grimness of the
battle between SEC and Mr. Hop
son. "I can't answer," he kept
repeating as Dabney kept asking
him about his connections with
UESCO and other companies in
the vast A. G. & E. maze. And
why? Well, said Mr. Ilopson, he
was attorney for all those com
panies and their affairs were
sacred matters between lawyer
and client. ^
Even Hopson kept grinning as
ho revealed his legal representa
tion of company after company
under his control. But when Hop
son actually did get talking—
about how UESCO came into be
ing—he was uncontrollably vol
uble.
UESCO had been formed, Hop
son said, to avoid a wage cut in
1931 when other employers were
demanding that A. C. & E. do as
they were doing. Ten per cent ol
each employe's pay was taken and
invested for him through UESCO
—in A. G. & E. securities.
Lawyers from another hearing
came up to shake the great
man's hand. One asked Hopson
to remove his hat so he could "set
his horns." Hopson complied.
"I'm. de-horned," said Hopson
"I'm just what they call out wes<
a mooly cow!"
The manipulator of hundreds o!
millions reminisced. There was
the time in the Chicago office dur
ing boom days—"one of our sales
men sold a million dollars of se
curities over the telephone in on<
day"—when Hopson found th<
cashier's cage piled and litterec
with cash, checks and bonds. H<
thought there must be two 01
three millions there. He asked
Only $250,000.
"My respect for a million dol
lars increased tremendously," saic
Hopson.
(Copyricht, 1938, NEA Service, Inc.
proached her about stopping Jan
anese invasion of Manchuria. So
there we are. Certainly the na
tions have a long; way to go and
much to suffer before they learn
to work together constructively
and unselfishly.
Wait a Minute
By NOAH HOLLOWELL
THUMBING ONE'S WAY: An
Asheville student with residence at
Skyland stationed himsellf at a
prominent road junction in Hilt
more and gave the signal for a
ride. As he rode along comfort
ably he was asked of his activi
ties, place of residence, etc., and
he volunteered the information
that he had succeeded in thumbing
a ride both ways daily for more
than a year.
The courtesies extended didn't
cost the motorists anything and
he had no kindness or favor to of
i for in exchange. Probably the
free rides meant the difference be"
tween a year in business college
and work on the farm at home,
but most likely not?
As he thumbs his way day after
day £s a fixed habit with nothing
to offer in return, is he acquiring
a complex that is pood? Is there
danger of his coming to the false
conclusion that the "highway of
life" owes him free, comfortable
passage? Is there not a danger
of robbing himself of something
more costly than bus fare?
HEAVY TRAVEL: Mr. Morlcy
says there is heavy travel on U. S.
25 from various parts of the coun
try. Four cars of travelers from
Ohio and one from Minnesota were
among his guests Monday night.
CIRCUS POSTERS: Many front
store windows have their price
"when the circus posters come to
town" and owners don't manage
to get one down before the next
circus press agent pays off with a
few passes. A merchant will sell
out to a circus for a bunch of free
, tickets when he would be affront
ed if some other lines of business
wanted to buy his most precious
space.
BIG WILLOW 1
0 0
BIG WILLOW, Oct. 20. —Mr.
and Mrs. Julian Raines gave n
birthday dinner Sunday in honor
of the fifth birthday of their son,
Coy. A number of guests enjoy
ed the affair.
Misses Lillian and Lottie Mintz
visited relatives in Travelers Rest,
S. C., Sunday.
Miss Marietta Huggins left Sat
urday for Woodland where she is
teaching, after visiting here for a
few days.
Mrs. D. D. Searcey and chil
dren visited Mr. and Mrs. T. A.
Drake Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Hix Summey ol
West Hendersonville, visited rela
tives here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hazeltine
and children of Hendersonville,
visited Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Can
trell Sunday afternoon.
Neal Drake visited friends at
Pleasant Grove Sunday.
Rev. J. E. Osteon filled his reg
ular appointment at Reulah
church Sunday.
SEES NO INFLATION
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 20.—
(UP)—Chester C. Davis, membei
of the Federal Reserve board ot
governors, said last night thai
likelihood of inflation in the im
mediate future was improbabh
FIND KILLER
DEAD IN BUSH
Miami Police Say He End
ed Life; Left Note of
Despair in Love
MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 20. (UP) —
j Joe K. Mueller, 34, who police
1 said killed his former sweetheart,
his rival for her affections and her
step-father after she rejected his
attentions, was found dead Tues
day in a palmetto clump in north
west Miami.
Police said lie committed suicide
, by drinking a bottle of disinfec
tant after slaying Hazel Haffey.
32, a former yianicurist who re
jected him; George K. Blaxk, 32,
her new suitor, and Ernest P. Eg
elhoff, 45, of Lafayette Ohio, her
I step-father.
A note, penciled on a restaurant
1 check, was found in his wallet. It
! said: ■,
"Goodbye all. You folks* think
I'm crazy for what I done. I can't
help it. I loved her and she did
me. I couldn't stand it any longer.
Forgive me. God bless all. My
time has come. Love, Joe and
Hazel."
Police said Mueller had been
dead since Sunday. They said two
boys saw him Sunday, but thought
he was asleep. Police were sum
moned after the boys saw him
again yesterday, still in the same
position.
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is used for
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this sport.
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13 To get up
j 14 Earth.
, 15 Above.
16 To question,
i 18 Rus.sian
empress.
20 Black bird.
21 Being.
23 Foe.
24 Palm leaf.
25 Hymns.
27 Turf.
29 Inlets.
30 Bronze.
31 Senior
33 Fruit pastry.
34 Verb.
35 Southwest.
36 To soften
leather.
38 Compass
point.
39 Curse.
40 Game of
marbles.
42 Journey.
44 The bendy
tree.
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in this sport.
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in this game.
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