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80 LIT ARY IN FAMILIES:—God j
aetteth the solitary in families: he j
bringsth out those which are bound
with chains; but the rebellious dwell ,
in a dry land. —Psalm 68: 6.
AN ITEM OF EXPENSE.
A recent example of it in the House i
brings to mind one item of expense 1
to which the Federal government is
subjected by the Congress of the Unit
ed Staten in the payment of a year’s
aalary of 110.000 to the widow of a
member who dies in office. Granting
that every man in the Senate and the
House is worthy of his hire, which
we doubt, why should a year’s salary
be paid to his family at his death? j
The fact that his pay is several times j
a. multiple of that earned by the aver- j
age citizen does not put the people !
under obligation to him any more so .
than to any other Federal employee,
or to any individual American, for j
that matter.
Since the practice has been carried
on so many years, we are not dis
posed to object to any congressman's
widow receiving the money, so long as |
the custom is observed. But it strikes >
us as being just another illustration i
of how and where economies might i
be practiced if the national law-m&k- ,
ers were of a mind to do it, which,
of course they are not. for they never j
know when their own kith and kin J
might become a beneficiary of such !
an insurance policy, always in effect '
as long as they are in Congress, and j
without the necessity and expense of !
having to pay a premium on the risk, i
IT IS UNANIMOUS NOW.
The somersault done by Josephus 1
Daniels on the prohibition issue in the '
Democratic National Convention, !
wherein he has announced he would !
not oppose a plank calling for re- j
submission of the eighteenth amend- ;
ment to a vote ,of the people, makes
the reversal process by the politicians
Unanimous now. He has been looked
upon as the dryest of the bone drys, |
and with his flop there are few others ;
left to follow in his train.
Mr. Daniels long has been a sup
porter of Governor Roosevelt for the
nomination, which is explained, at
leaat in part, by the fact that the 1
New Yosker was an assistant secre- !
tkry of the navy when the Raleigh
editor held the navy portfolio under
Woodrow Wilson for eight years. A
fast friendship between the two
sprang up at that time and has con
tinued since. In view of that relation
ship. Mr. Daniels could hardly have
turned his back upon his old co-worker
of.war days.
Mr. DanieN is too shrewd a po
litician not to see the handwriting on
the wall. Like many other ardent drys
h# doubtless long ago sensed the ut
ter futility of trying to sweep back the
' w * v <* of the sea. He is not as young
he was a couple of decadee ago,
ftuit not too old at that to be secre
tary of the navy again. If the office
were tendered him. as it might be
In the event of Roosevelt's election.
But It would not be fair to Mr.
Daniels to say that he surrendered,
deep-seated convictions for political
advantage. It is no more than justice
to him to say that he yielded to recog
nition of the right of the people to
decide the prohibition issue. Wonder
wbat Bishop Mouzon, of Mr. Daniels’
own church, would say now. however,
in the light of his assertion at the
Methodist conference here in Novem
ber, 1930, in the presence of the Ra
leigh editor, that whatever otljer
newspapers might say about prohibi
tion, nobody ever had any reason to
dpubt where the News and Observer
- Jfcfd on. that qp«jt»©?.
THE BIG SHOW OPENS.
The biggest political event of the
year .aside from the November elec
tion itself, is the Democratic National
Convention opening in Chicago today.
By comparison, the Republican con
vention two weeks ago slumps into
minor importance. Selection of a presi
dential candidate and the great pro
toahility of his election next fall, and
the stand on prohibition, which is
Pprirly well cut out for the conven
tion already, combine to make this
hig gathering one of significance and
moment in this country, as well as
at road.
Senator Barkley, of Kentucky, in de
livering the keynote address today,
called for submission of the eighteenth
Amendment to the people, coupled
with a recommendation by Congress
that it be repealed. That is a trifle
further than more conservative op
inion has supposed the platform would
go. particularly with reference to the
congressional recommendation part of
it. It has been thought for a long time
that the party would go on record
for re-eubmisslon. but if the people
are to act they can do so without the
advice of Congress as to how they
shall act.
While Governor Roosevelt has by
far the largest number of pledged, in
structed and claimed delegates for the
presidential nomination, he lacks a
majority, and must have two-thirds of
the total to win, unless a hundred
year-old custom is cast aside. Roose
velt forces have won more of the pre
liminary skirmishes, however. In that
they have claimed control of impor
tant committees that began function
ing before the convention proper got
under way today.
It does not require a two-thirds vote
to change the two-thirds rule into a
majority rule, and, while Alfred E.
Smith and others are against the an
cient policy, they are opposing it per
haps solely because it happens not to
suit their purposes. Despite their de
termined opposition, the New York
governor's friends probably have a
better chance to succeed on that than
may appear on the surface. Once they
can make that hurdle, Roosevelt's nom
ination will be virtually assured. With
out it. theirs will be an uphill fight,
and the struggle that would follow is
the thing that is most feared by loyal
partisans everywhere, because it could
mean another split in the ranks, thus
jeopardizing the success of the party
ticket in November.
Interest centers, then, first on the
adoption of a platform, with its pro
hibition plank, then the fight over the
two-thirds rule, and after that the
selection of & candidate for president.
In the event of Roosevelt’s nomina
tion, however, the choice of vice presi
dent will assume more than ordinary
significance. The New York governor
is generally supposed to be a paralytic,
and the exactions of the office of
President are trying enough for a well
man, to say nothing of one who is al
ready handicapped without a robust
health. For that reason .the scramble
for the vice presidency would assume
greater importance.
This convention promises to be the
most interesting, to say the least, that
has been held by either party since
the big show put on by the Demo
crats in New York City in 1924.
LIBERTY IN SIAM.
The old tradition, or maybe it was
a reality, about the Siamese twins, two
reparate and individual human en
tities born grown together and in
separable. has for years constituted
the chief popular knowledge of the
; little kingdom of Siam. Most people
| hnew it was a c«up_try in a far-off
i corner of the' earth, so far away, in
deed. that 4t Is scarcely more than a
myth, but there knowledge ceased.
, The visit of King What’s His Name
;to this country last year for an op
r ration to remove a cataract on his
! eye gave many folks their first know
j ledge of him and his country, but un-
I til one day last week he was an ab
-1 solute monarch, a man whose word
! was law, and who held his people in
absolute subjection, even if under a
[ benevolent rule.
But the Idea of democracy has at
, last penetrated that far away land. A
bloodless revolution, save for the loss
|of a single life, wrested from the
■ king a national charter and constitu
tion that set up a constitutional
| monarchy, under which the people
, have a very real, though somewhat
! restricted, voice in their own affairs.
I' The king was not exiled nor pulled
down off his throne, but he did sur-r
render some of his prerogatives, and
| he was sensible enough to grant his
people’s demands and save his hide
rather than undertake to hold on to
everything that had always been hia.
Which is just another
unimportant event that contributes
its little mite toward, making demo
cracy safe for the world.
TODAY
TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES
169d—Sir Whliani Pepperell, Colas
nial merchant and general, bom bora
at Ki+tery, Maine, Died there, July 6
1759. '
1806—Paul P. Eve, Internationally
known Southern surgeon bom naax
August*. Oku Sled, Teen
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HENDERSON, (N. C.J DAttY DISPATCH' MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1932
Nov. 3. 1877.
1820— Leonard Caee, Cleveland phil
anthropist born in Cleveland. Died
there Jan 6. 1889.
1846 —Henry E. Abbey noted theat
rical and operatic manager of his
day. born at Akron. Ohio. Died in
New York, Oct. 17. 1896.
1846—Charles Stewart Parnell, cele
brated Irish statesman bom. Died
Oct. 6. 1891.
1850—Lafcadio Hearn, lone ill-fated
literary genius, many, of whose pour
nalistic years was spent In this coun
try. best remembered today as an in
terpreter of Japan, born i n the lonian
Islands (of a British army officer and
a Greek mother.) Died in Japan,
Sept. 26. 1904.
1872—Paul Lawrence Dunbar one of
the greatest poet-authors the Negro
race has produced, born at Dayton.
Ohio. Died there. Feb. 9 1906.
TODAY IN HISTORY
1776—A party of friars from Mont
erey reached the present site of San
Francisco and there established &
Spanish mission.
1832 Cholera breaks out in New
York.
1844—Joseph Smith founder of Mor
monism. killed by a mob at Carthage
111.
1863—Gen, Morgan and his Confed
erates started on their daring raid
across the Ohio.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Helen A. Keller the remarkable
deaf and blind scholar, author and
lecturer classed as among the great
est women of today, whose life-story
is an inspiration to all. born at Tus
cumbia Ala.. 52 years ago.
Julius Klein. Assistant Secretary of
Commerce sometimes called the spok
esman o fthe Administration, bom at
San Jose. Cal.. 46 years ago.
Dr. Heber D. Curtis noted astrono
mer-director of the Alleghany Obser
vatory. Pittsburgh, born at Musket
gon. Mich. 60 years ago.
Dr. Rufus B. von Kleinsinid, psy
chologist-president of the University
of Southern California born at Sand
wich, 111., 57 years ago.
Dr. Malcolm L. Harris, noted Chi
cago surtreon bom in Rock Island
Co.. 111. 70 years ago.
TODAY’S HOROSCOPE
Here is a loving and trustful na
ture. which may not gain much know
ledge of human weaknesses and is
very liable to he deceived. It Is a
female nature, though capable of con
siderable power but In the female «ex
is not apt to be very fortunate. The
affections are too warm, and the
passions too stormy for such an in
cautious disposition, unless carefully
controlled.
iH
JAMES*ASWELU»
By Central Press
Paris, June 27—I've bought a beret.
The clearly audible snickers from the
gallery of Broadway boys leaves me,
at 3,000 miles, unmoved.
It' * actually the mast serviceable all
■ around skimmer
in existence, the
only one which
will fit neatly
into a pocket,
saving check
room tools. Yet
one drawback
exists.
, The other
morning, sitting at ,my ringside case
table to watch the eternally titillating
tfreus of the Piace de l’Opera, I be
came aware that every nomad of the
sidewalks with his wares was focusing
sales talk upon me.
Did I stand out like a sore thumb
as one of those “meelionaire Ameri
cans"—for all my jauntily cocked
beret?
At last offices of a salesman
for the English and American papers
incidentally one of the perennially
colorful Parisien characters —was so
licited.
‘‘Why do all thes« hawkers head
f or me?” I wanted to know.
"They see the beret, air. It is
clearly one of the 20-franc varieties.
The real Frnohman never pays more
than eight francs for his. These
ifellows know that you can buy a
hat for as little as 20 francs, and
who would wear a beret if he could
afford a hat —except an American?"
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
French women. I am told reliably,
set little stor e by mere physical love
liness. The perfectly molded face is
nfever to b preferred to th body 20
ppunds under weight wtiich will allow
a gown to hang with the proper chic.
Indeed the true French beauty parlor
utilizes th» American catch phrase—
any woman ca n be beautiful."
Rather the professors of pulchritude
over here concentrate on the shrewd
exploitation of types. An absolutely
homely girl who looks impressive in
a set of foxes has it all over the
beautiful one who Is impressive in
anything. Sh-?—the homely one- has
achieved something over odds, has de
veloped a personality, an air.
And the big musical shows, by the
same token seek striking types rather
than correct proportions—or even
youth. Which may explain a good
deal to Americans who have marveled
at the ripe old age of some of the
pirouttlng show girto of th* Folliees
Berg ere. *
SERVICE DE LUXE
The French character is to me a
subject worth exploring day by day
with patience and gusto. There have
J been thqee when the, rape, has drivap
me to perspiring indignation and
tens* exasperation. On other occa
sions I have been moved to real ad
miration.
Recently the lavatory of my hotel
bathroom refused to function. I sum
moned the man-of-ell work and set
forth the trouble. He promised to
remedy it while I was out to lunch.
Returning a few hours later I was
annoyed to discover nothing had been
dtone to the wash basin. But the
plug, long nearly severed of an elec
tric percolator I carry around had
been painstakingly mended.
The man simply hadn't had time
for the other jab.
SHIFT **
Last year—and for years before that
—one of the favorite indoor and out
door sports of expatriate Americans
was vitriolic denunciation of their
country. They could go on for hours
reciting a catalogue of grievances,
from the crass materialism of the sky
scraper era to the absurdities and
contradictions of prohibition.
Now. it develops, they are singing
another song. France probably the
most prosperous nation on earth out
side of the night clubs with would-be
American clienteles, must bear the
brunt of attack.
For the first time the other evening
I heard the expression: "He's just a
French Babbitt.” If the economic
disturbances of America have accom
plished nothing else, they’re warming
the hearts of native-born ex-critics.
SALVATION ARMV’S
NEW LEADER HERE
Lieutenant G. T. Hepler Is
Transferred Here From
The Raleigh Corps
Lieutenant G. T. Hepler arrived in
Henderson Saturday and has taken up
his duies as corps commander of the
Salvation Army's work in this city. He
is not married, but will live in the
residence on Horner street formerly
occupied by Captain and Mrs. Charles
A. Stratford, who two weeks ago was
transferrer from this city to a post
in South Carolina.
Lieuenant Hepler conducted the us
ual Salvation Army services Sunday
at the hall in South Henderson, in
cluding the Sunday school services
and the regular evening worship hour.
He is a young man and has for some
time been connected with the Army’s
corps in Raleigh. He Is a native of
High Point.
BARKLEY, KEYNOTER
URGES DRY REPEAL,
RAPS REPUBLICANS
(Continued from Page One.)
Barkley, of Kentucky, as temporary
chairman and keynoter.
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith
today said he believed the Roosevelt
forces would “get cold feet" and not
bring before the convention the pro
posal to abolish the two-thirds rule.
Rnskob Demands Submission.
Chairman John J. Raskob today
called upon the Democratic National
Convention to adopt a platform com
mitting t\e party to submission on the
question of repeal of the eighteenth
amendment to State conventions.
OHIO GOVERNOR REFUSES
TO RELEASE DELEGATES
Columbus, Ohio, July 27.—(AP)
Governor George White. Ohio’s "fa
vorite son" candidate for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination, said
today he did not intend to release the
Buckeye delegates to the Democratic
National Convention from voting for
him. as suggested by W. W. Durbin,
of Kenton, a follower of Franklin D.
Roosevelt, of New York.
BOTH CANDIDATES
CLAIM ADVANTAGE
(Continued from Page One.)
colnton at 3 p. m. and in Hickory at
night. Tuesday he is scheduled to
speak in Morganton and Wednesday
before the Belmont Kiwanis club at
noon, in Kings Mountain at 3 p .m.
an din Gastonia at night. Thursday
he is slated to speak in Spencer.
Greensboro and Winston-Salem. He
will wind up his speaking campaign
Friday with a speech in Murphy.
The Morrison managers, however,
are not in the least disturbed at the
claims of Reynolds and his managers
and are confident that a decided
change in sentiment has taken place
since June 4, when Reynolds obtained
a lead of 15,000 votes over Morrison.
They maintain that this lead has al
ready been overcome and that Mor
rison is gaining a stronger following
every day, not only among the women
of the State, but among all classes.
An imposing array of speakers for
Morrison is being thrown into the
campaign this last week in addition
to the speeches that will be made by
Morrison himself.
The schedule of speeches in behalf
of Morrison for Monday, is as fol
lows: Senator Morrison in Raeford at
night; Walter Murphy in Windsor in
the afternoon and Edenton at night;
Judge John S. Manning in remant at
night; Colonel W. T. Joyner in
Youngsville at night; J. M. Broughton
in Whiteville in the morning and in
Sanford at night. Dr. Delia Dixon
Carroll in Snow Hill in the afternoon.
Tuesday night Senator Morrison
will speak in Henderson, while Wai
ter Murphy will speak In Oxford. This
same night in New Bern both Colonel
George K. Freeman of Goldsboro and
Mrs. Lyman Cotten, chairman of the
women's division of the Morrison cam
paign, will speak. Dr. Della Dixon Car
roll will speak in Nashville and Judge
Robert Sikes of Durham will speak
In Burlington. A similar speaking
schedule for the rest of the week will
be carried out, although it is not yet
completed.
The Morrison managers are con
fident that the intensive campaign of
this final week will bring out the
vote and that Morrison will be nomi
nated.
All Set " ~
'WtmMUM&f/i /A /a
PRESIDENTIALLY SPEAKING
Who's Who of Candidates
In 1903 was elected Two years later he
a member of the was elected gover-"^
•HZ..
C- °lB95 < to y i9o3!' three l
- ■ successive terms.
EMANUEL SMITH
a real native New , ~ n -yN
Yorker, having / v
By CHARI.ES P. STEWART
Considering that Alfred E. Smith
will arrive at the Democratic conven
tion the last week in June undoubted
ly with a showing of delegate strength
second only to that of Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt It is difficult
not to recognize him as a candidate
for the Jeffersonians’ presidential
nomination.
And yet. considering that almost
everyone <AI Smith included, to a
practical certainty) knows he cannot
possibly be nominated, it also is diffi
cult to recognize A1 Smith as an ac
tual contender.
While it safely enough can be taken
for granted that the former “Happy
Warrior” (he does not seem so happy
now), would take the nomination if
he could get it, it is no particula
secret that preventing the Roosevelt
nomination will be his actual mission
at his party’s Chicago gathering.
Other presidential contenders will
be ideatified with the “stop Roosevelt
movement” too, but in their respective
cases stopping the governor will be
simply' incidental to winning the no
mination for one of themselves.
It isr interesting to reflect upon the
reasons why Smith, after the unani
mity of hdt selection as the standard
bearer, of' the Democrats at Houston
in 1928( so surely will not be similarly
selected in Chicaggo this year.
In the first place. A1 Smith was a
gamble in 1928.
G. O. P, prosperity was rampant
then. Consequently, Democratic
prospect* were dim —with any ordi
W. H. Boyd
Registered Engineer and Surveyor
Office In Law Building,
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nary nominee. A1 Smith was far from
ordinary. Success being questionable i
anyway, it seemed as if it were a good j
time to take a sporting chance.
Out of the 26 barons who signed
Britain’s Magna Charta only three
could write their own names, the re
mainder appending their marks.
Special Notice
For the best in laundry and dry cleaning
where quality work is the first considera
tion and service and price always right,
call—
Oxford Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co.
Phone number 47.
Lkundry, Dry Cleaning, Altering, Pleat
ing and Repairing at reasonable prices.
Linen suits a specialty with us. Mr. L. B.
Watkins and Mr. W. W. Hughes are our
only representatives in Henderson.
Phone 47, they will be glad to serve you.
Oxford Laundry &
Dry Cleaning Co.
“Doe* It Better”
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