davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1933-07-23
Weare HOlbrOOk

OF the toupee of st. Elmo Beaumont, our
an Oxford undergraduate home for the
holidays. One moment he was blond,
curly-haired younger son in white fan
nels and blazer. crying, oh, say, how
beastly jolly!'-and the next moment he
had been transformed into bewildered,
middle-aged man clutching his perfectly
bald pate and muttering hoarsely, What
the-n
The rest of us were as surprised as
the audience, and no less delighted. AS
tottering matinee idol, st. Elmo Beau
mont was insufferably vain, and we were
all secretly elated by the discovery that
the idol had head of ivory as well as
feet of clay. But was sorry to see our
little troupe break up, for the old fire
station had several advantages which
regular theaters lack. The curtain bell.
for example, could be heard all over
town; that's what call publicity. And
shall never forget the round of ap-
plause that greeted our leading lady's
first entrance when, as the Duchess of
Crumbcake in Lord Pobbleford's Secret
she came sliding down the brass pole
and landed IN . teawagon. It was
terrific.
"COR my next engagement" continued
T. Jefferson Bolts, Il joined the
Haywire Repertory Group. Our first
venture was q cycle Of Russian plays
which included The Three and . Half
Sisters 'Chekhov and Double Chekhov'
and The Swiss Family Rabinowitz'-
heavy tragedies, all of them.
I'VE rented an old barn near East Tea
bone and converted it into . theater-
but it backslid. After all, the homing
instinct is as strong in the beasts Of the
baxnyard as it Is In the birds Of the air,
and the former occupants of the stable
resented being evicted for the cause Of
art. They kept coming back at inoppor-
tune moments and stealing the show.
There was gray mare named Gene
We've who never missed . performance.
Our landlord would tether her firmly in
the pasture, surround her with barbed
Evening star., 1933-07-23

-HE last time met that veteran
character actor, T. Jefferson
Bolts, he spoke with peculiar
accent which I was unable to
define It was a sort Of whinny.
Furthermore, as I glanced at his long,
aristocratic face with its Napoleonesque
lock of hair hanging low on the fore
head. I realized that he actually looked
like horse.
Have you by any chance been play
ing horse?" asked.
Not recently" he neighed. Il put $40
on Miss Calculation at Belmont last
Tuesday. There were only five entries,
and she came in sixth. I'm still trying
to figure it out"
That wasn't exactly what I meant"
I demurred. There seems to be some
thing about you-a subtle je ne sa1s quol
that suggests horses"
r. jefferson Bolts snorted. well, no
wonder. For the last eight weeks I've
been with a Summer stock company.
And when 1 say stock mean not only
horses and cows. but pigs, sheep, chick
ems, rabbits and pigeons as well. ven
ture to say that have trod the boards
OF every barn in Long Island and most
of Connecticut
The veteran character actor then went
on to explain that curious phenomenon
of the modern theater-the annual Sum-
mer migration to the stables. Although
there are dozens of commodious well
equipped theaters standing empty today,
the serious drama prefers to seQuester
itself in stalls and haylofts. The live
stock is routed out OF its Hghtful do
main: truck horses make way for
tragedians, COWS for coryphees and hogs
for hams. The dog In the manger
doesn't have . chance.
Il opened the season with the Abattoir
Players, in an abandoned slaughter
house just off the Beavertown turnpike"
said T. Jefferson Bolts sadly. The floor
was covered with sawdust. All the
scenery and curtains we're hung on meat
hooks, and the customers sat on old
chopping blocks-that Is, on the rare
occasions when there were any CUSTOM
ers to sit. It wasn't until we had closed
our first production, What Price Glory?'
that we discovered what the trouble was.
There was local superstition that the
Daughter house was haunted by the
ghosts of disconnected COWS. None of
the natives of Beavertown would 60 near
the place at night. Consequently we had
to shut up shop and move to an old
fire station near the center Of town in
order to escape the bovine banshee.
although the fire station was con-
yenient and fairly comfortable, there was
one great drawback to tit had bats in
the belfry-literally hundreds of them.
If the bats had stayed in the belfry we
wouldn't have minded them SO much,
but they always swooped across the stage
during our big scenes. Such Interrupt
tions might have added an appropriately
macabre touch to q mystery thriller,
but we were putting on polite English
drawing room drama, and It was discon-
certing to see the entire assemblage of
lords and ladies cringe over their
crumpets every time shadow fitted
past them; It destroyed the mood Of
sang froid which we were trying % hard
to create.
"Om run ended abruptly one night
Men bat swooped too low and twitched
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-04
Work Begun On
Pool At Brevard

BREVARD. Dec. 4. Especially
Work on Brevard's municipal
swimming pool which is being
constructed under the CWA pro-
gram got under way on Friday
with excavation and transfer o.
dirt from the pool site. Twenty
five men were put to work on the
project with R. P. Fitzpatrick of
Brevard in charge.
The pool will be located IN
Franklin Park, between three and
four acres of land having been
donated for the swimming pool
and grounds by the Brevard Build,
ing G. Loan Association, in con.
junction with the county and
town.
Plans call for building the pool
of concrete. along state approved
lines, the pool to be $50 feet by
60 feet, ranging in depth from
three to twelve feet. Water will
be supplied from the over-abun-
dant Brevard supply. Cost OF the
pool is estimated at $4,000.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-04
Transylvania's
Superior Court
Term Convened
Judge Schenck Conducting
Mixed Civil-Criminal
Session

BREVARD, Dec. 4. Especially .
December term Of superior court
started here today with Judge
Michael Schenck Of Henderson
vile presiding. A mixed term
criminal cases will be heard the
first week with civil cases sched-
uled to be taken up the second
week. Solicitor ]. Will Pless will
represent the state.
No outstanding criminal cases
are on the docket for trial, with
one prominent civil case to be
taken up on Monday, Dec. II,
that of Carolina Timber company
VS.. Jennings ct al, this case grow
ing out of the 1916 flood when
Lake ToXawav dam went out,
The Carolina Timber company is
suing for alleged damages to its
extensive holdings extending for
some distance below the old ToX-
ava dam site.
Jury selected for the Decem-
Der term include: First week
Leo Britain, Guy Dean. M. c.
Sumeral, Eugene Southern, 0. H.
Bryson, H. D. Lee, H. G. Rogers.
f. C. Lyday, ]. c. Whitmire,
Avery Reid, Chester Fenwick,
Alvin lockwood, Will Owen, T.
w. Whitmire, C. NJ. Fisher, Her
man Holden, Henry G. Sexton, f.
N. Norton, B. C. Landreth, Chas.
Henderson, j. w. Allison, NJ. 3.
Bagwell, Cope w. Lee, Jr. Frank
Martin, A. G. Kyle, Robert Sher-
rill, Raymond Fisher, Baxter
Queen, John S. Greenwood, VI.
w. Fortune, J. w. Baynard, j. l..
Gravely, Luther F. Cooper, w. i.
Lewis, H. f. Morrison, R. f.
Glazener, Cleo Britain w. NJ.
Henry, ]. P. Beaver, Luther Nc
Gaia.
Second week-M. P. Gillespie,
A. f. England, Joe Nicely, T. c.
Mccall, Tom Grogan, w. B. Kill
patrick, ]. P. Bowen, j. l.. Nor
ris, Sutton Wilson, J. C. Siniard,
M. G. Galloway, C. J. Manly. C.
S. Osborne, CASTOR Grogan, Lloyd
I Allison, R. F. fitzpatrick, H. NJ
! Whitmire, H. A. Plummer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-04
North Blue Ridge

NORTH BLUE RIDGE, Dec. a.
Friends and neighbors extend q
hearty welcome to Mr.. and Mrs
Sneail of Shaws Creek, who have
recently moved into our commun'
ity, and are occupying the house
.of Judge Goatier.
Mrs. William Fields and Mrs
John Gillespie of Mills River
visited Mrs. C. N. Allen on re-
cent Sunday.
Friends of Mrs. Raymond Pace
will regret to know she is IN
Mountain Home sanatorium fol-
an operation for appendicitis
All are hoping for her a hasty
recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Ramsey OF
East Hendersonville, were visitors
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. S,
NJ. Cole thanksgiving.
Nh. and Mrs. T. D. Stepp OF
Lake Saconon, called to see the
latter's mother, Mrs. J. I. Pace,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Pace
had as their overnight guest last
Saturday, Mrs. Roy Owens anC
baby.
Clarence Pace made a bushes:
trip to Greenville, S. c., last
Monday.
Several from here attended til
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-04

ord. the marking of Civil war
battlefieIds, the Patterson Me-
mortal cup and the Valley Forge
memorial, and started the North
Carolina Folklore society, the
North Carolina State Art society,
and the Mayflower society cup.
The main feature of the pro-
gram this week will be: addresses
by President ]. Fred Rippy Of
Duke university, and Robert La
than of Asheville, on Thursday
evening; four brief papers on
North Carolina history on Friday
morning; and the address in the
Hugh Morson auditorium on Fri
day evening by Dr.. Dixon Ryan
Fox. professor of history in Co.
lumbia university and president
of the New York Historical asso-
citation.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-04
Literary Body's
Work Valuable
State Association Active
Since Its Inception
The Times-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

RALEIGH, Dec. 1.-THE State
Literary and Historical assOcla-
ton, which holds it's 33rd annua!
session here Thursday and Friday
of this week, was organized III
1900 to collect, preserve, pro-
duce and disseminate state litera-
ture and history, to encourage
public and school libraries, to es'
tablish a historical museum, to
inculcate a literary spirit among
our people, to correct printed
INSTRUMENTATION concerning this
state. and to engender an inteili-
gent, healthy state pride IN the
rising generation" it was pointed
out today by DR.. A. r. Newsome
of the state historical commission.
The association has inaugural
ed successful movements for
rural school libraries, North
Carolina day in the schools, the
North Carolina historical COM
mission, the Vance statute IN
Statuary hall and a fire-proof
state administration building. Has
also undertaken the defense OF
North Cardinals Civil war rec
AMAZING LAMP VALUES now
on display. Bridge, floor and
table lamps. See Brunson Fur
niture Compan window.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-04
BANDAGE BILL FOR
STATES FOOTBALL
TEAMS $1,000 A YEAR

RALEIGH, Dec. 4.-(SpeciaD
The State of North Carolina
snends more for adhesive tape,
bandages, gauze and absorbent
cotton for its football teams than
It does on these supplies for the
various state hospitals and INST
tntions according to A. D.
Rrower. director of the division
of purchase and contract. ;,
about $500 worth of adhesive
tame, bandages, linement and rub
bing compound and similar sup
niles are required for each OF
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-04
Football Results

Results Of football games play
ed Saturday follow:
STATE
Charlotte High 0: Durham High
7 Estate championship.
SOUTH
Georgia Tech 6; Duke 0.
Florida 10: Maryland 0.
Louisiana State 7; Tulane Z.
South Carolina 1G; Auburn IA,
Mercer 81; Oglethorpc 0.
Mississippi 81; Miss. State 0.
EAST
Notre Dame 10; Army II.
Princeton 27; Yale 2. =,
Kansas 7; George Washington
0.
Villanova 1S; Rutgers -.
Boston Coll. IS; Holy Cross D.
MIDWEST
Dayton 81; Denison 0.
SOUTHWEST
Texas Christian &c; Southern
Methodist 6.
Baylor 7; Rice 6.
FAR WEST
Southern Calf. 81; Georgia D.
Advertise it or you may
have to keep it.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-04
Strong Man of c.ni..ss, !:

Louis Cyr, the strong man sf
Canada, was six feet tall weyh4
900 pounds, had a normal chat
measurement of So inches and p.
Gems % inches around. Some of
his achievements were said to b
the lifting with his two hands Z
barrel of cement weighing LTD
pounds. He lifted 915 pounds from
the floor with one hand, raised 64S
mounds with his little finger ana
with his right arm put up q 10
hound dumbbell SO times In sue
cessiOn. - 1
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-04
Valentine Head
OF Commandery
Is Honored by Asheville
Templars

ASHEVILLE, Dec. 4.-Mem-
bers of the Cyrene commandery,
No. 5, Knights Templar, Friday
night elected Thomas w. Valer-
tine, of Hendersonville, as emf
nent commander at the annual
meeting at the Masonic temple.
Installation Of the new officers
will take place Friday night, De-
cember Is. Other officers elected
Friday night:
Marvel J. Crawford. Ashevills,
generalissimo; John Foreman,
Asheville, captain-general; R. H.
Boyer. Asheville. treasurer; How
ard G. Etheridge. reelected re-
corder: Ealy G. Lee. senior war
den; Charles c. Kicker, junioc
warden; and the Rev. William C..
Cravner, prelate. reelected.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-04
MORE PENNSYLVANIA
CWA APPROX AIS

BREVARD, Dec. 4. (Specian.
Three additional road projects
have been approved by the CWA
for repair in Pennsylvania county,
including the seven-mile stretch
from Gloucester bridge to the
Tennessee Gap; from No. 20 via
Old Toxaway to No. 283; from
Cox store in the Little River sec
ton to the Henderson county line
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-04

primary Thanksgiving program
eiven at Dana school house last
Friday aftrnoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Allen had
as their guests for Thanksgiving
dinner, Misses Gladys and Euna
Belle Griffin of Fruitland, also
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Cole.
Quite lot Of hunting was en-
joyed throughout the holiday
Thursday in this section.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Burgess and
children, Billie and Walter, spent
the Thanksgiving with the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley Tay-
lof, of Boylston.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-04
II aeeified Pace
Int Ad Rates
Cash in Advanced

.,-Cash in Advanced
- for this size type,
T. Insertion; half price
hseauent insertions.
h rate-S1 a line (this
Ers}: minimum Of Eve
/. word this size type
'frst insertion, half
for subsequent in
Dns.
/ word for type this
|fOr first Insertion;
price for each addi-
! consecutive inser-
.nam charge. 25c.
DISPLAY RATE
/ soc per inch
l, Of Thanks and Trib-
Respect are accepted at
Bord.
h., ask for information
trg keyed" ads, as they
Kelly confidential.
b. IS made, The Times
responsible for only
Ecorrect insertion. The
h. is responsible for sub
4 insertions. The adver-
iForld notify Immediately
1 corrections needed.
'cl.ssifed ads taken over
Ene.
1. ad department closes
e and classification posi-
win not be guaranteed
tha- hour.
\. ads are always cash in
h except robustness men
rcerns having accounts
'th!s newspaper. When
|ads sre charged the rate
land SC per line, zoe and
b line. and SOC and loo
pe.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-04
GeM(kIJNKNOWN- BLOND s sEkka 5 azss !s:

- - G. -
what's the rest of her storsr'
Bannister asked. ~
McNeal scratched his head. we
haven't got It yet" he admitted.
but we will! BY morning We ought
to have a confession. Maybe
sooner" -
"But you haven't even got her
name yet" Gainey put In. N.Y..
terry girl, huh? Miss X. Beautiful
blond mystery girl. Where'd shp
come from?" II
That's another Of the things ~
won't talk about-or hasn't ytks
McNeal admitted. "The fact n.
mains that she was the last person
to see Tracy King alive. She's ~
mitted as much. Two Witnesses
have identified her. The corontf
says King died between niHe aSd
9:3O and that's the time she Fss
in his apartment Why, it's plain
as the nose on your face"
How about letting US talk 70
herr" Gainey asked. ., -
mot now! She isn't going to4es
anybody until We get that confsar
sion" .GFS,t
The reporters fingered q feymfp'
utes longer. McNeal said that they
were trying to trace the Girls
identity through fingerprints, the
missing persons bureau and several
other agencies He was conadedt
they would have her complete skofy
soon. ~
How'd Sawyer come out on tAs
pictures% Gainey asked as he AID
Bannister left the room together.
Don't know. He was here but. I
don't know whether he made Any.
thing or not" f.,'sA;
TAINEY gazed at his companies.
Was Bannister, who had seemed
such regular fellow, suddenly 81
ting high hat? The tone and air OF
indifference suggested It GainsE
was disappointed. The next no
ment he decided he had been mtI
taken. Bannister chatted about the
newest developments In tho eaao
in friendly enough manner as;tAe
two walked along the street ~
ward the Office OF the Evening Post.
well. il our friend, Captain. ~
Neal, is right about It," he ssil.
my assignment on the Post won't
last much longer. All We have -
do now is sit and wait for Z tns
fession." "a
+ Carney frowned. "Yes," he SSM.
"if McNeal is right, Funny the Stfl
won't tell them her name or even
where she came from. II she didn't
want to spill her real name you'd
think she'd make up one. wonder
IL McNeal is right" M.
I'm wondering the same thing
Bannister admitted. ,.Q
But he wasn't His feelineA
since he had seen Juliet Francs
that morning. had undergone D
complete metamorphosis. He knew
now that she had lied to him d.
liberately deceived him. tryils -
play on his sympathy. She had toH
him one story and the police O..
other. She had said she did A4t
know Tracy King. had never setn
him before. Yet Denise Lan1 bid
seen them together. Lettefity~
what McNeal called mash notef-
what could they mean. but q lede
affair? And a jealous ,.Torp1n
would do anything. Yes, ,tndeSl
How many murders in the HoElAs
history had taken place Just p
! McNeal had reconstructed this 6nA}
Countless thousands, no doubt =
He thought Of the girl In IL
green suit again and single wo4
formed itself in his mind-"Aur'
deress." -, ~
J ITO Be ContinGedy :"
~ -. . - l. ls..sr..-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-04

the states larger football squads
each season-State College and
Carolina-or a total OF att east
$1,000 for these supplies for both
SQUADS" Brewer said today
"This is more than we buy fol
all the state hospitals and all the
other state institutions"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-04
Africa. "Black Jews"

Hidden in the OndO Bush or
French West Africa, there is a
strange tribe of 1000 BLACK Jews
They claim descent from the lost
tribe of Ephraim and religiously OBJ
serve all Jewish rites and holidays.
Golfers Magazine.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-04
BEGIN HERE TODAY


Who killed TRACY KING. or
chesira leader found dead In MIS-
apartments.
DAVID BANNISTER. author.
former newspaper reporter. UNDER
iakes to find out.
Police are searching for m
"DnEnovn blond" who visited
King shortly before his death
flannister has seen the girl. bui
shr has since Disappeared.
HERMAN SCI J. &C u. who
wrote King threatening letter.
~ in iail. He declares his inno-
ccnce. AL DRTGAS. friend at
Kings. says the orchestra leader
has been having trouble with
JOE PAL ROT TT. his former
vaudeville partner. and accuses
Pnrrosr OF the murder. Police
learn thar MELNINA HOLLIS
TER. aiiddle-aEcd spinStcr. had
- violent quarrel with King after
has eat killed her canary. CAP
TAIN McSEaL of tho detective
bureau visits Miss HoIIisfcr and
decides she will hear watching.
rhe blond suspect IL arrested.
DENISE LANG. Kings fancee.
comes q" headquarters and tells
or seeing King with blond girl
the day before his death.
NO" GO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXI
RANNlSTER stepped forward. 1t
was wOman's cry that he had
neard-a cry that was munled and
died quickly. lie heard someone
coming then and turned.
A slim young man with a square
black object slung from a strap
over one shoulder was coming to-
ward Bannister. You working for
the Post?" the young man asked.
Bannister nodded.
I'm Sawyer" the newcomer
said. Whats going OH here? Aus.
tin said TO come over and make
some shots of a couple of danes.
What's it all about?"
Bannister explained what had
happened. The photographer
slipped the strap from his shoulder
and unfastened the case containing
his camera.
so they're still in there" he
asked. nodding toward McNeal's
office.
Bannister assured him that they
were.
The slender young man eyed the
door speculatively. There's no use
Of my hanging around here" he
said. The chief won't stand for
pictures in the building. Best thing
| can do is go outside and wait
until this Lang girl comes out. III
make some shots of her and then
come back and see what | can get
on the other one"
Bannister said all right, that
would probably be best. Sawyer
paused long enough to ask for a
match. lighted a cigaret and then
disappeared.
There were no sounds now from
behind that door. Nothing at all.
Bannister, listening. felt his mus
cles grow taut. He did not know
why it had suddenly become so i'm.
pcrtant for him to know what was
going on behind that door. But he
must know!
And then the door opened. Park
Coleman emerged, and behind him
Denise Lang. The girls face was
turned so that Bannister could not
see it. He said eagerly to Cole.
man. "The other girl-?"
she's still in there"
Coleman did not look as though
he wanted to talk but Bannister
paid no attention to that. But is
she the one?" he demanded. did
Miss Lang identify herr"
Il was Denise Lang who an
awered. She raised her head and
Rannister saw that she had been
weeping. Her eyes were swollen
and red-lined.
"She's-the one," the girl told
him brokenly. shes the one | saw
md thence to Reasonover lake.