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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
LANSING LARGER
PARISH NOTES

The citizens of Fairview church
and community pond Mountain) had
working" last week and fenced the
graveyard and - -,,:e graves in
beautiful order. This was followed by
a decoration service Sunday the 10th
at which sermons were delivered by
Revs. w: A. Patton and F. P. Cook,
the pastor, to a large alternative con-
gregation. Rev. Patton after service
was heard to remark T have been
coming out here for 40 years. l will
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can never be impoverished. Instead
of seeking job we may go forth
with the joyous confidence and as
surance that, as We learn to reflect
God, Life, Truth, and Love, our gift
and service to mankind are unlimit-
ed. Our sonship with God has en-
dowed us with such qualifications as
enable us to give unselfishly, to be
increasingly active. Such credentials
are acceptable by every employer. In
the light of this reasoning the old
adage Of selling oneself" to obtain
employment takes on an entirely diff
ferent meaning, for when one knows
ones true self Alright as the express
sion of God one begins to understand
the Masters words, "The kingdom Of
God is within YOU" After quoting
this statement in pulpit and Press"
(p. 81 Mary Baker Eddy says, Know.
then, that you possess sovereign pow
er to think and act rightly, and that
nothing can dispossess you of this
heritage and trespass on Love-"
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OUR SCHOOLS GET OFF
TO GOOD START

Our county schools, from all re-
ports, have started off in an excel
lent way this fall with enrollments
that challenge past records. .
Thanks to the federal aid that has
: been used so advantageously on the
buildings and grounds of the various
schools, students are housed in much
better places for the winter than we
would have thought possible had we
been asked to fortell the future three
or four years ago. There is much yet
to be done, but the county superin-
tendent and his teachers are not
alseep and are waiting to avail them
selves of every opportunity to gain
further help.
Our high schools, the grounds to
the high schools, and even the smaller
schools have been benefited by the
building program. that the county
was not able to carry on. And while
it. is almost joke: in Raleigh that
Ashe county is gymnasium mad, each
school has been able to build gym
nasium that is credit to it and one
that, in each case, will prove useful
and helpful to the life of the school.
1t is to be regretted that the school
lunch money has been discontinued
as it was, in our opinion, one place
where relief money. was spent where
it was actually needed and where
even the most ardent anti-reliefers
could find no complaint. Many schools
are able to continue this work and in
many cases are able to make it self
supporting. We would like to see hot
lunches worked out for each school
in the county as there is no doubt
but that hot food in the middle of the
school day adds materially to the
quickened menal attitude of the stu
dent. It's value to the student whose
family is unable to supply food is
past reckoning in mere dollars ant
cents.
The school books that are being
furnished at one-third price is anoth-
err valuable help to our pupils, and
when it is so arranged that books
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be, 80 years old next year." We con-
graduate these good people for this
fine service and the great Sunday
School they are conducting.
Rev. F. P. Cook, pastor of the Lam
sing Circuit finishes his 3rd year in
this passionate by preaching Saturday
night and Sunday morning, Oct. 9Th
and 9Th, at Fairview M. E. Church,
and at Greer's Chapel Sunday after
noon and night Oct. 9Th. These
churches, are sending large petitions
asking that the conference which con-
venes Oct. 9th at Winston-Salem re-
turn the past for another year.
Green's Chapel community revival
is announced for Sunday, Oct. 18th.
All the neighboring pastors and
choirs are invited to assist. At the
close of the revival it is planned to
tear down and move the church to a
better location near the graveyard.
The people are all invited to assist
in this worthy community enterprise.
The date for the community wide
revival meeting at Greer's Chapel has
been set for Sunday, Nov. II. All de-
nominations are invited to take part
in this effort to bring people to
Christ. Several church choirs are to
assist in the singing. The people on
this branch of Little Horse Creek are
invited to pray, come and work to-
gether for one of the best revivals
ever known in this community. The
church is one-half mile above the
Osborne school.
REV. F. P. COOK.
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TWO OPINIONS

Two great men have recently ex-
pressed their opinions on life on
their birthdays: the great lawyer and
infidel, Clarence Darrow, and the
great leader in Methodism, Bishop
Warren A. Gambler.
After a life of financial successes
and after having reached the top of
his profession by the quick and I'M
firing use of his brilliant mind, Dar-
row says: IF l had any advice to
give to the young people of today, I
would say to find the highest build
ing they could, climb to the top and
jump off" This from the man who
publicly debated with William Jen-
nings Bryan on the theory Of evolu-
ton, taking the side that there is no
God and that there is no hereafter.
Bishop Chandler, celebrating his
18th birthday, after years of service
in the cause of Christianity, says:
give nothing to do in my old age
except to try to get to heaven. I've
just a short time left here and I've
got to do more good to make up for
my wasted years."
What a changed world we would
live in if We all tried to do more good
as We went further along life's high
way!
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TOUGHKEAMON, PA, ITEMS

As a result of an automobile acct
dent late Sunday night on the Balti-
more pike, Winfred Hart, formerly of
Ashe county was seriously hurt. His
brother, Vernon, suffered a featured
right arm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Stansberry and
little son, Alton Eller, Glen Nance,
and Walter Hart were dinner guests
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Roey Hart.
Mr.. Luther Hart expects to leave
Thursday for a short visit to to Ashe
county.
The little daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Claude Rhodes has been very ill for
the past week.
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State FLA office
JONES People in Fire
Prevention Week
Organization to Aid other bodies in
with CO0peating Fire National
Fire Prevention Week

Greensboro, October 3.-Following
proclamations by President Roosevelt
and Governor Ehringhaus, the state
headquarters Of the Federal Housing
Administration here through Acting
Director Joseph L. Suffer has thrown
all it's forces into safety drive dur
ing National Fire Prevention week,
October 6-12.
Acting Director Suffer explained
that the State offices of the FILA
will make every effort possible to CO.
operate in; the fullest extent with
civic officials and organizations in.
fighting. the menace of fire. He
pointed out that pamphlets are being
distributed all over the State for the
purpose of explaining the best means
of fighting the fire hazard. These
contain simple check of stairs,
basement, plumbing, heating, ventila-
ton, attic, chimneys, fireplaces, light
ing, power, garage, equipment and
miscellaneous items. They also ex-
plain how homes can be modernized
through the aid of FILA loans, re-
paired for the purpose of fighting
the fire hazards.
Speaking of fire prevention week,
Mr.. Suffer stated, "Many of the
homes of today which were built a
generation ago are not equipped with
the safeguards against flames that
are available in modern construction.
The builders were as anxious as We
are to do everything that might stay
the ravages of the fire god, but their
knowledge of what to do and how to
do it and what measures should be
taken were not comprehensive as we
now possess. Old homes are often fire
hazards and the way to reduce the
menace that thus hangs over them, if
not to eliA'nate it almost entirely, is
to modernize the property. You can
dimish fire hazards in your home by
making repairs and improvements
under the convenient terms of the
modernization credit plan, fullest de-
tails of which can be obtained from
an approved lending institution in
your community or from the state
FILA headquarters here"
Mr.. Suffer, whose home is in Rocky
Mount at present, last week stepped
into the acting dictatorship Of the
FILA when Theodore b. Sumner of
Asheville, state director, resigned. It
is expected that no new appointment
for the head position in the office
here will be made before October Is.
Tuesday the business mark of the
North Carolina FILA office cleared
the million dollar mark. That repre-
sents the amount actually insured in
loans in the state. Nearly another
million is pending in tentative COM
mittments, it was stated. More than
half of the business has been insured
in North Carolina since state head
quarters were moved from Asheville
here on uly Is of this year. Stating
that the first million was always the
hardest, Acting Director Suffer pre-
diced that the second million dollars
in insured loans would be reached in
less than half the time that was re-
quired for the first million.
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"Help Wanted"

TT OW eagerly the Help Wanted"
RI advertisements appearing in the
A. - daily newspapers are watched
for and read by those seeking en-
ployment! They scan these columns
hoping to find someone needing what
they have to offer in the way of SER
vice. Let us consider briefly a few
helpful facts regarding this situation.
Work. regardless of it's character,
10 be carried on successfully must be
done in an orderly and faithful man
uer. 1t is of first Importance, then,
o take note of our equipment. What
10 we possess, and what have we to
offer that will enable us to fill po-
sition satisfactorily and thereby to
hold it? One definition of the word
ELL given in dictionary is Ito fur
nish an abundant supply to-" Then,
in order to fill the requirements OF
position and meet the needs OF an
employer, the qualities of true value
one has to give, those promot1ve or
good achievements, must be or ErSt
Importance. Such qualifications are
mental, and are present here and now
as the divine inheritance of one and
all.
The loving, tender, and faithful,
the all-knowing, all-wise Father
Mother God created man in His own
image. Therefore man possesses by
reflection and expresses by divine de-
ness. Let the seeker for employment
ask himself the question, What
would be the necessary qualifications
of an individual whom you would
hire, were you the employer, whether
in relation to industrial, commercial,
professional, or domestic service?"
Would not intelligence, efficiency,
truthfulness, honesty, loyalty, pa
thence, kindness, and trustworthi-
ness be essential and indispensable?
Such is the equipment of every child
of God. In the Scriptural COM
mand (Phil. 2:5), "Let this mind be
in you, which was also in Christ
Jesus" the word "let" is pregnant
with meaning. AS the child of God,
man possesses by reflection all the
qualities necessary to ensure right
and therefore successful activity. Let
present state Of consciousness, gives
you the assurance of knowing what
to do and how to do it, where to go
and when to be there, what to say
and how to say it.
Mortals need no longer grope their
way in the darkness of Ignorance,
fear, and dismay, but may come read
lily and spontaneously into the sun
light of dominion through letting
that Mind which was in Christ; Jesus
direct and govern their every motive
and act. This is the right way, ana
therefore it has the right Of way.
The world today is in need OF
thought adjustment as the solution
for inactive, inaccurate, immoral con-
ditions. Seeker for employment, your
help as a right thinker is needed:
Your services are in demand at all
times and in all places; in fact, the
most essential of all necessary equip
ment is yours. For, as right think
er you possess, without stint, 1ntelll-
gence. honesty, truthfulness, KIND
ness, loyalty, trustworthiness
We should use our God-given
means. We should rejoice and be
exceedingly glad that our services as
constructive thinkers are ever need
ed. Right thinking about every con-
dition is really the "help wanted. y
Each of Gods children has it to be-
stow: and as he gives it freely he
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03

Shakespeare makes one of his
characters bid her attendants prepare
for busy and hustling day, in that a
journey of twenty miles must be be-
gun and ended between sunrise and
sunset. De Qunincey found material
for his Vision Of Sudden Death when
a horse-drawn mail coach barely
missed side-swiping a farmers cart.
Such things raise smile nowadays.
Vehicles slip through the Holland
Tunnel at forty miles an hour, there
thereby making it possible for a
heavily loaded truck to be in Jersey
four minutes after it has left the
hustle of New York City. A member
of the Presidents cabinet is away
from his desk scarcely more than a
day, even though he has business to
transact in Chicago. The Belgians
have laid away their queen. The car
in which she was riding was going
fast. Those who cry out against the
forced pressure of modern life are
brushed aside as outp1oded and dole
full Jeremiahs. No doubt they deserve
the condemnation, yet it is to be
observed that where the grist is
great, there the toll likewise is heavy.
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may be had free, it would seem that
the last block toward making educa-
ton free for all has been removed.
With all the helps the states, the
county, and the teachers offer, there
is no reason why our schools should
not be on the brink of one of our
most successful years, and why our
boys and girls should not eagerly
grasp the opportunity that is offered
them.
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DOUGHTON'S GREAT SERVICE


Congressman Doughton has per-
formed, perhaps, what will be termed
in the long future his most construc-
tive service for North Carolina if he
has plucked from the burning the
huge parkway project to which this
commonwealth has so long looked
with eager eyes.
The State Highway Commission
got word few days ago that some
of the authorities in Washington had
kicked this project out Of the window
in order to secure additional money
for what they considered more out
right type of relief work:
No sooner had such offending news
come to the department. than it tele-
phoned Congressman Doughton at his
mounain home to hurry to Washing
ton with Governor Ehringhaus and
Chairman Waynick.
Once in Washington, the veteran
Congressman knew precisely where
to turn and straight to the White
House he went to make some inquiry
and to register no few kicks if things
turn out badly.
The net result is that President
Roosevelt at once ordered the money
originally designated for. this monu
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just a Si1n

bird flying against or close to
ones window. in passing. is a sign
Of q letter or Of news.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-26
SLOAN PLACES BUSINESS
 RESPONSIBILITY

group of large industralists, commonly known big business met in New York City the other day to talk their mutual problems, and, from the gathering, emanated sundry reports that some of the executives were opposed to New Deal legisla ton which had to do with their particular business But the honor guest of the occasion Alfred P Sloan Jr President of General Motors Corporation, while looking askance at too large expenditures by the Government. sounded timely note which business must take into consideration.
 Industry MT. Sloan said must expand it's horizon of thinking and acting. Industrys re- responsibilities longer be adequately discharged however efficient and effective it may be- with the mere physical production of goods and service Business he said must assume the role of an enlightened industrial statesmanship to attack the problem of advancing the social and economic status of the community a whole"
 That is exactly the point President Roosevelt has been making since he into office three years ago. as most of the business leaders well know Nothing particularly revolutionary about that, and as MT. Sloan pointed out, business must perform the industrial social and civic duties which naturally fall to it as an important American institution or must expect the Government to step in and take over the work it neglects.
 In view of the, ackpowledged steady, upturn in the industrial executives is probably explained best in the words of the late Will Rogers when he addressed the Chamber of Commerce here last sum- mer.
 The Republicans making money all right Rogers commented in his characteristic style, 'but they hate to make it under the Democrats"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-26
Horoscope "The stars I.icline
 but do not c0mpeP'
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1885


 Men may find this puzzling and vexatious day, according to astrol- ogy. There may be tendency to contemplate the bills that must be paid the first of the year.
 Merchants and manufacturers now will meet confusing and uncertain conditions affecting financial mat ters. but the seers assure them that the new year is to bring them good fortune.
 This is day for postponing ini- tiative and for delaying important decisions. Employees may be irritat- ing and indifferent, due to holiday reactions. Patience is enjoyed.
 Women are subject to benefic as poets under this rule of the stars which should bring them much joy. Love affairs may be uppermost in the minds of girls while older wom- en will be concerned with the well fare of their families.
 Although it is Friday this is read as an suspicious wedding day, for mercenary motives will not be prom inent and romance will dominate
 Regrets should be banisled and the mind should be sternly disci- plined, for wrong thinking and fool ish ideas will be prevalent.
 Deceit and secret hostilities are foreseen among members of business and political organizations. Women may be exceedingly troublesome personal in their points of view while this rule continues.
 Theatres and places of amuse- ment should profit more than usual. Desire for entertainment will be widespread and the disposition to dodge debts may be evident among persons in many walks of life. Warn ing is given that bad habits of evad- ing obligations which may have been formed during years of depression will bring serious results. This is to be changed world, the seers an- nounce, and human chaff is to be separated from human wheat.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year in which there may be minor difficulties and ob- stacles to advancement. They should make no changes.
 Children born on this day probably will be original in their ideas, indus trious and successful. Subjects of this sign of Capricorn usually are per |severing and patient.
 Nicholas J. Roosevelt, inventor, was born on this day 1767, Others who have celebrated it as a birthday in- clude Johannes Kepler, astronomer. 1871.
 Copyright, 1935)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-26
Daily Lessons in English
 By w. l.. Gordon

Words Often Misused: Do not say, There aren't but ten boys in the room" Say. There are but ten boys in the room" Are not but" forms a double negative.
 Often mispronounced: Apparel. Pronounce second a as in at, not as in air.
 Often Misspelled: Disappoint; one s, two p's.
 Synonyms: Muscular, sinewy, sCal- wart. brawny, strong.
 Word Study: Use word three times and 1t is yours" Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word Ap- posite; well adapted; suitable or fit. This argument is very opposite to the case"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-26
EMERGENCY AGENCIES

The efforts of Old Guard Republican spokesmen to deride the fiscal operations of the Roosevelt Administration possess unquestioned dramatic values
 MT Hoover's overstatement of the estimated public debt of June 30 to the extent of nine billion dollars is a fair example of their capabilities. His solemn warning to the Young Republicans of the Pacific States that the most resourceful country in all history could not possibly lquidate it's obiga- tons except by outright repudation, imitation or revolution may coneeivably be condoned in the case of an asnrant for the Presidency who has had slight, if any; contact with public affairs But his hearers were conscious of the fact that for about 15 years he had been in high office in Washington, 12 of them at the Cabinet table and four years at
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-26
RETURNS FROM souTH

Mary c. Metcalf, daughter of MT. and Mrs Frank Metcalf, is here, returning home from school at Strathcone Lodge, near Vancouver, on the Northwestern Wednesday eve ming.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-26
Morally Obligated''
Richmond rimes-pispatch.

lRlcnmOnQ IlineS-DLpdtcHt
 Fifty other nations united in the most heartening evidence of collective action in the history of the world and it is unthinkable that the United States will permit the effects of that action to be largely nullified by the greed of manu- lecturers and exporters But it is not only because we are morally obligated that should put stop to shipments of materials to Italy at the earliest possible moment. That action is dictated well by considerations of self-interest.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-26
HAPPY
 BIRTHDAY

The Empire eItends congrdtulG- lions and best aDishes today, their birthday anniUersdry, to the follo:5- ing:
 DECEMBER 26
 J. M. Sharples
 William Rhodes
 Frank Varlen
 Esther Davis
 Birdie Jensen
 Margaret Clark
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-26
Modern
 Etiquette By Roberta Lee

e. Should a business man allow business woman to pay for her own lunch, when meeting in a restaurant?
 A. Yes, unless he has taken her to lunch by invitation. Q. Should one send flowers to a debutante?
 A. Relatives and old friends often 1o but it is not general custom.
 Q. Is it permissible to supply a word which seems to evade friend who is talking?
 A. No, it is impolite to do so.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-26
From The Empire 20 YEARS AGO
DECEMBER 26. 1915

Dr. Karl Helfrlch, secretary or the German Treasury, estimates the cost of the World war to all belligerents was $80,000,000 a day, a yearly sum of $40,0O0, ,000,0 ,000, an amount equal to half of the total valuation of pub lie and private wealth of France be- fore the war
 The Ford Peace Expedition was breaking up, with Henry Ford, i'll with pneumonia, enroute back to America, William Jennings Bryan refusing to join the party, and the till-remaining emmisaries stymied in Stockholm, unable to agree on modes of procedure. More assertions were expected momentarily. It was announced the expedition would be continued under the auspices of the Women's Peace Association.
 Visitors Hooked to Juneau dur ing the Christmas celebration, ho- tels being crowded and all available rooms in boarding houses taken Every stage, ferry and boat leaving Juneau today was loaded with men returning to their work in the mines of the vicinity, although many of them still remained in the city.
 The city police officers were kept busy separating would-be fighters and sending drunks about their busi- ness, but on the whole it was a very quiet Christmas, considering the po- lice statement that there was more drunkenness about town than foy several years.
 The very Rev R. J. Crimont led mass in the Roman Catholic church, and the choir was composed of. Miss Crystal Snow, Mrs. George Simp- kins, Mrs. Guy McNaughton, Mrs. J. G. Valentine, Mrs. D. J. Hickey, M. A. Snow, T. J. McCant, Walde- mar Enberg.
 The steamer Northwestern arrived in Gastineau Channel about g o'clock Christmas Eve, with a large ship ment of mail for Juneau, excepting Eastern mail, which was left at Se- attle. This was the last mail to reach Juneau, and the post office was open for two hours on Christmas Day. Weather: Maximum, 33; minimum, 23. snow 02 inches