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The Washington times., 1935-08-12

smart. We know perfectly well
we can't undo them at this late
date. whats done is done"
"Let the dead past bury it's
dead" swell mottos, both of
them. Then WHY can't we live
'em?
There's queer reason
which you'll probably deny
Indignantly when you first
hear it. Yet it's true. Re
member that old axiom you
learned in school SELF PRE-
sERVATION IS THE FIRST
LAW OF NATURE?" Plain
enough. But follow it through
and you'll be surprised. For
it's amazing to what strange
lengths we'll all go in our
efforts to observe that rule.
SECURITY
Self overwhelmingly
one thinks of the more obvious
needs for food, water, rest,
security. But there are deeper
needs than those of the flesh
crueler hungers than those OF
the stomach. There's the
clamor of the spirit for "a
place in the SUM-"
Even a brute feels that.
The dumbest little puppy
Graves attention and affec-
ton. Shows off" to get it
=. .sulks if it doesn't. And the
need that nags the puppy to
pouts will often drive a man
to frenzy.
Just as the body requires a
"well-balanced diet" to keep it
fit, so the character requires
certain "vitamins" in its pro-
gram-an essential amount Of
praise and applause-respect,
love, admiration. A Inundated
spiriN-a spirit that doesn't
feel sure Of its own powSE and
The Washington times., 1935-08-12
By Edwin C. Hill
By Nelson Harding

didn't somehow materialize In
the hard times of the early COS,
so he took a Civil Service examl-
nation and was assigned to the
Weather Bureau in st. Louis.
If you have ever been in st.
Louis, you will know there is
plenty of weather to be found
there, especially in the summer,
and so DR.. Scarf had excellent
intensive training in what was
to be his life work. And then
they sent him down to the lower
end of Florida, to the breeding
grounds of hurricanes and such.
He made such a cracking good
record in predicting oncoming
storms that, for just reward, he
got one of the nice plums of the
Service-the headship Of the
Weather Bureau in New York.
That was way back in 1909 and
he has been on the job ever
since.
SPECIAL SCIENCE
The Weather Bureau of today,
whether in New York, Washing
ton, or elsewhere, is a much
bigger and more important insti'
tuition than it was in DR.. Jim'S
younger days. Radio, for ex-
ample, has been of tremendous
advantage to this special science.
Aviation added to the duties
and responsibilities OF the
weather man.
The New York Weather Blu
reau includes a special aviation
department directed by another
extremely amiable and efficient
gentleman, DR.. James H. Kim
ball. When the young man who
stepped out Of an airplane at
LIE Bourget Field some eight
years ago, with the incredibly
naive remark, II am Charles A.
Lindbergh," was getting ready
to start that memorable hop, he
was in constant communication
with DR.. Kimball and took flight
only when the good doctor told
him to hop to it. The same
with all the rest Of the flying
men. DR.. Kimball is their guide,
philosopher and friend.
A 1ovable, kindly, genial
character is Kimball'S chief,
DR.. Jim. His particular hobby
is furniture craftsmanship.
With his own hands he can
set you up as handsome a haut-
boy as you ever laid eyes on,
and what with one thing or an
other he is, as we might say,
in tune with the infinite.
Copyright. 1895. King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
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Constitutional Arbite1
BIZ JAMES T. WILLIAMS, T.

) maintain their power unless the
Federal authority be limited to
its proper sphere Of action?
How are the powers specifi-
cally denied to the States to be
successfully prohibited unless
there is supreme judicial author.
ity to nullify their pretensions?
"The same judicial power that
denies to Congress extra-consti-
tutiOnal authority must also en-.
force the limitations and prohi.
billions pertaining to the execu.
tive, when the question is prop
erly presented to the court in
a judicial proceeding"
Senator Connally'S spirited de-
tense of the Constitution comes
at a time when the So-called
Dean" of the Democratic House
Congressman SABBATH of Hi.
nolS-lS one of the leaders of a
movement to "revamp" the
Constitution by cutting its
heart out.
Other radicals in this group
include Congressman Maverick
OF Texas, Senator Costigan of
Colorado, and Congressman
Marcantonio of New York. The
late Congressman Truax of
Ohio, until his sudden death
within the week, was a promi-
nent leader of this group.
The death Of Mr.. Truax will
probably necessitate special
election to fill his vacancy in
the Ohio delegate ;. Mr.. Truax
favored depriving the Supreme
Court of its power to declare
an act of Congress invalid. He
favored putting a bal, and chain
on the Supreme Court and max.
ing Congress the supreme power
in the land. Tho e was no more
bitter critic of the court in Con-
gresS.
There will doubtless be a hard
fought contest for the Demo
cratic nomination to succeed
Mr.. Truax. This will offer an
opportunity for Ohio to put to
the test the attitude of r,r
people toward overthrowing the
Government of the Constitu.
ton and Europeanizing the
whole American system of gov
eminent.
GOOD OPENING
When this campaign starts
Senator Connally is sure to be
in great demand as a speaker.
He has shown by his address
before the Virginia Bar AS.
ISOLATION that he has both the
knowledge and the courage to
defend the Constitution along
the lines that Vice President
Garner has defended it through
out his thirty-odd years in Con-
greSs.
A joint debate in Chicago
between Senator Connally,
championing the American
system of Government, and
Congressman SABBATH, cham
pioning a European system
whether Russia. Germany or
Italy he has not yet disclosed
should make a good opening
for the Democratic congress
sional campaign in the home
state of Abraham Lincoln.
copyright, 1885, The Washington Times,
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Listen, World
Blu Elsie Robinson

importance-is, inevitably, a
sick spirit.
Nine-tenths Of our mature
plumbers and defeats start with
the loneliness and uncertainty
which haunted our childhood.
A spoiled" child, petted and in
dulged, is the worst pest on
earth. But a nagged or neg
lected child is the most tragic
and ominous sight-for, newt
ably, that childish fear and
abasement will bear evil fruit.
A human being must enjoy
a certain measure Of success
with his fellow men, OR ELSE
So what? Most of us manage
to save our faces and achieve
"self preservation" in normal
ways. We love and are loved
in return. Work and effort are
rewarded. Risk and win. Then
comes that praise which is neces'
sary to maintain our self-esteem.
But sometimes the cards are
stacked against us-or we stack
them against ourselves. Some
times, no matter how hard the
struggle or how good the breaks,
we feel that we've failed-that
nobody cares. Then, in deep
desperation, we begin to get by
foul means that which we've
failed to achieve by fair.
Why do some people everlaSt'
ingly broadcast their old griefS
and grudges? That's why. Be-
cause they can grab, by this
method, the spotlight which
their sense of failure demands
as compensation secure the
attention and sympathy their
defeated souls crave.
Yes, I know-Such chronic
crouch or griever bores you to
tears. Usually-though you don't
suspect it-he bores himself to
tears! Loathes himself, more
than you ever can, for his own
blubbering.
THE SPOTLIGHT
But he isn't the conceited
blighter he appears on the sur
face. He's a starving soul try
ing, desperately. to fill his need.
And you'll add immensely to
your own ability to deal with
your fellow mortals if you'll
remember these facts:
A gabby person is always a
timid one.
A bully is always a coward.
A boaster is always lonely.
He who carries the torch"
uses it generally for his own
spotlight.
If you don't believe it, just
watch YOURSELF in one OF
your talky times!
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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the SapperS SENATOR COnnalIS
who seek to overthrow the Gov
eminent of the Constitution.
In an address before the Vir'
ginia Bar Association at White
Sulphur Springs, the Vice Presi-
dents own candidate for the
Senate last year, Senator Con-
nally of Texas, flung chal-
lenge to the Reds, Pinks and
Fellows of Texas and every
other State that they cannot
dodge.
Senator Connally spoke not as
a partisan but as an American
citizen.
Gas an American citizen"
said the able junior Senator
from the Lone Star State, II
oppose divesting the Supreme
Court of the power to cOnstrue
and interpret the Constitution
at the suit of any citizen Of
the Republic, whenever any
right guaranteed to him by
that instrument may be in
vaded by the Congress, the Ex-
ecutive, the courts or any
State of the Union"
HISTORIC POSITION
This is the historic position
taken by the founders and
fathers. It was the position
taken by James Madison, 1.-The
Father of the Constitution"
1t was the position taken by
the members of the First Con-
gress whose discussions prove
clearly that they knew what
the trainers of the Constitution
intended when they vested the
judicial power in the Supreme
Court of the United States.
The reasons the Founders
and Fathers gave for vesting
the judicial power in the SUI
preme Court are as valid today
as when they were first ad-
VanCed. They were well sum-
married. by Senator Connally
when he said:
eff Congress should be alone
the judge of its own power and
should be free to choose the
scope and breadth of its own
authority, the limits of Federal
jurisdiction might be SO ex"
tended as to build up a cen.
tralized Government far beyond
the dreams of the Founders of
the Constitution.
with no constitutional ar
bitter the balances and checks
of the Constitution would prove
ineffective and futile. How are
the fOrty-eight States to pre-
serve their jurisdiction and to
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Human Side of the News

him by mail and telephone. Not
inquiries about forthcoming
weather, if you please, but do
nestle problems and financial
problems, all sorts of worries,
and advice is sought by many
in such extremities of mind.
He has some distinctions
which are positively unique. Do
you know of any other human
being - king, plutocrat, courte-
san, or common creature-who
has crashed the front page of
every New York newspaper
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The Greatest Show On Earth
BH John SNure, Jr.

None suspected that he had
a heart that might fail him.
He was the picture of robust
health.
With his unexpected and
widely deplOred death, men,
bers are wondering whether
there is not something to the
warning that the gruelling pace
of this session has undermined
and endangered the cOnstitu"
tiOns of them all.
In a recent reference to Rep
resentative George Holden Tink.
ham, rubicund Republican from
Massachusetts, this column
called him a banker"
Mr.. Tinkham objected.
Mr.. Tinkham, whose family
was interested in real estate,
said:
"Call me a crook, a thief or
anything else. But don't call
me a banker"
Senator Carter Glass, of Vir-
qinia, cannot resist dropping
little samples of irony and
sarcasm, in the direction OF
Senator Huey P. Long of LouiSt'
ana.
Recently, in the midst Of de-
bate, Huey was asking questions
concerning certain parliament
The Washington times., 1935-08-12

hind the r
perp e t u a l
wheeze a n d
whimper?
Take your
S elf, firm
S t a n c e. Or
myself. F or,
unfortunately
it isn't al
W a Us tn e
other fellow.
Why do WE
find ourselves
di g in g up
old feuds and
S o r r o W S?
Wa'rn n1entV
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OLD FAVORITES

"My Heart Is Lutte" BY Anne Barnard
Alas that my heart is lutte,
Wherein you have learned to play!
For many years it was mute
Until one summers day
You took it, and touched it, and made it thrill
And it thrills and throbs and quivers still!
had known you, DEAR long!
Yet my heart did not tell why
It should burst into song,
And wake to life with cry
Like babe that the light of the
And for whom this great world has just begun
Your lutte is enshrned, cased in,
Kept close with loves magic key,
So no hand but yours win
And wake it to minstrelsy;
Yet leave it not silent too long, alone,
Lest the strings should break and the music be DONE
IReaders vited to send to the editor their sgges
toms of old favores among the poems for reprintng in
this spGce.)
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c o n S tit u
ton in the
y e RS just
ahead tn e y
are doomed
to disappoint-
ment.
From Vice
P re 81 d e n t
Gamers own
S t a t e of
Texas comes
q challenge
by a dis
t in G vi shed
D e m c c ratio
S e n a t or to
The Washington times., 1935-08-12

every day for Is years. Well, for
Is times 365 days DR.. Scarr's
little piece has been page one
stuff: "Weather-partly cloudy,
cooler today; tomorrow cloudy,
showers"
DR.. Jim was a school teacher
at Oklahoma when he got the
idea that the law profession
needed him. So he studied law
while editing a country news
paper and doing a few other
things, and tried to collect him.
self a few paying clients. They
The Washington times., 1935-08-12

tary proceed"
ure.
The dinnin-
utive Gl a S S
responded to
one of Long
i n t e r roga-
tons:
"The Sena-
tor s h o ul d
KIN o W that.
He is pretty
acute"
The Sena-
tor fro
l. O vi S j ana
thanked him.
HllAanannC
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WISE WORDS

Oh; what a blamed uncertain
thing
This peSky weather is!
It blew and snew and then 1t
thew
And now, by jing, it's friz-
-Philander johnson.
Disguise our bondage as we
will, tits woman, woman rules us
still.-Thoma Moore.
To doubt is safer than to be
secure.-MaSSingeN
The Washington times., 1935-08-12

Pre- S S i ng
m a t t ers of
national i'm
port have ma
terially inter-
fered with the
game but the
poker players
70 m Vice
P e S i d e n t
John Nance
Garner down
slip in a mild
session every
now and then.
Stakes are
S o m e tt mes
h aV W. A L
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wonder whether Mr.. Glass
meant that the Kingfish had a
fine and penetrating discern
ment, which is one of the mean
ings of the word according to
webster, or whether he In
tended the other meaning OF
coming to a crisis quickly, V1o-
lent. not chronic"
Copyright, 1885, The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1935-08-12

weather and
never doing
a n y t h i n g
about it. It
was and is a
+ i r S t. class
W h e e z e, a
really S u p e.
r | o r W is e.
C r a C k, but
hardly tr u e.
There are a
n u m b e r of
W Use gentle
m e n S c a r.
t ere d about
these more or
The Washington times., 1935-08-12
Thought for Today

Foreign dispatches state that Soviet Russia just laid tn
keel her sxtieth submarine with ten ordered
Italy is moving on Ethiopia.
England is ending all naval treaties.
Germany is rearmng
Japan is an island arsenal
Russia has the worlds largest army
And the United States
Well YOU think about the United States:
And think quick.
The Washington times., 1935-08-12
The Weather Man

It was Mark Twain, you re-
member, who sprang that one
about people always grumbling
and complaining about the
The Washington times., 1935-08-12
Why is a Chronic Crouch
Or Griever?

These chronic grouches and
grievers-how do they get that
wav2 What's the big idea be-
The Washington times., 1935-08-12

If the Republicans are count
ing upon being the only defend
ers of the Government of the
The Washington times., 1935-08-12

Little has been said Of late
about the poker games of the
men in official life.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24
L O c A L S

Mrs. Paul Miller is working in the
offices of Boyle and Bowie while
their regular secretary, Miss Maude
Coward, is away on vacation. Miss
Madge Garvey is substituting for
Mrs. Miller in the office of the Coun-
ty superintendent of Schools.
The Woodie building and the Cope
Trivett building that are going up in
the city have made considerable prog
ress during the past week.
=
Mr.. Hafer, of the local Hafer Chew
roelt Company, will go on Friday to
Charlotte to attend a showing of the
1886 model Chevrolet.
Mesdames Baldwin Pless and Joe
Neal spent Saturday afternoon in
Boone shopping.
Mrs. ]. M. Shumate, of the Crest
nut Hill community, was in the city
Monday. Mrs. Shumate expects to
leave the latter part of the month for
Abingdon where she will undergo
treatment in the hospital there.
4
Mr.. Coleman Payne and possibly
Mr.. Austin Jones will accompany Mr..
Hafer to the pre-showing of the 1886
Chevrolets in Charlotte Friday. The
day will begin with the showing and
end with a banquet.
Mr.. Edwin Duncan, of Sparta, has
been attending the McCreary trial in
Jefferson during the past week.
DIR. and Mrs. Reeves Gambill, of
Lincolnton, N. c., spent the week end
with relatives in the city.
Miss Eta Jones, who has been
visiting her brother, DR.. E. D. Jones,
has returned to her home in Sanders
vile, Ga.
Mrs. julius Rousseau, wife of the
presiding jurist at the October term
of Supeior Court, and her little son
spent Tuesday in jefferson.
4
Miss Ella Mae Sutherland spent the
week end at her home at Glade
Spring.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24

Mrs. Sallie Prevette, of North
Wilkesboro, who fell recently and
sustained a severe blow on the head,
is reportd to have developed pneu-
monia. Attorney J. M. Prevette, Mrs.
Prevette's son, has been spending as
much time at her bedside as possible.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. GRAPHICAL and
daughter, Floss, of Fig, were in town
on Monday.
Mr.. Moore, of the Federal Land
Bank, was in the city on business
Monday.
Mr.. John Glenn Neal, who has been
working in Mexico, has returned to
his home.in jefferson after being alb
sent for several months.
M. Richard Roberts, of Berea Col
lege, has been visiting Mrs. Roberts,
who is local case worker.
Mr.. Carson Perkins, who lives in
Georgia, visited relatives in Jeffer-
son last week.
Mrs. J. r. johnson, of Idlewild,
spent several days last week with her
son, Attorney Ira T. Johnston, in
Jefferson.
Those attending dinner in North
Wilkesboro given last week by Mrs.
C. 81. Smithey were Mesdames w. B.
Austin, E. A. Waddell, w. H. Worth,
Ira T. Johnston, L. P. Coward, Flora
Johnson, Joe Worth, Glenn Little.
Mr.. John Goss, of Lansing, was
in the Jeffersons the first Of the
week.
Mr.. Quincy Neal, who has been a
FERA auditor located at Gastonia, is
at home for the present.
4
Mrs. Hugh Lunsford, of Winston
Salem, is spending the week with her
parents, Sheriff and Mrs. H. M.
Miller.
4 y
Mr.. L. P. Coward and son made a
business trip to North Wilkesboro
last week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24

Strange things happen in that Cali
fornia sunshine. One of the oldest
occurred when Mrs. Kenneth Wright
decided turkey egg was sterile be-
cause hen refused to let it remain
in the nest with others. Mrs. Wright
scuffed some dirt over it and imagine
her surprise to see a little turk
emerge from the loose, warm earth
some days later.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24

MIR. Hamp Coward, of Idlewild, was
in the city the first of the week.
Mr.. H. H. Lemly, Of Fleetwood,
was business visitor in the city the
latter part of the week.
Mr.. c. M. Yates, of Hopkins, spent
several hours in town Saturday.
A*
Rev. and Mrs. w. T. Wilmington
and son, James Walter, were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
man Hege.
Mr.. P. T. McNeill, of Greensboro,
spent the week end at his home on
Beaver Creek.
Mr.. Dolly Grant, of Jefferson, is
confined to his room with sore
throat.
=
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Kilby, of
Pennsylvania, are visiting relatives in
the county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24

Miss Merle GRAPHICAL, who was in
jured in an automobile wreck during
the past summer, has been taken to
the hospital at Abingdon for treat
ment.
Misses Wilhemina Schulz, Ellen
Black, Mildred Pitts, and Margaret
Webb, Of Gastonia, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira T. Johnston during the past
week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Owen, Of
Peachbottom, Pa, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Owen, also Of Peachbottom, are visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Miller at their
home at Nathans Creek.
4 =
Mr.. Reeves Goodman, former resi-
dent of the city, was in town this
week.
Bishop Gribben, presiding bishop of
the district, will preach at st. Mary's
on Sunday, the 9th, at II a. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fields Bare, of Wag-
oner, announce the birth of a son,
Ralph Gerald, Oct. 16, 1885.
**
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. GRAPHICAL and
family visited Mr.. and Mrs. J. F.
Reeves at Laurel Springs Sunday.
=
Mr.. M. C. Roark and daughter,
Ruby, have returned home after &C.
companying Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Roark,
of Montana, to the coast and other
places of interest. They also visited
in South Carolina. Miss Bertha Lewis
of Ashland, accompanied them.
S. c. Kilby, of Peach Bottom, Pa,
is visiting in the county this week.
Miss Ruth McNeill, who has a
potion in Winston-Salem, spent the
week end with her family near the
city.
Mrs. Joe Wellborn, of Patterson,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Hamp Robbins, of
Lenoir, spent the day Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. N. Tulbert.
y
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Sells and chill
dren spent the week end with rela-
tives in Galax, Va.
Mrs. Arras Perry, of Piney Creek,
spent one day last week visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Milligan Faw.
y X
Miss Ina Jan Reeves, member of
the Sparta High School faculty, spent
the week end in the city.
X
Mrs. c. M. Timmons, who has been
i'll, is much improved and able to be
out on the street again.
Mrs. r. C.. Barr entertained a few
relatives at her home last week in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Barr,
who were coming to the city for the
first time since their marriage in
Sparta on the 18th.
x
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Reeves had
Misses Ina Jean and Ruth Reeves as
their dinner guests Sunday.
The w. M. U. of the local Baptist
church report that they were success
full in their food sales held at the
courthouse during the week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24

The people of this country spend
over 10000, 0O0, 900 year on amuse-
ment.
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BOX SUPPER ..

: d y n y u r T II ~ . =
An old time box supper will be held
at the |. O. O. F. Hall in Jefferson on
Saturday night, October 26th, 1895, be-
ginning at 800 o'clock. The ladies are
asked to bring boxes Proceeds from the
sale of the boxes will be used for repair
work on the Lodge Hall. Everybody is
invited to attend.
Come! Let's have q good time.
Music by Buffalo String Band.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-13

WINE SPECIAL
 All wines $l.85 gal, $l.00 half gal, 65c quart We furnish jugs. At the TOTEM GROCERY. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-13
WINE SPECIAL

All wines $1.85 gal, sl.00 half gal, 65c quart. We furnish jugs. At the TOTEM GROCERY. adv.