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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-28
LATE NEWS
BULLETINS
Mountain Girl Convicted
of First Degree Murder

Edith Maxwell has been con-
victed of first degree murder Of
her father, Trigg Maxwell, by a
Cumberland county (Va.) jury
which fixed her punishment at
Is years in the state penitentiary.
The jury was cut only 30 min
utes.
Miss Maxwell, a 21-year-old
school teacher looked incredu-
lously at her bfdtaer, Earl, and
then burst into tears. Her sobs
could be heard all over the
courtroom.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-28
Seventh Grade Honor Roll

Mrs. Ray reports the following
students as members of the honor
roll of the West Jefferson seventh
grade for this month:
Friel Jones, Doris Williams, Jas.
Dell Taylor, Tommy Oliver, Grace
Wyrick, Ralph Campbell, Edwin
Weaver, Hazel Enopier, Irene Hud-
dler, Ruth Blevins, James Cook,
T. B. Grayson, Jr:, June Smith,
Aida Gambill.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-28
EXPECT ARRESTS IN BELKS
STORE ROBBERY AT SPARTA

Belk's Department Store was
entered through the back Saturday
night by thieves. The safe and a
quantity of clothing were carried
out. The safe was not opened.
For some reason the culprits left
car after they had loaded it with
clothing and other articles. The car
has been identified and arrests are
expected to be made in the near
future.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-28
OYSTER SUPPER TO
BE GIVEN BY GRASSY
CREEK LADIES DEC.

An oyster supper will be given by
the ladies Of the Missionary Society
of the Grassy Creek Methodist
Church on Saturday, Dec. z, in the
Home Economics building at six
o'clock.
The public is invited to attend
and bring their friends. The pro-
ceeds will 60 for the benfit of the
church.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-28

Rev. Geo. H. Atkinson, of Column
bia, S. c., will preach Thanksgiv-
ing sermon in the following PreSby-
terrain Churches: Lansing 900 a. M,
jefferson 1900 a. m, Gillespie ESQ
o. m, Foster Memorial TOO p. m.
Mr.. J. o. Blevins will have charge
of the Thanksgiving service at
Obids at 11:0e a. m.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-28
League Members Proceed
With Sanctions

League MemberS FrOceed
With Sanctions
England, France, and other
members of the League of Ma
tons are going ahead with their
plan to not sell any products to
Italy that would cause her to be
able to continue warning against
Ethiopia.
Italy is planning to ''live-at-
home", and Mussolini has made
strict rules for Italians to follow
in order to conserve their sup
plies.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-28
Governors Aid In Road
Accident Prevention

Governors all over the United
States are joining in the nation
wide campaign started. in Chi
cago this week to reduce auto
mobile deaths on, the highways.
The national safety council is
sponsoring a five-year campaign
that will begin on January l.:
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-28

Judge T.. C. Bowie and son,
Thomas, have been hunting during
the past week in the eastern part of
the state.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-28

Mrs. r. H. Stone took Mrs. Sam
Rose, of Bina, to- the Presbyterian
Hospital in Charlotte on Monday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-11-28

ADVERTISE in The slyland
Post, the only newspaper that
s printed in Ashe county, and
the newspaper with by far the
best subscription list Of any
paper circulated in the county
Evening star., 1935-12-25

May Christmas bring to every back
yard a pair Of cardinals. often called
red birds.
The male is the brighter. but the
female the lovelier Of the two.
Few birds are prettier than the mother
cardinal, but the observer must be very
close to realize it.
At distance, say so feet or more, the
male bird wins easily, on account OF his
fiashy coat of feathers.
He is, of course, remarkably hand
some creature in the true Christmas
color.
Especially against snow.
Then he shines blood red, bringing
recolIections Of the old line, washed
in the blood Of the lamb"
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If the observer is close enough, how
ever, to see the female red bird easily,
he will begin to believe 1t the prettier.
Her softer tones Of pleasing bun,
streaked with dull red, with bright
orange bill, make songster dificult
to equal.
Her mate is flasher, 50 Is the blue
jay, in both sexes, but when 1t comes
to just plain prettiness, if beauty may be
called such, the female of the cardinal
species is a bird in a thousand.
It is interesting to watch the different
feeding habits Of the pair.
While both are the first to the feed
ing station in the morning, and the very
last to leave it at night, each has its dis
tinctive approach.
The female flies to the trough Of the
feeder and usually stays there for long
periods, while her mate takes his stand
on the ground, where he pecks around
for seeds.
It required a month for the male bird
to dare to get into the feeding device.
Only during the first snowfall was the
beautiful red fellow seen on the edge OF
the station trough.
Perhaps this was q sign of intelligence
on his part.
Perfectly content to take what seeds
were dropped over the edge OF the plat
form during good weather, the first time
snow fell he made aebee line for the
feeder itself.
He was a sight there, balanced on
the edge, with little white-covered roof
over his head.
AS the snow deepened, the cardinal
feathers took on deeper tone by con-
trast.
The sight of the vivid creature bal
anced on the hanging feeder, hung from
long bough, was a sight not TO be Tor
gotten.
1t seemed that he stood out more
plainly each minute as the snow thick
ened.
AS soon as the ground was covered
with white, the presence of the cardinal
was even more easily noted than before.
This was true, of course, of all the birds,
including the myriads of sparrows.
We had been pretending that these
latter were song sparrows, or any one of
the several scores of different members
of the sparrow family other than Eng
lish sparrows.
AS their numbers grew every day, we
were forced to concede that they might
be English sparrows, after all.
The word had gone round, evidently,
to the tribe. and from far recesses of
Evening star., 1935-12-25
The s'Cifts'' Still Wanted.

If miracle-working Santa Claus had
been as considerate of the people Of
Washington as they might have hoped,
what would they have found under the
Christmas tree this morning? The ques-
ton is intriguing and probably there
could be many different answers.
Some residents, Of course, would be
prompted by civic pride to wish for the
great Municipal Center of which they
have dreamed for years, but toward
which, though the site is ready, there
has been no progress recently.
Others, concerned for the advancement
of the cultural status of the Nations
Capital in line with the ideals of George
washington and Thomas Jefferson for
a new Athens in the New World, would
desire the long-awaited National Gallery.
sadly needed by the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition to shelter precious paintings and
statuary for which 1t now has no exhi-
bition space. Also, the projected Mu-
scum Of History, to be built aud.managed
Evening star., 1935-12-25

under the same accredited auspices in
behalf of increased knowledge Of the
evolution Of the United States from its
primitive beginnings In the first colonial
settlements of the sixteenth and seven
teenth centuries.
And allied with these noble struc-
tures-perhaps standing near them In
Constitution avenue-the lovers Of meas
ured melody would pray for a national
temple of music to accommodate opera,
symphony concerts, choral programs,
dance recitals and an annual festival OF
American song to encourage the genius
of native composers.
Likewise, for those who respond to the
celestial handiwork of the Creator there
would be a planetarium, like those Of
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and
Los Angeles, wherein the cosmos would
be demonstrated in action against the
screen of a domed ceiling.
And for lovers Of outdoor games a
stadium would be provided for periodical
American equivalents of the Olympic
meets of antiquity and other events Of
more modern origin but of not less in
terest to the people.
To serve the needs Of conventions, ex-
positions, motor shows and other enter
prises and occasions for which large in
door areas are required-the quadrennial
inaugural ball, for instance-the good
saint would not forget an auditorium
of adequate size.
The claims of aviation for proper air.
port in Washington certainly should not
be ignored.
But the citizens of Washington still
would be unhappy unless under the tree
they discovered the Federal Govern
ment,s concession of fiscal equity, with
out which they are in danger Of eventual
pauperism, and of national representa-
ton, without which they automatically
are classed with aliens, lunatics and
criminals.
Perhaps some Of these still wanted
gifts" may be granted before next
Christmas. If so, not Washington alone.
but the whole Nation will be advantaged.
Evening star., 1935-12-25
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Christmastide finds New Dealers in
seasonally buoyant spirits over coming
events. They are aglow with the certain
conviction that 1896 is to be another year
of Roosevelt destiny. All concerned are
conscious of some clouds on the horizon
and do not underestimate their impor-
tance. Literary Digest polls, Governor
Talmadge, Townsend plan, Father
Coughlin, big business, the American
Liberty League, AL Smith-all provide
more or less food for heart searching.
But, surveying the future and taking
every contingency into consideration, the
Democrats believe the foundations Tor
victory next year are too solid to be
undermined by any developments now in
sight. Party leaders bank primarily on
recovery and its continuance. They re-
fuse to admit the possibility that the
country will risk swapping horses. Sud-
den return of bad times would be some
thing else again.
~ ~
While cozy optimism is the spirit In
which the national campaign will be
launched on Jackson day, January 8, Ma
tional Chairman Farley and his Conan
ayers are certain to warn Democrats
against the deadly danger OF overcome
dence. Persuaded as President Roose-
yelt's supporters are that his re-electlon
is we'll assured, New Dealers are not pro-
ceeding on the theory that no fight Is
necessary. On the contrary, they are
planning a whirlwind campaign from
start to finish. The necessity for an ade-
uuate war chest and for unrelentlng
activity is to be impressed upon party
workers everywhere. The high command
is aware that the Republicans and other
Roosevelt forces are preparing to
wage an intensive battle. No Democratic
effort will be spared to counter opposi-
ton tactics at every stage OF the game:
The certain consequence will be one OF
the most fiercely fought national con-
tests within living memory.
II r. X
There's no inclination in Rooseveltian
quarters to succumb to anxiety over the
prospect that AL Smith may take the
warpath against the New Deal after ne
unburdens himself at the forthcoming
American Liberty League dinner. The
former New York Governor was out
spokenly Roosevelt in 1882 before
the Chicago convention and lukeWarm
for some time after, yet, before election
day approached the idol of Manhattan
climbed aboard the bandwagon, In
spirit of party loyalty. Smith still ranks
as a regular of regulars. Democrats are
sure the word bolt is not in his lexicon.
No matter how much he may illuminate
against New Dealism, 1t is not believed
that AL would ever bring himself to be-
coming an outright opponent OF next
years ticket Nevertheless, II 1t were
suspected that Smith did not cordially
favor F. D. RS reelection the Gov
ernor's influence and prestige, especially
in the pivotal Northeast, are such that
thousands Of votes might be withheld
from the President.
Judge Merrill E. Otis Of Kansas City,
who has declared the Wagner labor re-
lations act unconstitutional, was appoint
ed to the Federal bench for the western
district of Missouri by President Coolidge
in 1925. He had just previously served
as assistant solicitor general OF the
United States at Washington under AT
Evening star., 1935-12-25
Member Of the Associated Press.
Christmas.

The birth of Christ is the central TACT
Of human history Nothing that is called
civilization can be comprehended except
by the light of the stars that stood over
Bethlehem the while Mary brought forth
the Holy Child-the Sacred Infant who
was to be the Savior Of Mankind.
Angels, it is recorded, sang for Him;
pilgrim Kings from the East did Him
homage, and humble shepherds knelt In
prayer before the manger which was His
cradle. His coming was marvellous then
and still is so. Indeed, the passing OF
wears serves to enhance the miracle OF
His whole career upon Earth. And,
coincidentally the significance OF His
experience, His teaching and His sacri-
fee increases with successive commemo-
ration of His appearance in world
which now, as in the distinct past, needs
Messiah.
Thus it would be an error to suppose
that Jesus lived and suffered and died
In vain. On the contrary, He has been
justified in every hour since that OF the
Nativity. Even those who mock or dis
regard Him are influenced by Him. All
that modern peoples are or aspire to be
began with Him. The institutions under
which they exist were of His making.
And it is part of His victory that gradu-
ally millions of His brothers are learn
ing to understand His meaning and His
purpose.
Granted that His message has not yet
been universally received, the fact re-
mains that it is more generally accepted
today than at any earlier time. No indl-
vidual nineteen hundred years after His
mission closed at Calvary would dare to
defend the sins, the crimes, the wars
which He condemned nor to disdain the
virtues of love and mercy, fellowship and
peace which He exemplifled. The power
known as social conscience, triumphant
as it surely is fated to be soon or late,
is His word, His hope and His faith
translated into law.
But the great goal of which He dreamed
Is not to be won without labor and pain.
The agony through which He moved to
the Cross must be shared by all who
would be like Him and with Him. Hence,
the strife and the confusion which the
written annals of the race report and,
to counteract their discouraging effect,
the perennial Christmas celebration OF
His birth. The season is blessed and
to appraise it fully it is necessary only
to endeavor to imagine the state of hu-
manity were it absent from the calendar.
So, too, is Christ himself. Without Him
there would be no prospect for mankind
except disaster and death.
The Holy Child, therefore, is and
always will be the principal character in
the drama of human progress. limo
cent and hallowed, He is acclaimed as
the living symbol of the everlasting
truth, by growing knowledge and appre-
citation of which every soul may be made
Christlike and every day Christmas.
Evening star., 1935-12-25
Japan in North China.

New and interesting light on Japan's
plans and motives in North China is
supplied In the current issue of the Far
Eastery Survey, published by the Ameri-
can Council of the Institute of Pacific
Relations. A report by the editor, DR..
Russell G. Shiman, sets forth that the
Autonomous" movement south of the
Great Wall, sponsored by Japanese mill
tarists, has as its primary objective the
formation of solid Japan-Manchukuo
North China economic bloc.
According to Dr. Shiman, the fruits
Of economic unity with Manchuria are
not measuring up to the promises made
by Gen. Araki and the other Toxic war
lords at the inception of the adventure
Of September, 1881. Not only has the
occupied territory failed to supply sorely
needed raw materials, but certain indus
tries arising in Manchukuo threaten to
compete seriously with those long ex-
istent in Japan. It is to compensate for
the advantages apparently unobtainable
In Manchukuo that the imperialists de-
termined to extend their operations into
North China.
Nippon's urgent requirements are coal,
iron, cotton and wool. Some sixty per
cent of China's huge coal reserves, DR..
Shiman says, consisting for the most
part of the coking variety of bituminous
essential to Japans expanding industry.
are now dependent on the fate OF North
China. An equal percentage Of Chinas
iron reserves, also badly needed by
Japan as well as China, lies within the
Chahar, Hopei and shantung provinces,
which the Japanese army plans include
within the new autonomous" state.
OF particular interest to this country
Evening star., 1935-12-25

is Japan's ambition to convert large re.
gions of North China into huge cotton
plantation. From it, the Far Eastern
survey article points out, the Japanese
hone to secure as much American-type
cotton as they now import from the
United States. It is not only as source
of vital raw materials that the Japanese
covet North China. It's teeming popula-
ton is needed as market for Japanese
industrial products, particularly in view
of the barriers being raised against them
all over the world.
Besides the political distractions Japan
encounters in her ambition to become the
overload of North China-opposition from
Nationalist China as we'll as the western
powers-the question of financing the
projected vast industrial program con-
jures up grave difficulties for Toxic. De-
velopment of large-scale coal, iron and
cotton fields calls for immense capital.
DR.. Shiman asserts that the South Man
churian Railway Company seems already
to have overinvested in Manchurian en-
terprises and is reported not to be en-
thusiastic about gambling on the future
of North China.
1t may be that between the gigantic
cost of paying for military expeditions
and the expense of industrial exploita-
ton, Japan's expansionist ambitions may
crumble of their own weight. Possibly
the Soviet Unions announcement of it's
vast naval growth, with corresponding
capacity to check Japan at sea in the
region of Vladivostok, may also dampen
the war lords ardor for mastery of North
China.
Evening star., 1935-12-25
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES z. TRACEWELL.

Rock Greek Park, the Zoo and other
points west, they had been coming in
numbers every day.
AS the good news spread, that there
was excellent mixed seed to be had for
the taking, the sparrows began arriving
in increasing numbers day by day.
Well, welcome, little fellows!
The spirit of Christmas takes you in,
too, perhaps peculiarly well, as we re-
member.
Come to the feeding station, then, as
well as any, and eat your fill.
What q capacity sparrows have, when
1t comes to food!
Twenty-Five pounds Of mixed seeds
vanish in little over a week.
The sparfoWS are not accountable Tor
all Of 1t, however, by any means.
There are juncos, cardinals, various
woodpeckers, titnice, chickadees, to say
nothing Of starlings.
Nor Of the hawk.
This hawk seems to be a Sunday
visitor. His arrival is the signal for the
immediate departure Of the other visitors.
He never samples the food in the feeder.
He is after bigger game.
The cardinal family, as usual, was the
first to return to the yard, after the with
drawal of the hawk.
-
And this brings up a question which
we wish some kind person would answer
for us.
Where do the birds sleep at night?
After the periodic Withdrawals Of the
birds from the feeder, which they leave
every 10 minutes or so, evidently as a
precautionary measure, they can be seen
| in the shrubs and trees, their dark shapes
| easily visible.
But upon their departure at dusk, not
a thing can be seen Of any OF them
| Shortly before dark comes on, not a
bird can be seen anywhere.
We wonder where they sleep. 1t Is
something we have never seen touched
upon. Would it be possible to go into
the yard, after dark, turn nashlight
into the boughs and see them?
We doubt It, We wonder why some
| adventurous fellow does not decide to
pass the night in the hanging feeder
with its neat little porch all around,
and its neat little roof overhead.
There he would have as snug shelter
| from the elements as any wild thing
| could hope to find. But he does not
| stay. He withdraws to Natures own
dormitories, wherever they may be.
| ~
So far. not more than dozen starlings
have visited the yard at any one time.
In such numbers, these are entertain
| ing birds, with their glistening feathers,
and rather clumsy ways, those graceful
| flights.
If they should arrive in such numbers
| as the sparrows, however, they would
present a problem.
The number of birds in the yard during
recent cold days must be around 200.
Their periodic flight is most interesting
| to watch. Sometimes an entire flock
of sparrows will fly between the fence
and the garage, not more than 3 feet of
| the ground and return as suddenly as
| it departed. A recent book, entitled
Flight gives many photographs OF
| birds awning. 1t is interesting to see the
same thing in your own backyard.
Evening star., 1935-12-25
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Yule Song.

Yule Song.
I sit with my lutte at your feet, my King,
And ponder, Your Highness, what !
shall sing
While the Yule log glows in your spacious
hall
And the berried garlandS adorn your wall.
I have rhymed of shadows on royal brow,
OF the fallow fields that your yeomen
plow,
And the golden gleam of your signet
ring
OF Yule shall sing, my King?
There are carols old as your crown, my
King, 9
Songs bright as the rays that red sunsets
fling,
Or ever the chant of the glowing heart
AS the log flames higher and falls apart
Yet this eve, Your Highness, my song
shall be
A delicate, improvised melody :
Struck low from my lutte at your feet
my King,
In the twilight, ss sing. -
Evening star., 1935-12-25

Injustice. Great men Of all times have
had their weaknesses and their blindness
to the possibilities Of the queer contrap-
tions conceived by eccentric minds.
washington, Franklin and the others
who failed John Fitch had their personal
and political reasons for denying him the
help he SO much needed. Yet the palatial
liners which steam into the ports OF the
world today are the hardy descendants
Of the brain-child Of poor boy Of East
W5ndsce, Connecticut.
Evening star., 1935-12-25

The aspirations of Japan are described
in formidable language. The japanese,
being human, are ambitious. Being also
highly intellectual, they see no advantage
in futile quarrels. With the coming
Spring the famed cherry blossoms along
the Potomac will convey their usual mes
sage Of peace and friendliness.
Evening star., 1935-12-25

Mature writing is often tinged by the
advisory supervision of the home circle.
A good old philosopher is tempted to
think foot ball, if he cannot play it, and
thereby lose the confidence of the better
informed youth that he seeks to fiatter.
BE your age" is a good motto for any
era.
Evening star., 1935-12-25

An inconsistency is attributed to Hitler
in the report that he had large Christ
mas tree without an illuminated swastika
as the principal decoration.
Evening star., 1935-12-25

Some Of the indiscriminate sympathy
that is launched into unappreciative at
tention creates a fear that the sob
brethren are due to cause more spiritual
depression than the sob sisters.
Evening star., 1935-12-25

Einstein is beloved figure. He has
big ideas, and popular intelligence might
be better pleased if he would provide
himself with good ghost writer.
Evening star., 1935-12-25

Magazine memoirs look into the past
with X-ray precision. The epitaph on a
tombstone is beginning to mean almost
nothing.
Evening star., 1935-12-25
Met His Match,

From the Muskeson Ohronicle.
We overheard one Of the foot ball
players say that he thought he had run
across some pretty tough opponents this
year until he got hold Of that chicken
as tia banquet the other night.
Evening star., 1935-12-25

Mussolini makes blunders, but they will
be his own. He never shifts responsible
ity to a secretariat.
Evening star., 1935-12-25

Theodore Roosevelt used to advocate
'the strenuous life" But he lived in
earlier days which did not permit expert
ence of traffic jams.