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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-11
NOTICE OF SALE

Ashe County.
In the Superior Court
Before the Clerk
Leila Humphrey
vs..
Columbus Dollar, Smith Dollar, Min
ME Ward Price. Jennie Dollar and
L. P. Coward, Guardian ad Item for
Minnie Ward Price.
Under and by virtue of an order
made by the Superior Court Of Ashe
County in the above entitled proceed
ings the undersigned Commissioner
will sell at public auction at the
Courthouse door in jefferson, North
Carolina, to the highest bidder for
cash Aug. 3, 1885, at one o'clock P. M.
the following described lands lying
and being in North Fork Township,
Ashe County, North Carolina, it be-
ing the entire farm known as the
James Dollar Home Farm where he
lived prior to his death and contain
ing SO acres, more or less, it being
the land mentioned and referred to in
the Will of James Dollar, recorded in
the office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Ashe County in Will Book
G, page 276, and reference is made
to the title deeds to the said James
Dollar for full and complete descrip-
ton of the same.
Purpose of this sale is to re-im-
burse Leila Humphrey for the amount
due her from the estate of James
Dollar and for partition. of the re
mainder among the parties entitled
to the land.
This June 20, 1885.
IRA T. JOHNSTON,
81 Commissioner.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-11
That's III, PURPOSE Of The carouas :-T0 TELL THE WORLD
INC

The newspapers of North and South Carolina
have donated the space for this and series
Of advertisements which will appear for the
purpose of bringing facts about the Carolinas
before their people, that they may be better
informed as to the resources, history and
industrial importance Of the Carolinas, and
that they may know how they can assist
in the broad movement to advertise to the
world the advantages Of this favored section.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-11
JONES BARKER,
Ashe County Auditor.
EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE

NOTCH OaTOI1na
Ashe County.
Having qualified as Executrix of
the estate of Ida Jones McCarter,
deceased, late of Ashe County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of
said deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned on or before the 18th
day of May, 1886, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate payment.
This the 28th day of May, 1885.
MINNIE A. FAW, Executrix
of Ida Jones McCarter.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24

With staunch backing from that
skilled and willy trouper, Joe Cav
thorn, and the suave, unctious ex-
pert, Sidney Blackmer, some of
Hollywood's brighter young per-
sons have been gathered together
in rather pleasing, if slightly
screWy, little comedy, whose
grooved story is made passably
entertaining by its personnel and
some crisp bits of dialogue.
Mr.. Cawthorn, the films tower
of strength, appears in this half
of the Metropolitan Theater fea-
ture as an accentful millionaire
who is plunged into the affairs of
two sisters, the Miles. Patrick and
Lupino, and their SWANS, Messrs.
Blackmer and Taylor.
It appears that Mr.. Taylor,
though actually enamoured of
Ida, gets matrimonially entangled
with Gail, and the villainous Mr..
Blackmer is the snake in this do
nestle garden, who tempts Taylor
into nefarious business, while like
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
Bestor's Band
For Fox

Don Bestor and his universally
appealing radio orchestra will ap-
pear in person on the new pro-
gram Loew's Fox will present on
Friday, which includes as it's
screen feature, Here Comes
Cookie" a comedy of errors fea-
turing Oracle Burns and George
Allen and a parade of old time
vaudeville entertainers in the sup
porting cast.
In addition to Don Bester's or
chestra which has been the mus
ical mainstay of the Jack Benny
offerings, comic Sammy Cohen,
and others will be on the foot
light portion of the new bill.
George Barber, Betty Furness,
Andrew Tombes, Racial Storm,
Big Boy Williams, and such
novelties as a one-man band, a
troupe of tap dancing trump
eteers, a farcical Romeo and
Juliet, and other dizzy doings will
keep Fox patrons in laughter
when they view Here Comes
Cookie"
News, a comedy and Phil
Lampkin overture will complete
the program.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
Marshall H all
tournament

Youthful knights vieing with
knights of old for coveted honors
will mark the fifty-first annual
tournament to be staged at Mar
shall Hall Park on Wednesday,
August %. For over half cen
tury this celebrated event has at
tracted thousands of people from
the District of Columbia, Virginia
and Maryland.
For the past 80 years, these
contests have been staged at
Marshall Hall Park under the d.
rection of Mr.. A. D. Langley, Of
Clarendon, Va, who will be in
charge again this season. Mr..
Langley not only directs these
events, but also participates as a
rider, and has many times held
the professional championship.
Amateurs and professionals from
all over Maryland and Virginia
will be entered this season. The
program of the day will include
speeches, band music, dancing and
sporting events.
The Wilson Line steamer, City
of Washington, will make four
trips to Marshal Hall Park, leav-
ing at 10 a. M, 2, $50 and $3.50
p. m. The event originally sched-
uled for last week was postponed
because of inclement weather.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
M o V If
o'clock

FOX-Maureen O'Sullivan, Joel
McCrea in Women Wanted"
1890 a. M, 1880, 3:15, $40,
800, 1O:45 p. m. Stage, 11:45
a. M, 2:10, 4:30, ITO, 9:35
p. m.
PALACE-Clark Gable, Jean
Harlow, wallace Berry in
China Seas" II a. M. los,
3:15, 5:25, 7:35, GAS p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Ida Lupina,
Kent Taylor in Smart Girl"
IL a. M, 12:45. 2:25, 4:20,
$40 8, GAS p. m.
EARLIEST Guy Standing,
Rosalind Keith in Annapolis
Farewell" II a. M, 1870
APO, ITO, 9:55 p. m. Stage
-12:40, $3.50, 6:15 9:O5 p. m.
COLUMBIA-James Dunn, Ar
line Judge in welcome
Home" 1910, 2:05, 4, 5:55
7:5O, GAS p. m.
HOWARD-Warren Williams in
Don't Bet On Blondes"
1890, 2:40. 1850 7:5O, 10
p. m. Stage-Louis Arm
strong and his orchestra
1:4O. $3.50, $50, 9 p. m.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hep.
burn, Fred MacMurray in
"Alice Adams" II a. m,
1:O7, 3:14, 5:21, 1928, 9:35
p. m.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
Win the Crowd

Paul Regain, an 18-year-old lad
who hitch-hiked from Boston for
a try-out at the microphone and
within week found himself on
the stage as a spotlighted star in
a Bowes unit. He does half
minute canoes of radio and
screen stars including Lionel Bar
rymore, Ned Sparks, Eddie Rob-
inson, Chevalier. Penner, Wynn
and w. C. Fields. The boy has
a fine idea of what vaudeville
needs, has gained in assurance
since saw him in Baltimore a
week ago, and only founders aWk-
wardly when he tries Jimmy Du-
rante in the finale roundup.
Robert Sheehan-A Georgetown
University student, who made his
debut on the coffee hour last Sum
day and his stage debut yeSter-
day. He has a sweet baritone
voice, heard in "There Is No
Death" and Smoke Gets in Your
Eyes"
Major Bowes One-Man Banda
musician of infinite variety, who
has a necklace of homemade
bazoos which he blows, drums
which are foot operated, mando'
ain which he StrumS, voice heard
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
Gable -Har|oW
Held Over

Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and
Wallace Berry would ttr a t
crowds and attention in any kind
of picture, but whena teamed to-
gether in such a colorful display
of fireworks as China Seas" it
is no surprise that public response
has caused their continuance at
Loew's Palace for a second week.
The three box office magnets
have roles that seem to be Gus
tom-tailored to fit just right
Gable is a typical herman cap
tain, Berry a playful (almost low
able) blackmailer, and Harlow a
humorous lin love" wicked lady.
All of the action" occurs on a
passenger boat sailing the China
Seas" from Hong Kong to Singa-
pore. And action is indeed the
correcE descriptive adjective in
this case, for as the side show
barker would say, There's some
thing doing every minute" A
typhoon storm and pirate raid
are but two of the happenings
on this adventurous, melodramatic
voyage.
To say that every moment is
enthralling isn't quite true. At
times it does seem to question
too literally the bounds of realty
and everyday the element Of
excitement. These are flaws,
however, that can be traced in
innmerable Hollywood concoc-
tons. So, judged as complete
attraction, i; must be admitted
that this sea lark is almost al
ways interesting and contains a
most varied assortment Of per-
sonalities in its cast.
In addition to the recognized
and versatile accomplishments of
it's starring trio, it has Rosalind
Russell for sophistication, c. All
brey Smith for polished English
diction, Lewis Stone for fine
character portrayal Dudley
Digges for good atmosphere, Will
liam Henry for commendable
youthful histrionics and Robert
Benchley for gags and intoxica-
ton. The only missing factor,
strangely, is a theme song.
Richard Himber and his Cham
pions popular radio orchestral
and a delightful color cartoon
telling the sad tale of a skunk's
loneliness are tops" of the short
program. M. B.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
Monday Night
Cup Cruise

The floor show for the Gold
Cup ShoWboat Cruise on Monday
night down the Potomac on the
good ship "City of Washington"
for the benefit of the forthcom.
ing Presidents Cup Regatta
Fund, will feature snappy num-
bers by leading lights among the
weeks night club and picture
house stars, as arranged by
Harold Allen Long and his CO.
horts on the sponsors committee
for the Regatta Association.
Jack Mullane will be master of
ceremonies and during the gener-
GUS half-hour of gay entertain
ment from 10 to 1890 p. m. on
the main deck of the steamer,
Joe Bell, known as the Mich
Lucas, of Washington, who was
prominent entertainer in the
Going Native" last week at the
Fox, will sing ito his light
guitar" Margaret Shaw, So
prano: and Tom Genaro, also in
the "Going Native" show; Melissa
Mclean, with her piano-accord-
ian; Joan Mari, singer; Lucille
Linden, known as an exhibition
dancer; and Peggy Hudson, a
Dixie Blue singer; will all do
their bit for the honor and glory
of the approaching Regatta and
it's fund and for the enjoyment
of the Washington elite on the
moonlight cruise.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
Screen rsnh"W oranW
Jimmy Dunn
Is Star At
Columbia

Fox has delved into its files of
smalltown folk lore and offers
for this weeks entertainment
welcome Home"
This diverting tale along with
light and clever auxiliary attrac-
tions is your program at Loew's
Columbia. The subsidiaries con-
sist of a Hearst News and an
amusing short entitled Life of
the Party" plus Ernest Truck in
one of his comedies.
Elmdale (somewheres in the
middle of God knows where) is
eagerly awaiting the return of its
wealthieSt citizen, Anstruther,
who is expected to part with some
Of his many millions in behalf of
a new factory. While an eager
mob Of townspeople crowd the
depot and while a lusty band
breaks continually into the "Stars
and Stripes Forever" 1Cur gentle
grafters emerge on the town in
tent on a bit of Fleeing. Here
you are introduced to Gorgeous,
Dick, Painless, and Giltedge. AS
smooth bunch of ICON" men you
could meet. Anstruther even
tually arrives to a receptionless
station and provides the film with
one of its funnier moments, the
comic ride of one Andrew Carr
announcing the advent.
Bored with all the pomp of the
local fanfare and chamber of
commerce displays, Anstruther es-
capes to his boyhood loves-the
old swimming hole and the camp
fire cooking of corn n Eaters.
Later the big man returns and
saves his new-found friends and
partners in escape from nearly
getting it in the neck, and in the
last view we see them homeWard
bound, bent on newer fields.
Jimmie Dunn and Airline Judge
enact the main roles, but it is the
character players who put the pic
ture across. Particularly good are
William Frawley, Raymond Wal
burn, Charles Sellon and our old
friend of the silent films, Charles
Ray. This quartet breeze through
their parts and divide almost
every laugh. A genuine feeling Of
honesty and sincerity sustains the
scene which serves to typify and
glorify our American small town.
D. M.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
College Band From Texas Is
The EarIe's HeadIiner

Annapolis Farewell" excellent
drama which concerns itself with
the making of a naval officer,
plays currently at Warner Broth
ers' Earle, after an suspicious pre-
miere Thursday.
This is story which tears at your
heart-strings and yet is packed
full of humor and action and
grade A acting, with top honors
going to Sir Guy Standing, who
plays the role of an old commo-
dore, hero of Manila Bay, in whose
deep consciousness is Embedded
the traditions and spirit which
have given the U. S. Naval Acad-
envy it's place in national affairs
today.
The cast is hand-picked, and
names Tom Brown, Richard Crom'
we'll, John Howard and Louise
Beavers as principal supports.
The stage features the Texas
Mustangs from Southern Method.
list University, rip-snorting band
with plenty of brass and a bunch
of strong-lunged college young
sters who can make those various
instruments talk, and not in whis-
pers. The boys seem to have every
thing, including the comics who
demand spotlight recognition, the
soloists who delight in the gen
erous applause, the trio of goods
who Groom little number about
a jungle Serenade," tap dancer
who steps about her rhythmic
business with speed and grace and
a leader who gets the most out Of
his music-makers. Current tunes,
some old ones which are too good
ever to be really dated, a noisy
"Tiger Rag" finish and the Mus
tangs are on their way again.
Two additional acts enliven the
program: Sophisticated Trio, three
lads who start their act in a lacka-
daisical manner but who prove to
be very amusing before their first
turn is completed, mostly nonsense
they are excellent shoWmen and
evoke a round of spontaneous
laughter, and to close there is a
juggler who attempts some long
distance balancing which is sadly
in need of more practice, he has
other tricks, however, which COM
pensate.
Aubrey seiber, Freddy Clarke
and the Earle orchestra oblige
with introductions and accompani-
ments while a Pop-Eye cartoon, a
Paramount novelty reel featuring
Cecil DeMille in action and a
newsreel complete the program.
K, Y.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
Glen Echo Has
Nine Days Left

Only nine more days of mirth
and merriment are assured fun
seekers at Glen Echo Park, which
closes it's gates on the 1885 out
door amusement season Labor Day
at midnight.
The ringing down of the cur
tain will mark one of the most
successful seasons in the history
of Washingtons premier play.
ground.
Until the closing day Crystal
Pool will continue to provide
wholesome recreation, while dane
ing in the Spanish Garden Ball
room and thrilling rides will di.
vert thousands up to the last min.
ute, September 2.
Next week Glen Echo will re-
cord one of the biggest weeks Of
the present season, when approx
mately $4,000 men, women and
children, representing the Capital
Transit Relief Association and the
P. E. P. Co., invade the park. The
Capital Transit outing will take
place Thursday, with the P. E. p.
Co. following on Friday. Both or.
CARNATIONS are planning elabor'
ate programs of sports and other
events.
Swimming in Crystal Pool re-
mains popular pastime these hot
days and nights, with record-break-
ing crowds splashing in the POOLS
100000 gallons of pure sparkling
water
In the Spanish Garden Ball
room David MacWilliams' 12-piece
orchestra is maintaining its repu-
tation as the best dance band in
the District.
Individual picnic parties, as well
as organizations, are patronizing
Glen Echo's shady picnic groves,
where facilities for perfect picnics
are accessible.
Three routes to Glen Echo are
available for Glenechoites. They
are the new Massachusetts, Avenue
extension and Conduit Road via
Georgetown for motorists, and
street cars marked Cabin John
and Glen Echo. Admission to
Washington's favorite recreation
center is always free.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
Actress to Sponsor
FuII-PIeated Skirt

The presence of bulk in the new
fashion trend is inevitable. Gail
Patrick, Paramount player now in
"Gettin' Smart" with Lee Tracy,
is among the first of the Holly
wood style leaders to sponsor the
all-around pleated skirt. Gail has
chosen a soft tweed of dubonnet
and pale grey heather with two
inch box pleats all around the
skirt. The pleats are stitched
down to about Is inches above
the hem and the jumper buttons
high about the neckline and is
complemented by a scarf of du-
bonnet crepe. Her hat is a turban
of costume velvet with a corded
roll which outlines the face and is
worn beyond the hairline.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24

ewise turning his powers Of per.
suasion upon Miss Patrick. Then
Ida, the discarded love, joins
forces with Mr.. Cawthorn to foil
Blackmer and free Taylor from
his thrall.
But the plot exigencies make
the presumably phoney deal come
out in a manner that makes a
happy ending possible, with lots
of money for everyone and the
boys and girls properly sorted for
the fade-out.
Mr.. Cawthorn and Mr.. Blackmer
divide first acting honors, but all
the kids do nicely, with Miss Lu-
Pine, perhaps the top. Miss Pat
rick isn't entirely comfortable in
a halfway heavy role, and Mr..
Taylor remains a trifle different.
A youth revelling in the name of
Pinky Tomlin gamers himself
some laughs as Cawthorn's son.
Mr.. Scottos direction is okay.
Fifteen minutes of short sub
jects, including the news reel, COM
pletes the program.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
Top Hat Next
At Keith|s

And now comes the announce
ment from R.-K.-O.- Keith's that
the awaited is about to arrive
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
in their new picture, top Hat, "
for which Irving Berlin wrote the
lyrics and music.
Again Fred Astaire dances his
way into Ginger Rogers heart
and comes perilously close to
stepping right out again in this
fourth picture in which the two
are starred.
With the complete musical
score by Irving Berlin. "Top Hat"
is a gay and colorful romance,
combining sprightly comedy with
it's love interest. Edward Everett
Horton, Erik Rhodes and Eric
Blore, three of the featured
players who appe AIRED with
Astaire and Miss Rogers in "The
Gay Divorce, are again seen in
supporting roles, and a brilliant
newcomer to the cast is Helen
Broderick. stellar Coincidence of
the New York stage.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
Studio Inaugurates
Manicurist Contest

To find Southern CALIFORNIA;
prettiest manicurist, Paramount
studios have inaugurated a con-
test with the choice of film role
or a cash prize going to the most
beautiful entrant.
The role will be in Carole Lom-
bard's picture, Hands Across the
Table" in which Miss Lombard
plays the part of a pretty mani
curist in a New York hotel.
The contest will run for one
week and at the end of that time,
the ten most beautiful semifinal-
lists will be brought to the studio
where a committee composed of
Miss Lombard, Fred MacMurray
and Director Mitchell Lessen will
select the winner.
Contestants should send their
pictures to the Carole Lombard
Hands Across the Table Contest
Editor, Paramount Studios, Holly
wood, California. Each photo
graph should bear the name, ad-
dress and telephone number Of
the entrant on its reverse side.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24

Medal Saxophone Trio, Marjorie
Dare, songs; Albert Hall, the hui
man piccolo; Luzzler and Sloma,
fiddler and accordionist, and Joe
Becker, singer.
In the parade at the finish I'm
personator Regain won the heav-
lest applause. The real feather
for the fedora which Major Bowes
wears as a talent Columbus, comes
from the fact that his show in
spires more hand beating than
nine-tenths of the professional
vaudeville programs.
Fast Moving Hokum
On the screen this week is
Man Wanted" a picture which
is never quite able to decide
whether to be a gangster story
or a farce comedy. Certainly
Joel McCrea has the prize role
of the season. He is supposed to
be a reputable member of the
bar but he picks up a girl who
chambers into his machine, steals
automobiles, breaks and enters,
and in general COMFORTS himself
as a slightly lunatic barrister.
In between series of chases,
popping in and out of closets and
bedrooms, Robert Greig, as a droll
and, portly butler manages to
tuck the acting honors of the pic
ture into his pocket.
In Man Wanted" Maureen
O'Sullivan is cast as a girl con-
victed of first degree murder on
circumstantial evidence. OF course
she is innocent and after some
of the most preposterous Incl
dents ever conceived in the mind
of an author, is eXonerated, finds
her way into Joel McCrea's arms.
Lewis Stone, Louis Calhern, Adri-
enne Ames and Edgar Kennedy
are in the supporting cast Of this
Grace C. Metro-G oldWyn.
Maestro Phil Lampkin has a
three-in-one overture employing
five soloists that was roundly ap-
plauded and the Fox Movietone
completes program in which
BoWes wins the bows.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
Huge Set Burned in
New Movie Sequence

Fire destroyed a huge Colonial
mansion recently at the Para.
mount ranch 40 miles northwest OF
Hollywood.
The roaring, 1eaping flames were
seen from a distance of is miles
and caused intense excitement
among the ranchers in the vicin'
ity until they learned that the
fire was staged for a scene in Par
amounts $50 Red the Rose" with
Margaret Sullivan, Walter Con
molly and Randolph Scott.
A tribute to the efficiency oil
motion picture fire-fighters and
to the efficacy of elaborate pre-
cautions the flames were kept
within control at all times
The Washington times., 1935-08-24

and from veteran Of musical comedy who has
memorized many "sides," this is hard to under
stand.
The Bowes youngsters present new faces,
fresh talent and an enthusiasm that commune
Gated itself to the Fox theater audience yester-
day where they opened a weeks engagement.
Emcee Squires has shiny gong but sounds it
but once and that is to help along laugh for
Joe Penner mimic.
The bell ringers with yesterdays late mat
inee audiences were:
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
Crosby Sings Song
From Top of Tree

Bing Crosby, for the benefit Of
the screen, has sung songs under
moons, on boat decks, in rooms,
in automobiles, and on theater
stages. He has sung to the stars,
to the heavens, to beautiful girls,
and to roommates. But now he
has topped everything.
First he "shinnied" up a tree,
and then sang a song to a deaf
man. It was all for scene in
Paramount's 1.-TWO for Tonight"
and Bing survived without damage.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24

in song, the whole producing an
effect like junior Cab Galloway
orchestra.
Mrs. Margaret Ryan-A colora.
tura who heard Mary Garien's
aria from Louise" on a phoro-
graph record, learned how to sing
it and on her air tryout wen a con-
tract. Her encore sang, "L'Amour,
Toujours, L'Amour," is better
suited for vaudeville audiences.
Sol Strasser-An 18-year-old
Polish heavyweight, who sings
"Vesti Ia Giubba" and is billed as
the Polish Caruso. He aims high
but the audience liked his robusto.
Others in the 70-minute rou-
tine: The Stauffer sisters, har
mony singers; Clarence Brown,
Richmond Hillbilly; the Gold
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
Damon and Pvthias

Dean Jaeger and Fred MacMur.
ray are fast achieving the reputa-
ton of being Hollywood's Damon
and Phythias. When the Jaggers
aren't dining at MacMurray's
home, he is having a sample of
Mrs. Jagger's cooking.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
Hot Armstrong
At oWard

"Looie" Armstrong, king of the
hot trumpet, headlines the hot-cha
musical program and Harl e m
revue which reopened the How
ard Theater yesterday.
This show will be reviewed in
Mondays Times. There will be
a midnight show tonight.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
Uses Time WiseIv

Jack Oakie, while waiting for
his scenes in Paramount'S "Col-
legiate," with Joe Penner, is put
ting in his spare time swimming
at Santa Monica.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
BOWES' AMATEURS AT FOX
Youthful Stars Of Microphone
Score a WaIIoping Hit On
The F Street Stage
BY ANDREW R. KELLEY

Odd that the only full blown professional in the Major Bowes
Amateur Show Jack Squrs exhibits the evidence of
teur technique He reads part Of his patter voube Emcee
The Washington times., 1935-08-24

FOUR SHOWS TODAY!
Doors Open 1O:15-Feature 1880