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Evening star., 1936-08-11
Senator Clark
Back in Capital

Senator and Mrs. Bennett Champ
Clark and their three sons. Champ
Clark, I'd, and March Clark and Kim
ball Clark, have returned to their
home in Washington from Eagles Mere,
Pa. Senator Clark has gone to ST.
Louis, Mo-, for some time. Mrs.
Wilbur Marsh, mother of Mrs. Clark.
who has been spending some time at
Blue Ridge Summit, has also re-
turned to Washington.
Evening star., 1936-08-11
Miss Schelling
In New Hampshire

Miss Julia E. Schelling is spending
the Summer with her brother, Mr..
Felix E. Schelling, at Eastward Home,
his Summer home at Tamworth, N. H.
Miss Schelling and her brother re-
turned the end of last week from Bar
Harbor. where they were guests of
Mr.. Schellings daughter, Mrs Joseph
Seronde
Miss Schelling will go to Peterbor-
ough this week and will be the guest
at dinner of Mrs Edward Mcdowell
at the Mcdowell colony.
Evening star., 1936-08-11
MIR. and Mrs. Devakos
Have Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. George Devakos cele-
brated their silver wedding anniver-
sary Sunday afternoon at their home,
813 F street northeast. More than
300 guests were in the company. The
residence was decorated with flowers
and there was a program Of music.
Mr.. and Devakos have resided in the
capital since 1903 Mr.. Devakos is
we'll known in Masonic circles.
Evening star., 1936-08-11
Miss Coggeshall
Bride of MIR. Wilson

Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Coggeshall
OF Princes Point, Yarmouth, Me-, and
Washington announce the marriage
Of their daughter Dorothy to Mr..
Walter Pass Wilson on Thursday,
August Z, in Auckland, New Zealand,
at the home of the American consul.
Mr.. Wilson is engaged in geologic
work for Oil Search, Ltd, in Aus
tralia.
Evening star., 1936-08-11
BY tEe Associated Press.

MAYFIELD. KY, August Ii
seventy-nine- -year-old Mrs. Elizabeth
Lyon, who gave birth to quintuplets
40 years ago, says she has one para
mount wish-to visit the Dionne
quintuplets.
II have been eager to see the little
Dionnes since the day they were born
in Callander," she says. For a time
I thought I would get the chance
the Mayfleld Junior Chamber of Com
merce was considering an air trip for
her-"but things didn't work out as
I had hoped"
The Lyon babies, the United States
only quintuplets. were all boys
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Paul.
They were born the evening Of
April 20, 1896, in the small frame
Lyon residence here and died within
Evening star., 1936-08-11
Mrs. Gam Leaves
For Speaking Tour

Mrs. Edward Everett Gam left yes
terday for Saginaw, Mich, where she
will speak tonight. From there she
will 60 to st. Joseph. Mich, to deliver
an address and will 60 on from there
to Chicago She will go to New York
in September to begin her New Eng
land speaking tour.
Evening star., 1936-08-11
Mrs. Palmer Will
Visit at SaratO6a

Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer, widow of
the late former Attorney General, will
go to Saratoga Springs Thursday to
be the guest of Gov. and Mrs. George
II. Earle of PENNSYLVANIA.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
FARM AND GARDEN
BEAUTIFUL HOMES MOLD
CHARACTER

Beauty in ones surroundings be-
comes part of ones life, character,
and personality. It should not be
set apart for only occasional enjoy
ment.
The homemaker who can select
and arrange furnishings to make a
room beautiful is an artist, said
Miss Pauline Gordon, extension
specialist in home management at
State College.
IF your home has charm and dis
tinction, it must be comfortable and
convenient, soothing to the mind
and productive of an inner content
ment," she stated.
"Have you ever entered a room
snowy lace curtains, bright rugs,
over-decorated vases and lamps?
What type of person do you expect
to find living in such room?
"And what kind of people do you
think would live in a room with
soothing ivory walls, soft mellow
lights, rugs with subdued and har-
monious coloring, quiet draperies,
comfortable chairs in front of a
book case, and a few good pic
tures?"
If your home is to be pleasant
and attractive, it must be "home-
like, Miss Gordon pointed out. The
woman who has a home of charm
must make it livable.
Do not overcrowd a room with
furniture, or hang pictures all over
the walls. Objects which have no
practical use should be place in a
room only when needed to bring in
color and interest.
Furnishings should be grouped
for convenience. In the living room
should be a place for conversation,
a place for reading with adequate,
well shaded light, a place for writ
ing, and maybe a place for singing
or playing music. The room as a
whole should be restful and pleas
ant.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
TIMELY FARM QUESTIONS
ANSWERED AT STATE
COLLEGE

Question: What fertilizer should
be used when sowing lespedeza?
Answer: Experiments show less
than 1000 pounds increase in hay
yield an acre from the use of fer
tilizer alone and between 1000 and
1000 pounds from lime, with and
without fertilizer. From these re-
suits, it would seem that it would
not pay to use any fertilizer with
this crop except that when the seed
are drilled in, small amount of
superphosphate, basic Stag or
ground limestone may be mixed
with the seed.
Question; How much feed will it
take to produce two-pound broil-
err?
Answer: Under ordinary condi-
tons it will take between seven and
one-half pounds of feed per bird to
bring them to the two-pound
weight. This will vary somewhat
according to the vigor and vitality
of the birds in reference to their
ability to utilize feeds. The manage
ment of the birds during the fat
tening period will affect the feed
requirements. An intensive fatten-
ing period will also make a differ
ence in the amount of feed neces-
sary. The figures given will, how
ever, bring the average bird to the
two-pound weight under ordinary
farm conditions.
Question: What is the smallest
number of cows that is profitable
for the farm dairy?
Answer: While it is not profitable
to keep more cows than can be fed
largely on home grown feeds, it is
also not profitable to keep less than
five cows. The returns from two or
three cows will not justify the ex-
pense of the simple equipment
needed inhandling the product from
such a herd and the cost of delivery
will be practically double that from
herds averaging five to ten cows.
Begin the dairy project with not
less than five cows and increase the
number as the production of feed
on the farm will warrant.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27

harder to propagate, but the home
gardener can do it with little care,
Weaver said.
In the fall, or early winter where
the climate is mild, set out ever
green cuttings five to seven inches
long. Do not remove any more foli-
age than necessary to insert the
lower end into the sand bed.
Set them in rows four inches
apart, with the twigs two to row
inches apart in the row. Shade
them with laths or burlap during
the following summer. They often
require IL to Is months to develop
roots SO they can be transplanted.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
FOREST TREES HELP
RECLAIM IDLE LAND

Approximately 1,250,OOO acres of
land on North Carolina farms today
lie idle and unproductive as result
of neglect and abuse.
This is largely the result of the
old system of clearing newgrounds
and abandoning fields depleted of
fertility, said R. w. Graeber, extern
sion forester at State College.
There are also more than 1000, 900
acres of badly cut-over or burned
woodland on which man will have
to help nature if it is to be restock-
ed within generation, he added.
All this is an economic burden on
the farmer. The land produces no
income, pays no tax, and is a mill
stone, so to speak, around the land
owners neck, Graeber declared.
Many of the abandoned fields are
not only lying idle, he went on, but
are fast running down as a result
of erosion and teaching.
The salvation of these neglected
fields and burned, cut-over timber
lands lies in reforestation, Graeber
stated. That is Natures way of re-
claiming land and restoring it to
productivity.
At present, 100000 forest seed
lings are available for distribution
to North Carolina farmers at 81 to
So a thousand. One thousand trees
will plant an acre of land. The la
Dor cost of setting out the seedlings
is from $3.50 to So per acre.
Graeber recommended the fol-
lowing species for planting:
In the mountains: White, short
leaf, and Scotch pine, Norway
spruce, black locust, yellow poplar,
white oak, and black walnut.
In the Piedmont: Shirtleaf and
white pine, black locust, white oak,
yellow poplar, black walnut, red
cedar; and also loblolly and slash
pine in the lower Piedmont.
In the Sand Hills: Longleaf, lob
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
SAVES ERODED LAND WITH
BLACK LOCUST

Steep, eroded lands may be
brought back into production with
black locust as timber crop.
Black locust not only protects the
soil but it also provides high quail
ty timber for posts, poles, and fire
wood, says R. H. Page, Jr., assistant
extension forester at State College.
Page said that an excellent ex-
ample of retaining badly eroded
mountain side in Avery County is
located on the farm of J. L. Hartley.
Ten years ago Hartley scattered
black locust seed pods on a field
that was too steep to produce
wheat, corn, or tobacco, and was
rapidly eroding while lying idle.
He continued broadcasting seeds
each year until at present there are
Is acres of land growing locusts
from three to ten years of age. The
trees range from six to Is feet in
height.
This winter Hartley is thinning
out the timber by removing all de-
formed and suppressed trees from
the older fields. This viii provide
more room for the trees which will
later be used for posts and poles.
The wood removed is being used
for fuel.
Hartley is also seeding burned
over woodlands near his home with
different varieties of tree seed, in
GLIDING poplar, ash, and northern
red oak.
Planting trees on these burned
over areas holds the soil in place
and starts the work of building its
fertility, explained Hartley, who is
a fire warden for the Linville I'm
provement Company.
Page said that black locust plant
ings are good for utilizing steep,
eroded fields, not suitable for cult
walton, in the Piedmont area as well
as in the western North Carolina
counties.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
SET OUT CUTTINGS TO START
NEW SHRUBBERY

Winter and spring months offer
the home gardener a good oppor-
tunity to enhance the beauty of the
home grounds by propagating more
shrubs and Towering plants.
One of the most popular ways of
propagating deciduous shrubs is
setting out cuttings of stems six to
eight inches long, said J. G. Weav-
er, foriculturist at State College.
The wood of that seasons growth
should be taken during the fall,
winter, or spring months, he said.
Be sure that all twigs taken are
alive, and do not cut too close to a
bud.
When the cuttings are made in
winter, Weaver advised that they
be stored in cool cellar in damp
sand or peat. Or they may be buried
outdoors in well drained sand.
AS soon as the soil is in good
workable condition in the spring,
the cuttings may be set out in the
garden in rows 18 inches apart, with
the cuttings four inches apart in
the row.
The next fall, after the cuttings
have grown little, transplant them
to place where the spacing is Wild
er, so they may develop into good
shape before they are set around
the house.
Evergreen shrubs are a little
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27

mends that such vegetables as cab
bage, caulifower, tomato, pepper,
and egg plant be transplanted to a
cold frame before being set out in
the garden.
For the average home garden, he
said, the cold frame should cover an
area six feet wide and "a feet long.
The wooden frame enclosing the
bed should be Is to IS inches high
along the back and 8 to 10 inches
high in front.
Locate the cold frame in sunny
place, facing the south. Place good
garden loan, mixed with stable ma
nure, in the bed to a depth of six
inches.
Secondhand sash or unbleached
muslin makes good covering for
the frame. Muslin saturated with
hot linseed oil will retain the heat
OF the sun within the bed and also
shed water. Or the cloth may be
treated with solution of one
pound Of paraffin dissolved in a gall
Ion of gasoline.
Young plants are ready to be
transferred to the cold frame when
the first two true leaves have de-
veloped.
AS warm weather approaches, the
plant bed should be left open a lit
tie more each day to harden the
plants. Ventilation is necessary,
even on cold days.
Water the plants on sunny morn
ings when the temperature is rising.
Thoroughly wet the soil, then do
not water again until the surface
appears dry.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
POULTRY RAISING is HARD
FOR BEGINNERS

The novice who enters the poul-
try business with expectations of
making easy money is doomed to
almost certain failure.
Poultry raising requires long
hours of work and study, careful
attention to detail, and a persistence
that refuses to admit defeat, said
Roy S. Dearstyne, head of the State
College poultry department.
Too often, he said, urban jewellers
invest large sums in placing build
ings and equipment on a poultry
farm, then purchase 1ow-priced
chicks and attempt to run the
farm with the cheapest labor OBJ
tainable.
Only by miracle, he declared,
can such venture succeed.
Before any one, city man or farm
er, goes into the poultry business,
Dearstyne added, he should consult
the local farm agent, then visit a
number of successful poultry farms
to see how they are run.
The beginner should start off
with comparatively small number
of birds. A years experience is
needed to get working knowledge
of poultry production.
Secure the best chicks obtainable,
Dearstyne emphasized. Good chicks
cost only a few cents more to start
with, while inferior chicks COST
many dollars in lost profits later on.
Before setting up a poultry farm,
ascertain whether there is a good
market for eggs and chickens. There
is no point to poultry raising unless
the products can be sold readily.
Study measures for controlling
parasites and the common poultry
diseases, Dearstyne continued; feed
carefully but amply, exercise SAM
tation at all times, and Gull rigidly.
Subscribe to two or more good
poultry magazines, and secure the
poultry bulletins which may be OBJ
tanned free from the agricultural
editor at State Colleger, Raleigh.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
LANDON WINS IN
NATIONAL POLL
AS COP. CHOICE
BOrah Is Listed AS Second Choice
With Hoover Coming Third;
Six Candidates

New York, Feb. 22.-n the Re-
publicans had to pick presidential
candidate tonight, on the basis of
popular strength, he would be gen.
ial budget-balancer Alfred M. Lam
don, governor of Kansas. That was
revealed here today by the results
of nationwide poll of Republican
voters, conducted by the Institute
of Public Opinion.
With 43 per cent of all the votes
cast in the poll, Landon led list
of the six Republicans most fire.
quently mentioned today for the
nomination. Voters gave second
place to Senator William E. Borah,
of Idaho, and third to former Presi-
dent Hoover. Then in order they
ranked Col. Frank Knox, Of Chica-
60, Senator Arthur Vandenberg, of
Michigan, and Senator Lester j.
Dickinson, Iowa's ''hell-raiser for
agriculture"
IF you would vote Republican
today" the Institute ballot asked,
"check the candidate you would
lick to support"
More than 100000 ballots were
distributed to a representative ma
tional jury that included wheat
farmers and bankers, fasteners and
westerners, mi]lionaries and relief
clients. Each state and each income
group contributed ballots in pro-
portion to its number, exactly as
demanded by the mathematical
laws of correct sampling. The poll
shows the following division among
Republican vtoers today:
Governor Alfred M. Landon-43%
Senator William E. Borah ---28
Herbert Hoover ------------17
Frank Knox ----------
Senator Arthur Vandenberg-
Senator Lester j. Dickinson l
In other words, if the nomination
went to the man with the greatest
popular vote among Republicans
as Senator Borah has asserted that
it should-Landon would be only
few points short of an absolute ma
jority, and nomination, on the first
ballot. Unless his major rivals unit
ed to crush his candidacy he could
expect nomination on an early
ballot. .
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
KEEP BREEDING BIRDS
HEALTHY AND STRONG

The care and management of
breeding birds is an important fac
tor governing the fertility of their
eggs and the INABILITY of the chicks
secured.
Thus the future of a flock de-
ponds a great deal on the proper
handling and feeding of breeding
birds, said c. J. Maupin, extension
poultryman at State College.
He gave the following suggestions
for poultrymen who are breeding
and raising their own chicks:
Keep the birds helathy and Wig
orous, provide clean houses, keep
houses well ventilated, keep birds
free from parasites, change the lit
ter often to avoid filth.
Give the birds a clean yard and
range, avoid overcrowding, supply
green feed when possible, feed milk
in some form, and provide oyster
shell or limestone grit.
See that the birds get plenty of
sunshine, and do not keep breeders
in service too long. The older the
birds, after the first year or two,
the lower is the quality and fertili-
ty of their eggs.
The heavier birds decline rapidly
after the first year, but the lighter
varieties are good for a year or so
longer. If bird is an exceptionally
good breeder, it may be proftably
kept in service for a year or more
beyond customary service period.
Milk, alfalfa, legume meals, and
fresh green's contain vitamins need
ed by the breeding birds. Cod liver
oil or some other source of vitamin
D tends to increase the hatchability
of the eggs produced.
From 10 to IL pounds of grain a
day should be fed each 100 birds in
cold weather, but in the spring the
amount may be decreased.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
FORCE GARDEN PLANTS WITH
COLD FRAME

A well constructed cold frame
will help the home gardner get his
vegetables off to good start in the
spring.
A cold frame, serving as an inter-
mediate stage between the seed box
and the garden, gives the plants a
chance to harden before they are
placed out in the open.
H. R. Niswonger, extension horti-
culturist at State College, recon-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
DriUer Wrecks Cor
And Kills Occupant
In Avoiding Child

w. w. Woodward, of Durham,
was burned to death near Colds
boro, and three other persons were
injured, two critically, in the wreck
and explosion of an oil truck in
trying to avoid striking child.
Daniel w. Whitaker and Charles
Oliver, both of Durham, were in
the truck and both were hurt as
was Ralph Hood, four years old,
near Goldsboro. They were taken to
a Durham hospital and little hope
was held for the recovery of Whit
aker who was said by witnesses to
have been the driver.
Witnesses said that little Ralph,
son of Leslie Hood, owner of a
nearby filing station, darted across
highway 40, six miles south of
Goldsboro directly in front Of the
truck.
Whitaker, they said, in an effort
to miss the child steered the truck
off the road where it was wrecked
and burst into flames.
Woodward was burned almost be-
yond recognition before his body
could be extricated from the fire.
swept wreck.
= Hospital attendants said the child
suffered a fractured shoulder and
leg as well as a possibly fractured
skull.
Whitaker received several frac-
lures, attendants said, as well as be-
ing severely burned.
Preliminary examination indicat-
ed that Olive suffered only burns
and inlacerations about the left ear,
he apparently being thrown clear of
the wreckage before the explosion.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27
Boy Over Eight Feet
And Is Still Growing

If Robert Wadlow, Alton, ILL.,,
giant youth, reaches a height of 8
feet, S inches, physicians agree he
will be the tallest man whose meas
urements have been scientifically
verified. The 18-year-old youth now
measures 8 feet, 3 ga inches and
weighs 800 pound.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27

Chronic traffic violators in Berlin
will have a large yellow cross
painted on their cars and minor Of
tenders vehicles will bear yellow
ring. The presence of these marks
on motorists car will halt argu-
ments with traffic officers by prov
ing the offenders previous gilt.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27

lolly, and slash pine, with a few
black locusts.
On the Coast plain: Loblolly,
longleaf, and slash pine, black To-
Gust, red cedar, yellow poplar,
white ash, and cyprus.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27

Postmaster-The weather we're
having now istn't anything like that
20 years ago.
Fafmer-Neither is it anything
like it was six months ago.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-27

Two University Of Missouri pro-
fessors have announced the discov-
cry of Vitamin II.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-09
WASHINGTON HAS
 BIG HONOR LIST
March Scholastic Ratings Issued This Morning By
 Principal COyle

The Washington school honor roll for March, released to-day by Prin- cipal Josephine Coyle, shows the sixth grade pupils leading in num- Der of honor students. The com plete list follows:
 Grade 8: Margaret McGrath, Pa tricia Knapp, George Montagno' Mary Ryan, John Griffin, Lauretta Calvin, Irene Dumouchel, David Gibson, Norah Ryan, Dennis Mol lica, Max Carmein, Elpidia Paulone, Francis Martin, Harold Newell, Francis Stack, Floyd Holden, John Ianniruberto.
 Grade 2: Adele Guiffre, Thomas Doyle, Angeline Viotti, Anna Don- ahue, Angeline DeSimone, Evelyn Vancelette, Gladys Dwyer, Herbert veillette, Jane Elliott, Lillian Gou- thler, Anna Foley, James Ryan.
 Grade 6: Doris Veillette, Helen Shulzi, Edward Wedzunas, Lorraine Boisvret, Joseph Wasserback, Ray mond Rein, Betty Elliott, Anna Kaliszewski, Marian Morris, Mildred Herman, Enis Urbinelli, Furlen Pri- mus, Catherine Kopach, Peter Mini, Robert Knapp, Frank Hoffman, Pauline Paulone, Thomas Dunnigan, Robert Anderson, Reynold Archam- bault, Ida Pazzaglini.
 Grade 5: Samuel Geronimo, Car mella Mastrianna, Verna Tavag- Hone.
 Grade 4: Richard Knapp, Joseph inc Bombaci, Sophie Kopach, Mil- dred Nichols, Ruth Herman, Jane Kennedy, John Gilhooly, Lena Paz- zaglini, Armond Fonti.
 Grade 3: Dorothy Mercier, John Danaher, Helen Knott, Stephen Czykowski, Vincent Compopiano, Robert Fruin, Virginia lyon, Francis Dunnigan, Abraham Jabren, Shirley LaFlamme, John O'Sullivan, Harry Duren.