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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10
STATE PRICE AVERAGE
FOR TOBACCO HIGHER

WASHINGTON-The agriculture
department reported this week the
average price received for tobacco
by North Carolina farmers in No.
vember was slightly higher than the
average for the country.
AS of November 15,the department
reported the average price of a
pound in North Carolina was 231
cents, compared with a national av-
erage tobacco price of 229 cents a
pound.
The November average in Virgin
la was % cents a pound and in Ma
ryland, IL cents.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

of England, the now present King Edward had
his life laid out for him. With no effort on his
part, he was destined to become king of great
nation. Others in the kingdom might have given
their eyes to become king, but the honor FELL
according to custom, to this one man. Others
might have been more fitted for the position,
but the young Prince of Wales had it cinched
from the first. He had no private life He belong
ed to the public, and now that he has decided
he wants to marry Mrs. Simpson-an American
with no title or royal blood-he finds that even
if he can manage to marry her and hold his
throne at the same time she can never be the
Queen of England To have won the approval of
his country, he should have married any one of
a half-dozen princesses who lived in insignifi-
cant European countries and were the products
of such long line of intermarriages that almost
all of them were seriously lacking somewhere.
Divorce is looked upon with horror by the
Church of England and Mrs. Simpson not only
has no title is an American, but she has been
divorced twice!
All of which goes to show that being king
is not the happiest state in existence While the
kingdom does him honor on every hand, he must
in turn give up all personal desires and devote
himself to the task of living like goldfish in
a bowl
John Ringing and his brothers were born
in poor American home, of German parentage
They had open to them any position in the Unit
ed States not excepting the Presidency. They
could have married Figii Islanders and no one
would have given it more than a passing
thought. They were born where the lowest can
become the highest if he has the right mental
equipment. They chose the building of circus
that brought wealth to all five. They had no
accident of birth to thank and they had no obi
cation to pay off to the public on that account.
Commenting on the life of the Ringing
brothers, the Charlotte Observer speaks:
cts a romance, to be sure, but more!
cts an American saga that the boys wrote,
all the more flashing its vital variants now out
into public view that the last of them is gather
ed unto the fathers.
"Although reading as fiction and sounding
like legend, the story of the Ringlings became
an actual reality of the American personal ini-
tiative private enterprise and spirit of freedom
and wide-open door to humble boys everywhere
who are willing to take their best, as bad as it
may be- and carry it to the ultimate of human
achievement
"And the same principle and spirit under
which poor lads of the past have come out of
peasantry to prominence, from poverty to affu-
ence, from obscurity to notoriety, from humble
places to the Observation-Disclosures it is in or
about Americanism that has put that within the
common reach-is worthy of perpetual preser-
walton!
Lets cling to it at all costs. 1t deserves the
death of patriots that it may be kept alive"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10
AUTO TAGS INCREASE

Sales of 1896 automobile license
plates up to the first of December
aggregated 546,585, a new record
high, the motor vehicle bureau re-
ported. In the similar period last
year sales were 509,377.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10
Want Ads
Twenty-Five Cents Charged
for Each Want AID

EDWARDS BUS will leave West
Jefferson Saturday, December 10,
at a. m. for Bel Air, Md. Special
rates. For information or reservation
call at West Jefferson Hotel or write
w. B. Edwards, Darlington, Md.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

gone crazy about this" Certainly
not-they didn't have to.
However "brotherly" ones love
may be, righteous indignation is oft
en- a virtue of supreme Importance
A dual achievement-for a girl to
be able to chew her gum and sing in
the choir at the same time.
Of all the ''itises'' in the world.
there are none more annoying than
"debt-itis."
A purely intellectual sermon is
often like bread without "shortnin"
or beans without "seasonin."
An amateur" supervisor telling a
well-Seasoned and experienced peda-
cog how to teach the young how to
shoot" is similar to a new brake
mans telling an old engineer how to
run a freight train.
No wonder an undertaken speaks
words of coincidence to the bereaved
at funeral. The deceased often
sleeps in twenty-five dollar casket
that costs $4,000.
If dancing and bridge parties are
so spiritually edifying, they should,
by all means, be given a prominent
place either at the beginning or clos
ing of our church programs.
ONE advantage in a "cigaretess's"
painting her finger nails red is to
decoy her prospective employer
from thinking that her fingers are
not yellow from the effect of nico-
tine and that she is not boy.
One difference between protein
and paint is that the former "red-
dens" from the inside and is perma-
nent, while the latter is applied from
the outside and is transient"
Poets may be natural when they
are born, but they are not full
grown.
If the children can stand it, why
should the parents object to the
teachers smoking, "beering," "card-
ing", and 'tangoing,' just little bit
on week ends?
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

FOR SALE-Pure bred bronze tur-
keys, Bird Bro. strain. Hens and
toms. Prices reasonable. See or write
Mrs. Tom Wagg, Mouth of Wilson,
Virginia. 12-10p
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

FOR SALES H. P. gasolene engine
16" Meadows mill, in Al condi-
ton. Priced cheap for quick sale.
Rhodes Furniture Company.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

WANTED large quantity of
green or cured hams. The highest
market price in cash or trade.
Smithey's Store, West Jefferson. :,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

my wife always gets historical
when stay out at night"
''Hysterical, you mean"
mo, historical. She digs up all my
past history"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

WILL TRADE furniture for live
stock. Rhodes Furiture Company,
West Jefferson, N. C..
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

FOR SALE-Two overstuffed and
one fibre used living room suite.
Good condition. Rhodes Furn. Co.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

DR.. B. E. Reeves has an opportun-
ity of helping a few worthy and
qualified girls get in training for
nurses. Any one who wants place
will do well to call and see him.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

FOR SALE-Two Extra good used
ranges. Cheap. Rhodes Furniture
Co., West Jefferson, N. c.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

Most men are liberals when it
comes to taxing the other fellow, but
when their own property is taxed,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

NOTICE First class quilt making.
Quilting, each, $1.O0; lacking, 75c;
if l furnish material-quilting $3.50:
lacking, $3.50. See or write to
Mrs. Annie Taylor, West Jefferson,
North Carolina. %,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

THE. H. F. LONG HOSPITAL, of
Statesville, N. c., is reopening a
training school. Anyone interested
write Superintendent.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10
FIRESIDE
PHILOSOPHY
(By C. M. DICKSON

The question as to where I came
from is not so important as to
where rs gwine to-"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

N u m b e S of
people are heard
to make the re-
-I- GET 81
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

FOR Wilkes sweet potatoes
85c per bushel. See Mrs. B. E.
Reeves, West Iceeee-co.a. y c.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

Lucy are SII1CC1y
"rea C t i on a r y
conservative"
The " Liteary
DIGEST" seems
to be GONZALES
cling from an "a
cute attack of
Gin digestion.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

If the children can stand it, why
should the parents object to the
teachers smoking, 'beering,'' ''card-
ing', and "tangoing," just little bit
on week ends?
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

Poets may be natural" when they
are born, but they are not full
grown.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

An amateur" supervisor telling a
well-Seasoned and experienced peda-
cog how to teach the young how to
shoot is similar to a new brake
mans telling an old engineer how to
run a freight train.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

One difference between protein
and paint is that the former "red-
dens" from the inside and is perma-
nent, while the latter is applied from
the outside and is transient"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-12-10

A purely intellectual sermon is
often like bread without "shortnin'
or beans without "seasonin."
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22
Etowah Cagers In
Double Bill For
Thursday Night.
Bows Play Dana -: Miss Gil,
Hams AlI-Star Girls
We'll Play Sextet

A pair of promising contests
are billed for the Flat Rock gym
nasium Thursday night when the
Etowah teams tackle Miss Las
sic Gilliam's AlI-Star girl team
and the Dana logs quntsv.
The girls game viii so the n
dian maidcns Of Etowah tackle a
sextet Of girl stars Of former
years who have flashcG a chain
pionship brand OF h@l! more than
once in the county tournaments
for Edneyville, East flat Rock
and the other schools for which
they have played.
The boys game will fir! the
Etowah lads trying 10 nuke j
three straight over the Dana
squad as Etowah already has two
wins to its credit in preseason
games before the holidays.
Both Etowah. teams have hc"n
showing consistent improvement
in recent practice and plan to
make the going rou2hcr Tor :helr
opponents IN future games.
Young material, particularly or
the boys squad, has Fevn 30" III
finding itself, but with the expert
ence which is being GAINED rs ne
season rolls along, the Indian lads
should be able to branNish their
war clubs in deadly fashion quite
- fav, times before the t'urrl-
ment rings down the curtain.
The problem on the girls team
has been one Of offcn2c. Always
known as a good defensive team
the Etowah gills' trouble his
year has been the usual ore q
offcnse. This angle Of the game
has been stressed in recent weeks,
however. and the indian ma!den5
are plannir@ to keep right I'D
with their braves when the two
SQUADS go basEctballing.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22
Social Security
Law Values Are
Told Conference
Governor Johnston Looks
To Creation OF S. c.
Labor Department

COLUMBIA. S. c., Jan. %.
CUPl The significance of federal
sociay security legislation to the
man. In the street was reviewed
Monday night by Labor Secretary
Frances Perkins, John w. Win
ant, chairman Of the national So
cial securityboard, and Gov. DIN
d. Johnson of South Carolina.
Their appearance before an
audience of 1000 here was high
light of the southeastern regional
labor conference. attended by lab
or leaders from North and South
Carolina. Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Tennessee and Virginia.
Lauding economic gains made
under the Roosevelt administra-
ton. the secretary of labor drew a
detailed picture of the security
program.
Johnston, who allowed the labor
secretary to the speakers platform
said ne is confident the South
Carolina legislature this year will
enact measures creating a labor
department.
Industrial skies here are bright
y than in along, long, time, he
said, stressing the important of
labor cooperation in bringing im-
proved conditions.
At an afternoon session, Ed
ward NJ. NcGrady, assistant secre-
tary of labor, warned that efforts
to win federal legislation for es-
tablishme emit of maximum hours Of
labor arc precarious.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22
Control of Suez Canal

Wien Ferdinand de Lesseps in
1888 formed company to build a
ship canal, about half the shares
were taken In France, one-fourth
in Egypt and very few in England.
The canal was opened in 1860. Dit
fculties had arisen during its con-
struction and the KhediYe of Egypt
HAD made Il big loan to the prOmot-
ers and subscribed for, nearly half
the stock. In 1915 his shares we're
offered for sale and through the
foresight of DiSraell these were
purchased by the British govern
ment, which thereby became the
biggest shareholder. The company
is predominantly French, though
the French government OWNS no
shares. -.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22
ACT.
ARGUMENT SET.
Two More New Deal Re-
bluffs Come AT Supreme
Court Session

WASHINGTON, Jan. % (tP)
The Supreme court has again re-
huffed the New Deal on two mo-
lions seeking to strengthen what
IS left of the farm program. and
set February 4 for arguments on
the constitutionality of the Bank
head cotton control act.
Both actions were made public
after the court officially began a
.wo-wecks recess after failing to
rule on the constitutiOnality Of
he Tennessee Valley power pro-
%ram as expected.
The rejected motions, made by
Solicitor General Stanley Reed,
were:
/. \ request that the court
throw out Governor Eugene Tai
madge's attack ont he cOnStitu-
tionality of the Bankhead act.
The court recently refused to con-
slider another test of the act, filed
By Lee Moor, Texas cotton plant
Ell. but sent TalmGdge's suit down
Tor argument the day after it re-
cOnveneS.
>. A plea for rehearing of the
rice millers' case, decided last
week which cost the government
$2OO.OOO,OO0 in processing taxes
impounded pending the decision.
Denial of this plea means that
the money will go back to the
professors.
The courts failure to rule on
IVA was a startling anti-climaX.
New Deal friends of IVA and
prominent foes had braced them
selves for q decision.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22
.New,'King Breaks
Five PrecedenEs.
First Day Of REIN

LONDON. Jan. -. l'p4
Frecedents shattered Dy Kin =
ward VIII in the first - no - ~ =,
his reign, indicating 4 moa,,.,,%i
deal in British affairs, inciudnI..
|. The new king flew f,o,
Sandringham TO London, thus h.
coming the first British sovcroi",
TO leave the ground. ="
2. Edward VIII refused ;,
ride the state coach 20 III. r,i',.
Council meeting which rro,lain
ed him king, as tradition dictated
Instead, he walked briSkly. Ja..
headed.
3. One of the first acts Of r.,
former Prince of Wales was =,
order set back the clocks Of s., "
dringham house, country sea. ",
English kings. His grandra,ba,
Edward VII, had ordered II,
timepieces set ahead 50 mirm. ,
after being late to an apooi,.
ment, and all during iho .c;a1 d,
George V the clocks We're allowsi
to run 80 minutes fast.
4. Traditional ono-ycar q.
court mourning was cut to MA H.
months.
5. Perhaps more indiratip.
than ali the Iess vas tn wIr<,,
speed with which EGwad YIN
I tool; hold o. the rcirs of ~"
and with which YESTERDAYS INV
mcntOuS events We're ca,isI
, through.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22
Mans FrIsnGs Glad
He Told Them About
SLkck-DRAUGHT

Writing from Texarkana, Texas,
Mr.. w. T. Bentley, Of that city, says:
II have been using -Draught
for fully forty years. 7 keep a sup
ply on hand. I first knew of Black
Draught when was a boy, clerking
in a store. I saw people buying it
and thought it must be good. took
it for constipation and biliousness.
I would have bad taste in my mouth
and headache. I knew I needed a
laxative - something to cleanse the
system. would hunt up the B,ack-D-aught
and take dose. would be relieved in
few hours. In Blaek-Draught, have, found
q simple remedy - one that do:S not have
any after-effects- do not know OF any
thing better to take for g dull tired, list
less feeling. have recommended Black
Draught to many friends and neighbors.
know they have been glad that 7 did, for
they have said So
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22
Five Ports

The Cinque. or Five PORTS, are
group of towns in Sussex and Kent
which formerly enjoyed cerain val
liable privileges in exchange for
providing help to beat back possible
enemies attempting to land on the
English coast. they were Hast
ings. Romney, Hythc, Dover and
Sandgatc. Afterwards Winchelsea
and RYE were added.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22

The members of the feathered
tribe known as The Baltimore ORR
ole were sO-called because their col
ors of black and yellow were those
of the House of Baltimore, the Eng,
lish family which once owned much
of Maryland. Baltimore. Md. was
once known rs the "Orioic City
because birds Of this species fire.
auentPG the region.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22
STATE
COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR
rs GIVEiI BURIAL

BOONE, Jan. 22.-Funeral SER
vices for a. NJ. Norton, 81, pro
fessor of English literature at
Appalachian Safe Teachers col
lego here, who died suddenly OF
heart attack while teaching a
class Monday morning at, 1870
O'Clock, were held Tuesday after
noon at 2:3O O'Clock at the Boone
Methodist church, Of which he
was a member. The pastor, the
Rev. Ernest c. WidcnhOuse, Off
ciatcd. Burial was in Boone GEM
etery.
\ graduate of Duke university,
Mr.. Norton served fer many years
in educational work. He was 4
former dean of Carolina college
mt MaXton and former profess
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22
Mania Seizes Educated

There is No accounting for a
mania that may seize upon peo-
ME. At Britain'S restoration in 1860
the majority of educated English.
men still believed in witchcraft;
but a; the Revelation. only %
years later. the majority diSbe-
lieved IN it.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22
Whales Threats

A popular faIIacy still In exist
ence is that all whales have small
thrOats and cannot swallow even
herring. The truth is that there
are two families of whaIes-the
whalcbnne whale with small
throat and the sperm whale with
a very large one. A few years ago
a s7erm whale was killed shortly
after it had swallowed a l5-foot
shark.-Cnlliar'S Weekly.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22
Life of the Oyster

Starting life as q minute swim
ming creature in the sea, the oys-
ter Is gradually weighed down by
its growing shell. If it descends
ut length to a clean, rocky bed, all
is vel! with it-provlding it can
escape crabs, limpets, starfsh. tin
Gle worms. and other enemies; but
should 1t descend on mud or soft
sand. its doom Is sealed. Millions
of young oysters die every year In
this way. -. ....
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22
More Leaning Towers

Though not so famous as that
of Pisa, the leaning towers Of b.
logua are much older. One. 800
feet high, is four feet out of true,
while another, only half finished.
is eight feet out of perpendicular.
They date from the Twelfth cen
,rru
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22
Lions IHIVADG CITY

JOHANNESBURG. South Afri-
ca UP)--Hig game. driven de-
sperate by drought, is coming to
town in the transvaHl. Lions par
ched with thirst are to be seen
sharing pools in the streets with
horses and dogs.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22

SOY Of English and history at
Scarlitt- Morl'isvillc college in
Missouri. From 1920 TO 1923 he
was a professor at Weaver col
Iegc, Weaverville, and since 1925
had been q professor Of English
in the college here.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22
The Coventry PLAYS

The Coventry plays are set o!
AZ plays combining the morality
and the mystery. acted during the
sixteenth century at Coventry. or
thereabout, on Corpus Christi day.
They were probably writer by the
clergy and were widely attended.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22

IVESTERNER LEAVES 81 XIX
SEQUIM, Wash. tuN-J. v
Pettctt, IT, who died here rccen.
". is survived by his widow. ami
81 dirc,t desc2ndantS-ll cb@.
drcn. SO grandchildren and q
great-grandchildren.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22
R:nchnr1isirv Most Nota bic

One OF the most natalie limo
vations in science during the past
30 or so years has been the crea-
tion Of the science of blochemiStry;
the science Of the chemistry Of NE
nrncpSSpS
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22

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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22
SAYS MARRIAGE MISTAKE

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. %. (UP)
Sylvia Sydney, brown-eyed film
actress, and her husband, Ben
net Cert, New York publisher,
have separated, she announced
last night. They were married in
Phoenix, AriZ., October |, 1885.
I'VE decided we made a mis-
take" she explained, land agreed
to separate now. No plans have
been made for a divorce"
TO end the struggle for filthy
lucre, show people something else
that will give power and social
standing.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-22
R;..I M,-nA for Peer

envelope julia Boyd TmcNews Bureau ioa
York CITY. y. 7.
Evening star., 1936-12-12
REALTORS T0HO[D
| CHR|STMASPARTY
Annual Event Scheduled De.
cember 22 in MayfloWer
Ball Room.

The annual realtors Christmas
party will be held Tuesday, December
~, in the ball room Of the Mayflower
Hotel, it was announced today by
Comdr. r. l.. Sandoz, president Of
the Washington Real Estate Board.
Morris Cafritz, chairman OF the
boards Program Committee, said he
Is planning the largest Yule social
affair ever held by the realtor Or
ganization. Advance reservations are
heavy. and it Is probable that the
attendance will be larger than last
year, when the huge ball room was
nearly filled.
Included in the program for the
party, Cafritz said. will be music,
special entertainment, presentation of
large number Of door prizes and
several surprises" the nature of
which he refused to divulge.
Speeches and business will be
Evening star., 1936-12-12
$1,000 Hero Reward
To Daniel Terrell
Goes to New Home

Daniel s. Terrell, Washington
advertising man, who early this
year was awarded the Carnegie
Medal and a thousand dollars for
heroism in saving q young diplo-
mat and his wife from drowning,
has invested the money in a
home to be built for him at
Western avenue and Bayard
boulevard, in Montgomery
County, Md, it was announced
today.
Ground-breaking ceremonies
were held at the location Thurs
day. Participating in the cere-
monies with Terrell were Hubert
kleinpeter, jr.. president of the
firm which will build the home;
Robert Hagner, Montgomery
County commissioner; j. Reilly
Stanton, District F. H. A. di-
rector, and Paul Ryan, also Of
F. H. A. The house will be
financed through the Federal
Housing Administration mort
gage insurance plan.
Terrell won the Carnegie
award for saving the lives Of
Senor Enrique de Lozada and
Sonora de Lozada at Bethany
Beach, Del, August 4. 1884. The
money was given to be used
specifically as partial payment
on o home.