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St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-11-06
Notice From The Police

On and after Septic mber 1sr.y 1896
parking of all vehicles Including carts
10 the town of Christiansted will be as
follpws:- 5s
'On the main streets (streets run. s..
ming east and wesr) all vehicles will
be parked on the noyth.s side of said
streets."
''On the side streets (streets running
north and south) all vehicles will be
parked on the west side of said
Streets"
D. s. ARMSTRONG,
Director of Polics.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-13
By
Dornford Yates
Copyright b. Ainton. BAlch 4 o.
WNU Gsrvics-
SYNOPSIS

John Spencer and his cousin. Georrey
Bohun, are vacationing in Austria.
Godfrey is 4 gifted portrait painter but
prefers to paint landscapes. While
strolling in the forest, John hears Eng
lish voices, and decides to investigate.
From cover he nnds four men burying
q sman in green livery who, evidently,
had been murdered. Pharaoh IN the
leader of the gang; the others are
Dewdrop, Rush and Bugle. unfortu-
natoly. John makes himself known to
tho assassins by dropping a letter with
his name and address. He tells Geoffrey
and his chauffeur, Barley. of his ad-
venture. Godfrey. realizing that johns
life is In danger. declares he must van
fsh. Spencer discovers that tho livery
of tho murdered man corresponds 70
the livery OF tho servants OF Yorick
castle. and tells Countess Helena. mis-
tress OF tho castle, what he had seen.
With Godfrey and Barley, John starts
for Annabel, \ nearby village. They
encounter Pharaoh. In making their
getaway they exchange shots with the
gang, without serious result. They ar
rive At PIumage farm. on tho Yorick
estate. where Lady Helena had request
ed John and his cousin to meet her,
She reveals to them that her father
had converted his immense fortune Into
gold and hidden 1t away In secret
vault In tho castle. Knowing that his
son, Valentine. Helena's brother. waa
incapable OF controlling tho fortune, he
had revealed 1t to Helena alone just
before his death. In some manner the
news leaked out and Pharaoh II after
the treasure. They planned that Geof-
frey and Barley would go to Salzburg
to watch for Pharaoh. while John wAa
to remain 1t Plumage. patrolltng the
roads about Yorick from dusk to dawn
Several nights 20 by without important
incident. John visits Yorick castle and
finds that Helena's brother. Count Val
entine, IL there and with him, on mos,
friendly terms, is Pharaoh, A. Captain
flaming. Hearing that John II stopping
At Plumage. Pharaoh speaks to Dew
drop. John suspects ! plot. Al dinner
II announced. Helena and John make
their escape, pursued by Pharaoh's men
encountering many difnculties during
the night. They run out OF gas. Finally
they arrive at q forester's cottage
where they ind refuge. Freda, theiI
hostess, gets petrol for their car and
then goes to Salzburg to got word te
Godfrey. John finds their car gone.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-13

gear. Bugle or Rush was withdrawing
their car from the coach-house and
driving her on to the apron. ready for
use.
At this swore under my breath. for
II Bugle and Rush were about to 90
of on some errnnd, my object must be
defeated and most OF my labor be lost.
| might be able to speak with the farm
er's wife, but that she would have news
OF my cousin was none too sure. and,
indeed, since | had seen Pharaoh,
could see health In nothing at all but
In sharing his underlings' counsels So
soon as ever | could.
| fastened on desperately. 80.
From the verge Of the meadows re-
garded the back OF the house. The
light, have said. was falling but dusk
would not come In for another half
hour. Two minutes later / was fiat
against the trunk OF lime that was
standing IL feet from the window OF
| what had been my bedroom four days
before.
Now to enter the house was easy, for
all the windows were open and none
OF the shutters were shut. Still to en-
ter a lions den may be easy enough
had no desire to climb into an
occupied room. Then the sight OF my
sponge on window-still logged my
wits
| One OF the lower windows belonged
| to the primitive bathroom which Geof-
| frey and had used and since this WAS
sure to be empty at this time OF day.
| here was as safe an entry as the faint
est OF hearts could desire.
I whipped from the lime to the win
/, dow and swung myself over the sill.
made bold to open my door. which
gave to the hall.
AS did so another door was opened
the door OF the sitting-room.
An shut the shutters" growled
Rush. .Can you understand that1
Funny. you fool, funny"
The man-servant answered some
thing and closed the door. Then he
set his tray on a table that stood In the
hall and stepped to and opened the
door Immediately opposite mine.
His intention was plain: he was go
Ing to close the shutters Of every room
In 4 fash was at my window and
was pulling to Its shutters and shut
ting the twilight out.
! ITO BE CONTINUEDI
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-13

about him. A. 1 man that has only
just walked. Then he took his seat on Z
bench by the side OF the door and 4
servant brought out 4 tankard and
set 1t down by his side.
One thing. at least, was now clear
II | would have news Of my cousin,
should have to do more than observe.
II ! could find the good wife and hear
what she had to tell. The danger, of
course, was that l should encounter
some servant I could trust the farm
er's wife. but II Pharaoh had given
them orders, could not trust the serv-
ants to dlsobey. STILL something would
have to be done. l had not come there
to watch Bugle enjoying his ale.
1t was eight o'clock and the light
was beginning to fail when I heard the
sigh OF the Rolls on the road Of ap-
proach.
A moment later the car swept over
the bridge, and Bugle laid down his
| pipe and got to his feet.
l saw that Dewdrop was driving
and that Pharaoh sat by his side.
Pharaoh stayed but two minutes.
For that time he spoke to Bugle, who
listened with evident interest to what
| he said. Then he nodded to Dewdrop,
who instantly let In his clutch. Bugle
stood watching till Pharaoh WAS out
of sight. then he turned on his heel and
went into the house.
And that was all.
As made my way back to the foot
bridge, l tried my best to believe that
the visit which l had just witnessed
was Pharaoh's evening call. He had
been out securing the country for news
Of my lady and me and was now re-
turning to Yorick with empty hands.
1t was no doubt his practice to visit
Plumage like this, to see that Rush
and Bugle were doing as they had been
told. And yet -.
Pharaoh's manner had been urgent.
He had not wasted I moment and the
Rolls had not carried much dust. He
might have been setting out, and not
coming in-setting out on some sudden
quest.
decided one thing out Of hand. That
4 was to learn, Ii could, what Pharaoh
had said
II this was of any Importance, Bugle
was pretty sure to discuss 1t with
Rush, and II could hear them talking.
a. once before
heard tho sound Of car. This
seemed to come from the farm. heard
the engine started and AZ stood still.
listening, heard her move OF In low
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-13
Don't Entrust Your
Own or Your Family's
Well Being to Unknown
PREPARATIONS

nEFORE you take any prcpara-
- ton you don't know al about,
for the relief Of headaches; or the
pains Of rheumatism, ncurihs o.
neuralgia, ask your dooor what hs
thinks about It - IN comparison
with Genuine Bayer Aspirin.
We say this because. befors the
discovery Of Bayer Aspirin. most
so-oalled pain" remedies were I'd
viscd against by physicians = being
bad for the stomach; or, often. for
the heart. And the discovery Of
Bayer Aspirin largely changed
medical practice.
Counties Thousands Of people
whs have taken Bayer Aspirin year
IN and out without ID effect. hAvs
proved that the medical findings
about II safety were correct.
Remember this: Genuine Bayer
Aspirin i rated among the foaest
methods pd discovered for the relief
Of headaches and Ill common pains
-. and sgts for tho average persoo
70 take regularly.
Yea can get real Bayer Aspirin At
anv drug storo = simply by never
asking for it by the name aspirin
alone, but always saying BAYER
ASPIRIN when you buy.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-13
The
Man Who
Knows

Whether the Remedy
You are taking for
Headaches, Neuralgia
or Rheumatism Pains
l. SAFE is Your Doctor.
Ask Him
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-13
CHAPTER V-Continued

My beautiful dream was over. and
now, through Misunderstanding, our
lovely, precious relation was EelRgt to
come to an end. II did not speak out,
1t was finished.
AS Geoffrey's here, you may as well
know the truth. l think Of you as
Nell deep down In my inmost heart.
It's the pretty name I'd call you II we
were engaged. You see, I'm mad about
you. l love you've always loved
you, from the moment / met your eyes.
/ love you walking and riding and sit
ting here on the grass | love your
head and your shoulders and that tiny
vein In your ankle that looks like
thread Of blue silk love everything
about you and all you do. | love your
voice and your laughter and the glori-
GUS light In peur eyes. And love your
shining nature, as | love the smell OF
your hair and the breath of your lips
!. And to be with you here like this
well, now perhaps yon can see what
It's meant to me and why | chung to
my secret and why was handicapped
In trying to play your game" | got
to my feet. "Good-by. Nell" said
gently.
turned to the path and the smiling
cottage below.
For moment | stood, blinking.
Then
"Have they gone I'M" asked.
IL made a mistake" said Helena.
ut wasn't them.'
| was sitting on the settle In the
kitchen, with my head deep In my
/ hands.
How got there do not know, for
my case was like that OF man who
Dunges Into some water to drown his
cares, only to find that the bed OF the
river Is dry. doubt Ii such man
could tell how he got to the bank.
And do not know how long | sat
there, but all OF sudden knew that
| was not alone.
could smell the faint perfume that
Helena used.
AS started aRrIfaHad she WAS sit
ting beside me, looking very grave and
gentle, with her precious hands In her
lap.
Il tricked you she said. I'm sorry.
| But 1t was the only way. You are very
| --retIcent, John. And very, very hum.
| ble--and rather blind. Old Florin knew
! In an instant, and | am sure Pharaoh
too"
knew that loved your" | cried.
Helena rose to her feet.
This comes" she said, "of putting
me up on dals. / never was up or
dais. where you were concerned II
| you stand up, you'll find that have te
look up-to see myself In your eyes.
stood up trembling.
Nell said hoarsely. Nell"
set my hands on her shoulders anC
looked her full In the eyes. THAT da,
We lunched at Yorick. Florin looked
at Nyou, and you nodded and looked
away. Was he f. asking YOU =. /
you loved me?'
She met my gaze squarely.
He was asking me II | was to b,
your wife,
And you =
Ny brain was reeling.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-13
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Divide and Rule
Big Men, Light Eyes
Why Go Naked?
Borrowing 4 Blimp

Mr.. Green, American Federation OF
Labor head. warns the miners union
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-13
OUTLOOK AND UPLOOK

We cannot keep eur clearest vision
By making 1t too narrow. While
concentration Il demanded. 1t must
not - forgotten that the uplook and
the outlook are necessary to undes-
Standing and the best effort.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-13

NOT 10 split up the
federation. Mr.. Lew
Is, leader Of the
miners, tells Mr..
Green, In substance,
you mind your
own business. A
labor split seems
near.
q Mon la b o r
should consider tho
fable of the dying
peasant who sum-
moned his sons and
showed them how
they could break
small sticks sep
nratnlv Init r0uld
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-13
Coal Is Dependent Upon
Style of Our Faculties

hare seen teaehes5m to
trust the Creator for all l have not
seen. Whatever 1t be which the
great Providence prepares for N, It
must be something large and gener-
Gus; and In the great style Of his
works.
The future must be up to the style
Of our faculties, Of memory. OF hope,
OF Imagination, Of reason.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-13

Col. Charles A. Lindbergh spent his
thirty-fourth birthday In Wales, his
wife and one son with him. He must
have felt al though he had already
lived 100 years, and have wished, A.
most. that he had been content to 70
main In the airmAil service. apart from
the limelight
. King Features syndlcatA Inc.
wNu os~vts~~
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-13

And Paid Il Back
The Panama canal cost about one
third Of 4 billion dollars.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-13

Dr.. Pirrs's Pleasant Pellets arc the orig
iaal little liver pills put up % years ago.
They regulate liver and bowels.-Adv.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-13
It WORKED
FOR ME

MORE people could feel fins, b
lv1 ct and regular, il they would
only follow the rule Of doctor and
hospitals in relieving constipation.
Never take any laxative that II
harsh in action. Or one, the dose d
which can't be exactly measured.
Doctors know the danger if this rule
il violated. They use liquid laxatives,
and keep reducing the dose until the
bowels need no help At oil.
Reduced dosage Is the secret d
aiding Nature in restoring regularity.
You must use I little less laxative
each time, and that's why it should
be a liquid like Syrup Pepsin.
Ask your druggist for q bottle q
DR.. Caldwcll's Syrup Pepsin. and i
1t doesn't give you absolute relief, Il
1t isn't Z Joy and comfort in tho way
it overcomes biliousness due to con-
stipation. your money back.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-09-10
FARM NEWS
BY C. J. RICH, County Agent
Proper Stage for
Cutting Hays

1t may be too late to discuss the
proper time for cutting hay for this
year, but we can keep these sugges-
tons in mind for another year. Then,
too, some farmers have some soy
beans yet to be cut.
1t is found by experiments that if
the hay is not cut at the proper stage
the value of the hay for feed is not
as good as if cut at the proper stage.
Mr.. E. O. Pollock of the United
States Department of Agriculture
has the following to say in regard
to the proper stage for cutting diff
ferent hay crops:
Grasses should be cut when in full
bloom.
Soybeans should be cut between
the time the seeds begin to form and
when they are half developed.
Alfalfa should be cut when from
one-tenth to one-fourth in bloom, or
about the time the first basal shoots
appear.
Cowpeas should be cut when first
pods begin to turn yellow but be-
fore any get ripe enough to shatter.
Lespedeza should be cut when in
full bloom.
Oats and vetch should be cut when
the oats are in the milk stage.
Oats and wheat should be cut
when the grain is in the milk stage,
except that oats for horse. hay may
be cut when in the dough stage.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-09-10

100 o'clock p. NJ, the following de-
scribed real estate, to-wit:
First Tract: No. A Of the Hiram
Weaver place Beginning on stake
Il The road ii the Ashley and Weav-
81 line and running with the road
south IA east I'll - poles. south q
west \ r,nles IL corner 81 Tract No. 8.
fhen with same south i west 1B
y rs5 nnrfh ~, west 25 noles to s
s s,s,rI +hey north AZ west IL 10
1919 IL IA fence. then with fhe
fs 1,es , = an west ,oles. north
60 az r,es 81 n, n noles north Is west 10
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-09-10

:
black Walnuts for market:
Scrubbing in an old churn, barrel
or similar receptacle polishes and
brightens the shell and makes the
nuts more attractive.
To cure, spread nuts on screen
wire or a board surface not more
than three nuts deep. Remember a
damp moldy nut soon becomes ram
cid and of poor quality.
After curing there are two types
of markets available, for nuts in the
shell and for the kernels.
l. Local markets: In every town OF
any size the ice cream and candy
plants, the retail grocer, the confec-
tionery shops, as well as many indi-
vidual consumers offer good mar
ket for both small and large guam
titles of walnut kernels.
Many retail grocerS or produce
buyers buy walnuts in the shell and
ship to distant cracking plants. At a
few points these merchants have
started small cracking plants and in
turn ship kernels.
2. Distant markets. In Baltimore,
New York, and several other large
cities there are manufacturers and
jobbers who buy large quantities OF
kernels, in lots ranging in some cases
from so pounds to CARROTS. The price
varies according to supply and de-
mand.
There are a few companies who
buy walnuts in the shell, usually in
CARROTS. Farmers can take advantage
of this market by making up coop
erative shipments.
Small machines for cracking wal
nuts will shell 6 to pounds of kerr
nels per bushd.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-09-10
MONEY WORTH MORE

The economic advisor Of the farm admins
tration has announced to the employed factory
workers of the land that they can buy more food
with their earnings in 1886 than they could with
the same amount in 1923 and 1929 in spite of
the record droughts
Often when wages are high and what we sell
brings high prices we lose sight of the fact that
everything we have to buy back is corresponds
ingly high, which makes this business of eco
Monies six of one and half dozen of the other.
When wages are lower and what we have to sell
brings low price, we may have less money but
what we have to buy also brings lower price
and our money goes about as far as it does when
everything is high and we have more money.
1t has not been more than three years ago
when men worked for seventy cents day
in this county who turn up their noses at twice
that much now. But sack of flour sold for fifty
cents then.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-09-10


cation. one Of its major projects in its huge pro-
gram Of public Improvement but it does not
force farmers to have electricity. Such pro-
gram as is dreamed for in this county will not
materialize out Of blue sky, but only through
work and cooperation Of the entire citizenship.
Those fus who have not been used to electricity
in our homes can hardly realize the benefits It
brings to us. We are apt to think of electricity
only in the terms Of lights for the house In that
event. as the government representative in
Jefferson told us Monday, electricity will not
pay us for throwing away the more inexpensive
oil lamps But when we are able to have an
electric refrigerator, electric iron, an electric
washing machine, an electric pump, and heat
our houses with electricity, we begin to see some
Of the JOY Of living in an electrified age without
the heavy expense that has heretofore made
electricity in great amounts only for the rich.
The government is not trying to compete
with private industry and it does not propose to
put in electrical lines where private companies
have already established them It proposes to
reach those people who have not been reached
and to reach them in way that they can
afford it.
In connection with some facts and figures
relative to the use Of electricity, we quote the
following from daily newspaper:
although electricity is Of almost universal
use in American cities and towns, only one in
every eight farms in this country enjoys cleo
tricity from central plant
"In western Europe, on the other hand, most
farms have electricity.
"The answer of course, is to be found in the
relative density of the population in those coun-
tries
France has rs farms per square mile, the
United States only 2. The United States has Al
inhabitants per square mile France has 1877;
Italy, $40; Germany, 361; Japan, 433; Belgium,
$780, and Great Britain, 742
Rural Identification in this country is fairly
prevalent where the population is heavily con-
centrated, or where power lines transverse the
landscape.
More than one-ha1f, of all farms get central
electric power in California, New Hampshire
New Jersey, Utah. Between 40 and SO per cent
of all farms are electrified in Massachusetts
Rhode Island Washington
'The figure is between 80 and 40 per cent in
Arizona, Connecticut, Idaho, Maine New York
Oregon and Vermont. Less than 10 per cent of
all farms are electrified in the South and also
in North and South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming
Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, West
Virginia"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-09-10
Attorney Ira T. Johnston
Pleased With Success Of
the Roosevelt NOminatOrs

Since the report made a few weeks
ago by Ira T. Johnston, Chairman for
Ashe county of the Roosevelt norni-
majors, additional reports and
amounts have come in. From Helton
has come $1,000 from Mrs. H. Little
wood. From Obids township has
come $500 contributed by J. H. Col
ward, Wiley Burgess, Robert Coward
and Woodrow Coward, whic h
amounts have been forwarded to the
Democratic National Committee. The
amount contributed by Ashe county
so far thus passes the $4,000 mark
and some of the other townships are
yet to report
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-09-10
Locust Seed May
Be Sold

It is possible that locust seed may
be sold. AS yet we do not have any
prices but we do have the names of
persons to whom to write for prices.
Mr.. R. w. Graeber, State extension
forester, gives these suggestions as
to handling:
Gather the pods by hand as soon
as the seeds are mature and the pods
are dry. Store In dry place until
you are ready to-thresh. Thfesh them
as you would cowpeas. Screen them.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-09-10

Ever SO often we hear charges that relief is
not being distributed fairly by federal agencies.
From reading the Bible we find that the gov
eminent faces no fundamentally new problem
in relief work for the Scriptures state that Tin
those days there arose murmuring of the Gre
clans against the Hebrews, because their widows
were neglected in the daily ministrations."
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-09-10
GEORGE p. BURKETT DIES
IN STATE OF CALIFORNIA

George F. Burkett, native Of this
county, died at his home in San Jose,
Calf, Thursday of last week, ac-
cording to communications received
by his family here.
Mr.. Burkett was a brother Of Mrs.
Al. e. GRAPHICAL, of this city. His
death leaves Mrs. GRAPHICAL the sole
surviving member Of her immediate
family.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-09-10
NUTS AND
KERNELS
By-
TROY I. JONES

Major Bowes called Albany the
cradle of Democracy We have a
place UP here in Northwest Ashe
county that ought to be called a
cradle of some sort from the amount.
of rocking" they do.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-09-10
Harvesting and Preparing
Black WaInuts for Market

The black walnut harvest is just
ahead. 1t might be that you could
sealize some extra money from the
S-"ts growing on your place If
and give proper at
~-~
N. c. extension
owing sugges-
preparing
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-09-10
RURAL ELEcTRFIcATIoN

Farmers in the county are showing intense
interest in the prospects of getting countrywide
rural electrification program approved for Ashe.
The administration is making rural electrifi-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-09-10

Four WON e n
sued a Canadian
steamship COM
pany for dam
ages because they
got seasick on a
P a cific cruise.
They could have
avoided this had
they /" b o 1t e d /"
their food down.