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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

FOR SALE - Nice tender green
beans. We have nice bunch and
pole beans. See or write Mrs. j. c..
Gambill or Pete Gambill, Beaver
Creek, N. G.. 1927
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

FOR SALE-A few purebred Hamp-
shire ram lambs, average weight
40 lbs. See or write, Glenn Kilby,
SturglllS, N. Z. 9-3 pd.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

EYES EXAMINED Glasses fitted
complete modern m n t i on
room over Farmers State Bank,
Mountain City, Tenn, Wednesday
each week. Glasses complete $3.50 to
$1,000. DR. Wellman. GIT
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

FOR SALE-1929 Chevrolet coupe,
good condition, priced cheap for
quick sale, or will trade for live
stock. j. C. Rhodes, Warrensville.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

FOR SALE pure-bred Hampshire
ram lamb, weight around 125
pounds. Priced at $1,000. See R. C.
Barker, Grassy Creek, N. c., Route 2.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27
Program of Ashe
Baptist Association
FRIDAY MORNING
AmnrnrA 90 1909

august 20, 1850
1000 Introductory sermon-Rev
j. o. Spencer.
1890 Reception of churches and
visitors.
10:45 Appointment of committees
and w. M. u.
11:30 Report on orphanage.
1900 Adjournment for lunch
everybody bring lunch.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

FOR SALE-Nice lot for residence
on road from Jefferson to West
Jefferson. Cheap. See r. r. Badger,
Jefferson, N. C. y 9-24
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
August %. 1896

August Z8, 1886
Ills Cooperative program: re-
ports on state, home, and foreign
missions.
200 Report on Christian educa-
ton.
2:30 Sermon-Rev. H.M.Winkler
800 Miscellaneous.
3:15 Announcement of home for
messengers and visitors.
$3.50 Adjournment.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

FOR SALE-Registered Hampshire
Rams strong lambs and year-olds.
G. B. Gambill, West Jefferson. 9-3
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GAINS IN SALE OF
NEW AUTOMOBILES

Sales of new automobiles and
trucks spurted upwards in July,
the motor vehicle bureau reports
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27
SATURDAY MORNING

$50 Devotional-Rev. G. c. Bur
kett.
HOO Report on pastors salaries
and old ministers relief.
Ills Reports on Sunday Schools
11:30 Sermon-Rev.. w. E. Denny
1915 Adjournment for lunch.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

The way I came out of the Harri-
gan, I thought I was on Rip Shin
Creek!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

'Here after and more fully de-
scribed" is legal parlance that no
doubt had its origin at the bar.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27
Want Ads
Twenty Five Cents Charged
for Each Want Ad

EDWARDS BUS will leave West
Jefferson Thursday, September 8,
at z a. m. for Bel Air, Md. Special
rates. For information or reservation
call at West Jefferson Hotel or write
w. B. Edwards, Darlington, Md.
FOR SALE-A five-year-old mare,
weight about $50 lbs, good worker.
See or write A. F. Shepherd, Laurel
Springs, N. c. 8-27-p
Front
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

Turning few nuts loose keeps a
convention from having to bolt.
| About every twentieth car that
went to the convention there was a
truck load of wool to pull over the
lpublc's eyes.
The cars were so thick around
here that it looked like big town
about like Morganton.
| Better have the wool pulled over
your eyes than the fur rubbed the
wrong way.
/ Whenever you see two persons
lowering their voice and beginning
to indulge in secret conversation, it
is time to leave for they are going
to try to sneak upon the truth.
A soldier of fortune is one who
drills for gold.
In certain town in Alabama it is
against the law to pat man on the
back. If that were true here every
politician would be in Jail. That is
good law.
The Republicans have enough
knocks without putting the Colonel
in the party race.
A freckled face and red hair was
once political asset. Now any old
color and any old sort of a face
will do!
It is strange that an old hen can
do so much "naggin'."
Some of their heads got to SWIM
min at the primary and they went
around as high as four times.
Cupid's arrow sometimes has
blunt point.
Wonderful world! It was going
round and round long before music
started doing it.
You hear two sides of the question
from the politicians. What is the use
to listen for the chances are both are
wrong.
I never saw woman ventrilo-
quist. Unfortunately they can't
throw their voices.
1t is wonder that the zebra with
his significant stripes did not become
an emblem of some political party
along with the donkey.
"Here after and more fully de-
scribed" is legal parlance that no
doubt had its origin at the bar.
The way came out of the Harri-
gan, I thought I was on Rip Shin
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON
August 20

August ~
100 Report on old ministers re-
lief.
200 Miscellaneous.
2:15 Report of B. Y. P. u.
2:30 Report of local committees.
800 Adjournment.
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NUTS
AND
KERNELS
BY TROY JONES

Turning a few nuts loose keeps
convention from having to bolt.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

1t is a wonder that the zebra with
his significant stripes did not become
an emblem of some political party
along with the donkey.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

The cars were so thick around
here that it looked like big town
about like Morganton.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

About every twentieth car that
went to the convention there was a
truck load of wool to pull over the
public's eyes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27
SUNDAY MORNING

SUNDAY MORNING
August 80
HOO Sermons Rev. j. O. Spen-
Ger and T. A. Farmer.
Night sessions to be arranged by
committee on religious exercises.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

I never saw woman ventrilo.
quist. Unfortunately they cam
throw their voices.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

Better have the wool pulled over
your eyes than the fur rubbed the
wrong way.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

Whenever you see two persons
lowering their voice and beginning
to indulge in secret conversation, it
is time to leave for they are going
to try to sneak upon the truth.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

You hear two sides of the question
from the politicians. What is the use
to listen for the chances are both are
wrong.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-27

A soldier of fortune is one who
drills for gold.
Evening star., 1936-05-24

men and women who made the Fred
ericksburg Of other days.
At the end Of Sunken road, on the
Richmond Highway, is the National
Cemetery. Willis Hill dts early name)
was purchased by the Government in
1865. Immediately official investi.
gators began TO search the battlefields
and from their shallow graves brought
here for interment the remains of
many Civil War soldiers killed in
battle. From time to time other
bodies have been found, including those
Of few veterans who died a natural
death. Altogether, 1926 soldiers
sleep on the green, terraced hillside,
and Of these, 12,748 are unidentified,
Four great battlehelds, all admin
istered by the National Park Service,
are within few minutes driving dis
tance of the city. They are Fredericks-
burg, Charlottesville, the Wilderness
and SpotSylvania. All told, more than
100000 men fell in battle. The battle
field parks not only show the old
trenches and cannon pits, but they
have been beautified in recent months
by the planting Of fresh grass and
widespread clearing Of brush. The
roads are in good condition and the
drive through the parks offers pleas
ant views of Virginia countryside
One mile from the city, on the Kings
Highway, is Washington's boyhood
home, the Ferry Farm. Augustine
Washington bought the farm in 1898
and moved there when George was
6 years old. The father died in 1743
and left the farm to George, then a
minor, and Mrs Washington took
charge of it. Here it was that the
famous episodes of the cherry tree
chopping, the breaking of the colts
neck and the throwing Of the Spanish
dollar across the river. were supposed
to have occurred.
Washington left the farm in 1852
when he acquired Mount Vernon. But
he owned it and his mother lived there
with her children till one by one they
set up other households. The farm
now belongs to the George Washington
Foundation, which is seeking to re-
store it fully and make it q national
shrine.
Evening star., 1936-05-24

ers die annually in traffic accidents
"in no way connected with their en-
ployment" as are killed in similar &C
cidents that occur during working
hours-while they are on the job.
About 5000 workers, in factories,
mines, on the farms, in trades and
other useful employment, lose their
lives every year in motor vehicle &C
cidents which happen in the course of
their work.
Recently, for the first time, sta
tistical record was made of the num-
ber of occupational workers killed in
traffic accidents that occurred after
working hours. There we're $4,000
such after-hour deaths in 1884, the
study disclosed, and large percentage
of them were of industrial workers.
When the 1885 study is completed, it
is estimated that the figures will be
changed but little.
The councils plea for the co-opera-
campaign is based, its officers said, on
belief that even though an employe
is not directly under the supervision
of his employer when the working day
is over, he more than likely will re-
spond to the leadership of his en-
ployer in drive for traffic and high
way safety at all times.
With scattered reports on retail de-
liveries during the first 10 days of
May showing no recession from the
fast pace which obtained during April,
production in automotive plants is
holding firm, says Automotive Daily
News in its midweek summary of
activities. Output of cars and trucks
during the current week is placed at
1l5,058 units, which is a slight drop
from the 116,429 estimated for the
previous week. This decline is not
given any particular significance, says
A. D. N, and represents only a nor
NAL f1uctuation.
More nearly complete returns on
April new car and truck registrations
have called for a revision upward in
UAlC OoCAhloeN IlldOC NY n. -. M ldSl
week, which now places the total for
the month at 100000 new passenger
cars and better than $4,000 trucks,
against the 345, 900 to $4,000 passen-
ger cars estimated previously. The
reports now available from 27 States
show total of l47,986 new passenger
cars registered in those States during
April, against 131,179 in the same
States last year. Ordinarily these
States account for about Al per cent
OF the total market. If the 100000
should prove out, April would have
been the best new-oar registration
month since August, 1929.
In commercial car registrations re-
ports from q States for April show
total of 2786l units, againt 20,572
in the same States year ago. These
States last year accounted for ap-
proximately A per cent of the total
market in April If the same ratio
holds true this year, says A. D. NJ,
the April total should run to approx
mately $1,000, which would make it
the best single month in commercial
car registrations in the history of the
industry.
Evening star., 1936-05-24

Washington Memorial Association,
and the erection Of the beautiful 40
foot granite shaft upon a handsome
base was the result. Mrs. v. M. Flem-
ing was prominent in the local asso-
citation.
THE monument was dedicated, with
President Grover Cleveland as the
principal speaker, May 10, 1894.
Well worth visiting Is the Masonic
lodge, Princess Anne at Hanover street.
Lodge No. 4, A. F. g. A. NJ, was estab-
lished in 1852, and that same year
George Washington was initiated, be-
fore he was 81. He remained a men,
ber until he died.
One of Virginia's finest examples of
Colonial architecture is Kenmore
Mansion, Washington avenue and
Lewis street. 1t was the home of
George Washington's sprightly sister
Betty after her marriage to Col. Field
ing Lewis in 1850.
George Washington was a frequent
visitor at Kenmore, as his diary shows.
Once Betty returned home to find him
asleep upon her best bed with his boots
on.
Kenmore was in imminent danger of
destruction when Mrs. v. M. Fleming
and Mrs. H. H. Smith founded the
Kenmore Association, bought the man
sion and preserved it for all time. To-
day it is one of Americas loveliest
shrineS.
OF the thousands Of Confederate
soldiers who fell on battlehelds near
Fredericksburg, only 1,470, of whom
only 300 are known, sleep in the Con-
federate Cemetery at Prince William
street and Washington avenue. The
cemetery is kept up by the Ladies'
Memorial Association.
A MONG the notables buried here
are: Capt. Boswell of Gen. A.
P. Hills staff, killed by the volley
which wounded Stonewall Jackson;
Brig. Gen. Seth Barton and Col.
Robert S. Chew of the 30th Virginia.
The dead who sleep here now were
picked up on the battlefields after the
war or dug out of shallow graves. The
southern part of the cemetery is the
city cemetery, where are buried the
Evening star., 1936-05-24
Historic Fredericksburg Rewarding Motor Tour
Area Played Vital Part In
Early Days of
Republic.

simply with Q few servants until her
death in 1889.
George frequently visited her here
In her garden she met Lafayette when
he came for the peace ball In 1871. She
served him and her hoy George" GIN
ger cakes and wine in the front room
In this same room George Washing
ton bade farewell to his mother in
April, 1889. He had won freedom fol-
America and world fame for himself
He was about to start for New York
to be inaugurated President Of the
United States. She was old and feeble
and instinct told her she would never
see him again. She waved sad good
by as George rode away northward
Mrs. Washington died August 20, 1889
before George could come from New
York to see her.
She is buried not far from her old
home on Washington avenue. Mary
Washington herself chose this spot for
her grave, selecting the crest near
Meditation Rock, where it was her
custom to read her Bible. The place
was on Kenmore estate. Later George
had stone erected at the grave, but
in time the estate passed to other
hands. the field grew up and the stone
was lost.
Silas E. Burrows, in 1888, began a
new monument, and the grave could
be located only by one person, an old
Negro, who helped dig it. The Bur-
rows monument was dedicated with
President Andrew Jackson as the prin-
cipal speaker. Burrows never COM
pleted the monument. 1t stood half
finished and was battered in the Civil
War.
Back In the early 9os Mrs Margaret
Hetzel organized the National Mary
Evening star., 1936-05-24

Falmouth. on the Stafford Heights. on
the left bank Of the Rappahannock
and opposite Fredericksburg.
A couple of minutes more and you
cross the beautiful Rappahannock and
are now in historic Fredericksburg, so
situated that, literally speaking, it
binds the heart of the North to the
heart of the South.
Where to now? At Charles and
Lewis streets a sign locates for you the
quaint Mary Washington home. For
SO years. from 1888 to 1774, she lived
at the Ferry Farm, across the Poto-
mac. In l774 she moved to q little
one-and-a-half-story home bought for
her by her son George. Here she lived
Evening star., 1936-05-24

ginia State Conservation and Develop
ment Commission at Richmond has
marked the trail very well. It's inter-
esting to read the numerous slightly
iron signs that outline the history and
show that land grants were patented
along these creeks as early as 1910.
You pass Fort Belvoir, post of the
Corps Of Engineers Of the United
States Army. This is the home station
of the 29th Engineers, mapping ex-
perts Of the country.
Below the fort is old Pohick Church.
where George Washington attended
divine services. Stafford court house
Is passed and few miles further on
Evening star., 1936-05-24
Trip Offers Features oil
Interest to All Members
of Family,
By James Nevin Miller.

n 70 BRIEF motor trip for Wash
nj ingtonians offers more pleas
VI ant diversion these balmy
Spring Sundays than the S.
mile stretch to historic Fredericks-
burg, Va.
Father will enjoy the smooth ribbon
of macadam and concrete that
stretches all the way along the Mount
Vernon Boulevard and thence on the
gently rolling hills and valleys Of the
Richmond Highway to one of the Old
Dominion's most picturesque towns.
Junior will thrill to the sights where
four of the most stirring Civil War bat
ties were fought. Mother will like the
Powered lawns and gorgeous homes,
many of them of ancient Colonial de-
sign. Grandma will enjoy the peace
and quiet of the countryside. The
senses of the entire family will be en-
chanted by the roses, the laurel and
the fragrant honeysuckle.
First of all, father, just as you pass
the Lincoln Memorial, set your speed
ometer at the zero mark. When you
reach Fredericksburg an hour and a
half or two hours hence-depending
on how fast you drive-the instrument
will register almost exactly SIS.
Every inch of your trip is history.
You pass by Christ Church, Alexan-
dria, one of the places of worship
which George Washington attended.
You get a glimpse of the mammoth
Masonic Memorial, built for him few
years ago, on Shutters Hill. 1t is visible
while passing over Hunting Geek.
Along the route you cross, many
winding creeks Of early historical i'm
portance, all with Indian names
Dogue, Accotink, Occaquan. The Vir-
Evening star., 1936-05-24
Automotive Briefs

Chester H. Warrington, president
OF the Warrington Motor Car Co., dis
trlbutorS of the Nash and La Fayette
automobiles for Washington, D. c.,
and surrounding territory, announce
the appointment of Edward N. Bow
man to his sales force. Bowman is
well known to the Washington trade
and public,
Evening star., 1936-05-24
Indianapolis Race Held
A Benefit to MOtOrdOm
Decoration Day Classic Not Only Provides
Glory and Prizes to Winner but Pro-
notes Safer Cars.
Bv G.. adams HOward.

VI of the word
L played important
has gotten to besides the kinds Of
ttorship nc a time
Evening star., 1936-05-24
Driver--.
Can You .
AnsaUer This .
A. A. A, TRAFFIOUIZ.

Il
| A. A. A. TRAFFIQUIz.
| l. You are walking and desire
to cross the street. Check the
safest action for you to take.
a } Cross in the middle
of the block.
b } Run in order to get
across quicker.
| &C Cross at corners, but
only after looking to see
that the way is clear.
2. What proportion of automo-
bile deaths occur on rural high
ways, outside of cities?
a } Nearly two-thirds.
| b { About one-half.
C Less than one-third.
| 8. If you insist on driving As
miles an hour at night, how far
ahead should you be able to see
clearly?
a } SO feet.
| b 100 feet.
J lou 1eeC.
4. If your rear wheels start
skidding to the right, what should
you do?
a } Steer to the left.
b Steer to the right.
C Apply brakes hard.
d Disengage clutch.
8. Where do most pedestrian
fatalities occur within city limits?
a } At intersections.
b } Between intersec-
tions.
c At railroad cross
ings.
Answers to Traffiiquiz.
1.(c) 2.(a) 3.(c) 4.(b) sob
The Arizona gleam., 1936-03-21

But perhaps the most i'm
portant reason for having our
power In modern automobiles
10 o matter that many of us
have never considered. We
all know what happens to us
when we are gong at high
pressure all the time, either
physically or mentally. A
person can work 1914 or Is
hours a day, but We know
we get along best when We
don't tax our last reserves
Of energy all the Tins.
In the same ways anybody
who has ever run machinery
knows that if you keep it
going ut full capacity and
full speed day in and day
cut, yeu re just multiplying
the chances for q breakdown
sooner or later. And that's how
it 10 with a Car. By building
in the ability to run at high
speed engineers make it prsc-
tical to run at reasonable
speed. If cur Car can 60
eighty or ninety miles an
hour, we can 90 Thirty five
or forty or somewhat faster
if circumstances demand, so
we can drive our car along
at sensible speed day after
day without over taxing it.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-03-21

But if they did. they would
have to gear it % low that
when We got to the tops and
onto q level stretchs we co
uld only go crawling along ct
Q rate that wouldn't please,
even the most conservative
of drivers.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-03-21
Beauty Hints
BY Nina Temple
A Good Skin Food

One Of the most expensive
articles for the toilet is a
coed skin food. But il you
buy the ingredients and mix
it you will save money. All
women over III should use this
food: Sweet almond ole 3 0z.
Lonoline. 3 ounces. White wax
/ dram Spermacetti, i dram.
Cocoa butter, / ounce Heat
and mix altogether in Q do
uble enamel vessel. Then
beat into Q paste and add IS
drops of Bsnzoin and a few
drops Of good perfume.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-03-21
Around And About
By Floyd l. Easter
Continued from page l

Continued from page
which the reader almost co =
mes to feel an actual parti-
Gems crjminis. A novel OF
grave charm with a satisfy-
Ing conclusions Of peace. The
Taking of the City written
by John Massfisld is also
another novel worth the time
. The English poet laureate
again turns to the sea and
prose. The tale barks back
in type to the rebustious sea
stories Of Captain Marryat.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-03-21


For instance, nearly every
body likes to get going a.
promptly as possible. Now
that's Just a matter OF the
power we have 10 our en-
nlne and how our car is Re-
ared. Then there's the bu-
siness Of hill climbing. That
may not mean as much in
some localities as in others,
but cars have to be built to
suit us whether we live In
Maine or Florida. Iowa or
California. wherever we may
live and wherever We may
want to 60. Engineers cay
that they esuld build a fairly
low powered car that would
pail No No the steepiest hill.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-03-21

Question. Should a man
fear Q rival?
Answer. No. not ii be keeps
making love. Just keep ms
kiog love and you'll never
be likely to fail or have much
cause for fear. Let accusing
tongues wag and envious
hands tear and all you need
to do is to make love just
that much more. Heck. you
Continued on page 7
The Arizona gleam., 1936-03-21

That's why speed is built
into autom obiies, and not for
young galoots to race down
the highways. killing and
manning % they 20 and % 1
Just reckon That's That.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-03-21

Most of our motor car will
90 much faster than we ever
care to drive them; no won
der psople ask Why so much
much speed 10 built into them
in the first place, Or ecursss
automobiles aren't built with
the idea Of pleasing the ma
nufacturer or the engineer
or the salesman They re
built to suit the men and
wemen who are going to own
and drive them. And there
are certain things that people
insist on in their automobiles.
1t happens that some of those
things are Of such q nature
that when the engineers pre-
vide them, an ability to go
fast Just naturally results.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-03-21
Handsel @. Bell
SAYS

Mr.. Floyd L. Casters COM
ment on this column was de
eply appreciated.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-03-21

the cricket is not the night,
ingala. why tell him 90.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-03-21

Now here is the sixth of Q
series of articles on how love
ought to DO practiced. under
title:
Primer for Kindergarten
Lovers
The Arizona gleam., 1936-03-21

A weak soul is apt to lose
itself in another.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-03-21
Wise
Sayings

The serpent 10 the egg 10
none the less the serpent.
-
Give not unnecessary pains