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The Washington times., 1936-12-12
TRAFFIC 7 OIL |
RISES 1913

Police chalked up the ninety
third traffic death of 1886 today
as Gallinger Hospital reported
that Charles F. Myers, 500 Sixth
st. N. W., struck by truck at
Sixth and G Streets Northwest,
on December 3, had succumbed to
injuries received at that time. Mr..
Meyers was 72 years old.
No charge has been placed
against the driver of the truck
which struck him.
OF 13 persons injured in Wash
ington traffic last night, police re-
ported today that three are chill
dren of whom two were struck
by hit-and-run cars.
While standing in the roadway
in front of 942 o st. N. W., Viii
liam R. Ottey, II, Of 1112 Tenth
st. N. W. was run over by an
automobile whose driver fled from
the scene. William was taken to
his home and later to Children's S
Hospital where it was discovered
he had a broken leg.
Father, Son Hurt
Abbott Greenleaf, 10, and Alb
bott Greenleaf, 35, father and son
Of 4007 Connecticut Ave. N. W.,
were injured when a car backed
into them while they were walk
ing on Eighteenth Street North
west between L and M. Both were
taken to Emergency Hospital,
where the boy was treated for a
possible fracture of the left arm
and the father was treated for
bruises.
A hit-and-run driver left Joseph
Campbell, IL, lying unconscious
on Fourth Street near Vista Drive
Northwest. The boy had been
roller skating and did not regain
his senses for Is minutes, when
he made his way to his home at
491 Maryland Ave. S. w. Later
he was taken to Casualty Hos
pital, where he was found to have
conclusion Of the brain and a pos
Sible fractured skull.
Four persons were hurt and
taken to Emergency Hospital
when two cars collided at Seven
teenth Street and Massachusetts,
Avenue Northwest.
Those injured are Katie Fisher,
Of 2109 Eighteenth st. N. W., who
was cut on the forehead: Francis
Lukens, 50, Of Clarendon, Va. also
cut on the forehead; Viola Pearce,
80, Of 1910 South Dakota Ave.
N. E.; and Bernice Curen, %, of
1908 Massachusetts, Ave. N. w.
The latter suffered a broken col
lar bone.
Others hurt included Samuel B.
Sands, 81, 319 Third St. S. E.,
who suffered a possible skull frac-
ture; Mrs. Billie Lamar, 26, of
the 900 block Ninth st. N. W.;
Daniel T. Grady, 70, of 1856 Hol-
brook Terrace N. E.: Frank w.
Jackson, SO, colored, of 407 St,
N. W.; and Ber11ice Marshall, 25,
colored. Of 2721 Sherman Ave.
N. w.
The Washington times., 1936-12-12
Wesley Church Marks
lis 87th Anniversary

Special services tomorrow will
conclude the celebration Of the
eighty-Seventh anniversary Of the
founding Of John Wesley A. M. E.
Zion Church.
The pastor, the Rev. Stephen
Gill, will preach at the II a. m.
services from the subject, "Ebene-
zer." Special music will be pro
vided by the choir under the di-
rection of Clyde Glass. At $3.50
p. m. DR.. Howard Thurman. dean
Of chapel at Howard UniverSiay,
will speak. Music will be provided
by the Tempo Choral Society. DR..
Scott Mayo, director.
A banquet has been arranged
for Monday evening in the parish
hall of the church with Bishop
Cameron c. Alleyne, Of Brooklyn,
N. Y, as the guest speaker. j.
Louis Taylor will be POSTMASTER
at this anniversary dinner.
The Washington times., 1936-12-12
Wauy'S GirlhOOd
Home TO Be
Museum

BALTIMORE, Dec. IL U.N.S0. l..
The girlhood home of Wallis War.
field Simpson, at 212 E. Biddle St.
here, will become museum.
Exactly what the museum will
contain was not divulged, but the
new owner, Samuel j. Schleisner,
merchant, who bought the erst-
while Warfield home yesterday,
said it would be a local attrac-
tion" for the city and the city's
guests.
The price paid for the property
was not disclosed.
A corporation, known as the 212
East Biddle Street Corp, with
three employees Of the law firm
which represents Schleisner as in
corporators, was formed after the
sale was conSummated, but even
the incorporators didn't know-or
wouldn't Say-anything definite
about plans for the house.
The Washington times., 1936-12-12
NEWCANPLAN
TO BE BUILT

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-Conti-
mental Can Company. Inc, has
announced the purchase Of .
As acre plot in Tampa, Florida,
which will be used as a site for
a new can manufacturing plant,
the construction of which will
start shortly.
The new plant will be equipped
for the manufacture Of packers
cans, and will include ware
house buildings, truck and freight
car loading platforms with sid
ing connections to the Seaboard
and Atlantic Coast railroads.
Total floor area will approx
mate 10000 square feet, and
total cost with equipment is eS-
timated at about $500,000.
The Washington times., 1936-12-12
LIBRARY DEAL
OFFERED TO
ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. IL.
Having failed in its previous at
tempt made last June to have the
city Of Alexandria take over its en-
dowment fund and some 10000
volumes Of books, the Alexandria
Library has now revised its pro-
posal to offer the city its property
in return for a part-time free pub
lie library.
The original offer proposed that
the association would give the city
its $4,000 endowment fund and all
books now on hand, which are val.
ued at approximately $25, 900, pro-
vided that the city would supply a
suitable building to be used as a
public library and maintain a full.
time free library for the public Of
the city.
Since the city council has failed
to accept this offer, members Of the
library association have agreed to
turn their property over to the
city for a part-time library.
Those sponsoring the movement
have pointed out that Alexandria
is the only city Of its size in the
United States that does not spon-
sor a library or some similar prof..
ect where adults may secure free
educational information.
Among the collection now pos
sessed by the local library associa-
ton is a number of rare and aged
books that are considered invalua.
BILE property for any library.
Preparatory to the expected &C.
ceptance Of its offer, officials Of
the library have completed the
strenuous task of listing and cata.
loguing all books now in its col
lection.
Although virtually every men,
ber Of the council has expressed
his desire that the city should &C
cept the offer, the operation cost
has delayed any definite decision.
The Washington times., 1936-12-12
Jack RineIlart Laughs
AT Navy Yard Sig gn
"Can me Jack"

Cau me JACK.
These three words, together
with the dates 1884 and 1929,
representing his service in the
Washington Navy Yard, are writ
ten on a sign adorning the wall
Of one Of the rooms in the apart
ment Of John c. Rinehart, Of
1929 Columbia 2d. N. w.
And, every time Mr.. Rinehart
glances at the sign, he gets Q
laugh out Of it and recalls vividly
the accompanying ceremonies
which were performed when he
was presented with it on the day
he retired from the Yard in 1929.
He always enjoyed a laugh, so
much so in fact, that it was he
who Brought about the organiza-
ton in the Yard of the Sun.
shine Club group Of men in
the measuring department who
meet daily at lunch and spend
the half hour reminiScing and
joking about the current happen
ings Of the day.
Mr.. Rinehart entered his ap-
premiership as a machiniSt in
York, Pa, in 1880. He Joined the
force at the Washington Yard in
1884 and spent As years there be-
fore he was retired. Thirty-five
years Of that time he was su.
perviSor, and throughout the en-.
tire period he did most Of the
work Of measuring the bores Of
guns.
Despite his 72 years Of age, he
still is as active as most men
much younger. He said that
The Washington times., 1936-12-12
is. S.BACHEPAYS
15PC7. BONUS

]. S. Bache & Company an
nounce that an initial pre-holiday
payment Of two weeks salary will
be made on December 19 to its
employees under the firms bonus
plan of distributing not less than
IS per cent Of its net profits to
its entire staff.
The balance Of the distribution
will be made as soon as prac-
ticable after the first of the year
when the exact amount to be dis
tributed under the plan has been
determined, according to the
firms announcement.
This applies to the members of
the staffs of branches as well as
the main office in New York.
The Washington times., 1936-12-12
AbdiCation a Plot,
Red Paper Charges

LONDON, Dec. IL. G.N.sJ.
Charging that Edward was
sacked" for the more docile"
Duke of York, the Communist
Daily Worker today says "the in.
stitution of monarchy stands ex.
posed in all its nakedness and
rottenness as the tool Of capitalist
class rule" The red paper warned
the proletarian to watch for at
tempts to make Edward a reserve
weapon of British capitalism to
bring into play in an emergency"
The Washington times., 1936-12-12
Russell Clues Fail;
Case Remains Suicide

LOS ANGELES. Dec. IL
U.NSO Mo additional clues" +"
That was the report today Of
chemists who tested d the gun
clutched in the hands Of Reid
Russell, young friend Of Gouver-
neur Morris, noted novelist, when
he was found, apparently q sui.
eide, on Morris beach estate.
The case, originally written
off in police records as a sui.
eide but reopened at the request
Of Russell'S mother, who said
she suspected murder, will be
allowed to stand as suicide, 1t
was indicated.
The Washington times., 1936-12-12
Program At Bethany

The Stevenson Bible Glass Of
Bethany Baptist Church will meet
tomorrow at $50 a. m. with Sena-
tor M. M. Logan conducting the
lesson. The Bethany B. Y. P. U.
Stewardship Commission will meet
at GAS p. m. under the direction
of Margaret Thompson. The topic
is "The Christ Spirit" A Christ
mas pageant, II Behold His
Glory" will be given next Sunday
at s p. m. in the recreation room.
The Washington times., 1936-12-12
Lowell Of Harvard
In Good Health at 80

BOSTON, Dec. IL G.N.SO.
Time still lays but a feathery
touch on one Of Americas greatest
educators.
Vigorous, with twinkling eyes
which flash with the fire Of
progressivism, President Emeritus
A. Lawrence Lowell Of Harvard
University, was 80 years old today
Still robust and apparently in the
peak Of health, DR.. Lowell takes
daily walks,
The Washington times., 1936-12-12
Youth Chased, Shot
After Soaring Girl

BOSTON, Dec. IL G.N.sO.
With police bullet wounds in the
back and abdomen after allegedly
invading Carney Hospital nurses
home and dragging Miss Nina
Paul, 10, student nurse, from her
bed, a South Boston youth was
at City Hospital today in a dying
condition.
The youth gave his name as
Edward Burns. 1S, but police ex-
pressed the opinion 1t was fic-
titiouS.
The Washington times., 1936-12-12
Mongo| War Lord
Reported Slain

PEIPING, Dec. 12.-Chinese dis
patches today said 5000 irregu.
lars and 200 officers under Wang
Ying, pro-Japanese Mongol war
lord, had surrendered to Chinese
provincial troops at Kweihua. One
rumor was that Wang Ying had
been aSSassinated.
The Washington times., 1936-12-12
Dr.. Fishbein to Talk

DR.. Morris Fishbein, editor Of
the American Medical Journal,
will address the National Forum
Of the Jewish Community Center
on December 16, at S:15 p. M, at
the center, Sixteenth and @ Streets
Northwest.
The Washington times., 1936-12-12
Forum Will Hear
Cooperation Talk

James A. jackson. of New York.
formerly with the Department OF
Commerce, will speak on Con
sumerS' Cooperation" at the Civic
National Forum at the Whitelaw
Hotel, Thirteenth and T SITS. N.
W., at 5 p. m. Sunday.
The Washington times., 1936-12-12
Will Hear Envoy

The Women'S National Press
Club will have as its guests at
next Tuesdays weekly luncheon
the new Italian ambassador, Full.
vic Suvich, and Count Leone Bi-
ondi, Washington correspondent
for the Stefani Agence.
The Washington times., 1936-12-12
Robber Gets $12

Allen Suit of 119 Massachusetts
Ave. N. w. reported to police this
morning that he was held up at
the point of a pistol near his
home last night by a colored man
and robbed of $l2.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-20
NANCY RUTH REEVES, Editor

money for home building available
in dozens of various ways.
It is true that the depression may
play big part in this alarming de-
crease, but Mr.. Babson gives more
distressing reason. He declares that
our young couples and our potential
home makers are more interested in
spending their money for frivolities
than in putting it into homes. Many
of them had rather ''board" than do
the work that is connected with
running a house even after it is
built and paid for.
This is serious indictment of the
American people. which we hope is
untrue, but Mr.. Babson has repu-
tation for knowing whereof he
speaks.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-20
A. s. T. C.. Professors
VIII Speak At Ashe
N. E.. Zone Meetings

DR.. w. Amos Abrams, Professor
Van C. Hinson, Dr. D. J. Whitener
and Den J. D. Rankin of A. S. T. c.,
Boone, have accepted invitations to
speak at the four Zone Fellowship
Meetings to be held at Methodist
Churches in different sections of the
county on the first four Sundays
afternoon in March.
These zone meetings are to Gull
inmate in a Countrywide Fellowship
Meeting to be held at central 1oca-
ton on March goth, as the meetings
did last year. The theme of the
meetings is personal religion and
evangelism.
Definite announcement of time
and place of meeting will be made
later.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-20
John Grdgg Killed In
Fight Near BLOlUing
Rock Last Sunday

One man was slain and three
were arrested as the result of an
ARRAY near Blowing Rock Sunday.
John Gragg, who lives near Boone,
was stabbed fatally and Sherman
Henderson, of the Boone Fork COM
munity of Watauga county, is being
held in the county Jail there as the
alleged slayer. Floyd Church and
Carl Davis are held as eye-wit-
nesses to the Staying.
Henderson, according to officers,
was walking home from Sunday
School Sunday morning when he
met Gragg, who was riding in a
truck accompanied by Church and
Davis. Gragg and Henderson, Off
GERS said, Immediately got into an
argument and the stabbing follow
ed. Gragg was cut in the back and
an artery in his leg was severed.
His companions placed him on
the truck and started for the hos
pital at Boone, but he bled to death
before the hospital was reached.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-20
Mrs. Thomas Hostess
At Bridge Party Sat.

Mrs. w. c. Thomas entertained
her bridge club Saturday afternoon
using the George Washington birth
day motif throughout the decora-
tions, refreshments, and prizes. Each
guest was given red and blue tally
cards with small white hatchets on
them and score pads were likewise
decorated with hatchets. White
creamed candies with red cherries
were served throughout the after
noon and refreshments consisted Of
tea and a salad course with which
red, white, and blue satin ribbon
was used.
High score prize went to Mrs.
Katherine Duncan, a framed pic
ture Of George Washington; second
high score, set of pictures went to
Mrs. Baldwin Pless; prize for high
cut went to Mrs. G. w. Ray, a
Matched filled with candy. Mrs. TIC.
Bowie, Mrs. w. D. Mcmillan, and
Mrs. C. w. Ray were guests for the
afternoon.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-20
TREND IN WEALTH UP

North Carolina is one of Is states
which has increased its percentage
of the national wealth since 1890,
but the per capita wealth Of the
state is still less than half of that
of the nation as a whole according
to figures published in the Annalist,
a well-known economic journal.
North Carolina had only .89 per
cent of the national wealth in 1890
and remained under one percent
until 1922, when it's share was LA
percent as against go percent in
1912, the last previous year report
ed. In 1929 the State had 1.52 per
cent of the national wealth, but its
share dropped to 1.26 percent in
1892, the last year reported.
In 1890 the per capita wealth in
North Carolina was only 1851, or
about one-third of the national av-
erage of $1,O36.
BY 1929 the per capita wealth in
the State had climbed to $2,169 or
almost two-thirds of the national
average of $3,7O3. But while the
national average was dropping to
$2,369 in 1882, the North Carolina
figure dropped to $1,136.
The other states which have gain
ed in percentage of wealth are Con-
necticut, New Jersey, Michigan,
South Dakota, Virginia, West Vir-
ginia, Florida, louisiana, Oklahoma,
Texas, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona,
Washington and California.
News and Observer.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-20
Hash Offers To Help
Pay Salary Of Ashe
County Farm Agent

]. B. Hash, former county super
intendent of schools in Ashe county
and a farmer, reports that he is
willing to pay twelve dollars per
year toward hiring a county farm
agent if ninety-nine other farmers
in the county will pay like
amount. This would raise twelve
hundred dollars, which is thought
to be an amount sufficient to get the
work started.
During the life of the AAA, the
county needed someone to help the
farmers get their share of the vari-
Gus checks that were being given
out, but the county fathers have
never felt that additional taxation
should be resorted to to provide
an agent. At present, the IVA is
distributing fertilizer at such a low
price that even poor farmers could
avail themselves of it if the county
had man in charge of attending to
getting it and giving it out. Much
free material could be had for dem
onstration purposes, also, if the
farmers knew how to 60 about get
ting it.
Mr.. Hash figures that a good farm
agent would be worth more to the
county than the twelve dollars one
hundred farmers might put on his
salary.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-20
Mesdames Roland
And Ray Entertain
Local Bridge Club

Mrs. Ruth Roland and Mrs. G. w.
Ray were joint hostesses at the
home of the latter on last Friday
evening when they entertained
members of their bridge club and
an extra table of visitors.
After an evening of progressions,
Mrs. John T. Hoyle was found to
hold the high score and was pre-
sented with a deck of cards.
Mrs. Tom Duncan was given the
prize for travelling the most during
the progressions.
The Valentine theme was carried
out in the refreshments. Red and
white minis were placed on the va
rious tables and at the close of the
evening, tea and Angel Food cake
were served with white block ice
cream in which red hearts had been
moulded.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-20
Herr-Welch Vows
In Pennsylvania

Miss Foorda Frances WEIGH,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John w.
Welch, of Drumore, formerly of
Ashe county, and Robert H. Herr,
of Lampeter, were married, on Feb
ruary 9, at $50 o'clock.
The bride, a graduate of Quarry
vile High School and Millersville
State Teachers College and for two
years a teacher in Drumore town.
ship was attired in white satin and
carried an arm bouquet of pink
roses.
The bridegroom, a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Benz. L. Herr, of Lampeter, is
graduate of West Lampeter High
School and the University of Rich
mond and the Renouard School of
New York City and is associated
with his father in the firm of Isaac
Hers Sons, Inc.
The maid of honor, Miss Kathryn
Herr, sister OF the groom, wore blue
satin and carried an arm bouquet
of yellow rose buds. The best man
was George Renouard, of New York
City. The flower girl, Miss Anna
Lee Johnson, carried a colonial
bouquet of spring flowers.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. DR.. Blackburn, D. D. of Balti-
more Baptist Church in the pres
ence of the two immediate families
and a few out of town guests from
New York City, Kannapolis, North
Carolina, Williamsburg, Virginia
and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
A wedding supper followed the
ceremony.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-20
ARE WE TEACHING THEM
TO THINK?

With thirty million boys and girls
in America attending public schools,
Julian Miller, of the Charlotte OBJ
server, asks the vital question of
what is coming of it and what are
the results.
Asks Mr.. Miller:
Is the public satisfied when the
report cards are brought home
showing that Sonny's temperature
as to intellectual, factual, textual
knowledge is satisfactory, according
to the test-thermometers that are
stuck into his head twice a year?
That he seems to know history
and biology and algebra and Latin
and and French, and, if pressed, can
really extract cube root?
Truth is, of course, that all of this
is symptomatic and not substantive
education.
How's the lads thinking apparat-
uS-tnaCS important!
But along what line it is thinking
is more so.
To be able to think tends to set
one apart.
To be able to think correctly,
justly, righteously, truthfully-that
makes destiny.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-20

Interest rates on government OBJ
legations have gone down, and plen-
ty of money is available upon very
moderate terms. That is good
thing for the government, but it
will tend to make federal bonds at
tractive only to large scale lenders.
The small man needs a return 1arg-
er than two and one-half percent
or thereabout, and government pa
per yielding so small a return will
not receive much consideration at
his hands. Possibly the person with
a few hundred dollars to lay by is
entitled to something. Perhaps the
government will be loser in way
in which money is not concerned.
A man who holds a government
bond feels that he has partnership
in the national business aed where
his treasure is, there will his heart
be also. The backing that comes
from a large number of small in
vestors should not be undervalued.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-20
NOTICE OF SALE OF
REAL ESTATE
North Carolina

North Carolina
Ashe County
Under and by virtue of authority
vested in the undersigned trustee
by a certain deed of trust executed
by L. B. Fitzwater on the 9th day of
March, 1884, which deed of trust is
recorded in the Office of the Regis
ter of Deeds of Ashe County in
Book 80 page 478, the said decd of
trust having been given to secure
the payment Of certain sum Of
money and default having been
made in the payment of said in
debtedness as in said deed of trust
provided;
I will therefore, on the goth day
of March, 1886, at the hour of l
o'clock, P. M. offer for sale to the
highest bidder for cash at the court
house door in Jefferson, NJ c., the
following described tracts of land:
FIRST TRACT: Beginning on
stake in the Road at an old gate,
running South So degrees East 831s
poles to a locust stump, old corner;
thence East 81 poles to stake;
CIlSIlCG NO1 I'll 10 II UGSIGGS GdSI IL II
poles to stake; thence North so
degrees East % poles to a stake,
Sand Dancys corner; thence North
60 degrees West with the old line
1875 poles to a stake at branch;
thence South 70 degrees West up
the branch to a stake; thence South
35 degrees East 81 poles to the be-
ginning. Containing 4612 acres more
or less.
SECOND TRACT: Beginning on
locust and running South de-
grees East 80 poles to stake in
hollow; then North 70 degrees East
with an old road SO poles to stake;
then North S poles to stake; then
North 80 degrees West 10 poles to a
stake in an old line; thence rs poles
to the beginning. Containing IA
acres more or less.
This the 18th day of February,
1886.
T. c. BOWIE,
3-12-B Trustee.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-20
MeadoWview News

People here were glad to see two
or three warm days during the past
week end.
Mr.. Frank Blevins, of Elizabeth
ton, Tenn, spent Saturday night
with Mr.. and Mrs. Smith Blevins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Doya1 Tucker spent
the week end with Mrs. Ida Tucker.
Mr.. Grant Davis and family NOV
ed to West Virginia, Sunday.
Mr.. Quincy Arnold, of Sly, was
in the community, Saturday after
noon.
Mr.. Carl Williams and sister, of
Bristol, Tenn, spent Sunday after
noon with Miss Doris Tucker.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-02-20
Raleigh Man Makes
S99.75 Off Csc Trade

Sam Wilder purchased a package
of cigarettes in Raleigh Saturday.
There was nothing unusual about
that, but when he passed quarter
over the counter at Raleigh drug
store and received a 10-cent piece
in change came the surprise.
Wilder glanced at the date on the
dime-1893. He turned it over and
started suddenly. On the reverse
side was a tiny "s," hallmark of
the San Francisco mint, which
made comparatively small num-
Der of dimes that year.
Coin collectors here figure its
value at approximately 500.