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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-08-20
1885 TAXES
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TOWNSHIP

NAME No. Acres Amt.
Atlantic J. S. L. Bank 80 S $50
Ed Barker So 4.82
Evening star., 1936-07-25

"HE young Fox, running for her
life, felt that she was on the
edge of a great discovery as
L she ran along the bank Of o
small brook flowing down from the
hills. Below her. in the swamp
through which she had come, she
could hear the voice of the Hound
who had chased her SO long and SO
far. He was having no great diff
Guilty down there in the swamp. The
ground was damp there, but there
was little standing water. Damp
ground holds scent, as the young Fox
had already learned for herself. Dry
ground does not hold it so well. This
she had also found out for herself.
What she wanted to find out now for
a certainty was If water would or
would not hold scent.
Up here in the woodland the bed
of the brook was more or less filled
with big stones which were bare. This
was because 1t was Midsummer, and
the brook was very, very low, there
having been little rain for long time.
1t was temptation to Jump from one
to another Of those big fiat stones. and
this is what the young Fox did at
first. Occasionally she stepped in the
water, and her wet feet left prints
on the stones afterward. Then she
came to place where the water ran
over a gravelly bed. It was very
shallow. 1t was hardly more than
an inch deep. 1t was running water.
The temptation was to run along
the bank until she should come to
Evening star., 1936-07-25

and 1 inch in diameter. After the
spathe curls back you can see the
seed stem and also realize how very
important the visit of the insects was.
For there are now many seeds about
the size of a grain of corn as the
result of their call.
In the tropics the native birds are
very fond of the seeds and are re-
sponsible for their distribution.
The leaves grow from a central root
plan and respond eagerly to care
and attention. They seem to know
much is expected of them, when
they are being measured so frequently,
you can almost see them grow. So
far, the longest ears" of record have
been 38 inches long by 81 inches wide,
on stalk rs inches from the ground
to the connection at the base of the
leaf.
Even if you do not enter the con-
test, you will enjoy watching the
plant for itself alone. Still there is
nothing equal to competition among
flower growers, and who knows what
foppy ears can be accomplished if
one starts the rivalry?
Copyright, 1861
Evening star., 1936-07-25
him. -

him"
"Mr. Dykes" the man at the desk
answered: There is no one here by
that name. This, you know, is Wag-
nails Red Front department store.
And I am Mr.. Wagnall." He spoke
the last two sentences precisely as a
teacher speaks to child.
The words struck Marlene like fists
pounding the top of her head and her
knees threatened to give way under
the punishment. Confused, she fall
tered, II should have gone to Dykes
store.'
That's natural" Wagnall as
sumed a careless, scornful tone. "All
shoplifters want to be elsewhere when
they're caught"
But you don't understand" she
gasped, Mr.. Dykes" But she could
not think what to say and took refuge
In a chair.
"Oh, yeahl I suppose you're a
personal friend of Mr. Dykes and he
sent you in here to borrow some Of
our merchandise? Well, you ex-
plain that to the police. I really
haven't the time to listen to the
clever stories of your clan"
MARLENE thought fast, but she
A'A found only two ways out. Go
to Jail as a thief or make a humil-
iating confession; she chose the lat
ter.
Dykes, who appeared in answer to
a hurried summons, treated it all as
a joke and made a half = hearted
effort to laugh 1t of.
Listen, you cheap chiseler!" Wag-
nall exclaimed. "I'll tell you what
I'll do. You agree in writing that
hereafter you'll keep your store front
painted canary yellow and we'll call it
a day and forget it."
mo I don't" Dykes shot back.
"You haven't got a thing on me. I
hired the girl to work in my store
and she made a mistake and worked
in yours. OF course, if you want to
send the poor girl to jail, fully know
ing she is innocent, that's your busi-
ness. But I doubt if you can make
1t stick"
I'll do better than that. I'll have
the Better Business Bureau use the
girl to testify against you on charge
of running a crime school and giving
lessons in shoplifting. And Incl
dentally let the town laugh you out
of business"
"Oh. all right" Dykes growled, his
face turning slightly pale. Il was
goin' to have it painted anyway"
When Marlene moved toward the
door Dykes yelled, Hey" Hand ex-
tended, he rushed after her and de-
manded, Gimme back that fifty"
"Oh, no, Mr.. Dykes. That fifty
was for accepting the job" Marlene's
knees felt stronger now and she
cooed sweetly as the door closed be-
hind her. Easy as shootin' fish"
Evening star., 1936-07-25
Natures Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

FLATE years there has sprung
A up much interest In contests.
One Of the most lively ones
is that Of growing the largest
elephant ears, plant that lends
itself well to gardens and gives a
tropical atmosphere.
There are some plants that attract
your attention by their beauty, color,
perfume or fancied resemblance to
some neighbor. In the case of this
plant it is not difficult 20 see where
1t received its common name.
There are several edible varieties
OF elephant ears. The leaves and the
roots are used by the natives of
Hawaii, where the plant is found.
Here it is an important item Of food.
However, We are more interested IN
the life story. This was found to be
very unusual. Ernest H Oesch, an
ardent contestant for the prize offered
for the largest elephant ear, found
that the plant had blossom well
worth observing.
1t seems that when the flower Is
ready to bloom it opens at the crack
o dawn. About 80 minutes after the
direct rays Of the sun play upon
the spadix it develops a temperature
Of 100 degrees. This high fever is
experienced only once during the life
Of the plant. However, this heat
seems to enable the perfume to de-
velop and the musky odor is waited
on the breeze to the co-workers of
the plant.
The "het-up" spadix is a pale yel-
low. In short time the invitation
has been accepted by many insects
who are seeking nectar and trans
porting pollen. In short time the
feverish spadix and single petal drop
away. The spathe is a lighter shade
of yellow than that of the Spadix.
The flower is about Is inches long
and Az inches in diameter: the
Spadix, about IL inches in length
Evening star., 1936-07-25

some more Of those fiat stones, but
she didn't. She stood for a moment,
listening to the sound Of that Dog.
She could tell that he had now
reached the first of those stones that
she had used in coming up the brook.
He wasn't being bothered very much.
He simply was going from stone to
stone and shifting at each, and al
ways when he came to one which she
had used he found the scent. 1t was
there, even on those stones she had
stepped on when her feet were very
wet.
She waited no longer She waded
right out into the middle of that
brook and then she splashed along up
the middle of it. She splashed along
up until she reached big, fiat stone.
Then she continued on as she had gone
before. jumping from stone to stone.
Presently she came to a great rock.
jutting out from the bank. The
brook made a little turn around this
rock. She stopped there and, peep
ing around the big rock, she watched
that Dog.
Presently the Dog came in sight. He
followed that trail from stone to stone
until he reached that long. gravelly
water. Then he stopped barking. He
ran a little way up the bank on one
side. Then he crossed over and went
down the bank on the other side. He
circled out around from both banks.
He didn't find the scent. The young
Fox grinned. She knew now for
certainty that running water told no
tales It carried no scent. All her
worries and fears ended right there
and then. That Dog might come up
far enough once more to find her
trail, but that didn't matter. From
now on she would keep in the water
as far as possible. She would travel
long way in the water If it was nee
essary.
The Dog did finally pick up her
trail and followed it from stone to
stone, until he reached the place
where once more she had taken to the
water. Once again he ran up and
down for short distance along both
banks. Once again he circled out
around and failed to pick up the trail.
Now and then he would bark his dis
appointment and his impatience.
Meanwhile the young Fox had gone on
up the brook, taking care to keep in
the water. Once or twice she had to
jump over stones that were in the
way. She kept on until at last she
came to a pool in the middle Of which
Evening star., 1936-07-25

cops. But I don't get this shop-lift-
ing racket of yours?"
"It's no racket. just a modern ad-
vertising stunt" Dykes argued. Shop
lifting Is a costly nuisance. But to
catch one at the proper moment, with
the proper merchandise, stimulates
business. Shoppers follow a leader
like a flock of sheep; particularly II
the leader is a snappy looking, young
woman - anything she would steal
must be good. Excitement Is con-
tagious and little item about a shop
lifting is read by more people than
five full page advertisements. No
names mentioned, just a prominent
young matron."
He added with chuckle, "And
generously we send her home with a
warning" Mr.. Dykes slid $50 bill
across the desk with gesture Of i'm
patient finality. This Is for ac-
cepting the job. the balance after you
finish"
DREPARING to leave, Marlene
turned In the door and said:
"Oky-doke In half an hour. And
you'll be here?"
"Ill be here" he repeated, "and
take care Of you when the house
detective brings you In. Not a soul
knows you. Itll be easy as shootin'
fish,
Hundreds Of eager Monday morn
ing shoppers jostled Marlene forward
and back on the sidewalk. Suddenly
she spied an opening and squeezed
in.
At the perfume counter she man
aged to slip bottle Of perfume
into her bag. This was followed in
rapid succession by large doll,
three mems ties and a box of mar
bles.
A salesgirl in the coat section told
her Westseal at s3499 was the ad-
vertised special 1t occurred to
Marlene that Mr.. Dykes had said
Norseal at s29.98. She debated the
mixup briefly and wished she had
written it down.
WELL" she reflected, "it will be
all right" and deliberately put the
coat on her arm and walked away.
The astonished salesgirl. speech
less at first, ran after Marlene and
secured hold on the coat. Instantly
a crowd gathered and the store de-
tective appeared. Marlene's argu-
ment that she wanted to see the coat
in daylight would have settled mat
tiers, If the detective had not de-
manded to inspect her bulging hand
bag. The contents assured him Of
her guilt. The crowd pushed for
ward and the sight Of the perfume
and other things created babble Of
conflicting comments.
The detective bade Marlene come
with him to the rear of the store,
and presently they entered an ONCE,
(copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-07-25
Heatwaves
Continued From Page B-1.)

complete master of the hot and humid
circumstances which surround him.
Instead of settling down to work,
however, he falls to contemplating
the imbecility of members Of the other
school. The chap in the adjoining Of
fee, for example. A grade A idiot.
that fellow, and one who needs to be
told Just what he is So, indigna-
ton flaming, the child of darkness
gets up from his desk and saunters
into the others Office to tell him how
heat waves really should be handled.
All the hot day long it goes on like
that. Instead of living in the heavens
they create for themselves, neither
can resist the abominable fascina-
ton of the hell they are convinced
the other has established.
MEMBERS Of neither school, of
course, get any work done.
There is no case on record Of an
advocate of darkness having con-
verted one of the other group to his
way of handling heat.
In one Of the larger business insti-
tutions in the downtown area such a
conversion was rumored during the
last heat wave. The story went that
on the sixth day of sustained high
temperatures two men who had ar
gued themselves into a super-per-
spiration if not actually sweat were
converted simultaneously, the light
man going dark and the dark one
light. Detached but deeply interested
spectators gathered in knots in front
of the two doors to discuss the re-
versal.
After a long conference, it was de-
Evening star., 1936-07-25

big Boeing and holding his model up
for contrast. In fact, it is news pho
tographer's field day.
If they snapped all the children who
are around they would soon run out
of plates, for the place is alive with
them. Young Washington is plainly
interested in flying. There are boys
and girls with their parents, excited
and laxative; other youngsters who
are evidently on their own. One stout
young gentleman, aged or 10, is pa
rading along the walk munching an ice
cream cone. The Boeing is now being
loaded for return trip. There is a
ladder in front of her, and an at
tendant has opened a circular hatch
in her nose and is stufing suit cases
and golf clubs into a baggage COM
partment in the bow. The small boy
watches this contemptuously, then
issues statement in a loud voice.
THE Boeings and all those other
old planes like that have the baggage
place up there in front. But the
Douglases emphasized the word
have it in the back, where it ought
to be-"
He takes a lick at the cone and
glares around Importantly. A snicker
runs through the crowd. He is the
typical small boy who hangs around
circus lots or fire stations-or airports.
THE plane arrivals and departures
become almost continuous. The
elderly man with the cane leaves for
Detroit on a Central Airlines ship, a
blue and red tri-motor Stinson. Ships
come in from Miami, and take of for
Chicago and Atlanta. The airport
waiting room fills up with departing
travellers, their baggage and their
friends. There are choruses of good
byes, and hugs and kisses from loving
wives, seeing their husbands of. brief
case in hand, for New York or
Chicago. The teletype machines in
the operations offices chatter in unison,
reeling of flight directions and weather
reports. The loud-speaker barks the
announcements of departures, and be-
tween times issues calls for air services.
This is the organization that operates
squad of three-passenger air cabs
and furnishes a sightseeing trip over
the city. Its fast little planes have
been scattering of and on the field all
afternoon, keeping out of the way Of
the big airliners.
It's getting late, and you decide to
Evening star., 1936-07-25
90 RADIO STATIONS
WILL CARRY BOWES
Amateur Hour on Columbia
to Retain Same Form,
Creator Asserts,

n II ORE than 80 stations in the
M nationwide Columbia chain
V have arranged to broadcast
4 ' 4 Maj. Bowes' Amateur Hour
when it gives way on N. B. c. to the
Good Will Court"
The shift will give Maj. Bowes the
largest network in his history Of
broadcasting.
Reports from New York indicate
that Maj. Bowes does not plan any
changes in the nature Of the program
itself. It's exact form, 1t was said, will
be retained in every detail. The tele-
phone system of public voting will still
be used and honor cities" will be
designated for each broadcast.
NJ B. c. has completed arrange
ments to broadcast tomorrow
the ceremonies at Vimy Ridge. France,
when the Canadian War Memorial
will be unveiled.
King Edward VIII of England and
President LIE Brun of France are
scheduled to take part in the exercises
which will be conducted in both
French and English.
The memorial itself is composed of
a sculptured figure at the base of two
14o-foot white marble pylons, visible
for many miles in every direction from
the crown of the hill, and inscribed
with the names of the $4,000 Cana
dian casualties. Construction of the
memorial was financed by popular
subscription in Canada. The French
government donated the ground.
THE prolific statisticians at N. B. C..
have figured that if an average
broadcasting station in the United
States used the total amount of elec-
trical energy consumed by N. B. c..
network stations since organization of
the company in 1926, it would have
been necessary to start broadcasting
in 1894 two years after Columbus dis
covered America.
When N. B. c. was organized, the
total power of the network stations
amounted to 4l,250 watts. At the
close of 1885 the networks SO stations
from coast 10 coast had total OF
1,734,900 watts.
The 100000 mark probably will be
reached during 1886 with N. B. c.
plans to increase coverage in all sec
tions of the country.
IRON Columbia's Washington Office
comes word that L. H. Bowman,
chief engineer at WJSV, will leave
August l to supervise the network s
West Coast technical operations.
Clyde Hunt, WJSV supervisor. will be
promoted to succeed Bowman.
Hunt has been with WJSV since
1928. He's been the so-called presi-
Dental engineer for the network,
handling the controls for all presiden-
tial broadcasts since the latter part of
the Coolidge administration.
Evening star., 1936-07-25

was q big, fiat rock. She waded out
until the water was up to her shoul-
ders. She climbed out on the rock
and shook herself, as you have seen
Dog shake on coming out Of the
water. Then she lay down on that
rock. She curled up, but in such a
way that she was looking downstream.
There she lay and waited. She didn't
intend to move unless the Dog actu-
ally discovered her.
(Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-07-25

get back home. So you climb into
your car and head across the Highway
Bridge to town, with the recollection OF
a couple of hours of air and sunshine,
Of soaring wings and droning motors,
and air-minded travellers departing
for half the cities in America.
It's an agreeable pastime. going
down to the airport to watch the
planes come in-more fun than II
ever was going down to the depot back
home. Try 1t some time when you
have an afternoon off!
Evening star., 1936-07-25
DAILY SHORT slORY
FUNNY BUSINESS

where her escort
briefly outlined the
situation to a man
at q desk.
. .
A VAGUE feeling
of uneasiness
assailed Marlene.
She wondered why
she was not taken
to Mr.. Dykes Of
flee. She did not
know Mr.. Dykes
very well ana had
perhaps been hasty
to engage in this
reskleSs adventure
But the $50 bill,
at was rea ]
enough-people dc
not h a n d them
around for fun.
Her confidence
restored, she said:
II want to see Mr..
Dykes. I will be
fully able to explain
satisfactorily to
Evening star., 1936-07-25

New York skyscraper, as snatches
Of the drama of life on the Great
White Way" will be played by actors
in a Columbia studio.
Two screen stars, Patsy Kelly and
Ricardo Cortez, will be featured dur
ing the Chateau program on WRC at
$50. Josephine Tumminia, grand
opera soprano; Snowy Baker, sports
Evening star., 1936-07-25
Sewer Project Needs $4,000.

OCEAN CITY. Md. July 25 (P.-
The need of an additional $4,000 has
delayed work on the sanitary sewer
project here. The mayor and Council,
with local P. w. A. representatives,
have taken up the matter with public
works headquarters in Washington.
Cost of the work was estimated orig
inally at 100000. The P. w. A. grant,
ed the city $45.o00. the remainder to
be raised locally through q bond is
sue
Evening star., 1936-07-25
WEST VIRGINIAN HEADS
LIONS INTERNATIONAL
Edwin r. Kingsley Assured Elec'
tion at Providence
Convention.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PROVIDENCE, r. T., July Esd
win R. Kingsley Of Parkersburg, w
Va, was assured election as interna-
tional president Of Lions yesterday
being unopposed for the Office.
Frank v. Birch of Milwaukee, Wis
will be advanced from second vice
president to first vice president, the
Office now held by Kingsley, and Third
Vice President Walter F. Dexter OF
Whittier, Calf, will become second
vice president. Alexander Wells OF
New York and Harold A. Crane OF
Manchester, N. H, are the candidates
for third vice presidency, the only
contested Office.
Evening star., 1936-07-25
0W1HY not grab
Wv a little fast

"WHY, MOI, not grab grab
a little fast
money when you
CAM" the owner Of
Dykes department
store kept hedging.
"Wagnall's lie x t
door run page ads
featuring their Red
Front department
store. I came along
and painted my
front red and half
the customers walk
in here by mistake.
w a g n a lis are
burned up on me
about 1t. But what
of It? I'm burned
v p o II ! o t s
Of things"
Sure, for a hun
dred bucks I'll steal
your whole joint If
you say So" Mar
lene ventured. IF
you'll be sure there
is no jam with the
Evening star., 1936-07-25
ECONOMY is URGED
Head of Retail Federation Would
Reshape q. S. Bureaus.


Reshape q. S. Bureaus.
A complete reShaping Of govern
mental departments and division of
taxation fields to reduce the cost of
government and eliminate overlapping
functions was advocated yesterday by
Col. Clarence o. Sheriff., president of
the American Retail Federation.
Citing report by the National Re
sources Committee that public affairs
are now managed by l75,000 different
governments-Federal, State and local
-SheUill declared that leach has
wide range of authority to levy burden
some taxes on the consumer which
seriously decreases their purchasing
power"
Evening star., 1936-07-25

man and poloist, and Eddie Peabody,
banjoist, also will take part.
Take My Heart" leads the your
Hit Parade" poll of the Nations song
favorites which Freddie Rich's Or
chestra will play over WJSV at 8.
Other numbers on the program in
clude These Foolish Things" THE
Glory of Love" and Take My Heart" +"
Evening star., 1936-07-25

A description Of the $50,o00 classic
stakes at Arlington Park will be
broadcast by WMAL at sos.
A dramatic production without a
plot, entitled Broadway Evening" will
be the Columbia Workshop presenta-
ton on WJSV at 7:30. Actual sounds
of Broadway at night will be picked
up by parabolic microphone play
ing like a searchlight from the top Of
Evening star., 1936-07-25

termined to investigate. The Offices
we're inspected by committee of un-
biased individuals. 1t was discovered
that both men had left for vacations
in the cool recesses Of the Berkshires
and that the charwoman. who ar
ranged the shades. simply had for
gotten which man believed in which
philosophy of keeping cool.
Ofiices, of course, are not the only
battlefieldS on which human be-
ings die Of prostration defending their
particular theories of heat control
Homes that once were happy have
withered in the flaming RACES which
heat waves have generated between
wives who believe in air-tight houses
and husbands who do not. 1t Is the
wise child, indeed, and the rare one
which. under such circumstances,
realizes that both parents have been
driven crazy with the heat. Research,
a rather primitive variety, to be sure,
but research nevertheless, discloses
that most children become infected
with the light school germ, or the
other, injecting a further element Of
insanity into the situation.
Less common, but by no means
extinct, are two other rival groups Of
theorists who spend heat waves jeer-
ing at each other. These may be
classified, roughly, as the wet and
dry schools.
MEMBERS Of the wet school think
to wash away heat waves by
squirting water in their faces. They
devise all sorts of sprinkling arrange
ments, extremists among them going
to the point of carrying hose lines to
the tops of houses, seeking thus to
create artificial showers which will
cause the heat wave break and will
justify the newspaper headlines on the
weather stories.
Nothing could be more prepos-
ferrous as viewed by the other side
Its members take the position that
it IS not the heat, but, rather, the
humidity, and they see the latter
multiplied by thousands of squirting
hoses in all parts Of the city and
its suburbs.
Most exclusive Of all the schools
of heat control is that composed Of
the three or four Washingt
who have not a single idea of what
to do about high temperatures. Their
disposition Is to let nature take It's
Evening star., 1936-07-25

course and to find what amusement
they can in watching other people get
hot fighting over the correct way to
keep cool.
Evening star., 1936-07-25
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
-HE young Fox, running for he

To live he proves himself most At
Who makes the most Of ready wit.
Old Mother Nature.
Evening star., 1936-07-25

I know how poor Baby feels. Her
is mad cause the circus is ober, an
her has oberdid on lemingegg an
peanuts!
Evening star., 1936-07-25

. LATE years there has sprung
up much interest In contests.
One Of the most lively ones
- is that of nrnuir1e the Ia rnnct