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Smyrna times., 1936-09-17
New York Pedestrians
Will Walk in Tunnel

New York.-New York soon may
take another step toward making
this city a truck drivers paradise
by putting pedestrians under the
streets.
The city's marcL toward the un-
derground metropolis of the future
was seen today with the announce
ment that a pedestrian tunnel is
planned under Sixth avenue, be-
tween the Thirty-fourth and the
Forty-second street stations in con-
junction with the subway now un-
der construction.
Capt. William ]. Pedrick, pres
ident Of the Fifth Avenue associa-
ton, praised the board of trans
portation for planning to build the
passageway.
This desirable amendment to
the original plans" he said, "as-
sures for the midtown shopping
district another facility to stabi-
lie its continued development to
the end that it always will be
the heart of New York's retail
shopping area"
When the tunnel is completed it
will be possible to walk from For
ty-second street and Sixth avenue
to Thirty-second street and to
Eighth avenue and Thirty fourth
street, a distance of three-quar-
ters of mile, all underground.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-17
Excavators at Soup;
Uncover Theater Ruins

Belgrade.-Excavations, carried
out under the supervision of DR..
Nickola Vulitch. of the Belgrade
university on the site Of the Roman
Byzantine city Of Scupi, just outside
modern Skoplye, in the south Of
Yugoslavia, have reached an i'm
portant stage.
Ancient Scupi was destroyed by
an earthquake in sic A. D. A large
theater has been discovered of
which all important parts, such as
the stage, halls and corridors, were
traced. The stage was about $50
feet long, and the entire theater
measured 300 to 900 feet, offering
seats for about 5000 spectators.
The outer walls have been exca-
waited as well as part Of the col
umns which served to support the
''velarium," the canvas which pro-
tected the costlier seats from rain
and sun.
1t is expected that further exca-
vations will throw light on the dis
puted problem of the use of the
stage in Roman and Greek thea
ters.
As Scupi was the seat of bishop
from the Third to the Sixth CEN
turies A. D., Doctor Vuitch hopes
to discover and excavate also inn
portant ecclesiastical buildings Of
the early Byzantine period.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-17

Scientific feeding is bringing new
profits to American dairy farmers.
Government estimates the total
cash income of farmers for the first
six months of this year at s3,2sl.-
100000, or $685., 200, 900 over the
same period in 1895. and dairy
farmers. despite imports. prospered
In good measure.
High importance now is attached
to the ration of the dairy COW,
farm economists assert Recent
official studies show that soybean
oilmeal is strongly favored as a
protein supplement for large pro-
duction of milk and butterfat- Such
studies by experiment stations
show that it provides the variety
needed by dairy cows TO remain In
heavy production. its flavor adding
palatability to the ration. and In
ducing greater feed consumption.
One such test by Purdue Universi-
ty brought forth findings Whlcn
have enhanced consumption. ana
Smyrna times., 1936-09-17
MOTORISTS ARE
BEING WARNED
New York Speed Limit Of "a
Miles Per Hour Is Be-
ing Enforced
TOURISTS TAKE NOTE

New York's drastic motor ve-
hicle regulations, including SlOO
fine or 80 days in jail, or both, for
exceeding the 40-mile speed limit.
should be recognized by motorists
of this state as the handwriting
on the WALL" the Delaware Auto
mobile Association, A. NM. A. de-
clares, in statement warning of
legislative reprisals unless there is
sharp reduction in highway acci-
dents. Two years ago" said vii
liam J. Lackey, President of the
Association, I'VE issued a warning
that public opinion throughout the
country was swinging from toler-
ance of highway accidents to in
sistance that authorities take dras-
tic steps to prevent them. The ac-
ton of the New York legislature
bears out the preriction that new
restrictions and heavier penalties
would inevitably follow continu-
ance of highway killings. Local
motorists who have occasion to
drive in New York are cautioned
by the Association that rear re-
Electors are required by the new
regulations. While the propriety
of one State forcing motorists to
carry equipment not required by
the state in which they are regis
tered may be open to question,
drivers can save themselves annoy
ance by observing the reflector
regulation, association officials say.
1t is pointed out that refiectors,
whether carried voluntarily or un-
der compulsion, are an added saf-
ETY. feature.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-17

knew nothing of the blaze until the
volunteer smoke eaters crashed
the gate.
City Life: Three little girls play
ing jacks in the marble vestibule
of an old brownstone house
The woman manager, who used to
own the house but who lost it in
the depression, taking the history
of the signer of a lease and going
carefully into details since she Sc
lects her tenants with care 5. and
upstairs in the apartment which is
to be rented, an aged man fighting
hard for life.
Whenever New Yorkers laugh
about rubes and hicks, 1 chuckle.
The other day, hundreds of women
and men, young and old, lined up
awaiting entrance to one of the
big mid town movie houses, the
queue extending more than half
long block. For an hour or more
the line remained motionless and
when it did move, did so slowly
And all the while heavy rain was
fallingi
Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems
to me that New York changes its
character with the change OF sea-
sons. In winter, it's cold, hard,
artificial In summer, it's hot,
tired and inclined to be curt In
autumn, it's rebellious, those who
have been away to the shore or
mountains resenting return to steel
and concrete and those who have
been forced to stay here through
the heated term, resenting months
of Imprisonment in apartments and
tenements. In spring, it's like a
lot of prisoners released without
parole or probation and inclined to
be a bit boisterous over their luck.
Right now, it seems to be an over
grown village, friendly and with
leisure to cape at excavations, line
up alongside Riverside Drive and
stare at the Hudson and block Pc
destrian traffic whenever there is
a window demonstra
g Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-17
SIDE LIGHTS OF
NEW YORK CITY
Told By L. L. Stevenson in
His Own Immical Way
of Doings in City
INTERESTING SKETCHES

Free ride to the graveyard: A
company selling cemetery lots has
hit on a new scheme to increase
sales. Women's organizations are
approached and Embarrassing plan
laid before them. If they will OBJ
tain 36 women willing to travel to
the property in bus, the company
will pay into the organization
treasury, the sum of 35 cents
head. AS a further inducement for
a large turnout, refreshments are
served at the cemetery. Thus the
organization is ahead S12.70 and
free meals for members who at
tend. AS for the company, the high
pressure statesmen who make their
appearance after the luncheon, look
after its interests. The scheme must
be profitable since it has been in
operation for some time.
Seeing sights: At that large dress
establishment in Union Square
where customers wait on them
selves, the mirrors in the room for
the try-ons are slanted and girls
sitting on high stools are thus able
to watch everything that takes
place. Thus it is extremely diff
cult for dishonest female to make
a successful getaway with any of
the stores property. Store detec-
tives are also on constant patrol
throughout the place. incidentally,
suburban housewives never visit
the establishment on Thursdays.
If they did they would meet their
maids because Thursday is the serv-
ants day out. For that. reason,
also, most of the Westchester clubs,
with family memberships, have
their big meal on Thursday instead
of Sunday night.
Hard-hearted New York: For sew
eral years, young man has been
selling apples and oranges at Eighth
avenue and Forty-third street. Not
only is he deaf and dumb but also
so nearly blind that he can see
only a short distance. That's why
regular customers always press
their nickels into the palm of his
hand. His stand is one box atop
another. Well, the other morning,
the stand upset and the stock rolled
into the street. Instead of laugh
ing at the occurrence, passersby
stopped and gathered the fruit.
They didn't walk away with it but
arranged it neatly on the stand.
The distressed merchant thanked
them with his hands.
This and that department Phil
Regan, singer on the stage and the
radio, where he is heard with Ken
Murray, is former Brooklyn cop
Before leaving for Hollywood,
James Melton took a course in
makeup for the movies Rich
ard Gordon, who plays the part of
Sherlock Holmes on the air, gets
as many as ten letters week ask
ing him to solve local mysteries
and that reminds me that Sig
mund Romberg, eonductor-com-
poser, is still listed as one Of the
greatest spy catchers in the intel
hgence service, of which he was a
member during the war.
Singer turns fire fighter: Carmela
Ponselle was walking along West
End avenue thinking of mezzo-so-
prano arias when she saw smoke
and fame coming from the base
ment Of four-story house. Screams
might have been expected under
such circumstances and screams
from grand opera singer surely
would have been heard Instead
of screaming Miss Ponselle quietly
assembled group Of men, whs
broke in the door and put out the
fre. The family living in the house
Smyrna times., 1936-09-17
Water Hemlock Is Worst
California Poison Plant

San Francisco. = The research
workers on the Federal Writers
project, who are compiling an eight
volume guide book Of the United
States, have completed the list of
poisonous plants in California. The
most poisonous plant in the state,
for both man and beast, they re-
port, is the water hemlock. 1t also
is one Of the most alluring from
the standpoint Of fragrance.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-17
BOY HELD FOR LARCENY
Harold MURRAY, Dover. Under 4

Harold Murray, Dover, Under Ar
rest ON Three Separate Charges
Harold Murray, 81 years old
Negro, charged with breaking and
entering with intent to commit
larceny at the E. L. Jones Com
pany, j. A. Frear Company, and
Kent County Motor Company. all
of Dover, was given a hearing last
week before Magistrate w. D. Bur
ton and held in $500 bail in each Of
the tAree cases. Murray stated
that he wished to plead guilty 10
the three offenses at the next
plead guilty" day court.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-17
$15,5IS For State Student Aid

Announcement has been made at
Washington that Delaware has
been allotted S15,513 for student
aid. to be administered by the Ma
tional Youth Administration dur
ing the next IL months. This is
next to the lowest allotment in the
country, Nevada's being S10,4S5.
OF the total S19,606,767 allotted,
81 1,11s,494 will be used to increase
student aid quotas in drought
stricken areas. The present Della
ware quota is 424 students. 1t is
understood if Delaware's present
allotment is not sufficient it may
be increased later, NYA officials
said.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-17

last years soybsai a' J
100000 bushels fs's sss]
any previous crop wv
market, with lnos n
feeding to dair! COVE
and poultry. J
Practically ali d o. y
mercial dairy su0n ~,
belt now contain s'!Sa j
said President L :. nS
National soybsan PF'1
citation. In conmsHu.s 80
that last years 'e..l 'e.l
brought q return % - u
30 million dollars ~. - sss|
become a mA'Oi
ture years -
Smyrna times., 1936-09-17

fifty dollar reward for Dolly.
However this was a secret be
tween Miss Matilda and Petey-
a secret both were very certain to
keep.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-17

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with His own 5,n5, .'a9
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had placed into ~ y -
the Commission i ,. .'aa
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was upon him Ho,. :
complish his task !, ~
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to Peters S mind r.
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to give success.
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tenance? How va, Pr
provided for as he WV
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we also have the pron.z
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the way. Therefore 70
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ply thy every need to ID
and work.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-17
AUTO FATALITIES

4, More for Same Week Year Ago
Automobile fatalities in 128
cities for the week ended Septem-
ber 4 were reported at 202 by the
census bureau. The total for the
same week a year ago was 200.
For the first SO weeks of this year,
automobile deaths were listed at
1888 compared with 6,232 for the
similar 1885 period.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-17

Most of the iniisrI
committed with the tora
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-23
| Officer Arrested
for Telling Secret
Naval Officers Say That United
States Is Honey Combed
With Foreign Spies

John S. FarnSworth, former lieu
tenant commander in United States
navy, was arrested secretly in Wash
ington Monday night by navy rep
resentatives and J. Edgar Hoover's
agens and was arraigned before
United States Commissioner Need
ham c. Turnage Tuesday, on a
charge of communicating CONFIDENT
al naval information to japanese
agent.
He pleaded not guilty and stoutly
protested his innocence. Bond was set
at $4,000, which he was unable to
make Immediately. Preliminary
hearing was postponed until July 20.
Roger Robb, assistant district at
torney, said Farnsworth would be
taken to Gallinger hospital for treat
ment because of 'his highly nervous
condition" The prisoner told the
commissioner: II want to go to the
hospital for a few days I'm feeling
pretty well shot" He had faced con-
slant questioning for hours.
Only recently a former navy man
on the Pacific coast was give long
prison sentence on conviction of
communicating confidential naval in
formation to Japanese agent.
Navy officers said Wednesday the
United States is ''honey
with spying activities and expressed
determination to take all possible
steps to protect the fleets secrets as
the United States goes ahead with
it's program to strengthen the navy.
After Farnsworth, ill and tremb-
ling, had been lodged in Jail in de-
fault of bail, high officials limited
that his arrest was only the begin
ming of a wholesale roundup of
persons suspected of supplying navy
secrets to foreign powers.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-23
Conscience Causes Man to Confess
Crime and Surrender His Freedom

& Z
ct worried me and knew / had
to go back to pay the debts owed.
Because the Bible also says man shall
be forgiven for all sins if he repents
in time and confesses his sins and
has faith. / thought the hardest
things would be to tell my wife
about my past-but I found out she
had known for years and never had
mentioned it to me. She stuck by me
and said she too thought / should go
back and pay"
When North Cardinals Jean Val
jean walked into central prison one
Sunday afternoon year ago, he told
Warden Honeycutt.
my names Jesse Walker. I'm
wanted here for murder"
81 recognized you when you walk
ed in, Walker" the warden said.
"We've been looking for you for
long time Sit down and tell me why
you came back"
And Walker did.
Governor Ehringhaus Immediately
became interested in the case. He
granted the former killer parole
June 26, with the reservation that
Walker be released to Oklahoma au-
thorities.
But I keep looking on the bright
side," Walker repeated. I want to
square my debt. And if should be
paroled from Oklahoma? Well
reckon I'd become roadside preach
ed. l might be able to keep few
wild young fellows from doing the
things I did,
Walker was taken by automobile
to the Oklahoma State prison. Mrs.
Walker followed by train.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-23
North Cardinals Jean Vatican Is
OFF to Oklahoma to Serve
Probably a Life Term

\.
A killer who ssmet God on coun-
try road before it was too late to re-
pent," smilingly was on his way
Monday to an Oklahoma Jail cell
where he may have to spend the rest
of his life.
That's part of my atonement,"
said Jesse C. Walker, North Caro-
Iina's 53-year-old "Jean Vatican"
whose conscience brought him back
to States prison in Raleigh one year
ago after Is years of freedom in
Mississippi.
Since saw the light keep look
ing on the bright side" Walker said.
81 see hope. I'll take the Lord to
Oklahoma with me just as brought
him here"
To look at Walker, with his cream
colored hair; his unlined face, his
quiet eyes and erect shoulders, one
would never know he once was what
Warden H. H. Honeycut describes as
''just about the toughest, toughest,
meanest criminal a Jail ever tried to
hold"
Twice Walker murdered; twice he
was convicted; twice he. escaped.
He already has paid for the muir
der of Jackson Stanland, Columbus
county deputy, in 1914, but he still
must serve 80 years in Oklahoma for
a killing there:
Walker spent from 1914 to 1919
in North Carolina jails. Then he
broke out of camp in the western
part of the State.
81 won't say just how I did it,
he smiled. 'It might give someone
else an idea I'm not the same man
I was then. I've changed since met
the Lord
Oscar Pitts, acting director of the
penal division, thinks Walker has
changed, too.
Hes the most completely rehabil-
itated man ever saw" Pits said.
Walker went to Gulfport, Miss,
after he took French leave from the
prison camp. He became jeweler.
He married. He was respectable
member of his community.
But his conscience pricked.
''Then saw the light" Walker
said. cit came down from tree top
into country road. A man never
forgets thing like that.
''You remember part in the Bible
that says 'Murderers shall not inherit
the kingdom of something like
that?
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-23
Tourist Interest in
State on Increase

Bruce Etheridge, director of con-
servation and development, said Fri
day reports from every part of the
State indicated there were more
tourists in North Carolina now than
there had been in several years.
The director said he was convinced
from letters and reports he had re-
ceived that the departments new
booklet, "Come to North Carolina"
and the new color-map of the high
way department had played an i'm
portant part in drawing visitors to
the State
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-23
SENATOR KILLED IN WRECK

U. S. Senator Louis ]. Murphy of
Iowa was instantly killed and his
wife and two companions were seri-
ously injured last week when the
automobile in which they were rid
ing plunged over an embankment
near Chippewa Falls, Wis.
A blowout was given as the reason
for the wreck.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-23

FARMS FOR SALE-W. M. Hurley
farm, 40 acres, near Tuckerdale.
T. F. Calhoun farm, 80 acres, 10
miles N. w. of Lansing. Thos. H. Ray
farm on Buffalo Creek, 1T acres.
Terms one-fifth cash, balance over a
period of years not exceeding twenty
at 5 percent interest. Write D. Reeves
holland, Real Estate Salesman,
Federal Land Bank, Clyde, N. c.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-23

FOR SALE-Two of the best resi-
dence lots in West Jefferson,
corner property, close in, water line,
light wires etc. go by the edge OF
this property, size 50x1OO each, lots
adioin. Would want to sell both.
Price and terms right. See me at
once.-Dr. c. R. Eller, West Jeffer-
son, N. c. pa.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-23

FOR SALE-46k acres of land, II
acres of river bottom. Six room
house, spring house and granary
All new. Other out buildings. Close
to churches and high school. Terms
easy. Call on or write Elder F. E..
Thompson, Bel Air, Md, Route 2,
Box 1875. 7-3O
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-23

LOST-A green upholstered chair
between West Jefferson and Jeffer-
son, Tuesday morning The chair be-
longs to a suite. Finder please get
in touch with Mrs. j. M. Prevette,
Jefferson, N. G.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-23

EDWARDS BUS will leave West
Jefferson Wednesday, July 18th,
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.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-23
Want Ads
Twenty-Five Cents Charged
for Each Want Ad

FOR SALE-Typewriter and adding
machine, good condition. K care OF
The Skyland Post, West Jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-23

LOST-A hand floor scraper. Lent to
someone in the Jeffersons and not
returned. am anxious to locate.
H. &C. Tucker, West Jefferson, N. e.
La gaceta., 1936-03-05
PALPTTACIONES INTERNACIONALE
LAS CONFERENCIAS DE PARIS
POR LA PAZ DE EUROPA

De las entrevistas que estOs
dias Sc celebran en- Paris entire
Flandin y diversos jefes de Es-
tado y gobernantes de la Euro
pa central y balcanica podria
salir un SECURE de paz interna-
cional
La politica exterior desarro =
llada por Laval no solo desman-
tel6 gran parte del edificio di-
plomatico construidO por Fran
cia, al dia s~iguiente de termina-
da la Gran Guerra, sinO que ia
voreci6 considerablemente los
manejos del htlerismo para a.
quitarse nuevos aliados.
Flandin necesita realizar una
compleja y sutil labor de reajus
tie, con la vista puesta en- los
planes que no pudo rematar Bar
htou, y que eran, en- 10 esencial,
complemento de la obra brian
dista. =
Ell Gobierno ingles obstaculi-
z6 esos proyectos, al negarse a
suscribir ell pacto oriental, por
La gaceta., 1936-03-05

su repulsi6n hacia la Russia so
vie lea. Pero las circunstancias
han variado mucho, y ell Gabine
te Baldwin ha abandonado cast
t0dos sus prejuicios contra Ia
U. X. S. S. Por otro lado, la
manifesto incapacidad de TIA
liza para seguir sirviendo de con
trapeso a la amenaza de penetra
ci6n alemana en- Austria es otro
vote en- pro de la amistad entire
Franeia, Inglaterra y Russia y
un estimulo para que la dicta :
dura ~austriaca sustituya la pro-
tecci6n que el fascismo italiano
no lie puede prestar. La "Petite
Entente, con la collaboration
de Russia, puede llenar perfecta-
mente este hueco. A cOndici6n,
desde luego, de que vaticanistas
y 'heimwehren" desistan de
sus prop6sitOs de r~estaurar
.trono de los Habsburgos. En- esd
sentido parece que ha Rablado
ell principe Starhenberg al ar =
chiduque Otto y alguien mas a
La gaceta., 1936-03-05

guerra: ell fascismo italiano y
ell hitlerismo aleman. Una cade-
ma de tratados entire las poten =
cias mas o menos afectadas por
csc doble peligro seria, con ell 70
bustecimiento de la Sociedad de
Naciones, una defensa invulne-
rable de la paz europea.
Hasta hoy Sc oponian a esta
realization las vacilaciones y
los p~rejuicios de los conserva-
dores ingleses y los sospechosos
v9latines del Gabinete Laval.
va Baldwin esta arrepentido de
81 error y Laval ha sido despla-
zado del Gobierno frances. Exis
.en, pues, motives para ser OPP
,imistas.
La gaceta., 1936-03-05

fest6 a los reporters que habia
lido a saludar al senior Barnet.
Sc sabe, sin embargo, que ell
Presidente electo fue a Palacio
a d~espedirse del Presidente Pro
visional. Como Sc sabe, ell DR..
proyecta un pr6ximo
viaje a los Estados Unidos,-
viaje que Sc ha calificado de
''buena voluntad."