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the 7 meals and each is asked to
bring his or her own bedding.
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Forrest FIaShman

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Unknown Man
Crushes Nurses
Skull In Room
Brick Used To Commit Fourth
GruesOme Murder In Chicago

Four high ranking police officials
took charge this week in Chicago of
the hunt for a man who crushed a
pretty young nurses skull with a
brick and attacked her in a hospital
room-the fourth assault-slaying of
its kind here in two years.
While two policemen, were re-
porting at the Chicago hospital, the
slayer of 19-year-old Anna Kuchta
slipped out of her room on the Sc
cond floor.
He fled as Miss Kuchta's room
mate entered to awaken her. In
stead the roommate, Miss Florence
Pal,nowski, found her SCARED and
bloodstained body on the floor.
The corpse was nude except for
shoes and stockings. Her crumpled
uniform lay nearby.
'The fire escape! The fire escape!
A mani" screamed Miss Palowski,
touching off one of the city's most
intensive police investigations in
years.
The two policemen at the hospi-
tai, Robert J. Hayes and George w.
cambridge, were making a regular
inspection of the hospital area, part
of their duties since a negro was
reported lurking about the premi-
ses two weeks ago, tying to break
into Miss Kuchta's room.
Slayer Escapes.
II ran outside Immediately to the
fire escape, looked about and saw
no one," cambridge testified at the
inquest. ''Then I ran up the fire es-
cape to the window of the room.
saw the girl lying On the floor"
Hayes sped around the block in
squad car, but was unable to find
anyone.
Upon the windowsill of the room,
the officers found the bloodstained
brick. What police described as
perfect" fingerprint was taken
from the pedestal of a floor lamp.
The room had been ransacked and
a radio taken.
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NOTICE OF SUMMONS

NOELn OdFOllnd
Ashe County
In the Superior Court
John Richardson VS.. Ennice Richard
son.
The above named defendant will
take notice than an action entitled
as above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Ashe County, the
same being for absolute divorce and
that duly verified complaint has been
filed and summons issued which
summons is returnable in the office
of the undersigned on the 25th day
of September, 1887, when and where
the defendant is required to appear
and answer or demur to the COM
plant or the relief therein requested
will be granted.
This August Is, 1887.
J. D. STANSBERRY,
9-15 Clerk Superior Court
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-26
Congress Adjourns
Amid Party Warfare
Presidents Legislative Program
Beaten But He Sends Best Wishes

Congress adjourned embroiled tc
the last spectacular wrangle be-
tween fighting factions of the Demo.
cratic party.
After eight months of furious
Wrangling, the wearied legislators
turned homeward, wondering if the
party's once solid majorities had
been split beyond repair.
They wondered, too, whether they
would be summoned back into spe-
cial session this fall to deal with
problems left unsettled, and if So
pesslmistically predicted that the
lntra-party row would go on then
from where it stopped today.
For it ended on a note of wrath
full defiance. Four of the Demo
Gratis who opposed the Roosevelt
court bill arose, one after the other
and challenged the administration
to unseat them because of that OBJ
position.
Upon Senator Guffey, Democrat
Pennsylvania, who had suggested
ISuch course the four, Wheeler
Burke, O'Mahoney and Holt, poured
walls of contempt and denunciation
while he sat grimly looking straight
before him and said nothing.
Aside from this heated conflict,
Congress spent the day working
swiftly and smoothly to adjourn
ment, with little left to be done be-
cause most of the Presidents legis-
lative program has been beaten,
5tlfled in committee or postpones by
a coalition of Republicans and con-
sentative Democrats.
Shortly before the session ended
formally at 7:22 p. m. eastern stand
ard time, Mr.. Roosevelt sent the SEN
ate letter expressing his regards
and good wishes" and hoping the
legislators would have pleasant.
happy vacation"
Warfare Apparent
OlSSentlon was apparent on every
important rool call. On vital issues
the conservative Democrats refused
to follow the Presidents lead, COM
bined with the Republicans and, in
some instances, fought him to a
The result is more difficult to
gauge. AS nearly as the situation
can be evaluated, a bitter struggle
lies ahead, with President Roose-
welt and his liberal" supporters
pitted against these same "conser-
elements.
Fight For Party Control
The prize is control of the party
the all-important pri-
vilege of naming the party's presi-
Dental candidate in 1910 and
writing the platform on which he
will seek election.
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Lydia Thomas VannOy, COlOred Dies
In Winston

Sam Baker and wife and John
Stout, colored of Creston went to
Winston-Salem the first of the week
where they attended the funeral of
an aunt, Lydia Thomas Vannoy. The
deceased was the daughter of the
late Richard and Elizabeth Thomas
of Creston. She moved to Winston
in 1892 with Mrs. Lizzie Thomas
Martin (white) and had made her
home there since.
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WANTED: By a family of two,
a man and wife of good character
who can give good references to live
in home. Man to work on farm and
woman to keep house and cook.
Would be interested in good house
keeper if middle-aged and depend
able. Must make arrangements by
first week in September. Write or
see w. F. Doughton, Laurel Springs,
N. G.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-26
Mrs. John Shumate Entertains

]. l.. Jones was honored Sunday,
Aug. %, with surprise dinner party
given by his daughter, Mrs. John
Shumate at her home at Crumpler
in celebration of his Goth birthday
anniversary:
The dinner was served picnic
fashion and a shower of gifts was
presented the honored guest follow
ing the dinner.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-26
STATEMENT
Travellers Casualty Dept
Insurance Company

HARTFORD CONN.,
CONDITION DECEMBER s1,l9seAs STATEMENT FILED
fse 1s a uB @ Ss m Of pevo.
$97.e81.492s5
Income From Poicyhoders $58.424Oes74 Misce-
Disbursement Polcyholders, $25.esoso8se MisceI
laneous, $282a55519 5ss27se4o5
TslS 20 of Bonds and Stocks $9Ss244ss7s
Trust and Banks Banks not
trust cpaniHs and Banks on interest
Interest and Rents due and 49O,35491
other Assets as detailed in statement $3.50 ss263
Total $86o989O45O7
Total admitted $86O47l s5524
Expense Investigation Adjustment of 2763 1888
Commission Brokerage and other charges due 1Sos95sS
Salaries, Rents Expenses Accounts Fees etc,
of Federal State county and munich
Life Dept pal take" s7. 4asss Esq.,
Liabilities as detailed in statement 1922 1852
Total except Capital s8129467 O879
Surplus p over al all Liabilities s27sa4Ss%S
Surplus as regards Poicyhoders $4752464e45
Total Liabilities $s6o471.35524
BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1886
Accident PREMIUMS ~ VS. Reed LOSSES Esq PAID
Health 1893
Ws sss ssr tsn sSe s5ss ' ,s sa55
PRESIDENT T.
SECRETARY Daniel A. Read
TREASURER GLADDEN. w.
Home ain conn.,.
C.. BONEY,
Raleigh, NJ c.
Manager for North Carolina S. May Charlotte
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
(SEAL) INSURANCE DEPARTMENT,
Raleigh, July 9th
DAN BONEY Commissioner hereby
and
Casualty Dp Insurance Company Hartford Conn., filed with this
showing the condition of said Company the a day of
December,
Witness official
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STATEMENT
Twin City Fire Insurance Company

MINNEAPOLIS MINI.
3D. 1885, SHOWN STATEMENT FILED
Amount Ledger Assets Dec sis previous year. $1sa5s2a
ncome-From Poicyholders $25a81241; Miscel-
PoIcyhoders sasas7a7
Fire sSo ssg screwed during
All Other sSgfsSsss renewed during
M ysss Of Real a13 g., r..
Value Of Bonds and Stocks $1s2esss46
6soed i'm Trs Companies oss and Banks not on interest sasS
to October /, 1886 $5s,lses5
Bills rees to Sssot 9sFe 1926 fire risks l 3sSs4
R s snd Rsns t dae t s6 Gts ssfs
IA Assets ' as ss4s2s7
, IS. Asset, no. admitted Tot" sl' s5lssls5
Total admitted Assets $1,6979o255
LIABILITIES
net ct 2s' losses and claims sss :i
Salaries rents, expenses fees, etc,due
Estimated amount payable for Federal State county
Contingent charges
Ri @ s ge g dd5 sss s so
Total amount of all liabilities except Capital $s25,l570O
s spus a oTer a PS a6i III CAS-" $s7979sS
Total Liabilities $1,6979O255
BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1886
Fire Risks $545796.
All other Disks ssdz written snoouos $780, 80
Losses ine Pss Fire 1885, 1922
Losses in'q Psid other Co. &c.
E REEsEREN5 r r, n n T Rins da Wall
TREASURER w
Home office 1T SOUTH Minneapolis, MINI.
Attorney service; DAN BoNEY Insurance Commissioner
N'ei Manaoe ~ for North Carolina Home Office
rA Manager for ''' ' sSs%aGH s4z2
Raleigh June 5u s 18th 1887 cGtv t,.+
fire 1 pa1 s
5S9 ss ssa1s
DAN c. BONEY, Insurance Commissioner
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FOR SALE-70 acre farm on Old
field Creek highway. Church, bus
line, and store close.1O acres bottom
land, fine tobacco soil, 2 good orch
ards, necessary buildings and good
spring. Priced for quick sale $500
onethird cash on terms. See or write
R. c. Barker, Grassy Creek, N. c.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-26

FREE! If excess acid causes you
Stomach Ulcers, Gas Pains, Indi-
gestion, Heartburn, Belching, Bloat-
ing, Nausea, get free sample doctors
prescription, Udga, at Ray Drug Co.,
West Jefferson, N. c. 9-8
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STATEMENT
State Mutual Life Insurance Company
WORCESTER MASS.


CONDITION DECEMBER 1885, SHOWN LED
increase OF Of CAPITAL during year, $ Total
Total D"' D'''l' ~
$ass 1854; total '''N0'' $2a7o5775
Amount $412e 1880
Business in force at year-no of policies 10000
Value of Real Estate ess encubrance $5s6es1466
nar{s5s s.; r.: S Ssss'"
T RGas vsS Sg d Bo ss sn Ss sde 4sa9S
Cash, $4474 5ssl3
Premiums uncollected and deferred $s6529o2
All Assets, detailed in statement $,26S,51457
Total $16e 4el 31s.s
admitted Assets $1ee151eo45e
Net Reserve including Disability $1s5O7s745s4
Contracts etc, $1o565,42e4o
Dividends with Company interest, $ssss sss4s
and Rent paid in $2segoal
'''''' N''NO' ''N '' $s7ooooo
Dividends due Polcyholders $sO 228
All oRe set aRi5 t05 fd5S
Capital, $5s 4se
Liabilities, $169151 6o4 SO
BUSINESS STATE NORTH CAROLINA DURING
ORDINARY
Policies ss;a 81 stt the III vs o of 6 fssns Of
issued during the
| 1853 S 356612OO
1878 $7O94772OO
Deduct ceased to be in force
| during the year
Losses and Claims unpaid Deem
of previous 100000
and claims incurred during
| year $9795828
! S 1O497028
| and Claims settled during
| the
in full $1O496628
| by rejection, 1O1 $1O496628
and Claims unpaid Deem
| 31st, $2
Premium Income Ordinary $9O53435
Total $19O53435
| PRESIDENT Chandler Bullock
| SECRETARY Nelson Wood
TREASURER Donald w. Campbell
| ACTUARY Chas r. Fitzgerald
| HomeOfice Worcester
Attorney servce DAN BONEY Commissioner
Raleigh N c.
STATE NORTH CAROLINA
(SEAIO INSURANCE DEPARTMENT,
| Raleigh April q, 1887
hereby certify that
of the statement the State
Life Insurance of Worcester Mass ed with this
said Company the 31st day
December, 1886.
tho
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-26

GOOD FARM FOR SALE-Located
in Cecil county, Md, and contains
112 acres. Lays fine; well watered;
good Groom house; frame barns
equipped for selling milk. For infor-
nation write owner: w. M. Cecil,
Colora, Md. 9-16p
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-26

A floating church in the Parana-
river, S. A., enables worshippers to
attend services. In the district
numerous streams that have to be
forded make it impossible to attend
the regular church services.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-26

Matches are usually made from
white pine or California sugar pine
which has been seasoned and dried
for two years.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-26

NEW BUS SERVICE for Sparta,
Elkin and Winston-Salem. Leaves
City Cafe, West Jefferson, at z a. m,
arrives at Winston-Salem at 10 a. m.
E. o. Woodie Transportation COM
pany. S-zoc
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-26

Light from the sun reaches the
earth travelling an average distance
of 100000.
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FOR SALE-A few gist d
Hampshire ram lambs and year.
lings. Also a few eve lambs. Glenn
Kilby, Sturgills, N. G.. 8-26p
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WANT ADS
Twenty-Five Gents Charged
for Each Want AID

FOR SALE-1 two year old horse
and l two year old filley which will
grow into a nice team. See or write,
Carl L. Blevins, Crumpler, N. c.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-26

FARM FOR SALE-111 acres near
Oval, N. c., known as the Felix
Howell farm. Good state of cultiva-
ton and good buildings One-third
down, balance on time. See or write
Vance Goodman, w. jefferson. N. c..
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-26

COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE $40
#. for sale.
&c Deep Gap Nursery, Deep
Gap, N. c.
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FOR SALE yoke of oxens year
old, weigh about 21O0. Work good
single or double. See or write,
F. M. Jones, Crumpler, N. c.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-08-26

EDWARDS BUS will leave West
Jefferson on Sunday, August 10Th
at 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 Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-27

THROUGHOUT his 30 years,
 Immanuel Kant, great Ger man metaphysician, never ven. tured farther than 60 miles from his native home, KoenigsberR. Yet his ideas had a profound infiu- ence on the people of the world.
 Born in 1724, Kant studied and then taught at the University of Koenigsberg. Mathematics, the- ologyr.and science were his sub- jects. and he became the worlds leading exponent of a new philosophy, one which based its conception of knowledge on two important factors-the factual and the mental. He wrote many books, enlarging upon this theory of a critical philosophy, and some today are classics in that science.
 He remained a bachelor, clois- tered within his native city. During the American and French revolutions, he declared his sym- pathy for the cause of liberty, and all through his life he affirmed his belief in human progress. He re- mained professor at Koenigs-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-27

He's not very well'', said Tony. "But at least he = he never found out about Carlo. And the police never found out about any of the others; I was talking with the Ser- geant only last night"
 "And r. said Marcia to herself, ''have been complaining"
 Miss Canfleld," Tony said, "we my fainily-have caused you a lot of trouble. Would you mind my asking one more favor, for my father?"
 Not at all, Tony"
 You know, Carlo never came to sec him much, but the old man asks about him once in a while just the same. The landlady and I warn everybody who comes to visit him not to let on about what happened to Carlo, of course. I told him Carlo had had to go out to Chicago on a job, and didn't have time to say, goooby. It was the best I could think up. But he will think it's funny if he never hears from him at all any more. He's a pretty sick man = he may not live very long. I wondered if you could help me send some let- ters to him like they were from Carlo?"
 "Why, surely, Tonyw
 "Ill write them, see? And I'll address them to the old man him- self, right at home. He doesn't read much English, but he can tell post mark and it would please him to nave the letters come, even if I had to read them to him. But I need someone to mail them in Chicago. DO you know somebody who wouldn't mind mailing them back if sent them out there in another envelope, once in a while?"
 Marcia promised to arrange it, and passed on her eyes wet for Tony.
 Even he, with his tragedy and his problem, had a definite place and objective!
 (To Be Concluded)
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THE STORY so FAR

MARCIA CANF1ELD, daughter oe wealthy PHILIP CANFTELD, meets BRUCE McDOUGALA., art- ist, shortly after thee mysterious diss ppearance ef FRANK KEN DEICK, to whom Marcia had been engaged. When shortages are found in Kendrick's business ac- counts, Marcia is more shocked than heaFtbrOken. She realizes she was never in love with him.
 McDOugall Is attentive until DOROTHY OSBORN, who dis- likes Marcia, leads him to believe Marcia, Is engaged to another man.
 There Is a hank holdup and pc lice commanders the Garfield car to follow the bandits. The car is wrecked and both Marcia and her father are injured. McDougalI, driving with Dorothy, arrives on the scene and takes Marcia and her father to the hospital.
 Their injuries are slight. Al- though Marcia's arm is in sling, she takes part, 8 short time after ward, in an amateur play. A New York producer attends the per- formance and offers Dorothy . part in his next production.
 Bruce, ice-skating, rescues two other skaters who have gone through the ice. He Is i'll for sev- seFal days. JOAN BRADFORD comes to sec him, becomes con- vinced he is in love with Marcia. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-27
CHAPTER XXX


 Its an omen," she said. That's what 1t is. An omen."
 She dashed out, leaving McDou- gall definitely tired from the struggle to understand her.
 Marcia had accompanied Helen iWaddell to an old, familiar place a ground floor room in Main street building where Frank Ken drick once had sat at confidence inspiring desk, amid other similar furnishings and tools of the invest ment-selling trade. The room, Q converted small shop on the street front, had been vacant since Ken drick's departure, Its furnishings re- moved and his name scraped off the door and window.
 Helen unlocked the door and the two girls went into the dusty place.
 And now" said Helen, give me the benefit of your imagina- ton and creative talent. Imagine yourself in a great salon-and tell me what it looks like"
 Marcia smiled.
 ""Let,s have the genuine meas urements of the place, instead of imagination, and we'll get further when we try to draw a plan
 T guess you're right" Helen agreed. My dress shop will at tempt to monopolize the business ofr Bobbs Neck, but there's no denying that 1t will actually op- crate within these four walls Now, how should I furnish it and decorate it?"
 Helen had invited Marcia to be apartner in the enterprise, but a little figuring had convinced her, asi Marcia wisely suggested, that it's scope was more likely to be a onc-woman proposition. Marcia had agreed, however, to help in the planning. Now she wandered about the room. remembering without an ache the associations the place had for her. She re- meNbere1 those light-hearted days when Kendrick had floated with a favorable tide, and remembered the queer blank left ill her life when this room, too, had become a blank, upon his going.
 There was no ghost of him with in these walls, no echo of his voice or hers from the older days. She knew that "finis" had been written to an episode.
 How remote it seemed, that ep- isode, but how clear though re- mote a chapter of her history il, proper perspective for unconditional examination.
 Twice. to Helen and to Dorothy Osborn, had Marcia declared her one loss in the Kendrick affair the Joss of friend, and yet she was aware of lacking something else which once had been hers. She knew what it was. It was the feeling of a planned future.
 She felt restless. Helen was restless too. but was finding an outlet for energy in this prosaic yet exciting and ambitious, busi- ness venture. Helen had diag- llosed her own restlessness as caused by her failure to have a definite, everyday job in he working world.
 Marcia knew that she herself could not use this same escape
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She was not, she felt sure a career woman. Then was her life useless, was she only, in fact. Q parasite? Did her village chari- ties, her efforts to be good neigh bo-, a gOod friend, a good citizen, succeede or fail in ofHsetting the fact that she did not toll or spin, earn or create?
 It was too complex a subject for 8 clear answer. One might go into a the pros and cons of a wo,uan getting Q job who did not need q job, into all the evidence for ani against a woman seeking a caresr when, as in Marcia,s case, SEc rec ognized TO special talent in her. self, and still not find the solution.
 Well, at least she had Identified tn. s0Dce of her restleSSness. IL was the feeling of being without an objective. But--it got her nowhere.
 Perhaps, too, 1t was reaction. After ali, these had been crowded weeks. The Kendrick affair, with its sequel of futile chase. The long preparation for the Stage craft Guild show, punctuated by the excitement of the towns se- ries of robberies and her own part in them. The accident, when the bandits had literally been chased out of town, and the task of re- covery. The excitement of the show and it's grand climax, Dor othy Osborn's chance on Broad way, Dorothy's proffer of friend ship.
 All this had filled the weeks. Now nothing appeared ahead ex- cept the dull routine of village life in late winter. She looked fore ward to boredom, a void through which she would grope for 8 pur- pose. Could she find it = not an invented one, but a real one, the real one, which she did not yet know, but would recognize the instant she saw it? She was look ing for that niche of endeayor which is essential to every life, a niche that often cannot be att tained, but, once reached, provides its own rewards to the finder.
 An hour later she parted with Helen on the sidewalk in front of the new shop. As Helen walked away toward the postoffice, Marcia wondered duly what she could find to fill the afternoon. She knew that if she made the ques- tion public, the reception would be jeering. Do? Why, with your money and time, take trip - around the world. If you like; or just go to New York, an hour away, and be happy in the theaters and bright places. Do? Do anything you want to do!
 An, but what did she want to do?
 Tony Stellicci, the night chef of the Dog Wagon, out for an after noon constitutional, halted her with Q greeting.
 "Hamburgers doing well these nights, Tony?" she asked. T haven't been around for SO long ?
 Mot so good, Miss Canfield," said Tony. We haven't had much of a midnight crowd since the play. But spring is coming, and people will be out more.'
 How is your father?" asked Marcia. T haven't, !, been able tc go around with the nurse for SC long,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-27

D erg University until his death in 1904.
 His portrait ap- pears on one of a series of stamps issued in 1926 in honor of famous Germans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-27
Algwer to Yestcrday's TwizzIer

The store and bank are l760 yards. or one mile, apart. To arrive ct this answer we add the two dis eances ct which they met. 72O plus e00, getting 1l20. Then we add twice the difference between the two, 640 to get l760. Copyright John F. bile Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-27

Copyright. l037, NEA Service. Incl
 NEXT: What great Union naval Oflcer in the Civil War was a s0utherner? IT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-27

NO need be told the part Abrsham Lincoln played Civil War Andrew Johnson Ulysses Grant, Rutherford James Garfield Chester Arthur Benjamin Harrison and William Mckinley all played less important roles In the service
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-27
BY ROBERT DICKSON

AsSV Sssscapyvuxhs ssaa. NEA servsrs. I~c.I