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The daily independent., 1937-08-09
CHANGING
TRENDS

DieseLpowered engines; who would have
dreamed of such things quarter of CEN
tury ago!
And vet we have seen rayon fabrics taking
the place of cotton appareling, and the use
of fuel oil in home heating and rail trans
portation, plus electricity for water heating
all of which has demoralized the coal indus
try and thrown thousands of miners out OF
work forever
Box shocks, made from odds and ends
of lumber, were once an important by
product of every band-saw mill. Today the
wooden packing case is obsolete and the
truck barrel is on the way out. PlybOard
and fiber containers have taken the place
of the wooden packing case and potatoes are
now being shipped in bags.
1t is farsighted individual who can an
ticipate the ever-changing trends i'll COM
merce and industry and plan for the future.
The daily independent., 1937-08-09
With the Hu1nOrists
NO DOUBT

An English tourist his first visit to Niagara
Falls, and guide trying to impress him with
their magnifcence.
Grand suggested the guide
The visitor did not seem impressed.
Millions of gallons a minute explained the
guide
How many in day?" asked the tourist
oh, billions and billions" answered the guide
The visitor looked across and down and up, as
II gauging the flow. Then he turned away, appar
emily unmpressed.
Runs all night, too I suppose?" he remarked.
wall Street Journai.
The daily independent., 1937-08-09

ness some amazing boat races at
that New York track, too.
Evidently the boys
find time for a little fishing.
Shrouds - They're similar to
shrimps, only not as pink. Many
yachtsmen prefer mussels.
Cleek-This has been replaced
largely by the cluck, but is Still
found on yachts using the wooden
shaft.
Reef-A sail which has taken a
cut for the good of the organiza-
ton.
Bocm-Thc load Of lumber
which is attached to the lower
edge of the sail and prevents it
from looking like so much laundry
in a blizzard.
Beam-The end of the boat from
which you fish. Carries no bag
'gageD
Bow-The other end. tChange
at Bridgeport for Willimantic0
Genoa Jib-Similar to Milan
quadrilateral. which is closely re-
lated to the Venetian blind or
Neapolitan seagoing whiffletree.
Athwart-I think he is the third
fellow from the left in the aft
guard.
Strut-It's too early for that,
so why go into it?
Leech-When you call any
member of yachting party that,
smile!
Gibbets-Little holes where the
water runs out.
Heel-Who?
Jib-A sail frequently torn and
carried away by the winds; hence
the line in the famous poem,
"Good-by, Jib; take care of your
self"
Jibe-The "e" is added to make
it harder, denote an abrupt
change in course and add to the
general confusion.
Spinnaker-Not an old-fash-
ioned dance, as generally supposed
but type of sail similar to a
filibuSter or winch.
BattenS-All we know is that
you use 'em to take the caps off
beer bottles.
The daily independent., 1937-08-09

Mrs. Martin, I wish you would
tell me how you have taught
Mariel such perfect manners. 1
tell Ruth over and over what to
cd and what not to do, but still
her lack of even common polite
ness shocks me dreadfully some
times" The plea was made by
young Mrs. Neal, the mother OF a
lively Six-year- old girl.
Certainly, I will tell you. Or,
instead, II show you, if you will
just step into the dining-room and
find a seat where you will not be
seen through this open door.
Mariel will be more natural if we
are alone" Mrs. Martin, too, was
young mother, but one who had
made a study and real art Of
motherhood. rnE:
AS her caller left the room, Mrs.
Martin stepped to door which
opened ON to a porch, and stood
watching her child, busy with her
diminutive household in a play
room on the screened-in end of
the porch. A rich growth of Or
namental vines served as a pro-
lection from the intense rays of
the early summer sun.
Mariels eyes met her mothers
with look of inquiry. Don't you
want to bring your fancy-work
and come and visit with me for a
while, dear?" asked the mother.
I'll be glad to, Mother, just as
soon as change Marjory's dress"
She picked up her doll and re-
placed the little print dress with
a dainty dimity, put the doll in
its carriage, and advancing to the
open door, knocked.
Meanwhile Mrs. Martin had re-
turned to her seat in the living
room. In answer to the knock,
she went to the door, saying, "Oh,
how-do-you-do, Mrs. Jones. Will
you come in?"
Thank you, Mrs. Martin. My
baby is asleep, so I'll leave her out
here in the shade" replied Mariel,
as she entered the room, carrying
her Work-basket. e.
Take this chair by the win
dow, Mrs. Jones. 1t seems to be
little cooler here. May I take
your hat?"
Yes, Mrs. Martin, thank you.
The daily independent., 1937-08-09

Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., of General
Motors, was paid S561,311 by the
company in 1886; w. S. Knudsen
drew $507,645, c. E. Kettering got
$353,755 and three Fisher BROTH
ers found a total of 100000 in
their envelopes. We always Won
dered how those boys could afford
so many automobiles.
The daily independent., 1937-08-09
Net Profits

The essentials of tennis
Are control and restraint,
And putting the ball
Where the other guy amt;
But this is not all
1 regret to relate
There is also the minor
Detail of the gate"
Fred Farnham.
The daily independent., 1937-08-09
A NEW
COLOR COMIC


supplement that hasn't made much of a hit
with our readers generally We have had re-
peated requests to improve upon the supple
ment that has been supplied us by the King
Features Syndicate. But we couldn't do a
thing about it until now.
But we are doing something about it now
since our contract with King Features en-
pires on August %, and with our issue of
Saturday, Sept The Daily Independent
will give its readers an entirely new colored
comic that we believe will meet with an
enthusiastic reception.
But we will tell you more about it later.
In the meantime we are contemplating
some changes in our daily comic strips and
have already signed up for Roy Powers
Eagle Scout to take the place of pug-ugly
Joe Jinks We have an idea that Roy Powers,
Eagle Scout will go over big with readers
of The Daily Independent. Here will be
found clean, wholesome humor that will be
indorsed by every parent interested in what
the children read and ponder.
The daily independent., 1937-08-09

Thai discovery of a brand new
note on the French horn leaves
us cold but we'd give three cheers
if someone could find some way
to get rid of a lot of the old ones.
The daily independent., 1937-08-09
HE had congenital disabl-
ANOTHER ity that had handicapped alm
ENIGMA from youth; he suffered much
f., ,,l,;cb thprp

, ANOTHER ity that had handicapped ''ill
=. ENIGMA from youth; he suffered mulch
-: from pain for which there
was no relief but habi-formins oplateS from
which he shrank with horror; without money
or wealthy kin who might have helped hlnl'
he held ON to the only job that he was ever
able to fill. Life for him was ceaSelesS ana
painful grind.
He kept much to his room out OF WORK
mo bours because he needed all of his energy
for his work. Besides, he felt that he WASH
wanted i'm crowds anyway.
Rut he held on to life with heroic tenaclty,
lived quietly and abstemiously, and yielded
TO death only from natural causes.
And vet there were many moist eyes and
stiled sobs at the mans funeral Did his
friends and kinfOlk weep for the poor chap
dead. or did they weep from memories OF
his cherries life, made poignant in the pres
ence of death?
Just another thought for all who are In
terested in the enigma of life, to ponder.
The daily independent., 1937-08-09

Mr.. Sullivan, the new boss of
Tammany, has been 20 years in
congress and, it is reported, never
made a speech. Maybe he's de-
termined never to go off half
cooked.
The daily independent., 1937-08-09
THEY WANT
'E1I SMALLER


4. 'EM SMALLER more" said farmers
wife on the curb market
in Elizabeth City Saturday morning.
And that opened our eyes. Our depart
, ment of agriculture will have to develop
a smaller water melon that is as lucious as
those of larger size.
Not only do smaller families demand
smaller turkeys, smaller hams and smaller
melons; but even large families eat less.
With all of our labor-saving machinery,
our motorized transportation and shorter
working hours, we eat less 1t takes less food
to provide the heat and energy for the
twentieth century human.
We seldom sell whole ham any more, :"
said local meat dealer the other day; "Wo
sell more hams but we have to cut them in
halves to sell them; nobody much wants a
whole ham and few people have ham boil
ers big enough to cook whole ham in
Those farmers who note the changing
trends and prepare to meet the demand for
smaller size commodities will not go wrong
The daily independent., 1937-08-09

CLOTHING from trees,
furnace heat from fuel oil,
water heated by electricity,
railroad trains drawn by
The daily independent., 1937-08-09

THIS newspaper was un-
fortunate in tying itself
up with a yearly con-
Ir,.t fnr .oloxl
Evening star., 1937-02-28
Ouerpass for Toy Railroad Train
Is Easy for Boys to Construct

Make two approaches, and provide
each with a small lip on which the
center span is held. The track OF an
electric train may be tackled directly
to the floor of the bridge. Try to
avoid a sharp angle joint where the
center span and the approaches are
held together.
Bridges of this type do not have to
be nailed together at the connection
of the center span and the approaches,
so they can be taken apart for storage.
Play with toy tractors, fire engines
and automobiles may also be enjoyed
with these bridges. Outdoors they can
be used to bridge a play roadway in
the sandpile or a small ditch in the
play yard
Evening star., 1937-02-28
Con Game Is
Recalled by a
Clever Trick

EOR years and years. the gamblers
of the world have been defraud-
ing the gullible public with a game
appropriately entitled "The Three
Shell Game" Hundreds of unfortu-
nate individuals have lost small
fortune through the quick actions Of
the suave performer, as he smoothly
moved the three little walnut shells
over the table, with the spectators
always trying to keep an eye on the
elusive pea There wasn't any magic
connected with this manipulation, be-
cause it was just the performers own
personal skill that either made or
broke him. The three English walnut
shells weren't prepared in the least,
and, of course, neither was the little
pea.
Bets were made by the performer
and the spectators as to under which
shell the pea reclined. Needless to
say, the performer was always right.
That Is, he was when any big bets
were made. OF course, he had to let
the suckers" win at first, Just as a
sort of "come-on" That pea was
always under his control. Never for
an instant did he lose sight Of its
position. t-"
incidentally, our trick this week
might wittily be called "The Gam
bler's Dream" for the simple reason
that it is similar to the three-shell
game. No real magician would ever
think of using it for gambling, but 1t
is a good trick on its own merits.
Effect: The magician shows half
dollar and three little pill box covers
with which to cover it.
He places the half dollar on the
table. telling the audience to place one
of the covers over it, and the other
two alongside just to make the feat
harder. He also tells them that they
may move the covers all over the
table as much as they like, seemingly
mixing them up hopelessly. Never
theless, he claims he can take one
look at the covers and tell which one
the coin Is under.
The performer leaves the room and
the spectators do as they were told,
mixing the three shells or covers thor
oughly
The magician is called back into
the room and without any hesitation
points to the cover under which the
half dollar reclines.
Evening star., 1937-02-28
This Dogs Life

CHESAPEAKE RETRIEVER.
And here's the Chesapeake Retriever
Who's fond OF 1Uater as bearer,
He's big and strong and doesn't Shtrk
The many hardShipS Of his aoork.
His job is fetching ducks that fall,
Which job he doesn't mind at all.
Between his ja,US he likes the feel
OF 1Uidgeon, mdllard, Sprig and teal.
He croucheS Io1U inside the blind
Until he's ordered out to find
A fallen duck his masters shot
And bring it back right on the dot.
And he'll pursue 1Uounded duck
Through icy Uater, mud, and muck;
His under-COdt is like an Otter'S,
And so he likes the icy 10aterS!
Copyright, 1a37.)
Evening star., 1937-02-28
Tinted Handkerchiets
VIII Increase Charm,
OF Spring WardrObes,
Bv Katherine HOuiSOn.

IF YOU'D like some dainty pastel
handkerchiefs to use with your
Spring clothes, try dipping your plain
white ones in the tinting water next
time you tint your lingerie.
And if, when you're all dressed to go
places, you discover a small run in
your hose, take your nail polish and
paint all around 1t.
When you have a house guest, be
sure she finds plenty Of hangers in the
closet, a clear space on the dressing
table for her things, plenty Of bobby
pins, safety pins aDd q needle and
thread handy. Put some books and o
good reading light on the bed table.
too.
Ever run short of padded hangers
and try to hang your chiffon dresses
on regular ones? A couple of rubber
bands twisted around the ends will
solve the problem.
Next time you ink your fingers, try
cleaning them with piece of raw to-,
mato. If that's not available, use the
dampened head of match. -.
And here's a guaranteed system for
laundering washable gloves: Use
tepid soapsuds for washing. rinse sew
eral times In tepid suds, adding one
tablespoon of glycerin to the last
rinse.
Evening star., 1937-02-28
Riddles

GUESS you boys are going to let the
girls get ahead of you! Herbert's
riddle is the only one from the boys
this week-alone with four girls.
Come on now, fellows, you don't want
the girls to beat you as riddle fans!
1. When is a man like a snake?-
Mary Lena Hall.
2. What is the worst weather for
rats and mice?-Annette Brown.
8. If calfskin makes the best shoes,
what kind of skin makes the best
ppers?-Herbert Rehbery.
4. Which of the four seasons is the
most literary?-Clair WeStphal.
5. When does farmer punish his
corn?-Wava Minor.
ANSWERS.
I. When he is ratified. g When it
rains cats and dogs. 3. Banana skin.
4. Autumn, for then the leaves are
red (read. 5. When he pulls the ears.
Evening star., 1937-02-28
Posers
'Copyright, 1897.

IN THE column to the left Is list OF
countries, and to the right are GER
tain geographical features for which
these countries are particularly IA
nous. However, the geographical
features are not opposite the countries
to which they belong. Can you re-
arrange them correctly? The answers
will be found elsewhere on the page.
1. Holland SteppeS
2. Scotland Prairies
8. Egypt Ffords
4. United States Canals
5. Russia PampaS
6. Switzerland Deserts
z. Argentina Lakes
8. Norway Mountains
ANSWERS.
Holland and canals, Scotland and
lakes, Egypt and deserts. United States
ana prairies, Russia and steppes,
Switzerland and mountains, Argen-
tina and pampas, Norway and f1ords.
Evening star., 1937-02-28

AFTER EVERY COMMANDMENT THE
HEROIC CoUhTES STROuE1 WITH
HER ktAiPENS UPON THE DEBRIS
STPEvN 6A1TLEkhENT5 IN PLAIN y
VIEW OF THE ExASPERAIE1 ENEMY
FLICkiNG CLOTHS HERE AND THERE
As THOUGH CASUALLY DU5TiNG
4 ROOM!
Evening star., 1937-02-28
70 RAILROAD system is con

| plete unless the right-of-Wa!
i contains several bridges, ant
' bridges for the young rail
Evening star., 1937-02-28

MY brother and I are 50 much
alike that even our own mother can't
tell US apart" said the Prize Liar. I'm
school my brother would throw spit
balls and the teacher would whip me.
Evening star., 1937-02-28

My brother got in a fight and the
judge fined me $500. I was supposed
to get married and my brother beat
me to it and married the girl. How
ever, got even with him. died last
Monday and they buried him"
Evening star., 1937-02-28

s.
In this word square, the second word
Is connected with printing. the third
Is what you must do to book before
you read 1t and the fourth is a word
connected with writing
S T 0 p
T
O
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
PUZZLES.
I. Remove matches numbered 4, T.,
3, IA, Is and 19.
2. The square is pump, Ural, mama
and plan.
8. Choir, squire, Tyre, quire, spire,
tire, acquire, retire.
4. Crossword puzzle solution.
Evening star., 1937-02-28
ANSWERS.

A schoolboy'S essay went like this:
There was a man named Elisha. He
lived in a cave and had some bears.
Some boys tormented him. He said:
"If you keep on throwing stones at me
I'll turn the bears on you and they'll
eat you up" And they did and he did
and the bears did.
Evening star., 1937-02-28
Puzzles

CAN you imagine what the world
would be like if ink had never
been invented? It's one of the COM
mon things which we accept as mat
ter of course, yet We could hardly get
along without it. And here's a whole
bottle for you to use in your puzzling.
Don't spill it!
THE INK BOTTLE.
Evening star., 1937-02-28

I'm sat down in highbrow restau-
rant, and pointed to line on the
French menu. please bring me some
Of that"
"Sorry, sir" replied the waiter, "the
orchestra Is playing that"
Evening star., 1937-02-28
No better argul

No better could be made for always observing the rules OF
mentioned the
probably Intentional the less
costly players because
there always when they dearly for breaking the rules
according the s Of course the
sporting thing it's also helpful to
standpoint.
Evening star., 1937-02-28
The definitions:

The definitions:
HORIZONTAL.
I. Common color of ink.
4. To cry like sheep.
2. Electrical engineer (Abbr).
8. You and I.
10. Consumed.
13. Writing implement.
a. Writing fluid.
Is. Printers measure.
II. A rodent.
19. You.
20. Pertaining to the Navy.
81. Company (Ahbr).
%. To annoy.
"a. Associated Press (Abbr).
IS. Not to be effaced.
%. Thin.
%. A prophet.
VERTICAL.
I. Infant.
2. Part of verb ito be-"
3. A flying toy.
S. Meadow.
6. Reverential fear.
y. FItClUuo SlOlle.
II. To make a tour.
IL. Some.
13. Substitute for pen and ink
is. One who guards the insane.
IT. A black bird.
18. Autos for hire.
%. A number.
"a. A beverage.
26. Noise made by babies.
27. Exist.
=
Now let's try couple of word chains
connected with writing. Change only
one letter at time, always forming a
genuine word.
Change POST to CARD in four
Change WORD to BLOT in five
moves.
Remove the middle letter from
long piece of imaginative writing and
get a word for Christmas.
Remove the middle letter from
piece of furniture and get story.
Evening star., 1937-02-28

roader are not easy to build. However
the type of bridge illustrated. known
as an overpass, can be constructed
in a few minutes.
1t is made from thin soft wood and
consists of two approaches and a
center span. The center span is made
II inches long and inches wide,
with sides inches high. The ap-
proaches can be made as long as
desired. The longer they are the less
the angle of the slope or grade the
toy engine will have to pull.
Evening star., 1937-02-28
OBSERVING THE RULES

~ URING the 1886 foot ball season one
I great college foot ball team previously
j undefeated lost a game almost solely
- because of a 15-yard penalty for un-
necessary roughness
During the same season two very important
games were and lost largely through penalties
imposed on players who had illegally interfered
with forward pass receiver And these are only
few prominent instances Of something that hap
pens frequently during foot ball season, the
win or Of heca of enaltips
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-28

1t is seldom possible ever take up paper without being
able to henous crime Of barbarty the life and
liberty Of Negro whose life ruthessy taken
away from him without authority of law the organized
and constituted to life property humanity The Other
day repetition Of Of the damnabe acts OF Ivhp took
place this time in Alabama corcd an taken i'm charge
of several deputies at least while on hr way TO Jail the
handcued prisoner in automobile surrounded bv two
hurley white Deputy Sheriff | lie prisoner helpless awa<
from the gaze Of public out in the woods reported by the off
icers of having to shoot and XIII this cocd brother ON the alice
ed excuse that he broke the door Of cur escaped into tho
woods attempting to get ncccg them TO shoot anc
kill the prisoner
Buust 90 step further after taking dead BODY TO Nee
70 Undertaking Establishment mob Of r5mbarng what
they say of one of hundred proceeded undertaking.
ment there they take the body ont and away from, tf ami,
critics of the ectabIhmcnt in pcencc OF OH ccs no d, t
him to the rear end Of truck anal dras+ him through the popular
parts of the city to Ball ground where pyro was made ont
boards knocked off Of some coocd humble property a,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-28

Tomorrow the band will in R. O. T. G. review to be
held in soldeh Field for all Chicago High Schools They will
A. Wander Cook review The march before Nav
play Henry Fillmore His Honor and Meodant March" bv n
or Edward Kelley and other city officials -
Band Director Harold Zank plans give special medal III,
end of the semester to the band having the hest attend
ance and making the progress in his work ane,, o+
ude and behavior will also be taken into consideration
The Students still eligible this award are Robert 1b
Sanuel Crowley Marie Martinez Robert Shaenbarper Harold
Calhoun Clinton Carson and Gerald Chairman
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-28
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talking a very sensible painsaking angclike coored
this week she presented very thought
telling purely conversational that she had long
picked paid for PLOT her ard her children
for the payment the case
in which she buried stating further she
did might
her neither did she whether friends would be
the they and that they is
make arrangements relieve
sorrowng putting away
SsssSEFs - .s4sg Il;
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-28

If the Bible be and few they who would doubt dis
pute its saying OF all
the world to feel comfortable when know you living right
Because the of today who knows he aiming live right
think sobery and saney demean himself among his ncihbor
impartialy, seeks harm hurt his fellow
right to fear be alarmed 1t is the Sunshine that
NJ famed darts and s heaped against wanting
choice preference and do right only
injured by lying
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-28
NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE AFTER ALL

Inc rch and Wetodo White Democrat White Repblc;
can and sometimes do raise all kinds Columbia drno
campaign 1nleS but immediately after the they ar
all sheltered under the fig trees Their
Interest in banks stock ,voub+
strength ON them than ii does poverty Nero and
White They get together But Heaven Sake ON the
would BE Important office holding Negro YOU can't hand him
red ape from the finest apple farms in Virginia. They
Waite man to help him keep Racket and dissentio
and haiaboo themselves carrying one whit
to another about his folks.
CONTRAST
The difference between the white and the "culud bro
Their is the white knows how make Negroes
lambastng the other and the blamed Negro
taes delight to tell the white everything ugly about hi
and has time thing good about his
But dear brother because the oil time Jail Bobbe
JAS Knox Smith used will know the difference when
sucking tonne
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-28

with the use gasoline lamp oil and telling what else
body was burned Gehosephat Where those Deputy sherf
who had killed this Were they the further outiation
inns upoVe to be guilty What right was there
ir fd and an honorable punishment allowed
Why was there need to insult constutionalv cranzed
con-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-28
POcahontas, Virginia News
Continued from page One)

POcahOntas. Virginia News
CONTINUED from page One)
Mrs. Brown accompanied by
her brother Neal went to Burka
vile where Mrs. Brown under
went an examination.
Please pass your news to me
Luther Cheatman. before We'd
nesday. BY this paper help sup
port your local business, it is the
only local negro paper in this
section. Make it grow by youl
support. 1t is 5 cents.
LUTHER CHEATMAN
Agent
Rope and cord made out Of
glass yarn are now on the mar.
ket. go.
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