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VIM, JUSTICE
IS VINO. CORN
PRIZE WINNER
Diehl, Mills River, Places
Third; Fletcher FLA.
Gets Prize Also
By E. T. FRlSBlE
Vocational Agricultural Instructor

William Justice Of Fletcher
high school has been awarded
first prize in the western district
in the statewide thrcc-to-one
corn contest sponsored by the
Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educa-
tional bureau and the Division OF
Vocational agriculture. This prize
was won with Il yield of l22 Sd
bushels of corn produced per acre
at an average cost of less thah
81 cents per buShcl.
r. 4. Diehl of Mills River was
awarded third place in the district
with his yield of 99.4 bushels per
acre.
The Future Farmers chapter at
Fletcher school was awarded FIRST
prize of $3.50 for having the
greatest number of completed rec
ords in the contest from any
school.
This contest has been sponsor
ed each year in the past by the
Chilean Nitrate Of Soda Educa-
tional bureau to stimulate inter
est in better farming with higher
Yields. Each cntrant in the CON
test tries to make a yield of three
times the county yield. The aver
age Weld for Henderson county
is % bushels per acre. The VIM
ner in the contest produced I'M"
time over five times the county
Weld. All of the boys who entered
the contest made over three times
the county average yield, and at
tended the Better Farmer ban
ouet held in Charlotte in April
as the guests of the Chilean NJ
tl'atc of Soda Educational bu-
reau.
This organization through the
department of vocational agricu!-
ture is sponsoring Il contest Tor
the bringing about of a better
balanced farming program TINS
wear. Announcements will be
made through the columns of this
paper at a later date. Any one
interested should see his VOCATION
al teacher for the details.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Washington a, Boston 3.
Philadelphia 3, New Yodk 2.
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Uncle John could make him real
ize that this had been a wild in
fatuation -- very, very unfortu-
nate, but little indiscreet,
nevertheless.
Yes, Uncle John would be the
one to tell him.
She would speak to him the
first thing in the morning, before
he left for the office.
Suddenly she remembered what
Bob had told her that evening
about her uncle. Tonight ne was
alone in that little house with 10
thousand dollars, And Abraham
ing $50.
She got out of bed quickly. She
would go over to see Uncle John
Immediately. She would tell him
that she had been unable to sleep
worrying about him alone i'll the
house with all that money. And
then, very carefully. pretending
the utmost reluctance, she would
tell him Of Joan Jarrett. -.
Hastily she dressed. She would
run over few blocks to Uncle
Johns. 1t was too late to get out
the car. Besides, she hated the
struggle Of opening garage doors
and starting up cold motor. And
if she called Jennings at this hour,
he would take an eternity to dress
himself
Within 10 minutes she was out
of the house. Eagerly she turned
her steps in the direction Of her
unclc's house, with as wild q song
in her heart as Joan had known
when she hurried along these
streets few hours previously.
The same bright stars looked
down on Sybil; the community
rested in the same flushed quiet.
She saw the same light burning
in her unclc'S living, room, and it
disturbed her. 1t indicated that
her uncle was still up, and if that
were the case, he would not be
alone. Mr. Norton would be with
him, and over their liquors they
would have reached a mellow
state of good fellowship by this
time.
She did not want to see Mr..
Norton tonight. And she did not
want her uncle to be too entirely
consumed with the spirit of good
fellowship. In such gentle mood,
he might even see fit to caIdone
a murder. Or a murderer's daugh-
ter
Nevertheless. she did not turn
back. She had come this far. And
if would flatter Uncle John to
know that she had been suffici-
emily concerned over his well-be-
ING to get out of her bed.
Coming up the steps, she motto
cd that the front door was aiar.
II was almost always Unattached,
hut it was strange to sec it ajar.
Strange. too. she heard no
voices. Perhaps Mr.. Norton had
WINES
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SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Birmingham at Atlanta:
Knoxville at Little Rock.
Nashville Mt Memphis.
Now Orleans at Chattanooga.


gone back to town, after all. She
crossed the hallway to the living
room.
Suddenly she stopped in her
tracks. ,
Uncle John sat there, gazing ut
her from his lifeles eyes, even as
he had gazed at Joan two hours
earlier. But now his figure was
more slumped in the chair, and
the cold grey pallor of death was
upon his face.
Sybips scream filled the house
and echoed outside upon the
street Again and again she
screamed, as the horror of the
SIGHT before her eyes chilled her
soul. But she made no move to-
ward him; rather she backed slow
" toward the door, fearful OF be.
ing left alone in this house OF
death. -,
And as she reached the door,
her left foot caught in something
rpon the floor and she looked
down in terror. 1t was black
kid glove, woman's' black KID
glove. :, :. n
Quickly she bent to pick it up.
And as she looked at it, her eyes
widened with sudden comprehen-
sion and understanding. She re-
membered picking up that same
glove once before that evening
rlain black kid glove, trimmed
with petit-point embroidery. In
her own house she had picked 1t
up and handed it to Joan Barrett!
ITO be continued)
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SAY WEATHER
HOLDING
vines CROPS
Good Crops Are Foreseen
Around Fletcher, Wealth
err Favorable

Farm worS in many sections of
Western North Carolina is still
backward. but planting and cult
walton is about average IN North
BuncOmbe county and Jackson
county and Jackson county, ac-
cording TO crop reports made pub
lie over the weekend. IL has been
4 little TOO cool in some parts Of
the mountain region, and several
crops will be late.
In the north section of Bun
comic. corn is excellent 20 good;
winter wheat i growing we'll and
unless rust develops. prospects
are good: a good stand Of oats is
general: potatoes are growing
nicely and truck crops and veg
etableS are reported IN excellent
condition. Pastures and ranges
also are in good condition, rs Is
fruit. \ scarcity of tobacco
plants is noted, probably due to
damp conditions.
I'm the FLETCHER section and in
North Henderson county corn Is
being planted and favorable
weather has led 10 prospects of
good TO fair crops of corn, wheat,
potatoes, truck, vegetables and
fruits. Strawberries are reported
i'm good condition and ripcning
fast. Apples are producing well.
Farm work and vegetation Is
slightly backward in this area.
however.
Planting and other farm work IS
backward i'm the WayueSvillc sec
ton of Haywood county, with
vegetation slow. Corn Is Just be-
ing planted. Winter wheat, fruit
and pastures look good, oats fair,
tobacco poor and potatoes are cN-
pected TO be late. In the Canton
section of Haywood, weather has
been favorable to all crops.
Vegetation is better than aver
age in West Jackson county, ana
average between Sylvia and Bal
sam. Farm. work is progressing
favorably in al parts of the coun-
try. Normal crops are generally
expected throughout the county.
4 light frost last week in the
Balsam section did litelc or no
damage.
Agricultural work is reported
backward i'm the Whittier section
of Swain county, but prospects
are for fair corn. potato and fruit
crops and good wheat and oats.
Pastures and ranges are in far
condition. with no damage caused
during the past week by weather.
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NATIONAL. LEAGUE
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION

Cincinnati 2. Chicago ).
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d bV MARION WHITE
CAST OF CHARACTERS

JOAN BARRETT, heroine, sec.
rotary to John Hendry.
JOHN HENDRY, mining invest
ment head.
BOB ANDREWS, Hendry's ju-
nior partner an dJoan's fiance.
SYBIL liENDRY, socialite, John
Hendry's niece and Joan's rival in
love.
PHILIP HENDRY, SYPHILIS bro
sher.
DOROTHY STARKE, Joan's
girlhood friend.
CHARLIE NORTON, California
mining promoter.
Yesterday: Philip stumbies onto
the complete story of the Barrett
hanging 10 years ago in San Fran
cisco and jubilantly calls Sybil.
CHAPTER NNlV
Sybil lay in the rose and silver
boudoir, fathomS deep In dream
of contcntment. a shaft of star
light from the open window fell
across her pillow, and now that
the cold, dark eyes were closed in
slumber. it reflected a picture of
alluring beauty. Her lips were
curved in happy smile, and Oc-
c&Sionally her breathing became a
soft sigh, gentle as the first
breath of spring.
Perhaps she dreamed Of Bob,
undiSturbed by golden haired
StCnographerS with questionable
pastS. Of a stately and magnifi-
cent wedding, unmarried by the
empty yearning of five long
years. Of country estate, elabo-
rate and palatial, unrivalled by
any other dwelling in the entire
The telephone on her bedside
table tangled, and she stirred
restlessly. Within the second, she
was asleep again. 1t rang again,
and this time its call was more in
sistent. Sybil opened her eyes
Sleepily. \ third time it rang,
and she sat up quickly. She
looked at the tiny clock alongside
of her. Two o'clock.
Who could be calling at two
o'clock i'm the morning?
She picked up the phone, an
swered it impaticntly.
Long distance calling" she
heard the voice Of the operator.
San Francisco calling. One mo-
ment, please"
San Francisco, That would be
Philip.
But what in the world would
he be calling her for at such an
unearthly hour? Two o'clock. In
San Francisco, however, she real
lied that it was much earlier.
Three hours earlier. Even so,
what could Philip have discovered
so shortly after his arrival?
She turned up the lamp and sat
there, shivering with an eXpectant
excitement.
zone moment, please" The OPP
eIdIOt NOlCt ulOllSN OA' A'
trying to connect you. Hello, San
Francisco. Hello. Here's your
party
Sybil listened breathlessly.
"Hello, New York! Hello"
That was Philips voice.
She answered him quickly.
hello, Sybil? Did l wake you
up? | did? Well, I'm sorry, but
it's worth it. Listen to this, Sybil.
Are you listeninG?"
eyes, yes. Philip. Go. on"
"All right. Here's the story.
The Barrett case was one OF San
Francisco's most sensational muir
der trials"
"What?' Sybil gasped.
Murder, l said. Ten years ago,
right here in San Francisco. A
man named Thomas Barrett was
convicted and later hanged at San
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Philadelphia ut Pittsburgh.
New York at st. Louis.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
Boston at Cincinnati.
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VETERAN is SUICIDE

Atlanta ), birmingham To.
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PIEDMONT LEAGUE

Ashevillc at Rocky Mount.
Charlotte at Norfolk.
Durham Mt Richmond.
Portsmouth at Winston-Salem.
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FROST PROOF
SUGAR CANE
BEING SOUGHT
Department of Agriculture
Sending Agent to Turk
estan for Studies
BY KILLER KREIGHBAUM
United Press Staff Correspondent

BY HlLLiER kRElGHBAUM
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, NAY IS. tUP)
The Department of Agriculture,
seeking a variety of sugar cane
that will not be killed by frost,
will send an expert t. Soviet Tur-
keStan in a few weeks TO gather
new types of this sugar bearing
plant.
DR.. F.. w. BrandeS. head of the
division of sugar plant inveStiga-
tionS, will make the trip to this
ASiatic region where the climate
is almost as chilly as that Of
northern United States.
If the project is successful, II
may be possible to grow sugar
cane almost anywhere in the
southern portion of the United
States and even in some of the
farmer communities of the north,
DR.. Brandes. however. said that
such Developments belonged to
the future as the present investi-
CATION was simply to obtain plants
which could be crossed with the
cane now grown almost exclusive
~ in Louisiana and Florida.
Sugar cane usually is considered
a tropical plant. 1t has only been
through the painstaking work Of
plant breeders in crossing the typ
ical sugar bearing stacks with
other varieties which could with
stand the growing conditions of
the more temperate climates that
plant was obtained which could
be successfully grown in this
country.
The work to find a frost resis-
lance sugar cane developed out of
the work of DIR. Brandes and his
associates TO find q plant that
could resist the destruction of i
ultramicroScopic virus which re-
duced the yield of Louisiana's
cane raising regions from an an
nual average of 100000 tons Just
after the World war to less than
$4,000 tons 10 years ago.
Department of Agriculture plant
experts worked fcveriShly to find
cane varieties that could resist
this virus and to cross them with
types that were rich in sugar
bearing. Eventually a successful
cross was made after the depart
ment has sent men around the
world to search out for the clu-
sive plants that could stand up
under attack by this unseen en-
envy.
Now the same technique is be-
ing applied to other problems be-
fore sugarcane growers and the
Department of Agriculture eX-
perts believe that they can be
equally successful.
Already a few wild sugarcane
plants brought back from fash
kent. in Soviet TurkeStan and
about as fer north of the Equator
as New York City, are growing at
the departments experimental
farm near Washington. These
plants were able to withstand a
total of 80 days last winter when
the temperature was below freez-
ing.
This wild cane has a stalk about
the size of a lead pencil, small
compared with the thick stalk
which is now squeezed in Louisi-
ana and Florida mills to obtain
cane sugar. But experts explained
that it is true sugarcane botani-
cally and thus should cross with
other varieties of the same family.
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Quentin. And listen to this: he
left an only daughter, Joan, 10
years old"
Sybirs eyes were wide. "Amd
this one we know is the same
girl?"
mo doubt of it. I'm sending
you copies of the pictures pub
liShed. You can see the rescm-
blancc for yourself. e"
ooh, Philip. send everything on.
send it air mail. Or better yet,
fly back yourself with it tomor-
row. will you, Philip"
There was q moments heSita-
ton at the ether end of the line.
Philip was still considering Tia
Juana -.
Il don't think I'd better, Sybil,
he suggested. Something might
come up and you'd want someone
to check details for YOU
"That's right, Philip. 1t would
be better for you to stay there a
few days longcr--in case every
thing is not clear You'll send
the material right away-to-
night?"
Before l do another thing. I'll
send it airmail, special delivery
"Philip-you've handled this
beautifully E"
She heard him chuckle. "Ele-
mentary, my dear Watson" he
said, elementary. Well, go back
to sleep now. So long -
Go back to sleep!
She sat up in bed, more wide
awake than she had ever been,
and Rugged the information to
her heart.
Joan Barrett, the meek-as-a
mouse, doll-faced sweetheart, was
the daughter of a murderer. Her
father had been hanged at San
Quentin. Who could tell what
outrageous ideas urked behind
the sweet blue eyes of the mas
daughter?
And that was the girl Bob An
drewS wanted to marry.
No wonder she had told him
that she'd rather die than have
him find it out. Imagine living
ones life with murderer's child.
Why, at any moment, she might
commit the same crime herself. 1t
was in her blood, to kill -.
Bob would be thunderstruck
when he found it out. 1t was like
Sybil not to consider how intense
~ he might be hurt; her mind was
too full of the supreme satisfac-
ton she would know when nc
learned the truth.
She must be careful, however.
Too we'll she realized that. 1t was
not going to be an easy story to
tell. Bob was devoted to the girl,
and his loyalty would not be
swept aside in one sudden blow.
She must be very, very careful.
1t might be better, she reflect
ed, if she were not the one to tell
him. Much better. Someone else
llllSI lIldl. NloN
strike the blow, and she would be
on hand with her sympathy and
understanding and condolences.
But who should be the one to
tell him?
Philip? She could not wait for
Philip. This was Thursday. Fri
day morning, rather. On Satur-
day, they planned to be married.
No, it could not be Philip.
Uncle John, then?
She considered this carefully.
Bob honored and trusted him; he
was guided to very large de-
gree by Uncle Johns opinions.
Moreover, Uncle John could tell
him gently and kindly, so as not
to arouse too much bitterness.
That would never do. Bob must
not feel that, because one woman
had betrayed him, they were all
fashioned from the same mould.
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COAL CREEK. Tenn, May Is;
CUP).-JoSeph Martin, 10, World
war veteran. walked into a jew
elry shop Monday and said I'D
like TO see a gun" He was shown
one. "Now show me the shell that
fits it, he said. He put the shell
into the gun, shot himself in the
head, died instantly.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit at Philadelphia.
Chicago at New York.
Cleveland at Boston.
St. Louis at Washington.
La gaceta., 1937-10-06
.iSOtdadOsi

~Madrid.-Nuestro ejercito es.
ia compuesto de soldados y je'
fes espanoles, nacidos en- Espa.
ma, de padre Y madre e~spanoles.
Son aviones italianos y ale.
names los que bombardean a
~nuestras ciudades, matando q
ninos y mujeres.
Son barcos de guerra alema-
mes los que bombardean nues-
tras ciHdades maritimas como
Almeria.
Son tropas italianas " ale
manas-y no Navarras como
dicen los p~eri6dicos fascistas-
las que entraron en- Bilbao, ma
tando a mujeres Y ninos vascos.
Franco ha vendido Espana al
extranjero. iINosotros luchare-
mos para echar al invasor v ha-
Ger que Espaiia sea de los espa-
holes!
EspaaOl SQM piensGs til?
En- Bilbao no entraron espa-
noles, e~ntraron italianos, ale
names y moros. Los escasos es-
paholes que los acompanahan
son malditos por la Patria ante
la TRACTION que la han hecho.
Ell traidor Sc arrastra agra
decide ante su amo. Radio Ro-
ma, radio ell dia 81, a las IT'S
de la tarde, ell siguiente telegra
ma del traidor Franco al tirano
de Italia ,Benito Mussolini:
"En ell momento en- que las
tropas entran victoriosas en-
Bilbao lie envio Ell saludo entu-
siastico de csc ejercito, ORGU-
uLOSO DE HABER CORES
PONDIDO A LA CONTAIN
IA QUE SU E~XCELENCTA Y
Ell PUEBLO ITALIANO TIE
MIA DEPOSITADA EN- NOS
.OTROS.-Franco."
Mussolini, a quien unos trail
dores lie ayudan a apoderarse
de nuestra terra, contest6 en-
los siguientes terminus seg1n
la misma emisora:
La noticia de la entrada de
las tropas en- la ciudad de Bill
bao ha sido acogida con gran
satisfaction y algeria por ell
pueblo al conocer ell mensaje
de vuestra excelencia. La en-
presa de LA CONQUISTA DE
ESPAEA HA DADO un paso
mas hacia su meta. He comuni-
cado a su majestad Ell Rey EN-
perador los terminus de vuestro
-Mu
Espanoles: Guerra a muerte
contra Ell invasor Y los traidores
que venden q su patria. Ayudad
al GOhierno legftim0 o recon-
La gaceta., 1937-10-06

Paris. oct. g.. FL discurso
del p~residente Roosevelt y la 81
tuaci6n International es hoy ell
tema trascendental Ell las can
cillerias europeas.
Coincidiendo con el discurso
de Mr.. Roosevelt; en- ell cual hui
DO de sugerir una crarentena
international, ell comite consul
two de la Sociedad de Naciones
tom6 ell acuerdo de recomen-
dar que Sc de ayuda directa a
China.
Ell mismo comite, animado
por la actitud del gobierno de
los Estados Unidos, que Sc con
sidera TN golpe formidable pa
ra las naciones que firmaron Ell
tratado de nueve potencias.
La actitud del comite, vista
a traves de las cancillerias de
los pafses democraticos, sig
aifica'la condena de la inva-
sion japonesa," que Sc ayuda
positivamente a China, que sc
La gaceta., 1937-10-06
|03rigoSP fOtedantes, EduCadOres yGiudadanOs
|PrOminentes 0ndenan Ia Pastoral ReaCCio-
maria de los PreIadOS Ad|dtereS de Franco
DERROTADOS LOS FASCIS.
TAS EN- LUGUEROS

Madrid, Octubre 6.-Las
guerrillas atacan a los faccio.
SOS en- ell frente de Asturias,
donde cerca de Gijtn Sc han
construido formidables fortifi
caciones por Ell mando leal.
Montanas que dominan por
complete la c~arretera de Cam
gas de Onis Sc encuentran en-
poder de los leales, 10 que les
permite proteger la poblacion
y los atrincheramientos del
rio Sella.
En- las inmediaciones de Luz
gueros, los mineros y campesi-
nos derrotaron aver a los fas-
cistas, causandoles muchas ba-
jas.
Ell gobierno anuncia una con
contraction de italianos en- Bar
bastro, 10 que Sc interpreta CO.
mo un nuevo acto de interven-
cion por parte de Mussolini.
La gaceta., 1937-10-06
Un Comite de la Sociedad de Naciones
acuerda que Sc de ayuda directa a China
Proposition de conferencias para las naciones
cue firmaron ell Tratado de Nueve Potencias

con5Iue ina conferencia de
las naciones que firmaron ell
tratado de nueve potencias, in
cluyendo Estsdos Unidos v ell
Japon, Y que la asamblea per-
manezca Ell session con ell fin de
considerar la crisis.
La invasion de China ha ST.
do energicamente condenada
por ell Comite, 10 que nadie es-
peraba, tomando- por base Ell
texto del tratado de nueve ma
clones y Ell pacto Briand-Kell-
ogg contra la gerrra.
Mientras lIega la contesta-
ci6n de los gobiernos, consulta-
dos anoche, la asamblea de la
Liga permanece en- receso.
La moci6n sera aprobada por
unanimidad, con algunas abs
tenciones.
Leland Harrison, delegado es
pecial de los Estadps Unidos,
asiste a las sesiones del comite,
en- ell cual tienen representa-
ci6n % naciones.
La gaceta., 1937-10-06
Realzaron un avance las milicias
en- ell Frente de Madrid


Madrid, Octubre 6.-Las mi
licias leales verificaron aver
otro avance en- ell frente de Ma
|drid, poniendo en- peligro una
posici6n que ocupan los fac
ciosos.
En- varios combates cuerpo
a cuerpo, librados en- csc Sec
tor, los leales llevaron la me-
jor parte.
lei mando leal Sc propone e.
liminar un saliente que los fas
cistas establecieron hace me-
|ses.
TODD ell sector de Usera es-
ia en- las manos del gobierno,
que ahora persigue ell objective
del Cerro Blanco.
Tropas italianas han sido
rvistas de nuevo en- Ell frente de
.Arag6n, seg1n una nota del
mando leal. Pertenecen los in.
yasores a la division conocida
por "flechas negras."
En- ell frente norte Ell pobier-
no sigue manteniendo la que
ira de guerrilas y contiene ell
avance de- los facciosos.
No obstante las- notiefas fasr
cistas sobre exitd en- Ics ptcos
de Europa y en- Covandonga,
Ia resistencia es formidable.
Ia nieve caida en- las mon
La gaceta., 1937-10-06

tanas entorpece ia Marcia de
los traidores, mandados por ell
general Dav;la Y varios jefes
italianos.
Los facciosos aseguran que
las defensas republicans Sc
han derrumbado en- Cangas de
Onfs; pero todas las noticias
facciosas son de triunfos con-
cebidos por la imagination de
los jefes, sin que la rsalidad
haga pendant" con las exa-
geraciones.
Una nota leal dice que Las
miIicias ocupan los dos lados
del canine al Oeste de Cangas
de Onfs.
Los insurgentes comunican
que los iealeS Sc lleVarOn con
.ellos la imagen de la Virgen
de Covadonga.
Dos trenes cargados de es-
panoles que residian en- Fran
ella han llegado a territorio
leal.
Ell gobierno Sc propene traer
a Espana a mas de $4,000 lea
les que habitan en- Francia.
Las tropas leales ohtuvieron
nugpe vertajag territoriaIes en-
las cgrcanfas de Jaca, cortan-
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