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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-25
N UTS AND
X Err N ELS
By TROY ISAIAH JONES

If 70 years has really got anything
to do with retirement know OF
some songs and old stale jokes that
deserve the pension role.
One government bureau cutting
crops, another showing the farmer
how to make two blades of grass
grow twice as quick as they used to-.
Now If you are under 70 and still
think you have your faculties with
you, try to hand down a wrong de-
cision, will you?
They call it 'revamping" the Su-
preme Court. There surely has been
enough vamping done on the matter.
And if and when they appoint a
woman on the bench, I presume she
will carry out the role of Cleopatra
that of a vampire.
Mister, the President has gone
down to Warm Springs to cool off
over the supreme court.
And sometimes the emblem of the
party has to be reflected in the lead
ership lest the public forget.
The stockyards are now reinhabit-
ed. At least got wind of it the 9TH
er day.
The two factions met as usual in
their annual get-together at Jeffer-
son Saturday. One took zero 20"
over there and the other rubbed the
rim off of that!
South Carolina and Virginia are
rivals in ancestors. Tennessee and
North Carolina are aping them.
I hate to argue with any one
about my business. It shows that
they know so little about their own
business.
Cupid is doing some awful awk-
ward shooting for me lately. He
must be either using a double bar
relied gun or seeing double.
The reason that Tennessee re-
Gently passed a law making it
against the law for man to spring
from a monkey was that the wisest
of the legislators knew that it would
be thrown in their faces for their
conduct.
Crawfish swell up when angry. !
notice that some old crabs do this
too.
History says that the settlement
of the United States was like a
moving picture. Yes, from place to
place lodging the Indians.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-25
SAYS HARD SOIL SHOULD
RE RETIRED TO PASTURE

Because of the difficulty or cult
walton and high erodibility of the
types of soil known to North Caro-
lima farmers as "iron rock" land
the Soil Conservation Service and
State College Extension Service are
recommending that these types OF
soil-the Iredell series-be retired to
pasture, according to r. c. peasants
of the Charlotte project.
These soils, also sometimes refer
red to as "black jack" "bull tallow,'
and "beeswax" land, vary in the
surface from light brown in the
sandy types to brown and occasion
ally black in the clay types.
The reason why sheet erosion is
so severe in these soils, MIR. Pleas
ants points out, is easily seen from
the waxy, heavy clay subsoil, which
is so plastic and tight that it is i'm
possible for water to penetrate
through it except at a very slow
rate.
This means that when rains come
the surface soil is soon saturated
and the water begins running off,
carrying the topsoil with it, peasants
said.
Gullies are numerous on these
soils. When they occur on even a
slight slope, ruinous erosion is GER
tain result if land is used for other
than soil-binding crops.
BY placing Iredell soils in pasture,
erosion can easily be controlled by
the various pasture grasses, he said
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-25
FARMERS SHOULD FILE
WORKSHEETS IN MARCH

North Carolina farmers who wish
to take part in the soil conservation
program this year for the first time
should file worksheets with their
county agents by March 81, said
Dean I. o. Schaub, of State College
However, he added, growers who
participated last year do not have to
file new worksheets as those which
were filed in 1886 will be good in
1897.
But if any change has been made
in the size of a growers farm, or if
he is operating a different farm this
year, he should notify his county
agent at once, the dean continued.
Payments for diverting soil-de-
pleting crops and for carrying out
soil-building practices will be made
only to growers who have filed
worksheets, he added.
The worksheets, he explained, are
not a binding contract; they merely
list incarnation about the acreage OF
different crops grown on the farm
and the use made of each field.
Such a worsheet is needed to de-
termine the amount of payments a
grower can become eligible to re-
ceive and what he should do to earn
the payments.
Compliance with the program is
entirely voluntary, Dean Schaub
stressed. The AAA is offering pay
ments to growers who wish to carry
out certain practices to improve
their soil and balance their farming
operations.
The sooner worksheets are filed,
he continued, the sooner the county
offices will be able to tell new par
Elephants what they will need to do
to earn the full amount of their
payments.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-25
Veterans Appeal to
Assembly for Home

Six Confederate veterans, all but
two of those now being care for in
the state home for veterans in Ra-
leigh, penciled in shaky hand an
ppeal Saturday to the legislature to
mot abolish our home peremp-
torily."
Late Saturday the legislators en-
acted into law bill to permit the
board of directors of the soldiers
home to close it and provide for the
housing and needs of the veterans
through grants.
The home now costs around $12,-
900 a year, and Governor Hoey
backed the bill to permit its aboli-
ton.
1--WE hope and trust" the letter
said, "you will not abolish our home
peremptorily; it is the last resort we
have to end our days in ace,which
are very short now. The end is ir
sight for each one of us and we
know that here we will receive ten.
der care and heartfelt sympathy
from our attendants here. We de
not know how to appeal to you or
this subject, but place yourselves ir
our position. Suppose you saw your
end approaching, your days were
numbered, and you were to be kick
ed out of your home, what would b.
your feeling? Please pause before
kicking us out"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-25
u. S. May Buy More Land

The Federal government, already
the country's largest land owner,
may acquire additional millions of
acres under pending administration
proposals.
Although the government has CIV
en- away more than 100000 acres
to homesteaders and others in the
last IS years, it still owns about
43O, 1000, 900.
Four different Federal agencies
are urging expansion of this holding.
Some of their proposals are over
tapping; others concern different
problems and diffents types of land
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-25
GET UP NIGHTS DUE TO
BLADDER IRRITATION?

It's not normal. It's natures ''Dan-
ger Signal. Make this Csc test. Use
buchu leaves, juniper oil, and 6 9TH
er drugs, made into little green tab
lets call Bukets. Flush out excess
acids and impurities. Excess acids can
cause irritation resulting in getting
up nights, scanty flow, frequent de-
sire, burning, backache, and leg
pains. Just say Bukets to your drug
gist. In four days if not pleased your
Csc will be refunded. RAY DRUG
COMPANY, West Jefferson, N. G.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-25
FARM NEWS

pin, extension poultry specialist at
State College, will describe the lat
est approved methods for handling
and marketing broilers. This talk
will be heard Friday, March 26.
With reduction in the number of
chicks grown out this year expected
because of higher feed prices, poul-
trymen should receive good prices
for ther brolers on the spring mar
ket.
Most successful poultrymen keep
their good pullets, but sell off prac-
tically all cockerels and poor bullets.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-25
FARMERS GET READY
TO MARKET BROLERS

With baby chicks rapidly increas-
ing In size, poultrymen are turning
their attention to getting broilers
ready for the spring market.
In a radio talk on he Carolina
Farm Features program, c. j. Maui
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-25
ASHE MFG. co
281 Central Blvd.
WEST JEFFERSON. N. C..

WEST JEFFERSON, N. G.
Machine lathe and planer woBlz,
6Oc mr.; gasoline engines repaided;
we have a hoist for loading; saws
gummed, 1Oc it.; 11O-volt generators,
1000-watt, $24; woodsawing engine
governors, So; household cabinet
patterns for all kinds of castings.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-25

Korean householders never allow
their fires to die out.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-25
Has Many FOrebearS Alive

Three-year-old Rita Agnes Aiken
of Atlanta, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. w. Aiken, has the distinction of
having 10 living grandparents and
great-grandparents, it was revealed
yesterday. Unusual, too, is the fact
that these forebears of the little girl
are five couples, with husband and
wife living in each case.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-25

Snakes turn their skins inside out
when they shed them.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-25

Crawfish swell up when angry.
notice that some old crabs do thi:
too.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08
DUKE SELECTS MEN
FOR FINALS TALKS

Durham, May 8-Sir Willmott Lewis
since 1920 Washington correspondent
of the London Times, and DR.. Joseph
r. Sizoo, pastor of the Collegiate
Church of st. Nicholas, New York,
will be Duke universitys commence
ment speaker and preacher.
Dukes final program will be held
June 81.
Few journa IS have had more
brilliant career than Sir Willmott. AS
a foreign correspondent for English
papers, he covered the Boxer Rebel
| lion, the Russo-Japanese war, the Chi
nese Revolution, and the World War
From 1911 to 1917 he was editor o1
| the Manila Times. It was in 1881
that he was created a knight.
! DR.. Sizoo was born in the Neither
lands and was brought to the United
! States when he was seven years old
He was graduated from Hope college
Holland, Mich, New Brunswick Theo
logical seminary, and Columbia uni
versity.
After his ordination to the ministry
of the Reformed Church in America
DR.. Sizoo served in South India as E
missionary. He has since held pas
torates in Walden, N. Y; Somerville
N. j.; Washington, and New York.
During the war DR.. Sizoo served
| overseas as an army chaplain. Ir
1925 he conducted the funeral services
| of William Jennings Bryan.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08
LOCAL PREACHERS
AT SCHOOL FINALS
Three Will Be at Com
mencement Exercises on
Sunday Hours

Three Henderson ministers VIII. Oe
absent from a part of their services
Sunday while preaching commence
ment sermons in different localities.
Several have already given sermons
at school finals in other places since
the commencement season began;
Rev. A. S. Hale, pastor of the First
Baptist church, will preach twice dur
ing the day. In the afternoon at 3
o'clock he will be at Dabney high
school and in the morning Will be at
South Hill, Va, to preach the closing
sermon. At the morning hour, IL a..
M, the South Hill Baptist pastor will
preach for Mr.. Hale here. He is Rev.
R. w. Grant.
Rev. T. j. Whitehead, pastor OF the
Methodist Protestant church will
preach at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon
at the Eli Whitney high school in Ala
nance county. He is a graduate of
that school, class of 1926. From there
he will go on to Greensboro to at
tend the mid-year meeting OF the
North Carolina Conference of his
church on Monday and Tuesday.
At the evening hour, Rev. x. E.
Brown, pastor of the First Methodist
church, will preach the commence
ment sermon at Aycock high school,
six miles east of Henderson. In his
absence in the evening, missionary
play is to be given in the basement
of the First M. e. church by group
of young men and women of Louis
burg College, the play entitled, Chris
tan Soldiers"
In the absence of Rev. Mr.. White
head, evening services at his church
will be in charge of the Christian En-
deavor Society.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08
Mothers Day Services
At The Churches Sunday
Tributes To Be Paid in Song and Sermon; Mothers 10
Be Remembered by Gifts from Their Children;
White and Red Flow Will Be Worn

Rev. r. E. Brown at the First
Methodist Church will preach Sunday
morning on "Fhe Motherhood of the
church." emphasizing the fact that
"all great and good things have been
born and nurtured by the church"
1t is planned also to have mothers
and fathers bring little children dur
ing the morning or afternoon hours to
be baptized.
Rev. James A. Jones will speak to
the Young Peoples Forum on "Reli-
gion in the Home" at the First Pres
byterian church.
Some of the Sunday schools are
driving for large attendance Sunday
morning.
According to custom, those whose
mothers are dead will wear white
flowers in their memory, and those
whose mothers are living will wear
red flowers as a tribute.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08
SALVATION ARMY'S
BAND is TO PLAY

Captain Charles Stafford and seven
members of the band of the Reidsville
corps of the Salvation Army will come
here tomorrow for a musical program
at the services i'll the Salvation
Arrays hall in South Henderson Sun
day evening, it was announced today
by Mrs. Joseph Willett wife of the
corps commander of the Army here.
Music appropriate to the Mothers
Day occasion will be given by the
band. The hour is 7:30 o'clock in the
evening, and the public is invited.
The Salvation Army will have a
Mothers Day program during the
Sunday school hour at 10 a. m, it was
stated.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08
FIRST METHODIST PROTESTANT

Rev. T. j. Whitehead, pastor.
$40 a. m. Sunday school, A. H
Nuckles, superintendent.
II a. m. Morning worship with SER
mon, "Behold Thy Mother"
8 D. m. A worship service under the
direction of the Christian Endeavor
Society of the church. The subject of
the meeting will be What Makes
Happiness in the Home"
The pastor will be out of the city
on Sunday afternoon Monday and
Tuesday, At o'clock Sunday after
noon he will preach the commence
ment sermon at Eli Whitney high
school in Alamance county. He grad
uateu at that school in 1926. He will
attend the mid-year meeting of the
North Carolina Annual Conference at
Calvary church in Greensboro on
MOndaV.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08
FIRST METHODIST.
;. r. E. Brown, pastor.

Rev. r. E. Brown, pastor.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. J. w.
Sanders, general superintendent.
Sermon by pastor II a. m. ''The
Motherhood of the Church" All great
and good things have been born and
murtured by the church.
Holy Communion after the sermon.
Little children will be dedicated to
the Lord in holy baptism at the morn
ing service or in the afternoon, as
the parents have opportunity to bring
them.
Sunday night 8 o'clock a mis-
sionary play will be given by young
women from Louisburg College. The
play is called the "Christian Soldier"
and has been given in number of
churches, each pronouncing the pro-
gram very instructive and worshipful.
The play will be given in the assem-
bly, room downstairs. All are invited;
all will enjoy the program.
The pastor will preach at Aycock
high school Sunday night at o'clock.
Prayer meeting Wednesday night
at o'clock.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08

Programs appropriate to the an
nual observance of Mothers Day will
be given in most Henderson churches
tomorrow, according to announce
ments today by the pastors.
Sunday school programs will also
take notice of the occasion, and plays
or songs or brief talks will mark
many classes or departments in organ
ized schools.
Choirs in some instances will sing
Mother songs in celebration of the oc-
casion.
Behold Thy Mother" is the title of
the sermon by Rev. T. ]. Whitehead
at the First Methodist Protestant
church. In the evening a Christian
Endeavor program there will also
bear on the theme of the day. and
will be entitled, What Makes Happi-
ness in the Home?"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08

verently reiterated his plea on the
basis of As, then 40, 80, 20, and finally
10, in every one of which God grant
ed his petitions. Here Abraham ceas-
ed praying, but God did not cease Civ
ing, for he spared the righteous from
the wicked, though only four were
found, and they exceedingly imper-
feet types, as Lot, in his wife and
daughters evidence. Thus God always
is willing and liable to do exceedingly
abundantly above all that we ask or
think, according to the power that
WOrketh in u.s."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08
FIRST BAPTIST.

Rev. Albert S. Hale, pastor.
You are invited to attend some ser
vice of worship tomorrow. Come with
us if you will Our services will be as
follows:
GAS Sunday school. Attendance last
Sunday 427. Attendance Mothers Day
last year 532.
HOO Morning worship service. The
guest-preacher for this service will be
Rev. R. W. Grant, pastor of the South
Hill Baptist church, South Hill, Vir-
ginia. The pastor will preach the ser
mon for the South Hill high school
at this hour He will render similar
service at Dabney in the afternoon at
o'clock.
700 B. T. U.
800 Evening worship service. The
pastor will preach on the topic: "The
Peril of Postponed Opportunity.
Wednesday evening worship service
with special music by our newly or
ganized Junior Choir 8 o'clock.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08

SuppllcatiOn of a righteous man
availeth much in it's working."O
The Apostle James gives us a good
summary of the character of Abra-
ham when he says, abraham heliev-
ed God, and it was imputed unto him
for righteousness: and he IVES called
the Friend of Cod"
Entertairs Heavenly Visitors
What is more natural then, than
that God should fellowship with his
friend" by visiting him? "And the
Lord appeared unto him in the plains
of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door
in the heat of the day; and he lifted
UP his eyes and looked, and 10, three
men stood by him: and when he saw
them, he ran to meet them from the
tent door, and bowed himself toward
the ground, and said, My Lord, if
now 1 have found favor in thy sight,
pass not away, I pray thee, from thy
servant" Abraham responds to this
theophmy by offering service in the
hospitality Of his tent: LET a little
water I pray you, be fetched, and
wash your feet. and l will fetch a
morsel of bread, and comfort we your
hearts; after that We shall pass on:
for therefore are We come to your SER
want. And they said, So do, as thou
hast said" And every time we pray
Come, Lord Jesus, be Thou our
Guest" we offer our homes as sane
tuaries for his divine presence with
us, and, accepting our hospitality he
sanctifies every phase of our domes-
tic life.
The Blessing of Hospitality
In the case of Abraham, his hos
pitality to his heavenly visitors
brought the richest blessing Abra-
hams tent could crave, the gift of
a son and heir: Sarah thy wife shall
have a son." What a promise to make
to a man 81 years of age and to
wife 89 years! Little wonder that
Sarah's faith staggered at the prom
Use. "And the Lord said unto Abra-
ham. Wherefore did Sarah laugh, say
ing, Shall I of a surety bear child,
which am old? Is anything too hard
for the Lord?" So, upon the fulfill
ment of the promise, the child was
named Laughter" for this is the
meaning of Isaac" And in the super
naturalness of his birth as well as IN
the similarity of his offering himself
in sacrifice, Isaac becomes a type or
Christ our Lord.
Abraham's IntercessiOn.
Jesus called his disciples not ser
wants but friends, "for the servant
knoweth not what his Lord doeth" 80
Jehovah revealed to Abraham his
friend, his purpose with regard to the
impending destruction Of the wicked
city of Sodom, where Abraham's nep-
hew, Lot, dwelt. This confiding of the
divine purpose elected from Abraham
his great microscopy prayer in pc
half of the wicked city. Abrahams 5
conception of the justice of God re,
belled at the thought that God should
destroy the righteous with the WICK,
ed.s So he plead for the city Sshould
there be so righteous within the CITY
Being answered in his prayer on the
basis of 80 souls, he humbly and re-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08
HOLY 1NNOCENTs EPISCOPAL

Rev. /. W. Hughes, rector.
Sunday after Ascension Day.
7:30 a. M. Holy Communion.
9:45 a. m. Church School and Young
Women's Bible Class.
10 a. M Mems Bible Class.
II a. m. Morning Prayer and ser
mon.
Z p. m. Young Peoples Service
League.
8 p. m. Evening Prayer and Sermon
st. Johns Mission, N. Henderson
2 D. m Church school,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
rev. James A. Jones pastor.

RCV. James a. Jones, pastor.
9:45 a. m. The church school. A. S.
Watkins, general uperintendent. De-
partments of worship and classes of
study for all age groups.
11:0O a. m The morning worship.
Subject, "Discerning Life's Values, y
with the sermon by the pastor.
$50 p. m. The Young Peoples
Forum Supper. Mr.. Jones will lead a
discussion on the subject, Religion
in the Home"
500 p m. The evening worship.
subject, THE Life Everlasting" Ser
mon by the pastor.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08
'|whot$0oa}q ;e&< Churches

centered around Mothers Day. The
pastors subject will be, Mothers Of
Men, We invite you to come and
worship with us.
7:15 p m. Junior Christian En-
deavor F. M. Harvard, superinten-
dent.
800 p. m. Evening worship service,
sermon by the pastor, using as his
text "I Find No Fault in this Man."
We invite you to come and bring a
friend to the evening worship service.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08
To Address Class

S. T.. Peace will address the Mems
Bible class tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock at Holy Innocents Episcopal
church, it was stated today. The
public is cordially invited to hear Mr..
Peace.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08
CITY ROAD-wHITE MEMORIAL

IteV. II .. NIChdIU, PdSIOI'
White Memorial: Church School at
9:45 a. M, special Mothers Day pro-
gram given by the young peoples de-
partment Preaching at II o'clock by
the pastor; subject: "Unselfishness" !.
Young Peoples service at 6:45 p. m.,
and preaching by the pastor at 7:45
p. M. on "Faithfulness."
City Road: Special Mothers Day
service for the entire school at 10
o'clock, with readings, special music,
etc. Young Peoples service at 6:45
p. m.
Let us all dedicate this as day of
praise and thanksgiving to God for
this priceless gift, our mother, and at
tend church as evidence of our dedi-
cation and thanksgiving.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08
Undergoes Operation.

John Henry Faulkner route 3, Hen
derson, who underwent an operation
for appendicitis last Tuesday at Maria
Parham hospital, was said to be some
better day.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08

Upon departing the Lord confded his
purpose to destroy the wicked city OF
Sodom. Then Abraham prayed earnest
ly for the salvation of any righteous per-
sons of the city, if only so, IS. 40. 30.
20 or even 10.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08
CONGREGATIONAL CHRIsTIA1

Rev. j. Everette Neese, pastor.
9:45 a. m. Sunday school, John Al
len Hall, superintendent.
We invite you to come and bring
your children to our Sunday school
We have classes for all age groups.
HOO a. m. Morning worship. The
worship service and sermon will be
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08

Richard r. Deupree, president or
Proctor and Gamble, Cincinnati, born
at Norwood, Va, So years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08

The New Testament calls Abraham 1.-The
friend of God". This friendship is shown
in the visit of the Lord to Abraham as
he sat one day in the door of his tent.
and saw three strangers approaching.
one of whom was the Lord
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08

Abraham ran to them and Worshiped.
offering the hospitality Of his tent and
preparing meal and serving them. In
return God promised to provide Abra-
ham and Sarah with a son in their old
age.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08
By DIR. ALVIN e. BELL

1'N A11O' 11H1V IN 11s A1A111A1
(The international Uniform Lesson
on the above text for May is Genesis
Chapter 18, especially verses 1892, the
Golden Text being, James SIG, "The
supplication of a righteous man
availeth much in its working."O
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08

The Apostle James gives us a goot
summary of the character of Abra
ham when he says, abraham heliev
ed God, and it was imputed unto him
for righteousness: and he wss called
the Friend of God"