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The Washington times., 1937-03-12

Make no little plans; they
haze no magic to stir mems
blood and probably themselves
tOiu not be realized.
Make big plans; aim high and
hope and tDork, remembering
that noble, logical diagram
once recorded tDiH neDer die,
but, long after De are gone,
tDiu be a HUin0 thing, asserting
itself Nth ever OrotDi1o insis-
tency.
DANIEL H. BURNHAM.
George Washington's plan for
the building Of the Federal City
Is nearing completion. The task
of authorizing its completion as
their contribution toward the cele-
bration Of the one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary Of Washing
toms Inauguration as first Presi-
dent of the United States is a dis
tinction which the President and
the Congress may have If they
will.
The seSqui-centennial Of Wash
ington's first Inauguration will
come on April 80, 1889. 1t will
close the national celebration of
the one hundredth and fiftieth
anniversary Of the adoption Of the
Constitution by the convention
over which washington presided.
WASHINGTONS PLAN
Within the month President
Roosevelt has made two decisions
for which history will give him
the greatest credit. And he will
deserve the credit because these
decisions have saved Washington'S
plan for the Federal City from the
latest attempt at destruction by a
small but aggressive minority that
appears to be envious Of the name
and fame Of "the Father Of His
Country"
One Of the Presidents decisions
was his whole-hearted approval Of
the unanimous conclusion Of the
jefferson Memorial Commission to
build within the Washington plan
for the Federal city a memorial
Of Thomas jefferson worthy Of the
man, appropriate to his fame and
in accord with WaShington's plan
for the city which bears his name.
The other decision which will
win for the President the verdict
Of history took the form Of q
recommendation to the Congress
for a continuing appropriation for
the construction Of the buildings
that will complete "the Triangle
along Constitution Avenue.
This development was started
under President Coolidge and car.
ried forward under the guidance
of Secretary Mellon under the
presidency of Mr.. Hoover.
Now it is to be completed
under the leadership Of President
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

subject while Sen. Tom COnnally
they were waiting. One Of them,
it seems, was from Vermont and
the other from down South. The
upShot of the matter was that
their conversation was so loud and
angry that a policeman on duty
had to tell them to pipe down or
else.
Although the no smoking signs
were put in the caucus room to
preserve an atmosphere Of dig.
nifty comparable with the Court
over which the hearing was being
held there was a slight suggestion
that chewing tobacco was all right.
Neatly placed at an interval OF
every four or six chairs at the
press table was a cuSpidor.
Although Senator Tom Con-
nally brushed aside any suggestion
that he stop smoking his big cigar
a newspaperman was called down
by the chairman, Senator AShurSt,
when he lighted up.
It was all done in the usual
courtly manner of the Arizonian
who waved his hand at the scribe,
and bowed. The scribe bowed back
and threw the cigarette away.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

N on KNOWS Edwin G. Hill
how far the league of death has
spread. Supposed religious perSe-
cution caused it. Ancient Buddhism
forbade suicide. Later SectS sane
titled and exalted it. There is
disparity of teaching, much con-
fusion and contradiction among
the one-fourth of the human race
which processes Buddhism; but,
down through the centuries,
many thousands have taken their
lives, when they believed loyalty
to their religion demanded it.
This, in spite of the ancient and
revered text!
"A monk who cOunselS suicide,
who tells man, DO away with
this wretched life full Of suffer
ing and sin; death is better in
fact, breaches murder, is a mur-
derer, is no longer a monk"
Then came the later Mahyani
teaching:
Ending ones existence is to
be looked upon as the best Sacrl-
flee; for to give ones body Is
better than to give aims"
UNFATHOMABLE
Ninety-four per cent of believers
in Japan are Buddhists, or about
48, 900, 900 souls. ShintoiSm is sec.
ond. Fifty-three monks brought
the religion to Japan from India,
about $50 B. c. It has contributed
greatly to Japanese culture. pro-
ducing great prophets, mySticS and
scholars; it has deviated in weird
sects and fanatical secret or
ganizationS, dark and unfathom-
able to the Occidental mind. It has
survived all the great dynastic, ma
tional and institutional changes
of the centuries, taking strange
forms, but keeping its essence.
It was about 1549 when st. Fran
els Xavier landed at Kogoshima,
with the message of Christianity.
After nearly 400 years, Japan still
only vaguely heedS. It was in 1852
that Commodore Matthew Cal.
braith Perry landed with his mes.
sage of commerce. Japan eagerly
took our guns, our battleshipS, our
dynamoS, our machines, our bust
ness techniques. 1t did not take
our religion. Only in material
adaptions has it become Occiden
talized.
Life and death are not weighed
in our scales. There is a delicate
punctilio in self destruction. Three
Sky-blue mattresses, a curtained
enclosure Of white in a beautiful
garden, an ancient ritual are pre-
scribed for hara-kiri in certain
ranks and castles. There are many
elaborate, poeticized rubrics Ot
death.
In 1703 there were Al Ronin
(Super-patriots) who found suicide
necessary because of the overthrow
of their leaders. They went to q
Buddhist temple and, with priestly
incantations and publication cere
monies, committed hara-kiri befort
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
The City's Orchestra

yTHE National Symphony Orchestra Association is in
i the midst of its annual campaign to raise sustain
ing fund to meet the difference between the cost of the
orchestra and the money received from the sale OF tickets
for its concerts.
This wear the orchestra estimates that the deficit thus
to be made up through public appeal will amount to
anproximatev one hundred and ten thousand dollars.
That sounds like a lot of money until we consider
what it will buy for the city Of Washington.
It will enable the city to continue to hear the great
nroorams of great music which DR.. Hans Kinder and
his fine musicians prepare and execute
It will enable the city to ward off the stigma Of being
the only great national capital without symphony
orchestra.
1t will enable the children of the community to receive
early training in music appreciation to be given some
understanding through sympathetic presentation, OF
the works of the masters
These things we cannot have unless the ticket money
of the orchestra is supplemented by generous contbu
tions from those who have money and who are willing
to spend some of it for the advance of culture.
If the orchestra compelled to try to exist without
sustaining fund the cost of tickets to all of its concerts
would be prohibitive for most of our people.
The very object of the organization-to bring good
music to the greatest possible number-woud be de-
feated at the start.
Washington cannot afford to that objective fail.
It must and will raise the hundred and ten thou
sand dollars necessary to support great and growing
musical organization.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

t h e Judiciary
c o m m i t tees
hearings on the
E re sid e n t. S
Court plan was
that it was .
very quiet affair
those who got
there a little
early did get in
on one rumpuS.
Tw o gentle
men who came
early to avoid
the rush en-
tered into a dis
cuSSion of the
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
HOSPTTABLE

REPRESENTATIVE George SadoWSki
of Michigan, is regarded as one
of the most hospitable men on the
Hill. In fact, he is so hospitable
that his constituents know that if
they drop in at lunch time he's
always good for something to eat.
The story got around and Mr..
SadoWSki has had to buy num-
ber of lunches. So, in order to keep
within bounds he's installed a stove
in his office and now when guests
call for lunch he cooks it right
there in the office. That's pretty
good for a business man and a
golfer.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
OFFICIALLY HERE

Despite the snow flurrieS re.
Gently, spring has arrived at the
Capitol. A new batch Of goldfish
were put in the pool in the Old
House Office Building court the
day the sun was so hot.
That night it got cold again and
employees noticed the pool was
frozen over the next morning i'm
priSoning the fishes below the sur.
face,
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

OCA4VAAACA4Os
Why? Why does everything in
the universe rush joyfully to the
Easter except Man while hO
usually has to be coaxed, kicked
or given ether before he'll snap
out of yesterdays misery? Sus-
pect it's because sorrow so easily
becomes first a habit, then a con.
venience-then, all too frequently,
a racket!
We don't mean to get that way.
We don't want to be towards and
cutters. But something happens.
We lose our job. A friend fails
us. The big romance goes wrong.
The little chap dies. Suddenly We
find ourselves knocked groggy -
taking the count.
Presently, we assure ourselves,
We'll Get Going Again. But just
for a while we're bewildered. Or
embittered. Everything's a mess.
We can't get our bearings.
Then the worst of it passes. We
could, we should, be back in line
again. But we aren't. We find
ourselves tagging Why? We
don't admit the reason. Chances
are, we aren't consciously aware
of it. But it's plain enough to
the rest of the world.
A HABIT
We aren't back in line because,
during the dark days, We've made
a diScoUery. We've diScoUered that
grief and bad breaks can come in
handy be used as a hideotIt
it t0e're afraid :. as an Glibi IL
toe're. lazy or generally cussed.
Also, if one happens to craze
coddIing and attention, ntiStor.
tunes slick DGy to get it. People
can't ignore you If you'De had
hard luck. They must listen =. .
they must SympGthise OR
ELSE!
So unhappineSS becomes a habit
a convenience +. a racket
without our wishing or plan
ming! Here's spring, with "the
lark on wing"-yet there we, sit,
weeping over the old heartbreak,
burning over the old disappoint-
ment, telling folks what a dirty
deal we had during the depres.
sion!
Amazing, how many ways and
reasons we mortalS find for max
ing messes of ourselves!
-
(ThiS column UelcomeS and
requests comments Letters pre-.
Senting personal problems mag
also be sent. All letters tnilI be
handled confidentiGlly and an.
StUered promptly If stamped dd-
dressed envelopes are irtcludedO
Copyright, 1897, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.l t.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

t W gs ruddy
with the well.
ing sap. There's
a robin! Some
on e's burning
leaves! Over in
the sun n / est
corner, graz p {
hyacinths are
springing, blue
as flame.
A grand, eX
citing time o1
the year, this
in my garden
~~an~ hloHae
breaking
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Don't Learn the Hard Way

A MADRID movie audience boots an American mo-
IA ton picture in which, during supposed air raid,
actor rushes into and turns on the lights.
"Pull down the shades, you fool, the audience
shouted.
Those Spanish spectators have learned through EX-
PERIENCE the technique of escaping death from the
air.
Americans have not
Nor, with STRONG AIR DEFENSE, will they ever
have to learn to ''pul down the shades''
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

gray BUDS burSG- GS'" AAOp"
ing everything In a furry to.
be rid of winter and into the busi-
ness of spring. Remember Rob-
ert Browning's singing lines
"The years at the spring
And the days at the morn;
Mornings at seven;
The hillSide'S dew.pearled;
The Iark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
Gods in His Heaven
AII's right with the world"
"The years at the spring" p
what a pity we humans can't take
our seasons as healthily as the
soil be as willing to be done
with December's fear and sorrow,
as eager to take on Aprips hope
and happiness. And we could!
We have all the equipment in
our own natures =. the blessed
ability to forget, cover our scars.
send out new roots, be actually
born again.
EXCEPT MAN
But we've gummed up the ma
chinery until it no longer works.
"The years at the spring" yet
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

II41C Dill 44AC VI VA4C OuOSAAAo1 la q o4AA
gle instant. They were all buried in
the temple, and it is still highly
venerated place.
Such are the precedents for
Japan's Let Us Die League" of to-
day. This form Of suicide is Jun
shi," and was required, by ancient
law, when there had been injuS-
tice to a lord and master. In early
centuries a servant, with careful
religious obServa1ceS, took his life
when his master died. In the year
70 A. D., it was decreed by the
reigning Emperor that animals
might be substituted and Sacri-
feed, but the practice continued.
It was in September, 1912. that
General Nogi and his wife commit
ted suicide at the funeral Of the
Emperor Meiji. Several hundred
years ago the entire Taira clan
walked into the sea, to be drowned,
when their leader was overthrown.
Hundreds Of the members of the
family of Hojo Takatoki committed
"Junshi" when his career was
ended.
"Shinju" is the suicide ritual Of
lovers. Within the last few years
this has become a trying public
problem in Japan, with romantic
couples, chanting a few dithy-
ramhS Of ancient poetry and leap
ing into the crater Of the Mihara
volcano on the tiny, beautiful
island of OShima, so miles from
Tokyo Bay. More than 800 have
taken this leap.
SOCIAL OBSERVANCE
Mitsuo Mijazaki, editor of the
newspaper Yomiuri, agitating
against such fantastic aberra-
tionS, wrote:
ITO beautify death and make
it q dream is the desire of all
Japanese suicides"
Hararkiri, or "Sepukka," requires
ceremonial opening of the alb
domen, the method in individual
and not group or companionate
suicides. Until 1873, when the
government began discouraging
it, it was a widely practiced social
observance, to express fealty, to
make atonement, to signify re.
morse, or to attain "arhatship," a
state of ultimate felicity in
Buddhist religious aspiration.
In 1905, there were 1877 suicides
to each one million persons in
Japan; in 1914, there were 234.
No later figures are available, but
in the last two decades enlight-
ened government leadership has
been combating a supposed in.
crease. 1t has been found in re-
cent years that there has been an
increase in Self-deStruction due to
mental breakdown and physical
pain. The proportion of ceremon.
ial or religious suicides has re.
mained about the same.
On the day the news of the
Let Us Die League" was printed,
the Baroness Ishimoto, Japanese
feminist, arrived in the United
States to lecture on birth control
for which she is the leading advo
cate in Japan. She, in the past
has vehemently opposed self-de
Struction, but with equal vehe
mence she insists that the portals
of life, as well, must be guarded
and that only by population con
troll, by the ending Of poverty and
oppression, by the Selective build
ing Of a better race will we come
to sanctify and venerate the mys
tery of life-and cherish it.
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
Syndicate, Ine.)
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

a S in gle day.
Police begin a
national drive
a 6 st the
league, taking
m e m b erS in
various cities,
finding oaths
writ t n in
bl ood, docu'
m e n is sealed
with blood, a
strange fealty
to death. Ode
Egawa, tn e ii
leader, escapes
the police.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
OVERHEARD

Overheard at the reserved sec
ton for Senator's wives and their
friends, situated right next to the
press table, as the momentous
question of the judiciary change
got underway:
Darling, do you know I lost
three pounds in twenty-four hours
I feel so thin. Don't I look thin.
And I had just a wonderful time
last night with a new toaStmaS'
ter-a really wonderful time"
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
IN FORM

More of the homely wit of Vice
President Jack Garner:
The v. P. gives this reason for
picking Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, jr., to read WaShington'S
Farewell Address to the Senate
February %. He said he's heard
about the adage that in Boston the
"CabotS speak only to the Lodges
and the Lodges only to God" so
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
The Human Side of the News
Ru Ednin C.. Hill

japanese BuddhistS form the 4t
Let Us Die League" Five mem
berS attempt hara-kiri in Tokyo in
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
ATMOSPHERE

Although the consensus Of opin-
ion of those who visited the Senate
caucus room the opening day Of
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Wise Words

Love Is not altogether q delir
ium, yet it has many points in
common Herewith. call it rather
q discerning of the infinite in the
finite-of the ideal made real
Carlyle.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
"THE YEARS AT THE SPRING"-BUT ARE YOU?
Out dirninr AAuara

Out in the garden, digging. A
gay, gusty day, with the warm soil
smoking with new life and the
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

Reason and authority, the two
brightest lights Of the world
Coke.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
EXCEPT MAN

But we've gummed up the ma
chinery until it no longer works.
"The years at the spring
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-22
Wl1itetop News

Mrs. Mary Wood died April 18th,
at the home Of c.. E. Walker. Funer-
al services were held at Whitetop
church on the 18th and interment
was made in the Whitetop cemetery
beside her husband who passed
away some few years ago.
Misses Pauline and Omagene Cox
spent the week end with Misses
Elsie and Rhea Taylor.
VERNE Farmer spent the week
end at Obids.
Robert Cox left for Jenkins Jones,
w. Va, this week. He has a job
there.
Mrs. Polly Cox, who has been
very ill, is improving some.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gray Farmer spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
J. R. Cox.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-22
Comet News

Jack Frost was an unwelcome Wis
itor in this section Saturday morn
ing.
Most farmers in this part are
ready for planting corn when the
weather gets warmer.
Jack Barker, Rev. E. z. Sexton,
Mrs. Minnie Miller and daughter,
Gage, passed through this commun-
ity Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Church, of
Page, w. Va, spent the weekend
with Mr.. Church's parents, MIR. and
Mrs. Green Church.
Miss Buryl Ham, of Long Branch.
visited on Stages Creek Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. Warner Davis visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Miller Sunday
Mr.. Roy Blevins, of Bina, filled
his appointment at James Church's
Sunday.
Reeves Church and Miss Mamie
Miller visited Miss Elsie Miller at
Lansing Sunday.
z. R. Barr made a business trip
to the Teaberry country Saturday.
Wade Davis visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Davis, of Piney
Creek, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Howard Miller and
children spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. C.. o. Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Gilly passed
through this section Saturday.
Paul Landreth, of the Horse
Creek community, was a visitor on
Stages Creek Sunday.
Mrs. z. R. Barr, Mrs Carl Sexton
and son, Ford, made a trip to Mr.
Scott Miller's Store Saturday.
Several people from this COM
munity attended court at Jefferson
last week.
j. E. Roland, of Clifton, passed
through this section Sunday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-22
Death on Safety Day
Local Ministers Join in Calling All
to Observe Safety Rules

A single highway fatality marred
observance of safety Sabbath" in
North Carolina last Sunday.
Reports received by the Associat-
ed Press bureau included only one
automobile accident in which a IA
tally occurred.
Throughout the State hundreds of
ministers preached sermons on high
way safety as a part of safety Sab
bath" sponsored by the Carolina
Motor club. Local ministers is this
city joined in the drive for safer
highway travel.
At Roanoke Rapids a truck hit
7-year-old holland Goodman as he
started across a street, fatally in
juring him, to account for the only
blemish on the slate
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-22
DOES BLADDER IRRITATION
GET YOU UP?

Results guaranteed, Csc. If not
pleased, in four days go back and
get your 25c Flush the bladder as
you would the bowels. Help nature
eliminate impurities and excess
acids which cause irritation that
results in getting up nights, scanty
flow, frequent desire, burning,
backache, or leg pains. Get buchu
leaves, juniper oil, etc., made into
little green tables. Just say Bukets
to any druggist. RAY DRUG CO.,
West Jefferson, N. G. 4-29
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-22
Quinn Pharmacist at
Rexall Drug Store

F. D. Quinn, of Shelby, arrived
the first of the week to take up his
duties in Graybeals Drug Store dur
ing the absence of DR.. Robert Saw
age.
Mr.. Quinn comes to the city high
ly recommended as a pharmacist OF
20 years experience. Drugs will be
dispensed under his supervision and
Mrs. GRAPHICAL, owner of the store
feels that the public is very fortu-
nate to have the services of Mr.
Quinn offered them.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-22
LOCALS

Miss Ruth Tugman has been ill
with influenza for the past few days.
Mrs. Ed Brown, of Nathans Creek,
was carried to the Wilkes Hospital
this week. She is reported to be
very ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Padgett, of Jeffer-
son, spent the weekend in Black
Mountain. Mr.. Padgett has been
with the scenic highway forces but
plans now to spend the summer
with his family in Black Mountain.
J.F. Neal, who has been critically
ill, is reported to not be improving
as rapidly as was thought last week.
First Lieutenant John Perry, Jr.,
of the c. c. c. Camp at Big Stone
Gap, Va, spent the weekend with
his wife in Jefferson. Mrs. Perry is
a member of the Jefferson High
School faculty. She accompanied
him as far as Abingdon, Va. Sunday.
Trout fishing season opened in
the county on April Is, but so far as
can be learned the would-be-fisher-
men have caught no trout yet.
Mrs. J. E. Whitley, of Glendale
Springs, was in the city Monday.
Messrs. ]. F. and c. E. Reeves, Of
Laurel Springs, visited here Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. B. E. Reeves and Ruth
Reeves visited in independence, Va,
the first of the week.
Mrs. Paul Miller is visiting rela-
tives in Pennsylvania.
Recently the COW of Rev. P. E.
Downs, of Clemmons, died. This, of
course, was misfortune to the pas
tors family; but it served to call
forth the kindness of members of
Brother Downs's church. Two weeks
after the death of his cow enother
was in his barn, entirely without
cost to him. He writes: "Truly the
lilies oil 4d41SI1 U11CO OO LII P1CooOAAI
places; year, we have goodly heri-
tage' among these dear people. They
are a big-hearted people; and the
task under the Lord is likewise big,
and challenges the best there is in
one to give of his very best in SER
vice. We covet the prayers of the
Recorder readers that we may fully
measure up to the opportunity with
the Lords grace and strength. -
The Biblical Recorder.
Miss Ruby Griffith visited her
brother in independence, Va, Sum
day.
Friends of DR.. Robert Savage who
have received letters from him re-
port that he is doing nicely and ex-
poets to enter a Baltimore hospital
soon for an operation for appendi-
citiS.
Mrs. John A. Weaver, who has
been very i'll in the Duke Hospital,
is somewhat improved.
Mrs. Artie Lawrence, of Fleet
wood, and Miss Beulah Osborne,
member of the faculty there, were
in town Tuesday.
Ex-sheriff T. K. Miller and Todd
Woodie, of Ore Knob, were in town
Tuesday. "Uncle Tom" states that
Mrs. Miller, known as "Aunt VERDI,
is slightly better than she has been
during the winter.
Rev. Mr.. Snow, of Creston, was in
the city the first Of the week.
Mrs. G.. D. Neal visited her son, J.
F. Neal, in the Wilkes Hospital this
week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-22

In performing the "raks" favo-
rite national dance of Uzbekistan,
Central Asia, the dancers hold full
cup of tea in each hand.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-22

An Arctic tern, which resembles
a sea gull, has flown 1000 miles
from the Antarctic to the far North
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-22

The State flower of Texas is the
blue bonnet so designated by the
State legislature.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-22

The White House has a police
force Of 448 men, and 10 secret SER
vice men.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-22

The season from May to October
is known in Sicily as the "Sicilian
Spring"