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The Nome nugget., 1938-02-16
Bill Introduced
 Increase Pay of
 Postmen Alaska

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16, lPD-Delegate Anthony J Dimond in reduced bill providing for service for employees of the Postoffice Department in AL aska, who should receive twenty per cent higher pay than those in the United States.
The Nome nugget., 1938-02-16
Wilkins Enroute Back to Aklayik
 Repairs Plane

EDMONTON, Feb. 18th, R)- Carrying a new engine for his damaged plane at Aklavik, on the Arctic coast, Sir Hubert Wilkins left here today aboard Mac Kenzie Air Service plane, to re- sume his search for the missing Soviet Polar fliers.
 Gree Queen Votes Given Away) When paying your subscription
 to The Nome Nugget.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-05-18
AMERI CAN LEGION ACTIVITIES

we are again plugging Tor Cne Lee
gion Juni or baseball team. These boys
need support. If anyone in Greenbelt
has some idea or suggestion as to how
we can procure suits and equi ment
either by finances or thru some adver-
tt sing sponsor, please contact. Comrade
Leo Mule or any local Legionaire.
We give you herowi tn some Of the
graduates Of Legion Junior ba seball:-
AAERu CAN LEAGUE -- (Boston) Doerr and
Bagby, Jr.; philadelphia Bena; (st.
Loui s. Mazzera; (chicago) fresh. Click !;
(Was hington) Levi and Hogsett; Gel eve
land) Feller and McCormi ok; NATIONAL
LEAGUE - (Chi cago) Cavarretta, Galan,
Matti ok and Hi gbe; pittsburgh Hand
ley and robin; (st.. LOUSY Owen; (Bos-
tony Dilaggio and Wal h; (Phil ado lph-
ia) Arnovich; (Brooklyn) Lavagetto.
The Amori can Legion reaches into
every kind Of Anori can homo. 1t has :;
posts in every city, town and village.
Its influence is felt in every coun-
tryside. Tt can influence American
thought and it feels that it should
influenced thought on the subject Of
clean athletics as one Fundamental
of true A1neri CAM SIN. We are inter-
ested in the future Of Ameri ca.
TWENTY YEARS AGO on May 18TH I'm "
Pi ardy and Lorraine hos lie raids
wore ropu1 sod wi tn loss to the en- envy in
killed and wounded. In the Woevre
there was continued aerial acti vi ty,
our planes onga ging success folly in
second enc ountcrs." Bri ii sh bombing
pianos raid Cologne, killing fourteen
persons and inflicting heavy damage.
28th and 18th Division headquarters
arrive in Fra nee. President WI a
in New York addresses opening Red Cross
drive for 800 900 900 calls for an
Army WI thout lini t and says Ameri CO
will stand by Russia to keep her an
independent nation. 200 killed by
TINT explosion in plant Of Aetna Cherni-
cal Co. at OalIdale, l6 milos west Of
Pittsburgh. Heavo artillery fire by
Germans along entire Western Front be-
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-05-18
DELIVERY TRUCK CATCHES FIRE


transfer truck badly damaged
by fire at the intorsection Of Ri dge
Road and soutrny, Thursday May IL,
when q blaze wifi CHI started in bundle
Of brooms rapidly spread to other goods.
The truck hauling goods to the new
vari city dopar tnont Of the Greonbelt
Pharmacy.
Tt is believed that lighted ciga-
rette tossed into tho wind by passing
motori st was the Of the fire.
The drivers hea TT was in hi mouth
for Will g VII Zen it looked though
fivo-gal1 on can Of asphalt cement which
tn G truck would burst into flames
ct any moment. However, that ca tostro-
phe was ovortod and the total danger
wa confin ed to the l oss Of few
cases Of merchandi SO.
The goods damaged had not yet be-
come the property Of the Grembolt stores.
DANCE ORGIES TRii BAND PROJECTED
Taking the first stops towards the
lorna tion Of Grecnbelt dance orchcs-
ira, VI. Pri Hartley urges all inter
ostod must clans to con tact him at 1910
Ridge Road. ''''''
The propos ed orchost rn will be
posed enti rely f Green bel tians. It
is hoped tia t from Thu rchestra may
spring the nucleus Of d town band. Mr..
Hartley enphasi zod tia all rmsi clans
are invi ted from the little expert enc
ed amateur to the professional.
drummer and O bass player espec-
tally desired.
Mr. Hartley he's had CO nsid cradle
expert with the trombone in high
school, college and servi Q bands,
we'll dance orch6s tras.
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KEEP GREENBA BEAUTIFUL Xxx SPARE
THE WILD FLOWERS.
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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-05-18

many for du 70 tiono war. German
Chanco1l or Hert1ihg for secs warts
ending in 1913 thru events in the
west".
That was twenty years ago today.
Now oil Legionnairos, let's get out
to pos meei ngs and turn our otten-
ii on to the events Of t ohy.
Our next regular nee ting is 1hursda
May 18th at 500 Pm. Will be soe'in
you. Grom bolt Post No. 1856
Adj utant.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-29

essarv to pay off the indebted
ness, and all traditions are that
she laid the corner stone. The
Ship home. Queen Ann house
of brick. stood on the grounds oc-
cupied by Alpine Inn, and a por-
ton of the first building is en-
closed in its walls. Mr.. Ships law
office was in brick building
which stood near the street, and
within recent years, alterations
and additions have been made to
adapt it for use as Il dwelling
house
The Ship home. after they
moved away, was known rs Sci
den Park Villa, whose last owner
died intcState. His property cX-
cheated to the University Of North
Carolina. and was purchased from
its trustees by the church. \ Stur-
DIV little house built of logs, NOR
tiscd and tcnoned. and fastened
with locust pegs stood near the
church. and in it Miss Fanny Pat
ton Of AShcyillc taught a school
for some time. in the years fol-
lowing the war.
About 1900, the vestry deemed
it advisable to provide II rcctory,
and Il house once owned by Ma
ior Anderson, which stood on the
opposite side of Main street. was
procured. 4 man from Spartan
burg brought his equipment, OPP
Grated by mule power, and moved
the building across the street.
Only the few who had the con
tidcncc of older negroes knew
that the problem Of securing a
servant To work for the ministers
family had its foundation in Il
superstition that to move Il house
whose builder was dead WAS to m
wife "hants" to come back and
shake it apart later. The friendly
snake that lived under the floor,
and occasionally Slithcrcd and
warped it's way up and down the
walls might have done good ser
vice in Kidding the place Of mice
and rats.-but it also accounted
for the hasty departure of more
than one good colOrcd servant.
Unlike the other early church
cs of the town. st. James never
/ had burial ground on the prop
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-29
SAYS A TOWNS
WANTED TO BE
COUNTY SEAT

(Con. from Page !. Section Four
combc county. but settled here
Immediately following the War
Between the States. After rctir-
ING from mercantile life he con
Quoted, most successfully. a brok-
erage business, also held large and
varied interests in other activities
of the town and county. Captain
Toms was Il very handsome man.
a daring and fearless soldier, low
ed and respected by those under
tain scenery in Western North
Carolina. In Polk county, near
Saluda. they own land which con-
tains several majestic waterfalls
and rustic mountain scenery.
Lake Lure and Chimney Rock are
on former speculation lands.
In possession of the two pres
cnt owners are all the papers,
deeds. grants. complete chain of
titles. and documents of the COM
pany. These are contained in a
quaint. handmade iron safe that
measures two by three feet, and
is studded with huge round
headed nails. This safe is now in
the office of Mr.. Justice in Hen
Jacksonville. and traces back to
the first days Of the company.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-29
Western Carolina Heralded AS Paradise 119 Years Ago

ertv, The one body buried there
before the war. Mr.. Afiedge,
was later moved to the city Gene
terry.
About 1900, the original old
well near the church was lIlled
and closed. but remnants OF the
ice house can still be seen. Light
ming struck huge oak, whose
rings showed it to be more than
TWO centuries old. After the tree
was removed, its stump was bur-
led between the church and the
present rectory.
\ bronze tablet to the mem:
ory Of Miss Augusta Williams and
Miss Fannie Wctmore. which "c-
cupics the west wall Of the church.
is a constant reminder Of great
friendship. These two women had
spent wears travelling to all parts
Of the world together. before them
way led to Hendcrsonvllle, where
Miss Williams died in 1900.
Among their other community m
tcrcstS, the friends had provided
that the life insurance OF each
was to he paid to the other-and
that whichever died first, the 9TH
or should keep her memory
green" at the place where she
passed away. For more than TWEEN
~ wears. Miss Fannie Wetmorc,
"A member Of the Dutch Reformed
church. returned to Henderson,
Vile each year. and as "A memoi-
ial to Miss Williams. devoted
much of her time to bcautifylrg
the grounds, repairing the build
ing. providing chairs. new carprt>
and other furnishings for the
church Of her friends falth-St.
James Episcopal.
The handsome window over the
altar of the church was given as
a memorial to descendant Of Sir
Francis Drake. and her husband.
by the sons. Rev. Nathan Seaglc
Of st. Stephens church. New York.
and Rev. John Scaglc Of Charles
ton. who. with her Son-m-ta~.
Rev. c. K. Cody of OrangehWg
S. c.. received their early tram.
ing and inspiration as members o.
the parish Of st. James.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-29
OLD COMPANY
STARTED Land
BOOM IN 1919
G., w. Justice And Fred
McBrayer Bought Last
10000 Acres

IF any crcdancc can be given
to an advertisement Of the SpccH-
latiou Land company of New
York. in 1919 concerning their
holdings i'm Western North Caro-
lima. which totallcd 100000 acres,
then the Garden Of Eden was not
located in Asia Minor. but in
these hills. "Abunding with all
the necessities and most of the
Injuries Of life. where every man
may set" under his own vine and
fig tree" is the way the company
described it.
This old handbill revealed that
Western North Carolina cXpcr-
fenced great land boom ll9
years ago when through the ct-
forts of Augustus Sackct. the first
promoter of the company. an adj
vertiSing campaign WAS staged
that would put modern advertiS-
crs in the background as Il means
IF hiring settlers To this new
found paradise. In glowing terms
100000 acres for sale in Ruthcr-
ford. MCcklcnhurg and Buncombc
counties. which tract now mclud-
cs parts of Henderson. Polk. Nc
pcwclI, Union, Arson and ClcEc-
land counties. was described,
The company was started IN
17qS when the State Of North
Carolina granted rs patents to
James GrccrIcr. Lewis Beard and
William Erwin. IN Of this state.
These grants which were W"'ttcu
on ShccpSkir and Signed 10y Coy
Crnor Samuel AShc. are uoA IN
the possession Of G.. ". Justice.
of HcudcrSonvillc. Lud one If the
present owners Of the company.
The three original owners. wEo
organized the Speculation Lan't
company. sold i'm 1856 to Tench
Coke. of Philadelphia. around 10
of the patents. One OF these pal
ents. lying i'm what Is now Hen
derSon company, embraced over
$4,000 acres. The state granted
these patents i'm consideration OF
so Shilling$ for each hundred acr-
cs.' Mr.. Coke. who was actively
connected with the company tor
MANY years. has descendants who
now live in A$hevillc.
Succeeding Mr.. Coke aS chief
owner in the company was Angus
.tus Sackct. who set in motion
North Cardinals first great Ian.
,hoom. Through the years the land
passed through many hands and
the heirs increased. In 1920 II.
W. Justice. surveyor. later COM
missioner. and now tax SuperviS-
,or of Henderson county. with
Fred McBraycr. lawyer of Ruth
erford county. dissolved the COM
pauv by buying the 10000 re-
manning acres which lay in Hen
,dersor. Polk. Mcdowell and Ruth
srford.
The only known copy of the
original handhill issued by Sack
oft. is in the possession of Mr..
Justice. II is 4 timc-worn lcatict
,thC size of sheet of newspaper
with strcamcr headline an,
,nouucing For Sale, 100000 acr-
.es of land in Rutherford, Meek
lenburc. and Buncombe." and
claimed. mot To be inferior to
the Alabama or any other district
of the county in the United
States"
Sackct. who was press agent
of the first water. described this
new section i'm such terms thai
would cause bigoted New Eng
land yankee to checrfully give M
the IuxuricS and heritage Of hi
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-29
ORGANIZATION
SET Up FIRST
BY BAPTlSTS

(Con. from Page ). Sec. Thrce)
Grated the church of st. James at
Hcndersonvillc, the Rev. Mr..
Hughes. the rector, reading the
sentence Of conservation, the Rev.
DR.. Hanckle and Mr.. Dayton of
the diocese Of South Carolina. and
Rev. Mr.. Buxton of this diocese
offering morning prayer, and |
preached the sermon. In the al
tcrnoon | confirmed in private Il
sick colorcd woman, and in the
evening after sermon by Rev.
Mr.. Buxton, | confirmed in the
church three persons
The name dayton" III this re-
port is obviously in error. The
Rev. John Grimkc Drayton, foun-
der of the famous Magnolia Gar
dcns of Charleston, was ut the
time rector Of the church at Flat
Rock. and there seems little doubt
that he was the minister who as
sisted Bishop Atkinson.
Rev. Mr.. Jarvis Buxton was ut
that time rector Of Trinity church.
Ashcvillc.
Of interest in connection With
the conservation # St. James
church is the fact that 1T the hour
in which this service was being
held. the battle Of Chickamauga
was raging in all its ticrccncSS.
Five days before the conSccra-
ton. Andrew Miller had convey
ed to r. +. Evans. w. u. Miller,
w. f. MaSsic and William Shipp,
as wardenS. vcStry and trustees,
the lot on which the building had
been erected, for the sum of
500. Among the COMMITMENTS
of the church there were rot SUI
ficicnt men to form vestry. and
W. d. Miller. though Il PrcShytcr-
ian. was chosen because Of the
devoted interest Of his wife.
Mrs. William Shipp, formerly
Miss Cameron. and Il sister OF
Rev. Mr.. Buxton's wife, was prob
ably the strongest Influence in
establishing the church in this
parish. She worked and collected
large part of the money nee
at the peril of their lives to help
some sufferer from whom they
knew they would never receive =
cent. Only the recording angel
knows of how generously they
gave of their time and their skill
to suffering humanity.
Space forbids the enumeration
of others, but just Il few more
names:
The Reverend d. B. Nelson. a
Baptist minister, who looked az
ter both the souls and the bodies
of many of our early settlers.
The Reverend James Blythe,
who published the first newspaper
in our midst. "The Carolina Rap-
tist."
After the War Between the
States, "Thc Cottage Visitor" was
edited and published by Mr.. Ma
than Bowen. Il man Of ability,
education and intelligence.
DR.. T. A. Allen, Mr.. NJ. NJ. Pat
ton, Colonel Joseph Livingstone
were also counted with our first
citizens.
These early settlers were men
of courage. endurance. enterprise
vision. May we honor their mem
cries and emulate their virtues.
"Lord God Of Hosts. be with us
yet, :.
Lest we forget. lest we forget.
Evening star., 1938-04-24

might be placed in that category, but
spiritually, morally and democratically
they may as well live in the Malayan
peninsuar.
In an address before the Washington
Board of Trade, the words of Theodore w.
Noyes aptly tell the story, Before the judi
cial branch of the National Government the
people of the District are, the United States
Supreme Court says, less than aliens in the.
right to sue and be sued"
In relation to representation in the legs-
lative branch and by the executive branch
of the National Government they are on the
same footing as aliens.
They are good enough Americans to pay
taxes and go to war. but not good enough
Americans to be represented in the Con-
gress which taxes them and sends them to
war.
Washingtonians have risked life and shed
their blood in every national war. To
preserve the Union the first volunteers
came from the Capital. and Washingtonians
supplied greater percentage of troops in
excess of their quota than nearly every
States in the Union. They show patriotic
readiness to bear the burden OF conscription,
whether in the shape of taxes imposed or
in the shape of universal personal service
and the selective draft. They have no
voice, like other Americans, in the councils
which determine war or peace They have
no representation in the Government which
requires them to fight, to bleed and perhaps
to die
In all the expanse of the continental and
contiguous United States, from ocean to
ocean, from Canada to Mexico, every ter
ritory has been exalted into Statehood, and
the District of Columbia is the only re-
naming American community whose people
are still compulsory occupants of the Ma
tional Hospital for Politically Defective and
Delinquent Americans"
April may we'll be called the month Of
freedom, for the 1st of April 1889, the first
American Congress under the present gov
ernment assembled in New York On the
10th of April in the year ITS. began the
war for American political independence,
and on the 3oth Of April, 1889, Gen. WASH
ington, as previously mentioned, became
our first President. 1t is reputed that on
the 22d Of April, 1898. Hail Columbia"
was first sung in the City Of Philadelphia
Let us on the 3oth ring out new song of
freedom, only this time insert the word
dreamed Of city for Washingtonians to
be proud Of
BENJAMIN r. sT1CKNEY, JR.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
Adds Another View
OF Jay Franklin Article.

Mr.. Joseph F. Thorning's letter of amaze
ment CThe Star, April 49, over misinforma-
ton in Jay Franklin's column Of April IA
evoked feeling of amazement in its own
right. I am in accord with Mr.. Thorning
when he says Jay Franklins claim that the
non-intervention agreement is designed to
give to France and England monopoly In
supplying the Loyalist government with the
means of defense is contrary to the evi-
dence. AS partisan of the Loyalist gov
ernment, I neither deny the fact nor con-
denim Soviet Russia for giving to republican
Spain the help Mr.. Thorning says she does.
I approve such action and reprove England,
France and the United States for not doing
likewise
However, it is we'll established fact
challenged only by Franco supporters)
that the amount of German and Italian
aid given to the insurgents exceeds by far
the help republican Spain has received from
her sister republics. An attempt to create
a different impression by citing what Mr..
Eden said last October or by pointing to
Soviet aid to the Loyalist cause is creating
an impression contrary to the evidence"
1t may be that "Mr. Jay Franklin does
the cause of religious liberty in the United
States no service by parroting the odious
phrase of Hitler and Goebbels, political
Catholicism" That Franco and the
Catholic hierarchy of Spain supporting
him are protagonists of religious liberty as
Americans understand these terms (sepa-
ration of church and state freedom to
worship as one pleases) will make interest,"
ing news, even if untrue, to many people.
Indeed, he is a strange, inconsistent kind
Of Christian who disclaims "the odious
phrase" of a Hitler and Goebbels, but ac-
cepts the murderous weapons of Nazi Ger
many and Fascist Italy.
Finally, Mr.. Thorning's list of "true lib
erals" defies tenable criticism. There are
as many definitions OF liberal as there
are people who define the word. Mr..
Thorning will have to release his particular
definition to the public before his list OF
prominent personalities can be fairly
judged. HARRY WILES.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
April 30 Should See the
District Demand the Suffraxe,
To the Editor Of The Star.

N-'oA Va 4uc StdT.
On April 80 the free-thinking and
oemocracy-loving citizenry of Washington
Will go to the polls to express, through their
sacred heritage of suffrage, the desire for
naUonal representation in the Congress.
we mold little apprehension as regards the
outcome of that vote. We have as much
confidence in the affirmative of that plebis-
cite as the brave souls who witnessed the
Father of Our Country on the same day
14S years ago did in the future destiny of
tns great republic. On that day Gen.
george Washington of Virginia became the
nrst President OF the United States of
America
Since that day this great Nation pledged
to peace at home and tranquility abroad
mas emerged the most potent guarantor of
lie, liberty and the pursuit of happiness the
world has yet experienced From without
she has nourished and led the nations of
tne earth toward the ideal Of friendiness
and good will. From within she has been
a rock of refuge for those seeking freedom
ana the right Of religious worship. To
those principles she is consecrated and for
those principles she will fight to the last.
Fundamental among such ideals, how
ever, Is one principle without which no
nation can conceive or construct a bull
wark OF freedom. This fundamental is as
much part Of the United States as the
people themselves. 1t is their foundation,
their guarantor and their will. With it,
believe all things are possible. Without it
well history tells the story The funda-
mental OF which I speak IS something
which should but is not the inalienable
right of every American It Is suffrage.
The people Of the District of Columbia
would like to believe that they are q part
OF this great Nation Of which speak.
Ier1itorially, materially and integrally they
Evening star., 1938-04-24

the dilemma in which existing methods
and proposals place the Government. and
the obvious fact that the same financial
straits are upsetting constitutional law and
order everywhere 1t does not occur to
those in places of authority that there is
q possibility of questioning the propriety of
persisting in the lending of more money"
either by or to the Government. These
practices are in outright violation of the
fundamental objections raised against such
lending" by our two greatest and most
democratic leaders. Thomas Jefferson and
Abraham Lincoln, both of whom were
"greenbackers."
The public would quickly evolve solu-
ton for these problems if they We're told
the truth about existing practices. But
both the Government and the press seem
united in maintaining the deceptive idea
that. though Government bond issues are
always oversubscribed by the banks, they
are forced" loans purchased by the banks
with pre-deposited idle funds belonging to
the public as depositors. This is the sheer
est falsehood. Those bonds are given to
the banks at no cost other than the nominal
one OF maintaining set Of books Does
any one imagine the issues would otherwise
be so uniformly oversubscribed at such low
interest rates? Under these circumstances
not only is the interest usurious, but the
principal Is even more viciously lien on
taxation that has not been and cannot be
justified in any way whatever. In its recent
volume on recovery problems the Brookings
Institution stigmatizes this practice as
scheme for "obscuring the true situation"
That is putting 1t all too mildly
ALDEN A. POTTER.