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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29

Senate, Strengthened his gay
colored wig, and decreed that
Christianity was the Official re-
ligion of the Roman Empire. And
when he did that the ordered the
Christians to celebrate the birth
of Christ during the feast of Sa-
turn, so he merged the two festi-
walls into one. uzs
Many curious and colorful SUI
perstitions have grown up around
Christmas. Old women, pop-eyed
with strange beliefs, declare that
when the clock strike midnight
on Christmas Eve, the bees sing
the Tooth Psalm, and they say
that the sheep open their mouths
and bleat the word "Bethele-
hem"
One of my secretaries was raj
sed in Louisiana and she tells
me that the negroes taught her
that the COWS literally get down
on their knees and talk to one an
other on Christmas Eve.
Old Santa Claus, who came
your. chimney on Christmas Eve
in his pagan youth was the fire
god Of ancient people. He
brought presents to the children
in Rome thousands of years ago
and he comes with his reindeer
and jingle bells from far North;
for like all the gods of our tribal
fathers he lives in the tWinkling
armament around the North
Star.
Christmas may have been pa
gan orgy thousands of years ago
but who cares? Today, it is the
most happy and universal holi-
day in all the western world.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
III. nj. WOODIE is
CLAIMED BY DEATH

H. M. Woodie, age 46, well
known citizen who operated q
store at the Jumping Off place on
new highway 16 near the Wilkes
Ashe line, died last week at the
Wilkes hospital.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Martha Woodie, and five
children: Odell, Marie, Elsie Ed
die and Virgie Woodie. Also sur
viving are the following brothers
and sisters: P. M. Woodie; Mrs
Alexander Shepherd, of Daylo;
Columbus Woodie, of Millers
Creek, Va; Mrs. Neal Marsh, Of
Obids; Jacob Woodie and Mrs
Will Ashby, of Wilbar; Mrs. Ellis
Bare, Of Obids.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
Bouncing Bed
Gale d Bunk
By Mrs. Houdini

Tampa, Fla, Dec. 27,-Mrs.
Beatrice Houdini, widow OF
Harry Houdini, famed magician
shuffling a stack of newspaper
clippings about the Virginia
''bouncing bed" today at her SUI
burban winter home at Safety
Harbor and concluded the social
ed phenomenon was ''pure bunk.
Bouncing beds are not new"
she said, land I am convinced
that is nothing supernatural
about this latest one. It's bound
to be caused by some illusion or
circumstances known to every
professional magician, end it can
be easily explained"
Mrs. Houdini recalled that her
husband once maintained boun-
cling bed in New York home.
CAS- a matter of fact" she
laughed, "all the beds bounced
there. The furniture walked and
the closets were full of skeletons.
The vases talked and anything
could happen. But it was all a
trick, just pure bunk. That's all
the Virginia bouncing bed can be.
There are no ghosts or spirits"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
FOXX ANNEXES AMERICAN
LOOP BAT CHAMPIONSHIP

Chicago, Dec27-In a slam
bang season featured by booming
home runs and the rattle of extra
base hits, genial Jimmy Foxx, OF
Boston, won his second American
league batting championship
with as low as average as any
which has captured the coveted
crown in the last 80 years.
The blacksmith harmed Red SoX
first baseman, official statistics
showed today, took the hitting
title with mark of .349 in 149
games a surprisingly low figure
for year in which his own total
of SO circuit smashes was one OF
many spectacular hitting perfor-
mances in the league.
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Cehrig Is No. l
Records 1nasher
Yankee Businessman Sets 8
New Big Time Marks. 33
Record Fall.

Chicago, Dec. 26-Lou Gehrig
may have skidded out of the 300
hitter's class during the 1888 sea-
son, but he easily captured the
role of No. l record breaker, the
official American league Stats
tics showed this week.
The husky New York Yankee
first baseman hit only .295 for
the year, but he cracked eight
major league marks and tied an
other through a campaign mark
ed by robust clouting which saw
six players each hit 80 or more
home runs.
80 Records Broken
Altogether, 80 major league
marks were broken and IS tied,
with Gehrig smashing the follow
ing records, consecutive games
played 2, 1872, consecutive years
$50 or more games l.; number OF
years leading in games played,
8; most years 100 runs or more,
Is, most consecutive years 100
runs or more Is; most years 300
or more total bases, Is home runs
with bases filled, %; double
plays by first basemas, 157. The
mark he tied was for the most
games at first base 157.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
SANTA CLAUS
Three Hundred Years. Ago
He Was Public Enemy
No. 1

About three hundred years age
when New England was far
removed colony of the British
Crown, the wife of a village
squire in Harley, Massachusetts,
walked across the fields one Dec.
ember day and visited a German
lady who was celebrating Christ.
mas.
This German lady had cut
down a small pine tree in the
forest, dragged it home through
the snow, lighted it with candles
and her children were dancing
| around it, singing Christmas ca
rolls. Nothing wrong with that
! was there?
Yet the grim-faced Puritan
fathers, who ruled New England
then, hauled this woman before
a council of village elders, thun-
dered at her, denounced her
and threw her out of the church
bag and baggage. And back ir
those days, that was tantamount
| to social ostracism.
What had she done? She had
committed the heather sin of &C.
lebrating Christmas. The old
! Puritans despised Christmas
|, With wrathful voices they de-
nounced it from their pulpits
They branded it as an unholy pa
gan halliday and declared it was
an insult to God. They even
passed a law which heaped fines
and public disgrace upon anyone
who attempted to celebrate
Christmas.
When the firey-temperec
Cromwell and his singing soldiers
climbed up into the seats of the
mighty in Merrie England, they
! too passed laws abolishing the
pagan holiday called Christmas
Why all this cry and uproa1
against the celebration of Christ
mas? For one thing, the old Puri
tans knew that Christ was no
born on Christmas day.
Scholars were wrangling abou
the date of Christ's birth les
than two hundred years after HI
died. Some claimed that he wa.
born on May Goth -; others con
tended that the correct date wa
April 10Th. Still others denoun
ced these dates as superstitions
and declared he was born OF
November 18th. Modern scholar
confess that they haven't the re
hottest idea about the exact time
of the birh of Jesus.
! For thousands of years, the Ro
mans, gorged with food, anc
drunk with wine, celebrated thu
feast of Saturnalia in December
Saturn was their god of Agricul
ture, and after they had gathered
their crops for the season, they
held high festival in his honor
! decorating their houses with evel
green and holly, giving dolls tx
their children, and showerinl
gifts upon one another.
i Centuries ago, old bald-headet
| Constantine rose up in the Roma
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
THEN AND NOW

He was born at time when the conquer
ing legions of Rome overspread the known
world and laid it under tribute Yet He
glorifed peace and taught the omnipotence
of gentleness.
He was born in an era when racial hates
had divided and embittered humanity. Yet
He preached the oneness of all mankind.
He was born in an era when racial hates
power drew it's strength from oppression of
the weak Yet He exalted the dignity of
the individual
He was born at time when religion held
in bondage the mind and body of man. Yet
He touched faith with warmth and made
it the liberator and rather than the prison
keeper of mankind.
He was born at time when human life
was cheap. Yet He preached the sanctity
of all human life.
Against the hates of the day He set love.
Against the insolence of power He set
meekness Against mans inhumanity to
man He set loving kindness
Nearly twenty centuries have passed
since the star stood over Bethlehem. The
long years have brought the world much
nearer the civilization which He envisioned
for all mankind.
Yet today the land in which He was born
is torn with strife. In another country the
race of Joseph and Mary is prosecuted with
a cruelty that has no counterpart in recent
history. Other Caesars impose their will
on vastly more millions than the Caesar of
His day could reckon as subjects. Conquer
ing legions, infinitely more death-dealing
than the Roman soldiers, march across the
face of China Even peaceful nations are
now realizing that their only refuge is in
navies and armies and air fleets.
Decent people of all races and lands are
harried with anxiety. AS they look around
them, they see little to reassure them and
much to fill them with despair. AS they
look into the future, they hope-hope that
somehow the world may be saved from the
malighn influences that now threaten to
engulf civilization in ruin.
They can hope all the more earnestly
because they remember the star that
flashed before the wondering eyes of the
shepherds.
They know that the world can be rescued
from itself only as it captures the spirit Of
| Christmas and sees against that star which
| heralded the birth of new era.
The star still shines wherever men of
peace and goodwill gather, whether around
the council tables of world diplomacy or in
the simpler relations of ife.-The Ashe-
vile Citizen
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-29
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR 1889

Almost without exception the business
prophets and economic soothsayers are
predicting that 1899 will be the best year
that this country has witnessed since 1929.
Of course the outlook for worldwide
peace has sunk to low ebb and all nations
are re-arming as they have never done be-
fore in the history of the world, but most
statesmen regard this responsive price of
peace" as rather sure sign that the ma
tons of the globe will not be thrown into
another great international struggle next
year.
Business conditions in this country are
much better today than they were a year
ago. Last Christmas found general bust
ness conditions rushing downhill, while to-
day business is swinging upward at rapid
pace. Retail stores here and throughout
the nation have just enjoyed excellent
Christmas business, in fact better than they
had year ago.
Roger Babson, the dean of the economic
forecaster in the United States says that
confidence in the future is returning, that
people are not worried of the possibility of
a new and bigger depression Astounding
just beyond the threshold of the new year.
Col Leonard P. Ayres, ce-president OF
the Cleveland Trust Company the most
famous and the most usually accurate of
these forecasters, warns people not to be
too eager for sharp upturn the day after
New Years, but predicts that after the
usual seasonal decline in the early months
of the new year, business of all kinds
will begin to boom.
The signs of the times are all favorable,
unless something comes out Of this inter-
national situation to put the fear of foreign
war into peoples minds. The biggest boom
is already under way. That is the building
BOOM The coming year, the prophets say,
will see more new homes built than any
previous year since the middle 1905
Industry is hiring more help The num-
Der of unemployed workers has declined
by hundreds of thousands in the past
couple of months. People are buying more
new cars than they were year ago. The
Christmas trade of the stores all over the
country has been excellent There is a new
confidence in the air and in the minds of
men of affairs. New capital is coming out
of hiding to finance great new enterprises.
There is no promise in all OF this that
everybody will become prosperous over
night. There is a distinct promise in the
business outlook, as the experts see it, that
another year will see the nation safely past
the emergency period.
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ORDER OF RESALE UNDER
EXECUTION JUDICIAL SALE
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
IN THE MATTER OF THE SALE
UNDER EXECUTION IN FAVOR
OF THE FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF WEST JEFFERSON,
NORTH CAROLINA AND 9TH
Err CREDITORS AGAINST T. E.
BALLOU ON 5th day of Deem
Der, 1888, by the Sheriff of Ashe
County, North Carolina.
It appearing that, under
the sale under the execution
in favor of the First Ma
tional Bank Of West Jefferson,
N. c., and other execution in
favor of other holders of Judg-
nents against T. E. Ballou, a sale
of the lands of T. E. Ballou ex-
ception of his Homestead exemp-
ton was made on the 5th day of
December, 1888, by the Sheriff of
Ashe County, North Carolina, and
was purchased by Lettie STAINS
berry at said sale at the 100000
Dollars. It appearing to the
Court that whereas, Lola B. Por-G
ter filed a five per cent bid in the
sum of $4,000 on the 18th day Of
December, 1888, on the purchase
money paid for the said lands,
and has paid the same to me.
Now, Therefore, it is ordered,
considered and adjudged that w.
E. Miller, Sheriff advertise said
lands upon the excess of the
homestead, not laid off according
to Section e of the Consolidated
Statutes of North Carolina for re-
sale fifteen days in some news
paper published in Ashe County,
under the provisions Of Section
1891 of the Consolidated Statutes
of North Carolina and at the
Courthouse door and other pub
lie places as required by law.
This the 18th day of December,
1888.
J. D. STANSBERRY,
Clerk Superior Court, A h e
County, North Carolina.
12-29-2t
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FOR SALE-12 Stacks of Hay to. /
feed on the grounds on Grassy
Creek high near Jefferson, N. G.
J. F. Neal, w. Jefferson, N. G.
12-29-1t
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FOR SALE-One good yoke of s.
year-old work steers. Weigh,
240O pounds. See E. D. Houck,
Baldwin. 12-29-2tp
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-05-06
CENTREVILLE ORGANIZES
TROOP OF GIRL SCOUTS

Centreville Troop No. 1 of Girl
Scouts will be formally organized at
an investiture ceremony to be held at
the Centreville Armory next Wednes-
day evening at 1880 O'Clock when thir-
ty-one girls will receive their charter
and pins and will wear their uniforms
for the first time. Parents of the
girls have been invited to the cere-
mony.
The proceedings will be in charge of
Mrs. David Pitkin, scout captain, Mrs.
Austin Roberts, head Of the girl scouts
on the Eastern Shore, Mrs. Jewell Fes-
myer, scout lieutenant, and the Troop
committee consisting of Mrs. T. Rig
by Valiant, chairman, Mrs. A. Sydney
Gadd, Jr., Mrs. M. Wilson Harris, Mrs
Vachel A. Downes and Mrs. Charles
Barney.
The girls to be invested are Mary
Dixon Ashley, Frances Bartlett, Anna
Murray Barton, Doris Mae Barney
Ruth Butler, Mary D. Callahan, Mary
Ethel Cook, Ellen Carter, Jane Downes
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-05-06
Snow Hill News

The Eastern Shore Federation of
Women's Clubs met in Cambridge Fri
day. Many members of the Women's
Club attended from Snow Hill.
Mrs. Adella Sterling has returned
from visit with Mrs. Amanda West
in Pittsville.
Mrs. William Bunkley has returned
to her home in Chicago after spend
ing some time with her mother, Mrs.
C. B. Timmons.
Mrs. Edna S. Whaley has returned
home from a visit with friends in
Trenton, N. J.
William S. Hancock spent the week
end with his brother, Mr.. James w,
Hancock, who is a student at Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Charles r. Higgins and Mrs
Frank Fooks attended the wedding of
Miss Elizabeth Maxwell Carroll Ches-
nut, daughter of Judge Calvin W.
Chestnut to Mr.. Wilson King Barnes
at David's Episcopal Church, Balti-
more, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Mount and
son, Raymond, are now occupying
their new home on Morris Street.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-05-06

tically sealed in the motor and starts
knocks which not only waste power
but also strain the motor.
"In the lubricating system another
deposit is likely to form on pistons.
valves and spark plugs where it, also
acts as an insulator, combining the
heat, instead of permitting it to es-
cape and again causing the annoying
knocks which start with an overheated
engine.
"This deposit is not scale or rust,
but hard carbon which is formed by
some motor oils. Hard carbon is
caused by impurities in the oils, i'm
purities which are extracted from the
oil by engine heats, and which collect
in sticky mass within the engine.
Here they slowly bake into a hard,
flinty mass-hard carbon. 1t not only
prevents proper heat radiation, but
also prevents valves from seating
properly, wasting power, cutting down
engine performance. But this can be
prevented by using Sunoco Oil ex-
clusively. It is so pure it does not
form hard carbon.
almost every day some motorist
will write in to say he has driven over
100000 miles, using only Sunoco Oil
without having the head off the
motor"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-05-06

Mary Truitt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Adkins and
daughter, Flora, spent Sunday in
Valley Forge.
Mr.. A. Fred Sturgis of Philadel-
phia, spent the weekend with his
mother, Mrs. A. d. Sturgis.
DR.. and Mrs. Edgar Northam, of
Baltimore, spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cuff.
Mrs. Marvin Parks of Philadelphia,
spent the weekend with her father,
Mr.. Fred Mariner and sister, Mrs.
Earl Holloway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland Bailey, of
Baltimore, spent the weekend with
the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
C. Shockley.
Mr.. Elmer Stewart has returned to
Baltimore, after a visit with his sis
ter, Mrs. Charles H. Williams.
Mr.. Edwin A. Mariner died at his
home on the Salisbury road Friday
morning and services were held at the
home Sunday afternoon and interment
was made in the Protestant cemetery
DR.. Disston w. Jacobs and Rev. Rob-
ert P. Davis officiated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter White anc
daughter, Dorothy and Mrs. Mary
Farlow of Salisbury and Mr.. William
Harvey of Rochester spent Sunday
with Miss Aline Causey.
Mrs. Barbara Duer of Philadelphia
spent the weekend with relatives.
Mr.. Luther Smack of Philadelphia
spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs
Reese Scott and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dryden ant
children of Marcus Hook, Pa, spen
the weekend with Mrs. Cora Herman
Mrs. James Conner and son, O
Ocean City, spent Sunday wit
friends.
Mr.. Charles Shockley spent a few
days in Baltimore this week.
Mr.. Robert Grant spent the week
end in Washington and College Park
Mrs. w. o. Dickerson has returne'
from a visit in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Charles Corddry spent few
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-05-06

days in Baltimore this week with her
brother, Mr.. Percy Allender and Mrs.
Allender.
Mrs. John l. Colbourne of Philadel-
phia, spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. w. d. Corddry.
DR.. Charles Truman of Parksley
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Miss Maryhelen Knox has been
chosen princess of Snow Hill at the
Potato Blossom Festival, Tasley, Va
Mrs. Edward Mcpherson and two
children of Ridgely are visiting Mr.
and Mrs. w. o. Dickerson.
Mrs. Paul Parsons visited friends
in Onancock during the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. James K. Parks and
son, Kenneth spent the first of the
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Glad
ding in Pocomoke.
Mr.. Levin Conner and Mrs. Wilfrec
Conner of Newark spent Sunday with
Mrs. Bessie Sturgis.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-05-06
FOR
WARM WEATHER
MOTOR DRIVING

with the approach of summer and
hot weather, am advising all of my
car owning friends to take some SIM
pie little precautions which many mo-
florists are apt to forget" says Mr..
Robert Weir, Jr., the Sun Oil Com
pany's local branch manager.
"For instance" he continues, II am
pointing out to them the Importance
of avoiding knocking and lost power
by keeping the cooling and lubricating
systems clean and free from harmful
deposits which act as insulators and
cause overheating which, in turn,
causes knocking.
I'm the cooling system water some
times causes a scale which lines the
water packets and prevents the easy
transference Of heat. AS q result.
the heat is not carried off, but is prac
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-05-06

1JlIO ~ G1SlE Il LIN
meacly appointed General Manager of
The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company of Baltimore City
operating IN Maryland. Mr.. Griffin
aOGs previously General Commercial
Manager of the Maryland Company.
manager, according to an announce
ment just made. He succeeds Frederic
J. Irish who becomes assistant vice
president of The Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company with head
quarters at Washington, D. C.
Mr.. Griffin entered the service of
the Bell System with the Pacific Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company in
1918. Since coming with the Chesa-
peake and Potomac organization in
1922, he has held the positions of gen.
eral traffic superintendent of the
Washington Company, general traffic
manager and general commercial man.
ager of the Virginia Company and.
since April, 1886, general commercial
manager of the Maryland Company.
in which capacity he served until his
new appointment as general Manager.
He is member of the Baltimore AS
ISOLATION of Commerce.
Mr.. Irish first came with the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Com
pany of Baltimore City in 1917 as an
engineering assistant. He left Mary
land for several years to work with
the New York Telephone Company,
returning in 1921 to serve successfully
as equipment engineer, chief engineer,
and general manager. He is director
Of the Baltimore National Bank, the
Eutaw Savings Bank, the Baltimore
Association of Commerce and treas
urer of the Baltimore Chapter of the
American Red Cross.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-05-06

Mr.. Charles H. Parsons attended a
luncheon at the Concord Club, Will
mington, Monday and was one of the
principal speakers of the meeting of
The Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Moore and
daughter, Miss Madelyn have return
ed to Trenton after weeks visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Tilghman.
Mr.. James Dryden is in Presbyter-
ian Hospital, Philadelphia for treat
ment.
Miss Louise Covington entertained
All Hallows Guild Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Pruitt have
returned from a bushes trip thru
Western Maryland.
Mrs. Edward Hill has returned from
visit with relatives in Baltimore.
Mr.. Manley Nettles and father, Mr..
George Nettles, of Hampton were Wis
itors here during the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Outten and
son, Wilson Carl, of Norristown, spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. D
H. Bradford. Mr.. Outten returned
and left his family for longer Wis
it.
Miss Anna Pearl Haubert entertain
ed several friends at birthday party
for her thirteenth birthday Saturday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Reese and sor
of Philadelphia, spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bradford.
Miss Lily Mason has returned from
a visit of several months in New Jer
sey.
Mrs. George Smith has returned t.
Darien, Conn.,, after a weeks visi
with her mother, Mrs. Samuel Price
Mrs. Robert Holmes and daughter
Sue, of Norwalk, Conn.,, are visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Pow
! ell.
Mrs. Sidney Timmons of Ocean CITY
spent Monday with Mr.. and Mrs. Cha
Timmons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Chapman ant
son, Ralph Lee, spent Sunday wit
relatives in Georgetown and Rehoboth
Miss Grace Jones spent Sunday il
Cape Charles with her brother, MI
Charles Jones and family.
The Senior Ladies Aid of the M. E
Church met with Mrs. Robert N
Stagg, Tuesday evening.
Misses Phoebe Mock and Vivian
Holston of Salisbury, spent the week
end with Mis- Nock's mother, Mrs
Jester Mock.
Master Benny Ames of Bishop spen
the weekend with his aunt, Mis-