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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-07
Dale Carnegie
5-MINUTE BIOGRAPHIES
GETTING A JOB
GETTING A JOB

During the panic of 1891, a
young man in Chicago had to
have job when no job was to be
had. This is how he got one!
Theodore Dresser, from War
saw, Indiana, author of AN
American Tragedy" wanted to
become newspaper reporter. He
applied to every paper in Chica-
60. Everywhere he was given the
same answer. They were letting
men off, not taking them on. But
Theodore meant to be taken on!
When he arrived at the last pa
per-The Chicago Globe, he said:
well, I'm going 60 stay here
until you need a man." The man.
ager editor shrugged his shout
ders. Ridiculous! But Dresser sat
down. The next morning he was
there exactly on time. He went
to lunch when the others did; he
came back when they did;-and
stayed as late.
Meanwhile, he studied the pa
per. Plenty of time for that! He
talked to the other reporters, and
learned how they went after
news, how they 'handled' it
when they returned. Then he stu
died how it was presented by the
rival paper. Day after day went
by. A month passed. And then it
happened! The Globe needed a
man. Of course they took the one
sitting there. They were con-
vinced of his earnestness and
knew he had been Conscientious
ly studying their paper. He was
sent to cover the Democratic Ma
tional Convention.
He knew nothing of politics,
nor how to get political news. 1t
wasn't the kind of assignment he
wanted, but he determined to
make good. He found that the re-
porters hung around certain
bar, met politicians, and got shot
tips" Dresser didn't know enough
about politics to distinguish a hot
tip from a dogs nose.
BY chance he fell into CONVEX
sation with man who turned out
TO be Senator McEntv from South
Carolina, a powerful politician.
McEnty liked young Dresser and
invited him to lunch. They got
better acquainted. Then an incre-
dible thing happened. The sena-
tor said, Il like you and I'm 60
ing to give you some news all
those other fellows would give
their ears to get. Everybody
wants to know who is going to
be nominated for President. Well,
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(By Staff Writer)

WASHINGTON.-With the or
ganization by the foremost Re-
publican leaders of New York
State of a "Dewey-for-P resident"
campaign for delegates, and the
opening speech in that campaign
made by the District Attorney of
New York County in Minneapolis,
the three-cornered battle for the
Republican Presidential nomina-
ton is at last fully under way.
Senator Arthur Vandenberg's
organization committee has been
actively at work for several
weeks, proclaiming him as Michi-
CAMS Favorite Son, and issuing
impressive literature" in his be-
half, with almost all of Michi-
CANS foremost Republicans, from
the Governor down, as signator-
les.
Senator Taft's personal cam
paign in the West, which has tax
en- him and his politically-able
wife to the P2cific Coast, has also
been going on since the extra SEES
sion of Congress ended. It has the
blessing of most of the Ohio par
ty leaders, including Governor
Bricker, who was being talked of
as Presidential possibility him
self before he declared in favor
of Bob" Taft.
Between Three Men
AS Washington political observ-
ers view the prospects from the
point in time and space, the real
battle for the nomination is be-
tween those three men. Each of
them, it is expected will 60 to
the convention with a practically
solid block Of delegates from his
home state. Dewey's will be the
largest, Taft's the next largest
and Vandenberg's third. Each will
have considerable number of
delegates from other than their
home states, the number of whom
cannot as yet be estimated even
approximately. No experienced
observer expects any of these
three leading candidates to have
a majority Of delegates when the
convention opens, but each will
have enough backing to be an ex-
tremely powerful factor in the fl
nal decision.
Only one man can get the first
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N uts
AND
Kernels
BY
TROY /.
JONES

| Santa Claus has always been a
mythe. And if history repeats IT.
self he will ninth" me again this
year!
! The war seems still a-brewing.
And diplomats the rag achieving.
We wonder when their ways they
will mend,
, And this cussed thing will come
to an end.
When such things will stop, no
one can tell,
But it may be when ice is frozen
over hell.
But as long as they keep it across
the sea,
Why should it bother Uncle Sam
and me?
A French commander found a
monument to his lost leg in the
World War. It made him feel sor-
ter limp.
The vocal cord is controlled by
only one nerve. It is the only
nerve that is not in pairs. What
a blessing on the men.
X X
But the term "man'' has always
embraced woman!
Il
Did you ever see two gardeners
hoe a cabbage head the same
way?
A tail holt on the Anglo-Saxon
does not always guarantee your
tongue won't slip.
Talk about a skin game. Look
at the persons husband has to
skin to buy his wife fur coat,
4
And the cubist artist were sue
cessful as long as they painted
blockheads.
There is about as much fun
lawin' over a stump suckin' boss
as anything that can come up in
a court.
It is a good thing some people
know how smart they are for that
is one thing that they know that
no one else knows.
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THURSDAY, DEC. z, 1889

prize, and he is not always the
candidate who has the greatest
strength short of a majority.
Observers with long memories
are barking back to the Republi-
can convention of 1920, when il
seemed a foregone conclusion
that the nominee would be either
General Leonard Wood or Gov.
Frank LoWther of Illinois. The
convention became deadlocked
and when the nomination of eth
er of the leaders became utterly
hopeless, the effort to find can
didate who would not be too OBJ
jectionable for both Wood and
Lowther to. agree on him result
ted in the selection of the darkest
dark horse" in the convention,
Warren Harding.
Having that episode in mind,
some aStute lookers-on are begin
ming to look over the dark hor-
ses" now in the Republican field.
A three way deadlock is less like
ly than one involving only two
candidates, but it is possible; and
there are many Republicans who
have their ightning-rods in rea-
diness in case they might be use
full.
The present outlook is that ma
ny states will send delegations
for "favorite sons" who have no
of getting the plum,
but whose followers could be
traded to advantage to support
the likeliest winner. New Hamp-
shire's Gov. Bridges, Massachu-
sets Gov. Saltonstall, Rhode Is
lands Gov. Vanderbilt, Pennsyl-
vania's Gov. James, are among
those who are expected to have
considerable numbers of dele
gates if not solid state blocks.
when the convention convenes.
Delegation for LandOn
Kansas is expected to send
solid delegation for former Gov
ernor ALT Landon, who will be
remembered as the Republican
candidate for President in 1886.
Representative James w. Wads-
worth of New York, and Repre-
sentative Bruce Barton. of the
same state are most often spoke
of as possibilities in case it should
turn out that Mr.. Dewey cannot
get the nomination and the New
York leaders should be unwilling
to throw their tremendous pow
er to either Vandenberg or Taft.
lowering over the whole Re-
publican picture is the shadow
of former President Hoover. Mr..
Hoover has no organization work.
ing for his nomination, he has
made no public declaration one
way or the other, and those in his
personal confidence assert that he
has no ambition or desire to run
for President again.
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happen to know. That person is
Grover Cleveland"
Dresser rushed back. The mag
azine editor was flabbergasted.
Had this rawboned cub from In
diana been the first reporter to
get this sensational news? Impos-
sible! But the story was printed.
The young man who couldn't get
a job not only had a job, but a
scoop. Dreiser's career dated from
that day.
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TIME FOR ACTION!

West Jefferson aldermen, as we'll as those
at Warm Springs, Georgia, should take
tip from Mr.. Roosevelt, the father OF the
New Deal and the greatest spender and mo-
ney-lender ever born in America.
IF you want federal aid on a civic pro-
iect, you had better get it during the next
six months" he advised.
Undoubtedly President Roosevelt knows
what he is talking about. For long time
sentiment throughout the country for de-
creasing federal expenditures has been
gaining ground rapidly and next year is an
other presidential election year. Without
changing a debt limit law passed in 1917,
Uncle Sans indebtedness cannot exceed
forty-five billion dollars and we have al
ready passed the forty-two billion dollar
mark.
What does all this mean to West Jeffer-
son? Simply this: we are sadly in need OF
paved streets and sidewalks and the only
wav we can afford them for the next five
or ten years is through the assistance OF the
WPA.
A street and sidewalk improvement pro-
iect for West Jefferson was approved over
two years ago. This project, which has been
renewed from time to time and is still
available, provides for forty or fifty
thousand dollar program, with the town
putting up only about one-third of the total
cost.
Of course sewerage comes first and we
are delighted that excellent progress is now
being made on this project, but Mr.. Mayor
and members of the Board of Aldermen,
WE NEED STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
and NOW IS THE TIME TO GET THEM!
With an indebtedness of less than fifty
thousand dollars our town is not in a bad
financial condition at ALL The unfortunate
part is that we are handicapped by law
in borrowing more money or in issuing ad-
ditional bonds because the town did not
meet it's obligations as they came due few
years ago. This was due either to poor man.
agement or bad judgment.
If immediate arrangements are made to
refund some of the outstanding bonds,
which no doubt can be done, there is abso-
lutely no reason why this town couldn't
get enough money to take advantage of the
WPA street and sidewalk project before it
is too late.
We can afford to make these arrange
ments and to spend this money now lot
easier than we can afford to be without
adequate streets and sidewalks.
In our opinion the present board mem
bers have wonderful opportunity to rem
der great service to West Jefferson.
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Messrs. Lester Segraves and T.
c. Bowie spent several days this
week on a hunting trip in the
eastern part of the state.
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NAACP ELECTS OFFICERS
Continued from page II

Mutual Insurance Company; Eugene
NJ. Martin, secretary-treasurer of the
Atlanta Life Insurance Company, At
lanta, Ga; and DR.. W. L. Ransome,
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
Richmond, Va.
Judge Ira Jayne, of Detroit, long a
director of the Association, was elected
vice-president to fill the place left
vacant by the late James Weldon John
son.
Those reelected to the board of di-
rectors included:
Governor Herbert H. Lehman. of
New York; Mrs. Lillian A. Alexander,
the Rev. John Haynes Holmes, and J.
E. Spingam, all of New York; Harry
E. Davis, and Miss Pearl Mitchell,
both of Cleveland; Roscoe Duniee,
Oklahoma City, Okla; Isadore Mar
tin, Philadelphia; DR.. Joseph W. Mich
olson, of Talladega, Ala; 7. G. Nut
ter, Charleston, West Va; and DR.. E.
W, Taggart, Birmingham, Ala.
Those elected to the Associations
national legal committee included: A.
T. Walden, Atlanta, Ca; Charles W.
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Pop
By KARIN ASBRAND
g Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.
WNU Service.

V'KNOW, it's awful not to be want
ed. It's the most awful thing in
the world. I know, because I never
was wanted m'self Not that I blame
nobody for that. I amt much.
Wouldn't take no prize at a beauty
show or anything like that. I'm a
scrawny red-head and got freckles
most as big as dimes.
Besides, I just happened. 1 don't
b'ieve l ever was born. l never
had no father, nor no mother. Just
the Home l run away from. Now
I'm newsy in business for myself,
and it's swell business, too. I don't
mean maybe.
1 run Hot Dog Joint, too, where
you can get pup sandwich with
mustard and a cup of steamin' cof-
fee for a dime. That's a swell
business, too-since I met Pop.
Y'see, I'm amin some day to go to
college, if l get along enough at
night school. l dunno. l don't wor-
ry about it none. The only thing 1
ever worried about was my Hot Dog
Joint. It was run by a bunch O.
crooks that was cheatin' me outa
my rights But then-well, that's
where Pop comes into my story.
l seen him the first time on cold
day pullin' his thin coat round him
to try to keep the wind out. He was
lookin' in the windNY O. my Hot
Dog Joint with thai hungry look in
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-01-14

NEA ZEN: history OF New
York's Night Life.
Flash of the News
Broadway is being entertained bv
two sepia kings this week-Bill Rob
inson, the king of taps and Louis
((Satchmo) Armstrong, king of the
trumpet costarring at the Strand
Theatre. 1t appears definitely Ger
tain that Lew Leslie's Blackbirds '39
is closed for the season box-office
making refunds on tickets "Policv
King" the numbers comedy has also
gone with the wind after three per-
tormances James A. billboard
jackson left Sunday for New Orleans
for another trade promotion tour for
ESQ Standard Oil Company, and will
visit cities in Ark, Tenn. and La.
Margot Love, the lovely international
dansuese of the team Norton and Mar
got spent the holidays guessing with
relatives IN Boston E. Roy Eldridge
DIRK transferred from the hot SPOT
Famous Door to the Arcadia Ballroom.
53rd st. and Broadway C. Mott
Shavers, associate Democratic leader
OF the 18th A. d. was quite active in
NV canning Ille uOlludy VISITORS .
and attended the Gov. Lehman in
auguration at Albany Lannie
Douglass, and Essie Tucker attractive
school teachers of Washington. D. C.
were the toast of numerous gay festi-
Vlties during the holidays being
entertained by Sol johnson, Sr.
Andy Kirk ork at the Nixon Grand in
Phllly OBJ -. Amy Ashwood former
wife of Marcus Garvey arrived from
Paris Monday aboard IS Laconia for
a business visit =. Irving Mills mgr.
Duke Ellington and Cab Galloway orks
played host to the entire personnel
and gave out handsome Xmas presents
during the holidays Ivie Anderson
and June Richmond were the females
IN the group of recipients Uncle
Gus Riddle Club Inc. for underprive-
legged children of Harlem are sponsor
ing a monster benefit Sunday (15) at
the Kenny with million dollar show
of stars, Bill Robinson will emsee the
concert Chick Webb ork and Ella
fitzgerald open the (25th) at the
swank Park Central Hotel So long
folks, your cruising reporter.
-SNELSON.
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Making POmanders

Orange skins, whole cloves,
ground cinnamon and powdered or
ris root are used in making poman-
ders. The whole cloves are in
serted in the skin of the orange un-
til it is practically covered. 1t is
then rolled in a mixture of equal
parts of cinnamon and orris root,
wrapped in tissue paper and put
away for a week or ten days. This
gives the cinnamon mixture time to
coat the orange and add to it's fra
GRANGE. Finally shake off the loose
mixture and the pomander may be
used as a sachet or as a moth
repellent due to the cloves.
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SHORT SHORT
STORY
Complete in This Issue

his eyes. Y'know, you seen that
look on a mother what's kids just
died. You seen it on a gutter pup
trailin' on somebody's heels hopin'
to be adopted stead O. being kicked.
Sure you have! I seen it on Bozo.
That's the gutter pup I adopted.
The scraggliest, dirtiest little cur
anybody ever seen. But you'd orter
see him now that he knows he's
wanted! He's prize dog, all right,
and l don't mean maybe. Helps
me take care O. my business.
Well, kid that thought he was
smart pulled Pops white whiskers.
Hi vi, Sanity Claws" he yelled.
Tain't Christmas. Wadda va
hangin' round here for?"
That's where l come in on the pic
ture. I dropped my papers, leav-
in 'em for Bozo to watch, and l lit
into that kid. I grabbed him by
the collar, and rode him on the toe
O. my right boot straight into the
gutter. Then l turned to the old
man.
Hungry, Pop?" I says to him.
He turned his bleared eyes on me.
Gee, then l knew I'd just have to
adopt him. His eyes was so much
like Bozo's that day I found him.
Pop just nodded, dumb-like. His
wrinkled old hands was blue from
the cold.
Here" I says, "you go in there
an tell 'em Jack CHATS me) says
you can eat anything you want, see?
-and-charge the bill to me-"
When he come out, he looked diff
ferent. Sort O. satisfied.
II can help you sell your papers
for that, Son." says he.
Son! Gosh! Nobody never called
me son before. So l gave him a
heap O. papers, and say, they went
like hot cakes. Before I knew it they
was gone. So l fetched him another
heap, and I went in and tended the
Hot Dog Joint, leavin' him and Rozo,
who was great friends by this time,
to run the paper business.
That night, l says to him, ''Me
an Bozo got an extra cot in our
room you can use, Pop"
"Why are you so good to me,
SOM" says he.
"Oh," I says, leadin' the way with
Bozo right at my heels, 81 ulster
have granddad m'self once. Count
o. him it's sort of good havin' Won
round"
That was the beginnin'. Pop and
l make good company. We got
money in the bank now. He runs
the Hot Dog Joint for me swell. No
more crooked business. And seems
he just makes everybody come in
there to eat. He's added corn beef
and ham san'wiches to the menoo,
an a coupla easy puddin's an
fruit for dessert. An the PLACED
clean as whistle, as easy on the
eyes as on the stomach. Guess it's
good for the soul to know somebody
wants you.
never told him about never hav-
in a granddad. Well, p'raps I had
once. Who knows? Anyway, I got
one now.
Pop! He's a grand old man. Fun
ny, he thinks I'll be President some
day. Guess l got to go to college
now. He says that's what he's
workin so hard for. Gee, it's great
just bein' wanted, an KNOWN some
body wants you to be somebody!
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-01-14

NEXT WEEK: History of New
York's Night Life.
Flash of the News
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CALL D. S. KLUGH
TO N. H. CHURCH
CONTINUED from Page y

lege 'Hypernikon," both as literary
editor in 1887, and as art editor in
1888. The Peoples Church of Ports
mouth the only Colored congregation
in the state of New Hampshire. The
church enjoys the hearty interest and
support of the community and the city
and State administrations, as we'll,
executives of which have on several
occasions visited the church and at
tended its functions including the
Governor.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-01-14
The Race in New York

The Race in New York
Am article appeared in several race
papers a short time ago, stating criti-
cism that certain Harlem writer's and
coLumnists were wantOn to make it
appear that the race in New York is
prone to survive entirely upon amuse-
ment, entertainment, frivolty or tom
tooLery. This may perhaps be true,
but "Ihe race Capitol of the Nation
can justly plead guilty to the indict-
ment without reservation-as it was
handed down to him by former genera
tons-he gets it honestly.
/ shall reveal many historical facts
that may enlighten and prove interest
ing to my readers, in this column cur
rently. on the subject. Amusement
and the Race.
When the COlored man was brought
to America he brought with him his
own amusement, of African origin. for
deep IN the heart Of this country the
rhythmic beat of tom-toms and weird
dances, accompanied by the primitive
chants Of natives clearly demonstrate
the race had been schoOled in express
my the art of song.
AS slaves on the southern planta-
tons, after toll in the cotton fields and
return to his lowly cabin he amused
himself stunning his banjo, singing
songs and dancing in happy refrain.
soon his master attracted by the I'M
usual syncOpation, summoned the col
ored folks to the "house" to entertain
the family and the neighbors. With
enthusiastic application coupled with
native ability, soon the slave mastered
the art OF satisfying others. The re-
suit was groups journeyed from one
plantation to the other to entertain,
until 1t became a legitimate business,
ABOUT the period of 1920 MANY
Blacks who were living in New York,
having heard of the rapid strides their
Drothers were making in the south in
the amusement field, resulted in the
formation of similar groups. The New
Torkers, many of whom had some on
portunities of education, organized the
AFRICAN Company, which gave per-
I D. IN their version of Othello,
hlchard III and other Shakespearian
plays-then popular among white
audiences. About this time Ira Aid
ridge, colored man of exceptional
aDlllty developed into one of the
greatest actors of that day appeared
on the scent. He was educated in
england and gave many noteworthy
performances.
Soon after the Civil War the colored
man began to do some wonderful work
IN the theatre, and many successful
companies formed in New York trav-
eIled all over the north. Out of these
shows ne took advantage of his chance
10 develop his talent. Such historical
characters as Billy Kersands, Sam
Lucas, James Bland, Lucca Family,
Lew johnson, Charles Calender gain
ca lame for banjo playing and black
lace Ia comedy known as minstrels.
Inese minstrels were caricatures of
race life that pictured him in happv-
go-i9Icky, irresponsible, wide-grinning
SSnuhhng, non-intelligent, singing and
aanclng human beings whose sole gas
economical delights were watermelon.
pOssum," and chicken.
- 10 the minstrel stage can be traced
the difficulty which white America
mas IN taking the race seriously,
Ihese steereotypes depicted the Colored
man as lazy, shiftless, unreliable. un-
conscious. pilferer, incapable of mental
ana moral DEVELOPMENT
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The Dish Knot
By RUBY H. MARTIN
g Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.
WNU Service.

HE child chung shyly to her
homespun skirt.
II will walk far as the brook
with Ruth and thee, Timkins," she
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-01-14

Coohtown" in 1898; Ernest Hogan's
"Unbleached America" in 1899; S. H.
Dudley's Smart Set" and J. Lubrie
Hill's "Darktown Follies."
photographic: Fosters Memoirs by
Leigh Whipper and Black Manhattan
by J. Weldon Johnson.
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Ancient History
By ALICE NORRIS LEWIS
g Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.
WNU Service.

IF YOU listen in on the radio,
doubtless you have heard my hus-
band broadcast through COX. He
is one of the popular violinists of