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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-25
MEMORIAL SERVICE
WILL BE HELD SUNDAY

Continued from Page One)
here, was awarded a distinguish
ed service cross by the United
States government for bravery in
action. Wallace died few years
ago.
Commander J. B. Hash will
preside at the Memorial service
and Senator w. B. Austin will
deliver the principal address. A
firing squad from N. Wilkesboro
is expected to attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-25

tonic. But the present value of
these roots is much lower than
usual due to war conditions in
China. The prices this season are
around six cents per ounce in the
green or around $1.OO per pound.
The dried roots run around $500
per pound. w. G. Vannoy recall
ed that in previous years the
roots had sold as high as $1,000
per pound.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-25

The Minnesota Division of For
estry has found that cord of
black locust, hickory, oak, or
ironwood will produce about the
same number of heat unit S
as ton of good hard coal.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-25
LANSING LICKS TROUTDALE

Lansing baseball nine defeated
Troutdale last Saturday by a
score of 4 to 3. Ray Blevins
pitched an excellent game for
Lansing and Farmer led the bat
ting attack.
Lansing will play Saltville this
afternoon at Saltville.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Kilby
and son, Hix, of HOLLYWOOD, Pa,
visited relatives in the county
this week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
A Thought for Today
Easter in America

The sound of the bells, singing of hope and faith and rebirth of Easter morning, will be a welcome sound in many tired ear. Ears in many parts of the world are deafened by the prolonged sound ot can nonfire and the burst of bombs. In some places the very bells themselves are Silenced.
 Fortunate are we in the United States, whose ears are assailed by no worse than the confused murmuring of restless ana unhappy world. Here we are at least not deafened by the shattering explosions of war and hatred. And here, too, no bell IS silenced. Fortunate are we that on Easter, any believer in the Christian faith, no matter what his sect or creed, is free to go in his own way to mark the day according to his conscience.
 Such freedom seems elemental to Americans, so elemental that we seldom think of it at all. Once we had reason to hope that it was so. But not today. Today such freedom stands like beacon light in a dark world beset with lntoler- ance and hatred. We believe we are right in our tolerance, so right that some day the world will return to the ideal of toleration to which we cling.
 But on this Easter the world IS such that only the strong can have faith in the message of rebirth and the triumph or good over evil, life over death. It is such n world as creates Thomases, modern pro totypes of the doubter who, told that his Master had arisen from the tomb, said, Except shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my mana into His side, will not believe"
 Jesus then appeared to Thomas and said, Be not faithless, but believing, And Thomas, seeing, answered, My Lord and my God" And Jesus answered him, "Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed"
 Those words seem spoken for today. Easter this year demands the faith that will believe, even though little enough may be seen of love and truth and lie, and all too much of hatred and lies ana death. The world needs the strength, the steadfastness which can believe ln lie ultimately triumphant over death, good over evil, and light over darkness, even though at the moment death and eVll and darkness are so painfully present. To such faith, the bells of Easter call to Americans
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
Grin And Jitters

Some few days ago we unburdened ourselves of familiar peeve. It's aroused whenever we come across articles in which in true smugness is recounted the ex- ploits of the Republican Party of Connec- ticut, particularly in the past twenty five years. Political capital has been made frequently of the fact that when the late Simeon E. Baldwin retired from the governorship there was a deficit faclng the state. The same was true when VII bur L. Cross finished his service early tnls year. Both gentlemen were Democrats.
 The idea to be conveyed to the general public, and it was only a few days ago that the Connecticut State Journal, COP mouthpiece, endeavored to do so, is that Republicans once more would have to save the ship of state by restoring pal anced budgets and a pay-as-you-go in the fact that while Democrats may have held the governorShip and even other state offices, they didn't control the Legislature, which actually controls the purse-strings. Actually there were Republican Legislatures during the Bald win and Cross administrations.
 But if that isn't enough we might point out that this much-vaunted Republican administration of Connecticut had It's faults, serious ones, too. For example, it put off development of state institutions because that meant the pay-as-you go system would have to be dropped and bonds or short term notes floated. As result when Wilbur L. Cross came into office the situation was so serious that immediate action was necessary. Even then Republicans procrastinated until public opinion forced them into the action that now is pointed out as Democratic waste and extravaganza.
 And recnt testimony in the Waterbury conspiracy trial also shows just what was happening in those halcyon days of Rora- back rule. Despite the fact that everyone knew legislation was dictated, the prac- tice was continued openly even after the State Chairman had given up his prac- tice of sitting in on legislative sessions to see that the play was proceeding accord ing to schedule. You can't gid this lily md Democrats and Republicans share ,like in the shame of it. Let both parties, d1en, forget their pasts and concentrate on their futures, which after all concern us most right now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
The Strongest Warships

We Americans are not so fanatical about our navy as we used to be when, after the Spanish-American war, we dreamed of empire and worshipped bat tleships as symbols of world power. We still love ships, whether meant for war or peace. And in the present world situ- ation we take rather grim satisfaction in the strengthening of navy already strong.
 Those 45,OoO-ton battleships the gov- ernment has now authorized will be the most powerful warcraft in the world. Each of them will have the offensive strength of great land fortress, with floating power to carry it's big guns wherever they may be needed on our own coasts or across the sea. Our government is going to build two of them now, and will build as many more as seem to be needed to guard the lives and property of our people
 This is partly gesture meant to i'm press Europe, which is today great armed camp, and partly gesture toward Asia. Our Japanese neighbors profess to be shocked by this display of "navalism" But they started it, when they refused to renew the arms limitation treaty and then, if reports are true, went ahead to build warships themselves above the max imum tonnage and power previously agreed to.
 It tells the world that, while America can and will build navy superior to any force which may be brought against us, we are ready to quit whenever potential enemies agree to stop the crazy race.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
In Today's Mail
SEARCH FOR MISSING YOUTH RECALLS ADVENTURE
 TO WRITER

April ?, 1899. Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 According to Tuesdays newspaper a woman reported that possibly the lost boy, Jackie Grady, may have been trapped in an old abandoned cesspool in the Dallas avenue area, which causes me to remember what happened to me many years ago in another state.
 One afternoon late in the day after walking some distance from home along the railroad tracks as I frequently did, as I loved the rail- road and the trains, decided to cross large marshy piece of ground near big mill. Spying a square mass of some dark substance and being of an Investigating turn of mind went close to it and before knew it was standing upright in- stead of lying down on my face in a mass of acid and other refuse from the nearby mill.
 I had fallen in on my feet and as luck would have it, as I remember, the stuff did not come higher than my waist or to my arm-pits and I was able to jump out onto hard ground. One can imagine how I felt as I walked home with 8 mass of refuse dripping from me and was glad that 1t was near dusk and not many people about.
 This goes to show how easy 1t is to drop in second from dry ground into mass of slush and you know not what it is or whether you will be able to climb to firm ground. Had I been a boy of the age of Jackie Grady I should have been compelled to spend the night or a much longer time in that dirty hole.
 CHARLES T. BURKE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
Water Buckets

The old oaken bucket was picturesque and poetical, says a doctor, but unsani- tary and dangerous. This shocking tesi- mony came out in the cast of sailor su- ing steamship line for an intestinal ail- ment allegedly caused by drinking con- taminated water. Not that there was any old oaken bucket on the ship; but the situation, the plaintiff testified, was sim liar. That is, the water system was "slimy" and ''full of mud, paint scales and grease" And slimy water, the doctor agreed, would be "contaminated".
 Maybe so. Yet it seems pity to take so much poetry out of life at one fell swoop = or, as you might say, at one we'll sweep. And many man or woman who has drunk appreciatively from an old oaken bucket and been invigorated there by will resent the accusation. Streamers of green moss there may have been; but as for mud, paint-scales and grease" that is an absurd libel. And if there were germs in the bucket, sturdy generations throve on lem.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08

The Litchfeld Enquirer soon will issue it's first edition under complete new set of directors and editors. Herbert L. Crapo whose newspaper experience in this state is considerable and who has been func- tioning favorably for various state depart ments and commissions ever since the days when he was the United Press staff in all Connecticut will direct the des- tinies of the Enquirer henceforth, as we'll as the Woodbury Reporter. Associated in the management of the papers will be Walter Howe, Speaker of the House, Alt torney Edward Carmody of Middlebury, and several others. Not only is the Enquirer the oldest weekly in the state, but it has had a most colorful and vigor- ous existence, perhaps more particularly during the regime of the Woodruffs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
PLAINVILLE PLANS AHEAD (NeW Britain HeraId)

The other day the town of Plain vile paid $25 for an old narrow bridge which once was used by the trolley cars along Woodford avenue.
 Our opinion is that the town was liberal in paying that much for what remained of the old span.
 The reason Plainville bought the bridge is because it wants to do things with Woodford avenue. That's the thoroughfare which is a con- tinuation of White Oak avenue from the Ledge road intersection.
 Plainville has brilliant idea. It wants to widen Woodford avenue. There is plenty of room for that, considering the present road, the old trolley right of way, and the wide stretch on the other side of the latter. Anybody with an .imagina- tion can picture a thoroughfare of boulevard width, with parkway in the center.
 Don't laugh, as many folks have imaginations like that!
 Plainville at least intends to do its share toward creating the "new Plainville-Ne Britain road" It has already done more than its share in paving White Oak avenue to the New Britain line. From there on into New Britain traveling is so bumpy that the busses had to quit using the route, not having un- breakable springs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08

If they keep on praising the virtues of Cheshire and it's 12 mill tax rate, the first thing we know the press will have Waterbury's federal housing project mov- ing across the town line instead of re- maining up on Chase Avenue. Comment ing on the situation in small towns the Meriden Journal said the other day that "Any debt is of no consequence because grants coming from the state more than offset it. ." That's sore point with cities and towns and also highly-dis- cussed point among economists. It's true that many of the smaller communities can afford to levy low taxes becaus they receive good-sized grants from the state which cut down running expenses. They also are apt to get more attention from the State Highway Department in main tenance of roads and celaning of them in winter, because many miles of their roads are in the state highway system. Big cities can't compete with this.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
TO BECOME CITIZENS

There isn't much comfort in what WPA Administrator Sullivan tells us about citizenship, or its lack. among the unemployed. MT. Sulli- van was commanded by recent amendment of the relief statutes to the Congress to discharge aliens working on WPA. That required survey of citizenship: and, says MT. Sullivan. "this survey revealed an amazing number of persons who were totally ignorant of their citi- zenship status. Many who originally signed affidavits attesting their citizenship afterward reversed them-
 selves Others, after declaring that they were not citizens, after
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08

A herd of wild cattle, direct descendants of cattle that have roamed English moors and uplands for seven centuries, is still zealously guarded in England. This herd now is protected within the park lands of Chillingham Castle, Northumberland. The cattle are white in color, very shy, and when strangers try to come near them, a regular stampede is produced. There are only 50 now in the herd, which was almost extinct a few years back when it numbered but 2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08

naive enough toe ome before the court to ask the return of their Judgment and to prove that they were actual owners, showed their books.
 THIS WAS A STROKE OF LUCK FOR THE STARK FORCES. The court -etaoin FORCES. THE COURT SEIZED THE BOOKS.
 GAMBLING PROFITS
 These showed that 30 houses in Kansas City had take of $28,- 500 during a 48-hour period from November Il to December 31 last, and that withdrawals of $10,OOO monthly were paid to Charles V. Carrolla and three others. Car rolla is the reputed gambling king of Kansas City, who is close to W. w. Graves, Pendergast prose- cutting attorney, now under indict- ment.
 Naturally, publication of these profits brought flood of in- come tax sleuths from Washing ten, and the henchmen of Pen dergast looked to the boss for help. But when Pendergast, in turn, looked toward Washington, Washington merely nodded ap- provingly to Stark.
 Thus encouraged, Gov. Stark is now demanding that the Missouri legislature put the Kansas City police back under state control, as in St. Louis. Among other things
 The facts that he is reasonably deadly weapons found on Kansas City criminals were weapons previ- ously captured, but apparently giv- en back to the gangsters by the police.
 IDEAL CANDIDATE
 Several things about Lloyd Stark make him the ideal solu-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08

1. What was the name of ancient ships that had both sails and oars?
 2. How many gills are in gal- lon?
 3. Of which State is Baton Rouge the capital?
 4. Who. won the recent St. Pe- tersburg Open Golf championship? 5. What are homophones?
 6. For what labor organization do the initials JAW stand?
 2. What is the astronomical name for the luminous surface of the sun?
 8. Where are the White Moun- tains?
 g. Tn what round did Joe Louis knock out Jim Braddock for the worlds heavyweight boxing cham pionship?
 10. To whom was Hedy Lamar recently married?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
Views of The Press
a more thorough examination [. discovered that they were

more thorough examination :. discovered that they were v"
 In classical times the proudest boast a man could make was, I am Roman citizen. That was because in barbaric world, Roman citizen ship conferred projections of which all men were jealous. Well, this is barbaric world. Citizenship in the United States is a privilege for which millions would give years of their lives. Those who have the op- portunity to secure it and don't will cause none of us much enthusiasm. We can't possibly think of poorer reason for securing citizenship than a wish to remain on the WPA rolls. But we do think aliens ought to secure citizenship.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08

ton for the present dilemma in which the Democrats find them selves. He has not alienated either wing of the party. He is progressive, but not radical, has a lot of common sense qualities that appeal to conservative Dem- ocrats.
 Stark's background is that of a farmer-busincssman. Now 52, he operates one of the largest nurseries in the country. Farm CTS know him, and he also has sound business record.
 Eight years in the Navy-where he was classmate of Roosevelt's naval aides-plus four years in the army during the war have giv- en Stark a decisive maner and an ability to get things done. His has won the approval of both Democrats and Republicans. SCOTCH SENDER
 Stark has a Scotch streak run- ming through his makeup and cautious-spending policy that would appeal to the Garner Dem- ocrats. At the same time he has the humanitarian viewpoint of the Rooseveltians.
 The fact that he is reasonably neutral, comes from neutral ter ritory, has not made enemies in either camp, give Stark his best chance for 1940. For it is now certain that the Democrats best bet is to select middle-of- -the- road dark horse and Lloyd Stark, the Tom Dewey from Mis- souri, may be the man.
 NOTE-There is no doubt that his hat is judiciously, but defin- itely in the ring.
 Copyright, 1889, by United
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
Selected Poem
(Kate Rennie Archer in the Christian Science MonitOr)

Science Monitor) These are illusions mists that hang above Green-sheeted Ireland dreaming by the sea. It is the haze ot phantasy that hangs Its sunny veils between the land and me. For fancy spun web of silken song, Of fairy story spells and legends bright, And swathed the hills with cloudy scarves and long Wind drifting draperies They catch the light And make half-hidden beauty sleeping there In undulating outline, doubly fair. And these white frills of waves that rise and fal Might edge the petttcoats of sprites that play In bubbling laughter, and breaking spray, About the deep dark caves of Donegal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
Daily Almanac
Moon rises 11:17 p. m.

Moon rises 11:17 p. m.
 Sun rises 5:26 g. m.; sets 6:23 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thiry minutes after sunset
 These are the real long days of the year, what with thirteen full hours of daylight to enjoy Of course one must arise carry to get the full benefit of the sunrise rapidly getting close to a. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08

U O y 04AAAOuAACSA that the Man from the Circus was here.
 Thus the nat ural and man. made elements
 W e re against him from the be- ginning. A n d were he to speak of the cherry blossoms a n d the crocus, of G a r 6 antau's shedding of su- |perfuous fur in warm weather,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
LUMBERMEN JINGLE SILVER

Concord, N. H. (U.P.) - It's estimated that more than 10000 sil- yer dollars have been put into cir culation in New Hampshire by llim- bermen who call for the silver dollars when cashing their pay checks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, "Rattlesnakes are
 poisonous reptiles; say, ''venOmouS."

self addressed envelope to our Ser- vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Washington, D. C., for a circular telling how to obtain analyses of all kinds of elements, including minerals, oils, water, soils, etc.
 O. How many pupils are enrolled in federally aided vocational schools?
 A. In 1887 there were 1,354,631, of whom 386,302 were studying agriculture, 59O,892 were in trade and industrial courses, and 377, ,437 were studying home economies.
 o. How can I remove the dye from leather that has been spotted by water?
 A. Since it is apparent that the dye is quite soluble in water, it may be possible to remove it by washing with water alone. The action may be accelerated by using weak ammonia water or alcohol with a little acetic acid added.
 @. Are there any women mem- bers of the City Council of New York?
 A. The only woman member is Mrs. Genevieve E. Earle of Brook lyn.
 o. How many alien students were admitted to the United States last year to attend educational in- stitutions?
 A. During the 1888 fiscal year 2,451 students were admitted as nonquota immigrants, and 1,4l9 students departed.
 o. Do mail trucks in all States carry license plates? ! A. No. When plates are dis played they are furnished free by the State.
 @. When was the Limited Part nership Act enacted by the British Parliament?
 A. In 1907. @. What are the chief develop ing substances used in photography? A. Pyrogallol, or "pyro," hydro- quinone and Elon, all of which are chemically related to aniline, which is used as the base of coal tar dyes. If you want 8 copy of our book let, POULTRY RAISING" send to the Waterbury Democrats