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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26
Cops And Robbers
Provide Oddities

According to news summary
by A. P.-Cops and robbers con-
tributed copious capers to ca
valcade of curioddities last week.
A 300-pound Pittsburg officer
was ordered to reduce his waist
line four inches, to match his
chest A Kearney, N. j., cop
chased a fugitive steer into the
middle of a river and then las
seed it.
A bank robber in Blanco, Tex
as, demanded a pailful of money
and brought his own pail {. A
Columbus, Ind, thief stole bot
ties of milk off the front porch
of the county Jail.
Indianapolis provided its police
officers, to designate their rank,
with bright-colored tassels for
their night sticks . Pittsburgh
equipped it's traffic cops with in
Q1V1Qu91 rdQlOS.
A Hartsdale, N. Y, holdup man
counted the $40 in a woman's
purse, took So, and put the rest
back When a Pittsburgh ban
dit, lining up his victims, mad
vertently stepped on somebody's
toe, he said, pardon me-"
To avert juvenile mischief on
Halloween, the Boston police un-
dertook to throw parties for
100000 kids A Northampton,
Mass, cop, inspecting store,
locked himself in and had to tele-
phone for help. -.
After a Butte, Mont, woman
routed a robber from her store
with a six-shooter, she sat down
and had ga good five-minute
cry" And after the front
wheel of their bicycle was stolen,
two Decatur, Ind, brothers ad-
vertised that for $125 the thief
could have the rest OF the BIZ
cycle.
Dizzy doings hither and yon-
Mexico started census of all
the beds in the country. -. The
city of Omaha figured out that
spiders, cumming up the parking
meters were costing the taxpay-
ers So a day. The acting gov
ernor of Oklahoma named a race
thorse an honorary colonel so
maybe he'd have better luck"
A patron of a Lancaster, Pa,
bar brought his own peanuts,
and, when he departed, lugged
awav the shells . A New York
man sat in hotel window setting
fire to dollar bills and tossing
them down to the street. Two
men pinched for speeding in Ber-
lin, N. J., turned out to be dele
gates hurrying to a safety con-
vention -.
When Seattle citizens reported
to police that man was walking
around the streets in a dazed
condition, the police reported
back: MAN o. K.-his girl just
told him she'd marry him." !
And
A Bethel, Alaska, storekeeper
disclosed that he was regularly
selling ice boxes to Eskimoes
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26
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100 watt Gives you sightseeing light for every
seeing purpose.
Table Study Lamp
100 watt Guard the chldrens eyes and yours For stu
dy and reading.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-04

His eyes smiled at her, wordlessly. The steady driving continued. Now it was twilight. There was a bridge, loming ahead. Were going over Mobile Bay"
 You mustn't stay with me until the plane comes," she said in sud- den panic. Dump me at the air. port. I'll be all right"
 Do you think I'm anxious to be rid of you, Linda?" He was try ing to sound light. Her eyes dropped. ,
 Marcia will be anxious about you. And there's the party"
 Listen, Linda" All at once his tone had changed. His eyes had changed, and bunch of muscles at his jaw were taut. Lets cut out this pretending. We haven't much longer. Sooner or later we'll have to talk this out, and live got to do 1t now!"
 No" she said faintly. "No, Jim ma. You'll be sorry. You don't mean 1t. You can't.
 T do mean it And you mean it. A think like this doesn't happen more than once in a lifetime to a man and a woman. It's happened to us. We didn't go looking for it. It just burst-like bomb in our faces"
 "Bomb!" she choked. "Oh, stop! Stop!"
 His hand on her shoulder was suddenly firm. "I'm not going to stop! We'll face this out. You love me, you know you do, you can't deny 1t! What does it matter that we both made mistake, that we both promised other people? Think of all the men and women in the world who walk into marriage blind folded and don't meet the right one until it's too late. That shan't hap pen to us! We ought to be glad glad, tell you-that we found out in time! We've got to be brave about 1t. It'll hurt Marcia. It'll hurt that George of yours. But it won't hurt as much as if we go on spinelessly and let two marriages smash up later"
 My father" she moaned faintly. He's dying. Jimmy, Jimmy, I can't think of myself now
 I'm not asking you to think of anything but this, Linda. It's 8 truce-a few days, week, two weeks, two months. Whatever 1t takes. But remember, all the time 1 you're home. You're not Georges any more, you're mine! Do you hear, minel I love you and I must have you!"
 (To Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-04
CHAPTER VIII

The car hummed over the road. Jimmy's eyes were intent, his hands on the wheel very sure. The needle of the speedometer hovered at 55, went to 60. ...
 Linda did not notice what they were passing. All she saw was his profile, so inexpressibly dear, so unutterably important to her even though two weeks ago she had never seen 1t at all. The way his lips were curved and sensitive, the way his cheek was lean and hard. Why had Georges face never affected her this way? It was only a face.
 "You and your dad are very close, aren't you?" Jimmy ventured at last. If tiff it'll help you to talk, I wish you would"
 There's not much to say" she answered. TT guess it goes too deep"
 T lost my folks when was 15," he told her slowly. T think I know what you're going through"
 Fifteen! Oh, I'm 50 sorry. :"
 T missed great deal. Marcia's father and mine were lifelong friends. He-he sort of adopted me,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-04
CR ANlUk CRACKERS
COMPLETE FEM

COMPLETE FEM
 Can you correctly complete the following statements by selecting the one right name or term from the brackets following?
 1. Mowgli is a character, cre- ated by (Kipling, Longfellow, coop CT, Maugham).
 ?. A picaroon is 6 Cookie, pi- rate, soldier, clergyman).
 3. The great statesman known as the Man of Iron" was (Vol- taire, Disaeli, Monroe, Bismarck). |.
 4. Kabul is the capital of (Tur- key, Afghanistan, Dalmatia, Fri trea).
 5. The score of last years Yale Harvard football game was (Har- yard 2, Yale 0-Harvard IA, Yale 2, Harvard 0-Harvard 2, Yale 2.
 Answers on Back Page)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-04
. STORIES
 IN STAMPS
Heroic Stotue Honofs IU. s. Pioneer Mother

A MEXICAN history is filled With 1A glowing accounts of the men who "won the west"-the pic. neers whose courage and determi- nation peopled the vast acres from the Mississippi to the Pacific.
 But not enough is said of the Pioneer Mother. She was there, too, at her husbands side, sharing his dangers, privations and hard- ships. Hers was the task of trans- forming a sod dugout or log cabin into home, of bearing and raising her children alone, with none of the comforts or conveniences mothers have today.
 It was to pay tribute to this great American woman that E. w. Marland, oil magnate and former governor of Oklahoma, conceived the idea in 1925, of building an heroic statue, to be erected in a state park near Ponca City, Okla. He commissioned 12 sculptors to submit models, arranged for exhi- bitionS and left the decision on the statue to the people of the coun- try.
 Bryant Bakers statue was SC. lected, reproduced in bronze 20 feet high. The statue was un- yelled in 1880. It depicts the Pio- neer Mother, her face to the west, striding forward. She is a typical frontier woman, erect, resolute, her clear eyes looking out from under a sunbonnet. At her side is her young son.
 The Pioneer Mother statue at Ponca City is reproduced on the Mexican airmail stamp, above, green. commemorating the World Philatelic convention at Tulsa, Okla.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-04
BAN FIREWORKS
 AT TOWN MEETING
WOlcOtt Latest C0mmu-
 nifty to Adopt Plan on PyrOtechnics
WOLCOTT
Mrs. c. Nelson Cole, Todd Road
 Telephone 50939

Wolcott, Aug. - At the special town meeting held Tuesday night 1t was voted to bar the sale or use of fireworks in the town of Wolcott. A permit must be obtained from the selectmen for an organized display of fireworks. A fine of not less than S5 or more than $25 for anyone dis obcying this ordinance was set.
 1t was also voted that motor boats on the waters in Wolcott must not exceed 8 miles per hour, must be equipped with lights after dark, and must operate 75 feet away from swimmers and canoes. A fine for reglecting to follow these regula- tions will be not less than $5 or more than $25.
 As 1t is impossible to get PWA money just now for roads, 1t was voted to raise town aid money on the roads that were named at the regular town meeting to be im- proved roads.
 The Town Clerk Mrs. Minnie Warner reported that a general in- dex of all land records of the town Is being done and when completed the new index will cover the years 199-l940 which will aid people in looking up old records and new.
 The road naming committee presented the list of roads drawn up by them and all were accepted by the vote of the meeting.
 MT. and Mrs. Frederick Megin and family, Fred, Betty, Eugene and Walter attended a family reunion Sunday at Bunnell's Farm on Bucks Hill for the Aspinall family.
 Bernard Martinson of Farview avenue has returned home after spending some time at Bay View.
 Marshall Ney and Irving Robil- lard of Shelton avenue, have return ed home from Colorado where they were members of the CCC.
 The Hitchcock Lake Improvement Association will meet tonight at eight o'clock at Moynihans.
 Charles Andrews of Spindle Hill is . patient at the Waterbury hos- pital. Carlton Lockart also a pa- tient at Waterbury hospital is re- ported as much improved.
 Miss Lorraine Costello has return ed to Melrose, Mass, after visiting MT. and Mrs. Harry Jay of Shelton avenue.
 Daniel Jay and Junior Dilger are spending week with MT. and Mrs. Thomas Costello at Silver Lake, Baillerica, Mass.
 Miss Orissa German is spending two weeks at Willimantic, visiting her grandmother Mrs. Eva Win gertsrnan.
 MT. and Mrs. J. P. Morgan and Walter Morgan have returned from c vacation spent in New York City and at the Worlds Fair.
 Rev. T. L. Williams of Knoxville, Tenn, will preach Sunday at II a. m. at the Wolcott Congregational church in place of Rev. Orin Dice, who is on a vacation.
 The North school P. T. A. will meet tonight at the North school at 6:30 p. m. for a picnic supper be- fore the regular meeting. Mir. Lyons, president will preside.
 MT. and Mrs. George Dyson of Hitchcock Lake announce the birth of c daughter Donna Ann, at St. Mary's hospital August 2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-04
KNOCKING BIRD RULES BOOST

Concord, Cal. (UP) - Mocking birds are not to be mocked out-at least by other birds. according to Mir. and Mrs. c. l.. Benedetti. For days they watched a mocking bird successfully defend two massive redberry trees with branches spreading out 200 feet against whole fiocks or robins and waxwings who wanted to share the fruit. vic- ious assaults by the mockine bird kept aIl adversaries at bay until aIl of the berries on the two trees had ~~~~ ennsumed bg the one birdl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-04
CAST OF CHARACTERS

1AeA@%A8
 LINDA sTORM-FelI In love with her best friends fiance.
 MARCIA KING-Nsvy girl, loved . flyer.
 JIMMY COOPER-Naval flying Instructor at Pensacola.
 GEORGE CAMERON-Linda's nance.
 Yesterday: Linda packs hurriedly for her trip home. The first plane she can get leaves from Mobile, 150 miles away. Jimmy is to drive her there. Linda is afraid of what may happen in the three hours alone with him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-04
SIDE CHANGES

Answers on Back Page)
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
Is Fatally Burned Week
After Warning by Seer

CANONSBURG, PA.-One week
after a fortune teller warned that
something terrible is going to hap
pen to you" Mrs. Margaret Ceren-
20, "a years old, was burned fatally
in a kerosene explosion in her home.
Only IL hours before the fatal
blast, Mrs. Cerenzo had pleaded
with the police to lock her up in a
cell so nothing can happen to me-"
Officers laughingly refused her re-
quest and sent her home with the
assurance that no harm would come
to her Mrs. Cerenzo died.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
Telephone Call Stolen;
Long Distance for SIS

CAKLAND.-Joseph Hervieu, ad-
vertising man, was surprised to find
an item of S25 on his telephone bill
for long distance calls.
Police investigated and found n
short-story writer who had been hav-
ing trouble with her boy friend" in
a neighboring city. She admitted
having obtained key to Hervieu S
apartment and borrowing his tele-
phone in an effort to patch up diff
culties. How serious these difficult
ties really we're was indicated by
the fact that one of the conversa-
tons lasted 50 minutes.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
Indiana Grave of Kin of
Cromwell Is Discovered

BRAZIL, IND.-The tomb of Oil
yer Cromwell, Clay county. Ind, pi-
oneer and descendant and namesake
of the famous Lord Protector of the
English Commonwealth, has been
found buried deep in a woods in
southern Indiana.
For many years the burial site
was unknown but Harry L. Elkin of
Bowling Green, Ind, a great-great-
nephew of Cromwell, located some
family records and started an ex-
tensive search.
He came upon the stone vault in
a dense thicket of sassafras trees
on the old Cromwell farm near
Bowling Green. The tomb was built
in 1855.
Cromwell settled in Owen county,
Ind, in 1924, and later moved to
Bowling Green, where he held sew
eral public offices. He was born in
Kentucky in 1873 and enlisted in the
Kentucky militia during the War OF
1913, later serving under the COM
mand of Col. John Dudley.
He was with Dudley when the
colonel lost his life in a battle with
Indians. Dudley had disregarded or
ders concerning pursuing Indians
and his troops fell into trap. Crom.
well was taken prisoner and saved
by the timely arrival of Chief Te.
cumseh.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07

Report of an Affiliate of Ma
tiuna! Bank published in accord
ancn with Section 52ll. L. 5. Re-
vi-ed Statutes.
Report as of March %, 1889, of
Sherhurne Mercantile Company of
Browning. Montana. which is af-
fiIiated with First National Bank of
Browning. Browning, Montana.
Charter No. lOSS3. Federal Reserve
district number ..
Kind of business: General Mer-
camille.
Manner in which above named
organization is affiliated with ma
tional bank, and degree of control:
Directors controlling Mercantile
Co., also control the majority of
stock of the bank.
Financial relations with bank:
Sock of affiliated bank owned, none.
Loans to affiliated bank, none.
Borrowings from affiliated bank.
none. Stock of affiliate registered
in name of bank or known to be
owned by bank directly OF indirectly
none. Other obligations to, or
known to be held by, affiliated bank
none.
l, Frank P Sherburne, President
of Sherburne Mercantile Company,
do solemnly swear that the above
statement ls true, to the best of my
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
France Presents Books
To Alabama u. Library

TUSCALOOSA, ALA.-Latest ad-
dition to the main library at the Uni
versity of Alabama is a set of 80
volumes of French history, a gift
from the Republic of France.
The books consist of memoirs
written by French notables and pub
lished at intervals during the Nine
teenth century. Some of them we're
printed as early as 1887.
This gift is the second library
donation made to the University of
Alabama by foreign nation. Dur
ing her reign the late Queen Vic
toria OF England presented a set of
works, but the books were lost when
the library was destroyed during
the Civil war.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07

divorce as follows: that on or about
March LIST. 1887, the Defendant
wilfully and without cause deserted
and abandoned the Plaintiff and
ever since said date has and still
continues to live separate and apart
from said Plaintiff without any
cause or reason and against the
Plaintiffs will and without her
consent.
Witness my hand and the seal Of
said court this 2Sth day of March.
1899.
(SeaD Dan :. Welch. clerk.
By n. E. Humble, deputy clerk.
Horace W. Judson, Attorney for
Plaintiff, Cut Bank. Montana.
1st pub. Mar. 81. last April 81, '33
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
Woman Blind 16 Years
Receivers SIGHT at 70

RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS
After 16 years of blindness Mrs.
Sabina Garcia. rs years old. of Gar
ciasville has regained her sight.
Eye specialists had told her that
she never would regain her vision.
But recently she complained of a
severe headache. A relative ap-
piled an ordinary eyewash.
Within few hours she announced
that she could see and to prove it
she read newspaper headlines to her
family.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
MAN GETS LIFE FOR
CRIME OF WHICH HE
ACCUSED ANOTHER
Found Guilty of Numbering
and Mutilating Child
Nine Years Ago.

MONTREAL. - Charged with
murder of which he accused another
man nine years ago, Antonio Godon.
%, will spend the remainder of his
life in hospital for the insane.
Godon is alleged to have crimi-
nally assaulted and then murdered
seven-year-old Simone Caron, whose
mutilated body was found in the
basement of Roussin academy. near
here, in 1880.
Albert Nogaret, lay brother in
the religious order which operated
the academy, was charged with the
crime, largely on the evidence of
Godon, who at that time was en-
ployed as a dishwasher in the in
Stitution.
Nogaret, known in the religious
order as Brother Desithee, was con-
victed and sentenced to death, but
won a retrial and was acquitted.
Broken in health, but protesting his
innocence, he returned to France,
his native land, where he died a
few months ago.
Behind Godon's arrest lies story
oA y Vi PdtlClll ny SbS-
bee detectives and of the vow of
Lucien Gendron, Montreal lawyer
who had defended Brother Desithee,
to prove to the world his clients
innocence.
Gets Anonymous Note.
While the monk was in Jail await
ing trial police received an anony-
nous note reading:
Free that brother. He is as inno-
cent as the snow l killed the little
one
AS proof, the writer of the letter
sent with it ring identified as hav-
ing been worn by Simone Caron
when she met her death.
Studying the note carefully, de-
tectives became convinced of its au-
thenticity, although its tone indicat-
ed its writer was mentally unbal-
anced. Gradually, the finger of
suspicion pointed toward Godon and
special operators were placed on his
trail.
He left the Roussin academy and
was Swallowed as he drifted from
town to town and from job to job.
Detectives sought to obtain a Speci-
men of his handwriting, but Godon
apparently summed pen and pencil.
Finally Get Goods on Him.
Finally, special investigators sue
ceeded in inducing the suspect to
take a job in northern Quebec
lumber camp, whose crew included
five other investigators. They per-
suaded Godon to sing. lauded his
attempts and demanded the words
of the song.
4 can't remember them" one op-
orator said. Here, write them down
for me-
Godon complied The specimen
of his handwriting was rushed to
Montreal and pronounced by experts
to be identical with that in the "con-
fession" note.
Godon was arrested and brought
to trial with Lucien Gendron, who
had defended Brother Desithee, this
time conducting the prosecution for
the crown
The tria. vas halted, however, by
questions as 10 the accused mans
sanity. WitnessCi e. tilted he was
decidedly eccentric.
Alienists testified Godon had the
mentality of l0-year-old child. A
special jury ruled him unfit to stand
trial and he was committed to a
mental hospital
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
Alias Summons

In the District Court of the Ninth
Judicial District of the State of
Montana. in and for the County of
Glacier.
Dorothy Smith. Plaintiff
Versus
Buckley Smith, Defendant
ALIAS SUMMONS
The State of Montana Sends
Greetings to the Above Named De-
PENDANT:
You are hereby summoned to an
swer the complaint in this action
which is filed in the office of the
Clerk OF this Court. a copy of which
is hereby served upon you. and to
file your answer and serve a copy
thereof upon the Plaintitf 5 attorney
within twenty days after the service
OF this Summons exclusive Of the
day of service; and in case OF your
failure to appear or answer, Judg-
ment will be taken against you by
default for the relief demanded in
the complaint.
This action is brought by the
Plaintiff against the Defendant for
the purpose of obtaining a Decree
of Divorce from said Defendant,
Plaintiff alleges az her grounds for
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
Youthful Driver Thinks
White Cats Are Unlucky

NEWBURYPORT, MASS.-White
cats are just as unlucky as black
ones, as far as Peter L. Angeles
Jr, %, is concerned.
Trying unsuccessfully to avoid
hitting white cat which had scam
pered into the path of his automo-
bile, Angeles swerved his machine
into a fence. Police arrived, buried
the cat and charged the youth with
driving an uninsured car.
The case was filed when Angeles
agreed to pay for the fence.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07

Report of an Ali late Of a Ma
tionAl Bank pubI-hrd in accord
ance wits Section 52ll, |. 5. Re-
vis-d Statutes.
Report as of March 30. 1889, of
Rocky MnuntIin Realty Co.,
Browning, Montana, which is at-
fi.iated with First National Bank
Of Browning. Browning, Montana
Charter No. 10SS3. Federal Reserve
district number 9.
Kind OF business: Real Estate
Holding Company.
Manner in which above named
organization is affiliated with ma
tional bank. and degree of control:
Individual Stockholders of Bank
Own Individual Control of Affiliate.
Financial relations with bank:
Stock of affiliated bank owned
None. LoaEs to affiliated bank
None.
Borrowings from affiliated bank
none. Stock of affiliate registered
in name of bank or known to be
owned by bank directly or indirectly
2750 Charged off. Other Obligations
to, or known to be held by. affiliated
bank. none.
/, F. r. Getty, Treasurer Of Rocky
Mountain Realty Co., do solemnly
swear that the above statement is
true, to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
F. r. GETTY
I Sworn TO and subscribed before
me this 4th day of April, 1889.
lSeal] E. A. McDougall
Notary Public for the State OF
Montana, Residing at Browning,
Montana. My Commission expires
March 8, 1871.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
Names Used for Corn

Corn is used in different senses
in various countries. In America
it means maize. in China rice. in
Scotland oats, in Norway barley. in
South Germany wheat. and in North
Germany rye.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
Charter No. 1OSS3
Reserve District No. 9

Charter No 1OSS3 Reserve District No. 8
Report of Condition of the
First National Bank OF Browning
In the Of Montana at the close of
business March 90,
Published in call made by Comptroller of the
Currency. under Section 52l1, u s. Revised Statutes
ASSETS
Loans and discounts Gncuding
U s. obligations guaranteed
Obligations of States and political subdivisions 26.925 Sc
Other bonds, notes. and debentures.... -~~-..~ None
Corporate stocks, including o
Federal Reserve bank ~.-~~--~-- 10000
Cash, balances with other banks, and
cash items in process of colection..... 67,e22.4l
Baking house furniture and fixtures 100000
Total Assets...... $437 ,39l.71
LIABILITIES
deposits individuals partnerships corp 81
Time deposits individuals partnerships 100 5000
Deposits of u s. Government (poa sivngs) 359 O5
Deposits of States and political subdivisions GS21 95
Other deposits Certified and cshiers checks etc., 1905 -
Total Deposits. 1881 ,S27.41
Other liabilities w - . - - ......-- I,661.72
Total Liabilities ....... s392. $3.50. 10
Capital ACCOMPLISHMENT stock $50 shares, 500 25O0O 90
Undivided profits -~~~- ~---~~.~~ 9,4O2 IS
Total Capital Account ~~~~~~~ -.~~~~- 44,4O2. 50
Total Liabilities Capital Account ....~. 1877 .39l.U
Memoranda-I.oans and Investments
Notes and bills rediscouned and securities
sold under repurchase ageement) ..m- 1850 90
Total .~~.-.~ $3.50 90
Secured liabilities pledged
Total .~~~~ ~~~- 6.77o.9S
State of Montana County of Glacier,
l. Getty, president and cashier of the above named
of my knowledge and belief. F. r. Getty, Cashier
Correct-Attest W. f. Burnson, P. sherburne
j. l.. Sherburne Directors
and subscribed before this day of March, 1889
+. A. Mcl)ougall. Notary Public
[Seall My commission expires March s, 1871.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
The Care Verde Islands

The Cape Verde islands are off
the west coast of Africa and con-
slst of ten islands and five islets.
the capital being al Praia.