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The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11
Our Daily Thanks

There are still good many Of us left
who believe in the simplicity Of faith
in our daily lives and we are grateful
to Divine Providence for the bless
ings we receive. 1t does not take a New
Year to remind US Of these obligations
and for that reason we will enjoy the
following taken from the Neshoba DEM
ocrat, one of the splendid papers OF our
state:
"For several years. the Democrat has
sponsored a s-and-cornbread' move
ment. There is an old saying, If you
have peas on New Years, you'll not want
for food the remainder of the year. II
is simply the idea Of humility behind the
whole thing.
1--WE are too prone to sit down tt
our meals with little real thought OF
the Divine Providence that makes then
possible. /,
mGive us this day our daily bread
should be not only plea but pear
of thanksgiving for the many blessings
that are ours. Humility, simplicity
sincerity-these are three great virtues
NAV their tribe increase"
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11
National Misfit

No matter how loyal Democrat you
NAV be. it is very probable that you
fail to understand just why President
Roosevelt ever selected Madam Perkins
as Secretary of Labor and still further
just why he has never gotten RIA OF hef
long ago. In the opinion of most OF US us
she has been about the biggest misfit
in our national picture without the
added embarrassment she has caused on
every occasion by favoring, aiding and
petting alien criminals. The Sunfiower
Tocsin very aptly comments on her
latest efforts in behalf of her Com
munist friends:
"Well, Perkins won out for her frieno
Bridges and save him from a deserved
deportation. That old sister has caused
more friction between capital and labor
by her alleged friendship for the Clp
than any labor secretary the country mas
ever had"
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11
Retain Poll Tax

A poll tax war is in the offing. What
ever Senator Harrison is for, Senator
Bilbo is against, and whatever Senator
Bilbo is for, Senator Harrison is against
or at least it seems that way. Certain y
is the elimination of the poll tax will
be an issue in the current legislature
Senator Harrison defends the poll tax
stoutly, says that "the tax has worked
we'll in Mississippi, has preserved our
civilization and assisted in the edu-
cation of the youth of the state
It is inconceivable to me that there is
the slightest thought about adoption OF
any repeal measures 1t is the only
movement that could possibly arise in the
Forthcoming or any other Legislature
that would impel me to return to my
state to battle those who would favor
such a policy."-Webster Progress.
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11
Pensions Are Coming

Of the major national events OF 194o,
the presidential election, the taking OF
the census, which is not expected to get
fully under way until April and the
social securinty payments to retired
workers, their aged wives, widows and
orphans, the last named is the only
one to begin with the new year. The
Federal insurance program got under
way on the 1st and the first monthly
checks are to be given to eligible work
ers and their dependents on Feb. 1st
for the current month. Thus the Fed
eral Old Age Security plan, rated as
the worlds largest insurance system
has started to function.-Woodville Re-
publican.
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11

or lease, provides for a well to be drilled
within a year on any land in the block
in which the owners land is located If
well is put down and commercial oil
brought in then the one-eighth royalty
the land owner retained has a real
market value, or most likely the party
who secured the lease, will drill on the
land. If no we'll is drilled the lease ex-
pires in year and the land owner has
another chance to have his land proved
by leasing again with his neighbors. We
understand that some leases are being
taken in Montgomery County for 10
years at SOC per acre cash and rental
of 10 cents per acre annually for ten
years. That lease does not provide for
frilling. Such a lease binds the land
owner for ten years and most likely the
land is in a block that is being leased
by some party who really wants to drill
and his efforts are destroyed because
it is impossible for him to secure any
thing like solid block, which is essen
tial in "wild cat" field such as Mont
gomery County is at this time.
"If you have not leased your land we
urge each land owner to study care
fully the provisions of the lease, see
that it carries drilling clause either
on your land or in your vicinity, within
a year, and make no lease for longer
period than a year. The land owner
who has leased his land at SOC an acre
and 10c annual rental for more than
one year will find that he has acted
penny wise and pound foolish. The old
adage of "act in haste and repent at
leisure" certainly applies to long
leases"
"The only way it is possible to de-
termine whether there is oil in COM
mercial quantities in Montgomery Coun-
ty is to lease your land with specific
stipulation that we'll will be drilled
to 1000 or 5000 feet within one year on
the block under lease. Wells are the
only way to give US the knowledge we
| want. Few land owners are in posi-
tion to drill we'll on their land, but
they should take care of their interest
by the lease providing that we'll Will
| be drilled in year."
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11
The Graves Registration Project W,

The Graves Registration Project was
organized to chart every grave OF a
soldier of any Of the wars in which the
u. S. has engaged. Confederate soldiers
are included. There are many unmarked
graves, particularly of the Civil War
veterans, and few persons still living
who know where some of them are. This
is the last chance to have them properly
marked and recorded and each citizen
is requested to check over in his-or
her--mind whether or not the graves
of all the veterans known are duly
marked. Better Do It Now.
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11

There's many reader of Grady lines
Light Whines and Cheers who will ap-
preciate this remark SIf a car stalls
on moonlight night and the man starts
looking in the girls eyes, he's single
if he looks in the gas tank-he' S
married" Also another true saying of
the past week by the same author;
"Many a man who thinks they are
pretty good judges have wives who are
the Supreme Court"
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11

If every individual who is all war
minded would have the opportunity to
visit the veterans hospitals, where ex-
service men are living thousand deaths
daily, they would leave those insti-
tutions with firmer determination that
we of the United States do not wish to
become tangled in another European
enthusiastically News.
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11

The three "H's" are the man causes
of menaces to highway safety. The
are drunken driving, uncontrolled
thumbing, and indiscriminate spooning.
Condensed and put briefly you may
term them--hic, hike and hug.-Colum-
bus Commercial Dispatch.
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11

In these days of suspicion, in these
days of ill will, in these days when
hatred and prejudice seem to play too
large a part, it is we'll for US that we do
our best to remember, says George E.
Vincent in the Rotarian magazine, that
in every country all around the world
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11

1t has been said that there are three
ways of wasting money-by gambling,
spending it on women and by farming.
The first way is the most wicked, the
second the most pleasant and the third
the most certain.
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11

The young women who enter business
and professional life are caller "career
Girls" Here in Winona Ma says she
is also a career woman, as she goes
careering round the house trying to
make her family fortable.-Winona
Times
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11

Lawyer: at would be better for you
il you had good alibi. Think hard
now. Did anyone see you at the time
of the crime?"
Client: Fortunately, no."
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11

Elderly Passenger: "How often do
big ships like this sink?"
Sailor: "Oh, usually not more than
once"
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11

and a crook.
If he talks fish and game conserva-
ton, he's maudlin.
If he keeps quiet, he's not interested
in his work
II he acc pts suggestions or advice
he's incompetent.
If he works out problems for himself,
he's know-all.
II he acts firm he's unfair and a
rascal.
Ashes to ashes,
Dust to dust,
If the sportsmen won't do it
The game warden must!
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11
Jottings
nv MARTHA RHYME

Business looks brighter for Az
aNew Legislature in harmony with
eubernatorial administration" "Sny-
der takes plug at Whites shortcomings
az governor" "Oil surveys to con-
tinue" Progress Of '3s TO De sur.
passed by developments Of '4O' al,
these scream at US from the editorial
feature sections Of our newspapers ano
magazines. A little on the conservative
side where the art Of prophesying Is
concerned. however, I'm inclined just to
agree with Poet Edgar A. Guest VINO
reminds US in his very typical Jus'
Folks in American Trifles' that III
ever shall come the day we thro"
liberty away, men will walk in slavery
instead" May the New Year bring It's
share of wealth and prosperity-yes-
but give us also peace and security
above all things, so that our Doast
az am an American" will hold fast 70
its real meaning.
Exams, more popularity known as mid
term headaches will begin on Friday
January IL, and last through the l6th
There is no feeling quite like the
freouent reference to schedules, the
ever-present clouding of the horizon
until the day for tests to arrive, the
tired minds and bodies from cram
ming" and making frequent perusals into
educational material not half so familiar
as thought-no feeling that can com
pare with that burdened, uneasy con-
sciousness unless you could compare
the amount of relief that comes when
one realizes it is all over-with grades
not half as bad as you expected.
With all sympathy for little Finland
ever present, here's a statement from
Marcus Toilet, Finnish representative In
the United States, that should get under
the skin of every red-blooded American
"You lend US, we'll defend u.s." IT it
wasn't so very true, it wouldn't be Sc
all-fired angering, but that, from
country which should really be grateful
to American help, shows just how
American help is thought of in Europe
Finland, true enough, has paid, and
probably will continue to pay, her debt
However, England and France have made
| default after default in the payment OF
their obligations to the United States
without an effort to offer an excuse OF
any sort of compensation. But how
quick would they say in the event OF
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11

there are people like US who want peace,
people like US who want to live on good
terms on with another, and not be swept
away by the conviction that all good
qualities of human nature are going
down in disaster.-Oxford Eagle.
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11

II people don't speak we'll OF theii
own family, outsiders will also not
regard it with very high esteem either
Similarly if you can't say good words
for your home town, don't expect the
outside world to do so. There are many
good points, advantages, opportunities
and other things you might learn abou'
Lexington. Make it point to help ou'
YOUR old home town every day tht
coming year by boosting it to the
highest degree. You will be surprised
how much better it will make you feel
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-11

State Game Warden X. II. Diggs
thinks this "Game Warden's Lament
ebpped from the Game and Fish Com
mission Bulletin sums up pretty we'll
some of the troubles wardens have Inc
Warden's intention is to provide us
with more and better hunting and FISH
ing. If he can have our cooperation
he can bring that about much sooner
Evening star., 1940-09-15
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Evening star., 1940-09-15
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downtown: Conn. ave. choice
residential section. elevators.
Res. mgr, EN- S1l9
Evening star., 1940-05-19

struction work In progress on the
Blue Ridge Parkway, which event.
ually will run 500 miles to the Great
Smoky National Park. Connecting
with the present Skyline Drive, this
parkway will provide a 600-mile,
mountain-top scenic drive without
parallel in the world. Huge sections
OF the Blue Ridge Parkway are al
ready completed-the longest being
south Of Roanoke where the l4O
miles between Bent Mountain, Va,
and Deep Gap. N. c., are open to
the public. Put this on the list as
one Of your longer trips to take this
summer. Exact information may be
obtained at the A. A. A. Touring
Bureau as to how to reach the COM
pleted sections of the parkway.
To return to Washington, turn
left on United States Route $50 to
Charlottesville. II you want to
stretch this into a two-day trip,
Charlottesville is a fine place to stay
overnight. The Monticello Hotel,
the Queen Charlotte Hotel and the
Pennington Country Club provide
extra fine accommodations. Since
this is a 315-mile trip you may very
well want to take more than a day
to do justice to it, even though it is
designed to be one-day tour.
Take United States Route 20 all
the way back to Washington. Or,
for a new alternate, turn right on
Virginia 295 one mile north of Rem
lngton. At Catlett, take Virginia
233 to the junction with Virginia
%, turn right through Manassas to
Centerville. This route will take you
through portions of the Bull Run
battlefields that you may not have
seen before.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
NEWS OF THE MOTORING WORLD
Skyline Drive Always New With Scenery Which Fascinates
Traveller He Feels Great Thrill of Discovery

of the trees and grass is still a new
spring green and while the wild
flowers are blooming. The prettiest
way, and also the shortest, to the
northern entrance OF the drive is to
take u. S. 211 to Gainesville, Va,
and turn right on Virginia SIS into
Front Royal. This route takes you
through the Bull RIM Mountains by
way Of Thorofare Gap, made famous
by Stonewall Jackson as q convenient
doorway to the Bull Run battlefield.
Right In the gap is an old stone
mill operated by an overshot water
wheel. This mill is a good photo
graphic subject, presenting interest
ing problems of angle and light. The
town of The Plains is featured by q
beautiful vine-covered church that
would do credit to a rich city con-
gregation. On the other side of
Marshall you pass the home of John
Marshall. first chief justice Of the
United States.
Front Royal is one of the fastest
growing towns in Virginia. This is
due to two things; Front Royal is
the northern entrance to Skyline
Drive. probably the greatest touring
attraction in the East, and it is the
site Of huge newly completed cellu-
lose plant. Hotels, restaurants, cot
tages and other travel accommoda-
tions have mushroomed into exist
ence within the last five years in
Front Royal. Just south of the city,
on Virginia IL, is an attraction newly
opened to the public-the Skyline
Caverns.
Skyline Drive and Shenandoah
National Park begin at the southern
city limits of Front Royal. The drive
gradually climbs a spur ridge and
before you know it you are far above
the valley floor as though on flying
carpet. This first grade is typical
of the whole drive; there is nothing
precipitous, nothing dangerous about
any foot of it. Curves are rounded,
guard rails are up at every possible
point of danger. There are many
more dangerous and crooked roads
on level areas. You will never have
to shift unless you come to stop,
as you will probably do very often.
There is parking overlook provided
at every place where the view is
particularly enticing.
At Remount Station.
At Dickey Ridge, the first place
where you are able to look to the
east of the ridge, you will see the
Army Remount Station nestled in
the valley. This is where horses are
Evening star., 1940-05-19

National Park, which reaches 1
height Of 4049 feet.

National Park, which reaches I
height Of 4,o49 feet.
II you have time for q short hike
the place to indulge in 1t is White
Oak Canyon. The trail begins at
the entrance to Skyland and goes
east. About 2 miles brings you to
a series Of waterfalls in deep can
yon that wouldn't be out Of place in
the Rockies. The stream has been
damned up at one point to make q
swimming pool, but / wouldn't ad-
wise swimming In 1t until July. Even
then the water will be SO cold that
you won't want to stay in for more
than 2 minutes.
Ten miles below Skyland is Big
Meadows, with lodge, cabins, cof-
fee shop, gift shop and service sta
ton to satisfy your needs. Also
here is a picnic ground and place
to buy camping supplies. The lodge,
Offering overnight accommodations,
is one mile of the drive to the right.
To the left, an unpaved road leads
to the Rapidan Camp of Ex-Presi-
dent Hoover, and eventually on to
Criglersville. Big Meadows is an
unusual place; 1t is wide, grassed,
park-like area sprawled squarely
across the top Of the highest portion
Of the Blue Ridge. If high walls
were built around Big Meadows so
you couldn't see out you would
think you were on dairy farm in
Indiana.
At Swiftrun Gap begins the new
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Service Orders
ARMY.

ARMY.
MEDICAL CORPS.
Berry, Col. Harry R., from Fort Hayes to
CAVALRY.
Giibreath, 1t. Col Frederick, from Fort
Riley to Fort Bliss
JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERALS
DEPARTMENT.
Brown, 1t: Col. Robert W, from Washing
ton to Baltimore
oUARTERMASTER CORPS.
Cound Mai. Oliver T.. from Washington to
Seattle. ~
FIELD ARTILLERY.
Mesick. Capt. John. from Madison Bar
racks to Fort Ethan Allen
Mcklnnon. Capt. James L.. from Fort Bragg
to Fort Devens
Rouch. Capt. Lester NJ, from Fort Des
Molnes TO Fort Smelling
Dietz First 1t George E. from Fort Knox
to Fort H. G. Wright.
INFANTRY.
kengla. Capt. Leo F.. from Fort George q
Meade to Fort Benning
foormGn, Capt Donald A.. from Fort
George 9. Meade to Fort Benning.
Breltiing, Second It. George T, from San
francisco to the Philippines
ADJUTANT GENERALS DEPARTMENT.
OKeefe, Col. John AIoysius, from jackson
MISS. to Washington.
Evening star., 1940-05-19

raised and trained for the United
States Cavalry. From Dickey Ridge
the drive describes practically q
semi-circle to Hogback Mountain;
you can see IL miles ahead, climbing
higher and higher. Hogback Noun
tain overlook is the highest point of
the northern section--3,385 feet
From here you gradually drift down
to the 2,300-foot level Of Thornton
Gap at Panorama.
Meals can be obtained at the
Panorama Tea Room. Here you enter
the oldest section of the drive, the
34-mile stretch between Thornton
and Swiftrun gaps. This Is the
highest and probably the most
scenic section. The famous tunnel
under Marys Rock is no sooner
negotiated than you see the gaunt
profile of the STONY Man" siIhou-
cited before you. On the left, stand
ing by itself, is Old Rag Mountain,
the most majestic peak in the park.
Skyland, the only complete resort
on the drive, will open May Is. 1t
is at the highest point of the drive
$3.50 feet. The road skirts Hawks
bill, the highest peak in Shenandoah
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Pro Golf Sturts Shoot
At Bradley Hills

Twelve of the top golf profess
sionals around Washington will play
in pro sweepstakes tourney and
public exhibition at the Bradley Hills
Country Club today.
The Bradley Hills Club has added
$50 to the purse, which, with entry
fees from the pros at SIS each, will
make the total $110
2:3O-Whiffy Cox, Congressional: Bob
Barnett, Chevy Chase, and George Diffen-
baugh. Kenwood
2:35-Lewis Worsham, Burning Tree;
AL Jamison, Bradley Hills, and Cliff Spen-
Ger. East Potomac Park
2:40-Leo Walper. unattached; Gene
Iarkin, Woodmont. and Al Treder. Manor.
2:45-Mel Shorey, Indian Spring; AL
EouRhton, Beaver Dam, and Walter Cum
ninghanl, unattached.
Evening star., 1940-05-19

section Of the drive, which you may
not have been over yet. It is 40
miles long, making the entire drive
106h miles long. This southern
section Is different from the two
others in that the scenery is more
Jumbled. The ridge branches and
spurs out into a general rugged up
land instead Of being one sharp, dis
tinct ridge. There are fewer pam
oramic views of the valley, but on
the other hand 1t seems more
mountainous here. The Sheran-
doah National Park ends at Jarmom
Gap. Skyline Drive continues ah
miles to Rockf1sh Gap, near Alton,
to make connections with the Vir-
ginia highway system.
At Rockfish Gap you will see con-
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Burk Is ScuIIs Victor
For Fourth Year in
American Henley
!. De Witt, Princeton Tokes
College Race; Harvard
Grew Nips M. |. T.
Hy the Associated Press

Hy the Associated Press.
BOSTON, May 18.-All the trophy
defenders were invincible on the
choppy Charles River today in the
9th annual American Henley Re-
gatta, which was featured by the
fourth consecutive victory of inter-
national champion Joe Burk of the
Penn A.; C. in the Farragut Chal-
lenge Cup singles sculling event.
Burk, a two-time winner of the
diamond sculls, had to come from
behind at the mile mark to over
haul Joe Angyal of Long Island
City. N. Y, the only oarsmen to de-
feat him in four years, and sweep on
for 5-length triumph.
Burk was timed in 8:11.6 for the
sis miles. Bob Cutler of Cam
bridge finished third, and Mike
Kolesnik of Worchester fourth and
last.
Princeton Sculler Scores.
Dewitt Van Siclen of Princeton
defended the Thomas Reach Cup in
the intercollegiate singles sculling
by nosing out Richard Hartshorne,
also of Princeton, by a few feet and
a fifth of second after covering
the Henley distance in 9:16.4.
Phil Wilson of Harvard was third
and Albert De Angels of Holy Cross,
who defeated Van Siclen by a
length in their trial heat, was dis
qualified before he pulled away from
the stake boat in the final.
After trailing most of the / SIS
miles, Harvard's 150-pound varsity
eight put on terrific finishing drive
to defeat the Massachusetts, Insti-
tute of Technology's lightweights
by three feet and fifth of a
second and retain the Joseph
Wright Challenge Cup. The Grim
son was caught in 6:56 and M. I. T..
in 1852 as they sped across the
finish line.
M. I. T. forged into an early
lead, but Cornell pressed the engi-
neers hard during the early going.
At the mile mark, the Ithacans
caught a crab and dropped back,
just as Harvard was setting itself
to answer M. I. T's challenge.
Princeton placed third, two
lengths behind the Engineers, Yale
was fourth, Cornell fifth, Pennsyl-
vania sixth and Columbia last.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Red Fox Top Hunter,
Sport Marvel Next
At Sedgefie|d
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
GREENSBORO, N. c., May 18.-
Once again the colors of Mrs.
Dorothy N. Lee of Middleburg, Va,
were carried high when Red Fox,
ridden by Aubrey Fishback, won
the hunter stake today at the Sedge-
field horse show.
Second in the hunter stake was
Sport Marvel, owned by George Ben
oft of Fredericksburg, Va, and rid
den by Russell Walther. Benoit was
unable to ride himself due to illness.
Other hunter winners were Hun
ger Hill, owned by Hobby Horse
Farms, Hollins, Va, and ridden by
Forrest Ward, third; Village Miss,
owned by Robert w. Daniel, Bran
don, Va, and ridden by Bruce Bowe,
fourth, and Dark Victory, owned by
Mile-Away Stables, Southern Pines,
and ridden by Mrs. w. o. Moss of
Durham.
Sport Marvel, ridden by Margaret
Harvey, won the women's hunter
class. Brandon Pride, owned by Mrs.
Margery R. Daniel, Bradon, Va.
and ridden by Bruce Bowe, was Sec
ond.