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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-14
That's a pity"

cts one of those things" he Of
fered grimly. ''The sooner it's
over with, the better. I suppose
you think it's funny, Cycle, that
I should come barging over here
with my troubles. You've always
been an understanding kid"
"Best of luck, Jeff. Always"
The surprised roam bounded for
ward and settled into a swinging
gallop. Audrey was thinking, Jeff
never would be coming back any
more.
Dust, or something, was making
, her eyes smart.
=
It was almost lunch time the
following day when Judge George
Castle arrived home from the
city and greeted his newly re-
turned son. "But where's Oliver"
was almost his first question. II
particularly wanted to see her."
81 left her at home" was the
brief explanation.
''When do you expect her
DOWN."
"Soon, I dare say"
After that the conversation
among the three Castles was of
general nature, devoted large
1y to an account of the wedding
trip, business and political condi-
tons as Jeffrey had observed
them. When the trio left the ia
BILE, Mrs. Castle smilingly re-
marked that she would retire to
her room for a little while. "Jef-
frey" his father announced, Il
have an errand before we settle
down to a visit. I shall need the
car. Tell Dean that you will drive
: for me, if you don't mind"
ell be very glad to, sir" JEFF
frey was experiencing a momen-
tary thankfulness. He had inten-
ded to blurt out the bad news to
his father without any prelimi-
naries, once they were alone. But
this made it easy to postpone the
ordeal.
Down at the road gates, the
Judge indicated a left turn and
did not speak until they neared
the Ross estate. "In here, please,
jeffrey" The latter negotiated
the circular drive in some sur
prise, brought the machine to a
stop at the foot of the porch
steps.
"Tve a key somewhere" the
Judge said. ''The deed and title
! through the office not long since.
Quinn looked after it for U.s." He
stepped heavily from the car. 81
have been curious to see the gen.
eral condition of things. Come
along. Let's have a look"
Jeffrey followed his parent
without much enthusiasm. helped
him with the door and the two
began a circuit Of the cherries
rooms.
81 should say that it is in ex-
cel1ent shape" the Judge de-
cided when the inspection end
ed. How do you like that house,
my boy?" he inquired abruptly.
Jeffrey felt his heart sink. It
was his first premonition of a
fresh disaster. "Nice place." he
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-14

A program for 1941 which con-
tinues naval stores conservation
program has been approved for
turpetine and rosin producers
CT the South.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-14
CHAPTER VIII
Synopsis

Audrey Swan, nicknamed "Cy-
gie," is the only daughter of a
highly respected horse trainer.
His farm adjoins the estate OF
Judge Castle, whose only son,
Jeffrey, has been Audrey's friend
since childhood. Jeffrey marries
Olive Copper. Judge Castle has al
ways wanted to make Jeffrey a
partner, but Olive does not wish
to bury herself in Parville. Dur
ing their long honeymoon, Vic
Quinn, Jeff's friend in love with
Audrey, has substituted for jeff
in the Judges office. Returned
from their trip, jeff visits Par
vile without Olive. He is telling
Audrey that Olives father is Civ
ing him a job in the city.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-14
Healing Sp'gs News
By FOve Owen

Healing Springs high school
played their first basketball
games of the season with Jeffer-
son, last Friday night. The games
resulted in victory for the Heal
ing Springs girls and defeat for
the boys.
MIR. and Mrs. Rufus Handy are
the proud parents of a baby girl,
which was born Friday, Nov. 8.
Mr.. and Mrs. Muncie Gaultney
nave recently moved to their new
home.
George Holloway, colored, well
known and we'll liked ex-slave,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-14

He will not be back here"
Not coming back? But ]
thought "
(TO Be COntinued)
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
Lincoln Historical Park

Abraham Lincoln National Histor-
ical park, birthplace Of Abraham
Lincoln, comprises ITO acres, and
lies three miles south Of Hodgen-
vile, KY. The Lincoln Farm asso-
citation bought the site in 1906 and
began the erection of a granite build
ing in which to place a log cabin
said to be that in which Lincoln
was born. The cabin is IL feet wide
and II feet long, IL feet from the
floor to the caves and IA feet from
the floor to the highest point of the
roof. The memorial building, for
which the cornerstone was laid in
1909 on the centennial of Lincoln's
birth, is of Connecticut granite lined
with Tennessee marble. It's inside
dimensions are A feet in width, "a
feet in depth, and As feet in height
The association in 1916 transferred
title to the farm and the memorial
to the United States, to be admin
istered by the war department. In
1888 the property was transferred
to the jurisdiction of the national
park service
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
Scientists Seek to Chart
South Seas With Bottles

Professor Wilbur A. Nelson of the
University of Virginia plans a bot
tie message" bombardment of the
South Seas.
Outlining the itinerary of a sci
entific expedition he will head for
National Geographic society and his
university, he said he would throw
1900 citrate of magnesia bottles into
the South Pacific.
Printed messages will be incIosed
telling the finder that he may keep
the bottle as souvenir of the occa-
Son." but asking him to report
where he found it. The purpose is
to help determine the movement of
currents in the South Pacific.
Professor Nelson said the bottles
would be- tossed from the coast
guard cutter Hamilton, which the
government has assigned for, the ex-
petition, at regular intervals during
the year that fellow scientists will
tour the South Seas over an area
larger than the United States.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
Timber Is Classified
According to Usage

Yard lumber is largely general
purpose lumber. 1t is manufactured
and classified into those shapes,
sizes and grades required for ordi-
nary construction and general pur-
pose uses. Heavy timbers for struc-
tural purposes. soft-Wood factory
lumber and other special use mate
rialS are not considered as yard
lumber.
A bulletin from the Southern Pine
association divides yard lumber into
two main divisions (a) select and
(b) common. These again are di-
vided into two classes. Select lum-
Der Cd that suitable for natural fin
ishes and (2) that suitable for paint
finishes Common lumber Cd that
which can be used without waste
and ~ that which permits some
waste.
The various types are graded A,
B or c. A has a minimum of de-
fects or blemishes, B is permitted
a greater number of defects and
blemishes, and c an even greater
number
An important factor is the mois-
ture content permitted In the vari-
Gus grades and cIaSsifcations
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
Sleeping-Sickness Tests
Turn Suspicion on Mice

ST. LOUIS.-The theory that the
common house mouse is the reSer-
voir and carrier of encephalitiS-
sleeping sickness-germs has been
set forth in the preliminary report
of study of the disease made by
three psychologists at Washington
university here. The report said
that for the last two years the expert
mentors have been studying the pos
Sibility of a reservoir in animals
of the virus of encephalitis in St
Louis, the center of several epidem-
les of the disease.
Among others, wild gray house
mice have been tried and found sus-
ceptible," the report said. The virus
was transmitted from wild mice to
laboratory mice and back again 10
times and still retained its potency
The germs were injected into the
brain and implanted in the noses of
house mice
The psychologists making the
study we're Drs. S. E. Sulkin, c. G.
Hartford and Professor ]. ]. Bron-
fenbrenner. The report did not ex-
plain how the virus might be trans
mltted from mice to human beings
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
Pillars Of Herc-f-e'
Locate n orocct
OrOcco

One Of the smaile-j ard northern
mos; If African sui div SONS, Span
ish Morocco, is d narrow strip sliced
OFF he top of the continent at the
western entrance to the Mediterra-
mean Ii lies directly across the
ST { from G braItar and contains
tie southern end of the two rocky
emInences called the Pillars of Her
Jules. which the Legendary hero is
opposed to have created by Sitting
- mountain in two
The Spanish zone of influence IN
the Sultanate of Morocco is only
about one-sixteenth of the whole
country. Most of the SIlltan's terri
tory is under French protection,
with the thin layer of Spanish Mo-
rocco on top and the tiny interna-
tional zone of Tangler clipped oil
the upper left corner. The area OF
SPANS zone is little larger than
Maryland. with half that states pop
ulation Texas could swallow up
ten Spanish Moroccos.
Most of it is wild mountain coun-
try, with a rim of coastal plain that
is fairly broad and fertile along the
Atlantic, but rather narrow along
the 200 miles of Mediterranean
shoreline. The few important cities
are widely spaced along the coast.
Starting at the southwestern cor
ner of the country, one comes upon
the port of LaraChe. on the Atlantic
coast, and its neighbor, the fishing
village of Arzila; then Ceuta, at the
country's northern tip. and the Med
iterranean mineral port of Melilla
near the eastern end.
Tetuan, the capital and largest
city, Is comparable in size to Lo-
rain. Ohio, baby metropolis of
"A 900 people. 1t lies just inland
from the undeveloped port of Rio
Martin. and has developed small in
duStrieS in morocco leather, tiles
and pottery.
The second and third largest cities
do not belong to the ProteCtorate at
all, but are Spain'S own territory.
Ceuta, governed as part of CadiZ,
was taken by Spain in 1880, and
Melilla has been Spanish since the
days of Columbus.
Ceuta lures many visitors, and its
crowded oriental baZaarS attract
them with rare braSSWare priced In
Europe since the Middle ages. This
ancient city, once slave market,
was the first in Africa to have trans
Atlantic telephone service.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
Natural Gas Less Toxic
Than Artificial Product

Natural gas in general is not con-
Sidered as toxic as the manufac-
tured gas, which has higher per-
centage of carbon monoxide. The
American Cyclopedia" tabulates the
constituents of various natural gases
and compares them with coal gas
1t shows from 80 to SO per cent
marsh gas (methane) up to IA per
cent other hydrocarbons, GA to As
per cent nitrogen. up to or per cent
carbon dioxide, GA to 0.95 per cent
carbon monoxide, up to is per cent
hydrogen.
Coal gas is given an average of
40 per cent marsh gas, per cent
hydrocarbons, per cent nitrogen.
o. per cent carbon dioxide, 6 per
cent carbon monoxide, rs per cent
hydrogen.
The first gas company in this
country was the Gas Light company
of Baltimore. Incorporated February
S, 1877; it made and distributed coal
gas and the first street in Baltimore
was lighted with the gas on Febru-
airy IL. The first natural gas COM
pany was the Fredonia Gas Light
ard Water Works company, organ
lied in Fredonia. N. Y, in 1865.
Natural gas had, however, been
used as an illuminant in Fredonia
as early as 1924, pipe line having
been led from a well to the hall
where General Lafayette was given
a reception. A few years later nat
ural gas was being used for fuel
and light in Findlay, Ohio.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
British Soldiers to Get
Steel and Wire Helmets

LONDON-Derby-like hats soon
Will replace the tin helmets worn
by British soldiers in France, it was
announced
The "bakelite bowlers" will be
used as soon as they can be pro-
duced in volume. They are made
easily and cheaply by molding and
Incorporating thick steel and wire
mesh.
Recent tests showed the new-type
helmets can withstand many more
hundreds of pounds pressure than
the tin hats.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
Stone Of Petrilied Dew

One Of the most valued posses
sions of, the sultan of Perak in Asia
is stone which tradition says is
made by petrified dew. This tails
man is believed by the Malays to
have many miraculous powers. An
important part of the. sultan's re-
gala. the stone has been in posses
sion of the Perak dynasty through
out recorded history and is said to
have been given to, the first sultan
by To, Temong. a. girl saint of Pc
rak- The sultan's sword of state. is
also OF great antiquity Il is be-
heved by Malays- to, have been the
sword of Alexander the Great and
to have been used by Mahomet at
the great battle. of Badr
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
Experts F ind Uses
For Cotton Waste
Ne,C Fields for Lint, Seed
And Stalks Is SOugh:.

PITTSBURGH. = An attempt to
bolster the South's cotton industry is
being made in the laboratories of
Mellon Institute of Industrial Re
search here.
@ight research scientists are Cl-
gagged IN attempting to develop ne ?
uses for lint, seed and cotton stalks.
DR.. Lawrence w. Bass, assistar,
director of the institute. has an
nounced.
Faced with huge overproduction
and large inventories plus severe
competition from substitute mate
rails" DR.. Bass explained, cotton
has no other hope for regaining eco
nomic health than to dig up some
new jobs for itself.
Already the program, handled
through the cotton research founda-
ton, is said to have developed an
oI-free cOttonseed meal and an eff
tectlve sweeping compound from
seed hull bran
Under way are several projects,
including the production from bulls
OF actlvated carbon of the type use
tul for gas masks, and the finding
of uses for gossypol, toxic material
present in cotton seed. The research
has indicated further that wallboard
and like products may be made
from cotton stalks
In addition to the institute pro-
gram, plans are being made to in
crease the number of cotton fellow
ships at Southern colleges next year.
Since the cotton program was in
augurated here two years ago, lab
oratory technicians have been
studying methods of e-proofng,
water-proofing and rodent-proofng
cotton textiles.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
Crypt of Knowledge
Contains Sound Film

People living 5000 years hence
Will be able to. see and hear the
fash and roar of artificial light
ming as il is now produced.
A sound film demonstrating arti-
fetal lightning, produced by the
III ZOO, O0O-voit generator. will be
sealed in the alright Oglethorpe
university Crypt of knowledge.
The film is one of five which have
been presented to T. K. Peters, d.
rector of archives at Oglethorpe uni
verSity. The others include the life
story of Thomas A. Edison, the de
velopment of land transportation
from the most primitive methods to
the electrified ia irOad, the history
OF Panama canal operation and the
development of American naviga-
ton from the first crude Indian craft
to the massive electrically propelled
battleships of today.
1t probably will take about four
or five years to fill the crypt with
the thousands of records that are 10
be placed in it. Micro-book records
are being made of the worlds great
est literature, and the films are be-
ing sealed in stainless steel recep-
tacles after first being placed in
glass containers encasing an inert
gas.
An inscription plaque on the door
of the Crypt of Civilization briefly
describes the confer is of the sealed
chamber and requests that they re-
main inviolate until the year BIB
The date was decided by DR.. Thorn
well Jacobs, president of Oglethorpe
university, because when he started
the project in 1896 the year BIB
was just as far in the future as
the total number of years man has
recorded events in the past.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
= Towns Of West
SIow S;gns of Revival

Out IN the West a few years ago
va could drive off the beaten path
AL go exploring INTO the last CEN
tury Behind the shoulder of some
hill or in desert valley you would
discover a full-sized town where no
one lived, says Popular Mechanics.
Along the sagebrush-covered main
street would be weather-beaten
stores, post office, banks and
saloons of small city, lanked by
blocks of unoccupied houses. In
the eerie silence the Tapping of old
wallpaper behind a broken window
or the creaking of door would be
the only sounds
These ghost towns of the mining
country were left intact when the
gold fever died or when bonanza
strikes in other districts caused the
inhabitants to move away overnight.
Towns like Rhyolite with a preten-
tious railway station and office
buildings, or Bodie, built with ire
mendous hardship high in the noun
tains, were left complete right down
to stacks of dishes still in the kitch-
ems and files of records still in the
banks.
Today the ghost towns are coming
back to life Towns that have been
asleep for rs years are stirring
again under the excitement of high
priced gold Modern air-conditioned
stores are springing up next to the
lettering ruins of old buildings.
Lively stables where harness still
rots on the walls are being torn
down for gasoline stations From
Cripple Greek in Colorado to the
Mother Lode in California long
abandoned mines are being worked
again. A survey by the Automo-
bile Club of Southern California
shows that practically every old
gold camp in the West is active.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
Bury Bead Facing East

Until recent times, people Of viz
tually every age and race have, for
religious reasons. buried their dead
facing the East. To the early sun
worshipers, it was the direction in
which their deity returned each
morning; to the ancient Greeks. it
was the way TO Elysium. or para
disc; and to the Christians, says
Golfers Weekly, it is to be the d.
rection, according TO Mathew A:5.
from which Christ will GENE on
Judgment day
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
Game COnServatiOniSts

The maternal instinct in dogs APP
parently knows no bounds, says the
Country Home Magazine. If you
don't believe this, witness the cases
of two canine motherS-One, a
springer spaniel on the J. j. Cald-
vel. farm in Wyandotte county,
Kansas, and the other, a collie on
the Ted Konsteri farm. near Duluth,
MINI. The collie is raising three
tiny beavers, born to a trapped
mother which later died, and the
spaniel is mothering an equal num-
Der of small cottOntail rabbits,
which she stole from their nest
and brought home with her. Both
mothers and infants are dong well.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
Two Kinds of Margarine

There are two kinds of margarine.
Cne, made of animal and vegetable
fats, salt and milk is commonly
called the animal fat type or oleo-
margarine. The fats most used are
ofeo (refned beef fat or neutral
fat Qeaf fat of pork. The other
kind, known as vegetable fat or nut
margarine, is made of vegetable
fats, salt and milk. The other prin-
cipal ingredients of both varieties
are peanut oil, coconut oil, cotton
seed oil, soybean oil and butter.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
North Carolina Has
No Official Flower

RALEIGH, N. C.-North Caro-
lima has no Official flower, coz
trary to general belief that tlie
goidenrod has been so designated.
In answer to an inquiry, Assist
ant Attorney General Wade Bur
ton recently announced, There
is No official state flower, so des-
ignated by an act Of the North
Carolina state legislature"
North Carolina school children
voted the ox-eye daisy the state
Hover in . statewide poll, bat
the legislature never ratified that
vote.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19

Jesse, the father of David. is, often
regarded as the first in the geneel
ogy of Jesus Christ. Hence the de-
sign representing the descent Of
Jesus from the royal line of David
is called a, tree of Jesse. From q
recumbent figure Of Jesse springs a
tree bearing in its branches the
chief figures in the line of descent.
and terminating in the figure Of
Jesus, OF of the Virgin and Child
The design was formerly favoFite
ecclesiastical ornament and is de-
picted in the cathedrals at Laon,
AmienS and Charities.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
Student Tries Crossbow
Archery for Recreation

CAMBRIDGE, MASS.-When low
thuds sound through Lowell house
at Harvard, fellow students know
George F. Smell Jr. is practicing
with his crossbow.
Special permission had to be OBJ
tanned before Smell could bring the
deadly bow into his room. He made
the weapon, after research in the
Library of Congress, from a black
walnut stock, 20-inch automobile
spring and cooking device FASH
Toned from billiard ball The bow
string is made from 40 strands of
shoemaker's Irvine.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
Scroll Of Peace

The Scroll of All Nations or the
Scroll of Peace is an Illuminated
document, incioseG IN leather case.
which the Flying Hutchinsons
(Lieut Col. George r. Hutchinson,
Mrs. Hutchinson and their two
daughters) are carrying On q flight
around the world 10 obtain the sig
natures of all the rulers to Q pact
Of peace. They have already Sc
cured the signatures Of President
Roosevelt and the Latin Amer
can presidents
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
Wishing Well Waters

The waters Of the famous wishing
web at Upwey, Dorset, are so IA
nous that they are not only drunk by
visitors but also often bottled and
sold IN other parts Of England.
Greatest fame came to the well
some Eve years ago when 10 men
who drank from it won $5,oOe each
In an Irish sweepstakes Hundreds
of people then crowded 10 the web
for . drink and thousands Of bottles
of water from ii we're sold. ,~ E
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
1uGRicial BABY Tak

When Judge N. j. Benelli of Chi
cago says Him gets 30 days" don I
take the jurist to task, his gram
mar 10 perfectly o. K. The Him"
in this case happens to be zee Yuer
Him, a dishwasher, accused of buy
ing liquor and charging il 20 tie
restaurant to annoy the cook. TIE
judge said he Him to hirn) would
have to repent 90 days in jail. ard
then Him wished Him weren't he
Sounds q wee bit like baby talk,
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19

The last hours OF LincOln's jour-
ney 10 Washington for his first in
auguration were complicated by. q
sudden announcement of a plot to
sssassinate him as ne pissed through
Baltimore IN the night. Against his
Will. and conscious Of the probable
effect upon the public, he was IN
Guced to leave the party and travel
the short remainder Of the journey
incognito.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19

One of Hungary's most fascinst-
ing phenomena is the ''fUwering Of
the Tisza," one of the cUuntry's riv-
ers. This strange sight is caused by
the drowning Of billions Of small in
sects. Once in three years they
hatch, fly over the river and fan
on its surface, coloring itrichly with
their bodies 10 make il appear COW
cred With sRaH yellew flowers.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
share Family Bible

In NorristOwn, Ps., y heirs CT
Mrs. Barbara S. Hsrris have just
been awarded Q family Bible to be
shared equally among themselves.
In setting Mrs. Harris viii, Judge
J. Burnett Hollan6 left it to the heirs
to decide whether they should cut
up the Bible into II parts or pass
II around xngong themselves 80
that each may have IT one month q
year.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
Revived Language

BUTTE, MONT.-German, which
has not been taught in the Butte
high school since it was banned dur
ing the World war, has been re-
= turned to the curriculum.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-19
Sign of the Times

WILKES-BARRE, PA.-Oficials
of q large factory selling working
mems clothes reported overall sales
had increased 200 per cent since out
break OF the European war.