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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-21
Fleetwood High
School News

The home economics depart
ment was represented in the
Boone contest BY the following
girls: Vera Houck, Annie Wood
Nina Hartzog, Katherine Ed
wards, Clemmie Church, Othel-
10 King and Lucille Vannoy
Third place in wolen dresses was
won by Vera Houck. - !.
The Blue Ridge Maskers will
present a three act comedy Sat
urday night, March 80, in the
Fleetwood gymnasium. Members
of the ninth and tenth grade will
take part in ''The Man in the
Green Shirt"
Mrs. Myrtle Swan spent the
week end at meow in Green's
boro with her sister, Miss Ruth
Taylor, one of our seniors last
year.
Messrs. Paul Miller and Conrad
Yates were in Winston-Salem
during the Weekend and at
tended the basketball tournament
being held there.
Miss Margaret Weaver spent
the week end at Emory and Hen
ry college.
The library has purchased sew
eral new books recently.
The following students entered
the American magazine essay
contest: Ada Jones, Edith Greer,
Pauline Miller, Mildred Owens,
Betty Lou Hartzog, Neil Bowen,
Pansy Jordan, Annie Wood and
Ann Cowles.
Fleetwood was informed re-
Gently that the school won sec
ond place in the highest number
CT points in the Language and
Forensic tournament held in
Boone in January.
Honor Roll
The following students made
the honor roll for February:
first grade-Curtis Goodman,
Betsy Hughes, Ola Bell Lemly,
Wanda Lynn Brown; third grade
Annie Clyde Greene, Arleigh
Grogan, Talmadge Kimberlin,
fifth grade-Mattie Lou Baker,
Elsie Wilcox, sixth grade-Mary
Greene, Jean Goodman, Hazel
Lewis, seventh; Quentin Day,
Leonard Vannoy, Monroe Per-
kins, Della Goodman, Teddy Ba-
ker, Roger Johnston, Violet Mae
Greene; eighth grade-Ella Good
man, Nora Church, Louise Flet-
cher, Othello King, Edith Yates,
Ann Cowles, Margaret Hughes,
ninth grade-Mildred Owens;
tenth grade-Edith Greer; ele-
venth grade-Ava Goodman and
Bessie Baldwin.
Personals
Misses Mary Nell Bledsoe, Beu-
lab Osborne, Jewell Osborne
Velma Evonne Tucker and Irene
Bass spent the week end in Win
ston-Salem visiting Irene's grand
mother.
A birthday party was given at
Mrs. Bill Hughes Friday after
noon in honor of "Sparkies" 18th
birthday. She received several
nice gifts and everyone enjoyed
the party.
Mr.. T. V. Parks, principal OF
Mulberry school and Mrs. Parks
visited Mrs. Parks parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. D. Phillips, Sunday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-21

! have always liked the story
of the newspaper subscriber
who found spider in his pa
per and wrote to the editor
asking if the happening meant
good or bad luck. Mark Twain
was the editor of that paper
and this was his answer:
Dear subscriber:
Finding a spider in your-paper
was neither good nor bad luck
for you. The spider was mere
ly looking over our paper to
see which merchant is not ad-
vertising, so that he can go to
that store, spin his web across
the door, and live life of un-
disturbed peace ever after
wards"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-21

Mr.. Denver S. Blevins, of
Presbyterian Junior College at
Maxton, N. c., spent the week
end at home, in this county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-21

I. G. Brown; and three sisters,
Mrs. John Toliver, Mrs. Parlier
and Mrs. Ellie Lewis.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-21

G. c. Green, Jr., Of Beaver
Creek section, has good Angus
calf that he raised at home that,
he is feeding.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-21

Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Pugh and Mr..
R. L. Pugh, of Laurel Springs
were in the city Tuesday
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-21

We are glad to learn that Mr..
J. N. Tulbert's health has i'm
proved enough for him to re-
turn home after several weeks
as a patient in the Winston-Sa-
lem hospital.
Evening star., 1940-04-01
Voting Machines

The claims of Montgomery County
to progressive administration is
enhanced by the decision of the
county commissioners to use voting
machines in this years general elec-
tions. The decision comes after long
consideration Of the question and
careful investigation of the method
of voting by machines.
Under the current Montgomery
plan the machines are to be rented
this year. An allotment of $500
was made In the county budget for
the rental. Eventually, if their use
proves successful, the county un-
doubtedly will buy machines of its
own. Under the arrangement made
by Montgomery the rent paid this
year can be applied on the purchase
price if the county decides to buy
the voting machines. The cost Is
rather high, but advocates Of the
proposal contend that the county
saves In the long run through elm
ination Of the salaries Of a number
Of clerks and tellers. Other factors
In favor of the machines include
elimination of the long and exhaust
Ing hours that election officials have
Evening star., 1940-04-01

to work and more prompt and accu-
rate tallying of the results.
With the machine system larger
numbers OF voters can be handled in
each precinct and Montgomery, with
Its rapid growth in population in the
suburban centers, faces the alterna- =
tive of using machines or increasing
the expense of elections by subdivid-
ing some of the larger precincts.
Baltimore City has been using
voting machines for some years with
apparent success. The feasibility of
mechanical voting also has been
demonstrated in various State As
semblies, including Virginia. The
other fast growing counties near
Washington, including Prince
Georges and Arlington, will watch
the experiment in Montgomery this
year with keen interest. In fact.
the Arlington Board has before it a
request that it provide machines
this year. If the voters readily
respond to the comparatively small
amount of coaching that is required
to learn how to manipulate the
machines, and If Montgomery finds
that the task of financing them
is not too burdensome, the others
also can be expected to abandon the
old hand ballot system in favor of
the machines that are more in keep
ing with this streamlined, mechan-
ical era.
Evening star., 1940-04-01
Scott Circle

Although it has been eliminated
from the District supply bill on
point OF order, the proposed Scott
Circle underpass remains one of
Washington'S most pressing problems
in traffic relief. Calling for ap-
preparation of fifteen thousand dol
lars to draft plans for the four-hun-
dred-thousand-dollar project, the,
item possibly may be reinserted when
the bill goes to the Senate.
While many objections have been
raised against this tunnel, some re-
garding the expenditure of so large
a sum unWise in view of other types
of deficiencies in the community's
life, and others opposing on esthetic
grounds the typographical changes
made necessary by such work, the
fact remains that once started, the
system of traffic facilitation on
Massachusetts, avenue and its in
tersecting thoroughfares must be
continued.
When underpasses at Thomas
Scott and Dupont Circles were first
proposed it was assumed the latter
would be selected as the starting
point. But for reasons of its own
Congress designated Thomas Circle
to be first as an experiment. This
experiment has proved within a few
weeks that traffic is handled easier
by such methods, and it also has
proved that Scott Circle must be
next.
AS conditions exist at present, little
can be done by traffic authorities to
prevent ruSh-hour inconvenience
and danger at the intersection of
Sixteenth street and Massachusetts
and Rhode Island avenues. Pedes-
TRANS have particular interest in
clearing this point. Some small re-
lief might be found in designating
Fifteenth street one way with no
parking for several blocks during the
busy periods of the morning and
particularly in the evening, but it
would not solve the problem. Once
Scott Circle is cleared by separation
of its two main channels, however,
sufficient relief could be obtained by
use of Seventeenth or Eighteenth
street to justify delay in tunneling
under Dupont Circle.
Since half the cost is borne by the
Federal aid program of the Public
Roads Administration and the other
half comes from local funds which
are not available for any other pur-
pose, 1t is merely confusing the issue
to argue that extension of the under
pass system is in any way related
to other District problems such as
the welfare program or a shorter
work week for firemen.
Evening star., 1940-04-01
French Cabinet

The essence of the French govern
ment-the thing that makes it tick
Is the Cabinet, an imposing but
f1lmsy bit of furniture which would
cause Sheraton, Hepplewhite and
Chlppendale to shudder violently. It
is made Of every variety of political
timber IN the republic One bureau,
Tor instance, may be designed to rep
resent the Conservative Left Wing
OF the Pre-Marx Socialists, and nes-
tie right next door to another mod
eled after the Radical Right Wing
Democrats, with dozen other
utterly incongruous species nearby.
The Cabinet is held together by
sort OF Intangible glue known as a
vote OF confidence" and in extreme
cases may remain intact for as long
as year.
Sooner or later, however, "reper-
cussion" occurs, causing it to fall
apart. The damage is more apparent
than real, as the component parts
are not injured, but are tenderly
picked up, packed in moth balls, and
laid aside temporarily on the political
shelf to await their turn time after
next. The cabinet-maker shrugs his
shoulder and gets busy. He sends
telegram to M. Quelquechose at his
mushroom farm in the Auvergne,
whittier he had retired when tossed
out on his ear at the Cabinet collapse
OF 1885. He goes way down into the
pickle barrel and revives M. Questce-
quecest, who had dropped out of the
picture in 1924 when accused Of trea-
son. One by one other spare parts
are collected and laid out on the
floor of the Chamber of Deputies for
inspection, and an impassioned
appeal made to that body to exude
enough confidence to stick the Cab
met together again. After much
effort this is obtained, the Job is
done, and structure built which is
guaranteed to last all the way to the
next crisis.
Evening star., 1940-04-01
Achievement

When President Roosevelt last
summer named the poet Archibald
MacLeish OF Connecticut to succeed
DR.. Herbert Putnam as librarian of
Congress, there was prompt and
more or less violent objection to the
nomination. 1t was argued that he
was a radical amateur, altogether
lacking in qualification for the post
to which he had been designated.
But those who knew Mr.. MacLeish
personally were not disturbed. True
enough, he had contributed to cleft
wing" magazines and had attended
no library school, But his friends
realized that these were unimportant
faults as compared with the endow-
ment of intelligence, sincerity and
earnestness which he possessed.
They trusted his imagination and
the vitality of his courageous spirit.
Also, they had the wit to understand
that he had marvellous powers of
adjustment. He could meet the op-
position on equal terms-and tri-
umph over it. Senators who ques-
toned him came away from the en-
counter anxious to vote for his con-
f1rmation. Members of the Library
staff who had trembled in their
boots in fear of his coming emerged
from his Office ashamed of their
panic. Within a few weeks his Bit
terest foes found themselves ap-
plauding him.
Now after six months it is plain
to everybody that Mr.. MacLeish has
justified the Presidents confidence
and merited the public's respect.
Whether or not he remains on the
Job Indefinitely may not matter. If
ne left the Library today, his in
fluence would remain a constructive
force OF durable value. He has set
a pace which in itself is a fine
achievement. The battle he has waged
Tor necessary increased appropria-
tlons for the purchase of new books.
repairing old volumes, bringing cata-
loglng up to date and especially
Tor adequate salaries for scholars
employed in the Library is but one
incident in the story of his service.
HIS success in persuading fellow
ldealists like DR.. Luther H. Evans and
Arthur A. Houghton, jr., to collab-
crate with him is further evidence
OF his genius for doing what needs
to be done.
Evening star., 1940-04-01
Summer Shower

While gentle summer rain Is falling fast.
His sweetest song the merry robin
SINGS
And on its trellis. the rose droops and
clings.
Frail plaything Of the south winds f1tful
blast:
Its perfume on the wanton breeze Is cast
That from far places bears upon ,ts
wings,
The scent OF cedar, balm and growing
things;
Then swiftly as 1t came the shower has
passed.
Again and joyously. as at the dawn.
Through rifted clouds, the sun beams
forth and spills
It's gold on verdant woodland. moor and
lawn;
Again the good, green earth with new
life thrills,
And from each dewy hollow. heavnward
drawn
Tne msts 20 softly trailing up the h.i1s.
RUTH ROUNDS LEARN.
Evening star., 1940-04-01

nounce any such fantastic expansion
of Federal police authority as unde-
sirable, impracticable and un-Ameri-
can. This attitude is shared by a
majority OF citizens. Because of the
confidence which most Of these citi-
zens have reposed in the F. B. l., few
of them had regarded very seriously
the reports that the agency was
beginning to emulate Hitlers or
Stalin's terroristic police, but it is
just as we'll, perhaps, that Mr.. jack
son and Mr.. Hoover have seen fit to
leave no doubts as to their feelings
in the matter.
Evening star., 1940-04-01
No Gestupo

Speaking from the same platform,
Attorney General Robert jackson and
Director j. Edgar Hoover of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation have
put themselves on record in unequiv-
ocal terms against the building up
OF a national system of secret police
in the United States-now or in the
future. Both reiterated sentiments
which they had expressed on various
occasions in the past-that there is
no place in a democracy for any
Americanized version of the Nazi
sGestapo or the Soviet Ogpu. The
announcements obviously were in
response to recently expressed fears
in Congress that the F. b l., by set
ting up new espionage-sabotage
division, was establishing the basis
for development of a "super-police
agency" designed to pry into the
affairs of private citizens for political
purposes. Some of the alarm undoubt-
edly stemmed from irresponsible in
nuendoes and criticisms of vague and
general nature with regard to wire
tapping, third-degree methods and
invasion of private rights" allegedly
by the G-men.
Mr.. Jackson and Mr.. Hoover in
dividually and jointly had denied the
innuendoes-they never reached the
stage of formal charges-in cate
gorical statements to reporters and
members Of Congress. Last Satur-
day they made their positions more
clear before an audience which had
special reason to be interested in the
rumors. The listeners were repre-
sentatives Of thirty-six police de-
partments in twenty-six States and
the District of Columbia. These
officers knew that a great national
police force Of the totalitarian type
would supercede local agencies, In
contravention of State rights and in
dividual liberties. The chief Oman
and the Attorney General seized the
occasion provided by the graduation
Of local police officers from the r.
B. I. National Police Academy to de-
Evening star., 1940-04-01
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. TruceWell,

Dear Sir: Just . few words In de-
Tense Of the cardinal I grew up where
these birds roamed In great numbers.
They are without doubt the most intelli-
gent as we'll as one Of the cleanest birds.
Their location preference is around
branches where water Is easily available.
I have seen them bathing times without
number. 1 have held my hand out with
squirming worm in my fingers and
seen them come and take 1t. holding
themselves stationary in the air while
taking it. They are unquestionably one
Of the most interesting and fascinating
birds to be found.
Sincerely, M. p"
Probably more people have been led
to the study of birds in general by the
admiration Of the cardinal than through
interest In any other species.
The bird, as our correspondent points
out. we'll deserves the respect and love
1t creates.
We are fortunate in the District of
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia be-
cause we have this flashing sparrow the
year around.
There are few neighbors which do not
have pair or more
Practically all gardens in the sub
urban areas have at least one pair the
year around.
This means that any observer with
even the slightest interest in the yard
will come in time to spot the cardinal.
From then on he will be attracted to
the study Of other birds.
1t is easy in almost any suburban
garden to count more than so species
Of birds in two or three years Not all
at once, or every day; the writer here
has seen pair of indigo buntings but
once in 10 years. Fox sparrows, those
comical scratching fellows, have ap-
peared about once year.
+* \ X
The cardinal, however, we have with
us all the time.
1t would be better to say the cardi-
nals plural, for there is never day but
we have four or more, sometimes as
many as eight pairs.
AS stated here other residents OF this
area have counted as many as So red
birds at once. One reader insists that
he had 78. Others, with but one pair
| tend to doubt such stories.
The fine point is that one pair, even
+ one specimen. is enough
There usually are two, however, and
few species show more devotion.
The care which the male cardinal
takes of the young is observed on every
hand. He seems to like his mate yer,
| much Often he sings to her from the
treetop.
Common names for the cardinal in.
clude cardinal grosbeak. redbird. crested
redbird, Virginia redbird Virginia
nightingale, Virginia cardinal, Kentucky
cardinal, Carolina cardinal and cardinal
| bird.
The two favorites in this part of the
country are those commonly used, red.
bird and cardinal.
BY whatever name it Is called, it is a
fine creature, full of pep and FIRE, 50
Evening star., 1940-04-01

colorful that even the dullest observer
cannot help but see It.
The male is the brilliant one Of the
pair, with his fiery coat, and black crest,
and black entirely surrounding the bill.
This peculiar marking. best seen head
on. at times gives him somewhat fe-
rocious aspect. No one, we feel sure,
would be tempted to call the male cardi-
nal sweet; he Is a real ke-bird, II there
ever was one.
The female cardinal is the sweet one
Of the pair. This comes about not only
because she is gentler in her ways, but
also because her colorings are much
more subdued
II the male Is creature OF Hash and
fire. the female Is an old-lavender- and
lace bird. Her colorings are pastel, but
often vivid enough in her way.
Both these birds have definite color
changes at different times of the year,
so that sometimes, at a distance, 1t is
difficult to tell them apart
Young birds, too, have different COL
orings, from time to time. Often the
immature males, at little distance,
look like females
Not all males. even full grown, are
the bright peculiar red which distin-
guished so many of them, and which
made them such an easy mark for the
long rifles of the Colonists. Sometimes
the males assume a much lighter tone.
sort Of resembling sassafras tea. Heav-
ems, sassafras tea! How many persons
IN our great National Capital will drink
sassafras tea this spring? We suspect,
II they do, that they are from the Mid
die West or South. Here is a peculiar
taste. indeed, which many persons profess
to like. In herbal medicine it once had
great standing. Today is is mostly used
to flavor other ingredients 1t is said
that sassafras tea. with milk and sugar.
was sold in the streets of London until
recent years under the name Of "sa-
loop" Give me cup of saloop, please
There are some dozen varieties of
cardinal but most of them are In Mexico,
Some OF these get into Texas. They
have gray-tailed cardinal in Texas, we
understand.
The real cardinal has been introduced
successfully into Bermuda
1t is a happy thing for bird lovers
that there are plenty of cardinals. It
is wonder that they were not ex-
terminated, along with the beautiful pas
senger pigeon. Had they been good
eating, no doubt they would have been.
Man is curious animal, and hungry
one.
Cardinals annually devour countless
millions of inimical insects, some of the
worst, and some weed seeds.
They also like grains, to a limited ex-
tent. but their favorite food seems to be
the sunf1ower seeds This is the way
we get them to visit our gardens: A tray
OF sunf1ower seed, kept filled spring and
summer, will keep cardinals around.
1t is quite sight to watch the parents
teaching the youngsters to eat sunfower
seeds. II you feed the cardinals spring
and summer you will be sure to have
these finest of birds all winter.
Evening star., 1940-04-01
Critic of Franco Disputes
Constantine Brown.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
was much amazed at the content of
your recent article in The Star by the
esteemed columnist, Mr.. Constantine
Brown, in which he stated that Gen.
Franco has, in the short space of
year re-established the economy of Spain
to point not enjoyed for some years.
His sources Of information are hardly
less than ethereal and should appear so
to one of his unusually sound approach
to such questions. Even assuming that
Mr.. Brown has special sources of infor-
nation (as I have sources which I be-
lieve to be authentic, for they are ac-
tuated purely by humanitarian motives)
his report is in direct opposition to the
most elementary concepts of logic and
knowledge of simple economics.
Even were it true that Franco had the
support of the Spaniards and, therefore,
found them disposed to continue making
sacrifices after nearly three years of
war. he still would be in the elementary
position of planning. Let us effectively
analyze the situation and we will see:
/. Unlike Hitler or Mussolini, who, on
their taking of power, found an organ
lied state regime, an organized economy,
functioning banking system, an exist
ing foreign trade-in short, function
ing nation-Franco found all these de-
stroyed. The gold reserves Of the ma
ton had been used in three years of
severe war; the livestock consumed; the
farms neglected by the farmers, who
took up rifles to defend the land granted
them by the republic; the bridges and
roads destroyed by the continuous bonn
bardment of his Italo-German aviators;
the rolling stock of the railroads COM
pletely demolished (the new English loan
will not even pay for railroad locomotive
replacements); the factories destroyed
'or non-workable due to the fact
that the skilled workers are either
among the refugees or in his prisons.
Not least, he found 100000 corpses,
which, in nation the size of Spain
represents blow at the very vitals Of
it's economy, and which would be equiv
alent to 100000 in the United States.
Thus we see that Mr.. Browns asser-
ton as to SPANS recovery from horror
more terrible than any in the annals
of civilization is not even plausible
dream.
To what I have Just mentioned permit
me to add the following information
which have just received from at least
three reliable sources:
l. Franco has In bis prisons 1000 900
spaniards, including all those who IN
any sense might have been liberal, in
cluding professors, doctors, lawyers and
priests of the lower clergy.
2. That many of these have never
been brought to trial, although some
have been in prison for two years or
more.
3. Unable to satisfy the people with
bread. he gives them terror. and the
number Of executions continues un-
abated.
I. This fact appeared In our local press
datelined spain-the Franco govern
ment has nullided the minor land re-
form carried through by the republic
and decreed that Ill land formerly b..
longing to the Spanish nobility Is re-