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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05

Wis, Ron Davis, Raymond Scott,
Claude Houck, Fred Houck,
Worth Howell, Mrs. Blan Houck,
J. Lee Houck, j. R. Grubb, Whit
T. Houck, James Houck, Richard
Wilcox, Lawrence Houck, Mrs.
Rebecca Miller, Mrs. Mamie Greer
Goodman, Jones Cicero Miller,
Bert Jones, Mrs. Rhodes, Balti-
more, Md.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05
Illuminated Christmas Tree on Ld1Un
Will Giue Extra Beauty to Your Home

a N ILLUMINATED tree in front
of a house always makes it
look more honey" on Christmas
eve. It need not necessarily be a
pine or fir tree-it may be any ever
green standing apart or in shrub
berry hugging the house.
The lighted tree or shrub not only
makes the home look more beauti-
full, but also serves as a definite
contribution to the community
Christmas spirit.
There is, of course, right and a
wrong way to do this, as there is in
doing everything else. The ordinary
indoor Christmas tree lighting sets
are not apt to prove very satisfac-
tory, although often they serve the
purpose. But much more often their
exposure to the elements spells their
doom. For one thing the lamps are
quite small, and also because the
cord or wire is not properly pro-
tected by rubber or other safety in
sulation that will aid it in withstand
ing the uncertain weather of Christ
mas week.
In buying such an Illuminating set
it is, therefore, necessary to tell the
electrician from whom you are pur-
chasing it for what purpose it is in
tended, and ask him to suggest the
best way to connect it.
If it is to be plugged in on your
house lighting circuit, make certain
that the total wattage of the set does
not pull the full capacity Of the cir
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05
List Being Published as Re-
ported. Annual Roll Call
To End Saturday.

Roll Call Chairman, Hcyt Wood,
announced Monday that he be-
lieved the Ashe Chapter of the
American Red Cross will reach
its goal of 500 members by this
Saturday night, the closing date
for the annual membership drive.
He requested that all reports be
sent to him promptly and that ev-
cry one join this great humanitar-
ian organization before Saturday
night.
The names of number of 1910
roll call members have been
printed and Monday Mr.. Wood
announced additional ones that
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05

cult. Particularly if that is cir
cult frequently used for heating,
cooking appliances, operating a pi-
ano or a photograph or serving a
charger for the radio. Otherwise,
it may cause you considerable an
noyance blowing fuses.
It will not be necessary to place
any ornaments upon the tree, al
though a very few might improve
the appearance. 1t is advisable not
to place too many lights upon the
tree. If they are close together, the
real beauty of the tree may be lost.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Boots Long, and
Mrs. W. J. McEwen, of Creston,
spent the weekend in Green's
boro. Mr.. and Mrs. Long, are
leaving for their home in Fresno,
Calf. soon.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05

time that we OBJ
serve Christmas.
The season was
opened by bring
ing in the Yule
log. This was fol-
lowed by decorat'
ing the home with
holly, then sing.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05

Tommy Williams spent the
week end with Garnet Clark In
Dobson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05

served in ancient Britain centuries
before it was ChriStianized.
The Yule festival was celebrated
by the early tribes about the same
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05
Christmas Carol
Was Written for
Pagan Celebration

Deck the halls with bOughs of holly,
Fa Ia la Ia la, la Ia Ia Ia.
IT'S the season to be jolly,
Fa la la la la, la la Ia la.
THIS cheerful little song which is
l. sung during Christmas time is
not dedicated to the birth of Christ,
but to an old pagan celebration OBJ
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05

ing, dancing and feasting on plum
pudding, and mince pies.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05

Greer, Jesse J. Denny, Clint D.
Owens, Howard w. Welch, c. E.
Welch, Dora Kilby, Eula M. Har-
din, Carl Hardin, Thomas c. Har-
din, Beulah Osborne, Mrs. w. L.
Tucker, Hazel Vannoy, Mabel
Blackburn, Albertine Hurt, Ger
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05

trude 1aught, Bob Davis, Geo.
w. Miller, Robert Coffey.
James Stanley, Paul Miller,
Minnie Badger, Ruth Williams,
Mrs. G.. w. Osborne, Hamp o.
borne, Edna w. Mcneil, Ada
Cox, Ruth o. Lewis, Ennis R. Da-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
Today's Birthdays

Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes, born at Glens Falls, N.
Y, Is years ago.
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, Adj
ministrator of Veterans Affairs
in Washington, born in Salt Lake
City, 81 years ago.
DR.. Paul Dwight Moody, presi-
dent of Middlebury College, Yer
mont, son of the famed evange-
list, born in Baltimore, 81 years
ago.
DR.. Harry w. Chase, chancel-
lor of New York University, born
at Groveland, Mass, 81 years
ago.
Milton ]. Ferguson Librarian
of the Brooklyn, N. Y, Public
Library, born in Wayne Co, w.
Va, 81 years ago.
Dean G. Acheson of Washing
ton, D. c., former undersecretary
of the treasury. born at Middle
town, Conn, AZ years ago.
Lew Holtz, actor, born in New
York City.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
HOPE FOR EVERGLADES PARK

Ernest F. Coe, director of Everglades
National Park Association, Inc, speaking
before the associated dailies recently at
Tampa, stated that nearly all the candi-
dates for nomination for governor, congress
and state offices, have freely proclaimed
before the public that, when elected, they
will use every effort to push ahead estab-
lishment of the Everglades Park.
Monroe county has a vital interest in
the proposal to establish the Everglades as
a National Park. 1t is evident that the
voters of this county should be certain
that the candidates they support May Z,
during the second primary and in the fall
elections, shall be committed to establish
ment of Everglades National Park
While Congress has authorized the
park and defined the acceptable boun-
diaries, the state must acquire the land. In
order to accomplish this the state legis-
lature created a commission to purchase
some of the necessary land and directed
the Florida Internal Improvement Fund
trustees to transfer state lands to this COM
mission. Additional action may be re-
CURED by our state officials finally to es-
tablish this park. -
Supporters of the park proposal have
produced endless statistics to prove that
the creation of Everglades National Park,
its development by the National Park Serv-
ice OF the scenic, recreational and wildlife
conservation values, will be of immense
benefit to the state and South Florida. 1t
will enhance the tourist trade to the area
and that means Monroe county, for a
large part of the area to be acquired lies
within this county.
The land to be acquired has little
value for the cultivation of crops The
price of the land is therefore relatively
low. Establishment of the park will con-
serve the only climatic tropics in America
for posterity and for public use. 1t will
be great natural wonder, fairyland of
scenic beauties, rare birds, vanishing ami
mails ard unmatched tropical splendor. No
other area combines all these attributes.
The Citizen believes it is expressing
the general opinion of Monroe County
when it again lauds the park proposal and
indicates the hope that the state may
soon act to create it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
TREMENDOUS SAVINGS IN INTEREST

All debt in the United States, private
and governmental is estimated to aggre-
gate $3.50. 100000 by the United States
News,
In 1880, the total debt of the nations
was estimated at $16O, 100000 by the
3Gme neWs-magazlne.
There is this difference, however, be-
tween the situation in 1880 and that in
1910. Interest rates, over the United
States, applicable to all debts, are from
two to three per cent lower than they were
in 1890
Assuming that interest rates, have
been reduced only two per cent, the an
nual saving to borrowers in the United
States amounts to more than So, 100000
600 year. n
There can be~no saving for one group
Of our population without a consequent
loss to another group. Therefore, if bor-
rowers saved more than $4,000 100000
wear in interest, lenders or investors are
collecting that much less than they would
like to collect and did collect in years
gone by.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
TODAY'S DAILY QUIZ
Can you answer seven of these
ten Test Questions? Turn TO
Page for Answers

l. Which play won the 1899
Pulitzer award?
2. Which is heavier, lead or
mercury?
8. What is another name for
the American sycamore
tree?
4. Who is the leader of the
Democratic Party in the
u. S. Senate?
5. Which actor starred on the
stage for a number of
years in THE Music Mas
ter?
6. What is the usual designa-
ton for the secret police
of the U.S.S.R.?
z. Did Wiley Post, Charles
Lindbergh or Eddie Rick
enbacker circumnavigate
the globe in z days and 10
hours in 1888?
8. Do American born persons
convicted under state or
federal laws lose their
citizenship?
8. To what tune were the
words of THE Star-Span-
CLEO Banner" set?
10. What well-known college is
at Williamsburg, Va?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
NOT FIGHTING TO ENTERTAIN

Reminding critics that the Allies are
fighting mot for the entertainment of
other people but for their own lives"
Oliver Stanley British Secretary of State
for War, suggests that neutrals let them
fight it their own way.
Referring to criticism in the United
States because the Allies refused to coerce
Norway and Sweden to permit troops to go
to the aid of Finland the British cabinet
official found it hard to understand why
his country should be criticized for OBJ
serving the rights of smaller neutral
powers.
So long as the people of the United
States take the attitude that the European
war is a contest between conflicting ambi-
tons for world hegemony they should not
be interested in whether the Allies aid
other nations or not If we take the view
that the safety of small nations is at stake
and there is an obligation upon other
nations to protect the smaller neutrals
hen, unless we are willing to assume part
IF the burden, we should let those who
carry the load pick their own way.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
The KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print it
5 witho,a fear aud without favor; never be
s afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight for progress never be the or
gan 0, the mouthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or class; Always do its utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue.
commend good done by individual or organ
iza,ion; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that will elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

office for life" So he said he hoped
that before there is danger of this
change taking place in the office of
President the good sense and free
spirit of our countrymen will make
the change necessary to prevent it. "
Toward the close of his second
term in Office, when the legislatures
of Vermont, New Jersey and Penn
sylvania sent him resolutions ask
ing him to be a candidate again,
Jefferson replied to all of them with
a letter which contained this para
graph:
That l should lay down my
charge at a proper period is as
much a duty as to have bGrne it
faithfully. If s0me termination
TO the services of the Chief
Magistrate be not fixed by The
Constitution, or supplied by prac-
tice, his Office, nominally, four
years, will i'm fact become for
life. and history shows how cas-
ily that degenerates into an
inheritance. Believing that a
representative government re-
sponsibIe at short periods of
election is that which produces
The greatest sum of happiness to
mankind, / feel il a duty TO do
no act which shall essentially
impair that principle, and
should unwiIlingIy be the per-
SON who, disregarding the soaRd
precedent set by al iilustFious
predecessor washington shculd
furnish the frst example ef pao-
IOngatlon beyond the second
term of office"
During Old Hickory" Jackson's
irst administration, he sent mes
sage TO congress in 1929 recon-
mending that the electoral college
be abolished. that the President be
elected by direct vote and that he
be limited to a single term Of either
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
SIDE Lie H 7 S
BY MARCY B. DARNALL.
Former Editor of The Citizen

One of the Metropolitan Opera
Company's talented performers
died recently ON a Newt Jersey
farm at the age of SO, She Was
the trained mare, Anna, 81 90 in
the opera Aida and other pro
auctions for quarter of a. cen
tury during her prime SheAHaS
the mount of Rudolph Valentino
in his famous picture, The
Sheik.'
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
WASHINGTON Wouldn't Take It,
But lie Didn't Oppose the Idea
Tom Jefferson on TIE Other Hand Was Dead Set
Against 1t; old Hickory Jackson Single Six
Year Term; HAYES Endorsed It.

EDITORS NOTE: This is The sec.
0nd in series Of three articles irac
ing the Development in american his
tory OF the third term issue. What
did Washington think about il? JeGer-
SOM AndreiC Jackson and Others? The
fOIL0ioing article, especially pertinent
during the present election year. is
presented as strictly impartial re-
Uiet0 of The third term subject, taking
no stand for or against 10.
ii. PRECEDENTS AND VIEWS
OF THE PRESIDENTS
IF YOU are opposed to the
L idea of any President seek
ing to have more than eight
years in the White House, the
chances are that you will cite
the case of George Washing
ton as your strongest argu-
ment.
"The father of our country
declined TO run Tor a Lnlfu
term. So why depart from
the precedent which he es-
tablished?" you will ask.
If, however, you believe that there
is no real objection to having a Chief
Executive serve more than two
terms, you will also turn to the first
President. You will point out that
Washington retired after two terms
not because he was opposed to a
President serving more than eight
years but because he was worn out
with the labors in the service of the
nation and looked forward to a
peaceful old age at Mount Vernon,
Differed With Jefferson.
More than that you will quote
this letter which Washington wrote
to Lafayette on April %, 1898:
Though 1 cannot have time or
room to sum up the arguments
in this letter, there cannot,
in my judgment, be the least
danger that the President will
by any practicable intrigue ever
be able to continue himself one
moment in Office, much less per-
petuate himself in it, but in the
last stage of corrupt morals and
practical depravitys and even
then there is as much danger
that any species of domination
would prevail. Though when a
people have become incapable
of governing themselves and fit
for master, it is of little con-
sequence from what quarter he
comes. Under any extended
view of this part of the subject
can see no prOpriety in pre-
Guiding ourselves from the serv-
ices of any man who in some
great emergency shall be
deemed universally most capa-
BILE of serving the public"
The President who, even more
than Washington, established the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

spokesman or the
people, who is
imposed upon and
does not lead. It
is too short for a
President who is
doing, or attempt
ing a great work
of reform. and
who has not had
time to finish it.
To change the
term to six years
would be to in
crease the likeli-
hood of its being
too long without
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
Quite frequently people ,

Quite frequently people visiting in
Key West come to The Citizen office and
state if only they had known about the
advantages of living in Key West they
would have come here long ago, and what
pleases this writer most is their statement
that. they found the people of this island
such accommodating, pleasant and de-
lightful folk, a condition he himself eX-
perienced a score of years ago, and which
DECIDED him to make this his future home.
The famed hospitality of this community
is am asset which must never be lost.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

HS SCIIL dIlOlnSF message 10 congress
which contained this paragraph:
"All the reflection have made
upon the subject increases
my conviction that the best in
terests of the country will be
promoted by the adoption of
some plan which will secure in
all contingencies that important
right of sovereignty to the di-
rect control Of the people. Could
this be attained, and the terms
of those officers be limited to a
single period of either four or
six years, I think our liberties
would possess an additional
safeguard"
Jackson'S recommendation of
single six-year term for Presidents
was echoed 40 years later when Ru-
therford B. Hayes in his inaugural
address said, "In furtherance of the
reform we seek, and in other inn
portant respects a change of great
Importance, / recommend an
amendment to the Constitution pre-
scribing a term of six years for the
presidential office and forbidding a
reelection.
In 1901 indiscreet friends of Presi-
dent Mckinley began talking about
his becoming a candidate again.
Thereupon the President promptly
scotched that talk by issuing a pub
lie statement in which he said:
81 regret that the suggestion
of a third term has been made.
doubt whether | am called
upon TO give it notice, but
there are now questions of the
gravest importance before the
administration and the country,
and their just consideration
should not be prejudiced in the
public mind by even the SuSpi-
cion of the thought of a third
term. In view :. of a long
settled conviction will not
be a candidate for third
term.
The candidacy of Theodore Roose-
welt on the Bull Moose ticket in 1919
revived agitation over third term.
One of the planks in the platform.
adopted by the Democrats at Balti.
more. favored a single presidential
term and urged the adoption of an
amendment to the Constitution,
making the President ineligible for
reelection and pledging their candi-
date to this principle. A short time
before the Inauguration Of Woodrow
Wilson, the senate passed a joint
resolution proposing a constitutions
al amendment limiting the Presi-
dent to single six-year term. While
this resolution was pending in the
house, Mr.. Wilson wrote a letter to
A. Mitchell Palmer, a representa-
tive from Pennsylvania. as follows:
''The question is simply this: Shall
our Presidents be free, so far as
the law is concerned, to seek Sec
ond term of four years, or shall they
be limited by Constitutional amend
ment to a single term of four years
or to a single term extended to six
years?
Admitted His Quandary.
-Four years is too long term for
President who is not the true
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
Today's Horoscope

Today produces a sincere and
steadfast man or woman who
will make many friends and hold
them by force of worth. 1t gives
a generous nature, active, fully
alive to the world about, and, in
a way, conscious of its own
merits and DESTROYS of recogni-
ton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
KEY WEST In
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just Five. Ten
and Fifteen Years Ago AS
Taken From The Files
Of The Citizen
FIVE YEARS AGO

james Pergola, cameraman,
and Brandon Wentworth, sound
effects technician, with Pathe
News, completed their assign
.nent in Kew West yesterday and
eft in the afternoon with sew
raj thousand feet of film.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

mo third term"
tradition W a s
Thomas Jeffer-
son. Writing to
Washington on
May 2, 1888, in
regard to the new
Constitution. the
Sage of Monti-
cello" expressed
his dissatisfac-
ton with the
perpetual re-eligi-
bility of the Pres
ident." Because
he feared that it
,,,nnld annakn an
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
One thing the public sometimes over.

One thing the public sometimes over
looks is the number of mistakes which do
NOT get in the paper. Every published
rumor which later turns out to be false,
every bit of misinformation which makes
its way by whatever channel into print,
every typographical error is Immediately
recognized by every reader for what it is,
a mistake. But how many rumors which
are run down to their false origin, how
much transformation reaches the news of
flee but there to get no farther, how many
typographical errors are corrected before
they see the light of day, the public never
knows. For every mistake which gets into
the paper, hundred others are corrected.
Sanford Herald
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

any assurance that it would, in hap
py cases, be long enough. A fixed
constitutional limitation to single
term of Office is highly arbitrary
and unsatisfactory from every point
of view
Favored Two Terms.
"Put the present customary
Limitation of two terms into the
Constitution, if you do not trust
the people to take care of them
selves, but make Il two terms
(n0t one, because four years is
often too Iongl, and give the
President a chance TO win the
full service by proving himself
lit for 1t.
'sAs things stand now the pe0-
pie might more likely be cheat
ed than served by further Iimi-
tations of the Presidents eligi-
bilify. His fighting power in
their behalf would be immense
Iy wea lxened. No one win fear a
President except those whom he
can make fear the elections.
I'VE singularly belle our own prin-
ciples by seeking to determine by
fixed constitutional provision what
the people shall determine for them.
selves and are perfectly competent
to determine for themselves. We
cast a doubt upon the whole theory
Of popular government :"
Released by Western Newspaper Union. !
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

A Miami paper states that company
of Danish soldiers had surrendered to the
Swedish authorities who have ordered
their "interment" The paper does not
elucidate whether the soldiers were first
shot CT Just buried alive.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

Ralph 2. Pinder, foreman of
operations with the state road
department and in charge of the
work on Stock Island, told The
Citizen this morning of an auto
mobllist driving over the recent
ly completed island road and
completely running it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

!. Water and Sewerage.
.. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning).
;. More Hotels and Apartments
T. Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
s. Airports-Land and Sea-
G. Consolidation OF County and City Gov
ernmentS.
z. A Modern City Hospital
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

IN Fa5cism the ideal welfare of the
state is placed before the happiness of the
individual, but unfortunately the fascists
are the state, and being that get all the
gravy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
TEN YEARS AGO

Key Vests fight to have the
Northwest Channel deepened
from l8 to "a feet got under way
yesterday. The House rivers
and harbors committee has di-
rected a review of reports for
merly made on the need for
deepening the channel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

For the first time in several
months the municipal sponge
dock was, this morning, the scene
of sale of sponges. This is the
first sale since the winter catch
was brought in. Only one large
lot was sold, it was learned.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

There is a big crop of promising can
didates springing up. In fact, most of
them will promise anything.