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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06
Sundays! May 9 Is
Golden Cross Dav

Sunday, May 9th, has been des-
ignated as Golden Cross Sunday
in the Western North Carolina
Conference of the Methodist
Church by Bishop Clare Purcell
and the district superintendent.
In all churches of the conference
attention will be called to the
work being done at the Hugh
Chatham Memorial Hospital at
Elkin, North Carolina. An offer
ing will be taken for the charity
work of this institution.
The Golden Cross fund is used
in charity work and is administ-
cred by the Reverend w. M.
Smith, conference director of
Golden Cross. The offering last
year for this cause was .$11 ,O98.
This fund makes it possible for
the hospital at Elkin to care for
many charity patients. The
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospi-
tai has the unique distinction of
never turning away single per-
son on account of inability to pay.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06
THANK GOD WE DON'T NEED
YOUR DRAFT DODGING son

You say your son can't stand the
army
That it is too tough for him;
Do you think he is any better
Than some other mothers Tom
or Tim?
You raised your son just like a
girl
He doesn't drink or smoke, is
your brag.
Well, if all of our our boys were
like that
What do you think would be-
come of our flag?
You say, "Let the roughnecks do
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06
OPEN WEST JEFFERSON
RADIO SERVICE SHOP

Announcement has been made
Of the opening of the West Jeff
erson Radio Service shop, to be
operated in the w. J. Ess
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

Pfc. william Ernest johnson,
son of Mr.: and Mrs. Earnest John
son, Laurel Fork, spent 7-day
furlough at his home this week.
He is stationed at Fort Jackson,
IS. C..
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

Herbert Cox, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Welburn Cox, now in serv-
ice, stationed in Oklahoma, spent
a 15-day furlough at his home at
Laurel Fork. W
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

Clyde Scott Wiley, who is serv-
ing with the U. S. Navy some
where overseas, has recently been
promoted to the rank of Petty
Officer &c. Mrs. Wiley, the
former Miss Selma Bare, and
twins are now living at High
Point.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

station.
Banner Powers. well-known
radioman, is in charge and will
welcome the patronage Of his
friends, he said. All makes Of
radios will be serviced and re-
opaired, he explained.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

Pfc. Robert C. Bower, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Baxter Bower, of
Jefferson, is now stationed at
McAlister, Okla, and writes that
he is getting along fine.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

Pvt. Lloyd Allen, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sampson Allen, Ash
land, is now in service in Alaska
He has been in the Army for two
years and writes that he is get
ting along fine.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

nGr. and Mrs, w. A. Williams, of
West Jefferson, has been home on
"a ten-day furlough from Camp
-E2hiakaps, Kansas, where he is To-
<cdkBa,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

I suppose your face is red;
America is no place for your kind
And 1 mean just what I said.
So I'm closing this letter, Draft
Dodger;
Just remember what I say;
Keep away from my girl, you
dirty bum,
For I'm coming back some day.
Two soldiers from Fort
Jackson, S. c.,
Pfc. Howard E.. Stansberry
Sgt. Carl c. Eldreth
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

Pvt Elmer Reece Yates, son of
hLr. and Mrs. B. c. Yates, War
Eensville, is now stationed at the
basic training center in Green's
:Gsro. ::
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

Pfc. Robert D. Mcneil, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. McNeill, jeff
erson, spent a three day leave at
his home last week. He is sta
toned at the Air Base at Maxton.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

toned at the Air Base at Maxton.
Pvt. Lloyd Allen, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Sampson Allen, Ash
land, is now in service in Alaska.
He has been in the Army for two
years and writes that he is get
ting along fine.
Cpl. Roy Spencer, son of Mr..
and Mrs. I. C. Spencer, Sturgills,
has been in the Army over IL
months and is now somewhere in
North Africa. He says that he
likes it there a lot.
Pvt. Joe Spencer, son of Mr..
and Mrs. I. G. Spencer, is now
stationed at Camp Barley, Tex
as and is getting along fine.
Pvt. Fred Spencer, son of Mr..
and Mrs. I. G. Spencer, is now
on maneuvers in Tennessee and
says that he is liking the work
fine.
Pfc. Paul DarnelI, son of Mr..
and Mrs. C. c. Darnell, of Tuck
erdale, who is now stationed in
Paterson, N. j., was home on fur
Tough recently and says he likes
army life fine.
Pvt. Clarence Miller, son of
Mrs. Maggie Miller, is now sta
toned in Camp Lee, Va, and
writes home he is getting along
Pfc. Joe Bare, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wiley Bare, Nathan's Creek,
spent a ten-day furlough at his
home. He is now stationed at
Camp Maxey, Texas.
Pvt. Avery III. Miller, son of Mr..
and Mrs. H. V. Miller, now sta
toned at Seymour Johnson Field,
writes that he is getting along
fine.
Charles E. Parsons, former
Ashe county boy, is now in the
U. S. Navy and stationed at
cambridge, Md. He has been
sick in the hospital there for
some time, but is now better and
out.
Edwin C. Eller, Lansing post
master, who recently volunteered
for the Navy and is now spending
some time at his home at Lans-
ing on furlough, is very i'll with
flu or rheumatic fever and it is
not known when he will be able
to return to cambridge, Md,
where he is stationed.
Pvt. Ivory p. Jones, son of Mr..
and Mrs. B. F. Jones, Clifton,
who has been stationed in San
Francisco, has been i'll and is
now home on a 30-day leave.
Alexander Sabbadini now in
service somewhere in North At
RIGA, has recently been promoted
to a Technical Sergeant. He
writes that he is liking it there
very much.
Pvt. Albert Martin, son of Mrs.
Biddie Martin, writes that he is
receiving the Skyland Post and
is enjoying hearing from his
friends back home. He has been
in the hospital, but was released
last week and says he is feeling
fine.
Pvt. James L. Brown, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey Brown, is
now stationed at Camp Edwards,
Mass. He has been in service
since February
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

sand Mrs, T. L. Rash, Smethport,
rs now stationed at Fort Eustice,
Mach, and writes that he likes
at fine,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

Cpl. Roy Spencer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. I. C. Spencer, Sturgills
has been in the Army over Ii
months and is now somewhere in
North Africa. He says that he
likes it there a lot.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

Pvt Earl A. Holman, son of Mr..
David Holman, Smethport, is in
the Infantry and stationed at
Camp Adair, Oregon
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

the Infantry and stationed al
Camp Adair, Oregon
lit Grant Bauguess, now sta
E5nned in Albuquerque, New Mex
Ren, with the Air Force, is home
ait Jefferson, on furlough, this
N&sek.
Pfc. William r. Coward, now
stationed at Kessler Field, Miss,
writes that he is getting along
fine,
Jack Johnson, son of Mrs. Net
tie johnson, West Jefferson, and
graduate of the West Jefferson
high school, has recently joined
the Marine Corps and is stationed
at San Diego, Calf. He says that
he is liking it fine.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

Pvt. Joe Spencer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. I. G. Spencer, is now
stationed at Camp Barley, Tex
as and is getting along fine.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

Pvt. James l.. Brown, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey Brown, is
now stationed at Camp Edwards,
Mass. He has been in service
since February.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

Pvt. Fred Spencer, son of Mr..
and Mrs. I. C. Spencer, is now
on maneuvers in Tennessee and
says that he is liking the work
fine.
Evening star., 1943-10-27

Means Committee by Randolph
Paul, Treasury general counsel, at
the committees request.
An introduction points out that
1T is easy to question the validity
Of the best comparisons which can
be prepared, because economic con-
ditions. standards of living, income
distributions, purchasing power of
money and other factors vary mark
edly from one country to another"
While similar figures were not
given for the current year, the report
showed that only 238 per cent of
this countrys $l35 oO0,000,0O0 ma
tional income last year went for
taxes, contrasted to 421 per cent of
Britain's $29 ,500,000,000 national in
come and 356 per cent of Canada s
81 5O0,0O0,OOO
The $4,000, 100000 aggregate tax
figure for this country is based on
estimates of $39, 300, 10000 in Fed
eral taxes and So, 100 10000 in State
and local levies. 1t compares with
sl4, 900 100000 in British taxes and
SO, ,l0O,0OO,00 in estimated Canadian
tax receipts
Great Britain was shown to be
paying SIT per cent of current
governmental costs from tax reve-
nues, Canada All per cent and the
United States 359. Last year this
country was reported as paying only
q per cent, England 45.7 per cent
and Canada 48.1 per cent.
Evening star., 1943-10-27
Cathedral to Mark
Czech Anniversary

A service to commemorate the
25th anniversary of the founding
Of the republic of Czechosolvakia,
at which Ambassador Vladimir
Hurban will place a wreath on the
tomb of Woodrow Wilson, will be
held in Bethlehem Chapel at WASH
ington Cathedral at II am. to-
morrow
The Right Rev. George w. Daven-
port, retired Bishop of Maryland,
will deliver the sermon. Other
members of the staff participating
will be Canon Chancellor C. w. F.
Smith, Acting Canon Precentor w
Curtis Draper, jr., and Warden of the
College of Preachers T. o. Wedel.
Others die for you; the least you
can do Is buy for them. Get your
War savings stamps now.
Evening star., 1943-10-27
ADVERTISEMENT.
TIRE EASILY?
LACK ENDURANCE?
NO PEP?

Do you wake up in the morning as tired
as if you hadn't slept a wink? .. Do you
feel weak and pepless-all rundown?
Are your nerves on edge-your appetite
poor? Then why-oh. why-don't you do
something about it?
Often when people feel that way. it's
because their blood is lo,o IN uog If
that's your trouble. good old Guides
Pepto- Mangan may be just what you
need to help you get back your strength
and endurance.
Pepto- Mangan replenishes whatever
iron the blood may be lacking-helps to
give it that rich redness which is 80 essen
tial for radiant pep. vigor and vitality.
Many doctors prescribe it for GONZALES
cents after illness and operations. and
for pale. rundown and growing children
whose blood is deficient in iron.
Pleasant to take. Sold by all druggists
with a money-back guarantee of salts
faction! Ask for the original and only
Guides Pepto- Mangan!
Evening star., 1943-10-27
|49 Billion j. ). Taxes
Heavier Load Than
In Britain or Canada
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Americans. in paying an estimated
$40, ,000 600, 900 in Federal, State and
local taxes this fiscal year, will be
more heavily hit on per capita
basis than either Britons or Cana
dians.
The comparable figures for the
three countries, as made public by
the Treasury last night. are $357 for
every man, woman and child in the
United States. against 1921 in Great
Britain and $26l in Canada. Last
year, when Americans paid an ag-
gregate of $32 900, 900, the per
capita load was $237-$22 less than
in Great Britain, but 50 higher than
in Canada.
The figures are in report sub
mitted to the House Ways and
Evening star., 1943-10-27

and-a-hak miles on the seacliff-
Port Chalmers route in New zea-
land. Use OF modern machinery will
reduce employment of manpower to
a minimum
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-16
PHONY STRIPES
PROVES COSTLY
Private, Posing as Ser
geant, Under Military Ar.
rest for DeSertiOn

Milwaukee, Wis, March 10. CUP
johnny MarnS, Milwaukee,, who
seWed three stripes on his army uni
form 10 pose rs an honored baby
sergeant, returns 10 Fort Sheridan
Ill, today under military arrest OH
charges of desertion,
Johnny returned 10 Milwaukee on
Jan. 3 and said he had been dis
charged on the eve OF embafka tion
for overseas duty because the army
discovered he was only IS years old
and under age. Military police said
Johnny had promoted himself TO q
ScrgentS rank, that he never had
been anything but u buck private.
MaraS, who was arrested by MILF
tary police here NJ the request OF
authorities at Camp Kilmor, N, j.,
will be taken Immediately 10 the
guard house TO await hearing before
court martial He will be charged
with desertion, but army authorities
said II he can prove he's only 10,
he'll probably be discharged.
When Johnny came marching
home last January, he said he had
won his sergeant stripes In less
than three months, Business and
civic groups honored him ct BAN
quets and parties. A motion picture
company sponored trip TO New
York with Sergeant Maras-the
guest OF honor, This evening an
other party has been planned fol-
him by the Gen. Charles King Post
OF the American Legion which was
going TO admit him TO membership
as an eX-serVice man.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-16

Knight, enlisted In the Revolution
airy Forces In l777. He also was o
widower, and insisted upon taking
his son, Richard to war with him.
Richard Knight, II, thus became q
drummer boy In Captain John
Beatty's Fifth Pennsylvania Battal-
lon, Both Richard and Conrad were
with Washington at Valley Forge -
Richard, half century later, re.
called the cold, sickness and star.
walton Of the barefooted winter Of
", to his daughter, Mr., Gregory.
Anne knight was born at Liv-
erpool, Pa, on March %, i843, She
attended q select boarding school,
the Freeburg Academy, and at 10
she married Benjamin Franklin
Gregory, q banker, Of Selinsgrove,
SELDOM ILL
Mrs, Gregory calls herself q
Democrat. ("Roosevelt's got plenty
OF faults, like the rest Of US, but I
like him.
She has taken no special care Of
her physique, and has been sick
rarely, As q young woman, she was
told by o doctor that she had tuber.
culosiS; she went out West for sew.
eral months, and hasn't heard OF
the disease since, Last time she had
O doctor was four years ago, when
she was threatened with pneumonia,
She eats everything, Is fondest
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-16
$4,000 DAMAGE
CAUSED BY BLAZE

Boston, March 10 (UP)-This
city's second multiple-alarm lumber
yard fire In two months today had
brought injuries to two firemen and
caused $4,000 damage to valuable
mahogany.
The blaze swept the Winde. Nc
Cormick g. Chaplin, Inc, lumber
processing yard last night, 10 min
utes after Treasurer j. Kennedy
Mccormick had left his office. Only
Patrick Bonner Of Charlestown, a
Waterman, was on duty.
Bonner discovered the blaze when
he saw flames break through the
ceiling Of the boiler room where he
was at work. They raced through
the building with such speed that
firemen were forced to sound extra
alarms.
Firemen and 100 coast guardsmen
from five fireboats In the vicinity
fought the flames from land and
sea.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-16
UNIFORMED NURSES
AIDES TO ATTEND
Red Cross Rally Thursday
Evening to Witness
Varied Program

Red Cross nurses aides will be IN
uniform at the war fund rally u
take place Thursday night at Buck
ingham hall, Mrs. Howard Hart
chairman OF the nurses aides serv-
Ice, has announced. The volunteers
have been asked to assemble a'
7:l5 TO participate In the process
sion.
The Scovill Drum Corps will lead
the hundreds OF local Red Cross
workers, representing all divisions
OF service, In the procession, A
program Of organ music by Eugene
T. Oviatt will precede the program
Numerous speakers viii address the
gathering.
Thomas Moore, chapter treasurer
has reported contributions continue
to come in from local industrial
workers. Latest employe donations
include: Waterbury Farrell Foundry
e. Machine Co. $685.: Waterbury
Tool Co. 045l IS; Lux Co., $l56.50;
Waterville Mfg. Co., $37.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-16

It's an abiding conviction with
her that living for most people
grows better as the decades pass,
Once, she nodded her own wax
candles; then she had, successive
~, kerosene lamps, gas, electric
lights, She has seen travel quick
en- magically; she has used river
arks and canal boats, stage coach.
es, horses and buggies, railroads,
automobiles, airshipS, She pulled
lint and spun TO make bandages
for Civil War soldiers; now her
nelghbors In modern textile fac.
tories turn out parachute silk, for
flying soldiers, ut incredible speed.
ALL MENFOLK IN WARS
IN one way" she says, people
are not 80 happy as they were, They
live so fast nowadays, and II takes
so much TO make thom happy. In
another way, though, people are
happier, They have so much more"
Longevity runs In her family-her
father was n when she was born,
Her own mGnfolk have been IN
four wars besides the Revolution
In the Civil War, her brother;
the War of 1912, her father, the
World war, her two Hrandsons;
and now two great grandsons are
just about TO go
None OF those did In war,
however, and her father outlived
three wives. His father, Conrad
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-16
TWO CONNECTICUT
SOLDIERS KILLED

washington, March l6-(UP)-
The War Department made public
today the names Of 1873 United
States Army personnel killed In ac-
ton In the Alaskan, Asiatic, Euro
pean, North American, North
African. south Pacific and SOUTH
west Pacific areas and In the
Philippine Islands.
Ofiicers and enlisted men listed
under the Philippine Islands were
previously reported missing. Next
Of kin of personnel In this list re-
side in 80 states. This list includes;
philippine Islands)
CAS- reported by Japanese through
International Red Cross.
Connecticut:
Burns, Cpl. Robert L.--Mrs. Eliz
abeth Burns. (Motiler), 20 Carol
Court. New London.
Wood. Maj Paul D.--Mrs. Dor
othy v. Wood, twife) Saybrook.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-16
GOVERNORS FAVOR
FARM DEFERMENTS
Midwest Demands Agricul-
ture Be Recognized as
Essential Industry

Des Molnes, Ia, March 16.-(UP)
Governors and agricultural experts
Of the midwestern farm region de.
manded formally today that agri'
culture be recognized as an essen.
tial industry, and essential farm
workers be deferred from military
service.
The l2-State conference on criti.
cal farm manpower and machinery
problems made the demands In
formal resolutions adopted last
night after former President Her.
bert Hoover had warned in an adj
dress that "degenerative forces
threaten food production.
The draft resolution did not de-
mand a blanket deferment of all
farm labor, restricting Its request To
skilled and experienced manpower.
Another resolution requested that
all stocks Of frozen" farm machin-
cry be released for sale, and ade-
quate supplies Of steel and other
materials be made available for
completion Of partially constructed
ma chimes.
Mr.. Hoover told the conference
that food stood next to the military
effort in importance. He charged
that the governments price sys-
tenn often "strangled" food produce
ton and distribution.
I'VE have today at work in Amer
lea uncanny parallels with the same
degenerative forces that have been
so disastrous In Europe" he said.
Like them we have drawn undue
manpower from the farms the
livestock situation also Is acute"
The former president believed that
women, children and city jewellers
would be unable to supply the lack
Of skilled agricultural help and said
farm machinery was wearing out
faster than 1t was being replaced.
Other symptoms Of coming food
shortages. he said, were decreased
imports, protein food shortages for
animals and diversion Of nitrates
from fertilizers to explosives.
"And," he continued, I'VE now
have another degenerating force pc
culiar to ourselves. We have price
system In force that often strangles
production and distribution. And
prices are often below the farmers
cost and Just wage. All OF this
sort Of degeneration Is progressive
Unless 1t is stopped In i94S, 1t will
be worse in 1914 and still worse In
1915"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-16
TOOL CO. EMPLOYE
FACING CHARGES
Violation Of SeIective
Service Law Complaint
Now Being PrObed

A To-day continuance on O charge
Of violation Of the Selective Service
Act was granted Harry Forman, 20,
Of "a Roosevelt avenue on his ap-
pearance before a U. s. Commits
sioner In New Haven yesterday. For
man, industrial engineer for the
Waterbury Tool Co., was charged
by an Albany, N. Y, draft board
with failure to appear for Army in
duction March 8.
Authorities at the Tool Co. had
appealed to draft officials for a
change Of classification on the
grounds Of occupational need and
were awaiting further word. Mean
time Mr.. Forman signed up for In
duction with Board l5-B here. t.
The local board forwarded word
Of Mr.. Forman's action to Albany
and received a reply acknowledging
the message. Mr.. Forman said
at no time did he seek deferment
personally.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-16
PRESIDENT LAUDS
DESERT VICTORY
Motion Picture Depicts
ROn1mel's NaZi ROut By
Eighth Army

washington, March 10, - tUP)-
President Roosevelt was "very i'm.
pressed" by q motion picture show
Ing various phases OF the British
Eight Army'S rout OF Marshal Rom
mels Na2i legions IN the Lihyan
Desert. White House Secretary
stephen r, Early said today,
British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill ordered the film sent 10
the White House by air, and II ar.
rived In time TO be shown last
night for the President and Mrs,
Roosevelt, British Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden and other White
House dinner guests.
Early said Churchill sent this
letter 10 Mr., Roosevelt with the
film
my Dear Mr.. Roosevelt;
II hope you will accept the nc
companying copy OF o new film,
Desert Victory which I saw last
night March ~ and thought was
very good. 1t gives q vivid and
realistic picture OF the battles and
I know you would be interested IN
the photographs OF your Sherman
tanks IN action.
II am having the film sent to
you by air, so that you may see 1t
as soon rs possible.
II was sorry 10 see that you had
been III and ! hope that you have
fully recovered. I am feeling very
much better and hope soon to re-
turn to full work,
with kindest regards and best
wishes to Mrs. Roosevelt, Harry
(HopkirS) and yourself, yours
always,
"W."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-16
~ By THE MAN IN THE TOWER

LINES FROM BOOK VIII OF JOHN BROWNS BODY"
cav stephen Vincent Benet, American Author VINO Deo
Sunday, March l3 at the Age Of Forty-FOur years.
John Browns body lies a-mouldering In the grave
snread over It the bloodstained flag OF his song,
FOR the sun bleach, the wind and BIRDS 70 tear'
The snow 70 cover with pure fleece
And the New England cloud 70 work upon 49, u, -,
with the grey absoluon OF It's slow, most ae-smehB RAM
until there Is nothing there
That ever knew q master or slave
or hroodng on the symbol OF wrong,
Threw down the irons in the field OF peace
John Brown Is dead he will not come again,
A stray Rhost.walker with ghosty gun
Let the strong metal rust
In the enclosing dust
And the consuming coal
That the furious soul
And stnl like iron groans,
Amounted with the earth,
Grow colder than the stones
While the white roots OF grass and little weeds
suck the last hollow wildfire from the singing bones
And with these things, bury the purp' dream
OF the America we have not seen