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the local diamond. Perkins pitch
ed for the winners and Miller for
the losers.
The standings of the teams have
been announced as follows:
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STARTED CHICKS FOR SALE
We have several hundred start
ed chicks and day old chicks for
sale. Feed is getting plentiful
again, so remember those late
fryers. PARKER'S HATCHERY,
West Jefferson, N. C.. 9-12-2tp
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FOR SALE-1936 Plymouth in
good condition; 1885 Ford two
door sedan, Al condition. See
Denver Miller, Lansing, N. C..
9-12-1tp
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Classified Ads

WANTED - One-three-quarter
Ashe, Oak, Maple and Beech lum-
Der. Phenix Chair Co., West
Jefferson, N. c. 9-12-2tc
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FOR SALE - Second hand
wood saws. Carolina Briar Corp,
West Jefferson, N. c. 9-12-1tc
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FOR SALE-Eight (8) lots or
approximately two acres, off the
T. E. Campbell farm. Near West
Jefferson. 200 foot frontage on
State Road. Nice building place.
Lights and water available. See
or write, Jack Rhodes, West JEFF
ferson, N. c., or Howard Rhodes,
Warrensville, N. C.. 9-12-2tp
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Bulldog. Finder or anyone hav-
ing information about this dog
see M. Jones, j. & j. Store and
receive reward. 9-12-tkc
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FOR SALE-One 1889 A-ton
Chevrolet pickup truck, in good
condition. See Carson Thompson,
Lansing, RID l. 9-12-1tp
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LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN
Small White and Lemon spotted
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Merry Christmas

Another Christmas will have come and
gone before the next issue of his newspaper
reaches your home, SO the editor and staff
take this opportunity to wish for you and
yours the happiest holidays and a new year
filled with prosperity.
We trust that you will celebrate the birth
of our Lord in a manner that will be pleasing
to Him, observing temperance in all things
and remembering that Peace on Earth" be-
gins and ends in the heart of man.
We cannot have peace on earth until we
purge our hearts of all %prejudices, nor can
we be classed as true disciples of the Christ
until we accept the brotherhood of man as
the elementary rule of living.
AS the birthday of the One who came to
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earth for us draws nearer, we see even more
clearly that the ills of the world stem from
the human f~railities against which Christ
preached and that principles for which He
suffered and died are far from achievement,
even in our own so-called Christian land.
The United Nations Organization, and all
other machinery that we mere humans at
tempt to set-up for peace on earth, will in
evitably come to naught unless they are
founded on the principles that Christ brought
to earth and unless we, as individuals, be-
come willing to live by the unselfish rules
laid down by the Saviour.
May each of us mediate on these thoughts
on Christmas day and resolve to pattern our
lives more nearly after Christ's teachings
during the new year.
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nj T. ~I N ~
&s!sssss!|'f MII !E!IA!!L!!l!ltE
lse.~',..
BY NOLLE 7. ROBERTS

Two letters, from widely sep
arated points in the United
States. and a trip we took to
Hurley last Friday night gets
lis back on the subject of the
Jackson County Fair.
To deal with the Hurley trip
first, we had the distinct pleas
ure of hearing Miss Janis
Petersen report to the Parent
Teachers Association on her
trip to Chicago, which she was
awarded as a state All Club
winner. Janis fort is poul
try judging, as you have mo-
ticed il you have followed her
achievements as recorded in
the news columns of this paper.
Janis is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Axel c. Petersen of
H~arleston and looks as if she
might have won the trip in a
beauty or health contest instead
of the prosaic but important
art of determining which hen
may lay three hundred eggs
next year.
Or this young lady might
have won the trip for public
speaking or reporting, for she
packed more facts in a five
minute report than we have
ever heard outside of a quiz
show. It was obvious that she
was bubbling over with en-
thusiasm for the things she had
seen and the young people she
had met from all over the ma
ton.
1t was ODttOQSt w. 'aN'
family, friends and neighbors
were filled with honest pride
in her achievement and real m
terest in the sights she had
seen and the activities in which
she had participated.
The trip WAS planned as a
reward TO the All Clubs out
standing members. and il GER
tainly seemed to fulfill its pur-
pose of serving 81 an incentive
to other club members to
strive to do better work and
win such a trip.
.
Which brings us back to the
county fair.
We feel one Of the most inn
portant reasons why the fair
should be reactivated is the en-
enlargement It gives to the
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Market Street improvement

In the event you haven't been down that
way la.ely-particularly near the intersec-
ton of Market and Lincoln Avenue-you
might think that we got a touch of the war
after all. TIL knee-deep pits and bog holes
resemble a battlefield far too realistically to
be amusing. The number of broken springs,
ruined tires, and frayed tempers that have
resulted is anyone's guess.
A section in front of the Market Street Rec
reation Center and another bit near the Polk
Street intersection have been surfaced and
we recommend that the good work be car
ried on to include the entire section between
the Recreation Center and Parsley Street.
Market Street will eventually be a double
lane and one of the most attractive streets
in the city, but some relief is due to the mer-
chants and their customers now.
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carried it off had secretly inn
INJURED it in the capitals an
cient Hospital de Jesus.
But though the bones of Cor
ties have been found, the ques-
ton of his position in Mexi-
can history continues to be
disputed. By and large, those
of Spanish inclination are pro-
Cortes, while the more revolu-
tionary, nationalistically-mind-
ed Mexicans preserve the
grudge which their ancestors
bore him. 1t has been remark
ed that no public monument
to the conqueror stands in all
Mexico.
History indicates that the
swarthy politician-general who
sought gold and adventure in
the New World was a master
of strategy. That his methods
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We really don't know whether the city or
the county should he nominated for the job
both-do something about the shoulders on
Market Street.
Businesses are going up along both sides
of the street and it is easily the most rapidly
developing section of the city, but progress
is impeded and hundreds of citizens subject
ed to unnecessary hazards and inconvenience
by the condition of the public property lying
on the east side of the street.
Reserving enough land for a double high
way and forcing merchants to build we'll
back from the street was a most intelligent
and commendable move, we think, but these
same merchants and their customers should
not be penalized because of it.
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Vermont's Senator Up From
Ranks

Ralph Flanders, the new
Republican senator from Yer
mont, has prepared a modest
biography for inclusion in the
next Congressional directory.
But his friends think what ne
does not tell in his four-line
account would make a head
lined success story.
The new senator was a mem
Der Of a family 50 poor that
his own father was bound
out as a boy TO farmers in
need of help and who could
feed and house him each win
ter. Flanders himself left
school after only eight years
because, he saws, his family
needed the money he could
earn.
His father eventually Dor
rowed $500 so that the new
laWmaker could become a ma
chlnlst apprentice. Flanders
learned from machines instead
of books.
Nov Flanders holds an arm
full OF honorary university de-
gees and has q luxurious
Capitol Hill office. But, his
friends say. he never has for
gotten what il IS ike to work.
or be hungry.
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Recent Discovery in Mexico City Revives An Old Argument. -.
Was Cortes a Hero or Cruel Despoi|er?

came Il republic. During bloody
anti-European riots that swept
the capital in 1923 Cortes'
tomb was in danger of being
despoiled. But as the old Aztec
ambushes in earlier days, a
descendant managed to spirit
his remains to a secret hiding
place.
Another 1913 years passed,
and the location of the bones
remained a mystery. Last
month they were reported dis
covered in Mexico City-long
after time had softened the
revolutionary fury that had
endangered them.
Through a panel IN an ornate
gold-and-crystal casket, a skull
which was declared to be that
of Cortes could be seen for
the first time since those who
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Capital Comment
Former Secretary of State
Reported No Longer Belfast

will be high priced because of
the price increases on steel.
More gifts of wood will be
offered for sale this year al
though prices have increased
above the average because of
soaring lumber and labor costs,
No shortage of dolls is antici-
pated. The selection is greater
than in several years and so is
the price range. But if par
ents don't like high-priced dolls
they'll have a choice among
numerous types in low-priced
ranges.
One factor in the Christmas
toy situation is the absence of
such war-like items as machine
guns, tanks. pursuit planes
and the Ike. Santa Claus is
back on a peaee-time basis.
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bring them a message of some
kind. We let them alone, and
in the end their curiosity gets
the better of them. They come
arund and ask: How do you
expect to teach us democracy
when you don't tel us about
III" That's when we tell them;
first learn how to play togeth-
er, then later you can learn how
to get along together political
1
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Parents Like 1t

Every evening at least twenty
hesitating parents follow be-
hind their gesturing offspring
and enter Sgt. Albert's office in
the library.
That the parents r well sats
isfied was evidenced by the
grey haired elder who had come
to pick up his little Hans from
the bingo room but forgot to
leave until closing time.
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seemed TO think that a good
idea, and so do we.
But to get back to the two
letters we mentioned in the be-
ginning. One was from Mrs.
Petersen. Janis mother, and
she writes: by all means, let
us start having or county
fairs this coming fall. Our
fair was one of the things for
which the county was famous.
l have heard people from as
far away as the state of Wash
ington marvel that we could
put on a fair SO truly educa-
tional and free from all COM
mercialism.
Cant you get inspired to
run an editorial on this par
ticular phase of the fair? To
the best of my knowledge, ours
was the only fair in Mississip-
pi without commercial attrac-
tons. That cheapens an AG-
RICULTURAL fair. Our fair
was a recognition of the eff.
forts of the rural population to
help build a better Jackson
County with broader horizons.
We feel our efforts entitle us
to a fair such as we had be-
fore the war;.
Thanks, Mr.. Petersen. for
writing the editorial for us.
And a good one.
The other note is from Mrs.
Leland Abel of Laton, Califor-
mia, who was Miss Doris Ell
der of Moss Point and a teach
or in the Vancleave High
school before her marriage.
Mr.. Abel was in charge of the
Vocational Agriculture De
partment ut the Vancleave
school and so the two of them
had a lot to do with prepare
tions for the fair each year.
Mrs. Abel was formerly our
English teacher, so her enthus-
iasm for our poor efforts as
a columnist is understandable.
Believe me when | say Leland
and | read and enjoy every
'Highlight' you write. she
wrote, "Of especial interest
was the one ON the county fair.
We laughed. and cried a little.
too, while we exchanged fond
membranes Of preparations
for the fair day. How we loved
it"
We quote the above to il
lustrate why we think the fair
important as a tie with our
former citizens who have gone
elsewhere to. i've but whose
hearts are still with us. We
think letting the fair die would
be unfair To them. as well as to
youngsters ike Janis and cit
liens like Mrs. Petersen and
hundreds of others in the rural
section of our county.
We are going to keep talking
and writing about the fair I'M
til some positive action is TAX
en-.
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BY ROBERT N. COOL
AP Newsfealnres Writer

New York, Dec. 21.-Time
has given the last laugh to
the ghost of fernando Cor
ties, and revived an old dis
pute.
Was the 10th century Span
ish conqueror of Mexico a
hero spreading civilization, or
a cruel despoiler of native In
dian culture?
The recent discovery in
Mexico City of a casket which
scientists say undoubtedly con-
tains the bones of Cortes has
stirred the historic controversy.
In life, the bearded adven-
turer tricked and outbluffed
the Aztecs of Mexico City, fl
nallv fastening the yoke of
gold-hungry Spain upon Mon
tezuma's people. Survivors of
a proud race damned his mem
DRY down the centuries, be-
cause of his reputed torturing
and ruthless determination of
the Aztec leaders.
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ohhe NACbCe
with no regard for Aztec Gull
ture, is also a matter of rec
ord.
Bold Venture
On November 18, 1918, Her.
nando Cortes sailed from Gu
ba with ten vessels, 900 sold
iers, 18 calvarymen and a
few pieces of artillery. Almost
Immediately his superior at
tempted to call him back and
cancelled his commission, but
Cortes pushed on. He landed
in Mexico and founded the
city of Vera Cruz, having him.
self elected its captain-gener-
al.
With this questionable au-
thority. and an army small
even for those days, he burned
his ships behind him to pre-
vent d~esertions and set out to
conquer the highly-developed
Indian civilizations. In his
march toward the lofty Aztec
capital, Mexico City, Cortes
quickly found that he had two
aces; the disunity of the ma
tive states and the terror
which was inspired by his
horsemen who were believed
to be gods. The Mexicans had
never before seen horses.
Playing upon the doubts and
fears of the people, Cortes
soon reached the capital where
he held the Aztec king, Mon
tezuma, for ransom.
When Cortes learned that
the king had sent a force to
attack Vera Cruz, Montezuma
was compelled to deliver up
his secret task force. Cortes
burned them all at the stake.
Then he learned that a Span
ish expedition was on its way
from Cuba to deprive him of
his command. So Cortes mar
ched east, defeated his coun-
tryinen and returned, strength
ened, to the capital.
~
There he found the Mexicans
In revolt. Enfuriated hordes of
Indians swarmed to obliterate
the Spaniards, but incredibly
Cortes managed to withdraw
again to the coast. His luck
and courage filled the Next
cans with baffled awe.
On July 7. 1920, an mex
pected victory on the plains
OF Otumba completely turned
the tables. Cortes broke the
back of effective resistance
and consolidated his conouests
with bloody ferocity that drove
wy iuuiahs 10 despair and new
revolt.
Then, the usual payoff:
Enough he had won a rich
treasure for his country. Cor
ties found himself showed aside
when he finally returned to
Spain.
He died on December ?
l547, and his body was buried
IN a family vault at Seville.
However, his son brought il TO
Mexico City in 1862 for inter-
ment N the Monastery of San
Francisco.
There it remained until the
Mexieans freed themselves
1om Spain-undoing Cortes'
work. But the easket's secret
removal to a hiding place that
was not found until this wear
prevented any desecration of
the eonqueror's remains.
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county's HI Club members.
1t gives them a chance for cash
and houors in direct proper
ton 20 the amount of effort
they devote to their various
club projects.
But the planning must be
done we'll in advanee--the seed
selected, the ground prepared,
the crops planted. Or the
country and livestock selected
and the feeding that produces
the prize-winner begun.
Miss Petersen did not learn
to be 4 champion poultry judge
in a day, and preparation for
next falls far cannot be sue
cessftllly begun sometime next
summer.
That is another reason why
we call ON the members of
Board of Supervisors to take
some definite action on the
fair not later than their Janu-
ary meeting. The other rea-
son, pointed out in this col
umn sometime ego, is the
slowness Of construction under
curren' conditions. The time
to resume the annual fair is
in the tall of t947.
II is the Will of virtually all
of the people Of Districts | and
5, we are certain, and we be-
lieve o. most of the people in
the other three districts And
we are sure that the members
of the Board Of Supervisors
follow the wishes of the ma
jority.
Along that line, Mrs. Marvin
Green lad a suggestion at the
Hurley meeting the other night
that We think worthy of con-
sideration BY the authorities.
Since the sale of the abandoned
fair grounds has temporarily
fallen through and if money
and material are not available
for construction at the new
site. wav not have the fair
again next year at the old
grounds?
The minimum repairs to the
grounds for temporary purposes
could not be too expensive,
she pointed out, and it would
prevent us from missing the
fair another year.
The folks at the meeting
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Cordell Hull Fools Medics
Second Time in Two Years
Special to Central Press

Special to Central Press
Washington = Former Sec
rotary of State Cordel Hull has
fooled them again.
Given up as lost when he
suffered a stroke on the eve
of his 18th birthday, the rug
ged Tennessean fought it
through. He not only is still
alive, but he is up and about
his rooms a little each day.
Those who have seen him say
he looks remarkably well, con-
~sidering his experience.
Wat is not generally known
is that this was the second
time the elder statesman has
fooled the doctors.
In the fall of 1914, just be-
fore the elections. he was Civ
en- up by them. This was when
the piblie was tod simply that
Hull hid gone to the hospital
for = routine eheckup,
Actually. he had suffered a
rare malady, brought on by
exhaustion. With great fatigue,
it causes a lung to collapse.
This happened 20 Hull.
Rarely do victims survive it.
But the hardy Tennessean did.
The public was not told be-
cause an election campaign
vas en-. and it was feared that
the opposition would capital
ize on the threatened loss of
the chief exponent of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's foreign policy
the chief campaign issue.
Industry Sources say that
Christmas toys are plentiful
this veat. But the prices for
many plavthings will be almost
prehibitive.
MANY TOYS, which disappear
ed during the VA because of
materials shortages. are APP.
pearing on the counters.
Toy train manufacturers, for
instance. have an ample varie-
y and supply. Rubber for tires
and other accessories is now
available in quantity. Such
items as wagons and bicycles
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His Elusive Ghost

Three hundred years after
Cortes conquered it, Mexico
rebelled against Spain and be-
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were cruel and avaricious,
with no regard for Aztec Gull
ture, is also a matter of rec
ord.
Evening star., 1946-10-24
Wylie Gif1en, Mrs. Anna 3. sirola
and Miss June Publ.

wylie Giren, Mrs. Anna .. sirola
and Miss June Publ.
Plans also were made for par
ticipation by the association for as
sisting in the District suffrage pleb-
iscite November S. The associa-
ton win provide two judges and six
clerks for work at the polls in the
John Burroughs School, where
members of the district will vote.
The group also will prepare leaflets
to be circulated in the area, urging
citizens to vote.
Letters will be sent to District Of
ficials asking for improved lighting
and cleaning of alleys in the area.
A letter will also be sent to the
Capital Transit Co. and the Police
Department complaining OF disor-
derly conduct by passengers at the
bus terminal at Twenty and
Shepherd streets NE.
Conducted by Bernard T. Dodder,
president, the meeting was held at
the B. F. Taylor residence, 1913
Seventeenth place NE.
Evening star., 1946-10-24
Burroughs Unit Seeks
Membership Of 1000

Plans for membership drive to
boost enrolment to the 1000 mark
by November is were mapped by
the Executive Committee of the
Burroughs Citizens Association last
night.
With 213 new members, the asso-
citation needs only Al more to reach
its goal, Robert N. Burrows, men,
bership chairman, reported.
Five other members were named
to the committee to make a thor
ough canvass of the community.
The committee includes Frank E.
Harrison, G. Edward Anderson, w.
Evening star., 1946-10-24
Fields Motion 0verruled
In House Contempt Case

from Yesterdays Last Edition.
Benjamin r. Fiehs, Washington
promoter, scheduled to be tried In
District Court November 20 on
charges of failing to produce records
sought by the House Surplus Prop
erty Committee, today lost another
round in court when Justice Alexan-
der Holtzoh overruled . motion
seeking to require the Government
to furnish more definite information
bearing on the contempt case.
The information asked was a
complete and concise" description
of papers, books and records which
Fields is charged with failing to pro-
duce. The motion was argued by At
torney Alton s. Bradford.
Assistant United States Attorney
Charles B. Murray argued that the
Government could not be expected
to furnish a description Of the rec
ords because Fields had not pro-
duced them.
Fields has pleaded not guilty to
the indictment. The records were
sought by the House committee to
show how more than $4,000 In COM
missions was split in connection
with = bronze wire screen transac-
tioY1.
Evening star., 1946-10-24
Dairy Sued for 5000
On Bad Milk Claim

Armstead Threadgill, colored, OF
the First block Of N street S.W.,
yesterday brought suit in District
Court asking 5000 damages from
the Chestnut Farms Dairy, claiming
he had become i'll from drinking
worm -infested milk.
The suit said the milk had been
purchased from a small grocery store
run on South Capitol street. Mr..
Threadgill Is represented by Attor-
ney Harry A. Dyson.
Evening star., 1946-10-24
Moj. Hays to Address
Philosophical Society

Maj. N. p. Hays, navigator on the
polar night Of the Pacusan Dream
boat, will discuss polar navigation
before . meeting at sis pm. Satur-
day OF the Philosophical Society OF
Washington In the Cosmos Club
auditorium.
Sir Robert watson Watt, Of the
Radio Board Of Great Britain, will
follow with = talk on the wartime
development OF radar in aircraft
navigation.
Evening star., 1946-10-24
Cathedral Murderer
Will Die November 2o

from Yesterdays Last Editton.)
District Court Justice Alexander
Holtzof today set November 20 as
the execution date for Julius
Fisher, 80, colored, convicted Of
numbering Miss Catherine Reardon
in the Washington Cathedral
library in March, 1914.
Fishers execution had been
scheduled for August %, but that
date was postponed until the Su-
preme Court, which affirmed the
Evening star., 1946-10-24

conviction, decided whether to re.
hear the case. A rehearing was
denied recently.