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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1937
Page
4
The Raleigh Register and Sunday Morning AP hold rights to news dispatches and local news. Submissions should be signed by the author. anonymous material, while valuable, will not be published.
Friday letters from Jay Franklin illustrate rising tempers in public discourse as sun and politics intensify. The columnist urges patience, humor, and perspective, noting democracy uses trial and error and advising readers to unwind with reading or fishing rather than fiery exchanges.
A Sea Cliff Long Island ordinance fines residents ten dollars for poison ivy on property or within twelve feet of boundaries and allows village crews to remove it at the resident's expense. The writer recalls a sufferer, Mr Bruster, and urges wider action, noting poison ivy has three notched leaves and can be eradicated.
Exit Governor White Whatever curbed hopes for a 1940 presidential run as he oscillated in the Ohio strike crisis. He ordered guards to bar workers from mills then eased to urging workers to try returning to work. At a Columbus hearing an attorney for the CIO labeled Davey “THE No. 1 Judas or Scab in labor history” and persisted in harsh critique.
A letter mentions a fried mush recipe using a hogs head, with steps to boil grind and thicken in grease, then pan fry. The note humorously contemplates hogs and mush, then shifts to other items including a mine inspector's card from Motherwell Scotland and Stansbury farm details with undeveloped acres and camp sites. The column also notes an American Oil stamp album featuring early American sites.
The writer recalls a stamp showing John Alden and Priscilla with a gun on a pioneer march to church the shot possibly killing an Indian for Hosannas. He flies with Captain Ernie Godsey to Charleston and observes a full circle rainbow above clouds and an automatic flight indicator. The narrator praises Godsey as a pilot capable of flying to Mars with no hesitation.
The text notes heated protests around the labor movement and warns that the robust labor vote will intimidate politicians. It recalls a candidate once branded "THE No. 1 Judas" and implies enduring political risk tied to labor influence.
The Rev Edward Foster of Waverly has died. He devised a universal language built from simple root words with prefixes and suffixes to allow scholars and people meeting across races to converse in a common tongue. Though widely recognized, the task of global adoption within one lifetime was deemed enormous.
Columnist Charles P. Stewart argues that higher death rates among senators and representatives reflect age, not the strain of duties or Washington heat. He notes several septuagenarian leaders who died or faced health crises, compares ages, and recalls a humorous tale about Czecho Bulgarian chizz cloth used for tailoring, ending with the tailor’s aftermath.
Preston Grover argues Cardozo joins the Court’s liberal shift, challenging states’ rights limits. He notes Cardozo’s stance on unemployment tax, saying the federal government can expand welfare powers while shielding the AAA precedent. Hughes and Roberts align with the broader federal intervention view.
New York ferries to Jersey shore offer short and long rides for four cents with passengers enjoying upper deck views of the skyline and coffee and pastry on board. A New Jersey stenographer laments routine ferry hops. Vincent Lopez announces Columbia University lectures and music classes after a monastery past.
Josh Hastings seeks to buy Kay Crandon’s Lazy Nine and court her, while Kay resists keeping the ranch. Ted Gaynor hires to help the outfit, conflicts arise over timber and pay, and Hastings’ cowhand Scrap Johnson assaults Kay until Ted intervenes. A shootout at the divide wounds all, leading Hastings to murder Scrap with Ted’s gun to frame him. Ted survives by seeking shelter with a girl.
Kay confronts Josh Hastings after a moonlit ride with Aunt Kate and her friends. Hastings hints at Ted Gaynor in a rustling tale, claiming Gaynor’s past led to a supposed suicide, while Kay defends Ted and plans to end Hastings' influence as they head back to the Flying Six ranch.
The review finds And So Victoria by Vaughan Wilkins a cleverly crafted historical romance. It praises the author’s intelligence and stagecraft while noting a minor flaw in oblique narration and lack of clear attribution.
The Rev. Herndon Hungate will conduct services Sunday August 1 at 2 p.m. in Coal City Park instead of next Wednesday as previously announced. He will spend three to four weeks in the area conducting a revival at Sprague Church of God while in the vicinity.
The Resettlement administration reported 1936 purchases of sub marginal land at an average price of four dollars fifty cents per acre. This reflects early New Deal land programs aimed at clearing less productive parcels for resettlement efforts.
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