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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
Reeves Home Broken
Into Night of Sept. Is

An unidentified man broke into the
home of DR.. B. E. Reeves Wednesday
night, Sept. 10, about two-thirty
o'clock, but took swift leg bail on
being discovered by DIR. Reeves's
daugher, Ruth.
When found, the man was crouch
ing at the foot of Miss Reeves's bed.
He had priced up dining room win
dow and entered the house barefoot,
although the front door was unlocked.
Miss Reeves heard someone coming
up the stairs but thought it might be
one of the two girls who make their
home there.
The motive for the crime has not
been learned. An arrest has been
made but no preliminary trial held
yet.
DIR. and Mrs. Reeves and Mrs.
Katherine Duncan were out of town
at the time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
W. J. High School
Gets Extra Teacher
Only School to Get Additional Teach
er; Miss Maude Divers Began
Work Monday

Principal John Donnelley is pleased
over the fact that West Jefferson
High School has been allotted an
extra teacher on the basis of enlarged
enrolment. The teacher allotted is for
the first grade, and Miss Maude
Divers, who was employed in the
Healing Springs High School grades,
has accepted the position. She began
work Monday.
Mr.. Donnelley hopes to install
business department since Miss Div
ers is qualified to teach those SUBJ
jects. If this plan works out, she will
teach her regular classes in the morn
ing and business classes in the after
Moons.
This school is the only one in the
county to receive an additional teach
er. There is an enrolment of $50 in
the West Jefferson district which in
cludes six schools besides the high
school. There is an enrolment of over
400 in the local school.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
Prof. PLu11lnler to
Address Teachers
Countrywide Teachers Meeting to Be
on Saturday, September %, to
Discuss Citizenship

A countrywide teachers meeting will
be held Saturday morning from ten
to twelve o'clock in the courthouse.
This is the second meeting to be held
this year.
Prof. R. E. L. Plummer, of Healing
Springs High School, will deliver the
principal address on the theme of citi-
zenship. The entire program will be
given over to a discussion of this
subject.
County Superintendent j. Ivan
Miller requests all teachers to be
present.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
DOughtOn to Join
Parkway Group in
Capital Discussion

State highway officials left fol
Washington Wednesday in an at
tempt to clear up the mysterious
tangle that has apparently blocked
plans for he construction of scenic
parkway in western North Carolina.
Capus M. wamick, chairman Of
the state highway and public works
commission, left Raleigh by train
Tuesday for Washington. He was &C.
companied by Charles Ross, general
counsel for the commission, and r.
Gettys Browning, location and claims
engineer.
Representative r. L. Doughton will
Join the trio in Washington and will
lend his support to the group as con-
ferences are held with various federal
officials in the effort to find out the
cause of the continual delay in work
on the parkway.
Only one contract, for a 12-mile
link, has been let for the work, and
that was delayed several times. Actu-
al work has not yet started on the
parkway, an original public works adj
minisration project.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
GlendGIe-MiILers
Greek Road Project !.
May Be Let Soon
Latest News from North WilkesbOrO
Is that Project Has Been Sent
to Washington

Ashe county has sat helplessly by
for several years and seen road after
road let for construction in Wilkes
county without any of them being the
one that joins the Glendale Springs
road to Millers Creek, but the latest
news from North Wilkesboro in the
form of an article from the Journal
Patriot gives the following hopeful
news:
News that contract will be let at
an early date for construction of the
Millers Creek-Jefferson road from
Wilbar to the Ashe county line is
welcomed by the people of both
Wilkes and Ashe counties.
This project, calling for grading,
structures and gravel surfacing, has
been sent by the state highway and
public works commission to the fed
eral bureau of roads for approval,
which is expected in time for letting
early in October. A news dispatch
from Raleigh stated that the next
letting will probably be on Ocober 8.
The project for which approval is
sought calls for 7.3 miles of relocated
road, which will extend from the end
Of the present roadbed at Wilbar to
the Ashe county line al, or near the
intersection with the great scenic
parkway survey.
This road is one of the most i'm
portant thoroughfares that has not
been completed in Northwestern
North Carolina. It will be the best
and most direct route from Ashe
county as well as large section of
Wilkes.
The first section of the road, ex-
tending 5 1-2 miles from the inter-
section with the Boone Trail at Mill
ers Creek to Wilbar, has been graded
and graveled and is ready for oil
treatment. The road follows in the
vicinity Of the old route from Millers
CreeL g Reddies River and from
there to the Ashe county line it will
be entirely a new route by what is
known as the jumping off place"
throug', a section Astounding in I'M
parallelled mountain scenery.
Engineers declare that this route
will be one Of the best across the
Blue Ridge mountains.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
SOCIAL ON HORSE CREEK
TURNS INTO FREE-FOR-ALL


A social affair at the home of Eve
rett Richardson on Horse Creek Sat
urday night turned into a free-for-all
fight according to news received here
Monday.
About fifteen members of the party
were involved in the fight and about
seven were cut bad enough to be car
ried to DIR. Jones at Lansing to be
sewed up. Reports are that Paul and
Worth Greer and Stanly Richardson
were cut the worst and that not the
least of the bad fighters was Edna
Greer who defended herself as well
as any man present.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
Badgers Funeral
J. Home Pleased with
Membership Drive

The Badgers Funeral Home man.
agement is we'll pleased with the re-
ception given the drive that they are
putting on for membership in the
Badger Mutual Association. To get
the chapter here, there must be 300
subscribers, and Mr.. Badger an
nounces that this goal has already
been nearly reached and that each
day brings in new members both in
person and by mail.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
Will Pennington Dies
of Pneumonia Attack
Prominent Wagner Farmer and
Blacksmith Buried at Senter
Monday Morning

Mr.. Will Pennington died Saturday
about noon at his home near Wagon
er after having been i'll for only few
days suffering from an attack Of
pneumonia. It is reported that Mr..
Pennington became overheated doing
some work about his home and cooled
off too quickly.
Funeral services were held at SEN
ter Monday morning with Elders
Davis, Rotten, and Blevins officiating.
Mr.. Pennington is survived by his
wife, Cynthia Duvall Pennington, and
two sons: Tom and J. E. He is also
survived by one sister, Mrs. Rance
Cockerham.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
Lansing High School
Defeats Glade Springs
Lansing Boys Open Season with
Score of 1870 in Game Against
Glade Springs High

Lansing, N. c., Sept. 20.-The Lam
sing High Bulldogs drove and pass
ed their way to a well-earned 1910
victory over the Glade Springs, Va,
football team on the latter's field
today to open the season for both
teams. The victory partly avenged the
singing defeats administered the
Lansing eleven by the Virginia team
in the past two years. The Hood
coached machine was clicking in mid
season form the better part Of the
game, amassing a total of II first
downs to the Red Terrors z.
H. Eller, captain of the Glade
Springs eleven, was a continual
threat with his running and passing
attack, while the entire Lansing line
covered itself with glory by stopping
every three made at their goal line.
Clark, Rackley, and Captain Moore
shown extensively, Rackley complet-
ing 6 out of passes attempted. Day.
is was on the receiving end of several
of the passes.
Lansing plays the Saltville, Va,
team On the latter's field Friday,
Sept. 81.
The lineup follows:
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
Jurors DraJU7a for
October Court Term
Judge Rousseau Again to Preside
Everett Davis to Be Tried in
Shooting Case

The Jurors for the October term Of
superior court have been drawn and
Judge Julius Rousseau will again
preside. There are few cases Of i'm
portance On the calendar with the
exception of the Everett Davis shoot
ing case.
Court will convene on Monday, Oct,
81.
The following members Of the jury
have been drawn:
Obids-Ernest Bare.
Peak Creek-Beldon Osbone, J. c.
McNeill.
Horse Creek-Lee OSBORNE Sr.
Helton-Hort Blevins.
Clifton-J. L. Weaver, H. H
Brown, Q. F. Baker, Quinton Jones'
Ron Sapp, Roey Mcneil, Eli M
Miller.
Harrigan-Frank Farmer, Charles
H. Blevins, Frank Farmer.
Jeffeson-Alonzo Reeves, r. l.
Bare, j. p. Coward, ]. F. billiard, Lee
Lambert, E. A. HcNeill.
Pond Mt.-Quincy Davis
West Jefferson-Gwyn B. Gambill
r. C. Barr, w. M. Poe, A. B. McNeill
Melvin Campbell.
Old Fields-W. F. Goodman.
Creston-George Howell, L. H
Milan, Lee Howell.
Piney Creek-V. A. Blevins, Trury
Greer.
Walnut Hill. A. Vannoy.
Pine Swamp-T. w. Phillips.
Chestnut Hill-Rex P. Jones.
Elk-V. B. Krider.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
US. Debt Adjustment
Program Transferred
Local Committee Named to Help
Make Adjustments Between
Debtor and Creditor

Work of the volunteer debt adjust
ment committee in Ashe county is be-
ing continued and expanded under
the supervision of the Resettlement
Administration. B. H. Duncan, of
Trade, Tenn, is chairman and G. B.
Price, of Fig, N. c., secretary Of ire
local committee.
The debt adjustment program, in
augurated in 1885 by the Farm Credit
Administration, has been transferred
by President Roosevelt to the Reset
Element Administration. An ALLEGATION
of two million dollars from the Works
Relief Fund has been made to carry
on the program Throughout the nation
Members Of the volunteer Commits
tee have received no compensation
Many of them have even paid their
own expenses when, as was often the
cas-, their duty called for travel. The
ALLEGATION made for this work is to
be used to defray expenses of the
volunteer committees and for super
visory services.
The county committees were ap-
pointed for the purpose Of trying to
avert court liquidation by preventing
BANKRUPTCY or foreclosures. 1t is their
duty to attempt to bring. debtors and
credit together, to see if an amicable
adjustment, mutually satisfactory
can be arranged.
In addition to settling thousands
of individual cases, including a num-
Der in this county, county committees
have had great influence in the resto-
ration of credit stability and in de-
veloping the practice, On the part of
all creditors, of making reasonable
adjustments to avoid court liquida-
ton.
Farmers who are in financial dis
tress should consult a member of
their county committee. The commit
tee members for this county are: w.
L. Dent, Jefferson, J. r. Phipps, West
jefferson, and B. C. Pennington,
Sturgills.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
LOCAL METHODISTS TO HEAR
BISHOP KERN IN WILKES

Methodist preachers and Lay Lead
ers in the County have been called to
a District meeting which is to be held
at the North Wilkesboro Methodist
Church Friday morning, September
27, beginning at 1890 o'clock. Each
pastor will be asked to make brief
report of his work. After the reports
Bishop Paul B. Kern of Greensboro
will preach. This is a check-up meet
ing in preparation er the Annual
Conference which meets in Salisbury
on October %.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
Around $500 Taken but $4,000 More
in Currency Was Luckily Left
in Post Office
YEGGs USE ACETYLENE TORCH

Bank robbers entering the Bank of
Ashe sometime Monday night. were
able to get away with around $500
but by streak of luck, they missed
$4,000 more which arrived that after
noon in currency from North Wilkes
boro by train. The shipment arrived
after banking hours and for this rea-
son was left in the jefferson post
office over night. Many think the
robber have had information that the
money was to have been in the bank
that night.
A., The bank was entered from a rear
window and a door on the inside
which connected the rear room to the
bank was priced open also. The vault
was not bothered, but safe contain
ing deposits was rolled from the
front to the back room where it was
opened with an acetylene torch. The
safe was Of the best grade of steel
anu ESu4 OK UnOEc iuS1AcO kAAShs "A
hole about SIX inchefS by three had
been burned out. Water was used to
cool the safe enought to get the con-
tents out. About 500 in money was
badly burned and left on the floor.
The safe was still warm twelve hours
or so after the theft.
The wirds%s in the bank had been
covered over with dark paper to keep
lights from showing.
Abe Medley, bank janitor, was first
to learn Of the robbery the next
morning about o'clock. He reported
to Mr.. Walter Worth at once.
The deposits in the bank are doubly
insured and the insurance company
has an official here now checking up.
Stocks and bonds in the safe that
were left by depositors for safe keep
ing that were takefs csnnot be se-
placed.
~ So far no clues to the robbery had
been divulged.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
Bills Against Rural
Rehabilitation May
Be Presented NOW

Mrs. e. M. Land, administrator of
the District ERA Office at States
vile, has asked that all persons hav-
ing claims or bills against the Rural
Rehabilitation Corporation should
present them to the Statesville office
before Oct. 1, or payment may be de-
layed indefinitely.
Mrs. Lands announcement is car
ried elsewhere in this issue.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
Glade Springs
DR.. Grinnells Spends
Several Days in. Ashe

DIR. C. D. Grinnells, head of the
State Experimental Station at N. c.
State College, has been in the county
for several days during the past week
in the interests of the three pasture
experiments that are being carried on
here.
Experiments in fertilizing and in
grass growing is being made on the
farms of G. B. Price at Clifton; r. w.
Hardin, Beaver Creek; and Emmett
Mcmillan at Nathans Greek.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
Matthew Harrington
Buried at Ore Knob
Confederate Soldier, Aged SO Years,
Dies After Illness of
Few Months

Matthew harrington, one of the
Oldest Confederate soldiers left in the
county, died at his home near Ore
Knob Sunday. He was SO years old.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday.
Mr.. Harrington had been IN poor
health for several months prior to his
death. He is survived by number Of
sons and daughters among whom are
Messrs. Will and John Harrington.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
Countrywide Singing
Convention SIIyld0y

A countrywide singing convention
will be held Sunday, Sept 20, at the
courthouse in Jefferson. The singing
begins at ten-thirty in the morning.
According to Mr.. E. E. Jones, Sec
rotary to the convention, some of the
best classes and quartettes in the
state are expected to be present.
Everyone is invited to attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
WOn,nr,s Club to Hold
Meet in Library Fri.

"A, The Ashe County Club will hold it's
4irst meeting for the new year in the
library Friday afternoon at four
o'clock. All members are urged to at
tend and Miss Reeves, the president,
is anxious that each member bring
her dues for the past year that have
not yet been paid.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26
Robbers Enter Bank Of Ashe
and Make Safe Get Away
H-FOOt Corn Stalks
on Display at Jones'

Frank Goodman and John Blew
ins have corn stalks measuring
as high as fourteen feet on dis
play outside the F. B. Jones
Grocery Store in the city this
week.
Mr.. GOodman's stalks are high
er than Mr.. Blevins's by several
inches, but both displays are well
worth looking at.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26

West jefferson High School will
MAY Crossnore High School Friday
snkrnoon in a game of football on
Aie local gridiron.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26


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Post, the only newspaper that Is
printed in Ashe county, and the
newspaper with by far the best
subscription list of any news
paper circulated in the county.
A.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-09-26

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the newspaper that is by far
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read of any circulated in Ashe.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-31

Here is part of shipment of gold dust deposited at the
Sheridan Montana, bank to be forwarded the U. S. Mint
Montana banks again haze gold scales part of their office
equipment.
familiar In again
coming TO mining districts
cleanup Wisconsin creek shipped to
mint through the Bank Of sheridan The Bank Sheridan r. G.
a
lOang tide until the mint
GIVE
Is
dur the dredge.
placer
in
OF
drift mini
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-31
WAITING FOR
CEMENT TO SET,
FLAT COULEE

Six-Inch casing has been cemented
in the Flat Coulee oil well of the
]. H. Hamilton company but drillers
are waiting for the cement to set
and the well has not yet been clean
ed out for an adequate test
This word was received by phone
from the field Friday. Mr.. Hamilton
IS preparing to clean the well thor
oughly before the rods and tubing
are again run. The sand caves into
the hole so rapidly that in the past
it has been impossible to keep the
working barrel clear and the cups
have been cut out in a few hours
Of pumping.
Fluid stands at 1850 feet in the
aole, with every indication that 1t
is a good producer. 1t is the second
well drilled in Flat Coulee. The first
hole was lost when terrific flow
of gas from a lower sand wrecked
the casing. The gas flow measured
Is, 100000 cubic feet with a rock
pressure of 1900 pounds or more. A
120O-pound guage was placed on
the well and it instantly snapped
off the needle, indicating a greater
pressure than the capacity OF the
guage.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-31
SECOND TWEEDY
WELL is READY
TO DRILL 'PAY''

Interest in Cut Bank field this
week turns again to the southwest
corner Of the developed ares where
the Custer OIL CO. ID drilling it's
second Tweedy well q quarter Of q
mile west Of the sensational Gard
overwhelmingly No. /.
The custer-Tweedy. in NWH
NEA 36-33-6W, Is ready TO drill
in today. with casing set at 2s4O
feet. They had a showing of oil and
was not as large as ct the No. 1
The well is located on the bench
above the creek, while the No. ]
was on the creek bottom diff
ference Of SO feet or more IN sur
face elevation. resulting IN deeper
drilling at the No. 2. 1t is, however,
checking lower on structure than
the No. /.
Offsetting the No. producer on
b3e northeast is the FowIer-State
No. /, In sW corner gEH SEX IS
ss-6W. Fowler is a labor contract
Or who dug up a parcel OF state land
on the creek bottom and Is proceed
Ing to step out OF the role Of con-
tractor into tina OF oil producer like
he Nadeaus. Crumley. ct al.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-31
ASSOCIATION
is ASKING FOR
MORE MEMBERS

An appeal to all persons inter
ested in the building of a natural
gas pipeline from Montana to the
Twin Cities has been issued By
John w. Schmidt, vice president
OF the Northwest Independent Nat
ural Gas Producers Association,
organization Of which was recently
completed in Minneapolis.
Mr.. Schmidt Is urging all per-
sons interested to join the associa-
ton and to give $40 to the cause in
the form of membership dues.
Membership checks should be
made payable to DR.. F. ]. Van
Drasek, treasurer, 404 Wilmac Bldg,
Minneapolis. That is not all, says
Mr.. Schmidt.
plans are being made to pre-
sent formal application to Wash
ington by the delegates elected at
our organization meeting. To get
results, we need your support as a
member and a booster of this as
ISOLATION because the real strength
OF our association will be in it's
membership. Wire or write your
and senators to sup-l
port this project when presented in
Washington now"
The new association has as its
Slogan: Northwest Gas for the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-31
WILL DRILL
SECOND TEST,
B0-ARRON

A second well is to be drilled i'm.
mediately on Bow & Arrow struc.
ture in the Sweetgrass Hills dis
triet. following completion Of a gas
well in No. / location of the Kyle
Green interests.
Announcement was made Thurs
day by T. B. Kyle who with Harte
Green Of Winnipeg conducted this
wildcat test. Bow & Arrow struc-
ture is a monOcline against a gi-
gantic fault located west OF West
Butte. The first well drilled, sew
eral years ago. had showings of
gas and oil. The Green-Kyle-Clark
No. 1. SWA SEX 24-s7-1E, en-
countered q flow Of $500, 900 Gu
bic feet OF gas per day in the Sum
burst sand at 2080-2O95. It has
a rock pressure Of SIS pounds per
cubic inch and rocked up 100 lbs.
per tx minute when tested By
Thos. Herman, state inspector.
The casing was mudded and cemen-
led under supervision of the rail-
way commission. and the well COM
Dleted as commercial gasser.
The new location win be drilled
ow enough on the flank to get
away from the gas pressure and far
enough north. the operators hope,
% get onto the shore line OF the
tut Bank sand. which Is known 20 /
wing around the north edge Of the
Iweetgrass Hills.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-31

Mr.. Logan on the Saturday be-
fore his death forwarded to the
Journal an article entitled 1.-THE
Capital Stock and Excess Profits
Tax as it Effects Mining. in which
he attacked this measure with char
acteristic vigor, declaring the mea-
sure a tricky, sharp practice law. "
Always the friend Of the under
dog, Logan was fighting for the
little mine operator WHO cannot af-
ford to pay capital stock taxes
which are imposed although he may
not have Melted a single dollar OF
profit.
Ar Logan has resided in Kalis-
peis Aimee 1891 and Is survived By
= ~ta0w and five children. The
mineral was held Wednesday.