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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-17
SALES TAX RETURNS MUST BE
FILED BY 18TH EACH MONTH

All fins, merchants and other in
dividuals engaged in retail or whole
sale trade must make sales tax re-
turns each months under provisions
of the 1885 revenue laws of North
Carolina.
A report must be made each month
regardless of. the amount involved,
and a penalty will be added to the
tax if returns are not made prior to
the 18th of each month for the pre-
ceding month. A letter containing
sales tax returns must bear a post
mark not later than the 18th in order
for a merchant or firm not to be pen
allied.
The penalty on delinquent sales tax
due from merchants is five per cent
if not paid by the 18th and a mini
mum penalty of one dollar is requir-
ed by law regardless of how small
the tax may be.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-17
OBIDs NEWS


Rev. R. II. Stone filled his regular
appointment here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Baker are the
proud parents Of . baby boy, Jesse
Franklin.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Crawford had as
their week end guests: Mrs. A. C.
Farthing and daughters, Bonnie, of
Lenoir, and Mrs. DR.. Paul Yarbor, of
Winston-S Salem.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Mac Brown a
baby boy, George Thomas.
Messrs. Bob and John Crawford,
who work at North Wilkesboro, made
their usual week end visit to home
folks. John was driving newly pur-
chased car.
Jones Parsons returned home Sat-
urday after spending two weeks at
West Jefferson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Huddler and
little daughter, Sarah Katherine, of
West Jefferson, visited Mrs. Hud-
dler's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j.
Dancy, Sunday.
The school here is progressing
nicely under the management of Mrs.
Zetta Handy and Miss Vivian Par
sons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Crawford and
little son, Billy Joe, of Boone, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Crawford Sunday.
Misses Ethel Ham and Geraldine
Mcneil spent Sunday afternoon with
Vivian and Violet Parsons.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Burgess and
children visited Mrs. Burgess's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Caudill,
Sunday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-17
yANNOY-HAM WEDDING
SURPRISE TO FRIENDS

News of the wedding of Miss Ruth
Ham, of Husk, and Mr.. James Van
hoy, Of Oval, which occurred on Sep
TENDER 8, has just reached this office.
The wedding came as a complete sur
prise to the many friends of the
young couple.
The bride is the attractive daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Ham, and
is a graduate of Glade Valley High
School.
The groom is young business
man, Of Oval, and the newly weds will
reside at that place.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-17
Sees Future Profits in
Raising Hogs

With the current trend of pork
prices, North Carolina farmers are
again finding a profitable source Of
income in the production of hogs.
Growers raising hogs for market
should breed their sows about No
vember 1 and May 1 each year, said
w. w. Shay, swine specialist at State
College.
By following this schedule, two lit
tiers can be produced each year so
that they will be ready for marketing
in September and April respectively,
when prices are usually highest.
The ideal marketing weight for a
hog is around 200 pounds, Shay add
ed.
Growers raising hogs for home
consumption may vary the breeding
date, but if they plan to sell some of
their hogs, Shay said it will pay them
to follow the recommended schedule.
Where pigs were narrowed in Sep
TENDER, they should be weaned in Oc-
tober and early November. The wean-
ing process should start by giving the
pigs access to corn and fish meal or
tankage. After about four weeks they
should be taken completely away
from the sow.
Castrate the male pigs before they
are completely weaned, Shay recon-
minded.
A self-feeder, in which feed may be
kept before the pigs at all times, will
hasten their growth. Directions for
building self feeders may be obtained
free from the agricultural editor at
State College, Raleigh, N. c.
Give the pigs an abundant supply
of pasturage on lot that is not con-
taminated with worms. If worms once
get into the pigs, they are usually
there to stay, Shay warned.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-17
Farmers Urged Not to Buy
Work Stock

Every year North Carolina farmers
are buying outside the State approx
mately $1,O00,OO0 worth of work
stock that could be raised at home.
This is clearly waste of money, in
view of the fact that it costs almost
nothing to raise few horses or
mules for home use, said Fred M.
Haig, professor of animal husbandry
a State College.
When mare drops a colt in the
spring, she need be away from work
for only few days. In fact, it is bet
ter for the colt and for the mare to
keep her at work, except for a few
days at foaling time, Professor Haig
stated.
On farms cooperating with the
AAA crop adjustment programs,
there is considerable quantity Of
land which has been removed from
the production of cotton, tobacco,
wheat, or other basic crops.
This land may well be used to raise
feed for work stock, Professor Haig
continued. Four acres will produce all
the feed needed by horse or mule
for one year.
The number Of horses and mules in
the United States has been decreas-
ing steadily, with the price going up,
he pointed out. In North Carolina,
the number dropped from 408, 900 in
1925 to $4,000 at the present time.
Good work stock will always be in
demand, he observed, and the price
will remain high as long as the sup
ply is low.
Unless North Carolina farmers
creed and raise more stock at home,
&c added, they will have to pay out
large sums in the future for work ami
mails, or else try to get along as best
they can with an inadequate number
Of animals to do the work.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-17
Poultry Industry Now
Big Business


The poultry industry in North Car
DINA has grown into a $4,000, 0OO-a-
year business.
Roy S. Dearstyne, head of the
poultry department at State College,
reported that last year poultry was
raised on 241,475 farms in the State.
The U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture reported that in January, 1885,
there were $4,000 chicks, valued at
$4,944, 900, on the farms of North
Carolina.
1t was estimated that $3,13O,OOO
worth of chickens were eaten on the
farms last year, while $1,54O, 900
worth of birds and $7,O72 900 worth
of eggs were sold.
+ The value of poultry and its pro-
ducts in the State in 1884 was esti-
mated at $12,953, 900, Dearstyne said.
In former days, most North Caro-
lima poultry was raised as a small
side-line on the farms. Now much of
it raised by farmers and poultrymen
on a regular commercialized basis.
Nevertheless, a large number of
eggs and a fairly large quantity of
dressed poultry is still being imported
into the State, Dearstyne added.
Moreover, consumption is lower than
it should be.
This indicates that there is yet con-
siderable room for expansion of the
local poultry industry. Poultrymen
are aware of this, and many of them
are increasing their flocks, adding
more equipment, and improving the
quality of their birds.
Improvement off lock quality is
Dearstyne declared, and
he is urging the poultrymen to elmi-
nate low grade fowls and introduce
only purebred chicks free from
disease.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-17
Timely Farm Questions Answered
at State College


at State College
Question: Will the corn-hog adjust
ment program be continued in 1886?
Answer: This question will be de-
cided on October rs when all con-
tract signers will be asked to vote
on whether a new program is wanted
or not. Ballots are now being distrib-
uted and every grower, who has CO.
operated in previous programs, is be-
ing urged to vote either yes or no.
Where a grower cannot vote person
ally in the office of the County
Agent he may vote by mail or deliver
his ballot to Ne community or county
committeeman. Voting will be closed
after October 26 and the action of
resent contract signers will determ-
inc whether a new contract will be
offered.
Question: Can the sex of baby
chicks be determined so as to make
it profitable for poultry producers?
Answer: This science is develop
ment of relatively recent years, but
has now reached the stage where a
high degree of accuracy can be OBJ
tanned. The efficiency of well train
ed "chick sexer" is over 80 percent.
Poultrymen can thus purchase female
chicks for replacement in their lay
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-17
DRIy Err GOES BY HIGHWAY
SIGNS FOR SPEED OF CAR

Henry L. Dillingham;, u. S. mar
shall, tells of friend "who seemed to
think the highway markers designat-
ed tie speed-limit- No. 40, he
drove 40 miles an hour; when we
reach ed No. II, he speeded up to II
miles an hour; and when we reached
No. 169, l told him to let me outV
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-17
MARKERS CONTRACT AWARDED
Initial Supply for Erection as HistOri-
cal Points Along Roads Bought

The initial supply of markers to be
erected on state highways designat-
ing points of historical interest in
North Carolina was purchased last
Thursday by the state division of pur-
chase and contract.
The contract for furnishing the
markers, which will be of aluminium
and which eventually will have black
lettering on white background was
let to the Salem Foundry and Ma
chine works, Of Salem, Va.
The program will be directed by
the state historical commission with
$4,000 to be spent each year of the
current biennium. The Legislature
made the appropriation. Other laar'..-
ers will be bought from t;,ne 70 time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-17
FARM AND GARDEN

ing flocks, and can also be sure Of
getting male chicks for broiler pro-
duction. This method conserves house
space and cuts down the over head
for the egg producer and also aids
the broiler producer in that the cock
erels make better gains than pullets.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-17
PRICE AVERAGE SHOWS GAIN
ON WINSTON TOBACCO MART

Winston-Salem, Oct. 12.-Tobacco
sales here Friday totaled 47O,916
pounds and the average price was
1899 a pound, an increase of 81
cents over yesterdays average.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-17

Un important side streets in Wash
ingto1 is being constructed with so
many men on he job that the rough
.7aber cost alone is 81 square foot.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-17
Will Rogers Has
NephelO Who Night
Become Second Will
Nine Year-OM Glenn McSpadden Has
Many Traits Of His Famous
Uncle; Real Cowboy

A chubby, friendly youngster, whc
lives to rope and ride and who talks
the cowman's language with touch
of that same droll candor that mad.
the late Will Rogers famous, is grow.
ing up on the old Rogers ranch near
Oologah, Okla.
The boy is Glenn McSpadden, whose
father, Herb, is a son of. Mrs. Tom
McSpadden of Chelsa, Will Rogers
only living sister.
Young Glenn was named for Willis
grandfather, Clement Vann Rogers
who settled rs years ago on the ranch
where the McSpadden boy now lives.
There are striking parallels in
characteristics of nine-year-old Glenn
and his illustrious grand-uncle.
Knows Fl Baseball Lineups
The boy has a prodigious memory
and apparently never forgets any,
thing he has read. To use a phrase
made famous by Will, "All he knows
is what he Grads in the newspapers
and it might be carried even further
-"Clem knows all he ever read in q
newspaper"
Recently Glenn saw his first pro-
fessional baseball game at Tulsa, but
before he ever saw the teams play he
knew the names of every player on
each team. He also can tell you the
lineup of 81 professional baseball
teams, including the major league
clubs. He can rattle off Ruth's,
Gehrig's batting averages and "Diz-
~" Deans pitching feats without
hesitation.
Second Nature to Ride
Long before the comic sections held
any interest for Glen, his father read
him the sports pages.
For his own sport, Glenn rides and
ropes. He's been riding since he has
been able to sit in a saddle.
He has a fast-developing flair for
roping, too, and while he is just
learning the tricks, he can flip a
lariate over a goats head and haul it
down out of 10 times one comes out
( of the chute.
Glenn has that same love for his
home and everything there that Will
Rogers had. To him there's nothing
better in te world.
Once when he was visiting Rogers
at the humorist's home in California,
Will was showing him his polo ponies
and asked Glenn what he thought of
them. i
ooh, they're all right" Glenn COM
mented, cycling the well-groomed
ponies. "They're just little slicker
than dads, but they're no better"
rogers roared at this, and often
tod the story.
Works as Field Hand
Glenn, despite his youth-he's in the
fifth grade at Oologah grammar
school-can sit around with the cat
tlmen of this section and swap talk
about business like one of the hands.
At six he was able to guess the
weight of a steer by glancing at it,
and he wouldn't be far off.
There is one striking contrast be-
tween Glenn and Will Rogers, Glenn
Xoves to work. During the summer he
did his part as hand in the field
over the protests of his parents. He
carried water to a threshing crew
and he drove team to mower. He's
proud of being able to do a ranch
hands labor.
Will Rogers would never do any
labor around the ranch. He read, rode
and roped.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-17

During the summer months Un'le
Sans Forest Service GRE : have been
fighting an average Of % sires day
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-23
New York Stocks

NEW YORK. Aug. %. U.R)-De-
mand for war stocks - chemicals,
tractor companies, coppers, avia-
tions. steels-buoyed the stock mar
ket today despite adverse news for
the utilities which for time
brought heavy selling into them.
Meantime, cotton futures crashed
as much as S4 a bale and recov-
cred some of their losses IN react
ing to the governments new loan
policy. United States government
bonds broke sharply on heavy turn
over as the time approached Tor
the government to refund Sl,25O,-
O0O,000 of Fourth Liberties.
The stock market opened lower
with utilities under pressure Loss
es in the group ranged TO more
than . points on blocks Of 1000 to
5000 shares, with tickers barely
able to keep pace.
Steel shares, irregularly lower at
the outset, quickly met support and
stood out late in the day with new
highs in q. S. Steel, Otis and Beth
lehem. Gains ranged to more than
a point. Indications were that the
nations steel operating rate would
hold at or slightly above the pres
ent high levels next week.
Du Pont late in the session
crossed into new high ground since
1880 at a gain Of more than !
points. Other chemicals listed as
war stocks, also moved higher.
il. Case scared to 73& up 3is
and a new high for the year. Other
farm implement issues also ad-
vanced. Anaconda equaled its higf
in the coppers and Phelps Dodge
made q new high. New highs 10!
the year were made by BendiX
Boeing, United Aircraft, United
Air Lines and Sperry with gains
ranging to more than point.
Railroad shares responded to 81
263 car rise in revenue loadings fol
the week ended August II reported
today. The gain was contra-season-
al and brought the Dow Jones car
loadings index to new high since
June 20. New York Central touched
25A, up Is and others made good
gains. Part of the rise was erased
in late profit taking.
Volume Appropriated 100000
shares compared with 1,670,ooN
shares yesterday. Curb sales were
$4,000 shares compared with $685.
900 shares yesterday.
Dow Jones preliminary closing
averages showed industrial 1888
ND 0.4; railroad. 36.08, up 0.28; util-
ity 2640, off 0.61.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-23

communicated to Geneva. Britain'S
local interests in Ethiopia are
therefore completely safeguarded.
The lack of understanding in some
British quarters Of Italy's legiti-
mate aspirations does not seem
therefore to agree with the claim
of protecting British interests in
Ethiopia"
What measures should be TAX
en- to arrest the apparently waning
power of the White race?" was my
final question.
For years I have been calling
the attention of world public opin-
ion to the danger of the declining
birth rate among western peoples.
All the world knows how tenacious
ly the Fascist government has been
waging its fight for the increase
and improvement of the Italian
population.
IF the present disturbing depo-
pulation of Occidental nations
should be accompanied by renun-
citation of the right to send civiliz-
ing missions to peoples who still are
in ignorance of the benefits Of civ
ilization-such mission was admir-
ably fulfilled in the past century
by Americans, disregarding the
simple and primitive peoples to
whom the North American contin-
ent belonged-then we should truly
despair of the future"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-23
Son Of Former
Cabinet Member
Commits Suicide

LOS ANGELES, Aug %. UP)-
Robert Y. H. Work, 38, son of DR..
Hubert R. Work, former secretary
Of the interior. shot himself TO
death today. police reported.
His body was found in the Roose-
velt hotel, a pistol bullet through
the head
Work. manager Of the bonded
and bottle division Of a Hollywood
storage company, became i'll 10
days ago. Police believed illness
might have caused his act. He
rented the hotel room last night
The body was discovered by a hotel
employee. Nearby was a note ao-
dressed to Works wife.
It read:
Beloved Lucy,
Forgive me but I love you sc
much I can't drag you through any
mire or unhappiness.
There is nothing wrong at the
office. 1t is too much Of a burden
to try and straighten out any Of my
affairs.
1T Just keeps coming and coming
I have fought this for a long time
as DR.. Thompson can tell you.
MY adorable one, I love you
more than anything, in fact you are
more than life ana would rather
give that up than drag you on anc
On and TO clear things up. Forev.
er and ever, my sweet darling,
am yours.
Bob"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-23
SHERIFF HAS
DOUBTS UPON
Staying YARN
Continued from Page One)

II. Sacramento, whom he knitted
and shot because the red-haired
| youth had borrowed his rifle.
Cramer's latest release of the SER
ial story of murder sent searchers
back to the Fulda Flats to hunt
for the bodies of Fred Realing
mine watchman who disappeared
last November, and John Johnson
aged prospector who dropped from
sight in July.
Unless the boastful young Blue
beard" gave the Searchers the right
directions, their task of finding
Realing's and Johnson'S bodies ap-
peared almost insurmountable. The
flats are dotted with scores OF
abandoned mines. In one of them
/ Kennett's body lay since last July
until Cramer's confession told
where it could be found. Mangan's
body was found accidentally by a
cattleman seeking trace of rust
lers.
Boosted of Deeds
In purportedly telling of killing
Realing and johnson, Cramer, son
of a San Francisco barber, also is
said to have boasted of Staying a
man named jeff Baughman at
Loomis, Calf. in 1888 and a youth
in California CCC camp last
year.
Cramsrs intimation that the list
OF his victims would reach 81 was
made to L. A. Buryea, a deputy
sheriff.
District Attorney Lowell L. Sparks
didn't believe it.
Maybe he was talking big for
newspapermen, but he hasn't said
anything to me about killing 81
people" the prosecutor said.
After Kennett's body had been
found late yesterday, Cramer amaz-
ed authorities by telling of killing
Realing and johnson and bury
ing their bodies in the Fulda Flats.
You go find those bodies and
then I'll tell you some more" he
said to questionerS. "If you look N
old prospect holes, you'll find men
buried everywhere"
AS Cramer, also known as Bud
Kimball, only came to the flats
about a year ago, it was not be-
lieved possible that he had slain
81 men there. But men come and
go, strangers all. in that isolated
area, miles back in the Sierras,
near the trail over which the first
gold-seekers entered the state, and
it was possible that more than one
man now missing may have fallen
before the youths murderous RACES.
The number, however, will fall far
short OF 81, Sparks and his assist
| ants believe.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-23
MUSSOLINI DEFENDS POLICIES In
INTERVIEW WITH UNITED PRESS

Britain and Franco and the pre-
sent European equilibrium" I
asked.
Il cannot believe" he replied,
that Italy's action in Ethiopia,
which partakes of a purely local
and colonial character, can influ-
ence-as is asserted in some quar-
ters-the development of the pol
icy of European collaboration, to
which it has given and is still dis
posed to give. entire adherence.
What could endanger the Stresa
front and present European equi-
librium would be the attitude of
those wishing to ignere the abso-
lutte necessity of Italy's safety and
expansion, and to create artificial
ly a legend Of perils to Europe thai
would result from a colonial cam
paign.
Cites U. S. Growth
These operations of ours differ
in no way from the various mill.
tary operations which other colon
ial powers have conducted in Aisle
and Africa. It is necessary to elm
mate the firenen who would seeh
to spread the flames
Here Mussolini opened large
album lying on his desk. 1t was full
OF photographs of the devastation
wrought by the British lombard
ment of Alexandria in 1882. Turn
ing the leaves, he said:
You have done much the same
thing in America. How did you
push your frontier back? You tool
possession of it by force from tn
Indians and Mexico.
The United States consisted or
iginally of 13 colonies on the east.
ern seaboard. Now you span the
continent"
This seemed a good place tc
change the subject so ] asked I
Duce about Italy and the League
Of Nations.
What will Italy do if the league
fails to arrive at a solution of the
present problem? Would Italy in
any eYentuality withdraw from Ge-
neva?" 1 inquired.
Italy will pursue her aims -
with Geneva or without Geneva or
against Geneva" was the prompt
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-23
Coiexico Doctor
Talks To KiWaniS

An interesting account Of q Eur
opean trip taken last year, to at
tend a medical convention at Wen
na. was given at the Kiwanis club
meeting this noon by Dr.. Fred c.
Gregg Of CaleXico.
He exhibited numerous pictures
Of Vienna. Switzerland and London.
Vienna he described as a charm
ing city with modern three room
apartments available TO the working
class at a rental Of approximately
81 a month.
An alliance between Germany
and Austria is favored by many
residents Of Vienna. however fear
Of reprisals by the government pre-
vent any open expression on the
subject
Guy WeakleY presided in the alb
sence Of President R. c. Clemons
and L. j. Goree, Jr., was chairman
Of the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-23
L. A. Stocks

LOS ANGELES, Aug. %. UP
Prices rose fractions to one point
on the Los Angeles stJCA 'Xchange
this morning, carving five stoc 6
to new high fer The year
Edison issues made three highs:
rs up "A Uc 2812 on 500 shares, IS
up Il to 26H on 400, 5l5s up 8 to
25ls on 600. The common stock
gained 3 TO d, on 800.
An 4 rise carried Pacific West
ern OIL to a new high at 10A on
300 shares. Standard gained 3 to
34% on 100
Pacific Finance common made
the fifth high, selling 100 shares at
q for a = gain.
Consolidated Steel gained l point
in the preferred stock, selling 300
at 10, and u IN the common, on
sales Of 2100 at 2. Chrysler scared
y TO COZ on 100 shares. An 1900
share turnover carIfd Lockheed to
31a 10 2s. Goodyear gained Is TO
20lk on 100 shares.