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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-25
FARM AND GARDEN

The best plant seed is that held
over in cold storage from the previ-
Gus fall, Schmidt stated, but it Isl usu-
ally high priced and hard to obtain.
Seed from the spring crop may be
used the following fall, but only if
it has been given special treatment,
he added, for the seed has not been
mature long enough to terminate
readily Of it's own accord.
A favorite method of treating the
potatoes from the spring crop for
fall planting is to spread them out in
the shade where they will get plenty
of Light but;.nots be in the direct rays
of the sun. In four or five weeks
they turn green, and when planted
under proper moisture conditions
they usually give fair stand.
Or the potatoes may be treated
chemically with ethylene chlorhydrin.
However, this method is not always
successfully in hot, dry weather,
Schmidt observed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-25
HANGS SELF AS RESULT OF
GRIEF OVER MOTHERS DEATH

Burlington, July 17.-Grief over
the death of his mother apparently
was the cause of the suicide yester-
day of 17-year-old Joe Setliff, farm
hand living with Oliver Teer, about
two miles east of Graham, it was
learned today.
The youths body was found hang
ing from a beam in the Teer barn at
o'clock yesterday afternoon by a
small boy who had gone there to
gather eggs. In the breast pocket of
his overalls was note, giving his
mothers death as the cause of the
act. The note was pierced by pencil
protruding from the pocket. His
mother died early this year.
Setliff had been working on the
Teer farm for about two years. He
had been engaged in blowing during
the morning yesterday. Coming to
the house with a broken piece of
equipment at 1890 o'clock, he was
observed to 60 into the barn but was
not seen again until his body was
found. He had been dead about four
hours, an officer stated.
The note, written on a scrap of
calendar, is as follows: II am not
crazy mad but listen to me all you
boys and girls. When your mother
dies do as I have done, the best thing
to do, as I do. have decided that I
would be better off in hell than any
other place. Goodby brothers and
sisters, fathers and all. So long,"
The youth was the son Of S. H.
Setliff, of Newtown, near Danville,
Va, and the body was taken to Dan
vile last night. It is understood that
the funeral will be held at Ruffin
tomorrow afternoon.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-25
Says State Adapted to
Alfalfa Growing

The risk has been removed from
the growing of alfalfa in North Car
DINA and the crop may now be con-
sidered as valuable adjunct to sue
cessful farming, especially through
out the piedmont section, believes R.
w. @Pou, county agent of Forsyth
county and veteran alfalfa grower.
"Most piedmont soils, if properly
prepared, will grow alfalfa profit
ably" says Mr.. Pou. "The heavy,
clay soils will maintain a stand of
the crop longer than will the sandy,
lighter soils. It is preferable that
land intended for alfalfa should have
some previous treatment. This usual
ly can be given without the loss of a
single crop. Land that has previously
grown corn or cotton is better to be-
gin with because the cultivation given
these crops destroys weed and grass
seed which are the worst enemies to
successful alfalfa growing"
Plow the selected field deeply in
November or December, harrow it
smoothly the next February, or as
soon as soil conditions will permit,
and plant the field to oats. When the
oats are harvested, again pillow the
soil eight to ten inches deep and cul-
tivate it after every rain, so that the
moisture supply will be conserved.
Plant the alfalfa in August or Sep
TENDER using from 20 to rs pounds
of adapted seed.
The soil must be lined during the
course of preparation using from
three to five tons to the acre prefer
ably applied in two applications dur
ing the winter and summer following
the breaking of the land and before
the subsequent narrowing. Apply
about 400 pounds of 2-12-4 fertilizer
a few days previous to seeding. This
fertilizer may be put in with a wheat
drill.
Mr.. Pou says the alfalfa seed
should be inoculated either with soil
from some field where the crop has
been grown or with commercial ino-
culation.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-25
CONFESSES TO CRIME AS
HANGMAN SPRINGS TRAP

Calling to is executioner, "I'm
ready-let her co." Robert Branch,
39-year-old negro, was hanged in
Moundsville, w. Va, Friday night
for the murder of Brady Hill.
Calm to the last, the negro mount
ed the gallows in the state penitenti-
airy and confessed the killing of Hill.
"Well, gentlemen, look me in the
eye," he tod the 38 persons assembl-
ed.
II am ready to go. / killed Brady
Hill, l confess. Pm ready to stand
here and pay for my crime like a
man.
"I'm ready to 60 so let her CO."
The mask fell over his face, the
moose was set and Branch dropped
through the trap to his death.
He left several notes, one to his
sister, Bertha Bailey, at Wytheville,
Va.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-25
Plant Fall Spuds Early
In AuUusf

When the month of July is dry and
hot, the fall crop of Irish potatoes in
the eastern and central parts of
North Carolina should not be planted
until August.
Some growers have found it advise
able not to plant before August Is
when hot, dry weather continues late
in the summer, said Robert Schmidt,
associate horticulturist at State Col
lege.
Irish Cobler, Red Bliss, and Nc
Cormick or Lookout Mountain are
among the varieties recommended for
fall planting. The Mccormick gives
heavy yields, but is not so paltaable
as the others.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-25
TAR HEEL STATE is NEAR
TOP IN PAYING u. S. TAXES
Only One Other, New York, Pays
More to the Expenses Of the
Federal Government

North Cardinals contribution to
the expenses Of the federal govern
ment. via internal revenue collections,
was topped by that of only one other
state during the fiscal year just
ended, as has been the case since the
development Of the huge tobacco in
dustry in the Old North State.
During the year the state paid in
$283, 677 ,545 against the almost $780,
100000 collected from New York
state, but her only other close COM
petitor was the state of Illinois,
which paid in about $262, 1893 ,4S9.
North Cardinals biggest share
came, of course, from tobacco taxes,
listed as miscellaneous internal
revenue" in the report just issued by
the Treasury Department. In this
classification, 1926, 233 ,795 was paid
This amount is almost one-sixth OF
entire internal revenue for the ma
ton from this source-$1, ST. ,409, 900
North Carolina corporations paid
income taxes of $8,822, 1875 and hel
individual taxpayers $5,825,541, for a
total of $14,647, 1876. The AAA ad.
justment taxes paid in by professors
in the state during the year amount
ed to 33,796,O13, making up the
total, which was $2a,OOo,OOO above
the collections in the state during the
last fiscal year of $26O,344,O14.
Total tax receipts for the entire
nation during the fiscal year which
ended July amounted to 1927 ,3OO,-
578, against last years figure OF
81, 672, 239, 194.-Union Republican.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-25
FLORIDA MOB OvERPOWERS
OFFICERS TO LYNCH NEGRO

A negro accused of a knife attack
on a white woman was snatched from
six deputies in Fort Laurendale, Fla,
Friday and lynched by mob OF
masked white men.
The suspect, booked as Rubin
Stacy, was hanged to a roadside tree
within sight of the home of Mrs,
Marion Jones, 30-year-old mother OF
three children, who had identified
him as her assailant.
"There were about 100 of them,
said Deputy Sheriff Virgil Wright,
"and they ran our car off the road.
After overpowering us, the masked
men took the negro up the road and
hanged him.
"He's full of bullets, too. / guess
they shot him both before and after
they hanged him."
Admitted to her home last Tuesday
on the pretext that he wanted glass
of waer, Mrs. Jones assailant sud-
denly seized her by the throat and
flourshed small knife.
"He kept saying, don't holler, don't
holler,' but didn't do anything else"
she told deputies when they reached
the house.
81 fought him as hard as I could,
cutting my hands on his knife as l
struck at it. I ran through the back
door, and he followed me, and sue
ceeded in throwing me to the ground
while I continued to fight him.
'It seemed to me from the look in
his eyes he was intent on cutting my
throat"
Her frantic cries for help finally
frightened her assailant away.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-25
EASTERN STATESMEN ASK
FOR COASTAL PARK FOR NC.
Bailey and Warren Ask for $875, 200
to Develop Beaches of
North Carolina

Washington, July 17.-Se nator
Bailey and Representative Lindsay
Warren today proposed to Secretary
Ickes that he establish the only coast
al park in the nation along the
beaches of eastern North Carolina.
They proposed that the Cape Hat
teras national park be purchased at
an expenditure of around 1915, 900 to
extend up the beach from Wright
Memiar to Hatteras Inlet, Ocracoke
Inlet or Cape Lookout. All villages,
of course, would be exempted.
The North Carolinians left with
the Secretary a book, prepared by
Frank Stick of Manteo, picturing the
area as one Of the greatest game and
fishing sections on the American
continent, rich in history and tradi-
ton, and a natural playground.
A strong letter of recommendation
from R. Bruce Etheridge, director
of conservation and development, al
SO was given Ickes, who said he was
not quite certain of his authority to
establish such park, but would Sc
cure from the National Park service
recent report and investigation they
had made. He told them he hoped to
visit the region someday, as he had
heard such favorable reports about it,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-25
STATE GAINS IN NUMBER OF
FARMS; LAND VALUE DROPS

North Carolina farms have in
creased in numbers by more than
10000 in the five year period since
1880, but the comparative value has
decreased by more than 5000, 100000.
This was revealed the first of the
week in the preliminary tabulation Of
reports from the 1885 census of agri-
culture for the state, released by
Director William L. Austin of the
bureau of census.
The report showed 3OO,967 farms
in the state, comprising 19,970,002
acres, with value for land and
buildings of 1922, 1884 1888, compared
with figures for 1880 of 279,708
farms comprised of 1905, 1893 acres
and valued at $s44, IL, 300.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-25
WATAUGA MAN ACCUSED OF
ILLEGALLY CASTING CHECKS

North Wilkesboro, July 19.-Rob-
ert Walker, resident of Cove Creek,
Watauga county, was jailed in
Wilkesboro today on a charge of in
dorsing and cashing several hundred
dollars worth of government checks
made payable to farmers of Watauga
county by the agricultural adjust
ment administration.
According to reports here today,
checks totaling around $1,000 were
mailed to Rober Walkers brother,
Howard Walker, for distribution to
famers. Howard was not at home at
the time the checks arrived, it is
said, and Robert took the checks and
left on a trip to midwestern states.
Robert is said to have mailed to his
brother about $70O in checks and told
him that he had spent the remainder.
He came home, decided to give up to
officers and went to Boone early this
morning, surrendering to Sheriff A.
Y. Howell, who brought him to
Wilkesboro.
It is expected that preliminary
hearing will be held within the next
few days.-Greensboro Daily News.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-25
Keep Cut Flowers Fresh
and Pretty

Cut flowers can be kept for a con-
siderable time when given the proper
care, says Glenn o. Randall, associ-
ate professor of horticulture at State
College.
Cut the flowers with a sharp knife
early in the morning or late in the
afternoon, he advises. Then immerse
the stems full, length in cool water
and place them in a cool place for an
hour or more.
Keep flowers only in clean contain
ers. Change the water at least once
a day, more often in extremely hot
weather.
When changing the water, cut off
about an inch of the stems so as to
provide a fresh surface through
which the water may pass. Hold the
stems under water while cutting off
the end, as this keeps air from get
ting into the conducting tissue and
blocking the flow of the water.
Remove the soft lower leaves from
the stems, as they have a tendency to
decay quickly. Keep the flowers in a
cool place at night to preserve them
longer.
Don't put aspirin, salt, quinine,
potassium permangante, or other
chemicals in the water, for they do
not help the flowers, contrary to pop
ular belief, Randall points out.
However, an experiment at Cornell
University has shown that keeping
flowers in copper vessel helps pro-
long their life. A small quantity of
the copper dissolves in the water and
hinders the growth of the bacteria
which cause decay.
Do not handle the flowers roughly,
as anything that tends to break or
bruise the plants causes them to
wither sooner, Randall adds.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-25
ETHIOPIAN EMPEROR CALLS ON
HIS NATION TO DEFEND ITSELF
$4,000 Italian Troops Have Been
Shipped Through Suez Since
Quarrel Began

Thousands of able-bodied fighting
men streamed into the capitol Of
Ethiopia last week following Emper-
or Halle Selassie's ringing defiance
of Italy. They came to enlist in the
army, which the Emperor himself is
expected to lead to the front, and
semi-independent chieftians out on
the farflung highlands summoned
councils of. war.
BY word of mouth, by runners, by
improvised signals, the words OF the
King of Kings and Conquering Lion
of Judah before Parliament yester-
dsyss,. tal1n to the Ethiopian him
ssfland!,
Halle Selassie-whose name means
the "holy~ power of the Trinity
called all his people, regardless of
faith, sex or age, to join him in pour
ing out his life's blood, if need be,
for the nations SACRED" indepen-
dence.
Sir Samuel Hoare, Foreign Secre-
tary, informed the House of Com
mons in England the latter part of
the week that Italy had shipped
$4,000 roops through the Suez canal
since her quarrel with Ethiopia
started.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-25
PURE MOUNTAIN "CAWN'' IS
BELIEVED TO BE EXTINCT NOW
Federal Chemists Say Appalachians
Yield No More of Widely
Celebrated Drink

Chemists of the federal alcoholic
tax unit say noonshiners are not
making any more "pure mountain
Gavin" back in the coves Of the
Southern Appalachians.
They're reported still in business
at the same old stand, but the chem
lists say they've abandoned the pain
stalking distilling methods of their
forefatehrs for rhap-hazard practices
that result in quick runs" and terri
bic liquor.
The old-time moonshiners, say the
chemists, really did make 'pure
mountain cawn", using sparkling
spring water and clean corn mash
carefully distilled. The quality Of
mans liquor in many communities
determined his reputation among his
neighbors.
But look what sort of stuff the
younger set is turning out! The
chemists call it "sugarhead". It's de-
scribed as a general mixture of wa
ter from the most convenient brook,
sugar, molasses, just enough grain
mash to assure fermentation, and
whatever insects or mice chance to.
fall into the open watts.
ooh, yes, we find such critters in
most of the mash speciments brought
to us by the field agents." said a
chemist displaying wry face. Gre
quently we find snakes. And once our
agents found a dead hog that had
fallen into vat and drowned.
Sugar and molasses and cornmeal
cost money. And so the moonshiners
can't be bothered with throwing out
mash just because insects, reptiles
or hog happens to fall in.''
The chemist explained the source
of terrible headache familiar to the
imbibers of a stuff that passes for
pure mountain caWn.
The first run of the mash through
a still, he said, produces a liquor
strong in acetaldehyde content, and
the last run results in a high percent
age of fusel oil. Both tend to longest
the blood and exert depressing eff
fects on the heart action. :.
Expert distillers in government
licensed plants know that and so they
discard the first and last runs. But
the moonshiners, knowing little about
chemical principles lump the poison
Gus liquor in with the rest, leaving
the customers to wonder why the ter
rifle "hangovers."
Aside from that, much of the
moonshine is found to contain me-
tallic poison. Many of the still oper-
ators do not go to the expense and
trouble of obtaining copper stills.
Rather, they convert galvanized gas
oline drums into stills.
fortunately, the metallic poison
in liquor from such still seldom is of
such quantity as to prove fatal" said
the chemist. "But it makes the drink
ers awfully sick" THE News-Herald.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-25
THE POST WILL FLY TO
ALASKA, SIBERIA, RUSSIA

In all the flying Wiley Post has
done, his comedy brunette wife is just
now about to get away on her first
long jaunt with him-and she is
thrilled.
They expect to leave this week
the second anniversary of the Okla
homa airman's solo flight around the
world-on a six weeks visit to Alas
ka, Siberia, and probably Moscow.
The object of the flight is understood
to be a survey for a new air route
from America to Asia, but all Post
will admit is that he expects to hunt
tigers in Siberia.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-07-25
BIG SHOT GETS SHOT

After surviving some of the blood
lest bootlegging wars of Chicago's
pre-prohibition repeal days, 1.-TWO
Gun" Louie Alterie, "big shot" in
gangdom, was slain from ambush as
he strolled with his wife. His wife
escaped injury.
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-07
Design Sets
For Pastures

Hollywood, (ANP)-AiIen Saal-
burg, famous in the American
theatrical world for his magma
tive settings for "Green Pastures"
and other important stage plays,
has been engaged in Warner
Bros. to do the sets for the spec
tacular film version of Screen
Pastures" now in final stages of
preparation at the Burbank studio.
Casting for the picture has not
been started, despite reports to
the contrary. Information from
the studio this week mildly sug-
gested hat the stage cast would
be used almost in its entirety.
Tentative plans Indicate also that
the picture will follow as closely
as possible the stage version.
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-07
MOrehOuse Defeats
Fisk 7 To 0

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 2, Especially
In the defeat of Fisk on
Thanksgiving Day by a 7-to-0
score, Morehouse concluded its
most successful football season in
more than a college generation.
Throughout the first SO minutes
of play at Nashville, the two
teams fought back and forth on
the field without scoring. Then
in the final minute of the game, a
multipl5 forward lateral pass,
from Scott to Baston to Boswell
to Pierre to Haynes, gave the
Tigers a gain of 60 yards and a
touchdown. Pierre place-kicked
and made the extra point.
The Morehouse team went to
Fisk smarting from the only de-
feat of the 1885 season, a drubb-
ing last week from the confer
ence champions, Alabama State
College, by a 14-to--6 score. Up
to the time of the Alabama in
vasion, Morehouse had defeated
Benedict, Talladega, Morris Brown
and Knoxville, and had been tied
by Clark. The seasonal point rec
ord stands: points scored by
Morehouse, 108; points scored by
opponents, %.
The final game Of the season
had its note of sadness for More
house students and alumni for it
marked the final appearance in
the lineup or the reserve squad of
six of Warehouses; ablest and
most popular players, Those who
sang their swan song this week
were Captain Lester McFall,
guard, who for two seasons has
led his fellow players; John H,
Young, who has served this year
as alternate captain and played
brilliantly at left end; Harry AL
exander, center; Elliott (Steuben-
ville) Jones, halfback; Charles
Boswell, halfback, and Fred Wat
ley, guard.
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-07

Joe Louis, the heavyweight to
end all heavyweights, has been
offered a match by Promoter
Jack Corcoran of Toronto with
Lou Plummer, a wrestler, in the
Canadian city. It's a fact that
few, if any boxers have yer been
victorious in a mixed bout. But
there's little chance Of Joe accept
ing anyway.
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-07
IN THE REALM OF
rs POR T S..
Lincoln TrOunces
Howard 14-7

Atlantic City, N. j. Dec. z,
(ANP)-The ignominy of having
lost to all the big Fellows dur
ing the current season, which has
been heaped on the Lincoln Lions
was lifted and a disastrous season
was transferred into a successful
one Thursday, when, before a
sizeable crowd in the City Audi
forum the Pennsylvanians de-
feated the Howard Bisons by a
score of 14-to-7.
Coach "Mannie" Reviero's boys
clicked for the first time this sea-
son and displayed ar attack com
bining deception, power and vers-
atality and a defense that the
"Thundering Bisons" were able to
penetrate effectively only once.
The Bisons on the other hand
played inspired ball and fought
the Lions for every inch of
ground.
This series started back in the
early nineties and when both
teams are tops, has drawn large
crowds. This years crowd was
much larger than anticipated
since both teams were on the bot
tom of the c. l. A. A. heap and
the victory gained by Lincoln
marks the first since Jazz Byrd
and Company, in 1924, raj wild
down at Washington, trouncing
the Bisons to the tune of 800.
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-07
Morris Brown and
Clark Tie 0 To @

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 7, amp
After so minutes of brilliant and
thrilling football played by the
ancient rivals, Morris Brown and
Clark University, here Thursday,
the scoreboard road Morris
Brown o; Clark o. Most of the
gam|ss were played in the middle
of the field with each team meet
ing deception, power and passes
with neither side able to gain the
advantage.
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-07
Still Coughing?

No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your cough, chest
cold or bronchial irritation, you can
get relief now with Creomulsion.
Serious trouble may be brewing and
you cannot afford to take.a chance
with anything less than Creomul-
sion, which goes right to the seat
of the trouble to aid nature. to
soothe and heal the infiamed mem
branes as the germ-laden phlegm
is loosened and expelled.
Even If other remedies have
failed, don't be discouraged, your
druggist is authorized to guarantee
Circumcision and to refund your
money if you are not satisfied with
results from the very first bottle.
Get Circumcision right now. (Adv.)
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-07
South Carolina Tops
Claflin 6 To 0

Orangeburg, S. c., Dec. Z,
(ANP)-A fighting team that
would not be denied from South
Carolina State college, turned
back its greatest rival, Claflin,
here Thanksgiving Day, by a
score of 6-to-0. The teams fought
on even terms most of the game,
each playing brilliant football.
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-07

From San Francisco comes
word that Cab Galloway had
smashed all records for open
ing day at THE Orpheum Thea
tire there, beating those new
box-offiee successes scored by
Ted Lewis and Major Bowes'
Amateurs. The coast is join
ing in the laudatory hi-de-ho IS
in tribute to Cab Calloway's
first appearances in that terri
tory, all reports indicate that
Cab is rapidly becoming a ia
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