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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30
WHY THE FAVORITISM

The people Of North Carolina will
give the Legislature a pat on the
back for increasing salaries of public
school teachers by as much as 20 per
cent.
They will likely be disposed, how
ever, to give it slap on the wrist for
having granted much larger increases
in the salaries of State officials who
were re-established upon their pre-
depression income basis.
The question to be raised is easy
and obvious-if the Legislature could
find the money to increase the sala-
ries of the chiefs in the State admin
istration to the point from which
they were cut why was it no equally
consistent to put the teacers back al
so upon their original earning plane {?
Here's what has been done for the
State officials:
Secretary of State, from $4,000 to
$4,000 a year.
State treasurer, from $4,000 to
$4,000 a year.
State auditor, from $500 to $4,000
year.
State superintendent of public in
struction, from $4,000 to $4,000 a
year.
Utilities commissioner, from $4,000
to $4,000 a year.
Adjutant general, from $4,000 to
$4,000 year.
Commissioner of insurance, from
1895 to $4,000 year.
Commissioner of agriculture, from
$685. to $4,000 year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30
Commissioner of labor. from s3.825

Commissioner of labor, from $685.
to $4,000 a year.
Commissioner of paroles, from
$500 to $4,000 a year.
The highest paid elected State offs
cial, aside from the Governor, is the
Attorney General, whose salary was
fixed at $500 year by the 1881
General Assembly and has been left
at that figure by this one.
The salaries of all the other State
officials are regulated either by the
boards or commissions in charge of
their departments or by the budget
bureau.
The net increases granted some Of
these officials represents in the an
nual gross approximately as much as
the total salary which will be paid the
school teachers after their 20 per cent
increase has been added.
THEY WILL RECEIVE UNDER
THE LEGISLATURES BOUNTY
AN INCREASE OF $144 A YEAR
WHILE OFFICIALS OF THE
STATE EARNING FROM $4,000 TO
$4,000 WILL RECEIVE INCREASES
OF FROM $500 TO $500 A YEAR.
The people of North Carolina will
insert huge interrogation mark
against that type of discrimination
and favoritism.
The Charlotte Observer.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30

FOUNTAIN - Former Lieutenant
Governor r. T. Fountain claims he is
in excellent campaign fettle these
days and is letting no grass grow
under his feet in his efforts to I'M
horse Senator Josiah William Bailey.
Still bitter from his defeat by Cover
nor Ehringhaus in 1882, Fountain has
been actively campaigning for several
months although the primary is a
year in the offing. The Senator, it is
said, remains unperturbed and not
even the Fountain opposition or the
plea of ex-service men has moved
Senator Bailey in his opposition to
immediate payment of the soldiers
bonus. Even his severest critics
should give Bailey credit for the
courage to follow his convictions.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30
GREENWOOD NEWS

Rev. Estel Eller is conducting a
very successful meeting at Corinth
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Muncy Cox have gone
to Bridal Greek where they will
spend the summer.
Miss Madge Thomas is improving
rapidly. She is able to walk again.
Mr.. Oscar Young and family spent
Sunday on Bridal Creek.
Friends in this community are very
sorry to hear of the death of Mrs.
Roy FISHERMAN.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Reeves visit
ed relatives here over the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Young accom-
panid their daughter, June, to Kon-
narock last week where she had her
tonsils removed. She is getting on
nicely.
The small child of Herman Barker
is improving from a recent illness.
Mrs. Clete Sumpter, Of Lcnoir, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mr., 0.
M. Young.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30

HOWL COMING?-In some Ra-
leigh quarters there is a feeling that
the folk who live along secondary
roads are going to boiler when they
realize that increased diversion of
highway funds is going to hurt their
chances Of getting to town. These
people remained patiently silent
while their gasoline tax money was
being spent on the State primary
highway system with the promise
that when the concrete was poured
from county seat to county seat the
dirt roads would be improved with
the same money. Now that the pri-
mary system is near completion, will
these country people (the backbone
of the States social and economic
life) be willing to see their road
money go for other purposes Many
answers to that question are decided
ly in the negative.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30
VISITORS IN WASHINGTON

What is Washington like? Did you
see the President? Did you hear
Huey Long? Is Mr.. Doughton really
as important as the papers say he is?
What impressed you most? What diff
ference has the repeal of prohibition
made?
Some of the many questions that
have been asked We editor by many
friends, who, like herself, considers
five days. visit in the nations capt.
tai decided event in an otherwise
more or less uneventful life.
AS to what Washington is like
time, space, nor brain power is ade-
quate for the literary masterpiece
such an answer would require. There
is an indescribable thrill in getting a
closeup view of the lovliest city in
the land and being able to rub elbows,
if not actually meeting, the makers
of history in their own territory that
must be felt before it can be fully
appreciated.
To begin with, since Washington is
not an industrial city, it has a good
start on other cities of it's size for
its far-flung claim to beauty. 1t has
no sooty air laden with coal dust, but
the pure atmosphere of land and wa
ter combined with wooded parks and
avenues and long stretches of we'll
kept lawns and gardens. Visitors
readily feel the charm of the quiet
beauty held in the extremely broad
boulevards and avenues, and in the
dignity Of the towering trees, and
wish that those who planned our less
artistic towns had kept more watch
eye toward our growth in the future.
New buildings in the Capitol area
rise on every hand and there is talk
Of charging the Capitol itself. A
modern President would find himself
completely handicapped if he were
called upon to do his work with the
1876 clerks who made up the entire
staff of employees when the Ameri-
can Government moved to Washing
ton by stage coach in 1900. Now the
Triangle, as the group of new build
ing are referred to, house 17,700
Government employees, and daily
sightseers are busy finding their
way about in the twenty miles of cor
ridors that wind beneath the roofs of
the Triangle.
Most impressive among the new
buildings that are fast becoming a
part of Washington is the Supreme
Court building. To look at it is to
doubt that seeing is actually believ-
ing. The mind of the average layman
can hardly conceive the work, the
skill, and the money that must have
gone into this manificent edifice-tho
first real home of that third branch
of our Government.
Everything about the Supreme
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30

LINES TIGHTEN-Around the
State capitol lines are being drawn in
the contest between Lieutenant Gov
ernor A. H. (Sandy) Graham and
Clyde R. Hoey for Governor. From
all indications the administration is
not going to be active in the cam
paign. Some Ehringhaus men are for
Graham while other friends of the
Governor are for Hoey and both sides
talk the matter openly. However, it
is difficult to find non-partisan OBJ
servers to venture a prediction on the
outcome of this Democratic contest
in it's present stage.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30
PLAY AT NATHANS CREEK
DIRECTED BY MRS. HANDY

A four-act comedy, "Home Ties"
will be given at the Nathans Creek
High School, June 1, at eight o'clock
in the evening, according to an an
nouncement made this week by Mrs.
Gwyn Handy, who is directing the
play. 1t will be given by the Nathans
Greek adult students who are attend
ing the emergency relief school in
that section.
A small admission of ten and
twenty-five cents will be charged.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30

BAISE-Vance Baise, North Caro-
lina's first native-born Chief High
way Engineer, is doing a daily job
that is automatically building up an
enviable record. This State has been
fortunate in it's selection of highway
engineers and Baise is making
a worthy successor to Ames, Upham
and Waldrop, according to the noise
around the highway building and the
news from the hinterlands.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30
BY Troy Isaiah Jones

The Blue Eagle got shot for trying
to hover too many birds of prey"
The fastest thing ! know-when I
ran so fast at Harrigan / stripped
the gears and ran plum out Of a
political party.
An awful liar is the one you found
out to YOUR disappointment.
When a speaker does not have any
thing to talk about he usually talks
about an hour.
Don't send me any dime letter.
l don't belong to that "chain gang.
The reason men don't have so much
to say is that they realize they said
too much when they proposed.
A man who wears goatee usually
feels sorter sheepish.
Use to when Jimmy Walker was
mentioned it was a suit of clothes;
now it is a suit in court.
The Federal Housing Administra-
ton does not allow any Hooverized
bungalows.
The only secret that was ever kept
was something NEVER told to dead
man.
This sterilization of money must
have reference to the old adage which
says otis money that makes the
mare CO."
I know what "tabling the motion"
means now. It's crawling under the
table instead of running when they
throw rocks at political speaker.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30
Jane Adams is dead in Chicago at

Jane Adams is dead in Chicago at
the age of rs. To many, her name is
no more than something that has ap-
peared many times in the papers. In
noting her passing from the scene, it
is enough to state that she worked to
abolish slums and to promote that
movement which is described under
the general terms of welfare.
Shakespeare's father is said to have
been a regular contributor to rub
bish heap in the street. Fire PAGES
and chimneys used to be employed as
sewage conduits. The British parlia-
ment passed a law fixing the hours
when Stops could -be thrown from
houses in order that pedestrians
might pass along without being treat
ed to an unexpected and unsavory
bath. The stronger man on the side
walk used to keep to the wall and
give the weaker man the "budge"
which consisted in forcing him off
the walk and into the mud of the
street. We fare better than we used
to. Jane Adams and a thousand of
her precursors have not toiled in vain.
The President, by executive order,
has fixed the scale of wages for those
employd under the works program.
They vary from $40 to $95 per
month, depending upon the nature of
the service rendered and upon the
locality-the locality being taken un-
der consideration as an index of the
cost of living. Bad weather will not
influence pay if the worker reports
on the job. For most classes an 8
hour day and 40 hours per week are
prescribed. The benefits of the order
do not apply to anyone who is in
prison. One worker in a family is
considered enough, Safety conditions
must prevail. No person under Is
shall be employed, nor shall anyone
whose health does not fit him for his
task. Stated in plain language Grip
Piles may work if their physical dis
ability does not unfit them for their
task or render them subject to special
hazards. Wages may not be assigned,
and there will be no crowd of sharks
at hand on pay day to clean up on
those who have been so thoughtless
as to spend their money before they
get it. There have been some sugges-
tions to the effect that the wage scale
is too low, but aside from that, the
Presidents order is considered to en-
body conditions that shuld prevail on
any well-organized and fairly con-
Quoted job.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30

POPULAR G. o. P.-One of the
best liked Republican members of the
General Assembly was Edward Hyde,
of Cherokee County. While many
members personally regretted to do
so their Democratic politics demand
ed that they vote to cut Cherokee
into districts for the purpose of elect
ing county commissioners. The plan
is to assure Democratic representa-
ton on the county board at all times,
provided the reaction is not contrary
to Democratic expectations.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30
YOUNG DEMOCRATS Z Youn

1OUNG DEMOCKATS z Young
Peoples Democratic Clubs of North
Carolina will meet in convention in
the Capitol City in June. Whether
they will again resolute on likker re-
mains to be seen, but the odds are
that the young folks will stand be-
hind the national trend for legal
whiskey. The youngsters are now an
admitted political factor in North
Carolina, and their convention will be
watched carefully by the four an
nounced candidates for Governor and
several potential candidates for Lieu
tenant Governor.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30

I know what cabling the motion"
means now. It's crawling under the
table instead of running when they
throw rocks at political speaker.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30

When a speaker does not have any
thing to talk about he usually talks
about an hour.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30

Don't send me any dime letter.
don't belong to that "chain gang
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30

This sterilization Of money must
have reference to the old adage which
says otis money that makes the
mare CO."
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30

An awful liar is the one you found
out to YOUR disappointment.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30

A man who wears a goatee ussall,
feels sorter sheepish.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30

The fastest thing know-when
ran so fast at Harrigan I stripped
the gears and ran plum out of 6
political party.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30

The reason men don't have so much
to say is that they realize they said
too much when they proposed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30

Use to when Jimmy Walker wa:
mentioned it was a suit of clothes
now it is a suit in court.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-05-31
SOME HIGHLIGHTS
IN STYLE PARADE

A word TO the wise in the country
where summers are hot and long,
against the heavy man-tailored suit
with its accompanying tweed topcoat.
The casual lighter weight dressmaker
type with or without a long coat will
give better and longer service
Don't forget that spring means new
costume jewelry, and keep an eye out
for necklaces.
Hats are with and without brims,
up and down, out in front. and some
thing less than nothing fat in the back.
For colors, blue seems TO be in the
lead, but gray, brown, yellow and the
dusty pinks and zinnia tones are i'm
portant.
Never in years have dainty feminine
lingerie touches been more important.
Smart women are carefully studying
their types and dressing them. Even
the strictly tailored clothes must have
a feminine touch
Velvet is carrying on into summer.
With lace daytime and evening clothes,
wear little velvet capes, jackets and
scarfs. They make the richest, the
smartest and the most attractive COM
bination.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-05-31

NEWS, thrilling news! Spring and
~ summer brides-to-be will please
take notice. It's about the white satin
shirtwaist dress which is the very
newest thing in wedding gowns. See
this perfectly charming new fashion
as worn by the lovely bride standing
TO the right in the picture.
More news! You wouIC never guess
unless you were told, namely, the
shirtwaist and train are built in one
and worn over a sleeveless evening
gown Of the identical satin. Which
we think is decidedly practical two
in-one costume proposition of which
every style-seeking bride ought to
know. As TO looks, isn't ii adorable?
After the nuptial day when the hap
py newlywed is invited TO parties and
fOrmals she just leaves the white satin
shirtwaist en- train with the tulle veil
en- masse done up in their wrappings
OF tissue and sachet while she dons
the sleeveless dress which served as
the foundation of her wedding gown.
The captivating simplicity of this
exquisite shirtwaist bridal gown is IT'S
big appeal. The trim row of neat little
satin-cOvered buttons and the girlish
wide turnover collar with its pleatings
of satin about it and at the wrists
are beguilingly youthful in aspect
From coronet Of pleated tulle falls
a halo and short cape supplemented
with yards and yards Of tulle trail
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-05-31
PATTERN 2eo1

Here is a frock 10 make those
numerous home chores pleasurable.
Its nice simplicity applies not only
10 its making-which is easy in the
extreme. as denoted by the sketch
of the garment spread open-but
also TO the laundering problem. A
run of the iron and il is again
fresh and immaculate, doing its bit
graciously TO keep you in trim. It's
lovely, freedom-giving design lends
itself well 20 the new cottons in
stripes, plaids, checks or floral
prints-so well, in fact. that you'll
likely repeat the pattern in many
fabrics. The smart yoke which in
cludes the sleeve effect is decidedly
becoming.
Pattern 2201 is available In sizes
u, II, 16, IS, 20, so. 81. 81, SO. IS,
10 and A. Size SO takes 31s yards
So inch fabric. Illustrated step-by-
step sewing instructions included.
SEND FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in
coins or stamps (coins preferredl
for this pattern Write plainly
name, address, and style number.
BE SURE TO STATE SIZE.
Address orders TO Sewing Circle
Pattern Department, 243 West Seven
teenth street, New York City.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-05-31
BROTHER CHARLEY"

XIIILLIAM HOWARD TAFT had
w been elected President His good
friend, Theodore Roosevelt. who had
picked the secretary of war for his
successor, made certain his nomination
| and helped steer him safely through
the campaign, was naturally very much
pleased. Naturally, also, he expected
a word of thanks.
He got it, but it was In this form:
Il owe a great deal TO you, Theodore,
and / want TO take this opportunity Of
saying So" Then, disregarding I. Rs
modest disclaimer, the President-elect
continued Yes, in thinking over the
whole campaign, | am bound to say
that owe my election more to you
than to anybody else, except my broth
er Charley"
Have you ever had cold water dashed
Unexpectedly in your face? Then you
know how Theodore Roosevelt felt in
that instant. In a flash ne saw for
ward through the next four years
TO the influence Of Brother Charley"
and other conservative Republicans
over the new President, his departure
from liberal Roosevelt ideas and his
shelving OF Roosevelt friends.
So Theodore Roosevelt took a sore
and foreboding aeart with him when
he went TO Africa to hunt lions. That
brief conversation in the White House
had been the first rift in a famous
friendship. Affairs turned out just as
Roosevelt had expected them to.
When he came back from the jungles
he announced his support Of Governor
Hughes for the Republican nomination
for President Taft was surprised and
hurt and grieved. The rift became a
gulf between the two men. II resulted
in the formation Of the Progressive
party, the defeat of Taft for reelection
and a Democratic President in the
White House for the next eight years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-05-31
1e-S5o,ooo

IT'S Just a little piece Of colored pa
L per, less than an inch square, and
gummed on the back. 1t may cost its
first purchaser only a few cents but if
it happens TO be the only one of its
kind in existence it's worth $4,000 or
more.
Back In 1916, Postmaster Worcester
Webster of Boscawen, n. h, needed
stamps. He decided he would make
some of his own. In those days, post
masters did. The United States gov
eminent didn't begin to exercise its
monopoly on the business until a year
later.
So Postmaster Webster had printed
on little, oblong, pale-blue-colored
pieces Of paper the words Paid 5
cents" One of them was bought by a
Boscawen citizen and pasted on an en-
velope addressed to Miss Achsah P.
French, care Of Theodore French, Esq,
Concord, n. H." That envelope, bear
ing the postmaster's notation, "Bos-
cawen, n. 81. Dec. 13." was sold a few
years ago for S10,137.13. 1t is now
O"ACu Oy A4I1AI lllc OllCd
IN. y multimillionaire stamp col
lector, and is valued at $4,000.
The rarest stamp in the world, which
Mr.. Hind also owns, is the one-cent
British Guiana stamp issued in that
South American English colony in 1856.
It is printed on dark magenta-hued pa
per and bears a wood-cut of a ship,
taken from the head Of the shipping
column of the colony's Official Ca
zette." The man who found it, while
searching through some old family let
tiers, sold it for several dollars TO a
friend, who held it for ten years be-
fore a London stamp dealer gave him
S125 for it, Mr.. Hind bought it from a
French stamp collector for S32,5O0. II
Is now valued at $4,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-05-31
DIXIE

DACK in the early days Of the re-
piled the Mississippi, the boatmen,
when in New Orleans, did most of
their banking 1T the BaDque des
Citoyens. This institution issued bank
notes printed in English on one side
and in French on the other.
Its ten-dollar note bore the word
DIX" (tenD printed In large letters.
So the boatmen spoke Of it coIloquiaI-
ly as a dix" and New Orleans be-
came the town where they got the
"dixes" or "dixies" They carried the
use Of the word north with them and
soon the entire South came to be
known as the dixie country"
Then in 1859 Daniel Decatur EN-
NETT, an actor and originator of me
gro minstrel performances" wrote a
song about de land OBJ cotton-Dide-
land" 1t was first sung by Bryant's
minstrels at Mechanics hall in New
York city, but the South, the real
"Dixieland," Immediately took it up
as its own.
Two years later, to its rollicking
stratus, men in gray rode forth to Tive
and die for Dixie" 1t helped inspire
them to such feats Of valor as the
world had never seen before and Il
buoyed them up In those dark days
when the Lost Cause" was slowly but
surely being borne down by the sheer
weight Of superior numbers.
Today that tune still has the power
to thrill the hearts of a reunited ma
tion as no other tune has-this song
which takes its name from the Mis-
sissippi steamboat mems familiar term
Tor piece OF money!
G. Western Newspaper Union
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-05-31


ions realm is doing this season. This
lovely gown is most enchanting-an
aristocrat among wedding gowns. The
coronet Of pearls and tulle pleatings is
attached 20 one Of the very new and
smart Iong-back and short-front we'd
ding wells.
We have been hearing a lot of late
In regard to personality fashions. In
other words the spirit of the times is
TO dress TO type. This feeling for modes
tuned TO the individual is particularly
evidenced in bridal array. So much so,
designers are displaying a daring in
originating wedding party ensembles.
We have in mind an away-from-trs-
ditiOn wedding group that goes in for
color even TO the brides gown and
veil Her dress is fashioned Of chif-
fon in a most delicate tint Of blue
and her tulle veil is in the same subtle
blue. Her bouquet Of pale blush, al
most white orchids together with lilies
of-the-valley is framed with a pleated
ruffle of the pale blue tulle.
The four bridesmaids costumes are
of the same blue chiffon as the brides
dress. The high waIstlines are &C
cented with pink velvet ribbons such
as also tie the pleated capes and trim
the blue straw hats.
The maid-of-honor wears pink chif-
fon trimmed with blue velvet ribbon
and her bouquet Of pink butterfly roses
and blue lace flowers is repeated in a
wreath on her hat The matron Of
honor wears tunic dress of sapphire
blue lace with a matching straw hat.
G Western Newspaper Union.