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The Washington times., 1935-03-16

Even the fact Of the stars un-
usual interest in the preparation
Of the story, in the costuming
and in the choice Of director
Clarence Brown-are interpreted
as signs that she wants to make
one final triumph and retire in
q blaze OF glory.
Anna Karenina," say the pro-
phetS. is the picture Gretas
European fans have been crying
for her to do all along. She will
satisfy the requests. they insist.
and then make the long threat.
ened trek to Sweden and her be.
loved privacy.
The Washington times., 1935-03-16

b e G r e t a
Garbo's S W a II
song in Holly
wood.
The few who
m i G h t know
definitely re-
fuse to talk,
but one hears
that the SWede
II a s II OF re
n e W c d t h e
| c a S c on her
house and that
she proceeds in
nthpp nOattarS
with an air OF
finality.
The Washington times., 1935-03-16
Actor Can't Go Stale in Films;
Appears in More Dramas,
Gets Variety of Roles

This is the hrtynth IN series of personal letters
from Holycood celebrities to Andrew r. Kelley Motion
Picture Editor of The Washington Times. Another acW
appear IN this section next Saturday.
Dear Mr. Kelley:
Thanks indeed for kind letter that prompts this mis-
sve in return Although hotel clerk Eyes, veeran)
before the war handwriting is still hOpeessly inde
The Washington times., 1935-03-16
Two More Signed

Helen Freeman and George
Cooper have been signed for
role in Doubling Thomas" new
est Of the win Rogers Fox star
ring vehicles.
The Washington times., 1935-03-16
Likes His Coffee

Joe Morrison. singing star in
Psramount'S Love in Bloom" !"
brings with him to the set every
day a half-gallon thermos bottle,
filled with coffee.
The Washington times., 1935-03-16
To Aid Dunn

Mae Clarke has been assigned
10 the leading feminine role op'
poHtte James Dunn in the forth.
coming Fox tilnns Safe In Jail"
The Washington times., 1935-03-16
Again Rumors
'AyGo Home

HoLLYW WOOD, March IS.
RumorS Of uncommon strength
insist that "Anna Karenina" will
The Washington times., 1935-03-16

Roberts Story Clicks
Marguerite Roberts. member of
Paramount's writing staff, has re-
ceived notice that her story, "Tri-
angle" had been accepted for
publication.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20
SERIES OF ROBBERIES IN
COUNTY FRIDAY NIGHT
Lansing and Tuckerdale Post Office
and Bina Store Broken into
on Same Night


The post offices at Tuckerdale and
Lansing and the McCarroll- Eller
store at Bina were broken into and
robbed on Friday night of last week.
It is thought that the same party or
parties were responsible for all three.
crimes.
C. A. Keys took bloodhound to
the scene of the robberies and obtain
ed some valuable clues that it is
thought will lead to the apprehension
of the thieves. Finger prints were
also made by Mr.. Keys.
Little was taken from the post Of
fices although letters and packages
were reported to have been torn open
and scattered around. 1t is thought
that the thieves wanted money in
stead of goods. 1t is not learned to
what extent damage was done to the
Bina store.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20
LAUREL, SPRINGS COMMUNITY
HAS SERIES OF CALAMITIES


fore that, a six-year-old child of Gill
bert Woodie's shot her younger sister
through the left hand causing her to
lose her left middle finger.
It was reported that Mr.. Woodie
had started to look over his corn
crop and set his loaded gun down in
the yard to go back to get more
shells in the event he saw anything to
shoot at on his round. While in the
house the six-year-old child, playing
with the gun, fired the one shot
which took effect in the hand of the
four-year oldchild. At the hospital
where she was carried, DR.. Hubbard
said that, had the gun not been held
against the child's hand, she might
have had her whole hand blown off
instead Of one finger.
The same afternoon, rolling saw
log rolled on John Owens and broke
his left leg, and Bill McNeill, who
had just returned from taking the
Woodie child to the hospital, turned
around and carried Mr.. Owens to
North Wilkesboro.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20
HOPE FOR LETTING OF
REMAINDER OF L. S. ROAD
Local Citizens Get Behind Move to
Let Contract on Road from Laurel
Springs to Miller Hill

Local citizens are writing to Con-
gresham Doughton and to Ross Sig
mon asking that they use their influ-
ence to get the remainder of the
Laurel Springs Wagner road let un'
der contract. The road from the T. K
Miller hill to the Jefferson highway
has already been let and work is pro-
crossing nicely. With the link from
Mr.. Miller's to Laurel Springs let
the entire road will be under con-
struction and in a fair way to become
one of our best and most used high
ways.
The road has been under discussion
as a possible route for the scenic
highway. The highway, however, has
been definitely located elsewere and
it is thought that there will be little
trouble in getting the state to COM
plete the entire route.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20
Lang to Be Here
on Fourth of july
to Aid Veterans
Writes Letter to Commander Wright
Asking that Veterans See
Him About Claims

The following letter to Comman-
der P. G. Wright from Jack P. Lang,
Assistant State Service Officer, at
Raleigh, N. c., is quoted in part:
"Dear Mr.. Wright expect to be
in your town on Thursday, July 4th,
for the purpose of assisting World
War veterans with their claims
against the Veterans Administration.
"I will appreciate it if you will
give this matter some publicity and
request the interested veterans to
meet me on that date, at some place
to- be designated by you, bringing
with them their most recent COM
munication from the Veterans Ad-
ministration if they have claim on
file; otherwise have them bring their
discharges"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20
Teer Low Bidder
for Parkway Link
Bid Has Been Approved and Work Is
Expected to Start at Early
Date; IL Miles Let

Nello L. Teer, contractor of Dur
ham, N. c., was announced as the
low bidder for construction of 1910
miles of Shenandoah-to- Great Smoky
mountains highway extending south
ward from the North Carolina line
when bids were opened last week.
Teer's lowest bid for the job was
1858 $3.50 which calls for use of A.
100 feet of cast iron cuNert pipe
rather than reinforced concrete pipe.
His alternate bid which contemplates
the use of the reinforced conrete pipe
was 1864 ,862.50.
The contract will affect the grad
ing, drainage and preliminary surfac-
ing of the 12-mile length of the 500
mile parkway connecting the Shenan-
doah and Great Smoky mountain
parks.
North Carolina, through it's high
way division, has taken over the first
link of IL miles in the skyline park
way when notices and maps of the
condemned area in Allegheny county
were posted at Sparta last week, and
opening of bids by the Federal gov
eminent on Wednesday of last week
transferred the park-to-park highway
from the realm of hope into one Of
actuality.
This is the first link in the 243-
mile skyline highway which will con-
meet the Shenandoah and the Great
Smoky Mountains National parks, the
former in Virginia and the latter in
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20
N. Carolina Rates
High in Financial
Circles Of Nation
Credit Status of North Carolina
Probably Never Better" Says
Governor Ehringhaus

Raleigh.-"North Cardinals finan-
cial standing and credit in the bond
market of the nation were probably
never better than right now," said
Governor Ehringhaus upon his return
recently with State Ire surer
Charles M. Johnson from New York
City, where they conferred with bank
and bond officials.
The object of their vsiit was to con-
slider with financial interests the ad-
visibility of selling the States bonds
to finance the balance of the deficit
of more than $14,000,000, of which
$12,230,000 has already been funded.
In addition to the balance of this
deficit, there is an item of several
advances to institutions for perma-
nent improvements over period Of
years, making mere than $4,000, 900
to be funded. This and the deficit
have been carried in the highway
fund for several years, thus resulting
in big saving in interest for the
period, as well as the belief that the
interest rate now will be much lower
than it would have been had this
amount been funded earlier. Belief is
that the rate will not exceed 8 IL per
cent.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20
Meyers House Burns to Ground and
Three Serious Accidents
Are Reported

The Laurel Springs community
should be in for a long spell of good
luck since it has had its share of acct
dents during the past week, which
were finished off Tuesday morning
by the two-story dwelling of Mrs.
Myers, widow of Major Myers, being
burned to the ground. With the ex-
ception of a sewing machine, a settee,
and chair or two, it is reported that
nothing was saved and that the in
surance on the place had been drop
ped two years ago.
C. Pendry, Laurel Springs-Jeffer-
son mail carrier, saw that the house
was on fire as he was passing the
road and before Mrs. Meyers, who
was working in the garden nearby,
discovered it. When found, in locked
room upstairs, the blaze was already
out of control, and those going up
were unable to get back down by
way of the stairs. It is thought that
a match must have been ignited by
mice or rats since Mrs. Meyers kept
all of her papers of value in the room
and had not had any fire there for
months. A crowd of some fifty people
quickly gathered and saved all of the
outhouses with the exception of the
spring house.
Prior to the fire, Oscar Palmer
saw mill operator in the same section,
caught his hand in the saw mill and
lost the thumb and fore finger off
his right hand, and day or two be-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20
JNO. A. McRAE BELIEVES
LEADERSHIP NECESSARY
TO GOOD GOVERNOR
Candidate for Governor Declares
ADMINISTRATION with Cor
pOrate Interests

The following communication has
been received from Jno. A. McRae,
Charlotte attorney who has announe-
ed himself as a candidate for the
nomination for governor Of the state:
"My purpose in writing this letter
is to get You, il you please, to say r
the public through your paper that
all I ask is that the people of the
0sate withhold their choice for Cover
nor until they have had an oppor-
tunity to look all of the candidates
over, hear their views and find out
their business and professional con-
nections, and if you agree in the SEN
timents expressed in this letter, then
I would be glad for you to add your
personal endorsement to the PROPOSE
ton that the voters should withhold
their choice of a candidate until they
are further informed. I do not expect
you to use your space to publish this
entire letter unless you should wish to
do so. However, you are free to do
so if you wish.
Leadership is an essential qualifi-
cation for the Governorship of the
State. The voters should know where
tie candidates stand.
"In apt time it is my purpose to
outline my platform and carry my
campaign for the nomination as the
Democratic Candidate for Governor
to every section of the State.
81. am the Attorney neither for any
Utility Corporation or the great
corporate interests. If nominated and
elected as Governor, would be en-
tirely free and untramemled in all
respects.
s.Policies of Government should be
Inflated by a majority of the whole
people-not by any group, faction or
self-seeking special interests.
However, l do not want it to be
understood that I would be unfair to
corporate interests. Nothing is farth-
er frop my purpose. Cooperation Of
capital, labor and agriculture is the
most certain assurance of sound
prosperity and true progress.
"I hope to Sc and talk with you
during the campaign.
"Yours very truly,
JNO. A. McRAE.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20

North Carolina and Tennessee. The
estimates place the total cost of this
highway in North Carolina close to
SIS, 100000, at the rate of from $780,
900 to 100000 mile, plus the cost of
bridges and tunnels.
The right-of-way will run from
IL to 1875 acres to the mile, being in
effect, an elongated park through the
State. The road will be graded to a
width of not less than 80 feet and
the paving will be not less than 20
feet, Chairman Waynick said.
The entire road is to be something
over 500 miles long, nearly half of it
being in North Carolina, about an
equal milage in Virginia and small
er part in Tennessee.
Roughly, the highway enters North
Carolina south of Galax Va, near N.
C. Route 10, crossing Route 26 near
Roaring Gap, by Laurel Springs,
Glendale Springs through Deep Gap,
by Blowing Rock, Linville, Linville
Falls, Little Switzerland, around Mt.
Mitchell's top, Oteen, Skyland, Mt.
Pisgah, into Pisgah National Forest,
then northwestward through Balsam
Gap, Coco Gap, and into Tennessee
near NeWfound Gap.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20
PROJECT APPROVED FOR
ASHE HOUSING SURVEY
Parker Tie Company to Furnish
Space for Workers; Mrs. Carl
GRAPHICAL to Assist

The Ashe county project put in by
the local relief office for housing
survey of Ashe county has been ap-
proved. It is thought that the work
will begin next week. When it begins,
field representative from the FEEDER
al Housing administration in Ashe-
vile will be here to get the work
started in good shape.
Blanks furnished by the Federal
Housing Administration will be used
The survey calls for such inforn1a-
ton as what sort of work is needed
work wanted, kind of house, ability
to pay, when week ID expected to
start. This informs sldn will be KEPT
on hand for the use of contractors
building supply dealers, and others
who might be interested.
The Parker Tie Company, local ma
terial dealers, are furnishing office
space for the use of those making
the survey and for completing the
records of the survey.
It is planned to have one man on
duty there while the survey is being
made. He will answer question and
assist any one who wishes to make
application for loans under the terms
of the National Housing Act.
Mrs. Carl B. GRAPHICAL will also bt
at the office of the Parker Tie Com
pany on Thursday Of each week tt
assist in making out application
blanks for loans for modernization Of
for new construction.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20
ALL-DAY EVENTS TO CELEBRATE
JULY 4TH AT WEST JEFFERSON
Legion Members Planning Biggest
and Most COlorful Celebration
County Has Ever Put on

p. G. Wright, Commander of the
Ashe County Legion Post, announces
this week thst PLAYS are rapidly ma
ter'ssiszing for one pr the biggest cele-
brations the county has ever partici-
pated in. The day will be full of col
orful events capped off by a round
of fights in the evening that will
feature some of the outstanding
fighters in this section.
A band will furnish music through
out the day and magnificent dis
play of fireworks will be given both
day and night.
Among the many events will be
athletic contests, horse show, a
baseball game, and greasy pig
race.
An outstanding speaker will be
secured and his name will be an
tsnnced later.
Kid Martin, lightweight champion
of West Virginia, will fight Wild
Cat Patton, of Pilot Mountain. There
will be a feature bout of ten rounds
between these fighters. Clark, of
Lansing, will be matched against the
1884 Golden Gloves Champion of
North Carolina, and Bo Griggs, of
Jefferson, against Shack Spencer, of
Grassy Creek. Other local bouts will
be arranged.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20
Farms in County
Increase 500 in
Past Ten Years
Over $4,000 Reported Increase in
State During Period from
1880 to 1885

The University News Letter re-
ports that Ashe county shows an in
crease of over 500 farms from 1925
up to 1885 and that during the last
five years North Carolina has had
one of the largest increases in farms
in her whole history. The 1880 census
reported 279,708 farms in the state.
The 1885 preliminary report places
the number of farms at 300, 1893. The
five-year increase was 23,685, which
does not miss much of being an all
time five-year record. There has been
only one ten-year increase in our his
tory WIN the number of farms in
creased more than twice as much as
the recent five-year increase. The
rate of increase from 1880 to1935 was
8.46 percent which has been surposs-
ed several times.
Robson continues to rank first in
the number of farms, now having
slightly more than eight thousand.
Johnston is close behind with 1880
farms.
There is wide gap between Robe
son with her eight thousand farms
and Dare with only 1926.
Progress Cause of Increase
In the central and western parts Of
the state there has been much indus
trial unemployment, and thus factory
workers have been forced to return
to the land. The larger urban places
have opened up new markets for
locally grown food supplies, and thus
made farming more attractive. The
state has provided the remote and
rural counties with highways and
schools as good or almost as good as
those enjoyed by the best counties in
the state, rendering these formerly
isolatd counties attractive as resi-
dence places. In other words, the
state by opening up the backward
fplaces has brought to them renewed
farm activity. For the mountain area
the Tennessee Valley Authority, the
Smoky Mountain National Park, the
proposed scenic highway, renewed
tourist business, power developments,
and other factors have brought new
life. The large increase in farms is
one important sign that the western
quarter of the state is on the up
grade. This is true also of some OF
the tidewater counties, but the trend
is not nearly so marked.
The report shows that Ashe had
3,576 farms in 1925, and 4,116 ir
1885. Allegheny had 1,438 in 1925 and
1857 in 1885. The estate of Wilkes
is reported to have had 5,208 farms
in 1925, and 5,667 in 1885, while Wa
tauga listed 2,133 farms in 1925 and
l2,615 in 1885.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20
NOTICE

All persons who have failed to
list their taxes as they were re-
quired to do by the LIST of April,
1885. are hereby notified that
their failure to do so is viola
ton of the law for which they
may be indicted, and unless such
persons who have failed to list
their taxes, do so within the next
ten days, the Board of County
Commissioners is going to swear
out warrants for, and prosecute
such delinquents.
J. F. HARTZOG, Chairman
NSf the Board of County Commits
sioners of the County Of Ashe.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20
COMMISSIONERS HAVE
ADJUSTING TO DO ON LAST
MEETING SATURDAY
Only Two Changes as County Fathers
Set as Equalization Board
in Jefferson

The board of county commissioners,
who sat as an equalization board in
Jefferson last Saturday spent a quiet
day. Only two changes were made in
the tax lists.
One of the changes made was a
matter of twenty dollars which was
adjusted in Peak Creek township and
one of one hundred and ten dollars
which was adjusted in Helton town.
ship.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20
LOCAL MAN HAS JOB WITH
NELLO TEER COMPANY

Finley F. Asher, of this city, who
has been connected with the Nello
Teer Construction Company for some
time, is expecting to move to Roaring
Gap for the summer where he will be
nearer his work on the contract just
awarded Teer on the scenic parkway
route.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20

Between the years 1920 and 1881
there were floated in the United
States approximately 10 and a half
billion dollars worth of foreign dollar
bonds from some AZ nations, much of
which has since gone in default.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20
WOMAN'S CLUB TO MEET IN
LIBRARY FRIDAY AT $3.50

The regular meeting Of the Wom-
ans Club will be held in the Ashe
County Library Friday afternoon at
three-thirty o'clock. For period Of
one hour and half the library win
not be open to the public.
All members are urged to attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20
PROMINENT CHARLOTTE
MINISTER AT PEAK CREEK
CHAUTAUQUA JUNE %

It is with pleasure that Rev. John
Luke announces that Rev. r. A.
billiard, ofithe Tenth Avenue Presby-
terian Church in Charlotte; will hold
the evanselistic meeting in the tent
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20

at the Christian Chautauqua at Peak
Creek, June 22-July 5.
Mr.. Luke states that Mr.. billiard is
a speaker with splendid personality
and great gifts as a scriptual preach
er.
Services will begin each night at
8 o'clock promptly. The tent will be
open each morning for the Bible
School at nine. All children are well
come and it is hoped that each child
will attempt to make a perfect at
tendance record. Misses Alice Neel
Wilson and Eunice Thompson, who
have been with the chautauqua for
two years, will be back, and Mr..
Henry Mailer, from the Presbyterian
Seminary, will aid in the Bible School.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20

There are some 100000 twins in
the United States.
Evening star., 1935-03-29

"Peteneras' and "Jota," have the
characteristic rhythms shown In these
old Spanish dance forms, although
Miss Gardiner is the first perscn To
use them for the dance in the par
ticular form here presented.
The second dance, the "Habanera,
of which there is an ancient edition,
according to Mrs Howe. will be
danced as a solo by Miss Gardiner.
Alden Finckel will have a compost
tion called Haunted" psychological
study. According to Miss Gardiner,
who is to dance the number. 1t Is to
be based upon a suggestion given by
her to the composer some time ago
from a poem she had read.
Henry Gregor will be represented
with two original compositions. The
first, Oriental Impressions" Is In
two parts. Jeanne Densmore will
dance the first part, I'm the Temple
of Shiva," as solo. The dancers
will do the second part. Voice in
the Desert"
Tells of Berlin Experience.
81 became acquainted with several
Hindu intellectuals in Berlin" he ex-
plains, "who discussed East Indian
philosophy and art with me. They
took me to several of their intimate
concerts. played upon their native in
struments I was asked by them to
attempt to transcribe some of the
pieces for Western world instruments.
I did. The impressions are two of
these tranScriptions.
Gregor's second piece, "Etude in the
Form Of Virginia Reel" is one of a
series of etudeS he is writing. Only
two composers, Chopin and Scriabin,
have treated etudes in an interesting
manner, says Gregor. The rest are
mostly in C major. and are very dull
and boring. So, TO take the sting out
of etudes. am writing a series using
folk rhythms as a base"
Last year the Gardiner Dancers did
Cyril Scott's Lotus Land" Edward
Potter was present. 1t inspired him
Evening star., 1935-03-29

"OR THE first time on any stage,
l. original compositions by WASH
ington composers will be tl-
L terpreted in dance form at a
joint program of choreogra ply
and pantomimes presented by the
Washington Composers Club and the
Lisa Gardiner Dancers. The program
will be given at the Mckinley High
School Auditorium Wednesday night,
April 5, at $50 o'clock, Under the
auspices of the Community Center
department.
Compositions by Mary Howe, Alden
Finckel, Henry Gregor, Edward Potter,
r. Deane Shure and La Sale Spier
will be danced under the direction
of Lisa Gardiner.
The background and inspiration for
their music makes story of unusual